Applejack sighed as she walked down the road, after the wedding of Matilda and Cranky she was heading back to her place. The large sword slung across her back, Twilight had suggested that they practice in their free time. So the farm pony decided to take the weapon home.

“Have you figured out how to fight like this?” Iron Bull’s voice spoke to her as she trotted down the road. Applejack thought about it before replying mentally. “I’ve got a few ideas I want to try.”

“You don’t seem to awkward handling it right now. Had some lessons?” the gamboge pony paused in her walk as she began to remember. “It was before I met you. During my first test, I was getting annoyed with the Rebels in Albion and decided to help in my own way. I was going to help them when they called on me.”

Applejack walked out of the City of Bowerstone rubbing her arms as she tried not to glare back. The rebellion had taken a few actions that she disagreed with. ‘Trying to assassinate the nobles is not the way to go.’ thought the farm pony kicking a rock down the path. She looked around at the farmland surrounding her, a small smile graced her lips. That was when she noticed the nobles walking around, some even glaring at her. She didn’t notice where she was walking and slammed into a tall figure sending them both tumbling to the ground.

“Watch it.” a woman’s voice spoke as Applejack got to her feet and moving to help the other up.

“Sorry, was enjoying the scenery.” answered the farm pony reaching down and picking up a very large hammer. “This yours?”

“Yeah, thanks.” the woman seemed a little shocked as she took it from the gamboge pony. “You know not many people can just pick up my hammer like that.”

“It was heavy?” this confused the earth pony before seeing the woman hold out her hand. “The name’s Hammer.”

“Applejack.” the mare answered shaking the hand with a firm handshake. The woman had a thoughtful look on her face as she said. “Stronger than you look. Shouldn’t even be thinking this but do you even know how to defend yourself?”

“Not really, I mean a few people have tried to give me a few lessons with a pistols but I didn’t get the hang of it.” answered the Bearer of Honesty rubbing her arm, Hammer placed a hand on her shoulder saying. “I’ll give you a few lessons.”

“And that’s how… Iron Bull are you even listening?” Applejack was concerned as she could normally tell when he was… that was when a strong force began to pull her. “Iron Bull? What in tarnation are you doing?”

“KADAN!” she heard him roar and her eyes snapped forward seeing the sword flying towards Rarity.

“Rarity look out!” she shouted causing the unicorn to let out a shriek diving out of the way and levitating a staff into the air. The sword paused before shooting upwards and Applejack frowned saying. “Seriously? Rarity can you lower yer staff so I can get to the ground safely?”

“Oh dear, I am so sorry darling.” Rarity replied lowering the staff. “Dorian stop your whining.”

“You… can talk to your weapon as well?” Applejack asked as the sword moved after the staff. Rarity blinked in surprise before looking around saying. “Perhaps we should talk inside.”

“The Throne Room?” Applejack’s question was responded with a nod from the unicorn. The two turned towards the castle. It did mean retracing their steps but it would offer them some form of privacy. The walk was quick as they entered the castle moving towards the throne room. Looking around they frowned knowing that they could still be disturbed. The sound of shifting stone caught their attention as their statues moved their weapons towards each other until they touched. A glow appeared between the two statues and the mares looked at each other before entering.

The first thing Applejack heard was a squeal of joy from Rarity, she recognized this place. It was from the Core Realm. ‘Though judging by her reaction Rarity knows this place better than I do.’ thought the farm pony and Rarity’s response startled her. “I do darling. Welcome to Skyhold, oh it’s a pity the weapons were returned to their original form.”

“Maybe they will.” the Bearer of Honesty retorted looking at her sword. “So I’m guessing that you have an idea of where we can talk.”

“This way to the Herald’s Rest.” Rarity told her as she led the way taking a deep breath. “Oh I wish you could have been here since the beginning. Seeing the Inquisitor making her speech… anyone with a fashion sense getting her to wear cute outfits.”

“Sounds like you have a story.” Applejack pointed out as they entered the building resting the sword against the wall. Rarity placed her staff next to it as she led her to a seat saying. “Oh I have plenty, as I suppose you do my dear.”

“You got me, one for one?” asked the gamboge mare glancing around, the pale silver unicorn nodded her head in agreement. “I’ll go first which one do you want to here?”

“Hmmm, that is a difficult one. Ah, tell me did you meet any royalty in your first test?” Applejack chuckled. ‘Of course she would want to know that one.’

“Sure did.” the farm pony replied thinking back. “I had joined a rebellion out of wanting to help the people against a tyrannical leader. I became the unknowing student of one of the lands heroes. Nothing will ever beat the time I met the King’s younger siblings who were trying to take over to give their people a chance.”

“You called Paige?” asked Applejack walking into a room glancing around with a bored expression. Paige didn’t even look up from the map saying. “Yes, I need you to escort a group of the rebellion into Reaver’s mansion. We need as much information before sneaking into the party.”

“I don’t like this, Kid and I… well we don’t really agree on most things.” the farm pony said shaking her head folding her arms across her chest. “By the way what is he up to?”

Paige’s head whipped towards the door before heading out. Her voice barking through the sewers as the mare leaned against some barrels. Soon the human entered again with a group of people behind her. The first thing that caught her attention was the pink haired male glaring at the rebellion leader. He was standing next to a woman with long red hair and green eyes. The man they had entered with was explaining that the two were Heroes like their mother. Paige didn’t like the fact that they were royalty and made a point of this to send them out and gain the favor of the people. The pink haired male rolled his eyes before speaking quietly when Paige went back to work. “She would rather have the people walk right over royalty.”

“Paige has a lot on her plate.” Applejack spoke up as she headed over to them causing their eyes to shift to her. “I guess she doesn’t know that if her rebellion wins without you they would probably elect her as a leader.”

“You don’t seem so bullheaded as the rest of those impudent apes.” huffed the pinkette and Applejack laughed holding out her hand saying. “Nah, I’m just very stubborn. I’m Applejack, so yer the king’s siblings huh?”

“Yes, my name is Victor and this is my sister Rose.” the male answered shaking the hand and the woman gave a nod saying. “A pleasure, I am sure you are a valuable asset to the rebellion.”

“My abilities are, I’m mostly at odds with their methods.” the mare replied rubbing the back of her head. “I still think we should try and talk to the king. They disagree saying he’s too far gone, mostly I think that’s Reaver’s policies.”

“He was put in charge by Logan.” sighed Victor shaking his head and Applejack paused as she sensed someone behind her. “Robin what are you doing?”

“She’s cute and tiny.” a voice spoke as the mare was swept off her feet by a larger woman. “Not my type but huggable all the same.”

“Well put her down before you crush her you brute.” the words were not spoken with any malice, Robin chuckled deeply saying. “You were checking her out earlier Victor.”

“Now is not the time, we have a job to do.” Rose told them both before looking around. “Where is Va’an?”

“Probably hunting down anyone who was planning on hurting Dove.” answered the pinkette as Robin set Applejack down on her feet. “You should come with us Applejack.”

“Why are you name after booze?” was the only question from Robin looking down at her and the farm pony looked confused.

“Did she really ask you that question?” Rarity asked and Applejack nodded saying. “Sure did, though I didn’t know what she was talking about until she dragged me off to the local tavern for a drink. I don’t think I have ever had a headache that bad before.”

“Oh trust me the first hangover is never fun.” the fashionista replied shaking her head in laughter. Applejack looked at her with a raised eyebrow so she decided to elaborate. “You thought I would love a tavern without having a drink once in a while. Dorian and I spent a lot of time here.”

“Sounds like you have a story to tell.” the gave the gamboge pony a smug expression as the pale silver mare sat back thinking.

“I think I have just the one.” Rarity had after a bit. “Dorian was looking for a drink, the Inquisitor had locked up her supplies because something was getting into them. He didn’t want to come in here, I was here for other reasons.”

“It’s a shirt Sera, a simple shirt and you still reject it!” snapped Rarity glaring at the shut door. “Shows how ungrateful for the hard work people are willing to put in for others!”

“Didn’t ask for it!” Sera’s voice called out, Rarity let out a restrained screech before throwing the shirt at the door before walking off. Her hands were shaking from anger. ‘She’s not worth it Rarity.’ she told herself then the guilt rose because of the thought.

“Rarity, there you are!” a voice snapped her out of her stupor and she looked up to see the Tevinter mage. “Tell me you know where some fine wine is.”

“Let me guess, you’re out.” the mare replied and the taller man nodded his head. “Mirzwen locked up her collection… I’m sure the bartender has some bottles stored away.”

“If he has any he isn’t sharing.” muttered Dorian glaring towards the dwarf, Rarity smirked before heading over. “Nothing will ever persuade him, you know that!”

“Cabot, my friend says that you are hording the finest wines.” the unicorn said looking at the dwarf who just let out a chuckle. “I’ll pay you extra for breaking it out plus a few rare gems I found.”

That caused Cabot to pause before looking at her as she produced the gems out of her sleeve. Rubbing his chin he headed off to get two glasses, the fashionista looked towards Dorian and waved him over. Dorian looked impressed as he sat down beside her though he did take some time to clean it off.

“There you two go.” Cabot spoke up and Rarity set out the money. “Got this from a supplier, you’ll find there isn’t anything quite like it.”

“Thank you!” was the response from Rarity and the two began to sip the fine beverage. Rarity found she quite liked the taste and was beginning to relax a bit. That was until the door slammed open causing the two to jump spilling some over the side. It was Iron Bull and his Charges. ‘Back from their mission.’ Rarity thought casually glancing at him from the corner of her eyes. When she moved back to her drink she took notice that Dorian was even refusing to even look at the Qunari.

“Dorian, darling, what is wrong?” she asked looking at him with confusion. “You’ve barely touched your drink.”

“Has he even bathed?” the Tevinter mage hissed his eyes boring holes into the back of Iron Bull’s head. “I can smell him from here.”

Rarity rolled her eyes before placing a hand on his shoulder causing him to look at her. “What is really wrong?”

“I spoke with my father today.” the male answered looking at his cup. “The Inquisitor somehow found a way to not have me walk out on him.”

“I take it you don’t get along with him.” the unicorn said slowly as she watched him turn his gaze away. “Is it because of who you prefer to lay with?”

Dorian’s eyes went towards her and she chuckled saying. “I’m not blind Dorian, if you were interested in females you would have bedded the Inquisitor at this point.”

“Not yourself?” the dark haired male inquired and Rarity’s chuckle turned into a laugh as she said. “I have standards.”

“Of course you do.” Dorian replied as he held up his cup. “To standards.”

“To standards.” the mare replied tapping her glass against them as they both drunk deeply. Just then the bard began to sing and the entire tavern quieted down. Rarity leaned against the counter humming along. Maryden gave her a sideways glance and the fashionista merely waved. The bard moved over to her and pulled her to the center as the two sang together.

“Did you know everyone here?” asked Applejack looking quite surprised and the unicorn chuckled saying. “Of course, I helped her out with a fashion crisis and in return she helped me get back at Sera.”

“Oooh are we telling stories?” Pinkie’s voice called from the doorway causing them to jump. “Good thing we’re here!”

“Heya!” Rainbow said as they glanced in the direction seeing the two. “So what are we telling?”

“Oh we’re just sharing memories from our journeys.” Rarity said as their friends took a seat. “Have any good memories?”

“I HAVE ONE!” Pinkie shouted almost launching herself into the ceiling before landing on the seat perfectly. “It was back when I was with Sparrow and she was searching for the heroes to take down Lucien. We already got Hammer and Garth, the last was in Bloodstone past the Wraithmarsh. Once you get passed the Banshee’s and Hollowmen it really is a really pretty place. Anyways, she had taken down the troll blocking our way we made it to Bloodstone.”

“Are you sure this is the right way?” asked Pinkie as they walked passed a small graveyard with. A tall blonde male with a large beard chuckled as he set his hand on her shoulder saying. “Do not worry, I think Sparrow knows exactly where she is going.”

“I love this place.” Sparrow spoke up as she looked out upon a town once they got to the top of a hill. Pinkie looked closely at the city and realized that it was full of pirates. She let out a squeal as they headed down to join the many denizens. They had to look for a sharpshooter in the town, Sparrow was rather content on doing missions once in a while. Anytime one was available she would do that instead of going with the mission Teresa wanted her to do. The male they were travelling with, Leon, just stuck close to Pinkie Pie. He was rather protective of her and Sparrow explained that her hyperactive attitude got her into more trouble than the Crimson Sparrow. Pinkie accepted that and was just satisfied with exploring the city. When they finally met Reaver it came to no one’s surprise that he wanted Sparrow to do something for them. Sparrow was to take the seal on the desk and bring it to a court deep within the Wraithmarsh.

“Pinkie stay here. Leon and I will go find this place.” Sparrow told her before leaving Pinkie in the entrance of the house. A large hand grasped the pink pony’s shoulder and she looked up at one of the burly men in Reaver’s employ.

“You don’t seem to happy.” Pinkie said easily getting out of the grasp appearing behind the male. “I know! Cupcakes!”

“I’m not allowed sweets.” the guard said trying to grab her again but the pony danced out of the way. “Stand still will you.”

“If I do then you’ll just throw me out!” the pink earth pony giggled as she leapt up into the air landing on the landing above them. “And then I can’t help you!”

“Don’t need help.” the man replied as the door to Reaver’s study opened and Pinkie hid behind the railing.

“And why haven’t you gotten rid of her yet?” the pirate king asked pointing his pistol at the man. Pinkie jumped down in front of him saying. “Because I won’t let him, Sparrow told me to stay here. I think it’s mainly due to the fact that I was singing in the Wraithmarsh where you sent her.”

“You can wait outside.” Reaver told her as the male grabbed her and Pinkie began to wiggle her way out of the grip. “Do what I say and he won’t pay for your deeds.”

Pinkie froze as she was tossed out, then a vision passed through her mind. Turning around she grabbed the man’s legs and pulled dropping him to the ground as a shot was fired. Her hands didn’t reach for her daggers, instead she pulled the party cannon out of her hair and slammed in front of them.

“You were going to kill him.” Pinkie growled glaring at Reaver who was now watching the both of them with interest. “So he wouldn’t have to pay.”

“Now you are interesting.” the brown haired male said walking closer to her before bending down. “I have never met a seer before, I thought they would be all stoic and dull.”

“Well Teresa is, I’m still trying to get her to smile.” Pinkie replied still not moving from her spot. “Even with one of my parties, I think there is something wrong with her.”

Reaver held out his hand saying. “I promise I won’t kill him if you show me one of your parties. Perhaps I can show you how to throw a proper one.”

“I’ve got nothing to do, sure!” Pinkie took the hand and was led back into the building. The man rubbed his head before getting up and following them.

“So you just followed the guy who tried to kill one of his own people?” Rainbow Dash rubbed her forehead trying to wrap her mind around it. “Why did you do that?”

“If I didn’t he would have shot the man.” Pinkie replied looking to the side for a moment. “I knew not to mess with him. Turns out he really likes my party cannon almost killed me for it. So I just gave him an older one.”

“Insanity meets industry.” Applejack mumbled as Pinkie slid behind the counter and started to look around. “Is he the reason why you opened up your tavern?”

“No that was Sparrow, Reaver just employed me to throw his parties.” answered the pink mare as she began to find bottles. “I called it the Dancing Cloud, she liked it.”

“Alright, my turn.” Rainbow said as she leaned back in her seat. “I guess I could tell you about….”

“How about you tell us how you and Echo met.” Rarity spoke up a smile on her face and Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes saying. “Fine, I guess I can tell you that one. Well Anakin and I were about to go on a scouting mission and Obi-Wan decided we should take a small group of Clone Troopers.”

“It’s just a scouting mission, why do we have to take some Troopers along?” groaned Rainbow Dash looking around with a frown on her face. “And Tank is on a mission.”

“Come on Rainbow it isn’t that bad, we do have a tendency to get in a lot of trouble.” Anakin replied as they walked towards the hanger. “I chose out one for you.”

“Thanks.” grumbled the rainbow maned mare folding her arms across her chest. She saw her friend walking up to Rex. There was a soldier next to him ramrod straight, the equestrian glared at Anakin saying. “I’m never trusting you again.”

“Rainbow Dash this is CT-1409, also known as Echo he’s dealt with a lot of hot heads before.” the brunet told her clapping his hand on her shoulder. “I’m sure you’ll get along.”

“Alright what did I do?” asked Rainbow as they moved towards their ship the Troopers following behind them. An akin merely laughed saying. “Nothing.”

“There has to be something.” she told him sitting down in the copilot’s seat buckling in. “Obi-Wan put you up to this didn’t he?”

“Nope.” the brunet merely grinned when his friend groaned. “Hey Echo is a really great guy and he’s been through a lot. Give him a chance.”

The fast flier glanced behind her towards the Troopers talking to each other. Turning her head forward she slid down into her seat as they took off. The flight was going to take a little while to get to the planet they were scouting out. So she decided to go and talk to the Troopers, she was being a little unfair towards Echo. Pausing when she got to the door she heard them talking.

“Have you worked with her before?” she knew this was Echo, as Rex was the one to reply. “A little, she normally sticks with General Skywalker. She’s nice though, treats us like actual people instead of disposable tools.”

“Then why is she angry at me?” It was a simple question one that Rainbow knew Rex couldn’t answer. So she took this chance to walk in and both Troopers moved to stand up.

“Don’t.” she told them before looking at the bleach blond. “Hey why don’t you copilot with Anakin for a bit.”

Rex got up and headed to the cockpit as she took his seat in front of the clone trooper.

“I’m not angry with you and I’m sorry if I made you feel that way.” she told him rubbing her arm. “Everytime I go on a mission now with Anakin the Council will either have us bring Asoka, General Kenobi, or one of you guys. Normally I bring Tank but… he was busy. Whenever they tell us to bring someone along I always get the feeling it’s to watch me.”

“You and General Skywalker have a reputation for getting things destroyed.” Echo pointed out and Rainbow Dash looked at him curiously. “Even on simple missions like this one things go wrong. If they wanted to watch you they would have followed you at a distance. I think this is more like needed backup.”

“Never thought of it like that.” the rainbow maned pegasus mused before laughing. “Echo, is it?”

“CT-1409, but yeah I’m called Echo.” the trooper told her and almost jumped back when she qheld out her hand saying. “Echo then, my name’s Rainbow Dash, sorry for being a jerk earlier. It’s nice to meet you and here’s to many more missions if we all don’t die on the planet we’re going to.”

“We’re not going to die!” Anakin’s voice told them from the cockpit. “Though you better strap in, we’re about to exit hyperspace.”

“And that is how we met.” Rainbow concluded looking around at her friends. Rarity was the only who had a look of disappointment on her face. “What?”

“I was hoping for a love at first sight connection.” sighed the unicorn as a tankard was set in front of Applejack. Rainbow let out a groan of disbelief as Twilight walked into the tavern with Fluttershy right behind her. She looked around in confusion. she asked. “What are you doing?”

“We’re sharing memories!” Pinkie squealed as the gamboge Earth Pony drank deeply from the tankard. Twilight and Fluttershy glanced at each other before joining their friends around the table. They listened to the conversations for a bit.

“Why are you so interested in my love life?” asked the rainbow maned mare almost glaring at Rarityu who replied with a smile. “I just want to know when there will be wedding bells. Seeing Matilda and Cranky getting married wants me to help plan another one.”

“Why don't you get married then?” Applejack spoke up and Rarity sighed saying. “I haven't found the right one yet. I mean there has been plenty of suitors but none of them are here and the ones that are here dont have the same standards. Well besides Spike.”

“Echo hasn't asked.” the fast flier said nudging the table with her hoof. “He's been rather busy as a Wonderbolt. We still go out once in a while but with what just happened in Canterlot…”

This caught Twilight’s attention, she looked towards Rainbow asking. “What happened?”

“Sombra came back, it’s why Celestia and Luna are busy in the Everfree Forest, he sealed off Canterlot. All the ponies who lived there are now without a home. They're heading this way on both train and hoof. The Wonderbolts are escorting them as safely as possible.”

“Why are we only hearing about this now?” inquired the fashionista, Twilight took a moment to think about this. “Unless they didn't want to cause a panic, most ponies aren’t used to war.”

The ponies nodded as they looked down in silence, the Princess of Friendship noticed that they were thinking about the Alliance.

“You said you were sharing memories.” Fluttershy spoke up as she looked around. “What kind?”

“Mainly good ones.” Rarity responded sitting back as Pinkie continued to serve up what she found. It was mainly cider, Applejack and Rainbow began to chat again.

“What about you two, have any good memories from where you were?” asked Pinkie as she cleaned the counter. Twilight thought back to all the places she was and said. “I have a few.”

All eyes turned to her as she continued. “I mean I was in Thedas for a few years… it took a couple of months before I realised that my wings were hidden.”

“So what memory shall you be sharing?” Rainbow inquired pushing away her cup from her to listen. The Princess of Friendship thought before saying. “This was in a city called Kirkwall, I was following the Grey Warden Anders in order to… convince him to come back to the Order. Unfortunately I lost his trail in the city so I went to the docks hoping to find some information.”

“Before you continue on why were you with the Grey Wardens?” Rarity interrupted blinking in surprise and Twilight blushed saying. “It was the only way to stay out of the Mage Circle, I was recruited about a year before the Warden Commander and acted more as a diplomat. It was Duncan’s idea, anyways, I was in Kirkwall looking for Anders.”

“Seriously Anders you ran away again?” Twilight growled under her breath as she moved through the crowded streets her hood up. “And at such an important time as well.”

“Watch it.” a man snarled glaring down at her and Twilight peered up passed her hood seeing how large the man was. ‘Judging from his breath I would say that he was drunk. Best to just apologize and send him on his way.’ she thought as the alicorn said. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t watching where I was going.”

“There are ways you can make it up to him.” the man’s friend spoke up with a lecherous grin. Twilight groaned before producing the seal of the Grey Wardens and his friend recoiled as she told him. “I am on an important mission, get out of my way.”

“Jeez sorry, you need to loosen up.” the friend grumbled before leading the drunkard away. Relaxing a bit the Princess of Friendship moved through the docks taking quick notes that there were Qunari there. ‘Don’t think about it Twilight. We are here to find Anders and not get insight into the Qunari culture. It just seems interesting, I’ve only seen Tal Vashoth and they are mainly mercenaries.’ She argued with herself watching them carefully. ‘Also I haven’t seen Anders so it would be alright if I just take a small break.’

What Twilight did not see was a blond mage walking towards her with a Dwarf asking. “Blondie? What’s wrong?”

A hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder pulling her away from the Qunari. Her head whipped around as she saw a mage standing there a frown on his face.

“What are you doing here?” he snapped and her eyes narrowed as she brushed his hand off saying. “Nice to see you too Anders, I was looking for you.”

“I am no longer a Warden, it isn’t your….”

“Warden Surana sent me to find you.” she interrupted and Anders looked to the side, she reached up and touched his face. “He’s worried Anders, as am I. He never said anything about bringing you back he just wants to make sure you are alright. All we found was the bodies of those who were with you.”

“Not here.” Anders whispered as he pulled her hand away from his face. “I’ll tell you somewhere safe.”

“In other words you are going to run away from me and hide.” Twilight pouted as the Dwarf approached saying. “Blondie you aren’t going to run away from someone who came all the way to Kirkwall just to check on you. Are you?”

“Varric! Anders!” a male’s voice spoke up as a dark haired male approached a goofy grin on his face. “I thought we were going out for… hello there.”

“Hi.” Twilight did not know what to make of this man as his eyes wandered over to Twilight then to the Qunari behind her asking. “Am I interrupting something?”

“No, no. Hawke this is a friend of mine from the Grey Wardens surprisingly enough she is a demon expert.” Anders said waving his hand towards Twilight Sparkle. “Her name is Twilight.”

“A pleasure.” Hawke said giving her hand a slight kiss as Twilight corrected. “I prefer the term Beings of the Fade Expert because we both know that there are more than just demons there. I just know how to fight them in ways no one expects.”

“Demon Expert it is.” laughed Varric and Hawke joined along side as Twilight rolled her eyes. “Come join us for a drink, after all today was a success.”

“Varric never mentioned you in his book, why would he leave you out?” asked Rarity looking at Twilight and she replied. “Anders didn’t want me involved in anything that happened afterwards. After all I was a mage as well, even though I was protected by the Wardens he didn’t want people to think that I helped him escaped. Even though I did get him to Tevinter before I was brought back.”

Rarity sat back before Pinkie spoke up. “What about you Fluttershy?”

Fluttershy noticed all eyes on her and she began to stutter. Rainbow, taking quick notice, decided to speak up. “Actually I think it’s getting late, we should probably turn in. Twilight don’t you have some planning to do for a certain conference?”

“Rainbow is right.” Twilight replied earning a groan of disbelief as they headed out. Fluttershy glanced at the rainbow maned mare whispering. “Thank you.”

Rainbow just grinned before heading out, the group of friends chatted before parting ways. Though once on their own they grew silent in thought as the focused on what they didn’t tell their friends. The dark secrets of what they had went through knowing that they would only worry the others.

Twilight sighed as she sat down at her desk quill in her aura and paper in front of her. She had to change a few things for the summit. It was hard knowing what had happened to Canterlot, though one thing did confuse her. ‘Why did he just seal off the city instead of containing the residents inside?’

A chess piece slid across a checkered board as Sombra looked up at his opponent saying. “I believe it is your move.”

“Why did you seal off the city?” the mare inquired moving her own piece with her magic. “Instead of taking the residents for your own?”

“They hold no use for me at the moment, the more I take the more power Abyssia gains. She cannot get out of her prison.” Sombra explained as he watched the board. “Midnight Sun would think that this is dull and boring. He would wish to be out exploring and getting as far away from his noble lineage as much as possible.”

The mare sat in silence as she glanced around the room she was in, Sombra watched her as he moved his piece.

Author's Notes:

I do not own MLP or any other form of media or game in this show.