Equestrian civil war.

It was 05:30, on the first day after the battle was won. The buggle sounded, and all the troops Imidatly prepared for the day, and returned to thare posts. All exept me. I was orded to the generals tent. I steped inside. "Sir!" i shouted, snaping to a salute.

He saluted me back. "At ease, Private" He paused for a second and said "or should I say at ease Corpral."

"Sir?" I asked, a look of confusion on my face.

"Congratulations, I'm hereby feild premoting you to corperal. Congratulations." He slid a small, brown enverlope across the table. I opened it. Inside the package was a webbing system, with a space for a firearm next to the right hind leg, And a prestine revolver, Shining in the glorious moonlight.

"And now, here comes the bad news" I thought to myself.

The general said to me in a calm, but allmost dissapointed voice. "You're being transfered to the Ponyvill baracks, whare you'll take comand of echo squadren."

"When do I leave?"

"At sunrise." I went to leve the tent. "Oh, and corperal."

"Sir?" I asked.

"Be carefull, You know how those border raids are."

Ponyvill sat right on the border of the three countries. It was once a neturall terratory, whare soldiers of all factions could Drink and be merry, and not concern themselves about the war. Then the celestians attacked. They were savage, brutal and bloodthirsty. Thay quickly took controll of the applefeilds. The battle to reclaim it wasxz even more bloody. Many people lost limbs, as artillary shells rained down. Even more got killed in the brutal hoof to hoof fighting that took place there.

And now, That's whare I was asined. three years ago, a place of no military importance, now? the most important target in the aria. The food reserves were a desperatly needed resource. And celestia was ready to sacrefice thousends upon thousands of men to retake the village. She'd proven this time and time again.

I hopped on the train, and looked back at my commerads I'd be leaving behind. The train chugged off, slowly, as I staired back, and waved at my former squadren and Co's.I placed my hat on the table, and waited for the long train journy to end.

When i arrived at the station, Thare were a small group of about eight ponys waiting for me. The leader of the group looked at me, and saluted. "Corperal!" The rest of the squadren snapped back to attention.

I looked at this troops chevrons, and saluted back.

"Lance coperal!" I said in a more friendly tone.

The soildier said "Sir, can we spare the pleasentrys and get strait down to the bottom line?" i nooded.

"The Celestians have a vantage point up on that ridge." He pulled out a map, and pointed to various targets and places of interest. "Thay have ammo depos here and here, A fule depo here, and troop barracks here, here, and here." He placed the map back into his bag.

A colt, with a scar across one of his eye's approched me. He had a cap on his head, that cleary demestraited he was the commanding officer. "Sir!" me and the rest of the squadren snapped to attenetion.

"At ease squad!" He said in a booming voice, of authority. "We finally got the go ahead. At dusk tonight, Alpha and delta squadrens will attack from the east, You'll take echo, and join foxtrot squadren from the west." He signled for us to follow him.

The entire squadren went into a large tent that served as a breifing room. he went over the entire plan in only a fiew minuts. "Any questions?"

"No Sir!" the entire platoon stated.

"You are dissmissed."

Everypony in the room got up and left.

I went outside, and led the squadren to whare we would begin out assault from. Dusk wasn't for about another hour. We all sat, in what was left of the inn. The squad all sat together, playing one big game of poker. i sat in the corner, stairing into the picture on the heart shaped locked, that hung around my neck. A tear ran down my cheak, but I batted it away.The Clock stroke 10. The assault began...