Dawn Castle's Tallest Tower Bones P.O.V.

I was sitting on the roof of the tallest part of the castle, the winds were freezing but I hardly took notice of that fact and watched the endless horizon before me. I took a deep breath before I stood up and leaned forward and fell off the tower. The wind blew against me as I fell through the air, I then looked below me and saw the training yard below so I angled my body and aimed for the center before I flipped through the air and landed superhero style earning shrieks and yelps of shock and terror from behind me. When I looked I saw this worlds bearers were here.

"Salutations," I said as I stood up.

"Land snakes Bones where'd you come from?" Applejack asked.

"Tallest tower, bit of a drop though...you lot here for training?" I asked as I spun around to face the mares properly.

"Sure are," Twilight said.

"Uh huh," Applejack said.

"Yeppers," Pinkie said.

"Aw yeah," Rainbow said.

"Hear hear," Rarity said.

"Um...yes," Fluttershy said.

"Well hate to break it to you guys but I'm not taking classes today. I figured you lot could use a break since you had you're trip to Appaloosa yesterday," I said.

"What, you mean we woke up early for nothing!?" Rainbow yelled

"Shame, I was looking forward to watching them train."

I looked at the doors and saw this world's Luna, Celestia and Nightmare walking over to us.

"That's the way it is I'm afraid. Besides too much training will cause problems in the future so consider this a day of rest and relaxation," I said.

"Oh this will be a perfect opportunity to go see Aloe and Lotus. I heard they have opened up a new spa here in this city...however they won't be awake at this time of day," Rarity said excitedly before her excitement changed to a small frown.

"Well since we can't do anything why don't you show us some more of Ash from World War 2," Rainbow said causing me to raise an eyebrow at her.

"What's your interest in World War 2 RD?" I asked causing her to shrug.

"I remember Evo mentioning that there was a war in someplace called the pacific. Would you mind telling us about that?" Twilight asked.

"Hm the pacific...Well it was certainly a hell raisier that's for god damn certain, where should I even start?" I asked.

"For any long story start at the beginning," Celestia said.

"Alright well do any of you know of a place called Pearl Harbour?" I asked.

"I do...I went there with Ash during our honeymoon. He told me much about what happened there," Luna said.

"Well what happened?" Rainbow asked.

"This happened," I said as I activated the Eye of God spell and showed them a burning pearl harbour and planes buzzing all over the place while the Arizona was quickly sinking dragging down those who were still trapped inside.

"Sweet mother of Faust," Applejack said.

"The Japanese made a surprise attack on this place killing over 2,400 people, civilian and soldiers alike. This triggered the United States to enter the war," I said as a silver like P-51 Mustang with a winged wolf painted on the side flew over us and shot down a Japanese zero.

"Aw yeah kick some ass Ash," Rainbow cheered as she watched the silver plane shoot down more planes

"Anyway when this battle ended Ash was sent to Cairo for training which in turn led to what you all saw before hand," I said.

"The Spectre Squad," Celestia said.

"Yeah, after that day Ash and his squad mates and their sergeant, sergeant Dean Murphy underwent special training for a few months learning over a dozen languages and techniques. Also how to blend in with different squads before they were shipped off to Russia to a place called Moscow before being shipped off to another place called Stalingrad where they had to complete an assassination mission. Then being shipped off to an island called Guadalcanal and let me tell you the training and their time with the soviets was gruelling to the point of absolute hardening," I said.

"How tough did it make them?" Twilight asked.

I snapped my fingers and we appeared in the clearing of a jungle at night where we saw several fox holes. We saw a pair of soldiers were watching the treeline when suddenly several distant booms echoed through the night followed by explosions getting closer and closer till you could see them through the palm trees.

"Bud...Bud we gotta go, WE GOTTA GO NOW!" one of the soldiers yelled as the two began to run for cover. However before they could get into a fox hole the two were blown back when a shell came down and blew the shelter to bits along with anyone in there.

"YOU TWO GET IN HERE!"

The soldiers looked and saw a soldier waving them over, so the two didn't hesitate and scrambled into the fox hole where they were greeted by twelve other men. Seven of them were familiar faces from Cairo. They and one more were sitting calmly within the fox hole as if the bombardment above wasn't happening. I noticed those who were calmly sitting wore patches with large red ones on them instead of the Spectres patch while the remaining four were gripping each other in terror and also had red one patches. There was even an Australian Shepherd there that was whimpering in terror but was being held and stroked by one of the calm soldiers.

"You boy's alright?" a man asked as he approached the two soldiers and I saw the man was wearing a pair of shades and had the stripes of a sergeant on his sleeve.

"Yes sir," one of the soldiers said.

"You'd best take a seat boys and get comfortable," the sergeant said before he went and sat with the other seven soldiers.

"Geeze look at those guys. It's as if they're used to this shit," one of the four terrified soldiers said as he gestured to the calmer group.

"Must got nerves of steel and believe in their luck," another said before they all cowered again as a shell went off close by.

"If you guys can get some sleep do so, gonna be one long night and it may be better to die in your sleep then being awake to witness it," A soldier said and when I looked I saw it was Ash who spoke. He was sitting on a large rock with his back against the wall before he pulled his helmet over his eyes and leaned back against the wall to get comfortable.

"Who are you guy's?" one of the trembling soldiers asked.

"Private Ash, you met our sergeant we call him Mr Shades. This is Wade call him Wall on account of his size, there's Flynn call him Bloodhound once he has his sights on someone he hunts them down with extreme persistence Jeremy call him Chatterbox-," Ash said.

"Hey why ah Chatterbox?" Jeremy interrupted.

"Cause once you open your mouth you cant shut it," Wade said causing the eight to chuckle.

"Anyway that's Dimitri Reznof over there we call him Hammerhead and yes he is Russian but treat him with respect he's with us," Ash said.

"Why're you called Hammerhead?" a soldier asked.

"First kill I used my head to hit a guy into a wall brought the whole wall down upon him crushing him," Dimitri said.

"Guy over there is Felix call him Ole Faithful cause no matter what he's right on time when we need him," Ash said.

"Damn straight," Wade said as he grabbed Felix in a headlock and began to give him a noogie much to Felix's discomfort

"And finally the guy brooding in the corner is Eric call him Thunder," Ash said.

"How'd he earn that, from a fight name?" a soldier asked.

"No when we first heard Eric fart he sounded just like thunder," Ash said with a smirk.

"Fuck off Ash," Eric said causing everyone to laugh.

"What about you?" a soldier asked.

"He ain't got one yet still figuring what to give him," Dean said with a smirk.

"Better be good," Ash said causing the group to chuckle

"Dang look at them all how can they be so relaxed and laugh at a time like this," Applejack asked.

"That's just the kind of training they got. A Spectre is trained to fight under pressure and to always keep their cool in the face of danger," I said as our surroundings faded into darkness but became light again when someone was moving palm tree leaves away from the entrance.

"Sound Off!" the soldier shouted causing everyone to shout out their last names before they crawled out of the hole.

We then followed and we looked around at the destruction of the area. Wrecked trucks, fallen trees, injured being carried on stretchers, collapsed fox holes, it was a mess. Some soldiers had broken down to tears while others worked to dig out the buried and I showed our group the fox hole that was hit and saw a mess of broken wood, bodies and guts.

"My word," Rarity said.

"There were three things these guys had to survive against, the Japanese, the jungle and starvation. But it wasn't long after they took Guadalcanal they headed for a place called Cape Gloucester where they were constantly soaked by rain. It was an extreme challenge just to get vehicles through the muck, hell even the Japs were having a hard time fleeing for dryer areas, leaving behind their sick and wounded to die," I said.

"What, they just left them!" Rainbow shouted in outrage while I just nodded.

"This is from when Ash arrived at a medical station for the Japs," I said as I snapped my fingers and we arrived in a thick jungle with muddy ground.

We then saw Dean leading the Spectres into an old Jap camp where dozens of flies flew about. I looked around and I saw some Japanese bodies laying between roots of trees with maggots crawling over their exposed insides. Dave then got into a jog and stopped a still live Jap soldier from pulling the pin on a grenade before he skewered him with a bayonet. Ash then separated from the group and looked around inside a hut and saw another live Japanese soldier lying on a bed and muttering to himself while looking at Ash. So Ash shouldered his gun and grabbed a stool and used it to sit beside the bed before he spoke to the soldier and showed his knife causing the soldier to nod. Ash lifted the soldiers head and slit the nape of the soldiers neck, granting a quick and merciful death.

"Angel."

We all snapped to look at the voice and we saw Dean standing in the doorway.

"Sir?" Ash asked.

"Your new nickname, it's Angel," Dean said before he left.

"Things were never easy here, hell even fighting became even more treacherous," I said as our surroundings became dark with rain bucketing down hard and a line of allied soldiers stood. All guns trained on the dark thick jungle as thunder and lightning rolled across the sky revealing the terrain for only a moment.

Suddenly after a few moments of waiting shouts echoed in the night and in a flash of lightning it revealed the enemy causing the Americans to open fire and for the Japs to shoot back. As we watched the fight screams and bangs from guns and explosions from grenades echoed all around us, driving a little fear into the group next to me. When morning came we saw the ground was littered with Japanese corpses while the Americans stared at the aftermath or looted the corpses.

"As the fighting went on things continued to get tougher for the marines, they even had to wait for rain just to get themselves cleaned," I said as I snapped my fingers and we appeared in an American camp when suddenly rain started coming down and many men stripped down to their birthday suits and began to wash themselves causing most of the mares faces to turn red.

Whoo-Hoo!"

"It's about time!"

"So your saying these men just stood out here in the rain to clean themselves," Celestia asked as she looked around with a predatory look in her eyes earning a glare from Luna.

"There wasn't a lot of clean water in the area and I wouldn't recommend bathing in the ocean," I said.

"As uncothe as this is I would agree about bathing in the ocean," Rarity said as she looked up and away from the marines.

"So everyone did this including Ash," Rainbow asked.

"Yep...Right over there," I said as I pointed at the guy in question.

Right there in front of a tent stood Ash as bare as the day he was born and standing not too far away from him was Mr Shades (who happens to be bald beneath his helmet). Both of them washing themselves causing everyone's blush's to return with a vengeance as Ash was busy scrubbing his hair. I noticed most of the water falling off him was as red as blood.

"The health of the corps is only as strong as the health of the individual marine and marines will make every effort to keep themselves clean," Dean said as the rain stopped much to every soldiers annoyance. "Hey...Hey don't you quit on me fuckers not till I rinsed."

"Ahh you gotta be kidding me," Ash said as he went to collect his clothes.

"Wow never new Ash could be so wild and bold," Rainbow said with a grin.

"Rainbow Dash!" Rarity yelled in a scolding tone.

"Aw come off it Rarity you're seeing what I'm seeing and from the blush on your face you liked it. But I gotta say Luna you picked up a nice one," Rainbow said.

"Rainbow's right, truly a large...specimen," Celestia said while licking her lips hungrily.

"Cease with thy words this instant!" Luna yelled.

"Anyway getting just the basic necessitates was a real hassle around here. It was all work around here, it's a miracle if you can get some sleep and a relief if one of the crabs around here hadn't crawled into one of your boots during the night," I said as I pointed to Ash who had came out of the tent wearing some tattered clothes and well worn boots.

We then followed Ash as he went around the camp and saw him walk over to a group scrubbing the oil out of drums while one of them was sitting on an oil drum smoking a cigarette.

"I like to watch you boys sweat," the soldier said with a smug grin as he took a puff.

Ash then grabbed the cigarette from the soldiers mouth before he threw it into the dirt and stomped on it snuffing it out.

"If you like sweating so much why don't you grab a brush and start scrubbing," Ash growled before he grabbed a brush and shoved it to the soldiers chest.

The soldier took the brush and walked over to a barrel before he got to work and Ash walked away.

"Next thing to happen was The Spectre Squad was being shipped off to Normandy and fought in Europe till the 26th of September of 1944 before they were brought back to the pacific to take on another island called Peleliu where they had to take an airfield. First the navy bombed the island for three days straight and that is when the marines followed. The soldiers were told the fighting would last for a few days but those days became bit more then two months of fighting," I said as I snapped my fingers and we appeared on the island after a battle. We stood before the busted airfield, Ash was looking around checking for survivors when suddenly he accidentally stood on a severed forearm and when Ash crouched down and picked it up he noticed a wedding ring on the ring finger before he put the hand down.

"Hey guys check it out, we're rich!"

We all turn our heads to the sound and see a marine with his hands and a knife in a Japanese man's mouth before he pulled out a gold tooth and showed it to everyone much to my groups disgust, including Ash's. He stood up and began to make his way over to the soldier with a look saying he was gonna beat the ever loving tar out of him and as I looked at him, I noticed once again his eyes turned from olive green to an icy,unforgiving blue. But a hand grabbed him by the shoulder and Ash saw it was Wade.

"It's not worth it," Wade said while Ash yanked his shoulder from Wade's grip and walked away.

Soon enough the Spectres and the Platoon they were hiding in were leaving the airfield and heading into the jungle but came across another platoon heading in the opposite direction, all of them looking like they went through the ringer. As they passed, Ash handed the wounded a cigarette before they departed. With a wave of my hand I fast forwarded the walk till we were in the jungle when suddenly a gunshot rings out and hits a soldier in the chest, killing him.

"Sniper!" Ash shouted causing the marines to scatter.

Dean led the Spectres behind a bunker for cover while gunfire went off around them and as the Spectres took their positions, ash paused before he looked at a firing grate in the bunker before he moved closer to it. Once he was close he signalled the squad to be quiet before he gestured to Dean to come over and listen to the inside of the bunker, so I did too and heard Japanese whispering inside.

"Son of a bitch!" Ash shouted as he fired into the bunker with his Thompson sub machine gun.

The squad then scrambled and took positions around or on top of the bunker and bottled up the entrances.

"Angel, up here. Wall go get us a flamethrower!" Mr Shades yelled.

"Yes sir!" Wade said before he left and Ash scrambled onto the bunker.

Ash kept eyes on the surroundings until he spotted a metal cone sitting on the bunker right in front of him.

"Shades," Ash said getting the sergeants attention before he gestured to the cone.

"Good idea son," Dean said before he removed the cone revealing a wide pipe before Ash pulled out a grenade.

"Fire In The Hole!" Ash shouted before he pulled the pin and released the trigger and tossed the grenade into the pipe and backed away.

Not long after there was an explosion and screams of pain came from within the bunker when suddenly a Jap soldier came out with a primed grenade. As the soldier tossed the grenade Ash shot him.

"Grenade, Move!" Ash yelled warning his squad as he backed away. When it went off Ash was tossed from the bunker with a few pieces of shrapnel in his face.

Ash lay there in a daze before he began to stand up when more shouting drew his attention and Ash saw a Sherman tank taking aim at the bunker. So moving quickly ash got out of the way just in time for the tank to fire and hit the bunker. Suddenly more Japs came out of the bunker, one of them spotted Ash and shot at him but Ash quickly dodged it and when the Jap went to shoot again his gun got jammed. So he tossed it away and went for a katana that was on his hip and drew it before he ran at Ash but Ash drew a knife and ran at the soldier. When the katana wielding soldier swung at Ash, he grabbed his wrists to block the attack but the blade still embedded itself in Ash's waist but not too much while Ash drove his knife into the soldiers chest. The Japanese soldier then fell to his knees while Ash remained standing clutching his bleeding side and when the two locked eyes the Japanese presented his katana to Ash but Ash seemed hesitant before he grasped the handle and the soldier before him died.

Ash stared at the lifeless body in silence when suddenly Wade came back with a flamethrower and burned the remainder of the Japanese out of the bunker and everyone watched as they burned to death. With that Ash retrieved his knife and the scabberd on the soldiers waist before he went to find a corpsman. I then snapped my fingers and the platoon Ash and the Spectres were secretly apart of walked back into the airfield, tiered and exhausted, before the squad separated and went to find a place to sit and get some rest. I then saw Ash pull out a box of cigarettes and place one in his mouth before he lit it much to everyone's surprise before he held the katana in his hands.

"I didn't know Ash smoked," Twilight said.

"Most soldiers did smoke during the war as a way to calm their nerves also became a small form of currency among the soldiers," I said

Suddenly a man wearing a blue shirt and tan pants wearing a pit helmet walks over to the Spectres.

"Hey any of you guys got a Jap weapon, I'll pay good money for it," the man said causing the Spectres to stare at him. "Seriously a bayonet, gun, a flag I'll take it."

"Yeah sure I keep them in my ass...go ahead and reach up and grab what you want," one of the unknown Spectres said as he leaned to the side presenting his behind to the man while causing a few of the Spectres to laugh.

"Seriously I gotta get me a Jap sword, can't go home from the war empty handed...Hey how about you will you sell me that?" the man asked as he walked in front of Ash who was examining the sheathed katana.

"Piss off pal," Ash said without even glancing at the man.

"Oh watch out boy you don't wanna go and piss off Angel," Eric said with a carefree smirk

"C'mon what are you gonna use it for?" the man said as he grabbed the katana.

Faster then anyone expected Ash stood up and shoved his shoulder into the man knocking him to the dirt before he drew the katana and held it at the man's throat while everyone stood in silence. As I looked I saw Ash's eyes had once again turned blue.

"Ash!"

Everyone besides Ash looked at the voice and I saw it was Mr Shades.

"You mind telling me what the hell is going on here boy," Dean said as he walked up to Ash's side with a scowl on his lips.

"Not his fault Sarge, Ash's new friend there tried to grab the katana he was given by a dying Jap," Jeremy said.

"Alright...Ash lower the blade," Dean said and at first Ash stayed still till he did as asked. "Thank you and as for you boy I'd get moving if I were you" he said as he placed an arm around Ash.

"So what do I do now?" the man asked.

"You want a Jap weapon pal there are plenty of them laying around so just do what we do. Go in there, find what you want and prey you don't get shot," Eric said before the guy left.

"Fucking Seabees," Ash said with a growl as he and Dean left

"After the months of fighting on Peleliu, the Spectres were shipped off to Europe before returning to the pacific sometime in January before heading to another island called Iwo Jima which held a dormant volcano. After bombing the island the marines went ashore only to discover the Japanese had made a network of tunnels going all over the island, even within the mountain. So the landing became a slaughter for the marines but it was also on this island where hope was given to the Americans," I said.

"How so?" Rainbow asked.

"Luna did Ash ever show you a photo or perhaps a statue of a group of soldiers raising an american flag?" I asked.

"Yes now that I think about it there was a little statue of such a thing in Ash's personal study. It sat on a shelf on a wall and when I asked about it he just said a simple photo can inspire millions," Luna said.

"Indeed it can. You see after days of trying to root out the Japanese from their holes, a platoon was sent to scope out the mountain and the Spectres went with them. Once they were at the top a few soldiers decided to raise the american flag," I said as I snapped my fingers and we appeared at the top of Iwo Jima looking over the vast ocean which was filled with navy warships.

"Whoa nice view apart from all them ships and stuff," Applejack said.

"View's over hear AJ," I said as I gestured to a group of marines raising the flag while one guy took the picture.

"Just like the statue," Luna said.

Suddenly cheers rang out from the shore and warships horns blew making the sound be heard from miles around. The soldiers atop the mountain cheered their hearts out as well.

"Next day a picture of what happened here was on the front page of every newspaper in america, inspiring other men to join the fight. However once everybody left Iwo Jima things got a lot worse then they ever had for the marines," I said.

"Another island?" Twilight asked while scribbling down notes.

"Yes this place was called Okinawa a 'civilian' populated island close to the Japanese mainland," I said empathising the word civilian.

"So what happened?" Fluttershy asked.

"The Japanese were making the marines pay dearly for how far they advanced. So much rain poured down, the mud reached the soldiers knees and it made it impossible for vehicles to get through the mud. So they couldn't get the wounded or the bodies of the deceased out of there, so they were left to rot. Place had the highest number of casualties in all of the pacific," I said as I snapped my fingers and we appeared in a muddy area.

Marines were walking along the road and coming from the opposite direction were civilians of Okinawa. Men pulling wagons and carrying heavy loads, mothers carrying their crying babes and children staring at the soldiers as they walked past. Wondering on how many soldiers they killed and if they had killed their elder brother or father and when Ash walked past, the civilians glanced at the katana on his side.

"They don't seem to like you carrying that thing around...perhaps they think you looted it from a dead Jap," Flynn whispered into Ash's ear.

"Let them think what they want I couldn't care less," Ash said as they continued to walk.

The walk led the group onto some steep hills, the mud made it difficult to get a grip on the ground. Suddenly Ash lost his grip and fell off the ledge. He tumbled down the hill and landed in a flooded MG nest full of murky water that was sitting on the side of the ridge halfway to the bottom. When he got up his right arm was inside a decaying skeleton's ribcage while maggots were crawling all over the skull's face and chest. Ash then looked like he was gonna start hyperventilating before he yanked his arm out of the corpse and stumbled backwards back into the water. When he got up again he had more corpses latching onto him. Ash then scrambled to get out of the water before he fell to the bottom of the hill and began to quickly remove his coat. He drew his knife and began to use the back end to wipe of any remaining maggots on him and once he was done he took a breath and looked at the flooded MG nest.

"Hey Ash looks like you made some new friends," Eric said from the top of the hill.

Ash could only stay there staring at the corpse filled water while my group was just as horrified at what they saw.

"Terrifying hmm," I said gaining the groups attention before I snapped my fingers.

Our terrain changed to a slightly more flat surface while rain came down. It was dark out, Ash and the Spectres were digging holes to take cover in when suddenly Eric hits something. When he pulls the shovel away he sees a decaying Japanese soldiers body, his shovel broke through the ribcage releasing a putrid smell.

"Dear God what the fuck is that stench!" a Spectre shouted

The squad then gathered around Eric's hole where they spotted the source of the smell causing some to throw up.

"Unbelievable," Dean said.

"We might as well be digging our graves," Jeremy said.

Eric grabbed his shovel and went to dig in another spot before Mr Shades spoke up.

"Where you going Eric holes are supposed to be 5 meters apart," Dean said.

"Sir with all due respect there's a dead body in there," Eric said.

"The whole island's a graveyard Thunder," Dean said.

After awhile of silence Ash stepped forward.

"Eric you take my hole I'll take this one," Ash said as he climbed into the hole.

"You sure Ash?" Dean asked.

"I bathed with a couple of dead guys today Mr Shades...I doubt sharing a grave with one tonight will be a hassle," Ash said as he removed some mud from the hole with a shovel.

"Alright then son your call," Dean said before the group scattered.

As the group watched Ash try to get comfortable with the corpse, gunfire echoed not too far away but not one of the Spectres moved until Dean ordered Ash, Dimitri, Wade and Eric to go grab some ammo. So the four left and came to a pass being guarded by two columes of rock with MG nests sitting upon them, firing at the enemy on the other side while flares lit up the skies. Behind the columes was an ammo dump, once the enemy went to reload the four ran across the road and grabbed what they needed before they waited for the enemy to reload once again.

"Friendly's coming in!" a soldier in the MG nest shouted.

We all watched as a Japanese family ran across the battlefield heading for the American side while the Japanese soldiers rained bullets down on them. The suddenly the bullets hit them and they all collapsed much to everyone's horror. Suddenly a little girl lifts her head out of the mud and reaches out for Ash's group. Ash then get's up but Dimitri and Wade grab him.

"No Ash they're too far out!" Wade said.

"Wade is right my friend you will never make it," Dimitri said.

"Like hell I'm leaving her!" Ash shouted.

"Ash there's nothing we can do," Dimitri said.

"Dimitri I'm not letting that happen again!" Ash shouted with tears in his eyes causing the group of three to pause. "I...just can't let that happen again."

The three nodded before Wade slapped him on the shoulder earning Ash's attention.

"Covering fire!" Wade yelled causing MG's to start up again.

Like a bat out of hell Ash ran across the muddy field the machine guns keeping the Japanese at bay before Ash grabbed the child in his arms while whispering comforting words in Japanese before he made his dash back to safety. The Japanese opened fire once again but it didn't stop Ash, it only pushed him to go faster. Once he was safely behind cover he set the girl down and took off his poncho, placed it on the little girl and spoke with her in Japanese earning nods or head shakes from the girl as his answers.

"Jesus Christ Ash you must have a guardian angel watching over you or you are one," Eric said.

"You boys go back to the Sarge tell him I'm gonna get this little one to a safe place," I said.

"All right Ash," Wade said before Ash picked up the little girl and began to carry her away.

"That was crazy. I mean those guys just stood there while that kid was in trouble and out of everyone Ash was the only one who went out there," Rainbow huffed in anger.

"This place is terrible," Pinkie said as her mane straightened and she took on a sad look.

"It get's worse," I said causing everyone's eyes to snap towards me in shock.

"How the hay can this get worse. Civilians are getting shot at and dying bodies litter the place, left to rot. Everywhere you step could mean you're stepping on a grave not to mention the rain coming down and you're saying it get's worse!" Twilight shouted with a crazed look.

I then snapped my fingers and we appeared before a hill with a path leading up it. On either side of the path were the marines watching the path as if they were waiting for something. Soon crying could be heard coming from the top of the ridge and soon a woman carrying a crying baby came into view followed by several civilians. Suddenly the woman stops as she spots the soldiers before she held the baby out to them and starts crying much to the marines confusion. Ash steps forward and began to speak to the woman asking what was wrong but the woman just begged Ash to take her child. So Ash stepped forward and just as he was he was about to take the child, a shot rings out and a bullet whizzes past Ash. When he looks at the woman again he sees explosives wrapped around her waist. He then goes to grab the baby again and run but Shades grabs him and pulls him away just as another shot rang out hitting the explosives on the woman, blowing her and her child to bits while Ash was tossed into a rock by the force of the explosion, causing the group beside me to stare at what occurred in horror. Suddenly Japanese soldiers came out of hiding and began to use the civilians as shields. I then looked at Ash who was recovering from the blast and he saw what was happening just as his eyes turned blue once again.

"You know, I've noticed this a few times all the way back to Normandy but have any of you noticed Ash's eyes can turn blue?" I asked as I gestured to Ash.

"Hey he's right," Pinkie said.

Suddenly Ash got up and let go of his rifle, letting it clatter on the rocky ground and went for the katana on his hip. He then ran into the battle, keeping the lower half of his body low to the ground. With reflexes that were faster then any average human being, Ash cut through the enemy forces with great precision, leaving civilians unharmed while dodging the enemy's bullets while his allies could only watch as he single handily tore through the Japanese. He continued up the ridge and disappeared from view while screams of death and terror echoed on for a few minutes till finally it stopped. When it did the allies moved up the ridge following the path of blood left by Ash and when they found him, he was standing among at least 20 corpses. All of them severed in one way or another while Ash's uniform was saturated in blood and in his right hand was the katana, just as soaked in blood as Ash was. We all moved in front of Ash and I saw his eyes had returned to their olive green color but the facial expression was unmistakably seething fury. I then snapped my fingers and we appeared back in the training grounds, the group around me at a loss for words on what they saw and while they were all in thought I decided to just leave.

Late at Night Relic Room

I was sitting in the room where every God Piece we collected was scattered about, while on a pedestal was Ash's head in a jar. I know not on how or why I arrived here or for how long I have been staring at the severed head but I know it must have been for awhile because my body was beginning to feel stiff. I then stood up and began to make my way to the doors but before I could grasp the doorknob I felt a presence close by and when I turned around I saw it was Ash in his wolf form, sitting in-front of the pedestal staring at his head.

"Hello again Ash," I said causing the wolf to turn towards me.

Ash then stood up and walked past me and through the doors to the room. I then opened them and saw Ash still walking away from me so I decided to follow him. He led me down the hallways till we came to a set of doors before he walked through them and when I entered I saw the room was some kind of war room and in the middle of the room was a circular wooden table with a holographic map of Equestria on it. Ash then got onto the table and pointed at a city on the north east cost of Equestria called Manehatten.

"You want me to head there?" I asked causing Ash to nod. "Is there something there that belonged to you?" I asked causing Ash to nod again. "That's all I need to hear."

I then created a doorway and stepped through it and saw I was standing in a dark ally in-between two massive buildings which I saw on the holographic map of Manehatten.

"I wonder why Ash brought me here?" I asked myself.

I then heard barking and growling coming from behind me and when I looked I saw three punk stallions with sticks trying to back a brown and white sheep dog into a cage and just looking at the dog I could tell it was a female.

"Get in there you mangy mutt."

"Get her in the cage!"

I then saw the dog go to bite one of the stallions but she ended up getting hit with a stick which was then I decided to intervene.

"Why don't you boys play nice...or do I need to beat some manners into you?" I asked causing them the stallions to turn towards me.

"Fuck off bastard, this don't concern you," one of the stallions said before they turned back to the dog. One raised his stick above his head and went to hit the dog.

I then grabbed the stick and used my other hand to break it and when one went to hit me I blocked his attack with one hand and kicked him in the chest sending him flying into a wall. I used the one half of my stick still in my grasp to hit another stallion across the face, knocking him out while the third dropped his weapon and backed away with his hands in the air. I then turned to the dog who was looking at me in confusion.

"They're just jealous that they don't and can't have your looks girl," I said before I gave a nod before she went and bit the stallion in the rear.

I then left the ally, looked around and saw the streets were filled with caribou walking about with mares on leashes. I gave a disgusted snort before I thought about going about handling this but when no ideas came I threw caution into the wind and descended to put my earphones in and selected a song. I backed away into the ally once again before I took off at incredible speeds.

As I looked around the world seemed to have slowed down but I didn't care because my body felt a serious rush going through it. I then drew Hingure and ran up to the closest caribou and ran Hingure across his back, slicing it open. I watched the blood float through the air making it a beautiful spectical before I turned to the rest of the caribou down the street. I flexed my hand that was holding Hingure and ran down the street slaughtering any caribou or traitor stallions I saw.

Third Person P.O.V.

The day in Manehatten began like any day for the former pop star Countess Coloratura (or Rara as some of her friends called her). Wake up, eat, get fucked, follow her master to work, get fucked, eat, fucked, head home, fucked, eat, fucked then sleep once more but the worst part is that her so called master is none other then her former manager Svengallop, who seemed rather giddy when he bought her. Rara was on her way back home, being dragged by Svengallop.Ssuddenly Rara bumped into something and when she looked at what it was she saw it was Svengallop's leg and he was casting a nasty glare at her.

"Watch it you whore!" Svengallop shouted as he raised a fist to hit her.

Coloratura bowed her head low in a fruitless effort to shield herself from the hit when suddenly a cold rush of wind blew over Coloratura's bare body, making her shiver before she felt a thud in front of her. When she looked she saw an arm severed at the wrist before her and when she looked up she saw Svengallop was gripping a bleeding stump on his arm before he started screaming in pain, drawing everyone's eyes to them. Suddenly the wind picked up again and slash marks appeared all over Svengallop in an instant, causing blood to gush out of the wounds like a fountain before he slumped down dead as a door nail and he wasn't the only one. When Svengallop fell Coloratura saw more males fall down the street, all of them dying of different wounds but before Svengallop was struck down for a split second Coloratura saw the faint outline of someone in the wind cutting down Svengallop before it disappeared.

"What in the name of Celestia's sun was that?" Coloratura asked herself.

Later Bone's P.O.V.

I was still running around all over Manehatten going from streets to inside every building, slaying traitors and caribou and bringing unconscious brainwashed stallions before Town Hall. But right now I was running through the streets checking to see if I missed any caribou or traitors. As I was about to leave I saw a small building sitting between the buildings and when I went closer I saw it was very Asian themed. So I moved closer and looked through the window and saw three caribou ganging up on a large tan furred male unicorn with a short black mane that covered the top of his head. He had a moustache on his muzzle and wore a green shirt and tan pants. He was armed with a knife and seemed to be standing in front of a young mare who, to my surprise, was wearing clothes that shared the same colors as the male unicorn. She wore a cream colored shirt with a purple dress that had bells on it and a blue flower on the edge. She also wore an orange scarf that had bells on it going around her neck and to finish off the outfit she was wearing gold earrings and a gold headband. When I looked at the two unicorns and saw the resemblance between the two, I guessed the two were father and daughter. I looked at the situation they were in and assumed that the father had been keeping his daughter secret from when the caribou took over and that they had only just now discovered her.

So with everything clicking into place, I rushed in. The whole world was still in slow mo as I ran in. I grabbed the caribou in the middles arms and pulled them above his head before I grabbed the knife in the stallion's hand and ran the knife through the caribou's hands and pinned him to the ceiling with the knife still in his hands, which left him dangling there. I then used Hingure to cut down the two caribou before I finally let the rush in my body wear off and stood there before the two ponies and the now screaming caribou. I held Hingure in reverse and drove her through the caribou's mouth then pulled her out through the side of the caribou, cutting through one side of the caribou's mouth and arm leaving him dangling by one arm, now dead. I looked at the unicorns out of the corner of my eye who seemed to be trembling before me but I just sheathed Hingure and made my way to the door and left. I then walked down the street but stopped upon seeing Ash Blade still in his wolf form.

"Where to now?" I asked.

Ash then walked down an ally and I followed till we made it out and onto a different street. I continued to follow till we stood before the Town Hall where I saw a single light on in the top, most likely the mayor's office. I then walked inside and made my way to the office which was being guarded by two caribou who were quickly dealt with before I kicked down the door startling a stallion who was counting bits on his desk.

"What in Tartarus is going on!?" the stallion shouted.

"I believe it's called putting you out of office Mr mayor, oh pardon I mean ex-mayor now," I said.

"The buck you going on about, you honestly think the stallions and caribou of this city are gonna allow this!" the stallion shouted.

"Actually...they're too dead to care at this time," I said as I stepped into the light of the room, exposing my face to the mayor much to his horror.

"Oh lord Ash...You're him, aren't you...The Hand of The Reaper...Conquest himself," the mayor said in fear.

"Glad to see I don't need to introduce myself," I said with a smirk.

The stallion made a grab for a weapon but I made a shadow tendril wrap around him and launch him towards me. As he came down I grabbed him by the throat holding him in the air while he squirmed in my grasp suddenly I hear a bark and turn to see Ash nosing the stallions left hand and when I look I see a ring on the stallion's index finger.

"What's this?" I asked as I grabbed the ring.

"No don't touch that!" the stallion yelled as I pulled the ring off.

I held the ring before me and I saw it was black with a blue trench going around it and filling the trench was silver cut into a Celtic pattern. At the top of the ring was a silver wolf's head with diamond eyes. As I studied the ring my vision changed to someone putting the ring on a mechanical left hand and someone saying 'I love you Ash, more than all the stars that grace my night sky' in an echoy voice which was definitely Luna's before my vision snapped back into my head.

"Ash's wedding ring," I said before I turned my gaze to the stallion still struggling in my grasp. "You dare wear something so precious as a wedding ring?" I asked with a growl.

Suddenly Ash barks once more gaining my attention before he points to a metal box sitting on a shelf. So I levitate it over to me and open it. When I do I see the box is filled with all kinds of rings, gold, silver and more before I turned to the stallion with a piecing glare.

"No wait please I'm begging you please, please don't kill me," the stallion pleaded.

"Oh I'm not going to kill you...no, I'm gonna hand you over to someone who is far worse and when that happens...you're going to wish I killed you," I said before I headbutted him and knocked him out.

I then put the box in a dimensional pocket before I dragged the stallion out of the office and out of the building where I was met by a very very large crowd of mares and stallions who were just pretending to be on the caribou's side. How do I know that, well Rage isn't the only one who can read souls. Plus I tend to analyse the situation before I slash up a target. But anyway I was standing before a massive crowd of ponies who were staring at me when a mare walked forward. She was an earth pony and had a pale coat with a curly deep purple mane and tail. I noticed her cutie mark was a star surrounded by different coloured music notes.

"W-who are you?" the mare asked.

"I'm the guy that's here to free you all from Diann. Folks call me Bones but the public calls me Conquest," I said causing many in the group to gasp or mummer to each other.

"Please can you take us somewhere where we can be safe?" the tanned female unicorn from before begged causing me to nod before I opened up a doorway.

"This will take you to the home of the Demonic Angels and the place of Ash's birth. Head there and ask for assistance from the ponies who reside there and they shall assist you in anyway, from food to housing and clothing," I said.

And just like that everyone began to go through and once they did I tossed the still unconscious stallions through the doorway. When I went to grab the mayor I heard a war cry coming up behind me before I spun around and delivered a roundhouse kick to whoever it was. I saw it was a tan earth pony with a brown mane and tail and he was armed with a tomahawk but my kick knocked him unconscious. I then went to kill the stallion but suddenly the dog from before and Ash appeared and stood over the stallion blocking me from advancing and the female dog gave me a whining sound.

"You both know him?" I asked causing Ash to nod.

I then sheathed Hingure and this caused the dogs to move aside before I placed my hand on the stallion and pried open one of his eyes. I saw they were glowing green meaning he was brainwashed so I placed my other hand on the stallion and pumped magic into his head to clear it from the crystal cock's magic which caused me to scream in pain at the technique. Once it was done I checked the stallions eye once more and saw his eyes were now blue.

"Alright now lets-," I started but I was interrupted by the dog who barked. "What now?"

The dog grabbed my coat in her mouth and started tugging it so I quickly tied up the unconscious males and began to follow the dog down the street till we stopped in-front of a pet store.

"You want me to get you a snack or toy?" I asked causing the dog to snort and shake her head before she went up to the window and pawed at it making a whining noise. So I walked over and peeked through the window and saw a pair of gilded cages, one containing a flaming orange and red bird while the other contained a possum while a sign in-between them said.

Pet's of the whore princesses

There was also a sign beneath each cage. The one below the bird's cage told me the bird was called Philomena and that the bird was actually a female phoenix while the possum was called Tiberius like one of Rome's emperors.

"I take it you know those two," I said as I looked at the dog but then noticed a collar around her neck. So I reached for it and looked at the tag on it. "Winona."

This caused the dog to let out a bark before I drew Hingure and slashed at the window multiple times before I sheathed her. This caused the window to shatter before I stepped into the store and opened the cages. Now at first the two just stared at me before they rushed at me and started nuzzling my head when suddenly Winona let out a bark. This caused the two to stop and focus on her and after barking some more the two nodded.

"Okay now with that over, I believe it's time we left," I said earning sounds of agreement from the animals.

I then walked back to Town Hall, grabbed the two males and dragged them through the doorway. When I arrived on the other side I saw we were in the airship hanger and I saw many guards tending to the mares and the brainwashed stallions.

"Should've figured you were behind this."

I looked at the source of the voice and saw Rage, Luna, Celestia, Cadence, Faust and Elisa walking over to us.

Suddenly Philomena and Tiberius scampered off me and flew/ran to Celestia and Luna startling the two.

"Philomena!" Celestia cheered as she held out an arm to act as a perch for the fire bird before she nuzzled her.

"Tibius, you're okay!" Luna cheered as she crouched down and held her arms out causing the opossum to run up to Luna and nuzzle his head against her.

"Oh yeah this one pointed them out to me," I said as I gestured to Winona who let out a bark.

"Winona!"

I looked at the voice and saw it was the bearers and Applejack was staring at the dog in shock who turned to the mare before she barked, ran at her and tackled the mare then started licking her face.

"Alright alright ah'm happy to see you too girl," Applejack said as she pushed the dog off

"AJ?

I then looked at the new voice and saw it was that pale coated mare from before.

"Rara!" Applejack shouted as she stood up and hugged the mare.

"I'm so glad you're okay AJ," the mare said.

"It get's better," Rage said as he grabbed the unconscious tan stallion and helped him up.

"Caramel!" Applejack yelled.

"Geeze just how many ponies did I bring back who know this mare?" I thought.

"Care to introduce me?" I asked.

"Bones this is mah familiy's dog Winona, my filly friend from awhile back Coloratura or Rara for short, and finally mah coltfriend Caramel," Applejack said.

"Check," I said.

"But why is he unconscious?" Applejack asked.

"Hate to tell ya this AJ but I had to knock him out because he attacked me. Poor bastard was brainwashed by the caribou," I said causing the bearers to cover their mouths in shock. "Calm down I've taken care of it but unfortunately the kid is gonna remember everything he did while he was brainwashed," I said before I placed a hand on her shoulder. "I recommend being by his side when he wakes."

"Bones...I can't thank you enough for this," Applejack said.

"Hey Bones quick question is this guy brainwashed?" Rage asked gesturing to the mayor.

"No he sided with the caribou," I said.

"Then why is he still alive?" Elisa asked.

"Because he was wearing this," I said as I showed them Ash's ring causing everyone to gasp before I handed it to Luna who held it tight. "Also because he had these in his possession," I said as I pulled the box containing the rings out of the pocket dimension and handed it to Rage.

When Rage opened the box his were replaced with fire and a bloody aura surrounded him, also the arm not holding the box was engulfed in flames before he handed the box to Cadence who's eyes were filled with malice when she saw the rings. As the box was passed around anger was all that was projected on their faces.

"Again I ask why is he still alive?" Elisa asked while she cracked her knuckles.

"I promised him a fate worse then death but for now I'll take him to the dungeons so we can deal with him tomorrow when he's awake," I said as I grabbed the stallion and took him to the dungeons before I turned in for the night.

The Next Day

Everyone was sitting around the table enjoying the morning while I was reading the morning paper of what happened yesterday. Apparently I missed someone who saw his fellow males being sliced up by a gust of wind so the news papers decided to call the incident 'The Slicing Winds of Manehatten' which caused Rainbow's ire to rise a bit when she saw the paper. But so far besides that there have been no new developments with Diann or anything along the lines.

"So you went into Manehatten and moved so fast you became the winds and cut down almost every single male that had a hoof on a mare and you did this all by yourself?" Nightmare asked as she read the incident.

"Are you really that surprised there's really a lot that I can do when I go for it," I said.

Suddenly the doors open and in walks a figure wearing armour I've never seen before.

The figure stumbles around in an almost intoxicated way and I saw the limbs appeared to be rather...stiff. Suddenly the figure topples over and the helmet falls off revealing Pipsqueak in the armour.

"Pip what were you doing in there, you could have hurt yourself," Luna says as she rushes over and pulls Pip from the armour then stands him up and begins to dust him off.

"Just what were you doing in this...antique darling," Rarity asked as she studied the armour.

"And just how were you able to move it?" I asked.

"Oh I was standing on a pair of stilts for the legs and used some wooden poles to control the arms. I just wanted to see what it was like to be wearing armour," Pip said.

"Where in blazes did you find this thing?" Rage said as he picked up the helmet and studied it. I noticed it looked a bit like Ash's only the two visors were slightly thinner and were on either side of the helmet for the eyes and not going across the face, one above the other for both sight and breathing.

"Oh the crusaders and me found a whole corridor filled with armour and paintings and a lot of some glowing glass cube thingies I don't know what they were but they were definitely magical," Pip said.

"Pip could you show us please," Twilight said.

Pip nodded and led us down out of the room. Rage carried the armour in his magic, soon we came across a place I've never been before and we saw a very long hallway filled with doorways with no doors and braziers lit with a blue flame sat on pillars to light the corridor. Further down we heard giggling and laughing and we saw the foals were watching as Rumble was trying to lift a longsword.

"Rumble don't you dare!" Thunderlane yelled causing the group of foals to look at us and causing Rumble to drop the sword.

We then walked over to the group and I grabbed the longsword before I began to look at it while the foals got scolded. I noticed the pieces of the sword didn't match each other, meaning this sword was a custom job and whoever had it made must have been very important or very rich. I then grabbed the handle and gave it a few swings and was surprised on how easy I could swing it.

"This is a very good weapon. Who ever made this was skilled and whoever had it made for them either had taste or knew what they wanted in the blade or both and both are very good quality's when requesting a custom job," I said.

"Custom, how can you tell that Bones?"

I looked at the voice and saw everyone was staring at me in surprise.

"Well the hilt was from a Garian longsword while the guard was from a Halidda longsword but the blade was from a Aleister. If you look you can see for yourself that the parts don't match. See the hilt is designed for hitting with something blunt while the guard is designed for grabbing and throwing while the blade has a balance for cutting and blocking and also makes piercing easy as well," I said.

"Wow color me impressed Bones," Spike said.

"Hey guys where did you find that sword and this armour?" Rage asked as he gestured to the sword and armour.

"Follow me," Pip said as he led us through a doorway.

When we entered, we found a circular room surrounded by shelves and on each shelf were thousands of crystals and in the center of the room was a circular alter with what looked to be a small pile of stone rubble and grass. Also on the alter is a wooden mannequin and with a snap of Rage's fingers the armour appeared on the mannequin and I put the sword in it's place. Now the display showed us a knight with it's left leg standing upon the pile of rubble and the longsword was facing downward in front of the armour while the hilt was being gripped in it's right hand.

"Damn," Soarin said in awe as he looked at the armour.

I noticed everyone felt the same way however Pip was gazing off at something else.

"Something wrong Pip?" I asked.

"That person is scary," Pip said as he pointed at something and when I looked I saw it was a painting of a figure in black armour.

As I gazed at the portrait of the figure I couldn't help but feel a cold darkened chill running all over my body like I had just sat down in a bath of ice and cold water.

"I'm with you there pal," I said.

"Who is that?" Twilight asked as she and everyone else noticed the painting.

I then noticed a plaque beneath the picture so I walked closer and read what was written on it.

"Apollyon, she released the wolves," I said.

"Apollyon?" Rage asked as he walked over and looked at the painting.

"You know her Rage...or...Did Ash know her?" Luna asked.

"And what in tarnation did that mean she released the wolves?" Applejack asked.

"The name Apollyon is the name of the demon of destruction but for this woman...You all know the story of the three tribes obviously, but what you all don't know is that humanity had it's own three way war and she," Rage said while pointing at the painting. "Was the cause of it."

"Whoa," everyone said in sync.

"What I want to know is why is all of this even here?" Faust asked.

"Well, what I would like to know is if this woman did terrible things why did Ash have a portrait of here here?" Luna asked.

"Now now Luna no need to be jealous," Celestia teased earning a glare from Luna.

"To answer the question is who in God's good name knows but Ash," Bones said.

"There's more more stuff here c'mon I wanna show you my favourite," Pip said as he left the room.

We walked out of the room and followed Pip to another which was set up much like the last. But for this alter this one had wooden planks and standing on the planks was a mannequin wearing dark pants and a white shirt and a black war torn coat. The mannequin also had a hat that matched the coat’s colour and it reminded me of the one Davy Jones wore in Pirates of the Caribbean that Pip showed me, except this one didn't have barnacles or seaweed on it. Instead it had a few worn feathers on it and the mannequin also wore leather gloves and a single bandoleer going over the right shoulder which held two flintlock pistols. Under the shirt it looked like the figure was nothing but bones and the figures face was a skull with black soulless eyes and sharp teeth. The mannequin was posed as holding a fake skull (which I noticed immediately) while reaching for a flintlock with his other hand.

"Oh I recognize that set of cloth anywhere, Dead Bones John myth of the Golden Age of Pirates," Rage chuckled.

"Plenty of stories about this guy. Could say he, Blackbeard and Flint were the most feared pirates alive," I said.

"Could you show us?" Pip asked.

"Perhaps if your mother has no problem with it," I said.

"Hey guys I just found one heck of a doozy in this next room," Pinkie said outside the doorway before she disappeared around the corner.

We all then followed Pinkie into the next room where we entered a similar room but the alter for this one was covered in dirt, rock and dust sand. Upon the alter was a mannequin in a kneeling position with a longsword held before it in a preying motion while the outfit was made up of plate armour and chainmail and with a long white tunic covering the chest and legs and on the chest of the tunic was a red cross.

"What the hell are Templar robes doing here?" Rage asked in shock

This is a small message to inform you readers that my partner Blaze Fury has been in a horrible auto accident and has had most of his bones broken. But, rest assured he is still alive and this is to let you know that more chapters from here on out may be slow for a time. On a side note if you can give Blaze some warm wishes and prey for his quick recovery cause it will mean a lot.