War For Equestria

The next morning Nighthawk was up on his hooves at the armory getting smoked by his supplier. "That's enough from you! This is the third set of armor that you, you destroyed in the last month."

"Cut me some slack Bones. It's not my fault that iv'e been through deadly training."

Bones picked up a folder signing a paper and threw it in Nighthawk's face. "And you blame your father for this?"

He raised his eyebrow thinking that was rhetorical.

"Oh you so do blame your father!"

"Bones please? I need new armor!"

"Forget it hawk! You wasted more bits on my armor than your father did on his first set."

"At least my father wasted his bits on those stupid flight adjustments!"

Bones looked at Nighthawk one last time and a few minutes later, Nighthawk was walking out rubbing his face from getting getting kick in the face. "Old stallion sucks with his armor anyway. I hope he dies in a hole?" Suddenly he bumped into another pony and knocked her over and made her drop her stuff. "Oh great. I'm so sorry."

The pony started grabbing stuff with her hooves and magic, "No, no it's my fault. I'm too focused into books."

"No, it's mine." He started to help her out and then stopped admiring the young mare. A beautiful blue mane with a small strip of her mane flowing down her lovely diamond colored eyes and white skin she looked up as she blushed and lit up her horn. The yellow colored aura reminded him of his mother as he lit up his horn and extended his hoof out picking her up. "N-Nighthawk."

She did her best to hide her face as she looked at Nighthawk again, "S-Starfrost Freeze."

He handed her the rest of the books as he started blushing, "Should. Erm. Do you?"

She chuckled, "Umm, I have to go."

With a lost and disappointed look he sighed watching her leave, "Right. A great way to blow yourself off like that." He got to his training class as they were practicing sword strikes. Mostly blocks and quick parries.

"Fighting with a weapon is more than just attack, it's a learning experience. With every block you learn the kind of tactics your opponent uses." The instructor looks at Nighthawk as he got smacked across the face with a training sword and falls over. "Cadet Nighthawk! I'd recommend you get your head out of the clouds and block your hits."

He quickly got back up readying his weapon and shaking his head, "No distractions sir!"

"You say that loverboy." The instructor mumbled under his breath as Nighthawk swung his blade.

Two sword blades clashed as Princess Celestia and another alicorn were fighting. She watched Luna come in from behind swing her blade downward but was quickly blocked by the alicorn as she put all of her weight into the blade and pushed Luna back while kicking Celestia back and left them frozen as the alicorn used her magic to form another blade.

The Queen smiled as the Captain walked over, "Very well done princess, I admire the form. Celestia and Luna, don't underestimate your enemy."

Luna lifted her visor, "We didn't underestimate our enemy. We just, didn't plan for her to be so."

Celestia grinned under her visor, "Skilled?"

"That's underestimating an enemy Luna."

She rolled her eyes and lowered her visor as the Queen chuckled, "That will be enough for today, girls. May you excuse us?"

The girls bowed as they walked out leaving them alone. "They have trained quite well, Captain Blaze."

"They learn from the best madam." Captain Phoenix Blaze replied with a smile.

She chuckled, "They do indeed."

"So what do you need to discuss your highness?"

The queen sighed as she lit up her horn revealing what looked like Nighthawk and the Captain already had an idea of what she was ready to talk about.

"Oh." The Captain replied.

"You are aware of the Great war, stated in the prophecy?"

"Oh, I thought you would be discussing something different. Perhaps about his training and armor."

"Well, that is part of it."

Phoenix sighed, "Oh...right."

The two talked late into the night but somehow Phoenix was so heated he marched out heading towards his office. he sat down and pressed a button on his pad as a dark figure appeared, "She speaks of the prophecy again."

The Captain nodded, "Seems like our little cadet is is one to hit big soon."

"Is he a threat to our plans."

"If what the Queen says is true. Then yeah, he'll be a problem."

The figure nodded, "Then we better convince him what to believe in while he is still young."

Phoenix nodded, "Leave that to me sir."