As the day rose over Canterlot, Chase woke up to a sharp jab in his side. His eyes opened revealing Daniel, who shrugged.

"Captain Ellis wants to see you. Something about getting new gear."

"Fine." Chase said as he stood up and followed Daniel to the hallway. As they walked, Daniel looked over at Chase.

"There's probably going to be a few people aboard the Baron that won't trust you. Just ignore 'em and let Captain Ellis deal with it."

Chase nodded and focused on walking past the various castle staff and guards that walked past them. They eventually entered the room where Ellis and Celestia were standing over several maps. Chase noticed a large crate in the corner.

"Chase." Ellis said.

"Captain." Chase said.

"The gear inside the crate is for you." Ellis said. "Get kitted."

Chase nodded, thanked the captain, and opened the crate lid. Inside were Militia Pilot fatigues, and a new IFF tag, tooled for a new pilot. Chase nodded, thanked Ellis, and walked into a separate room, and Chase looked over to the maps Celestia and Ellis were studying.

"What's this?" he asked.

"Our defense plans." Celestia said. "I've managed to convince the leaders of the friendly nations to allocate some troops for our own defense, but it's still not enough."

"I agree." Ellis said. 'We're spread out too thinly. Even with the tactical advantage we have, thanks to Chase's intel, we're still at a technical disadvantage."

"Very true." Chase said, walking in, his white and blue fatigues replaced with brown and orange. His helmet now had three brown stripes across the face. "We need more troops. The IMC is planning for an overwhelming strike using numbers to break our defenses."

"Then we have to hope that reinforcements get here in time." Ellis said. "Chase, go check on your sister, then we'll go from there."

"Yessir." Chase said, walking out.

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As Fluttershy walked through the halls to the human girl's room, she couldn't help but shudder. Fluttershy had accepted the job of caring for the girl and helping her adjust to Equestrian society, and even so, she was nervous. She walked in and smiled. The girl was awake and looking out the window at the Canterlot skyline.

"Hello?" Fluttershy asked.

"Hey." Angeline said. "You're...the pony that supposed to help me?"

"Yes." Fluttershy said. "I'm Fluttershy."

"I'm Angeline. Nice to meet you." Angeline said, smiling. Fluttershy sat down next to her and sighed.

"You okay?" Angeline asked.

"Just nervous." Fluttershy admitted. Angeline smiled at the pegasus pony, who smiled back.

"Hey, kid."

"Chase!"

Fluttershy saw the pilot called "Scarecrow" walk over and give Angeline a hug.

"How've you been?" Chase asked.

"Pretty good. The doctors here are really kind." Angeline said.

"Glad to hear it. Fluttershy, right?" Chase asked.

"Yes?" Fluttershy said.

Chase sighed.

"I know you're scared of me, since you still think I'm with the IMC. Thing is, I deserted them and joined the Militia. There's nothing to be scared about anymore." Chase said.

"The IMC just seems so evil…" Fluttershy said nervously.

"I know." Chase said. "I couldn't stand that evil anymore. I couldn't stand the IMC in general anymore. If you don't trust me, that's alright. But there's no need to be scared."

"If you say so." Fluttershy said. As Chase said goodbye to Angeline and walked out, Fluttershy turned to the human girl, whose bright green eyes were shining.

"Well, we gonna get started?" Angeline asked.

"Sure." Fluttershy replied, taking several books out of her saddlebags.

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Twilight walked over to the balcony where Princess Ashra was standing, as she was staring across the ocean towards Saddle Arabia.

"Princess?" Twilight asked.

"Oh, yes?" Ashra replied.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"I am worried what will happen if the IMC cannot be defeated." Ashra admitted. Twilight nodded and sighed.

"I'm scared too. But if anything, we just have to wait and hope."

"Yes...Wait and hope." Ashra said.

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"Commander!"

Sarah Briggs turned away from the holotable and walked over.

"We've got a signal, IMC, open frequency, targeted to these coordinates." the Grunt manning the station said. He pointed towards the origin, and Briggs smiled.

"Get us to those coordinates. We've found them. I repeat, we've found them." Briggs said. As the Yorktown, Hastings, Charlemagne, and the MacAllan II jumped to warp speed, Briggs smiled.

"We're coming for you, Ellis. Don't give up. Help is on the way."

Author's Notes:

Update!

Sorry that it's short. I needed to finish this, and I ran out of time. As they say, High school doesn't have a schedule. But anyway, A longer one should be up soon.