Canterlot
The Crew
Saturday, 12:30 PM

Once we were granted access into the castle, we all went our separate ways, I myself went into the Canterlot Archives. I was looking around the legends and myths section, until I came across that book. I had Nick accompany me into the archives, since it was very big and I don't like going into big places alone.

"Hmm, interesting." I flipped through the pages of the book that had humans written in it, since I had to at least know how I was related to Alicorns in the first place. It was describing that Cloud Dust was the name of the miscarriaged one, and how he mysteriously disappeared before birth.

"Hey Nick, come take a look at this." I pointed to what seemed like a girl who looked a lot like an ancestor of mine. I think she lived in the early 1900's by looking at how old this book is and its photos. I then looked to see if I was related to the princesses at all, I couldn't find anything about it, in which I don't think I'll ever find out about it.

"I don't see anything else other than this book." Nick said, looking around. I don't know why I was so concerned about this, but it was as if I just wanted to find out, just for shits and giggles. I then headed out of the archives, leaving it how I found it, I then made my way into my room, laying down on the bed. I paced around for a little bit because I got restless. And then went outside into the balcony, just as I saw something going on in the courtyard below.

"We cannot tell Drew about this, understood?" It was Princess Celestia talking to her younger sister, I then got out my directional microphone and listened in.

"Why can't we tell him? I would think he would want to be a part of our family, we four are the only Alicorns in existence." Princess Luna grumbled. I knew it, why would I want to be related to the princesses?? That just makes things ever more so difficult for me, and it gets pretty difficult at times. I then jumped from the balcony, landing on top of a neatly trimmed hedge as I groaned from the fall.

"Note to self: Don't jump into a rose bush." Turns out that hedge was a rose bush, and their thorns hurt like fuck when I landed on top of them. I then removed the thorns as I sat down right in front of the princesses, who were just staring at me. I just had one of those poker faces while I stared into nothing, ever more so confusing the princesses.

"Are you okay Drew?" Luna asked me, I nodded my head.

"Yeah, I just found out I had an extended family." I replied, the two sisters then looked at each other, asking each other what to do.

"Drew, it turns out that you are related to us in some way, we just didn't know what to tell you. We then decided to let you find out on your own. It also looks like you're our long lost cousin." Princess Celestia announced. I nodded, and accepted defeat.

"Don't you know what this means princess? That means I can't do the things I love to do anymore! I can't go on missions, I can't go anywhere without getting bowed to, this is madne-" Princess Luna put her hoof into my mouth, why don't they just tell me to shut up?

"Drew, the fact that you're related to us doesn't change a thing. As long as you keep it between us and your closest friends." Well, I keep forgetting about keeping me being related to them a secret, maybe this could possibly bring some good into my life, but at least I don't have to raise anything every night and day. I just deal out justice where credit is due, I consider myself to be the peacekeeper or something. Maybe peacekeeper isn't a good term, maybe something along the lines of Secretary of Defense, we only attack if we've been attacked first, or we find out that they're going to attack us.

"Thank you princesses, I'll keep that in mind." They both then chuckled, leaving me confused as fuck.

"No need for that anymore, cousin." Princess Luna winked at me, and they both left, leaving me speechless. I then got up off of my ass and went to the lobby, where The Crew usually hang out. It looks like they've been informed of my relation, but in no way do I consider myself royalty, I think that's just plain cheating.

"Looks like his royal pain in the ass has returned." Nick made a mock bow, I just socked him in the arm as we both chuckled, Jhon and Kaptn joined in too. We were talking for a bit until six, very angry mares came into view. Why were they angry? I don't know to be honest, but they seemed to be after us that's for sure.

"Guys! We need to have a little talk." Twilight announced, we didn't want to face the wrath of Twilight and her friends, so we hauled ass as far as we could. Jhon and I ran towards the courtyard, Nick and Kaptn were already captured, we threw down a flashbang and escaped before they caught us.

"We didn't do it! We didn't do it!" We raised our arms into the air, we had no idea why Twilight was chasing us, but it was fun.

"Drew! We only want to talk, that's it!" Twilight shouted to us, we were still hauling ass until she grabbed us with her magic. She was breathing heavily as Jhon and I were cracking up laughing, she was just so confused at why we were laughing.

"Okay, now. Can you confirm that you're related to the princesses?" That's all she wanted to know? I nodded, her eyes had that gleam in them again, and whenever that happened, I get scared.

"I'm their cousin, I guess." I shrugged, this was so confusing, but I went with it. Twilight nodded and released me, dropping me on my ass. Since we were nearby, we decided to check up on the Special Operations Base. We went inside to see that everything was shut down, and abandoned. I then picked up a note, and it didn't say who it was written by.

Delta Team,

If you ever want to see Foxtrot 2-9 back in one piece, you'd better bring an army. You killed Black Claw and now we're out to kill you. We will be waiting at the Jeffercolt Memorial, you better only come with one squad. If you bring an army, Foxtrot 2-9 won't see the light of day ever again.

Ninja Pony Gang

Great, just fucking great. We have to deal with Ninjas now?! Ninjas, it's always ninjas when it comes to kidnappings. We then suited up into out body armor and fatigues, we decided to go 22nd century on their asses. We just recently developed a way to combine out perks with actual suits of body armor, not having to leave them at home when fighting for real.

"Alright, time to test these puppies out." I said, turning on my favorite perks, Sleight of Hand, Stopping Power, and Dead Silence, all in their pro forms. We then made our way to the Jeffercolt Memorial, where SWAT teams were surrounding the building. The Crew and I put on some extra bandoliers, just in case this were to get messy, in which I know it will. We also had our knives with us, dealing with Ninjas meant hand-to-hoof combat situations.

"Alright guys, close range weapons only. If you use a sniper rifle, you're screwed, because these are Ninjas, and they move too fast to scope in on." I then grabbed Goldie and my M1911 out of their holsters, because I'm going two pistol BANG BANG on their asses. We tried to find the SWAT Captain to get full details of the situation, knowing that this wasn't going to be easy.

"Alright boys, we got a hostage situation on our hooves. These 'Ninja Ponies' have kidnapped one of our units in the special forces, and we're here to get them back. We're gonna breach the basement door, Alpha Unit you are going in with Delta 0-1, and Delta, good luck in there." He pushed us over towards the door that leads to the basement. I got my dual wielded pistols ready as one of the SWAT stallions breached the doors, and Jhon threw a flashbang inside. These Ninja Ponies were really Ninjas, so we caught one of them off guard as the others escaped from the breached room. These guys were packing Katanas, throwing knives, and almost anything that's sharp, they were ready for combat.

"Where are the hostages?!" I shouted at the new captive.

"Upstairs! On the second floor!" I then put a bullet in his head, we advanced down the corridor and came up to the first floor.

"Always fucking Ninjas, fucking always." Kaptn said, I nodded. Once we made our way to the first floor, it was dark. Except for one spotlight hanging over a member of Foxtrot 2-9 tied up in a chair. I then commanded my team to turn on their thermal vision, and we looked around. They were all over the place, crawling all over the walls and the ceilings and shit.

"Oh."

"Fuck."

"Me."
(Listen to this)

Jhon, Nick, and I said, continuing each others' statement. We then saw all of them draw their swords, in which I didn't know how they did so without hands. We decided to go CQC style in here, we pulled out our knives and brass knuckles right before they charged at us. I managed to go out and rescue the Foxtrot 2-9 captive, he was still alive thankfully, but at the price of me being surrounded by Ninjas.

"Fucking Ninjas man! That's the shit I don't like!" I said, in the 'Oh, come on!' Voice. They then dogpiled on me, stabbing me multiple times, but it didn't pierce my body armor luckily. I then shook all of them off, and retaliated with my CQC style of fighting. The Crew, and Alpha Unit were separated, we were pushed upstairs as they went back down into the basement, probably getting reinforcements.

I had one of the Ninjas as my meat shield while fending off the others that were trying to get at us. Once I couldn't use my meat shield anymore I went back to my two pistol BANG BANG, dual wielding like a boss.

"In here!" I gestured them to come over to this room, I then barred and closed the door really hard behind them. We then looked around inside of the room we were trapped inside of for the time being, this was the prisoners' rooms.

"Are you guys Foxtrot 2-9?" I asked, by the dogtags I saw they were.they were locked on the other side of the cell. I grabbed the nearby keys and unlocked them from their jail cells. They then grabbed their weapons from the gun safe nearby as we opened up the door. The Ninjas were all lined up in a row, waiting for us to come out of the room we were in, we then threw flashbangs out and stunned most of them. The SWAT came back in with reinforcements, and we had then surrounded, but before we could capture them, they all disappeared within the smoke. But before we could all call it a mission accomplished, I felt a sharp pain in my side. I looked down to see that I have a knife going through my abdomen, due to blood loss, I blacked out.
(Stop Music)

I woke up in an unfamiliar place, it was all white and shit, and it seemed to me that I was dreaming.

"Ughh, where am I?" I rubbed my head, I looked down to see that I was still bleeding, but nothing was happening.

"We're in your mind." Princess Celestia? Why was she in my mind?

"Because, I think it's about time to look into your past." She cast a spell and her horn touched my forehead. Why was she looking into my mind? I don't know, but I am going to bleed out soon.

"Don't worry Drew, the doctors are fixing you up right now, you took on nasty stab wound." Well, since she is in my mind she can read my thoughts.

"Yes, yes I can." Well, that was awkward, she then brought out my memories of my darkest moments in my life, which was the after effects of Vegas.

"Uhmm, Celestia? Why are we watching this one?" I asked, she just chuckled, I had to look away, but she seemed to enjoy the movie.

"I wanted to know more about your past, and this was the easiest way to do so." She replied, I just had a WTF moment right there.

"Why did you want to see this one?" I asked, she nodded , gesturing me to sit down.

"I wanted to see what motivates you. Why you keep putting your own life on the line for others, what drives you to do it." Well, all she could've done was ask, but I guess this is more detailed than taking my word for it.

"Yes, I could've asked, but you're right, this is more descriptive. I now know the pain and suffering you've been through for the last 10 years, every bit. And I feel so sorry for you, it must've been tough." I guess that's what happens when you do a memory spell, you feel what they feel at that moment in time.

"You should be waking up soon, but you will have to stay in the hospital for a few days." She informed me, I smiled and waved goodbye.

I then woke up for real this time, I rang the nurse and she came in. I asked her how long was I out. She told me that I was out since yesterday, I guess time goes by faster than what you think.

"It's good to see you again, Drew. You took quite some damage on your last mission." The Doctor came in, and the nurse left her report on the table. I looked over to my side, I was covered in bandages, and I could see blood seeping through it. He was right, Tic-Tacs can only heal so much at a time. Tic-Tacs could only heal minor injuries and small cases of broken bones.

"Thanks Doc. Is this the first time I've been in the hospital for the last two years?" I asked suspiciously. He nodded his head, looking to see if my stab wound hasn't caught infection. I had other injuries too, but only on a minor scale, I had a cut running under my left eye, and bruises on my right arm. The Doc said I could be discharged from the hospital in one more day, that's when they take out the stitches I guess.

A few hours later I guess it was the visiting hours, I heard multiple footsteps step into my room. I forced myself out of my nap to see both my cousins and The Crew standing over me.

"Hey guys." I said, they all came over to pat me on the back, while the princesses group hugged me.

"It's good to see that you're okay Drew." Princess Luna was squeezing the life out of me, I had to pry her off so I wouldn't pass out again.

"I'm fine Luna. Oh, and by they way, don't ever expect me to call you Lulu or Tia, it just feels weird." I said, boggling my eyes like Twilight does all the time. Once I saw the girls come in, Rainbow had a frustrated look, this wasn't going to be pretty.

"Scheiße." I cussed in German, I was part German to begin with anyway. Rainbow then tried to squeeze the air out of me as well, I don't know what's up with squeezing me like a plush toy today.

"I don't want you to do that ever again. Promise me you'll come back in one piece next time?" I let out a lifeless chuckle.

"I'm sorry to say Rainbow, but I can't promise you that. You know the risks of being in the Military Special Forces." I replied. They all left my room, saying their hello's and goodbyes, and I was left in my room, bored as fuck.