I trot up to Storm and Rainbow, glad to find a friendly ponies face in this-

"TWILIGHT!" Both of them yell as they break into a sprint towards me. In a panic I teleport behind them, just in time to avoid Storm jumping on me.

"What's gotten into-"

"Twilight! You need to get out-" Rainbow starts but stops when Storm sticks a hoof in her mouth.

"Twilight! I have a plan. Rainbow will go and investigate the rest of the building while you and me find an empty room and test the wood working on the bed frames." He says with a confident smile.

"... what?" I ask as I look back to Rainbow. She just shakes her head and pulls his hoof out of her mouth then points...

"Okay, why are you-"

"The couple that scared you were a couple of mares." Rainbow explains as Storm walks over and starts nibbling on my ear. I keep pushing him away as I try to listen. "Both of them seemed to be in heat... and... well, a puddle of love juice later." As she says this Storm tries to move back to mount me, so I levitate him up and hold him in the air. He flails around a bit before just accepting it.

"Okay, that explains captain fifth leg here." I say as I glance back to Storm. He just shrugs and swats at my hair, swishing it from side to side.

"Yeah... so, what do we do now?" Rainbow asks as she tries not stare.

"Twilight." Storm says, making us both shake our heads.

"I've actually been doing some running around myself, and I have some good news-"

"We're going to do anal!?" Storm asks full of hope. We both just stare at him until he goes back to swatting my hair.

"Anyway, there's only thirty guards stationed here. They've been holding Moosden as well as Seaddle for the past few years. Their leaders, Thunder and Snow Drop, have been forcing double taxes on everypony here, moose included. The Princesses haven't done anything because the guards are paying off the mail ponies to let them censor the mail. We need to get out of here and let the princesses know asap." I say, getting a nod from Rainbow. "You get any of that Storm?"

"Asap."

"Ri-"

"As sexily as possible." He says with a dumb smile. Rainbow and I just stare at him...

"Okay, so he's useless." Rainbow says as she shakes her head at him. I just sigh and begin to walk down the hall to the back entrance. "So... how does that get-"

"Never mind Rainbow." I say flatly, getting giggles from her.

"Hey! I have an idea." Storm says, slightly getting our attention. "Lets make a distraction for all of the guards while one of us poisons their food. When they're all out we can call the Princesses over to deal with them." Rainbow and I stop and look to one another, caught off guard by how good of an idea that was.

"Wow.... okay-"

"The distraction, sex." And with that he's lost us. We continue walking down the hall until we make it to the door. "Just sayin, who thinks 'I better go check the food supply' while two ponies are doing the flying back breaker? They'll never see it coming!" Storm says excitedly as I open the door.

"It was a good plan." Thunder says as he stands in the door way, surrounded by other guards. I turn around to see the hall around us fill with more guards, trapping us.

"Twilight." Storm whispers loudly to me. "I don't think the bucking plan will work anymore... but we should still-"

"Not now Storm!" I say firmly to Storm before glaring back to Thunder. "Thunder. You won't get away with this. I am not only the prized student of Princess Celestia herself, but the Element of Magic as well."

"Okay, what are these element things you keep talking about? Actually, I don't care. Get them!" He yells, getting all of the guards to jump at us at once.

FLASH

I waver a bit as we appear back in the middle of Moosden. Just enough to drop Storm. I look around to see everypony is here-

"Hi!" Storm says as he leaps onto my back, missing his target.

"STORM!" I yell as I try to yank him off, but he won't let go of me. "Get off!"

"Uh... I'm just going to give you guys some privacy." Rainbow says as she backs into Miles, making her jump. "Miles! You scared me- I mean when did you get back?" Miles ignores her and just stares at Storm and I, shaking his head slightly.

"Storm!" He yells, getting his attention. "Three hundred roll overs, NOW!" Storm immediately lets go of me and starts doing exercises. He jumps and rolls to the left before jumping back up and rolling to the right, then repeats. With every set of rolls, Storm yells out the number and 'for captain'.

"Thank you Miles. But don't go too hard on him, it wasn't his fault." I say as I walk beside Miles and watch Storm roll from side to side. I'm a little upset... he has him better whipped then I do!

"What's going on? Why is he... like... do stallions have a heat cycle as well?" Miles asks as he watches Storm roll around.

"No, its just... well... Rainbow?" I ask, getting a shocked look from her.

"Me? Why do I have to tell him?" She asks as she backs up a bit.

"Well you were there when it happened-"

"You tell the virgin! You're the egghead!" Rainbow says as she stomps her hoof down.

"Um... not a virgin..."

"I am not an egghead. I, am well read." I say in my defense, getting her to roll her eyes. "Besides, I'm not the one who's read Fifty Tones of-"

"It's a good book!" Rainbow yells with a slight hop.

"Its porn." I say, trying to make sense of it.

"GUYS!" Miles yells, getting all of our attention. "Okay, Storm, keep going. Rainbow, not a virgin. And finally, the librarian gets final says in literature. Now lets forget all of that and deal with that mass of ponies walking towards us." Miles says as he walks past us. I look over to see most of the guards running to surround us. Some are carrying torches while others have their weapons out. When they spot Miles the group hesitates for a second while Thunder and Snow continue towards him.

"What have we here?" Thunder mumbles to himself as they square off with one another.

"I am Miles Eremita, Captain of the Spartan regiment. What business do you have here." Thunder eyes him for a bit before leaning over to Snow and whispers something to her.

"Miles is it? I am Lieutenant Snow Drop-"

"You a guard?" Miles interrupts.

"Uh... yeah. So we-"

"Ah, then why is Moosden in such shitty shape? Where is all of the food? And why are you all of you here?" Snow Drop glances back to Thunder, who takes his place in front of Snow. He tries jumps into the air and gets in Miles face.... probably a bad idea.

"You ask too many questions freak." He says in a growl.

"Is that so?" Miles asks calmly.

"Yeah. Ponies who ask too many questions don't usually last very long around here."

"Is that a threat?"

"Its a promise." I back up as I watch the two of them face off. I don't like where this is going. Miles gives a little chuckle before taking a step back, getting a smug smile from Thunder. "That's what I-"

"Moosden is now under the jurisdiction of the Spartan regiment. Any further harassment will be dealt with... severely. I suggest you leave." He says as he sets one hand on his hip and the other on his trench knife.

"Spartan... look idiot, we out number you. There are thirty of us and two of you-"

"Well then go get some more guys and then it'll be an even fight." Miles says as he grips the knife.

"SHU-"

"AH!"

"MILES!" I scream as I back up. I can't believe what I just saw, it happened so fast. Thunder had jumped back into Miles face, so Miles grabbed him by the back of the neck and rammed his knife into his throat...

As I hold him in place, warm sticky blood starts to run down my arm. I watch as his panicked eyes slowly fade away, slipping into the void. With a thrust, I throw his body down and look back to the group of guards.

"You... he.. MURDERER!" Yells Snow Drop as she pulls out her blade and runs at me. I easily side step the attack and take a swing at her head, knocking her to the ground and making a spot of red appear in her mane.

"Storm! Get up!" I yell as all of the other guards yell and charge at us. "Twilight, Dash, go to the others and wait for us... this won't take long." I yell as I pull out my sword and run at the closest guard.

He only has a torch, so with a quick spin I slit his throat with the tip of my sword and block the next guards attack. A powerful gust of wind blows him away, giving me time to spin back around and parry the guard behind me. We trade blows for a bit until I roll forward and thrust my knife into his gut, aiming for his heart. He coughs up some blood before falling over. I stand up and look at all of the guards surrounding me and Storm as we stand back to back.

"You take the left I'll take the right." Storm says as they approach us.

"Oh, you're helping? Alright, trade then." We spin around each other and run at the closest guard, mine being some mare with a spear. I swipe her Spear away and punch her straight across the face with my Trench knife, bloodying her mouth as she drops to the ground. Using the momentum of my punch, I spin around to swing my sword at the closest guard to my left, bouncing off his blade. The other guards split up and try to cut us down, wildly hacking at us with their weapons. I dodge and parry them easily, stepping back and around them with ease. Occasionally I take a swing at them, cutting them down one at a time...

As we run through the town I look back to see two guards chasing after us, both earth ponies. I slide to a stop and thrust both of my back legs back, knocking one of them straight back.

"BITCH!" Yells the other pony as he brings up a sword and-

FOOSH

Before he could cut me in half a wave a purple energy slammed into him, knocking him out.

"Thanks Twi'." I say as we continue to run to the others. She doesn't say anything. I can tell that seeing somepony die is troubling her. We make it to the building and burst through the door, finding everypony in the back being guarded by Rarity. She's levitating some weird weapon that looks like one of Miles guns, just boxier.

"Twilight, Rainbow! What's going on out there? We heard screams and what sounded like swords hitting swords." Rarity asks as Twilight just goes goes straight to the corner and lays down, tucking into herself.

"Miles and Storm are fighting all of the guards... hey, come here Rare." I say as I pull her aside.

"I need you all to watch over Twilight." I say in a whisper.

"Okay, what happened?"

"She saw Miles kill somepony, and I don't think she's taking it very well. I'm going to head back out there and see if I can help-"

"Rainbow! How garish! Why would you ever need to go and fight?"

"I can't just leave them there! I have to back them up." I retort as I move towards the door.

"I think they can handle themselves dear, but... I will watch over Twilight if you really wish to go." She says as she straightens out.

"I do, thanks Rare. I owe you one."

"Actually, this would make four, but that's not important. Just stay safe. I don't know how I would explain this to-"

"Don't worry. He showed me a few tricks, I can handle myself. I'll be back." She gives me a quick hug before letting go of me and walking back to Twilight. I take a few deep breathes before going back outside and taking to the air.

I wake up in Claire's hooves feeling great. We don't get to do this often enough. I give her a quick kiss on the nose before going to the restroom and washing up.

"SCOTCH!" Claire yells as I get out of the shower. "We need to get going, everypony's moved out to Moosden!"

"Crap!" I yell back as I run out and look for my armor. Once we both get armored up we run out for Moosden.

"Snow is going to kill us!" Claire yells as we run up the path.

"Well... if Thunder is the one chewing us out, then it won't be so bad." I say, shivering at the idea.

"Uh... I hate that prick."

"It wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't so small." We share a small chuckle before we see Moosden up ahead in the distance. As we near the town we slow down and take a look around. It's quiet... too quiet. As we enter the town we both stop and stare at the carnage before us. Everypony we knew is laying on the ground, slayed. Blood runs out from the corpses as crows circle above them. E'Claire automatically drops to the ground and wails for our dead friends.

THUD

We both spin around to see a single pegasis stands behind us. He's light grey, with a black mane and tail... and is covered in blood.

"Hello there." We spin around again and latch onto each other as we stare at the monster before us. It's roughly six and a half feet tall, stands on two legs, is wearing armor on most of it's body and is also covered in blood. He's holding a sword and a long knife, both of which are dripping with blood. E'Claire and I look to each other before we both pull our swords off and drop them before him.

"We surrender." I say as I push the blade away.

"Y-yeah, just... please don't kill us." E'Claire begs as she tosses her sword aside. The creature looks between the two of us before sheathing his knife.

"Good. Start digging graves for all of them, then we'll get to you." He says as he turns around and heads around the field of dead ponies. E'Claire and I look to each other before complying. Get to us? What does he mean by that?

"Get moving, we have shovels over by the tree line." The one behind us says, getting us to move.

We spend the next few hours digging graves and burying our dead friends. I didn't expect them to ask their names and to identify their graves, but the weird creature demanded it. E'Claire kept breaking down whenever she would find somepony we knew better then the others. I tried to stay strong, but after the third friend, even I was crying. Some Rainbow maned mare showed up and started following one of them around, Miles I think it was. There were a couple that were still alive... but he quickly took care of that. It was nearly noon when we finished burying them.

"Okay, *sniff* that's the last one." I say as we turn to Miles and wait for our next command.

"No it's not." He says as he marks two more spots with his sword. "You have two more to dig." E'Claire and I look to each other before we look back to him.

"Bu-bu-but I-I-I..." E'Claire mumbles as she starts to cry even more. I can't find any words. I'm going to die. He's going to kill me and...

"NOW." He says firmly.

"What are you doing Miles?" The rainbow maned one asks.

"Stay out of this Dash. this is Spartan business." He says as he steps forward, making us back up. "Get digging!" He yells getting us to start digging our own graves.

"Please! I don't want to die, I was just following orders!" E'Claire begs as we start digging. I'm crying, but I can't find my voice. I want to beg along with E'Claire, I want to live! Why can't I find my voice!

"Miles stop! This is sick! Why are you doing this!" The Rainbow one yells as she looks between us and Miles.

"Spartan business, stay out of it Dash." He says as he watches us dig. "That's good enough. Now stand on your rear legs and wait." He says as him and the other pegasis pull out their swords and stand beside us. E'Claire and I look to each other before complying. Miles grabs the back of my mane and holds his blade to my throat, the other pegasis doing the same to E'Claire.

"I love you E'Claire." I say as I close my eyes and hold her hoof.

"I love you too Scotch." We both close our eyes and wait for the inevitable.

SHINK

I take the remains and toss them into the shallow graves, watching them drop slowly. I step back in front and wait for the two of them to open their eyes.

"That, is your past." I say after a minute of them just standing there crying. They open their eyes and look back to see that we had chopped their manes off and tossed them into the graves.

"O-our past?" Scotch asks as she looks back to me. "I don't follow..."

"That is the past you. The you that willing enslaved a town and held the needy in shackles. The new you has a choice to make. Either denounce all other ties you ever had before in your life and become Terradisian, or follow your past. Your choice." They drop back down to stand normally and look between the graves and me.

"So... its die, or become a traitor. That's not much of a choice." Scotch says, looking at me in confusion.

"Consider yourself lucky that I'm giving you the choice." I say, making her shy away. "Do not take this lightly. If you choose to become Terradisian, there are many stipulations to it. Those given this choice often choose to follow their past."

"W-why would they do that?" E'Claire asks as she wipes her tears away.

"Because starting over is hard." I say to put it simply.

"What would we have to do if we chose to become Terradisian?" E'Claire asks nervously.

"As Captain, I would become the highest authority in your lives. If I say walk and Celestia says run, you walk. I'm also holding you accountable for Moosden. If any hardships fall this town, I will blame the two of you for it. You do get standard Terradisian benefits though. If you're ever in trouble, you can call on the Spartans to come to your aid. If there is ever a meeting of any kind, you will all be brought to them and be able to voice your concerns. So what do you say? Your future, or you past?"

As Miles goes over all of the fine details of being Terradisian, I decide to go wash up. As I walk off Rainbow follows after me, looking lost.

"What's wrong?" I ask, getting a bewildered look from her.

"What's wrong! That entire scenario was wrong! You guys played with their lives, gave them a choice that only an idiot could make incorrectly!" She yells as I enter one of the abandoned homes and go to the restroom.

"Let me asks you this. If they had chosen to live the same life style, would you care if they had died?" I ask as I stand before the restroom.

"Well... no. But anypony would of made the choice they made-"

"Because everypony should get a second chance." I say, silencing her. "Look, I know it was dramatic, but we're changing their lives. If it was done nonchalantly they would fall to the same vices from before. And trust me, they got off easy."

"... how is that." She asks as she looks away from me.

"Because in Topaz they wouldn't cut your hair off, they cut a limb off." Rainbow looks back to me in horror as I step inside the bathroom and run the sink water. "Believe it or not, but we're the good guys here." I say as I start to wash off.

"But... you killed them all..."

"We only responded to their attack. We're giving two of them chances to start over. We only fight fights that others are incapable of fighting. Moosden needed our help, so we helped. Those guards only wanted to take advantage of everypony here for their own personal gain. We fixed that."

"So... if anypony else asked... you guys would help them to?"

"We would at least listen to their cause. We're very careful about being on the right side, so we wait and listen first. But if the cause is just, then we'll step in and make things right. We are suppose to be the beacons of justice and a force for good. We don't just go around killing things because we're good at it. We do it with a cause. If there isn't a cause for it, then it's not worth fighting for."

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