Full Metal Pony

""But... it’s in the middle of the day! This just isn't logical." Twilight said, looking outside. The only thing she could see was the matte-grey sky. No sun, no moon. The six all stood there, staring up until Pinkie finally figured it out. "Wow, that’s a lot of changelings. I wonder what kind of party is that big? Ooh, a party that big would need an even BIGGER CAKE!" she exclaimed cheerfully, blissfully unaware of the events that would soon follow. "By Celestia, she's right, the castle is under attack!" shouted a royal guard, and alerting Celestia. Suddenly, with no warning, they were in the great hall, the ton of them. The few guards stationed at the doors between the hall and the outside were already defending against the endless mainstream of changelings. One guard was using a spear, mounted on his shoulder, and while the other had a war hammer fastened round his mouth. But when one changeling died, another was soon to fill its place. "GIRLS!" Celestia cried out, as if expecting them to know what to do. On command, Twilight let out a volley of spells of nearly every kind: Fireballs, ice balls, and even lightning balls into the fray. Upon impact, each spell cleared out the area around it. Out of nowhere, more changelings were at both flanks, almost surrounding them.
"Back to the throne room, girls. I'll take care of these mother buckers..." said a white Pegasus with a red and black mane. He was dressed in plate armor, almost snout to hoof. He pulled out his weapon, a spiked mace and charged heed on into the mass of black, Swiss-cheese like bodies, swinging the mace furiously. From their point of view, all the girls could see was bodies being flung across the entire hall, each of them leaving a glistening, dark blue trail of blood in their wake. But from the iron-clad Pegasus’s view, it was just another day. The mace struck bodies, left and right, mashing skulls in and rupturing internal organs. In what seemed like seconds, where there was an entire changeling vanguard squad surrounding him, there lie a massive heap of bodies, and an ocean of blood pooling out from underneath. Bone chards and entire limbs dismembered from the host's bodies lay strewn about, and the walls were stained with the blood of over fifty changelings. As he tore the mace free from the body of the last changeling, the girls simply stood there, immobilized by the bloody scene. "Name's Angel Kidd, and I’ll save your flanks today. You're the special ops force that trained down at Gryphonclaw, right?" He said, his voice rough. He tossed his mace over his back, careful not to injure himself with pure carelessness. "I... umm...." Fluttershy started, but hid her face, trying to shut out her surroundings for the time being. "Oh-ho-ho yeah! That’s us, alright!" Rainbow said in her tomboy voice. "Good. Let’s get you six to Celestia."
Celestia was in the castle's top secret war room, where she spent a good amount of time looking over the war statistics and planning surprise attacks against the Changeling army. "Girls. While I am sorry to see that you didn’t get a feel for combat here, but I am highly thankful for..." Celestia said, looking at Angel Kidd questioningly. "Ah, you highness. The name is Angel Kidd. I was here to visit my friend in the Equestrian Defense Force, Cpl. Colgate. I do hope she was unharmed in the siege?" asked Angel, but before he could wait for a response, a voice from the corner of the room spoke up, a stern, commanding voice. "Well, you didn’t expect me to sit this out, did you?" Said some pony. Stepping into the light, the voice came from a light blue unicorn, with a mane of two shades of blue. "Yeah, I’m okay, but can you say the same?" she asked, playfully. "Oh, just a scratch here, a bite there and a stab just about everywhere else." he said, looking at places in his armor, but amazingly no attacks penetrated the heavy suit he was donning. Celestia halted any further conversation by continuing what she had tried to start. "Well, angel, I am happy to know you and Corporal Colgate were unharmed, and that were able to single-hoofed save the castle. Should you be in the EDF, I would award you a meal, but seeing as you aren’t... I can only thank you and hold you in the highest regard, as well as allow you to use my personal armorer to fix up your battle suit." Celestia spoke, in her gentle voice. Angel Kidd thought on this for a moment, and decided it was a fair offer. "As for you girls, try and get some sleep. We are sending you off to a changeling scout camp to rescue a prisoner tomorrow, when Angel Kidd’s suit is repaired. He will tag with you, and help any of you whenever you need it." And with that, the seven of them trudged through the body-filled halls to their sleeping quarters, hoping to get the bloodbath that happened just ten minutes earlier off their minds.
"Rise and shine, every pony!" said a voice from the hallway. Stirring from her sleep, Rainbow just lied in her bed and stared at the ceiling. She dreaded these moments, when she actually had to get out of bed. Reluctantly, she threw the covers off, and slowly shuffled into the dining hall where she got her warm breakfast, and sat down at Angel Kidd’s table. While she said 'Morning.' it came out more like 'orienting' due to a yawn that was dying to get out. "Ah, good morning, are the others on their way?" Angel asked politely and took another bite of his waffle. "I, uhh, didn't notice." Dash said in a groggy voice, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. After a few minutes of silence, the rest of the gang trotted out, grabbed their tray of food, and settled down at the table. "Well... today’s the big day, every pony!" said Applejack, in her cheerful southern voice, trying not to sound worried. Umm... Yeah..." moaned Rarity, entirely unaffected by Applejack's attempt to make it not seem as bad. Well, you girls DO have a few advantages, in that you have been trained and you each have weapons fit for your style of combat, so it could actually be worse." Angel Kidd joined in. After another few moments of silence, Rarity was the first to speak up. "Well yes, darling, this is true, but... It's the emotional toll we're talking about here. I have to wonder how my Spikey-Wikey is doing without me." said Rarity, her mind trailing off at the end. Twilight couldn’t help looking up, and giving her a look as if to say that he's doing fine. The seven finished up their breakfast, and piled in the chariot, bound for the Kawakian jungle.