30 years after the war

This was it Rainbow Dash the only pony in the world that was important to him right now; she was the key to saving Fluttershy from her torment. Florentine began “Rainbow Dash it's good to see you again” she said smiling at the blue mare with a rainbow mane and tail who had a more uncomfortable expression on her face; Rainbow Dash look at both Florentine and Tinker “can we make this quick I have to go soon.” Florentine a little agitated started asking her questions “how do you feel about the newly united Equestria” fussing with her dress Rainbow Dash responded “to me we weren't separated more like lost; we didn't do enough to lead the herd our way, in matter of speaking” Florentine, writing on her her note pad replied “I see” looking up from her note pad “That's a beautiful dress were did you get it?” Rainbow was silent “uh a unicorn named Rarity made it for me she's I mean was a friend” Rainbow's shoulder sagged as she sighed “can I go off the record?”

“Sure Rainbow you know I'm a friend first and reporter second” the green mare stated proudly placing a hoof on her chest it was at this point that tinker figured out how they got the invitations for this party, it would be easy, if you're personal friends with a Wonderbolt. He could hear some sort of commotion from outside the door; deciding to investigate he opened it a crack and looked out. What he saw was a group of unicorns beating up royal guards while lining up the party goers; slowly closing the door Tinker looked at Florentine who was watching him the whole time “What's going on Tinker?” she asked worried even more by his expression; “it's Hanz he's making his move” the blood red stallion assumed, a scream was heard outside the door Rainbow Dash rushed to the door only to be stopped by Tinker “I can't let you go Rainbow Dash” he announced blocking the door “those ponies need my help I can't sit here and do nothing” the blue mare argued “look I know you want to help them but if Hanz gets his hooves on you it'll be much worse for everypony else, he needs you Rainbow that's why his followers are here whatever he's planning it involves you.”

Rainbow's expression changed from anger to confusion “and how do you know this, who are you anyway?”

“I'm a friend that wants to help” the stallion answered with a serious expression; “so what, we just wait here while Hanz's lackeys does Celestia knows what to everypony else” the Rainbow mare complained “no I will go out there and see what I can do” Tinker replied putting a hoof on her shoulder “Florentine block the door when I leave.” With that Tinker left the room and trotted towards the ballroom; “heh look at this guy” a dark purple unicorn said to the another unicorns within earshot they turned to look at a stallion slowly totting up towards them the dark purple unicorn trotted to met him. Tinker stopped and observed his surroundings; he saw ponies young and old all lined up along the walls some shaking in fear, others staring with eye's full of anger at the unicorns for interrupting their party.

Tinker looked at the dark purple unicorn “Hello there dirt pony as you can see we're in control of the activities of the party for the rest of the evening, this is all brought to everypony here by our glorious leader Hanz Von Sticky Hooves!” The purple unicorn shouted proudly putting up two hooves in the air as if praising a god his black uniform glittering with medals; “I see and why may I ask is your glorious leader so interested in this celebration in particular” asked Tinker with a smug smile.

“Well now we have a curious dirt pony, but telling would be ruining the surprise” Tinker figured that either this guy didn't know what Hanz was looking for or he just knew better regardless he had to convince these guy's to leave and soon. As Tinker was thinking he became aware that he was slowly being surrounded by unicorns in black uniforms; “I'll only ask this once please leave” Tinker requested, the unicorns laughed at his request and started charging their horns to cast their spells.

They all cast their spells in unison which caused an explosion of marble, tables, and chairs black smoke covered the area then slowly dissipated to reveal a crater smoking and as black as their hearts. The purple unicorn smiled and nodded towards his companions “do you see what happens to those who stand up to us, stand up to magic come now fellow unicorns we are so close to our goal and are always happy to have new members to increase our ranks.” A chair thrown in his direction lands next to him he turns towards his companions who looked shocked as a blood orange pony rushes up to him to introduce his hoof to his face the force of the collision causes the dark purple unicorn to crash into the wall.

From what could be confirmed as the general consensuses when all of the interviews from the party goers were reviewed it seems Tinker had an almost supernatural speed. “He was like a red blur I didn't even see him hit that lime green pony and slam his whole body on top of a table” Tinker dashed towards a baby pink unicorn when he reached him he smashed his hoof against this pony's front hoof while the force of the blow was still being processed in the unicorn's mind Tinker used this opportunity to plant his front hooves on the marble floor he turned his body to then buck the stallion in the chest to send him sliding and crash against three of his fellow peers the remaining unicorns distracted by Tinker's intervention were then assaulted by the party going ponies.

Fox awoke in cell he had no idea how he got there but he assumed it must still be night time considering the moon was still up and still red. He wandered what happened after the fighting was said and done.

“So much for this being an easy assignment” Rainbow dash said aloud, her friend sitting across from her expressed her annoyance by groaning and fidgeting with the papers that were in front of her. The papers were nondisclosure agreements, silence in exchange for bits. “So lets go over what happened after the riot”

“why you were there, oh I get it you're actually going to record this conversation so you don't have to do much writing in your report” Florentine responded with a smug grin.

“I've got all night Florentine” Rainbow Dash declared.

“Okay I get it, from what I remember when the smoke cleared a Fox appeared, and it was really weird because as we feared we didn't make them all disappear. The Fox had one of Hanz's higher ups in his claws, but he let him go so there wouldn't be any harm towards the innocent party ponies, afterward you and a few other members of the Wonderbolts arrested Tinker and put me in here for questioning.”

“We didn't arrest your friend Florentine.” Rainbow Dash assured her

“Do not lie to me Rainbow! We were on different sides during the war I know how you're people treated mine. I will never forget THAT!” Florentine shouted at Rainbow Dash with anger.

Taken aback by her sudden rage Rainbow Dash was speechless, all she could think about was her other friends, Fluttershy disappeared without a trace but then again many pegasi have suddenly disappeared when Hanz started to increase his influence in equestria. Apple Jack along with her family left Equestria for good before the war got too bad Rainbow Dash had no idea where the Apple family went, though it feels as if they aren't truly gone especially when she sees their apples for sale in the market.

Fox wondered if he was ever going to get out of his cell, he felt that same feeling he got while being caged at Hanz's hideout. That mixture of helplessness and rage for being in a place for hours, not knowing if you're ever going to leave. At least there was no screaming ponies, though that thought killed him inside, as he looked around his cell which had nothing but a bed made of hay and a barred window to look out from, he wondered where Florentine was and if he got her into trouble.

Princess Celestia observed her student who told her all about what she had seen, Twilight was always happy to report to her but this time it seemed as if she wanted answers. That egg shaped object that seemed to have properties both magical and scientifically impossible, considering the fact that it has the ability to absorb magical power. It might also be because it has a black hole inside of it, every pony that spent time with it has complained about headaches and hearing voices that tell them about old ancient secrets.

Lime was in agony, his leg broken his hoof crushed, pain paralyzed him, all he could do was lay on his bed and cry.

Rainbow Dash sighed “Okay so lets talk about Tinker”

“What do you want to know?” Florentine asked

“We've checked the records we know that he wasn't born here, so how about you tell me where he came from and how he knew about the attack. Then sign the papers and leave here two thousand bits richer, it's tax free by the way.” Rainbow Dash stated with a smile.

“How about no?” Florentine suggested “Here's how it's going to go Tinker and I are leaving together and you guy's keep your two thousand bits!”

There was a knocking on the door “Yes!” Rainbow Dash answered.
A deep voice replied “Uh Rainbow Dash the Madam is here to see Florentine”, muttering to herself Rainbow Dash opened the door.