Two days had passed quickly as now me, Luna and three-hundred guards all waited on the grass field in front of the forest. The guards were in light battle armor armed with shields and spears. One group of what looked like bat ponies had my attention. On their sides were iron swords and daggers. I looked around and some guards also had dolls and some were looking at photos. 'I have to get as many of the homes as I can.'

"Troy, it is almost time are you sure you don't want any armor?"

I looked at Luna who was looking at me with worry. I looked her over and saw that she was in plate armor with a crescent moon on her chest. She had a long sword on her side that had a black and purple handle and sheath. "No I don't but you should get ready the second the enemy saw's I'm charging the field."

As if they were waiting for me to say it there were many sounds of barks and howls from the forest. I pulled murasame and looked back to the guards. "Guards ready you the enemy here! Listen to me if you give an inch they'll take a mile so hold your ground when you get into a fight. Guard your bro's and sis's of the guard with your life if you falter you friends and comrades will die. Once they leave that forest all hell will break lose so be ready to do what must me was done." When I finished the guards raised their shield in a large group cheer for victory. I looked back and was Luna looking at me out of the corner of my eye and she had a small smile and light blush. My focus, on the other hand, was on the large group of the dog like people at least eighty of them. They had spears, large hammers and rusty swords for weapons. Behind them all was a female human with the same green eye's from a few nights ago. Her hair was a dark red and she was about Applejack height with a close body type. The only difference was that her hips weren't as wide and she had a larger bust. When I was about the charge I raised my sword up and swung it down. "Charge!" On my command, the guards and Luan charged them.

"Attack you mutts kill them all but leave the two in front to me!"

At her words, they charged and time seemed to slow down as she ran behind her pack of dog. She took aim at me as time sped back up. The moment I was close to the wall of dogs I slashed one down the chest as she fired her first shot. It missed and hit on of her dogs in the back blowing a hole through its chest. With that, the full battle started as the guards and dogs fought for any ground as she keeps trying to shoot me or Luna. Bad move on her part because soon I had cut my way through an eighth of her pack and was now charging straight for her. She looked panicked and turned and ran back into the forest. When she was in the forest twenty more dogs jumped out and charged at me. But to my shock a large blue beam killed them and I looked back to see Luna looking at me with a smile I smiled back and saw they just about to finish the pack out. When I saw this I turned and ran into the forest and soon saw the woman trying to getting over a large boulder. I smiled an evil smile when she turned and saw me. But to my shock, she smiled as ten dogs jumped down from the boulders. These dogs hand rusty armor on their chest and arms. But to my luck, I could cut their fresh the charged as she took aim again. I killed six of them quickly but one grabbed my leg and another grabbed my arm. I looked at her as she pulled the trigger and to my shock and the great joy it missed my head by a mere inch. It blows a few strands of hair off as I got free.

"NO!"

I killed the two holding me and then the last two. As I looked at her she gave up on aiming and switched to multiple shots. A hell fire of bullets forced me to back off and I jumped back into the darkness and looked at her as she stopped firing. I quickly got to the right of her and then burst out of my bush cover. She raised pumpkin as I ran murasame across the cold stone. "You're dead!" Sparks flew as my blade move over the stone. As she was about to fire I swung murasame and cut her head off. Blood spared out of the stump of her neck and her body and head fell to the ground. I stood there for I'm not sure for how but I noticed a stinging pain in my right leg and I looked down to it and saw my blue jeans stained a very dark red and I stumbled over to a downed tree and saw that some one no two shot went straight through my thigh. I took my shirt off and cut it to made band itches wrap.

"MY LADY I FOUND HIM!"

I jump from the yell and grip the sword handle tighter and looked around. I saw one of the guards and more coming with him. But as I watch Luna come around a wall of trees my leg gives out and I fall to the ground.

"TROY!"

I heard her yell as she got to me and two guards helped me up and they saw the half wrap and a mare finished the wrap and I was a little light headed. I heard Luna's voice to my right and I looked at her and she moved closer and I started to feel tired as I looked at her.

"Troy? Hey Troy how long have you been bleeding. No, do not close your eyes!"

I passed out and I felt cold.

Luna pov

I looked down at the quickly made wrap and saw a large amount of blood soaking into it. "Oh no."

"Princess Luna we need to get him to the hospital. If we don't he's going to bleed to death if we don't."

I was about to teleport us until on of the guard came running.

"Princess Luna the monsters are coming we need to go now!"

I looked around and saw only the group of my elite night guard. "Ok first grab that weapon he was willing to die for it. Then I'm teleporting us all out of here." The guards did as I told and I then teleported us out of the everfree forest to the front of the hospital. "Guards get him inside and tell them his a top priority keep him alive what ever it takes. I'm going to tell the apple family what has happened and the let them know of his condition."

"Yes, my lady."

When he was inside I opened my wings and took off for the apple family farm. It was a very long flight in my mind remembering the lights I saw as I and my personal guard ran into the forest to help him. But we were held up by more of the diamond dogs and when we got there we came up on a battlefield with trees, rocks, and boulders with multiple holes in them. I looked forward as I flew. "Troy was right these weapons are not something to take lightly. If all these imperial arms can do they much damage then Troy must live to help us fight them." 'We don't know anything about these weapons if more of them show up we'll be finished.' I came out of my thoughts as I flew down to the farm's gate. My sister has held the sunset until we're done. But as of this moment, the one call Macintosh was running over to us with is the youngest sister Applebloom. When he was in front of us he started to speak with worry for his friend.

"Princess Luna, what are you doing here where is Troy?"

"Ya please tell me is he hurt again?!"

I looked at them sadly and Applebloom grabbed my armor and started to shake me and yell.

"Where is he?! Please tell me he's alive!"

Her brother pulled her back with the beginning of tears in his eye. "For now he lives but I need one of you to come with me I may need your help." At my words, the brother straight his back and stood tail. He looked ready to fight nightmare moon for Troy.

"Applebloom goes inside and tell everypony what's happened I'm going with her."

She nodded and ran to the home and I looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Why do you seem so ready to help him, Macintosh?" He looked me in the eyes with determination and a strong sense of honor.

"He's done so much for my family and never asked for ANYTHING in return. Now's my chance to help him. My family owes him more than we could ever offer and I'm sure he'd turn it down if we did. But now is my chance to at least pay back even a grain of the kindness and joy he's given us. Troy has risked his life for this family for this town for my sister who loves him. If he asked it off I'd follow him to Tartars and back I would with out a second thought. But now I need to help my brother."

His speech left me with no words all I could do was smile as we teleported to the hospital. When we appeared we were greeted by the whole town and the guards from the field waiting to see what has happened to the hero of the town.

"Princess Luna Troy has woken but for a moment but we have a very big problem!"

One of my personal guards ran up to me in told panic. This seemed to make the hulking stallion be sided me worry as he grabbed my guard and started to shake her.

"What's wrong with him is he ok?!"

I used my magic to pull him back and looked at the mare. "What is the news spare edge?" She stood at attention and looked at me.

"The doctors have stopped the bleeding and used magic to close the wound but are unable to use a spell to speed up his bleed production. His body seems to have a resistance to magic so closing the wounds was the best they could do."

I now started to panic as well. 'If he did not get blood soon he will die.' I was about to ask what he said when he was awake but Macintosh beat me to it.

"Did he say his blood type or how long it will take for his body to make more?!"

She nodded and Macintosh looked at her.

"His blood type is very race o positive the hospital doesn't have any and no guard has that type we can't do anything."

Again Macintosh beat me and the guard. He ran past her and I followed. "What are you doing?" He looked around and grabbed a doctor heading for the emergency door and spoke.

"My blood type is o positive I'll donate as much blood as Troy needs to get me to him."

I looked at know this was a rare thing a true miracle.

Macintosh pov

I told the doctor to take as much as Troy needed. 'I'd give him my last drop for all he's done for me and my family.' The doctor pulled me into the room where Troy was and my world almost stopped when I saw him. Nurses cleaning blood off of every part of him they had stripped him down to his boxers and his whole body was being cleaned of the blood. But I was brought back when the doctor pushed a bed next to his and told me to lay down. After they I got on the bed and stayed there for an hour give Troy two letters of my blood. Once that was done the doctor's use a spell to speed my blood making to make up for the loss and after another hour and a lot of orange juice, my blood was back. Our family was and all of applebloom's friends came in running. Even the school bully diamond tiara came to see if he was ok. A nurse ran up to the counter and yelled over the crowd in and out side of the hospital.

"He awake and asking for applebloom, sweetie belle, and Scootool!"

The second their names we're yelled the names they ran for the door and tiara ran through too. I smiled and got ready to go see him when they were done visiting him. 'Better start on his house soon heat season is only two months away.

Troy pov

I heard the sound of a heart monitor and voices. My eye lids felt heavy as I started to open my eyes and struggled to sit up. As I opened my eyes and saw a nurse and a doctor. They looked at me in shock and zi started to talk. "Can you please go and get applebloom, Sweetiebell, and Scootool for me?" The nurses a brown earth pony nodded and ran out of the room. When she was gone the doctor started to check me over.

"TROY!"

My door was thrown open as my two girls, Scootool and even diamond tiara ran through the now broken door. Applebloom was the first to me and knocked the large unicorn stallion away easily and start to look me over. When she touched my right thigh I hissed in pain and she moved her hand quickly.

"Sorry, but can you pull the cover up so we can see the wound?"

I closed my eye and grunted when I moved my legs and threw them over the bed and stood on very shaky legs. Applebloom grabbed my shoulders and helped to steady me as the doctor looking of in told amazement and shock.

"How are you standing on that leg?"

I laughed and looked at him with a smile. "Ask my girls here I'm too stubborn to stay down." All they said was yes to the and Applejack walked into the room with a change of clothes for me. She and the others saw a large amount of dried blood on the blood where my leg was. But they were more shock when I walk with a few limbs over to Applejack and took the clothes. 'Something up with my body it feels stronger. My leg feels like it's just a scratch too. Is it the blood they gave me?' I looked at the doctor and asked a question. "Hey, doc what did you lot do to my body? It feels different from before I got into the war zone." Everyone looked at me as I started to get dressed.

"Different how is it sore or numb? Is there any pain in the leg or anywhere else?"

I finished getting my jeans on and looked at him. "No, it's more like whatever you did make my body tougher and it feels stronger like I was never hurt. Who's blood did you give me I owe a drink and big thanks."

"That would be me, brother."

I looked at the door way and saw mac leaning on the door from. His right arm had a blood pad and medical tape wrapped around his arm. I looked him in the eyes and smiled. I held a fist out to him and he gave me a fist bump. "Thanks, man I owe you a drink for saving my ass."

"Nope, it's me that owes you still. You've done far more than me."

I looked at him and sighed. When I looked at him again I spoke. "Macintosh you listen to me if you think yourself my friend then I ask you to forget whatever you think you owe me. I did all I have done of my own free will. The action that followed that is what I saw to be right." Mac and everyone looked at me and then mac smiled.

"All right then but now we need to get you home you need to get some rest."

I nodded and the girls got a wheelchair for me. I pulled my swords out of the old belt loops and sat down in the chair and Mac rolled me out of the hospital. But once I was out side the sun was sunset and the whole town and the guards I fought along side were all waiting. When a young colt saw me he ran away from his mom and everyone started to look at me as all the foal were crowding me. Mac and harvester smiled and said I've gotten a fan club. When we all looked forward a guard was in front of me holding pumpkin. It was the same mare who wrapped my leg.

"Here's you prize sir."

I looked at it and to applebloom and saw her looking at pumpkin. I remember that your first impression of the weapon is a good indicator of you able to use it. "Hey applebloom what do you think of pumpkin?" She looked at me and then to the gun.

"It looks really cool like your swords. But over all, I like it and the over all look."

I smiled knocking her side. "I think we have a positive arms user here. Plus pumpkin doesn't kill like mine so anyone can touch it but only someone compatible can use it so why don't you give it a try." She looked at pumpkin and took her hand off my shoulder. When she got pumpkin and looked it over and she smiled. She looked at me and I smiled back. The crowd looked on as she put the but of the rifle in her shoulder and pointed it at a dumpster. When she was about to fire luna walked up beside me and watched. The generator of the side converted her emotions to power and a massive beam shot out of the mussel and complete vaporized the dumpster and tree behind it. The crowd was quiet until she yelled.

"Sweet bucking sun that is a rush!"

She looked back to me and slung the sling over her chest and ran over to me. When she was close she grabbed my shoulders and locked eyes with me.

"Is it always like that even when you make a kill?!"

The rest of the evening was spent in the apple family home. The girls all sleep over not wanting to be away from me and applebloom wasn't happy when I took pumpkin and locked it in a trunk with my swords. I told them that the weapons will now only be used when we really need them. I got the trunk from Luna so only I could open it if we need them. I also had he give me a repair and a crossbow for applebloom and three more iron swords one for scoots, diamond, and sweetie belle. I also got a two handed long sword. Once my leg was back to a hundred I'd start to teach them about using a sword. But for the time I was on forced down time herd order.

Two days later

Applebloom pov

I and my friends were in class with diamond and silver spoon next to us waiting for the day to end. Over the lasts two days, Troy added them all to the herd. Scoots and diamond both feel in love with him and silver had a weakness for strong stallions. When she heard about all he did she fell in love with him. Troy had also grown close to all of us as we helped in shifts. I took morning and scootool took afternoons now that she was living with us until Troy's house is finished. The princesses wanted to thank him for saving the town so they sent a team of master builder to start on the house after the snow stopped yesterday. 'The end of the week can't get here soon enough.' As I thought I smiled at the fact that when the house was done were all moving in together. Plus as the head mare, I get to share the master bedroom with him.

"Applebloom please pat attention you'll need to help Troy on this."

I looked at sweetie as the substitute teacher. I snored in announce and looked at the crossbow hanging on the side of my chair. But as I looked at her the bell rang and I jumped up and the rest of the girls did too. We all grabbed our weapons and ran out of the school house and ran to the farm. We stopped in the market place when my sis yelled from our stale and we looked at her.

"Hey, bloom princess Luna came to visit Troy so don't just run in the house in a mad dash."

We all nodded and the started back to the farm. When we got to the farm we saw a large group of bat ponies who were talking the last battle. We over heard that Troy was the first to charge the enemy's lines and how he cut straight through them like they were just grass. We were happy to hear that those ponies think of him as a brother and if he was ready to die for them then they were ready to do the same. We walked in and up the stairs and opened the door to Troy's room and saw Troy sitting on his bed with Luna's head resting on his left. Her face was looking at the wall and Troy had his eye closed and was running his hand down her wings.

Troy pov

I led back in my bed writing all I've learned about the two weapons I had. I started a book about the imperial arms and put notes in about them. As I wrote a knocking came from my door and I looked up from my book and answered the knocking. "It's open." The door opened and Luna walked in.

"Hello, Troy how is your leg?"

I looked at her and she was in a tight dress that showed her hips and sides off. The top of the dress showed her chest off and she had a dark Crystal necklace. I looked at her face and smiled at her. "Sore but I'm walking on it and when I do granny threatens me with her ultimate weapon." She smiled and sat on the end of the bed.

"Oh, and what is this ultimate weapon of hers?"

I smiled back and laughed a little. "I have dubbed it weapon the name of the pain stick. Those I run from it and hide in the safety of my room." Who laughed as granny yelled.

"I heard that Troy and this stick will knock you upside the head again!"

We shut up and she yelled again.

"That's what I thought."

I looked at Luna and she was looking at the door and then to me.

"She can keep you in line can't she?"

She asked with a smirk and i huffed. "I only listen to her because of her stick. Let see you get hit in the head with a piece of hard wood and not be scared of getting it again." She laughed again and I kicked her flank with my foot making her jump. She looked at me with a small blush and bit her bottom lip. I smiled and divide an evil plan to mess with her with all I want. "What no stallion got the guts to touch a princess's flank? Or is it the fact that I've got the stones to do it?" I started to laugh as she looked at me and then surprise me one again. She had a massive blush and punched my leg where it was hurt. "Fuck!" I fell out of the bed and Luna looked down at me with puffed up cheeks. I stood and looked at her and she sticks her tongue out at me and what I was about my kill me but it's worth it. With her tongue, I leaned close and before she could react I put my hand on the back of her head and pushed my lips onto hers. Before she could move her tongue back I stuck my tongue in her mouth and started to play with her tongue. But to my shock, she wrapped an arm around my back and her other around my head. She closed her eye and mine soon followed but soon she pulled back and looked at me. I looked back and before I knew what had happened she pulled me back onto the bed and was laying next to me holding my chest with her head on my left shoulder. I smiled and sat us up and leaned my back on the head board as she moved to keep her head on my shoulder. She also pushed her chest into mine and she closed her eyes and I closed mine and started to run a hand down her wings. While I was doing that I heard my door open and I cracked my eyes and saw my girls and we sat in my room until Luna got a letter from her sister. She wasn't happy about having to let go of me but smiled widely as she read the letter. When she handed it to me and I started to read it.

Dear sister, please let Troy know we have a mission him. A large number of ponies have gone missing from manehaten and turning up dead and many are missing body parts. So I ask that when he is ready to please take him there with your guards and see what you can find.

Your sister

I sighed in announce and got off the bed and walked over to the chest and took my swords out. I looked back and Luna was out of the room and the girls were reading the letter. To say they didn't look happy would be an understatement they were livid after getting an ear full I walked out to a very strange sight. When I walked out all the guards turned to me at looked at me with nothing but respect as I walked to Luna. When she looked at me she smiled.

"Ready to go?"

"Yep, lets get moving."