Author's Note

Chapter summery: Rainbow Dash. a criminal, was suppose to spend her life in the prison. Until she was picked into this special unit. Her new job is to sneak behind the enemy line and cause she trouble lie she usually do. But this isn't Canterlot, can the ex-criminal handle herself?

Chapter 1: Under No Flag (Part 1)

Canterlot, Equestria
Spring, 1042

As the Equestrian Forces fled the blood-soaked beaches of Horesshoe Bay, Celestia issued an order that would reinvent the fighting men: Prepare Hunter troops for a butcher-and-blt reign of terror.

The Equestrian military would create a force unlike any other. A force that'll rewrite the rules of warfare.

Those who succeed under this model were not the type who flourished in the conventional military. Among them were troublemakers, cutthroats, and buccaneers.

They were not the type who volunteered for military service.

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In the prisons below the castle of Canterlot, where many criminals were kept, they muttered, cussed, banged, and argued. But mostly walked in their cells uncomfortably, wondering what would happen to them. These bad-stallions and mares were mostly troublemakers, thief, murderers, and cutthroats. What they're afraid of is that they're captured not by police forces, but by the military.

The entrance gate flew open, revealing two royal guards who were holding a struggling cyan mare with rainbow colored manes. behind them was a female griffon officer. To be specific, a veteran of the Great War.

The guards pushed the mare onto the floor, pressing onto hr back, making the mare crunched her tooth, while still trying to struggle. The guards pull out a handcuffs and snatched it onto the mare's hooves, while the mare on the ground snarled.

The Griffon officer walked towards the struggling mare, a smug smile on her face, she bend down until she's looking at her face, "Are you Rainbow Dash?" she asked.

Seeing that the mare didn't answer, Gilda pull out a pad from his waist and checked it. On the pad were Rainbow Dash's ID, criminal records, and some of her info.

"Says on my pad here: Criminal use of explosives, assault, attempted armed robbery, arson, attempted armed robbery..." she let out a small laugh at the repeated words, "Did you tried to rob the same bank three times?"

"No." Rainbow Dash growled, immediately he was pulled up standing buy the guards. Gilda stood up, not breaking eye contact with the mare.

"Oh yes you did." she said, "Because you're Rainbow Dash, the daughter of the big, bad, horrible Bow Hothoof." she said while leaning close the Rainbow's face. Then she leaned back and formed a pose of holding a gun, while mocking, (Here comes the funny part) "I'm Bow fucking Hothoof, gimme the fucking money!"

The guards then slammed her against the wall, while Gilda, returned to her normal tone, and again leaned close the struggling Rainbow Dash. The same smug smile on her face, "Now that's your dad innit?" she asked, "SO how come he didn't sent down with you then?"

"Cause I did all the job my own." Rainbow Dash answered.

"Oh yeah," Gilda scoffed as she continue walking forward, towards the cell a the end of the hallway, the guards seized Rainbow Dash and followed.

"I've got a little deal with ya," she said, without looking at her, "I'm putting together a unit. You're gonna fucking love it. Its right up your street, your sort of thing."

She then opened the cell door, while signaling the guards to let him in. The guards pushed her into the cell with Rainbow Dash hitting the floor with a grunt. Gilda continued, "And its gonna be better than in here."

"I'll be fine." Rainbow said, getting up from the floor.

The guards shut the door behind her, leaving Rainbow Dash in the dark cell room with only a small window to peek outside.

Gilda looked back at the cell one more time before walking away, behind her, the gap opened, a pair of violet eyes peeked through, "What sort of unit?" Dash asked.

Gilda turned back, showing yet another smug grin on her face, "Tell me Dash, do you like seaside?" she asked sarcastically.

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(The scene then switched to a massive cruiser in the middle of the windy ocean, near a beach. A canoe was released from the cruiser, on it were Rainbow Dash and Gilda, both armed. They're heading straight towards the beach.)

The canoe hit the beach, Gilda stepped out as if nothing had happened, a Sten SMG in her grip. But Rainbow Dash isn't so lucky. She rolled onto the beach, throwing up and spitting out liquid from her stomach.

"Do you fucking like the seaside..." she muttered.

She saw Gilda ignored her while advancing, "Oi! I'm sick! I'm chuckin my gut up over here and you're just strolling off!" she protested.

Gilda stopped and turned her head at Dash, while speaking in full sarcasm, "Oh Dash liven yourself up, com' on!" then she continue to advance, leaving a whining mare behind her as Dash followed.

"There's a lovely little ice cream shop down 'ere and I'm treating you to a cornet." She said while advancing, Rainbow Dash followed, but unwilling. If she knew this is her new job, she'd be rather sitting in the cell.

"AAARGOOH!" Rainbow Dash threw up once more, Gilda just rolled her eyes, "Aren't you just a piece of work Dash?"

"Give me a sec, will you? I can barely move without spilling over!" Rainbow Dash protested, while adjusting herself to keep up with Gilda.

"Heh heh, what do you want me to do? Tuck you in and hand you a teddy?" she snorted, "Now com' on, get moving!"

Dash have to try really hard not to trip on the stony and slippery trail, especially after it rained. Up ahead, she heard Gilda.
"Did you still have the explosives?"

"Yeah, I modified them and that's all." Dash answered.

They saw a boulder in front of them, and the only way to get pass them is to pull up. Gilda pulled herself up and continue advancing in a swift move, "Get your hooves out and pull yourself up." She said to the newbie Dash.

Dash did what she's told, cuz she had no choice. This isn't the street at Canterlot, their behind the enemy lines, his enemies were not police forces nor royal guards; his enemies were the Nazis. Yup, cold blooded, merciless changelings led by the mad-mare Chrysalis.

Suddenly, Gilda stopped, she halted the walking Pegasus. On top of them, an airplane; a Changeling Stuka Dive-Bomber flew by, they're lucky this bad-boy didn't see them, the machine guns mounted on it; not to mention the 37mm auto-cannon on that big bird. (It's a Ju-87 Stuka G), can easily shred them to pieces.

"That's a Stuka coming." said Gilda as Dash looked up in surprise, she'd never seen a warplane before, not even a Spitfire. Since he spend most of his time in the prison.

"Them the planes we're meant to blow up?" Dash asked.

"Yeah, yeah that's them alright." Gilda answered, continue to sprint forward, Dash is wondering how can Gilda do such things such as calm when the most terrifying war machine just flew up top of you.

Gilda turned back to check on Dash to see whether she's following or what. In the plot second Dash saw the worries in her eyes, but it vanished a brief moment later.

They arrived under a bend stone, the only way is to crawl under it. Dash hated the dirts, it was stuck between her feathers and was making her uncomfortable. Again she had no choice.

"Head down, you know the drill." Gilda said while crawling through the mud.

Dash carefully crawled through the mud without letting her Tommy Gun haven contact on the ground with the mud. She's not gonna get her new toy dirty before spraying stuff at the changelings, cuz that's the fun part.

"Have you been here before? Do you know where we're heading?" Dash asked.

"Oh yeah I come here all the time," Gilda replied, "I bring the missus along sometimes."

"So that's a no is it?" Dash sighed, she hated sarcasm, "You have no idea where we're going?"

"Listen, this job requires a certain amount of think on your hooves, do you understand?" Gilda said, a bit annoyed this time.

"Yeah, right. Great." Rainbow Dash said sarcastically, only this time in her life.

They stopped behind a boulder, what Dash saw surprised her: Below them was a massive Changeling junkyard, with hundred of changeling guards, armed, circling around.

"Right. This a good area." Gilda said, while giving Rainbow Dash her binocular, "Let's survey this area, tell me what you see."

"Changelings, on the other ridge here," Dash reported, "looks like a load of barrels."

"You know, I wouldn't try to use them as cover, who knows what's inside." Gilda said, thinking the exact same thought as Dash.

"Looks like rubbish, maybe an alarm?" dash asked, what she saw was the junks and wasted bombers.

"Yeah, probably a radio too," Gilda said, "Now, maybe it's gonna be the best to watch out for both because we don't need more enemy showing up."

"Might be an airstrip off in the distant." Dash said as she checked the hill over this junkyard, that's where the Stuka bombers came from.

"The hanger there is most likely to be secured," Gilda suggested, "so once your down there pull your fingers out of your ass and find a way inside."

After surveying the junkyard, Dash returned the binocular and took out his modified explosive. Gilda snatched the explosive and frowned, "Are you sure about these bombs of yours?" she asked.

"My safecracker specials?" Dash said confidently, "They'll blow this place to shreds, mate, don't ya worry."

She then asked the biggest question in her mind, "What if I get caught though? You're just gonna piss off and leave me here? Get all the glory yourself?"

"Glory?" Gilda let out a small, yet sarcastic laugh, "There's aren't any fucking glory here Crash. Now listen to me, carefully."

Dash sighed and perked her ears up.

"I'm gonna put my bombs on the planes over there and you're gonna put your bombs in the hanger over at the airstrip." she said, "And don't get caught. I'll be meeting you at the meeting point"

"Yeah alright alright..." Dash muttered, then quickly slid down towards his destination, "I'm on it."

Watching the young mare slid down to her mission, Gilda sighed before heading off to hers. Welp I just hope she's ready, Gilda thought as she went towards the planes down below.