Dagger's End:

The Swine Tide &

The Underworld Uprise (Vol. 2)

Chapter 9

Tonight is the Knight

It was the middle of the night, as Twilight Sparkle was getting up, out of bed. She couldn't rest, not even for a few minutes, as she continued to have those horrible, nightmares... "... Maybe, I should study on M.T. for a while... That will keep me awake..." she thought to herself, as she walked downstairs. Spike, had his ear plugs in, as he slept in his bed. He was fast alseep, as he was tired of hearing Twilight's hoof steps, everytime she would get up, out from her bed. Twilight, made her way to the droid, with a candle, and began to work on the machine. She had spent many hours on the unusal robot, as both Lyra and Bon Bon, would visit their tall friend. It was getting creepy for both Twilight and Bon Bon, to see Lyra getting very attached to the robot... Lyra has done things such as kissing the robot, to sleep. Or has hugged it, like it was just like any other pony. It would seem, that Lyra had some... effectual things, for M.T.

But that didn't bother Twilight, too much... Twilight, was working on it's wiring systems, as she studied it, and went over the books, that she had in her library, about Quantillian technology. This droid, was totally not made, by Quantillian hoof work... It had symbols of things like, 'Property of the Trade Federation' or 'CIS' on it's inside, interior. The robot, also had an unusal red mark symbol, on the right side of it's chest... It almost looked like a bird, but the head looked almost like an arrow. There was a little message, that also said, 'New Republic' on it. Suddenly, M.T. turned it's power on, all by itself! " Twilight..." the robot, spoke, as it sounded tired or drained. The purple mare, was startled a bit, as she had jumped, spreading her wings a bit. She folded her wings back, and calmed down, "... Yes, M.T.?" replied Twilight, as she spoke to the droid. "... Battery level, is low... Require power supply... Code error: 9002." The droid, was low on battery, as it's small red light, on the left side of it's chest was dimming a bit. Twilight, didn't like this, as she looked around her room, trying to solve this solution! But there was nothing she could do! Equestria didn't have any high tech batteries, for something like this! Lyra, would also be very upset, if she found out that her friend's energy was drained! "... Oh no no no no! This is bad! This is so not good!" spoke the alicorn, as she was worried. Twilight, ran down the basement, searching for something that could be of use for the droid. She was gone in the basement for a few minutes, as the droid, turned it's whole torso around, looking around in the room. The robot, was curious, as to what was going to happen to him, if he did not get his energy soon. Few minutes have passed by, as Twilight came rushing to M.T. and quickly installed something in his back. M.T. was now powering down, as he had no more energy to spare, any more. " Oh no! No, no, no, no, no! Come'on, come'on!" worried Twilight, as she installed a small orb, into the droid's back, and planted it, inside of the droid, where it would be hidden. Twlight, wasn't really thinking, as she then used her magic, on the orb. She was soon, transferring energy from her horn, as she hoped that this would feed the droid, on what he needs.

Few minutes passed by, as Twilight eyes and mind was exhausted, from sharing so much engergy, to the droid. She was alsmot at the verge of sweating, as she panted a few times. The robot, didn't move... not even the small red light, lit up... It seemed that the droid, was going to be off, until pony kind could invent, such energy... But then, Twilight herd some movement, coming from the robot, and saw a bright red light, as the droid was getting up. M.T. was getting up, off the table, as he turned his torso around, to face Twilight. The two stared at one another, as Twilight was not sure what was going to happen... "... U-uh... M...T?... Are you al-" suddenly, the machine grabbed onto Twilight, with both of it's arms, and gave her a tight hug! Twilight, was chocking a bit, from the hug, as she was then put back down, by the droid. " I thank you, miss Sparkle, for aiding me, for my life!" spoke the droid, in a totally different personality, but still sounding like the same droid, he was! Twilight, was left confused a bit, but smiled at the droid, " You're quite welcome!... But... What happened?... You seem to have, a personality, now..." spoke the mare, as she looked at the droid, in such confusion. " I am not sure! This new energy of mine, is rich with something... Something that I cannot tell, of it's origin..." wondered the droid. Twilight, gave it a little thought, about her magic that she had used on him, and came to a conclusion... That orb, that she placed, inside of the robot, used to be a krystal ball. Now it was the droid's energy holder, as it contained Twilight's magical energy. Either the magic, is whats keeping him alive, as the wires transferred the magic into energy. Or it was just there, to keep him alive, and not giving him any energy, of any sort. It was the same method, unicorns would use to have brooms and buckets, come back to life... Either way, it gave the robot, a personality to use, and probably has it's own free will... " Say... M.T... Could you please power down, for a few hours?... Please?..." asked Twilight, not sure if the robot would want to take over the world, or would actually listen to her wishes. " Yes, ma'm." spoke the droid, as it then got back on the table, where it was resting on, and powered down, like it was told to. Twilight, sighed a bit, glad to have everything under control, as she then walked up to bed, as she was now VERY, tired, after using so much magic. She crawled up on her bed, and shut her eyes, very slowly, as she slept...

Back at Canterlot, as it was still the middle of the night, Dagger was the last one awake, as his group slept in the castle. Dagger, was on the roof tops, watching the sky, as he looked at the moon... He was quiet, as he looked at the stars, up in the sky... He also thought about, if he would ever get off from this planet, if there was any such chance to happen... Dagger sighed, and looked back down at the town. This was his home, now... He had to get used to it... Suddenly, he herd some wings flapping by, as the noise came closer. He turned his head, this time with no helmet covering his face, as he looked. It was Princess Luna, as she flew by Dagger's side, providing some company. " May I?..." asked Luna, as she hovered over him. Dagger, simply nodded, as he then gazed back at the town, as Luna landed next to him, as she took a seat. The two were quiet, for a few seconds, as Luna looked at him, seeing a troubling face. "... You look depressed... Something wrong?..." asked the dark princess. Dagger, was quiet, for a few more seconds, as he stared at the the town... He eventually replied back, "... I think so..." he said softly. Luna, was now concerned for him, " Please... Don't be sad... I've been through a lot, to now see another pony, who is unhappy... Please... You can tell me..." comforted Luna, as she had a hoof on Dagger's shoulder, and then placed it back, next to herself. "... I just can't belive... They're all gone..." spoke Dagger, as he closed his eyes. Dagger, was haunted, of being the last of his kind... His race, would never come back again, battling against Zenoids, Hogz, and even other creatures that would threaten the galaxy. He was the last of his kind, and was only one of the four races, of his kind... "... I understand your frustraition, Dagger... At least... part of it..." spoke Luna, knowing at least half of his pain, of one part of being lonely, but the other was having no pony else, who was from their homeworld... "... Your race, has fought well, Dagger... Most of us, are very thankful that you have saved this world... And we are all indebted, to you..." continued Luna, as she then placed a hoof, infront of Dagger. " Here... Let me show you." Dagger, looked at her, unsure what she was up to, as he placed a hoof onto her hoof. Luna, then took off, with Dagger, as the two flew around the castle, and headed twords a garden, where there were gravestones of the great and powerful leader, of the entire Quantillian race, of the strong race out of the four... Mai Sight... and there were other thirteen gravestones, of Mai Sight's bodyguards, as each gravestone had a saying, from their old bible. Dagger and Luna landed by the gravestones, and looked at them all. Dagger mostly looked at Mai Sight's gravestone, as he wished to see him, once more. "... If he was alive... He would right now lead me, to fight off anything that would harm the galaxy... Including your world... He was so powerful... He didn't need any magic, or any tricks to kill his foes..." Spoke Dagger, as he placed a hoof on the grave stone. Then, this caught Dagger's attention... Flowers, were placed on the gravestone, as they didn't wither, or have yet to die, as the colors of the flowers shone, by the moon's light. Dagger, took a good guess, as this must have been one of their ways, to honor the dead, from this planet's own ritual. Dagger, turned twords Luna, and nodded at her, as a thank you, for not forgetting them, to who they were, and what they've done... Dagger, pulled out a small gem-like, krystal, out from one of his few pockets, his belt had. It barely glowed, as he placed it infront of the gravestone, of Mai Sight's... Dagger then nelt, as he then prayed, for a few seconds, then took the gem back, and it then glowed a bit more brightly, than it used to be. Luna, wasn't sure what was going on, but decided to think it was time to depart, from the small grave yard, as Dagger would need his sleep, for tomorrow's day, to hunt and kill the Hogz. " We must go now, Dagger... You need your sleep, as you have a long journey, ahead of you." spoke the princess, as she walked twords him.

Later that night, the two were walking inside the castle, as they were in the hallways of the castle, as Luna was leading Dagger to his quarters, next to where his group was sleeping, in their own rooms. Suddenly, a bright purple flash was created infront, of the both of them, as both Luna and Dagger stopped proceeding to Dagger's room. Then, Twilight showed up, infront of Luna, as she used a teleportaion spell, to be infront of her. " Twilgiht?" spoke the princess, surprised to see her. Twilight looked like a mess, as her mane was unstraight! Twilight, had bloodshot eyes, aswell as sand bags, under her eye lids, as she was completely drained, from not having ANY sleep, of any sort. "... H-help...m-me..." mumbled the purple alicorn, as she looked like she was almost dead!... Dagger, picked up Twilight, and the two moved her, to another room, where there was a bed for her, to rest in.

Luna and Dagger eventaully found a room, and placed Twilight, on the soft bed. Twilight, had a few bruses from something... It seemed like something attacked her... " What could have done this?..." asked Dagger, as he examined Twilight's body. Luna, was puzzled, as she looked at Twilgiht Sparkle... She then relized, that recently she couldn't go into Twilight's mind, to see what she was dreaming about, as in the past, she used to... "... I'm not sure... But as I princess of the night, I would be allowed to look into other ponies' minds, and I would deal with their nightmares, as they would sleep..." relied Luna. " Huh... Go into other pony's dreams, huh? That's a preaty nice gift you got there..." commented Dagger. Dagger, then went back to Twilight, as he watched her closely... She was slowly waking up, as she looked at both Princess Luna and Dagger. "... P-princess?... D-Dagger?..." Twilight spoke softly, as she was really tired, from all the action, that happened in her library. " What happened, Twilight. You look horrible!" asked Dagger, as he wanted to get to the bottom of this. " I-it's... Sombra... But... I thought we had already trapped him, in his own... p-prision!..." grumbled Twilight, as she looked at them both, covering her bruses. Twilight, started to cry, as she was sick of all these nightmares, that have occurred. "... K-kill me!..." "What?" asked Luna, as Twilight started to beg! " Please!... Just Kill me!" Dagger, looked back at Luna, as he was totally confused of the situation. Luna, now knew who was doing this... As she looked furious. Luna, trotted to her sister, Pricess Celestia, but... was cut off by something on the door, before she could get out from the room... There were long black stringy arms, blocking the door, as Luna used some of her magic to shoot at it! Nothing would happen... as she then stepped back, away from the door. Dagger, pulled out his blade, as he didn't like this at all... "... Come on Luna, there's more than one way out of this..." spoke Dagger, as he then begain to hack on the floor, below himself. With one swing, the sword bounced back, as the floor wouldn't break, "W-what?" spoke Dagger. One might swing, should have broken, the floor. King Sombra, has gotten even stronger, than Luna could even think of!... Suddenly, Twilight was grabbed by the bed, as the black tentacles snatched her! " HELP!" cried Twilight, as both Luna and Dagger saw Twilight, being squeezed by the long arms! Luna, used her magic, to blast at the tentacles, as she was carefully making her way twords the purple alicorn. Suddenly, more black arms showed up, as they sprouted out from the floor, as if it were a poral, of some sort! Dagger, on the other hoof, was busy putting up a fight, against he arms, as they tried to hold him down. Dagger flew up into the air, using his jetpack, and fired his hoof wrist blaster, as the arms were following, right after him! He then used the jetpack, to help him run along the walls, in the room, as he kept firing, at the arms! The tentacles, seemed to be coming out from the floor, of the room, as he fired at the dark arms. Luna, was close to the bed, as it held onto Twilight Sparkle, holding on to her tightly! Luna, was just about to free her, but her legs was grabbed on, by the long arms! " No! Release me!" demanded Luna. Luna, created a sphere, of energy around herself, as it burned the tentacles, around her! She was free, as she then flew up in the air, and fired at the arms, that held onto Twilight. Then, the dark tentacles swung by Luna, and smacked her, across the head! Luna was now out cold, temporarily, as Dagger was still busy with the long arms! Dagger, was completely surrounded, by these creatures, as they tried to put him down. He swung his blade, harshly, as he hacked at the numerous of tentacles, away from him. He then switched his hoof wrist blaster weapon, to a flamethrower, as he burned the tentacles, into ash! More of the arms, were coming after him, as he turned off the flames, and used his blade, once more. The arms, now caught onto Dagger's right rear hoof, as he tried to kick it away. Next, his left front hoof, was being held by the arms, as he tried to shake it off! Next, was his right front hoof, was all wrapped up, as he dropped his heavy blade, on the ground, as it made a loud thump, on the floor, crushing a few of the arms, under it. Dagger, then spun wildly around, using his jetpack, as he refused to be pinned down, by these creatures! He managed to get them all tangled up, as he went through a gap, under the tentacles that still held on to him, and managed to make a knot. This gave Dagger, an idea, as the arms soon died, afterwards, from suffocating from blood loss. Dagger, flew around as he gathering the arms, as he pulled them! He made several more knots, around the room, as there were now fewer of them, to deal with. " This night, is knot, your night..." spoke Dagger, as he then landed in the center of the room. He pointed both of his hoofs, at the arms, as they squirmed, trying to get untangled. Dagger, activated the flamethrowers, on both hoofs, as he saw them burn. Luna, woke up, as she saw the room burning, with fire. Luna, gasped as she got back up to save Twilight, only to see... something was going to penetrate her, on the back of her skull... Twilight, was too tired to know any danger around her, as her vision blured up, a bit. Behind her head, was a very unusal tentacle, as it showed a sharp pointed end, that would soon dig into the back, of her skull! Luna, fired her magic at the arm, but missed! She tried again, this time she hit it, as the tentacles screeched, out loud, as it squirmed around! The arm, then dug into Twilight's neck, as it injected her with something! Luna, was shocked, as she flew quickly to pull Twilight, away from the tentacles, that held onto her!

Dagger, was having too much fun, burning the arms, as they too screeched as well, as they felt pain. He soon realizes, that Luna was having trouble getting Twilight, away from the arm's grasp. He turned off his hoof wrist flamethrowers, and ran twords the tentacles, that held onto Twilight. He snatched his heavy blade, up off from the floor, as he ran tword's the arms that held onto Twilight. He lept into the air, and was darting for the tentacles, as he swung his mighty weapon! With one swing, he managed to cut off all ten arms, with one mighty swing, as if nothing was there. The creature cried, as it's screech became louder! " Reeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaach!" it screamed, as all the arms, sunk back into the floor of the room, carring the fire, with them. The room looked normal, even after the fire had burned inside, of the room. No ashes were left inside the room... as if it was all a dream, the whole time...

Luna, placed Twilight back on the bed, as she looked like she could sleep now... Twilight, smiled a bit, as she covered herself up, with a royal blanket. Dagger, placed his heavy blade, back on his back, as he looked at Twilight. " Well, problem solved, I guess..." commented Dagger, as the two stood there, looking down at Twilight. She looked peaceful now, as she slept... But Luna, was not satisfied, with this victory, as she was worried as to what the unusal tentacle, had done to her. There were no marks of blood, no holes, and no liquids of any sorts... The neck just looked fine... The two decided, to leave Twilight alone, as she can now sleep peacefuly, now with that monster slain... Out of the corner of both Luna's and Dagger's ear, they herd a soft, faint voice, of Twilight, as she thanked them, for saving her life. The two, closed the door behind themselves, as they left the room, leaving Twilight to fall alseep peacefully...

But something, was inside Twilight Sparkle... Something bad... That would soon, haunt her future... really soon... What ever it was now, it wouldn't take in affect, by tomorrow morning... This was all in the hoof work of none other than... King Sombra...

Down at the southern parts of Equestria... The Hogz, were cooking up a plan, to hold a fort down, so that they may spread their 'Waaargh!' whenever they wanted to, and use it as a garrison. The grots, were building up a fort, that would be at least fifty times bigger, than their last fort that they built, that was destroid by Dagger. But also another group of grots, as well as a few hog mechs, were building something even bigger... they were building a huge, fat titian... that would eventually walk around, with it's two big legs, as it would stomp over the lands of Equestria... It also was going to have two arms, one was going to be a huge, titain sized chain saw, while the other amr was going to be a long, massive cannon, that would shoot rapid round of tank, bullets!... This titain, was going to be very distructive, in Equestria, as everypony and thing, would not want to pick a fight with, EVER...

In a wooden, trashy looking room, was a big table, with some food, fungus beer, and a map of Equestria, that he Hogz somehow, got their hoof on. In the room, was Wartguts, Warty, a weirdy hog named Zoggit, and a hog kommando named Brute Toof. They all gathered around the table, as a few hog boyz too, gathered around, as grots scurried around, working tirelessly. " All right boyz..." started Wartguts, " Dem poniez, iz after us, and we needz a base ta keep us hidden... So dat we can come back, and get moar boyz, to join us for da 'Waaargh!'" " But why I'z need ta stay boss? Can't I just join you, and the rest of you lot?" complained Warty, as the half witted hog, looked at his big boss, Wartguts. Wartguts, gave Warty a very upsetting look, as he spat his words a bit, " You git! Youz stay'n 'ere, because youz gunna look after da base! While da boyz, and I go out and make moar, hog bases!" replied Wartguts. Warty wipped his face a bit, from the spit, that came from Wartguts', as this didn't bother him, that much. " Boss, we aslo 'ave another problem." spoke the hog kommando, named Brute Toof. " Wot?..." growled the Wartboss, as he looked at him, " Dere somfing, nearby dis 'ere base of operation 'ere... Its some ponies, dat iz try'n to mass an army." pointed out the kommando, as he pointed on the map, with his hoof. Where he pointed, was close to where their base was, as King Sombra's forces was right next to each other, between the Hogz and his forces... This didn't bother Wartguts, too much, as he had plans, to also annihilate the forces of King Sombra. " Bah! We don't 'ave to worry about dat right now!... We need moar ground, right now, than 'aving to get to even moar, lower ground." replied the Wartboss. The weirdy boy, named Zoggit, is a hog wizard, and is called the weirdy boy. A weirdy boy, means that he has been gifted with very unsual powers, that he himself cannot control over. There are only a few powers, that he has control over, and sometimes the powers control him, instead! For example, if he wanted to teleport somewhere else, all he had to do, was close his eyes, and say 'here we go' or ' bye bye!' and then be teleported, randomly somewhere, by no choice... There was a lot of power, in a weirdy boy, but how to control his power, most of them do not know. Other hogz, would also hate being around a weirdy boy, because they would get killed by their own weirdy boy, by mistake, or his powers would be so powerful, that it would kill thousands of smaller hogz, nearby. Zoggit, then spoke, " And wot, about dem dragons! They were bother'n us, when we even got to dis here place!" spoke the weirdy boy, as he almost spoke proper english. Wartguts, started to laugh, as he herd his words, " Are HAR HAR har har! Weez gunna be uzing dem, ya git! Along with our titain!... Once dem runty grots, got our titian all fixed up, an' working order, weez gunna stomp all dem weak poniez, everywhere! And den noffing will stop our 'Waaargh!' Besides, we iz unstoppable, already... We iz da Hogz, after all!... Har har har har!"

Then, all the four hog leaders, came out from their trashy made wooden hut, as they all looked up at the titian... It was massive... It was bigger than the Crystal Empire's castle, as it stood tall... It looked like it was just about ready, for deployment... almost ready, to stomp around, crushing the lives of the millions, and blasting everypony into a hundred. " Now dat dere, iz a bute, dat iz..." commented Brute Toof, as he looked up hight, as the moon shone, at his face. " Yes... And weez gunna be... Unstoppable, when we get dis 'ere go'n... Her... her... har... har har har har..." spoke proudfuly, the big Wartboss.

In the hidden castle, of where King Sombra and Chrysalis stayed, Sombra was very pleased, in his accomplishment. The monster that had attacked Twilight, has served it's purpose, as it was now dead. It would soon be time, to launch a great attack against Canterlot, and then the Crystal Empire, as both armies would be completely over run. Sombra, was right now in a conference room, with a few species from Equestria. Around a large table, were several leaders of each race. One was a diamond dog, another was a dark looking pony, with very pointy ears. The unusal ponies, were nicked named 'long ears' because of their long pointy ears. However, their ears were more pointy, than long, on these ponies. Another around the table, was a minotaur, and another simple pony. They were all gathered, to discuss about their alliance. " We are willing to join you, King Sombra. The conquest will be worth it, for everypony, on our side." spoke the long ear, as signed a few papers, then passed it down to the next, to sign it. The next one to sign was a diamond dog, as he read the papers as breifly as he could. " Come on, mutt! We haven't got all day!" barked the dark pony, as he wanted to start the conquest, as soon as possible. " Hmmm..." wondered the hound, as he read quickly, about the agreement. " May we have a few ponies, to at least dig up some diamonds, for us? And can one of them be Princess Celestia!?" asked the dog, as he hated their Princess. Sombra, smiled as he looked at the diamond dog, " That may not be such a bad idea... My fine fellow... sure... I would gladly allow this to happen..." spoke King Sombra, as he smiled, at him. The diamond dog smiled, and happily wrote on the sheet of paper, and passed it to the minotaur. The minotaur, wasn't really impressed with the conditions, of the alliance's treaty... " These conditions, are not worth my time... There should be more fighting, and less peace with these weak ponies..." growled the big horned mammal. " I understand, your frustraition... governor... But allow me to send to you... say... an arena, exclusively for your kind... You would be allowed to slaughter anypony, who don't follow, our laws, or that would be sent to be exectued..." replied King Sombra, speaking a bit friendly, but also annoyed by the requests. The minotaur, still didn't like the alliance deal, but loved the idea, having the arena all to himself, and his race, as they would take random ponies to kill them, in the arena, for their amusement... The final pony, got the sheets of paper, as he represented, to his very own mafia, as he wore a suit, " And with our alliance, we can assure you Mr. Sombra-" King Sombra, didn't like the way he addressed him, and was showing his teeth, as he growled and snapped at him, "... It... is... KING! Sombra!... KING!..." the pony, was shocked, as he almost fell off from his seat, " M-my apology, y-your highness... Mr.-Da I-I!... I mean, King Sombra." replied the scared stallion. King Sombra, was now more relaxed, as he sat back in his chair, " Continue..." growled King Sombra... " R-right..." the pony, cleared his throat, and continued, " A-as I was saying... With our alliance, the trade routes, from our location to you, will be quick and will all be yours... Y-your highness..." finnished the mafia pony, as he too signed the papaers. " Good... Now... All we need is-" before King Sombra could continue, a door busted open, and a griffin showed herself up... " Sorry, I'm late... Had a bit of trouble, with some of your men... King Sombra..." spoke the female griffin. "... You're late!... But it is good to see you... Gilda... Or should I say... Your highness..." spoke Sombra, happily. Gilda, was now a princess, a commander, and a dictator, all-in-one, of her kindom, after both her father and mother had passed away... " Yea, so? I still prefer just Gilda, big guy." replied Gilda. King Sombra, didn't take the addressing too well, but let it go, instead of snapping at her. The griffin, took her seat, and saw the sheets of papers, as she held onto the pen, in her claw. " So... You say, I may have one wish... huh?..." asked Gilda. King Sombra, was getting tired of taking everyone's wishes, unitl he herd hers... " What is it... that you wish... Gilda..." asked King Sombra. " Oh... I don't know... I could right now ask for anything... But I prefer to keep it simple..." " And what would that be?..." Gilda, looked at King Sombra, as she smiled, and signed the papers, and then snapped the pen, in half, with two claws, then flicked it at him, "... I want the head... of the element of loyalty..." answered Gilda, " Rainbow Dash?... Hmmm... That doesn't sound like a wish..." cooed King Sombra, " It's more like revenge! And revenge is all I want! Promiss me that she stays alive, and I will surrender my whole kindom, to you! And I want her sent to me... Immediately..." continued Gilda. King Sombra was very pleased with this wish, as all he had to do, was capture Rainbow Dash, and hand her over to Gilda, and in return he would control the Griffin Empire... To Sombra... This was over kill... " Very well... I shall grant your wish... Gilda... Let the alliance... begin..." smiled Sombra. " One last thing King Sombra..." Asked the dark pony, " What do we do, against the elements of harmony?" he finnished. King Sombra, grinned a bit, as he answered back, " The elements, will be dealt with... by me... I will convice Twilight to join me, in my conquest, and then the elements of harmony, will be no more, once we have sent them all, into the minotaur's hands... There... they will meet their fate, once... and for all..." finnished King Sombra, as everyone, looked to one another, and agreed about the plan. " Don't forget my promiss!" reminded Gilda, as she wanted to tear, every limb from Rainbow Dash. The meeting was now over, as they all got up off from their seats, and exited the room... Sombra, looked at Gilda, as the two stared down at each other... "... But of course... Gilda..."

Morning had arose, over Equestria, as everypony was getting ready to take off, on the Heavenly Angel. Rainbow Dash, was surprised to see Twilight, in the Canterlot castle, as she then sent Scootaloo back to her, to baby sit.

" Ok squirt, stay with Twilight here. I'm sure she isn't all that bad... For an egg head... To baby sit you." " I'm right here!" complained Twilight, as Rainbow Dash tried to whisper, about her friend. " But I want to be with you and Dagger! Come on Rainbow Dash! You've got to let me come with you! This is my dream we are talking about!" begged Scootaloo, as she tried her best to show Rainbow Dash, her puppy dog face. Rainbow Dash, easily shrugged it off, as she brushed Scootaloo's mane, "Nope, sorry Scoots, not this time... You'll be in a lot safer hoofs, than in ours." answered Rainbow Dash, as she then leaned in for a hug. The two separated a bit, as Rainbow Dash looked back at Scoots, and looked at each other, from face to face, " Hey, I'll be alright squirt! We just need to take care of a few more pigs, and then I'll get back to ya, in a jiffy!" Dash was trying to cheer up Scootaloo, as she could see her sad face expression. "... It's not just you Rainbow Dash... Its also because of Dagger..." Scootaloo spoke softly, as she remembered the time when she could actually fly, but only using Dagger's jetpack, could she do it... Rainbow Dash, then smiled at her, " Hey, you don't want Dagger to see you being all chicken, about this, do you!? If he finds out that you stayed with us, he might think your not tough enough, to be his friend." Smiled Rainbow Dash, teasing Scootaloo. " W-what!? Ok, Rainbow Dash! Ok! I'll stay!" " That's what I thought..." the two came in for another hug, and both separated, as Scootaloo trotted twords Twilight, were she would be next to the princess. Twilight may still be a princess... But to Scootaloo, she was still the 'Egg head' she still was, before she was even an alicorn... " Oh boy... This is going to be a long week..." grumbled Scootaloo. " What was that Scootaloo?" asked Twilight, as she could barely hear her voice, as to what was the little filly was saying, " H-huh? I was just say'n, card games! Woo hoo! Fun!..." spoke the filly, pretending to show some interests... " Oooh! Goody! Then we are going to have a lot of fun, together! First we'll play scrabble, then will play some chess, and maybe we'll even read a few good books!" as Twilight went on, with an endless list... Scootaloo, simply rolled her eyes, as if things couldn't get any worse...