Chapter 6: FOR THE MOTHERLAND

I stand in the early morning air and as I take a drag of my cigarette I think about the last two weeks that have passed since I have brought the Minetowns surrounding us to heel and honestly a lot has been achieved in that time. With the industrialization brought on by Industrial Hooved the conquest of the Diamond Realms seems more like a possibility every day. I have also been practicing in my magic which has led me to memorizing the runes that make up levitation and I have begun learning how to form more combat oriented runes. There has also been developments in the capital as my humble abode has been added to and now is covered in stone, plus it now has three stories with a balcony that I stand upon. As I look upon this flourishing town that now contained at least two thousand people in it, my eyes catch a building that has a signature cross adorned on the top, then I remember how some of the citizens found my bible in which they connected the fact that I came back from the dead to the fact that Jesus came back from the dead and therefore made me their messiah which honestly disturbs me but seeing as they came from nothing but chains and hopelessness I don't do anything about their believes, but before I can reminisce any more about me being an icon of faith I hear the classic hoove on stone that draws my attention behind me.

"Prime Minister David sir I come bearing summon from the Minister's of War, Industry, and Magic respectively." The assistant said before raising her hoove to her face in a salute.

"Thank you Paper Lens tell them that I will be down in a mere moment" I said dismissively waving my hand towards her general location in which she immediately turned around and sprinted down the stairs. I then snuffed out my cigarette, put the part I didn't finish back into its carton, and adjusted the tie on my suit as I made my way to the doors that adorn the war room. As I stand in front the the doors I can distinctly hear the arguing that often emanated from the war room and immediately it is silenced as I open the doors to see a room full of saluting creatures. "as you were" I say as I sit upon the chair.

"David I was just explaining to Gilda over here that we cannot possibly equip every division with the new Engine Cabs MK 1 and that we have to wait at least 3 months for the demands of her troops to be met." Industrial says as he gives Gilda a mean glare in which she responds with a slam of claw on the desk.

"AND I was explaining to Industrial over here that time is not a resources we have in abundance and that we have to move now or the Diamond Collective will unite and send a entire army on our doorsteps!"

"Oh of course yeah and you're telling me that they will also have an entire army that are equipped with Boomsticks and lasers from outer space."

"No but you surely are not oblivious to the fact that they still outnumber us and you're Boomsticks take a full minute to reload which leaves us open to mass horde tactics?"

"But we can easily over come that downside with our Engine Cabs!"

"Then why can't we use them in our attack HUH?"

"Because as I have told you before they are not ready for field use!"

"That a bunch of bulls-"

"ENOUGH!!" I yell out. "Now Industrial Hooved are the engines built"

"I mean yes they are but there are two main problems which are, that there aren't enough to equip every division and that they haven't been tested." he say as Gilda snorts in which I promptly ignore and continue on.

"Well first off as Gilda said we don't have the luxury that is time so we have to use the Engine Cabs in their current, which brings me to the main point of how many are actually in working order?"

"Well currently there are about 12 EC's that meet the passed the minimum requirements for field use and each can hold about 9 to 15 people depending on who get's in"

"Hmm well that gives me an idea but Gilda I need you're input on weather or not we can do it" I say as I look at Gilda and in a gesture of her claw she motion me to state the plan. "Well if we only capture the capital wouldn't that give us claim to the entirety of Dunther's Domain?"

"I mean yes but there are still the Minetowns we have to worry about"

"Hmm okay then, here's my plan. We focus all of our troops on taking the capital and then we will take all the surrounding Minetowns with a group is left behind to ensure that peace is ushered in." The two Ministers look at me in astonishment and then almost immediately Gilda looks down to the map and then started mumbling to herself as she moved wooden flakes around

"HAHA yes that will work I cannot believe I didn't think of it earlier!" Gilda said as she snapped her claws and startled both me and Industrial. "Although the main question is who will be put on this military campaign?"

"Well are the divisions and their leaders chosen yet?"

"Yeah they are why?"

"Well I was thinking that I will leave them and in turn you to decide on who goes while staying here to fill out some paperwork."

"Oh okay then." Gilda said with a slight grumble after ward but immediately thought of something as she looked back towards me. "Well can you at least give a speech before we leave to inspire the troops?"

"That sounds good, what time where you thinking"

"How about noonish"

"That sounds good" I say standing up and look to the three people who are currently in the room. "Alright are there any other complaints" I said as I waited but all of them all said things along the line of no. "Okay well then I will take my leave and I will see all of you at the 11:50. Dismissed." I said as I walked past the door and down into my office/bed. I then took the pile of paperwork that sit in a pan that said "ND" which made me thought of how wood was attained.

I remember the first thing I thought when I was told that the tree's here bleed lava when cut. I later learned that the said tree was in fact called a Ember bark which honestly maid sense although turn's out these Ember Bark's make more sense once you really think about it. I then remember how I was told that these Ember's have a crystal like core that ran through out the entirety of the seeable tree that, while luke-warm while it was growing, once it stopped the Ember would emit more and more heat, so once its grown to 7 feet it focuses on absorbing cold air around it so that doesn't overheat and kill it's self. The most interesting part about this tree is that instead of dying when cut down, they would grow back from pieces as small as an inch although they do need loose soil or snow to grow and would not start growing until said conditions were met, but it would still emit ever increasing heat. My mind then wandered to the most interesting part about these said trees, which was that the "bark" that they were made of isn't actually bark, but instead is a carbon byproduct of the tree that then surrounds the core, which is how you can tell if an Ember Bark is fully grown yet, because if the bark is spongey then it has not grown to where it emits constant heat and if it is bark like then it is fully grown because the heat burns the carbon substance. I then remember that I forgot to thank T for informing me of all of this.

I am so distracted by my thought's when I finally notice that the clock had 9:37 plastered on its digital face I am shocked to see the 15 minutes have past which snaps me out of my wandering thoughts and I go back to looking over the papers. The paper range from farm land allocation coming from the Ministry of Agriculture by the minister, a Earth Pony known as Flaming Apple, Education demand's from the Minister of education, which is a Astrof named Flowex, and a demand from Industrial begin testing on a flame thrower he dubbed a "smokestack" that use's a Ember Bark shard an a bit of magic to produce a flame thrower that will never run out of fuel in which I gladly approved. This continued until I am interrupted by an alarm that tells me that it is currently 11:05 in which I stand up and make my way to stage that stood upon a new wall that gave the city itself plenty of room to grow.

I make my way out of my house turned castle and find me a tram that lead's to the military district. As I get on the tram I notice that all the people's on said tram look at me with admiration and some even get up to shake my hand or get an autograph in which I happily do until I notice my stop and get off of said train. I look to my watch to see that just about 25 minutes have passed since I left although the walk to the place where they were setting up the speech took around 15 minutes in which I see that out of my ministers there only Crystia, Muinter, and T where there.

"Hey there David glad to see you're early as we-" Crystia started to say but was interrupted by Gilda landing next to us.

"Hey David sorry I was busy telling the generals what they are to do for the speech." Gilda said as she fluffed her wings a bit.

"Hey Gilda can you tell me which Ministers are going with on the campaign trail?" I said as I remembered the conversation from Earlier

"Oh yeah well so far only T, Industrial, and Myself have volunteered to join in the march."

"Ah alright good to know." I said as I made my way to the room that has the stairs to the podium and as I waited I saw all the Ministers slowly trickle in until Industrial Hooved made his appearance at 11:53 in which we all stood around until finally at 11:56 we heard a familiar song start playing as I recognized it as the anthem of the Prime Minister. As soon as the song reached the two minute mark the Ministers made their way out until at the 2:32 mark I made my way to the podium and as soon as my hand's were pressed on the polished wood the song ended and I looked upon the crowd and made my announcement.

"Comrades today we sit at the precipice that will decide what we as a nation will stand for. Today as you brave soldiers march into the fires of an unknown destiny we must decide why we fight. Do we fight for simple land grab, do we fight for dominance, Do we fight to enslave one race below others! NO!! We fight for liberation, we fight so that we can ensure freedom to those within our borders, and we fight so that red banner can wave on!" I pause so I can breathe and then continue on. "But we must remember who our enemy is. Some may say that the enemy is the diamond dogs who enslaved us so, or some might say might say that the enemy is anyone who dare enslave their fellow person, I say that while all these answers are right in a sense those are not our true enemies. For the true enemy is the one who built these walls. it is one who enforces a rule that excludes the weak, the tired, and the huddled masses. It is the one who sits on her thrown thinking that she is a god and that the workers must be slaves to her or be exiled to certain doom. The enemy I speak of is Celestia and all of those who claim to uphold that false ideas of Harmony for her idea is a damnation to the word itself, for we know that the true harmony is Communism, democracy, and freedom for all. Thus I know that every one of you will do their best to ensure that harmony remains and that red flag that flows so proudly behind me will stand now and until the end of time! OOORAAWW" I stood back as the ooorawws tore through the solders and I as the National Anthem started playing yelled I heard a call rise from the departing troops

FOR THE MOTHERLAND

Author's Note

Well sorry this one took so long but I got distracted by moving into a new house and that has been eating up a lot of my free time. I also wanted this to be one big chapter but decided that you all had long enough to wait for the next chapter in this story.but with that out of the way I bid you all Adue