It has been 3 years since the Battle under the Eclipse and the death of Equestria's darkest enemy along with it's first king and beloved hero. Since then the land has been at peace...Until a species known as the Caribou invaded and captured the Crystal Empire. The Equestrian army fought hard against the Caribou but were ultimately defeated and betrayed by some of their own. Now Equestria is but a shadow of its former self where the male population rule over the mares using them as items to pleasure themselves. With Equestria's defeat it didn't take long for the other kingdoms to fall. Now every single female and many males prey for someone to save them from this fate.

Little did they know they were about to get their wish...

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Far off in the dark southeastern jungles of Equestria

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Daring Do is a tan Pegasus with a rainbow greyscale mane and tail. Before the fall, she was a proud explorer who loved the smell of adventure and finding treasure in trap filled temples or tombs. But, now she wore no clothing except a pith helmet exposing her body to her captors. She also wore a black collar and her wings were folded inside brown boxes preventing her from flying. She was 5'3" tall, her chest size was a large B cup and she was being led through a dark crypt. Bodies of an ancient tribe littered the sides of the walls, some of them holding weapons others looked mummified.

"Are you sure it's this way," a large Caribou asked.

"I'm sure," Daring said before she was slapped across the face by the caribou.

"I'm sure what?" the Caribou asked.

"I'm sure 'master'," Daring said spitting out the last word as if it were poison.

The caribou then pulled Daring to her feet and pushed her forcing her to walk forward.

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Elsewhere in the Jungle First Person P.O.V.

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Darkness is the first thing that greeted me along with the sounds of flowing water. I opened my eyes and I saw thick tangled pieces of wood around me, acting like a cage. I looked to my right and saw water almost smothering my body. I couldn't feel anything, not the water’s cold or the wetness, nothing. I tried to move but I couldn't do a thing. I strained my body to do something till finally I heard cracking sounds. Suddenly, the roots holding my arm came free. I got a look at my arm and saw it was skeletal. How I knew it was mine is because it moved as I wanted it to. I then managed to free my other hand and saw it was in the same condition as the other. I then reached out and grabbed the wooden pieces around me and tore them apart with ease. I then crawled out of the hole I made and saw I was in a river and I was surrounded by trees. I looked back at the spot where I lay and saw I was tangled in a mangrove's roots before I pulled myself out. I then looked up and saw the sky was dark and filled with stars. I crawled onto the shore of the river and looked at my body and saw most of my body was skeletal. But only my chest had a fair amount of old rotting flesh clinging to my ribcage.

I then gazed into the river and saw my face or rather my skull. The bone showed I once had a snout filled with strong sharp teeth and my head was sleek like. I'm not sure how I knew this but it seemed my head was a wolf's skull. I saw a turquoise blue flame sitting in the eye sockets, that must resemble my eyes. Now how I wasn't freaking out about this right now is beyond me. It was like I already knew I was dead and accepted it a long time ago. Suddenly, I saw a silvery figure standing on the other side of the river. It was tall but blurry so there were no details but it seemed like it was pointing somewhere. I gazed at the thing in confusion before I decided to try and move. I knew that wolves walked on four legs but it seems my body was designed to stand on two. So I slowly got to my feet but stumbled into a tree hitting my head and for some strange reason it hurt. I then tried again and managed to keep my balance before I took one step then another nearly falling a second time but managing to stay standing.

I then walked over to the figure, slowly but surely, till I reached it. But once I got close, the figure disappeared only to reappear further away from me, still pointing in the same direction. I then started to debate if I should follow this thing. But then I just thought fuck it, I'm dead already what's the worst that could happen to me now. I then put one foot in front of the other and walked through the mess of trees. I couldn't hear the sound of any living animals around me but I continued to follow the figure for a few minutes till I heard the sounds of voices. The figure disappeared so I then followed the voices and saw a light in the trees. I carefully walked towards it and saw two figures walking and talking to each other. They both had a pair of massive horns on their heads and had brownish fur and snouts of their own. But, instead of standing on two feet, they stood on two hooves and I saw they were wearing identical clothing and one had a lantern in their hand.

At first whiff of these two, who I figured out were caribou, I knew they were bad news. In fact just knowing and seeing them made me furious beyond anything. I couldn't help but let out a growl but this caused the caribou holding the lantern to spin around and shine the light in my direction. I quickly moved behind the tree and waited for the light to move on.

"What's with you?" one of the Caribou asked.

"I heard something," the other Caribou said.

"You're hearing things, were in a bloody jungle for crying out loud," the first Caribou said.

"Yeah...yeah you’re right," the second Caribou said.

The light then left my general area and the two continued their walk and I followed closely behind the group listening in on their conversation.

"By Diann I hate patrol, just what the hell does the boss want in the temple?" the second Caribou asked.

"The bitch said there was a great treasure in there big enough to allow us to by a hundred slaves each," the first Caribou said.

"Well that changes things," the second Caribou said.

I then stepped out of the shadows behind the caribou and wondered what to do before I decided to just go with my instinct. I walked up to the first caribou and grabbed him by the horns. I pulled his head backwards then bit down on his neck. A large spray of blood got into my face but it didn't bother me as I used my jaws to rip the caribou's throat out. When I looked at the other caribou I saw it was shining the lantern at me. I saw the caribou was trembling and paralyzed on the spot in fear. I then let out a blood thirsty growl and lunged at the caribou. I knocked the caribou onto his back then primed my right hand's fingers. I then brought it down on the caribou sinking my fingers into his chest before I ripped my hand out sidewards. I tore the caribou’s chest apart and spilled his vital organs all over the ground.

I gazed down at my kill in satisfaction before I looked at my right hand and saw the blood coating it begin to create muscle, skin and fur on my hand alone. I then looked at my legs and saw they were resting in puddles of blood as well and flesh was growing on them too. I then stood up and looked at my hands. I saw grey fur and my nails were long and sharp, perfect for slashing. I then saw the silvery figure had returned and it was pointing in another direction. I looked at the first dead caribou and looked at the size of his outfit before I gave a nod, grabbing the clothing and putting it on. I then followed the strange figure's hand and soon saw a large camp outside an ancient building that was falling apart and was covered in vines. I then saw more Caribou moving about the camp before I looked at my right hand and saw long sharp claws on each finger causing me to give a dark smile before I put on both the mask and hood.

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Back Inside the Crypt Third Person P.O.V

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The small group of six caribou and Daring continued to walk through the crypt till they came to a room filled with treasure. Five of the caribou then ran over to the treasure and began to fill their pockets till they were ready to burst.

"Well done slut, now let's go see what little goodies we can find," the large Caribou said as he took Daring into another chamber with even more gold. In the center was a golden throne with a pony skeleton on it wearing a golden headdress.

"Ah, beautiful workmanship, too bad it's wasted on the dead," the Caribou leader said as he dragged Daring over to the throne. "Let's change that," The caribou said as he grabbed the headdress and tossed the skeleton from the throne.

"Do you monsters have any respect for the dead?" Daring asked in outrage but was slapped again.

The caribou then grabbed a large handful of Daring’s mane as he sat on the throne and unzipped his pants, exposing his member.

"Suck," the Caribou ordered as he pushed Daring's face close towards his member.

"Boss,"

"Argh what is it, can't you see I'm busy?" the caribou leader said releasing Daring and turning towards the door to see a caribou slowly walk in.

"I-I," the Caribou said.

"Spit it out already!" the Caribou leader demanded.

The caribou who entered stayed silent for a bit before he collapsed to his knees and then fell forward revealing his back with large blood stained slashes. The slashes were so deep they cut through the caribou’s ribcage. This caused the caribou leader to stand up in shock while Daring stared in shock as well. Suddenly, the room they were in went dark completely and a light fog leaked into the room crawling across the floor. Suddenly, a figure slowly stepped out of the shadows. It wore the caribou raider’s uniform but most of it had a lot of blood on it. The one wearing the outfit wore the hood and the mask concealing the wearers face. The only sound in the room was the sound of dripping from the figures blood soaked fingers.

"Who the fuck are you cause your certainly not one of my guys," the leader caribou said as he zipped up his pants.

The figure looked around the room before it spotted Daring who sat still, gazing at the figure in shock and curiosity. The figure then slowly turned its head towards the lead caribou and clenched its fingers into fists before it began to walk towards the caribou. The lead caribou pulled out a pistol and aimed at the figure. The figure stopped its advance and tilted its head to the side as if it was curious about the gun. The caribou then shot the figure in the head but the figure didn't even flinch from the gun but just rolled its head and started walking again only a little bit faster. The caribou then started to panic and fired three more rounds into the figure but it didn't even slow him. Once the figure was close enough, it got into the caribou leader's face and growled. This caused the caribou to literally piss himself if the smell was anything to go by. The figure then grabbed the caribou's face in its left hand as it gave off a silver glow. At first nothing happened but then the caribou's body began to rot and disintegrate, all the while he was screaming in utter agony. The figure released the caribou before it gazed at its hand all the while the caribou continued to disintegrate till all that was left was dust.

Daring watched the entire spectacle in fear and horror and tried to escape the thing but her hand brushed against some coins making them slide across the stone ground. This caused the figure's head to snap in her direction causing her to freeze on the spot. She watched as the figure walked over to her, it then kneeled down beside her and stared at her. In the gap beneath the hood and behind the mask she saw a pair of turquoise blue eyes. Those eyes terrified her yet at the same time they brought comfort like they were there to keep her safe. The two stared at each other before Daring shook her head waking her from her trance.

"Alright pal ya got me, whatever you’re gonna do...Just do it fast," Daring said before she closed her eyes and sat there waiting for whatever was going to happen.

Not long after, Daring felt something land on her lap. When she opened her eyes to look, she saw some of the caribou's clothing and some of it had some blood on it. When she looked at the figure she saw it was lighting a lantern before it picked it up and walked out of the room. Daring sat there spellbound before she quickly put on the clothes provided for her and ran after the figure. She ran into the next room and saw the bodies of the dead caribou. All of them looked like they were attacked by a wild animal that was out for vengeance. Daring then ran out of the crypt and saw the caribou campsite was in ruins. Torn tents, wrecked equipment and dead caribou everywhere. Daring then saw a moving shadow in a tent and went over to it. When she looked inside she saw her savior had its hood and mask off, revealing a dog like head. The head was covered in grey and wild looking fur making the dog look savage like. The dog was gazing into a mirror strangely, almost as if it was looking at its face for the first time.

"Hey," Daring said causing the dog to get into a threatening stance but when it looked at her it relaxed before it put down the mirror and looked at a map of Equestria that was on the table. "I...uh...thanks for saving me back there," Daring said causing the dog to look at her once again. "Sweet Celestia how I have been wanting to do that for a long time," Daring said but the dog just stared at her. "You don't talk much do you?"

Daring and the dog stared at each other in silence the wolf then opened its mouth but nothing came out of it except a raspy noise. The dog continued to try and make a sound till he closed his mouth and had an irritated look on his face.

"Can't talk?" Daring asked.

The dog looked around the tent and grabbed a pen and paper. He wrote a quick message and handed it to Daring.

"Trying to remember how to talk...Remember...Remember how to talk?" Daring asked to which the dog nodded. "Just what happened to you to make you forget how to talk?" Daring asked to which the dog folded its arms over its chest and gave her the 'really' look. "Oh, suppose you don't remember that either not even your name no doubt," Daring said causing the dog to shake its head.

"Well that's gotta suck...How about I give you a name till we figure out what your real one is because it's going to be awkward as fuck if I can't call you anything," Daring said to which the dog looked to be thinking it over before he nodded.

"Alright uh how about Blitz," Daring suggested making the dog recoil in what looked like disgust. "Ok no uh how about Atlas?" Daring suggested but the dog just shook his head. "Alright then maybe you should pick," Daring suggested.

The dog then looked to be thinking it over before he opened his mouth and tried to say something but the sound was too weak to be heard so Daring stepped forward and listened hard.

"B...B...Bones," the dog said in a deep voice that sounded a lot like a growl.

"Bones?" Daring asked causing the dog to nod. "Alright, Bones it is. By the way name's Daring Do adventurer extraordinaire."

Daring's savior, now named Bones, held out a hand and Daring shook it with a smile.

"So Bones uh back there in the crypt, you took at least four bullets, one to the head the others to the chest, how did you survive that?" Daring asked before she let out a yawn.

"R-res-rest...Talk...L-later," Bones said.

"Good idea see you tomorrow Bones," Daring said before she walked out of the tent but looked back inside. "Hey Bones...Thanks again for saving me," Daring said before she left to go find a bed.

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The Next Day

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Daring awoke from her slumber and saw she was resting in a comfortable cot with a blanket over her keeping her warm instead of sleeping on the hard uncomfortable ground. She was unable to use her wings for warmth since they were still trapped inside the boxes on her back. She got up, looked around, saw she was in the Caribou leader’s tent and that she remembered the events from yesterday. So she stood up and walked out of the tent to see that it was dawn. She then saw her savior Bones was sitting in front of a fire pit that was filled with nothing but embers and he was staring motionlessly into it.

"Morning Bones," Daring said as she walked over to her mysterious companion.

"Morning Daring Do," Bones said effortlessly.

"Hey you're talking now," Daring pointed out.

"Been practicing...all night," Bones said struggling a bit.

"All night...When did you sleep?" Daring asked.

"Couldn't sleep actually, also been...trying to...remember...who I am," Bones said while struggling.

"I see...remember anything?" Daring asked.

"Just shapes...and a lot of sounds," Bones said.

"Hm...Well it's a start I guess you can only learn more from here," Daring said.

"I guess," Bones said before the two entered an uncomfortable silence. "So what's with all these...Caribou?"

"These animals were forcing me to take them to a massive treasure of a long dead tribe so they could buy slaves," Daring said with a growl.

"You're mad...why?" Bones asked innocently.

"*sigh* Well since you don't have your memory I suppose I should explain it to you," Daring said before she got comfortable. "You see about 2 years ago the Equestria that you see today didn't exist."

"Hang on...I'm confused...Equestria?" Bones asked.

"Oh right Equestria is the name of the country we are in and this place, this jungle, is what's known as The Forbidden Jungle. I used to live here until the fall happened," Daring said.

"The fall?" Bones asked.

"You see these Caribou?" Daring asked gesturing to the dead bodies causing Bones to nod. "These guys didn't live in Equestria 2 years ago in fact we didn't know they even existed until they invaded us."

"Invaded?" Bones asked.

"Yeah they came without warning and took over Equestria. They claim there reason why is because they were liberating males from female tyranny. When they conquered us they turned the mares into sex slaves. I think even the princesses and the bearers of The Elements of Harmony were caught. As for the males that tried to fight back they were brainwashed into becoming abusive sex starved monsters," Daring said before she noticed Bones wasn't looking at the fire pit and his hands curled into tight fists.

"Who leads the Caribou?" Bones asked.

"Their king's name is Diann, he rules the entire world now along with his 8 despicable sons. Each son controls a country one for Equestria, one for the Griffin Kingdom, another for the Diamond Dog kingdom, the Minotaur kingdom, Zebrafrica, the Dragon Kingdoms and finally Diann and his eldest son sit in their kingdom. When Diann dies he'll hand his throne over to the eldest," Daring said before she heard what sounded like snarling coming from Bones. "Hey Bones you’re not planning on eating me are you?"

"Huh...oh sorry just...your story made me angry," Bones said.

"Heh well I'm glad that you feel that way, means you see this isn't right either," Daring said.

"Question...what are...The Elements of Harmony?" Bones asked.

"Oh a bunch of special gems some mares I know use to destroy evil. A friend of mine wields the Element of Loyalty and she is a Pegasus called Rainbow Dash. She's pretty cool to hang around with but fair warning she has a massive ego. She also claims to be the fastest flyer in Equestria," Daring said.

"I'll make sure...To keep that in mind...Lets go," Bones said as he stood up.

"Go, go where?" Daring asked.

"To save Equestria and kill the Caribou," Bones said.

"What...You have any idea on how insane that sounds?" Daring said.

"Yes but tell me...Do you want to be a broodmare for the rest of your life?" Bones asked.

"Oh course not," Daring said.

"Then fight for yourself, great things have to start small. All you need to do is get others attention," Bones said effortlessly, his voice low and intimidating but comforting at the same time and his words burning with hope.

"You know something, you’re absolutely right. If we're going to take back Equestria we need to start small and move our way up. I also happen to know where we can find one of the Element Bearers," Daring said.

"Who and where?" Bones asked.

"Her name is Rarity Belle, last I heard she's in Baltimare," Daring said.

"Sounds promising," Bones said.

"Alright let's just get some food and stuff because we've got a long way to go," Daring said.

Next Chapter: Chapter 2 Freedom for Baltimare Estimated time remaining: 42 Hours, 25 Minutes