//------------------------------// // Chapter 2: Faith // Story: Viper: Uprising // by Kitsune_Kenshi //------------------------------// Theme for this chapter. (I Vow To Thee My Country, Battlefield 5 OST) Stop this music when you see this: (~) Gallus went back to the treehouse to do his homework, it may be his last homework, since he's gonna fly a plane and shooting down enemies instead of writing stuff. He hummed the RAF song all the way back into his room. But the moment he opened his door, he came face-to-face with Silverstream; and she does NOT look happy. "Gallus? Where are you this whole time?" she asked, still looking upset. "Oh! Hey Silver.... Uh... I... well.... um..." Gallus stammered. Silveratream knew he's hiding something. "Gallus, are you hiding something from me? Be honest." she said, with a slight disappointment. Knowing that she'll find out sooner or later, Gallus sighed and spilled it out, "I... I went to the RAF Enlisting Center. Commander Tempest told me to go to the RAF Camp next morning by 9:30. " Silverstream closed her eyes, trying not to smack him in his face. Her worst fear is happening. One step closer to losing her love. "Look Silver, I know you don't want me to enlist, but I... I want to prove that I'm worthy. And to repay this country for giving me new life, new family, and... And you."Gallus said, but he realized his spoke too fast and some word came out. "Prove yourself to who?" Silverstream asked. "Well... to... um..." Gallus stammered. "If you don't want to say it, it's fine..." Silverstream said, looking to the floor. "No! No it's not!" Gallus said, maybe too quick, "I want to prove that I'm worthy of you!" "Me?!" "*Sigh* Yes." Silverstream hated this, she don't want Gallus to risk his life just to prove that he is worthy to be with her. "Gallus, listen." She suddenly said, "I don't want you to die trying to impress me or make me proud. I'm already proud of who you are. But I will respect your choice." "Thanks, I... I should've known." Gallus sighed in relief, for a brief moment he thought Silverstream's gonna get all mad and piss off. "Well, if there's no problems please excuse me, I hav etc pack up my stuff for the camp tomorrow." He turned to walk back to his room, but stopped by SIlverstream's call, "Gallus wait!" "Yeah?" callus asked as he turned, but what happened next is NOT what he'd expected. Silverstream's beak was on his. She kissed him. After a few moment, she broke the kiss, leaving Gallus still trying to process what had just happened. "There's something I wanna say before you go..." Silverstream started. "That you love me?" Gallus finished. "Look Gallus, I'm going to say it again," Silverstram said, Gallus looked into her eyes, "You said you joined the RAF to make me proud, but you've already did. You're already a hero in my eyes, Gallus. And I want us to have a future together. But I need you at my side for that to happen. I still respected your choice but... keep in mind that, I loved you because of who you are, don't try to risk your life just to prove me something." She finished with a warm smile. Overwhelmed with emotion, Gallus threw himself onto Silverstream, hugging her tightly... (~) The next morning, Gallus woke up very early, he double checked his pack, making sure nothing was left behind. It's pretty far from the RAF Training Camp since it's located near Canterlot, and the train aren't gonna wait. He turned and saw a photo of him and Silverstream, both laughing. It was taken last year, at the camping road trip. Gallus hesitated for a brief moment, then he took the photo and gently put it in his pack. He stood in front of the treehouse's door, thinking about SIlverstream. He knew how hard and tough to become a pilot, and if he did, he won't have that much time to spend with SIlverstream; who just became his girlfriend yesterday. Suddenly, he felt a claw on his shoulder, making him jump a bit. Gallus turned and saw his beloved looking at him with a pair of sad, yet encouraging eyes. "Oh hey Silver, I... I didn't see you there." Gallus scratched the back of his head, while smiling. Silverstream hugged him tight, and he returned the hug. Suddenly, he heard Silverstream sobbing quietly in his chest feathers. "Wha, what's wrong Sliver?" Gallus asked with concern in his voice. "Not... nothing, j... just thinking about I won't be seeing you that often anymore..." Silverstream sniffed, tears rolling down her beautiful violet eyes, "I'm worried about you... what if... what if you never came back? What if---" she was cut short by a quick lovely kiss on her beak. Gallus smiled warmly at her, "No what if, turn it into 'I will'." he said while gently stroking his beloved's adorable face, "I will return to you. I Pinkie Promise." Silverstream wiped away her tears and lay her head onto Gallus's shoulder, "You better." she said while nuzzling him. Gallus smiled and kissed her again, "Will this answer you?" "Yes." And they unleashed their true love kiss. After a long moment, Gallus slowly broke the kiss, holding his special somegriff's claws, "I should get going, the train's not gonna wait." Then, he picked up his pack and prepared to leave. "Wait!" Gallus turned, Silverstream gave him a beautiful neckless made of many colorful sea shells and a piece of the magic pearl on it. "I made it myself," she said, "It's for good luck and also... a sign of engagement." "Thanks Silver." Gallus smiled. They hugged one last time, "Please... be well... I'll wait for you until you returns..." he heard SIlverstream whispered into his ears. Finally, they broke the hug and Gallus walked towards the train station. Luckily, Gallus was on time, with a loud whistle, the train left Ponyville, towards the RAF Camp. (~) Gallus walked into a cabin, and he saw a female Griffon, a female Kirin, and a male Pegasus sitting in the cabin. The female Griffon saw Gallus and greeted him. "Hi there, my name is Glenda, these are my friends Wildfire and Whirlwind. And you are?..." she said. Glenda is a bit bubbly like Gabby and Silverstream, Wildfire is... well, the quiet type, Whirlwind is a nice stallion. "My name is Gallus," Gallus said, sitting next to Glenda, "Nice to meet you all." They spend the next hour talking about themselves. Gallus was quite surprised that Glenda is also a fighter pilot of the GEAF (Griffon Empire Air Force), but she quit due to her injury on a mission, later, after she healed, she enlisted the RAF to soar through the clouds again. Wildfire is quite young, he wanted to become a AWACS pilot, he only talked about his goal and... that's pretty much it. Yep, definily a quiet type. Whirlwind is an ex-Wonderbolt, after the war started, he quit Wonderbolt and enlisted the RAF, for his family. Whirlwind is the oldest of his family, he had a 3-year-old brother, his mom is in hospital, and his father has PTSD, since he's a Veteran of the Griffon Civil War (Now, you might ask what does the Griffon Civil War have to do with ponies? Because Whirlwind's dad is part of the Equestrian Volunteer Army that had been sent to the Griffon Empire to help.). So, that left with Whirlwind the only available member of his family to enlist RAF. Finally, after another boring hour, the train arrived at the Canterlot Train station. The four new friends walked out of the train station and towards the RAF Camp according to the map Glenda is holding. Finally,they came to a stop in front of a huge, guarded military training camp, the words on the entrance tells it all: "Royal Air Force Training Camp" and the sentence below it inspired Gallus the most: "Here, the most comfortable day is always yesterday." Taking a deep breath, Gallus walked in. This is where I take off, he thought, I have faith in myself! What Gallus don't know is that later, he'll be whining about this place is HELL...