Mothball charged Insectia with his horn glowing, he jumped up and headbutted his brother with great force causing a small crater to appear under the large changeling. Mothball jumped out of the way and Cadence fired a magic blast into their opponents chest.

Insectia growled and shot towards Cadence, pinning her against a tree. "Mother promised me that I could keep you as a slave once she was finished with your little friends here, I guess now is a good time to collect." His horn glowed and a spell activated and Candy's body began to change. Before the spell could be completed I loaded The Lancelot with magic dampening rounds and shot one into the bug-horse. He grunted in pain before looking at me.

"If you're gonna pull that kinda shit wait until you've actually taken care of your enemies, have a sense of honour." I scolded laying The Lancelot beside me and folded my arms.

Mothball charged him and knocked him to the ground, Cadence caught her breath and cast a healing spell on herself. Looking down at her attacker she charged her horn and created a magic hammer, bringing it down on the bugs crotch. He screamed like a girl and kicked Cadence in the snout before grabbing her in his magic and slamming her into a tree.

Mothball spat out some green goo which turned into two green crystalic swords. Insectia took notice of this and created his own blades. The two rushed towards each other and clashed blades, taking swings at each other which were either avoided or blocked by another attack.

While Insectia was busy with Mothball, Cadence flew up into the air and charged her horn. A ball of pink energy formed and she slammed it down onto the prince, creating another crater and leaving him spraled out on the ground with a large burn mark on his beetle back.

Insectia grabbed both of them with his magic and repeatedly slammed them into each other before throwing them away. He grabbed Mothball again and held a blade to his throat, before he could make the fatal blow he was tackled by Cadence and punch by her hooves with great force,

Mothball recovered and made a crystalic hammer. He walked over to the now battered Insectia and slammed it onto his chest. Insectia tried to get up but looked up to see Cadence and Mothball looking down at him with evil grins. Both held their magic hammers in the air and brought them down simultaneously, finishing him.

Moonlight and I looked to each other and sighed, each taking our fifty bits back. "Shame, looks like we'll have to find a different bet." I said as I got up.

"How about a drinking contest once we get to the Den?" Moonlight suggested.

"You're on missy."

"Did you just call me missy?" She asked with a playful tone.

"Why, does that offend you?" I looked at her with a sly grin. "If so prepare to hear that name every time I pass you in a hallway or street."

She rolled her eyes and we walked towards Mothy and Candy. The two looked at us with smiles. "So, how did I do?" Candy asked.

"I'll say right now Candy, whatever poor sod is marrying you has to be one brave mother fucker." Her skill in combat was great alright, but it lacked a sense of nature, likely because she isn't a natural born fighter.

"Well a captian of the Royal gaurd has to be brave." She replied with a smile.

"Wait, you're the mare that Shining Armour is engaged to?" I suddenly burst out laughing, falling to the ground and holding my sides. "That sorry excuse for a fighter is-BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" I had fought Shining before, he is terrible at fighting, he relies way too much on defence than offence.

"True he is a bad fighter, but he never backs down from a challenge and is braver than any stallion in Equestria." She defended.

"C-Candy, I know that isn't the real reason you want to marry him!" I said in between laughs. "You just want to be dominant in a relationship." Candy thought for a moment before a look of realisation came to her.

"Sweet Faust, y-you're right." She sat down and out a hoof to her chin in thought. "No wonder I usually try to take charge."

"Oh no that's just a thing all women have, you just don't have the natural instinct for your mate to be the dominant one in the relationship." I finally stopped laughing and we began walking. As I was about to exit the clearing I heard Insectia cough. "You guys go on ahead, I gotta do something first." The group nodded and I walked over to the wounded changeling who glared at me with one eye, the other being swollen and bloody.

"Y-You won't survive... the invasion. You are... my mothers... primary target now." I knelt down in front of him.

"Tell me, are there anymore of you princes?"

He coughed and smirked. "Of course, two princes, one princess. They will make sure... you die!"

I pulled out The Lancelot and loaded it with enchanted ammo. "Let them try, because all it takes is one bullet to the head to kill any one of your kind." I placed the barrel of the gun to his head. "Here's a message to your mother. You try anything like that again and you'll be on the top of my kill list, I will personally beat you down and have a bit of fun with you before killing you and sell your body on the black market where a some creepy stallion will use it as some weird sex toy. So stay away from my friends." With that I pulled the trigger.

A few hours later we were all in Canterlot. We walked to the gates of the castle where Celestia was waiting for us with a warm smile. She rushed forward and brought Candy into a tight hug. "Thank goodness you made it here safely." She let go of Candy and turned to us. "Thank you so much for completing this important task Lone Wolf, as promised, here is your reward." She floated a large sack of bits over to me. "There is double the amount you were promised for that... incident at the gorge."

I shivered at the memory. "Thanks Tia, pleasure doing business with you once again." I placed the bag of bits on Mothy's back and turned to Candy who wrapped me in a hug.

"Thank you Gray."

I patted her on the back and pulled away. "No problem Candy, just doin what I was paid for."

She rolled her eyes and hugged Mothy. "Thank you too Mothball, I enjoyed spending time with you."

"Likewise princess." As Candy was about to walk away Mothball put a hoof on her shoulder. "Um, could you maybe, help me with something?"

"It would depend on what it is, but yes."

"Well, I've started seeing this mare, and I was just wanting to know if the relationship will actually go anywhere." Cadence nodded and followed Mothy down the street. I had taken the bag of bits back and threw it over my shoulder.

"Well, we'll be off then. Gotta get back home and make sure Pyro and Clawback didn't burn the damn place down." I hugged Tia and began walking towards The Wolf Den with our newest member in tow.

I sat in my office with my feet up on my desk, enjoying the peace that my little office brought to me after a long mission. Moony sat on one of my couches while reading a magazine. "So Gray, what's next for us?"

"That depends on what you mean missy." She groaned slightly before continuing.

"What's next for Lone Wolf?"

I looked out the window to my left and watched the sun start to set, causing the sky to go a beautiful orange while sending small Ray's of light through the blinds. "Whatever the world brings to us I suppose."

Author's Notes:

There we go, an end to the first arc of this story. More to come don't worry, I'll try and get the next chapter up quickly this time.

Also as I was writing the chapter we reached 100 likes!