*POV 1st Person Vuur Koning*

I was walking through the corridors of the Jörmungandr with Boris, we were looking for Sunny and Sandstorm, as the ship getting ready to leave, we were going to leave during night time and fly towards earth whilst everyone slept, the Thestrals would take care of running the ship. After we’d searched the whole of the ship we moved to the top deck and when we reached the back of the ship we stopped and smiled softly.

Huddled together against the railing, fast asleep, were Sunny, Sandstorm and Polaris; a dark blue Pegasus filly the same age as Sunny, with black mane and tail that were filled with white dots like the night sky. Just like Sunny, we had also rescued her from the Rainbow Factory, but she had been one of the ones that merely mingled with the crew, sort of being looked after every one in a sense. The three of them had developed quite a strong bond, rivalling the Cutie Mark Crusades back in the day. My heart melted at the sight of the three of them, with the sun setting behind them.

“I feel bad having to vake them up” Boris said.

“Come on” I said, looking at Boris “we’ll put them in my quarters, myself and Autumn will be staying up anyway” I walked over to the three fillies and picked up Sunny and Polaris, the both of them stirred slightly, before settling back down in my arms. Boris picked up Sandstorm and I teleported us all into my quarters, I placed Sunny and Polaris on my bed and Sunny stirred.

“Mmh…Dad?” she asked, opening an eye sleepily as Boris placed Sandstorm down next to them

“Shh” I said, tucking her and the other two in “Me and Autumn will be up all night until we reach my home planet, if either of the other two wake up, tell them you’re all okay to sleep in this bed for the night. Now go to sleep, I’ll wake you three when we get to Earth” she nodded sleepily before snuggling against the other two and closing her eyes. Both myself and Boris left the room, leaving a light on.

“Those three vill become very close friends” Boris said as we walked through the empty hallways of the ship.

“They already are” I said, he gave me a pointed look and I soon got the message “Well, time will tell if they get that close”

“And if they do?” he asked “all three of them, together?”

“It’s common in Equestria” I said “so who are we to stop it, besides, we don’t know if they will become that close or even think of each other that way”

I’ll see you in zee morning, Vuur” Boris said, giving me a two fingered salute before walking down a different corridor to me.

*several hours later* I was in the social room with Minion, Vapaa, Natrix, Vinyl, Autumn and Orca. Unfortunately, Minion and myself had gotten into a bit of a light-hearted argument with Vapaa and Natrix about our national motorsports.

“I’m telling you” I said “F1 is better than Nascar”

“No, it isn’t” Vapaa said.

“Yes it is” Minion said “if you compare them to instruments, F1 is a B.C. Rich warlock, whilst Nascar is hitting a saucepan with a wooden spoon; in F1 you need more skill and you have to stay alert constantly, if you lose concentration even once, you’ll end up like Senna. With Nascar all you do is keep your foot bolted to the Accelerator and turn left”

“At least Nascar is actually entertaining and you know what’s happening” Natrix said “F1 is boring, you’ll be sat at the stand and the cars go past, a few minutes later the cars go past and the positions have changed

“But F1 is a Global sport” I said, Vapaa went to say something, but Blazewing’s voice came through on the intercom.

“Vuur Koning” he said “We’ve reached Earth”

We quicky ran to the top deck just in time to see the sun rise from behind the planet.

“Finally” I said, leaning against the railing “we’re home, 4 long years, but we’ve finally made it” Minion, Vapaa and Natrix all nodded their agreements. Autumn rested her forelegs on the railing and I pulled her close

“You have no idea how long I’ve been wanting you to meet my parents” I whispered into her ears, she looked up at me in worry.

“Do you think they’ll like me?” she asked “I know we’ve talked to them before, but actually meeting them?”

“You’ve faced countless dangers and monsters and the one thing that scares you is meeting my parents?” I asked, raising an eyebrow and giving her a look. She ruffled her wings before burying her head in my side.

“Stop it” she whined “you were exactly the same meeting my parents when we told them we were together”

“It’s not our parents I’m worried about” Minion spoke up, a troubled look on his face

“Then what are you worried about?” Natrix asked.

“Let’s just say that if I’ve been jumped purely because I glanced at someone funny” Minion said “then how do you think the teens of the town will react to not only a couple of Americans, but also a ship load of Aliens”

“I have an answer to that” Vapaa said “and it involves a 12-gauge to the face of anyone that threatens us or our families”

“Buckin’ aye to that!” Vinyl agreed “Besides, I can hold myself in a fight just fine, and humans don’t have magic” she flashed her horn for emphasis.

“Fair enough” I said “Let’s go wake the kids” I then opened up the comlink to the bridge “Send us down”

I was in the dining hall with the kids, eating some breakfast.

“Now remember what I said,” I told Sunny, Polaris and Sandstorm “People aren’t as friendly as on your planets, so don’t go greeting everyone you see, and try to ignore their stares”

“But why can’t everypony just be nice?” Polaris asked.

“You’ll understand when you’re older” I said, I heard a blip on my bracelet and I activated it “Go ahead”

“We’ve got a bit of a problem with the local military” Blazewing said, sighed and rubbed my eyes.

“I’ll be right up” I said, I turned to Autumn “Think you can keep an eye on the kids for a few minutes?” she nodded and I teleported up to the bridge. I looked outside the window to see us being flanked by multiple chinooks; all of them were dwarfed by the sheer size of our ship. I saw Frostfang snort frost at one of the large helicopters.

“Extra-terrestrial vessel, please state your name and intent” I voice said over the radio, I walked over to the communications desk and set it to the loudspeakers.

“This is High-Lord General Vuur Koning of the Terran Union Army, this is the Jörmungandr and the reason for me coming here is so I can see my family again after being stuck on an alien world for 4 years” I said “I’ve already been in talks with your government and I’ve got the clearance code to prove it; 77346981” after a few moments of tense silence the voice responded.

“Clearance code accepted” he said “An escort will be provided, welcome home” I turned towards Blazewing.

“Direct us towards Scunthorpe” I said “I’ve got a family waiting for me”

A few hours later my home town came into view, its steelworks stuck out like a sore thumb amongst the trees and 1930s houses.

“Scunthorpe” Minion said “You’ll never find a more retched hive of scum and villainy outside of Mos Eisley, we must take care” soon the massive ship stopped above the central district of the Conurbation, I gathered up our families and we headed down in a group of drop ships.

“Here goes nothing” Vinyl said.

“Let’s hope it doesn’t too badly” Autumn said, currently in her Pegasi form.

“As long as law enforcements are around, it shouldn’t be too bad” I said. Our Dropship touched down with a judder and the rear door opened up to reveal a sea of people and news crews being held back by police. Autumn did a double take at the way they were dressed.

“No armour?” She asked, glancing at her own set of armour.

“Considering how our weapons advanced from mere bow and arrow to modern day bullets, metal armour became impractical,” I said as we walked town

“They look odd” she said.

“Hush now” I said as we walked up to the current Prime Minister, I didn’t know his name and to be perfectly honest I didn’t care, a politician is a politician as far as I’m concerned.

“Welcome to Earth” He said.

“It’s good to be back” I said, making him blink in surprise “I am High-Lord General Vuur Koning, though I have the Earth name of Luke Washington. I represent the small percentage of Humans on Terra and this here is Autumn Skies; representing the Pegasi of Terra. Perhaps in a few day’s time we can hold a press conference. You see, I’ve been on an alien planet for close to four years and I’ve got a family waiting for me, so I’d like some time to catch up with my family, The rest of the representative are free to answer the public’s questions for now”

“Very well then” he said “I trust you can make your own way there” I nodded and my family along with Minion’s walked to the edge of the town square. The crowd parted and we were immediately swarmed by news crews who began to bombard us with questions, after a few seconds I shape shifted into my Neu-Toa form, causing everyone to go deathly silent.

“Now that I have your attention, I’ll say this only once.” I said, addressing a BBC news crew “There will be a press conference in a few day’s time. until then, Myself and my brother are going to be catching up with our parents who we haven’t seen for 4 years, and if any of you bother us during that time, I am with in full rights to get you prosecuted for harassment not only as the leader of an Army, but as a soon-to-be member of Equestrian Royalty, that is all” We then continued walking through the devid in the crowd until we came to a road where a couple of Kikanalo class APVs were parked.

“If you’re going home” Hot Shot said as one of his side doors opened “we’re taking you in style”

We soon reached my parents’ house and found my parents and step-sister waiting, I stepped out and immediately pulled the three of them into a hug, soon after I felt the four of us get lifted up as Minion put his arms around us before putting us back down.

“I’ve missed you so much” I said, stepping back, Autumn, Vinyl and the kids walked over and the rest of my family looked at them wide eyed “Think we can take this inside? We’ve had quite the adventure since we last talked”

Some time, and many cups of tea later, we had finished retelling our story to my parents and step-sister.

“So, are you sure it’s fine for Thel to stay?” Garnet asked.

“Oh sure, don’t worry” My mum said “she’ll be fine with us”

“Thank you” I said, before turning to Garnet “what I want to know is will you stay here or fight with us”

“I’d feel better if I was here with Thel” He said “In time if the war persists, maybe then I’ll join you, but for now I’ll be here, protecting my family, and this town”

“And I won’t hold it against you” I said.

“So what happens to us?” My mum asked, “You said it yourself, this Fantasia is your true mother”

“She may be my mother,” I said “but you raised me, you are my mum, nothing will change that. And just think, you’ll be related to royalty soon” My parents and step-sister did a spit take

*POV 3rd person*

Discord was going through a stroll in the streets of Vuur Koning’s home town.

‘All this ambient chaotic magic has given me  a huge boost in power’ the Draconequiis thought to himself as he stepped off the pavement and into the path of a car, which managed to stop in time and then began to honk at Discord.

“Hey, freak!” the driver shouted, giving an obscene gesture towards Discord. “Get out of the bloody road!”

“I think he wants to communicate” he said, before pulling out a horn with the words ‘squeeze me gently’ painted on the side of the squeaker. Discord aimed the horn at the car and squeezed it ever-so-slightly, the horn expanded into a massive brass mouth and let out a massive ‘AROOOGA!’ which shattered all the windows on the car. Discord blew the nozzle of the horn before brushing some glass of his shoulder and continuing on his way across the road, leaving a dazed driver to continue on his way. As he got to the other side a group of teens in hoodies began to surround him.

“Hey, mate!” one called, stepping out of an alleyway and blocking his path “ya got the time, mate?”

“Heh, you think we can take him?” one of the chavs whispered to another.

“As a matter of fact I do” Discord said, sliding up to the chav and putting an arm on his shoulder before pulling out an alarm clock “Look at that! It is exactly two seconds before I honk your nose and pull your underwear over your head” the chav looked at him in confusion before Discord tossed the clock away, squeezed the chav’s nose with an audible honk and pulled his underpants out from his trousers and pulled them tight over his head before shoving him into the other chavs.

“Come and get me” Discord said, before disappearing down the alley way. The chavs immediately pursued after Discord and screeched to a halt when they were confronted by the sight of Discord stood behind a fairground stand, dressed in 1920s era American Funfair clothes.

“Step right up here, don’t be shy” He said, bashing a cane against the stand. He then pointed the cane at the chavs “Nobody likes a bashful chav” the chavs began to chuckle.

“MOVE IT!” Discord barked, as the chavs began to approach he pulled a long, red balloon out of the right pocket of his jacket and blew it up before gesturing to a chav stood to the left of the group, holding a baseball bat. “For my first trick, I’d like to do something for you, son” He then began to twist and kink it before tying it into a shape.

“We have a giraffe” He announced before handing it down to the chav “now get out of here you boggle me” he then pulled a floppy, clear balloon like object out of a pocket. “Sorry, wrong pocket.” He chucked it behind him as the chavs chuckled. He pulled out a pink balloon and pointed to the leader of the chavs.

“For you…” he said, then began to twist it into a complex shape “…a French poodle” just as the leader reached out to grab it Discord jabbed his claw into it, bursting it “sorry son, the dog was rabid had to put it down” he then pulled out multiple, black balloons.

“Last but not least, my favourite…” he said, pulling several, complex twists and ties in the balloons and tying them together to form a multi barrel gun. He held it at his side and it shape shifted into a real Gatling gun “…a minigun!” the chavs’ eyes widened and they began to run for it as Discord opened fire whilst cackling maniacally.

Teridax transformed from his jet form and landed on the roof of a tower block, where Icarax was stood, waiting.

“I told you to stay hidden!” He chastised Icarax, before knocking the lesser Makuta on his back “We were going to strike at the neu-Toa when they were least expecting it, but you go parading about through the skys like a gukko bird!”

“Why all this hiding?” Icarax asked, standing up “We could be ruling this world like gods! But instead you cower in the shadows” Teridax went to strike at Icarax, but stopped.

“You’re lucky I still have use for you” He said, standing with one foot partly over the edge of the building “Look at the humans, scurrying about without giving a second thought as to what’s really out there, they disgust me. Summon our assets; we strike at London City tonight!”

“What of the Neu-Toa?” Icarax asked. Teridax smirked before glancing at Icarax out of the corner of his eye.

“Find The Shadowed One, tell him to unleash the Hordika Dragons” He said “Give them something to hunt” Icarax smirked, jumped off the building and transformed into his helicopter form before flying away.

*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

“My family is going to get really complicated” I said to my parents “Not only am I the brother of two ruling princesses, I’m also the uncle of another princess, even though she’s older than me. Then there’s my in-laws including one of the most powerful magicians in the history of Terra. I’m beginning to lose count of how many families I’m a part of”

“You humans have such complicated family structures” Autumn said, before turning to my parents “back in Equestria, as soon as you announce to your lovers parents that you’re together then you’re practically family, so my parents considered Vuur Koning their son.

“What about your parent’s, Vinyl?” My mum asked, an awkward silence passed over us and Vinyl looked like she was ready to flip her lid. She took a couple of deep breaths before speaking.

“I don’t speak to them much anymore” she said “they’re typical upper class ponies and I walked out of their house when I was 12 after they said that lower class ponies never achieve anything in life. I started living on the streets and crawled my way up the social ladder of Trottingham, and then the rest of Equestria. So far, so good” My bracelet went off with a beep and I activated it, bringing up a Hologram of Vapaa hidden behind a small wall, with a pistol held in one hand.

“You better get your ass down here!” He said “We’ve got a pack of Hordika dragons trying to massacre civilians in the town center” I shut the bracelet off and bolted out of the door before transforming into my Alicorn form and launching into the sky, cracking the pavement below me as I broke the sound barrier mere milliseconds after taking off. I soon reached the town center and aimed for one of the Hordika Dragons, which was prowling towards a kid that was up against the wall. As I dived towards it I transformed into my Neu-Toa form and impacted the ground before yanking the Hordika dragon away, its went flaing across the streets and I stood protectively in front of the kid.

“Stick behind me, Kid” I said as my mouth guard slid into place and knuckle spikes slid over my hands “this is about to get messy” the Hordika Dragon righted itself before electricity crackled along its claws and it roared before charging.

“Die, Toa waikura” It said, before jumping and kicking me in the chest, sending us both flying past the human child.

“Run for it, kid!” I shouted, before punching the Hordika Dragon in the jaw and knocking a few of its teeth out, it retaliated by striking me with its tail and launching me across the pavement and through a brick wall. I ran through the wall and grabbed the Hordika Dragon by the tail and launched it through a shop front. It jumped back out and pinned me before slamming my head into the ground. I kicked the Hordika in the jaw, sending it onto twisting onto its front, I grabbed one of its arm and twisted it until a resound CRACK rang out, the Hordika Dragon roared in pain and I stomped in its arm, breaking it even further. I then went around its back before grabbing all four of its arms before kicking it in the back, ripping them out of their sockets. As its body impacted the ground I could hear its internal electronics and machinery shut down. The other 7 Hordika dragons landed on the pavement behind me, cracking it. I drew my swords and pointed them at the Dragons

“I might not like Scunthorpe much” I said  “but unless you get the fuck out of my home town, I will kill each and every one of you before you even have the fucking chance to regret it”

“Haere mai i runga I, Toa” one said, before the rest of them chuckled.

“Bring it” I said. As I went to charge Minion, Vinyl and Autumn landed next to me. The Hordika Dragons growled before backing away and finally running. People began to approach and I walked over to the kid whilst putting my swords away.

“Hey, kid” I said “You alright?” He nodded, only for a middle aged woman, presumably his mother, to snatch him away.

“Stay away from him!” she exclaimed.

“I saved your kid’s life” I said, the people started to object.

“They’re dangerous, they shouldn’t be here” one person shouted, and everyone began to agree.

“We’re just trying to help” Autumn said, turning into her Pegasus form.

“Your just a freak!” A voice shouted, and a rock hit Autumn in the cheek, leaving a large cut that began to bleed, I stepped forward whilst engulfing myself in flames and the protests went silent.

“You Humans are all the same” I said “you have no problems with us when we’re saving your lives, then the moment the danger’s passed you try to run us out of town. I guarantee something will happen and then you will be begging us to save you. Well fuck you; you can go save yourselves for once” I then transformed into my Protoform-Alicorn form and roared before taking off, cracking the pavement below me.

*Some time later*

I was lying on the roof of an abandoned building in my Alicorn form, overlooking the steelworks, If the Humans were going to be like that to us they I didn’t want to be a part of their species. I heard wings flapping and looked over to see Luna flying towards me.

“Hey, sister” I said, before sighing and resting my head on my forelegs.

“What is troubling you so?” she asked.

“Bloody humans” I said “they accept our help without a second thought, then the moment we aren’t needed they reject us like rubbish”

“But aren’t you human?” Luna asked, I shot her a glare.

“You aren’t helping” I said “I don’t want to be a part of a species as hateful as this one”

“And what of your parents?” she asked.

“I never said I’d stop talking to them or disown them” I said “I just would rather be seen as an Alicorn. I don’t want to be part of a species that is so quick to forget those that help it”

“Either way” She said “you are needed, we are going to track down the remaining Hordika Dragons and we predict they are headed towards your nation’s capital”

“Why should I care?” I asked, rolling my eyes “they don’t want our help, so why should we give it. I want to make a point; that we do what we do for a reason”

“Vuur Koning!” she said “I am ashamed of you, you are usually the first one out there chasing after them” she then got in my face so both our foreheads were touching. “Drop the stroppy attitude, and as you Humans like to say; Grow a fucking pair!” she might not have raised her voice, but by god, she could be fucking scary when she needed to be.

“Fine” I said, Jumping off the building and spreading my wings before hovering in front of Luna “I’m doing this for my family, no one else”

I walked into the war room on the Jörmungandr in my Neu-Toa form, Some Human soldier were there, looking around at the Skakdi, Griffins and other fighting species with unease.

“They won’t attack you, just don’t piss them off” I said. “Where are the Hordika Dragons right now?” Jörmungandr’s A.I. activated a holographic map over the planning table, which zoomed in on one of motorways and switched to a video feed, showing the Dragons running down the motorway, causing utter havoc as they went.

“These are live images from a helicopter which is following them” The leader of the Human soldiers said “we are waiting on your orders to make a move, you have more experience fighting these Dragons” I nodded in acknowledgment.

“Ok” I said “Vapaa and his team of Toa will lead with their Pick-up and we’ll follow them with the Autobots’ Cybertron Defence Team and a convoy of Kikanalo class APCs; they are our fastest armed vehicles and the only ones that can carry a full team of Neu-Toa in one vehicle. Your soldiers will be providing support and so that any other soldiers know that we’re friendlies if other Dark Hunters decide to show up and it turns into a mobile firefight”

“Mobile firefight?” A soldier asked.

“Means a battle fought on the move using ranged weaponry” Gelphana said, he was in new, dark green and gunmetal armour, and wore a helmet that only covered one eye, and had a cluster of three lenses.

“Then it’s settled?” Celestia asked, we all nodded “Then let us begin preparations, we will arm you with our most efficient firearms and then we will head out”

I walked into hold of the ship, where the Cybertron Defence Team were getting ready. They looked slightly different now, painted in the colours of the TUA; blue and white with gold lining. Hot Shot now transformed into a Kikanalo APC.

“You guys ready to go?” I asked, looking up.

“Sure thing” Red Alert said “We’re ready to bring a world of hurt on those Dragons”

“You’ll be staying in your vehicle forms” I said “we need to keep this to a low profile”

“How exactly are an APC, a mobile ballistic missile launcher and a multiple-launch rocket system ‘low profile’?” Scattershot drawled, gesturing to each of the CDT.

“They’re more low profile than, say, three 30 foot tall Alien robots” I said. I gave them a quick salute “I’ll see you on the road” I then walked off and soon found Gelphana, Talguda and Raz 'Vtam getting ready. Gelphana had a jetpack on his back and a large yellow shield on his left arm, in his right hand he held a double rifle; one barrel above the handle, another below. Talguda was totally devoid of any form of armour, and instead of his left hand, he had a large metal shield.

“Uh, where’s your armour?” I asked.

“The techies have developed a new type of holographic armour” he said, and clear, orange armour appeared on his arms and legs, whilst a set of three, orange claws appeared on the shield “I canae even feel it, ah, it takes me back to our days as Dark Hunters, when we were young”

“You what?” I asked “You used to be Dark Hunters!?”

“Before we were killed” Gelphana said, Preparing his gun before storing it on the holster on his leg, he entire gun shifted and shrank down to a manageable size and he pulled out a dagger before running his finger up the length of the blade. “Now, anything’s fair game as far as we’re concerned. The Hordika Dragons were bastards anyway”

“The Sangheili have a saying” Raz said, twirling an ornate dagger “Humans have a similar saying that goes like this; ‘Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive’ you used to be a part of these Dark Hunters, you know them better than we ever could”

“Eh, I never cared for fancy sayings and proverbs” Gelphana said “I learnt from experience that no matter how many proverbs you know, none of it means shit when you’re going claw to claw with a muaka that’s been pissed off” his eyes then flicked up to a balcony overlooking the hangar “Hey, Vuur, I think your girl’s wanting you.” I looked over and saw Autumn looking down at me from the balcony, I turned into my Alicorn form and flew up to her before landing on the balcony and giving her a nuzzle.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“D-do you think I’m a freak?” she asked, looking way. I turned us both so we were facing each other.

“Autumn Skies” I said, using my magic to lift her chin up “you are the most wonderful, kind, caring and beautiful person I have ever had the pleasure of getting close to. No matter what anyone says about you, know that only my opinion about you matters, I would never even consider changing anything about you, even when I become a fully-fledged god” I then leaned close “When I become a prince, will you give me the honour of standing beside me as a princess?” She pulled back and looked at me with wide eyes.

“Are you being serious?” she asked.

“I wouldn’t ask you if I wasn’t,” I said. She promptly tackled me into a hug

“Oh buck, of course!” she exclaimed, before pulling me into a kiss. After a few moments, we both heard Luna chuckle.

“Well, looks like it’s going to be a double coronation next year” she said, we looked over to see her and Celestia stood there in their armour, with amused expressions on their faces. Autumn blushed before hastily taking a step away from me and trying to straighten her mane.

“Oh no, don’t mind us” Celestia said. “We were just coming to tell you that we are ready to move out on your command”

“Very well” I said “Let’s get going”

I stepped into A Kikanalo APC as the engine roared into life and I opened u the Com-link.

“Alright, Brother” I said to Vapaa “Let’s get this show on the road.” Soon the convoy of 15 vehicles began to leave the Hangar; Vapaa’s team in their pickup, the CDT, six Kikanalos; 4 of which were filled with a mixture of various soldiers from the TUA as well as Master Chief and Crimson. And finally, five British Army FV103 Spartan APCs. Some said it was over kill, I just didn’t want this to end up like Mogadishu in 1993. After about five minutes, our impressive convoy reached the duel carriage way, and after that, the motorway heading down south…

…”Ok” Minion said, picking up a black card “Jim’ll fix it; Blank” myself along with Minion, Vinyl, Autumn, Celestia and Luna were playing Cards against Humanity in the back of one of the Kikanolos. I looked at one of the cards I had and nearly chocked, before handing it over to Minion.

“I’ll probably be going to hell, but fuck it” I said, before picking up a card from the pile, adding it to my deck and leaning back against the wall, waiting for the chaos to unfurl. Soon the other players presented their cards to Minion. He then began to read them off.

“Jim’ll Fix it; Friends with benefits” that got a chuckle from some of us “Jim’ll fix it; A sexy pillow fight”

“Amen to that!” Vinyl exclaimed.

“Jim’ll fix it; A tactical, laser guided, pizza cutter”

“I thought this was supposed to be ‘a card game for horrible people’” Celestia said “these are all quite tame”

“Wait for it” I sang, Minion looked at the next card and chocked.

“Holy shit, you sick mother fucker!” he exclaimed, before sighing “Jim’ll fix it; wanking into a pool of orphans tears” everyone in the vehicle burst out laughing.

“You were saying?” I asked, looking at Celestia with a smug look on my face.

“You truly do come from the deepest depths of Tartarus, brother” she said, rubbing her temple with a hoof “This is why I never let you attend social events”

“Oh, you should see my step-dad when he plays this game” I said, crossing my legs whilst putting my hands behind my head. Suddenly the speakers inside the Kikanalo crackled into life.

“Ok guys” Vapaa said “We’ve got Hordika Dragons, dead ahead” I stood up and opened the hatch on the roof of the Kikanalo before poking my head out and climbing out. it was getting towards night time and up ahead the Dragons were running at about 50-55mph.

“Haul ass, Vapaa!” I shouted, We’ve gotta catch up to them, I then Jumped off the side of the Kikanalo and just before I hit the pavement my feet turned into roller blades and I began to accelerate towards them “Clear a path” the convoy began to split into two columns as I pulled out my swords and began shooting fire, whilst the convoy began firing their weapons at the dragons, one looked back and began fire bolts of lightning in response, I had to swerve multiple times to avoid not only the bolts of lightning, but also moving vehicles.

“I need the Crusaders here, now!” I said through the comlink.

*POV 3rd person*

In the skies above the motorway, Jetfire flew towards the convoy.

“Alright, kids” He said, descending “I’m gonna have to drop you some distance behind the convoy, otherwise it’ll be too dangerous to drop you”

“We’ll catch up to them no problem” Scootaloo said, sitting down on her vehicle; A TUA Timberwolf smart quad, identical to one that the other two crusaders had, save for the colours, each one matched their owners. Each one was equipped with two 50 caliber machine guns, one on each side. the rear door of Jetfire’s fuselage opened and they let their vehicles coast backwards until they felt them lurch down under gravity.

Just before they hit the road, they turned on the engines, which burst to life with a roar as the wheels came into contact with the pavement and began weaving through the traffic like serpents through long grass. As the sped along the motorway at close to 150mph Sweetie Bell began to plot a route ahead.

“When we get close to the convoy, the traffic will start to get pretty hectic, so we’ll need to decrease our speed” she said, Swerving to the side of an empty, 18 wheeler car transporter, whilst Scootaloo used the trailer like a ramp and launched herself into the air.

On a motorway off ramp, Antroz sat, waiting in his vehicle form. The Dragons, followed closely by the Convoy, passed by and Antroz’s engine roared into life as he performed a burnout before launching after them and following at a distance.

*POV 1st Person Vuur Koning*

I swerved behind one of the APCs to avoid another bolt of lightning and began rolling backwards with my back against the rear of the APC.

“Those crusaders better get their flanks here soon” I thought, charging up my swords until their centers began to glow before moving out from behind the APC and shooting bolt after bolt of fire at the Dragons. Meanwhile Gelphana climbed onto the roof of one of the APCs, promptly launched himself into the air using his jetpack and began taking pot shots at one of the Dragons. Talguda climbed onto the roof of the APC, armed with an odd looking blade, and jumped onto the back of the Hordika Dragon, sending them both careening over to the right side of the motorway and into the path of an oncoming lorry. Scraps of metal and plastic went flying everywhere as the lorry collided with the two Spherus Magnans and the crash quickly turned into a multivehicle pileup. I stopped and went to help Talguda but Gelphana stopped me

“Go!” he shouted, before flying down to the crash, one of the APCs stopped and Griffins, followed by Raz, began to assist in helping people out  of their vehicles “We can handle this” I nodded and shot after the convoy, which was quickly moving into the distance.

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