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Until Death do us part ( EAW write off contest fanfic)
Chapter 1: Love in the most unlikeliest of Places
Chapter 1: Love in unlikeliest of places
Location: Grand Central Park, Manehattan, Manehattan Province, Changeling Queendom
Date: January 2nd, 1037ALB
On a snowy day in a large park in Manehattan, many creatures, in varying shapes and sizes, visit for several reasons. They come for a breath of fresh air, for scenery, or, in some cases, by orders from high command.
Most are here to witness a new statue being erected in the botanical square at the centre of the park. A gleaming grey concrete statue, depicting a couple. One of the pair is a Unicorn Stallion and the other is a female Changeling, kissing passionately with tears in their eyes, embracing their final moment. A moment when, famously, a bomb destroyed much of Manhattan nearly 20 years ago.
Unfortunately, not many creatures know about the story behind this statue, but I know... and let me tell you about the story of this wonderful Odd Couple, shall we!
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January 5th, 1017ALB, Somewhere in the Canterlot Commissariat, near the newly charred Everfree Forest.
No one’s perspective:
A month has passed since the Zecora’s Resistance uprising was vanquished. The Everfree Forest was once untamed and lush. Now, only charred and decaying vegetation remained. By a constant bombardment of incendiary bombs, a nuke and massive biological gas agents have ravaged this forest and became barren. Only a few hardy vegetation is left from a massive bombardment.
A battalion of Changeling Wehrmacht are here near the 'Woods' of Everfree and was ordered to clean up the mess that Zercora's Rebellion made during the uprising, one of these changeling soldiers in this battalion was a grenadier named Clara Pistil, young and fresh from the Academy. She was tasked with keeping an eye on the area where there was a report of some Equestrian rebel activity not long ago, and for the moment she hasn’t seen any suspicious activity on her post, but she keeps on guard ready to attack if there’s any suspicious activity she detected.
In the same area where our female protagonist was, and within the Everfree. Rebels, from the Equestrian Liberation Front, were hastily preparing to leave their current base of operation and head over their new base of operation on Manehattan Protectorate, one of these rebels that were in the base was a young unicorn stallion named 1st-class Private Golden Shoes recruited almost two years ago. Enlisted in the Equestrian Army within the last months of the Great War, like most of the soldiers in the Equestrian Army, he refused to surrender and he retreated to Everfree to seek shelter. Over a year ago, he heard a growing resistance called the Equestrian Liberation Front, a resistance organization from Manehattan Protectorate that is setting up shop within the forest, he immediately joined the Front so he could participate in liberating his country from the Changeling tyranny.
At the moment our future lovers have not yet encountered each other, Only to have their respective battalions meet one-another the very next day.
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3rd POV:
On the very next day. Clara’s battalion was sent over to the next area to do another cleanup operation. Once again, at the same time, Golden’s battalion was on their route to the extraction point, to be transported to the secret base of operations somewhere in Manehattan Protectorate. Both battalions are unaware that they're about to cross each other, and soon they will be a battle once upon with each other.
As soon their scouts have encountered their battalions on each side, a massive gunfight ensues, more changelings and ponies soldiers soon pouring in to reinforce their lines. Soon the entire area, part of the forest, is now a battleground.
Clara’s POV:
By the queen! I didn't know we would encounter such a large group of rebels, nonetheless, I have to kill them all before they would get away from us.
Though I'm just fresh from the academy and inexperienced yet, I can accurately shoot their dumb heads easily. My best friend, Ayana Helix, an experienced Obergrenadier, spotted one stallion unicorn running away from my sight. I think I shot at his head with my trusty G43, but alas, it appears I missed it. “Ah, Scheiße!” I cursed. And I have no choice but to chase before he gets away.
“You get away from me, you Gnat!” he shouted at me.
“you think you could get away from me hah! I have wings babe!” I said with a smirk.
Golden Shoes’s Perspective:
By Celestia, this bug is quite persistent! I have to get away before she could suck my love to death. I have managed to get away from her shots and enter the forest unseen until she finds me again. I weaved through branches, roots and leaves just to shake her off, but boy, she’s quite persistent. “Get away from me you gnat!” I cursed at her. “Nein!” she spoked back furiously, beating her wings furiously as well.
As I ran for more through the forest, I hit myself against a steep rock wall, scraping my left cheek, with blood dripping and nowhere to run, she finally caught up with me like a tiger confronting her prey. She grins knowing her prey is now cornered; she cocked her rifle at me, ready to shoot at me. “So you have confronted me huh, you gnat!” I cursed at her.
“Heh! I just want to capture you as my love slave, you hornhead!” She retorted and readied her rifle point on the hooves, so I won’t run away from her. Suddenly the ground that we are on, starts to give in and collapses down to the ground, taking me and that gnat as well!
Clara’s POV:
As I ready my rifle to shoot at his hooves, the ground gave in and we fell together, falling to the cave floor. I fell to the floor and scraped my left hind leg, damaging my left-wing. The pain is excruciating as I could hear my bone crack, making it difficult to fly.
When I checked my ‘prisoner’, I saw him clutching his right hind leg and his left leg was sprained, he was screaming on top of his lungs from his pain. I checked my rifle beside it and it's all busted up because a large stone just crushed it when we fell. “Ah shut up you!- Ach!!” she interrupts her sentence with a sharp pain on my front hooves. “ Aahhh!!! It hurts!” I scream.
3rd POV:
Golden chuckles a bit as he sees that Clara is in pain as well as he. “Hah! I shut up?! You scream like a dying eagle there, hah!” he chuckled. “D-damn you yo-you hornhead!” Clara cursed as she's still aching from that fall and the pain she just endured from that fall.
“For a changeling, you’re one dumb bug! You chased me all the way here for what? A score for your kill streaks?!” He furiously asked her.
“You're lucky that my rifle is all busted up! If it weren't, I would've sucked all your love up and shot you!” she spoke back with a hiss from her snout.
From their bickering, the ground under their hooves starts to crack. Clara saw the floor beneath as the most unstable... She used all of the willpower she had and flew over Golden’s position, where it is the most stable. While Golden was slightly amazed at how deeply determined Clara was, he stood there, watching her struggling to fly towards him. As she finally neared her desired position, a piece of rock hit her back and nearly fell, she was clinging to her dear life by her hooves stuck on some roots sticking out from an outcrop. “Ahh-AHHH! Help me!” she cried out to Golden, who looked at her with a smug face.
“Hmmm I dunno.. you‘re going to suck my love away and kill me right?” he teases her as he puts his left hoof on his chin, smirking.
“By Queen’s Ass! Just help me!” She pleaded.
“ Hmmm Nah…” he answered nonchalantly.
He looked down on her, clinging on to her dear life and said.“Fine! I will help you get out, but on three conditions!” he started.
“Anything!! I'll do anything! Just say it but please! Help me!” she pleaded.
“You will not suck my love and kill me and YOU will not tell anyone that I helped you! At the same time, I will not tell anyone that I helped a changeling in the cave. And finally, you will cooperate with me getting out of the cave together! Once that is done, we go our separate ways, do you understand?!” He stated his demands.
Clara immediately said. “Yes! I will not tell anyone that we cooperate! Nor I’ll suck your love away and kill you!! I promise!” She agreed to his conditions immediately. Shoes smile and he uses his magic to hoist her up from her predicament and place her in a safe spot. Clara was stunned by Shoe’s actions, as she didn’t believe that a Pony saved a Changeling like her, never in her life have she experienced this.
“Y-you actually saved me…” she stammered, still in shock of a pony saving her.
“Yea… Don't mention it, we’re not out of the woods yet,” he responded. “ We still have to get the Tartarus out of this Cave,” he said as he looked up above, to see an opening from this cave...“Hmmm... Is your wings still good Gnat?” he asked Clara with a bit of a smirk. She just rolled her eyes.
“ I'll try..” she said as she spread her battered wings until a sting from the wing injuries prevented her from spreading even more. “G-gah! Nope! I don't think my wings can fly like this…” she said wincing from the wing pains. Shoes responded by using his magic to open up his satchel. He grabs his first aid kit and he walks towards Clara to patch her injuries.
“Wh-what are you doing?!” she questioned him, she was surprised by Golden’s first aid care with her wings.
“Ugh! Patching your wings up, you ungrateful Gnat!” he answered with a bit of annoyance. With the grace of his magic skills, he starts to patch up her broken wings, Clara rolled her eyes from that taunting name.
“ugh! I have a name you know? It's Clara, you Hornhead…” she told her name to her ‘cooperator’.
“Well little miss Clara the gnat! I have a name too. It's Golden Shoes, not Hornhead!” he told his name to Clara. Which made Clara chuckles a bit. “ uh... What's so funny?” he asked, feeling he was a bit offended by her chuckle.
She giggled “Oh nothing! It's just kinda funny how you Ponies name yourselves, that's all” she answers.
“Well your name is kinda weird too ya know…” he spoke back with a smirk.
“Heh, good point “ she agreed. After Golden finishes stitching Clara’s wings, he puts his stitches on his first aid kit and puts it back to his satchel.
“There! Better?” he asked. He just wanted to know if she's alright, to make sure she's alright and won't be a liability when they're going to get out of the cave.
“It's somewhat better… Thanks!” Clara thanked him for his amazing stitch on her wings. Something that she never told this to any other ponies before.
“Alright let's find something that we could-” he was interrupted by a sudden pain in his left hind leg when he tried to get up. “AAH SHIT!!” he screams from the pain in his hind leg. Turns out he broke his left leg when they fell from the cave. “S-shit! It fucking hurts!” He groans from the pain. Clara, though not good at medical skills, still knows how to patch his hind leg. She looks around for a strong stick and some vines to hold it in place. She had gathered some vines but couldn't find a suitable stick for straightening Golden’s legs until she found her busted rifle, still intact from that fall. She picked it up using her magic and lifted the busted rifle. Golden looked at her holding a busted rifle and spoke. “W-What the Tartarus are you doing?” he asked worriedly because she's holding a busted up.
“Don't worry! I won't hurt you with this! I'm going to use this rifle as a stick to straighten your hind leg!” she answered his question as she trots towards him with the materials she needed to mend his broken hind leg. She uses her magic to lift his hindleg to begin the operation. “ um it's gonna hurt would you want to-'' she was interrupted by Golden’s answer.
“ just do it! The sooner the better!” he said as he bit his mouth and held some sticks as he's about to feel sheer pain from her operation. She nodded and used her magic to forcibly straighten his hind leg with an audible bone crack. Golden screamed in pain.
“AAAHHHHH FFFFFFUUCCKKK!!” he screamed, clenching his hooves on some stick so hard that he snapped it in half. Soon after that she immediately put a busted rifle up and patched it with vines to keep in place. And use her remaining magic to ease the pain from the straightening of his hind leg.
“There all patch up! Sorry if it still hurts..” she apologises. Golden just shrugged off.
“ n-Nah! I i-am fine…” He shrugs. He started to get himself up in all fours. His left hind leg can finally straighten his stand, surprised and appreciate the Changeling’s mendings. “ hmm! Pretty good mending um… Clara?” He compliments her. Which made Clara blush a little bit.
“ oh it's nothin'..” she said.
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Now with two future lovers finally patched their wounds and their broken bones. They've cooperated climbing up the cave, using Golden’s superior magic skill, he was able to lift some rocks to form stairs and with Clara’s shapeshifting abilities, she's able to transform into a small mulwurf to patch some unstable walls around the cave, so Golden can just put some rock stairs on it. After seemingly an eternity, two Soldiers are finally freed from the cave, with only a few scratches made on the way. The two future lovers finally lay down in exhaustion.
“Whew! What a workout!” Golden said as he lay down on the soft mossy ground.
“ yea! I’ve never shapeshifted that longer duration before!” Clara said as she just lay down on the flat ground with no soft moss around “Ow…” she squeed due to the flat ground. This made Golden chuckle a bit.
“Ya know you ain't a bad bug…” he said with a smirk.
“Same for you hornhead!” Clara said with a giggle.
After a couple of hours of laying down on the ground, the two future lovers start to get up and leave the forest. As they walked out to the forest, they knew that if they caught cooperating, both would be court marshalled on both sides and hanged for their crimes. And so they say final goodbyes. “ hey um, I gotta go find my battalion..” he said as he tried to excuse himself.
“ oh! Yeah It's alright I have to find my battalion too…though They won't be too happy that I went AWOL..” she lowered her ears thinking what punishment that major would have on her, she gulps.
“Hey! It's alright! Like I said I won't speak to anyone about this incident!” he promised.
“ yeah! Me too” she promised too. “So… Goodbye?” Clara asked Golden.
“ hmmm I prefer to say… See you later” He answered with a smirk.
“ heh! You sly stallion!” she teased him which made him chuckle.
And so both gave parted ways, waving goodbyes to return to their respective Battalions. Their signs of love continue…
Author's Note
whew! this is my first Chapter of the 3 part Story of my Write off! hope you like it!
Until Death do us part ( EAW write off contest fanfic)
Chapter 2: Love has no bounds
January 8th 1017ALB, Changeling 47th Panzergrenadier Division Base, Ponyville, Canterlot Commissariat.
3rd POV:
It was three days after the Incident, Clara and her best friend Ayana, are in their barracks, cleaning their rifles and their support equipment, all the while, they're gossiping.
“Soooo Anyways, you still haven't told me about your ‘incident’~,” Ayana asked. Clara stops cleaning her rifle and blushes a bit.
“Um… what?”
“Oh you know, you chased that dashing unicorn stallion to the Woods? Hmmm, you’re interested in him?” she teased.
“W-what!? No! I was just upset! That I didn't get my perfect streak! So I chased him” Clara answered with blush and continued her answer. “After all, he is such a hornhead! “.
“Hmm-hmm yep! keep telling that to yourself girl... One day you gonna have that googly eyes on that stallion when you meet him again, maybe he’ll let you hit his head then “ Ayana Chuckle at the thought of Clara falling in love with that Stallion.
“S-shut up! Just clean your damn rifle, we’ll be late if you keep yapping about my mishaps!” she said, blushing a bit, she tried to hide her blush by turning away from her and focused solely on cleaning her rifle.
Then their gossiping immediately ended by a sudden noise from the barrack door, a changeling QG-Obersturmfuhrer wearing a pure black uniform with a Chrysalis’s horn emblem on his hat and insignia rank on his shoulder.“ oh shit! That scared the living daylights outta me!” Clara Whispers as she was surprised by the Queen’s guard Entrance.
“ quiet! Positions!” Ayana whispers, as both girls put away their equipment, fixes their uniforms and salutes the Queen's Guard QG-Obersturmfuhrer.
“ hail to the Queen!” they saluted the Queen's Guard.
“ Hail to you too ladies!” he Salutes them back. “ Now you two ladies have been called by your Major, she wishes to speak to you two about your objectives,” he told them about their Major‘s orders. “ Now I will escort you two to her office,” he offered
“ Nah it won't be necessary, your Queen’s Grace we can go to her office by ourselves..” Clara politely refused.
The Queen’s Guard nodded. “ Understood ladies, I'll be at her office, don't be late!” he saluted once more and left the Barracks, slamming the door shut.
“Yeash he could've broken the door…” Ayana teased.
“ yeah yeah... Let's go, Ayana, before they could tell us off..” Clara said as she put on her boots and her stahlhelm on. Ayana does the same thing and leaves their Barracks, on their way to the Office.
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Soon the ladies arrived at the Major's office. Both were nervous, as they don’t know why they’re been sent to the office. What did they do wrong? Certainly Clara cleared her name by doing her punishment. Ayana on the other hand has been a good ling.
As they entered the office, the ladies saw the Major and the Queen’s Guard talking about something they couldn’t understand but both knew it's best not to eavesdrop on them. once they've entered her office, the two salute themselves to their Major. “Obergrenadier Ayana Helix at your service Herr Major Kutze” Ayana salutes.
“And Grenadier Clara Pistil at your service Herr Major Kutze” Clara Salutes as well.
Major Kutze nodded at them and ordered them to take a seat. “ thank you for coming ladies… Now the reason I call you here is that you two will be transported to another Division in Manehattan, to help out curbing the growing unrest in the region.” the ladies were surprised at the reason, while Thryse just sat there menacingly.
The Major continues her explanation. “ You will be under the command of QG-Obersturmfuhrer Thyrse“. Ayana and Clara looked on the right and Thryse just smiled at them.
“Oh him hehe, a Queen’s Guard? Hehe…” Clara asked her about him. She’s quite nervous about Thryse’s Cold Emotions.
“ he’s alright, he may be cold on the outside but he’s quite a caring Changeling on the inside! He’s one of the nicest of the Queen’s Guards” Kutze boasted his cold but kind demeanour, which made him blush a bit.
“Don't worry about my status as a Queen’s Guard. I am fair and just, I’m not a fanatic idiot like other Queen’s Guards do, nor torture ponies without any reason whatsoever..” Thryse reassures them. This made the ladies relieved.
“So when do we leave?” Ayana asked.
“ You two and others will leave on the 12th of January, on route to reinforce the Garrison the Manehattan Protectorate.” Clara and Ayana understood what she said and nodded in return.
“That would be all… you three dismissed!” Kutze Commanded. Clara, Ayana Thryse Salutes her in pride, and soon leaves her office.
As soon as they left Kutze grabbed a wine bottle from the drawer, and a glass to go along with it. She opened it and poured herself a glass, before resealing the bottle with the cork. After putting the bottle away, she looked down her window to see the progress of Occupation surrounding Ponyville, she could feel the tension in the air since Zecora’s rebellion.
She sighs and drinks her wine to calm her nerves.
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Jan 12th, 1017ALB. Undisclosed location, Outskirts of Albion, Manehattan Protectorate.
In the Abandoned Factory near the city of Albion, two ponies riding in a bicycle parked their bikes on the wall, the two disembarked on their bike and two gallops towards the door, the grey stallion knocks on the door with three consecutive patterns, he waited for 10 seconds, the door finally opens its doors to let them in.
“Get in!” The Doorpony whispered, the two ponies got into the Abandoned factory. Inside the factory are multiple pony Rebels working on the radio comms, some are stockpiling weapons and stolen Equipment, and others are still setting up the place for the base of operations.
Due to a massive skirmish that happened in the Everfree Forest nearly a week ago, they have lost a considerable amount of rebel soldiers, to the point that they're short-staffed to their most essential operations.
The two ponies that just got in immediately trot towards Golden Shoes, who is currently doing an operation on a Pegasus mare who's got her wings clipped during the last raid.
“ hey, Shoes! We got a memo that I think it's important!” the grey stallion called him.
Golden rolled his eyes and looked at the grey stallion. “ what. Is it?! Can't you see I'm doing something important!”
“Well, this is important too! Take a look!” the Grey stallion bounded over to Shoes, he took it and read it. The note said that one of the rebels got severely injured during a firefight with the changelings and required serious medical care.
“ boys I will come to aid him but right now, I have a patient to cure!” he said as he's about to continue on his Operation. “No need for Shoes!” a voice from behind.
As he turned around he saw his superior. A Pegasus Commander, a veteran during the Great War. “Commander Cross Heart!” he saluted, which She giggled to.
“ No need to salute Soldier.”
“Apologies Commander!” Shoes apologised. she giggled more, and the courier ponies see an opportunity for teasing.
“hey Shoes don't forget that Changeling girlfriend that you rescued hehe!” the grey stallion teased.
As soon she heard about that, her bubbly demeanour changed to an angry and foul demeanour. “What did you say, Rock Shelf?!” she asked. Rock Shelf shifted on his hooves, nervous.
“ ugh... Hehe, it was a joke ma’am..” he said Jokingly.
After a couple of seconds, her cold, angry look returned to her bubbly self. “ hehe! Well, why didn't you tell me so!”
After briefing his mission to rescue a downed rebel somewhere in a ghost town near Albion. He dresses as a changeling collaborator uniform, so the changelings won't suspect him of a rebel. As soon as he got out of his base of operation, he trotted toward his bike and rode off to the ghost town near Albion.
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Unnamed Ghost Town, Outskirts of Albion, Manehattan Protectorate.
Golden Shoe’s POV:
I finally arrived at the Ghost where that supposed shootout happened and one of them got injured and needed serious medication. I have parked my bike near the abandoned Gas station and hid it with nearby sheets.
I need to find the rebel before those Buggers caught up with him!
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Same Area but Clara’s perspective:
Blast! That rebel just got away! Thryse has commanded us to search every house and building before that rebel escaped, While other changelings look at every building in their sights.
Thryse, Ayana and I came to take a look at the two-story building where that rebel may take the stairs in.
“Stay with me Soldiers come!” Thryse Commanded wielding a Luger Pistol with his horn. “ yes sir!” Both nodded in Response.
we enter the building where that rebel is supposed to be located.
------ Golden’s POV:
I've just entered through a broken window in this Two-story building.
I heard some footsteps and Chatter of those Buggers, so I have to be careful not to be caught. I started to climb through the stairs, to find that rebel who escaped from the shootout.
As I checked the upper room floors, I saw a glimpse of an eye somewhere in that room in front of this corridor. The footsteps from the Buggers, so I decided to take a peek at that door, blood dripped on the floor and it led towards the Injured Creamy coloured Earth pony mare.
“Cross my heart, hope to fly?” she said to me. it's a catchphrase, in case a soldier is behind the frontlines.
I responded, “Stick a Cupcake, in my eye”. The Creamy Mare sighs in relief.
“Oh Thank Celestia! A medic! Please patch my hind legs! Those Buggers got me good!” she pleaded.
“Calm down ma’am state your name and rank?” I asked.
“ Lance Corporal, Birch Cream” She answered and she asked. “ how about you, Medic?”
“Lance Corporal Golden Shoes, got promoted 2 days ago.” He answered. When he examines her Injuries, he discovers that her injuries are more serious than he thought.
The bullets that hit her ruptured her Arteries, causing her to spurt blood. Thankfully, she did basic bandages around her legs, but this didn't stop her bleeding. This would require proper procedures to stem the bleeding and return to the base before those buggers saw him.
“Ma’am, this gonna take a while, your injuries are worse than I thought, you don’t-”
I was interrupted by her response. “ just do it Doc…” I nodded and I soon began the operation.
Clara’s POV:
I went upstairs to see if there was a rebel hiding up there, I saw an opened door on the front of this corridor. “Bingo!” I said. I sneak up towards the door so the rebel won’t hear me coming, upon peeking through the door, I see the injured rebel and Shoes?!. ‘What is he doing here?’ I asked myself. So as i observed his actions more, I saw that Shoes is performing first aid care to the Rebel. I smiled at him because he is such a kind stallion as he did first aid care on me as well when he and I were trapped in a cave a week ago.
However, if they are caught by Ayana or worse! Thyrse… their fate is sealed. I have to lie to him so he and the Rebel will be safe from harm.
I heard footsteps and the Hat of the Queen’s Guard appeared. Thryse! I immediately confronted him to prevent him from entering the room.
“QG-Obersturmführer Thyrse!” I saluted, he saluted back.
“Ah! Grefeiter Clara, did you find a rebel there?” he asked.
“Um, No sir! I didn't see any Rebel up here…” I lied, hoping he fell for it.
He scrunches his eyes in suspicion. “ Hmmm, are you sure Grefeiter Clara? I should come up there to check it myself” as he climbed up I blocked him.
“Um, sir! I already checked I promised that there's nothing here. Period sir!” I Insisted that there's nothing there. “ I'll check again myself to confirm my statement!”
After a brief second of my statement, he finally nodded. “ alright be sure to get another round of search upstairs and get outside, for debriefing am I clear?” he Commanded.
“Yes sir!” I saluted.
“Good then do it!”
As he gets downstairs, I sigh in relief that this worked. Now with him out the way, I could now confront Shoes and help him out on his Operation.
As I approached the door to see if I could help, before I even put a foot on the room, that rebel Immediately spotted me. “Ch-Changeling!” she warned Shoes upon looking behind, he pulled out his pistol on his holster, ready to shoot.
“Wait!” I cried, hoping he won’t shoot at me.
No one’s POV:
As Golden shoes is struggling to stop her legs from bleeding more as he takes off the dirty Bandage, Cream has yelp on her lungs. “Ch-Changeling!” Golden looked back at his behind and saw Clara coming into the room, he immediately pulled out his pistol on his holster.
However, Clara shouted. “ Wait!” Golden Immediately knew that voice, she was the same Changeling that he cooperated with to get out of the Cave.
“ Clara, is that you?” he asked.
She nodded. “Yea it's me you hornhead!” This statement made him chuckle a bit.
“Ugh… do you know this Bugger?” Cream Asked to Shoes.
He turned around and answered. “Yup! She’s my… cooperator…” Clara blushes a bit. Golden continues, “She helped me to get out of the cave and I also did a first aid care to her wings when she got injured” She nodded on that.
“Huh well, I'll be! A changeling and a stallion? Working together?! Now that's something you don't see everyday…”
“Anyways I need your help, Clara!”
“what do you need?”
“ I need you to keep open that would long enough to take off that bullet”
“Got it!” She nodded, she then proceeded to hold her wounds open. “ you wouldn’t mind a Changeling holding your leg…” she asked Cream.
“Bah! I don’t care! I just want my legs to be cleared!” She exclaimed.
Soon the operation began, he pulled out his field Surgery kit and began to surgically remove the bullet from her Leg, the experience excruciating for Cream. Finally after 2 minutes of Surgery. The bullet was out, and Shoes used his magic to cover up her bullet wound.
“Thank Celestia that was a quick operation thanks, Clara!” He thanked her, which made her cheeks feel warm…
“Oh it was nothing,” she said, as she proceeded to give him a chuckle.
Cream was surprised at the warm hospitality from this Changeling Girl. Nonetheless, she still didn't like her species as a whole. She didn’t like the feeling of stealing other’s love,
“Well I suppose you’re a bit tolerable to your presence at least, after all, you did to help me out patching my hole in my legs.” she complimented.
Clara had a warm fuzzy feeling on her chest area, she doesn’t know what it was but it is something that feels good, every time she’s quite close to him.
However, she just remembered that Thryse and her Friends were outside waiting for her. She told them that they should leave before they got caught.
Both Shoes and Cream nodded, finding other ways to get out of the building without being caught. Cream went first, then Golden was about to leave until Clara took a whole of one of his right legs. The young changeling wanted to ask him something
“Golden?”
“Yeah,” he asked, turning his head towards Clara.“what is it?”
“Um,“ her cheeks began to grow hotter; which felt like a heated volcano... Golden lifted a brow, his lips slightly narrowed as his eyes looked upon Clara’s. She finally spoke to her question.
“When do you usually go on your patrols?”
“Well mostly surrounding Albion and the city itself, from Monday to Friday, the weekends i-“ before he could tell his base, he knew that he still couldn’t trust her and decided not to tell her.
“Well on weekends I tend the sick and injured.” he answers. “why did you ask?”
“Well it's just because, I just want to know you better, that's all,” she glanced down upon the ground, her left front hoof beginning to tap a bit. Then she looked up again. “if we do bump into each other,” she explained, her cheeks growing hotter... Golden formed a smile on his lips. Deep down the way she explained about wanting to see him again, made him chuckle.
“Sure if we bump into each other, I'll make sure I'll reserve a seat for you,” he said. “ now I must go see ya later gnat!” he teased as he exited through the secret vent.
She snorted. “you too Hornhead!” she called out. Turning her body, a smile grew on her lips. She gave a soft sigh and the warm fuzzy feeling grew within her chest.
After helping Golden Out of Here Safely, she hurriedly climbed down the stairs and got out of the building. Once she did, Thryse and her friends lined up outside for debriefing.
Clara sneakily walks to her position, so she won't be noticed by His Superior, unfortunately, she was caught. “Took you so long Grefeiter Clara,” he asked with a chilled tone.
“ um sorry Obersturmfuhrer! I have to check a bit more-” she was interrupted by Thryse.
“That's alright! Clara! We did what we came for, the rest of you! You have excellent work for your Queen’s duty! Now let's return to Albion for equipment overhaul!” He saluted.
“Hail for the Queen!” all changelings Saluted and began to leave this place.
As she's about to leave this ghost town she saw two ponies rushing toward the forest to hide against the changelings, Golden saw Clara in her gaze and winked at her, and proceeded to leave the place.
Clara giggles at him and that same feeling in her chest area starts to act up again, she doesn't know what this feeling is about but she could know more when she meets him again. as Clara and Ayana went to the truck ready to leave, Ayana saw her in a trance looking outside back of the truck and giggled at her silliness.
Unknown to her, Thryse begins to gain suspicion of her, because of the strange Behaviour she's expressing, but he Shrugs it off and rides the truck to the front and finally leaves this place.
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Months passed within the Protectorate, Clara and Golden have been frequently bumping into each other on their patrols on purpose, so they could chat and have a date.
This secret affair has been going on for more than 3 months, and their superiors started to get suspicious of their activities and decided to spy on them.
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Until Death do us part ( EAW write off contest fanfic)
Chapter 3: In forever, until death do us apart ( END)
April 13th, 1017ALB, Sequoia Diner, Albion, Manehattan Protectorate.
In a quiet diner, where most ponies and some changelings tend to eat. Clara and Golden are in a corner where the large pane windows are facing towards the Streets of Albion. Golden and Clara, are having a conversation about anything, from their conscription days to their mundane life of a soldier. Pretty much anything discussion worth talking to.
“I heard there is a group of mares called the Mares of Diomedes that eats meat! Is that true?” Clara asked as she heard about this rumour not too long ago about meat-eating mares.
Golden shivers from his spine from a mare that eats meat. “ By Celestia! I hope not! That just gives me nightmares” Golden exclaimed, which caused Clara to Chuckle.
And so Golden and Clara have discussed more and more until their meals have arrived, Clara has the love infused Flower salad, with chocolate dressing. While Golden eats a delicious Hayburger.
While they're enjoying their meals, 2 changeling agents of VOPS on one end of a table and a SMILE agent from ELF on the other. We're spying on the Odd Couple in disgust, they would use this to court marshal them once they returned to their base.
As they finished their meals and left the diner, the agents followed them, both of these agencies didn't notice each other, too focused on spying on the odd couples.
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Cavendish Hotel, Albion, Manehattan Protectorate.
The Odd Couple arrived at the hotel, after a long walk to the coast disguised as a Civilian. Clara is smirking at him with her flirty eyes. Golden notices that she’s staring at him.
“Ugh... Why are you staring at me?” he asked, in which he’s kinda sweating a bit and his face is a bit red.
Clara giggled as she had big plans for him once they're in bed. “Well I want to celebrate our 3 month anniversary of not being caught and I have plans for our odd relationship hehe~” She answered.
“Um... What plans?”
“Hmm~ you’ll see~”
As they come to their room Clara pulls out the ‘Do not disturb card’ and hooks it to the door, and she locks it shut. Golden immediately knew what she wanted and decided to give it to her, the two made love all night long, and the odd Couple became one.
However unknown to them the SMILE and the VOPS are watching their lovemaking and immediately know that they committed a crime against their military command. It is simply a matter of time until their superiors would know about this Incriminating evidence.
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Next-Day:
“ Good morning to you too my little love bug~” he teases him.
“Hey! I’m not little!” she Pouted.
“Whatever… anyways we need to take a shower and return to our base immediately before they notice we’re gone,” he said, looking at his watch. Clara realized that Golden’s right, they're technically still at Patrol and they expect to return to their base.
“ Oh, Scheiße! You’re right! We need to get going!” She got up immediately and went to shower first to clean her ‘love juices’ out of her body. Golden just chuckled at her frantic movements, he then decided to clean this room before they could sign out and leave the hotel.
Once both are cleaned, change their civilian clothing to Military uniform and fixed their room, the odd Couple leaves the hotel and parted ways, not without a long and satisfying kiss.
“Muah! See ya later handsome~” She teased.
“ you to lovebug~” he teases her back.
And soon both of them parted ways and headed to their respective Military base, unknown to them that the Odd Couple has been spied on by VOPS and SMILE all day long and got evidence of their crimes.
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April 14th, 1017ALB, 5th Protectorate Army Garrison Base, Albion, Manehattan Protectorate.
Clara’s POV:
I arrived at my barracks hoping I won't be noticed by my superior, especially Thryse. I quickly changed my military gear into a new one, until my best friend Ayana came from the closet door.
“EEP!!” I yelp from her sudden entrance to the closet door. Ayana just laughed her rump off. I just rolled my eyes out.
“Got you ha!” she laughed.
“Har hi har!” I rolled my eyes out.
“So! How's the date?” she asked. Ayana is the only ling that knows that I have a boyfriend. I told her that the secret is between us and no one else.
“Um, pretty good” I answered with a little red on my cheeks.
“Did you two do the..” she asked her with a hole through a hoof action, which I immediately knew what she's talking about and my face turned red as a tomato.
“ ha, I knew it! You guys did the ‘thing’!” she laughs some more.
We proceeded to talk about my date with Golden yesterday until several Changeling guards barged through the door and pointed their guns at me.
“By Queen’s Fucking ass! What are you guys doing here?!” Ayana shouted at them.
“Clara Pistil! You're Under arrest for a Secret affair with the enemy of the Queendom!” the guard answered with a firm voice.
Another guard attempts to hoof cuff me but Ayana is in the way. “ I won't let you do it, you Numskulls!” She insults the guard, which as a result he bitchslapped her so hard, that she fell to the floor.
“NOOO!!” I screamed, tears began to fall from my eyes as I tried to resist the arrest but was no use... They overpowered me and I was arrested, sobbing silently, knowing that I'm done for…
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Albion Equestrian Liberation Base, near Albion, Manehattan Protectorate.
At the same time as Clara’s arrest
I arrived at the base with my bike, thankfully most of my Comrades aren't bothered too much on longer patrols in the City of Albion.
I knocked on the door in pattern, as usual, the door pony let me in. As I entered the building, I always admired the progress made inside this building and their organisation, we’re no longer out of supplies, Ponypower or even equipment, we’re now ready to unleash a Rebellion to liberate our nation from the Changeling Tyranny! Well not all of them are bad, i guess.
However as I walked through the building many of my comrades just stared at me in disgust, some even talked back at me, until Rock Shelf came towards me and just hugged me as if I came back from the dead.
“Woah, bro! You ok?!” I asked.
“I'm just glad you're here mate! So you can debunk their lies about you!” Shelf said, as he looked back and saw other rebels whispering on his back, about me.
“Lies about what?” I asked, confused about what he's saying, before he could answer, a loud voice from behind surprised me.
“LANCE CORPORAL GOLDEN SHOES!!!” I turned around and it was my commander, Commander Cross heart.
From the looks of her, she looked fuming mad, so I saluted quickly, “ Commander-” I was interrupted by her slapping me so hard I fell, giving everyone a gasp, Including Rock.
“You Traitorous FUCK!! How could you do this to me!?” Crossheart shouted as she's tearing from her anger, about what the SMILE operatives told her.
“You are Under arrest! For traitorous Action against our Liberation! You will be stripped of your rank!!” she just yanked my badge away from me, it hurts like Tartarus.
“You’ll be sent to Manehattan to be first to be a casualty to our uprising!” Crossheart bluntly told me. My heart sank, ‘I can't die! Clara needs me there!’ I thought to myself, two of the Rebel Guards started to restrain me to the ground and drag me to the Cell. “ NOO!!” I shouted, many of my former comrades just turned me away in shame… what have I done…
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A Whole week later, Manehattan Garrison Base, Manehattan, Manehattan Protectorate...
Clara’s POV:
That's it… I'm dead, I have court marshalled. Thryse and other commanders have decided that my crimes of falling in love with an enemy.
I heard a door open and a changeling enters a cell, the Queen’s Guard badge is showing on his Cap, no doubt this is Thryse. I didn't say anything to me... After what he did to me a week ago.
Thryse just sat down looking at me, waiting for me to say anything. Unfortunately, I didn't say anything to him, I stayed silent. Thryse sighs, and finally speaks.
“Why did you do it, Clara? I just don’t Understand why you fell in love with that stallion..” Thryse asks, in a cold but curious manner.
I look up to him to answer his question. “ I.. I.” I was lost for words on how to answer that, “ I-i doesn't know why I fell in love with him!” finally said to him with my courage, and I continued. “ I don't know why, but my chest feels a bit funny when I get close to him… My hunger for more love, suddenly just gone!”
Thryse piqued his interest in my statement. “ your Love for that Stallion! Made your Hunger for love disappear?!” Thryse asked, his interest piqued.
“Yes!” I told him. “ somehow every time we get together with him, My hunger for more love suddenly just disappears!”
Thryse didn't say anything, waiting for me to finish. “ So I don't understand why it is illegal to fall in love with a stallion that is a rebel or anyone that is not Changeling!? Isn't why we went to war with Equestria and her allies in the first place?! To get more love?!” I ranted at the hypocrisy of the Wehrmacht’s Love acquisition policies. Thryse stands there emotionless.
“Now I'm getting transported to Velisapolis, to be court-marshalled again for my ‘crimes’ and will be shot! Because I fell in love with him…” I looked down and closed my eyes in tears… Because I'm gonna die and I'll never see him again…
These look away and wipe his small tears so I won't notice him. After a minute of silence, he looked at me again and spoke. “ I'm sorry that I did this to you…” he apologises. I didn't respond.
“I-i know that this is cruel and unfair… B-but as a Queen’s Guard! I must follow the Queen’s Orders and her laws to greatness! And I can't break that! Lest I want to be hanged…” he continued. He inhaled and readied for his next words.“But! I can help you get out…” he said, I looked up to him, surprised. He's risking his life to set me free.
“Wh- what?! How?!” I asked.
“ simple I-” he’s interrupted by an explosion that blew off the roof, I ducked down to the bench to shield against the debris While Thryse hid on a desk behind him.
After the explosion, I hear a loud alarm siren alert out all over the Garrison base, changelings from the distance, barking orders to defend from whatever cause the explosion, soon gunfire ensues. I opened my eyes and saw the Iron bars that kept me held, now blown off.
I managed to get outside my cell and saw Thryse trapped beneath the rubble. I used my magic to set him free, he was surprised at my kind actions towards him, even though he's the one who put me to this shit in the first place.
“Y-you save me? Why?!” he asked with a raised voice.
“Because I don’t care about this shit anymore! I just want to see my Stallion Friend… alright?” I answered with a stern look. I just don’t care about this Wehrmacht shit anymore… I want to be with Golden...
Thryse sighs and looks at her, he dusts off bits and pieces of his uniform and speaks. “You can go..”
“What?!”
Thryse just gritted his teeth. “I said GO! Find your Friend and Boyfriend and get the Tartarus out of here! Before I cock my Luger pistol and shoot you!!!” That's my cue to skedaddle and try to find Ayana and my Golden.
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Later. Same Area, but on Golden’s Perspective.
By Celestia! This is Grunt work… storming the Garrison with nothing more but a Rifle and Grandes strapped into my Battle saddle, this is Suicide! By Alicorn’s sake! I just want to get the Tartarus out of this hellhole...
“ hey! Grunt! Get over here and fetch me some Bangers!” a Rebel Officer ordered me. I took the initiative to grab the Arty shells, until an Artillery barrage from the Changeling positions started to rain down on us, killing the Officer and his lackeys in the process. I managed to survive the Barrage, and with no one watching me, I deserted the Rebellion and on my way to find her. I hope she’s alright.
3rd POV:
The Rebellion is now in full swing. Major Cities such as Fillydelphia, Albion, Detroit, Brooklyn, and finally Manehattan are up in arms and taking out their Changeling Oppressors and Pony Collaborators. The Equestrian Liberation Front have risen to fight against the Queendom’s Protectorates and the Queendom herself.
Clara is one of the bus terminals trying to find her Friend Ayana and her love of her life, Golden Shoes. “Ayana! Where are you!!” She shouted, hoping to get to hear her call. Stray bullets from the Rebels narrowly missed her and ran towards the barricade, where she took cover and recovered the weapons and equipment that her dead Comrade had and started to return fire.
She managed to take out 5 Rebels and one Officer that seriously hampered their Organisation, when they’re in disorganised, she retreated to the door leads outside the terminal and saw that the City of Manehattan is now a Battlefield. Hundreds, Thousands are in open Roads taking skirmishes, Panzers, once the pride of the Wehrmacht now hopelessly stuck on some rubble and got taken out by Makeshift Molotov cocktail to burn the tank crew inside.
Changelings and the Rebels are locked in a Shootout, exchanging heavy casualties on both sides, All she only sees in this massive battle is Chaos, Chaos everywhere.
From her periphery she saw a hooded Changeling with a heart-shaped symbol, wielding a G43 rifle. ‘That’s her! Ayana’ she thought and started towards her.
On the Other side of this battlefield, Golden. Rocking with his stg-44 weaves through gunfire after the gunfire. At one time, he took out the Driver on the truck causing it to crash onto a building, killing both the Driver and the remnants of people inside the truck.
‘By Celestia! Where are you!’ he thought, trying to find Clara before she’s done for.
On Clara's side, as she tries to get to Ayana, her belly starts to ache, slowing her down, to the point she has to take a rest of a second and runs again.
‘By the Queen why is my belly aching?’ she thought of herself, she shook her head and refocused on her objective, 'get to Ayana and find Golden, after that got the Hell out of this Hellhole.'
Clara finally reaches Ayana, where she’s sniping the Rebels and marking her rifle for each kill, from her rifle stock marks, she got 20 kills so far. As Clara touches her back, Ayana spun around pulls out her Luger Pistol and points at her, turns out that it’s Clara.
“ Girl it's me, Clara!”, Ayana’s eyes filled with tears and hugged her tightly. “ Oh for my Queen's Fine Ass!! You’re ok!” Ayana Exclaimed.
“Yea I’m fine, Ayana..”Clara hugged her back too.
“ How did you get out?!” she asked.
“Well let’s just say a lucky hit?” Clara smiled, which made her eyes roll. “Anyways you need to help me!”
“Um, what for?!” She asked.
“ I need to find Golden, because- aahh!!” she yelps from her Aching Belly, Ayana noticed her Friend's belly, which it's bulging as if someone alive inside.
“ you’re pregnant are you?” Ayana Asked. She nodded.
“That’s why I need your help. I want to find him before-ahhh! Before my baby comes out!”
“ Alright, I’ll help you girl! Let’s find your handsome Husband before he’s dead” Ayana Stated, assuring her that they’ll go to get her out the battlefield and find Golden Shoes. Ayana takes off her badge and her dog-tag. Puts it into the ground.
“Screw Wehrmacht! And Screw the Liberation Front let’s go!” And so Clara and Ayana left the Scene.
Meanwhile Golden ‘borrowed’ the bike from his former Comrades and darts it off. Still trying to find Clara, he is attacked by a group of Changelings on a Tricycles trying to shoot him down.
“Oh Fuck!” he curses and speeds up his bike. He weaves through obstacles and accidentally runs over his fellow soldier, some of the tricycles get hit by the rebels or get stuck on rubble. Finally, he reaches Grand Central Park, the jewel of Manehattan. Looking back he saw only one Tricycle left, one changeling reloads his Assault rifle and fires at him, luckily the Changeling with the Assault has an accuracy of a Buffoon, so he easily dodges their bullets, and he saw a large boulder in the way, he abandons his bike with his magic. And the Changelings, couldn’t stop their momentum, crash into the boulder, destroying both the Bike and the Tricycle killing the Changelings.
Golden finally rested on some tree far away from the frontlines and caught his breath. “Whooh! Thank Goodness. “ he exclaimed. He got up and walked away from the wreck.
Meanwhile, Clara and Ayana already fled to Grand Central Parke as well, the same place where Golden was. Clara’s bellyaching has gotten Worse, so much so that she has to take a short for a couple of seconds before they get going.
“ ahhhh! My baby is coming out soon!” She exclaimed, Ayana comforts her. “ it's going to be alright! Let's Go to that tree ok?” Clara smiles weakly and nods.
“Let’s go to that tree ok girl?” Ayana said. She nodded and so they rested on the tree. Clara tried to hold her baby so Golden could see it. However, she’s starting to slip her grip. “ Ayana! I think I can't hold her any longer!” She exclaimed.
“No girl! You can do this!” She motivated her to keep holding it. Finally, by some miracle, Ayana caught a glimpse of a single stallion galloping towards, she readies her rifle and about to fire at him, until the features start to show up, which matches the same features that Clara had him dating for the last three months. It was him, Golden Shoes.
“ girl! You won’t believe this! Your husband is here!!” Ayana exclaimed, couldn't hold off her excitement, Clara also saw him and sighed a big sigh of relief.
Golden finally arrived where the girls are, he immediately went to Clara and boop kissed her intently, ignoring Ayana completely, which does not suit her well, but still glad that her Best friend’s boyfriend has arrived.
“oh Golden!” she cried happily, after a sweet boop Kiss, she hugs him tightly, Golden hugs her back.
“Oh Clara,” he said Hugging her tightly until her belly started to ache again.
“Ow! My Belly! It hurts again!” she yelled again. This time, it's so much pain that she put her hooves on her Belly. Golden Notice her Bulging Belly, and he knows that her Lovebug is pregnant. With his medical expertise, he soon took the initiative to assist her birth.
“Um Ayana right?” he asked Ayana.
“Ugh, yea man! What’s up?” she asked.
“I need your cape, Ma’am,” he said.
Ayana hold her cape intently, “um why would I give you my cape?!” she hisses at him.
“ So my baby won't be dirty once my Lovebug gives birth duh!!” She reluctantly gives her Cape to him. “ here... Just don't rip it please?” she said. Golden Ignores her as he's now going to help Clara to push.
“Ok, ready babe?” he asked. She nodded.
“Alright! One two three push!!” he said, Clara pushed as hard as she could to push her baby out of her Womb, the experience was so excruciating that she burst into tears. Ayana flinches from her pain and she looks away.
“Come on babe! One more push our baby is nearly out!!” he said as he could see a slimy green eggshell slowly coming out from her womb. “One two ppuusshh!!” he shouted, encouraging her to push as hard as she could.
Finally, after so much effort, she put, the egg came out with a loud pop sound. All three of them were cheering, the labour was a success, covered in green slime, but protected from Ayana’s cape, He wraps it around and brings it to her, to see her baby developing inside.
“ oh, Golden looks inside, she's so beautiful!” she was overjoyed, and thanks to her keen eye. Her Baby inside the egg is a girl. Golden looked at the egg inside and he too was amazed and overjoyed. Both were exhausted from the labour.
However, their celebrations were short-lived, like a faint buzzing sound high up above the altitude. Atana uses her sniper scope to see what it is. She spotted a single 4 engine high altitude Strategic bomber carrying what seems to be a huge bomb.
She immediately knew that the bomb was a Nuclear one. If it drops, the Entire Manehattan will be nothing more but ash and rubble.
“ We have to leave now!!” she shouted at them, Golden was confused. “ what? It's just one plane-” he was interrupted by Ayana’s shouting. “ THAT BOMB IS GOING TO KILL US ALL!!!”
Clara tried to get yo, but from the Egg-laying put a toll on her hind legs, she‘s stuck. “I can't move my legs! They're not responding to me!” she starts to panic. Golden tried to get up as well, but the sharp pain from his left hind leg made him fall. “ FUCK!” he cursed. “ those Buggers got me good!”
Both Clara and Golden knew that their life was sealed, their only chance of survival from the blast was their magical shield but both know that it won't hold them for long. Clara started crying and held tightly on her egg.
Then she realises something, she could save her baby from the blast if she gave it to Ayana and run like Tartarus. She looked at her husband and he nodded. Then she looked back on her slime-covered egg. She hugged it one last time, finally, she looked at her Best friend, Ayana immediately understood what she wanted.
And so she cast a spell to retrieve the Egg and hold tight on her. “ she’ll be safe with me…” she assures them. “ so this is goodbye then huh?” she asked, starting to tear up.
Both nodded. Ayana hugged them both one last time, and when the time comes, she darts it off with her Egg.
Golden and Clara move a little closer to each other to watch as the plane dropped its payload onto the ground. They hold their hooves together and look at each other, kissing intently, until a bright flash of light temporarily blinds them, upon at the blast, a large mushroom cloud with a ring around the stem.
Both Clara and Golden use their all remaining magic left to create a shield, minutes later, the shockwave from the blast, destroying everything on its way, but thanks to the shield they've created. They have managed to leave them unscathed from the Shockwave, however, following that was the massive fireball coming straight at them.
With their death at their doorstep, Golden and Clara look upon each other one last time and kiss. “ I love you, Clara..” he said, tightening his hooves around her, hoping she would be safe from the blast. “ I love you too, Golden,” She said. Finally another kiss one last time. Until the Fireball consumes them all.
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I love my Parents for their unbiased Love, and their Noble sacrifice for me and their legacy to be saved from the ravages of War.
My name is Petunia Shoes: Daughter of Clara Pistil and Golden Shoes.
The End.
Author's Note
WOOOOHOOOO!!!! i finallly finish!!
anyways special thanks to:
truenorth14,
and lastly my friend in my School.
