Day 2, still haven’t asked for the date.

Well its only early afternoon and I already had an eventful day. First had breakfast and learned more about Starlight and I can say with 100% certainty I’m glad she is locked up in Irongate as she is more dangerous than first believed as this version of her actually went back in time by modifying Starswirld’s time spell and caused multiple Wildcat events till finally causing a Global Extinction Event by screwing with the timeline.

I must admit that is very amazing her skill, I may question this version of her on how she did it, I don’t think I will have any issues getting her to tell me as she looks at me as if I were the devil himself, come to think of it that probably made it where she won’t stab my counterpart in the back out of fear of me somehow learning about it and coming for her. Who knows?

Anyways after that spoke with my counterpart the Princess and cleared something up by each sharing a story of an event we both shared to see how we each handled it so I think it helped with things, will need to find out.

After that was a tour of Ponyville and not a lot is different from how Ponyville used to be before Tirek leveled it, granted mine has a slightly different layout and a few newer buildings and some additional buildings. And Changelings, it is so strange to not see a changeling walking around the town going about their business like everyone else as my Ponyville was the first town to accept them and hell some of them even have a few jobs around town.

Anyway after lunch went to a party hosted by this worlds Pinkie to welcome be to town and while things were a bit awkward for the town ponies so I slipped off to a corner and had a small party all my own with just me, my music and some good old Nightfall whiskey.

Yes I got a bit drunk

Yes I ended up putting music on for the party

And yes I ended up dancing drunkenly to say music with the Princess.

And yes looking back on that it really is kind of awkward literally dancing with yourself but luckily the rest of them joined in and the party was going well till some uninvited guests decided to crash it.

No idea who those robbed guys are but they wanted the Princess and I did not like the way they were speaking about her, damn racists, I only had a little whiskey left in the bottle and the situation as getting out of hand as the party crashers used some strange amulets to attack, got to hand it to the Princess, she handled it well, calming the crowd and keeping control of the situation for the most part and for the most part looked like a Princess as she faced down the leader of the ponies.

Still had they fight a lot of the civvies would have been hurt as I don’t think any of them really know how to fight properly and they were facing overwhelming odds, so I did the only thing I could think of to defuse the situation so I could strike and that was act like a drunken fool.

It worked and I took one of them down with the empty bottle, one of the other actually tried to taz me, for real! Was kind of cute but the look on his face when it failed was absolutely priceless!, anyways snapped his back over my knee so his heart and lungs stopped and then started to take the robed pony’s forces a part till there was just three of them left who managed to escape with the use of a smoke bomb of some sort.

After that everyone at the party seemed too frozen like statues staring at me like I was something that just walked out of the Everfree or something.

Shortly after that the Princess sent for the Guard and Celestia and when the guard arrived the Princess had them surround me and watch me while we waited and while she talked to Celestia.

And that’s how I found myself with six guards outside my room keeping me under house arrest, not like they could stop me if I wanted to leave but I want to see where this is going as something is going on here. Why is it anytime I break from my routine something goes wrong? Seriously something always happens around me it seems!

Anyways I’m going to finish this up as Celestia should be up soon as she wanted to talk to me about what happened at the part as she is mad about how I handled it.

Commander Twilight Sparkle EDF

Twilight finished righting her next journal entry and closed the notebook she had picked up for the reason and sat back in her chair as she placed the stopper back in the inkwell. She went over what happened at the party in her head once more and huffed in annoyance. “Save their asses and they thank me by sic’ing the guard on me.” She grumbled before getting up and stretching. She looked around her room for something to do as she waited for Celestia to arrive.

She thought going down to the kitchen to grab something to eat but she’d most likely have to beat the crap out of the guard outside her room and she already had to deal with an annoyed Sun Princess and would rather not make it worse, the sooner her “talking to” was over with the better so she could get back to finding a way home.

She made her way over to her bed and pulled out on of the few books she still carried in her pocket dimension, though she called it her storage locker as that’s basically what it was used for, and laid back, she was still fascinated how close this dimension was to her own yet they didn’t have such a useful spell.

Shaking her head with an amused smile on her face Twilight cracked open the book staring a certain tan Pegasus she still loved to read the adventures of even after her trip, and this one would prove interesting as it had an EDF Rifle Team in it that had gotten lost in the Frozen North and stumbled upon the adventurers camp. Needless to say Twilight had been surprised the “fictional” books were in fact non-fiction but she read the report herself after the team has been recovered after aiding Daring in recovering an ancient artifact from Ahlizotal, she had made sure the report was buried where no one would find it and the team sworn to secrecy under pain of being sent to Irongate as an inmate to protect the mares privacy but still Twilight had to admit she really wanted to meet the adventurer/author.

Twilight had managed to read two chapters when a knock came to her door. She quickly marked her page and stashed the book in her storage locker before standing and fixing her uniform. “Come.” She called clasping her hands behind her back. “Greetings Princess Celestia.” Twilight greeted as said Princess walked in with two of her guards following.

“Greetings Commander.” The Sun Princess said returning the greeting before turning to her guards. “Please wait outside; I would like to speak to the Commander alone.” She told her guards who hesitated a moment, most likely having heard about what the commander had done at the party, before saluting and leaving the room and closing the door behind them, Twilight knew they would be as close to the door as they could without actually pressing their ears to the door to listen in.

Not that it would matter as if Twilight really wanted to harm the Princess she could, more or less, she was sure this Celestia would be able to fight just like hers was, before they could react and enter the room and even then they wouldn’t be much help for the Solar Princess as anything but a distraction and minor annoyance to the Commander.

The Sun Princess looked back at the military mare with a small frown on her face and looking all the part of a disappointed mother. “First I would like to thank you for protecting my former student and the rest of the ponies at the party. “The Princess started and Twilight nodded and waited for the rest. “However I do not approve of your…methods in doing so. I do not completely know how it is in your Equestria but here my little ponies are not sued to such violence.”

“It’s more or less the same where I am from too for civilians, they aren’t so used to the mess taking down enemies can produce.” Twilight explained.

Celestia looked at her. “Then you can understand why I am very displeased you exposed my subjects to that level of violence.”

Twilight shrugged. “I eliminated a threat, my counterpart and her friends had fought, the civvies would have gotten caught in the crossfire and most likely injured and the building heavily damaged. The best course of action to avoid that outcome was for me to remove the threat as quickly as possible as I doubted those robed fuckers were expecting someone with my training to be at the party, otherwise I doubt they would have attacked the Princess at the party.” Twilight said.

Celestia sighed and Twilight got the distinct feeling she had been doing that a lot recently. “Yes you are probably right but that doesn’t excuse you for traumatizing those you were trying to protect.” She said firmly and Twilight just shrugged, resulting in a deeper disapproving frown form Celestia. “You don’t regret what you did do you?”

“I have never regretted any of the actions I have taken as a soldier and I doubt I ever will.” Twilight replied with complete conviction.

Celestia just looked at her with that same disapproving frown before sighing and looking at the floor as she shook her head sadly. “No I suppose you wouldn’t.” She said and looked back at the mare before her who looked almost exactly like her former student. “I am sorry for whatever drove you to be this way, I have an idea from what Luna told me of your nightmare last night but—“

“Luna was in my head?” Twilight interrupted the Solar Princess.

Celestia blinked, not used to being interrupted as it had been a very long time since anypony had down that. “Well yes, she saw you were having a nightmare so tried to help but som—“

“Damnit.” Twilight said and pointed at the white Alicorn. “Tell her to stay the hell out of my head, she has no business in there and I will see any future intrusions without my express permission as a hostile act and will take action.” She said firmly.

Celestia blinked once more. “Very well Commander, I will let her know of your wishes but…what she told me you were dreaming about….she wasn’t able to affect it.” Celestia said. “Why is that and why would you dream up something so….so nightmarish?”

“She couldn’t affect it because it wasn’t a dream. “Twilight said causing the Princess tilted her head slightly in confusion and Twilight sighed. “Her magic can only affect dreams, not memories.”

The Sun Princess stared at the mare before her for a moment before her eyes widened slightly as the words sunk in. “By the gods…that….that was a memory?” She asked hesitantly, Luna had been deeply disturbed by what she had seen in the dream and Celestia had tried to help her sister so they had talked about the dream in detail. “You….were tortured…like that?”

“Experimented on is the correct term as it was to learn everything they could about me, the torture took place in The Room.” Twilight said and shuttered slightly, even after all these years she couldn’t help the fear that bloomed in her whenever she thought of the Labs.

“Experiment? How in the name of the gods was that an experiment?” Celestia asked in disbelief.

Twilight shrugged. “To see how my body reacted to the pain and how long till I started to pass out and what would wake me back up.” Twilight said barley maintaining her neutral tone of voice as her emotions threatened to over flow. “They were very thorough I their research.” She tightened her grip on her hands, thankful she had them behind her back. “Now if we could I would request she change subjects please ma’am.” Twilight asked falling further back into her training, subconsciously standing more at attention as if before her actual superior officer.

This did not go unnoticed by Celestia who realized this was not a subject to be discussed with the mare. “Anyways Commander. “ Celestia said surpassing her shock and revulsion till letter when she could better deal with what she had learned of the Soldier.

Twilight stiffed more standing at full attention, awaiting orders, face completely neutral. “Yes ma’am?”

Celestia paused taking in the drastic change the discussion had caused in the mare, she made a mental note to inform her sister as well as Twilight and her friends not to question the mare about certain things as it was clear there were some deep scars within her.

“As you know the party earlier today was attacked by a group of ponies who wanted Twilight. “She said calmly.

“Yes ma’am.” Twilight confirmed immediately and Celestia paused a moment taking in the mare…no her mind told her, not a mare, a soldier pure and simple. Whatever had happened in those labs and after it, remembering it had caused the mare that had been before her and spoke bluntly to her and those around her had retreated leaving only the Commander behind.

“Those ponies are known as Purifiers, they formed during Discord’s rein and fight against him. “ Celestia explained and Twilight did not move a muscle, Celestia wasn’t even sure if she was breathing as she looked like a statue. “After me and my sister defeated Discord they saw us as a byproduct of discords chaos and began to fight against us. We though they had been wiped out centuries ago but it seems they have been in hiding.” Celestia said and sighed. “And if they are even half as powerful as they used to be then Equestria is in great danger, and we simply are not ready to face a threat like the Purifiers.” She looked at the Commander calmly, as if facing a foreign diplomate, which in a way she was. “I request that you aide us in facing this threat while you are here, you have skills and experience that many do not have save the Griffons.”

The Commander was quiet from a few minutes and still as unmoving as a statue. “I have reviewed your request ma’am and decided to allow Equestrian Defense Forces to render aide to your country and assigned myself to carry out the mission till such time either the threat has been eliminated or a way to Evac all EDF forces back to Equestria is found .” The Commander said in a voice of pure military professionalism.

Celestia looked at the mare for a few moments before she calmly nodded. “Thank you Commander, your aide will be greatly appreciated.” She said and the Commander nodded.

“Have you chosen someone to act as liaison between your government and onside EDF forces ma’am?” The Commander asked.

Celestia nodded. “I have asked Twilight to work with you on this as you two seem to get along.”

“Very well ma’am EDF forces will make contact with the Princess of Friendship as soon as forces are sure all equipment is secured and onsite within the EDF FOB.” Commander Sparkle said.

Celestia nodded once more and smiled at the Commander. “Thank you once more Commander for helping us, it is greatly appreciated.”

The commander nodded once more as well. “IF there is nothing else ma’am I’d like to begin overseeing equipment checks and then meet with the liaison.”

“Of course, also I will leave the guards outside of your door and they will be staying with you as an escort for the time being but I will give them instruction to assist you in some things.” Celestia said.

“Understood ma’am.” Commander Sparkle said. With that Celestia left the mare to her equipment checks thoughts he wasn’t sure what equipment she had as she only seemed to have a single uniform and that weapon she carried on her flank.

Princess Twilight Sparkle sat with her friends and Princess Luna in the map room, each mare sat in the small throne adorn with their Cutie Mark, while Princess Luna gave them space by waiting by the door. none of them had spoken after Celestia had left as the group of friends were processing both what the Sun Princess had told them as well as what had happened earlier that day at the party.

None of them were sure which was worse, that a threat that had almost killed both Princesses in the past had resurfaced, or the fact they had to work with a Twilight that specialized in brutally killing ponies to stop them. Though Twilight also had other concerns her friends probably didn’t have, those being that the other Twilight was almost exactly like herself, they even had the same history up to a certain point before they diverged. If the other Twilight could be become….that then what did that say about the Princess herself? Could she become just like the Commander? Killing ponies while smiling as she enjoyed the fight and then not give a single care for the lives she had just taken while being covered in the blood of her victims?

Twilight was drawn from her thoughts as the door to the room opened to admit Celestia once more. The gather mares all looked up as the Sun Princess approached the space before the map. “The Commander has agreed to help us and agreed to work with you Twilight.” She said with a smile and Luna walked up beside her. Then the white Alicorn frowned slightly. “I must warn you all though, me and the Commander discussed something from her past and….it seems to have had a reaction within her. The gather ponies perked up in concern and the Princess raised a hoof. “Nothing bad, she just shifted more into an air of a soldier, I am not sure how long she will be like that but I caution you six to be careful when talking to her if you plan to get to know her. She has been through a lot and it has left scars that are not physical and while I don’t think it would cause her to become dangerous to those around her it still has a profound effect on her. So I ask you to be careful but do not treat her as if she is fragile for she has endured that which few could imagine and survived and it is clear she can endure a great deal of things that would break most others.” She said.

The gather friends nodded and Twilight spoke up. “Alright Princess, we will be careful when talking to her, what is she doing now?”

“She is currently checking her equipment before coming to find you Twilight, I am not sure how long she will be but I would assume not long.” Celestia said and the gathered mare all nodded. “I know you all can do this my little ponies and if you need any assistance or advice just send a letter and I will do what I can to help>” Celestia said with a smile.

After that the Princess said their goodbyes and left to return to Canterlot, shortly after both sky princesses left Twilight’s friends bid their farewells and returned to their homes to either prepare for what was to come or handle chores they had leaving the Princes alone to wait for the Soldier with nothing but her own thoughts for company.

Author's Notes:

This chapter brought to you with the help of this song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vx69Pe7Ncs

That song got my motivation back up to wright another chapter.

And while this one doesn't have anything but talking in it, it does have a lot going on in it what with another journal entry by the Commander as well as Celestia learning more about her as well as the sort of mental scares the mare carriers deep within her.

Also Twilight is now concerned about herself do to the Commander's display of violence at the party and question herself. How she will deal with this new insight into herself only time will tell.

till then I leave you to enjoy the chapter.