Disorientation and nausea... the only way to describe teleportation via chaos magic. Dash and I had found ourselves at the edges of a wide ravine with a simple rope bridge over it, in the distance through a thick fog bank we can see the ruins of a very old castle.

“This is his lair” we hear whispered through our minds “good luck both of you” as Discord's voice fades

“We need to know where we are an how best to attack this place” I say to Dash as she readies her blades and hovers lightly over the ground.

“I know exactly where we are Moon, we are deep in the Everfree forest at the castle of the Royal Sisters. The Girls and I explored this place probably 20 years ago just before the great revelation I know it inside and out and unless he has added to the traps that were already everywhere then I even know how to deal with most of those.” Dash says as she takes to a treetop to get a better vantage point.

“I know you can fly Moon, even though you try and hide it, so get your fanged ass up here and tell me what I need to know to kill a rotter.” Dash says with a snarky tone.

“Very well,” I take to the air and alight lightly on the branch behind her “Rotters are not like normal vampires, they can even survive a blade right to the heart and I have heard of some older ones that can come back from dismemberment. The only sure way is fire and I am not sure how even that would work against the likes of Morte de Amour. We are officially in uncharted territory here, only one other clan has killed their Soudre de Sang and had any of the children survive, she was called Morrigan and only two of her children survived and I think only because they were the ones to take her life. No one has taken military action guerrilla or otherwise against a council member before and Morrigan wasn't nearly close enough in power to be a part of the Council.”

“Why did her children kill her?” Dash asks while watching the guard patrols

“She was insane and weak, the combination was blood in the water” I reply grimly

“Morte de Amour is neither.”

“I disagree,” Dash says “He's insane, but I will agree he isn't weak.”

“Let's test that shall we?” I ask drawing my blades and taking to the air again landing lightly on the ground. “First blood goes to you for your vengeance Miss Dash.”

“First and last Moon, I intend to be the one that takes his rotting head back to my daughter and the Princesses.” Dash says drawing her blades and speeding over the bridge leaving a rainbow contrail behind her.

Dash was in a fury she hacked her way through their forces leaving nothing but ash and smoke in her rainbow contrail. She soon found herself surrounded on all sides as the rotters tried to pull some semblance of organization against her speed, I was left dumbfounded on the sidelines as she just grinned evilly and something I couldn’t identify rose behind her eyes.

She grabbed the first one and split him from grin to groin in one quick slash spinning backwards only to behead another that tried to attack her from behind. That stopped any further attacks for a moment, long enough for her to scream at the mass for otters that surrounded her

“I’m not afraid… I’m not afraid to die. Come on you rotting motherfuckers, your master took my daughter from me for years while we put her back together. Now come and see what a real warrior can do!” Rainbow screamed with a strange growl in her throat, something was changing and I didn’t know what it was.

She began to sway lightly, her blades turning over and over in her hands as if they were living beings in their own right, finally as the rotters began closing on her taking advantage of her closed eyes she began to spin faster and faster. Each turn of her blades ended with another death and a pile of ash on the ground as the demon blades did their horrific work. Finally in a blur of rainbow color she began covering the entire field with death as enemy after enemy fell under her swords and wing blades created a whirlwind of death. The blood and gore covering her was almost a sickening contrast to the rainbow wake she left between every death. We came to several trapped passages that thankfully had not changed much in over twenty years although there were a few new ones in place that were easily avoided. Dash stopped for a moment to listen for sounds from the chamber that was in front of us. We slowly moved into the room to find what can only be described as a charnel house. Bodies lay on the floor some still twitching and blood over every surface. Dash and I were stunned, we could not fathom for the life of us what had transpired but soon it became clear. Morte de Amour had slaughtered most of his kiss and the donors they had housed here. We searched for the poor excuse of a vampire everywhere to find the place emptied of all but a skeleton crew of guards to give the appearance of an active nest. We entered what can only be described as a BDSM dungeon full of what seemed like the worst of any torturing devices and restraints. Something seemed off and we knew it, we continued our search for Eris.

We found her soon enough strapped to what only could be described as a humiliating vertical sex table/cross. Her legs were strapped down on either side with restraints as were her neck and arms. She was blind folded and gagged and striped naked with obvious bite marks and whip marks. She was unconscious and drained to the point that we were not sure if she would recover. I tapped my Comm Stone "Twilight, we found Eris I am teleporting her to the medical ward of the castle"

"Understood, Moon I will send a message to be ready for her" Twilight says in my ear just as a scream of "Scootaloo!" comes over the stone

Eventually the rotters left to guard Morte de Amour’s castle realized that we were a force of two and still far too much for them, and began flashing into the surrounding woods trying to escape, only to be met by the angry Avian’s blades. She screamed in rage as some managed to escape her and I could see that her grip on control was fading fast

“Rainbow Dash! Calm down and control yourself, when we kill Morte de Amour the rest will die, do not waste your strength when it is not needed.”I say just as a familiar lavender glow begins to shine in the middle of our battlefield

~Luna's Playground~

Meanwhile back at the playground The rest of the team was on the alert. They were looking for any information they could that may be of use. Scootaloo and Skyla were sitting at the table drinking some tea trying to relax a little bit. Everyone was preoccupied with their research and not paying attention when Skyla felt a faint tingle of magic. In a flash Morte de Amour appeared and grabbed Scootaloo in his arms smiling sweetly.

“Hello Scootaloo,” He said “Let's go home”

Just before he teleported out Skyla screamed and grabbed Scoots trying to hold her in place only to get drawn into the spell and taken along as well.

“Scootaloo!”

Twilight was upstairs reading several books at once when she heard the scream, she froze, the books that had been floating fell to the floor. Twilight rushed downstairs and looked at everyone.

“Where is she?” she asked with terror. She looked from one to the other all of them in just as much shock as the next.

“He he took her Twi.” said Applebloom as she looked down to where Skyla had been sitting just moments before.

“Where's Scootaloo?” Twilight asked

“He took her too.” Applebloom replied tears in her eyes “Morte de Amour took them both”

Anger flashed across Twilight's face and her magic flowed about them.

~Dungeon location unknown~

There I was all tied up I was blindfolded and gagged as before. I thought to myself

“Not again” was all I could think “I'm dreaming again”

It seemed like hours before he came back I was still tied up and aroused out of my mind. It didn't seem as if anything would be able to satisfy me at this point. He came up beside me and something felt different about him like he was darker somehow. I ached for him to be inside me but at the same time that little voice in the back of my head screamed Run!. Of course though I couldn't. I felt him brush against me and no matter how restrained I was I still tried to arch into him, the brush of his lips and teeth against my neck sent shivers up my back waiting to feel the pleasure my age had forbidden me from experiencing, well that and several threats against his life should he ever touch me. However when he bit me this time unlike every dream before it was not pleasurable but painful, and I realized that this was not a dream, but that I had been captured by Morte de Amour when I grabbed onto Scootaloo. I still don't really remember how it happened but I supposed they glamored me into following them. T hats really my only fault when it comes to them they can glamor me without a second thought. Even if I try to resist as I have been trained to they still manage to do it. I screamed but no sound came from me, I was trembling with fear as he continued to drink from me. I could feel my myself going unconscious, my vision slowly fading to black.

~Castle of the Royal Sisters~

“Twilight? What are you and the rest doing here” I ask as she appears with a geared out team and one very pissed off young drake who growled at me in answer swelling in size.

“He took Skyla and Scootaloo, Hunter, he knew you were coming somehow and took them, we traced the magic signature since he didn’t bother to conceal it and know where they are but we need you two to get your shit together and come with us.” Spike growled as his draconic nature started to reveal itself, scales showing on his skin and smoke leaking out from around his quickly elongating fangs, and a pair of ethereal wings unfurling from his shoulders.

“Spike! Get hold of yourself and focus that anger where it belongs, we will need your magic and fighting skills to detain Morte de Amour. Word has come in, he will meet the sun publicly for what he has done, and that is the word of The Royal Sisters.” I knew it was Twilight’s mouth moving but it was Princess Luna’s words coming out. I knew in that moment that we had no choice but to do as we were told.

“He did what?” Dash asked quietly chest heaving and not from exertion, I don’t think I saw her take a deep breath all evening much less get out of breath. Once again I saw that strange something in her eyes but again it was gone before I could identify it.

“Dash… he took her again, he teleported right into the Playground and took her and Skyla right out from under us before we could even begin to react.” Twilight said sadly

“Twi, we will discuss how that happened later, for now get me to where he is and point me in his direction, I’m starting to lose it.” Dash said with a frenzied look in her eyes that Twi seemed to recognize.

“Yes, um well , uh yeah let’s go.” Twi said doing a fair impersonation of Flutttershy. She raised her hands and began casting as Dash began convulsing in spasms as the glow took us into the channels of magic, the last thing I heard was the beginnings of an unearthly howl.

As the spell faded from us Dash collapsed to the ground convulsing more and more with each second “Get back everyone! She is a bit disoriented after its done.” Twi said cautiously

“After what’s done Twilight, what is happening to her? I ask drawing my blades as claws creep out from under her nails and fangs start elongating in her mouth as she howls in pain and a clear fluid begins flowing from small tears in her flesh.

“After she shifts… she always takes a minute to get her bearings.” Twilight says calmly as she removes Dash’s armor in her telekinetic grip and puts it into a small portal beside her.

“Be ready to move Hunter,” I hear Dash wheeze through the obvious pain “When I’m done… they will need an… army to stop me …and you better not get in my wayyyYYYYY!” she screams as one final convulsion takes her as her skin splits and her bones break and reform finally in a gush of clear fluid and chunks of her split flesh a towering half Avian half Wolf stands above us, nearly seven feet in height and wings that put even Princess Celestia’s to shame. Dash’s fur is sleek and so black as to be almost blue itself.

“Move Hunter, before I forget you are on our side” Dash growls deeply and storms into the Warehouse we have been standing in front of

“I would assume that with all the screaming all chance of surprising him is out the window?” Babs says as her normally bouncy bob begins to straighten of it’s own accord and her voice gets an odd resonance to it.

“Eeyup” Mac says quietly as he hefts his axe

“Wonderful, I love it when they know I’m coming” Babs says with a wicked smile on her face her hair now blade straight

“Gals, Mac, this here is a crusader matter, they took two o’ our own an’ I mean ta get ‘em back! You three with me?” Applebloom asked hotly to a chorus of affirmatives

“Crusader?” I ask not knowing what has my lovers and Mac so riled other than the obvious

“A club they all were a part of as kids, the Cutie Mark Crusaders, they went on adventures trying to earn their cutie marks, all six of them were a part of it at one point or another.” Twilight explained “Currently the leaders of the group are the Cake Twins even though they earned theirs a long time ago, it seems their cutie marks were not in baking like their parents but in helping others find their true talent. They are the only known case of matching cutie marks in the history of Equestria. In fact they are funded by the royal treasury for their efforts.”

“Ah, well shall we? I think we have given Dash enough time to get their attention.” I say drawing my swords

“Let’s go” Babs said and with a hiss of static she vanished and the screaming intensified inside the warehouse as screams of “Pinkamena” echoed through the night.

The team of crusaders went in through the hole Dash made for us while Twilight and I went around the side looking for the magic signature we traced here, Spike trailing behind us watching as our rear guard.

We found the epicenter of the magic near the rear exit of the warehouse and with all the action going on up front there were thankfully no guards back here though we could hear Scootaloo screaming. We rushed up the stairs to the back entrance and burst through the door to what had once been an office but looked as if it had been converted into a torture chamber only to find our target surrounded by bodies and draining Scootaloo as she screamed, he was in a blood rage and was feeding compulsively.

I felt the humanity slip from me completely as I flashed behind him and grabbed him by the scruff of the neck tearing chunks of his flesh with my talons as I did so. I yanked Morte de Amour back from Scoots’ neck as Spike caught her and began using various types of his breath over her mangled body.

“Morte de Amour, You have violated the laws of Equestria and committed high treason against this nation and its Rulers, Princesses Luna and Celestia, your guilt has been determined and your sentence is death.” I say letting my power leak into my voice “You can have it here at the end of my blade, or you can meet Celestia’s Sun in front of the nation as a lesson to others who would follow your path.”

“Release me you insolent whelp!” he screams as he fights against my iron grip “I am a member of the vampiric council, the Soudre de Sang of the Lovers of Death, you cannot do this to me, no one can, I will spread my decay over all of Equestria!” the blood rage has consumed him making him weak and unable to use his abilities to their full extent.

“You will burn rotter, just like all of your kind when you die, your choice of where.” Spike says menacingly as orange flame licks around his fangs “I’m leaning towards right here, now where’s Skyla or I start burning body parts one at a time”

Faced with a near Archmage that is barely containing her rage, a dhampire that has literally battled the Sun,and an increasingly pissed off dragon, Morte de Amour relented and pointed towards a door in the back of the room “She’s dead… I took her first, the change didn’t take.” He said trembling

“Of course it didn’t you idiotic excuse for a vampire, she is a Princess and an Archmage or so close that it doesn’t matter, if I cannot be changed because my magic is too strong then what hope could you have of changing her?!” Twilight screams into his face before touching her communication stone “Team we have them, Shining I know you are listening, I will tend to Skyla but I need your strongest shield in the deepest pit of the dungeons we have a prisoner incoming and add the Chrysalis effect to it.”

“Understood little sis, one shield filled with nasty coming right up” I hear a strange rage filled voice come over my own comm. stone.

Dash back in her normal form drags a few survivors up to us, the team dragging a few more behind them. “These guys asked for Parlay and laid down their arms, what do you want to do with them Hunter?” she asked as if the answer should be obvious and it was.

“Spike my good dragon, I see you have a belly full of fire right now that will not go away, will you please dispose of the trash?” I ask him only to see a toothy grin come over his fanged maw.

“With pleasure”

“Not this one.” Twilight says pointing at Morte de Amour and raising her hands in a spell he vanishes “He’s going before the Princesses.”

“Aww, Twi just a slight char?”

“No, but you can barbeque these others. Then come help me with Skyla, you too Sweetie, we will need all of our healing magic to try and fix this.”

“You got it Twi” Spike says as he motions for everyone to back away and addresses the bound captives “Normally a dragon enjoys a good hunt, but tonight I think that a simple incineration will do, I will make it quick since you surrendered.” His chest puffs out and a lick of orange flame begins to appear at the corners of his mouth once again and as his chest bellows in and out the flame get brighter and paler until finally it turns greenish white and with a trickle of flame leaking out he says sadly “This is as hot as I can get, it will be quick but not painless.” And with that he lets loose a gout of flame that roars over the captive vampires and engulfs them like match sticks. After a moment he lets the flame die and there is little left but greasy piles of ash and a few bone shards. “I need to see to Skyla, Moon can you take the rest of the team out of here, we will join you shortly, Twilight has already sent Scoots to the medical wing of the castle. Go there.” Spike says with grief in his voice

“Very well, good drake, we will await you there, please do what you can for Skyla” I say bowing to him only to have him stop me with a hand on my shoulder.

“Call me Spike, I am not old enough for honorifics.”

“Very well Spike, though I would disagree with you, your honor is unquestioned and therefore should be commended. You took no pleasure in your duty here tonight and did what you must.”

“That’s where you are wrong Moon, I did take a great deal of pleasure in that, which is why I am not worthy of your respect as a dragon. I still have much to learn.” With that he walked into the room where Skyla was at only to hear Twi scream “She’s still breathing!! Get your healing flame over here Spike see if we can stop this bleeding. Moon, get the team back to the castle we will be right behind you.”

“Understood, Twilight.” I turn to the team “I am not as good as Twilight at this so I will have to do it one at a time.” And I begin to cast the spell to send us all home.

~Medical Ward~

Skyla woke from her slumber to see her mother and father looking over. My mother hugged me gently and kissed my forehead.

“Thank Celestia and Luna both, you're awake. I was so worried about you.” she said as she moved aside for my father to give me a hug. He backed away and looked at me.

“Are you ok my little princess?” he asked

“Dad please. I 'm ok now but I'm not a little girl anymore.”

I think me saying that hurt my dad just a bit as I saw his face crack.

“ I know your not little anymore, but you are my only little girl. I will always love you know matter what.”

“Oh enough of that dear.” My mother said as she ushered my father into the hallway.

“She needs her rest.” she said as she left my room only to return a few moments later.

I heard a knock on my door.

“You have a visitor sweetheart. Shall I show him in?”

I nodded my approval and Princess Cadence left her room once again. I was caught off guard I wondered who would make a trip just to see me. At that moment my heart skipped a beat my thought went back to when they found me could it really be him? I asked myself. He came into the room tall dark and handsome just like in my dreams. He came towards me and sat down in the chair next to my bed. He took my hand and kissed it. He looked at me and I thought my words would betray my thoughts. Then he smiled and that was it I totally lost it I began acting like some fan girl of a popular boy band just all smiles and a red face. Of course him being what he was he knew I was attracted to him and it was only made it more apparent to him when the wetness in my pants became noticeable to me. I could tell he could smell my arousal by his presence.

“Are you all right Princess?” he asked at last. I couldn't speak I just nodded and kept staring at him. He stood up after a moment and I knew the mere smell coming off of me had excited him which was par for the course. He adjusted himself once he turned around to leave and started to walk off. Somehow I think I had made him uncomfortable which to a point crushed a little part of me. I still had hope that at some point I could steal his heart if only for a brief moment of time to give myself to him for the first time. Of course my mother and my father would be against it because I am royalty but I couldn't care less this was about me getting deflowered now by someone I have dreamed of since I was little. Damned precognition. But enough of that train of thought....

“Tell me everything, Where's Scootaloo? Is that bastard dead yet? How the hell did I get here in the first place?” I ask in a rush

“I will Skyla but please remain calm, your father has threatened my life if I cause you to reopen your wounds.” I say laughing at her struggling against her bandages

“Scootaloo is safe and in the bed next door cantankerous as ever, Morte de Amour is not dead... yet. As to how you got here that is a tale all it's own.”

“We found Eris tied up and near death in a dungeon deep inside his lair, we had cleaned out most of his nest and what we hadn't killed he had. It seems the poison that Discord used was an inhalant and when he burned it out of the blood that he gave to Morte de Amour it went active, but the Rotted Lord detected it and started draining his children and donors to stave off the effects leading to what we believe is the first case of blood rage in recorded history. Knowing he had been betrayed he came to take Scoots himself and you seem to have been grabbed in the magic as well” I say shaking my head in shame “Eris is in critical condition but stable she should recover just fine but she will be staying with us while we help her get back to her self”

“Twilight heard your scream and tracing the spell that was used she found your location and then came to get myself and Rainbow. We were blood soaked and tired and just got snatched out of mid battle with a wounded Eris being carried on my back,. I must say Twi is an amazing mage and despite what she thinks I believe she is very close to arch mage in power considering she teleported us and all the teams gear to your location and at the same time sent Eris to her father”

“So how did you get us out and capture him if he was in a blood rage?” Skyla asked

“Well that is a different story altogether... Turns out I am not the only one that has something to hide of themselves.” I reply with a grin

“Somehow we ended up in the room that held Scootaloo instead of you, but that was a small bit of fortune since she was nearly dead already.”

“Had she been raped again?”

“Thankfully no, Morte de Amour was not in his normal state of mind and just went for torture and pain of the physical sort as opposed to physical and mental. However, When Rainbow saw the condition of her daughter she went ballistic and... things happened.”

“She shifted didn't she?” Skyla asked slyly a small smile on her face

“You knew about it?” I ask incredulously

“Heard about it more than knew per say, we heard about what happened when Granny Smith told Rainbow to get off her farm and never come near AJ again, apparently she had caught them in bed, and told AJ that she didn't want her dating some weak Avian who couldn't protect her. According to what little bit granny will talk about they now have a werewolf living on Sweet Apple Acres, though Rainbow says Skinwalker is more accurate since she isn't 'moon called' as she says it.” Skyla said gritting her teeth in pain as a medic worked on her silently.

“Okay, so the giant flying half wolf half woman I saw is a skinwalker? What the natural fuck in Tartarus is a skinwalker?

“No one really knows and Miss Dash refuses to talk about it with 'us kids' I think Scoots knows but she isn't saying anything.” Skyla continued

“What about that asshole rotter? Why isn't he dead?

“He is in the dungeon of Canterlot castle, we are waiting for you, Scoots and Eris to recover enough to be there at his trial and execution, we have determined that the only sure way to execute him is for Bre'ago to engulf him in dragon flame, his apprentice is going to be there to watch and see how it is done but no one knows who it is.”

“Isn't Bre'ago the dragon that Spike mentioned was teaching him to be a proper dragon” Skyla asked

“The very same and also the Soudre de Sang of the Dragonne clan,” I reply

“Eris is in bad shape so it will be a bit but your father has Morte de Amour under a very specific type of shield and I think Twi has done something rather cruel to it because he hasn't stopped screaming for days now.”

“Oh, I just made it where he feels every sensation that he has ever given to another sentient being” Twi says from the door “It's called the Chrysalis effect”

“A rather effective technique if a bit harsh in most cases, I used it on Lady Chrysalis to show her what her type of feeding was doing to others”

“Is that how we came to have the no contact treaty between the changeling empire and Equestria? Mom used to say that it took a lot of hard work and meetings” Skyla says

“Oh it did but only before I used that spell on her, but after I blew my fuse and used it she was quite ready to agree to anything we asked of her” Twi said menacingly

“Remind me never to piss her off, please Moon?”Skyla asked as Twilight's shadow seemed to get larger and darker for a moment around us

“Only if you'll do the same for me” I say holding out a fist which she bumped with her own

“So have you told her everything yet?” Twilight asked still glowering over us

“Not yet, we were just discussing things when you came in and got all creepy Aunt Twi, Why what else happened? What did he do to me?” Skyla said beginning to panic

“Calm down my dear Princess, he did not violate you in that way, but he did blood rape you... it was the last straw for The Princesses. Until I told them what he did they were contemplating sending him to Lady Fluttershy for reformation but this information and its... effects sealed his doom and the extinction of the lovers of death.” I say placing my hand on hers for comfort

After placing her hand to her chest and breathing out she calmly faced me.

“What effects? What was he trying to do?

“He was trying to change you... and he partially succeeded but the process went wrong something to do with your mana output levels, same issue Twi has with the vampire virus her magic is simply too strong for it to take hold on a cellular level, however there were some changes that did happen we just do not know how they will manifest yet. To put it simply your blood work comes back resembling mine in several ways but there are enough differences that we cannot call you a Dhamphire or even a vampire.” I say grimly

“We will have to wait and see but we will all be there to help you.”

Skyla was nearly in tears “Moon please tend to Scoots and tell her I'm okay but can I please have some time to myself”

“Of course Princess” I say bowing out of the room and walking next door only to hear Scoots raving on about how awesome her mom is through the closed door

“Oh my gosh mom you are so amazing, pulled me out of a rotters nest by yourself left every rotter in your wake dead AND you shifted for me!” I could hear the squee from outside the room

“Do it again for me I want to actually see it this time!”

“Scoots you know it doesn't work like that, we have talked about it, I only shift when I lose control and I don't think Princess Celestia would approve of that in her castle medical ward” Dash says laughing

“Are ya ever gonna tell us what ya really are Dash?” I hear Applebloom say

“Yeah, tell us” Sweetie says

“I told you guys once already, I'm a skinwalker or something so close to one that it doesn't really matter. I was born like this and I think it is the real reason I'm as fast as I am. It is also the reason that I could stand up to AJ in all those physical contests, how else do you think I could stand up to a Terran in a strength competition? I hate that fact by the way, it feels like cheating having to rely on the beasts strength and stamina to be who I am...but I have lived that way for too many years and if I suddenly changed people would ask more questions than I am willing to give answers.”

“Can you at least go through the fight again? just hearing about it was AWESOME!” I can hear that cute little squee again as I walk in the door

“Another time Scoots, your mom will be here for quite some time making sure you don't get hurt again, besides, we need to talk. Half of our team is injured, now I have a way to get all of us back up to par but it is not without risk. Some holders of the Ardeur can focus the energies into other things besides pleasure. Belle Morte can use her Ardeur when fueled by two others who hold it into healing. Since we have Trixie and myself we have the fuel but I need everyone's consent before I even ask her for this favor, primarily because of Skyla being sixteen I would need her families permission as well if she is to be included.”

“Included in what Hunter?” I hear a deep voice behind me ask I turn to see Prince Shining Armor standing against the doorway hand near his sword hilt.

“You wouldn't perchance be thinking of including my precious daughter in a blood orgy under some thinly veiled reasoning that Belle Morte can heal her wounds by having sex with her are you?” asked Shinning Armor

“No. Um not in the slightest.” I replied as I cautiously backed up.

“Too bad, because if it would help to get her better I might over look her having sex with you or anyone else.” He said checking his nails “just so long as she is whole and healthy afterward”

“It really would help Your Highness, I know it seems salacious, especially for a Princess, to engage in something like this but not only would it help Scootaloo and Skyla but Eris, while not able to participate, would benefit from the energies as well.” I reply after a moment

“Then we will speak to Belle Morte on your behalf and see if she will aid us” I hear from the door as Princess Celestia and Luna walk in to Scootaloo's room

I fall to my knees in front of them “Princesses, I put my team in jeopardy and with them being the Bearers of the Elements I could have left Equestria defenseless. I will accept whatever punishment you see fit.”

“Yes you did, but you also saved them and apprehended Morte de Amour in the process.” Luna says kindly “Please, rise Moon Strike, you are not slated for punishment, though should you ever pull a stunt like this again, without informing us, then I am fairly certain we could not be so lenient.”

“Scootaloo, how are you feeling? I understand that Morte de Amour drained you quite thoroughly” Princess Celestia asked quietly walking near Scoots' bed

“Pretty good Princess, I'm sore and weak but my wings are fine and the scars will not be too bad.” Scoots says smiling “who knows maybe this thing with Belle Morte will help even that”

“We will see” The Princesses say in unison “Tomorrow we will hold the trial for Morte de Amour and then speak to Belle Morte about this. Until then rest my friends and take care of one another”

~Next: The Trial~

Author's Note

There area couple of perspective shifts in this chapter sorry if it is a bit confusing. and Sorry that this took so long to get out.