There are old stories of Alicorns having powerful magic in the past. Some things ignore their Magitech-type technology. The issue is it’s hard to find any of it exists. When some do find it they think it’s from the war of old. At times I am unsure about these ponies. But someday I might learn why they act like this.

Written by Lost seeker

So many years ago before Equestria was founded and a year before Gusty the great. In a land known as Dream Valley, many Alicorns speak in a meeting about how to fight Grogar. I sit in my chair sighing.

“Majesty, you're seemingly bored again.

I glance at the others sighing.

“Why aren’t we just in the path of battle to fight his minions? Why are we talking about making some powerful weapon which may take years just to gather enough magic in the ley lines to be able to even run.”

Many other Alicorns agree with me, at least they seem to agree with me. I shake my head about all this. I stand up from my seat ignoring the rest of this.

“Majesty, if you leave it will be another reason to remove your magic and your memories from you.”

I shake my head rolling my eyes.

“Listen, you have been threatening this on me for years. This is just silly and pointless of resources and why we can’t just go take on Grogar ourselves. The world is in darkness and all we do is sit on our asses.”

When I leave there is so much arguing and many days later they ignore my issues with building this machine. They don’t even tell me where they built it and here I am keep telling them it’s time to fight and then a year later during the building of the device. A mare is known as Gusty the great and some strange creature known as Williams fought and won by a song and stealing the bell.

Time goes on and I open my eyes after Grogar is done upgrading me. The sting from the final battle with that unicorn Star Shooter still hurts. I come out of the upgrade machine and Bray laughs.

“Welcome back to the world of the living after so long.”

I glance at the Donkey. Wait, how long have I been out?

“The master has been expecting you, please, come this way.”

I look around following the Donkey through an old-run-down city. I remember hearing stories from a mare known as Paradise that told a story of a lost city. The lost city Grogar was trying to bring into our lands to be able to hold the land from us. I walk past many troggles so the stories about them being slaves still are true.

We get to the throne room and on the chair, Grogar sits getting fed by a troggle with grapes.

“Ah, Bray I see our guest has woken up. Welcome back to the world of the living. It's been at least ten years and there is a war with a group called the Hardliners going on.”

I release a sigh from my lungs another war going on in this world? I doubt it will ever end since there is so much hatred in this world no matter how much they try to save it.

“So what do you need me to do?”

Grogar uses his magic to open a portal to show me a weapon he wants me to find.

“This is Project Omega the creation from what I was told by some old Alicorns I killed you tried to stop them. They refused to tell me where it’s hidden in this world. I got one location where you might be able to find the information on it. Your old castle in Dream valley but you might have to clean it out.”

Clean it out?

“What do you mean clean it out?”

Grogar smirks.

“Your old castle was made for ponies after the judges killed them all, even Miss Williams all that is left is a race called Grundles. The ponies of old are long gone. No one will ever be able to stop you even if you try to take them on.”

A smirk forms across my face. Taking back my home I could get used to this power boost. I look at the cybernetic fuses in my body. I can feel my magic arcing through them. I try to use my magic to transport myself to Dream Valley but something is blocking me.

“What is going on? I used to be able to transport myself to my kingdom.”

Grogar snickers.

“I should have warned you after the war ended a strange spell was placed on Dream Valley. It took four souls to break the spell. I am sure you know the reason why I want you to turn on Omega. She is still alive.”

She?

“Who do you mean?”

Grogar shifts his magic to show a mare who has immortal magic as I do. She is surrounded by a dark land while her pony kind still lives in the broken land of Flutter Valley. I got a good look at her RoseBud.

“So somepony finally brought the flutter ponies down a peg but why do I need to kill her?”

Grogar sighs.

“She is the only one keeping hope in the very land. The four who went to Dream Valley saved her from herself and saved her species. I worry a hero may go to the land. To find the ability to bring back the stars of hope.”

The stars of hope, what in the world does he mean? Does he follow that silliness of the zebras the stars control the fate of the world and those who read the stars and follow them will always be one step ahead?

“I doubt the star fully controls the world or the fate of the world.”

Grogar nods.

“They don’t but it’s more if there are two versions of stars who don’t want blood. Most heroes will stop wanting to fight for themselves and some will never be allowed to do what they can.”

Grogar’s horns glow brightly red; he tries to open a tear to the land of Dream Valley. The portal opens up and it is very weak. I doubt I would be able to return very easily. He keeps his horns close to the portal. He grunts, panting Grogar is weaker than he used to be without his bell.

“Go, I can't keep it open.”

I head into the portal feeling my body vanish into the other side and when I finally make it to the other side. I look around the land, magic is going haywire and the wind blows hard through the land.

I look up seeing the broken dome which was broken years ago but four heroes of the sounds of it. I look to see the castle Dream Castle. The paint on the lovely castle is now fully gone and the castle has seen better days. What can I do?!

I close my eyes trying to use my magic to hide my wings and shrink down to what I used to look like in the past. I look like an everyday pony again. I walk through the dead land seeing many creatures of old run through the land seeming to leave me alone.

I get to the moat of the castle, my horn glowing in the darkness.

“Hello!! Please lower the bridge. I am shipwrecked and need help.”

On the ramparts of the castle, I see the creatures, the grundles, and the bridge lowered. It was that easy. I go in and see these strange creatures standing on two legs and hands. One of them comes up to me.

“Talk to Grundle, what brings you to grundle?!”

I smirk

“I am Majesty, I am here to speak to your king or queen.”

The grundle stares at me. I could hear the gears in their head twisting and burning. These creatures are slow and they will be easy to destroy. The grundle shakes their head grunting.

“Follow Grundle.”

Dark smirk forms on my face. I follow the grundle through the castle. There are many of them and I am sure the magic of this castle still exists. When we get into the throne room I feel the magic on the throne itself dormant.

“Grundle king. Guests lost from the sea.”

The king grundle comes down from the throne. He comes to me grabbing my face with his hands and looking into my eyes. I could see the innocent heart in these beings but I don’t care. I need to do my master's will.

“Why are you here?”

My horn glows, and the king holding me screams in pain. Roots break out of his body. I glance at the others and turn one into bubbles. I trap most of the guards into paintings and another into a tree. I lick my lips enjoying the pain I am seeing.

I walk to my throne. I sit on the throne, magic from my body goes into the throne and techno-magic fills it and goes through the castle outside I hear screaming. Ah, the sentinels still work. I laugh softly to myself and wait till the screams are over.

I make sure some still live though and with a glow of my horn a sentinel brings in a few grundles with another behind them.

“I will let you stay and live if you bow to me and call me your queen.”

My glimmer vanishes from my body. The cybernetics and my wings form back on my body. I grow back into the grace of an alicorn. The remaining grundles bow and the sentinels head back to their spots to go dormant again.

“Now say it. All Hail Majesty say it or else you will all be put to death!”

The grundles kneel.

“All Hail Majesty!!”

I laugh and a couple of days later I force them to clean up the castle and I lean back while I am being fed.

“MAJESTY!!”

I jump, turning around seeing a portal open and seeing a seething undead goat, his eyes bright red from the anger of me not even doing anything.

“Ah hello, Grogar sorry I got used to the thrill of being loved again and the only one being loved.”

Grogar snorts.

“I should have sent someone else with you. Now, are you done?”

I stood up and looked at the grundles to make sure they went back to work. I turn back to the portal nodding to Grogar.

“Good, do you remember how to get into the archives?”

I chuckle.

“I remember this place. I doubt they were able to change any of the magic DNA on the locks. Since I made a lot of fail-safes, only my magic can lock and control this castle. Now I shall do what I need to.”

I walk to the old library and look around seeing the books are destroyed. I roll my eyes at how funny they think destroying these would stop me from finding the information. I move a shelf with my magic and see a hole for my horn. I force my horn into the hole and the magic fills the techno-magic the wall opens up.

Looking into the old archives I look through them to find information on Omega. I find the information soon after an hour but all I find is a map and location numbers. I growl deeply. I could have learned this back in the past but nope. Now I need to find a boat.

Grogar opens a portal so I can head back. When I get back I groan, falling through the portal with the map and the location. He picks them up and sighs.

“This is not going to be easy. Also, you have no money and I have no money. Do you know the best way to make money to charter a ship?”

I sigh deeply.

“It will take close to at least ten years to get enough. But I know the best way to do so. I would have to sell myself over the next ten years to charter a crew who are willing to take me all the way.”

Grogar signs he has been watching the world for a while now and told me the best place to find a boat, a crew, and a good place for a brothel. He transports me to a place called the Hoof and I use my mare body over the ten years in this place called the hoof. I go to a place called the dancing disco mare.

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Ten years later the middle of the water

After destroying my body every day for the last ten years. I finally get enough to get a crew and a ship. We have been at sea for at least ten days now and I was told it may take a month to just get there. I lock myself in my room on the ship, a portal opening up after ten years.

“Now you talk to me. Have things changed over ten years of me giving myself?”

Grogar laughs.

“Well, your creation Ruby left the island with her friends. Since many more of the seals are broken I can finally break through just a bit. So did you enjoy every stallion?”

I snort angrily about the entire thing I went through.

“Some of the stallions were amazing. But after doing it for ten years, I have had enough sexual intercourse to last a lifetime. I found the cheapest crew who are willing to take me the entire way. The pay though is sleeping with the captain every night.”

Grogar laughs loudly.

“I see how long have you been on this trip so far?”

I growl softly.

“Ten days it will take a month. If you could use some of your magic to get me there sooner.”

Grogar uses his magic and the winds shift causing big issues with the shipping lanes for just a bit of a time. It could cause some issues for some ships if they were near any rocks or anything else. Meanwhile, on a ship heading to Equestria Ruby and her friends feel the wind change just a bit. It leads them into the suction of project Rainfall.

“Hmm, I tried so you will have to go through the month.”

Grogar laughs. He vanished and I did what I had to wait for the month and he told me the mistake he made caused the ship Ruby is on to at least turn a little to the left and get into the suction of the project of Rainfall.

“So if I show myself enough to the idiot Wheel Tread he will go full blast with his plans and bring back the Storm King. So my little mistake as dumb as it was. Changed fate just a bit to at least get my plans going.”

His portal closes and I sigh deeply. Great I joined to take over the world with an idiot and he did a stupid mistake which caused a hero who could ruin his plans and then we will.

“Land HO!!”

I get up and we land after a while on the island called Junk island. This is the location?! I growl softly to myself and get off the dock and head into town. I sense some powerful magic. I follow it to the church-going inside.

“Come into the back sister.”

I look around hearing the sound. I follow the voice to the back and I see an Alicorn standing in the back turning to look at me with a gentle smile forming on the mare's face. Another one of my species?

“Hello, sister, welcome to my church. I am Crosser. I hope you have a peaceful time here.”

Wait this is not a real alicorn she created?! I can tell the alicorn feels my anger and she looks away sighing.

“So you’re one of the alicorns born an alicorn and not created. I didn't know any of you would still be alive.”

I change back to my full form of glory.

“I will not treat you any less. You can read my mind. I am sure you know why I am here.”

Crosser smiles.

“I wish I could help you but I know nothing of what you’re talking about. The only thing I can do for you though is to tell you this. Find a way under the city. If you pretend to get sick I am sure you could go under there easily.”

So I do what she tells me I pretend to be sick and I am tossed to the sick and lame below the city. I look around such a kingdom I could take over but I must find Project Omega. I follow the stairs. I can tell this was created by my species. But I don’t want to do anything to call the guards down here. I see a door leading into the main lab.

I look around seeing nopony around and I put my hoof on the console infusing my magic into the system and for me, it opens up. YESS!! I can get in. The door opens up and I get to the next door that looks like a door blocking something. I click the next console and it comes up saying.

“Magic of a pure heart. Magic of a pure heart. Magic of a pure heart.”

Magic of a pure heart?! I grow softly; there is no pure heart on this island and I doubt I could ever find a way back to the mainland unless I get enough magic and try to force pure hearts down here.

I spent the next thirteen years bringing some pure hearts down to the console and it’s not enough pure magic or a pure heart to get through the system. So I gave up and got a job as a fisher mare.

I spent the last three years fishing. I changed the look of my body to a green body and my mane from blue to yellow and now they don’t know I am the one sending the weak and lame down there to use them.

“Hey Majesty, get anything?”

I glance up at Clover nodding.

“I got some fish but not enough to get enough money for the rent. Is anything new with you? You don’t normally come this way unless you need me for something.”

Clover chuckles.

“You didn’t hear a pretty big airship docked. They’re looking for workers to fix the systems of the ship. Maybe you could help them.”

I stood up from the docks.

“Why not maybe it will be better than fishing.”

I follow Clover to this airship. Pretty big airship I walk on the dock and a yellow pegasus mare with a magic eater beside her? I look at the magic eater but I don’t even know who it is. I know they’re one of my creations. I feel nothing from them. I wonder if being away from them for so long is keeping me from sensing who this one is.

I go inside and I am told I need to help repair. I am told to find their troll? I follow the path I was sent and knock on the door and when the door opens up I see a face I never thought I would see again.

“Beezen?”

Beezen stares at me.

“Do I know you?”

I push him inside with my magic. He seemed a bit upset and I changed to my true form and he laughed while shaking his head.

“Okay, I never thought the great Majesty would be here.”

I snort.

“Don’t tell me about anything great, why are you here? You’re one of the judges of the stars and here you are in this airship?”

Beezen sighs.

“I shouldn’t tell you this at all. But I pretended to let your creation Ruby kill me. Now I travel with her and her fiance. They just left to get married and to get cargo and all that. Now before I go on, why are you here?”

I groan, stroking my head.

“Omega..”

Beezen grins.

“I see, let me see.”

He opens his book. I watched him for years before he and I became evil or fell for the want of power from Grogar. This book always has the stars talking to him.

“The stars of peace are telling me to let you release it. The call of a hero is needed and it will call Ruby.”

I sigh.

“I see I have spent thirteen years away from Grogar and I gave up trying to turn on Omega. Maybe it’s time to just retire and not follow what he wants.”

Beezen smirks.

“I wish I could agree with you. But you know if we do nothing he will find a way to breakthrough. Then there will be no heroes to fight Grogar. You know you will fight her when the time comes. You can’t escape your fate. I know my fate will be the same.”

I groan he is correct. I am fated to fight Ruby and one of us will either die. It could be me, it could be her but the battle will tell us ahead of time. I close my eyes, feeling my peace finally leave my body. I could finally be at peace and hide here.

“I will do it Beezen. What do you want me to do?”

Beezen smirks.

“Wait a while and Ruby will be locked in her room. I want you to pretend to be me and then use her to release Omega. She will be forced on trial; she will either be banished from here or forced to fight in an arena to show she is not guilty.”

Ruby is so happy now my want of evil and strife I no longer have in my heart.

“I will do it. I know I won’t be happy about it when the time comes”

Beezen agrees and later that night I follow him to the wedding of Ruby and the one known as Melody. I take a deep breath knowing if she knew I was here she would try to kill me and I feel I at least get a chance to see one of my creations be happy.

The wedding was so beautiful. I sit by Beezen watching Ruby who is known as Topaz right now as she stands on the altar. He told me what she has been through the last few years. She was killed by the Storm King and returned as a warrior full of eggs.

The music plays and Melody comes down the aisle, her long dress following behind her. I watch the beautiful mare who is going to marry my former commander. I don’t have the heart to tell Ruby the truth about the crown she wore.

“We are gathered here today in Luna’s wonderful night. Even though Celestia's lovely sun is down. We honor this marriage in the princess of night's glory. Now I know you two have made powerful vows to honor Luna’s night.”

Melody smirks as she is the first to go.

“Topaz when I first met you. I wasn’t sure what to think of you. Now I see the gentle soul that I fell in love with at every step. I will do everything I can to make you happy and ready to enjoy your full life with me. As we grow old together I see you becoming more and more my soul mate, my love. With our kiss, we will seal the deal.”

Ruby takes a deep breath. I can tell she is trying not to blush. She learned then when a mare or a stallion loved each other. They will do everything to show their love. I wish I could remember the stallion I married, the one who did everything for me.

“Melody I see the beautiful mare I see every morning you make my day and night a wonderful dream. You have saved me from my dread and my sorrow. I know you will follow me to hell and back I will never be lost.”

The alicorn smiles.

“Now the rings.”

Beezen pats my head and stands holding the rings on a pillow walking to the alter he kneels with the rings on the pillow

“With this ring, I proclaim my love to you.”

Ruby puts her ring on Melody's feather wing. Melody then with a necklace places it around Rubie's necklace. I know that necklace it’s the same type Star Shooter gave to Blaze. I wonder how that young mare is doing.

“With this ring, this magic eater shows her love to you.”

The Alicorn smiles and her horn glows and the fake sun and moon glow from the sun outside bright showing the love between us.

“If no one has any problems with these two getting married then hold your peace. Now you may kiss the bride.”

Melody and Ruby I follow them with Beezen beside me back to the airship and I listen to the dragon Gem marry them again using Rubie's real name. I feel bad about what I am about to do. I sigh looking at Beezen

“You know what I am going to say, it's time for you two to get married and enjoy your wedding night.”

Beezen and I leave after it's over and they go back to their room to have their wedding night.

“Alright Majesty I am going to head to the bottom of the ship to stay with the Panna for a while and when it’s all done come and find me. I am sorry I am asking you to do this again.”

I smile weakly

“I knew sooner or later I would have to do this. Just I wish it wasn’t Ruby. I had to do this too.”

Beezen leaves heading to the area below and I use a magic ruse to turn me into him while I wait.

“You will stay here, there is no way you can get out of here.”

I hear Melody talking in their room. I finally can do it. Melody waves to me when she walks past me. I wave and knock on the door.

“Ruby it’s Beezen.”

Ruby sounds pretty upset. Then I notice some other voice talking inside and then I remember oh yes Beezen can bring objects to life.

“Hmm, Melody didn’t say anything about a guest. So here I will open the door for Beezen.”

I walk in after the door opens up and I finally get a good look at Ruby. She is almost showing now. I feel even worse I am going to destroy the life of an expecting mother. I take a deep breath and finally do what I have to.

“So I am told by the others Melody locked you in here. Is there a reason?”

Ruby sighs deeply, nodding.

“I am in here because Melody thinks I will head to the area under the town and explore. She is not wrong, I will do it. But I can’t just be locked in here the entire time.”

I smirk

“I see but there is something you should know. This town wasn’t always here. I can tell you what this town used to be.”

Ruby looks up at me very confused. I am regretting this even more now. She doesn’t need this to happen to her.

“What do you mean?”

I chuckle and notice my ruse is starting to break. She looks confused when she sees me turn back and my horn glows brightly, blinding the poor creature and using my influence on her species to make her drunk enough not to notice.

“What do you think this island of junk is built on? Ruby, you seem to forget the war that happened all over the world. There is a reason the doors to the under part of the city are unlocked. It leads to an old lab.”

I can tell she is very confused about how I know about this. Oh, Ruby, I wish I could tell you the truth. Please Ruby let me tell you the truth but I can’t. I have a task to do and a battle to win in the future.

“How do you know this? Why are you telling me this as well?”

I have to make up a lie and I laugh softly

“I am just making it up but doesn’t it still want to make you explore this area?”

She groans, buzzing angrily. She buzzes her wings flapping angrily and her stinger comes out dripping venom. I know I got her now and now she wants to explore. I knew I shouldn’t have done this to her again. I take a deep breath feeling upset.

“Do you mind letting me out?”

I smirk knowing I can steal some Stealth bucks.

“Well I bought a few stealth bucks you can use. Just don’t allow yourself to be caught. If you’re caught we will tell them you did this on your own so you understand this correctly?”

“I understand I just don’t want to be locked in this room anymore.”

I nod, going to the doorknob and talking to them to let her out. The doorknob doesn’t seem to trust me but I lean down to whisper. ‘I will make sure nothing happens to her. I promise you this.’ The door opens up for us.

“Come along Ruby I will get you the stealth bucks. Melody won’t be returning for a while since it will take her a while to make a birth control brew. Since it’s hard to make a brew which doesn't harm the female.”

I watch Ruby gather a crossbow and Crossbow bolts and I take her to my room and I use my magic to steal some stealth bucks from the stores. I at least leave some junk to make sure they don’t find them here.

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The area below.

I wait in the body of a Upholi. I take a deep breath hoping she finds a way down here. I pace around watching the guards look at me.

“Everything okay sir?”

I glance at one of the guards.

“Oh, I am fine just thinking of the best place to fish. Are you doing alright yourself?”

The guard shrugs his shoulders.

“I am down here watching you all so not really. But eh it’s a living I guess.”

He leaves after a while. I put on a cyborg's eye I stole from someone down here. I will give it back to them later. I make sure to watch for Ruby and I see her coming down the stairs and I smile finally feeling this task can get done.

“Show yourself.”

The magic eater turns to look at me. I watch them come out of stealth and they look closely at me like I am sure they’re confused. I am down here. I wish I could tell how they felt with their gear on. I can't tell at all. I notice the ruse is breaking again and I cast the spell again to make her at least a bit drunk and to make sure I still trick her by looking like a Upholi.

“What is a magic eater doing down here?”

Ruby sighs after everything she has been through she still wants to explore and try to help others. I have a feeling soon she will never be able to want to fight anything ever again. It will get to the point she will even hate being called a hero.

“Well I am new to this island and we are about to leave after everything gets fixed and then will head back on our journey to your home.”

I tilt my head.

“My home? I was born down here. I have never seen my species home before. I am Ilanga”

From how Ruby's body language is she is even more confused about why a Upholi would be down here. Or even named zebra for the sun.

“I am guessing you didn’t get raised by species like yourself?”

I chuckle.

“You’re correct after I was hatched I learned my parents died and I was raised by every creature down below here. Now I am guessing you're down here because of the old lab?”

From her movement she is excited.

“Wait Lab what lab?”

I laugh

“Oh, come on everyone knows the story of the secret of Junk island. It’s built on top of an old underwater war lab. It was built to keep whatever is down there from getting out.”

Ruby sighs and I know I am lying if I told her the truth she wouldn’t even want to wake up to what is to come.

“How do you know about this lab?”

I smirk the lie is working

“Well, a lot of souls live in the lab. Don’t worry there are no weapons or anything. There is just one thing that was worked on in there. Come on, follow me.”

Ruby follows me through the area and I walk down a set of stairs. I notice one of the guards is looking at her. So I got to get this done since they head upstairs to warn someone that someone new is down here.

We got to the lab I noticed since I opened the door so many years ago. Some came in to live in the area and they use it as a bed or shelter. I look over to the side to see the garden. I notice Ruby is starting to notice the area looks like the techno-magic from the island. I use my magic again to make a ruse look like an everyday pony lab to her.

“I found the code years ago. Come on, open it up.”

Ruby finally looks more confused and uses the console. Finally, I can let go of this ruse.

“Do it for me, my little creation..”

I use my brainwashing music to make sure they don’t drift away from the console. I can tell it’s not as easy as it used to be to control them but I am doing everything I can to make sure they’re fully in my sway.

“Come on, you can do it. Yes, do it my little Ruby please keep doing it, and don’t allow anything to distract you.”

Ruby shakes her head, acting more and more confused and more dazed.

“You know the code?”

I laugh loudly. Yes, all I need is the pure magic of a pure heart. No matter what she has done even if she has killed so many she would still be pure. As long as she hasn't killed little ones then she is still pure to Alicorn magic. At least I think so if it hasn't changed over the years.

“Yes, I know the code.”

I take off Rubie's helm with my magic and I finally let the ruse drop. She looks into my eyes. She finally sees that she is not fighting. I feel she has been trying to forget about me and move on. But no one will ever stop me from controlling my minions. I fight back tears feeling so much pain doing this to her though.

“You can do it, my little creation. The first part of the code just put the code in. Put it six.”

I release her and the needles which have been used over the years on others go into the creature and they avoid her little ones. Yes, thank you for knowing she is pregnant. I take a deep breath watching the magic absorbing into the system. Yes, it’s working she is still pure. She is still pure!!

“Yes, that’s it now 7 and five.”

She puts in the numbers.

The needles remove themselves from Ruby opening the door, the magic fills the air being released from the vents to open the door. The Pipes of magic flow into the techno-magic creation. I watch it fill up and the creation turns on and I know when Omega fully turns on he will have a mind of his own.

“Ah, here it's the project of old. Now to do what my master wants.”

I push her away from the console and I begin clicking into the console. I click on the console to make sure it all goes through the booting phase. In each type of console, the magic pipes release from the old creation. The magic turns into vapor and it absorbs Rubie’s body. She has evolved beyond others I have created. She is like the older versions. The ones I first created now. The others broke off from me. When I face her again my control will not work.

“Yes, Project Omega, turn on and do what you’re meant to do.”

I put in the target Queen Rosedust. I finally feel my stress leave my body after all these years but I feel tears slowly starting to break. I have to get out of here before I am caught with her.

The large robotic spider wiring and watching the robotic creature go deep into the water below and Majesty laughs. Finally, it’s over then I can tell Beezen it’s over and then I can lose it and then head back to Grogar.

“Soon the target will be taken care of.”

An alarm sounds off and I chuckle softly. I kiss Rubie’s forehead. I feel awful for what I did. I can't show this either. I dropped her helmet.

“I am so sorry my dear Ruby. I am sorry I had to do this again. I am going to tell you something. The crown you had on your head was never what controlled you. I broke my control to give you peace. You will see me again when the final battle is many years from now. Goodbye, my creation.”

I vanish into a portal and then I am finally back out of the underground turning back to the pony I am known for crying softly as I follow the path back to the airship and I get to the room Beezen told me he would be in.

I knock on the door and Beezen opens the door. Beezen comes out and closes the door after saying goodbye to Panna he leans down and hugs me letting me cry. After an hour of crying, I take a deep breath.

“I think I just ruined her life.”

Beezen smiles.

“Soon her life will be destroyed. You know what is going to happen to her when the battle is said and done she will be a scapegoat. A scapegoat for the rich and the leaders. We all know what will happen.”

I nod

“I know now I need to go back to Grogar till the time comes.”

I head out of the airship and I open a portal to Grogars home I walk in and when I get there I head to his throne room.

“Master Omega is unleashed.“

Grogar smirks.

“Good now, go rest and get ready.”

I nod and head back to Dream Castle and the grundles do what they can to cheer me up and I just ask them to leave me alone as I lock myself in my room crying for the poor creature. Ruby, I did so much harm to her in the name of evil.

___________

Rhyolite

I have been sleeping most of the time since I first joined up with this crew and heroes. I am pretty homesick thankfully. I got Dust and Gizmo to help me through that and all these wonderful creatures.

I feel shaken awake. I open my eyes, uncurling and yawning, standing over me is Gem. I look up at the dragoness feeling no pressure of waking up.

“Come on girl we are docked. I can’t believe you slept through most of the journey.”

I chuckle getting off my nest and groaning. I stood up fully looking over at Gem. She stands over me of course she stands fully up and I have a bent like most of my race. A smirk forms on my face.

“So is there a brothel on this island?”

Gem rolls her eyes.

“Are you that hungry to get fucked?”

I laugh.

“Well, it’s pretty normal for my species Gem. We breed a lot even if we don’t want to have eggs. We still do it with various males and females. It’s pretty heavily normal for us. If there is no male in the pack a female will grow a dick.”

Gem just stares at me.

“Okay, your species are strange.”

I roll my eyes.

“Your kind are backward Gem. Even ponies are backward. Our sexes can be changed at will. If I wanted to I could do it but I can’t be asked to change my DNA on the fly to grow a dick. So yeah it’s too boring id rather get screwed.”

Gem sighs.

“Rhy hon we need you to focus first. So I need you to help the others look through the ship to find what is broken and place it all in a pile first. Then take it with you to pay for your dinner and getting fucked.”

I am confused about what she means by this.

“What do you mean to pay?”

Gem chuckles weakly.

“Like I told the others but not Ruby since she would cause too many problems. So before she comes to the meeting I will tell you and the others.”

I am confused why she is so harsh to her daughter. Gem leads me to the meeting room. I notice Jonna and Beezen sitting next to each other they’re having a private conversation. I sit beside Gizmo and Dust sits beside me.

“So what are you two going to do?”

Gizmo shrugs her shoulders.

“I heard there is a pretty big inventors club here. So I plan on doing everything to join it. Dust is going to be doing something.”

Dust chuckles.

“There is an arena I plan on joining.”

I notice Oil and Gizmo have been getting close to the camel leans on the turtle. It’s like they have fallen for each other or have been cooped up for so long that they don’t understand their feelings for each other.

“Thank you Gizmo my love you helped me get over the worst thing of my life.”

Gizmo chuckles.

“Of course Oil my dear.”

Gem stood in front of a screen.

“Now everyone I will explain a few things before Ruby gets here. Melody already knows and before anyone asks. The reason I act this way towards Ruby. I promised Cranberry before I left that I will not let her get in trouble, oh and there will be a wedding.”

I perk up a wedding?

“Who is getting married?”

Gem smirks

“Melody and Ruby.”

The crowd cheers then Gem turns on the projector to see how the system works on this island. On the projector, the money system is strange. I am used to how it was in my pack. We used eggs-shells or bones as currency.

“So how the currency works whatever the trash or broken devices from this ship. You will be able to buy so many goods and services and know Rhyolite. She will spend it all on getting heavily fucked.”

I smirk.

“You know it. I got as many males as I could enjoy. How long are we going to be staying here?”

Gem chuckles.

“A month.”

I oooo loud enough to get looks.

“Lots of sex.”

Gem rolls her eyes and Melody comes in before Ruby. She turns it off and Melody moves a chair over for Ruby to sit in. Cleaning it to make sure Ruby doesn’t sit on anything strange. I feel Ruby is being over-babied and I have seen she doesn’t care for it.

“Okay, we are all here.”

Gem shows us the power structure of the island. I find it weird the owner of the brothel has so much power on this island. My claw clicks on the floor while we learn more. Ruby and Melody leave and I go do the task I was asked to do.

Jonna goes back to her room. Since she doesn’t want to get in the way. I watch Oil and Gizmo make out in the hall.

“Okay, you two…we got a job to do.”

Gizmo smirks.

“Oh come on, you're just jealous.”

I laugh.

“I am jealous you fell in love with a camel not really. Just I don’t want to stay here much longer than we need to. I want to get screwed so badly right now my body screams for it. I have been wanting a good screw.”

Oil rolls her eyes and slides her paw on Gizmo's face as she walks to the core area. Gizmo follows her and I go find areas I need to pull apart. It takes a few hours to break broken parts and broken old wood and metal from the airship. A lot of the airship was recently created before their maiden voyage thanks to the help of a group of enclaves. At least I was told this when I first met Gem and the others. It’s an old airship created during the war and they added this bigger ship part before Ruby woke up. I am covered in a heavy sweat and when my species sweat we release a sweet scent. Sometimes the scent attracts males and other females and males of different species hate it.

Dust comes up from the core room and coughs holding his nose.

“Really?! Are you in heat again?!”

I laugh.

“Thankfully no. I am going to need a shower after this.”

Gizmo comes out with a part of the core system. She sighs, shaking her head.

“I hope they have parts we need or we will have to reuse everything we got here.”

Gem comes looking at everything.

“Is that all?”

Gizmo nods.

“Unless Cannon is replacing all her cannons I am sure it’s everything. Oil is doing what she can to make sure the core stays turned off. Oh god, Rhyolite, why do you stink so badly?!”

I smirk

“Sorry, do the showers still work?”

Gizmo nods.

“At least hopefully the water may be saltwater so go ahead and take one and Oil and I can go see what we can find.”

Gem nods, sighing.

“Go ahead and get that shower. Then go ahead to the brothel and get your brains fucked out. I don’t want to smell you anymore”

I go take my shower and after all that, I head out keeping my sword at my side just in case. I look around this odd island seeing it’s fully made of trash and old junk from the war of the past. I glance to the water, noticing pretty far out there they smoke from that weapon we went through.

Walking through the city I sniff the air to follow the smell of food and sexual intercourse. I take a deep breath and I watch a coup of ponies walking through the streets and a guard stops me.

“Excuse me, is there a reason you have a weapon?”

I glance at the guard.

“I'd rather protect my own life than rely on you. Is that an issue?”

The guard smirks

“Not at all it’s best to do that since we might not always be there to help. Now you seem lost, how may I help you?”

I glance at the streets sighing yes I am lost I don’t like admitting I am lost.

“I am searching for the brothel.”

The guard looks at me and he chuckles. I have never seen a male look me over so intently

“Wow, I have never seen a body like yours. You seem to be open to everything.”

I snicker.

“Are you searching to try me out hmm?”

The guard laughs loudly.

“Heh, I wouldn’t mind buying you dinner if you would like.”

I am getting dinner for free? I look at my bag by my side holding the trash and other objects I took with me in there. So I am being offered free dinner I hope that leads to free sex as well. I look around wondering what to expect from this place.

“While you lead me, can you explain to me how long this island has existed? I was told it’s been around since before the war. Is that true?”

The guard nods and leads me through town and it’s a pretty lovely town. I watch a group of ponies sell each other drunks and one selling a weapon.

“This place was built when the war was getting pretty bad. Many felt the war was going to end badly. So many families left and did what they could. At first, they didn't have a castle or a king. After the war ended many mutated creatures came. The king himself is known as a Roo. He showed up and wanted to help and lead the town.”

I nod following him as he goes on.

“The recent leader is his great-grandson and there are so many old laws so weak and the sick are tended to be forced to the area below the city. I wish I didn’t have to do it but it’s the law and my mother and father are down there.”

It’s not far off from what we do with our sick or old. We tend to make them fight to the death if they’re able to. If they aren’t able to we have the lame go on a journey if they return we let them die of old age.

“I am not too concerned about how you run this place. I am new to this place. I have no right to tell you how to run it or how it’s run.”

The guard nods.

“I am Lightpost.”

I laugh this guard stallion is called Light Post?

“Let me guess because of your unicorn horn?”

He chuckles.

“When I was born my horn glowed like a light post for about the first sixty hours of my life and then it stuck. So I am used to it.”

We all have a feature of us that is normal. Like with me I don’t let many see it. But I was once a slave of another species when I went to go on my journey of becoming an adult. My scales grew over the tattoo but they can still see the symbol of it.

“I was once a slave another race outside the kingdom I was born. I went on a journey to become an adult and I was a slave of sex for a bit. I had no issue with it though since it felt so amazing and I was saved by a merchant caravan.”

Lightpost nods.

“I have never seen your race before. What area do you reside in?”

I smirk.

“Well, I am sure you heard of the kingdom of Abyssinia. It recently got freed from a group of mercs who helped us fight to free it and all three factions allied and now all run the city as one.”

Lightpost looks at me confused.

“So the rumors of heroes freeing that city are true? I am sorry to say we don’t trust heroes on this island. A hero tried forcing changes in the laws and caused an uprising. It caused more problems than help.”

I fear they will learn what Ruby is sooner or later. They aren’t wrong about her being a hero and about heroes causing problems. I feel anger in my heart building about Ruby. I have no idea why I have so much hate for her. I take a deep breath trying to calm myself. I have a feeling if I kept going on he would show up.

“You okay?”

I glance at Light Post

“Heroes tend to anger me and upset me, heroes, who caused this world to die so long ago. I know a hero named the Lightbringer bought the world back. But now I still don’t see it. I know I will turn on heroes when the time comes.”

Light leads me to the bar I take a deep breath when we go inside and take a deep sniff smelling all the sex going on. With my hearing through the music, I hear females gasping and moaning. A large smile across my face. I love to hear sounds such as this. It turns me on.

Post and I wait for a waiter or waitress to seat us. A mare comes over and Post whispers to her giving her some used casing and I am led to the back of the bar in a very private spot. He smiles. I look around and see the table made from gold.

“Hmm, treating me to such a lovely spot?”

Post chuckles.

“I want you to meet the owner of the place. Maybe you can tell her what you want and how badly you want it.”

I laugh loudly, my hook claws clicking on the table. I wrap my tail around myself feeling relaxed from being on the airship for so long. I grunt feeling my body remove the tension. I look over at the stage seeing some dancers.

The white donkey comes over to sit in the booth with us. She kisses Lightpost deeply.

“Hello, handsome, who is your friend?”

Lightpost chuckles.

“This is Rhyolite, she comes from the airship which was recently docked. She is wondering if you could find some of your best males to please her after she eats her dinner.”

Loxie pulls me out of the booth with her mouth looking me over. She hmms a few times and chuckles.

“Hmm, I got many who would love to lose themselves in you. Now, do you want something to drink and eat before I give you my best?”

I sit back down reading the menu to read what is to eat and to drink.

“I would like some water and your bloodiest meat.”

Light Post orders his food looking over to the state. I sigh softly, feeling so at home here. I am sure after my journey is over I might come here to live in my older days. I sniff the air loving the relaxing scent.

“Is there anything I should know about the outside world away from Abinsinnay?”

Loxie shrugs her shoulders.

“I would say the only issue you need to worry about is the NCR. If you or anyone you knew fought to change the world they will want to jail you or send a bounty hunter after you. The NCR is full of ponies and others who try to control the world and force it under their view. At least it’s how one of them acted when they came here.”

The NCR? I have never heard of it and Loxie leaves to go put in those orders. I lean back to wait for the food and drink. I feel relaxed. I think it’s from the smell I feel so relaxed. After a while I see Melody and Ruby come in, they sit farther away and I notice they don’t even notice me.

My food and water finally come and while I drink I hear a song being sung. I am too far away to hear it but I see two mares singing one of them, Loxie. I glance at the stallion who is eating his food.

“So are you the stallion who is going to give himself to me?”

Post cheeks turn bright red.

“Unless you want me to be the one you want to have sex with.”

A dark smile forms on my face. Showing my sharp teeth. I scoot closer to him, wrapping my arms and tail around the stallion.

“I would mind you being the first one to please me. The male of my species normally fights the females to see who will be on top. So there is a lot of blood and sometimes broken bones. But don’t worry I won’t harm you big guy. We aren’t in my pack right now so you’re the strong stallion.”

A deep gentle purr comes from my throat I lick the stallion. Pulling away from him to finish my food and drink before I go get my brains fucked out by him.

“Is there anything else you wish to tell me before we go enjoy ourselves?”

Light chuckles.

“Well, I trained to be a teacher, not a guard. There was a small uprising in the marketplace so I forced it down with words and not death. They were upset about the fishing season being awful that year. What about you have you always been like this?”

I chuckle not wishing to remember how I used to be. I was not a normal female of my species. I was peaceful and not blood-hungry or battle-hungry.

“When a female like my species is born. We have a hunger for blood and battle at the start of birth. I was born wrong though I wanted peace and to sit and read. Now I still read it’s what got me to be one of the commanders of the army of my species. What got me to change was a big battle between all factions in the kingdom we fought over.”

I finish my water and drink. I glance over at Ruby and Melody they’re still here and after a while I watch them leave. I think I know what they will be doing getting their wedding set up. I look forward to seeing those two get married.

Loxie comes over after a while.

“Are you ready for some fun?”

I smirk

“Lightpost has offered himself to be the first one to take me. Then I will be ready to take your best.”

I wink at Loxie and she giggles.

“Hmm Lightpost is very good at guarding and sex you won’t be disappointed at all.”

I chuckle smirking as I notice Beezen comes in. I need to speak to him about something before I fully head upstairs.

“Go get a bed ready for me Light Post and thank you so much Loxie for the food. I will be up there soon. I need to speak to one of my crew friends from the ship. He just walked in.”

Lightpost nods heading upstairs Loxie smirks heading back to the kitchen. I walk over to the table Beezen sits on. It was the same one Ruby and Melody sat at. It took a while for the waitress to clean it off.

“I am sorry it took so long to clean this table. We have been very busy today.”

The waitress minotaur is being very apologetic to Beezen. Beezen laughs, patting the minotaur's shoulder.

“Don’t worry about it, I am expecting a friend to join me. So go ahead and clean up one question though. Are there any bounties on Pannas or so forth?”

The Minotaur shakes her head.

“No, we have a Panna community, a very small one which lives in the castle. The king protects them because many want to use them to find Dream Valley. But they were born on this island. There was a hunt for them twenty years ago so many could find Dream Valley but they have no idea how to find it.”

Beezen nods.

“The friend who is coming is a Panna like them. So will the owner be surprised by her?”

The Minotaur nods.

“I will make sure she knows so she can call Obsidian to guard her.”

The waitress minotaur leaves and I smile while sitting by Beezen. He chuckles seeing how I seem to be full of food.

“So I thought you came here for feelings of the flesh or do you have a question for me?”

I shrug my shoulders.

“Do you still consider yourself a judge?”

Beezen nods.

“When the time comes I will have to fight our friend again. The stars will demand me to become the judge again. But it won’t be till Grogar wishes to show himself. For now, I am just a friend and one to help you on your journey.”

I am confused about all this. He is still a judge and he will turn on us in the future? But for now, he won’t because the stars haven’t asked him to yet? I have never heard of a foe like this before. But I do hope I won’t be the one to fight him.

“So you don’t care you will be fighting former friends?”

Beezen frowns.

“Trust me I will regret everything I do when the time comes. More judges will be waking up, some will be those you trust, and some may be those you haven’t met before. Some could be ones you met ages ago and the stars finally triggered it.”

A deep sigh leaves my lungs out of my mouth. I feel I can’t trust him but he has been so respectful and kind since I met him. I shrug my shoulders.

“Alright enjoy your meal I will be heading to enjoy myself. Will you come and get me when the wedding starts?”

Beezen nods.

“I will do so go enjoy yourself.”

I head upstairs to the brothel area of the bar. I hear moans and screams of pleasure when I walk fully upstairs. Taking a deep breath was so amazing I could get used to it. Lightpost waves to me for a room in the back. I head to the back and I chuckle.

“So before we do anything could a pony get your kind pregnant?”

I shook my head.

“No, only males of my species can give another of my kind eggs. I don’t know if there is any way to get eggs from other races or species. We haven’t even tried it in all the years we came from the mutations of the old war.”

Lightpost quickly grabs me in his magic pulling me into a long deep kiss. I wrap my scaled arms around the stallion's neck purring deeply. Breaking the kiss purring deeply while I lay on the bed lifting my tail.

“Come on you big boy.”

Light Post mounts me and I feel deep pleasure while he fills me and I lose myself for the next few hours or so since it wasn’t just him who takes me. Six hours later I was shaken awake seeing Beezen stand over me.

“Rhyolite the wedding is going to start soon. Melody wants you to be one of her bridesmaids.”

I get up from the bed grunting feeling fully knowing I am going to need a quick shower. I heard the word bridesmaids. What are bridesmaids? I glanced over at Lightpost who was sleeping beside me. I drained the poor stallion from the looks of it.

“Uh, while we head back to the ship. So I can get a shower maybe you can explain to me what a bridesmaid is?”

Beezen explained to me what it means. I laugh making sure to pay enough to Loxie for what I did to some of her best males.

“Sorry if I drained too many of them.”

Loxie laughs.

“Don’t worry about it. Just give me something that I could use.”

I open my bag and bring out one of the old pipes Mellow used for her cooking system. Loxie looks it over and tilts her head.

“Hmm, It just needs a good cleaning. Got any more of these pipes?”

I nod, pulling a few more out.

“It was part of Mellows, our cook's oven unless you want to make a deal to take the oven and give her a new one. Since the airship we used was built during the war I guess and a lot of the old gear we have in the airship breaks down easily so go ahead if you want.”

Loxie nods.

“I will talk to your cook about it. I would love to speak to her and you said her name is Mellow?”

I nod.

“She is a magic eater so she is not hard to spot.”

Loxie smiles waving goodbye to me while I head back to the airship. Beezen and I chat about what a bridesmaid is and he told me I would have to go to the clothing store and get fitted with a dress. I get into the shower and he waits for me.

“What in the world is a dress?”

I can tell from the shadow from the shower door that Beezen is reading.

“A dress is a garment some creatures wear. I know your species don’t wear anything. So you will need to wear something. It's a tradition at least for some races.”

I let out a deep sigh grabbing the towel from the outside as I go out and dry off in front of Beezen since I am already naked what is the point of hiding perfection? Beezen rolls his eyes and laughs.

“You have no issues showing off do you?”

I smirk

“It could be worse, I could be demanding you to sleep with me.”

Beezen laughs.

“Heh, come on let's go and see if we can find a store that will make you a fast dress or has one all ready for you.”

I grunt growling hating the idea of being covered by something other than a male or armor. We walked through the town. Looking for a place for clothing a guard stops us since they seem to know we are lost.

“So you two are searching for a tailor?

Beezen chuckles

“Yes, you would think an island like this would have street or location signs.”

The guard laughs loudly.

“You would think, right? We do but finding them can be a pain in the ass. Come with me, the tailor is in the market district but still hard to find.”

The stallion trots through the city quick enough for us since we told him we are in a hurry. So I let Beeze get on my back so I can get us there faster. Since I don’t know how old the judge is. But he doesn’t always seem to walk on his own.

We are led to the tailor looking up the name.

“Welcome to the Sun and moon.”

Beezen nods.

“Alright, let's go in.”

He gets off my back and we go inside. We see two dragons, one a dragoness one a male one is pure yellow, and a serpent the other is dark black and a snake-like one. The sun-looking female comes to us.

“OH, Darling, how can we help you?!”

Beezen looks at me sighing.

“Do you have a dress for my friend here?”

The sun-colored dragoness stares at me and then looks at her brother.

“Oh, brother dear, we have a chore here.”

The dark dragon comes overlooking me laughing.

“Such beauty, such grace wouldn’t you say, sister?”

The sun dragoness laughs.

“Yes, brother, we just need to make her body right for the art!!”

Beezen stands back watching the two dragons measure me and the female powders my body with a strange powder and the male takes paints to my claws. I feel concerned that I am smelling too good. I am a warrior. I am a damn warrior. I am not one of beauty. I need to relax and allow this to happen.

After thirty minutes the two finally got me all dressed up in a lovely bridesmaid dress. At least it should be lovely to them. My scales are covered in powder. I feel strange but very good.

“All set and no need to pay anything. This first time is all free and you will have to pay the next time you come in. I have a feeling though you won’t be coming in next time.”

I groan following Beezen to the church to get ready. The wedding finally starts. I stand on the altar by Gizmo and Mellow. Gizmo is not even wearing a dress, she is just wearing her everyday clothing, and her cybernetics are dolled up. I have a feeling Oil painted them for this. Mellow looks amazing and she smirks up at me.

“You look good in that dress.”

I let out an annoyed sigh

“Thank you. I am not fond of dresses like this. I”

I go silent hearing the music. Looking over at the piano who is playing the music. It’s Lightpost he waves at me I wave at him feeling awful he is seeing me like this all dolled up and beautiful. I sigh upset looking at Ruby and how happy she is and then my anger about all this vanishes seeing how beautiful Melody is.

I watch the entire thing going on and I have never seen such beauty in my life watching the two kiss and I cheer with them. I hear something about the flowers that need to be tossed and when they’re tossed I watch many go for it and Beezen hits it with his book and I catch it.

“What?!”

Melody giggles.

“Means you will be married next.”

I groan heading back to the ship to take a shower again and I head to bed. Hearing Gem and she marries the two of them again Rubie's name. A soft smile forms on my face and I head to bed. I have a bad feeling something is about to happen.

I fall asleep and I wake up many hours later like I don’t know what time it is Beezen shakes me awake>

“What?!”

Beezen sighs.

“Ruby is in jail. We need to represent her during a trial.”

I quickly stood up not understanding what a trial was and quickly followed Beezen.

____________

Wicker

I stood on the dock watching us come into the bay of Junk island. I know I am well known here and I am sure I still have a bounty on my head. So I would have to go and try hard not to cause any problems.

I just need to get to the pirate's area of junk island. I am still amazed we are still allowed on Junk island. Of course, the king cares too much about what ones like me think. I watch Melody and Ruby leave.

“Hey, you didn’t come to the meeting to learn about this place.”

I glance at Gem.

“I have been here before and I am sure I am still wanted for a lot of what I did here. Murder, kidnapping, and many other things. I doubt they will care though since the king allows us to get away with things. Because of very old laws.”

Gem shakes her head.

“Wicker please don’t do anything stupid.”

I laugh

“Oh come on what will I do? You destroyed the ship I was on and you took me in. You think I will backstab you?”

Gem smirks

“Heh, I doubt you will tell Ruby you’re now a friend.”

Wicker smiles.

“I am honored to be the friend of a magic eater. A magic eater I have a feeling I am going to backstab when all this is said and done. If it’s the only way to save our asses when the final battle Beezen keeps talking about.”

Gem sighs.

“Yes I know I will be doing the same. I am not happy about it but she will have to do something so we don’t get tired of her.”

I worry I will allow my anger toward heroes to take over. I fear my hate of heroes will take over and I will not only turn on Ruby. I feel I will demand she be put in front of a firing squad. I am following these heroes to be one at least for now myself. Then I will go back to my way of pirates and stealing.

“You’re thinking what I am thinking too Wicker?”

I look up at the dragoness.

“You mean getting drunk and signing with others who are drunk?”

Gem laughs

“No no I could tell in your emotions you’re worried you’re going to turn on Ruby.”

I chuckle weakly.

“Was I that easy to read?”

Gem nods, patting my head.

“Not really, I am sure you know how I feel. Cranberry loves Ruby so much and I worry about saving Cranberry and her job and keeping the enclave from harming her. I feel I will have to turn on Ruby and force her to either be jailed for life.”

I will add to it.

“Or put in front of a firing squad and we watch her be tied there as she is fired upon. I don’t know if I could see that Gem. Ruby is so kind and sweet that she doesn’t deserve to be treated like that at all. Is there a way we could stop it from happening?”

Gem shakes her head

“Knowing the leaders and those who hate heroes in Widowmaker there will be no way to stop it. We will have to live with the fact we will turn on the poor creature and destroy her very life because we have to protect ourselves. How selfish of us are we?”

I chuckle.

“I am a pirate, it's normal for us to be selfish unless we are with those we consider family. I may not know Ruby very well but I consider you all family. I will fight with you even if it leads to my death.”

Gem nods.

“I need to get going. I need to find out what we need to fix and rebuild. Then..”

I glance over at where she is looking and we see the green smoke getting worse far behind us.

“I think we will have to go take care of the issue there.”

I nod.

“I agree. I think we will need to before they harm the fishing supplies around here. I do have an idea I could see if I could get some pirates to go attack them and one of us could go break in and destroy whatever is causing that.”

Gem glances at me.

“You do it to prove yourself to your new family.”

I smirk, bowing my head.

“It will be an honor.”

I head out of the ship heading to the pirate docks of the area. It’s a pretty small area since we aren’t allowed to get too much here. I walk towards an ally and a guard stops me. I glance at the kirin.

“So has Wicker come to pay for her crimes?”

I chuckle

“Brother I will not be paying for my crimes this time. I have a job to do to prove myself to my new family.”

My brother stares at me, and he sighs.

“Wicker you betrayed your birth family and now you wish to make a new family trust you? What do you plan on doing?”

I let out an exasperated sigh

“Those ghouls almost killed us on the way here. They released another set of those gas weapons and they could cause issues here if the wind blows this way and they could kill the nature bubble around this area and kill a lot of the fish breeds.”

His ears pin to the back of his head.

“So it’s true then you’re going to risk your life with this?”

I nod

“Yes, I just need an old gas mask and a heavy suit to keep my skin from melting. Why not go to our father's home or well former father's home and get his mask and protective gear for me, please? Please Mountain please?”

My brother Mountain sighs.

“Okay, sister I will meet you at the pirate docks if you can get a ship I will go with you. It’s time to take care of this for the King.”

I lift my hoof.

“For the king.”

My brother leaves to head to our home. I sigh missing my father. I wish I could tell my friends what happened to him and my mother. I follow the street walking past many pirates. I notice one of the Storm King's old small airships is being worked on. I just need to ask the pirate captain and see if I can get a group.

“Well look who it is.”

I turn to look at a heavily scarred-up mare.

“Hello, Scythe, is your captain awake?”

The black unicorn mare nods.

“He is awake but why?”

I chuckle

“I am going to ask for a ship and a crew and take care of those ghouls finally.”

Scythe smirks

“Let's do it, I will see if I can get him to talk with you.”

I smirk

“Yeah, but we need to talk to the captain first. See if he is willing to risk his crew's lives and if we do this I am sure the king will allow us to clear our names.”

Scythe heads into the building made from a ship. After a while, Scythe comes back out.

“He will talk with you.”

I go in and see the captain. I stare at him. I haven't seen him in years. The rat creeper stands up and I look at his leg seeing he has a new leg and it’s a large cannon.

“Woody, I see you lost another peg leg.”

The rat creeper chuckles.

“So why do you wish to talk to me, sea raider?”

I shake my head groaning.

“I am no longer a sea raider. My crew and my ship are long gone. The airship we attacked was heavily protected by a group of sea ponies and sea monsters. So they saved me and let me join them. I feel my way to prove myself is to destroy the green cloud.”

Woody nods.

“I see, do you want to take on those groups of old warships to turn off those weapons or fully destroy them? I see well then I heard recently if nothing is done the entire fishing business would be destroyed here. Alright, go ahead, take a select crew and get protection.”

I gather a crew, one of them being the mare Scythe a yak named Rum. A magic eater named Stinger and my brother gathers gear to make sure we don’t die in there. I take a deep breath my brother giving me our dad's old magnum.

“Are you sure I have a right to use Father's old gun?”

He nods.

“Yes, he would have loved you using it. Just remember the name Hope is one of the reasons he kept it.”

I put the gun in a holster, got into the armor, put the mask on and we got into the airship. I know I will be gone for at least a week and I will miss Ruby and Melody's wedding. I wanted to see it but I need to prove myself.

“You’re missing your friend's wedding and you will be gone in a week? How did we not do this sooner?”

I shrug my shoulders.

“I am not sure about it Scythe, maybe they think the war is still on. I am just amazed they still have this gas after all these years.”

We fly ourselves to the ships. It takes a week and on the last day we finally get back and I sigh, taking a deep breath, not sure what to think and when we get there. I see that many of the ships are barely afloat and the one releasing the gas is a pretty large battleship. We dock as close as we can since the gas could harm the airship.

“Okay Mountain Scythe you’re with me the others please stay here. If they try anything kill them.”

Rum and Stinger salute us. Scythe, Mountain, and I make sure the suits we have on are sealed and we don’t have anything which would harm us. I lift the magnum. Scythe lifts what her namesake is in her magic and Mountain holds a giant hammer. We don’t say a word to each other. Watching the ship release the strange gas from vents on the ship.

“Okay, I am going to head to the captain’s quarters. You two head to engineering and the weapons bay. I am going to see if I can find what they are doing here.”

They nod while we head inside. I walk through the halls looking around the rooms and seeing bodies and robots. Some of these battles have been recent. I am wondering if something happened to the ship. I head into the captain's office and I see a ghoul sitting there, his seat turned away from me.

“Are you here to rescue us?”

I feel he doesn’t know the war ended years ago.

“Rescue what? You do know the war ended years ago right?”

The ghoul stands up from the chair turning to look at me. The broken stallion ghoul just looks at me.

“How did it end?”

A weak smile forms on my face.

“In fire and death. Both sides released death on both sides. The world is slowly healing but it will take longer than one hero doing what she did. It would take the entire world wanting to work together to bring forth peace.”

The ghoul looks like he is about to cry.

“I see why are you here then?”

I look towards the hall leading in here, closing the door just in case.

“Your ship is releasing a deadly gas. We notice each year it gets worse and worse. You’re destroying the newly revived shipping lanes and you could destroy the best fishing location with all the toxic gas.”

The ghoul chuckles.

“I see you didn’t come to save us. You came to in your mind free the world from an old-world threat. The gas was made to destroy anypony who didn’t follow the worlds of princess Luna. But I see the only path I have left is to kill you.”

I stare at the ghoul.

“What do you mean?”

The ghoul laughs. I think his brain is broken. He has been here for so long alone. All I can do is fight him.

“You’re minions of zebras and you’re lying to me. This is not the end of the world, this is just another path of the war.”

He lifts a gun cocking it.

“I will not allow it.”

I just lift the magnum firing at him right in the head before he even starts firing at me. HIs head blows up flying everywhere. I lower my gun, placing it back on my side. I didn’t want to do this. I doubt any of the ghouls in this ship will be reasoned with.

I look around to see if I can find anything of use. In a glass case, I see a sword in a dragon scabbard. I read the plaque on the case. ‘To those who follow the stars, the dragon shall burn death.’ I break open the dragon and know who to give it to.

Mountain and Scythe finally come in.

“We turned off the gas. Everypony is dead though from what I read the captain unleashed the robot's protectors on all the ships. He believed all ships under his command worked for the zebras and he wanted to use the gas to kill every zebra sympathizer around.”

Scythe nods.

“Mountain didn’t want to self-destruct; he feels we could use the weapon on this ship.”

I stare at my brother.

“You want to give it to the King?”

He nods.

“No, we will not be doing that. The captain's terminal is right here I am sure it’s connected.”

Mountain glances at Scythe.

“Scythe, I need to talk to my sister privately.”

Scythe looks concerned, trotting out of the room. I worry I am going to have to hurt my brother if he won’t listen.

“Mountain you know full well we can’t allow anyone to have this weapon. We can’t allow the king or some worse thing to happen.”

Mountain comes over to me staring at me through our mask.

“Sister you know full well you want to be free of all crimes you have done. The best way to do so is to let the king have these weapons.”

I snort

“So what is the king going to use the weapon to force down another uprising instead of trying to change laws? I am going to blow up this ship.”

I get to the console and Mountain smashes his hammer down on the console breaking it and tossing it away into the wall. I turn to pull the sword out of its scabbard. It's pure black it’s made of space junk.

“Don’t do this Mountain.”

Mountain smiles.

“It’s the only choice I have to get our family's reputation back from how you destroyed it.”

I growl deeply.

“I am not the one who destroyed our reputation!!”

My body starts to burn. I am starting to turn into the Nirik. The suit I wear is starting to burn. His body burns and we charge smoke coming off our bodies while our bodies burn and the weapons smash into each other.

“I can’t let you leave this place Wicker.”

I growl finding it hard to fight a large stallion with his hammer. All I can do is use the magnum he got me to fire on him. But I don’t want to kill him. I heard a gun go off from behind him and he went pure limp.

Scythe comes holding a gun in her magic. She shot my brother right in his spine. He falls to the floor and I look down at him. I feel awful for what happened to him. I glance at Scythe and she frowns looking down at my brother.

“I didn’t want to do this Mountain you gave me no choice.”

I put the sword and Magnum away.

“Scythe heads back to the ship. I am going to head to the engineering bay and blow it up.”

Scythe stares at me in horror.

“What about your brother, there is no way you will be able to get him out of here.”

I smirk.

“He was going to give these weapons to the king. Do you know what the king would do with them? He would use them to kill an uprising causing more death around them who are innocent of it. Why do you think I fucking left?!”

Scythe looks at me in horror.

“I see I can’t stop you from leaving your brother here to die.”

Mountain groans trying to stand up. He can sit up at least.

“No I may hate to admit but Wicker is right. I am too blind to see it. I won’t be useful at all anymore with that shot in my spin. It didn’t snap, thankfully but I can feel it hard to move. So please let me make it up to you sister.”

I take a deep breath feeling tears from down my cheeks.

“You don’t mind doing this for me? You will die in the name of our reputation.”

Mountain smirks.

“We all wake up sooner or later. But waking up was getting a shot in the back. Keep in contact with me brother.”

I pick up the walkie-talkies still working oh magic creations wonderful. I trot with Scythe back to the ship worried about my brother. Now he is going to redeem himself in the eyes of me and our father would be proud of him. Since our father died for the same reason he did following the king like a blind puppet.

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Mountain’s eyes

Most never got to know me. I have been the runt of our family and I looked up to my father like he was a god. I wanted to be so much like him. My mother is a wonderful mare of a female. She did so much as well but she betrayed us and our father had to kill her. But I look back at everything. The king has been wrong.

It seems the only way to save the island or the world from having issues from this gas. Is to destroy the ship. If it's the only way to redeem myself then it’s something I am forced to do. I wish I could talk to my sister right now.

Using my hammer to lean on it heading down the halls. I need to head to the stairs turning on the talkie to talk to my sister.

“I am sorry for everything Wicker. I take back everything I said about you during your banishment trial. I am sorry I said so much to you during our father's execution. If I could get your forgiveness it would be wonderful.”

Wicker is silent for a moment.

“It’s not going to be easy to do that my brother. I do forgive you for everything.”

I hear her crying. I felt tears falling down my cheeks. Is this my fate my curse and punishment for following the king like he is not wrong in his murders and putting down resistance to the fact he won’t change the laws?

“I will be judged for following the king. I will never be the same again and I feel the only way to know what is going to happen is when I get to the timeless river before getting to the land where all dead go. I will be forced to redeem my soul.”

Wicker sobs hard. I wish I could be there for her finally.

“Don’t cry..”

I feel the music in my heart finally building.

“I must go on. I must end this nightmare of my pain. I have never seen the future ahead. I will always be in the past and blinded by the king. Be strong, oh Wicker is strong, and prove yourself to your new family. I am no longer your family you’re the last of our family”

I sang and both started to sing.

“To dream a dream of hope gone by. To bring forth our redemption in the hearts of many. Oh don’t let this stray us. For we can’t go on living this way. The broken world will no longer allow us to dream. For the time has come my nightmare has reached its peak.”

Wicker sings on her own.

“If it’s our path to be lost and broken. Then we must be lost and broken. If I must be the last of our family to bring honor back to the family line. Then I shall do so when I fall in love and have little foals our name will be dead. I will be another family line. It’s time to dream, it's time to move on.”

I get to the computer sitting at it. Starting the self-district.

“Get out of here…”

I hear the airship leaving on the walkie. I groan feeling the blood drain from my wound. I feel weak from the pain. I sing my last few words while the timer counts down. I feel my vision turning dark.

“To redeem our souls and it’s time to come to an end.”

The music ends.

Back to Wicker

I hear my brother's last words. ‘BOOOM!’ The ship and the ships around it go up in flames. I sob and fly back to junk island. I go to the place to sleep and rest from everything looking at the sword to give to Ruby as a wedding present and I fall asleep when we finally make it back. We land the ship with the others and I get off looking at Beezen.

“What is going on?”

Beezen looks down at me. He explains to me what happens and I look at the sword now I know when I can give this to Ruby. I grunt deeply hating the fact of what I went through to get this and now it’s time to prove myself.

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Dust

I open my eyes feeling the motion of the ship stop. I head out of my room and follow the others to the meeting room. I sit by my new friends watching Gem talk about how we buy goods here and after Melody and Ruby come in Gem explains the power structure. I am going to have to find this Obsidian and see if I can find the arena or a place to train my skills.

I get ready to head off the ship.

“Hey where are you going we need help.”

I glance back at Gizmo.

“I know nothing about Technology. If I do anything I could destroy it and cause more problems for the ship. So I feel my best thing is to study on this island and see if I could find a place to train my skills or how to get into the arena.”

Gizmo frowns

“Dust, I could teach you how technology works.”

I laugh half-heartedly.

“I am sure you could Gizmo let me ask you this question though. Do you want to teach a dumb-ass Assiasin how to use tech? Or do you want me to test my skills before we get to Dream Valley?”

Gizmo frowns.

“Dust, I want to work with you. You just seem to not want anything to do with us as a family.”

I chuckle.

“Gizmo I am better for this family away from the technology focusing on my fighting skills works better for this family so I can defend it. I promise I will be back to do more to help.”

I walk out. I don't need to fulfill the task of getting Ruby and Melody married. It’s time for my next task after. To get trained to get better enough at fighting to protect this new family of mine. Before I could go anywhere a spear stabs into the ground.

“Excuse me before you go any further assassin we need to talk.”

I turn my head to look at the arena warrior. A large minotaur who looks ready to fight whatever comes his way.

“I am sorry I am searching for the arena.”

The minotaur looks at me.

“Are you a criminal looking to free yourself from some crime you may have or not caused? Committing a crime is the only way you will be allowed into the arena. Now if you’re looking to train and hone your skill I can show you the arena trainer.”

Hmm, the only way to get to fight in the arena is by committing a crime? I will not allow myself to fall into crime just to fight. Then I can do the next best thing to train and get my skills honed to protect this new family.

“I am looking to train to protect my new family.”

The minotaur smirks.

“Is that the only reason you wish to train to protect your family who could probably fight for themselves? Unless it is your calling to just protect them and care for them because they’re so close to you.”

I glance back at the ship and I can see part of it. Only part of it I feel at home with my new friends I haven’t known for very long. We are going to be together for so long. We will fight, we will cry and we might see some of those close to us die.

“I will do it in the name of my king and my family.”

The minotaur smiles.

“Then I shall bring you to the arena trainer. I will tell her what you wish to do. If I tell her what you wish to do she will not only train you she will train you as long as you are here. How long do you see yourself being here?”

I glance back at the ship.

“It wouldn’t surprise me with how damaged our way of travel is if we are here at least a month to fix it all. We flew through the green gas on the way. We didn’t know about it till it came up and harmed the ship.”

The minotaur frowns

“You flew through it? Some never get lucky when they go through it. We have seen empty ships. The gas didn’t only kill the crew they melted their skin off leaving nothing but guts and bones.”

I am led to the arena basement. I hear screaming and groaning looking in the cells of other fighters who are here to fight to the death or to win to prove they’re not guilty. I glance at one of them, a large Lizard. The lizard stands up staring at me. He is pure red and I can’t see anything but his eyes. He quickly reaches out of the cell grabbing my cloak and pulling me close.

“Grrr hisss minion of the king. Minion of the king's fake justice and war. I will be out of here soon to kill more of the king's followers.”

Before he could do any damage to me the minotaur I am following cuts off the creature's arm he screams in pain and he laughs loudly. The arm slowly regenerates. The lizard grabs his arm eating the meat.

“Stay away from Devil Horn. He will never be allowed to fight again. He is forced to stay down here because every time we let him out. He kills more than we force him back down here.”

Devil Horn laughs.

“You can’t keep me down in this cell forever. When the time comes your king will want me to die. Your king is a coward to do it himself!!”

I follow the minotaur hearing the laughter of Devil horn. I keep walking down and seeing the training room. It's a big room. Standing in the big room is the trainer. The yellow Upholi looks at me and she smirks.

“So fresh meat then?”

The minotaur laughs.

“No Lion, he wants you to train him.”

Lion nods and we train. It wasn’t much of a training session. She told me it would take time for me to learn everything. I would have to be here a month or more to train and learn. After a few hours of training. I hear about Melody and Rubies wedding, which is about to start. Lion lets me leave to go see that and to rest after.

I head up to the wedding and go back to the ship after it’s over resting and when I wake up I head back down to the training. Lion looks at me with a frown on her face and she sighs, shaking her head.

“Are you friends with a magic eater named Topaz?”

Just heard Rubie's fake name. But now I am very worried she did something stupid. I take a deep breath, blowing hot air out of my mouth.

“What did she do?’

Lion smiles weakly.

“She broke into the area below the city and used the Alicorn lab below us. So she is now on trial. I warn you it’s not going to go well. You better get going so you can help defend her.”

I quickly run out of the arena to go help Ruby and hope I can help her from getting the worst fate ever.

_________________

Gizmo

This ship is amazing and I know from what I was told I might be living on it for two years and I glance at the camel I am told who runs the core. Oil comes over to me and smiles.

“So you’re the one who will be helping me?”

I nod

“Yes I am Gizmo, you must be Oil, is that correct?”

Oil smirks

“Yes, I am Oil. I hope you don’t mind living down here with me.”

I smirk lifting my cybernetic arm which I can change into many different things. It switches to a cybernetic hand offering it to her. Oil takes my hand and I shake. I smile loving the kindness I have been receiving.

“I look forward to getting to know you.”

A few more months passed and since we are always flying right now Oil and I do what we can to keep the core from getting too hot. I could tell though Oil hasn't been her cheery self. I hear her crying a lot these days. I open my eyes from trying to nap hearing heavy sobbing. I listen to what I can hear.

“I am so sorry for leaving you behind. I am sorry I had to run while you three couldn’t run.”

I stood up heading to see Oil and she turns and wipes under her eyes and I kneel to her staring at her.

“Do you wish to talk about it?”

Oil weakly smiles.

“I lost my family. Three years ago during the battle of Kludetown, my family was killed. By….Ruby, was there at the wrong time and her fighting caused them to die and me to run. I promised Gem I wouldn’t confront Ruby about it. Since my hatred of heroes is huge. I have learned to love and trust Ruby like she is my daughter.”

I smile.

“You did very well at moving on. I can understand you’re in heavy pain. But don’t let your hate control how you feel. You’re doing better than most ever could. I would be happy to help you through all this.”

Oil blushes looking away.

“I know we haven’t known each other very long. Um, do you think I could pursue a relationship with you?”

I feel a blush form on my face. I have never had anyone want me before. I am older than Oil. I will watch her grow old and she will die before I do. But I can’t allow someone who is so alone to be so lost and wants me. I can’t say no because I could harm her ability to work. To be honest with me I feel the same way about her.

“Oil I hope you understand I will watch you grow old. I doubt you care that you will die while I watch you die. You just want to focus on the now and the future.”

Oil smiles

“I know full well how long your species lives, Gizmo. I don’t care, I have been on my own for three years. I have been working on this core for those three years to get it ready. I'm just so alone and I look forward to getting to know you as I fall deeper in love with you.”

I smile nodding.

“I look forward to it. Now we better get some rest because well I have a feeling things are going to get worse.”

I went to go to sleep and Oil sleeps with me as I wrap around her we don’t do anything sexual just hold each other so we don’t feel alone. We slept at least for a while and then an alarm woke us up. The PA system comes on.

“Alert we will be going through a gas weapon pretty soon. Please close everything and get ready to be prepared just in case the core or the flying system breaks.”

Oil and I quickly get up. We work on closing the windows and going around making sure there are no holes or anything and we help Gunpowder pull her cannons out and close the weapon holes and lock them.

We finally made it back to the core. I grunt and cough. I haven’t done work like this in a long time.

“Gizmo, are you okay?”

I smirk weakly

“I am not built for running so quickly and working so hard like this.”

We get into the gas and the ship shakes a bit and I hear steam building in the core.

“Shit! Oil get to those pipes and we need to keep the pressure from building.”

Oil and I work hard on keeping the ship going. At least we try to work on the core of the flight system and work on fixing the hall while this is going on. It has been at least three weeks since I last Oil and I have been working so hard the last few days and haven’t had a rest. Of course, we let the other sleep and rest while it works. The PA system comes on.

“We just made it out. The system is giving me warnings all over the place we may need to land. It's going to be a hard landing since I can’t open the jets to ease our landing.”

I glance at Oil and we strap ourselves to the walls and hold onto each other. We know the landing is not going to be good or easy. We finally hit the water after the countdown is over and we watch the core fall apart and all the systems breaking and popping and screws and bolts flying all over and after a while, the ship stops shaking.

“Oh my…”

I let Oil go and she looked at the core. It's going to take so long to repair and the flight system is just cracked and won’t work again unless we find a replacement. She lifts some pipes, sighing.

“Well, I thought this would last forever. Gizmo we could be stuck here for a while if we don’t find anything to help repair the system.”

I open the window seeing some of the smoke and acid lingering on the halls. See some old war mines in the water.

“Oil, do you think this will work?”

Oil opens the other window.

“Old Mine parts could help the system work and get us to the area we need to go. But It won’t fix the flight system.”

Oil and I head on one of the boats we had within the ship. To protect it just in case something like this happens and we work on breaking down some of the mines. Some of them look to be duds or never worked in the first place.

“Thank you for being here to help me Gizmo love.”

I chuckle

“I am happy to help Oil and I am starting to see why Gem picked you for this trip.”

Oil blushes and chuckles. We work on getting the system working. After a while, we do our best and we find some Sea ponies and sea dragons. One of them from the sounds of it knows Ruby from the island. So they help us and we work on what we can. We then hear ships not far from us firing on us. One of the sea dragons catches the cannonball and tosses it back and they save a kirin mare named Wicker.

We get to know her and get drunk with her. She then does what she can to help us work on the ship and after a while, we finally make it to junk island. Wicker went up to the dock and we were called to the meeting room.

Oil leaned on me and we whispered and talked before Gem came in to explain everything.

“So we could take apart half the old parts of this ship and they would just take them and give us replacements?”

Gem nods.

“Now the hardest thing to replace is the flight system. We could find a way to jerry-rig a system to make it work. But it would mean more work for you.”

I chuckle

“ I am not upset with that. Come on Oil, let's get some work done.”

The two of us go into the hall and Oil forces me into the wooden wall and we begin to kiss and make out. I just ignore the world around me to please the camel.

“Um, you know you two, we need to get some work done.”

I broke the kiss glancing at Rhyolite.

“Yeah, we know.”

Oil and I and others work on taking apart many systems. One of the systems I take apart is part of the shower system; it's been heavily broken and some of the bathroom pipes. I place it in the pile and I head to the bar to see how Mellow is.

“Come on you damn oven work.”

I sigh leaning on the bar.

“Let me guess your entire kitchen is broken?”

Mellow sighs nodding.

“I guess we will need to replace everything. The Oven seems alright. I will keep it here unless we get a deal for a replacement.”

I help Mellow take care of the kitchen pipes and take it to the pile and after a few hours, we finally get some help. The workers from the island work on the ship with us and we finally get the core somewhat working. Mellow made a deal to get a new oven and she helped the worker get it in. I glance at the new oven. It's much better than the old one.

“Finally thanks to Rhyolite for helping with this. I think she is getting her brains screwed out.”

I roll my eyes and I feel my body starting to get very tired from working so hard. I see Oil working on the bathroom system and one of the workers is trying to tell her to go rest.

“Miss, go get some sleep, I can do the rest.”

I grab Oil to pull her away. She falls asleep in my arms and I close the door to the room we created. I then remember I got a wedding to get ready for. I asked Oil if she wished to come. She was fast asleep. I will tell her about it later. I head to become the bridesmaid for Melody and then after it's all said and then I head back and Oil is still asleep I fall asleep and I wake up many hours later hearing the PA system.

“Everyone Ruby is on trial. Sadly she is not in the trial but knocked out and if we don’t help her she could be forced into something worse than banishment. I need everyone who knows her to come and help us.”

I quickly wake Oil to tell her what is going on.

“Great I will do what I can but I will have to be truthful.”

Oil and I leave with others who are willing to stand up for Ruby. Mellow flies beside us. I glance at Mellow who nods to me and we know this is not going to be an easy fight.

______

Melody

The wedding is finally done and everything is done and I lock Ruby in our bedroom. I tell everyone else to make sure she never leaves. I fly through the city not caring about what I see and Loxie is waiting for me at the doorway leading into the doctor's brewing office.

“Melody I want to thank you for taking your time to do this for me. I know you could be spending time with your wife. But I need this badly or all those I have doing work for me will need to wait for themselves to give birth.”

I head inside looking around at all the brews and potions and Loxie follows me in Green Dust comes out from behind the back looking at me and then looking at Loxie.

“So this is the one who will help me find a new birth control pill?”

Loxie nods.

“She used to work in a place like mine years ago.”

I chuckle

“Yes I do but I am here to help and it may take a while to find anything which would work. We would have to test a female and I am sure Loxie has at least one who is willing to work with us.”

Loxie nods.

“She is my daughter and she wants to take over someday. So I am trying to make sure she is smart and doesn’t sleep with everything and get more children. I have too many as it is and that was my fault.”

Green Dust and I start working on the brews. It's going to take a while to get through all this. The two of us talk while we work.

“I was trained by a ghoul from the war and she told me don’t fall for the hate that caused the war to end. I am happy I listened to her because many ponies are good at helping me.”

I listen intently.

“Yeah the one who trained me was also trained by a ghoul of the past. She told me what the ghoul said. Too much hatred caused the war and if we kept going we would have ended up worse”

Green Dust smiles.

“The mare was from an area called Wymarnic, an odd mountain area full of many races and a lot of ghouls who work to protect the area.”

I have heard of the area but have never been down there myself. We work through the night talking and testing what we come up with on Loxies daughter. Some of the stuff we give her makes her a bit sick and thankfully it doesn't last long. I lost track of time while working and we finally came to a breakthrough.

Seaweed and a mix of mushrooms and a mix of dragon blood. We find something which works. It would take a lot of testing though and I feel I have time but Obsidian walks in and puts her claws on my shoulders.

“Melody you have been doing wonderfully but I need to tell you your wife is in jail. Strangely, she was following someone else. She saw her as someone else; we saw her as a blue-haired Alicorn. I knew her as Majesty and I figured she was controlling Topaz. I can’t save her I am sorry you will have to try yourself.”

I quickly fly off with Obsidian not far behind me and I head to meet the others while they have already defended Ruby. I have to say my peace.

“Are you the wife of the one who broke into the forbidden Alicorn lab?”

I nod.

“I am Topaz’s wife, yes. No matter what we say, no matter what we do, you will not let her go, am I correct?”

The judge nodded.

“She broke one of our biggest laws. Jumper's family has been protecting that lab for years. Because of what was in it. She unleashed a deadly Alicorn weapon that could harm many. Project Omega.”

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Back to Ruby

I wake up in a cell. I am not alone though. I see a broken dying pony who looks like he has been in a fight and across from me is a lizard creature. He smirks at me gnashing his teeth and laughs loudly. Before I could do anything though I notice my armor is missing so are my weapons.

“So it sounds like from the meeting upstairs there is no way they can stop you from going into the arena to fight for your life.”

I try to listen but I can’t hear anything and I sigh knowing I am in trouble now. My cell opens up and Obsidian stands by the way out to the arena. She is holding a strange sword with a dragon scabbard.

“I am sorry Topaz but you have to fight to prove yourself. A friend of yours found this weapon and wants you to use it. I hope for your sake it has the power to help you.”

I get to the middle of the area elevator. I wait for it to go up and I see the robots around me again. I hear them say the words.

“He has risen and you failed. You’re not good enough to be praised by him.”

I pull out the sword slicing at them and they vanish. I get ready to put the sword away when it hits the sun. When I get up I feel the stars scream at me.

“Blood…”

I feel the rush of hunger for blood. This is a creation of the stars. I look at the sword. It’s called the dragon. I will have to rebuild Spitfire and I will have two blades. When I was finally seen the crowd cheered and laughed. The king and the ones of power are sitting in chairs watching.

“Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen. Mares and Colts. Everyone is welcome. We see here one who broke the law and her trial was either banishment or death. The king chose death to make an example. Can she fight to win all battles ahead and if she does she will be free. Let the blood flow, let the guts drop to the floor.”

The cheers scream as I watch as I am here to fight to the death to see if I am innocent. I look up to the king who stares at me intently. He lifts his hand.

“Oh, king Jumper is telling us it’s time.”

He gives a thumbs up.

“It’s time to fight!!”

The door opens up and I wait to see what is to come. I have to fight for my life and I don’t know if I can. I look at my new sword as the stars keep screaming for blood. I am in a pickle and there is no way I can get out of it now.

Footnote: Max level

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