AN: I have permission from Muse Scroll to write this fanfic, this is the sequel to "Healing for a Spell"
AN: I do not own MLP or M*A*S*H
Early the next morning, Hawkeye and Twilight, who both were still in their human forms, joined the others in Canterlot for a meal. "Looks like you two are refreshed." Celestia said with a sly smile.
"Oh you have no idea teacher." Twilight chuckled as they sat down. "Hawky here already made us breakfast back home so we aren't hungry but we came anyway so we can all talk about our gameplan."
"Yeah...about that...you and Hawkeye are in charge Twilight." Celestia softly said causing both of their mouths to drop.
"Why us?"
"Because Twilight this is your fight and Hawkeye is the lead surgeon so it is the most logical choice. The vote was unanimous so there is to be no debating it."
"Understood Celestia, me and Tw-." Hawkeye was cut off as a loud explosion was heard, close enough to them to make the whole castle shake. When they all ran outside, Canterlot was reduced to heaps of debris with bodies everywhere. The guards that could still fight were trying to corral Sombra's troops. "This place like a war zone..." Hawkeye said under his breath to where he thought none of the others heard.
"Hawky...that is because this place now IS a war zone..." Twilight gently replied looking at the carnage in front of her as she and Hawkeye turned back into their Alicorn forms. The sight of blood didn't bother her that much due to helping back in Korea; but Dash, Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack all got sick to their stomachs. "Move it everypony! We have no time to waste to try and save as many lives as we possibly can. Dash, you and Pinkie go back to camp and get the others. Rarity, AJ, and Fluttershy you three help the nursing staff until the others arrive. When they get here, me and Hawkeye will help with any nessessary surgeries after taking the wounded back. Celestia and Luna, you two activate all reserve squadrons of your troops to help on the front lines. Does everypony understand or do I have to explain myself again..." Twilight switching into tactical mode so quick caught the others off guard a little, but they all nodded and went to assess the task they were each given. Shortly after, the rest of the 4077 arrived. They found that using the pony forms of themselves allowed them to move the wounded more quickly so they had Twilight cast the same spell on them that Celestia used on Hawkeye and within 25 minutes all the bodies and injured had been moved. Not too long after, Hawkeye and Twilight arrived to help with the surguries, not getting done until nearly 2 days later and moral was clearly down.
"40 hours in the O.R..." Twilight said as she took a seat by Hawkeye in the mess hall to take a break after finishing the last patient.
"I will admit, that was one of the longer ones I have endured myself..." Charles said sitting by B.J. and Hotlips.
"Buck this..." Hotlips grumbled. "Not even Korea was this bad..."
"Worst part is that so many of them are so young," Hawkeye added. "Convert their age to human years and the average is 19.2, barely adults, Tirek might win this one. Also, you are pretty close on your mortality rate guess Twilly, it is 68% at the moment."
"Told you so..." She replied with a slight sneer. "At least Sombra's forces got blown away, quite literally, by the windstorm Dash and Pinkie thought of. Now we are down to the Changlings, which I downright LOATH fighting, and Tirek. This is where the true fun begins guys so let's win this." The others nodded before crashing due to lack of energy.
-2 months later-
"What is the update Shining?" Celestia demanded as Shining came into the War Room, which was based in the Castle of Friendship.
"Calm down Tia, I got good news and bad news to report. Bad news is Tirek's group is closing in from the direction of Germareney and we don't have enough troops to spread to fight that area. Also, Dash is gonna be out atleast a month recovering from a broken wing. Good news is we just wiped out the last changeling hive and captured Chrysalis alive."
"Pull back some covering Everfree, Ponyville, Cloudsdale, and the mountains to the north to try and hold back Tirek's squadron." Luna said slamming a hoof onto the table. "and I thought I made myself pretty bucking clear when I said I wanted Chrysalis dead for making my daughter end up in the hospital."
"You did Lulu, but I figured to bring her to you alive and do as you please to torture her." Shining nervously replied before glancing around the room to avoid Luna's scowl and look for an excuse to change the subject before finally finding one. "Say, where is Twilly at? I haven't seen her all day."
"That is because you were on the front lines getting reports all morning." Hawkeye said from his chair at the table. "Besides, she is at the doctor right now, she woke up feeling ill." As if on cue, Twilight then entered the room. The flat look on her face was unreadible so nopony knew what she had to say. "You ok honey?"
"Yeah..." Twi said with a soft drawn out sigh in such a low whisper that it would compete with Fluttershy's. "Just got back from the doctor...I'm pregnant Hawky..." Everypony's muzzle went slack and Hawkeye fainted on the spot, revived a few minutes later by none other than Twilight.
"Our own herd..." He said in amazement as he got back up onto his hooves. "This is a blessing."
"Yeah it is, but too bad none of you will live to see it fulfilled." A voice said from the only dimly lit corner of the room. When the individual stepped into view, everypony growled.
"What do you want Tirek?..." Shining asked trying to control his temper.
"Your sister," Tirek replied in a slightly Discordian like manner. "Hello? The reason this war is happening in the first place. I guess you had your head shoved so far up your wife's plot you missed the memo but oh well. Now that Twilight is pregnant, I will raise the foals as my own personal guards IF she cooperates. Either she comes peacefully or I remove them with her husband watching."
"You are a dead being walking if you think that I will allow you to do that to me." Twilight replied charging a spell.
"Your pregancy has made you slow." Tirek said firing a spell himself at her. It missed its mark, however, since Hawkeye shoved her out of the way. The blast hit him right in the chest and instantly he knew due to his medical expertise that he had a collapsed lung and was slowly bleeding out internally due to a rib puncturing and ripping part of his stomach.
"Hawkeye..." Twi said with a bit of sadness in her tone before it turned to anger. "You are gonna die Tirek..."
"As if." He then fired another blast at her, but she teleported just in time to miss. Everything then went black for him as Twilght came up from behind and rammed her horn through the back of the neck, killing him on the spot and she didn't land until she was by Hawkeye who had turned into his human form.
"You gonna be alright Hawky?" Twi asked with a hint of hope in her voice.
"You know the answer to that already dear..." He said with a sad tone in his voice as he finished writing something down on a piece of paper and sliding it over to her. "There is something you must know...back on Earth I have a wife and 3 kids...this is their address. You know what you are gonna have to do..." ((Decided to use that from the book that he has a family))
"I know, keep in mind I help with paperwork and letters and the whatnot. I still love you anyway Hawkeye..."
"I love you as well Twilly..." He then gave her a kiss and she felt him take his last breath. She turned into her human form and wrapped her arms around him and cried until there were no more tears. The next day she met up with Celestia, Luna, and Col. Potter who had covered Hawkeye's casket with the American flag.
"You ready to do this Twilight?" Col. Potter asked placing a hand on her shoulder as she wrapped a wing around him.
"Yeah..." She said before casting the spell sending the three of them back to Earth.
