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// The Interview 
// Story: Letters Home 
// by mdonnelly 
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	A young pony with a camo green and yellow coat sat at a dining room table reading the paper.  His life full green eyes scanned the paper looking for something interesting to pop up.  His mane and tail are two-toned like his coat, but messy and long.  A knock came from the door.

"Jeremy, can you get that?"
"Yea, I got it dad." replied Jeremy.

Jeremy trotted down the hallway connected to the dining room, leading to the front door.  He swung the door open to greet the pony at the door.

"Hello, how are-"

His jaw dropped, when he saw a royal guard holding a picture.

"Uuu..."
"Well, your defiantly the pony in the picture.  May I come in?"
"Jeremy, who is it?" asked Jeremy's father.

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Jeremy, the guard, and Jeremy's parents sat at the dining room table.  The guard put the letter from Jeremy on the table.

"You have been accepted to join the Equestrian military if you pass the tests and train for a few years."
"Really?"

"Jeremy, what is he talking about?" his mother asked.
"Mom.  Dad.  I enlisted in the military.  I didn't tell you, because you wouldn't have let me."

Jeremy's mother began to cry and his father looked over the letter.

"Jeremy, how could you do this to us?"  	

His father turned to console his wife.

"To your mother?  Me?  And to your girlfriend?  Are you going to just abandon us?"
"Actually, there is a training camp not too far from here.  Plus, this is a time of peace; so we don't need to send him anywhere.  He can still stay home."
"Don't cry mom.  It's all going to work out."
"I know saying this wouldn't help at all, but he would of been tested one way or another.  We keep record of ponies with these kinds of cutie marks and they all get recorded.  Also I am sorry to say this, but I need to bring your son to the war department for an interview."

Jeremy's mother sobbed even louder as she and her husband watched their son leave the house with the royal guard.  Outside was another guard waiting with a chariot to transport the pony.  Jeremy got into the back of the chariot as the two guards hooked themselves to the front.  Suddenly the guards dashed forward, spreading their wings.  The wind was thrusted down as the Pegasi swung their wings downward.  The pegasi lifted themselves and the chariot into the air towards Canterlot.
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After a little while of travel, they arrived at the entrance to Celestia's palace.  The chariot landed and Jeremy got off.  The doors opened allowing entrance.  The guard that retrieved Jeremy from his home escorted him into the luxurious palace.  The guard led him hallway to hallway until they reached a hallway with an open door.

"Your meeting is down the hall and in that room."
"Ok, thanks."

Jeremy stepped down the hallway, nearing the room.  Inside, there was a chair in the center of the room.  It faced a desk with an office chair behind it.  The chair was turned around to hide the figure behind it.

"Please take a seat."

The chair spun around revealing Celestia.  She gave Jeremy a heart-warming smile, as he sat hunched in the chair with his hoofs crossed in his lap.  Jeremy looked downward, away from her, blushing.  A grin appeared on Celestia's face as she noticed this.

"Are you alright?"
"Y-yea...I-I just didn't expect to meet you."

Celestia got up from her chair and stepped behind Jeremy.  She put a hoof on his shoulder, feeling him tremble before her.  She leaned her mouth next to his ear and whispered.

"Why?  Thought I would be too busy to talk to an enthusiastic pony begging to do aaannything to serve me?"

Jeremy collapsed on the floor, not moving a muscle.  Celestia could only look at him and laugh at what she just did.

"HA! HA! I-I guess, your still too young and-and need a lit- a little more maturing to do. HA! HA! HA!"