"Mercer get that lizard and get your asses in here." Captain Peter yelled
"Yes sir." Leon replied as he walked up to Peter with Sapphire by his side. "I trust your visit to Earth went well. World War 3 hasn't started has it?" Leon said in a joking manner
"The fucking planet is getting ready to tear itself apart and you're cracking jokes?" Peter yelled angrily
"I'm just trying to make light of our situation but still how was your visit home?" Leon asked
"The United Nations wants you back on Earth in three weeks to debrief them on your encounters in the field." Peter answered
"Understood."
"Also I would like to ask this lizard..."
"Dragon." Sapphire corrected
"Dragon friend of yours some questions." Peter said looking towards Sapphire
"If your asking me to be your mate I'll tell you now that you're not my type." Sapphire joked
"Ouch right in the pride." Leon said
"Actually what I wanted to ask is for you to tell us about this world and maybe accompany Leon here to Earth." Peter said
"I'll think about it." Sapphire replied
"Thank you. Now onto more important business, Leon here has told me about that agreement of yours and I have decided to allow it but it will have to wait until Leon's meeting with the United Nations." Peter explained
"I will respect that decision." Sapphire replied
"Good you are dismissed." Peter said before turning around to retire to his quarters.

"Wake up prisoner, it's time for ya dinner." A guard said sliding a bowl of stew through the bars of Eclipse's cell. "Wow even the prison food is better than what they serve at the academy." Eclipse joked looking at the bowls contents "but would it kill ya to give me a spoon at least?"

"Fine." The guard said tossing a wooden spoon through the bars "at least that pays you back what you did for me two years back."

"Don't worry about it Lucky Shot, oh and tell the wife and kids I said hi." Eclipse replied as he took the spoon and began to eat.

"Send these documents to the court immediately." Blueblood ordered one of the local mail ponies. "Yes your highness... But what is this about if I may ask." The pony replied

"Eclipse has been arrested under the crime of treason the documents I give you are to be sent to the court to confer that his trial will take place three weeks from now." Blueblood explained

"Very well your highness." The mail pony said bowing and leaving.

"Sister I fear for Eclipse... I mean what if Twilight Sparkle can't find anything to clear his name, or Eclipse is killed by the other prisoners, or... Or..." Luna said panicking
"Have faith Luna, Twilight is sure to find something and Eclipse can handle himself in a fight." Celestia reassured her. "But still I understand your concern for him. But I assure you we will save him."

"Thank you sister now I can attend my duties in peace." Luna said as she walked out to the balcony and began to lower the sun and raise the moon. Once this was done the stars in her mane began to glow and flow out into the night sky forming in how she saw fit. It was then Luna remembered one of the many tales about Eclipse that Celestia had told her and soon she began to focus in the image she wanted to create, each star carefully placed and as she was done she looked up in awe at her own work as she saw the portrait of stars. Luna went back in but not before she heard the faint sound of gasping in awe from below as the ponies of Equestia where greeted with a portrait of Eclipse at the age of sixteen fighting and full grown manticore single handedly to protect an injured filly and below where the words "Are these the actions of a traitor? No! These are the actions of a hero."

As Luna walked back inside she soon found herself brought into a hug by Celestia who now had tears of joy flowing down her cheeks. "Thank you Luna... Thank you." Celestia said before pulling away and staring at the portrait of her son with pride. "And thank you too Eclipse for all you've done."

"Daddy, daddy come look." Star Gazer said staring out the window. "Alright I'm coming." Lucky shot said looking out the window with his daughter only to see a portrait of Eclipse as he single handedly battled a manticore that had nearly killed Star Gazer. "Thank you Eclipse, I'll pay you back what's due, in full this time" Lucky shot muttered to himself as he looked out into the night sky.

"My lord everything is going to plan. The royal family is divided and the human forces are preparing for war." A being said as a large black cloud moved around before stopping. "Well done. After all these years I will have my vengeance, and you will finally be able to feast on that 'child' of Celestia's."
"Oh yes indeed master, after all his parents where delicious and the boy probably even more so." The being said moving into sight revealing a gryphon, the same gryphon that Celestia had saved Eclipse from eighteen years ago. "Indeed and finally Celestia will fall and Equestia will be mine." And as the cloud dissipated there stood the pony that had brought chaos to the Crystal Empire thousands of years ago... King Sombra.

Author's Note

DUN DUN DUUUUN

Yep another chapter down. Now I've had an idea going on in my head of a spin off story about Eclipse during his time before the story starts from his younger years of wanting to become a guardsman, to his time at the academy and his time as an actual guard under the apprenticeship of Swift Wind (Including the story of how Eclipse saved Star Gazer). The story will be episodic and each taking no more than 3 parts (this May change depending on the situations Eclipse is faced with.) what I want to know is what situations would work well. If you have an idea please send it to me via PM and I'll see if I can find a way of putting it into the spin off story.