Spike and I reach the back of my home in total silence. I order him to start bringing down all of the weapons from my room to the back yard as I get my magic ready. Once he heads inside I get to work making a shop. I start by making a large, rectangle hole in the ground. I jump down into it and take a look around; larger. I push my arms out, making the walls go out even further until they're a good distance away.

"Whoa... that's a big hole." Spike says from up top, carrying several swords. "Why do you have so many weapons?"

"They were recovered when we took Moosden." I say as I move to the corner closes to him. "Bring them down here." I place my hands on the wall and start to create a weapons locker. Nothing special, just a gated area where I can store extra weapons.

"Whoa, that was cool." Spike says as I finish up.

"Bring all of the weapons down here and categorize them. If you need more room, let me know and I'll create more room..."

"Am I going to learn how to do this? Master?" He quickly adds to the end.

"Yes, but not today. Condensing materials is very difficult and takes a greater control of magic to perform. It will be one of the last things you'll learn. Now get moving, I don't want to spend too much time in here." I say as I start super condensing the walls and floor.

After an hour of work I finally finish the walls, so I go and help Spike bring down the last of the weapons. Being around Twilight has really made him an organized person. Not only did he categorize them, but he sorted them by quality as well. I'd be happier with him if it weren't for his late night intrusion.

Once we finish putting away the last of the weapons I lock up the locker and close up the top, ceiling us below. I make a small opening right above me and a Mico platform right in front of me. After I finish, I jump up through the opening, Spike following right after me. I make a small shed to cover the hole before heading for Topaz Falls.

"Are you sure we should be walking through the Everfree like this? This place isn't safe." Spike says as he follows quickly behind me.

"I'm the captain of the Spartan regiment and you're a two meter tall dragon that can use human magic. Is there anything that we should really worry about?" I ask as I look over to him.

"Um... I don't think anything here knows what a Spartan is... or cares."

"... OK, you got me there. But the fact of the matter is we are more then capable of dealing with anything in here. We have nothing to fear."

"Heh, so I was right about the captain thing huh?" He says smugly as we continue through the forest.

"Don't get cocky sploog machine." I say, getting a confused look from him.

"Uh... what's sploog?"

"... seriously?"

"Is it... you know... cum?" I stop in my tracks and stare at him in disbelief. He seriously doesn't remember.

"Do you know why Luna freaked out enough to throw me out a window?" I ask, getting him to shake his head in response. "She thought you were watching us and masturbating. I had to clean up your mess last night..."

"WHAT!" He yells, making birds fly away from all around us. "Bu... bu... but I didn't! I swear! Holy..."

"Spike! Calm down! Storm and Twilight talked to us afterwards, you're in the clear... for the most part."

"What does that mean?" He asks nervously.

"Well... even though we were told you didn't DO anything, something happened. Even though I'm fine with it, Luna's a little... pissed. I'd avoid her if I were you. At least for a week... or two."

"*sigh*, why are mares so complicated." Spike says as he continues walking on.

"Wanna talk about it?" I ask as I walk ahead of him to lead us in the right direction.

"Well... before I went to your place, I went to Rarity's."

"Oh sweet Barbra..."

"Who?"

BOOM

We both look over to see a billow of dust rising in the distance. I motion for him to follow as I run over to investigate.

"AH! By the fires of Karth! Again!" Yells a high pitched, raspy voice. Spike and I pause to look to one another before continuing on.

We come to a small crater in the ground with some kind of wreckage in the center. Its made of brass and cloth and has steam shooting out of a broken pipe. It looks like some kind of flying machine, a bit clunky, but flyable. From the glass cockpit emerges a small green creature. It stands on two legs, has four arms that end with four fingers, large pointy ears, and is at most a meter tall.

"What the fuck." I mutter as we stare at the creature before us. He looks back to us with yellow eyes as he rubs his large nose with his top arms and straightens out his ragged clothes with the others.

"Well, well, well. And I thought I saw it all." He says as he approaches us, inspecting me closely. "What are you, tall one?"

"My name is Miles Eremita, Captain of the Spartan regiment. Human. Who, and what, are you?"

"Goblin. Fleck of Karth. And you, purple one?" He asks as he steps closer to Spike, looking him over a bit.

"I'm Spike." He says as Fleck walks around him.

"What happened?" I ask as I walk over to the wreckage and look it over.

"DON'T TOUCH!" He yells before running over and slapping my hand away. "This is private property! Keep your grimy hands off!"

"OK, OK, sheesh. Calm down." I say as I back away from him. Fleck starts rubbing the wreckage lovingly as he begins mumbling to himself, holding himself as close to the machine as possible. "Well, unless you need help, we'll get going then."

"Yes, yes, leave." He snaps back.

"Ok then, have fun in the Everfree." I say before motioning to Spike to leave. "What was that about?" I ask Spike when we get out of ear shot.

"He's a goblin. They tend to be greedy with technology." Spike explains as the cave comes into view. "Do things like that always happen to you?"

"Sadly, yes. Now lets hurry up and go somewhere that makes sense." I say as we enter the cave. "Ladies first."

"Funny." Spike says as he takes the Mico platform. Once I appear beside him, I destroy the old Mico platform and create a new one, connecting it to the one in my shop. I take Spike over to the bulk head to Topaz Falls and register him as my apprentice, gaining entrance to the city.

"Alright, we've got work to do." I say as I walk in, Spike following closely behind. "First things first, we need to find a bot to locate Easy. Once I deal with him, I need to find a bank. From there we head to the P.C.H. for training..."

"May I have your autograph?"

"Son of a bitch!" I yell as I jump to the side. "Why the fuck would you sneak up on me like that?!"

"Apologies sir, it was not my intention to scare you." Easy says.

"I wasn't scared." I say as I glance to Spike.

"My sensors picked up a shot of adrenaline as well as your heart racing. Unless you wish to change the Core's definition of scared..."

"Easy, how are things in Topaz?" I ask to change the subject.

"All active bots are 100% operational and are currently working on repairing the city. Awaiting further directives."

"Good, I need... forty bots to gather supplies and materials for a shop I'm creating. I need, lighting, power, any tools you can find, as well as a stock of gems. Gather those materials and bring them to this bulk head. Also, bring five charging stations for transport. A new territory has been added to Terradisia and needs protection."

"Very good sir."

"From now on I want you to follow me to assist me. Understand?"

"Understood. Any other directives?"

"No, just follow me."

"May I have you autograph?" Easy asks Spike, getting a confused look from him.

"Lets get going. We don't have all day you know." I say jokingly as I walk into the city.

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I wait patiently on the clouds above Flionence for the others to deal with the city guards. These green clouds need just a bit longer before we can start the down pour.

"YOU'RE UNDER ARRESAAAHHH!" Yells as guards as he tries to charge me, only to get tackled by a pegasis.

"Sir." I look back to see a massive black gem dragon land behind me. "It's time."

"Good work Ruptor, lets make it rain then." I say as I pull out a whistle and blow it, getting every brother and sister to fly high into the air. Many city guards try to fly after them, but as they break through the clouds, they begin to drop from its acidic water burning their wings. When they fall through I slam down onto them, making it begin to pour onto the ground below.

"I don't get it." Ruptor says as he walks around me. "Starving a single town? We could just go down there and kill them all, why drag it out?"

"What makes you think we're only hitting this town?" I ask with a chuckle. "Every city in the Griffin Colonies will be hit with storms similar to these. Crops will not grow for decades..."

"So they get hungry. Big deal. What if others come and fix it? Or give them aid? Then what?"

"Then you remember that you are not here to think. Prepare the next batch. We need to cover the state of Birdtalia by the end of the day. Take your group and head east. I'll go west."

"May the shadows lead you to darker days." He says before taking off in the air. I chuckle a bit as I look through a small hole in the clouds and see the wet ground below me. Hunger... easiest way to start war.

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KER-FLASH

Once I appear I quickly run to a nearby building and take cover. Luckily, I appeared in an alley in Ponyville, so I don't think anypony saw me. I flare my hands and cast an illusion spell, making myself invisible.

"Did you hear something?" Somepony asks as they start walking into the alley.

"I didn't hear anything." Responds somepony else. I walk right past the two unnoticed, even being able to take a newspaper from one of their saddle bags as I walk past them.

"I could of sworn..."

"Let go to Splits and get some ice cream!" She cheers as she runs off.

As I walk through the streets of Ponyville, completely unnoticed, I take a look at the date on the paper.

Wednesday, November 21st

Shoot! I'm a day early. That's OK. I can just hide out for that long. I can get him when he's on his way back from the market. He shouldn't be hard to find. He is the only human here. This will also give me some time to set up my get away.

Soon, my love.

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"PUSH IT!"

"I'M TRYING!"

"TRY HARDER!"

"I CAN'T!"

"THEN GIVE UP!"

"NO!"

FOOOSH

I fall back as I shoot a column of fire from my hands. The past day has been nothing but the hardest work of my life. No food, little rest, and Miles constantly yelling at me to try harder. It takes so much for me to create even the smallest of plumes of fire, but he expects more. I look around the bright training room and sigh at the sight of all the courses I'm going to have to do. Some look like simple ramp ways or obstacle courses, but he already warned me that its going to be a lot harder then that.

"Alright, take a five minute break, then we go back to your physical regiment." Miles says as he leans against a wall. I sprawl out on the floor and try to catch my breath.

"When does this ever get easy?" I groan as I stretch my tense muscles.

"Not for a very long time. Mind you, elemental magic is the simplest magic there is." He informs me, to which I groan some more.

"If its so easy, then why do you use it all of the time?" I ask as I start to nod off.

"Becuase it's cheap. I don't have the luxury of getting to use any magic I want and only have to worry about the bends. If I push myself too much, I die. You, on the other hand, can go as hard and as fast as you want. That's why I'm pushing you so hard. In a year you won't have me to push you, so I want you to get accustom to working hard." I sit up and cross my legs as I try to think of a way to ask something personal.

"Master... are you scared?"

"According to Mr. Eremita, he does not have fear." Easy says from the side, getting me to chuckle.

"Shut up Easy." Miles says as he walks over and takes a seat beside me. "Yeah, I am."

"But, you're a Spartan."

"And?"

"I don't know, I've seen the way you and Storm act. I just thought you guys didn't have fear." I say as I look to him.

"There's a human saying I'm going to teach you that will explain it perfectly. I'm only human."

"Huh?"

"It means that I'm just a simple being. Natural things will happen to me. I'll make mistakes. I'll get sick. And, eventually, I'll die. Am I scared of dying? Of course I am. I'd be lying if I said other wise, and so would anyone else."

"Then... how do you deal with it then? Knowing that it's coming and there's nothing you can do to stop it?"

"How do you deal with it?" He asks as he looks to me.

"I'm a dragon. I'll live for thousands of years..."

"But in the end you will die. Age, disease, murder; there's no way of telling how or when you will go. How do you deal with it?"

"I... I don't know. It's not so close to me yet. Or, at least it doesn't feel so close." I say as I think about it. "I guess... I just go day by day without thinking about it. I just... live." I say as I look back to him.

"What else could be done? We all die eventually, the best we can do is live the best lives we can. I have a loving wife, some of the best friends ever, twice, what more could I ask for?" He says with a warm smile. I smile back to him as I stand up, still feeling slightly sore.

"OK, then lets get back to work then."

"Atta boy." Miles says as he stands up. "But, now that I think about it, lets move onto something a bit more... difficult. Gravity."

"Gravity?" I ask as he stands before me, flaring his hands.

"What is gravity?" Oh here we go again...

"Uh..."

"It's the force that attracts a body of lesser mass to a body of greater mass. In essence, it's why you don't fly off the planet and into space. Now come at me."

"Really?"

"No, I told you to do something with the intend of you not doing it."

"Sorry Master..."

"Come on already." With a sigh I begin to run at Miles. He just stands there as he charges a bright orb between his hands. When I get close enough to swipe at him he tosses the orb up into the air.

"WHOA!" I yell as I suddenly lift off the ground and towards the bright orb. "What's going on!" I yell as I try to fly to the ground. I look back to Miles to see him wave his hand to the side... oh...

CRASH

"... ow." I mumble from the ground. As I start to get up, I feel myself starting to slip back. I look behind me to see a bright orb hovering in the air. "Nononono!" I yell as I fling back into the air. Just before I reach the orb, it disappears and I start to fall to the ground again.

"Never let up!" Miles yells as he runs after me, throwing out several orbs along the way. I yell out as I tumble through the air, chasing disappearing orbs. "Make your enemies suffer as you out wit them!"

CRASH

I slowly slide to the ground from the wall. When I hit the ground I fall back and just lay there, nearly fading out.

"Magic is a contest of wits, not muscle. Out maneuver your enemies, and you will be victorious." He says as he stands before me, shutting off his magic and crossing his arms.

"Your shirt burned off." I say as I start to get back up.

"Yeah, that took a bit to do. Now you try."

THUD

"Or not."

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"GRAVITY!" I yell as I bolt awake. I look around to find myself in the library's downstairs room, in what looks like a new bed. Purple sheets and pillows with green under sheets, I guess this is my bed now. I get up and...

THUD

... fall flat on my face. With a groan I try to get up, but my arms feel like noodles right now.

"Spike!" Twilight yells as she runs down to me and checks on me. "Are you OK honey? Try and take it easy. Miles says this is something called the bends."

"Th-the bends? What does that mean?" I ask as I try to get back in bed, but need Twilights help to do so.

"He told us that for the next day or so you'll basically be extremely tired and incapable of using magic. Something about your soul getting accustom to using this new energy. Can I get you something?" She asks as she tucks me in.

"I'm fine Twilight.... *grumble*... hehe, well..."

"I'll go get you something to eat, how do rubies sound?" She asks as she nuzzles me a bit.

"Sounds good... Mom." I say with a smile. Every time I say that, I can feel this weird warmth build up in my chest, making me smile. I think Twilight is getting it as well, cause every time she smiles just as much.

"I'll be right back." She says before walking up the stairs, passing Storm on the way.

"So, I hear Miles kicked your flank son." He says as he walks up to me. "Fun, isn't it." I love my family.

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After I dropped Spike off and talked to Twilight and Storm, I decided to go buy some groceries. I go to the market and start by buying a bag, 100 credits. Fucking Pinkie Pie. I go to the next stall that has a banner of some light tan plant and a bottle.

"Can I *hic* help you?" Asks a light purple earth pony mare.

"You OK?" I ask as I look over the dark brown bottles on the table.

"I'm finnnne *hic* fer realzies! I am Berry *hic* Punch.Wanna buy a drink?" She asks. I think she tried to wink, but ended up stumbling over herself, though she wasn't walking.

"Uh... maybe. What are you selling?"

"I've got this *hic* Equestrian ale.... this, uh... Pon-wise-er.... and uh... Dos Eques." She says as she shoves her face into each bottle to read them. Yeah... she's wasted, and it's not even seven yet.

"What exactly are these?" I ask as I pick up a bottle and look it over.

"What? You never hear of *hic* beer? I could... I could show you *hic* um... I need a drink." She says as she pulls out a bottle a takes a long drink.

"Don't you think you should take it easy?"

"I don't think you with that face you penis!" She yells as she points a hoof at me... well, beside me at least.

"Alrighty then, you are drunk as balls. I'm just going to go now..."

"Hey, hey hey heyheyheyhey, come here." She loudly whispers as she crawls halfway onto the table. I look around before kneeling down to hear what she has to say. "Take a six pack on the house...."

"OK, thanks..."

"And... uh..*hic* something sexy." She says with a wink. I just take a six pack and walk away, watching her fall back behind the counter.

Buying the rest of my groceries went far more easily then with Berry Punch. I quickly learn from the others that she's the towns lovable drunk, literally. Well, at least the rest of the town is normal, except for charging me a shit ton for the simplest of things. I've been working them down a lot, but twenty credits for some noodles fucking sucks.

Once I get the last of what I need I head down the street towards home. Along the way I find a donkey and a pony yelling at each other. Apparently they crashed their carts into each others and now block the road. Not wanting to hear this, I slip into an alley to cut around them.

THUD

Without warning I suddenly slam onto a wall as my wrists and ankles cling to the wall. I try to pull myself off, but find it impossible.

"Don't struggle Miles, you can't get out." I look up and do a double take as I stare at the person before me.

"Its.... its you." I say as the hooded woman from my memories approaches me.

"Hello love." She says before kissing me. For a moment I'm too stunned to do anything. There's a fucking human... and she's kissing me! When my brain finally kicks in I hold my mouth shut and try to look away, only to have her move me back with a hand. "Sorry about that." She says as she finally stops kissing me.

"Who are you?" I demand as I continue to try to get out.

"You don't need to worry about that. I'm actually here to warn you about something that will happen later today. You..."

"Wait! Are there more of you.... us? Where did you come from? What city is safe?"

"OK, OK, calm down. I'll answer, but first you need to listen, OK?" She says, silencing me. "If you want to find the other humans, you need to follow the trail left for you. Find Outpost Zero, that's where you will find your answers. Now, for my original warning. You are going to be attacked today. Don't worry, you will be rescued...."

"Like I need rescuing."

"Yeah, like at Fort Misery?" She says as she crosses her arms. "Even worse, Shinning did it and will hold it against you."

"What! If anything the city guards rescued me." Even though her face is covered, I can still see the smug smile on her face. "Whatever, what else is there."

"Your rescuer is going to ask you something that you would normally say no to. You have to say yes. He is far more important then you think. He needs this."

"Who is it and what are they going to ask?"

"You'll find out later." She says as she looks down into her pocket. "Well, that's it then. I need to go home now, please. Listen to what I said." She says as she turns around and creates a Mico platform.

"Wait!" I yell out, stopping her from taking the platform. "What's your name?" She turns around and walks towards me, only stopping when her chest is pressed against mine. She stares up to me for a bit until she starts to lower herself. "What are you doing..." I ask as she faces my groin. She starts to play with my belt a bit with a hand, making me sweat.

"Don't worry." She says playfully as she finally gets it undone. "I am somepony very important to you, you just don't know it yet." With that she stands back up and pops the top off of one of the beers. She brings the bottle to her lips as she tilts it back, taking a long drink from it. I watch as the hood starts to fall back, revealing a pale white chin and soft pink lips.

"Who are you?" I ask as she finishes. She doesn't respond. Instead she just goes to the platform and flashes away, taking another drink as she goes.

".... SON OF A BITCH!" I yell out. "Just how long did she fucking enchant me to be stuck here!? GRAH! Luna's going to kill me. But... what exactly is going to happen today that I will need saving from?

A/N: Shout out to Attacking Dogs for picking the direction Miles put the gravity spell. Thanks for reading and like always, Brony on!

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