The Price of Freedom

Authors Note: This is chapter 13 of "The Price of Freedom". Hope you guys like it. The name of the temple on the Escaflowne mountains is called the Temple of the Arbiter, the fight scene between Hunter and Escaflowne is to make the other yield to the other.

Big Thanks to Gear Switch (A.K.A Neon Scythe) and NightfallTheDragon for being my betas.

And another big thanks to LynxFrost and Gear Switch (A.K.A Neon Scythe) for letting me use their OC's.

Due to college starting for me on the 19th, updates will be slower and more spread out than usual. I'm very sorry for anypony following this story.

Disclaimer: (Just kill me please) I don't own My Little Pony, Hasbro does, what I do own is my OC Hunter's Night.

Chapter 13: Reject Yourself

In the ruins of Ponyville...

"Well let's get to work shall we, now what all do you know about the Shadow Wraiths plan?" Shining said, while becoming more serious.

"All that I know sir is that they are planing on mobilizing a massive offensive against Ponyville, they have also managed to take Canterlot, from what I've heard," said Notch Steele.

"Who are they trying to capture?" Shining Armor asked, while surveying the damage to Ponyville.

"They are trying to capture Princess Luna, and trying to eliminate the wielders of the Elements of Harmony, sir," Notch Steele said, while looking in no specific direction.

"Okay understood, do you know when they plan to launch their offensive?" Shining Armor asked.

"Sorry sir, I have no idea," Notch Steele said.

"Okay looks like we need to get ready for anything they might throw at us." Shining Armor said while nuzzling his wife's cheek.

Inside the Temple of the Arbiter...

"Seems empty, and kind of creepy," The Warrior Princess said, while taking slow steps deeper into the temple.

All of a sudden a monster came and attacked her, she pulled out her sword and tried to slice it in half but at the last second the monster disappeared into thin air.

"What kind of monster was that?" the Princess of the Night asked, while still on guard for the monster that she was fighting.

"Thou art close to thine goal," a voice said, from out of no were.

"Who art thou, show thineself!" the dark blue mare ordered of the voice.

At that moment the ghost of her sister, Princess Celestia, appeared in front of her.

"I am most surprised that thou hath already forget mine voice," the regent of the sun said, in an old Equis.

"S-sister is it really you?" Luna asked, on guard of what may happen.

"Yes it is me, sister," Celestia said, while sitting down.

"Then why art thou speaking in old Equis?" the regent of the moon asked, while slowly sheathing her sword.

"Well if you spend time with mom and dad, you kind of revert to the old way of speaking," Celestia explained, about how and why she was talking like she was.

"Wait so you  saw mom and dad?" the Princess of the Night asked, of her bigger sister.

"Yes and no, yes as in I did spend time with them, and no as in we weren't really able to embrace each other because they were actually ghosts. I hope that makes sense," Celestia spoke, while looking at her surroundings.

"It makes sense, at least to a certain degree," Luna said, while getting closer to her sister.

"You don't know how much I missed you my little sister," Celestia said, while embracing her sister.

"I m-missed y-you too Tia." Luna said, while sobbing into her sister's embrace."

Outside the Temple of the Arbiter...

"Well you are much stronger than I first surmised," the holy dragon, Escaflowne, said, while waiting for Night's Hunter to catch his breath.

"Thank you... you don't know... how much it means... to hear that from you," Hunter said, while trying to catch his breath.

"Well shall we begin again," Escaflowne said, while drawing his holy sword, Stardust's Light, which then started to glow with a power unmatched be any force.

Hunter then drew his new weapon that was given to him by Escaflowne, a Gun-Scythe. The battle was furious and prolonged, Hunter sustained many cuts and scrapes from blocking the holy dragons attacks.

He then managed to find an opening in the attack patten of his opponent and then made an attempt to end the fight, but before he could make Escaflowne yield to him, the dragon used his tail to trip Hunter up and ended up making Hunter yield to him.

"That was not bad, I dare say that you are ready to face the Shadow Wraith's head on without any kind of problem," Escaflowne said, while helping up Hunter from the ground.

"Thank you... Escaflowne for taking me under you wing and helping me become a better fighter, and warrior," Hunter said, while bowing to the holy dragon.

In the ruins of Ponyville...

"Well we should get ready for the eventual attack from the Shadow Wraith army," Shining Armor said.

"We should, what should we do first sir." Notch Steele asked, of Shining Armor.

"First we should find a place that is still standing and set up a base of operations there, second we should find any kind of weapons that could be of use to us, and third we should keep Princess Cadance safe. Because if the Shadow Wraith's find out that she is alive, they will attempt to kill her in cold blood. Everypony knows what to do correct?" Shining Armor said, while looking at the Mane Six, his wife, Cadance, and the new additions to their team.

"Yes we understand," all of them stated in unison.

And with that they took off to find a place that wasn't destroyed and in usable condition.

Authors note: Well that was chapter 13 of "The Price of Freedom". I hope you guys liked it.

As stated before, I start college on the 19th so updates will be slower. What I mean by slower is I may only publish one chapter per month, maybe more, again I am very sorry.

"May the moon shine upon you and bless your inner light, and may you find true peace."

-Lunas' Eternal Protector