War of the Equines

I began to fume angrily and try to scare away the sense of fear growing within my chest. I had eaten with a hybrid Equine. This made my stomach just churn to the thoughts of my head. I felt ill by the thought of being friendly to this being. The ruler of my greatest enemy. I covered my mouth and groaned. I felt the concerned eyes of the hybrid on my back as I hovered over the sink with my mouth covered. My face turned red with anger.

"You- your kind, they killed so many of my brethren!" I couldn't keep my anger to myself. "And yet- you have what I saw earlier- you do that- you have those hospitals! What are you DOING with the humans you capture?!" I turned around and felt my stomach churn a bit at the movement, making me lean back over the sink. She sighed and her ears laid back a bit.

"We're taking in the young soldiers of your kind, and teaching them, trying to help them become who they once were." She was a bit sad that I had bounced back to my anger so quickly. I shook and started to look into her eyes. Her wings ruffled themselves. She was laying now, curled up a bit. I took in a breath and looked at her. I felt my stomach calm itself down as I looked at her, and my anger began to drift.

"You... You mean that instead of killing whole platoons like we were told... You take us and you... Try to "fix" our minds?" I scoffed and tried to hold back disbelief. "Impossible! The superiors told us they were killed by your Mystics!!" I stared at her with tears, covering my mouth. I walked out of the bathroom and sat on the ground next to the bed, looking at my hands. Images of my past deeds flashed before my eyes as I drifted off to the deepest depths of my mind, tearing up.

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I was on the field, nothing but my pack and my helmet. I grunted as I dropped to my knees and watched out from behind the rock ledge, the approaching Equine force of five Fliers, ten Mystics and ten Earthlies. They were all big and tough looking, except for a tall Earthlie in the back. She was slim and young, probably never seen action before. I remember the order, to go for the inexperienced, but my heart ached for a moment. She was so young, so different, so full of life. I was already soaked in blood, both Equine and Human. I felt a bit sick as I growled, taking a few steps until I was doubled over and pretending to stumble out and into the path they had taken. I was usually the bait because of my size. I could ass for a younger solider than 13. I let out a loud, yet faked sob as I stayed face down on the ground. I heard loud gasps as several of the Equines stared at me, directing their spears towards my body and my form as I coward in the mud. The young Earthlie was staring at me I could feel her watching. The others were in hiding spaces further up the trail. I felt the blunt of a spear nudge me over onto my side, making me huff and groan, panting as I looked up with fake fear in my eyes. They lifted the spear up and the Equine behind it held the tip towards my eye. The newest Earthlie stopped the approach that was coming to end my life by stabbing be through the eye.

"Wait! My orders from Celectia herself goes directly against what you're about to do!" She slammed the spear away and panicked as I curled up and whimpered. Direct orders from the superiors? That's interesting. The owner of the voice growled and looked at me, and then back at the Earthlie.

"Fine. But YOU'RE responsible for that.. Monster, Siren Bell." He growled again and I pretended to be scared as my limbs were bound together. My arms were tied together in front of me, and my legs were bound together by Mystics, and I was doused in water to wash away the blood, mud, and overall grime of war. I had every weapon but my concealed knife stripped from my being, and I was planted on the back of the young Earthlie. I closed my eyes and quietly groaned, keeping my hands still as they started walking. In a few miles, they stopped to set up camp for the night. While the Earthlie set up her tent- failing miserably the first four times, and finally, after consulting the manual for over a half hour, she had it up right. She stepped inside and started setting up mats of hey and straw.

"I'll be out in a moment alright?" I didn't respond just gave a weak groan. She nodded and closed the tent. I sat for a moment and closed my eyes, focusing on the sounds of the woods. I heard bird calls, and little creaks. They were all signals of course, and I whistled a little tune to tell them I was OK, and needed more time. There was a signal of confirmation in the form of a robins tweet, and the sounds stopped. I stopped whistling too, and kept my eyes closed.

I felt something hit me in the head making me yipe and open my eyes and look around. There was a rotten looking apple laying a short ways away from me. I felt another, similar feeling, hitting me from the same direction. It hit me in the eye, and I cried out in pain, earning a laugh from two Mystics, and I was continually pelted with different items, some rocks and some were apples, and others were pieces of wood. I yelled out in pain each time, and finally, help came in the form of the young Earthlie.

"Would you two like to explain to me what you are doing to MY package? Why it is screaming in pain? Maybe why it has a black eye? Maybe why you're throwing rocks and rotten food at it? I think Celectia will NOT be pleased." She shook her head in anger as she trotted before them and towered over the two. She was slim, but tall. The two Mystics flinched and backed away from her with their ears laid back and I spat in their direction once they were gone. She lifted me up and trotted into the tent, and laid me on a mat, all the while writing two names on a piece of paper while scribbling out notes. I grunted and took a breath, taking the food that was set beside me, and eating it.

I knew full well that I was going to have to call the attack on at midnight, when everyone was sleeping. I closed my eyes and took a breath, pretending to sleep. I didn't want to harm her. The idea hatched into my mind that I would keep her silent, and tell her to stay quiet until everything was calm. As long as they found me alone, she would be safe.

The lights were out, and I was still awake. I pulled out my concealed knife and slowly and silently cut my bonds. I looked outside and, in the distance, there was a flashing light, and I used the moon light to flash it in and out of existence. There was a single flash of confirmation, and I told them to wait a little longer, for the signal. They did, and they flashed back once for yes. I hid the knife and slowly shook the Earthlie awake.

"Who... Who's there? Its not even morning yet- Mmm??" She was tired, and I clamped a hand over her muzzle, quietly shushing her. Her look of fear only intensified.

"Shhhhh… I'm giving you a warning to leave now. Take only what you can carry. As long as they find me alone, you'll be allowed to live. If they capture you, just tell them this phrase: "The sunrise has set me free" and you will be let go." She nodded slowly and shook, looking into my eyes, and seeing great pain.

"I-I have a question- wh-whats your name?" Siren Bell looked at me and I gave a pained smile. I hadn't spoken my name since mother died. I closed my eyes.

"My name is Trixon." She wrote it down, packed a bag full of food, and ran as fast as she could from the attack grounds. Before she did, she turned and looked back at me.
"Thank you Trixon…" She was suddenly gone, melted into the shadows.

I signaled the attack, and while they were sleeping, watched them all slowly die, one by one, to the silent assassins of the night. Two Mystics slowly began to make their way to the shadows, and I saw their fur coats. They were black and red. I Walked over and recognized their faces. They were the ones who had been pelting me with food and stones. I growled in anger, and stabbed one directly in the eye, watching him crumble to the ground with his blood staining my blade and hands. I took a breath and slit the throat of the other stallion, and telling him that it was all going to be over soon. He tried to use his magic to fix the wound, and I allowed him to. He was to weak to move much anyways. The chances of him surviving were slim. The sun began to rise, and I felt the suns rays blast upon my face. There was a moment where I closed my eyes and relished the momentary quiet.

The sunrise has set me free.

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A loud sob broke from my mouth and I curled up, scratching at my arms and wrists. I kept sobbing the same line over and over, I'm sorry. It was as if the Hybrid ruler had seen every morbid detail in my thought. But instead of killing me.. Instead of harming me... She knelt down an stayed with me until my fit had subsided.

"You are forgiven. You are forgiven, little one, you are." She kept nuzzling the back of my neck, and I calmed down, whimpering and shaking. "How would you feel if I were to bring you a familiar face?" I sat limply and slowly looked at her and rubbed the tears from my face. "How about I bring you to meet Siren Bell? She says you two met a number of years ago." Upon hearing her name I blacked out from shock, the tears still coming from the corners of my eyes.