Aw man.... that change sucked, although... I feel good. It feels as if I've had some weight lifted off of my chest, it didn't feel this good last time, then again, last time had less energy. I open my eye's to see that I've somehow made it to my bed. Well, a least it isn't on fire. I sit up and rub my eye's slightly before I start to get out of bed.

"Miles... you should take it easy." I turn around to see Luna sitting behind my bed, slowly petting something beneath the bed, I'm guessing Lupus.

"Luna, when did you get here?"

"Twilight sent my sister a letter saying that you were in trouble, so we came to check on you... what happened?"

"It was nothing really, just a part of my growing power. Every now and again I go through... that, as my power increases. Last time my soul materialized, and the time before that I learned to use soul fire." I say as the door opens up to reveal Celestia and Spike walking in.

"Miles! You're awake!" Spike says as he runs up and hugs my leg.

"Sup Spike, how long was I out?"

"Only an hour..."

"Good, then I need to ask a favor of you Spike."

"Uhh... sure. What do you need?"

"Can you go to Sweet Apple Acres and get Big Mac. Let him know that we start today, and if he doesn't show up he's out." He gives me a little salute before running out of the room. "So... do I get to know what happened this time?"

"You mean you don't remember?" Celestia asks.

"The last thing I remember was being in my living room, yelling at Storm to stay away. Next thing I know I'm in bed feeling... rather good."

"Good how?" Celestia asks as she glances over to Luna.

"Good as in my energy level has dropped a bit..."

"Does that mean you're all better?" Luna asks as she perks up a bit.

"No. It's just something that happens when I go through a change. It takes a large amount of energy to do it, but it usually comes back, at a higher level" I say, making her drop back. "But enough of that, I have training to start" I say as I stand and walk past Celestia out of the room. I hear some shuffling in Storm's room so I head over to find the door open. I walk and find Storm half way under the bed, trying to hide something. "Storm!" I yell making him smack his head.

"Miles, you're up..."

"Meet me in the backyard, we start today." I say, making him pull out of the bed quickly, pulling a bag with him. Something flies out of the bag and rolls in front of me. I take a knee and pick it up before Storm could run over and get it. It's a gold ring with a diamond at the top. Something is etched inside the ring, but I can't read it. I look up and show the ring to Storm. "Dude... this is an engagement ring."

"Ahem" I look behind me to see Celestia standing there, eyeing the two of us. We both just stare at her until she shakes her head a bit and walks downstairs. Storm swipes the ring and takes it back to the bed, where he hides it somewhere underneath.

"So, when do you plan on popping the question?" I ask as I stand back up.

"Soon... I hope... after the training for sure" he says as he walks up to me. "Miles, I wanted this to be a secret. Promise me you won't tell anypony."

"Your secret is safe with me, but I have to ask, where did you get it? I thought you were at your mothers the last few days."

"I was, that was hers. Apparently it's been in the family for generations, and it's my turn to have it."

"Well, I'm happy for you, but it will have to wait for another time. Wait for me in the backyard, we start today." He gives me a nod and walks downstairs. Awwwww, Storm and Twilight gonna get married.... pop the question already so I can pester you! I sigh and make my way back to my room to start getting my gear ready. Luna's still in here, looking deep in thought. "You alright?"

"Hmm... oh, yeah..."

"Heart ache?" She looks up to me and nods slowly. "I'm sorry. I wish things could have worked out better... but..."

"I know. Your time is limited... but...I... *sigh* this is going to be harder than I thought."

"Hmm, that's funny.... one of my friends from Topaz once told me the same thing. Want to meet them?" She looks up to me in confusion so I walk over to her with my sword and show her the gem in the pommel as I take a seat on the bed. "I made eight of these. They're all exactly the same and all have the same enchantment in them."

"What would that be?" I flare my hand and feed the energy into the gem, making an image appear. It’s a picture of me and my unit, from the day we were assigned together. Were in the auditorium of the school, posing together to show off our tattoos.

"It's a picture of all of us when we were assigned to our unit." I look down at the picture and start to point all of my friends out. "On the far right are the Kor sisters, Tenera and Fidus, then it's Dare Libere, Inficiunt Gaudium, me, Sine Iacet, Captain Sussurrands Bellum, Eximius, and Dolem Ostendere."

"Heh, you look so young." She says as she leans closer and looks at the picture.

"Yeah, this was... six years ago, not including time travel.

"Hmm... so that's Tenera..."

"Are you still jealous?"

"What! No. I… just... now I can put a face to the name, that's all." I laugh a little as I drop the spell and walk back to the closet, where I start putting on my armor. "So... this training of yours, how long is it going to take?"

"One month, lucky bastards. Usually it takes longer, but we get to skip a lot," I say as I buckle in my grieves.

"Like what?"

"Well, for starters, most of the weapons training. No guns, explosives, archaic spells, just hand to hand and melee. They're basically only getting the physical and psychological training." I say as I finish up with my armor and start putting on my weapons.

"Is it going to be hard?" I finish up and look over to her.

"Really want to know, stick around, I'll give a little speech before we start." I start to walk out only to have Luna run in front of me. We stare at each other for a second before she looks away and walks down stairs before me. She's taking this pretty hard...but it's for the best. I walk down stairs and head to the backyard where I find everyone. Storm and Twilight are to the right, holding each other as they whisper sweet nothings to each other. Big Mac is to the left, talking to Applejack, Granny Smith and Applebloom. Celestia, Luna and Spike are waiting by the door, waiting to see what happens. I take a few step out before yelling "LINE UP!" They look over and stand before me. "Let’s get started, first off, if you have any doubt, any concerns, quit now. Because when we get started, there is no quitting. You either finish or die trying, and yes, death is a very real possibility. I WILL be trying to kill you. I will break your bones, cut your flesh and turn your dreams against you as I push you harder than you've ever been pushed before in your life. Topaz Falls had seventeen million residents. One point two million of them were soldiers. Of those, only four hundred were able to become Spartans. Those four hundred we had one Captain, and one lieutenant. I was the second highest ranking Spartan, and that's only because rankings were a month after I was sent away. You better be damn sure that I will be using everything in my power to make you regret doing this. I will break you. Take a look at your loved ones before you tell me you want this, because once we start, there's no stopping. I don't care what happens, no matter the circumstances, we will not stop until we finish. So take a good long look and if you think you have what it takes to put everything on the line, step forward." They both look back and stare at their loved ones for a while before they each step forward. I motion for the rest of them to stand with the others as I start to stretch my arms a bit.

"Welcome to Spartan training. Rule number one: I am no longer your friend. You address me as sir, say it as if it means everything to you and if I hear anything else come out of your worthless mouths, I'll beat you senseless, understood?"

"SIR YES SIR!" They say in unison. I flare my hands and send a wave of energy at them, slapping them both in the face hard enough to turn their faces.

"SAY IT LIKE YOU GOT A PAIR DIRT BALL!" I yell as I get in Storm's face.

"SIR YES SIR!" They yell together.

"Rule number two: If I hear you bitch, you will regret it. I don't give a shit how much pain you’re in, I don't care if you’re on the verge of death. You keep going until I tell you to stop, and then you beg for more, understood?"

"SIR YES SIR!"

"Rule number three: My word is law. You are no longer in any country, the only rules that matter are the ones I say matter. I don't give a damn if Celestia runs up to you with both her wings chopped off, you don't listen to her for a single second unless I tell you to, understood?" They hesitate a bit so I slap them with the energy again, making them fall to the ground. "IS THAT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM!"

"SIR NO SIR!" They say, making me start to hit them repetitively with the energy. I start busting lips, blackening eye's as I send hit after hit at them. When they try to cover themselves from the blows I start kicking them in the stomachs.

"WHAT.... WAS... RULE.... NUMBER.... ONE!" I yell between kicks.

"SIR YES SIR!" They yell out, making me stop. I take a few steps back and cross my arms.

"Rule number four: Spartan training is a secret. I don't care who asks, whose life is at stake, you don't talk about what happens here ever. It is Terridisian law that if you speak out about this, I have to kill you, and I will. DO. NOT. TALK. This stays between Spartans, no one else is allowed to know of this, understood?"

"SIR YES SIR!" They yell. I walk up to them and wave my hands before them, cutting their hair so it's barely a buzz cut. I take a few steps back as I drop my magic and pull out my revolver.

"Good, now let’s get started. You have five seconds to start running into the Everfree before I start shooting. ONE...TWO...FIVE!"

BANG

I send a round for Big Mac as he turns to run away, grazing his neck as the round buries itself in a tree behind him.

"RUN MOTHER FUCKERS RUN! I DON'T MISS TWICE YOU ASSHOLES, RUN!"

BANG BANG

I fire two more rounds after them as they run into the forest. One misses completely, but the second one buries itself somewhere on Storm. I hear him cry out, but he continues to run. I turn back to everyone to see that Celestia has put up a barrier around the group, probably to protect them from my pistol discharge. They all look horrified by what just happened. I holster my gun and wait for Celestia to drop the barrier.

"Please come back in exactly twenty-one days. They will need to see you after this. Sorry for the display, but you needed to see the gravity of this. Do not ask them about this. Ever. I do not want to have to kill them, but I will if I must" I say before I turn and run after them into the forest. I use my magic to accelerate myself, catching up to them in seconds. I can see that I hit Storm in the shoulder. It's just a graze, but it's bleeding all the same. I take lead and motion for them to follow me. I weave deep into the forest, they don't know it, but I planned a circular course for us to run. It's about a five kilometers long, and I plan on making them run it until they puke.

I can't believe what I just saw. What did Storm just get himself into. They ran off a few minutes ago, but nopony's moved or said a word since then. I know Storm can do this... he's strong, he has to get through this.

"Well... I think everypony should go home. All we can do now is pray for the best. Twilight, can I have a word with you" Celestia says as she walks inside. I follow her in and we take a seat in the kitchen. She waits a few seconds before she says, "Twilight, I want to know a few things that are... rather personal, do you mind?"

"Of course not Princess."

"Well... are you... with Storm Cloud."

"I've been meaning to talk to you about that, Princess. Yes, but that's not the Storm Cloud you sent."

"What do you mean?"

"The Storm Cloud you sent is an impostor. His actual name is Storm Breaker, the two of them are brothers. Breakers has been nothing but horrible since he's made his appearance here. He's verbally assaulted me, disrespected Luna and nearly killed Storm Cloud."

"Twilight. I'm sorry that that happened, but I only asked because he went rogue a while ago. I sent him here and he was supposed to do daily reports, but he never did. i saw the two of you at the hospital a while ago and assumed you were together. Now that I know he's completely different, I will bring him to justice."

"Thank you princess."

"I must be off now if I'm going to be able to find him, please take care Twilight" she says as she walks back out the front door. I sigh and walk out after her, I seriously hope she can find him soon. I walk over to the Apples as they break off a group hug and start to walk home.

"Are you guys going to be alright" I ask Applejack.

"Yeah... Miles really did help with the harvest; we'll be fine fer a month without him...ah just hope he gets through it alright."

"I'm sure they'll be fine. Big Mac is strong, he can pull through this, they both can" I say as I put a leg around her.

"Ah hope yer right Twi... ah don't know what we'd do iffin we lost Big Mac."

"Aj..." I stop her and give her a hug, which she returns immediately. I know they'll make it through.... they have to....

"Welcome to the run!" I say as I lead them to their next area of training. The past few days I've been working on getting them tired. No sleep, lots of running, pushups, anything really to keep them moving, and it's working. Big Mac looks as if he's about to fall asleep standing there while Storm is nodding out. They're both covered in a mixture of mud, sweat and blood. Every time one of them fell over or slowed down, I made sure to make them suffer for it. I walk forward and present a long trench to them. It goes down about half a meter and is filled halfway with water that I enchanted to stay slushy, partially ice, but still watery enough to move through. The trench goes for half a kilometer in a straight line. I set up a couple of boards with nails sticking out of them to lay either in the trench somewhere hidden or so they would have to crawl under it.

"SIR, what’s our objective, SIR?" Big Mac asks.

"It's simple. crawl from one side to the other and then run back. When you get back, do a set of pushups, sit ups and squats. With all of that you make one set on the run. Give me two sets and you can get an hour of sleep" I say as I walk to the side of the course.

"SIR YES SIR!"They yells as they both dive into the water and start crawling forward. I step back as I flare my hands as they get going. I wait for them to get past the first set of spikes when I start throwing balls of energy around them. When the balls hit they explode with a deafening boom, sending debris all around. Storm and Big Mac stop for a second as they take cover, but I don't stop throwing the explosive balls. When the dust covers my view I slam my hands into the ground, making a column up. I slam my hands onto the column, making chunks of it break off with a loud crack as they fly at the general area they're at. I hear Big Mac cry out in pain as I pepper the area around them, I think I've got a hit. I raise my hand, bringing up a tall column and push it over, sending it toppling over towards them.

"LOOOK OOOUUUT!" Storm yells as he crawls faster through the icy water. The column lands with a solid thud over the trench. I jump on top of it and look over to see that they both made it though. Big mac has a large gash in his shoulder that's bleeding profusely, turning the water around him red. I shake my head as I crouch down and put my hands onto the column, strafing the trench. Big Mac and Storm both cling to the edges of the Trench as they try to avoid getting hit, but ultimately fail at it.

"COME ON! MOVE FASTER YOU SLIME BALLS! YOU CAN REST WHEN YOU'RE DEAD! NOW GET MOVING!" I yell out as I pull out my revolver. I take aim and send a round in front of Storm, making him stop in his tracks. "WHATS THE MATTER STORM, AFRAID TO DIE? GET MOVING!" I open fire again, hitting the area next to Big Mac. "DO YOU REALLY EXPECT TO LIVE WITH THIS KIND OF EFFORT? GET MOVING ALREADY! MOVE YOUR FUCKING ASSES BEFORE I PUT A BULLET IN YOUR HEADS FOR WASTING MY TIME!" They finally make it to the end of the trench where they get out and start running back, Big Mac giving a heavy limp as he goes. I send a few more explosion after them until they finally make it to the bottom of the trench, where they start doing some sit ups. I walk up to them and slap them with my energy again. "COUNT THEM OFF ASSHOLES!"

"ONE...TWO..." they start saying as they do their sit ups. I pace back and forth as I watch them go. Once they get to a hundred they move on to pushups. After the pushups they stand up on their rears and start doing squats. This proves to be more strenuous for them, but they power through it and start to head to the run again, only to have Storm collapse on his way.

"Hold up" I call out to Big Mac as I walk up to Storm. I watch for a second as his chest rises and falls from his deep breathes. He's staring up with eyes held as wide as possible. "Get up Storm!" I yell at him. He doesn't response to me so I crouch down to get in his face. "Is that it... giving up on day three... good luck protecting Twilight then." He looks up at me as he narrows his eyes and starts to pull himself up. He staggers a bit, but eventually gets up and starts to work his way back to the run, tripping a few times on the way there. "GET THE FUCK BACK TO RUNNING YOU ASSHOLE" I yell at Big Mac.

The past week has been torture for me. I've been behind on my studying, I haven't seen my friends at all and I haven't slept in the past few days. I can't stop worrying about Storm. I try to focus but then I start to think about what he's going through and it gets to my nerves. Spikes been helping a lot, but he was called away the other day for something in Canterlot. So now it’s just me and my books.... "I miss Storm..."

"Well why didn't you call?" I spin around only to feel something prick my neck. I reach up and pull out a little dart with a pink puff at the end.

"What in Equestria..."

"Actually, it was from the Griffin Colonies" I look up to see Storm Breaker hovering above with a blow dart. He drops down before me and tosses it aside as he approaches me.

"What are you doing here Breaker!" I demand.

"Hehehe, what? No love for your ex? I see how things are now. So, where's Storm? Off with that human?"

"You're disgusting Breaker. Get out of my house before I throw you out!"

"Heh, go ahead and try" he says as he stands before me. I try to levitate him out, but when I reach for my magic... I can't find it.

"What did you do to me" I ask as I start to back away from him. He gets an evil grin across his face as he starts to approach me.

"It’s just a little toxin the Griffins made to block a unicorn’s powers, don't worry, it'll wear off in an hour. In the meantime," he runs forward and pins me against the wall. I start to scream as I kick and try to squirm away, but he's too strong for me to get away. "Just shut up and listen already!"

"Please... don't..."

"Don't what? This?" He asks as he licks me from the neck to my ear, sending shivers down my spine.

"Please... stop..." I beg as tears start to roll down my face. I keep trying to push him away, but he pushes me down to the ground and lay on top of me before I can do anything. He starts feeling me up as he licks and bites at my neck, each touch making my stomach turn. I keep trying to push him away, but I can't break his hold on me. "GET OFF ME!" I yell as I start to panic as he runs a hoof down my body until he starts rubbing my lower part. "GET OFF GET OFF..."

"SHUT UP!" He yells as he smacks me across the face.

"*sniffle* I hate you... I hate you so much...." I say as I start to sob.

"Yeah? Good!" he says as he tries to position himself to enter me, but I keep kicking and squirming around, making it impossible for him.

"I swear... Storm will kill you...."

"HA! I'm sur..."

CRASH

Applejack suddenly tackles Breaker to the ground and start kicking away at him as Rainbow Dash and Rarity come to my side. He breaks away from Applejack and flies to the door where he turns around to face.

"Yeah you better run!" Rainbow says as she takes a fighting stance in front of me.

"You just get the buck outta her!" Applejack says as she stands next to Rainbow.

"Heh, I'll leave, but just remember this, I know where all of you live, and there's nothing that can stop me. Celestia couldn't find me, Storm can't defeat me, and I know your little human friend’s weakness."

"Why are you doing this!" I yell out. "Why! It doesn't make sense. Storm already got the inheritance! Celestia's looking for you, what do you have to gain from this?" I scream at him as I try to run at him, forcing Rarity to hold me back.

"The inheritance... you stupid whore. You don't even know what you're talking about, do you? I was shunned from my family; do you really think I care what happens to them!? I'm doing this to ruin their name. I want to destroy everything my asshole of a father made, and that includes Storm! I'm going to kill him and ruin my father’s name if it’s the last thing I do! Watch your backs, I'll be looking for you all now!" He threats before he flies out the door. Rainbow Dash tries to chase after him, but Applejack holds her back by biting her tail. I turn to Rarity and start to sob into her shoulder as she holds me tightly.

"Twilight, did he do anything? Do we need to go to the hospital?" Rarity asks. I shake my head as I hold onto her a little more tightly.

"OK, yer not sleeping alone, none of us are, got it?" Applejack says, getting nods from everyone. "RD, you get Fluttershy and keep her at your place, Rarity, you get Pinkie to stay with you and I'll take Twilight with me" she says as she walks up to me and nuzzles me a bit. "Are you going ta be able a walk to the farm sugarcube?"

"*sniff* yeah... just... give me a minute."

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"Defend!" Miles yells.

"HA!" Big Mac and I yell as we slash our wooden swords through the air as we step back.

"Defend!"

"HA!" We step back again.

"THRUST!"

"HA!" We both stab forward. We hold our stance as Miles goes to his bag and pulls out a chunk of bread. My mouth immediately starts to water as my stomach starts to grumble. We haven't eaten in the past few days, and what we did get was barely anything. We tried eating some grass off the ground awhile back, but Miles found us and made us do the run for a day straight.

"Hungry?" He asks as he takes a bite. "Fight. The victor gets to eat." I turn to Big mac and raise my sword as I hold my stance, waiting for him to attack. He does the same thing, holding his sword to guard his mid-section as we both wait for the eventual attack. My hunger forces me to charge forward in an attempt to get the food. I slash at him, forcing him to back pedal as he blocks my attacks. I jump back as he thrusts his sword forward, narrowly escaping his blow. He's not the fastest, but I quickly learned that he's easily stronger than me. He starts to advance on me, sending slash after slash at me as I back up and block his attacks. I can't block the way he blocks mine. I have to angle my sword so it bounces off. After a few blows I see my opening and go for it. I duck his attack and shoot my blade straight up, hitting him square in the jaw and knocking him on his back. I turn to get my only to see Miles finish up the last bite. "Good job" He says with his mouth full. "Take a small break until I return" he says as he gets up and walks away. I fall back and just let my body rest from its numbness.

"Sorry about that" I say to Big Mac.

"No problem."

"Damn... so hungry..."

"Eeyup."

"Wanna try the grass again?"

"NNope."

"Yeah..."

"Get up ladies!" Miles says as he walks back with two black bags, making us jump to attention. "This is a comprehension and reflex test. Put these bags over your faces and when I tell you to remove them, you must react to the environment correctly. Every wrong response equals a set on the run, understood?"

"SIR YES SIR!" He hands us the bags and we promptly put them on. I can't see a single thing in this thing. And to make matters worse, it smells like moldy burnt clothes.

"STORM!" Miles yells. I remove the bag only to get punched in the face by Miles. I raise my hooves and start to jab at him. "Good, put the bag back on." I settle down and put it on. "MAC!" I hear some shuffling and something heavy drop. "Good, put the bag back on.... STORM!" I pull the bag off and look around only to see the empty forest around me. I look down to see a toy pony with a diaper on it. I pick up the toy and look around.... I'm not sure what to do with this.

"Uhh..."

"FAIL! Put it down and put the bag on!" Miles says from behind. Son of a bitch. I put the doll down and wait for the next one. "MAC!" I don't hear anything for a bit until Miles yells "FAIL! Put it back and put the bag back on......"STORM!" I pull my bag off to see Miles standing before me.

"Uhh... can I help you?"

"Yes, where can I find the nearest power station?" He asks politely.

"Uh... the closest one is a mile south of Ponyville."

"Good.... what’s a mile... never mind, put the bag back on." We go through this for several hours, never getting anything similar. It goes from drinking a glass of water to fighting Big Mac hoof to hoof. After a while I was getting a pretty level head going through them. I just raise my alarm, keep cool and think clearly.... kind of obvious now that I think about it. "Alright, both of you remove your bags, we're moving on." Miles says. I take off the bag and hold onto it until Miles takes it away. Last time he handed me something and I didn’t keep it I got four sets of the run. "Time for a rest." Miles says as he leads us to our camp site. A small camp fire with three cleaned off spots for us to sleep.... if we slept. "Both of you, lay down and go to sleep. I'm going to put a spell on you so you get exactly eight hours of sleep. "

Big Mac and I glance to each other before we say "SIR, THANK YOU SIR!" We each take a spot and lay down. Sleep wasn't hard to find, especially when every muscle in your body is begging you for it.

I wait a few minutes until they fall asleep. This is easily going to be the worst part of the training. Not to mention I have to do it every day until they finish. I walk up to Storm and put a hand on his head, flaring my magic and forcing a sleeping spell on him. Once I finish that I pull my hand back and swirl my hand around until it's completely covered in the fire. Once it's covered, I close my eyes as I shove my hand into his mind. My vision goes fuzzy for a bit until I see into his dream. He's in a meadow with Twilight, rolling around with her as they laugh and giggle together. I hate this. I contort my hand until I take control of the dream and start changing it. I make storm clouds appear, darkening the area and make Twilight runaway in fear. Storm runs after her but I make the grass grow so he loses his vision of her. I then make him walk around aimlessly until he comes to a clearing and stops in his tracks. In the clearing I set Twilight laying on her side as two unfamiliar devour her flesh. They pull and tare her skin off, making her bleed out and they begin to gnaw away at her bloody flesh.

"Why couldn't you protect me Storm" I make Twilight say. Storm tries to look away, but I force him to watch as the two unfamiliar devour her before him, Twilight staring at Storm the entire time. They break bones, pull flesh and dig their dagger like teeth into her, making the ground of the world around them turn to a pool of her blood. Once they finish I make the two of them begin to chase after Storm. He runs and runs, but I hold him in place as the two of them run up to him and start eating him, biting into his wings and back, send rivers of blood from the wounds. I exit the dream at this point, letting his subconscious take care of the rest. When I come out of the dream I open my eyes to see the pain in Storm's eyes. He wants to wake up, but my spell won’t let him. Eight hours, I hope you can make it. I turn to Big Mac and ready my hand to enter his mind as I set the sleeping spell with my other hand. Once finished, I enter his subconscious.

Big Mac is dreaming of the farm. All of the Apples are together, eating joyfully as Fluttershy leans against Big Mac. I take control of the dream and make everyone start walking out of the house and towards the barn. I make Big Mac wait out front as I send everyone else into the barn and shut the door behind them. Moments later I make the barn explode, setting the entire world around him ablaze. I keep the main structure of the barn intact but make the boards in front break apart to show the inside. I make Big Mac watch as I set everyone he loves ablaze. They scream and contort as their flesh begins to boil over. I make them run to the boards and reach out for Big Mac as their skin chars over. He tries to move, but I lock him in place and force him to watch them burn alive. I keep them living well past normal standards. Their eyes have melted out of their sockets, all of their skin has burned off and now their flesh starts to melt off. The entire time I keep them reaching out for Big mac, just a hair out of reach. I exit the dream at this part, not wanting to do any more. I stand up and watch the two of them contort from their night terrors. It’s going to be a long day. I sit back against a tree and wait for their torture to end.

CRASH

I wake up and look around the room for the source of the noise. I've spent the last week at Applejack's, but it's hardly helped. Every night something happens to remind me that Breaker is still out there. Sometimes he leaves me notes saying what he plans to do to me, other times he breaks something. I've never been so scared in my life. I want Storm back, I want everything to back to normal, I want...

"OW!" I yell as I feel a prick against my neck. I raise my hoof and pull out a dart with a pink puff from my neck. I drop the dart and start to panic. He's in here! He's blocking my magic and he's in here somewhere! I try to jump out of bed but can't seem to move my legs. I can't move at all!

"Hehehe, having trouble moving?" Breaker says as he walks out of the darkness and approaches me. I try to scream, run, anything! But the only thing I can manage is to make my heart race as he gets on the bed and stands on top of me. "Don't worry, you will not enjoy this..."

"Congratulations! You've both passed Spartan training." Miles says as he leads us out of the forest. I seriously can't believe this hell is over, and that I lived! "You can now proudly call yourselves Spartans! Even better, you can stop calling me sir."

"Finally! If I had to call you that one more time I was gonna crack" I say jokingly, getting them to laugh over me mumbling sir.

"I'm proud of the both of you, seriously. I put you through the worst I could muster, and you came out with flying colors. There's just one last thing we have to do."

"What's that sir?" Big Mac asks.

"Well, we've got to get you inked up with my unit’s logo, it's tradition."

"Uh... I don't think that’ll work with us having hair all over our bodies....sir" I say.

"We'll find a way... what’s that?" I look forward with Miles to see Rainbow Dash Flying towards us at high speed. She crash lands in front of us and quickly gets in our faces.

"Have you guys seen Twilight!"

"No... where is she? What’s happened?" I ask her as I walk towards her.

"It's Storm Breaker! He's taken her!"

"WHAT!" I yell as I grab her. "What happened!"

"We don't know yet! Breaker tried to take advantage of Twilight but we stopped him. We had her spend the rest of the time at AJ's but she wasn't there this morning! We've been looking all over Ponyville but we can't find either of them!" I drop Rainbow Dash and start to walk off when Miles grabs my shoulder.

"Come with me really quick" he says to me as he turns to Big Mac, "go with Dash and help look for her." He says before he starts to run off. I follow him through the woods until we make it to his place where we burst through the door and head straight for my room. "OK, put on your armor, I have to give you the quick version."

"Is this really the time..."

"PUT IT ON!" I walk over and start strapping it in. "Okay, so, in addition to the higher strength, you also have higher dexterity. This will help with your overall nimbleness and hand eye coordination. You also have an electrical buff, making it easier to handle that element and resist it more effectively. And lastly..." he says as he pulls out my sword, " I worked on this as well." He unsheathes it to show that it's now half as thick as before, with the tip making a diamond shape as a gem sits in the middle of the metal, glowing softly. "I gave it a wind buff. Basically when you swing it around, a gush of wind is sent with every attack." He sheaths the sword and hands it to me as I finish putting on the armor. I sling it under my right wing and start to walk out only to stop when Miles puts a hand on my shoulder. "Make him suffer." I nod to him as I head out. I walk out the front door and leap into the air, flying faster than I've ever flown before. I make it to Ponyville in mere seconds where I see Applejack running through town, so I drop before her.

"What in tarnation! Breaker!"

"Storm, where's Twilight?"

"How do ah know yer really Storm?"

"Because when I find Breaker, I'm going to take him apart, now, WHERES. TWILIGHT" I say as I step towards her, making her shrink back.

"Ah… ah... ah don't know. He took her in the middle of the night, ah didn't even know she was gone till almost noon. Ah'm sorry Storm, this is all my fault..."

"No it's not. Can you give me any clues as to where he might be? What's he after?"

"He mentioned something about wanting to ruin yer fathers name... but other than that ah has no clue."

"HORSE FEATHERS!" Come on... he wants to ruin my father’s name... my father was in the cloud making business... the weather factory! "Where's the nearest weather factory?"

"It's just east of Ponyville..." I take off into the air before she could finish. If he wants to ruin his name, my moneys on him using a cloud factory somehow. I fly as fast as I could till I see the factory ahead. It's made of storm clouds and has a few Pegasus flying round it. I can tell that they're not factory workers due to the armaments they carry. As I fly closer they spot me and start to fly towards me. I draw my sword as I approach the first pony and slash at his throat, slicing his neck and blowing the wound open. I spin around and catch the other ponies blade above me with mine. I kick a few times at his gut before I slice at his chest, blowing it open with a powerful gust of wind. I turn to the last one and stare at him as he shakes before me, barely holding his sword.

"Leave" I say to him. He drops the blade and flies away as fast as he can. I swing my blade at him and send a gush of wind at him, making him drop out of the sky. I guess Miles didn't count on my armor adding to my blades attack... or maybe he did. I fly to the factory and climb through an open window. I'm in the main factory where they condense the air. Everything seems to be made of either storm clouds, or some weird green clouds. I walk along a scaffolding looking down at some ponies working. It looks as if their trying to make clouds out of some green liquid, that can't be good. There's four workers and two guards, easy enough. I drop down on top of one of them and bury my blade between her shoulder blades, killing her instantly. The other guard sees me and runs at me with an ax. I roll to the side to dodge his attack and thrust my blade into his chest, stabbing him in the heart. I stand before the workers and motion for the door with my head.

"Thank you" one of them says as they flee from the factory.

"Hold on" I say as I grab one of them, "is there a unicorn here?"

"Yeah, the leader guy has two actually. One's a reporter and I don't know the other one. He has them with him up in the main office, it's up there" she says as she points up to a door at the other side of the room.

"Thanks..."

"Watch out! He has some weird armor that makes him stronger than usual, plus like six guards."

"Thanks, you should get going now." She nods to me and runs out of the building. I fly up to the door and take a fighting stance before I knock on the door.

"Who's there?" Asks a guard. I do a turn as I swing my sword at the door, making it blow away and send the guard flying back. I see two other guards charge at me, so I punch the wall and thrust my sword at them, sending an arc of lightning through them and the one from earlier. I hold it for a second before I let go and run inside. The second I enter I duck to dodge somepony trying to chop my head off. I jump straight up and stab them from under the jaw, blowing the front of their face off.

"Storm Cloud, so glad you could join us." I look over to see Breaker holding his mace over a bound and gagged Twilight and Starry Notes with two guards standing before him with their swords drawn. Breaker looks almost completely different. Same build, but he's all yellow with dark blue hair and has my old night guard armor on.

"Let her go" I demand.

"I don't think you're in a position to demand anything right now." He motions to the guards who nod and charge at me. I block blow after blow from them as I start to back up a bit. I can tell they aren't trained at all, just whacking away like brutes. I wait for a few more swings before I spin forward, slitting both their neck in one motion. As they drop to the ground I take a few steps forward and hold my sword at Breaker.

"It's over Breaker, now LET. HER. GO!" He glances between me and Twilight before he tries to slam his mace into Twilight. I swing my sword at him with as much force as I physically can, sending a whirlwind that knocks him into the corner of the room. I try to run after him, but he breaks the clouds and runs away before I could stab him. With a sigh I turn to Twilight and smile at her until something grabs my leg and pulls me through the clouds, dropping my sword in the process. He finally let’s go of me when he tosses me into the air outside the building. I level out almost immediately and face Breaker. He raises his mace as we stare each other down, flying in a slow circle.

"You know what I'm going to do after I kill you?" He asks as an evil smile grows on his face.

"Eat shit and die?"

"Hehehe... I think I'll have some fun with Twilight and that nosy reporter, think I can trick that slut into thinking you won by posing as you?" He asks as he moves a hoof over his chest, making some makings underneath his armor glow and make him appear to look like me.

"Deverto pulvis et salutant mortuus." I say before I charge at him. He tries to swing his mace into me, but I dodge it and kick into his chest, denting the metal slightly. I grab hold of his leg and go to punch his face, only to get his mace in my gut. It doesn't dent, but I still feel the blow against me. I slam my hoof against the leg I'm holding and snap the bone instantly, making him scream out in pain. With his defenses down I go to work at beating him. I prop him up as I start to punch his face in. With every punch I give, I make his face bleed that much more. He finally uses both his back legs to kick me away. I stagger for a second before I look back to him. He's pulled out a duel potion. A vial that has two compartments. One has a blue potion while the other has a red potion. When he finishes the potion he looks back to me and charges me with his mace in both hooves. He's flying much faster than before, and his swings seem to have more power behind them. I fly backwards and dodge each attack with minimal effort, either shifting to the side or increasing my speed a bit. He spins around and tries to slam the mace into my side, but I stick my hoof out and catch it midflight. I hold it there for a moment as he tries to pull it out of my grasp until I twist the mace around, positioning me to his back. I drop the mace and quickly grab a hold of his head with both of my hooves, ready to snap his neck. "Any last words?"

"Heh... always had to be the better one..." I yank my hooves away, snapping his neck and killing him. I let go of him and watch as his body drops to the ground, an evil smile still held on his face as he falls to the ground below.

A/N: Shout out to NotATree for picking the power in the sword! Thanks for reading and like always Brony on!