Berry chuckles as he hangs upside down while playing a sticky game of zombie survival with Sentire. "And I got two hits. One more and that thing is down. Your turn." He said fixing his side.

"Hey Dusk, can we talk to you?" Vinyl asks.

Dusk hums as he looks over from his desk of charts and letters. "Yeah?"

"Follow us." Octavia says.

Sentire hums as she keeps thinking on what to do while she peeks at Dusk as he leaves. "How about a break for now?" She asks Berry.

Berry yells out as he finally drops to the ground. "Sure, I need to get back up there." He said groaning as he falls flat on the ground.

Sentire nods as she gets up and goes where Dusk left and tries to follow him. "Dusk?" She calls.

As she tries to follow, her imagination when on overdrive. Thinking as to the many things that could happen to him. Even losing him to another mare or…

Sentire was walking till she found Octavia and Vinyl talking alone. "Where's Dusk?" She asks walking over.

"Dusk?" Octavia asks.

"Oh, she is talking about the new addition." Vinyl says.

Sentire raises an eyebrow. "Addition?"

"Yeah, we drafted and now Dusk is no longer Dusk. How is it coming Twilight?" Vinyl calls.

"Pretty well. I love this dress." Sentire hears a female voice from a room near them.

"You ready to go see your new stallion?" Octavia asks as the door opens.

Sentire goes wide eyed at a mare wearing a school uniform style of clothing that almost resembled Dusk. "Yep." The mare said smiling widely.

"You ready for him to be rutted like crazy?" Octavia asks putting a collar onto her.

The mare nods. "Yeah and he's going to love it."

Sentire couldn't believe what she was seeing. "Dusk?"

The mare looks over. "Oh, hi Sentire. I can see why you like more males. But now I want to try one and many mares in the family. Sorry." She said smiling.

Sentire just stands there in a silent scream.

Rainbow pokes her as she had stood there frozen for half an hour as Berry was still playing by himself.

Sentire runs off to find the three sitting at a table as Vinyl was about to start talking.

They all look over at her sudden entrance. "What's wrong Sentire? What's the fire?" Dusk asks.

"Dusk." Sentire cries launching herself at him.

Dusk yells out as he was glomped and sent to the ground. "Sentire…pain…ow."

"Whoa, needy ain't she?" Vinyl asks.

Sentire sniffs as she nuzzles Dusk as he notices her crying a bit. "Um…you okay?" He asks confused, but still nuzzles him. "Sentire, what is wrong?" Dusk asks.

Sentire sniffs and looks at him. "Nothing. I'm just happy you're here." She said before hugging him again.

"Uh huh? So Dusk, should I tell you what Arkon told me now?" Vinyl asks.

Dusk nods as he gets up and holds Sentire as she still hugs him. "Yeah, go ahead." He said rubbing Sentire's back.

"Apparently the unification under the rule of the princes is more recent than we think." Vinyl says.

Dusk raises an eyebrow. "How so?"

"According to him, our ancestors, the high hoof clan, were a bunch of isolationist mountain warriors, for the most part, who were amongst many clans, tribes, and factions vying for power with the princes." Vinyl says.

Dusk stops and looks at her. "What?"

"You heard me, from a pony who was alive at the time." Vinyl says smirking.

Sentire blinks and looks up at Dusk. "Are you okay?" She asks hearing his heartbeat go crazy.

Dusk then slowly smiles. "Woo hoo!" He yells as he jumps and makes Sentire let go and fall to the ground.

"I don't get it, though why is there no mention of this in history and they all say is that Solaris ruled the land?" Octavia asks.

Dusk looks excited as he leans over the table. "Where is he?!"

"Sleeping like a foal and its obvious Tavi. It's a part of a conspiracy Solaris made. The guy is very paranoid." Vinyl says.

Octavia shrugs. "Maybe or maybe not."

"The guy forbid religion in Equestria and killed those who refused to go along with it." Vinyl says.

Octavia rolls her eyes. "Maybe for no internal civil war."

"Or to try and make sure nothing threatened his authority." Vinyl says.

Octavia huffs. "Then explain Artemis."

"Well of course Solaris banished him because he was jealous of his popularity with his growing religion and wanted total authority." Vinyl says making Dusk chuckle nervously.

Dusk clears his throat. "Maybe I should back off for a bit until you two sort this out." He said as Sentire stands up and grabs his hand before Dusk pulls them out.

Sentire becomes confused as she looks back at them arguing before they were far enough away and hugs him tightly again. "Dusk." She whispers.

Dusk stops and looks at her worriedly as he holds her lightly. "Sentire, what's wrong?"

Sentire sniffs and looks up at him with a smile. "Can I stay with you tonight?"

Dusk watches her before hugging her and sighs. "All right. Just for you."

Sentire smiles as she puts her head on his chest and nuzzles him a bit.

"So should we wake him? I mean he is missing breakfast." Rainbow says.

Spitfire shrugs. "I don't know. You know him best. What do you think? Think he can make it through a day without food?"

"You kidding? While building his temple he went several days with no sleep and with little food or water." Rainbow says not necessarily sounding happy about it.

Spitfire shakes her head. "Okay and with that, we are getting him up and going for food…unless Vinyl left a large platter for him." She added as an afterthought.

"I should have left food for him?" Vinyl asks.

Spitfire smacks the back of her head. "You should have at least done that." Spitfire says.

Vinyl looks sheepish. "Well we did eat it all."

"Girls, there is a simple way to decide who go gets him and who gets more food." Daring says.

They all raise an eyebrow at her. "What?" They all ask.

Daring sets one of the empty bottles in the middle of the table.

Rainbow frowns. "A spin the bottle game?"

"Yeah, one spin, winner goes get Arkon and no magic using, deal?" Daring asks.

Vinyl groans. "Deal."

"Here we go." Daring says spinning it.

All of the mares held their breathe as the bottle spun. Then it slowly came to a stop on Rainbow who was smirking.

"Rainbow wins." Daring says.

They all groan as Rainbow got up and goes to Arkon's room. "Later losers." She calls over her shoulder.

"…what does he even like?" Spitfire asks thinking it over.

Vinyl hums. "He likes some modern food. Though he likes the old styles of basic food."

The four then started brainstorming over what to get.

Rainbow approached the door of the room he and Octavia were staying in. She sighs and opens the door to find Arkon sleeping on his bed without his robe around his torso and blushes at his half nakedness. "Oh geez." She said to herself as her blush grew every time she gets close. "Um…come on, wake up." Rainbow says starting to shake him a bit.

Arkon groans and quickly jerks awake and looks up before seeing her. "Oh, did you need something?" He asks sitting up fully.

"Come on you, time to get up and eat and please put on your robes." Rainbow says blushing as she looks away.

Arkon looks to himself and gets up. "Okay then." He said going to where he left the robes on his table.

"So um…" Rainbow tried to distract herself with small talk but couldn't think of anything.

"What is it?" Arkon asks slipping on his shirt before going for the robes.

Rainbow clears her throat. "So how was your dinner with Vinyl?" She asks turning around so she can think better. It didn't work.

"It was good, but those noodles still fascinate me." Arkon says.

Rainbow nods even though he didn't see it. "What do you like best?"

"I did like the roasted pork." Arkon says.

Rainbow blinks to him. Vinyl had gotten him pork? Only griffons ate meat and even that disgusted her. "Pork…huh?"

"Yeah, why is that weird?" Aron says.

Rainbow clears her throat. "Ponies don't eat meat and it could actually hurt us if we did."

"Um…no it does not. I have ate it all my childhood and nothing bad has happened to me." Arkon says.

Rainbow blinks as she stares at him. "That's…weird."

"So you have never had meat before?" Arkon asks.

Rainbow shakes her head. "No, not really."

"You should. You might be surprised." Arkon says.

Rainbow shakes her head. "No, not risking it."

"How do you think I got this physical?" Arkon asks.

Rainbow gulps as she looks to him again and looks him over again. "Well…"

"The protein from the meat is a factor helps build healthy muscles." Arkon says.

Rainbow frowns slightly. "We can get it from somewhere else. Plants do have them."

"Not nearly as much as you need to eat. About five times to get the same amount." Arkon says.

Rainbow huffs. "It works."

"Alright, so physically how strong is Spitfire?" Arkon asks.

Rainbow shrugs. "As good as the royal guards."

Arkon smirks getting an idea. "Well, let's go." Arkon says putting on his robes.

Rainbow raises an eyebrow as he walks out and she follows. "So what are you thinking about us now?"

"I think I have something new to get you to try." Arkon says as they head to the cafeteria.

Rainbow rolls her eyes as they get in and stop at the sight of the full table. "Think they emptied out the storage room?" She asks still staring at the food.

"Nah." Arkon says taking the seat with the rest of the girls.

"Are you seriously going to eat meat?" Spitfire asks.

Arkon says nothing and takes a chicken leg and takes a huge bite out of it.

They all watch him as he keeps taking more bites. "That is weird." Rainbow said.

"Meh, I have a colleague who eats meat." Daring says.

Vinyl shrugs. "Got some griffon friends as well."

"Seriously, I don't understand why you eat meat. We were taught in the academy that those who eat meat are lower lifeforms." Spitfire comments offhandedly.

Arkon stops and stares at her. "Excuse me?" He asks holding up half of a piece of chicken leg.

Before Spitfire could say anything, a nearby minotaur rose to his hooves, not looking happy.

They all eyed him as the minotaur walks towards them. "What's his problem?" Rainbow whispers.

"I think someone opened their mouth." Octavia says.

The minotaur huffs as he stops before them. "What is this about being of a lower life form?" He asks mad.

Spitfire clears her throat and tries to look calm. "Nothing good sir." She said hiding behind her usual public smile.

Arkon says nothing as he keeps eating as the minotaur seems to become more enraged.

Rainbow bumps Spitfire's shoulder. "Apologize!" She whispered harshly.

"You got a problem with me?" Spitfire asks.

Rainbow facepalms as the minotaur was about to do something.

"How about we settle this, one on one arm westling?" Spitfire says.

The minotaur sits down hard enough to make everything on the table clang against each other. "You're on." He said putting his arm on the table.

"You mind using that table as I am eating here." Arkon says finishing the chicken and moving on to the meat balls.

They both look to him before getting up and sitting on the nearby table prepare to arm wrestle. "This won't end well." Daring remarks as she tries to focus on her food.

"No way, Spitfire got this in the bag. She has shamed all the royal guards by crushing all of them in this back to back. Their pride still hasn't recovered." Rainbow says cheerfully.

Daring raises an eyebrow. "And if I bragged I did as well, but with dragons?"

"No way you did." Octavia says.

Daring eyes Rainbow's reaction.

"Come on, show me what you have." Spitfire says ready to go.

The minotaur snorts and grabs her hand before an unheard ticking clock hits zero and they both start straining as one tries to best the other. They both struggled for a bit before Spitfire starts straining and, to her shock, she started losing. The minotaur grins as he kept up the pressure and slowly pushed her arm down.

"I win." He said in an early victory.

Spitfire tried her hardest to fight back, but, in the end, her hand hit the table.

The minotaur laughs as he cheers for himself. "Don't ever call us lower life forms again." He spat before starting to walk back to his seat.

"Hold on." Arkon says setting down his silverware.

The minotaur looks back at him. "What?"

"Although I don't agree with what she said. I can't just let you walk away after that without doing something." Arkon says seriously.

The minotaur snorts. "And what are you going to do about it?"

"Why don't you try me?" Arkon says getting up.

The minotaur growls. "I'll surely make you. Name your game."

"Same as before." Arkon says.

The minotaur huffs and sits down at the table as Arkon took the other end. "You will lose like the mare."

Arkon says nothing and sticks out his hand.

The minotaur grins and grabs his hand before the unheard clock ticks again and then they both start to move slightly. At first it seemed that the minotaur was winning, but then he realized something. 'His hand hasn't budged?!'

Arkon stared at him with an unamused expression. "Is this all? Let me show you what I have." He says before he starts to move his hand to the shock of the minotaur. Arkon then lets out a battle cry and slams the minotaurs hand so hard on the table that the minotaur was sent barrelling out of his seat and the table went spinning into the air before crashing down.

"My order refers to this kind of defeat as sky blue because that is what you see." Arkon says getting up.

The minotaur groans as he tries to orientate himself.

"Feel better?" Arkon asks Spitfire as the rest were agape at what just happened, none more than Rainbow.

Spitfire was still staring at where the table was. "Ye…yeah."

"Ok." Arkon says before going back to eating.

They were all still trying to take in what happened.

"Arkon, you there?" Dusk asks knocking on his room's door.

The door quickly opens to Arkon standing on the other end. "Yes?"

"You have free time?" Dusk asks.

Arkon looks inside the room for a bit before looking at him. "Yes, what do you need?"

"I have a few questions. I am interested in the factions of your time." Dusk says.

Arkon raises an eyebrow before sighing. "How much time do you have?"

"Well…" Dusk is cut off by Spitfire.

"Ten minutes." Spitfire calls.

Arkon keeps an eye on Dusk who chuckles nervously. "Yeah, that long." He said not wanting to get in her way.

Arkon sighs. "Will a written list suffice…actually, I will try and divide up the map into territories of them if you want later?" Arkon asks.

"Yes, that would be fantastic." Dusk says.

Arkon hums as Dusk leaves. "That was strange." He said to himself as he closes the door again.

Spitfire smiles as her commander comes back and sits down beside her. "So you ready to continue?" Spitfire asks tapping her king piece.

Arkon nods and goes back and sits down in his seat. "I feel a sense of annoyance from him now."

Spitfire chuckles. "Yeah, he can do that."

Arkon sighs. "Why can't I just simply live at my temple and start preaching the good word of Artemis and simply go back to bed?"

"Because you fight and kill demons." Spitfire says.

Arkon hums. "I see. Yes, but that's Sentire's job at times."

Spitfire hums as she moves a piece. "Well enjoy it because we are going to give you more than ever."

Arkon raises an eyebrow as he moves his own. "But for whose good? I don't want anyone I know and friends with to suffer. I would rather take their burden and let them live happy."

"Do I have to get Vinyl to scold you again for downing yourself?" Spitfire asks making him chuckle nervously.

"She told you about that huh?" Arkon asks.

Spitfire raises an eyebrow. "She is looking after you like we are."

"I see…I'm sorry. I have no idea how a pony should behave in a relationship like this." Arkon apologizes.

Spitfire smiles and gets up and walks over before sitting in his lap. "Don't be. I'll let this all slide."

"Um?" Arkon was at a loss for words as he turned scarlet.

Spitfire smirks as she saw that she got him. "Cutie." She said tapping his nose.

Arkon gulps as he knew he was in trouble in this situation.

Spitfire smiles and leans in closer before just laying her head against his chest. "I'm glad you're alive."

Arkon gulps before trying to wrap her in a hug.

Spitfire nuzzles against him. "We are not going anywhere and neither am I."

"So…um…what about the rest of your people? How will they react?" Arkon asks trying to change the subject.

Spitfire shrugs. "They'll be fine. I just have to invite them to the wedding."

Arkon gulps as she closes in.

Spitfire smirks as she stops a hair breath away. "Arkon?" She whispered.

"Y…yeah?" Arkon stutters.

Spitfire grins. "Say it." She said playfully.

"S…say what?" He squeaked.

Spitfire raises an eyebrow, still smirking. "That you love me." She said still close.

"I…I…I…love you?" He offered meekly.

Spitfire finally closes in and kisses him to which he tries to kiss back before she pulls away. "Congratulations. Now you can practice and talk to others like that. And you like feeling me up?" She asks feeling him having a hand around her legs.

"V…vinyl told me mares like being held like this." Arkon says.

Spitfire smiles and nods. "Yeah, some of us like being close like when we want to. Now, what are you going to do when we sit on your lap again?" She asks leaning close again.

"Um?" Arkon asks.

Spitfire giggles and leans her head on his chest. "You'll figure it out. Now then, keep doing that." She said moving his hand back to her legs.