Please read this. This chapter gets really dark about 2/3s in. You have been warned.

Vella woke up with the sun shining right into her eyes. It was so bright that it even shined through her eyelids. She tried to roll over and felt massive aches all around her body. The only thing what didn't hurt to move were her feet. After a few painful tries to managed to roll on to her side and tried to remember what had happened. Everything that had happened that day was in a blur. All she could clearly remember was her being in the transport ship, leaving it and meeting someone. She heard a voice but couldn't make out what it said. She opened her eyes but at first all she could see were colored blobs. As her eyes adjusted to the lighting, she started to make out shapes.

She recognized some blades of grass that where right in front of her eyes. As she looked up a little she could see someone shoeing away some strange looking animals. The person then walked up to her and squatted down in front of her.  

"I see your waking up." The person said smiling. Suddenly all of her memories of the day before rushed back in. The person sitting in front of her was her new trainer and the one who had beaten her so easily in a fight. Instinctively she rushed to stand up but got up to fast and felt dizzy. That together with how soar each muscles was made her almost fall right back down, only to be caught by the person.

"That wasn't the most smartest idea I've seen in awhile." The person said.

"Who are you?" Vella asked trying to say it in a strong voice but failing.

"Did they brief you on anything or did you just not listen?" I'm Siege and I will be your trainer until told else wise." Siege said. He sat Vella back down and sat next to her. "I do say, you are much different from what I thought you would be like. Though it might just be that your tired." Siege said. He was smiling again and his voice was giving a calming feeling.

Vella leaned against the tree, trying to stay upright and looked at Siege.The only thing she could think about now was food.

"Do you happen to have any food?" She asked weakly.

"I do believe that we have some food left. I can go get some for you now." Siege responded. He quickly made his way to the kitchen to grab some food. He needed to be quick because the little ponies were very curious and were doing there best to sneak peaks at the newcomer like a cat trying to get through a door that was being opened. He grabbed the last of the fruit and bread. He stopped for a moment to think about why the princess's kitchen was almost empty but didn't stop for to long.

He walked back Vella and saw Lyra hiding in some bushes. Siege didn't mind this to much as long as she kept quiet. He sat back down next to vella and gave her an apple. "Its not much, but it seems that we are running a bit low on supplies." Siege said. Vella didn't mind though, she was just hunger and happily started to eat. She finished the meal in no time and was fully awake by now. Whilst she was eating she noticed a bandage around her right hand. She tried to move it but felt immense pain when she did. She let out a groin of pain and quickly stopped trying to use her hand.

"Sorry about. It is not broken but you shouldn't try to use it for the mean time."  

She looked around her and noticed she was in a garden and she could seen what looked like castle walls around her.    

"Can you walk this time?" Siege asked. Vella slowly pulled herself up and tried to stand up. It hurt but she managed to walk around a bit before sitting back down.

"Well it looks like you can walk. How much have you been briefed?" Siege asked. He wanted to know just what the Heads had told her.

"I was to be sent to a teacher, outside of the station. He would train me until I was ready to get my suit. My first challenge would be to see if I could beat you in a fight. If I won then they would give me my suit early and let me choose whether I wanted to stay or not. If I lost I would be kept here until my teacher said otherwise."

Siege sat there for a moment just thinking. His organisation was always lying or tricking there students and guardians to make sure they were always prepared or fighting at there best. Siege didn't completely agree with there ways of going about things but he did understand why they did it. He was just happy they had stop sending the students to real battles anymore and stuck with simulations. There ways of lying were a better method than that of before.

"Well I guess you will be staying for awhile." Siege said with a smile. Siege decided to play along with it. The last thing he wanted to do was motivate Vella to fight, she needed to rest and heal. If only he could get back to the forest. There lay his chamber which had so things to help, he needed Vella close just in case something happened. Then he remembered the town he had raced passed. It was the closest town near the forest.

"Say Vella, would you like to meet some of my new found friends whilst I take care of something?" Siege asked.

"Sure, why not. Its not like I'm going anywhere soon." Vella said. Siege could hear some sadness in her voice. He started to wonder about her past and what it could have been like.

"Lyra, go get the others!" Siege called out. Lyra not realizing that he knew she was there jumped up surprised.

"Um.... ok!" She replied frantically grabbed her things and rushed out of the garden. A few moments later Lyra and the other ponies including the princesses came through the doors of the garden. They had an excited look on there face like when someone gets told that they will be given a game they wanted really bad.

The ponies picked up there pace as they saw Vella. Fluttershy looked like she was skipping and had a warm smile on her face.

"Oh yeah... there were ponies here." Vella said. "Hi...."

They did there introductions. Pinkie Pie brought a batch of cupcakes with. She gave one to everyone and started to devour the rest.

"Princess Celestia, may I speak to you in private?" Siege asked politely.

"Okay....." Celestia had a confused look on her face. Whilst the ponies were busy talking to Vella. Celestia and Siege left the garden and stopped in the hallway.

"This should be a good spot, its not that big of a deal. I would like for Vella not to find out just yet." Siege said. "I will put its simply. My organisation sent Vella here for two reasons.

1. She needed to be trained discipline and learn to respect all others.

2. Too test her skills in a real fight and earn her nanosuit.

There is a group of people that want to eradicate the Guardians. Its a newly formed group and its very small at the moment. My organisation gave the coordinates of my location to this group. Its Vella job to wipe them out but because of a little fight we had she is no state of doing so. I have so things that could help her heal much faster in my chamber. However its still somewhere in the forest. My organisation has told me that the group will arrive in about six days but has the tendency to lie. I would like to move Vella to a town I passed whilst making my way here.

My question now is will you help me move her to this town and find a place in which I can keep her safe?"

Celestia listen carefully to the what Siege said and thought for a moment. The town they have pasted was Ponyville and Fluttershy's cottage was right next to the Everfree forest. Not only that but Fluttershy was known for being to take great care of all kinds of animals.

"Very well, we shall help you but in return I would like it if you stayed in the town. It is where all 7 of the ponies here live and they are probably starting to get home sick. By the way the name of the town is "Ponyville" and the name of the forest is "The Everfree Forest". This might help you a bit more." Celstia finally answered.

The two walked back into the garden to give the good half of the news to the ponies.

"Good news everypony, you will be going back to Ponyville very soon. I suggest that you start packing your things." Celestia said.

The ponies looked at her in confusion. "Why do we have to leave at such short notice?" Twilight asked.

"Well something has come to my and Siege's attention and to help with the matter he must return to the Everfree forest. Vella will also be coming with and will be staying with Fluttershy in her cottage until further notice, now quickly get your things ready. You will be leaving in twenty minutes." Celestia answered. The way should said it made everypony rush out of the garden without asking anything.

"You defiantly now how to control somepony." Siege complimented.

"I have rules for thousands of years. Its like second nature to me." Celestia replied with a smile. "Now lets move Vella to one of the carriages."

Siege walked up to Vella who had somehow managed to fall asleep in the short time that the ponies were not focused on her. Siege picked her up, making sure to keep her from waking up and followed Celestia out. She personally led Siege out of the castle. It was a tad bit of an awkward moment for Siege to walk though the city with Vella in his arms whilst Celestia and some guards walked around him. He got a lot of strange looks from the ponies around him.

They made there way out of the castle and quickly the guards started bring out the carriages. There was an extra large one which was normally used by the princesses set up for Vella and Siege. Once again Siege declined using the carriage. He felt much better just running the whole way there. A few minutes later the Fluttershy and Lyra arrived. The two sat themselves right next to Vella. Fluttershy wanted to make sure that Vella would be okay during the trip and Lyra wanted to get as close a look as she could of Vella. The trip back would be the perfect excuse to do so.

Later the rest of the ponies appeared. The all set themselves down in different carriages and waited for take off. Celestia said her farewells to the ponies and they started on there way back home.

Fluttershy was looking forward to getting back home and seeing the animals again. She was planning to make them all a big meal when she returned. She wasn't the only one planning for there return. Pinkie Pie was setting up a big party for Vella in her mind. She wanted to do it in the same style that Siege had done his, only with more games.

Lyra was busy righting down the appearance of Vella. She looked far different from Siege. She assumed that it was just because of there sexes but it didn't stop her from wonder further. She looked up as she thought and suddenly she felt as if something was wrong. She looked at all the other carriages and thought for a moment.

"Wait a second! Where is Siege?!? She asked as a worried look came over her face. She turned to Fluttershy. Fluttershy simply pointed down and stayed quite. She was never good with ponies she didn't know and even though she had seen Lyra a few times, she had never spoken with her.

Lyra looked down and to her relief she saw Siege. But that relief quickly faded. "Why is Siege on the ground? Did he fall off or something?" She thought to herself. She watched as Siege easily kept up with the carriages and took the chance to study his moments.

Meanwhile in a different carriage Rainbow was talking about the arguing with Pinkie Pie about the party. Pinkie wanted to start on the party once they where back in but Rainbow wanted her to wait until Vella was better. Rainbow knew how it felt to have a heavy day of training only to be massively bothered afterwards by Pinkie.

Rainbow got sick of arguing and looked down at Siege. She had the urge to fly and jumped of the carriage to fly along side him.

The rest of the trip was rather peaceful and they arrived in the town square only an hour or so later. During the landing Vella  woke up and looking around. She saw small houses everywhere and even more little ponies staring at her and the others. The townsfolk didn't know how to react but seeing twilight and the rest, decided to just try and ignore it trusting that there was nothing wrong.

Vella sat up and saw Siege walking up to her.

"I see your awake." He said smiling. He pick her up again and she had no idea how to react. "Fluttershy, would you be oh so kind as in to show us the way to your cottage."

The ponies grabbed there things and said there goodbyes. All of them were looking forward to going home and quickly left.

Fluttershy, Applejack and Siege started walking to Fluttershy's cottage. Applejack would continue until she reached  her orchard. She didn't do much talking. Ever time she was around Siege she tended to just keep to herself. They continued walking and eventually Applejack said her goodbye and started on her way to the orchard.

Vella was enjoying the little walk. it was oddly comfortable to be held by Siege. She hadn't a lot of forests and other things like that other than in simulations and the scenery made her feel safe and peaceful. Siege was surprised at how quiet she was but never questioned it. He was looking forward to getting back in the Everfree forest.

The three reached Fluttershy's cottage and Fluttershy immediately started hugging the animals. She was very happy to finally be back home. The cottage had been let in perfect conditions whilst she was gone, probably done by one of the princesses care takers. Once Angel saw her he ran up to her and hugged her leg. He had missed Fluttershy more that he thought he would.

Meanwhile outside Siege was quickly setting up a makeshift bed for Vella. He would be on his way soon but needed to wait on Fluttershy to tell her when he'd be back. Fluttershy came out of her cottage and Siege called out to her.

"Fluttershy, if all goes well I should be back sometime tonight. Please take good care of Vella but make sure to keep your eye on her. Also if you have any fish or something like that for her to eat, please let her. Her body needs the protein to repair her muscles." Siege said.

Fluttershy simply nodded and walked over to Vella.

"Are you feeling alright?" She asked to Vella quietly.

"I've felt better but for the most part yes." Vella replied. The two started a little chat about just about everything that came to there minds.

"So how have you liked your stay in Equestria so far?" Fluttershy asked.

"Equestria......?"

"Oh this country is called Equestria."

"Well I like the fact their's ponies everywhere and the fact you all seem to nice. It sucks I've had to lay down almost the entire time."

"Speaking of which, why in the world did you attack Siege?"

"If I beat him, I would get my suit. Its that simple. I have to say. He is the best fighter I've ever seen."

"Rainbow said something about a fight he had with some people. Siege called them Cell."

"He fought Cell troops!?." Vella said jealously. "Now I'm looking forward to seeing what all this planet has."

"Why......?" Fluttershy asked confused.

"The only real battles I've fought have been with other trainees or teachers. Hearing what you just said only means that Cell are on the planet and I can finally give myself a worthy challenge."

"Uuuuum.... Siege said....... that they had all been....." Fluttershy stopped talking for a moment.

"Siege said what?!? What did he say?" Vella asked impatiently. She was getting fired up from the idea of fighting with Cell forces.

Fluttershy hesitated for a moment but built up the courage to say it. "Siege said that he had exterminated them all...." She said sadly. She never did like the idea of animals killing each other even if it was for a good reason.

"Exterminated them?! How many were there, why were they here?! Vella asked quickly. She really wanted to know what happened.

"Siege said it was a mining station or something like that."

"And he did this alone?"

"Yes......" Fluttershy ended. she didn't want to talk about it anymore.

Vella sat there with a look of amazement on her face. It took her and multiple squads, sometimes even teachers, too take out a mining station. The idea of one person doing this amazed her. She had heard stories of Guardians doing amazing things like this but never once met anyone that even came close to the level.

She looked at her armband. It worked about the same way as Siege's visor but was used with the hand. She started going through files. The armband had a database of Guardians. The best Guardians data was open for all because of the fear they cause among there enemies. It was like a big sign saying, "Mess with protected systems at your own risk." If Cell or Ceph found any sytems protected by a Guardian, they tended to avoid them. Guardian where extremely feared and the few times that one of there protected systems had been attacked tended to end in disaster for the attacker.

She found Siege and her mouth dropped open from awe. As she read through what all he had done all she could do was gasp. Some how he had managed to make it to the top in only a few years and did things that only the more experienced soldiers with the best weapons and nanosuits available could do. And he had done most all of this without a suit of his own.

Vella just kept reading what he had done for what seemed like hours. Fluttershy had left a long time ago to see and take care of her animals. Vella finished reading and felt quite inspired by the files of Siege. With a new felt strength she tried to stand up. She felt much better but she was still soar all over. After stretching she walked around, looking at all the animals.

Vella got bored of looking around rather quickly and pulled out her knifes. She started practicing her swings and stabs, cutting though the air with great speed. Moving around helped with her aching muscles by loosening them up.

Fluttershy noticed Vella practicing her knife play and walked up to her, keeping some distance.

"Vella, would you like to eat something?" Fluttershy asked as Vella took a quick break. She nodded. Vella hadn't noticed how hunger she was and gladly ate everything given to her.

"Its nice to see your feeling better." Fluttershy said.

"Its nice to feel better." Vella responded. Vella looked up at the sky and smiled. She was already starting to like this place a lot more than her training station. The fresh air and relaxation was a nice change to her usual life style.

"This way of life is much nicer."

"How did you live before coming here?"       

"We mostly just trained in combat. Here and there we would get some lessons in survival and diplomacy. I never really have had time to relax since my parents enrolled me into the program."

"Is there anything you think you will miss about your old life?"

"Not really. I don't want to think about it too much though. I might have to go back soon anyways, its up too Siege."

"I hope you get to stay longer. I'm sure he likes that your here."

"What makes you say that?"

"Well, I don't think I would like being the only one of my kind on some strange planet. Even if I still had friends and all that, I would still live with the emptiness of acting like the others. When I look at Siege, I can tell half the time he is only acting that way because he wants to make us happy.

Ponies are far more peaceful then humans from what I've seen. He told us one of his stories a night before you came. It was a story that most ponies would never tell and keep secret but when he told it, he seemed proud of it. He told it with great detail and was looking forward to telling it. I could never talk about something like what he did and I doubt many other ponies could.

What I trying to say is our cultures are different and he would not be able to live as his true self without a fellow human."

"Well now I want to here his story." Vella said laughing. She did understand what Fluttershy said but since she had never been in a situation like it, didn't really know how she would react.

"Not that I want to be rude or anything but do you have a shower or something like that?" Vella asked. She had been sweating a lot and wanted to wash up.

"Well I have a bath, but I don't think its near big enough for you."

"Oh okay, I guess its the river for me then. do you at least have a towel or two?"

"Yes I have towels, I will go get them and some soap." Fluttershy ended as she walked back to her house. She came out caring some towels and a bottle of soap. The two walked to the river and Vella took of her cloths and just jumped in. The water was crystal clear and it was nice to be in. She just swam around for a while, enjoy her ever moment of it.

Meanwhile Siege was already deep in the forest. He was singing a song as he walked along. For him this walk was a moment of pure peace. The dark shading calmed him down and gave him time to just enjoy the scenery. He needed some alone time, though it was interrupted multiple times by the animals around him. Some birds seemed to be following him around. They were crow like birds. "Was a disturbing symbol the forest has given me." Siege thought to himself. Crows tended to be used as a sign of luck and death. A odd combo but it was fitting, for crows at least.

He had almost reached his chamber as the sun started to set. Siege could hear some thunder in the distance. He put his hood and visor on. He reached his chamber when it starting getting really dark. The rain had started making it even harder to see. He grabbed the things he needed and stopped for a moment to listen to his surroundings. The crows were still following him. Neither the birds or Siege cared about the rain the slightest bit.

He was just about to walk back when a alarm sounded coming from his visor and chamber. Someone was entering the atmosphere. He tracked the objects movement and it traced straight to the area around Fluttershy's cottage. He scanned the object and could not believe what was coming.

"No..... they wouldn't." Siege thought to himself. It was a small warship designed by Crytek and made to set small forces down in hostile areas without taking damage. This ship was used for one thing and one thing only. To deliver an extermination team.

He rushed back to the cottage. If he could get back on time he could stop them before they did any harm.

Fluttershy and Vella where inside the cottage at this time. They were sitting by a fireplace enjoying some food when a loud roar could be heard from outside. Fluttershy looked out the window and saw something land in the forest outside of her house. Due to the storm is was impossible to make out what it was. The animals where panicking and she rushed outside to calm them down.

After she had managed to get them back into there pens and shush them, she walked to the edge of the forest. She could see something moving around just behind the trees as the lighting struck. Suddenly a loud bang could be heard from the forest that sounded nothing like thunder. Fluttershy felt an immense pain in her right leg. Two more bangs sounded and Fluttershy fell down. The pain was terrible that she couldn't even scream and she couldn't move her leg at all.

As she lay on the ground, she could see 3 figures walking out of the forest. They looked like Siege but were completely covered in a black suit. There visors looked the same as Sieges but they didn't glow.

"Move this one to the ship!" One of the figures said. "Find Vella and bring her in for questioning. Keep both alive, we can get rid of them once we have the information we need!" A different figures picked up Fluttershy and brought her into the forest. She watched as the other two walked up to her house. Some shouting could be heard and after a moment Vella was dragged out of the house my her hair. One of the figures was now limping but the other one seem completely fine.

The two were brought to a strange looking ship. It was kind of like the transport vehicle but had a bunch of different compartments on the outside. Fluttershy saw about 13 men that where talking or staring at there new prisoner. Vella saw the ship and a look of pure fear came over her face. This only made Fluttershy even more afraid.

The man threw her on the ground and started to yell at her. "Where is he!! Where is your Guardian?!! Fluttershy was to scared to say anything. The man kicked her and and start yelling at her more. One of the other men walked over to him and stopped him before he could do anymore harm. "Relax, this little thing probably can't understand you. Lets focus on Vella." The man said. The other one looked at Fluttershy, eye full of anger and spat on her.

The two men walked over to Vella and started beating her. Yelled at her for answers on the whereabouts of the Guardian. She didn't say a word. She had been trained never to give out information to someone that was considered an enemy.

After a short while the same man went back to Fluttershy and prepared to kick her again. Suddenly around them a sinister laugh could be heard all around them. It seemed to echo through out the entire forest.

"This is not your lucky day. You will suffer dearly for this!!" The voice said.

Suddenly one of the men stand close to the forest wall was yanked in. Screams of agony and pain quickly follow. It was the worst noise anyone there had ever heard. The sound fell short as two men ran into the forest to see what happened only to follow the same fate.

"I will make you Suffer!!" The voice said again.

Vella and Fluttershy had looks of horror on there face. The recognized that voice which made them scare even more.

"Whos there?!"One of the men shouted. He ran up to the edge of the forest and stopped in his tracks. The bodies of the three men where thrown out of the forest, they where mangled and torn. "What kind of monster could have done this?!" The man said.  

A glow red glow formed around the head of one of the men. The man went completely crazy and started rolling around of the ground, terrified.

The man stand near the bodies turn around to see the crazed man rolling on the ground. "Defensive positions!" He shouted. His voice cut short as a blade slid through his spine coming out of his chest. He fell to the ground and screamed. A figure appeared behind him. As a lighting bolt flashed Fluttershy and Vella quickly were able to make out the appears of the figure. It was Siege.

What they saw next would haunt them for the rest of there lives. They where about to see one of the rarest and darkest traits almost solely unique to humans. The urge for revenge, a trait that could turn the kindest person into a heartless killer, killing with the sole purpose of making someone or something suffer beyond belief.

Siege set him foot on the mans head and slowly put pressure on it. The man screamed louder and louder until a loud crack could be heard and vanished. The surviving started shoot aimlessly at the area were Siege had been stand but to no use. A slicing noise could be heard as two more men fell to the ground lifelessly. There was now complete panic and the men scrabbled to form a circle. One of the men tripped whilst running to the circle and was dragged into the woods. More screams of pain were heard. For a moment there was silence. Not even rain nor thunder could be heard.

"Is..... is it gone?" One of the men said.

"No......." A deep whisper was heard in the center of the group. All the men turned around and saw Siege standing in between them. A man Yelled and ran at Siege trying to strike him. Another slice was heard and the man was cut in two. A blood bath started as Siege started cutting the men to pieces.

Vella regained control of her body and ran to Fluttershy. She was in complete shock from what she was witnessing. She watch as her own friend tore the men to pieces. Vella picked Fluttershy up and ran out of the forest. She started running to Applejacks farm as fast as she could, ignoring all her pain. As she left more screams could be heard and there was some gunshots here and there. She heard someone running for help and looked behind her. There was one of the men running at her and yelling out of fear. She watched as a red glow formed around the man. He Screamed out in shear pain as he seemed to implode.

There was no more sound after that. No screaming, no birds, no wind, Just silence. Vella continued running and reach the farm quickly.

"APPLEJACK, HELP!!" Vella yelled out as she reached the farm. Applejack look out of her window and saw Vella holding Fluttershy. The look of fear on there faces was ever too clear and Applejack rushed outside, followed by Big Mac and Applebloom. "What happened!?" Applejack yelled.

"There no time to explain, Fluttershy needs medical attention right now."

They all rushed into the city. There were only a few ponies out who quickly came to help. They bursted through the nurses office. "We need help!" Applejack yelled out. Nurse  Redheart rushed into the entrance hall and looked in horror at what head been done to Fluttershy. She examined the wounds. "She need to go into surgery, NOW!!" A few more nurses rushed in with a bed time thing. Vella set Fluttershy in the bed and the rushed her away. "We will tell you when we are done. I will send in a different nurse and you will tell him exactly what happened to her!" Nurse Redheart shouted before rushing off.

A new male nurse walked in. "What happened to her?" He asked calmly trying to calm things down.

"We were attacked, shes been shot!" Vella yelled out. The nurse gave her a confused look. Applejack repeated it.

"Shot, shot by what?" The nurse asked. Applejack worked as a translator.

"I don't know! I have never seen a gun like that before!" Vella replied.

"I you don't tell us then we will have a much harder time helping her!" The nurse said in vain. Vella couldn't hear anything anymore and collapsed to the ground. The emotional and physically shock was to much for her and she blacked out.

[Well, this is a dramatic change of events. I will not be continuing all the dark stuff unless I really get the urge to but there will always be a warning before hand. This idea for the story has been stuck in my head for a long time now and I really needed to get it in. I'm sorry if I have somewhat screwed up the story once again. Thank you for your time and I shall be working on the next chapter soon.]