Brothers In Blood

CHAPTER IX: CHAIRMEN

     Fucking prick. Who did he think he was. ‘oh I’m prince Blueblood and I’m royalty'. Lucky I didn’t kill him. strangle him until he cant breathe. Or snap his neck in half... yeah... But Rainbow did help out...

     “Thanks Rainbow…” you sighed.  She looked up to you and smiled. If it wasn’t for these chains you would’ve petted her. “You guys don’t have to chain me up.”

     “Not taking any chances.” The head guard grunted, not looking back. You groaned. I swear to god these guys just want me to kill someone… your muttering made you not notice the large gates to the castle opening, three guards standing at the opening. A white unicorn with blue hair smiled, running over to Twilight.

     “Twily!’ the unicorn yelled, sending you out of your thought. Twilight and the white unicorn hugged each other.

     “Shining.” Twilight let go of her brother, looking into his eyes. “What are you doing here?”

     “Princess Celestia sent me to escort the aliens to her throne room” You growled, causing him to look at you. “So these are the monsters?”

     “We have names asshole.” You growled, causing him to tense up. He looked at you, noticeably irritated by your language.

     “If you’re going into the castle you better change your attitude.” He said coldly. This caused you to smile under your helmet. Applejack chuckled slightly.

     “Good luck with changin’ his language Shinin’” she smiled. “He’s been that way since he got here.” Everyone nodded, Ben and Anthony agreeing with Applejack.

     “Well as captain of the royal guard I ORDER him to watch his language.” He responded. You chuckled, mildly pushing him out of the way, your chains dragging on the floor.

     “Just take me to the princess.” You said coldly, walking into the castle. The guards followed him in, the main six following in suit. Twilight stayed behind, talking to Shining Armor before following your group.

    The walk to the throne room was in silence, your chains dragging on the marble floor echoing through the long hallway. Shining Armor took away your Sawed-Off, saying it was a ‘weapon that needed further study’. After you severely injured five guards your now being escorted by two Minotaur’s in gold armor.

     “I better get that fucking thing back surfer boy...” you growled, the two Minotaur’s putting a cuff around your neck and connecting it to your cuffs. Now two beefy Minotaur’s, the main six and your two brothers walked down the LONGEST HALLWAY IN HISTORY.

     “What the heck is that?” Anthony pointed at a large stained glass. On it were three ponies in circled. A creature of many animal body parts lied on top, playing with puppet strings.

     “That’s Discord.” Twilight said coldly, looking at the creature. “The spirit of chaos.me and the girls stopped his reign of chaos with the Elements of Harmony.”

     “Not to be rude Twilight.” Ben sighed, looking at the unicorn. “But you guys don’t look exactly like fighters. Except maybe Applejack and Rainbow Dash.” Rainbow smiled proudly, flaring her wings.

     “And what the heck is the Elements of Harmony?” Anthony asked. “Is it like an orbital strike cannon?” Twilight looked at him in confusion.

     “Orbital cannon?” she scratched her head. “No it’s us. We’re the Elements of Harmony. I’m magic, Applejack’s Honesty, Pinkie is Laughter, Rainbow is Loyalty, Fluttershy Kindness and Rarity Generosity. Together and with the power of friendship we stopped Discord!” The three of you looked at each other.

     “That’s the biggest load of bullshit I’ve ever heard.” You chuckled, causing Ben and Anthony to laugh. “Next you’re going to tell us you have to wear fancy tiaras to focus your power!” This caused you to laugh, slapping your knee.

     “Next time if you want to take credit from the guard,” Ben laughed, the three of you walking away from the glass. “Think of a better excuse!” the six of them store daggers at you three, following far behind.

     “Because you three could stop a spirit!” Twilight yelled from behind. “For soldiers all you’ve done is killed one Manticore. And that almost killed you Clay.” You ignored her, staring and the large double golden doors, two suns carved into them. The two Minotaur’s opened the doors to reveal a large room, a tall white unicorn- wait. A white pegasu- What the hell?

     “She has wings and a horn.” Anthony whispered. “Now that’s overpowered.” The three of you walked inside. Celestia noticed your chains, her smile turning into a serious face. Twilight and co bowed to the Princess, Anthony and Ben doing the same. You just stood, causing Celestia to stand.

     “I’m guessing your Clayton Carmine.” She spoke, her voice reminding you… of your mom. “Twilight has written a lot about you. If you do not want to bow I understand. I know you worship other monarchs.”

     “No I just wanted to see if you’d get pissed.” You grunted, shifting abit. “The last royal figure I stood in front of had a temper tantrum. It would be nice to see that again” Celestia chuckled, ushering for everyone to get back up.

     “Shining Armor please undo Clayton’s binds.” Shining looked at Celestia in shock. She nodded, causing him to mutter something as he unlocked your cuffs. They fell to the ground in a loud *THUD*. You rubbed your wrists, rubbing your neck after Shining undid those. “You may leave us. Bring your guard with you.”

     “But Princess!” Shining exclaimed. She glared at him, causing him to immediately, call to the other guards. The doors closed, putting the empty room in silence.

     “I’m sure you know who I am.” Celestia smiled. “But just in case. I am Princess Celestia, raiser of the sun and monarch to Equestria. I know who you three are; Anthony, Benjamin and Clayton.”

     “We’re pretty hard to miss.” Ben chuckled. Celestia smiled.

     “Yes you three are very easy to spot.” Celestia chuckled. “If I remember correctly Twilight said you three were from a different planet?”

     “Twilight sure tells you a lot.” You said coldly, glancing over at Twilight. “Why’d you bring us here anyways Princess... If you know so much about us from Twilight’s spam then why the hell are we here?” Ben face palmed, muttering something about ‘it was going so good’. Celestia’s face went serious, looking directly at you.

     “I brought you three here, to discuss a matter.” She said coldly. “You three have lied.” Ben and Anthony looked at eachother in confusion. You raised your arms up.

     “Alright alright you caught me.” You grunted. “I’m not exactly 7ft. I’m 6ft 9in.” Fluttershy’s shoulders shook, her face hidden under her mane.

     “I mean about your war.” This caused the three of you to go silent.

     “What about it?” Twilight asked. “They told me that it was just a brawl club they were in and a gang started a war. The chainsaw thingy was used to cut tree’s. How could you tell it was a lie?” You had to lie; it was the only way to hide the real-

    “Because I’ve had someone from the same planet say otherwise.” What? Twilight was going to question but Celestia continued. “We found him in Canterlot, lost and confused. He told me that you three were in a war. A war he didn’t want to explain.”

     “Who?” you asked, Ben and Anthony interested to meet this forth person. If there from Sera… maybe it just might be.

     “You can come out now.” Celestia called. “His military strategies made me appoint him to General of the royal guard.” Hoffman? He was like a father to you; it would be nice to see him-

     “You’ve got to be kidding me…” Ben gasped. From behind the throne stood a man you thought was dead. A man who led the COG to death.

     “Chairman Prescott!” You yelled. Prescott noticed you and winced. “Where the actual fuck have you been!”

     “Clay watch it!’ Twilight ordered. You ignored her, storming up to the EX chairman.

     “You know you’re lucky I’m stuck in this fucking place as well or I would never believe the shit that I would’ve heard you say.”

     “Before you say anything,” Prescott began. “I didn’t abandon the COG.”

     “You led us into a trap!” Ben roared, standing beside you. “Go right into their home you said! You know how many COGS died before hitting the hive!”

     “Well I sent your team to escort the townsfolk from Jacinto before I started the-“

     “They all died!” you yelled, your helmet directly infront of Prescott’s face, his face reflecting off the metal. “You knew about the damn worm anyways and you didn’t mind telling us!”

     “We were going to sink Jacinto anyways!” Prescott shot back, your hand turning into a fist. “If you didn’t get those survivors out you would’ve died anyways!”

     “You sent us there to die?” Anthony gasped.

     “You said Operation hollow Storm would end the damn war!” You yelled, grabbing him by the collar. “You said nothing about friendly fucking fire! First the hammer sticks and now this! Why I ought to-“

     “ENOUGH!” Celestia’s voice boomed in the room, causing you three to stop yelling. The main six were looking at you four, their eyes shocked at the fact you three lied. “This proves my point. What are you three hiding?” the four of you looked at each other, Prescott shaking his head no.

     “Then I shall find out myself.” Celestia walked up you, your body not flinching due to her magical grasp. Before you could protest her horn touched your head.

     Memories came flooding into your head. The discovery of Imulsion. The power struggle. The UIR/ COG war. Emergence day. Your dads death. Anthony being born. Your mom’s death. Hoffman teaching your and Ben how to fight. The many Locust you’ve killed. Your revenge mission to find General RAAM. Before more could be shown you pushed away Celestia, falling backwards into Ben and Anthony’s arms. THAT FUCKING BITCH!

     “WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT FOR!” you yelled, tears running down Celestia’s face as she saw how your mom and dad died. “You think it’s just ok going into fucking people’s heads! That’s worse that watching people’s dreams!” You stomped over to the weakened Princess, Twilight trying to help her up.

     “Well there you go! Now you fucking know how we really are!” you were mad. She just went into your brain and saw everything. “How does it feel knowing we’d fight each other, KILL EACHOTHER for power! HOW DOES IT FUCKING FEEL! Or how about the Locust huh? How do you feel our planet has been destroyed by an enemy that lives under our fucking feet!”

     “I’m sorry…” Celestia muttered, getting to her hooves. You glared at this ‘monarch’. “I just wanted to see… what you were hiding…” Ben brushed infront of you, ignoring your burning rage. I swear if I see this bitch alone one day…

     “Can you get us back home?” Ben asked. “I know our home isn’t something to go back to… but it’s still our home. Even if there’s a war, we fight so then we can live in peace.” Home… back to total chaos?

     “That’s the other thing I wanted to tell you.” You all turned heads to Prescott. “Celestia has been working on a way to return me. I’ve been here for about a month but she said, by next month the portal should be ready…”

     “Yes…” Celestia said, regaining her posture. “The three of yours arrival is a minor setback but it won’t stop me.” The three of you stood in silence. Twilight and co started to leave, saying their goodbyes to the princess. The three of you soon followed. You could tell Ben wanted to go home. But Anthony wanted to stay…

     And so did you…