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// Deprivation of Obsession? 
// Story: The Fall 
// by Dr Poxx 
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"Hey get to work newbie. No Time to rest today a huge shipment just arrived.” said my new manager. “sor..ry sir … I didn’t get much” *zzzzzzzzzz **snort* “sleep last night. Just need some coffee.” I almost managed to say without dozing off, so close to looking steady. What is Luna doing on my nose? Why is she so small? Huh wait Oh crap. My hooves were pushing up a storm because he wasn’t kidding about that shipment of colored rocks, sometimes the look like bits of… nah that’s stupid. Man is this what it’s like to do drugs seeing things that aren’t there and getting sleepy?  Well I know that I’ll get some sleep tonight. I gave Luna one of my nights. Wait have I been calling her by the wrong name? She must have been getting angry with me calling her Lunar. Oh well too late now to take it back. “Hey General Swift!” called out my old friend Twilight Skies. “I’m not a general anymore since I pushed Luna off my back, and I don’t think I can be called Swift anymore either since that dragon tore out my wings.” I said. “Hey you don’t look to good.” “I was up all night by Luna’s orders so that someone appreciated it.” “Yikes man and you’ve got to do this for another 13 hours. Besides that you will always be Swift Clouds to me. Otherwise that means I lost a race to a no name pony and I can’t have that.” he ended with that was turning to go when he said Hawk had been hospitalized and any thought of work vanished. I asked “Is she alright? Are YOU alright?” in return he said “I m well enough because she isn’t dead but she…she will never be able to fly again. He dragons circled around her and pulled out the tendons in her wings. I have left my field of studying dragons to studying griffons, in a medical sense.” “And how is our friend that renamed himself to get in the military?” “Oh you mean Poxx? He is doing pretty well for himself He was promoted to General about a week before you. But he is also the bastard who left Hawk to fend for her and the newbie. His first mission in command was sent out an hour ago the first report should be in soon. Why do you plan on skipping work?” he answered. Punishment in the city isn’t in the traditional sense it is mostly humiliation based which is quite effective. So when I was punished I was sent to the lowest rung of society Factory worker. Apparently the rocks I saw were solidified spectra sent from Cloudsdale’s new “Rainbow Factory”.  The Pegasus has really begun to pull their weight now. They seem to be able to coordinate the weather much better now. I didn’t answer my friend I just ran off towards the hospital. It didn’t take long to get there, but what was waiting there was an angry princess and that never bodes well for me. “Princess Luna what are you doing here?” I asked and then regretted. “I see you don’t take your punishment seriously if you are skipping work to be here. Another thing is how you dare insult me to your friends, I never ordered you to appreciate my night. I simply said to watch it and now he will look at my night with disdain because of your horrid words.” I continued walking while she spoke but somehow I never moved an inch. When I noticed her horn was glowing I realized she was levitating me. “Can you please put me down a dear friend of mine is injured in there.” I said pointing to the hospital. She suddenly became meek which surprised me “Oh I am sorry go check on your friend, but please return here I have more to say.” As I walked away I looked back and saw that people were avoiding her. Her clinginess has been interpreted as depravity and now she feels she must assert herself as a princess when she can. If she doesn’t find a rock to stand on soon she won’t be able to stay sane. I entered the hospital and was greeted by the sickening smell of medicine and cleaning solutions. Crossing through to where Hawk was I saw many injured ponies. This war needed to end fast. Those dragons needed to be crushed before anymore came to harm. As I rounded the corner I saw Princess Celestia Talking to Hawk and they seemed to be quite friendly. As far as I could tell there were joking around. When I came close I asked “What is our little quartet do without you?” she instantly grew a venomous scowl on her face. “Do not mention anything about Poxx while you here. That rotten bastard ran off when the dragons attacked. And only returned when Ii asked the princess to go get him.” Upon hearing this sweat began to form everywhere. Hawk saw this and confirmed my fears. “Yes I told her where Poxx is really from and she doesn’t care of our involvement only on how to stop him.” When I heard this I was confused. “You do know that he has a spell which contains him as an earth pony, Don’t You? So all you would have to do is kill him and that stops him. You could temporarily lift the ban on guns to hunt him down. We could also end this war within the day if you do.” I switched to talking to the princess halfway through. Queen Harmonia was behind me talking to King Supernova about the same thing. We discussed matter for a while and I was reinstated to general and commanded to End this war. I was also given a new name, Steel Hooves. We had to end Poxx before he could break the spell and bring ruin to us. That deal we made was not worth the damage he could do in this war. I never worried before because I never thought he would be able to gain authority. I just hope it’s not too late. Princess Luna stopped me on my way out. I couldn’t help but join her. She was one fine looking mare. As much as I was bitching about it before I loved the fact that I kept running into her. After this battle I can finally get all I ever wanted, Status Fame Fortune and Princess Luna. So I spent the rest of the day with Luna and enjoyed part of the night. We move out to kill Poxx next month, unless he comes back from his mission before then. The only thing that feels off is that I thought of him as my friend for a while. No matter he will die when we meet. Now to get some rest.