Sgt. Clare, outside Crystal Empire:

Sombra stood there, snarling at the fact that I had him outmatched. “Give up, it’s over” I told him coldly. He curled back his lips as he swung his hoof back to draw his pistol from its holster. There was no competition, I was faster and already had my revolver drawn.

I quickly pulled the revolver up and lined up a shot with his chest. I pulled the trigger back, the massive 500 magnum round boomed through the air and slammed his chest. The bullet blew open his chest and blood stained the white snow, his body was propelled backwards and he landed with a soft thump as his blood leaked into the snow and stained it red. I spun the heavy revolver on my index finger as I swung it towards its holster and spun it into the holster.

I turned back to Luna who was watching from the safety of the truck. “I uhh… guess that means we win huh?” I asked.

Hours later,

Sgt. Clare, Canterlot castle:

As soon as we had gotten back Celestia had grabbed her sister and held her tightly for a long time. We had gotten a few platoons of royal guard-ponies to do a military sweep of the Empire and free all the civilians, these fights were getting worse all the time. After a few hours Luna had requested to go on a vacation and put in notice for her absence.

We both walked through the halls of the castle, she had of course said that she wanted me as her personal body guard for her vacation. We both hadn’t packed much and it figures that they’d only let me carry a small firearm and they wouldn’t allow me to carry my Smith and Wesson 500 magnum so I took the next best thing. I could feel the weight of the concealed Desert Eagle .50 caliber AE handgun in the shoulder holster, though it was lighter than the S&W magnum it was still quite heavy.

It was getting to be later in the evening but Luna had insisted on leaving early. We stepped out front of the castle and I loaded her luggage onto the back of a flight carriage, good thing she didn’t pack much, I had heard rumours about Ms. Rarity and how she would pack over a ton of things. I walked over to the side of the carriage and hopped in. “Where to?” I asked and she looked to me and gave me a wink, “Trust me, you’ll love it”.

The next morning,

Sgt. Clare, Los Pegasus, house on the beach front:

The morning sun pierced through the window that over looked the beach front. It was still early in the morning and no-ponies except joggers were on the beach but that would soon change.

I groaned as rubbed my eyes and got out of bed, we had managed to rent out a house on the beach front though I didn’t really want to know how we got it. We had stayed the night and come to think of it we were probably going to stay here for the whole two week vacation.

It was really more like a mansion than a house in the fact that this place was really fancy. I rolled off the bed and walked around the bedroom in search of my clothes. As soon as we got here last night I just randomly picked one of the rooms and took of most of my clothes then tossed them as I flopped on the bed so I had no idea where my clothes were.

After a few moments of searching I found my clothes lying on top of a shelf, I put on my pants and shirt but left the duster coat. I was about to take the pistol but then figured I wouldn’t need it.

I walked out into the hallway of the house, I didn’t exactly know which bedroom Luna had taken so I didn’t want to go tromping around and wake her so I crept into the kitchen silently. My stomach grumbled, “Yeah, yeah give me a second” I whispered as set out a bowl and a spoon. I walked over to the cupboards and searched through them. I pulled out a box of cereal and grabbed some milk from the fridge then went and sat down.

I poured myself a bowl of some sort of cereal with an Irish looking pony called Lucky Swirls, guess it was supposed to be like Lucky Charms or something. Before I ate I got up and turned on the television in the living room across from the kitchen but made sure it was quiet enough so it wouldn’t wake Luna. I grabbed the remote as I walked back to the kitchen table and surfed through the channels. God I hated satellite, there was so many damned channels that you could never find a show you liked.

I switched it to some morning cartoons about some pony and her goldfish that was evil and tried to take over the world with some ridiculous and sneaky plan. I stirred the cereal around with my spoon as I watched the entertaining TV show.

“Do it, press the button” said the evil goldfish. The mare gave the goldfish a suspicious look, “What, you don’t believe me? Fine let the city be destroyed by the explosion” the fish said as he swam around his fish bowl. The statement was enough to make the mare press the red button on the back of the machine and a tube shot out, hitting the mare in the face and knocking her out. The goldfish hopped out of the fish bowl and into the tube which was conveniently filled with water. “Silly filly, it’s why tricks are for kids” the goldfish laughed as he took control of the big pony looking machine and began his rampage throughout the city.

I chuckled to myself “Smartass”. Luna walked into the kitchen as she rubbed her eyes, “Sorry, I didn’t wake you did I?” I asked and she shook her head. “What in Equestria are you watching” she snickered as she sat down across from me and began to watch the childish cartoon that was obviously meant for kids and foals.

“Something about an evil goldfish” I chuckled. I looked to her, “You hungry?” I asked and she turned to me. “Only if you make it” she laughed, I raised an eyebrow. “Is your cooking that bad?” I asked and she shrugged.

I stretched out in the seat as I looked over to the TV show, the mare was trying to chase down the goldfish at this point as the goldfish attempted to destroy the city dam. I looked back to her and was about to ask what she wanted to eat when I realized she had taken my cereal. “Hey, I was eating that” I complained, she stopped mid bite and looked over to me. With her mouth still containing chewed cereal she began to talk “Oh sorry, here take it back, gaahhhh” she laughed as she showed me the chewed food in her mouth.

I groaned at the immaturity of it, “No thanks… I think I’d rather starve”. I yawned as I stood up and began to make coffee. “Whatcha makin?” she asked and I looked back to her, “Coffee” I replied. “Ohh sounds good” she said happily, I imagined the immature Luna with an espresso coffee rush and looked back to her. “You’re not getting any” I told her bluntly.

Her jaw dropped in jealousy, “I am too having coffee” she told me. I shook my head, “Ohh no. No coffee for you missy” I laughed, she stood up from the comment and trotted over to me. “Please?” she pleaded as she gave me puppy dog eyes, sure she was cute but I don’t think I could handle a hyper active Luna, especially early in the morning. I looked to my watch to see just how early it was, 6:23am. That would explain why I was so tired.

She gave a pouty face but I still shook my head. “There is no way you are getting any coffee. You’d be like…” I made a flustered face and brought my hands together and made a frustrated gesture with my hands and threw them into the air. “Hyper active” I said, finding the words I was looking for.

She let out a sigh as she walked back to the table then continued eating her cereal, my ex-cereal. I looked back to her, I felt bad for not letting her have any coffee but I just don’t think it would be wise to give her espresso coffee, maybe I’d let her have de-café.

The coffee soon finished and I let it cool then prepared myself a cup of coffee but as I turned around to go sit back down I was greeted by Luna who was standing right behind me. “Whoa… uhm morning” I said, she startled me I’ll give her that. “I just wanted to say how much I love you Clare” Luna said as she hopped up and wrapped her forelegs around my neck and began to kiss me. ‘Well this was a sudden change of events’ I thought as I set the cup of coffee on the counter behind myself then began to kiss her back.

I had my eyes closed as she broke away from the kiss and began to kiss the side of my neck. It tickled a little and I had to let out a little laugh as I began to kiss the side of her neck. She stopped kissing me for a brief second and I heard her take a sip of something liquid. “Mmm this coffee stuff is great” she muttered then I heard her take a gulp.

I let out a sigh as I realized what she had just done and stepped back. She had just downed an entire cup of coffee in less than two seconds, espresso coffee I might add. She licked her lips and held out the coffee cup, “Is there anymore coffee” she asked and I looked over to the coffee pot and chuckled. This was going to be a long morning.