Markus

Markus, Fluttershy, and Elza all walk through the halls leaving the skeletons behind. The air of uncomfort still lingers around them. The once present silence has been replaced by the whipping of the wind outside. Night hangs high and all and all it truly wasn't a bad night so far. Till Fluttershy catches the sound of scurrying on her ears.

"Uhhh Mar-Markus? Wha-What was that?" Fluttershy asks scooting closer to the human.

"Hm? I didn't hear a thing. It might just be your imagination Fluttershy." Markus says scratching the back of his head.

"If...If you say so..." She says.

The venture more and more till they come to a set of double doors on their right and left. Right seemed to lead back into the castle while the left seem to lead somewhere outside. The windows that would allow them to see outside has stopped preventing access to what's inside.

"Want to split up?"

"I'd rather not really..." Fluttershy says looking around frantically shaking like a leaf.

Markus nods his head and goes to the left side doors and kicks them open.

Behind the doors shows a garden but without flowers. What probably was once a beautiful flourishing garden is now nothing but a nest of green gooey eggs with giant spiders walking around placing them and such.

"What the..." Markus says walking into the room creeper out by the sight.

"Well hello there.~" A feminine voice says very sensual like.

Markus and Fluttershy look up to see a woman with the lower half of a spider laying there on her back legs open and completely naked. Despite the situation Markus can't help but to look at her exposed gigantic breast. To him it's better than looking at her grotesque spider like face that really didn't fit the voice.

"Welllcome to my hummble abode!" She says not moving from her exposed position, "I truly hope you like what I've done with the place though I haven't quite fully renovated it..."

Markus scratches the back of his head and stares at the ground his cheeks red from feeling flabbergasted right now. After all he is a male. Fluttershy speaks for the both of them though.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh well we decided that the old cave system wasn't really befitting of us so we decided to move more north. We stumbled across this place and wellll." She takes a moment to look around before motioning above her for someone to come down, "We just love it here."

Markus and Fluttershy look up to see a male spider creature coming down his phallus sticking from his torso ready to breed. The queen, as they both guess, moves the cover over her area and allows entrance of the well endowed man spider.

"And exactly why you decide to settle on this place? Archnids only ever move in great threat... Did someone drive you out of your home?" Fluttershy asks Makrus looking at the scene unfolding not really quite sure what to make of it.

After all he's never seen anything like this before but Fluttershy seems okay with it as if it was a(n) common occurrence.

"Well... Yes and no... We are in fact no longer in danger from what we feared but we have made cautionary measures to make sure. Plus with this human here the rumors have been made true."

Markus perks up at that, "What rumors?"

"Huehuehue wouldn't you like to know my dear~ In the mean time why don't you climb up my web for a little R and R~"

Markus cocks his head and asks, "What in the world is that?"

"Sex my dear human.~" She says

Fluttershy looks at Markus with a questioning look as he says, "Annnnnnnnd what is this sex?"

The spiders around began to laugh grabbing at their guts and sides. Even the Queen was giving a hardy laugh while Fluttershy can only stare at Markus dumbfound. Markus looks around quite offended.

"Hey what's so funny!?"

"You little human! You don't even know what sex is! A virgin! How humorous!"

Markus sighs tapping his foot becoming more and more irritated. Fluttershy seems to scoot away almost filling something being pulled from her.

"That's enough!" Markus yells making the wind rock the arachnids around the room, "All of you shut up and quit your laughing!"

Everyone including Fluttershy seems a bit fearful of the human. Elza has taken a more aggressive stance now seemingly muttering something quietly to herself. The queen looks at her subjects and the blown off male leaking white a little bit scared.

"Well human you are quite something... What is your name?"

"Markus..."

"Well than Markus I can assure you that you won't be a virgin for long. Guards take them away!"

More arachnids come from the top of the garden area. Markus looks up and lets out a low whistle knowing the odds don't look all to good.

"Well I would love to stay and chat but we have places to be, people to meet, princesses to kill sooooo yeaaaaaa." Markus says slowly trying to back out of the room.

"Huehuehue you're not going anywhere!~"

Markus preps his body for using his energy but something happens that makes him feel all the more happier. Arrows whiz by them implanting themselves in the upper torso of some of the guards on the ground advancing. They only have a few seconds to realize what happened before falling to their sides dead.

"Wha?" Markus manages to get out before seeing furry creatures on two legs rush into the room holding blades of different kinds.

They come in in different hues. Red, brown, gray, teal, blue, etc. It's almost like watching a rainbow fly past them. In a word it was beautiful. Markus watches as the furry creatures cut through the confused arachnids with ease. Queen screams before flipping over and scurrying away with what remains of the guards and possibly workers. Furry creatures carrying something that reminds Markus of a bow comes in and fires miniature steel rods into them making them fall to the ground till the rest of them are out of sight.

The furry creatures scream out in victory as they crack open the gooey sacks around them. Markus is able to take a better look at the furry creature to realize that they have whiskers, tail, and pointy ears. Even though they walk around like humans they mew to one another as they clean their weapons off on the bodies of dead guards and workers.

"Hail human!" A male calls out behind him.

Markus turns around to see Fluttershy on the shoulders of a very masculine one of the creatures and Elza lying knocked out on the ground.

"Uh... you guys aren't like them are you?"

"No! Of course not!" A gray creature says walking forward from between two archers if he remembers correctly of what the books he's red said, "We are Nekoplytes and we are happy to see one of your kind roaming around again! Tell me where do the human harbor now?"

Markus shakes his head and says, "A dungeon in Canterlot..."

The cat seems taken back keeping silent for a second before, "Well that proves to be horrible... Is it only you just roaming around?"

"No, There is me and two others. We managed to escape and are looking for a way to free our people and kill the princess."

"Haha! You truly are a human noble and strong!" The leader, he assumes, walk over and puts a(n) arm around his shoulder and starts walking making Markus come too, "We will of course help you with this just like the old days if you remember them."

"Sorry to break it to you but only the elders remember such things and they are hush hush about it just in case the princess try to pry us for information of things they might have missed."

"Ah! Good thinking indeed! Well let us round up the other two so we may discuss things of importance."

"Wait. How did you find me?"

"Well a old friend of ours, Discord, told us where to go looking."

Markus smiles happy about that their Draconequus is keeping up to the deal of helping them out.

"Thank god for him... Well I guess we better go get the others than."

Luna

Luna lands outside of the castle and walks through the front doors. She begins to walk down the empty halls and let her thought run through her. She had just witnessed something so foul... Something since herself did. She wanted to do something wanted to kill Rainbowdash and punish Twilight for what she did but... She just couldn't bring herself to do it.

She knew how Twilight felt. The feeling of pain, suffering, and loss. They can drive the sanest of ponies nuts. As princess of the night and keeper of dreams she has seen such dreams of bringing the dead back and dreams of death of oneself and others. She could feel their pain and shared the same feelings with them. After all being immortal isn't what it's all cracked up to be.

Twilight holds the now unconscious Rainbowdash to her chest smiling with glee. She had just managed to save her friend who was on the brink of death. She just had done something that no pony should have done. All she had to do was sacrifice part of her soul so Rainbowdash's soul can start repairing itself and her body. It was all worth it.

If I can truly save ponies like this then I can keep everypony alive... we don't have to fear death... I don't have to fear death... we can always be with our loved one! We'll always be a part of each other through the test of times! This will be great! I have to tell...

Twilight

Twilight thinks for a moment of why such a spell exists and no pony ever knows of it. If such magic can keep ponies alive why not share it? She then realizes that's why Celestia and Luna are still alive. They've probably performed this spell so many times that it doesn't even matter to them and that they don't want anypony else living as long as them. But now it just raises the question of why...

Rainbowdash lets out a low groan and tries to move. Twilight places a hoof on her lips shushing her, "Don't worry Rainbow you'll be fine... I'm here for you now..."

Twilight decides to keep her friends alive and not tell the princesses till later. After all they always tell her that her friends are more important than them. What's the worse that can happen?

Caleb

Caleb continues to walk laughing every so often to himself remembering the big lug laying on the ground. He shakes his head and walks into a(n) open door. Inside seems to be a bed room.

Jackpot!

He begins searching around to find that it isn't the right room for either one of the princesses. He sighs as he pick up a box curious of what's inside. He opens it to find a song playing. He freezes up as he listens to the song a need to listen forming in him. A white fire spreads on his shoulder moving and molding itself as the song plays. Almost like a natural instinct.

He listens to the song all the way to the end feeling saddened but also happy at the same time. He didn't find something about the princess but he did find something even more interesting. He slowly starts to wonder what other type of music he can find in here.

"Are you the one called Caleb?"

Caleb looks towards the open door way to see two furry creatures standing there. One gray with a wicked looking sword at his side and another female and teal with some sort of wooden cross with a string in her right hand. Caleb sets one of his hands on fire, "Yea. What of it?"

Both of the furry creatures stare at his hand and the male says, "Ha He was right..."

The female shakes her head and says, "We need you to come with us Markus is waiting for you as well as our leader."

Caleb lets the fire die out before smirking tossing the box up and down in his hand.

"Great! I didn't want to look around for his sorry butt anyway. But just remember if you try to do anything won't hesitate to turn you both to ashes."

Both the creatures nod their heads before turning and leading Caleb to the Markus and their leader.

Indie

Indie felt like crying a lot. He's on his knees staring at the burnt up library of the old castle.

"Life... life just isn't fair is it..."

He stays that till her starts to hear voices. He gets up and pulls water from himself and yells, "If its any more of you half spider freaks I am not in the mood!"

"Oh calm yourself!" A familiar voice says back.

Indie lets the water soak back into his body as Markus opens the door to the no longer library followed behind by four furry creatures.

"Um what are they?"

"Neko somethings is what their species is called but we can call them nekos for short."

"Well okay than... but right now I'm not in the mood for meeting new creatures..." Indie says turning back to the destroyed library.

"Oh... Well than... We'll uh be in the room to the right of here than... don't take to long on mourning we've got things to discuss." Markus says patting Indie on the shoulder.

"Why is he so distressed?" The leader asks as they walk away.

"Me and Indie love books thought I believe Indie loves them a bit too much and with a library being destroyed... yeaaaaa... He'll be fine I assure you he just needs to mourn his loss."

The leader nods his head not really understanding as they walk into a room with a large round table. Indie barely pays them attention as he picks up ashes and watch them carried off into the wind.

Author's Note

Neko no jutsu~ Hoped you guys enjoyed this new chapter had loooooots of fun making it. Point out mistakes and what not and have a good day!