Harmony's Warriors: Captain Equestria

Harmony's Warriors: Captain Equestria is the fourth title in Bronyman1995's epic project. It is a fan fiction novel in works by Bronyman1995, the lead writer of the Harmony's Warriors project, and cowritten by Mark Garg Von Herb, writer of Mare-Do-Well: Regeneration. Captain Equestria is based off of the 2011 American superhero movie Captain America: The First Avenger and the television show My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

The story takes place roughly 80 years before Harmony's Warriors: Iron Mare during the Equestrian Civil War. during the Equestrian Civil War. It follows Applejack  as she rises from being a lowly farmpony to one of Equestria's greatest heroes. It is currently four chapters long, spanning at over 19,000 words.

Style
Captain Equestria is written in past tense format and is considerably darker than the other Harmony's Warriors stories. Its themes appear to be the downfall of too much pride and the damaging effects of racism.

Like Iron Mare, Bronyman1995 has installed verses of songs from Pink Floyd songs at the end of his chapters. The verses are carefully matched to the theme of the chapter they are part of.

Prologue
Agent Spike  leads an expeditionary force on an aging zeppelin to the Crystal Mountains under the direct order of Director Shining Armor. Spike and his crew is skeptical of the flimsy evidence Director Armor used to justify the search, but Spike keeps his skepticism to himself. When they find an anomaly in the ice, Spike goes down with a team to investigate and he finds a shield of Equestria's greatest war hero. Captain Equestria.

Act 1: Smoke on the Horizon
The story cuts back to Equestria, 1934, on Sweet Apple Acres where a young -and sickly scrawny- Applejack plays hide-and-seek with her father, Apple Buck. After the game, he and Applejack go to have breakfast prepared by Applejack's mother and Apple Buck's wife, Apple Blossom. Their breakfast is ruined, though, when their boss, Mr. Belle, a unicorn, visits to inform them that they are behind on their rent. The next day, Apple Buck visits Mr. Belle's residence and is heavily scrutinized by the unicorn guards. He is led to Mr. Belle by a butler named Hoity Toity. Apple Buck speaks with Mr. Belle about him providing more work for him. Mr. Belle happily agrees, believing that it will be beneficial for both of them in the longrun.

Within the next couple of days, Apple Buck gets a job as a miner at a coal mine owned by Mr. Belle. Before leaving he gives Applejack his hat and promises her he'll return home. On his first day in the mine, the mine collapses and kills him and most of the other miners. Mr. Belle delivers the bad news, which breaks Apple Blossom, and he tries to convince her to let him compensate for their loss. She refuses and vows to repay the debt owed to him.

Apple Blossom spends the next few months working every job she can and refuses to ask for help from anybody, even family friends and her daughters. During the winter months, Apple Blossom works herself too hard and becomes too ill to work. There is nothing the doctors can do to ease her pain or save her. Apple Blossom asks Applejack to take care of her sisters, Purity Smith and Apple Bloom, and asks her to promise that she will never give up, no matter what. Applejack promises and Apple Bloom dies soon after.

Characters
Captain Equestria features a strong caste of familiar characters to the Friendship is Magic television show.

Applejack
The main character of ''Captain Equestria. ''She is a simple, skinny farmer that becomes a national hero in Equestria's darkest hour.

Purity Smith
Applejack's older sister. She plays a motherly role to Applejack and Apple Bloom when Apple Blossom is away at work.

Shining Armor
The director of N.EI.G.H.S. He is fanatical about finding Applejack, suggesting that the two had a history together.

Spike
Shining Armor's top agent and go-to-guy. Whatever needs to be done, Shining Armor calls him and he gets it done quickly and effeciently.

Reception
Captain Equestria has recieved immense praise, tallying at only one down vote compared to its sixty four, and has been featured in twenty groups on FIMFiction.net.