Once long ago Vector was a pony who thought she had the world at her hooves.

Now she realized just how foolish she had been up until now.

Her enemies surrounded her and she had very few options. On the one hand, if she confessed to allying herself with the changelings during their invasion of Canterlot during the royal wedding there was a chance, however slim, that the Princesses might show her some measure of mercy.

Then again she could also just as well be thrown into a cell to rot for the rest of her life with no chance of prole, worse yet while there were few crimes worthy of the death penalty, treason was still one of them.

She was scared.

Terrified.

So much to lose and everything to gain.

Vector thought deeply about what she had done as she and the batponies marched down the halls carrying Buttercup on their shoulders with Luna at their side. The Lunar Princess chatted among them and offered to help Buttercup with her application when the time came for her to join, until she realized the blue pegasus lingered behind.

She approached the mare with concern in her eyes.

"What troubles you my subject?"

'Vector looked up towards her. "I have much on my mind, Princess." she spared a glance at Buttercup.

"She's a strong willed mare," Luna stated factually. "She'll be a fine young mare and a fine guard one day."

Vector smiled at the thought of the brown pony becoming what she always wanted. And somewhere deep down was the hope that once this was all over she'd be standing by her side as more than just another pony. But that wold have to wait. For now she had things t tend to. Loose ends to tie up.

Taking one last moment to see the mare she turned to give Princess Luna her full attention with a low bow. "Please, excuse me your highness. I have some last minute things I need to tend too."

Luna nodded. "I'll keep her entertained while you're away."

Vector bowed low, then turned and walked away down the halls towards her lab deep in the castle. As she went she was unaware of the two ponies following her close behind. She slipped around the corners of stone walls with ease and precision, having walked them most of her life, as she decedent into the depths.

Darker and deeper she went with the two shadows in tow until she reached a spiral stairwell that was dimly lit by two torches. The stairwell was small and very narrow, barely lit by small torches. Taking care Vector stepped quickly down the stone steps for a solid minute. Once at the bottom she reached an empty hallway that led to the other side of a spiral stair case and a door at the center.

Vector quickly trotted down the hall towards the door. She slid it open and quickly slipped inside closing the door but accidentally left it ajar.

Inside her lab she went for her desk and pulled out a large azure orb. Placing it on the desk she used her wings feathers and ran them across the surface making it glow. To her right was the second massive changeling she kept contained that was similar to Peanut in his larger changeling form.

It pulsated several times before a large image of two ponies wrestling in bed came into view like a large moving portrait. The two ponies were red with jet black manes and both were unicorns one was a mare much larger than the other while the stallion was much smaller.

The two stopped dead in their tracks staring back at the blue pegasus. The mare scowled at her while the stallion tried to hide himself as if 'exposed.'

"What do you want now, professor?" the red mare asked, clearly irritated.

But Vector didn't flinch. Instead she stared down the mare with the angriest look she could muster despite her fear.

"I should be asking you that? Do you know who just showed up in Canterlot, Blaze?"

Blaze laid beside her brother nestling up against him inspecting her hoof casually. "No, should I?"

"YES! It has to do with, them." Vector said emphasizing, them.

The two red ponies looked confusedly to one another casually shrugging at the pegasus pony. Vector facehooved hard.

"No you idiot! I'm talking about the two disposed!"

Blaze paused with a dumbstruck look. She quickly levitated her brother Ruby off the bed and set him outside their room and slammed the door shut without a word despite his protests. Once she secured her room the pony turned to the pegasus with concern.

"Are you sure? You saw them?" Blaze asked quickly.

Vector nodded. "I saw them both on the train while I was heading this way from Manehatten. They're alive Blaze."

The ruby red unicorn growled gripping the bed sheets with her magic until they lit u in flames under her grasp. "But how? The poison-"

"Was a sedative with mind suppressing capabilities. I told you to finish them out in the dessert!"

"Gah! This is hopeless!" Vector screamed flaring her wing. "We need to get this under control or we'll risk losing everything we've worked so hard for."

Both mares talked for over an hour about ways they could fix the immediate problem of being exposed to the world for hat they had done. But worse was that they couldn't think of a way to fix this without causing a bigger problem. It seemed killing the two unicorns in question would be the easiest and simplest answer, but Vector suggested that it might raise too many questions and lead others back to them.

Outside the door Trixie and Solarflare were listening closely.

"- so we are at an impasse then.'" Blaze stated.

"Argh, you should have finished them off when you had the chance!"

Blaze scoffed crossing her arms. "This wouldn't have happened if you actually poisoned them!"

"How is this my fault!?"

"YOU said this wold work but you didn't think they'd come back? Really? Killing them should have been our priority!"

Vector crossed her arms and set down in her lounge seat. "Well, miss all high and mighty, why don't you take care of it then?"

"Why should I do it? Why can't you?"

"I'm with Buttercup right now, and I don't want this problem to come back and bite us in the ass!" Vector then reached over to the tube with the massive changeling inside of it. "I'll do what I can from here. Get to Canterlot and deal with your sister!"

Blaze nodded as the image of her faded away.

Vector turned to the massive changeling tube she'd created not long ago. She ran a hoof across a small keypad entering a seventeen digit code. After entering the code the tube began to glow and slowly drain the fluids out of it. Slowly the changeling fell limp on the floor. Before she could finish the door slammed open revealing Trixie and Solarflare.

Before she had time to react she was pinned against the wall by the massive red unicorns magic while Trixie casually walked up to her with a neutral expression. Vector shivered wondering what she was in for.

Trixie smiled kindly to the mare using her magic to signal Solarflare to lower the mare. Once lowered, Vector, slumped to the floor.

Trixie offered her hoof and helped the mare up setting her down on the chair. The two unicorns surrounded her.

"So, what do you know about us?" Trixie asked sweetly.

Author's Notes:

No major notes here? Just that the next chapter will be the last for a while guys! So the update will not be out for a while.

Later guys!