The Equestrian Honor Guard
Epilogue
By Honored Service
*One year after the death of Honored Service*
Celestia stood on a platform overlooking the Canterlot gardens. Hundreds of ponies from all over Equestria had gathered to listen to the speech prepared by their leader in honor of the fallen human. A few griffons also decided to attend the gathering as they too heard about the amazing feats of this warrior biped.
The Princess of the Sun looked over the sea of pastel ponies. Her sister joined her and both royal alicorn sisters bowed their heads. All the ponies quieted and looked forward to their leaders in silence.
“My little ponies, today we are gathered here to pay our respects to a creature that deserved more than we could have ever given him. I am speaking about the human Johnson, or by his Equestrian name, Honored Service.
“This human came from a different world and put himself in the way of danger to protect us from many different threats. Whether it was Timber Wolves outside of Ponyville, or the creatures that roam the woods outside of Canterlot, he was always there to save us from something. One year ago on this very day, Honored gave the ultimate sacrifice to protect us once more. The changelings attacked this city with the intent to kill and destroy the pony population. They were led my Queen Chrysalis who was taken over by the Nightmare that had infected my sister.
This Nightmare wanted nothing but to destroy our way of life, but Honored Service had different plans. This lone human stopped the changeling army dead in its tracks and killed the evil queen. He was killed by the queen but had succeeded in stopping her.
So it is now that I declare this day to be a holiday celebrated with happiness in honor of the human that gave his life to stop the destruction of our species. Honor Day!”
The cheers of the ponies echoed across the entire city of Canterlot as the two alicorns pulled a large white sheet of a statue that rested underneath. A large marble carving of a bipedal creature stood on a base of granite. The human figure wore a duster that was flowing behind him as if caught in a breeze. The iconic weapon that the human used was held in one hand, pointed down and the other hand hung freely at his side. The smaller weapon and knife could be seen in its holster and sheath on his belts that crisscrossed his chest. A helmet that resembled the ones worn by the royal Guard rested on his head. And on his face he wore a smile that made everypony feel safe and cared for. A smile that seemed to say, ‘protected’.
A bronze plaque on the base of the statue read, This monument is of Johnson or Honored Service the last human to walk in Equestria. On the 23rd of Spring Rise 3,003 this human stopped the changeling invasion and gave his life to secure the safety of all ponies. May he forever be remembered as Equestrian Honor Guard Honored Service.
Ponies milled around for a while paying their respects to the statue by laying flowers at the base of it. Although a few ponies left smaller tokens at the base.
A trio of fillies laid a small red cape with a gold foal emblem on it, at the statues feet.
An orange earth pony and a large red earth pony left a basket of apples near the cape.
A pink pony left a cupcake on top of the apples.
A purple unicorn and a baby dragon left a book, entitled, The Story of Honored Service; Equestria’s Last Human, near the cupcake.
A blue pegasus simply nodded to the statue and placed a pair of sunglasses near the book and mumbled, “The coolest human there was.”
A white unicorn placed a half-finished hat that resembled a beret of red and gold next to the sunglasses.
A timid yellow pegasus crept up to the statue’s base and laid a simple bouquet of yellow and white flowers down.
The final group of ponies bowed their heads and said silent thanks to the dead and gone human that had given its life to save and protect them, and all the other ponies of Equestria. Together the group moved out of the gardens casting final glances in the direction of the marble statue.
Only one pony remained in the garden alone with the unmoving statue.
“Hi Honored.” The mare spoke softly to the figure.
A red coated mare with an orange mane trotted up to the base of the statue and looked up at the face of the human. “I wanted to come by and say good bye, since I didn’t get to when you were here.” A tear rolled of her cheek and landed nest to all the gifts laid at the statue’s feet. “I’m going to miss you Honored Service. I really did love you. There was so much more that I wanted to do but we never had the time.” More tears joined the first on the granite.
The mare reached under her wing and pulled out two small metal disks attached to a thin metal chain. “I’ve kept good care of these so I could give these back to when I saw you again. But…but…” Another wave of tears cut the mare off as she feel to her stomach and wept openly on the statues feet. “But you aren’t coming back are you Honored?” She looked up at the frozen smile etched onto the marble’s surface.
The red mare laid the dog tags silently next to the yellow and white flowers. “Good bye Johnson. I love you.” The mare closed her eyes and just thought about the short time she had had with her human.
“Now why are you sad?” A calm voice with a hint of playfulness called out to the crying mare. “I would expect somepony to be happy in front of such a good looking statue; although I think the jaw line is a little to round. Don’t you?”
The sobbing mare sniffled and wiped a hoof across her nose, turning to look at who was interrupting her mourning.
Behind her stood a tall bipedal creature that stepped out from underneath an oak tree. The creature had a smile on its face as he stopped in front of the statue. He had on a worn old brown duster that had holes and tears all along it. One sleeve was torn completely off, while the other still had a small red and blue patch with a gold foal on it. A series of belts held multiple knives along his chest and legs while a holster rested under his left arm. An armored chest piece that was scratched and dented covered most of his torso and a faded gold helmet with a green Mohawk rested on his head. A canvas satchel was slung across one shoulder along with a long rectangular weapon.
“Hello Sky”
okay, so maybe i told the tiniest little lie. There is indeed a sequel to this wonderful story. Be on the look out for Honor Above All Else. It tells the tale of what occured to Honored Service in the one year he was gone, leading up to the present reunion with Fast Skies. The updates will be coming a lot slower with this new story as the military college will be....confiscating all incoming cadet's electronics for a couple of days/weeks. And i am also in the process of writing some other stories that are not connected to Johnson in any way. Other fanfics. Thanks for reading, and hope to see you again in another story.
Stay strong,
Stay loving
Stay Tolerating,
-Johnson
double first?
and "YEEAAHHHH"
IT'S ENDED EPICLY a great way to end a story, also with sequels galore
Holy FUCK.
I did NOT see that coming.
cannot wait for the sequel.
This is what we in the radar business call a "ghost" that there but isn't at the same time, also know as a what the hell just happen.
ooh ooh he fell in the river that is where Reginald lives did the purple serpant save him by any chance. also i was seriously expecting him to say something like "the reports of my death have been overly exagerated" or something along those lines.
manly tears were shed. then the ending happened and now I feel like an idiot.
nice statue! it reminds me of something from a video game for the psp but for the life of me i cant remember its title...
How come the story is listed as incomplete? won't the next story be another story and not posted here?
Oh man the feels...
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But I loved the story! Sad it had to come to an end sometime.
But i'll be looking forward to the sequel! IT'S GONNA BE EPIC!!!!!!
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Nice.
what they got his statue wrong?!?!?!?!? the assholes!
yes. YES!
SO. MUCH. YES!
..............
-speechless-
Wow just wow.
... 40 chapters and you still don't tell us his full name, i feel sad now :( ... and now im over it can't wait for the next story to come
Dayuuum.Good ending indeed. But there are many mysteries now... where he was for whole year? How he survive(ok, our fabulous river-serpent would save him in river but this not explaining where Honored was for whole year...)?
Anywaaay. Fav and like i actually gave earlier so i can now do only one thing. Start following you to kept eye on you next creations! Waiting patiently for sequel.....
Pretty good ending. It's interesting he gets back a grand 365 days after he killed the queen, on the dot.
Well done.
well... damn... i feel like he's an M. Night among fan fic writers. i mean really? well what ever. either way this story kicked ass. i await your next story in this little arc.
this story gets 6 out of 5 staches.
well the first thing that i thought when i started reading it was:“hell no! another military story, this is gonna be completely out of reality and suck so bad”. well i usually give a shot any story i start to read so i skimmed it until appearance in equestria. first chapters was kinda boring, you got to much in detail to explain everything and you used too much military slang words. but after battle with wolfs it really started to be interesting and i loved the training camp. well only millitary book i have read was starship troopers but the awesomeness feeling was same as i got from your story .
only thing i didn't like that princesses were totally out of their characters but other than that you've made really good story and i don't get why you have so little likes. i guess the beginning is really discouraging so maybe you should rewrite it to gain more popularity
>>nbmanno hey man watch out for the feels
Whut?
*BAM*
This was an awesome story to read, a lot of fun, my only complaint is that I have to admit it was a very stereotypical HIE fic. Come to Equestria, meet the mane 6, defeat the ancient evil, yadahyadahyadah of course that isn't necessarily bad, it works a lot of the time. What hurt my enjoyment a bit was how undeniably Gary Stu Honored Service is... and a self-insert on top of that.
Again it was a good read, just very, very Gary Stu
1) Editor. Proofreader. Get them, please.
2) You didn't spell 'shook' right once... well... except for that time you tried to spell 'shocked'.
3) Half the 'by's in this story were 'my's and vice versa.
4) This story also suffers from SEVERE 'wrong-word-itis', possibly caused by 'Auto Correct Fail' Syndrome.
Ahem... Dear Johnson, let me describe my reaction to your story overall and especially for the end and actually having a freaking sequel:
*inhale*
HolyfuckingshitHolyfuckingshitHolyfuckingshitHolyfuckingshitHolyfuckingshitHolyfuckingshitHolyfuckingshit I LOVE YOUR STORY AND ESPECIALLY YOUUUUU!!!
Awesome story, didn't approve of the alcohol chapter or the occasional swear but apart from those minor complaints GREAT WORK!
Oh god man, the feels. The feels I had to go through in this chapter. But I am glad for one thing. Thank you for the cliff hanger. It sets in that feeling of curiosity in my heart. Combine that we feels and you get a reader who'll wait for the sequel.
Also, good song for this chapter:
I find that the reports of my death were greatly exaggerated!
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And for a song to follow the feeling of this chapter..... something bittersweet like this
I thought this was a great song to listen to for this chapter.
of course most likely you used your own song unless you skipped all the way down here which I doubt.
At the end of previosu chapter, i was like:
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At the end of this one, i was like:
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You little sneaky bucking bastard... I almost started getting emotional for a second. LOL
Epic ending to an epic story! But were did student electronics get confiscated?
AUTHOR
PLEASE TEACH ME HOW TO GIVE PEOPLE TOO MANY FEELS!!!
PLEASE!!!
But in all seriousness, that ending had me in tears. I swear it's true... not many (total lie) stories make cry... okay, quite alot of them do... but dude? You. Are an incredible author. I'm lucky I'm reading this in my bed, 'cause I find that I recieve more feels there. Mostly because it's easier to sink into the stories I read here. Although I probably would have shed a few tears were I in school as well...
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Thanks.
Really, just... thank you. For- for writing this. I'd give you a hug, but since I'm in my bed and you're... well, somewhere else obviously, that's difficult. Also, I don't reaallly wanna hug a guy... no offense c:
Now i start the sequel! :D considered this faved and the sequel im about to read auto faved as well as upvoted
early prediction for what sky does to honored.
first: a near bone shattering punch to the face
second: a rib breaking, tear filled hug
and third: kiss
time to start reading the sequel
YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD! There has only been one other story that has even effected my feels. Yours made me shed tears. Thank you
dam i love it lol
I cried, that was so beautiful!!!!!
Also i think i figured out your name.....It's Tarence!!!!
shit man i totaly got the feels when the CMC laid the cape down. no i freaking cried. awesome ending and will start reading the sequal
DA FEELS! I loved this fic! Gonna go read the sequel.
How dare you make me shed a tear, just to find out he lived.
You fantastic bastard
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Damn you, you satanic bastard. No one ever gets away with even making me flinch in stuff like that, yet you just played my heartstrings like a big-bowed fiddle...
y u do dis?
Second time reading this and it's still fucking awesome and provokes the feels!
I wish I could write and epic fic like this but I'm a long ways away from that.
Moving on to the sequal now!!
Best ending ever....i cry...
2522714 GAH.....!
Pleasd dont kill me with cuteness.....
Whoa...2sad4me...but i knew it would end well because there is a sequel!!!!
Fucking amazing
I BUCKING KNEW IT! It really is the ending of Game of Shadows, first the waterfall cliff scene and now this!
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.....I approve.
I knew it but still fuck u that was a good ending
Damn you! Why must you play with our hearts, you and all the other authors!?
Trollestia, this is pure Karma coming right for you. Thought you could troll hard?
Well fuck you, this lad here just broke the speed record for the training run course, got a girlfriend in a foreign land within a year of being there and you took over thousands of years to not-even, slain over 4,000 changelings evenhandedly w/ assistance from only 3 others (or 2?), became a bad-ass, made how many 69 jokes and general puns, dealt with blueblood's stupid shit on a chariot ride that was likely HOURS long, and that is just a few of the things he did within this year-or-so length period. NOT ONLY, but he died a sexy n glorious death. Well glorious at-least.
In return, he faked death, coming back a whole year later, to REEEAAALLLLY let the death sink in while he was gone, just to fuck with shit more, because for shits n giggles. After all you put him through, Trollestia Celestia, I think this is a dish best served on a silver platter....