30 years after the war

“Hello class” the crimson mare said in a very loud voice to get all of the young Pegasus fillies and colts attention, when they all brought their attention to their teacher she continued. “I would like to introduce you to your newest class met Hanz” the mare pointed her front left hoof towards the dark gray filly unicorn with green eyes and a yellow stringy mane and tail.

“H-hello I hope we can all get along,” said the nervous filly rubbing his right hoof on his front left leg, after the introduction the young ponies started conversations amongst themselves. Haz was approached by a Pegasus “hi, wanna play with me Hanz” the burnt orange filly asked with aquamarine eyes,

“uh sure” Hanz replied softly looking away from the colt “my name is Autumn Marduk by the way” he said smiling “so what do you want to do.” Trust, it’s the glue that makes friends remain friends, when you trust someone you can open up to them sure your personal secret’s and worries right? “Look Hanz all i’m saying is that maybe you should just not use magic in public right now,” Autumn argued sounding very exasperated “with the recent threats to Cloudsdale by the rebels most ponies around here are scared.”

“Autumn, this hasn’t been the only complaint,” Hanz addressed almost too calmly “Look I know you guys have meetings and discuss what to do with the non Pegasi to keep everyone safe, but why is it whenever we unicorns use magic you automatically get all up on arms.” “Just yesterday they locked up Twilight sparkle for healing a wounded earth pony,” Hanz looked at his desk and glanced at the newspaper, Equestria Daily had covered the story, from the article it seemed that many unicorns who aren’t fighting have been facing more scrutiny for using magic outside their homes. Hanz continued “and for another thing I know that many of you want me and my factory gone”

“Yes Hanz” replied Autumn clapping his hoofs together “we all want to take over your glue factory so we can make I don’t know weapons, glue type weapons give me a break Hanz.” Autumn sighed then added “look as much I think these rules is stupid we all have to follow them, and furthermore you insinuating that the community you have been apart of for 11 years as racist is unbelieveable.”

“Really,” yelled Hanz “when have any of them come to my home to visit, non not a single one besides you, and when I asked why do you remember what they told me, it was because my mother was a unicorn and my father was a Pegasus.” Hanz looked at Autumn who’s eyes were focused on the ground,

“Hanz, they were just fillies that copied what their parents said that’s all, they didn’t mean it no one-”

“then why did only 10 of you show up at my mother’s funeral that I paid for, and more than 50 of you showed up at my father’s and paid the extra 500 bits for a statue to be erected at the gravesite,” Hanz interrupted then continued “no more lies please friend, all I wanted was the truth, you're a detective who’s been known to sniff out rebels in Equestria, you’ve been gone for about a year and when you came back you didn’t visit your parents or your sister you chose to visit me that could only mean one thing.” Autumn looked surprised, had his friend really understood the real reason for his visit.

“Look Hanz you can go quietly” replied Autumn who had been standing across from him nodded towards the front of the factory, at the front was a caged carriage with Celestia’s royal guards waiting to pick up a prisoner, “or, well we can end it here,”
“If I say yes to going quietly will I be killed,” Hanz asked slowly

“It wouldn’t hurt you’re chances friend” Autumn who was now rubbing his front right leg with his left hoof confided to Hanz. Hanz wordlessly looked at his cutie mark and sighed “what about my workers” he asked

“we will find a very capable replacement Hanz, I know they won’t be as good as you” Autumn replied in a very chipper tone.

“Fine then Autumn I’ll go” Hanz grumbled to somepony he thought was his friend, as Hanz made his way through his factory a familiar song titled “Rise” by a band named the defenders began to play, with it’s upbeat tune the song began, even when we fall we will come back after all, the world is slowly spinning and somewhere somepony’s winning, but don’t give up now that you’re down you must rise up rise up. Hanz was alone in his cell his only interaction with any other pony was when he was given his meal of oats and water, Autumn explained that since Hanz had little interaction with the rebels he wouldn’t be treated as prisoner of war, but in exchange for that he must spend his entire 6 year sentence in solitude. Hanz had requested paper and pencils when he first entered the cell, he really didn’t intended to write any of his thoughts down, upon reflecting on his situation however he decided that writing a little each day wouldn’t hurt, at first he just wrote whatever came to mind from noises to the guards conversations. Eventually though his thoughts returned to the Pegasi and how much he was starting to loathe them, he looked at his stacks of papers and pencils and using his telekinesis spell stacked some papers on the desk that was provided for him and he began to write, he started with a title that seemed simple enough “Neigh Kampf”.

6 years and 5 months later, Hanz slapped the anthropomorphic fox with his left hoof “wake up I finally have a use for you, you did promise to do any task that I ask of you in exchange for your freedom correct?”

“That is correct Stickyhooves, though to be honest you’ve been a complete donkey to me this whole time, makes me wonder if torturing me really does get your hooves stick-” Hanz struck the fox once more, the fox stopped talking and spat blood directly at Hanz who as he moved away from the spit continued with the conversation “now fox insulting the unicorn who has provided you with food, water, and shelter is just rude you should be more thankful” the fox’s arms and legs were chained to dark gray wall stained with dried blood leaving him completely defenseless at the hooves of Hanz. “now my task for you is rather simple I want a certain Pegasus, her name is Rainbow Dash, I’m giving you five day’s to bring her to me, can you do that.”

“Yes,” replied the fox” I could do that, I’m not going to though because you’re insane even more than me, what are you going to do her if I bring her here”

“let’s just say I need an element from her, once I get it I will let her go mostly unharmed” Hanz replied.

“How about no, I don’t know what you’re planning but it doesn’t sound right not to me” the fox remarked staring directly into Han’s blue eyes

“my plans have nothing to do with you, but you want freedom and I want a job done the way I see it is you hate It here, being nothing my personal punching bag for 2 months, that tends to happen to ponies well the one’s who aren’t into into it anyway. This your chance to explore and catch up on our worlds events, be who you want to be, change the course of our history and all that good stuff,”

“no,” the fox answered Hanz sighed, and turned to a baby blue mare with a white mane and tail her cutie mark was a blue wand with what seemed to look like a ripped piece of space behind it,

“Trixie, tell Rarity to bring in the yellow one” the mare obeyed and left the room, minutes later trotting and dragging was heard, eventually a beautiful white unicorn along with the baby blue one dragged a dirtied yellow Pegasus with three butterflies as her cutie mark into the room “now, either say yes you will do it or I’ll have Trixie kill this little yellow insignificant Pegasus.”

“Her fate is your choice friend” Hanz stated “I’ll give you 5 minutes to decide”.