Yaaaaay more fanfiction from me.
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The Griffon-Pony war. I remember it all. I wish I didn't.
The siege of Canterlot...Griffons and Pegasi clad in gold armor clashed in the air. Bodies were dropping like parasprites. The screams. The blood. The confusion, anger, sadness, and so many other emotions that plagued ponies minds when they attacked.
Canterlot was taken in hours. Celestia and Luna barely escaped. As I retreated with the rest of my regiment I ran through the streets. I saw every body. Every blood stain. Every copse torn open by spears and swords.
Ponyville was next. The Elements of Harmony fought bravely but had to be evacuated from the battle to ensure their safety. I personally slew three girffons with a fixed crossbow. It was apalling to kill another living creature. Normally all we guards do is train and make sure we're ready for an attack. Equestria hasn't fought wars for centuries and to do so so suddenly put layers of pressure upon everypony involved.
Ponyville survived the attack and was converted to a temporary headquarters. A few days later we recieved word that Manehattan had been attacked and its already small military force completely crushed. That was a downer.
Soon the counterattack began. After the fall of Las Pegasus Celestia decreed that something had to be done before more cities fell. Manehattan was to be retaken. I was part of the invasion force.
Our airships wreaked havoc upon the Griffon defenders. Ballista's, Crossbow's, and Cannons shot them out of the skies. Bodies had to be shoveled out of the streets by nauseous street cleaners. The things I witnessed I care to forget.
Las Pegasus was also a success even though I was not there. I was sent to Appaloosa to defend it from an invasion force. All went well at first, but then they started dropping barrels full of sand on large clusters of our troops. The sand was everywhere. In our eyes, in our suits, in our mouthes and noses. The sand managed to blind us long enough for the Griffons to massacre us. We were forced to retreat.
A squadron of airships was sent to retake Appaloosa. Meanwhile me and my regiment were sent along with a large portion of the army to retake Canterlot.
The things I witnessed there was paramount to a nightmare.
The bodies lay in the streets from the previous invasion, apparently the Griffons hadn't bothered to clean them up.
The Elements of Harmony helped to take out the outer defenders. As we moved our way through the city it seemed as if a dozen Griffons were hiding in every possible nook and cranny. The time it took to clear out the streets gave the Griffons plenty of time to bombard us with large rocks fired from catapults.
Canterlot Castle was the last place defended by the Griffons, and the most heavily defended of all. 25 ponies died in the initial charge to the the entrance. We ran through the hallways. Stabbing at Griffons that popped out suddenly from around corners with every weapon available. I got into a brawl with one that nearly tore my throat out. I would've died had my Captain not seen my situation.
Eventually the attack was over. The Griffons surrendered, and the Griffon king signed an instrument of surrender in Ponyville. 1,200 ponies, both civillians and soldiers died during the war out of a total 10,000. Families were destroyed, lives ruined, thousands of hours of construction undone in the span of a single month.
Everyone had a part to play in the war. Everything I saw there was embedded in my mind for the rest of my life.
I tried to forget. I attempted suicide, but couldn't bring mself to do it. My wife tried to comfort me and even though I eventually recovered the scars plagued me throughout the rest of my life. I retired from the army and attempted to live a normal life again, but it will never be the same.
-Diary of an Unknown Pony Soldier.
Edited by iluvponies35, 05 January 2015 - 04:12 AM.



