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Man of War

by tallestbrony

Chapter 130: Chapter 128 Big News

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Chapter 128 Big News

Chapter 128 Big News

I can't believe it. He did it... and nothing has exploded yet. Celestia looks happy, Miles seems...

"Well, the meeting is going to start as soon as Storm and Moosden arrive..."

FLASH

"I'm back!" Storm says as he walks out from a mico platform in the back.

"... OK then. Lets head inside and get this over with." Miles says as he walks inside. As everypony starts to walk inside, I stop Celestia to talk to her in private.

"Is everything alright, Lulu?" Celestia asks with a chuckle.

"Right, I just..."

FLASH

We both look back to see a light cream mare with a short white mane appear, followed by a light blue mare with a light blue mane in the same style.

"Oh... uh..." The light tan one says before they both bow to us. As they bow, two more flashes appear, revealing a pair of moose's.

"Are you here for the Terradisian meeting?" Celestia asks, getting them to rise.

"Uh... yeah." The light blue one says as the others gather around her.

"It's just about to start, go ahead and step inside, my sister and I will join shortly." Celestia says cheerfully. I wait until all of them are inside before turning back to Celestia.

"So... I'm assuming that you... and Miles... had... a talk." I say as I try to find the right words.

"Yes. It s was rather... enlightening, but I think being Terradisian will be... interesting, to say the least."

"Really, you aren't mad that I didn't tell you sooner?"

"Well, I would of liked to have known sooner, but its fine. Now lets..."

"THANK YOU SO MUCH TIA!" I yell as I yank her into a hug, squeezing her as tightly as possible.

"Ok, OK, too tight." She replies as she tries to tap my shoulder.

"Oh, sorry." I say as I let go and sit back. "Sorry, its just... that really made me happy. You know, cause of Miles..."

"Oh... right. Just... don't go over board with this. We have our own country to tend to in addition to this one."

"I know, and I won't. I have everything under control." I say, giving her a confident smile.

"Hey, are you two going to join?" Miles asks as he pops his head out of the back door. "We need to get started..."

"Of course maritus," I say playfully as we both stand up, "lets get started."

"OK uxor." Miles says as he holds the door open for us.

"...huh?" Celestia mumbles as she follows after us. As we enter the living room, all of the chatter suddenly drops as everypony watches us. We just go and take the two empty seats on the side and wait for things to begin.

Perspective: Miles

"OK then," I say over the silence, "lets get started. First order of business, does anyone have any questions or concerns to bring up?" The room stays silent for a bit until I see Spike raise his hand, so I point him out.

"Um... how does one become a Spartan?" He asks, getting a bewildered look from Twilight.

"Well, there's really only one way, though there are multiple ways of going about that way. You have to pass the training. In order to be accepted to the training, a Spartan has to recognize that individuals feats. Now, as citizens, you can tell us of anyone whom you think may be eligible for training, and we'll consider them..."

"When could we do that?" Celestia asks.

"I would prefer after citizens meetings, but you can bring it up whenever really." I say as Butterscotch raises a hoof. "Yes Butterscotch."

"Two things. You said you would give us some training or something like that, when is that going to happen? And how are the Princesses Terradisians? Does this make them higher class citizens or what?"

"Well... yes and no. Becuase of how you are citizens, they are higher then you. But for the average Terradisian they would be seen as equals, so bowing is no longer required. And they are citizens becuase of family ties. As for the training, I was planning on going either tomorrow of the next day, so make sure to not be fucking when I show up..."

"Aww..." E'Claire pouts, getting odd looks from everyone.

"Right... anyway, next item of business. Flionence was a total bust as I expected. The trap was a distraction that I should of seen, but over looked..."

"You knew Flionence was going to be a failure and you still went! Why?" Celestia asks.

"The original intent was to spring the trap to capture Steelwing, but he escaped... or rather he was never there. He actually arrived in Canterlot with War...."

"Who?" Butterscotch asks as she raises an eyebrow to me. I think about it for a second before I turn to Twilight.

"You wouldn't happen to have some chalk or something to draw with, would you?" I ask. She rolls her eyes as she charges her horn, making some chalk appear before me. I take it and begin to make some quick sketches of all of the high profile enemies. "Ok, this would be..."

"Wow... that's really good." Luna says as she stares at my sketch.

"Yeah... were you like a... side artist or something?" Butterscotch adds.

"What? No. Look, these are..."

"Are you sure, becuase that looks really good Miles." Celestia says, getting nods from everyone else. "You had to have had some form of training or...."

"Look, yeah I took an art class, but I never pursued it. I just... I don't know, I just never did. Can we move on now?"

"Sure thing... Poncasso." Applejack mutters, getting chuckles from everyone else.

"Right, these are the leaders of the Darkness as I know of. This one calls himself War. He's a centaur that uses some kind of sword spear weapon..."

"Its a naginata." Luna informs me.

"OK, a naginata and something called the Rainbow of Darkness. I'm not sure what it does..."

"I can actually give some info on that." Luna says, getting everyone's attention. "It's the embodiment of all things evil. It corrupts your mind and forces you to focus on the one emotion that turns you... or that's what happened to me at least." She finishes, looking away from everyone as Celestia wraps a wing around her.

"Huh..." I mumbles as I think about what she said. I took a hit from it, and I feel fine. Maybe its a delayed affect...

"It can also be used as a energy attack." Luna continues. "Its powerful. Do not let it hit you."

"Do you know where it comes from?" I ask. She shakes her head as she leans against Celestia. "Damn. Well, that what's they've all been using for their attacks. The next one calls himself Famine. I guess you could call him a unicorn centaur, with the horn and all. His fighting style is a little more deadly. He likes to flash around before taking hits. He has this green energy that drains you of your energy, both physical and spiritual. He carries a wooden staff that I believe he enchanted to have the energy he uses to de-buff you..."

"I see you're missing one of them." Celestia says as she stands up and takes the chalk out of mine. "The next one is called Pestilence." She says as she starts to try to draw Pestilence... and kind of fails. "She is a pegasus centaur. Her attacks, from what I could tell, infest your body at an alarming rate. With a single poke of her finger nails she was able to kill a guard. Their bodies turned to... withered husks."

"And at the top is death." I say as I take the chalk back and start to fix her drawing. "We have no intel on what death looks like, though I have a theory. I believe him to be an alicorn centaur." The room fall quiet as they think about this.

"How could you be sure?" Storm asks after a few moments of silence.

"I can't. That's why its a theory. But it makes sense. Leaders here tend to be alicorns. Celestia, Luna, Chrystalis, all alicorns."

"Miles, not all leaders are alicorns." Luna says as she glances back to Celestia.

"I know that, but looking at the others it makes sense for him to be. Again, this is all speculation. If any of you come across any of these people, proceed with caution. Strangely enough though, the last time we were in contact wit them, they warned us of a period of peace. For some unknown reason, they pulled back..."

"You say this like itsa bad thing." Applejack says. "Doncha want peace?"

"I do, but the problem is that they could devastate an entire nation right now, kill thousands, why not?"

"Maybe it isn't enough." Na-da says from the back, getting all of our attention.

"Care to explain?" I ask, getting a scared look from her.

"Well... its like you said, they want to kill everypony. Maybe their goal isn't to kill everypony, but to do that all at once. Maybe they have some secret motive for killing everypony..."

"Oh... my..." Fluttershy mumbles as the rest of the group just stares at Na-da.

"Well... that would explain their motives a lot better." I say as I wipe the chalk from the wall. "In the end, if they ever show up again, the Spartan regiment will be there to take them down.... speaking of which; Lieutenant Storm Cloud will be starting maternity leave today...."

"Wait what? Why would he... but then..." Celestia stumbles as she slowly puts one and one together. "Twilight... are you pregnant?" I look over to the two of them to find them staring daggers at me.

"Miles! That was suppose to be a secret!" Storm yells as Twilight just face hooves.

"Secrets in Terradisia?" I ask, getting a groan from him.

"Dammit... yeah, we're expecting." Storm says with a broad smile. "We're almost a month in..."

The room erupts in applause and congratulations as everyone goes up to them to say their best wishes. Even the Moosden citizens have their say, it was shorter then everyone else's. As I wait for everyone to finish, Luna pulls me aside to the kitchen. Once we're somewhat alone I was about to ask her whats going on when she forced a kiss onto me. I was a little caught off guard, but returned the kiss nonetheless.

"... Uh.... OK, what was that for... not that I'm complaining or anything." I ask once we separate.

"That, was for finally telling Celestia about us. Thank you Miles." She says before planting another kiss on my lips.

"Uh... I didn't tell her shit."

"What?" She asks flatly.

"I didn't tell her anything, she still doesn't know." I say, getting a shocked look from her.

"But... but... but you've been calling her sister!"

"In Latin, since when can she speak Latin?"

"But... but.... oh son of a.... darn!"

"OK, when are you ever going to cuss properly?"

"I thought you had told her! I had this awkward conversation with her and... oh shoot. I think she was thinking about being Terradisian, not our marriage." She says as she rubs between her eyes.

"Do you want me to tell her right now then? Cause I'll do it."

"No... lets wait a bit longer. I still feel as if she'll react the same way." She says with a sigh.

"If you say so, but remember that I still feel the same way about this." I say as I head back into the living room. "Alright, lets pester them about this another time, we've got one last minor thin to talk about." I say, getting everyone to sit back down. "Last order of business, the next five days will be spent here for the Spartan regiment. I want to give Big Mac some rest while I go and get a few things set up. Once done, assuming nothing happens in the world, we will be going to the next city..."

"And what city would that be?" Big Mac asks.

"Amethyst. That's everything for today. The next scheduled meeting will be the first of every month, be sure to plan ahead for it. Sollicitus, et fortunam referebat."

Once the meeting had finished, everyone went to congratulate Twilight and Storm again. I just waited from the side until they decided to head home. Once they left, everyone started to trickle back to their homes, eventually leaving me, Celestia and Luna alone.

"Well, that was an... eventful meeting." Celestia says as she takes a seat on the couch. Luna takes a seat beside her and I sit in the recliner, glancing to each to each other. Fuck it, I'm going for it.

"Celestia, there is something we need to talk about." I start, getting panicked looks from Luna.

"Oh? What about?" She asks.

"It's about..."

"The next meeting!" Luna yells in an attempt to stop me.

"What about the next meeting?" Celestia asks, a bit confused.

"Luna and I..."

"Are going to run it!" She yells as she jumps up and stands beside me, hitting my foot as she does so. "Well, not run, but rather... uh... what was it Miles?" She asks as she looks to me with pleading eyes.

"*sigh* cater it." I say as I fold. She owes me big time for this...

"Cater? Why don't you just hire some other ponies for that?"

"Well, its really to teach me to cook. I don't know how to make Equestrian food, so she offered to teach me. We will learn... spaghetti first." I say as I offer a smile to Luna.

"I didn't know you could cook." Celestia says to Luna.

"What? I happen to be a very capable cook Tia." Luna says as she gives Celestia a smile. "You'll just have to see at the next meeting."

"Well... OK then." She says as she glances outside. "It's getting late, we should be heading home now." She says as she gets up.

"Go ahead without me Tia, I need to give Miles a list of things we'll need for our lessons before heading back." Luna says as we stand and escort her towards the door.

"Very well sister. I'll trust you on this one. Well, have a good night." She says before finally leaving.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"You are a little punk!" Luna yells as she tackles me in a hug.

"Hey, you know me, I don't like lying!" I say as I lift her up and carry her from underneath. We stare into each others eyes as she drapes her hooves around my shoulders, slowly stroking my back.

"I learned a new spell, want to try it out?" She asks in a sultry tone.

"This isn't like that one spell that made me go sex crazy is it?"

ZAP

"Lets find out."

"Oh sweet Barbra..."


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Perspective: Spike

"I can't believe you didn't tell me that you were pregnant." I say as we walk through Ponyville.

"I'm sorry Spike, but we weren't sure until today that I was." Twilight says.

"Should you be walking? Is that good for the baby? What about..."

"Don't worry Spike," Twilight says with a chuckle, "I can still do everything normally. Its only the first month."

"Did you ever give Spike... the talk?" Storm asks Twilight.

"Hehe... well..."

"What talk?" I ask as we approach the library. "Wait.. Darn it! I was suppose to help Rarity today! I totally forgot! Can I run over and see if shes up to apologies? Please!?" I ask as they look to each other.

"Well... OK. But hurry back here afterwards. I want to have a talk with you afterwards." Storm says.

"Am I in trouble?"

"No, no. Don't worry its a... stallion to stallion talk. Just go apologies for not helping Rarity and make it back here as soon as possible, OK?"

"OK." I say before running off for Rarity's. Once I'm out of sight I slow down to walk the rest of the way. Why does Storm want to have a talk with me? I didn't do anything wrong! This isn't fair. Why do I have to get in trouble for something I didn't do!

"WHOA!" I yell as my hands suddenly catch fire. Why did my hands do that? All I did... oh... I shook my arms didn't I? Heh, this is going to be hard to get used to. I shake the magic away as I approach Carousel Boutique.

When I make it there, I see that all of the lights are on. At least she's up, though I'm not looking forward to this conversation...

"Rarity..." I say as I open the door and poke my head in. She's not in here. I shut the door behind me as I walk in...

"I SAID I DIDN'T WANT TO SEE YOU, GET OUT!" Rarity yells from the back. But... what did I do? I know I was...

"This simply cannot stand lady Rarity! How could you possibly still be in love with that...."

"That is none of your concern! Now for the last time leave. My. Store. NOW!"

THUD

When the room falls silent I rush to the back, fearing the worse. When I get to the back I find Prince Blueblood facing off with Rarity with his energy blade caught in her energy field...

"If you touch even one hair on her..." I say as I feel a fire build up in my chest...


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The Misadventures of TB, Squishy, Cheesus, And Pinkie Pie

To Get A Burrito

Perspective: Tallestbrony
(Warning: Strange)

"Wasn't my car." Cheesus says to Pinkie as Squishy and I catch up. He and Pinkie had been chuckling to each other as we cried over our lost loved ones.

"I demand compensation!" Squishy yells.

"Hmm.... do you have a saddle?" Pinkie asks.

"WHY YES I DO!" He yells as he pulls a brown saddle out of his ass.

"... dude, what else do you have in there?" Cheesus asks.

"Do you really want to know?" I ask as the group reaches the bottom of the hill.

"Did you ever see that episode of Family guy where Quagmire gets a cavity search?" Squishy says with creepy smile.

"...ew. Now I'm not letting you." Pinkie says as she moves away from Squishy.

"But it sterile!" Squishy says as he holds up the questionable saddle.

"Uh, I'm hungry. Lets hurry up and get to Taqueria." Cheesus says as he picks up his pace.

"So, why do ponies keep doing it in Miles' bed?" Pinkie asks as we continue on our way. "I mean,at first it was funny, but then you had that random group show up and confuse everypony. THEN, that insubordinate 501st party brigade had to go and start a war with that troll army! You have any idea how hard it was to deal with those nubs?!"

"I'M WALKING ON SUNSHINE! WHOOAAOOAA!" The three of us yell as we continue to not listen to her. We had already agreed that somethings shouldn't be talked about...

"Hmph... you still haven't told me what happens in fifth arc." Pinkie grumbles.

"Well it starts..."

SMACK

"OW!" I yell as I rub the back of my head.

"YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK!" Squishy yells at me.

"Dude, its going to suck if anyone recognizes you as Equestria LA. Because you won't shut the fuck up." Cheesus says as he shakes his head at me.

"Well..."

"SH!" Cheesus and Squishy say.

"But..."

"SH!" Cheesus and Squishy say again.

"I'm...."

"SH!" Squishy, cheesus and now Pinkie all say at once.

"Fine."

"...SH!"

Gilbert

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