-Equestrian Civil War-
-Chapter 4 Scars and old wounds-
-AN: Took a while to write again. And shoutout to Phoenix Redtail for allowing me to use her Oc in this story and still to Doc Anubis for allowing me to use his Oc (big mistake, lol). Anywho…let's get back to the story and see what happens to the preparations for the Equestrian Games.-
The next morning after dinner….
Twilight wakes up from her sleep and looks to the side of the bed. Spike is sleeping in his own bed and with her magic she properly covers him with the blanket as off his body, With a yawn and a stretch she strides to the balcony and looks over the fields of Equestria with a smile on her face. 'The Equestrian Games will be wonderful'. A small frown forms on her face 'I hope Thunder Wave won't ruin it with her attitude. How can a pony directly oppose or speak bad about Queen Celestia? She is our queen who ruled for centuries'. She feels something nudge her leg and looks down to Spike who was awakened by her monologue and the young dragon yawns 'Twi…is breakfast ready?'. She giggles and ruffles his head 'Sure silly. Let's go get some breakfast'. As per usual she picks him up on her back and begins to walk out of their dorm room and down the halls of the castle. They do however hear some grunts from Thunder Wave's room. Spike pulls her mane in that direction 'Sounds like General Thunder Wave is up. Can we peek in?'. Twilight sights and shakes her head 'No Spike, you don't violate a lady's privacy. What if she is changing her clothes or something?' Spike pouts but jumps from her back and slightly opens the door to peek in 'Come on…just a sec'. Twilight quickly tried to grab Spike 'SPIKE, NO!' but they stumbled forward flat in the room. Thunder Wave who was doing pushups with a wing quickly looks over at them. 'What the….' whispers the pegasus. Spike looks over her hooves and body, taking in all the battle scars she has from the battle for Canterlor and Twilight can't help but also stare, the eye scar was quite visible and alright but those other scars on her hooves and hips weren't seen on a daily basis by the masses. Spike stands up and looks down awkwardly 'You…have a lot of scars, General Wave…I was wondering-' he is cut off as Twilight covers his mouth with a hoof and shakes her head 'Spike, enough…'. She looks at Thunder Wave who at this point stops doing push ups and glares at them with her good eye 'What? I am a military pony, battle scars are part of the job contract, you know?' replies the blue pegasus and Twilight nods 'Sorry if we invaded your privacy, General Thunder Wave. Spike could not resist the temptation…but I do have a question ... .how badly did you fight to have those scars?' asks the purple unicorn with genuine curiosity. Thunder sights and sits down in her bed 'You see…
One year ago during the changeling attack on Canterlot…
Ponies scream and flee the streets as the horde of bugs overwhelms any royal guards or resistance. Some ponies are easily cocooned and the changelings start to drag them towards some wagons to carry them later to their hives. While Twilight and the rest of the elements were captured and brought before Queen Chrysalis, outside the city the wonderbolt under Thunder Wave and Spitfire soar the sky towards the city.
'Once we arrive there, we split into 2 teams' Commands Thunder wave. 'Soarin, you lead team Bravo to get all the captured ponies back. Me and Spitfire are Team Alpha, we will hold off the changelings in the city. We might fall in battle today or end up in the hive as livestock but we do this for Equestria!' The speech makes the Wonderbolts determined to succeed and help their ponies 'YES MA'AM!' shout the wonderbolts in union.
The elite fliers arrive at the city and the plan goes right into action. Soaring with his team, they fly towards the changelings who drag the cocooned ponies and they dive into the changelings.
'You won't take our people away, you disgusting parasites!' glares Soarin as he stomps a hoof and spreads his wings wide, lowering a little for a better fighting position and his team follows up 'Yeah, you bugs will lose' growls Fleefoot. The downed changelings get up and hiss as their jaws clench and they form a protective formation around their captured prey. Soarin nods to his team 'Guys…ATTACK!' and they charge into the changelings and the fight begins.
In the middle of the city Thunder Wave flies overhead and looks for what she can do, Spitfire is already busy kicking some changelings away from a theater building that is taken as a refugee place. Thunder's eyes land on a cornered filly in an alley as a changeling drone slowly walks towards it with his jaws wide open and its tongue out. 'SOMEONE PLEASE HELP MEEEE!' cries the filly tearing up as she backs into the wall. The changeling lunges at her and Thunder Wave gasps 'NOOOOO!' She, without thinking, dives down and just before the jaws of the changeling shut on the filly, Thunder pushes the filly away and the drone's jaws snap shut in her left eye. Thunder screams in agony as her eye bleeds and it goes blind, she grits her teeth 'YOU BASTARD!' In one hard move she grabs the changeling by the neck and begins to smash its head over and over again the wall until it is painted in the blood of the changeling and it stops moving. Thunder pants heavily as she backs off from the now dead enemy….she angrily spits on its body and turns to the filly 'Sweetie…run for safety. Go to the theater, my friend Spitfire and some pony actors around there will take care of you.' The filly, not wanting to argue with the one who saved her, quickly nods and gallops towards the theater where a good defense was made by Spitfire and the owner of the theater Phoenix. With the filly in a safe place Thunder walks to some broken glass and looks at her face…the darn fangs of the changeling went right through her flight glasses and ruined her eyes in a bloody mess. She narrows her now single right eye 'Guess i am one eye now' and she throws the glasses away and rips some part of her flight suit to make a quick bandage around her head to cover the eye just in time as a small horde of changelings run and stop around her 'here is the one who killed Frank! Get her!' hisses one changeling and they run at her. Thunder scoffs 'Try it, bugs' and she spreads her wings flying up, the changeling giving chase. She hovers above Canterlot and the changelings form a circle in the sky around her 'If you want a piece of my flank, come at me' snarls Thunder and the horde rushes her. She screams as the changelings sink their fangs into her hooves, flank and chest and once a changeling grabs her wing to stop her flight, the mass of changelings and Thunder rapidly fall towards a bar.
Right in the school refuge right next to the bar…
Foals hide under their desks as the teacher, the green pegasus Anubis looks out the window at the mess that is Canterlor now. A colt nudges his hind leg 'Professor Anubis…will we be ok? Will the big bad bugs put us in cocoons?'. The older pony sights and shakes his head as he rearranges his glasses 'They will have to get through me first. I will protect you foals. Just stay under there. I am sure the royal guards and Wonderbolts will successfully push the invaders away.' Just as he said that the ball of changelings and Thunder crashed through the roof of the bar and his eyes widened 'Or I guess not'. He quickly pushes his teacher's desk in front of the door and closes the curtains in case some blood spills so as to not scare the kids even more.
Back in the bar…
Thunder groans and pushes a knocked out changeling off herself as she stands up and cranks her back as she was on the bar table 'Ow…ow ow…hell my spine'...She looks as the changelings also stand up from their mild stun and get around her hissing and growling. Thunder looks down at herself…bleeding from all those bite wounds, a missing eye and bruised wings. She smiles slowly 'If I die today….' she grabs a bottle of whiskey and smashes it against the table cracking it and she points it at the 20 or something changelings with a sick smile 'I am taking you with me down to Tartarus! COME AT ME BUGS!' and the changelings rush her and she charges back.
A little earlier at the theater…
Spitfire wipes some blood and sweat off her forehead as she pushes a changeling corpse away from the entry, she glances at the ponies hiding inside and looks at the fox pony hybrid 'Phoenix, the theater is at full capacity. I don't think we can take more ponies in.' The actress pegasus nods 'I agree but what can we do? There are like a million of those bugs all around town.' She points in the sky 'Um…what is that black ball…of changelings and PEGASI?' screams Phoenix and spitfire looks up at what Phoenix points to and her eyes widen 'THAT'S THUNDER WAVE! SHIT!' shouts Spitfire in shock. The captain can only watch as the general crashes into the bar…most likely dead and she narrows her eyes as she glances at the school next to it 'Is the school overrun with bugs or…is it safe?' asks Spitfire looking at Phoenix. She nods 'Ye. A friend of mine, Anubis , works there as a professor. Most likely the smart guy already barricaded all students' Spitfire paces rapidly 'I have a plan….We take the refugees from here to the school. It is way larger and we can form a more united front should the changeling attack us.' Phoenix nods quickly 'All right, you heard her. Guys from a column and after Spitfire. We move to the School' the ponies inside are a bit skeptical at being out in the open but quickly follow Spitfire and Phoenix towards the school, while Spitfire forms a quick perimeter Phoenix knocks on the school door and the mad Anubis slams the door open lighting a ruler with a 'mighty' battle roar 'NO ONE GETS MY STUDENTS' and Phoenix rolls her eyes and slaps him to reality 'I get that I scare you but I am not a black changeling, you know, buddy?' and Doc flinches and clears his throat..'Em…ya. Ok Phoenix…' and Spitfire nudges them 'All right old friends, we got a war outside. More workin' less talkin'. And they help the refugees inside the school with the foals. 'Gosh I hope Thunder Wave is still alive' thinks Spitfire as she glances at the broken bar as sounds come from inside it…but then…hope arrives as inside the Castle Princess Cadance and Shining armor use their love to banish the changelings from Canterlot. The city erupts in cheers as the invaders are pushed away. Some good soldiers were lost sadly and a search for survivors began. Spitfire looks at Anubis and Phoenix 'You two head into that bar and search if Thunder is still alive. NOW!' and both pegasi rush out of the school and enter the bar…inside it is…a butcher's wet dream…blood everywhere, dead changelings with sliced necks and leaning on the bar covered in changeling blood and her own blood Thunder Wave breaths weakly as she leans a bottle of whiskey to her mouth. After she sips a little, she collapses down as Anubis and Phoenix rush to her 'GENERAL! WAKE UP!' shouts the fox pony as she shakes Thunder who does not respond. Anubis picks her up on his back. 'Let's take her to a medical area…she is close to death' and Anubis and Phoenix carry the barely alive pony to the closest medical area in the ruins of the capital…
In the present…
'Aaand that's how I got my scars' speaks to Thunder looking at Twilight and Spike who listened to her story silent the entire time with open jaws. Twilight shakes her head and looks at the pegasus with a new found high respect. 'You alone…killed 20 changelings in a bar and…still took a final sip…General…I can see why the changelings call you the Changeling Butcher…such bravery is rarely seen….'
Thunder looks down and chuckles 'Heh…you think? If it ain't for Anubis and that Phoenix gal, I would have been dead. I did thank them and still keep in touch in case they need me for their jobs as teacher and actor.
'Not to break any good memories…but I am still hungry' speaks Spike and Twilight facepalms. Thunder laughs and pats Spike on the head. 'Lil Drake has a point…I am also hungry from this story…let's go get a bite.' As Twilight and Thunder leave the room for the royal dining room, Spike glances at Thunder's bed and can see a sort of file under her pillow…he can only read the word 'bolt' so he shrugs 'Eh, must be personal reports' and he runs to follow Thunder and Twilight.
End of Chapter 4.
AN: I know in my last chapter I named chapter 4 preparations but I decided to change it last minute. This chapter shows a bit of Thunder's scars and duty while also seeing more of Anubis and first time featuring Phoenix Redtail. Chapter 5 will be done….sometime. Trifosu out-