Dagger's End:

The Swine Tide &

The Underworld Uprise (Vol. 2)

Chapter 2

The Tides Coming!

Bon Bon and Lyra, had came back to Ponyville, as they had enough from Canterlot. Lyra was happy to be back at Ponyville, as she was tired of dealing with the snobby Canterlot ponies. "Ahhh... Finally! We're back!" said Lyra, happy to be in Ponyville, once again. " Oh Lyra... Sometimes, I just don't understand you..." commented Bon Bon, as she rolled her eyes. Bon Bon and Lyra, were carring their luggages, as they were making their way to their home.

Later that day, as they were in their house, Lyra then came up with an idea that she thought that Bon Bon, would enjoy doing. " Hey, Bon Bon!" " Yes, Lyra?" asked Bon Bon, as she was whipping up a batch of a new candy recipe, in the kitchen. " How would you like it, if we were to go out at night, when no pony is watching, as we sneak into the quantillian's huge ship!?" spoke Lyra, as her tone had grown louder and louder, as she thought of this to be more fun, then having to walk around in an old dusty museum. " I don't know Lyra... Sound dangerous to be out there in the Everfree Forest, at night..." thought Bon Bon, as she thought about it. " Come on!... It will be fun!" Lyra spoke, as she tempted her friend. "Oh... ok!... But only if you Pinkie promise to not scare me!" Lyra jumped high into the air, as she smiled happily, "YES!" she said excitedly. The two had agreed to go out, at night, to the quantillian ship, as they are unaware that there might be some security turrets that could still be active, as only a few of the Secret Forces of Equestria have tried to deactive them all, as they are walking around the ship, guarding it.

Trixie, had caught up to Dagger, as she had already thanked him plenty of times, and had apologized to him for her rude behaviour, as well as several times, about her past actions, as well. Dagger, was a little annoyed by her apologies, as she wouldn't go anywhere, without him, being by her side. The two eventually stopped talking to each other, as they walked twords the Krystal Empire's train station, from a very long distance. The birds chirped and sang, as the two were walking on a pathway, through the forest, as the krystal ponies' lands had much to offer, when it came to viewing their forest lands. Roaring waterfalls, birds and hawks singing and shouting, grasshoppers chirping, and some other wild life creatures made other noises too, as it was a beautiful day. " So... Trixie... What were you doing all the way over here?" asked Dagger, as the two haven't talked, for at least half an hour. " Well... if you must know..." started Trixie, as she really didn't want to talk to anypony, about her condition, as she had no friends to talk to, and let it all out, " Ever scince, I have left Ponyville and Canterlot, my show business was not going so well. So I thought, maybe other ponies in Equestria would be interrested in Trixie's performance!..." said Trixie, as she then lowered her head low to the ground, and looked depressed... "Hhhhh... And yet, Trixie seems like she can't suprise anypony in Equestria... Or even make fillies happy, or yet surprised..." spoke the light blue unicorn. Dagger saw her, as she looked sad, and thought of cheering her up, "... Well... I don't remember if you herd me... But I thought that your act was preaty impressive!..." spoke Dagger, carefully, trying not to offend her in anyway, or sound like he was. Trixie's eyes widened, as she raised her head back up, and looked at Dagger, a little surprised, " You mean... you actually liked that? You actually enjoyed Trixie's performance?..." repeated Trixie, as she was unsure about what he was saying, was correct. She also had to remember that Dagger wasn't born in Equestria, and that he was from out of this world. "... Well, yea?..." replied Dagger, as he wasn't sure how to answer her question, " I mean, back in my home planet... All that there would be for show and tell, would be new combat moves for training, or a lession in trusting your partners..." Finnished Dagger, as he had finnished explaining, about his past. "... Then... Then would you like some of Trixie's magic tricks?" Trixie, was desperate, as she wanted to hear some praise from her audience, which would happen to be Dagger. " As we are moving... sure!" answered Dagger, as he was eyes wide open, ready to see some tricks...

Trixie, then immediately, waved a hoof around Dagger's face, as she showed her that she had nothing around her hoof. Dagger was confused, as he didn't know what Trixie was trying to do. Trixie, pulled out a card from the back of Dagger's mane, as Dagger was truly surprised by her act. "... Woah... H-how did you do that!?" questioned Dagger, as he was still amaized by her tricks. " Please, gental colt... a magician never reveals her secrets..." spoke Trixie, as she happily spoke. " So that why, they call you Trixie..." said Dagger, complementing her. Trixie, blushed slightly, as she smiled and turned her face away from Dagger's view. Trixie, quickly put her feelings away, and then readied another one of her tricks, as they both walked to the Krystal Empire's train station. "So... ready for another trick?..." she asked Dagger, as he nodded his head, happily.

Shinning Armor and Cadence, had left the Krystal Empire, as they were now in Canterlot, as they had a meeting to go to, to see Celestia and Luna, about the whereabouts about the possible quantillian pony, and King Sombra's and queen Chrysalis's armies. As the two, Sombra and Chrysalis, were slowly growning with power, in the south regions of Equestria, home to different species of ponies, as well as minotaurs, diamond dogs, and other races of Equestria... " Oh... Honey... Look! Its, that pony who commanded the quantillians to fight back against the zenoids, here in Canterlot!..." said Cadence, as she didn't know anything about Krystal... who was part of the smart race of Quantillion... Shinning Armor's wounds had completely healed up, as he walked up to a big statue, of Krystal, as she had one hoof in the air, firing her hoof held lazer minigun, as she wore her slim armor, making her to look heroic. Shinning sighed, as she saw her... She was a great commander... a lot better that that commissar, Stern... Krystal's ashes, was buried here, underneath the statue, as it was protected by the statue's weight. Shinning Armor, looked up at the statue, as it almost came to life at some point, as it looked like she was still protecting Canterlot from the massive swarm of zenoids, yet again. " Yea... She did, didn't she?..." Shinning spoke softly, as he was unhappy that a race gave their life, for others to live on, as there was a future for them, and none for the quantillians, as all but one, were all killed druing the war. The two eventually moved to the castle, where Celestia and Luna, awaited them...

Cadence and Shinning Armor, were inside the castle, as a royal guard was about to escort them to their meeting room, " Your highness, Captain..." started the the guard, as he bowed down to the both of them. The guard, then looked at the two, and had asked them a few questions, " Have you two been followed?" "No." replied Shinning Armor, " How long have you two have been together, starting in the morning." " Right from when we woke up... uh... Is there something wrong?" asked Cadence, as she thought that this meeting was going to be very serious. The guard looked at the two, as he was unsure how to answer this, "... The land of the Under world, is taking it's arms... We may soon be at war yet again, as we don't even have a lot of soldiers to defend a kingdom." finnished the guard. He then turned around, as he escorted them to a room, where the meeting took place, " If you please, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna await for your arrival..." said the guard.

The mane six were together, as they all walked around in Ponyville, while the Cutie Mark Crusaders played around each other, as they followed their guardians. The mane six, were starting a conversation about the whereabouts of this strange pony, who made a mess at a bar, just recently... " Ah don't know ya'll... We all saw what happened to Dagger... Krystal is dead... Dagger's bodyguards are dead... Who would even have such power to even do such a thing?..." spoke Apple Jack, as she thought about all this. " I certainly agree with Apple Jack here, there must be some exclamation about all this!" commented Rarity, as she followed her friends. " Well, if it really IS a quantillian pony, then who do you think it would be!? Storm Spirit? We haven't even found his body yet!..." spoke Rainbow Dash, as she looked down to her friends, as she flew over their heads. " I'm not sure girls, but what ever is going on, we also have another problem in our hoofs... Remember King Sombra and Chrysalis? Somehow, King Sombra had escaped from his prision again, and is looking to start an army with the changelings." stated Twilight, as she spoke to her friends, making sure no other pony herd their conversation. " Oh, my... I hope our soldiers are ready to defend Ponyville and Canterlot..." spoke Fluttershy, as she didn't want to go through another war, again. " But that's the problem! We don't have enough soldiers to defend all of Equestria!" said Twilight, as she remembered all the dead bodies they had to bury in their far away grave yard. " Then what are we going to do? If we don't have an army to defend anything, then what are we going to do!?" repeated Rainbow Dash, hoping that there was a bright side to all of this... " Princess Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and Shinning Armor are right now discussing about that right now... It may take some days, or weeks before we can put an end to the two powerful forces, of Equestria!" stated Twilight, as she didn't want to show any emotions with her friends. "Wait! What about you Twilight? Aren't you sopose to be at that meeting too?" asked Apple Jack, as she pointed a hoof at her friend. " Scince I just became a princess, I have no experience to help debate on the problem, with the other races of Equestria." answered Twilight, as she wasn't wearing her crown, at the time being. " Is there any bright side to all this?" asked Rainbow Dash, " Oh! Oh! How about we throw a party for those two grumps! Scince they probably never, ever, ever, ever, EVER, had a party in their life time, ever before! Maybe, that's why they are such a pair of meanie pants." Said Pinkie Pie, as her personality was out from a normal pony's mind. Twilight thought of the idea, as Pinkie Pie was being herself, as she thought in her picture of offering Sombra and Chrystalis to a birthday party, of celebrating their birthdays. Then the picture erupted, as Sombra and Chrysalis then called in their forces to enslave everypony in the party. Twilight snapped back into reality, as that plan was never going to work, " Sorry Pinkie, but I think that idea, would never work even if it was true..." stated Twilight, as Pinkie was looking at her friends in the happiest face expression. " Darn!" cursed the party pony, as she had plans to already make invitations, in her mind.

Dagger and Trixie, were already close to the Krystal Empire's train station. As the two got closer, Dagger had completely forgot about asking Trixie, a very important question, "U-um... Trixie?..." he started. Trixie, looked at him, unsure what he was about to say, as it looked like he was going to ask something, serous to her, " There was a... another quantillian pony, from my planet... and he is very dangerous if he still lives..." Trixie's face expression had changed back to normal, the moment he spoke about something different, " His name is Opressor, and he is the most deadliest pony, I've ever known..." continued Dagger, as he then swallowed his words. " Does this name... sound familiar to you?... If its true... does he still live?..." Dagger, didn't want to hear the truth, as he really hoped that he had finally finnished Opressor off, for the last time... " Opressor?" asked Trixie, as she never herd his name before, which scared Dagger as he started to think that it was possible, that he was still alive! " No, of course not!... As much as Trixie hates to say it, to you Dagger, your the last of your-..." Trixie stopped, as she didn't want to finnish her scentence. Dagger, looked gloomy, as he already knew that he was the last of his kind... The last quantillian... "... I'm sorry... Please... Please forgive me! I didn't know if you had already knew this..." asked Trixie, as she felt bad for her companion. " Its... alright... I'm already used to it... Beside... I have now accepted it, after we both had fought, against those stallions, at the bar..." explained Dagger, as the two were now closer to the train station.

The two had made their way to the train station, as Trixie offered some money to him, as Dagger had none to pay for the ride back to Ponyville, or Canterlot, " Please... Take it! Its the least I can do, for a friend that saved one's life, such as myself." Smiled Trixie, as she looked at Dagger, and bowed at him, humbly. Dagger took the offer, as he too bowed his head to her, and thanked her. Dagger got on the train, as he saw her walking away, into the Krystal Empire, where she would hopefully get a better job, instead of performing, as she was almost broke. Dagger, was about to get on the train, until he saw that there was a problem, with a problem conductor was having...

" Please sir! Don't take my train away from me! Those ponies need to get to their homes at Ponyville! Think of the fillies!" cried the train conductor, as there were three tough stallions, who were from Fillydelphia, as they were part of a mafia group... " Listen, bub! I ain't no miricale worker, so you pay up, or we'll take this fine train of yours!..." threatened the thug, as he had two other smaller stallion next to him, both of them looking averagely tough. "No... You wouldn't dare! That's stealing, and murdering many lives!" begged the conductor, as he tried to stop them, as the thugs would drive the train off its course, in to the Everfree Forest or off a cliff. " Then pack up your backs pal! Cuz, youz gunna be sleeping with the fishies tonight!" the big, buff stallion, then raised his hoof up in the air, until it was wrapped up by some metal wire, as Dagger grabbed onto his hoof, that was about to hit, the old cunductor. "What the-!?... Hey its you!" exlaimed the tough stallion, as he turned around, and pulled out a big, wooden bat, patting it on his other hoof, " Your worth a lot of money, you know that, kid?..." spoke the big pony, as he left the conductor confused, as he slowly crawled away into the train, where he would warm up the engines. " So... you have friends... So what?" said Dagger, as he was getting ready to pull out his blade, off from his jetpack, defending himself. " Oh, not just friends... Family too!... Do you know how quickly a kid would eat in one day?" asked the stallion, as the question was rhetorical. Dagger, then later saw that a few more stallions showed up from inside the train, as they all walked out. Dagger was now surrounded, by eight stallions and two mares, as they would beat the living day lights out of him, and throw him in a bag, sending him to the ponies, who placed the bounty... " Get him!" shouted the big stallion, as they all charged at him, at once! Dagger, flew up high off the ground, as he then landed elsewhere away from them, a few yards away. They all, then charged at Dagger, as they weren't surprised by his stunt, as he flew over them. Dagger then charged at them, as he pulled out his blade, and used only the flat side of the blade, as he trotted twords them. He smacked the living day lights out of the first stallion, that held nunchuks, and he went flying over the train. Just as Dagger made his first strike, a stallion and a mare had pushed and grabbed both of his front legs, as he was being pushed to some big crates that were nearby. Dagger was unarmed, as his weapon had dropped to the ground after the impact, as the toughest of the group, then tried to pick up his heavy blade. "Guh!... What? How can he pick this up all by himself!?" scolded the big thug, as he tried again to lift Dagger's blade. " Hurry boss! He's trying to break loose!" shouted the mare. The big stallion then left the blade alone, as he then picked up his wooden club again, and was heading twords Dagger, as he walked quickly. Then, the two ponies that pinned Dagger, to the wall of a few crates, were then shot at by some blue magic shots, as they were pushed by such a force, by it. Dagger was free, as he then activated his jetpack, and headed right for the tall stallion, headbutting him, just before he could swing his attack, above his head, with the club he had held. The thug, stumbled around, as he was dazed by the impact. Dagger landed where the thug had once stood, as he then looked behind himself, only to find that Trixie, was his savior now. "Room for one more?" smiled Trixie, as she then wanted to help Dagger. Trixie's horn glowed, as she saved Dagger again, just as a mare was about the back stab him, in the neck, that could have possibly killed Dagger. "Thanks!" exclaimed Dagger, as he then dashed twords his heavy looking blade, and the two faced twords the small mafia gang...

After Dagger and Trixie, had delt with the small mafia group, the two were sweating, after putting up the fight, for at least a good five minutes. No pony was cut by Dagger's powerful blade, as their bodies would lay there, tired from the fight, covered in bruises, " C-come on guys!... W-we got this!..." said the tall stallion, as he walked silly. " Hey, snake eyes! Dog? Kat?... Get up!" bossed the thug, as his vision was blurry. The last standing stallion, then eventually fell, as he was completely wiped out.

The train conductor, had walked out from the train's control system, as he made his way to Dagger and Trixie. " Oh... Thank you! I don't know what would have happened if you two didn't save my flank, as well as others, inside the train!" thanked the old conductor, as he shook each of their hoofs, "Tell you what, how about a free ride to anywhere in Equestria, for free! As my thanks!" said the conductor happily. " Um... sure... But, why were those ponies causing you so much trouble, and were are the krystal guards?" asked Dagger, as he was curious about the situation. " A mafia group's name that escapes me, is always looking for reasons to take money from a few ponies, as Equestria's armies have shrunk to size, after the war. Everypony, is on their own, until both Canterlot and the Krystal Empire's armies, have grown to size..." Dagger, felt guilt, as he thought that this was all his fault, for this mess. Trixie, looked at Dagger, as she could see his face expression, " What's wrong Dagger, you feeling alright?" she asked him. "Huh?... Um- yea, yea!... It's just..." Dagger, then cleared his throat, as he then looked at the conductor, "So... where are you heading next?" the stallion asked. " Ponyville will be the next stop, after that, Canterlot." said the conductor, as he said happily. " I'll just get on the train and figure it out, myself." answered Dagger, as he was making his way to the train, " Thanks again, Trixie! Hope we bump, into each other again." said Dagger, as he walked into the train. Trixie, then had something talking to her, in her mind, as she then thought about something.

The sun was coming down, as the train was just about to take off. "All aboard! Next stop, Ponyville!" annouced the conductor, as he got back on the train. Dagger sat inside a room, alone, inside the train, as he looked out the window, reminding himself of a conversation he had with Shinning Armor... Those dark horrible days, of the war against the zenoids... it tore him apart in his life... has he was the last of his kind... Then, unexpectedly Trixie, had yet again show herself, as she slid into the room, were Dagger was in. Dagger, was surprised as he saw her entering the room, " May I?..." asked Trixie. Dagger nodded, as she then took her seat, across from him, as her body was facing twords his. Trixie, placed her hat next to herself, while she still held on to the cape, around her neck. " The great and powerful Trixie, thinks you will be needing my help, from now on... Scince you seem to run into trouble, a lot." said Trixie, " T-trouble? What are you talking about? Those thugs, wanted to harm that guy, and hurt everypony in the train, what did I do wrong?" asked Dagger, as he was totally confused of the situation, " Look Dagger, first off, a stallion wouldn't just walk into a bar and save a mare, such as myself, and then gets away with it... You could be in a lot of trouble right now, as they might be searching for you now! Second, you just messed with a group gang, that might come after you... And third, I'll need to be by your side, so that I can help you to avoid anymore trouble, with anypony else." finnished Trixie, as she looked at Dagger, then looked out into the window, as she gazed at the sun setting down, as it was about to become night time, with in a few minutes. The sky was purple, orange, and yellow as the two looked out, through the window. " Your world has its charms, I must say..." commented Dagger, trying to change the subject. " Yes..." replied Trixie, as she agreed too, while she sighed. Dagger, then remembered something, and pulled out from one of many pockets, from his belt, as he gave Trixie her bits back. Trixie, saw the money infront of her, as she then pushed it away from herself, gently and carefully pushing it, back to Dagger. "Keep it, you'll need it more than I do." she said, as she smiled at him, taking care of Dagger, as he was new to this whole system of civilization...

It grew dark in Equestria, as every living creature was wide and awake... Lyra and Bon Bon, were making their way to the crashed ship, left by the quantillians. " Come on Bon Bon!" whispered Lyra, as she snuck around in a few bushes. " Oh!... Hold on!" alarmed Bon Bon, as she had to remove a brach from her mane, as it got tangled. "Shhh! Your going to blow our cover!" hissed Lyra, as she led the way.

Eventually, the two best friends had made their way to the abandoned quantillian ship, as it was ginormous, that no pony could even think of! A few Secret Forces of Equestrian dark soldiers, were guarding the ship, as their helmets were equipted with flashlights, hanging on their helmets, next to their visor. The dark ponies, held new guns that would shoot rounds of bullets, ever since they have experimented with the quantillian's equipment. Lyra and Bon Bon, poked their heads out of the bushes, as they looked in awe at the massive ship... "... Wow..." wispered Bon Bon, as they both looked at the size of the ship. " Look, theres the entrance! Lets go!" spoke Lyra, as she then moved away from Bon Bon, "Lyra, wait! Ohhhh..." complained Bon Bon, as she didn't want her and Lyra to get caught by the dark ponies, as they would be in a lot of trouble, if they got caught.

Lyra and Bon Bon, had made their way into the dark spooky ship, as they slipped their way through security... The hallways were big and wide, as you could fit a train inside the ship, and drive it inside, in it. The two walked around the ship, as they went through hallways, rooms, and more hallways as they explored... The ship's inside looked clean, as there were white tiles on the floor, and the walls had a shiny coat of white color with it, with a single black line going horizontal, as it chased to the doors, and started a new line on the other side of the door. Old turrets, were mounted on the ceiling, as they looked busted or shut off, as they wouldn't move... " Lyra, look at this!..." spoke Bon Bon, as she pointed at a glass window. They poke through the glass window, as they saw a room that would hold all sorts of guns, ammo, bombs, jetpacks, long range sniper rifles, flame throwers, and hoof wrist gadgets, as they used to be in there, as the room now laid there empty... However, symbols stood out, as a bright blue lite indicated the symbols of each equipment. " Awww! They must have taken all the good stuff by now!" Complained Lyra, as the two went back to their exploration. The two, searched inside the huge ship, as once in a while they would hear metal bending, boliers bubbling, and sounds of computers, as some of them had a soft sounding alram noises, while others made other beeping noises. Bon Bon and Lyra had found a computer room, a testing champer, another armory, a boiler room, medical room, and a lounge as the two made themselves at home, in the lounge. " I tell ya Lyra, this is the type of museum I would like to come to, every day!" said Lyra happily, as she layed on a soft chair. Bon Bon, was spooked out, as she thought they were being followed, or even watched, as she tried to relax, in her own soft chair. Suddenly, steam had hissed out of a tube, as the two mares jumped, " AAAH!" screemed the two, as they got off from their seats, and hugged each other. They looked to where the noise came from, and saw a pipe, that had a hole in it. " L-Lets get out of here, and move on..." said Lyra, as she shivered in fear, " I-I'm right behind ya!" replied Bon Bon.

It was midnight, as the two were now trying to find their way out from the ship, as they totally have forgotten where they were. " Lyraaaaa, I don't like this anymore! Please take us home!" complained Bon Bon, as she was scared and worried for their lives. " U-Uh... yea, sure! Its obviously this way!" said Lyra, as she was trying not to look scared, as she guest her way out of the ship. The two had made a long journey, as they started from the front of the ship, to the very far back of the ship, as this took them for about four hours to get to, as they were long far away from the ship's entrance... Then, the two herd something... It sounded like wet walking hoofs steping twords them, as the noise got louder. " L-Lyra... Please stop scaring me..." said Bon Bon, as she was about to scream in fear, as her moral was completely broken... " Bon Bon... I'm not making any noise..." replied Lyra, as she too was scared. The two stayed close to each other, as they held onto one another, hearing the slimy movement of something, as it growled, and let out a few soft roars... "Rrrrngh..." the creature moaned, as it moved around. Lyra and Bon Bon, hid under something, from what they can tell was a desk of some sort. They saw a very dark object, as it looked like it had four legs, as it moved. It was limping around, as it moaned yet again, " Rrrrrngh..." the creature, then found something on the floor, as it could identify a part of somepony's mane... It was Bon Bon's, as the thing then stuck it into it's body, and digested it, without letting Lyra and Bon Bon knowing of the danger of the creature... "Rrrrrngh..." it moaned, as it then found a drain, and then fell into it, as it was trying to escape it. Lyra and Bon Bon, could now tell what the creature looked like in the darkness, as it was shapped like a pony... The thing sunk into the drain, as it was trying hard to escape, using its slimy arms. Soon, the slimy creature was no more, as it slipped into the drain. Few minutes have passed, as Both Lyra and Bon Bon had popped their head out from the desk table, of some sort, as they exited the room that they hardly ever knew anymore...

Back outside the ship, Lyra and Bon Bon, had made there way out, from the rear of the ship, as they had to make their own exit. Lyra, bucked hard at the solid metal wall, as she ended up hurting herself. Bon Bon, found something that would work better, as she found a fool proof device that looked like a blow tourch, as she would be able to cut their way out. " Heh heh!..." chuckled Lyra, finding her self to be rather silly.

The two got out from the ship, as they exited. They both fell out from the hole that they made, in the ship, and landed on some metal junk. " Ouch!" cried Bon Bon, as Lyra landed on top of her, " Oh, sorry!" apologized Lyra, ash she smiled back at her friend. They both got back up, to see where they landed on. They both saw metal pieces of the ship all over the place, as the Secret Forces of Equestria, was trying to disassemble the entire thing. Then, something caught Lyra's eyes... " Oh my... GOSH!" she said, as she was so happy, to see something that was totally out, from Equestria, and mostlikely came out from space. "B-Bon Bon... Look at this!" trying to hold her excitement, the two saw a machine of some sort... The machine laid six feet tall. It had a silver bluish color, two almost flat legs designed like a human, and two flat arms... and on each arms... were two hands... "AAAAAA!" cried Lyra, as she was thrilled to see that hands actually existed! Lyra could barely control her emotion, as she jumped up and down, repeatedly! " Lyra?... Lyra... Lyra!... LYRA!" nagged Bon Bon, as she tried to get her friend's attention, as she was going to attract some trouble, from the dark ponies, who were part of the Secret Forces of Equestria. Lyra, controlled her self, as she inhaled and exhaled, cooling herself off. " Ok... Look... If you would just shut up for a few minutes, and show you the broken tall robot, will you please help me to get us back home!?" asked Bon Bon, as she looked at her friend straight in the eyes, as she was tired. " Yes, yes, yes, YES! YES! YES!... Oh... sorry!" spoke Lyra, as she calmed down a bit.

The two got close to the robot, as they saw that there was no head, or that it was missing a head... It looked like that it's head was attached to it's torso, making it to look tough... It had a small red lens, that would light up red, when it was activated. It's gut area, had a rubber material, allowing it to bend, as it would turn or bend down to pick something up. The robot, had no mouth, and no way to show for eyes, as the only thing that represented for eyes was one oval, pointing it's edges from top to bottom, of where the head would be. Yet, it looked like it wasn't missing a head... " Do you think it belongs to the quantillians?" asked Lyra, "... I don't know... I've never seen such a thing in my life..." replied Bon Bon, as she had her hoof over her mouth. Bon Bon, then decided that they had enough time to examine, the unusual robot, as it was passed midnight and Bon Bon as about to fall asleep. " Come on now Lyra, lets head home!" called Bon Bon, as she was already a few yards away from the robot. Lyra didn't want to go, as she wanted to activate the machine!... Lyra looked around the robot, as she couldn't find an on switch, as she wanted to at least see what it would do... Then... Bon Bon, came out of no where shouting at Lyra, scaring the skin off of her back, " LYRA!" "GAAAH!" screemed the two mares, as Lyra then bucked the robot, in the chest, and had her mane stand up, as they both looked back to the robot... It got up slowly, up at its full hight, which was six feet tall... it towered over the two, as they looked at it... The robot, then put it's right arm, and bended it, treating it's right arm like it was a cannon or a weapon, as Lyra and Bon Bon can see that the robot had two small berrals on it's flat fourarm, which would be it's lazer gun... The robot closed it's fists, as it pivoted it's whole torso around, as the small red light on the area of where a heart would be, on the left side, lit up... It looked to it's right, then to it's left, scanning for something... Then it looked straight ahead, and spoke out loud, " Systems rebooted... Primary weapon, fully stocked... Energy levels, at full capacity... Joints, mobile... System, fuctional... Primary objective: acomplished... Fighting engine source type, B2 unit... Instructions, required..." the droid, just stood there, as it looked around a bit. Lyra, smiled... As she looked up to the machine, then tapped on it's leg twice, getting it's attention. The Droid then turned it's whole body twords Lyra, and had to bend down a bit to see what touched it's leg... The droid was looking at Lyra, as it looked down at the pony, scanning her with it's computer systems... " Equine life form, detected... Threat, 3 out of ten..." the droid, then turned it's body at Bon Bon, as she jumped a little, by it's sudden movement. " Equine life form, detected... Threat, 2 out of ten... Second equine, requires service from the B2... Second Equine, is now in charge, against the B2 and the first Equine..." "Hey!" complained Lyra, as Bon Bon chuckled a bit. " A waiting orders!..." spoke the battle droid, as it had it's fist in the air, while it's same arm was bending, pointing it's weapon up in the air. " HA ha ha! This is awsome! Can we keep it!?" asked Lyra, as she begged, happily. Bon Bon, took a good look at the machine, as she walked around it. It seemed to be programed to fight, she thought to herself... Would bringing such a tall thing, be safe or alright with everypony back at home? " I... I think we should leave it here Lyra... It could harm a pony, if we keep it, inside of our house... Or even worse! We could get arrested if the Secret Forces of Equestria, catches us, with this thing!" Thought Bon Bon, as she thought about it. " Pfft, please! It's not like they have installed a camera inside our house or something! Besides, lets name the guy!" Lyra faced the machine, and knocked on it's leg, once again, " Hey, do you have a name?" asked the curious pony. The droid responded, as it held still, " Unit name, number three two two five, unit operator, B2 class..." stated the machine, as it kept looking straight ahead. " Hmmm... How about... double 'T'? Or Tooby?... or even..." Lyra, thought of random names, as she brainstormed. Bon Bon, herd a few more rediculous names, until she then thought of one of herself... " How about... Empty?..." she asked, " W-what?" stuttered Lyra, as she was disagreeing, with her idea. " But not by the way its spelled though... Hmmm..." Thought Bon Bon, as Lyra looked at her, and waited for an answer, as she wanted to know, where this was going. Then something sparked into Bon Bon's head, as she thought of it, " I know! How a bout, 'M' for mighty, and 'T' for tall! Then we can call him, M.T.!" exclaimed Bon Bon, as she was happily explaining the idea, to her friend, " Yea, that's not such a bad idea!" " User name, accepted... Number three two two five of B2's name, is now, M.T..." replied the droid, as it still stood still, standing straight tall. " Waiting orders..." finnished the droid. " Well... guess we named it, so I guess we can keep it..." said Bon Bon, as she wanted to make Lyra happy, " Yay!" spoke the happy pony, as she sprung up into the air, like a young filly. All three of them, were making their way out into the forest, as the robot followed it's master... But... who was it's master now? Lyra's, or Bon Bon's?

The next day, was another beautiful day, as everything was at piece, for the time being... Twilight and Spike were at the castle, in Canterlot, as they were summoned by Celestia.

" Our spies have found out, that in the Underworld city, there have been an uprise, about King Sombra and Queen Chrystalis, forming an army, so that they can take over Canterlot, and overwhelm our forces. If we do not act now, they may plan on taking over Equestria, and enslaving everypony, griffin, mule, minotaur, and any other races that they could get their hoofs on!" Spoke Celestia, demanding for help from the griffin king's advisor, as they were still without a king or a queen, as they were searching for their king's daughter... " I am terribly sorry, your highness... But, erm... We are doing the best we can to get our claws on our kings daughter, as she would now be the new ruler of the Griffin Kingdom." finnished the advisor, as he didn't want any business with this mess...

Then... up just a few yards away from the atmosphere, right below Eqestria, were the Hogz, as they had a new plan into getting on the planet's surface. Ropes with grots attached to them on the end, were being thrown at the planet's atmosphere, as they were trying to get it to pull their hog made astroid transport, as they would soon be able to unleash their 'Waaargh!'... " Throw 'arder ya git!" spoke Wartguts, as he bellowed. The hogz sounded and spoke butchering english accent, with a bit of mucus stuck in their throat. Wartguts was a big warthog, as the bigger the hog, the bigger and deeper the voice, as well as their strength and speed increases... " We throw'n 'as 'ard as we can boss!" shouted a smaller hog, as most hogz were the size of normal ponies, but were stronger than them in close combat, as they could tear them apart, with their bare hoofs... " Don't give me excuses! Give me a chance for a 'Waaargh' to start!" shouted Wartguts, as the big angry pig, grabbed onto him, with his tusks, and launched him through the planet's atmosphere, causing him to screem, as he would hit the planet's surface, and be killed by the impact. " Lets go boyz, I don't want to be 'ere for-evar, ya know!" bossed the hog, as he stomped around, making the other smaller hogs to fear him. The grots were more scared of their boss, as they also feared their hog companions as well! Then finally, one of the hogz, got caught with their rope, it was being pulled into the planet's atmosphere, "... Boss! Da rope won't come back! I think da air, caught on to da rope!" yelped the hog, as he wasn't sure what to do next. " Den tie it down, ya git, and lets all pile in da big rock!" Shouted the deep voiced warthog, as he referred to the astroid as the rock, as they had built an underground fortress in it. The hog did what he was told, as he tied it to a grot, suprising it, and then picking the small goblin up, and tossing him into a pit, where he would be able to hang onto something or nothing at all... It was a risk the grot had to make, unless he wanted to be mauled to death by his masters. All the hogs eventually piled up inside the astroid, as the end of the rope, with a grot tied to the edge, was being pulled into the planet's atmosphere...

The astroid was pulled, as it eventually got sucked into the atmosphere, and was falling fast! The astroid then started to burn up, as the two grots that were left out side screemed, "YNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" shouted the two, as they burned into a fiery flesh bags, as they screamed into a high pitched voice. The grots voices sounded a little squeaky, as they sounded almost like Smeagol, from the Lord of the Rings novels, as they looked nothing like him. The two grots had met their fates, as their bodies burned up, into ashes, leaving nothing left behind of their remains...

Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Shinning Armor, Twilight, and Spike were all in one room, as they were about to start the conversation about the situation... Suddenly, the whole castle shook, as something had hit the ground, in the Everfree Forest! " What was that!?" asked Twilight, as she had fallen off her seat, and got right back up. " I-I'm not sure! It couldn't have been a dragon! Not the ones I'm familiar about..." replied Celestia, as she walked twords a nearby window, and looked outside... She then walked to a porch, to get a better look at outside, as she then saw what had fallen from the sky... "A-a rock?..." questioned Celestia. " That's no rock, my dear sister, that's an astroid, as we are very fortunate that it had not erupted into a wave of death, twords us, killing us all." answered Luna, as she reassured her sister of no danger. Then, everpony in the room herd a loud roar, as they all paused, "WAAAAAAARGH!" sounded a creature. Luna then walked next to Celestia, as they were both on the balcony, " But, I've never herd an astroid yelling in pain, as it hit something..." spoke Luna, as she was totally confused of the situation...

Wartguts was very pleased at himself, as he had led a mob of his boys, for a 'Waaargh' as it was roughly translates to 'war'. There were hogz of all shapes and sizes, as they rushed twords Canterlot, out from the astroid's cracked opening, entering through the Everfree forest. There were many pony sized hogz, as there was a few hogz that were a little bit bigger than the smaller ones, but none of them were as big as Wartguts. One warthog, was close to Wartguts's hight, as he had his whole body covered in thicker, trashier, looking armor as he also had a metal lower jaw, covering his lower jaw. One of his front hoofs, was replaced with a metal crab claw, as it had two blades as the claws, and could snip just about any thick metal door, or armor. The hog's name was Warty, Wartguts's right hoof hog, as his personality was naive and ignorant, as he would once in a while act like he was in charge of Wartguts's clan. " Oi, Warty!" " Yea?" " Why don't we 'ave our trukkas out dere!?" nagged the hog boss, as he stomped his way towords Warty. " I-I um... I told da boyz ta bring 'em out, but dey wouldn't listen, so 'ere I am, trying to go get it! See?" spoke Warty, as he slightly smiled at his leader. Wartguts, gave him a nasty look, as he looked at him, straight in the eye... " Its over dere, ya git!" exlamed the big warthog, as he pointed with one of his hoofs, at the otherside of the astroid. Warty, was lying, as Wartguts could tell, as he smacked him over the head, with one of his tusks. " D-ouch!" cried the warthog, as he rubbed the back side of his head, " Now get over dere, and tell dem to get kill'n! We have a 'Waaargh' to start!" Wartguts, then stomped his way to Canterlot, as he had stubby legs, that were replaced with cyborg legs, as he ran slow. "WAAARGH!" shouted the big hog boss, as a grot then jumped onto his back, as if he was his pet. Warty, didn't like his boss much, as most hogz didn't, as he then obeyed his boss's orders, but then forgot where he had pointed, to the trucks...

" Celestia! Guards report, that pony sized warthogs are heading this way! With weapons of some sort. I recommend that we evacuate, princess, as we barely have any force, as which to protect Canterlot, from an invastion!" suggested Shinning Armor, as he looked to her highness, in the meeting room. Before anypony could do anything, a glass window, had broken into pieces, and out came a grot, as he had landed on their big meeting table. The grot had a bit of a torn leather shirt and pants, as he got back up, and brushed himself off, muttering to himself, then froze as he looked up, only to find several ponies in the room... "...Um... hello!... I um... Need to be going now..." spoke the little goblin, as he didn't want any trouble with these ponies.

Shinning Armor, had looked out through a window, as he opened it, only to find that the Hogz, had made their way into Canterlot, as they were dropped off by rustic, rusty looking, cheaply built trucks, as it unloaded it's passengers. " I couldn't agree with you more, Captain Shinning Armor!" replied Celestia, as she had answered his recommendation.

Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight, Spike, and Shinning armor, along with a few guards were making their way out of the castle, as they were now running through the throne room, where Princess Celestia and Luna would normally sit. Only in just a few seconds to find out, that a big, round, furry brown and slightly green hog, was standing in their way, as he wore big thick armor, around him, as stood as tall as Celestia. He was blocking their way to the exit of the room. Behind Wartguts, were some of his boys, as they held cheap looking machine guns, as some of them didn't even have any ammo in them! " Aaand... Where do ya tink youz go'n... Pony..." asked the big warthog, as he smiled at them, as his boys did the same...

Back down in Canterlot, guards were doing their best to take care of the invaders, as they were being tossed around like rag dolls, and even killed by hogz that had short thick headed axes. Some hogz were equipted with guns called shootas, while other held those small axes, that needed sharpening. A rich family, was overwhelmed by three hogz, as no Equestrian guard was there to protect them. The hogz smiled as they found their puny targets, as they made their way twords them, " Oi, waz dat? A pony, or a filly?" stated one of the hogz, as he joked with his friends. " Crush dem!" another one said, " What for!? Ha! We got deez!" said the other hog, as he reffered to his shoota, to have a reason, not kill them at all with their bare hoofs. " Lets see what color you are on da inside!" said one of the hogz, as he pointed his shoota at the family. " Mom!" cried one of the fillies, as she held her mother up close to her, as her brother did the same. " Please, my good sir! Don't do this! We have money to give to you, just please! Please don't kill my family!" begged the stallion, as he showed them a few bits. The hogz got a little bit closer, as they saw the golden coins of money, as they weren't really interrested in it. " Bah! Dat right dere iz just rubbish! We like teef, pony!" replied one the other hogz, as he shook his head violently, at the stallion. " Y-you like teeth!? T-Then, let me show you a place were we have a lot of them, to give to you! Just please! Please don't kill us!" cried the stallion, as he had both of his front hoofs in front of him, as he knelt down. "... We like hog teef, ya git! Not poniez!... Besides, dere be too much walking... and not enough shoot'n..." growled the hog, as they all then pointed their guns at the family, as the fillies closed their eyes... Then, the hogs fired, only to find their guns empty, " Wot!? Empty!?" shouted the hog, as he checked the shoota, "Oh thank Celestia!" gasped the stallion, as he almost had fainted. " Did you make sure dat it was full?" asked the hog, not sure if his was even loaded with anything. " Dose stupid, grots! Dey gunna make me angry, when I get back to dem! I wish our shootas were ready for dis 'ere fight..." stated the hog, as he was upset that he wasn't able to at least shoot at the family. The hog, by mistake pulled onto the trigger of his shoota, as it fired several shots, as it was completely empty! The shots, had hit the stallion's rear legs, as he fell to the ground in pain, "AAAH!" " FATHER!" "HUSBAND!" cried the family, as they saw their dad in pain. " Dere, see? It did 'ave some ammo in dat, it did!" said happily, spoke the hog. The hogz, didn't really need any ammo in their badly condition guns, as all they needed to do was imagin very hard about it, in order to have more bullets to fire through their guns. "Now den... Your 'ead iz going right on top of me, pointy stick... pony..." spoke the hog, as they all pointed their shootas at their targets. The stallion whispered, as he felt bullets in his lower legs, "...P-Please... dont!... I beg of you!" begged the stallion, as he looked back to his family, seeing them for the last time... Then looked back at the hogz, as they smiled at their prey...

"FOR THIS PLANET'S RACE! EQUESTRIA!" shouted a colt, as he lept over the family, who were in complete need of help, as their father was injured by the hog's bullets. The mother and the two fillies, looked up into the air, as they could only make out of a body of a stallion's, as he wore armor around his body, as he blocked the sun light, as he looked black from above. The stallion then landed right infront of the father of the family, as he carefully landed in front of them all! The stallion didn't bother looking back, as he pulled a heavy looking blade out from his back, revealing the jetpack, as none of these ponies have ever seen one, before. The colt, had his helmet on, as his armor looked dark red, covering his skin color. The colt, then swung his mighty blade at the hogz, as he cut up the shootas, that the hogz had held. Then, the hogz had pulled short blades out, as they were completely flat and dull. The hogz then charged at the colt, only to find that he had killed one of their buddies, just before they could make the first move. One of the hogz then swung his own blade, only to be blocked by the hulky looking blade, as it then shattered into pieces! The hog then ran away as he didn't have anything else to fight with. The other hog, made his attack as well, as he scratched the red armored pony's armor. The sword, had bounced back, as the stallion looked slowly back at him. The hog, was scared, as he knew that the pony that was infront of him, was none other than a quantillian pony... " Zog dis! Iz outta 'ere!" cried the hog, as he knew that his buddy was long gone from the fight. Dagger, turned around seeing that he had saved a family, in the nick of time. " Are you alright?" asked the stallion, as he still had his helmet, covering his face, as his dark lends didn't show his face. " T-Thank you... Quantillian... as you have saved us, once again." thanked the stallion, relieved that his family was out, from danger. Trixie, had come along, as she had followed Dagger. " Trixie, see what you can do to help out! I'm going to get to the bottom of this... Or in this case... to the top of it..." Stated Dagger, as he then slowly looked up to Canterlot's castle, and made a dash towords it. Trixie, help the family's father, as she pulled him away from the streets, giving him a chance, to not to get cought by one of the hogz, as the guards were trying to settle things down, as they realized that they had skills by their side, and that the hogz had to rely on their numbers and strength, as they charged recklessly at them.

Dagger, was running, as he had activated his jetpack, making him to run as fast as Rainbow Dash's speed, as she would normally would fly, but was still not anywhere as nearly as fast as her. The helmet, protected his eyes, as the wind wouldn't make his eyes tear up. Dagger was already close the castle, as he tried to kill as many hogz as possible, making his way to the castle, hopping that he would find... their boss...

"Guh!...ngh!...ra-a-...Argh!..." coughed the tired brave stallion, as he had gotten back up, from picking up with a fight against Wartguts... Shinning Armor, hand to stand back up for the ninth time, as he was badly hurt... " HUR RA HA HA HA HA HA! You love get'n stuck in!... Loves it!" teased the masive warthog, as he laughed, amused to see that a pony that could stand back up, every time he hit him, with his tusks. Cadence, was worried for Shinning, as the other princesses, held her back. The guards were already dead, as they had tried to defend them. Shinning was the last remaining Equestria guard, left standing in the room, to protect the princesses... Twilight, was also brused up, as she too tried to help her brother out, only to be thrown around too, by Wartguts's boys, and by himself! " W-we... will not let you... TAKE... over Canterlot's castle... trash!... So why don't you just leave!..." threatened Shinning Armor, as he was almost out of breath to fight on. " DAH RA HA HA HA!... Aaand wot make you tink, dat iz gunna get out of 'ere ya runt..." started the hog, " Weez da hogz and you iz not! We iz da strongest, and fastest den you puny ponies! We don't need any magic, like your purple runt right dere! All we need iz da hogz... We iz better den you lot! And we ain't getting out of dis 'ere planet, until dere iz noffing else to fight! So... You ready for round... um..." Wartguts, then wasn't even keeping track of count, as he then looked up to his grot to count for him. "Oi, grot! 'ow many times did I hit dat git over dere..." asked the big pig. " Yes, yes! Um... I say... Nine times, boss!" said the small goblin, as he patted him on his back, softly. The grot was on top of Wartguts's back, as there was a small seat also made for the little guy, with a seat belt for him. " Yea... Nine times ya git!" Finnished the big hog. Then, more Equestrian guards had showed up, as they had already killed Wartguts's boys, who were right behind him. He turned his massive body around, looking back at them. " By the order of Princess Celestia, and Princess Luna you are under arrest, scum!" stated one of the guards, as they all pointed their swords and spears at him. " Stuipid ponies! I'Z DA BIGGEST HOG, DERE IZ!" as he said those words, everpony was surprised, as the massive hog then jumped up into the air, and landed back down to where he was, as he knocked off all the nearby guards, as they flew away form Wartguts. This shook the room, as the Equestrian guards fell away from the hog boss, only to find themselves getting back up from the impact.

Then, somepony had whisled through his helmet, getting Wartguts's attention, as he stood by the door, from where the other guards had came from. " I think it's time to meet your maker, pig!" shouted Dagger, as he had already had his bluky blade out, as he trotted twords the warthog, " I made me self, pony! Aaand I'm gunna unmake you... RA Harrrr!" shouted the big pig, as he ran twords Dagger, passing through a bunch of guards, as he managed to kill one of seven of them, as he stomped over him, crushing his bones. The guard had yelped, as he felt one of his first bones being crushed, as it was his hipbone, that ended up being crushed! After that, the rib cage was broken into pieces, after Wartguts made his way, after Dagger.

Dagger and Wartguts were close enough, for one of them to strike first, as the warthog had his mouth open and Dagger had his blade out, ready to be the first to strike! Unfortunately for Dagger, he didn't time it right, as he had already swung his blade at the hog, only to find himself in Wartguts's mouth. Wartguts shook the colt, as he grunted with his teeth! Dagger, was being swung back and forth, as he could feel his helmet was about to come off! Dagger, had enough from the swinging, as he didn't feel any sharp pain from his body, as he was tough enough, to withstand the pressure of his jaws. Dagger, used his wrist hoof blaster, and fired it to his right, as his blaster was on his left hoof, making it an easy and well aimed shot. Dagger had managed to hit the hog's right front leg, as he then spat out Dagger, and paid attentoin to his injured cyborg leg, as he could still feel pain through it. Now it was Dagger's chance to fight back, while the pig was distracted! Dagger, used the flat sides of his blade, as he smacked the hog twice on each side of his face, on each cheek. The hog, had lunged forwards at Dagger, as the attack was easily dodged by his reflexes. Dagger, then grabbed a hold onto one of Wartguts's tusks, and swung upwards, making his way to the top, of the big hog's big head. The grot screamed in fear, as he lept off from his chair, and darted out to the next room, exiting the castle. Dagger, again used the flat side of his blade, and slamed it down, onto Wartguts's head, cracking his masive thick skull, as you would hear it, as if you were breaking a thick piece of wood apart! The hog, fell flat onto his belly, as he was dazed by such force! Dagger, lept off from the hog's body, and looked back at his opponent... The hog's eyes were closed shut, as Dagger smiled through his helmet, thinking it was now over. The hogs would now have to find a new wart-boss, to command their clan, as they would then fight themselves over for it, as to who was the biggest of them all, which would be Warty, Wartguts's second in command. Dagger, walked around the massive body, as he put his blade back to where it belonged. Dagger, passed the Equestrian guards, as he took off his helmet, and made his way to the princesses.

Celestia, was surprised to see Dagger, as she did not want to smile, as she was unhappy and was quite upset, instead... Before anypony could say anything, Wartguts had gotten up, from his temporarily deep sleep, " Oi!... Wait a second... You must be one of dose quantillian poniez, ain't ya!?" asked the warthog. Dagger, turned around, to answer the big pig, as he had his helmet on his right hoof, and he left hoof reaching for the back of his blade, " Yea, so? You want some more, hoggy!" replied Dagger, as he threatened the hog, daring him to come close to him. The hog didn't want to go for seconds with Dagger, as he then thought he may need some other... special equipment around him, with more of his boys to stop Dagger, as he gave him a dirty look, on his face. " Takes more den dat, to stop me! I gets whats ya do'n!" answered the warthog, " Dis planet iz already MIIIiiine!... Just don't know it yet..." spoke the hog, with a lot of pride in his 'Waaargh!' as he continued, " And don't tink I don't know about you quantil poniez, are all dead... well... at least for most of yaz... He he he he..." teased the hog, as he then turned around, retreating out from the castle, as he made his own path through the walls. "WAAARGH!" he shouted, as he crashed through the hallways, making his way out... For this... wasn't the last time Dagger was going to see him...