June 18, 2565, 19:05 hours

Canterlot Castle, Equestria

Well. You had done it. You help won the war. There was supposed to be a party to celebrate in an hour, but you felt it was wrong to celebrate victories that came at such a high cost. So many of your soldiers died. You felt terrible, even though you could have done nothing to save them. So many families without a father or a mother. But you know they made the ultimate sacrifice, because everyone would have died without them. You heard a knock on the door, and Luna came in the room.

"Hey," you said.

"You should be getting ready," she said back.

"I can't go."

"What? Why not?"

"Because I just feel that it’s wrong."

"How? We won; shouldn't we be able to celebrate."

"I just can't. While we won, we lost so many lives"

"But if we didn't-"

"-We would all be dead, I know. I have just seen so much of war and my brothers in arms, my friends die in the masses, and I always feel deep down I could have done something."

Luna reached over and hugged you. "You don't have to be sad all of the time, you can be happy."

"I am happy, but I just don't feel that is right."

"Can you at least come for the sake of being with me, cause you and I both know this party is for political reasons. And it would be weird if the moon princess didn't show up with her husband."

"I hate the press sometimes."

"I don't blame you."

"Fine, I'll come, but only for you"

"And we can have a little fun afterwards."

You began to look for some nice clothes. You also began thinking about a speech, because you know you were going to be asked to give one. You did lead the battle after all. Once you were ready, you and Luna left for the party. Entering was not fun. You thought Humans where bad with cameras. At least theirs didn't have flashes on them. You were literally blinded by all the cameras going off. So much for laying low. You and Luna managed to get through the crowd and find Celestia.

"Hey y/n, you might have to do a speech," She said as you walked up

"Knew it," you said.

"Well, the event is going to start," Celestia said, going near the stage. "May I have everyponies attention." She said one on the stage. "As you know, there was an attack on us from a rouge human ship. But we luckily defeated them, under the command of y/n. He has a few words to say."

You stepped up to the stage, and as you did, there were cheers. Once they calmed down, you began to talk. "Hello everyone. As Celestia said, I lead the battle against the rouge humans. You may think I am the hero, but that is not the case. The commander is never the true hero. The true heroes where those who lost their lives at the battle, the ones who gave everything they had, to make sure we could carry on. Without them, we would have lost. We wouldn't be able to move forward or be victorious without them. So, I would like you to not thank me, but thank those who gave it all for their home."

The room was quiet. It seems your speech had an impact on them. You didn't know if you should step down or stay there. Then the room started applauding. You then stepped down the stage. The party was uneventful. You ate, drank, talked, and answered questions for reporters. The only interesting question was at the end.

"Excuse me sir," a reporter said. "Would you mind answering a few questions?"

"Yeah, what is it?"

"What is it like being married to a princess?"

"Nothing special"

"What?!? How is it not special?"

"By that, I meant it’s not any different from a normal relationship. You all see the princesses as beings you should bow to. But that's not what they are. They are like normal people too."

"I never thought of it that way"

After that conversion you went back to your room. Luna decided to stay back a bit and help clean up. You felt like that was more of a long ass conversation than party. If Pinkie was there, it may have been interesting. You sat on you bed and decided to change into your casual clothes. You sat the desk, drawing something. You were somehow good at it, but it was probably due to that you can hold a sniper rifle steady. You were drawing for 30 minutes before Luna came in.

"Hey," She said. "What are you drawing."

On your paper was a sketch of Earth, with the new UNSC home fleet.

"Just was drawing home," you said.

"Isn't this your home?"

"It is now. But I can't forget where I came from."

"I wish we could go there one day."

"Yeah. But Humanity will have changed very much before the Equestrian's reach the stars."

"Well, you will be alive."

"But too much could change in that 700-year gap."

"Fair point. But what do you think will happen here?"

"I know how a lot of things work. I can help you all advance a decent rate."

She kisses you. "I love you."

"I love you too." you walked over and lied down on your bed, and Luna joined with.

"Why did they attack?" She asked

"The one thing that you all fail to understand. This world is almost too perfect. Everyone is happy. There are no pessimists, only optimism exists. No one is out to get each other. I wish the whole universe could be like that. Then no bad stuff would happen. But there is always that one person, screwing everything up."

Luna hugged you. "Let’s just go to sleep. I bet your exhausted."

You hugged her back and fell asleep with her in your arms. Maybe the world was not so bad after all.

Author's Note

Sorry about anther delay. Lacrosse season has been starting up, and I have been sleeping too much cause of it. But I finally got another chapter out. Thank you all for staying with me.