Drew's Tragic Story

Drew looked at his flank, which was no longer blank. "I did it!! I FINALLY GOT MY CUTIEMARK!!!" Drew yelled excitedly.

Pitter Patter looked at Drew happily. "Congratulations big brother!!" He said with a pained smile.

Drew looked over to Pitter Patter and walks to him, helping him up. "Let's go get you cleaned up. I'll make a call and get you an escort."

(Fast forward five years)

With his tour to the changelings territory over, Drew came back home, and decided to settle down somewhere. He needed stability so he could get his little brother back at long last.

Drew decided that Ponyville would be ideal, seeing as it's normally so peaceful there these days. From Canterlot, Drew took a train with only two bags of luggage.

The trip didn't take very long, only about two hours, and he arrived at the station. He had a little over one thousand bits to his name, and began to ask around for a place that recently went up for rent, and got directions.

He approached a simple looking home, with a roof that appeared to have hay for a roof. He chuckled. "At least I won't starve here, what with the roof being made of hay" He thought to himself.

He steps up to the door, and reads the note on it, it had an address on it, so he went to the address and spoke to a receptionist about the property he visited. The mare nodded and sent him to her bosses office.

Once at the office, he knocked and was told to enter. He smiled to himself and went inside, sitting down. The busy looking stallion peered up at Drew from his paper work and blinked. "Yes?" The stallion asked.

Drew nods. "Hello Mr.Filthy Rich, I'd like to rent that property you had recently put up for rent. You see, I recently moved here from Canterlot after my tour with the military forces, and I'm looking to settle down."

Filthy Rich nods and pushed a document over to Drew to fill out. "Fill this out sir. Because you've served, your rent will be discounted down to six hundred bits per month."

After filling out the paperwork, Drew returned it to Filthy Rich and smiled. He gave the rent upfront and Filthy Rich gave him the key. Drew thanked him and leaves, smiling. "Next thing up, finding a stable job!" Drew mumbled to himself.

Drew looked around town, and has already spoken with a few mares and stallions about oddjobs. He hasn't found any yet, and this frustrated him to no end. He began to reconsider his early retirement from the army, he just didn't seem cut out to be a civilian....not anymore..

He sighed and began to head home, giving up for the day to rest. He heard a scream as he began to gallop towards where it came from, only to find a white unicorn mare with a purple shining mane and tail cornered by not one, not two, not even three, but four stallions. Anger boiled from deep inside of him, and his horn glowed. "Cease and desist!" Drew commanded, getting all four stallions attention. Two broke from the group to charge at Drew, expecting him to turn tail and run.

Drew was no coward, he used his magic to lift his daggers, and hover them in a defensive stance. "HALT OR BE HARMED!" He screamed out with bass in his voice. This stammered one of the two, but the second kept charging, and ended up getting stabbed in the front left leg, and hit with the hilt of the other dagger to the groin hard enough to flip a Yak over. This is when the last three darted away, fleeing for their lives. He walked over to the shaking mare, and gave a warm and friendly smile. "Are you injured?"

The mare shook her head and hugged Drew tightly.

"Thank you so much for saving me!! My name is Rarity! Are you new to Ponyville?" She asked, and he nodded. "Why yes I am, just a retired soldier from Canterlot, trying to settle down somewhere peaceful." Drew said, and offered to help Rarity to stand after returning her hug.

He offered to walk her home, but she declined his offer, and smiled nervously and walked away. Drew didn't think much of it, and shrugged, carrying on back home.

Once he arrived he decided to go straight to bed. He fell asleep easily enough, but began to have nightmares. Terrible memories of war were flooding through his mind, showing him what he refused to see at those particular moments. Just as he was about to break down and start fighting back, a bright light flared in his dream.

"ENOUGH OF THIS!!" Screamed somepony with the Royal Canterlot Voice. The flare released a few balls of energy, destroying the enemies that haunted Drew's dreams. Soon the flare died down to reveal a deep blue coated and starry maned Alicorn. He tilted his head, and as soon as he recognized the crown, he bowed to her. "Princess Luna! Such an honor to have you enter the dreams of a mere soldier!"

(Forgive me, but I can't exactly convey my points in olde tongue, so Luna will just speak normally. My apologies..)

Luna scowled, and requested he stand up. "Soldiers dream aswell, and more often than not, are more susceptible to nightmares, due to the horrors of war. This means i must pay special mind to the soldiers of Equestria. It is my royal duty." Luna explained, and smiled softly at him "Do you understand why these dreams continue to haunt you?" Luna asked bluntly.

Drew simply shook his head. "No, I suppose I don't Princess...i'm sorry.." He said to her.

Luna huffed deciding to answer it for him, since some soldiers weren't always able to figure this out. "Because you took lives, the guilt for causing blood to be spilt is catching up with you. Do not worry yourself with such guilt, those were enemy soldiers. It was you, or them."

Drew nodded as Luna began to flare up again. "Then wake, and enjoy my sisters beautiful day." She said before vanishing. With her vanishing act, Drew woke up and sighed. It was well into the morning by now, and he went to leave, only to see a grey coated and blonde maned mailmare arriving to drop off a package. He blinked and thanked her. She introduced herself as Derpy Hooves, and Drew nodded, smiling softly. "And as I'm sure you know, my name's Drew." He said to her politely.

Derpy nodded and handed over the package. "I got to go, I'm behind schedule as it is, nice meeting you Drew!" Derpy said before flying off in a zig-zag.

Drew set his package inside and left, opting to open it later.

(To be continued.)