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Crimson's Tale

The Task
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Keywords male 1109063, female 998863, pony 102191, oc 71249, mlp 67565, my little pony 62063, twilight sparkle 8366, tree 8156, military 2660, oc pony 2173, guns 1689, puns 256, helicopter 245, military lingo 1
           “Where have you been? I don’t hear from you for weeks and then I suddenly felt that you were in trouble and I find you bleeding and dying on my floor. How did you sustain those injuries and how did you get poisoned? Zecora said that the poison was Mother Nightmare and that it needs white horsenettle which only grows in the Badlands,” Twilight said accusingly. “You’re a poor excuse for my Royal Guards if you can’t keep yourself alive without my help,” she teased. “I wasn’t able to take off your armor while you were asleep so I am going to need you to remove your armor to heal you up.” Crimson, out of modesty was reluctant to do so but eventually gave in and removed his armor and let Twilight mend his sores and broken bones. When Twilight first saw his body she was speechless, despite his wounds he was still a sight to behold. His coat was a dark grey but from his hooves grew tendrils of crimson that streaked across his body and his cutie mark was most perplexing as it had a fist sheathed in fire with flanking guns. After a few minutes of silence, only broken by the twinkle of magic, Twilight finished “Okay I…I’m done.” She was blushing.

           “Twilight I am going to have to see Celestia in Canterlot soon, do you want to tag along?” Crimson asked.

            “Let me think about it…sure! Do you want to teleport there now?” she responded hurriedly with a nervous smile, her cheeks burning.

              “No teleportation, we can just take the train, plus I think I have some explaining to do.”

               "Fine...and you do."

               “But first I need to rest.”

               “You would be crazy not to.”

              Crimson and Twilight made their way to the train platform around noon the next day and boarded a private cabin. Twilight soon asked her deserved question she drew herself highly and stared at Crimson in her most regal way “Celestia recommend I have at least one Royal Guards and when I asked her, Shining, and Cadence, among others, about who was the best I got your name. What did you do before you became my Royal Guards to gain such notoriety?”

             Crimson drew his hooves across his calves, “how I became so notorious…it started a while back, I was part of a mercenary team of three official members but this one horse, Faithful Patriot was his name, sometimes tagged along and acted as leader. He was a rugged stallion and never backed down from larger enemies, even fought a basilisk and won. The main team was I and two other stallions: Muso Shinken (don’t ask me what that means I don’t know) and Merciful Pain. Muso was a martial arts master and fought with no armor or weapon only fists, but I never saw him get hit. His fighting style was awe-inspiring, and he only fought those who were evil. Merciful was the de facto leader and one hell of a shot. When asked for his motive he just said “I’m just delivering a package, I’m just waiting for the recipient”. Our team acted as a mercenary unit under Celestia, except Patriot who had his own mercenary group oddly enough, we acted much like I do now but we had no restrictions. Despite this we kept to humane practices for most mission, but there was one mission were something went wrong…terribly wrong. Our mission began like most; we received a letter from Celestia giving us the location and target and part-payment in advance. The target was a farm out near Las Pegasus that was a front for changeling activities, we had to disable the factory’s surveillance equipment and retrieve or destroy the accumulated records. Since you had to be able to fly to get to the Las Pegasus plateau, we were at a lost on how to get there and so we contacted Patriot who said he had a way. He asked us to meet him in a clearing next to the old castle in the Everfree Forest at 1200.”

                      “We arrived slightly before noon, since being late was not a wise move with Patriot, and waited. At five minutes to noon we heard a distance sound it was a whopping sound, it was quite unnatural, and four minutes later the source of the noise was hovering above us. The thing we beheld still confuses me today, it was a shaped like whale with a tampered nose and a long thin tail with a series of fins at the end and on the top of it were six long blades that spun on a central axis. I believe Cherry Berry has made or borrowed such a device. When the blades had stopped, a hatch on the front hinged open and Patriot jumped out. He then walked over to the middle of the thing and slid open another door which had seats and weapons aplenty. He ordered us on board and to arm ourselves, I asked what the thing was and got a custom Hind-D Helicopter in response, inside the beast we found a variety of weapons shotguns, LMG’s, AMR’s, and explosives both hand-held and launchers. Patriot climbed back into his cockpit and his voice came over speakers in the ceiling, informing us of our ETA and of our plans. We were going to hover high above the target and jump out and deploy our parachutes or wings. Patriot said that it was a method of discreet infiltration that he devised, high altitude low orbit jumps, the helicopter had been modified to reach the required height. We were going to land a ways away from the plant for two reasons, we had to avoid alerting the air patrols in order to allow our chopper to give us support and we were going for a loud and long range attack method.”

                 “From what I can recall it was the most awesome feeling I have had in my life, we were falling toward the ground with reckless abandon and we reached speeds only Rainbow is capable of. At a thousand feet we slowed ourselves and proceeded to clear and secure the area before Merciful signaled Patriot. When he arrived he landed and pushed out three large crates and instructed us to open them, inside these boxes was armor whose equal I have never seen. There were separate pieces for the forelegs, hind legs and torso. The metal was black and sleek with bulletproof fabric providing a base layer and the helmet bore a slight resemblance to birds of prey or big cats. Then Merciful started unloading his own weapons from the helicopter in large wooden crates, a large tube which turned out to be a rocket launcher, his personal AMR, and a gauntlet with a shotgun on top. Patriot suited up a different looking suit and when he was done he activated it and he disappeared before our very eyes. His weapons included sapper things, you know like: pulse, chaff, and smoke grenades. My armament was handled by Merciful, he handed me two large assault rifle each equipped with an array of attachments, a large shotgun, and a set of grenades. It took roughly fifteen minutes and all the while Muso just sat amused at our armor and weapons, he never carried any of either.”

              Suddenly the harsh squeal of an air brake and the loud roaring of the conductor filled the air, interrupting the story, “Canterlot Stop on the Cadence Express. Next stop is the Crystal Empire Line.”

              Crimson began to leave the car when Twilight began to sigh exasperated “Ahhhhh…now I will never hear the rest of this story.”

               Crimson motioned his hoof for her to approach and he said “Don’t worry I can finish the story on our way back.” That seemed to calm Twilight since her frown dissolved and she walked with higher shoulders. Crimson and Twilight walked out of the train onto the platform and much to Twilights shock they bowed and greeted her. The look lasted until Twilight remembered that she was a princess and that in Canterlot the princesses were given the highest courtesy. Crimson laughed at Twilight’s awkwardness and her cheeks went a bright red in embarrassment. “Did you not grow up in Canterlot, you have to be used to it,” He continued to joke.

                  “Well, all that time I was not a princess,” she retorted indigently.

                   “Okay, I will let it slide.”

                    Jeers and taunts aside, Twilight and Crimson continued their journey through the heart of the Canterlot and continued talking but Crimson refused to continue his story on the grounds that it was a personal matter and it was an unreleased and under the table operation. Instead Twilight asked about all the different places in Equestria that he had been to. “I have walked from the hot unforgiving wastes of the Badlands to the cold unrelenting lands of the Crystal Empire, before its salvation. I acted as a forward scout, spy, or sapper; working to defend the kingdom and its peace. I was usually alone and if I wasn’t I was with another high ranking guard, like Shining, who has accompanied me on several occasions.”

                  “Shining has gone on missions with you! Why has he never mentioned this before?” Twilight blurted out, almost yelling.

                   “I guess you never asked” Crimson answered sheepishly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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This is part of Crimson's past with mercenaries. A little on the light side I know, but I digress. As per the usual a comment or two makes me feel substantiated and successful so whatever.

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male 1,109,063, female 998,863, pony 102,191, oc 71,249, mlp 67,565, my little pony 62,063, twilight sparkle 8,366, tree 8,156, military 2,660, oc pony 2,173, guns 1,689, puns 256, helicopter 245, military lingo 1
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Published: 9 years, 10 months ago
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shadowfox1281
9 years, 6 months ago
Keep it up, this series just gets better.
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