Unsheathing my katana I proceeded to move slowly through the house to avoid alerting the guards that I was there. After about 5 minutes of sneaking I came across a bolted wooded door which presumable led to the basement and where Exie was been kept. Slowly undoing the bolt and opening the door the hairs on the back my neck prickled, normally I wouldn't have ignored this time I did in order to go rescue Exie. The stairs leading down where the last thing I saw before the two-by-four struck me across the back of the head.

Coming to I noticed I was locked up in a musty damp room with a small light in the corner, standing opposite me was a the stallion responsible for this whole debarkle, Exie's Father. Noticing I was awake, he began to speak.

"You are either very brave, or very stupid by coming here tonight. To answer you question, yes the little whore is still is alive and no I shall not be letting either of you go. My name is Sephiroth, now please, tell me your name before I decide to use your own Katana against you." He said politely but still having a menacing tone to his voice.

Speaking slowly I manage to emphasise each word that came out of my mouth, "My name is Ficon Blade and I am here to save your daughter from you and to rip your bucking balls off and shove them down your throat."

Smiling he stood up "Somepony with fight, I like that, so I am going to make you an offer now Ficon, join my guard or stay locked up in here and witness the little whore be raped and tortured to death. Now you don't have to answer right away, but I shall be back later to find out your answer. Good day." With that Sephiroth turned and left me alone in the room.

*** 1 Hour Later ***

I was disturbed from my thoughts as I heard shouting and running around upstairs.

"Somepony stop them, we can't allow them to reach the prisoners" a guard shouted somewhere above me, smiling I stood and walked to where the door was and knocked.

"Shut up in there will ya" the guard outside my door shouted before he got flung across the hallway from me bucking the door open.

Looking around I found my katana and saddle bags in the corner, equipping them I proceeded to search the lower halls until I found Exie, when I did the sight before my eyes almost made me loose any self control I had left. There tied to a table on the wall was Exie blindfolded and gagged with cuts and bruises all over her body, her trademark boot and hoofwarmers missing. On the other side of the wall was Cashmere tied down and limp, from what I could tell from where I was she was gone, but I prayed for Exie's sake she wasn't. There at the end of the hall stood Sephiroth laughing like a mad pony..

"You're too late Ficon, you can either save Exie now and let me escape or you can chase me and let her die like her mother." He taunted me trying to make me mad and it worked.

Lunging down the hallway was exactly what he wanted me to do, what neither of us expected though was the rainbow mane pegasi to appear from the whole above him and knock him out. Skidding to a stop I started laughing like crazy.

"You two sure took your time, I was thinking about joining his guard to get out you took that long to get to busting me out" I said to Rainbow after my laughing fit had subsided.

Walking over to the unconscious body on the floor I drew my katana out and levitated it above him.

"WAIT DON'T DO THAT" Rainbow shouted causing me to drop the blade in surprise.

"Why not?" I asked.

"Because you will regret it if you do, just let me take care of him, I promise he won't bother Exie again" Rainbow replied and I shrugged.

"Okay, as long as I never see him again I'll let you deal with him" I replied before sheathing the blade again when a groan from behind us disturbed me.

"Hey, shhhh it's me Ficon, I'm going to be taking you home, so no need to panic" I whispered in her ear as I untied her and lowered her down on my back.

After making sure Exie was on my back properly she asked if we could bring her mum home as well and I nodded to AJ who had joined us.

"Don't worry Exie, she will be safe with us" I told her as I started the walk back to the train station.

Looking back at the house I couldn't help but wonder what Rainbow meant when she said she could take care of Sephiroth for me.

Author's Note

ooooh I'm so nervouscited, only one more chapter to go