Author's Notes:

I would like to thank Dragonoidsix seekers For editing this for me.

" A world of many different lands tend to be evil."

I walked along calmly. Behind the lizard creature that had the wares on his back. He looked to me and had a sad look on his face. But then smiled.

“Is the war between ponies and Zebras still going?” I blinked looking up to him.

“ The war. .ended in the entire world burning in balefire and the mainland destroyed along with the Zebra lands.” Then I blinked looking around seeing that no bombs hit here. But seeing old pre-war boats of Zebras and ponies and other races."

“ What is this place?” The lizard sighed closing his eyes.

“ Many years ago this island was created as a penal colony. It was created by a powerful Alicorn race. The race that Celestia and Luna were part of. They placed all their greatest enemies here. Dragons, Zebras, ponies, and creatures from the war. All races are now here. This is not Equestria like I said. It’s not even dream valley. The island is named, Devil’s due. All that are here are damned. But still sad about the war.”

I nodded sighing softly “ A young mare took it upon herself to give us back the sky and then magic was used to fix the land. But. .I do have a feeling that I am never going to see it again.” I sighed softly. As I looked up seeing a road

“ A warning before we fully go in.” He stopped in front of me. I stopped as well looking up to him. “ Avoid the Seer. They work for a Zebra tribe that is made of many different tribes. They call themselves the outcast. This town we are going to is full of them. if you see their seer they will try to pull you into their war with the queen. Also there are some stallions here..That try to force their wants of sexual intercourse. Meaning one of them might try to rape you and sadly they will not be stopped. Also go to the blacksmith he will give you a weapon he no longer needs.”

I nodded and he lead me in. When we get fully into the city. I see that the entire town is on a cliff most of it is built into the cliff. I looked down seeing them fishing for food. Looking to see many different races and ponies working together. But then I heard screaming and seeing a raping right in public. I stood her watching and then backed off hitting some fabric and looked up to seeing a seer. She removed her hood. I could see her old features and she looked at the mare getting raped. Then she lead me into her home. After closing the door, looked at me again. She spoke in an exotic voice.

“ Hello young one. Tell me what brings you to this town of sin?” I looked up blinking my eyes unsure what to say and she lifted a hoof to my mouth. “ Shhh I know. I have seen you in the stories of those that come here before..So many years ago. The stars speak the voices sing the bones dance. A hero with magic on their leg. Magic that shall free us from this horror.” The wind starts to blow and she starts to float up. “ All shall be known..Look for the one known as Jonon she will lead you to our warriors then we can win this war and become free.” A bright light happens and I am thrown out of the building and almost roll off the cliff. But I am saved by a couple of stallions as I see the building calm and no more magic.

The stallion smiled and chuckled. “ Hello miss. You must be new here. How about we help you hmm?” I didn’t even know I was being watched in the darkness

“ I. I am searching for the blacksmith.”

The stallion smiled and him and his friends lead me into an ally. All there was is a wall and suddenly they started to get all over me. I felt hooves smash me in the face as they held my hooves. I wasn’t much of a fighter. I started sobbing as the first stallion got behind me. I gasped in pain feeling a bunch of hooves smashing me. Around me, I heard hoof steps and a strange sound of cutting flesh. The stallion behind me screamed and I felt the tip of a slab of meat leave my body. He was at the wall holding his crotch with his hooves and then I saw a cloaked figure with a stave smashing into the stallions and kicking them with their hooves. Whoever it was had a strange knife at the edge of the staff and killed each stallion. It all happen so quickly and as I laid there shaking and crying. Then the cloaked figure looked up and tossed a knife deep into the head of the stallion. Then there was sounds of anger and guards rushing to the alley.

“ Get up little one..” A mare’s voice called out.

I stood up on my shaky hooves and she hit a hoof on a brick and a door leading to a basement opened up. “ Come!” I nodded and with blood leaking from many parts of my body. I followed the cloaked one. Then the figure went into the room and the door closed behind us.

I was lead through some old tunnels and sewers. There are strange glyphs carved into the wall and I stopped to read them. The creature under the cloak, looked down to me. I was still young for a young mare. Just out of my teen years. I felt so much pain in my withers and blood kept dripping. He did something to me. But I felt so much pain but I ignored it because the creature started to speak.

“ Many years ago the evil ones you know as Alicorns created this penal colony way before the reign of Celestia and Luna. This island was created to remove the fake creatures they thought of the lands. They said it was a better land. it was a land for hope of the future. But they lied. Ponies from every timeline came here. They created a spell to keep us here. The war of Equestria caused the spell to become very unstable. It caused a back fire and creatures of evil rose. They wander the many areas of pre war ponies that brought their weapons here.” I was lead to the next one.

“ War. A unicorn took over 500 years ago. A unicorn that was said to be force here by Celestia but..I highly doubt that. Some think she has been here for years. She force rules on us. Telling us we aren't allowed to use magic and all the rules she did are what you see now. She knows that a pony or whoever is going to come. That will take her down. She must never see you or hear of you. But to make the ponies of this land trust you. You must do things for them.” The creature then leads me to the final one.

The final one is with a pony in the middle and the other creatures hidden from the darkness as their gems.

“ The friends of the savior. They will follow her through thick and thin. For they will fight with her and be there for her when she breaks and shatters. This ain’t your wasteland little one. This land never got into the middle of the war. But Zebras and ponies that did land here during it, used their weapons and caused a part of the island to be like it. It’s kept at bay by a powerful magic. Now come with me.” I followed the creature into an underground city of Zebras. They all turned to look at me. I was lead by the large creature to the elder. “ Go on little one.” She used her hoof to slowly push me inside.

I walked in and looked around seeing glyphs everywhere. Seeing a very old elder sitting in the middle of the room. A pot was boiling with screen fluid and She lifted her head to look at me. Her eyes glow softly and looked to the pot and pulled out the green fluid in a wooden spoon

“ Drink child..” With my magic i lifted up the spoon and drank. As the entire world went white.

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Opened my eyes in a strange room. Fog everywhere and I looked around calmly. I didn’t know were i was then.. Calmly a zebra walked to me and stood in front of me. The mask of the Zebra from what I learned was wisdom. The zebra stared at me calmly and then walked around me. The voice from the zebra spoke feminine.

“There will be many trials little one so full of pain and anguish.” I stared at the zebra walking around me as they speak. “ Follow these trials and you will be able to do what we need you to do. But you need to do what most would call quest. You would have to go around cliffside to find everything you need to do. Once you do this come back to me. Once you become well known in Cliffside I will give you your test. Follow the creation on your leg. It will be used to show you were you need to go. Stay around cliffside don’t allow the guards to see you use magic. Be prepared if you become strong you may get offers from males to bring forth the next hero. But It’s proudly best to keep near your protector. Now speak your mind.”

I blinked looking down at my hooves thinking a moment. I felt my brain think hard over and over not sure what to think. I started pacing a moment. Moving around and I turned to the Zebra and looking at them. I calmly spoke.

“ Not more of a question more, than a wonder. It’s something i don’t understand. Why me? I got here at the wrong time. I was captured on a ship that came this way. Then i was forced here by the spell that is keeping you all here. It’s bothering me why me? Why did this fate choose me? Do you know this reason.” The zebra removed their mask and my eyes went wide. All that was there was bones in flesh. The Zebra spoke softly with their bones clacking.

“ Most are found at the right place at the wrong time. Like the Lightbringer. The ghost of this 52 the other heros of your wasteland. Ponies zebras and other races that will understand. Most never wish to know or wish to be in a battle to protect what is a former land that was full of magic and hope. I can’t help you with most of this little one. You have to understand they see your machine on your leg. Most don’t even know what a pip-buck is. Only that is seen in the forbidden lands of war. The creatures in that area can’t leave to cause issues. But folks who wish to explore can go in there and risk their lives for treasures. But you will only go there when your mission calls for it. Your mission like I told you before. Is to get known in Cliffside. My request to you. There are sales of meat ponies and other creatures being sold to be raped and forced to breed. So please take care of that.” I gave a sigh and paced around.

I felt odd i felt painful. I felt hateful of this. Something that I don’t even understand what is going on anymore. Sitting down on my haunches closing my eyes and stroked my hoof along my face. Nothing makes sense to me anymore. Looking up the boned Zebra I softly spoke.

“ I will do this for you..Then I will do whatever I am needed to do. I was told I will have a protector.” The boned zebra stared at me.

“Jonon you will meet her when you are removed from this vision. Wake up little one.” She claps her hooves in front of my face and my vision went white.

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Opening my eyes I looked up being eighteen years old. I wasn’t fully grown as of yet still a teen. But I could see that this creature had a mask. She took it off with the flip of her head and stared at me. I saw that she had pure black stripes and kind eyes. But she looks to the elder bowing her head. Then lead me out and calmly spoke.

“ I am sorry to tell you this hero...But what happen to you. You can’t be a victim you need to kill the leaders of these fools. You must rise up and do what is best for the many.” Staring at her my eyes looked down frowning. I felt pain in my heart. I wanted to save myself for one i wanted to marry. Looking back up to her.

“ I’m Star Shooter.” I gave a weak smile the zebra mare stared at me. Looking back to the elder and I sighed. “ I am searching for Jonon.” She nods.

“ Come with me.” Blinking following her looking at the home it was a cavern. They grew mushrooms and they seemed to be eating giant creatures in the water. It looks like an entire city under Cliffside. She lead me through a group of guards. I stood here as she walked and they stood on their back hooves. From what I learned it’s a way to show honor. To find a way i had to remove myself from being a victim here..that is weakness. Breathing softly closing my eyes. i was stopped in front of a arena and then lead down.

The Zebra mare stood there calmly staring at me. “ I am Jonon. I am going to test you hero of the stars.” Blinking and before i could pull out my gun she grabbed it with her mouth and stared at me.

“ Only The Griffins and Minotaurs use those weapons..You must learn to fight hoof to hoof first. Then you will find a trainer for the weapons.” The zebra stood over me and dropped her stave and I stared at her not sure what to do. But I remember some of the training Tiria gave me. But it was along time ago.

Jonon did a howl of battle and many zebras rushed to watch and she started to move around me. She was like a hell hound ready to attack me. Feeling so unsure about this as I watched her every movement. Staring at the face then she started to attack me with her hooves jumping around doing many different attacks that the zebras tended to do. I blocked and with one of my hooves i tried to smack back into her. But it didn’t work so well. But she kicked me hard enough to cause me to fly into the wall. I lay there coughing a bit and stood up. Charging at her and she did a high kick.

I watched her like time was slowing down and i moved quickly and kicked a joint at least what i thought was a joint after she landed. She groaned a bit and stared at me she then attacked me again with her hooves. I tried blocking feeling nasty hits on my body and forelegs. The zebra kept kicking over and over bruises formed on my forelegs and then she lifted me up with one of her hooves and did a hard kick in my stomach. I felt the air leave my lungs. Some blood draining from my mouth. She said no weapons but she didn’t say magic..She attacked again and my horn glowed..But the look on her face..She wasn’t ready for this.

I used a magic push spell to push her off her footing and she tried to get back into attacking me..But i got between her legs and did apple buck hard enough to make her fly away. But she lay there like she was knocked out. Blinking walking over to her. Suddenly I was hit down and she put a hoof to my neck. But instead of hurting me she stood up and looked at me with a gentle smile.

“ You don’t fight well warrior..But this will sadly have to do. Now your mission, Many of our kind are being sold as sexual slaves. I will be coming with you to study want watch you. The legend..is that the warrior would fight off the evil of the island. Free us from the threat of the island.” Blinking sighing and walking off to grab my gun. But she grabbed it again and smashed it under her hoof staring at me.

“ Prove to my people even to my elder that you can fight without the weapons of ponies and my kind.” Giving a nod She lead me back out. But she lead me to a zebra bar. She wished to drink and wished to get me a drink. I heard music and then after i sit I heard a voice from a radio.

“ HEY HEY!! This is the Devil’s Warden Owl!!! Lets see here...ah yes! The war between the minotaurs up in gravel falls and skull dance ridge is still going. The Queen has a party forming. Also another fool went up into the forbidden lands. Awww... No news is good news all. So bad so bad. Awww anyway we are all stuck here, so enjoy the fact no one will get real news wooo!”

Jonon orders what is called water for this place. It looked awful. I asked for water myself and I drank it blinking it tasted oddly good. Drinking it down and looking to Jonon.

“ Um....is your tribe from the old war?” She set the cup down looking down at me.

“ My tribe yes. I was born on this island though. But I am sure you will ask if I felt this war of the past. But the past will never know. I don’t care about the past.. I care about the now. Both sides were stupid.” I sighed listing with a unsure look on my face. Then she spoke again. " Doing what we do now..You will be hunted by the leader of Cliffside. Your first quest is to remove his sex trafficking and then remove him from power no matter how you do it."

Listening to the music and looked back to the bar drinking not sure what to do. Then calmly a zebra mare placed a brew. She softly whispered to Jonon and looked to me as she smiled.

" Please drink this it will augment you. Change you. Make you stronger." Blinking looking at the fluid calmly sighing lifting the mug drinking from it calmly. Feeling the change of my body gasping a bit feeling the weirdness in my body. Shivering a bit as I felt the fluid working on me. It made me feel strange looking around to Jonon and smiled weakly.

"Smooooooth." I coughed out. Jonon gave me a soft smile laughing gently.

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Walking out of the sewers near the docks. I was wearing a cloak with a mask. On my cloak I put The shooter. Jonon and I followed others in the same cloaks and we calmly walked through the town. Ponies looked at us but they gave us a wide berth. Most of them from what I was told avoided the Zebras. Their the only ones that don't get raped but they do get sold for sexual wanting. I, along with Jonan and more zebras, calmly walked through the city of cliffside seeing a bit building.. Were many ponies and other creatures went in. We sat in the back. We had to wait for the right time to strike. Jonon had all the money we needed. Buying all the slaves would be hard. But I felt it was wise. Sitting in the back of the room. At first it was mainly the guards of the town..The queen never came to this town. But there was a rebellion starting in her own city in the middle of the entire island.

One of the heavy armored guards spoke loud enough to be heard.

" Hello ponies and creatures of everything. The auction will start soon. But I wish you all to know there were a few stallions murder in an alley keep an eye out for any pony that is trying to stop the normal ways of our lands." We waited as more cloaked warriors of the Zebras walked around and outside as well. Most of them walked in here and sat down. They didn't allow me to go to the blacksmith yet.

The blacksmith is in jail for the time being..For not making his weapons for the guards. We had to free him after this. Our first mission to stop this. Then free the blacksmith then make weapons to take down the leadership of the town. It was just getting to start. My stomach was a bit knotted since..I watched sure what is going to happen. Then the seller stood on the stage. He was a unicorn. He started to speak in a rich snooty voice.

" Ah! All of us are here then." He smiled. "Now time for the sale." The curtain pulled back many young females of each race. Even a hellhound. " Now, first sale." I looked to Jonon and she nodded. She had to wait for all of them to be sold and given to us. What came out first was a Zebra

" Now this young Zebra mare is part of one of the tribes living on this island. She has been a slave and a sexual toy to many." He smirks. " Now first she is worth 60 coins of gold right off the bat." He was about to start it.

" 100 Gold pieces." Jonon said and every pony and creature turned looking at her. He smirked and nodded.

" Sold next." After an hour or so all the creatures were sold. It was about time to attack. " We got one more." Jonon knew this was coming. A young filly Zebra was brought on to the stage. Jonon stayed calm so did the others around us. I had no idea what was going on.

" The final one...The daughter of Jonon the warrior of the zebras." I blinked and it was my time to do this..So i did what I thought. I moved but Jonon stopped me. She shook her head and lifted up a sign with her hoof. " Now the first bid would be a 100 gold. So please bid all you can for this worthless mare." A guard behind her whipped the mare. But Jonon didn't seem to care. I didn't know much about their relationship. The mare didn't seem to scream when she was whipped. But she looked out and smiled weakly.

" Our Queen Majesty will save me from this emptiness." Blinking I thought to myself no wonder..She didn't seem to care much about her child. The mare was already too close to being one with the Queen. Looking to Jonon she lifted her Sign and yelled.

" I wish to buy her with Ten thousand gold coins." The seller blinked staring at Jonon. Then looked back to the mare with a smirk. Then waved his hoof for Jonon to come forward. She stood on her hooves the cloak hiding her stripes. She stood on the stage. The stallion releasing the mare from her chains. The seller looked to Jonon and smiled

" Now your gold." Jonon smiled in the mask with a quick swipe metal went through the seller's neck and his head fell down with a bloody thunk. She removed her cloak and mask. Along with many of the other Zebras. They started to take out the guards as quickly as they could. I of course lifted my stave and attacked with my magic for the moment. Since I didn't understand my full might. Jonon stood by her daughter who had hate in her eyes.

" Traitor...." Jonon turned to her daughter no emotions in her eyes. " The Queen shall destroy your small little rebellion." Jonon quickly used her hoof knocking out her daughter lifting her up. Looking to me as she ran out. I didn't know what to do anymore. But I watched the other Zebras take out the guards. One of them walked up to me lifting a sword. I quickly moved out of the way. Smacking the stave into his head but of course. He had a helm and it broke my stave. I didn't know what to do. But then opened my bag pulling out my gun and fired. The sound made the alarm go off. Now it was our chance to free the blacksmith. But of course when I did Jonon came back in without her daughter. She stared at me.

" Bad choice hero." I felt awful now but I followed her out to free Cliff side.

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Jonon and the others fought like it was nothing. No explosions like I am very used to. The Zebras around me fought like it was nothing. The guards started to run off and we then rushed out the slaves that got bought getting armed and rushing to the prison next to free even thieves and murderers. But these thieves were hungry and the murderers killed the guards. We freed the blacksmith,but it surprised me that he was a large creature known as a roc. A strange bird that was a lot different then griffins. He stood above up and spoke in a deep voice.

"I know what you want...." He breathes deep. " Get all the coal you can.." Blinking grabbing a pick axe and then looking up to the top of the cliff. Seeing a large building at the top of the cliff. I never saw it before. It's a large wooden building. That seems to be a large mason built along time ago. Jonon looked up to and sighed.

" That's the leaders of the guard's home. No one knows his name. But that building was built when ponies and zebras brought their war here. The town was built when most of the dead pilled and then this town was built on the bodies of zebras and ponies of the war. But as you told some the war is done...and the world is dead." Giving a nod and then I blinked and then I gave the Blacksmith my gun. The blacksmith stared at it and blinks.

"Hmm interesting.. I can try to make more along with the gun powder and ammo but this would take time. I will send some to find some there should be some old gunpowder and such along with casings laying around." I gave a nod lifting the pick axe. Heading to the mine. Jonon followed me and then I heard a voice.

" Well...for someone who said..they would never get into the middle of this land. You sure have." I looked up seeing the same merchant that brought me here. Jonon calmly stared at the Salamander. Then he stood up and opened his coat showing a bunch of weapons and healing potions.

" Since you will be in the middle of many different battles and wars you will need something." Blinking noticing an old war weapon. It was a large automatic rifle which had been named, The Dancer. " Also! Remember any of these guns I have, the ammo is very hard to come by. So use it sparsely if you want one of them. I will give you each one for free." I nodded grabbing the Rifle and Jonon grabbed a large sword with her mouth it had Black stars folly on it. He nodded it and then closed his coat walking off.

" Stay safe...you two." He walked into the fog. Jonon stared and wrapped the scabbard on her back. Then I placed the gun in my bags and then held the Pick axe.

" So let's go get some iron for the blacksmith so we can take over this town for you. Then find a way to get me back to Equestria." The zebra stared calmly at me and I looked back blinking.

" Um...you don't know how to get me back do you?" She just shrugged and lead me to the mine. It wouldn't have been the first time I mined. We wanted to get coal I could get. Using the pick I had of course this would be the first time I ever digged for anything. But then I noticed something when I hit out the coal. Seeing some strange magic fill the ground and coal replaced the coal i just took. Staring at it and then blinked looking to Jonan.

" Is this normal?" Jonan looked towards me her eyes just staring calmly at me as she keeps mining. But I feel i am the only one that sees this. " Jonon, there is magic in this mine. The coal is growing back." She looks back at me again. She just keep staring, shaking her head. I ignored it.

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We worked for hours I even passed out after awhile. I woke up in a dark room and calmly walked out of the house. It was owned by the Zebra that got me into this. But of course she was gone. I went outside to see Ponies and Zebras getting armor and weapons. To be ready to attack the building above us. Jonon calmly taped my shoulder and I looked up to her.

" I found something to help you get into building during the attack. To take down the leader no one knows who that is. But their great great great grandfather built it. After they beat the zebras of the war and turned them into slaves. Then freed them allowing them to build the town."

Blinking a moment thinking to myself then looked up to her. " Why did it turn into what is happening now then? I don't understand this because if you are working together. Then why is he forcing ponies to buy slaves and so on?" Jonon stared at me and then looked towards the road.

" Head down that way...in the very middle of this island you will see a large giant castle with a town in it. That's where the warden and the leader run this town..I have heard of her I heard she is an Alicorn some say she is a dragon some say..She is worse. But many don't see her and live." Blinking nodding calmly sighing. But what she gave me was a stealth buck. Blinking and attached it to the pip buck and would turn it on later.

" When are we attacking?" The Zebra mare smiled softly and looking over to the others.

" In a week. We aren't ready to fight them. So you need more training without guns." Blinking sighing a bit I knew I would have to learned how to fight without guns. I needed to learn to use weapons like Tiria used.. But someday I need to return to my home. So whoever I meet here. I do hope, To bring them with me away from this island. To get back to the wonderful land of Equestria.

But it would take time to train. I calmly looked around and sighed. " Fine. but are you worried they will attack us." Jonon looked up to the house.

" I doubt it..The leader is very much a large coward. To the point he will allow anyone under him to die. To save himself." Blinking thinking a moment nodding. It would be awhile before the battle so. I knew I would have to fight many creatures in this land.

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Back in the underground cavern, Back into the arena looking around there are many weapons set down. She was going to teach me the best way to use weapons without guns. Since guns are very rare here along with ammo. Looked at all the weapons. Old weapons that aren't weapons i am used to seeing. The first ones we used are staves. I wasn't allowed to use my magic. Since if the Queen of the island learn magic is being used..She would send her minions to capture and then hold them in jail for months and break them. Taking the staff in my mouth. I didn't know how to fight like a zebra i would learn someday. Lifting the staff and Jonon got on her back hooves and got ready to fight with me.

Zebras rushed to watch us. I knew I would get my ass kicked. She started to attack me, I blocked the vibration went through my body and then I tried to attack back. I had no easy time doing this. Smashing the stave she gave me into her stave. But nothing chased. she just kept attacking me over and over. It's becoming hard to train. Grunted and got on my back hooves and started to attempt to be like her. Even if it was harder for me. I did all i could to keep up with her and then she hit me down breaking my stave and it flew out of the arena and smirked.

" Every hero, little Star Shooter, learns through pain. Now again." Standing up quick and then grabbing the large mace. Charging at her and the stave easily blocked the mace over and over. I was looked like a fool. Closing my eyes sighing. Ignoring all the cheers and such around me. Just listening to the battle and i made a swing but of course again the mace threw out of my mouth and it smashed into the wall and stuck. Looked to the mace glowering showing my anger a bit. Looking back to the other weapons and picked up a dagger and held the blade in my mouth. Charging at her slice into the stave over and over. The slave getting some slices inside.

But she did a twist with her hoof and smacked the hoof into the dagger and it tossed and coughed feeling a cut on my face from the blade of the dagger. Growling through my teeth and then rushed to another weapon a large sword. Rushing at her with my anger and she hit the blade out of my mouth it stabbing into the ground and then she smashed me down with her stave and then stared down at me.

" You're learning...but slowly." She then smashed down on me with her hooves and my world went black."

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I opened my eyes and I was on a bed a note written beside me. Here is some food for you my little friend. Eat and be ready for more training. Then we will be ready. Used my magic and lifted up the plate of fish and carrots along with some strange juice. Sighing narrowing my eyes a bit feeling my my cheek and there is a scar there..But it's healing slowly. Taking the food and calmly ate. It's something I wasn't used to eating. Fish was new to me. I have eaten meat before. But that was because I kind of had to when I was younger. Drank the rest of my juice and then stood up hearing commotion outside. Jonon rushed in and smiled.

" Ah your awake. Anyway everything's coming into place. But we need to do this calmly. But of course the battle will not start yet. Also the warden is not speaking about it yet..So the Queen is not sending her spy's to find out who or what is causing this issue. The Queen doesn't leave her castle unless it leads to her castle and then anyone questions her little rule." She closed her eyes and sighed a bit looking up seeing the large mansion and looked back at me.

" Get ready for more training soon. But I need to check on the others. Go see if you can offer help to those that need some help within this town." Gave a nod placing my hood and cloak on and grabbing my weapons. Hiding them under the cloak. " First one go to the potion maker near the docks. She has a job for you..as a test to see if you can be trusted by the resistance here." Giving a nod trotting off calmly.

Looking around the town noticed it's very calm no rapping ponies and Zebras seem heavenly armed and ready to fight anyone that..tries to break the peace. I calmly walked down to the dock. The smell of rotting dead fish and dead creatures. But looking at the water it's pretty pure water. Even though the gardens went off some of the water is going to take awhile to cleanse. Looking towards some ponies and Zebras they seem to be taking the water putting it into some machine and removing the salt. Looking at my caps but I doubt I would be able to buy anything here..Since they don't use caps they still use coins. I noticed some smoke coming from one of the shakes near the docks. Went inside and looked around. Seeing a old Zebra mare that seems blind. But she is mixing all kind of brews and she looked up from the sound of the door.

" Ah it's the little hero..Now young mare." She said in her very exotic voice. Turning to me and smiled. " Jonon told you I have a job for you and she is correct. There is a cave, A cave that has mushrooms grow. But an old war machine that was brought here from Equestria has become a problem. This thing has been here for 200 years never has given me any issues. Now it has it keeps talking about some project that it needs to protect." Blinking a moment nodding.

" Alright I shall do it." The old zebra mare smiled. I head out and noticed my pip buck is leading me to a cave that is not far from the docks. Calmly walked up to the cave and looked inside. Looking at signs that said warning don't go in. Very evil spirits in this cave. Calmly walking inside looking around and I heard nothing at first. But I noticed giant lizards that seemed to leave me alone. Pulling my sword out holding it with my magic at first then placed it in my mouth. Looking around but I noticed all the mushrooms. But as I got deeper inside I noticed an old Equestria base. But I heard some heavy steps and I hid behind a rock. Seeing a large robot that has a brain inside. It's standing on two legs and has machine guns on it. On the side it said. Hawk walker, I calmly moved away from it trying to get inside the building to understand what is going on then a stomp behind me happen and I dropped my sword looking up to the robot as it stared down at me.

" Pony...speak now...I must destroy the Zebra filth." Blinking looking up coughing a bit.

" Um....sir? Miss? The war is over..It's been over for 200 years, and both sides had lost." The robot stared down at me and looked up trying to contact it's hub.

" Any hub able to hear me...any hub at all...I need. " The robot droops and seems to realize this it now that I am speaking the truth. " What happen?"

" I....the bombs fell. The world died...then recently, Equestria itself was cleansed. But it still has problems." The robot just kept staring at me and then gave a robotic sigh. " If..I may ask what in the world are you? I have never seen a robot like you in what was left behind from the war."

The robot calmly spoke. " I am what is known as Project Mech. However, I was the only one built. They placed my brain inside here since my body was destroyed. Then I was on one of the boats that crashed here. We followed a prison ship that held many Zebras. But I was placed on shut down and I just woke up. Because a Pip buck gave a single for me to turn on."

Frowning a bit sighing at all this and then looked up. " The Zebras here are friendly and their under a threat of being raped daily and so are the ponies." The robot wirrirs angrily at the sound of raping.

" I shall come with you and protect this town of ponies and Zebras. I am the only one of Project mech. A failed project since Fluttershy didn't want to risk any more brains to be placed in bodies like this. So I was the lucky one. Also the one who did this was Dr. Slice. I haven't seen the good Doctor in many years. The last time I did was on the ship before we hit the rocks." The mech calmly walks out of the cave and then I looked back at the base it was protecting. Going inside after placing my weapon back in the holder. Going inside the base. It seemed to be an old bunker..But all i saw were a lot of bones and old bodies. Looking at the wall written in blood. 'Beware of Project Mouse.' Blinking a moment Project mouse? But as I looked through I grabbed a bunch of old ammo and whatever weapon I could pick up and placed them in my bags. Hoping to give them to the blacksmith and he could make whatever he could with the ammo and the guns. But before I left I heard a sound. Looking down to see a robotic mouse walk through. But before it got to far it uranted pure green fluid and I went to it after it was done and sniffed it.

After i did so the world around me started to drift and spin and my pip buck started to crack and pop. I had to get out...Walking slowly through the halls to get some fresh air. Seeing bodies in the middle of dried puddles my insides burning and hurting. As I feel wounds forming along my body from something cutting me. Reaching into my magic bags and bringing out a potion and drinking it down. The pain went away as well as the wounds..But looking around I didn't see anything that would hurt me.. But i could still smell the fluid and covered my nose as I left, closing the door behind me to make sure those creatures can't leave. Walking back out of the cave, I see that the mech is standing right by the entrance.

" Come with me. Might I ask what is your name?" I asked while looking up to the mech. It looked down at me and swore i could feel it smile..

" I'm Hawk, you could say. I don't remember my pony name, so just call me Hawk." I nodded and left the cave with the robot following me as Zebras and ponies looked on with fear. It lowered it's weapons to show them it means no harm. Going up the zebra brewing and went inside.

" I took care of the issue miss." The Zebra looked towards me and smiled. Reaching into her bags and brings out some strange coins with the face of that unicorn mare I saw when I first hit here. Looking towards her with a gentle smile.

" You befriended it didn't you, little hero?" She asked.

" i did yes." The older mare smiled as I walked out placing the gold in my bags and looked up to Hawk. " Come with me Hawk I need you to meet Jonon"

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Walking back up from the docks with Hawk behind me. When I finally got back to where Jonon slept she came out and looked up at the creature her eyes wide open. Her pupils turning into pinpricks. I smiled removing my mask and chuckled.

"Jonon this is Hawk, a weapon from the war. He wishes to help protect the town of Cliffside." Jonon looked at me a moment she seemed to relax and then looked back to Hawk.

" Hawk...if I may.." The Zebra mare said. " What is your take on Rape?" She bluntly asked. Hawk looked down at her and it would seem the fluid in the cockpit got very red and bubbled.

" My take on it? It is that it should never happen. It's a travesty that ponies even did it during the war. But why do you ask?" Jonon gave a gentle smile and thought on how to say this calmly and looked back to the other buildings in the town.

" Well this town or city most call it a town is called Cliff side it was built by slaves of the war..But it's turned into slave selling raping trading and the guards welcome it and do it themselves..But many of them stay close to the building up top at the moment. We will be heading to take care of them soon and removing the threat to us and ponies once and for all..After all that is said and done..Are you willing to stay while me and the hero do the journey to save this island?"

Hawk seemed to be thinking a moment the magic hydraulics on the legs let off some smoke with a gentle hiss. Then looked around and then back to Jonon. " I shall to protect the Zebras of the war..That didn't even wish to fight. I heard the war ended badly. Very badly.." Hawk seems to make a robotic sob a bit but sighed and then looked at the town. "I shall patrol then." Hawk calmly started off patrolling and then Jonon turned looking at me. Seeming to frown a bit then smiled.

" So..little hero that is your first mission. There are many more for you to do. Are you ready to do so?" Giving a nod and blew air out of my mouth sighing a bit. " I am sorry little Star shooter it's the only way ponies and Zebras can trust you here." Lowering my head giving a nod. " Now your next mission is from a mother." Blinking looking up and she pointed with her hoof to an inn. Looking to her I nodded. " The mother owns the bar so please be quick."

I sighed softly and walked to the inn. Putting the mask back on and seeing that ponies and Zebras are now staring at me. I didn't understand why but..Was I going to be known as the hero of the island. I heard whispers as I walked past and then went inside. Walking up to the inn owner. Who is a mare a red cherry mare with blue streaks in her pink mane. "I am here for the job." She looked at me and gave me a large cup of whatever they drink here. Then pointed with her hoof to one of the tables in the back..I gave a nod.

Trotting over to the table sitting in it and looked at a note on my cup. It read. 'The bar closes in an hour. Please stick around.' Giving a nod and since i was in the darkness.. I started to notice a lot of the guards from the leader of the town seemed to come in here and acted like they owned the place. But most of the time they just sat down to drink and eat. Removing my mask..I calmly started to drink. Whatever this drink was it tasted odd. Looking down seeing it's a strange orange fluid. But I kept drinking it and drank the entire thing down. Then watched guards but..then my vision went odd. I could fully see in the darkness and then I looked beside me and I saw what they wished me to see. A Gila monster that seemed to be hidden but only can be seen with this fluid. It spoke up with a smirk.

" Ah now you can see me..Good it means my wife trust you. Now I got a request of you. I want you to start a bar fight..I want you to get the guards removed. This means even if they stab you. The guards may not be trusted but..not all the people of this town believe their being held back and controlled. Now.." She slips me another drink and gave a smile. " I want you to drink this and you will get extremely drunk and I want you to go to those guard ponies..Do what you can to get them to attack you. If you do this my wife and I will be in your debt." Looking at the drink then back to the Gila monster. Who just had a sharp smile and seemed to be mutated.

Giving a nod I drank it all down it burned so badly. It felt like venom going down my throat. Coughing a bit and looked at the creature but she vanished. I stood up doing what I was meant to do and I tripped hitting one of the guards by mistake. The pony guard looked down at me. All of them did. They smirked and one of them spoke. Strangely, they all seemed to be males.

" Now now. let us help you." He helped me up and then he smacked me with his hoof hard in the face. I flew back and tried pulling my sword out but then another guard smacked into me. The ponies around watching saw what was going on and most of them looked at the guards with anger. Some looked on with glee but also a bit of fear. I was hit into the wall and then stayed on my hooves and groaned and then I charged at one of the guards and turned quickly giving an apple buck, making one of them fly into the wall. Then without me realizing it one of them brought out a bow and grabbed an arrow. Then pulled back on the string and the arrow went deep into my shoulder.

Groaning deeply in pain from the arrow and then a Pegasus forced himself on me and forced me down. Being younger and a bit weaker..I knew i wasn't going to be able to do anything and one of the spectators spoke out.

" Stop! She has had enough!!" Other ponies around said the same thing. But the guards just stared at them with glee.

" No. She hasn't." One of the ponies tossed a knife that had a strange venom on it and they were about to stab me and one of the ponies rushed in to stop them and they turned around and stabbed the mare right in the chest. But then they realized it wasn't a mare at all it was a filly a foal. She was also a worker here. Then they noticed after the glimmer vanished. The ponies who were defenders of the guards. Who didn't care what they did..This was the last straw after the owner of the inn rushed to the filly and held her close sobbing. The ponies grabbed their weapons and the guards ran out quickly. The ones doing the chasing were the griffins and outside there were sounds of weapons ripping flesh and cutting into bone.

Just laying there feeling my body burn coughing hard and vomiting whatever it was that I drank. My vision going back to normal. Every creature that was in the bar is now gone and I watched the mare hold the little one sobbing. But then after awhile the filly vanished along with the owner and I looked seeing the owner waving to me looking to see the blood gone. I stood up shakingly on my hooves and walked to them calmly. I finally got a good look of her wife. A pure red Gila monster who stood on her back legs like Tiira did but..she had a bigger hunch that made it hard for her to walk on them.

" Ah yes forgive us little hero for what we had to do." The gila monster said. The mare nods " Forgive my wife she doesn't speak. I'm Speckle Scale this is my wife Paw pad" Pad smiled sweetly nodding and nuzzled into Speckle blood drained from my nose and i had a nasty bruise on my face.

" How did you do it all?" Speckle smirked and chuckled.

" Thanks to the magic of this island many of the creatures mutated from it. Unlike what happened on Equestria with the bombs and all this island was created by some powerful magic. It's why there are many creatures like us and why we are able to breed with ponies. But you don't need to know my sex life with my wife of course. Now again we are sorry. Oh and yes." She clicked her claws and I saw the little mare show up who was the waitress and then saw her die and become the filly with a wound in her chest blood draining from her mouth and a mare rushing to her and hugging her sobbing. Then she clicks again. It all vanished and she smiled.

"My magic is illusion my entire race has one magic and one magic only..I am that..It's easy to spy and such. Now hero have some food and drink on the house from us. Also some music." Blinking she clicked her claws again and a band formed playing calm music. But it was just music and no singing. I sighed stroked my head with my hoof it was throbbing from whatever i drank..But when I sat at the chair..They put down some veggies like carrots and other stuff..Along with some nasty looking water..But of course this water has been cleansed from what they told me.

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After eating and drinking whatever it was. I was given some more gold coins of this currency of this island. Looking to see bodies of the guards being cut into sections by Griffins so they could eat them. My stomach lurched a bit from that drink they gave me before the meal. It still messed up my stomach..But I was able to see there are more things to this island then I didn't know.. I looked out to the water and finally saw the spell. The spell looked like it was created by Zebras and ponies. But why would an island be made to keep them in? This is odd to me really that it was made to be like that. Then I saw something I never thought i would see again..That sea monster surfaced and it looked right at me. It's eyes glowed brightly and pointed at me.

I blinked putting a hoof to my chest and the creature nodded. Then he pointed down to the docks. I sighed walking back down to the docks. I trotted past Hawk, who is now patrolling with a few Griffins. The guard that normally are around, are now being chased back to the large house on the hill. Finally I got to the dock and the creature came out of the water and stared down at me. It spoke calmly and growled.

" Creature of Equestria. You don't belong here. But the only way you can leave. Is in three years there is a hole in the spell. But i doubt you wish to wait that long to get back home. But I have seen that you have been causing a big stir here. I have come to warn you..If the Queen learns what you are doing..She will find you break you and then kill you." Giving a nod and then looked back up to him sighing.

" What is this island really..I was told it's a penal colony..I highly doubt this." The creature looked at me and then looked around and leaned down to whisper.

" This island was made to hold a minion of a great threat. A threat that hasn't been seen in hundreds of years or so the story that was created by the first Zebras that landed here..So they could find a hero that could defeat it. But this would mean a war would start on this island. You are close to starting that war. If you destroy the threat that is sleeping on this island..The spell will be broken." Blinking and sighed softly and then walked back to get to Jonon then turned back to see the creature vanished. I blinked and saw a bright light of him just going somewhere and had no idea anymore.

Sighing and biting my lip a bit not sure what to think anymore. I am here to fight a threat start a war? It's something I wasn't extremely happy hearing that feeling that if I caused a war here..Then it was going to be a pretty bad thing. But I finished another one of the task for Jonon and I walked up to her and she looked down at me with a gentle smile.

" Ah your eyes have been touched by the juice of the illusion. Now you will see things that have so much magic in them..But it will go away but only show up when you will it." Blinking a moment and looked into a broken mirror and saw my eyes they glowed just a bit. I could see that I had powerful magic flowing through my blood up to my horn. Then I blinked once more and the eyes went back to normal and then I looked back to Jonon.

" What is my next task?" Jonon looked towards me and smiled. She went into her home and brought out a basket.

" I need you to take this to the orphans. It's their food. It's been hard to get them food since our leaders." She said with hate in her voice. " Needed to steal it from us for him." Nodding and lifted the basket with my mouth and she tapped me with her hoof and pointed with a hoof to a very run down looking building on the outskirts of the town. It was heading out of the town. I gave a nod and left.

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After awhile I finally got to the building but i noticed something red in my vision. I just remembered my eyes forward sparkle and set the basket down and..saw them. Giant dragonflies that breathed fire. Looking at my pip buck, I saw no rads but then I remembered this is not like Equestria. What happen here was something very different. No bombs just over use of magic and discharge. But the creatures were flying weirdly but It didn't hit me at first. I pulled out my sword and they bugs charged at me and I heard hooves? They smashed into me and I flew back and my sword hit the ground and it lifted my sword?

Then I finally knew what this was..it was another one of their damn test. So I tried willing the vision and I saw it...The creatures aren't even there but...how did I get hit? What did I get hit by. Then when it got closer I finally saw it. Of course it was so stupid. I was fighting a creature that used illusions to make itself bigger. It was a small little muskrat. I stood up and still heard the hooves. Charging at it myself and when i hit with my horn I stabbed into the chest of a pony. The pony jumped back turning to normal but..it wasn't a pony. it was a real musk rat creature. The creature held it's chest and looked at me with very angry eyes.

"OI you want to fight?! DOO YA?!" The creature yelled. But before it could charge at me the orphans rushed out and stepped in front of the rat and gave me angry eyes.

" How dare you attack miss Swampy?!' Blinking a moment and looking at the young ones stare at me.

" I...um....brought the food that Jonon wished me to..then swampy? Attacked me....I um..sorry?" The ponies looked to Swampy and the creature shrugged.

" Can you blame me? A pony that looks heavily armed bringing a basket you tend to fear it's a threat thanks to the owner of this town. Fine fine." The creature tossed me a bunch of coins and they landed in front of me and she lifted up the basket with her tail and I just stared at them as they walked away. I was flabbergasted how...did I know? Now I am being...”I sighed but then looked back at the building and spoke softly.

" I can help fix the building if that would be more of help." They all turned to look at me.

" Thanks for the offer dear." The rat creature smiled sweetly. " But even if you try the guards will see you and destroy everything. So please go on." Sighing again nodding and lifted my sword and then the coins as well walking off. Feeling so tired and sore now.

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Walking back to Jonon's house she seemed to be relaxing a bit and the resistance had more presence on the streets now. But I was just so dead tired. I had no idea what to do anymore tonight. I took off my mask and she saw my tired face and she smiled gently.

" Go rest...we will remove the fool tomorrow." Giving a nod I simply walked to my bed and removed my cloak and everything else looking at my pip buck and it showed my body was crippled in some spots. But I couldn't do a thing about it. I was told recently that pain makes you stronger. I lied down in the bed and fell asleep because tomorrow it would be time to fight for the town.

Footnote: Level up

Perk added: Magic sight: From the drink you were given at the inn. It gave you the ability to see magic. But don't overuse it.