Andrew woke up rather late this morning, when he looked at the clock it was already Eleven. He put a hand on his head, moaning as he got up and out of bed. He brushed his teeth and took a shower afterward. He completed the rest of his morning routine and climbed into the Suit Kiosk. After a short moment he came out with fresh, clean new clothing, consisting of a black safari-like shirt, and beige colored cargo pants. He honestly didn't really mind the adventurous get-up, but in a way he thought it made him look weird. He also looked down at his hands, where he had his tan colored fingerless gloves, usually worn in his combat uniform.

As he walked out into the hallway, he noticed that the castle wasn't as busy as it usually was. Not even the castle maids were patrolling about, cleaning every room. He looked to his left, then to his right, and continued down the hallway. He then made his way into the throne room, and as expected, Princess Celestia was there, tending to the day court.

"Major? What brings you here?"

"Oh, I was just looking for everyone else. Do you happen to know where they are?" Princess Celestia chuckled and nodded, pointing outside.

As Andrew made his way outside, he felt the warm presence of Night Shade, he looked around for a second to try and locate him, but he wasn't able to find him. Night Shade was in fact still inside his mind, through telepathy. They greeted each other as Andrew continued to walk outside, into the courtyard.

"Hello, Night Shade. What do you want?" Andrew asked in the politest way he could,

"What? Can't I just talk to you from time to time?" He asked, Andrew noticed he wasn't talking in his normal voice, because it was much quieter.

"I dunno, it's just that Shiny's wedding is tomorrow, and he's really nervous. I have to say that I'm nervous for him too."

"That's pretty normal, it's the day where you get committed, it should be a day when you get nervous. I just can't wait for when you and Rainbow Dash get committed." He taunted, Andrew blushed a little bit, acting defiant.

"That's not going to happen for a long time! Hell, I don't know if we'll even stay together." He replied, Night Shade chuckled to himself.

"Well I am dead, so I can wait. Besides, you got Alicorn in you, so who knows how long you'll live."

"But you were turned into an Alicorn, how does that have to do with me having it in me?" Andrew asked, confused.

"Because my powers are passed onto the next descendant. You're the only living descendant I have, so it all went to you."

"Wow, that's pretty sad." Andrew laughed.

"It means that if you die without offspring, the bloodline ends with you. You're only twenty-five, so you have a long time before you need to do anything." Night Shade assured him, Andrew sighed heavily.

As Andrew continued walking, he was also conversing with Night Shade. What he didn't notice is that he was talking out loud, and that his friends could hear him, in fact, they heard him the whole time. They all stared at him as he continued talking, oblivious to what is going on.

"Andrew, you okay there bud?" Jhon asked.

"Oh, uh... yeah. I'm fine." They all glanced at him one more time before they got back to what they were doing.

"Major, if I may?" Andrew nodded to let Shining Armor speak.

"Cadance requested that you not use any firearms on the day of our wedding." Shining Armor confessed, all of Echo Team's eyes widened in shock.

"You've got to be shitting me." Andrew facepalmed, shaking his head.

"Since you can't be security guards without weapons, I've authorized the use of any of our weapons from the Canterlot Armory." Andrew perked up a little bit.

"Which means we're stuck using swords and shields?" Nick said, Shining Armor nodded in approval, making everyone sigh in relief.

"Well, at least we have weapons." Jhon mumbled.

"I will lead you into the armory, please follow." They all followed Shining Armor into the armory, where it looked like it's been restocked full of weapons, and this time around there was even a gun wall, housing duplicates of the guns Echo Team already owns.

Andrew went up to the gun wall and pocketed a second Desert Eagle, concealing it from Shining Armor. He went to the wall where there were the melee weapons, Andrew noticed that one wa stuck in the ground, in a pedestal.

"I wouldn't touch that one. That one's the legendary sword that is called, 'The Blade of Light' it is said that Prince Night Shade used it in battle against the Darkness to seal it away. Anypony who tried to take the sword out failed." Shining Armor explained.

The sword was about 42 inches long, and the hilt was 8 inches. The hilt also contained a golden crossguard, and a blue jewel embedded in the center. The sword itself was double-edged, and had a ricasso, with no fuller either. It was a work of art, Andrew guessed that Night Shade had a good taste in weaponry too.

"Night Shade, is this really your sword?" Andrew asked.

"Yes, it is indeed my sword. I think Celestia put it in the pedestal after I died, try taking it out." Andrew walked up to the pedestal, and put both of his hands on the hilt. He slowly started to budge the sword out of its resting place, and he could feel the energy of the sword rushing through him just by contact.

"Andrew, like I said, it's not... going..." As Shining Armor said that, the sword was moving slowly out of the pedestal.

Andrew lifted the sword out of the pedestal and raised it towards the sky. Another glow came from his side, where a white scabbard appeared with gold engravings. Helena, Nick, Jhon, and Shining Armor stood there, with their jaws hung wide open, Andrew too was pretty shocked about this.

"Well... damn." Andrew said, impressed. He inspected the blade, and even after all of these years, it was still in top condition.

"This is The Blade of Light, my most prized possession. I made it myself too. I put a few enchantments on it so that it would never dull, as well as one that it would only be able to be used by me." Night Shade said, proud of himself.

Andrew flourished his sword before sheathing it, afterward he felt really excited. He quickly went into the area where they kept shields, trying to find the right one that looked like it went with the sword. He then found a perfect one, it was about the size of his torso, it had a golden colored border and all white on the inside.

"Great. All I need now is a tunic." Andrew said sarcastically. He then placed the shield over the sword on his back, and went on over to the other weapons, to see if anything caught his eye.

He smirked as he saw two bracers, he knew exactly what they were the instant he laid his eyes upon them. Though they didn't have any insignias on them, as they weren't owned by anypony in particular. He noticed that there was a chest full of them, but he didn't want to take any out of respect, even though he always wanted ones. He took two out of the chest and walked over to Helena, who was still looking at some combat knives for her to use.

"Helena, I think you would like these." Andrew held out to her some bracers, and she instantly recognized what they were.

She quickly put them on and flicked her wrists, and as expected, a blade came out from each one. Helena went fangirl, she was so excited she squealed with joy. She then tested them to see if they had any attributes to them. It turns out one of them has a pivot, while the other had a poison injector. For her long range weapon she chose a bow and arrows, to fit her sniper role in the team.

Nick split a dummy's head in half with a battle axe, satisfied with his decision. While on the other hand, Jhon got to keep his throwing knives, and received some small chains so he could be able to tie them to his knives.

"It seems like your team has some experience in this kind of technology." Celestia chuckled, they all put away their weapons as she walked up to them, they bowed where they stood, and stood up afterwards.

"With Night Shade's experience it feels as if it's second nature to me Princess." Andrew said, showing her that he pulled out The Blade of Light.

"I see, with you being his descendant I expected as much."

"Wait, who's Night Shade? You're a descendant of who?" They all asked him in unison, Andrew smiled sheepishly.

"That's a story for another time guys, I'll tell you later."

"I think it's about time for lunch, what do you guys think?" Helena asked, grabbing her stomach. They all nodded, heading towards the dining room.

Andrew set down his sword and shield by his seat, sitting next to his team. Shining Armor and Cadance were also there, but something was rather... odd, about Cadance. As she noticed Andrew's sword, the started to feel uneasy about it, almost letting out a little hiss.

"Uh, dear? I thought I said no weapons?" She said in a demanding way.

"No can do honey. They're our security for our wedding, they have to have some sort of weapons, considering that they cannot use magic or fly. Besides, the threat to Canterlot is still unsolved, we may never know who it may be." He said, smiling back at her.

Andrew studied Cadance, as she wasn't acting as her usual self. This he knew for a fact, because he's hung out with her before, though he did so for a brief moment. He looked over towards his team, and they were completely oblivious to the fact. He mentally facepalmed as he took a bite of his salad.

"So, Andrew, do tell us about that story from earlier?" Helena mused, Andrew let out an empty laugh as he cleared his throat.

"Turns out I'm a descendant to Prince Night Shade, a direct descendant, I guess. Night Shade, he batlled The Darkness and sealed it away, he died in the process. Celestia looked for a way to bring him back, but couldn't, sadly to say. But when she found me, she tried to take us here to bring try and resurrect him. Isn't that right, Celly?" She nodded silently, using a napkin to clean her mouth.

"Indeed so, Major. So far, I haven't found a single resurrecting spell as of yet. One that ensures your safety out of this, anyways. I can't believe how similar you and Night Shade are, however, almost... identical." She chuckled.

"And that's how I was able to pull this out." Andrew revealed a part of his blade from its scabbard, and it was a very shiny silver, almost light.

"Ha! That's what she said!" Nick said laughing his ass off.

"Up yours." Andrew chuckled, setting his sword down.

Andrew quickly finished his lunch and excused himself from the table, taking his empty plate with him towards the kitchen, in which the chef was already making dinner. Andrew thought he had to grow a second stomach to fit that much food in his gut, because it smelled delicious. He threw the plate in the sink and went back for his equipment, and luckily it wasn't touched.

He scopped it up and strapped the sword to his waist, and placed the shield on his back, making sure it wouldn't fall off while he was walking. Helena tested her hidden blades, flicking her wrists multiple times before leaving them in the concealed position. Nick put his battle axe on his back and twirled his tomahawk before putting it into his holster. Jhon threw his knives into the air before positioning his shoulder to where they would just fall into their sheathes.

"I think we should get some training in, what do you guys think?" They all nodded. Andrew then made his way to the training grounds, noticing that there were less guards than there usually were, and even less rental equipment were available.

"Hey, where's all the stuff?" Andrew asked, a pony came out from behind the counter.

"You know the threat against Canterlot, right?" They all nodded silently.

"-Well there's going to be more guards patrolling the ground and even less equipment to go around. Sorry guys, but this is all I have."

Don't bother, we have our own stuff, we just need the dummies to use them on!" Nick said happily, hefting up his battle axe.

"Alright, you guys have fun in there!" The clerk pony said, closing the gates behind them.