“Are you sure about this, Troy?”

I nodded as I looked down at the orb I took from the other humans. “We need to know what this thing does, and the only way to find out is to test it, so please call for Twilight.” Bree looked at me then looked at Luna and Celestia, but the only nodded. Bree sighed, then nodded before walking out of the throne room. I leaned back into my throne, looking at the orb.

“Troy, you know Twilight won’t help you willingly, so how are you going to convince her?”

I sighed as I looked at Luna, already knows this. “Offer her something she wants her freedom returned.” She looked at me with wide eyes then Celestia slammed her fist down on her throne. We looked at her, and her mane was smoking.

“You can’t be telling us the truth! She and her family threaten our filly!”

I nodded, then waved her down as she looked at me. “I get it, and trust me, I understand why your angry Celestia. But, we need to know how this works, and it could help us find any other humans that may already be in Equestria.” Celestia looked at me with a look at could kill be she huffed then crossed her arms as she looked forward. I nodded, knowing I was going to get an ear full later tonight. ‘Why does this mare have such a stubborn street.’ A few minutes later, Twilight walked in, and I saw that she was a little thinner in a maid outfit He hair was up in a ponytail with a ring around her horn with two old school iron cuffs around her wrist, but without the chains. So runes seemed to be carved into the metal.

“What do you want?”

I laughed a little as Luna and Celestia gave her a death glare. “I won’t lie I kind of respect that I’ll kill you glare.” She narrowed her eyes as she looked at me. I threw the orb over to her, and she caught it then looked at it then at me. “Here the deal you get that working and your free.” She looked at me for a second then at Celestia and Luna.

“Yes, Troy is telling you the truth.”

Twilight looked at us for a second before nodded and walked out of the room Bree following him. I smiled as I stood up, then started to walk to the door.

“Troy?”

“I want to see what she does.” I walked out of the throne room follow quietly behind them but stopped when I saw her mother. She was a little thinner as well and had bags under her eyes. I hated her for sure, but I didn’t want either of them to go through whatever they were having to deal with. I walked over to her and cleared my throat. She flinched when she jumped and turned to look at me. I saw I was wrong; they weren’t bags; they were black eyes. “What happened to you?” She looked away from me then bowed as she told. I’ve gotten into fights with other maids, and a few female soldiers from your army use a lot of force to break us up. ‘Shadow?’

‘She’s telling the truth.”

I sighed as I rubbed my eyes, then walked at her, took the rug she was using to clear the window, and threw it into the bucket behind her. “Come on, let go to my office. I have a list with faces I want to know who.” She looked at me for a moment, then nodded and placed her hands over her skirt. She followed me as I walked, then I started to talk again. “Why are the two of you suddenly losing weight?”

“The head maid cut our meals and sleep time by order of Queen Celestia.”

I nodded as I looked ahead a little anger rising for Celestia. 'I'll have to go and deal with the head maid myself.' We arrived at the door to my office, and I looked back at her as my guards opened the door. "Please have a seat, and I will have tea brought for us.' I looked at the female Diamond dog a pit bull from the looks of it. She bowed to me before walking off to get a maid to get us tea. We walked in, and I closed the door then saw the paper for Nightlight on my desk. He'd been sent to a mine, and I smiled as I looked at it. We walked over, and Velvet sat down with a small smile on her face. I say down, opened the file, and stopped as I read in big, bold letter deceased tapped across the top. I held up the paperwork quickly, starting to learn.

'killed in mine collapse do to Diamond dog attack. Nobodies were recovered as we are unable to reopen this part of the mine shaft.'

I blinked then looked at the mare, and she looked at me with a worried look. I sighed, then closed the folder then held it out to her. " I'm sorry, Velvet." She opened it; then, her eyes went wide.

"What?!"

She yelled, and a few emotions ran over her face as she looked at the papers, confusion, anger, panic, and lastly, sadness. I rubbed the back of my head as she sat back down. She looked at me with tears in her eyes.

"How am I going to tell Twilight?"

That was something I had to tell her, and this could play into my hands if I word this right. “I’m sorry to have to give you news like this. I know I had a large hand in this but I believe I owe you far more than an apology or an I wish I could take it back so this is what I’m going to do. Twilight is performing a task for me and I’m releasing her from this horror show I let go on. I let anger and my want for blood control me. Your son Shining Armor was something that was going to happen by my hands or the queens when they found out. Look I know there is no way around what I did and granted our families anger is more than warranted after all but I fell as I must tell you why this is the way I am. Why I acted the way I have to this point.” I proceeded to recount everything I’d told the girls and anyone else who wanted to know about me. I watched her face when I told her how my sister was murdered, how I joined the revolutionary army at fourteen. The death total of thirty million and the land of my birth, then how I told the girls how children were treated and if found unsuitable for combat. To say raw emotion was on her face would be a monster understatement. She looked at me with a massive mix of pity, disgust and all overlooked at me.

“How can you possibly smile or even feel love after everything!? To come from a world filled with all that hate, death and destruction!?”

I smiled as I looked at her then opened a door in the desk. I pulled out the list I told her about then I pulled out my greatest treasure a large photo of my herd with all our foals in their mother’s arms. I held it out to her and she took it from me. “Their how I hold together Twilight Velvet they need me to keep it together and need to be the father and man they need to help them raise these foals.” She looked at me for a second then smiled as she looked at me,

“I see, I guess I can somewhat understand why you had to act in such a way. I didn’t want to think of your side of the story, how you become what you are, but even with that, I can’t forgive you for what you did to my son. But, I can at least forgive you for what you did to me and Twilight. However, there is still one huge problem.”

I looked at her and she undid the button’s over her chest. She opened the top showing me the brand on her chest.

“This mark brands me as your breeding mare. Once placed it can’t be easily removed and when I go into heat it will making so I can’t breed with any other stallion our it will start to burn me.”

I nodded as I looked down at my papers then started to go through them.

“I see, maybe I can get it removed from you so you can…”

“It's fine.”

I stopped then looked back up at her. “I’m sorry? I must have just heard you wrong.” She nodded as she looked at me.

“No, you heard me right. Know that all this I feel a little relieved somehow. Maybe it’s the fact that I know you aren’t after power and the fact that you haven’t tried to touch us. But, I do have a question.”

“Yes?”

She blushed a little as she fixed her top.

“I’ve heard your mare talking about how rough but gentle you can get and how you can go for a whole.”

I blushed as she looked at me her cheeks red. I cleared my throat then pushed the list to her. “Please look over these so you can find the ones who hurt you.” with her face still red she grabbed the list then started to go over it. Then I noticed my door cracked open. I narrowed my eyes before it quickly shut. I stood up making her look at me and I nodded my head before I walked over to the door. I opened the door and saw the little changeling prince looking up at me dress like I was with a green scarf his hair combed trying to make it got father down his back. The short sword was strapped to his back. I smiled as I looked down at the little prince. “Come here, little guy.” I picked him then sat him on my shoulder. I noticed a green tail around the corner and I looked up at him. We smiled then I quiet l walked over to the corner and jumped out and yelled scaring Chrysalis and Bertha. They looked at us and Chrysalis yelled as she looked at us.

“AKI, TROY!”

I turn then ran from the two Chrysalis chasing us as Aki laughed as I ran back into the office then slammed my hand on the door. I froze it shut and I heard banging coming from the other side. I sighed as Aki laughed on my shoulder kicked his legs into my chest. I smiled as I took the little guy off my shoulder then ran over to Velvet as she looked at us.

“Miss run my mommy is on the warpath!”

He ran around my desk then jumped into the spot for your legs. I could see his legs and scarf that was on the ground. We laughed before my door was kicked in scaring us. I turned in time to see a black-furred fist flying at me. I ducked back but and Chrysalis’s fist flew over my face but she kicked my legs trying to knock me down but I grabbed her arm and pulled her arm then kicked her legs out from under her. We turned in the air and I threw her to the ground but I stayed up a smile on my face.

“I hate you sometimes.”

“Love you too Chrys.”

Her cheeks turn bright green as she looked up at me. Velvet laughed then set the list down on my desk.

“The two at the top are the ones's ad I’ll leave you three alone.”

She left and Bertha walked in a smile on her face. I noticed the dress she was dressed in. It was a bright red dress with a large black bow on her left hip. I smiled as I pulled Chrysalis to her hoofs she huffed then left the room Aki quickly come out from under my desk then ran after his mother. I laughed as Velvet stood bowed then started to walk out of the office. “Velvet.” She stopped and she looked at me. “Wait outside we need to finish talking.” She nodded then stood outside the door waiting as I had asked. Bertha laughed as she looked at me then walked over and leaned on the desk.

“So, how are things going on this end?”

I nodded as I rubbed my eyes. “Some of the troops are being quite troublesome.” I tapped the papers beside her hand then she picked up the stack looking at them.

“A lot of these are younger in age.”

I nodded as I laughed a little into my hand as I set the papers back down to the desk. I cupped her cheek and gave her a quick kiss before I took a step back. We walked out of the office and Velvet quickly followed me as I started to walk to the barracks. “Velvet have you thought of what you would like from me?”

“With my daughter getting her freedom from this I can’t really think of anything I want. But, if you can please help us with the head maid. She should be in the maid's quarts right now Queen Celestia asked to meet with her.”

She looked up at me with sad eyes with a defeated look in her eyes. I sighed then I patted her back which made her blush a little then she moved a little closer. I laughed as we walked then I stopped when we saw Celestia walking into the maids quarters where the maid staff slept. ‘This ends now.’ I looked down at the mare a soft smile on my face. “Come on Velvet we’ll deal with this mess now.” She nodded then followed me into the maid's quarters. I cleared my throat scaring the two mares in the room. Celestia and the head maid jumped from the sudden noise. To my surprise, the head maid wasn’t a pony but a somewhat you donkey mare. Her dress was the same as Velvet with black mane with bright blue bangs on both her head and tail with large pink eyes.

I crossed my arms as I looked at them Celestia laughed as she looked at me. I narrowed my eyes as I looked at the two and the maid trying to hide behind Celestia. I spun my foot then ice flew at her and threw her back into a wall. I froze her to the wall completely leaving only her head free. “I’ll deal with you in a second!” I pointed a finger at the donkey and she looked at me clearly scared for her life. I looked at Celestia and she flinched as she looked back at me. “Celestia this is beyond what I expected from you.” She looked away from me as I took a step towards me.

“Look, Troy…”

I stomped on the stone ground scaring her more. “You had food cut from there meals and the time they get to sleep?” She looked panicked now as she backed up to the wall. I stood in front of her and crossed my arm as I looked down at her. “Give me one good reason I should keep trying to see the bright side of this mess. This is the third time, the THIRD TIme you’ve done something like this. “First the Elements secret which I can overlook, the second time is when you keep trying to fight with Nightmare and ended up slashing me pretty bad. Now, this? Come on Celestia why? Tell me why!” She looked at me for a second then a snarl formed on her face.

“She put a bucking blade to our daughter's chest! Our newborn filly not even a few hours old! She should be in the ground but you didn’t kill her! “

“I could have killed all of them in an instant but you preached peace in the garden. Talking about not wanting others to suffer, where is that now!?” She flinched as she looked up at me but she knew I won’t hurt her if I had the choice. "Why did I even hold out hope some days.” I looked at the head maid and she flinched as she looked at me. “This stops now! If I hear even a whisper of this again I will personal destroy every single life of every maid here!” She nodded quickly and I melted the ice holding her. “GET!” She got to her hoofs then ran away as I looked at Celestia. I nodded my head then turned back on her. I walked out not saying a word as Velvet quickly followed then I grabbed her and covered us both in cold energy when the storm started. I knew Celestia would be made and she did heat up the area but this was different. Flames licked the walls as I walked out of the maid’s room. “Velvet go find Luna.” She quickly nodded then she ran off as Celestia shoot a bolt of magic at me. I crossed my arms taking the hit but the heat was insane and the force of the attack threw me back. I broke through a wall my cloak and shirt burning as I crashed. The stone wall and a few columns fell on top of me. I moved under the stone then I pushed up the part of the wall. I threw it to the side as I sat all the way up looking at the now very pissed Celestia. “You really want to do this Celestia.” Her mane and tail turned into flames as she looked at me.

“YES!”

She started to run at me and I smirked as she charged me. I jumped to my feet as she sent another stream of fire at me. I threw up a wall of ice but she punched through the ice her fit covered in flames. She slammed a punch straight into my face. My head flew back blood coming from my mouth and nose. I clenched my fist then threw my head forward and slammed my head into her forehead right under her horn. As flames burn part of my hair I grabbed her dress then slammed her back into the wall.

“GET OFF!”

In one quick movement, she threw a knee into my jaw. ‘That’s one of my attacks!’ I grabbed her shoulder then as fast as I could freeze her body with my ice energy and the flames died and she dropped to the ground shivering. I heard someone run around the wall in the wall as I leaned over spitting out a mouth full of blood.

“What happened!?”

I stood back up fist raised ready for another attack but I saw Luna, Nightmare, Daybreaker and Cadence looking shocked at what they were looking on. I sat back down on part of the wall then pulled off what was left of the shirt. “She got pissed and attacked me.” I looked down at my chest and saw a few burns on my skin. ‘Guess I can be hurt they them.’ I rubbed the burn skin then sighed as I looked at Celestia as the slight blue glow around her faded away. I pulled my right leg up as I looked down at her. She stopped shaking as she got up a snarl on her face as she looked at me.

“YOU!”

I set my right forearm on my right knee as I looked at her. She stood up her mane and tail starting to burn. “I will kill you this time Celestia.” She stopped dead and I swear I heard her heartbreak as she looked at me.

“W-what?’

I pressed my foot into the stone breaking straight through as I looked at her. Then I swung my right hand a blast of flames burning a line across the stones and floor. She jumped back fear on her face and the other back up too.

“T-Troy?”

“You’ve got two options, Celestia.” I sat back on the stone slightly leaned forward arms resting on my knees. “Back down and never try to come near me again or cross that line and see I I do when someone when they’ve finally pushed me to my limit. The choice is your easy way or the nasty way.” Tears formed in her eyes as I stared at her my calm face never changing as she started to cry.

“Troy I’m…”

She stepped over the line and then I threw my left arm out. A second later part of her mane fell to the ground with a small cut forming on her cheek. “Last warning, Celestia right now it’s taking everything I have not to try and kill you like my instincts are screaming for me to do.” She held her cheek then pulled her hand back seeing the blood on her white fur. The dark spots started forming around me as I looked at her. ‘God that look in her eyes is so pathetic looking.’ I stood up then the spots disappeared as I walked passed her. The others moved as I walked passed them. “I’m going out to punch a boulder into dust don’t come anywhere near me any of you. Like I am right now I may snap and kill someone.”

“R-right.”

Luan’s voice shook as she looked at me. I walked out of the destroyed room then over to a window. I opened it then jumped out off the fifth floor of the castle. I landed in a squat then jumped back off heading for the forest line at the edge of trees but before I walked in I let out a loud whistle. A second later a loud and loud howl rang out and Snowball can running. I jumped up and landed on his back as he ran into the forest.