Author's Notes:

Songs included:
Kiss- I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night
Dire Straights-Sultans of Swing
Metallica- Enter Sandman

The characters Sam and Ralph, along with the feline village are from the prequel comic to the movie

A few days later on June 1st, Twilight was hard at work setting up Canterlot for her Friendship Festival. Brian decided to have some fun by helping out, while remaining completely invisible. Looking at how the stage was in disarray, he used his magic to simultaneously tie every bow Rainbow Dash missed before disappearing.

“Who fixed these bows? I had just barely started,” Rarity asked

“Wasn't me,” the others said

“No matter. It looks fantastic,” Rarity replied

While everyone was setting up, a dark cloud rolled in followed by the appearance of an airship. Brian ducked out of sight and gathered his guard.

“I have a bad feeling about this. Stay concealed and don’t reveal yourself. You have your blades right?”

“What's going on? Is this part of the festival,” Flash asked

“No. Stay alert. We attack if we must in order to save the others.”

As he said that, an armored purple unicorn, who had a broken horn had demanded the surrender of the princesses. In order to intimidate the ponies; dozens, if not more, of blackish-gray wolf-like gorilla creatures appeared. In the confusion, Brian made his way to the castle as all the princesses but Twilight were turned to stone.

“Attention! Get all the guards here, now!”

Minutes later, every Solar and Lunar guard was standing in the throne room as Brian used his magic to prevent unwanted entry.

“Look, the princesses are out of commission. Luna and Celestia have been turned to stone. This castle must be protected and as the only member of royalty here, I give you authority to defend it using extreme prejudice,” Brian started

“What's that mean,” one of the guards asked

“Simple. I'm allowing you to do what is necessary to defend this. If you have to kill, do so. Anyone who gets injured, get to safety. If a hostile takeover of this castle happens, just abandon it. We can always get it back another time. I need someone to run a message down to R&D for me.”

Brian grabbing a scroll and wrote a simple message with the words ‘Code Bravo’ on it and handed it to a guard.

“Hand this to Knight Shield. He'll know what to do.”

The two created Code Bravo as a last resort in case of emergency. Everyone working in Research & Development were to immediately cross through the portal into Brian's castle and disable the portal to the other side. After getting them inside, the next step was to activate the mandatory evacuation to the castle for Ponyville residents. They would be safe and had food and water to last through any siege.

“Done, sir. What are you going to do now,” the guard asked

“I'm going to help Twilight escape. After that, protect the town.”

Outside, Twilight was being herded by the creatures before Brian jumped in unseen. He created a shield around the girls and made sure to soundproof it before revealing himself.

“Get out of here. Find the hippogriffs and see if they won't help out. Don't worry, they can't hear us.”

“Where do we go,” Twilight asked

“I don't know. Go south and try.”

Brian dropped the shield and led the girls to a bridge while they were surrounded.

“Well, well, well. What do we have here,” Tempest asked

“Get going. I'll hold her off.”

“But,” Twilight started

“Now,” he said summoning a single bolt of lightning

The bolt struck each of the girls in the flank causing everyone but Rainbow Dash to jump as he started to draw his sword and infused it with lightning.

“I'd suggest leaving. You don’t want to see this.”

Dash jumped and in one swift motion, Brian used his magic to pull the blade out and decapitated the dozen creatures leaving just himself and Tempest.

“What did you do? A simple pegasus can't do that,” Tempest demanded

“Well, I'm not normal. I don't know what you think you're getting, but your boss WILL betray you in the end.”

“You don't know what you're talking about. The Storm King would never betray me,” she replied

“If you think so. I'd like you to give him a message, if you don't mind.”

Brian withdrew a scroll and quill and started writing.

I ask you to allow the residents to move freely. Station your guards if you must, but do not treat them as slaves and let them work normally, under supervision

“I don't know what you think this will accomplish,” Tempest said

“I just hope he understands.”

● Tempest Shadow ●

“Sir, I have a message I was asked to give you.”

“Who's it from,” he asked

“I wasn't told a name. The message reads as follows. ‘I ask you to allow the residents to move freely. Station your guards if you must, but do not treat them as slaves and let them work normally, under supervision’. That's it.”

“Do it. I don't think they will cause trouble and I honestly hate treating others as slaves. You have three of the princesses captured and the last won't be far behind,” the Storm King replied

“Very well. Give me a week and it will be done.”

● BRIAN ●

“What do we do now,” Harmony asked

“Get to the airship. I already have it packed with food. Right now, we're going to leave.”

The seven boarded the ship and were off. He watched the ape-wolves running the town and rounding up the citizens. Hopefully the message was received by the Storm King.

“So, what's going on,” Cien asked

“I wrote a message to this Storm King about letting the citizens go about their lives, even if under supervision. The Solar and Lunar guards at last check were guarding the castle, although I feel that has ended. Our job now is becoming pirates.”

“Pirates, what do you mean,” Hannibal asked

“With the protection this ship has, we're going to attack the enemy ships. Supplies will be raided, while anything else can be left. After that, we dispose of them.”

“You want us to kill them,” a shocked Selene said

“Not what I meant. Their ships are going to be disabled with this,” Brian said holding up a block of clay “This is C-4 explosive from home. A little of this will blow up the propeller and make sure they're finished.”

After everyone was informed of the plan, the ship was protected as they saw their first target. Brian led Flash and Hannibal on board to tie the crew up to the masts before gagging them. Once that was finished, the group went down to the cargo hold.

“Open up these crates. Use these,” he said handing out a few crowbars “Push the flat end in the box and push down.”

“I've got food in this one,” Shield said

“Same with these two,” Sword added

“Use your magic to bring those three on our ship. We'll bring anything else useful topside.”

The group continued searching and found three more boxes with supplies, while the rest contained merchandise.

“Here's something different. It's really heavy and doesn't have any markings,” Harm said

“Get this off now. Shield, Sword take this one. The rest of you get the other boxes.”
“Yes, sir,” they said

Brian rigged up the C-4 to the propeller and left the ship before untying the crew. They started to react until he pushed the detonation.

“So that's what that does,” Flash commented

“What's in the box,” Shield asked

The group headed down to their cargo hold as Brian opened the crate. To their shock, the contents were gold coins and statues.

“Wow! Look at this! We're rich,” exclaimed Cien

“No, we're not. Hopefully one of those creatures can talk because I want this returned to its owners.”

● TEMPEST ●

“Sir, one of our ships was attacked.”

“WHAT!? What did they take,” the Storm King demanded

“Supplies and an unmarked box.”

“Find them and destroy them! No one steals from me,” he ordered

“Grubber, we have our work cut out for us. Take a few and look for these thieves while I continue looking for our missing princess.”

“Of course. What do these thieves look like,” Grubber asked

“Ponies in black armor. I may have met their leader. If you catch them, bring them to me. I want payback for the dozen of our soldiers that died.”

“You never told him about that. Are you sure that's wise,” he asked

“I'll deal with that problem on my own. Just focus on finding them.”

● BRIAN ●

After attacking two more ships, Brian decided to keep some of the food for themselves before they headed back to Canterlot. To their surprise, not too many of the Storm King’s soldiers were there as they docked at the pier.

“Give us some help, would you?”

Six guards showed up and were helping unload the food. Brian saw dozens of cages that contained the citizens.

“Karabast, sir? You are fond of that word,” Cien asked

“Not this time. Fuck, fuckity, fuck, fuck, fuck!”

“That's really bad. You don't swear like that,” Harm said

“Some pony with a broken horn allowed us to work during the day, but at night they're locked up,” the guard explained

“What's in these boxes,” a second guard asked

“Food.”

As they passed it out, some of the ponies turned their noses at what was handed to them. Their reasoning was they had particular pallets and couldn't eat ‘common’ food. Brian had to resist slapping some sense into the rich snobs.

“I'd recommend eating. I don't care what you want as right now you're in no position to be picky. Who knows how long you might be in there.”

After that was done, Brian loaded everyone up and directed them back to Ponyville to rest. As they were landing, Discord showed up by one of the ballistas to stop the guard from firing.

“Welcome back. What's going on,” Discord asked

“Why are we here,” someone asked once they were inside the castle

“Canterlot is under siege from someone known as the Storm King. All the princesses, save for Twilight have been turned to stone. She was sent on a mission to hopefully bring back reinforcements.”

“Last night timberwolves were seen roaming through town,” one of the guards said

“Have they caused any damage?”

“No, but that's the weird part. They're just roaming around.”

Brian left the castle and headed to the Everfree Forest. As he entered, the alpha timberwolf was sitting in a clearing. He approached and bowed his head.

“You have been protecting the town at night,” Brian asked as the alpha nodded “Thank you for the assistance.”

With all the running around he did that day, Brian had a lot more taken out of him then he thought. As he fell asleep, the alpha timberwolf curled around him. A few hours later when he woke up, some fruit and leaves were waiting.

“You brought this? Thank you very much.”

As he departed the forest, the rest of the Midnight Guard were waiting. They were surprised to see their captain being escorted by a timberwolf.
“Don't be afraid. They're helping to protect the town.”

Before they left, he passed on the information to the guards to not attack the wolves. While the ballista guarded against aerial attacks, the wolves protected against land entry.

Once in the air over the water, the remains of a wreck were spotted with a few people clinging to floating planks.

“Man overboard! Get the ladder over the side and take us down,” Brian ordered
“Climb up.”

The crew assisted the entry of a group of avians. Each of the birds had some missing limb and Brian figured they were pirates. Bringing up the rear was a cat with reddish fur.

“Thank you. I'm Captain Celano and this is my crew,” she said introducing everyone

“Name's Capper. You look familiar,” the cat said

“Let me guess, you've seen a group of multi-colored ponies recently?”

“Yeah, that's why you look familiar. Any relation to them,” Capper asked

“Friends. Glad to know the girls are okay.”

“What is your purpose,” Celano asked

“The seven of us are raiding the Storm King’s ships. Supplies and anything of interest become ours, and afterwards I disable the ship.”

“We'll help. That jerk forced us to work for him before the blue pony reminded us who we are,” Celano said

“I'm going to sit out ,” Capper said cautiously

“No, you're not. You have two choices. One, you assist when asked or two; I tie you to the mast. It's up to you.”

“Well, I guess I'll help out,” Capper replied

“Target at 3 o’clock. Take out that ship.”

Once again Flash and Hannibal tied up the crew as everyone else boarded. Brian set up the charge while the others dealt with the boxes. Finding nothing but merchandise, they left as the C-4 detonated.

“What was that? I've never seen anything do that before,” Capper asked

“Explosives. It's not from around here.”

“Do you mind me asking what's in the unmarked box in the cargo hold,” Celano asked

“Treasure. All I want to know is who the original owner was to return it.”

On their second ship multiple boxes of food were taken along with another containing treasures.

● TEMPEST ●

“Sir, the pirates struck again.”

“I thought you could handle this. Maybe I made a mistake Commander,” the Storm King replied

“It will be taken care of.”

● BRIAN ●

“There's something down there on that island. Looks like your multi-colored friends,” Capper said

“Good. Let's pick them up. Hold it, I count five.”

Capper greeted the ponies and led them to a ship where Celano and her crew were standing by the gangplank.

“Welcome back.”

“You! How dare you strike me like that,” Dash said “What didn't you want me to see?”

“Climb aboard and we'll talk. Where's Twilight?”

“Tempest captured her,” Spike said

“Fuck! Looks like our final destination is set.”

“Back to my question,” Dash said

“I killed the guards. The bolt was to get your attention to leave.”

“Hold on. You're a killer,” Capper asked

“You could say that. In my situation, it was either kill them or get captured. Not fond of the options, but it was the lesser of two evils.”

“So, how are we getting inside,” Dash asked

“We're splitting up. All of you are going through the front while the seven of us are taking a direct route inside. I'll try not to make too much noise, but if I have to kill, so be it.”

“Take care, darling,” Rarity said

“We're leaving first. The captain has his orders to drop the rest of you off on land.”

“How are we getting there,” Cien asked

“We're gliding in. Flash, Hannibal, take Sword and Shield and go. I'll bring up the rear.”

“Yes sir,” they said

Harmony climbed on his back while Cien was held in his hooves. Once on the ground, their camouflage was activated and they went to work. One of the guards was in his path so Brian grabbed him from behind and quickly snapped his neck before leaving. As they made their way through, a total of twelve more guards were killed bringing the count to 24.

“Looks like they're in. Remove the camo and get to work.”

Once they did, the amount of the Storm King’s soldiers increased allowing plenty of opponents to fight. Brian spotted one who was oblivious and flew from behind making sure to grab the creature around the neck before driving it into the ground.

“RKO outta nowhere, bitch,” Brian said standing on his rear legs and spread his forelegs outward

A second charged only to receive a kick in the gut as Brian flew up and drove a rear hoof between the creature’s shoulder blades curb stomping it into the ground.

“Get to the castle.”

Pinkie apparently used a cannon to shoot her friends to the castle while Brian flew up there. The rest of the guard went inside the castle and started running up the steps. Once there, they saw a caged Twilight as the Storm King channeled the princesses’ power into his staff.

“You! I'm going to destroy you,” Tempest said upon seeing Brian

“’Ello poppet.”

“So, you're the one who's been attacking my ships,” the Storm King asked

“Guilty as charged. And also killed a dozen of your soldiers. One more thing. 'I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum' [RP].”

“Commander, you never mentioned that,” the Storm King said

“I thought I could handle it. I won't fail now,” Tempest said

Brian reached in the bag and removed a length of rope and a detonator. Looking at Flash, he nodded and she proceeded to wrap Tempest up in the wire.

“I wouldn't do anything foolish if I were you. That's explosive rope you're tied in. Detcord, to be precise. I push this and you go boom.”

“You wouldn't dare,” Tempest said “You're a pony. Your precious princess wouldn't want you killing.”

“News flash. I might be a pony, but I sure as hell don't think like one. I've decapitated twelve of your soldiers, and just killed a dozen more on my way here. How many do you think I've killed previously?”

“You would have made a fine commander. It’s a shame I have to test my new power on you first,” the Storm King said

Brian was zapped with a lightning bolt and merely shrugged it off. While he should have become a lightning rod, Lucifer did help by giving him the same ability to control lightning.

“Stop it, it tickles.”

“With the power I collected, I should be invincible. I am a GOD,” the Storm King said arrogantly

Brian casually transformed into Ignis which shocked Tempest. Storm King turned around and saw a different sight at the spot of where the pony stood.

“What's a god to a nonbeliever,” Ignis asked

Ignis punched the Storm King in the groin causing him to double over. He followed that up by grabbing a leg and slamming the King over his head repeatedly into the ground.

“Puny god.”

Somehow the King managed to withdraw a green orb and a knife and struggled to get to his feet as Brian reverted form. He threw the orb with the intent of turning Brian to stone, but it simply stopped in midair. Using the orb as a distraction, the Storm King closed the distance and tried to stab Brian with the knife.

“Captain, move,” Cien said shoving him aside

Somehow the blade managed to slip between two of the plates at the side of the chest and Cien collapsed. Brian ran over and pulled out the knife while using the lightning to cauterize the wound.

“Flash, Hannibal, get him to the medbay on board ship now. Harm, have Sword and Shield teleport you back as well. I'm ending this now.”

“Yes, sir,” Flash said

“What are you going to do,” the Storm King asked

“Send you to Hell. When you get there, tell Lucifer, Dragon says ‘hi’ .”

Brian stood on his hind legs and walked over to his opponent. He let a single bolt of red lightning form as he proceeded to strike the King in the chest.

“Let me show you a real bolt of lightning. By the way, you've been thunderstruck.”

The lighting ran through the Storm King’s body destroying the heart. Before he was done, Brian threw the green orb into his body. While the Storm King was turning to stone, Brian kicked the corpse off the castle, sending it to the ground. He looked down and saw the head was still intact and decided to summon a small twister to float the head back up.

“What do I do now,” Tempest asked

“You're going to take this staff and return everyone back to normal,” Brian said tapping her in the flank with a hoof

Without a moment to lose, he bolted back to the ship to check on the injured Cien. Once in the medbay, he helped the others remove the armor before Cien spoke.

“How bad is it,” Cien asked

“Bad enough.”

“Harmony...I love...you,” he said weakly through breaths

“I love you too,” she said

As they shared their first and last kiss, Cien succumbed to his injury and died surrounded by his friends. Everyone left the room leaving Harmony and Brian alone.

“I'm sorry.”

“I hope you gave that jerk what he deserved,” she said

“The Storm King is dead. I noticed the location of the wound and hoped it wasn't as bad as it was. I think a lung got nicked.”

“Cien was the first person I met during training. I'm glad to have met him, even if it wasn't for long. Goodbye my friend,” she said kissing Cien’s forehead

After excusing himself, Brian headed back to the castle.

“Brian, welcome back,” Celestia said

“We were just discussing the Friendship Festival,” Twilight added

“If you don't mind, I'd like to hold off on that for a couple days. There's something that needs to be done first.”

“How'd the kingdom do,” Luna asked

“One and twenty-five.”

“Twenty-five deceased on our side,” Celestia asked

“No. One casualty on our side versus twenty-five on theirs. Twelve were during the initial attack when I decapitated them helping Twilight and the others escape. The other twelve were killed on the way to the castle. And as for the final, the Storm King himself is gone.”

“Who was it,” Twilight asked

“Cien Oros of my guard. He took a knife wound that was meant for me.”

“We'll use the information on that scroll you gave us to carry out his funeral,” Celestia said

“Thank you.”

As he walked out of the throne room, Cadence and Shining were just about to enter when they saw his reaction.

“Are you alright,” she asked

“No. I just lost a guard.”

“I'm sorry to hear that. Which one was it,” Shining asked

“Cien.”

“What are you going to do now,” Cadence asked

“Get my head together and bury him tomorrow.”

After seeing the princesses Brian flew back to the ship. He was told that Celestia sent a few guards to retrieve the body for it to be prepped for the next day.

“What are we going to wear,” Hannibal asked

“We're all wearing our Service Dress Blues. I'll make sure Cien is dressed in his.”

That night, even sleeping in the castle, it was a rough night for the surviving members of the guard, although Brian had the worst. While he knew the procedures by heart, writing the speech was impossible. He ended up falling asleep on the roof in his usual spot and woke up before anyone else to get ready.

The first thing was to make sure Cien was dressed and had his SEAL trident pinned on the jacket. Breakfast was somber as everyone ate in silence and departed to get dressed as the casket was prepared and the others got dressed.

“Discord?”

“What can I get for you,” he asked

“A Medal of Honor from home.”

“Very well. Here you are,” he said
producing the award

The rest of Canterlot was informed about the funeral bring held and showed up to pay their respects. Cien’s casket had an Equestrian flag placed on it and was removed by detail consisting of a Solar and Lunar guard. Once it was folded and handed to the parents, Brian walked up to the casket and casually removed his trident before slamming a hoof down on it to imbed it into the lid as the others followed suit.

“Cien Oros was not only a guard, but someone I considered family. He had a bright future ahead of him and entered the Midnight Guard as a challenge. Any task that was put in front of him was completed with great enthusiasm. On behalf of his sacrifice, I'd like to award him with the highest military honor from home, the Medal of Honor. May you rest in peace with fair winds and following seas.”

Once the others gave a simple speech, the casket was lifted up by the Midnight Guard and carried to the cemetery. As it was lowered into the ground, a single guard played ‘Taps’ on trumpet, while seven other unicorns gave a modified version of the Twenty-One gun salute with 21 colored blasts.

After the funeral was done, Brian grabbed a shovel and filled in the hole as usual. Some time while he worked, a pony in a black cloak showed up and placed a single rose in front of the tombstone before leaving.

Once dinner was finished, he teleported home to let Knight Shield know that the siege was done so they could return to the castle in time for the party.

“Thank you for the funeral, Twilight.”

“You're welcome. It's only right to have a proper funeral for Cien. Tomorrow we're going to have the festival. It might be needed to cheer everyone up,” Twilight said

That night, he decided to spend time with Harmony to cheer her up. They fell asleep together as she couldn't help but cry into his shoulder.

“I'm sorry Cien’s gone. He would want you to be happy and remember the good times you had.”

“He promised to have a dance with me during Songbird Serenade’s concert tonight,” she said

“I'll dance with you tonight.”

As the festival went on, Brian found a trio of unicorns with musical cutie marks and decided to ask them for help. The first had a drum while the others had a recognizable guitar and bass.

“Prince Dragnov, what can we do for you? I'm Pedal, and these are my brothers Ax and Strum. The three of us have the ability to listen to a song once and be able to play it perfectly,” Pedal said

“I was hoping you could assist me with a few songs for the crowd.”

After letting them listen to the songs, the next person to see was Songbird Serenade.

“Miss Serenade?”

“What can I do for you,” Songbird asked

“I wanted to ask if it was alright if I played a few songs for the crowd after you finished. A special guest, you could say.”

“Of course. Do you mind telling me your name,” she asked

“Brian Dragnov. The only prince.”

“How can you be an alicorn? You're a pegasus like me,” she commented

Once he removed the armor, she realized that she was with royalty. Songbird apologized for any rudeness and explained that she met with Twilight and that nothing was mentioned about any male alicorns.

Before the show began, Brian removed a pair of guitars and bass from his bag along with amplifiers for the three. Thankfully, Pedal already had his drum kit set up in advance.

“Hey, sweetheart. I did promise you a dance.”

“Dad, why are you wearing your armor,” Harmony whispered

“You'll see.”

“I'd like to introduce a special guest to perform a few songs for you. Prince Dragnov,” Songbird said

Brian climbed onstage as Pedal and his brothers brought out the instruments. He grabbed a black guitar and started playing Kiss’s ‘I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night’ to everyone's enthusiastic reply. Following that was Dire Straights’ ‘Sultans of Swing’ which also had a good reaction from the crowd.

“Encore,” the crowd said

“It's getting late into the night. Perhaps we should welcome the ‘Sandman’.”

After that, he began his favorite guitar rift. As the song ended, Luna flew down to join him on stage to thank him for the entertainment. Before he could get any further, his family came to congratulate him along with the mane-six.

“So, all this time, I was fighting royalty,” Tempest said

“Very astute of you Tempest. Of course, I never gave my name.”

“You said ‘Dragon’ and just a short time ago, ‘Dragnov’ was announced. And Tempest Shadow isn't my real name. Its Fizzlepop Berrytwist,” Tempest said

“Tempest, you are to come to the throne room tomorrow morning for your actions,” Celestia said

“Yes princess,” Tempest said with a bow
The next day Tempest was led to the throne room with a pair of guards flanking her before they left, leaving her to walk in along. Inside were all four princesses with Twilight and Cadence on either side of the thrones.

“Tempest Shadow, or Fizzlepop Berrytwist; you are here due to your place in the attack of Equestria by the Storm King. Unfortunately, we will not be carrying out your punishment,” Celestia started

The doors open up and Brian walked inside. He decided against wearing his armor or weapons for safety purposes. It wasn't for him, but Tempest’s as he could easily execute her if he wanted to.

“’Ello poppet. I'd like to welcome you to the Midnight Guard. Considering there's an opening.”

“You're letting me on? And what was that rope you used the other day,” Tempest asked

“First, you're going through training. Of course, I'm leading it and it will be the hardest you’ve ever been through. As for the rope, that was just plain rope. This is Detcord,” Brian said pulling out a length of rope

“I'd like to see how this works,” Celestia said

“R&D it is.”

He led the group down to R&D and set up a simple demonstration. A human dummy sitting on a bicycle were wrapped in Detcord as the detonator was released. The entire thing was obliterated and Tempest seemed the most horrified.

“You were actually going to do that to me,” Tempest asked

“Threaten, maybe. I have killed plenty before, but I wanted to make you stop. I told you, the Storm King would betray you.”

“How many have you killed,” she asked curiously

“Current count is 328. Don’t expect anything specific. And yeah, I already know I'm considered a mass murderer in human terms.”

“You're human? How is that possible,” she said

“I told you. I may be a pony, but I don't think like one. The Detcord you saw now and the C-4 explosive used to destroy the ship propellers are from my home. You've seen a military funeral and heard music as well. By the way, thank you for visiting Cien’s tombstone.”

“I had to as I played a role in his unfortunate death. So when do we start training,” she replied

“In a few days. First, there's a matter of returning the stolen treasures the Storm King had before anything else.”

“I know of two that can help,” Tempest said

“Good. Take me to them please.”

She led him outside and to a group of the Storm King’s former soldiers that were by the ships.

“Ralph, Sam, where are you two,” she called

Two of the creatures broke from the group and stepped forward.

“I have two thing to ask you. First, did either of you take part in a raid where treasures were stolen? And secondly, I'd like to have one of your ships.”

“You can have the ship. Who are you giving it to,” Sam or Ralph asked

“Someone who could use it. Captain Celano?”

“Yes, Prince Dragnov,” Celano asked

“Grab your crew and take one of the ships. And you might need a flag,” he said withdrawing a folded Jolly Roger

“Thank you very much,” Celano said saluting

“You're welcome. Capper, what are you going to do?”

“I’m going join the crew. Go out and see the world,” Capper answered

“Ralph, Sam, mind helping out with the treasures?”

“Not at all. We'll direct you where to go,” they answered

Brian grabbed his guard and the group headed to the ship for takeoff. Each of them wore their armor, while he declined to prove his identity as a prince and alicorn. Tempest, Ralph and Sam were guiding them to an island well on the far side of Equestria in an unexplored area.

“That island there. Everything came from them. Abyssinia is the name of the kingdom while the capital is Panthera,” one of the twin soldiers said

“Good afternoon your highness and majesty. I am Prince Brian Dragnov of Equestria.”

“What can we do for you Prince Dragnov? The Storm King stole our wealth,” the queen said

“I'd like to inform you that the Storm King is dead. I'm also here to return what was taken.”

Sword and Shield followed by the two guards brought out smaller crates that contained the contents of the bigger crates. Upon seeing the boxes, the king and queen were overjoyed.

“Thank you so much. We were unable to trade any anyone else due to the lack of wealth. Now we can rebuild our city for our citizens,” the king said

“You're very welcome. On a raid of the Storm King’s ships, I came across those boxes and wanted to return them.”

“Now what? We heading home,” the soldier asked

“Yes. The two of you can take the rest of the soldiers and lead them. Find an island and make a home for yourselves.”

After they made the trip home, Tempest said her goodbyes to the soldiers as they departed. She was told that the next three months would be spent training.

“Captain, are you sure about this? She did attack us,” Hannibal said

“I am. We have an opening and she can be a benefit to us as an ally. The princesses gave me sole control over punishment. You deserve a second chance, and this is it. There won't be anyone joining us in training. I might see if a few friends are available, but if not, the next three months you will be put through hell in my training.”

“Thank you for the second chance. I promise not to fail to make you proud,” Tempest said

“Failure is not an option. Welcome to part one of the Midnight Guard, Hell itself.”