Leader was currently very happy, very very happy, why you may ask? It's because he won, that's right he fucking won. He was currently doing a victory dance as he stood over the corpses of his enemies, the fire had burned away everything and his mighty swords having been driven through the heart of his enemy. The tears of thousands filled the air as he stood tall and proud, his cape fluttering in the wind heroicly.

"That was a load of hay!" One strapping young stallion calls out next to him, throwing his controller to the ground, an annoyed and defeated look on his face. This stallion worse a shiny new piece of armor above his dark blue fur, he had green eyes, with a cutie mark of a pentagram surrounded by flames. "You had to have cheated!" This stallions name was Astral Burn, he was in charge of the magic division of Leaders revolution.

Leader ignored the comment of the hater to his right and continued to stare at the game over screen on the projection that a little crystal was making. Despite what some may think. Equestria was actually pretty advanced in the fact that it had video cames and some other more advanced entertainment features, the only problem with this being the fact that it was stupidly expensive. So, Leader stole one of these such systems and used it to help all the tense ponies of his revolution relax, by destroying them at games. It seems he's still got it, after all of these years.

It had been around a month since his declaration to Celestia, and since then it has been nothing but preparation, training, and studying for him and his revolution. You see, Leader had no intentions of making any sudden and brash moves against Celestia, he needed time. These things don't get done in a single day after all, and he needed to work if he wanted to win this war. His troops were untrained, inexperienced, and honestly, had very little talent that he could use.

This is why for the past month he had been doing nothing but working them down to the bone, and he definitely had to give it to them, now that they had a purpose they were improving scarily quickly. Some of them had even surpassed some of Celestia's royal guard captains. Of course, he cheated a little, cause he trained them far differently from Celestia, using methods like the Spartans, Romans, and even the Greeks used for training. Two of his more promising students, however, could toe to toe with some Celestia's Elite, that being Spitfire, Shining Armor, Night Light, and Brick Break.

Spitfire was captain of the Wonderbolts and was defiantly one of the most skillful pegasi of her time, she was approaching the levels of Commander Hurricane honestly. She had even managed to tap into that natural magic that all pegasi have, able to harness the power of the elements to strengthen herself and even to attack her enemies. This was not to mention the fact that she was unmatched in aerial combat and movement as of now, made her an all-around deadly foe. For anything.

Then there was Shining armor, who had actually become even better after becoming a captain, having increased whatever training he was doing by who knows how many times, he quickly caught up to the ranks of Celestia's other elites. Who was very skilled with his shields, and could even use them as a weapon, a road few shield users choose to go down in the end. Then there was his kill with a blade, which while perhaps wasn't the best, was certainly not something to be taken lightly. All around, a mainly annoying type to fight thanks to his defensive skills, but he has a feeling he's not that big a threat in the long run. Leader thought, however, that Sun piercer could take him as he is now.

Then came Night Light, who was the leader of Celestia's magic and research team, and captain of her magic assault team. Which was a stupid name in Leader's opinion. He knew, however, that the team, even if it did have a stupid name, was not to be taken lightly. To put it simply, the team was made up of some of the best mages of the century, with Night Light at the head of it all. He honestly wasn't able to find out much Night Light, but what he did find out made him very interested. Night Light it turns out had mastered almost every offensive spell in the book, even some of the darker lest accepted ones. Not only that, but he had even created a few of his own. He was probably the biggest threat out of all of Celestia's elite, able to adapt to almost any situation thanks to his magic, and several unknown spells of unknown power. If they were ever to meet in a battle, he was sure that none of his units could take him on alone, maybe not even if they all worked together. This, he would have to do the fighting should the situation ever be required.

Then finally was Brick Break, who was honestly Leaders favorite pony ever. Leader can respect a few things, one of them personally taking the time to literally mast every single weapon that a pony could use, and doing it in style just earned bonus points. Brick Break, when he was younger, had found a little blade that was left out and swung it a few times in his mouth. This leade to him, in simplistic terms, becoming a weapon nut, even more so then Leader was. So he started to learn, he learned how to use the sword first, then the hammer, then the bow, then a mace, and so on and so forth. He was an adaptable enemy, who could improvise with pretty much anything around him as a weapon. It honestly reminded him of Lancelot, when he was able to use his surroundings as a weapon when he had lost his blade. He also had the honor to fight fairly, which just made Leaders respect grow for him, even if Leader didn't fight fair he could respect something that could. He figured Brick Break still couldn't beat him with a blade, but if Leader used something like a spear? Ya, no thank you. He would definitely be out skilled, of course, skill doesn't always mean victory and Leader always had a few tricks up his sleeve.

As for his two elite, those were simply Sun Piercer and Astral Burn, who were his current favorites out of his little group. Of course, he's never telling them that. Their heads wouldn't be able to fit in their factory anymore. Sun Piercer has been training almost none stop since he was recruited, and was definitely far better than he before, especially since he used the methods Leader came up with to train. His main weapon, what a surprise, was a spear, and he knew how to use it. He was quick and agile and knew how to dance around the battlefield like nothing, but this was a usual trait found in most skilled spearmen. But he had learned to fight mid ranged, long ranged, and short ranged. Which was not something normal Spearmen could do. Not only that, but Leader had taken the time to teach him some of the Pegasi magic that has been long since forgotten, though his aerial combat still needed work. A lot of work. He was a bumbling fool in the air.

Astral Burn had a much more interesting arrival to his little group, it was quite amazing actually. You see, Leader had been right in the middle of one of his speeches, when suddenly with a bright flash there was a pony in the room who was slightly burned and panting. He didn't even notice the dagger that sailed past him when Leader threw it in surprise, all he did was shoot his head up and ask if he was late. This led to silence, and then laughter. Leader found himself laughing much more than he had in a long time, and that's when he knew he liked this new pony. Very much so. That was proven not long after when they had a little talk together and he learned about this pony. He knew things, he was practically a genius, he would even go as far to say he was smarter than the princesses precious student. Not to mention he had perfect control over his magic, which is rarely ever seen in Unicorns, it's always Alicorns.

The two became quite friendly with Leader, and he became friendly with them. Astral Burn was the type of friend who was always doing something unexpected, but he was fun to be around, and Sun Piercer was the type who was always silent and never really interacted with the group much, but you could always tell they were having a good time.

"Um, Leader?" Astral asks blinking a few times up at him as he tilts his head slightly, his oddly slitted eyes holding confusion in them. Oops, it seems he got lost in thought again. He tends to do that a lot.

"Sorry, got lost in thought. Planning and such. It's almost time after all." He says receiving a nod and an acknowledging hum in response. Leader, of course, had been talking about the thing they had been planning for the past few months. The raid of Ironhoof bay. "Have you finished the preparations?"

Astral hesitates for a moment, before nodding a few times, causing Leader to grin slightly as he leans back into the couch they got. Him setting down his controller a few feet away from him.

"Good, we strike tomorrow."

Author's Note

I feel this was to short. Also, really sick. I can't think of anything else to put here, so until next time!