We were standing in a circular room, the walls were made up of wooden shelves containing glowing glass cubes and in the center was a kneeling mannequin dressed in third crusade Templar armor and robes and was in a kneeling position holding a longsword before it. While the group was talking, I was studying the robes.

"Templar robes, but weren't the Templars the enemies of the assassin's?" Twilight asked.

"Most definitely," Spike said.

"Do you think it may have been some sort of trophy?" Soarin asked.

"No, that's not Ash's style. This is something else," Rage said.

"You know, there is something different about this armor from other Templar armor," I said.

"What's that?" asked Celestia.

"Well this armor," I said as I reached behind the armor and pulled a cloth hood over the mannequin's head and I also saw it was a beaked hood. "Has a hood on it."

"An assassin hood," Soarin said.

"Hmm maybe this armor was used by Ash to infiltrate the Templars, it would make sense," Thunder said.

"Maybe but something tells me we're still missing something here," Elisa said.

“Why don’t we drop that topic for another time...After all shouldn’t we get started on getting a farm going, those ponies down there ain’t gonna feed themselves,” I suggested.

“Eeyup,” Mac agreed.

Few Days Later In the Vast Field surrounding Aephoceria

Mac, Rage, Elisa, Evan, myself and a few other stallions let out a grunt as we pulled on some ropes and hoisted up the frame of a wall for a new barn for the apple orchid the Apple family was putting together. When I met said family I was expecting about ten, but instead I was introduced to hundreds of ponies, enough to form a village. That's when Rage told me the Apples were the biggest family in Equestria. Thanks to the supplies we got from Apploosa, and many hands, we were able to make several homes for the large family before we began work on the barn and plowing the lands to make the orchid. Even Slendermane came by to help by checking the ground to see if it was fertile for planting and before he left to tend to other duties he said the ground was just begging to grow trees. Though they won't admit it, both Elisa and Evan were trembling when they saw Slender.

"Hey Rage, Bones, Elisa we're just about to start planting, can ya'll help us out?" Applejack asked as she came over to us.

"What about the barn?" I asked.

"Them stallions and man can finish it, we need to get these crops planted ASAP otherwise there won't be any food," Applejack said.

"Ya'll seem to forget AJ that it takes time for a crop to grow," Mac said.

"Ah know that Big Mac but the sooner the planting gets done the sooner we can grow our own food. Till then we have to rely on these four to raid supply trains for food," Applejack said while gesturing to me and my fellow Harbingers.

"Here that guys we're delivery boys and girl," Rage said earning an elbow to the gut from Elisa.

"Any who, what say we get this done now. That way we'll get the work done faster?" Applejack asked.

"Guess we can spare a few hands," I said before we left.

We then arrived at the fields and Applejack grabbed a basket full of seeds and returned to us.

"Hey Rage since it was Ash who gave us this here land, would you care to plant the first seed in Ash stead?" Applejack asked.

"Of course," Rage said as he grabbed a seed and walked over to the field and planted the tree.

However as soon as the seed was covered in dirt, a strong and healthy tree shot out of the ground right where the seed was planted, knocking Rage on his back.

"Whoa, talk about growth spurt," Elisa said as I helped Rage up.

"No kidding, what kind of fertilizer did you use? Rage asked.

"Same one as I always use nothing special about it," Applejack said.

"Hm do you think it has something to do with what Slender said about the ground begging to be planted?" I asked.

"Makes sense, after all this place has been dormant for eons. Would make sense that it would have pent up energy," Rage said.

"Ah don't understand all this magic stuff but if it means we'll have apples soon then that's enough for me," Applejack said as she went and planted another seed only for the same thing to happen.

The three of us then pitched in and each seed sprung up into a tree immediately. As we planted others joined in and by the time we finished it was noon.

"Now that there is one darn good looking crop. How in Equestria did you manage ta get it ta grow so fast?" Granny asked when she and the other apples came to inspect the brand new farm.

*sigh* "As I said Granny the ground made the trees grow faster then they normally do here," Applejack said before she turned to me and the other Harbingers. "Thanks a billion you four for lending us a hand."

"No sweat AJ just glad to help besides, if there's anyone you should thank it's Ash for giving you this land. Speaking of which, what're you gonna name this place?" Rage asked.

"Hm you know what, ah didn't think on that. We never thought about moving away from our original home so I guess we never thought of a back up name," Applejack said as she scratched her head.

The apples then went into deep thought and I swear I could here a clock ticking from somewhere nearby till Apple Bloom brightened up.

"Ah got it, how about Paradise Acres?" Apple Bloom said causing the rest of the family to nod in agreement.

"Paradise Acres...Ah like it, nice thinking kiddo," Rage said as he tussled Apple Bloom's mane.

"Well seems you lot have everything sorted here. I'll see ya all later," I said before I left.

I then left the now dubbed orchid Paradise Acres and headed back to the kingdom. As I did I passed Fluttershy's new cottage and saw her tending to her animal friends. I didn't stop to say hi because she was busy, so instead I walked on along the main street and soon came to a building where Rarity and Sassy Saddles just stepped out.

"It's absolutely perfect," Rarity said.

"It seems Ash thought of everything for you Rarity and managed to make some improvements as well," Sassy said.

"I take it all is well?" I asked causing the two to spin around to face me.

"Bones, just in time. We were just inspecting the building Ash granted me and it is fabulous," Rarity said.

"Just goes to show how well he knows you and cares," I said.

"Yes," Rarity said with a sad smile before she shook her head. "Oh I'm sorry darlings, my manners appear to be slipping. Sassy Saddles this is-."

"Bones or as the papers call him the 'Harbinger of Conquest'. I know Rarity, he was there when I was rescued. It was thanks to him and Rage that I'm here," Sassy said.

"She's right, she was about to be sold in Vanhoover when we intervened. How are you these days miss Saddles?" I asked.

"Please just Sassy is fine and thanks to you," *sigh* "I feel much better then I've been in years," Sassy said.

"Good now I must be on my way so I'll leave you lovely mares to it," I said before I spun around, leaving one giggling and one blushing mare behind.

I continued along the road till I entered the castle and wandered about the castle's hallways till I arrived at the dining room and saw it was empty before I let out a sigh. I took a seat, placed my feet on the table and leaned back in my chair and stared out of the window, watching the clouds go by. As I watched I felt my eyelids getting heavy and soon fell into a dreamless slumber.

I felt something hit the back of my throat that jolted me awake before I felt gravity kick in and fell back with a yelp. I hit the ground causing me to shake my head and then I heard laughing. When I got up I saw everyone was sitting at the table which was filled with food and were laughing.

"Well I'm glad you're all amused," I growled as I got up and set my chair on it's legs. "Mind telling me what it was that was tossed in my mouth and who it was?"

"It was mashed peas and you can thank Flurry Heart for that," Cadence said as she gestured to the little alicorn who burst into giggles at the mention of her name.

"It appears she has her fathers aim," Twilight giggled.

"Uh, I never thought mashed peas could taste so strange," I said causing the entire table to laugh once more when suddenly my eyes lit up as a thought came to me.

"Hey Bones, you alright?" Rage asked but I didn't answer. Instead I grabbed an apple from a plate and held it before me. "Bones, what's up?"

I then took a bite out of the apple and, instead of the taste of ashes greeting my tongue, I was meet with a sweet tasting juice and apple piece. I looked at the still healthy apple before I collapsed in my chair.

"Bones, are you okay?" Nightmare asked.

"I can eat now," I said causing everyone to raise an eyebrow at me. "I can eat foods now, don't you remember...the last time I tried to eat an apple was when the apple turned to ash and began to rot."

Realisation crossed everyone's faces but Pinkie Pie, who had somehow appeared from behind my chair, gave me the biggest hug and smile I've felt yet.

"OhmygoshthisissoexcitingyougettoeatnowBonesohIneedtostartmakingyousomedelicioustreatstoeatbecauseyouhaven'teateninsolong*GASP*IjustrememberedyouandNightmaredidn'thaveawelcomepartyWHATKINDOFPARTYPLANNERAMI!" Pinkie said before she disappeared, leaving a cloud of smoke in her shape behind before it disappeared also.

"Uh, what was that all about?" I asked.

"Just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie," Everyone said in perfect sync.

"So whatcha gonna do now partner?" Big Mac asked.

"Freaking eat till I explode cause none of you know how hungry I am," I said

I heard Faust whisper something under her breath but I wasn't able to make out what she said.

This caused me to shrug before I made a grab for some more food when suddenly a guard walked in.

"Forgive the intrusion but Sir Burning Rage has asked me to come straight to him when the ex mayor of Manehatten had awoken," the guard said.

"And about time too, just how hard did you hit the guy Bones?" Rage asked as he stood up.

"It was barley a tap, the guy is just a wuss is all," I said as I stood up to join him.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Nightmare asked.

"Food can wait, this can't. Elisa, Evan we're gonna need your help," I said.

"Help...help how?" Evan asked.

"We need your help to choose how to punish this piece of filth," I said as Rage and I walked out of the room.

Our walk took us deep within the mountain where we came to a dark corridor that sunlight could not enter, the only sources of light were lit braziers along the walls. We walked along the hallway and I saw the stallions who attempted to kidnap Nightmare and the foals were in one cell and both looked like hell spat them out. Rage then let out a growl at them causing the two to cower in the cell, informing me on how they ended up like that. We then stopped at a cell and I saw the stallion, who once was the mayor from Manehatten, sitting in the cell and when he saw us his eyes widened in terror.

"YOU!" The stallion shouted.

"Miss me?" I asked as I leaned on the bars of the cell.

"Where am I?" The stallion asked only for Rage to slam his hands on the bars causing the stallion to jump as the sound echoed around the dungeon.

"Your not here to ask questions pal, you're here to face punishment for betraying Equestria," Rage growled.

"So what are we gonna do for punishment, torture, make him face his darkest fears, cripple him for life?" Evan asked.

"Nah, too merciful," Elisa said.

I then gave a sharp whistle and gestured to the group to come away from the cell and when they gathered around me, I whispered my idea to them causing them to stare at me in shock and surprise.

"I've done a lot of shit in my life before but that is just stone cold hearted Bones," Rage said.

"No no no no no, stone cold hearted is watching mares being raped in broad daylight and in public and doing nothing about it. This asshole was wearing a sacred item of great importance to one person and a pony, which was plundered from a tomb and shrine dedicated to dead souls who gave their lives for Equestria. He also took the wedding rings of several mares he has raped as trophies. What he has done is cruel and deserves a cruel punishment in turn," I said.

"Well can't argue with logic like that," Elisa said with a shrug.

"I suppose," Rage said.

"So we're all in agreement?" I asked earning nods from everyone before we returned to the cell.

Rage then snapped his fingers and the stallion was zapped with magic. At first nothing happened, then suddenly the stallions body began to change and his voice raised several octaves. When he asked what was going on, his chest now had a large pair of breasts attached to them and his body became slimmer and more feminine. The stallion, no mare, screamed in horror at the change before she looked at us.

"What have you done to me, you're not going to-," the mare started.

"Good lord woman, just how deep in the gutter is your mind?!" Rage shouted.

"Damn straight, we don't rape mares unlike you pigs," Elisa said causing the mare to sigh in relief.

"Which is why we're going to leave you to the caribou," I said causing the mare's face to go white with fear.

Suddenly a portal opened up beneath the mare but she quickly jumped away from it.

"No please, I beg of you mercy, you can't leave me with those animals," the mare begged.

"Oh yeah, just watch us cause after all you did the same thing," I said.

The mare then ran out of room and she fell through the portal screaming all the way before the portal closed. Once that was done we returned to the dining room where the others were still waiting for us.

"So what did you do?" Gilda asked.

"Oh we just turned him into a mare and dumped her ass in some random spot in the caribou empire," Elisa said causing everyone to stare at us in shock.

"Speaking of Rage, I didn't know you could turn people or ponies into their opposite gender," I said.

"Ash wasn't the only one skilled in magic. Mine are a little less powerful then his but no less impressive," Rage said.

"Whoa, remind me to stay off the bad side of you four," Shining said.

"Now then I'm starved. I think I'll go ask Perfect Serve to serve me up some meat, so if you'll all excuse me," I said as I entered the kitchen.

After chowing down on all I could eat, I left the kitchen and dining room and wandered off around the castle. Soon I ran into Shye, who was still being escorted by two guardians, and I saw she was carrying a bouquet of midnight blue roses with silver stars on the petals.

"Hello Shye," I said.

"Oh hello Bones, how are you?" Shye asked.

"I'm well...I see you've been to the gardens, they for Pita?" I asked gesturing to the roses.

"Hm oh yes they are...I was also told these types of roses are King Ash Blade's favourites along with Queen Luna. Funny thing is that they are Pita's too," Shye said.

"Fancy that," I said with a chuckle. "Hey would you mind if I join you."

"Oh please do I'm sure Pita will be happy to meet one of the...people who saved her and myself...once she wakes up of course," Shye said.

We walked down the hallway and into the medical wing. We entered Pita's room where she still lay on the bed hooked up to heart monitors and IV drips. Upon entering Shye let out a tired sigh.

"Hoping she'd be awake?" I asked.

"Yes," Shye said.

"I'm not really surprised she's still out. After what she's been through, it's a miracle that she's still alive. She must really care about you if she's been holding on for all this time," I said as I placed a hand on Shye's shoulder for support.

"Thank you Bones," Shye said before she went and put the roses in a vase.

Shye and I talked for awhile about stuff like our hobbies (or ones I have so far) childhood stuff like that...yeah chatting to someone with amnesia isn't all that It's cracked up to be so I just listened to everything, processing it all while she talked.

"Y'know Bones you're a really good listener," Shye said.

"Really, how?" I asked.

"Well you're actually paying attention to me, listening to everything I find important about myself and asking for more. Most males would just tune females out till they're done talking but you...you're different," Shye said.

"Well if you say so," I said with a shrug.

"If you had a lover in your past life then she must be very lucky," Shye said.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa where did that come from?" I asked.

"Oh...Sorry, I just opened my mouth before thinking. But still if you ever loved anyone before...Well you know...Then that one must have been real special to you if your willing to sit still and look another in the eyes and listen like that for Faust knows how long," Shye said.

I then leaned back in my chair and rolled what Shye said around in my head and I was about to respond when suddenly...

"CARAMEL!"

I then stood up and told Shye to stay put before I ran outside and into another room. I entered to find Applejack hugging the now awake stallion I knocked out and cleansed of the caribou's magic back in Manehatten.

"AJ...Your okay," Caramel said as Applejack released him. "What...What happened, where are we? Last thing I remember was-."

Suddenly Caramel's eye widened in horror before he leaned over the side of his bed opposite of Applejack and myself and threw up the contents of his stomach. He then straightened out and sat motionless on the bed.

"Dear gods above...the caribou...the things they did...the things they made me do," Caramel said as tears pored from his eyes before he turned to Applejack. "AJ...please...please forgive me, I swear...I swear that wasn't me, it was...I was."

"Shhhh it's okay sugarcube we know...we know it wasn't yer fault kay," Applejack said as she pulled him to her chest and laid her head atop his and began to stroke his mane.

"The others would never forgive me for being so weak," Caramel said.

"Don't be so stupid," I said announcing my presence.

"AJ get back," Caramel said trying to defend the farmer mare.

"Calm down sugarcube, he's with us. Saved a lot of mares including me and he also got rid of that brainwashing magic," Applejack said.

"Hello, my name is Bones. Should I pretend I don't know your name's Caramel so this isn't as awkward?" I asked as I held my hand out to him.

"Thank you for saving me and Applejack Bones, I owe ya. But tell me, how long was I out for," Caramel asked as he shook my hand after awhile of staring.

"Few days, which is weird. It shouldn't have knocked you out for that long. But anyway, I'm sure you guys have a lot of catching up to do so I'll leave you too it," I said as I began to leave but stopped at the door. "Oh and Applejack, can you explain everything about me? It might be better coming from you."

"Sure thing Bones," Applejack said as I left.

I then returned to Shye and told her of the situation before I took my leave. After a few minutes of aimlessly wandering the castle I saw Nightmare walking in the opposite direction as me.

"Hello Nightmare," I said.

"Hello Bones," Nightmare said tiredly.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Ugh even though we are at war with caribou and stallions who use mares for their own sick pleasures, pesky nobles always find some time to complain to us about petty problems," Nightmare said.

"Yikes sounds like court ain't all that it's cracked up to be. Certainly wouldn't want to be in charge of that, would only get a headache," I said.

"I know *sigh* I think I'm going to go kill some grunts and elites to get rid of my urge to strangle some nobles. I'll see you later Bones," Nightmare said as she began to walk away.

As I watched Nightmare begin to leave, I thought about how she could use a night off from everything and enjoy herself. So I began to think of a way to achieve that for her.

"Hey uh Nightmare," I started.

"Yes Bones?" Nightmare asked stopping to turn and look at me.

"Well I was planning on going into the city later at night to, y'know, try out some food at one of the restaurants and was wondering if you would like to join me?" I asked causing Nightmare's eyes to widen in shock.

"Are...are you asking me out on a...date?" Nightmare asked as she circled a hoof on the ground and held her hands together in front of her while twiddling her thumbs.

"I...huh...I guess I am now that I'm listening to myself," I said as rubbed the back of my head before things got quiet between us. "Uh it's fine if you don't want to Nightmare, I understand if your busy or whatever. I...I just thought you could use a break from everything."

"Oh no no no Bones I...Well I...Yes I would be honored to join you for dinner," Nightmare said.

"Great uh how about The Gilded Hunt if you're okay with that of course," I said.

"Very well Bones I accept," Nightmare said.

"Cool does eight work with you?" I asked.

"Perfect," Nightmare said.

"Very well then...I'll see you there," I said.

With that both Nightmare and I went our separate ways. But when I looked ahead I swear I saw something disappear around a corner but shook it off as my imagination.

I stood before The Gilded Hunt wearing some fresh clothes and my coat. I saw the building was rectangular and had two levels and an outdoor eating area on the first floor. The inside had red velvet carpet covering the floor and bright white table cloths covering the tables and on each table was a glass vase containing a single rose. there was also white porcine plates and silver cutlery polished to perfection while brass chandeliers hung from above. Wooden beams crossed the ceiling while the gaps between the beams were made of dark-wood I then heard the clock tower chime eight times before I heard the sound of flapping wings behind me. I heard the sound of hooves on stone behind me but I knew who it was because of the sweet scent of morning dew.

"You're early," Nightmare Moon said.

"Fashionably," I said as I turned around but when I did I was stunned at what I saw.

Nightmare was wearing a slim yet bewitching red dress that showed off her curves and a slit went down along one side of her dress, revealing one of her long, yet goddess like, legs. The front of the dress revealed a lot of cleavage and part of her toned stomach while the entire dress sparkled like stars. I also saw her mane had been tied back into a bun and a pair of white gloves that reached her upper arms along with silver earrings and finally to top it off, she wasn't wearing her helmet revealing all her beauty.

"Please don't stare at me, it's embarrassing," Nightmare said while blushing.

"By the Reaper she's beautiful not to mention adorable when she blushes," I thought before I shook my head. "My apologies but might I say you look breathtaking but now I feel under dressed."

"I actually think you can't look any more handsome then you are now Bones and believe me, be thankful you haven't been caught by Rarity," Nightmare said.

"So she made this?" I asked as I gestured to the dress.

"Yes and also forced me to remove my helm. I swear I feel naked without it," Nightmare grumbled.

"I say otherwise. Without your helmet there is only more of your beauty to see," I said causing Nightmare to blush again.

"Let us enter, there are too many eyes out here," Nightmare said.

I looked around and saw that there was indeed a crowd staring at us. So I offered my arm and Nightmare took it before I escorted her inside. As we walked I felt Nightmare's grip tighten on my arm so I gave her a reassuring rub before I looked at some of the ponies out of the corner of my eye. Some mares and stallions were glaring at us in envy, some mares were looking at me lustfully and many stallions and some mares were staring at Nightmare hungrily as well which caused me to let out a snarl.

"Bones are you ok?" Nightmare asked.

"Hm oh I'm fine just a nasty thought," I said with a reassuring smile causing her to smile. "Why did I behave like that...this is so unlike me."

Nightmare and I walked up to the entrance and we were immediately attended to by a waitress who placed us at a table in an area that had a stage. She placed us in the corner of the area before she left but not before saying she'll be back with some menus for us.

"Lovely place and you said Gilda recommended it?" Nightmare asked.

"Indeed," I said.

"Strange she doesn't seem like the type of griffin to eat at a place like this," Nightmare said.

"True but she said it's the only place here that serves meat and I've had a craving for chicken for awhile now," I said.

"Fair enough," Nightmare said.

Suddenly our waitress returned with the menus and waited while we decided, which wasn't long. I ordered a dish called Blackened Chicken while Nightmare ordered a salad with thousand island dressing. I then asked Nightmare about the games she likes to play and why along with any other hobbies and the answers kept coming till our dinner arrived and we finished eating.

"-I still find it...well, weird and discomforting that humanity rides upon horses however I love the movies made by Clint Eastwood. Makes me wonder what it may have been like as a bounty hunter...oh dear I took up our entire dinner just by talking," Nightmare said beginning to panic.

"It's alright Nightmare. If anything, I was enjoying it," I said.

"Truly?" Nightmare asked.

"Yeah...Shye told me I'm a great listener and apparently she was right," I said.

"Oh well I bet you're just saying that because you weren't actually listening," Nightmare said while she leaned closer to me with half lidded eyes.

"Is that right. Well let's say I wasn't listening, what would you do about it?" I asked also leaning closer to Nightmare.

"I'm sure I can think of something," Nightmare said.

Nightmare and I leaned in closer and I could feel the warmth from her muzzle on my lips.

"Mares and gentlestallions!"

Nightmare and I shot back immediately to see Pinkie on stage with a mic.

"Are You Kidding Me!"

I looked around for the voice but saw everyone else in the restaurant was looking for the voice as well. When I looked back at Nightmare, I saw her glaring at the pink party mare on stage.

"It's time for a few rounds of karaoke, there's no reason to be shy so come on up and sing your hearts out," Pinkie said but no one offered to go up. "Okay it seems I'm gonna need to. Pick how about you, the wolf in the corner."

I raised an eyebrow at the mare before I pointed at myself.

"Yes you Boney, c'mon up," Pinkie said.

I looked at Nightmare before I gave her a shrug. I walked up to the stage and took the mic from Pinkie Pie before she zipped off to the side and pressed play on some kind of device. I then saw a type of screen appear at the end of the stage that showed the lyrics to the song.

I gave small nods to the beat before the lyrics arrived. I began to sing and I could feel my tail gently swing to the beat and slowly I began to draw a crowd from everyone inside and outside the restaurant. When I saw everyone who had gathered and the chorus arrived I couldn't help but dance to the music and this caused everyone to sing along with me. Once the song ended the crowd cheered for me before I got off the stage and walked over to Nightmare, leaving the crowd to decide who goes next before I offered a hand to Nightmare.

"Shall we blow this joint?" I asked.

Nightmare just smiled and took my hand before I escorted her back to the castle but not before paying for the meal. As we walked through the hallways, Nightmare stopped, so I stopped to look at her.

"Everything alright?" I asked.

"Um...why did you invite me to dinner?" Nightmare asked.

"Well...I figured you could use a night off from everything...and I guess it might be nice to...get to know you and I found out many things. Your caring, adventurous, open, not afraid to speak your mind or back down in any case. Your a one of a kind mare," I said as I rubbed the back of my head.

Suddenly I felt something against my lips and on the side of my muzzle. When I looked I saw it was Nightmare and she was KISSING me and her right hand was on my muzzle but I didn't pull away. I just stood there with wide eyes at the kiss before she pulled away, leaving me speechless.

"Thank you," Nightmare said before she stepped passed me and left, leaving me standing there in the hallway speechless.

The Next Morning

I woke up the next morning and saw Nightmare wasn't in bed, so I got cleaned up and left for the dinning room where everyone was present.

"Morning," I said as I sat down at a table and saw a covered dish before me.

"Good morning Bones, sleep well?" Luna asked.

"Yes actually...more pleasant then I remember," I said as my eyes drifted to Nightmare for a second who was busy eating.

I then removed the lid and saw a large stack of brown disk like food with what appeared to be sliced bits of apple in them. I then cut a piece and placed it in my mouth but as I chewed, my body shut down causing me to drop my knife and fork and look down at the food before me. I could just make out the muffled sounds of someone calling my name before I dove face first into my food and began devouring it like a wild animal and as I ate, my hearing returned.

"Bones what's gotten into you?" Rage asked.

"What is this, no I don't care. What ever it is I can't stop eating it. I've never tasted anything like this. If I had to describe this taste I'd call it food created by gods of cooking," I said as I kept on stuffing my face with this delicious food.

"Hey, gods of cooking, it appears this mortal enjoys your apple pancakes," Rage chuckled as he looked at Applejack and Spike.

"You two?" I asked as I sat up and looked at the farm mare and dragon.

"Surprised?" Spike asked.

"Amazed, you are a lucky stallion Caramel," I said.

"The cooking and her beauty are a nice bonus Bones but that ain't the reason why ah love her," Caramel said before Applejack grabbed Caramel's muzzle and smashed her lips against his, leaving him dazed and dreamy when it ended.

"Y'know, it's a real shame Nocturnal Shadow doesn't join us for breakfast," Luna said causing Spike to let out a sigh.

"Spike what's wrong?" Cadence asked.

"Oh it's nothing, it's just...ever since I was cured from the caribou's brainwashing I still can't help but feel guilty about what happened.

"You ain't alone in that boat pal," Caramel said.

"It's like I said to you Spike, either sit there and swallow the blood in your mouth or you can get up, spit it out and go spill theirs," I said.

"And spill theirs he did. Mental note, never brainwash a dragon into doing something he or she doesn't want," Thunderlane said with a shudder.

"Wish I could've seen that...anyway Bones, I was wondering what our next plan was?" Rage asked.

"We're going to steal Cloudsdale," I said after a pause causing everyone to stare at me in shock.

"Steal Cloudsdale?" Elisa asked.

"Think about it, Cloudsdale is responsible for weather all around Equestria," I said.

"Bones is right, one of the main things Equestria relies on is it's weather. Cut that off and the caribou will begin to wither," Rage said.

"But Cloudsdale doesn't go to the Caribou Empire they must be used to natural weather," Rainbow said.

"Not necessarily."

We all looked at the door and I saw Shye enter the room.

"Our empire has it's own way of manipulating the weather. As some of you may know we caribou can use our own magic," Shye said surprising a few in the group. "We rely on a machine much like your weather factory in Cloudsdale but it requires magic to power it."

"Well that still leaves us with a problem, the caribou can just bring in their own weather machine and taking Cloudsdale would have been for nothing," Twilight said.

"Not exactly Twilight. You see with Cloudsdale we can supply ourselves with weather here instead of random weather outcomes and we can inflict some damage against the caribou by giving them storms and tornadoes, plus there is something else," I said before I paused to take a breath. "I've done some recon of the place and I noticed something quite strange, there were no females there. Don't you find that weird?"

"Ok that is definitely fishy, every place we've gone there are mares," Evan said.

"Place sounds more like a floating military camp then city now," Rage said.

"Exactly my thoughts, so I've had a spy infiltrate Cloudsdale and he should be here to report on what's happening there soon," I said.

"Who?" everyone asked.

Suddenly the doors burst open and the caribou recruit from Shardore Fortress burst in breathlessly.

"Ah, perfect timing. Everyone this is Kamau, the recruit we picked up from Shardore Fortress. He's our spy among the caribou ranks," I said as I stood up.

"You...trust...this guy," Rainbow asked.

"Both Rage, Elisa and Applejack questioned the guy and he's clean. Rage even checked his sins and several mares who were prisoners in Shardore said he helped them out as best as he could without drawing suspicion. If this isn't enough to clear him then I don't know what will. Besides, he's been escorted by two flame guardians since he's been here," I said.

"Conquest...need...talk...something...big," Kamau said still wheezing from lack of breath, probably from running. So I used my magic and summoned him a drink.

"Slowdown kid, now deep breaths and tell me what's going on," I said as Kamau drank everything down in one breath.

"You were right...There were no mares there and also no brainwashed stallions or any stallions at all...Said that they were either untrustworthy or some wouldn't understand what they were doing...Diann's forces are doing something in Cloudsdale...And it involves those Ash droids like the one from before," Kamau said still wheezing but not so much.

"Explain," Luna said.

"It's Ash's body...they have it in the weather factory, it's the source of those droids. All of King Ash Blade's blood that is in that body is being used to make incomplete clones. At first, since your king's blood is so different from mortal blood, it's difficult to clone, so the clones are half complete. Until they made a mechanical body and focused on making the brain, heart and whatever skin and muscle they can," Kamau said causing mixed feelings to spread around the room.

"Damn them," Rage growled as he slammed his right hand onto the table. "I swear, whoever's idea this was I'm gonna tear him open and string his guts into a guitar and then I'm gonna play Bamboleo with it."

"These caribou are as low as dirt," Rarity said with disgust.

"No," I said causing everyone to stare at me in shock. "Calling the caribou dirt would be an insult to the worms. No, there are no words that can do justice on how loathsome they are."

"Agreed but I believe our next task is clear; Harbingers head to Cloudsdale and end their production line of these pathetic imitations of our king and bring his body home," Faust said.

"Consider it done. Harbingers let's go show these motherless dogs just who they're messing with," I said as we began to make our way to the door.

"One more thing you four," Faust said causing us to stop. "No survivors."

"With fucking pleasure," Rage growled with a predatory smile.

The Pale Horse 2 Hours Later

"Cloudsdale is coming up," Spitfire called as she flew back onto the deck of the Pale Horse.

The Pale Horse was currently being hidden by a built in cloud machine making the ship look like a massive cloud drifting through the sky. I was standing on the deck with Elisa waiting patiently for the moment to attack.

"I can understand Luna coming along to secure Ash's body and the Wonderbolts, the immortals and a large group of pegasi guards for taking back their main home. But remind me again, why did Celestia, Nightmare, your bearers and their coltfriends plus Gilda come along?" Elisa asked.

"Celestia and Nightmare came aboard to make sure their sister will be okay when we get Ash's body back and as for the rest, they hid themselves on board thanks to an invisibility spell from Twilight saying they want to help bring Ash's body back as well. When we tried teleporting them back when we found them Twilight just teleported them back again. So instead of going back and forth we need to focus on this mission so we decided to leave them be," I said as I checked my new cloud walking boots that Ash Blade designed for those who wish to walk on clouds.

"Right," Elisa said before Rage emerged from the hold after giving the troops a speech.

"We're within range of Cloudsdale," I said causing Rage to nod.

"Man the guns, wait for my command!" Rage shouted causing the crew to scramble to their stations. "We hold the element of surprise boys, make the first shot count and take out as many of their AA guns."

The ship was now filled with dead silence as the crew waited for the command. The only sound was of creaking wood through the clouds around us which slowly began to disappear. Once we saw Cloudsdale on the port side of the ship the cannon operators quickly took aim.

"FIRE!" Rage roared.

And as one, all the guns on the port side of the ship let loose a volley of magic bolts. I then walked over to the railing and saw many AA guns in smoke while several buildings had been hit also leaving behind smoking ruins. Why the buildings were smoking is anyone's guess but that's what I was seeing. I then saw caribou scrambling through the streets looking for a way of saving themselves, a pity because there was none. The Pale Horse changed course and headed for Cloudsdale.

"Brace yourselves!" Rage shouted causing us all to grab hold of something tied down.

The ship then hit the clouds of the city and we were all lurched forward. I then heard the bow open up and war cries echoed out as a swarm of guardians, pegasi guards and Wonderbolts came out of the hold, all of them driven to take Cloudsdale.

"Let's go!" I shouted as I leapt over the railing and landed on the clouds below me, which were surprisingly solid compared to their squishy appearance, and I was soon joined by the others. "Take different streets and eliminate every caribou in your way. Kamau said Ash's body is being held in the weather factory, we'll meet there and search the building for Ash's body."

I then ran off heading down one of the streets. Some caribou were running out of houses but I drew Hingure and cut them down as I passed. I didn't want to waste anytime dealing with these antler headed rapists and wanted to get to the weather factory as soon as possible so I can tear into whoever is in charge there before the others get there. I was following signs left over from when civilians lived here and as I ran, I saw the caribou and the guards and guardians were going at it with each other before I continued on my way. I then saw the factory dead ahead and I saw many caribou were there and were blocking the main door.

"Alright, challenge accepted," I said as I let a smirk crawl across my face.

I then rushed forward turning myself into a cloud of black smoke like mist and rose into the air before I came down on the caribou like a comet. The mist cut through the caribou turning them into nothing but chunky bits and I also blew down the door before my body returned to normal.

"Pfft and they call that a defence," I said as I stood up.

"That's making an entrance."

I looked at the door and saw everyone had gathered.

"Ah glad your all here. Now let's find out where Ash is shall we," I said.

"Uh hold that thought," Rage said as he created a spear made of burning embers appear in his hand.

Suddenly I hear screams of terror behind me and I look and see a caribou squirming around in a scarlet aura and was floating over to us. Rage then walked over to the caribou before he slammed the spear into the ground, blunt end first. before he brought the caribou before him and removed his helmet. He stared at the caribou with an unnerving glare causing the caribou to sweat bullets. Suddenly I hear the sound of ripping flesh followed by the sound of screaming and I saw Rage's right hand was covered in blood. He had something in said hand before he shoved it into the caribou's mouth. He then used his magic and shoved the caribou on the the spear with the point going through the caribous ass before Rage released him and let the caribou slowly slide down the spear till he stopped. We could only stare.

"Let's go," Rage said before he walked off.

"Oh man, that is one ugly way to go," Spike said as we passed the impaled caribou.

As I passed the freshly made corpse I noticed a lot of blood around the crotch area. The front crotch area of the pants had been ripped off giving me a good idea of what Rage shoved into the caribou's mouth before I followed the others.

We then began our search, going through every room in the place we could find until I opened a door and saw a table with hundreds of vials on dozens of stands and all of them seem to be filled with a red liquid. I also saw another table in the room but it was covered by a white sheet and next to it was a trolley for holding surgical tools. I then leaned out of the room and let out a whistle, gaining everyone's attention before I gestured for everyone to follow me. I straightened out and walked over to the table where the others soon joined me before I pulled the sheet away from what was beneath. I saw a headless human corpse that had a missing arm but in the place where the arm used to be was a lot of metal. The sight before us caused a few of the girls to start tearing up including Luna who was being hugged by her sisters.

"It's Ash's body alright," Rage said before I had a look at the body.

"Rage tell me, was Ash's body cleaned and all the wounds closed when Ash was laid to rest?" I asked.

"Yes, we took care of everything, making it looked like he died in his sleep or something. His body had no flaws or damage done to it when he was placed in the tomb," Rage said.

"Well it looks like the caribou drained every single drop of blood from Ash's body judging from all these puncture marks and the fact the body looks too pale for an average corpse. Also look at this," I said as I showed them Ash's hand that had large pieces of skin cut from it. "It looks like when they ran dry on Ash's blood they were going to use actual parts of Ash's body to make more clones till they had nothing left to use."

"Bunch of savages," Elisa growled.

"Just how far will Diann go...Just What Has Ash Done To Deserve This!" Luna wailed before she broke down into more sobs only to be comforted by Celestia and Nightmare.

A great wave of sorrow passed over me as I watched everyone before I looked at Ash's body.

"I pray that you have found peace in whatever plain of existence you are in now great king and I swear to you here that I will do all I can in my power to restore Equestria to the land it once was," I thought as I wrapped the body in the sheet once more. "Best we get him on the Pale Horse, best not take the chance of any caribou trying to take this back."

"He's right, the Pale Horse is probably the safest place for him right now." Rarity said.

I then picked up the body and began to carry it out of the room when suddenly I heard a massive sound of breaking glass from behind us. When we all looked we all saw Elisa had used Shi to cut the vials.

"Best spoil Ash's blood then leave it behind to be used by these scumbags," Elisa said as she sheathed Shi.

"Won't argue there. Couldn't carry all that even if we wanted to, let alone put it back in Ash's body," Rage said before we all left.

We made it to the main entrance of the building but before we could leave the doors slammed closed causing all of us to tense up. Suddenly caribou come pouring out of two different doors and, worst of all, lots of fake Ash's enter through a third door and from the ceiling completely surrounding us. Suddenly a slow clapping sound echoed around us. I looked around for the source and saw a caribou in a lab coat step out onto a balcony above. He had a monocle covering his left eye and also stepping out onto the balcony was a well built caribou wearing the clothing of some kind of commander and had a Texas handlebars moustache on him and finally, the last one to step out was General Servius.

"Well, well, well this is quite a treat. The Four Harbingers, two of the former rulers of Equestria, Nightmare Moon and also the Bearers of Harmony all gathered in one place. Not a bad turn out," the lab coat caribou said as I handed Ash's body to Luna.

"We are still the rulers here you foul parasite," Celestia said with a growl.

"That's Dr Hershel to you sun slut," the buck said causing me, Rage, Elisa and even Evan to growl. "Oh my how terrifying."

"Can I barbecue this guy now I've been curious to see what this world's caribou taste like," Elisa asked.

"Now now there is no need to start acting like mindless savages," Dr Hershel said.

"Oh like you and your kind are one to talk. Plucking up innocent females and raping them, desecrating a tomb built to honor those who gave their lives for their home and to add salt to the wound you took the body of this nations king and defiled it. Draining the blood from his corpse and also taking it apart slowly, piece by piece till there would be nothing left and for what, to make these cheap copies. Oh yeah your all full of heart and honor aren't you," I said my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"The great god Ash Blade understands which is why he allowed-," the mayor started but stopped when the barrel of Rage's shotgun 'Punisher' was aimed at him and said gun was consumed with hell fire causing the caribou and the fake Ash's to snap to attention and aim their weapons at us.

"I dare you to finish that sentence," Rage growled.

"I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say you're the one responsible for these...abominations." I said sternly while looking at Dr Hershel while Rage lowered his gun.

"I can see why you are named Conquest but yes I am the one who originally created these soldiers I like to call God Hands," Dr Hershel said causing unbridled fury to rise from the group.

"Congratulations asshole you were a seven before, but now you just jumped to the top of the list of who I'm going to kill," Rage said with a blood hungry growl.

"I'm afraid you're gonna be too busy dealing with our troops to be inflicting any damage on me," Dr Hershel said.

Rage then created another spear made of embers and tossed it at the Doctor.

"Wall," Dr Hershel said causing one of the, now named, God Hands to fly in front of the attack, using a pair of wings made of some artificial light or something.

The God Hand took the blow of the spear much to everyone's shock before it landed on the floor and pulled the spear out, as if it were nothing, before it stood up again.

"Shit this is bad," Rainbow said.

"I'm more disgusted by the fact that this bastard just ordered that soldier to jump in front of an attack like that," Applejack said

""Kill the males but leave the whores and Ash Blade's body untouched," the mayor said.

The caribou then charged at us but a massive rush of heat dominated the room and when I looked I saw it was Rage, however his wings were covered in a hellish fire. Massive claws and thorns, also made of fire, grew out of his fingers and knees and fore arms while the inside of his helmet was consumed by fire. Finally a mane of blue fire came out of the back of his helmet and his cape of smoke and embers once more appeared on Rage's back, giving him the appearance of the devil himself who just stepped out of hell. With an ungodly roar Rage charged into the soldiers leaving severed and scorched bodies behind.

"Let's go!" I shouted as I drew Hingure before I jumped into the fray as well.

I cut along a buck's waist as he went to attack me before I saw another one charging at me. I ducked and spun around dodging the attack and sliced open the buck's belly before I drove Hingure into a third's neck. I withdrew her and blocked an attack on my left and used my claws to rip the buck's throat out. Suddenly a God's Hand steps in and makes a thrust for my face but I just managed to dodge the attack. The blade cut my cheek making the wound smoke before I decapitated the mechanical cloned soldier causing it to thrash around wildly looking for me but cut down enemies instead. When it spun around and I saw the hexagon, I slashed at it and the machine fell silent. I then made a downward attack on another caribou and my blade cut through him down to the chest before I pulled Hingure out and hit a buck in the face with her hilt. I then slashed across the bucks chest when suddenly pain runs through my right leg and I see a God's Hand has slashed at my leg. I twirled Hingure around till she was facing downwards before I drove her into the robot's Hexagon before I pulled her out and cut down three bucks in a single swing.

I then noticed my fighting space was getting a little tighter so I summoned some shadow tendrils and set them loose, cutting down many opponents. I then deflected the attack of a caribou before I thrust Hingure into the bucks side and withdrew her before I spun around and blocked an overhead strike. I then severed an arm off a God Hand and grabbed the front of the clone's armour and pulled it in front of a spear intended for me by a caribou. This lead the God Hand to being impaled through the hexagon. I then released the body before I punched the caribou in the gut, knocking the wind out of him and causing him to collapse onto his knees before I decapitated the buck with an overhead strike. I then blocked another attack from another buck before I pushed him into his fellow soldiers. I twirled Hingure around so she was, once again, facing downwards before I drove Hingure into the caribou's chest. I pulled her out then ducked below an attack of another caribou and cut off one of the buck's legs at the knee, knocking the buck off balance before I slashed upwards through the stallions waist, slicing him in two.

Suddenly I felt a blade go through my back and chest causing me to roar in pain before a fist connected with my face knocking me to the ground and drop Hingure. I then looked around me and saw dozens of weapons aimed at me. Suddenly a big caribou all full of muscle steps out of the crowd of soldiers with a Dane Axe in his grip. He then placed a hoof on my chest pushing the soul steel sword deeper into my chest and let the Dane Axe's blade lay on my chest; I could see that the axe's blade was also made of soul steel. The caribou then lifted the axe above his head, ready to bring it down on my head like spitting a watermelon. As the caribou swung I heard a scream but from who, I wasn't sure. Suddenly the whole room was engulfed in a bright light before there was a rush of wind and I could feel time slow down. From what I could make out, all the caribou and the God Hand's closest to whatever the light is were thrown into the air, including the caribou that was standing on my chest.

I held a hand over my face to shield my eyes from the light when suddenly the IPod flew from my pocket and into the light. As the light dimmed down I could just make out that the rest of the group was behind the bright light. When the light dimmed enough I could just about see the light was actually someone and when the light dimmed more I saw very familiar armor. But this armour was bright and had a beautiful and calming glow. The breathing and looking holes in the helmet were glowing a soft and warm blue. Movement behind the figure drew my attention and I saw a pair of magnificent and flawless wings extend from the figures back. The wings had pristine white feathers on the top half that also had that comforting glow while the bottom half was made up of webbing you'd normally see on bats and that part of the wings had a darker glow to it then the rest of the figure. When I looked at the others I saw they were also quite stunned by what they were seeing, in fact everyone was speechless and most likely couldn't move at all from the spectacle before us.

"Ash?" Luna asked weakly before music began to play from out of nowhere and everywhere at once.

I saw Ash turn to look at Luna before he kneeled before her and brushed a hand on her arm. I could see it had a very large cut going down it and was bleeding badly before a white flame appeared on the arm and closed the wound. Suddenly a caribou approached Ash from behind with his weapon lowered.

"My lord-," the buck started.

But before the buck could finish, Ash stood up and spun around faster then I could blink and drove his left arm into the caribou's chest all the way to the elbow, leaving the caribou gasping for breath. The arm then became a dark red with flame filled cracks appearing all over the arm and curved spikes, all facing the elbow, grew out of the forearm. While a row of curved spikes grew out of the knuckles facing the fingers, dealing more pain to Ash's opponents when he goes to punch them with that thing. The fingers themselves were covered in red plate like armor while the tips turned into claws. Suddenly the caribou began to turn into rock and embers and when Ash removed his arm the caribou's stone body crumbled into dust. Ash looked at the rest of caribou and the God Hand's and reached for something behind him. When he pulled them out I saw it was a heater shield and a double edge arming sword. The sword's handle was blue and a pair of wings made up the cross guard and both wings matched the wings on Ash's back. A silver wolf's head rested on the hilt and the blade itself had fuller that started at the bottom of the blade and went halfway down the blade before the blade changed to a diamond cross section, giving the blade a very sharp and deadly appearance.

"Oh you lot made him angry now," I heard Rage say somewhere in the crowd of opponents.

"What are you waiting for you fools kill it!" the mayor.

"But sir, that's-," a caribou started.

"Idiot, would our god really strike us down instead of them. It's a mere spell that one of those alicorn whores are casting," the mayor said.

This seemed to get the soldiers motivated because they all charged at Ash but Ash raised his sword in a circular motion before he slashed the air horizontally and the first three rows of enemies were turned to ashes and scattered. Ash then ran forth, shield first, and slammed it into a God's Hand, knocking it into all those that were behind it. Ash thrust his sword into a caribou through the chin and upward through the rest of the skull and threw the caribou into another, where the horns of the first caribou impaled the second caribou in the chest. Suddenly I then saw the stallions, Spike, Elisa and Evan plus Rage all get up and decide to aid their king, brother and friend in dealing with the rest of the scum. I turned back to look at Ash once again and saw him hit a caribou with his shield, sending his opponent into a spin. But when the buck went to attack Ash, he managed to stay behind him before he brought his blade around and slit the caribou's throat. Suddenly a God Hand attacked but Ash blocked the attack with his shield before he slashed his sword across the cyborg's leg twice causing it to collapse to it's knees. He then gripped his sword in a backwards fashion before he plunged the blade downwards through the hexagon and neck of the God Hand. Ash then severed an arm from another caribou before he used his shield to send him airborne for a few seconds before hitting the cloud.

Suddenly I feel a surging pain in my chest reminding me of the blade still stuck in there and I see a black substance starting to leak from the wound. I then feel a hand on my arm and I look to see Nightmare was there before I felt her grip the handle of the blade and watch her pull it out of me causing me to scream in pain. Suddenly a hand appears over the wound and I look to see Ash Blade. The palm of his hand is then engulfed in that white fire and the wound begins to close all on it's own and the black substance recedes back into the wound. Once it is done, Ash offers me his hand which I accept before he pulls me up and hands me Hingure. I then give the king a nod of thanks and he, in turn, gives a nod to me before he turns back to the battle. I then looked up and saw the mayor, the doctor and the general are all there, staring at the battle that is unfolding. I then use my magic and ripped the three from the balcony and onto the floor with us which caused everyone to stop and look at what had happened.

"God Hand's protect me," Dr Hershel ordered but when the mechanical soldiers went to do so, black smoke surrounded the soldiers.

Suddenly the God Hand's crumbled into several pieces revealing the armor to be hollow. Suddenly blades shot out of the rest of the caribou's bodies killing them and causing them to collapse also. When I saw my fellow harbingers, I saw they were pretty beat up and the fire that Rage had all over him was gone now. I then looked at Ash and saw him walk towards the three caribou on the ground. I then saw Ash lift the general up in his magic and floated said general towards him before Ash grabbed the caribou by the throat but didn't squeeze the life out of him. Instead Ash looked to be studying the general before he was released much to everyone's surprise and when Servius looked at Ash all Ash did was give a head gesture for the general to get lost. So, not wasting time, Servius began to leave but not before stopping to stare at me and I stared back. Ash then let out a growl, reminding the general to leave.

Not wanting to be told again, Servius ran out one of the side doors and when Spike went to go after him Ash raised his hand stopping Spike dead in his tracks. Ash turned his gaze to the two caribou before him before he gestured to Rage to come over. When he did, Ash gestured to the two caribou.

"Leave the good doctor to me," Rage said causing Ash to nod.

Suddenly Ash snapped his fingers and a swarm of rats appeared out of a dark hole before they swarmed around the mayor causing him to scream. I saw the rats were eating him alive and not even a minute went by till there was nothing left, no flesh, no muscle, no bones. Just a large puddle of blood and rats before they too vanished. Dr Hershel stared at what had happened at to the mayor in terror and when he looked at Rage he was met with the heel of Rage's boot, knocking the caribou out.

"Whoa that was one hell of a way to go...Might have to learn that trick," I said as I looked at the puddle of blood.

I then looked and saw everyone's gaze was on Ash, who was just standing there silently. Suddenly the doors to the building open and we see Spitfire and Gilda enter.

"-and then I say 'Are you staring cause I'm so good looking that I'm leaving you breathless?" Spitfire said causing both her and Gilda to laugh but their laughter stopped when they saw Ash.

"What in Equestria!" Gilda shouted.

Suddenly Ash's body began to fade away. Ash noticed it too as he inspected his disappearing hand. Suddenly Luna rushed forward and wrapped her arms around Ash's chest which was soon followed by gentle sobbing.

"Please...please don't leave me again," Luna pleaded.

Ash wrapped his arms Luna and stroked her head with the hand that was still there before he wrapped his wings around Luna, which seemed to cause Luna to calm down slightly. We all stood there and watched as Ash continued to slowly disappear until he was gone. Luna then wrapped her arms around herself as if she was cold before Nightmare walked over to Luna and hugged her.

"Did he say anything?"

I looked at the source of the voice and saw it was Gilda and Spitfire.

"He said enough," I said as I walked over to Ash's body and picked it up before I led the group out of the weather factory.

As we all headed for the Pale Horse, both the guards and guardians who came with us made a pathway for us and kneeled, all of them knowing what I was carrying. Ash's body was then placed on the Pale Horse before everyone went about destroying any tracking devices, camera's etc just so we don't lead the caribou back to Aephoceria before we hooked the city up to the ship and left.

2 Hours Later Aephoceria Airship Docks

Cloudsdale was hanging in the sky not far from the kingdom and as soon as any pegasi saw it they flew straight for it, most likely to see if anything of their homes survived. The ship docked in the castle docks and we all stepped off the ship and were meet with the rest of the royal family. When they asked we parted to make way for a stretcher being carried by four guardians and on said stretcher was the still wrapped body of Ash Blade. As soon as the first step of a guardian touched the dock the wind picked up and suddenly a single bell rang out as if the kingdom itself was mourning the loss of it's king.

Many ponies kneeled and started offering prayers when their eyes fell on the stretcher and once the body was carried inside and the bells stopped tolling, Rage came out with the doctor. A blade was being held directly at the back of the doctors neck, who was awake and struggling in Rage's grip. Everyone then got off their knees and sneered at the doctor and when Rage led him through the crowd many either kicked, punched or spat at the doctor. When Faust asked what was going on and why he was here and not dead, Celestia stepped in and began to explain everything while I took off for my bedroom. Upon arrival, I saw the IPod that had flown away from me earlier lying on the bed with a note attached to it. As soon as I saw it, I grabbed the note and read it.

Final piece is with Mercator see you soon.

Ash

Apologies for the long wait but I have been having some writers block issues plus personal life problems but as always I hope you enjoyed this chapter.