//------------------------------// // Rebirth (Wiedergeburt) // Story: Bis zu meinem letzten Atemzug (Till my dying breath) // by Ernest Wood //------------------------------// “The goal of female education must invariably be the future mother.” -Adolf Hitler Pain. Pain is all I feel, signifying that i'm still living. The grenade should have killed me yet blood still flows through my veins. I take one raspy breath trying to fill my lungs is hard but not impossible, now to open my eyes. Opening them was hard at first but I got the hang of it, I was in a white room hooked up to what looked like an iv and a monitor checking my vitals. At times the line on the screen stayed strait but quickly wen't back to a diagonal arching line. My eyes scan the room further taking in my surroundings, a single painting adorned the wall showcasing a picture of an cat surrounded by kittens that read: "In life you must triumph over the bad and get to the good, and the good are your children! Run to them." Am I in a nursery? Suddenly the a door opened and a pony came through. I must be hallucinating, for the pony had almost been 5 feet tall and was colored blue. "Oh! Looks like your back in the land of the living. Good to see your vitals have stabilized." Did it just talk? It walked over to me and pulled out a clipboard and pencil from its bag adorned on it hind legs. I am not seeing this. This is just a hallucination brought on by the medicine of the good doctor. Who is 'not' a pony. "Alright you look... well good being in your condition, i'll just leave you to your rest now." He said checking something off on his board and walking away. Questions began flooding my mind in as he was walking away. Am I dead? Did we win the battle? Is my team okay? He was gonna answer them. "Nein!" I squeezed out trying to regain air. "Don't overexert yourself, we did allot to get you out of there." He said with a stern look on his face. "There? You mean mein tank?" I asked confused. "Tank? Wha- no the Everfree forest. Rainbow dash and her team got you out of there before you were mauled by wolfs." He said placing the clipboard back into his bag. I sighed. "Did we win the battle?" I asked preparing for the worst. "What battle?" He asked resting on his haunches. "The damn battle of Luxem-" I was cut off as I ran out of air and had begun grasping for it. "I told you not too exert yourself. I shouldn't have even answered your questions, you need rest!" He said beginning to walk out. "I need answers!" *Slam* He shut the door and soon the room was drenched in silence once more. What battle? The damn battle of Luxemburg! How could he not know this, the entire damn world knew we were at war! He must have been living somewhere without news I thought slumping down onto my bed. I must have exerted myself because I was feeling very tired all of a sudden. Sleep beginning to take me I shut my eyes. Maybe I would get answers in my sleep. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meanwhile in the Everfree forest a certain metal behemoth slowly snuck upon the town of Ponyville peaking its long cylinder out of the bushes. Inside voices could be heard. "So what's the plan Hanz?" Laurenz asked looking down on the town through his scope. "Simple. We get Anton back and then. Blitzkrieg."