The Elder Ponies VI: Equestria

The weather had been humid that day. Celestia's sun had been heating your hide in your armor. You had been a member of Marerun's militia, as several guards had either been killed or injured when a large group of Timber wolves had attacked. You, along ith several other ponies had joined up.

You were a light brown pegasus pony, golden blonde mane, and tail, with eyes of azure blue. Your militia armor consisted of a leather knife strap, over a gray chaimail cuirass. The wepons you had were sharpened steel knives in your knife strap, a yew bow with about 25 Griffon-crafted arrows, a lightweight circular shield, with the insignia of Marerun, and black stallion rearing up, over a yellow background, and a lightweight Zebra steel sword, plus a few healing potions in a pouch on your belt. You, alogn with all the other militia ponies, had on a leather skullcap. You were stationed in a watchtower a few miles outside the city gates.

That day, you had been given order from Shadow Sword, the advisor to Jarl Steel-Steed, that a group of brigands, four, had been sited harassing a nearby farm. You, along with Honysuckle, a tan, fairly muscular, Earth Pony mare, who carried a steel handaxe, and Silver Whisp, an azure blue Unicorn, who preffered to use magic, were sent to the nearby farm, Gildglow. The Jarl was a tall, muscular, middle aged stallion. He came from a long line of warriors. His great-grandfather, Axe-Fall the Great, had fought in the Great War, between the Solar Empire, sided with the Lunar Republic, had gone to war with the Aldmare Dominion. The Aldmare Dominion were a group of Celestial ponies, Unicorn ponies who believed Unicorns. After 7 years of strife, it was over, yet not without a great cost.

Thousands of ponies had died in that war, and an uneasy peace had been made. This had been when Sparkling Gem, the obsidian black Unicorn and Founder of the Aldmare Dominion, had threatened to destory all of Ponyville and Canterlot, unless Princess Celestia and Luna were to raise the taxes of Earth Ponies and Pegasi, and give no taxes to Unicorns. This became known as the Canterlot Concordat.

That was all in the past now. You and your band had reached the farm. Notching an arrow into your bow, you watched as the shaft flew into the kneck of the lead pony, a brutish looking female Pegasus, as the others stared. Raising your sword, you and the others quickly charged in and cut down the bandits. You were thanked by the farmers, and rewared 200 gold each from Shadow.

What would surprise you that day, years ago, would be what you found when you got home..........