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// Chapter 7:Foal Mountain Pass 
// Story: The Unicorn Wars: Equestria 
// by Constellation 
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"Sarge,"I asked."may I ask, why are we here, Sir?"


"That pass,"The Sarge said,pionting toward the road cuting through the mountain
just half a mile away."that is Foal Mountain Pass, a key location for the militay, if that pass
falls then the suplie line to fort Brittle Stone is cut and we lose all holdings past the Foals
Mount."

"Is there a attack exspected?"Corperal Iron Hide asked.

"Yes,"The Sarge confermed."scouts saw a small fores making it way throu the
woods just south of here, estiments have them ariving tommorow."

"Sir,"I began."how meny are there?"

"The scouts didn't get a exact number,"The Sarge started."but they say its close 
to twenty, maby therty."

"thats funny,"I said pionting toward the woods."it looks more like fifty."

At my words the Sargent turned his head to the woods, there just out of the tree
line was a large group of earth pony warriors, but they were not alone, hovering just 
above the earth ponies who were armed with muskets was a Sargent, a Pegasus Sargent.

"Those damn Pegasie,"The Sarge grouled."they armed the earth ponies."

Pegasie weponry was slitely beter then unicorn weponry, with more rang and 
accuracy then the wepons we had, they used something called rifeling and we didn't have
a clue how they did it.

"Urbak ters!"The pegasus shouted."bray."At those words the earth ponies formed
a wall and leveled there muskets pointing at us."Getas!"I din't understand a thing he said
but I knew when it was time to hit the ground.

*BANG*

The distinked crack of gun fire rang throu the hills, my heart nearly stoped as I 
felt the rush of wind from a ball of lead past throu my mane, right betwen my horn and
ear, if I had stayed on my hooves I would have had a hole in my head.

I looked around to see if anyone was hert, Fire Ball's leng was bleeding prety 
badly, but he stood and razed his musket enyway.

Then the earh ponies let out a yell and started running toward the hill,the pegasie
was trieing to get them to stop and form another wall, but only thirty or so heard him and
reiformed there wall, this was perfect the ones charging would be moped up and then we
would be on a more even playing field, exeped we were on the hie ground.

"Form line."The Sargent said."Aim."At that we all toke aim."Fire!"

At that order fire exploded from my musket and those around me, and seven 
earth ponies droped to the ground.

"Charge fire spell."The Sarge order knowing that there wasent time to relod."
Aim,"All horns pionted at the attackers."Fire."

This time it was much more quiet as are attack riped throu the air, but it was 
much lowder when the fire finely hit the enemy, screems of being bunt alive erupted
from them as the spell tore flesh from bone. still the six left charged at us leving no time
charge a spell or relod, we had to reort to bayonats.

Three were impaled on the bayanet wall we had but the rest got past, one swong
at me aiming for my head, I ducked not thinking about who was next to me.

*SMACK*

The sound of stone striking bone came from my right along with a shout of pain
from Ice Heart, I wiped around and swong my musket in a arce slashing a red line down
the stalions entier langeth of body, sending him to the next life.

I looked away from the fight to make sure Ice was alright, she was holding her 
left shoulder witch was dislocated and bleeding prety badly, but she was fine.

I reterned my atention back to the fiel just in time to throu my self to the ground
as the earth ponies fired there next voilie of lead that sailed over my head.

"relod!"The Sargent screemed."Fall back just a cuple of hores shows."He belowd,
and we instently fallowed his order."Firing wall!"He shouted as we made it to where he 
wanted us."Aim, fire!"

The guns smoked as they let out another berst of death, sending some earth 
ponies in the front to there erly grave. When the smoke cleard I saw the enemy reloding,
then formed a wall and fired again, luck was on our side as it was odveos that they were
very porly trained and there shot landed just infront of the wall.

"relod!"The Sarge ordered again."Aim for that damn pegasus!"He commanded, 
and we all aimed for him."Fire!"

When I could see past the smoke that bloked my vistion I saw that the pegasie
was no longer flying just above the heads of the earth ponies and some of them were 
gone, the earth ponies wavered for a moment then formed the line again, and took aim
at us, but before they got to fire the Sarge gave us orders.

"Charge fir spell,"At that we all obayed and charged our spell."Fire!"

As we fired so did the enemy just down the hill now, they had slowly been moving
up, and as the lead left the barls of there wepons the charged up the hill, seven falling to
the fire that was lunched from us, but we took hits as well, they may have been bad shots
but at that range anyone could hit us.

I was sudenly in pain, my right forleg screemed in agony, I looked down
momentaraly forgeting the charging earth ponies, just above my hoof was red and there
was a small holl right in the middle of the stain, the pain contiuded to get wores as I 
sarded at it, then I remembered the earth ponies and looked up.

*CRACK*

I was throun to the left as a stone mace struck my face, every thing became a 
blure, shadows moved around locked in combat, mace stuck hide, bayonet slashed back,
my head screemed at every little sound, then my vistion became red as blood flowed into
my eyes.

The last thing I heard was a voise I didn't recognize yelling sommething in a 
language that was foren to me, the the shadows ran back down the hill, and everything
went black.