"Personal Log No. 28,

April 18, 2160

Well, Rainbow and I have been dating for a couple days now, and I have to say it's going pretty well. I'm surprised how much she reminds me of Carmine, back when she was alive. She's not the brightest, but far from idiotic, as well as playful. I just hope I don't have to break her heart whenever I get sent out, but we all do what we gotta do.

Today we will be going to Canterlot, in order to train the new individuals that are signing up to be the next generation of Royal Guards. I will be one of six commanding officers, two of them being Captains of both the Royal Lunar, and the Royal Day Guards. I've heard about the Captain of the Royal Day Guard, Captain Shining Armor, but I have yet to meet the one responsible for the Lunar Guard. All that I know is that there's going to be a lot of paperwork involved for me, considering that I'm the highest ranking individual here.

Anyways, I've been making a few suits for myself in the past few days, I have to say that it's going pretty well all things considered. Luckily, the only blueprints of the suits are password locked into my datapad, with a voice recognition for extra measures. Man, it's a good thing I bought all of those schematics back on Earth, it's becoming very useful for me here.

After that event from a few nights ago, I'm thinking that there are multiple sources that cause my Dementia, and I'm not liking where this is going. I've informed Princess Celestia about this, and she's looking into the topic as of right now. I have no idea why Equestria seems... so familiar to me, but I have to keep going strong. After all, I have friends to look after.

Major Andrew Hartfield, signing off."

Andrew and the rest of Echo Team loaded into the chariot, in which this was probably the first time riding inside of a flying one. He grabbed the side handle bar as it lifted into the air, trying to steady himself as they were flying. They had already said their goodbyes to Twilight and her friends, because this was certainly going to take some time to train them.

"So, what are we looking at here Major?" Nick asked, Andrew scrolled through the files on his datapad on his wrist, looking for anything worth explaining about.

"We're being sent to Canterlot to train the new Royal Guard coming in. It says that there's about 150 of them, the biggest amount of recruits to date. Considering that this is peace time, that's a lot of new rookies coming in. Celestia wrote that they'll be two Guard Captains for both the Day and Lunar Guard, one is Captain Shining Armor. I'll be looking over both the Day and Lunar Guard, while you three will be drilling them." He explained.

The ride was fairly short, and there wasn't really anything to talk about on the way there, except for one thing.

"So, I heard you were going out with the Rainbow Dash?" Nick taunted, making Andrew turn red a little bit.

"Yeah, she's great. Really cute too." He said courageously, making them all giggle.

"Well, I support you. There's nothing wrong in my book." Helena patted him on the back.

The carriage came to a complete stop, they could hear voices from outside he vehicle. Andrew was the first to get out of the carriage, only to meet two Guard Captains, and two princesses. He happily greeted the princesses with a formal hand-to-hoof shake.

"It's a pleasure to have you in our training program, Major. Today we will be separating them into two groups, the ones who signed up for the Day Guard, and the ones for the Lunar Guard." Celestia explained.

"The pleasure is all ours Princess. I'm just glad we could see the next generation of soldiers willing to defend their country, patriotism at its finest." Andrew then went on over to the Guard Captains who were standing to the side of Celestia, they saluted as Andrew came into their sight.

"Major Hartfield, sir." They both said in unison.

"At ease, Captains. I've heard of you, Captain Shining Armor, but I have yet to be introduced to you." He pointed to the Lunar Guard Captain.

"Captain Ominous Breeze, sir." He shook Andrew's hand firmly.

"Alright, let's get down to business. What are we dealing with here?" Andrew asked, walking down towards the barracks along with both Guard Captains.

"About 150 plus recruits. The most I've seen in the past few years." Shining Armor said, Andrew nodded in agreement.

"Shining Armor, I will need your help to get them separated. Ominous Breeze, you will have to help my second in command, Helena, get them into the training teams, by skill level."

"Yes sir." They both said in unison, making Andrew chuckle.

Andrew and Shining Armor were just about to get towards the barracks, where the trainees were getting settled in their bunk beds. Andrew chuckled as he remembered his first time in boot camp, it was the worst time of his whole career, yet that's where his team first met.

"Alright Captain Armor, show them you mean business." Andrew gave him the stage, in which he gladly took the offer.

"Officer on deck!" They all scattered, trying to get into a single file line.

"Listen up! From here on out you will be listening to Major Hartfield, he will be the one instructing you through every exercise, he will be the one to make you cry yourself to sleep, he will not take any rough-housing of any kind! Do you get me?" He said in a drill Sergeant voice, they all saluted.

"We get you sir!" They all said in unison, staying in formation.

"Major, you may come in." Andrew took the cue to walk in, with his almost unbreakable poker face.

"So, these are the worthless sacks of shit that call themselves the Royal Guard? I've seen ponies out on the streets that could do better than you." He was in his aggressive tone, trying to rule out the weaklings in the group of individuals.

"You recruits better be ready at 0400, or you're not going to last long out here. If I see any whining, crying, or any type of water coming from the eye. You will go down washout lane, do I make myself clear?" He announced into the crowd.

"Crystal clear, sir!" They all said in unison, Andrew gave an affirming nod.

"At ease, Guards. If any of you need to speak to me, I'll be in my office." They all dispersed and went back to socializing with each other.

As Andrew walked into his office, he could see a whole mountain of paperwork to be done, he sighed as he went to work. At least he wouldn't be alone, because Shinign Armor came in a few moments after. Andrew took this chance to catch a break, not wanting to strain his eyes for too long.

"Sir, permission to speak freely?" He asked.

"Permission granted, and please, call me Andrew." He said, easing up the tone in his voice.

"Andrew, you're stationed in Ponyville, am I correct?" Andrew nodded.

"Then you must know Twilight Sparkle?"

"I would be mad if I didn't. Anyways, yes I know her, why do you ask?"

"I'm her older brother." Andrew's eyes widened in shock, he's never noticed this before. He knew there was some sort of resemblance, he just couldn't make anything out.

"Well, that explains why you remind me of her." He chuckled.

"I haven't seen Twily in so long, it has to have been about a year or two by now. To imagine that I'm getting married in a few weeks, I still need to tell her." Andrew sighed, patting him on the back.

"You're getting married? Who's the lucky girl?" Andrew taunted, making Shining Armor blush.

"She was Twilight's old foalsitter, Princess Cadance. I'm sure she'll be so happy to hear that."

"Well, as long as both sides of the family are happy, that's what matters. Anyways, good luck on the wedding, I expect an invitation in the next few days." They both laughed.

"I'll make sure you'll get one. After all you're the best security Equestria has to offer. Yes, I heard about you stopping the Princess's assassination, as well as killing the Darkness."

"Oh, it's nothing. Just another day on the job, right?" Andrew tried the humble approach.

"For you maybe, I'm stuck here organizing the Royal Guard. I can barely keep in touch with family anymore." He said sadly, making Andrew feel sympathetic for him.

"Don't worry, I'll tell Twilight that you've been busy. Besides, I'm pretty sure I'll still be in Canterlot by the time your wedding comes. I have to write to them every night anyways." He said, stapling papers together.

"It's getting late, you should get to bed Captain."

"Yes sir."

Andrew then got out the traditional quill pen and parchment, writing to Twilight to let them know how everything was going. He tried to make it subtle, because he didn't want to be responsible if Twilight died knowing that her brother as getting married. He left that part out, for now anyways.

Dear Twilight and Co.

My team and I have successfully arrived in Canterlot, and we will be here for a few weeks. Knowing you and your friends, I'm sure Ponyville can go without a Police Force for that long. I've met up with your brother Twilight, Shining Armor, a really nice fellow, yet very disciplined. If you want to know he is doing fine, and currently helping us train the new recruits.

Lastly, I left some books of mine back inside of the basement. Twilight, you have my permission to use them and put them in your library if you feel the need to. I hope you like them.

Best of Wishes, Andrew Hartfield

Andrew yawned as he went into his private room, undressing from his Military attire and into his sleep clothing. He would be waking up early to drill the trainees, and hopefully by then they will be separated into teams.

By the time it was four in the morning, Andrew has yet to fall asleep. He couldn't sleep, due to the fact that he was seeing visions again, and not the good kind either. He could see blood, a lot and lot of blood, covering the floors of the throne room. He could see many, many more indescribable things that he couldn't, and didn't want to, make out.

He got dressed into his drilling attire, where he knew he was probably going to get muddy while yelling at the recruits crawling through the pits and trenches. He then went on over to the training grounds, with a fresh out of the production line, steam powered car. He was surprised how innovative Luna's science team was, but this was certainly unbelievable. Andrew had just recently showed her pictures of old 21st Century cars, and she was intrigued to know more about them.

"This is going to be a long program." He said to himself, mentally facepalming.

Along the way, he picked up Helena, then Jhon, and lastly, but not least, Nick. They were all surprised that there was a functional car in Equestria, not to mention an environmentally clean car at that. Andrew then pulled on the breaks as he stopped at the peak of the hill, and he could see rows and rows of new recruits. By the end of today, he would guess that about half of them would stay, the other half would decide to pussy out and leave. After all, this served a good purpose, you have to be prepared to lay down your life to protect your country and ruler.

"Alright guys, here's the plan. We all take one group, and we drill them through different courses. If they decide to whine and fit, make them run, motivate them. Like ol' Sergeant James." They all remembered Sergeant James like it was yesterday, it was the worst week of their lives, and it was also the first week of Boot Camp.

"Let's get started." Andrew cracked his knuckles, as well as his neck. He then put on aviator sunglasses, hiding his eyes and showed the best poker face. He was ready.