"Alright, Ironclaw, we won the fight. Now, where's our captain?" Caspian asked, staring the griffon down as two casts were fitted onto his wings.

"He is safe in ze dungeon, I hope. As far as I know, zere was no interrogation with him. He should be fine and still in his cell," the general replied, grunting in pain as the palace medic did her job.

"What cell? What was the number?" Storm asked.

"I can't remember. Ze dungeon is not zat big, you can find him with ease. Tell ze guards, if zey are down zere, zat I sent you and zat zey should release your stallions."

Caspian nodded, then nodded to the others. "Let's go."

"Yes, get out of my sight," Iron muttered.

Caspian grinned back at him, then left the medical ward with Stormfire and Sharpblade. Much like the Canterlot palace, the Griffonian castle was confusing to walk through and harder to navigate, and was also much larger than the one they were used to. And thankfully, this time, they did not have to worry about avoiding the palace's guards. After getting lost twice, the three reached the dungeons, passing the guards and speaking to them to free those captured during the war.

Cell by cell, guards were released from their captivity and were told to gather in the main hall of the palace. Then, at the last cell, Sharpblade came across a white unicorn with his armor lying on the floor beside him.

"Sir?" He said to the stallion.

The unicorn peered up, eyes widening. "Sergeant?"

"You ready to go home?" Sharp smiled.

"Is... is the war over?"

"It is, captain. We're all going home," Sharp said, stepping to the side as a dungeon guard unlocked the door and held it open.

Shining Armor, surprised, slipped his armor on and walked out of the cell, the guard shutting the door behind him. "But, how is it over? Its only been..."

"A week, yes. Let's just say we took care of things here," Sharp winked.

"As your commanding officer, I would appreciate a full explanation," Shining said stoically.

"It'll come later. For now, let's go to the others. Apparently the king of the Empire is hosting a dinner for all of us as a way to apologize," Sharp answered, walking down the hallway.

"A dinner, huh?" Shining followed close behind. "It will take a lot for our countries to amend relationships. But eating a full dinner for the first time in a week will do for now."

"You can say that again, sir," Sharp smiled and led him out of the dungeons, meeting back up with Caspian and Stormfire and reaching the main hall where at least fifty other guards stood, waiting.

Upon gathering outside, palace guards led the large group into the massive dining room where multiple tables were set up, along with a large buffet with a wide selection of freshly made dishes for them to choose from, and soon every guard was seated at the tables, enjoying the first actual meal they have had for a long time, while the King of Griffonia personally greeted Shining Armor. At the end of the evening, nearly everyone had completely forgotten about what was happening just two days before.

***

"I promise you, general, we will help you find your artifact. But first, we need reassurance that you will not try to pull anything on us," Shining Armor said.

Ironclaw nodded twice. "Yes, captain. I will have zese talks with your princesses, and hopefully also a peace treaty between our nations."

"That would be much appreciated. As we both know, war is something that has happened too much between our countries, and our races are suffering because of it. And some day, if worse comes to worst, I hope to be fighting alongside you rather than against you."

"As do I, captain," Iron bowed his head. "Safe travels to you and your ponies."

"Thank you, general," Shining bowed his head in return, turning and walking towards the last airship in the field while the others slowly lifted into the sky and began their journey westward. Their airship soon followed, beginning another long trip back to Equestria.

***

Two days passed, and after much rest, a slightly weakened Thunderblast limped out onto the top deck to Sharpblade, Stormfire, and Caspian, who stood at the very front of the air vessel.

"Hey guys," Thunder smiled, walking up to them.

Turning to Thunder, the others smiled.

"Hey, Thunder. How are you feeling?" Sharp asked, his helmet in his hoof to his chest.

"Much better," Thunder answered, walking up to them. "Still got a limp but I'm managing."

"Well, you're looking a whole heck of a lot better than you did four days ago," Storm said.

"Yup. And now we've got home to look forward to," Caspian added, turning back to face in front of the ship, the others doing so as well with Thunder following suit. Ahead of them, the sun was setting over the calm, blue ocean far beneath with gentle ripples of waves across the surface.

"Beautiful sunset, isn't it boys?" Sharp smiled.

"Very," Storm smiled as well.

"And to think I didn't believe I'd get to see a sunset again," Thunder chuckled.

"But we did," Caspian replied, wrapping a hoof around Thunder's neck and poking at his chest. "We did it."

"Yes, yes we did," Thunder grinned. "And this is where I tell you guys that I'm leaving again."

The others quickly turned to Thunder with surprise. "Again?" Storm frowned.

"I'm afraid so. Buuut, as I said before, I wanted a break. Now is the time that I take another one. I'll need it this time."

Sharp nodded. "That I can respect."

They faced forward again, now seeing the distant skyline of Baltimare approaching gradually.

Author's Note

After many months of hiatus and procrastination, I am VERY happy to release the epilogue! I hope you all enjoyed this story.