private Equestrian War

[InfinityWhale 771]

Wits, a little dejected but understanding looked at back at Striker. "It's a... pleasure... to meet a pony who's as... curious as I am. But if you are army personnel, shouldn't you be getting be to your job? After all, I wouldn't want you to get in trouble for my sake." He kept glancing at the note in his pocket, then hoping no one would notice.

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Celestia had wondered what the clamor was, and seconds later a mid-level guard came up and whispered what had occurred to her. She thought briefly about what had happened, then whispered back to let her take care of it.

"Colonel," she said. "Bring forward your soldier, and let him speak. For what reason have you disturbed our security systems?"

[jdor11 91]

"Oh! I am not part of the army, just a... curios wondering pony, going wherever the wind take's me, not to be too clićhe. Tell me though, who was that pony you were just talking to? Striker knew he was pushing his luck but he just had to find out everything he could.

Edited July 21, 2012 by jdor11

[Nightfall 3,950]

Nightfall looked a bit scared for one instant, then hid his fear with his normal military face. He brought the poor Atum up towards the Princess.

"Your highness, I brought-" He paused, thinking the Princess had addressed him, but realized she was addressing the other pony. Nightfall glanced at his uniform, deducing he was a Sergeant by the badge on the side of his uniform.

[Abaddon 95]

Atum bowed and fell to his knees. He was in the presence of Princess Celestia, a moment he had been dreaming about since he was a foal. "Your Highness. I'm. Well. I'm sorry to have created this disturbance. I've just come from the battlefield, and was told to report to Col. Nightfall for orders. And well I guess I got a little carried away. I've never been given any sort of responsibility before and I guess being promoted to Sargent has made me nervous." Bowing his head in shame, Atum awaited his punishment.

[InfinityWhale 771]

Celestia glanced over him once and thought. This was a bold new officer, and could be quite useful. Though... he still required some sort of punishment. "Very well," she said. "I am removing you temporarily from Colonel Nightfall's care. You will be reassigned as I deem necessary, when it becomes convenient to do so. Now, return to your quarters and prepare to receive orders." Two guard ponies lead him along.

"You handled that well, Colonel," she admitted. "Now, when would you depart with your host?"

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Wits was very nervous about this guy asking about his note, so he did the only logical thing he could think of.

Of course, this is Wits we're talking about. He didn't get the name for nothing.

"What are you so curious about, huh? A non-military, non-press pony just wandering around? What's your game, huh? Just 'curious'? I have half a mind to report you to Colonel Nightfall before he goes out to the front!"

 

Oops.

[jdor11 91]

"My name is Striker, like i said i am a wanderer of a sort, i have just been looking for info and a job" striker said calmly, "Also i must thank you Wit's you have just given me all i need to know, now if you will excuse me i will be off." Striker bowed his head down in a almost mocking way but he still did it with respect, walking away he ventured out to go find Colonel Nightfall.

[Nightfall 3,950]

"Your highness, I was waiting to see when you were going to send me out. Since it is my duty to decide, I will take them out the day after next." Nightfall bowed. "Thank you once again, your highness." Nightfall left the throne room and saw somepony talking to Wits. As Nightfall approached the two ponies, he looked at one a bit suspiciously.

"Wits, I'm back. Let's go. I have some... news... for you."

[InfinityWhale 771]

Wits glared at Striker, looked at Nightfall, and glared at Striker once more for good measure. He readied the notebook and pen. "All right, let's hear it."

Damn, he wouldn't be able to finish the note just yet. He had to send it as soon as possible... but the article, yes the article. He could always rely on Colonel Nightfall for a good piece of news. He was the best pony in the Solar Empire, not that he'd yet managed to meet anyone from the New Lunar Republic. That was on his to do list, along with "Wrestle an Ursa Minor" and "Find a horde of dragon's jewels for Fleur". Not an easy feat, but hey, he WAS Wits End after all, and "intrepid" had to count for something.

He pulled his head out of the monologue and looked at Nightfall, ready to hear the news.

[jdor11 91]

Striker went up to Colonel Nightfall and said, "meet me outside, i have a important proposition to make to you." With that striker left the two ponies to each other, walking outside he watched the clouds go by slowly.

[Nightfall 3,950]

Nightfall eyed the strange pony carefully. "All right." Nightfall then turned to Wits.

"Ay. Sorry, Wits. It's just..." He sighed. "I've got until the day after next to prepare 1,000 ponies for a trip to the front lines. I'm not going to have much time to talk, unless I get permission for you to come along. Maybe I could do that, but..." Nightfall breathed deeply and saw Wits End taking notes furiously. He shook his head silently, then looked outside through a window. "But... I don't know."

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

 

The radio sprung to life as Vinyl's cracked voice came over it, "Corporal Fontune," her southern accent unintentionally changing his name, "Your mission is to take Ponyville by midnight. I don't care what it takes, but do NOT harm any civvies. Understood? Great," she said, not waiting for a response, "Your reinforcements should be arriving shortly. Over."

[InfinityWhale 771]

"As far as I'm concerned, you need merely give a location, and I'll trail along. Can we go tomorrow, though? There's some... problems I need to deal with." They had never discussed personal lives at length, but it was somewhat clear Nightfall was lonely, at least a lot of the time, and Wits had a unique devotion that tended to get tripped by his own stupidity at times. "For now, I need to go. But I don't trust that pony. He seems... shady. Alright, I'm biased, but still, be careful. Then again, what am I worrying about? Can you imagine, you of all people, defecting to the NLR? Ridiculous!" He had a hearty laugh at that, and trotted along, glancing over his friend as he did so.

Edited July 21, 2012 by InfinityWhale

[Twilight Sky 449]

Valiant picked up a local comm and repeated the orders. "Alright men we arrive there in 17 hours, and I excpect a full SITREP to be given to NLROC by 0600 and I want them to be pretty damn impressed, Understood?" "Yes, sir!" "Alright lets give 'em hell!" The MEU cheered and whooped as they got ready for the long journey ahead...

[Nightfall 3,950]

"Me... in the NLR..." Nightfall chuckled as he watched his friend go. He then turned and went outside. Not far off, the strange pony was standing, watching clouds go by. "You sir!" The pony turned. He didn't seem like the too friendly type. He seemed like somepony who could battle though. "You wanted to see me outside. So here we are. What would you like of me?"

[jdor11 91]

"My name is Striker i am a merc who has been looking for a job, so after, uuhh, hearing that there was going to be a war, i thought that you could use my.... special serve's, i can act as a bodyguard, assassin, whatever you ask, obviously i will have my price but it's not horrible." Striker said calmly still looking at the cloud's, he suddenly looked at Nightfall, "if you would want a demonstration of my talent's i can show you."

Edited July 21, 2012 by jdor11

[Nightfall 3,950]

"A mercenary. Damn. This could be interesting." Nightfall thought. "Well, Striker, I'm not in charge of too many ponies around here. It would be best if you saw the Princess herself. I would be able to get you into the throne room. However, I'm not quite sure how she would react to having a mercenary on her side."

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

Vinyl headed down to the war room, where they had direct phone lines to every nation in the world. She picked up the one to Canterlot Castle and dialed the pony in charge. She thought to herself, 'It'll be a miracle if we can even get civil conversation,'

[InfinityWhale 771]

A series of paper pushers and office workers gradually pushed the call up the line. After countless workers passed it along, it finally came to Celestia.

At first, she was quite wroth, barely capable of keeping herself together. Then, all at once it just melted, and she gave a deep sigh, filled with regret and a little bit of bitterness. "What do you want?" she asked. "Just tell me, and get it over with."

[jdor11 91]

"You would take me to the princess?" Striker said a little surprised, "Well i will gladly accept your offer, but on one condition, you do not mention anything about me or what we discussed today to anypony. i have people knowing who i am that's all." Striker said in a calm voice but a little bit of a threatening tone came with it.

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

((And so it begins. Nightfall, grab that popcorn))

 

"Ahh, Princess. How's it going? I was just hoping we could make civil conversation and possibly work something out. A little compromise, shall we say?" she said in her best Canterlot voice, although her southern accent was seeping through.

[InfinityWhale 771]

"Vinyl Blade, I take it? General of the NLR? I don't think a truce sounds quite too appealing." Celestia had dropped her mask, but wasn't going to be terribly happy about the situation. "Unless it involves my sister's immediate surrender."

[Nightfall 3,950]

"You would take me to the princess?" Striker said a little surprised, "Well i will gladly accept your offer, but on one condition, you do not mention anything about me or what we discussed today to anypony. i have people knowing who i am that's all." Striker said in a calm voice but a little bit of a threatening tone came with it.

 

"Fine. I'll get you to her... well, would you like to see her now?" The colonel looked at Striker.

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

"Surrender! Oh heavens, no," she said trying to mimic Rarity, then in a more serious manner, "I was hoping we could get the land that we hold now, plus Ponyville, then reach around and grab New Saddle. Doesn't that sound like an appealing offer; some land in exchange for countless lives that could be lost in trying to take ALL of Equestria?"

[jdor11 91]

"Yes! as soon as you possibly can." Striker said now very excited, "lead the way my friend!" Striker motioned with his hoof.

"may i ask? what is the princess like?" Striker said hoping to learn more about her.

[InfinityWhale 771]

Celestia was not amused.

"Might I suggest you go buck yourself? I think you're forgetting who controls the majority of the resources, Canterlot, and Twilight Sparkle, the greatest magical prodigy of all time, plus her brother, who has an almost impossible to destroy forcefield? My little pony, I think you have outstepped your bounds far more than you understand. Harmony fuels magic, and it is Harmony that I create, more than anything else."

 

((I'm not gonna lie, that was fun.))