It's been two years since the Changeling War started. Millions of good ponies have died. Now it's your turn to enter the fray and fight alongside your brethren. Though, you'll be fighting in Saddle Arabia- an already harsh region. Chances of survival are thin. You have to make this easier for anypony in any way you can.
You'll even have to say goodbye to the one you love the most.
Here's a theme I think could work for the story. Got a better one? Let me know in the comments? Salty Seas by Devics.
Hey, if you liked the story, you think you could add it to a group or two?
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Short and sweet.
The amount of detail was great for such a little piece. Altough, it was kind of weird when the character's dialog, originally just told in text what it was, to suddenly using quotes like Fluttershy. That's my only minor gripe.
Sounds like the life of an actual soldier. Regretting to make these horrible decisions. And than it all comes down to the last moment before you leave. Having to say goodbye while knowing the fact that you may not come back. Yet they still go. Because every soldier counts. No matter how little your actions may be, it still counts. Sounds horrible. But its the choice they have to make.
this sounds just like my life if i were a Gundam Pilot id do anything to protectthe world and evan more Important ....Her
Part of me wants to see this as an extended story, but another part of me thinks this is more effective as a one-shot. Bravo.
DELICIOUS.
3606145 Hoorah.
As a EX military personnel I know the feeling of having to leave someone. It hurts it hurts alot i feel that this story is how i felt EXACTLY when i had to leave all of my freinds i did not exactly have someone i loved but my freinds were all sad so yeah to all of those people out their that think this is soppy and stupid they are wrong
Beautiful.
3610529 i think you mean sappy but this ISNT sappy this is Painfull and Hard
YOU PLACE YOUR BROAD HOOF ON HER BACK...I believe this could only be big mac, but it doesn't sound like him. at first I thought there was a human involved, but for the same line, I knew that was not the case. and it doesn't sound like rainbow dash either.
5960280 it is a general pony for you, stop trying to put other characters in your place of a second person fanfic unless told otherwise.
Hmm. I suddenly have a craving for a story told entirely through letters between a soldier deployed in a really harsh location, having to have some of their letters censored and stuff, and the soldier's love back home.
Do they just keep loving each other? Does it get harder? Does the love at home stray, lose hope, suffer some atrocity of war? Does the soldier ever send a letter knowing it will be the last? Is it the last in a good or bad way?
Dang, if I could just offload all the writing fuel I generate maybe I wouldn't feel so guilty about not writing anything
7381350 As a member of the military, I can tell you that letters to home are intense for exactly the reasons you mentioned. I haven't personally had to do the "oh god, this might be the last letter before death by the enemy" but you could die at any minute; there were some times when I felt that it could be my last letter. In those times, it was good because it helped me focus on what I really loved about my wife and how important it was for her to know how much I loved her.
Yes, we just continued to love each other. Yes, it gets harder to longer you're away and sometimes hardest within a week of coming home. It can be hard, but as long as you keep faith that your loved one is still alive and loving you, it won't stray. There are times when I felt close to losing hope, but just knowing that I wasn't going to be gone indefinitely kept me going. Fortunately, my little family has not had to suffer from the effects of war due to the U.S. Military being able to keep ISIS from bringing the war home.
It's hard to be away from family (my wife and, now, 2 kids). No matter how many times I deploy, every time we say "goodbye" is heart-wrenching for both of us. We get on each others nerves from time to time, but we still hold on to each other and our reunions are only that much sweeter.
FriendlyTwo3, thank you for this story.