Okay, we're back. Just so you know, we started this before the season finale.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

Lightning was lying in a bed with an ice pack on his face trying to relax when he heard a knock on the door. Lightning sighs and takes off the ice pack and sits up. "Come in." He says.

Silva opens the door and walks in with Zecora. "Sir."

Lightning looks up. "What is it Captain Silva, I thought I already dismissed you for the day?" Lightning asks.

"You did sir, but there is somepony here who insists on meeting you." Silva says.

"Who?" Lightning asks.

Zecora looks him over. "You are the pony I need to see, for my home is in Everfree."

"A zebra, I didn't expect to see one of you here." Lightning says.

Zecora smirks. "My home in Everfree is in need. You are the one to help all that bleed."

"Hold on, what is this about the Everfree Forest?" Lightning asks.

Zecora lays down her bags on the table nearby. "Legion are in my area of residence and must be taken from the forest's presence."

"Whoa, slow down, what are you talking about?" Lightning asks.

Zecora takes out some bottles of different colors. "Your enemy I have seen in my domain, but must be taken out before they become like acid rain."

"Do you know how many?" Lightning asks rubbing his temples.

Zecora mixes some potion and shakes them together. "None that I have been able to count, but placed the number at almost like a regular bank account." She throws the bottle at him after she finished.

"Whoa!" Lightning ducks as much as he could in the bed as the bottle breaks above him. "What did you say and why did you do that?!" He say after all of the green potion got onto him and he popped back up.

"I think she means a thousand sir." Silva says a sword now at Zecora's throat.

Zecora chuckles despite having a blade at her throat. "Yes I do, but you must go before you are blue."

"Sir, should I execute her for this?" Silva asks.

Lightning shakes his head. "I think I would rather follow her words." He quickly gets up and feels different. "Whoa. What did you do?"

"A little something from my homeland that should help you get into the program." Zecora says.

"I see, a thousand legionaries, what are they doing there? They have no known fortifications there." Lightning says thinking out loud.

Zecora chuckles. "Nice rhyme, now you must go to the forest ahead of time."

"What are they doing there?" Lightning asks.

Zecora shrugs. "I don't know, but like I said you better go."

"I can't do that to the whole army without some concrete information or proof." Lightning warns.

Zecora grins. "Then look to the entrance for the answer to that sentence."

"However, a thousand legionaries is a significant number and can possibly flank us." Lightning finishes.

Zecora smiles. "Then you need a guide who knows how to turn them upside their heads."

"I have also committed most of the Everfree Forest to memory, but you're coming along. Nikolai tell Duke Hyou to take half our forces and proceed with the operation. The other half will join us to the Everfree forest." Lightning says to the pony outside.

"Yes sir." Nikolai says running off.

"So what is at the front gat…?" Lightning stops to do a double take. "Is that my wife and her friends down there!?" Lightning yells.

Zecora pats his head. "Calm down and maybe they will tell how they skip town."

"Keep going like this and I'll have captain Silva throw you into the prison with the legionnaires." Lightning warns.

Zecora chuckles and heads back to get her stuff while Lightning headed to the entrance by jumping out the window and using his wings to glide down.

"Hey everypony, what are you doing here?" He asks as he stops in front of them.

"Well for one..." Rainbow was cut off by a unicorn foal grabbing onto Lightning's leg. "Talion missed his dad and two, Zecora sent us a message saying something was wrong with the tree of Harmony." Rainbow finished.

"Tree of Harmony?" Lightning asks hugging his son.

"Yeah, didn't I tell you about when we had to return the elements? It was a little before you proposed to me." Rainbow says.

Lightning nods. "Yeah, but what about the tree?"

"Zecora said she would fill us in once we get here." Applejack says.

"I guess I also should bring you up to speed as well." Lightning said before motioning them to follow him.

Lightning lead them into the castle and told them about the notion he came up with that Luna's statement confirmed. "So all this time Luna, Sombra, and Discord are connected in some way?" Twilight asks.

"The signs were there. You just had to know what to look for. I also believe the malevolent shadow spirit is hiding in what remains of the castle of the two sisters." Lightning says.

"Then what are the legionnaires looking for in the Everfree Forest?" Rainbow asks.

"That is unknown at this point. I'm going to lead half the army to the Everfree Forest as a move to prevent a flanking maneuver by the legionnaires, but the real goal is to see what they are up to." Lightning says petting his son.

Rainbow looks to the city. "Then we better get ready to head out."

"Whoa, whoa, who said you six are going?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smirks. "Our elements, our rules."

"Um...my army, my rules." Lightning counters.

Rainbow leans in to him. "And they are possibly going after the elements and that's our problem."

"And you're in no condition for this. You're still recovering from childbirth." Lightning says unintimidated.

"She flew here." Twilight said smirking. "After all, pegasus actually heals a little faster than other ponies."

"You stay out of this!" Both yell at Twilight.

Twilight bends her ears back as she took a step back. "Well excuse me for helping."

"I say you are staying here!" Lightning yells turning back to Rainbow.

Rainbow glares at him. "And I say we go, like I said, our elements, our problem. Plus we know how to work they better."

"Don't feel bad Twi, they are just having a lover's spat." Applejack says.

Twilight glares to Applejack. "Not helping." She hissed.

"Twilight I don't think that was appropriate. Applejack was just trying to help." Rarity says.

Twilight glares to her. "Just shut up and let them do their thing."

"Well, I never." Rarity says turning away from Twilight and leaves.

Twilight huffs and turns back to the arguing couple.

"You are not going and that is final." Lightning says.

Rainbow chuckles evilly. "Yeah, not happening."

Lightning raises his eyebrow. "And how are you going to force me to let you come?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow grins. "Only we know where to look."

"Ah, but you forgot I scouted the Everfree forest and the moment I find the legion I find it." Lightning says.

Rainbow huffs. "Please, we had trouble finding it in the one place nopony would look."

"Oh, so it's near the valley in the Everfree forest?" Lightning asks with a smirk.

Rainbow shakes her head with a laugh. "Yeah, not close enough. Take us there and we'll tell you."

"Rainbow, there is no way in Tartarus that I am letting you come." Lightning says sternly.

"How the heck did you convince me to let you come?!" Lightning yells as he and the troops walked towards the Everfree forest.

Rainbow laughs. "The mare is always right."

"Ok, no, because if that was true Seeku and Eclipse would have a field day with us." Lightning says.

Rainbow giggles. "I wish it was."

Lightning grumbled under his breath as Princess Luna came up to Rainbow. "Lady Rainbow a word." Luna says in her Canterlot voice.

Rainbow rubs her ears. "OW! Luna not so loud!" She yells over the ringing.

"Sorry, but seriously a word." Luna says lowering her voice.

Rainbow nods and pulls off to the side with Luna while still going in the same direction of the group. "So what's this about?" Rainbow asks.

"Have you noticed anything odd about your stallion?" Luna asks as they move further away from the group.

Rainbow nods. "Well he's spending more time away from me, but I was chalk that up to the war."

"I mean about his health?" Luna asks.

Rainbow sighs. "Yeah, he trips up more and seems out of it sometimes. I thought it was just stress."

"A few days ago when he was talking to me he started coughing and actually spat up blood." Luna whispers.

Rainbow looks to her. "What's going on with him?"

"Rainbow, I think he's dying." Luna says.

Rainbow stops completely. "Why?"

"The magic of this land is tearing him apart." Luna says.

Rainbow looks through the trees and sees Lightning directing more soldiers ahead. "Is there a way to fix it?"

"Maybe, but it may mean the end of our way of life." Luna says.

Rainbow looks to her confused. "Way of life how?"

"Well..." Luna was interrupted by Hazuki.

"Lady Rainbow, Princess Luna, please rejoin the rest, you're being left behind." Hazuki says.

They both look to her and nod. After she disappeared through some trees Luna whispered to Rainbow, "We'll continue this later."

Rainbow nods and they rejoin with the main body of the army. Rainbow now just stares at her husband with concern, now noticing the dark outlines under his eyes that were almost invisible due to his fur colors.

'Lightning.' Rainbow thinks.

"What's wrong Rainbow?" Fluttershy asks.

Rainbow shakes herself out of her thoughts. "Nothing Flutters." She said with a smile, though pained.

"Rainbow I know you well enough to know when you are hiding something." Fluttershy says.

Rainbow shakes her head dismissively. "I'm serious Flutters, there's nothing wrong."

"Doesn't seem like that." Pinky says from behind her.

Rainbow takes out a ball. "See the ball Pinkie?" Pinkie immediately went into dog mode and lays her front end down and wags her tail. "Go get it girl!" Rainbow yells throwing it ahead of them. Pinkie barks and heads for the pink fluffy ball.

Most of the soldiers just stare as the pink pony takes the ball in her mouth and shakes it around like a ragdoll. "What...?" One soldier asks.

"I find that insulting." A diamond dog soldier says.

Rainbow shrugs. "Number one rule around here is when it comes to Pinkie just go with it."

"I just find her weird." A changeling soldier says.

Fluttershy giggles. "You and everypony else."

'It's strange, not a year ago nopony would have associated with either Diamond Dogs or Changelings, but now.' Rainbow thinks.

Fluttershy giggles as Pinkie starts to hop around on everypony's heads to head to them. "Good girl." She said petting Pinkie's head.

Pinkie snapped out of it and puts the ball away. "So Dashie, what is wrong?" Pinkie asks.

Rainbow sighs and doesn't say anything and walks on.

"Does Rainbow seem a little down to anypony else?" Rarity asks.

The rest of the group nods and follows as well. "Whatever it is, it's mostly have to do with whatever Luna and she talked about." Twilight said.

"And I'd bet that it has something to do with Lightning from the way she was looking at him." Applejack says.

Fluttershy looks to the two. "Oh, I hope they're okay."

"Sis, you really shouldn't be spreading rumors like that." Big Mac says walking up.

Applejack looks to him surprised. "Big Mac? What are you doing here?"

"I enlisted in the army at the beginning of the war sis." Big Mac reminds.

Applejack looks surprised. "Wait, you were on the farm the whole time. How did you enlist?"

"You have really been out of the loop for a while sis. I haven't been back to the farm since I went to get granny and took her to Pegasopolis. " Big Mac says.

Applejack glares at him. "Just don't get hurt, you know how Applebloom looks up to you."

"Applejack I have been fighting all this time." Big Mac says.

"Corporal McIntosh report back to you squad." Somepony calls.

"Yes sir!" Big Mac yells back and hurries back to his squad.

"Mcintosh?" Fluttershy asks.

"That is his full last name." Applejack says.

Fluttershy giggles. "Funny name."

"Seriously, none of ya knew my brother's full name?" Applejack asks.

The others look away sheepishly. "Well, when you get a nickname like that it's kinda easy to say only that name then the full name." Rainbow chuckles nervously.

"I'm disappointed in all of you." Applejack says.

Rainbow smirks. "Well you don't call him by that name either."

"But at least I knew it." Applejack countered.

Rainbow smiles. "And yet you don't use it. The purpose of a name is to call them by that name, an identity. You don't use it then it's not their name."

"His first name is Big. I mean after a while that gets confusing and his last name is a mouth full. And would you like it if everypony called you by your last name Dash, Pie, Sparkle?" Applejack asks.

"Parents do that." They responded. "And we don't mind." Twilight finished.

"I give up." Applejack says and raises her eyebrow. "Fluttershy why are you wearing your tree disguise?" Applejack asks.

Fluttershy blushes. "Trees all around. Nopony bothers me."

The rest of the mane six exchange looks and then stare back. "Dear, a moving tree is highly unusual even here." Rarity says.

"Then why are the branches moving?" She asks looking up.

"That's the wind, Fluttershy." Twilight informs.

Fluttershy shakes her head and sees one of the branches moving closer to the group and points. "Winds don't go that far." She whispers fearfully.

The tree is then hit by a bolt of lightning setting it ablaze. Looking in shock all six turn to see Lightning not looking happy. "All troops defensive march formation!" Lightning orders.

Everypony immediately forms a defensive cover around everypony as they continue. "And get her out of that costume!" Lightning yells.

"You heard him sugarcube." Applejack says.

Fluttershy shakes her head fearfully and then gets lifted up in a purple glow. "Sorry Shy." Twilight apologized as the tree was removed and thrown away.

"We'll get it on our way back." Rarity says as they carry her along.

They marched for several more miles before Lightning asked. "So which way now?" He said looking over the large clearing with the castle and gorge.

Rainbow pointed to castle and everypony walked forward until she moved it to the bottom of the valley making take a turn down the steps. Lightning look to his grinning wife as everypony grumbled about directions at this point.

"How far are we from the old castle of the sister?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smiles. "Actually you're here. The castle ahead is the castle of the two sisters. Where did you need to go again?"

"I don't like it. It's far too close for what is about to happen." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks confused. "What's about to happen?"

"Death, for this is war Rainbow." Lightning says.

Rainbow shrugs. "We need some of the army to get to the tree and do whatever needs to be done. While..."

"No, Rainbow this isn't for that. We are here to either kill or capture the Legionnaires." Lightning says sternly.

Rainbow glares back at him. "You are not going to last here much longer if you keep this charade up." She starts to poke him in the chest. "We are going to go to the tree and figure things while you take care of the legion. Capiche?"

"Captain Silva." Lightning calls.

Silva perks up from her name. "Sir?"

"Take a detachment of troops and escort my wife and her friends back to Canterlot." Lightning orders.

Rainbow growls. "Lightning I know about the sickness."

"You have your orders Captain." Lightning says walking away.

"Lightning!" Rainbow yells.

"Come on Lady Rainbow, you heard him." Silva says escorting her away.

"When this is over we are going to be finished!" Rainbow yells after him.

'Unfortunately Rainbow, I doubt I will see that.' Lightning thinks his vision becoming blurry.

After Silva had taken Rainbow and her friends away he called over Nikolai. "Nikolai, a word in private." Lightning says.

Nikolai nods as they walk to the side. "Nikolai you know what is going on with me right?" Lightning asks.

Nikolai nods as he looks to Rainbow and the others going back to Canterlot. "And unfortunately it might have ruined your marriage."

"Nikolai if what I have predicted comes to pass, open my artifact vault in Stalliongrad and read the hundred black scrolls in there in order and take over my three armies as grand general. Also give my wife one last message. I have lived my life the way I have chosen and did so with honor and duty. Duty at times is our greatest burden and our greatest comfort. I had to choose between saving this country and our family or a possible cure that we didn't even know for sure would work. The choice was obvious for me and I am sorry for and pain and trouble I have caused you. But know, you and our children were one of the few great joys I have ever had." Lightning says.

Nikolai smiles. "Permission to speak freely?"

"Denied, for I will not be dissuaded. I have made my choices and I must live or in this case die with them." Lightning says.

Nikolai shakes his head. "Then sorry about this sir. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR BUCKING MIND?!"

"We do our duty general. We do our duty." Lightning quotes the words Nikolai had said so long to him in the revolution.

Nikolai huffs. "Know this Lightning, one day that attitude of yours will lead you astray, probably sooner than later. We all made an oath to protect this country and ours, but also the ones we follow. You are included." Nikolai then grins. "Besides, I think I know of a way."

"Nikolai you know me and you know that the game we are playing in the stakes are bigger than the both of us. For the stakes are the world. I will not jeopardize the world and all of its beings of it for myself." Lightning says walking back to the army.

Nikolai stands there as they all walk away, but sees Luna coming up the rear. "Princess Luna, a word please."

"Stupid Lightning and having to do things his way. What about other ways for once." Rainbow says angrily.

"Ah, my lady, I see you don't fully understand your husband yet?" Apollo says appearing behind them. He then catches a knife heading for his head. "Still need to work on speed and reaction." He said as he throws it back.

"Sorry, Commander Apollo." Silva apologizes.

Apollo chuckles as he lowers his mask. "So what pissed her off?" He asked looking to the fuming pegasus.

"General Lightning is having us escort her and her friends back to Canterlot." Silva says.

Apollo then scowls. "I see, then he truly doesn't plan on living through this." Apollo says.

Upon hearing this Rainbow stops. "He's a bucking idiot then. Apollo, who's the more stupid, the one who asks for help or the one who denies it?" She asks quietly.

Apollo exhales. "I know him all too well. He refuses to jeopardize any plans to save this country or its ponies even if it means he himself dies. He is not selfish enough to care about his own life. He holds far more value in everything else than his own life. In that way I think he is one of the greatest fools of all, but I also respect him deeply." Apollo says.

Rainbow huffs. "Let's just go home."

"What, you giving up on your husband, just like that? Was your love so shallow that just because he made you mad you say to Tartarus with him?" Apollo asks.

Rainbow turns to him. "He resigned himself into being a martyr now. It won't matter at this point. Besides, he's probably attacking the legion now so I can't even get to him."

Apollo smirks. "So you do want to go and help him and yet you just turn around and leave him?" Apollo asks.

Rainbow glares at him. "Got a completely idiotic plan that will probably get us killed?"

"I got no plan. We are dealing with a spirit of harmony and a malevolent spirit of shadows. We have to deal with both of them to save Lightning. So you tell me, is your love so shallow you will just give up on him or will you risk everything on a next to zero percent chance to save his life?" Apollo asks just waving her off from atop a tree branch.

Rainbow keeps glaring at him until she smirks. "Why do you think I let go so easily?"

"Isn't that what you're doing? Just walking away?" Apollo asks.

Rainbow looks to him before laughing. "Jeez, you don't know much about mares do you?" She then calms down. "After Luna told me what was happening to him and listening in on how his powers work when Twilight studied him...closely." She said glaring at her which made Twilight blush and laugh nervously. "I went back and forth between Luna and Nikolai, coming up with a plan between them. First, since Luna and Celestia already had a connection with the spirits of Harmony and Chaos she would be the logical choice to speak to them, while Nikolai kept an eye on my stupid husband. Second, Luna would tell the spirits to let go of the forest area, since the area is already so weaken and us ponies from here can barely touch them. The reason Zecora feels right at home is because she is from another land right?" Zecora nods as Rainbow continues, but Apollo laughs, stopping her.

"That's funny Rainbow, but you got it reversed. This is the only place in your country that isn't controlled by the magic Celestia is using from the spirit of Harmony to control." Apollo says.

Rainbow smiles. "But the magic was given back and control of it too when we gave the elements back. That's the reason the vines of chaos went back into the forest."

"Incorrect, if that was the case then your country would be like this forest, but it isn't the tree that is most likely the way to return the power, but it's like a mailbox in a sense so why hasn't the spirit awoken and retaken it's power?" Apollo asks.

There was a long silence before Twilight said, "Something is keeping the spirit dormant."

Rainbow nods. "And that's why I told Luna to at least tell the Harmony spirit to give up control on the forest."

"That's just it Rainbow, it doesn't control the forest and it can't hear the sisters because it is dormant. Now I wonder what could be doing that." Apollo says.

Rainbow shakes her head. "When we returned the elements the vines went back to wherever they came from, but they were made of chaos and can't be destroyed. So they just stayed there while the Harmony spirit tried to keep it at bay. Both the Chaos and Harmony spirit knew something was up so they tried something to get more direct, but it didn't work, now we're kind of asking them to let us take those reigns."

"Ah, you're still thinking of this as two opposite forces balancing each other." Apollo says.

Rainbow huffs. "Yes, I know, they are actually working together to stop the third spirit that is set out on destroying everything instead of keeping balance. But that means something is awake in there. Whether the Chaos or Harmony, the forest will be completely released and we can't do much there since our magic is no good in that type of world."

Apollo sighs. "That's just it Rainbow, it's your magic type that is killing him." Apollo says.

Rainbow frowns. "I know, but he said he gains magic from the area around him. And he held this long enough in completely controlled land. Spending all he needs here in a free land then it would possibly help him."

"Yes, but your magic is all about control. So let me put it bluntly. If you awaken the spirit of Harmony then you lose all of that. You won't be able to control the weather, plants will grow on their own, animals will take care of themselves, and you will pretty much live in an Everfree like environment. But that's only if you can take care of what is keeping the Harmony spirit dormant." Apollo says.

Rainbow looks to the forest. "How was the vines been able to keep back Apollo?"

"Because something wants to keep a certain few away." Apollo says.

Rainbow smiles. "Something about them seems off. Because they were delivered by Discord and he's made from the Chaos spirit then they shouldn't have caused harm or lasting impressions. Unless something changed them." Rainbow says.

"Hmm...sounds like Sombra or Nightmare Moon." Apollo says.

Rainbow nods. "Yes, and Harmony and in turn the elements were the thing to keep a little balance even though we had trouble. Something held us back when we were about to give it back, but Harmony took them which means some fragment is alive like Discord is, only connected."

"Yeah, six to be exact." Apollo says looking at them.

Rainbow shakes her head. "The elements were channels to send the power through, without it we're nothing but a few celebrities...well four celebrities, one princess, and one lady of a land. But still we can't do much without them and unfortunately that's all we were able to do. Luna and Celestia had the most connection and they are still connected in some way so they were the ideal candidates. Besides, if the land was freed, we would be liable to die from anything at that point and Twilight's magic would drain faster even though it's a huge amount. That's why I wanted to leave and leave Luna and Nikolai to handle things from there."

"I see you still don't get it, huh. The elements are a focus opposed to the collar Lightning thought they were. The real power came from you six." Apollo says.

Rainbow shakes her head. "And then we would send Lightning his death certificate. Yes, we may be part of Harmony, but we can't do much and turn off the land that easily. In fact we just know how to fight together and with the elements, nothing more. Learning this would probably take forever. I wanted to go the safe way as possible. We need a speaker and Luna has the floor with that. We are just the politicians, so to speak. If you want us to go back then starting writing the death warrants."

"You don't really have a choice anymore. It seems the spirit is starting to make a move against you six now. So it's do or die girls. Either you destroy this spirit or it will destroy you and corrupt and take everything you hold dear now." Apollo says getting up and loading his bow.

Twilight turns to Rainbow. "This is your choice Rainbow, we will follow whatever you want to do." The others nod as they look to her.

"Is it really coming?" Rainbow asks.

"You tell me." Apollo says as several trees started to turn black and started to move side to side.

Twilight groans. "Not again. Pinkie! You're up."

"Um...I don't think the laugh song is going to help." Pinkie says looking to the trees.

Twilight groans again and gains a blank expression. "I hate my life." She said as she fired a lightning spell to the trees, destroying them.

"Like I said, you six don't have a choice now. Captain you and your troops get them to that castle. That is where the spirit is." Apollo says.

Silva nods and begins to head back with the rest following. "Let's go get the lord back."

"I said the castle. Lightning is not there." Apollo says.

Silva looks to him as they pass by. "We finish this and we will get the lord back. Now get hopping and start shooting."

"Alright, I'll hold it here as long as I can. You just get those six there." Apollo says drawing an arrow back.

Silva nods and looks to the rest. "Let's hurry, we might still make it." She takes off running with the rest behind her.

Apollo watches as they leave until they disappear into the darkness. He sighs and, without looking, aims his bow behind him and let's go of the arrow, making it hit a tree coming at him. "I faced worse trees. You try going through the same asylum I went through."

Then the shadows formed into a large ogre like form. "Oh great, I guess I'm going to have to take you seriously." Apollo says, notching another arrow.

The soldiers and the mane six were running when they heard an explosion coming from where Apollo was.

Silva shakes her head and continues on. "He's faced worse, we have to hurry before this gets worse than worse."

"What did Apollo mean when he said that thing wants to destroy us now?" Rarity asks.

Silva never took her eyes off the forest as trees tried to grab them, but misses by a long shot. "The spirit is bent on destroying anything standing in its way for destruction and unfortunately like Discord is to Chaos, you six are to Harmony and that spirit wants them both gone."

"I still don't see…" Rarity was cut off when a pony from behind yelled, "Look out!" The stallion pushed her out of the way but was unfortunately crushed by a giant branch.

The mane six stops and gasps, but the others pushed them on as they couldn't stay. "That's what I meant. It just doesn't want you gone as in no more harmony, but also dead." Silva said as they continue to run.

"Look up ahead. It's a manticore." A pony says as a manticore burst out of the tree line.

"Fluttershy!" Twilight yells to her.

Fluttershy looks to the manticore and realizes one thing. She takes a spear from a nearby soldier and puts it through its brain as they run past. They continue to run, but the mane five look to her. "He was already gone." She said sadly. They looked back and see it change into a black version with several spikes protruding from its body.

"I see what you mean. What tipped you off?" Twilight asks as she looks back at it.

"Its eyes were dead." Fluttershy says crying a little.

"We can't stop now. It looks like this entire forest is infected." A changeling says keeping an eye out with its enhanced vision.

Silva looks to the mane six. "What else did you face when you first got here?"

"Well there was a…" Twilight was cut off by the changeling again.

"Captain, incoming! It looks like several corrupted birds are coming at us." The changeling yells.

Twilight puts up a shield as the birds came crashing down into them, spreading a black pool of liquid. "My instincts tell me not to touch that." Twilight yells as they continue to run.

"Captain, more are coming from behind. It looks like five times as many as the last group." The changeling says.

"This is bad. My shield barely held last time." Twilight says.

The changeling looks to the two pegasus behind him and they nod. "Captain make it count." The changeling says sadly.

"Wait...what are you...?" Applejack asks looking back to see the three take to the air.

They watch as the three attack the flock and thin them down and stops them from advancing. "They can hold, but not long. We have to keep moving!" Silva yells before an explosion of green magic happens behind them and Silva just goes silent.

"Captain Silva?" Twilight asks carefully.

"Just make their sacrifice worth it." Silva says.

The mane six nods to each other and runs again. Silva stays behind for a few seconds before catching up. "How far?! You know this area best." She asks them.

"We should be halfway there." Rainbow says.

Silva looks to them flabbergasted. 'Halfway, we barely survived the first half.' She thinks in despair. She shakes her head as the real consequence came to her. 'Can't let that stop me.'

"Oh, look the ground is moving, it must be a giant mole." Pinkie says hopping as fast as the group ran as the ground beside them was humped up like something was moving under a carpet.

Twilight looks to the mound. "Yes there is something under there, but moles aren't indigenous to this area, not even Ponyville or Canterlot."

The hump shot ahead of them and out of the ground bursts a huge black ogre like creature with no eyes and rows of razor sharp teeth.

Silva's eyes widen before Twilight shot a light spell into the dark ogre, making it try to wave it off as it was blinded. "Slide! We're at the cliff!" Twilight yells.

"You go on ahead, we'll deal with this thing." A soldier says.

Twilight growls. "We're not losing another!" She yells before encasing everypony into a bubble and sending them rolling down the cliff. While Twilight stayed in the middle and keeps firing light spells at the creature.

The creature just shrugged them off and shot a beam from its mouth that vaporized a lot of trees near them. "We need to distract that thing." A unicorn says using his magic to cancel the magic bubbles before casting a teleport spell on the mane six and Silva, teleporting them behind it. The mane six watches as the unicorn fires a spell to grab the ogre's attention and runs off after it tried to get him.

"Keep moving." Silva tells the others.

The soldiers slip through the ogre's legs as they make it across the bridge. "Come on." Pinkie calls waiting for them.

The soldiers were about to start crossing the bridge but more ogres burst from the ground. A soldier looks back at them then at the ogres and then takes his weapon and cuts the bridge supports destroying the bridge. "Captain, it's been an honor." The soldier calls.

Pinkie and the others watch as the soldier tries to run around and cut ogres. Silva pulls away as he disappears into a fog that appeared. "We have to hurry." She tells the others as they keep watching the fog. "Hey!" She yells getting their attention. "We have lost many thanks to this thing, but we can end it, now let's go." She said running with the other quickly following.

Fifteen minutes ago

Lightning and the army came to a horrifying sight. Every legionnaire that had been here were brutally killed with a few dark ogre like things lying dead on the ground as well. "Sir, what does this mean?" An unnerved soldier asks.

"It means we just found a graveyard." Lightning says. "And the graves are still not empty."

Apollo then lands beside him, his cloak a little in tatters. "Lightning, we have a problem." Apollo says out of breath.

"No shit, Apollo." Lightning says.

"Oh, you mean you know that a malevolent spirit of shadows is trying to kill your wife and her friends as we speak?" Apollo asks genuinely surprised.

"WHAT?!" Lightning yells too close. "I thought they were heading back to Canterlot! Why is the spirit going after them now?! It's not time to take over from my calculations."

"Well you see I kinda talked to the spirit of chaos. Don't ask how I did it because Discord made me swear not to reveal how. And it kinda told me that the elements of harmony are really just focus lens for the real pieces of harmony which are in the souls of Rainbow and her friends. As such they are the key to reawakening the spirit of harmony and thwarting the malevolent spirit of shadow's plans permanently." Apollo explains and every word seem to make Lightning twitch more and more.

"Apollo?" Lightning asks calmly.

"Yes?" Apollo asks leaning in.

Lightning grabs his hooded collar and pulls him close. "Remind me to send you to another asylum, this time a true haunted one."

"Oh, did I forget to mention it is trying to kill them right now?" Apollo asks with a smile.

Lightning growls. "And bring your old friend back from the dead as well so she can haunt your ass again."

"I don't think you have time for that and to help your wife." Apollo says still smiling.

"Belcoot!" Lightning yells.

Belcoot shakes himself out the scene in front of him and walks right next to Lightning. "My Lord?"

"Take command. Hazuki, Zagai, Alexander and Nikolai you're coming with me." Lightning orders as he drags Apollo along by the ground.

Apollo looks to him and smiles. "Does this mean I'm coming too?"

"Don't push me Apollo or I'll use you as part of the ammo in our next siege." Lightning says.

Apollo hmmms. "Shutting up now."

"Double...no...triple time it." Lightning yells, dropping Apollo and takes to the sky with Hazuki, Zagai, Alexander and Nikolai following by either air or land.

Apollo watches as he leaves and notches another arrow into his bow. "Everypony duck, I don't know what I'm doing!" He tells them as he fires in a random direction and hitting a tree, making it go up in flames as darkness come out from around the burning tree. "Ready yourselves! I had enough trouble by myself."

Lightning just screams in anger as he shoots a lightning spell that leaves a ten foot wide and deep crater. After shooting that blood starts running from his mouth.

"Sir! Control yourself. Wasting more magic is not the answer." Hazuki yells from the ground.

"I'm going to level this entire forest if I have to get to my wife." Lightning says flying forward anger visible in his movements and his sporadic burst of lightning spells.

Hazuki watches as he hurries along. "Huh, so he does care." She fires a fire spell at a nearby tree getting too close. "No, no touching on the first date." She scolded as she rushes to catch up.

"You things are annoying me." Zagai says ripping through branches with his strength.

"You think you got it bad enough!" Alexander yells as he uses his earth pony strength and heaves a small tree from its roots and throws it to its friends. "I'm destroying things with my hooves!" He yells to Zagai.

Lightning fires another bolt as blood started to spill more from his mouth. "Guys, quit skipping through the forest! We have a group in trouble."

Apollo, who is keeping up with Lightning, hops through the trees. "Heads up, seems a few of the escort detail soldiers are ahead with more of those ogres." Apollo says.

Lightning sees a few soldiers trying to hold their own against the ogres and, in a bout of anger, flies straight to the ground sending an electrical storm everywhere as the soldiers dives to the ground, making the ogres die from the bombardment. "Where are they?" He yells to the soldiers as the ogres fall.

The four soldiers point to the castle, making Lightning and the others to either fly or teleport to the castle. The soldiers watch as they go inside before the ground rumbles and more ogres pop up. "Shit."

They suddenly fall apart and Hazuki walks up and sheaths her sword. "I guess I'm going to be in charge of getting you four home safely." Hazuki says.

The soldiers nod as they look behind her. Hazuki looks behind as well. "Well, I guess I can go for a little touch." She said to herself as more mounds and ogres came out of the trees and ground.

The mares get into the castle and start looking around. "Where is the thing?" Twilight asks looking into every doorway, deciding on where to go.

Rainbow looks around for something different. "Where's Luna? She's at least supposed to be nearby."

"Doubtful, the general ordered her under constant surveillance and to come nowhere near here before we departed Canterlot. He said something about not letting the past repeat itself." Silva says brandishing her sword and shield.

They look to her. "What past?" Twilight asked accusingly.

"She means Nightmare Moon." Pinkie says swinging on a chandelier.

Twilight looks at Pinkie, not even questioning how she got up there. "Why Nightmare Moon? Luna is more in control than ever at this point."

"The spirit is what change Luna into Nightmare Moon to begin with." Pinkie says now swing from chandelier to chandelier.

Twilight groans. "Then how do we find this spirit? All of us went around this castle a hundred times when we each showed up here and none of us found anything remotely close to the spirit."

Rainbow suddenly stops and is wide eyed. "Because it's a spirit of shadows. It's all around us." Rainbow says backing up to Silva.

Everypony followed her example as they tried to stay in the most brightly lighted area. "I meant the Harmony spirit and Chaos spirit. Not this one." Twilight said as she tried to light the place up.

"Wait don't do that, the brighter the light the darker the shadows. Even our own!" Silva yells wide eyed, tossing the shield away as it casted a shadow.

Twilight stops and tucks in her wings as everypony else did what they could make the least amount of light. "It's no good, there is no way to get rid of every shadow." Twilight said as the shadows creep in closer.

"Wait." Rainbow slowly looks to their shadows. "Where would be the best place for it to hide?" Rainbow asks.

They look to her. "You are not suggesting we go in the shadow Lady Rainbow?" Silva asks as she tries to back up more.

"No, I'm asking where would we least suspect?" Rainbow asks.

They tilt their heads. "The light?" Pinkie tried.

"No, what is the closest to us?" Rainbow asks a little scared.

They look down to their own shadows. "We have to stay apart." Twilight said.

"Twi don't move." Applejack says not moving.

They all stayed still as the shadows crept closer. "What do we do then? How do you fight something you keep making?" Twilight asks, sweat forming on her head.

"Your shadow moved when you didn't." Applejack says.

Twilight slowly looks down and sees herself, but her head has a smile and sharp teeth...in the middle of the head. She yelps and flies upward to not touch it. The shadow's head area then has two red eyes. "What the heck?!" Twilight yells.

Applejack looks to hers. "Some of us can't fly." She saw her shadow's tail become undone.

"Twilight, look up at the ceiling." Fluttershy says.

Twilight looks up and sees the shadow coming down like syrup falling. She floats downward as they did their best to dodge their shadow. "What do we do?"

Rainbow looks around. "Barely anything." Her shadow now has horns and spikes coming out of it with red eyes and fangs. It also look pregnant like she did. "What?" The shadow reaches for its pregnant belly and digs in with its hooves and pulls out the foals. "No!" The shadow laughs as it crushes the foals.

"That's not real, Lady Rainbow! You already had your foals and they are safe back home." Silva said to her as her shadow brought up its hooves to the head and removes it as it also grows fangs and red eyes. "Now that's just disgusting." The shadow shrugs.

"Oh, do me, do me." Pinkie says looking to her own shadow. It starts to look like her alternate personality, Pinkamena. "Cool. Hi there." Pinkie waves at it enthusiastically. The shadow waves back with less enthusiasm before bringing out a knife and grabs what looks like the Cakes's foals. "No wait!" The shadow brings the knife down and slices through the foal's stomach slowly and carefully. "No, don't do that. Then you won't anypony to play with you anymore." The shadow then starts dismembering them with its red eyes and fangs.

"Things are getting worse by the moment." Rarity says as she looks to her shadow. It just sits there, looking like her. "Well, I guess mine doesn't have much to go on." She watches as another shadowy figure comes right by hers and sees that it looks like a small dragon. "Spike?" The Spike shadow gets down on one knee and shows a box. "Oh, that's so sweet." Her shadow looks at Spike for a moment before bringing its head up like a Canterlot pony and sends Spike away with a kick. "No! I would never do that!" Her shadow looks to her and grins. It sends more shadows to the Spike shadows and covers it up. "Stop it!"

"That's everypony, but me." Fluttershy meekly says as she looks to her own shadow and see a bunny like shadow. "Angel?" The bunny shadow starts hopping around, but her shadow just stands there. She watches as it reaches into the wing area and pulls out a knife. "No." The bunny shadow stops moving and watches as the knife comes down on him. "Angel!" The shadow then brings out more animal shadows as it starts to knife away at everything in sight. Fluttershy cries as the image haunts her.

Applejack looks to her shadow. "You know that undoing my tail is not my worst nightmare." The shadow was then join by Big Mac and Applebloom. "What are you doing?" The shadow Applejack grabs a scythe. "Wait!" The shadow swings the scythe and cuts off the heads of both her siblings. The shadow laughs as another one comes in. "No, not her." She watches as her shadow cuts Granny Smith's head off. "Stop it!"

Twilight looks around for her shadow and sees it on the wall next to her. "What are you going to do?" All seven of the mares' shadow then, in unison, started laughing. "What's so funny?" Her shadow smirks as it looks to her friends. Twilight looks and sees most of them sobbing over their image. She then growls and turns back to her own. "Why don't you come out and face us like real ponies. Unless, you're too much of weakling, relying on tricks to get us." The shadow continues laughing and just points up. Twilight looks up and sees the ceiling now had red eyes and fangs and had a male figure. "What?" She whispers to herself.

"I do so love to play with my victims before I finish them." The giant shadow says in a distorted voice.

Twilight huffs. "You still haven't broken me."

"Oh, I have a special plan for you. I believe a second mare of darkness would be so amusing to watch." The shadow says.

Twilight raises an eyebrow. "Second mare?"

"Yes it was so easy to turn Luna and you. I can smell it, all that rage, fear, hatred, and jealousy. Nice job on that last one by the way, didn't have to do anything. But when I turn you, you will be far more powerful than Luna ever was." The shadow says.

Twilight smirks. "Yeah right, like I would join."

"I never said join. I will kill your friends one by one and make you watch. Slowly breaking you down until you have no strength to resist." The shadow says.

Twilight looks to the side and sees her own shadow looking upward at her master. "Do you deal with this every day?"

"You still don't understand do you? I am every shadow here. If I want to I could easily crush each one of yo…" The shadow stopped when it heard a bell outside the front door. "Now who would be ringing a bell while I'm monologuing?"

The bell rings again and the shadow notices that its shadow tendrils keeping the door sealed are weakening. "What!?" The shadow roars.

A few knocks came to the door to the tune of 'Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits.' "Who is it?" Pinkie asks cheery again.

"Charley Temple. Open the door." A voice said with a bored voice.

"Oh, must be my quarterly edition!" Pinkie said running to the door and opening it. "Give me my magazine."

Lightning walks in with a smile and twitching every once in a while. "Hello. Nice to meet you all, how you doing?" He said with a fake smile.

"Oh you know being psychologically tortured by the spirit." Pinkie says.

Lightning chuckles. "Good. How is my wife? You are playing nice, right?"

"L...Lightning?" Rainbow asks.

"Oh Rainbow, where is this spirit?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smiles nervously. "Ah hum! Busy here!" The spirit said loudly.

"Oh hi. Die!" Lightning roars before sending a torrent of lightning up, vaporizing the entire roof. "I hope you like the new redecorating idea." Lightning says before vomiting blood.

"Lightning!" Everypony yells.

"Ha, ha, ha, ha. So the magnificent Lightning is dying. This makes things easier." The shadow said laughing evilly.

"Don't be so smug, you over glorified shadow. Light is about to illuminate the room." Lightning says falling over.

Rainbow goes over to him as Lightning hits the ground. "Lightning?"

Twilight looks around. "What did he mean by light illuminating the room?"

"I like to know that myself." The shadow said curious.

"Then just look up. Even if it's night there is always light." Lightning says.

The shadow appears on another wall away from everypony. "What are you talking about?"

Soon the dust started to clear and light started to shine through. "The moon." Silva says.

The shadow looks up as well. "Shit."

"You forgot your type of spirit loses power when exposed to the outdoors." Lightning says weakly and smiling.

Rainbow cradles his head as the moon shines through the room. "You idiot." She said smiling.

"Rainbow don't worry about me. Finish it now that it is weakened or it will go after our foals." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods and places him down. "Come on girls. Let's get rid of him." She told the others.

"But how what are we supposed to do this, the darn thing is formless." Applejack says as the shadow hisses.

"Hey, I resent that comment." The shadow hisses.

Applejack turns to him. "Ah, shut up. The mares are talking."

"You already know what to do, just follow your instincts." Lightning says as Silva joins his side.

Rainbow turns to the rest and they smirk. She then turns to the shadow. "You're not that good when it boils down to things."

"I'm far more powerful than any of you. Enough of this for you all die now!" The shadow yells before lashing out with the shadow trendies at them.

The six dodge them as Twilight starts charging her magic. "Come on girls, together." Twilight says. Soon every one of them got together as Twilight's eyes start to turn white. "You're done." Suddenly the cutie marks of all six mares start to light up as they glow with a new magic.

The shadow hisses at them as light floods the room. "Fools, you don't even know what you are doing!"

As the mares gets covered in a bubble of white magic the ground starts to be covered in a white magic light. Lightning looks down as the magic reaches him and Silva. "What?" Silva said.

"What's happening Captain?" Lightning asks weakly.

Silva looks around as the ground under them becomes bright white. "Something is happening on the ground. It's being covered and Lady Rainbow and her friends looks like they are about to attack."

"Then all is well." Lightning says getting quieter.

Silva watches as Lightning grew still. "Sir?" He doesn't move. "Sir!" She yells shaking him. "Lightning!"

"Captain, tell me everything that happens." Lightning says. Silva looks to the mares as the bubble got bigger. She then looks to the shadow as it tries to hide anywhere it could. "Silva?"

"The magical bubble is getting bigger and the shadow looks like trying to hide." Silva says.

After a while the bubble started to form a white beam that shot upward before collecting at a point. The shadow hisses as it tries to get away.

"Now there are attacking." Silva says as she holds Lightning to know he's still there.

"Is there white wings coming from the magic yet?" Lightning asks.

Silva soon sees another figure form from the collecting beam. "I think it is now, sir." Silva said.

Lightning smiles. "Good."

The figure from beam rears up as it took the form of a dove and charges. "No! You will doom everything!" The shadow said desperately.

The dove hits him, but that's where everything stops. Everything stops at that point. Not even the magic or dust still flying around doesn't even move. Everypony is at a standstill as if time stops as barely anything happens for a few seconds.

After a while a white portal opens up in the middle of the whole battleground.

"Why do I have to be the one to get them?" A figure said as it steps out of the portal. "I mean, I do a good job, keep everything nice and fun. But do I get any thanks? Nooo."

The figure sighs and looks around. It then reaches out with trendals of magic coming from its body and grabs Lightning and Silva. "Need you two." It then reaches to the bubble holding the six mares. "And you six as well." It moves the still bodies and bubble into the portal. The figure sighs as it drop the trendals of magic and heads back, but not before looking to the shadow. "Nope. Not yet." With another trendals of magic it touches the spirit and makes all traces disappear. The figure sighs again and heads through the portal, closing it behind it.

Time then starts again and six more ponies enter the room. "General, are you here?!" Hazuki yells.

The rest look around as field worthy of a battle laid before them. "What the heck? What happen? Where is everypony? Where's the general, the mares, and the damn spirit?" Zagai yells.

Nikolai looks to a pool of blood near him. "I think what we need is time and patience." The rest look to him as if he's gone mad.

The mares just got out of the magical bubble, land on something hard. "Where are we?" Fluttershy asks looking around.

Twilight looks around as well. "Well this is something I have never seen before. In either books or guides." She said looking around the white room.

Rarity looks to the room as well. "Could use some redecorating. White would get drab real fast."

"That's insulting you know. I am the architect that designed this place." A voice said behind them.

The turn around and see a large chimera like creature. "Discord?" Fluttershy asks.

"No, I am the spirit that he came from though." The chimera said with a female voice.

Everypony looks to each other before looking back to her. "Are you sure, miss?" Twilight asks.

The chimera turns to them shocked. "Hey, I'm not female here." The spirit said with a double voice in a male tone.

Twilight then realizes what's going on. "She's a spirit of chaos, the voices changes between all types known to any kind on this planet."

The chaos spirit grins a toothy grin. "Very good, except spirits only have genders if we want. But you can identify me as a female for now. Now onto business. Harmony! Wake up! We have guests!" She yells to the other end of the room.

A dove pops its head out of a little birdhouse in the corner. "Is it over, did they defeat it?" The dove asks.

The chaos spirit scoffs. "You know as well as I do that it's not time yet." She said as she floated over to a throne militarizing out of thin air.

"Then why did you wake me up?" Harmony asks irritated.

Chaos huffs. "We need them to know something's and also give them what they need." She looks to the almost dead Lightning. "And maybe a deus ex machina."

"Wait, is that? Oh that will not do. We can't have him mad at us over this." Harmony says.

Chaos reclines in her throne like Discord does on a good day and by that I mean reclining on the side. "Plus, there's our clean floor. We can't have that dirty."

Rainbow, seeing Lightning, wordlessly walks over to him and just hugs him. "Rainbow, is that you?" Lightning asks very weak.

Rainbow nods and then looks over to the spirits. "Please, help him." She pleaded.

"Kinda out of jurisdiction, for he has already made a pact with a spirit." Harmony explained.

"And we should be hearing from him soon enough." Chaos says turning her chair upside down.

Applejack holds her head. "Would ya quit it, we already have enough trouble concentrating with Discord!"

"I don't mind meeting his mother." Fluttershy says with a smile.

Chaos claps her hands together. "I like this mare. Would you like to talk over chocolate milk?"

Fluttershy looks surprised. "You like chocolate?"

Chaos nods. "Of course, it was little Dissy's favorite drink during childhood."

Pinkie tries to hold in her laughter. "Dissy?" She then bursts out laughing as the name hits her.

They all suddenly silenced with the sound of lightning crackling outside. "He's here." Harmony says.

They look to a portal opening as lightning shoots out and courses through the room before combining into a blue eye.

"Oh quit it Fulgur. That show is millenniums old." Chaos yells to him.

The eye didn't respond as it just looked at Rainbow and Lightning.

"What are you looking at?" Rainbow asks.

"Rise Lightning Bolt, your duty is not yet fulfilled." The spirit says shooting lightning at Lightning. The lightning coursed through him for a few minutes and Lightning's eyes shot open along with a sharp inhale of air followed by coughing.

"Lightning!" Everypony yells.

Harmony sighs. "It's good to see other beings happy."

"Harmony, Chaos, you will return that realm of the world to normal now." The lightning spirit orders.

They shrug as the ponies' coverage around Lightning. "Fine." They said together.

"Lord Fulgur?" Lightning asks getting up.

"Yes?" Fulgur asks.

"Why did you bring me back? I was face to face with death himself. This will put you at odds with him as all spirits know he hates when others disrupt his job." Lightning says.

"Please, I play cards with him every weekend. He'll be fine. Besides we're all informed of everything needed from Minerva. She knows...well everything." Fulgur said.

"Lightning who is this?" Twilight asks.

"This is Fulgur, the king of the lightning spirits and a grand level spirit." Lightning says.

Twilight looks back to Fulgur. "Then when you mentioned death, it means…"

A dark cloud seeps in from the ground and soon a hooded pony rises out of it. "Shoot, I was too late."

"Meet the angel of death. The one who shepherds the souls of every living creature to the other side." Lightning says.

"Wowza!" Pinkie yells and edges up to him. "Hello death. What do you really look like? I always wondered when Twilight showed me that picture."

"Hello Pinkie, what is this, our tenth meeting?" Death asks.

Pinkie shakes her head and brings out a list. "I say around fifty." She said reading the long list.

"What!?" The six other mares yell.

Pinkie looks to them. "Oh, I'm buddy, buddy with Deathy here. Yet, he always kept that hood up and I wonder what's under it. Let me look." She reaches for the hood, but stops as a blade blocks her way.

"Now, now, Pinkie, you know the rules for me." Death said placing the scythe back in the shadows.

Pinkie pouts cutely. "Meany."

"Now while this has been informative, I think we should leave the spirit world. And death you imitate Rainbow when you come for me next time or I will blast you with everything I got." Lightning says.

Death chuckles evilly. "Yeah, yeah. Go back home." Death then sinks into the shadows as they dissipate.

"When I get back I am going to drink this memory away." Lightning says.

"Save some for me." Twilight says rubbing her head.

Applejack looks to the remaining spirits. "I got the hardest cider known to Equestria. Come to where I'm staying and I'll hook ya up." She said to her friends.

Chaos chuckles. "Don't be strangers now."

Harmony frowns. "And quit dying."

"It was what you did that killed me, so you don't get a say in that." Lightning reminds as a portal opens up.

Harmony huffs. "Not my fault you can't take me. Maybe you should find another marefriend."

"He's married." Rainbow says.

Lightning then stops and facehooves. "Oh dang it."

"What?" Rainbow asks in a confused tone.

"You have a piece of her in your soul because you're an element of harmony and thus she is insinuating that technically she is with me because of that." Lightning says.

"Burn." "Burn." Pinkie and Chaos said at the same time.

"Forget the drinks, I will just beat my head on a wall." Lightning says.

Harmony smirks. "Not if I'm there to stop you."

"I hate you Harmony." Lightning says.

Harmony just sticks her tongue out.

Twilight leans in to the upside down Chaos. "I thought she was about harmony?"

"She is, but she is still a child." Chaos whispers.

Twilight looks to the little dove. "That's a child?!"

"By our standards. After all, you mortals are so short lived." Chaos says.

Twilight looks at the dove for a few more before heading for the portal. "This can count as the scariest and weirdest day ever in our lives."

The mane six and the army soon returned to Canterlot now that the threat of the Legionnaires in the Everfree Forest was eliminated. Lightning had been avoiding Rainbow all the while back and looked like he was mostly in thought. He soon asked Rainbow to meet him privately in a room in the castle after they got back.

Lightning laid in front of a lit fireplace as he waiting for Rainbow, all the while staring into the flames. He then heard a knock on the door. "Come in." Lightning says.

Rainbow enters with a downtrodden look on her face. "Hey hun." She said sadly.

"Hey love. We need to talk. I specifically need to apologize." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks up in surprise. "Uh...you sure you're my husband?"

"Yes, as a soldier and a general I have sacrificed many things friends, soldiers, places. But there is one thing I can't sacrifice no matter what. I couldn't let you come into harm's way Rainbow." Lightning says.

Rainbow frowns at him. "So what's this have to do with you apologizing?"

"I couldn't let you come into harm's way so I tried forcing you away recently." Lightning says.

Rainbow huffs. "More than forcing away." She said to herself.

"Yes and I just wanted to say I'm sorry and I understand if you want to leave me." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks to him with a glare. "Mr. Bolt, do you remember what I said back there?"

"I know. I've decide to leave you everything here. After I finish the Legion I will be leaving Equestria forever." Lightning says.

Rainbow keeps glaring until she sighs. "You're still the same stupid stallion I'd married." She then smiles. "But you're my stupid stallion."

"Huh?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smiles lovingly. "Would you bring them in please?" She said to the door. The door opens to find Hurricane and Stormy with their foals. "You know that if you leave I think Talion would hate me forever and I am all about keeping loyalty between everypony. If I divorced you, what kind of loyal mare would I be?"

"I don't deserve you Rainbow." Lightning says sadly.

Rainbow giggles. "Then how about you stop thinking about others for a moment and think about yourself. You would never get by in your whole life without thinking about yourself for once."

"You've been talking to Nikolai about my past haven't you?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smiles. "Actually everypony. They are all worried about you and they know how to deal with it, but you don't. So we have been trying to leave thoughts to you on it."

Lightning looks confused. "What?"

Rainbow looks to him. "You didn't see all the subliminal messages?"

Lightning shakes his head. "No."

Rainbow facehooves. "Then you're more of an idiot than I thought."

"I'm still regaining my eyesight here." Lightning says.

Rainbow knocks him upside the head, knocking him down. "Like I said, idiot. You need to start listening more."

"Yes love." Lightning said in pain as he stayed down.

Rainbow lays right by him as Hurricane and Stormy places their foals right beside them. "We'll leave you two alone now." Hurricane said as she and Stormy leaves and closed the door behind them.

Lightning and Rainbow looks to each other as their foals move around them. "You really need to work on your social skills." Rainbow randomly said.

"What can I say I'm not really up to my average? Also Rainbow, I have decided to let Duke Hyou take over freeing the coast and will be sending most of the remaining army to reinforce him since without my eyesight I won't be as much help." Lightning says feeling the foals rub up against him.

Rainbow scootches over next to him so Lightning was spooning her. "Then it's a great excuse for us to spend more time together."

"I have no objections to that. But two questions, first how are you and your friends taking the deaths of the soldiers that sacrificed their lives to protect them?" Lightning asks wrapping a foreleg around her.

Rainbow snuggles more into him. "They understood what was happening after Fluttershy rekilled that manticore. They know what is going on since the war started so they're fine. And Pinkie is just going to have another chat with Death it seems so..." She trails off there.

"And you?" Lightning asks.

"Lightning I have been more worried than ever at this point and yet I still see the dead come in. I can handle it." Rainbow said nuzzling him.

"Ok and my second question. Even if I can't see it I can feel that the weather is no longer under the control of the ponies. The realm is starting to feel like a natural place. So how are ponies taking this?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow shudders. "They're adapting and Celestia and Luna are trying to keep the population from going out of control. We'll be fine, ponies lived in this type of situation like you have so we can take it. But for one thing is that the clouds we make are still under control, they just act like nature clouds. Twilight noticed that her magic reserves are slowly recovering, but not as fast as before so it's still there. Applejack has been working on the fields and noticed that the trees and plants needed less care as they can handle themselves so really more season time now. Fluttershy also saw some animals leaving to live their own life without ponies, but she understands. Some stayed with her so she's happy with that."

Lightning smirks. "I wonder how they will react will they learn they don't have to do winter wrap up." Lightning says chuckling.

Rainbow giggles. "Yeah, thought about that. It was trouble anyway. Now we can do less work and enjoy the time of the holiday here again."

"You will still have to work, just on different things. Like no more scheduled weather so you will have to just learn to adapt and endure it like our ancient ancestors." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "Yeah I guess. Still we have some control just not much on that." She feels Typhoon curling up against her. "Why don't we rest here for a bit? I think everypony here needs it."

"That sounds good." Lightning says wrapping all of them in his wings.

Rainbow curls up more as Talion joins his sister. "Can you pet my head like before." She asks him as her wings wrap around their little ones.

"Guide my hoof Rainbow." Lightning says reaching out.

Rainbow feels his hoof and holds it as she guides it to her. "Remember that I wanted to leave then I wouldn't like this at all. Now does this say something about us? I would say yes." She finished with placing his hoof in her head.

"I think it says we are both idiots for love." Lightning says petting her mane.

Rainbow purrs. "Thanks for staying with us."

"No, thank you for staying with me." Lightning says.

Over the next few weeks Scootaloo joined her parents in Canterlot and the family spent the entire time together. Meanwhile Nikolai lead most of the remaining army to reinforce Duke Hyou who had already taken back a fourth of the coast.

"Dad, how long would this war take here?" Scoots asks him.

Lightning smiles as he was lead around by Rainbow with a blindfold over his eyes from Apollo. "Not much longer." He said to the direction of her voice.

Scoots smiles. "So what are we going to do, the whole city is back up so there's plenty to do?"

"There are still many repairs to do, but what do you say about an estate here?" Lightning asks as he feels Scootaloo climb onto his back.

Scootaloo smiles. "An estate, like a home?"

"Yes, like our keep in Pegasopolis." Lightning says.

Scootaloo looks around. "But why here? Rarity once told us of how these citizens go about their day and besides, what's wrong with our home?"

"Nothing, but there may be times that require us to come here and would you prefer to stay in a home of ours or a hotel which may not have vacancies?" Lightning asks.

Scootaloo looks sheepish. "Guess the estates wins. By the way dad, you look cool with that blindfold."

"Thanks my little sunshine." Lightning says.

Rainbow giggles. "Dad!" Scootaloo whines.

"You said I couldn't call you angel so I'm working on a new nickname for you." Lightning says.

Rainbow starts to chuckle. "He's right sweetie, got to learn to take it as they come."

Scootaloo huffs as Lightning just chuckles. "Dad, where are the Wyverns?"

"They should be with Duke Hyou by now. I had a part of the army hold Baltimare with them to secure the landing of our reinforcements." Lightning says.

Scootaloo looks down as she lays down on his back. "Oh."

"They will be back with the army soon sunshine and they will return as victors." Lightning says.

"It's not that I'm worried about." Scootaloo said sadly.

"He'll come home safe sunshine." Lightning says.

Scootaloo smiles lightly. "I know he will."

"Then maybe I'll use some magic to turn him into a pony for you." Lightning joked.

"Dad." Scootaloo whines. "Besides, I just like him like the way he is."

"I was joking sunshine." Lightning says. 'But it's not a half bad idea.' Lightning thinks.

"I know." Scootaloo retightening his blindfold.

"So sunshine, how are you adapting to the changes?" Lightning asks.

Scootaloo grins. "I'm already a tough filly. I'm good."

"I know you are, you are mine and your mother's girl." Lightning says.

Scootaloo smirks. "Not really your filly."

"Oh, oh, you wound me my filly." Lightning says in mock pain.

Scootaloo bops him on the head. "Boop."

Rainbow just smiles at the two as she feeds the baby foals. "Come on you two. Time for solid food." She said holding out two mushes of food.

"Rainbow you're already trying to wean them off your milk?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow shakes her head. "No, just getting them solid food or semi-solid food. I'm still giving them my milk."

"Ah, so trying to mix it then." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods. "One or the other."

"I see, I noticed our little Typhoon is spending less time in the air. You think she is entering the stage where she forgets how to fly?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow looks to him. "I thought you couldn't see."

"I can't see Rainbow but remember my hearing is very good and with my eyesight temporarily cut off it is even better." Lightning says

Rainbow chuckles embarrassedly, but soon composes herself. "Yeah, little Typhoon is flying a little less so maybe." Rainbow says.

Scootaloo looks over to the foals as they ate. "Looks like it working."

"Hey sunshine, you ready to be an older sister?" Lightning asks.

Scootaloo smiles. "How do I start?"

"I think that is a question for your cool aunt." Lightning says.

Scootaloo looks to her mother. "What does he mean?"

"He means that she is experienced in being a big sister." Rainbow says petting Talion and Typhoon.

Scootaloo looks confused before realizing what he meant. "Oh, he means us."

"Yeah." Rainbow says.

"Double chocolate chip frappe ventie." A server said as she places the drink on the table.

"Thank you." Rainbow says taking the drink.

"So Rainbow, how is Luna doing ruling Canterlot while her sister makes preparations to return the court here?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smiles. "Oh, bored as ever. Plus the fact more nobles are returning and demanding more stuff than ever."

"Well at least they seeing her as a more legitimate ruler than window dressing." Lightning says.

Rainbow huffs. "Guess what Luna is wishing now?"

"More chances in politics?" Lightning offered.

Rainbow chuckles. "Nope, she wants to be ignored again."

"Grass is greener on the other side." Scootaloo says.

"Correct sunshine." Lightning says.

Rainbow chuckles. "Now she just wants things back to the old ways."

Scootaloo looks around. "Where should we find a home?"

"Rainbow since I can't see, you and sunshine will have to decide, but I recommend looking at some of the estates some nobles sold before they fled to Pegasopolis." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "Okay, but somepony has to carry the foals and you are in no condition blind."

"That is why we hired servants and give them very good wages." Lightning says.

Rainbow frowns. "Then where are they?"

"You just had one get you a drink remember?" Scootaloo asks.

Rainbow looks to the server. "I thought that was the cafe server. I must be losing it."

"You're just tired love. Let's not go house shopping today. We don't need it yet as Luna has put us up in the castle for now." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods. "Yeah, just tired. Can we walk around for a bit before heading back?"

"You guide me and I'll go anywhere with you." Lightning says getting up.

Rainbow smiles tiredly. "Good, let's go." She turns to a nearby servant. "Can you carry our foals for us? I don't think anyone of us is in a good condition to carry them."

"Of course my lady." The unicorn mare says taking the little ones.

Rainbow turns to Lightning. "Let's go." She said taking him by his hoof.

For a few more weeks the family spends time together and found a sold estate which they bought and paid a crew to come and repair it. Princess Celestia and Twilight soon arrived in Canterlot, thus easing Luna's burden and then the news came. The army lead by Duke Hyou had liberated all of the coast and Manehatten and were returning to Canterlot. A special news report was also given across the airwaves.

"Hello Equestria, this is the Vinyl Scratch." Vinyl says.

"And we have a special announcement." Octavia said.

"Yes we do. It is official Mares and Gentlecolts, but let us have the returning hero tell you about it." Vinyl says.

"Vinyl, I'm no hero, just a commander." Nikolai says.

Vinyl chuckles. "To us, you are a hero, now speak good sir." She said in a snooty accent.

"Very well, the war is over Equestria, we have won. The Dominion's legion has either fallen or surrendered and all of Equestria is liberated from their control. But it was not without a price. The lives you once knew where you controlled the weather, the plants, and animals has come to an end. A last desperate act of the commander that held Manehatten." Nikolai says.

"So no more control?" Octavia asks.

"We have control of our daily lives, but you will have to learn how to go with the flow of nature and how to live with it. Just like those who live on the eastern continent." Nikolai says.

"But Rainbow and her friends have some control, so why not we still?" Vinyl asks.

"Well that's not completely accurate. There is still some control but that is resident magic floating around. But good news for you pegasus living on clouds, you will still be able to keep your homes. You're just going to have to ask for some unicorns to help supply magic when reshaping them." Nikolai says.

"So our living is lessened than ever. Boring." Vinyl said.

"Look on the bright side we don't have to manage everything anymore so we have more time to goof off or do what we want." Nikolai says.

"Not so boring now. Want to hit the sheets later?" Vinyl asks.

"Vinyl, I thought you would prefer to go out to a club and celebrate." Nikolai says.

"Not after I got a personal stud here." Vinyl said.

"Oh that reminds me. Octavia I hope you'll put on your best for your date. Just be sure to make a list of everything you got." Nikolai says.

"List?" Octavia asks.

"Just do it, but meet him at the cafe in Canterlot, he'll be wearing something fancy." Nikolai said.

"Oh, I want a picture of this." Vinyl says.

A thud is then heard. "I was hoping you both had forgotten." Octavia says.

"Hold on a second. Come to think of it, Nikolai, your wings look a little shinier." Vinyl says.

"Uh...gotta go." Nikolai said quickly as he left with the door slamming behind him.

"Get back here you!" Vinyl yells as the sound of the door slamming again was heard.

After a while silence was heard. "I think they're gone." Octavia said. "Well, looks like we're done for today. See ya next time and I better stop Vinyl from killing our co-host."

Celestia, Luna, and Twilight looked at Lightning who now had his blindfold removed. "You're surprised I told Nikolai to not mention the spirits or that you had control over the elements?" Lightning asks.

Celestial frowns. "A little bit of both and Luna not mentioning her conversation."

"I did this for a few reasons. First, how would the ponies feel if they knew a single spirit was behind both Sombra and Luna becoming Nightmare Moon and it is still out there although severely weakened?" Lightning asks.

Celestia glares at Twilight. "I thought you and the others killed it?" She harshly asks.

"Don't take that tone Celestia, they would have if not for the spirit's politic interfering." Lightning says harshly.

Celestial glares back to him. "What do you mean political interference?"

"There is a whole different level of rules when it comes to, Celestia. Twilight, with her studies in my kind of magic, should understand it." Lightning said glaring her down.

Celestial stomps a hoof down. "So why have the spirit not been killed?!"

"Don't push me Celestia, even though I'm weakened I'm still more powerful than you are in your current state. So if you want the answer, take it up with the guardian spirits Chaos and Harmony." Lightning says unfazed by her anger.

"Trust him." Celestial looks to Discord who appeared behind them. "Mothers know best."

"Oh Dissy. I didn't know you were on our side." Twilight says with a smirk.

Discord sputters as the name hits the room. "Wha...where did you hear that?! Nopony is to know that name!" He ordered as he pointed a finger at her.

"Chaos told us." Twilight says as Luna was snickering.

Discord frowns. "I am going to have a few choice words with mother." He brings out a long list. "Now which ones should I use?"

"How about you don't go there because she'll do something worse to you." Lightning says.

Discord stands proud. "Please, I'm her son, sort of. She respect me after all these times because I'm grown up and a full grown adult."

Lightning smiles. "So why do you have an 'I'm mommy's little angel' shirt?"

"What!?" Discord yells looking down to see the shirt.

Twilight and Luna goes into full on laughter as Discord tries feasibly to rip off the shirt, even dragging himself across the floor as he pulled. Lightning chuckles as he watches the comedy.

"Shirt, five bits. Magic to place it on Discord, ten units of chaos magic. Watching Discord get embarrassed from his mother, priceless." Lightning commented to himself.

"Your evil, but the fun kind." Luna says nuzzling him.

Twilight calms down and looks to them. "Married Luna, he's married, so I suggest you stop doing that."

"Oh right sorry." Luna says heading back to her seat.

"Now the second reason is so nopony uses this as motivation to start rising up against you two." Lightning says.

Celestia looks to him. "Why would they rise up against us? Nopony mentioned the sun and moon so we're good."

"Because Celestia, I can have easily told them to reveal the truth like what they were planning on doing. That includes you lying for all these years that you control the sun and moon." Lightning says giving her a hard glare.

Celestial glares to Luna who chuckles nervously.

"Don't blame your sister, me and my sworn swords figured it out long ago." Lightning says.

Celestial snarls. "This meeting is adjourned for now."

"Um...what meeting Celestia?" Lightning says with a smirk.

Celestial says nothing as she gets up and starts to leave with a scowl on her muzzle.

Lightning's smirk falls as Celestia left. "She's going to be trouble for this nation if she doesn't get that ego in check." Lightning says seriously.

Luna scoffs. "Please, you don't know our sister. She would rather find diplomacy with creatures that know only war than do it in their way to stop a war and gain peace."

Twilight looks interested. "What's the tactic for that?"

Luna shrugs. "Fight their toughest fighter and win. Then you get control over their nation."

"That only works if you have the power to back it up afterwards because what is to stop the side that lost to get mad and not abide by the agreement?" Lightning asks.

Luna grins. "We cover the toughest pony up in guard armor and send them to fight. And then afterwards say we got thousands more like them."

"So all you do is bluff?" Twilight asks.

Luna giggles. "Every single piece of politics is like a game of poker. Whoever has the best poker face wins."

"Well that plan is useless now thanks to a recent event." Lightning says.

The princesses groans. "We know Lightning." Twilight said exasperated.

"I was speaking of the changeling invasion. You know how they completely overwhelmed your guards." Lightning says.

Luna rubs her head. "Don't remind us."

"Yeah and have you noticed how your ponies don't bow to you like they used to?" Lightning asks.

"War is on the mind. No time to now and we don't say bow or die." Luna quipped.

"No, it started before that." Lightning says.

"Celebrations with the princesses." Twilight offered.

"Celestia lost in one on one combat with Chrysalis." Lightning reminds.

"Okay, got it off." Discord said holding a pair of scissors and tattered pieces of shirt around him.

"Discord tell me, how do you feel now that Celestia has been defeated in one on one combat?" Lightning asks.

He shrugs throwing the scissors towards Twilight. "Honestly, sad because I can't mess with her like I use to."

"Now put yourself in the position of a normal citizen and you learn the pony that you thought is a goddess lost in one on one combat." Lightning says.

Discord crosses his arms. "Disappointed, if you can make god bleed, others will stop believing in him."

"Twilight, Luna, your opinions if you were in the same position?" Lightning asks.

Luna leans on a hoof. "Worried."

Twilight puts the scissors away. "Sad for them."

"Exactly on all three point of views and she is nowhere near as strong as she used to be. So how long will she be able to keep up this Goddess act?" Lightning asks.

Luna shrugs. "Probably as long as me. But not Twilight since she was a regular unicorn once so the citizens won't want her to back down."

"Ah, but add the fact that even some of the royal guards are starting to question it." Lightning says.

Luna looks blankly at the guards at the doorway who were blushing. "Then the nation is doomed and it will fall and end up where we were in the war."

"No, what we need is a strong central government that doesn't deceive the populace into thinking themselves gods or goddesses. It also might be close to choose an heir to Equestria. Without access to Harmonies power time is returning to you both." Lightning says.

"Until you're back again baby. Miss you, want you, need to go." Twilight randomly said.

Everypony looks to her weirdly. Twilight blushes. "Sorry, random song that came with the conversation, can't get it out. Any case, who would be an heir? All the way up to now it has been a complete rule with a monarchy. Neither Celestia nor Luna have any foals so that's out. I don't have anypony so that's out as well. And we can't pick a citizen otherwise they destroy the nation with the war still in their mind."

Lightning, Luna, and Discord exchange looks and then look back at her. "Why are you looking at me?" Twilight asks.

"She is technically royalty as her brother married the princess of the Crystal Kingdom." Lightning says.

Twilight's eyes widen. "Wait, there is no way their foal will rule here. They rule the Crystal Kingdom and in turn their foal too."

"I said brother married to the princess Cadance. Think that over for a bit." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "They have to watch over the Crystal Kingdom. They can't do that here."

"Twilight I'm suggesting you my thickheaded student." Lightning says.

Twilight looks at him for a few. "Discord, wash pan please."

"It could work, my sister did publicly acknowledge you and make you a princess of Equestria." Luna says.

Discord snaps a wash pan into existence as Twilight takes it with her magic and drops it on Lightning's and then Luna's head.

"Twilight seriously, we are a having serious discussion of this kingdom's future. Whether you or Celestia like it or not, both her and Luna will age like any other pony now and will die most likely in our lifetimes." Lightning says rubbing his head.

"Um..." Luna pipes up. "Actually we will." Luna says defeated.

"Well maybe your lifetime Twilight, not mine because as a general I'm in war a lot and am in constant danger." Lightning says.

Luna then perks up. "Oh, this means that I can pursue a relationship, Twilight want to be with me?" She asks cheerily. Twilight looks at Luna in shock.

"My Luna, I never knew you trot that way." Discord says grinning.

Luna shrugs. "I found mares better and understanding. Besides, I had my eye on Twilight ever since she saved me."

"Um...sorry to tell you this Luna but I'm into stallions." Twilight says nervously.

Luna smiles. "You'll never know until you try it."

"That also technically not a no." Discord says.

Twilight looks between the both of them until she looks back to Lightning. "You had to say that they are not immortal anymore."

Lightning grins. "Give her an answer Twilight, I don't think she'll stop."

Twilight huffs before looking to Luna. "I guess maybe a little." She said smiling lightly, but not much.

Luna giggles. "Oh, this is going to be so much fun."

"So the three of us agree she is the best candidate?" Lightning asks.

Everypony nods except Twilight who started to shake before fainting.

"Luna don't violate her while she is out, ok?" Lightning asks.

Luna cutely giggles. "No promises."

"Luna." Lightning says smiling.

Luna smiles. "Fine. Just let me hold her."

"If you do that at least take her back to her room." Lightning says.

Luna grins. "Don't worry, I will." She said as she lifted Twilight up with her magic.

"Well I best go see my wife and let her know." Lightning says.

Discord smiles. "Take this for your wife, Mother knows you need it." He said snapping his fingers and giving Lightning a bag.

"What is it?" Lightning asks.

Discord grins with his snaggle tooth. "Something to spice up your life with her."

"What is it?" Lightning says raising an eyebrow.

Discord groans. "Your wife was right, you are a thick head. It's a gel to increase sensitivity! There I said it. I'm out of here." He snaps his fingers and heads wherever he went.

Lightning stayed silent until Luna said, "Can I have a bottle?" She asks pointing to him while Twilight floated by her.

"Take the whole thing, Rainbow and I don't need it." Lightning says.

Luna claps her hooves and takes the bag as well. "Oh, I'm going to have so much fun." She said as she left through the door with both her packages.

Lightning jumps out the window and glides down to the courtyard and starts walking. "Okay, princesses dealt with, now what?" He said to himself. "Oh yeah, gotta spy on Octavia's date for fun." Lightning says taking to the sky again.

Over at the local cafe the gray mare sat as she waited for her blind date. "Oh, where is he?"

"Sorry I'm late, I had to pick up my tux from the dry cleaners." A voice says behind her.

She looks behind her to see Apollo in a tuxedo and wearing a hat. "Who are you?" Octavia asks.

"Oh sorry, my name is Apollo. My friend Nikolai made me come on this blind date." Apollo says removing the hat and bowing.

Octavia looks to the dark wearing pony. "Well, you're something."

"Wait, haven't we met somewhere?" Apollo asks.

Octavia looks him over. "Maybe, but not to me."

"I think we met at a bar one time." Apollo says.

Octavia shakes her head. "Not really, I haven't been to any."

"No, I'm pretty sure. Oh wait, you told me your name was Octavia and you are a part of an ensemble." Apollo says.

Octavia racks her memories. "It's coming back little by little."

Apollo leans in and whispers. "And after the fifth round that you slept with three other mares in college."

Octavia goes wide eye as she slaps him. "How dare you!"

"Hey, you told me that. Their names were Sapphire Shine, Musical Cord, and Forest Runner." Apollo says rubbing his cheek.

"Yes, ok, those were my three best friends in college." Octavia says noticing ponies staring who immediately turn away hearing that.

"Remember now?" Apollo asks in a quieter voice.

Octavia nods. "I do now."

"Sorry for embarrassing you." Apollo apologized.

Octavia waves him off. "It's okay. Let's just enjoy this date."

"I must admit I'm at a lost. I've never been on one of these." Apollo says.

Octavia lightly smiles. "You're lucky. I have been on a few. Luckily, this is a light date, so act like you're just visiting a normal pony. It'll help."

"Ok, so you told me a bit about yourself, but I never told you anything about myself so ask me any question." Apollo says.

Octavia smirks. "Sit down, order something and then we'll talk."

Apollo complies. "You know some ponies are watching us right?" Apollo asks.

Octavia smiles. "After that show, they have been. And maybe one on your end."

"No, I mean I spy an electric blue haired unicorn and a pegasus down the street." Apollo says.

Octavia huffs. "I know. They were following after the show."

"I think I spied my boss earlier too." Apollo says.

Octavia giggles. "I guess we are alike in some ways."

"You work for Lightning Bolt as well?" Apollo asks.

Octavia shrugs. "In some ways, I just do a radio announcement."

"Oh, you're were a part of the show that helped get information to all of Equestria." Apollo says.

"Wait, you mentioned you work for Lightning?" Octavia asks.

"Ah yeah, basically I'm a scout and a commander." Apollo said.

Octavia leans her head to the side. "Do you think I could see you in your commander outfit?"

"I kinda handled the part of spying with the changeling like Johnny over there." Apollo says as a changeling flies by with groceries.

Octavia looks surprised. "Groceries?"

"Oh yeah, to get their help the princesses gave them some real estate here in Canterlot." Apollo says waving at Johnny who waved back.

Octavia raises an eyebrow. "What kind of real estate?"

"Underground portion of Canterlot." Apollo says.

Octavia blushes bright red. "They got a sex club?"

"I didn't say that." Apollo says whistling.

Octavia looks at blankly. "That whistling says something different."

"I'm not saying anything. I just said where it was." Apollo says.

Octavia looks to the changeling as it heads down the lower levels. "The only thing down there is the black market and sex clubs. What else that a creature with shape shifting powers be doing?"

"They are changelings, they mostly feed on love. What type of love is not an issue to them?" Apollo says.

Octavia smirks. "You just told me what they are doing."

"Technically it's a strip club. You would not believe how long they can go on about that place." Apollo says.

Octavia smiles and huffs. "I would bet. Been there once?"

"No, not my kind of place. I prefer somewhere with some class. The music hall is a nice place to go every once in a while." Apollo says.

"Oh." Octavia becomes surprised. "Really now, you're not just saying that because of my job."

"Nope, I'm serious. I also want to go see the art museum here now that I have some down time and the war is over and the art has been returned recently." Apollo says pulling out a brochure.

Octavia looks him over as she sips some tea. "You're a little laid back though."

"Huh?" Apollo looks to see that he placed his hind legs up. "Whoops, but I'm already tired so sorry, but they're staying."

"I must say I'm kind of relieved when Vinyl and Nikolea set this up, I was expecting a less dignified stallion." Octavia says.

Apollo smiles reading the brochure. "I have some things a mare likes, but I'm more rugged than others."

"Oh yeah, Mr. Spy." Octavia says sarcastically.

"We prefer the term undercover agents." Apollo says.

Octavia giggles, but then gains a thought. "Got a knife?"

Apollo grins. "Rule number nine, never go anywhere without a knife." He said giving her a throwing blade from his leg holder.

"Oh, what's the others?" Octavia asks taking the blade.

"Rule one, never talk about the fine details of your work. Rule two, never tell any rules other than one and nine except to colleges." Apollo says.

Octavia smiles. "I like a stallion with something they can live by."

"Oh, usually most ponies are turned off by that." Apollo says.

Octavia leans to the side. "Then they are not right for you."

"Maybe so, any other questions?" Apollo asks.

Octavia nods. "Yeah, quit spying!" She then throws the knife towards Vinyl.

Nikolai lifts the table and the knife lodges into it. "Not a bad throw." Nikolai says lowering the table and taking the blade.

Vinyl places the dish she had back on the table again. "You can say that again." She takes another bite of hayfries.

Apollo whistles at the throw. "Not bad, although that knife was designed to fly in a curved angle." Apollo says.

Octavia huffs. "Please, I just wanted a distraction."

"Run?" Apollo asks.

Octavia shakes her head. "Nope, getting another."

"Wait, what?" Apollo asks.

Octavia smiles. "Nice placement of a knife."

Apollo stares at her for a few moments before bursting out in laughter. "Oh, we are going to get along great." Apollo says.

Octavia smiles before throwing the knife she got towards Lightning hiding in the trees nearby. He ducks out of the way for the knife to embed itself into the trunk.

"So would you like to go to the art museum or the music hall?" Apollo asks.

Octavia looks at him for a few before giggling. "How about a walk? I had enough of museums and halls for a while."

"That sounds fine, I hear there is a nice park outside of Canterlot." Apollo says.

Octavia takes one last sip before leaving some bits and gets up. "Let's go. Oh and here's your other knife back. I don't know why you carry so many, but almost one of each." She said holding out a knife

"I really like you." Apollo says taking the knife.

Octavia pushes against him teasingly after he got up. "Watch it big boy. You'll get this one day."

"Oh, ho, you are good." Apollo says smiling.

Octavia smiles and walks off with Apollo following, but not before looking back at the rest of them. "Give me the knives back after I get back." He quickly catches up to Octavia who was waiting for him.

Lightning sneaks up behind Nikolai and Vinyl. "I see you two been playing matchmaker." Lightning says.

They turn to him with Cheshire cat grin on their faces. "You betcha Lighty." Vinyl said.

Lightning holds up a picture and Vinyl immediately goes quiet. "You're not the only one who has blackmail." Lightning says with a toothy grin.

Vinyl lunges for the picture, but Lightning moves it out of the way. "Where did you get that?!" She yells.

"Like it, I have a whole photo album of stuff like this of you and Spitfire." Lightning says with a smirk.

Vinyl immediately stiffened. "Please don't." She pleaded.

"I'm not going to do anything Vinyl, now I'll leave you with Nikolai. And Nikolai be sure not to keep her up all night." Lightning jokes.

Nikolai blushes bright red. "Sir." He partially groans.

"What, you like you're drinking games." Lightning says.

Nikolai huffs and looks to Vinyl. "Come on, let's go." He said leaving.

"Oh and Vinyl, ask about his third left feather and what it does to him." Lightning calls walking away. He then hears a yelp come from their direction and then a slump.

Lightning just laughs as he walks away as Vinyl has a huge grin on her face over Nikolai breathing breathlessly.

He then thinks about where to head next. 'Let's see, princesses and date is done so there has to be something else. Rule of three has to be here.' He thinks to himself. He then feels something latch to the back of his head. "Hey Talion." Lightning says.

Talion chirps. Lightning grabs him off the back and looks to him. "Did...you...just chirp like a changeling?"

"Seeku." Lightning says annoyed.

Talion giggles as he squirms around. Lightning sighs as he places him on his back and starts to head back to their room in the castle. "Seeku you have really done it now." He said landing in their room.

"Some Lightning call me?" Seeku asks dropping from the ceiling.

Lightning turns to her. "Seeku I...what are you doing?"

Seeku smiles as she twirls a hoof over his chest. "Nothing, just being myself."

"Tell me, what have you been showing my son?" Lightning asks.

Seeku giggles cutely. "Don't worry, I'm not that deprived. He just he heard me talking to the others in chirping tones so he imitated it. We were even surprised it was talk able chirps."

"Don't teach them something that will get Rainbow angry at us." Lightning says.

"Yeah, you better not." A familiar voice say behind them.

They look over with Lightning sweating and Seeku grinning. Rainbow stood there as Talion cheers at his sister in changeling chirps.

Seeku giggles. "Those chirps will come in handy one day."

"That better be all he imitates from you." Rainbow says.

Seeku brings a hoof to her chin. "Now that would be a sight to see."

"Stop now, Seeku." Lightning says.

"I wonder what the best way to burn a changeling is." Rainbow says.

Seeku giggles and hugs them both. "Oh come on, I'm just joking. Isn't that what families do or is it just brood?" She asks as she looks at them with a hurt tone.

"Brood humor isn't the best for Rainbow when it come to her foals." Lightning says.

Seeku looks to Rainbow as she glares at her. "Look Rainbow, we're family. We help each other and be there for each other." She then smiles. "That also means having fun at times."

"Only when my foals aren't around." Rainbow says.

Seeku shrugs. "How was I supposed to know he would pick up on the chirps?" Talion chirps. "Yeah, you said it buddy."

"What did he just say Seeku?" Lightning asks creepily nice.

Seeku smiles. "Oh, just how incompetent his parents are."

"I can understand changeling chirps remember?" Lightning asks.

Seeku giggles. "I know, he said he didn't even know either."

"No, no, no, that is not the words he used." Lightning says.

Seeku tilts her head. "So what did he say?"

"I will not repeat it in, what language is the official language here again love?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow glares down to Seeku as she backs up. "Equestrian honey, but what did he say?"

Lightning whispers in her ear and she smacks Lightning. "What, that is the translation?!"

Lightning giggles. "Yeah, we got you there."

Seeku hugs Rainbow's head. "Silly mare."

"You are in trouble missy." Rainbow says.

Seeku looks to her. "Rainbow I take care of you and the family. Isn't that enough, plus I make things fun, right Talion?"

Talion chirps.

Seeku grins. "See, he agrees with me."

Lightning's jaw just slacked. "I'm living in a house of craziness." He groans out.

Seeku giggles. "I thinks its insanity now."

"You will refrain from teaching him the chirping language anymore." Lightning says.

Seeku looks to him grimly. "Trust me when I say you need a changeling speaker. This is a language known only to changelings and it's hard for growing and fully grown adults to learn."

"Rainbow wasn't joking about the burning Seeku." Lightning says.

Seeku shakes her head. "I'm not joking either. Didn't you not get the dark spirit?"

"Hey Rainbow, you want a full translation?" Lightning asks.

"Ok, ok." Seeku says tired of everything now. She then starts to leave. "Just because you have something doesn't mean you don't need more. It just means that's it's time to pass on." She closes the door behind her after that.

"Remember there is a changeling meeting/feast at eight." Lightning called.

"Yeah." Seeku's faint voice said.

"Oh, wait Seeku, something interesting happened." Lightning calls. There was no answer. "Seeku?" Still nothing. "I guess you don't want to hear Apollo is on a date." Lightning says. Still nothing. "I guess she's really down about something."

"What was that about Apollo?" Seeku ask from behind the door.

"How do you do that?" Lightning asks.

Seeku sighs. "It's just who I am Lightning, but I don't want that date emotion."

"Oh, that reminds me. Seeku here." Lightning says holding out a photo.

Seeku looks at the photo. "This is the stallion?"

"Yep." Lightning says.

Seeku takes the photo with a pained smile. "Lightning, can I ask something from you and Rainbow?"

"Yes." Lightning says.

Seeku looks to him tearing up. "Can I spend some time with the both of you as something a little more? I think this might be the last time we will see each other like this."

"Wait, what?" Lightning asks.

Seeku leans into him. "Lightning, drones takes love from many ponies, but higher ups stick to whoever it is for them to be mates. I think he might be it, I can feel it, and it's just that I want the two of you to at least spend some time with me like you promised."

"Rainbow, you think Spitfire will like to look after her niece and nephew?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow nods. "Well yeah, she really liked them, but why?"

"We are going to spend time with Seeku." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks shocked before calming down. "Okay, I'll get her and set up a date."

"Oh, Rainbow." Seeku says wiggling her eyebrows.

Rainbow growls. "Don't push it or you won't get anything."

"Worth a shot." Seeku says starting to get happier.

Rainbow sighs and heads off to find Spitfire.

"Sunshine! You up to go seeing your aunt for the evening." Lightning calls.

Scootaloo hops down from the ceiling. "Yeah, I know what you are going to do." She then smiles. "Have a good time Seeku and hopes it's the best you got from them." Scootaloo then leaves and heads in the direction of her mother.

Seeku sighs as she leaves. "I really love this family." She then looks to Lightning. "Thanks for this."

"No problem, now where did I put those quartex crystals." Lightning says shifting through some of his magical things.

Seeku smiles. "Quartex crystals?"

"Yeah this is going to be a wild night and those will change our appearances so it doesn't come back to bite us." Lightning says continuing to shift through the things.

Seeku giggles. "Are you sure? I mean this form alone is great to feel."

"You want the guards looking for us in the morning if we get in too much trouble?" Lightning asks.

Seeku looks to the newspapers on a table which has the headlines of the war being over, but with every non pony species in a group photo with the rest of the army. "Changelings are accepted, how would this hurt us?"

"I mean the three of us get thrown in prison for disturbing the peace and any other laws we happen to break." Lightning says with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

Seeku's smile soon turn into a toothy grin. "What are we going to do?"

"The shorter answer is what we aren't going to do." Lightning says.

Seeku laughs maniacally. "This is going to be fun."

"Yes, it will be now we need to talk Rainbow into this." Lightning says joining her in a smile.

Seeku scoffs. "She is too much of a goody two hoof. I think that she thought you meant a night in here."

"She is not that good, but we will have to talk her into this as she has not tried this." Lightning says still shifting through the magical items.

Seeku nods. "Well she'll show up in three...two...one."

"Okay, got Spitfire to agree." Rainbow said walking in.

"Rainbow, Seeku has something to talk to you about something. Found them!" Lightning yells.

Rainbow looks to Seeku who has a large grin. "So what is it?"

"Rainbow we are going to have a grand night tonight." Seeku says pulling her closer.

Rainbow blushes from the close contact. "Really, then what are we doing?"

"What aren't we hun?" Lightning says bringing out three weird grey crystals.

Seeku looks them over. "How long does these last?"

"A week at max, but can have the effects reversed whenever you want. Now hun, these crystals are used by my undercover agents. They can temporarily change your appearance and even into one of the two other subclasses of us ponies." Lightning says.

Rainbow gains a worried look. "We're breaking laws, aren't we?"

"Mostly disturbing the peace love. Now tell me you have never wondered what it is like to be a unicorn." Lightning says smiling at her.

Rainbow blushes from embarrassment. "I kinda wondered."

"Well, now is your chance and we get away with an incredibly wild night and no lasting consequences." Lightning says.

Seeku looks to the both of them and smiles. "Thanks for this, but after we get back here can we do something as ourselves?"

"Ok, as long as there are no lasting consequences. Now how do you work this thing?" Rainbow asks looking at the crystal Lightning was offering her and poking at it.

Lightning chuckles. "Just envision your form as a unicorn, I'll handle the rest." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods and closes her eyes. "You better not make me end up hideous."

"You could never look that way love." Lightning says as the crystal begins to spin and Rainbow is surround by a grey aura.

Soon the aura dissipated and revealed a blue unicorn with a gray mane and tail. "Did it work?" Her voice said in another tone.

Lightning walks around her inspecting her. "Your choice was so specific, what inspired it?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow looks herself over. "A mare I knew in flight school. She had a grey hair color and wanted to know how it would be like."

"It's not her specifically, right? We don't want others to be arrested." Lightning says worried.

Rainbow smiles. "She has a red coat color, not blue. That's who they would be looking for."

"Ok and I must say you look great Rainbow." Lightning says.

Rainbow chuckles. "Thanks. Now it's your turn Seeku."

"You know the drill Seeku." Lightning says setting down the now rainbow colored crystal and picking up another grey one.

Seeku nods and closes her eyes. "Tell me why she couldn't have just changed her appearance than with this crystal?" Rainbow asks as the crystal rises and spins.

"Don't want to take the chance of a guard to try casting a spell that will nullify that ability of hers getting the changelings in trouble." Lightning says as the grey aura surrounded Seeku.

The aura dissipated to reveal a purple earth pony mare with a golden mane and tail. "Old identity I used back in the day."

"I remember it was how I first met you Golden Tongue." Lightning says placing the now light green crystal beside the rainbow one.

Golden chuckles. "Well it was the first time I had true fun."

Lightning smiles and closes his eyes. Soon the crystal spins and he was covered in a grey aura. After a while the aura dies down to reveal a brown earth pony with a purple mane and tail. "Ok, now let us use different names so no pony truly suspects us." Lightning says.

Seeku shrugs. "Well mine is Golden Tongue so I'm good."

"Ok, I'll be Grey Field." Lightning says.

Rainbow thinks for a moment. "And I'll be...hmmm...how about Switch Taker?"

"Sounds good, oh and Rainbow, a little heads up the crystal implant how to use unicorn magic when one uses them to turn into unicorns." Lightning says walking up to her.

Seeku smiles. "Same thing for pegasus."

Rainbow smiles. "Cool. When do we head out?"

"We teleport first, so where do you to want to go? Los Pegasus, Baltimare, Fillydelphia, or do you want to stay in Canterlot?" Lightning asks stowing the crystals away.

Rainbow grins. "Canterlot, heard from Apollo that running from guards is fun when you see them confused and looking in the wrong places."

"Oh, this is going to be a night to remember." Lightning says as he and Seeku had the biggest smiles.

Seeku giggles. "I love you both, just remember, we come back here for another last thing tonight. Plus, is his address on the photograph?"

"He is currently in Stalliongrad, I will introduce you myself as my adopted sister Seeku, after all that is what family is for." Lightning says as Rainbow noggies her.

Seeku smiles. "Thanks. Now let's go."

Luna places Twilight on the bed and the bag on a nearby dresser.

"Oh, my head." Twilight groans out.

"You feeling ok?" Luna asks.

Twilight nods as she looks to Luna. "Fine, just tired now."

Luna lays down near her. "Well you just did take a fainting spell. Did you practice with Rarity?" She asks with a humorous tone.

"Luna!" Twilight yells before falling off the bed.

Luna grabs her before she hits the ground and places her back on the bed. "Easy Twilight, I'm here. Now what is it?"

"What are you doing in my room?!" Twilight yells.

Luna blushes. "You did agree and I promise Lightning Bolt that I wouldn't do anything, just a little holding."

"Wait, what?" Twilight asks trying to figure this situation out.

Luna looks to her. "You agreed to try a mare on mare relationship, remember or do you not want to?"

Twilight doesn't move for several minutes. "Twilight?" Luna asks poking her, causing her to fall over and start foaming at the mouth.

"Twilight!" Luna said rushing to her. "Okay, what do I do?" She said to herself in a panic. "Think mare, think!" She yells hitting herself.

"Idea!" Luna yells running out the door and returning with a bucket of water which she throws onto Twilight.

"Yipe! Cold!" Twilight yells as she shot up. She wraps her hooves around herself to stay warm.

Luna blushes red as she places the bucket down. "Sorry, only thing I can think of."

Twilight wraps her wings around herself to get warmer. "Next time, look at a book."

Luna looks down. "Sorry, but I need to know, do you want me here?"

"You wouldn't leave even if I told you to, would you?" Twilight asks and Luna shakes her head. "Fine, what do you want to do?" Twilight asks as she suddenly felt a new heat source. Turning her head she sees Agni against her.

Luna smiles sadly. "At least he do can a lot more than I can."

Twilight picks up Agni and holds him close as he heats her up. "Thanks Agni and no Luna. You can do the same thing as him. Just wrap your wings around me for a start."

Luna nods and sits down beside her and wraps her wings around Twilight. "I hope that I do well here." Agni boops Luna's nose with his nose making her giggle. "He can sure make others cheer up." She said smiling and wrapping her wings a little tighter around them.

"Agni is good like that." Twilight says as Agni cheers.

Luna giggles. "What was another time?"

"I was mad at Rainbow one time for Lightning hiding secrets. After she left and we played he led me to her and we made up, but only a little." Twilight said leaning into Luna.

"And why did he have secrets?" Luna asks.

Twilight gains a pained look. "To protect us and I wanted to know. I was so stupid back then."

Luna nuzzles her on the head. "No, you are not Twilight. You just wanted others safe, but you couldn't do that without knowing what was going on."

"Yeah, but I feel sad he felt he should bear the burden alone." Twilight says.

Luna sighs. "Yes, most soldiers and fighters know the consequences of war and doesn't want others to have them. They think it would be too much especially for us. We haven't had war in a long time."

"He was right in a sense. If it wasn't for him, my brother would have probably have lead the royal guards on a charge against the Legion." Twilight says embarrassed.

Luna smiles. "Yes he would have. But like his smart and cute sister he knows when to stop and listen."

"Before or after most of the guards were slaughtered?" Twilight asks.

Luna looks to her sadly. "When he realized what he was facing and by then it would be too late. Get that thought of him going to Death out of your head. It's not good for you."

"And he is the co-ruler of a kingdom?" Twilight asks.

Luna blushes. "Cadance fell in love with him. He fell back. Nothing could stop that. The kingdom was an after bonus that none of us knew would come."

"That reminds me of a question Lightning asked me. Why did they change the name from Crystal Empire to Crystal Kingdom and why are Cadance and Shining Armor, Princess and Prince instead of Queen and King like they are supposed to be?" Twilight asks.

Luna sighs. "Tradition from us. We have been princesses since the start, didn't bother to change it."

"Well it makes sense because you share power. If Celestia took the title queen it would mean she has all the power and you are only her little sister." Twilight says.

Luna nods. "She needed help too in politics and I can handle numbers better than her. So we shared the load and rule together since we took over. But enough about that, how about you?"

"You mean the whole fact that you and Lightning and most likely will be followed by his faction in the nobility which grew incredibly powerful and large during the war, putting me forth as the candidate for the next ruler of Equestria?" Twilight asks irritated.

Luna steadily moves a strand of hair from Twilight's face. "I'm sorry Twilight. I truly am, but circumstances have forced us to do this."

"You mean what he said was correct, without Harmony's power you are aging again?" Twilight asks surprised.

Luna tears up as the thought hits her. "Twilight we have been on hers and Chaos's power for a long time to keep this nation afloat and to prevent another tragic outcome from happening. That also meant we were immortal to deal with it, but now without their power we can't do what we have been before and our images have been ruined over recent events. So we can't rule much longer if we wanted to. So yes, we are mortal again. No, that is all we have ever been, it was pride and arrogance that made us think otherwise." She finished as she cries now.

Twilight looks at Luna as she cries freely. "Luna." Luna looks to the mare through her blurred vision as she soon feels something wrap around her midsection. "I'm sorry that all happened to you."

"No Twilight, don't be. Those events have brought me great wisdom and to tell the truth, now that I no longer have either spirit's power running through me. I feel free or liberated in a sense." Luna says leaning into Twilight.

Twilight smiles. "I'm glad." She looks to Luna as the tears stop. "Immortal is forever, forever is pain, but from pain grows wisdom." She quoted.

"Oh Twilight, I didn't know you studied plays." Luna says smiling.

Twilight blushes. "I read books, I was going to end up on it eventually. Plus it was for an assignment back in school when I read that quote."

Luna giggles and nuzzles her on the nose. "Silly filly."

Twilight smiles as she teased her. "I think I'm starting to like this."

"Oh, does that mean…?" Luna is cut off.

"One step at a time Luna." Twilight says smirking.

Luna smiles. "Wasn't a no and doesn't like you are going to give it up." She said in a sing song voice.

Twilight hits her lightly on the chest. "Watch it or I may stop now." She teased.

Luna laughs as Twilight joins as well with Agni laughing with chirps a little later.

"Okay, so that little feather is the most sensitive thing on you?" Vinyl asks as they sat down on the couch waiting for Octavia.

"Damn it, Lightning." Nikolai says under his breath.

Vinyl grins. "You sure it's the most sensitive thing because I can think of another spot?"

"That brings me down in a bought of pure pleasure and ease. I mean seriously, that special ability I got it from is incredibly handy and useful, but that…shutting up now." Nikolai says.

Vinyl giggles. "You want to know mine since I know yours?"

"Wait, you're not curious about that little rant?" Nikolai asks.

Vinyl shrugs. "Of course I am, it's only fair first to exchange something like this. So do you want to know or not?"

"Ok, I would be lying if I said I wasn't interested." Nikolai says.

Vinyl grins. "Touch me here." She said pointing to her shoulder. "Either one would do."

"Ok." Nikolai says poking the right shoulder.

Vinyl fell into a spasm as she landed on Nikolai's lap. "Now you see why I like it when you hold me down. That's a great spot to do it." She said in ecstasy.

"Oh, this is going to be an interesting and great relationship." Nikolai says leaning down.

Vinyl watches as he comes near her. "Wait, what are you...?" Nikolai captured her lips in a kiss quieting her. Vinyl moans as he became a little rough, pushing harder against her. She pushes him off to catch her breath. "What the heck man? Just because I like it rough doesn't mean all the time."

"Oh, I thought you wanted me take a more active role in our relationship now that the war is over." Nikolai says.

Vinyl smiles. "I do, it's just that...well...let's ease into this. I was worried it would be a onetime thing with you out there in the war so I made it the best in a shortest amount of time we had."

"Ok, I'm fine with taking it slow. After all you're worth it." Nikolai says.

Vinyl grins. "Good and you know it. Now about that rant?"

"Ah...ha...ha...oh look it's time to make dinner." Nikolai says getting up.

Vinyl knocks him back onto the couch with a hit the muzzle. "Don't even move from there stallion. Rant time, explain." She said glaring at him.

"Ah...ha...ha...I think it is better to show you why I'm called Steel Wing Nikolai." Nikolai says as he extends his wing and reveals what looks like an illusion spell dissipates, revealing Nikolai's wings are metal instead of feathers.

Vinyl looks to the metal wings in awe. "So are you a pegasus?" She asks as the feathers click against one another.

"Yes, as you know eastern magic is a little different from your western magic. There are ponies like Lightning who have incredible power over elements as well as other forms of magic, but a greater majority's magic manifests in different ways, a lot of the time physically. Mine manifested later in my life as these wings." Nikolai explains.

Vinyl moves her hoof across the warm metal bone. "So is everything underneath it wires and stuff?"

"No, completely organic under there. They are not cybernetic prosthesis implants like in your sci-fi stories." Nikolai says.

Vinyl whistles as she moves her hoof down to his back. "Just like that pony in one comic where he gets in a terrible terrorist attack and loses almost everything. Doctors got him back together as a cybernetic like trooper. Everything about him was cybernetic, but partly organic in some." She stops as she reaches the connecting joint. "Does it hurt?"

"No, it's like poking my shoulder." Nikolai says.

Vinyl blushes. "So is there anywhere else?"

"Only my wings were affected by the magic. Vinyl you want to see their cutting power don't you?" Nikolai asks as Vinyl started to get an evil grin.

"Yes please." Vinyl said excitedly sitting a little ways away from him.

Nikolai sighs. "Ok, we need more fire wood cut anyways so just bring in a few logs." Nikolai says.

Vinyl hurried out the door and quickly came back with a few logs in her magic. "Five woods. Go nuts."

"Please set the first one up." Nikolai says.

Vinyl places the first one upright in the middle of the room. "Okay, show me what you can do." She said sitting down a little ways away.

Nikolai swings his left wing at it and returns it to its previous position. "Done." Nikolai says.

"You didn't do anything." Vinyl says.

"Why don't you try picking it up with your hooves from the top." Nikolai suggests.

Vinyl raises an eyebrow and picks up the log only for the cut portion to stay on the ground. "What?"

"A perfect 180 degree horizon cut. You pick up such precision maybe not to that degree, but you pick up the precision as a Stalliongrad hunter or you die." Nikolai says.

Vinyl whistles. "Dang, didn't know it was that bad."

"Yeah, three out of five recruits usually get eaten in the first month." Nikolai says.

Vinyl cringes. "Ouch."

"Now for the rest." Nikolai says using his wings to cut the firewood.

Vinyl watches as she places the wood only for it to be cut in a second. "Dang. How long have you had this?"

"Years now. When I first got them I almost had to relearn how to fly and do some major strength and stamina training because they are much heavier than normal wings." Nikolai says.

Vinyl looks to his back. "What about the connecting joint?"

"They remained the same for some reason or maybe increased in strength. I am unsure because the joint is also covered in metal although a little more flexible." Nikolai says.

Vinyl looks to him before hitting his back hard, making him stumble a bit. "Must be really tough."

"Actually you get used to it. The biggest pain is that the illusion spell I had on them. It doesn't match the length of my wings so it was a big pain not touching anything with them accidentally or somepony walking or flying into them." Nikolai says.

Vinyl looks to the tip of the wings. "Is that a claw?"

"No. just an edge." Nikolai says folding the wings back into place.

Vinyl then gains a smirk. "So the feather...?" She asks.

"I think it has a concentration of nerves that send a pleasure signal to my brain." Nikolai says walking into the kitchen.

Vinyl follows him after placing the wood away. "Have anypony else touched it?"

"Besides doctors?" Nikolai asks.

Vinyl nods. "Lightning had to know somehow."

"I suddenly collapsed one day after something hit that feather so they rushed me to medics and they examined me." Nikolai says opening a shelf.

Vinyl pulls out a bottle of juice from the fridge. "And then what about others touching it?"

"I usually threatened to slice them to bits with these wings of mine." Nikolai says extending a wing to her with two cups on it.

Vinyl takes the cups and fills them. "So you didn't have a chance to be with anypony?"

"Not really, besides it all worked out. I got to meet you." Nikolai says as he folds his wing again.

Vinyl smiles as she gives him a cup. "Yeah you did. When can you hope to really settle down?"

"Ah, that is a good question, but Vinyl can you seriously tell me you feel you can settle down at this point?" Nikolai says taking a drink.

Vinyl takes a sip. "No, not with another impending attack on us. Two questions though, will you head back to finish them and what about the spirit?"

"How did you hear about the spirit?" Nikolai asks.

Vinyl shrugs. "You be surprised how much those guards talk after one drink."

"Vinyl do me a favor and repeat after me. Ack ta no ba so da ha." Nikolai says.

Vinyl gets confused until she realizes what he meant. "Dude, I read comic books, you are not wiping my mind."

"That isn't a memory spell Vinyl. Just please repeat the words." Nikolai says.

Vinyl sighs. "Ummm...ack ta no ba so da ha. Now what?"

"Ok, you're not possessed or being manipulated with a spell." Nikolai says with a sigh as the windows slam shut making Vinyl jumps. "Oh don't worry about that. That sentence banished all of the spirits and spells in the house for a while." Nikolai says.

Vinyl then becomes shocked. "Spells?! Dude, some of my equipment runs on it and it was expensive to get them like that! Like almost ten grand of bits, each!"

"It is only temporary. You can easily restart the stuff in a few hours. Besides we are dealing with a Shadow spirit here. Do you want there to be a chance it is in here?" Nikolai asks.

Vinyl hits in the neck. "Don't scare me like that. And you could have told me."

"The language is pretty much dead even to spirits and if the spirit knew would he have allowed you to say that? Especially since the spell only works with unicorns." Nikolai explains.

Vinyl sighs and walks away, after Vinyl places the cup down. "Just don't treat me like something else."

"Now why would I do that, you are my mare." Nikolai says walking up and massaging her shoulders.

Vinyl stiffens as she feels the hooves moving around. "Don't...don't...oh boy. Bastard." She moans out.

"You are really tense up here. Let me fix that." Nikolai says.

Vinyl moans a little louder as she feels him massaging harder. "You are a bastard." She moans to him.

"But I'm yours, now let's go to the couch so you can lay down while I massage you." Nikolai says.

Vinyl complies as they slowly moves to the couch and lays down. "Why are you doing this?" Vinyl asks.

"Because I want to do something for my mare. Now the shadow spirit it's still out there because it still has a part to play. In other words Spirit world politics, but it is very much weakened and can't do any of the things it did for a while and we kinda destroyed the rest of the castle of the two pony sisters as well after we took everything of value so it couldn't use the location again as its lair." Nikolai says.

Vinyl sighs as he hits that spot. "You mean it doesn't exist anymore?" She asks breathlessly.

"Yeah we demolished it. Good practice for our siege equipment though" Nikolai says laughing a bit.

Vinyl laughs once before yelping. "Watch it."

"Sorry." Nikolai says.

Vinyl feels the pressure being lifted up from her back. "What...?"

"You feel better?" Nikolai asks.

Vinyl gets up and moves her shoulder around. "Better, where did you learn that?"

"Me mum taught me that." Nikolai says.

Vinyl smiles. "I think Octavia is a little late, why don't we hit the hay. I'm beat."

"Sounds goo..." Nikolai was cut off by incredibly loud music from outside.

Vinyl frowns. "Now what?" She said going to the window.

Nikolai looks out the door and sees a lot of lights and maybe a huge bonfire as it looks like a huge party was going on. "Was there a party planned for tonight?" Nikolai asks with a slightly raised voice.

Vinyl huffs. "I don't know, all I know is that I won't be able to sleep."

"Don't you know any sound proof spells?" Nikolai asks.

Vinyl groans. "Too much magic now and so little for every part of the house."

"Then which room would you prefer, mine or yours?" Nikolai asks.

Vinyl blushes. "Ummm...mine. It's...a little bigger than yours so..."

"You're such a bad girl." Nikolai says closing the window.

Vinyl gets even redder. "Shu...shut up." She said nervously as she turns away and rubs her foreleg with another to ease her nervousness.

"Come on Vinyl, I will just hold you tonight." Nikolai says.

Vinyl looks to him before looking away for a bit. She then heads for her room, all the while not looking back at him.

Nikolai walks into her room with her and the door is locked behind them with a blue aura lighting up around the door frame.

Octavia and Apollo are enjoying looking up at the stars with an unopened bottle of wine in between them.

"So what do you think about this date?" Apollo asks.

"It was quite good surprisingly." Octavia says.

Apollo grins. "Even if I kept taking stuff?"

"I didn't see you take anything." Octavia says.

Apollo then smiles. "Still need to train you. Might want to read that list you have."

"Slow down big boy. Not till the fifth date." Octavia jokes.

Apollo chuckles and turns over to see her turn as well. He then sees something. "Are we on a hill overlooking the valley below?"

"And looking up at the stars above, it is really a romantic scene." Octavia says.

Apollo smiles. "Stay like that." He goes over to a nearby bag and searches through it.

"What is that?" Octavia asks moving slightly.

"Don't move." Apollo warns her. Octavia doesn't move. "Found it." He pulls out a sketchpad and a pencil.

"Oh, you going to draw me?" Octavia asks.

Apollo blushes. "Yeah, hope you don't mind. I just find good things to draw like what I saw when you turned over."

"Just don't draw me like one of your Prance mares." Octavia jokes.

Apollo chuckles. "I don't do that much Prance stuff."

"Oh and here I thought all spies were from Prance." Octavia jokes.

Apollo laughs as he starts drawing. "That's a misconception."

"Oh, so you all don't eat stinky cheese and have funny accents?" Octavia teases.

Apollo laughs out loud. "No, for one the cheese is for looks and the funny accents is just normal to them, but I'm not from Prance, just visited."

"I know just teasing you. Tell me how did you and Nikoloi meet?" Octavia asks.

Apollo chuckles as he draws the landscape. "Work on that name. Stole from him by the way."

"And you got away with it?" Octavia asks.

"Heck no! He hounded me for four days and nights before finally cornering me. We would have killed each other if Lightning didn't intervene. After that the three of us became good friends." Apollo says.

"I see." Octavia says.

Apollo smirks from behind his sketchpad as he drew out her lower body. He chuckles as he continued. "He had something I needed that sounded like it belong to my friend from long ago, but it was just a copy of it. So it was useless."

"It sounds it would have gone bad if not for your friend over a fake." Octavia says.

Apollo stops drawing. "She was already gone, either leaving me or dead. All I knew is I didn't see again."

"Did you love her?" Octavia asks.

Apollo shakes his head. "Yes, but she was more a daughter or a little sister. An outgoing, not listening daughter or sister."

"You miss her greatly don't you?" Octavia asks.

Apollo sighs and lowers the sketchpad. "Yes, at some times I do. But I got over her after a while." He starts drawing again.

"I see, so being a commander must be exciting." Octavia says trying to make small talk, but Apollo just stops.

"No." He lowers the pad to glare at her. "It's a living nightmare every day. Watching your own die under your command is not exciting, but a horror show in real life."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know." Octavia apologizes.

Apollo sighs and continues to draw. "It's okay. Now I'm almost done." He starts on the ground below her. Octavia stays quiet as he finished drawing. "Done." He shows her a complete pencil sketch of her laying down on the grass with the starry sky and mountains in the background. Yet, the most important thing he spent more time on her as it almost looks real.

"You're good." Octavia says impressed.

Apollo smiles. "Thanks."

"So can you hear that?" Octavia asks about the sounds they had been hearing for hours.

Apollo nods. "Yeah, it has been going on for a while." He looks over to the noise and sees a light coming from behind the buildings.

"I'm willing to bet Vinyl is there." Octavia says as they saw fireworks start to light up the sky.

Apollo chuckles. "I would bet."

"Think Nikolea is there as well?" Octavia asks.

Apollo shakes his head. "I doubt it."

"If Vinyl is there?" Octavia asks.

Apollo then smirks. "Then he is."

"Should we go check?" Octavia asks.

Apollo shakes his head. "Nah, either their good in their home or just going crazy. Besides do you have a knife?"

"No, I took four of yours." Octavia says.

Apollo smiles. "Can you give me one?"

"Here." Octavia said giving one back.

Apollo takes it and places it in his knife holder. "Why don't I walk you home now?"

"Oh, what a gentlecolt." Octavia says.

Apollo rips out the sketch and holds it out for her. "Take it. It's yours."

"Thanks." Octavia says taking it.

Apollo smiles and packs everything up. "Let's go, don't want to stay out late here."

"Why is that?" Octavia asks.

Apollo slings everything on his back. "The night brings many things."

"Like you?" Octavia asks.

Apollo grins. "I like the night when I go out and steal to keep up my skills."

"With all of this?" Octavia asks.

Apollo chuckles. "Just some stuff that looks fun to take."

"Come on lets go, shall we." Octavia says getting up. Apollo nods and follows her into the streets. "You think somepony will mug us based on that stuff on your back?" She asks.

"Oh, don't worry about that." Apollo says pointing to the guards running around everywhere.

Octavia looks as well. "Guess so." She then looks down an alleyway with Apollo. "Although they find a way, always. Build a better mousetrap and the mice will find a better way to find a way through it."

"Indeed. Now you know what to do." A voice said behind them.

"You seriously want to...wait I know that voice." Apollo says turning around with a knife in hoof. He turns to see a brown earth stallion with a purple mane and tail with two mares behind him. "Lightning, what are you doing?"

"Who's Lightning? I'm Grey Field." Lightning says.

Apollo grins. "You forget to change the tone of your voice."

Lightning moves his throat. "Better?" Lightning ask a voice a little deeper.

Apollo nods. "Better. Nice disguise by the way, but what are you doing?"

"Having fun." Seeku says doing her unique snicker.

Apollo smiles. "By breaking laws. I thought you three would have had fun in the bed."

"We didn't plan it, but has gone completely out of control and the guards don't know what they are doing at this point." Rainbow says with a huge smile.

Apollo looks to them with a grin. "So like my life back in the day?"

"Oh no, not yet at least. Half the town isn't on fire yet." Lightning says.

Apollo burst out laughing. "Oh, touché sir, touché." Apollo manages to say.

Lightning smiles. "Well we didn't know it was you, it was too dark. And we just said fuck it, let's mug them and have fun. We got out of tighter situations before."

Apollo nods. "Yeah, you did. Now get out of here before somepony can alibi us talking together and I don't want her to get into trouble."

"Ok, see you tomorrow." Lightning says leaving with the two mares.

"I'm happy to see him smiling again. He hasn't really smiled since the war started." Apollo says.

Octavia looks to them as they leave. "Well let's hope they have the time of their lives."

"Oh, knowing Seeku they will. I was dragged on a few outings." Apollo says.

Octavia shakes her head. "I feel you. Now let's go home."

"Yes my lady." Apollo says bowing and leading the way.

Octavia giggles. "How about instead of leading me to my home, how about your home or is it in an attic?"

"Oh, ho, ho, very funny." Apollo says deadpan.

Octavia smiles. "Never mind, let's get to my home and have some fun. I'm sure that Vinyl is doing the same to Nikolet."

"What kind of fun do you want, because I still have the wine?" Apollo asks.

Octavia shakes her head and walks again with Apollo following. "No wine, just a little sleep with each other. Nothing much."

"Oh, you're so forward." Apollo teases.

Octavia scoffs. "I just want somepony to be with me that isn't trying to molest me."

"Ok, ok, just teasing. Ok, let's go." Apollo says.

Octavia smiles. "Well don't wait up."

Apollo chuckles and catches up.

Chaos and Harmony both played some poker with Fulgur and Death in their white spirit world. "You think we should have told them about the dark spirit?" Chaos asks as she looks to Harmony to see a twitch.

Death moves a card over with his boney hoof. "Not really, they would have to figure it out."

Fulgur huffs...as best as he could with himself as an eye. "Well, at least Lightning will be there to help."

"If not, what is in the box the harmony six should have taken care of?" Chaos says, her card floating in front of her.

Harmony shrugs and pecks a card and moves it over. "Spoiler, it's supposed to be their castle, but I can change it since Twilight Sparkle will become queen of Equestria for the good of the kingdom."

Fulgur looks to her with a raised eyebrow look. "Castle? For them? Are you kidding and what are you going to change the box into?"

Harmony looks to him. "Yes, a crystal castle since they became interested in crystal after Sombra and what I'm changing the box into is yet to be seen."

Death sighs. "You really are a child aren't you?"

"Hah, she's a brat." Chaos huffs. "She's been trouble since we gave those princesses part of our power."

Fulgur turns to them. "What do you mean, give the power? You did it because everything went out of control."

They both looked sheepish as they cover their cards. "Well they were out of control too. The dark spirit was corrupting little Luna."

Death leans on a boney hoof. "So you sent your Discord to evaluate the problem? You do realize that it just increased little Luna's dark side. You made things worse."

Chaos looks annoyed. "Hey, I wanted to know how it was out there. I didn't know it would make things worse."

Fulgur sighs. "You really push the timetable. Did you know what you thinking before this?"

Chaos turns away. "No, because I was worried. I didn't want to lose this world."

"So what about Celestia, I can sense a dark feeling growing in her. Is she in danger of becoming the second dark mare?" Death asks.

Both Harmony and Chaos looks to each other and then back to them. "That remains to be seen. She is on the tipping edge and I fear for her and her friends and family." Harmony said sadly.

Fulgur looks to Death. "Has Minerva said anything?"

"No, she is silent on this matter. What about your warrior Belcross, he is Lightning's partner, does he have any insight?" Death asks.

Fulgur closes his eye and makes a sighing sound. "Not any more than we do. Have any information been heard on this matter from your recent souls?"

"None are particularly talkative besides the usual things. Although I still find it humorous when I inform Equestrians that Celestia isn't a goddess." Death says.

Everyone at the table chuckles. "Does anyone here have an idea who Twilight will chose as her first mate in her harem?" Chaos asks trying to steer the topic and peek at a card.

"I don't have any interest in mortals reproducing." Fulgur says giving Chaos a little jolt.

Chaos yelps as the shock hits her. "Fine, I'll stop peeking." She materialized a mirror behind Death and Fulgur trying to not be seen.

They both sighs and send a destructive spell at the mirror. "We have eyes around us, don't bother." Death said placing his cards down showing a flush as the last one on the table finished flipping.

Fulgur sighs. "Don't pull anything in that world without our supervision and help. You would need it." He flips his cards and shows a three of kind.

Chaos nods. "You got it, but that doesn't mean I'll send my little Dissy after it." She reveals her cards as a straight.

"Bingo." Harmony says showing a royal flush.

"Wrong game Harmony." Chaos says.

Harmony looks to her cards. "So did I win?" All other spirits push the chips towards her. "Cool. Now what?"

Fulgur produces a magic cloud showing an image into Lightning's end. "Let's not look there and wait till tomorrow. For now, we wait." He said dissipating the cloud.

Chaos sighs as she drinks her chocolate milk. "Let's hope this ends in what's considered the right way."

Harmony looks to her. "Since when is something considered right? They are all something other than good or bad."

Chaos shrugs. "Wanted to end this scene on something ominous." The rest just looks to her weird while she just grins.

Lightning and friends went to someplace else after their meet up with Apollo. After that they slipped passed some guards and back to the castle. It was a glorious night that neither of the three would forget. "Ok, that was great." Lightning says getting the crystals.

Seeku giggles. "Yes it was, especially that party."

"You still feeling a little buzzed from the cider Rainbow?" Lightning ask activating the crystals.

Rainbow nods. "What happened after the first few minutes? I was buzzed out."

"Good thing it was the second half of later the night." Lightning says as the grey aura engulfed them.

Rainbow frowns. "What happened?"

"A lot, but don't worry, Lightning didn't let you go too crazy." Seeku says as the auras fade and they are back to normal.

Rainbow sighs in relief. "That's good. Now what did you want?"

"First you might want to take off the dancer's outfit." Seeku snickers.

Rainbow looks down at herself and rips off the revealing outfit. "Now what is it?"

Seeku smiles. "Even though it was a good night, I still want to spend time as us, here."

"I'm fine with that, Rainbow?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow sighs. "What exactly are we doing?"

Seeku grins. "By my perverted grin it should tell you something."

"Not too perverted please." Rainbow requests.

Seeku soon calms down. "Rainbow, I have been lusting after your husband ever since I met him. Now would you at least allow me to be with him for the night? It's only this one night."

"You really want him to get you pregnant when you are going after another stallion?" Rainbow asks.

Seeku shakes her head. "No, not pregnant, just time together. Besides, who knows what that other stallion will do?"

Rainbow looks to Lightning, unsure what to do. "Very well Seeku." Rainbow says after thinking it over.

Seeku smiles. "It's alright, I'll treat him well. You can join if you want."

"I don't trust you alone with him, so yeah, I'm joining." Rainbow says.

Seeku turns to Lightning. "Shall we?"

"I feel like I'm getting no sleep tonight." Lightning says getting red in the face.

Seeku giggles. "Don't worry, you'll be sleeping plenty after this."

"Who says that?" Rainbow asks nudging Seeku.

Seeku looks to Rainbow with a perverted grin. "Oh, you want him to do it to you too?"

Rainbow blushes. "Not to get pregnant again, but yeah."

"Ohhhh, have a horrible feeling about this." Lightning says worried for his life and later soreness.

Both mares look to him grinning. "We know."

Sex scene time. Scroll down to the next bolded line if you want to skip.

Lightning went to lock to door while Rainbow went to the bathroom to prepare for another wild night, in another form. Seeku looks to Lightning as he places an extra lock to make sure it's secure. "How do you want to start?" She asks almost shivering.

Lightning sighs and retightens the lock to make sure. "Well, what do you want to go as?"

Seeku smiles sweetly. "Myself. Just me in my changeling form. I don't want it to be any different."

Lightning chuckles. "There were times when you wanted to do this in funny forms. Not yourself at all. Now that I think about it, you really got what you wanted from our time in the office, didn't you?"

Seeku giggles. "Yes I did. Now get that handsome piece of meat over here."

Lightning shakes his head and goes over to the bed. "You two better not give me a stroke, heart attack, or broken bones or a certain muscle."

Seeku laughs as the thought hits her. "No promises, but we'll make it the best event you would ever have."

"She's right." Rainbow finally exits the bathroom and heads over to the bed to them. "Even though I would hate it because I'm giving permission for another female to be with you, I would at least try to make it worth it because she's family and friend."

Lightning smiles. "I didn't know you would be accepting for this."

Rainbow frowns. "I may not, but at least it would end this whole thing."

They nod at her. "Yes, but at least it's easier on our minds."

Rainbow gets up on the bed. "So let's begin. Seeku you can go first since this is important for you and I'm inclined to agree."

Lightning looks to Seeku. "So what do you want to start with?"

Seeku smiles gently and moves next to him. "How about this?" She then kisses him gently as she moves a hoof to his chest.

Lightning moans as her fangs grinds against his lips, almost cutting it. He then feels her hoof rubbing him roughly making a makeshift massage. After a while she pulls away and breaths out. "That was amazing. More so than I ever felt in the past."

Lightning chuckles as he holds her hoof. "It will get better if you want it."

Seeku smiles as she places a hoof over his. "I'd like that."

Lightning quickly pushes her onto the bed and goes over her. "Well then let's begin." He then kisses her on the lips making her moan as she feels his rough lips pushing onto her hard. He then slowly moves downward reaching her neck. The hard shell on her makes her feels almost nothing, but she still feels her small amounts of nerves firing at the feeling of him kissing hard, knowing that it would be hard to feel.

She feels appreciated that he would try to make things feel good for her. "Lightning." She moans out.

Lightning then stops and heads down to her pussy and sees how it looks different. "Always wondered." He said to himself. He then dives in and starts licking around the area making Seeku moan even louder.

Seeku closes her eyes as she feels Lightning licking her lips and almost going in. She opens her eyes to see Rainbow smiling above her. "Hope you like it." Rainbow said. Seeku nods as she can't say anything and moans again as Lightning hits a good spot.

Lightning pulls away and licks his lips before latching on and pushing his tongue into her. Seeku moans louder as she feels Lightning pushing hard and going everywhere. She hisses her changeling hiss as he begins sucking her, sending her juices everywhere on his face. Seeku slowly wraps her hind legs around him to keep him there as she slowly bucks upward into him.

Lightning inwardly smirks and sucks hard while running his tongue deeper and even biting her outer lips. Seeku is at this point gone feral with her changeling nature and resorted to hisses, screeches and clicks. Lightning soon feels the juices starting to flow faster so he redoubled his efforts and bites down hard on her lips. Seeku screeches so loud that they swear that the ponies outside can hear it and sends a torrent of cum onto Lightning, making him drink in an effort not to drown.

Seeku breathes heavily as unwraps her legs from Lightning and rests. While Lightning kept licking his lips and crawls right next to her. "How was it?" He asks after kissing her on the corner of her lips.

"Amazing." Seeku breaths out.

Lightning smiles. "I'm glad, want to continue to the main course?" Seeku nods and tries to get up. "Rainbow, help her and let her get on top of you. Besides, you're already wet from the show."

Rainbow blushes and sticks her tongue out at her before helping the weak Seeku onto her. "Just relax and we'll walk away from this satisfied."

Seeku nods as she rested her head next to her. She soon feels a warm long flesh run against her ass cheeks and still going. 'That's how long he was?' She then feels the long flesh pull back and poke at her pussy.

"Ready?" Lightning asks almost pushing the tip in.

Seeku breaths in carefully. "Just let me do this." Her horn lights up and Lightning's dick gets covered in a green glow before fading. "Now you can't get us pregnant for the whole night. Now have your way with me."

Lightning smirks and places his hooves on her hips. "One..." He pauses in hard, as Seeku screams in pain. "Sorry, but it would have been worse if I waited till three."

Seeku nods against Rainbow's shoulder as tears of pain rain down her face. Rainbow kisses the tears away as they waited for her to get use to the pain. After a while Seeku breaths out deeply and moves back a little. Lightning smiles as he starts moving in a little before heading back out again. He keeps doing this, going deeper and deeper until he hits a wall he knows is either pleasurable or painful.

Seeku moans as every thrust he gave gives her a good feeling she can get used to. His long and hard tool, the veins running along her wall as they throb. It wasn't until that he starts hitting her cervix that she notices something. She can still feel more outside. She looks to Rainbow as Lightning kept battering away at the wall making her yelp each time it keeps going deeper.

Rainbow kisses her as she feels the feeling of Lightning's dick run into Seeku along her own stomach, with their juices running onto her pussy. She moans as she feels the heat of both of them in many ways.

Seeku suddenly screams in pleasure as Lightning fully fell in all the way and made a wet slapping sound as he becomes flush against her. He soon keeps hitting her in short thrust, making Rainbow moan as she felt his dick poke at her own stomach from Seeku's womb.

Seeku just keeps moaning at different levels as Lightning didn't stop pounding her, making wet slapping sounds every time he hits the end.

"Faster. Harder!" Seeku moans out.

Lightning complies and starts giving everything he had and pounding so hard that she became swollen and red. She grits her teeth as she feels something coming and she wanted it. She looks to Rainbow before biting her neck making Rainbow scream out in pleasure as Seeku bit down hard. Lightning pulls Seeku off of her and presses her against his chest. Seeku leans her head back before biting into Lightning's neck making him give the final hard thrust.

Seeku moans loudly through the bite as Lightning filled her and her cum mixed with his. After a while Lightning kept filling her up and had calm down enough to give a few thrust now and again to keep her high.

Seeku moans as she holds Lightning's hoof as he held her. She feels her stomach start to give way and peeks an eye open to see her womb expanding past the bump that showed outward from her flesh. After a while Lightning tapered off and pulls out after Seeku let's go of him.

Pulling back he can see his still hard dick pulling some cum out with it and landing on Rainbow. He soon plunges into Rainbow making her become wide awake and start moaning like crazy. Lightning gave no break as he holds into her hips and started to pound away like a mad stallion.

Seeku licks her lips as she looks down to the euphoric high mare and kisses her. Rainbow kissed back, not knowing what to think at this point. Seeku smiles inwardly as Lightning hit his limit and feels the large dick poking at her swollen belly through Rainbow. Lightning groans and soon starts to cum as he was still sensitive from the last session and fills up Rainbow.

Seeku's grin widen and pulls the moaning Rainbow away from Lightning and brings his cock up to their face as he still cums, making a huge mess on them. Seeku grabs the cock and points it to Rainbow who starts to suck on it like foal would to a mother. Seeku then pulls Rainbow back before taking it herself and starts to swallow his cum that refused to stop. After a while she pulls back and pranch kiss Rainbow making an even more of a mess as Lightning kept cumming all over them.

After a minute Lightning finally stops and lies down on the pillows. Seeku and Rainbow joins him a few seconds later still covered in his cum.

"That was amazing. I didn't know that you got that big or came that much." Seeku said as licks some of the remaining cum on her lips.

Rainbow licks at some on hers, left behind by her kiss with Seeku. "Didn't know she had a fetish for this."

Seeku giggles. "Well now you do. And I love the cum, so much in fact."

Lightning sighs. "Well, you either can go wash up or stay in the same mess. All I know is I gotta rest because that four hour session tired me out."

Seeku licks at where she left the mark on him. "I'll stay, too tired to move."

Rainbow rubs at hers. "Same here, way too tired."

Lightning shrugs. "Have it your way. Now did you have the best night ever Seeku?"

Seeku nods as she continues locking away the mess. "The best ever and I don't think my future mate will top it."

Lightning smiles sadly. "Good, I'm glad you were able to enjoy it. Let's get some rest and wash up in the morning." They all soon close their eyes from exhaustion. "Is the spell on me over?"

Seeku smiles. "Yes and everything you already spilled out won't get us pregnant."

Rainbow breaths out a sigh of relief. "Good. Good night you two."

"Night." Lightning said wrapping a wing around her.

"Goodnight." Seeku said as Lightning wraps a wing around her. 'Please don't let it be the one.' She thought with dread.

Scene over.

Author's Notes:

Well that's that, now we may work on another fic so updates will be slow. Watch out for us.

Flair: Maybe a few days slower, but I say this is still our main fic right now.

Now anything else we need to deal with?

Flair: No I don't think so… *cut off by a ping* Hold on I got an email from Pinkie Pie.

And it says?

Flair: Ok, Dear authors, I am writing on the behalf of Vinyl and Octavia. *looks to Primus* I have a bad feeling about this.

*Looking over armory list.* Let's see, what do I have.

Flair: Now that the war is over you no longer have an excuse for delaying the next chapter of the new legend. So you better get to work on that. *looks to Primus*

What does she mean by that? *Looks back to list.* I think my swords are somewhere on this.

Flair: If not I have been paid to bring many angry ponies to your location. I was paid in sugar.

*Looks shocked.* Why? We need to plan the other story and need time.

Flair: I think we need to build a fortress just in case.

I have some characters on ice from a long time ago that help. And they will since one of them is me. Also which legend is she talking about? The Vinyl Scratch or this one?

Flair: Well since it was on behalf of Vinyl and Octavia I believe it is the Vinyl Scratch. Oh wait there is a P.S.

What does it say? *Going to computer for iced characters.*

Flair: To all the reader please post question in the next Vinyl Scratch for the hosts to answer. Every question I get a dozen cupcakes as part of my new contract. *Looks up at Primus* Did she slip that in when we revised her contract?

We did a contract?

Flair: Wait, you didn't then how come we have a contract with her in the archives?

*Looks through the archives.* Must have been working or asleep. Found it. *Looks it over.* Dear god, what did you agree to.

Flair: I thought you handled that I never dealt in the legal part.

No, I always make sure it's fair and…Pinkie Pie. She slipped in the contract on us. I need to talk to her and redo it. Nothing happens without me knowing it.

Flair: We are being made fools out of. We better be on the lookout or she'll somehow get ownership.

*Smirks.* She'll never get us. Besides we would write her out forever plus I got characters that can handle her.

Flair: You sure, cause she scares me? Quite badly.

*Grins.* I have seen worse back then with my other characters. Oh here they are. *Seven characters appear as anthropomorphic creatures in the shadows.*

Flair: You heard the request everyone and everypony. Please send any questions you have for the three hosts of A New Legends: The Vinyl Scratch in the review section of A New Legends: The Vinyl Scratch chapter 2.

You better listen because it's even being hated on for a rip off...I think, just down voted because of a bad rip off. Let me tell you something. This is a parody and makes fun of both the story and show. Let us have fun with it.