Nearly nine years after being told the age requirement, Flurry Heart counted the days until she would turn twelve. She knew that it would be tomorrow, because her aunt told her so. At that point, she could enlist in the fleet and follow her dream of becoming a Christian Soldier.
The next morning...
"NOW I'M TWELVE! I CAN ENLIST IN THE FLEET NOW!!", Flurry crowed.
"Easy now, dear.", Cadence cautioned her daughter. "Don't overreact, or you might be too excited when you sign up. That can lead to things being bad."
Twilight knew that Cadence was right. If Flurry Heart was too excited, she would lose focus, and get hurt in battle.
"Your mom is right, you could get injured in battle if you get overexcited.", she said to her niece.
Flurry Heart accepted the words from her aunt and from her mother. She started by participating in her 12th birthday party, and everyone had their fill on cake and ice cream. They all played the games, and many prizes were given out. She knew that tomorrow would be the big day that she went to enlist.
"Mom, my enlistment form is ready, all information is filled in, and my last medical exam shows my vitals to be normal.", she said to Cadence as she got ready for bed.
The next day, Brandon arrived on a shuttle to take Flurry Heart to the Lemurian Star, so she could enlist in the fleet.
"Here is my form.", she said as she handed it to him with her magic.
Brandon had her wait, while he took it in to be evaluated. Five minutes later, he came back, and blindfolded her. She followed him until he had her stop. She felt something being put on her, and then the blindfold was removed.
"Congratulations.", he said.
Flurry was confused as to what was going on.
"Take a look in the mirror.", said Link as he moved it into place.
Flurry drew in a deep gasp when she saw herself wearing a Christian Fleet uniform. Then she smiled and boarded the shuttle to go home. Cadence was teary eyed, but they were tears of joy. Her baby had become a soldier, and they could fight alongside each other.
The achievement was all over the news in Equestria the day after that. Brandon told her that she would begin her training the next week. Flurry Heart geared up with everything she was given by Cadence and Twilight. She did not know what her training schedule would be like. All she knew, was that her training would have great results after she was finished.
Brandon got Flurry up two hours before dawn, he flew her up, and she began her training.
She began with identification of Satan's dirty work, before moving on to combat, stealth, and many more skills. Cadence came to check her daughter's progress, and to keep her company. Eventually, it was time for her to train with jumping and gliding from planes. Brandon inspected her performance by using a parachute, while watching her glide down.
A few days later...
"Flurry Heart, you have passed your training exercises with flying colors.", said Link. "Congratulations, you are now a certified member of the Christian Fleet.
Flurry Heart was congratulated by the crew as she went on her "Completion Tour", of the ship. She looked at all different sections of the C F S Lemurian Star. She then learned how to operate the monitors, and equipment used for any emergency or at all times. She practiced hard on each piece of equipment, all of the tools, and learned everything necessary to be prepared as a member, always waiting for the unexpected to happen. She was soon able to go home, and all of the ponies were proud that she made it into the fleet with out any problems. Although, she had to learn through trial and error, she was successful in the end.
After returning home, Flurry Heart was given a history lesson about the dawn of the Christian Fleet.
Brandon began to tell how the fleet began:
"After saving Link from a remote jail, he said that his dream was to travel through space. I agreed, and we built our ships. After recruiting Spyro, and Cynder from the Dragon Realms, my cousin Stephen, and Kirby, and Meta knight from the planet Pop Star, we had to establish a base somewhere, so we did. We called it "Alpha Base VI (6)". A few days later, Link hit a strange object levitating in space, and damaged it. I thought it was space junk, but then after rescuing Link from his exploding ship, a mysterious portal opened up. We got away as fast as we could. Then, we had to get rid of a strange creature underneath our base. It just materialized there, no idea how. We abandoned the base and found a new one near where Link used to live. It was the Snow Temple on the planet Lemuria. we then began to explore the reaches around us, and found Equestria. We only looked around, and saw Twilight, but she was just a unicorn back then. Soon after, we received a strange signal on our radar. It showed dark clouds covering part of Equestria, and blotting out the sun. We investigated, and brought back the light. It was brutal. Unknown soldiers were attacking the ponies, Celestia had suffered lacerations on her back, and Luna had passed out from a nosebleed. I watched as a horrid critter with dragon wings, a snake tongue, and scales, attempted to kill Link. I became angry, and whacked the bracelet that the creature was wearing, and broke it off. Link got up and demanded to know who the creature was. The being introduced himself as the great demon, Satan, master of lies, stealing, temptation, and other sins. He vanished because the bracelet acted as an anchor that held him outside of his own realm. We have continued to fight against him, and his fleet. We are constantly confiscating new weapons that he makes, and using them against him. He continues to fight back, to this day. Eventually, we will defeat him, but the Lemurian Star will not be able to withstand Earth's gravity. We will eject, and she will crash, but we will rebuild her, and transform her into her own museum. Finally, we will retire as warriors who protected the Universe from the Mighty Satan.", he said as he described every minute detail he could get out of his memory banks.