Dear Princess Celestia,
I know it must have been very hard for you to do, but I just wanted to thank you for supporting me at this crucial juncture in my life. As soon as I’m done writing this letter, I’m running down to Ponyville’s recruiting station as fast as my legs can carry me and signing up! I promise I won’t let you or our great nation down in the duties you’ve entrusted to me as somepony to count on to lift our soldiers back up from their darkest hours.
Addressing your worries about Spike, I asked Rarity to look after him while I’m away, so he’s pretty thrilled about that. After your speech, she decided to completely overhaul her business to make uniforms for the troops, and taking on another unpaid assistant doesn't hurt her business in the slightest. But the best part about it is that it’s not just her; everyone was energized and invigorated by your stirring oration! AJ and the rest of the Apple family are diverting most of their apple production from commercial to military use, Pinkie’s organizing send-off parties for everyone that joins, Rainbow’s already joined the Royal Equestrian Air Force as of this writing, and even Fluttershy is helping out by having her animal friends help out with a parade to show support for the brave mares and stallions who took your memorable words to heart. It’s all so exciting, I can barely contain my own energy!
On another much less enthusiastic note, my parents reacted to my decision rather poorly. They gave all sorts of reasons why I shouldn’t enlist, such as lack of medical knowledge, me being out of shape, my studies being more important, and naivety about the world at large. I just think that they’re afraid the horrors of war will traumatize or injure me beyond recognition . I remember having the same argument with Rainbow when she joined, although the circumstances surrounding it were a tad bit different. Knowing that she could get seriously hurt or even killed, I tried my best to dissuade her from joining up for fear of losing one of my closest friends. After many long hours of discussion however, I eventually realized she was a grown mare fully capable of making her own decisions, and grudgingly caved in to her argument. I haven’t been home in so long, I don’t even know if my parents are able to do the same for me...
But enough on my personal issues; how are you able to stand the rigors of preparing Equestria for battle? I realize you’ve been around far longer than even our own nation has, and that you have seen more conflict and death as a peaceful, immortal ruler than the bloodiest of mortal warriors, but I still can’t keep myself from worrying. Ever since you took me in as your personal student, I’ve looked up to you the same way a young filly looks up to her mother, though I think my curiosity is worse, seeing as how I’ll never grow out of it.
Oh dear, my letter’s grown quite long, hasn’t it? If I don’t get down to the recruiting station soon, they’ll be all out of the necessary paperwork for me to fill out! I’ll continue to keep sending you letters every week if I can, and eagerly await your advice as always. Please send my best wishes to Luna as well, as I’m sure the new weapons available to the armed forces must be very confusing to her after her thousand-year exile, especially the advances made in artillery.
-Your Faithful Student,
Twilight Sparkle