After getting some more training in with Shining, who's hands are now freed from the shields. I exit the training room to see Spitfire with four other pegasi fly off towards the Everfree Forest, while other groups take off in every other direction.

I frown in thought, why are the elves so damn persistent? Well, hopefully with the gryphons and dragons dealt with for now, and soon the elves, we can focus on finding Grogar and gather any information we can on him.

I enter the Castle and make my way to the throne room, should be time to wrap up and head for dinner. It's only been over a week and I miss Celestia already, I hope she and Solaris are doing alright.

A loud pop sound to my left makes me jump and I throw up a shield barrier next to me. I see Discord standing there with a raised eyebrow at me.

"I think you're getting a tiny bit paranoid... Although that's a given," he says and shrugs. "Just letting you know the so called Sphinx God is now gone and turns out he was an undead made by Grogar. He blew himself up and covered the entire mountain with an arcane miasma that turned thousands of gryphons and some of our forces into undead. Solaris, Celestia, and Vortigan are fine and are heading back on their airship along with some rescued prisoners. They should be heading through the portal in the crystal caves any minute now."

I let out a sigh of relief at the good news, but now knowing that Grogar is behind the Sphinx God is cause for concern.

"Thanks for the info, Uncle. I was just about to head to the throne room to gather everyone for dinner, care to join us?" I ask him.

"Sorry but can't. Now that I've helped Celly and Solaris, I'm going back to Terra to keep an eye on Twilight and continue training her," he replies and pulls his left arm off and flops it about for a second before sticking it back on and sighing. "Oh boy that feels better. Well then, say hi to the others for me and let them know where I am, you can contact me through your elven mirror if you need me!" And with that he snaps his fingers and vanishes in his pink cloud of smoke.

With the good news I head inside the Throne Room and find Luna sitting on her throne with Shella on hers, her belly slightly swollen with her eggs. I think it's fifteen more days before she lays them. Although there's no line of ponies waiting to see them which I find odd.

"Adrian! Are thou done with thine training?" Luna asks me and then yawns.

I smile up to her and walk over to her throne. "Yes, and Shining got his hands stuck in a couple of shield bubbles. Poor guy couldn't pick anything up for an hour," I reply with a chuckle.

She giggles in return as does Shella. "As amusing as that sounds, the air forces are now out to find these elves. hopefully, we'll find them before they can foalnap anypony," Luna tells me as her face turns from a smile to a frown.

"Ah that reminds me. Discord has told me the Sphinx God is dead and was Grogar's creation..." I say and tell her the rest of what Discord told me.

"We see, we art relieved our family is safe, as well as Vortigan. We shall also hold a ceremony for those who lost their lives when our forces return," she tells me and yawns again.

"Tired?" I comment playfully.

"Thou hast no idea, but we shalt push on," she replies and stifles another yawn.

"Then you're stopping for today. Let's get some dinner and call it a day shall we?" I say and hold my left hand out to her while holding my right out to Shella.

They both smile and take them as I gently pull them onto their feet. "So what happened while I was training?" I ask them both as we walk out the doors, each of them still holding onto my hands.

"A messenger from the centaurs has warned us of undead around their borders, and has asked us to send some of the human mages to get rid of them. We've told her we can't just send people who aren't under our direct command and to wait here so she may meet with King Vortigan to make an agreement with him," Luna tells me and sighs as she rubs the bridge of her muzzle with her left hand. "Not to mention some more petty requests of the nobles."

I hum in thought. "If the centaurs are starting to have problems with the undead, perhaps the other races are as well... Maybe we should call a meeting with all our allies? This'll be a good opportunity to introduce Vortigan to them," I tell her with a raised brow.

"It would give us a good opportunity to find out what is happening beyond our borders and if they have any information on Grogar," Shella says.

Luna frowns and nods her head. "True, but first we have to deal with the elves before we call a gathering. From what Twilight has told us of elven magic, they can use illusion spells to disguise themselves as another race for a short time. They could use that to get in with one of the other races visiting."

I sigh as we arrive at the Dining Hall and the guards open it for us. "Thank you," I say to them as we head in and make our way to the table to find Cadence and Galaxia already here with the foals.

"I see you're having fun," I comment as they look up from the foals on their laps.

Cadence giggles as she nuzzles Hope and Mavis. "We are. I take it court and training are done for today?" she asks us with a smile.

"Yes, now we can just relax for the rest of the day. Also, the attack on Aries Peak was a partial success," I reply and then inform them of what Discord told me.

"It's good to know they're okay," Galaxia says with a relieved sigh as we take our seats.

Valiant holds his hands out to me making me grin as I lean over to pick him up off Galaxia's lap and place him on mine.

"And how's my brave boy? You behaving yourself?" I ask him, making him giggle and slap my stomach a few times.

Dinner is ordered and we all talk about the stupidity of the nobles. Now fed, we head up to our room to relax and chat before turning in for the day.

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After our morning rituals, we have breakfast and begin our day. Galaxia and Cadence once again are looking after the foals while It's my turn this morning for court and again not many nobles in line. They know I won't take their crap anymore so they would either wait to try with Luna or preferably Celestia as Solaris and Galaxia don't take their crap as well.

Although this mare has a legitimate case that her now ex-husband has been selling some of her crops without telling her and keeping the profits in a separate bank account, and with a crystal recording caught him in the act. So I judged him to give her half of the bank account's worth and a restraining order to keep away from her property.

After thanking me, she leaves with some guards to enforce the verdict. Luckily, we've had no reports of kidnappings or missing people yet, so the elves must be still setting themselves up or are trying to find the best target.

We've also made an order for a sword and shield made for Shining from the royal blacksmith as well as the best foci gem we can get from Terra to socket into it. It'll take another three days before they're ready for testing.

The doors then burst open with Spitfire smirking as she walks over to me. "Spitfire? I take it you have good news judging by your smirk?" I ask her with a growing grin.

"I do, your majesty. Just as you thought, we located the elves in the old Castle of the Sisters within the Everfree Forest. The detector found high amounts of elven magic in the area and we spotted two elves in the trees as lookouts. Though we're unsure if they noticed us or not," she replies.

I frown and place my right hand under my chin. "Hmmm, get a few squads ready to surround them while I go get the anti-portal orb Discord made. Also get the guards on high alert in Canterlot in case they try to make portals in the city while we grab the elves," I order her, getting a salute in return before she runs out.

I get up and end court for now before heading out to find Luna and Galaxia. After asking a few guards, Cadence is in our room with Galaxia looking after the foals while Luna is in the Training Room practising with her aspect forms.

I head up to our room first and find Cadence grinning her head off and giggling as all four foals are trying to climb on her. Galaxia is sitting on the bed smiling while Silk sheets is sitting to the right on a chair also smiling.

"Adorable, although I've come to tell you both that Spitfire and her group have found the elves. They're hiding in the old castle ruins in the Everfree Forest. We're getting squads together to ambush them with the anti-portal orb to stop them from getting away," I tell them both making Galaxia frown.

Galaxia stands up from the bed and walks over to me. "Good, then I'm coming with you. These elves have threatened my family and ponies. I will make them regret their actions!" she tells me and her horn glows as a beautiful set of form fitting polished dark blue armour has replaced her dress. It has hardly any weak points and looks flexible. Silver trimming adorns the armour with a shin long night sky themed dress skirt with chainmail on the inside.

In her hands is a finely crafted longbow with the same colours of her armour with a pair of thin silver blades on the front of the limbs. Although there's no bow string or quiver which confuses me.

"Now then, let us be on our way so we may end this threat as soon as possible!" she says with enthusiasm and heads for the door.

I quickly grab her left forearm gently making her turn back to me. "I still need to inform Luna so she and the guards can keep an eye on Canterlot in case the elves try to portal in when we move the orb out," I warn her, getting a nod in return. "Go get the squads ready at the barracks and I'll go tell Luna."

"Very well, I shall meet you there," she replies and heads out.

"You'll be careful right?" Cadence asks with worry. Silk is also looking concerned.

"We'll be fine. I have my nullify spell to cancel out the elves' magic. And judging by Galaxia's bow, I think she'll be quite the asset against their archers," I reply and walk over to give her a quick kiss on her forehead before giving one to each of my kids. "We'll be back soon."

"Okay, good luck," she replies.

I quickly change out of my clothes for my armour, sword, and shield along with my foci-bracelets before I leave the room and head out to find Luna. I arrive at the Training Room to see Luna in her magic aspect form with Shining practising his life element some more.

"Luna! I have news about the elves," I say getting her attention.

She cancels her form and walks over to me as does Shining. "What news? Hast their location been discovered?" she asks eagerly.

I nod and frown. "They're hiding in your old castle in the Everfree Forest. Galaxia and I are going to surround it with a few squads to either capture them, or kill them if they resist with lethal force," I tell her, making her frown.

"Then we shall assist thou with this endeavour," she replies and grins.

"Nope, we need you and the guards to keep an eye on Canterlot as we'll be taking the anti-portal orb with us," I tell her, making her grin vanish. "I know you want to punish these elves for trying to kidnap our people, but you're now nearly two months pregnant and I don't want you risking the foal for this. Galaxia, the guards, and I can handle them."

She sighs and frowns. "Very well. We shalt make certain the elves dare not infiltrate Canterlot," she says unhappily.

"Just be careful if the elves do infiltrate. I wouldn't put it past them to try and kidnap you to use as leverage, though that would be telling everyone that their king is involved," I tell her and give her a quick kiss. "We'll get this done as soon as we can and come back with the orb."

We say our goodbyes where Shining will stick with Luna to keep her safe as well as send two squads of guards to protect Cadence.

I make my way to the barracks and see Galaxia ordering the guards around getting them ready to go just out front. Though most of them look at her in awe as this is the first time any of us have seen her in armour.

"Ah, Adrian. The troops are just about ready to go, are you ready?" she asks me.

I nod to her in reply. "I am, so how do you want to do this? Judging from your bow, you want to keep your distance and see what they have first?" I ask her, getting a smile from her.

"Yes, I have a spell that allows me to see the body heat of living things up to a good fifty meters away. Though the spell loses its effectiveness through walls, trees, or stone," she replies as her horn glows and her eyes change to slitted pupils.

"Fancy. Then while you finish up here, I'll go get the orb," I tell her, making her giggle.

"No need, I just teleported to it and back while you spoke to Luna. Now we can prepare to move out," she replies and holds up the orb in her left hand.

I just stare at the orb for a few seconds. "Ah, well then... let's get ready to go,"

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Ten squads with ten ponies each are ready to go, along with Captains Spitfire and Dark Wing. All are wearing camouflaged armour or strange bush like coverings they called ghillie suits. If they stay perfectly still you couldn't even tell that someone was inside it, it was also enchanted to turn the pony's fur wearing it a dark green to blend in with it.

We have fifty pegasi or thestrals and twenty-five unicorns and earthponies. The pegasi and thestrals will carry the non-flyers to the edge of the forest where we will slowly advance towards the ruined castle.

"Alright then, let's get a move on!" I say getting cheers from the others.

I cast my gliding wings where Galaxia grabs the collar on the back of my chest-plate. We take off and fly down low close to the mountainside and then about three to four metres from the ground as we soar towards the Everfree. We don't need them seeing us flying down to them from above.

It takes a good twenty minutes but we land a good twenty metres from the treeline and the unicorns start casting spells to detect life signs nearby.

I cancel my wings and quickly change to my life's magic aspect form, the vines and flowers growing over my body and my vision showing strong signs of life. I only see a few animals who are looking at us through the trees before they run off.

"looks clear to me," I say and look towards Galaxia. Her eyes glowing and slitted again as she scans the treeline.

She readies her bow and I watch as she holds her right hand where the string should be before pulling back where an arrow made of black magic with twinkling dots in it forms. She nods to the bow before moving her hand back and the arrow deforms.

"Then let us go hunting," she then says as we follow her into the treeline.

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