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// 24 hours left 
// Story: The Rise Of The New Lunar Republic 
// by Meh121 
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"We only have 24 hours and your kingdom is coming along just fine." I said bowing before Luna.
"You are right it is." Luna said smiling at me.
"It's funny....not like haha funny but like strange funny for some reason I knew your sister was a bit of a crazy bitch." I said to Luna pacing back forth.
"I have one question why did you side with me you could have had it all power money....." Luna said looking at me with questioned eyes.
"More like greed,corruption plus on Earth I had always liked you better then your sister." I said chuckling.
"Any other reasons." Luna asked me.
"I respect you....you are Royal blood yet on Earth you put your life on the risk just to help our team that is more courage then some royal snob like your sister who has been killing innocents." I said to her.
"I'm glad you chose to stick with me commander." Luna said to me smiling.

"So you want me as the commander of your forces?" I asked Luna she nodded to me. I kneeled before her and kissed her hoof and thanked her.
"Well make up your mind." Shining Armor said to his wife.
"I don't know I just don't know." Princess Cadence said to Shining Armor Tearing up a bit.
"Well I know I'm sticking with Luna on this." Shining Armor said.
"Why because of your sister?" Cadence asked.
"Maybe.." Shining Armor said.
"Your lucky I love you and Twilight so much." Cadence said.
"Oh thank you dear." Shining Armor said jumping up and down.
"Let's get out of here before Aunt Tia finds out." Cadence said Shining nodded his head as they took off to the Everfree forest.

"Your highness you have more guest showing up." One of Luna's royals guards said pointing to Cadence and Shining Armor.
"Is that my brother and and my sister in law?" Twilight asked rushing over to them.
"We heard about what happened with Celestia I knew that there was something fishy about her." Shining Armor said.
"She used us.." I said spitting out more chew.
"What are you talking about?" Twilight asked.
"Yea for real silly?" Pinkie asked looking at me strange.
"ALL OF THOSE PONIES WE KILLED TO GAIN CONTROL SO SHE COULD HAVE A MASSIVE MILITARY ALL THE INNOCENTS SHE CALLED DANGEROUS! WE KILLED THEM FOR HER OWN SAFETY THEY  KNEW HER SECRETS AND WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO EVENTUALLY! ALL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING AND DEATH WE CAUSED TO INNOCENTS  IF ONLY I WAS NOT SO STUPID I COULD HAVE SAVED HUNDREDS OF LIVES IF ONLY I CAUGHT ONTO CELESTIA EARLIER!"  I said punching the wall as hard as I could making a hole in it.

"It's not your fault we were all pawned by Celestia's ways." Twilight said to me.
"I agree with Twilight." Shining Armor said to me trying to comfort  me.
"Speaking of which Shining Armor why are you here?" I asked. I've only seen my brother in law  maybe 3 times at first he hated me for taking his spot at the Equestrian Military Commander but soon he learned being captain of the royal guard is not so bad
"I overheard the whole conversation you had with Celestia." He said to me.
"Hmm one thing if we are going to win a war we should lose and she knows all of my battle plans I'm going to need much more civilian help if we even want to have a chance of winning this war." I said pacing back and forth.
"So Cadence you are sticking with me as well?" Luna asked. Cadence nodded to Luna.

"Oh yea before I forget Shining Armor I would like you to be the captain of my Royal Guard and this time you are going to be working co op with the military everyone has to fight we are still out numbered greatly." Luna said to Shining Armor.
"You majesty it would be an honor." Shining Armor said kneeling before and kissing Luna's hoof.
"I'll be back I'm going to have to try and win the help of the militia of Ponyville." I said flying off. I looked up to Canterlot and saw thousands of guards and some of my best men that chose to stay with Celestia I could tell by the amount who went with me which was 75% of the military. The sky was a dark stormy color the Pegasus must have scheduled for a surprise storm . I flew through the clouds trying to stay out of the rain the best I could. 
(There it is the Ponyville militia the biggest militia in all of Equestria.) I thought to myself. We had it on watch for in case of a riot or anything from them. I landed up to the commanders door of the militia and was not met with some not so friendly interaction.

"He is in military uniform hold him still." A pony said aiming their gun at my head.
"Whoa fellas hang on here I'm not here for any troubles." I said backing up.
"Oh really what are you here for then?" The same pony asked.
"I'm here for your help." I said.
"Lower your weapons!" The commander said to his militia.
"Are you kidding me!?" They all asked.
"Commander please step in have a word with me." The commander of the militia said to me. I walked through the militia I flipped off the pony who held a gun to my head every militia pony chuckled at the scene and walked through the door into his cabin.
"So what brings Celestia's most prized fighter to asking for our help?" The commander said to me.
"Don't mention that bitch to me." I said looking at him in the eye giving a frightful look.

"Whoa there calm down." He said to me.
"I've grabbed 75% of my military force and maybe 35% of the civilians and 40% of the royal guard on princess Luna's side we are trying to get rid of Celestia that is still not enough to overthrow that bitch." I said.
"The fire in your eyes it reminds me when I was younger." The other commander said to me.
"So now what is it going to take you to join us?" I asked throwing a bag of money on the table.
"Ha we don't need your money if you want our help I'll challenge you to a duel if you win I join you and if you lose we take everything from you your wife,kids,house,and your freedom." The commander said to me.
"You have a deal." I said to the commander smirking.
"Hoof to hoof." He said to me I nodded.

"Can I fly or use my magic?" I asked him.
"Ha you're funny just because you are a fancy alicorn don't mean you can use that stuff." The commander said to me.
"Sounds fine to me." I said. It was down-pouring it was warm and the water was freezing making a bit of a mist.
"First one to say I quit." I said.
"Good I can't wait to hear the words come out of your mouth." The militia commander said to me. He ran up to me charging to me. I moved out the way and tripped him. I quickly made my move by jumping up and slamming him into the mud.
He bucked me off and I went flying a few feet. I did a flip to make sure I did not land on my back. The mist was making the fight favor me my dark coat was hiding me from his eye sight compared to his bright yellow coat. I saw a weakness in his fighting strategy he did not play d to protect himself I waited for him to miss another punch and when he did I grabbed his hoof and flipped him over my arm and slammed him in the arm. I kicked him in the stomach a few times until I heard.

"Stop STOP I give up." The commander said to me.
"A deal is a deal." I said helping him up.
"I know I know but how did you fight me so well I've never been beat in a fight ever." He said to me.
"Training lots of training fighting also is like a game a game of thinking and I found your weakness." I said to him.
"We will clear a spot in the Everfree forest and I will have my unicorns come move your militia base to the forest." I said flying off.
"Boss I can't believe you lost." A pony said to the commander.
"Same here but hay this might be a good thing for us back your bags gentlemen." The commander said.
"I got the militia to join us." I said spitting out a bit of blood.
"How?" Shining Armor asked.
"I fought the commander to a hoof to hoof fight I risked everything family and my freedom that is if I lost but since I have there help now." I said.

"This is coming much better then I thought it would." I said.
"Oh yea I need unicorns to come with me." I said teleporting us to the militia base.
"Ok are all of you packed?" I asked.
"Yes sir." The militia commander said.
"Ok I need even your unicorns to help cast this spell I'll make a diagram to show where to put the base." I said.
"Ok get ready to start this." I said concentrating on moving a whole building structure to the Everfree. After about an hour we were all teleported to Everfree with the militia base.
"Come commander I would like you to meet  Luna." I said. I escorted the militia commander to Luna's Castle.
"Ah dear commander." Luna said to the commander.

"Your highness." He said bowing.
"It is an honor to have you fight for us against my power hungry sister." Luna said.
"It's an honor to fight for you." The commander said.
"I'm sorry you had to join us under such conditions." Luna said still looking at his cuts and bruises.
"It's fine I had not had a good fight in a while." The militia commander said to Luna.
"Today is the last day to get ready." I said to Luna.
"Hmm this will be a fight for our lives." Luna said to me.
"Indeed but it will be worth it in the end if we can stop your sister." I said.

"Ok listen up citizens,soldiers,royal guards,friends,family,and many others your training begins." I said.
"I need you soldiers and royal guards to train these brave ponies." I said to my own crew.
"Militia I would like you to train in hand to hand combat." I said.
"Royal guards train them in what ever you can." I said.
"Run you will need to keep your stamina and speed when running from the guards and fighting back we are still outnumbered so we will be doing a lot of guerrilla fighting." I said.
"Fire keep your aim the best you can." I said telling Princess Cadence seeing that she was having a hard time adjusting to a gun.
"Combat spells are one our key spells we need to be able to heal and and fight at the same time in order to survive." I said.

After 15 hours of training in the day we all got rest to prepare for a battle of the ages.
(Less then 24 hours to go.) I thought to myself.