Don't Leave Me

by ArtsyUnicorn


War Dreams

So many soldiers dead, and for what? To try and defeat a horse who looks like he is half shadow half horse. What a stupid cause to be fighting for, but to keep Equestria safe without his minions invading and capturing ponies the job has to be done. One of the strongest and toughest soldiers on the battle field is none other than the famous Rainbow Dash, emotionless, tough, and nothing can stop her from getting the job done. She’s lost her left wing and had it replaced with a bionic one, broken a hoof millions of times, cut her eye, and part of her ear is missing. She has seen war at its fullest and still continues to fight; no one else really has her motivation, after a day or two soldiers are already crying to go home to their mommies. Rainbow Dash is just a special soldier, maybe one day we’ll know why she fights, and what her motivation is.

It’s been a long day on the field, the Crystal War has been going on for about two years now and still, soldiers give it all they can on the battle field. Now the soldiers are heading back to base camp to eat dinner, rest, and train the next morning, there is no day off for the soldiers. How can anyone have a day off knowing someone else is dying so they can sleep in a couple hours more? But now the day is over, and the next two days are going to be filled with training, and if someone slacks off while training, it won’t end well for that poor horse. Now let’s take a look at our heroes on the train, and see what they’re up too.

“Hey Dash, what are you going to do if the war ever ends?” Pinkamena asks while brushing the twigs and dirt out of her straight dark hair.

“I’m not sure anymore, sure I had these ideas at the beginning of the war after I enlisted. But that was two years ago, those ideas and dreams are as dead as Thunderlane and Lily Blossom when they charged at Sombra this morning.” She returned at the pie sisters, the memory of the two Pegasus still ran through their memories, those two were in love and decided if they fought they did it together and if they died they would die together. Then they had the bright idea of charging at Sombra when he left his guard down for a moment and he crystallized them both, now they are statues in his castle.

“Love, such a cruel and unforgiving thing, but also beautiful.” Said Maud breaking the silence.

“Well guys, how about you? You two are my only friends who have survived long enough, so tell me what you guys want to do after all of this is through.” Dash asked; yes Pinkie and Maud were her only friends since the beginning of the war, they have seen it all together. They might even die together.

“I still have dreams of making others laugh; baking delicious treats, seeing someone else smile has always brought joy to me, so I guess I could start that again like before the war, maybe even fix up my hair into a fun little style.” Said Pinkie,

“I want to publish my writings and poems to Equestria; I would love to see them enjoyed by other ponies, and maybe even inspire others to write like me.” Maud’s dream was simple, a normal life as a writer, since the rock farm has been turned into a place to make outfits for soldiers, it was time for the pie family to look into other dreams, and Maud’s was simple.

They spent awhile talking about their dreams of after the war life, and finally they reached base camp to finish the day and train the next day. As they departed from the train, they headed to the girls dorms to take showers and put on casual clothes, since the military is very formal in Equestria they expect you to always wear clothes. As they trotted down to the training area they noticed that Princess Celestia was there with a few new soldiers.

“Hey look girls, fresh bait for the crystal minions and more guys this time for the guy’s dorm since we lost so many this time around.” Maud pointed out,

There were four guys and a couple girls, not many soldiers this time though. The new girls were Derpy Hooves, Scootaloo who is still a teenager, and Artsy Unicorn. Two Pegasus and a unicorn, then again Scootaloo could be counted as an earth pony. On the guy’s side there is, Time Turner, Soarin, Blue Blood who looked like a pansy, and Flash Sentry.

“The orange Pegasus with the blue hair and eyes, I’m willing to bet ten bits he’ll be the first to die.” Dash made a bet with the sisters.

“Deal” the pie sisters agreed to the bet, every time there were new soldiers, the three would sit and watch them, bet on them, all sorts of things. A lot of the bets they placed had a winner and a loser, the winner would be Dash because she bets on their deaths, and the loser would be Pinkie for betting too much money and losing it to Rainbow Dash.

“Well its dinner time, let’s go girls, I need food in me before I die of starvation” Pinkie said while trotting towards the cabin, however Dash stared at the soldiers for a minute longer before going to dinner with her friends. The bright blue Pegasus with a blue mane and green eyes, there was something about him that stood out, but who was he? Did he have a purpose? ‘Maybe I’ll figure out if he’s important later’ she thought while going away from the training area. Why did he stand out from the rest of them?

Dinner was chicken with a bowl of vegetable soup as a side, since the war started ponies need more protein, fats and anything else to get them through a day of work, so meat is a big food group now. (Poor Fluttershy though) they grabbed their food from the chefs and sat down to eat, however as Rainbow Dash carried her tray, someone bumped into her causing her to drop the food.

“Watch it you freaking moron! You’re lucky I can still eat this food!” Dash yelled at him.

“I’m sorry miss I should have been watching where I was going, here let me help you” he picked up Dashes tray and set it down on the table.

“SOARIN! Are you causing trouble over there again? Rainbow Dash! Report!” said one of the captains, Captain Spitfire,

“Ma’am we accidently bumped into each other and I dropped my tray, he helped and apologized so it’s okay, no need for punishment ma’am.” Dash reported, if any fights were happening, a bystander or someone involved would have to explain themselves or as Spitfire says, “A report”

“That looked like it was about to get ugly, how did you stop yourself from beating him up? The last time someone bumped into you they had their wing broken!” Pinkie asked as Dash sat down.

“Number one, that last pony had it coming since she arrived, and two, I have no clue, I wanted to hurt him but he apologized right away and even helped me! No one has ever done that in the military so I got to hand it to him for acting like that.” She explained

“Well, save that energy for later, I heard that the three of us and the new soldiers may be shipping out tomorrow just to show the new ponies what war is really like.” Pinkie said. Every time there were new recruits, they shipped out early so they could get a good look of what war really looks like, and that always determined if they were good soldiers.

“Alright, but I’m going to train a little bit before hitting the hay tonight, wanna join me?”

“Nah, Maud and I are going to write a letter back home to the other sisters and our folks, but remember to go to sleep tonight, not stay up and mess around the entire night” Good old Pinkie looking out for her friends, hopefully that never changes, but with war everything changes, that’s another horrible thing about this, change.

That night Rainbow Dash hung out in the training field, tomorrow would be full of more blood, fights, and lost ponies. Pinkie told her not to train all night, so now she’s decided to lie down and stare at the stars. The beautiful stars, each one unique like a snowflake, and possible someone who has fallen was watching over us.

“I didn’t know you liked to watch the stars at night” said a male voice.

“Whoa, what are you doing here? It’s like way past curfew for you anyway” Dash asked him.

“I just wanted to look at the stars tonight, besides tomorrow might be it for me, so I just wanted to see them again, by the way my names Soarin. I think your Rainbow Dash.”

“Yeah, that’s my name, well I like watching them because, I like to think that one of those stars is my mom, watching over me. She died when I was just a filly and she’s always loved looking at the stars late at night, so I have too, just to remember her.”

“Wow, judging by your looks and the outburst at dinner, I didn’t think you could be a little soft.” He laughed a little, “well this is how I think of the stars, perhaps they are not stars, but openings to heaven where the love of our lost ones pour out and shine down on us, to let us know that they’re okay.”

“That’s deep; here you are talking about how I can be a softie at night when you just proved yourself to be as soft as butter! Well I’ve got to hit the hay now, I guess I’ll see you tomorrow Soarin, it was nice chatting with you right now.” Dash trotted towards the girl’s dorm, thinking about what Soarin said, maybe there was another reason she loved to watch the stars, those moments at night truly made her happy, now maybe she could have another friend to share the beautiful night with.