Twilight is in the library, she sits alone on one table, reading. About Spike, that dog was outside the school, having a little play with Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. While Twilight reading, Flash then sits next to her for reading the book he chose from the bookshelves. But then Twilight knew Flash didn't sit next to her only to read.

"So, how did the funeral go?" asked Flash.

"It went well," she replied. "I did see a whole family member came to the funeral and they were very sad that he's.... gone." She then looked to her left, rubbing her arm in mournful.

"I see," said Flash, he rubbed his back neck. "It took long didn't it?"

"Yep," she then flipped a page. "I should have stay with him instead of retreating."

"You did what you though was right," said Flash, comforting her feelings. "It's not your fault."

"I know," said Twilight, she then huffed. "At least i know how being dead feels like."

Flash then shrugged his shoulders for the reaction of Twilight's true statement. "At least you're alive for now."

Twilight looked at him and smiled. "That's right," then her expression turns to cold as she looks back at the book she reading.

"Are you still, mad?" asked Flash.

"No," replied Twilight. "It's about how mad i am back in the class?"

Flash nodded, putting his both hands on the table.

"My emotion were very mixed up back there," said Twilight. "I felt almost speechless."

Flash then nodded, then he decided to change the topic. "Hey, do you have any plans joining up a competition?"

"No, i don't want to join any of it for now," replied Twilight, but then something crossed her mind. "Well you know what? What competitions does the Principal said? I didn't pay attention at all in the class."

"Pretending that you're hearing her?" asked Flash as his left eye brow was raised up.

"Yep," replied Twilight in simple way.

"Alright," He then tried to remember what the competitions will be held by the school. "First is painting, then Chemics, Maths, quiz, bake cake, archery, rolling skating, capture the flag. well as usual i suppose,"

"Pffft," Twilight wasn't pleased, she felt so tired only just to joined those competitions. "I rather joined Marksmanship competition than those."

But then Twilight though for a while. "On second though, i will joined only the quiz competition," she said letting out a low huff.

"Only quiz?" asked Flash, making sure he heard it right.

"Yeah, only quiz."

She returned home after school in the afternoon with Spike. Upon reaching home, she saw a mail was left on the ground, right in front of the door. Spike sniffed the mail, try to know what kind of smell is it. But then Twilight picked the mail and opened it. To her surprised, it was filled with money, 20.000 Dollars. But then there's was a mail in it, it was from Colonel Marshall. The letter said:

"Corporal Twilight, or the Boogeywoman if you like, this is your payment for your service in Afghanistan. Supposed to be you'll be paid 5.000 Dollars for your very great service. But due to your action to bring Mohud in our hands, the generals like to give 15.000 Dollars to you respectfully. It seems the generals have their respects to you, even for a girl. Don't worry, we give you time until we need you, or you came back for service."

Twilight chuckled after reading it. With that amount of money, she would be shopaholic. But then, since she's a soldier, she decided to spend those money for her needs of emergency or something else. She then goes inside the house, having a break with Spike.

In the evening, she contacted Sgt. Garry, knowing that he has a military quad ATV for sale. She went to his house by taxi and then on foot. She found his home, it's just one floor building and a garage, his house and the garage are colored in white and the walls are made of strong wood. Twilight knocked the door, and then the doors open. Garry came out from the house and greeted her.

"Hey, Corporal," he then shakes her hand then hugs her.

"Sarge," said Twilight, they both then stopped hugging.

"Follow me, the ATV is in my garage," said Garry as he point at the garage with his thumb.

"Okay."

Twilight followed him until entered into his garage. She then saw that his quad ATV is still intact and in very good shape. He said he got it from an operation, but he got willies every time he ride that. So that's why he want to sell it.

After she saw the ATV, she asked the price.

"So how much is it?" asked Twilight as she checks her wallet.

"I'm gonna sell it for 5.500 dollars," replied Garry. "What do you think?"

Twilight glad that its cost is not above 7.000 Dollars. "Alright, deal."

She then gave the money to him, he was seems to be obliged. "Ah, thanks, Twily, i've been trying to sell this for months."

"No problem," she replied.

"Alright here's the key," said Garry, he then give her the key.

"Alright," said Twilight, smiled. "See ya later, Sarge." She then get on the ATV and inserts the key.

"See ya, girl," replied Garry. "Just be careful on the way back."

She then wears the helmet that was on the ATV and drove away from Garry's garage, as Garry waved his hand good bye at her. She felt very comfortable with the ATV as she drove throughout the town with ease. When she reached home, she parked her ATV inside the garage (which she used for research purpose) and did a little upgrade to it so the key to it has been coded. After that she went back inside the house, watching the TV with Spike. She drinks fanta soda while watching as she rubbed Spike's back. Nothing but ordinary show she watched, which is an entertainment show.

Then, her phone rang, she picked it up and see who's calling. It was Timber Spruce, her boyfriend. She then answered the phone.

"Hello, Timber," greeted Twilight.

"Hey, Twilight, what's up?" asked Timber.

"Doing fine now," replied Twilight. "Is there something you want to tell me?"

"Hey, i'm at the cinema now, with Daisy, Juniper and Flash," said Timber. "Would you like to watch together?"

"You're inviting me aren't you?" asked Twilight.

"He he, yeah," said Timber in a little blush. "You know the movie called 'Valor Of The Fighters'?."

"I did heard about it, didn't watch it," replied Twilight. "That's the movie in the cinema?"

"Yeah, we will waiting for you here," said Timber. "You're coming right?"

"Yeah," said Twilight, but with a little cold tone. "I will be there.."

"Okay, see ya," said Timber before he closed the call.

Twilight then put away the phone to the table in front of her. She then huffed.

"At least Flash won't tell Timber my secret."

Twilight then walked out the house and went to the cinema by taxi, she don't want to go there with ATV because she doesn't want anyone know she have that besides she still don't need it now. After she reached the cinema by taxi, she payed the driver and go out the car. When she looked around in front of the cinema, a lot of people around her. There are some telling gossips to each other, nothing really interesting beside the Shadowbolts reputation, financial-economics suspicion, etc, etc. The cinema were decorated with the plants in front of the doors and the sign on board above the doors is written with the title of the movie she is about to watch.

She found them standing near some plants. She walked over to them and greeted.

"Hey, guys."

"Hey, Twilight," greeted Daisy, Flash, Timber, and Juniper.

"So, when it starts?" asked Twilight.

"Soon enough," replied Juniper. "This is best movie to be sure!"

"Yeah, right..." said Twilight in less happy emotion.

"You're.. alright, Twilight?" asked Gloriossa Daisy, she quickly concern by the look of her expression as she looked at her face with wincing her eyes.

"Nah, i'm fine," replied Twilight as she raised her open palm in front of her.

Then they heard from a distance, shouts. They saw a teenage boy was fighting with a teenage girl and the ticket seller was trying to cut off the fight but he can't.

"That's gonna be a problem," said Timber in sullen.

"I'll handle this," said Twilight.

They were surprised by Twilight's comment. "You're sure, they seem having a hard fight," said Flash.

"That's not hard enough," said Twilight, she then approached the teenagers who had a fight with each other.

"I'm the one who supposed to be to get ticket first!" shouted the girl teenager.

"I already got the ticket first!" shouted the boy teenager.

"You're supposed to behind me and you just try to get ahead of me to get the ticket!" shouted the girl.

"Oh yeah, it's to slow to waiting for getting my ticket!" shouted the boy. "I'm the one who should get the ticket, moron!"

"Oh, you-!" the girl then quickly fight him, when the ticket seller is trying to keep them both away from each other Twilight helped the ticket seller to cut their fight.

"Hey, hey, tell me what's going on," said Twilight after cutting them off from fighting.

"He get ahead of me, i was the first to get the ticket!" said the girl angrily.

"If you were quick enough i already get one!" said the boy.

"You will get yours soon enough," said the ticket seller.

"I'm tired of waiting, alright!? I want this so badly!" said the boy.

"You better hand over her ticket," said Twilight. "It's not yours."

"No, moron!" protest the teenage boy. "It's mine, now!"

Twilight suddenly insulted, but she keeps her calm. "Give it back," said Twilight.

"No, moron!" exclaimed the teenage boy.

"Don't make me do it," warned Twilight, but he seems to be ignore her warning, though it was a baffling.

"Oh, really moron?" he then about to hit her with his fist. "Take this!"

Twilight react quickly, he blocks his fist attack with her arm to his arm until his fist were hitting at the air. She then counter-attack him by hitting his stomach five times very hard with her fist, as she hits him, he hopped in the air per hit for dealing the pain. She then kick his left calve to make him dropped and kneel as she holds his arm, she then hits his head. She then pulled him up to stand up and then dragged him to the right and then she pushed his head down quickly and then his head bashed the edge of the plant pot and quickly fell down to the ground and with his forehead bled a little.

The people around them both was very amazed and pop eyed by her actions, her friends were in speechless as they watched her with their mouth open. After that, Twilight then pulled the boy up by his shoulders and turned him around to looked directly at her face.

"Don't call me a moron, understand?" said Twilight. "You're dealing with the wrong person here."

The boy was silent in worry as she looked at him in angry.

"3 mistakes you made," said Twilight in angry and cold tone. "First, you tried my patient and pissed me off. Second, you stole someones ticket. Third, you just make yourself a moron because you're dealing with the wrong person. I let you have the ticket but mark this, you do that again and i make sure i get you to the hospital with your arms and legs broken, do you understand that?"

The boy quickly nodded at her in afraid.

"Good," she then hit his head hard until he fell to the left. Twilight shook her head and then left him as she left him unconscious on the ground.

When she walked towards the teenage girl, the people around applaud at her for flawless fight. Twilight reached the seller and the girl and talked to them.

"I let him have the ticket," said Twilight. "Don't worry, he won't trouble you anymore, he already got his lesson."

The girl and the seller seems smiling. "Quite a show back there, where did you learn that?" asked the girl.

"Long story," replied Twilight as her reason to not prolong the conversation with them both.

"I see, thanks for helping us dealing with him," said the seller.

"Your welcome, sir," replied Twilight as she nodded. "If you don't mind i want to talk to my friends back there."

"Alright, be careful," said the girl.

Twilight simply nodded and returned to her friends. They seem quite disbelieve on what they witness, except Flash.

"Where did you learn to fight?" asked Timber in wonder, never sees her had a fight before.

"I better not tell," said Twilight. "Unless you want me to smack you down."

Timber quickly imagined how it would be, it will be more painful for him if she wants to do that to him. "Alright, you better not tell," said Timber quickly as he smiled in embarassement.

"Wow, you would be fit in action movie!" complemented Juniper in impress.

"Yeah, you hit him pretty hard," said Daisy, agreed to Juniper's statement.

"Hard enough to kill a man?" Twilight asked back, they quickly dead silent for a moment if not until Flash answered it.

"Uh, no..?" answered Flash in doubt.

"Good,.." said Twilight, she then looked behind her in a moment before looking back at them. "Alright, shall we watch?"

"Oh, yeah, let's go!" said Timber agreed with Twilight to watch the movie.

They all entered the cinema in cheer for Twilight's fight, but Twilight remain quite and cold. After they found their seats, Juniper and Flash eat popcorn while the three of them just sat and wait for the movie starts. After the movie starts, they watched the movie in silent. The movie was a military story movie. There was the time there's romance, and there's the time where is war. She watched the part of the soldiers lost one of their best men with her friends. She quickly remembered how did she lost Lt. Dolker who died in the battlefield, and then, she cried in silent as she watched the movie. The four of them didn't cry though, then Timber, who is next to Twilight, noticed her crying.

"What's wrong, Twilight?" asked Timber

"Nothing, nothing," she replied in cold.

After the movie is finished, they all then walked out from the cinema and stay there for a while. They bought drinks for themselves. They still cheerful except for Twilight. Twilight then looked forward the scenery of the road and city.

"Man, that was a good movie," said Juniper.

"Yeah, but i kinda felt sad to see them lost a soldier," said Daisy.

"Well, Twilight felt much deeper in that part," said Timber.

Both Daisy and Juniper raised their eyebrows to Timber's statement. "Did she cry?" asked Flash.

"Yeah," said Timber.

Everyone then looked at Twilight, Twilight still stay silent as she heard them talking about her and looked at the scenery of the streets.

"Is there something, disturb her?" asked Timber to Flash.

Flash then answered his question, but some of them are lies. "There was a funeral this morning, it was a friend of hers. But she doesn't want to talk about it, she even doesn't want to tell us who has died."

They were quiet for a moment until Juniper speaks. "Did she said what happened that day?"

Flash shook his head.

"Oh," Daisy then looked at Twilight. "That sounds really bad."

Twilight then looked at the clock in her wristwatch, it was almost 6 PM. She turned around and say to them.

"Guys, i gotta go now," said Twilight. "I hope you don't mind."

"Don't worry, we don't mind," said Flash. "See you later, Twilight."

Twilight nodded at them, then called a taxi to go home. After she left them, they stay there for a while and then everyone go home after that. Twilight did satisfied enough about the movie, what she does not satisfied with is when a trouble turns into a fight. She frustrated about that, she leans her back to the seat whilst her eyes looking out the window of the taxi. She too focused to everything that went in and out of her mind and it made her stress.

It flickered a light in her mind, she's thinking about her previous memories back in Afghanistan. She seems to be remembered a fight on a mission.

Operation Goal Post
26 May, 1034 hours
Sandaran District, Panjwai city, Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Cpl. Twilight Sparkle
Squad Bravo 2-7, 1^st Battalion, 75^th Regiment

Her squad were tasked to secure the area around Sandaran District, info from the base said there are hostile activity within the district. Her squad was with some of the infantry from the 2^nd Battalion division, accompanied by 2 humvees armed with miniguns, they were callsign Roadkill. They walked cautiously and slowly as they watched the perimeter of the road they're on. There was nothing around to be honest.

The buildings around the road were two stories tall, mostly made by tan rocks. There were also walls up ahead of them to the left, behind that wall was a building with a width of 10 meters, the same size of the width of the wall. There's pretty much windows and access to the roof around the buildings at the road, making the soldiers much cautious to keep an eye on them to make sure no sniper nor rocket shooters was taking over that position since it would be a good spot for an ambush. As they moved along the road, the soldiers from the 2^nd Battalion inspect the houses they are about to pass as her squad and the rest of the infantryman watched their front and rear. After that they kept moving up on the road.

When they saw the walls ahead has an access to the house beyond it, the LT from the 2^nd Battalion took the opportunity to order her squad.

"Dolker, i want your squad to go to the left," said the LT. "It would be a good thing if we can flank them first before they manage to screw us up."

"Roger," Lt. Dolker then ordered the squad to stack up on the left, covering behind walls. "Twilight, take lead," he said as his open palm point his four fingers towards the path through the wall.

"Yes, sir," replied Twilight quickly with a little nervous tone. She then moved up into that area, the area the squad is going to enter was pretty open, but also given pretty much cover in it because there was a huge circle-shaped water well and there were some boxes of crates stacked up perfectly and there's a wreckage of car. As the squad moved in to the left, the rest of the soldiers behind kept moving forward following the road, hoping they won't be get onto trouble by some obstacles on the way. Twilight, Rendor, and Laner quickly took cover behind some crates while the other four took cover behind the well and the wreckage. As Twilight scanned around the area, no threats on sight.

"All clear," she said as she aimed her weapon at a path under the building she's looking at, probably an access to the backyard of the building.

Dolker then moved out from cover and walked towards. "Moved it!" the squad then quickly keep up with him, leaving their cover and headed toward that path.

They moving in with Dolker leading the way in front of Twilight, The 5 behind them watch around themselves and making sure the corners are secure. When they about to entered the backyard, Dolker stopped as he lift his left fist on the air, telling the squad to stopped moving. Dolker then ordered them to take cover to the wall to their right by pointing his hand to the wall. Dolker then peeked out from the wall to see what's in the backyard, but Twilight and Jeremy heard something else as Dolker peeked out, the sounds of Talibans are ahead of them but not quiet sure if it's them. Dolker then stopped peeking his head then looked back at his squad.

"Talibans," was all Dolker said, the rest of his squad just simply nodded.

They then cocked up their weapons and wait for Dolker's mark.

Before that, Dolker made contact with the rest of the forces that was still moving on the road. "Roadkill, Roadkill, this is Bravo 2-7, we found enemy activity behind the building you asked us to move in, there are around 10 of them armed with AKs and currently waiting in the backyard of the building watching the road on the right side of the building over," he said as low as he can to avoid being overheard by the hostiles.

"Roger that, HQ has given us order to eliminate any hostile on sight, you are clear to engage the hostile, capture some of them if possible," replied Roadkill squad leader.

"Roger that, we are about to engage," replied Dolker, he then nodded at his squad to get ready to hit the hostiles.

Dolker lift his weapon a little to in front of his chest, then he peeked out the wall and quickly shot two of the hostiles from behind them. The attack took the Taliban by surprise and they quickly ducked and moved in to the nearest cover they can find.

"GO, GO, GO!" shouted Dolker ordering his man to move out from there and engage the hostiles on sight.

His man and Twilight quickly run and gun then ran to cover behind a small wall. The Talibans startled as one of their man killed from behind and quickly take cover and shoot them. As the squad shot back at the hostiles, the hostiles quickly got killed from their backs again, killed by Roadkill squad. Dolker and the rest then peeked out the cover quickly, realizing that Roadkill just fucked them up.

"Well, that escalated quickly," said Yorker, making the squad and some soldiers in Roadkill squad laughed.

"Ha ha, alright let's move out," said Dolker, trailing his laugh off.

When the squad nearly regroup with Roadkill squad, they suddenly nearly got shot by the Talibans on the building up ahead them, behind the current building. After they ducked down, Twilight has a solid suggestion, which is crazy for herself.

"I'm going in that building!" said Twilight quickly in little confident. "Cover my back!"

"Copy that!" replied Dolker as he nodded in consent. "Boys, cover her backs!"

Twilight quickly ran out from cover and ran to the building where the Talibans are. She had to do dead sprint while run and gunning at them. Good thing is, Yorker brings his machine gun to the battle and the infantries have humvees with miniguns, so they able to give suppressing fire to pinned down Taliban from shooting at her.

"Shit, i can't believe i'm doing this!" exclaimed Twilight as she ran and dodged the bullets, handling those bastards by herself felt like a though one.

She eventually made it to the hostile building unharmed. She then leaned her back quickly to the walls and put her hand on her chest for the sake to get some time to breath for herself from all that running. Her Scar is left hanging around her shoulders. Suddenly, she heard a voice of a Taliban coming at her from the corner.

"Shit!" said Twilight, sicken if she didn't get a little time for a break.

Twilight pulled out her knife from the holster knife on her chest and give a strong grip to hold it, then she lifted it to her right shoulder, aiming the knife at the corridor next to her. When a Taliban passed by, she quickly stabbed his throat and keep him stand up even if he already died. She then quickly take cover behind the human shield she's using and another two Talibans coming out from the corner and they were in front of her 4 meters away. The Talibans then shoot her with their AKs relentlessly as Twilight drew her pistol and aimed it quickly at them and depressed the trigger. She killed them both in the head and in the chest and, she was glad that the human shield she's using has protect her from the gunfire.

Her instinct suddenly kicked in, she dropped the corpse of the human shield and crouched down as she aims her pistol to behind her by shoulder. When a Taliban showed up behind her, she pulled the trigger and shot the Taliban twice even without looking behind her, not giving him a chance to shoot. She then took back her knife from the throat of the corpse and stands up. She then holstered her pistol and aimed her Scar forward. But then she realized something.

"How did i know that coming?" she asked to herself in disbelieve, but then she shook her head to focus herself on the mission.

She then moved up around the corner and secure the main room, no more threats she found. She then head up to the second floor as she watched the upper floor with her gun. When kept move forward by the wall until to end of it, she then suddenly attacked by the Taliban popped out from the left, grabbing her Scar as she gripped her weapon as strong as she can. She then turned his butt rifle around to hit the Taliban's head, and then quickly locked his right wrist by pushing the barrel of the scar to his wrist. She then pushed the weapon barrel again along with the magazine quickly to his wrist then flipped him over in the air and finally smacked him down to the ground. She then shot him in the head as he still on the ground killing him.

She then quickly turned around to the left and quickly shot 3 Talibans on sight, did used 10 bullets for that. She then moved into a room ahead and quickly turned around at the corners of it, it was clear. She then heard a rushing sound from behind her, it was the last Taliban in the building. She just simply aimed her rifle to behind her with one hand and just pulled the trigger. After that, she turned around and to her surprise she did kill the last Taliban in the building, she believe her instinct were much reliable for that kind of situation.

After a while, Dolker and Laner came into the second floor, only to meet Twilight is still okay and the other 4 Talibans are dead. They both looked at her in astonishment.

"That's nice," said Dolker as he nodded to his surroundings and smiled. "Very nice, you're doing a great job, Corporal. Wonder how did you do that on yourself."

"I... think... my instinct just kicked me in," replied Twilight in a bit awkward.

"That's alright, Twilight," said Laner. "That's all we need if there's trouble."

"Miss?" asked the driver aloud, waking her from her daydreaming.

"Oh,.. yeah?" asked back Twilight, looking confused.

"We're already here," replied the driver, Twilight quickly realized that she's already home.

"Oh, sorry, i'm just... trapped in my mind," explained Twilight as she rubbed her forehead.

"It's okay," said the driver as he smiled. "I've seen that expression before."

"Oh, alright," she replied, she then pulled out her money and give it to him. " Here's the money."

"Thanks, be careful on the way," said the driver.

"Okay," she then stepped out from the taxi and watched the taxi leave her be.

She then looked back at her home. Feel glad again to see the beautiful purple color of the house as the sunset shined her house. After a moment of sight, she then proceeds to the front door and enter. She then sat on the couch with Spike on her side. Spike then looked at her cold of her face. She doesn't have anything to say, so he guess that would be better if he starts the talking.

"How's the movie?" asked Spike.

"Felt like a tragedy," replied Twilight in sad and a little anger.

"What do you mean?" asked Spike, puzzled.

"Just saw a best soldiers died there, it reminds me of Dolker," explained Twilight, her tone was trailing off at the last word of the sentence.

"Oh," is all Spike said.

They both then silent for the whole night, until they about to sleep. She is already in her pajamas while Spike is already asleep. She then lay down on her bed and cover herself with her blanket. But instead of sleeping, she spent an hour looking at the ceiling, trying to accelerate her thoughs she had in mind. She was thinking of her squad, whether they're still okay or not, then thinking about Colonel Marshall and Foley, then the waging war in Afghanistan. She sighed loudly then turned her head to her left, she saw some dog tags on the left night table. One belongs to Dolker and one belongs to her.

After that, she looked at the ceiling on last time then she slept. As she slept, she had one though in her heart.

"Everything around me is changing anymore."

Author's Notes:

Felt like i need a break since my brain is dual core processor. (If you know what i meant)
Nevertheless, i will make the next chapter as soon as i can.

Be advised:

Sorry for the bad words.