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Johnna. Human settlement site. Niagara falls.

The sun was just cresting over the falls. Its the day after we arrived at our final destination. And, after sleeping for twelve hours everyone has caught up on sleep and are roaring to go!

We possessed limited tools, pretty much what we had on our vehicles, in our kit, and whatever our engineer crews and their vehicles had. The inventory worked out to be:

-Eighteen hammers.
-Eighty two shovels.
-Fifty five two-man crosscut saws.
-Around about a thousand three hundred feet of braided steel tow cable.
-Twenty pickaxes.
-Three thousand feet of rope.
-Nine sledge hammers.
-Ten engineers hammers.
-Nine engineers mallets.
-Six wood splitter axes.
-Seven hatchets.
And finally the occasional toolbox with screw drivers, spanners, Ect.

Johnna stood on the turret of a Kingtiger, and he had the undivided attention of every soul in attendance. "ALLRIGHT YOU LOT! Shining spoon and his gaggle will be on us before long! So skipping the inspirational speech for the sake of getting something done, Sort yourselves out into these respective groups.

Emily's group, are responsible for foraging for food. The only tools you'll need for that job are your knives and the near useless flimsy multi-tool kit shovels i know you all own.

Dimitri's group, your responsible for falling trees, prepping them, and stacking them next to this tank! Logs go on the left side, and all branches that are too small or bent to be of use get piled up to the rear of the Kingtiger. We'll burn them in the field we plan to crop to fertilize the soil. And please, harvest the lumber from a fair distance away from here, it'd be a shame to ruin the beautiful view.

Mcdonnel, your lot are responsible for using the remaining saws to cut the prepped lumber into planks, we'll also need a stockade build around the campsite, I understand we don't have enough tools for this, anyone in Mcdonnel's group who's left over with nothing to do, your assigned to fishing and bringing water back to camp.

Jenet, your team are responsible for planning possible building and infrastructure locations, please draw up as many combinations as possible that put public necessity's within easy reach of everyone in the settlement. You have until- You know what, make that ASAP.

As possibly however racist this sounds, Riccardio, your group are responsible for all things food, anything Emily's group finds that's edible is free reign for your taking. So if your good at cooking or know a lot about food join the Italians group.

Char, Your group are responsible for our defence! Need i remind you the stakes in the event that your fuck up?"

"I Perfectly understand whats at stake if my group fails, which is why we shall be utilizing surgical precision in our planning and execution of the defences." Char says without breaking eye contact with me. A challenging smile on his face.

"Righto, Get to it mate, Errik. Your group are to bring prepped clay back to camp and use it to construct rocket furnaces, as well as roof tiles and pottery for future use, your also responsible for producing charcoal for future forge work, The other half or any that cant do this can begin building wattle and daub structures. Anyone of your group that are left should be occupying themselves, i don't care if its making wicker baskets or whatever, so long as their not sitting around. No-one from any group should be doing nothing unless your taking a break after working your arse's off!.

Before any of you ask, my group shall be responsible for retrieving the necessary materials to begin forging more tools and equipment, I personally doubt we'll find band iron, but we should be able to find magnetite, iron rocks or pebbles, or at the very least, Iron bacteria.

Theres the groups, sort yourselves out and get to work as soon as possible! We don't have much time!"

With that ramble concluded Johnna climbed off the Kingtiger and joined the other leaders around the behemoth of a vehicle so their groups could form.

Sunset the same day. . .

A legion of Solar guard's ponies sit under the cover of the tree canopy, many, including shining were dyed Various colours, from pinks to greens and even blues. Several dozen of them were furiously polishing their armour, trying to remove the paint, but the best they got was smudging it all over the armour.

Those poor souls who were wearing 'mail shirt' at the time had to deal with their fur matting and chafing in their armour's many rings. Some even had patches of fur starting to go missing. Everyone looked miserable, exhausted, and stressed beyond belief.

Shining was simultaneously furious of how he lost such a large group of huge creatures such as the humans, especially with how noisy they are with all their kit and vehicles. And terrified of having to tell Celestia that HE managed to loose the afore mentioned group.

"If word of this gets back to the princess... My career is OVER. He squeaked, biting his lip, he poured over all the possible hiding locations that the humans could be hiding, he'd been searching for the lost group numbering that of a small army for the last twenty eight hours.

It was then that Shining heard one of three voices in all of Equestria that he dreaded to hear at this very moment.
"Captain Shining. What a pleasure to Finally find you. Your a little ways off the beaten path aren't you?" Turning on the spot and wearing a faux smile, he greeted Silverstreak with a nod.

An awkward silence devours the solar guards camp for what feels like an eternity.

"You've lost them haven't you" Silverstreak monotones through a deadpan expression.

"We haven't lost them, We've-" Shining was cut off by Silverstreak's friend and second in command Moonglint.

"Misplaced them?" She says with a sly grin. Shining stood there frozen, he now without a doubt knew that the Lunar guard are still tracking them...

'The Lunar Guard are never going to let me live this down...' "We shall stay encamped here and ensure the cretins don't slip past you-"

Both Silverstreak and Moonglint snapped their gaze's on Shining. Their eyes failing to restrict the sheer amount of hatred they held against his words. Silverstreak speaks first. "Those 'Cretins', Have been torn away from their world, most of them are only eighteen to twenty three years old! They've lost their families. Their homes. Their most cherished possessions. On top of that all. A Detachment of-" She punctuates the next three words by pushing the solar captain back with a hoof. "-Your. Solar. Guards. Attacked them unprovoked, and scared them so badly that their command structure dissolved and a Coup-de-tat started in their ranks, the rebels WON, Then attacked us indiscriminately! It takes a 'Special' set of Leadership skills to allow such events to happen on Your watch Captain Shining Armour.
I'd Watch my tone AND words if i were you." She says over her shoulder as she prepares to take flight with the rest of her detachment. Her blue Bat-pony eyes catching the orange setting sunlight and reflecting it back over all of the Solar guards. "Apparently, some Humans eat horse meat. We may chip in and help them bleed you." She says with a wicked grin, showing her fangs, she then darts off vertically into the sky. The rest of her squad joins up on her flanks as she finishes her barrel roll.

Shining turns back to address his troops, and finds that several of them are several shades greener than the white they should be. and others are looking to the Lunar guard's ponies in terror as they fly off into the distance.

"Its going to be a long time before i'm doing something other than babysitting humans isn't it..." He mumbles to himself.

His current breath hitches in his throat when he hears the regal voice of Celestia speak from behind him. The irritation and distaste in her captains words evident. "Well, If Ensuring the survival and protection of fragile creatures such as the humans isn't a role you deem worthy of your time, then perhaps you can spend your 'Precious' time training the new recruits for my guard, Captain Armour." She looks away from the captain as his head hangs low in shame, And looks over all her soldiers in their camp. "It's Evident that regrettably, the Solar Guard are not up to the challenge and demonstration of patience that are required to earn the humans trust and protect them." She then uses the royal Canterlot voice to ensure all in the camp can hear her. "Your all Relieved of this Duty that has been entrusted to you, And shall all follow captain Shining armour back to Canterlot to resume your usual duties." With her eyes closed, The princess of day turns and leaves the clearing.

Once she returns to the carriage she takes her seat on her cushion. She ignores the gleeful look on Luna's face as the carriage takes off to campsite setup for the Maine six and the Princesses.