After I arrived home, with the guards snarling at me and trying to shoo me away, which quickly ended when I twirled my scythe which also cut through the surrounding stone like a hot knife to melting butter. '#OpweaponisOp.' They backed off and ran to warn Silver, which I found just a few minutes later curled on my bed, hugging my pillow whimpering like a lost puppy. Angel and I took off our armor for our casual tunics that Silver had commissioned for us at Dodge Junction or stole. Most likely stole. Not that I complain when I look like Link in his red, Death-Mountain tunic. Silver's beta was glaring at me the entire time, thankfully after I got redressed. Angel shooed him away as I dealt with Silver and her emotional breakdown. The beta saw me go into my little nook and took the hint of us wanting to be alone and left while Angel stood guard with her elf-blades holstered to her hips.

I walked into my nook and tapped Silver on her side. "Hey Silver, are you okay?" I asked as softly and warmly as I could. She immediately looked up and pounced me like I was the last thing on earth.

Silver sat on my lap with her arms around my waist and her head nuzzled underneath my neck, bawling her eyes out. She begged me for forgiveness about how she acted, how she thought I ran away forever, 'which I sorta did,' and how that no one would ever love her. I gently hugged her back and caressed the back of her head, reminded her that everything was alright and that I wasn't mad at her. That I won't leave her next time so long she stays in control.

We stayed like this for half-an-hour, I calmly assuring her that everything was going to be alright while her telling me sorry a million times. I would never have thought Silver being the lonely type. Sure liking the opposite sex of a race that is almost purely hetero must be tough, but not impossible. But what would I know? I'm still trying to master, 'The Bra of Doom,' which is surprisingly durable for being black lace lingerie. Then again. I bet she must have some issues about me that must be fixed if I am to call this place my home. Still, though. How in hell is my see through thong still look brand new?!

I have to wonder what was going through Silvers' head when I left with Mr. Wheatley. Why was she so hell bent on vying for my affection. Why did she care about me? Better yet, why did she look so different from the lanky, hunched, unpleasant, butt-sniffing diamond dogs? Where did she come from? I know she was born in this universe but where? Her body was so close to being human if it wasn't for her; inverted legs, fur, and dietary habits. Was her race of diamond dogs advanced enough that they evolved to the height of the Diamond Dogs evolutionary journey? If so, where did they do it? Putting aside those questions for later, I noticed that Silver stopped crying and was looking into my eyes with her calm silver orbs that were red and puffy from the sobbing.

"Better?" I smiled.

"Mmhmm," she nodded cutely.

"So, care to explain why my obsessive Diamond Dog was bawling like a lost puppy?" I asked pulling her back into a hug. She shook her head in response. "Why not? I know it must be a touchy subject, but from experience, I know holding onto those kinds of things hurt a lot longer if left to fester. I should know. Being the only child in my family, and bullied constantly for my love of weather phenomenon hurt not being able to talk to someone that isn't there to protect them. I had to go see my schools counselor multiple times just to make the pain go away. So, you either start talking, or I stop hugging."

Silver tensed up, slightly whimpering and hugged tighter, as tears started to form in her eyes again. I wiped away the tears as they came as her tail curled around my leg. I could tell she didn't want to talk, but from my ultimatum was forcing herself to pull the words from deep with her soul to come out.

"W-Where I c-come from it is not like this place at all," she choked out. "My kind of Diamond Dog is called, Summus canis. The Diamond dogs here are several stages behind mine in both; intelligence and body supremacy. Our cities are like the ponies, but underground in; giant hollowed out mountains. Our trains go the speed of sound, our cart's are self-propelled. Our weapons use alchemy to send a piece of metal down a tube faster than sound. We mastered electricity, agriculture, and our technology far exceeds the ponies." She paused to catch her breath and to let me take it all in. 'So I was right. Her race is like the humans. So why is she here and not there?' I thought to myself.

"I bet you are wondering about why I am here and not there?" she asked. I nodded in response. "Well, deformities are hated with a passion. If we look like our lesser brothers and sisters, we are banished to live with them. As we first met. I looked a lot like the lessers, but now, without a doubt, I can return home without being frowned upon, I can go and see my parents for the first time in four years. I guess the saying is true. Your Sweat Sixteen is the best year of your life," she chuckled half-heartedly. 'Okay, so that was a bit revealing. I'm two years older than her. Who would have thought?'

"Okay, sounds to me like your home is almost as advanced as mine, but you still didn't tell me why you are bawling like a baby," I frowned. She gave me a sheepish smile that quickly turned into a sad one.

"Back home, there is no prejudice regarding same-sex couples while here, it's greatly frowned upon to the point where one can find themselves being attacked on sight. The Diamond Dogs of Equestria hate things that don't make a pack strong. So not taking on a mate that ensures the strength of the pack, especially for a female, is suicide. So since I absolutely despise males, both physically and sexually. It was either set my standards absurdly high so that no male stood a chance for my hand, and wait for a female to rise to the challenge. You, Cinder, I want most of all, but you are so stubborn that, I have begun to believe that it is better to stay. Forever alone, even though you are everything I want in a partner," she muttered quietly.

Having to rethink about everything that I had thought about Silver was not what was on my to-do-list today. From having to cope with her overly smutty attitude that was covering up her soft, innocent side. To her insane bloodthirsty murder side, that she used to relieve stress from having to be alone without a friend to help her out in her times of need. She put aside her happiness for survival, just like I did. She and I have a lot more in common than I thought. Though, with my unfamiliar body that I really don't want to deal with, period. I am stuck with it for at least a thousand years. 'Might as well give her a chance, even though I am every uncomfortable with it.' I mentally sighed.

Silver, taking my sudden silence as her cue to leave. She tried to get up and walk away, probably thinking that I want nothing to do with her. I kept her in place despite her strugglings. "Where do you think you are going?" I asked with a slight tinge of concern in my voice. She looked at me confused, "don't you want nothing to do with me? You made it quite clear that you don't like me that way."

"No, I made it clear that you have to earn it and you have. So shut up and bring you tail over here. I want a teddy bear to snuggle up with," I ordered, effectively causing her to blush redder than an apple, and her tail to wag at the speed of light. She practically pile-drived me into my own bed like a seasoned quarterback with tears of joy streaming down her gray fur. I chuckled for a moment and got comfortable to sleep. 'Huh. I wonder what the hell is happening to the princess right now?' I thought as sleep finally made me its bitch.

Celestia paced back and forth in her room. Her mane was disheveled with orange flames flicking off of stray strands of hair. Fur matted and eyes filled with worry, she paced back and forth trying to figure out the events that transpired over the course of the week. She stopped and stared at the files and reports on her desk.

All of them filled with dread, each on tells the billions of bits of damage done to her country. The griffons new republic taking fifty miles of land into Equestria with their new military force. The Zebras and Minotaurs at war and civil and tribal unrest. Her student found the source of the storm that threw Equestria into utter chaos, but she couldn't understand how the Everfree of all places would violently erupt like that! What's worse is that the Everfree grew and took over Ponyville in its wild embrace.

"How could this happen?" Celestia asked herself over and over again. She connected the dots to the cause, that demon, and her accomplices caused all of this destruction. She wondered if that she left it alone, would any of this would have happened? If she left the creature to its peace in its sanctuary that is the Everfree, would she not face its true wrath?

'No!' Celestia mentally shouted. 'She is a demon, she caused all of this! My student without a home. Her friends and relatives lost everything. That vile creature is hiding, the griffins are slowly taking over Equestria northern borders. Now's, not the time to fear anything now is the time to act!'

Celestia walked over to the door and pulled it open with her golden magic. She saw her two guards standing vigil as they always were. "Lieutenant Black Flag, bring me Captain Shining armor," Celestia ordered.

"As you wish your Majesty," he replied before trotting down the hall. 'Order must be brought back. Even if I have to make this world burn. I'm coming for you Cinder. You can run, you can hide, but when I find you. You will wish I hadn't!'