One. Twelve.
That was Quick.
“No more meddling. No more interfering. You mind your own business, ‘Princess’” Chancellor Steelbeak snarled as he and Captain Adam Kuyaki stood before the three leaders of Equestria in the personal bedroom of Celestia.
“Those are the only terms we have” Adam commented.
“Very well” Celestia deadpanned. Twilight and Luna looked pissed, but the Princess of the day looked sad.
“Good! Now we will be leaving. Goodbye!” Steelbeak exclaimed, stalking away on all fours. Adam stayed his feet for a second before following.
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The UNSC Kabato hovered over Canterlot, the Captain looking on the viewscreen at the damage to the royal palace being mended. There were several bodies of unlucky ponies in the room, which were about to be carried off by the medics. The single Archer was merely meant to be a personal slap on the Princesses, while the nuke fired into Ponyville was the true end to the war.
“Excalibur, take an inventory of our remaining weaponry and evaluate ship damage, then get us under way to Griffonia” Adam said, sitting in his seat.
In just a little over a week the Kabato had single-handedly won a war that would’ve taken the Equestrians months to finish, with minimal casualties among the UNSC and the Griffons. The Equestrians lost countless dragons and citizens, as well as two cities. All in all it had been a successful campaign.
“Let’s stay on the planet for another week or so and run the Griffons through some exercises before giving our report to, ONI. For now, let’s just all relax.” The bridge crew approved.
Leaning back in his command chair Adam closed his eyes, taking a minor breather. He had very high hopes for the future.
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Princess Celestia sighed as Adam and the Griffon left, hanging her head low. It had been what seemed like the longest week of her life; two cities gone, hundreds of thousands dead, and her country crippled. She had ordered all soldiers to stand down, including the dragons, who complied wordlessly. She knew they were angry, though.
“I suppose we better get to work repairing our land” Celestia said, getting to her hooves and heading for the door.
“They killed my brother...” Twilight growled through grit teeth. Celestia sighed again, turning around to face her once-student.
“...They killed us all, one way or another...”