"Where in tarnation is he? He said he would be here!" Applejack huffed she had been waiting close to an hour for Marble to arrive to help with the farm work. "Maybe Ah should go find him." She looks over at Big Mac for an answer

"Eeyup."

"Your right. Ah'll be back." With that, Applejack left and headed off towards town. 'Maybe he's just tired from the party last night.' She thought to herself. Her thoughts were interrupted when Pinkie Pie came bouncing along side her

"Hiya Applejack."

"Oh howdy Pinkie."

"I thought you would be with Marble today."

"Well, Ah was just on my way to get 'im. Seems he overslept. Probably from the party last night."

"Ooh, can come too."

"Ah don't see why not." They continued down the path to the hotel. Reaching the hotel, they were directed towards his room. As they approached his room, they noticed a static buzz coming from his room. "Now what do ya s'pose that is?" Applejack asked as she knocks on the door. No response. She's about to knock again until Pinkie Pie beats her to it repeatedly knocking. The door creaks open. Peaking through the door, they see a grey blob slumped against the bed. Pinkie enters first, closed behind was Applejack. As they enter they are blasted with the smell of alcohol. Sitting there against the bed was a very tired Marble

"Phew Marble, ah don't mean ta be rude but it smells like ya bathed in straight whiskey." Applejack says covering her nose." Pinkie why don't ya take him and try ta splash some cold water on 'im."

"Okie dokie lokie! Come on Marble." She says dragging the half awake pony into the bathroom. Applejack takes this time to look around. A record player was on and at the end of the vinyl record, A shattered mirror in the corner, and a small weathered book with something sticking out of it. Upon closer inspection she realized that it was a picture. A picture of eight ponies dressed in similar outfits and hats. One of the ponies she recognized as a younger Marble and another as....her dad. Flipping over the picture, she saw the names written on the back; and confirmed that it was him.

"He was a good friend." Applejack jumps as she turns around to see a soggy Marble with Pinkie further behind. "Bright Mac, he was a good friend."

"Y-ya knew my pa?" She stammers out.

"Yeah, I knew your dad. Great guy, probably one of the nicest ponies I've ever met... also one of the strongest." He sits down next to her." Let me tell you something about your dad. huff. Bright Mac was one of the bravest ponies I've had the pleasure of meeting. He fought by my side from the beginning of that war until that picture. That picture was taken the day he found he was... having another daughter." He says starting to choke up. 'Apple Bloom' Applejack whispers to herself. "Just hours later...... he would be dead. The wounds and memories he sustained over there, ensuring our victory, would have earned him a hero's welcome...... instead he was killed in that hole, like an animal." He looked over at Applejack. She was on the verge of tears. "Here, you keep it." He says giving back the picture

"Well come on Marble. We got to get you to Applejack's farm." Pinkie says bouncing out of the bathroom. Completely ruining the moment. Marble moves to get the book and places it in his bag. Applejack notices this.

"Ya'll are bringing a book?" Marble just looked at her

"This journal never leaves my side."

The walk through town was pretty quiet. Ponies going about their daily business. Along our walk back to Applejack's farm or as she called it Sweet Apple Acres, we past by the market. Noticing that I haven't eaten anything all morning I decided to stop at a stand that sold breakfast foods. As I go to pay, I realize that I'll be left with a whole 2 bits. I slightly panic, but it must have been enough to annoy the two ponies behind me.

"Come on grandpa, just buy your coffee and go." One of them says while the other snickers away. I turn to look at them. One is a grayish brown with a blondish mane, while the other was orange with a brown mane. Both were pegasi."Finally. You were so slow. Maybe that's why you don't have any bits?" The orange says while the brown one laughs. There a collective gasp from the other ponie around us, which I counted about three, besides Applejack but she was further out. Not to sure if she was paying attention. Anyway, I just look at them until I say

"What did you say?" The orange one looks at the brown one, both of them laugh.

"Your slow, no wonder you don't have bits. Though all you earth ponies are slow compared to us pegasusus"

"Why are you pushing me and it's pegasi." They both look at me like I have three heads, "is there a rule saying that I have to be a pegasus to buy a quick breakfeast."

"Of course there's a rule it's us. Now beat it!" The brown one says while shoving me, or trying to shove me. I barely moved. "I said BEAT IT." He yells while throwing a hoof at me. Very sloppy. I catch it mid-air and return with my own hoof, hitting him in the side of the face. He stumbles back the the orange one goes in. The orange one is in front of me rearing up to buck me with the brown one behind me. Rolling to my right, I avoided the kick. The kick however hits the brown in the jaw. Recovering, I tackle Orange to the ground..... and proceed to punch his face repeatedly. Brown slowly makes his way up and tries to pull me off. "Hey get off of him!" I just push him back. Then he does something so cowardice, I don't know what else could be so low. He goes and gets the guards.

Not a minute later I hear. "HALT!" Looking up I saw about three or four guards surrounding me. One moves to get me off, but I throw and elbow into his chest knocking the wind out of him. They all surround me not moving until the wooden pole of a spear smacks into the side of my face. Every goes black.

Twilight is just about done organizing a stack of books, when her door practically flies off its hinges. They whole stack comes tumbling down around her. She looks to see what caused it and sees a very frantic Applejack in her doorway.

Confused she asks" Applejack, what's wrong?"

"Twilight, its Marble. He got 'I'mself Trouble!" She's practically pacing around the room.

"What do you mean 'trouble'?" Twilight asks

"Ah mean the guards took 'im to the guard barrack! That kind'o trouble! Come on!" With that the two took off towards the Ponyville Barracks

Author's Note

A note. When the story is in Marble's POV. It's supposed to be his journal writing

Also Marble was a corporal in the solar berets. He joined when he was 18. Got over to the war when he was 19. The griffon Civil war lasted 6 years This takes place 10 years after the war. He's about 35 that's why they called him grandpa