Silver Speed Tenshi let out a long, exhausted sigh as she slowly walked across her home, the sound of her hooves softly clopping against the ground as they echoed across the interior of her large home. Her moderate violet eyes stared ahead with a half-lidded expression as her ears lay limp against her head, her walking slow and half attempted. The bluish gray mare’s light cornflower bluish gray mane hung on either side of her neck, with a large bang hanging over her face and framing it in a rather appealing fashion to any stallion that would happen to see her, had she not been in her home that is. Her light blue bow and arrow Cutie Mark and the white wings on her back contrasted strongly with her coat, shining brightly in the moonlight peeking out from the curtains.

The Pegasus mare groaned as she stopped at the foot of her couch, turning to the side before she let her legs fall asleep, allowing gravity to do the work as she landed on her couch with a soft thump. Her head swam slightly as she shuffled around to lay on her back, her hind legs pressed together with her right foreleg draped over her forehead, and her right one hanging limply just above the floor. She closed her eyes as she laid her head back, feeling it swim a bit, as the sound of the pulse in her neck filled her ears with each soft beat. Silver Speed’s tired eyes stared up at the ceiling above her home, her vision blurred a bit as she contended with the exhaustion that was slowly beginning to overtake her. As she let her body relax and her exhaustion take over, she felt her mind wander back to the events of earlier that day, and what had led to the situation she found herself in now.

It started out as any typical day for Silver Speed, waking up in the morning to the bright and beautiful sun shining through the curtains of her window, letting her know it was time to start the day. She got up from her warm cozy bed and started to make herself presentable for the day; after she showered and made sure that she was nice and ready. She went to the next room of her rather large home, which was nestled on the eastern side of Ponyville, and woke up her kids, Silver Spoon and Chip Cutter, to get them ready for the day as well. They were particularly playful that morning however, and decided to have their mother go on a wild goose chase around the house, all of them laughing all the while.

After spending a good thirty minutes trying to find them in various places, Silver Speed was finally able to wrangle them into the kitchen, though not before they shared a good few laughs from the playtime. In all honesty, Silver Speed was quite pleased that her children were so giddy that morning, because today marked the annual Summer Sun Celebration, where the Queen would come down to Ponyville and bask all the ponies in her presence. When she told her children this particular piece, they were hardly able to keep themselves from falling out of their seats at the thought of getting to meet the very ruler of Equestria, and it took her a little more time to calm them down and get them to eat. After sending them off to school for the day, she went through her usual routine of cleaning the house and tiding up the house before she went out to her day job.

Time flew by quickly for Silver Speed, and before she knew it the day had come to an end, and she found herself busy with her kids once again. After helping them with their homework and having dinner with the family, Silver Speed took her kids upstairs to get them ready for bed, while her husband went back to his office to do some last-minute work. On any other day, Silver Speed would’ve had some difficulty getting her children to go to sleep, whether because they ‘weren’t tired’, or because they wanted her to read them a bedtime story, or something like that. Fortunately for Silver Speed, that wasn’t the case here, thanks the fact that the Summer Sun Celebration was today, and that the Queen would be there to mingle with them all. It was more than enough to get the foals to fall asleep, though not before they asked their mother if they could play with their friends in at the celebration.

After kissing both of her children goodnight, Silver Speed went upstairs to her and her room to get ready for bed, wanting to get a good night’s sleep for the big day. As the light gray Pegasus went to sleep that night, she couldn’t help but get the nagging feeling that something was going to go horribly wrong that upcoming day. Silver Speed didn’t know why she had this feeling, for she didn’t see what could possibly go wrong at the Summer Sun Celebration, especially since the Queen would be there at the Town Square. She soon brushed it off, confident that the sinking feeling at the pit of her gut would disappear by tomorrow and she’d be able to spend the day with her family.

Unfortunately for her, it didn’t.

When Silver Speed woke up the next morning, the feeling that the bluish grey Pegasus had the other night didn’t go away. In fact, it seemed to grow even stronger as the day dragged on, and she and the rest of her family got ready to head to the Town Square. By the time she had got there, that feeling almost completely taken over, making it hard for her to focus on anything around her besides her family. It was only thanks to Mayor Mare announcing the presence of Queen Celestia that she was able to put that feeling aside of only for a moment, and the presence of her Queen was almost enough to make her completely forget about it.

That’s when everything went downhill.

It all happened so fast that Silver Speed had almost no time to process what had happened, since most of it was one massive blur in her eyes. She could remember most of it however; the roof caving in and nearly crushing everypony inside. The tornado of cosmetic ethereal mist coming from the sky of the destroyed roof, all the way up to the Moon that was blocking the Sun. The large demonic looking Alicorns hovering above them as if it were a monster rising up from the very pits of Tartarus. The turquoise draconic eyes that peered into her soul and turned her blood into ice, making her feel as if her very soul had been frozen over. The lightning shooting down from the sky like bombs, the flames dancing about the interior of the building and encasing anypony within range, including her. The bluish gray Pegasus stood where she was for what felt like hours, unable to do anything but stare at the unknown pony as she took down their Queen and went about the building, as if she had owned the entire place.

Then, just as quickly as the dark Alicorns had appeared, she vanished into night, leaving the Town Square in absolute devastation.

The next thing Silver Speed knew, she was snapping out of her terror induced state and running about the destroyed Town Square, pushing through th crowds of ponies and screaming out for her kids’ names. The Pegasus didn’t care if she got crushed by any of the boulders or burnt by the fire that flickered and slithered on the floor beneath her hooves, just as long as she was able to get to her babies and see that they were alright.

It was at that moment that Silver Speed found herself in the grasp of a large beetle black Pegasus, Midnight her name was, and being pleaded with to calm down. Silver Speed wasn’t listening however, and struggled to get out of the larger mare’s much stronger grasp, screaming at her that she needed to find her kids and get them out of there. The bluish gray mare was so fearful and petrified that she would’ve slapped Midnight silly had it not been for her telling her that her kids were trapped under the piles from the destroyed roof.

Silver Speed pleaded with Midnight to take her to where her foals were, and after making sure that she was calm enough, the beetle black mare led her to the source of the wood pile. The wait she had experienced felt like the longest in her life as she watched Midnight and several more helpful ponies take apart the piles of wood to get to the foals inside. Once the hole was big enough, Midnight proceeded to crawl her way inside the wood pile, and bring the foals out one by one, with her own foals coming out about halfway through the operation. The relief that Silver Speed felt afterward was so overwhelming that she was opening crying as she took her foals in her forelegs, hugging them for all they were worth. She wasted no time in flying out of their and getting back home as fast as she could, making a mental note to thank Midnight later.

After going on a fly that took far longer than she would’ve liked, Silver Speed and her kids soon found themselves back in their home, where she practically barricaded it from top to bottom. Silver Speed spent some time trying to calm down her children, both of which felt like they were going to hyperventilate from fear and terror. It took over an hour to get them under control, but due to the circumstances, Silver Speed couldn’t find herself to blame her children for how they were feeling. Honestly, she probably would’ve been acting the same way if she was in their position. Eventually, her kids managed to cry themselves to sleep in their mother’s embrace, and after making sure that they were safe and secure in their room, Silver Speed quietly left them alone. It was only at that moment did Silver Speed feel the exhaustion that she was unable to feel earlier that day crashed down upon her like a flacon diving down from the sky. However, the thought of Derpy and Blossomforth entered her mind, and Silver Speed was desperate to ensure that they were alright. Before she did however, she made sure her home was secure, and made extra sure that the children were alright.

Unfortunately for Silver Speed, she would not be able to get the chance to ensure that her two foalhood friends were safe and secure. The next thing the Weather Manager knew, she found herself surrounded by a flock of Tantabuses that very nearly squashed her like a pancake upon first sight. Their strength was unlike anything that Silver Speed ever experience, even in her Modes, and would’ve lost had it not been for her getting a lucky break at the last moment. A few minutes of being chased later, she found herself running straight into Midnight, and both found themselves in a second round with the ethereal creatures. Not wanting her foalhood friends to get killed, Silver Speed made Midnight leave for her own safety, while she took on the Tantabuses. It was a decision she almost immediately regretted when they battled again, and she surely would’ve perished had it not been for Moon Blade arriving at the last minute and slaying the creatures where they stood.

The Pegasus let out another soft sigh as she slowly took herself out of her mind wandering state, her heavily lidded violet eyes opening to once again stare up at the ceiling as silence washed over the living room. She sucked in a breath and stretched her body out, letting her two toned gray and violet feathered wings spread to their fullest span before folding them back in place. After a few moments, hoisted herself up from her position on the couch and sat up on her haunches, laying back on the couch as she let her hind legs dangle over the edge.

‘Sweet Celestia, I am beat…’ Silver Speed thought, giving small groan. ‘I’ve been through plenty of exercises, both on the ground and in the air, and none of them have left me in this state.’ She paused, lowering her head she stared down at her knees. ‘Then again, this isn’t one of my normal routine exercises or any of my office work. This is something straight out of a horror movie! With an actual villain that I thought was nothing but a myth until today.’

The Weather Manager mare groaned again, this one lightly louder as she let her head fall back, lifting a foreleg to drape over her face. ‘I don’t know what the hay is going on here, but…I hope it ends soon…and I really hope that Queen Celestia will be able to do something about it.’
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As that thought crossed her head, Silver Speed suddenly sat up, a frown etched onto her face as she shook her head vigorously. ‘What the hay am I thinking?! Of course, The Queen will be able to find a way to stop this! How can I think she won’t! She’s ruled over Equestria for a thousand years, long before even my grandparents were born, and she’s always managed to keep us safe for anything and everything! She wouldn’t have sent all those guards here to fight those things otherwise!’ She paused as her expression became more thoughtful. ‘Still, the Sun hasn’t come back, and the Moon is still out in the sky. It must be taking her longer than I thought it would for the Queen to get whoever it that’s causing it. Whoever it is she’s fighting must be strong…but that doesn’t matter right? The Queen’s stopped foes and villains in the past so she’ll be able to do it again, right? Right! I just gotta have faith in her that’s all.’

With that thought, Silver Speed closed her eyes and took in a deep long breath, exhaling slowly as she allowed all the negative feelings to wash away from her. Feeling somewhat better and more reassured, the bluish gray mare moved went back to her earlier position on the couch, resting her body on it once again. She let out a yawn as sleep began to take hold of her, and she slowly closed her eyes, wanting nothing more than to rest from the day’s events.

The single mother was barely able to keep her eyes closed for a couple of hours before her ears perked at a sound coming from outside her door. Rubbing her eyes, she sat up and stretched out her wings before she reached out a hoof to pull aside the curtains. Looking up, her purple eyes widened when she saw what looks to be dark clouds of black smoke soaring across the sky and over the houses. Silver Speed didn’t know why, but for some reason, those black clouds gave her a very unsettling feeling in her stomach.

“What in the world are those?” Silver Speed asked herself, worry replacing her grogginess. “Is there another fire going on or something?”

Silver Speed’s question was soon answered when one of the black smoke clouds suddenly landed right in front of her house. The boom that it let off made the Pegasus feel as if a giant meteor had crashed down from outer space. Silver Speed cried out as the blow made her entire house shade violently, the pictures in various parts of the house falling and making the glass covering them shatter. Silver Speed held onto the couch as she anxiously waited out the mint earthquake before it abruptly went silent once more. It was so strong that Silver Speed could hear the beating of her hear from within her chest like a drum. She would’ve stayed in that position for as long as possible had it not been for a voice making itself known.

“Mom!”

Silver Speed’s body moved before her brain could properly follow, and she found herself racing up the stairs faster that she could even blink. With a resounding slam, she swung the door to her children’s room open, and came across a sight made her heart break in two.

Curled up right at the head of their head, shaking like they had just come out of a blizzard, were Silver Speed’s two bundles of joy. The first foal was a Pegasus colt, with a deep whitish grey coat, a grayish blue mane and tail that was in a bit of a mohawk style, and moderate dark blue eyes. The other foal that he was hugging was an Earth Pony filly, with a cornflower bluish gray coat, the same as Silver Speed’s with a light azureish grey mane and tail, and moderate violet eyes. These two foals were Chip Cutter and Silver Spoon Tenshi, the two adoring children of the Cloudsdale Weather Manager Silver Speed Tenshi.

“Silver Spoon, Chip Cutter, what happened?!” Speed asked, rushing over to her foals. “Are you two alright?”

Silver Spoon sniffled. “N-n-no, w-we’re not…! W-we felt the h-house shake, a-and we almost f-fell out of the b-bed!”

“W-what happened out there, Mom?” Chip Cutter asked, his ears pinned back. “I-is there an earthquake h-happening?”

Speed too both of her children in her forelegs, burying their faces in her chest fluff as her wings draped over both of them. “Well, it did sound like it, but I’m not exaclty sure what it was. Don’t worry babies, mommy’s not going to let them get you from in here. Just calm down, mommy’s here now…”

“Are…are those monsters still out there?” Silver Spoon asked, looking up at her mother with puffy swollen eyes. “T-those b-big T-T-Tantabus things?”

“Not that from where I can see no.” Speed replied, looking out her children’s window. “I can’t sense their magical essence anywhere either. It would seem that Captain Moon Blade and the rest of the guards had managed to defeat them.”

Chip sighed with relief, letting his head rest in his mother’s fluffy chest. “That’s a relief…I really thought that they were going to get in and eat us. I don’t wanna become lunch for anything like that, and I don’t want the same for big sis either!”

“That won’t happen baby, it won’t; not as long as I’m here.” Speed cooed gently, rubbing the top of her son’s mane. “I promise, nothing is going to get either of you while I’m with you. If even a single hair is harmed on your head by anything, or anypony, I’ll make them pay for it tenfold!”

“You promise?” Silver Spoon whimpered, her tears still falling.

“I promise Silver Spoon.” Speed replied firmly, get gently as she kissed the filly on her forehead, rubbing her back. “As long as I’m here with the two of you, nothing is going to harm either of you, I’ll make sure of it.”

“T-t-thank you Mom…w-we really needed that.” Chip whimpered, hugging his mother tightly. “I just w-wish t-that S-Silver Lining was here with us t-too…”

“Me too Chippy, me too…” Speed nodded, nuzzling both of her children on their heads. “…but don’t worry, you’ll all see her soon enough. As a matter of a fact, once this is all over, I can book a trip for all of us to see your sister up in Cloudsdale if that’s what you want.”

“Y-you’d do that?” Silver Spoon asked, looking back up at her mother’s gentle eyes. Upon seeing her nod, a smile of her own adorned the Earth filly’s face, as she hugged her mother even tighter. “Oh, thank you mom! I really wanna see big sister again, it’s been so long since I have!”

Speed giggled, stroking her daughter’s mane. “You’re welcome sweetie…you two seeing Silver Lining always manages to cheer you two up no matter what. So, I think that I’d be a major load off of both of your little shoulders after all of this. I know this’ll all be over soon, so until then, just try to hold on a little bit longer, okay?”

“Okay.” Both foals said in unison, before all three of them came together for another tender group hug. That moment was soon broken by sound of a loud explosion that came from all the way downstairs, immediately alerting Silver Speed. Spoon and Chip both let out squeaks of terror as they clutched their mother even tighter, their fear returning a hundredfold.

“W-what was that?!” Silver Spoon squeaked. “I-I could not have been the only one who heard that!”

“No, you didn’t, I heard it too, as clear as day.” Speed replied, her voice carrying a gentle, yet cautious edge to it. “You two stay here, I’m going to go check this out.”

“W-what?!” Chip cried, his eyes widening in a panic. “No, you can’t! What if it’s another one of those Tantabus things waiting for you?!”

“It’s not dear, what I’m sensing right now isn’t their magical essence.” Speed replied, a bead of sweat rolling down her face. “This something stronger…darker…and more bloodthirsty.”

“B-bloodthirsty?” Silver Spoon stammered as she paled. “W-what do you mean?”

A soft yet menacing hiss coming from just outside of the room ceased all conversation between the mother and children. They went as silent as a house mouse as they stared at the entrance of the door, eyes widening upon seeing a growing shadow outside. Silver Speed flared her large wings her stance becoming protective as she lowered her head and planted her forehooves apart.

For a moment, everything was completely silent, the only sounds heard being the soft whimpering of Chip cutter and Silver Spoon, and the hissing from outside of their room.

Then the family of three got the jump scare of their lives as a figure suddenly burst into their room, making the nearly closed door explode upon impact. Upon close inspection Silver Speed and her children could see that it was an Earth Pony stallion, and a very vampiric one at that. He stood at a highly slightly higher than the average pony, with a build that was much more than that as well, and handsome in a way that was just plain unfair. He had a coat that was as black as a bottle of ink, with a smooth and fully luscious dark grey mane and tail that hung over his face like a curtain. The stallion’s eyes were a bright azure and slitted like that of a dragon, with his wings like that of one as well, the membranes being the same color as his eyes. They both shined as bright as the silvery white armor adorning his muscular body, and a gleaming white set of fangs could be poking from his lips.

“Well…well…well, what do we have here?” The Nightmare stallion asked, a sinister smile etched on his face as he licked his lips. “A beautiful young mare in the dead of night, and it looks like she has a couple of precious little ones with her too!”

“Who are you?!” Silver Speed demanded; her eyes glowing. “What’re you doing in my house?!”

“Oh nothing, just looking for a suitable meal to sate my nightmarish hunger.” The stallion replied, stalking closer to the single mother. “And it looks like I had managed to find it, in more ways than one.”

Silver Speed growled, her tail lashing out as she flared her wings in defiance. “So, you’re looking to eat my kids, are you? Well I’m sorry to tell you darling, but you’re choosing the wrong target to shoot your arrows at! If you wanna get to these precious little ones, you’re going to have to go through me!”

Rather than be put off or angered by the defiance, the Nightmare stallion merely laughed in response. “Who said that I was going to actually eat your little ones my dear? We Nightmare Ponies may be monsters, but we just simply love foals! I would not even think of harming a single adorable little hair on their heads!” He soon collected himself and ran a hoof through his silky mane. “Oh no, I’m just here to find a suitable candidate to join me and my Queen in her quest to take over the land as her own.”

“Queen?” Silver Speed asked, a brow raised in confusion.

“Oh, you didn’t here?” The Nightmare stallion smirked. “My Queen had visited your little town to deliver you all a message. A message that things were going to change now that she was free from the Moon and no longer imprisoned by the treacherous sister that put her there.”

It didn’t even take Silver speed a full second to realize what the monstrous looking stallion was talking about. “Y-you…you’re with Nightmare Moon, aren’t you?!” She cried, barely registering the gasps of shock and terror from her kids behind her.

“Oh, so you werethere to see her!” The stallion asked, gaining a look of glee. “Well then I guess you can see why our dear Queen is doing this, and why she sent us here to gather as much ponies as possible for her new rule. That is, after we lay complete waste to this quaint little town.”

“You can try if you want, but I doubt that you’re going to get very far.” Silver Speed said, a snort leaving her nostrils. “We have an abundance of guards patrolling this entire city left and right, plus the Captains of the both the Solar and Royal Divisions themselves. Anything you try to do to us; they’ll respond by throwing it back at you with a hundred times the force.” She lowered her head and pawed at the ground. “And if you know what’s good for you, you will leave out of this house and leave my children alone.”

“Oh, we’re going onto the threats, are we?” The Nightmare stallion asked with a chuckle. “And what will you do if I don’t?”

“Then you’re going to get an arrow lodged in your head and your ass.” Silver Speed hissed, her eyes and Cutie Marks glowing. “So, are we gonna do this the easy way, or the hard way?”

“Oh my, a feisty and protective one, are we?” The stallion laughed. “I love finding that in a pony, especially a mare. Not many ponies cherish their foals to such high degree; you would make a good soldier and partner in hoof for our Queen and her path to victory.” He then put a hoof to his chin, as if contemplating Silver Speed’s last words. “As for doing this the hard or the easy way…”

Faster than Silver Speed could even blink, the Nightmare Earth Pony vanished and reappeared in front of her, driving his hoof deep into her stomach. A glob of blood flew from her mouth as the Pegasus flew back and crashed into the wall next to her kids’ window. Silver Spoon and Chip Cutter screamed as they watched their mother be knocked away, before she landed onto their bed. As Silver Speed struggled to breath, she was hit with a wave of power that helped her to briefly ignore her pain, and snap her head back up to the stallion.

“I think that I prefer the former. I always love a good challenge, especially if that comes in the form of a lovely looking mare with little ones.” The stallion finished, an inky black aura coming from up out of him as he flared his wings. “Oh, and by the way, my name is Windslicer, but you can call Windy if you’d like.”

Silver Speed grunted violently, coughing up another mouthful of blood. “Dammit…”

That was all that the single mother managed to say before Windslicer shot himself at the mare, slamming one of his other forehooves into her chest. Silver Speed felt the wind get knocked out of her as she was sent crashing through her kids’ window, their screams echoing in her ears. As she fell towards the ground, Silver Speed felt Windslicer grab her by the neck and fling her into the air at speeds she shouldn’t have gone at. She tried to pull herself together, Windslicer then vanished in a flash of darkness and reappeared in front of her. With a swift spin, he back hoofed the mare across her face with such force it was a miracle her neck didn’t snap like a twig. It was an even bigger miracle that she survived the crash landing to the ground that left a huge crater in her wake. As she pulled herself up, she looked up only to see Windslicer hovering down to her, his mouth stretched in a malicious grin.

“Oh, I’m sorry, did I add to much force to that?” Windslicer asked in a mock worried tone. “I’m sorry, I got a little carried away with that last attack. Do you think you can still move?”

“What do you think?” Silver Speed snarled, feeling like her legs were going to snap. “That hit that you gave me should’ve killed me instantly! I’m amazed that I can even stand right now!”

“Well, that just tells me that you can take just about any hit that I throw at you.” Windslicer murmured, letting out a little laugh. “Speaking of which, you think you can take me when I go at full strength? I can sense that while you’ve drained quite a bit of your magic, you still have more than enough to stand against me.” His smile grew slightly wider. “And judging from the tattoo I saw on your back; I’d say you have even more than that.”

‘Dammit, so he noticed the angel wing tattoo symbol of my clan on me.’ Silver Speed thought, cursing under her breath. ‘Well, I guess there wasn’t any point of hiding it, not that it really mattered anyway. He was bound to see it sooner or later just like anypony else.’ She grunted as she staggered to her hooves. ‘Still, as much as I hate to say it, he does have a point. Despite the fact that I used a considerable amount of magic power fighting those Tantabuses as I still have more than enough magical power to go into my Ascension, and Tenshi Mode. The downside to that is that it’ll drain me of even more of my magic power, so much so that it may render me unconscious. And that will prove to be very bad for Silver Spoon and Chip Cutter.’

The bluish gray looked back over at her house, and she could see her two foals staring out the window of her room. Her heart broke upon seeing the look of terror and despair in their eyes as they looked back at their mother. ‘Even so, I can’t just let him go after my son and daughter, if I do, there’s no way that they’ll be able to stand up against him. They’re strong yes, but neither of them are anywhere near that level of power to go against somepony as powerful as this.’ Silver Speed though as she looked back at Windslicer, her eyes giving off a soft purple glow. ‘I have no choice; I’ll have to go up against him and buy some time for my foals. I can only hope and pray that somepony will notice my pillar of power once I ascend, so I can have them get my children to safety. If not…all three of us are finished.’

Noticing the change in Silver Speed’s expression, Windslicer smirked. “Oh, so I take it that you’re going to go all out against me then? Wise choice there my dear, I was beginning to think that you were actually going to hold back on me.”

“As if I’d hold back against somepony emitting power as high as yours.” Silver Speed retorted, shaking her body of dust and debree. “I don’t really know what your true objective is by taking me and my foals and making me a part of this scheme your Queen has in store, and frankly, I don’t care. All I know is, that you’re a danger to me and my foals, and as long as I’m breathing, I am not going to let you take them from me! Like I said before, you’ll have to go over my dead body if you want to get to them!”

“Oh, I know, it’s not like I was expecting you to not put up a fight anyway.” Windslicer snorted dryly, flicking his tail. “Besides, it wouldn’t be as fun breaking you if that were the case, would you not agree my dear?”

Silver Speed’s eyes narrowed her ears going limp as she glared at the stallion with a ferocity and anger that could only belong to a mother. If it was any other pony, they would’ve faltered, or even cowered under it, but Windslicer didn’t so much as flinch. In fact, it only seemed to make him even more excited than he was just before now.

“Ah yes, that’s the look I was wanting to see, the look of a mother’s rage! It’s so palpable that I can feelit burning within me!” Windslicer cackled, his eyes gleaming. “Why don’t you come and show my why they say, ‘hell hath no fury like a mother scorned?’”

As he said this, the rubble and chunks of earth surrounding Silver Speed began to shake and float around her, as if she was levitating them with magic like she was a Unicorn instead of a Pegasus. The same thing happened with her mane and tail as rubble a bright pale blue aura surrounding her, the same color as her bow and arrow Cutie Marks. As the mare’s power continued to grow, she slowly lifted her lowered head, locking eyes with Windslicer as she quietly said, “Gladly…”

With her eyes a blazing a bright purple Silver Speed whinnied loudly and slammed both of her forehooves onto the ground. The pale blue light surrounding her exploded out from under her as it swirled around her, encasing her in a large sphere before shooting into the air. A wave of power washed throughout the street and blew Windslicer’s mane and tail back as he watched in fascination. Back inside the house, Silver Spoon and Chip Cutter were both watching the epic transformation, their young eyes widened in awe and amazement.

“Big Sis, you’re seeing what I’m seeing right?” Chip asked. “Mom’s is transforming!”

“Uh-huh, she is!” Silver Spoon nodded, her eyes sparkling. “She’s actually going to fight that scary stallion! D-do you think she’ll win?”

“I don’t think, I know that she’s going to win!” Chip replied confidently. “Mom’s never stirred us wrong before, especially when it comes to fighting off bad guys! So there’s no reason why we should think the opposite!”

Silver Spoon nodded, gulping while she did so. “I hope you’re right little bro...”

After what seemed like an endless surge of power, the pale blue aura vanished into thin air, allowing Windslicer, Silver Spoon and Chip cutter to see Silver Speed again. The former’s eyes went wide, the squeals of amazement matching the looks on their faces while the latter’s own widened in surprise. Silver Speed looked to have gone through a transformation that would’ve made be mistaken as a knight form the old days. From her shoulder to almost her entire body, was a suit of gleaming silvery grey and pale blue armor that nearly blinded Windslicer had it not been for him having such tolerant eye sight. The upper part of Speed’s body was covered in the iron hard material, with sharp points shooting out form where the shoulders were supposed to be. The lower part of her body that wasn’t covered in armor, adorned a silvery grey skirt with pale blue streaks at the edges, and pale blue boots covering her hind hooves. To top her new armored form off, she had a large and long cape that floated behind her, a gleaming silvery grey with place blue streaks. Along with a large winged shield imprinted in the center with her Cutie Mark imprinted in the shield as well, with the same shield in the center of her armor where her chest should be.

Along with her newly adorned armor, Silver Speed had also undergone some physical chances as well, ones that would surely turn eyes if not for the armor. The first thing that was noticeable was her change in height, for she was very nearly as tall as Big Macintosh. She also looked to be more slender than normal, but also maintained muscle that would still make her look strong. A set of pale blue eyeshadow and lipstick could be seen adorning her eyelids and her lips, along with streaks of the same color in her mane and tail. Said appendages were much longer than normal, with the mane done in a thick braid, and the tail becoming more leonine, the skirt in a thick braid as well, both held by pale blue boes. Silver Speed’s tail feathers had grown in length as well, a set of feathers seen on the tips of her ears as well. The most noticeable change on the single mother, however, were her wings, which had grown in size and length. They were so big that they were on par with Goku’s own, and judging form how strong and sharp they looked, it was apparent that they could use as both an escape defensive, and offensive tool. If the sharp wing claws jutting out of them was any indication.

“My my my…what a wondrous transformation that was!” Windslicer exclaimed his eyes wide with amazement. “I didn’t expect your new form to come so bright, let alone done so in such an exquisite manner.”

“Well, it’s not like you can say that didn’t reply to your request.” Silver Speed murmured, her voice making her sound like she was a soldier commanding an army of knights. “You told me to go all out for our fight, and I did just that. I do apologize if this wasn’t to your liking, but you did ask this of me yourself.”

“Oh no, I think this new upgrade suits you quite well my dear mare.” Windslicer said waving a large bat wing dismissively. “As a matter of a fact, I think that this new armored ascension just made things much more exciting for me…for both of us.”

Silver Speed snorted, giving a strong lash of her tail skirt, the tip giving a crack. “Maybe for you Windslicer, but I’m not doing this for the sole pleasure of battle. I’m merely doing this for the lives of my foals, along with my life as well. That is the only reason I’m even adorning this armor right now, and if you know what’s good for you, you’ll take me seriously.”

“Oh, you needn’t worry about that my lovely, I intend to fight you just as fairly as you do me.” Windslicer said reassuringly, reaching out with his right hoof and summoning a large dark and monstrous looking sword. “By the way, may I know the name of the feisty mother that I will soon be fighting?”

“My name is Silver Speed Tenshi, the Weather Manager of the Cloudsdale Weather Factory.” Silver Speed declared firmly, standing up on her hindlegs and summoning a pale blue bow and arrow. “And you are?”

“I am Windslicer Nocturnis, member of the Dark Army and the beloved subject and servant of the Dark Queen Nightmare Moon Nocturnis.” Wind Slicer declared proudly. “I hope you are able to provide me with a good amount of entertainment Silver Speed Tenshi. For I am not going to hold back for even a moment in this fight.”

“Nor will I, for I’d be insulted if you did so anyway.” Silver Speed shot back, pointing her bow and arrow forward. “Now…come!”

With a smile that showed all of his glistening razor sharp teeth, Windslicer did just that, flying towards Silver Speed at blind sighing speed. The mare responded in hind, flying at the dark stallion with speed that was more than worthy of the name she was given. Their swords and armor glowed brightly with auras of power as their eyes blazed, deep dents being left in the earth form their raging magic. With loud and simultaneous battle cries, they clashed with their weapons, and a powerful shockwave burst throughout the street, black and white light shining out at a brightness for all to see.

Author's Notes:

Just so we're clear here this is the newly edited chapter involving Silver Speed, the mare that was in the Season 4 episode of Hurricane Fluttershy, the one that Rainbow Dash was coaching on her pacing. At first, I didn't think that I should add this scene back in, but after I had done some thinking about how the arrival of the Dark Army should go, and give a little taste about what they would have in store for the ponies of Ponyville. As you can see, the new enemies that they're facing are on the more intellectual level like the normal ponies, so you can expect a lot more covering between both sides, no matter how short that it is. Also, yes, I have made Chip Cutter and Silver Spoon brother and sister, and Silver Speed their hot and single mother, big surprise to you guys huh? That's mainly because we have no knowledge of Chip Cutter and Silver Spoon's own family, Chip Cutter's especially, so I felt that Silver Speed would be a good OC to represent that, especially since she seems like the fun and motherly type. Don't worry though, this isn't the only scene that the Dark Army will be shown in, especially since I said last Tim that a good majority of Ponyville was going to be fighting the monstrous army of the Dark Queen.

Anyway, that's it for right now, I may have the next chapter later on today or tomorrow, if I'm able to plan the whole thing out. Either way, hope you enjoyed this one, see you all in the next update!!!