My Little Paintball: Warfare is Magic
Chapter 1: Squad Up!
-Ponyville Market-
"TAKE COVER!" Under Cover shouted to her squad mates. The four teammates dove the ground behind a paint-splattered grocery stand. Thwack! Twack, twack! The sound of paintballs colliding with the wooden stand sounded off.
"Where did those four come from?" Gear shift asked, as she opened her hopper to see how many balls she had left.
Match Bolt sighed, leaning his back against a wooden cart that was a few meters left of the stand. "Beats me." He replied, pulling the slide back on his paintball pistol. "I don't know how those fillies do it."
"They must have followed us. There's no other way they could've done it." Whiplash said, his following sigh was easily audible through his paintball mask.
"Impossible!" Under Cover exclaimed to the changeling that was sitting next to her. "I was sure I covered our tracks with my magic."
"Apparently not well enough." Gear Shift said in a heavy tone.
As Gear Shift spoke, a southern-accented filly's voice sounded from across the dirt road that divided the market. "Attention! This is the Cutie Mark Crusaders division of the Solar Flares! Come out with yer hooves up and we won't shoot!"
Grimacing behind her mask, Gear Shift poked her head up from behind the stand. "Kiss my flank!" She shouted indignantly.
Shift's eyes shrank at seeing a white unicorn filly with a paintball marker strapped to her hoof get up from cover and take aim at Shift's position. Oh buck! She thought, falling to the ground behind the stand, the sounds of paintballs thwacking against the wood was heard again.
Under Cover shook her head. "Ah, Shift… always good with negotiations."
"Well I don't see you coming up with any ideas." Gear Shift replied.
"That's because I already have one." Under Cover said with a grin. She turned to Whiplash. "Hey, Whip. Can you pretend to be me for a few minutes?"
Whiplash nodded as a green glow began to emanate from his horn. Under Cover watched as a wave of green magic washed over her changeling counterpart. Whiplash's black coat soon became a solid green, a deeper forest green mane and tail formed on his head and flank, and his yellow-orange eyes became a light yellow.
Under Cover nodded in approval. "Excellent. Provide some suppressive fire once I disappear. Everypony got it?" She asked her comrades. They all nodded in reply. "Great. Three…" Under Cover's horn lit up bright yellow. "Two…
"Wait, wait, wait." Match Bolt interjected, earning an annoyed look from his fellow squad mates. "Do we suppress on one or when you give some sort of signal?"
Under Cover gave Match a confused look. "What? We go on my mark." she said irritably.
"I know, I know. But what is 'your mark'? Is it when you say one, or say something like "go, go, go!" or something like that?" Match asked.
Sighing, Under Cover facehoofed. She turned to her teammate. "Look, Match. When I say one, suppress those fillies over there. Does that clarify things?"
Match Bolt nodded.
"Okay. So you guys ready?" Under Cover asked, earning three nods. "Good. Now, three… two… one!" She said, vanishing in a flash of yellow light. Simultaneously, the rest of the squad rose up and began pelting the small fruit stand where the fillies were entrenched.
Meanwhile
"Jeez! These guys have us pinned!" Scootaloo shouted behind her golden-colored mask, crouching against the wooden boards of the fruit stand.
"So much for our advantage. Nice job blowing our cover Sweetie Belle." An indignant Babs Seed jabbed as paintballs splatted and thwacked against the fruit stand.
"Hey!" An angered Sweetie Belle objected. "Who's fault was it for not putting all your paint into the hopper properly?"
Babs snorted. "Since when is there a proper technique?"
"Since I became team captain, that's when!" Sweetie shouted.
Applebloom's eyebrow rose as she turned to her white unicorn friend. "Since when did we nominate y'all team captain?"
"Back at the clubhouse when this whole fight started. You remember that, right Scootaloo?" Sweetie Belle pleaded to the orange pegasus.
"What?" Scootaloo asked, taking a break from looking over her position to see the enemy. "Oh, umm… nah. Wasn't there. I'm just doing this cuz Rainbow Dash is. Speaking of whom, where is she?"
"Last Ah heard, she, Applejack, and Twilight were busy in Canterlot. Ah don't think you'll be seein' her fer a while." Applebloom said, raising her hoof-attached marker over the stand and blind-fired a few shots. The opposing team replied with several shots on their position, all of which hit a few unfortunate watermelons just above the fillies' heads.
"We aren't going anywhere fast. Anypony got a plan?" Scootaloo asked, adjusting her mask.
Sweetie Belle spoke up, putting a hoof to her golden chest plate. "Well as team captain I suggest that-"
"Again! When were you made team captain?" Babs objected.
"Girls!" Applebloom shouted, causing both fillies' heads to snap in her direction. "We can't keep fightin' like this. We need a plan."
Babs nodded. "Agreed. Hey Sweetie Belle, you know any magic spells? Like a shield spell or a teleportation spell or something like that?"
"I can't do any magic spells yet. I can't even do a simple transformation spell yet." Sweetie said, hanging her head in shame.
"So what are we gonna do?" Scootaloo asked, getting down from the a stepstool behind the stand.
"I'll tell ya what you're gonna do." A female voice next to the fillies said. All four fillies slowly turned around, their fears instantly becoming realized at what they saw.
Before them was a green-coated mare with a deep green mane and tail. On her head was a navy blue paintball mask with a matching chest plate, the armor of the Lunar Eclipses.
The mare grinned behind her mask as she spoke. "I shoot all of you, we take this position, and move up this street and take out everypony else on your team."
The four fillies huddled together in fear, waiting for the paint to shoot from the marker that was aimed right at them.
-Canterlot-
In Canterlot, the sun was shining brightly on the royal city. A soft breeze blew through the streets, several loose papers were taking up in the current. Such tranquility was rarely seen in the usually bustling city center. No pony was frantically trying to make it to an appointment. No pony was arguing with a waiter about why his or her food tasted funny. No quarrels were heard in the streets. Such peace. Such tranquility. Such-
"MOTHERBUCKER!" Midnight Blade shouted in surprise as a couple paintball exploded in front of the wall he was next to, leaving two orange splats on the stone. He turned his head to see a squad of navy blue armored Lunar Eclipses making their way down an alley, their shadows on the adjacent wall giving away their positions.
"There he is! Get him!" A female voice shouted as the Lunar squad began to pursue its target.
Gotta get back to Twilight and Steve McGarret! I need to get back to home base! The pitch black pegasus frantically thought as he ran down the alleyway. Behind him he could hear the hoofsteps of his pursuers. Turning his head to see them, every alert went off in his mind as he looked down the barrel of a marker being aimed at him. His body going into overdrive, Midnight took off down the alley, hoping to throw off his chasers.
"There he is, Lyra! Take the shot!" a male voice shouted from behind him. Midnight heard two quick shots of paintball fire and prayed to Celestia that they'd miss him. To Midnight's surprise and relief, he watched as two green paintballs zipped by him, missing his head by mere inches. That was the chance he needed.
Can't catch me now. Midnight thought maliciously as he rounded another corner.
Meanwhile
"Really, Lyra! How do you miss something like that?" Doctor Whooves said, giving Lyra an irritated look.
"Well my bad if I'm using hooves to hold my marker here, Doc! If I had something like I dunno… hands! Then this would be easier!" Lyra objected as the squad resumed the chase.
Berry Punch stepped in between the two feuding ponies. "We'll discuss this later, guys! For now, we need to go get that sucker!" She said, pointing her marker down the alley.
"Yeah! He's getting away! Let's go!" Bon Bon shouted as she charged ahead
Lyra, Doctor Whooves, Bon Bon, and Berry Punch ran down the shadowy alley, their minds set on one thing: to take out that Solar Flare scumbag they saw flee from them down another alley.
As the four rounded the corner they saw their opponent go, to their surprise, they only saw the concrete walls, the ground in front of them and the shadow cast by the one walls that spanned the opposite side of the alley.
"What? Did he just disappear?" Doctor Whooves asked in a bewildered tone.
Bon Bon rubbed her chin. "Well he was a pegasus. He could've just flown up and away from us."
Lyra lifted her dark blue mask. "Yeah. Our pegasi will take down that Solar Flare as soon as he gets up there." She said with a grin.
"Well. Let's go find some more then. Hopefully some pony that won't get away from us this time." Doctor Whooves figured as the four turned back down the alley the just came from and began walking away.
Meanwhile
Whew. That was a close one. Midnight thought, opening a red eye to check if the coast was clear. Giving out a sigh of relief, Midnight stepped out of the shadow he had melded with. Thanking for whatever entity that had granted him the power to become one with shadows, Midnight took off down the alleyway.
Okay. So from what that aqua unicorn said, they have air dominance which means I can't fly away. I guess I'll just have to take the hard way back to base. The pegasus thought as he reached the alley's exit. He looked to his right and saw the castle in the distance. I really hope the others are having a better time than I am.
Meanwhile
"I can't believe he up and left us like that!" Twilight shouted as paint splattered against the stone column she took cover behind.
A navy blue pony with an unkempt black mane and tail in golden Solar Flare armor peered around the column he was hiding behind to try to see his assailants. His eyes widened as he quickly hid behind cover again, several paintballs bounced off the column. "He probably just got caught up in a squad of Eclipses! He'll be fine!" Steve McGarret shouted.
"I hope you're right, Steve!" Twilight shouted back, reaching out with her marker and blind firing from behind cover. Her ears perked as she heard a sharp cry come from the position she fired on. Midnight, if you aren't back by sundown, I swear to Celestia… She thought, grimacing behind her mask.
"Twilight! They're advancing on our position! Can you get us out of here?" Steve shouted over the sound of CO2 being released from multiple markers. "I mean, I could run a distraction and probably take out ten at most before we're completely overrun!"
"That may be what we need." Twilight said, as her mind scrambled for a plan. After a few moments, Twilight had a strategy they could use. "When I say jump, jump straight at me." She said sternly as she began charging up her horn.
Steve gave Twilight an understanding look. "Teleportation?" He asked, earning a nod from his unicorn counterpart. "Got it." He said with a nod, turning around the column and aimed his hoof-mounted marker. Two clicks of his marker later, an unfortunate unicorn mare received three bruises, two on her hooves and one in the chest.
"I'm ready!" Twilight shouted beside him. "Jump towards me on my mark!"
Steve nodded in reply. Well, time for some suppression. He thought, taking a deep breath and exhaling into his mask. Turning the column again, Steve opened fire, spraying paint in every direction at the enemy ponies in front of him. The enemy Lunar Eclipses took cover as their positions were pelted by paintballs.
"Three! Two! One!" Twilight shouted. Steve broke from his suppressing position and leapt toward Twilight. Just as his hooves were mere inches from her, Twilight used her teleportation spell. In a flash of purple light, both Solar Flares were teleported far away from the battlefield.
-Appleoosa-
"Ready!" Sheriff Silver Star shouted to his troops. The sound of fifteen Appleoosian Solar Flares cocked their paintball markers sounded off. It had been a long and arduous battle, but the Solar Flares held victory at the end of the day. They had gathered roughly ten or twelve Lunar Eclipse troops into Town Square where twenty poles stood in the middle. Tying the front hooves of each Lunar Eclipse to the poles, they made the Eclipses easy targets for the firing squad.
"Aim!" the Sheriff shouted again. One more word and this town'll be ours. He thought, raising his hoof. All fifteen Solar Flares raised their hoof-attached markers at the Lunar Eclipses.
"Wait! Ah don't want to get shot!" One brown-coated Lunar Eclipse stallion shouted in a country accent. "We're all Appleoosians, right? We're all the same! Ah'm like a brother to all of you! Why would y'all shoot us like this?"
Sheriff Silver Star's eyes narrowed at the stallion. "Maybe y'all shoulda thought of that before siding with the Lunar Eclipses." He coldly replied. The stallion hung his head in response, ready to accept his fate.
"Fire!" the Sheriff shouted, making a slashing motion with his hoof. The sound of fifteen paintball markers discharging filled the air as paintballs flew. The Solar Flares watched as welts and bruises were instantly developing on the chests and bellies of the ponies they shot, sounds of pain resulting from it.
"Ow! Okay, okay! Y'all made yer point!" One Appleoosian mare shouted, a couple bruises making themselves clear on her right arm and chest. A few of the Solar Flares chuckled as one of them took aim at the mare again and fired a paintball straight at her. "Gah!" The mare exclaimed, her eyes clenching in pain as the ball hit her squarely in the stomach.
"Alright, alright. That's enough." Sheriff Silver Star said, turning to his victorious troops. "Who's up for some lunch?" He asked, eliciting many cheers from his soldiers.
"So are y'all gonna leave us like this?" The first Eclipse stallion asked as he saw the Solar Flares begin to walk off back to the courthouse for some grub.
Sheriff Silver Star looked back and grinned. "Maybe." He said, earning a shocked look from the stallion. "Don't worry, it's just 'till the end of the day. We'll give ya some scraps after we're done!" He said, trotting off with his platoon.
Tugging on the ropes that held his hooves above his head, the stallion sighed in resignation. After several moments, he spoke what every Eclipse was thinking. "Well, buck."
Hey Fanfiction! Hope you guys liked the first chapter of this fun little story I'm trying out. I'm trying to balance this and GoL to get chapters out for each one at least every other week for each fic. As always to you readers, OC's are always accepted and I'll try to incorporate every OC I receive into the story in some form or fashion.
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