My Supreme Commander: Unity is Magic chapter 1

The two commanders flew back to their homes happily, having a chit chat and imagining how their lives would be after they get chained together by love. Every time he finished a sentence, Soarin would nuzzle Rainbow's colorful mane. He always did that not just because he loved that habit, but also to ensure her that he, the 'guardian angel', was there to preserve her from anything or anyone that would even think of harming her. Her reaction? She loved what he was doing, even though she ocassionally told him to stop. In all her life, no stallion ever treated her with respect, except for Soarin. She knew there is something about him, something.....special. He defended her against different dangers. He accompanied her to the front lines and fought uphill battles with her. To Dashy, he was her hero. He once took a hit in his right shoulder while trying to protect her from enemy fire. He was the one, Rainbow Dash thought. She felt secure every time he was with her, and the next day would be the day that she'd never forget: the day when they would be together....forever. Since they weren't married yet, they stayed in two different places: Rainbow in her luxurious mansion, and Soarin in his modest-looking house. That, of course, didn't mean she had a higher social class than him or something like that. It was just that he preferred simplicity over luxury.

They hugged eachother before Rainbow went home, waving goodbye to her hero. Soarin just hovered there, hearts floating out of his mind as he watched her graceful moves. He remembered how she was always being humiliated when they were in the military academy, how that bully named Billy was always insulting her by calling her 'Rainbow Crash'; him and his two other comrades. He also remembered how he was the only pony to stand up for her, protecting her from the barbaric gang. He remembered how he angrily punched Billy in the nose and shouted "No one insults Rainbow Dash!! No one!!". He got a detention for fighting, of course, but it was nothing to him. He didn't even care, as he always believed that he was doing the right thing. The officers who were in charge of these cadets knew him well for his behavior and good manners, and that was the only time he was detained for fighting. Even after their graduation, Billy was still scared. He might have been 'looking' so bold, but in his heart, he was a coward.

Other pegasi also feared him, and later, feared Rainbow, when they saw that she was the only pony who could do both the sonic rainboom and the sonic rainbow nuke moves. While they were afraid, Soarin was impressed. He always thought that the Wonderbolts team had a place for a unique pegasus such as Dashy, and he wasn't wrong at all. But, sadly, it was too late. The separation of the four races inhabiting Equestria into four separate states made the Wonderbolts team useless as there was no chance they could perform anywhere other than the pegasi state, Nubedive. So, their fame was gone, and the team members scattered. Soarin and Spitfire entered the military academy. While the stallion went to learn to be a commander and pilot an ACU of his own, the mare went into intelligence services.

Soarin returned to his small but quiet house. He landed in front of the door, spinned the handle to open it, and, once inside, he closed it. Sighing, the almost white flyer rested on his bed, his mind having twisted thoughts; from his love to Rainbow Dash, to worrying about the imminent attack by the earth ponies governmental forces under Stanley's command. Yes, he was anxious. He was anxious that he would never see his beloved and friends again, but he had complete faith that he would survive, in a way or another. He stood up, stripped from his commander uniform, and went to the bathroom. Inside, he filled the tub with hot water, and slowly, he sank in it, with only his head above the surface. The water was soothing, and he smiled while he was in it. 'Rainbow....' was all he thought of at that moment until, slowly, his eyes began to close. After a short time, he was asleep.

The rainbow mare wasn't in a different situation. She was also drifting with her thoughts of Soarin, her guardian angel, the knight who risked his life to protect her. She could remember the times they both were in the academy. They always sat beside eachother, studied together, and played with eachother on their freetimes. When it came to bed time, mares and stallions were separated. That wasn't all. Rainbow also remembered who her roommate was: Spitfire. That's right. The two of them had always loved to hang out with eachother, and sometimes, Soarin would come along. Even after all these years, they would still see eachother in Anderson base. Spitty grew bolder in her days at the academy, and was sent behind enemy lines several times to retrieve any info pegasi high command considered valuable. The three of them became seasoned veterans, so war wasn't something uncommon for them.

Spitfire remained in the base, checking some reports of the possible Seasam invasion. She had two concerns: the greater one being the invasion, and the lesser one being finding a special somepony. She never thought of ruining the relationship between Soarin and Rainbow Dash as that wasn't of her manners. But until when? she thought.

Until when was she going to search for the perfect stallion who would always be there for her, who would protect her, who would truly love her? These thoughts, mixed with the anxious of earth ponies military occupation, caused her a slight headache. She lad learned not to underestimte the earth ponies. They might never had an air force of their own to conquer Cloudsdale, the capital of the Nubedive, but they could certainly capture an airfield on the ground and use it to airlift their forces to the cloud cities, and, with the magic of some unicorn prisoners who were captured as suspects of terrorist acts, they would be able to move on clouds with ease. Spitfire also knew how powerful they are on land. The earth ponies comprise the majority of Equestria's population, and so, numbers was their strength, not to mention the numerous armored divisions they had, as well as some of their horrifying war machines, such as the Armageddon, a gigantic mobile weapons platform that can even shoot projectiles to the moon with an enormous anti-space cannon.

But wait a second. Wasn't the Seasam Union having a revolution? Yes, Spittfire thought. The earth ponies have been splitted into two factions: the government led by General Stanley, and the Resistance led by a cowboy named Braeburn, who refused to bow down to Stanley's rule and started an uprising against him. The earth ponies civilian populace fled to the unicorns' land, the Klavitsan Kingdom, under escort from some of the resistance's forces, including hundreds of soldiers who refused to serve Stanley. The remaining ones, including many cowboys, musketeers, miners, farmers, and even salesponies picked up arms and rose against that ruthless ruler. Spitfire wished to help the resistance, but unfortunately, she had no authority to do this. Her worries stayed with her. She was a true patriot, one who was worried about the safety of her kind more than herself. Finally, after a long day's work, the flaming yellow mare filed her report and left the base. Heading home, she was thinking, again, of her special somepony. Who could it be? Who could be the perfect stallion for her? She was lost in these thoughts as she headed for her mansion. After a comforting bath, she decided to go to bed and get some shut eye.

*****

Ponyville was part of the Seasam Union's territory. In the time of the revolution, it acted as the main staging ground for the resistance's forces. Unfortunately for them, the only rebel commander left with an ACU is Applejack, who was leading the forces escorting the refugees across the Seasam-Klavitsan borders. But Braeburn had faith in his soldiers. He also had tanks, IFVs, APCs, artillery, and even long-range missile launchers in his arsenal. He had what any modern army needed. His base of operations was in Sweet Apple Acres, home of the Apple Family. It looked different, though. A large radar dish was placed over the house, as well as several antennas. Inside the house, you would see like it wasn't even a house, but more of an operations center any modern base contains. The kitchen, though, stayed as it is. The living room had been turned into a field hospital, where the wounded were being taken care of. AJ's bedroom was full of computers as it was the radar control center. All of Ponyville, including Sweet Apple Acres, was surrounded by a steel wall, which was built by forces that served the former Seasam government.

Across the streets of the city of Ponyvostok, which was ruined by Stanley's forces, walked a battalion of resistance fighters, led by Braeburn's cousin, Big Macintosh. Their mission: searching for any survivors after their battle against governmental forces. Victory was on the resistance's side, thankfully.

"Stay Alert. There could some o' Stanley's stragglers around. Don't shoot 'em unless they shoot first. Just grab 'em so that we can get 'em ta join us." the red stallion spoke, and his soldiers nodded. He looked around with sadness, wondering why all this happened? Why would somepony want to destroy everything? Why war? These questions swirled in his mind as he was helping out some of his troops in removing some debris from a destroyed pet shop after he placed his 110mm rifled gun on his back, hoping to find a survivor or two, even though it was highly unlikely.  

He wished he could go back to his old job: farming. But how? How could he do that in such times?  Braeburn asked him to join the fighters as he was among the biggest stallions in all over the world, not to mention he was fearless, unlike some resistance fighters. Big Mac refused to fight at first, not because he was afraid to or he lacked experience in wielding weapons, but because he had no intention of fighting anyone. He wasn't violent. He wasn't a bloodspiller. He wasn't a soldier. He was just a simple farmer, working in the day and sleeping at night, even without his little sisters, Applejack, who shifted from farming into commanding ACUs, and Applebloom, who had joined Granny Smith in one of the refuge convoys heading for Klavitsa. His family was broken apart, not because of hatred, but because of a silly and pointless war that was fueled by Stanley. Every time he remembered the general's name, Big Mac's heart raged. He wanted Stanley dead in his hooves, and his hooves alone. It was personal. After a talk with himself, he told Braeburn that he'd join in the ranks. He was then issued the 110mm rifled gun that he still wielded. The gun was salvaged from a destroyed tank that belonged to Stanley's armies. That tank was destroyed by Braeburn himself with an RPG, and offered his cousin to take its weapon. Big Mac didn't say no this time, as most fire arms were too small for him to use, but a tank gun wouldn't be too bad. He removed it from the turret and modified it to become hoof-wielded. Nopony else was ready to carry something that heavy, and so, Big Mac was chosen for the job. From that day, his role would be a anti-tank soldier, and was given a steel alloy armor. He was nicknamed 'living panzer' by his buddies, and that didn't bother him at all. His combat prowess grew as he fought more and more battles, and enemy soldiers, even tank crews, started to fear him. Stanley knew about him from reports brought by surviving soldiers, and then he always knew him 'Red Death'.

The former farmer kept removing some debris until he found a pale yellow face under a broken piece of concrete. He was amazed, and kept removing the debris around the possibly dead pony. He then gasped in surprise as what he saw was: a pale yellow pegasus with pink mane and tail, with three butterflies as its cutie mark. He knew who it was: Fluttershy. But what was she doing here? In Ponyvostok?

Then he realized that her talent was caring for animals, so definitely she came to this pet shop to add more to her collection. Gently, Big Mac lifted her up and put an ear on her chest. He thanked goodness that her heart was still beating, but she was unconcious. It wouldn't matter so long as she was alive, he thought. He found his stallions staring at him as he turned around. "Survivor!" he shouted out. Before and after him, troops were shouting out the same word as they found more victims. They spent about eight hours trying to find any living ponies, and in all this time, they found about forty five, including Fluttershy. The surviving ponies were then taken to the nearest field hospital, where their wounds would be taken care of. Big Mac, however, rose a jeep, whilst still carrying Fluttershy, all the way back to Ponyville. He got a call from Braeburn that AJ would be back soon, and that all the refugees are safe under the protection of the unicorns race. His mind partially rested when he knew his family was fine.   

*****

His green eyes opened up slowly. Soarin realized he was still in the bath tub, and that the water became a bit colder, but not too cold. It was too quiet, as all what he could hear was his breath. He lifted his head while splashing water onto his face. Looking around, everything was the same, except for the clock on the wall beside the mirror. When he slept, it was about 7pm. Now, it was 11am. Gladly, it was the weekend, so he could spend the rest of the day doing whatever he wants, but no, not this day. This was his most special day. The day when he is going to be tied with the mare he valued the most, the one he had long protected and respected, the one he had long fell in love with: Rainbow Dash.

As quickly as he could, he got properly dressed. His suit was dark blue, like his mane, with a golden tie that resembled a lightning bolt. He combed his main carefully to look good in his wedding. He even sprayed himself with the best perfume he had. The wedding was going to happen at midday. Surely he had enough time to get to the Couldsdale Arena, where the wedding was going to be held. He was anxious, yet excited at the same time as he took a flight to the arena.

The pegasus commander arrived. He was greeted by his colligues from the base, as well as the engineers who worked tirelessly to maintain his ACU, and the base commander himself, General Greer. He also saw Spitfire smiling at him.

"Well, somepony is way too enthusiastic to get chained with his beloved." Spitty spoke to Soarin, who blushed a little.

"Aaaah, well, what can I say?" he replied, even though he had no idea on what to say.

"You're gonna get tied up with Miss Cool 'n Awesome, you know." that was Greer. "Two fine commander merging together....now isn't that great? That means you two will do even better than each one on his/her own."

"Yes indeed, sir. But the reason why I wanna marry her is because I love that mare so much. She's....perfect."

"Yep. You're right, commander. You better get yourself ready, though. There isn't much time before the announcement begins."

Fifteen munites later, Soarin got on stage. He had to make some final checks to make sure he looked perfect. Dress: clean. Mane: well-combed. Hooves: clean. Eyes: completely clean. Teeth: well-brushed.

Smell: good. Mouth smell: mint. Perfect, he thought. Then, the moment everypony waited for had come. Two fillies advanced first on the red carpet, spreading flowers. And then, behind them, was the one. It was her. It was Soarin's dream mare. It was Rainbow Dash. His heart started beating fast just from seeing her. She wore a rainbow-colored veil on her face, and a cyan dress, decorated with clouds and rainbow lightning bolts, just like her cutie mark. Dashy was slowly advancing towards the stage, and everypony else was looking happily at her. The wedding music was being played during the event. The former Wonderbolt stallion couldn't hold his tears of happiness from falling. Finally, the moment had come, he thought.

Rainbow Dash stood in front of him while trying to hold back a giggle. Soarin lifted up her veil, revealing her happy face, the deep red blush on her cheeks, and those rosy eyes. It was the most beautiful sight he ever saw in his life. The preacher pegasus began his speech, and everypony, including them, was listening. Both made the promise of loving, comforting, respecting, and caring for eachother.

"If anypony has any objection, speak, or be silent forever." said the preacher. Then stood a dark brown stallion with a white mane.

"I got an objection! The lame Rainbow Crash and the awesome Soarin can't go together!" he spoke loudly. Facehoof was Rainbow's reaction, and everypony else kept muttering. Even though that pony didn't forget about what happened between him and Soarin back at the military academy, he was still the harrasser everypony knew. He never learned his lesson.

"Billy, have you got any better things to do rather than spoiling up my life??!" Rainbow Dash shouted before smirking. "Maybe you wanna get screwed again." She then pointed at the former Wonderbolt beside her,  who didn't seem satisfied.

Soarin, even though he was admired, out of fear that is, he never liked anyone hurting Rainbow in any means, be it physically or emotionally.

"You!" he shouted as he started advancing towards Billy. "You, like almost every other stallion, have been disrespectful towards Rainbow Dash for too long! I don't know what on Equestria had been going on in your brains, but all the pain she'd faced in her life because of you and the likes of you ends today!! No one insults Rainbow Dash!! No one!!" he kept advancing while the bully backed off until he reached the wall, still facing the angry commander. "Understand??"

Billy nodded in fear before Soarin banged the floor with his right forehoof, which served a signal that he meant every word he said. The dark brown pony remembered then. These were the same words shouted by Soarin back at the academy when he was defending Rainbow Dash.

"I guess that'll teach you not to annoy me again, Billy." Rainbow spoke. These words made Billy shiver as everypony frowned at him. His other two comrades, though, didn't even say a word. When he thought he could rouse some ponies against Rainbow as he did before, he failed. Soarin then ordered one of his bodyguards to take the bully out of his sight, and it happened.

"Hmph. He deserved it." Spitty was right behind Soarin when she said that. "By the way, aren't you and Dash missing something?"

The former Wonderbolt stallion returned to the stage, facing his beloved rainbow mare before the preacher spoke out happily. "Now I declare you two husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

This was it. This was the moment Soarin and Dash have been waiting for. This was the signal. Their faces slowly approached eachother; his green and her rosy eyes seeing eachother before slowly starting to close. Finally, after a second, lips met. The wait had ended. They were not just mere friends anymore, but a family. They were tied to eachother. Tears of happiness rolled down their cheeks. The same happened with every other pony, including Spitfire. The couple broke away slowly, smiling at eachother.

"Rainbow, you make my life so colorful." spoke the former Wonderbolt.

She just looked at him deeply in the eyes. He was the one. He was her protector, her guardian angel, her knight, her hero, her....life. She knew that they were meant to be together. She leaned forward and gave him a tight hug while saying "I want us to be together....forever."

"We'll always be together....forever." his gentle reply was a reassurance that he would never abandon her. He embraced her, not as tightly as she did. Her body was a bit smaller and thinner compared to his well-built mass. Everypony watched happily as they separated slowly, looking at eachother again. Then suddenly, Rainbow Dash shouted out "Let the party begin!"

"I'm afraid it can't be done." spoke Spitty who stood up and got on stage. "I just got word from one of our agents that our president had been....assasinated."