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The fallen soldier

Chapter 6

Just like that?

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"Really? Just like that?" You recoiled back in surprise, was the princess really gonna allow you to join her nation just like that!?

Her lips curled into a slight smile as she spoke, "Yes, it is 'just like that,' you may call it a 'gut feeling' but I feel like can trust you." She raised her cup of tea to her mouth and slowly sipped.

"Terribly sorry for repeating myself.. But really? Just like that!" You couldn't help but repeat yourself, you were expecting a punishment for hurting the guard, maybe you'll walk away scot free.

The princess nods and suddenly adds, "Though you'll have to serve the time for attacking the guard."

Knew it.

"And also for resisting arrest."

Double knew it.

"Alright I'm all for it, but after I serve the time can I at least get my stuff back?" You REALLY missed the comfort of having a firearm on you.

"Why wait? You may have your things back now. Twilight, if you could." The princess surprised you once again with her sense of trust in you, Twilight nodded and rushed up the stairs.

Moments later she returned with a small satchel, as she gently placed the bag on the floor in front of you. You couldn't help but wonder why the bag was so small, you KNEW for a fact that you had more weapons on you.

"Twilight.. That CANT be all of it." You crawled over and grabbed the bag.

"I'm afraid that's all I found on you whenever we pulled your body from the wreckage." -She took a sip of her tea.- "Everything you see in that bag are the items I could physically remove from you. Whatever I couldn't remove was seemingly apart of you, so I left it on you until I could experiment more."

You mindlessly nod and grab the pack before flipping and dumping its contents, in which 4 items fell from the bag and onto the wooden floor. You examined each object from afar before slowly reaching out and grabbing your first piece of equipment.

It was your 'Sas-24' or your handgun for simpler terms, you've owned the small gun for around 2 years and you still carry it with you nearly wherever you go. The handgun has been heavily modified and no longer resembled it original 'factory look' though it still retained the glory in which it was meant to be held with. You, alone, sunk over 32,000 credits into the firearm, you added more comfortable grips, you added some color to the gun, and other things like a modified trigger you fixed to meet your hand size.

The second item was nothing more than a holster for your Sas-24 and 3 extra fully loaded magazines. You carried the handgun as a fallback incase your backup weapon ever failed you. It never did, so this handgun never saw much use. You strap the holster onto your thigh and place the handgun in it.

The third item was a small black rectangular object that was meant to be attached to your wrist, it didn't matter which one. You couldn't help but evilly smile as you picked the device up and began the process of attaching it to your right wrist. With several clicks and a quick confirmation from your suit, it was ready to deploy.

You wanted to make sure it still worked, but you also wanted to get the last item.

The fourth item was a magazine to a assault rifle you didn't have, Though you pocketed it purely outa the hope you might find one someday.

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POV CHANGE - NO ONE- BUT GENERALLY EVERYONE

That whole jumble of words above took only a 1 and 45 seconds in the time of the story. It maybe seemed long, but in reality.. It really wasn't.

The women and the several guards only saw the man dump the bag out, examine the handgun for 10 seconds before placing it back down and examining the holster. He then attached the holster to his leg before placing his handgun in said holster. He examined the next object with a slightly disturbing smile before attaching said object to his wrist. The last object he gave no more than a passing glance before simply pocketing the item.

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POV CHANGE - YOU - Anderson ( still YOU )

"So.. " Rainbow Dash began. "You gonna tell us what this all does?" She seemed slightly eager to see some alien technology.

"No can do Rainbow." You pause slightly before continuing. "Is it alright if I refer to you as 'Rainbow' from now on?"

She nods in response, but follows with a question, "why can't you show me how some of the stuff works?"

"Well, reason number one is that I have limited ammo for it, reason number two is that I don't want to scare anyone with the noise it makes. And reason number three is that we're inside a wooden building." You pick up the bag and stand up, you quickly hand the bag back to Twilight and thank her for not toying with your stuff.

"But, I can show you one thing." You look over at Rainbow again and smile.

"Oh really!- uh I mean cool.." Her poor attempt at hiding her eagerness brings a small smile to your face.

"Yeah, but we should go outside for it. This enclosed area isn't the best for what I'm about to show ya." You ready to walk out the door but you're quickly called back in by the princess.

"Anderson, while I'm as intrigued to see your technology as the next person. We still have unsettled business regarding your punishment." She looks at you through the corner of her eyes.

"Like what your highness?"

"Please, Celestia will do."

"Okay, so what's left to talk about Celestia?"

"Your terms of becoming a citizen of Equestria. While I shall cover the paperwork you must sign, you'll require a job if you plan to stay here a while, will you not?"

"Well I guess." - you didn't really think this far ahead - "Do you have anything in mind?" You were willing to consider some recommendations by the princess herself.

"How does joining the Royal army sound? I'd like to consider hiring a soldier such as yourself to be worth about 10 of my best soldiers put together." The princess sipped her tea once again.

She offered you a role in her nations army? Well considering the circumstances, you were stuck here for god-knows-how-long, and you just got offered a job by the princess herself to join the Royal army. Fuck it.. Once a soldier, always a soldier.

You'd hate to imagine yourself cooking muffins for living.. *Bleh*

"Can I get a description of what I'll do if I join?" You were interested in the offer, but you saw no interest in joining if you didn't get to do much.

"Certainly-" a guard appeared from nowhere and whispered something into the princesses ear "-I apologize Anderson, something has come up. I will send Twilight the letter, she'll give it to you when it arrives. Until then, I shall see you all later." The princess stood from her chair and left the treehouse.

Nobody expected the princess to accept you as easily as she did, though her odd and confusing sense of trust in you made you curious to find out why. You needed a way back home, connections with some sort of military would be bound to help you in the long run.

Twilight mentioned a wreckage, that's were you should began your investigation, hopefully the equipment aboard the ship survived. You can get some data on your current location, hopefully you're still within familiar territory. And maybe.. Just maybe, some extra firepower can be found aboard the ship.

"So!" Rainbow suddenly announced, "ya still gonna show me what your doohickeys can do?"