With a quick flash and a pop, we were no longer in my house, but instead once again in the magnificent thrown room. Once inside, the two princesses sat down on there respected seats and gestured for me to stand in front of them. Judging by the fact they brought me to the thrown room and not a more informal place I'm assuming this is going to be a more professional meeting.

Once the princesses were sat in their seats and I was stood in front of them, Celestia began. "Phoenix, we would like to discuss the recent attack on Ponyville."

That concerned me. Maybe I didn't follow some kind of procedure when getting rid of them or something. Hopefully not. "I see."

Luna was the next to speak. "We appreciate your performance when dealing with the fangs. I have to say you were quite efficient; but there were a few things that slightly concern me." I slightly tensed up at that.

Keeping a calm and collected presence, I responded. "And what might those be?"

Celestia answered my question. "Why did you choose to let one go?" She didn't appear to be trying to come off as threatening. More genuinely curious about my decision which helped calm my nerves.

I responded in a professional tone. "To be honest with you it was more a bit of fun, but I also wanted their commander to know they have an unknown working against them. I've found that people fear what they know nothing of."

They both gave me understanding looks, and then Celestia asked another question that I did not expect. "I understand your reasonings. Hopefully they think twice before attacking us next time. But may I ask why you used the term.......people?"

That rubbed me the wrong way. "Do you see the dragon tribes as people?"

She seemed taken aback by my sudden confrontation. "Of course I do."

"Griffons?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

Getting to my point, "Then tell me, why are fangs not considered people?"

She was now completely shocked at how I was acting. However, before Celestia could retort Luna cut in. "I think this discussion can be had at another time. We have other matters to speak of."

Not wanting to come across as abusing their trust, I slightly bowed to the two of them and said, "Of course. I did not mean to go on a tangent."

Celestia then spoke. "Agreed."

Luna used her magic to summon a clipboard and pen and began looking through it before starting. "Two weeks ago we discovered a band of fangs had set up camp roughly six miles deep into the Everfree. So far we have seen seven fangs loitering the area, but there may be more. In two days time we plan on sending a small team to deal with them and shut down the base of operation. All the specifics are written down on these documents," she waved around the notepad. "However, there are a few things on here that don't quite make sense to me....." She trailed off whilst scanning over the documents again.

"So I can assume you want me to be a part of this team?"

Celestia answered me. "We don't just want you in the team; we want you leading it."

"I see." I guess that makes sense. They have already seen how I fair in battle.

Luna took her eyes off of the documents and then looked over to me. "Phoenix, can you tell me anything about these odd words on here?" She pointed to the document, "And why does the colour of there weapons matter?"

So Thunderlane hasn't filled them in yet. "I'm afraid you'll have to ask Thunderlane about that."

She looked confused at that, but just excepted that there was a reason. "He always has a reason for everything so I'm sure there is a purpose to these funny words ." That made me smile

I then asked a question of my own. "How many members are there in this team?"

Celestia answered as Luna was still looking over the documents with a face of pure confusion. "We have notified multiple soldiers, all of which are listen on the official documents. However, you may look through them and take as many as you see fit."

Are they testing me? Why give me so much free will? I've only been around for a short while. "Thank you, that helps a considerable amount." I thought then came to mind. "By any chance, are Lieutenant Thunderlane and Sergeant Blossomforth on there."

Luna looked up from the papers and answered. "Indeed they are."

A smile came to my face. "Wonderful. Those two will be the only ones we're taking."

They both smiled at that. Then Celestia spoke. "I am slightly surprised you willingly brought anyone with you. I pictured you as the lone wolf type."

I chuckled at that. "Oh don't get me wrong. If I could I'd do everything by my self. However, putting two kind hearted soldiers out of there job by doing it all for them doesn't sit well with me."

The moon princess giggled at my response. "How generous of you."

"I try."

Luna then floated the documents over to me. "Here are the specifics. Although I'm not sure what an ookerku is?"

I corrected her with a smirk. "Ukaku." Luna slightly blushed at how badly she pronounced it whilst Celestia sat there laughing. "Well if that is all then I best take my leave. I have made plans for today." Those being getting Snipe some new friends.

Once Celestia had collected herself she spoke. "That is all. Have a nice day Phoenix."

"You too." After our short goodbye I took my leave threw the thrown room door. The guards gave me a weird look as I left but I'm assuming they are just a bit wary of me. Which I suppose they should be; that's what they're payed to do. After exiting the door I realised, I have no idea where the fuck I am. And so, I spent the next ten minutes or so walking around aimlessly. Thankfully, there was a guard that noticed me circling about and escorted me out of the castle. Man that place is massive. It would have taken me hours to find the route that I was eventually led through. There aren't even any maps anywhere.

Now outside, I ran (and by ran I mean broke the sound barrier) to the cliff that towers over Ponyville. Quite the view I must admit. After a moment of just enjoying the high altitude. I clenched my fist and summoned Shadowfall. I then took a simple spear throwing stance and aimed for the front door of my house. Thankfully there wasn't anyone in the area for me to accidentally impale. My aim was true and I was then able to clench my fist once again and appear in front of my humble abode.

I took the knife out of the door and then stepped inside. I was greeted by all of my previous guests, looks like they all stayed.

"Hey there par'ner!" Applejack began, "What did the princesses want wid' ya?"

Closing the door behind me and walking over to the kitchen, "Oh nothing much. Me and a couple others are shutting down a band of ghouls in two days."

My southern friend looked confused at that. "Ghouls?"

"That's right, you call them fangs." As I finished that sentence I grabbed an apple from the fruit bowl and took a bite. Looking up from my apple to the group, everyone one of their jaws were on the floor from my statement.

"Fangs?!"
"Fangs?!"
"Fangs?!"
"Fangs?!"
"Fangs?!"
"Fangs?!"
"Fangs?!"

The chorus was less than pleasant to my ears. I lifted my hands up and made a 'keep it down gesture'. "If at all possible I would like my ears intact when I go on the mission." They all eased up at that and dropped the booming voices.

"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry."
"Sorry."

I sighed at how cartoony this world is. "Yes we're going to take down fangs. We'll be fine, there's supposed to only be seven."

They all looked at each other and nodded before AJ spoke. "We'll if it were anyone else ah'd be worried, but ah know what you can do." She finished with a smile and I responded in kind. That got me thinking. I began to focus on Applejacks energy to see how strong the average person actually was. However, what I found put a smile on my face.

"Thank you for the praise, but I wouldn't be surprised if you could take a couple down." It was true, she had plenty of strength. I wouldn't be surprised if she could take down two of the regular ones.

She chuckled at my remark, "Your just sayin' that." Before I could correct her she spoke again. "Well anyways, don't we have a child to befriend?"

That brought me a small smile. "Indeed we do."

And with that we headed out the door and made our way over to the park (but not before I slipped on some black jogging bottoms and a purple shirt). Why did I feel compelled to help this boy? I couldn't tell you. But something about this worlds morals really tick me off. We walked for a short while, chatting about anything that came up, until we came to the park. Looking around I found that Snipe was alone on one of the swings, whilst all the other kids where once again playing 'it' on the other side. I grit my teeth at the sight.

Putting on a forced smile from the situation, I walked over to Snipe and greeted him. "Hey there Snipe! Watch doin' all by yourself?"

He looked up from the ground and his previous look of loneliness was now replaced with joy. "Oh! Hey there mister.....I mean... Phoenix! I'm just....ya know......enjoying the fresh air!"

His forced smile made my heart shatter. "Well , me and a few friends were just about to go for a game of football, wanna join?" I heard a bit of whispering coming from behind me. I could tell the others were nervous.

The blue haired boy beamed at that and responded with, "I'd love to!"

"Good to hear!" Turning to the others, "Let me introduce you." I put an arm around spike. "This here is Spike. He's the same age as you if I'm not mistaken."

Spike shook my arm off in playful annoyance and put his hand out to Snipe. "Hey there! It's nice to meet you Snipe!" The griffon returned the gesture and seemed overwhelmed with happiness. This must be new for him. Spike was probably the least nervous considering he was a dragon, who are considered to be the strongest race even if they don't eat meat.

Applejack and Fluttershy were the next to step forward. "Hey there kiddo!" Applejack said with a large smile, "Ah'm Applejack, but you can call me AJ!" She then put her hand out and Snipe shook it. He continued to greet everyone else. Most of them were quite nervous but after they saw Applejacks and Fluttershys 'bravery' they calmed down. Applejack seems to be a rather accepting person and Fluttershy deals with other species all the time, including carnivores.

"Alrighty then! Now that the introductions are over, lets go play ball!" I punched the air as I said that, and everyone else cheered and responded in kind. I offered to go buy a ball but Rainbow Dash said she had one at hers so she flew to get it. Once she was back we all made our way over to the football field near the park. Now this was gonna be interesting.

"What!" I boomed out with immense rage.

The servant in front of me coward at my presence before spurting out his report. "Th-There has been an attack o-on the lūteus clan. Only one of the squad of five survived."

I spoke in a ground shaking voice. "Who was the attacker?! Was it those bitches that rule Equistria?!"

He was slowly backing up as he spoke to me, "N-No sir. It was a new one. His powers were odd, and he was too powerful for them to deal with."

Those old lūteus crack heads are lacking. They aren't as strong as they were back in the day. I calmed down and regained my composure, "I suppose right now that is their problem. Run things as they were, but don't send any more of our soldiers to Ponyville or the surrounding area."

"Yes sir." He got up from his crouching position and quickly scurried off out of the room.

A smirk came to my face as I mumbled to myself. "So there's a new guy in town....."

"Pass!" I shouted, with my hand up in the air so AJ could see.

She looked over to me and shouted, "It's all yours!" as she passed the ball over. I stopped the ball under my foot and looked at the two people in my way. Twilight and Rainbow dash were now in front of me with looks of confidence on there face. I returned the look and ran straight towards them whilst dribbling the ball.

RD shouted, "Oh no you don't!" Now rather close to them, I rolled the ball up the back of my left leg and rainbow flicked it over Rainbow.

"Hah! I just rainbowed the Rainbow!" Everyone was laughing at that (except Rainbow of course). Now the only person in my way was Fluttershy, however, I didn't feel like making a fool of her. Looking to my left I saw Snipe running on the other side of the pitch towards the goal, obviously ready to receive the ball if I needed help. "Hey Snipe!" He looked over at me as I kicked the ball over to him and smiled. Perfectly controlling the ball, he stopped it's motion and began dribbling it over to the goal. Spike was in goal and had a large smile on his face.

Closing in on his target, no one was close enough to stop him, so he readied himself and took his time to aim. After minor adjustments to his stance, he gave a swift kick to the ball aiming for the top right. His aim was true, and Spikes dive was just a bit too behind to stop it. After confirming that he had indeed scored, he began running around with his hands up in the air. Jogging towards him, I picked him up onto my shoulders and began bouncing him up and down.

"You really showed them!" I said with a massive smile. everyone else had joined up with us at this point and were cheering for Snipe. This is a good day.

After I had put down the blue headed striker, we chatted for a bit before saying our goodbyes. We all went our separate ways, and promised each other we'd do this again some time. It's been too long since I've been able to wind down with other people.

Making my way home, I stepped inside and made my way upstairs. I grabbed a quick shower and threw on a pair of black jeans and a green tank top. That reminded me, I forgot to ask Spike about the weapon satchel. Ah well, I'll ask him next time I see him.

I spent the rest of the day lounging about reading the books Twilight had lent me. I managed to finish all of them and planned to return them the next day. I then trained for a while once the moon had come up. I didn't get too much progress but I could control a few more kunai. I also decided to scrap my previous idea on flight and decided I'd just find an alternative at some point. Air bending myself in air whilst levitating Chastiefol was just too difficult, so I switched to just levitating my spirit spear which meant I had full control of my hands and could also participate in CQC. After that I went back to my abode and slept the night away.

After waking up from a rather dreamless sleep, I took a piss, had a shower, got changed into a pair of black jeans and purple tank top, and head downstairs. Once there, I grabbed yet another apple from the fruit bowl and sat down at the counter. What to do today? It's not like I have any plans. Sugar cube corner's always an option, and whenever I walk about something seems to pop up. However, the knocking on my door made me change my plans.

Getting up and opening it revealed Thunderlane and Blossomforth in their normal attire. "Hey, it's good to see you two. Would you like to come inside?"

The pair smiled, nodded, and took me up on my offer. "It is nice to see you too Phoenix." Blossomforth said.

As they stepped in I closed the door behind them and then made my way over to the kitchen. "Hungry?"

They both answered very quickly, one after the other.

"Apple."
"Croissant."

I turned back around to look at them and they both had wide smiles across there faces. I slightly chuckled at what they were getting at and said, "Thundy." Blossom instantly turned red at that and began looking down like before, whilst me and Thunderlane gave a rather loud laugh. Grabbing an apple I tossed it to Thunderlane, which he caught; I then floated a croissant over to Blossom. They said their thanks as we went and sat in the same seats as beforehand. "So, what can I do for you?"

"We'd like to discuss tomorrows mission with you and work out a strategy, "Thunderlane began. "I also wanted to inform you that our dual will have to be cancelled. Some things have come up and I am no longer available, apologies."

Well that's a damn shame. "It's fine I understand. Maybe another time?" I said with a sly smile.

He returned the smile and said, "Most definitely." We gave each other a slight nod before he spoke again. "So, about the plan. How are you planning on going about this?"

"Before we continue," I started, "how many ghouls do you two think you could take on individually?"

They both seemed a bit confused by my question but answered anyway. "I could probably take on two maybe three." Thunderlane said.

Blossom then added, "And me two, three at a large push."

They were lying. I couldn't tell you how I knew, I just did. However, if they're lying there must be a reason. So I guess I'll leave it be. "I see. Well then, I believe a full frontal assault would be our best coarse of action. I'll go in first and kill the ones that attack, whilst you two circle the perimeter and kill the ones who run."

They both looked shocked at my idea. Thunderlane questioned my reasonings. "Whilst that would usually be an effective strategy, there simple isn't enough of us to execute it. How are we supposed to prevent them from leaving the base with only two people guarding all the exits?"

A smile came to my face once I heard what he was concerned about. "I think you mean three people." They both looked overly confused, but before they could question me I summoned Chastiefol from upstairs and too my side. Blossom slightly jumped as the spear shot down the stairs but Thunderlane did not; although he was staring at it with a lot of interest. I then began to explain the plan in full. "Now, I know you're gonna have many questions but just accept and embrace for now cause I can't be asked to explain. " Pointing to Chastiefol, "You two and Chastiefol here will be creating a triangle around the base. That should cover enough ground. Meanwhile, I'll take on anyone who decides to stay and fight."

I think at this point they have learnt not to question my abilities and just roll with it. "Sounds like a plan." Thunderlane said.

They then said their goodbyes and left, having discussed everything he wanted to cover. Aight, what to do now. I could train but I'd rather stick with the moon. Sugar cube corners an option but I'm up and about now, and most importantly, no longer in need of a cup of coffee.

I then remembered that I was yet to return Twilights books to her. Guess that something to do. I left all my gear at home and began making my way over to the library, books in hand. I got there in good time, and remembered to knock this time. I soon heard a familiar voice from inside. "Come in." I opened the door and stepped inside.

"Hey there book worm! Just dropping off those books I borrowed."

When she heard my voice she looked over her shoulder at me. She couldn't turn around as she was on a ladder up against a book shelf sorting out books. "Hey there Phoenix! I'll be with you in a sec!" I then saw what she was sorting out. Someone had taken a book out and toppled all the other ones in the row over in the process. Walking over to the mess, I levitated all the books back into place. Without looking at Twilight, I finished up and then made my way over to the sofa I sat at the previous time.

"Jeez. People need to respect books more." I was sat down and looking to the floor whilst scratching my head as I said this. I was expecting to hear a response from the librarian, but got nothing. Lifting my head up, I looked over to Twi to see her cheeks were slightly red, and she was giving me a rather shocked/impressed look. "Fever?"

Her face went even more red at that as she replied. "Oh...um....something like that." She turned her head and began making her way down the ladder as she finished. Did I just make her............... No, I couldn't have. Once she was down, she walked over and took a seat opposite me. "You said you had my books?"

Picking them up from beside me and handing them to her, "Here you go. They were quite useful, thanks."

She smiled at my thanks. "No thanks needed. Is there anything else I can help you with?"

Well, I do have time so fuck it. "Are you free right now?"

She seemed a bit taken aback by my question which was odd. "Um, yes, I do have some spare time today."

"Great, now how would you feel about me teaching you a language from my world; something only me and you can understand?"

Her previous face of shock turned to one of pure excitement. Picture a weeb finding out SAO was coming out in real life levels of excitement. "Do you really mean it!?"

"I do."

She was now slightly bouncing up an down on her seat. "Can I hug you!?" She blurted out.

"If you wish."

Less then a nano-second had passed since I had finished my sentence before she was on my lap with her arms rapped around me. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!"

I was softly smiling at her enthusiasm. I was also used to touching others now and being touched. Although, I wasn't at the point where I was enjoying it. "Alright calm down. I need my neck in working condition for tomorrows mission." She nervously laughed and then apologised. Climbing off of me, she sat directly next to me now and was waiting for me to begin teaching her. "Can I borrow a couple notebooks?"

She nodded and used her magic to have two basic school notebooks appear in her hands. "Will these do?"

"They'll be just fine." Taking the books out of her hand, I grabbed a couple pencils from the table in front of us and handed one to Twilight. "Here, right 'Japanese 1' on the front along with your name."

I spent most of the rest of the day going over basic hiragana with her and taught her how to say some simple fraises. After we had called it a day, we shared a quick hug, and I took my leave.

The sun was down now. Meaning the ever dazzling moon was shining bright in the sky. I had come to realise that it is always full moon here in Equis. Which doesn't make any logical sense, but I have found questioning the ways of this world leads you nowhere. Once I had made my way home, I got changed into nothing but a pair of black jogging bottoms. I feel less stuffy when training with nothing but trousers. After that, I grabbed Chastiefol and Shadowfall, and made my way back outside.

Taking my normal stance, I once again launched my dagger towards the big ball of rock. Once I heard it land, yes I do mean heard, I clenched my fist, and was no longer in the humble town of Ponyville. What was different this time though, was that I was not alone. But instead, standing in front of a rather ticked off princess of the night.

She was wearing a half annoyed/half playful look. "May I enquire as to what you have been doing on my precious moon?"

The only word my brain could think of in reply was, "Fuck."

Hey guys. Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed the chapter and as always, any criticism helps, good or bad.

I used quite a few English terms in this chapter. If you guys would prefer me speak in a more American style then let me know.

Also, raid on the ghoul camp next episode!