The fallen soldier

Chapter 13

May the best pet win!
Pt 2 out of 2

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In the end, you had a very short staring contest with Fluttershy, turns out.. She was kinda good at it. But you've stared down things much deadlier then Fluttershy, her stare didn't really bother you, but you had this itching feeling in the back of your head,

She sighed and turned, waving for you to follow, Rainbow was completely quiet the entire time. You walked beside Rainbow, she looked at you. . probably expecting you to say something. You instead choose to stay quiet and follow the pink haired woman, Rainbow changed her attention to Fluttershy.

She jogged ahead and stopped next to the pink haired lady, she leaned towards her ear and whispered something. You didn't have your helmet on at the moment, so their conversation was faint and intelligible. As you followed the two women a small child stopped walking by who you assumed to be his older brother, he looked at you, or more specifically. . Your armor.

It was no surprise, your armor caught the attention of many, it's design was simply powerful enough to steal your attention. You stopped walking and faced the young boy, his gaze switched from the armor to your face.

"Hello there." You say as sweetly as a man of your physique physically can.

The boy doesn't respond and instead chooses to approach you, you crouch down and look the boy in the eyes. He reaches towards your armor, you do the same and stick your left arm out. The boy grazes his hand over the armor that protects your metal arm, he let's out a gasp of awe and slight excitement.

"Are you a soldier?" The boy asks.

You nod your head in reply.

"My daddy's a soldier too! He went to the capital a few days ago, I miss him." The boys facial features develop a saddened expression.

You look the boy in the eyes, "You shouldn't worry lad, your father will return soon. Now, your friend doesn't know he's left you behind, so you should go to him before he realizes."

The boy nods with a sort of fiery determination in his eyes, before taking off after his friend. You stand up and watch the boy run, he reminded you of a old friend when you were younger. You turn and make your way towards the two silhouettes in the distance.

"Bye mister Robot!" The boy suddenly shouts.

You turn and look at the boy, he's now waving at you with a large smile on his face. You smile warmly and wave back, only when the boy disappeared around a house did you stop. Satisfied, you turn for the last time and begin the jog to catch up with the two women.

The boy would later tell the tale of how he bravely approached you, and befriended you. This rumor was spread to many of the children that inhabited the small town, which would at some point be told to their parents. In the end, this proved that you wasn't as bad as some adults thought you were.

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As you stepped onto Fluttershy's property you heard what seemed to be faint singing. You was able to confirm this when you stepped into Fluttershy's backyard, there were masses of animals freely roaming the yard. The singing came from Fluttershy and Rainbow, who pretty much ignored your presence until their song ended.

During the song, maybe halfway through, you sat next to a turtle. When Rainbow sang on about how she wanted her pet to be "cool" the turtle retracted its head into its shell, moments later it popped its head back out. But this time, the turtle happened to be donning a pair of sunglasses.

You couldn't help but whisper, "Dafuq?"

When the song ended, Rainbow decided she was going to choose her pet by hosting a competition. One contestant really caught your eye, it was the Bald Eagle, you know? That one bird that represents your nation?

First time in your entire 29 year old life, that you've seen this bird with your own two eyes. You've looked at it through holo-screens and computer screens, but you've never seen one yourself. Guess this is the reality of pretty much living your entire life on a spacestation. You've never set foot on the planet you were born on, Earth.

Born on Earth, were you stayed until the age of 3, then you moved to a Spacestation called the "Patriot." Stayed there until you was 16, then you joined the army.

Sometimes you wonder how different life would've been if she'd told you "Yes."

You wouldn't have been here. . . Hopefully.

But you don't regret anything, if anything you kinda hoped the girl grew to have a nice life. Last you checked, which would be around 3 years ago, she married at 24, and she apparently had a kid. It was surprising, but you hoped she met a nice dude who treated her right.

Your romantic life is pretty messed up, you've had 3 different chances, and either you were flat out rejected, or your job didn't allow relationships. You wondered if you'd ever find the right girl, but not many can fit the needs you have, and besides, You're not desperate.

At least, not at the moment.

Bah! All this free time is making you remember the past, you need to do something. Maybe you'll help RainbowDash build the obstacle course. Yeah, that sounds good.

You rise from the ground and begin walking towards Rainbow and Fluttershy, "Hey! You guys want some help building the obstacle course?"

Rainbow turned and faced you, "Yeah! That would be a big help! Alright come on Fluttershy, if we start now we should be done by late afternoon.

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Building the course took your mind off the past, it also allowed you to brush up on your Engineering skills. Rainbow's guess on our finish time was correct, we finished the course by 5:47Pm.

After that, Rainbow left to go fetch the rest of her friends. Leaving you alone with Fluttershy, you decided to do some touch-ups on the designs, Fluttershy just watched.

Rainbow returned with everyone else and we finally started the competition.

The turtle won. . .

Surprise surprise.

Author's Notes:

Wow!

That ending was totally half-assed!

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