Caleb would be reveling in his victory more if only the prize proved worth the effort. Inside the room was a note. And on that note it said good job on defeating the test dummy. You are now moved on to class 1-D. He couldn't believe his luck. He goes to find something interesting and finds absolutely nothing worth while. He lingers in the room looking for some type of treasure hoping that the note was misleading, but to no avail. He walks out into the hall to see a pegasus with a rainbow colored mane looking at the wreckage of his damage.

Caleb sets his entire right arm on fire and throws it outward at her. A column of flame shoots at the pony, but not in time for her not to look away from the wreckage. She shoots up into the air the flames go under her. She looks into Caleb's eyes who has pure hatred and disgust in them. The rainbow maned pegasus was now his target and he was bent on killed her.

"You're the human! Where are the others!"

Caleb holds out his right hand to the side as he controls the fire to a center point. He thrust his arms in front of him sending a beat of flames at her. Quicker than anything he's seen, she flies around the flames and slams her head into his. He falls backward as the rainbowed pony flies up into the sky again.

"Nice magic trick! But it can't hurt me as long as you can't hit me!"

Caleb mumbles hateful words to himself and gets back up.

"Want some more huh! Bring it!"

Caleb rolls his eyes turning around to face the mare. He runs forward ready to go punch the flying mare, but she flies down fast hitting him in the face with a hoof. He stumbles back, but grabs the mare's back leg and yanks her down and promptly slams the mare on her back.

"Don't under estimate me!"

The rainbow pony kicks with her other leg into Caleb's chest. Caleb holds onto the leg with a strong grip and yanks her towards him setting his arms on fire. He punches the pegasus in the face letting go of her flaming leg to only set her face on fire as well. The pegasus' screams fill the hall as she starts trying to shake the fire off of her. Caleb watches as the mare starts to burn alive as a sense of happiness washes over him. He just loves watching his flames wash over something. He doesn't let Markus know, but sometimes he would take some of the non interesting books and set them on fire and watch them burn. It fills him with such calmness to watch something burn. He can't quite explain it, but he enjoys the filling when it occurs. He even loved the noise the woman made as well.

It's sad when he realizes it won't last long. Or so he thought. The mare was rubbing most the flames off her face and her leg. but she is now crawling forward with most of her feathers burned off as well as a lot of fur on her face and leg and bit under her belly. She seemed to be leaving a blood trail behind her as a sign. Caleb walks forward leaving his right hand on fire. Though it would've been better to let her suffer a slow death like this he, hated to watch people whether, pony or human, suffer.

"Hey. Time to be judged."

The pegasus stops and looks back horror on her mostly burnt face. He vision is blurry from the pain, but she can make out the light in the man's right hand. She knows what is about to happen. She doesn't want to and tries to lash out. Caleb watches the pony's fruitless attempt to fight back against fate. He kicks the pony in the exposed part of her gut and sending her across the floor crying in pain. Her tears burn her already burnt flesh. Caleb walks over to the panting pained mare and kneels.

"You have been found guilty. Punishment... is death by fire."

With that, he places a hand on her sending his fire out all over the rainbowed pegasus. He leaves his hand there and listens to the screams as well as the crackling of the fire. He feels slightly bad about the situation and good at the same time. He feels good because he killed one of their enemies. The bad part is that his friends won't get to see a real rainbow now.

Indie walks around the room letting a warm feeling flow through him. He examines the telescope even further rubbing a bit of the rust off the old machine. He can't believe such a wonder actually still exists. Though if the ruins are still standing, than anything is possible. That only brings upon the question of what else is still standing around here. He looks through the piece again enjoying the view very much. He doesn't like seeing the castle as his once slave home. He likes the beauty it also had on the outside of it.

The sound of hooves catches his ears. He looks away and towards the stairs as a purple unicorn stands at the top step staring at him. He stands tall and waits for what the unicorn is going to do. But all she does is simple stares.

"So... You're the one going after us? Well... This time I'm not going to be taken lightly!"

The unicorn nods her head. She wasn't quite sure why these humans are dangerous, but if Celestia was afraid of them being out and about than it's probably a good enough reason for her to be cautious. Twilight starts thinking of a paralysis spell to use when a torrent of water comes splashing her across her face sending her backwards. Into the harsh black stone that the wall is made of.

She grunts and shakes her head. The blast really shook her up as well as the giant slam against the wall. Indie pulls back the water to have it float around him as a shield.

"Leave us alone and you might leave with your life."

Now Twilight understands very well why she wants these creatures taken care of. Twilight smiles at how Celestia would praise her and her friends for capturing the humans and returning them. But first, she has to figure out how to deal with this situation. Without causing too much harm to the human's body.

Indie watches for what she might do next. What happens next doesn't surprise him. The purple pony teleports with a flash. He turns around expecting her to be there, but only sees a wall. The water moves on its own to block a blast on his right side. He looks to see her preparing another spell.

He punches the water making it form into a fist headed right towards her. She disappears again and he begins looking around. The purple pony lands on top of him pinning him to the ground quickly. She brings up a quick fire paralysis spell before Indie can do anything.

The spell connects, but not before Indie throws the purple pony off of him and into the telescope. The unicorn watches as Indie doesn't move for a second. She claps her hooves together pleased to see how the proceedings have gone so well. She walks up to the the human and is about to levitate him out when a hand grabs around her throat.

Her eyes go wide as the human gets up still clutching her by the throat. He looks her right in her eyes and says nothing. He proceeds to throw the mare into a nearby wall and forms water in multiple circles firing them away as they form. The water turns into lines that pin Twilight to the wall and quickly freeze in the process.

Now Twilight is the one who can't think straight. She can taste blood and feel the coldness of the ice in her. She tries to move her head but that only makes her body scream out in more pain and protest. The feeling and how things look like now, is almost dream like. Even when she can glace at the spikes jutting out from her arms and chest, she just can't fathom a reason why this would be like... this.

She watches as Indie, some what heavily walks out of the room having a bit of a problem. As he leaves the room, Twilight hangs her head down finally loosing the tense sensation of her body. Her thoughts came back as well as a voice in her head blaming her for what has happened here and especially to her. Telling her that she has indeed failed the Princess. The thought fills her with so much regret and hate that it overrides the pain she's suppose to feel. It's all soon replaced by a coldness. Not by the ice that struck her mortal body, but a coldness deep within her she can't explain.

Fluttershy sits there in silence lost in her own thoughts. She wonders how she's going to pull this off. She knows Applejack puts a lot of trust in her, but she still isn't quite sure if she can do it. She looks behind her at the standing woman. The human hasn't said anything and only has followed orders. She wonders why they trust her so much to watch this human when she was the one who fought against her friends the first time a human was with them.

She only stares at the human now, thoughts still floating around in her head.

"Hey you!" A man's, or stallion's voice to Fluttershy, yells out.

She turns around to see a human unlike the two she has seen so far. At one point, she wondered if all the male humans looked the same. But now she knows better. She creeps back whimpering from the imposing man before her. She really hoped the man was only here to say hi.

The man stands there looking down upon her when something catches his eyes. A woman runs up and pushes him back. He looks shocked at the woman and seems taken back. Fluttershy watches as the woman stands in front of her as a protector.

"Wha... What are you doing? You're protecting the enemy?"

The woman says nothing and only stares at the male in front of her. The male backs up confusion on its face. The woman lowers her guard a bit and the male utters, "Emily?"

"Hey Markus!" A voice yells out from somewhere.

The boy, who she considered Markus at the moment, turns around and sees a boy with orange hair and weird clothes on walk up from where Rainbowdash went. He also seemed covered in some blood which makes Fluttershy visibly pale, but she still stays there because of the fear in her imagination paralyzing her.

"So, I found some horse down there who tried to fight me! She had Rainbows coming out of her and stuff! You should've seen it! It was the best thing ev... Who's this?" The orange haired boy asks taking notice of the woman standing in front of Markus.

Fluttershy shutters at the realization of where the blood may of come from and now the imagination is fact.

"It's... It's Emily but... it's also not Emily."

"Emily?" The orange haired man looks her up and down.

Emily does nothing but stare forward arms out to protect.

"Do you think..."

"If she has than... do we have to?"

Markus and the other male go quiet and shake their heads before looking at the pony next to the human with fear. They are about to say something when a thud is heard behind them. They turn around to see a shaking indie with blood coming out his mouth. The two quickly rush over to him and help him sit up.

"What happened!" Markus asks frantically looking over his body.

Fluttershy starts to move closer seeing how concerned the two seem to be. The female human follows behind the pony still acting as a silent guardian. Fluttershy can now see the face of a familiar human. The same human she tried to protect from before. She rushes forward feeling saddened by the display the man is giving.

"Oh my gosh! Who did this to you!?" She asked frantically when she remembers who else could have done something like this other than Rainbowdash, "Twilight! Where is she!"

It was than that Fluttershy realized that there was a faint glow on his body. The glow of a after cast of a lingering spell. It's weak, but still present.

"She cast a spell on you didn't she! Ohhhhh when I get my hooves on her!"

Markus places a hand on her shoulders and shakes his head, "Calm down there ummm our uhhh friend just needs to stay still a bit. I can tell that he can't move or talk and that the blood is from him using his powers to hard to move his body down here. I think he might be petrified of some sort..."

Markus studies over his body more gliding fingers across the other human's skin as if this was something natural. Like this is his second nature to figure things out like this.

"If it is a spell. Well, we'll just have to wait for it to wear off." Markus than motions to his friend, "In the mean time, as long as you don't come looking. We won't come finding."

The orange haired male picks up Indie and both the males make a way towards the exit. Fluttershy at first watches, but than yells, "Wait! Wha... What happened to my friends?"

"Most likely dead." Markus says stopping but staring forward.

The word sends a ripple through Fluttershy. A nauseating wave, but at the same time she feels something else. Relief? She can't quite tell what it is. It's almost like a nagging feeling at the back of her skull telling her that this, her friends death, was... fine. She didn't even realize the words coming out of her mouth than.

"Oh... at least you guys are okay."

She didn't know where those words came from. It was almost as if she didn't care for her friends. But than, she would have to ask herself... were they her friends after all?

"I... I want to help you guys out!" She says next walking towards the three.

Markus turns around and raises a eye brow, "So you can do what? So you can spy on us?"

Fluttershy stops and shakes her head, "I... I don't like seeing ponies or ummm animals being hunted down and or hurt."

The orange haired one is about to say something when Markus cuts him off, "Look. I understand, but we can't make risks... if we did. Well, than... who knows what... else... can happen."

"But... I can help navigate the forest! I know where some of the really dangerous areas are like the back of my hoof! I even know where some uncharted ruins are in the forest!"

Fluttershy just lets her mouth fly in hopes of something good to come from this. Markus looks towards his companions and than Fluttershy. He nods his head saying, "It's only cause you have one of our own and we wish to see if what Celestia may have done is... true..."

Fluttershy understands there's a darker meaning to that, but she doesn't care. She's more glad to be able to help out the humans than anything else. Even the faint cries of a dying pony doesn't deter her from leaving out with those three with the human, Emily, behind her.

Author's Note

Before you ask no they are not dead only very injured and close to death. Also sorry for the hiatus been doing a lot of stuff lately