I can't help but pace about the conference hall as delegates from the royal family discuss the attack. Why would they want to take Luna? What could she have possibly done to instigate an abduction? I want to go after her, but I have a responsibility to my kingdom as well...

"... so we should march to the griffin colonies and bring justice to them for this heinous crime," Blueblood says to everypony else, getting a few nods from the others.

"We don't know if they are the ones responsible for this," retorts Cadence. "All we do know is that they are armed with griffin weapons and have a pact with the diamond dogs. We can't just jump to conclusions..."

"One of the royal pony sisters is missing and you want to wait?" says Diamond Heart, an older stallion with an all white coat, light red hair and a cutie mark of a blood diamond. "Now is the time for action, though not the kind Blueblood wishes for."

"And what would you suggest?" Shining asks.

"A summit meeting."

"There hasn't been a summit meeting in over four hundred years, Diamond. Nopony would show..." one of the other family members starts, but stops when Diamond raises a hoof to them.

"They would, and they shall. What say you, Celestia?" I stop and glance back to everypony before I continue to march about the room.

"If a summit were to be called, it would take a week to get everypony there. Right now our priority should be getting Luna back."

"Yes, and it shall, but what about..."

KNOCK… KNOCK… KNOCK

A guard walks in and is stopped by Shining. They share a few quiet words before Shining walks over to me with a concerned look.

"There's a dog out front waving a white flag... demanding to speak to Celestia about their demands to get Luna back." The room falls silent as everypony stares at me, waiting to see how I will react. I take a second to think clearly before I straighten out and walk to the guard.

"Please take me to this dog."

"Right away Princess." I follow the guard out of the conference hall and head towards the palace gardens. I'm trying to keep a clear, level head, but I can already sense my emotions running through my mind. I don't know what I would do if I were to lose Luna, but I have a feeling it would involve the sun and a lot of dogs. We make it to the exit to the gardens where I see the dog. He looks like any other dog, only this one knows where my sister is. I walk out to him and come to a stop with a few feet between us.

"Where is my sister?"

"Pony doesn't ask questions! Pony listens!" The dog yells as he points a finger at me. I keep an even look about myself as I wait for him to continue. "Blue pony will die in one week’s time unless you bring us something."

"And what would that be?" I ask, getting a growl in response.

"The human."

"Miles? What does Miles have to do with this?"

"Pony doesn't listen! Ask another question and we send you a wing!" I look away and bite my lip as I fight the urge to tear this dog apart. I take a second to compose myself before returning my gaze to him.

"Continue."

"We want the human. Bring him here within two days or we start cutting parts off. Do not make dogs wait." With that said, the ground beneath him crumbles as two other dogs grab him and retreat underground.

"Stop!" I yell to my guards as they start to chase after them. "Let them go, I need to go to Ponyville this instant." They both salute to me before I teleport over to Miles’s home. I peer inside to see the dark interior, no sign of Miles...

"BARK BARK BARK!" I jump as I see the wolf sitting next to me, wagging its tail. It stares at me for a second before running off into the house... why he has a wolf, I'll never understand. I walk in and head up the stairs, heading straight to Miles's bedroom.

"Miles... are you home?" I ask as I walk into his room, only to find it unoccupied. Where’s that human... Twilight! I teleport to her front door and knock on it firmly. After what feels like an eternity I knock again.

"I hear ya, I hear ya," Spike calls out as the lights turn on. "It’s the middle of the - CELESTIA! Oh my gosh.. I'm sorry. I didn't know it was you," he says as he bows before me.

"Spike, I must speak with Miles immediately, where is he?"

"Uh... well. You see... the thing is..."

"Spike, please. Luna's life is at stake and I must speak with Miles. Where is he."

"Luna... he and the others went to Topaz Falls..." Before he could finish I turn around and take off into the air. Of course he went there. Of all of the places he could go, he had to go there. If I'm going in after him though, I'm going to need that, thing, I had last time…

"SSTTTOOOOOOOOORRRMMM!" I yell as a bot fires its weapon at Storm's back, making him drop from the sky and slam into the ground. I teleport over to him and immediately begin to dig through my bags to get to my medical supplies, ignoring my own fatigue. He's bleeding from his left foreleg and the end of his right wing, with several small dents on his armor.

"Twilight! We need to get somewhere safe!" Rainbow says as everypony runs over to me to give some cover.

"I know, just let me give Storm a healing potion and we'll go."

"Twilight, I can manage. Just help me up and let's get out of here," Storm says as he begins to get up.

"But..."

"Twilight, help me out here," Storm says as he staggers to his hooves, keeping off of his left leg. I walk to his side and let him lean on me for support. "Alright, let’s get inside before more show up... there should be good," he says as he motions to a nearby building. Everypony else runs through the doors of the long grey building as I help Storm inside. I glance back to Easy to see him tear off the arm of one bot and use it to stab another bot. The inside of the building is mostly empty. There's a stage at one end, a set of stairs to the right and some doors by the stage, but other than that the room is empty.

"Let's head upstairs," Applejack says as she leads the others up.

"Are you going to be able to do the stairs?" I ask Storm.

"Yeah... as long as you help me, I can do anything," he says with a smile. I return the smile as we head to the stairs and begin to go up them slowly. Along the way I pull out a healing potion and have Storm drink it, stopping the bleeding. We make it upstairs to find a long hallway, with eight red doors spaced evenly throughout. We see the first door on the right open, so we head towards it and look inside. My jaw drops as we walk into the room. In the center is a large round bed that has red blankets and pillows. All of the furniture seems to be heart-shaped, and the ceiling is made of mirrors. Everypony seems to have a slight blush on their face as they look around the room, looking through all of the drawers and closets. I can feel myself begin to blush as I step away from Storm, making him fall to the ground from the loss of sudden support.

"Oh, sorry Storm," I say as I help him back up.

"Jeez, what was that for?"

"Uh... I'll tell you about it later. Just... sit on the bed and let me take a look at your wounds." He gives me an odd look before complying. He takes a seat on the bed and holds his hoof out for me to inspect it.

"How bad is it?" Fluttershy asks as she walks up beside me.

"Well, the wound itself isn't that bad. There’s probably a fracture, but other than that he'll be fine. Now let me look at your wing." He turns to his side and lies on the bed, letting his wing hang off the side. There's a large red and black wound at the joint in his wing, probably the reason why he can't raise it. There seems to be a large chunk of flesh burned off in the center of his wing, bleeding slightly. I have to look away from it before I lose it. I hate seeing him injured, especially like this.

"Can you raise your wing at all?" Fluttershy asks as she grabs his wing and starts to inspect it.

"Let me see." I can see the base of his wing lift up, but the rest stays limp. "How was that?"

"Uh... good... um, Twilight, can I have a word with you?" Fluttershy says as she takes a walks to the other side of the room. I follow her and wait as she tries to find the right words.

"It's that bad."

"Yeah… there's a lot of nerve damage and... unless we can get him healed properly soon... he may never be able to use it again." I take a deep breath as I take in the news. Losing a wing for a pegasus is like a unicorn losing their horn... we have to find a way to heal him.

"How long until it's too late to fix it?"

"I don't know... an hour or two if we can put it on ice..."

"And Miles has the ice... Miles... if we can get him here he can heal him properly."

"I'll get the others and have a look around to try and find a way to signal him, why don't you stay here and try to comfort him?" I nod to her and wait for everypony to leave the room. I don't know what to say to him, how do you tell somepony that they may lose a limb?

"Where is everypony going?" Storm asks as he watches them leave.

"They're going to try and find a way to signal Miles to get over here."

"Shouldn't we go with them then?"

"No... Storm... I-I have some bad news..."

"Its about my wing, isn't it?" he asks slowly, putting on a serious face.

"Y-yeah. There's a chance that you might not be able to use it again if we don't fix it soon... I'm so sorry," I say as I walk up to him and nuzzle his cheek.

"*inhale, exhale* It's alright. It's going to be OK. Miles will get here and fix me up like he always does. We... we just need to find a way to get him here."

"Is there anything I can do to help?" I ask. He looks over to me and gives me a quick kiss on the cheek.

"You're here, that's all I need." I give him a smile before I climb on the bed and lay next to him, holding tightly onto him.

"Storm... just in case you do lose your wing... I just want you to know..."

"Twilight..."

"I'll stay with you. I'll always be by your side, no matter what," I say as I bury my face in his chest, trying my best to hold back my tears.

"Thank you Twilight, that means a lot to me." I look up to him and stare into his blue eyes before he leans forward and kisses me. Our kiss ends shortly though, when the sound of music fills the room.

"AH! WHAT IS THAT!?" I yell to Storm as the music gets louder and louder.

CRASH

"WHAT WAS THAT!?" Storm yells as I leave the room and run down stairs to see what happened. I make it to the bottom of the stairs and see a massive hole in the ceiling on the other side of the room. Miles is standing underneath the hole with his sword drawn and staring up at the hole.

As I run out the front doors to the P.C.H. I look around for the source of the music. There's only two places with speakers loud enough for me to hear them this well... Pars Spelunca is the closest, so I'll head there first. I light my heels and start to sprint down the main road. I hear a rumble behind me and glance back to see two Aquilas flying towards the same destination. I launch myself into the air and kick down at the one on the left, sending a beam of soul fire at it and causing it to explode. The other one banks to the left and jets around, trying to get behind me, so I shoot myself down at the building below me, crashing through two walls before I come to a stop.

"Miles! You found us!" Pinkie Pie yells from behind a DJ's booth. I draw my sword and look up to see the Aquila fly over and hovering just out of view. Here they come. Six legion bots drop from the hole in the ceiling and rank up in front of me. These bots are all black standard military bots, with blades for left arms and shields for right. The shields are all black and diamond shaped, being the general width and height of a bot. I charge forward as I flare my magic into my sword, bringing out the first enchantment and setting my sword on fire. The bots charge forward together and try to stab at me, but I slide to my knees and swing my sword at their shields, cutting into the one in front of me.

pat pat pat pat pat pat

bzzt bzzt bzzt bzzt bzzt

Bullets hit the bot on my left as purple beams hit the one on my right. All three stagger back from these hits, allowing me to stand and bring up my second enchantment on my sword. An archaic circle springs up from the guard of my sword, going out about half a meter and shining bright white as the text goes slowly around. I charge again, holding my sword high behind me as I run towards the bot in front of me. The bots split up and come at me from all sides as they try to stab and cut into me, but my enchantment kicks into effect as I swing my sword at the one before me, sending a massive wave of red energy at it, making it turn to fire and burn out of existence. I swing my sword around in time to catch one of the bot's blades. The bot swings around and slams its shield into my side, sending me sliding to the ground. I roll over as two blades stab at the spot I was in prior.

VVVRRRRUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

A line of red bolts appears, hitting the bots and forcing them to hide behind their shields. I look back to see Celestia running into the building, firing her chain gun at full speed. What the fuck is she doing here? I stand up and ready myself as she stops besides me, continuously firing.

"Miles, you and I need to talk."

"Will do, but first let’s take care of these bots," I say as I swing my sword at the closest bot, sending a blue wave of energy that turns it to pure ice.

"Attack pattern delta!" yells one of the bots as they run together and start to charge at us. As Celestia fires her gun, she charges her horn and sends a golden beam at the ground before them, making a small explosion that breaks their ranks. I take this opening to lunge at the rightmost bot, stabbing into the chest and turning it to pure stone. I swing a hand towards the other bots and send bits and chunks at the others, making them stagger to the side and reveal themselves to Celestia’s, Rarity's and Twilight's fire. Celestia's archaic bolts pepper the bot as the bullets from my rifle slam into the chest of the bot closest to me.

Once the last bot drops to the ground, a massive thud makes me spin around to see the Aquila landing in the opening. Long, thick, black cables stretch out from the four points, acting as mock legs for the machine. As I begin to raise my sword the forwardmost cable flies out and wraps around me, as the machine begins to climb back out of the hole. Before I know it, we're in the air and climbing higher and higher at an angle. I swing my sword around and send a clear blast of energy at the machine, making it turn to pure air. As I spin around to fall back down, I can see the tracer fire from hundreds of bots firing up at me from below. I kick at the air to send myself down and avoid the incoming bolts. I can see that I'm heading straight for the P.C.H. Well, back to square one I guess.

"SHIT... FUCK... DAMMIT... ASSHOLE..." I yell as I break through floor after floor. I finally come to a stop atop a massive pile of rubble in a dark room. I stagger back to my feet and try to look around, but there's only one light in the room... and it's shining down on my Elements. I walk down the pile of rubble and approach the pedestal in total confusion. These are my Elements... well, the Elements of Harmony at least. The others don't seem to be here. I stop next to the pedestal and stare at the six white stone orbs in awe. I can't believe it... my greatest creations sitting here in front of me. But... if these are here... then what are the other ones back in Equestria? I reach out slowly with my left hand and grab the closest orb, feeling the smooth surface under my fingers. I wonder... I flare my hand and receive a massive shock up my arm. I try to let go of the orb, but I can't for some reason... it won't let me. Suddenly arcs of electricity shoot from orb to orb as they start to levitate over to my left arm.

FINALLY... OUR POWER RETURNS

INCOMPLETE, BUT SUFFICIENT

I close my eyes and look away as the orbs shine bright white. When the light goes away I look back to see that the orbs have changed... and attached themselves to me. Six gems, green, red, purple, blue, yellow and pink, rest on my forearm. They fit perfectly around my arm, giving me plenty of room to move my wrist and arm, and shine lightly. I try to pull one off, but they seem to be fused to my skin. I twist my arm around as I stare at the gems. So this is how they were supposed to be used... interesting.

"Miles!" I turn around to see Celestia flying down to me. She seems really upset over something, I'm sure I'm going to hear about it right now.

"Right... you wanted to talk." I seriously hope she doesn't hang me for what happened between me and Luna.

"I need you to come with me right now. Somepony ponynapped Luna."

BRING ME TO THEM.

BRING ME TO THEM.

Shout out to Nightmare for picking the song, Survive by Rise Against. Brony on!