Sky went to proclaim his victory and introduced his army to stop. The changelings were gathered up and put in one area where they were to be watched as they freed most of the citizens that were taken as they hadn't started to be changed and were fed upon.

"Question now is what to do with the citizens as they are liable to attack in revenge." Snow says walking by the new throne Sky was sitting in.

"They won't. I have ordered them not to under penalty of death as I gave the changelings my word for no more killing." Sky informs as he waited for Cadance as she was doing something with her 'husband'.

"Still…we do have some walking around now and it is making some of the servants unnerved." She says as they see a changeling out in the hall walking with a mercenary that had decided to stay with some of the others with Sky's army.

"Well, they will adapt to it eventually." Sky says sending a letter on a hawk, telling them what had happened and that he was going to let the changelings resettle the island.

"Let's hope so. Otherwise, this will be dangerous years ahead." Snow says before seeing Cadance enter. "I assume you are done?"

"Yes, and thank you. You kept your word…though I am unsure how to feel about this." Cadance says gesturing for somepony to come in.

Sky smiles as he leans back in his seat as they see a slightly larger pony walk in that looked like a regular changeling, except that it had a mane and tail that was more vibrant in color and had a larger carapace around it that seems like multiple shells layered over each other and…wearing an elegant gown that was see-through and forest green, making Sky whistle appreciatively.

"So what now…I mean your 'husband' can no longer give you an heir." Sky points out as he notices that Cadance most likely had done this to get her more appropriate to being a female lord.

"Actually…I will figure it out soon. Just give me time to do so." Cadance says looking down.

"Very well. Now then. The army will be staying and you are to resemble yours as most of your soldiers were not transformed so that is helpful." Sky says as Cadance suddenly glares at her 'husband' and walks over.

"Yes, Overlord." Cadance says bowing to him before continuing to her 'husband' and stands up and fixes her mane.

"Got a tiara for her?" Sky jokes.

Cadance sighs and keeps fixing up the new queen. "She is ready."

"Really, no tiara?" Sky jokes.

Cadance frowns as she kept her back turned to him and stays silent.

"Well, it doesn't matter to me now. I am heading back to Gual." Sky says getting up.

"Now? We might be attacked." Cadance argues, turning to him.

"The army is staying and most of your original army is intact so you can defend yourself." Sky says looking to Snow.

Cadance stares at him and frowns as he gets up and leaves with Snow following.

"He has a lot of territories to rule already. Besides, these are still your lands." Gleaming says.

Cadance looks back to her worried. "Are you sure about this?"

"You are the one that made the deal and it is too late to back out now. We now serve him." Gleaming says frowning.

"But you…you…I don't know anymore." Cadance says putting her head down onto her chest.

"Shh. It's ok." Gleaming says petting her, turning into a maid.

Cadance looks to herself and sighs. "At least he is not bothering us and we have time to ourselves, but now you…what are you going to do now?"

"I think the bedroom is clear, don't you?" Gleaming asks.

Cadance looks around a bit. "Yes. Let's go. I really need you again."

"Grandmaster." A guard calls looking to Celestia.

"Yes? What is it?" Celestia asks, still looking at her desk as she writes something.

"The king of the north has made a move." The guard informs.

Celestia stops writing and looks up at him. "Which fief?"

"Yes. What did he invade?" Twilight asks nearby reading some books.

"The Santiago and Viscaya fiefs of the Celtica providence. Lady Cadance has been attacked by a swarm of changelings and the king of the north came in, defeated them, and is now the ruler of the lands." The guard says.

"Lady Cadance? What about my brother?" Twilight asks getting up at that.

"Reports states that captain Shining Armor is gone. There is no sign of him." The guard says, shocking Twilight. "But…a new pony came up. One named Gleaming Shield."

"Oh, that reminds me, I got a letter for you Twilight." Celestia says.

"Letter?" Twilight asks.

"Here." Celestia says giving it to her.

Twilight snatches it and starts to read it over. "Twily, don't worry. I am fine. If you haven't heard by now, we were attacked by changelings. However, the ruler of the north came to our rescue and was able to stop it all. So now, Lady Cadance has sworn fealty to him and I must follow her example. However, the victory was not without costs. I fear I cannot be a pony again. I seem to be a changeling myself…but more along the lines of being a queen. And I fear that not only did I become a changeling, I am no longer your big brother. Though big sister works fine from now on. If you wish to visit us, please do so soon. Seems that many things will be happening soon and I do not think I will have enough time for you. Your former big brother, Gleaming Shield."

"A changeling now…how does that work?" Celestia asks.

Twilight slowly drops the letter and puts her head down. "Archmage Celestia…permission to see my family?"

"You may use the flying carpet." Celestia informs.

Twilight nods and runs out as the guards and Celestia watches her leave with worry. "Archmage…what are we to do now?" The guard asks.

"Are you absolutely sure that Cadence went to him for help?" Celestia asks.

"Yes. Other nearby fiefs report her running close to their territory towards the Gual province." The guard says shaking his head.

"Then there is nothing we can do." Celestia says.

"We are back home." Sky says stretching from the month-long trip back to Alastine.

"Overlord. Welcome back." Dark says smiling as he and the rest of the generals, maids, and slaves bowed to him.

"I see our borders were attacked like I expected." Sky says motioning them to rise.

They all stood up as Dark nods. "Yes. We had to fight off two attacks on two fronts. But they never got past the providence line. I can assure you of that."

"Good. The campaign was a victory as well and the force is now garrisoning our new territory." Sky informs.

Dark smiles. "I see. Any complications?"

"No. It went well. The changelings were not suited for the straight up fights we made them fight. That and without surprise, they couldn't hold." Sky informed, knowing word would spread and destroy the changeling's image of undefeatable demons.

"As always, amazing." Dark says smiling.

"Ok. Enough brown-nosing. Continue on as necessary. Only thing is to prioritize making roads into the Santiago and Viscaya fiefs from Gual." Sky order.

"Yes, sir." Dark says nodding as the others start to leave.

"Now Snow, will you finally let me do that to you?" Sky asks leaning towards her.

Snow pushes him away as she remained with a stoic face.

"Come on. You are my queen and we have to have a foal eventually." Sky says hugging her now.

Snow sighs and rolls her eyes. "Back off. I don't want a foal yet."

"When do you?" Sky asks.

Snow frowns as she looks away. "You should have done it when we had all of Gual."

"I try to get you to, but you delayed." Sky accuses.

Snow groans. "Fine!"

"Finally." Sky says before starting to kiss her.

Snow growls and pushes him off. "Easy!"

"Nope. To the bedroom my Snow." Sky says.

"Hey!" Snow yells as he picks her up and runs off to his bedroom.

"Now it has been nearly three years. Give me a status report on the training of the professional army." Sky orders.

"The training is going well. We have around a few thousand who have finished their teachings and nearly ten more on the way now." An officer says reading a report.

"How many can we field right now for an invasion?" Sky asks.

"Twenty thousand." The officer says.

"And more graduates will come out of the school soon enough." Dark says nearby.

"Then we prepare. Dark Tail, head out to help Cadance to the west. They have been dealing with raids. Go put the fear of gods into those doing it. Moonlight will still take care of the eastern border. I will be heading south soon." Sky instructs.

"Yes, sir." Both Moonlight and Dark Tail says bowing

"We have been waiting for this for three years now." Sky says smirking.

"Then we shall surprise them all." Snow says walking up with a little foal on her back.

"Hey there. Is the little one awake?" Sky asks getting up and walking over.

Snow smiles as she looks back to the foal. "She just woke up. Precious."

'And still, only my slaves have bore colts.' Sky thinks as Precious was groggy on her mother's back.

Snow smiles and nuzzles Precious. "Wake up honey. Daddy is here." She says soothingly.

Sky smirk as he leans down and kisses the white foal on her green mane.

Precious baubles and leans her head up. "Da…da…"

"Hey there. You doing well?" Sky asks before raspberrying her.

Precious giggles and hugs his snout. "Da da."

"And you were hesitant." Sky says smirking.

Snow rolls her eyes and nuzzles Precious. "At least she is happy."

"This time you have to stay behind while I go on my campaign to Libya. Our secret allies have done well. They now have three fiefs. Each making their own kingdoms." Sky says whispering the latter half into her ear.

"Still bugging me." Snow says frowning.

"Don't worry. I will be fine, besides I want her to be with her mother." Sky says before kissing her again.

Precious laughs and claps her hooves as they both look to her after ending the kiss. "I think it's time for lunch." Snow says nuzzling Precious.

"I'll go so you can nurse then." Sky says moving away.

Snow nods and walks off as Precious laughs and waves her hooves at him.

Sky waves back before smirking as looks to the maids. "You five are coming with me." Sky informs.

They all look to each other as they start to follow him. "And…what is it you need?"

"Right now, I am thinking of pleasuring you five." Sky says smirking.

"Yes, master." They all said.

"Ready, my maids?" Sky asks.

"Yes, master." They all say before Sky grabs Stronghill and pulls her to him as he sits on the bed.

Stronghill tries to frown as Sky lays her on the bed and he crawls over her. 'I'm a strong stallion…warrior.' She thinks as he takes off her maid outfit and he starts to undress. 'Strong…stallion warrior.' She thinks almost tiredly.

"My Stronghill, you have really grown these last three years." Sky says smirking.

Stronghill grits her teeth before saying, "Thank you, master." She says and yells in her head as she berates herself.

"Look at your nice breasts. They have grown over the last three years." Sky says stroking the nipples with a hoof.

Stronghill groans and tries to squirm away. 'I'm a strong stallion warrior.' She pleads with herself. 'Strong stallion warrior.'

"Now you get to choose tonight. How shall I take you?" Sky asks.

Stronghill tries to glare, but it comes out as a longingly gaze at him. "I…I…in…me…" She struggles out as she tries to fight it.

"Flank or in your vagina?" Sky asks.

Stronghill whimpers. 'I'm a strong stallion…' She stops as another part of her speaks for her. "My…flank…"

Sky chuckles as he turns her over and mounts her before looking back and sees the other maids watching. "Well…make her comfortable. Come on." He says waving them over as Stronghill grits her teeth and then yelps as Sky thrusts forward into her.

Stronghill whimpers as the maids all climbed around them and starts to massage them and even kisses them as Sky had started kissing another maid and Stronghill stares at her only old friend as she smiles and kisses her as Sky started to pick up the pace into her.

"Please take him. He can give you a little colt." Her old friend says happily after she ended the kiss. "Accept him. Master will be pleased."

"So what is your choice?" Sky asks as Rockwell was really loving on him.

Stronghill moans and thrusts back against him. 'I'm a strong stallion…' She stops as she felt a kiss on her cheek and looks to see her old friend smiling happily at her. 'Maid. I'm just a simple maid now to bear his foals. Nothing more. I'm not a strong stallion warrior.' She thinks before turning her head around and looks at Sky pleadingly. "Please. Inside."

Sky smiles and grabs her flank and starts to thrust hard into her before giving a few hard thrusts and then stops as he sighs in relief and Stronghill felt a warm feeling pour into her. "Better…my little maid?" He asks smirking.

"Yes." Stronghill says laying her head down. 'I'm a maid and slave to master. Nothing else.' She thinks starting to close her eyes.

Sky sighs as he pulls out of her and watches as she falls to the bed and seems to sleep. "I think I broke her." He says chuckling as Rockwell kept kissing his cheek. "Now then, I'm going to close my eyes and pounce on one of you and I will take you in however we land." He says closing them before feeling somepony and pounces on her as the others kept massaging and kissing them.

"Raven?" Sky asks entering her room.

"Yes?" He hears and looks up to see her on the ceiling and upside down.

"What are you doing?" Sky asks.

"Meditating." Raven says as it was the simplest thing in the world.

"It is finally time. We will soon head south to Libya." Sky informs.

Raven looks to him. "I will call upon your new allies once you pass the nation border."

"I will go to meet with the vampires personally." Sky informs.

"Then you need to travel without armor." Raven says starting to float down.

"Tell me, who commands the vampires." Sky instructs, waiting for her to come down.

"A half-elf, a pony named Vinyl." Raven says floating over some maps.

"What is she like?" Sky asks.

"Quiet. But that's all I know. It's hard to tell when she is so hidden away." Raven says marking the maps.

"You are coming with me right?" Sky asks.

"I have to guide you." Raven says showing him the map.

"What is their patron god?" Sky asks walking over to her and hugs her.

"Fumel. The goddess of sleep, war, darkness, and night." Raven says folding the map.

"Like you?" Sky asks.

"Something like that." Raven says shrugging.

"So what, no hug or anything?" Sky asks still waiting for her to return the hug.

Raven sighs and hugs him.

"I love you Raven." Sky whispers to her.

Raven looks at him before sighing and looks away as she keeps hugging him.

"You will be riding with me to war, right?" Sai asks.

"I have to help lead your new allies." Raven says shaking her head.

"I look forward to you being by my side." Sky says honestly to her.

"Good." Raven says.

"So still not comfortable with the thought of sleeping with me?" Sky asks.

"Yes." Raven says looking down.

"Shh. It's alright. Take your time." Sky says stroking her mane.

Raven stays silent as she lays her head on his shoulder.

Sky stands there, holding her for a while before speaking up again. "We will be leaving within the month." Sky informs.

Raven nods as she keeps hugging him. "Can we…sleep?"

"Alright." Sky says gently to her.

"You will start gathering the army here." Sky says pointing to Elfacre fief's capital.

"Anything else? You usually have another plan to cover the first." An officer asks, watching his planning.

"We are just mustering the army here. There is no need for a plan yet. When I return, I expect the army to be ready to move out already inspected." Sai informs.

"Yes, sir." Another says nodding.

"Good. Dismissed and to make sure no funny business happens, my five maids here will stay and watch everything and if I get a bad report or found you did anything to them, then you will beg me to kill you before I am finished." Sky threatens the officers.

"Yes…yes sir." They all say fearfully as the maids all watch them.

"Good. I am now off." Sky says walking away and is soon joined by Raven.

"She wants to meet now." Raven says following him.

"You have been in contact with her?" Sky asks.

"Yes. She is very pleased to want to speak with you." Raven says looking to him.

"I thought she was hard to find even if you know where to look?" Sky asks mounting his salamander, Celebrimbor.

"She finds you too." Raven points out.

"So how did she leave a message?" Sky asks gesturing for her to get on.

Raven jumps into the seat behind him. "She makes others spell it out."

"I see. Where will she meet us?" Sky asks.

"Mount Albrayon from Aavoz'bvlg fief. But on this, how will you get past those guards and those who rule it?" Raven asks.

"I have arranged a carriage elsewhere. Celebrimbor will be waiting for us to return." Sky informs.

Celebrimbor growls and turns her head to them as she continues walking.

"We will act like a pair of rich merchants for this wearing expensive headgear." Sky informs.

"But I do not have headgear." Raven points out.

"Well then, I will." Sky says happy she was close.