Canterlot castle
10/29/19
10:00pm
Dakota POV

"So its all settled then. everyone, I would like to thank you for coming and wish you safe travels back to your own nations. I'll see your troops on the battlefield." After 4 hours of talking, We had finally all reached an agreement. The zebra's and minotaurs would send military advisors and equipment to use to help train new recruits, the diamond dogs would run stealth operations to steal any and all valuable tech and intel from Sombras forces so that we would have the advantage in any and all fights as well as they would perform sabotage missions, And the griffons and Dragons would help us train new recruits since they have a better understanding of how a war works and supply our army's with their own soldiers, each sending 5 regiments to the front lines to aid those in the trenches while we would provide them with access to our technologically advanced weaponry and show them how to use human weaponry and export 1/4 of whatever came out of the factories to our new allies. Griffons were already entering Equestria, ready for a fight. The Griffon ambassador seemed keen on getting tanks added to their inventory along with missile launchers, and anti-air weapons. I personally volunteered to train them on how to use them. The first tanking lesson would begin a week from now and I was ready for the couple month-long training session, But I would also need to find some volunteers to help teach them.

After all of the ambassadors left, I got up and went back to my room, Celestia went to hers while aqua came with me. I'm guessing she wanted to sleep with me tonight and she didn´t walk all the way back to the barracks and I don't blame her, that's a long walk; little under a mile if I had to guess. I would have to remember to talk to her CO and get some strings pulled to have her moved in with me since she was mostly patrolling this part of the castle anyways.

"I didn't know that you could be so persuasive like that, Dakota." Aqua said breaking the silence. "Well, being the diplomat of an alien race not from this world whose race has a DEEEEEEEEEP connection with the principals of war kind of requires you to be a good speaker like that, But, thank you." I replied to her. "Hey, look, I know why you've been sleeping with me in my room for the past year or so now. Its because the barracks are too far away, right?" I asked her with a raised eyebrow. "Yeah, I'm usually stationed here in this part of the castle almost all the time, Why? What are you trying to do?" She asked me with a slight hint of nervousness in her voice. "Who is your CO? I'm gonna talk with them and see about getting you moved in with me just to make your job a little easier for you, its the least I can do for you since you mean a lot to me." I replied to her. Her eyes widened slightly as I said this, unsure of how to react.

"Are you sure about this? I have no problem with walking here every day. But, If you insist, my CO is Lt.Firestorm. You can find her in her office in bunkhouse 8" She said to me

"That's all I need to know, Thanks love" I replied to her making her blush a little bit as well. I began my walk over towards the barracks. It took roughly 40 minutes but that's partially because I'm not a fast walker unless I need to be. Bunkhouse 8 was now insight. How did I know it was number 8? There was a large number 8 painted on the front side of it. The bunkhouses looked like scaled-down aircraft hangers with their corrugated sheet metal exterior and most likely wooden interior since that's how they usually are built on this scale. I saw mares milling about inside chatting, eating, sleeping, cleaning, and working out. I opened the door and walked inside. "Officer on Deck!" was the first thing I heard as I walked inside. Right away, every last guardsmare in the room stopped what they were doing and snapped to attention. "At ease ladies, I'm just here to talk to Lt.Firestorm about getting one of my herd mates moved in with me to make her job in the guards a little bit easier." I said "She's in her office right now sir, The door should be open." one of the guards said "Alright, thanks, Blaze." I replied to her. She just smiled and waved me off as I walked to the office in the back of the building. Blaze fighter was probably the friendliest mare in the guard. She was always in a cheerful mood, was fun-loving, and unusually slow to anger. Now that I think about it, I've never seen her angry once for the entire year and a half I've been here, Except for the time I had Aqua as a hostage. She had a bright reddish-orange coat of fur, deep ruby-colored eyes, a long flowing mane and tail that had streaks of red, orange, and yellow with yellow specks dotted all throughout both and her cutie mark was a fire hydrant with a fire hose hooked up to it that was spraying water on a brush fire.

When I reached the door to Firestorms office, I knocked on it to be safe because you never know what someone could be doing on the other side of that door. "It's open!" I heard a gruff, raspy voice call from the otherside. I opened up the door and walked inside. "Evening lieutenant" I greeted towards firestorm. "Evening Rodriguez" She responded back. "So what brings you to this part of the city this evening?" she asked me

"Ive got a question for you about one of the mare's currently under your command" I said "Which one of my fine protectors do you need to know more about?" she asked. "Aqua lance. As you probably already know, me and her are herdmates along with princess Celestia herself, and I was wondering if it was possible to get her moved in with me since she mostly patrols the guest halls of the castle where I've been living for nearly two years and it would make it easier for her to conduct her rounds if she didn't have to walk so far to reach her station." I said to her. "Hmmm, I suppose I could let her get moved in with you but who would she be taking orders from? Me or you? since we are both the same rank." She asked "You could email me the details of her assignments and where she would be stationed throughout the castle and I would pass it along to her and go with her since im part of the guard myself." I offered her. "That sounds like it could work. How about we give it a try for 2 weeks to see how it goes and we'll let her make the final decision." she said "Works with me." I replied. "Excellent. You should bring her footlocker with you as well so she has her stuff. Its the one on the right side of the bunk on the left of the door 3rd from the wall, you'll know which one it is since it's got a picture of you and her together on it." she said.

After wrapping up with firestorm, I proceeded to grab the footlocker she told me that was hers. Upon trying to lift it, I found out right away that it was extremely heavy, Like filled with osmium heavy. "Jesus Christ, what the hell is in this thing, Blocks of lead!?" I unknowingly said out loud while trying to drag it out the door. Blaze told me that the footlockers given to the guard were made out a compressed lead. That explains a lot. Trying to think of how I was going to get this thing back to my room, I thought of an Idea. "I'll be back in about 15 minutes. I'm gonna need a unicorn to help me move this when I do get back." I said. I proceeded to run out the door to grab my keys and tell Aqua the news. After about 7 minutes of running, I made it back to my room and quickly grabbed my keys but didn't see aqua, however. I'm assuming she was probably in the bathroom or something and began running towards the front of the castle. I finally reached my truck and got in. Winter had come early and I was sitting there in my engine swapped F350 listening to the Pissed off old 7.3 engine trying to start in the cold. I was starting to get a little pissed myself since it wouldn't start but eventually, it did. After that, I got it rolling and proceeded back to the bunkhouses. After I got back there Firestorm herself was waiting for me with Aqua's footlocker floating in her aura. I got out and opened up one of the passenger doors to allow her to put it inside. I told her of my plan since there was no way any pony was gonna carry this damn thing. I would drive my truck through the front entrance of the castle since that was the easiest way to get my truck inside and then proceed back out the way I came in.

Blaze would guide me all the way to my room and firestorm would help me unload the damn thing. After getting the lead box inside, I turned around and proceeded to the front entrance. The girls got the door for me and proceeded to guide me in. The night guards were all just looking out me with confused looks as I slowly drove through the hallways at about 10 miles per hour. I encountered a problem though when I came to a hallway that I would need to use to get to the next one where all of the guest rooms are. My truck was barely small enough to fit through it, And I knew that my back wheels would get stuck if I wasn't careful. I decided to try my luck and go through it will both of the girls guided me forward. Firestorm was behind me while Blaze was in front. I somehow made it through unscathed. Continuing on, I finally made it to my room and got out and opened up the door to see Aqua walking out of the bathroom wearing a pair of silky pajamas. It was pretty warm and humid in my room so I'm assuming that she had just gotten out of the shower and just looked at me and asked me why my truck was in the hallway. I told her that it was so I could bring her footlocker here since that thing was heavy as hell, Probably almost as heavy as I am. She seemed to understand as Firestorm Brought the box in and set it down in front of the bed. After that, They helped me reverse my way out.

Halfway out, I noticed that more than half of the guard was dozing off and I suddenly got a terrible Idea that would most likely result in me getting my ass kicked. I flipped two switches in my truck real quick on and off, one labeled truck, and the other one labeled train. I was going to blast my nathan K5LA train horn inside of the castle. Both Celestia and Luna would probably try and murder me for this but it would be worth it. I placed my hand on the horn and told both Firestorm and blaze to cover their ears and to not ask questions. They did as I asked and hit the horn two times. Every last guard in the castle was scared shitless after that and it echoed. I was right next to the exit as well so that worked great for me. I gave it two longer blasts once I was outside and the girls had gone back to the bunkhouse. Now having woken up probably the whole city and probably made a few enemies, I went back inside to my room. I couldn´t stop myself from laughing since so many of the guards looked like they had just seen a dead man walking, In which case they probably were. I rounded a corner and came face to face with Luna herself and she seemed to be pretty pissed about this.

"Do you care to explain what in Tartarus that was!?" She shouted with pure rage laced in her voice. "I noticed that half of your guards were dozing off so I decided to give them a bit of a "Wake up call" if you would" I replied with the biggest shit-eating grin ever. "Well then, I would like to let you know that you nearly sent our sister into shock because of that little stunt you pulled and is still shaken up by it!" she replied angrily. "Ah she's a big girl, she'll get over it, she'll probably forget that it even happened by tomorrow morning" I replied with a carefree tone. "Well then, maybe you should come and see her for herself" She shouted again and used her magic to grab me by one of my hands and dragged me down the hall. In response, I flicked her horn which caused her magic to flicker and release her grip on me. "Do that shit again and next time I'll beat the living shit out of you as I do to those that get on my bad side!" I shouted trying to get a point across.

I walked with luna all the way to Celestia's chambers to see her sitting up in her bed with a damn sword held in her magic, ready to stab anything that came in. She was shaking violently and had the look of the devil on her face. Damn, she really was shaken up by this. "Tia, you look like you have seen some shit." I said as I entered her chambers with luna behind me. "That noise, Reminded me of a dragons warcry. I haven't heard anything like that for over 400 years ever since the war between Equestria and the dragon empire." She said. She sounded really edgy while saying it as well and I don't know if it was on purpose. "Well, I can assure you now that it was not a warcry. That was the sound of the train horn mounted on my truck. I blew it a couple of times since more than half of the night guard seemed to be dozing off on the job so I gave them a bit of a "Wake up call" if you would." She seemed to understand as she calmed down a bit, but not entirely. I told her I was sorry and decided to head out for a bit and do some work. Luna decided to follow me to see what I was going to do but eventually went her own way.

I decided to take up a part-time job pumping septics around the city. Walking over to our garage, I got in the Sisu M162 which was used as a vacuum truck and headed out. The sound of the Rolls Royce Eagle 320 engine was mechanical music to my ears. The first tank that I would pump dry was located in the downtown area in the residential district at a noble's mansion. He said that it was completely full and had been having to use the bathroom at his neighbors home for the past few days and that his sewage well was almost full as well. When I came to a red light, I quickly took the time to put on my jacket and reflector vest along with my beanie since it was cold outside and dark. Although cars had quickly become popular in Equestria, There still wasn't a whole lot of them on the roads simply because they weren't being massed produced in multiple factories like they were on earth. All civilian cars were produced in one plant that was still a sizeable 100 acres big, they were slow to be made. the light finally turned green and I continued on my way.

After another 5 minutes of driving, I reached the neighborhood where the noble lived and kept going down the road until I reached his house. It looked like he was having a party or something but I didn't care all that much. He had a doorman who asked what I was doing here.

"I got a call saying that whoever lives here has a full septic tank that needs to be emptied." I told him. "One moment while I ask lord Gold Bar if this is true." The doorman asked. He got back to me a moment later. "Alright, you can go through. He'll be waiting for you around the backside of the house." He said. After that, I proceeded through and drove around to the back of the mansion where the property owner was standing and waiting for me. I pulled up next to him and he greeted me. He was one of the many nobles in canterlot that wasn't a total asswipe and actually cared about others, Seriously, there were more friendly nobles than asswipes. "Thank the princesses you're here! You got here at just the right time, the well is completely full and I've been trying to explain to my guests why the bathroom can't be used at the moment. Please, If you empty the well completely, I'll pay you very handsomely." He said sounding kind of desperate. "No problem Mr.Gold bar. I'll have the well emptied within the next 20 minutes." I replied. He thanked me and went back inside. I pulled the truck around and Backed it up, Turned on the back work light, took the hose, and got to work. A full shit tank is one of the worst smelling things in the world, especially when you take the well cover off. I put the hose in all the way and turned on the hydraulic pump and pulled the hand throtle all the way out to speed up the pump. The pump relied on the engine's RPMs to run effectively, so essentially the higher the RPMs, the better the pump would run and faster.

I walked back over to the side of the truck and watched as the meter indicating the trucks sewage tank fullness continued to rise ever so slowly. I climbed back in the cab and grabbed my phone and decided to see what was going on around the nation. Apparently some changeling spies were arrested in manehatten after stealing some documents from a military recruiting office on the south side of the city and were taken in for questioning. I heard the pump speed crank up, most likely indicating the well was empty. I informed the noble named Gold bar that I was done and he paid me a hefty 6000 bits for my services. I put the hose back, turned off the pump, and got on my way. Being the trolling bastard that I am, I sounded my La Cucaracha horn as I left the gate and woke up more than half of the neighborhood as got on my way. I still had to pump his neighbor's tank as well which was just down the road so I didn't have to go far. The owner of this home wasn't home but I was still able to get in and do my job. Following the same procedure as before for this tank, I got it done and taped a note to his front door indicating that I had been here and I could mail my payment to me at the castle.

It was around one in the morning now when I finally finished up and started heading back to the castle. I had earned myself a nice 37000 bits on this one night alone. My job wasn't done yet though as I still needed to empty the shit tank and refuel the fuel tank. The water treatment plant was on the other side of the city which was still a 20-minute drive away, even with the streets being empty as they were on a night like this. I did come across a few ponies driving around but most of the citizens were walking on the sidewalk or taking busses. The nightclub that I had opened up was packed to the roof with guests so it's safe to assume that's where a lot of them were. I rounded another corner and I could see the water treatment plant down the road. I pulled up to the side of the plant where there was an office that I had to pay a waste management fee at before I could empty the tank. The door was always open to employees to get in and pay the fee even when nopony was there. I went Inside and paid my fee and opened the garage on the side of the office where I would dump the sewage into a grate on the floor. Pulling the truck around, I had to maneuver earlier than I would have preferred because my rear lift axle was down so I could still maneuver the truck.

Finally getting the truck into the garage area, I got out and walked around to the back of the truck and opened the spill valve and watched as about 4000 gallons of fecal material spilled out the back of the truck. If you thought just taking the well cover off of a full sewage well smelled bad, then by the neckbeard of a kirin, This smelled 10 times worse. This was essentially the same as taking a whiff of a dead body that been decaying for 10 days now while it was baking in the sun.

It took about 10 minutes before the tank was completely empty. After that, I raised the rear lift axle and closed the spill valve. After that, I started heading back to the castle. Traffic was still light at night time but even though it was night time, canterlot's night time had really come to life when we opened Club SOLAR. Ponies were waking all up and down the streets, some of them heading towards the club, others heading towards local bars and or home. Many other smaller clubs had sprung up around the city to compete with us but that just wasn't going to work out. Club SOLAR was the largest club in the city and also the most popular. I had to drive by our place to see how it was doing. Almost all of my friends had moved out of the castle and into the club to manage it better and im assuming its because they also didn't like royalty, But then again, No self-respecting American citizen does, which is ironic coming from me since currently dating the very definition of royalty at the moment and living with royalty. Natalie was the only one still living in the castle with me but after that train horn stunt I pulled, I'm pretty sure she's going to move out.

I was getting ready to turn down the road where the club was and as I was coming up to the club, There was A line of ponies that stretched around the corner and to the intersection behind me. The stoplight was still red but the line of ponies continued to get longer as the night went on. Turning around the corner, I saw a bouncer escorting somepony out who looked to be drunk as a fucking skunk. He was putting up a bit of a fight but eventually gave up and passed out on the curb. Paying him no mind, I continued on towards the castle and was ready to fall asleep as soon as I got back. After getting back and parking the truck, I turned off the truck and started walking inside. Most of the guards still had a bit of a frightened expression on their faces. The train horn really gave them a bit of scare, But I should have seen that coming. The fact that there was also warped diaphragms in the horns also made it sound like something big had just awoken from the dead.

Finally getting back to my room, I went inside and saw that Aqua was already asleep. Without making any noise, I slowly took off my shirt and got into bed and wiggled close to her and put my arms around her. Apparently she might have still been awake still because she turned around and used her wings to pull me closer before we finally both went to sleep.

1 week later
Canterlot tank proving grounds

The time has come to begin tank academy. Busses full of dragons, griffons, and ponies were lined up outside. For the next two months, we would be training them on how to operate these 60-ton beasts. I had to travel to ponyville again and ask rarity to make a Drill instructors uniform for me so I looked proper. She got everything perfect all the way down to the thread count. She even made the belt and the badge on the cap for me. I had put all of my ranks on and other things as well that A normal DI usually wears. I had rapidly scaled the ranks and reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. I had my leaf markings on both of my shoulders and was ready to start. I was joined by 14 other DI's and we're ready to begin this 3 month long session. Our new recruits had already passed basic training and other trainings but they are gonna have to go through it all again before they are full blown tankers. I gave the go ahead for the other DI's to get on the busses and give instructions. I took the front bus.

"Alright, Everyone listen up and listen well! As you already know, I am Lt.Colonel Dakota Rodriguez, acting commander of the majority of the equestrian armed forces! You are now under my command and for the next 3 months, you will be pushed to the limits and this will be difficult! If you make it through this course, You will be machines praying for a war to drive these 68 ton beasts into. When I say get off my bus, you will leave quickly and orderly and line up outside in rows of 10. Do I make myself clear!?" I shouted

"Sir yes sir" The recruits responded

"Get the hell off my bus" I said as I let them out.

Now the 3 month process of training of them has officially begun. it is going to be interesting to say the least.

Author's Note

IM BACK FROM THE GRAVE BITCHES!!!! I'm sorry this took so long. pure laziness had me by the neck along with school.