Crestfallen Soldier

It was around three when there was a knock at the door. It was Shining Armor he was levitating an object. The object was my military armor. “ I brought you these.” he said pointing at the floating armor. “ Your going to be released at four.” I had an hour left in the hospital. I thanked him for giving me my armor, and with that he walked out of the room. I looked at the armor. The armor's auto repair function had worked. The Armor looked brand new. The auto repair function was a relatively new function in military armor. It was pretty common for engineers to have auto repairing armor though. The reason it took so long to get military self repairing armor was because if a soldier were to die someone could take his armor, but after suit malfunctions on Scorpio 6 it became standard issue. The armor wouldn't repair if it was torn to shreds though, luckily for me my armor was still in shape for it to be repaired. I put on the armor which took a few minutes. I remembered when I first got the armor. I could barely run in it, but now it feels like a part of me. I put the finale pieces on I raised my mask. I looked in the mirror the blue lights in the mask were one of the most visible features. I did a check on the armor, the breathing regulator was working. The climate control part of my suit was working. I wondered why the suit needed a climate control feature. I guess it was in case of extreme temperatures, so the wearer wouldn't die. I looked at the clock I had half an hour until four.

I had to think of what to do. Shining armor offered me a job in the military, but I had already fought in a war, and I didn't want to do it again, but If they were under attack I would help out. Luna offered me a job in the royal court. I didn't want to get involved in politics, but the money would be nice. Also they seemed peaceful, and I think I would die before anything exciting happened. Twilight had offered me a place to stay in exchange for knowledge. What could I teach her. I could teach her about human weapons, but that would only lead to problems. If the need arose I would teach her how to make weapons. I could teach her about advance mathematics which is mostly pointless, but it is knowledge. One thing I knew is that I wouldn't be staying with her forever. I would eventually find my own place, or find away back home. I wish I could go back home, but something in my gut told me that wouldn't be happening. I hope my family would be okay. I wouldn't get to see my little sister graduate from collage, or get married. A tear slid down my face. I was glad I was wearing my mask I didn't want anyone to see me cry even if it was one tear. I cleared my mind, and looked at the clock. It was almost four I had to get ready.

I walked out into the hallway. There were two guards outside the door who stood at the ready. “ This way sir.” one of the guards said. He started to walk down the hallway. I followed him, and the other guard was trailing behind me. We went into the main lobby. There were a few ponies in the lobby. They looked at me with awe. I still had my mask up so I probably looked pretty intimidating. I looked around the lobby. There was one pony in particular that stood out of the rest of the crowd. It was a unicorn it had a light aquamarine coat. It was sitting on beach like a human would. It was staring wide eyed at me as if I was the most amazing thing its ever seen, but the guard motioned me forward. We reached the front doors and he opened up the door. Outside was Luna, Shining Armor, and Twilight were all waiting for me. “ So have you came to a decision?” Luna asked. “ Yes.” I said they all looked expectantly. “ I have decided to take Twilight up on her offer.” I said. Shining Armor looked disappointed, Luna looked like she was okay with it. Twilight had a wide smile on her face. “ If you guys need anything I'm still willing to help out.” I said to Shining Armor and Luna. “ I appreciate that.” Luna said. “ As do I.” Shining Armor added. I knew he would call in the favor if he needed to. “ Shall we get started?” Twilight asked. Me and Twilight started to walk back to her house. I looked back Shining Armor was walking away, and Luna got on a near by chariot and it took off. The chariot was pulled by two pegasus. I looked back at the hospital and saw the aquamarine pony again. It was staring at me again I was wondering why it was doing that. Twilight looked where I was looking. “ Who is that?” I asked Twilight. “ That's Lyra Heartstrings she is obsessed with humans. Everyone thought she was crazy, well until now that is.” she said. I decided to wave at her. She looked like she was going to pass out.

We finally arrived at Twilight's house. I lowered my mask. “ That's incredible.” Twilight said looking at my suit of armor. I looked around her house. It looked like a library. “ Why do you have so many books?” I asked Twilight. “ This used to be the towns library, and also I like to read.” that much was obvious. “ Let me get some things.” Twilight said as she walked into another room. I started to walk around the room. I picked a book off the shelf. I looked through the book. I couldn't make out anything. I guess I'll have to ask Twilight to translate. “ Hi.” someone from behind me said, but it didn't sound like Twilight. I turned around, but I didn't see anyone. “ Down here.” the thing said a little annoyed. I looked down and saw a reptilian like creature. “ Oh, hi.” I replied a little surprised to be seeing a creature like this. “ So what creature are you?” I asked “ I'm a dragon.” he said a little annoyed. “ Oh.” I said, I really hope I don't have to fight a full sized dragon like in mythology. “ What creature are you?” he asked. “ Me, I'm a human.” I replied. He looked a little shocked. “ Like the humans from legends that kill dragons.” he asked a little scared. “ No, not like those humans.” I said. He let out a sigh of relief. Twilight walked back in the room carrying paper and ink. It was going to be a long night.

I decided to start with math. I could have shown her stasis, but I didn't know how to replicate that technology, or a lot of human technology for that matter. I started naming things off, she knew a lot of it already, but there were a few things I knew that she didn't. She didn't even get board when I was talking about circles. She found it fascinating that humans have discovered so many things about circles. She found charting tangents fun. I remembered when I was in school this was some of the most boring things I did. I taught her how to do some basic trigonometry. She enjoyed learning new things. I only wished I shared her enthusiasm. I have to learn to read there letters. The numbers were pretty easy to learn. They were the same back home, but they just looked different. 100 was still a one and two zeros just like back home. I decided to teach her about pi. At first she thought I was talking about actual pie. I laughed at that, but I told her about it wasn't the same thing. She found it extraordinary how much humans knew about math. I still didn't see where I would use it in the job world, but not much I could do now. Morning arrived pretty quick she had written everything I told her down. If I had shown as much initiative as she did when I was back in school, I would be a doctor by now. She said she had to sort it all out so I would have some time to my self. I hadn't slept for awhile. Then I remembered my recent nightmare. I could handle the ones of Scorpio 6, but necromorphs were a whole different story. I decided to go outside for awhile. I wondered what I was going to see today.

Authors notes
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