Troy pov

I landed walked up to the cliffs overlooking the second ring of the forest. I saw tracks belonging to a very large manticore. 'The tracks are fresh. At least an hour old I'd say.' I stood back up and jumped down into the second ring. I landed near a waterfall and looked around for the tracks. I found them and drew the sword on my side. "You're no Yatsufusa or Murasame that's for sure." I continued to follow the tracks deeper into the forest. I walked deeper into the forest I started to smell smoke and meat burning. "What the hell?" I looked down at the tracks and saw they were going to the smell. 'Two birds one stone.'

"BOOM!"

I widened my stance as I looked around. 'A canon! I swear if I'm running into a battlefield.' I sheath the sword and dashed down into the forest. I started to cover my right in fire along with the sword. My left was covered with Ice to make an ice shield on my arm.

"Hhhhheeeeelllllllllppppppp."

I stopped running as I heard a mare's voice. I looked around the area trying to find that voice.

"Hhhheeeellllppp."

It came again from my right side. 'What the hell am I doing? I've got no reason to help anyone stupid enough to come in this forest.' I walked into a clearing about the same size as mine and Nightmares cabins is. But the size was not what had my attention. I saw a pile of burning bodies. Out of the right corner of my eye, I saw something moving. I turned to the right and saw a bug pony again. But she had pink hair. She turned her head and looked at me. I saw a bundle in her arms as she looked at me. 'Her eyes are pink too.'

"My baby please my baby."

I cut off the energy to the ice and fire as I ran over to her. I dropped the sword when I was beside her. "Stop talking save your strength." She turned on her side while pushing the baby to me. I looked down at her stomach then froze. Her stomach was cut open with her organs coming up. 'I can't help she's too far gone.'

"Please, t-the royal guards will come back. Save my child pleaseeeee."

I froze as she died moving the child closer to me. I slowly looked down at the bundle in front of me. I looked down and saw a sleeping baby in front of me. I saw that the baby had the same black skin and similar hair to the mother. This one's mane was a mix of light and dark pink. I saw the baby was small to either a newborn or month old at least.

"Hey!"

My head shot back up from the sudden noise. I looked around for the person yelling but didn't find anyone. Then something slammed into my back and forced me forward. Slammed the palms of my hands to the ground and was down over the baby. I saw it was awake now and was crying. Large teal colored eyes filled with tears as it looked up at me.

"Is it dead?"

I heard the voices on top me I grabbed the child. 'Screw the manticore I have to save this kid!' I shot back into the tree line taking a few more hits of whatever they were firing. I ran as fast as I could with the baby my arms. I looked down to make sure the baby wasn't hurt but what I saw angered me. Large beautiful pink eyes filled with scared tears as the baby cried. I stopped when I sat a cave and jumped into the cave. I heard something behind me rushing behind me. I looked at the crying baby. 'How did my mom stop my crying?' I thought for a second then remembered. 'ROCKING!' I started to calmly rocking the baby. Slowly the baby stopped crying when I started to hear the yelling again.

"Where did he go!?

I kept rocking the baby so the crying won't start again. I laid my back against the cave wall and felt it touch my bare skin. I sighed as I looked out the cave mouth. I saw a pegasus in the sky in royal guard armor. I growled and held the baby with my left arm. 'I'm going to take at least one of you bastards down. I opened my palm and let loss a stream of fire. I couldn't tell how much power I was firing only that my whole arm was on fire. I finally stopped my fire after I was sure they were dead. As the flames dead on my arm, I saw it was black as ash. I sighed and looked back down at the baby in my other arms. I sat there looking at those pink eyes looking up at me for what felt like hours. 'I have to get moving. I have to get back to the house.' I forced myself back up and out of the cave. I was outside of the cave and saw all the damage I had done. A massive part of the forest near me was gone all turned to ash. I felt my arm covering in the blue and gold fire as I started to walk.

Luna pov

We all walked out into the yard and looked over to the forest.

"What happened to the forest?"

We all looked at the forest when Cadence spoke. I stopped when I saw a massive part of the forest gone.

"Wait something is coming see."

My sister pointed to a spot in the trees were something was walking in the darkness. A few seconds passed in silence as we waited. Then Troy walked out looking like he just came back from the ponyville battle again. His top and undershirt all most burn off his body. The sword he had gone and his right arm on fire with the healing flames.

"What is he holding?"

Cadence pointed to bundle in his left arm. I looked at it as he walked up to us all. His arm finished healing when he stood in from of my sister.

"Celestia I'm going to Canterlot."

I saw the bundle move then I realized some alive was in it. My sister stared at him as he fixed the bundle between both his arms.

"And why is that Troy?"

My sister asked him why with her eyebrow raised. She wanted to know why he of all ponies wanted to go to a city full of noble. He looked at her and spoke with a very dangerous tone of voice.

"I'm going to murder Shining armor."

Silence hung in the air after he said that. I couldn't believe what I just heard him say. I walked over to him as did my sister.

"Why do you say that?"

He looked down at the bundle in his arms.

"Revenge for this one's family."

He carefully moved the bundle in his arms. He turned the bundle round saw us a baby Changeling. It had pink hair and pink eyes.

"That is the most adorable thing ever!"

Cadence, Sweetie's mom, and Sweetie Belle all rushed the baby. They crowed the changeling and seemed to have scared it. It started to cry. Troy stared at them until the backed off. They all back away saying sorry. I walked over to him and looked down at the foal. "What happened out there?"

"I swear today is not my day Luna."

He walked over to the steps and sat down while looking at the child. He started to talk while moving his hair back.

"I was tracking a manicure through the forest and into the second ring. After about two or three minutes I smelt burning flesh. I found a large pile of burning bug ponies. But out to the side, I saw one of them wasn't in the fire and was alive. That's where go this little one. The mother died a few seconds after pushed the baby to me. Then the next thing I know I know shot one shot me in the back. I grabbed this child and ran for it. I took three more hits before I dove into a cave. I finally had a chance to see who was attacking me. I looked out of the cave and saw one of the royal guards in the air."

"So you destroyed that area of the forest." He laughed a few times as the Changeling yawn.

"Ya, I did a burning sweep of the surrounding forest."

I walked over to him and sat down beside him. I looked at his face as he looked into the eyes of the changeling. I looked down at the child and saw she was looking at me. "Can I hold the foal?" He looked up at me.

"I don't see why not just keep his or her head separated."

I smiled and took the foal from his arms. I held the little body close to mine and stared into the foal's eyes.

Troy pov

I looked at the baby in Luna's arms. "Maybe we should keep the baby." I saw everyone look at me as I spoke out loud. Luna keeps looking at the baby but answered.

"I like that Idea."

I smiled and patted the baby's head. I smiled and stood back up and walked to the front door. "I'll be right back everyone." I walked in and into the master bedroom. I got me a new shirt and a pair of baby clothes and a diaper from the boxes in the closet. I walked back out to see Nightmare's was covering sweetie's father making his face the other way. I looked down to Luna and dropped the baby clothes. "LUNA!?" She had pulled her top down and was breastfeeding the baby. She looked at me and smiled when she saw the baby clothes on the ground.

"Oh, those will do nicely."

I blinked a few times thinking I had lost it finally. The baby was latched onto Luna's breast sucking without a care in the world. I was about to start asking questions when Applebloom walked over.

"When you walked into the house the foal started to cry again. Rocking didn't work so Luna unwrapped the bundle to see what was wrong. Its stomach growled thus this happened."

I blinked a few times as I looked at her. I pointed at over to the father. "And him?" Applebloom laughed as she looked at him.

"Nightmare said he almost saw Luna's breast."

I nodded at the end and looked back down at Luna. The baby had finished drinking quickly. Luna had her top fixed on her shoulders again as she looked down at the baby with a loving smile.

"You are a cutie you know that."

We smiled as Luna stood up and walked inside. All the other followed her leaving the father and me alone again. He walked up to me with a neutral face. I looked down to the ground in shame knowing I didn't get the manticore.

"Don't worry about the beast son. Putting a foal before yourself tells me a lot about you."

I looked up from the ground and back to his face. "Does that mean..."

"Yes, Sweetie Belle is free to stay."

"YES!" I jumped into the air overjoyed. I heard him laugh a few times then grabbed my shoulder.

"Come on Troy let's go see if you got yourself a filly or colt. Then you can hunt down and as you said murder Shining Armor." He smiled as he looked at me.

"Puls that is our first grandfoal blood or not."

"I think we'll get along just fine um."

"Just call me coach Troy. Oh, and my wife likes to be called Bell."

"Ok coach."

We walked into the house a second later. We walked in and saw Sweetie holding the baby to her chest. I saw the foal had on a pink onesie. I saw that the babies wings were a bright pink.

"Aw look at my baby girl!"

Coach ran past me and over to them. But when he was close Nightmare grabbed him by his caller.

"Nope. The only stallion touching that filly will be Troy. And maybe this Mac and harvester he spoke of from time to time as well."

He looked back at me.

"Can't you make them let me hold the little filly?"

"Haha, sorry coach but I don't want to sleep on the couch anytime soon. So, why not let Bell hold her so you can play with her too?" For the next hour, everyone got to take a turn holding the baby girl. She yawned when Cadence held her and started to fall asleep in her arms. I walked back into the master room closet and got a crib out. I set it up in the living room where everyone could watch her. I laid a little blanket over her and fixed the hair over her eyes. "There you go, you little thunder titan all nice and warm." I stood back up and saw everyone looking at me. "What?"

"How do you know how to take care of a foal?"

Bertha was blunt with her question. I smiled and rubbed the back of my head. "After the war, a couple of my friends got married. Every so often they'd ask me to babysit their baby boy." Everyone looked at me with a raised eyebrow. Cadence walked over to me.

"If you don't mind me asking what did you do after your war ended?"

I quietly listed a mix of the show events with my life. "I was the best man at a friends wedding. I helped rebuild homes. Hunted down some empire soldiers turned bandits. I help around an orphanage for about month." I finished Cadence nodded with a smiled on her face.

"Ok, and now that I have your full attention I want to come with you when you kill Armor."

I blinked three times as did everyone else in the room. I got a sly smile while looking at her. "Does my pretty pink princess of love want to kill a stallion?~" She smiled and kissed my cheek as she walked to her door.

"Just give me a second to get into more comfortable then we'll leave."

"Go ahead I need to get Yatsufusa." She walked down the hall swaying her hips as she did. 'She could hypnotize me this the hips if she wanted to.' I thought to myself as I watched her walk away. I walked into the master bedroom and over to the magic chest. I opened the lid to pull Yatsufusa out along with the sword sling and the number one headband. I walked back into the living room once I had all the items. I sat Yatsufusa up against the wall with the headband wrapped around the handle. I started to get the sling on as the father walked over to me.

"Oh, you use a naypony's sword."

Applebloom grabbed his arm before he could touch it.

"Stop you'll die!"

Hee yell almost woke the baby if it wasn't for Nightmare magic covering the crib in time. I looked at her and sighed. "Wrong sword Applebloom. Its Murasame no one but I can touch. Yatsufusa works differently remember?" She let the father's arm go and looked at me.

"That's right you never did tell us what happens if we tried to touch Yatsufusa."

I smiled and picked Yatsufusa then slide it on to my side. With that done I looked at her and everyone one else. "I have told you if it rejects you there is a chance of death. So many are better off just not to mess with them at all right Applebloom?" She nodded as I spoke to her.

"But wait how did you know she could use pumpkin then?"

Scootaloo said. "Oh, that I could tell by her reaction to it. If a person or in this case pony has a positive reacting to the weapon you're likely able to use it."

"How likely are we talking?"

Celestia asked walking over to me. "Um, I'd say eighty eight-five percent. Given that I let her try."

"Is any chance that it would have hurt her if she wasn't compatible?"

"No, She would have just passed out." Suddenly a yellow furred arm wrapped around my throat and started to choke me.

"You know what was going to happen if it didn't work!?"

I heard the father laughing as I pulled her off me. "Y-yes I did. Pumpkin uses emotions to work. It would have just made you pass out. Beside Pumpkin is one of the safest arms because of it."

After a few minutes of Applebloom choking me, she let me go. I dashed outside and waited for Cadence. A few minutes past before she walked out in a tight pair of pants and shirt.

"How do I look?"

I smiled and rubbed the back of my head. "I know this is cheesy.But you look like lovely in those." She blushed a little on her cheeks and started to play with her hair. 'Wow, she looks cute like that.' I shook my head and looked at her again. "Cadence what's the fastest way to Canterlot?" She smiled and grabbed my hand.

"That would be the train."

I nodded then stopped. "I need to get some bits for the train. I'm sure we can't ride for free."

"I got it."

She used her magic. A bag of bits appeared in front of me.

"Granny said to give these to the colt this when he comes home. She also said when she sees you again better duck."

I froze when I heard her say that. "Ah crap, I'm going to die." Cadence laughed as I took the bits out of her magic. "Ya laugh it up Cadence. But so you know if things go bad when we get to the castle I want you to getting out of there fast. I may have to do a fire sweep if it comes down to it." We started to walk as we talked.

"A fire sweep?"

I pointed back to the now cleared part of the forest. "That back there." Her eyes widened as she looked at me.

"You did that?!

I raised an eyebrow as I looked at her. "Did you not listen to me earlier?" She blushed again as she looked away from me.

"I was looking at the filly the whole time."

I looked at her as we kept walking. "I think you need a lesson on paying attention. Maybe Celestia student Twilight can help you with that." She puffed up her cheeks and followed me into town. I saw ponies staring at us as we walked through town.

"What wrong with them?"

"No, idea."

We made it to the train station after I stop a mare and asked for the way to get to the train station. Cadence laughed at a stallion stopped for directions.

"Come on the train will leave soon."

She grabbed my hand as pulled me into the station. I paid for first class tickets for the 4 o'clock to canterlot. I looked at the clock and saw it read 2:30 on the dot. "We got an hour an a half. What do you want to do?" I looked over to her as I slipped the tickets into my pocket. She crossed her arms as I looked at her.

"I'm not sure I've never been to this town before."

I looked for seats in this place. I saw a bench near the platform and smiled. "Well let's set down and talk to each other. We don't know much about each other after all." She smiled as we walked over to the bench. We sat down on the bench. After a second she and I started to talk.

"So, did you have any family before coming to Equestria?"

I froze in my seat.

"Troy?"

I turned my head looked at her. She was looking at me worried she said something wrong. "That a sensitive topic for me. My sister was killed by a noble before I join the revolutionary army." She looked at me, shock and horror in her eyes.

"How did she...?"

"...Burning... I couldn't get there in time..."

"I'm sorry your sister died."

I laughed a little and started to tap the handle of Yatsufusa. "I got my revenge Cadence. There's a saying back home. You take one of mine I'll take a hundred of yours."

"Did you make good on that?"

I stopped tapping my handle and looked at her with no emotions. "What would you do if you had a sister who died like that? Say you had just lost the last living member of your family. When you feel like you have nothing left to lose. You can do many things you never thought you could." She grabbed my hand sitting on the armrest.

"I'm not saying what you did was wrong. It's just that the only family I've ever known is Luna and Celestia. I only felt the pain Shining Amaro brought on to me."

I laughed a little as I looked at her. "Then you beat the holy hell out of him."

"Haha, well true as that is I can't wait to see what you're going to do to him."

I smiled as I started to think of how I'd kill Shining Armor. "I don't know maybe I beat him to an inch of his life and hanging him by his entrails."

"Much as I'd to see to see you tear him limb from limb I should tell you he's Twilight's brother."

"Who?" She looked at me for a few minutes then started to explain.

"Twilight Sparkie Celestia's student. She's the element of magic."

"Element of magic?"

"You mean neither Celestia or Luna told you about them?"

"No, they didn't."

"Well, they're what defeated Nightmare in the first place. They hold the most powerful magic in the world."

I looked at her surprised they didn't tell me about these elements.

'What did I tell you, Troy? Liers and cheats.~ They hide a weapon that could harm even you.'

I ignored Day Breaker but wondered why the dark one didn't stop her this time. But as much as I hate it she made a good point. 'The most powerful magic in the world. They either hide it to use against me if they have to or it's their trump card for real threats. I'll find this Twilight later and get some answers.' "Thanks, I'll look into that later. But enough about me tell me about your life."

"Well, I love to help ponies find love. As a teenager, I used to babysit foals in canterlot. I also liked to read romance novels."

I let her hand go and pocked her arm a few times with a sly smile on my face. "So that why I saw you staring at the filly?" She blushed as she looked at me.

"Ya, I love foals, Troy. I've always loved to see their cute little hands and hooves. But that little Changeling filly you brought home is so the cutest thing I've ever seen."

I laughed and nodded my head a few times as I lent back on the bench. "You know that is a little problem too. We'll need a nursery for the little filly. Plus, we have to build a large add on to the house. But growing up for her is going to be hard in a town of ponies. I saw first hand some ponies aren't the most welcoming to non-ponies. "

"So, what do you plan to protect her for her whole life?"

I looked at her as she looked over at me. "I can't always be there so I'll have to teach her to protect herself. Or I could just have guards I trust to watch over her."

"Cadence?"

We stopped talking and looked over to the station door. I saw Twilight, Applejack, and Rarity along with three other mares. Applejacks eyes were wide as she looked at me. I smiled and waved at her. "Hey Applejack how is the family?" She opened and closed her mouth a few times. I laughed and shook my head a few times. I looked at Cadence again and saw her smiling. "We'll keep talking later I think something important came up." Applejack walked over to me as I stood up from the bench.

"Twilight family sent a letter saying they need her to come home. Something about her brother getting to the guards to do something bad."

A rainbow maned mare walked over behind Applejack.

"AJ who's this guy?"

I smiled and held a hand out to her. "Names Troy and I saved Applebloom a little while back." She looked at me then her eyes widen.

"Wait a second your Troy?!"

She yelled in my face with some spit getting on my face. I wrapped my face with my arm then looked down at her. "Please don't get spit all over my face again and yes Scootaloo is in my herd. I don't know who you are though." She looked at me shocked and then smiled.

"I'm Rainbow Dash the fastest flyer in Equestria. The element of loyalty and future wonderbolt!"

She yelled in my face again annoying me a little. She had a grin on her face as she looked up at me. "Nice to meet you Rainbow Dash I'm Troy Thanatos." I was about to introduce Cadence when my vision suddenly turned pink.

"Why haven't you come for your welcome part... COLD!"

I smiled and stopped the flow of cold energy coming from my body. I looked down at a mare pinker then Cadence. "Don't just jump on someone it's rude. Plus if Nightmare saw you do that she'd kill you." Her eyes shrank as Rarity grabbed me.

"NIGHTMARE! AS IN NIGHTMARE MOON?!"

My hears were ringing as I looked at her. I tried to stop the ringing while she tried to talk to me. "I can't hear anything your saying." I got my hearing my back after a few minutes then spent an hour telling them about all that has happened. Once I finished Twilight was looking at me like I was a monster.

"So, you're going to kill my brother?"

"If he gave the order for the attack that orphan that girl I will kill him. If not then I will just get a few things from the city before we leave." She looked at me with a distrusting look.

"How do I know you won't just attack like a mad dog?"

I narrowed my eye. "I killed for a reason, not for fun or sport. Twilight if I wanted your brother dead it would be no more then a trifle for me."

"Are you say he's not worth your time?"

I looked at her with a sigh. "If the guards I killed acted alone I'll just leave him be for now. I still need to find and kill Blueblood. A proven slaver has no right to life if I'm the judge."

"I say just kill them both."

I looked over at Cadence and sighed. "I have a good reason to kill Blueblood but not Armor. You have a good reason to kill him not me." She laughed into her hand as she looked at me.

"Good point but the beating I gave him was fun."

"You did what!?"

We looked over at Twilight as she yelled. Cadence had spent the last thirty minutes explaining what her brother had done to her. She finished talking when the train pulled into the station. "Well looks like story time is
over."

"For now Troy."

I watched as they walked down the station and boarded the train farther down. We boarded in the first class cabin near the front of the train. The cabin had cherry wood walls with two chairs and a large queen sized bed on the back wall. I also saw a small one person bathroom on the side of the cabin.

"This is a nice little cabin."

I stood up as she walked over to the bed. I took Yatsufusa off my side and sat down in the chair. "So, you liked to read romance novels? Any favorite writers or series?" She blushed as I looked at her.

"I love books where the stallion rough with the mares and a few other things."

I laughed as I looked at her blush. "Look at that sweet loving Cadence has a thing for rough play." Her blush darkened as I looked at her. After a few minutes, the train started to move.

"Attention passengers the trip to canterlot will take one hour. Please remember to stay seated as we begin to climb the mountain. Now please in joy the ride to canterlot."

The conductor stopped talking as I started to see blurs out of the window.

"Hey, do you like colts or fillies more Troy?"

I looked back over to Cadence while she moved to the other chair. "I don't care which it is. They'll be my kids too. I'll love them no matter what." Her eyebrow raised as she looked at me.

"So, you don't care if you have all colts or fillies?"

I looked her in the eyes. "Not on bit Cadence, all that will matter is they are my foal. Back how we don't just call them mine because they have your blood. You call them mine because you raised them to know right from wrong." I saw surprise cover her face as she looked at me. After a second she smiled as she looked at me.

"Human males are very different from stallions. Many refuse to a foal that's not there. Some don't even want anything to do with foals that are their blood."

I shook my head as she finished. "No, it's morals that people like me have that let us love and care for them. Many men and woman would just get rid of a child they don't want. Many don't want anything to do with there own kids. Hell, my old man was that way too. I became a big shot in the new government."

"But you said you were heading to the capital when you came to this world right?"

"Ya, I never took a role in the government but being one of the new founders gave me certain advantages even though I never used them. I guess you could say the other members of my unit Night riad and myself became nobles. I hate the idea of me being a noble."

"Ok, so what does your father have to do with all that?"

readjusted Yatsufusa in my arms and answered. "One of the advantages I talked about was the fact if we asked we could get what we wanted. Plus, he heard about the other trying to name me commander of the armed forces too. The day after I said no he showed up on my doorstep asking for money."

"You didn't give him any did you?"

"No, the only thing he got was death. He broke into my house one night. Murasame's curse killed him when he tried to steal it. The fool thought he could do it if I could."

"Let's change the topic to something more pleasant. What did you do after the war?"

I started to rub Yatsufusa's guard with my thumb as I looked at her. "Same as I always have Cadence. Just trying to make it to the next sunrise to the next day. I lived in the mountains hunting danger beast for a living. It was nice for those couple of months. The silence of the mountains and the forest were peaceful. In the night, the wind blows through the trees would sound like music. Sleeping next to a fireplace and watching the snowfall. My old friends bring there boy up there even now and then to see uncle Troy one of the heroes of the revolution. Every time Mine saw me she'd call me a loser. Yell at me for not finding someone to marry and not have a few kids running around. It was nice to have them come to see me. Haha, Mine I hated the woman sometimes. But I always knew I could trust her with my life. And she did trust me with her son."

"It sounds to me that you were fond of her. Were you an item before she got married?"

I laughed a few times and grabbed Yatsufusa's handle. "No, she loved another so I decided that I would help their relationship along. We got a month off near the middle war. We had been fighting for nine months straight. Did I ever tell ya'll about the people in my unit?"

"No"

"Haha, Well I guess you know three now. Let's see there was Bulat, Mine, Tatsumi, Akame, Leone, Sheele, Lubbock, General Najenda, a human imperial arms the lighting fast Susanoo and Chelsea. Including myself, there were eleven of us in the unit."

"Were?"

"Only me, mine, Akame, and Najenda survived the capital siege. I don't know how Leone died or how Susanoo's core got destroyed. All I know is that we won the war."

"You lost seven of your unit members died?"

"No, in the siege we lost a couple thousand good man and woman. Esdeath killed them with a sweet smile on her face."

"Esdeath?"

I bit my tongue and looked at her. "You don't want to hear that story."

"Troy..."

"Cadence please I've relived that day in my nightmares enough. I don't want to think about it right now." Cadence stood up and walked over to me. She grabbed my shoulders and looked down at me.

"I think we've talked about the past enough. Look we have a good forty minutes before we get canterlot so why don't we get some sleep ok?"

I nodded and stood up. I laid Yatsufusa on the chair and let her pull me to the bed.

"Are you a cuddler?"

I looked at her and smiled. "Ya, I like to hold someone while I sleep." She smiled as we got on the bed. I laid down with my back on the wall in the cabin.

"Watch my wings please."

She laid her head down on my chest as she laid beside me. I wrapped my arm under her wings. She wrapped her arms around my neck then we both fell asleep in each other's arms.

Troy dream space pov

"Look who finally showed up."

I turned around quickly to see who was there. I saw what looked like Celestia but with hair made from fire. She had flaming hair. She had the same white fur as Celestia. Her wings were white and gold with feathers. She wore a golden gauntlet and had red eyes with yellow pupils. Her chest plate was golden with a red outline with a crimson cloth covering her front with two red shoulder guards. I looked at the other hand and saw a red and black sword aflame in her hand. I felt like I was staring down a real monster if not a demon. "Daybreaker I presume."

"You'd presume correct Troy. I was wondering when you and I would meet face to face. Now that I see you for myself."

She licked her lips as she stabbed the sword into the darkness.

"I can see why my other self-likes you so much. But what I like the most are these cold blue eyes."

"Where is the dark one?"

She frowned and she pointed down to the ground.

"We're standing on him. He's using all his power to keep me in Celestia's soul piece. As strong as I am I can't break his hold. But I can finally have a chat with you."

I crossed my arms and looked at her. "What do you want exactly?" She crossed her arms and looked at me with a sickly sweet smile.

"Do you think you could let little old me out of your body. I promise I'll be a good mare if you do."

I smiled and crossed my arms as I looked at her. "I know your game Daybreaker. You get out your going to be trouble. I'll come after you if you start making to much trouble." She smiled and laughed into her hand.

"Aw, you do care."

I narrowed my eyes as I looked at her. "We both know that I'm not going to let you out unless I'm desperate. Even then who's to say I won't just put you down if you turn on me." She walked straight up to me then touched my cheek with her gauntlet.

"You won't do that for the same reason you didn't leave my sister to get crushed under the old castle. Nightmare looked like Luna."

My eye twitched at that.

"Now you know you can't kill me without thinking you just hurt Celestia. Can you live with that on your mind Troy?"

I clenched my fist as I looked at her. She turned her gauntlet and ran it down my cheek.

"But you have also learned that she and Luna have hidden a weapon from you. Even you would be hard-pressed to fight them. Those elements defeated Nightmare and Discord in one shot. See I saw and heard everything Celestia did when we were one. Celestia even consisted using them against you. She was ready to snap when Luna told her about what happened. How could you have fought against that?"

I looked down to the ground when she told me that. She laughed and stepped away from me.

"Well, it looks like our time is up. Next time you fall asleep dream again so we can talk again."

"We will have to talk again."

Troy awake pov

"Troy come on were about to enter canterlot station."

I could hear Cadence speaking softly and felt her shaking me. I opened my eyes and looked up at her. She was smiling down at me. I smiled back up at her as I laid on the bed. "I'm up Cadence." I sat up and got off the bed. The train stopped as I stood up from the bed.

"Attention we have arrived at canterlot station. Please remember to take everything with you when you get off the train. Please have a pleasant evening and a lovely night under Luna's moon."

I smiled when I heard Luna's name. I thought about her smiled and our boys she was carrying. Then I harden my face knowing that the fight in front of me. I grabbed Yatsufsau and refixed it to my side.

"Come on we have a stallion to hunt."

I smiled as I looked at Cadence. "Ya, Shining Armor hunting season just opened up. I want to add one to my collection today." We both smiled as we walked out onto the platform.

"Hey, Troy!"

I looked over to the left of us to see who was yelling. I saw Brutal Blade near the doors. "Well if it isn't Brutal Blade my partner in crime." He laughed and walked over to me.

"Partner, I thought I was a life saver for the cake bombing." We both laughed as Cadence gave us a nasty look.

"I swear to the sun if you two pull that again I will fix you both like I did Armor."

Both of us flinched as we say Cadence's smile. Brutal leaned closer to whisper something to me.

"Please don't tell me were going to be like the no nut wonder."

I burst out laughing and fell to the ground after he said no nut wonder. "Haha! No nut wonder of my god why didn't I think of that haha!" I rolled around for a minute until I heard Twilight voice.

"What happened to him?"

I laughed a few more times then stopped to catch my breath. I looked at her with tears in my eyes. "Oh, my buddy Blade her just told me your bother's new nickname. The no nut wonder haha!"

"What!?"

"Ask Cadence even I wouldn't be that cruel to a fellow man." Cadence laughed a few times then explained what she had done to Shining Armor. Twilight looked horrified at what Cadence had done to her brother.

"Cadence how could you do that! My brother loved you Cadence!"

"LOVE!? I am the princess of LOVE Twilight! What your brother had for me was greed! He learned that if he fu..."

I blushed and quickly grabbed Cadence and covered her mouth. "Ok, I don't think the kids in this station need a crash course about that yet. You two can yell at each other later ok?" Cadence stopped trying to get me to let go after I said that. "Ok, I'm going to let you go cadence but don't just yell something like that out. Please try and think of who else may be listing to you." She nodded before I let go of her. She fixed her hair then looked at Twilight.

"Next time Troy won't save you from the truth Twilight."

Cadence slapped her in the face with her wing as she turned. Blade and I looked at each other as Cadence stomped to the door.

"The city is in trouble isn't it?"

I sighed as Applejack and Rarity walked over to me. "Just get the night guard ready to evacuate the castle if Armor and I get into a fight. "

"Right Troy."

"Now please keep those two from killing each other."

He nodded and ran outside after Twilight and Cadence.

"Troy Darling a word if we may?"

I turned around and the two older sisters. "What do you need Rarity, Applejack?" Applejack popped my chest as she looked up at me.

"We want to know why ya'll are here and not back at your house with Rarity's folks."

I sighed and looked at them. "Well, I'm not going to lie to you two."

"Ok, then darling what happened?"

"Well, Rarity your father wanted me to prove I could protect Sweetie. He sent me after a manticore in the everfree forest. I thought it was another kill. But before I could find one I smelt burning flesh and heard someone calling for help. I found a pile of burning Changeling bodies and a dying mother. She begged me to take her child before the royal guard came back." Applejack and Rarity both looked shocked as they listened to me.

"The royal guard killed them."

"Yes Rarity, I killed the ones that followed me. But I don't know if it was all the guards there. I heard a loud explosion before I got the scene of the massacre."

"Hold on."

Applejack grabbed Rarity and me. She pulled us over to the corner near the door. She wrapped her arms around our necks and pulled us close.

"Did Shining Armor give the order for the attack?"

"I don't know Applejack. But I have a feeling that we'll find out soon." They both nodded as Applejack let go and we walked outside. "Alright, Cadence, Brutal Blade let's head for the castle. I got questions for Shining Armor."

"Don't touch my brother Troy."

Twilight stepped in front of me. But I smiled down at her. "I told Celestia and Luna I was going after him Twilight. ask Cadence they didn't try to stop me from leaving." She mimicked a fish as she looked at me. I patted her head as Cadence, Blade and I all walked past her. I didn't hear another word from her as Blade lead the way to the castle. Nobles moved out of the way as we walked down the streets heading to the castle.

"I've never seen the nobles move for anypony but Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Your presence alone scares the nobles, Troy."

I looked down at Brutal Blade and smiled. "Are you sure their not scared of the fearsome Brutal Blade who blow a cake up in Celestia's face?" We laughed again as Cadence gave us both another dirty look.

" I think you're pushing your luck, Troy. You'll have to sleep sometime."

I stopped and looked at him. "You know you make a good point. But I have the feeling I'm going to sleep on the couch tonight anyways.

"Try doghouse."

I sighed at Cadence word and looked at Blade. "I hate it when someone else is right." They both laughed as we walked to the castle. After a few minutes, we made it the castle. There were no guards posted in front of the main gate.

"Weird there were guards here with I left for my turn to guard the station. I wonder where they took off too?"

I walked up to the gate and pushed it open. It opened without any trouble from the other side. I looked inside the walls and didn't see anyone around. I stepped back out and drew Yatsufusa. "I don't like this Brutal take Cadence back to the station. I have the nagging feeling that he's expecting me."

"Sure thing Troy. We can take the back way in through the night guard barracks. Come on your majesty I will keep you safe. "

"Wait how do you know he's waiting for you?"

I looked at Cadence. "I bet Twilight sent him a warning about us. I don't want you here when the fighting starts. So, you two get out of here." Before Blade and cadence could leave a red dome dropped over the castle with us in it. I walked over to the dome and knocked my hand on it a few times. I frowned and sheathed Yarsufuas then balled my fist. "Let's see if I can break." I clenched my fist. A black energy started to cover my fist and arm.

"What are you doing?!"

I pulled my arm back then swung it with everything I had. I slammed my fist into the dome. My punch made contact with the dome and huge cracks formed around the whole dome. But as fast as the cracks formed the disappeared. I shook my hand after that hit. "Damn if it fixes itself I can't just break it. Cadence can you put a shield around yourself?"

"Sure."

I pink dome covered her and Blade.

"Ok, what are we going to do? Its clear Shining wants a fight. We don't know how many guards he has in the castle or what he has planned."

I looked at the castle with a smile on my face. "I know that Cadence. I know this may sound bad. I finally feel like I'm back home."