The Most Faithful Student

by flammenwerfer14

Life continues as normal for the Mane Six, even with their extra jobs under the relatively new Equestrian Military. While the others excel and take pride in their part, Twilight is a little more apprehensive, especially when the world she knows is threatened by conflict. Can she answer the call of duty and triumph with the help of her friends and a rather unexpected ally?

1. Introduction

Government Files

Planet Terra

Central Continent

Kingdom of Equestria:

The southern, expansive pony nation of the center continent of the known world of Terra, was always a nation of peace and tolerance. Ruled by a dual monarchy under the supreme leadership of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, the two also control the rising and setting of the sun and the moon respectively for their nation.

Equestria is a rather successful and prosperous nation with a well off economy and bustling pony population ready and willing to fulfill the needs which would arise, with jobs and opportunity available to all who could find their calling (with or without their cutie marks). While Equestria is a nation of peace, conflict is universal in nature; and with national neighbors which could come across as hostile, Equestria naturally commands a fairly large, well trained and equipped military force for the region. With its creation, the Mane Six had found extra callings and jobs directly under the military wing, and excelled at them. The Princesses personally oversaw their training and readiness in case of anything with such organization and precision; the lives of the Mane Six as well as the rest of Equestria's ponies remained relatively unabated due to lack of conflict.

The roll of the military, under the supreme command of Celestia and Luna, is scaled back largely to a defense force roll, as any aggressive action goes against the moral standings and compassionate nature of the princesses, as well as the pony population as a whole. However, compassion and tolerance should not be seen as a sign of weakness or lack of will, as this has had to have been demonstrated on numerous occasions with Equestria's neighbor to the north, Gryphonia.

Tensions have always been high with the Gryphon kingdom, but peace had always kept the two nations in check with a tenuous grasp. Activity between the two nations had been relatively quiet recently, and there had been reports of unusual and unexplained activity around the Equestrian/Gryphonian border around the night time. Princess Luna authorized the dispatching of a unit of Equestrian National Guard (ENG) and Border Patrol pony forces, led by a brash, agile, and confident pegasus pony by the name of Rainbow Dash, to investigate the strange occurrences, hoping to shed light on what has been sneaking around the border area and the surrounding wilderness…

A/N: This is my first major fanfiction. All constructive criticism is welcome and will be duly noted. Thanks for taking the time to read and if there is more encouragement, I shall continue. I'll probably continue anyway regardless, to be completely honest.

Thanks for reading anyways.
-Flammen