Twilight's P.O.V.

“Excalibur! Don't!” I pleaded as we walked down the halls of the castle. Well, I was at more of a fast trot than a walking pace. Okay! off topic! I was panicking, a lot. This was really really bad! Excalibur had nothing to say as we entered the training grounds of the royal guard.

I had to stop this.

“I’m sick if this bullshit,” he replied in a deep, angered tone and his massive hand pushed me out of the way. My pleading look fell on Celestia and Luna who stood nearby.

“Celestia!” I yelled before running up to her. “Please!? Stop this!” Both her ears fell back as she averted her gaze from me. I just gawked at her as she failed to answer me. My attention moved to her sister. “Luna?!” Her failure to respond only sent shivers down my spine.

My attention moved to Cadance as she came running up and placing both hooves on Excalibur's chest. “Excalibur, please!” she begged, tears rolling down her face. “Don’t do this!”

“Move!” he bellowed, while shoving Cadance to the side. As he entered the arena, my brother stood in the center, stock still with nothing but a sword and scabbard at his hooves.

Ohhh… why did my brother have to be so stubborn!

It all started with a dumb letter from my brother saying that he wanted to challenge Excalibur to a dual.

To the death!

He found some dumb, long lost law and said that he wished to finish this. And because Excalibur is one of my knights, he can’t refuse, because he is now technically a resident and loyal follower of the crown. How I hate technicalities! Of course, he just can’t see that there is somepony better than him!

“I see you came,” my brother said in a calm, yet taunting tone.

Excalibur rolled his neck, cracking it in several places. “I’m sick of your narcissistic bullshit!” he yelled angrily. “I’m going to pound your ass into the ground so hard they’ll need a crane to pull you out!”

My brother just scoffed at the idea with a small, half smile. Nearby, Celestia stepped up and cleared her throat nervously. “T-The rules are simple,” she started. “This is a no hold back dual. No armor, one blade, anything goes so…” she paused, the last words catching in her throat. “So long as one opponent kills the other…”

Just then Drax and Serenity came running in, coming to a sliding stop. They searched the arena before running up next to Cadance and I. “Guys!? You have to stop this!?” Cadance pleaded.

“We can’t!” Serenity replied, her tone just as nervous. “Stopping a Tenno dual is tantamount to treason!” she looked up at the duo in the arena. “We have no right to stop a conclave battle!”

I bit my lip. My attention soon moved back to the arena. Celestia stopped talking and my brother and Excalibur were staring each other down. “Well,” my brother started with a raised brow. “Lose the armor.”

Nothing happened for several seconds before Excalibur grabbed his sword from his back and fluidly slammed its blade into the ground. After that, his armor loosened before landing on the ground around his feet, save for his left glove. Lifting the same hand, his armor seemed to activate and glow. With a wave, his armor shot off to the right, impacting against the wall, leaving him in nothing but his black, skin tight clothing. When he was done, he removed the glove and tossed it with the rest. “I’m going to make sure to knock the stupid out of you, boy!” he declared before opening his right palm. His sword wiggled before shooting up, fast as lightning, into his palm.

Shiny’s eyes widened for just a second before they narrowed. Igniting his horn, he picked up his sword and removed it from the sheath before tossing the guard to the side. Lowering himself for an attack, he pawed at the ground. “Bring it on!”

Excalibur took up his defensive stance, blade in one hand. “Unguard…”

Shiny pawed at the ground twice before snorting loudly and charging. His sword hovered out front, sharp enough to cut flesh. With a loud, angry war cry, he swung his blade. I commend Excalibur for keeping his cool. With a light flick, he blocked my brothers blade. It grazed off to the side before turning and attacking yet again. Once again, Excalibur blocked it with his.

Shiny jumped forward, blade to his right, right at Excalibur. Ducking, the human dodged the blade before stepping back, spinning, he kicked my brother in the side of the head. I winced as my brother landed on the hard, dirt floor of the arena. He slowly propped himself up and rubbed the side of his face. “Nice hit,” he complimented with a glare. Excalibur, who seemed to ignore the anger, just stood up straight and relaxed. “To bad I’m going to kick your flank!”

As my brother rose to his hooves, Excalibur spoke softly. “You can try...” He held his sword up yet again in one hand. "Lets dance..."

The fight was extremely one sided. Hooves and fists were thrown, bruises were made and cuts were bleeding. Every attack my brother made was deflected by Excalibur's blade. My brother wasn’t visibly bruised but he had to be hurting and he was bleeding from multiple small cuts. He was panting hard while Excalibur wasn't even phased.

Shiny’s next attack I could detect. His horns magic intensified and wrapped around Excalibur's legs before he was thrown from his feet, landing on his back with a groan. Shocked, he tried to stand but was forced to roll to avoid my brothers strike. He rolled again to miss the next attack and one last time to avoid the third strike before arching his back and jumping to his feet. My brother wore the look of a very smug stallion. “Ha! Too bad you don't have magic!” he stated, his sword floating over as he examined it in his aura. A small smile crept onto his muzzle, his blade hovering nearby. “I-” he was cut off as his eyes went wide before to dove to the left, dodging a massive beam of red light.

What the hay was that!?

The beam impacted on the far wall, scaring the stone arena. My head snapped to Excalibur as he lowered his smoking left hand. “That was Phoenix Gaze!” Serenity screamed.

Phoenix what!?

“You think you're so special?” Excalibur said, voice dark. “Because you have magic? Pathetic!” I watched in awe as a bright red orb of magic formed in his palm. “I’ll show you true power!” he exclaimed, lifting his hand and launching yet another attack. My brother barely had time to scramble to his hooves to dodge the attack as the beam impacted on the ground. Unlike the first, this one caused the earth to grow, creating multiple large stalagmites.

“No! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!” Serenity screamed. “No Tenno has been able to master more than one school before!”

What was she talking about?

“Ha!” My head went straight back to the man in the arena as he looked over at her. “You're right. No one has mastered all five schools… except the man that invented them!”

“What!?”

“I maybe a General but I am a Gold Grandmaster for a reason!” he declared. “I created the schools for my team centuries ago to combat the Sentients. Only through training, skill, and sheer will power can one even master one of the Tenno schools.” his head slowly turned to face Shiny as he stared the stallion down, an demonic smirk forming on his lips. “I found it interesting that the Orokin still used my teachings…” another ball of energy formed in his palm. “I have been exposed to Void energy for so long that it makes this so easy! You think magic will save you!?” he screamed at my brother, holding both arms wide in victory. “Nothing beats the power of the Void!”

He released another beam, causing my brother to dive to the side. As he recovered he growled and held his blade firm. His anger quickly changed to confusion as he searched the arena. Confused myself, I was unable to find the human.

“Boo…” Shiny had just enough time to turn around before he was kneed in the jaw from behind. His skull made a loud cracking noise as his teeth connected. How did Excalibur do that!?

“You're a child!” the man spat. “An insolent child! Where you have training, I have centuries of combat experience!” he threw up both arms. “You've got nothing on me!”

Nearby, my brother pushed himself back up on shaky hooves. Panting and bruised, I just wished he'd give up and stop this nonsense! Another ball of energy formed in Excalibur’s hand. His hand shook as he tried to contain the power of the attack before he pulled his arm back.

He fired…

Pushing all the energy forward, the bright red beam fired straight and true towards my brother. Cadance and I screamed while everyone else watched with baited breath. There was a loud, thunderous boom as the energy connected with energy. Shiny just had enough time to summon up a magic shield before the energy impacted. He held firm as the beam continued to push against it. Excalibur, seeing his opportunity, started to approach.

The closer he got, the more my brother fought to keep the shield up. His hooves dug into the ground, his teeth grinned together as he winced. Sweat formed on his brow as it became apparent he was struggling to hold the shield up, so much, that he was forced to drop his blade and concentrate on the shield.

It was no use.

His shield exploded into magic fractals like glass as he was thrown from his position. He landed with a heavy thud and a single roll before stopping. Lifting a shaky hoof, he placed it under himself as he attempted to stand yet again. He made it with a shake and a light buckle of his legs, but stood firm. I could tell he was tired and hurting.

In front of him, Excalibur clenched his hand before opening it to form another ball of energy. Just as he reached back-

“STOP!” Cadance screamed as she placed both hooves on the top of the arena wall. Her jaw moving, in an attempt to say something. “I… I'm pregnant!”

Everyone's head immediately snapped to her, including mine at the declaration. “Cadance?”

“W-What?” my brother whimpered.

Everything was silent as we just stared at the pink alicorn. All that could be heard was her silent whimpers.

It didn’t last long.

My brother only had enough time to gasp before he was kneed in the jaw yet again. Cadance screamed his name at the top of her lungs as he fell head over hooves on his back. Excalibur wasted no time in grabbing him by the throat, pinning him to the ground. “Never get distracted in combat!” he screamed at the stallions face He clenched his right hand into another fist, pulling back as far as he could. “When will you learn, boi!?”

He unleashed a flurry of punches to the stallion's muzzle. Each one caused him to recoil to the side before he turned back for another. All we could do was watch as blood poured from his nose as the wet sounds of flesh hitting flesh filled the air. As the beating came to an end, Excalibur held my brother down with his left hand and pointed right at Cadance. “That's the only reason I'm not going to kill you!” he stood up and lifted a leg. “If you know what's good for you! You'll stay… the fuck… down!” he yelled, while stomping on Shiny twice before kicking him in the head, the sound of bones breaking filling the air, finishing the fight.

Silence once again filled the air except for the panting of the lone victor. “We're done here…” Excalibur panted. Satisfied, he turned around and walked away, his blade on his left hip. Finally… it was over. As he headed towards his armor all of us let out a sigh of relief.

Our relief didn't last long…

To our horror, Shiny slowly rose to his hooves and grabbed his sword with his magic. Why couldn’t he just stay down!?

“NO!!!”

He let out his best war cry and charged the human one last time. Excalibur, obviously hearing the incoming attack, spun on his heels and drew his blade. As my brother swung, Excalibur ducked under the attack and stepped to the side. With a murderous scowl, he drove the blade forward.

“SHINING ARMOR!”

I will never... forget that blood curdling scream for as long as I will live. All we could do was watch in pure horror as my brother dropped his blade, gagging on his own blood. The pair stood there, Excalibur's Skana, buried deep into my brother barrel.

“When do you learn?” Excalibur whispered into my brother's ear. With another scowl, my brother gasped as Excalibur shoved the last remaining bit of the blade into my brother, hilting the weapon. All I could do was look into my brother's pain and shock filled eyes as he sat there, bleeding to death…

“You feel it?” Excalibur continued. “The cold steel against your flesh… the warmth of your blood? Thee numbness? This… this is what it means…” he slowly reached up and grabbed the back of the blade protruding from the other side of my brother’s barrel. “To die!”

“Gak!”

My breath was taken away as the human jerked the weapon inside my brother by 90 degrees. He wasted no time in removing the weapon with all his might, splattering blood all over the floor. Grabbing Shiny by the throat, he held him still before lifting the sword over his head.

“NO! PLEASE! DON'T KILL MY HUSBAND!”

The plea fell on deaf ears as Excalibur brought his sword down, slicing Shiny along his right eye as he released him. My brother did nothing as he was forced to take the attack. Defeated, he sat limply on his haunches. Excalibur's final attack ended with him kicking Shiny in the chest, knocking him over, were he finally laid.

“Somepony get a doctor immediately!” Celestia ordered. All of us wasted no time in rushing the arena as Excalibur walked away. Drax and Serenity jumping the arena wall and running in before they came to a halt at his side and pressed their hands against the wound.

“Drax, direct pressure on the wound! We need to stop the bleeding!”

“Copy!”

Cadance wasted no time in grabbing his limp and pale head. “Shining, Look at me! Stay awake baby! Stay awake!”

“There's too much blood!”

“I need to find artery!”

All I could do was watch as my brother, my flesh and blood, died, in a pool of his own blood. All I could do was watch through the tears that blinded my vision. A soft *tap* grabbed my attention. Turning my head, I could see a small, cylindrical shaped object sitting nearby. Picking it up with my magic, I recognized it as a health kit. I slowly lifted my head in the direction it came from. At the far wall, Excalibur stood as he pulled his chest piece and right sleeve of his armor on over his body.

“Oh god! I can't see through the blood!”

“I have artery! Need to clamp it!”

I spun in my spot, held the kit high, and jabbed the needle into my brother’s side. As I injected the medication, my head went back to Excalibur, who was already armored up. As he slipped his helmet over his head and headed for the door, but he didn’t leave immediately. He drew his still dripping sword from his back and slowly, he held it to his face and ran his left hand along the blade, coating the glove in the red liquid. He rubbed his fingers together before lifting his hand and writing on the wall.

I WIN

He finished by smashing his palm underneath the writing with a loud, wet *splat* and dragging it down before letting his hand go limp. Nearby, my brother’s sword wiggled before shooting forward and into his left hand, he held up the blade and examined for a second it before spinning it around and smashing the tip into the stone wall. He finished by pushing on the weapon with all his strength, snapping the blade with a loud metallic *tang*.

Dropping the broken half of the sword, he left the room.

My attention went back to my fading brother. Serenity continued to press on the wound while Drax was wrist deep in it with one hand. I wasted no time in vetting in his face. “Shining Armor! I need you to look at me! Look at your sister! Don't close your eyes! Look! Shining Armor! Look at me!

“Shining Armor!?”

Several surgeries and multiple blood transfusions later and my brother was in stable condition. His wounds were sewed shut, his lungs and blood vessels repaired and he laid in his medical bed, he had an oxygen tube on his muzzle and an I.V. tube in his left foreleg. Cadance never once left his side. Cards from some of his old guard friends sat on a nearby table.

Explaining what happened to my parents was more than I could handle. They were angry and Shiny for being so stupid and they were angry at Excalibur for hurting their little boy. There was no reveal to the nation on the grounds of it causing an intergalactic incident!

Up until the point Excalibur, Serenity, and Drax could have turned on us at any point and declared war on the nation and/or planet…

Thankfully, I seem to have a leash on him with our little… uh… 'relationship'.

Nonetheless, hopefully he learned something from this whole debacle. As I lethargically stumbled into his room, Cadance sat in her seat at the edge of the bed, eyes puffy, red, and droopy. She had gotten just as much sleep as me, probably 10 hours in total in the last few days. Grabbing a nearby chair with my magic, I dragged it opposite of her and sat down, lazily dropping my head on the bed.

As tired as I was, it was rather soft.

A groan forced me to turn my head and open an eye. My brothers face scrunched up as he groaned before opening his eyes, blinking them. “Shiny!” Cadance screamed before lunging forward, wrapping both hooves around his neck and nuzzling his face. I was happy to see him awake, but too tired to move as I buried my face in the bed yet again.

“Ugh… what happened?” he groaned while holding up a hoof to his head. He stopped when he saw the I.V. tube in his foreleg before dropping it. “Where am I?”

“The castle hospital!” Cadance answered while leaning back, tears in her eyes. He furrowed his brow in confusion before seeming to remember. His ears fell back as he stared down at the bed.

“I thought I was going to die…”

“Yuu may as ell haff…”

“What?”

“You may as well have!” I screamed, lifting my head off the bed before letting it drop back where it was. I took a deep breath and let out an explosive sigh into the mattress. “Hen weel yuuu len?”

“What?”

“When will you learn!?” I screamed again, my anger was beginning to show. “You’re such an idiot sometimes!” I couldn’t take it anymore! I broke like glass… “When will you learn, Shining Armor!? Huh!? WHEN!?” He flinched back at my yelling as metaphorical smoke flared from my nostrils.

“Twily… I…”

“No! Don’t!” I interrupted with a swipe of my hoof. “Enough! That’s it! I can’t take it anymore! All you have ever done since you were a foal was strive to be the best! You only cared about being at the top! Top of your class, top of you training, top of everything!” I yelled while counting on my hoof. “The only time you were never at the top was when you let me win when I was a foal!”

“Twily?”

“SHUT UP!” I was beyond reasoning with at this point as I stood up, slamming both hooves on the bed, causing it to bounce. Cadance flinched back as she held a hoof up to her barrel. “SHUT YOUR FILTHY! FUCKING! MOUTH, SHINING ARMOR!!!” My teeth clenched in pure anger as I screamed at him with my version of the Royal Canterlot Voice, not caring about the cursing either. “I’m sick of this stupid, arrogant mentality you have!” I fell back in my chair. “Ever since Excalibur arrived here all you have done is butt heads! Not once did you try to look past your ego and look at the FACTS!”

I was panting, that’s how angry I was.

“An alien lands in our lap and the first thing you want to do is cause a fight!” I continued, my rage not faltering. “Did you ever stop and think that once! ONCE! He could have something that could wipe us out!? Huh!? No! You don’t! He even told us that his species developed weapons that could kill us before we knew what even happened! YOU COULD HAVE CAUSED AN INTERGALACTIC WAR, SHINING ARMOR!!! AND WE WOULD HAVE LOST! SPACE SHIPS! GUNS! ROBOTS! HAVE YOU EVEN SEEN WHAT HE FACES ON A DAILY BASIS!?”

He just sat there like a fish, mouth agape.

“ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION!”

“N-No!”

“NO! YOU HAVEN’T! BUT I HAVE!” I screamed while holding a hoof to my chest. “I watched as he took on an army! And WON! But you!” I screamed, pointing at him. “Haven’t! Equestria hasn’t seen a war in over 600 years! And no, before you answer, the Changelings don’t count! He did half the work while you stood next to that fake mare of a wife, brain-dead as a cucumber!”

He winced and shrunk down against the bed.

“Twilight…”

“SHUT IT, CADANCE!” I screamed, turning my attention to her. “STAY OUT OF THIS!” My attention went back to my pathetic excuse of a brother. “He’s right you know!? You’re a narcissistic stallion that cares only about himself!”

He sat up at that. “Hey! That’s not true!”

“BULLSHIT!” I countered. “BULL! FUCKING SHIT!” I bellowed, pressing my nose against his. “TELL ME! I WANT YOU TO LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME! HOW MANY YEARS OF COMBAT DO YOU HAVE UNDER YOUR BELT!? HUH!? WHEN DID YOU THINK, IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE ON A STALLION THAT HAS KILLED HUNDREDS, WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER KILLED ANYTHING OTHER THAN A SPIDER!?” I stood up taller, forcing him lower into the bed. His eyes were wet and the scent of fear filled the air. “When did you think you would win against humanity's greatest weapon?” I asked calmly. “Huh?”

I backed off and sat back down in my seat, more exhausted than ever. Taking a deep breath, I closed my eyes as my head sat limp. “He saved us from the Changelings and even made peace with them… he saved me from them. He took on a so called ‘Orokin Ship’ and saved me yet again… along with Celestia… he accomplished more in a total time of probably less than a day, than you ever have in your whole career as a Captain of the Guard…” My gaze steeled as I slowly lifted my head, glaring at him. “Maybe he should have killed you… maybe I should have stopped Drax and Serenity from saving you… maybe…”

I stood up, and headed for the door.

“Maybe you’re just a lost cause…”

As I headed for the door, I stopped when Cadance called my name. “Twilight…”

“Shut it… Cadance…” I replied, tears welling in my eyes as I avoided her gaze. “I don’t want to hear it…” I took a deep breath, steeling myself as I opened my eyes and focused on the door. I turned my attention to my brother. “D…” I wiped my eyes with a hoof. “D-Don’t ever talk to me again… a-as far as I’m concerned…” My lip quivered as I looked back at the still shocked stallion. “I-I’m no longer your L.S.B.F.F…” I turned my head back before he could reply. “Congratulations, Cadance… on the baby… hope they grow up to be a smart mare of stallion... “I took a deep breath of a sigh… “You deserve a better stallion though. Somepony smarter!”

“T-Twilight…”

“Goodbye, Cadance…”

With that, I opened the door and left with a slam. As I turned down the hallway, I started to sob louder. That was it, I was done. I would never talk to my brother ever again… I slammed my eyes shut as my tears continued to drop along the floor. “Oof!” I grunted as I ran into somepony.

“Twilight… are you okay?”

I slowly lifted my head to meet the sorrow filled gaze of my teacher, Celestia. She turned her head before kneeling to meet my level. “I… I heard everything…”

My jaw bobbed up and down in an attempt to say something, anything! As my brain started to process her, I slowly closed my mouth and glared at the mare. “I’m fine!” I said firmly, pushing past here.

“Are you sure!?” she called.

“Yes!” I yelled, turning around to face her. “Now leave me alone!”

With that… I left…

I must have looked like a zombie as I wandered through the streets of Canterlot. All around, ponies mingled and talked as the market was in full swing. Many waved and bowed, but I paid little mind. I was so fed up that I just gave up. All I wanted to do was go home…

I sighed. “What do I do now?” I asked no one in particular. Nothing I could do. I left my brother as nothing more than a miserable mess of a stallion, told Cadance that she could have done better with her marriage, and I yelled at Celestia to leave me alone!

All I seemed to do was finding myself sighing yet again.

As I meandered my way through town, heading for the train station, I froze when I saw someone sitting at a table. I blinked before rubbing my eyes. “Excalibur?” I questioned.

Upon hearing my voice, he raised his head from the snack in front of him and lowered his fork. “Hey Twilight,” he greeted casually. “How are you?”

I blinked a few times. “Uh… not so good.” I slowly headed over his way. “I thought you headed back to Ponyville?”

He simply shrugged. “Celestia wanted to talk peace with me and I decided to stay a little while.” He shrugged yet again. “Not like I intend to do anything. You guys aren't much of a threat and you're all rather cute and peaceful race. But what about you? You look dead.”

“I am,” I answered honestly. “With talking to Celestia about the incident and dealing with my parents and my brother! I finally cracked… I just want to go home…”

“Ohhh… come here baby!” Reaching out, he grabbed me and pulled me up and two hooves, planting a warm and loving kiss on my lips. Not that I didn't mind! Ending the kiss, he placed his forehead against mine. Why… why of all the stallions I could fall for it's an alien? This is the strangest relationship on all of Equestrias history!

He kissed me just below my horn before pulling back as I dropped back to all fours. “Why don’t you take a seat?” he offered, gesturing to the chair opposite of him. He grabbed his fork. “I don't know about you?” he took a bite of his cake. “This stuff is great!” he said happily, gesturing to the slice with his fork. “It's so good, I bought three!”

Even through my exhaustion, I couldn't help but giggle. “I could use some cake.”

It wasn't long before a waitress approached. After ordering a slice of cake myself and a soda before relaxing back in my seat. As I took my first bite, I hummed in delight. “Hmmm!”

“Heh,” he chuckled before glancing down, his face took on a more somber look. “Twilight?” he asked.

I swallowed my current bite of cake. “Yes?”

“I’ve been thinking, and I believe that this has solidified my thoughts.” He placed his fork down and crossed his arms, closing his eyes. “With the latest event with Ambulas, I have come to the conclusion that I can no longer join you and your friends for anything… fun.”

Confused, I furrowed my brow. “Meaning?”

He sighed, opening his eyes. “I am weeks behind on my repairs and have taken this time as more of a vacation than anything else. When every day I spend here, ten more people die at home… which is why I need to repair the ship and go! So… from here on out.” He raised his head and looked me dead in the eye. “My priorities are to the Liset first!”

My ears fell back as I avoided his eyes. Yes, I was sad, but he has higher and more important priorities than me! What was to be a simple stay at first l, my friends and I extended by months...

But that's not including the really important, lifesaving events.

“As soon as I get the engine up and running I’m moving towards the portal generator next,” he continued. “Then… we're gone… sorry Twilight.”

“No… it's fine… I understand…”

Silence befell the two of us. I do understand though. War… it does so much to so many. Equestria may not have participated in one for centuries, but I still read up on the many that took place before and during most of Celestia’s reign. The stories were dulled down, but from what Excalibur has showed me…

Nopony is safe…

And it can change them. I would know. Even though I’ve gotten better, I doubt I'll ever be the same. I took another bite of my meal.

“Mmm!” Excalibur moaned before pointing his fork at me before tilting his head up and swallowing his current bite. “Before I forget, Ordis wanted to talk to you. I have no idea why though.”

I took a sip of my drink. “Really?”

He nodded before sipping his. “I asked him and he said that he just wanted to talk. So I didn’t prod.”

Interesting. I wonder what Ordis wanted to talk to me about. “Okay, well. I… guess I’ll go and see when I get home!”

“Fine by me,” Excalibur replied before wiping his mouth with a napkin. “Anyway, I’m headed out,” he said, standing up and grabbing his helmet. “Don’t be a stranger!” he said playfully before stepping over and pecking me on the lips. “Seeya Twilight!

I gave him a wave. “Bye!”

Smiling, he slipped his helmet over his head before jumping up the side of a nearby wall than off and out before the roar of his archwing filled the street. Ponies of all kinds looked to the sky and watched as the metallic wings attached to his back as he soared off into the skies with a roll.

Nearby, a young unicorn colt pulled on his mother's leg. “Mommy! Mommy! Can I have a set of wings like him!?”

Her gaze moved from the little colt to me. “Don’t look at me,” I shrugged. “I have my own,” I replied, flexing my own wings before grabbing my fork and digging into my cake!

Author's Notes:

It was really hard to write this on a phone with a bandage on my thumb...
I decided to add the Tenno Schools of Focus and operator abilities. It makes sense here because outside the Warframe in game, the operator has a lot of power. Like I said before, working on the next few chapters, working on refining them and will be moving into a more serious note. Shit will happen in the next... 10 chapters maybe?

I wrote this for a couple of reasons. 1. Some people wanted to see Shining and Ex fight again, and 2. I decided to end this feud and show Shining that he is chasing a very dangerous rabbit.