Friendship was magic: the Lunar Republic

The battle had surprisingly only lasted ten to twenty minutes, Leo and his men easily subduing the enemy soldiers. The casualties on both sides were moderate, and even then only consisting of gashes and severe wounds, although none of them life threatning. When the dust had cleared, all the enemy soldiers were either under a spear or sword, or not in moving because of their wounds. Even Leo had been wounded a couple times, although mostly consisting of a large cut on his right flank and chest. He observed the scene for a couple of minutes, satisfied with the attack.

"Alright then, lets get started." Leo looked up to the sky and saw phoenix and his men circling overhead. "Phoenix! Get your men and flank down here!" And without a moments notice, the pegasi in the air descended like a flock of birds and landed. Phoenix swooped down next to Leo and landed.

"Vhat do you need us to do Leo?" The pegasus asked.

"First, I need a third of your men to take up positions on the south, east, and west walls. A third of mind will take the gate." He waited for Phoenix to give the order and afterwords, gave his own. Then he proceeded. "Now, I need a third of both of our men to count the weapons and supplies, the rest should tend to the wounded."

Both generals looked to their men and gave the order, all of them attending to the tasks at hand. Phoenix flew off to apparently 'watch the skies' for any reinforcements, while Leo walked over to where the wounded were being herded to. But when he passed a stack of barrels, he noticed that on of the lids was slightly open, shining light onto a lavender surface that was....furry? Leo slowly opened the lid, only to step back in fright as a familiar unicorn shot out. She was about to teleport herself somewhere safer when she realized who found her, and relaxed her magic as she sighed.

"Oh thank Celestia, it's just you." Twilight sighed, before blushing at what she said. "S-sorry, old habits I guess."

"No worries. I was about to say the same thing." He chuckled, before giving Twilight a confused look. " Why were you in a barrel Twilight?"

"The others and I were hiding in there during the fight." Twilight stated matter-of-factly.

"What do you mean others?"

"She means us." said a muffled voice coming from one of the barrels. The barrel that sat next to Twilights tipped over and fell on its side, its lid rolling off of it to reveal a light brown unicorn stuffed inside of it. "Once the fighting started, She teleported us over here into the barrels. Fortunate for us, they're just for extra storage. But unfortunate for me, Twilight needs to work on her aiming." Tesla shot an angry look at Twilight while he popped his back, causing Twilight to blush. "Now as for Luna........" He looked over at the barrels and expected Luna to pop out of one of them, but could only hear muffled pleas for help. Tesla just sighed as he walked over to the barrel that had the pleas of help coming from it. "An all powerful immortal Alicorn that has control over the moon and dreams can't get out of a simple wooden barrel. Seriously Luna?" He opened the lid and out came the disheveled Alicorn, wings stretching out as she rubbed her head with her hoof.

"Well I'm sorry Tesla, but some of us aren't as small as everypony else. I might not be as big as my sister, but I'm still bigger than most." She looked at the three of them, expecting annoyed glares. But was instead met with all three of her friends staring at her. "What's the matter?" she said with a confused expression. Tesla just grew a sly smile on his face.

"I like the new look Luna, it looks great on you."

Luna blinked a couple times, now even more confused. "What do you mean 'new look'?" Tesla sighed and pulled out a small pocket mirror, showing Luna her eyes. She stared blankly at the mirror for a couple seconds before growing a shocked expression at what she saw. "Why am I looking at a serpent?!" Her face grew pale as she remembered her fight. The pain, the voice, the sudden burst of strength. "I can't even begin to comprehend this."

Twilight put a hoof on Lunas shoulder. "We'll figure this out Luna, I promise." She gave her a comforting smile. Tesla coughed after a couple of minutes of comforting silence.

"I don't want to interrupt you two, but do you think we could go get some medical assistance....." he pointed towards his wounds and Leos. "........before one of passes out because of blood loss?"

And with that, the four of them walked to where Leo was going.

Once they reached the area designated as the 'medical' area, Tesla and Leo just slumped onto the cots that had been pulled out of the barracks for the patients. Luna and Twilight just sat next to them, taking a few moments to collect themselves. After a while one of the appointed medics came over and bandaged up Leo before being called over by another medic. As they sat there, Tesla couldn't help but notice that there were only a few soldiers standing in the small sea of wounded soldiers.

"Hey Leo?"

"Yes Tesla?"

"How 'medically trained' are your soldiers?"

Leo scratched his chin in concentration for a couple minutes.

"I'd say only those that had a medical job and even then, not that many."

Tesla frowned. "And let me guess, before you all, well you know, died, they were the best medics at the time?" Leo nodded. "Well, I guess I need to get to work then." He sat and and immediately held his ribcage, and started to waver as he stood because of minor blood loss. Both Luna and Twilight braced him as he was about to fall. "thank you." he muttered. "Guess the adrenaline has worn off." Tesla grumbled before trying to walk again.

"Tesla, you need to rest. Your wounds might not be life threatning, but you've lost a lot of blood. You can't do much right now." Twilight said.

"I know that Twilight, but...." He sighed weakly. "I want the ponies here to get all the help they can get. Our doctors are under-experienced."

"Isn't that the same with you?"

"I know some modern medicine." He chuckled. "It is a type of science you know." Tesla looked at Luna. "You were a medic once, weren't you?"

Luna hesitated for a few moments. "I 'was' a medic during the same time Leo and the others were alive." She paused and smiled. "But I have read a couple of medical textbooks since my return."

Tesla grew a wide grin. "That's great. Now then." He leaned more towards Twilight for Luna to step aside. "I need you to go get bandages and disenfectant. Come back when you find any and keep half. I'll use my half to help a couple of soldiers while you do the same with yours."

"Alright, got it." And with that, she trotted towards the other medics and asked where the supplies was, and then made a B-line towards it.

"What do you need me to do?" He looked over and saw Leo looking at him while on his side.

"You just stay there and rest. I'm guessing you don't know jack about medicine."

Leo just grumbled and turned around, sulking like a toddler.

"Is there at least anything I can do?" Twilight asked. "Except for being a leaning post?"

"You can be my 'nurse'. The enemy soldiers might take it easier with a mares face around." Twilight just frowned. You can just help me with them, that's all."

"I suppose that I can do that." she said with a level of uncertainty.

"Good, now, help me get over there." He pointed a hoof at a group of Celestial soldiers near them.

"Okay, I guess." Twilight thought that was a bad idea, especially since one of them was one of the soldiers Tesla was attacked by.

The soldiers idly chatted about what might happen to them, until they noticed two familiar looking ponies approach them. They immediately stopped, only staring at their captors with disgust and hatred. When Tesla and Twilight were right in front of them, one of the soldiers spat at their hooves, sneering.

"What do you want monster."

Tesla just motioned for Twilight to let him down, and Luna quickly approached with his half of the supplies. He thanked her and levitated the disenfectant towards the soldier, causing him to flinch.

"Don't worry, It's just disenfectant. It doesn't hurt that much. What did you think I was going to do?"

The soldier relaxed a little, but still kept his guard up. "I don't know. From what we've been told..." He winced at the response he might get. "All of you are just a bunch of monsters ready to destroy our homes, families, and lives for the eternal night." The soldier waited for a response, or maybe even the flash of a blade, but nothing happened.

"They really don't want you to sympathize with us, do they."

The soldier looked at Tesla and was very confused.

"Excuse me?"

Tesla chuckled. "We really aren't that bad, most of these soldiers 'had' families. I personally think more of the soldiers need more medical experience. Until then I'm the best you've got." He bandaged the rest of the soldiers wounds before trying to stand up. "Now if you'll excuse me." Tesla tried standing up, but almost fell back down. He would've hit the ground if it wasn't for the soldier near him.

"Your going to need some help with the other soldiers." He took some of the supplies with his wings. "They'll listen to me more than you."

"Thank you kid, say, what's your name?"

"Medical-Shield, sir."

Both of them stood up before Phoenix flew towards them at a break-neck speed. Just in time too, Luna had been going towards them to check up.

"Miss Sparkle, Luna, and Mister Science. I've spotted movement in the western tower."

"Did you get a good look at who or what it was." Luna asked.

"Yes, a single mare."

Both Luna and Twilights blood ran cold.

"What did she look like." They asked in unison.

"All I could see was a multicolored mane."

Twilight sadly sighed and looked at the ground.

"What is it Twilight?" Tesla asked.

"It's her."

"Who?"

She looked at Tesla. "Rainbow Dash."