Nagohod: The Fall of the Darkness Sisters

Heavy and fierce explosions along with destructive magic rays demolished the gigantic war citadel high up in the sky, until one intense red beam was shot from the fortress. The beam was shooting into the southeast, far beyond the horizon and shot into the sea near the continent of Aresios.

Down below, thousands of meters beneath sea-level, the beam struck a long dormant receptor. Vast sleeping, advanced machinery far beyond anything stirred and metallic caverns came to life. In the deep, beyond the sight of ever watchful Harmony Rangers or all seeing alicorn eyes, another terror began preparing itself for its ascend to the surface of a mostly unexpecting and undefended world as their injured mistresses recover in stasis.

Seeking victims for warped experiments, raiding the seas for valuable minerals and precious resources, this new threat soon begins to set its mechanic eyes above the waves. Finding prey in lone exploration ships in the southeast, this new force attacks. In this time, only a handful of few individuals can imagine the terror awaiting...

For they had experienced it once in a far and distant future.

* * * * *

Earth, Marine Corps Air Station,

Beaufort, South Carolina: Today

A certain commotion was going on in the barracks of the 12th rifle platoon. An operation was being started and the marines were told to be ready for briefing. In the briefing room more and more of them were sitting down early and started to speak with one another.
"Does anyone know what's going on?"

"So far we only know two things: Our operation is 'Operation Daedalus' and we are team 'Icarus'. Other than that, we know nothing solid."

"Which by itself sounds like a suicide mission to me but let's hear the old man out."

Captain Hiller, nicknamed the 'old man' by the marines entered the briefing hall and nodded at the marines, before he began the briefing. A map of Bermuda was depicted, showing the estimated area to trigger a 'crossing event'.
"Gentlemen, you are being send in by a Halo Jump. I realize not all of you had hands on experience. Frankly, none of us have ever faced a situation quite like this one before." Uncertain glances were exchanged between the marines before the 'old man' continued. "You will approach the target area in a Boeing C-17 and will make the jump alongside certain transponder cargo. I would not be asking any one of you to take this leap if I had not complete faith in your ability to succeed. Your courage will never be more needed than it is in this mission. Should you miss the crossing event area, the USS Nimitz will be in the area to answer to certain distress signals. However, due to the crossing risk, the Nimitz can't enter the immediate area, you will have to swim. Once on the other side, you are to secure the equipment, bring it to a safe AO and establish a communication post that will hopefully lead us to further clues where the crossing on the other side is located. During the operation, Lieutenant Pearce will be in command. If you-" He halted for a moment when he saw an arm being raised. "Yes?, What is it, Private?"

The marine looked around before he shook his head.
"Excuse me, sir. But what if there is no crossing home? Are we stuck in that case?"

Hiller looked over to Pearce and Pearce nodded. It was a good question, yet it was up to Hiller to classify it as a need to know information.
"We do know that the crew of the USS New Jersey was brought back safe and sound, even if the ship was lost. So even if the crossing on the other side should be out of reach or nonexistant, there will be at least a way home." That visibly calmed down the one or another face. "If you have to work with the indigenous lifeforms to establish contact with us, do so. There is only one word of advice we want to give to you: Don't get too close to the sun. That is all, folks. Everything else will be briefed to you on the plane. Dismissed!"

Back in the barracks, one of the marines shook his head while he started packing.
"What the flying fuck, man... They're sending an entire rifle platoon over there? I mean wasn't there this airbus that already flew over?What do they need us for?"

"Don't believe every shit from these conspiracy theory sites, Wilde."

Private Dwayne Wilde wrinkled his nose at the statement.
"Hey, I wouldn't mind if there would be other humans on the other side. Imagine being on a different planet, surrounded by multicolored, talking ponies! Ugh! I would go crazy with no human but me around!"

While most of the others shook their heads at Wilde, some simply ignored him. One of them looked over to another marine.
"Hey, Mispowsky! What does the Captain mean with that? 'Don't get too close to the sun.'"

Corporal Vitali Mispowsky looked up from the backpack he was packing while giving the question a thought.
"It's an analogy no doubt. Icarus was warned by his father Daedalus not to fly too close to the sun, when he got wings out of wax and feathers from his father. But he didn't listen and flew high up into the sky in his excitement. So the sun melted his wings and Icarus fell into the sea."

"So what's the sun in this case?"

"We'll probably find out once we're over there. Until then we have an objective to follow, people. So move it! Drake, I want these crates checked! Monroe! In thirteen hours our flight is taking off, make sure that the equipment is checked and safely secured! It might be possible that we're over there for quite some time and won't have any reinforcements. Last thing we need is our stuff breaking down over there."

Holding up a compass, Wilde spread his arms and shrugged in annoyance.
"Hey, Sarge... Do we really need to rely on these old things? I mean we have GPS-systems."

Seargent Prowe rolled his eyes in annoyance.
"Yeah we have GPS-systems... on Earth, you dumbass! But we'll be on another freaking planet! I highly doubt that they'll have satellites around their world as well. So get your shit together, Wilde!"

"Who knows? Maybe they have a magical spacestation or something."

"Stop talking bullshit and concentrate on your work!"

* * * * *

Equestria, the next day

Coming out of the Containment chamber, Tyler held Nova in his arms. But despite her immense power, there was no bright light burning everyone to ashes, but a mild shimmer from the small ring that rested upon her small horn. Looking over to Shining Armor, who stood inbetween the maintenance crew of the Containment hall, Tyler showed concern as he stepped outside.
"I don't know, Shining... That thing really works permanently? It won't shatter? I mean she has so much power in her young body... Once that ring is off she could level probably the entire mountain we're in."

A smirk crept on Shining's lips for a second before he became serious in both expression and tone.
"Just like her father once leveled a mountain. Relax... Cadance took precautions and assured me that Princess Celestia and Luna aided her with that ring for it to be temper-proof. Ancient alicorn secrets and all that, you know?" Little Nova was whimpering a bit, gaining Shining's attention at once. "Something not right with her?"

Looking down to Nova, Tyler gently rocked her back and forth in his arms.
"She's used to be bathed in light. This entire thing here is quite dark for her as of now. So many more colors than the brightest tones of her father's clothing and skin." Gently caressing her cheek, Tyler smiled down to his little girl. "But she feels safe and comfortable with Daddy..." A few minutes later they were inside his office in the HQ, where a little foal playground was established for Nova. As he saw her playing with some building blocks, Shining arched a brow and rose a shield onto the surfaces of the room., The walls, the window panels, the furniture, even Shining himself. Tyler frowned, not fully understanding before a giggle arose from the playground and a projectile in form of a cubic building block bounced off the shield several times while Nova was laughing. Once the block was resting on the desktop in front of Tyler, he arched a brow, surpressing a smile. "The precautions of a soon to be father yourself?"

Shining shrugged and rolled his eyes.
"Cadance came up with that idea. Just in case our foal is to inherit her alicorn powers fully or even partially, it would be best to come up with something to preserve the furniture. I first doubted her, but now after seeing Nova's potential, I see the reason behind it."

Looking over to his daughter, Tyler shook his head, closing his eyes.
"I tried my best to be the best father imaginable for Nova. And yet she comes from the future, telling me that we shared something sexual. I could never do something like that to her..."

Taking a seat, Shining frowned upon this.
"And you probably never will. At least willingly. We know you, Tyler. Nopony that knows you would ever deem you capable of being or getting into incest. I think what frightens you is the mere fact that this is actually possible.You thought you couldn't make mistakes. But the choices you'll make in the future could get yourself and everypony under your command killed." Tyler looked over to Shining, who replied the glance with a smile. "But I believe in you, Tyler. You got your wake-up-call. Now it is time for you to make the right choices." Coming over to Nova and Tyler, Shining Armor bumped into Tyler's hip. "What say you for a nice family meeting once Cadance and I have our little surprise ready? Nova could have a somepony to play with."

Lifting Nova up and levitating her around himself in a close orbit before she landed back into his arms, Tyler expressed a gentle smile to her.
"Would you like that, sweetie? Someone your age?"

A sudden female voice brought them out of their focus.
"Someone who's age?"

Turning around, they spotted Twilight entering the room, what prompted both siblings to exchange smiles and greet each other.
"Twily!"

"Shining Armor..." Exchanging hugs with her older brother, Twilight then looked up to him. "Someone who's age?"

While Twilight trotted over to Nova and Tyler, Shining shook his head with a distressed grimace, prompting Tyler to chuckle.
"The Cakes! Shining Armor advised me to take Nova to Ponyville and maybe make some friends with the children of the Cakes. Foals among themselves, you know?"

Gasping a bit in surprise, Twilight whirled around to her brother again.
"That's a great idea, Shining Armor! Now that Cadance's ring for her grants her the freedom to crawl around, I only have to make sure nopony can take off that ring."

Visibly relieved that the secret and surprise remained, Shining smirked.
"I... just have my moments now and then... But I wouldn't worry about this ring. Cadance told me that nopony but an alicorn or one of the highest grade unicorns like Starswhirl the Bearded could undo the security spells on that thing. Tyler and I were also talking about a little family vacation once things are going a bit more smoothly here in Equestria. And it would mean Nova could see a bit more of the world." Spotting the saddlebags on Twilight, Shining arched a brow. "What are you doing here?"

Turning over to Tyler, Twilight rolled her eyes. "Well, feeding my daughter? I can't let Tyler do it all the time. He's able to withstand her presence in the long run in her containment room, but has to vent out vast amounts of magic afterward. Me? As an alicorn, her presence doesn't affect me from the outside. That and I'm her mother. It's my duty to care for her. Before Tyler hogs her all over."

Handing over Nova, Tyler then raised his hands to calm his wife down a nodge.
"Oh, uh... I- I would never..."

Snickering as he was already on the defense, Twilight smirked up to him, before her smirk withered as other thoughts crossed her mind.
"And now, thanks to Cadance and the ring she had send us, Nova can be taken out into the public, even though it means a lot of danger if somepony wanted to take off that ring. Maybe a thief... Or a Diamond Dog! Or-"

Tyler rested a hand on Twilight's back and calmed her down.
"Easy there, honey! Don't overworry, you'll just stress out over nothing. You heard Shining: Cadance made sure Nova's ring is in the best security measures ever..." While Twilight visibly calmed down with a sigh, Tyler looked at Shining with an expression of confusion on his face. His lips formed the words "What the hell's a Diamond Dog?" yet didn't speak them out loudly.

* * * * *

Half an hour later, in Nova's containment chamber

A sigh of relief escaped Twilight. Relaxing in this lying position on the soft carpet, nurturing Nova, it felt like a second nature. Even though her daughter was shiningly bright and emanated a warm feeling on her alicorn coat, now that the ring around her little horn was taken off, Twilight was at peace now, breastfeeding her daughter. Nova was a very special foal and plans for her to fit in were already made. Looking at her using a vision protection spell, she could see her as if the chamber was illuminated normally. No amount of danger would deter her from loving Nova as best as she could, even with so many barriers inbetween them. The window to the outside was dark, yet even if she could see through, the cover she placed over the containment chamber would prevent outside glances to the inside. This was a moment between her and her daughter and she didn't want anypony to monitor her in this intimate maternal moment.

An hour later Nova was lying in her new crib with the ring back in place while Twilight and Tyler laid together in Tyler's bed in his quarters in the HQ, Twilight resting on her back, him lying beside her, caressing her belly with gentle rubs. However, as much as she enjoyed the moment, she saw that there was something on his mind. Looking into the eyes made him spill the beans rather quickly.
"Twilight... Since my fight in Nagohod I've blocked you girls out of my mind. Worried sick that Sage or Rage could do one of you harm. You girls reeled Sage in, that's one problem down. But after the incident recently... Twilight, honey... I can not go on like this." Both exchanged uncertain glances. "I see it in your eyes... The mystery of what will happen in the future between me and our daughter. Twilight, I will open myself to you again. We can't go on like this. I need to make certain that the thought of starting something with Nova never once crossed my mind."

"You mean like the connection you, Celestia and Luna had before Nagohod?" He nodded in confirmation and Twilight sighed. "I, too, see that as a good way to go. This incident really troubled all of us. And I of all ponies am unwilling to resent my foal for what she might do in the future."

Tyler closed his eyes and his hand stopped moving as his glance went directly to her eyes.
"You're not just our herd's Alpha, Twilight... You are my wife and my special girl. If I can't call you mine, I have no need for this crown."

"I know... Even before Nagohod in that penthouse I knew. It may have been Rage trying to take control, but right there I knew that I was going to have your child. Something you did only to AJ first, but to no alicorn mare before." The blush on her nose grew steadily. "I know that you have some kinks that you live out with Celestia and Luna, but you chose AJ and me first to be the mothers of your children. That means a lot to me."

"Well, Celestia is still too afraid to do or allow that to Luna. But Celestia wasn't in that penthouse..." he countered with a smirk. They then exchanged nods and Tyler lowered his forehead just as Twilight pointed her horn towards his forehead. The touch of her horn was gentle, but the sudden spark made Twilight gasp in surprise. A flood of emotions gushed over and through her while the world seemed to have been halted, she was surrounded by colorful pictures. His mind was so different from hers, required of being used to it. At first it was pure chaos as she was unfamiliar with the order of all these memories and emotions. But more and more the pictures became less blurry and chaotic and she could grasp an understanding of his mind in its entire quantity. His feelings for his friends and most importantly, his feelings for his wives and their daughters.

In an epiphany Twilight could see that he felt much regret for the recent incident and that he only felt the love of a father for Appleseed and Nova. Gently touching his cheek with her hoof, Twilight looked deep into his eyes.
"I see... so much pain inside your heart. Are you certain that you're OK?"

As he closed his eyes and took the hoof at his cheek into his grasp, Twilight could already feel his emotions. There was turmoil, yet her touch took so much from it. This new bond with him clearly was something else and needed further adjusting to it.
"No, I'm not OK, Twilight... But if I can count on you girls to have my back, I can slowly get better."

A smile came over her lips and she gently shook her head while ceasing the connection between them. It would take time to process all information, but she understood the majority of it.
"Of course you can count on us, Tyler... All of us! Oh! While we're at it, AJ was a bit grumpy as I mentioned you."

Grimacing a bit, Tyler looked to the side, avoiding direct eye contact now as he recalled the very reason for that.
"Well... You see..."

* * * * *

Sweet Apple Acres, the day before

Standing in front of an apple tree, Applejack shot an angered glare up to Tyler, who was sitting on one of the many branches, holding a polaroid picture in his hand.
"Now don't ya force mah hoof there, Sugar Cube! Come down this instant or Celestia be mah witness: Ah'll buckle ya out of that tree!"

Arching a brow, Tyler shook his head.
"Come on, sweetie. We both know you would never-"

A brief hard buck to the tree was all it took on which he sat to crack the branch and Tyler to fall down. Just above the ground he levitated himself, not to land hard, but Applejack turned around and pinned him against the tree.
"Hand it over, big boy!"

Taking off her Stetson, Tyler placed a long kiss on her muzzle.
"Never! It will always be with me..."

Trying to take it away, AJ reached for the picture, but Tyler held it just outside her reach.
"Tyler! Ah ain't joking!

"Neither am I... You never told me you could be hot in such a way. Not that the usual way would be any worse..." A hoof slamming onto the tree right next to his face was enough to wipe that smug grin of his away. "Oh, alright... So much for my hopes of having a little Applejewel back in my office."

While Applejack took the picture and hid it inside her Stetson, Tyler lied down on the ground below the tree.
"Ya'll have to visit me for the real Applejewel, big boy! Spendin' some time with yer family instead of working in that dark and eerie mountain. If Ah would allow ya to do this, then maybe ya'll try and look for a nice young tight mare sooner or later. Ya know... Ah guess we both know such a thing will happen one day, Sugar Cube... Yer lifespan is longer than that of a normal pony. Ya will outlive me anyway. Ah guess Ah can consider mahself lucky... Being the one farm mare to ever go into places that high... Woah Nelly... Ah bet Rarity would give a hoof for being in mah place."

Sitting upright, Tyler looked into her eyes and shook his head with a smirk.
"No one could replace you, AJ."

Replying with a smirk of her own, she bumped her flank into his body.
"Maybe... but one day one will succeed me. Hey! Do me a favor until then?"

"Sure thing. What do you want?"

"Plant some more Apples until that time comes, OK?"

Tyler contemplated about her request for a bit, then stood up and bowed down to meet her face to face, placing a kiss onto her nose.

"If that is your wish, I will grant it to you. This farm sure could need a few more of them."

"Good. But no more sleezy pictures! Ah don't want ya distracted by pictures."

A sly grin formed on his face as he took off her Stetson and placed it on his head.
"Oh... So that's the reason you don't want me to have it! You're afraid it could replace you in those lonely nights and once we see each other again, there is less for you."

Noticing him not only taking her Stetson but also the picture inside it infuriated AJ once again.
"Hand it back, Sugar Cube!"

"No... It will always remind me of the mother of my firstborn daughter in all her glory."

"Flattery ain't gonna help ya here, buster!"

* * * * *

Tyler smirked a bit as he remembered the scene.
"Let's just say we had a minor dispute and even if I did convince her to have something to think of her if she's not around, she didn't agree on what it was." Frowning a bit, he looked to the side. "I'll have to make up for it with a more proper token once opportunity presents itself."

Twilight arched a brow in wonder.
"Token? To think of her?" A knowing smirk came over her lips. "You got your hands on some sleezy pictures of her, didn't you?"

Evading her glance, Tyler tried to shrug it off.
I, well... Just to, you know... Remain faithful."

Twilight's smirk became a wide grin by now.
"You did a fine job so far remaining faithful. I don't think you'll need a picture like that when there are mares here in Equestria waiting for you. And should you build up some stress, we will relief you of it." Grabbing his face with her hooves, she looked into his eyes. "Which reminds me: Take longer vacations and grant your rangers a bit more as well! You rangers are down here all the time, the work underground must be exhausting for the mind."

He looked around in the room with artificial lighting and panorama window with view to an artificial outside world, prompting him to agree.
"You're right. I really miss these kind of things at times. Spending time with you girls. Sometimes I think spending all this time underground gets me into a paddy. But then I'll look into your big purple eyes and all the stress is gone."

Enjoying the belly rubs she was getting and his hand gently stroking over the coat of her chest, Twilight was halfway gone, purring in bliss. But it only needed one soft boop on her cute muzzle to made her look up to him again and returned to focus.
"Tyler, do you think that anywhere in Equestria two ponies are together right now like we two are?"

Smiling down to her, he nodded.
"I guess so. If not, what would be the point of defending Equestria so fiercely?" He leaned down to place a kiss on her lips, but mere inches before he reached her, the alarm went off and he stopped in motion, sighing in defeat. "I'll have to gmm-"

Pulling him in with her hooves, Twilight persisted on the kiss and looked up to him with a mild blush.
"Good luck with defending to the both of us." Vanishing with a teleportation spell, he expected Twilight to return to her quarters in Canterlot before making haste down to Ponyville to see if things were right there. Still, seeing her lying there at one moment and gone in the next was dissapointing.

* * * * *

A few minutes later, after returning Nova back to the containment chamber, he arrived dressed and ready at the headquarter control room.
"Alright, alright! Shut down that alarm already, we got the point!"

The door which closed behind him opened up a second later as the alarm went silent and another voice sounded off.
"Something amiss down here, Headranger?"

Upon hearing her voice, several heads turned towards her and while most of the present pony rangers bowed their heads to her, Rachel stood up from her terminal.
"Princess Celestia? What are you doing here?"

"There was an alarm going on," Celestia replied with a giggle, "...so I took the time to come by and actually have a 'personal inspection'. At least, that's what I told the nobles."

Coming over to Celestia, Tyler lowered his voice as he spoke to her.
"The nobles pestering you again, honey?"

Rolling her eyes Celestia gave the question a smirk of good will.
"You have no idea how tempting the thought of banishment to the moon can be at times, Tyler. This alarm comes with the right timing. I would have given anything to get out of the throne room today... Could I have some refreshments?"

"Certainly..." Giving brief commands to a unicorn mare, Tyler send her to her way to get Celestia something.

Not long after that, the mare returned with a slice of cake and some tea.
"Y-your slice of cake and a cup of tea, your highness..."

Glancing over to her, Celestia gently smiled at her.
"Thank you, Winter Leaf. That looks delicious."

Looking at the plain porcelain, Winter Leaf frowned a bit.
"S-sorry that we only had the plain set from the canteen, b-but if you want to, I could gallop up to the castle and get you a better one."

Shaking her head, Celestia's smile did not wither.
"No, it's alright. The tea and cake will taste the same on every dish. Thank you for your effort, Winter Leaf." Turning over to Tyler, Celestia watched the meanwhile routined Harmony Rangers doing their job in silence.

Tyler was approaching one of the many crystal pony terminals in the control room and leaned in to its crew.
"So what's the big deal here?"

"Sir, we were receiving a distress signal."

"It's running on our standard communication crystal frequencies, that's why we're already at it. Otherwise it might be overlooked until the monthly signal sweep would be in order the coming weekend."

Tyler nodded at this. Seemingly someone who got a communication crystal from the Crystal Empire was in a dire situation.
"Can we pinpoint the location of it?"

"Calling for assistance in triangulation from our outposts near Manehattan, Las Pegasus, Appleloosa and Cloudsdale." The crystal ponies calculated large quantities of data, making their bodies glitter ever so slightly. A world map of Equis was depicted on a larger screen, visualizing the locations of the outposts with emanating circles coming and growing from them. More and more the location pinpoint got closer until it hit one of the islands south of Equestria.

Tyler squinted his eyes, trying to see the name and pointed at the island.
"Magnify that section!"

The island was magnified and the the name of Neftus was written down below it. Rachel glanced over to Tyler and Celestia.
"Neftus Island? Have we been there lately?"

Shaking his head, Tyler smirked as he waved the thought away.
"No, but I got the data regarding that island from some prospectors. Since Masar and Griffins now have peaceful relations, I thought a joint project for them to live and work together would turn out beneficial for their efforts. There are Masar, Griffins and ponies working together. According to the prospect report handed to me, the island is without mountain, but the earth ponies and Pegasi should be able to make enough soil ready to work with. The island can sustain itself, but there is certainly no luxury nor abundance. Prince Griffith from the Griffin Empire also joined in as an ambassador, a gesture that was received well by both Masar and Griffins. Grinko would have gone as well, but then his relationship with Fluttershy would have suffered, so he stayed. If there is trouble on that island, I want to know what the freaking hell is going on out there." Coming down to Rachel's terminal, Tyler looked at the screen, patting one of the crystal ponies on the shoulder. "There's a spoken message from them, I see. Let's hear it."

After a brief nod, the crystal ponies began to concentrate and a voice became audible from the static. A voice that Tyler immediately identified as that of Prince Griffith.
"...a short time ago we willingly surrendered ourselves to the forces to the Planetary Army of Light. At this moment we are in protective custody. Their leader assures us that we will be treated with respect and dignity as long as you cooperate with her demands. I believe her sincerity. She requests that you send a ship as exchange for our release at once. Be assured that we are in good health and we would appreciate your immediate response."

Leaning over to Rachel, Tyler lowered his voice.
"At least we know that there are hostages, even when the hostages are not in acute danger. I think we shou-"

He was abruptly interrupted as another, female voice began to speak, this time not so calm, the tone more demanding.
"I deeply regret this desperate act, but these are desperate times! We have no desire to harm these innocents but do not put us to the test! I implore you! I implore you to respond immediately!"

A sudden clatter of porcelain made Tyler and the other rangers in the room look over to Celestia. The cup and plate had fallen to the ground, breaking in the process while Celestia stared at the speakers, aghast and terrified. Spilled cake and tea were of no importance to her now. This response was troubling, so Tyler came over to her and spoke with a low, almost inaudible voice.
"Celestia? You look like you've just heard about the death of a loved one."

Blinking twice, the alicorn took a bit to regain her otherwise unshakable composure.
"Perhaps I did, Tyler. Perhaps I just did..." Taking a napkin, she cleaned her mouth and headed for the exit. "Please excuse me."

While she left, every other Ranger exchanged glances with Tyler. Noticing this, he gave them a nod before he went after her. About the time they came to his office, he catched up with her.
"Celestia, what is it? Did you recognize this voice?"

Celestia's glances were dancing over the floor as if to make sense of this new revelation.
"I'm not absolutely certain." Entering his office, she sat down.

Leaning at the doorframe for a second, he then closed the door and sat down on a chair next to her.
"But it does sound familiar?"

Closing her eyes, Celestia gently shook her head as her ears dropped. It was obvious that the alicorn regretted whatever happened to a painful degree.
"There was a young student, exceptionally gifted, possessing a great intelligence... I once assumed that one day she would take her place among the greatest minds of Equestria." Looking up to Tyler, Celestia gave him a stern glance. "But she was a revolutionary."

Narrowing his eyes, Tyler tried to understand.
"How so?"

"The knowledge and experience she sought were forbidden by the laws Luna and I once established."

Hearing this stumped Tyler. Not much was forbidden by equestrian law that wasn't already a crime by common sense.
"Forbidden?!?"

"She was under the impression that the way to harmony lied in the depths of the mind and not in friendship."

"What...?"

A hologram of a brain appeared between them both and Celestia was looking down to it.
"She believed that mental conditioning and hardening could make others 'see the light'." Looking up to Tyler, Celestia once more shook her head in determination. "But Luna and I would never allow mental invasion or conditioning as tools for anything, neither for harmony nor punishment. When she in her misguided zeal overstepped the line and harmed others with her telepathy spell experiments, I had no other choice but to banish her, never to return."

Tyler's hand went through his hair as he closed his eyes and stood up.
"Yet another sad story... Equestria sure gets a habit for these kind of things." Celestia looked after him and attempted to say something, but Tyler beat her to it. "This is my project, Celestia! My first attempt to have a political impact. I was the one who brought it up to the others. Grinko persuaded his mother into agreeing to this and Prince Griffith was so convinced he actually became the Griffin ambassador on that island. I won't stay idly by while a good friend of mine is in danger. Whoever this student is, she's in for a spanking!"

Celestia glanced over to him, her eyes analyzing him as if she were calculating chances. Then, a smirk formed on her lips and her horn began to glow.
"In this case hold out your hands." As he did what she asked of him, she summoned a sword in midair and levitated it into his grasp. "This sword shall lead you to the one you seek."

Recognizing the sword, Tyler held it a bit higher.
"Hey! That's my old sword! I mean, it's the one I used to strike down the void dragon a few years ago." Gently inspecting it, Tyler turned it around a bit. "The spectral shimmer from the Elements of Harmony is still on it. But I see you've embedded a jewel on the blade." Looking up to her, he arched a brow. "Wait a second... Celestia, you would never hand me a sword to strike someone down with it! You're not for executions without trial or executions at all!"

Closing her eyes, Celestia began to smile. He truly began to learn quickly.
"No, I don't want you to strike anypony with it. I want you to pass it over to somepony with a very special destiny. One who couldn't find it under my guidance and who is on that island as well."

Lowering the sword, he arched a brow looking at her.
"Yet another pony? You think this pony is also on Neftus Island? Just like this former student?"

"Yes. And if all goes well, this pony might help you out a great deal."

"So you have some agent on that island as well. You magnificent little thing..." Looking over the map in the command center, Tyler hummed in thought. "Well... That makes three objectives. Finding this pony, securing the hostages and arrest this ringleader to crush the insurrection. Pretty vague." Shooting Celestia another glance, he arched a brow. "And you're sure you can't tell me anything more about this voice? Or what your agent is supposed to do with this sword or looks like? Anything to help me out?"

Her reply was accompanied with a brief shake of her head.
"Tyler, please... Ask no more questions! Until you meet these very ponies, I can say nothing but this: The fate of all of Equestria might depend on you finding what you seek.

He grumbled a bit while looking down, going into such a situation blind didn't come to his liking. But when he looked up to her again, he nodded with a smirk and gently took her chin into his grasp before placing a kiss onto her lips.
"Very well... You and your little secrets..."

Looking down now herself, she thought for a moment, but deemed it the right choice for now to let him go like that.
"Sorry for that. Will you go at once?"

Fetching some stuff together before making some notes, Tyler shook his head before standing up and accompanying her to the door.
"In thirteen hours. I'll have to make preparations and notify some ponies and people... and get some sleep first. Five hours of sleep are better than no sleep at all." Once outside his office, he looked over to her again while locking up his office door. "I will send a ranger over to inform you how many I'll take with me. That decision isn't made yet either. I don't know..."

Cocking her head, the Princess of the Sun arched a brow.
"You're not thinking of taking an army to Neftus Island, are you?"

Tyler shrugged to that question.
"Like I said: I don't know..." Gently booping her nose with his index finger, he looked deep into her eyes, he gave her a tired smile. "All I know is that I need some damn rest before I fall down like a cut tree." They said their good-byes and while Celestia returned to the surface, Tyler headed to his quarters.

Entering his room, Tyler lowered the lights to a degree when he could still see enough to move freely around, but it wouldn't keep him awake. He would decide how many Rangers to take with him after this more than needed rest. Thinking things through required some rest, for he was so tired that he could hardly concentrate right now. Undoing his belt and taking off his shoes, he then let his upper body fall backwards onto the bed. He would have to take off his other clothes, but the warm and soft bed sheets tempted him to simply close his eyes, before sleep took him before he knew it.

* * * * *

All of this changed, however, when a voice called out to him.
"The fabrics of chaos are calling to you, Prince of Willpower..."

"What the...?" When Tyler opened his eyes, he stood on a valley of dry grass and infertile, dried out land of mostly sand and rock. This was Discord's voice, the former Spirit of Chaos surely was messing with him. "That's not funny, you jerk!"

But despite Tyler's protests, Discord's voice continued.
"The mistakes of the past scar a distant island, which is besieged by famine and conflict." In the distance, Tyler could make out the sound of war drums and a uncertain thunder as of many feets or hooves running. Masar and their warcraft stormed down into the valley, filled the horizon as a few Griffins and pegasi flew high up into the sky. But what was their goal? What were they running at?

Turning around to the other edge of the valley,Tyler saw himself, Grinko and the other human Rangers walking up a large rock, just as Discord's voice spoke up again. "Champions of Harmony arise to challenge the threat to secure the safety of their loved ones." Just as Tyler saw the Headranger stretch out his arm, first up, then towards the enemy with the order to attack, thousands of Harmony Rangers consisting of Griffins, Masar, humans and ponies, rushed down the valley left and right of him, roaring while shots were fired at the enemy. Artillery strikes rose high into the sky, raining down fire magic onto the enemy army.
"As mortal armies rush blindly against each other, the true enemy arises to consume us all." The ground of the valley between the two armies shook violently before it cracked open and something massive ascended into the air. A flashing light consumed everything before Tyler was engulfed in darkness once again.

A crackling lightning strike, accompanied with thunder placed Tyler onto a slaughtered battlefield. But there was no time to admire the scenery as Discord hovered right in front of him in the midst of the raging thunderstorm while the heavy rain poured down onto them both. When he turned around, his facial expression was rather serious.
"You must withstand the temptation to throw everything at Neftus Island and rally your Rangers for the security of Equestria!"

Tyler was waking up with a gasp, beads of sweat on his forehead. After closing his eyes, his mind came to order more and more again. A brief glance was shot to the clock, revealing that he had slept for five hours. What a nightmare... And a hint that could only be sensed by yet another, Luna... Why she didn't interfere, he was not sure of, but he couldn't expect her to monitor his dreams specifically. Seemingly Discord sensed something in the imminent conflict on Neftus Island. A hidden force that would overwhelm the Harmony Rangers, if it would take them by surprise. And he expected the worst thing to happen. A concern Tyler could understand and thought about as he got changed for the mission ahead. That's when Sage stepped in and leaned against the frame of the mirror.
"So... Another player on Neftus Island besides ponies, Griffins and Masar?

"It seems that way, yes." Looking up to Sage, Tyler arched a brow. "Do you think that this is some sort of elaborate prank of Discord?"

Sage looked down in thought about it, then shook his head.
"Not exactly his style to prank like this. He seems genuinely concerned about it. And consider: He may love chaos and disharmony, but not to the degree that everything goes down the drain completely, which is exactly what he's afraid to happen on Neftus Island."

Tyler remained silent for a good minute, staring into the void, before he looked up to Sage again.
"If it is what I'm afraid it is, I'm not certain that we are ready, but we have made preparations for this day. Preparations the public doesn't know about."

"I know what you know." He took a deep breath before he continued, "God knows it must suffice until we find a solution to the problem IF it occurs. But until then, let's focus on the mission ahead. Any concern regarding this must remain our concern, not that of the individual ranger out there.

* * * * *

An hour later, the senior staff of the Harmony Rangers were assembled in the conference room again with Tyler announcing his decision.
"I've decided: I will only take a small team to Neftus Island. The rest of you will remain here and secure Equestria in my absence."

Slowly nodding, Rachel leaned back a bit
"Is there a particular reason to this decision?"

Sitting down, Tyler looked over to her.
"Marching in with a large army will announce us way earlier than we would like to. A smaller team will have the best chances to infiltrate the island while the rest of you can be of use here. And should things go south, I'd like Rachel and Flynn to remain present here in order to unleash our secret projects if we need one of it. Sam, Lyra and Grinko will come with me as well as a few hand picked pony Rangers." He didn't see any reason to trouble their minds with this dream of his.

"Makes sense... Infiltration is more like you anyway." Rachel countered. Both smirked at this light jab against him.

Arching a brow, Lyra leaned in, looking over to Tyler
"Is that the reason why there were work shifts overtime except on the weekends for the last months? It's obviously about something after Nagohod. I mean: Secret projects? Were we working on something for such an incident? Pony Rangers are beginning to bring up theories..."

Tyler exchanged glances with everyone, before he nodded.
"These shifts were the reason Sam was working overtime, yes. Lyra, don't give him a hard time over that. Once these projects are done, the both of you will have a longer and paid vacation to make up for it."

Leaning back again, Lyra folded her hooves.
"Alright, that sooths me again. Pinkie and I were preparing so many things, only to reschedule over and over again..."

"As for the reason why there are construction projects down in Dry Bay – 01..." Tyler continued, "...Let's just say that we're developing the one or another trump card. If things go south, we'll play them. That would be all folks." While everyone was leaving the room, Tyler waved at Sam. "Sam? On a word, please."

While Lyra waited outside, Sam then approached Tyler.
"What is it?"

Once everyone was out but them both, Tyler spoke with a low, almost inaudible voice.
"Sam, all I want to know is: If that thing is needed, will 'she' be ready?"

Sam sighed and seemed to calculate numbers and percentages inside his head.
"Well, we salvaged her, tore her apart, reshaped her, built and tested the new larger hover modules successfully, assembled the new chassis with the modules inside and made the first test runs. The armor plating alone used up the last steel reserves we had in the workshops..."

"And...?"

"Oh she can fly, Tyler. That's for certain. Even without me, the ponies will have the blueprints to follow. But we had to call 73% of all unicorn Rangers to reserve in order to lift that thing up and even then she only has a skeleton crew. If that thing enters the battlefield, it should be over fast before the unicorns have to descend it to either the ground or sea. However, due to her mass, I can clearly say that this is a one timer. She will not have a twin sister."

The answer was good enough for Tyler.
"Fair enough. It means a hefty dent in the defensive capabilities of the fleet of airships, though. Can you build more blood crystal engines like in your tank?"

Now Sam shook his head.
"No, we depleted our resources for now. And even with all the resources we needed, it would take time to build all that. It took three weeks to come up with the idea and development of the first, now it still requires about a week to build such an engine. Nothing they can put together in a matter of days."

Tyler huffed in frustration. If things would go south, all preparations seemed to be too little too late for a battle without any serious casualties.
"I guess it can't be helped, then. Just make sure that they'll have her ready."

When Tyler headed for the exit, Sam looked after him.
"You don't think about using that big thing for that island, are you?"

Closing his eyes, Tyler let out a sigh,
"No. But if anything, I want to make sure that if we Ranger's don't make it all out of it alive, Equestria does. It may be a bit premature for her to be revealed, but we didn't salvage and refit the damn thing just to let her collect dust now. If we need some more muscle, Flynn will be in command of it, being the only pilot. Rachel will help him out with the firepower. But that's only in the worst case scenario. I want some of us folks to stay behind and secure Equestria, should something bad happen. We'll have a higher chance of success with an undercover operation than a full fledge frontal assault. Keep in mind that there'll be hostages on the island."

Just as he was about to leave the room for good, Sam turned around again.
"Oh, before I forget: Princess Cadance wants to talk about our usage of blood crystal. She wants to have a word with you." Tyler looked back over his shoulder and Sam shrugged. "She seemed rather concerned about this and demands an explanation. What am I supposed to tell her?"

"Tell her that it's used for a mobile defense fortress that could one day serve to protect her country as well and that we are grateful for all her hard efforts and contributions. What's actually the truth." Yet just as he wanted to leave the conference room himself, Shiria approached him. Not expecting her at this time, he nonetheless shot her a smile. "Speaking of princesses..."

"Do you still need me, Tyler?" Sam now asked.

"No, but make sure you and Lyra are ready to go in the next few hours." While Sam left the both of them, Tyler then turned his attention to the young alicorn princess. "What can I do for you, Shiria?"

"I heard that you're leaving." She mentioned with a bit of worry in her voice.

Tyler sighed and crouched down to be face to face with her.
"I actually don't want to, but I have responsibilities to take. The ponies and Griffins that are in that situation are in it because of me. It is only good and proper that I clean up this mess."

"Why can't I come with you?"

"It simply is too dangerous." Tyler retorted, "I don't know what awaits us there. I can not fight with all my might if I have to worry about the ones I want to protect. Shiria, you still need to be brought up to speed with pony society. The Ranger HQ is your best chance to do so since every single kind of pony is represented here." Patting her shoulders, he knelt down in front of her. "Have patience. Your efforts were commendable so far and it would be highly unwise to throw the results into the trash can. Sometimes even waiting requires bravery."

Looking down in thought, she frowned displeased.
"But how can I ever apply the things I've learned if not going out sometimes?"

Seeing her dismay, he nodded and once the idea struck his mind, Tyler began to smirk.
"Good point. Ok, I think you deserve a chance. Once I'm back from this assignment, there will be a ball for you in the castle with the other princesses as well. Everyone will help you out if need be."

Looking up to him, her wide eyes showed a twinkle of anticipation paired with a wide smile.
"You promise?"

While his hand went through some movement over his heart, he bent over and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead.
"Cross my heart and hope to die. Be a good girl in my absence and work together with Ranger Rachel."

She nuzzled him briefly, gave him an eager nod after looking up one last time before galloping down the corridor. That's when he heard a rough voice behind him speaking up. A voice he rarely heard down in the HQ.
"Tyler! I will accompany you as well."

Hearing the Masar behind him, Tyler couldn't but chuckle. News really spread out in this HQ. So it was of no surprise that the one Harmony Ranger, that was otherwise absent, came down from the surface in order to have a part in this assignment.
"That is correct. I want you to come with us." Turning over to Grinko, Tyler gave him a knowing nod and a smirk before approaching him. "Griffith is our mutual friend. It would be wrong to hold you back now. You deserve to fight for him as I do."

When Tyler stood in front of him, Grinko nodded in gratitude, at least Tyler took it for that. Living alongside this species of bipedal humanoid felines, Tyler thought to figure out a high value for honor and respect, even more so than humans valued these things usually. The strong paw of his friend now rested on his shoulder, while Grinko's eyes closed halfway.
"Thank you, Tyler."

This was, as far as Tyler knew, the closest thing to a Masar smile. Patting the strong paw on his shoulder, he closed his eyes and shook his head with a smile.
"Not for this. This situation is partially my fault, so I have to go. But having someone that could tell us how to deal with problematic Masar on that island might come in handy."

Giving a nod to the thought, Grinko stroke over his chin.
"I see... Then it will be my honor to aid you as a guide in your quest for preserving your own honor."

* * * * *

Manehattan harbor, four hours later

Going down the street to the harbor, the Harmony Rangers pulled some wagons of equipment down to the piers. While doing so, Grinko looked over to Tyler.
"I must say I can not understand how you all can endure to stay down there all this time. But I think it must steel your nerves. Whatever doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger, eh?"

"Close, Grinko. Whatever doesn't kill me, it better runs." Tyler replied with a smirk on his lips.

This prompted the Masar to laugh. It was a sound of laughing and growling at the same time that visibly unnerved some of the ponies. Yet since he was a Ranger as well and a personal friend of Prince Tyler, he was trusted enough to tolerate him.
"Ha! Well spoken! I for one am looking forward to go out into open waters again. So... This ship of ours... Which is it?" Pointing at a certain ship, Rachel, Flynn and Lyra recognized the name at once: Alisia. That's when certain smirks and chuckles were had, paired with fond memories of the friendly crew of batponies.

However, inside the captain's cabin, Captain Lily was arguing with her second in command, First Commander Will. At this point, the argument had become quite heated.
"But why shore leave? I sure as hay am capable of filling this role."

"I don't doubt your abilities to fulfill your duties as my first commander, Will. I'm just saying that if we're considering making trade runs from Equestria to Moranji, I don't want you to be on board for such trips."

"Why?!? I am as capable of fighting as anypony else of the crew if it has to be!"

Looking out the window, Lily shook her head, regaining some calm again.
"That is not the point!"

Behind her, Will's hoof slammed onto her desk.
"Oh, yes it is! It doesn't matter to a Masar if he eats me or one of the crew!"

Whirling around to face him, Captain Lily raised her voice in anger.
"Well, it matters to me!!!" All of a sudden, both were silenced and looked at each other with wide eyes. A few seconds later, she turned back to the window as if ashamed of her own words.

Blinking twice, Will finally understood and all hostile behavior melted from one second to the other,
“Oh, Liliana..."

Looking back to him, a blushed had formed over her nose.
“Oh William..."

More and more both came closer to each other, one nickname at the time.
“Love doubloon!"

“Sugarfang!"

"Honey Pumpkin!"

"Plunderbatty!"

Taking her hoof into his, Will took a deep glance into her eyes.
“Marry me!

Her nose began blushing in an instant and Lily's eyes widened as she yelped her response.
“No!”

Dumbfounded, Will was not to give her up that easily though. His face grew determined and he leaned in with a frown.
“What? Why not?”

Turning her head away to evade his oh so enchanting emerald eyes, the blush over her nose intensified.
“We can't! Think of the crew!”

Rolling his eyes, he couldn't help but to chuckle.
“Lilly, I guess the girls would understand.”

Biting her bottom lip, her mind was in overdrive.
“But I... I wouldn't feel good being the only mare on board having a stud for my personal pleasure.” She was grasping for straws not to finally tie the knot. And it was all too obvious.

A sudden noise coming from the door made them both hear up. Female voices whispered on the other side of the door.
“Are they kissing yet?”

“Well, if you would be quiet, I could actually hear a thing!”

“Did she really call him Plunderbatty?”

“Aw, that's so cute!”

“You think she'll screw it up?”

“Well, she better not! I've bet two bits that she'll finally get him into her treasure chest.”

“Yeah, me too... Turning this ship into a love cruiser on a course to Fillyji would be like shore leave for months!

Lily's face was glowing in a fierce tone of red by now. But just as she wanted to scream at the door, Will took her cheeks into his hooves, grasped her face and pressed his lips onto hers. Moments passed in silence while her eyes were wide open in surprise. After a while her eyes closed halfway and she allowed herself to indulge a little. But after some time, her hoof was raised and a strong slap hit Will's face, prompting him to turn the head away from her.
“You are overstepping a boundary there, Will... Don't forget who's your Captain! As for your offer...” Trotting pass him, her tail gently rose and caressed over his chin. “I'll consider it.”

“L-Liliana!”

“That's Captain Liliana to you, William.” Taking a glance at her, he saw her grinning while gently biting her bottom lip.

"You tease..." he uttered, a smirk growing on his lips.

Taking the knob of the door into her grasp, she looked back to him while opening the door.
"Ahehe... Now, let's set these girls straight for attempting to slack oompf-!"

Bumping into something hard while turning towards the deck, Lily shook her head in confusion and carefully rubbed her muzzle while trying to identify the obstacle in her way. It was a pair of trousers, what opened her eyes in alarm. Said trousers were connected to some boots and looking up connected to a uniform, all going together with the face of Tyler, who smirked down to her.
"Captain Black Lily!"

"Prince Tyler Jones!" Her head immediately darted first to Will, then to her crew. "Why is he on board without my knowledge?"

While Will shrugged at the question, Tyler looked down to her.
“Captain, I need your ship for a personal transport.”

Trotting past him with closed eyes, her brow twitched slightly angered.
“Tsk! So what's the news?”

“Yes, I am aware that your ship gets chosen by me a lot. But that's your own fault.”

Turning around to face him, she almost snapped at Tyler.
“My own fault?”

“Sure!” Tyler retorted with spread arms,“With such a capable and reliable crew and the will for adventure and good payment, your ship makes quite a good choice.”

“And that always brings this crew and this ship into a lot of trouble!”

Crossing his arms, Tylershook his head.
“I don't know what you're talking about. Surely the payment for your last mission was more than generous! The Ranger equipment ensured the safety of your ship.”

“Yes. But only after we got out of that firestorm again. After that the charge was gone and with it the shield protection. Do you know what a ride through some Draconequus induced jelly, followed by some ice cream mountain can do to a ship? The repair costs for the dry dock maintenance of the Alisia consumed most of your payment!”

“Oh, don't be like that, Captain! Surely not all of your missions will bring you or your crew or ship into the heart of peril. Your next mission for example would be only a fast transport of passengers and Equipment to Neftus Island, bring us to shore in the middle of the night and await further orders. Nothing dangerous, nothing hazardous.”

“Except Neftus Island itself!” Lily spat out in anger. “Every sailor knows that the inhabitants want to get off that rock and they would even resort to piracy!”

Hearing this surprised Tyler.
“What?!?”

“Yeah... You seemingly were not informed about the rumors of the sailors, I guess. In the few recent months, shortly after the founding of that colony of yours, there were arguments between the inhabitants, resulting in segregation of ponies, Masar and Griffins. No mountain on the island means no natural territory for Griffins and the Masar reserved the coastline for their kind to have at least fish, leaving the rest of the island for ponies and Griffins with barely enough ground to find measly prey and abysmal farming land.”

“I was told that this island was green and would do well as such a colony. The report I got from these two stallions showed the most promising island down there.” Tyler replied in confusion

Lily's eye twitched in slight anger.
“And these two stallions... Did they came by the names of Flim and Flam?”

This left Tyler stumped.
“Well... Yes, how...? How do you know?”

Rolling her eyes in annoyance, Lily shook her head.
“You've been had, Prince Tyler. You fell for some con artists that told you what you wanted to hear in order to get a nice paycheck for that forged prospector report. These two guys tried to sell us ship cannons out of something they call aluminum. Made the cannons light, yes, but one shot and these things were trash. Will and I were wise enough to demand a test run.”

Hearing this, Tyler's eyes flickered red as Rage wanted to break out, but closing his eyes, he then inhaled and exhaled deeply once. Now leaning in to her, his eyes glowed fiercely red.
“Captain! With this new information it is imperative that I get to Neftus Island and tell these folks that they are to be evacuated. The price will be doubled now. My mission now is to crush the insurrection on the island, secure the ringleader and her followers and evacuate. You can either be paid handsomely by the princesses or you play it tough and I'm going to impound your ship to use it without you.”

Sighing in defeat, Lily glanced over to er first commander.
“And there go our plans for a trip to Moranji, Will... The prince got himself a crew...”

Hearing this calmed Tyler down again and he regained a calm smile.
“Thank you, Captain.”

But Lily wasn't hearing any of this. Flying up to Tyler with a brief jump, she flapped her wings in full span while tipping her hoof at Tyler's chest.

“Now listen up, buster! For your sake I hope that this handsome payment is as handsome as I think it is or this will be the last time you got us for hire!” Facing her crew, she harrumphed for a moment. “And don't think I forgot about you, slackers! Get their equipment on board! We are leaving in two hours!” The sudden harsh tone spooked the batpony mares up enough to get back into their duties.

However, just as the Alisia was over the horizon a few hours later, a thundering noise echoed from the Everfree Forest once again. Alarmed, Celestia left the throne room and stepped outside to the balcony. Over the Everfree, clouds had once more formed. But something was different. This time no plane came crashing down. Yet there was movement inside these clouds. Tiny objects fell from the sky, leaving trails of red smoke as they descended down. Losing no time, the Princess of the Sun summoned a looking glass to herself and took a closer look. These were humans falling from the sky. Realizing this, she gasped and lowered her looking glass in shock. Humans were not meant nor made for flight of their own. Without help, they would fall to their death.

Yet just as she wanted to raise her voice to call for help, these tiny objects came to a halt as parachutes opened, slowing their descent into the Everfree to a far safer speed to land. Blinking in awe, Celestia's mind was racing. But it didn't need long for her to come up with a plan. Maybe on the other side, Earth became aware of the problem of sending machines to Equis and tried to send people over that could survive the journey safe and sound. However, they would be utterly unprepared for the perils of the Everfree. Thus, the Royal Guard and a small squad of Harmony Rangers could be send on a brief rescue mission. Trotting inside, she then turned immediately to her secretary.

“Raven? Please make several preparations: First somepony has to wake up Luna. Be considerate to send somepony who can take her mood swings accordingly. Second: Send a guard to the Harmony Ranger Headquarters and request the service of at least two human Rangers and a squad of theirs. And last, but not least: Assemble two squads of the Royal Guard for a rescue operation in the Everfree Forest. I have the very distinct feeling that in the absence of Prince Tyler, these new humans will make life in Equestria even more turbulent.”

Author's Notes:

Not proofread yet, if you find grammar errors, report them to me. I will correct them then.