(Next day)

CLANG, CLANG, CLANG

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CLANG, CHING, CHING, CLANG.

In a clearing in the forest two ponies a mare and stallion were training hard against each other with another a few yards away from them with a smile, as they trained but on the inside she was in turmoil. Her friend and lover asked her to be a ally to his country what the problem was is that The Everfree Liege wanted to spread its influence all over Equestria and she did as well. But he told her that if she joined him she couldnt do that, but offered the desert near the Changeling borders and even the Northern Expantion.

When she told the Everfree Liege about this offer it told her to refuse and kill her friend for even attempting to stop them. She sighed looking over at the two as they stopped and smiled at her which made it even harder to do what she was about to do, as the two were training she had a few of her animal friends and soldiers move into position to kill them.

The stallion frowned when she got up and walked away into the trees as some zebra warriors came out.

"Kill them." She said as a single tear went down her face.

Dark watched as Fluttershy left the grounds while he saw timber wolves and zebra warriors coming at them.

"Well cant say I saw this coming." Fleetfoot said hearing Dark Star grunt.

"Well shall we Fleets?" He asked while they got closer.

"Ill take the ten on the right, you take the rest." She said making him smile.

"Aww your so generious." He laughed before jumping into action along with her.

Fleetfoot charged at one of the zebra who charged at her just when out of the corner of her eye she saw another pony charging her as well as a timber wolf.

"Hm this is gonna be fun." She stated flipping over the zebra and spearing the timber wolf in the mouth and out the back of its head and landed turning quickly swinging the double bladed spear taking the head of the zebra off and launching the body of the wolf into the charging mare smacking her head on making her tumble into the woods. She turned and ducked just in time to stop from being beheaded, she rolled away as another timber wolf and the mare came charging at her along with the sneaky zebra.

She looked to her right to see another three ponies charging towards her making her grit her teeth and charge at the zebra clashing with him knocking him off balance before she pulled back and speared him through the chest lifting him up as he cried out in pain and slammed him on top of the charging wolf making it shatter while the four ponies got to her trying to tear her apart.

She side stepped a lunge from one and brought her blade down into the mares back severing her spine while she screamed in pain. Fleetfoot turned and bucked one in the face that was mid air crushing her nose and spun bringing the spear to bear as another tried to tackle her only for Fleet to dodge and bring the spear up piercing her in the stomach while she was mid air before she was tackled by another making her drop her spear.

Fleetfoot rolled away as a powerful shockwave when off where Dark was fighting and distracted the pony for a second but that was Fleet needed as she lunged at the mare bringing her to the ground. As they fell and rolled around on the ground Fleetfoot got the upper hand and grabbed the ponies arm and threw her over her shoulder making her slam into the ground crying out in pain before Fleetfoot crushed her throat leaving her to die slowly.

Fleetfoot rushed away from the mare towards her spear when she was brought down by a timber wolf that bit into her arm making her yelp in pain before she was able to kick it off. She jumped back from the wolf when she was hit in the side of the face by the pony she bucked earlier in the making the tumble across the ground before Fleetfoot pushed her making her fall back into the charging timber wolf.

Fleetfoot panted and wiped the blood from her face as she heard Dark Star yelp in pain before the sound of his hammer meeting skull was heard. She squared off against her two enemies and smirked while wincing a little at her bite and other gashes and wounds from her earlier tumble, watching them charge her while she did a counter charge taking off like a bullet and bringing hoof down on the timber wolfs head crushing it into the ground before spinning on that hoof and caught the pony in the face with a hear buck to the head.

She jumped over the fallen mare and dived for her spear hearing the sound of paws chasing her, she grabbed the spear rolled and swung it cutting the head of a wolf off just when she was hit in the neck by a dart making her world go black.

Dark Star just finished one of his foes when they started to retreat. He turned to see Fleetfoot on the ground making his heart nearly stop, he ran over to her ignoring his own wounds and slid up to her.

"Fleets come on wake up! FLEETFOOT GET UP!" He yelled smacking her in the face.

"Shit! Hold on Fleets I got you, Im gonna take car of you." He said hearing the sound of wolves howling making him got white as a huge pack of timber wolves ran out of the bushes followed by living trees.

"Fuck me sideways!" He yelled and flashed away after grabbing their gear and weapons.

They reappeared right outside a hut as he paniced and took off towards it while two zebra jumped out to stop him.

"STOP!"

"OUT OF MY WAY!" He roared grabbing them with his magic and throwing them into the woods somewhere while he continued to charge to the hut when a zebra stepped out.

"What is this- she was cut off as a large pony slammed into her and onto the ground.

"Zecora you have 5 seconds to find a potion for her for whatever this dart did to her or so help me if she dies Ill make every second you take you suffer." He growled his eye glowing bright red making her pale.

"Let me see the dart, oh we must work quickly if she is to live." She stated getting as he layed her on the couch watching over her as Zecora worked on the potion.

"Its gonna be ok Fleets Im here." He stated holding her hoof and stroking it.

"She is special to you, and who are you making a mess of my home and making demands of me." She growled but still worked on the potion watching his normal eye turn to her.

"Is the potion done yet?" He asked while she shook her head.

"THEN STOP FUCKING TALKING AND HURRY UP!" He said bringing out his sword while she turned completely white and nodded pouring the last of the herbs into her caldron. She waited a little while watching the mixture before scooping some in a bowl and brought it over to them.

"Taste it." He stated simply as she looked at him confused.

"Why do you need me to-

"TASTE IT NOW!" He roared as she gulped a good portion down and waited but nothing happened.

"Give it to her." He ordered while she grumbled and lifted the mare's head and poured it down her throat, they waited for a little while as Dark started to pace and was about to have the zebra give her more before they heard a caugh and groan with Dark by her side in a flash.

"Fleets! How do you feel?" He asked hearing her groan and look at him.

"Like death warmed over." She stated moaning a little while he turned to the zebra.

"Thank you Zecora, and sorry about the mess." He stated gather up their gear and Fleetfoot who moaned.

"Just hang on Fleets I got a safe house with some friends not to far from here." He stated and headed out the door while Zecora sighed and started to clean up wondering who those two where and who they knew where she was but smiled knowing that the mare wouldnt survive.

Dark walked at a brisk pace on the warn trail that led to Ponyville hearing Fleetfoot groan every so often from the bouncing. Once they finally left the forest they came to the flooded and gutted remains of Ponyville.

"Come on Fleets lets get you some rest and those wounds looked at." He stated heading for his old house before he left for the Imperium with Princess Luna and the other mares.

After a short walk they came over a hill to see the old run down house making him smile at the memories both good and bad, he could see movement in the house and pulled out his sword just in case.

He came up to the door and knocked twice then three time and then twice again and the door opened to show a large unicorn that smiled till he saw the state they were in.

"Come inside my lord hurry." He ushered them in as a unicorn mare ran out to see what was going on. She was pale-olive with a red mane and tail and has white streak through them along with cyan colored eyes.

"MY LORD! What happened?" She asked helping the Dark bring Fleetfoot to one of the couches.

"Glittershot I need you to go grab Zephyr Star and tell him to get in here now, I need to see if Fleetfoot is going to be ok and I need him to run some tests on this dart." He ordered getting a nod from the mare who went off to find the stallion.

Dark smiled when he saw his friend come in letting out a relived sigh as he went past Dark and straight to the dart. He was a pegasus with a dark green coat and wings, he has blue slit eyes and a spiked electric blue mane and tail.

"The hell happened Dark? This is a zebra death dart your lucky she's still alive." He stated looking over the mare looking into her eyes making him groan.

"Ok look whatever you gave her didnt work at all, the only thing it did was stave off the poison but your in luck. I have a postion in the back that can clean out the toxins in her system just make sure she doesnt start caughing up black tar." He called out running to the back to grab the bottle.

Dark Star sighed as Zephyr came back and had Fleetfoot drink it before she started caughing and groaned falling back on the couch.

"Shield could you get her upstairs please so she can rest, Glitter come on lets talk and Zephyr thanks." He said getting nods from them all.

"Whatever, just watch over her dont want her to die hacking up her mushy black lungs would you." He called out walking to the back getting a sigh from the other two.

"Come on lets get those wounds looked at." She sighed and led him over to a table and brought out some medical supplies then began to wrap some of the wounds that hadnt closed yet.

"Dark you really need to be more careful, what were you doing in Everfree anyway?" She asked getting a sigh from him.

"I was hoping to get a ally so we wouldnt have to destroy the forest, but it looks like Fluttershy had a different idea. I tried Glitter but I just hope this will all be worth it." He sighed as she smiled at him.

"Hey look Dark we're all behind you, everyone in the Imperium may not like it but we all know that if we dont do something Equestria's war could spill into our allies nations. Besides this war is pointless it just goes to show how hard the princesses worked to keep the peace here, I cant imagine what they feel right now looking at their home and subjects killing each other for petty things or because they're different. I pitty them Lord Dark, if the princess and Empress ever come back I pitty them for their recklessness and be so quick to divide." She stated while Dark nodded.

"It is a shame but I guess after a thousand years of peace something primal in them came out after some of the things they witnessed." He said as she finished dressing the last wound.

"Ok Glitter show me what you got." He stated getting a nod from her while she went into another room and grabbed a few things. Once she got back she spread out a map and some photo's.

"Ok near the border of the southern zebra tibes is a pretty big fort." She stated as he nodded with a small smile, soon Equestria would be free.

(Meanwhile at House Moon and Star)

Twilight sat on her throne looking over a map of the current borders of all the houses and sighed when one of her Knights of Luna walked in and bowed.

"Archmagister, we have news of about Fouledo." He said standing up, he had a grey coat ,mane and tail along with Lilac eyes. He had on black plate mail with grey trimmings and a black hooded tunic where his puffy tipped ears stuck out, while on his back rested a steel tower shield with Equestria's old crest on and on top of that were two scimitars.

"Go ahead Eclipse, are the slaves setting up camp for the squads that be occupying the city?" She asked as he swallowed the lump in his throat.

"No archmagister, the slaves have been captured by Whitegold and all the officers have been killed along with the city taken by Whitegold." He stated as she exploded.

"HOW DID THIS HAPPEN!?" She screamed throwing a candle holder across the room while he ducked it and took cover behind his shield as a table slammed into it pushing him back some with the force of the blow before everything started to calm down and he peeked over the shield.

"Who defeated our forces? Even the slaves could have taken a small army before they fell, I know that pompus mare has no military experiance what so ever so who was able to defeat our forces AND capture a good 500 slaves!?" She yelled as as he gulped.

"That's just it archmagister, we dont know who did it. Reports are sketchy at best but there is talk of a stallion leading a small company of Whitegold militia before taking down all officers and capturing the slaves with out much of a fight." He said watching his leaders eyes begin to burn with hate.

"Find me this leader and bring him here, I want to see the face of who would dare stop our holy effort for a better future for our people." She ordered.

"As you wish archmagister." He bowed and left the room as Twilight grit her teeth in anger.

"I'll send a message to Rarity not to mess with my operations once we find this new leader of hers." She said to herself.

A week later Eclipse found himself in Whitetail woods heading for Redhearts Refuge hoping the mare or anypony could tell him about Whitegolds new military leader. He smiled hearing the laughter coming from the refuge.

He missed the times before the sisters vanished when war was a distant memory, he sighed making his way to the refuge when he heard somepony call his name.

"HEY ECLIPSE!" He turned to see Nurse Redheart walking up to him with a smile.

"Hey Red how you been, sorry I havent been around for a while been really busy lately." He explained getting a nod from her.

"Well come on I want you to meet somepony that I knew back in the good old days." She stated pulling him with her.

"HEY DARK STAR! Come here and meet one of my friends." She yelled as Eclipse watched a large black coated and red mane and tailed stallion get up and walk over to him catching the eyepatch on his left eye.

"Hey how you doing Im Dark Star as you heard her bellow." He said extending his hoof while Redheart hit him in the side making him grunt.

"Pleasure to meet you, Im Eclipse just came back to check on some rumors thats been bugging the archmagister." He stated getting a nod from Redheart.

"What kind of rumors?" Dark Star asked.

"Well its about a unit of slaves that were attacked and captured at Foaledo, the archmagister is furious and heard that Whitegold has a new commander for her forces, a unicorn that led the attack on the slaves and officers." He explained.

"Yes I heard of that, we were at the Undercity when that happened. Dont know who the unicorn is though." He said.

"We?" Eclipse asked raising a eyebrow.

"Ok sorry my marefriend and I, she's very shy." he said pointing over to a mare that was laying down with a cloak on seeming to sink into it while giving a shy wave.

"I see, where are you two headed after this?"

"Oh well we're heading to Golden Pines."

"Ah well I wish you two a safe travel." Eclipse smiled getting a nod from Dark Star who went back to his marefriend who followed him out of the refuge heading north.

"They make a cute couple, dont you think Red?" He asked getting a nervous smile from the mare.

"Whats the matter Redheart?" He asked conserned for his friend.

"Well Im just worried about them is all and if they're headed to Golden Pines they're sure to get in a fight there." She said making him narrow his eyes at the two in the distance.

"Why do you say that?" He asked

"Golden Pines was taken over by The Cult of Laughter months ago." She said as his eyes widen.

"Do they know this?" He asked getting a shrug from her.

"I dont know, thats what has me worried." She said looking to see the two running over the field making him panic.

"I got to stop them before they're killed." He said and took off after them, he panted with effort knowing that they had a huge lead on him. When he crested the top of the he could see the town and hear the sound of battle and parts of the town were on fire.

He teleported onto one of the building only for his jaw to drop at the carnage these two were leaving in their wake.

"DARK BEHIND YOU!"

"Fleets to your left!"

"Coming over you."

"I got your back."

The two moved in harmony with each other taking down demon and heritic alike never wasteing any movement as they finished off the last of the heritics.

"HA I totally saved your flank back there." The supposed shy mare said covered in blood smiling bumping her flank to his.

"Hey I would have got him no problem, you are just a kill theif." He smiled while she looked at him hurt.

"Kill theif? Why I never." She said sticking her nose up and walking away for a little bit before laughing.

"I got to say though, marefriend? Really?" She smiled at him as he shrugged.

"Hey it was the first thing that came up ok? Next time Im gonna say your my servant mare who likes it rough." He grinned at her while she blushed hard.

"Pervert."

"Ah but you know you like it." He laughed getting a smile out of her while they checked the dead and the tents.

"Find anything?"

"No, mostly just cult jiberish about the Laughing Mare, nothing on Pinkie."

"Raahhhh! This is so frustrating, we're loosing time. We might have to go through Moon and Star along with Stormwing lands to get to where Im thinking she might be." He sighed as she came up to him and hugged him.

"Hey dont give up, look I'll follow you where ever you go, just say the word and Im there." She smile at him getting one in return.

"Hey partners right? Now come on lets check the main tent before going where ever it is that you think she is." The mare stated getting a nod from Dark.

"Got it."

Eclipse watched the two head around behind one of the tents before he heard a teleportation spell go off behind him.

"You know your not the most quiet pony." He turned to see both mare and stallion with weapons drawn.

"What's a Moon and Star grunt got business being here for?" The mare growled while Dark put away his sword.

"What do you want Eclipse? Gonna tell the mighty archmagister on us? " He mocked while Eclipse sighed.

"Look I dont want any trouble. Redheart said that you guys might be in trouble heading here, so I was going to come and stop you before you got hurt but I can see you can handle yourselves just fine." He stated waving his hoof over to the dead bodies.

"Go on Fleets I got this, go check out the main tent." Dark said getting a reluctant nod from her and at glare him.

"Now thank you for your thought of helping us but we got it. Now if you dont mind I have a wife to find and bring back home. You know your not like the others that I ran into." Dark said flashing away.

"What an interesting pair." Eclipse said to himself before flashing away himself.

Dark Star appeared at the tent enterance and walked in to see Fleetfoot looking over some papers.

"He's gone, cant believe that Moon and Star are getting worked up over Fouledo. I guess they thought it was gonna be a easy victoy." He said getting a grunt from her.

"Hey I found something, look." She said holding up a paper that was showing the map of Equestria and the top right part near the borderlands had a big circle on it.

"What do you think it could mean?" She asked getting a shrug.

"Dont know could be a meeting of some big wig cult members." He said as they started to hear laughter.

"Come lets get out of here before the rest of these bodies start to get up." She stateed getting a nod from him and grabbed her while she took the map and some of the other papers before they flashed away.

They reappeared outside the woods around the town heading to the refugee camp north of Golden Pines.

"Ew I need to get cleaned up and have my stuff washed, all this blood is gonna start stinking." She stated getting nod from him.

"Yeah I know what you mean, but we cant stop till we get to Northgate. Earthborn have taken that refugee camp so we have to by pass it till then or we find a river nearby." He sighed while she groaned before perking up.

"Actually theres a pond not to far from here near old Ponyville." She said getting a smile from him.

"Good come on I think one of those demons sprayed me when I cut it open." He said getting a smile from her.

"Yeah I think so to I can smell you." She giggled while he rolled his eyes before smirking grabbing his hammer but she stopped him.

"Ohhh no not this time big boy, you want to put that heavy thing on me your gonna have to catch me first." She smiled while he smirked.

"Oh and no magic." She stated while he frowned.

"Ok no flying." He smirked when she lost her smile but it came back when took off towards the lake with him hot on her tail.

The two laughed as she dodged him left and right proving how nimble she was even on her hooves as they made their way to the lake.

Fleetfoot smirked as she raced for the lake throwing her gear off and diving in as he skid up to the lake shore as they sun was touching the horizion.

"Ha! To fast for you big guy." She smiled as he grinned back at her and took off his gear and waited.

"What are you doing?" She asked coming out of the lake and seeing a blush start to creep up on his face.

"Um uh just waiting for you to finish getting a bath and then Ill get one." He said turning his back and tried to compose himself.

"Aww come on big guy, I know that you want a bath to." She said pulling on his tail towards the lake.

"Its fine really Fleet I can take my bath after you ok?" He said and sat down to to say it was final.

"Dark come on! Your gonna attract animals." She said coming around to the front of him to see a huge blush on his face as she began to push.

"Fleet Im ok, I'll-WHAAA!" The two tumbled down and landed with her on top of him as his eyepatch came off showing his demon eye. She blushed looking down at him and could feel him starting to get up but she stopped him not really knowing why.

"Fleet?" She blushed harder feeling his bulging chest.

"Dark I." She looked into his eyes seeing confustion in his eyes and something else she couldnt place.

"Fleet? What is it?" He smiled at her but was still confused before she shook her head and backed away.

"N,nothing. I just, I dont know." She said sitting down in the shallow water that came up to her chest.

"Hey come on we're friends right? What's wrong, you can tell me." He said putting a hoof on her shoulder getting a smile from her.

"I dont know, I just dont know." She said looking down before she heard him get out of the water and felt her heart jerk at that but was surprised when she felt his large hooves running through her mane.

"Just relax." She heard him say making her smile and lean back into him while he washed her mane and body while being very gental with her wings while getting a low soft moan from her.

"Dark, thank you." She sighed as he scrubbed her back making her smile and stretch out letting him get everything.

"For what Fleet?" He asked scrubbing under her wings getting a little gasp out of her.

Fleetfoot's mind was racing as she felt him washing her and felt his breath on her neck making her wings stiffen.

"For e,everything you've done for me. If it wasnt for you we never would have met or I would have been killed in that battle or mmph." She turned to see him smiling at her making her blush harder.

"Hey its fine Fleet, Im happy to have you in my life." He said and turned around and handed her the scrub brush.

"My turn." He stated with a small blush on his face getting a smile from her as she began to wash his back going deep getting a satisfied groan from him making her smile getting the grim off of him as the moon started to come up. The two were unaware of the seething mare above them watching.

"Hey Fleets why dont we set up camp here tonight? Its a beautiful night tonight and I want to spend it with you." He said blushing but she couldnt see it nor could he see hers.

"I'd like that." She smiled as they got out and dried off and started to set up camp while he when off to gather some firewood and set up traps while she finished putting his sleeping bag in his tent.

Fleetfoot smiled looking over at his sleeping bag and tent but frowned for a minute and thought of the past two weeks after she was rescued, how he would smile at her, his kind words to her and helping her getting her strength back after so many years of not flying. Him saving her more times she could count lately and then tonight.

She blushed thinking of him calling her his marefriend even if it was a lie but she still remembered the feeling she got when he said it. She looked up to see him starting to head back and she started to panic since she still hadnt set up her tent.

"Fleet you ok?" He asked coming up to her to see if she was ok.

"Yeah just thinking is all, hey would you mind if I slept with you in your tent?" She asked blushing looking up at him and he was blushing.

"Um are you sure I mean I dont mind but only if your sure, are you sure you want to sleep with me? Im a hugger." He smiled embarrassed while scratching the back of his neck.

"I dont mind, it's just Ive been having some nightmares for a while now and I just need some help." She said getting a worried look from him.

"Why didnt you tell me before Fleet?" He asked a little upset.

"I just didnt want to bother you with my problems." She said looking away.

"Hey come on Fleet we're a team right and we look out for each other right? Im always here Fleet if you need me, you can always talk to me Fleet." He said putting a comforting hoof on her shoulder getting a smile from the mare.

"So go ahead and pack up your tent and put your sleeping bag in my tent. Im gonna grab some more firewood and I'll be right back." He said walking back into the woods as she smiled wide and put her sleeping bag next to his.

She waited for a few minutes and heard him coming back just as she came out smiling.

BOOOOM

There was a flash of light and the sound of hoof cannon going off in the distance. She screamed when she saw Dark Star go down with a hoof sized hole in his side near his shoulder.

"NO! No no no no! DARK STAR!"

"Yeah we got that one!"

Rage, unbridled rage took the mare as she looked at the Earthborn stallions and could see Lightning Dust smirking never before has Fleetfoot ever felt this amount of anger towards anypony before even as a slave.

RAAAAAAHHHHH!

She shot across the ground never noticing the lightning like ring that exploded from her breakng the sound barrier after she grabbed her spear, she reached where the section of Earthborn soldiers were in a matter of seconds shredding the soldiers to pieces as Lightning jumped away just in time but didnt see her shoot back at her till the last second nearly taking her head off.

"Your going to die bitch!" Fleetfoot yelled with tears in her eyes looking back to see Dark still on the ground making her choke on a sob.

"You think you can take me on little gir-CRACK!" The hard buck from Fleetfoot smashed her armor as she rocked to the slamming into the lake before coming back out only to get a hoof to the face making her fly into a hillside.

"DIIIIIEEEE!"

Lightning rolled away as the blade sunk into the ground where her head was but was kicked into one of the gutted building of old Ponyville.

Lightning wiped blood from her mouth and shot at Fleetfoot who dodged the attack and swung her spear only to be blocked by a short sword.

"WHY DID YOU DO THAT!? HE WAS YOUR HUSBAND AT ONE TIME! HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO HIM!?" She screamed putting more pressure on her pushing her back.

"HE WAS A ENEMY OF HOUSE EARTHBORN! NOTHING MORE, WHAT WE HAD WAS OVER YEARS AGO!" Lightning yelled pushing back at her.

"You killed him in cold blood, your a murderer!" She yelled kicking her as she spun the spear slashing into Lightnings chest.

"Im going to make you pay for what you did." Fleetfoot growled as Lightning hissed in pain.

"I'd like to see you try." She said taking flight followed by Fleetfoot clashing over and over in the sky letting all know that a Hoplite and one of Lightning's finest were battling as the sound of metal striking metal along with the after shock of the hits rang out, when one of them shot through town hall of old Ponyville and the other landed in front of her ready to finish her off.

"Tch, so much for the last Wonderbolt." Lightning said covered in cuts and one eye was swelling shut. Fleetfoot growled with her spear in hand, she was covered in cuts as well and one of her wing blades were missing.

"Any last words?" Lightning asked.

"Yeah, go fuck yourself." She spitting blood in Lightnings face making her close her one good eye and that was all Fleetfoot need as she ran her through with her spear.

"Hurk! Ugh, uurrrrgggaahhh."

"I told you I was going to kill you. So much for the Earthborn Air Commander." Fleetfoot said and lifted the mare off the ground making her scream in pain before slamming her head first into a stone slab crushing it in a sickening crunch and pulled her spear out of the body as the house supports cumbled under the shock of the impact.

Fleetfoot stumbled her way back to the campsite to find Dark Star where she left him but the hole was much smaller about the size of a bit now before closing all the way.

"Dark? Can you hear me?" She asked shaking him a little bit getting a small groan from him as she squealed and pulled his head into her chest.

"OW OW OW!"

"OH IM SORRY!"

"Fleet what happened? Holy shit what happened!?" He shouted getting up ignoring the screaming pain in his side as he came to check her over just as she fell into his chest.

"Im tired Dark, Im gonna got to sleep now, night night." She stated and promply passed out.

"Ugh Fleet what am I gonna do with you?" He smiled at the mare and used his magic to get his medical kit to bandage her up whlie she slept and put her arms around him nuzzling his stomach.

"Mmm Dark." She mumbled in her sleep as he finished bandaging her up and used his magic to put her in the tent while he went to wash the blood off him before going inside with her as she snuggled up to him breathing in his scent before they both were fast asleep.

(Two days later House Stormwing)

Fireblaze smiled in his golden armor trotting down the hall of Stormwing command heading to Commander Rainbow office for a special assiment with a few griffons. He was a red stallion with a orange and brown mane and tail peeking out of his armor as he came in his secret crushes office smiling and saluted.

"Ma'am Sargent Fireblaze reporting." He stated getting a smile from her making him blush.

"Ah Fireblaze, glade your here listen I need you to go with a squad of griffons to check out some reports also Nara is going with you guys. I dont trust these griffon and I want one of our own with you ok? Go find her and tell her the mission, also grab Cloudy for this one to she needs to do something besides sit out at the guard posts all the time." Rainbow ordered getting a nod from getting a nod from the stallion.

"Yes ma'am." He stated and headed out the room and nearly ran right into the griffon his was looking for.

"Oh, hey Nara I was about to come find you. We got a mission with some griffons, but we need to pick up Cloudy first." He stated getting a nod from the Stormwing griffon.

"Got it, she should be over by the farms with the ground guard. What's our mission?" She asked as they walked down the hall and outside.

"Dont know just going to check out some reports with some griffons and thats all I know, Im guessing that they have the rest of the info." He stated getting a nod from her as they took flight to find their last team member.

(Cloudsdale Mobile Farms)

Cloudy was a grey mare with a dark greyish brown mane and tail who sighed bored out of her mind watching the earth and unicorn ponies tend the land and gardens when she saw a stallion and griffon coming down to her.

"Hey Cloudy! We got a mission." Nara called out to her.

"Yeah I know Ive been waiting for you, the others are over by the shack." She stated walking over to the shack near the mobile fields and found Gilda the griffon herself was here along with five other giffons that were looking over a map.

"Bout time you guys made it, Nara good to see you again. Ok this is what we're getting so far, a pair of ponies one stallion and a pegasus mare that compeletly destroyed Northgate on their way to Old Hoof here." She stated pointing to the spot where the town was.

"We're going to go in and see what's going on in the town and then report back to command, we dont engage unless we're attacked first. We dont know who these two are and so we cant just blindly attack for no reason, Fireblaze your a Wind Rider and the fastest of us so your going to be our scout. Nara your with Cloudy as backup for Fire, we're gonna go and asses the threat and then meet back with you." Gilda stated with a small grin.

"Got it, so we'll back you up if you get in a jam." Cloudy stated.

"Sure, if it comes down to that." Gilda said rolling up the map.

"Lets go." She ordered getting a nod from everyone.

After a few minutes of flying the teams let Fireblaze scout the area for a while before coming back.

"It looks like Old Hoof is taken over by some strange group of jesters." He stated confused just when a explostion rocked the town.

"MOVE IN!" Gilda yelled shooting towards the town with her team while Fire and his team hung back.

Gilda landed on one of the roofs of a shop to see two ponies a pegasus mare and a unicorn stallion destroying the insane ponies and from the looks of it demons and undead.

"Who are those two?" One of the other stallions asked as they saw the smiles under the hoods of the two who were back to back working together fluidly killing everything in their path.

After a while when they cut the last of the cultists down they smiled at each other and walked closely together into one of the tents as they swooped down landing softly and sneaking towards the two.

Gilda signaled to her soldiers to wait and hide in the shadows as the stallion looked around before turning back into the tent. Gilda waved her griffons forward getting closer to the two.

"You find anything Fleet?"

"Nah not yet."

"We might have to hurry, Im sure somepony heard out battle and will be coming here soon or these bodies are going to start getting up."

"Hey Dark I think I found something!"

"What is it?"

"Looks like we were right, Pinkie is being held in or near Saint Trottersburg."

"Good, come on lets get out of here. I dont want have Stormwing all over us anytime soon."

"Yeah to late for that." Gilda said stepping out so they could see her but not her soldiers who were moving in.

"Damnit!" The stallion yelled and glared at her for a second before sighing.

"Hey are any Stormwing pegasus around or anything?" He asked making her arch a brow at him.

"Maybe."

"Come on Gil, its me Dark." He stated pulling his hood off making her go wide eyed.

"DARK?! What are you doing here?" She hissed getting closer while the other griffons took postions to look out for Stormwing while the two went back inside the tent.

"Dark it's to dangerous here! What are you doing in Equestria so early?" She asked very confused.

"Im here for Pinkie Gil, she's the link to taking down the cult." He sighed before smiling at her.

"Besides once this is done the operation will begin, what's the status of your people Gil?" He asked as she sighed.

"We're just about all set, most of the soldiers are in place and sleeper cells are just waiting for orders." She stated before hugging him.

"I missed you, ya big lug." She smiled pulling back and rulling his mane.

"Missed you feather head, how's the family?" He asked getting a sigh as she pulled out some photos.

"Ah the yearly ski trip huh, yeah I wish I was there to. How you holding up Gil?" He asked getting a sigh from her.

"I just want this to be over with Dark so I can go home to my family and just live in peice after this, I think Im gonna retire after this is over. This will be my last battle Dark Star, Im getting to old for this." She sighed cracking her back.

"Yeah I get what your saying, Im most likely gonna retire myself. Ive been fighting long enough and its time I stayed at the desk after this war." He sighed as Fleetfoot sided up to him.

"Oh Im sorry Fleet this is Gilda, Gilda former Wonderbolt Fleetfoot." He introduced while they smiled at each other.

"Hows it hangin?" Gilda asked making her smile.

"Bout down to my knee." She chuckled before bursting out laughing while Gilda pulled up a chair and called out to the other griffons.

"Its cool guys just watch our backs from a distance Im gonna be catching up with Lord Dark."

"Yes commander, it was good seeing you again Lord Dark." A gray and white griffon stated bowing.

"It was good to see you again Gray Feather." Dark called out to him before they left.

"So tell me what's going on out there Dark? Did you get to talk to any of the other houses yet?" She asked getting sad nod.

"Yeah we did, but they all tried to kill us for even making the offer. Hell I didnt even get that far with Earthborn, so yeah 0-3 here so far, do you honestly think that if I offered Rainbow a chance that she would take it?" He asked making her sigh.

"I dont know Dark. She's agreed with us knowing that we're a ally of yours so she might surprise you." Gilda stated but was still unsure before they started to hear giggling.

"Look set up a meeting with Dash and Ill meet her on neutral grounds of her liking I need an answer by the end of the month though, I hope your Gilda, I just dont want to cause so much death at the very start. If I can save at least one house other than whitegold then I think this war will be well worth it." He stated flashing away while she took flight back to her squad.