//------------------------------// // FREEDOM! // Story: A Reason To Fight // by Benjamin Carmine //------------------------------// 9:32AM, THRONE ROOM My hands tied together, unable to move. There were now 10 guards all around me, not including the ones just outside the throne room. I looked at the beautiful architecture of the ponies, this was not actually that bad, had kinda a mid evil classical feel to it. It was definitely big, more than it probably needed to be. I tried to loosen the ropes upon ropes that tied me together. As a guard saw me struggle, he shoved me lightly to signal to stop immediately. Princess Celestia sat on her throne like the little prick she was. She looked down at me, a face of complete seriousness, her pr protege next to her, just below. She finally spoke her voice very calm. "Private Kyle "Talon" Cyra I have brought you hear today for a peacefully discussion of what are we going to do with you are to learn more about you." I cleared my throat and looked up at her." Well peace is already out the window, remember how you killed every other GDI soldier here? Yeah that is not a thing that can be happen" She asked." Well what can make this peaceful again?" I tapped my foot and thought for a moment. "Twilight's head on a platter and your sister's heart in a jar." She gagged at the thought of her sister's heart in a jar and her student's head on a platter. "You are a sick excuse for a--" "Human.." "Yes, you are an awful person beyond compare you shall never have those things as long as I live." "Well I guess it would be better If I could maybe get my guns back.." "No..." "And you will never get my respect. Or information, just know the half of the Earth hates you, well if they know what happened. You should be glad our Ion Cannon is not on this planet, and no satellites orbiting your planet either!" "A what cannon?" "Ill put it in simple words for you we have big laser..you go bye bye...understand me? It's called badass technology which you don't have" Twilight ran to me, stumbling on the way. As she rushed over to me I tried to look away and say. "I DON'T WANT TO DIE!" She put her damn face in front of me, her horn inches from my visor. "TECHNOLOGY, I MUST KNOW WHAT TECHNOLOGY YOUR SPECIES HAS, I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS LIKE IS THERE MAGIC ON YOUR PLANET?" I pressed this. " CALM DOWN, yes we have technology that is super advanced which i'm not going to tell you because it is in a category called I don't really feel like it. AND MAGIC REALLY MAGIC, THAT IS WHAT WE CALL "SMOKE AND MIRRORS" IT DOESN'T EXIST" She looked dumbstruck as I said no magic. "What do you mean no magic? Who raises and lowers the sun and moon?!" "Uh our planet spins on an Axis causing the sun and moon to how would one say "Do it themselves" " "WHAT!!? THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE! I NEED TO KNOW MORE!" She starred to talk at lightning speed, I could barely keep track with the questions and after it became mostly blahs I started to try and tune her out. I finally broke and yelled. "SHUT THE HELL UP BEFORE I KILL YOU!!!!!!" She stopped mid sentence, her mouth wide open. Her eyes began to slightly water as she slowly turned around and walked back to the Princess. I shrugged it off as nothing. I finally felt at ease, until I heard that booming voice which I was surprised that it belonged to Celestia. "WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT HARMING OR THREATENING MY LITTLE PONIES, YOU SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THIS, YOU SHOULD BE GLAD THAT TWILIGHT HAS GROWN INTERESTED ABOUT YOUR PEOPLE AND THEIR SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES!" I flinched as she yelled thinking I was going to die. "HOLY SHIT, DON'T KILL ME IT WAS ALL HER!!!" "DON'T THOU LIE TO ME!!! SHE JUST WANTED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT YOU THAT'S ALL!!!!!" "Wellll she is kinda annoying." She sighed. "Granted she can go a little overboard sometimes but that is no way to treat somepony." "Yeah no kidding...overboard is a understatement. "Well I think we deserve some answer to at least two of our questions as a repayment to Twilight" I sighed and exhaled. "Finee.....ask away?" I braced myself for what was about to come next..I closed my eyes hard and readied myself. Actually it was Celestia who was talking. "So Mr.Cyra, what is your occupation, and please explain further." "That counts for two questions, because your asking me my occupation and to explain it..so hope this one will be worth it." I inhaled and exhaled. "I am a Rifle Grunt in the Global Defense Initiative, I WAS assigned to the 263rd infantry Division but seeing how i'm the last one lets cross that out, I am trained in heavy weapons training, and explosives I was my squad's demolitions expert. And as for what I do is fight NOD and the scrin." I shudder at the word Scrin, remembering when a soldier was eaten by a swarm. "They are two armies one being alien to us and the other fanatical. GDI's purpose if to rid the Earth of a green/blue crystal called Tiberium, which The Brotherhood of Nod, one of the bases you attacked thinks its the key to Ascension or enlightenment when it really is just a plague on the Earth, and hell the Scrin just want it..Nobody told me why!" They both looked as they just heard a great novel and trying to comprehend what I just said to them, completely confused. As Twilight was about to say something I cut her off reminding her they wasted her two questions, chuckling that they were so interested in me and my life, and could not ask anymore questions to me. Twilight blurted out to me in an instant. "Wait you could stay with me in Ponyville!" Both me and Celestia looked shocked at the thing Twilight said, we both said at the same time. "WHAT?" I also yelled. "JINX GIVE ME A DAMN SODA SOMEONE!" Celestia focused on Twilight's thought and Ignored me. "What are you saying, this person is a physco!" She responded kindly. "Well that's it he is angry, sad, probably lonely..and yes maybe he wants me dead but maybe we can arrange something.." 15 Minutes later Twilight and Celestia finished talking to each other and Celstia said to me. "Ok I am giving you a chance to leave your prison and go live with Twilight in her house BUT here is the conditions you have to write a letter to me every week about what you learned about friendship and kindness and just a update to make sure you are not going on a killing spree...He is the good part you get your guns back...But remember we will be watching you!" Under my mask I gave a sly smile. "I'll take it...now where is my weapons?" Two guards walked over to me with my gear in saddle packs and my pistol and rifle carried by a Unicorn. I took them from them and checked my gear and counted:\ 1 Automatic Carbine 1 Semi-Auto Pistol 3 Grenades 2 Explosive charges 1 Shovel 1 Canteen 1 Lighter 1 detonator 1 Cluster grenade 2 MREs I gathered my gear and put my rifle on my back, pistol on my hip, grenades on my belt, explosives on my chest, shovel next to my rifle, canteen on my waist, detonator on my hip, and lighter on my helmet. I readied myself for the journey as I was untied I walked up to Twilight and asked how far is your home and how long will it take to walk there' She said." Miles and I'll just use a teleportation spell it will be quicker." Her horn lit up and I reached out for her horn to stop her. "Nooo" A flash of light, my stomach upside down. I looked, dizzy as hell I tried to find her. "it worked...I gotta take a nap." I fell down on the floor and my vision went black