The Equestrian War: Human Support?
Chapter 3: Hidden Identity... Technically "Edit 1"
Previous ChapterNext ChapterPOV: Mark Württenbürg.
Current Location: Cave somewhere in Whitetail Woods.
Both Celestia and Mark are still asleep. Until Mark's alarm went off.
"Ughhh...."
Mark picked his phone up and lazily checked the time.
"Huh only (05:00H). I will have to check the white alicorn and see if she is alright."
Mark got out of his tank through the hatch and grabbed two MRE's. One veggie and one with meat. Mark also grabbed some firewood to boil some water.
Mark was back at the cave and almost finishing up the preparation.
"That should do it."
Mark went to check the time. His phone says (05:55H).
"Wow, it's only been almost an hour."
"Hopefully she would wake up soon."
Pov: Celestia
Celestia was asleep in the bed/uniform tarp bed Mark made.
Celestia woke up in a cold sweat. She was visually shaking, panting hard and crying silently.
Celestia obviously had nightmares. She continued to weep silently.
"My sister must thinks I'm dead or she would surrender herself to Black Beak without knowing I escaped... or much worse capture her and kill her..."
She continued to weep until Mark came in.
"Woah why are you weeping?" Asked Mark.
Celestia didn't answer.
I know its difficult getting used to these okay? The nightmares you constantly get are symptoms of PTSD I think. Mark explained.
"How?.... My sister thinks I'm dead... What if she surrendered her self to Black Beak and get her self killed." Celestia says nearly crying her self again.
"I don't know but I will try my best to tell your sister that you are fine," Mark tells her reassuringly.
This calmed Celestia down a bit as She wiped her tears off.
"Anyways I never got your name?" Mark asked.
"What should I tell him? My real name or a made-up one. This is the first time anypony talked to me normally like: common mare and stallion talking normally. None of the royalty your Highness and polite talk. I just get tired of it. No-pony is in love with me for who I am, they are just there for their reputations."
Mark clearly saw Celestia in thought.
"Hello?? You with me"? Asked Mark.
"Huh, oh sorry," Celestia said with a dopey downcasted smile.
"Anyways... You can just call me Celestia. "
Pov change: Mark Württenbürg
Current time:(06:15H)
"Huh, Celestia... That's a very nice name I must admit. Ah, it all makes sense now. Celly is a Nickname for Celestia and Lulu is for Luna her sister. Celestia and Luna are Faust's daughters. I will have to give them the letter in human form when they meet again."
"That's a beautiful name, Celestia."
Celestia reddens a bit.
"T..Th...Thank you." Celestia studders and looks away hiding her blush.
"Now I'm flirting with a Pony... A Pony!! Well, a hot, cute and majestic looking pony..."
"Hey, you know... Uhh... I have breakfast and you definitely need to eat."
Celestia looked at her self then back to me. Her stomach grumbled and then blushed.
"Y-Yes, I would like that," Celestia said
"Okay then. It's a 24H ration if you are alright."
"N..No that is fine by me." She said.
"Okay, I will make them for you. It's cheese and Veggie omelette."
"Thank you again for rescuing me and for looking after me," Celestia said with a hint of a blush.
"Don't thank me it's my job to do this"
She nods and sits down on the makeshift bed.
10 minutes had been passed while I was making food.
"Food is done, Celestia!" I told her.
I send the meal to Celestia with all the condiments and accessories for her with my magic.
Both Mark and Celestia were both sitting and eating. Mark had vanilla and chocolate oatmeal while Celestia was eating her omelette.
"This is not bad," Celestia said.
"I agree with you, Celestia,"
He was enjoying his meal while Celestia was glad to eat her meal.
After their meal, I offered to take the rubbish and place it somewhere.
Celestia said it was fine she couldn't walk long anyway.
You can take it out, Mark. She informed me.
I know! I yelled across the cave.
"I need to ask him to take me to Canterlot or a town nearby" Celestia thought to herself.
Meanwhile, Mark was at his tank getting hear to move out. He decided to not take his tank with him. He turned his gear into pony adaptable equipment besides his guns.
He was wearing a uniform only his shirt (cause it looks too ridiculous) it was a camouflage green, he also bought his vest with his amour plating. Finally his two firearms, G36, P226. (Rifle and pistol)
He went back into the cave and clearly saw Celestia in a bit of pain.
"The morphine must have run out at this point."
"Celestia? Are you okay?"
"Does it look like I'm okay?!?" She yelled in pain
"I guess I was right."
"Okay, I don't know any numbing spells so I'm going to use morphine okay?"
She nods and prepares for the needle.
"This is going to sting a bit hold tight."
Once the needle went through her skin she squeaked in slight pain. After Mark was done she couldn't feel a thing.
"Wow, what is this?" She asked Mark.
"Morphine it's the strong stuff,"
"This could be useful for equestrian medicine." She told him.
"Woah Woah Woah Woah..."
"What?" She asked.
"You don't have morphine yet?"
"Yes is that a problem?" She told.
"Yes! It is a problem. My country makes this stuff 200 years ago!"
"Wait what year is it?"
"It's the year 1008ANM," Celestia told him.
"Wait 1008ANM?"
"What does ANM stand for?"
"It stands for after nightmare moon." She explained.
"Anyways can you take us into Canterlot or a nearby town near Canterlot," Celestia asked
"Yeah, I can. How many days do you want to take?"
"As soon as possible," Celestia retorted.
"Okay then. Let me guess the estimate."
"It would be faster with my tank but I don't want to show her yet I would rather show her in my human form. I might just walk then."
"How far is Canterlot from here?"
"About 140Km away down North East." Celestia estimated.
"Well let's get a move on then ill carry you,"
"WHAT?!?! ARE YOU INSANE?!?!? YOU ARE JUST GOING TO CARRY ME 140KM's TO CANTERLOT!?!? Excuse me I can walk my self." Celestia shouted at me.
"Uh-huh... Like you can walk with Two broken legs."
"Fine." She pouted.
"Good,"
"Let's get moving then," I exclaimed while picking Celestia up.
Pov: Celestia.
Current location: just outside whitetail woods
I can't believe that he's carried me for 4 hours straight without a break. He's trotting and has not passed out yet. He's A UNICORN! NOT A EARTH PONY!
"Hey let's take a break for some food. I'm hungry again." Mark announced.
"For four hours straight of trotting with me on your back while carrying equipment, you haven't passed out yet and finally you don't even look tired."
"Huh looks like my job finally paid off," Mark muttered.
"Well, time for meal number two of the day," Mark informed Celestial while taking his and Celestia's meal out of his rucksack. Mark was prepping the fire while Celestia was sitting on a log.
"What do you have Mark?"
"The usual, potatoes and rice..." Mark didn't want to say meat. That would freak the Princess out.
Celestia hears the slight discomfort of Marks's voice. Celestia squinted her eyes at Mark.
"Are you sure that You are having potatoes and rice??"
"Uhhh... Yes, it is." Mark quickly retorted.
"Okay then," Celestia said still squinting her eyes. After five minutes of squinting at Mark, she went back to eat her meal. Her meal was a classic mac and cheese.
"This is not bad for military Mac and cheese."
"I know it's not as bad as you think," Mark stated
"Yeah, I thought it will usually taste bland."
She continued to eat with Mark for about 4 minutes. Celestia and Mark were talking casually about their life.
"What do you do as a princess?" Mark asked.
"A lot actually. The snobby nobles in court requesting only money and usually lots of paperwork."
"I can understand that. That's a lot of responsibility, to be honest. I can understand the burden of paperwork and crap like that." Mark chuckles lightly.
"I remember the time I got promoted to a commander. It was quite a burden to manage the new recruits. I got so angry for one not following simple orders." Mark laughed at the memory of that moment.
"huh, never knew he was even military. Well, he doesn't serve under me or anyone on Equis what so ever. Probably me but I don't know if he is in a military somewhere or just made it up." Celestia decided not to push on his military career.
"Well, its time to get going," Mark informed.
Mark packs up everything and picks Celestia up and went on with the journey.
Time skip: two days.
Location: Near Ponyville.
Current date: 14th July.
For the last two days, Celestia and Mark were travelling to Ponyville. Mostly Mark carrying Celestia on his back. They were obviously taking breaks for lunch and resting at night. Mark was clearly worn out by the time he reached the edge of Ponyville.
"Hah... We made it." Mark croaked out.
"Yes we did make it in at least two to three days"
While Celestia said that she yawn and decided to sleep on Marks back.
Meanwhile.
Guards were posted at the edge of Ponyville and spotted the princess. One of the guards immediately assumed that Mark was the one that captured Celestia.
"THE PRINCESS IS BEING HELD HOSTAGE WITH THAT PONY!!" Guard one yelled
"What shall we do Sargent?" Guard two said.
"Quickly send a message to Princess Luna and inform her immediately." Guard one said.
Guard two immediately wrote on a letter to Luna.
URGENT
Dear Princess Luna.
We have a hostage situation with your sister. She is injured. There is a Green Pony holding her as a hostage and we've believed that pony was the one who caused the influx of magic.
Pov change: Luna.
Current time: a minute before the letter was sent.
Current location: Canterlot Castle.
"Sister I hope you are alright..."
Luna sighed and just before she got up a letter materialized in front of her. She immediately opened it. After reading it she quickly teleported to Ponyville. She materialized right at the guard's post.
"WHERE IS MY SISTER!!"
"She is right at the outer edge of Ponyville near the Everfree forest." said the commanding officer at the post.
Luna immediately gallops to where most of the guards are at before yelling thank you to the officer.
"THANKS!!!"
Luna arrived where the guards spotted Celestia.
"SISTER!" Luna yelled. But Celestia was asleep like dead asleep, she was a heavy sleeper.
Luna thought that the pony must have incapacitated her sister.
"LET GO OF MY SISTER YOU MONSTER!!" Luna yelled in her RCV. Mark stopped and looked at Luna and said in his head "oh shit... I'm out of here!" He quickly and carefully places Celestia on the ground and threw a flashbang.
The guards and princess luna have no clue what Mark threw, so they directly stared at the device in confusion. Luna Laughed and became serious.
"If that device is a deterrent it's not working," Luna said.
BANG!!
Everything became white for the guards and for Luna.
Luna thought that the pony must have killed her but her vision came back. "DAMN HE GOT AWAY!" Luna yelled in frustration.
"I Never knew that would work what kind of magic is this?!?!" Luna thought but was reminded that her sister was there. She quickly called some medics to bring her to a nearby hospital.
Pov change: Mark Württenbürg.
After running away from Celestia's Sister back towards where I came from so I can get back to my Leopard.
"Shit... Celestia's sister is scary. Man if I were a little kid and saw her do that shit I would of Pissed my self."
While I was trekking back I was closer to my tank it's about 100 to 120 more kilometres away. I found a griffin patrol that was closing up on Ponyville mostly a duo only probably scouting. I decided to ignore them and head to my tank.
"Still Celestia and Luna are pretty hot for ponys they just have the right curves. I don't know... what I am I thinking they would never accept me or do they. Not like Luna she was clearly pissed at me probably thinking I abducted her sister and tortured her..."
POV change: Celestia
When I was about to wake up I felt a familiar feeling on lying something soft. Like? A bed? I opened my eyes and saw a room and it looked pretty sanitized. I hear a steady and constant beeping. I realized where I was at.
"I'm at a hospital but I remembered that I was on Mark's back....."
I realized that I fell asleep on his back I never thought that his back would be that soft in my life. My cheeks burned red just by the thought of Mark. It feels like the first crush I had when I was a filly. It's been a long time since I've had that feeling.
"Do I really love him? Or it's that he saved me? Will he love me back? Forget it, Celestia, you can do better than this."
any ways where did Mark go?
As soon as I said that Luna busted into the room crying in joy.
"SISTER I THOUGHT I LOST YOU! T..T.TO THAT MONSTER!!" she says crying her hearts out.
I looked at Luna in confusion and asked her what monster?
"What monster?"
She looks at me like I was stupid and said something that made my heart drop.
"THE PONY THAT TOOK YOU AND TORTURED YOU! I WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM BUT HE GOT AWAY... BASTARD GOT AWAY THROWING SOMETHING THAT BLINDED ME!" Luna yelled.
"LUNA! THAT PONY SAVED ME HE DIDN'T EVEN TORTURE ME! IT WAS BLACK BEAK. HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW I WAS A PRINCESS WHAT SO EVER!"
Celestia took a moment to calm down.
"When I told him that I was Celestia. He didn't even know I was a princess until I told him. He didn't even act like anypony I've met. He just acts... casual. He was the one that helped me escaped Luna. I couldn't walk back the cause of the damage Black Beak caused to my front legs. HE Was the one who looked after me, fed me and carried me on his back for 120 to 140 kilometres in just two to three days!" I practically scolded Luna.
Luna looked at me regretfully.
"Sorry." Luna squeaked out
"Its okay sister. I know that you were trying to help." I say reassuringly.
"B...b..but what if he never forgives me..." Luna replied with regret.
"I don't know if I know him well enough but I think he may forgive you," I say.
"D..d.do you think so Tia?" Luna asked
"I promise."
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