I'm uploading this chapter right after chapter IV because this chapter is pretty short (only 698 words). Enjoy as always :D
V
"Hehehe… uh… what?" Connor stuttered nervously.
"It's the U.S… I don't know why they did but… just…Here, read for yourself" I said, handing him the letter. His eyes traveled down the page and he got more and more nervous as he read.
"Fuck this shit" he yelled running to his desk. "Let's make some fuckin' weapons NOW!"
"Thanks for alerting us, Twilight" I spouted then I turned and ran over to get down to business. Several days passed and Connor and I had kicked into high-gear with our weapon production. We had enough M4A1s for about half the Equestrian military by the end of the month, as well as having more than enough M1911s. Our sleep time was reduced to only about 6 or 5 hours every other night.
After about a month and a half, we had supplied weapons for the entire Equestrian military. Sadly, the same day we finished, Twilight came back to inform us of something else that had happened…
"The city of Manehattan is now under U.S. control."
"Fuuuuu….." my voice trailed off as I fell into my own thoughts. "I still don't get it… I know that the U.S. and Equestria were on bad terms, but normally the U.S. doesn't just start something for no apparent reason… This war must have been some kind of a set-up or something…" And Ponyville was one of the more valuable cities in Equestria. They'd probably come here pretty soon, so how could I prevent the U.S. gaining control HERE too? The answer was so obvious, I'm surprised I even had to think to get it. Arm the town.
"Connor!" I yelled to the other room. Connor came running out to see why I had called him. "Let's get to work! We're gonna arm Ponyville to the teeth!"
"Hell yeah, brother!" he shouted. In about 2 or 3 weeks we had some pretty good weapons issued to every single pony in town, as well as teaching everypony how to use them. As soon as thoughts of being finished entered our minds, a knock at the door came around midnight. We opened the door to see a white stallion with an Alicorn beside him. In front of the two of them were Twilight and a blue Pegasus with a colorfully bright mane. We had learned that this was Rainbow Dash. I thought she was a little bit annoying, because when we gave her a weapon, she requested that we make it about "20% cooler".
"John" Twilight spoke up. "This is my brother Shining Armor and his wife Princess Cadence."
"Oh!" I squeaked at the word Princess and attempted a small bow. "What brings you two here?"
Shining Armor was the first to speak. "Our kingdom, the Crystal Empire, is now under control of the United States." My jaw dropped.
"I know. That was my reaction" Rainbow Dash giggled while looking at my reaction.
"Shit, we gotta do more" I thought out loud.
"What?" Cadence interrupted, confused.
"We've been arming Ponyville as much as possible, but if they can take over the Crystal Empire, we obviously haven't done enough. We need patrols, guard towers…"
"We'll do our best to help" Shining Armor said, probably trying to calm me down. Me and Connor managed to gather around 7 ponies that were willing to work as guards for the time being. We made some fairly unstable guard towers out of any scrap we could get, and we set up patrols and guard times and such for our seven pony army. In the last while, Connor put the finishing touches on a Light Machine Gun that he had been working on while I made sure I had enough ammo for my M1 Garand. We were completely prepared…
I was scared of what was going to happen. We may have been ready, but I knew that the U.S. Military was powerful, especially compared to Equestria. Not only that, but we still had the question of why the war started on our mind. So many problems and questions… But we'd just have to find out later…
Now we wait…
Chapter name based off of the song "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes.