Author's Note

Sorry for taking so long. I'm trying to do a month by month chapter add. So I'll be trying to put out a new chapter every month.

The Moons watch

Location: Canterlot, Equestria
Date: June 13th A.D 1634
Time: 2305

Luna wasn't sure what her sister was thinking in trusting the strange creatures. So far they had been beating back the gryphons but for how long? For all she knew they would start taking over Equestria the moment the war was over. It would be perfect too. Come as liberators and then liberate Equestria of it's resources and rights.

She decided to look into the dreams of the creatures who currently resided on her world. If they were invaders she'd make them regret lying to her and her people. eye's glowing white she began to search the dreamscape for the dreams of the new comers. It was time to see who they really were and punish them if she needed to. Equestria would not fall on her watch and she would make sure to plague them with nightmares for their crimes. Finding one, she entered the dream.

Entering it she watched the soldier's dream.

"WHAT THE FUCK TRAINEE?! I TOLD YOU TO CLEAN YOUR WEAPON! WHAT'RE YOU GOING TO WHEN IT OVER HEATS OR FALLS APART IN COMBAT BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T MAINTAIN IT?! YOU KNOW WHAT?! DON'T ANSWER, FUCKING DROP NOW! PART OF THE SOLDIERS CREED IS TO MAINTAIN YOUR ARMS, EQUIPMENT, AND YOURSELF! A RIFLE IS ALL THREE! DROOOOOOOOOOOPPPP"! a person with a weird brown hat yelled at him.

The soldier got down as the man above him seemed to chant. "ONE TWO THREE, ONE TWO THREE, ONE TWO THREE"! Each time the person with the brown hat yelled three the soldier yelled 1 drill sergeant, 2 drill sergeant, 3 drill sergeant, 4 drill sergeant, as he counted up. Luna was completely stunned by the intensity she was seeing from just lack of maintaining a weapon. The guards never punished their soldiers like this. Granted it wasn't cruel from the looks of it but it wasn't fun either.

Confused by this creed she left the dream to find another, maybe she could learn their creed to see what values their people held. If the creed was evil in nature she could use that to her advantage to try and kick them out.

Finding a different dream she entered it, the soldier seemingly older and a strong sense of ride and purpose seemed to come from the dream.

Entering the dream she found herself in a large group of eighty people who had their hands raised.

"Repeat after me". A person at a podium said and the person she stood next to repeated everything that was said.

"I, Jacob Nelson swear to support and defend the Consitution of the United states from threats both planetary and interstellar. I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. I will obey any and all lawful orders of the officers appointed above me. I will follow all laws and regulations outlined in Uniformed code of military Justice and present myself in a professional manner at all times. So help me God".

Luna looked at the person, noticing his lack of military wear. They all seemed to be swearing in, and there were a lot of them doing so. She just stood there as the ceremony conclude and thanked the heavens it was short. It didn't give her any information though. It sure as hell didn't help her figure out if they were good or not.

After all, a lawful order for them could be completely different from what Equestrians considered a lawful order or lawful to begin with. She left the dream frustrated and continued to search. Finding another dream she entered it.

"Soldiers, the creed outlines everything we stand for. It is a guide, it is a set of rules. It provide direction for without direction and discipline an army is no better than a gung-ho militia". The person identified as a drill sergeant snapped to attention in front of a large formation.

"THE SOLDIERS CREED"! He yelled at the group. She watched impressed as they all sounded off together, like a unit and in perfect harmony.

"I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER"!

"I AM A WARRIOR AND MEMBER OF A TEAM"!

"I SERVE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES EMPIRE AND LIVE THE ARMY VALUES"!

"I WILL ALWAYS PLACE THE MISSION FIRST"!

"I WILL NEVER ACCEPT DEFEAT"!

"I WILL NEVER QUIT"!

"I WILL NEVER LEAVE A FALLEN COMRADE"!

"I AM DISCIPLINED, PHYSICALLY, AND MENTALLY TOUGH. TRAINED AND PROFICIENT IN MY WARRIOR TASK AND DRILLS"!

"I ALWAYS MAINTAIN MY ARMS, EQUIPMENT, AND MYSELF"!

"I AM AN EXPERT AND I AM PROFESSIONAL"!

"I STAND READY TO DEPLOY, ENGAGE, AND DESTROY THE ENEMIES OF THE UNITED STATES EMPIRE IN CLOSE COMBAT"!

"I AM A GUARDIAN OF FREEDOM AND THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE"!

"I AM AN AMERICAN SOLDIER"!

Luna sat there taken back by the creed. She had expected something more brutal but here they were talking about watching out for each other, never quitting, and above all defending freedom it self. Maybe she had been a bit harsh on them, thinking that they were hiding evil intentions.

Luna exited the dream and decided to view a few more. Needless to say she got more than she wanted to see. Some of them were clearly veterans and the war they fought even while helping them seemed brutal and long. Watching the dreams she'd see them burning through the atmosphere of planets, flying in strange craft, charging head first into fights.

In several cases she'd seen them use themselves as shields to protect people who weren't fighters. It's like they wouldn't tolerate any form of oppression or tyranny.

In a few of the dreams she had seen these soldiers get over run and in some cases killed. It was rare when either happened but she could feel the pang of sorrow, rage, and guilt when one of them died. She witnessed the funerals that were performed for every one of them that fell.

With everything she had seen, she found the reason for their drive. They had lost their own world and they refused for others to experience the same. They would rather sacrifice themselves so others wouldn't have to know that lose than watch from a distance. In some cases she had witnessed sergeants or even officers flat out disobey orders to retreat.

She witnessed what should have been the death of soldiers only for their squad to come back to support them, then a platoon, and it would always grow. One soldier, one squad staying back and refusing to give in or fallback would change the course of a battle.

She witnessed when soldiers were about to fall how their brothers and sisters would return with a vengeance, sometimes leaping from buildings. They would risk everything for their brother or sisters, for others. Leaving their dreams she found one more, the captain.

Entering his dream she witnessed his past and character. She saw how many people he had lost in the past as a hoof went to her muzzle in shock. She witnessed everything from his peaceful and happy moments, his fun times, to his loss of friends.

"ALEX"! She heard him yell as he held the chest of one of his soldiers. On his chest there was three upside down V shaped symbols in glowing purple. She had seen two purple bars on his chest earlier so this had to have been an older memory.

"Stay with me girl, stay with me"! He said as he tried to keep her alive. She had a hole in her chest and was bleeding heavily form it.

"SERGEANT! BETA SQUAD IS THIRTY SECONDS OUT! HOLD ON"! She heard a voice come from his armor as he seemed to be applying some type of white cloth to her wounds. He had her on her side as he held her wound still.

"Alex don't close your eyes. The squad isn't far, you'll be okay". He said as the female could only cough and gag.

"G-Gerad don't worry about it. Y-you *Cough* what you could. D-don't let y-youre paast haunt you". She spoke weakly.

"No, don't speak, you're wasting your energy. You need that to stay alive and get back....". He was stopped when she put and blood hand on his shoulder.

"W-e both know I wont get back. AGH"! She cried out in pain as she coughed. "Look. You c-can't save every...everybody. Never stop....being....................you". With that she stopped speaking, her breathing stopped, and her head fell to the side.

"FRIENDLIES COMING IN"! A voice yelled as a group of six soldiers rushed into the room.

The captain...well sergeant at the time didn't notice them as he held the now dead female. His hands were shaking as he tried to wake her up.

"Come on Alex, wake up. Don't you die on me". He said softly as he shook her shoulder.

A soldier came over, placing his fingers on her neck before sighing. "She's gone, we weren't fast enough". The soldier said and carefully removed Gerad's hands from her still body.

Gerad fought him, and his other soldiers had to restrain him as he yelled, cursed, and tried to get free. "SHE'S ALIVE DAMN IT! SHE'S NOT FUCKING DEAD"! He yelled as he was held down.

Luna watched as tears filled her blue eyes. She didn't know the person but the scene before hurt to watch.

"GOD DAMN IT"! He yelled as the others held him back.

"Sierra Nevada we need extract. We have one KIA". Came another soldier as the dream ended, expelling Luna who was laying on the floor in shock.

Looking out the window and down at Ponyville she sighed. For a race so experienced in warfare, they seemed negatively impacted for every person they lost and life they took.

"I think, it's time for some peaceful dreams". She said and reentered the dreamscape, finding the bad dreams of the soldiers fighting for her people and soothing them when she did.