Dark Phoenix had returned to the castle in which he was staying after helping several children get home. He had also fixed it as best as he could and in turn he was more fortified. Dark Phoenix wasn't an easy guy to get along with but he was known for his kindness. Several times he had rushed into fields of fire just to save some of his soldiers as each soldier in the U.S.E was part of his family and that family was literally uncountable because of the size of the U.S.E. He settled down against a wall and began to plan his next course of action using a holographic map from Nightmare who had taken the liberty to launch a ATURD ( Yes I know what it looks like stop laughing ) and have the surrounding area scanned. He moved across the map and pinpointed his location he then placed a waypoint and continued his search through the map until he came across a large gorge. It was like a scar in the earth and he quickly marked it as there was an anomaly there and he would check it out later. He finally decided a star map was needed and asked Nightmare to give him one which she gladly gave. He grabbed the light particals and threw them into the air causing the map to expand and show the nearest constilations. He looked at them closely before he gasped. "Nightmare give me the star chart of Earth and I mean now."

Nightmare appeared on the Tac-Gaunt with a questioning glance. "Why would you need those? They take up space and annoy me with them just sitting in my archives. Not to mention there is practically no use for them anymore."

Dark Phoenix became angry. "JUST DO IT!" He yelled causing some birds to fly away. With that the AI brought up the star chart and Phoenix almost cried out in joy at what he saw. They were the same. The stars, the positions, the sun, and the constilations. He let out a loud laugh as he realized where he was. He was home, he was on Earth, The birthplace of humanity.

"Well someone is happy." Said a bemused voice.

This caused Dark Phoenix to turn around and bring his CP-143 To bear on the target. Only to find a deformed creature with a smile on it's face that had a look of interest. "Who are you and what is your business here?" The Sky Commander said.

"Oh I was just out and about when I noticed the little light show from the roof. By the way I am Discord and I must say you were impressive in your last engagement with the Royal guards. Tell me how did you do it"?

Dark Phoenix had a habit of being able to read someone from their body language and voice. This one was of pure evil and there was one thing he hated more than an asshole. It was an asshole who had power and used it to manipulate others. "Thats classified by USIANAC section 13. In all honesty it may have been my training." He said as he kept the side arm on the creature.

"Oh I love secrets but that is not why I am here. I came to make you an offer and possibly a partnership." Discord said.

Dark Phoenix looked at the creature through his helmet and silently told Nightmare to mark him as a potential hostile. "I'll listen to your proposal but speak quickly I wish to be on the move."

Discord smiled. "I overheard you talking about this planet and I must ask what does it mean to you?"

Dark Phoenix couldn't help but smile at this. This creature had no idea what he was getting into. "This is humanities original home world it's birthplace and we had to leave it behind because of a disaster that involved a volcano at one of our national parks. It was known as Yellowstone and it had a water like volcano in the center. If that exploded it would cover the world in ash and poison the water supply making Earth uninhabitable. Well It went off on December 30th 2035 at 0658 hours. By then we had managed to pull off 3.7 billion humans as my country saw the coming disaster and built a fleet to run away from the death that would ensue. When it did explode we had long gone and unfortunately left a more than two thirds of the human race on it. We didn't have a choice and they died out. I had the star coordinates saved in the U.S.E Imperial archive for when we would be able to return to earth." Dark Phoenix explained.

Discord smiled. "I could give it to you if you helped me with something. Something that has been a thorn in my side for a long time."

Dark Phoenix grew tense as he knew what could be coming next. He never liked these moments and hated it even more when he was interupted while doing somehting important. "Tell me what it is you need help with and I might help you?"

Discord clapped his hands together. "I have a few alicorns who are currently keeping me from regaining my throne of Chaos and dispair. I saw how you dealt with the Royal guards and I was going to give you your home in exchange for your help in overthrowing the current rulers."

Dark Phoenix shook his head and growled. "If I helped you become ruler again then how would our home belong to us with out you interfering every five seconds? No I would much rather talk to these ponies and try to resolve this peacefully instead of instant open war. It's better to win without losing lives than to lose 400 just because of a stupid misunderstanding. There is also one other thing you should knwo about me." Dark Phoenix said.

Discord was shocked at him turning down the offer but still was curious about why. "What else should I know about you?"

Dark Phoenix slowly squeezed the trigger of his weapon. "I don't like Tyrants". A second later the sound of discharging energy was heard through out the forest.

"Fight for the weak."

"Fight for the Oppressed."

"Kill the oppressor."

"Let freedom reign."

Author's Notes:

Pardon my language but bad shit is going to happen in the next chapter enjoy this one.

ATURD: All Terrain Unmanned Recon Drone

USIANAC: United States Imperial Army, Navy, and Aero Space command

I want to say thank you to our troops for what they do for us everyday. God bless you and keep you safe. You are all my family and I am proud to have a mother who served.