After a good night's sleep, Snake Eyes woke up to the rising sun. He was warming up to some more sparring, but the Elder went inside, motioning Snake Eyes to stop. Snake Eyes stood up, wondering why he had to stop.

"You are ready. Today is the day. Lets go." the Elder said, smiling.

The two eagerly started to hike through miles and miles of dunes. They soon arrived at the road of the city. Cracking his neck, Snake Eyes was obviously not known by anypony, for he is known to have his dark cloak. Speaking of the cloak, where was it? wondered Snake Eyes. Wherever it may be, it won't help him in combat; the elder said it would weigh him down and block his own punches.

Snake Eyes started his search in the Inn, where it all began. He barged in, no different than he did a month and a week ago. Everypony fell silent and stared at Snake Eyes, again, but, this time his fear was replaced with confidence. Snake Eyes scanned the room, searching for the blue mare, who was nowhere to be seen in the Inn. But what he did see was a sweating and trembling Ginger Gold, who was waiting to bolt out of the inn as soon as Snake Eyes moved.

Let me reassure that Snake Eyes is not stupid, just a little Anti-Social. So, when he saw Ginger Gold trembling and not in a jail cell for harboring an illegal, he knew that that entire night was a setup. But, like the elder said, the past doesn't matter, its the future. Snake Eyes approached Ginger and whispered into her ear,

"Where is Zofia?"

Ginger Gold, inside, really and truly, was on Snake Eyes' side, so she did not hesitate to tell him that she was in town hall.

Snake Eyes left the Inn, leaving the entire inn shocked just as he did the night so long ago.

Snake Eyes knocked on the town hall door, and wasn't surprised to see the blue mare answer the door, but I cannot say the same about Zofia. Zofia nearly screamed, but, after a moment she regained her confidence, and stepped outside.

"Back for more, are ya? Good. Maybe I didn't get my point across." grinned Zofia, her gold badge shining off the sunlight.

Snake Eyes chuckled.

"I know what I am doing here, but I don't think you remember what you are doing here."

"And what would that be, hmm?" Zofia spat.

"Well, Lieutenant, your job is to protect this humble town, not take it over." Snake Eyes replied.

Zofia looked around, thinking about what Snake Eyes just said.

"Maybe you are right," Zofia continued with a smirk, "are you attacking my city?"

Snake Eyes, taken aback, did not know what to say. His initial reaction was to say no and walk away, but he could not do that here.

"Yes. Maybe I am. But I mean no harm to any of the civilians. I just want that badge. So, we can avoid trouble if you simply give it here." Snake Eyes knew she wouldn't give it up that easily, but he had to take risks.

"Over my dead body." Zofia drew her dagger.

Snake Eyes stepped back and grinned. He lifted the dagger and threw it across the field.

"No weapons. We settle this evenly." Snake Eyes raised his hooves.

Zofia grinned and struck first, attempting to hit Snake Eyes in the gut. He used a simple blocking tactic to deflect it, and Zofia was utterly surprised that he knew military techniques. Snake Eyes just stood in his defensive position, for he knew it was not okay to hit a girl under any circumstances. He will just wear her out until he can simply take the badge, yeah, that sounds good.

Zofia flipped backward, completely surprising Snake Eyes, and hit him square in the jaw. Knocked back Snake Eyes quickly recovered and shook his head a bit. Zofia smiled and sent a flurry of punches toward Snake Eyes' own arms. She knew this won't hurt Snake Eyes, but she was aware of his strategy, and just went with it. Snake Eyes was stupid to think that fighting would wear out a Lieutenant of Celesta's royal army.

Snake Eyes was already feeling worn out himself. But, he cannot show this to his enemy. Father told him to never show your enemy any emotions except courage. But, Snake Eyes knew that he could not win this fight sitting and blocking only. So. he fell back a few feet, and readied an attacking formation.

Zofia saw this formation, and tried to counter it with her defensive position, but was too late. A punch hit her square in the gut. But Zofia couldn't back down to a civilian. She was a soldier, a warrior, a spartan!! She immediately sent a quick uppercut up.

Snake Eyes fell back about six feet. He saw some butterflies and was stunned out. He tried to get up, but couldn't. Zofia approached him with the dagger in hoof, and Snake Eyes knew that this soldier is going to finish the job.

"Any last words?" She asked with the dagger to his throat.

"Yes... give me a moment..." Snake Eyes said.

A minute passed.

Zofia, felling irritated, started counting down from thirty,

Snake Eyes, instead of coming up with some witty thing to say, decided to kick up. But, he was beaten and tired.. So, maybe he needs to use magic???

'Okay, here goes' thought Snake Eyes.

He levitated the dagger out of Zofia's reach at the last second, and threw it a few feet behind him. Then, with Zofia distracted, he grabbed the badge on the jacket, and hit her on the head with the pommel of the dagger.

Snake Eyes got up and stepped back, with Zofia stunned, she shook her head and got up, but she knew she was beaten. She was just waiting for the dagger to plunge into her chest. but it never came.

It came straight down onto the sand and rested there.

Snake Eyes saw a black blur in front of him, to see the Elder and Ginger Gold smiling outside the inn. Seeing the cloak to his right, he picked it up and put it on, now with the badge pinned to it.

Zofia stood up and had a face of pure disbelief. The face immediately turned to sorrow, and she kicked the dagger off the ground toward Snake Eyes, the new Sheriff of Appleloosa.

Snake Eyes went up to his room, now located in Appleloosa town hall, wrote a letter, sealed it up, and sat in bed. Looking at the desk again, he noticed a mirror showing a reflection on what this Unicorn had been through, along with a Shiny Gold Star on his flank. Snake Eyes smiled and fell asleep.