This was mean't to be a Civil War-ish fic, instead having the two royal sisters involved and seen from the point of view of a stallion named Thunder Tumble during the war. I stopped it due to how suck-ish it was.
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"SPIIIIIIIIIIIIIKE, I'M GOING TO THE CANTERLOT LIBRARY FOR SOME NEW BOOKS. DON'T BURN DOWN THE HOUSE WHILE I'M GONE, OK?''
''MMMHMM.'' Spike grumbled.
She looked up the stairs and saw Spike tossing and turning in his bed.
''What a lazy dragon.'' Twilight snickered.
She opened the door and was immediately greeted with the sweet smell of the flowers and sunshine laid before her, each and every single pony outside enjoying the same pleasantries as herself, playing about and talking without a care in the world. The day seemed so perfect to Twilight, but she would rather gather her books before her thoughts, so she focused on the Canterlot Library in her mind and was zapped towards her destination.
Upon recovering, she was greeted by her very own mentor, Princess Celestia in all her glory.
''Twilight.'' She bowed slightly with a warm smile.
Twilight returned her greeting and headed towards the library; they would catch up later.
She was so excited the Princess had agreed to her borrowing some books, because she was tired of the same ones she had had for years; reading every book over one hundred times could do that to a pony, especially Twilight, despite her absolute LOVE for books, and she was excited beyond natural limits for this moment.
She opened the doors to the library and was flushed by the scent of over one thousand books lying in the shelves. At the thought of the smell, she squeaked with absolute joy as she ran around, grabbing tons of 'candy' from the shelves and looking through them. Twilight absolutely adored history, but fiction... not so much. Fiction stories were a good easy read every now and again, but she wasn't a huge fan about the genre, which was why she was so keen on Rainbow Dash borrowing all of her Daring Doo books, and these shelves were filled to the brim with them, bringing some dissapointment onto Twilight's face.
She wandered high and low for real history books, but her search yield no avail. There was no chance that the Canterlot Library, the greatest library in all of Equestria by far, held no history books! She gave a better look at all the rows of books and noticed an odd stack of books piled against the wall, standing as high as the ceiling reached. She walked over to it and attempted to look behind the books, to see the glass of a door, behind it overloaded with more books. She squeed even louder than the first time and levitated all the books to the side with all her might. A few books had fallen, but the move had been successful, and Twilight was rewarded with open access to the other room.
The door was shaped oddly, though, the only way to opening it being a small handle on the right; it was probably a security system of some sort, due to how difficult it would be for anypony, with the handle being so heavy for unicorns and awkward for Pegasi and Earth Ponies. Twilight had opened it with only a slight struggle, though, and walked inside. The stench of dust and mold hit Twilight hard, unlike the welcoming smell of the room behind her, but she pressed on looking at all the categories placed on the ends of the shelves.
They were each labeled by the years of occurrence, even dating up towards that year. This room was still a work in progress. She stumbled over to the most recent century, seeing only a few parchment reports about the recent attacks her and her friends helped repel, along with a small journal covered in a thick layer of dust. With a small puff of air, she blew away a large portion of the dust and grabbed it with her magic, levitating the cover in front of her. There was no title placed onto the book, so she opened it and saw a small note attached to the cover, which read:
Type of Document:: Diary
Owner: Tumble, Thunder
Year Recovered: 1012
Description: Diary entries of Thunder Tumble during the war between Princess Celestia and Nightmare Moon.
Twilight read the description over and over again. There was no war, and she knew it! She had studied Equestrian history almost all her life, and not once was there a war between the princesses! It was merely a battle between them, not a war! Twilight needed to know what this meant, so she levitated the book over to a small table in the corner and sat down, already reading the first page...
Twilight tried to make sense of the smudged writing; it was nearly illegible, but she pressed on. She wanted to know about this so-called-'war' between the two goddesses.
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I saw this book at the store near our house and picked it up, 'cause it's not like there's anything else to do here but farm and stare at birds pecking at our crops, so why not, right? Writing in this book seems to calm me down and let me process my thoughts, so it helps. And it better help, because personally, a book, whether printing is new or not, shouldn't be twenty bits cause that's just outrageous!
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There's been talk of a war starting, some ponies saying it's about the two princesses. Supposedly, the two sisters are starting to fight each other over the Sun and the Moon, but I don't believe it. I mean, who would? A sudden war between the princesses after over one thousand years of harmony? doubt it.
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I don't believe it, it was true. The sisters ARE fighting, there IS a war, and they've started drafting ponies left and right, you being either stuck as a Lunar or a Solar member, just like those 'Civil War' fictions I've been reading, with the Confederates and the Union, only....it's real.
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A letter came in the mail today. But it wasn't just an ordinary letter, it was one that would change my life forever. I've said my goodbyes to my family as if it were the last day for me to be alive, because I'm not sure if I'll even see them ever again. I'm taking this journal with me, because if bad goes to worst, they will at least have my last thoughts in this book, always.
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A small wagon picked me up from my house towards our camp. Upon entering, I found three other ponies in the same wreck as me, another stallion named Rain Flicker having it the worst. The morale of everypony here is already low, so I can't wait to see how the camp is...
The pull over there took about an hour, everypony passing the time by introducing themselves to their new teammates. I introduced a bit of my self too, and they seemed to think I was alright.
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"So, how much longer do you think we're gonna be here? 'Cause I'm actually pretty curious to see this camp.'' Kola Cranberry asked.
"I don't know, I'm not the one pulling it." I replied with a smirk.
"Well, I for one am not looking forward to this." Royal Charmer chimed.
"Why not? You think all of us signed up for this?'' I asked.
"I know I sure as Celestia didn't." Rain said.
".....Speaking of Celestia, do you know who we're fighting for?'' Kola asked.
This put everyone in a deep thought, when-
"Alright, fellas, this is our stop, we're here." said the stallion pulling the wagon.
Everyone snapped back to reality and looked at each other, until the driver spoke again.
"I said git your flanks over here, this instant!" he yelled.
We all jumped out of the wagons and headed over to the driver.
"...Alright, now that I have your attention.. welcome to the Solars' team. I'm your coordinator, Buck Shot."
"Now, if you look around you, you'll notice we're the only ones here, because you four were picked by Celestia herself, as special weapons against the Lunar Republic in this war. You are now part of the 54th Regiment Mesachewsetts Special Forces.
I had had no idea what that mean't, but it sounded awesome.
"Okay, now all of you, report to your beds located next to the wagon and get some rest, you will report to me first thing in the morning, so be ready to move." Buck said before heading towards a small building.
''Alright, I guess let's go then." I said before heading to the wagon.
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The place was pretty small, and only consisted of 2 bunk beds and a bathroom, which was most likely going to cause some problems later on. We knew how early we were most likely going to be awoken at, so we all had gone to our beds to get as much sleep as possible.
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We all had a very rest-less sleep on the uncomfortable beds and was woken up by this.
"Ugh, I hate bugles!" Kola moaned.
"Don't we all." I grunted.
We all struggled out of our beds and went outside, seeing Buck still playing the bugle until he saw us.
"Ah, there you are! Welcome to your first, and probably most painful training session, EVER!" he smirked.
We all just slowly blinked at Buck, trying to grasp the idea of being awake, but it wasn't easy.
"....Okay, now if you'll follow me over here, you'll find our first exercise, which is climbing this hundred-foot wall!"
We each continued to give slow blinks, not even paying attention to Buck. Disappointed by our reactions, Buck brought more to the table...or less, I should say.
"If you guys don't climb this wall in under thirty minutes, you'll be fed scraps today!''
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"RRRGH, JUST CLIMB THE DANG WALL." he grunted before storming off.
We each gave the wall a long, uninterested stare out of exhaustion. There was tons of silence, until Rain finally spoke.
"Can't we just...ju-just, uh... climb, I mean.....fly-fly up the, thing...the wall? He didn't say that we couldn't right?" he stuttered
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"We don't ALL have wings, ya know." Royal said.
"Well, uh, we COULD just, uh, ya know, pick you up to the top of the..thing."
"Well then, let's do it."
Rain then stumbled over to Royal and grabbed his arms, trying to fly him up.
"Sweet Celestia, how much do you weigh?!"
"Probably less than you." Royal chuckled.
Me and Kola just gave each other dumbfounded looks as they struggled to get off the ground. Then Kola walked over to me and picked me up, already flying atop the wall. I was absolutely afraid of heights, so I gazed at the land in front of me.
"Hey, I can see my house from here!" I squeaked.
"Huh? Oh, yeah, I can see mine!" Kola chimed after landing.
I looked down and saw Rain and Royal still trying to fly up, and struggling very much.
Kola looked down too and called out to them.
"Hey! Are you guys getting up here anytime soon?"
They looked up and were shocked we were able to make it before them.
"NO FAIR, KOLA! THUNDER PROBABLY DOESN'T WEIGH AS MUCH AS THIS HIPPO OVER HERE!"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLIN' A HIPPO?! WHAT IF IT'S NOT MY WEIGHT, BUT YOUR CRAPPY FLYING, HUH? EVER THINK ABOUT THAT?"
Already, enemies were being created.
"CRAPPY FLYING?! MY FLYING DIDN'T MAKE YOU A FAT PIECE OF SH-"
"What's going on here?!" Buck asked.
"Oh, uh, nothing....just, a little disagreement, is all." Royal said.
"Uh huh, well I would cut your little 'disagreement' and climb this wall, unless you don't like living."
"Yes, sir."
"Yes, sir."
".....'sir', huh? I like that, has a nice ring to it....now climb this wall." he said before leaving.
I gave Kola a 'do something' look, and he flew down and picked up Royal.
"Aha! See! Kola can pick me up!"
"Royal, shut up before I let go of you."
"Fine."
Rain was able to fly up successfully without the extra weight and waited there with us, all unsure of what to do next, until Rain spoke again.
"HEY, BUCK! WE MADE IT!"
Down below, we saw him appear from the shadows and gaze up at us, with a confused expression on his face.
"Um, okay, you can get down now."
We all got down and was greeted with Buck's dumbfounded face.
"Well, uh, good job to you all! I figured it would've taken longer, but uh...I guess I was proven wrong.......so if you'll follow me again, we'll move to your next exercise."
We followed him around the camp and saw a set of barbed wire placed above a muddy ground.
"Alright, so now, the objective is to crawl under this wire in under a minute, so we can move on to the next exercise."
As we were walking towards the wire, I muttered to myself, ''Seems easy enough.''
Once we were all set up under the wire, Buck blew a whistle and started a timer in his hand.
"START!"
The crawl was actually pretty difficult due to the awkward positioning you had to be in to crawl, but it was fairly easy in my opinion. I looked beside me and saw Rain with his wing caught in the wire.
"Dammit, stupid wire." He said to himself.
I used my magic to free him and he gave me a confused look.
"You're welcome." I said as I continued crawling.