//------------------------------// // Meeting the Equestrian Army. // Story: Chronicles of Bon Bon // by Anonimoose //------------------------------// Along the side of the road Bon Bon and her new friends Sifty and Backfire and the wounded guardsman slowly made progress, Sifty singlehoofedly pulling the cart with both the wounded stallion and Backfire on the back, both out cold. "You okay there Sift?" Bon Bon asked. "Never better Bonnie, how about you?" "Better than I was a few hours ago, thanks for the rescue." "Think nothing of it." "Say, what do we do if the FOB is gone?" "We keep moving till we see friendlies." "Sounds like a plan." Walking down the path in silence Sifty spoke up once more, "Bon?" "Yea?" she replied. "What are we gonna do with Backfire?" "What do you mean?" "I mean once we get to the FOB, we just going to throw her off?" "I haven't planned that far ahead yet kid, why?" "I mean, I've seen her record, her past, we cant just leave her like she's some random pony! Maybe she can tag along with us." "It isn't my choice, it's hers." Bon Bon looked at Sifty with her good eye and giving a teasing grin, "Looks like Sifty has a soft spot after all!" "What? She'd make a great addition..." "to the team of course!" "mmhmm" Bon Bon said still holding her grin causing Sifty to wrinkle his brow and ignore her. Then in the distance they heard what sounded like multiple engines, large ones, and a music being played, "What they hay is that and what is that terrible noise!?" Bon Bon said as multiple tanks rolled over the hill Blaring Dubstep from DJ-PON3 "That, Is our ride!" Sifty said unhooking the cart, running in sight of the tanks, the tanks screeching to a halt and pausing the radio. The tank hatch opened up and a white Pegasus with a large soda cup that looked as if it was purchased from a convenience store from the town over. "You made me stop at the best part!" The Pony on the tank said sipping his beverage. "Well it isn't exactly regulation to blare music, it kind of kills the element of surprise!" Sifty retorted "If you haven't realized, I am in a tank, Surprise isn't my strong suit!" The pony on the tank said his crew peeping their heads out the other hatches to see why they had stopped. Bon Bon walked up to Sifty, "Wake Backfire." Sifty nodded and walked to the cart then Bon Bon walked up to the tank looking at the driver, "You going to the FOB?" "Yes Ma'am I am!" The pony said. "Mind if we tag along, We have a wounded man and need to get to the FOB ASAP." "Sure, we got room in the trucks behind us, but first, can I have some names?" "That is Sifty he's a freelance, the mare he's waking is Private Backfire, and the wounded stallion is unknown, we'll ask him when he gets some aid." "and you are" the pony asked making gestures with his hooves as if he was trying to hypnotize her. "Sweetie Drops." The Tank Commanders face went flat, "ITS A COMMANDER!" then in a flurry of moves she could hear rustling in the tanks and yelling in the other tanks. "Don't worry, I'm retired." she said using her hoof to knock on her prosthetic leg. "False Alarm boys!" The Tank Commander said another voice could be heard in the tank, "So we don't have to hide the stuff?" then a loud smack could be heard, "SHUT IT!" "Don't mind them they're idiots!" He said giving the grin used when you were caught doing something you weren't supposed to be doing. "So lets make a deal, You ride with us, and we stay hush hush about the whole," making quotation marks with his hooves, "embarrassing situation." Bon Bon gave him a smirk and nodded her head, "Deal." "Well, we have a schedule to keep, the truck will be in the back, the names Tank by the way!" giving a salute and jumping back in his tank, the engine roaring up and rolling out. "So we got a ride?" Sifty said with the wounded stallion on his back and a Half awake Backfire right behind him. "Sure did he said we can sit in the back of one of the trucks." "Works for me, Lets go." After loading the truck there was a squad of soldiers in the back, The ponies helping the wounded guardsman in and the rest of the makeshift team. "Thanks." "Not a problem Ma'am" the soldier said with a smile, These soldiers weren't like the militiamen she saw earlier, these ponies were loaded with intricately patterned camouflage and weapons that looked less mechanical and more magic based. "Whats that weapon?" Bon Bon said visually confused. "Oh! This is the FF-2 Rifle, it uses unicorn magic to shoot instead of gunpowder, getting rid of the casing the rifle can shoot a larger bullet and pierce most armor!" The soldier said with an excited tone. "Really? and whats that?" she said pointing at the large weapon lying on the floor of the truck. "That would be Time Turners newest invention he called the Clockstopper-Belt-fed Machine Cannon! They say it shoots a round so heavy, it makes the Copperheads HUD fail!" "That would come in handy!" She said impressed, brandishing her shotgun "Though this does the trick too!" nodding to the pony she went back to the end of the truck to see Backfire twiddling her hooves and bobbing her head to a tune in her head, Sifty sharpening his machete. "So, Whats the plan guys?" Bon Bon said as both stopped what they were doing to look up and think of what to say. "If I Want to come back I can't do this thing solo anymore," Tapping her fake leg, "I need a team." "Are you saying?" They both said unison. "Yes, I want you two to join me, it wont be easy, but from what I saw yesterday I know you can do this!" Bon Bon said Backfire spoke up "But I'm just a private, and my horn, and m-" Sifty interrupted looking straight into her eyes "You brought a building down with a single bolt of magic! Thats amazing, I couldn't see anyone other than the princesses themselves qualified for this position!" Backfire tried to make another excuse as to why she wasn't qualified but instead all that came out was a giggle and a blush as she looked away with a meek "Thanks" "I call it like I see it." Sifty said with a grin. Bon Bon let out a small chuckle, then the radios came back on playing dubstep, causing Bon Bon's smile to fade to a scowl causing Sifty to chuckle. "Not a fan of dubstep?" "I'm more of a southern rock kind of mare." Bon Bon said with a bitter tone. "This is going to be a long ride.." ---PONYVILLE--- Skull stood in Bon Bon's house looking around at the mess that was made only a few hours ago. "Should've killed her when I had the shot!" A stallion said in a cocky manner stepping out of the kitchen with a beverage that was left in the refrigerator. "What are you doing in here?" Skull said in a dry tone. "Figured I'd see if she left anything of value." he said opening the nightstand by the couch, pulling out a small box, opening it revealed a Gold necklace with a Diamond lyre charm. "and I hit the jackpot!" he said with a snicker. "No, You didn't." With the flick of her hoof, a barrel deployed onto a shoulder mount and fired one shot right between the eyes killing the stallion instantly. A squad of soldiers stormed the house to see the cause of such noise to see Skull using a magic aura to pick up the necklace. "Let this be a lesson to the rest of you, Thieves get no quarter from me, get this scum out of my sight." with the wave of a hoof the soldiers picked up the stallion and drug him outside. Then another pony knocked on the door, "permission to speak?" "speak." "We have caught a scout, A Wonderbolt!" the messenger said with a hint of excitement in his voice. "Which one?" "Soarin." "I will interrogate him personally." "Do you two have a history?" "No, but we will.." Skull stormed out of the house, the messenger looking at where the stallion had been shot and the empty jewelry box that laid on the floor.