The morning dawn upon me as the sunlight hit my eyes, “Five more minutes Lyra.” I mumble as my covers are pulled off of me. I turn to see Archive looking at me shaking his head and throws a box at me.
“You got a gift from Ponyville from Rarity.” He says to me as he looks at the box, “Well what are you waiting for open it.”
As I open it I see two pairs of my uniform and underwear, “Yes, I have more clothing, now I can finally take a shower!” I shout holding the clothing up, then I notice one thing wrong with it. “What about my patches?” I say looking at the clothing’s missing patch spot.
“Why don’t you just make some new ones?” Archive says slightly confused about my distress by my lack of patches.
I look at the empty spot and thinking back to how my squads name was W45, I decide what to do. I put the clothing in the box and turn to Archive, “You’re right time to start over,” I say to him as I think to myself, “and the wolf pack is where I will start rebuilding.” I then take out some clothing for myself and head to the shower. As I start to shower I look at my leg wondering how it managed to heal without much treatment. Must have been healing while I was frozen I guess to myself as I shower.
“Hey Ensis were leaving so get out already” Archive shouts reminding me that we are one a schedule I quickly get out of the shower and put on my clothing and I leave the room, to seeing the rest of the group waiting on me. Our navigator, who turns out to be called Ebrio Plano, Steel, Archive, and Lyra all are waiting for me in the lobby.
“What took you so long Ensis we have to get going.” Lyra says as she leads the group out the door to the dock. Before I can say anything I am forced out the door by Ebrio.
“Come on buddy before I lose my buzz.” He says as he walks ahead of me, while seeming to almost fall over with each step. “Yo Ensis hurry up” he then hiccups and keeps walking.
I shrug and catch up with the rest of the group, “Lyra how long is the ship going to take?”
Lyra looks up to me and smiles and says happily, “Around 20 days at most this is what takes most the time, but it will be nice since we have a good boat.” She then hops happily, “Blue Blood said he will finance the boat and some of the food.”
As we travel towards the boat I see a gryphon come towards us and stand in front of me. “Stop right there!” Before I can say anything else he brings out a sword and presents it to me, “I was part of the guard here, but after seeing you handled the terrorist and I knew you could help me.”
“Wait, what do you mean help you I don’t even know you.” I say to him confused by his actions, and as I look at him I see his determined eyes looking back at me.
“I want to be stronger so I can make my family proud,” he tells me as he continues bowing, “So please train me in how to fight like you did.”
I grin slightly, “You remind me of myself, so I will ask you some questions to see if you are worthy of training.” I look at him to see him nod his head, “Will you lay down your life for what is right, will you put the needs of others before yourself, will you pledge yourself to your team if you are to have one, and if you need fight till the very last breath to save the lives of the team?” I look at him intensely after I say this.
“I will, and will not hesitate to do so.” He says as he gets up to all four legs. A smile crosses my face, and I take out my walking stick and switch it to sword mode and raise it.
“Hold still.” I then tap his shoulders with the sword and switch it to walking stick mode. “Come you will train on the boat with me tell your family goodbye for now you will back after 18 weeks of hell.” I then keep moving forward with the group. “Meet me at the docks.” I say before running to catch up with Lyra.
“Why did accept training him?” Lyra asks me as she looks back at the gryphon who is now flying away.
“He had good eyes; you can see his determination in them.” I answer her as I keep walking forward, “How much time do we have before the boat leaves.”
Lyra then chuckles slightly, “Well it’s our boat now so we can leave anytime today sorry I just want to hurry up and get out of here.” She then smiles sheepishly as she rubs the back of her head.
“Then I need you to come with me for a moment to get something.” I say as I start heading towards what seems to be a clothing shop. I then stop as I stand inside to see a picture of Rarity in next to a gryphon who then runs up to me.
“Oh my gosh I know only one pony who can make clothing like this you must have gotten it from Rarity did you not?” she says while circling me, “So what would you like?”
“Do you think you can make a copy of something like what I’m wearing but for gryphons and I would like for you to make a patch for me.” I say as I show her a picture of a wolf with a sword hilt in its mouth, “This is what I would like the patch to be like if you don’t mind.”
She looks at me and smiles, “Sure if you tell me if it’s true about you making your own country.” She then moves over to some fabrics and takes out leather and green cloth and puts it on a table. “So do we have a deal?”
I look her dead in the eye, “Who told you this?”
“A prince told me and who is searching for new citizens.” She replies with a slight smirk.
“Yes I am I plan on creating the country.” She then starts working on the uniform slightly smiling.
“Why though why not stick with one of the other countries?”
“The tensions are too high and being a neutral party will help me gain an advantage as they will seek someone to help them.”
She shrugs and shows me the uniform and ten patches of the wolf, “Be sure to tell me if you manage to get your country running.” She then walks us out.
“Well then Lyra I guess I didn’t need you to pay for it.” I tell Lyra trying to avoid her gaze that she is shooting at me.
“Yea but now I know why Blue Blood wanted to fund this you are offering a position to him didn’t you!” she yells at me as she sighs, “My goodness what are we going to do if Celestia finds out about another country forming?”
“Nothing we are neutral you ponies seem to be peaceful, so I doubt you'd do something rash.” I say confidently as I walk back towards the dock, I then hear a loud sigh and see Lyra come beside me.
We then make our way to the docks to see the gryphon from before stand in front of the group with three other gryphons that seem to be arguing with the rest of the group. Lyra and I make our way to the group to see what’s going on.
“He was allowed here and they should be to!” One of the gryphons says.
“Like hell we are letting them on the boat you’ll probably attack us while we are sleeping like the sneaky bitches you are!” Ebrio says, probably drunk once again due to the smell of alcohol coming from him.
“That is enough fighting!” Lyra says as she shouts walking between them, “What is going on?”
“This drunkard here won’t let me and my team on the boat” A gryphon says as he then notices me, “You’ll stand on our side right, since you are recruiting people for your army right?”
“Yes, I will stand on your side but understand this part of the training deals with you leaving your country to join mine will you still join us, if not leave.” Lyra looks at me in shock as I say this. The gryphons then do a salute and get in a line in front of me. “Good come then.” I then march them into the boat. As I get onto the boat with them I order them to go into formation the tallest on the left and shortest on the right. I then march next to the first on the left to see it’s the original one I talked to, I then notice his light brown fur, white feathers, and green eyes, “What is your name?”
“Unrol sir!” he says as he salutes me holding his fist to his chest, I then go to the next one.
“Taylla sir!” she says as she salutes and I notice that she and Unrol look the same.
“Are you related to Unrol?”
“Yes sir, I am his twin.”
I then proceed to then next one, “Name soldier.”
“Fenris sir!” he then slams his fist to his muscular chest covered in onyx black fur
I then step in front of a gryphon with wood brown fur and grayish feathers, “Name soldier.”
“Eren.” He says this without saluting or saying sir.
“Now I don’t think you know you salute me and then say sir, now if you disrespect me again I will slap you so hard it will feel like a train just hit you, do I make myself clear?” I say to him getting him to change his remark.
“Yes sir!” he then salutes me.
“Good, Lyra let’s get this boat moving.”