A/N: welcome back, everypony. i have finished this chapter, and i have no idea what to name it. it kind goes in its own direction, so ideas will help. quickly, there are mature contents in this chapter, sex and hints of masturbation are in here. i hope you enjoy.

Anthony and Scarlet had spent the better part of the night talking about them. He had known all day that the she had been needing to talk, but haven’t had a good time to talk. After she had cried herself to sleep, Anthony found a comfy loft to stay in and watched the moon move across the night sky. He sighed as he finally watched it move behind the horizon and the sun begin its journey over the sky.

Anthony saw Applejack walk out of her house and take a breath from the morning air. He jumped down from the loft and to the ground, bruising it a little. He walked past the unconscious changeling and walked toward the farm pony.

“Morning Applejack,” Anthony said, getting AJ’s attention. She looked at the human and smiled.

“Mornin`, and how did you sleep last night out at that barn?” she asked.

“Oh good. Haven’t had anything more comfortable then a matt, so hay was good,” Anthony lied, not wanting to worry the work pony. She saw right through the lie though.

“Now it might be the morning, but I know when someponies lying to me. So what happened last night?” Applejack asked.

“Nothing, Scarlet and I talked for a few hours and she went to sleep. I found an area in the loft and watched the sky move past like I have been for the past few months,” Anthony said to the farm pony, knowing what she might say next.

“Now why ya been not sleepin`” AJ asked, tilting her head a little.

“Because of what I’ve done. I have what’s called PTSD, and it’s been getting worse. Fighting the Reapers was easy, not saving everypony wasn’t. My mind kept me remembering that ponies had been lost and I couldn’t get to them in time. And to add to that, when we escaped from Blackwing’s hideout I had killed more than thirty guards there. Not wound, but kill. This is what keeps me up at night. I started having the problem when I was in the hospital, but I had Luna there to help me. I have no one out there, and been forced to deal with it on my own. I found that sleep allows it to enter your mind, so I don’t sleep at all,” Anthony said, hanging his head a little from confession.

“We all have things we can’t fix, but that doesn’t mean we don’t care about you. I think you’re one of the best humans I’ve ever met,” Applejack said.

“You’ve only met one.”

“I know, but I don’t think they care about protecting their friends from harm like you do.”

“You can be surprised. Anyway, I think I should go find some-” Anthony was cut off as an explosion rocked the ground between him and AJ. Both were blown back, Anthony quickly regaining his footing, but AJ was unable to and slid a little on the ground. She though was back up in no time and both looked for the origin of the explosion. What they found was not good.

In the sky were two demons flying above them. These things had a humanoid look about them, but had major differences. One being that they had wings, and instead of a normal head, it was replaced with that of a mix of a dragon and human. The wings on them looked like bat wings, and popped out of their backs. The majority of the demons bodies was clad in heavy armor, leaving only their claws, heads, and talons free of impediments. One was black and the other was an old gray. Both had fire in both of their claws, which they fired at the two.

Anthony dodged to one side, Applejack to the other. Anthony silently cursed himself for not his magnum, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t armed. Anthony reached behind himself and pulled out the handle to his energy sword. Both demons laughed, as they had never seen the handle before. The black one fired another fire bomb at them, missing again.

“Stand still you foul creatures,” the black demon spat, his voice that of rock scraping on rock. He fired another bolt, and again missed. The creature was getting angry, but didn’t realize he was being used for a distraction.

As the black demon fired bolt after bolt at the two on the ground, the gray one was flanking them. This gray demon was unaware that its plan was dead in the water.

The creature swooped down, faster than Rainbow Dash, and attempt to slash the human from hip to neck. What stopped him was the human had grabbed onto the demon with his right arm and proceeded to crush the demon’s windpipe. The Spartan gave a quick squeeze, which was followed by a crunching of the creature’s neck.

Anthony dropped the dead body and looked up at the shocked black demon. Neither of the demons had known how strong nor fast he was, and they only had vague ideas from what Blackwing had told them. The creature had just shook the shock from himself when he saw a two-pronged sword flying at him. It had no time to react as the blade pierced its chest.

The hot plasma blade burned into the creature’s chest, cauterizing the wound as it sunk in. The demon howled in pain as the blade had hit its heart and both of its lungs. The demon fell from the sky and hit the ground with an audible crunch. What was left of the demon was nothing but a pile of rubble. They had both turned into stone on death, now able to be disposed of in a much quicker fashion. Had Anthony and Applejack had time, they could have gotten rid of the demons before anypony knew. Unfortunately, they didn’t even have time to gasp.

Twenty more of the demons were headed toward Sweet Apple Acres, and they all seemed pissed. Anthony ran right for the barn, having left all of his equipment in there.

Scarlet was just waking up, her eyes still red, when Anthony burst through the door. This startled her, and she tried to ask what going on when Anthony quickly told her.

“Demons are here at Sweet Apple Acres, and we need to get rid of them. I suggest you get up and help, because otherwise it will just be me out there fighting,” Anthony said, grabbing the easiest weapons to carry without armor; SMG and Magnum.

He ran right back out the door, leaving Scarlet to figure out if she was helping or not. She pondered for just a second before making up her mind, and she ran out the door behind Anthony. What she saw was not good.

Demons of all dark colors had appeared in the sky and had fire ready to kill with. The demons had started setting fire to the farm, which awoke Big Mac and got him all riled up. Anthony had his magnum out and began shooting at the demons, but they moved quickly and most of them dodged his shots. Out of the twenty, seventeen remained.

None of them flew toward the ground, knowing they had a better shot at winning if they stayed in the air. Looks can be deceiving though. Scarlet transformed into her changeling form and flew up at a demon. She rammed it with her head, while coating herself in her green magic. This accelerated her to a higher speed and increased the force she could deliver. This didn’t kill the demon, but it knocked it out of the sky. It hit the ground, and was quickly stomped down by Big Mac. The demon died quickly, meaning that they had a low tolerance for any type of injury. Fifteen left.

Applejack and Big Mac had to dodge fire every which way, not being able to fight these creatures on their level. Scarlet was making a difference, ramming into the demons, or blasting them with her changeling magic. Anthony didn’t want to feel left out, so he jumped and grabbed hold of the closest demon to him. He now had a new pet, one that would bring him closer to his enemies. At the new height Anthony had achieved, he could easily pick off the demons with his SMG.

The whole force of demons were demolished and gone, none surviving the small group. Anthony killed the demon he was on and jumped down, Scarlet landing next to him. The changeling was tired, and she collapsed on the ground. Anthony got down and tried to check on her, but was quickly grabbed by her. Scarlet then sunk her fangs into his neck, feeding on him.

Both Applejack and Big Mac stood frozen as they saw Anthony get grabbed and bitten by a little changeling. Scarlet fed for a few minutes, finally releasing Anthony and gasping for breath. Anthony slumped back a little and looked at the changeling, two puncher hole in his neck. The hole were quickly healing, but that didn’t stop AJ from grabbing Scarlet by the neck.

“Now tell me why I shouldn’t let you go,” Applejack said, holding Scarlet tight around the throat.

“Let her go,” Anthony said, this caused AJ to flinch but not release Scarlet. “She didn’t do anything wrong, she was just hungry. Scarlet needed to eat after using so much energy and not having eaten in less than a week. AJ, can you please release her?”

“How do ya know she wasn’t taken all your good?” Applejack asked.

“Because, she can only feed on negative energies. She actually helps me when she feeds,” Anthony said, standing back up. “Look see, I’m fine. No damage on me. She won’t be though if you keep her in that head lock.”

Applejack finally released Scarlet, who coughed and tried to get air back into her lungs. She changed back into a unicorn, and looked up at Anthony.

“I guess I should have warned you?” she jokingly said, still coughing a little.

“I think so. Are you okay?” Anthony asked, kneeling down to her level.

“I am now. I’m glad you still care about me.”

“Of course, but we need to leave soon. If Blackwing was willing to have his demons be seen, then no one knows what might come next. If we don’t leave now, then we might destroy this town and all the inhabitants,” Anthony said, marching toward the barn.

He walked into the building, leaving a confused Applejack, worrisome Scarlet, and guarding Big Mac alone. Scarlet looked at AJ and the two just kind of stood there, unsure of what to do. Anthony walked out of the barn in his armor, helmet on and ready to go.

“Applejack, can you tell the rest of the girls about what happened here?” Anthony asked, snapping Applejack out of her trance.

“Sure. When will we be seein` ya again?”

“Don’t know, probably after Blackwing attacks Canterlot. Scarlet, are you ready to go?” Anthony asked.

“What if I don’t want to leave with you? What if I finally found a group of friends who don’t judge me? I’m staying here,” the red unicorn said, finally speaking up.

“Probably nothing will change if you stay here. I will have a harder time building an army, but other than that, nothing. If you are there, then I have someone I can trust to watch and teach. Scarlet, I trust you with my life, and I need your help to defeat Blackwing. If you don’t want to come though, you’re free to stay here. I need to leave to protect this town, you don’t. I’ll see you later than,” Anthony said, turning and flying off toward the Everfree Forest.

Both mares stood silent as they watched the human fly away. They both were sad to see him go, but both knew it was important that he did. Scarlet was more hurt though, knowing that he wasn’t going to fight to keep her. This confirmed what he told her last night.

Why does he care so much about one pony? What does she have that I don’t? Sure, she is carrying his foal, but how does that make her better than me? I can make him happy and keep the nightmares away, she can’t do that with them so far away. I still love him though. Scarlet thought, none able to see what she was thinking.

Applejack turned toward the barn and was about to grab a cart to remove the demons-turned-rocks, when a dragon flew above their heads. It wasn’t the biggest dragon around, but it was big enough to be an issue to anypony. It was about thirty feet long and only ten feet wide. His wings spanned out forty feet to each side, flapping at a high speed to catch some prey. It was red and flew over the farm and in the direction of the Everfree Forest.

Scarlet and Applejack stood, looking at the sky. They both knew what it was after, and hoped he would be okay.

Anthony flew over the forest, not moving at a fast speed. He was hoping that Scarlet would change her mind, but he knew it wasn’t going to happen. He continued though at the slow pace and before he knew it, a dark shadow was above him. Before he could look, a massive weight came crashing down and threw the Spartan to the ground.

The ground collapse in a few feet as the human hit the ground. The weight was above the human, waiting for movement. As Anthony pulled himself out of the ground, the dragon breathed fire on the unsuspecting human. Anthony only had seconds to come up with a solution before the flames took over him.

The flames hit the ground and incinerated all of the grass and trees there. The dragon seceded his flames after a time, and saw something that surprised him. Anthony was huddled on the ground, engulfed in his armor lock. The fire hadn’t even touched his body, and this infuriated the dragon to no natural end. The dragon forgoes using his fire and chose to use his claws.

The ground shook as the dragon landed his heavy body. The dragon roared loudly at the human, Anthony not flinching. The dragon swiped at the Spartan, hoping to tear him to shreds. The human jumped out of the path of the claw and removed his knife, jamming it into the dragon’s claw.

The dragon howled in pain from the blade and wrenched his claw back. Anthony had left his knife in the beast, but wouldn’t need it as he pulled his SMG out. The Spartan fired the interior magazine into the dragon’s wing, turning it into ribbons. The dragon screeched as his wing became useless to him. The sound of the wounded dragon could be heard for miles, but a creature wasn’t too far away either.

A massive, deep roar could be heard to the north of their current position. The dragon had never heard a sound like it before, but Anthony had and he knew what it was that was attached to that noise.

“See ya in hell, bitch,” Anthony said, flying up above the dragon and hovering there. The dragon looked up and shot a burst of fire at the human, missing him. The dragon bellowed at the human, which was followed by an even deeper bellow from just behind a row of trees.

The dragon was visibly scared. He had no flight and so was grounded for this fight. He could breathe fire, but no creature that is larger than a dragon easy to fight. A final tree crumbled down, revealing the beast behind it. There stood a Spinosaurus, a whole 45 feet across. This monster had a sail that was at its highest four and half feet high, covering the whole of his back. Its snout was elongated and full of razor sharp teeth. The monsters three-fingered hand had a massive claw on the end of each fully functional finger.

The longer arms allowed for full movement, which the Spinosaurus took full advantage of. This was evident of the tree it had ripped out of the ground that was still in its claws. The massive carnivore bellowed at the dragon, causing the flightless dragon to freeze in fear. The dinosaur was massive, and looked as though it weighed it too.

The prehistoric lizard wasted no time in attacking the dragon, slashing at it with its powerful claws. The claws dug into the dragons flesh, not even stopping for the scales. The dragon howled from the cut, but wasn’t even able to fight back. The Spinosaurus sunk its teeth into the dragon’s neck, holding it down. Because the dragon had hollow bones, it took little effort for the dinosaur to crush the neck and end the dragon’s life.

The Spinosaurus released the dead meat and roared into the air to declare its victory. Anthony had seen the whole fight, or really the killing of a weaker creature to a superior force. Anthony looked at the Spinosaurus and smiled. The carnivore didn’t notice Anthony and began to eat the carcass of the dragon. This was what Anthony needed if his plan was going to work.

Anthony had figured that a dragon might come next, so he had grabbed some chains and was going to capture the dragon to get it to speak. That was not an issue now, so he took the next best thing; a creature that can kill a dragon.

While the dinosaur feasted on the dragon, Anthony got into position to capture the monster. The dinosaur lifted its head to allow a larger chunk of flesh to flow down its gullet when Anthony made his move. He took the ten foot long chain and wrapped it around the back of the monster’s open mouth, like a bridle for a horse. He grabbed both ends and pulled as hard he needed to, so as not to hurt the creature too much. All the human could do then was hold on for dear life.

The Spinosaurus leapt up, flinging its head back and forth in a vain attempt to dislodge the Spartan. The carnivore bellowed and roared to remove the human. Nothing the dino did removed the human, this just tired itself out.

After the better part of an hour, the Spinosaurus finally tired out and fell to the ground. Anthony remained on the dinosaur’s neck for the next few minutes to insure that the dinosaur was down for the count. The carnivore let out one last sigh before it stopped moving all together.

Anthony jumped down and looked at the tired animal, and he took a large piece of bark and wrapped it around the dinosaur’s neck. This makeshift collar was perfect for the creature, until it could get a proper one. Anthony then took some electronic from out of his pockets and started to tinker with it, the final product out of mind for any normal being.

While Anthony was sitting neck to a massive dinosaur, Scarlet was regretting not going with Anthony. She was having a mental battle within herself, and she was losing. Every time she made an argument about how he didn’t love her, she would come back and tell how she is only thinking with her emotions and not her mind. Eventually she decided to go searching for him, and the only idea she had was the dragon from before.

The dragon hadn’t flown back over, which means that Anthony was able to defeat it. Scarlet changed into a changeling and flew to find him. Applejack watched Scarlet leave, and silently wished her luck in what she was after. The rest of her friends would be there soon, so AJ had to get ready for them.

Scarlet flew fast and hard to get to the last known location of the Spartan, and what she found confused her. The dragon was dead, its stomach was spilled out on the ground and half eaten. There was a huge creature next to it that appeared to be an oversized lizard with a sail on its back. Scarlet was quiet, the creature sleeping on the ground. It was curled up, so the changeling was not able to see the massive claws or razor sharp teeth.

She looked around and found Anthony tinkering with something just a few feet away from the beast. She flew down to him, which was a mistake. When she hit the ground, the giant lizard stirred and growled at the sight of the changeling. It attempt to snatch her, but it was too tired to move its head more than a few inches. Anthony looked up and saw Scarlet. He waved her over and patted the ground next to him, telling her to sit.

“I don’t think you should speak loudly,” Anthony said in a whisper, barely audible to the changeling. “Don’t use magic either, he doesn’t like sudden movements right now. It’s good to see you again.”

“You’ve only been gone for an hour and a half, but’s good to see you too,” Scarlet said, leaning on Anthony. He would have flinched, but his self-control was high. Anthony kept tinkering with whatever it was he was working with, Scarlet just leaned on him like they were lovers. Only when he finished with what he was working on did he get Scarlet off him.

“Ready to get back to the camp site?” Anthony asked, standing up. The Spinosaurus looked up and growled when Anthony did so, but he didn’t seem to notice. Anthony jumped back onto the beast, causing it to roar and raise its head at a fast rate. Anthony took the thing in his hand and pressed it into the creature’s neck. The beast stopped struggling, and whimpered in pain from the device.

“What was that? How did you do that?” Scarlet asked, flying up to Anthony.

“It’s something from my world called a tazor. I’ve upped the power to be usable against Fluffy here.”

“Fluffy?” scarlet questioned, raising an eyebrow at the name.

“Well ya, I’m not going to go around calling it Spinosaurus or dinosaur, am I? No I think Fluffy is a good name for him, and he doesn’t bite. Much,” Anthony said, shrugging at the end. This did not sit well with Scarlet, but how could she argue. He was riding a massive creature.

“Where did you find it anyway?” she asked, wanting to know what happened.

“Actually he found me. When the dragon had landed to try and kill me, I shot his wing to all hell. Its screams of pain drew the Spinosaurus to us. I flew in the air and the Spinosaurus killed it by crushing it neck. I then flew down and used this chain as a bridle. Took him about on hour just too finally wear itself out. And now we’re here,” he said, holding onto the chains of the dinosaur.

“How do you know what this thing is anyway?”

“In my world, they’re animals that had gone extinct from an unknown cause. In another reality, someone was able to revive these creatures from death. Even though they had been dead for well over sixty-five million years. With the portals that had opened up, I believe that one of them opened up in that reality. What worries me is when else they have opened up,” Anthony said, getting very serious at the end.

“How many of these realities exist anyway?”

“There are an infinity number of realities. Even this conversation can be in thousands, if not millions, different realities. I fear that some of the more dangerous ones might get opened up though. I theorize that only one portal can be open at a time though, but we won’t know. Luna and Twilight have both closed all the portals permanently. Reality is now fixing itself, so all we need to do is pray that no ponyelse opens these portals. Or Discord escaping, that would be bad too.” Scarlet looked at Anthony with a confused look.

“Who’s Discord?” Scarlet asked.

“Man, you’ve been away for longer than I thought. Discord is the Spirit of Chaos, and his ultimate goal is to throw Equestria back into eternal chaos. He’s been defeated twice before with the Elements of Harmony, but if he escapes again with me here he won’t get another chance,” Anthony said, growling a little bit at the end. “Ready to go?”

“Sure, but what about him?”

“Why, we’ll ride him. I didn’t get a giant pet just to walk. Come on you over grown lizard, move,” Anthony said, whipping the chains like he would a horse. Fluffy didn’t like it, but complied and started to walk in the general direction Anthony wanted him to.

The trio made good time getting back to the former camp site, considering the fact that Fluffy got angry twice. About a mile out from the site, Anthony made the Spinosaurus get down on the ground. As both the occupants got off the dinosaur it tried to grab them with its teeth, which Anthony didn’t allow by shocking the animal again.

Fluffy was mad, but it wasn’t dumb. It laid there on the ground, just glaring at Anthony. A low growl escaped the creature’s throat.

“Scarlet, could you watch him for a second?” Anthony asked the changeling.

“Are you serious? This thing has claws as big as I am, what makes you think I can watch it?”

“It won’t do anything for a little bit, which is all I need. Please?” Anthony asked in his best pleading voice. Scarlet sighed, knowing she couldn’t say no to him. She agreed and then Anthony just flew off to camp, leaving Scarlet alone with the dinosaur.

He wasn’t gone long, and flew back with his arms full of something. As he landed, he dropped them all at his feet. The objects were poles with lights on top of them. Scarlet wondered at what they were for.

“Scarlet, can you fly around and place these in a circle of a mile diameter?” Anthony asked, pulling what appeared to be a leather belt from his back.

“Sure, but what are they for?”

“Keeping him in a contained area. These poles will monitor his position and when he crosses them, a high pitch noise will be delivered into his ears from this,” he said, pulling a small back from one of his pockets. “This will go the collar I brought, so he won’t be able to escape.”

Scarlet nodded and flew off with the poles in her magic. Anthony groaned a little at what he had to do, which was not going to be easy. Earlier had been easy because the animal was tired, now it was wide awake and pissed. Anthony chose a course of action in no time, and sped up to the creature before it saw him move. Anthony removed the bark collar and, with in-human speed, wrapped the new collar on the dinosaur. Fluffy roar loudly, little rocking its head to remove Anthony.

Anthony took the noise box and looped it onto the collar, and quickly flew up into the air. He didn’t want to be near the blood thirsty creature longer than he had to be. He hovered in the air and watched the creature below him. Fluffy staid still and finally gave up on locating the human, and instead decided to sleep.

A few minutes went by before Scarlet returned. She had every pole in place and was just waiting to leave the creature to its own devices in the new environment. They both turned and flew off toward their camp.

The two settled down and realized what time it was. The sun was almost down and they had nothing out for the night. Scarlet could have slept, but Anthony wasn’t going to sleep at all.

He decided though that he would try, and removed all his physical armor. He laid the single blanket down for Scarlet and lied down next to it. She crawled under the blanket and almost instantly fell asleep, but not before she asked Anthony a question.

“Do you truly believe that Blackwing is as powerful as you say?”

“Even more so, and I’m going to need as much help as possible. But not tonight, you need to sleep,” Anthony said as he wrapped the blanket around Scarlet a little tighter to keep her warm.

Scarlet just smiled and wondered off to sleep. She was a lot more peaceful when she sleep. Anthony closed his eyes and was able to fall asleep, but didn’t want to stay asleep.

Thunder crashed in the distance, the heavy water threatening to fall on the already blood soaked field. In the center stood a man in armor that was covered by a cloak, surveying the death around him. The wind whipped past him as he watch the clouds roll in.

He silently walked through the dead, not paying them any mind. All of them had stood in his way to Blackwing, and they all had to leave. If that was permanently, then so be it. The man kept walking through the bodies when he heard a noise in front of him.

One of the soldiers was still alive, and the man wasn’t going to have it. As he walked over, the dying soldier spoke his final words.

“You shall not stop us, no matter how many of us you kill. Blackwing will raise us all from the dead and unleash us upon your cities and towns. Only the chosen will be allowed to live, but you will be killed,” the soldier said, his word falling on deaf ears. The man got down on the dead’s level and spoke with a voice that would terrify a full grown dragon.

“You don’t know my power then. Allow me to demonstrate for you!” the man said, a massive wind blowing and lifting the cloak.

There stood a being in a medieval style plate armor, as though it was designed for the devil but cat away for being too evil. The only thing seen in the helmet were two blue eyes, ones that thirst for blood would never be satisfied. Dark energy formed around the man’s right arm, and he fired it at the dying soldier. What was left was a crater the likes of which none had seen.

A smile of pure evil covered the man’s face before he used his power to lift himself into the air and hover in front of the only onlooker.

This man that was in the air was covered in an armor from a future time. The heavy technology needed to make this armor was unreachable by most species, making the new man superior. The red armor was a stark contrast to the black night.

“You should not be here, who are you?” the red man said, his voice neutral and his face hidden behind a polarized visor.

“And why not? I have only done what you have been too weak to do,” the devilish man said, shooting venom at the red man.

“I do not go out and kill everything I see, only murderers do.”

“Really, so why don’t you consider yourself a murderer?”

“What do you mean?”

“I am you,” and the devilish man removed his helmet to show that he was and the red man were the same.

The red man looked into his face and saw his worst fear, that this battle might turn him into a blood thirsty killer. The environment vanished into white and the armor on both beings vanished. Both men looked into each other’s’ eyes, both men had the same name and they both are locked in one man. Anthony.

Anthony woke with a start, cold sweat falling down his face. The night was still young, the moon not even a quarter in the sky. Anthony was sitting up, hands on his head. His nightmares had been getting worse when he did sleep, so sleep was not something he did. Anthony looked around the camp and saw that everything was in order, not a thing was going to disturb them.

He looked down at Scarlet and smiled. She was sleeping under the covers and was peaceful. He could help but run his fingers though her red mane. Anthony saw he shiver though under the blanket, and realized the temperature was below average and getting colder every night. Winter was approaching, and Anthony had been able to survive the summer, but winter was not on his scope. He would be able to survive, and maybe even she could, but they didn’t have a fire and he knew how thin that blanket was.

Anthony wrapped his arms around the unicorn/changeling, holding her in his warmth. He pulled her into his body as he laid on his side, providing a heat source for the changeling. She was facing away from him, but twisted her body around so she could bury her face in warmth. She gently nuzzled Anthony’s chest, burying herself into him. Anthony felt awkward and wondered what Luna would say if she saw him like that, but he didn’t stop holding Scarlet.

Anthony also felt what little heat Scarlet could give off, happiness flooding his heart. The last time he ever snuggled with a pony was with Luna in the hospital, and that memory caused a singular tear to fall down his face. He missed Luna, but he missed some pony to hold in his arms even more.

That night, he decided something that he said he would never do. And he fell asleep into more pleasant dreams, somepony in his arms that would provide comfort for his troubled mind. A special somepony in the Outlands.

Canterlot Castle

Luna was going to the throne room, to run the night court for a change. She was tired of sitting in some room and reading plans made by some pony. She needed social interaction and the best way was with the night court, even if they all spoke to her as royalty and not a pony.

She walked into the chamber, unhindered by anypony. As she walked up to the throne chair, her mind wondered back to earlier in the day. She was shocked by what Celestia had said…

Luna, Celestia, Shining Armor, King Gwilym, and the same dragon from before all crowded in the war room. Luna had learned that the dragon’s name Long Beat, and she giggled a little the first time she heard it. Luckily at that time, she was alone in her room.

Shining Armor had arrived in Canterlot that afternoon, and the war council was called to order immediately. Luna was asleep at the time, and showed up to the meeting in a less than presentable fashion. She didn’t mind though, as this gave her a better chance to sneak out early again and get some more sleep.

“I have called you all here to give you all the news on what Shining Armor and his scouts have found. Blackwing had masses an army that could rival that of Canterlot. He has ponies, griffons, dragons, and diamond dogs on his side. These are all deserters and do not abide by our rules,” Celestia said, pausing to see the reactions of the members. The reactions were minimal, no surprise to them at all. What really surprised them was the rest of the report.

“There also appears to be demons from Tartarus helping him. They also seem to be trying to bring back Nightmare Moon, but place her in the body of a demon. Blackwing has also supposedly morphed his body with a demon, and they will be attacking in two months’ time. I am asking you to bring your forces to Canterlot, so as to help us fight this enemy,” Celestia said, turning to all in the room.

Everyone was in some form of shock, the griffin and dragon truly shocked, while Luna was faking it. She had to keep up appearances though, and she had to ask some questions she would have normally asked.

“Is it possible for us to attack him before he moves?” Luna asked, not asking him the night prior.

“Yes, but I don’t believe it would be smart. He has his army in a bowl, only one way in and out. We try and enter, and they can just pick us off in the choke point. If we try and fly over, we’ll get to know the ground real quick. He has patrols all over the top of the ridge, so climbing over is also out of the question. We have to wait for him to move, before we can. I’m sorry,” Shining Armor said, acting like it was his fault.

“No, it is not your fault. This fiend has out smarted us for too long. Celestia, you will have the full support of the Griffon Kingdom on your side. I will have troops brought to Canterlot immediately,” King Gwilym said, puffing out his chest and hitting it with one of his clawed hands.

“We too, shall assist. This Blackwing shall know the true strength of the dragons, not some false children,” Long Beat said, only his head visible.

“Thank you, this assistance shall be greatly appreciated. Captain, will you prepare the barracks for the new soldiers we will be receiving,” Celestia said, quickly preparing for this.

“Right away, your majesty,” Shining Armor said, quickly saluting and leaving the room.

“The rest of you may leave. Luna, may I speak with you for a minute?” Celestia said, the others leaving through the door or just vanishing.

“What is it?” Luna asked, still not happy with her sister.

“Luna, I know we have had our differences in the past, but I think it’s time that we push those aside. We need to work together to stop Blackwing,” Celestia said, her voice more unsure than confident.

“Celestia, we do have differences, both in the past and the present. I can work with you from a distance, but we won’t have the same relationship we had before. I may be able to one day forgive you, but I shall never forget. I am sorry that our relationship shall be forever changed,” Luna said, he voice unfaltering. Celestia’s head lowered ever so slightly.

“I’m sorry too,” Celestia half-whispered. If another was observing this from a distance, they would see nothing wrong. Even up close, an untrained eye would not be able to see what Luna saw. Tears started to form in Celestia’s eyes.

Luna was shocked, but didn’t express it. She had never seen Celestia cry before, never. She didn’t even think it was possible to see her sister cry. Celestia quickly halted the tears and bid Luna farewell.

Luna walked back to her bed chambers, sad about Celestia, but still mad about what she had done to her love. Luna went back to sleep, planning to think about it later.

Celestia remained in the war room and locked the door. With no one in the room, she broke down crying. The regal princess was unable to control the steady stream of tears that flowed from her eyes. She didn’t whimper or whine, but sniffles were bountiful. Celestia had collapsed on the floor and remained there for the entire session.

Celestia finally ran out of tears and got up off the floor. She went and looked at herself in the mirror, shock filling her face. He eyes had turned red from the crying and her mane had lost some of its wave. Celestia cast a spell the cleared her eyes and fixed her mane, but she still knew what she really looked like. She couldn’t allow her subjects to see her as she was. She too left the war room and returned to the rest of her duties, and finally the lowering of the moon…

And as Luna sat in the throne room, she ran the day through her mind again. She hadn’t even listened to the farm pony who was asking about raising the water levels with the moon. When he got impatience and broke Luna’s thoughts, he got an answer in the form of the royal voice throwing him out the door.

Luna blushed slightly and decided to do what she did every night, it was quieter and less ponies to be blasted. She got up from the chair and levitated the rest of the request forms with her magic, and left the room. The walk through the empty halls of Canterlot were what Luna needed to clear her mind. The Lunar Princess wasn’t even watching where she was going when she accidently ran into a night guard.

“Sorry, princess. I wasn’t watching where I was going. It won’t happen again,” the guard said, bowing to the princess.

“No, no it was not your fault. I wasn’t paying attention, and should have been more attentive. I don’t know where I am actually, could you please lead me back to my chambers?” Luna apologized. The guard was a little stunned, but recovered quickly and nodded. He led the princess back to her room before bidding her a good night.

Luna watched the guard walk past the corner before releasing a sigh. She walked into her room and locked the door, none were to see what she was to do. Luna knew what it was like to go years without any stimulation, but with her pregnancy she couldn’t help it.

Luna had to calm herself, and at the moment only one thing could. Luna opened a cabinet from the other side of the room and levitated out a box. Luna took the box and herself to her bed and opened the rectangular box. Inside the box was something completely un-princess like. The contents consisted of a pair of dildos and a large strap-on.

The smaller of the dildos was levitated out and the box put on the floor next to her bed. Luna spread her hind legs so to allow better access, and commenced to pleasure herself.

Outlands

In a situation that had nothing to do with a princess pleasing herself, the sun had begun to rise. The night had worn all through, and the two remained snuggled together. Anthony was the first to wake, finding he was actually able to sleep the night away. He tried to pull himself free of Scarlet’s grasp, but she held on and didn’t let him go.

A smile crossed Anthony’s face and he remained in her grasp. Scarlet didn’t wake for another ten minutes, and when she did she discovered what it was that made her warm the night before.

“I knew you could keep your hands off me,” Scarlet said, seduction leaking out.

“Only if it is to keep you warm,” Anthony retorted, but failing largely because of the smile on his face.

“Told you. So what do you want to do today?” she asked, getting closer to the human who had her in his arms.

“I was thinking breakfast, but now I think that can wait.”

“Really, so what do you have in mind now?” the two were closer together than they had ever been, and still couldn’t get close enough. Anthony didn’t answer Scarlet with words, but instead placed a kiss on her lips.

The kiss was not a quick peck, but a full blown make out session. Anthony’s and Scarlet’s tongues mixed together, both organs trying to gain the upper hand. As the two wrestled with their mouths, hands and hooves crossed over the others body. The feeling was like a drug for the two, neither being able to satisfy their want for the other.

The kiss broke for Scarlet to breath, which allowed Anthony to remove his clothes. He laid on the blanket, naked as the day he was born. Scarlet looked him over for a second before returning to his arms and attaching onto his lips. Scarlet kept her lips and eyes on the human, while her hooves traveled down and discovered his manhood. Her eyes went wide as she felt up and down it, feeling how large it was.

Anthony softly moaned into Scarlet’s mouth as she continued to rub him, but he was not a man that only received. His hand slid down and found Scarlet, causing her to squeak a little from the contact. He rubbed around the opening, careful not to touch the sensitive insides. Anthony moved his fingers to her clit, causing her to inhale deeply. He figured that she had never had the pleasure of fingers, so he took full advantage.

Anthony wrapped two fingers around the sensitive nub, rubbing it back and forth. Scarlet had stopped rubbing Anthony, and moaned heavily into his mouth. She was breathing heavy and wasn’t going to last much longer. Anthony decided that she would though, and released her from his hold.

Scarlet whimpered, wanting him back, but knew why. She wasn’t going to last long, and if she was to climax then she would be spent. She was almost as long as he was tall, and it was easy for him to adjust himself. Scarlet was waiting when she felt the heat of his penis over her marehood, before he stuck the head in. The changeling gasped as the tip of his penis entered her. She could feel him stretching out her vagina, and couldn’t wait for the rest of him.

He pushed in a little more, Scarlet now breaking any kiss they had and burying her head in his chest. Scarlet hadn’t had sex with a male in years, and never with a human. As Anthony pressed in, inch by inch, and was finally in all the way. Scarlet gasped as the final amount filled her more than she had ever been.

Anthony stayed in for a few seconds, so Scarlet could adjust, and then pulled out most of the way. With just the tip in, Anthony pushed back in; slowly and methodically. He got all the way back in, and Scarlet was already coming close to her climax. Anthony knew she wasn’t going to last, so he chose to be the gentle man and let her have her moment. He could wait.

As he pushed into Scarlet, she let out a massive moan, one that could be felt through her whole body. Anthony could feel her close to climaxing, but Scarlet surprised him.

“I want you to cum first,” she said in between moans. Anthony thought that was an idea far away from him.

“I don’t think that’s a possibility,” Anthony said, holding her down on him. He wasn’t moving her, so as to slow the climax as long as possible. Scarlet just looked into his eyes and was sad a little. “I promise next time, but I know you won’t last much longer.”

Anthony then took her and started to pull out and push back in, going faster and faster. Scarlet kept getting louder and louder with each thrust, before finally screaming at the top of her lung.

“I’M CUMING!” she screamed, juices flowing over Anthony’s erect member. Anthony stayed in, allow her to run through her orgasm. Scarlet didn’t come down for another, and when she did Anthony pulled himself out of her.

Anthony was still hard, but he could wait for Scarlet to feel up to it. Scarlet was trying to regain her breathing, and as a result was unable to talk. Her eyes though told Anthony that she was thankful and tired. She fell asleep, as Anthony got up.

Unknown Location

In a dark part of the Outlands, stood an equine figure. The figure was larger than a pony, but at closer examination wasn’t a pony at all. The holes in its legs and the insectoid wings gave that away. This one was different though from the others, for it was there queen. Queen Chrysalis was not happy.

She had failed her hive, and now they were looking for another to be their queen. The only problem was that all the other females had been killed or banished. The hive was not letting up though, and so scouts had left to go find any live females.

The hive though was not completely against her. Most knew that the plan was good, but the unforeseen is to blame. Chrysalis was stronger than Celestia, and could have taken the whole kingdom. She didn’t worry about Princess Luna because she thought she would be more powerful by that time. She didn’t think that that pink princess would ever escape, but she was wrong there. The only thing that she was able to prevent were the use of the Elements of Harmony.

As she scowled at the part of her hive that hated her, she thought about what would happen if they did happen to find a live female. Chrysalis smiled, knowing she would be able to quickly kill this new female. She was still very powerful and none of her changelings are stronger than her.

She was still in her blissful trance when one of the loyalists came up to her.

“Your highness, we have troubling news,” he said, bowing low to his queen. Chrysalis turned, so as to better see her loyal subject.

“And what is it, my faithful servant?” Chrysalis asked.

“The separatists have found a female, and will be trying to apprehend her soon. We are sorry, we tried to stop them every way we could,” the servant said, shaking a little.

“It is fine. I am still the most powerful one here, so I do not fear this female. You have nothing to worry about, so you are free to return to whatever duties you were doing before,” Chrysalis said, turning away from the servant. The servant just bowed lower and left, leaving Chrysalis alone with her thoughts. Chrysalis couldn’t wait to re-meet this changeling.

Base Camp

Anthony wasn’t tired, but knew that the camp had to be maintained. He got dressed and got to work cutting, tying, digging, and building. By lunch, he had a fence made of wood and cleared the whole area of vines and weeds. Scarlet woke up to find him eating a sandwich under the canopy, above her.

“Good afternoon, sleepy head,” Anthony said, taking another bite of his sandwich.

“I slept that long? Damn, you really wore me out. So what have you been up?” Scarlet asked, leaning up from the ground.

“Well, seeing as how we need to prepare for Blackwing, I thought it would be good to build a proper base camp,” he said, spreading his arms out and pointing around. Scarlet looked and saw the work he had done, which surprised her greatly.

“You did all that work in just a few hours, and without waking me up? How’d you do that?” Scarlet asked, very skeptical.

“I’m a hyper advanced super-solder, a little work like this is easy,” he said, finishing off his sandwich. “Want a tour?”

“No, thank you. I think I would rather have a comfier bed to sleep on,” Scarlet said, trying to give him a hard time.

“Actually, I already have a bed built, just need to find a good mattress for it.” Scarlet’s jaw dropped. Now she had seen everything, and her brain had taken a back seat now.

Scarlet’s trance was able to last long, as a pair of changelings fell from the sky. Both of them landed in front of Scarlet and tried to take her away, and would have to had a certain super-solder not been there.

He grabbed the first one and threw him into a tree, while the second one tried to fly off. This was futile as Anthony jumped up and yanked him out of the sky. They both hit the ground; the changeling on his back and Anthony on his feet, holding Scarlet. He placed her down and removed his knife, ready to fight off these new enemies.

“I want you to give me a reason why I should kill either of you,” Anthony said, standing between them and Scarlet.

The one in the tree came down and charged at the Spartan, but was stopped with a spell from his friend.

“No, we are not here to die. Stay here, I’ll get us the female. Dear Sir, we are here to retrieve the female. We need her to remove our current queen, and she is the only female we have been able to find. May she come with us, so as to defeat Queen Chrysalis?” the calmer changeling said, his word sincere and true.

Anthony didn’t lower his guard, but understood. It wasn’t his chose though, it was Scarlet’s. He looked at her, his stare telling her to answer.

“Why should I go back and defeat her, just to take her place and be trapped there forever? I don’t see how it will benefit me,” Scarlet said, staying behind Anthony.

“Because, after the attack one Canterlot we have been forced to separate from her. But her force is strong, stronger than ever. We were hoping to find a female out here who could fight Chrysalis and win. Are you that female?” the calm changeling asked, his face that of worry.

“Scarlet, think about it. The changelings are a most formidable force, one that could turn the tide on Blackwing’s Army. Chrysalis might be strong, but you have me,” Anthony said, trying to earn something that he thought would be impossible. Scarlet thought about it, knowing that she would be the one in charge of the whole changeling kingdom. What she was worried about was a mystery to everyone around her.

“Fine, I’ll come to defeat Chrysalis, but don’t expect me to like it,” Scarlet said.

“Thank you, now we must hurry. The loyalists will have told Chrysalis about you by now. Will you be coming with us?” the calm changeling asked Anthony.

“Yes, just allow me to grab a few things,” Anthony said, going to his wagon and pulling out his magnum and shotgun. He strapped the shotgun on his back and pistol on his hip. He walked back to the changeling and was ready to go.

“Good, but how will you follow us? You can’t fly,” the other changeling said, smiling devilishly.

“I’ll run.” And he did, all the way to the Hive.