Troy pov

I woke up the next morning on the couch in the living room with someone on top of me. I opened my eyes and saw Applebloom was on top of me. I saw she was still asleep and was snuggling my chest. I smiled and wrapped an arm around her then closed my eyes. 'At least I can move again.' I laid there for an hour with her until I heard someone.

"So, he didn't kill Armor yet?"

It was Cadence. I opened my eyes to see her. She and Luna walked into the living room both still dressed in their night clothes. Luna was in one of my shirts and her panties. Cadence was in a white t-shirt and a pair of tight night pants. They looked over at me and saw I was awake. I waved at them as I hugged Applebloom into my chest. Luna sat down beside me in my chair. After a little while longer, Applebloom woke up and sat on my lap. I saw she was in a shirt just like the one I wore when I first met her. She looked down at me and smiled.

"Good morning lover boy."

I laughed a little and leaned up on my elbows. "Ok let me up, please. I want to get something to eat." She nodded and stood up beside the couch. I stood up and stretched my arms and legs. "God, that feels so much better to have my body moving again." I walked into the kitchen and saw a bowl of fruit on the table. I walked over to the table and grabbed a red apple from the bowl. Then I walked back over to the door as I started to eat the apple. I saw Applebloom walking into the master bedroom as Nightmare and Daybreaker walked into the living room. I almost choked on the apple in my mouth as I got an eye full of Daybreaker. She was in a pair of Celestia's black silk bra and panties. I hit on my chest to get the apple out of my throat so I could breathe again. I swallowed the apple and looked at her. "Would you get dressed!?" She laughed into her hand and then put both her hands behind her head then pushed her chest out.

"Oh stop, my body it just like Celestia's so you've seen what's under these."

I blushed and looked away from her. I walked back into the kitchen and waited for all of the girls to come in for breakfast. An hour Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Diamond Tiara, Silver spoon, Bertha, Cadence, Luna, Daybreaker and myself sat in the dining room about to eat. I looked around and didn't see Celestia. "Where is Celestia?" I looked around the room and in the kitchen.

"She has to be up the sun is up."

"I'll go get her and make sure the filly is still asleep." I stood up and walked to the rooms. First I walked into the master bedroom and over to the crib. The filly was still sleeping soundly in her crib. I smiled and walked back out of the room. I softly closed the door behind as I looked at Celestia's door. 'Now for the hard part.' I slowly walked over to her door and looked at it. 'God, this is not going to be easy.' I knocked on the door hoping she was okay. The door opened a little when I knocked on the door. I opened the door all the way and walked into the room. "Hey, Celestia you wake?" She didn't answer. So, I walked over to the bed where I saw a body curled up against the wall. I kneeled down to the side of the bed and started to shack her. "Celestia please wake up."

"I'm not asleep Troy now please leave I don't want to get out of bed."

She sounded depressed like she was a bipolar. "Hey, What's wrong sunshine?" I was in the middle of the room when she started to talk to me.

"Why didn't you throw me out yesterday?"

I saw she was still looking at the wall as she waited for my answer. I sighed walked over to the door closed it then made my way back over to her. I sat down at the foot of the bed and answered her. "I can't throw you out for think of your country first. I would do the same in your shoes, Celestia. I understand why you hide them from me. Why you choose to keep a weapon to deal with me if you have too. I know what's it's like to have the best intentions but have it come back to hurt you later."

"Do you hate me now? Do you resent me for lying to you and breaking your trust?"

I looked back at her as I heard her voice crack a little at the end. She curled herself up even more. I frowned and touched her lower leg to help calm her down. "Your not wrong Celestia you've lost my trust. But you can earn it back as time goes on." She looked at me for the first time since last night.

"Do you mean that?"

She sniffed a few times as she looked at me with bloodshot eyes. I smiled and stood up from the bed. "Yes, now let's go get breakfast I'm starving." She smiled and laughed lowly as she got out of her bed. I blushed when I saw her completely naked. "SORRY!" I bolted out of the room and back to the dining room. Celestia joined us then we ate our breakfast.

"Knock!" Knock!" Knock!"

Three loud knocks came from our front door. I heard the filly start crying as I sighed standing. Luna however immediately rushed to the room to stop the filly's crying. I sighed annoyed at our peaceful morning and scaring my daughter. 'I swear if it's the nobles I'm so going to beat them.' I walked over to the front door and opened the door and saw Twilight with two other ponies. A stallion with a dark blue mane and wore a blue suit. Beside him was a mare with a white and purple striped mane. She wore a purple dress. I noticed her eyes were bloodshot eyes just like Celestia's this morning. I learned on the door from as looked at her. "You can't save him Twilight he's going to die today."

"You can't kill me, son!"

The mare grabbed my shirt and started to shack me.

"Troy?"

I heard Luna behind me the mare stopped shacking me. I saw her holding the little filly in her arms. I saw the baby yawn in her arms. "Aw, look at the little cutie's yawn." Luna smiled then saw the mare with her hands gripping my shirt near my neck.

"Miss sparkie may I ask why you're grabbing the shirt of the future king of Equestria?" The second the mare heard that she let me got. I turned back around and saw her hiding behind the stallion. Twilight on the hand did something that shocked everyone present. She pulled her hand back and slapped me across the face. I smirked as I looked back down at her. "One out of ten on how hard you can hit." Her face turned red with anger and tried to slap me again.

"You're a demon!"

She was about to slap me again when I stared into her eyes. She froze as I looked into her eyes. I was looking at her like she was my enemy. She started to sweat as she dropped her arm as she stared into my eyes. I stood straight up and looked down at her and never broke eye contact with her. When I stood all the way up the three of them looked up at me.

"Twilight sweetie I think you should say sorry."

I looked at the stallion out of the corner of my eye. I saw him flinch the second he noticed me looking at him. He stopped talking when he and the mare backed up trying to get some distance between us. I looked back down to Twilight as a blue arm shot past me then grabbed her throat. I looked back and saw a rage-filled Nightmare and Daybreaker. "Nightmare stop!" She wasn't listening to me as I saw her starting to use her magic.

"You will die for your action!"

I sighed and slammed the palm of my hand into her solar plexus. She coughed out the air in her lungs. I caught as she started to fall to the ground. I looked back over the I saw Twilight on her knees. "Do you need some water?" She nodded stepped aside.

"Set her in the living room while I take Nightmare to her room." I picked nightmare up as the followed me into the house. Celestia got her the water as she sat in my chair. I had also learned that the other two were her's and Armors parents. I spoke with them as all the girls walked into the room.

"Please don't kill my son PLEASE!"

The mother started to beg me as I looked at down at her.

"He doesn't deserve to live Velvet."

We all looked at Cadence as she walked into the room. My eyes widened when I saw all the scars covering her arms. "Sweet mother of god what did Armor do to you Cadence?" She didn't answer and just walked up the crying mother.

"This is what your son is capable of Velvet, Nightlight."

She held her arms out for us to look at the scars covering her arms. I also noticed some going under her shirt as well.

"He used many other mares in the guard to pleasure himself. I was always her end goal through. You see only the individuals this room and the apple family know what you are about to be told."

She took a deep breath as she started to talk to them.

"When a female alicorn loses her virginity the male she gives it to will become immortal. So how Shining Armor learned about this and started to try and well I'm just going to say it. He tried to rape me when I told him no."

I watched as Twilight's and the mother's face filled with horror.

"How many scars do you have?"

The father stood and pulled a checkbook and filled one out but let the amount blank. "What are you playing at?" He ripped the check out and held it out to Cadence.

"I'm paying for a doctor that is an expert at using his magic to remove scars."

Cadence took the blank check and looked at him as he hung his head.

"I know I have no right to ask but can we please see him one final time?"

He did not look at us as he spoke not being able to bear the shame that now scared his family's name. I looked down at the ground and sighed. "Daybreaker get him out here please." I looked over at her as she nodded and opened her magic space. Armor fell out onto the floor then grabbed him as he tried to stand up. I grabbed both his hands and made him put them behind his back. I froze them together and forced him to his knees so I could control him no matter what he could do.

"MY BABY!"

The mother ran over and dropped to her knees then hugged him. She cried as she hugged him and Twilight rushed over to Celestia.

"Princess please tell him to stop! Just look at our mother!"

I looked over at Celestia as she shook her head.

"Twilight Troy is right Shining Armor has committed high treason, multiple attempts, committed rapes. These crimes alone call for life in the dungeon or banishment. But to summon a demon from Tartarus the using dark magic on top of all that. I'm sorry Twilight." Twilight dropped to her knees with tears in her eyes.

"Nononononononono."

Twilight kept repeating no as looked up at her. Then she looked at me. In her eyes, I saw absolute terror. I saw her starting to cry as Armor got his senses back.

"Where the buck am I? mom, dad?"

The mother cried more as his father walked over to him. He looked up I saw his eyes were still the same. Twilight gasped as she looked at his eye. I sighed and started to pull him to his hoofs. He didn't fight me as I pulled him up and but the mother wouldn't let him go. "Miss please your time is up." She looked up at me with teary eyes as the father pulled her off him.

"Wait for a second, Troy!"

I smirked and punched him in the back making a shockwave travel through his body. He coughed out so blood. I let him fall to the ground them he coughed out more blood. He turned his head and looked at me out of the corner of his eye. I smiled down at him and waved at him. "Hello, punching bag how is your jaw?"

"I WILL KILL YOU!"

He screamed and made the filly start cry. I leaned down as Luna started to calm the filly in her arms. I grabbed the hair on the back of his head and forced him to stand up. "Celestia please get me my swords. Applebloom get Pumpkin just in case too."

"Ok."

Applebloom got Pumpkin and Celestia used her magic and got my sword then gave them to me. I turned back and looked at them all. "Ok, we are going to the everfree. I'm showing him what he has done." I saw Luna grip the filly tighter then looked at me.

"You're talking about the Changeling Massacre right?"

I nodded my head as she took a step back with the filly hugged tightly to her chest. "Luna..."

"She is not going back there!"

Luna yelled as she held the filly as if I was going to take it. I pushed Armor to the ground and put my hands up. "Calm down Luna. I wasn't going to make the filly come."

"Then what were you thinking!?"

I flinched as she yelled and pinned Armor with a foot to the head when he tried to get up. "I was planning to drop you and the other off at the farm. I won't have you or the other put in danger. So the only ones coming with me are Armor's family Cadence, Applebloom, Nightmare, Daybreaker, and Celestia."

"Wait then why is Applebloom coming she's just a mud pony."

Applebloom struck Daybreaker in the back of the head with Pumpkin.

"Call me that again Daybreaker!"

Daybreaker was about to attack her when Celestia and Nightmare got in between them. I sighed and then froze Armor to the ground. "Ok stop it!" They stopped trying to get at each other when I yelled at them. I walked over to Applebloom as Nightmare let her go. "Ok, Applebloom tell me what mud pony means please." She glared at Daybreaker who was behind both Celestia and Nightmare.

"It's a racial insult started by the unicorns nobles a long time ago."

I sighed and looked back at Daybreaker as she looked at me.

"What?"

I glared at her making her flinch. "You know our deal say sorry now." She was quiet after I said for her to say sorry. "Daybreaker." I crossed my arms as I looked at her.

"Ok, Ok!"

She grumbled as she walked past Celestia and Nightmare then looked down at Applebloom.

"Applebloom I'm sorry for insulting you."

I looked at Applebloom who huffed then walked over to me and grabbed the back my shirt.

"Come with me now."

She chocked me as she pulled me away. She pulled me over to the forest and then let my shirt go.

"What deal do you have with her?"

I turned around and looked down at her as she tapped her hoof impatiently. I nodded my head and started to explain the deal. "As long as she doesn't start trouble or hurt anyone she's free to live with us until I can figure out what to do with her." Applebloom looked up at me making me sweat then she sighed.

"You're not lying to me. So, I'll just let it go for now Troy."

I sighed relieved I was off the hook for now. We walked back over to the others then freed the struggling Shining Armor. I had him on his hooves as we started to walk to the Apple family farm. As we walked Armor asked me a question one I did not expect.

"Did you swear to an oath as well?"

I looked at him as we walked and I thought up an oath. "Be in Brightest Day or the Blackest Night I will let no evil escape my site. No matter your might we will never give up the fight. For with our might justice will make all things right." He laughed a few times then looked back at me.

"Hey, if I hadn't listened to Blueblood about the immortality from one of the princesses. Say if I didn't do all the things I did to Cadence. Do you think you and I could have been friends?"

I stopped and looked at him. I nodded my head and laughed sadly. "Haha, hm maybe Armor maybe but the time for that is past. You can still do one good thing for this country though." He laughed some more then started to talk.

"Blueblood took his guards then let for the deer kingdom. He knows many of the Noble that would help him there. Last I heard from him was the deer king welcomed him into their castle with open arms. Something about both of them being part of the master gender. Then he tried to get me to join them in something called the underground slave market. I refused him then he cut all ties with me. The next day I got a letter from Twilight warning me that you were coming for me. And yes I was the one who gave to order to kill the Changelings. I raped dozens of mare because I got off on controlling them. I even planned to kill all the non-unicorns in the guard."

he turned around and looked at me as he finished.

"I know telling you all this won't change my fate. But I can at least save my family the shame of my actions."

I looked at him as he hung his head as I heard the mother crying again. "I will be sure to make sure no shame will fall on your family's name you have my word." He smiled and turned back around.

"Thank you, Troy King, of Equestria."

I didn't say a word as we started to walk again. After another ten minutes, we dropped the other girls off at Sweet Apple Acres. Once that was done those coming with me let for the exaction site. We walked through the forest and monsters would stop and stared at me.

"They remember you, Troy."

I heard Nightmare say and she seemed to be right. Monsters in the forest started to walk with us as we made our way to the second ring.

"Ok, what is going on!?"

Twilight yelled as I noticed that three domes were over them. One large blue on top and two smaller pink domes.

"I guess you're the king of more than just Equestria."

This time I turned and looked at Nightmare. "What are you getting at Nightmare?" She smiled and walked over one of the manticores and started to rub its head. The beast purred as she scratched behinds its ear.

"You and I were uncontested in this forest. Like the lions used to say when dealing with an animal, you have to show them the law of the jungle. So, I guess they see you as the alpha."

I looked at her then looked at a timber wolf. I snapped my fingers to see what would happen. The wolf immediately ran over to me and sat down at my feet. "Good wolf." I rubbed the wolfs head. The wolf leaned its head into my hand trying to get me to rub closer to its ears.

"I know this is bad to say now. Especially what's about to happen but Impressed. Nopony has ever commanded the respect of the everfree beast."

I stopped rubbing the wolfs head and turned to the cliff. "let's see if I can make stuff with my ice." I walked over to the cliff then slammed my fist into the ground. I forced ice straight into the ground that formed some overlapping stairs. I smiled as I stood back up to see if they reached the bottom. I smiled wide as I looked at my work. "Alright, it worked." We walked down the stairs and through the forest to the place I found the filly.

"Where are you taking us?"

I heard Shining mother ask as I saw the clearing in front of us.

I stopped before we entered the clearing. "Before you go into this clearing Sparkle family. Know what you are about to see may hunt your dreams and memories. So, I ask before we continue." I turned around and looked at them. "Can you bare the site if the corpses are yours of the innocent your son had killed?" I gave them a few minutes before we walked into the clearing. I saw the pile of the burnt bodies in the middle of the clearing. I saw the mother right where I left her. "Come with me Armor."

"Sure."

We walked over to the mother so he could see what he had done. He looked down at the mother then he looked at me.

"Is she the mother of the foal you have at your house?"

"Yes, she is." I looked around and saw the sword I had the other day. I picked it up and walked behind Armor. I melted the ice on his hands and stabbed the sword into the ground as he turned around. He looked down at the sword then back at me.

"What are you doing?"

I took a few steps back. I drew Murasame and held it with one hand. He took the sword as he looked at me. "I'm not going to kill you on your knees and defenseless." He smiled and looked down at the sword.

"Well, at least I'm getting a warrior's death."

I smiled and nodded his head. He grabbed the handle tight and charged me. I narrowed my eyes as he ran for me. 'Goodbye." I when for a thrust to my chest but I blocked it and threw it up into the air. Then I quickly grabbed the handle and cut his chest open wide. His blood covered my hands and sword.

"NO!"

I heard the mother scream as Armor fell beside me. I looked down at him as a pool of blood formed under his body. I turned and looked down at him. "Celestia, can you please get me a shovel?" I heard the hum of magic than a pop.

"Here you go, Troy."

I turned and saw the father also had a shovel in his hands. Celestia floated me the other shovel then both of us walked over to the center of the clearing. We started to dig a grave for Shining Armor so he would have a resting place.

"What about her?"

I Heard about talking then I looked over at the mother. "I'll bury her too." And I did just that as Twilight and her family cried over his grave marked by a sword. I got a large rock and used it as a gravestone or her. Once that was done we left the second ring. We stopped by the cabin and so I could wash my hands in the river.

"How can you kill without feeling anything?"

I covered my hands with fire and dried my hands off. "If you must know Twilight I'm used to seeing death and pain everywhere I go. I fought in a war remember?" I turned around and then looked at her. I walked over to as the back up into a tree. I looked down at her as she started to panic. "I want to make something clear to you Twilight. The is a massive difference between you and me. Take yesterday for example. You assumed I would attack the second I saw him didn't you?"

"Y-yes I did."

"Well do you know why I'm the way?"

"N-no I don't."

I leaned down and looked deep into her eyes. "I'm this way because me and my friend face down the worst the world could throw at us. We saw the worst horrors that humans could commit.

"What could have been so bad about a war that could turn you into this?"

I thought of the worst crimes committed by humans. " Cambodian genocide two and a half million. Nigerian Civil war three million dead. Holodomor Seven and half million dead. The holocaust seventeen million. A total of thirty million lives lost. Just think of seeing all that while fighting in a war. To fight an empire so determined a tear the world apart so it could role the world. To see all those horrors to see civilization After civilization falls all because of a man when mad with power. How can you not become numb to death when it's all around you?" I swallowed as she looked up at me.

"I-I don't know what a genocide is. But it doesn't sound right."

"The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular race or nation." I walked away from her as she looked up at the sky.

"How are you still sane after seeing things like that?"

I stopped walking and looked back at her. "Becuase in a war it does or die Twilight. The only way to survive on the mental front is to stay sane. Accept what you have done and move on. Because if you break if you lose your sanity on the battlefield someone close to you will die. You'll be left there standing over a dead friend wondering what you could have done differently. What you could have done to save your friend's life. That was easily the biggest mistake of my life." There was silence in the forest as all of them let my words sink in.

"Bulat."

I heard Celestia voice as I looked down at the ground. "Yes, I wanted to fight too much. I didn't care if I died back then as long as I got my target. Bulat understood and told me to focus on the fight in front of me. I did but in doing that it cost Bulat his life. I didn't pay attention to his fight and didn't notice until I was beaten half to death with a busted rib cage. Hell, the other found me with one of my lungs was filled with blood and a cracked skull. I almost died from the shock of the injuries."

"I wish he had killed you."

I laughed as I knew it was Twilight's mother. "I know what you must think of me Miss Sparkle. You must think that I'm monster or that I'm even evil right?" I turned and looked at her. She looked at me like I was the devil.

"Yes."

I laughed and smiled. "Lady you have no idea." We all walked out of the forest. Twilight and her family left for her tree house.

"Troy."

I turned around and looked at Cadence and Applebloom as they walked up to me. "What do you need girls?" When they were in front of me then hugged me as tight as they could.

"How did you survive a war of that size?"

I looked over at Celestia as she looked at me. I laughed and nodded my head then looked at her. "Good friends and a drive to see a peaceful world for one day. You should know about that much Celestia." After a few minutes, they let me go and then we started to walk back to the farm. As we walked Celestia and me discussed moving the capital to ponyville seeing as I destroyed their castle.

"Oh, I have an idea!"

We looked over at Applebloom as we walked onto the farm.

"Why do you let Troy handle the nobles for a day?"

I smiled as we walked up to the farmhouse. "I like that I idea Applebloom. Let them get used to someone who won't just let them bitch about whatever." I saw Celestia smile at that one and heard Nightmare laugh.

"Troy!"

Scootaloo came running up to me and was jumping excitedly.

"The filly said her first word!"

We all smiled and asked at the same time. "What was it?" She smiled as she looked at me.

"Mama. Oh, Luna was so happy to hear her say that."

I smiled and then we started to walk to the house. Walked through the open door then I was hit right on the top of my head. I grabbed my head then I looked over at granny. "What the hell granny!? Are you having a senior moment!?" She looked at me with narrowed eyes and was holding her stick like she was about to hit me again.

"Mac and Harvester are out in the barn waiting for you. Then as for the hit, it was for pitting m grandfilly through a month of worry and stress."

I rubbed my head as I looked at her. "Ok, point taken granny no need to farther attack me with your pain stick." She pulled it back over her head. I dashed back out of the house to get away from her. I heard the girls laughing as I ran over to the barn. I sighed and opened the barn door. I started to talk to myself as I opened the barn door. "Now I have to figure out where I can find them all wedding rinGGGIINNGG!" The second I was close to the door opened then a red hand shot out. It grabbed me then yanked me into the barn.

"Shut the door!"

I heard a stallion's voice then I heard the door close quickly. I looked around the barn to see who the said that. I jumped when I saw all the stallions from the town in the barn. I saw a few of the nobles in the crowd as well. "Ok, what the hell is going on?" Mac put a hand on my shoulder and nodded over to map on the wall.

"When the heat comes around all us stallions get together and plan out our hiding place for the heat season. This year we were planning to hide in the forest. But we can't find a safe place so we were hoping you'd help."

I noticed something moving in the hay in the top of the barn and frowned. "Hold it there make we have a rat." I grabbed a rope from the wall and jumped to the top area in the barn. I saw the Spa mares hiding behind the hay. "Hello, ladies. Now, will you come quietly or does this have to get nasty?" I looked down at them as I unwrapped the rope in my hands then snapped it. They threw their hands up as I looked down at them. I smiled as I pointed over to the latter. "Good but I can't just let you leave. So, you're going to come down with me." They frowned and started to the climb down the latter. Big mac and Harvester made them is in the reinforced room. The unicorns that had high magic skills placed a soundproof around the room.

"How'd you know they were there?"

I turned back and saw a Pegasus with a dark blue mane and light blue coat. I crossed my arms and smirked. "My eyes are like that of a predator. Sharp like a knife at someone's throat." They all flinched as I looked at them. I laughed and then walked over to the map. I pointed to mine and Nightmare's cabin. "Mac your dad and six more can hide in mine and Nightmares cabin." I then pointed to a small clearing about a mile from the cabin. Where I killed all the monsters that were around a huge cave. "And here is a cave that could hold over a hundred of you. I've already killed the monsters in the nearby and surrounding area. I had planned to build a gate and use it as a large storage area. So, it's like there are two safe zones in the forest. Both are nearby a large river which has many edible plants along the bank." I looked back at the stallions as they looked at me. I clapped my hands a few times as I looked back at them. "Well ladies what are you standing around for getting moving."

"What about you?"

I looked over at a stallion with yellow fur and a brown mane. I smiled and scratched the back of my head. "I'm hanging back in town. My girls aren't the only ones who want a few kids running around the house." I smiled as he looked at me. The stallions had gotten ready after ten minutes then I let the spa sister's out. I leaned the groups to the hiding places.