Rampage: Equestria's Punishment

Chapters

I'm BACK
Planning and fucking nosy mares
The Big Day
Let's just clean the world, so maybe we, the rest of us can live
Aftermath and Radio hijack planning
The Hijack
Traps, lots and lots of traps
The Showdown
Rearming and Regrouping for one final assault
The Infiltration
The City of Smoke

I'm BACK

I woke up to the sound of knocking at the door, just great, I groaned in annoyance as I was actually enjoying that sleep. I got up and walked toward the door in an exhausted manner. I opened the door to be greeted by the mailmare, 'Derpy', I think that was her name. She'd been delivering boxes of mail for me since last year. About twelve times, one for every month that passed by on this shitty nation, 'Equestria'. I've been pissed off for the longest time for the amount of greed, monarchy, and ignorance that is displayed every single day on this god forsaken rock. "Morning Bill", she said enthusiastically.

I groaned,"morning Derpy, how are you". She had hands and legs, but hooves for feet and she had a pretty decent bust, to me it looks like a 23D cup. She smiled brightly, and said that she got another package, and this one's heavier than the rest. I nodded understanding what she was insisting, I grabbed the bottom of the package and lifted I brought it into my house and put it on the couch and went back out. "Want a drink". She looked back happily, and nodded. I went back inside and looked in the fridge, milk, whiskey, tequila, I went to the cabinet and brought out some coffee and tea. "Coffee, tea, milk, and liquor", I said motioning to all of the refreshments, adding liquor as a joke.

She took a moment and answered,"coffee please". I got the tea pot lit and waited for the water to boil. I told her and insisted that she can have a seat. She took a seat reluctantly and got comfortable and broke the silence,"thank you very much for your hospitality and everything but I'm curious." I paused before asking her what it was. She must have been a bit nervous because she was quiet before saying, "those boxes are always heavy, what exactly is in them". I smiled knowing how to get my myself out of situations like these. I always have, being a believable liar is important.

"These are for a little arts and crafts project and it involves a bit of steel, which is why they are heavy", I answered. She nodded, understanding. But I assured her that this was the last of the packages and that she doesn't have to worry about it anymore, and that I would be able to take care of all of this on my own.

"Well that's a relief", she said relieved. I got up to check up on the tea pot to see if the water was good to go. It was steaming slightly, good enough it's not too hot. I got the mugs ready and ground up the coffee beans and scooped some sugar into the mugs. Then I added the hot water, I put the pot back and shut off the stove. I brought the cups back to the living room and gave her a mug and sat down with her. I took a sip and asked her about anything happening with her, wanting to be polite and not sit there all awkward and everything.

"Well I might've accidentally crashed into town hall and caused some trouble and expenses if they didn't give me the payment option which helped a lot", she explained. I listened to the rest of her stories, most of them misfortunes. But after a few minutes she got up to leave. "I should probably go, if my boss catches me late on any more deliveries he might fire me". I nodded understanding, and told her it's fine. She went out the door and said goodbye, I said goodbye too and closed the door behind her.

I went back to the couch and opened the box, more of my Kevlar plates sweet!!! I could finally reconstruct my armor again. I missed the thing and haven't been performing my true skills since I died.... Oh well, now it's time to get back in business. I went to my room and got the rest of the armor and brought it, I grinned goofily at how this was bringing back all kinds of memories of how I fucked the U.S. over three major times in a row. Once I was done I went back into the room to get all of my guns out.

The first was my trusty MP7 10mm round firing submachine gun, it was a good gun, helped me out countless times. The next was the MP9, the cousin of the MP7, fired the same rounds and had the same capacities for the bullets in each magazine. Then finally the M9 semi-auto pistol, it had a 15 round 9mm magazine capacity. I started loading each bullet into the correct clips until each were filled up to its' limit. At the end I had the armor and a total of 45 magazines, 20 for the MP7 and 20 for the MP9 and 5 for the M9 pistol. "There", I muttered. "Almost ready".

I made my way into the guest room and lifted the carpet and opened the trap door underneath, I then brought out all kinds of materials that were all needed into making some classic IEDs, ( Improvised Explosive Device). I started working with all the wiring, making sure it was all being connected like it should be. It was, so the only thing left was to make the explosive part of the IED, I filled some plastic bottles with plenty of flammable fluids and hooked them up to the detonators.

I then stood up and admired all of the work I just put together. FUCK CELESTIA, my perfect world has to begin with force and violence, even if it must be done with blood.

My work is not over, it never was, not when they killed me and certainly not now. Not when I have plans of my own to change Equestria for the better.

Planning and fucking nosy mares

I got dressed in my repair shop clothes and I looked somewhat like a mechanic. I know, not the best paying job, but I'm pretty damn good at it. I need to get to work because I got the day off tomorrow and I need to seem as innocent as possible in order to not be put in suspiciousness. These ponies are stupid and can't see the truth behind Celestia's bullshit but they are nosy as fuck. So I need to look good then be bad. I ran to the shop as fast as I could and reached the door and opened it."Sorry I'm late Steel", he glanced at me. "Come on Bill, twice in a row".

Steel is my boss, he tends to be friendly around customers but off work hours, he's a real dickhead. I walked over to Steel and asked, "where are the carriages that were for that one rich guy at Trottingham". He pulled back some curtains to show the carriage string on a platform above the ground. It was nice, I'll give it that much credit. But I bet they lied to all the poor kids that he was going to pay for new shoes for them and instead, he was paying a lot of money to repair his carriage, selfish bastard. Steel snapped me out of my thoughts and I walked over to a tool box and grabbed some hammers and a new wheel.

Surprisingly enough, the carriages are a whole lot easier to fix than a normal car. That's easy money for me. I grinned as it didn't take long to replace the whell, I had the platform to thank for that. I grabbed the rag in my shirt pocket and tried to clean my hands up a bit. I head back and see that fucking annoying pupil of Celestia's walk in with a carriage behind her and some of those puppets for guards behind her. "Can I help you your majesty", Steel asked. What a pussy. Steel looked at me with fury. Obviously mad about me not bowing. Dick.

Twilight broke up the arguement as quickly as it started,"it's alright Steel, he's not Equestrian". She looked at me with a smile. Oh man, I wonder how many times that smiles been used, fake bitch. I nodded at her. She glanced back at Steel, "I need the cart repaired for Celestia and the nearest repair shop is here, is that fine". Steel was as happy as a child who got free candy and assured her that the carriage would be repaired in no time. He looked at me to get on with it. I walked up to Twilight and looked at the carriage, I asked her what the problem was. She carefully and clearly explained that the princess of the sun (Celestia), was riding in the carriage around Canterlot and that the wheels came loose just as she reached the palace, and that she might need new flooring in the fucking thing.

I sighed and got to work on the floor, I removed the seats and placed them on the outside and I removed the flooring next. I yelled at Steel to get the nicest floor we had in the shop. He came out with some high quality oak wood smooth to the touch and soothing to the eyes. I placed it on the frame and drilled in the screws to hold it in place and put each one of the seats back in slowly. About an hour and a half passed and I was done. "There", I breathed out. I motion for her to try out the floor by sitting on the chairs she got in slowly and took a seat.

Just then two pairs of hooves walked in, I turned around and saw that it was Rainbow dash and Applejack, I waved at them and Rainbow waved quickly and didn't look happy to see me. I could honestly give two shits, but I don't, Applejack just tipped her hat in a respectful manner. "Where's Twi at", Applejack asked. But just then Twilight walked out to answer her question for me. I told them that I had just finished repairing the flooring. Twilight was curious as to why they were here though. Rainbow wasn't on good terms with me, didn't like me that much, I assumed she knew to look for her here because I work here. Rainow asked Twilight why she had to come here knowing that I'm here.

Twilight looked as if she just found out that they didn't trust me with their lives like Twilight here. "Because Bill is alone here, he's not exactly a pony Dash". I honestly like being alone with my thoughts, gives me time to discuss with myself how exactly I'm feeling without their bullshit pity for me.

"Because he doesn't mind that much Twi, That's why he works on the outskirts of Ponyville away from everypony", Dash explained in a dull manner.

Oh God that fucking phrase will be the death of me I swear to God! "That doesn't mean he doesn't want to talk to anyone" Twilight shot back. Rainbow pointed at me and asked, what exactly I'm doing with the ponies in this town. She kept on droning on about how I'm different, for the 100th time. And yes I counted. I got out the calculator from a drawer in the tool box and calculated the exact total amount she owed for the repairs.

It came down to about 450 bits in total. The currency is about the same here as it was back in the U.S. She wrote down a check with Celestia's name on it. "She said to put whatever the cost was on a check is that fine". I took it and nodded. Twilight started heading out for the exit and she turned around, "how exactly are you so good at this". I told her that I used to be a car mechanic back home, so these carts were basically child's play. She nodded, "you should get a raise you did great in Celestia's carriage it's almost as if nothing happened to it". She left and I headed into Steel's office and gave him the check. He took it and grinned at the amount we made in just a few hours.

"Did you hear that Steel", I asked. He glanced at me with a kind of 'really man', kind of look. He asked me how much I wanted exactly. I asked for ten bits an hour, he accepted. I grinned, "perfect". He glanced at the clock, and told me that I could have the rest of the day off. I was confused, "really". He said yes, immediately, nopony else was probably going to be here for the rest of day, so he let me go ahead and take the rest of the day off. I didn't argue with him and started to make my way back home, running into Rainbow and Applejack on the way out.

Rainbow stepped in front of me, "can I help you Dash". She started saying that she was wrong and that she shouldn't have been so hating. Which I don't give a fuck about how they feel about me, really I don't, but I need to keep playing the nice guy routine until tomorrow.

"I just wanted to apologize for the rude stuff I said".

"Look it's fine Dash I honestly didn't find your comments that rude, I mean they were true". She raised a brow, she couldn't believe what I just said. Of course, I don't mind being alone and as for the nice stuff with Twilight, I'm just trying to get along with everyone. She seemed satisfied with what I said because she said that we're cool and stuff and decided to head off. Applejack tipped her hat and started to head back to the farm she owned. I got to my house and opened the door, got in and shut it, and locked it. "Finally", I sighed, I don't have to play the nice guy routine. Alright enough fucking around I headed into the basement and decided it wouldn't hurt to make a few more bombs for the big day tomorrow.

I got it all planed out. I'm going to bomb the guard station here in ponyville first, that way backup can't arrive, and as for nearby towns, the nearest town is about 100 miles from here. So I got plenty of time to spread my message and clense this town and saving them from themselves. Then I'm going to clense and show the world for what it truly is and that change cannot happen unless it's done forcefully. If I were to express my self peacefully, no one would listen. That's why I'm going to do this. So that they may have a chance and that we can destroy this system that's controlling their lives. And to not end up like how Earth will end up in about 100 years or even sooner.

This nation and the neighboring nations next to it are having kids nonstop, it's ridiculous, and the peacefulness and no-killing is just stockpiling the global population. It's an absolute joke when someone says that 'everyone's got to be happy, everyone's got to live'. The survival of the fittest, it's a real theory, it's meant to keep balance to the population as whole, so in the future when all of our resources are gone, the entire world as they know it will crumble and then they'll finally realize that the whole time they've been living a lie. I finished the new bombs and decided that this was enough. I went back up and closed the trap door and covered it with the carpet. I heard a knock and jerked my head quickly to he left which was where the door was. I went to the door and looked through the peep window. Oh, and one other thing, paper money was invented since I mentioned it when I first arrived here.

It was Dash. What in the name of fuck does she want now.

I opened it and she smiled at me and I returned it , again don't want to seem like a dick. "What is it Dash", I asked. She scratched her head, and asked if she could come in. I didn't want to be disturbed, but what the hell maybe I could use the company. "Sure come on". She followed and I motioned for her to have a seat, "do you drink". She said that she does. I chuckled, maybe she isn't that bad, "you like whiskey". She nodded, I went to the cabinet and brought out the bottle and two glass cups. I handed one to her and I brought the bottle to her cup and filled it up, I did the same with mine. "So what brings you here Dash", I asked curiously, she doesn't really talk to me this often like today. She seemed a bt nervous and said that she was wondering if I could come and present myself over at Scootaloo's school thing where they bring someone they know to present them and shit like that.

"She looks up to you Bill". I knew what she was talking about, Scootaloo was always curious about me and when I first showed up here I saved her from timberwolves. And at times she would visit me at my work and ask me how to repair certain things and what parts go where and what their names are etc. She's actually a bright kid. I asked her when was the meeting. She smiled and sipped before answering, "May 18, on Friday". I was pissed, that's tomorrow, I have to do what I need to do tomorrow. Wait a minute, I know how I can play this out, I'll do the meeting thing tomorrow and then head home and do it. I asked her what time the meeting would start. She thought about it for a second before saying that it would be at 9:00 or a little earlier. Perfect, I thought to myself, I got it all figured out and to think that Dash almost fucked it up.

"I should get going now", Dash said getting up, "Tank might be getting hungry". I nodded taking a sip of the drink. And brought up the memory of the time she had a race for a pet to be hers. I chuckled a bit before asking her that maybe the whole race thing was a bit much. She nods awkwardly and starts to head out. I got up and followed her, I told her to wait up. She turned around,"yeah". I looked at her apologetically and wished her a good night. She smiled, "it's alright, bye Bill". I looked on as she took off. I went back in and shut the door. Ever since I got here all of these damn ponies are so energetic, they're always visiting each other's homes. Not a lot of that back home.

I went into my room and got some sweatpants on and got into bed. I need to get up early tomorrow for whats about to go down.

The Big Day

I woke up to the sound of my alarm going off loud as SHIT! It was 5:30 am. Christ... I got up and rubbed out any sleep in my eyes and groaned, realizing I needed to workout before doing this so I can be at least a bit prepped physically. I went down into the basement and found my weight set, , which included my bench press, dumb bells, punching bag, punching gloves, you get the picture. I first headed for the bench and got my usual weights, 35lbs on both sides to make 115lbs in total. I finished about 20 reps, and picked up the dumb bells, about 40 lbs on both sides. I finished 20 curls on both arms and by the time I was finished, my arms were fucking sore as shit. I added 10 more pounds to the bar and quickly picked it up and started to do squats 40 in total. By the end, I was drenched in sweat. I took off 45lbs and did curls on both arms at the same time with the bar. If I wasn't tired before, I'm definitely tired now.

I put the bar and the dumb bells back in their spots and put my boxing gloves on. I took a good fifteen minutes of non-stop bashing on the thing, it's pretty worn out. I'm always using the thing, trying to keep my fighting in handy at all times. Once I was done I left basement and closed the door and covered it with carpet. I then headed for the shower to clean up. Once I didn't smell like shit I headed for my bedroom to get into my best casual clothes. Black shirt with the sleeves rolled up to the elbow, blue jeans, and black sneakers, and my belt with cologne on. I fixed up my hair a bit so I didn't look like a piece of shit in front of all these kids at Scootaloo's meeting. I got my basic necessities for the next few hours, my wallet, watch, phone. Even though they don't have anything like these yet, they do have the same AC outlets, so I can still charge them like always. I then checked my watch to see what time it was, 7:00 am. Still early, got plenty of time to kill, I headed into the basement until I heard a knock at the door. "Who the fuck could that be", I knew it wasn't Derpy, I hadn't expected any more mail for now. I opened up and guess who it is.

"Hello my dear boy", Discord said with utter glee.

"Hey man", I said with a decent tone. "How are you".

He started pestering me about how Rainbow was at my house at late afternoon and close to early evening. I sighed before answering, and making it clear that nothing happened at all. The dirty bastard. But he was a fun dirty bastard. "I seeee", he said stretching the shit out the word 'see'. I rolled my eyes and asked him if there was any other reason he was here, other then keeping a close eye on my personal life. "Well I just wanted to say hello to my dear friend of course". I nodded understanding completely, me and this guy would head out to the bars sometimes and get shit-faced drunk and sometimes I would have a girl in my bed the next morning. Those were some good times. He would be in disguise the whole time, causing havoc on Equestria and such. *cough *cough chocolate rain.

"Yeah I know, hey listen you want to hold off on any plans you got for today", I asked. " I'm kind of busy". He raised a brow, I don't usually turn down a good time with a real guy like him. "It's just that Scootaloo's got this meeting where parents and/or family and friends come to present themselves or some shit like that." He frowned, aw too bad for him man I told that we'd hang out another time, just not now. He pouted like he always does when he doesn't get what he wants. "Oh come on now, don't be a little bitch like those ponies". He stared at me confused.

I stared at him with my best 'really man, really' face, and said, "you're always talking shit about them, don't be them".

He stared at me a bit pissed off, "don't pretend that YOU don't find any of these ponies attractive".

I answered almost as soon as he finished, "at least I'm talk and action, you're neither sometimes".

He seemed a bit stunned at this statement.

"Now look, I got to go", I closed my door and locked it. I went down back into the basement and brought out my guns, armor, and explosives, along with the ammo and hid it under my bed. I know, not the most practical hiding spot in the world. But, I just need to hide it all for just a couple more hours. I then went outside locked my door and didn't see Discord, must've left. I didn't see him anywhere, but it didn't matter. I went into town and looked for the cafe shop. 'Sugarcube corner", was the name, I found it and went inside and rang the bell for service.

"Coming", a young feminine voice yelled out from the kitchen behind the counter. I waited for a couple moments and saw a pink pony with curly hair come out. "How can I help you". I know who this is it's Pinkie, she threw a party for me when I first came here. I would've liked the party, except I'm not much of a partying kind of guy. I prefer hanging out with friends and drinking compared to partying.

"Oh hey Billy how are you". She seemed happy.

"Great Pinkie thanks", I paused before a second before ordering a double espresso macchiato with extra foam. I loved coffee so damn much, I always make sure to have at least one cup a day.

"Not a problem, I'll be back in moment", she said very cheerfully. She went back into the kitchen and I could hear coffee machines in the background and her walking back with a cup that has extra foam. Just how I liked it. "Here you go Billy". I took it and brought out my wallet.

"How much", I asked pulling out a five bit bill. She shook her head and motioned for me to keep the drink.

"On the house", Pinkie hyperly replied. Smiling the biggest toothy smile I've seen in my life.

"Thanks Pinks", I said appreciating the gesture and nodded walking off with the drink in my hand.

"No problem, I'm glad to help", Pinkie yelled out as I left the shop. I walked off to the direction of the school while sipping on the coffee, damn, everything just right. I kept on walking until I was passing by Rarity's boutique, I kept walking at a steady pace, not looking back. She's a nice gal or mare in her case, but she can drone on about clothes for a whole fucking hour. And I'm not even joking it's one hundred percent accurate. But my whole don't look thing didn't work. I heard her door open and I knew it was her.

"Bill", I heard her yelling behind me, "Is that you". Fuck. I turned to face her with the best smile I could to not be rude. She walked up to me and hugged me, "how are you darling". She gave me most of my clothes that I'm wearing since I got here. So a conversation I guess wouldn't be too bad.

"Great", I stated a but flatter than I wanted to, "how about you". She scoffed as if it was obvious to everyone in her vicinity.

"Absolutely fabulous, I'm going to Sweetie Bell's family/friend presentation for her. I raised both my eyebrows .

"Really", I asked, now interested.

"Oh of course, I wanted to be there for Sweetie this time as I'm not that busy as I usually am today", she replied.

"Yeah I'm going to", I said with a bit of a smile and a but optimistic now, "it's for Scootaloo". I explained how she didn't have anyone to show up and how Dash asked me to go and attend the presentation. As we kept talking I suggested that we could walk and talk on the way to school, seeing as we're both going there. She agreed and I kept going with her and sipping on my coffee as we conversed. I asked how Sweetie and her classes were going, not the most interesting topic ever, but whatever, well roll with it.

"She's excellent at school, Miss Cheerliee is telling me all kinds of great things she's doing", she explained with a very posh kind of manner. "But she's always telling me how she's having trouble with some of the fillies". I was confused, mainly because I met the girl and knew she was great and was extremely friendly to me. But I let her keep talking as I took the last sip and threw the cup at the next garbage can we walked by.

"We're here", I stated flatly. "Well what time is it". I thought I might've been a little bit early than I was supposed to be. I checked my watch and it read 8:30 am. "Should we head in", I asked Rarity. Mainly because I haven't attended any family/friend presentation back home, so I'm pretty ignorant as to what I should be doing.

"I don't think that it wouldn't be wrong to go in", she told me in an assuring tone. "Let's just head in darling, someone will tell what to do". I nodded and followed her inside, we walked in the hallway until we reached the benches by the classroom door. We sat down and decided to keep talking while we waited for us to head to in. I'll skip about thirty minutes ahead so you don't have to listen to me talk to Rarity how her dress orders were one of the most stressful ones she's had yet. Your welcome.

I heard the door open and told Rarity it's time to go, I checked my watch and it now read 8:55 am. By this time many of the other family/friend guys showed up. And being the only human here, you get a bit more attention than you would bargain for. But enough of that, I went into the classroom and stood along the wall with everyone else and I saw Scootaloo who was happy as could be seeing me there. I wave at her smiling.

"Alright class", Miss Cheerilee started, "we will now start the family/friend presentation, who's ready to have fun". The class erupted into a loud cheer from the whole class, loud as fuck let me tell you. "Now first off we have Scootaloo to start us off", Miss Cheerliee brought her up to the front of the class to begin," who'd you bring sweetie." Scootaloo was walking toward me to walk up.

"I brought Bill", she said happily. I walked up with her to the front of the class.

Miss Cheerliee spoke up, "can we all give it up for Bill everyone". There was some clapping and such and Cheerliee spoke up again, "you can start now Bill".

I took a breath and started,"my name is Bill Williamson, i am a human, obviously, and that I worked as a mechanic back home (which is true), and now I'm a carriage repair man". The class was interested, that's for sure, the looks on their faces, it's like when you give a baby his/her pacifier." I also repair small electronics. And for anyone who wants quality repair work done, I can take care of it". Once I was done, the class was somewhat satisfied with my self-explaining. I then asked the class for any questions. A lot of them actually raised their hands up. One of whom was a young colt and had a brown spot on one of his eyes. I picked him,"yes", I asked.

He started," how did you end up here mister". I told him that I really didn't know. But personally, I think it has something to do with me dying back home. I asked for questions again, and a mare with a grey coat raised her hand up and I called on her.

"Are you Scootaloo's dad or something", she asked. I didn't expect this, but I answered regardless.

"No",I replied. Answering her and I continued,"but she's a close friend of mine and she's a good kid so I'm here to present for you all". She was confused as to why I was with Scootaloo, but she didn't say anything else so I asked the class for one more question. A young filly raised her hand and I called on her in the blink of an eye. "Yes".

She took a second before answering, "do you have a relationship with anyone Mr. Williamson". Okay, I knew there were going to be awkward questions, but I didn't think they'd ask that.

"No not at the moment", I explained. "I'm trying to focus on getting more money and a better set-up at the moment". I concluded my little show and told everyone they had great questions and I went back to the wall. Rarity came up and told me that I did great up there. "I just explained what I do on a daily basis, which is everyday".

"Oh nonsense",she whispered poutingly. "You did great, you can't be the best up there anyway not everyone did their best all the time they try". I nodded to get the talk over with. It worked, she stopped and I pretty much drowned out everything else until the whole thing was over. Miss Cheerliee said that class was dismissed after it was over, so Scoots walked out with me.

"Thanks for coming Bill", she seemed happier than my family was on taco Tuesdays. "I know you might get in trouble at work for coming". I assured her that it was okay, and that I got the whole day off. So she didn't have to worry. "Alright".

"So you going to go home now", I asked, hoping for her to say yes. "Because you should enjoy this day off, you probably don't get a lot of them very often".

"Yeah I am actually", she decided. "Sweetie wants to come over with Applebloom and do a little bit of painting for our cutie marks". I smiled and said that's a great idea. "What about you". I told her that I'd just be laying around at home mostly. "Alright bye Bill".

I stood there and watched her leave and once she was gone I went on my way home to get ready.

A few minutes later....

I just got home and unlocked the door and shut it. I made way to my bed and took out all my gear and laid it on the bed. I shut the curtains to make sure no-one could look in. I started with the black tactical shirt and pants, I then put my tactical boots and knee pads, elbow pads, plus full finger black tactical gloves. I then started with the armor. Making sure that each plate was in its' correct spot. Once I was sure I put on a black balaclava with the head part cut off, so it only covered my neck. Once all of that was done I loaded the clips into guns and holstered them including the M9. I put all of the clips that could fit into my tactical vests' pockets. And the excess went into the black back pack I got with me, including the explosives I made.I put the pack on me and went out the back door, i grabbed the voice changer and a fake orange tail, I then put on my mask and now I was ready. But I was forgetting something, shit the fake money, I went into the basement and put all of the counterfeit cash in the pack on my way out.

I climbed over the wall and went through some backyards until went to the hill by the edge of the everfree and saw the cart I left about a month ago. No-one had touched it, perfect. I brought the backpack out and unloaded the explosives carefully. Placing them in a good row I hooked them up to the detonator and released the brakes. Oh and down she went. Stumbling the whole way down, but made it into the guard station and crashed through the door. I flicked the switch and there was a humongous BOOM!!!

Let's just clean the world, so maybe we, the rest of us can live

The whole building erupted in a huge explosion and the fire engulfed the surrounding area. Maybe I had put too much of those fluids in the bottles. I ran down the hill putting on the fake tail and the voice changer on the way down. I had just reached the outskirts of town when I ran into a mare with a pink and purple hair, I raised my left arm holding my MP7 and opened fire on her. She dropped like a rock onto the ground, I ran past the body down the road, surely now if the townsfolk weren't aware, they are definitely aware now with the gunshots. I turned at an intersection and ran into about twenty ponies and they saw me and ran for they very existence, I raised my right arm holding my MP9 and fired onto them. Bodies everywhere just dropping like sacks of potatoes. I then continued with the process of raising either arm to fire.

I walked into a small diner and raised both of my arms and unloaded the whole thing into them. I paused to reload both guns and stared at the piles of meat that's now sitting at the floor. "Clean up on aisle nine", I joked. I left the diner and continued to roam around the town as if I had just made it into my bitch. It felt great. I ran down the street firing on anyone that came into view, but then a group of guards were stopping right in front of me with guns in their hands, probably weren't in the building when I burned it into the ground. They fired at me, it's a pretty good thing I had put on my armor. Most of the bullets ricochet off of me, but a couple of rounds made me back up a couple of steps.

I turned around and squated letting them waste all of their ammo until I heard their clicking. I grinned behind my mask and turned around standing up and firing into the group. They cried out in agony as bullets ripped their bodies apart. I marched past the dickheads who were shooting at me. I looked for the big fucking tree that they called a library, there it was, right in the fucking center. Sticking out like an infected sore thumb on an asshole who just fingered a chick with crabs. I ran to it and busted down the door with a huge kick. I looked around rapidly for Twilight, no where in sight, but there was a group of stallions and mares who stared at me terrified. But I couldn't worry about them as I was tackled to the ground by somebody, but unfortunately for him I'm always practicing on my fighting skills and I pulled a reversal on his amateur ass. I was now on top of him and I quickly pulled out my knife and quickly, but cleanly, slit his throat. Two stallions charged at me in the hopes that they would overpower me. Fucking idiots. I drew the MP9 and fired on them both and stood up quickly.

"What the fuck was that", I demanded. Man, if they were scared of me before, now, I was the devil in their eyes. They way they stared in horror. "Anybody else wanna play hero....huh". No answer, I looked around the rest of the room and didn't see anybody else in the vicinity. "Twilight I'm going to count to five", I stated. "If I don't see you in that time, I'll kill everyone and find you myself". I heard a door open by the group and out came Twilight. I stared at her and she was crying her eyes out, she had mascara everywhere. "Everybody's out here, what were you doing in there", I asked. She stuttered, trying to find the right words to speak with. I quickly looked around and pointed my gun at the group and looked at the guy who tackled me. It was Spike, Twilight's assistant. He's dead for sure, a thin pool of blood was leaking from the hole in his throat and was seeping everywhere. Twilight looked over my shoulder and shrieked.

I pointed my gun at her to stop her in her place, "Twilgiht sit the FUCK DOWN". She was sobbing uncontrollably and I ordered everybody else to get on the ground. I walked to the center between the bookshelves and pulled up a chair. "Here Twilight", I pushed it over to her and she caught it I her hands. "You get a chair". I said enthusiastically. She began to speak up.

"I'd rather not mister", i got really pissed now.

"SIT IN THE FUCKING CHAIR", I shouted at the top of my lungs, trying to be like that asshole Chip. I shook my head, "tsk, tsk, tsk, don't act like your on the same level as the rest of these ponies, you fucking hypocritical bitch". She sat down without another word. I took another seat and sat myself down trying to calm myself down. I fiddled around with my fingers and I spoke up after a few minutes. "I do want to ask you something Ms. Sparkle". She raised her up and her face was now matte colored from the sobbing.

"What do you want", she said sounding like she gave up on everything.

"I want you to get on the radio and tell Celestia that she has to fix the gun laws, the population laws, the laws in general, and to concentrate on problems that actually fucking matter, and if you don't, I'll fucking kill you and these people and get on that radio myself". She got up and I followed her to where she kept her radio, "nobody moves", I yelled raising my voice. She got on the radio and got on Celestia's line. "Sound like you're happy as fuck". I commanded.

"Hello, Ms. Sparkle what is it", a stallion answered.

"Hello Flash, can you put Celestia on the line please", she requested bluntly.

"Yeah, one second", he responded.

I waited a whole moment and I finally heard Celestia's fucking annoying motherly tone of her Goddamn voice. "Hello, Twilight, what is it, did you already learn another friendship lesson". Twilight started talking, but I had to put the guns' muzzle to the back of her head.

"No, there's just some demands that somepony wants", she stated dead in the inside.

"Twilight is this a joke your friends wanted you to pull", she chuckled. "Because it's pretty good".

"It's not a joke Celestia, this stallion's got a gun to my head", she yelled.

"Hello Celestia", I sang in a cheerful manner. There was a tense long pause before she spoke again.

"What happened to Spike, why didn't he send any letters", she demanded in a loud tone in her voice.

"We'll see the thing there 'Tia, is that he's a puddle, and, I don't think puddles can talk", I stated in a matter of fact manner.

"You sick monster", she spat out through the radio in disgust. I made a face through the mask and just chuckled.

"There're just few less ponies draining your resources, you should be thanking me", I said in an annoyed expression. "Now look, I want the gun laws, the population laws, laws in general, to change, and for you to not to lie to these people that you can actually perform god-like feats, plus lying to your own citizens that all will always be well." I'm going to tear her palace apart. " the truth is, that your dooming Equis, and all of the living beings here on this God forsaken rock the more you lie to yourself and others".

She came back right away mad as hell, "how dare you question my abilities". She just wouldn't shut up, "who are you". She didn't know who I was because of my distorted voice, perfect.

"I'm not questioning them", I said. "I'm making claims against them with science, and facts, not bullshit assumptions". I had just about enough of them and just wrapped it up, "have it changed or I will do something worse than having your most prized pupil as my hostage", I threatened. I shot the radio several times and pointed the gun at her and ordered her to go back with the others. She walked back and ordered her to get into the chair and stay there while I leave. "You better hope she changes all of this when I'm done it I'll be back even worse than before and I won't take most of anyone I find as hostages". I left the building before they could even respond.

I ran back out on the street and ran through the streets barging into homes, continuing my killing spree to get Celestia's attention. And believe me it's going to work. But after a bit, I realized how the guards might come by now from other towns, it's been awhile now. I made my way to the tracks at the station and busted the door down to the office and killed everyone so they couldn't warn anyone on those trains. I reloaded both of my guns and went out to the tracks. I took my pack off and unzipped it, I still have some IEDs that I didn't use. I placed the in spots where I suspected the cars might stop on the tracks. I then backed up away and went behind some bushes by the Everfree, now I would play the waiting game. A few moments passed by until I then heard the sound of tracks and stood up, I peeked over and watched the train pulling up. I clicked on the switch for the first set of bombs to arm and I patiently waited for the train to get closer. It was just about to pull up by the station. I clicked the switch when the engine was just above it.

The whole train flew off the tracks and slid into the ground before haunting to a complete stop. I clicked the second set and two whole cars were incinerated on the inside. I finally blew the third and last one which destroyed the last two cars. I walked up to the wreck to the examine the damage I caused. I started to chuckle, that chuckle began to turn into uncontrollable laughter. I kept laughing for five whole minutes, but then started to relax and stop. I needed to get back home. But first I went for the center of town by the library and found a garbage can to dump the counterfeit cash in. I set it up and ran for the bank. "Everybody put your fucking hands up and get on the ground", I ordered. "Mister manager get out here NOW", I yelled. He came out. "Think fast, what do I want". Jesus did he take forever.

"Money", he concluded.

"Oh you're a smart one genius", I said sarcastically, "get over there and open the Goddamn safe". He went over to the back and I told the tellers to back up and to not touch those alarms or I would rip them apart. "Open the registers", I told the cashiers in a rushed tone. "Come on you heard me, MOVE IT". The manager came out saying that he had the safe open and I followed him with one gun pointed at him and the other at his employees. I then tossed him my pack and told him to fill it up. His frail hands were as fast they could putting all of those bits in the bag. I chuckled at how scared he was, "look calm down, everything's going to be fine, I'm not going to kill you, I don't know why I'm not". He was still scared absolutely shitless.

"Please just don't shoot".

I kept on chuckling, " you see, you see, it's money", I paused before I kept on rambling, "it's about as worthless as you are". I was now growing impatient. "Hurry up".

"I'm hurrying", he said frantically.

"Hurry up", I repeated. He stuffed the last bill into the bag, "that's it, that's all of it".

"Good", I responded. "Just stay there now".

"Thank you".

I went out into the center of town and went to the garbage can to dump the pockets dilled with the counterfeit cash. I then raised my voice so anyone In these buildings could hear me, "your fucking money doesn't mean ANYTHING". I kept on dumping the shit until the pocket was empty, " because all you use it for is STUPID and senseless SHIIIIT"!!! I then got out the last liquid with the flammable liquids and poured it all out in the fake cash, I then pulled out a match and struck it. "Say goodbye". I threw into the can and the thing erupted into flames. I then raised the bottle all around me, "have a nice day"!!! I then ran away from town and into the forest to get home.

I went into the forest to go around this mess, albeit I did make the mess. I kept trudging through the woods until I saw the homes I can through to get home. I was just about to head out for the homes when I heard clapping behind me. *clap, *clap, *clap, "very good show on the whole Rampage you just threw out onto everyone".

I turned around quick, quick enough to make roaches jealous. It was Discord. Shit. "What do you want"..

"Oh don't play dumb my dear boy, I know it was you", he smiled. "Billy oh my dear boy, what if I was to tell everyone that you did this". I thought quick and came up with an idea.

"Here look, I got tons of money in this pack, just have a look". As he looked in I reached into my back pocket and pulled out a taser. "Hey Discord", I asked with a cheerful tone.

"What is it my bo-", he couldn't finished and he fell to the ground groaning in pain.

"You alright", I asked. He kept groaning, "gimme your hand". I reached for his hand and pulled out my M9 and put out it in his hand. "It's alright buddy, I'm about to give you the eternal peace you always wanted". I pulled the trigger and his brains blew everywhere. I left my gun and in his hand and left. I climbed over the walls and made my way back to my home avoiding any conflict of any kind 'till I got home. I opened the backyard door and shut it. I ran for the basement and opened the door and got undressed. Once I was out of the armor took off the black tactical gear, I set my guns down on floor by them. I put on some jeans I left in here and went back up and shut the door. I covered all of the traces that could be pointed directly at me.

I went for the shower to clean up I got blood on me from Discord. I kept on washing 'till I didn't smell,came I was completely clean. I got out and went to my bedroom to get some casual clothes on. Black shirt, jeans, sneakers, and I laid down on my bed with some of the money I took from the pack. I counted the small bundle in my hand, 25,000 bits, and that's just the first handful! Here's hoping my messages goes through heard and it all follows through, if not, then well, I could always do this again. But let's hope it doesn't come down to it.

I turned the radio by my bed and listen to the news anchor on the other end go through reading his papers for his audience. "We've just received news that the notorious gunman roaming through Ponyville has ceased his attack and the Royal Guards are now looking for suspects who could be tied to this incident. The kill rate goes up to 156 deaths, and 13 injured. We'll inform of you further news they unfold, and we still urge folks to remain indoors until it's confirmed safe to go out. There's also tons of damage done to this town. The trains and the tracks to the station are completely destroyed. And the Guard station is in ruins. I don't who this is, but clearly he has the, means, gear, and the perfect planning it seems". I shut off the radio after deciding that I've heard all I need to hear. I was hoping that they'd find Discord's body with the gun and say that most of this was him.

I decided that it was a long day, I took off casual clothes and got some sweatpants and tank tops on and got into bad to nap.

The time for change had just begun....

Aftermath and Radio hijack planning

I woke up from sleeping on my own this time, thank God. I got up and decided to make myself some coffee to help and wake myself up a bit more and be focused. I ran through many of my thoughts as countless of them were running through my head, I know that I had sent my message out, but I don't think that this would be enough. Celestia has probably gotten this story censored out for her own propaganda. To get the ponies on her side, I need to get something that could get the attention of everyone nation-wide. Then the thought came to me, radios, I used one yesterday and I have one, but if I were to hit a news station that could send out my message out like wildfire, that could really help. I decided that would be my goal. But I need to think, the police stations, new stations and high attending public places would have lots of security to stop the bombing, like what happened yesterday.

I checked the stove to see if the water was ready to be poured, steaming slightly, so it was just right. I poured myself a cup and took sips as I went into the basement to check up on the ammo I had left over from yesterday. I counted the remaining in the magazines of the sub machine guns and they were halfway full, so about 14-16 rounds left in there, and the other magazines were full. There were about 32 in each clip and there are 12 magazines that aren't touched. So about 400-404 rounds left. The pistol magazines have about 60 rounds, but are useless without a gun. Great. Thanks Discord. He will be missed, but hey, he shouldn't have threatened to blackmail me. I don't fuck around.

I took a look at the map off the wall to see the most quality connections for the message. I found one, but it isn't close. It's located in Manehattan, by the coast and had plenty of exit possibilities for after the audio is played, the staff wouldn't be much of a problem, and the security most likely shit. Even though the surrounding towns and stated are on guard, the rest of the major cities, so they might not even expecting a lot. I just needed a way to transport my gear and weapons all the way to Manhattan without raising any suspicions. I then remembered all the money I just got, and realized that it's greasy, but I could smuggle them if I payed someone to bring it over and to not look in. It's perfect. I just need to head over to the nearest town with train station that heads right for Manehattan. Trottingham. Easy enough.

I heard a knock at the door and I dropped everything and climbed up, closed the door and put the carpet back over it and went for the door with my coffee. I looked through the that little peep hole and it was Rainbiw Dash. I opened door and greeting her, "hey Dash". She seemed relieved just to see me and hugged real tight. "Ummm, you okay there", I was really confused now.

"Thank Celestia you're okay", she said relieved. That's another reason why I hate Celestia, always trying to install her role in the nation as a god. "I thought that horrible pony had hurt you or broken in here". But I quickly assured that I'm fine, and that whoever was attacking the town couldn't have known that I live here I'm on the outskirts of Ponyville. "Yeah I guess you're right".

"Of course I'm right, here you want a coffee to help cool your nerves down", I suggested. She nodded. I brought her in and poured her a cup and asked her how Scootaloo was during all this happening. I'm worried about how she's dealing with this mentally. She told me that Scoots just had a bit of pity for the townsfolk and was scared for me and didn't want me to get hurt. I was glad that Scoots was dealing with it quite well. I asked her what she thought of everything that's going on lately.

"Well I'm just glad you didn't get hurt, but that stallion is still out there", she told me with a tired facial expression. I told her that I had heard of ponies saying that the stallion had dumped cash into a trash can and lit it all up in flames. She nodded. "He didn't even take the money, he just said that the things we use to spend money on are pointless which makes money pointless, and just burned it all". She told me how Twilight was doing, apparently she was heartbroken that Spike died, she was threatened to be murdered if things didn't change, and that she was just completely terrified of a complete psychopath. I nodded the whole time knowing about all the things that occurred, but I already knew, it's just I need to seem innocent remember.

"Well, I have to say, I'm glad you didn't get hurt either", I said with a compassionate expression. I asked her if she needed anything else but she said that she was okay and that she should get going and just to check up on me. Twilight needed her support to get over her loss. I nodded and watched her leave. I shut the door and got dressed for the trip. I got jeans on, a grey shirt, grey hoodie, my sneakers, and my sun glasses and got my wallet and I put a couple hundred bits in there and I put my watch on. I went down to the basement and put all of guns, armor, tactical gear, tactical clothes, and ammo into a black duffel bag so I could carry it all. I went to my room to play the radio so I can get an idea on what's happening around me.

"We now report live for PV7 on channel 10, where authorities have now found a lead on the Ponyville massacre, Discord the Lord of Chaos, was found dead with a gun still clutched in his hand. They are led to believe that it was a good chance that all of this was done by Discord, but are still gathering any more evidence. We'll take a short break and get back to you soon". Well that lets me a lit two things, they found the body, but they need to think it was either him or he was working the guy. I'm hoping it's either one of those and doesn't get traced back to me. I grabbed the bag and headed out the door and towards the sign where it says, 'thank you for visiting Ponyville, come back soon ya hear'. Cheesy as shit.

I went on the road for about a good hour and was now getting a glimpse of the town Trottingham, I kept going knowing that the rise to Manehattan from here would be better than going on foot.

10 minutes later......

I reached the train station in the town and walked up to the ticket booth and spoke with the ticket lady. "Hello sir, tickets to where" geez, she had a nice rack.

"One ticket for Manehattan", I asked as politely as I could. She handed me the ticket and told me that the next train would leave in about 40 minutes. Perfect, plenty of time to find a smuggler, I thanked her and walked around town and I kept looking and looking until I found someone with a black hoodie walk up to me.

"What do you need man, I saw you looking for something", he asked. I told him that I need some help getting some things I don't want searched into Manehattan. "Sure man but that'll be 300 bits". I handed him the money and told him that if he fucked around, I would skin him and wear it like a fur coat. He nodded gulping and walked off with my bag. I walked back to the station and sat down on the bench, alone with my thoughts. Let's see I've committed so many crimes, they'll either throw me in jail without a trial, or just execute me in front of everyone if they caught me. Whatever, I'll die before they take me.

But my thoughts were interrupted when I heard the large hissing sound of the train haulting to stop. I got up and recollected myself. I put my sun glasses on and boarded the train. The first thing when I got on is that they search everyone for any weapons on them. See, I told you cunts. They searched me and thank fuck I didn't have weapons on me right then. I was cleared and got onto my seat and looked out the window. I need to have this station give me their full cooperation or me and them would have some serious problems, so I just hoping that it wouldn't come to that. I started drowsing off into a deep sleep. I would need the energy for later on.

Cheers boys....

The Hijack

I woke up to the screeching sound of the trains' brakes on the tracks as I felt the train start to slow down. I brought my hands up to my face to rubthe sleep I had out of my eyes and looked out the window, and sure enough here we were. Manehattan, the city that had the infamous street, Wall Street, I didn't worry about it all too much as I would deal with that place soon enough. I got up and followed the rest of the passengers out of the train, I got out of the door and looked around for the guy that had my bag. I looked around until I found the guy behind the group of people waiting for their family/friends, etc. I walked past them and met up with the dude, "you got my stuff". He told me it was behind the dumpster behind him. "After you man". He walked back and grabbed it and handed it to me.

"Have a nice day", he told me. I want finished yet though, I had to make sure all the stuff I brought was still in the bag.

"Wait up, we're not done here", I called out. I drew my finger back and forth signaling him to come back here. "I need to check and see if everything is here". As soon as he was in a good distance for me chase if he was going to take off I turned around unzipped my bag and quickly but thoroughly searched through it. After I concluded that everything was here, I zipped back up and stuck out my hand. "Pleasure doing business with you". He took it and we shook, I nodded and said goodbye. I walked down the other way and went back to the station grounds. I went into the sitting room on the inside and went for the map. I gazed at it for a good few minutes, making sure to remember the routes I'll need to take on my to the radio station.

I left and kept walking for about a good thirty minutes and saw a sign that read, 'MH9', the news station's name. "There she is", I muttered. I walked to the alley and made absolutely sure no-one was around, not a soul in sight, so I went into building through a back doors down found the janitor's closet. I got in, locked it, and unzipped my duffel bag and brought out the tactical clothes and gear and suited up. Once those were on I started to put each piece of armor on its' correct places. I finished it off by putting in the helmet, turning on the voice changer, and the fake tail. I holstered both submachine guns and opened the door to head up. I saw a bunch of people around me now staring at me and were started to run away. They were NOT going to warn everyone else what exactly is going on.

I started firing at all of the ponies that started to try to leave the building in any way and those who didn't smartened up and stayed where they stood. I paused to reload both guns and pointed at them to make sure they didn't try that again. About five out of twelve remained. "Alright now, everyone just relax, we're going to take a little upstairs okay guys". They all nodded frantically. "Alright then, everyone in the fucking elevator", I yelled. They all got in without any resistance and I got in pointing my guns at them, "if anyone tries ANYTHING, I'll fucking kill you, if you RUN, I'll fucking kill you, and if you try to call the guards", I paused for dramatic effect. "I'll not only kill you, but I'll find your Goddamn families". They all stayed silent, obviously now they got the point.

We waited for what was in my opinion the longest elevator ride in the history of all of these slow fuckers put together, everything was deadly quiet. The only sounds from anyone was heavy breathing and quiet sobs. Finally the doors began to open slowly and I quickly asked, "where exactly is the anchor". They told me they didn't exactly know where he was, but that he was somewhere in the back corners of the floor, that was his office they said. The doors were all the way opened and I pointed my guns at the room for them to get a move on. They went ahead of me to lessen suspicion, I came out last with my guns pointing all around the room, "LADIES and GENTLEMEN, WELCOME to the attraction of Las Pegasus, I can catch bullets, and I will elevate you and me to a whole new LEVEL"!!! Everyone else began to panic and ran everywhere like roaches when you shine a light on them.

Anyone that ran in any direction that led to the exit were shot dead, point blank. This went on for about a good five minutes, by then, there were people in the rooms, trying to make an effort to hide away from me, those that hasn't been able to hide were piles of meat on the floor. "Mister Anchorman", I sang out loudly across the room. "Where are you". I kept on going room to room getting people to collect themselves by the center of the room. I made my way into the only other room I haven't searched yet. I kicked down the door and went in, it seemed empty, save for one table. I didn't believe that no-one was here. "Mister Anchorman that gets the pussy", I sang out. I went behind the table in one quick motion, "BOO"!!! The guy hit his head on the table above him and made a nice and audible thud. I laughed my ass off at how much of a fucking idiot he just made himself seem. "Get out".

He slowly crawled out from under the table and got up, "what do you want". He wasn't trying to fuck around, good. "Look, I'll do it, just don't kill me".

"Stop your whining and get the fuck out there with everyone else", I responded coldly. He made his way to the group and stayed in his place, "alright, everyone into the elevator, you try anything and you get shot". They all piled up in the elevator and I still kept my guns handy. "Which floor is the the broadcast station".

"It's floor twelve", I heard the anchorman reply. I pushed the button and we made our way to go about 8 more floors higher, I asked him if there were any way he could broadcast a message out nation-wide right now. "Well... Yeah, but why".

"Don't worry about why I'm doing this, just worry about me killing you, that should get you doin your job right". He nodded quickly. "Good, now relax and just focus on getting me and you aired live". The rest of the elevator ride was quiet and awkward, for the ponies, not me, for me it was just boring not doing anything, I knew exactly what I was going to say on the broadcast. I just needed to get this out so that these citizens of Equestria can listen to some uncensored media for just a few minutes. Not the propaganda bullshit they're constantly getting, the fake info. This is the real news that I'm going to be handing out, for their interests and the interests for the future of this nation.

"This way", he instructed. I followed him down the hallway with the rest of the survivors in front of me. He led us into a room that had two chairs, a microphone, and a desk with a radio on it. "This is it".

"Alright then, set it up",I ordered. "Everybody line up against the wall and sit down on the floor." I got up to of and shut the door and lock it behind me. The anchor called out to me letting me know that it's ready and that all he needs to do is to start broadcasting, I went over to him and took a seat in the chair in front of him. "What's your name", I asked.

"Earl Greyhound", he replied. Odd, ponies don't have names like that usually. "You ready to start".

"Yeah", I cleared my throat. "Don't say a thing 'till I'm done with my speech, then we do an exclusive interview with me, live". He nodded and clicked on the button to play the broadcast our live to the whole nation. I cleared my throat one more time.

(This video has some parts that aren't related to Equestria, but this is the best video I could find, All America statements are related to Equestria's for anyone who might get confused, all presidential statements are related to Celestia, Bush is Luna, Obama is Celestia, and Lincoln is Starswirl, and that he freed slaves under Sombra's rule, Iraq is Yakyakista, the US is Equestria, the U.K. Is the Gryphonian Empire, Washington is Canterlot). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzNH4izAxLo

"Wow", Earl stated with enlightenment. "That was really powerful". He just sat there awestruck, my guess is through the sudden realization of the possibility that everything he knew, was a lie. "Should we start the interview".

"Yeah let's do it", I assured. He began with the question of who I am. "Why does it matter Earl, where I'm from, what I do, what does any of that matter". He was not expecting me to not brag about who I was and how I could do everything I've done. He started to think of something else to question.

"Um, why do you think that Celestia is a liar as you say she is", I knew he was going to ask that.

"She has no actual physical proof that she can do any of this, my theory, illusion spell. The sun is too hot and gigantic to control, it looks small but that's because we are a few hundred thousand miles away from it. She is not a god, but more like someone who has found a way to freeze her aging cells to stop the process of making her get older, which keeps her alive way longer than everyone else. Same. With Luna". He took this into consideration and opened his mouth to continue.

"Do you feel that the killing of innocent people, is a solution". This is another question I expected from bullshit pacifists.

"Yeah I do", I answered with confidence. "We're growing way too rapidly for us to handle them all, everyone gets hungry, thirsty, and needs to get around, which drains all of our resources, in a hundred years or so, it'll all be over, and by then, it would be too late for you all. But I'm not like Celestia, I want to make you wake up and change for yourself, for your families, and for the better of every single living being on Equis". I paused to let Earl asked another question if he had any more.

"Why not get elected as mayor, or form a party, or form a whole new nation of your own-", he couldn't finish as I interrupted him with my answer.

"Because Equestria will still be ruled by Celestia, you guys will increase by population and maybe even declare war someday", I waited for him to ask any more obvious questions. "Oh, and another thing, if you're a guard or a soldier, you are a tool for 0.01%, not the general public, that's all just a whole made up to boost up morale for enlistments".

"Have you had any encounters with Celestia yourself in person", he decided to try and get my identity this way huh? Okay, I'll play along.

"Yeah I've met her before", that's all I would say and let the mind fuckery begin. "I think that's all and I sincerely hope that everyone will consider the possibility of a whole new world reborn".

"Okay then", he said settling down a bit. "Are you going to let us go, we've cooperated with you fully". I nodded grinning behind the mask.

"Yeah, I'll be fair and let them go, but not you, I need you to help me get out of here, once I'm out you can head home safely", I finished with the details of how the rest of this will go down. He just looked at me, unsure if he can do this, "you can do it Earl, you can get melt of here and you can go home safely to any family out there that you have".

He just shook his head, "fuck it, okay, let's do it".

I told everyone to get up and head out the door for the elevator nice and slow. I walked behind them, ready for anyone who might've been ready to surprise me during the broadcast. "In the elevator, let's go"! I walked over to the window and looked down, they weren't in the building, but it looked as if they would come in at any moment. I ran to the elevator and pushed the button for the second floor. I waited in anticipation for what'll happen next.

The doors opened and I was pointing the guns at them to go down the stairway now, "come on, down the stairs, then you're home free". We all walked down until the door leading into the main lobby was right there, "alright, evrybody but Earl, go". They ran and I pointed a gun at him and told him to tell the guards that they can't come in because I've got the place rigged, (it was a lie) and that I will go around the building killing more on the other floors if I found anyone else. He nodded and left. I went around and went back down by the janitor's closet and went back out into the alley. I ran down the alley 'till I saw the docks behind the building. I went up to a boat that was about to depart and I stopped it, "hey man, look, I'm not going to kill you, but I will if you don't give me a ride". He nodded and I jumped in the boat and told him to get a move on. He turned the boat around and headed off.

"I need a ride all the way up to the area by the center of Manehattan", I told him. He nodded and kept on going in the direction I pointed at. "Good, get me there and I won't kill you". About 10 minutes of going through the ocean and we reached the shore by the center of town. "Right here's good, and hey buddy, you just did something good for the world". He was dumbfounded but I was already gone before he could ask anything else. I ran down an alley and found a public bathroom and no-one was home, I picked a stall and got all of my gear off. I got my normal clothes on and my hoodie and put everything back in the duffel bag and left.

I kept going until I reached the train station, I asked for a ticket back to Trottingham, the ticket lady gave me a ticket that read five minutes left, fuck yeah! I gave her the money for the ticket, which was 60 bits. I boarded the train and just waited for the thing to get going back to town. I've succeeded, I just need to wait for Equestria's own people to revolt. I quietly started laughing to myself at how fucked all of this was, I don't know why I found it funny, but I did.

I dozed off, realizing that the ride home would take a good while.

The second and huge step to change has just taken place boys......

Traps, lots and lots of traps

I woke up from the feeling of someone patting me. I opened my eyes to see one of the stewardess poking me on the shoulder, I "yes miss, what is it". She pointed out the window indicating that we were here at Trottingham. I nodded understanding. "Here, have a tip". I gave her a 50 bit bill, she took it dumbfounded as to why a stranger would be giving her a tip. Now I'm not really the kind of person that would normally tip someone, but it looked like she probably has a tough time with her financial situations, so every once in a while when I pass by people like that. That, in my opinion is a good time to tip someone, not when they don't deserve it, or if they have enough money. This mare as it seems, might be struggling. So why the hell not?

I stepped off the train and back onto the sweet ground, it's things like nature that always captivate the mind, you know? But sadly, it's also things like this that can't be controlled, it's unnatural. I turned my gaze to the road that led back to Ponyville, time to head home, I walked toward the lonely road thinking to myself just how deep I was in this shit. Let's see, I blew up government properties, killed probably around 180 ponies, and hijacked a radio station, wow, I've done a lot on my own in a short amount of time. I need to think of how I'm going to change Equestria next.... Let's see, I need to show any potential followers that I'm capable of handling a raid from Celestia's guards. Then, I'll have some real support, because not only do people want to follow someone with great ideas, but they also want a leader who can handle himself in some deep shit. Whether it'd be in am office full of paperwork, a whole house to remodel, or a whole platoon of Celestia's finest men.

All of these have something in common, the lengths of deeming themselves worthy of a certain title, mine is liberating Equestria, so in order to gain that role, I need to show everyone what I'm made of. I kept walking for about a whole hour and just reached the outskirts of Ponyville, I walked into town and made my way to my house to keep thinking how I can get the attention of Celestia's guards.

As I kept walking I saw that cafe, Sugercube corner, I looked through the window and saw Twilight sitting down with Pinkie drinking their refreshments. I'm not going to lie, killing kids was never my strongsuit. I didn't like killing him, but hey, it's survival of the fittest, somebody's gotta live, and somebody's gotta die. People are always asking the question, 'what's separating us from the animals, our sense of caring for our fellow person, all of a sudden we care about each other too much, we gotta do whatever it takes to keep them alive. See the animals, they just want to eat, they'll kill you and eat you, and they wouldn't care a both whether or not you had a family, or a rough past, or a great job. They don't care, they just want to live.

I reached my house and opened the door and closed it. I went down to the basement to unload the pack and took a look at one of the maps of the Everfree that I keep, should I decide to ever go there. All of a sudden, it came to me, I could lure the guards in with a false tip, I would set up traps all of over the Everfree and have an Old Wild West shootout. It's gutsy, but it'll give me the credit I need to lead followers to battle. I just needed the radio, where exactly to set up the traps, and a plan to get as many of them into the traps as possible so I could handle the guards with ease. It also dawned on me that I needed explosives, shit, I can't use flammable IEDs, they'll be useless in a dense forest. I need solid plastic C4 explosive types, and the materials to make laser tripwire mines. If I got those, I could certainly get to work.

A ring came form my doorbell, I quickly left the basement and shut the door behind me, I went to the door and answered it, it was that guy that had my pack into Manehattan undetected. "Hey there man, how's it kickin', you still doing your quest for changing the world". How the fuck does he know, no, it's okay, he might just be on a hunch. "Mind if I come in". I didn't see why not and had let him in.

"Nice house, it's the perfect cover". Okay, now I'm getting pissed.

"What do you mean the perfect cover", I asked trying to sound as stupid as possible. He didn't buy it.

"Naw, I ain't buying it, I deliver some package, and not thirty minutes later, a news station gets shot up and hijacked for a message to be spread by a very knowledgeable stallion". Damn, this guy really did his fuckin' homework. I gave in.

"Alright, you got me, you going tot report me to the authorities now", I asked. He shook his head.

"No actually, I'm here for a job proposal, I want to help". This guy was enthusiastic, I'll give him that, and full of heart.

"Alright, you got my attention, tell me how you can help me change the world for the better, and how we can bring this bullshit monarchy for a better government system", I wanted to be sure that he could handle a bit of heat and that he was up to the challenge that we may not live. "And what's your name".

"Swift Dagger, and as for how I can help you change the world, I could get you supplies you need and help to cover your traces in anyway that you need done", I was satisfied, for now.

"Alright go into the guest room, I got to show you something", he went through the hallway and asked which one was the guest room, "first one on the left". I shut the front door and made sure it was locked. I followed him and told him to move, I moved the carpet aside for, the trapdoor and opened it.

"Holy shit, nice spot", he chuckled. "So what exactly are we doin' here", he said as he jumped in after me.

"Well", I started. "I need to show that I can lead an army, because no doubt some people believe me enough to fight alongside me, but they need reassurance that I can handle myself in a tough situation". I told him my pal of taking down the most highly trained operatives in Equestria. Then, soon after, people would try to track me down and fight with me and rip Canterlot apart.

He whistled, "so where do I come in". I explained that I need some explosive material to make some plastic C4s, and I need the material to make laser tripwire. He nodded, "and that's where I come in and get the supplies, right"? I nodded. "Okay, I can handle that, but what if you take down the operatives, and I'm marked for suspicion".

"Don't worry I got a bed down here, and I can give you food while we rearm ourselves after this to take on Canterlot", I pointed to he bed and he groaned. "You got a better idea". He shook his head, "okay, then stop whining and head out there, and get the shit we need". He climbed out and I followed him out I put a hand on his shoulder and he turned around, "thanks, this is going to go a lot easier if you get the materials".

"Look, it's not a problem, I don't like Celestia either, there's no way she can do everything she says she can do, and everything you said on the broadcast made me consider what I should do, and here we are". I smiled and patted him on the back.

"You're a good man", he walked off and I went back inside my house to count the remaining ammo I had left. Not a lot, only four magazines, two for each gun. I concluded that I could get Swift to get additional ammunition and magazines. Alright, that's decided, he should get the explosive material, so that's checked,chat else was there. Oh yeah, a fake tip, I could get Swift to get in a panic expression, beg Twilight to contact Celestia, tell her that he saw a black figure dressed with armor and had guns. Knowing her, Celestia would send out her troops not a second after hearing the tip. Her men would show up, and I would get the jump on them. After they were dealt with, I would focus on getting as much man-power to lead on an assualt at the Canterlot Castle. That's right, we're coming for you Celestia. And I'm looking forward to it.

Knowing that it would take awhile for Swift to get the stuff, I decided to just relax and listen to the radio in my room, I went to the kitchen and pulled out some potatoe chips and went back, I opened the bag and listen to the recent news. "Following up on the story on the Manehattan Radio Station hijack, we found out that not a day after the attack, there are riots in Las Pegasus, parts of Manehattan, and Trottingham, not to mention, Sweet Appleloosa. It seems to be some kind of revolt and that they have the intention to gettin grid of the monarch government". I listened grinning goofily to myself, people are finally awake,chow they just need a leader who can properly lead them in the right direction into the promised land.

3 hours later......

A knock could be heard as I was just pulled away from nearly drifting off to sleep. I got up and rubbed my eyes on the way to the door, I opened and guess who it was, Swift. "You got the supplies, we need them if we're going to do this". He nodded.

"Yeah, it's all here, you just got to get it all set up". I smiled and told him to come in.

"Listen Swfit", I began. He turned his head and was attentive. "I need you to head out and do two things tomorrow, one get some ammo anonymously, two, get to Twilight and give her a fake tip that I'm hiding out here at the Everfree, I'll take care of the rest".

He nodded, "do you need time to get everything all set up, because I can do both no prob".

I nodded, "give me about three hours after you give me the ammo, so I load up and set up the traps". He raised a brow.

"We're not doing that today". He wss right to be a bit confused. I shook my head.

"No, we're going to build the bombs and put them up tomorrow". He nodded. "You can crash on the bed here in the guest room, you traveled all the way from Manhattan, you deserve to rest".

He nodded, "okay man, whatever you want". He headed off to bed and I went downstairs. The process with making a plastic C4 IED, is more or less the same as making the flammable fluid bombs, just a lot faster, you don't have any liquids holding you back from connecting the actual explosive to the detonator. This took a whole hour and I stood up to admire the handy work I just made. I'm damn good st what I do, that's for sure.

I only hope everything goes according to plan, if not, Equestria's fucked...

The Showdown

I woke up to the alarm clock going off, I reached for it and groaned shutting it off. "Fuuuuuck", I got up and started getting dressed, I needed to do quite a lot today, getting the bombs and traps situated in their right spots, loading all the magazines again, and handing out fake tips. Not to mention I need to fight off highly trained Equestrian operatives. I went over to the guest room and knocked on the door loud as I could. "Get the fuck up Swift", I opened the door to find Swfit fracking out and landing in the floor hard with a nice thud.

"FUCK!!!", he got up as fast as lightning it was almost cartoonish. "That's cold as shit, why would you do that", he was pissed, but I chuckled finding the whole ordeal to be quite funny.

"We got a job to do man, and right now there's just me and you, but soon we'll have followers all around us", I patted him on the back for reassurance. If all goes well, I should have not only less of the damned guards to deal with, but also, just maybe, an army. I could use one if I plan to finish this game one day. I hope it's just sooner rather than later.

"Alright, soooo, ammo and in three hours I give out the fake tip, right"? He shrugged as he finished, must be a bit nervous.

"Yeah, and don't worry, I'll be takin' care of the guards, so no worries for you on that end", I stated as I reached in for the door to the basement, I need my camo gear if I'm going to set up the traps as discreet as possible. I came out with quality camo gear and clothes in each arm. "Go get the ammo and meet me at this specific spot here", I pointed at the spot of the Everfree map with a large 'X', on it.

He nodded and got his shoes on, "what ammo type do you need". I explained that I needed 10mm rounds enough for 36 magazines, and a brand new M9 would be great, i needed to use the 9mm ammo, or it's just a waste. "Alright, I'll get it, just be ready boss".

I nodded and went to my bedroom to change, i had a hunting top, pants, and black boots. Then, I went with black tactical gloves, a hunting jacket with a hoodie, and a half-mask, it covered my mouth and lower face so I could see clearer. Once it was all on I put my watch on so I could keep in track with the time, and stay focused on the job. Time waits for no-one, even for big deeds. I put the mines and laser tripwires in the black back pack and zipped it up, I then climbed over the top of the wall in the backyards and went for the Everfree, I hoped into the bushes and looked behind me to see if anyone had seen or followed me. Nobody was in sight, I then walked off into the forest looking at the map to get a familiar setting in my mind with the forest, trying my absolute best to see if I can completely memorize this all.

I arrived at the 'X' and took a look around me, yup, I was definitely accurate with my mapping skills, damn, I did not expect to get it right the first time. So, from what I can tell the direct from Ponyville to this spot, was not the route I took to get here. However, I could head over to the the forest that's by central Ponyville and start there. I took a mental note of the spot I was standing at to make sure I didn't get lost later on and headed off. I was just about the reach the outskirts of Ponyville when I came by the beginning of the forest. This would work just fine. I took my pack off and unzipped it looking for my laser tripwires, I took them out along with s drill and screws. I scooted to a tree and aligned it straight pointing at another tree, I put a screw in the mine, and drilled it in, holding it in place, I put a couple more screws on to make sure it would stay in place, I tugged on it lightly. Yeah, it wasn't going to go anywhere, so I backed up to about 10 meters and set up the next mine, I then repeated this process all round the area, by the time I was done placing the mines, I had about 100 meters of the surrounding area covered, time to head back and set the remote controlled bombs and to find out where exactly I'm going to set up my path. Imbed to be able to keep an eye on the team.

I reached the 'X' spot on the map when I heard a small, faint but still audible snap behind me. I turned around at lightning speed with my dagger pulled out. I can't believe it, this is fucked, why the fuck is she here and how did she follow me. "Dash"? She looked at me, sad, disappointed, shocked, and unsure.

"How could you do this Bill", Dash asked with a quivering voice. "How could you kill all of those innocent ponies"? She fell down to her knees and started sobbing.

I walked up to her and squatted down to her eye-level and brought my finger up to her chin, "I'm sorry, but I have to do was bigger than me, your princess, and the ponies I shot, I did it all so the rest of us all can try to sustain a little bit of life". I hugged her to try and comfort her, jeez, she was a wreck right now, "there's no peaceful way I can go through with what I have to do".

She stood up still sobbing, but she calmed down a bit, "why did you have to kill Spike, he was just a kid". I brought and a hand on her cheek and stroked it.

"I'm really sorry for what I did to Spike, but he got the jump on me, I had to act quickly, I'm really sorry that I had to do it. I really am". I held her firm in my arms for assurance. She's scared and needs to feel secure, I mean, if you were here, you'd understand, I mean, she's looking depressed.

"Would you hurt me or Scoots", I rested my chin on her shoulder, still holding her close.

"Of course not, I love you and Scoots", I brought her to my eye level. "I'd never dream of hurting either of you". She returned the hug with her own firm embrace.

"Look, I can get an idea as to why you're doing this, but I need you to promise something", she said sternly.

I looked at her with confidence, "sure, what do you need". I looked at her magenta eyes, she was put as nervous now.

She rubbed her eyes and cleared her throat. "I need you to promise me that you'll come back okay, and that you won't kill anyone that doesn't deserve it". She looked at me waiting for a response, I took a breath and thought about it for a second.

"Sure, I'll try my damn best", I stood up reaching for her hand, she took it and I helped her up. "Do you need anything else, I cou-", I couldn't finish as I was cut off with Rainbow's lips pressed up to mine. She entered my mouth with her tongue and I returned the favor, we went on like this for about a solid minute before she broke it.

"I care about you, and if you truly believe that we have to do this, I'll help you", she stated, staring into my eyes. I nodded.

"You should get going, I got to do something really important, and I don't want you to get hurt sticking around", I put an arm around her shoulder and asked her if she wouldn't say a word of this to anyone about what I'm doing.

"Alright", she agreed. "Stay safe Bill". She flew off and I watched her leave, dammit, now I can't die, I have to be there for her now. I shrugged it off, I need to get back to work. I placed the remote controlled mines all around the area surrounding the red 'X', I had it all set up where the mines would lead them here into more mines, the thinned out, I would handle whatever remained. Once I was done I marked every single spot where a mine was in the map. I started heading home, taking the map with me, I'm all set up now, I just need to suit up and brought them all here. Shit's going to go down, I smiled at how much of s thrill this was going to be.

I spotted the homes that leads me back to my home and went through the backyards again, I went through the backdoor and found a box full of ammo, magazines, an M9, and a few grenades. Holy shit.... Not too shabby Swift, not too shabby at all. He outdid himself, I grinned at how much more gear I had to work with now. I went into the basement and brought the armor up to the living room to get suited up. I then repeated the dressing process, the tactical clothes, boots, gear, the armor, and finally the gloves with the helmet. Once I was dressed up, I started the ammo with the corresponding magazines. About a half hour later, and I was back fully loaded like the beginning.

I finished with the entire process of getting set up for war, not just shooting this time, but war. Looked at my watch, it should be about three hours by now. I went into my room and switched on my radio. The radio man was on air, he sounded anxious, "we've just received news that a pony was captured by the gunman and after finding out that he had no value the gunman let him go. He states that he's hiding I the forest by Ponyville, Celestia's just sent out her best men to try and capture or kill the criminal. We'll inform you of further reports as they unfold". I smiled, Celestia had fell right into my plan. I got her wrapped around my little finger, I can do whatever I want, and that's been proven, multiple times. I wee through the backyards back into the Everfree.

I went around until I arrived at the first trip mines by Ponyville, I went to each mine and pulled out the safety pin. Now if someone were to step on the laser, well let's just say that health insurance won't be able to cover a single piece of them. I backed up away from the soon to be warm one and went to the red 'X', and got situated up on a tree and played the waiting game. I brought out a pair of binoculars and took a look, trying to make out anything through brush and branches. I could just barley make it out, but saw ponies dressed in black starting to make their way into the forest. I covered my hears and not a second later, aloud boom went off muffled through my ears. I uncovered them and could hear screaming stallions. Yelling out things like, "SHIT!!!!!!! MY LEG!!!!!! Or, KEEP GOING"!!!!!!

But my guess, as they kept going, you could hear less and less voices, so, I just played them all. I saw the black figures coming through my line of sight and pulled the detonator. I armed the first set and clicked the switch. About five guards sent flying or thrown back, the trees just fell over anyone who was unlucky to be under them. I armed the second set and clicked the switch, three guards were brought down and the one poor bastard who was behind got crushed by a huge branch. I armed the third and final set and blew the bomb, taking down six guards, and leaving a nice crater.

I jumped down and pulled the slide on the guns and released them and flicked the safety switch, "let's go MOTHERFUCKERS"! I ran toward the team and tore them apart. I felt and impact on my side and turned around to shoot down two guards. I saw a few more teams coming up here, I got down and brought out a grenade. I pulled off the pin and threw it over the top. Screams followed soon after and I started a frenzy of pulling out the pins and throwing grenades, once the last one was thrown I hopped out and emptied out and entire clip into the remaining members of the team. Once they were down, I paused to reload both guns and exhaled a long breath.

But suddenly as quickly as peace came over me, I was jumped and sent tumbling downhill, whoever had jumped me had now gotten on top of me and pulled off my mask and punched me in the face. He then paused, "you...... the whole time it was a fucking ape-looking creature that went around tearing everything apart". He hit me again for a few more times and I finally caught his fist with my left hand and socked him a good one with my right. He fell beck stunned.

I got up and rubbed my nose, I was bleeding. I rubbed my hand on the armor to try and wipe it. I went up to him and before he could get up, I kicked him in the face, sending him back down into the ground. I then grabbed his head and threw him on the ground. He rolled quick and got up to knock me down with his weight. We both fell back to the ground and he reached into his vest and pulled out a knife. Realizing what he was trying to do I grabbed his hand before he could drive it into me. I tried to push back the blade, but he was pushing his weight down on me. I thought quick and quickly turned his knife around and pulled him in. There was a slimy and slicing sound as he grunted for air. I pushed him off of me and stood up. I pulled out the M9 and raised it up to his and pulled the trigger. A loud crack rang throughout the forest.

I went back to my helmet and slid it back on. Now sensing that I there was nothing more to do, I started making my way home, stumbling and limping all the way back. After a few minutes of just silence and walking I got a glimpse of the neighborhood. But I was exhausted from the beating and fell down, but I quickly got up. I used a lot of my strength to get back into my backyard and I went in my home. I went downstairs and took everything off. I went back up to see what was wrong with me in any way. I looked into the mirror and saw that he gave me a nice a bruise on the cheek the cocksucker. It was bleeding for there too. Other then a couple more cuts on the forehead, I was fine. I went in and showered trying to get all of this blood, dirt, and grime off of me. Once I finished, I heard a knock at the door, I put the towel around me and went up to the door, I looked in through the peep-hole and saw Swift. I opened the door and greeted him.

"Hey Swift", I greeted. "How'd everything go"? He came in and took a seat.

"Holy shit man, you look fucked", he started noticing the cuts on my face. "You good"? I brought my hand up, saying I was fine. " well as for the tips and the ammo, nothing much, I met with my guy for the ammo, and I went over to Twilight's place and gave her the fake tip, and judging how you're still with us, I take it your side of the plan went alright".

"Oh, don't worry we had puppies and kittens over it was great", I said sarcastically, going into my room. "Lock the door Swift". I heard the door shut as I entered my room and changed into a tank top and some sweatpants. I got into bed and layer up, turning up the radio.

"This just in, we've gotten reports from the Canterlot Castle itself that the gunman has shot and blew up all of the responding troops that were tasked with apprehending the gunman. It in conclusion, went horribly and the gunman is still on the run. If you are scared, don't be, the guards and Celestia alongside Luna are on the job trying to find this scumbag". I switched off the radio, tired as fuck I rested my head on the pillow and slowly drifted off to sleep.

Soon...... Soon, we'll take the fight to Celestia, and I'll give it my everything to bring her corrupt ass down.

Rearming and Regrouping for one final assault

"Get the fucking ammo box over here Swift", he lugged the thing over to get other side of the room and had set it gently. I went over to inspect it, filled with 10mm and 9mm rounds, nice, I needed to rearm, the fuckbuddy operatives made me waste all of the grenades and most of the ammo I had. Not to mention, one of the fuckers had actually gotten a good hit one me and bruised me a bit, even nearly stabbed me. But that's over, he's out there decaying and probably getting chewed on by some timberwolves. I started to load all of the bullets in its corresponding magazines and had put them away in the pack. "Swift, you said that there'll be some followers out by Everfree between the towns Trottingham and Ponyville, right".

He nodded, sure of himself, "my contact told me that he had rounded up everyone who believes in our cause and had them sent out to this location". He pointed his finger to a nationwide map of Equestria, there was a red circle between the two towns, "he had them sent here to accommodate our needs, considering we live here, and not at Manehattan". He had lowered his arm and walked over to the basement, "they're also the ones who'd given all this gear".

I nodded grinning, "good, and they're willing to die for our cause, I need every single pair of hands on deck for this assault, we're going to be taking down one of the most politically powerful ponies in Equis". I finished loading one of the last magazines when I explained all of this necessary traits that the army needed. "Even though I don't believe in her so-called godly powers, she still has a lot of influence on the world, so we need to eliminate her and her sister, then we can start actually changing the world".

He nodded listening carefully to everything behind told, "what do we do after we take over Equis".

I looked up to him from putting everything in the pack, "we start putting out our influence across the world, if they don't want to be a part of something great and big, we take care of it". I finished putting everything away and took the pack with me to the basement and rested the bag gently on the floor. I climbed back up to see Swift with his hands fiddling around with each other in deep thought.

"Alright, this is it, after this, we will have basically have won, and if we die, it'll be for the future of everyone", he told me nervously. I had put an arm on his shoulder and gave him a small smile.

"It's alright, I know you're scared but we're going to be find buddy, I'm going to make sure you live to see the world of tomorrow, don't you worry man", I opened the door and made an expression for him to follow me. "Come on, we're going". He nodded and followed.

We headed out the door and headed for the main road leading out of Ponyville mad sat down on a couple of rocks and waited for a cab or something like that, I'm not sure what they got for drivers like that, but I'm guessing it's the same. I just remembered that I was gone for a few days from my job and was most likely fired by now. Whatever, I don't give a shit, I got all the money I'll need now, and after this shit-show is over.mwe kept waiting for a whole thirty minutes and finally someone came by with a carriage and two guys dragging the cart behind them. Jesus, if it wasn't for the huge amount of magic they were given for the strength they needed, fuckers would probably have died, fuck. "Need a ride, I'm a cab driver", the stallion was probably in his fifties with a simple mustache and didn't seem to be able to cause harm, but I never underestimate anyone, and had flicked off the safety switch and kept the gun hidden behind me in my pants.

We climbed aboard and took a seat, made sure to get comfortable and the driver spoke up, "where to boys"?

I spoke up and asked him if he could take us somewhere between Ponyville and Trottingham and he nodded saying that he could take us there in no time, "but why are boys headed out here, why not the town"? I told him that me and my friend were going to meet some other ponies and walk the rest of the way, we liked walking with others. He nodded a little unsure of what I said but didn't press on any further and we were off.

A half hour later......

"Thanks again", I thanked him and handed him a fifty bit bill. He took it smiling, obviously he didn't get tips that big that often if he was that happy.

"No problem, have fun there with your pals boys", he replied starting the carriage and trotted off to the town Trottingham up ahead. We kept our ground and waited until the cab was no where in sight and walked off into the forest, going through all of this fucking brush was annoying but according to Swift, we were almost there.

"According to the map, we are just a mile away and might see someone soon", he reassured me, and I sighed with relief, look I might like working out, but going long distances with absolute no reason whatsoever is really fucking annoying.

Being bored and wanting to talk about something I spoke up, "how'd you get the name 'Swift'"? I got no answer and thought I had offended him, but he told me that he had gotten the name when his parents were athletes and were pretty quick at any sport that Equestrians played, so his parents wanted to give him a name that he would most likely be living in his life. "But why 'dagger'"?

"My dad told me that he somehow knew deep down, that I was going to be fighter, plus the name sounds badass", he grinned a wide goofy one and I smiled. I could see how his father named him 'dagger', he was sharp and efficient and he probably was a fighter too.

"You fight much", I asked a bit curious now about what he did for a living before he had met me.

"Well, yeah, I'm in pretty good shape and I have a bit of muscle, plus I was poor, so I decided to have one part-time job that would pay a lot alongside all the other jobs I had", he stated matter of factually. "Which was street fighting, I was pretty good, I won most of the matches I had gotten and made a good amount of money, I also smuggled goods for ponies, which is how I met you". Wow, small world.

"That's a pretty interesting background you got there", I said truthfully.

"Thanks, but now I'm curious, what about you, how'd you grow up and get to be here", Swift was left waiting for me to answer, I was hesitant, but spoke up.

"My dad was an accountant and my mom was a social worker, they had made a pretty good living for themselves", I said. But Swift was persistent.

"What did you do back where you came from"?

I thought back and answered, "I was a mechanic, I mostly did smog checks and small repairs, but a few times I would get really lucky and get a decent job on a car that paid really well". He asked about why I did all the things I did back home. "The same reason why I'm fighting this nation".

"But why fight for us", he asked, "we're not human like you". I told him that is exactly why, most of the ponies here are naive, they believe whatever they are told and are living a lie, and in a few hundred years or so when they get to the same technology that I was living with, it won't be long until they destroy themselves from overpopulation or war. Even as peaceful as a nation may seem, eventually, war occurs

We stayed silent the rest of the way to the rendezvous point and I heard footsteps. "Stay quiet", I whispered. I pulled the M9 and looked around to make sure we weren't being followed.

"Who are you, state your name and reason for your presence or we will fire"! It was a mare's voice.

I spoke up, "you the rioters I've been hearing about on the news"?

The mare's voice spoke up again, "yeah, what's it to you"?

"My name is Bill Williamson, and I'm here to make changes for the better of you all". I got no answer, but a mare came out of the brush. She had a brown mane, and darker brown fur, her tail was the same color of her mane, she also had dark blonde eyes and a short muzzle.

"Your the stallion that's been causing everything", she asked in disbelief. "But what about the tail that he had". I quickly explained that the tail was a fake so they couldn't trace the acts to me since I'm human and don't have a tail. "Alright, what about you there"?

"I'm Swfit Dagger, I've been helping him getting everything he needed, my contact was the one who told you all to meet with us here in this location". She nodded now believing that we were the real deal and led us further into the rendezvous point.

"This here is the small but effective camp that we've been using to stage riots all across the nation", she explained. I nodded commendi her on everything she's done to help me get all of the support we needed for the one final assault on Canterlot. She stood there with a dumbfound expression, "did I hear you correctly when you said that we we're going to attack Canterlot, the Capitol of Equestria and home of princess Celestia".

I nodded, "I know it sounds crazy and everything, but the only way to be completely sure that this way of life that Celestia has installed be destroyed, is to take out the source, Celestia". She listened intently to see if she could counter whatever I said. "I need your men to listen to my orders and to start gearing up for a massive assault, we'll use the element of surprise, catch the guards and troops off guard, there will most definitely be a lot of resistance after the assaults begun, once we have control of most of the city, we'll move in for the royal castle and take down all nobles we find, and the princesses that reside there".

"I like this plan", she complimented. "But what about if the actual military gets involved, how do we counter that"? I pulled out the nationwide map of Equestria and pointed for the military base stationed about one hundred miles away from Canterlot and said that we would steal whatever we need and get out of there as quickly as we can, we'd have to do it quickly and quietly it hour getting caught ro the whole nation Luke be on alert for ponies running around with explosives and launchers, etc. "Alright, I'll get my best stealth guys and have them sent there with a standby team, and in the meantime we'll have our main forces stationed in Canterlot ready to fight as soon as we get the materials we need to fight".

I nodded, "have those planted in Canterlot as tourists taking vacation in the city, make it seem legit and here", I pulled a stack of money out of my pocket, "this is twenty five grand, so they can stay there for a night or two while the other teams get the supplies we need, and when it's time I'll meet up with you in Canterlot to do this thing".

She nodded smiling, "well, you sure know how to plan things out well".

I shrugged, "I've been doing this for a long time, I have to know, or I'd be dead".

She nodded and walked out to join the rest if the crew, but I yelled to stop her in her tracks, "hey, what's the name of the crew you got here"?

"The Hellfighters", she replied.

"What's your name, I think I should know if I'm going to have to fight by you guys", I added.

She took a moment before answering, "Long Shot". She turned to walk away, but then she turned back to me, "I should've known that it would be someone like you that would help to start something to help us all".

"Someone's gotta do it, might as well be me", I turned to walk away and patted Swift in the back to signal that we were leaving, he turned and followed close by.

"I think that went well Bill", he stated with a small grin.

I raised my shoulders, "we'll see if they can pull this off with us, but I'll be there to sake sure they can".

One Hour Later......

"Alright Swift, you can chill out here, I'm going to see Scootaloo in can this might be the last time I see her", I said with a downed look.

Swift looked up from my couch, "hey, don't be talking like that, you're going to see this thing through".

I shrugged, "yeah, but I don't want to lie to myself, and Scootaloo's just a girl, I need to make sure I see her before we do this".

He walked and grabbed one of my shoulders with his hand, "listen, I'm going to make sure you see her again, alright man".

I nodded and opened the door and told Swift to lock it as I closed the door.I left my house and walked down the street and made my way for Scootaloo's place, but she must've seen me from her window because she opened the door and ran out to me. "Bill"! She reached out for me and I returned the favor by kneeling down to hug her back.

"Hey Scoots, how are you", I asked sincerely. She beamed up at me and I was just glad to see her again.

"I'm great Bill, how're you", she hugged me tighter than she usually does. Why?

"I'm great, hey listen Scoots", I started.

"Yeah"?

I went on, "I need to do something very important, and it's for everyone, so I'm going to be gone for a few days, at the most and I'll be back, ok"? I hoped that she would take it well.

"Is this because of al, the things you're doing or us"?

I opened my mouth in absolute shock, who told her?

"Who told you Scoots", I asked nervously.

"Dash did, she said that I deserved to know and that it wouldn't be a bad thing, but before she did, she made me promise that I wouldn't tell anyone else", she answered.

I sighed, thank God, "yeah, it's ok, just remember to keep this to yourself, I love you and always know that I would never hurt you or Dash".

She nodded, "yeah Bill, I know". She paused before looking up at me, "can I ask you something"?

"Sure", I answered smiling.

"Can you be my dad, I know that you're not a stallion, but I feel like you will be the only one that cares for me like one", she said rubbing her arm embarrassed.

I was shocked, she really wants me to be her dad, "are you sure, what about the ponies you live with right now"?

"They're great and all, but I want to live with you and I'd be a lot more happy knowing you're my dad", she said in detail.

I nodded and pondered this for a minute, "of course I'll be your dad Scoots".

She smiled the biggest grin I've ever seen and I think it could rival Pinkie's smiles, "I love you Bill".

I responded as soon as she finished, "I love you too".

Fuck, now I got to take care of her and make sure I don't die. Whatever, it doesn't matter. I kept hugging her for a few more minutes and let go of her, "I'll be back in a few days to start filling out paperwork to be your father".

She smiled and turned to her house, "bye Bill". I smiled and waved as she headed back in. Once she was in, I turned to make my way back home.

Time to get to work.......

The Infiltration

"Come on, let's move", I led Swift through the town during the night as quietly as we could. Long Shot'd said that she would have her stealth guys meet up with us, and that we would expect a cart ride the rest of the way towards the base. Which is great, I wouldn't want to risk taking a train anywhere near that place. It'd draw too much attention to us and would risk the whole plan. And of course, we don't want that right? "Her guys should be just over by the exit sign at the end of town".

Swift nodded, "sure, let's do it, I've been waiting for a chance to actually fight".

I looked back at him with a brow raised up, "look, we're not going to be fighting head-on, it's going to be stealthy and in the shadows, if it goes to shit, there aren't enough of us to fight the entire base, so remember Swift, keep it quiet". He nodded and kept up the pace. We trekked around the silent night until we came across about 3 stallions and 1 mare. All dressed in black tactical gear by the forest signaling us to come to them. Realizing that they were the team that we've been looking for, I pointed at the team for Swfit to see and went over to the team.

"So, you the men Long Shot sent out"?

The stallion in front of everyone spoke up, "yeah, she said to bring you to the base with us, and that you are in command for this op". Perfect, see, I told you, if you can prove your worth to people you want to lead, then lead you will. Simple as that.

"Alright, let's head out. You got the cart?", I asked. He nodded and motioned for us to follow him, we continued on the walk until we came across a cart with two buff stallions in front of it. "You sure they can take us that far to the base"?

"Well, we plan on taking shifts, they will be pulling us for about a couple hours and two of us will take their place, and we will take that cycle 'till we get somewhat close to our objective", he replied in an orderly manner. Man, Shotty sure knows how to discipline people into a stable militia. Yes, I'm going to call her Shotty.

I sighed, "sure, if that's how we're doing it, then be my guest buddy". He hopped into the front seat and we all followed after.

We all sat quietly and awkwardly in our seats, obviously because we've never met each other until now. No shit. But, soon boredom got the better of me and I decided to speak up. "What're all your names, starting with you Mr. Leader".

He cleared his throat, I noticed he had dark brown fur and yellow mane and tail might be siblings with Long Shot, "Razor Blades". Sounds like he was good with knives.

The mare spoke up next she had dark blue fur and light blue mane and tail, "Sapphire Dare". Her physique made it look like she was a runner.

The next stallion haa black mane, tail, and dark grey fur went next, "Onyx Armor". Must be the muscle.

The last stallion with cobalt fur, darker cobalt mane and tail went last, "Cobalt". Figures, he's the fucking color. Must be the witty and cunning individual.

I nodded satisfied with the names I've recieved, "those are all great names and they seem to match you all perfectly". A whispering chorus of thanks were said. "I'm Bill as you may have heard, and this is Swift".

Sapphire nodded, "yeah, we were told who's who, and you guys fit the description she gave us".

I leaned back now, yawning a bit and shifting in my seat, "how long will the journey be exactly, I'm thinking about resting and getting some energy for the task at hand". Onyx said that it'd might be about a day or two, depending on how many stops we take. "No shit? Alright, I'm going to rest up for a bit then". I closed my eyes for sleeps' loving embrace.

Eight Hours Later......

"Wake up Bill", I opened my eyes to see Swift nugding me to try and wake me up. And the worst part, it worked.

"What is it man"? I was up now and stretching around, now noticing that nobody else was in the cart but us. "And where is everyone"?

"Everybody decided to take a quick food break before we head back out, come on, let's eat", he hopped out to join the rest of our little crew. Not wanting to miss out on eating something I hopped out too and asked what we were having.

"Bits of asparagus, a turkey we shot, and a couple cans of beans to go around", Cobalt replied handing me a small paper plate with a bit of everything. That's right Pegasus do eat a bit of meat and there were two of them, Cobalt, and Sapphire, Onyx and Razor were the only ones who didn't eat meat as they were earth ponies, and their diets didn't consist of any meat whatsoever. So they just settled for asparagus and beans. "Once we're done, we need to get back on track, we've actually made it pretty far and the base is just five hours away if we keep going via cart".

"We'll stop at about a mile or two away so we won't be seen", I added.

"Yeah, we'll stop there and make the rest of the journey in foot, and you guys", he pointed at the two earth ponies I saw in front do the cart, must be their shift again. "You'll be on standby to get us the fuck out of there in case it all goes to shit". They nodded silently, not very talkative as you can tell.

"Then we're off, let's go", Razor hopped in and we all followed. "Now would be a good time to start loading up our weapons so we're all prepped up as soon as we get there". I nodded agreeing whole-heartedly. I took my M9 out and checked to see if a round was loaded, it was, I checked the mag, also loaded.

"Can I get my holster and vest"? I looked around waiting for a response. Sapphire handed me the vest and holster I brought with me and I shifted a bit to get the holster on and leaned forward to get the vest on. I then holstered the pistol. I checked my vest pockets, they were all filled with M4A1 type magazines. "I'm getting an M4"? She nodded, handing me an M4 rifle, it was equipped with holographic sights, a foregrip, a suppressor, and laser sights on the side of the muzzle. "Niiiiicccee", I nodded in approval. "This'll work just fine". My pistol mags were also in the vest, as well as a suppressor for a sidearm which I snapped on to the muzzle, deciding I had all I needed I laid back in my seat and pulled out my phone. I plan on listen to music if we are going to stuck in this thing for a few hours.

"What's that", Onyx looked on with a brow raised. I explained that it's a communication device we had back home, but since I'm not home, the communication part is no use, but I still could do certain things like listening to music and such. "And that's what you plan on doing"?

"well yeah, we're going to be in here for awhile", I knew he got it when he didn't ask anymore questions.

5 hours or so later.......

I looked out the window to the drivers' seat, "Stop the cart, we'll walk the rest of the way". Cobalt nodded and brought the cart to a sharp halt. I hopped out, Razor and Onyx took the straps for carrying the cart off of them and went into the cart to get their gear. "Now' says good as time as ever to load your weapons and follow me. Now look, we're only a mile or so off, everybody on point and let's move". I loaded the magazine into my rifle and headed off behind Swift, who was carrying the map.

The brush and trees weren't exactly welcoming as we Trekker through the fucking things, occasionally using a machete to cut through the damn things. "Tread carefully and thoughtfully, the mud here is deep and strong enough to get your shoes", I didn't want to argue with Onyx, so I took his word for it. Damn, one of the only times where I was wrong. The mud nearly took my foot off.

"Everybody shut up..... ", Razor called out with a loud whisper. We halted in our tracks, "you hear that"? We listened carefully, not making a sound. There it was, voices and light vehicle sounds. "We're really close now, not a sound from anyone". We slowly marched through the forest and came to a fence. I looked through a bush and didn't see anyone in our immediate vicinity and signaled Sapphire to cut through. She pulled out a pair of bolt cutters and went to work as we covered her to make sure she wasn't spotted.

A whole moment passed and we heard one final cut, "we're through". She went through with an MP5 equipped with a suppressor raised all around her. "Clear". We followed her and one by one we made it through the fence. "Should we cover it up?" I looked back at her as she walked up to us.

"No, it's a waste of time and we won't be here long enough anyway". She nodded and took point.

"We need to find a way into a building", she pointed toward a hangar, probably for a few experimental flying contraptions, I fucking knew it, they're just draining resources with little care, and not even telling the ponies that they're doing this. The building wasn't that far, so I got behind a pile of sandbags between us and the hangar.

"On the count of three", I started. "We're going to run as fast as we can to that hangar and kill anyone in there". Everyone didn't argue and I peeked over. "Wait for it". A guard just walked by. "Wait for it". No-one was around to be seen. "Run", I shouted with a loud whisper. I hopped over and fully sprinted across the space. I hit the wall of the hangar and pointed my rifle all around me, one guard turned around when I hit the wall. I pulled the rigger and thanks to the suppressed rifle, no-one knew that one of their guard was down. I dragged him to the wall of the hangar and laid him down. The rest of my team caught up and leaned on the wall.

"Are you fucking crazy", Cobalt shouted as loud as his whispering could shout. "You almost blew our cover". I just shrugged it off.

"Look we're just going to get spotted sitting in one place, we need to be on the move". I peeked my left eye by the wall and saw about seven guards around the whole hangar. Four were by this World War One era looking plane, and three were by this staircase that led to an upstairs room, chatting away about God only knows what. "Look there are about seven guys, four by a plane-looking vehicle, three by a staircase". They nodded. "I'll get two of the guys by the plane, Swift, you'll take out any stragglers. Cobalt, Sapphire, get the guys by the staircase, Onyx, Razor, get anyone that we don't hit". They seemed ok with thatplan as they readied their weapons, i brought my hand up with three fingers raised, two wee still up, then one. "Go!"

We went around the wall and silenced shots went out and in a few seconds, there were seven bodies all round the area. I went back out quietly and brought the corpse I made inside and we hid the bodies behind some crates. "We need to find an office of some kind", Razor said as he looked around as he walked up the stairs. "There". We followed him and he brought us to a door, he turned it quietly, it didn't turn, locked.

"Here", Sapphire brought out a hairpin and picked the lock, it clicked and I grinned. "There, we'll breach now".

I brought my foot up and lightly kicked the door open, making minimal noise. I pointed my gun around me and it was empty, it was locked from the outside. I looked around me and found some documents titled, 'armory inventory listings'. I chucked lightly with myself and opened it up, they had multiple things that wouldn't be too hard for them to catch to human technology in a few decades or so. Thy has a tank prototype being tested at the desert by Las Pegasus, plane testing here, and anti-tank weaponry testing here,came at the desert. I guess they don't expect to be the only ones with this weaponry. The anti-tank weapons consisted of rocket launchers, strong grenades, and some artillery guns. We can't carry artillery guns, but grenades and rocket launchers we can carry easily. I signaled to my team behind me that we can leave. I shut the door behind me and told them all about what I found.

"Holy shit", Onyx started, "where can we get some of this gear"? I pointed out that it would be at the armory and it's the next hanger next to us, but more guarded lost likely. "Who gives a fuck, let's go!" He was certainly happy. We headed downstairs guns raised and went behind cover as we could see guards coming in. He heard them mention blood, must be the blood the guy I killed leaked. It didn't ,after. They didn't know it was us, and they didn't know where. But they were looking around as they didn't see any of their own guarding this place.

"Where the fuck are they?", one voice called out.

The other one tried to calm him down a bit, "relax, they're probably down at the barracks taking a break and getting drunk".

But the first voice wasn't happy, "I don't give a flying fuck. Celestia wants us to get some new weaponry ready before the rioters go from rioters to a rebellion. And if it isn't ready when that happens, it'll be our heads. Those COCKSUCKERS"! Damn this guy has even worse anger management than I do. "Let's go find those industrial cock inhalers". The other one must've followed because their footsteps we're getting farther and farther away by the second. They were gone.

"Let's go", I whispered. I led everyone by the exit that was near the next hangar. "Alright, now listen, the Hagar doesn't actually just have guns sitting everywhere, but they do have a door that leads to the actual armory. But my guess is that the door will be heavily armored, so we'll have to use a thermite charge, it'll be loud, so we'll have to be quick and get the goods and make for run for the whole in the fence that we came through. Got it?" Everyone nodded.

"We'll be right behind you", Cobalt assured with a look of determination. "Let's go". I nodded and we quickly ran around and unloaded our clips and about 18 guards were on the floor making a huge mess. I went for the backpack that Onyx carried and looked around for a thermite charge, I kept fiddling around until I felt it hands, picked it up and placed it on the door by the lock.

"Back up this'll be loud and you don't want to be the explosion radius", I warned. Everybody backed up and I pulled on the safety pin and the thing blinked red, ready to detonate. I backed up and handed the detonator to Swift. "Click the switch". He smiled a bit and did so. The charge made a hissing sound cutting through all the locks and bolts the thing was placed on, and a few seconds later, the charge blew and the door was bent on the inside and open. I took at the lock area of the doorway and hissed at the sight of it. That must've been a couple inches of steel it just had cut through. "Everyone in now", I ordered.

Everyone piled in and I could tell with an explosion this loud, everyone in this base will be scrambling to respond. "Look for huge grenades and rocket launchers, the rocket launchers look like huge guns that can take a rocket in them". I looked back and they were quickly, like lightning shoving the things into the bags, I looked back out and saw that they already had the hangar surrounded. "FUCK, they're already here, GODDAMIT"! I shouted at the top of my lungs seeing as we were probably fucked. But then I remembered seeing a folder full of blueprints back in that office. There were vents in this armory for air conditioning or heating. I went back into the room and ordered everyone to stay away for the doorway and to keep their guns trained in it. I found a vent by the floor built into the wall and sighed a sigh of relief. "Everyone in now!"

I hopped in with the rest if my team following close-by. "You know where this leads?" Swift asked. I thought back to the quick glance I took of the map in the office.

"Yeah, it's through here", I took a right and sighed probably the most intense one I my life as I saw daylight. "We made it", I announced. "Back up". I leaned back and kicked the vent door leading outside down and crawled out. "Follow me". Everybody came out in a filing order and we caught our breaths, being very close to death or worse tends to do that, especially if you've encountered it multiple times.

"Swift", Sapphire asked. Swift turned to her with a questioning look. But with a bit of nervousness in his gaze, I took of that as he answered.

"Yeah?", he asked. Sapphire asked in between breaths.

"Can you *huff, find out where *huff, we are?" She leaned on him for support and he chuckled nervously.

"Sure", he took out his map. "We are here by the hangar". He pointed to the hangar building o the map. "So the cart is two miles to the southwest in that direction". He pointed out behind me.

I turned and held my rifle up, "let's get a move on. We need to get to Canterlot with the gear we got and fight, maybe for the last time, maybe not, but one thing I know for sure, is that this battle will determine the future of Equestria". Everyone stood silent, pondering what I said to a deep level probably. "No matter who wins, this nation will be forever changed, maybe even the whole world, on their perspective of a nations' own citizens and just what they're capable of". I marched on with the team behind me. It took a few hours, we had to keep checking our sectors and even had to take down a while patrol, but we made it back to the cart all ready to run their asses off. Must've heard our commotion back at the base.

"Let's go!", one of the stallions shouted. We rushed into the cart as fast as we could. And trained our rifles out the door. "GO!", Razor shouted frantically at the carrying stallions. They took off and ran as fast as they could to where the best place to ditch the cart would be. A mile away from, where we had previously parked the cart. We hopped out, but when I got out I had two gas canisters in my hands and handed one to Onyx. He nodded understanding that we had to get rid of any and all evidence we weren't going to carry be destroyed.

"There", I decided after drenching the cart that it was ready. "Everyone got what they need from there". They all said that they had, so I pulled out a match and a cigarette and struck the match. I lit the cigarette and tossed the match into the cart and the flames swallowed the cart whole. I took a long and steady drag and blew out smoke gently. "Let's head for Canterlot to regroup with the rest of Long Shot's men". I turned to lead my team over to the soon-to-be city of smoke. But as we walked along the road, I couldn't help but wonder, can I beat someone who is magically stronger than me. But I shrugged it off and cursed at myself for having doubts.

The end is soooo close I can smell it, literally, and it smells like smoke.

The City of Smoke

"How much longer", Swift asked, anxious to get to town faster than the speed that we were already heading. "At this rate, we'll be invading Canterlot when we are all in our eighties". Though I've been getting annoyed with Swift whining, he's partly right, we need to get to Canterlot as soon as possible to start this thing, we robbed a military base, they'll be on alert. But Euestria has yet to be completely industrialized, so the time for guards to be positioned ready at Canterlotwpuld take a while, but I don't want to take my time and let them get to that city first.

"He's right, we need to get there quicker", I added for Swift. "The guards will be all over the p,ace trying to get to Canterlot, if we want to attack, we need to get there before reinforcements show up".

Cobalt sighed, "alright. Sapphire"?

Her ears perked up, "yeah"?

"Hand me the radio so we can call Long shot to start in a little bit, and to send somepony in a cart to pick us up", he held his hand for Sapphire.

"Alright, here you go", she set her pack down, dug through it and pulled out a radio. "Call her up". Cobalt thanked her and took it, tuning to the frequency that these guys used to talk to each other without anyone else knowing about it. Once he was done, he pulls the part of the radio with the mic and held the button.

"Dead-eye, come in", that was the code name we agreed to give to Long Shot for when we're conversing in the radio, even if the freuencie's private. We can't risk anyone listening in on us and knowing our names. "We need a cart to pick us up to get to your position quicker, how copy, over"? It was long moment but the radio made a crackling sound that someone makes when they're taking to you.

"Copy, we'll have one sent for you, where are you located at?".

Cobalt looked around and answered. "We're about 80 miles away from Canterlot, due to being tracked down we had to torch our cart to get them off track, we've been taking the forest near the road". We waited a moment until we heard the crackle again.

"Wait for about two hours we'll send some fast runners for you with a cart, then get over here as fast as you can". She sounded pretty nervous, probably from hearing that we were probably being tracked down.

"Looking forward to it, we'll see in town", and with that, he hung up and gave the radio back to Sapphire and she put it back into the pack. "Let's go guys". I nodded and kept going. Of course, we were going to get picked up but it's always good to meet him halfway so you're not a dick making them walk that far. Let's think about how I could approach this. I could one, try and find a way to snipe her. Two, I could use artillery to smash the castle. Three, I could just charge in there with the whole battalion and take her out. All of which seem very tempting but I need to consider my consequences for each of my actions, in each of these plans. Am I going to die, or am I going to live or am I going to suffer a life-threatening injury, who knows? But one things for damn sure, one of us is going to be able to walk out of this and the other one will be buried 6 feet under.

Four Hours Later......

About two hours into the journey we hopped into a cart that Long Shot sent out for us. We just spent a couple hours now doing nothing but pondering what may happen. We could all just die, we could all live, or some of us may die, and some of us may live. Nobody said it but I could see it in everyone's eyes, in the facial expression and in their body language. It was so obvious that it had actually hurt a little bit. But alas all journeys come to an end and we saw Canterlot in our sights. I had a weird feeling that, I don't know, something that goes unexpected may happen. I stared at it for a long time and I stared at it well, taking a mental picture of the soon to be city of smoke.

"Alright, we're nearly at the city, make sure that you drop your weapons by the road around here. Don't worry we have guys to pick up your weapons we to take them inside the city unnoticed. We just don't want to get spotted before this little fiasco gets going", I nodded understand completely. After a few minutes we stop by the side of the road and threw our guns out where a couple guys came over to pick them up. We then entered through the main entrance to the city and headed towards the rendezvous point where we would meet up with Long Shot. She was waiting for us and greeted us as we hopped out of the cart, "glad to see you guys made it out unscathed".

I turned to her, "yeah but let's not count our chickens yet we still have to assault this city". She nodded and got the rest of them out of the cart.

"My guys will be giving you some rifles, a handgun, a knife, the bare essentials to the raid", she pointed towards where her guys were standing by the table with tons of guns on top of them, tons of knives, and tons of pistols. It was heaven. There were even a few hand grenades. I smiled a really goofy grin right then. I almost couldn't believe that I was able to make all of this possible just with a simple message through a radio. Amazing how words can get one really riled up.

"And for you Bill, we have some Pevlar", she pointed to a small locker that was open. I looked in and there was a lightweight black Kevlar vest. This would fit nicely right over the black tactical clothing I already have on me. I picked it up and examined it, it said 'pevlar', but that was fine, it still worked the same as Kevlar, name change or not. I tried it on and put it over and in through my shoulders, it was a perfect fit. I smiled and thanked her, I'd need this going into the castle, I was bound to go into CQB mode when I was in there. "No problem, you're going to need this where you're going".

I walked back to my team and quickly explain the essentials to the plan and was basically going to go down. They seemed to be in a mixture of emotions. That was pride, nervousness, anxiousness, and a little bit of fear. "Up until this moment it's been amazing being your leader and I hope that we can continue this kind of relationship up 'til the end, whether it's here or 'til we die of old age. Either way I'm looking forward to Dying beside you guys if we have to. Remember even though we fight for our values, what's important in the battlefield is that we fight for the person next to us right then and there", they seemed in a better state then they were before and smiled a bit and I brought my hand out to shake each of theirs. "Swift, it's been an honor".

He took it and replied, "no, it's been one for me, helping you to make change". I nodded and reached out for Sapphire. She took and we exchanged glances that two soldiers make when they've come to understand one another through fighting. I reached out for Onyx, he took it and man did he have a real tight, firm grip.

Razor reached out for mine, "thank you for bringing me back here with my sister Shot". So they were siblings. "But unfortunately, I have to stay here with her during the attack". I didn't whine, it's understandable, he has to be here for his sister so he can protect her and can make sure she doesn't get hurt. I then reached out for Cobalt.

"I think you're one of the most qualified leaders that ever led me into battle". I smiled of gratitude and he kept going. "It's not everyday that you can successfully break into a military base and get out alive". I chuckled a bit when he said that. It's true.

"Long Shot", I called out.

"Yeah?", she called back.

"When exactly do we head out?", she glanced at the map of the city and towards the clock.

"About an hour from now. We're still waiting a bit longer for anypony who can show up with us so we can have as many hands in deck as possible". That was smart, but I looked at the map and saw huge guns drawn on the map.

"What're those for?", I didn't think we had that kind of weaponry that she drawn out.

"Those are the artillery guns that. Celestia has set up here in an effort to stop any kind of force that tries to get into town. I kept giving her my attention, I could see where this was going. "But we are already here, so she failed already. But what we plan to is to take the guns redirect them and fire in the castle when you give any sort of signal to fire". I pondered this for a moment, intrigued that we could use artillery guns to fight if her part of the plan worked. Overall, it sounded like heavy damage would be done and the castle could probably collapse on us if we were to call it in too early.

"Fuck it, sounds good to me", she nodded and gave the go ahead to all teams to get geared up and to head to their positions. She walked off and I gave the same order to my team. We loaded our rifles, handguns, sheathed our blades, I picked up a machete that they had and sheathed it on my back with one of those sheaths that they make for your back. I strapped on a knife to my tactical belt and got extra magazines for my handgun and rifle to make sure I was stocked up. After I had everything I grabbed a few grenades just in case I'd have to clear a room or two.

"Let's go", Swift patted me on the shoulder. "Shot said we're needed at the center of the city, just a little ways from the castle". I followed him and he led me with the team to a door. "This leads to the alleyway, she said once we're out we have to run as fast as we can while everyone else made it to their posts. Also that when we hear gunshots by the big guns, that when we start the final assault". We all nodded and got ready to run like we've never sprinted in our lives before. "Everyone ready?", Swift asked as he grabbed the door handle.

"Let's do it", Coblat answered. Swift opened the door and we ran as fast as our legs could take us, me being a human, I can't go as fast as pony can, but I was going pretty fast and kept up with the team. We left the cover of the alley and he ponies at the middle of the street stared at us with confusion and fear, shouting scared shitless as we kept going 'till we reached the center. Right now, that was the goal. Then, as we reached the center, gunshots could be heard and guards could be seen. Dressed in dark yellow WW1 German uniform types of clothes and raised their weapons. But we were quicker and dropped them.

"Those are just the drones, the real soldiers will come eventually, use the advantage we have 'till then", Onyx shouted. We then raised our rifles and fired a few shots into the air to scare off anymore of the civilians that may still be in the vicinity. Anyone who hadn't booked it yet was gone. I heard the cracklings from the radio and held it up.

"Bill, we have control of the artillery, we're going to level the front entrance to the castle. Make your way there and call us to hold when you're there. If you need to fire again near your position, just radio in", It was Shot's voice. "Get that bitch".

"We're on our way there right now", I replied, then putting the radio back on my vest and called out to my team. "New orders, time to go for the castle":

"Already?", Cobalt was surprised. "Didn't think we'd already have control of he artillery". We ducked hearing a shot crack by heads. "Sniper!". We ducked behind a close by fountain and laid on the floor. I fumbled for my radio and pulled it out.

"Shot!", I yelled ducking as a shot nearly took my head off. "We need assistance"!

"Where?", i took the map out of Swift's pack and read it. "Grid 3642, fire there, that's where the sniper's at"! I didn't get a reply, but I heard loud booms and looked up, there they were, these large looking shells flying above us and landing on the building I marked. The whole roof and part of the building shattered and rubble was and sent falling to the ground. I stood there mouth shaped at what I just saw, "Holy shit". But we couldn't stick around, the sniper was down. I got up and started jogging down the street. "Come on, we got to go".

They got and kept up a similar pace as me. Things went to shit real fast, whole Goddamn place was a war zone, there were the buildings that Shot destroyed with the guns and you could constant gunfire in the distance at all directions. "We need backup at the main entrance to the castle ASAP, we are taking heavy fire and have lost most of the platoon that I was sent here with".

That wasn't Shot, I picked my radio up, pushed the button and talked to the man, "where se you and how long can you hold out, we are nearly at the castle".

I heard gunfire through the thing before a reply came through, "I'm about 40 feet from the stairs that go into the castle behind some sandbags, the remainder of us can probably hold out for maybe 10 minutes, HURRY THE FUCK UP!!!".

"Don't worry, we're about five minutes away from you, hang on", I put back into my vest and shouted at my team to double time it. Those men were probably dealing with the main group of men, the ones guarding Celestia. Of course it wouldn't be easy to get in right away. Those drones of hers would die for her without any real reason. It makes sense that the castle would be her strongpoint. She lives there for fuck's sake! I kept taking the alleys to avoid running into any of the locals or guards until we got to the rendezvous point. I reached the end of probably the 12th alley we've ran through, killing 30 guards all together on the way, and leaned up against the wall. I peeked around and saw the team of only four struggling to hold their ground. I looked around their position and saw bodies everywhere by them. Must be the men he lost.

I picked up the radio and switched it on, "we're approaching from the southwest. Hold your fire to the southwest".

I waited a moment before the radio came crackling again, "alright come on over". I signaled my team to move. "Am I glad you guys are here". We sprinted and I slid I to cover behind the guys we were reinforcing.

"What's the status?", I asked wanting to know what's going on so far.

He fired a quick burst form his rifle and ducked, "we came here to secure the main entrance to this shit castle with a platoon of men. Unfortunately we ran into heavy resistance and I lost almost everyone".

I nodded ducking my head even lower when I heard a bullet hissing by my head, "alright, I'll call in the artillery to level the main gates and we'll move in".

He shook his head up and down rapidly, "whatever works man".

I grabbed the radio and tuned in to Shot's frequency, "Shot, come in".

I waited before I heard her voice coming through, "what do you need"?

"We need another strike at the main gates to the castle at grid 6804 now if we're going to be able to move into the castle in one piece", I said with urgency in my voice

She came back through the radio, "Alright, sit tight, well have some shells loaded and fired momentarily at the grid. Standby".

"Looking forward to it", I responded and put the radio away. "Alright well have support in a moment, hold this position"! We kept firing at any and all guards far and close. A coupe times when we had to reload a guard nearly stabbed Swift with a bayonet charge. Luckily, I pulled out my M9 and fired repeatedly at him snd he rolled into the floor collapsing as he stumbled forward. The stallion that we can e to help however, got knocked down onto the grkind by some guard with a baton. He's been knocked cold for a while but he's alive. Then the loud booms came we looked up and saw three shells overhead and landed all around the entrance. One landed at the actual gate, shattering it to pieces.

I reached to my radio to thank Shot, "Thanks for the assist". We got up and went up the stairs, there were bodies everywhere, all mangled up and arms and legs all twisted in what would usually be impossible to bend in that direction. But they were dead, they didn't have the see themselves like this. Holy fuck.

"No problem, get that bitch from us and end this, would you?", she replied.

I looked behind me and moved my lips for the radio, "sure thing, I'll see you in the other side. If things go wrong, level this place to the ground".

There was a long pause, "you know what you're asking for right"?

I sighed, "yeah, I know. Don't worry about it. If it comes down to it, i want you to do it. And send someone over to help out a stallion by the main entrance, he's out cold by some sandbags". I turned off the radio and went in with the rest of my team, gun firing in the distance. I scanned the area, if I wasn't going to level this place. I might've have actually found a way to live here. This place is nice.

But I shook my head softly and cursed at myself. This is exactly how she controls ponies, she makes sure everyone is busy making money to survive and take care of their properties and families. Well, that's all about to end. I led everyone through the main lobby into the nobles waiting room they have just above the first floor. I started mouthing down a countdown, 'three, two one', and I kicked down the door for them to clear out. Cobalt went in, followed by Onyx.

"Everyone down on the ground and put your hands on your heads", Cobalt raised his voice slightly so as to not have us heard and caught. "You", he pointed to a stallion that when I got a better look, was Fancy Pants. "Get over here". He pointed to another one, it was that quote on quote prince BlueBlood. "You too".

"Alright", Cobalt got out a couple of handcuffs. "Hands behind your backs". They did so and Cobalt grabbed them and shoved them out for the door. We all stepped aside and they both nearly fell. He walked up to them and pointed his gun towards the exit. "Head out, and the first pony you see dressed in black, you turn yourselves in to them. If you don't we'll have to look for you and kill you. Which we both don't have want, right"?

They nodded rapidly and Cobalt grinned, "good now get the fuck out is here". They ran away like headless chickens out the door. I almost bursted out laughing but I kept myself under control. We needed to keep moving. We went up probably one of the longest staircases that I've ever been on in my life. We kept our guns raised up in case someone was stupid enough to bump into us. While we were clearing out each room, we had the constant rumble of the shells hitting the area near the castle. My guess was that Shot was taking care of anyone who tried to get into the castle to stop us. I stopped moving, this was way too easy.l clearing out the castle so far. Either they were just letting us, or they're hiding out somewhere.

"Guys come on through here", Onyx shouted to us in a whisper tone. "This door probably leads to th-", he didn't get to finish as he was ripped apart by machine gun fire, he fell back onto the floor clutching his stomach which was filled with holes.

"ONYX!!!", I reached out and reached out for him but was pushed back by Swift. "What're you doing, we have to help him"!

He kept dragging me away front the dinfire and shook me by the shoulders, "he CAN'T be saved! He has a stomach riddled with lead"! He brought to a safe distance away from he shooting. As I looked back at Onyx one last time, he looked up at me reaching out for help, but was cut down by another wave of bullets.

"NO!!!", I yelled at the top of my lungs, but it wouldn't bring him back. I just had to accept it, one of the best ponies, better than some of the people from America, died. Sapphire took the lead seeing as I was a bit shook and Cobalt was watching the rear.

She found a shattered window, probably from the shell blasts and pointed to the outside, "we can hook up and go around over them from the roof". That actually wasn't a bad plan at all.

"Let's do it", I agreed sounding a little bit better. "Rappel and we'll follow ".

She nodded and brought out a grappling hook from the pack and leaned out. "Swift, help me out; hold me so I don't fall over".

He sounded nervous but did it anyway, "ok, sure, go ahead". He brought his hands and held her close by the waist.

"Alright here we go", she threw the hook upwards and I heard a loud clunk, signifying that she made the pitch. She tugged on it firmly to see if she could hold on; it didn't fall, so she was good to go. "I'll head up and drop the rope for you guys". She climbed up and in a few moments the rope came back down and landed in front of Swift.

"Up you go Swift", Cobalt said grabbing and handing it to him.

He breathed in a bit deeply and I swear I saw some sweat running down his forehead, "ok, I can do this". He climbed out the window with the rope hooked up with his tactical belt and climbed up. We waited a minute before the rope came down again.

"Your turn hotshot", Cobalt said handing it to me. "I'll cover you". I took the rope, hooked it up and climbed out, I nearly slipped. I'm not used to climbing off the sides of buildings everyday, you know. I unhooked it and dropped it for Cobalt.

"Come on man", I shouted. "Your turn". I saw the rope being grabbed and going inside, then Cobaltncame out with his hands grabbing for anything to help him climb up. He grabbed the ledge and started to pull himself up. But loud crack was heard and Cobalt stumbled, I raised my rifle, saw a sniper on the pillar across from us and shit him and down he went falling like a stone in a river.

I turned my attention back to Cobalt, he took a shot to the stomach and was struggling to pull himself up. "Hold on!", I reached for his arm and grabbed it. It took all of my strength, but I pulled him up and he was on he roof. I examined the shot, it went clean through, that's one of the things I don't have to do. I checked to see where the bullet traveled. It just scraped him. But there was a piece of flesh missing from where it should be. "You're going to be fine, bullet just grazed you".

I pointed at Swift, "get a medkit". He pulled out his pack and handed me antibiotics and bandages. I took out my canteen and handed Cobalt the pills, "take these". He took the pills and drunk some of water. I then told him to sit up as I bandaged his side.

I wrapped the bandage all the way around him and went around a few more time to make sure it as snug on him, "alright itll hold for now". I helped him to his feet and he limped all the way across the roof. We reached a window on the pillar he sniper was firing from and found it opened. 'Must've seen us and left the room he was in', I thought to myself as I climbed into the room first to make sure it was clear. It was so I whistled out the window for them to come in. They each got in and Sapphire helped Cobalt down slowly as to not hurt him more then he already is. I opened the door with a map of the castle hanging by the door. I turned back, "Sapphire,I need to end this. Take Cobalt with you and leave to get medical attention for him. Swift you're on point with me, that's an order".

She opened her mouth to argue but shut it instead, "good luck Bill". She turned to Swift and hugged him,"you too. Both of you come back". We big nodded and said our farewells. She turned left instead

of right and she was gone along with Cobalt. It was just me and Swift again.

"Come on, let's finish this", he patted him on the shoulder and led the way. He followed close by and I halted in my tracks. There were footstep sounds, Swift could hear them too. He nodded to me as I picked out a flashbang from my vest and gentoy opened a crack on the door. I pulled the pin and rolled it inside and shut it quickly.

A loud bang could be heard and I kicked he door open for Swift. He pulled out his rifle and took down about ten guys. "Nice job Swift", I walked past him to inspect the room. This is the room that had the machine gun and tore Onyx apart. And there was a throne here too. Oh shit.....

But before I could react quick enough, I was knocked down onto the floor and smacked Swift so hard that it sent him tumbling down. "So...it's been you this whole time bill? I should've known, the way you kept such a private life". I looked up, expecting to see Celestia, but I didn't, instead, I saw Celestia and Luna standing over us. With the angriest looks I've ever seen.

"Do you know how much damage you've caused", Luna started with a hateful tone. "I'll tell you how much... enough for most of our tax money to spent in rebuilding.

But I just laughed and looked up at them, "is that all you're really worried about, you're fucking mone-". I wanted to say more but couldn't as Celestia stomped on my face to shut me up.

Celestia took over, "Even if you killing Discord helped me out more than you know, you still cause around millions of bits worth of damage and burned down two million's worth".

I laid face down on the ground steadily switching the radio on as she talked.

Luna spoke up again, "well this charade was fun, but it's time to end this game, our allies the Gryphons are nearly here".

I laid up facing them and pressed the button on the radio, "Shot... do it."

A loud crackling came out and I could hear her, "copy that, artillery strike inbound"!

Celestia stood there with her mouth agape at what she had just heard. Luna however was confused and angry, "what was that, what did you do"?

I heard loud booms and the whistle of the shells falling down forward is from the outside. I looked up at them grinning, "it's over you fucking greedy whores. You LOSE"!!!!!!

Then as time began to slow down, I was knocked up into the air from then last and flew to the other side of the room and hit my back on the wall. Swift flew at the princesses and was fighting them in mid-air. But they all fell down with a loud thud. I looked at Swift he was no more than twenty feet from me and I looked in between the princess and me. My M9 was laying on the ground next to us. I slowly started to crawl groaning inpain from the shock of the blast. I looked around me while I crawled and saw that the throne had been torn apart and the floor beneath was cracked and some of it fell to the floor below us. How we didn't fall bewildered me. But I couldn't worry and Luna was slowly recovering and saw me going for my gun. She started to get up but I grabbed it and pulled the trigger. Her head blew open and she collapsed onto the floor. A massive pool of blood draining from her.

"NO!!!!!!", I turned to see Celestia kick me in the face; making me lose my grip on the gun and let it go. She took out the mag and released the bullet chambered in the gun. "No; I won't shoot you; I'll beat you to death". She reached down and picked me up to slam me onto the ground. I gasped for air having all of my breath knocks out of me. I grabbed her hand as she brought it down to hit me and I clobbered her good on the nose and she stumbled back stunned. For a mare she's pretty damn strong. Swift and was behind her reaching for the gun and the bullet, but Celestia was quicker and kicked him in the face. I knew why I had to do; though, it wasn't going to be fun. I jumped on Celestia and held onto her from her back and she clawed at me trying to get me off.

"Get the gun!", I shouted making her nearly trip all around the room. Swift grabbed the gun, chambered the one bullet and raised it up to us fighting. "DO IT, SHOOT HER!!!!!!". H hesitated but pulled he trigger and Celestia fell forward clutching her stomach, mouth opened in shock, and fell face first onto the ground. I stood there feeling immense pain in my leg. When I looked down I saw that my leg was bleeding and the pain was too much. I fell on my back and screamed in agonizing pain. Swift saw this and he gun shook in his hand before he dropped it.

He got up and picked me up onto my feet, "I'm so sorry man".

I waved it off. It was ok, he did his job, Celestia was dead. It was over now. "It's fine, let's just get out of here before the whole damn place collapses". He nodded and put my arm over his shoulders and walked me out of the castle through the main gates. There were still some of Long Shot's men going in to secure the building as we walked by one of them stopped by and nodded his head in approval, sensing that we did what we sought out to do from the beginning. I saluted him and we kept going down the steps and found a medic in standby for the injured.

"Help!", Swift shouted. "We got a stallion down!". A medic came over and put my arm over his shoulders and led me to a stretcher. Where he and Swift both hightailed me over to the relics station that Shot had set up. Speaking of the devil, here she comes.

"Look who it isn't", she smiled softly seeing me injured on a makeshift bed. "How'd it go?".

I looked back at her sore with pain, "about as well as could be expected".

She nodded, "I'll take over command until you get better. Alright?". But I shook my head. "But you're too inju-".

I cut her off, "I don't need to lead anymore. I've done my duty. I just want to go home".

She nodded and turned to leave. "If you ever need anything, give me a shout". She turned and left the tent, and that was he last time I ever saw Long Shot. In person I mean, I've seen her in photos after that rising up to being the first democratic leader of Equestria. But that was later. Right now she was a friend that I helped, and I was a friend that she helped.

"So this is goodbye, huh?", I turned to see Swift wearing a disappointed look on his face.

I smiled at him, "just for now. When I get out of here and feel better; we're going to get shitfaced drunk"!

He chuckled a bit and stood up, "damn right man. I'll see you later".

I laid back and stared at the ceiling above me for he longest time and sighed. I honestly though I was going to die. But I didn't. I was going to see the new world soon. I'll be sure to advise along Shot on her decisions though.

I closed my eyes and let the feeling of peace wash over me, knowing that when I get I'm going to fuck the shit out of Rainbow and father Scootaloo.

It all worked out...... For the Better......