Chronicles of The Edge: The Eagle's Regalia

"Aileda pull up! Come on pull up!"

"I'm trying my prince, two of our main thrusters have blown and the ailerons are all locking up."

"Diverting auxiliary back up power to the crash avoidance systems!"

"No good, that last mountain was too high, we lost our bottom thrusters.Controls freezing!"

"We're going down, repeat we're going down. Mayday Mayday, AVC 299 Eagle's Regalia going down, no emergency systems active, royalty on board! Repeat Mayday mayday, AVC 299 Eagle's Regalia going down, no emergency systems active, royalty on board!"

"Ground closing, 500 meters...400 meters...300 meters..."

"Brace yourselves! Things are about to get bumpy!"

The cruiser passes slowly out of view leaving the trio standing in the library, wondering what it was. Bo slowly began to turn around as Celestia burst through the library doors, "Bo what's going on?" She sounded angry, it was just a week from the Summer Sun Celebration, she couldn't have anything going wrong now.

"This time I don't have a clue, but as low as that thing was flying I imagine it was either landing or crashing, and when was the last time something went right since I got here?" Bo ran his fingers through his hair and rubbed his cheek, he was trying to hide it, but it still hurt from where Twilight tried to wake him up moments before.

"Well what are you waiting for? You convinced me last time that I could trust you, now get out there and find out what that thing was, the Summer Sun Celebration is next week and I can't have any anything ruining the festivities!"

"Fine, I'll go, but just for the record I'm not doing this because I like you or anything. I'm only going because I'm friends with your sister." Bo crossed his arms and tilted his head back trying to emphasize how childish he was trying to act.

"Quit goofing..." Celestia was cut off as a scratchy sound came from Bo's pocket.

"Day......day....down....royalty....day...day...down...royalty..."

"Well that was a bit cryptic," Bo slowly pulled a phone shaped object from his pocket and began to quickly navigate it's system, tapping and sliding various prompts. "Okay let's see, cut out known channels, focus search range west north west, increase search strength to account for the mountains...and...replay!"

"Mayday Mayday, AVC 299 Eagle's Regalia going down, no emergency systems active, royalty on board! Repeat Mayday Mayday, AVC 299 Eagle's Regalia going down, no emergency systems active, royalty on board!"

Bo looked at the group that had assembled, thinking of what to say before he opened his mouth. "At least we know they're crashing, now I just need to figure everything else out." Bo sat down and raised his hand to his brow, speaking his thoughts to the group to they could keep up. "Royalty on board is one thing, but it might be something we can ignore and let it be. AVC 299, VC is a Vector Cruiser, but what Sector in that cluster has Vector technology?"

Twilight stepped forward and interrupted Bo's train of thought. "Slow down, what's a Vector Cruiser?"

"A Vector Cruiser is a vessel capable of jumping dimensions, kind of a man made way of manipulating The Edge. It's how the humans found us, the only problem is that Vector technology is unpredictable, where a Dragons natural ability to do the same thing is certain. Dimensional code states that any space cruisers must be marked with a single letter that delineates the native Sector, two letters defining the ship's class, and a three digit code stating the cluster it's native Sector is in. Most Sectors even attach a name to their ships, like..." Bo immediately raised his hand up and face palmed. "Like the Eagle's Regalia. I'm such an idiot, that cruiser is from Av-atria, a desert planet that profits from sending out VCs in trading caravans." Bo stood up abruptly, shaking his head in disappointment. "Alright we need to go now, Shining I want you to come with us, you're the captain of the guard so it's your call if anything seems threatening towards the princesses, you give the word and I'll exterminate it."

Shining looked on at Bo, then over to his sister who seemed just as shocked as him. "That seems kind of harsh don't you think? We can't just go rescue royalty and then kill them."

"It's what I'm no telling you that makes the difference, Av-atrians are powerful magic users, gifted individuals such as royalty can watch a spell once and master it on their first attempt. Some have even taken advantage of this and become pirates, stealing precious treasures from various lands and selling them to another. I wouldn't be surprised if they kidnapped a member of the royal family just to get first access to landing locations. These pirates are never peaceful if cornered, so we need to be prepared for every possibility."

"Well it seems you three will be quite busy, but I have confidence that everything will be just fine. Twilight you'll act in my place, if what Bo says is true than it is too dangerous for me to join you, if everything seems to be fine bring them here. The fate of Equestria is once again on your shoulders Bo, get out there, and don't let me down." Celestia nodded to all of them as they walked past her towards the door, ready to face anything.

"Aileda...Aileda can you hear me?" The young prince began calling to his crew, trying to find someone to comfort him in the burning debris of what was once a beautiful cruiser.

"I ...hear you Nero.....are you.....okay?" Her sentence was broken, pain made itself evident in her voice.

"Aileda, I know...that sometimes I can be a bit of a jerk, But I want....you to know that the whole time....I've kept a secret love for you..." Nero slowly tried to stretch his hand towards the sound of Aileda's soft voice but the debris had fallen too far making the crevice to tight for his arm to reach. "I can't....I can't reach you, but it's okay, we're gonna be just fine." Nero pulled his hand back and began to feel around himself, checking for injuries he hadn't felt yet. He seemed mostly unscathed, maybe a couple of broken ribs, and his leg was caught under a steel beam, he definately wouldn't be using that for a while. He lay there under the debris, waiting for a rescue. The time was passing slowly, and with is so was Aileda, Nero didn't want to face it, but deep down he knew. Every time she tried to speak he could hear her voice grow weaker and weaker, she was dying, and soon he would be alone. Suddenly Nero could hear another voice, but this one was new, he listened close and thought that there might just be a chance for Aileda to survive.

"Over here, I see it!"

"Hurry, there might be people still inside."

"Twilight give me a hand with this piece!"

Nero could suddenly feel the pressure being lifted from him as the metal sheet that once lined his ship was lifted from his body. He had been sitting in the dim light for so long that the mid day sun blinded him as he was slowly freed from the wreckage, his limp body easily lifted onto the back of what felt like a horse which led him away from the crash site before setting him on the ground. He lay there, it hurt to move and he still didn't know who had rescued him. As he waited in silence the conversations of his saviors could be heard as they talked about the event. He still couldn't see, but from what he could tell there were two males and a female, he listened as they spoke.

"Dammit! If I had known it was just a royal transport we could've been here faster."

"That doesn't mean it would have done any good."

"Twilight's right, most of the crew have pieces of steel through their bodies, even if we had been faster he still would've been the only one to survive."

The only one to survive, it hurt Nero to hear that, even more than it hurt to move. He rolled onto his side and used his arm to push himself onto his good leg which he used to rise to a standing point. Slowly he limped towards the crash, towards Aileda, there just had to be a way to save her. Bo saw him start towards the crash site as he rushed over and began to help him sit back down.

"Woah there grizzly bear, let's take it easy for a moment. Do you realize you just survived a crash that probably would've killed me?" He looked at Nero and could see the pain in his eyes, he knew what to do. "Let's start by taking the pain away, then we can talk." He stood up directly, focusing his mind until his eyes went from a deep, endless blue to a bright yellow. "Paranemista Valo!" Suddenly a cascading array of yellow light cloaked the clearing as Nero's bone's mended themselves in a matter of seconds. "Now, allow us to introduce ourselves. I'm Bo, Dragon prince of Draconia."

"I'm Twilight Sparkle, I'm here representing princess Celestia." Twilight raised her head and stretched out her neck, acting as if she was royalty herself.

"And I'm Shining Armor, captain of the royal guard." Shining was a bit more modest with his introduction.

Bo looked back to Nero and began to speak again. "So now that you know who saved you, tell us who you are, and more importantly why you came here."

Nero took a deep breath before he began. "I am Nero, prince of Av-atria. My crew and I came looking for an important relic. Ra told us that we would find it here, guarded by a man shrouded in lies."

Bo knew the relic he referred to, he stood there and offered out his hand to assist Nero in standing. Slowly he walked over to the wreckage, examining all that was in sight. "You know this is going to be a bitch to clean up right, all for this little piece of stone and glass." Bo held the relic in his hand, taunting Nero.

"That's it! You have to..."

Bo quickly cut Nero off as he handed him the relic. "Take it, I didn't want it to begin with."

"Wait, you were the one protecting it? You are the man shrouded in lies?"

"If that's what all of this means than yes, I am the man shrouded in lies."

Nero stood there, staring at Bo. Slowly he raised his hand, bringing the relic to his eye. "You can't lie to your friends anymore Bo, you have to start telling them the truth." The relic began to glow as Nero removed his hand, power emanating from it's glass center. He began to chant in a language Bo had never heard. "Oko bogova braniti istinu tvoju, rane nalazi svom snagom mora umiriti. Oko bogova braniti istinu tvoju, rane nalazi svom snagom mora umiriti." The light grew brighter and brighter before flashing out across the crowd, cloaking the entire crash site in a warming glow. The light continued for several moments before it began to fade. Everyone slowly gained their vision back, all looked around the site, trying to figure out what had happened.

"Bo? Bo where are you?" Twilight shouted as loud as she could, she looked around the crash site, but Bo was nowhere to be found. "Bo, please, I need you. Where are you?"