*Laughs as he holds his sides* Best way to say I quit to your boss!

*Pinkie looks over* Pinkie: 'Go buck yourself'. Coco quits to her?

*Still laughing* Yeah, she said go fuck yourself to Suri and boy is this awesome after revealing what Suri did to Rarity. Especially giving her the coffee she wanted and I mean give it to her. I am still smiling and laughing here.

*Pinkie quickly looks over the chapter before laughing and clutching her sides as she fell on the ground* Pinkie: I wish she told us what happen and how she did it personally. That would have been better.

Probably be better if somepony was recording in the lobby for that moment. Anyway, we need Flair and he is busy with your other half.

Doesn't that technically make him married to me as well? *Pinkie starts thinking hard on that*

*Shrugs* Maybe, maybe not. However, you are a separated personality now with the both of you having your own bodies so I guess it is all right.

Well only in here, the moment we leave we combine back into one.

*Smiles* Then enjoy it. Who knows, you might enjoy it as well. If this keeps up then you need to plan your own wedding and party.

OMC, you are right. I have to invite the whole family and all my friends! *Pinkie rushes off*

*Chuckles* All right Flair, you can come out now.

*Flair comes out from behind the couch* Flair: Why do you do this? Does this amuse you or something?

No, I am just a good planner, besides now you got two ponies with you.

Flair: I kind of think Pinkie is the alternate personality and Pinkiemenia is the original.

I am sure of that, but come on. You started this, so you got two instead of one.

Flair: That sounded wrong for some reason.

Maybe, but hey, you got your favorite pony and her other half is also there to help.

Flair: You going to keep this up or are we going to write?

Let us go.

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"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

It had been nearly a week since the incident and news had spread fast that the cult assaulted the palace to try and foalnap some unlucky victim and the massacre of members of the cult as they were doing a ritual. Eclipse was said to be so enraged by this that it was now why the cult had a bounty for every member of it.

"So how much is this head here?" Apollo asks the guard as he stood over a struggling roped pony.

"Is he a member of the cult?" The administrator asks.

Apollo nods and pulls a sleeve down on the pony to reveal a tattoo. "They really like a bit of branding once they're in."

"Collect your hundred gold." The administrator says.

Apollo smiles and walks away with the bag of gold as he headed back to the palace. "It's so nice now. I wonder how Lightning and the others are holding up." Apollo asks as he sees Nikolai and Vinyl drags four more ponies to the administrator.

Apollo smiles as he continues. "Now I just need to find my mare and I'm good. Make sure to check their tattoos." He calls out to them.

"You don't have to look far." Octavia's voice says.

Apollo chuckles as he looks behind him and sees her in her ravishing dress he promised to get her. "You look beautiful."

"Why thank you." Octavia says.

Apollo looks around. "How did you get out here?"

"Oh, I made Kite bring me." Octavia says.

Apollo smiles. "Let me guess, the only way to get her out here with somepony is to have something funny planned for her, what did you do?"

"I just told her if she did, I will tell her who has been raiding her secret sweet stash." Octavia says.

Apollo becomes worried. "Oh no, please don't."

"Why it was that sergeant that eyed me like a piece of meat." Octavia says.

Apollo growls and goes over to her before wrapping a hoof around her and pulling her away. "You're mine and mine alone." He whispered.

"No, you are mine. I just used Kite to get rid of unwanted attention." Octavia says.

Apollo huffs. "Then would you please…you know what." He pulls her into an alley and pushes her against the wall of the building where barely anypony can see them. "You're mine and I'm yours, but please don't risk much just for me."

"Don't worry; I was also accompanied by Nikolei and Vinyl. I'm not stupid." Octavia says stroking his cheek.

Apollo sighs and leans into her strokes. "Just don't leave me."

"Oh no, I won't and I will never let you go." Octavia says as she straddles him where nopony can see them.

Apollo grins. "Yeah, I can see that." He said looking down slightly.

"Shall we go to our room at the castle?" Octavia asks.

Apollo chuckles. "Palace and yes." He said moving away and walking off with Octavia following him and subtly wrapping her tail around his.

Lightning laughs as two balls of fluff assaulted him as they move around him. "Come on guys, I give, I give." He pleaded as Typhoon and Talion let up, but were still hopping on his back.

Rainbow smiles as she watches them as Midnight joins in. "At least we're a big family again." She said.

Midnight looks over to Scootaloo who was still in bed. "Is she going to be alright?"

"She is just tired and has a headache." Rainbow says rubbing Scootaloo's mane.

Scootaloo moans. "Mom, can you stop that? It really hurts."

"Ok, you just rest." Rainbow says.

Lightning pulls the cover around her more. "Yeah princess, just sleep and you'll be fine."

Scootaloo moans as she adjusted the covers. "Dad, how much longer?"

"Soon the medicine will take effect." Lightning says.

Scootaloo looks to him slightly. "You know that's not what I meant. How much longer am I grounded?"

"Three more days." Lightning says.

Scootaloo rolls back around. "Doesn't matter, I'm stuck in here for a long time."

"Considering what you did, it wouldn't be inconceivable to ground you for a month." Rainbow says.

Scootaloo looks to her confused. "Another month is added?"

"No, that was going to be your original punishment." Rainbow says.

Scootaloo still looks confused as she moans and holds her head. "So there's another month added?"

"No sweetie, there isn't." Rainbow says.

Scootaloo moans and lays down and pulls the cover almost over her head. "Tiyries how is he?"

"Still under guard." Lightning says.

"Is he still sleeping?" She asks.

"No, but he is weak. Has mostly been letting us take care of him." Lightning says.

Scootaloo nods. "Yeah, he would do that. He'll be alright, right?"

"Yeah, it was just a tranquilizer." Lightning says.

Scootaloo sighs. "Okay, thanks dad."

"Starting to feel better now?" Lightning asks as Midnight is on his head.

Scootaloo does not move. "If he's fine, I'm good."

"I meant your headache." Lightning says.

Scootaloo groans. "Not really."

"Ok, let's go and give your sister some peace and quiet." Lightning says walking out with Midnight, Talion, and Typhoon.

Rainbow smiles and kisses her head. "We'll see you later tonight." She said getting up and leaving.

"Thanks." Scootaloo says.

Rainbow nods. "Anything for our daughter." She said closing the door.

Later that night when the palace had quieted down there was a commotion at the gates. Lightning gets out of bed and sighs. "Stay here, I will be back soon."

Lightning groans as he comes out of the main door and sees at least five ponies standing in front of the gate with the guards looking at them carefully. "What's going on?"

"I don't care what you say, hand over the Wyvern or you will hurt your relationships with the hunter's society!" A pony wearing a helm yells.

Lightning frowns. "Now that will not happen. This Wyvern is under protection under the guards and me. So don't even try."

"And who do you think you are!?" Another pony yells.

"I think I'm the one about to beat all of you down and throw you in the dungeons for disturbing the peace and drunken behavior." Lightning says looking to the guards.

One of them growls. "Listen, that Wyvern will soon be a menace to this city. We need to take care of it as soon as possible and may I remind you the broken up pathway that it crashed in on."

"What rank are you, five?" Lightning asks raising an eyebrow at their different armors.

They all look to each other a little confused. "Um…rank?" One asks.

"Huh, you don't know about ranks?" Lightning asks as he sees some of the guards catch that as well and start to move behind the five without them noticing.

The ponies kept looking at the palace. "Well…ah fuck it, just get it!" A pony said before teleporting to the top of the palace and teleporting away while the others either run, flew or teleported as well.

"Kill them." Lightning says as the guards started shooting arrows at those flying, killing them as the others used their pikes to stab or slice the ones who ran.

Lightning ran to the courtyard and then finds the two unicorn ponies looking at Scootaloo as she stands in front of Tiyries. "Get out of the way." One of them growls.

Scootaloo groans as she holds her head. "Look, I'm tired as fuck and have a headache the size of Tartarus. Just leave and we can forget about this."

"Um no, the Queen's knights are here." Lightning says as they hear a yell from above and sees Galleon coming down from above with a shield and a large halberd. One of the two puts up a barrier, but when Galleon's halberd makes contact it smashes the barrier and splits the unicorn in half with no momentum lost.

The last one backs up past Scootaloo as she just blankly stares. "Told you, give up."

Before he could reply Galleon sweeps his halberd near him, sending him flying to Ferid who effortlessly split him in half with his sword, sending both sides slamming against the wall behind him.

Scootaloo yawns and goes to Tiyries before she smiles and kisses his cheek. "Goodnight Tiyries." She then walks back inside. "Night dad."

"Captain, where are the intruders?" Alenia asks running up to him.

"Two are here dead, I can't say where the others are though." Ferid says.

"The other three that tried to force their way through the front gate have already been slain by the guards, but that might have been a distraction." Lightning says.

Ferid sighs. "Well, let's pick up the body parts and be on watch now. That was too easy and small."

"Ferid, with this second attempt it shows that they are in full defiance of the Queen. You and the rest of the army have full justification for a full blown inquisition campaign against them." Lightning says.

Ferid nods. "Good, I've been waiting for that."

"I bet you like that don't you Alenia?" Lightning asks.

Alenia huffs. "Just because I can finally kill these guys."

"What about him, we can no longer leave him out in the open seeing as how badly the cult wants him." Ferid says looking at Tiyries.

Lightning sighs. "I…don't know at this point. Send him away and he will be followed. Try to keep him hidden and they would find too with just more time to stop them. Either way leads to him getting caught."

"Let's just put the stupid lizard inside the palace under guard." Alenia says.

Lightning glares at her. "Don't call him a stupid lizard and I guess that plan works. Just have the closest staircase near my room."

"Alright Galleon, since you want him so bad you are in charge of guard detail. Alenia, gather the rest of the Queen's knights and tell them to search the palace from top to bottom and capture any intruders." Ferid orders.

Alenia nods and walks off to the palace as some guards starts following her. Galleon sighs and looks Tiyries over. "How much longer before he wakes?"

"I don't know. How long are you planning on continuing to fake all this?" Lightning asks Tiyries.

Tiyries peeks an eye open and growls at him.

"What I thought." Lighting says starting to walk away. Tiyries growls at him before getting up slightly. "I'll tell her you said you're fine."

Lightning soon made it back to his room. "Sorry about that, now where were the three of us?" Lightning asks getting back in bed.

Rainbow smiles. "Sleep and watching our foals making sure they are sleeping well."

"Um…I was thinking something else." Eclipse says rubbing Rainbow's stomach.

Lightning chuckles. "Oh Eclipse. If you want, I will since I barely get a choice now."

"Ah…no, I want both of you." Eclipse says.

Lightning sighs. "Like I said no choice. Still feels like I'm a male whorse now."

"Don't I get a s…?" Rainbow did not get to finish as Eclipse had captured her lips.

Lightning shakes his head. "Oh boy."

Twilight moans as she gets up, but still Spike and Agni was still asleep. She sighs and takes the book behind the bed and opens it again. "I'm starting to wonder why I read this when most of them are gone."

"Oh you know why." Shadow says.

Twilight sighs. "I'm starting to get use to you now. It's almost pointless."

"Oh Sparkle, are you starting to come on to me? Your conversion is almost complete." Shadow says using her Dark Rainbow form.

Twilight glares at her. "I just mean I'm going to stop arguing with you, it's pointless. Now leave us. We need sleep."

"Oh is that why you have that book of dark magic out to read?" Shadow asks mockingly.

Twilight huffs. "Why are you doing this?"

Shadow sighs and walks closer to her. "Look, I have to do this, not because it's for me, it's because it's for him and everyone else." She said pointing to Agni and Spike.

Twilight looks to them. "How does me being corrupt help them?"

Shadow looks around waverly. "I didn't say that. However, you need to learn to control your emotions and attitude better. Take some tips from Lightning's foals."

"I should take lessons from foals?" Twilight asks sarcastically.

Shadow looks to her. "Oh that's right, you don't know. Well anyway, try to at least accept and be calm. No life can be won by just sticking by the same belief."

Twilight tilts her head. "Same belief?"

Shadow smiles. "Yes, you keep following one path and skip all the rest. You will never become what you will be if you keep doing that."

"I will never become like you." Twilight says.

Shadow laughs darkly. "Who said it would be what I wanted you to be?"

Twilight growls darkly.

Shadow grins. "Careful, you might bite something that you can never let go. Anyway, feel free to enjoy your new life now." She said starting to walk away.

"You are not goi…" Twilight stops when Shadow disappeared. "Bitch."

Agni groans and sits up. "Mom, who are you talking to?"

Twilight stiffened up before calming down. "Nopony sweetie." Twilight says snuggling her head with his.

Agni purrs and nuzzles back. "Okay, then let's try to sleep. I hear uncle Lightning is going to bring us on a little training since it's been a while."

"Yeah." Twilight says before getting lost in thought.

Agni looks a little worried to her. "Are you okay mom?"

"Yeah, just a lot on mommy's mind, now rest Agni." Twilight says.

Agni nods and lays down again. "Okay, night mom."

Twilight crawls into bed with him and lays down. "Feel better?" Twilight asks.

Agni smiles. "Yeah, thanks mom." 'And maybe talk to uncle about this.'

Twilight allows herself to fall asleep after Agni finally fell asleep.

Lightning stretches as Twilight, Agni and Rainbow and the foals come out. "Okay, ready to keep learning your elements you three?"

"Um, Lightning can I talk to you in private?" Twilight asks.

Lightning looks a little confused and walks away with her. "Sure, what do you need?"

"I have been studying a new book lately." Twilight says.

Lightning's confused look turns to a stern gaze. "And what book have you been reading?" Twilight shows him the book of Daedra. Lightning sighs. "Twilight, I'm not mad at you because you read this, I knew you would fall into it sooner or later, but the fact you never told me is the reason."

"I know, but you refused to even tell me about them." Twilight says.

"Because you were not ready." Lightning says.

Twilight looks away a bit. "And…a dark pony came to me. Called itself Shadow."

"Shadow huh?" Lightning growled. He then calms down and looks to her. "All I have to say for being around Shadow, listen for a bit. Spirits have many things they do, but they are not Daedras."

"What are Daedras?" Twilight asks.

Lightning gives her a look. "Then throw away the bookmark book."

"Master, please tell me in your own words, what is a Daedra?" Twilight requests.

Lightning raises an eyebrow. "Okay, since you have been reading the book. It's sort of a dark spirit that makes you do things and in the end, it's for you to decide if the end result is good or bad."

"But what separates them from spirits?" Twilight asks.

Lightning looks to land in the distance. "They are chosen into it and lack for a better word, forced. While spirits, they are created for their purpose in the world or theirs. And many laws hold them. Don't follow it and you are destroyed while another you takes your place."

"So they are the lawless?" Twilight asks.

Lightning shakes his head. "Slightly, they are bound by some, but they rarely come into trouble like that so they are seen as lawless."

"You speak as if you have personal experience with them." Twilight says.

"They have left a mark on me." Lightning says letting the darkness be shown in his left eye.

Twilight steps back a bit. "What…?"

"This is a magical scar from them." Lightning says as he struggles to fight it back.

Twilight looks a bit scared. "Can you…can you get rid of it?"

"No more than I can remove my heart. It is a part of me and that is how it will always remain." Lightning says finishing fighting it back.

Twilight looks to Agni as he and the foals played around. "And what about yours?"

"Belcross was beyond the point he would be directly affected by me receiving this, Agni is not." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "Then…what did Shadow mean by saying I will be in this for Agni and the others, also by saying not Shadow's plan, but it sounded like something else I need to change for?"

"Who knows, sometimes spirits know far more than they know." Lightning says.

Twilight looks a little more distressed. "Then…what should I do?"

"Only you can decide that." Lightning says.

"Lightning, come on, I wanted to finally learn some wind stuff." Rainbow calls from the other side of the field.

"I'm coming love." Lightning calls walking to her.

Twilight watches as he leaves and then looks to a corner on the other side of the field and sees a pair of red eyes. "I'll talk to you later." She whispered. The eyes had already disappeared as Twilight follows Lightning.

Lightning smiles as Agni comes up with the foals. "So let's start with what I did Twilight while Twilight and Agni can work together and maybe spar with each other."

"Ok, lead the way." Rainbow says.

Lightning smiles as he leads her over while Agni sets the foals down by the safe area and goes to spar with Twilight while they watch. Lightning leads her out to a nearby garden area where it was almost covered. "Have you ever seen art?" He asks as they stop by a large tree.

Rainbow shakes her head. "Not really. The only one where I have seen and been impressed by is when you took Twilight in that training trip. And the other thing was our foals."

Lightning smiles. "We did a pretty good job, didn't we?"

Rainbow nods and smiles as well. "Yeah, so what does this have to do with art?"

Lightning pushes her down until she lays down near the tree. "Because…what you are going to see is wonderful. Just relax, close your eyes and listen to my voice." He said as he places a hoof on her head. "Listen to the heartbeat of the earth mother of all life on her." Lightning says. Rainbow soon felt what she could only describe as tiny shockwaves that felt like a pulse. "Feel the wind, the breath of all life." Lightning says as Rainbow felt the gentle breeze blowing on her. "Listen to the flame, which gives warmth and protection." Lightning says. Rainbow then heard the sounds of a small fire burning, the cracking of wood as the fire was roaring with life. "Listen to the storm that rages in the distance." Lightning says. Soon Rainbow heard the scheduled storm on the outskirts of Saddle Arabia raging, its lightning cracking and the thunder booming. "Now Rainbow Dash, child of the wind, awaken." Lightning says, the last part seemed to fade out and at that moment Rainbow could feel everything around her.

Looking around she can see many colors in the form of shapes of the garden, but when she looks to Lightning, she gains a shaky breath. Lightning smiles as he takes his hoof off her head. "How do you feel?"

Rainbow slowly gets up and slowly walks toward him as he just stood there. It wasn't until she stops in front of him did she speak. "I love you." She said before kissing him, leaving Lightning smiling throughout the kiss.

Twilight slams her hooves on the ground and makes a firewall block an incoming fireball, which then died down. She breathes out carefully as Agni kept running around her and kept firing fireballs at her which she block with either a wall or firing a stream of fire at the fireball.

The foals kept cheering at they jump up and down as they watch the battle taking place. All throughout it, nopony notices Typhoon's necklace glowing.

Twilight grins and slams her hooves down again and instead of making a wall of her own, she makes it rise up in front of where Agni is running and makes him stumble through it and roll into a stop. He groans as he gets back up and looks to her only to be hit by a fireball of her own.

"That's enough." Lightning said as he walks to them. "Very good, but now it's time to rest since you still need to learn how far you can go."

"Yes they do." A voice said that made everyone freeze. Everypony looks over to the dark figure behind Typhoon with some scared and shocked expressions while Lightning held a glare at him. "Oh don't mind me. I'm just watching the show." Umbra said.

Lightning growls softly. "Umbra, you have broken a rule."

Umbra chuckles. "Not really, you see…I can move freely now. Do whatever I want, without consequences if I wanted. Besides, it's now time for me to come out, but they don't have to know everything."

"Leave Umbra, I am training them, not you. Now go before I banish you for a time." Lightning threatens.

Umbra pouts. "You're no fun." He said before dissipating into smoke and then moves around Typhoon before going into her that didn't bother her at all.

"Out of my daughter's body!" Lightning yells.

Umbra's yell is heard and then the smoke comes out and forms in front of him. "Listen and listen good. I cannot survive without a host body. The form you first met me in was a dying one. That was why I allowed you kill me. I needed a good enough host, but yours was unstable and because your body would reject me, it would only be a matter of time before I would leave this life and then you would have to deal with another of me and I doubt he would have the same attitude. However, your daughter is a good enough body for me to live in, but I would not harm her or turn her like Shadow might plan. If I did that, I would lose my chance to live and your biggest help. Now where should I go?"

"Go find a different host, my family and friends are off limit." Lightning says starting a spell for banishing him for a while.

Umbra huffs and looks away. "Then lose your biggest asset and plus if your foals get in trouble, then your daughter and a bit of your son is gone as well and I doubt the next plans will go easy on them. You want help, then I need to stick with you and your family. There is nowhere else I can go at this point that can possibly hold me and finding another suitable host that I can live and recover is little at best. Your daughter…she has the best connection to darkness that is even better than you."

"No, my children will not be contaminated." Lightning says infuriated now.

Umbra growls at him. "I will not! I will not harm those foals or any foals at all! I do that and my chance to live is lost as well. The me you know now will also be lost to the darkness and we both know we don't want that." Umbra then sighs. "Besides, I think little Typhoon would like an uncle, a good uncle."

"I know of another." Lightning says.

Umbra keeps looking away. "Then go ahead, get rid of me. It's really bad enough for me at this point."

"You want a host, go to the black shore of Stalliongrad, there lives a creature that would be perfect for you to inhabit." Lightning says.

Umbra growls lightly. "You still don't get it. My plight is not something you can just package and send away. And now another question, what happens when your foals starts showing what me and the others gave them, their elements? Think you can teach them everything, every nook and cranny of secrets out there, how to also master controlling it? Your condition answers one of those questions."

"You have no extent of my magic nor the might of the courts of the spirits which is what the foals are both apart of because of me and Rainbow." Lightning says.

Umbra chuckles like it was funny. "Fine, teach them what you know and not from the spirits who made the elements and gave them to your foals. Besides, I'm sure your foals would understand when your eye changes again and they can understand that they can also control great power on their own." He said sarcastically before looking at him with a stern look. "I can help you, even your daughter who will possibly harm someone if she finds out about her darkness element and help her understand and get her out of there. You can't be there for everything, you need help."

"Go Umbra and return once you have your host." Lightning yells.

Umbra glares at him. "I said it before and I'll say it again! I can't and that's a longshot at best. If I do end up finding a host, it would most likely be like yours where I'm straining everything, even staying inside, until I'm lost and then another comes along. Your daughter is the best connection I have seen and felt. You want me to find another host, I'll be sure to tell the new me to go easy on you, but I doubt he would do that."

"Then I will say his name. Go find Deobora the dark swordsman." Lightning says, as the air suddenly got colder.

Umbra raises an eyebrow. "How's his attitude, his life?"

"Hard to say, not even I could read him." Lightning says.

Umbra sighs. "Lightning, your daughter is one I can help build up to your way that you want. This pony you're talking about, as I said, long shot. Sometimes…affinity isn't enough."

"He is more attune to you than you think as I cannot read you either." Lightning says.

Umbra smiles. "You think that matters, just because of one likeness." He looks to Typhoon who looking at him curiously. "There was another reason I choose your daughter, she's young and she has a lot of potential. I'm at my prime now and I understand most things in this world, most things that would lead others on the path needed in this world. The one thing I would never do is harm your family and friends. Do vobis meam."

"I give you my word." Twilight said. "That's what that means."

"You want to know a secret of Deobora, he was only 6 years old when I faced him 8 years ago." Lightning says seeing the smile now forming on Umbra.

Umbra sighs and looks back to him. "Lightning, there is also another thing I needed. Not power, not a host or anything related to that." He smiles. "Can you guess what it is? What a spirit can never have because of what they are?"

"Family and love." Rainbow said coming out of the garden.

Umbra nods and looks down. "Yes, after seeing so many out there have this, I wanted to know what it feels like. I thought this might be a bonus, but I guess not here."

"He has a sickly little brother that he slew a daedra lord to protect." Lightning says really getting his attention.

Umbra looks away. "You really want me gone?"

"Let my foals and friends choose their own destiny." Lightning says.

Umbra smiles. "That's another thing I won't touch. Their destination and end goal in life. In the end, it's their choice, who are we to interfere."

"Can you see mine?" Lightning asks.

Umbra shakes his head. "No, like you, I'm blind to the future on that matter. The only one who could know is Minerva, but even she doesn't say much, but it is mostly smiles and laughs for most of them." He sighs. "Look Lightning, let me be a part of this family. Your family is the most special and unique family I have ever come across. And if the time comes, let the family decide…whether they want me or not. It just can't be one pony alone to make that decision when the family is involved."

"I can see glimpse of a destiny, I have glimpse yours and it is a family of your own." Lightning says.

Umbra laughs almost crazily which he soon stops and then sighs. "Family of my own. That would be the day." He looks to him and walks to the center of the field. "At least give it a shot, me staying with you, being an uncle to your foals. Plus, this is a war bonus, direct connection to the spirit world. Why don't your family cast votes on this? Stay or cannot stay?" Lightning looks into Umbra's eyes and sees something flashes in his eyes. "What will it be?"

Rainbow walks over to Lightning. "How about we give him a chance? He was honest about almost everything. Like you said, spirits have many agendas, but his is crystal clear. He wants to enjoy being a part of the family and I say stay."

"Second that." Scootaloo's tired voice said as Kite flanked her.

Umbra finish seeing the things in his vision and looks to them. "I see, so you are not doing this out of malicious intent, but that is the reason." Umbra says comprehending the hidden message.

Lightning sighs and looks down. "I wanted to protect my family. Right down to even a corruption of any kind that might lead them to a path they didn't choose. I just wanted them to change, but in their own way and life." He looks around to Rainbow who was smiling, Scootaloo who was giving a tired smile, and even the foals who was smiling as well. Finally, he turns back to Umbra. "Don't change my family's destiny, lead them somewhere that isn't their choice and don't hurt them and you can stay."

Umbra smiles as the first tear he ever had comes out. "Thank you."

"But, he is your destined partner and vessel." Lightning says.

Umbra nods. "Only if he can come with you on your journey and life. I'm sure he can appreciate that."

"His destiny is intertwined with mine, but he needs convincing." Lightning says.

Umbra chuckles now in a happy tone. "Of course, a whole family, a mother and father if he wants to see you like that, many brothers and sisters. I think that's a better life than just his brother. A family that will always stay together."

"Then go and make it happen." Lightning says.

Umbra sighs. "I guess I have no choice but to leave anyway. But I don't think I can convince him on word alone. I need to show him that there is more out there. A place where he and his brother can be safe and happy and also help the family achieve in life. Share it all." He looks to them. "I need all of you there with me."

"No, you underestimate yourself." Lightning says.

Umbra looks away a little. "Think I can convince him and his little brother to join us that well?"

"His little brother will not even see twenty with his body." Lightning says.

Umbra looks to him. "What exactly is the little one plagued with?"

"I can't tell. Whatever it is, it is beyond me. Maybe a parasite from the spirit of the Daedra realm or maybe his body was born with a defect." Lightning says.

Umbra sighs. "Then where are they?"

"The black shore of Stalliongrad." Lightning says.

Umbra nods. "Then get me there. I can't survive long without a host."

Lighting thinks for a few. "I do have somepony to tide you over. Zagai!" He called.

A griffon suddenly landed on the field. "Sir?" Zagai asked.

Lightning smiles. "Pack your bags, you're going to Stalliongrad."

Zagai raises an eyebrow. "And what am I transporting?"

Lightning chuckles. "Him." He said pointing to Umbra.

Zagai shrugs. "A simple escort, I can do that."

Umbra chuckles. "Oh my boy, if it only were that easy."

Lightning smiles at Zagai's confused look. "It is not escort, but rather transport because he needs a good enough body to hold himself for a while. And I think you still have some business in the city while Umbra here does his job."

Zagai looks to Umbra for a bit before sighing. "Well I do need to finalize some business over there. If I'm right it should take two to three days to get there."

Umbra nods. "And reading you, you should hold me for five."

"I have a feeling I should stock up on medicine for headaches." Lightning says.

Umbra chuckles. "For who, you or young little Scoots?"

Lightning groans. "Both of us."

Zagai smiles. "So when do we leave?"

Lightning sighs. "Tonight if you want."

Umbra nods. "Sounds good to me. Good for you?" He asks Zagai.

Zagai nods. "Yeah, just let me get my things and we can head out."

Lightning smiles. "Make sure you get everything, I don't have to remind you of what happened last time."

Zagai frowns. "That was one time. Can't you ever let it go?"

"No." Lightning says bluntly.

Zagai groans. "You're never any fun, you know that right?"

"Yeah, yeah, now go on you big feather duster." Lightning jokes.

Zagai faintly smiles. "Yes sir." He said walking back to the palace with Umbra.

"Now where was I?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smiles. "Teaching me and Twilight about the elements."

"Oh right, right." Lightning says for he started lecturing.

Twilight groans as she rubs her flanks as she sat on her bed, being covered in small singes and burns. "That exercise really hurt. How are you doing?" She asked Agni.

"I still feel bloated from having to eat so much." Agni says before groaning.

Twilight giggles. "Still the same pig I know and love."

"What was with that anyways, I mean give us a little more warning before unleashing a wave of fire at us." Agni says.

Twilight sighs. "Well Lightning did tell us, prepare for the worst, hope for the best."

"Whoa, you two don't look too good." Spike says entering.

"Don't remind us." They both said.

"I see, oh Twilight you got a few letters from Equestria." Spike says.

Twilight looks surprised. "Really, from who?"

"One from Shining Armor and Cadence, another from your mom and dad, another from Celestia, and finally one from Luna with three x's on it." Spike says almost gagging.

Twilight blushes. "I'll take Luna's first. Maybe her letter will cheer me up for whatever princess Celestia have bogged me down with." Moments after reading it, Twilight was blushing like mad.

"So Twilight what does it says?" Spike asks

"Um…inappropriate for young ears." Twilight says sending the letter away with her magic.

Agni frowns. "Mom, we are not young."

"Oh look, one from my parents, I wonder what they have to say." Twilight says trying to change the subject.

Spike groans. "Every time she does this, you know?" He said to Agni.

"Bet you there was a picture of Miss Luna for her eyes only." Agni whispers to Spike.

Spike nods and then hears Twilight coos. "Aww, that's so sweet." Twilight looks into the envelope again and takes out a wrapped item that looks like candy. "They were able to get you some candy Agni. Said unicorns really love this type."

"Candy." Agni says immediately facing her.

'Oh boy, if there is anything Agni loves more than fire it is sweets.' Spike thought.

Agni pants like a dog and pads over to her and looks up at her, all the while giving the same begging look.

"Ok, ok Agni, but only one for now." Twilight says giving him a piece.

Agni snaps at the flying piece and immediately starts chewing away. "Yummy."

"Ok, next my brother and sister in law." Twilight says opening another letter.

Spike waits while Agni starts to chew more slowly. "And?"

"Seems tensions are rising between the Crystal guards of the crystal kingdom and the royal guards of Equestria." Twilight says.

Spike looks confused. "Lightning's army?"

"No Spike, my brother's kingdom's guards. Remember the Crystal kingdom is not considered a part of Equestria." Twilight reminds.

Spike's eyes widen looking worried. "You don't think he's separating from Equestria is he?"

"No, I don't think he will go that far yet, it just that the royal guards are seemingly trying to take charge over there and the locals don't like it that much." Twilight says.

Spike sighs. "And what about princess Celestia?"

"Let's see, she wants me to help convince my brother to get the crystal ponies in line so her guards won't have as hard of a time." Twilight says.

Everyone in the room gains a blank face. "Really?" Spike asks.

Twilight sighs and puts the letter away while nodding. "She's getting desperate…yet, I feel sorry for her. Trying to accept that you're mortal now and your public image is somewhat through the mud can have an effect on the pony."

Agni looks over the letters. "So what are you going to do?"

Twilight shrugs. "I don't know. Let me sleep on it and I'll come up with something to write back."

Twilight sighs as she opens her eyes again to another patch of darkness above her. Another sleepless night for her and another piece of trouble to write down. She pulls out Luna's letter, opens it, and pulls out a picture of Luna in a…very stimulating position.

Twilight smiles and blushes shyly as she looks to the picture. "That's a fine mare plot." Why is she not even surprised?

"What do you want?" She asks rolling her head over to Shadow lying in bed beside her.

Shadow smiles, takes the picture away, and looks at it. "You know that she didn't have the drive."

That made Twilight get up a bit. "The drive?"

Shadow nods and gives the picture back to her. "Yes, poor Luna didn't have anything to drive herself towards back then, back when I changed her. That made things easy. Wasn't fun, but it gave me what I need." Shadow looks to her. "You are different. Many things to stay here for and that can lead you to the success or failure, each having a benefit and trouble in their endings. You will be the mare that ends it all."

Twilight opens her mouth to retort, but stops and closes it again as the words hit her. "Will I lose myself?" She asks after a while.

Shadow smiles sadly at her and nuzzles her head. "Only if you act like your marefriend which was way back then. For now, always be yourself."

Twilight looks to her questionably. "Why are you helping me like this?"

Shadow looks down sadly. "Just…I could have ended this, but…even spirits can be cowards in our own way."

Twilight keeps looking to her before sighing. "I want to try." She said suddenly.

Shadow's head shoots back up to stare at her. "Excuse me?"

Twilight sighs again. "I want to change…but for the better. To help them." She said looking to Spike and Agni before looking to the picture of Luna. "And her. If…I can protect them and make it better for them to live I will try."

Shadow smiles. "My dear…you already are. But the final bloom will be the most destructive to both sides. You have just gotten your second bloom."

Twilight looks confused. "Second, what's the first?"

Shadow chuckles. "Steering you away from the topic you sneaked past your teacher."

Twilight blushes and looks down shyly. "Thanks for that." She looks back up to see Shadow gone before sighing and packing the letter and picture away and lays down. She looks to Agni and never does she have the horrible thought of him changing again in her mind. "Thanks for saving him."

Agni yawns loudly as he gets up for the morning day. "That's a good nap." He said stretching. He looks over to Twilight. "Mom, get up. We have to eat." He drooled at the prospect of food. "Mmmm, fiery pancakes."

Twilight doesn't even move. "Mom?" Agni asks again this time poking her. She still doesn't move. "Mom?" He asks a little more worried. "Mom, please tell me you're just a heavy sleeper." He pleaded as he shook her. When she still didn't respond and had the slowest breathing ever he could do only one thing. "Help me!"

"What's wrong with her?"

Lightning sighs as he looks to Agni and everypony else in the room. "A deep sleep most likely. I don't think it's a coma though, maybe a deep rooted dream."

Agni looks worried to Twilight. "When will she wake up?"

Lightning sighs and looks back to her. "I don't know." He said as he saw Twilight's faint sleeping smile fade away. "The best way, let her finish the dream."

Twilight awoke and stretches as she gets up. "Boy that was relaxing. And better in my hole filled mattress."

"Wait." She looks down and sees her five star bed become a mattress not even good enough for the scale. She jumps up and out of it when she feels something crawl against her. "Yipe!" She looks around to find herself in a small metal room. "What?" Twilight looks around and sees the bed and the door. Opening it, she became blinded by the harsh light and sees something that astonished her.

All around she could see only scorched desert, burned up plants except for those that can live in these environments while the town she was in really matched everything else as being old, decrepit, and boarded up with small holes throughout them.

Twilight internally panics before calming down. "Okay Twilight, this is just a dream, nothing to be scare of. Just have to close my eyes, count to ten and I'll be back in my own bed." She closes her eyes and breathes softly. "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…"

"Duck!"

Twilight listen to the loud scared voice and hears a sickening splat come from behind her. Opening her eyes again, she can see a young mare about her age with her horn smoking. "You alright?" The mare asks.

Twilight looks confused and looks behind her to see what the splat was and instantly regretted it. Behind her was the remains of a dead pony who just had its head exploded and its parts everywhere. Twilight screamed and backs away from the dead body as the mare looks confused at her. "What, never seen a dead body before?"

Twilight shakily breathes out. "Once, a manticore."

The mare looks surprised. "Really, you found a dead manticore, did you scavenged it at least? I could use another stinger for my trap."

Twilight looks horrified and backs away from the mare. "What…who…?"

The mare suddenly realized what was happening. "You're not from around here are you?" At the shake of the head, the mare smirks. "Welcome to the Wastelands!"

Twilight looks around and thinks on it. 'Appropriate name.'

The mare pulls Twilight to her hooves and starts brushing away the dust and blood as best she could. "Name's Sunny. I guess you can say I'm the local sheriff around here. Anyway, let's get you something to eat. You look hungry." Sunny said walking to a giant building that looks like a pub. Twilight considered following and started to run after her after she felt something crawl against her hoof.

Spike flames another letter, this time to Luna herself telling what happened and hopes she can do something. "Okay, family and Luna are informed."

Agni still looks worried at Twilight as a nurse Eclipse called to take care of her was treating her. Spike senses his brother's worry and goes over to him. "Hey, it'll be alright bro, its Twilight, how much trouble can she be in…don't answer that."

Despite being a poor choice of words, Agni couldn't help but smile. "Thanks bro, but can you leave me alone?"

Spike nods and heads out. "You need anything?"

Agni shakes his head. "Nope." Spike leaves and he turns to the nurse. "Can you leave us alone for a moment?"

The nurse looks confused before nodding and heading out. When the door closes, Agni glares to the dark corner. "Get out here now!"

Shadow had a smirk on her face as she starts walking to them. "Yes?"

Agni points to Twilight. "What did you do?"

Shadow smiles. "She made a choice. The flower will now either bloom or wither and die."

Agni growls, but before he could do anything Shadow slips away into the darkness once more, leaving the cold laughter behind. Agni calms down and looks to Twilight again. "Please be okay mom."

Twilight could only stare as she saw her five friends sitting down at the bar of this pub. "Hey, look whose back." Rainbow announced. "Did you find the part you need?"

Twilight looks confused for like the twentieth time. "What part?"

Rainbow laughs as she sips away at a dirty mug full of…something. "That dang electro…something for your new armor."

Twilight then realizes something is wrong. For one, her friends never wore this kind of armor at all. Fluttershy wearing an armored version of a nurse's outfit. Rarity wearing an elegant dress like always, but Twilight can spy a chain mesh underneath. Applejack wearing almost what looks like heavy plates on her like Rainbow's, but in their own stylized colors. Pinkie wearing an old duster that seemed to fit not well as it was torn at the bottom with a large hat on top of her.

As for the second, she can see what looks like clubs, both metal and wood. And the metal ones she can make out something glowing in the tubes on top of them.

"Hey egghead, you still with us or the manticore got your tongue?" Rainbow asks. Twilight shakes herself out of it before attempting to speak, but couldn't. "Where's your armor? Don't tell me…" Rainbow thinks. "You either traded it off or you slept in the wastelands again." Twilight opens her mouth, but held back as she couldn't exactly say anything. "I get it, out with the old, in with the new? Boy, this armor better be good."

Twilight finally found her voice. "What's going on here?!" Everypony in the pub looks to her strangely. "Rainbow…where's Lightning? He can probably explain all this."

Rainbow just looks confused. "Lightning? I don't know any Lightning."

Twilight groans. "You're married to him and have two foals."

Rainbow looks offended. "Twilight, who in the hay said that? I have never been married and I certainly didn't have foals. If I did, I would know."

"Says the mare wanting to have too many stallions in one room." Applejack pipes up.

"You got something to say to me Miss a different stallion every night?" Rainbow asks.

Applejack chuckles. "Nah, so Twilight can you show the armor? I think everypony here would want to see the best armor since magic armor."

Twilight couldn't believe what she was hearing. "Um…I got to get some air…be right back." She said quickly before leaving the pub in a rush.

Everypony looks confused at her actions. "What's her problem?" Rainbow asked.

Rarity shrugged. "Maybe she found another stable. Oh well, just give her a few nights as always."

Twilight kept running out to…wherever she can go. She kept following the dirt and old asphalt road, but was then grabbed. "Whoa there, you ain't thinking of running out there without anything on you, are you?" Sunny asked as she grabbed her tail.

Twilight grabs her tail back and looks to her. "Look this must be some mistake, can you tell where Ponyville or even Equestria is?"

Sunny raises an eyebrow. "Yeah, you're in both of those. You must have hit your head pretty hard out there."

Twilight drew a shaky breath. 'This is Ponyville, it can't be.' "Canterlot?"

Sunny points to a far mountain in the distance. "Try near the base of the mountain, I heard they got the castle back up, well part of it."

Twilight slowly looks to the mountain and could see a problem, there was no large plateau jutting from the side of the mountain. "This can't be happening. What the heck happened here?"

Sunny sighs. "I hate giving this to almost all newcomers. Even stable dwellers. Anyway, war happened. We had the biggest invasion from the east and then soon the west. We weren't prepared for the experience they had so we did the only thing possible, blow them up." She looks to the wastelands. "You can see how that went."

Twilight tries to breathe deeply. "So if Lightning never came, this would have happened? Oh Celestia, I'm so sorry."

Sunny pats her shoulder and tries to comfort her. "Hey, it's okay. Why don't we find this Lightning and maybe he can help you?"

Twilight nods her head slowly. "Yeah, yeah, do you know where he is?"

Sunny shrugs. "Don't know, but you can try DJ-PON3's radio station. Heard she has connections to get the latest news."

Twilight nods more steadily now. "Okay, where's that?"

Sunny points to the direction of Canterlot. "Canterlot, smack dab in the middle of it."

Twilight groans, but then remembers something. "Do you know where I live?"

Sunny brings a hoof to her chin. "Let's see. Oh yeah, you live in the mechanic shop just on the edge of town near the doc's house. Now I remember who you are. Couldn't recognize you when you don't wear anything."

Twilight blushes at the thought of being naked in front of her. "Um…thanks. Anyway, I have to go." She said before rushing off.

Sunny smiles and waves at her. "Anytime."

Twilight rushes to a large old shop with a main building and garage and tries the door, but finds it locked. "If this is my house then the key would be…" She pick up a nearby rock and looks under it to find the key. "I really have to find a new hiding place." She said as she opens the door and goes in.

Inside she can see the basic home amenities. Kitchen, bed, dining and living area, even a wall-to-wall bookshelf. She looks around for any workplace and then sees another door. Opening it, she finds the garage area and too many workbenches and experiments. She smiles as the room hits her. "Just like home. Now where's that armor…ah ha!" She cheers quickly running to a large capsule containing a full body metal armor about her size.

Looking around she sees the nearby workbench filled with schematics and parts all over and a big note on the notebook. "Thermoelectric generator? Electricity from heat?"

She looks back to the armor. "Must be my lucky day." She looks over the nearby control panel, randomly presses one of the buttons, and finds the glass covering the front of capsule goes down. "Okay, now the power." She looks all over the armor until she ends up on the left side of the flank and opens a metal box compartment to find the power relay. "Please work here." She pleaded as she starting to make a small fireball in her hoof. Placing it where the generator goes she quickly closes the case and keeps the fire running. "Come on. Come on."

"Warning, warning, proximity sensors triggered. Area 67 has movement, I repeat area 67 has movement." A loud voice is heard outside.

Soon Twilight hears ponies scrambling outside. "Great." She looks back to the armor and sees only half of it powered up. "Even more great. Okay, what do I got?" She asks herself looking around the room. Her eyes soon landed on a small handle that looks like it was made for swords and a switch on the side of it. Going over and flipping the switch, she gains a smile. "That'll do."

Landing her hooves on the very hard and dusty land, she can see a small town the size of Ponyville in the distance. "I'm here Twilight, hang on." She soon then ran to the town after feeling something big and slimy crawl against her hoof.

"I see it, we got powder gangers coming." A lookout yells as he looks through his binoculars.

Rainbow growls. "Again, didn't they learn the last time?! Forget it." She grabs her saddle weapon and places it on her back. "This time, I'm not leaving anyone of them alive."

"There's something else." The lookout yells. "It looks like…fire?"

Everypony looks confused. "There's a flamethrower pony?" Applejack asks.

The lookout shakes his head. "No, it looks like it's coming from the mechanic shop and a wall of fire is coming out of the ground as well. One's going in…and he's coming out on fire."

"Twilight!" The girls yell as they quickly rush out of the pub to the shop.

Twilight fires a fireball in a random direction outside before ducking under the window again. "Okay, maybe not the best idea, but the only one I got." She peeks into the garage again and sees the armor almost full. "Let's hope I can stand up against these guys for a little longer." She said before firing another fireball out the window.

"You know, letting down your guard at moments like theses gets you killed." A familiar voice says before Twilight hears a bang and a pony lets out a death yell.

Twilight peeks her head over the window and sees Luna firing a spell that sent a shock wave of air and sent the ponies flying into the rock and against the ground. Luna prepares another spell before the ponies get up again and starts to run in the other direction as Luna let's go of the spell and breathes a sigh of relief.

Twilight smiles and leaps over the window and runs to her. "Luna." She said before grabbing her into a hug. "I'm so glad you're here."

Luna smiles and hugs her back. "It's great to see you as well Twilight." She looks down at her before looking around. "This is a dream that even I could not except."

Twilight nods and let's go of the hug to look around as well and almost pukes at sight of the dead and charred bodies. "Yeah, think you could get me out of here?"

Luna nods and starts to light up a spell…before it literarily makes a farting noise and just puffs out magic dust. "That…never happens."

Twilight groans. "Great, now we're both stuck here. Oh well, might as well find Lightning and get out of here."

Luna looks confused. "Twilight, care to tell me what happened in this dream?"

Twilight stops and just stares at the shop. "War. War happened. This is what would have happened if Lightning never came over and then, possibly, the Dominion invaded. Even more so that the final result was us blowing everything up." She sighs. "Can't believe I took him for granted."

Luna just looks around before looking back to her. "Twilight…"

"Even Rainbow didn't get married and had her two foals. Wish I took everything I said about him back." Twilight interrupted.

Luna reaches out for her, but couldn't as Twilight walks back inside. Luna just stood there with her hoof outstretched as the others came up the hill. "Where are they?" Rainbow asked furiously.

Luna pointed in the direction they went and Rainbow and Applejack went off after them, leaving Pinkie, Rarity and Fluttershy behind. "Um…Princess Luna?" Fluttershy asks.

Luna turns around and looks at her. "Think you can check up on her, just in case of injuries?"

Fluttershy nods and walks into the shop leaving the others outside. Luna puts a smile on and turns to the others. "So…how's the town been?"

"Um…" Rarity pauses.

At the town. "THE TOWN IS IN WHAT CONDITION!?" Luna's voice rang out.

Twilight got off the chair after Fluttershy fixed her few injuries and goes over to the armor to see it fully powered. "I hope this works." Twilight switches it on. The armor lights up and hums before the plates on it started to collapse on each other making sure they overlap before the armor gets into position where she can get in. Twilight raises an eyebrow before turning around and backing up into the armor and gets into position. After the armor senses her the armor starts to put the plates back into the first position and covers her up.

After the final plate falls into place, the suit lights up a bit brighter and finally let's go of the locking mechanism. Twilight moves a foreleg and feels it lighter than before. Moving her legs now, she steps out of the capsule, making clanking sounds with every hit. 'I'm the best scientist and engineer around.'

"Do you girls hear that clanking?" Rarity asks.

Everypony looks to the door to see a metal armor step out of the shop followed by Fluttershy. The head of the armor collapses on itself and revealed Twilight's head. "You girls did want to see." She said with a small smile.

"Twilight, ya'll ok." Applejack says hugging her.

Twilight smiles and hugs her back. "Yeah." She said with a sad smile, knowing the whole thing was a dream. "Do you really think I would be killed after something like that?"

"We can't really risk you after the death of Luna and Celestia after Celestia went insane on us and did this." Rainbow says.

Twilight looks a bit confused. "Wait, so what about the Dominion, the army from the east?"

"Domin…oh you mean the Legion of Caesar." Rarity says.

"Didn't help that the republic came in from the west." Applejack says.

Twilight looks to Luna. "So it did go bad, but…what do you mean killed? Luna and Celestia?"

"Princess Luna!" Rarity yells.

Luna sheepishly waves. "Hello." She said shyly.

"How did you survive Canterlot being vaporized?" Rainbow asks suspiciously.

Luna sweats a bit. 'Think mare, think.' "I…went on a mission in the mountains for something important to help the war. No such luck. Came back and found the city gone so I seceded to help small areas in secret."

Rainbow makes a gesture showing she was watching her. Twilight rolls her eyes and smiles. "It's okay Rainbow. Now if you excuse me, I need to get to DJ-PON3's station. I need to ask her something." She said as her horn lights up and a saddlebag comes out of the shop and placed over Twilight's back. "Coming Luna?" She asks, ready to head out.

"One question, I have been out of the loop for a while, what has happened to our forces?" Luna asks.

The mares looks to each before looking back to her with a worried look. "Um…Princess Luna…they're gone. Dead or joined the many factions, including bandits and raiders." Fluttershy said.

"Even the Wonderbolts?!" Luna yells.

"No, they are their own faction now. They control some territory north of us and have a non-aggressive agreement with them." Rainbow says.

Luna sighs. "Oh well, let's go Twilight." She said going to her.

"Something is up." Rainbow says after they were far enough away.

Pinkie smiles. "I'm sure they just want to catch up. Give them space and then I'll throw a 'Welcome back from the dead party.'"

"She didn't know most of the former Equestrian forces are gone now." Rarity said.

"I just hope she doesn't try to use her position anytime soon. After all, her rank means nothing now." Rainbow says.

Applejack huffs. "Oh relax Rainbow, does she look like she's in any position to do that, emotionally I mean?"

"Pinkie." Rainbow says.

Pinkie leans over. "Yes?"

"Spy on them, I am suspicious that she is really Luna." Rainbow says

Pinkie salutes and after placing on her hat, she starts jumping from rock to rock, bushes, and plants, following Luna and Twilight.

Applejack frowns. "We're going after them ourselves…right?"

Rainbow scoffs. "Please, of course we are." She said before walking in their direction.

Twilight and Luna soon make it to Canterlot and after a bit of looking found the radio station. "Told you we should have taken that right." Twilight says innocently.

Luna playfully glares at her. "Please, this city is rebuilt and so the streets and location are changed. Plus the fact we don't know this world and anything about it at all."

"The sign pointed to it." Twilight reminds.

Luna huffs and pouts cutely while turning away from her. "Then maybe I'll leave you with the map and directions and not offer any help."

"Come on you." Twilight says dragging her in.

Luna smiles as they walk in and are surprised by the pony at the set system. "Um…Vinyl Scratch?" Twilight asks carefully.

Vinyl turns around in her chair while grinning. "Look who it is, a tin can and a dead princess."

Twilight lets the armor head collapse on itself. "Look Vinyl we don't have time for this. We're looking for a pony named Lightning Bolt. Have you seen him or heard of him?"

"Lightning. Lightning." Vinyl repeats as if thinking it over.

Luna leans over to Twilight. "I don't think she knows." She whispered.

Twilight huffs. "Not her, but her connections do."

"I think I have heard that name from the rumors to the west where the republic is." Vinyl says.

Twilight sighs in relief. "Good, thanks." She said leaving with Luna as her helmet comes back up.

Vinyl grins. "Of course, it's going to cost you." She said pressing a button on the set that made the doors lock with bars coming down.

Twilight seeing this turns around and walk back to her. "Ok, for a trade, how about I tell you the name of the stallion you are destined for?" Twilight asks sheepily.

Vinyl's eyes widen. "Oh, sounds juicy. Who is it?"

"His name is Nikolai, the steel winged." Twilight says.

Vinyl presses the button again, lifting the bars up off the door and turns back around. "Now get of here. I got a show to do."

"Oh one last thing, can you add something to your show?" Twilight asks.

Vinyl looks back at her. "Only if it's good."

"Can you add a message for Spitfire? I kind of need to talk to her." Twilight says.

Vinyl raises an eyebrow. "Why should I do that?"

"I can tell you Octavia's destined stallion." Twilight says.

Vinyl frowns. "Octavia is dead. Try again."

"Ok, how about I…um…give you thirty rounds?" Twilight asks.

Vinyl leans a bit forward. "What kind of weapon?"

"Shotgun?" Twilight asks.

Vinyl stares at her for a few seconds. "Fine, what's the message?" She asks finally.

"I may have information on your long lost brother and the one who tried to kill him is in the legion." Twilight says.

Vinyl grins. "Sounds juicy enough. Okay, it's a deal. Leave the shells on the table near the door and get out." She said turning back to her work.

Twilight does as she asks, but pokes her head back in. "And when I used the spell it showed your honeymoon was enough to rock an entire town nearly to the ground from the first night." Twilight says smirking.

Vinyl could have sworn that her whole head became like a red coat pony. Twilight giggles a bit before leaving, leaving poor Vinyl stock still because she turned the radio on just as she said that to her.

"You are evil." Luna says smirking.

Twilight giggles a bit more. "Yeah well, I was considered to be good. But not as great as you with pranks on Celestia herself. Now let's get this pack filled up and head out west." She said walking out into the city.

"To the west!" Luna proudly proclaims.

They both laugh as they run into the market district, not knowing that a few ponies were following them. "I got eyes on tin can and moon butt, over." Pinkie said as she looks through the wrong way of the binoculars. Rainbow glares a bit and flips the binoculars. "Oh, that's better now. Got eyes on Twilight and Luna and they are…buying food and drinks? Over." Pinkie makes a static noise as she finished.

"What did they say in the building?" Rarity asks.

Pinkie hums for a few seconds. "Someponies named Lightning Bolt and Spitfire and going west. Over." Static noise.

"What about the leader of the wonderbolts?" Rainbow asks.

"Hey wait a minute ya'll, wasn't Lightning Bolt the name of the stallion Twi said was married to Rainbow?" Applejack asks.

Rainbow growls. "If she's setting me up, I swear…"

"Movement! Over." Static noise courtesy of Pinkie.

They follow as Twilight and Luna walked around for a bit longer until they finally stop at the edge of the town. "You ready for this Luna?" Twilight asks as she checks her bag.

Luna smiles. "One is never ready for the strangeness of the wastelands, but you can make the best of it."

"We will wait till tomorrow for Spitfire then we will head ou…is that a fridge?" Twilight asks pointing at a fridge half buried.

Luna goes over to it before opening it to find a skeleton of a dead pony and a hat that resembled a fedora hat. "There's something you don't see everyday." She said taking the hat and putting it on.

"Interesting." Twilight says.

Luna puts the hat in its proper place before giving a heroic pose to her. "How do I look?"

"A little like Daring Do." Aquila says. They look to a mare nearby in a stall. "Sorry, but I couldn't help, but join in. Want to buy some Daring Do memorabilia? I'm the only one in the wastelands to find all of the surviving prices and in good conditions."

Luna smirks. "Got a costume?"

"Yes I do." Aquila says bringing out a costume.

Luna smiles widely. "I'll take it." She said bringing out some bottle caps.

Aquila smiles and exchanges the deal. "Thanks and if that thing gets broken or ripped…don't bring it back." She said dryly.

Luna smiles and nods. "Of course, excuse me." She said rushing off past Rainbow and the others in an alley, making Rainbow go with the wind and smack into a wall. Until Luna ran back, making Rainbow smack flat into the other side of the wall.

Luna puts on the same pose. "Now what do you think?" She said in the costume now.

"Gives me ideas for later." Twilight says with a sultry tone.

"When did Twilight become a fillyfooler?" Rainbow whispered.

Luna giggles. "Oh Twilight, if only if you know what I can do with a whip." She emphasized by cracking the whip near Twilight.

"And when did Princess Luna become one as well?" Rainbow asks surprised.

"You don't think…" Rarity just stops.

They look to each other before looking back at Luna and Twilight who were giggling to each other. "Nah." They said together.

Twilight smiles as they calm down. "I really missed you Luna." She said longingly.

"Come on and kiss me already." Luna says as the four ponies watching stare shocked with wide eyes.

Twilight jumps into Luna's hooves and kisses her making the four ponies and some of the New Canterlot citizens stare wide eyed at them with jaws dropping.

Luna pulls back from the kiss with a slight shudder running through her. "Want to head to an inn now?"

Twilight grins. "Don't you know it?"

Luna giggles as they both run off to find an inn. Leaving most of the ponies staring at the spot where they were.

"Ooooooookay." Pinkie says not as weirded out as the rest of the mares.

"Okay indeed." Rarity said. "Who knew they liked each other like that?"

Rainbow and Applejack's jaws were still dropped, as they were stunned to silence.

Pinkie wraps the both of them with rope and drags them off. "They're not going to follow themselves."

"Um…you want to see them do that?" Fluttershy barely squeaks.

Pinkie grins. "Might be fun. Plus we can record and give out tickets and popcorn."

"Pinkie!" Rarity yells before starting to lecture her.

Twilight smiles as she steps out of her armor and watches as it locks up and goes back into its regular position. "Wish I can have this back home. This thing that the Twilight here made is pretty cool."

"But is this real or just something you dreamed up?" Luna asks.

Twilight shrugs. "Maybe, but I copied most of the blueprints to my head."

"So how has your trip been so far?" Luna asks with a suggestive face.

Twilight looks to her. "To be honest, scary. I don't even know this land and what my friends has gone through is the most bizarre and weird thing that doesn't sit right with me."

"I meant with Agni, Spike, and the rest." Luna says

Twilight blushes. "Oh, well fun now. Mostly because there's the threat of an attack."

"I saw you in a dancer's costume while I was diving into your dreams." Luna says smirking.

Twilight smiles. "Want to see it in the flesh? Maybe a little dance as well?"

"Oh yes I would." Luna says.

Twilight giggles before jumping into the bed. "I'll ask Kite when I get out to see if I can get the outfit and maybe a few lessons."

"Oh, you know just what to say to get me in the mood." Luna says.

Twilight smirks. "Well you have to wait until we get out because we don't know what will happen on nights in this land."

"Good point, night." Luna says laying down to sleep.

Twilight shakes her head in amusement before laying down against her and sleeping as well.

Rainbow puts the painting back to cover the hole before walking away. "Weird, it's like her life is a dream, or at least that's what they're saying."

"Think Twilight been hitting the Mentos again?" Applejack asks.

Rainbow shrugs. "Heck if I know. She's been gone too long."

"So who is going to go with her and Luna to the west?" Rarity asks.

Rainbow huffs. "Me and Applejack of course, only we can survive this anyway."

"Oh I'm going to, I always wanted to party with the republic ponies." Pinkie speaks up.

Rainbow shrugs. "Whatever you want Pinkie, just don't take the Mentos."

"Well of you three are going I…um…best go as well to patch you up if you get hurt." Fluttershy says.

Everypony then looks to Rarity. "Well?" Applejack asks.

"Do you think a rifle or an automatic would go better with my outfit?" Rarity asks patting out the wrinkles on her dress.

The mares look to each other before back to her. "Rifle, maybe a big and strong one." Rainbow said.

Rarity brings out a fifty caliber from her bag and starts assembling it. "Then let's get ready for tomorrow." She said.

"So Rainbow, what do you think this Lightning she keeps talkin about is like?" Applejack asks.

Rainbow presses her ear against the wall, but hears nothing but snoring. "Don't know, but he could be bad."

"Oh, did I forget to mention that Twilight said she cast a spell that let her see the destined pony for some?" Pinkie asks hopping around.

They look weirded out to Pinkie. "Pinkie Pie, you're so random." Rainbow said.

"But it's true, she even used the information from that to get Vinyl to tell her what she knew." Pinkie says.

The others looked surprised as she said this. "A spell into the future, maybe I can find my Prince Charming." Rarity said.

"Ok, Twilight is defiantly been hitting the Mentos again." Applejack said.

"Or the spell is real and she is having trouble distinguishing the present from the future." Rainbow says.

Applejack glares at Rainbow. "Rainbow, are you really buying into this, this…whatever it is?"

"Look what Celestia's magic did Applejack. Who knows what else it can do?" Rainbow says.

Applejack keeps glaring. "Twilight is different. Let's just see how this goes and then decide."

"Believe what you wish." Rainbow says.

Applejack huffs. "Unbelievable."

Lightning sighs as he stood on the balcony of the palace, overlooking the city. "Unbelievable. I can't believe she would go this far."

"Who would go this far? I sure hope it isn't me."

Lightning faintly smiles and turns to see Seeku sitting on the banister. "Never thought I would be happy to see you again."

Seeku chuckles. "Maybe I should leave more often. Any case, who are you talking about?"

Lightning frowns. "A spirit who I can't say right now." He said eyeing the guards in the hallway behind him. Seeku looks as well before hiding a bit and changing into a random clothe mare. Lightning looks back to her. "So what are you doing here?"

Seeku shrugs before stepping up to the banister. "I asked Chrysalis to let me go with you and she oblige by taking care of my job in Equestria while I handle the international affairs."

Lightning steps up right beside her. "Is that the only reason?"

Seeku grins. "Well I did want to meet that stallion."

Lightning smiles. "Once we all head off for Stalliongrad will you meet him."

Seeku smiles. "Great, hope he's the right one."

Lightning chuckles. "Don't worry, he will be."

Seeku smiles at him. 'Lightning, if only you knew.'

Twilight moans as she nuzzles into Luna. Luna then starts to stir and accidently kicks Twilight out of the bed.

"Ow!" Twilight yells before getting her head back up and glares at the sleeping Luna. "Luna!"

Luna moans and turns around before opening her eyes and smiling sweetly to her. "Morning Twilight."

Twilight rolls her eyes. "You kicked me out. Is this how it's going to be when we sleep together?"

Luna giggles. "So you want me or not?" She asks as she sits up.

Twilight glares before saying. "We have to get ready to go west."

Luna smirks before leaping at her and pinning her to the ground. "First, give me an answer, yes or no?"

Rainbow's eyes widen as she sees something that she doesn't want to see. "Umm…" Rainbow says in the doorway.

They both look up, or in Twilight's case upside down, as they see Rainbow there. "Umm…Rainbow, how's…how's it going?" Twilight asks.

Rainbow, without a word, closes the door. Both Luna and Twilight looks to each other again. "Why is she here? Come to think of it, how does she know what room we're in?" Luna asks.

"I'm sooo embarrassed." Twilight says not registering what Luna had said.

Luna sighs and nuzzles her. "It's okay. After all, ponies are going to see this soon, whether here or in ours."

"You're not helping." Twilight says.

Luna smiles. "Twilight…let me ask you, you think all our affection will be in private? You kissed me in the market of the city here and wasn't even fazed by it. So why would this would bother you?"

"You tried to initiate something that shouldn't be seen by any other pony when we were caught." Twilight says.

Luna sighs. "Twilight, not everything will be perfect like that. More intimate things we do might be seen and you have to deal with it somehow and not bring angry and trying to forget about it."

"I'm still mad at you." Twilight says calming down a bit.

Luna smiles and kisses her cheek. "Better?"

"I'm still mad." She huffed.

Luna groans and gets off of her. "I've tried."

"Come on you." Twilight says after putting back on her armor and drags Luna out.

Luna smiles as she was dragged. "Oh Twilight, looks like you're the stallion in this and I'm the horny mare." She jests.

"Remind me to use a spell to seal your mouth shut if you annoy me enough." Twilight says.

Luna nods. "Sure hon."

The others just watch as one is dragged and the other gets annoyed. "This is weird." Rainbow said.

"Don't. Mention. It." Twilight says warningly.

The other mares follow them as Luna grabs her tail back and gets back up. "So…how far is this western republic camp exactly? Two, three days walk?" Twilight asks.

"Four weeks." Applejack says.

"And we still need to meet up with…is somepony dive bombing us?" Twilight asks as she looks up. They look up to see a yellow speck coming closer before a wall of fire comes in front of them, making the yellow speck turn out to be Spitfire as she crashes through the wall and into the ground. "Nice of you to join us. Ready to go on a long trip?" Twilight asks.

"Are you Twilight?" Spitfire asks not sounding happy.

Twilight sounded cautious. "Yes." She said carefully.

"If you are lying to me I will crucify you and leave you for the vultures." Spitfire threatens.

Twilight smiled inwardly. "Of course. Now let's go meet your family." She said walking off into the direction of west.

"I am kind of surprise to see you Spitfire." Rainbow says.

Spitfire huffs. "And yet I don't have the same feelings after what you did. What's Rainbow Kicker doing here?"

"She is coming with us." Twilight says.

"Apparently, Twilight learnt a spell that allows her to see the destined mate for ponies and said she knows who mine is. He in turn is in the republic and his name is Lightning something." Rainbow says.

Spitfire looked at her as if she had grown a second head. "Lightning Bolt." She whispered. "I thought…I thought…"

"He just got sent to the eastern lands. He was okay and those lands changed him so be ready for it." Twilight said.

Spitfire was looking at Twilight as if she had grown three extra heads now as her mirror glasses slip a little.

Twilight smiles as she looks around. "Anypony know the fastest way to get there, balloon, train, boat?"

"Um…Twilight, do we have to remind you again that all, but the boats were destroyed?" Applejack asks as they pass by an old train engine slightly off the tracks.

Twilight looks the train over and then inside. "Nope, don't need to." The train starts blowing smoke from the stack and then levitated before being placed on the tracks. "Cause I found out you don't need coal." She said sticking her head out. "All aboard!" She calls sounding the whistle.

They all exchange looks before a rocket hits the train and yells follow as bandits charge. "Twilight!" Luna yells going into the damaged train.

The other mares turn to the bandits before one of the bandit's head exploded as they kept charging. "Inexcusable! This was my chance to ride again!" Rarity yells firing off another shot.

"Um…is that one that is about to jump on the train have…" Fluttershy was cut off when a bandit suicide bombed the engine, destroying it.

Rainbow groans and takes out her automatic. "Great! You're all going to pay for that!" She yells firing it off into the running group, dropping some.

Applejack growls as she comes up beside her, takes out her shotgun, and starts firing. "Same here!" She yelled over the gunfire.

Pinkie grins as she took out the pistols on her sides and starts firing blindly with a sadistic grin on her face, but missing some of them and grazing some.

As the group got closer and taking more hits than necessary, the entire fight got pushed away as a shock wave of fire erupted from the destroyed engine. The bandits and mares landed roughly to the ground and look to see Twilight in her armor with a thin firewall swirling around her. "Big mistake." She said before starting to fire off fireballs at the bandits, making them either burn or lose their limbs.

The bandits start running as Spitfire pulls out a rifle and starts head shooting them. "At the very least I'll clean up some scum." Spitfire says.

Twilight huffs as she approaches the others. "Unbelievable, I was really hoping of cutting time somehow. Something must work even if it is pony powered. Like a hoofcar."

"No rail tracks. Most were either torn up or scavenged for parts or materials." Spitfire says.

Twilight groans. "Rivers?"

"A good portion are either irradiated or dried up." Applejack says.

Twilight sighs. "Well how's bad the irradiated ones?"

"Water monsters." Fluttershy says.

Twilight just stares. "Anything to help with travel?"

"Only our hooves and wings." Rainbow says.

Twilight sighs. "Then we better start walking." She said walking again.

"Let's hope the other tribes don't attack us for traveling through the disputed lands." Spitfire says.

Twilight looks back to her. "What tribes do we got?"

"Well the disputed lands are being sought by the former first infantry division or the lancers. Then there is the former third auxiliary corp now the chimeras and then there is us of neo canterlot." Pinky explains.

Twilight sighs. "And let me guess, everypony is against each other?"

"Yep." Applejack says.

Twilight looks ahead of them. "And how long until we reach these lands?"

"The west right outside Neo Canterlot's walls is where it starts." Rarity says.

"Oh boy." Twilight said not happy.

"Wait, why are we telling you this? You should know." Rainbow said.

Both Twilight and Luna stop in their tracks. "Um…bad hit to the head." Twilight said.

"Defiantly on the Mentos again." Applejack says after a moment of silence.

Luna leans over to Twilight. "We can't keep up this ruse, especially for four weeks."

"I'm thinking of a plan." Twilight whispers back.

Luna breathes out carefully. "Then let's hope you can think fast enough for this."

"Well let's keep walking mares as we have a long journey ahead of us." Twilight says.

Zagai sighs as he stares at the little towns passing by. "Been a while." He said as he absentmindedly ate some pieces of meat.

Umbra looks up from his large piece of meat. "Since what?"

Zagai looks to him. "Since I left. Mostly from my parent's home."

Umbra looks to the passing view as well. "How are they?"

Zagai smiles. "My father found a good paying job. Forgot what it was though. My mother still searching, last I heard of course."

Umbra smiles. "Do they know where you are, job wise?"

Zagai chuckles. "More like squeezing the life out of me when they heard."

Umbra chuckles. "Sounds like good griffons."

Zagai smirks. "More like one good griffon and pony."

Umbra looks a little surprised. "You have a pony mother?"

Zagai shakes his head. "No, that's actually my father. I take after my mother in looks while my mind comes from my father."

Umbra smiles. "So let me guess, you faced hardships because of that?"

Zagai sighs. "Yeah, the young ones were not that good to me, especially the other griffons. Then the Dominion came and take over everything. Soon I worked so hard to stay strong the bastered leader in all that decided to make me a gladiator and make a killing in the colosseum. Wasn't until I was able to get some others on my side did me and other slaves were able to revolt. Of course, I didn't count on Lightning to also attack at the same time. Soon after he met the leader of the revolt, which was me, he made me a commander and soon we liberated Whiterun and some of the surrounding areas."

Umbra nods. "That's good. Most with interspecies relationships doesn't last long because of the discrimination, but it looks like you and your family found a way."

Zagai smiles as a small city started to come into view. "Yeah, guess we did. Just a few more cities and we're there."

Umbra looks outside as well. "Well…you can drop me off at my destination and then you can go off on your own to do what you need to do."

Zagai nods as he looks back to Umbra. "Thanks, might even check in with my family to see how their doing. If my dates are correct, most of the production factories are shut down for a Labor Day for industry workers."

Umbra chuckles. "Then what about those in small shops and firms."

Zagai laughs. "Their date is actually after that."

Umbra laughs out loud. "Really, they want to keep things that simple? Is the city that lazy?"

Zagai keeps laughing. "More like they don't want riots in the streets for no business being open."

For some reason, the two kept laughing as some of the other passengers stared at the two thinking that they were off their rocker. Zagai soon calms down and looks outside to see the train stopping in the first of the few cities. "You know, this is the most fun out of a conversation that I ever had. And that's saying something."

Umbra grins. "Well I'm glad I can do that for you, you look like you need it."

Zagai nods as the train stops. "Yeah, guess I've been a stick in the mud for too long."

Umbra grins even more. "More like a stick up that feathered ass." He said before going back to eating, leaving Zagai to glare at him before smiling.

Twilight sighs as she stares out to the large ocean. That large dirty ocean that was littered with debris from a forge complex that was also littered with pieces of train tracks that they were following.

Luna comes up behind her, now having a guitar slung on her back. "Probably was a sight back then, don't you think?"

Twilight nods. "Yeah, still can't believe we made it this far."

Luna smiles. "And it only took almost three weeks. Can't believe we made it in that amount of time."

Twilight looks to her friends nearby that was crowded around a fire for them settling down for the night. "Yeah, hard to believe they stuck around for this long."

Luna looks back as well. "A friend would find ways to get out of things. Best friends would try to find a way for both of you to get out."

Twilight looks over to her. "Is that supposed to be those friends' vs best friends' things?"

Luna smirks. "Take your pick."

Twilight shakes her head before looking to the guitar on her back. "Any reason you brought that?"

Luna smiles and walks over to the others. "A surprise for you and the others."

Twilight looks back to the landscape behind them as she follows her. "Where did you get it?"

Luna smiles. "Just…a little shack."

Twilight frowns at her. "You stole it didn't you?"

Luna laughs nervously. "Well…it was abandoned…and there was nopony there."

Twilight sighs. "You really know how to cause trouble for me, don't you?"

Luna grins as she looks to her. "By whatever gave you that idea?"

"You know how to play?" Twilight asks.

Luna sighs as she sits down. "When I returned from the moon I was excepted by my sister to socialize. But with my experience so far gone, she eased me into it and gave me a guitar to play. I've gotten a little good at it." She said taking it off and tuning it a little.

Twilight sits down as well. "So what songs do you know?"

Luna just smiles and starts to play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_3zEGBIRGA

Twilight smiles and starts swaying back and forth as the soft tunes hit the air. Everypony else stares in a bit of wonder as Luna plays. It wasn't until Luna started to go faster did Pinkie get up and start dancing a bit before grabbing Fluttershy and bringing her to dance as well.

Everypony just started to sway to the music as Luna picked up more tempo. When she hits the hard parts everypony headbangs at each note, hypnotizing almost everypony. Pinkie and Fluttershy started to go around them faster as the tempo picked up.

Far away, a head pop up as the music hits its ears. Looking over to the ponies through his binoculars, he can see a pony playing while the others are just dancing or swaying along. Of course, he couldn't stop himself from swaying his flank as well. Shaking himself out of it, he speaks into a radio on his neck before going back down and heading off.

Luna plucks the last string as everypony starts to applause for her performance. "That was beautiful Luna. Where did you learn that?" Twilight asks.

Luna sighs as she looks up to the stars. "An old stallion who played on the street corner for a few bits. He said that he made that song for all the hardships he went through and still found ways to go through them and not around them. He said you can't dodge everything, sooner or later something has to hit you."

Twilight stops as the words hits her. 'Hit me?'

Luna then looks back to them. "Of course he was a pretty old stallion. So I gave him a few crowns for his troubles, teaching me the song and for providing a piece of wisdom. You can bet he really lived out his life just the way he wanted to end it. In a peaceful mind and sound body. Without that, I think he would have kept playing."

Twilight smiled. "Didn't he keep doing that?"

Luna smirks. "Of course he did. That music was his life. I'd be damned if he wasn't allowed to play it."

Everypony laughs a little. "So…you two want to tell us about this?" Rainbow asks after they stop.

Luna smirks. "About what?" She asks, feigning innocence.

Rainbow moves her hooves back and forth between them. "You know…this…the…relationship."

Luna and Twilight look to each other before looking back to the rest. "Well…" Twilight started, but was cut off as her armor started to emit static. "What the…?"

The rest look to her as the static started to grow louder and louder until they hear hoofsteps coming to them. Looking over they can a pony garbed in a large dusty suit jacket and a helmet that covered his entire face and had red lenses. A large sniper rifle was slung across his back, though it looks like it was disarmed for now. And, to Twilight's eyes, she can see something along his flanks under the jacket. The figure looks at them before turning around and walking away. He stops a foot away and looks back at them.

Luna sighs and douses the fire. "Let's go. Looks like we found at least one pony of the faction we need." She said getting up.

They all pack up and start to follow the pony, which lead along the sea until they turned inland and soon reached a lake area, while hearing a buzzing sound from a little ways away. The pony looks around before looking back at them and steps in front of a hatch. The mares all look confused to each other until the pony opens the hatch and waits.

The mares look around again before complying and slowly goes into the hatch. After the last mare went in the pony takes a final look before going in himself and closes the hatch behind him.

The mares looks around and stop as they see two turrets facing them. The pony steps forward up to the door at the end and knocks on the door. The door soon opens to show another pony around the same garb stepping aside for the pony to step in. The door pony looks to the mares and waves them in.

The mares cautiously look to each other before going past the unmoving turrets and heading inside. The door pony closes the door behind them and points downstairs. The mares complies and sees the same pony they were following outside waiting for them. As soon as they stop in front of the door did it open to reveal a large living space with a large kitchen on one side, many corridors and windows on the walls, showing that they were underwater in a large cavern.

The pony looks to them before walking again as the other mares and stallions inside, wearing no armor, but kept a weapon of some kind beside them, looks to the mares as they follow the still heavily clothed pony. They kept following the pony past a large bedroom and then turned into another corridor where plants grew like a greenhouse. After going through another door did they went downstairs to a large room with a server computer system on one side and a fire pit on the other while a desk sat in the middle facing them.

The pony places his rifle down on the desk and takes his helmet off showing a black coated pony. "Alright mares, this is where you tell me what you were doing in Manticore territory."

Twilight becomes surprised, but it couldn't be seen with her helmet up. "Brother." A voice said making the pony look to Spitfire who was in disbelief.

Lightning sighs and places the helmet down on the desk. "Hey sis. Long time no see."

Spitfire slowly walks forward until she was right in front of him and then slaps him across the face. "YOU IDIOT! Why didn't you come find me?! Why did you cause me so much pain after what happen?! Why stay hidden?!"

Lightning rubs the stop where she hit him. "First, I was in another country. Second, I couldn't come back to you because it would place you in danger with the legion. Third, ow."

Spitfire huffs, but is then stopped by Twilight placing a hoof on her shoulder. She lets the helmet collapse on itself as she steps forward. "Lightning Bolt, I'm…"

"Twilight Sparkle." Lightning interrupted. "Maker of the magic armor and spell based weaponry. Nice job by the way." He then looks to Luna. "Princess Luna, you're supposed to be dead."

Luna blushes a bit. "Hidden guerilla tactics. Been helping small towns that nopony goes to these days."

Lightning snorts and looks to the rest of the mares. "Rainbow Dash, also known as Rainbow Kicker for unexpectedly kicking one of the members of the Wonderbolts that made them lose their last battle and was discharged. Now works with Applejack on protecting what is left of Ponyville." He looks to Pinkie Pie. "Pinkamena Diane Pie or Pinkie Pie…"

"That's me. What do you know about me?" Pinkie asks cheerfully.

Lightning raises an eyebrow. "Well, you had to stop being a baker after the Ponyville bakery burned down and become the second tactician to protect against future attacks."

Pinkie giggles and snorts. "Yup, yup, yup. That's me."

Lightning sighs and turns to Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, the Ponyville animal caretaker turned doctor for all after a large attack that crippled most of the town. Still can't get over the fact that you were in Manticore territory." He then finally turns to Rarity. "And finally Rarity, a fashion designer turned to infiltrator for crippling most of the nearby camps. Nice work." Rarity blushes slightly at the praise.

Lightning sighs and goes around the desk and sits down. "So, what are you doing here?"

Twilight was about to speak, but stops as she realized how is she going to explain all this. "Well…me and my friends have come a long way to find you. Not to help, but rather an explanation."

Lightning raises an eyebrow. "Really and pray tell is that?"

Twilight takes a quickly look around before sighing. "This might sound weird, but…I'm not the Twilight Sparkle here, but rather an alternate universe where you came to Equestria sooner and was able to hold back the Dominion from taking over and you're married to…" She stops as realizes that part is dangerous.

Lightning leans forward a little. "Married to…?"

Twilight shakes her head. "Never mind, any case, me and Luna here are trying to find a way back home."

Lightning tilts his head slightly. "And why should I believe you?"

Twilight just stares. "You met Fulgur, Death, Harmony and Chaos herself."

Lightning becomes genuinely surprised. "Okay, nopony knows about that other than just me."

Twilight inwardly smiles. "So…?"

Lightning sighs and leans back into his chair. "Well for one, you all must be tired. Grab some food and go ask around for Hazuki. She'll lead you to everything you need to know about this place and we can talk about this after you have been well rested."

Twilight looks back to the others who look a little shocked while Luna nods. Twilight sighs and turns back to him. "Alright. Come on girls." She said walking away.

Lightning watches as they walk back up the steps to main area. He sighs and turns to a speakerphone on his desk. "All personal, this is Lightning Bolt. The mares that were just brought in are not to be harmed and are allowed on site with Hazuki as the guide. As for you Hazuki, please show them around. That'll be all." He sighs as he leans back again.

Lightning opens the door to his room and sees Scootaloo's bed empty. "Scoots?" He calls. He looks in the bathroom, but couldn't find her. "Scoots?"

"What's going on?" Rainbow asks as she walks in.

Lightning turns to her worried. "Have you seen Scootaloo?"

Rainbow looks around until she sighs. "Come on, I have an idea where she is." She said walking out.

Lightning follows her down the hallway and end up going downstairs until they reach a large door. Opening it, they see Kite standing by the door looking at something in the large room.

"Kite?" Lightning asks.

Kite turns to them. "Oh, hey guys. If you're looking for Scootaloo, she's over there." She said pointing to the far end.

Rainbow and Lightning look to each other before walking ahead to find Tiyries moving his claw on something under his wing. He looks up to see them and nods his head to have come closer. They both walk around his wing to see Scootaloo snuggled in close to Tiyries as he runs the back end of his claw along her mane while humming a tune.

Scootaloo looks up to see them. "Hey guys. Sorry for leaving, but…"

Rainbow holds a hoof up. "It's okay." She said smiling. "Just…enjoy it, because you got all the time in the world with him now."

Scootaloo smiles and lays her head back on Tiyries's chest. "Thanks."

Lightning sighs in relief. "Geez Scoots, you really gave me a scare."

Scootaloo looks down. "Sorry dad."

Lightning smiles. "It's okay. Now, how's your headache?"

Scootaloo smiles. "I actually don't feel it for some reason. There's something, but I can't feel it."

Rainbow looks confused for a second while Lightning gains a small expression. "Really, no hurting or eyeball pressure?"

Scootaloo shakes her head. "Not really, I can't feel any pain, but I do feel something like it's saying 'I'm here.'"

Both Rainbow and Lightning looks to each other confused while Tiyries looks worried to them all. Lightning sighs and brings out a bottle. "Well if you do get any pain, ask Kite for the pills."

Scootaloo nods and lays back against Tiyries. "Okay, but do I have to go back to my bed?"

Lightning smirks. "Well I have to keep you safe somehow and Tiyries here is the prime target. I doubt he would want you to get hurt."

Tiyries growls softly to her. "What?!" Scootaloo asked shocked. Tiyries growls again. Scootaloo kept staring until she looks down and sighs. "Okay. Can I at least stay for a little while longer?"

Tiyries looks to Lightning as he smiles. "Sure, but bring her back before ten."

Tiyries yelps and wraps around her closer. Scootaloo smiles as she snuggles in more. "Thanks dad."

Lightning goes over to her and nuzzles her softly. "You're welcome Scoots. I guess I can say…I was wrong. I guess he is the one for you." He said.

Scootaloo smiles and starts to close her eyes again. After she closes them, Lightning looks to Tiyries with a stern look. "Ten, remember that." Tiyries nods cautiously. Lightning then smiles. "Good." He said before walking off with Rainbow and giving the pills to Kite.

Tiyries looks down to Scootaloo again as she slightly looks up to him. He smiles and nuzzles her head before humming and stroking her mane again making her fall back asleep.

Lightning still has the same questionable expression as he enters his room again. "No pain, but still a feeling?"

Rainbow shrugs. "Maybe the pills we gave her are still working."

Lightning looks to her. "Rainbow, those pills are supposed to last four hours otherwise it would really hurt."

Rainbow looks to him confused. "Yeah, so?"

Lightning now looks really worried. "It's been a whole day."

Twilight sighs in relief as she leans back against the sunken bathtub. "This is what I need. A good clean bath."

Luna giggles as she enters the bath with her. "I'm sure of that."

Twilight looks to the windows showing the fish passing by. "Do you think Lightning will find a way out of this?"

Luna sits down right beside her. "I don't know. You entered a dream where even I don't have the power to escape. I can't even see the message you're supposed to find."

Twilight sighs and gets up only to lean back against Luna, making her wrap her hooves around Twilight. "Yet, it feels like it's getting closer than ever at this point."

Luna nods and nuzzles her head. "Then for you, is to deal with it as it comes."

Twilight groans as she leans more against her. "I guess. Still, I'm now wondering what the heck I'm doing here. It's obvious that this Lightning doesn't know what to make of this so what am I supposed to do?"

Luna sighs and looks to the windows. "Maybe a life lesson for you and you alone. Maybe a lesson that you will be facing a lot in the coming days."

Twilight looks to her. "And do you have any idea as to what that is?"

Luna shrugs. "No idea, but you may already know, you just haven't thought about it yet."

Twilight nods and leans against her. "So, what do you want to do now?"

Luna only grins.

Rainbow just stares at the dog in front of her. Applejack was just smirking as she gave some dog food to it and patted its head, making it wag its tail. "Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?"

"Applejack, that's a robot dog." Rainbow said weirded out.

Applejack chuckles. "A dog is a dog, robot or not."

Fluttershy giggles as the dog licks her cheek. "He's so cute."

Pinkie giggles as she mimics the dog to Rainbow. Rainbow pushes her away. "Pinkie, cut that out." She said trying to wipe off the salvia.

Rarity smiles as she cleans her rifle. "This is a bit better in life, but we do have to deal with this group here, so maybe not better?"

Applejack shrugs. "At least we're safe."

Hazuki at that moment decides to enter to check on things. "Hello my mares, how are we doing?"

"Doing quite fine, if I say so myself." Rarity said.

Hazuki smiles. "That's good, now…" She pauses as a stallion comes up behind her and gives her a letter. "Thank you." She opens it and proceeds to read it. As she keeps moving along the letter, she gets a more graven expression. "Excuse me." She said walking away.

The others stare at her as she goes away. "What do you think that was about?" Applejack asks.

Pinkie grins. "Oh stealth time again." She said donning her night vision goggles before running off by crawling like a spider on the walls and ceiling.

Rainbow sighs and gets up to head after her. "Well, at least we got something to do."

The rest of the mares look to each other before heading off themselves. The dog whines at his new friends leaving before a squeaky ball lands in front of him as Fluttershy waves goodbye at him. The dog smiles before biting the ball and starts shaking it like crazy.

Twilight moans a bit as she steps out of her room from her…session with Luna. She then feels something under her wing and shakes it loose to reveal the sock Luna wore. She blushes before putting the sock back into the room. Twilight sighs in relief before seeing Hazuki walk past her with a grave expression.

She proceeds to follow her only to end up outside Lightning's office. "Are you sure?" She heard Lightning from the inside.

Hazuki sighs. "I'm afraid so, that camp just gained a few more slaves, half broken and half new."

Lightning growls. "With those slaves in the way, we can't make a move without them using the slaves as shields. The only other way is to sacrifice the whole group."

Hazuki looks worried. "You really think the troops would go for that?"

Lightning looks worried as well to her. "This is the main camp, we kill this and many more will be saved at the cost of them."

Hazuki sighs. "Sir, you know what the troops are like. They won't make a move like this."

Lightning nods. "I know, but we may have to. Excuse me." He presses a button on the desk, which makes the door open and Twilight to tumble down the stairs.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow." Twilight yelps as he hits almost every step before coming to a stop on the ground, upside down.

"Want to explain to me why you were eavesdropping on this?" Lightning asks.

Twilight groans as she gets back up. "Look, I know you don't trust me that well yet, but let me prove it to you. I'll help with getting rid of the camp and freeing the slaves."

Lightning shakes his head. "Too risky, especially after they got almost enough slaves for every member there."

Twilight thinks for a few before coming up with something. "Well I do have a plan, but you have to promise not to tell the others."

Lightning looks to Hazuki and then back to Twilight. "Okay, what do you got?"

The mares leaned against the door some more, but couldn't hear anything after he agreed. "What do you think Twilight's plan is?" Rarity asks.

Fluttershy looks worried. "Oh, I hope it isn't anything bad."

Rainbow huffs. "I can hear only some whispers, but I can't make it out."

Applejack moves away from the door. "Well whatever it is we have to protect her. You know we can't pull her away from a plan once she made her mind up."

"I think it might be a great plan." Pinkie said.

Rainbow glares at her. "Pinkie, almost all of Twilight's plan involves us going into dangerous territory to get one piece of a chip and then into another to get the next part and after that heading back into the same territory to get the last part, where we have been. Now how would this be a great plan?"

Pinkie giggles. "Because that isn't the Twilight we know and she might come up with something entirely different."

The mares just stare at her as she held a goofy smile. "Pinkie, I think you slipped into the Mentos again." Rainbow said.

Pinkie tilts her head. "What are talking about?" She brings out a Mentos pack, which was completely full. "They're right here and I didn't touch any of it."

The door quickly opens making them stop and look to Twilight coming up and looking to them. "Listen girls, you may not agree with what I'm going to do, but whatever happens don't interfere. I can't let anything happen to you so stay here. Lightning will make sure you don't leave." She said before walking away.

They keep looking at her until she leaves out of sight. "We're following her, aren't we?" Applejack asks.

"Yep." The rest of them answered.

"Not if I can help it." Lightning said behind them, startling them. "Hazuki, make sure they don't leave the base." He said before going the same way as Twilight.

The mares watches in shock before looking back to Hazuki who held a small smile. "Don't even try."

Twilight sighs as she stood in her armor on a cliff overlooking the area known as 'The Fort' for the main camp of the Legion that stood on a large plateau. Lightning stood by him watching the camp bustle with activity. "You ready?"

Twilight looks over to him. "What do you think?"

Lightning sighs. "Just know that if you can't do this then we're attacking and pulling you out."

Twilight nods and goes down the way they came while Lightning sets up his sniper rifle and looks to the entrance, occasionally peaking up to get the wide view.

Twilight still took deep breaths as she peeks around a rock corner and sees the Legion guards, who were strangely wearing football gear that was heavily modified, at the gate. She scowls before letting the armor collapsing on itself. She steps out of it and looks back as it locks up again. "Alpha, Mike, Foxtrot."

The armor hums for a few seconds. "Lockdown initiated."

Lightning looks up in shock. "That wasn't part of the plan."

Twilight takes another breath before rolling along the ground and messes up her mane and tail while she made one of her wings look like it's been broken. Once she sets herself up looking like a troubled traveler, she limps to the gate. "Help me." She wheezes out.

The guards sees her and goes to her. "Halt or be killed."

Twilight still limps. "Help me."

They guards look to each other before one of them waves her over and she complies and wobbled over to him. The guard leads her inside and once she sees the state of the camp and how everypony was with mares working menial jobs and even saw one under a stallion in a far corner, even the stallions being used to work the hard labor or moving equipment, she starts to back up before the guard grabs her and starts to drag her up the stairs to the tent.

"Please no, let me go, I don't want to be here." Twilight pleaded.

The guard snorts. "You came to us, now pay for it animal."

They finally reach the tent where the guards outside saw what the guard was dragging behind him and pulls the tent flaps and allows him to throw Twilight inside.

"Ow." She groans as she gets up, but then sees a pony sitting on a large chair while two other heavy guards stood beside him.

The pony on the chair snorts at her. "What is this, an alicorn mare?" He then grins. "You would definitely make a good slave, but first…" He waves over to one of the guards who grabs something from a nearby table before going to her and placing a ring on her horn.

Twilight screams in pain as she could feel her usual magic being stopped completely. 'So elemental is different.' She thought as she can still feel the fire elemental magic still flowing through her.

Lightning was switched to the thermal vision on his scope as he sees Twilight shaking on the ground. "Dammit, they got the ring on her. This isn't part of the plan." He takes out a radio from his bag. "Hazuki, prepare the troops for battle, this plan is going south."

The pony chuckles as Twilight withered around in pain. "Good luck trying to get that off, only the owner can get it off. Now take her…"

"Sir." A guard said as he entered.

The pony glares at him. "What is it?!"

The guard drops Twilight's armor on the ground. "Found this, right outside the gate. Can't get it open though."

The pony huffs and waves it off. "Put it at the armory, but don't allow anypony to touch it."

The guard goes to pick it up and right when he touches it, "Alpha, Sierra!" Twilight yells which makes the armor light up before the guard was shocked to death. The pony and the guards watch in shock as the guard finally collapsed and the armor goes dark.

The pony kept staring until he looks to Twilight with a dark glare. "Take her to the slave dungeon and get some rope and take that thing to the armory and put it in a case."

Twilight was then grabbed from behind by the tent guards as she dragged again, with her struggling all the way. She growls as she was uselessly kicking everything until she was thrown again, this time down a hatch in the ground where she lands with a hard thud.

"Ow. Again." The hatch closes as the torches inside were lit up enough of the room for her. She looks around and sees many ponies chained up, in cages while some were not chained, or in cages, helping the rest. She then sees something that shocked her. "Octavia?!"

Octavia looks over to the new arrival. "Oh hello, one second." She places a bowl of water in one of the cages before going to Twilight. "Guess you got captured, didn't you?"

Twilight shakes her head. "Not exactly. What happened to you? Vinyl said you were dead." She asks while looking at the rough up mare.

Octavia sighs as she runs a hoof through her loose mane. "Of course she would think that. I was in a nearby town finding supplies for her before it got attacked by the Legion and here in the Wastelands, you get attacked by the Legion, you were either dead or a slave. Sounds like Vinyl choose the former."

Twilight looks around. "Is there a way out of here?"

Octavia points to a door on the far side. "Over there, but that is a really tough lock and there is a guard right outside."

Twilight then looks up at where the hatch was. "How deep is this place?"

Octavia shrugs. "Twenty, maybe thirty feet."

Twilight keeps looking around until she sighs and goes for the ring on her horn. She tries to pull it off, but it doesn't come off. "Look like he was right."

Octavia nods and looks to the other unicorns in the room. "Yes, it would either be cut off or if you're valuable enough then the ring is placed on you. Still, what were you doing here?"

Twilight looks around for anypony looking their way before leaning in. "I'm here to rescue everypony." She whispers.

Octavia looks at her in shock. "I'm sorry, my years of servitude including lewd years must have damaged my ears, what did you say again?"

Twilight sighs. "I'm going to get everypony out of here."

Octavia jaw drops slightly. "And how do you plan to do that?"

Twilight nervously rubs a foreleg behind her head. "Well...I had a plan set up with that other faction, but I needed to change it once I realized it wasn't going to work."

Octavia facehooves. "You might either be the smartest pony there is or the crazy and dumbest."

The door suddenly burst open. "Hey alicorn, your time has come!" The guard yells.

Octavia looks worried to her. "Good luck." She said before getting back to helping the others.

Twilight huffs as the guard comes up and starts dragging her along roughly and soon leads her outside where she was carried back to the tent before being thrown in again. "Ow! Don't your guards have anything better to do besides throw others?" She asks sarcastically as she gets up slightly.

The pony glares at her. "I may forgive you for just wandering here, but not for killing one of my soldiers. And I know how you can repay me. After all, we repay everything here."

Twilight freezes as she hears this. 'He can't mean…'

The pony snorts a huff of air right in front of her. "Let me ask, have you ever been touched?" He asks with a sadistic grin.

Twilight finally goes wide eye. 'No!'

(And here is where things go from bad to worse, I'm sure you can guess what it is.)

The pony chuckles before waving over the two guards. "Let's get you set up." He said before starting to shed his clothing.

The guards grabs her and lifts her up before the pony lays down a blanket under her and lays down on it, completely unclothed. The guards set her down on top of him and set themselves up in front of her and behind her. "Now let's have some fun."

Twilight feels something warm run along her flank and inner thighs and sees the one thing she doesn't want to see in front of her. She glares before feeling the fire run through her. "Sorry, but I was already taken by a mare who's a princess and actually not a bucking idiot." She said which made them look to her before she slammed her hoof into the ground and sending the fire through the ground and into the area.

(Did you really think I would let that happen, happy reading for I'm letting the killing commence.)

The guards and the pony scream in pain as the guards were lighted on fire from their hot armor and the pony was in the flames from the cloth on the ground. Twilight huffs as she steps away from them. "Can't believe I'm actually killing them." She said looking back at them. After the fires and screams die out does she look away and head outside. "Hi boys." She said to the guards, making them look to her before one of their heads exploded, making them look to the cliff where they can see a sniper looking at them.

Lightning shoots the other guard before looking up and sees the camp in a frenzy. "Go."

Twilight watches as explosions and gunfire come from the entrance as ponies either take cover or fight. She starts to run to the armory and sees many slaves cowering in what they could find for cover. She rushes to the case in the far end of the armory before taking a pickaxe and slamming it into the lock on it. The lock busted open and she rushes to take it off as the explosion and gunfire come closer.

The slaves watches as Twilight gets the case open, but cower again as a Legion soldier comes up behind her. "Hey!"

Twilight looks behind her and just glares at him. "What?!"

The Legion brings up his spear. "You will pay for this."

Twilight raises an eyebrow. "Yeah, I don't think so, adios…"

The armor lights up.

"Mother…"

A few plates on the front move outward.

"Fucker!"

The armor lights then blinks. "Password accepted." It said quickly before firing an electric arrow bolt at the Legion, which makes him writhing in pain before he collapses dead on the ground.

The slaves finally come out from their hiding places as the armor opens up and Twilight looks to them all with a slight smile. "Stay down until this is all over." She said before walking into her armor and lock up around her.

The slaves watches as she runs off to the lower levels of the camp while some other slaves came up to them from the lower part of the camp. Suddenly a mare from the tent came up behind them. "You would not believe this, but that purple alicorn killed Caesar." The rest of the slaves look back at where Twilight went in shock, as Legion soldiers were flying left and right. "She's the new emperor." The mare finished.

Twilight punches a Legion in the face and sends him far into a table while sending her fire into her other exposed hoof and hits another and leaves it there until his clothing burst into flames. She breathes out heavily as some of Lightning's soldiers finally come in and starts fighting directly to the Legion and she could swear she can see what looks like Apollo and Nikolai fighting back to back.

A Legion yells as he comes up to her with his sword brandished before she grabs his collar and throws him into a rock pile where some slaves were hiding. Upon seeing the Legion land on the rock pile do they take their pickaxes and starts to pick him like madponies. Twilight watches for bit in shock before forcing herself to look away. 'Damn it, why can I kill them, but I can't take others doing it?'

"Twilight, come in!" Lightning yells over the radio.

Twilight shakes herself out of it and looks in his direction. "I'm here."

Lightning's growls were heard before he fired off another shot. "Twilight, get the slaves out or someplace safe. This is going to take a while."

Twilight turns to look at the slaves on the rock pile who finished killing the Legion before they look to her. She takes one look and tries to hold down her lunch from the mutilated body. "Jeez."

"Twilight!" Rainbow yells as she and the others try to get to her.

Twilight looks at them in shock. "What are you doing here?! I thought Lightning held you back at the base."

Applejack smirks. "You really think that would keep us from you?" She asks before taking her shotgun and firing off a shot to a nearby Legion coming at them. "Besides, I got a bone to pick with them."

Pinkie grins before taking her pistols and jumps in the air before firing like crazy at every Legion, either suppressing them or getting a lucky shot. Rainbow grabs her assault rifle and flies upward before taking shots at whatever could help. Twilight could then see another sniper next to Lightning that was firing shots down to them. She then looks to Fluttershy who was cowering a bit.

"Fluttershy, if you want to help, the slaves either need to get out of here back to the base or someplace safe and healed up." Twilight said softly.

"Um, okay." Fluttershy whispers and gets up and rushes off to the other slaves who were trying to hold the Legion back, but were picked off by them or their heads exploded.

A yell was heard and Twilight looks to another Legion coming at her. She places some magic where she is and then jumps further away. The Legion runs over where she was and then gets launch from the explosion that ensued. Twilight watches as he lands in the middle of the large battle down below. 'I thought that wouldn't work.'

A massive explosion then erupted from right next to her that took out a group of Legions holding back everypony. Twilight looks up to see Luna hovering above them and taking out large groups with an explosive spell attack before taking out smaller groups with sleep spells.

Twilight and the others keeps taking out the Legion until none remained or they were all fast asleep. She breathes out a sigh of relief as her helmet falls away and the NCR cheers while the remaining Legion looks at them in distaste and tied up. She starts to walk to where the tent once stood and sees it all burned down now. "Well…that's that."

"Indeed." Luna said coming up behind her.

Twilight looks over to her with a small smile. "Hey Luna."

Luna immediately embraces her. "Don't scare me like that again." She whispered before looking to her horn and sees the ring. Luna taps the ring before lightning up her horn and destroys the seal on the ring before taking it off and throwing it away. "Foal level ring."

Twilight looks down as she barely moves, feeling her regular magic flowing through her again. "I'm sorry, but…if I told you, you would have stopped me. Even more so that my plan that I told to Lightning is different than what I did."

Luna looks to her. "What was your real plan anyway?"

Twilight blushes. "Well…I was going to go in without armor so I can meet the head of camp and try to figure out where the slaves were so I can plan my attacks where they can't hit them."

Luna raise an eyebrow. "And what did you tell him?"

Twilight smiles a bit. "Does it matter now?"

Luna smirks. "Now you're learning."

"Excellent work, unorthodox, but good enough." Lightning said coming up to them.

Twilight nervously smiles. "Well if I told you the real deal then would you have agreed?"

Lightning shakes his head. "Not really, but next time don't hide many secrets, in the way of saving you might lose."

Twilight sighs and nods. "Okay, so how are the slaves?"

Lightning's eyes darted around slightly nervous before landing on the slaves coming up behind him. They immediately stood in front of Twilight and bowed all the way instead of just one leg. "Master." They all said.

"Master?!" Twilight yells in shock.

"Master?!" Luna yells in disbelief.

"Master?!" The mane five yelled from a little ways away.

A mare slave in front then brings her head up. "What would you have us do Master?"

Twilight couldn't say anything as she was frozen in shock and her mouth hung open a little. Luna, seeing her predictiment, turns to the former slaves. "How about for now, you all round up the rest and we'll see from there." The former slaves rush off to find the others while Luna looked worriedly to Twilight. "Twilight?" She asks cautiously while reaching out to touch her.

Twilight suddenly grabs hold of her good. "Luna?" She tries to ask calmly.

Luna sighs a bit in relief. "Yes?"

Twilight still looks to the former slaves trying to find and free the others. "Did I…just become their leader?"

Luna looks to them as well. "In a sense, yes, but you really just became their new master as you kill the old one."

Twilight still didn't move. "Okay, help me."

Luna looks to her confused until she realized what she meant. Luna lifts Twilight up and places her on her back. She then slowly walks up the rest of the former slaves who just freed the ones down in the cellar. "Octavia?"

The former slaves then moved aside as Octavia stepped forward. "Yes?"

Twilight looks at her from her spot on Luna's back. "I have somepony to introduce to you and you're going to be in charge of all these ponies for I have no idea what you need or want."

Octavia looks a bit surprised. "Okay…but what about you? And some of these ponies are broken." She said as some of them stepped forward. "They are too far gone for us to fix and will only listen to the new master."

Twilight looks to them. "Treat yourself, you've earned it. Luna, let's go, I need a break."

Luna looks worriedly back at her before walking off to the medical area. All the while, she kept looking back, seeing the same blank face on her. Luna sighs and walks inside the medical area and sets Twilight down. "Out of the armor."

Twilight doesn't say anything as the armor comes off and she steps out of it. Luna picks her up again and sets her down on the bed. "You got a few cuts and bruises." Luna observed looking over her. "And Twilight…"

Twilight still stares upward. Luna sighs and grabs a nearby medical kit. As she started to dress her wounds, some of the former slaves and the soldiers started to peek in. Luna ignores them and ties the last bandage. Taking one last look, she places her hoof over Twilight's bandage chest. "Twilight, please look at me." Twilight still doesn't move her head. "Twilight can you please…what?" She asks herself looking to her hoof to see Twilight's hoof on hers.

Luna looks back to Twilight to see something a bit rare. "Luna…?" Twilight's chocked sob came out.

Luna leans over her crying face. "Yes?" She asks softly.

Twilight finally lets the tears fall. "Please don't leave me." She whimpered.

Luna slightly smiles. "I would never do that to you."

Twilight grabs Luna's hoof with her other hoof now. "No…don't leave."

Luna looks slightly confused. "Twilight, what are you…" She then sees Twilight crying more. "Oh." Luna smiles and gets into bed beside her and covers her up with her wings. "The one thing Twilight Sparkle can barely handle, is disappointing others and you think I would hate you for killing?" Twilight sniffs and snuggles into her. Luna nuzzles her and pets her mane. "I won't ever hate you Twilight. You gave me new life and I was able to repay you as well. A new friend and mate. Just because you killed doesn't mean it's the end of the world. You did that on the travel here, but now that you planned the whole thing out, you're wondering if there was another way, another way of living. Well there isn't. The only you could have survived that is by killing them. Yes, we could have taken them easily, but you made it so that others would survive, the slaves and the soldiers involved. You gave life Twilight." Twilight cries into her coat as Luna starts to hum a tune while giving a look to the ponies peeking in that soon made them leave.

Rainbow hums a small tune as she tucks the foals in. The foals yawn and starts to go to sleep as somepony enters the room. Rainbow smiles and turns to Scootaloo coming in. "Had fun?"

Scootaloo nods. "Yeah, he always cheers me up."

Rainbow chuckles. "I can bet. Now why don't I help you get ready for bed?"

Scootaloo yawns. "Yeah, I think I might need help." She said walking to the bathroom.

Rainbow sighs and follows her to see her already brushing up. "Tell me, how has he been treating you?"

Scootaloo spits into the sink. "Tiyries? Pretty good. Why?"

Rainbow just smiles. "Oh nothing, just making sure I don't have call Lightning for a hunt."

Scootaloo's eyes widen. "You wouldn't."

Rainbow grins as she looks over her wings. "I would." She sang.

Scootaloo turns to her. "Please don't. I really can't live without him."

Rainbow ruffles her mane. "Easy squirt. I was just joking." She takes another look at her wings again and noticed something. "You know about your eyes right?"

Scootaloo looks at herself in the mirror. "Yeah, so what? They look a bit cool."

Rainbow smiles. "Yeah, they sure are. Listen you best get to bed. I got to go for a bit." She said walking away.

Scootaloo looks a bit confused before looking at her sharp eyes again. "I wonder if Tiyries likes them?"

Rainbow looks around frantically before she sees Lightning coming her way. "Lightning."

Lightning looks to Rainbow. "Yes?"

Rainbow takes a look back at their room before looking to him again. "I think something's wrong with Scootaloo."

Lightning raises an eyebrow before going into the room and sees Scootaloo settling into bed. "Hey Scoots."

Scootaloo smiles as she looks up. "Hey dad."

Lightning smiles as he goes over to her and starts looking over her. "Well, no cuts or bruises, that's good."

Scootaloo pushes his hoof away. "Dad, he didn't do anything."

Lightning chuckles. "I know." He then sees something and grabs onto her wings. "Hello."

Scootaloo looks to her wings. "What? What is it?"

Lightning feels the wing a bit before letting go. "Nothing, go to sleep Scootaloo." He said pulling the covers around her.

Scootaloo sighs as she lays down and quickly falls into snores. Lightning's smile turns into a frown as he walks back to Rainbow. She now looks really worried as she sees Lightning carrying a few orange feathers that looks new and shiny.

Twilight sighs as she looks at the door ahead of her. "You ready?"

Octavia, now healed and has her collar bow back on, sighs as well. "Is anypony?"

Twilight smiles a bit. "Well…let's not keep her waiting."

Octavia nods and pushes the doors open to find Vinyl sitting in her chair. "Vinyl, news for you, the Legion's leader is dead." Twilight said.

Vinyl puts a hoof in the air. "Finally, some big news." She then flips a switch. "Good morning Equestria, big news, news, news, news." She call out before going into a whisper at the end. "Any case, the Legion is dead, well actually their leader, so this makes things easier. Now then, let us get down to the gory details. I wonder, did he die by his weapon or did he burn up like he's supposed too?"

Octavia smiles as she walks up to her. "Honestly Vinyl, are you ever going to get away from your pyromaniac self?"

Vinyl stops as she slowly turns to her. "Octy?"

Octavia smiles. "Your mare is back Vinyl."

Vinyl slowly grins. "Where's my eggs?"

Octavia scoffs. "Unbelievable, I've been gone for almost two years and that's the only thing you have to say?"

Vinyl shrugs. "Well, I have been getting hungry."

"We got that covered."

They both look to two new ponies who entered. "Vinyl, say hello to Apollo and Nikolie."

Nikolai smiles. "Nikolai ma'am, Nikolai."

"Nikolne."

Nikolai shakes his head. "Hoof meet face." He said before facehoofing.

Vinyl giggles a bit. "And how about the other one?"

Apollo steps forward. "Well, Apollo's the name and sneaking is my game. Unless you count the endless hours of just crouching and sneaking around uselessly."

Vinyl laughs and pounced onto Octavia. "I missed you."

Twilight smiles and walks back outside to see Luna, Lightning, the mane five and the former slaves waiting for her. "Well, Vinyl's back to her old self. Let's go home." She said before walking away towards Ponyville with the others.

Luna chuckles as she wraps a wing around her as they walked off. "You couldn't wait for them to get together, could you?"

Twilight smiles. "I could, but they are made for each other. They'll fall into it soon."

Luna soon leans close to her ear. "And Rainbow and Lightning?"

Twilight looks a bit worried to them. "I doubt that this one will happen."

Luna smiles. "What makes you say that? Look." She said nodding her head to them. Twilight looks over to see Rainbow talking very animatedly to Lightning as he just smiled and listened and even laughing a few times. "I think they will get along just fine."

Twilight smiles, but then frowns. "But what about us?"

Luna smirks and nuzzles her. "What about us? We're together aren't we?"

Twilight looks worried to her. "I meant why are we still not allowed to leave?"

Luna looks confused for a moment before charging up a spell and then firing it to a nearby spot making a small portal. "It works! We can leave." She cheered.

The others look back at them hearing the cheering. "What's going on?" Lightning asks.

Luna was a little too giddy. "We can leave from this dream so I'm sorry, but we have to go as we can't stay here."

Everypony then have their attention focused on them as Luna looks over the portal. Twilight looks sadly to the others. "I'm sorry, but I have to go."

Pinkie bounces in front of her. "But, who will play magic roach pick off with me?"

Twilight smiles. "I'm sure Rainbow can be available."

Pinkie whimpers and hugs her as Twilight hugs her back. "I'll miss you Twilight."

Twilight sighs. "I'll miss you too." She said letting go.

Rainbow and Applejack step forward as Pinkie drags herself back. "So…the liar was really the truth teller." Rainbow said.

Twilight looks down a little. "You really didn't trust me that much?"

They both stare at her until they smirk. "The one thing our Twilight can't and won't do is go out there and find just one pony just to come back with almost nothing. Also going into a Legion camp, especially the head camp, without armor or even a physical weapon. That really isn't our Twilight." Applejack said.

Twilight smiles. "Can you take care of this Twilight? I think she would need it."

They both salute. "Yes ma'am." They both said.

Rarity steps forward as she digs into her pouch. "You know my dear, you really are something, something greater than the Twilight we would have."

Twilight blushes a bit as her ears splayed back. "I don't think I'm that good."

Rarity giggles. "Oh hush now, you are good and maybe will be even greater. Here." She said giving her a rolled up blueprint. "Found this in the bases we raided on the way to the west. Don't know if you can't take it with since to you it is a dream."

Twilight unrolls it and finds plans for something with a small trigger and laser with something in the sky. She smiles before lighting up her horn and running a line of light over it before stopping. "Thanks Rarity, but you guys can keep it now. I won't need it since it's all in my noggin." She said giving it back to her.

Rarity smiles as she takes it. "And I trust you took the plans for your armor?"

Twilight smiles. "Of course, this would be a really great help for the Lightning I have back home and his army. Which reminds me." She collapses the armor before stepping out of it and watches it lock back up. "Make sure this Twilight knows how to handle this, oh, and tell her that the gyro on the left hindleg is off by five points."

Rarity takes the armor with her magic. "Of course, we'll make sure she gets it properly." She said before walking away.

Twilight sighs as she sees Fluttershy coming her way. "Hey Fluttershy, thanks for taking care of us."

Fluttershy weakly smiles. "Sure, I mean, it was a pleasure, I mean, oh boy." She whispered.

Twilight giggles a bit and hugs her. "It's okay Fluttershy. You really held your own out there. And that's a sign that you're going to be even braver."

Fluttershy gasps happily before hugging her back. "Thank you."

Twilight smiles and let's go of the hug. "No problem."

"Twilight, it's time to go." Luna calls.

Twilight nods to her before looking to Lightning. "Take care of them and the Twilight here." Lightning nods and smiles. She then looks to her former slaves. "Listen up ponies, until the Twilight here knows everything and understands it, you will all take orders from General Lightning and my friends and General Lightning will choose when she can give orders. Make sure you listen well for they may save your life. That is all and goodbye." She calls out before walking to Luna and the portal.

Luna smiles as she stood by the portal. "Ready?" Twilight nods and shakes herself of all the dust. Luna smiles and waves back to the group still watching. "Listen, when you get back, tell him everything and write me a letter as soon as possible. I need to make sure there is no lasting effects."

Twilight smiles before giving her a kiss and steps in front of the portal. "Luna, I have something to ask you."

Luna smiles at her. "And that is?"

Twilight opens her mouth to speak before closing it again. "Actually, I think its better when I come back to the castle."

Luna nods. "Of course Twilight. Now run along, you have been keeping your family for far too long." Twilight sighs and steps through the portal as Luna slowly disappears.

Twilight groans as she tries to opens her eyes and successfully opens them to an empty room. She looks around before throwing the covers off and struggling to get out of bed. 'Muscles rigid for not moving for a long time.' She thought as she rips off her tubes to some hanging bags.

She keeps going until she gets back on the ground and proceeds to walk slowly to the door. Opening it, she finds two guards on the side of it before walking off without anything on her. "Ma'am, you need to wear something." One of the guards called as she walked away.

Twilight breathes deeply. "I have just been through a coma and need to tell everypony I'm up, so stop me if you want to, but I'm going." She said before walking away.

The two guards look at each other. "Kite?"

The other guard nods. "Kite." He said before they rushed off to find her.

Twilight groans as she kept walking, passing a few more guards and servants all telling her to wear something. She then finally made it to the dining room doors and charges up a spell. "Sorry in advance." She said before launching the spell and bursting the doors open to the surprise of everypony eating. "You would not believe what I had to do to get here." She announced.

"I'm here, I'm here." Kite yells as she rushes to the door.

"Mommy!" Agni yells as he runs to her.

Twilight smiles and catches him in a hug. "Hey Agni, you been good?"

Agni nods. "Yep, yep, yep." He said with a dopey grin on his face.

Twilight chuckles and hugs him tighter. "I missed you."

Agni nuzzles her side. "I missed you too mommy."

Twilight looks ahead of her to see Spike standing there. "Hey Spike, have you been checking to make sure this little guy here eats at least three times a day?"

"Mom!" Agni yells embarrassed.

Spike chuckles. "Yeah, I've been keeping him in check."

"So…what happened, care to tell?" Lightning asks as Kite puts a cloak on Twilight.

Twilight sighs. "Boy do I have a story for you." She said as she sat down at the table.

After a while of telling her story and asking for some blueprint paper, a lot of them were actually surprised, even Lightning. "So I never married?" He asked.

Twilight shakes her head. "Nope, you never came over in time so you had to end up somewhere else and that time wasted was what lead to everything. Being attacked by the Dominion and then your army so the only they could do was use the most highly explosive spells there are. Though you did get an underwater base in the end."

Octavia was slightly shaking as Apollo held her. "And you said I was a slave, a lewd slave?"

Twilight nods. "If you want to place it like that, a few years before I went there."

Vinyl was a little silent. "And I gave up?"

Twilight nods. "Yeah, being attacked by the Legion was a death sentence either way there."

Pinkie jumps onto the table in front of her. "So if I'm the second tactician, then who's the first?"

Twilight smiles. "Yours truly or rather the Twilight there."

Applejack leans over. "What about my family?"

Twilight looks to her before sighing. "Sorry, never bothered to ask and never saw them while I was in town."

Kite places paper on the table. "The blueprint paper you asked for."

Twilight smiles. "Thanks Kite. Now let's see if this works." She said taking the paper. She lights up her horn before a few quills came to her and started to write on the paper. After a while, she finished her first one. "This is supposed to be the one that Rarity gave me. I think it has something to do with something in the sky."

Lightning takes it and looks it over while Twilight works on the rest for her armor. "And this should be that armor I wore over there. Protected me in a lot of ways. Blunt objects, sharp weapons, nature weapons, and some weird weapons that shoot metal pieces. Heck even worked as a hazard suit." She said finishing the main body before working on the other parts details on other paper. "The thing was, it was powered by heat alone so I was a bit lucky."

"Twilight, this looks like plans for strikes from an orbital platform. Cool." Lightning said. "Yeah, you take a remote and place a target marker on something. Also, you are very lucky."

Twilight sighs as she finished the last one. "There. And Lightning…"

Lightning looks up at her while taking the rest of the papers. "Yes?"

Twilight breathes out carefully. "I'm sorry, for everything since you came to Ponyville."

Lightning looks a little surprised. "Really?"

Twilight nods. "Yes, if you hadn't come then we would have destroyed ourselves and the princesses dead while two factions take themselves to war and we're in the middle of it all. If you also hadn't come then…Rainbow would've never had those two." She said looking to the foals.

Rainbow smiles as she hugs Talion and Typhoon who were listening to Twilight. "Hey Twilight…thanks."

Twilight smiles and blushes a little. "Yes Twilight, thank you and now you understand a few more things." Lightning said.

"So… can I advance to the next level?" Twilight asks slyly.

Lightning laughs out loud. "Not yet." Making her face drop. Lightning chuckles. "Kidding, of course you can. But you will have to wait till we get to Stalliongrad so we can prepare."

Eclipse smiles. "Well it's good that a new train is coming in. I took the liberty of buying your tickets and the other costs for the trip. If I'm right, then you could reach the next stop in a few days."

"Ok. I'll see you soon son." Lightning says ruffling Midnight's mane.

Midnight smiles. "Packing up?"

"Yeah. I have to get back to Whiterun." Lightning says.

Midnight nods. "Okay, but can I play some more a little later?"

"Sure." Lightning says.

"Hey Rainbow, can I talk to you in private?" Twilight whispers.

Rainbow looks a little confused. "Ummm...sure, what about?"

Twilight lead her away. "Has Lightning ever showed you his magical scar?" Twilight asks.

It was the next day when the group got on the train heading for Stalliongrad.

"Ok, the stop will be right on the southern border of Stalliongrad and before you ask no there is no trains in Stalliongrad, the terrain is a little too rugged for that unless we really do a lot of construction and the wild life won't like it." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "And the fact that Eclipse got us our own first class living car and dining car?"

"Privacy. I mean not many ponies will come in he…" Lightning stopped when the door open and in came a light gold pegasus mare wearing dark olivine vest and a tan pith helmet with a dark olive band. "Oh this is awkward." Lightning says as she looks out the window of the door before lowering the blinds.

Rainbow leans over and looks the way he is. "What's wrong?"

"Seriously, are all my ex's going to show up?" Lightning mutters as he facehooves as the mare start to try and hide.

Rainbow looks to the mare. "That's your ex?"

The mare hides under the table. Lightning lifts the tablecloth. "Hey Daring, you steal another artifact or on the run from one of your enemies?" Lightning asks.

The mare huffs. "Try to…Lightning?"

"Hold that thought." Light says lowering the cloth as a unicorn enters. "Can I help you?" Lightning asks.

The unicorn takes a quick look around. "Did you see a mare run by here?"

"Going have to be more specific." Lightning says gesturing to all the mares in the room.

The unicorn sighs. "A gold pegasus?"

"No pony has come through here fitting that description." Lightning says.

The unicorn growls and turns around before opening the door. "Check in the cargo holds." He yells to somepony outside the door before leaving.

Lightning magically locks the door after he leaves. "They're gone Daring Do." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks down at the mare. "That's Daring Do?!" She then looks to Lightning. "And you were with her?!

"Oh hey Rainbow." Daring greets.

Rainbow frowns. "Why the heck were you with him?"

"Ancient history." Daring dismisses casually.

Lightning tries to smiles. "So…want to join us for lunch?"

"Yes, please join us." Rainbow says keeping her focus on Lightning.

Daring chuckles nervously. "Ummm…sure." She said getting out, she then feels something land on her back. turning around she sees a little filly pegasus. "Who's this little filly?"

"My daughter Typhoon." Lightning says.

Typhoon smiles and starts tapping her mane while laughing. "She's…interesting." Daring said.

"Come here my little filly." Rainbow says.

Typhoon turns to Rainbow and looks back at Daring and starts to become confused why there were two of her mom. Lightning looks between the two of them. "Huh, now that I realize it, you look too similar to each other. Change the coloring of both of you and you got yourselves twins."

The two mares look at each other before turning back to him. "I don't see it." They say.

Lightning facehooves. "Never mind. Typhoon, come here please."

Typhoon jumps into Lightnings hooves. "Oh and watch your step, my son likes to run in between legs when he runs around now."

Daring smiles before sitting in the seat across from them. "Well, I do feel a bit hungry. Might as well stay and see how things changed with you."

Lightning smiles. "Yeah, it's always good to catch up with old friends."

As the waiters and cooks came out with trays of food and placing them at each table, Scootaloo eyes a particular tray still covered, that made her drool slightly.

"Haven't eaten in days as usual Daring?" Lightning asks.

Daring chuckles. "Please, with all the crazy adventures and stealing going on I have to…" She couldn't say anymore as an orange blur went between them and then soon a cry of surprise came out.

"Scoots." Lighting says looking to her, but stops as he sees her eating some meat like a wild animal. "Scoots?" He asks carefully.

Scootaloo didn't notice the many eyes on her as she teared apart the meat on the floor and getting pieces all over her. Lightning facehooves. "This is what I get for letting her eat with him." He mutters.

Twilight watches Scootaloo carefully. "I think this is something different. Look." She said as Seeku came up to her.

Seeku slowly reaches for the meat before Scootaloo hisses at her, which makes her back, off and lets Scootaloo continue to eat. "This is not her." Seeku said.

"Trying to play it off." Lightning whispers to Twilight.

Twilight shakes her head. "Look at her eyes." Lightning looks over and see Scootaloo's eyes looking sharp, but almost dead. "The Scootaloo you know isn't running that body."

"So Rainbow doesn't get overly concerned. This is also why I asked you to examine her." Lightning adds as he whispers.

Twilight sighs. "I'm still working on it. But this should end once she finishes."

Scootaloo swallows the last piece of meat before shaking herself and looks around to see a few too many shocked faces. She looks down and see the tray and food littered on the ground before looking back up to the rest of them. Scootaloo takes a step back before running off towards the back of the car.

"Go now." Lightning whispers.

Twilight gets up and runs after her with Lightning following a bit later. She looks into their room, but doesn't find her until she hears another door close and looks ahead to see the end of the car. Twilight rushes down and opens the door to find the cargo car for their luggage. "Scootaloo? It's Twilight. Don't worry, I'm here to help." She said carefully as she steps inside. She turned her head when she heard movement. When she found her, she noticed Scootaloo was moating badly.

Twilight becomes worried. "Scootaloo…AHHHHHHHHHHH!"

She couldn't say anymore as the side door of the car was blown open and she blasted into the wall, knocking her out. Scootaloo weakly looks over to the hole where the door was and sees three ponies holding their swords out. Once they spotted her one quickly charged her and brought down his sword. Scootaloo holds her forelegs up to block it.

"Scootaloo!" Lightning yells.

DING PINK PINK PINK

Lightning looks down to the broken piece of sword in front of him and looks up to see the Dominion looking at his broken sword. They all look to Scootaloo who opens her eyes and looks to see the sword broken in half. She then looks to her forelegs and sees that some of fur was gone and under it was a patch of scales. "What?"

Lightning focuses on the three attackers amongst them was the unicorn from earlier and he let his aura surge. "Fulmini blackout." Lightning says before the room went completely dark and screams were heard. As the darkness faded, the three were on the ground looking like they were fried by something.

Lightning sighs as he takes a final look around before turning to Scootaloo. "Scoots? Angel?"

"Daddy!" Scootaloo yells before going into his hooves.

Lightning sighs as he hugs her back. "It's okay, everything will be fine." He then looks to Twilight still passed out. "Come on, let's go." He said picking Twilight up and placing her on his back before picking up Scootaloo in his hooves.

Scootaloo looks to her foreleg again. "What's going on?"

"We are going to find out." Lightning says.

Author's Notes:

Okay, that's the end of that. Now who wants another one, especially since we got Scootaloo on something?

Flair: I'm so sorry for the wait, my computer died and I just got it back lately.

I tried to write, but I ended up writing almost the whole fallout section. Boy was that crazy.

Flair: And for all those wondering. No there will be no guns in this we are going by a more medieval era of combat and also for those who don't get it Lightning Bolt is not a alicorn he is a pegasus.

But they may be wondering about that armor, it is in the style with all it's got, just lose a few things.

Flair: That is a work in progress viewers. We won't tell you what we are keeping and getting rid of for the sake of suspense. As for Daring knowing Lightning, Lightning hinted he knew the author of her books personally early on, we started this before the episode 'Daring Don't' and that new information kinda messed up the continuity a bit in this so we had to make a few changes to it.

And those episodes can really mess up a story sometimes, but we aren't backing down. As for the whole attack and why they did blow up the door, that's the next chapter, sorry. Still, whose bright idea was it to have Daring Do look like Rainbow with a recolor. That's just lazy character design.

Flair: Actually, there are a few other ponies like that if you pay close attention. It's mainly more noticeable with Daring because they didn't change a few things like hairstyle. Well now, we are off to Stalliongrad, which is this world's Skyrim. *puts on a vacation hat and has luggage bags*

*Chuckles* Well better prepare a different style because it's cold out there.

Flair: That's fine I thrive in the cold.

Me too, but now it begs the question, what's going to change in our Skyrim?

Flair: Well they will just have to wait and see until next time read and review.