A/N: Okay, we are back and this time many will be revealed.

"Speaking"

'Thoughts'

"Okay, that really hurts." Twilight said holding a hoof to her bandage head.

"Ah, good to see you up Twilight. You have been out for two days." Lightning says.

Twilight looks around and sees Scootaloo sleeping, but slightly bloody. "What happened with her?"

Lightning looks over to her. "Hungry."

"Uh huh. Any new developments?" Twilight asks.

Lightning sighs. "Feathers are falling now. But under them is like a dragon's wing."

"You sure?" Twilight asks.

"I know dragon wings. But I am more worried about what Rainbow and Daring are talking about." Lightning says

Twilight raises an eyebrow. "Because of your past life?"

"No, because they are starting to compare and share stories." Lightning says.

Twilight groans as she got up. "What the heck happened?"

"Be more specific." Lightning says.

Twilight points a hoof at her head. "Me getting this. What happened?"

"Legionary assassins. Seems Daring stole or acquired something the Dominion wants." Lightning says.

Twilight walks over to Scootaloo and looks her over. "I'm going to need a few things. And that also includes Rainbow."

"You will have to wait, can you not feel it?" Lightning asks.

Twilight looks to him slightly confused. "No, I…why is it so cold?" She asks hugging herself.

"Welcome to Stalliongrad." Lightning says.

Twilight looks to the window before going to it and pulling the curtains open. "Whoa." She said eyeing the winter landscape.

"Best go change into some winter clothes." Lightning advises.

Twilight nods and heads out. "Sure. Are you going to be fine?" She asks looking back at him.

"Yeah, this is my turf, just let's try and sneak into Whiterun." Lightning requests.

Twilight nods. "Okay. I'll be back as soon as everything is ready." She said closing the door behind her.

Lightning sighs as he looks to Scootaloo again. "She was right about one thing." He said quietly before walking out.

Lightning stepped off the train in the clothes he originally wore when he arrived in Ponyville. He inhaled deeply and exhaled in a relaxed manner. "It's good to be back." Lightning says.

Rainbow shivers slightly as she steps out. "Where exactly are we?"

"This, my beautiful wife, is Stalliongrad. Or the southern border at least." Lightning says wrapping a hoof around Rainbow.

Rainbow still shivers. "And how cold does it get?"

"How cold is absolute zero?" Daring asks walking out in winter gear.

"Ha ha." Lightning sarcastically laughs.

Rainbow quickly went inside. "I'll be back." She said as Scootaloo came out in her winter gear, but it was strained on her back by something under it.

"You ok, my little angel?" Lightning asks rubbing her head a bit.

Scootaloo groans a little. "Just feeling itchy all over and hungry like crazy. I could really go for some meat." She then goes wide-eyed. "Did I just say that?"

Lightning smirks. "Then it is a good thing I sent Tiyries off a little while ago." A large flapping of wings came to them. "That should be him now."

"Um…dad." Scootaloo says.

"Yes?" Lightning asks.

"That isn't Tiyries or his parents." Scootaloo says.

"Oh." Lightning says before starting to charge magic.

Scootaloo and Daring watches as Lightning rushes off into the town and starts attacking the large Wyvern as it attacks him and the citizens. "Miss Daring?" Scootaloo asks as Lightning sends a large flame attack to the Wyvern.

"Yes?" Daring asks.

Scootaloo then watches Lightning get onto a building rooftop and starts throwing lightning down from the sky. "How often does this happen here?"

"Oh Wyvern attacks, those are somewhat rare here, usually the…and there they are, the Stalliongrad hunters." Daring says as Scootaloo sees arrows of energy start being fired at the wyvern.

She raises an eyebrow. "And how long does this usually take?"

"Well that depends on the experience and skill of the hunters so it's hard to te… heads up!" Daring says as a wing crashes near the train station. "Your father hasn't lost his touch." Daring adds peering over the wing.

Scootaloo looks on as the Wyvern finally fell and the hunters and Lightning closed in on it. "Yeah, he really hasn't."

Rainbow comes back out in winter gear and stops a few moments and takes in the scenery. "What did I miss?" Rainbow asks.

Lightning chuckles as he finally came back. "A lot hun. But for now, where is that damn Wyvern? He was supposed to meet us here." He asks nopony in particular as he looks around.

"Um…is it safe to come out now?" Fluttershy asks from the train.

Lightning looks to the others. "Oh yes, sorry about that. Yes, it is fine. Come on out and enjoy the view, just mind the wing."

The rest of the passengers of the car come out in winter gear and Lightning then looks at Twilight for a second before speaking up. "Um…Twilight, a little heads up, nopony here has ever seen a alicorn, so please try and keep that on the down low or hidden. Unless you want to be stared at and have them talk about you behind your backs." Lightning says.

Twilight nods as she steps out with the others as their clothing gets slightly covered in the snow. "Okay, so where do we go next?"

"We go north to the central plains otherwise known as Whiterun hold and the capital of the province is Whiterun. Yes, the capital and province have the same name. I know all too well." Lightning says.

Scootaloo's head suddenly shot up before she walks forward and away from them. "Ummm…Scootaloo?" Lightning said before following her with the others following them with whatever luggage they had.

Scootaloo suddenly turns and sees carriages drawn by what looked like wolves twice as big as them. Soon they come to a stop in front of them. "Ah, Ice wolves. These are mine men." Lightning says as they notice what looks like ice spikes coming out of the wolves' shoulders.

Scootaloo looks around. "What is this place called?"

"Stalliongrad, my lady." A familiar voice says from inside one of the carriages.

Everypony looks over to the carriage. Then out comes Silva in a black armor with a wolf head like helmet. "My lord." Silva greets.

Lightning smiles as Silva comes up to them. "Silva, great to see you again."

"Thank you my lord. My family was scared when they were abducted, but now are comfortable especially my little brother." Silva says.

Lightning smirks. "Yeah, I can shock a lot of civilians."

"Yes, my lord. Shall we go?" Silva asks.

Lightning turns to the rest of them. "Alright everypony just sit back and enjoy the view. Except for you Twilight, I need you to do some research again."

Everypony soon enters the carriages and soon they rode along the countryside straight to Whiterun. Twilight watches from window as Spike brings out a book. "So how long will this take?"

"Hours." Silva says.

"Um…Lightning, there is something I have been meaning to ask you." Daring says.

Lightning looks over to Daring. "And that is?" He asks as Twilight pours over the book while Spike brings out some lab equipment.

"You see…" Daring starts out embarrassed. "I need access to the restricted section of the academy to research and look for information on something." Daring says.

Lightning raised an eyebrow. "Okay." He shrugged after a while.

Daring's jaw dropped as Twilight takes something out of a toughly sealed case. "That's it? Just like that?"

"Oh heck no. I just wanted to shock you." Lightning says chuckling before turning serious. "But seriously, nopony is allowed in there." Lightning says sternly.

Daring sighs as she brings her head down. "Great."

Lightning huffs. "And on that note, what do you exactly need Twilight?" He asks looking over to her holding some needles and syringes.

Twilight looks up at him. "Blood samples. They can tell me what's going on."

"Ok, we will get them during a medical examination." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "You really like holding me back, don't you?"

"You want to go to the other carriage and try to get her blood sample, right now?" Lightning asks as Ice Fang sticks his head out of Lightning's bag.

Twilight tilts her head. "Oh heck no, I could get hers later. Just need Rainbow's and Spike's blood also and since they're here…" She said looking over to them.

Spike's eyes widen. "Wait, you didn't tell me that part."

Twilight smiles. "Of course I wouldn't, otherwise you wouldn't have come over and help me my number one assistant."

"F…f…f…freezing." Agni says as he shivers against Spike trying to keep warm.

Twilight sighs. "It'll be quick, besides I need to prepare a formula later to test these and that would take a lot time. This is a precaution just in case something happens." She said holding up a syringe.

"How about you save that for later, I think Agni needs you." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs and starts putting away everything. "Come here Agni." She said holding out her hooves. Agni moves into Twilight's hooves as she puts her coat around them. "Better?"

"A…a little." Agni says.

Twilight smiles nuzzles his head. "Good, otherwise I would have to set you on fire."

"Wait till we get to my home, we keep it warm in there with plenty of fires." Lightning says.

Agni teeth chatters a bit. "Then be r…ready to relight them."

Lightning smiles. "Ah yes, you eating fire also gives you some heat."

One of the guards then opens the door and slips in before closing it and bowing to Lightning. "господин мой генерал дракона армии было сказано о тебе вернуться и планирует вновь приветствовать Вас. Также ваши люди с нетерпением ждут вашего триумфального возвращения." (My lord the general of the dragon army has been told of you return and is planning to welcome you back. Also, your people are eagerly awaiting your triumphant return.)

Lightning sighs and facehooves before composing himself. "Ochen' khorosho by oni byli proinformirovany ya vozvrashchayus' segodnya?" (Very well, have they been informed I am returning today?)

Twilight tilts her head. "Ummm…what's going on?"

"Да мой господин ваш новейший вассалом Сильва должен был сообщить ей об этом раньше ей было разрешено принести вагоны." The soldier says (Yes my lord your newest vassal Silva had to inform her of it before she was allowed to bring the carriages.)

Lightning sighs. "Я вижу , поэтому я могу ожидать теплый прием тогда . Я думаю, мне придется совершить поездку по городу , прежде чем я могу добраться до моего дома." (I see so I can expect a very warm welcome then. I guess I will have to tour the city before I can get to my home.)

The soldier hearing this gets up and exits the carriage to take his place back on the top. "Sorry about that. Was just informed about a few things and it looks like I will have to send you all on ahead while I take care of something." Lightning says while Twilight makes a mental note to learn the language so she could understand what was being said around her.

Twilight watches as he leaves. "And how long would you be gone?"

"I won't leave till we get to Whiterun and will be gone several hours. I will tell them to take good care of you." Lightning says.

Twilight huffs. "For your sake, I hope so. Besides, you remember how Rainbow acts when you go off somewhere without her."

"This can't be helped since they know I'm returning." Lightning says.

"She probably wouldn't want to be paraded around the entire city anyways." Daring added smirking.

Both Twilight and Lightning laughs a little. "Daring, you don't know Rainbow like we do." Lightning said.

"In this weather?" Daring asks.

"Ok, you made a better point." Lightning says remembering she was not used to the cold and his foals should not be out in it.

Daring smirks. "I always win."

Lightning rolls his eyes. "I still remember that temple of…what was it? The temple of…"

Daring glares at him. "Don't even think of bringing that up. I was still sore after those close encounters."

Lightning chuckles. "And what close encounters they were."

Twilight raises an eyebrow. "What temple is this?"

Daring glares at her now. "It will save you if you don't know about it."

"One of the temples around here, but I won't say which." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "And how many temples are there?"

"You got a total number of temples and tombs in Stalliongrad yet Daring?" Lightning asks.

Daring mumbles a few numbers before looking to them. "Around one fifty."

"There you go." Lightning says sneaking his hoof towards Daring before stroking her mane.

Twilight looks a little surprised as Daring starts to purr a little. "But…what about Rainbow?"

"Something they have in common, they both can't take that." Lightning says smirking as Daring smacks his hoof away.

Twilight shakes her head. "How many mares do you know this personally?"

"A gentlecolt never tells." Lightning says a huge smile on his face now before Daring punches him. "Oww."

Twilight smiles. "You deserve that."

"Yes I did, but it was so worth it to embarrass Daring and I owe her for that time in the North Sea." Lightning says now.

"Oh come on, you aren't still sore over that?" Daring says.

Lightning looks to her. "You left me in the water, how could I not?"

"Oh come on." Daring says.

"With that pissed out starving sea serpent." Lightning adds.

Daring chuckles nervously. "Well, that thing did like you."

"It nearly ate my wing." Lightning says his glare intensifying.

Daring giggles a little. "Well you did get that thing out of it, so be happy it wasn't a wasted trip to its stomach."

Lightning inhales deeply. "You were watching as it swallowed me whole and that I had to hack my way out of its stomach and you didn't help me?"

Daring weakly smiles. "You got out?" She offered.

"Then I had to swim for two days straight with no rest before I was picked up by another ship." Lightning says.

Daring chuckles nervously. "Well…at least you survived."

"And you abandoned me." Lightning says the atmosphere in the carriage temperature was plummeting. "Then next time I see you, you run into my train car to hide from Dominion agents." Lightning adds.

Daring weakly smiles. "I can give you an apology. Just name it."

"I'm waiting." Lightning says.

Daring sighs. "Fine, you can have me. I think that makes up for a few years of trouble."

"Daring, I don't do slavery. Just start saying sorry, I will tell you when to stop." Lightning says.

Daring looks confused. "Slavery, I was talking about you."

"Oh do tell." Lightning says.

Daring shuffles in her seat before she groans. "Okay fine! How about me being your mistress?"

Several seconds past. "Whaa…?" Lightning asks shocked.

Daring sighs. "I left you to deal with a sea monster, left you in frigid cold waters for two days and never showed up again for many years. I think this will make up for me being a horrible friend."

"We will talk about that later. My wife would have to agree before I even consider it." Lightning says.

Daring smiles. "Always loyal to a fault."

Lightning smirks. "More like married to loyalty."

Twilight shakes her head while smiling. "You two make such a great couple."

"Who, me and Lightning or Rainbow and Lightning?" Daring asks on the border of being sarcastic.

Twilight smirks. "You two, who else."

"Oh well…thanks I guess." Daring says.

"Oh Twilight, you getting chummy with a professor of the Canterlot university now?" Lightning asks.

Twilight looks to him. "University?"

Daring chuckled. "Yeah, you see my job is actually being a professor at the Canterlot University back in Canterlot." Daring sheepishly admits.

Twilight looks a bit confused. "But I thought you lived in that shack all the way north of Equestria."

"Yeah that is just a cover so my enemies don't attack the university. I actually live in a nice apartment in a building the university owns." Daring says.

Twilight chuckles. "Oh boy, will Rainbow be mad at that. Her favorite hero living just a town away."

"I thought her favorite hero was Lightning's sister Spitfire?" Daring asks confused.

Twilight smiles. "That was before she started to read your books. Which reminds me, when's the next one? Rainbow's been hounding me for it."

"Yeah, still in the middle of the adventure. As if I don't get that question enough from my publisher." Daring says a little annoyed.

Twilight blushes slightly. "Well sorry."

"Oh don't mind Daring, she just gets a little grumpy especially when she doesn't get something sugary after a day." Lightning says.

Daring huffs. "Except you keep the sugar foods away from me."

"No, I keep them hidden from Talion and Typhoon. You, I just find this side adorable." Lightning says.

Daring glares at him before she smirks. "Then you find my grumpy side cute? So all the times I've been angry at you, you were actually turned on?"

"And conversation aborted." Lightning says quickly.

Daring smirks as she leans back again. "That's what I thought."

"So how long till we get there again?" Spike asks.

Lightning smiles. "Now." He said pulling the curtains away.

Peering out the three see a huge city at least five times bigger than Canterlot in view. "Wow." Twilight, Agni and Spike said.

"Welcome to Whiterun, the capital of the central plains." Lightning says.

The carriages soon pulled up to the large open gate, which was guarded by two very tired looking guards. "You think another noble came by to find another piece of business?" One guard said.

"Stand at attention and sound the trumpet." The other guard says. The first guard groans before bringing out a trumpet and playing it.

Hearing this set off a chain of events where several guards come out in shiny armor wearing either a helmet that looks like a bird's head, an element that looked like the one Silva wore, and one looking like a dragon's head. "And there is the honor guard." Lightning says.

Twilight looks to him. "And what are they like?"

"An honor guard are soldiers who were selected to perform a ceremonial duty. In this case escorting me as I tour the city." Lightning says.

"Все приветствуют нашего возвращения Господа и герою все град господин Молния Ярл Lightning!" They could hear criers in the city yelling. (All hail, our returning lord and hero all hail lord Lightning Jarl Lightning!)

Twilight looks to the city before looking back to him. "What the heck did he say?"

"They are announcing my return." Lightning says.

"Aren't you leaving out something Jarl Lightning?" Daring asks.

Lightning chuckles nervously. "Oops."

"Jarl?" Twilight, Spike, and Agni asks.

Lightning coughs. "Basically, it means king of the city."

"Three, two, one." Daring counted down.

"What?!" The three yells.

"I wonder how the others will take th…" Lightning was cut off by the sudden yells from outside. "Maybe pretty good."

Twilight glares at him before opening the door and stepping out. "More like struck."

Lightning then walks out to thunderous applause. "Don't know if it's good to be back or annoying now."

"Um love?" Rainbow questions somewhere between shock and confused.

Lightning turns to her. "Yes?" He asks trying to keep his embarrassment in check.

"What's going on?" Rainbow asks.

"They are welcoming their ruler home." Lightning says before kissing her.

Rainbow pushes him away a little. "And not warning us before hoof?"

"Um…well I kind of wanted it to be a surprise, Queen of Whiterun." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks to the city before looking back at him before slapping him. "That's for not preparing us." She said before walking to the city.

"You солдат есть мои товарищи взяты прямо к замку." Lightning orders. (You soldier have my companions taken straight to the castle.)

The soldiers nods before leading everypony to the castle. "So what now?" Daring asks as they watched everypony leave.

"We talk." Rainbow says as she sees Lightning being led away by the honor guard.

Daring looks to her. "What about?"

"You don't seem surprised so you're telling me all you know." Rainbow says as she keeps her foals warm.

Daring sighs. "Lightning didn't start out like this or when I found him. He merely traveled until I came across him and soon we went on so many things together it's hard to believe we survived."

"You seem to be able to speak the language." Rainbow says.

Daring shrugs. "Live here long enough and you would get it. Though the question now is why you haven't even reacted to being Queen?"

"I want to know everything before I start reacting. Besides I'm holding the kids." Rainbow says nuzzling the sleeping foals.

Daring smiles. "He sure got a great family."

"Now come on." Rainbow says dragging her along as they head to the castle Silva was leading them to.

Daring chuckles. "Okay, okay, but only if you tell me what happened up to now from when we last met."

"Oh right, you weren't in Equestria during the war." Twilight says as they began climbing stairs up to the castle.

Daring sighs. "So it was true. You are okay, right?"

"Yeah, we won, but just barely. If it wasn't for Lightning we would have been conquered." Twilight says.

Rainbow smiles. "And now you trust him on that."

Twilight blushes. "Well I did see what happened if he didn't come."

"I see." Rainbow says as they entered through a huge door into the castle.

Everypony looks around and then approached by Silva as they came up to the throne. "So, what do you think?"

"I'm awestruck." Rarity says analyzing every detail.

Twilight looks around until her eyes landed on another room to the side with many books and a few materials. "Is that a lab?" Before anypony could answer a few ponies, a griffon, and a zebra all in mage like robes walk out discussing something. "What the?"

Silva smiles. "And we have many scholars who are quite studied in the issues they are dealing with."

"Well it's no college here. That place is a major collection of knowledge, study of artifacts and magic, and of magical practice and experimentation." Daring says.

"Wait, you mentioned the college before and asked Lightning to help you gain access to a section of it." Twilight remembers.

Daring nods. "Yep, the College of Winterhold. Notorious for being the smartest place there is for magic."

"Must go there!" Twilight exclaims her wings now extended.

Everypony chuckles as her enthusiasm. "Easy there princess. That's a long way away and unless you plan on meeting creatures of the sky and raiders on the ground I suggest you stay with us." Silva said.

"I don't think she can hear you." Rainbow and Daring say in unison.

Everypony still laughed as Twilight started to hop around. "This might take a while." Spike said.

"Hopefully she will calm down before Lightning's second in command finds us." Silva says.

"What the heck is going on here?" A voice demanded.

"Nothing general Kyou Kai ma'am!" Silva immediately yells as she stood at attention. Turning around they all saw a smallish tan pegasus with a black mane with a white ribbon tying it down and tail with jade eyes wearing a red and white robe like clothes and a white scarf with red lines on it and a sword strapped to her back with a green jewel encrusted handle.

Kyou walks up to them angrily. "Why are these ponies here and why is that one hopping like a crazy bunny?!"

Rainbow suddenly feels squirming from her hooves and sees the foals starting to move. "Uh oh."

"Well?!" Kyou yells.

Talion and Typhoon start to cry out loud as they heard the loud voice scream in their ears. Rainbow glares angrily to Kyou. "Great job. Just when they starting to fall asleep." She then turns to them, her expression softening. "Shh, shh, its okay, it's okay." She whispered while rocking them.

"Um general ma'am, this is Rainbow Dash." Silva explains and Kyou Kai seems to register the importance.

"Oh crap." She cursed.

Rainbow groans slightly. "Fluttershy, help me out here." She said giving Typhoon to her as they both try to put them back to sleep.

"Hush now, quiet now, it's time to lay your sleepy head. Hush now, quiet now, it's time to go to bed." Fluttershy sang as the foals started to calm down and start to close their eyes again.

After they fell back asleep, Rainbow turns back to Kyou Kai. "You are so dead." Rainbow threatened.

"Try it. I don't care if you are my lord's wife, I will destroy you." Kyou Kai says quieter so not to wake the foals.

Everypony looks at her with pity. "Oh, if she only knew." Spike said as Agni nods with everypony else.

"My lady, General, you mustn't, Jarl Lightning has just returned. We can't have fighting in the court at this time." Belcoot pleads as he runs up.

Rainbow huffs. "We'll settle this later."

"General, I believe you have duties to attend to." Belcoot says.

"You are right, I have wasted too much time already." Kyou Kai says leaving.

Everypony watches as she leaves. "Bitch." Agni said suddenly making everypony look at him surprised.

"Please don't say such things. Kyou Kai is one of the most dangerous creatures in Stalliongrad, she even nearly killed lord Lightning." Belcoot says

Agni huffs and nods his head to the sleeping foals. "Doesn't excuse that."

"She is also very unhappy from hearing Lightning is now married." Silva adds talking to Rainbow.

Rainbow looks where Kyou went. "So…she's jealous?"

"Ours is not the place to talk about such things." Belcoot says respectfully.

Rainbow huffs. "At least the foals are sleep again." She said looking to them.

"My lady, there has been rooms prepared for your foals they were personally crafted by Hurricane in the theme of Stalliongrad." Silva says.

Rainbow looks a little surprised. "Really, she came here earlier?"

"Yes, she came to Stalliongrad with Admiral Kenway as he sailed along the continent on the northern sea. I heard he also raided a few dominion ports along the way as well." Silva says.

Spitfire perks her ears up at that. "Kenway is here?"

"I hear he is training some men to join the fleet not far off from Solitude to the north as either their ships are built or being repaired." Silva says.

Spitfire brings her head down slightly. "Oh. Well…at least he's here."

"I have heard rumors though that all the Jarls, generals, the admiral, and powerful merchants or those representing a guild will be convening here in Whiterun to discuss our next move. I hear even High king Ulfric will be attending." Silva whispers.

Rainbow sighs as she gently rocks the foals. "Well, let's get them to bed. It's been a long day."

"I'll show you the way. The servants will show you all to your prepared rooms and general Kyou Kai and general Razor Talons want you to attend their welcoming of Jarl Lightning back personally General Belcoot." Silva says saluting Belcoot.

"Understood. My Lady, if you will excuse me." Belcoot says his composure changing greatly.

Rainbow nods as he walks away. "Come on guys. Let's get settled in."

"Silva, a word for a moment." Belcoot says.

Silva follows a little away. "Yes?"

"I know that recently you have been assigned the position of chief of the guards here in the castle because of your actions in the war in Equestria and the recommendation by our lord. So I will tell you this now. Now that it is known to the public that Lightning not only has a wife now but foals his enemies will do anything to get to him through them. So I advise doubling the guards everywhere and reevaluate the current patrols and set up of them. Also even though you are technically part of the Direwolf army your duty make you report to general Kyou Kai herself. Watch yourself because the guards are from her troops and they are much more strict than our army. You might end up punished badly if you don't talk yourself and I won't be able to intervene." Belcoot whispers.

Silva nods. "Okay, anything else?"

"She is going to be extra critical and judgmental of you because you are former legion despite what our lord says." Belcoot warns.

Silva nods as she looks around slightly. "I know that feeling, some of the guards are still wary of me."

"That is because, like Kyou Kai, they are incredibly loyal to Lightning. Don't let their ranks fool you, they are of the Dragon army. The army that crushed two legions and took three forts that were said to be impenetrable in only ten days. We the Direwolf army are famed for our uncanny ability to act as one pack and turning the legions greatest strengths into their weaknesses. The Skyor Army is known for their incredible speed in conquering. But the Dragon army are known for their ability to annihilate any enemy that stands against them." Belcoot says.

Silva raises an eyebrow. "That's…impressive."

"Yes, now Silva, we best go or get in trouble with Kyou Kai." Belcoot says.

Silva sighs. "I don't know how Lightning deals with her."

"They are very close, though nopony knows why as they refuse to speak of how they met besides the fact that everyone knows Kyou Kai was once an assassin who tried to kill Lightning." Belcoot says walking away. Silva takes a last look before walking away to find Lady Rainbow's group.

Rainbow sighs as she places the foals in their beds before pulling the covers around them. "Sleep tight guys." She whispered.

"Lady Rainbow?" Silva whispers.

Rainbow looks over to her. "Yes?"

"Would you like to wait for you husband in the throne room?" Silva asks.

Rainbow looks back to the foals before looking back to her. "Sure, just make sure nothing happens to them."

"With my life my lady. After all, they are Lightning's precious foals." Silva says smiling.

Rainbow smiles. "Thanks." She said walking out.

Silva gestures to one of the guards who nods before escorting Rainbow to the throne room. "So how was your trip?" She asked after a while.

"It was interesting, a death cult tried to use my family as a sacrifice. Let's just say Lightning didn't take it well and I believed the word he used to describe what would happen next was inquisition." Rainbow says.

Silva raises an eyebrow. "Death cult?"

"Yes, not quite sure about all the details but they mentioned their fate would be an example." Rainbow says as they entered the throne room.

Silva nods. "Well it's good you're safe now. The one thing I know is that Lightning would be livid if you or anypony else got hurt."

"Yeah he would." Rainbow says taking a seat in one of the chairs.

Silva stands right by her. "I wonder, I've been seeing that Wyvern when I was at Pegalopolis, how is he?"

"He was hurt so Lightning sent him back there to be tended to. Now where is he?" Rainbow asks.

Silva looks around a bit. "Should be a while, he is having to tour the entire city right now."

"I see, so what you do for entertainment around here?" Rainbow asks.

Silva shrugs. "Nothing much, I've been busy most of the time so there wasn't much besides resting."

"I see." Rainbow says before they continue to talk to pass the time.

As the sun started to set Rainbow spotted Belcoot now wearing a black armor with a white Direwolf painted onto it, Kyou Kai, and a brown griffon wearing Black armor with a purple bird painted onto it enter one by one and stood facing the door.

"Who's the griffon?" Rainbow asks Silva.

"That's general Razor Talons, he is the leader of the Skyor army. Those three are Lightning's highest ranking military officers and are known as three of the five Wyvern generals of Stalliongrad." Silva whispers.

Rainbow nods. "So where's Lightning?"

The door soon started to open and the echoes of cheers came through the doors. Soon they fully opened and in walked the honor guard and Lightning himself. After the doors closed Lightning says, "Honor guard dismissed, return to your barracks."

The guards nods before walking off as Lightning walks up to Rainbow and nuzzles her. "Hey love. Sorry it took so long. Did you have any problems?"

"Only one that I will mention later." Rainbow says before Lightning nods and walks to the generals. "At ease." Lightning orders.

"Sir." They all said.

"I'm glad to see all of you well. Later I want a thorough debriefing on all that has transpired and to see all the messages our spies have sent us." Lightning says looking at Razor Talons at the last part.

Razor sighs. "We made sure we got everything, but you know we had to pull out sometimes."

"That's fine. For now, I want to get back to the way things were done. I want the guilds of the hold to send their representatives here as well as get all my sworn swords to report here as well if they are in the hold. Kyou Kai Razor Talons I assume that none of the training and drills have been slacked while I was away." Lightning says.

"No sire and there have been no breaches in our security." Kyou Kai says.

Lightning smiles. "Good, and make sure to really get the guards going now that everypony is here."

"Yes sir. Also tell me when was the last time we had a festival?" Kyou asks.

Lightning thinks for a few. "I think a year before I left."

"I believe we are overdue then sir." Razor Talons says smirking.

Lightning smiles. "Yes we are. Can you organize to get it set up?"

"In less than two weeks, sir." Kyou Kai says.

Lightning nods. "Great, get it done. Now than, any other matters?"

"Only one." Kyou Kai says. "Welcome back my lord!" The three general exclaimed together.

Lightning chuckles. "Unnecessary, but thank you."

"My lord there is one issue. What should be done with that one?" Kyou Kai asks gesturing to the still bouncing Twilight.

Lightning sweatdrops. "Well…let's see." He said to himself thinking.

Rainbow smirks. "I got one. Twilight, your books are on fire!"

"WHAT?!" Twilight yells stopping her bouncing before running to her room.

Rainbow laughs as she Twilight trips and knocks over a few things. "Perfect. Just perfect."

"Well that is settled. You are all dismissed for now. Kyou Kai stay with me though." Lightning says. Everypony leaves, soon leaving Rainbow, Silva, Lightning and Kyou.

"Guard captain Silva return to your post." Kyou Kai orders.

Silva perks up before saluting. "Ummm…yes ma'am." She said before walking away.

"I see you didn't waste anytime in putting her to work." Lightning says to Kyou Kai.

Kyou huffs. "She's a soldier, how else she's supposed to work?"

"I expect no less from my second in command." Lightning says smiling.

Kyou frowns. "Oh, wipe that smirk. She actually got caught doing stuff I didn't order her to."

"Which was?" Lightning asks.

"Organizing the guards and inspecting the posts personally." Kyou Kai says.

"And you aren't happy she is taking initiative?" Lightning asks.

Kyou glares at him. "She disobeyed an order, which was to guard."

"Already being hard on her I see. Then you see it too. Her potential to be a general." Lightning says seriously.

Kyou huffs. "She was a legionnaire. That'll never happen."

"We shall see Kyou Kai. Also I can tell you have met my foals. How many of your special men do you have guarding them already?" Lightning asks.

Kyou sighs. "All of them. Knowing you, you would lock us all up for not protecting them."

"Good, I want nothing to happen to them." Lightning says.

Kyou nods. "Nothing will happen to them."

Rainbow leans over to his ear. "Keep her away though."

"Ah, she woke them up didn't she?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow huffs. "She didn't even bother try to apologize."

"Kyou Kai doesn't usually apologizes. But there is nopony I trust to guard your life and family more than her." Lightning says.

Rainbow groans. "At least have her apologize before I even let her close to them again."

"Rainbow, I doubt I could stop her." Lightning says chuckling a bit.

Rainbow hits him. "I'm serious. She scared them."

"I was also serious love. I doubt there is a pony who can stop her once she sets her mind to something." Lightning says.

Rainbow huffs. "Just keep her away from the foals and I'm fine."

"I can't. She is in charge of the entire security of the city." Lightning says.

Rainbow snorts before getting up and leaving. "I got to check on the foals."

"Kyou Kai." Lightning says.

Kyou looks to him. "Yes?"

"Please, for my sake, apologize." Lightning pleads.

Kyou huffs. "Why should I?"

"Please, it will make both our lives a little easier if my wife doesn't have a huge grudge against you." Lightning pleads.

Kyou snorts. "That mare has to learn that not everything can be forgiven. Especially since the whole room was going crazy."

"How about a favor for a favor. I'm not asking for a public apology." Lightning pleads.

Kyou sighs. "Fine."

"Thanks." Lightning says smiling at her.

Kyou looks at him. "Is that all?"

"I'm glad to see you again." Lightning says resting a hoof on her shoulder.

Kyou sighs softly. "It's great to see you too."

Rainbow smiled as she petted her son's mane. "Hush now. Quiet now." She sang quietly.

"Rainbow Dash?" Kyou asks from the door.

Rainbow jumps a little at the sudden calling of her name before turning around to see Kyou Kai and glares. "Come to make them cry again?" She asks quietly.

Kyou sighs. "No, I came to…apologize."

"I thought you didn't do that?" Rainbow asks suspiciously.

Kyou groans as she looks away. "Lightning is a great speech maker."

Rainbow stays quiet for a few moments before giggling a little. "I guess he is." Rainbow says.

Kyou nods. "Yeah and…I'm sorry."

Rainbow huffs. "Tell that to them." She said nodding her head to the foals.

Kyou was a bit reluctant, but eventually moves over to the foals. "I'm sorry." She whispered to them.

Rainbow then smiles. "Good, now you can start to protect them."

"I already have started. I will show you to the master bed chambers." Kyou Kai says.

Rainbow nods. "Thanks. You know, you're not that bad once it boils down to it."

Kyou Kai says nothing as she leads her. "I have trouble expressing some emotions." Kyou Kai finally says.

Rainbow giggles. "I know that type of pony."

"It is from my training to be the ultimate assassin." Kyou Kai adds.

Rainbow nods. "I know the feeling. Lightning had the same attitude when he came over."

Kyou remains quiet and leads her through a few corridors before stopping at a door. "This is it."

Rainbow turns to her. "Thanks for that apology." Kyou Kai says nothing as Rainbow enters. "By the way, how did you two meet?" Rainbow asks turning to find her gone.

"Nice try love." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs and turns to him sitting on the bed looking over a book. "At least she apologized. The one thing you never cross with us is our foals."

"The first one who does I will skin them alive and hang them outside the front gate of Whiterun with a sign nailed into them as a warning." Lightning says calmly. "Oh by the way, those are all in the native language so you won't be able to read them."

Rainbow bumps his shoulder with hers. "Spoilsport."

"You want to learn how to speak and read it, oh queen of Whiterun?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow laughs as she pushes against him a little harder, sending him wobbling. "Shut up."

"I'm serious, equestrian is rare to be spoken and no one reads it here. As queen of this hold you must learn our languages, Statliongrats." Lightning says.

Rainbow groans. "Great, more learning."

"Comes with being a queen love and Scootaloo will be joining you." Lightning says pushing her onto the huge bed before joining her. "There is something else we need to discuss something about Daring Do."

Rainbow looks to him. "And that is?"

"She wants to apologize to me for something she did by becoming my mistress." Lightning says.

Rainbow tilts her head. "Mistress?"

"It's a word for a female who doesn't marry a stallion in the eastern continent here, but helps bare their children. It's a custom to help produce as many heirs as possible." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks a little shocked. "And…she wanted to do this?"

"Yeah. She is the one who suggested it in front of Twilight." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs as she lays back. "If Daring wants it she can do it, but I want to talk to her first."

"I said the only way I would even consider it is if you accepted it." Lightning says laying next her and wraps a wing around her.

Rainbow smirks. "Because of what I decided to let happened?"

"Yeah, after all I married you and to accept such a thing without you agreeing would be equivalent of me cheating on you." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "At least you are letting me make some decisions for when it comes to this."

"Yeah, but we can deal with it tomorrow, for now let's rest." Lightning says pulling the fur covers over him and Rainbow.

Rainbow smiles. "Thanks for telling me and goodnight."

"Goodnight my love." Lightning says.

Scootaloo groans as she gets up. She smacks her lips together. "I'm really starting to hate mornings." She said to herself as she coughs a few times from her dry mouth. She groans as she gets up and heads to the bathroom before looking at herself in the mirror. She stops as she sees something. "DADDY!"

A guard throws open the door with his weapon ready. "Что не так ?!" (What's wrong?!)

The guard then stops as he sees something he has never seen in his life. "What the heck happened to me?" Scootaloo asks him as her long tail coiled around herself and claws clicked together.

"Twilight, you better figure this out fast." Lightning warns as he, Scootaloo, Rainbow, Twilight and Spike stood in Scootaloo's room.

Twilight glares at him. "If you let me do what I wanted we wouldn't have gotten into this mess in the first place."

"We are not opening up my daughter like some science experiment." Lightning says in a way that scares Twilight a little.

Twilight tries to hold her glare. "I was never going to cut her open, I just needed a blood sample." She said holding a syringe.

"Good luck piercing the skin, dragon scales are incredibly hard and those scales have already shattered steel weapons." Lightning says as several others were examining Scootaloo and discussing ideas and theories in Stalliongrats.

Twilight huffs. "Except for one little area on her. Looks like her inner hindlegs don't have scales, maybe because she still needed some form of flexibility. Now I just need her blood and then Rainbow and Spike's."

"Do it." Rainbow says.

Twilight levitates three syringes. "Scootaloo, can you lay on her back." She said as she pokes Spike and Rainbow already and taking their blood.

Scootaloo lays down and winces as she feels the syringe pokes her hindleg. "Ow." She said to herself as she watches her blood leak into the capsule.

Twilight pulls all three syringes full of blood back to her before pushing the blood into three test tubes and grabs an already filled test tube. "This will tell if my theory is true or not." She said before pulling the stopper off and pours a few drops into each test tube, making Scootaloo's blood turn pink, Rainbow's blue and Spike's a darker red. "Now if you remember whose blood this is then the solution I placed in is actually a base DNA coloring. Whatever base DNA you have, it will turn to that color. One of five hundred and seven known. Now with Spike's and Rainbow's known, watch this." She said before pouring Spike's blood into Rainbow's and shaking it a little, making it turn pink, the same color as Scootaloo's. "And that proves it, Scootaloo was always a half pony and dragon. Probably never shown when she was young because it wasn't needed or she hasn't hit puberty yet. Maybe the recent foalnapping accelerated it with her adrenaline running after that. May also explain her eating meat. Meat has protein and most of bodybuilding uses protein. So now, she's going through such a rapid change that she can't control her instinct because it's too quick and her mind hasn't catched up."

Lightning nods before translating it to the robed ponies, griffons, and zebra in the room who started to discuss this themselves. "But no known case of such a hybrid has ever been successfully been given birth to." Lightning says thinking out loud.

Scootaloo groans as she rubs at her leg. "You're looking at one."

"Though it does explain why you were never able to fly on your own before." Lightning says.

Scootaloo looks to her new webbed wings. "Maybe."

Twilight nods. "He's right. Webbed wings are easier to put more air under it than feathers. That's why dragons are able to get so high in the air."

"Also the fact that the bone structure of her wings was different and your build did not have the require strength to achieve sustained flight. Which is why everypony assumed it was a handicap." Lightning adds.

Scootaloo looks at her wings before getting up and flaps once before she shot up and hits the ceiling. "OW!"

"The force from them is pretty impressive." Lightning observes.

"And it really freaking hurt." Scootaloo said from the ceiling.

"Rainbow, I think our girl needs a little help getting down." Lightning says.

Rainbow flies up and grabs her tail before pulling. "Ow, ow, ow. Watch it." Scootaloo yells.

"So do you think she will develop the ability to breathe fire? I don't think so for she doesn't have a fire sack internal organ." Lightning says to Twilight.

Twilight shrugs. "I don't know. For now, she's too young so most of the things dragons do is not known yet for our case. Also, since she is female she will be eating a lot. Ever since Spike got greedy growth, I looked up information about all dragons. Females, once they hit puberty, eat a lot of meat to have internal organs and body ready for an egg to be produced and make it easier to birth. Since her mind doesn't have the complete knowledge about her dragon side yet, they will be constantly fighting. You need to keep her fed or she will go feral."

Lightning watches as Rainbow pulls Scootaloo from the ceiling and they both float down. "How much?"

Twilight brings out a book and measurement tape. "Let's see." She said as Scootaloo lands and gets herself pulled from her tail and head. Twilight hums as she measures her from tail to head. "Okay." She then goes to the book and start to scribble a few things. "That there, carry those, and flip this." She then closes the book and turns back to them. "About fifteen pounds of meat per day."

"That isn't a problem as we feed griffons here as well. But just to be on the safe side run a medical scan on her every week and keep an eye out for any new internal organs developing." Lightning whispered the last part to Twilight.

Twilight nods. "You're worried about the mating parts, right?"

"And a possible fire sack, she could hurt herself and burn down the castle if we aren't careful." Lightning says.

Twilight watches as Spike and Scootaloo compare themselves. "Okay, I'll try to do that, but remember, when she does certain things a female dragon needs to do like marking territory and eating, she won't be herself." She said as Scootaloo accidentally hits Spike over the head with tail.

"Sorry Spike, guess my tail is a weapon." Scootaloo said as she looks to her tail half covered by her mane now running across her spine to her tail.

"I shall inform Kyou Kai who will instruct her men. By the way having trouble with the different language?" Lightning asks.

Twilight smiles as she looks to him. "You kidding, I'm having fun."

"I have had reports you have been trying to read our books, but have not been able to understand them." Lightning says.

Twilight blushes slightly. "Yeah, I've been trying, but no success."

"I will arrange for someone to start teaching you and the others if they wish." Lightning says.

Twilight smiles. "Thanks. Though…" She asks looking to Scootaloo now holding Spike in her tail and lifting him up. "What are we going to do now with her?"

"What can I do but continue on being her father?" Lightning asks.

Twilight giggles as Spike tries to get out of her tail, but fails as Scootaloo laughs. "Yeah and you know what, you are the best I have seen…well, except my dad."

"No, I'm not arranging an escort for you to go to the college yet." Lightning says seeing through her attempt to butter him up.

Twilight frowns. "I hate you."

Lightning smiles. "There's the Twilight I know. Besides until you understand Stalliongrats, you won't be able to understand any of the knowledge in the college"

Twilight groans. "Then could you hurry up with the language?"

"All good things are worth the wait." Lightning says.

Scootaloo laughs as she bounces up to them. "Hey guys, can we go outside, because I want to really put these to the test." She asks showing off her new wings.

"Sorry angel, but today the troops are doing drills and the air troops are occupying the sky right now." Lightning says petting her.

Scootaloo groans. "Aww." She shakes herself, making him stop petting her, as her fuller and longer mane whips around.

"You may do so tomorrow angel." Lightning says.

She looks to him. "That's too long."

Twilight smiles. "Her mind's trying to really catch up at this point. Warning, you may experience mood swings. And by that I mean age swings."

"Oh, but I had the cook making you lunch already." Lightning says.

Scootaloo wags her tail. "Is it meat?" She asks excitedly before pausing. "That was weird."

"A few different kinds, including Horker meat, something you have never tried yet." Lightning says.

Scootaloo smirks. "Dad, ponies don't eat meat."

"But you're a pony dragon hybrid and you have been eating it." Lightning says as a cooking smell starts to sneak in.

Scootaloo keeps giving him the same look until she pauses and sniffs the air. She sniffs a few more times before becoming wide eye and flares her wings out and takes off across the ground and out the door too fast, leaving Lightning chuckling. "That's my daughter."

"Tell me you bared the kitchen door." Rainbow says.

"Of course love. Now let's go get our daughter." Lightning says.

Rainbow shakes her head before walking past a dizzy Spike on the ground with Lightning and the scholars out the door. "Had fun Spike?" Twilight asks with a smile as she packed away her equipment.

"Please stop the room from spinning." Spike pleads.

Twilight just giggles.

Daring waited as told in Lightning and Rainbow's room until they returned. After a while, both finally showed up and locks the door behind them. "Well…I'm here." Daring said.

"Love, I will let you take it away." Lightning says going to the desk.

Rainbow sighs as she walks over to Daring. "So…how much do you care for him?"

"Not a day goes by where I don't regret what I did to Lightning." Daring says.

Rainbow nods. "And what about your old life? Temples and story writing?"

"I can no more stop that than you could be the element of loyalty, but I will cut back on it for Lighting." Daring says.

Rainbow smiles. "Even carrying his foal?"

"Yes, I will do even that." Daring says very embarrassed.

Rainbow sighs. "You must be really be sorry for this kind of decision."

Daring nods. "I left him to die. That's the worst thing a friend could do, not even be considered a friend is also worse."

"Then welcome to the family." Rainbow says before kissing her. Daring becomes shocked as Rainbow kisses her. Out of the corner of eye, she can see Lightning smirking at them before turning back to his desk. After Rainbow let's go, "So? How was that?" Rainbow asks smirking.

Daring licks her lips before looking at her. "The greatest thing I've ever had in a long time."

Rainbow laughs as she hooks a hoof around her. "Then it's about to get better soon. Just you wait."

"Translation, she wants a three way tonight." Lightning says.

Rainbow glares at Lightning. "Shut it you, the mares are talking and no. I just want to enjoy one of my favorite heroes just sleeping near me."

"So you are going to watch while me and Lightning…" Daring trails off, now in a full-face blush.

Rainbow smirks as she looks to her. "Maybe later, but for now. Just sleep. It's been a crazy day and Scootaloo is the most you can have for a parent. Besides, I think Twilight pulling the blood from me made me tired."

"Ok, then let's head to the master bed chamber." Lightning says.

Rainbow stretches. "Yeah, I'm ready to hit soft hay anytime now."

Lightning hooks a hoof around her now. "Then let's go."

Daring becomes a little concerned. "Ummm…I'm still a little uncomfortable…whoa." She yelps as she was pulled along.

Rainbow smiles at her. "Relax, this is going to be the best life you're going to have now."

"Oh, that reminds me Rainbow. A festival is in less than two weeks from now." Lightning says before kissing her than Daring.

Rainbow licks her lips. "And what's festival about?"

"Well I think this one will be a celebration of our independence from the Dominion." Lightning says as they arrive at the bedroom.

Rainbow smiles. "Yeah, a long overdue one."

"They haven't had a festival since a year before my departure so we are going to have a good time. Also we will be having several tournaments. A few for sports, others for a fighting competition and a monster slaying exhibition." Lightning says locking the door after they enter.

Rainbow looks to them. "Are you entering one?"

"I am the host and Jarl so I can't and most likely those who sign up for the monster slaying exhibition will be mostly Stalliongrad hunters and maybe a few of my sworn swords." Lightning says as he pets both mare's manes.

Rainbow purrs while Daring does as well. "That's boring." Rainbow said.

Lightning chuckles. "I know, the least they could do is place cup holders in my chair. Then it be slightly less boring. Though I will be personally awarding the prizes to each victor." Lightning says as he maneuvers both mares into the bed.

Both mares groans as they settle in the bed. "So, what can we do?" Daring asks.

"Enjoy the events, after all we will have to watch all of them." Lightning says covering the three of them with the fur blankets.

Rainbow snuggles into Lightning's side. "And the others?" She asks while Daring does the same on Lightning's other side.

Lightning wraps his wings around them. "They are our honored guests so they will be joining us in the V.I.P. section." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "Great, so what do we do in the meantime?"

"Well you and the others will begin your learning of Stalliongrats. While Daring here will get a little help with what she is looking for." Lightning says kissing both of their necks.

Rainbow moans. "Traitor."

"How, I kissed you as well or do you want more attention?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow groans. "No, making us learn Stalliongrats."

"You are technically the queen here. You have to learn your people's language." Daring says.

"Yeah love." Lightning says kissing her wing's tenderness spot causing Rainbow to yelp.

Daring giggles before Lightning does the same to her making her yelp. "Cheater."

"Hey, there are no rules in love and war and you agreed to this. Or are you not so daring now that we are here?" Lightning asks.

Daring glares at him. "Shut up and just kiss us."

"As you wish." Lightning says before kissing them both.

Scootaloo lays her head on the arm of the chair. "I'm getting bored." She said while watching the strength competition.

"You weren't saying that during the Blitzball tournament yesterday." Sweetie Belle says.

Scootaloo huffs. "Because it had flying and amazing maneuvers, this is just…" She said gesturing to the two ponies pushing each other off the stage. "Pushing."

"The next tournament should be far more interesting angel. The next one is the fighting tournament." Lightning says.

Back on stage, the smaller stallion finally was able to lift the other and throws him off the stage making the crowd cheer. An announcer soon steps up. "Next competition is the fighting competition. Fighters will be using only their skills without weapons, as their body will be the weapon. The first match will be a ceremonial match. Now our first contestant." He brings up a parchment. "The first one is Rangar." He said making the crowd cheer out loud.

Scootaloo groans as she slides slightly in her seat. "Getting a bit boring."

The announcer clears his throat before looking at the parchment again. "And the next contestant is Scootaloo?" He said confused.

Everypony's eyes suddenly turn to the now wide awake filly dragon. "What?!" She yelled.

Lightning stood up in his seat. "Hold on, we never signed her up."

The announcer looks to the parchment. "It says it right here, Scootaloo." He said pointing to her name.

Lightning looks to Scootaloo. "Don't look at me, I never signed up for anything." She said.

Lightning looks confused. "Then who did? What do you think angel?" Lightning asks.

Scootaloo sighs before getting up. "Let's get this over with. We might even find out who." She said before getting down from the booth.

"Let the ceremonial match continue." Lightning says. "Kyou Kai, find out who did this and give me their name." Lightning says quietly.

Kyou nods before getting off the booth and heading to the announcer. Scootaloo slowly walks on the stage as the one named Rangar steps up on the opposite side. "Sorry kid, but I'm not going to go easy on you." He said getting into position.

Scootaloo shrugs. "Its okay, wasn't expecting any less." She said back as she got into her position.

"Fighters begin!" The announcer yells.

Rangar charges at Scoots as she tenses up before she jumps making him go under her and smacks her tail onto the back of his head making him stumble. Scootaloo looks at her tail as she taps it against the ground for a quick test. "Nice." She said to herself before looking back at Rangar.

Rangar charges again, making Scoots jump again, but this time Rangar catches her tail and throws her away. Scootaloo lands roughly, as she rolls a bit to recover. She looks up at him just in time to see a hoof coming down. Scootaloo uses her tail as a post before pulling herself between his legs, making her disappear.

Rangar looks around before he feels something funny. "Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha." He laughs. Scootaloo smirks as she tickles him behind the ears. "Cootchy, cootchy, coo."

"Get off me and fight!" Rangar yells trying to throw her off while trying to control his laughter.

Scootaloo hangs on to his mane while snaking her tail around his throat and does a quick twist while pushing his flank and pulling his neck in opposite ways, making his tumble to the ground. "How's that?" Scootaloo yells.

Rangar quickly brings himself up before slamming himself back down, making Scootaloo hit the ground and making her let go. Rangar quickly gets up and grabs her tail before throwing her across the stage.

Scootaloo groans as she tries to get up and looks to see Rangar charging again. She groans harder as she uses her tail to help herself, but knows it won't be fast enough. She quickly moves her tail and gets it under him as he reaches her before she quickly lifts him over herself sending him flying to the ground.

Scootaloo uses this time and gets herself up before getting into another stance. Rangar shakes himself before charging again. Scootaloo tenses up before bringing her tail in front of her again. Rangar sees this and slides quickly surprising and punches upward under her, sending her flying.

Scootaloo yells as she was launch into the air. She then looks downward as she gained the highest height before coming back down. She groans as she spins slightly making things harder to see before she comes up with something as she sees Rangar looking like he was about to catch her.

Scootaloo starts to go along with her spins and then spins downward and by the time Rangar realizes what's going on he brings a foreleg to block her, but then feels her tail hit him hard and he could swear he heard a crack.

Scootaloo launches herself off of him and lands, but wobbles around as her eyes were trying to get back to normal. "I got to learn that better." She said dizzy.

"Winner, Scootaloo by knock out!" The announcer yells.

Scootaloo shakes herself before getting control and sees Rangar on the ground. "Wow. I actually did it."

Lightning claps for his daughter while smiling as Kyou Kai returns. "Sir, you might want to see this." She said giving him some papers. "Registration papers. The first one is the one the festival will see, but the other is for the scholars to see how we can improve. Usually, what is going on with the contestant." Lightning pours over the papers before looking to the scholar one. "And guess who's on the scholar in charge of her paper?"

"Kyou Kai, arrange a meeting with them later tonight." Lightning says.

Kyou nods. "Of course. What about the fight? You know only two lucky contestants are chosen every time we have a festival."

"Scootaloo won the ceremonial match, but that's it. She won't be fighting anymore." Lightning says.

Kyou nods as Rainbow and Daring fly over to Scootaloo and hug her while audience cheers like crazy. "I will say this, she's a smart one." Kyou said.

"Она имеет инстинкты, чтобы бороться. Я также заметил, ваши подчиненные Ou Hon подписал за убийство выставке монстра." Lightning says. (She has the instincts to fight. I also noticed your subordinate Ou Hon has signed up for the monster slaying exhibition.)

Kyou shrugs. "He said he wanted to keep testing his skills."

"Он имеет большие амбиции и желает стать как опытным , как его дядя. Это просто еще один способ доказать свое мастерство, чтобы нас за него." Lightning says. (He has a great ambition and wishes to become as accomplished as his uncle. This is just another way to prove his skill to us for him.)

Kyou nods. "Is there anything else?"

"It seems the next generation is starting to blossom and show their skills. After all he already has command of a hundred men." Lightning says.

Kyou huffs. "Yes, including yours."

"Well let's continue watching the competitions." Lightning says.

Later after the champion of the fighting tournament was crowned, it was finally time for the monster slaying exhibition.

"Mares and gentlecolts, it is now time for the arena to run red with blood, but whose blood will it be? Let us find out. I give you the opening to the Monster Slaying Exhibition!" The announcer yells.

"The First competitor is an officer of the Dragon army, I give you Ou Hon!" The announcer yells.

Out from one of the gates walks a young brown stallion wearing full body armor with several metal staff spears on his back and a metal headband holding back his dark purple mane, which is in a ponytail.

"Ou Hon has chosen to not fight with a partner folks so as is tradition somepony must spin the wheel to determine what he shall fight." The announcer explains.

"Who would like to spin the wheel?" Lightning asks the others in the V.I.P. booth.

"Me! Me! Me!" Pinkie yells as she hops over to a large wheel before spinning it so hard she spins along with it. "WEEEEEEEEEE!" The wheel kept spinning as almost everypony held their breath until it landed on a spider image. Pinkie stops moving and looks to the image. "Oh, a creepy crawly. That's easy. Just squish it."

"Mares and Gentlecolts, the monster has been select I give you." The announcer starts a powerful magical barrier seals in the inner part of the arena so nothing could get to the audience. "Frostbite Spiders!" The announcer yells as a part of the arena floor starts to open up.

"Ugg, I hate these things." Lightning says with disgust as the section opened up all the way.

Rainbow looks to him. "Spiders?"

"I told about these things once." Lightning says as a large spider leg comes out of the opening in the floor.

Soon a spider the size of half of Ou's height. He readies his weapon as it chitters at him. It soon charges at him while somehow making web balls and firing it at him. Ou takes the hits no problem before thrusting his spear and skewering the Frostback spider, killing it.

Ou pulls his spear from the corpse before kicking it away before saying. "Next."

"Um…yes…um…round 2!" The announcer yells.

Soon more chittering was coming from the hole as more legs came out and out comes eight other spiders. Ou keeps still as they come at him before he dispatches them the same way as the first. In the end he ended up with a pile of bodies near him and looked barely phased. "Next."

"What's the third and final round, a hoard of them?" Lightning asks Kyou Kai.

Kyou keeps looking at the stage. "Third round only. And no, not a hoard." She said as a giant leg came out of the hole. "Just a giant one."

"Kyou Kai whether he kills it or not I want that thing burned." Lightning says.

Kyou nods as the giant Frostbite Spider came out and actually roared at Ou as he grins. "Finally, a real fight!"

The spider tries to bite him, but he moves out of the way and spears it as it came up beside him. The creature roars before swiping at him with one of its legs and hitting him, making him slide a bit back.

Ou laughs before charging himself and jumps before spearing one of its legs and hitting the joint. The spider roars as it feels its legs soon separated, making it stumble slightly from the loss.

"Impressive, I had to pay attention to see his strikes." Nikolai comments watching with interest.

The spider turns around and tries to bite him again before Ou spears its mouth making it bite hard on the steel with no luck of breaking it. Ou grins before pushing his end of the spear downward before pushing upward and piercing its brain before pulling out. Ou smiles as he watches as it falls down dead and puts his spear away.

Everypony was quiet until one started clapping. Soon everypony followed his example and the arena was filled with thunderous applause.

Lightning smiles as Ou cleans his weapon from the spider blood. "Not bad, not bad at all." He said as the festival crew pushes the spiders back down the hole and dumps a liquid down it before one Mage send a fireball down it and lights it up.

"I can already see he has now caught all 12 of your attentions." Lightning says to his twelve highest ranking officers.

Kyou smiles. "He's good, but he needs to control that headstrong attitude."

"Agreed, but his skills are very impressive for his age." Belcoot says.

Kyou shrugs. "Maybe, I'm just worried about that attitude."

"He made one mistake." A commander of the dragon army says.

"What was that Zhang Liao?" Kyou Kai asks.

Zhang Liao was an earth pony with a black mane wearing heavy blue armor with two heavy axes attached to his back. "He should have just avoid the first three attacks then stabbed it through the mouth like he did. He still has much to learn before he reaches our levels." Zhang Liao says stroking his mustache.

Kyou slaps him making his moustache a little bent. "He needs emotional discipline."

"That as well." Zhang Liao says trying to bend his moustache back into shape.

"Dad, you said twelve but I only see eleven of your men." Scootaloo says.

"Entei is here as well, but he keeps hidden." Lightning says.

"Indeed." A voice said from almost everywhere.

"Kyou Kai, call Ou Hon here." Lightning says.

Kyou nods before getting off the booth and heading to the stadium and talking to Ou.

"Hey dad, what's next?" Scootaloo asks as she lifts Talion and Typhoon hanging from her tail as they laugh.

"It not over, that was just the opening fight. Pinkie, you want to keep spinning the wheel?" Lightning asks.

Pinkie cheers and goes over to it again. "Ready."

Kyou and Ou soon arrive to the booth. "Ou Hon." Lightning greets.

Ou nods. "Sir, you wanted me here?"

"Sit Ou, I wish to discuss a few things." Lightning says as the next contestants made their way onto the field and Pinkie spun the wheel.

Ou sits down. "And what do you want to talk about?"

"What is your opinion of the state of the world?" Lightning asks.

Ou shrugs. "Frankly, troubled sir."

"Oh, give me details." Lightning says.

Ou sighs. "Well, the Dominion is still out there probably still causing trouble as it is. The only thing they seem to respond to is brute force."

"Go on." Lightning says.

Ou tilts his head. "And the movements of the other nations are also a main concern, the Zebras we don't have to worry about. While countries like the Welsh queendom is a major concern as they may in fact side with the Dominion." Ou Hon says.

Lightning closed his eyes and was quiet for a time. "You see much for being so young." Lightning says opening his eyes. "From today on myself and the twelve highest ranking officers will be watching you career closely with interest." Lightning says

Ou looks a little surprised. "Ummm…thank you sir."

"You will remain here with us until the award ceremony for today." Lightning says.

Ou nods. "Thank you sir."

Lightning nods as the last troll's head flew across the arena. After several more matches were had there was only one monster that hadn't been fought. "Since we are out of competitors, how about you fight once more Ou Hon?" Lightning asks.

Ou smiles. "I'd be glad to sir." He said getting up and heading down.

"Zhang Liao you will join him." Lightning says.

Ou turns to him. "Hang on, I could do this myself."

"Zhang Liao will be judging you directly from the field and will only aid you if need be." Lightning says.

'Being judged directly by the young Wyvern of the dragon army.' Ou thinks feeling a bit pressure before shaking it off.

Lightning watches as Ou sets himself up while Zhang stayed in the back. "My people, it has been a great competition with many good fights, but alas all good things must come to an end. But we have one last fight, Ou Hon has graciously decided to fight once more today." Lightning announces. Ou lifts his spear up as the crowd chants his name. "But how will he and his partner fare against the Giant Frostbite Spider's natural enemy. A terror from the sands of Saddle Arabia itself. People I give you Arachanox." Lightning yells as ponies start banging on the drums as the center of the arena starts to open up.

Ou steels himself as he sees almost a mismatch of body parts of spiders and some other creatures came out of the hole as it growled at him.

"Now show us Ou Hon what you can do against a monster that takes a team of level four or greater Stalliongrad hunters to bring down." Lightning says.

Ou looks up at this abomination that resembled a scorpion as it easily loomed over him before grabbing one of the corpses of a monster slain earlier with a pincer and ate it in one bite.

Ou grins before running at it, intending to destroy its legs, but couldn't get far as it then swipes at him and sends him away sliding. He groans as he gets up.

"The king of scorpions is faster that it looks." Nikolai says.

"King of scorpions?" Twilight asks.

"The unofficial title for the Arachanox." Lightning informs.

"Those things can easily match Wyverns and is one of the most dangerous creatures of the desserts." Nikolai adds.

"Not to mention it can create its own support." Lightning says.

The Arachanox now having its focus on Ou tries to crush him by slamming down its right pincer. Ou dodges and spears the tail as it crashes near him. The Arachanox roars and pulls its tail back as Ou moves around it, to his shock it fires a beam from its stinger that hits the ground.

Ou watches as little version of the Arachanox came out of the ground. "Aww…that's cute. Now die." He said before stabbing each one while trying to move out of the way of the big one.

"A good move, for each one of those small ones poison is lethal enough to kill an elephant." Nikolai says as Arachanox keeps firing beams into the ground from its stinger.

Twilight watches as more come out. "How many can appear?"

"No one knows as no one has ever documented their limit. Maybe even an army." Lightning says.

Ou keeps killing each little one until he realizes that they would just coming and so he kills the one he's fighting and runs to the Arachanox and starts to swipe at him and even tries to impale him with its stinger.

"He's adapting to the situation, now the only question is does he have the power to pierce its exoskeleton?" Lightning asks.

Ou then jumps onto its stinger as it comes at him and stabs it to hang on. He watches carefully for any openings as it tries to shake him off. Ou's eyes then widen and narrow as he starts hacking at the stinger.

"Very good. You don't need to kill it you just need to cut off its ability to create its reinforcements." Lightning says.

Ou finally hacks off the stinger and jumps off and lands on a scorpion and impales it before fighting them while still dodging the Arachanox, intending to finish them all off.

As he watched this Lightning started to chuckle, making Twilight look to him. "What's so funny?"

"Your evaluations generals?" Lightning asks.

Kyou huffs. "Still needs work."

"But?" Lightning presses.

Kyou sighs. "He's good."

"Talon, Belcoot?" Lightning asks.

Talon shrugs. "Maybe with a bit of work on timing and I would take him in the army."

"Belcoot?" Lightning asks.

Belcoot nods his head. "Yeah, I would take him as well into the army, though that spear needs a bit of work." He said spying the little cracks.

"Too bad he is Kyou Kai's army. This battle has been decided he lacks the power to kill it. Though the blow he has struck is a devastating one that it will never recover from, but not a mortal one." Lightning says as Ou was smacked into a wall by Arachanox.

Ou groans as he tries to get back up. "Damn."

As Arachanox closes in Zhang Liao steps in front of Ou Hon. "You have done well leave the rest to me." Zhang Liao says.

Ou growls as he tries to still get up. "I'm not done."

"You are, your weapon has shattered from that last attack and we cannot afford to lose somepony so promising." Zhang Laio says bringing out his dual axes.

Ou keeps growling as he watches Zhang Laio as he advances towards the Arachanox before rushing forward and evading it's pincers with ease and brings down one of his axes. What followed was a loud crash, a quake like shaking, and a huge smokescreen kicked up.

Ou groans. "Damn."

When the smoke cleared the Arachanox's head was caved in and in a crater as Zhang Liao rips out his axe. Then soon the realization that the Arachanox was dead swept over the populace. After that, cheering swept up over the crowd as Zhang help Ou onto his back and carried him out of the arena.

"Now I see one of the reasons they call you the young wyvern." Ou says.

Zhang smiles. "Yeah, we do a lot. Ou, do you know why Lord Lightning allowed you to fight that monster?"

Ou shakes his head. "Not really."

"Experience. Lightning fought thousands of monsters like that and fought in many battles. You have a great natural talent, now you just need to keep training and gain experience and then you will become truly a terrifying commander maybe even a general." Zhang Liao says.

Ou look a little surprised. "So how long would that take?"

"Only you can answer that." Zhang Liao says.

Lightning smiles as he watches as the monsters starts getting tossed into the hole and set on fire as all the rest were. "Well…that's that. Wait, bring me its stinger." Lightning commands as they were about to toss it into the fire. The cleanup crew looks at him for moment before looking at themselves and one grabs the stinger and drags it over to him. Lightning rips out the tip. "Ok, now throw it into the fire."

The crew drags it back before throwing it into the pit and sets it on fire. Twilight tilts her head. "So what now?"

Lightning walks to Ou. "Keep this as a reminder of this battle and use this experience to improve yourself." Lightning instructs.

Ou nods and takes it. "Thank you sir."

After that Lightning commenced the award ceremony and thus drew a close to the monster slaying exhibition though the festival continued for five more days.

Scootaloo tilts her head as she watches the creature tilts its head at her. "It looks…weird. And yet, it's supposed to be dangerous to ponies?"

The shopkeeper looks down at the filly. "Watch this kid." He said before lifting the cage up which makes the creature try to attack him and hit the bars, but when he set it down again, it stopped as it stared at Scootaloo again.

Scootaloo becomes a little confused. "But I'm still a pony?"

The shopkeeper shrugs. "You're a dragon as well."

Scootaloo looks to herself and then back to the leopard. "Maybe." She said putting her hoof through the bars.

The shopkeeper goes wide eyed at that. "Kid!" He pauses as he sees the leopard lick her hoof. "Strange, it doesn't act that way towards anypony."

"Hey kiddo, what are you doing there?" Daring asks walking up to her.

Scootaloo looks to her and smiles as the leopard keeps licking her hoof. "Just playing with this creature."

Daring looks to her than the shopkeeper. "How much?"

The shopkeeper goes wide eyed. "Are you serious? This thing doesn't do well around other ponies."

"Wouldn't be the first exotic pet Jarl Lightning has in his hold." Daring says.

The shopkeeper looks to the foal before sighing. "Okay, just…don't come back with missing body parts and blame me. Two fifty."

"Done." Daring says.

Scootaloo laughs as the cage was opened and then the leopard pounces on her and starts licking her. "Okay, okay, I'm glad to be your friend too."

Daring smiles as the leopard then pick her up and throws her onto its back. "Come on kid. You really bring the weird in our life."

Meanwhile, Lightning was sitting on his throne with Ice fang in his lap waiting for Scootaloo and Daring to return. Surrounding him was a pack of fully grown Ice wolves and a tiger while not far away was multiple Skyors perched on stands.

"So what do you think Rainbow, have fun?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow shrugs as she ate some of the cake. "It's okay, but the most fun is those flying games."

Lightning chuckles as the Alpha of the Ice wolves walks up to Rainbow startling her a bit. "What's up with this one?" She asks as she backs away a little.

"That's Fenrir, the father of little Ice Fang here." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods and looks to Fenrir. "Hi…Fenrir."

Fenrir stares at her for a bit before licking her face and turning back to the rest of the pack. Lightning smiles as he looks around for a bit. "Have you seen Scootaloo or Daring anywhere? I'm sure that they would love to see Fenrir."

"They still haven't returned from the market." Rainbow says wiping off her face as Lightning pets Fenrir.

Rainbow smiles. "What do you think they're getting?"

"Who knows? I can never fully predict our daughter." Lightning says as he eyes Talion and Typhoon who fell asleep on one of the Ice Wolf's backs.

Rainbow smiles as an Ice Wolf grabs the foals off and sets them near another Ice Wolf who was laying on the ground and curled around. "Yeah, who knows what our other two foals will be like?"

"That's true, seeing how the Ice wolves have already accepted them into the pack." Lightning says as the door starts to open.

Rainbow smiles as she looks to the door. "Well look who's here. About time you…what is that?!"

Lightning looks a little confused as well. "Fluttershy, do you know?" Lightning asks as Fluttershy pops her head out from beneath one of the Ice Wolves who were curled up around her.

Fluttershy gasps. "A leopard, a snow leopard!" She yells before flying towards it who then growls before she gets close and makes her stop.

"It seems to prefer my daughter." Lightning says.

Daring shrugs. "This thing is hostile to anypony who gets close to any of them. Guess being part dragon really gives her some advantages."

"You can keep your new pet Angel." Lightning says.

Scootaloo smiles. "Thanks dad. Now what can we do?"

"Prepare to welcome our guests that other Jarls and the High King himself are coming." Lightning says.

Scootaloo nods her head. "How many?"

"Six and their entourages." Lightning says.

Daring sighs as she walks up to him. "And we have to still deal with politics."

"No, this is different. This is to discuss our countries next move or more specifically which of the two countries that have sworn their allegiance to the Dominion bordering us and the Qin Empire will we invade." Lightning says.

Daring looks a little surprised. "The Dominion I can understand, but the Qin?"

"When the Dominion finally declares all out war every country controlled by them will also attack us. This is a preemptive strike to take them out before we begin." Lightning says.

Daring sighs. "And how long would Qin take?"

"They have already mustered their forces for this. The one we don't invade, they will." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks worried. "So what do we do?"

"Prepare to receive our guests." Lightning says.

Scootaloo lays down on the leopard's back. "Here we go again."

"It won't be for a few weeks." Lightning says.

Scootaloo shrugs. "Still feels like last time now."

"By the way Rainbow, how are your lessons coming?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow shrugs. "Still feels hard, but I'm getting it."

"О ты?" Lightning asks. (Oh are you?)

Rainbow nods. "немного." (A little.)

Lightning just smiles until Scootaloo spoke. "Хотя Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, и я на самом деле возвращается его." Lightning, Rainbow, Fluttershy, and Daring all looked surprised at her. (Although Sweetie Belle, Applebloom, and myself are really getting it down.)

Rainbow laughs a little. "Wow Scoots, that's impressive."

Scootaloo smiles. "Zutto hikari no naka kinou made wa nakatta, ashiato o tadottekita hodo, gooru no mienai meiro, ame ni utareta chizu."

"How do you know that language?" Lightning asks.

Scootaloo looks a little confused. "Which one?"

"That wasn't Stalliongrats." Lightning says

Scootaloo makes an oh face at that. "That was a song I picked up from a mare out in the market. Joined her for tea and she just started to sing that. I picked it up quick."

Rainbow looks to him. "Dragon mind?"

"Kyou Kai find this mare now and find out how she knows the eastern language!" Lightning orders immediately urgency evident in his voice.

Scootaloo watches as Kyou leaves quickly. "Ummm…what's going on?"

Rainbow steps up next to him. "How did she figure out to say another language that quick? Her dragon mind?"

"Maybe, but I'm more interested in the mare that spoke a language east beyond the Qin empire." Lightning whispered back.

"What are we whispering about?" Seeku whispers from atop of Lightning's throne right above them.

"Seeku, what are you doing here?" Lightning asks surprised as the Ice Wolves start growling at her and multiple ponies in black had their weapons either at her neck or poking her.

Seeku waves off the one at her flank. "Stop poking me there. You'd only antagonize me. Any case, I came here, remember. I was the one who was supposed to have meat on the train, but somepony got to it first." She said while looking to Scootaloo who was looking sheepish.

Lightning did a gesture with his hoof and the ponies in black withdrew their weapons and seemed to vanish. "Next time enter through the front door lest my men kill you in mistake for an intruder." Lightning requests.

Seeku shrugs. "Okay." She then lands onto his lap. "So, what are talking about here?" She asks while reclining sideways on his lap.

"You were the mare singing that song weren't you?" Lightning asks.

Seeku looks at him confused. "Song?"

"Zutto hikari no naka. Ring a bell?" Lightning asks.

Seeku just sticks her tongue at him. "Maybe."

Scootaloo just tilts her head. "Could be Seeku or could be a real pony. The way that mare moved while singing is definitely not Seeku's style. Not…sexy enough."

"Let me tell you little Scoots, I can act any way I need. I can even do a nun. Even though it hurts me too." Seeku says with a hoof around Scootaloo now.

Scootaloo smiles. "And yet you know a language without even dad knowing?"

"I have been all over the place and it's easy to learn a new language. I just rip the knowledge from something." Seeku says smiling.

"And most likely leave them brain dead." Kyou Kai says glaring at Seeku.

Seeku looks over. "Oh, hello Kyou. How's life?"

Kyou clicks her tongue. "Bad since you drained this one." She said while having a mare slung over her back. "What were you thinking?"

"I was hungry." Seeku says before getting bonked on the head.

Kyou smiles as she puts her sheathed sword back on her. "Well at least I found the mare. Turns out your friend here got her memories as well so that song was probably in this mare's head when she took it."

"You wouldn't bring her if she was a resident. A spy?" Lightning asks.

Kyou shrugs. "Don't know. All she had was this." She said holding up a golden necklace with a circle crest in the middle of it and a dragon engraved on top of it.

"I know this. Give the mare a room under tight guard." Lightning says.

Kyou nods and walks off while giving a glare to Seeku who just smiles normally. "Tuck her in, she likes that." Seeku said.

"You know she would spit you in half is she could. So please don't antagonize her." Lightning says.

Seeku grins. "No promises."

"I'm serious Seeku, you should know who is coming." Lightning says seriously.

Seeku waves him off lightly. "Oh quiet, didn't say I be anything at any time? When those lords come I will be neat and proper." She said in a posh voice.

"You feel it don't you Seeku?" Lightning asks.

Seeku nods. "The winds of change are starting to blow again, right now it is a gentle breeze, but soon."

"It will whip up into a Typhoon and we will march once again." Lightning finishes.

Rainbow just tilts her head. "What the heck are you saying?"

"It's something only those who have lived on the battlefield or those who are so attuned to nature can feel." Lightning says.

Scootaloo looks around. "You mean that humming?"

"No, that is Pinkie in the bath." Lightning says.

Seeku twitches her ears. "I still don't get that mare."

"I don't think the Spirits of Wisdom do either." Lightning says.

Seeku clicks. "So what do we do now? We still have time."

"We wait and prepare." Lightning says.

Seeku hums. "Boring! Let's do something fun until they come over." She suggested.

It had been a week later when they received word of all the Jarls coming to Whiterun to meet.

Lightning looks over the papers. "How's the food?" He asks Kyou.

"Everything is ready." Kyou says as she observed the hall.

He looks to her. "And my family?"

"They are being protected. I have Entei watching them personally." Kyou says.

Lightning nods. "And the mare, who hasn't told us her name and Seeku won't bother with that either?"

"Still unconscious." Kyou says.

"And you wanting to kiss me while nopony is looking?" Lightning asks.

Kyou blushes heavily. "That was nothing."

"I made that last part up." Lightning says.

Kyou still was blushing. "You're a bastard."

"I couldn't have gotten this far without you Kyou." Lightning says catching her completely off guard.

Kyou pause as she just stood there. "Thank you…sir."

"Kyou, it's just you and me here right now." Lightning says starting to dress into his Jarl robes.

Kyou looks around before looking to him. "Thank you…Lightning."

Lightning only smiled. "May I speak frankly with you?" Lightning asks.

Kyou takes another look around. "Ummm…sure."

"I'm starting to feel the weight of my age." Lightning says.

Kyou looks to him. "Sir?"

"My body is starting to slow down. The injuries I have sustained over my life are starting to take their toll and don't tell me you haven't seen it. I am not as fast as I once was." Lightning says.

Kyou sighs. "Sir."

"Kyou." Lightning says.

"Lightning." Kyou corrects.

"I fear I may have to start leading the men from the rear and not the front soon enough." Lightning says.

Kyou takes a quick look outside. "Lightning, maybe you should start. Your family is worried and…I am too."

"I know, hard to believe it has been twelve years since we joined Ulfric in his rebellion." Lightning says chuckling. "I remember you calling me mad for joining it and that you were twice as mad for following me into it." Lightning says.

Kyou smiles slightly. "Yeah…Lightning?"

"Yes?" Lightning asks putting the crown on.

Kyou looks away slightly. "Never mind."

"Say it, Kyou." Lightning says.

Kyou sighs. "I just…I'm sorry."

"Kyou, I'm still waiting for you to say how you really feel just like I was a decade ago." Lightning says.

Kyou tenses up before launching herself at him and pushes him back slightly. "I love you."

'I have waited more than a decade to hear those words and it was worth the wait." Lightning says as the mirror moved and out walked Rainbow. "You catch that?"

Kyou looks shocked as she lets go and backs away. "What the heck?"

"Every word." Rainbow says walking up to Kyou Kai who was dumbfounded that Lightning had pulled a maneuver she never saw coming.

Kyou glares at Lightning. "What the heck is going on?"

"I have known about your feelings for more than a decade Kyou and I knew hearing I was married was slowly killing you. Did you think I didn't notice you were barely eating?" Lightning asks.

Kyou blushes heavily. "I…sir!"

"High king Ulfric himself was pressuring me to get married and start producing heirs four years before I left. For the sake of my clan, he said. Kyou Kai I talked it over with Rainbow and she accepted. I wanted you to be a part of it." Lightning says.

Kyou looks a little confused. "A part of what?"

"Oh the family, as a mother to Lightning's foals." Rainbow says hugging Kyou Kai and to her surprise she realized she was smaller than herself.

Kyou looks to Lightning and sees him smiling before she sighs. "Okay, I'll do it. But only if Lightning doesn't treat me any different."

"Oh, there will be a difference." Lightning says closing the distance and encircling them with his wing before kissing Kyou Kai to her shock.

Rainbow giggles before nuzzling them. "This family is just going to get bigger and weirder."

"You love it Rainbow." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods. "Yeah I do. Now, don't you have a meeting to get too?"

"Not yet, first I need a mare to get dressed." Lightning says smirking as he closes the secret passage and seals it with his magic and Kyou Kai smirks before walking over to the wardrobe and pulls out a regal looking dress

Rainbow looks a little scared. "Wait a minute, hold on now." She said.

"Kyou Kai, I think the Queen needs some help getting dressed." Lightning says smirking as Kyou Kai starts to as well to advance on Rainbow.

Rainbow keeps backing up. "Wait a second."

"Oh, don't you remember what I told you love, Kyou Kai doesn't usually show mercy." Lightning says sitting down.

Rainbow glares at him. "You just want to see me molested, don't you?"

"Oh no, Kyou Kai has no interest in mares." Lightning says before Kyou Kai was on Rainbow.

Rainbow struggles to pull away and tries to drag herself to him. "I hate you." She said, leveling a glare at him.

"Don't let her rip the dress Kyou Kai, it is pure silk after all." Lightning says.

Rainbow groans as she then feels the dress. "What the heck is this stuff?"

"Pure silk love, it cost me a small fortune and I had to call in a few favors to get it made for the queen." Lightning says.

Rainbow stands up in her new dress. "How much?"

"Thirty five thousand and thankfully it is a special silk that you have to be trying to ruin on purpose to stain." Lightning says as Kyou Kai finally got the dark blue regal dress on Rainbow.

A few knocks on the door got their attention and it opened to find Scootaloo standing there in her once packaged dress. "I can't believe Discord wore this." She said as in her slightly puffy dress stressing against her scales and her skirt flowed with her tail moving around.

Scootaloo then saw her mom. "What are you wearing?!" They both yelled in unison.

"We aren't done yet love. You're still missing one item." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks to him. "What's that?" Kyou Kai nods at Lightning as she retrieves a case and brings it to Lightning who opens it and takes out a crown made of gold with deep blue gems. "Where did you get that?"

"I have been saving this for years now. This is the lost crown of the first high queen of Stalliongrad. Now it is time for some mare to wear it again." Lightning says placing it on her head.

Rainbow looks into the mirror and sees herself changed. "It feels like…I'm losing myself."

"It's the mare, not the crown Rainbow." Lightning says holding her.

Rainbow leans against him. "Promise you won't lose me."

"I'd die first." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "No suicide mission again, please."

"I don't plan on it. Now let's go, we have to meet the high king and the rest of the Jarls. Kyou Kai come with us." Lightning says.

Kyou nods as they follow him out to the main hall and sees the high king and the other Jarls in the main lobby area. Lightning steps up to the top steps. "My king." Lightning greets as he bows to Ulfric who is sitting on the throne.

(We are automatically translating it for you readers.)

Ulfric smiles. "Lightning, good to see you again. How's life?"

"As well as can be expected. I don't believe you have been introduced. My king, may I introduce Rainbow Dash, my wife." Lightning introduces.

Ulfric chuckles a bit as Rainbow steps out from behind Lightning. "About time you married. I was getting worried about losing my best friend to time itself with nothing for others to follow on. And no, war teachings don't count."

"Yes, well you need not worry about that as your spy have most likely have already told you from the Dominion I now have foals of my own." Lightning says.

Ulfric smiles. "Where are those little rascals?"

"Resting my king. Speaking of which." Lightning says stomping his hoof and several severed head fell from the ceiling. "Who wants to die so much they sent assassins to kill my foals?" Lightning asks looking at the other jarls.

The Jarls tries to look innocent. "Why are you looking at us?" One asks.

"Because before he died one talked. They said they were hired to make sure my influence wouldn't be spread to the next generation as somepony felt threatened." Lightning says as his glare intensified.

Rainbow glares almost as hard. "The one rule with us is never touch our foals."

"I may not know which one of you were stupid enough to try this, but know I will find out who." Lightning threatened.

Ulfric chuckles. "As always, never harm Lightning's closest."

"I will let that go for now because we have something important to discuss." Lightning says.

Ulfric sits up. "And what's that?"

"Which country we invade while Qin invades the other?" Lightning asks.

Ulfric frowns. "It boils down to this. We either attack Qin and take out the reinforcement and maybe gain some help or attack the Dominion and stem the tide from both sides."

Each one of the Jarls and their entourage take a seat as the meeting got under way. "My king, I propose we don't attack the Dominion directly at this point. Instead we launch an attack on one of the neighboring countries to us so we can weaken the Dominion's allied power while not give them a great enough cause to launch an attack on us directly yet." The Jarl of Solitude, Benawi spoke.

Lightning looks to the others. "Any other suggestions?"

"Where will Qin strike when we start?" Ulfric asks and everypony goes silent until Lightning spoke. "Ucrane."

"I concur with Lightning. It is no secret Ucrane and Qin have animosity with each other, with Ucrane repeatedly trying to overthrow Qin's government from the inside and funding all rebels in its borders for the last thirty years. They didn't even bother to hide it when they started because the Dominion promised them support if Qin retaliated, but now with the legions having to fight through our armies or one of our allied countries to get there they can't send reinforcements in time to help them and most likely has already given up on helping them and are just using them as much as they can." Benawi says.

Scootaloo leans over to Kyou. "Why strike there then?" She whispered.

"It directly borders the Qin Empire." Kyou says.

"With mountains around them that's as high as the clouds?" Scootaloo asks.

"Qin can easily get to Ucrane. Those mountains have many tunnels leading through them." Kyou Kai whispers back.

"If that is the case, we have two options of nations to hit if we follow Benawi's suggestion, either the island federation or Urreigns." Thongvor, jarl of the reach says.

"Kyou Kai." Lightning says and soon maps were brought to the jarls and the high king. "Both prospects have pros and cons." Lightning says.

Scootaloo tilts her head. "And the one with less cons wins, unless you can use it to your advantage so that becomes a pro."

"He is talking about engaging the nations themselves." Kyou Kai says.

"On one hoof we have the island federation whose armies are smaller, but have a good naval force and a decent air force. If we were to engage them it would mostly be a naval campaign with little ground fight, it would also leave our supply lines extended and vulnerable to raids by pirates and enemy ships. But, by taking them the Dominion's naval capabilities will be seriously hurt." Lightning says.

Scootaloo mumbles to herself. "Give up on the security and use on army, not good for no supplies and it will a short war."

"Urreign, on the other hoof, is bordering us mostly securing our supply lines and has a lot of flat lands making it ideal for our armies, but the Urreign army mostly uses magic to fight and like to fight long range. Unless we can close in and attack them face to face we won't be able to win, but they have little in terms of an air force. Taking Urreign is by far the seemingly more costly invasion, but if we do we will have more natural resources to pull from and deny the enemy more land forces and places to launch attacks on us." Lightning says.

Scootaloo grabs an unused map from Kyou who looks on in interest. Scootaloo unrolls the map and takes a look. "More cost, fight mostly close range and magic is mostly used. Yet, more resources and less land to stage from." Kyou Kai points to the country just southwest of Stalliongrad. "Thanks, more supplies might bolster the forces and up the moral because of land gained from Dominion."

"In the end do we go for dominance in the sea or do we go for more resources and take out a bigger force?" Another Jarl says.

Scootaloo, Lightning and Ulfric looks up at almost the same time. "Land attack." They all said.

Ulfric leans forward. "We just need our version of supplies, but also our own citizens. The most they see as victory is land grabs and more resources to use so they don't have to contribute much. Citizens like it when we mostly stay out of their way."

"Not to mention we will finally border the griffon empire." Benawi says.

Lightning chuckles lightly. "Headstrong and a bit crazy, but that's their strength in war. Unpredictable to know in an instant and hard to stop once they get rolling. Perfect army for some quick strikes. Maybe they can help with leading the charge while we try to sneak, makes things easier on them and once they push through, we take out the remaining forces and do it all over again. Besides, if all else fails, at least we have the old feather duster to help clean up." The jarls share a chuckle at the joke.

Ulfric smiles. "Still need a good strike position. Too close to the mountains and get ourselves cornered and complete open field is just asking for your head blown off."

"That can be decided later. We need to prepare the armies and gather the supplies." A jarl says.

Lightning nods. "Yes, but let's make sure we tell citizens that war is coming, no plans, just war. If the citizens are prepared, we are as well."

"Agreed, now on to…"

The meeting continued for several more hours before the Jarls went into recess. Lightning sighs as he goes back to Rainbow, Kyou and Scootaloo, who was drawing on a map. "Okay, what happened while I was busy?" Lightning asks laying down near them.

"Your daughter is trying to understand the plan on the map." Kyou Kai says.

Lightning smiles as he watches Scootaloo strangely draw on the other side of where the plan should be as she mumbles to herself. "Loss of chance, make them move somewhere. Aerial and sea would still be up, but…" She turns to them. "Is most of the Dominion earth ponies?"

"Militarily yes, but then there is the orcs and other things they use." Lightning says.

Scootaloo turns back to the map. "Mostly earth and other species. Inexperience with air, worry less about that, only high damage as they are inexperienced. Move up? No, the ice caps would block the path and too much resources just to create one. Loss of moral of other military on the other side and some supportive citizens too. Loss of support if they do though. That ain't happening. Sea and air would hold most of them back." She then looks up. "Manehatten. Bombarded and then landed, instead of destroying the buildings, guess of resources they can use, but stop by dad." She looks down to the map again. "Not possible here. We don't have much control, unless other nation agrees to help, maybe rebel factions, no, they won't hurt their own citizens."

"They execute their own for the tiniest hint of rebellion." Lightning says.

"Sway to our side somehow, not possible with Dominion all over their heads. No, must be shown what we can do, must strike big, make a big firework show, show off that it is possible, citizens would follow and rally another way. Then the attack actually becomes weaker on the front as moral falls, soldiers maybe stop to check on their family, no too headstrong, Silva example as first. Shown gaps in plans of Dominion, only possible with stolen plans and even then there would have to be gaps and be compared to ours and adapted." She turns to them. "With these types of solders, plans would be kept in a nearby camp when the attack starts."

"Welsh queendom betrays us, Legions advance early." Lightning says.

Scootaloo turns back to the map and draws a line on the broader. "Take the plans maybe, only possible when fighting starts, and even then camp must be found and infiltrated and even then a duplicate must be made. Not enough time unless hidden long enough. Advance early may lower our moral, but…" She turns to Lightning. "Financial. They strike early, they may hit us with all they got first and then wean us out, wasting time when striking at strategic spots based on terrain is more effective. Wasted resources equals wasted money and wasted money equals unhappy citizens funding their operations." She turns to the map again and starts marking possible places on the Dominion side. "Possible spots, maybe. Need a good choke point, once attacked they hold it back and send the attack back out again, never get in unless going in by stealth. Qin using underground network, Dominion doing the same, no, somewhat honorable in terms of types of attack and nothing else. Want to see the enemy die right before them. Maybe…no. Underground tunnels of own, no, too much time and resources. Need land first, once grabbed we have control over mostly everything there. Citizen's moral would boost by a lot."

"Disaster has struck the Wyvern rampage everywhere and the Dominion has struck a deal with the dragon, possible connection." Lightning says.

Scootaloo frowns. "Troubling, aerial help needed as dragon is tough against most ground attacks." She looks to her foreleg. "Dragon fears most is the weather, use weather to advantage, yes, if dragon attacks, use weather to advantage, but land not like Equestria. Barely any control by ponies here. Unless…" Scootaloo looks to Lightning. "How many magic users can mimic weather and can fly high enough to get past clouds?"

"Only the most powerful." Lightning says.

Scootaloo turns back to the map. "Only last resort then, if dragon attacks gets devastating then send in the last resort. Maybe use terrain to our advantage, maybe if Dominion doesn't stop assault or have counterassault."

"Maybe offer them some dinner?" Daring asks coming up with a plate of meat.

Scootaloo throws her quill and stabs Daring's mane. "Only assaults will then be acted on. Have to check up on the patterns. Canterlot, no, bad example, dad attack first. Siege of Pegalopolis, kept going no matter what, full head on assault. Inexperience general though."

"Angel take a break." Lightning says picking her up.

Scootaloo groans as she placed down near her plate. "I doubt that was much help as you probably knew all of them."

"We have been running several scenarios for a long time Scoots. You're smart, but it's harder to predict what the enemy will do. A lot are new to commanding because of their system and that can sometimes lead to unexpected moves." Lightning says.

Scootaloo stiffens. "Inexperience, headlong attack as most of the assaults, account for crazy plans of their own. Ow." She rubs her head where Rainbow hit her.

"Enough of that, eat. Twilight did say you need this amount every day." Rainbow said.

"You got anything to say Kyou Kai?" Lightning asks.

Kyou watches as Scootaloo tears into the meat like an animal. "Which one, the war or her?"

"The latter, remember you agreed to be a mother to my foals." Lightning whispers into her ear.

Kyou sighs. "She's smart, smarter than any other foal her age is and she accounted for almost every possibility including your naval and aerial warfare. The attack you didn't want to do. Most don't plan for anything on the loss of attack side. Even some generals won't think what she thought of."

"And what would you say to her if she was your daughter?" Lightning asks.

Kyou smiles. "You're the greatest filly a mother could ask for."

"Well maybe you will know what it is like to be a mother soon enough, it will take around two years to prepare." Lightning says.

Kyou looks at him. "Are you…offering to give me a foal?"

"You already agreed to it remember?" Lightning asks.

Kyou blushes. "How could I not?"

"Let's get to work shall we and you're not the only one, ok?" Lightning asks her, wrapping a wing around her.

Kyou nods. "Okay, but maybe after this whole battle. It may buy us time."

"Kyou, we are starting immediately tonight." Lightning says.

Kyou sighs. "So…after it or before?"

"The war won't happen for two years, I expect in that time we shall see if you will be a mother like a few others." Lightning says.

Rainbow snuggles up to her other side. "We'll make sure you have the best time of your life."

Daring comes up around Rainbow's side. "Just relax and let it flow."

"Oh he is giving you extra attention as well Daring." Rainbow says talking more freely now that Scootaloo went off to get more meat.

Daring smirks as she looks at her. "Only if he gives the same to you."

"Why do I feel my sleep schedule was just greatly reduced?" Lightning asks.

All three mares bonk him on the head. "Quiet, the mares are talking." They said.

"Since when were you into maretalk Kyou?" Lightning asks now confused.

Kyou smiles. "When they started to talk about what you can do at night."

"I have no response, I have been completely outmaneuvered." Lightning admits.

Kyou pokes him. "And don't you forget it."

Rainbow smiles. "So…what are you going to do Lightning?"

Daring goes rounds his side. "Take control or let us do the work?"

Lightning's ear twitches. "I think we should save that for tonight as Talion and Typhoon have woken up." Lightning says.

Rainbow quickly runs off. "Come on Daring!"

"Come on Kyou." Lightning says following.

Kyou smiles as she follows closely. "I do wonder one thing."

(And the fun starts here.)

Later that night Lightning walks into his bed chambers tired as he had just got done tucking in Scootaloo. "Okay, Scootaloo's asleep. Had a tough time getting that sketched filled map away from her though." Lightning says before somepony lands on his back.

"At least she didn't throw a quill through your mane."

Lightning smiles. "Yeah, she has great aim." He said looking at Daring on his back who was out of her clothes. "You aren't wearing your clothes, that's a change." Lightning says smirking.

Daring snuggles into him. "Great night coming up, didn't want them ruined."

"I see you are really ready for it then. So is it just me and you?" Lightning asks.

Daring smiles as she looks over to the bathroom door open and Rainbow steps out clean, but looks back inside. "Come on out, we're waiting."

"It's so embarrassing." Lightning heard unmistakably Kyou Kai's voice.

Rainbow giggles. "Come on, you have to do this if you want it. Now where's that strong mare?"

"Back with my sword and clothes." Kyou says.

Rainbow reaches in and pulls her out. "Really, you wear that underneath everything?" She asks pointing to the lace outfit.

Kyou blushes deeply seeing Lightning. "Kyou Kai…whoa…you look…great." Lightning says.

Kyou blush deepened. "Thanks. Can we get this over with?" She said, trying to look away.

"If that's what you wish." Rainbow says grabbing her and starting to remove her lace outfit.

Kyou stutters a bit as she feels her move around. "Hey, easy."

Lightning smiles as he looks up to Daring. "And you?"

Daring shrugs. "Second, Kyou goes first. That's what we agreed on."

"Seems like Rainbow getting a little revenge for Kyou Kai forcing her into her queen outfit for the first time." Lightning says as he and Daring watched.

Daring chuckles as Rainbow pulls Kyou's panties off. "Yeah, considering that I almost fell into that, but agreed to back off until we were really ready to reveal ourselves."

"You know, we may ask you to substitute for Rainbow sometimes since you look so alike." Lightning says.

Daring sighs. "Won't that place me in trouble?"

"No, because Kyou Kai is in charge of that and she already will know." Lightning says as he removes his robes and the last article of clothes flies off Kyou.

Rainbow smiles at her handiwork. "There, ten times better." She said as Kyou tries to cover herself up with her hooves and tail.

Lightning then moves behind her and wraps his hooves and wings around her. "You ready?"

Kyou tenses a little. "Yeah."

Lightning huffs. "Liar. You mares mind giving Kyou here a little relaxant?"

Rainbow and Daring moves up to her as Lightning lifts her front half up and exposes her. Kyou keeps blushing as Rainbow and Daring starts to message Kyou on her joints before moving to her muscle. She moans as she feels some of the pressure lifting while Lightning kisses her lightly on the neck.

Kyou slowly goes slack in Lightning arms as he finally lifts her up and puts her on the bed. She groans before feeling a weight over herself and sees Lightning draped over, watching. Kyou licks her lips slightly before she feels his lips on hers and kisses back.

Rainbow and Daring meanwhile licks at Lightning's sheath now slowly appearing and rubs each other. Lightning moans as he feels himself being kicked by two mares as he starts to slowly glide over Kyou's legs and towards her cunt until she gasps at the sudden touch.

Lightning recaptures her lips and continues to press hard against her as he feels more and more of his cock come out. Rainbow and Daring kiss as they continue to work on Lightning as he slowly came out more and more until they couldn't even fit it down their mouth. Soon they settled on licking his sides as he moans from the menstruations and suddenly feels the stuff pole run along Kyou making them both stop and look down.

Kyou starts to breathe hard as she sees his long cock run along her and feels his girth, but Lightning kisses her, making her calm down before he slowly moves back and runs along her cunt a few times before piercing her, making Kyou stiffen and arch up. Lightning, Rainbow and Daring all placed kisses and massages as Lightning didn't move until she got down on her own.

Kyou sighs deeply as she feels the pain going down before laying back down and opening her wings before looking at Lightning and nods. Lightning smiles and kisses her before moving slowly. Kyou moans as she feels his cock start to move into her as Rainbow and Daring place kisses on both her and Lightning. Soon Lightning started to pick up the pace and make Kyou jump a little at every hit he makes before moving back. It was getting so much that Kyou lifts her legs around Lightning and wrap around him to hang on.

Lightning smiles and kisses her before moving harder and making her jump up higher and makes her tense up from the jumps. Lightning chuckles deeply as he starts to kiss her neck and biting it lightly. Kyou moans louder as she feels four different sensations running on her at the same. They all laugh or giggle as Kyou opens her eyes and they see her glazed over.

Kyou moans almost quietly as everything built up on her before Lightning grabs on her hips and starts to pound away on her making her trying to breath more deeply until Lightning finally hits her hard and stops moving. Kyou arches a little and closes her eyes as she feels his warm cum flow into her and stay locked in as Rainbow and Daring watches her expression until she drops back down and sighs in relief.

Lightning, Daring and Rainbow watches as Kyou finally opens her eyes again and looks at them. "That was…that was…"

Lightning smiles as he slowly pulls out. "Amazing?"

Kyou tries to nod. "Yeah."

They all smile as Lightning finally pulls out his cum covered cock and shows it to everypony there. "Now you can rest, okay?"

Kyou nods as she lays back and watches them. Lightning looks to Daring as they all turn to her. Daring smiles before licking his cock a little before moving to the other side of the bed and stands up, but places her front end down. Lightning smiles as he moves to her before licking her cunt making her moan and moving it inside. Daring moans louder before stopping as Lightning stops messing around and mounts her.

Daring grunts from the weight and relaxes on the bed while hiking her tail out of the way as Lightning starts to slowly move into her. Daring moans as Lightning starts to move around in her as Rainbow comes up to her and kisses her. Daring's moans were muffled as she kept being kissed while Lightning leans down and starts to kiss her between her wings and her neck.

Daring's muffled moans became louder as Lightning just started to pound harder into her, making her jump slightly. Lightning grins as Rainbow presses hard with her hoof onto Daring's wings, causing her to moan the loudest she can in her condition. Rainbow smiles as she slowly moves her hoof over Daring's wing, making them twitch. Lightning smiles as he grabs her wings and slowly massages them while Daring moans like crazy.

Daring let's go the kiss and turns her head and looks at Lightning while he stills goes. Lightning smiles as he kisses her head before letting go and starts to hit her head making her move slightly until Lightning hits the hardest and stops at her deepest. Daring moans quietly feeling the warm cum move into her and down her legs. After a while Lightning sighs and pulls out slowly, making Daring moan from the sensitivity. After coming out Daring sways before falling on her side, facing Kyou.

"Now that…was the greatest feeling I ever had in my life." Daring said.

Lightning sits down as Rainbow sits between Kyou and Daring, checking over the both of them. "Well, it's the most you can always have in your life, so yeah." He said.

Rainbow smiles as she covers them with the extra blankets. "Now you two can rest. It's been a long night."

Daring looks at her. "What about you?"

Rainbow shakes her head. "No need. I don't need it, but you two did."

Lightning nods and gets off the bed before heading the bathroom. "You mind trying to clean them up Rainbow?"

Rainbow nods. "Sure." She said while starting to clean them up.

After a while Lightning came out cleaner and looks to see Daring and Kyou snuggling together and trying to sleep while Rainbow sits up beside them and watches them. Lightning smiles as he comes up on the bed. "You ready for bed, Rainbow?"

Rainbow looks at him. "What do you think?" She asks as she lays down and pulls the covers over them.

Lightning shakes his head and lays between the two and Rainbow. "So…you ready to have a bigger family soon?"

Rainbow giggles. "The more family, the more fun and the weirder which we can really take and handle." She said heading to sleep.

Lightning chuckles. "Tell me about it." He said before closing his eyes and wraps his wings around them as best he could and falls asleep.

(Okay, hoped you enjoyed that.)

A few months later. "Please Lightning?" Twilight asks in Stalliongrats.

"Fine, I need to go Winterhold and the college anyways." Lightning says finally giving in.

Twilight cheers. "Yes!"

Rainbow shakes her head. "Always the same Twilight we know and love."

Daring sits near them, her stomach visibly bigger. "Hard to believe this is around the hundredth time"

"I have a condition though." Lightning says.

Twilight stops her celebration. "What?"

"You do what I say and follow my instruction, got it?" Lightning asks.

Twilight sighs. "Fine."

Kyou chuckles, part of dress was already bulging from her stomach being a bit bigger. "And that is supposed to be the new queen?"

"She's not a queen yet Kyou." Lightning says still facehoofing every time he remembers her meeting High king Ulfric.

Rainbow giggles. "And think of how many times she met the scholars, still bad about what happened to that one scholar…well not really. He did place Scootaloo into the fight just to see how tough she is."

"His punishment is almost over. He will be back to work soon." Lightning says.

Kyou sighs. "Hard to believe that somepony would allow this to happened. Even the most experienced scholar knows that a change needs time. Leave that scholar to me and he probably won't survive.

"No, he is a valued member of the court. He's learnt his lesson by now." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks to him "How's Scootaloo anyway? I haven't seen her for a while."

"She's been sleeping for the last several days." Kyou says.

Rainbow looks confused. "Sleeping for several days? What's going on?"

Daring sighs. "Twilight thinks it's the organs starting to change to fit her dragon body parts. Sleeping would cause her to not feel pain more than if she was awake."

"I was thinking she was hibernating a bit." Lightning says.

Rainbow giggles. "Yeah, the pony part of her would not allow that. Still, something is going to change, last one was most of her dragon parts. What's this one going to make?"

"We don't know, this is completely unknown territory for even dragons." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs. "Where's Talion and Typhoon, it's been a while since we sent for them?"

"Fluttershy is probably gushing over them like usual." Lightning says.

Daring laughs. "That mare really is starting to love everything here now. I wonder if she can control some animals that help in anyway?"

"She has tried a little. Not much success, but she is good at being a veterinarian." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "Always has been. She was the best doctor if none was close enough."

"Yes, my men have caught her in a forbidden place several times too." Lightning says.

Rainbow waves him off. "She's always trying to help, no matter who it is and even the animals. This land is new so it would be the perfect place to test her skills as an animal talker."

"This is serious Rainbow." Kyou says.

Rainbow sighs. "I know, the war is looming over, spies may infiltrate and of course the occasional assassin." She said as Fluttershy walks in.

"It's not that, what we keep down there must remain secret." Lightning says.

Rainbow huffs and turns to Fluttershy. "So where are they?"

Fluttershy smiles before two patches of her mane move and Talion and Typhoon pop out from them. "Hi mommies, hi daddy." They said.

"Oh my babies." Rainbow says running over and picking them up.

Lightning chuckles as the foals giggles and hug her back. "First few words and still more to show. Though I'm surprised that was in Stalliongrats." Lightning says the last part thoughtfully.

Rainbow smiles. "It's been a while since they were here. Of course they would pick it up. Right guys?" The foals nods.

"I wonder how has Octavia and Vinyl been getting along." Lightning says.

Daring smiles. "Vinyl's been trying to fit in and play some music, both foreign and hers. Octavia is a different matter. She still plays her violin, but Apollo has been really training her for the hard stuff especially during battles."

"I highly doubt he would ever let her on the battlefield. I have also heard rumors. Is Vinyl expecting?" Lightning asks.

Everypony smiles. "Yeah and Nikolai is really happy that he's constantly on guard, won't even allow other guards to get close now." Kyou said.

Lightning chuckles. "That's steel wing Nikolai for you. How is Vinyl and Octavia taking the news?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow laughs. "If you called most of the records thrown so hard they got into the walls for Vinyl and more songs from Octavia great, then yeah, they're taking it very well." She then gets slightly confused. "Which reminds me, weren't you supposed to see Umbra and Zagai? It's been a long time since then."

"Zagai returned to Whiterun before the festival. Umbra, I have a feeling him and his host are still adjusting to the arrangement. If that's the case we may not see them for a while and then there's his host's reclusive nature." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs. "Pity, these two would probably like to see their uncle." She said looking down at them.

"Well shall we head out, Winterhold awaits?" Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles as does everypony else. "Still need Scootaloo, I doubt she would be happy if we left her alone."

"No need." A voice said from an archway.

Looking over they see Scootaloo a little bigger than last time, almost the size of a guard, when they saw her not resting, her tail longer and thicker, legs grown more muscle and less fat as they can see it move with every movement, while her underside and parts of her head still contained parts of her old pony body. "That was a great nap."

"Twilight get Spike and Agni. Oh, I have also heard some of your friends have been talking to my sworn swords, any chemistry there yet?" Lightning asks.

Twilight blushes. "Not yet, but they're getting there." She said before walking off.

Daring smiles as she looks at him. "So when her friends does get together with the sworn swords, then they could take them back to Ponyville and worry about long distance, right?"

"Unfortunately no, my sworn swords know that the great war we have been preparing for is coming in maybe less than a decade. I myself will most likely never see Equestria again in my life." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks at him worried. "Lightning."

"Beside I have a home here with my family." Lightning says as the foals managed to get into his throne with him.

Rainbow looks away for a few moments before looking back at him. "Lightning, can you promise us all something?"

"What?" Lightning asks as he lets the foals play on him.

Rainbow looks around at everypony before back to him. "Make sure that when we're done, we go back. Your new life started in Equestria and it will end there."

"I will try Rainbow, but I also have responsibilities here as Jarl. I am king of this hold. Without a worthy successor I can't step down." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs. "I know, but we have responsibility over in Equestria as well. Your family is here because we are, but we started in Equestria with everything and I want it all to end with us there. For most of us, it all started there. It seems only right to be there when it ends."

"Maybe, who can say love, time will tell if it is possible." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "At least make it possible for all of us."

"Well, let's get going." Lightning says before whistling, waking up the Ice wolf pack.

Multiple heads shot up from a corner and quickly scamper around Lightning before one saw Scootaloo and bowed before her, leaving her confused. "What the?" She asks herself as the others starts to bow as well after noticing her.

Lightning set the foals on Fenrir before turning to Rainbow. "Time for the mother to keep them warm." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks to Fenrir. "I'm…supposed to ride him as well?"

"Oh no, they are riding in the carriage with us." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs as she takes a quick look around and still sees Scootaloo dealing with the bowing Ice Wolves. "Well, after they stop bowing and pack up a little. Let's head out."

"You think they are ready to wear clothes or should just be wrapped in blankets?" Daring asks now wearing saddlebags.

Rainbow frowns. "You know how we are now. We already know customs here, plus, it's cold."

"So shall we ask Rarity to start designing some clothes?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smirks. "Lightning, she has already started."

"That's my queen." Lightning says kissing behind her ear.

Rainbow yelps and tries to shake it off. "No, it's just she's been stealing samples from the rooms so I gave her some fabric to work with. No point in leaving her like that, ever since she took samples from Eclipse's palace."

"You think they are ready?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow nods. "As long as they stick with us and we promise to keep them safe. They'll be fine."

"He meant their clothes." Daring whispered.

Rainbow groans. "She's working on the last one, should be ready in a few hours. Think you can prepare until then?"

"I say we can eat before then." Lightning says rubbing Daring's stomach.

Rainbow smiles as she looks to Kyou who was looking at hers. "Yeah, those little guys might be hungry now."

"She's starting to sound like a mother, huh?" Daring whispers to Rainbow.

Rainbow nods. "When you have foals, everything changes."

"You would know, Equestria's fastest flier." Daring says.

Rainbow pushes her slightly. "Oh shut up."

"Dad, a little help?" Scootaloo asks.

"Coming angel." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "Seems Scootaloo still has to deal with being royalty in two ways now."

"At least Lightning is intensive. I know full well a lot of Jarls and rulers either can't find the time or don't care enough to watch out for their kids." Daring says.

Rainbow sighs as she remembers Eclipse. "Yeah, I've seen one too."

"Well at least we found a good one." Daring says her hoof around Rainbow.

Rainbow smiles before giving her a small kiss. "Thanks."

"Lightning isn't so bad either." Daring jokes.

Rainbow chuckles. "Yeah."

"Kyou is much smaller than I thought she would be. I at least thought she would be our size and we are considered smallish for pegasus." Daring says.

Rainbow nods. "Yeah, maybe…Lighting likes small mares?"

"I have heard rumors of her prowess with that sword of hers. The only thing in common they have is impossible." Daring says.

Rainbow shrugs. "I guess, now…do you want a special meal from Lightning?"

"Lightning has freely admitted if she tried she would kill him." Daring adds.

Rainbow sighs. "So…want that special meal?"

"Oh, I think you will like it." Daring says.

Rainbow smiles. "I already had one."

"You don't want to try the new recipe the chefs are trying?" Daring asks smirking.

"Oh be quiet." Rainbow says pouting now.

Daring bumps her side. "No you."

"Rainbow, Daring, we are going to the dining room." Lightning calls.

They turn to him. "Coming." They both yell.

Later Lightning looked over Talion and Typhoon in their outfits. Talion sporting a fur coat jacket while wearing some cotton clothing for everywhere else. Typhoon had a cloak that he swears is enchanted and, like Talion, she has cotton clothing all over.

"I see you are broadening your horizons with Stalliongrad style." Lightning says.

Rarity smiles. "Well I have to work with what I got."

"Well we shall see you in a few days Rarity, I have to make a trip to Winterhold and Twilight won't stop till I take her to the college." Lightning says.

Rarity giggles. "Just make sure that you have fun there."

"We will try." Lightning says putting the foals on Fenrir's back before leading them out.

Lightning smiles as he sees Scootaloo with just saddlebags. "Where's your coat?"

Scootaloo shrugs. "Feel warm."

"Angel, didn't you learn anything in Saddle Arabia?" Lightning asks.

Scootaloo smirks. "No, I mean I feel warm."

"About clothes." Lightning says.

Scootaloo sighs and brings out another cloak. "You can thank Discord for these, he said mom is sew happy."

"I will." Lightning says as she puts it on.

Scootaloo sighs as she looks to the foals. "Still can't believe they grew this fast."

"What, you want to carry your siblings?" Lightning asks.

Scootaloo smiles. "Sure."

Lightning stops Fenrir allowing Scootaloo to grab the twins. "Just grab onto her mane guys." He said as they moved onto her back and snuggled into her mane.

Scootaloo smiled as she carried them to the waiting carriage before getting in. Lightning smiled as the rest came up. "Our foals, to ride for the first time, a dragon, how many can say that?" He asks Rainbow. Rainbow elbowed him for the joke causing him to laugh. "Come on, can you blame me? We pretty much have a dragon, well more like a Discord type of dragon, who is wearing Chaos's clothing or the dresses she made for Discord."

Rainbow giggles a few times. "Dresses for Discord himself?"

Lightning grins as he leans over. "He was mommy's little angel." Lightning says before starting to die of laughter.

Rainbow shakes her head as Daring and Kyou kick some snow onto him before getting inside the carriage. Rainbow keeps watching for a few more seconds before getting on herself and closing the door. The carriage started to pull away, making Lightning stop and look up and run after it. "Hey!"

The trip after that was uneventful as the snow started to fall heavier. "Lightning, isn't the Jarl who rules Winterhold one of those your suspects?" Rainbow asks.

"No, he isn't, in fact he and Benawi are my most trusted allies amongst the rest of the Jarls." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs. "Still…who would try to get our foals?"

"There are five suspects amongst the Jarls and counting those below the jarls, near a hundred." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods. "And you think they would go after Daring and Kyou if they had the chance?"

"They like living too much for Kyou and it isn't known yet that Daring is one of my mistresses yet." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks to Scootaloo as she curls around Talion and Typhoon as they rest against her side. "Any cults that we have to worry about?"

"We started uprooting cults here years ago, those who didn't die got the message and fled the country." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs in relief. "Good, I don't want a repeat of Saddle Arabia."

"Twilight, we won't be going to the college immediately." Lightning says.

Twilight groans. "Then what do we do in the mean time?"

"Just wait in the carriage, I won't be long." Lightning says.

Twilight groans some more as Lightning left and headed outside. "He's still doing the same thing."

Kyou looks out the carriage "It's very interesting, Winterhold, a decade ago this was mostly deserted, but now it is becoming a bustling town." Kyou says.

Daring sighs as leans against the walls. "So, what did Lightning do, because this place was still in trouble after I left?"

"He merely loaned Winterhold some money and got the king and the army to endorse learning magic." Kyou says.

Daring smiles. "That's our Lightning. Always going the extreme."

"No, the one who everypony gives credit to, Jarl Korir." Kyou says.

Daring grins. "And humble."

"And that is what is needed. Do you think you could have you men watch The Pale hold for me?" Lightning asks.

"I will do it. At this point we can't have a power vacuum." Jarl Korir says.

Lightning sighs in relief. "Good, now if you excuse me, I have get my party out of the stuffy carriage." He said leaving.

"Next time, plan to stay awhile, we have much catching up to do." Korir says.

"Next time." Lightning promises.

Korir smiles at he sips away at his tea. "The land of many and I get him."

Back outside, Lightning enters the carriage again and it starts moving towards the college. "Ok done, now next stop, the college." Lightning says.

Twilight's eyes light up as Agni and Spike shake their heads. "Here we go." Spike said.

"Twilight, remember what I said or we are heading back to Whiterun." Lightning says. Twilight immediately slumps down as Agni and Spike pat her back.

Rainbow giggles. "Jeez Lightning, when did you become a buzzkill?"

"I take the college very seriously." Lightning says as they stop.

Rainbow looks outside and sees just a big building. "This is it?"

"Yes. Twilight, remain focused." Lightning says getting out.

Twilight sighs before following him as she tries to keep warm. Agni and Spike follow her out as they eye the college. They walk along the path until they come to a gate which Twilight could sense was sealed with magic to prevent intrusion.

Lightning touched the gate and the seal dissipated and the gate opened. Everyone followed him as they see a courtyard in the middle of towers as the gate closes behind them and reseals itself. He soon opens a door and they follow him inside to find a few mages. "Welcome to the college of mages." Lightning says as the mages made way for them.

Twilight pauses as she sees the mages look at her and Agni and Spike. "Wow." She whispered as she eyed the items on the wall, until she saw a familiar that looked to be made of water.

"Don't touch the things on the walls or in cases." Lightning tell Twilight.

Twilight slowly follows him as she eyes the many artifacts and books before her eyes lands on one artifact. She then feels something slither up her foreleg before she shakes herself and returns to following him. She shuddered at the dark magic of that skull.

After a while they appeared in the headmaster's office. "Okay, now what to start with?" Lightning said to himself sitting down in the chair.

Twilight looks around. "Maybe…start with what they were doing in the lobby."

"Ah, but first you have to ask the Archmage of the college for permission to access the knowledge here." Lightning says.

Twilight nods. "Okay, so where is he?" Lightning walks over and slips on the robes and mantle on a stand not far away before taking a seat at the desk. "You have got to be kidding me."

"I'm waiting my apprentice." Lightning says with the biggest smirk.

Twilight groans before looking at him. "Can you…teach me?"

"Delighted." Lightning says. "Now we have to get you fitted for a student's robes. As they have magic defenses design to protect students from any magical accidents." Lightning says.

Twilight raises an eyebrow. "This happened often?"

"From time to time, we are dealing with magic Twilight, not to be taken lightly." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "Okay, so where are the robes?"

"Go see the Quartermaster, ask anypony and they will point you the way." Lightning says.

Twilight nods and heads out, but Agni and Spike doesn't follow her. Lightning watches as Twilight closes the door behind her. "What's wrong?"

Agni stares at him while he kept his arms crossed. "A skull actually turned at her. And the other artifacts were actually dragged in their case towards her as she passed each one."

Lightning sighs. "Shadow, show yourself."

A dark laugh came out as Shadow came out from a dark corner. "Can I help you?"

"You finally show yourself, huh? It took a lot of convincing to get Kyou Kai not to have our magic forces deal with you." Lightning says.

Shadow sighs. "Lightning, I want to help Twilight, both on your end, her end and my end."

"And the fact I'm laying doesn't affect anything?" Lightning asks.

Shadow opens her mouth to speak, but then closes it again. "Hold on, I got to deal with something." She said before disappearing into the ground.

The three in the room looks confused after she left.

Twilight pulls the last sleeve on and looks at herself in the mirror. "So…this is what I have to do to learn."

A dark chuckles comes up from behind her and before she could completely turn she was pinned into the wall. "How does it feel, being here, part of my homeland?" Shadow asks close to her ear.

Twilight's eyes widen in a mix of horror and fear. "How are you here?"

Shadow chuckles. "I was in Saddle Abria, wasn't I? Anyway, how does it feel?" She asks slightly running her hooves under her robes.

"H…how does what feel?" Twilight asks.

Shadow smiles. "Being here? How does feel to be in new land and learning new things?" She asks, massaging her leg joint.

"S…stop that." Twilight says blushing.

Shadow smirks. "Stop what?" She asks while moving her hooves more upwards and hiking her robes a little higher.

'Shadow.' Shadow felt Lightning call her right at the edge of Twilight's most sensitive spot.

Shadow sighs. "You're very lucky. Just know that I will always be here." She said before letting go and leaving Twilight leaned against the wall, breathing hard before she fell down, still in shock.

"If you are done playing, I have a mission for you." Lightning says after Shadow reappeared.

Shadow sighs. "You can really suck the fun out of everything, you know that?"

"I want you to find the ones who orchestrated and ordered the assassination attempt on my foals." Lightning says.

Shadow smiles. "Sure, but you know I need payment."

"Payment will be rendered when I know whose head I will be collecting." Lightning says.

"You really know how to turn me on, but the pay will come from someplace else now." Shadow says.

Lightning sighs. "What is it?"

Shadow walks over to him and leans close to his ear. "Your student."

"No, that is our deal, no one else." Lightning says.

Shadow smiles. "Relax, I won't corrupt her. Much less fun. I just want to really talk with her a lot, maybe a few pieces here and there, but not much. She's quite interesting as time goes on." She said looking out the window.

"Ok. Now I'm interested, originally you just either wanted to kill the mane six or just corrupt Twilight outright." Lightning says.

Shadow laughs. "After what happened and learning their involvement in everything I knew I had to keep them alive. Originally it was just for keeping myself alive and another run at conquering the land. But now…" She pauses as she looks outside and sees Rainbow and the others outside of the carriage and looking around. "I want Twilight to succeed. My plans has since been changed to accommodate this. Twilight will get her throne and her lover. And maybe even a bonus at the end, don't worry, it won't be corruption. Do that and the plan is ruined. Now, what do you say?"

"I think it's time to find out why Daring was so desperate to get into the forbidden section." Lightning says.

Shadow looks to him. "The writer? She's with you? Why on this planet would she need that, unless she took an important artifact?"

"From the Dominion itself and the reason why I forbid everypony from that section is because it contains a page from a certain book." Lightning says.

Shadow raised an eyebrow. "It would help to know what she has."

"That's what I tend to find out, but you mind setting up defenses for that section. I don't want anypony even seeing the page from the Necronomicon." Lightning says.

Shadow's eyes widen. "The necro book? It's here?! How the heck is it here?! Nobody is supposed to have it but me."

"No, just a page. I've tried destroying it but nothing has worked so far." Lightning says.

Shadow clicks her tongue. "That's because you can't dumbass. Only those under me can really mess with it and no, I won't choose you."

"I know, but even you don't want to have anything to do with it." Lightning says.

Shadow huffs. "That's because we sealed it away. The only time we'll use it is in a grave time for war, when all hope is lost."

"Then hell is unleashed on all." Lightning says.

Shadow looks at him. "It would already be unleashed. This gives me control over most of the forces. Like I said, a grave war."

"An undead war and the last thing we need is some idiot initiating it or some fool trying to control it." Lightning says.

Shadow nods. "That's why I only choose those who knows why it doesn't need to be done. And you killed them all."

"To be fair that Daedric was trying to use it to start the thing." Lightning says.

Shadow sighs. "Even spirits can make mistakes."

"Or go crazy with ambition or power." Lightning says.

"That too. Do you hate me for that, for bringing the wrong Daedric?" Shadow says.

"I don't hate you, it was his mistake that cost him his own life. By way of me cutting off his head. It does make a good thing for the students to study though." Lightning says.

Shadow smiles. "Let's get this over with."

"Oh, last time you were like a little embarrassed school mare." Lightning jokes.

Shadow hits his side. "Shut up or I may corrupt Twilight after all and send both our plans off the road."

"You're sounding more like Rainbow every time." Lightning says sealing the room with magic.

Shadow huffs, but smiles a bit. "I told you, I can be anything you want me to be and all you have to do is ask."

Lightning soon found Rainbow in one of the classrooms. "And that is why wind can freeze water if used in the correct way." The teacher says.

Lightning smiles as he steps up by Rainbow. "Learning my love?"

Rainbow shrugs. "Snippets."

Lightning smiles. "And where's the others?"

Rainbow suddenly looks nervous and sheepish.

"Don't tell me, cafeteria?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow walks out and heads across the hallway to the other classroom and finds Kyou and Daring watching on as Scootaloo fed on some meat while Typhoon and Talion watches the students and professor on her back. "And as you can see, dragons would usually protect anything close. Case in point…" He reaches for the foals, but Scootaloo's tail blocks his way. "That. Never attack unless you want to be eaten or bother them too. Heck, don't bother them at all."

Lightning looks to Rainbow who just looks embarrassed. "He was talking about water, but when Scootaloo walked in he changed it to dragons."

Lightning facehoof and whistles bringing Fenrir. Rainbow sighs as Fenrir comes up to him. "Getting the foals out?"

"No, go on boy, protect." Lightning says gesturing to the foals.

Fenrir growls before padding up to them and growling at the students before laying down in front of Scootaloo.

Rainbow sighs before looking around. "Where's Twilight?"

Lightning shrugs. "Must still be dealing with the robes. They are sometimes finicky."

"Archmage, there is a mare in the library that is not known to us." A teacher says as Lightning noticed Daring slipped away.

Twilight breathes out carefully as she sees herself in the mirror. After Shadow slipped away she didn't bother getting up and only now does she lift a hoof.

"Let me help." Shadow said before grabbing her outstretched hoof and pulling her up and then holding her around her midsection. Twilight was caught off guard as Shadow just kept holding her there.

"It's time you started increasing your knowledge on magic." Shadow says moving a strain of hair from Twilight view.

Twilight looks down at themselves before looking back up at her. "Why are you treating me like this?"

Shadow sighs. "Because…you're important to everyone, including me."

"What?" Twilight asks.

"Oh, I have said too much already." Shadow says before she was gone.

Twilight watches as she disappears and finds herself standing upright, but then feels something and looks down to see a black bracelet around her foreleg. She watches it for anything weird until nothing happens and sighs. "Important?" She shakes herself before she walks out. "Why me?"

Twilight soon found the library thanks to some directions from the resident and she slack jawed at the sight. "Wha…wh…there are no words." She smiles as she sees the many books that littered the shelves and even some books flying around, possibly placing themselves in the right places. Twilight then walks up to a random shelf and starts looking through the books.

"Having fun, my student?" Lightning asks as he walks in.

Twilight smiles as she looks at him. "This is the best ever." She said trying to read.

"Have you seen Daring?" Lightning asks.

Twilight shakes her head. "Not really, I just got here."

"I see." Lightning says suspicious.

Twilight shrugs. "If I was her, I would check the high end sections." She said trying to still read.

Lightning wordlessly walks towards the back of the library and through a pair of steel doors to the more advanced section all the while watching carefully. A mage stood by the gated doors as he watched Lightning carefully. "Sir."

Lightning looks to him. "Did you see a gold pegasus walk by here?"

The mage just shakes his head. Lightning sighs, but then perks his ears up. "What the?" He asks himself while looking to the gate. Looking closer at the lock he can see it's been tampered with.

Lightning glares and immediately goes into the master level portion of the library. "Daring!" Lightning calls.

Daring immediately comes out from behind a stack of bookcases with her eyes slightly glazed over with red.

"Oh my god, you messed with the seal to the forbidden section." Lightning says facehoofing.

Daring raises an eyebrow as her eyes returned back to normal. "What are you talking about? I was just looking for this place, but the lock was already tampered and this red fog was here." She rubs at her eyes. "Really messed with my eyes."

"Wait, what?" Lightning asks.

Daring shrugs. "Yeah, you think I would put myself in danger after this little guy here?" She asks pointing to her stomach.

Lightning immediately charges magic to a hoof and punches the ground what followed sounded like a siren.

Daring looks around as she sees some of the ponies moving about outside. "What's going on?"

"This is not a drill, repeat, this is not a drill." A voice says as magic seals activate and the statutes start moving.

Daring watches as almost everything comes to life. "What the heck is happening?"

"We are going on lockdown while I deal with a thief." Lightning says.

Daring goes wide eyed at that. "So, what now, I mean me?"

"Stay here, if I don't come out in four hours tell the faculty to execute protocol X." Lightning says.

Daring nods. "Here? In the forbidden section?"

"This is the master level section the forbidden section is further in, but before I go Daring, what were you looking for?" Lightning asks.

Daring reaches into her coat pocket and takes out a dark soul gem. "It's filled with magic already, not a soul. I need to know how to give it back."

Lightning takes the gem and examines it before bursting into laughter. "I don't believe it, my men have been searching all this time and you steal the contained power that was stolen from Luna and Celestia. Oh, god certainly does have a sense of humor." Lightning says.

Daring blushes. "Like me now?"

"I always loved you. But now you must leave immediately and tell them if I don't cancel the lockdown in four hours, initiate protocol X, what is in there can never be taken or used." Lightning says.

Daring nods and takes the gem and gives him a kiss before leaving. "Make sure you come back or Rainbow might kill me for letting you go."

Lightning takes a step before stopping. "It's a page from the most feared book known to mortals Daring." Lightning says.

Daring stops for a few seconds before walking on. "Just come back."

"I will try, but I can't compromise you that." Lightning says before sealing the way behind her.

Daring watches as the seal closes behind her and looks to her stomach. "Your father is either the bravest or stupidest stallion ever." She said before going to find a mage and get the others.

"I can't believe I'm doing this." Lightning says walking into the forbidden section passing by smashed Golems and Gargoyles. "At least I know how this one got in."

Rounding a corner he can see the entrance to the page has been unlocked and glowing brightly. Lightning shakes his head and heads down. "Unbelievable, they would actually try this. The first line is down they have to get through the next two doors to get to it at least."

Lightning heads down further until he sees the second door gone and statue pieces on the ground. "This one must be strong." He said before going through the door into a dark void as the walls were replaced by endless space and the stairs were hanging in the air. The only thing separating Lightning from the void was one foot of concrete stairs.

Lightning breathed deeply. 'How did this happen? So much as looking at the forbidden section's entrance should have set off alarms, but the only ones who know it is…three ponies and one is dead." Lightning realized now glaring and he rushes ahead.

Lightning rushes through the last door and comes across a large platform with three stands in the middle and pillars all around the edges while still just hanging in the void. He soon spies a pony near the stands as it looks to them, which had two glass shards on two while the page floated in the middle.

"So you are the fool that wants power so bad he is willing to risk the world." Lightning says.

The cloaked pony turns around and sees Lightning. "Ah, the great master of the college. Great to see you, you like my handiwork back there?"

"All you did was cause a big mess." Lightning says.

The cloaked pony brings his hood down. "True. I hope the janitor is willing to clean that up. Now, if you excuse me." He said turning back to the pillars.

"Only way to get the page is to destroy those shards and the moment you do this room will destroy itself killing both of us." Lightning warns.

The cloaked pony looks back at him. "Really, that wasn't in the job description. The guardians yes, but this is troubling. I thought it was just the old switcheroo."

"You really think I would leave a page of the most evil book known to morals security be up to chance?" Lightning asks.

The pony shrugs. "Kinda. Still…" He said looking back at the shards.

"No, you won't do it. You value your life too much isn't that right, heir of the former line of the Dominion emperors?" Lightning asks.

The pony chuckles. "Not bad. I was actually counting on how long you figure it out."

"The thought occurred to me who would want or need that power. The Dominion is power mad, that's a fact, but even they have their limits and the destruction of that page is a goal we have always shared, but never could accomplish." Lightning says.

The pony smiles. "Yep, good work, but you know my reasons, don't you?"

"To reclaim the role that was usurped from your family by another greedy noble who seized power." Lightning says.

The pony nods. "The way we handle our government. We don't think much of it when we're low and rising to power. But get knocked down and we see the problems." Lightning starts laughing. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it up. Only the young see it while the old try to get back up."

"No, it's hilarious you don't even truly grasp what that thing is or why I won't allow any to possess it." Lightning says.

The pony looks at him. "And I watched as the forgotten has come back to exact revenge on those that forsaken them."

"Shut up, you juvenile little twat!" Lightning says to him.

The pony smiles. "So that means I do know. Now then." He said turning back to the shards.

"You idiot, do you know what the Necronomicon truly is? Tell me that!" Lightning says to him.

The pony taps his hoof against his chin. "The power to raise the dead, but also control hell's minions. Most of them."

"Incorrect, that is a legend. The Necronomicon is one of the seven keys to the end time maybe the last in existence. The moment it is made whole and its power unleashed that is it. It is the end of time of existence as we know it. The gates of hell will fly open wide and the demons will pour forth and Armageddon begins." Lightning says.

The pony tilts his head slightly. "Why do you think I'm destroying it?"

"It can't be destroyed, I've come to terms with it. It is an instrument of god. The final test and trap to see if mortals have truly lost all sense and reason and are willing to sacrifice everything for power." Lightning says.

The pony smiles. "Poetic. Still, that's if the pages are all collected and if this one was gone and with no way to get it out of a void to which only you can get trapped yourself in it, then the biggest part of it will never come."

"You don't think I have tried that. It can't teleport into the void it is anchored to reality itself. God thought of everything and even then Daedric can walk the void or as some call it oblivion it will never be truly gone." Lightning says.

The pony looks at the page. "Pocket dimension and collapse it."

"Tried, failed, aging spells, damaging spells, everything. This thing exists outside of space and time, yet is anchored to existence. It is a paradox." Lightning says.

The pony looks back at him. "Then why the trap?"

"Because there will always be some fool who thinks he can control the uncontrollable this trap is to kill them before they can even read it. Which ironically is not in any known language, but you can understand it." Lightning says.

The pony smiles. "Good. Now I don't have to take this."

"But unfortunately for you, your accomplishment didn't know about two traps." Lightning says his voice sounding distant now.

The pony looks around before sighing and putting his hood up. "You would kill a former Dominion who would help you?"

"Not a choice now. You see the final trap is activated. Also, did you think I was stupid, this trap only activates if you did intend to use it. You wouldn't have broken in just to destroy the page. Enjoy the void scum." Lightning says as the pony disappeared.

Lightning raises an eyebrow. "That's weird, there is still another presence."

"What's weird?" The pony said behind him.

"Hello Shadow." Lightning says.

Shadow frowns. "Aww, you ruined it for me."

"He was banished to Oblivion, where he will never escape. Nice touch by the way." Lightning says scratching her behind the ears.

Shadow purrs. "That feels good. The trap will stay active as long as you keep this place alive."

"Yeah, now I have to go before the college starts blowing up." Lightning says.

Shadow nuzzles him and then starts to leave. "Well we better get going."

Lightning nods using his magic to reconfigure the statues as he went and deactivating the sirens. "What were you doing that required you to leave in the middle of the conversation?" He said as the gargoyle finished reformed.

Shadow smiles. "Just a little something to motivate."

"I see. How much you want to bet Twilight is so immersed in her books she didn't even notice?" Lightning asks.

Shadow smiles as she steps out of the section and points. "I've been knowing. That bracelet isn't just for show."

"Twilight!" Lightning yells as Shadow disappears.

Twilight jumps and fumbles with the book before catching it. "Ummm…yes?"

"We went into lockdown while you were distracted." Lightning says pointing out the statues returning to their perches.

Twilight sweatdrops and rubs a hoof behind her head. "Heh, heh, heh, oops."

"It doesn't matter, anyways I got to go deal with one last thing." Lightning says walking away.

Twilight looks a little worried. "Are we leaving once you leave?"

"Oh no, you are staying. I enrolled you into the college officially. This will be your, Spike, and Agni's home for the next year." Lightning says.

Twilight takes a quick look around. "But…what about the others?"

"They will be staying in Whiterun for a good while." Lightning says.

Twilight looks to her books before looking back at him. "Can they at least visit?"

"Oh, sure they can." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs in relief. "Good, because after all this, I don't want to lose them over this." She said showing the book.

"Oh and they are going to be harder on you because I have started your training already." Lightning says.

Twilight slumps her head down, but then feels slivers of cold running over her. "What the?"

Lightning frowns as he sees Shadow appear behind her and hugs her from behind. "Shadow." He said threatenly

Shadow smiles as he looks to him. "I'll still do your jobs, but only if I can stay with Twilight."

"Watch over her then and remember, you gave your word." Lightning says.

Shadow nods and looks to Twilight. "You hear that, we're going to have fun here."

"She won't hurt you Twilight, she is not allowed because of her own rules right now." Lightning says peeking Twilight's curiosity.

Twilight turns her head to look at her. "What do you mean, rules?"

"You have to find out those on your own Twilight." Lightning says before walking to the courtyard.

Twilight watches as he leaves before turning to Shadow. "So…are you going to use me as a host?"

Shadow smiles and taps her bracelet. "Not with that on, there is no need. I am basically yours when you have it on. So feel free to bring out a whip for some fun with us."

Twilight just looks worried. "Why do I have a feeling that Luna just got her kinks from you?"

Shadow just smiled.

Lightning walked out not looking happy. Rainbow watches as he walks their way. "What happened?"

"A breach in security." Lightning says focusing his glare at one professor in particular.

Rainbow looks where he's looking. "What is it?"

"The intruder knew how to disable the alarms and the weak points of the internal defenses. Only three ponies in existence knew that. First myself, second the architect who help build the section who has been dead for years, and finally the mage who helped with the magical defenses." Lightning says as said professor started to sweat.

Rainbow raises an eyebrow. "Really and this one might have been on this whole thing?"

"There is no might, isn't that right Professor Linch?" Lightning accuses.

Linch sighs. "How does he it? Class, this is your assignment, find out how Lightning figures stuff like this out. Excuse me." He said walking to them.

"It is simple logic Professor. Plus, you have always had a thirst for power." Lightning says.

Linch nods. "That I do." He said before stamping his hoof down and soon the whole room was blanketed in a smokescreen.

"Entei." Lightning says and seconds later the professor was then heard. "Gaww!"

The smokescreen was then cleared as the students opens the window and force the smoke out with the wind and finds the professor at the doorway, stuck there.

Lightning sighs as everypony watches as he walks over to him and pulls him down to the ground. "You're the worst, you know that?"

Linch coughs up some blood. "Yeah, I know. But who's worse, the one who does the orders or the one who gives it? Who should you condemned?"

"The one who tried to destroy the world." Lightning says to the severed head.

The students watch as the guards takes the body away. "Students, I'm very sorry about that. You're real assignment is to find another way that he could have lived without destroying or harming anypony. You will get your new professor soon. That is all." Lightning says.

"Is that common?" Rainbow asks.

"No, we loss facility from time to time from the dangers of magic, but it's rare when we have to end one of our owns life." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods. "Okay, shall we go now?"

"First Rainbow, get Twilight and come to my office, Kyou and Daring come with me." Lightning says.

Rainbow heads off and everypony else goes with him. "So, it is over?" Daring asks.

"Yeah, it remains sealed and the defenses were reset and fixed." Lightning says in his office petting Kyou Kai.

Kyou smiles at the feeling. "Any other intruders?"

"No, just one." Lightning says kissing the side of her neck.

Kyou moans at the kiss as they enter the office. "So, you finish the registration of that princess here?"

"Yes, she, Spike and Agni are now officially registered." Lightning says as he takes his seat.

Daring looks a bit worried. "You think she would alright here?"

"Of course she will." Lightning says as they waited. "No, I want to go back to the library." Twilight's voice was heard.

Everypony chuckles as Twilight walks in looking disappointed. "Don't worry, my student. You would be back there soon. Anyway…" Lightning said reaching behind his desk and taking something out. "Here's your key to your room here. It's just one floor down and the room number is written on the key."

"Is that all?" Twilight asks curious.

"No, we have finally found the soul gem that contained the power stolen by the princesses." Lightning says.

Twilight grows surprised. "So…we can give it back to them?"

"No, for it is not their power. It is Harmony's and if we return it, it will be to her." Lightning says.

Twilight looks down. "Can we at least send it back?"

"It will be, Belcross come forth." Lightning says as a smaller version of Belcross appears. "Oh and here is the kicker Twilight, Daring stole it from the Dominion before we met up with her on the train here." Lightning says.

Twilight looks to Daring. "Where did you find it?"

"Stole it from a Dominion convoy that was lightly guarded." Daring says smirking.

"Most likely wanted to make it seem like they had nothing worth stealing." Lightning says.

Daring smiles. "And that is the worst mistake you can make when you have multiple thieves on you."

"True, now Daring, please give Belcross the soul gem so he can take it to the spirit." Lightning says.

Daring nods and takes out the soul gem and gives it to him before he disappears. "Well, at least they can't use it now." She said.

"Yes, who knows what they could have planned." Lightning says.

Rainbow sighs before turning to Twilight. "Guess, this is goodbye for now. We'll try to see you guys from time to time. Who knows, you might finish before the battle."

"That is nearly two years away love and she has requested visits from you all every now and again and I have to come and check on the college every so often as the head of it." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles as she looks to Twilight. "Guess, we're going to be seeing you often."

Twilight smiles. "Try to come when I'm not busy."

"Ok message received, don't visit." Lightning says.

Twilight glares at him. "You know what I mean."

"I'm serious Twilight, you will be busy. Far more than when you attended Canterlot University." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "Guess I'm never going to have time to even speak to you guys."

"This is why I registered Spike and Agni as well. To take some of the burden off of you." Lightning says.

Twilight looks a bit worried. "Won't that mean I have to skip some classes? Because I saw some without familiars."

"Yes, but those classes are on things I taught you and by doing this you get access to the larger section of the library, the one you were in was the beginner and novice section. After your first class, you will gain access to the intermediate section." Lightning says.

Twilight gasp in happiness. "Yes." She cheers.

"Thought that would make you happy. Now, best go get dinner and spend time with your friends here. We will leave after I gather all the report and paper that have yet to be sent to my castle." Lightning says.

Twilight and everypony else nods and heads out, closing the door behind them. "Shadow." Twilight said.

Shadow comes out from corner as she follows close by with smoke line of shadow. "I won't cause trouble, poke fun, yes, but no trouble. I have to protect you anyway."

"Is this a part of what Lightning mentioned?" Twilight asks.

"Maybe." Shadow says elusively.

Twilight sighs. "I won't get the answer out of you, will I?"

Shadow chuckles. "Listen my mare, you will be fine. Don't worry about me, worry about yourself. You won't get by without thinking about yourself once in a while."

"So, no then." Twilight says.

Shadow moves a tendril of shadow up to cheek. "What do you think?" She asks sensually rubbing her cheek.

Twilight just sighs. Shadow laughs in her ear as she just messes with her.

Months later, Lightning was busy with court and paperwork for the entire time. The mane five were adjusting to life in Whiterun and Rainbow was once again pregnant. While Kyou Kai and Daring Do gave birth to foals of their own. Lightning and Daring's child was a pegasus with dark golden colored coat like her mother, but had her father's dark red mane and tail, she was named Star. Kyou Kai also had a pegasus foal, he had a white coat with his mother's black mane and tail. He was named Saber by his mother.

Scootaloo, Talion and Typhoon laughs & giggles as the foals crawl over them or just play with them. "It's amazing our family has grown this much." Scootaloo said as Star climbs over her who was now stunted in her growth since she didn't grow since a few months ago.

"Yeah, kinda happy we locked up all swords while Kyou was giving birth." Lightning says.

Kyou knocks him on the head. "You gave me a foal, you had to pay somewhere. No swords, so I settled on crushing your hoof."

Rainbow giggles. "Yeah, while Daring crushes his other hoof."

"If I remember correctly you wanted this and beside you have your little Saber now." Lightning says trying to finish working.

Rainbow shakes her head before looking outside. "You know, Heart's Warming is coming."

"Here we call it something different, but yeah the celebration is coming." Lightning says eyeing the pregnant mare.

Rainbow peeks over and sees him looking. "See something you like?" She asks swishing her tail around.

Lightning says nothing and uses his wing to brush a sensitive spot while making sure the foals were not looking.

Rainbow yelps. "Cheater. Anyway, it's getting close, too close as ever and we haven't heard from Twilight for a while. Why don't we go surprise her? I think she deserves it after all she's done."

"I doubt she even knows what time of the year it is. By the way, has Daring returned yet from her excursion to a ruin in the Rift hold yet?" Lightning asks.

The door was suddenly kicked opened. "Honey, I'm home. And I got presents." Daring sang. Star cheers and tries to run over to her and hugs her hard on the leg. Daring smiles and hugs back. "Hi honey, sorry for being gone for so long."

Typhoon looks up to Scootaloo. "Big sis, were we like that?"

Scootaloo smiles. "Quite a lot. Especially Talion here who hugs his father's leg every chance he gets."

"I do not." Talion says on Lightning's leg.

Both Scootaloo and Typhoon laugh. "Then where are you?" Scootaloo asks. Talion just remains quiet looking mad.

"What, Talion here just loves his father." Rainbow says.

Scootaloo and Typhoon just laugh harder. "I can't breathe." Typhoon managed to say.

Lightning signs the last paper before putting Talion on the ground and getting up. "Done."

Scootaloo grabs Talion with her tail before bringing him to them and placing him next to Typhoon. "Relax little bro, we're just messing with you."

Typhoon pats his back. "Yeah bro, we're just messing."

Talion pouts a little before Lightning ruffles his mane. "Relax son. They're playing. Now, let's get Pinkie. We got a big celebration coming up."

The family follows as they walk through the hallways as ponies decorate for the upcoming celebration. "Pinkie, you in here?" Lightning called out as the entered the grand hall.

"No, but Spidermare is." Pinkie says sliding down a rope in a red and blue costume.

Rainbow groans. "Pinkie, wrong holiday. It's Heart's Warming."

"She hasn't taken that costume off since Bloodmoon night." Lightning says.

Rainbow goes up and rips Pinkie down before tearing off the costume and ripping it to shreds. "No more Spidermare."

"Aww." Pinkie whines.

Rainbow looks to her again. "Now, the decorations for Heart's Warming."

"Providence day, love." Lightning reminds.

Rainbow waves him off. "Whatever, now the decorations?"

"Already being seen to. Which reminds me, we got a pre-providence day dinner with a few nobles and members of the court." Lightning says as one of his many stewards walked up and showed him a list and Lightning points to something and the Steward nods and walks away.

Rainbow sighs and turns back to Pinkie. "Are you up for a surprise for Twilight?"

"Oh, is that why a carriage from the college arrived at the front a moment ago?" Pinkie asks.

Everypony looks confused. "Carriage at the front…?" Lightning asks before a guard came up to him.

"Sir, there is a carriage for you and the others." The guard said.

"Bring the purple pony, dragon, and familiar in." Lightning says trying to figure out how Pinkie did it.

Twilight smiles as she comes in. "Hey guys." Shadow snores loudly as she sleeps on her back.

Spike and Agni smiles as they follow her. "Hey." The foals immediately run to them and jump on them. "Help!" They yelled as they were tossed to the ground.

Lightning chuckles. "Yeah, that's what I expected." Lightning says.

Twilight smiles as the two foals run all over them. "Sorry, I missed most of their birth."

"Its fine, you may have missed dodging swords with Kyou Kai for the first half before we secured them." Daring says.

Twilight giggles. "Did they at least crush his hoof?" Lightning's sour look was all the answer she needed.

Twilight giggles nervously. "Sorry, but at least, I'm here."

Rainbow nods. "Yeah, how's she been treating you?" She asks pointing to Shadow.

"I've learnt a lot and I think one of my first acts as queen will be asking High king Ulfric to help us open a sister school of the college in Equestria." Twilight says lowering her hood.

Lightning looks a little surprised. "Really, it's that good?"

"Our magic doesn't compare and I should know, I was made a princess through my lesson on friendship and magical powers. Though now it feels a little hollow." Twilight says.

Lightning chuckles. "Should I talk to Harmony for you and tell her that you said she's hollow?"

"I meant the title." Twilight says.

Lightning raises an eyebrow. "Yet you described yourself and that describes Harmony."

Twilight frowns. "Shut up!"

"Can you quiet down, I'm trying to sleep." Shadow said from her back.

"Oh, did you also hear, Vinyl gave birth to a son as well." Rainbow says.

Twilight looks to her. "Yeah, for some reason Vinyl sent a record and portable player to me. Weird, but the music is good. Also talked about her son a lot. Where are they?"

"Here we are." Vinyl said while her unicorn son rode on her back while Nikolai walks behind her. "Sorry we're late."

"I see little Canticum is loving his mom." Lightning says looking at the white coat with dark blue hair unicorn colt.

Vinyl smiles as she looks back at him having a fake kitted headphones around his neck. "Yeah, but he takes after his father."

Rainbow chuckles at that. "Oh who are you trying to fool Vinyl, he's a mama's boy."

Vinyl grins. "I know, I just wanted to bring down lead wing here." She said nodding her head to Nikolai.

Nikolai seemed to not hear her as he plays with Canticum. "Da, da, da, da, da, da, da." He said playfully to Canticum as Nikolai messes with his hooves.

"Honestly Vinyl, can't you ever be nice for one day?" Octavia said as her and Apollo came over.

Vinyl smiles. "You know I can't."

"It's how she shows affection." Apollo says.

Octavia smiles. "And that's why I asked, I never want her to change."

"You just want her to have several more foals and all call you aunty and play the cello." Nikolai says.

Octavia frowns. "Oh shut it and go back to playing."

"How did you guess my secret dream?" Apollo impersonates Octavia's voice perfectly.

Octavia hits him as Nikolai chuckles. "Simple, she told me when we were at the bar and you and Vinyl were plastered with her." Nikolai says as Canticum grabbed his nose.

Apollo laughs as he hugs Octavia. "You must have been drunk when that happened."

"I have no memory of this." Octavia says quickly.

Apollo nuzzles her. "I know."

Twilight sighs as she watches them before realizing Rainbow's condition. "How's the foal coming?" She asks her.

"Well Mr. Jarl here got me pregnant again." Rainbow says.

Lightning chuckles as he steps up beside her. "You did ask after all this time."

Twilight smiles before leaning to one side and making Shadow fall off. "Ow!"

Twilight just smirks. "Oops." She said nonchalantly. "Now wake up, the foals want to see their best friend."

"I can't, I'm so tired!" Shadow whines clinging to Twilight's stomach.

Twilight sighs and jumps up before landing down on Shadow, making her let go before she gets off of her and looking down at her. "How about no…too late." She said moving her head away from Shadow's view before Talion and Typhoon jumps into it.

The next thing Shadow knew, she was tied to a stake and being carried off. "Go easy on your aunt guys." Twilight calls.

Rainbow smiles as Shadow was carried off. "Hey, think you can check on Scootaloo again?"

Twilight nods and heads over to her. "Hey Scootaloo, how are you doing?"

"Perfectly fine." Scootaloo says.

Twilight smiles before scanning her over and sees something she didn't expect to see yet. "Scootaloo…"

"I know, I have gone into heat a few times." Scootaloo says.

Twilight sighs. "You at least know what to do when that happens?"

"Go dunking my head into freezing water helps." Scootaloo says.

Twilight nods. "You know that won't last long."

Scootaloo sighs as she lays her head down. "I know. I…actually want him here now."

"Scoots, if Lightning knew something was doing that with you he might just mount it's head on the wall." Twilight says.

Scootaloo frowns. "And that's why I hate it."

"Here, let me give you some tips." Twilight says leading her away.

"I don't want to know." Apollo says.

Rainbow looks to Lightning. "Are you ever going to allow Tiyries here?"

"Debating at this point." Lightning says.

Rainbow looks to where Scootaloo and Twilight is. "Still…she deserve it." Lightning says nothing. Rainbow then looks back at him. "Are we missing anypony?" She asks as the others milled about.

"A few." Lightning says.

"And that would be?" Rainbow asks.

"Your friends." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles. "I think some of them set up shops around town. The Cakes finally got a sweet shop and they are dominating Whiterun, Rarity is about to open a fabric shop next year, Fluttershy will collaborate with the Temple of Kynareth to help heal both citizens and animals."

"What about Applejack and her family? I already know Big Mac enlisted again." Lightning says.

Rainbow nods. "He did, but he asked to guard their property which is some of the farms around the city. They were able to buy out and keep the ponies there to help run the place while running the general store here. Of course, they also made another apple farm here as well and that place is selling like crazy for apples, especially cider." She drools.

"Understandable. Apples are not rare, but uncommon here because of the difficulty to grow them." Lightning says.

Rainbow smiles and drools more. "Especially the cider. So much cider."

Lightning chuckles. "Easy Rainbow, you're pregnant so no cider for you."

"I know, I know, just let a mare have her moment." Rainbow says.

Lightning smiles. "Tell you what, after you have that foal, let's celebrate his or her birth with a mug of cider."

"Oh, we will just be getting started love." Rainbow says leaning into him.

Lightning chuckles. "So, want to get the rest of your friends while seeing the city or just let the guards get them?"

"What and leave the kids here alone? Let's let the guards get them." Rainbow says snuggling into him.

Lightning shakes his head. "You sure, don't want to see the sights and talk to your friends personally? I'm sure the foals would love to see the outside once in a while."

"Oh don't worry about that, while you were distracted with work I took them out yesterday." Rainbow says.

Lightning leans over to Daring. "Call the doctor." Lightning whispers.

Rainbow's ear twitches. "What was that?"

"Oh something to make you feel better love, like me massaging your wings." Lightning whispers the last part.

Rainbow smiles. "Now that sounds good, want to play after that?"

"Can if you want." Lightning says smiling to her.

Rainbow grins and leans on him while wrapping her wing around him. "Good, I'm getting hungry."

"Alright, I get the message, who else is hungry?" Lightning asks.

All hooves in the hooves immediately raise up, except for the guards.

"Alright, to the dining room." Lightning says.

Everypony immediately runs to the room leaving only Lightning and Rainbow. "Huh, must have been very hungry."

"I love you Rainbow." Lightning says walking with her to the dining room.

Rainbow smiles and nuzzles him. "Love you too."

Lightning nuzzles her back and finds everypony already ready for a meal. "Okay, so what will it be?" He asks as some of the chiefs stand off on one side of the room before bringing out some appetizer for the time being.

"And you were a little skeptical at a griffon head chief." Lightning whispers.

Rainbow frowns. "That's because most of their food is meat."

"And your salad there?" Lightning whispers.

Rainbow hits him. "Shut up."

Lightning just laughs. "Now tell them what you want." He said eating some of the fruits.

As they ate Rarity and Sweetie Belle came in. "Hello my dears." She calls out.

Rainbow smiles. "Finally, we are still waiting for the others through."

Sweetie Belle looks to Scootaloo. "Hey Scoots, how's it going?" She asks hopping over to her.

"Good." Scootaloo says trying to eat some meat.

Lightning smiles. "Let's see, we need the Cakes and the Apple family."

"The Cakes have orders to the roof so they won't be able to make it." Pinkie says.

Rainbow frowns. "Aww, what about the Apples?"

Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo smiles. "Heard from Applebloom that they can make it at any time." Sweetie Belle said.

"Y'all we're here." Applejack calls as she, Applebloom, Big Mac and Granny Smith came in.

Rainbow cheers. "Finally, we're all here. Sort of, now we can really eat."

"It's sure good to see you Rai…Rainbow you got another one on the way?" Applejack asks.

Rainbow rubs her stomach. "Yeah, this stallion kinda helped me along." She said pointing to Lightning who whistled innocently.

"I can see your marriage is such a success than." Applejack says.

Rainbow smiles as she looks around and sees Daring and Kyou playing with their foals while Talion and Typhoon sits on Scootaloo's head. "Yeah, and it's all thanks to this guy here." She said nodding her head to Lightning now had Star on his head acting like she was climbing a mountain.

Saber immediately bounded across the table and started to climb him as well trying to beat his sister. Daring and Kyou giggle as their foals try to beat each other off of Lightning Mountain. Lightning looked indifferent as they played. Rainbow smiles before Star fell off before both Rainbow and Lightning both catch her as Saber looks down to see if his sister is okay. Lightning held Star in his hooves and rocks her back and forth making her smile.

Daring smiles before she turns to a servant and tells her something before she heads off and Kyou tells something as well to the same servant who nods and goes into the kitchen. Rainbow holds out her hooves and Saber jumps into it before they both rock them around.

Twilight smiles as she watches the foals play with their parents and sighs. "What's wrong?" Shadow asks from beside her.

Twilight looks to her. "It's just, they have such a great life, especially with their foals. I just got Agni, Spike, and Luna who visits once in a while in my dreams and then there's you."

Shadow smiles as she watches a servant come out with two bottles of milk and gives them to Lightning and Rainbow who then feeds the foals. "You are not alone. I have that feeling as well. But those who make the best out of what they got is considered to be a good pony and have the greatest life they can ever have."\

Twilight smiles. "Thanks."

Shadow nods. "Good, now, when's Heart's Warming?"

Twilight looks to her a bit confused. "A week, wh…?"

SPLAT

Shadow smiles. "No reason." She said looking to the sleeping Twilight with her head in the food bowl.

"Seems she has really been pushing herself." Lightning says.

Agni lifts Twilight's messy head out of the bowl. "Yeah, she's been working hard there, especially making a prototype of the armor. It's her end of the year project."

"Ah, I see." Lightning says petting Star's mane.

Spike starts to clean up her face. "Yeah, hardly ever gains any sleep with the workload she's on. But one question, who's bright idea was it to have her sleep in a cell like room? There's hardly any room with all of us in there."

Lightning chuckles nervously. "Any case, how long has it been since she slept?"

"What day is it big brother?" Agni asks.

Spike looks to him. "Sunday."

Agni looks to Lightning. "She's been up since Friday."

Shadow leans over to Spike and whispers something in his ear which makes him look at her shocked before frowning and jumping down and grabbing some quill and paper. "Unbelievable." They heard him mutter.

"What, she wants to have you take telepathic notes from her dream?" Rainbow asks.

Spike looks to them as he writes. "Nope, get Luna. She thinks they might find it fun."

"Oh no Shadow, this is supposed to be her break." Lightning says.

Shadow smiles. "Relax, she will wake in time for the holiday. Besides, where she is will fit the season."

Agni huffs. "Wonder how she's doing now?"

Twilight groans as she gets up and then shivers from the immense cold on her. "What the heck?" She opens her eyes and looks around to only see the whole area under what looks like a lot of snow. "Not again. Oh well, if I walk through this, I will bump into somepony soon."

After a bit of walking she shivers again as the cold started to get colder on her than normal. "What's up with this temperature?" She kept walking until she saw some ponies heading her way, but could only see them blurred through the snow. "Hey! Over here!" She yelled.

The three ponies look over to her and she can see they were wearing some kind of armor on them that was black and blue. One look to the other two behind him and shakes his head before something came out of his back and pointed at her. Twilight looks a bit shocked. "Oh boy." She said before diving behind a snow pile as bullets hit the pile. She then hears more bullets hit away from them and the bullets stop hitting her. She looks up and sees the ponies looking at something behind them. "Snow Pirates!" One yelled.

Twilight watches as two more ponies in winter outfits, that almost matched the Stalliongrad outfits, come at the three ponies with the same guns on their backs, shooting at them. They hit one of the ponies leaning against his friend and shot him dead, making the other two fire back. Soon the fight ended as the so called snow pirates went down. She watched them closely as the other ponies watched them as well. But then she saw something that shocked her.

The snow pirates got back up again as a machine on its foreleg glowed bright and they started to fire again until the ground shakes. Twilight wobbled in her balance as she watches the other ponies stop their fighting and something cracked behind the snow pirates that looked like a giant grasshopper that was infected and glowing bright orange. "Akrid!" The original one of the two yelled as they all tried to shoot at it, but most of the bullets bounced of it.

Twilight keeps watching as the original two ponies try to stay out of the fight as the snow pirates fight the akrid. She then sees one run off to the open ground as one stayed injured on the ground before she sees the one run off get into a machine and starts it up. She watches as the pony shaped machine soon fire something slightly beneath its hooves and starts to glide over the snow. The akrid swipes with one of its long front leg and hits a snow pirate into a nearby cliff and bury him under a bit of snow. The other snow pirate then throws a small circle object, which she guessed was a grenade, and shoots at it and makes it blow up near the akrid's orange point at its front leg and blows it off, making it turn to hard ice before it crashes down near the pony left behind.

She then sees the machine glide over to the pony on the ground and yells at him, which she couldn't make out, and the pony hangs on a bar as it glides away from the fight and into the snow. Twilight turns back to the snow pirate as the pony runs at it before slides somewhat behind it and then holds out a hoof and launches something from it that hits the huge glowing tail of the akrid and reels himself into it and starts firing at it before it roars and he launches off it as the akrid tries to get him as he remains turned away at it. The akrid slowly freezes up as its body slowly ices up and becomes frozen solid before breaking on its own.

Twilight gets up and starts walking to the pony as he yells into the sky. Twilight hurries slightly before coming up behind him. "Hello?" She asks carefully. The pony quickly turns around with the guns attached to metal arms on its back aimed at her. "Friendly!" Twilight yells as she covers herself.

The pony glares at her behind his mouth mask. "Leave NEVEC scum."

Twilight looks a bit confused. "NEVEC?"

The pony shakes his weapon at her. "Leave!"

Twilight backs away before running off and then turning to the way of which the ponies she now knows as NEVEC went. "Where am I?" She asks herself after a while.

After a while of more walking Twilight comes across the machine and finds a pony still hanging on to it. She sighs sadly and removes the pony and places him on the ground. After she laid him out peacefully she looks around and spots some tracks heading out more into the snow. Twilight shakes herself before running off into the snow and trying to find whoever made those tracks.

After a while of following she comes across a pony just looking out into the landscape off a huge cliff. "Hello?"

The pony sighs. "Guess you aren't a threat after all."

"Wait, you sound familiar." Twilight says.

"Do I know you?" The pony asks removing his helmet revealing Nikolai.

Twilight looks a little surprised. "Tell me one thing, where is Lightning Nikolai?"

"How do you know about the commander?" Nikolai asks now his gun aimed back at Twilight.

Twilight growls slightly. 'Dang it, shouldn't play it too early.' "Look I just…" She couldn't say anymore as a helicopter flew up behind him and open a large door on the side. "Nikolai, let's go! Commander says that the team got the sub." A pony said in the door and in the same armor as Nikolai.

"Right and we are bringing along a prisoner." Nikolai says motioning her to get in with his gun.

Twilight sighs and walks over to the cliff before jumping in with Nikolai behind her. "Look, just to clarify, I'm not prisoner, I'm Twilight."

"Restrain the Alicorn, don't want her pulling anything." The pilot says.

Twilight sighs as her hooves and wings were tied. "I won't. I bring you down, I go down in this thing as well."

"And the horn, they can teleport short distances at least." The pilot adds.

Twilight takes a deep breath before a ring was slipped on her horn. "OW!" Twilight groans as she fell down in pain from the sudden magic block. 'Again huh? I hate this feeling. At least the element is still flowing.'

"Ok, heading back. Don't want the DJ having an excuse to yell at us over her property." One of the ponies jokes.

Nikolai chuckles. "That and the fact that mare wants me to hear a lot of stuff."

Twilight withers on the ground as they all continue to talk. 'Unbelievable that they can joke this easily and why does it feel colder now?'

After a bit of flying they suddenly change from a snowy landscape to a flowing sea of water. Twilight leans her head against the wall as she watches the others look outside. "Coming up on the drop point. Might want to suit up now, who knows how cold that water is." The pilot said.

Nikolai and the other pony grabbed their gear and opens the door to find a large amount of boats and some submarines waiting in the water. A poke in her flank made her stand up. "Come on, up and at them." Nikolai said.

After standing up she then pushed out of the helicopter. "Hey!" She yelled before landing onto a boat. "Ow."

"Twilight, glad you could make it." A familiar voice said.

Looking up on the top of the submarine was Octavia wearing only a coat. "Octavia? What are you doing here?"

Octavia smiles as she starts to lead Twilight to the main sub. "Cook, sometimes a healer. Anyway, I thought you left with some of the snow pirates remember?"

Twilight takes a quick look around. "Well…it's a long story. By the way, did you see a blue alicorn, bigger than the average pony?" 'Luna has to be here by now.'

"Sorry, no and I don't think Lightning will be all to welcoming with the terms you two parted on." Octavia says.

Twilight looks a little confused. "Terms?"

"Let's see, sleeping with his wife and stealing from the thermal energy reserve for research ring a bell?" Octavia asks as they finally made it to the sub.

Twilight looks shocked a little. "Sleeping with his wife? But I don't…" She pauses. 'Actually, I do like it, but I would never harm anypony like that.'

"Hey, tell Vinyl to give out ear plugs and play her music a little louder than usual. Lightning is going to be yelling most of the night." Octavia calls into the sub.

Twilight looks around and sees the many boats with ponies filling up on ammo and one other sub that's completely different than all the rest. "What's going on? What did I miss?"

Octavia looks out to the many ex-NEVEC forces gearing up. "War, at least against NEVEC. We are mounting an assault on someplace and that's all I will say."

A hoof suddenly grabs Twilight's bindings as she looks down. "Uh oh. Yipe!" She yelled as she was pulled into the sub.

"What are you doing back here?! I thought you agreed to never come back!" A voice yelled at her.

"I brought her here commander. I captured her after a pirate then akrid attack." Nikolai says to Lightning still in the shadows.

Lightning glares over to Nikolai before looking back at her. "You will stay here until I figure out what to do with you."

Twilight eyes widen at that. 'I can't spend all my time here in a cell or I'll never learn or get out of this place.' "I can help."

"Lightning, you know the cells won't hold her. She can pick any lock." Rainbow's voice says before she walks up to him.

Twilight groans as she tries to get up. "Look, I'm sorry for anything I might have done, but let me make it up to you."

"Bring her to my quarters, we shall talk." Lightning says getting up and Twilight saw the silhouette of his shadow and noticed he had only one wing.

Twilight wordlessly follows him, all the while wondering about his wing. After a while of walking, they come across a small room and a lot of paper and screens littered about. After Twilight walks in, Lightning shuts the door behind her. "Who are you really?"

Twilight sighs. "What gave that away?"

"You're accent. Twilight has a more Brooklyn accent than what you have." Lightning says as Twilight got a good look at the scared part of his back where a wing should be.

Twilight looks to the screens, showing something underwater and somewhere in space. "I'm not that Twilight, I'm somepony else. A Twilight from a different universe where we are not on a frozen planet and there is no NEVEC or Snow Pirates."

"Multiverse theory the…" Lightning says.

"Idea that there are multiple universes with many different themes, but has the same characters. Like a story, change the theme, keep the characters." Twilight finished.

"You're more well versed than ours is. The Twilight of here could care less of such theories and only wants to continue her research and gain power." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "Well what do you know, I'm a power hungry buffoon. Last one was not going out much and only caring on making the strongest thing around to use for herself."

"Better than Celestia and Cadence at least." Lightning says.

Twilight looks to him. "Wait, what about the princesses?"

"Princesses, is that what they were in your universe?" Lightning asks.

Twilight nods. "Yes…what, are they here?"

"Where is the better word to use? I will skip some of the details, but Celestia was a power hungry murderer who killed her own sister when she stood up to her and told her what she was doing was wrong." Lightning says.

Twilight looks closely to the screen showing something underwater. "I can still help, you know?"

"Not curious about Cadence?" Lightning asks.

Twilight looks to him. "Married to my brother then killed him?" She tried.

"Yes, but after he failed to bring back a great reserve of thermal energy that she believed was in that location. After being told that it wasn't there she couldn't take being wrong and accused your brother of stealing from her and had him thrown into a akrid nest without weapons, armor, or even his magic and harmonizer and was ripped apart by them." Lightning says.

Twilight looks to the window, watching everypony still loading up, tearing up slightly. "What is that, harmonizer?"

"Still piecing it together, many theorize it is lost technology left by the species who originally inhabited the planet. Or it was a first colony here that found something and piece it together to form it. All we know is that it heals at a tremendous rate and only requires you to have a supply of thermal energy ready." Lightning says.

Twilight nods. "And this…thermal energy?"

"An energy source that is harvested from akrids. Though we can't say about long term effects by these devices and I am cautious to use them because of the possibility." Lightning says before a knock on the door is heard. "Play it like you are our universe's Twilight to keep up appearances for now." Lightning says.

Twilight nods and clears her throat as she kept looking outside and the door opened. "Yes?" Lightning asks at the door.

A guard, dressed fully in his gear, stutters nervously. "Ummm…sir…your wife wishes to see you."

Lightning nods. "Tell her I'll be there in a moment." The guards nods and leaves while Lightning closes the door. "Let's get you out and say that your punishment is going on this suicide mission." Lightning said grabbing a key.

Twilight smiles before firing away fire from herself and then burning through the tough leather straps on her hooves and wings before the fire fades away and the metal part of the cuffs fall onto the ground. "No need. Tip, place cuffs at the base of hooves and almost at the tips of wings or cover them up completely."

"Come on, my wife will want to at least tell you for your counterpart using her." Lightning says.

Twilight smiles. "I can just hear the yelling now. She can be possibly loud as mine."

"Oh trust me. Tell Vinyl to go to level boom." Lightning says to the guard.

Twilight giggles. "Really, that's your way of hiding the arguments?"

Lightning smiles. "Why not let the coming argument decide that?"

Twilight smiles before starting to walk out. "You know, you are just like my Lightning."

Not half an hour later Twilight was holding her head in pain. "Maybe I do deserve that."

"Oh she is just taking a breather, she isn't done yet." Lightning says.

Twilight groans. "What else has she done?"

"She also tried to seduce me and take her as my wife so she could gain control." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "No wonder she left."

"More like she was shocked I choose Rainbow over her." Lightning says.

Twilight smiles. "What lead you to Rainbow?"

"We started off as a captain taking a new recruit under his wing. From there it proceeded naturally." Lightning says.

Twilight smiles before looking to missing wing. "And that? What happened with your wing?"

"This? Got it years ago saving a young Twilight from being eaten from an akrid." Lightning says

Twilight sighs sadly. "And she repaid you by hurting you and leaving it all behind. I'm sorry."

"It was a long time ago and I gave my word to Shining Armor I would look after her if anything should happen to him." Lightning says.

Twilight nods. "What are you planning to do anyway?"

Lightning sighs. "Well we…oh boy." He stops as Rainbow came back.

"Where was I? Oh right." Rainbow says before starting to yell again. Lightning shakes his head as he puts his ear plugs back on before going back to work on the machine in front of him with a suit right beside it. "And that's the mare I married."

Twilight lays her head against the wall after the yelling and a few hits to the head. "She can hit, hard."

Lightning smiles. "Yeah, she's good like that." He said before tossing her an orange lined suit. "Wear this, it will protect you against the cold and help collect more energy. Just…walk over them and it's collected. Strangely works."

"And love?" Lightning says walking up to Rainbow.

Rainbow looks to him. "Yeah?"

Lightning brings her into a full force kiss and holds her while he leans her back. Twilight smiles before realizing what she should be acting as and frowns. "Yeah, yeah, cutesy cutesy, mooshy, mooshy. Can we get on with…how the heck are you guys still going?!"

"Better?" Lightning asks ignoring the comment.

Rainbow giggles drunkenly. "Oh yeah, when this is over. I want more." She said poking his chest.

"We going for a third?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow smirks. "Only if you want another too."

Twilight coughs. "Alright, alright, we heard you." Lightning says annoyed setting Rainbow down.

Rainbow glares at her. "And you know what, I actually would have maybe allowed you in if you treated us and yourself better. Maybe become a better pony. But now, I want you to watch what you can't have."

Twilight huffs. "What do you care? You would only say that if you cared."

"Rainbow, best go check on Talion and Typhoon, ok?" Lightning asks.

Rainbow huffs and walks away before shutting the door behind her. "How was I?" Twilight asks now putting the suit on.

Lightning smiles as he starts to mess with a few things with the device on the table. "Pretty good. Just so you know, she was going to offer this Twilight a chance, but she blew it all."

"Wait, you mean?" Twilight asks.

"Yeah, all the way." Lightning says.

Twilight sighs. "I'm sorry."

Lightning nods. "No need, your other self is not your fault. Now…there, here." He said tossing her a harmonizer.

Twilight catches the device. "I thought you hated this?"

Lightning shrugs. "Doesn't mean my own men won't use it. Saved their life plenty of times. Especially with the big ones and assaults on either big weapons or VS's."

Twilight tilts her head. "VS's?"

Lightning nods. "Giant machines that ponies can ride in or control by remote. Though there is one we really need, the PTX series. Heard it's the best out of all of them and made by the best engineer for VS's."

"Lightning, I know when you're not telling me everything." Twilight says.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Lightning says smiling and a squee is heard.

Twilight sighs. "Still like my Lightning. Now talk."

"Oh look, your sub is leaving." Lightning says pushing her out the door.

Twilight quickly turns back to him. "Just one more thing, what VS did you use against the akrid that attacked me?"

Lightning stares at her before sighing. "The Cakti. Helped with my wing going away when the hull got crushed,"

Twilight nods. "Where's the armor and weapons?"

Lightning nods his head to where they came from. "The sub heading out. That sub is the only one that can get where we need to get too. After that, you and the team will head up and find the space platform for the NEVEC weapon."

Twilight was about to say something but the door closed. "Space weapon?" She asks herself before walking out.

Once out of the main sub she bumps into Nikolai. "Oh…hello." She tries to say.

Nikolai huffs. "Commander told us you're coming with us. Don't do anything you would regret. You betray us again then we're ripping that harmonizer off and leaving you with both the enemy and akrid."

"Just like how Lightning dealt with your sister in law." Alexander says.

Nikolai looks back at him at their sub. "I need to get the threat from somewhere."

Alexander chuckles. "Come on, you'll get the weapons when we get there, but I'll fit some armor on you." He said to Twilight as he steps inside the sub.

"Um…one thing." Twilight says.

Alexander looks up from the entrance. "What?"

Twilight points to the ring.

Both Nikolai and Alexander look at each other before looking back at her. "Sorry, but until you need your weapons will you get your ring removed." Alexander said before heading inside.

Twilight lets out an angry groan before following them and the door closes behind them. Looking back out the window, she can see Lightning coming out onto his sub and looking to everypony before talking to them. She kept watching until the water became darker as they sunk down into the depths. "So…where exactly are we headed?"

"We will tell you later." Nikolai says.

Twilight nods before taking a seat next to a window and just watching some creatures and the water get darker as they pass it all by. Twilight sometimes look over to Nikolai, Alexander and Zagai as they grab their weapons and ammo. She even sees a glowing device that seems to be emitting thermal energy. She sighs as she lays her head down and starts to sleep.

After a while a shake wakes her up. "Wake up. We're here." A voice before she feels something on her horn and something sliding off it. Twilight goes wide eyed and breathes in quickly as her magic returned. "Don't do anything you might regret." Twilight tries to calm down as the rush faded away and nods. "Good, now you can suit up and grab some weapons." Twilight looks over and sees Zagai next to some armor and weapons already set up.

Getting up she walks over to him and he helps place it on while explaining on how it all works. After a while, the submarine stops and red lights came on from the usual clear. "Let's go, remember, don't take off your suit anywhere if you want the water to crush you." Nikolai said as he walks to the airlock.

Twilight clears her throat.

They all look back at her. "What?" Zagai asks.

Twilight points to the lack of ammo clips for her.

Nikolai chuckles. "You'll find some when we get there. Work for it." He said before pulling her in the airlock. "You might want to lock your muscles up." He said as the door closed before hitting a button and letting the water fill the airlock.

Twilight tenses up as the water starts to crush her slightly and the others start to swim out. She follows close as she tries to swim to an underwater platform. 'What have I gotten myself into?' After a while of swimming they finally land on a metal grate near a door. Zagai, with the help of Alexander turns the dial on the door before pulling it open. Everypony quickly rushes inside and Nikolai closes the door behind them. Zagai then hits messes with a control panel and all the water starts to drain from the large room.

Twilight sighs in relief as the pressure was let up. "Okay, let's go. I doubt they would have an alarm here, but watch your step." Alexander said as his weapons points ahead of him as the large door opens up to a long hallway. Twilight follows behind them before looking a side door and stepping inside, she can see containers filled with, what she guessed was, akrid, but dormant. She then sees a rocket launcher and shotgun on the ground. Running to it she quickly picks it up while placing the rocket launcher on her back.

No sooner did she did that, the akrid burst out of the tanks and starts to swarm her. Twilight yells in shock before firing the shotgun and hitting two of them and sending to the other side of the room. She was about to fire on the other two before the door opened and Zagai quickly goes to her and picks her up while Nikolai and Alexander dealt with the other two quickly. "Lucky."

"How was that lucky?" Twilight half asks and half yells.

Zagai points to her shotgun. "You have only a few shells left. Taken by surprise like that and most would fire widely and resort to just banging them with their weapon."

"That was…" Twilight stops remembering what Lightning told her. "Old reflexes I was taught."

Zagai looks at her curiously. "You were never in battle and definitely weren't trained. I would know."

Twilight quickly moves past him. "Come on, that would have attracted somepony." She said as Nikolai moves around collecting the thermal energy.

"So what are we doing?" Twilight asks a little annoyed she still hasn't been told.

Alexander sighs as they follow slightly ahead of her. "We're stealing a ship. Simple as that."

Twilight looks to him. "A ship?"

Alexander nods before turning a corner and heading down another hallway with the others following. "Yep, to space." He said as they come across a door that remains locked. "Nikolai, hack it. According to the blueprints, it should be just beyond this door."

"Alright, let's breach it." Alexander says as he and Zagai he leaned against the sides of the door.

Twilight sighs as she leans with Nikolai and watches his work on his pad on his foreleg. After he hits one more button the door quickly opens and both Zagai and Alexander rush in and takes cover behind a crate. Nikolai and Twilight quickly follows as they all look up to see large cylinder crates moving on a belt system. "Anypony got an idea?" Nikolai asks as some NEVEC guards move around.

"Unleash the akrid and use it as a distraction?" Alexander asks.

Twilight looks up and sees where the crates are heading and sees a ship outside the window on the wall. "Get in." She said.

The others look at her mad. "Who died and made you leader?" Nikolai asks.

Twilight glares at them before pulling Zagai into another hallway and around to the same track a little away. "Get in." She said pointing to the crates.

"Do it Zagai." Nikolai says

Zagai looks to the crates before sighing. "Come on, you're staying with me. You guys get in the one behind us." He said quickly opening one and getting in with Twilight.

"Watch them claws buddy." Twilight says.

Zagai chuckles as he pulls at the door. "Don't worry, they won't hurt you. Unless you're into that stuff." He said closing the door and taking out a data pad.

The next thing Alexander and Nikolai heard was something cracking. "Ow." Zagai says.

Twilight smirks as she looks at Zagai holding his claws. "Don't mess with me again like that."

Zagai groans as he holds his claws. "Sorry, thought of ending this thing on a funny note." He said massaging his claws.

"I still have the shotgun I smacked you with." Twilight points out.

Zagai chuckles as he looks to her while the crates finally enter the shuttle. "Took advice I see."

"Don't tempt me Zagai, I'll hit your empty head." Twilight says.

Zagai smiles. "Hey…sorry for everybody else treating you like that, not Twilight." He said ending with a smirk.

"You know I must silence you." Twilight says aiming at him.

"Whoa, whoa, come out of the persona you are masquerading as." Zagai says.

Twilight kept aiming at him before smiling and placing the shotgun away. "What gave me away?"

Zagai sighs. "You not angry half the time. You would have not accepted my help getting up. You would have done it on your own."

"Whoa, I am a jerk in this universe…" Twilight stops as the box opens and she sees herself. "Uh oh."

Zagai quickly grabs that Twilight and brings her in before closing the door and covering the Twilight's mouth. "Don't even." He said holding a claw to her neck.

The Twilights don't seem to register what he said as they seem to be analyzing each other. Zagai watches as the other Twilight reaches out and pokes the other Twilight who is wearing a lab coat with what Zagai thought was armor. The crate suddenly moves again and soon they head onto a track in the silo. Zagai soon pats her down and feels something in her pocket and pulls out a pistol. "Not happening." He said placing it on his empty holster.

Twilight sighs and looks outside and sees their crate entering the shuttle. "Can you tie her up completely?" She asks Zagai.

"Unfortunately no, we left the ring behind." Zagai says.

Twilight sighs. "Okay…"

"Who are you?" The Twilight of this universe asks finally.

Twilight looks to her before smiling. "Just the one who will help make a difference. As for you, you will regret with everything that has happened to you in the end. Especially with the chances you had before you wasted it."

"Huh?" M. Twilight asks. (1)

Twilight looks to her and smirks a little. "Did you know, Rainbow would have let you into their relationship if you started to be nice?"

"Who needs her, once I have control of this planet I will finally have what I have always wanted." M. Twilight says with an almost crazy look in her eyes that Twilight recognizes

Twilight sighs. "What is it you wanted?"

"Isn't it obvious?" M. Twilight asks, the crazed look fading.

Twilight tilts her head. "Power and control over everything?"

"Oh no, Lightning showed me how empty that is. It's just a means to an end." M. Twilight says.

Twilight was about to respond when something played through her mind. 'She tried to seduce me.' She sighs. "Okay, you want to have Lightning all to yourself isn't it?"

"Of course." M. Twilight says the crazed look returning.

'Now I get it, this version of me has fallen because she can't let go of her obsessions.' Twilight thinks, thinking back to when she casted that spell on her smarty pants doll. Twilight nods before placing her hoof on her head. "You remember anything about the Smarty Pants incident?"

"Smarty what now?" M. Twilight asks.

Twilight looks out and sees Nikolai and Alexander coming out of their crate. "Okay, what made you love him?" She asks her.

Before the two could say anything, Zagai starts to open the door. "Why wouldn't I? I mean I would have to be a fillyfooler not to." M. Twilight says shivering a bit. "I still don't feel fully clean after those nights." M. Twilight adds.

Twilight huffs. "Zagai, we're taking her with us." She said getting out before looking around and seeing the three were now gone. "Typical stallions, can't keep still for two minutes." Twilight says.

"Oh don't get me started." M. Twilight says as they start a conversation. As it goes on, Twilight sees that this version is not as far gone. She just needed a little self help. "He lost his wing because of that too." M. Twilight finishes a little sad.

Twilight stops as she looks to her while gunfire went on in the background. "You really care about him, don't you?"

M. Twilight gives her the same look she gave Spike when she catches him not paying attention and she just smiles and squees. Twilight smiles as well before sighing. "Twilight, he saved your life and lost his flight because of it. Rainbow was willing to let you be with him as well. If you want to see him and at least talk to him like a normal pony, change that attitude, who knows, you might…" She couldn't say anymore as red lights starts to bath the room and an alarm sounded.

M. Twilight looks to her panicked. "That's the bay door opening. I don't have a suit or a mask." She said panicked.

Twilight looks around before grabbing M. Twilight and shoving her into a crate and closes the door. "Stay here." She said before being pulled away by the loss of pressure.

M. Twilight watches before seeing them all grabbing a crate each and then placing whatever was in it on their back. "Is that…?" She then watches as they all start to slowly move to the shuttle by the use of the jetpacks. "That's…my design. Why short burst? I placed it on long bursts."

Soon everypony landed back on the shuttle and killed the rest of the personnel on board before they close the bay door and Twilight opens the crate. "You okay?"

"Why was the jetpacks using short burst, it makes no sense? I mean they are designed for long distances." M. Twilight says going off on a rant.

Twilight smiles and turns around, showing her the jetpack. "Want to fix it?"

"Those imbeciles can't do anything right, they can't even make a decent chowder." M. Twilight continues ranting as she works on the jetpack with Twilight now hearing a heavy Brooklyn accent.

Twilight smiles. "You know, I think Lightning felt that little accent you have is kinda cute for him."

M. Twilight stops after hearing that. "Um…r…really?" She asks.

Twilight nods. "Yeah, if Lightning still cares about you, he might still have some feeling for you. And he would probably still find some things cute on you. He just never showed it because of that attitude. He probably thought, it wasn't worth it."

M. Twilight looks to her. "Can you promise me…he would at least listen once?"

Twilight smiles as she looks to her. "Be nice, apologize, well don't. Actions do better and maybe if you appreciate him like he appreciated you Lightning will give you a chance. He's like that."

"So you're with Lightning in your version?" M. Twilight asks.

Twilight shakes her head. "No, but I made the mistake of not trusting him and it almost cost us greatly. He's already with Rainbow and has a few foals already with two other mares as mistresses. I'm happy for him and I respect him. I'm not with him, but I'm sure he would have a very close friend."

M. Twilight smiles as finishes the work. "Can I try?"

Twilight pulls her with her. "Fix the other jetpacks and team up with us and maybe we can figure this out."

"What others?" M. Twilight says as she had finished all five.

Twilight looks a little surprised. "Well, that's…impressive."

"It was easier than waiting for the chowder to cool." M. Twilight says.

Twilight smiles before picking up a machine gun and tossing it to her. "Then gear up. We got a big mission."

"Station firing sequence has been initialized. Docking sequence overridden." They heard a voice as they look out of the cockpit and see the station in front of them come apart. "Docking procedures will resume upon completion of firing sequence." They then watch as the central cylinder start to grow apart and bigger before a countdown begins and starts to fire an orange beam down to the planet and almost make a dome shape explosion.

"That's one hell of a weapon." Zagai commented.

Alexander nods. "Yeah, the commander wasn't kidding."

After a while, the shuttles starts to move again until a voice came over the radio. "We need to verify your docking code. Stand by to transmit."

Twilight looks a little worried. "Does anypony have the code?"

Everypony looks worried as well back to her before looking back outside. "Repeat. Transmit your code. If you do not transmit your code, you'll be treated as an enemy vessel."

Twilight is now internally packing. "Anypony, please tell me you have some codes?"

M. Twilight steps up and clears her throat before imitating a guard quite well. "F7K546EFUJFRS4."

"Code accepted, we will inform the staff to get ready to load the supplies aboard. Please dock in docking bay 5 and wait." The voice says.

Twilight looks to her other half. "How are we going to sneak aboard though? They have different outfits then us and I doubt we would change."

M. Twilight smiles. "No need. Now I just need a suit." She said looking around at the dead bodies. "This would do." She said starting to undo everything on the pony. "Head on out, they would think you're just receiving cargo."

"Right." Nikolai says a little skeptical.

"You know, it was good to talk to some mare who might actually understand me a bit." M. Twilight says as Twilight leaves.

Twilight smiles as they all step out. "How are we getting in?"

"Ex-NEVEC! They're here!" A guard yells as he runs back to the base.

Everypony growls as they ready their weapons. "They must have been alerted and warned their guards to change their outfits." Zagai said.

"I'm here." M. Twilight said coming out and sees guards coming at them. "What I miss?"

"They have different uniforms up here." Twilight says.

M. Twilight looks as all the weapons trained on them. "Grab the data post on the way so I can have a constant connection and get around the station. There is a cargo hold for VS's that will take us inside." She said running down the ramp.

Nikolai looks a little skeptical. "Why should we trust her?"

Twilight sighs. "Because she wants to see Lightning again and she won't risk hurting her last chance to at least talk to him."

Alexander nods. "Well, let's not keep out welcoming party waiting." He said running up the ramp.

Twilight and M. Twilight get to the data post as M. Twilight works while Twilight watches her back for her. "So, what work did you do up here?" Twilight asks.

"Research, development, etc." M. Twilight says as Twilight shot at a few guards keeping them pinned down. "Got it." She said as the data post rises up and activates.

They both run past the guards as Twilight drops a grenade which makes them all get blown over the side. "That was…kinda fun. Playing a different side." M. Twilight said.

Twilight smiles as they run to the next post as Nikolai, Alexander and Zagai were way ahead of them. "Yeah, it kinda does, doesn't it?" She said as they reach the next one and Twilight protects her while M. Twilight activates the post.

This whole process continued until they all ended up pinned in a cargo hold. "Any ideas?" Zagai asks as he took cover behind the wall as it was pounded by bullets and lasers.

Twilight watches the stallion debate about the whole thing before M. Twilight pokes her and points to the cargo behind them. "Try that." Twilight looks confused as she steps up to it. "Try firing your thermal energy into the top bar." M. Twilight said as she fumbles with Twilight's harmonizer and switches something. "Like a weapon."

Twilight raises her hoof and fires a shot of thermal energy at the cargo box. "More." She kept firing until the box dings and it starts to open up, revealing a VS. "That's supposed to be in low gravity environments. Like an aquatic animal. Use while flying around the outside and give us cover."

Twilight smiles before stepping in the sharp looking VS. "Ready." A voice said before Twilight hits another button and closes the hatch. "Initializing." The voice said as the VS powered up and Twilight takes a few steps before running and then jumping in the open before changing and then flying around and then starting to fire after she turned around.

The males watch as Twilight starts to destroy most of the turrets and then work on the walking VS's. "How did she get so good?" Zagai asks.

"You do know what you are doing right?" M. Twilight asks from the back seat of the surprising two seater VS.

Twilight grins. "Nope. Lightning taught me, when in doubt, try everything and memorize the most important parts."

"Watch your walking, you're barely keeping us stable." M. Twilight says holding onto her seat tightly.

Twilight mumbles a quick apology before destroying the last VS in the area. "Okay, that's the last of them. Now let's hurry inside." She said walking them to the corridor inside while the others followed close by.

After a while they entered the base and came out of the tube corridor that lead them to the firing chamber. "That's the weapon, huh?" Twilight asks as they all stand by a charger.

"Can't say, first time I have seen it." M. Twilight says.

Twilight sighs in a bit of relief as she felt the thermal flowing through her suit. "That's better. I'm ready to go, you guys?" She asks reloading her guns.

Zagai groans before running and then jumping into the firing tube. No sooner than that, they hear bullets and lasers during all over the place. The other stallions shake their heads before running after him and into the tube, leaving Twilight and M. Twilight. "We need to head to the top. That's where the control booth is." She said.

Twilight nods before holding a hoof to her ear. "Guys, go up, we need to get to the top." She said before running to the ramp on the side with M. Twilight following right behind her.

After a lot of climbing, lot of turrets and VS's they finally get to the booth. "I am never doing that again." Twilight growls as they head inside.

"And those stallions are having too much fun." M. Twilight says and Twilight finally noticed she had a short tomstallion style of mane causing her to stare.

M. Twilight looks at her while she stared. "What?"

"Hum, why is your mane like that?" Twilight asks.

"Really, is now the best time?" M. Twilight asks.

"Sorry, but you get caught up in the little details too." Twilight says.

"Touché." M. Twilight replies.

Twilight kept staring until she looks back at the stallion and goes up to them. "How far are we?"

A voice suddenly sounded off. "Phase one of irradiation complete. Commencing one-hour cooling period."

Alexander tosses her a PDA. "Hack into the mainframe and upload the program from the PDA. Relay as much data as you can retrieve back to the surface." He said as everypony else plugs in their PDA's.

"Warning! Security breach. Bypassing preliminary defense. Initiating Level Four action." The voice said.

Zagai bangs his hand on the controls. "Damn it! The code's been changed."

Nikolai hits a few random keys in frustration. "We're screwed. The PDA set off a security protocol."

Alexander glares at him. "Then do something about it."

Zagai groans. "Alright! Give me some breathing room!"

"All facility compartments will self-destruct as a security precaution." The voice said.

"Um…stallion." M. Twilight trying to get their attention while they keep arguing.

Twilight pokes her, getting her attention. "Don't bother. When stallions get this involved, nothing can stop them."

Zagai then shoves Alexander. "We just might have a shot at taking control of that cannon after all."

Alexander looks outside. "What do we need to do?"

"All areas outside the cannon facility block will be discarded." The voice said.

Zagai smiles as he hits one final key. "The locks are off! Here they come!"

They all look outside and see four section of the room rise up. "Launching escape VSs. Evacuate the facilities immediately."

"And we are just draining the power here and…" M. Twilight says.

"Self destruct aborted." The voice said says as it lost all power and shutdowns.

All the males look back at her. "What the fuck…just happened?" Alexander asks as the areas opened up to four VSs.

"Mare power." Both Twilights say hoof bumping.

The males groan before they look outside and sees the VSs. "What is that?" Alexander asks.

Zagai grins. "That, my pony friend, is an operational space VS with GPS integration. We should be able to use them to control and aim the cannon once we're back down on the planet."

Both the Twilight look to the four VSs before they realized something. "There are only four." M. Twilight said. "I…might have to stay."

"Let's check and see if there is a two seater first then make that call." Twilight says.

M. Twilight looks to her before they hear something and sees two VSs coming in and then another VS come in that look like the space VS. "Goddamnit!" Alexander yells as they head out. Both Twilight's look to each before heading out as well.

"We need to get the GPS units planetside. We cannot lose those VSs. Understood?" Alexander asks as he rushes into his.

"Go, Lightning will need you." Twilight says to M. Twilight.

M. Twilight looks to the VSs winding up their weapons as the stallions get into their VSs. "No, I can't leave you here." She said looking back at her.

"Don't worry, I have something that will protect me. Besides we both know your knowledge will be invaluable to them." Twilight says tossing her into the VS.

M. Twilight looks to her. "Twilight…" She looks to the controls before looking back at her. "Get in. We're dealing with these bozos."

"There is the determination to fight Lightning beat into us." Twilight says teleporting into the VS.

They look at the small size and one chair. "This will be awkward." M. Twilight said as she adjust sitting on Twilight's lap.

"Don't think of that, focus on launchin…is that an exposed fuel tank?" Twilight asks.

M. Twilight looks out as well. "Yep, some VSs have those weaknesses."

Twilight takes a closer look. "This VS we're in and that one there, what is the series name?"

M. Twilight looks at it. "The PTX series. Why?"

"I have an idea. Can we knock one of them into that fuel tank and destroy it resulting a chain effect destroying this station?" Twilight asks.

M. Twilight looks at her shocked. "Didn't you hear those guys? They need to use the cannon. We can't destroy it."

"But didn't we deactivate the gravitational systems?" Twilight asks.

M. Twilight shakes her head. "No, emergency systems wouldn't allow that. They aren't destroying it, they're taking it over from the looks of it."

"Wait, didn't they transport akrid up here, did they?" Twilight asks out of the blue.

M. Twilight looks to her. "Yeah, why?"

"Um…we might want to leave now." Twilight says as they heard gunfire coming from where the VSs came from.

"We shut off the containment systems, didn't we?" M. Twilight asks with a neutral tone.

"Sounds like it." Twilight replies with equal neutrality.

M. Twilight looks to her. "Let's deal with them quickly. The guys might have weakened them enough."

BOOM

"Please don't tell me the akrids are destroying vital systems to get to the thermal energy." M. Twilight says.

Twilight quickly activities the VS. "Initializing." The voice said. Twilight quickly moves and turns on the dash and moves around quickly. She then sees some three VSs hanging around a pool of thermal energy. She moves quickly and moves over it which she then collects. "That was a VS. We need to get the grid back up."

M. Twilight looks around. "We need to allow the power to collect itself before we could even think of that. It should take a few minutes."

"Um…what happens when an akrid ingests large amounts of thermal energy?" Twilight asks.

M. Twilight sighs. "Well…they grow slightly bigger and thicker armor."

"And if they say…ingest all of the thermal energy powering the cannon?" Twilight asks.

"That is oddly specific, but if you can kill it then the energy will spill out and the collectors will grab the energy and funnel it back into the system and…there's one here, isn't there?" She asks.

Twilight nods and points to an akrid right in front of them. Both Twilight's watch before the akrid roars in their face and then swipes at them, making Twilight jumps before turning on the boosters and holding them there. "You said, kill and then spill right?" Twilight asks.

M. Twilight nods as she holds onto her. "Yeah, just get it in the middle area for maximum collection. This place needs all the energy it can get." She says as everypony started to fire on the crab like creature.

The three other stallions starts to dash around as Twilight tried to stay as much as she can in the air. As the four fought on the ground, Twilight saw an orange spot on its back and starts to fire on it before letting the boost go and landing on it. She looks to the arm before hitting a button that releases a chainsaw and revs it up before slicing it into the creature. The creature roars as it runs around before ending up into the middle of the room and getting stuck in the pillars and holes on the ground. Twilight uses the chainsaw and rips open the armor and starts firing into it, making it squeal as the others try to distract it.

The akrid suddenly jumps up a little, making Twilight get off the back and straight into another pillar. The crash knocks Twilight on the head and knocks her out. "Twilight? Twilight?!" M. Twilight asks shaking her. She hears her groan before M. Twilight moves her slightly and gets in the seat and places Twilight on her lap.

M. Twilight gets the VS up again as the akrid lashes with its claws at them as they move away. M. Twilight starts firing at the weak point as it starts to turn dark red before the akrid squeals before it stops moving and cracking up and getting frozen. After that, the shell cracks open and large amount of thermal energy spill out and the collectors started to get them and starts to power everything up again.

M. Twilight quickly moves away and off to the side. "Twilight?" She asks worried while shaking her.

Twilight groans before opening her eyes and looking at her. "Nice job." She said smiling.

M. Twilight smiles as well before their hatch was opened. "Hey, you two o…whoa." Alexander said seeing the scene before them. "Are we interrupting something?"

"You pick up the shotgun I had?" Twilight asks M. Twilight.

M. Twilight grins bringing out a shotgun from beside them. "Right here."

Twilight smiles and takes it before looking at it. "And now my favorite line 'I have a shotgun.'"

Zagai backs off. "I'm out." He said before taking out his PDA and messing with it.

The next thing Alexander knew he was hit in the face with the butt of the shotgun, making Nikolai chuckle. "You know, this entire mission will fail if we can't get out of here." Zagai said.

Nikolai looks to him. "Have you made contact yet?"

Zagai looks over his PDA. "Signal's weak, but it will go through."

Soon a garbled voice comes through the radio. "Can you pick up?" They heard.

Zagai groans. "Not clearly, but we're still picking you up. We're starting our data transmission."

Alexander groans as he got back up. "I'll have to give you the sit-rep now, sir."

"Hold on." M. Twilight says starting to mess with the system.

Everypony looks to her. "What are you doing?" Alexander asks.

M. Twilight sighs before holding up a radio receiver. "Lightning."

"Twi…ht I…th…t…you?" Lightning asks coming up better and better.

M. Twilight smiles. "Yeah, it's me. Listen, I'm sorry for what I did. It wasn't right. I want to make it up to you. Let me help with the mission."

"Men, send her back here. We will need her here soon." Lightning says.

Both Twilights smile as they hear that. "Thank you Lightning." M. Twilight said.

"Don't thank me yet." Lightning said.

Alexander clears his throat. "Anyway, once we reach the surface, we'll be able to target with the cannon there. We were also able to procure some reentry-capable VSs, but now we're trapped inside the facility, and we can't blast our way out without the…"

"I'm aware of the situation. I'm working on my end to open up those locks." Lightning said.

Everypony looks confused. "Sir…? But…how?" Alexander asks.

Lightning is silent for a bit. "Let's just say I have some connections in NEVEC."

"Disengaging locks." The voice said.

Soon afterward, the grid that came up again, went down as running footsteps came in and four NEVEC soldiers came up to them, but didn't draw their weapons.

Talion hopped into another snow bank as he and Typhoon walked around the city in their winter clothes. "So what should we give mom and dad?" She asks after a while.

Talion hurries to catch up before walking at her pace as a few guards follow behind them. "Candy?" He offers.

Typhoon hits him. "I'm serious. It has to be something good."

Talion thinks for a few. "Maybe…" He blushes slightly. "A dance?"

Typhoon stops and looks at him. "A dance?"

Talion nods. "Yeah, we can put on a show for everypony. Maybe with some good music too."

Typhoon opens her mouth to speak before closing it again as she thinks about it. "That might work. But which song are we going to do? Dad probably has heard every single one here and our moms probably heard everything over in our other home."

Talion hmms as he held a thinking pose. "Maybe…" He starts before his ear twitches. "Huh?" He asks himself before walking to the upper city with everypony else following him to near the companion's house and sees a stage set up. "What's this?" He asks.

The head guard leans over. "A stage for a performance prince."

Talion looks at him before looking back at the stage and sees a mare and stallion setting up something. "Excuse me?" He asks running up to them.

The guards goes wide eye before running past him and blocks anyway in front of him. The mare and stallion both look to the line of guards as a little colt climbs on top of them. "What were you saying?" He asks.

The mare and stallion look to each other before looking back to him. "We were just practicing our lead song for our concert. Why?" The mare asks.

Talion smiles. "Does it have a boy and girl part in it?"

The mare and stallion look to each other again before looking back at him. "Um…yeah, most of the song in fact. Why?" The stallion asks.

Talion claps his hooves. "Yes, this song is perfect!" He cheers.

The mare and stallion both look confused as the stallion scratches his head. "Perfect for what?" The mare asks.

Typhoon squeezes her way through the guards' legs before popping out and into a snow bank. She then pops her head up. "For our moms and dad. We want to give them a dance and song."

Both the mare and stallion look to each other surprised before looking back at them. "And…who's your moms and dad?" The stallion asks.

Both the foals pointed to the keep. "They live in there." They both said harmonically.

The mare and stallion looked shocked as they look to the keep and looking back at the smiling foals. "One moment, please." The mare said before grabbing the stallion and pulling him away.

After they were far enough away they turned to each other. "Did we just get approached by the foals of the Jarl to sing for their parents?" The stallion asks in disbelief.

"Yes, I think so." The mare says.

The stallion sighs. "So what should we do? We only got a permit for this area for the holiday and then we have to get the heck out of dodge. The Jarl is holding a public celebration in the keep, but these foals want us to help them perform to their parents. What are we going to do?"

"We talk to our sponsor first. If he is told of this he might help." The mare says.

The stallion snorts. "And if word gets out that we turned down the foals because it wasn't worth it?"

The mare sighs. "We'll see. Now then…" She said before walking back up to the foals. "We have to talk a bit more before we can come up with something."

The foals brings their heads down as they sigh heavily. "Okay." They said in unison before the guards pick up Typhoon and they all walk off.

The mare sighs as they walk off. "Okay, that could have gone better. When foals hear it will take a bit longer or later, it basically means no to them."

"Let's hope we can find our sponsor, oh hey, you're helping with the set?" The stallion asks confused.

The mare looks back at him with a slight angry look. "Of course, we both have the main part in this performance and we both do our part."

The stallion backs off slightly. "Geez, take it easy. It's just you've been a bit tired."

The mare shakes herself before picking up a box. "Let's just hurry up." She said walking off.

The stallion sighs. "Mares. I was also talking to our sponsor!" He said to himself picking up a box and calling to the mare.

"Hold your fire, men. You can trust them." Lightning said as both Twilights and the others aimed their weapons at the NEVEC troops.

Alexander looks up slightly before he pushes Nikolai's gun down as some of the NEVEC troops goes past them to the control booth. The one left behind walks up to Alexander. "We can only hold the locks open for so long. You need to get back to the surface, now."

Alexander looks to the other troops before looking back at him. "What about you?"

The troop sighs. "We'll handle things here."

Alexander keeps looking at him before nodding and waves off the others, which makes them run to their VSs and get in. The trooper walks to the control booth as he holds up a hoof to his helmet. "We'll provide support while you target with the cannon from down there."

"Thank you. All of you." Lightning said. "I have one more favor to ask you."

The soldier stops. "What is it?"

"I want you to send a message through NEOS to everypony on E.D.N. III." Lightning said.

The soldier inwardly smiles. "I'll see what I can do."

Twilight sighs as she guides the VS with everypony else as they fly down to the planet while M. Twilight sat a little happy in her lap. "The cannon's cooling phase is almost complete. It'll probably enter the second phase of irradiation as you enter the atmosphere. Set it to activate as soon as you touch down." The NEVEC soldier said over the radio.

Alexander's sigh is then heard over the radio. "Copy that, everypony ready?"

Zagai chuckles. "Yes, sir."

Nikolai smiles. "Good here."

Twilight smiles as she looks to M. Twilight who smiles back. "We're good here."

Alexander nods. "Alright, men. We're going home."

They all pulled back on the throttle before pushing forward. "Yes, sir!" Everypony said as they launch off to the planet.

Twilight chuckles. "Every bit of exciting you hoped it would be if you joined?" She asks M. Twilight.

"I think I'm going to be sick." M. Twilight says looking a little green.

Twilight smiles. "Well you might to hang on, something is coming up."

"There's a minefield directly in the path of your re-entry route. You've going to have to make your way through it if you want to get back." The NEVEC soldier said.

M. Twilight looks greener as Twilight moves around while firing all the mines in their path. "Having fun yet?" Twilight asks humorously.

"I'm targeting you now." M. Twilight says.

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Twilight laughs out loud as the radio beeps again. "Calling all Snow Pirates on E.D.N. III. I have a warning of utmost urgency. The military forces you know as NEVEC are planning something that will be catastrophic for all who dwell on this planet. I know this because I used to work for NEVEC. I believed in their goal to bring order to this planet. Now I know that goal was a lie, and their true aims have always been to amass Thermal Energy. That is why I abandoned NEVEC. Now they are trying to awaken the slumbering Over G Akrid that lies beneath the planet surface, and this will unleash massive amounts of Thermal Energy. NEVEC will take all this Thermal Energy and then abandon the planet to its fate." Lightning said.

Twilight grins. "We just need some good music for this." She as they start to fly into the asteroid field.

"But that is not all. If NEVEC is not stopped, and we do not prevent the awakening of the Over G, then the sudden and terrible introduction of such large quantities of Thermal Energy will set off a reaction that will freeze this planet to its very core and kill everyone and everything living here. For the better part of a century, you assumed that any land you had could be lost at any time, and if that happened, you would just start over somewhere else. But there is nowhere else this time. Our place is here, on this planet. Our ancestors built a place for themselves here thanks to their indomitable spirit and the strength of their resolve. Now it is time to tap into that same resolve to protect what they struggled to build. To all Snow Pirates on E.D.N. III: if you can hear my voice, then I beseech you to put aside your differences and stand with me as one. Let us show NEVEC what happens when they threaten our home." Lightning finishes.

"That's Lightning for you." M. Twilight says.

Twilight smiles. "Yeah, he can make even the biggest hiders come out and fight to the death if it means for their home." She said as they enter the atmosphere.

"Wait, you said that if you had experience with such situations." M. Twilight says.

Twilight nods. "Yeah, entering a war is not fun, but Lightning can sure lead an army to what he needs them to do, even civilians to run who are completely stubborn. In fact, I might be side dealing with a war soon." She said as the cabin turns red.

"Hull breach detected." The A.I. said.

Twilight growls as she tries to level out. "Fantastic. Hold on."

The VS shakes as the heavy gravity pulls them down against the atmosphere and threatens to rip them apart. Looking at the side screens, she can see the others losing their parts of their VSs while she lost her arms in the end and then hits the ground hard. Twilight grunts as she hits her head again while M. Twilight hangs on to her. After a while, they finally come to a complete stop.

"Heavy damage sustained. Mobility systems inoperable. Touchdown point off target, northwest plus twenty. Surface temperature is minus one hundred fifteenth…one hundred twenty." The A.I. said.

Twilight groans as she holds her head. "If I keep hitting my head like this, I want to be paid to do it."

M. Twilight looks over the readings. "Already one hundred twenty below freezing. That akrid will turn this planet into an ice cube if what Lightning said is true."

"I'm inclined to agree as Lightning doesn't lie about such things." Twilight said.

M. Twilight sighs. "Open up."

"Ready to open hatch. Unlocking outer shell." The A,I, said.

Twilight groans as she slowly moves out as the hatch opens up to show the heavy snowstorm outside. "Anypony still alive?" Twilight asks over the radio.

A few crackles were heard. "Zagai here. Going to need a guidance point."

"Nikolai here, I'm going to need the same thing as feather brain." Nikolai said.

"What was that, lead wing?" Zagai asks angrily.

"Quiet! Twilight, you and the other Twilight find a data post. There has to be one around here. We'll use it as our starting position." Alexander orders.

Twilight looks around and sees M. Twilight already a bit ahead of her. "Copy that."

"Don't forget to take the GPS units. We're going to need them." Zagai told them.

M. Twilight digs away snow before taking out her PDA and pressing a few buttons as the data post she dug out, rises up before activating. "You guys got a waypoint?" She asks.

"Copy that." They said.

Twilight steps up beside her. "So…most fun ever?" She asks with a grin. M. Twilight at that point puked onto the snow. Twilight smiles as she pats her back. "Don't worry. You'll be fine soon."

"Just so ya know, I blame you." M. Twilight says.

Twilight leans down to her. "Why is that?"

"You had the controls." M. Twilight reminds.

Twilight smirks. "Do you want to drive next time?"

"Yes." M. Twilight says deadpanned.

Twilight sighs. "Well, I can move faster like my counter on thermal energy." She pauses. "Wait." She looks down at her counter for thermal energy and sees it going up steadily. "What? How is that possible?"

"Oh that can't be good." M. Twilight says looking at it.

"Twilight and…Twilight." Alexander yells as the stallions come close. "Are you alright?"

Twilight shows her counter. "What is this about?"

Zagai grabs her foreleg and looks it over before leaning down to the ground and starts to dig away at some snow underneath them. The others watch in confusion until they see glowing orange coming out of the snow. Zagai then pulls at a huge amount of snow and reveals a flowing thermal energy river. "Over G is causing this. The river is flowing…" He points at it and moves his finger to the dome over in the distance. "There. The Over G itself."

"We have the worst luck ever." M. Twilight says to Twilight.

Twilight nods, but then steps in the river and watches her counter go up faster. "At least this is one less thing to worry about. We got unlimited energy."

Zagai nods. "Yes, but that means we are running out of time. We have to hurry." He said grabbing his weapon and running off.

The others run after him as more rivers starts to melt through the snow and they pass a base, which Nikolai and Alexander run in and they come back out with slightly different equipment. After going halfway through the field and more rivers start to pop out and grow wider with pools coming out when they feel a shake, making them stop.

Twilight looks around. "What is that?" She asks trying to keep her balance.

They all look around and then a large worm like akrid come out of the ground and roars at them. "Undeep!" Alexander yells. "Spread out and hit the circle spots on the side." He said running away while everypony else runs another way.

Twilight and M. Twilight run one way before Twilight hits something that made her land on her back. "Ow!"

M. Twilight helps her up. "What the heck did you…?" She looks over to the half covered VS in the snow. "Twilight, I think you might like this one."

Twilight looks up and sees the half buried VS and hurries up to the VS and starts to dig away at the snow before revealing the same VS they came in on, but smaller and a different color. "Jackpot."

"Mine." M. Twilight said as she started up the VS and makes it stand up. "Sorry, but I did help make a redesign on this."

Twilight frowns. "No fair."

"You snooze you lose." M. Twilight says.

Twilight huffs. "Whatever, just get that thing going and shoot those worms. Keep that thing alive, Lightning would like it." She said before running off to the ice wall ahead.

M. Twilight smiles before closing the hatch and then activating the boosters and starts gliding all over the place. "Guys, get rid of the snow around anything you find sticking around the ground. It could a data post or more weapons, especially for my VS here." She said as the worm's tail come out of the ground and starts firing something out of the end and around the area.

M. Twilight moves around as she fires the gatling guns all the while at the spots on its side until its head came out and then she switches over to that one. Twilight meanwhile has finally met up with the others at the ice wall as they all stand in a pool of thermal energy. "How could all this thermal energy be coming out now and making this much?" She asks as they aim at the worms from away the main snow area.

"Either it's the Over G or NEVEC." Nikolai says lifting a rocket launcher over his shoulder and firing.

Twilight watches as M. Twilight moves around so quick and in a circle around the worm while firing like crazy. "But now?"

Alexander throws a laser rifle for a VS near them before grabbing a rocket launcher from his back and firing as well. "Maybe the Over G is preparing its final form. We have to kill it before it gets to that."

They were stopped when the worms roars before falling down into the snow and then freezing up before shattering. Twilight watches as M. Twilight collects all the pools before coming over to them and opening the hatch. "Told you I'm a better driver." She said laying back in her seat.

"Yeah, yeah." Twilight says.

"And have the better mane style." M. Twilight adds.

Twilight shakes her hoof at her. "Now that's a lie."

"Oh you're just jealous." M. Twilight says.

Twilight huffs and sits down while turning away from her. "Am not."

The others just watch as the two bicker. "Report on the situation." Lightning's voice asks through the radio.

"Giant bucking worms!" M. Twilight yells into the communicator.

Lightning shoves the PDA away from his ear as it squealed. "I see."

Alexander sighs. "We've taken up position at the Over G, but there's a barrier preventing us from moving in."

Lightning looks confused. "What kind of barrier?"

Alexander looks to the wall. "I'm not sure, but it would take a lot of firepower to penetrate it."

A dark chuckle is then heard from the radio. "You're gonna need something big." A female voice said.

"Who is this? Identify yourself." Lightning demanded.

"You want to take down that barrier? We got what you're looking for." The voice said.

Twilight turns to her radio. "Applejack?"

"Been a while Twi." Applejack says.

Twilight stutters. "Wha…what happened?"

Applejack smiles. "Same old, same old, you know. Fighting NEVEC, getting some thermal energy for us to live, and, oh yeah, getting this bucking rail gun to you!"

"Hey, that's my design!" M. Twilight yells.

Applejack huffs. "Buck you. It's ours now. Anyway we got our own reasons for doing this that have nothing to do with helping you. Once that barrier is down, you're on your own."

"Just don't get yourselves killed." M. Twilight says with a small huff.

A pause is heard. "Did she just say what I think she just said?" Applejack asks.

"Eyup." Big Mac says.

"Oh yeah. That is some different Twilight than what we are used to." Applebloom said.

"Yehaa!" Granny says driving the train.

Everypony shakes their head at that. "Granny, calm down, we have get there steady or we're flying off the tracks." Applejack said.

"Class G!" Applebloom yells pointing to the side.

Applejack rushes to the controls while Big Mac activates the turning controls. When she was lined up, Applejack fired point blank making the worm squeal and then collapse as they sped off. "We are going off the rails on this crazy thing!" Apple Bloom yells as she hung on. The train then wobbled as the force caused it to lift its side while another worm came up on the other making them turn that way before hitting the worm with the barrel and then firing less than a few feet away and righting themselves on the tracks.

"Let's not do that again." Applejack said as the gun rotated forward again. Applebloom immediately activates the crane and grabs a shell before placing it in the barrel line before doing it again while Big Mac was on the charger. Applejack sighs and looks ahead of them and sees something you don't see very often. "Ah buck. Move it!" She said before running to the controls. Applebloom grabs a shell off the crane and then throws it down into the barrel line while Big Mac bucks the last one straight into the gun and then moves the new shell into the charger.

"Eat this!" Applejack yells, hitting the controls and making it fire the gun, making it hit the mass of worms that were in front of them which then makes them jump the tracks and fly in the air with their back of the train still hanging on. "Turn it!" Applejack yells.

Applebloom quickly goes to the turning controls and turns the gun to point to the barrier before Applejack fires the enhanced shell.

"Hit the dirt!" M. Twilight yells gliding off to the side.

The others follow and then ducks as the shell hits the wall. "Direct hit! Out path is clear! Go!" Alexander yells.

Applejack smiles as the train lands on the ground before looking ahead and then sees something. "Buck! It's still not enough. Move outta the way, we are coming through!" She yells as she and the others hangs on to the train now completely off the rails and just gliding toward the barrier.

Everypony moves off more to the side as the rail gun then smashes into the wall and crashes straight through it. Twilight looks up as the dust settled. "Now that's one way to get rid of a wall."

"Applejack, Applebloom, Big Mac, Granny Smith!" M. Twilight yells as she glides to the wreckage.

Twilight and the others run after her and find M. Twilight looking down at the group on the ground with her hatch open. Applejack was just waving her off as the rail gun turns slightly and fires into the mess of akrid ahead of them. "Twilight let's go, they faced tougher, that I know." Twilight said as she runs up to them.

"Oh, now that is bucking ridicules!" Applebloom yells pointing towards what was ahead.

"Eyup." Big mac agrees.

Applejack was just stuck staring at the two Twilights. "Now there's something you don't see every day."

"Confounded worms wrecked our toy!" Granny yells.

Twilight smiles as she watches the family mess with whatever the rail gun had left and kept firing into the akrid mess. "I hope we meet again Applejack. Your little lifestyle…looks kinda fun."

Applejack stares at her and then smiles. "You are definitely not Twilight. The one I know likes to be rough and mean. You're most likely a clone."

"Twilight come on!" Zagai yells.

Both Twilight look at the stallions, but then looks back at Applejack worried. Applejack just smiles. "It's alright. Just end this thing. After all it did bury our town, so we need some form of revenge. Now go get them!"

Both Twilights nods before running off and gliding off to the others and then stops a little away. "Twilight, do you see many big spawners in front of you?" M. Twilight asks.

"Yes." Twilight says before M. Twilight takes a deep breath and starts spewing forth every profanity she could think off in her frustration. M. Twilight smiles as she keeps yelling like crazy before she stops. "Thank goodness. Alright Twilight, let me drive for this."

"Ahhh!" Twilight whines.

M. Twilight smiles as she then glides around and starts firing at every big spawner there is while Twilight catches up with the others and starts helping with the akrid already out and the little ones. "I really wanted to drive that thing on the ground."

Zagai chuckles as he grab her and pulls her away before firing right to the side of her. "Just relax, you might have your chance soon."

Twilight huffs. "Yeah, whatever and can you please let me go now?"

Zagai chuckles. "What? I thought you like being held."

A crack is heard and Zegai now has a gun bent over his head. "Do I even need to say the line?" Twilight said.

Zagai groans as he holds his head. "Can I even be the least bit romantic here?"

"I am taken, I have a mare of my own." Twilight says and everything seemed to stop and stare including the Akrids and M. Twilight stopped the VS to stare at her.

"Did…you say mare?" Alexander asks.

"Yes." Twilight says.

Everything still stopped, even the giant orange eye thing that came out of the wall. "How and who?" Zagai asks.

"A mare never tells." Twilight says.

Zagai nods. "Okay." He said before taking a rocket launcher and firing it at the giant eye, thus restarting the mess of a fight.

Soon after everything was down and all the data post activated with all the ammo collected, everypony decided to stand in the many pools and rivers of thermal energy. "Apparently there are many pathways through this city. Best way is high and through small places." Alexander said looking at his PDA.

Meanwhile M. Twilight, having lost her VS, was just staring at Twilight now. Twilight notices the stare. "What?"

"Now I know why you like that hair style. Your long hair attracts other mares' attention." M. Twilight says.

Twilight just looks confused. "What? Of course not. She just likes me because of our history together. Not many mares like this mane style."

"Yeah and a lot of stallions like mine." M. Twilight says.

Twilight smiles. "Lightning may like it. You attract a lot more attention because your mane and the overall look contrast each other so that attracts a lot more attention…" Twilight's eyes widen. 'Wait a second.' Twilight thought over the mares Lightning was with. "Short cut, ruffed up and a rough lifestyle. He would definitely like you." She said looking back at her.

"What are you on about?" M. Twilight asks an eyebrow raised like Applejack.

Twilight smiles. "Lightning would definitely like you now with your mane and everything like that, especially with your rough enough attitude. I think Lightning likes that sort of mares."

"R…really?" M. Twilight asks tracing a hoof in a small circle.

Twilight nods. "I'm sure of it. Just…be nice, but a little rough around him and maybe nice around everypony else."

Nikolai clears his throat. "Um…mares, is this the time or place for this?"

Both mares blushes. "Sorry." They said together.

Zagai sighs. "Let's go." He said leaving the pool, now full of thermal energy.

Everyone starts to follow him as their counters kept stopping at their max number until they enter a new area as spawners and akrids come out and, to top it off, the giant eye thing is back. "Here we go again." Alexander said before firing wildly as he runs into the fray.

Talion yawns as he stood on top of the guard's head. "You got any other ideas for a present for mom and dad? It's almost halfway through the week and we still have nothing." He asks his sister.

Typhoon shrugs as she makes drawings in the snow. "I don't know, just a simple present is not enough."

"Maybe I can help." A familiar voice says behind them. Turning around, they see Daring standing there.

Both foals look confused. "Mom, what are you doing here?" Typhoon asks.

"Well you have been out for a while and you forgot these." Daring says starting to put scarfs on them.

Typhoon snuggles into her scarf. "Thanks mom."

Talion sighs. "We still need a present."

"You two are just so sweet." Daring says ruffling Talion's mane.

Talion pushes her hoof away and tries to fix his mane. "I'm serious. What are we going to give? We already tired with one and that's no good."

"You don't need to think too hard on it." Daring says picking him up and putting him on her back.

Talion groans. "Come on mom. What can we give them? We've bomb on one."

Typhoon then hops onto her back. "Yeah, we already tried with that mare and stallion who sings. We wanted to try that, but couldn't."

"Let me guess, unforeseen circumstances?" Daring do asks.

Both foals look to each other confused. "Whatever that is, then yes." Typhoon said.

Daring chuckles. "Come on you two, how about we get back before your uncle Entei sends out a search party."

The foals sighs. "Fine." They said.

"Excuse me?!" A voice asks which makes the guards turn and draw their weapons on the mare and stallion in front of them and makes them stop right at the tip of their weapons.

Daring's smirk goes unseen as the guards let the two ponies walk up at weapon point. "Hello, did you need something?"

The mare nods. "Yes, can we do a private party for your family as a present?" She asks making the foals ears perk up.

The two foals then start celebrating on Daring's back and Daring turns to them. "I think that is a yes."

The mare and stallion breathe a sigh of relief. "Good, our sponsor will allow this because of the fame we will get. But we want to make some family happy."

"Oh, don't worry about that." Daring says smiling.

The mare and stallion nods. "Good, we just need to set everything up and those foals." The stallion said.

"Don't worry, they will be ready." Daring says.

The mare shakes her head. "No, we mean we need those foals to train them a bit. We kinda figure of letting them sing and dance a little."

"Very well, but you will have to put up with the guards." Daring says.

The mare and stallion eyes the guards still having some weapons out. "I'm…sure we can do that." The stallion said.

"Good. You will see them every morning starting tomorrow." Daring says walking off with the guards following.

The mares and stallion watch as they walk away. "Can't believe that happened. At least we got some foals to train, you think you could help keep them under control?" The stallion asks.

"Oh, I have a way with foals." The mare says smiling.

The stallion just chuckles before hooking a hoof around her. "Come on, let's go get something to eat before heading back."

After a while of clearing more areas and activating a lot of data post, they finished and stand in more pools. "We can't keep doing this." Nikolai says. "We're tired as it is." He said eyeing the mares now panting in exhaustion.

They then see the path leads into a tendril that looks to go to the center. "Convenient." Zagai said.

Alexander collects the last ammo pack on the ground and looks to the tendril. "Move out."

The radio then beeps. "Launch all your GPS units into the core. The satellite will pick up their signals and use them to target the laser blast." Lightning's assistant said as they enter the tendril.

Twilight pants as they run through the tunnel. "How far?"

M. Twilight then looks up and sees a hole before launching a grapple on her own and jumping out of the hole. Everypony else follows her as they continue to run up the tendril until they enter the open thermal energy filled area. After jumping down and heading almost to the center, a large amount of thermal energy moves up and moves around like a bundle of vines.

"Is that…thermal energy? Living thermal energy?" Twilight asks.

"You have got to be bucking me." M. Twilight says.

The thermal energy mass then actually roars at them and all the rest of the snow pirates who were in there. "Guess not." Alexander said before firing away with his gatling gun. "I think the ends of these things are the weak point. Fire all you got."

M. Twilight rushes to the data post and activates it before running off around the area while everypony else fires away. Twilight backs up towards M. Twilight while shooting as she uses her wings to fly up and get some distance. After a while the ends of the thermal energy started to harden and stone up.

"Twilight, attach the GPS unit!" Alexander yells.

Twilight quickly dives down and takes out the GPS unit and attaches it to the harden part and flies away and lands near them while M. Twilight got back. "Got it."

The radio beeps. "Signal detected. We have access to the cannon's controls. Counting down."

Twilight and everypony watches as a bright purple beam and white beam start to come together.

"Five, four, three, two, one." The team on the station said.

Everypony ducks and takes cover. "Fire!"

A bright beam of energy came down and made the creature squeal in pain as it brought it down to an even level with the pool of thermal energy. The leftover red beam starts to recede and then disappear. "Direct hit! All supercore activity has ceased!" The team up at the station said.

"I'm glad none of us were hi…" Twilight says before noticing nothing was dying and the Over G seemed to be growing more and was even starting to form a barrier out of the organic material above them. "I've got thermal energy readings going off the charts! And it looks like…like the barrier is being reconstituted!" Lightning assistant said. "Shoot it! Destroy the barrier! Hit it with everything you've got!"

Everypony in the room immediately turns their attention away from the regrowing Over G and starts firing at the barrier of ice growing above. While they were firing everypony soon noticed something in the sky. "It's now or never! Bring this thing down on the GPS coordinates!" The team at the station orders as the station burns up in the atmosphere while it came down on them.

"Oh no." Twilight and M. Twilight say in unison as they noticed it.

"Get clear, the cannon is being dropped on it!" Nikolai calls into the communicator on an open frequency to everybody.

"We're outta time! It's gonna hit! Everybody, get outta here! Get outta here now!" Lightning's assistant yells.

Everybody started to run to where they came from, but the station soon came closer and closer until it started to make a large force, pushing everyone away and sending some flying. Everybody hangs on to the rocks as they try desperately to hang on.

Lightning ran to his helicopter when he hears something and stops. "Commander! We need to go, now!" His assistant yells.

Lightning just watches the sky. "What's that screaming?"

He then sees many akrid flyers starting to head to the Over G and looking like trying to stop the station from falling.

Twilight hangs onto the same rock as M. Twilight as her harmonizer goes crazy with the large amount of thermal energy in the air as she watches the akrid flyers go straight toward the falling stallion. "What the hell are they doing?!" She yells.

Then everypony was blinded by an incredible flash of light as the station crashes into the Over G and sends everypony away from the shockwave that ensured and into the air. The station then proceed to crash more into the Over G as spews of thermal energy pop out all over the city as everything breaks up and drops into the earth as the thermal energy starts to flood the place.

Soon after, everything was quiet and nothing, but the noise of the wind. Lightning groans as he tries to open his eyes as he lies in the cabin of the helicopter he was in. "Sir? Are you alright?" A soldier of his asks.

Lightning groans. "I'm alright." He then looks up. "Why's it so dark?"

The soldier looks up as well. "It's night out sir."

Lightning looks confused. "Already?" The other soldier looks confused as well, but then climbs out with everyone else and lands on…sand? Looking around they can see everything buried under sand and turned off. Lightning walks over to a PTX and checks its status on his PDA. "The thermal energy's not working…" He said in slight surprise.

"Commander! The sun's coming up!" His assistant said a little ways away.

Lightning walks over, but then walks through, what looks like, water, until it turns bright orange and gives off particles of light. "What is this…?"

Everypony else looks at the sea of thermal energy as it spreads wherever it could reach. Everypony starts to help each other, old hated forgotten as they examine the mystery of the sea. Soon the sun comes up enough and they see an island with what's left of the cannon sticking out of it in the middle of the sea of thermal energy.

Lightning's assistant just looks confused. "I can't believe it. Look at it all. What happened?"

Lightning looks to him for few seconds before looking back at the island. "We did it. We won." He said before shrugging. "At least that's what I'd like to believe."

Soon a noise came from behind them and they see a VS's thermal energy tank on it's back starting to power up and collect thermal energy. "We're back online! Looks like the thermal energy still works!" After a while everybody got transport working started to take off on their own to wherever they need to go.

Twilight groans as she opens her eyes and see the sea of thermal energy. She then looks around and sees somepony familiar. "Applejack?"

"Hey Twilight clone." Applejack says as Twilight noticed Applebloom was piloting.

Twilight groans as she tries to stand up. "What happened?"

"Um…you tell us." Applebloom says.

Applejack just glares at her sister. "Applebloom." She then turns back to Twilight. "We snatched you out of the sky before you guys hit the ground. You're lucky we have quick reflexes."

Twilight smiles. "I guess I am…thanks. And the Over G, what happened to it?" Applejack smiles and points to the large island.

"It's not going to get any easier, is it?" Lightning assistant asks him.

"When was it easy, but for us, probably not. But the planet has survived and will continue to do so with or without us. This place…sometimes it welcomes you like the warm bed of a lover. And I know how that feels. Sometimes it feels like a cold knife at your throat. For those who makes this place their home, that is how it will always be." Lightning asks as more of the snow pirates starts to leave and even be friendly to everyone they called an enemy.

Twilight sighs as she steps up to the side of the helicopter door and then turns to Applejack with worry. "They were others with me. Did you get them?"

Applejack smiles and points to Big Mac working on the Nikolai while Alexander, Zagai and M. Twilight were laying down. "Told you, quick reflexes."

Twilight quickly rushes over to M. Twilight. "Twilight, time to wake up." She said which only made her groans slightly. "Sorry." Twilight said before slapping M. Twilight and waking her up.

"Wha…what happened? Last thing I remember, the station was coming down." M. Twilight said.

"Take a look for yourself." Twilight says.

M. Twilight gets up and follows Twilight to the door and she sees the island with the cannon sticking out of it. "Whoa, that's one way to end it."

Everypony then hears a screech which wakes up everypony else as they all get up and look outside to see a strange flying akrid similar to a manta ray flying past them and out towards the sea.

Twilight sighs and turns to M. Twilight. "Now…want to finally talk to Lightning personally?"

"Oh boy." Applejack and Applebloom said together.

M. Twilight sequels before hugging Twilight and jumping a little. "Would I ever?!" She then turns to Applejack. "Can you get us to Lightning?"

"Applebloom, get us there before her bouncing causes us to crash." Applejack says.

Applebloom giggles before turning the helicopter towards the shore and hurrying up because M. Twilight was now jumping around. After they reach the shore they slow down and starts to land next to the ex-NEVEC soldiers still in the water.

M. Twilight quickly jumps out while Twilight, Nikolai, Alexander and Zagai came walking out. Zagai quickly walks over to Twilight. "Just to be clear, you're not interested in males, right?" He whispered. Twilight brings back out the shotgun with an impression of his head in it. Zagai sighs and back off. "Just so you know, give my version a hug back in your world and tell him thanks for everything."

"Ok, but in my version you're an adorable penguin." Twilight jokes.

Zagai just looks at her strangely. "That was a joke…right?"

"I'll leave that for you to figure out." Twilight said as a portal opens up and Lightning is tackled and hugged by M. Twilight which makes Lightning laugh and hug her back.

Twilight smiles at the scene before walking to the portal. "Hey Twilight?!"

Twilight looks behind her and sees Twilight and Lightning walking to her. "Yeah?"

Lightning smiles. "Thanks for bringing her back to me and singing a different tune."

M. Twilight snuggles into him. "Yeah, thanks and I got something for you." She said taking something out of her bags. Twilight watches as she brings out a large roll of paper. "Remember what I said about me doing a redesign on that VS, well…" She unrolls the paper to reveal the PTX redesign, including everything about the important parts used. "You can have it."

Twilight smiles before scanning it with her horn and looks back to them. "You can keep it now. I'm sure I can use something on it for my world. After all, Lightning did say he likes the PTX VSs."

M. Twilight looks to him. "Really now?"

"It might take a few years to get advanced enough to make one, I mean the best we have in technology is…well at this point another armor to some extent and half of the stuff it's supposed to have can't be done." Twilight says with an embarrassed smile.

Lightning shrugs. "Well, you can make parts of those things, maybe combine it with your own style and parts and whatever else you need. Who knows when you can use something like that or close to it?"

Twilight nods. "Well I can try something, but maybe combine my armor with it."

Lightning nods. "Well, how about this?" He said taking out his PDA and pressing a few buttons before, to her surprise, show a blueprint on the ground for her. And it was the harmonizer. "This is supposed to be the mass produced one. Last one before that made you addicted to thermal energy, but this is supposed to be fixed in this. Can you try to make something from this?"

Twilight smiles and scans the plans for it before nodding. "I'll see what I can do." After finishing she takes a sample of the thermal energy from the sea.

Lightning chuckles. "Think you can take it in your world?"

"Worth a shot." Twilight says taking a container and storing it inside.

M. Twilight giggles. "Well, good luck no trying that." Rainbow clears her throat getting M. Twilight's attention. M. Twilight blushes a bit before backing away slightly. "Oh…hey Rainbow Dash. Sorry for everything and…you know." She said still backing away.

"Come here already." Rainbow says dragging M. Twilight back to Lightning and holding her there. "I'm not saying I'm giving you a second chance yet. We will talk and see." Rainbow says.

M. Twilight bends her ears back tries to not look at her. "Ummm…okay." She said quietly.

"First step." Rainbow says smirking before kissing her.

M. Twilight eeps as she kissed while both Twilight and Lightning looks on in amusement. "Well this is a happy ending." Twilight said. "Though, I won't be kissing Rainbow or you anytime soon." She said looking at Lightning.

"Yeah, heard you were a fillyfooler." Lightning says half joking.

Twilight smiles. "And wasn't joking about it either, but I may have to be both because I may need an heir soon as the plan keeps going." Twilight says before entering the portal, leaving a smiling Lightning.

"I must be good there." He said to himself before looking back at the kissing mares. "Oh, this will be a fun marriage."

Twilight jolts awake in her bed breathing a little more heavily. "Well I got through another dream and learned something else about myself." She says before feeling around and then hits something metal. "No way. It's not possible." She said before lifting the covers and finds a canister of thermal energy. "Yes! I can't believe that works. Now I just have to replicate it." She then stops. "But…this is nonrenewable energy, it has to be related to something." She said to herself before shrugging and placing the canister of glowing energy on her back. "Okay, first up, eating time."

She started to walk out and finds some guards standing outside her door. "Hi boys, think you can help direct me to Lightning and the others?"

The guards look at her surprised before nodding and they start walking off to the throne room and finds most of them eating away. "Hey guys, I'm up." She said cheerfully.

Lightning checked a clock. "Took you less time than last time."

Twilight shrugs. "Maybe because I knew what to do this time and what to watch out for."

"Three, two, one." Lightning counts down.

"Mommy!" Agni cheers before running to her and hugging her.

Twilight laughs as she grabs him. "Hey Agni, has Shadow been nice to you?"

Agni nods and nuzzles her until he smells something. "Geez mom, where did you go? The garbage universe?"

Twilight flicks his head. "Of course not, I went to an ice planet and had to use the blood of the creatures to survive in the very cold weather."

"Oh, he was not who I was counting down for." Lightning says,

"What are you talking abooooooooouuuuttttt?!" Twilight yells the last part as she feels herself pull up to the roof by a rope and hanging upside down.

Twilight watches as Star and Saber pulls the rope up and down. "You two." She said smiling now.

The foals cheer as they hang their aunt in the air. "Okay you two, that's enough. I think your aunt has something to bring to the table from her trip." Lightning said.

Star and Saber let's go of the rope and Twilight yells as she falls towards the ground. "OW!"

The foals comes into her vision as they looks sadly down at her. "Sorry aunty."

Twilight smiles as she rubs her head. "It's alright you guys. It's great to see you again." The foals cheer as she gets up and sits down at the table. "Blueprints please and another surprised I didn't expect." She said bringing out the canister.

"I sense powerful fire magic. Maybe even raw fire energy." Lightning says.

Twilight nods. "This is supposed to the lifeblood of that entire planet. The creatures use it, it comes from the lava maybe and it's used as fuel and a heat source for the inhabitants. Soon they found a way to use it to heal them based on the creature in the planet."

"I see." Lightning says.

Twilight then gets a huge smile. "Plus I had a lot of fun piloting a robot through space and somewhat on the ground." She then looks slightly on the side. "Just because you helped with the redesign doesn't mean you can keep using it."

"Hoofbell prize attempt?" Lightning asks.

Twilight just looks nervously at him. "Well…" She then stops as somepony places blueprint paper in front of her. "Thank you." She then starts to write on it based on the memories she has and soon draws the PTX and harmonizer. "There." She said before giving out the papers to him. "What do you think?"

"Beyond us right now. We shall see in the next few years." Lightning says looking them over.

Twilight shrugs. "Or maybe place a few things in my armor based on that. Just the ones that work."

"Hoofbell award project." Daring whispers to Lightning.

Twilight sighs as she looks to the canister. "Still, why did this leave with me? It was…just a dream…right?"

Shadow was whistling innocently. Twilight rolls her eyes before grabbing Shadow and placing her in a headlock. "So…care to explain?"

Shadow struggles with her. "Wouldn't you like to know?"

Twilight frowns before letting go and getting out of her seat and going to Zagai who was standing guard on the side of the room. "Hey feather brain."

"Huh?" Zagai asks confused.

"It just occurred to me, where is Hurricane and my sister?" Lightning asks.

Zagai looks to him. "Last time was in the city when I was flying over for a scout." He then turns back to Twilight. "And what do you want?" Twilight surprises him with a hug that actually makes him drop his weapon in shock. "Ummm…thanks, but why?"

"You looked like you could use one." Twilight says.

Zagai still looks confused as he pats her head. "Ummm…thanks, but it looks like you need to say something else."

Twilight creepily smiles. "Yeah, I do." She said letting go and grabbing his fallen spear. Twilight smiles as she leaves with it as she hears eerily familiar laughter.

Twilight stops as Hurricane rises up out of the ground in front of her. "And where do you think of going with that?"

Twilight smirks and whispers something in her ear which makes Hurricane smiles and then giggles. "Okay, I'll do it. Hey feather brain, get over here." Hurricane Calls to Zagai.

Zagai just looks a little angry. "What is it with everyone and feather brain? What?" He asks stopping front of them.

Hurricane and Twilight smirks as they lift the weapon, making his eyes widen. "Wait a minu…" He can't say anymore as they hit him over the head with the spear, making it bent around his head. "OW! What was that for?!" He yells holding his head in pain. His only answer was Twilight's laughter. "I will never understand females especially mares." He said trying to alleviate some pain by rubbing his head.

"And you never will." A mare said entering the room. "You couldn't even do it while you were here without them."

"Where have you been? I've trying to get you come here, but now you decided?" Zagai asks.

The new mare only shrugs. "Please, I'm staying in your bed, live with it. Besides, it's hard to look for a present in this city nowadays."

Zagai looks up interest. "Present? Is it for me?"

"No, it's for the hot guard captain." The mare says sarcastically.

Zagai huffs. "Hey, be happy I saved you in that alleyway. That can be your present for this season."

"Oh and here I was thinking you would be all sweet and romantic." She says using one of the mare's most dangerous weapon, the quivering lip pout.

Zagai huffs and turns away. "Not going to work."

Twilight leans over to the mare. "It will."

Zagai looks back and sees Twilight joining and turns back around. "Nope, not going to work."

Hurricane appears in front of him and gives him the same look. "You got to be kidding. Fine! Come here."

The mare cheers and jumps into his arms before kissing his beak.

"My work here is done. Now for GRANDFOALS!" Hurricane yells.

The foals immediately jumps on her and makes her crash to the ground. "Yes! It feels like being buried under a pile of bunnies." Hurricane cheers as the foals starts moving around like crazy on her.

"Should we tell her?" Rainbow whispers.

"Let her enjoy the moment, then tell her about the next one coming." Lightning whispers back before turning back to Zagai and the mare. "So, you going to introduce us?"

Zagai smiles as he sets her down in a seat. "Everyone meet Aquila. Found her when Umbra and I separated when we came over. He let me go out in the city and found her in an alleyway, half beaten and you-know-what stained."

"Yes, yes, you overgrown chicken, you saved me." Aquila says.

"Sassy isn't she?" Daring asks.

Zagai chuckles. "Though the fun part, was finding out who did. Boy that was a mystery adventure. Work with others she worked with and lived with and ended up on her old boss. Two jobs ago, of course. You ask me, that's a long time to hold a grudge."

"So the body they couldn't identify they found in Riverwood?" Lightning asks.

Zagai darkly chuckles. "Don't mess with my friends."

"Just checking." Lightning says as he pets Rainbow's stomach.

Aquila smiles as she looks up to Zagai. "And soon, talon breath here offered me a place to sleep in his bed. Things took off there. The problem is he's too romantic when stuck in a small room with a female, isn't that right?"

Zagai frowns. "I do not."

"He does, it happened to me." Twilight said.

"There have been rumors." Belcoot jokes.

Zagai frowns. "I do not do that."

Twilight looks at him. "We were stuck in a cargo container and you tried to romance me."

"That never happened and what is a cargo container?!" Zagai yells.

Twilight smiles. "Something to transport materials in a transport, like a train, boat, or airship. And you did it in my coma dream and it's based on your personality. Which means, you do it."

Lightning is just sitting there and watching as he tries to contain his laughter as they were picking fun at Zagai.

Zagai blushes beet red. "I don't do that."

Aquila smirks. "Shower."

Zagai was about to say something before being dragged off by Aquila. "Hey, I'm not done."

Aquila smiles. "Princess Twilight?"

Twilight brings out his bent spear in the shape of his head while trying to eat something.

"You taking a page out of Discord's book Twi?" Rainbow asks.

Twilight smiles. "After dealing with the singing bird over there, I needed to do something. I am with Luna after all. Besides, the funny part is when I told the Zagai over that this one here is an adorable penguin."

"Oh, I want a picture of that!" Pinkie yells.

Aquila smirks as she looks down at Zagai. "I'm sure I can find a costume somewhere." She said evilly.

"Do it. Do it." Pinkie started chanting.

Zagai holds a claw up. "I protest against this."

Daring and Hurricane join the chanting. "Still protesting." Zagai yells.

Soon most of the hall was chanting it and Lightning was close to caving in and start busting a gut.

Aquila smiles as she leans down on top of him. "The votes has been tallied, you lose."

"No!" Zagai's yell was heard even by the guards on the city's walls. "I don't want to be a penguin, don't make me a penguin." He begged as he was dragged away.

Author's Notes:

(1) Multiverse Twilight

Who wants him in a penguin costume? Raise your hand.

Flair: *Raises hand with Pinky* Wait, what type of penguin?

Emperor or Adélie, your choice.

Flair: Hum let's let the audience decide for this.

But are we making another chapter immediately or just giving them a chance to decide because they take almost two whole months to review.

Flair: How about until December 22, 2014 for the deadline?

So we write until they make the decision and then change it up?

Flair: Why not leave that part unwritten until the cutoff date? And readers it cuts off at midnight.

Oh boy, Pinkie, you got the camera ready?

"Which one?" Pinkie asks as she had hundreds of cameras out.

*Chuckles darkly* Every single one.

Flair: Oh why not throw a penguin party for him while you are at it?

Pinkie cheers. "Oh, even better! I'll throw the funniest one ever for feather brain."

And I got a host of insults to throw at him. Through Flair, you need to come up with penguin insults.

Flair *writing on a list* Should I include a joke involving eggs?

Only if you can include his marefriend.

Flair: Why, she seems to be the dominant one there.

He hates being embarrassed about his sexual life.

Flair: I usually don't make those jokes.

Time for you learn and this is the best time. Besides, your lost planet joke with the train was a little flat.

Flair: I wanted to give Applebloom more lines, in fact note the CMC take a more active role. Maybe even have them tie a giant pink ribbon on Zagai's costume.

*Darkly chuckles* Now that sounds fun, since most of their old adventures involve doing that to even the animals like their pet sitting job from Spike.

Flair: Ok, I think that is everything. Can you think of anything else?

Maybe have Twilight on standby with his bent spear if he starts resisting?

Flair: I already gave her a very heavy metal mace.

So the bent image of his head in the spear isn't enough?

Flair: No that sits on the wall, she will try and reenact that with the club if he resists.

*Smiles* Well then, now an explanation on future things happening. With the end of most schools coming up, I'll be busy mostly to study for the exams and I'm bad at math work. So I'll be working pretty much on this and trying to write in the meantime, but will be delayed by then until the exams are over. And even then I'll probably be placed on probation because of my GPA being low. So I've got two things to worry about. Now, this won't hurt the ideas of the next chapter or the future of this story, but it will raise the amount of time needed to write this. As for Flair, I'll let you explain your side.

Flair: I have several things eating up my time from family to other personal things that I won't bore you with also I just got Dragon age Inquisition recently. As we enter into Christmas so hope I don't fall off the roof putting up Christmas light and we might have another story coming out soon.

And let's hope its fun. Now the word count. For the first time, we hit over fifty thousand words. That's a milestone. Though I doubt we would hit it again in a while. We were running dry and had to remember some old plots we never bothered to place.

Flair: That herd of elephants aren't in the script! PINKY!

Pinkie just laughs. "Sorry, but I couldn't resist."

Flair: What your own office wasn't good enough?

Pinkie tilts her head. "I'm bored."

Flair: Oh forget it please read and review.

Have fun everybody for the long wait if you read this long into this.