"Noteworthy?"

Princess Luna nodded happily with a soft smile reaching from cheek to cheek as she raised her hoof in delight. "Why yes Twilight Sparkle, this here is Chaotic Noteworthy, one of the newest additions to my guard. I have a feeling he shall prove to be a great asset to future endeavors."

Twilight looked the stallion up and down with little interest, but politely introduced herself anyways. "Why hello there Chaotic, the pleasure is mine, Twilight Sparkle at your service."

The stallion maintained his baring but couldn't help but blush slightly due to more personal reasons as he smiled a little. "Uhm thank you Princess Twilight, it's an honor to be in your presence."

Twilight laughed a little shaking her head, she still wasn't used to being treated in such high regards but either way, the pleasantries were nice, but that wasn't what she came for. She looked back to Princess Celestia who didn't fail to regard her student with a sharp glance before looking back to the newcoming stallion. "Well thank you Chaotic, I hope your training goes well, but we have to get going, there's trouble stirring in Equestria that requires out utmost attention."

Chaotic Noteworthy's eyes widened as he seemed a little surprised but knew the Princesses did probably require to attend something of utmost importance, especially if Princess Luna was awake this early in the morning. And as he thought about the main reason why he'd approached them in the first place, his cheek's lit crimson as he nodded. "O-Of course Princesses, my lady Luna! W-Would it be too much trouble if I escorted you all to your destination? It's my job as one of the new recruits to ensure your safety so I was hoping...that well uhm...maybe-"

Princess Luna cut in almost immediately raising a hoof. "Oh? Why of course, it'll give you much needed experience."

The stallion's expression brightened of course, grateful to have been accepted to carry out the task. So he happily made his way beside the princess of the night with a cheerful smile, as he began to lead the way besides Princess Luna.

Twilight however couldn't help but raise a brow curiously at them as she soon followed close behind through the royal gardens with Princess Celestia at her side. As they trotted Twilight looked up at Princess Celestia curiously before asking in a quiet tone "Princess, who is he exactly? I've never seen him before here in Canterlot, I didn't really notice it at first, but he doesn't seem like a local, Saddle Arabia?"

Princess Celestia looked down at her student before responding in suit. "Oh no Twilight, that young stallion right there is from the country of Magistrum."

Twilight's eyes widened in surprise "Magistrum? He's from Magistrum!? But-" her voice died down a little as she looked ahead at the stallion once again, a little puzzled. "He seems a little, unseasoned."

Princess Celestia smirked "Precisely why he is here, learning, young recruits from the country of Magistrum are not often inclined to join equestrian military forces over their own. But this one, something keeps him here." And this caused the princess to giggle softly before regarding her younger sister with a soft smile up ahead, but she then looked serious once more before looking back to her student and thinking about the matter at hoof once again. "Twilight, why must you feel so persistent in pursuing the young draconequus? I worry for you my student."

Twilight's eyes widened once again as her expression sunk once again and she sighed heavily. "It's just that I see everything that you've managed to create Princess Celestia. I've seen everything that the world of equestria has to offer, peace, love, harmony, friendship. There have been so many cases where something or somepony has wanted to threaten equestria and its inhabitants these days, and the power of friendship has proven successful time and again. I just can't seem to understand why fate has been giving that little draconequus a chance time and again to succeed in destroying everything you've done for us, and if only I ensured that she understood in the beginning, Equestria could've been saved from another horrible disaster. Now ponies are dead, murdered, a word not often used anymore, and the one responsible is still out there, unpunished, and free to do it again."

Twilight paused. "I told Eve I would catch her and ensure she's punished for her crimes, and I plan to keep that promise." Twilight gave an angry wince, unable to house her obvious feelings of detest for the creature. "She has threatened so many innocents time and again, and manages to always avoid the consequences. She always manages to slip from our hooves, and now she's become something so much worse, and I can't accept that princess. I don't want to live in a world without hope, I want to fight for what Equestria stands for, the side that fights for harmony. And if we can't stop Eve from threatening harmony, how can we hope to protect it?"

Princess Celestia's expression saddened, for she knew things Twilight did not, and although her student certainly meant well with her words, she was still so far off with everything that it could only break the alicorn's heart. "My student, there are many things that I have kept from you over the years, things I wished you'd never have had to find out, things I wish you never would've seen. But now that we're at this point in time, I can see now that you're growing into somepony who will stand for what she believes in, most certainly, and you have made me proud. I only wish I could've kept you from experiencing such things, such violence, but I cannot place all the blame on our enemies...for I to have-" Celestia grew silent for a moment. "Have made some unwise decisions." She looked back to Twilight. "Do you really want to know more of the draconequus Twilight?"

Twilight looked up to her mentor once more, and for some reason she to felt a little clueless about what she wanted to say, she looked down at the ground as they all came to a halt and the violet mare looked at the ground for a moment, and then back up at Princess Celestia. "Y-Yes...This is something I feel I have to do princess."

Princess Celestia just looked at her student, glancing down at her observantly for a moment before closing her eyes and sighing, nodding soon afterwords as she made her way past Princess Luna who opened a door for them. The door led to what appeared to be a large briefing room with magical markings etched onto all the walls. "Then come Twilight, it's time you realized how big the world truly is."

"Mom! I told you that I'm ready to learn more about destructive magic! I'm really good see!" A little baby draconequus peered up angrily at her mother while sitting on what appeared to be a floor made of fluffy cloud. The little draconequus bore a very strong appearance to Eve, but wasn't her in the slightest. She looked to be around the same age, but much healthier, and much more confident. She manifested a piece of candy in her paw with ease as she smiled in confidence, then manifesting a bunch of diverse weapons all around herself which danced as if they were living things.

And standing in this strange home made of cloud was a larger female draconequus who couldn't seem to get the hang of settling all her children down, this was a familiar draconequus, it was Eve's mother. She chuckled softly and removed another draconequus from the top of her head, and onto the floor, this was another baby except this one was male. The other two hung on her arms playfully, as she placed them down as well. "Now now honey, I know you're good. You proved that to me a long time ago, but you're still far too young to learn how to use destructive magic."

The baby draconequus pouted as she stomped her hoof angrily. "Mmmmm! No fair! You taught the others already!"

One of the male baby draconequus bopped his sister on the head. "That's cause we know how to work our imaginations you dummy! You'd end up blowing up the place!"

This caused another of the baby's to peer up at his mother curiously. "Hey mom, is it true what dad was saying? That there was a draconequus who attacked the pony princess and even got away with it?"

Another female baby draconequus jumped on that one's head with a snicker. "Tch! You actually think so? There's no way! That's impossible! Not even mom and dad would do something that crazy!"

This caused Eve's mother to look in distress, almost as if she wanted to avoid talking about the subject. "Alright you all, stop playing around and try to teach your sister a little more about working her other forms of magic. Momma will be back soon, she has to go check up on Daddy." And with that the larger female draconequus made her way outside the house with a worried look. And even though she'd wanted to deny it herself back inside, even she knew the truth of the matter was all too certain. It was news heard even in the furthest corners of Equestria, rumors of a little equestrian draconequus who'd actually launched a solo assault on the pony capital Canterlot and escaped, the baby draconequus known as Eve the Insane. Despite her age, this baby draconequus had managed to reach a criminal level of banishment and earn a bounty reaching well over a hefty amount of gems. And because of this, the land of draconequus was in uproar, and their overall opinions on the matter varied greatly.

While some praised this mysterious baby draconequus for her actions, others despised her for giving their race a further downgrade in reputation, while others claimed it was all just a lie, for there was no way some baby draconequus could've possibly succeeded in attacking the princess of equestria. To do so would require an unbelievable amount of knowledge and experience, a mastery of destructive magic, and an astounding level of skill in her representation, and such draconequus haven't been seen since ancient times back when the world was thrown into turmoil and chaos. Back in a time when Eris was still around. But as Eve's mother thought about the situation, she just couldn't believe it herself, there was no way that baby they'd left back in the cave could've grown into such a prestigious figure. Or could she? But there was no other explanation. Did they make a mistake? Was she a genius after all?

And as the mother thought about what she'd done back then, a hint of regret ran through her. Regret......

Either way, Havoc wasn't going to sit idly by and let something as big as this slip from under his claws. It seemed that the draconequus race had finally been picking up once again, since the recent release of Discord, one of the first draconequus to be accepted into Equestrian Society, to now a baby draconequus attacking the princesses, this was far too interesting to pass up for him of course.

But how come now this sense of worry swelled within her? Why did she suddenly feel this need to want to go and find that child she'd left behind, and bring her back home? Now that she'd actually managed to make such a name for herself. Either way, they'd be briefed on the situation soon, and it was no doubt her husband went to go speak with Havoc regarding the situation about the baby draconequus, the one they'd left, the daughter they abandoned.

As Eve's mother made her way through the vast land of draconequus, it was revealed to be a beautiful world of its own, located up in the infinite blue sky. Much like Cloudsdale, the towers and structures seemed to be made of nothing but pure cloud except decorated and fashioned with many different types of sweets. The structures rested upon floating islands, some made of nothing but stone, while others were made of pieces of earth and others were made up even of massive loads of candy. Crystal bridges led from island to island, as some draconequus even walked while they talked to one another. It was a gorgeous wonderland, a home for those proven worthy among the draconequus race. Eve's mother was currently on her way to a large grandeur castle in the distance, no doubt this is where her husband was.

This whole situation more then likely wasn't going to be pretty.

Havoc the draconequus sat in a briefing room in similar fashion to Princess Celestia's as he twirled a candy cane around his wrist, looking at his fellow sitting near him at the table with interest. "So let me get this straight, you're telling me you left one of your failed daughters in Equestria and she ended up growing into one of the biggest monsters the world has ever seen? And this same daughter is the one known as Eve the Insane, the same Eve that attacked Princess Celestia in her own city and escaped? The same Eve who now has a gem bounty that could be stacked higher than this castle? The same Eve I've been tracking ever since the rumors of this whole thing got out?"

The draconequus known as Havoc looked to Eve's father with a look of bewilderment before bursting into laughter. "AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! What next Ravage? You're going to tell me that Eris is your long lost sister!?" He swiped his paw humorously, chuckling in his chair as he did so. "Listen buddy, I know were friends and all but come on, you can't really expect me to believe that right?" He cocked a brow at him. "We all want in on this little Eve character, but the fact of the matter is once she's apprehended, the equestrians are probably going to want to cut whoever has her a deal. And that little girl has a pretty big bounty on her head, the whole world is going to want a taste, and the big fish are more than likely going to feel threatened by the appearance of such a newcomer in the bounty books if they already haven't moved in for the kill. I mean seriously! Her age at that, a baby!? That's just insulting." Havoc leaned back in his chair with a wide grin plastered across his face. "Serves those equestrians right however, I mean just look at them, all overconfident hiding away in their little country of peace love and harmony, ignorant to the rest of the world's problems, it's about time someone showed them what's what! Don't you think?" He then manifested a small jawbreaker without any hint of effort on his part as it just fell into his mouth. "But still, a baby girl huh? My oh my she'd make a fine wife someday with prowess like that."

Eve's father now revealed as Ravage, raised a brow at Havoc, a little disgusted by that last sentence. "What?"

Havoc snickered. "Heh, kind of makes me interested ya'know? Home grow her myself after capturing her. Yup yup!"

This caused Ravage, to reveal a hint of embarrassment and even offense to his friend's blatant personality. "H-Hey! I'm being serious here Havoc! That's my daughter we're talking about here! There is no other explanation, it has to be her. Let us go capture her, Rave and I are more than enough to deal with our own daughter! We'd also like another chance to speak with her privately as well, there's..." The draconequus's expression sunk "Quite a bit I'd like to explain to her." He looked back to Havoc in desperation. "Please."

Havoc's expression went serious for a moment as he looked up towards the ceiling in silence. As he then looked back to his dear friend, laughing softly. "No need to beg me for anything Ravage, your will is your own. You and Rave can do what you guys want, if you really think it's your daughter then by all means you two can come and enjoy yourselves."

Ravage raised a brow. "Come?"

Havoc burst into laughter once again. "Hah! Duh! You guys really don't think I'm just going to sit back and let you two have all the fun right? I mean whoever this little girl is, she managed to best Princess Celestia, and I have no doubt that would mean she achieved a heightened sense of understanding." He tapped his lower lip with his paw in interest. "I wonder what she is hm? No draconequus ever find out their representations in chaos at such a young age, if ever! Ain't that right Ravage?"

Ravage gritted his teeth a little, looking to the lower left.

Havoc pointed a claw at him chuckling. "Hahaha, yea you should be embarrassed you old dog! If this is really your daughter, that means she found her representation quicker than you, which means not only did you guys possibly ditch one of the greatest genius's in some random cave, you also got passed up by her!" He paused again, looking up with an amused smile, leaning back in his chair. "Still I wonder what she is though? The fact she got this far would make her fit to be on the council, but she's so young, a child at that so I can only wonder. Maybe she's desolation?...Ruin?" He puckered his lower lip before shrugging, "Who knows, either way we'll find out soon enough. And the fact she bested Equestria would mean not even Celestia could manage to figure her out in time, which makes things much more interesting." Havoc sneered looking up at his own claw. "In the end all we are is a bunch of paper cannons, all it takes is a little bit of understanding, and counteractive magic against our own and were no more than powerless flies. Just look at what happened to Discord, all it took was a little harmony to set him in stone. But this little one...what could've possibly-"

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!

Havoc and Ravage's eyes snapped wide as suddenly a magical screen had appeared at the end of the briefing room.

Ravage seemed confused. "A intermission? From who?"

Havoc leaned back in his chair and smirked and snickered softly. "Well let's find out eh?"

And as he snapped his claws, there appeared on the transparent screen, five ponies.

Havoc laughed as a wide grin spread across his face. "Why would you look at that? We were just talking about you....Princess Celestia...."

And appearing on the screen were three of the four renowned princesses. Princess Twilight Sparkle, Princess Luna, and Princess Celestia, while the two lunar guards, Silver Shade and Chaotic Noteworthy stood in the background.

Eve sat in a corner of her room, her head buried in her knees as she looked towards the ground with tired eyes. "Ms.Tusk?"

Ms.Tusk, the strange tusked fox-like creature looked towards the baby draconequus with her arms crossed. "Yes lady?"

"I'm sick aren't I?...." Eve didn't look to her, she simply spoke.

Ms.Tusk took some time to answer, scratching the back of her own head in hesitation. "W-Well...yes lady, we believe so." But she gave a reaffirming smile. "But don't you worry, we're doing everything we can to make sure you get better. And until you're all better, don't worry, we'll protect you with our lives."

Tears swelled in the baby draconequus's eyes. "I'm just becoming as crazy as they all say. I'm just a murderer, and a monster. I...I don't know how much longer I can keep this going Ms.Tusk, I feel like it all becomes worse everyday. That I actually believe what I do is right." She looked to the severed stone head laying in the middle of the floor, Cheerilee's stone head. "And I don't want anypony else to die because of me."

Ms.Tusk cut in right away with a serious look. "We would die for you my lady, and there's nothing you can do about that."

Eve looked to Ms.Tusk whimpering, burying her head in her knees. "Maybe you're all just as crazy as me hmhm..." She didn't mean it as an insult however. She actually cherished each and every one of them, having stuck with her even as with each passing day she proved herself more dangerous and a potential threat to everything on this island. She only hoped that maybe she could finally stop searching. These were ones who accepted her, wanted to be with her, and even protect her. But why did they have to come at such a time in her life? When she was considered a criminal and a monster, and even steadily becoming a psychopath. Why couldn't she have met them at an earlier point in her life, when she didn't feel the need to repay the world before her punishment or seemingly inevitable end. Would there ever be a time when everything was at peace? Maybe if she tried hard enough there could be some chance for that life. But it all just seemed so-

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Eve's eyes widened as she turned towards her window, noticing the large flash and sound of recurring explosions. WHAT?!

And Ms.Tusk unsheathed her sword swiftly. "MY LADY WE MUST GET YOU-AH!"

And then a explosion from within the castle itself, followed by a blinding flash of light.

As Twilight looked at the magical screen floating in front of her, it almost looked as if this were some sort of portal leading to another different plain, and more draconequus? How many draconequus were there exactly? And who was this frightening draconequus that could be seen in front of them, snickering as he regarded Princess Celestia? His mane wasn't white like Eve or Discord's, it was yellow and red; and although he didn't look particularly old, he still seemed to possess an ancient vibe about him. Twilight looked up to the princess. "P-Princess?...Who is this?"

Princess Celestia winced a bit due to the question, but tried to keep her expression professional. "This....is Havoc, Twilight. He is a very prestigious figure in the far far north. And he is one who I have been consulting regarding the draconequus matters here in Equestria."

Havoc smirked, leaning back in his chair. "Hah! I'm flattered Celestia really, no doubt you're contacting me regarding the escaped draconequus criminal now outside equestrian borders."

Luna looked quite annoyed by the draconequus's lack of respect as her nose twitched. "Tch...."

Princess Celestia cut in. "Yes Havoc, I was hoping you may have information regarding Eve the Insane, my student would be very interested in hearing what news you've acquired."

Havoc's eyes widened a bit as he regarded Twilight. "Ah Princess Twilight, cool cool, nice to see you finally. So you're the new element of magic huh? Dangerous girl then, could probably take me out in a few seconds with those things." He chuckled as he manifested a lollipop, kicking up his feet and then making himself a floating footrest in a second. "So how's Discord doing? Ah ah ah, forget it, he's probably busy these days with other things. About your little criminal, yea, you see Celestia, unlike you, the way we do things over here is pretty efficient." He snapped his claws as another magical screen appeared, revealing a lone island in the middle of the ocean.

Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Twilight's eyes widened as they looked on.

The island was practically under siege, fire rained from the skies as explosions even set-off across the vast landscape.

Ravage's eyes widened as he snapped at his friend. "H-Havoc!? What do you think you're doing!? It's still too early!"

Havoc raised a brow at Ravage puzzled, resting his paw and claw behind his head. "Eh? Calm yourself bro, she won't get killed by something like that, we're just cleaning up the fluff."

As Eve laid face down in the scattered rubble of her once beautiful castle, she coughed, slowly opening her eyes. She was covered in ash and grime, as surrounding her even in this violent blizzard were large fires.

Was she in another nightmare? Was she just dreaming?

She couldn't really see straight, and as she looked down at her claw noticing the blood, she ran her paw across her forehead, feeling more of the moist substance.

What'd just happened?

She remembered the sounds of explosions, and then a flash of light. Then......Ms.Tusk?

Eve's eyes widened as she coughed once again, wobbling to her feet, and slowly stumbling, attempting to make her way through the ruins of her castle. She had her paw raised over her eyes, shading her from the violent blizzard she herself influenced as she called out. "M-Ms.Tusk!?" But there was no response. W-What was happening? Who could've possibly caused such destruction in such a short amount of time? Was Twilight Sparkle even capable of this? But as Eve searched for the tusked fox-like creature, what she saw in the distance caused her to shake her head followed by soft cry.

And in the distance, with half her body covered in debris, was the limp body of the tusked creature.

Not again, she couldn't go through this feeling of loss again.

She couldn't accept the responsibility of another death, especially of one like this, was this her punishment? She didn't want anypony else to need to suffer for her stupidity and mistakes.

She sluggishly made her way through the field of destruction as she looked down at the limp body of Ms.Tusk with wide eyes upon reaching her. Eve couldn't really believe what she was seeing as she just blinked, lowering herself to run her paw through Ms.Tusk's fur. She bit her lower lip as she curled her arm around the fox-like creature's auburn head and lowered her own, nuzzling against Ms.Tusk affectionately as she whimpered. "Ms.Tusk?..."

Then we'll move in for the bigger prize ourselves.....

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