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// Memorial Day 
// Story: Pony Tales 
// by GetJinxed 
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						Everypony gathered around in the town square in Ponyville. Today is May 27th. Memorial Day. The day my dad, 1st Lt. Draco Flare, died. He was fighting in the Griffin/Pony war. Sorry, I should introduce myself. My name is Firefly, daughter of Draco Flare and the Changeling Junebug. I am a Changeling with 2 sets of wings. I am 12 years old. I walk over to the microphone.
"Hello everypony, and welcome to Ponyville. I'm Firefly. Today, I am going to honor the fallen, especially my father, Draco Flare, 1st Lt in the Lunar army, with a song." I say. I turn to Vinyl Scratch who puts the song I requested on.

Courtesy of the Lunar Army
(sung to the tune of Courtesy of the Red White, and Blue)

Equestrian girls and Equestrian guys, will always stand up and salute.
We'll always recognize, when we see our banner flying,
There's a lot of men dead,
So we can sleep in peace at night when we lay down our heads. 
My daddy served in the army where he lost his right eye,
But he flew a flag out in our yard 'til the day that he died.
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me.
To grow up and live happy in the land of the free.

Now this nation that I love is fallin' under attack.
A mighty sucker-punch came flying in from somewhere in the back.
Soon as we could see clearly through our big black eye,
Man, we lit up your world like the fourth of July.

Hey,Aunt Luna put your name at the top of her list,
And the Statue of Friendship started shaking her hoof.
And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.
Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the Lunar Army.

*Instrumental break.*

Oh, justice will be served and the battle will rage:
This big dog will fight when you rattle his cage.
An' you'll be sorry that you messed with Equestia.
'Cos we'll put a hoof in your ass, it's the Equestrian way.

Hey, Aunt Luna put your name at the top of her list,
And the Statue of Friendship started shaking her hoof.
And the eagle will fly and it's gonna be hell,
When you hear Mother Freedom start ringing her bell.
And it'll feel like the whole wide world is raining down on you.
Ah, brought to you, courtesy of the yellow, white and blue.

Oh, oh.
Of the Lunar Army.
Oh, hey, oh.
Of my Lunar Army.

The song ends as everypony in the crowd begins to clap their hooves together and cheer, as they cry. They stop, but one pony keeps going.
"Beautiful, little one, beautiful." the pony, a stallion wearing a cloak with a hood, says. He walks over to me.
"Thank you. Why do you seem familiar?" I ask him. He smiles under the cloak, showing fangs.
"I should know my own daughter, shouldn't I?" he says, taking of his hood, showing a familiar green and brown spotted face. I gasp and the crowd begins to cheer.
"Dad!" I scream. I hug him tight.
"Aye, it's me. Thank you for honoring the soldiers of our country Firefly, thank you. All the fallen, and current soldiers salute to you." he says, returning my hug. As he does, I can tell it is going to be the best Memorial Day ever.