Author's Notes:

Took a while, but I finished it.

I never realized how soul sucking it could be to simply write, I forced out the first 600 words. Then I had a moment of inspiration, in which I suddenly had 4,000 words written down. Time goes by fast.

I was kind of vexed by the lack of ideas offered.

You guys will probably find corrections, so please tell me. I've never enlisted the help of anyone, I've always proofread my own stuff. Best quality stuff? Am-I-right!?

Stay golden ppl. And enjoy the chapter.

The fallen soldier

You guys will probably notice a quality difference when you reach a certain point.
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Canterlot, the capital of this lovely nation. You're kind of new to it, 'kind of' meaning 5 months. But Equestria's seemingly endless mysteries continue to elude you, but this little slab of land and magic is now home. And the last thing you want.... Is for it to be taken over by another nation.

The VTOL itself was deathly silent. The only sounds being the Jazz playing in your helmet and those annoying guns clattering in the back. You've been listening to this for a good 20 minutes, though -- luckily -- you're nearing Canterlot very quickly.

As you watched the city get larger and larger, you took a second to reach out and flip a switch, you grabbed a handle and pulled it back. The VTOL started losing speed and the city of Canterlot wasn't getting bigger at its previously fast pace. Your slower pace meant it'd be easier to land, and it made sure you wouldn't fly directly over the city.

Within moments of slowing down, you were in Canterlots air-space. You engaged Hover-mode and rotated the front jets to blow forward. You came to a complete halt. You yawned and looked out the side of the VTOL, below was hundreds of unaware citizens. You looked forward and spotted the castles courtyard, that's your landing area.

You changed the direction of the jets, making them face backwards. The VTOL began to inch forward, slowing gaining speed. You floated towards the courtyard, and once over it, switched the jets to face down. You grabbed another handle and pulled it down, the jets slowing began to power down. The VTOL started falling towards the ground, within moments you hit the courtyard grass with a thud.

You turned the engine off and unplugged the tube from the pilots mask, the tube reeled back into its little hidey-hole. You grasped the side of the mask and pulled 2 little switches, you then proceeded to pull the mask off.

You pulled a lever beneath the seat, the canopy opened and you stood up. Guards started to appear at the sides of the VTOL, you looked down at them and waved.

They ignored you.

You shrugged and tossed the pilots mask in the back with all the other guns, you vaulted over the side and landed on the right wing. You turned around and pushed the canopy back down, locking it, and all your guns inside.

You turned again and dropped off the wing, several guards with sheathed swords approached you.

"Anderson! The Princess's request your presence at once!" The 4 guards hit their chests and turned before beginning to walk towards the castle doors in a synchronized order.

You watched them walk for a bit, before walking after them yourself.

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The castle halls were no different from the many times you've walked through them. Priceless paintings, priceless vases, priceless statues, guards wearing genuine gold. All the latest Equestrian trends.

The guards led you through the halls, eventually arriving at the throne room. The same 2 guards that are usually standing there are... Well, standing there. At the doors. Guarding. Which is their job. They expected you, as the door was already open by time of your arrival.

You simply walked inside. The door shut behind you.

You took another opportunity to appreciate the unique style of Equestria. The same marble supports and those uniquely styled banners that hung over the massive walls. But this wasn't time for admiring, you ignored all else and approached the princesses sitting in their thrones.

Upon closing the gap, you bowed and said, "Estoy aquí."

The princess looked at each other, before looking down at you, Celestia spoke first.

"You know Anderson, we didn't think that trench coat would look so good on you." She complimented

Ignoring the fact that they just ignored what you said, you reply with a simple, "Thanks."

Both Celestia and Luna stand up, they step down from the platform their thrones rest on.

Celestia clears her throat and speaks, "Come Anderson, we wish to show you everything we know on Griffonia before you leave. And also go over some more details on that trench coat."

You nod and follow the two women to a door that' positioned down by the thrones. Celestia turns the knob and pushes the door open, she steps inside and Luna follows. You follow not long after. While the two princess's walk down the lit hall, you turn back and watch as the door begins to glow a faint gold. Before magically closing itself.

You assume it was Celestia, Luna has a dark-blue tint to her magic. It suits the dress she is usually has on.

Luna breaks the silence, "So Anderson, you know of every feature that coat provides?"

You nod, but realize they can't see you nod. You quickly cover it with a response, "Uh.. Yes, Dragon scale armor, invisibility, identify protecting hood, and.... Style."

Luna is quick to correct you, "You're forgetting the passive healing, and the gems in the left sleeve. Those play a rather important role when it comes to the coats many abilities."

You freeze, bringing your left arm up to examine, Gems in the left sleeve? You don't see any gems. "Are these gems invisible or something?" You ask the princess, "Cuz I ain't seeing anything." You twist your arm and look at the bottom of your wrist. Still nothing.

Celestia turns into a room on the right, the lack of a door shows something. She flips a switch and a large empty room reveals itself. There is a giant circle in the middle of it all, the walls in the back are lined with dusty wooden shelfs that hold a series of metal weapons. Swords, shields, bows, and arrows.

"Man, this some kind of old training room? Place is kinda beat up..." Your voice trails off, you turn and focus on a lone wooden desk that sits in a corner, it's got a great view of the entire room.

"Yes, actually." Replies Luna. "This room was once used to train Equestria's best soldiers." Her voice echoes in the room.

"Sadly," Celestia continues. "After our army had no war to fight for so many years, it became obsolete. So we shut it down. This room gave birth to many legends and heroes." Celestia wiped dust off a shelved Claymore.

Luna grunts in agreement, "I'm sure you're wondering why this room has any importance to You."

You pull the chair out from the desk and sit down - it creaks - and for a second there... You thought it was gonna collapse under your weight. But it didn't. Relieved, you sat back and spoke. "Yes, I'm very curious."

Celestia raises her hand and a sword materializes from thin air. The sheathed sword fell safely onto her opened palm, she closed her hand and used her other to slightly pull the blade from its sheath. There was this oddly satisfying sound and a bright glare as the shiny metal blade was revealed to the synthetic light.

The first words from your mouth was, "That mine?"

"Yes, this sword is yours." Celestia instantly replied, as she begins to approach you.

Luna takes the silence as her turn to speak, "We planned on giving you some sword fighting lessons, we understand that you posses the plasma sword. But we believe it would greatly benefit you if you knew how to use one of the worlds most common weapons. Swords." She finishes.

Celestia places the sword on the desk and asks that you stand and approach the circle. Your flesh hand wraps around the sheath and you stand, taking the sword with you, hesitantly... You approach the circle.

Your feet hit the stone floor with a firm thud, you switch into a combat stance. You don't know what'll happen next. Your metal hand lays on the handle of the sword, ready to pull when danger arises. You turn and eye the princesses.

"So what am I fighting?" You ask, eyes scanning the decently sized circle, attempting to sniff out any possibly concealed enemies.

"You're too nervous Anderson, nothing is going to attack you.... Yet." Luna pulls a short sword off a rack and steps into the circle. "Besides, it's not a what you'll be fighting, it's a who."

Luna holds the sword in a relaxed matter, but you knew she had hundreds of years of experience with swords. Far beyond what you can even do with a plasma sword.

"What if you get hurt? I really don't wanna potentially harm royalty." You ask, holding the blade and its sheath even tighter.

Luna laughs, "Don't worry... I'll be fine. Now! To start this off, I want you to attack me."

Luna changes stances and holds her sword at her side with a odd angle.

You gulp and pull the blade from its sheath, once free from its imprisonment, you toss the sheath aside. You take a deep breath and hold the sword in front of you. You take a step forward.

Celestia breaks the thick silence, "Remember Anderson, every single Griffon soldier will be trained on swordsmanship. I understand that you rely on your firearms a lot, but when something goes wrong, I want you to be able to fight on even terms. That's why I'm having you do this, it's for your own benefit."

You can't argue with her logic, you never even considered what the soldiers could do. Some of them may even be mages!

"I'd probably prefer to develop my own sword fighting style, one that mixes guns and slashing." You reply, trying to calm yourself with false confidence.

"Good idea Anderson, too bad there is no time for that. Maybe while you're out fighting, you could try an experiment. Until then, please focus on the sword only." Celestia replies, crossing her arms and focusing on you.

You take a few more steps towards Luna and pause, "Are you allowed to use magic?" You ask.

Luna nods, "But so can you, using the new sword, it acts as a simple wand that can cast very simple spells. I'm sorry if you expected more, but the trench coat was designed to use its mana supply for its own needs. Designing a mana battery that holds a lot and fits flawlessly in a sword is very expensive, I hope you understand."

You glance at the sword in your hands, now that you're actually looking, it does have some cool designs running down the blade and handle. It's design has two dragons floating down it, intertwining with one another, it ends a couple inches from the sharp point of the sword.

"Dragons... Nice touch. Think I can hire you guys to create some designs for my VTOL? It could use a sick paint job." You relax and admire the well smithed sword.

Big mistake.

Suddenly there is a strong force hitting you from behind, you found yourself laying on the stone floor seconds later. You flip over and let out a fierce, "Ow!"

Luna towers over you, "No Griffon shall wait for you. Don't make this mistake on the battlefield."

You sigh, relaxing your head on the floor, before rolling over and pushing yourself back onto your feet. You roll your shoulders and face Luna. "Alright, I'm ready."

Luna changes stances, raising her sword. "Good, now have at me."

You rush forward and raise the sword, quickly bringing it down. Luna raises her own blade and blocks the swing, before you can retaliate, a fist is shoved into your gut. Luna's superhuman strength and your lack of any armor causes you to bend over and violently cough.

"I hardly hit you." Luna announces, before grabbing ahold of you and lifting you back onto your feet.

You hunch over and hold your stomach, it feels like someone just ran it over with a tractor.

"Remember." Luna commands. "Your trench coat will help with basic wounds and act as a painkiller on other occasions. You should feel it kick in any moment."

As said, the trench coat starts emitting a very faint humming. The trench coat starts to get warm, like someone just tossed a thin blanket over you. You feel your gut numb and the pain soon fades away.

You stand back up to full height and rub your gut, "What's with the faint humming? It some kind of indicator for the healing?"

Celestia replied instead of Luna, "The beeping indicates when you're about to reach your physical limit. The louder it gets... It means you should either change plans or run away. If it's beeping, then it means you've suffered a fatal blow and it's determining how long you've got till death. It's not too accurate, so don't put a whole lot of faith into it. It's still in early testing stages." Celestia finishes.

You catch the last part, "So I'm a guinea pig for your new combat spells?" You ask, no real malice in your tone.

"Hey." Celestia responds, smirking. "You wanted a trench coat with a bunch of features, so we got you one."

"Touché." You smile and turn to face Luna again. "So am I gonna learn about anything else? What's those gems in my sleeve do?"

Luna frowns, "I thought you would figure it out, but I guess you really haven't used any other of the features have you?"

You shake your head.

Luna sighs in annoyance, "The gems represent the amount of mana in your trench coat. Those gems power its abilities, so I recommend you not damage them."

"It's got limited energy?" You whisper, secretly disappointed.

"Yes, our technology isn't has convenient as yours." Celestia calls out, from the sides.

You roll your eyes and focus back on Luna. "We gonna continue this or what?" You roll your shoulders and change your stance.

Luna smirks.

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1 hour and a half later

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You collapse on the sides, sweat pouring down your face by the gallons. You've just finished another duel with Luna, the score being 156-3. Yours being the failing one. Unable to feel anything expect fatigue, you managed to move and rest on a wall. You took deep breaths and eyed Luna, who was sitting with Celestia. The two had a plate of teacups sitting on a small fancy table they had brought in.

Luna didn't even look fazed.

Fucking mages and all the damn immortal rulers.

Celestia sat on the sides for most of it, she opted for watching and throwing you some tips every now and then. When asked why you weren't fighting her as well, she responded with, "I do distance more than up-close-and-personal. Swords? That's Luna's show."

No wonder you lost so much, you were dueling one of the worlds most dangerous sword-fighters. Not only is she naturally good with a blade, she even combines magic with it. Making her killing potential multiply by the dozens. She's a fucking beast.

You took a deep breath and forced yourself onto one knee, from there you grunted and stood up. You took another deep breath and stepped back into the circle, you eyed Luna and announced. "I'm ready!"

Luna took another sip of her tea before standing and walking back into the circle. She didn't seem too interested in training you. Ain't like you asked her to train you.

"I'd like to think you learned to block some basic attacks in the past hour and a half. Now I'm not going to show you how to properly attack, I'll let you teach yourself that. Instead, I want to show you how to use the wand part of your new sword. Then I'll teach you more on the trench coat." Luna went silent.

You held the sword up, "Do I just wish for the cool stuff to happen? Or do I pull or push a lever/button?"

Luna raises her empty hand, it glows a bright blue and 2 shadowy figures appear in the circle. The only difference between to two is ones sense of common sense, as he seems to be wear the most armor. But then again, you're essentially looking at a persons shadow, expect now it's 3-d. Fancy.

"Those your boyfriends?" You ask, grinning.

Luna chuckles, "You mortals and your humor. Now... Try and shoot a fireball from your sword, aim at these two shadows before me." Luna points her sword at a shadow, before switching direction and pointing at the other.

"Alright." You whisper, I can do this.

You raise the sword and aim the tip at a shadow, thinking of a word to activate it. "Uh.... Kill." You announce, the sword does nothing. You pull the sword back and examine the blade, checking for any words carved in the metal. Nothing.

You aim the sword again and announce, "Maim." Nothing.

"Slaughter." Nothing.

"Defeat." Nothing.

"Burn." Nothing.

"Eradicate." Nothing.

"Fireball." Nothing.

"Destroy." Nothing.

You give Luna a irritated stare, "You gonna tell me the secret password? Or is it one of them 'Girls only' clubs."

Luna grins, "I don't believe I ever said it Shot fireballs....."

Your heart drops, "You mean I've been standing here saying random words for no reason?! What the hell Luna!" You throw your arms in the air.

"Let me finish Anderson." She raises her hand. "The sword needs to first 'load' itself before firing, try saying 'Flame on' instead of all those others words."

You sigh, aim the sword at a shadow, and announce, "Flame on." With an annoyed tone.

One of the two dragons etched on the blade start glowing a bright red, it starts at the swords hilt before slowly moving towards the end. It loops under the colorless dragon several times before reaching the dragon head.

Then, the entire sword bursted into flames.

"OH SHIT!!" You quickly throw the sword in the direction of the shadows. It hits the armored one and goes right through it. The shadow dissipates and leaves the smaller one alone.

The sword hit the stone floor with a thud, it slid towards Luna, scraping the floor the entire way. Luna raised her foot and quickly stopped the sword from sliding past her, the second her foot hit the flames, they shut off.

You rub your metal hand, "Thank god I wasn't using my flesh hand." You examine closer and wipe some black gunk from the metal. "Who the hell designs a sword that harms it's user!? That's like having the barrel of some gun facing the user!"

Celestia speaks up, "We took your metal arm into count, we forgot to mention it, but that's because you happened to already have it in your metal hand. Point is, don't try and use the wand feature while it's in your flesh hand." Celestia sips her tea.

Luna bends over and picks the sword up, she tosses it back over to you. "Now, don't throw the sword, and destroy the shadow."

You catch the sword and switch it over to your metal arm, you hold it out in front of you. The blades non-dangerous side facing you. You whisper, "Flame on." And watch as the red dragon comes to life and runs down the blade, eventually reaching the end.

The dragons eyes open, as well as its mouth. You swear you hear a roar, then the blade bursts into flames. You quickly stretch your arm out, narrowly avoiding the burning flames.

"H-holy shit. That's gonna need some getting use too." You wave the sword around, the heat still reaching your face.

"The sword wasn't meant to be used like that! The metal weakens considerably in order to properly conduct the magic, you're supposed to fire the spell the second it charges itself." Luna explains.

Damn... It's so cool as well.

"How do I fire it?" You talk over the crackling of the flames.

"Aim and say 'fire'! It'll form a ball at the end before firing so don't expect instant attacks!" Luna replies.

You aim the sword at the line shadow figure, before whispering, "Fire!"

As Luna said, the flames beginning at the hilt started to push forward, eventually all the fire turned into a giant flaming ball at tip of the blade. From the side, it looks like the dragon etched into the blade was the one preparing to fire a fireball of its own. Though it was all the sword.

Then, what almost felt identical to firing a Gauss Rifle single handed, the sword kicked back and the giant ball of flames was sent flying towards the shadow. The fireball hit the upper body and obliterated the head and half of its torso. The shadow turned into a bunch of particles and faded away.

Luna happily stated, "Confirmed kill."

You stared at the sword in your hands.

Holy... Motherhumping god of bananas, this thing is COOL!

A crazy mans grin began to form on your face, but was quickly smashed by a single thought.

"What's the other dragon do?" You ask Luna.

"We're getting there." She replies. "Hold one while I create more shadow dummies." Luna raises her hand and darkness forms around it, 4 shadow humans with a range of weapons appear. One has a sword, one has a double-sided axe, another has a sword and shield, and the last one has a bow.

Luna steps back and Celestia enters the combat circle for the first time, "Now it's my turn." She announces.

Celestia stands behind the 4 shadow men and straightens her posture, "The second feature of the sword is rather unique. Instead of destroying, it's more-or-less there for the peaceful encounters." Celestia looks away for a moment. "Though, it is still capable of destroying when needed."

You nod, understanding what she means.

"Now, I'm going to give the swordsman an order, he will attack you. And you will use the second feature to peacefully dispatch him. Trying speaking the command, 'Sleep', and make sure the sword is facing the shadow."

Celestia raised her hand and pointed at the sword wielding shadow. It's featureless face suddenly gained a pair of bright white eyes. They focused on you solely, ignoring all else. The shadow began to slowly walk to you. Holding its sword limply at its side.

You raised your own sword and whispered the command, "Sleep."

The second dragon started glowing blue, same as the red one, it started at the hilt and eventually reached the dragon head at the tip. You assumed firing was the same as before.

You aimed the sword at the approaching shadow and mumbled, "Fire."

The glowing blue dragon quickly lost its color, starting at the hilt, it went black until it eventually reached the edge. Where a small blue beam suddenly shot out and hit the shadow in the chest, who then proceeded to stop in its tracks, drunkenly take a step-back, then collapse on its face.

"So it's a tranquilizer?" You announce, a deadpan expression. "Couldn't you have just told me that?"

Celestia ignores you, "Try saying 'contain' next, it will fire a circular beam that imprisons the target. For this demonstration we will use the archer." Celestia raised her hand and the shadow holding the bow grew a pair of white eyes.

The shadow instantly turned and looked into your eyes. It raised its bow and loaded a non-existing arrow. You raised your sword and announced, "Contain!" The sword flashed blue and the archer was suddenly tied up by a blue circle. It dropped the bow and tried to break free.

You aimed at its feet and repeated the same words, it's feet was bound and it tripped and slammed its face on the stone floor. It faded into black smoke.

"Good." Complimented Celestia. "Griffon archers won't wait for you though. Now for the last one. Speak the word, 'Force' this will combine both dragons and send a shockwave out. It's not good for doing damage, but when using its 3rd setting, it can send a 180Lb man flying in the opposite direction." Celestia raised her hand, the shadow with the double-sided axe came to life and started walking towards you.

The same as before, lifeless eyes, solely intent on following orders. You raised the sword and spoke the command, the sword flashed blue and red, then began to sparkle with electricity. You aimed the blade and whispered the firing command. The electricity shot out and hit the large shadow, the electricity bounces around its body, the shadow dropped its weapon (which turned into a mist of black smoke) before dropping itself. It's body was twitching.

You raise the blade to your face. "Was that a taser?"

"Yes." Luna replies.

"The second setting of 'force' includes the act of forcing a target to lose its mind. It's a simple battle spell, those without protection for their mind shall fall. Now, Luna... If you will." Celestia looks at Luna with a expecting look.

Luna sighs and raises her hand, 3 more shadow men appear. All 3 stand in a circle, their weapons sheathed. Celestia raises her own hand, the 3 shadow men then come to life. The 3 seem to be having some form of quiet conversation, taking turns to move their hands.

"Now speak the same command, expect add 'Phase 2' at the beginning." Celestia crosses her arms, waiting for your actions.

You raise the sword and aim at the largest guy, you speak the command. The sword glows blue and red, the dragons light up and then another beam flys from the tip. But the beam isn't one solid color this time, no, this time it switches between red and blue. But it's fast and hard to notice from a distance.

The beam hits the large shadow guy and he turns to a metaphorical statue, the 2 shadow men at his side start poking him. The large one suddenly comes back from the dead and draws his sword, he shoves it though the guy on his right. Who turns into black mist and fades away. The other shadow guy reacts instantly, he draws his own sword and shoves it into the shadows back. Who freezes and turns to black mist.

The lone shadow man looks at his sword, then at you, before turning to black mist himself.

That was pretty fucked up.

You stare once again at the sword, your opinion on it changed very quickly. It's dangerous... Very dangerous.

"I hope you understand the potential of this sword now." Luna calls from the side. "It's a prototype, and one day, we wish for every non-Mage soldier to have one. For now, you can use one of the first working prototypes." Luna pushed a strand of hair behind her ear.

You look at the sword in your hands, then at Celestia. "How much does it cost to make something like this?!"

Celestia blinks, "500 bits a sword. And that's not accounting for the cartridges."

"Cartridges?" You ask. "Since when did this thing need cartridges?"

Luna speaks up, "The Griffons know of our magic, and they obviously developed ways to nullify our magic. While you are in the griffon capital, you will not be able to recharge the swords battery. So we will be giving you a case of them, please don't waste them, they're not cheap nor expensive. But you'll never know when you need a recharge." Luna pointed a finger at you.

Right....

"Now!" Exclaimed Celestia. "For the last thing!" Celestia waved her finger and the shadow holding the shield and sword jumped to life. It's eyes landed on you and it stood in place, it stared aimlessly.

"Phase 3 Force. Say that and we'll be done with this." Celestia states.

You nod, "Phase 3 Force." The sword began glowing red and blue, the two dragons lit up and traveled down the blade.

"Good." Announced Celestia. "Now swing the sword in the direction of the target." She snapped her finger and the shield shadow began walking.

You took a step back and slashed the air, the sword vibrated and a bright curved line made its way towards the shield shadow. The beam hit the shadow and it stumbled backwards, but it wasn't sent flying.

"Trying allowing the sword to charge more, the more time given, the more dangerous the attack." Celestia stepped out of the circle, most likely to avoid getting hit.

You repeated the command and gave the sword time to charge, like before, the 2 dragons began glowing. As you waited for it to charge, the dragons began glowing brighter, then they started flashing. The shield shadow was much closer now.

"Now, swing at the air." Commanded Luna.

As the shield shadow swung his sword at you, you raised your own sword and stopped it. You used your foot to push him back, he didn't bother dodging and allowed you to kick him. Immediately afterwards, you swung your sword at a angle, the same blue and red beam flew out and straight through the shadow man.

You watched in amazement as the beam sliced him in half.

"Wow... That was pretty gruesome guys." You announce.

Celestia stepped back into the circle, "Don't worry. It only cuts easily because you're fixing shadows. On living creatures, it'll simply cut them deeply. Now, if you noticed, the sword had 3 phases for phase 3. The dragons gain their color, then they glow much brighter, and then start flashing."

You nod.

"Good." She compliments. "When they first gain their color, that's means it'll simply send them staggering, when it glows brighter, it's just a much stronger version of phase one. Phase 3 just cuts flesh, but not armor, so best not use it on armored foes." She advises.

Luna steps into the circle as well, "The sword has limits. As it is only a prototype."

"Yes." Continues Celestia. "When inside any Griffon controlled area, expect loss of magic. So we should advise you on usage of the swords abilities."

"You'll be given 19 cartridges, counting the one currently in your sword." Luna adds.

Celestia continues with, "One fully charged cartridge can fire 4 fireballs, 8 tranquilizers, 2 rage darts, 4 staggering pushes, 2 strong pushes, and one slicing wind attack."

"But the sword." Luna butts in. "The sword itself cost you nothing. So use it."

Celestia rolls her eyes, "You can measure it by looking at the hilt, on both sides, you should see the cartridge. It's inside, but there is glass with marks on it to help measure. We apologize if this makes the hilt kind of stubby, we're working on that."

"Will I ever run out if I stay in magic filled areas?" You ask.

"No." Replied Celestia.

"But continued use of one cartridge will dampen its abilities to properly hold magic. So we suggest you still switch." Continued Luna.

Celestia nods.

"So how do I switch cartridges? Cuz I've used this current one quite a bit." You ask, holding the sword up by its blade.

"Just unscrew the bottom." Replied Luna.

You do just that, and with a final twist, the bottom piece pops off. And a white tube slides out and onto the ground, the sword seems to get heavier. You bring it up and stare into the dark tube, the sword is just your average sword now.

"Anderson catch!"

Within a second, a white tube flies from nowhere and hits you in the face. You stare angrily at Luna, who is standing outside the circle holding a wooden box. You grumble and bend down, picking the new cartridge up. You angle the sword and slide the new cartridge in, the motion is seamless. You screw the bottom back on and the sword jumps back to life.

It feels like it lost a pound.

You swing the sword around, for the sake of seeing if there's a noticeable difference in performance. There is none, at least as far as you can see.

"Now, that is all for you to learn. I'm tired now, from casting all those shadow spells." Luna yawns. "I don't believe there is anything left for me to teach you on the trench coat. It hardens in order to replicate the scales of dragons. And when invisible....... Celestia dear sister, why does it feel like I'm forgetting something?"

Celestia rolls her eyes, "When invisible, the front of your legs are still showing. Since the trench coat only covers most of the back. Actually, it only hides the stuff it's covering. If that makes any sense."

You nod, "It does."

The room foes silent.

"So what now?" You ask.

"Walk into the hallway and turn right, enter the 2nd door down and you should find a woman. She will tell you everything you want to know about Griffonia and its government. And everything else you'll be doing while there." Luna yawns again.

"Good luck Anderson. And you'll find the box of cartridges by your VTOL when you prepare to leave. And one last things, you've got pockets in your coat that'll hold spare cartridges. I suggest you use them." Celestia adds to the conversation.

"But you're gonna have to do it next chapter." Celestia speaks.

"What? Why not in this chapter?" You ask.

"The author is tired and doesn't want to continue writing. So he is just gonna throw it all in next chapter." Luna chips in.

"Well how are we gonna end this chapter then?" You ask the two princesses.

"I don't know, maybe it'll just sto-"