TitanFall: Equilibrium

by ThelivingDiscord

Training On The Frontier: part 2

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I was mad. I was mad that I was so careless. I should have known that a damn pony wouldn't know the basic safety rules of gun handling. I just showed them how to shoot one, I never showed them how to be safe with one. When the Pegasus mare shot herself while trying to hold the gun, all the ponies started freaking out and running from the guns as if they would create legs and start walking and shooting everyone. Things like this have happened before, where a private or a person handles the gun wrong and it fires randomly. Plenty of injuries have happened due to incorrect gun use. But hearing the pony cry out in agony, I couldn't help but feel guilty.

To make it worse, the Princess caught wind of what happened and went straight to me about it. She chewed me out for a whole hour. Christian and Joseph tried to support me since they were there, but I stopped them. I didn't need their help since I knew it was my fault. The pony was fine, but she will be out of combat for a while. I was told the bullet went through her leg. We were the only ones who knew how to treat bullet wounds, but we didn't know their anatomy. Thank god one of the grunts used to be a rancher and has experience with horses. He was able to heal her up and make sure the wound did nothing too severe.

The only reason Celestia didn't outright disintegrate me was that it was an accident. I took more time teaching the other ponies how to shoot and how to be safe with the gun. The unicorns had no trouble firing them since they just used magic, but the Pegasus and Earth Ponies were a different story. We had to find a way the the Pegasus had to hold the gun with their hoofs and fire with their wings. It took away their ability to fly and shoot, but they can switch between the two pretty quickly. The earth ponies could hold the gun, but they couldn't shoot them. I had to find a way for them to useful on the battlefield.

Today I was teaching them the use of explosives, Anti-Titan weaponry and how well magic works on titans. I was a bit afraid that they might blow themselves up, so I decided I would show them how to use the weapons and not let them fire them. We only had basic anti-titan weaponry. We had rocket launchers and grenade launchers. I had the ponies line up again. I decided I would wear my suit and armor since I didn't want any accidents happening to me. Also I didn't want that pony ogling my chest as I worked.

It was fairly simple. I loaded a rocket into the launcher and showed them every step needed. I had Christian show them how to use the grenade launcher. They asked a few questions like, "How do you hold it properly?", or, " What kind of blast does it have?" I didn't lets them test it on any targets since we only had so many rockets and grenades.

The time had come for me to see how their magic would work on our titans hull and shields. I had asked them to use only the basic spells, but I only hoped nothing like yesterday will happen again.


I in sat in the cockpit of my titan, waiting for the blue unicorn to light his horn and fire away. I volunteered myself to be the target. I would've preferred Sarah and her Tone titan to do this, but she isn't here. Thinking about where she might be makes me worry too much. If she were here, she would tell me to shut up and take it like a women. Bitch is too damn stubborn for her own good.

I was brought out of my thoughts when I felt the cockpit shake suddenly. It wasn't strong enough to pull me from my chair, but it did make a couple of my trolls on my dashboard fall over. I looked down and saw the blue unicorn standing there with his horn smoking slightly. Taking my eyes off him for a moment, I glanced down at my titan's condition.

The shield only took about 45 percent damage. He didn't damage the hull, but he did disable my vortex shield. I guess he aimed at my left arm. I reached over and flipped on my external speaker.

"So you managed to do a good bit of damage to my shield. You also managed to disable my left arm's defense system." I said. I reached for my controls and attempted to move my left titan's arm. I was surprised to see that it didn't respond. That spell he used somehow fried my left arm completely. I swear if that little grape broke my titan-

"You all right Cap!" I heard Christian call out. He wanted to stay a safe distance so he hung out near the edge of the testing ground, but I guess he ran over when he saw something wasn't right.

"Yea, the little guy totally fucked up my left arm. It isn't responding. We're gonna need engineers to fix her." I said, still slightly pissed off. I reached up and pulled the hatch lever. The doors to my cockpit opened slightly slower than usual. This only added to my annoyance. I hopped down and looked at my titan. She didn't have any scratches on her, but there were a few loose sparks that came from the left shoulder. I looked down to the pony who shot my titan.

"What spell did you use and how much power?" I asked with a collected tone. I was mad, but I knew it wasn't his fault.

"I used a basic attack spell. I added a bit of arc magic since my special skill is lightning spells. I am surprised that it did that much damage though." he said. I nodded. The arc in his spell would damage my shield, but somehow it went through it and damaged my titan. Usually the shield absorbs the damaged, but it went through like a bullet tearing through a shirt. At least he didn't use anything too powerful or else my titan would have gotten damaged even more. I couldn't help but let out a sad sigh as the mechanics ran over to my titan and began examining it.

I felt Christian but a hand on my shoulder. I looked over and saw him give me a comforting smile. I couldn't help but smile back. I then felt the blue pony tap me on my thigh. I looked down and saw him looking down with his ears pointed down. Cute.

"I'm really sorry about messing up your titan Ma'am. I hope there is a way I could make it up to you." he said solemnly. I raised my brow and looked at Christian for help. He just shrugged and looked down at the pony. The pony still had his ears down in an adorable way. Me being the girl I claim not to be, I smiled and petted his mane. He froze and sat there while i petted his cute white mane.

"I think I know a way you can pay me back." I said happily. He looked up with fear in his eyes. I lowered my self till I was at eye level with him. My smiled grew wider to the point where I looked like some damn psycho.

"Know any bars around?" I asked. His pupils turned to pinpricks.


Author's Note

Well, this one took 2 minutes to finish. I have like 4 chapters here sitting on my desk but I'm too lazy to edit and finish them. I had a new spark of ideas, so I'm gonna edit them and make it all nice and spicy for y'all readers who enjoy this read. Seeya soon, PEACE!

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