Troy pov three days earlier

I sat in the war tent sitting beside the former queen of all ponies. She had taken her crown off, and I saw it was made almost like the crowns of a Roman emperor leaf crown.

"I think I understand what's going on, and I'm making this clear. The deer kingdom is not to be Annexed. The deer god Forest Master will not stand by while his creations are conquered. He's already having a fit over you all take the doe's."

"Hm, I'll deal with him if it comes to that."

Faust looked at me out of the corner of her eye.

"You'll die, the rest of the gods and goddess may not care, but you directly pick a fight with Forest Master. That will force them to take action."

"I'll take my chances if it comes to that."

"Troy."

I looked at Luna, and I nodded as I looked. "Fine, I'll back down for now, but I stand by my words."

"As do I."

Faust and I looked at each other out of the corner of our eyes. 'This is going to be hard to get along with.' I stood up and looked down at the mare. "Well, every side are we agreed?"

"Yes, we'll hold here until you've had time to rest."

Troy current pov

POW!

I slammed a right hook into my custom sandbag, my knuckle wrapping coming loss. I huffed as I took a step back, my fist alight with the healing flames from me beating through the bandages.

"Are you finished with your little tantrum."

I huffed as I looked to the side, seeing Luna standing there arms crossed. I looked over to her as my skinned healed. "I'm not throwing a tantrum. I'm letting out my frustration from having to leave the battlefield." I turned back to my sandbag then started punching again as I talked. "I'm a northern tribe warrior! We don't run or turn our back!" I threw a left upper sending the bag up into the air, and the chain snapped as it fell back. I huffed as I stood there, my fist still raised as I stood there. "Argh! By the ancestors!" I kicked the bag and sent it skidding across the floor. "I'm a warrior; I should still be out there beside everyone else!" I clenched my fist tighter, then I sighed, unclenching my fist. "Who am I kidding? I'm not the warrior I was."

"Why do you say that?"

I turned, seeing Faust standing beside Luna. I nodded as I burnt, then bandages off, then walked over to the bench next to the weight wall. I huffed sweat dripping from my hair. "I don't feel like I did before the fight with Urgirth. I don't know how, but she dragged the old me out." I looked up, seeing the two of them looking at me. "The two of you don't understand how I feel about that. To think even for a moment, that side of me was dragged back out." I nodded as I looked back down at my fist balled as I sat there. "God damn it." I stood up, walked over to the sandbag, grabbed the chain, and then walked back over to the hook in the center of the room. I took off the broken link then started to lift it, but a white aura ripped it from my hands. I frowned and looked over at Faust as she held the sandbag a frown on her face.

"You've been at this for four hours. You punched enough for today, so go see your foals."

I glared at her and turned my back on them. "You too leave, I won't stop until it feels like that part of me is gone again." I started to walk over to my sword rack, but the white aura grabbed me and threw it back into the wall. I snarled as I forced my muscles to break free of the magic holding me. Faust looked a little shocked, and I cracked my neck as I glared at her. "Never do that again!"

"Troy!"

I huffed as I nodded my head then threw my fist back into the wall, breaking part of it down, leaving a hole in the wall. I huffed as I looked into my shower room and sighed then sat down on the stones. "By the ancestors, am I turning back into who I was? I freak whose only skill is killing everything."

"Enough!"

I hard smack hit me on my right cheek, and I turned to look at Luna. "Luna."

"NO! SHUT THE BUCK UP!"

She yelled at me, surprising her mother and me.

"Your not who you were! Your not some mindless killer anymore. You've freed hundreds of doe's and built an army that even now frees more. You are not a monster, so don't think of yourself as one! "

I huffed as I stood up from the broken stones and looked down at her. She backed up fear on her face, but I didn't care about that. "If one were to really stop and look at me, my past, they'd see I'm not monster but more like a demon." I walked passed her then out of the gym Faust watching me as I went. I walked down the hall using my heat energy to dry my body as I walked.

"You know, you didn't have to got that far."

I stopped as I looked at Nightmare. "Hm, maybe, but the truth is the truth. These days, I'm finding it harder to try keeping my more undesirable family traits under control." We started walking again, and I looked down at her small bludge over her stomach. I huffed as I put my hands in my pockets before turning down my hall.

"Troy?"

"Don't follow me; I need time to think."

"Ok."

I kicked my door in, and to my surprise, I walked in, seeing Twilight standing there in her bra and panties. I closed the door and walked over to my bed. I fell back onto the bed and sighed as I closed my eyes. "Didn't Rarity converter three rooms in a massive room for you?" She sat down on the bed after putting jeans on.

"Ya, but your room is closer to my magic range."

I nodded as I laid there, but She laid down and rested her head on my chest. I was a little annoyed, but I didn't care at this point. My door flew open and

"Get Daddy!"

Twilight and I fell out of bed as Tracy, snowball, and Eva rushed in. Tracy jumped over the bed landing on me with Eva close behind.

"AH! SNOWBALL! Not my shirt!"

I Shoved Tracy to the side as Eva licked my face as I glared at Applejack and Applebloom as they laughed. "I'll give you both five seconds to run." They laughed as they ran off, and I sighed as Tracy licked my cheek. I scratched the side of her head as she purred as she pressed her body into my back. "I know, girl, and I missed you too."

"Daddy!"

I looked at the door seeing Daybreaker with Ameerah at her side in her little blue and black dress with a blue bow in her hair. I smiled as Tracy jumped over me, running over to Ameerah. I laughed as Eva put her paws on my chest. I frowned as I looked down at her as she nipped at my small beard. I pushed her down and rubbed her head before standing back up. I nodded my head as I walked over to the door and got one knee. Ameerah reached up, hugging my arm with her little arm. I laughed but didn't smile down at her. "Sorry, sweetie, but Daddy doesn't want to play right now."

"Daddy?"

I rubbed her mane then stop up, making her let go of my arm. I looked down at her for a second, then looked at Daybreaker. "I'll be back in a few hours please keep everyone from killing one another." I walked passed her my bare feet on the cold marble floor. I jumped up to an open window then took off running into the midday sun. I jumped into the air flying above the forest, but even down, I fell off a father part of the forest I'd not gone to yet. I landed in the forest, tearing up the ground as I landed. A branch caught my shirt ripping it I landed then sighed as I ripped the rest of the shirt off. I laughed as I started to walk through the forest hands in my pockets. I looked down at my chest, seeing more than a few new small scars the longest being an inch or two long on my the lower side of my right side.

"AH!"

I heard a male scream, and I took off running ahead. I came through the forest and saw a huge cave mouth seeing a large manticore standing over an older Diamond dog who was bleeding, and there was something under him. I snarled as I ran up behind the manticore. "Come chew on my fist, you furry freak it turned it's head right as I swung my fist. I connected with the face and sent this guy flying back into the blood, flying off it as it flew. I huffed my body feeling a little better after that. I looked down at the older diamond dog seeing he wasn't as old as I'd first thought he was as I saw his red fur. He must have been middle-aged with a cut over his right shoulder with two smaller dogs doing there best to hold him up. I reached down, then picked him up and threw him on my back.

"Sir?"

"Lead me to the closes thing you have for a doctor around here!"

They nodded as they ran into the cavemouth. Soon we ran into a large cavern lite with huge torches with homes carved into the walls with a river and waterfall.

"Over here!"

I saw the smaller of the two waving me over. I rushed up to the sole standing house. A young female with blue and white fur dressed in a torn skirt and a bikini top under the shirt. There was an older dog plum and rough like Cloudy beside dressed the same way, but she has a scar over her right breast. They looked up from the pup then their eyes widened.

"Chief!"

She looked at the dog on my back then jumped up, rushing me into the house. I walked into the house then laid him down on a stone bed with what looked like dried grass acting as a mattress. I took a few steps back, giving them to work. I walked back out of the house and stopped as I saw the whole town in front of the house. I waved as I tried to walk around them but stopped when the smaller dog grabbed my hand. I looked down at her and noticed she looked like a small Doberman.

"Father!"

A Doberman with light purple hair with a blue-collar on with something that looked like pearls came running it. She had dark blue eyes, and she was dressed in an overcoat with no bra and had on a red thong. She had a brown fur on her front with the rest of her coat was black, and her arms were slightly smaller than the other diamond dogs around. She ran passed me into the house. The smaller dog pulled on my hand.

"Come, Come."

She started to pull me along to a larger house in the cave wall.

'Master a bat pony is watching us.'

I huffed as I walked into the house, then sat down and crossed my legs after being pulled over to the sidewall with a small fire going under a pot. The small pup walked over to a large clay pot, grabbed a bowl, and got some water. She ran back over to me but started to fall, and I laughed before catching her. I caught the bowl as well as she fell into my chest. I laughed as I set her down beside me the bowl out to her.

"Thank you."

I nodded as I made a few ice cubes then dropped them into her water. She took a sip of the water as I heard pad and claws on the floor. I turned, seeing a large dog wearing torn up pants with a club in hand. I narrowed my eyes as I put a hand on the puppies back then pushed her in front of me. "You even think of using that, and I will saw you a new world of pain you'd never seen."

"Brother!"

The pup jumped up from in front of me, then ran around to the dog. Now that I was looking at him, he did look a lot like a doberman too. He had long orange hair with the same eyes the female had. His paws were huge as well with large claws at the ends of his fingers. He picked her up and rubbed his head in her forehead.

"Sorry, Bone."

I laughed as I turned to face them both as they hugged. "So, what now?" The dog smiled at me as he walked over to the wall setting the club down. He walked over while Bone I think he called that she pup sat in the palm of his paw. He sat down in front of me, then sat Bone down and then balled both his fist and bowed his head.

"Thank you. Saved my father, you did."

I smiled as I bowed from my place when he looked back up. "No need to thank me, Sir." I looked at him, and he smiled as he looked at me.

"Crush?'

We looked back to see the female walking in a look of relief on her face. She smiled as she looked at the two, then she looked at me. She walked over, then got on her knees and bowed her head as she looked at me.

"Thank you for saving our father."

I smiled as I waved for her to get back up.

"Don't bow, miss."

She looked back up at me, seeing my smile as I looked at her. I fully turned then reached into my back belt bag. I pulled out the bag of meat then set it down on the ground. They all looked at it, then the little pup reached out, grabbing it. She pulled it back over, then opened the bag, and she smiled.

"Jerky!"

She reached in grabbing handfuls of meat then ran out of the house. I laughed as the large dog grabbed the bag, then took out a few pieces of jerky then passed the bag to the female. She took some out then started to eat it as they looked at me.

'Mater the bat pony is outside of the cave mouth waiting.'

'Thanks."

I nodded, then the younger medical dog came in. I gave her a real look this time. She was a wolf-like with a half in the top of her left ear. She looked down at the bag after sniffing the air. "Give her some too."

"Sure."

The guy held up his paw with the bag in his paw.

"Take stranger share with us. "

I laughed as I stood up from my place than pulled Tanda out of my bag as I started to walk out of the house. "You all have a good day. I need to go deal with something." I walked through the town then out of the cave feeling the eyes on me. I jumped into the as I heard the dogs running up behind me. I started jumping through then I noticed two glints of light. I grabbed a branch and dodged two large throwing knives. I landed on the ground sword drawn as I heard someone moving around. I looked around, feeling the eyes. 'Shadow?'

'It's a stallion, but he's using very strange magic to hid where he was and hold close he is.'

'How close? Can you tell me that?!'

I blocked two more knives, one from each side of me.

'Ten feet to the right!"

I jumped to the right then cut the tree in front of me in half, just missing a stallion. This stallion had a red mane, and yellow eyes stood out in the dark as he looked at me out of the corner of his eye.on his side were two swords on his side was both a sword and a long sword. Something about this one was different from the other I've fought with. His eyes seemed to be excited as he grabbed his long sword then drew it swinging it at me. I blocked the strike then tried to kick him, but he grabbed my foot. I threw y leg up, taking him off balance as he tried to swing his sword. I made a few balls of fire in my hand then threw them at him. They blew up. He jumped away, landing on the ground his wide stance hoofs digging into the ground with one hand on the ground with his other hand raised sword at the ready.

"Come on!"

I smiled as the two of us charged each other. I spun Tanda in my hand to block the strikes as he drew the second blade. I punched him across the face and sent him rolling, but he recovered so quickly it surprised me a little. A bigger smile formed on my face as I jumped at him. I blocked the sword then kicked him in the face forcing his head back.

"I want to fight more!"

I smiled as the two of us separated smiles on our faces. "Come on!"

"YA!"

We each of us charged, and I blocked his two stikes, then grabbed his top shirt then threw my knee into his chest, making him cough out his breath. I turned then slammed an elbow into the side of his head. He dropped, then spun on the ground then tried to kick me in the face. I ducked, grabbing his throat. I looked him in the eyes, and I watched as is eyes took on a dark look.

"Got you."

I blinked, then he dropped his short sword and slammed a punch straight into my solar plexus. I coughed out a mix of red and silver blood.

"Moon Sythe kick!"

He kicked me in the side of the neck, taking me to the ground. I coughed out more blood and couldn't help but wonder how he was getting blood out of me. I smiled blood coming from the sides of my mouth. I still had my grip on his neck was weak but still on. "Fine, well, play that game." I dropped my sword then pulled my right fist back, clenching my fist as tight as I could black energy coming from it. He saw this; he looked scared as I started to throw the punch.

"Dragon rush!"

I punched him straight in the face and sent him flying, breaking through the trees, and I jumped back up then charged him. I was in front of him in a second, then grabbed his shirt and started slamming punched into his gut over and over. He lost his long sword as I rushed my attack before I slammed him back into a cliff base. I pulled my right back about to deal the killing blow. But, I stopped as I dropped my fist with a smiled on my face. I let him drop to the forest floor as I laughed a little then sat down in front of him. I pulled out a healing potion on the ground as well as a gallon of water. He smirked, then grabbed the potion then drank it. Once he was healed, he sat down in front of me and laughed as he set his arms on his knees.

"Well, buck, I guess I've finally lost a fight."

I laughed, then flicked his forehead as he looked at me. "So, you're the great warrior king the world is going crazy over."

I blinked as he looked at me.

"Oh, I guess you haven't heard yet, have you?"

I nodded my head as I looked at him. He laughed, then reached into his side bag then pulled some newspapers. He held them out to me, and I took them. I looked down at the top one seeing the headline.

'Equestria's unstoppable march speared heard by the warrior king Troy Thanatos. Leading slightly smaller forces against overwhelming numbers and crushing them without taking losses."

I turned to see the next front page.

'Minature kingdom disgraced by their king cowardly action of running from the field after massive losses. Equestria's king forced the deer from their lands and marches on to the enemy border."

I huffed as I looked at page after page. "Wow, they're calling me the Warrior king, and they're calling this a crushing of the slavers of the north. Got to say I never expected to be called the Warrior king." He huffed then, leaned back into the stone walls, and rested an arm on his knee.

"Well, buck, I was hoping to win in a surprise attack."

"So you know that wasn't going to work. I'm too used to getting ambushed from behind and even from underground."

"Um, I guess I was completely outmatched from the beginning."

I laughed a little then stood you and looked down at him. "Your name."

"Knuckles."

"Hm, that name fits you now get your swords. I've been needing a skilled opponent to spare with." He nodded a he got to his hoofs and ran off to find his swords. I smiled as I found my first student and I could use him as a base to figure out how to teach my children.