Going Home |Part 1|

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Hello, my name is Thunder Drifter, but ponies call me PeaceKeeper. I was just honorably discharged from the Equestrian Marine Corps, and decided to settle in ponyvill, I have been in service for about 6 years now, and was awarded the Purple Mare and Bronze Cloud for my actions in Op: Equestrian Freedom, I lost my best friends in that Op, and now I am hoping to make new ones here, no sense in crying about the past, its better to keep moving forward. Well, I’m here, and I can’t believe it, I haven’t seen this many new faces since the replacements came in after they shipped home another 300 bodies. Alright, let me get to my house first, get myself settled in, then food. After a few minutes I found my house, it looked the same as the rest. Two windows, one on the second floor, right side and first floor, left side, it had a hay roof and the body was made out of clay. Wow, not too bad, its very cozy. Then I heard somepony walk into the house. Oh, hello. How are you? I was a bit startled at first, I’m fine thank you, who are you? The pony happily replies, my name is Thunder wing, yours? My name is Thunder drifter, but my old battle buddies called me PeaceKeeper, are you new here as well? Nope, I’ve lived here for a while, my house is right across from yours, Thunder wing says, with a smile only somepony special could have. That’s cool, mind showing me around? I just need to put down my bag, the other junk I can put away tonight. Need any help with that? Thunder wing asks? Nah…done, let’s go, before I shuts the door I turns around to see two figures standing at the railing, in to much of a hurry he cannot ID the two, he smiles after thinking about his friends he left there on the road. He tries to shake the thought and move on, So, where are we going? I asked, still trying to forget the past. Just walk around a little bit, he says a bit nervously, giving an awkward smile to me. Now I know something is up, I’ll just keep playing along, I thought to myself. It was silent, too silent, once more, becoming more and more curious. We have been walking for a good two miles now, I said, Its getting pretty dark. Alright, agrees Thunder Wing, lets head back. Here, he says, hang on, as he drops down to the ground, this will make the trip less boring. As we flew back to the house, I looked down at the town. It seems really quiet now, I wonder why that is, maybe he’s going to kill me, If he’s a spy, he’s a damn good one. They arrive at the house and they both walk in, it is pitch black, but I hears voices, and movement. T-Thunder Wing? Where are you? I ask out loud, and suddenly the lights turn on and I hear “SURPRISE!” Oh, sweet Celestia, I yell with a hint of laughter, while holding my chest. I look at Thunder Wing and say, so that’s why we went on such a long walk. I look around to see everypony smiling, as Thunder Wing and another pony approach me, I hear a loud and excited voice say: Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie! Do you like your party!? I reply laughing and smiling, Yes, this is awesome, thank you. Thunder Wing hugging Pinkie, we got word from the princess early that there was going to be a new pony in town and we couldn’t NOT throw you a party? Well I am very thankful for this party that you have thrown me, I said with a big smile on my face. Three more ponies approach me. Hello, how are you doing? All three of them ask in a different way, I’m doing fine now, again with another smile upon my face, their names are TB, Honey, and Noir. TB or Twilight Bloom was Twilight Sparkles sister, she was beautiful light purple mare, her tail was similar to her sisters, she also had some very great looking glasses, the more I talked to her the more I blushed. The second mare had black fur, white hair, and was a very good DJ, she loved music, and seemed to be a normal every-day Pegasus, and she was very kind when I was talking to her. The second pony was named Honey Crisp but I called him ‘A’ for short, he is a very kind and caring pony and very hard working. After the party, I thanked everypony for coming and for throwing the party. I couldn’t make it up the stairs I was so tired, so I slept on the couch. The next day I woke up and I felt great. I decided to start the day with a walk around town for a bit, while I was on my walk TB came up to me and told me that her sister was sorry she couldn’t make it, but she would like to see me. So I followed TB to a big tree that has become a house, I saw TB knocking on the door and walked up next to her, and soon enough a light purple alicorn opened the door. She observed me for a moment, Oh; you must be the new pony my sister was telling me about, right? I replied yes, ma’am. Well, you seem very polite and kind, she said, followed by, what is your name again? I answered, Thunder Drifter, ma’am. After talking with Twilight for a bit I went home and to my surprise I received a letter stating that one of Navy CorpsStallion that was in my unit will be coming here to visit as well, He will arrive within the next few hours, I cannot wait to see him again, just as I say that there is a knock on the door, and on the other side of the door is on Stallion that fought side by side with me during EQ Freedom. He was a brown-ish coat or fur, and snow white hair, He was born a warrior and a hero, Celestia knows he saved me more times than I can count. Strong! How have you been buddy? I asked. He said, I doing fine, I was discharged and earned the Bronze Cloud and heard you were in town too. Well, if you don’t have any place to go, you are more than welcome to stay here, I don’t mind a bit, there should be another bed up there, go and unload, I said. When you’re done lets go get something to eat, I said, he agreed. That sounds like a plan, I’m starving, he said. Neither of us had eating in a day or two, so this was like heaven to us. Our house was right next to the Diner, maybe 120ft. We took our seats outside when we arrived and waited for the waiter to come out, it wasn’t too busy so he was rather quick. We ordered daisy sandwiches and crispy hay, I had heard that those were pretty good here, and a minute later that same formal stallion came back out with two sandwiches and two, very tall, plates of cooked hay and we could enjoy our food outside, must have been 70 degrees that day, perfect. When we were done, practically inhaling our food like vacuums, we just decided to walk around for a while, then it hit me, I still haven’t gotten any food for the the house, I said. Well, let’s go get some now, he said. Alright, you go left, I’ll go right, meet back here in half an hour, I lightly ordered, before he walked away, I gave him 30 bits. Only the food we need, I said as I placed the bits in his hoofs. 30 minutes, I repeated, walking down the road, he turned around and nodded. Half an hour later we met back at the same spot, but with food, and on the walk back to the house I asked, what did you get? He replied with a list of food that would last us quite a while; Bread, fruits, vegetables, hay, and about 10 other delicious items. We arrived at the house, we both rushed in to put the food away, and I went back to shut the door, as I was walking back, Strong was already knocked out, maybe from the food, maybe from walking around all day, before I went to bed, I said to myself that tomorrow I was going to get some ponies together and just hang out, the ones that I got to talk to during the party, TB, A, and Noir, I tried to say, carefully drifting off into sleep with every breath. The next day, I did exactly what I said I was going to do, but first I had to wake up Strong, I’m sure he would want to see everypony. Hey, Strong, get up! I demanded, he got up fast and stood at attention, he must have had another dream about boot camp. Sweet Celestia, the hell? He asked disoriented and falling back on the couch in front of the fire place. C’mon, were going to go on a run then go and get a few ponies to hang out. After we got our gear on we went on a 1 ½ mile march and another mile or two running, it was about 10 in the morning and when we were done it was almost time for lunch, I’d say 11:45 or how we knew it 2245. Nothing like a good ruck run to start the day, aye? I asked. Yep, I used to love doing this in training, he happily replied. Alright, let’s go get some ponies I want you to meet, I said. We walked out the door and it seemed everypony was out today, we were walking past a crowd of ponies, when we hear a voice say “Hey, Thunder!” as the pony runs up next to us, I remember who she was. TB, hey, we were just looking for you and the others, I told her. Oh, I came into town with Noir, she should be at the music store, right across from my sisters, she explained. Alright, follow us, I said. We rushed over to the music store, where we found Noir looking at guitars. Hey, Noir, follow us, were gonna get everypony together and hang out. That sounds awesome, she said walking out of the store. I turned around to see who we were missing… A, I said, we still need A. I’ll go he him from Sweet Apple Acres, Strong take them to the house, I’ll be there in no time, I said starting to run down the street. I eventually came to a dirt road, and I saw a big red barn in the distance, and I ran as fast as I could until I got to the walk way leading to the house and barn. Walking towards the barn I yell “A, you there?” I then here a voice call back “Yea, I’m in the barn, I’ll be right out!” I walked into the barn and saw him fixing the roof, and the wall. Hey, what’s up, A? , I asked. Just fixin the barn up a bit for AJ and Big Mac who are out buckin trees, he said back. If you can follow me, I got everypony from the party together and wanted to go hang out tonight. Yea, sure, it sounds like fun, I have to go check in with Applejack, then I’ll meet you at your place, he replied almost excited. Alright, I said. It was starting to get dark again, on the walk back home I thought of what we were going do. I walked 1 ½ mile back to the house, when I opened the door, all three of them were sitting on the couch, in front of the cozy fire. Me being the ass I am, I yelled “lights, lights, lights!” and when I saw to look on Strong’s face I almost fell over laughing, and the other two were looking around, very confused. I told them that A was gonna be here soon, so wake up. I don’t know why they were all asleep; it was only 9:30. I turned the lights on so I could see, the only light they had was the glow of the fire. *Knock Knock* I walk over to the door and open it, its A. Hey, come in, I tell him, go have a seat on the couch with everyone. Alright, I have decided to go to a karaoke place, right down the street. They all agreed that was a good idea, I hate singing but I thought I would have fun. Everypony gets up and walks to the door, after everyone is out of the house, I shut and lock it. Wow, it’s a very beautiful night, and the stars look amazing, I say. Yea, it’s nice and calm out, says A. Very, says TB. Yep, says Noir. I only took us a good 15 minutes to get there, and when we walked in there, singing was a beautiful white unicorn, with luscious pink and purple hair, in a red and orange dress. Strong must have tried to snap me out of the trance for a while; finally I snapped out of it and took a seat. What the hell was that? Strong asked. What? Nothing, that was nothing, I try to hide my voice. Yea, I’m sure, he says. Hey, can I go first? says A. I will go after you, I tell A. A was gonna sing I Don’t Want This Night to End by Luke Bryan, I am going to sing Timber by Ke$ha, Strong and Noir didn’t want to sing, Thunder Wing is going to sing Discord by The Living Tombstone, and TB is going to sing Never Alone by TheDashDub. About 2 hours later, (11:45). We finally decide it’s time to head home, everypony went back to their homes. Before I left I have to go back and see that beautiful unicorn was there, sadly she wasn’t. Its fine, maybe we’ll see her tomorrow in town, said Strong trying to comfort me, c’mon, we need some sleep. Alright, I tried to reply but I was too tired and heartbroken at the same time. I stumbled back into the house and again, couldn’t make it up the stairs, so I slept on the couch again, Strong slept upstairs. Little did I know that tomorrow was going to be worse than not being able to ask out that beautiful mare at the karaoke place. (10:45) I wake up to Strong crying in front of the door. What’s wrong? I asked. I saw who the letter was from and began to cry. Here, read it. Strong said in a sad voice. The letter wrote: Dear Private First Class Drifter and Private Strong, we regret to inform you that we are in a time of war, you have been discharged for almost a week, meaning you can still be called back to action, we will send a pick up around 1430 to take you back to your barracks, Equestrian Department of Defense.” I look back up at Strong. I thought this bullsh*t was over; he says trying to hold back tears. W-We have to go back, I still try to process in my mind. I can’t go back! He yells. *smack* Listen to me, I demand, you’re a CorpsStallion, we need you on the field, and I’ll be there with you, if you die then I’m going with you, were Marines of Equestria, we will fight and die for the ponies back here, so they can be safe, I tell him. You’re right, were Marines, we fight! He yelled, as I help him off the floor. We should go break the news to the others. *knock knock* I walk over to the door, and it turns out to be them. Hi, says A as he looks over to see a very sad stallion, …is this a bad time? He asks. No, come in, we need to talk to all of you for a second. As they make themselves comfortable, I begin to tell them that me and Strong have been called back to the field, and how a major conflict has broken out and they need us. But you have only been here a short while, complained A. I will write to you guys once or twice a week, I promise we will come home one way or the other, I said. Me and Strong walked up the stairs to pack our equipment up to go back to the barracks, it seemed like a dream almost. As we walked down the stairs we were surrounded by ponies with hugs and crying. I love you all, I will write to you as much as I can. I have to go. As I took my last moments with my new friends I turned around to see the black figure standing there again, only he nodded at me. I took me a while to get out of the doorway, before I loaded up and left, I turned around and saluted my friends for maybe the last time. ( please let me know what you guys think, and be honest. Tell me if I should make Letters Home then part 2)

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I don't actually mean that. xD I just had that gif and finally had an excuse to use it. LOL

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YOU WROTE SO MUCH TEXT AND I DIDNT EVEN READ A SINGLE LINE LOL.gif

 

I don't actually mean that. xD I just had that gif and finally had an excuse to use it. LOL

I understand that feel, and it was pretty funny. lol nice.

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You need to break up the text into paragraphs. There's nothing more visually offputting than an entire wall of text staring you in the face!