HEY! Nathan's here and there it is: The second chapter of my amazing Fanfic. Before you read this masterpiece, I just wanna tell you one or two things: First, as you may noticed, I don't have a cover for this Fanfic, so if one of you is enough kind to make me one, I'll be really grateful~ Also, I plan on doing a "Flashback" before writing the other chapter. It'll be about Pinkie and Trixie. One last thing, I won't post another chapter before November, but don't worry, when we'll reach November, I'll post more frequently. Now, enjoy~ :3

Here we are, in a calm place, far from the conflicts of the Queen and Commandants from the Sunshine Army and far from the murderous personality of the Moonlight Rebellion's sub-ruler. We are in a peaceful place; we are where the people don't wanna fight: We are in the Resistance. They don't fight, they resist. They're not the sword, but the shield.

But well, we're more specifically in the Resistance's meeting place. Contrarily of the Sunshine Army, the meeting place isn't a room with a big table, but only an empty room. Five hundred ponies could easily fit in there, but only something like 200 ponies are there. The Resistance's populations equal something like seven hundred ponies, not really much compared at the Sunshine Army's population of four thousand ponies.

Pinkie Pie and Trixie are currently there, and as for the 198 other ponies, they're citizens or part of the counseling. The counseling's leader is Shining Armor; he didn't wanted to be a sub-ruler like Trixie because every sub-ruler has to be on the battlefield when there's a battle and he's afraid to face Twilight, sub-ruler of the Sunshine Army and his sister, and Cadence, sub-ruler of the Moonlight Rebellion and his 'wife'.

Like always, Pinkie was leading the meeting. Not long ago, they receive a message from Queen Celestia saying that the final war will occur soon. Pinkie reunited most of the Resistance to talk about what are they going to do and if they should resist or attack.

"Good evening, my dear citizens." greeted Pinkie Pie. "Yesterday, I receive a message from the Queen of the Sunshine Army yesterday. The letter contain was really shocking: Trixie, let us hear what the letter says." said Pinkie Pie.

"Sure." Trixie cleared her throat and took out the letter they receive by the Sunshine Army and red it with her loudest voice. "Dear Pinkie Pie, us, the Sunshine Army, will soon begin the final and decisive war. My armies are stronger than never and the Resistance stands no chance to beat us. If you fight against us, you'll face an inevitable death, but if you help us beat the Moonlight Rebellion, we'll let the Resistance alive. Please consider our proposition and make the right choice. The beloved queen of the Sunshine Army: Queen Celestia." as Trixie finished reading the letter, everypony in the meeting place start whispering.

The Resistance's citizens were about to fight against their worst fear: The war. Yes, they've been in a war for 7 years now, but they never really had fought against somepony else. The Sunshine Army was neglecting them and the Moonlight Rebellion wasn't seeing them as a danger, so the worst they had face was few Sunshine Soldiers that attacks without Queen Celestia telling them to do so. In short, the Resistance never had really been on a war.

"So, this evening, we'll all agree on one of the following choices: Trixie, can you please tell our citizens what they are?" asked Pinkie Pie.

"Sure:" Trixie closed her eyes as she said the following: "1st choice: We decide to help Queen Celestia and the Sunshine Army to fight against the Moonlight Rebellion. 2nd choice: We decide to team up with Luna and the Moonlight Rebellion to fight against the Sunshine Army. 3rd choice: We decide to neither help Queen Celestia nor team up with Luna and we try to resist."

"Thank you Trixie." thanked Pinkie Pie. "So let's hear your voices, citizen! But first, let me tell you my opinion: I say that the 3rd choice is the worst one because Queen Celestia was right when she said we didn't stand a chance against her army, and when she talks about a final war, it means that she's not only defeat the Moonlight Rebellion, but also us. I, Pinkie Pie, say that we must not resist for this battle, does somepony here disagree?" shouted Pinkie so everypony could hear her. The counseling and every citizen stayed silent to manifest their agreement.

"Well," then started Shining Armor, leader of the counseling "If we don't resist, I say that we should agree on helping Queen Celestia. After all, almost all of us here were once part of the Sunshine Army, and if we think about it, she's giving us a second chance!"

"I disagree on that, Shining." said the leader of the Resistance. "The Sunshine Army rejected us, so why would we help them? I personally think we are the one that'll decide who'll win and who'll loose. If we help Queen Celestia, the Sunshine Army will win, but if we team up with Luna, it's the Moonlight Rebellion who'll win." Pinkie looked at the crowd as she said: "So, do we want the one that rejected us to win, or do we want to defeat them? They didn't saw the light that was shining within each one of us; she didn't saw that we were strong and smart, so she doesn't deserve our help." Whispers in the room while Shining argued:

"I don't think that if we team up with Luna, we'll win. The Sunshine Army is three times bigger than the Moonlight Rebellion and the Resistance together. I personally think that if we want to survive, we must help Queen Celestia."

"Moron!" shouted Trixie. "It's not a question of surviving, but of honor. I prefer to die than help the one that told me I was useless!" Trixie was, like most of the Resistance's citizens, rejected by the Sunshine Army. They said her magic was not enough powerful and that she were useless as a unicorn, that's why they abandoned her to the Resistance. It's Pinkie Pie that told her that she was useful and that everypony had a place and a purpose, and because of Pinkie Pie, Trixie gain self-esteem and became Pinkie's closest friend. That's also the reason why Trixie is always on Pinkie's side and if Pinkie decide something, she'll agree.

"Trixie, Shining can have his own opinion, but like you said, I also prefer to die in honor than help Queen Celestia." said Pinkie Pie.

"I agree! Queen Celestia doesn't deserve our help!" shouted a citizen in the crowd.

"Yeah! Let's help Luna, she didn't rejected us like Celestia!" shouted another citizen. Everypony in the room then start shouting about helping Luna and fight against Celestia. The citizens were always agreeing on what Pinkie decided, after all, Pinkie was the only pony that understood them.

"Silence!" shouted Pinkie. "Don't shout like that, citizens: We can decide on a choice like civilise ponies, now let me hear your voices: Does everypony here agree on helping Luna? Raise your hoof if you do!" Everypony raised their hoof, even Shining. But he wasn't totally sure if it were a great idea.

"I have nothing about helping Luna, but what about her opinion? Will she want to team up with us? She doesn't need us, so why would she team up with us?"

"Well, I'm sure that if I and Trixie buy her a visit, we can find a way to make her accept. And after all, it's the final war! I'm sure she'll accept!"

"But, if we think about it, we're some kind of ancient Sunshine Soldiers, so we're like the ancient enemy of Luna!" said Shining.

"Pinkie said that I and she can make Luna accept, and trust me: We're not coming back 'till she accept!"

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"Oh, your tea is perfect like always, darling!"

"Don't say such things; my tea's is not that great..."

We are back in the Sunshine Army. We're in Pegasuville, a pegasus city. Years ago, we called it Ponyville, but because of the destruction of Cloudsdale during the Operation Cloudsdale, the pegasus wanted a new city to live in, and because Ponyville was inhabited, Queen Celestia gave them Ponyville. Also, the name Ponyville wasn't a good fit for a pegasus city, so she also changed the name.

By the way, the Operation Cloudsdale is the war which Commandant Chrysalis was leading her changeling army. The war took two days: Chrysalis wanted to make an ambush somewhere near Cloudsdale, but it turned into a kamikaze attack that destroyed Cloudsdale, killed almost all of the Moonlight Warriors present at the moment and all of the changeling army all because the changelings though that Cloudsdale's pegasus were the Moonlight Rebellion's pegasus.

So, we are now in Fluttershy's house. Fluttershy was obligated to live in Cloudsdale before the Operation Cloudsdale, but when it was destroyed, she moved to her ancient house because it remained untouched. As for Rarity, she lives in Canterlot.

Fluttershy invited her friend to her place because they didn't have seen each other since a long time. Rarity and Fluttershy can see each other only three times a year. Queen Celestia set a law that forbids every none-soldier to see a friend from another "species" (Species = Earth Pony, Pegasi and Unicorn) more than three times a year. But somepony can live with somepony else from another specie if Queen Celestia say so, but only ponies that deserves it have this permission.

Rarity left her house at 3:00 AM so she could be at Fluttershy's before 5:00 AM. Rarity's only friends were Twilight and Fluttershy and she could only see Twilight five times a month approximatively, and as for Fluttershy, she only see Twilight once a year, so Rarity was all she had left.

Fluttershy was in her living room with Rarity. Fluttershy boiled tea for her and Rarity, and according to Rarity, it's the best tea of the universe.

"So, what about Twilight, how is she doing?" asked Fluttershy.

"Well, I'm afraid to say that she isn't okay, darling. Poor Twilight is in some kind of depression these days." answered Rarity,

"Oh my! What happened?"

"Well, she told me that she's feeling bad about herself. Every day, she has to assume the responsibility of Commandant, and being a Commandant is also assuming the death of hundreds of Sunshine Soldiers and Moonlight Warriors. Let's remember that she care about Applejack, you know, and Applejack can die at any moment, killed by one of the Sunshine Soldier." Rarity took a sip of her tea while Fluttershy look at the floor when she heard the name 'Applejack'.

"Oh, Applejack... I hope she's fine... I really hope that Queen Celestia will find a way to convince Luna to stop the war! You know Rarity, I... I sometime think about, b-but it's not because I don't like our Queen, but s-sometime I think about... about, j-joining the Resistance..."

"The Resistance? Oh, darling, why? Aren't you happy in the Sunshine Army?" Fluttershy sipped her tea for an eternity, afraid to answer, but she finally filed the cup.

"Well, erm, it's just that I can see you three times a year only... I think that if me, you, Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Applejack join the Resistance with Pinkie Pie, we could be all together like in the past! And just think about it, we could use our Elements of Harmony to stop the war!"

"I totally agree with you darling, but how will you convince Twilight, Applejack and Rainbow Dash to join the Resistance? I don't know about Applejack and Rainbow, but Twilight will not leave Celestia for nothing in the world!"

"But just think about it Rarity: I, you and Twilight join the Resistance, then, we tell Apple and Rainbow about our plans and convince them to join us. And finally, we use our Elements of Harmony to stop the war! You can at least give it a try! Just try to convince Twilight, it would be perfect! Oh please Rarity, do this for me, for our friendship!"

"Darling, when you say it, it sounds much easier, but in reality, we just can't convince Twilight: She'll be loyal to Celestia 'till the end."

"We lose nothing to try, Rarity! J-Just… Just give it a try, oh please, just one try!"

"But- *sights* Ah well, you're right, I must give it a try. Listen, Twilight is coming to my place this Friday, so what about you come visit me at the same time, it is only going to be our second time we'll see each other this year, and so it'll be okay. We'll try to convince Twilight at this moment, together. Is that okay darling?"

"Oh thank you Rarity! And it's been a long time since I saw Twilight..." Then… silence. The two mares were in an awkward situation: They're not use to discuss about war, and just the thought of leaving the Sunshine Army was unacceptable and terrifying for the two of them.

"What... what about we change our discussion subject, darling?" proposed Rarity, drinking a last sip of tea.

"Erm, okay..."

"Well… what... what is life in Pony- I mean, Pegasuville?"

"Oh, well, it's quite nice because just few pegasus lives here; it's a really calm and quiet place. And you, what about Canterlot?"

"It's totally different: I think half of Sunshine Army's unicorn lives in there, and because the royalty lives here, it's far from a calm and quiet place... Sometime I wish I was back in Ponyville..."

"If only war would have never happen, and I don't think it's going to finish soon: Did you heard about the war recently? It looks like Queen Celestia isn't doing anything these days, and the Moonlight Rebellion didn't attack us since three months... Did the war finished and we just don't know about it?"

"Oh, Fluttershy darling, I wish it was. But I also didn't hear much about it, and Twilight isn't telling me much. I think she would feel better if she weren't a Commandant."

"Yeah, she was better as a Princess of Friendship…" Fluttershy noticed that neither she nor Rarity had tea in their cup. "Rarity, do you want some more tea?"

"Oh, why not."