Sic Semper Tyrannis

Bullets and arrows flew all around the darkroom. Multiple ponies were dead at my feet and more were to come, I was firing on a shield they set up while pushing forward. I was close to breaking it and they knew that if it broke they'd be slaughtered.

"Come on you're making this easy!" I taunted. "I've killed goat fuckers who fight better than you!"

I stepped back and charged unto the magic wall shattering it and crushing the ponies under my boots. I brought the minigun down onto a ponies head crushing it then unleashed hell on the others. I couldn't stop myself from slaughtering them like animals it felt...amazing and I didn't want to stop. That was until a yellow light shot me and sent me into the wall.

I looked up and it was Celestia again, She used her magic to heal her barley dead guards and they were back in their hoofs. I was gonna call bullshit for her cheating but that didn't seem to matter.

"It would seem I have failed to get your help to protect the lives of my ponies. I guess the only thing to do now is to rid you of this world"

I laughed at that. "You can kill me lady but be warned once you do...you better be prepared for what comes after one marines death"

"And what is that?" She sneered.

"Hell" I grabbed the minigun to open fire but the ripped it from my hands and a spear made of light flew at me.

I wasn't fast enough to dodge it but it was too weak to even penetrate the first layer. I looked at it and she started in shock then I started laughing. The spear disappeared then I pulled out my 1911 and shot at her still shocked body, I was so close but she dodged it and picked me up with her magic then threw me against the wall repeatedly.

"Ow...fuck...you...bitch..." I said after hitting the wall several times. I couldn't feel much since I was protected my inches of thick armor but it was starting to get annoying so I pulled a banger out and chucked it at her head.

It bounced off her head then blinded her making her drop me. I rolled over and got up then ran at her making both of us go over the old railings. We fell about 20 feet landing in a foot of water, I grabbed Celestia by the back of her head and pushed her face into the water in an attempt to drown her. She teleported behind me and bashed a rock on my helmet, I pulled out my knife and stabbed her in the leg causing her to cry out in pain. She then went for a punch which actually surprised me but I just simply blocked her arm then dropkicked her back into the water.

I saw her horn about to light up so I grabbed it, lifted her head then snapped it. Celestia let out a blood-curdling scream as a blast emitted from her broken horn barely pushing me back. Her guards looked on in horror but still tried to fire bolts and arrows at me to no avail. I grabbed her by the throat and lifted her high up. She struggled to breathe with my hand tightening around her throat.

"You tried to fuck with my mind!" I slammed her back into the water for a few seconds then lifted her back up. "Tried to make me a monster!"

"Tried?" She croaked.

I put her head back under the water and waited for her to stop struggling. The bubbles became less and less then they stopped. The water ran red with blood pouring out of her wounds confirming she was finally dead. I stood up and looked at the dead princess and found my minigun on a pile of debris, I grabbed it and waded through the water towards another hole in the wall. Arrows continued to hit and bounce off me so I turned around and fired on the guards above causing them to fall back giving me time to escape.

I weaved through the hole and made it to the forest and pressed my radio.

"Lyra...do you copy?" I said heavily.

"Alan oh my maker are you okay?!" She asked sounding worried.

"I killed her Lyra, I killed Celestia," I said as an answer.

She got quiet for a moment before saying."Oh...."

"Where are you now?"

She hummed for a second looking around probably. "I'm with Captain Ibara east of the forest, we set up camp here just look for a cliff with big yellow flowers"

"Copy that Alan out" I had to stomp my way there in case I ran into any threats I had my armor to protect me.

(3rd POV. 2 days later)
Location: Canterlot Gardens
Time:1200

The guards carried the white and gold-trimmed coffin slowly and carefully. It was a sad day for Equestria as they had lost their princess to a creature they thought would be the key to saving the country. Luna had a wave of deep anger and hatred for the human that murdered her sister and the elements felt a great sadness, especially Twilight who thought of Celestia as a second mother. The guards laid the coffin down on the rails to be lowered into the ground. Luna went up to the podium to give a remembrance speech for her fallen sister.

"2 days ago during the hunt for the human, my sister came into conflict with the human but couldn't reason with it. Many of our brave guards were killed protecting Tia but the human and his weapons proved to be the victor...." Tears fell down her cheeks but she continued. "We shall not let this monster go until punished, we will find him and bring him to justice then banish him to Tarturis for all of eternity. All Tia wanted was peace for her ponies even if it meant giving her life and now we face a bigger threat than the Griffins alone if we band together and show them that they cannot and will not destroy our friendship nor our magic" she approached her sister's coffin and placed a hoof on it. "I'm sorry sister"

The guards lowered the coffin into the ground then proceeded to bury their beloved princess. Many ponies wept at the sight and many were fuelled with anger at the one who killed her while others had fear of what this human was capable of if it could kill the sun goddess. The main six were the last to leave the gardens and Twilight approached the fresh dirt and laid down by it crying her eyes out. Her friends tried to comfort her as they knew how close she was to the princess but it was pointless.

Apple Jack tool off her hat in shame. "Ah can't believe I was just a few hoofs away from the killer"

"It's not your fault darling you couldn't have known" Rarity assured her putting a hoof on her back.

"Yeah plus next time we see him I'll make him pay for what he did!" Rainbow Dash says pounding her hoofs together.

Flutter Shy spoke up. "Maybe he was still angry that the princess tried to mind control him and..made... him see things" she got quieter as the others glared at her.

"Well w-we needed help with the Griffins and he wouldn't so what else were we supposed to do?" Rainbow Dash defended.

"He didn't get a choice to be brought here, he was taken from his home and we tried to use him as a weapon of war" Flutter Shy countered.

Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes being ignorant as usual. "Because that's what he is Flutter Shy, he's the princess said he'd be the perfect one to save Equestria!"

"He's also another sentient being Rainbow Dash," Flutter Shy said harshly before walking off. She's never gotten upset like that with her friends but she knew what was right and wrong and didn't blame Rainbow Dash for being upset.

Apple Jack approached the small circle of friends. "If he's gonna help the Griffins then that'll mean big trouble for us since he has those big weapons"

"Yes, but we have the elements of harmony on our side does that not count for something?" Rarity pointed to their necklaces.

"You saw what they did to him it only made him angrier instead of turning him to stone" Rainbow Dash pointed out.

Luna shortly appeared next to them in a flash. "I believe my sister has made a big mistake in bringing this human to Equis"

''How so princess?" Asked Twilight who was now done sobbing.

"We captured his vehicle but he rigged it and blew it up then found another one just like it." She rubbed her chin. "If my assumptions are correct there are more than just one of them here"

(A week later)

Location: Griffin Stone Palace
Time:0400

I sat in a chair cleaning my rifle and making sure I had all my shit with me. I talked with Captain Ibara and I was forced to help them since I killed Celestia, Lyra was upset about all this but knew if she went back she'd be put to either the chair or prison for life. I allowed the Griffins to study my M4 but that was it as I wasn't gonna let a potential enemy become too powerful now, I would probably get court marshaled for this but that would have to happen later. A few Griffins asked what it was like to kill a 'goddess' and I just shrugged it off as another kill for the reports.

Lyra came out of the palace and sat next to me, her hair was in a mess.

"What's gonna happen to us, Alan?"

I stopped for a minute and looked at her. "Lyra I'm gonna be real with you when I say the Equestria you once knew is now your enemy, they see you and me as the enemy now and we will be killing a lot of Equestrians in the future"

She sat silently for a minute before something came to her realization. "What about Bon Bon she probably thinks I'm a criminal or maybe they've taken her!" Lyra started hyperventilating and I patted her back and scratched her.

"It's alright we'll find her but for now we need to see what we can do here first before we start running and gunning," I say not wanting to risk it for now. A group of Griffins came up to us, the one leading them spoke first.

"Sir Alan, captain Ibara has requested your audience, please follow us," He said. I put my gun back together and stood up to follow them into the palace, the Griffins here so far have treated us well, which I'm quite thankful for.

We walked down the halls where pictures of battles hanged ranging from a battle in the snow to even in a volcano. There was a picture of a Griffin stabbing a pony in a similar pose a Marine from Belleau woods was in, I just deadpanned at the copy-pasted picture but didn't bother saying shit about it.

We entered through some doors and we were now in a small circular room, Captain Ibara stood by a rounded table with a map.

"Ah Gunnery Sergeant Alan, good to see you still well" Ibara smiled.

I nodded and stretched my arms. "Yeah it's been a wild week, so what did you want to talk m to me about?"

Ibara got quiet for a moment then sighed heavily before speaking. "I want to employ your help in training a special group of Griffins, if you would allow us to make a replica of your weapon just for them and no one else we may have a better chance in wining this war"

Now It was my turn to be silent for almost 5 minutes. It would be hard but I can't turn back now. "If I do help you and we win I want those replicas destroyed and the blueprints burned"

Her eyes brightend and she squealed in excitement. "I'll let you watch as well. Now on to more pressing matters, ever since the death if Celestia the Equestrians have began moving forces to our borders most likely for a full scale invasion" She pointed on the map.

Equestria has a hook around the ocean that made it a one way trip for foot mobiles but if they had ships then we are gonna be fighting on two fronts and with the Griffins being at 1 million strong I say we have a chance.

"When I was with the raiders we usually used drones to find our targets but seeing as the Equestrian generals are boasting fags they won't be hard to see" I commented and pointed at a photo of one of the generals who looked like shinning armor but with a green mane.

"How long do you think it will take for you to train your team?" Ibara Asked.

I scratched my chin. "If their gonna be raiders its gonna be 8 painful months but before that its the 13 weeks of hell"

She groaned at that statement banging her head on the table. "I don't know if we have 8 months to wait"

"Then I'll have them in 3, just build us a base camp in my vision and well get started from there" I said walking back out after we shook hands and claw.

I headed to the little station house me and Lyra stayed in, we became closer friends even though I made her princess my bitch but she didn't seem to mind anymore. I sat on the couch and thought about how I would train a fresh batch of marines who were Griffins, back in leadership training in MARSOC we were taught how to lead and instill courage and discipline in our marines. But we didn't do all the marching singing shit so I'd have to try to remember from basic which shouldn't be hard.

I laid back on the couch but just then my radio went off.

"This Is Corporal Avila of the United States Marine Corps, I have landed in unknown territory and I am currently holding off a force of weapon wielding horses does anyone copy over!?" She yelled over gunfire and bolts.

I needed to lnow if she was real first though. "This is Gunnery Sergeant Alan Church I hear now what is your MOS?"

"Uh...1812 sir!" She replied confused.

I knew that MOS as that was my first option when I enlisted. "A Tank crewman ....Alright now what's your position do you see any landmarks?"

"I see a...SHIT GET DOWN!!" She begand firing at her attackers. "There's a big mountain just 2 clicks North of us and a giant city just beyond a field passing!"

I looked outside and those mountains she talked about weren't close but I could get there. "Copy I'm on my way and if you see bird like creatures those are allies, I'll explain when I get there over and out!"

I got back up and rushed out the door towards the palace to inform Ibara about the attack. I prayed I could finally see another human again, I now wondered how many marines were out there and if any got captured by the Equestrians.

"May God help us all"

Author's Note

"In life sons bury fathers, in war fathers bury sons"

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Holy ballsack sorry I fucking died on y'all my glasses aren't doing to bueno and I couldn't write squat but hopefully this makes up for it-Souls❤