Twilight sat alone in her empty library and held a picture of all five of her friends and Spike together at one of Pinkie’s parties. She stared at the picture with tears filling her eyes and felt so many emotions fill her mind, but she had no idea how to deal with them. She wanted to scream, but sadness held her back to only sobs. She wanted to tell herself that everything would be alright and that her dear little brother will be back at her side helping her around the library, but fear seemed to poison her hope and filled her mind with nothing but doubt. She wanted to remember the good times she had with Spike, but the guilt of not saving Spike pulled her back to the night he was thrown into that bag and carried up those stairs from her. Twilight began to sob as the image of the human hitting Spike filled her mind. “I’m so sorry Spike…” she whispered and hugged the picture. “Forgive me,”

“Princess?” a deep voice called from the other side of the library’s front door. Twilight looked to the door and gave a small sigh. She placed the picture onto a nearby table and whipped the tears from her eyes as she rose from her chair and composed herself. She took one last deep breath and cleared her throat.

“Yes, who is it?” she asked.

“Commander Silver Heart of the Royal Guards. May I enter?” he asked.

“Yes, please enter Commander,” Twilight said. The door slowly opened and a silver stallion with black hair walked through the door with his helmet under his right arm. He closed the door and bowed.

“Y-your highness,” he said. It was obvious he was nervous by the way he looked at Twilight and by the way he spoke. Twilight couldn’t help but give a small smile as she saw the nervous commander nearly fall over as he rose from his bow too fast. It’s been awhile since she had smiled and it felt good, but though a smile had made it’s way onto her face her emotions were still being held inside her. Silver Heart gave a sheepish smile and cleared his throat. “Um, I’ve come from Canterlot with the platoon you requested your highness,” he said.

“Ah yes, very good. I’m happy you’re here Commander Silver Heart. To be honest, I’ve never heard of you. Were you recently promoted?” Twilight asked. Silver Heart nodded with a proud look planted on his face.

“Yes your highness, I was promoted last month after a victory against the Changeling forces that attempted to sneak past the border,” he said and his smile grew large as Twilight’s face seemed to light up in surprise.

“Changelings passed through the borders? How have I not heard about this?” she asked.

“Well we don’t want all of Equestria thinking that the Changelings can just pass through the borders whenever they want, it would cause panic. Besides, it was just a hundred or so, we quickly took care of them,” Silver Heart said and cleared his throat. “Anyways, I’ve come here to share some details with you,” Twilight’s smile slowly disappeared and she gave a nod.

“I see. We have much to talk about then Commander, please sit,” Twilight motioned Silver Heart to a chair and sat back down into her seat. Silver Heart quickly made his way to the chair and pulled out a map as he sat down. He cleared the table in front of him and Twilight and laid out the map of the Everfree forest. Twilight quickly scanned the map and saw that four large circles around the Everfree forest were numbered from 1 to 4 and were labeled “Patrol teams”. Twilight looked up to the Sargent. “So, what is your plan Commander?” Twilight asked. Silver Heart looked up and pointed at one of the circles.

“Well as you can see, I’ve already set up patrol routes for the squads and I plan on having four more scouting outposts set up between each of these patrol routes. At least two or three guards will be set up at the entrances of the town and around the library,” he stated as he pointed at a large square that was outside of the town. “This is where we will put Dr. Vex and his team. The remaining guards will be posted here to guard them,” he said and smiled.

“Wait, Dr. Vex and his team? Who are they?” Twilight asked.

“They’re the scientists that will be doing research on the human and his surroundings.”

“Wait, wait, wait, why are scientists here? I requested you here to save my assistant, that’s it,” Twilight said with confusion and a bit of anger. Silver Heart’s smile seemed to fade away as a nervous look returned to his face. “Commander, what is your plan to save my assistant?” Twilight asked with a glare. Silver Heart was silent for a full thirty seconds until he finally let out a heavy sigh and rubbed the back of his neck.

“There is no plan your highness,” he said. Twilight’s eyes went wide and she shot from her seat as her wings unfurled and stretched out as far as it could. Anger was now plastered on her face and she clenched her fists.

“WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON’T HAVE A PLAN TO SAVE SPIKE?!” Twilight yelled in anger. Silver Heart fell out of his chair and quickly scrambled to his feet. He stared at the enraged princess and fear filled his heart as he backed away until he was stopped by the wall.

“Y-your highness p-please calm down. I-”

“Do not tell me to calm down Commander! How can I be calm when my little brother is being held hostage by some damn human!?” Twilight yelled. “I requested you and your guards here to save him! What else did you think I requested you here for?!” Silver Heart closed his eyes and gave a heavy sigh.

“Well, you see your highness… we didn’t come here because of your request,” he said and looked to Twilight with a sorry expression.

“What? Then why are you here?!” Twilight asked as she gritted her teeth. Silver Heart gave another heavy sigh and reached into his satchel. His hand soon came into view and it was now holding a scroll with a royal crest. “What is that?” Twilight asked.

“It’s a letter from Dr. Reaper. He’s the head scientist of Canterlot’s Royal Human Research Team and he has given us a mission to protect Dr. Vex, his team, and his student, Tina, while they are here doing their research. For now, our mission is to secure the area while they set up their labs,” Silver Heart said.

“I don’t care if your mission is to guard the scientists, I order you to begin planning on how you will save my assistant now!” Twilight ordered with anger.

“Well, normally I would be forced to follow your orders, but I’m afraid that I cannot. You see, Dr. Reaper knew you would react to this so he spoke to Princess Luna and he has gained her permission to take full control over this research mission,” Silver Heart said and saw Twilight’s confused face.

“What are you telling me Commander?” Twilight asked with anger and a hint of fear. Silver Heart looked to the scroll in his hand before he handed it towards her.

“You have no authority in this operation your highness and I’m afraid the guards who were stationed here during the night of the attack are being redeployed to another area due to some border issues with the Changelings, I’m sorry,” Silver Heart said as he looked to the ground to avoid the pure shock that had covered Twilight’s face. She stared at the scroll for what felt like hours until she gained the strength to reach for it and take it out of the commander’s hand. She slowly opened the scroll and began to read.

Dear Princess Twilight

I am Dr. Reaper, head scientist of Canterlot’s Royal Human Research Team, and I am writing you this letter to inform you of the situation and how it will be handled by my fellow scientist, Dr. Vex, and his team. Now I understand your assistant has been taken hostage by the human, but I’m afraid I can’t let you interfere in this once in a lifetime chance to study a human who not only can speak clear Equestrian, but is from another world that clearly has more technology. So I have spoken to Princess Luna and I have gained full control over this operation. I’m sorry, but this is something that will most likely never happen again in my lifetime and I plan on to learn as much as I can from this human. Unfortunately, due to some personal issues that I must see to, I can not be there to lead the operation myself, so Dr. Vex will fill my role. The human is to be left alone and Dr. Vex and his team will be allowed to work in peace.

-Dr. Reaper

Twilight stared at the letter with intense rage and felt something snap as she saw a royal stamp from princess Luna that officially approved this ‘operation’. Twilight couldn’t believe what she was reading and she couldn’t believe that Luna, a friend of hers, was letting this happen. Doesn’t she know that she’s putting Spike in danger by leaving him with that damn human?! Why are they just going to study the human and not capture him? He’s dangerous! Twilight was now just numb with rage as she thought about the situation more and more, crushing the letter in her hands before she threw it to the ground with a shout. “Damn you!” she screamed with tears overwhelming her eyes. Why? Why would she do this?! Spike needs help and they’re just going to do research?! WHAT THE HELL!? Twilight couldn’t hold it in anymore as she fell back into her seat and began to bawl her heart out.

Silver Heart lowered his head and felt pity for the princess. He could never imagine what it was like to be in this position. He’d always been able to help his friends and family and in the end everything would work out. But this situation didn’t look good for the princess or her assistant. “Commander,” Silver Heart quickly looked up to see the teary eyed princess looking at him with a desperate look. “You have to help me get him back. I can’t live with myself knowing that I wasn’t able to save someone I’ve grown up with and basically raised. Please help me,” Twilight pleaded. Silver Heart was shocked. Never would he have thought a princess, nevertheless a goddess, would have begged for help. He was so used to the princesses being strong, noble, and proud, but here was the princess of magic begging for help from a newly promoted commander who got lucky in one battle. For a while he was silent as a rock and stared at Twilight with a shocked look, but soon he composed himself and cleared his throat.

“I’m sorry your highness, but I have orders from Dr. Reaper and princess Luna to protect the scientists as they do their work, nothing more. I wish I could help, but orders are orders,” he said with a stern look and placed his helmet back onto his head. He did a quick bow and walked towards the door. Twilight clenched her teeth and fists as she watched the commander walk away towards the door, ignoring her request for help. Silver Heart reached the door and opened the door, but before he exited the library, he looked back one last time with a sorry look. “I’m sorry,” he said and walked out of the building. The door closed and Twilight was once again left alone. Twilight shook with anger as she glared at the front door and smashed her fist onto the table, causing the picture of her, her friends, and Spike to fall over and shatter on the ground. Twilight slowly looked to the picture and the anger had faded from her face and was replaced with sadness. She grabbed the picture out of the shattered frame and stared at the picture for what seemed like hours until she finally looked away and placed it back on the table. She sighed and buried her face into her hands.

“What am I going to do?” she asked herself as she sunk deeper and deeper into her thoughts.

[Silver Heart]

The commander closed the door and let out a heavy sigh. “Well, that sure was uncomfortable,” he muttered to himself and scratched his chin. Silver Heart stared at the ground with sadness as he thought of the princess’ plead for help. He felt guilty for not being able to help the princess, but what was he to do? Luna herself ordered him and his guards to follow Dr. Reaper’s orders without any problems and he can’t just ignore his duties as a Royal Guard. “Sorry your highness,” Silver Heart whispered.

“Sir?” the commander looked up and saw one of his guards giving him a curious look. “Is everything alright?” he asked. Silver Heart chuckled and shrugged.

“Could be worse private, could be worse,” he said as he stretched his arms up into the air until a satisfying pop filled his ears. He sighed and walked past the guard. “Follow me private,” Silver Heart said. The guard quickly walked to the commander’s side and both of them continued to walk through the town. The night was silent and Silver Heart felt relaxed as the cool night breeze blew against his face. He glanced up at the sky and smiled as he saw thousands of stars seemingly filling up every inch of the night sky. “She really knows what she’s doing,” he said.

“Sir?” Silver Heart shook his head and pulled his eyes from the amazing view and placed them back onto earth.

“Never mind,” he said and looked back at the guard. “So, are the scientist all set up yet?”

“Not yet sir, they’re still setting up their equipment. The tents have been made and Sergeant Helm is having his guards set up defenses around the scientist’s tents,” he said. Silver Heart nodded his head in approval and looked forward.

“How about teams one through four, are they on their patrol routes yet?” he asked.

“Yes sir, they just left.”

“Good, we’ll have the scouting outposts set up tomorrow morning,” he said and yawned. “Geez, I miss sleeping whenever I wanted,” the commander grumbled. The guard huffed.

“Tell me about it,” the guard muttered. Silver Heart chuckled and looked to the guard.

“You’re new right?” Silver Heart asked.

“Yes sir.”

“What’s your name?”

“My friends call me Will sir,” Silver Heart nodded.

“Why did you join the Royal Guard?” he asked. Will smiled and rubbed the back of his neck.

“To be honest sir, I just joined to see some action,” he said with a smile.

“Action huh? Heh, that’s actually why I joined the Royal Guard.”

“Really?” Silver Heart nodded. “So there’s gonna be a lot of it then huh?”

“Oh yeah, there will be plenty of action,” Silver Heart said with a grin. Will seemed to like those words as his smile grew larger. Silver Heart chuckled and looked forward to see another guard sprinting towards them. Shock and fear plastered the guard’s face as he ran towards them and started to shout.

“Sir! Sir we have trouble!” he shouted and stopped three feet in front of Silver Heart. He tried to talk but only incomplete frantic gibberish escaped his mouth and Silver Heart couldn’t understand a single word he was saying. Soon Silver Heart saw blood on the guards armor and fear struck his soul as he grabbed the guard by the shoulders and glared into his eyes.

“Calm the fuck down and tell me what happened!” he shouted as he shook the guard. The frantic guard closed his eyes and took a deep breath before opening his eyes.

“T-the humans, t-t-they attacked Sweet Apple Acres and then attacked patrol team four. One of the guards from that team flew back to the town with a bloody child and injured child. He went back to regroup with another team while the child was taken to the hospital,” he finished and Silver Heart was dead silent for a moment. The gears in his head were racing until he took a deep breath and looked back to Will.

“Private, we’re going to alert everyone building around the scientists to stop what they’re doing and move towards Sweet Apple Acres,” he snapped his head back to the bloody guard. “Have the guards defending the town on full alert and keep the civilians in their homes no matter what.”

“Yes sir,” the guard saluted and Silver Heart motioned Will to move. Both of the guards took off through the towns streets and the bloody guard ran in the opposite direction to alert the guards around the town. Will was keeping up with Silver Heart with a grin.

“Finally some action!” he laughed. Silver Heart rolled his eyes.

“Calm down Will, we got an injured child and our fellow guards are in combat. Clear your mind and focus.” Will’s smile quickly died and he cleared his throat.

“Yes sir, sorry sir.” Silver Heart smiled.

“Don’t worry Will, I was just like you when I joined. Just remember that we must protect Equestria from its enemies no matter what.” Will nodded and both of the guards raced through the streets until they finally exited the town to see several guards surrounding large white tents. Silver Heart scanned the guards until he spotted a rather large red pony with orange hair and beat up armor, Sergeant Helm. Silver Heart ran towards Helm. “Sergeant, stop what you’re doing and ready your troops.” Silver Heart raised an eyebrow as he saw Helm and his guards staring wide eyed and jaw dropped at something he couldn’t see. Silver Heart ran to his side and grabbed his shoulder. “Sergeant, did you hear me?” Helm nodded.

“Yes sir, but I think you wanna have a look at this,” he said and pointed to Silver Heart’s left.

“What?” he looked to the left and his eyes instantly went wide with shock at the sight of a massive glowing ball of fire that shined brightly in the distance. “Dear Celestia…” he whispered and quickly shook his head. “Damn it, everyone get your shit and let’s move out! It looks like there’s more than one human since patrol team four has made first contact with a pack of humans.” everyone seemed to snap out of their trance and scrambled to gather their weapons. Helm snatched his sword from the ground and began to shout commands while Silver Heart looked back to the burning ball of fire. “What kind of humans are we dealing with?” Silver Heart whispered to himself. Humans, creatures that obey, that’s how it’s always been for Silver Heart, but to think that humans are causing this kind of damage is shocking. Before SIlver Heart could think more about the subject, Helm tapped his shoulder. Silver Heart broke away from the sight and looked to Helm.

“We’re moving out sir,” Helm said and jabbed his thumb towards the marching guards. “Wanna join us?” Silver Heart grinned.

“Of course, what kind of leader would I be if I didn’t lead my guards into battle?” he asked and unsheathed his sword. Both Silver Heart and Helm rushed to the front of the marching guards and Silver Heart looked back. “Come on boys, let’s go put these humans in their place!” he shouted. The guards gave a mighty warcry and begun to quickly jog towards a dirt road that led to the burning farm.

[20 minutes earlier, Abe’s prov]

“There they are!” one of the men in my group shouted and pointed towards an open field. I ran to his side and looked towards where he was pointing and smiled as I saw three humans surrounding two ponies. I didn’t recognize the small one, but I instantly noticed the blond haired one as Applejack. My smile grew larger as I let out a chuckle.

“Good, looks like we got them. Let’s get down there and bring them back,” I said began to run towards the surrounded ponies. I heard a few of the men chuckle behind me as they quickly followed behind me. As we grew closer I started to hear shouting and screaming and saw that one of the men had grabbed our target Applejack by the back of the hair. She went to punch the man, but as she did one of the other men yanked the smaller pony from her arms.

“NO!” she screamed and delivered a hard kick to the man with the smaller pony. He fell onto his ass and dropped the pony, but before she could get back on her feet me and my men were already there. One of the men slammed their foot onto her back and pinned her to the ground with his foot. I grinned and gave him a thumbs up.

“Good job,” I chuckled. He smiled and looked towards the fighting blond haired pony. She had freed herself from one of the men and kicked him in the crotch. I cringed as the man let out a squeal of pain and fell onto his back while holding onto his injury. “Damn,” I whispered and shook my head. I looked back towards three of my men and motioned them forward. “You mind helping them take care of this bitch?” I asked. The men grinned and stuck their spears into the ground as they moved towards the fighting pony. Two of the men who had suffered from the ponies kick stumbled back to their feet and surrounded the pony. The man with the injured crotch growled.

“Damn it you cunt, I’ll kill ya!” he shouted and pulled out a blade made from flint, but before he could charge I held up my hand.

“No, Delta wants to talk to her so keep her alive,” the man gave a annoyed look and sighed as he put away his weapon. I smiled and looked towards the pony with a cocky grin. She only glared and clenched her fist. It was silent for a few seconds, but finally I broke the silence by a single clap of my hands. “So, miss Applejack of Sweet Apple Acres, hows your night going?” I asked. Anger filled her eyes as she now showed her teeth and began to tremble in rage. “Hmm, by the look of things, it seems your having a pretty rough one, eh?” I looked towards the struggling pony that laid under one of the men’s foot and chuckled as she froze once we made eye contact. Her pupils shrunk and tears began to run down her face as I started to walk towards her.

“Stay away from her!” Applejack shouted and charged towards me, but before she could even get close two of the men behind her grabbed her hair and yanked her back. She stumbled backwards and both of the men released her hair and grabbed her by the arms. She struggled and tried to give a few hard kicks, but before she could two more men grabbed her legs and forced her to the ground. One of the men who had her left leg laughed.

“Just give up skank, we got ya-”

*CRACK*

Before he could finish the pony managed to free her leg and gave a hard kick to his face. He fell back holding his nose and howled in pain. “AHHH FUCK!! MY NOSE!” he shouted with blood leaking down his face and onto the green grass. I faced palmed as another one of the men grabbed her leg.

“Don’t let down your guards boys, she’s a fighter,” I said and chuckled as one of the men helped up the bleeding man.

“Damn you’re like a fucking fountain,” one of the men chuckled as he helped him up.

“Shut up!” he snapped. I shook my head and looked towards the restrained pony who was now forced onto her knees. I smiled and rested my spear onto my shoulder. “Well boys let’s head back and-”

“Look out!” instantly I snapped my head back towards one of the men and saw that he was pointing into the sky. I looked up and saw four flying armored ponies in the moon’s light shooting towards us at high speeds. Before I could give orders a howl of pain filled my ears and I looked to my left to see one of the men with a spear in his leg. “Shit!” I shouted and looked back up only to see a pony only two or three feet away from me with his sword coming down towards my head. I quickly raised my spear up and blocked his sword as it slammed down hard onto my spear. “Want some motherfucker!?” I sidestepped to the right, and delivered a hard kick to his knee. A sickening crack filled the air and he fell forward onto the ground screaming in pain. I raised my spear and plunged it through his throat. His eyes went wide as he choked on his blood and reached out towards my spear in attempts to save is life, but I just smirked and twisted my spear. There was a crack and the life in his eyes faded as he went limp. I tore my weapon out of his throat, and looked away from the body and saw the men fighting with two of the pegasuses and sprinted to help, but I quickly noticed that one of the attackers were helping the two ponies get away. I growled and raised my spear into the air and aimed for the pegasus helping them. I took a deep breath and used all of my strength to chuck my spear towards him. As the guard helped up Applejack, the damned blonde pony decided to be a hero, and pushed the soldier out of the way. The spear plunged through her left shoulder and she let out a shriek of pain as she fell to her knees.

"Applejack!" The child screamed and ran to her sisters side. I smirked and charged towards the injured Applejack. I pulled out a flint knife and let out a war cry, but before I could reach the Applejack the Pegasus soldier jumped in front of her and charged at me. He shot his spear towards me, but before he could make contact I dodged to the right and delivered a hard left blow to the side of his face. He stumbled back, but quickly recovered and charged forward. He aimed for my gut and sent his spear flying towards its target, but before he could land the hit I just barely dodged it with a quick jump to the right. I smirked and saw a perfect opening in the side of his neck. I tightened my grip on my flint knife and went for the killing blow.

"NO!" Before I could finish the bastard off the kid came out of no where and pushed the guard out of the way. My eyes widened as I missed my original target and instead plunged my knife into the kids back. She let out a shriek of pain and crumpled to the ground. The soldier she saved had fallen to the ground and looked at her quivering body with shock and horror. I frowned and sighed.

"Damn, kid tried to be a hero. What a shame," I shook my head and turned to the soldier with a smirk. "Shall we continue?" He looked away from the kid and glared at me with intense rage as he slowly stood up and got into combat stance. I pointed my blood covered knife towards him and chuckled. "There we go, that's the spirit,"

"I'll kill you!" he growled and showed his teeth. I chuckled and was about to say something, but before I could say a single thing I felt a hand tightly grip my shoulder. I slowly looked over my shoulder and saw an enraged Applejack pulling back a trembling fist. Her grip on my shoulder was like iron and her eyes were filled with bloodlust.

"Bastard!" She roared and before I knew it her fist had crashed into my nose. A crack filled the air and my vision was blurred as I dropped my knife to hold onto my newly injured nose. I stumbled back while clutching by bleeding broken nose and growled.

"Bitch!" As my vision came back my eyes widened with shock as another blow was only inches away from my face. It made contact with the left side of my jaw and forced me to my knee. I tightened my fist and looked up, ready to fight back, but the second I looked up I was met with a hard kick to my temple. I fell onto my back and groaned. How the hell is she so strong, and why can't I stop her!? I growled rolled back and jumped to my feet. I was panting heavily and felt my body aching in pain after every breath I took. I quickly composed myself and looked up towards the heavily breathing Applejack with anger. I felt blood trickle down my chin and wiped it off with my wrist. A smirk formed on my mouth and chuckled. "Damn, I guess our little farm pony can scrap huh?"

"Hey, hey! Stay with me!" Applejack snapped her head back and looked back at the soldier tending to the injured kid. "Come on, I need you to keep your eyes open!"

"How is she?" Applejack asked in a worrying voice. The soldier looked up with an equally worried expression.

"She's alive, but she needs medical attention as soon as possible. If not, then..." he trailed off and looked to the kid with a mixture of guilt and sadness. I cracked my neck and sighed.

'Geez, how long they gonna talk?' I thought and heard a scream of pain from behind me. I looked back and saw a Pegasus soldier fall to the ground with a spear into his chest. One of the men placed their foot onto the body and ripped the spear from the body. I scanned the battle, and felt relieved to see that none of the men were killed in the fight. Only dead equestrian soldiers laid on the ground with shocked and pained looks plastered on their faces. I chuckled and looked back to Applejack who was still staring at her injured sister. I sighed and cleared my throat. "You haven't forgotten about me now have ya?" Her fist tightened and she slowly looked towards me with the same rage from before.

"Get my sister back to town, I need to settle things here with these bastards," she said to the soldier.

"What!? But you can't take these guys on by yourself, you'll get destroyed!"

"I know, but they're after me, so I'm gonna make them fight for me," she cracked her knuckles and glared at me. I smirked and looked to my right and left to see my men gather to my side. The soldier stood up with the injured kid in his arms and stared at Applejack with worry for a few seconds until he closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Alright, but I'll be back with help. Just hold out until then, got it?" Applejack only nodded and kept her eyes on me. The soldier spread out his wings and shot up into the air. In the matter of seconds he was flying away towards the town and was quickly out of sight. I sighed and rubbed the back of my neck.

"Maaan, looks like we'll have to make this quick boys," I groaned and motioned for the men to move in. "Take this cunt down, and lets drag her fat ass back to Delta," I ordered and slightly poked my broken nose and winced in pain. "Also, break something of hers."

"With pleasure," one of the men who suffered a broken nose from Applejack chuckled and cracked his knuckles. The rest of the men chuckled and began to slowly incircle the blonde pony. I looked to her bloody leg, and smiled as I saw her attempt to put no weight on her injured leg.

"This should be quick."

[Jacobs prov]

"Come on you lazy pricks, move it!" I shouted over the raging fires that surrounded the farm. "We're done here so now get started on the acres so we can get out of here!"

"Got it boss!" one of the men shouted and ran towards the acres with a partner of his. I sighed and wiped the sweat from my forehead. I smiled and gazed at my work. The farm was being consumed by the flames and a feeling of pride seem to fill my soul as I continued to stare at the dancing flames.

"I could use a smoke," I chuckled and crossed my arms.

"Here," a claw reached over my shoulder holding a pack of cigarettes.

"Thanks," I said and grabbed one of the cigarettes without even thinking about it. Before I finally realized it the cigarette was already in my mouth and my eyes went wide as I jumped forward and turned around. Floating in the air was the creature from the forest. I reached for my weapon on my back, but before I could reach it he held up his hand and smiled.

"Whoa now cowboy, I'm not your enemy," he said and popped one of the cigarettes into his mouth. I slowly lowered my hand and crossed my arms.

"How do I know that?" I asked. He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"If I was your enemy I would have kill you in the forest. Plus, I just gave you a smoke and a light," he then snapped his fingers and both of our cigarettes lit up. "See?" I raised an eyebrow, and slowly took a puff. I closed my eyes and released the smoke back into the world through out my nose. I gave a relaxed sigh and opened my eyes to see him with the same smile. I smirked and shrugged.

"Fine, I'll trust ya for now, but why are you here?" I asked. His smile grew even larger as he looked away from me and stared at the burning farm with such joy.

"To witness the beginning," he said and spit out his cigarette. I raised an eyebrow and tilted my head.

"The beginning of what?"

"Why the beginning of a revolution of an entire race!" he shouted and flew higher into the air. "I came to see how bright the fire of humanity glowed in the final nights of peace!" he shouted even louder and cackled with joy. I scratched my chin and waited for him to stop his cackling. Once he stopped he looked to me and cleared his throat as he lowered himself to the ground. "Anyways, I just came to not only see the show, but to add my own little touch to it," he said and looked to the acres of apple trees. "Do you mind?" he asked. I shrugged.

"Sure, if it will make this faster then go all out," I said. He chuckled and flew back into the night sky and towards the acres. I waited for a few minutes and soon a large fire erupted throughout the fields. The flames spread throughout the fields and grew larger and large by the second. My eyes widened and my jaw dropped, making my cigarette fall to the ground. "Holy shit, what the hell is this thing?"

"You can call me Discord," the creature appeared out of no where to my left. I looked to him and smiled.

"So Discord, you say you want to see the fire of humanity glow huh?" he smirked and nodded. I turned towards him, and extended my hand to him. "Then help supply some fuel to flame, and I promise you a fire that would make a blind man look away," Discords smile grew ear to ear and without any hesitation he gripped my hand and shook firmly with a devilish look in his eyes.

"Lets cause some chaos."

Author's Note

Yay new chapter! Hope you guys enjoyed! Uhhhhh.... more shouting!!

Have a good night, or day!!