"A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

***Twilight's Pov***

"What?" I asked Mayor Mare. I don't feel Telsona's presence, so she is probably too far to be an immediate threat. But if she wanted to hide or escape, why would she transform into me to do it? She wouldn't be able to give commands that could be detrimental to us as me. Royal Guards have certain protocols to follow if there is a changeling threat. One of which is to not obey any orders that could possibly leave openings in defenses. They would even disobey one of us unless we gave a special command word, like "Banana" or "Eclipse". Sometimes I like to use "Bibliography". Not only because it's easy to remember, but also because it wouldn't be the first word anypony would guess.

"I said she looked just like you. She had wings, a horn, and even a crown with your seal to go along with it." She affirmed.

"Um, Mayor Mare, Twilight is wearing her crown right now. How could the Queen have it?" Fluttershy asked in an annoyed tone, trying to talk sense to her. It's obvious that she still harbors some small resentment from when the Mayor had her outburst. While I understood that she said all that because she was scared and angry, it didn't make what she said hurt any less.

"Changelings can create the illusion of many different articles of clothing. Remember during the wedding in canterlot when Cadence's Crown turned into the Changeling crown when Chrysalis revealed herself?" I explained. That wasn't Cadence's crown. I suspect that she just looked at the crown and fashioned the illusion of it.

"Canterlot wedding? So you dealt with the changelings like this before?" Trixie piped up with raised eyebrows, genuinely interested.

"Yea, and we would have lost if it wasn't for my brother and my old foal sitter." I told Trixie, feeling good inward when I remembered that. What would Shining do right now?

"...You're going to have to tell me that story one of these days." Trixie said. Looking around, she spoke once more. "So can we do something now?"

"What?" I questioned back at the vague question.

"We are just standing here doing nothing at the moment right now, and I'm really worried about Edgar." She said as she looked toward the ground, a face of worry imprinted on her. Sensing her distress, I had to break the news to her.

"I'm sorry, but we can't go looking for him right now. Not while that army is probably still out there. We might run into it while looking for Edgar." I told her.

"B-but you're an Alicorn! You could probably sneeze in their general direction and blow them up!" Trixie countered with disbelief. I shook my head at this.

"I'm almost sapped with trying to keep my shield up to begin with. Even if I was at full power, I'm only moderantly stronger then when I was a unicorn. Besides, there is a good chance that Telsona might still be out there and I don't think I can take both her and an army on." I clarified at the distraught unicorn. "That's partially the reason why I wanted Discord's help." If anypony knows how to take down a magic user, it would be him. Afterall, he gave both the Princesses a run for their money when he was at his full power. "I really am sorry Trixie, but I think it would be best to wait until Luna and her reinforcements came." I advised, really hoping she wouldn't get mad. I disappointed so many ponies today, and I'm probably already going to disappoint the princesses. I don't want another one to add to the list.

"...I understand. Afterall, you're just one mare."

She does?

"You do?" I said as I turned towards Trixie, pleasantly surprised at this. A couple months ago she would probably would have been very upset, to put things lightly. Now, she is acting so understanding. She has changed a lot the last time we spoke.

"Of course I do." Trixie said as looked at me. "Last time I saw you, you were a unicorn just like me. Just cause you grown a pair of wings doesnt make you any better then me." Trixie paused for a second. "... I'm sorry, that came out completely wrong. What I meant was that we shouldn't expect anything amazing from y- no, wait, I meant that your just like any other pony. I-I don't mean that in a bad way because you're still unique. It's just that-"

"It's okay Trixie, I get what you're trying to say. Even though I'm an Alicorn I can still make mistakes, right?" Trixie nodded with an embarassing blush. "...Thanks Trixie." I tell her, a hint of both gratefulness and warmth emanating from my voice. I know that I don't know the answer to everything, but that doesn't change the fact that I failed an entire town. Trixie might not have mentioned anything to prompt this, but I thought back to what Mayor Mare said about me, but then shook those thoughts out of my head after thinking about what Fluttershy said. Though we may fight and get on each others nerves sometimes, we will always manage to make up for it and hearse no moment in helping one another. My friends are my power, and as long as they are with me, we conquer any challenge. I wanted to thank Trixie for that realization too, but a voice from behind me soon interrupted the moment we had.

"Hey guys, have you seen Rarity anywhere?" Spike walked up carrying an assortment of blankets piled high. "Rarity sent me to get more blankets while she t-" Spike stopped when he looked at us. "...Am I interrupting something?"

Shaking my head out of the trance I found myself in, I looked toward Spike.

"No, you weren't inturrupting anything. We were just talking. I think Rarity is helping Nurse Redheart right now. Why don't you go back to helping her." Spike shrugged and started to walk away, only for my magic to stop him. He turned around confused until I lifted the blankets be on his grasp and enveloped him in a hug. "Thanks for always being there for us." While the hug out of nowhere caught him off guard, he returned it with vigor. Placing the blankets back into his arms, I sent baby Dragon on his way.

"I just hope Princess Luna gets here soon. I don't wanna leave him out there any longer then we absolutely have to.." She said as she turned away and looked toward the horizon with a somber expression. Raised eyebrows and both a tone and look of excitement soon etched themselves upon her face as she stared in the general direction of Canterlot."It looks like we don't have to wait very long." She said with a burst of newfound energy as she pointed off into the distance.

Looking over to where she was pointing, I can barely see what looks like many dark shapes against the sky, moving toward us. Soon other ponies started to take notice as many voices started to speak out.

"It's a bird!!!"

"It's a chariot!!!"

"It IS a chariot," I exclaim out loud to remove any doubts. It's not just a chariot, it's dozens of them, each being pulled and surrounded by heavily armored thestrals and pegasi guarding them. Inside each one are a mixed assortment of six earth ponies or unicorns, both from the Solar and Lunar guards. Near the rear of the force were cargo carriages, most likely carrying tools, food, and medical aid. At the middle of it all, the object that everypony was referring to, was a dark blue armored chariot with a very familiar Cutie Mark emblazoned in the front. "And it's carrying Princess Luna!!!"

Coming down to in their decent, the chariots started to slow down and angle themselves to make a good landing. One by one they started to touch ground on the roads heading towards town square, skidding as they slowed down. As Luna's chariot landed, I noticed the armor that she had on. Minus the helmet, it was a shinier her old Nightmare moon regalia and armor.

As she drew closer, her horn started to glow. Suddenly, a transparent blue pulse emanated from her horn, growing larger and larger as it spread in a sphere across Ponyville, with a low humming sound coming from it. As soon as it passed me I felt a breeze flow across me, and with it an amazing feeling of... a familiar happiness. It's like the same feeling one would get after having a wonderful dream. I don't think I was the only one who felt this hope, as soon the spirits of all seemed to rise as this aura passed them by. The goop that still held on to some of the residents simply dissipated away as their spirits seemed to lift, almost as if what happened not too long ago had only been a nightmare. Soon another pulse emitted from Princess Luna. And another. And another. Pulse after Pulse came from the Princess as she rode up to the center of town, each giving happiness and hope. She was starting to be followed by the newly uplifted citizens of Ponyville. She soon came to a stop, launching herself in the air with her wings. Flying in place, she used her Royal Canterlot voice to stir the hearts of anypony who was listening as trumpets sounded.

"In dreams, we can accomplish anything!"

Normally ponies are either very afraid or very annoyed by the Royal Canterlot Voice, but in this case the Ponyville citizens cheered at Princess Luna she descended down to the ground. As the guards started to direct the citizens away from Princess Luna and to the relief tents that are being constructed by the unicorns, Me, Rarity and Spike, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie, and Trixie made our way to her. Turning her head to us, she smiled and walk toward us, shouting a few last orders to the officers in the force.

"Friends, thank the stars above thou art unharmed. When my sister recieved the letter you sent, we were both stricken with grief. We sent warnings to all the cities and settlements saying to be prepared for anything." Luna said in relief as she gave me a hug. When she first came to back to Equestria, she had a hard time adapting to the social norms and such. After a couple years back, however, she became much more relaxed. The only thing she still had a problem with was her speech, as she switched between old Equish and common speak often. Sometimes she even mixed both up, which was amusing to say the least.

"Yay, Group hug!!!" Pinkie yelled as she pulled us all, including Trixie, into a group hug. Trixie still seemed uncomfortable, but that's probably because she wasn't used to getting hugged by her former enemies and a night princess.... Now that I think about it I find it completely understandable.

Feeling her neck shift against mine, I could only assume she was looking around. "Just what happened here, and where praytell, is honest Applejack and loyal Rainbow Dash?"

Almost as if on cue, Applejack bursted out of a home carrying two fillies. One of which was wearing a tiara, and another one was wearing glasses.

"Alright, just what in tarnation was that?" She asked as she placed them down on ground. The fillies soon spotted their parents and rushed towards them with tears in their eyes. "Ya know, that magic wave thing that was-" Applejack and the guards froze as they looked upon Luna, and then proceeded to bow.

"Rise, honest Applejack." Luna said with a regal air. As she rose, Applejack walked up to us. "It was simply a spell Princess Cadence and Prince Shining Armor helped invent after the Canterlot Invasion. It was meant to help give hope and remove any changeling element in the immediate vicinity. Unfortunately, the feelings it provides will fade eventually, depending on how powerful it was, so it's until my sister arrives it's only a temporary solution. It should still last about an hour or so."

"What's it called?" I asked Princess Luna. Old habits die hard, and she just told me about a new spell. I might have to learn it when this is all over.

"Its still a fairly recent spell, so no name has been completely decided yet." She explained.

"Well ain't you a sight for sore eyes. I was starting get worried you wouldn't show." Applejack said as she looked around. "Has Dash come back with any news?"

We shook our heads. Luna, seeing an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, suggested this.

"While we look for her, let us discuss what happened here." Luna said as we all started down the street. "Start from the beginning."

Taking a deep breath, I begin to recount the events that transpired.

***Three minutes later***

"After she killed the guard, she almost murdered Applebloom. I wanted to drop my shield so bad, but there was no telling what she could have done if I did. I almost had to watch her burn to death." I said as I hiccuped, trying to hold back my tears. Looking to my left, Applejack looked at me with more sympathy them before. To my right, Trixie offered a handkerchief like she did Applejack, only this one was green.

"Go on, I've got plenty." She said.

I took the handkerchief and wiped my eyes.

"Right when I thought that she was going to die, the queen suddenly got launched into a building by Trixie's friend. With her gone, I sent the letter, and here we are." I finished. "I would have tried to teleport him with us, but Trixie said he was immune to magic."

"Wait, did you say "immune"?" Luna asked, clearly surprised at this revelation.

Looking back to Luna, she just stared at me as if in deep thought. It looked like she was about to speak, and then we noticed what looked like a solar guard with his helmet off inside alleyway staring at something. While it was strange that that he was just standing in the dark alleyway, he was probably going to get in deep trouble for taking his helmet off, since it was against the rules of the Equestrian Military. Taking it off took off the disguise enchantment that came with it, showing your true identity.

"We will all speak more of your decisions and this "Friend" later, but for now I must attend to something. Stay here and continue your search for Rainbow Dash." She said as she started to walk to the guard. I couldn't help but worry not only for Rainbow Dash, but for my future as a Princess. I messed up big time, and I can only hope that Celestia would forgive me.

***Third person pov***

As she walked into the alley her horn glowed a shadowy blue, illuminating the alleyway. While a normal pony would have thought she was just lighting up the area, it was actually just a very powerful attack spell she charged up. It just happened to be powerful enough to produce a vibrant light. She didn't want to risk being caught defenseless in an bottle-necked place like this.

Luna walked up to the guard, determined to find out why he was disobeying one of the number one rules he had to follow and to punish him if his reasons were not sufficient. As she got closer, she got a good look at the solar guard in question. He was certainly smaller then the others, standing at about a hoof shorter then the others and a less bulky then other earth ponies. While his size would suggest that he was probably thirteen or fifteen, she knew that it was not possible since you had to be at least seventeen to join the royal guard. He had a coat as white as moonlight and his mane from behind reminded reminded her of the style and color Shining Armor had, only there was a white stripe in the middle of his mane and tail. On his right side he had a very large saddlebag attached to his armor, and on his left a standard-issue gladius. She could almost hear a sniffling sound as she drew closer. She was only a body length away from him now, but he did not react to her hoofsteps. Either he didn't hear her, or he just didn't care. Due to his smaller size she could peer over him to see what he may have been crying about.

Not even a yard in front of him was a corpse of another earth pony guard. The corpse was on its side, front legs folded while it was turned in their general direction. He had a small cut on the left side of his neck and piercing wound at the base of the throat, with a small trail of blood coming from its mouth and the hole. It's unblinking brown eyes stared off in the distance almost with a sort of defiant gaze. What was really strange about the dead guard was the fact that the top part of the coat was grey with a yellow mane, while the bottom-half had a sort of mixed up color on it. It almost looked psychedelic, but the "psychedelic" part was starting to fade away, leaving only what may have been the original coat of the unfortunate guard.

"This must have been the guard Twilight mentioned." Luna thought as she speculated what might have been happening right now. The changelings must have dumped the guard here right after he died."Well, that solves one enigma. But who is this other pony?" she pondered.

She straightened her stance into a more regal one and cleared her throat. The guard, hearing the throat clear he quickly wiped his eyes. That explains why his helmet was off, since he wouldn't be able to reach them if it was on. He drew his sword with his mouth and turned to face whoever was behind him. Expecting a changeling, the guard was shocked to see the princess of the night standing there. That didn't stop him from keeping his sword raised, since she still could have been a changeling.

"Bedtime." Luna said, trying to assuage any fears the guard might have had. The guard visibly relaxed upon hearing her code word, but was still a mess to say the least. At least he sheathed his sword.

"Your majesty, you surprised me." he spoke while bowing his head. He didn't have a gruff accent like the other guards, as his sounded much more inviting. She wanted to say that his youthful accent reminded her of one of the Canterlot nobles, only there was no snobish undertone. If anything, it reminded her of the knights of the old kingdom, which fueled her nostalgia and helped her relax. She took a better look at the stallion in question. He seemed the same age, if not younger then the dead guard he must have been crying about. She could also just barely see tear streaks on his face, even though it was tilted down.

"Rise young soldier. What is your name and rank?" She said to the stallion. He stood up, but kept his head facing down as he spoke.

"Khan. My name is Private Khan, your ma-majesty." Private Khan spoke with a stutter. It wasn't out of fear, and Luna had a decent guess as to what it was. Even if she hadn't heard the sniffling or seen the tear streaks, she would have heard the shear amount of pain in his voice he was trying to hide.

"Private Khan, please look at me." She asked with a gentle tone. While it was still a command, she still would have understood if he had hesitation, or even disobeyed it the first time. While he did have some hesitation at first, he complied by slowly lifting his head to meet her eyes. His face bore the same determined glare that all guards were trained to give at all times. He was probably trying to hid the fact that he was crying, but the ocean blue eyes he had were puffy and red from crying, betraying his current state of mind. "You can drop the glare if you want. We are alone right now, I can allow it." She insisted, trying to make it easier for him. He kept his glare though, and proceeded to explain what he was doing.

"Your majesty, I was patrolling the area looking for changelings, and I found a body of Hea- this guard." He said, trying hard to mask his emotion, which seemed strange to her. While it was always sad to see somepony die, the royal guard always had been very good at masking what they were feeling. It took five years for Luna to be able to tell the signs of what one of them was feeling. He shouldn't have had this much trouble in doing it unless...

"Did you know him, Private?" She asked, having an idea of what the answer was. After a moment of pause, he clentched his eyes and gave a nod.

"He was sent out of our platoon three days ago." He said. Luna knew he was telling the truth, but it wasn't the whole truth. Regardless, she didn't press him on the issue, having an idea of what he was feeling. After all, how many friends of old has Luna seen fade away into memory? She walked up closer to the stallion, and pulled him in with a foreleg, wrapping him in a hug. They met with their armor making a clinking sound as it caught him off guard.

"Princess?" He started to questioned, but was quickly shushed by the regal Alicorn as she slightly tightened her hug, careful not to crush him. Her sister taught her that a little compassion can go a long way in helping a loyal subject, and at the moment the best she could do is lend a shoulder to cry on. While it may have seemed presumptuous that she thought he would cry, the fact that she was hearing passive melody magic in the air shows just how much he was holding in.

Melody magic was a very interesting thing. When active, it could make anypony sing about a subject they knew nothing about and be none the wiser. But when passive, it can warn anypony of the mood a certain situation has, and amplify it for anypony that is affected by it. Any creature that has a very strong will or it powerful in magic like Luna can hear it and resist its effects, but it seems that Khan wasn't strong enough as It forced him to show his pain. He couldn't hold back his tears as they coated the neck of the royal sister. She felt small tremors emanating from the guard as he unbottled his sadness. Whoever this Private Spoon was, he must have meant a great deal to him.

"I'm sorry p-princess. I'm a guard, I shouldn't be so-"

"There is no shame in mourning the loss of a friend." She said as she let go of him. "But as sad as it is, you cannot help protect Ponyville in your current state. For now, I am relieving you of duty." She said as she shot a small purple flare spell into the sky, watching it explode in a gentle flash of light. "Try for get some rest, the flare spell I sent will bring some guards here to retrieve his body." She said as she prepped herself to fly back to the Element Bearers. Before she could leave however, a voice from behind stopped her.

"You'll get her, won't you?"

Luna turned back to Private Khan, and a look of both determination and angry desperation etched itself on his face. It as something Luna was all too familiar with when she was under the influence of The Nightmare.

"I'm sorry?" She asked.

"The bitch who killed Spoon. She'll pay, right?" He asked a tone wrought with a silent but vengeful fury. He wanted blood, that much was for certain. Luna made a mental note to visit him and any other affected by this event in their dreams and help them cope, at least until her sister gets here.

"...I will do my best."

And with that she took off, leaving Private Khan at the alley. He briefly considered leaving, but after looking upon the corpse of Private Spoon he decided against it. Drawing his gladius, he took a guard stance and waited diligently for the other guards to arrive. He hated the shear irony of the situation, how it paralleled with the past, but he couldn't focus on it right now.

"Don't worry buddy..." He said to his fallen brother-in-arms as he drew a line across where he was. Right now, his focus was trying to protect his friend like his friend had done for him many times before.

"...I got your back."

*Twilight's pov moments after Luna left*

"Ugggg, what's taking her so long? She should have been back by now. " I huffed with frustration.

"Knowing Dash, I reckon she probably got done with her flight a while ago."

"Sup guys, whatcha doin?" A raspy feminine voice asked.

"Nothing yet, we are just waiting for Rainbow Dash. I just wish she would hurry up." I told the voice, not really paying attention what's going on. Pinkie started to giggle, but that's probably just her being Pinkie. Most of the time she'll find any reason to laugh as long as it's within reason. "Fastest mare in Equestria and she's STILL late. The longer she's out there, the more worried she's making us all."

"Ah don't think I'm worried to much on where she's at right now." Applejack said with...I don't know whether that's mirth or sarcasm.

"...So when do ya think she'll notice me?" The raspy voice butted in again, annoying me. We have too find Dash, and I really don't have time for this. I turned to the owner of the voice that was talking.

"Can you please just be quiet. You're not helping." I told the Rainbow maned Pegasus. Turning away from her, I resume my thoughts. "Now, where cou-"

Wait, Rainbow-maned?

I turned my head to the pony I was just talking to, and saw Rainbow Dash just standing there with a smug grin. Everypony else was trying to suppress chuckle. Well, there's still the issue of not knowing whether or not she's a changeling. At the very least, we should check with one of my code wo-

"S'bout time you looked over here, egghead. I was getting bored of just standing here."

Yep, that's her.

"...How long were you standing there?" I asked her.

"About ten seconds flat." She replied, getting a deadpan from me.

Really?

"What took you so long to get here. You had us worried." I asked her.

"Alright, get this. So here I was, flying around Ponyville when all of a sudden I saw some shadows in Mayor Mare's house. It looked like a changeling so I busted in through the window, ready to kick some flank. But there wasn't any flank to kick. All I saw were maps and plans pinned to the wall. The guards that were with me said they would take it to the castle for you to look over. I knew I saw shadows, so I looked around to find what caused them." She finished.

"...Well?" We all said at the same time, eager to hear what happened next. Rainbow Dash reached inside her mane with both of her wings, and with a care that was unlike her, she slowly and gingerly lifted small object covered by her feathers. She held her wings in front of her and uncovered them, revealing... a little breezy. It was small even by breezy standards, based from the other breezies we saw, but it was still a breezy nonetheless. It was a very light purple breezy, with long blue hair. Well, long compared to its size, that is. Strapped to its left side was a half-eaten raisin and some thread, and to its right was a sewing pin. It was currently laying down with and covering its face with its hooves, shivering in either the tiny breeze or in fear.

"I found this little guy trying to hide from me. The shadows I saw was probably from the candle that was right next to where I found him hiding. Poor guy, he probably thought I was a changeling and got scared." As soon as Rainbow said that, the breezy stopped shivering. It took its hooves off its face, stood up, and glared right at her. It then flew up to Rainbow Dash's face and yelled at her with the fury of an angry little moth. As it was moving around, Its sewing pin was jingling around on its side.

"Scared?!? Oi, I wasn't scared!!!" it yelled in a high-pitched, feminine tone. Its accent was of the same type that all the other ones had. Maybe thats just the accent that they were known for, like earth ponies stereotypically having southern accents, or Griffons having a Prench one. "I getting ready to ambush you if you were a changeling, ya ninny!!!"

Rainbow Dash was not amused at the breezy's actions, and she wasn't the type to just let that slide.

"Riiiiiight, if you could call hiding in a flowerpot "getting ready for an ambush". I probably just saved your life. Without me you would've ran into a mouse trap, or got stuck in some old maple syrup or something." She shot back with her years of experience in the art of smack talking.

"First off I'm not a colt if ya can't tell by the thick, wavy locks of hair. And second..." The female Breezy turned around and bucked Rainbow Dash as hard as she could in the nose. It was a Breezy, so there was no way it could have hurt. That being said it still left a dirty hoof imprint on her nose. "I was doin' just fine on my own, thank ye very much. I was in the middle of making my daring escape until you just had to ruin it all by forcibly taking me against my will, ya glorified box of crayons."

So it's a mare. A feisty one at that. She's probably even more feisty then that one Breezy leader when he first left during the Breezy migration.

Rubbing the tiny hoofprints off her nose, Dash looked like she was about to blow.

"Glorified box of-, why I oughta-mffmvfmb mbdbghr!!!" Her livid threats were wasted when Fluttershy shoved a hoof in her mouth.

"We got off on the wrong hoof. I'm sure whatever she was about to say, she didn't mean it." Fluttershy said, trying to calm down the angry little sprite. "Let's start over. I'm Fluttershy, and these are my friends."

"Wait, you're Fluttershy?" The Breezy asked. When Fluttershy nodded, the Breezy flew up to the front of her view with a more lively and carefree way.

"Why yes I am. Why do you ask?"

"You're the one who helped my father get back home." She looked at her like she was supposed to know who she was talking about. "Ya know, tall Breezy, pink hair, and when he smiles it looks like this." She then proceeded to demonstrate his "smile", which consisted of her just staring at us with narrowed eyes, furrowed eyebrows, and a straight face.

Fluttershy stared at the breezy for a moment, then with one raised eyebrow she took a guess.

"..Seabreeze?"

"Ai, that's him alright. I'm Delphinium Bell, by the way. But you can call me Delphi for short. " She responded.

So she is Seabreeze's daughter....this just raises more questions!!! Like what is she doing way out here? Why isn't she at home? How come she looks so much older right now then she should have been. Last we saw Seabreeze, She looked like a newborn filly. The main question I wanted to ask is why she said she was in the middle of an escape.

I didn't get a chance to ask though, since soon I saw that Princess Luna was flying towards us. The glare from the sun made her look like a shadowy sillouete. I wasn't the only one who saw her, as "Delphi" started to get riled up.

"Come back for a rematch, have ya Telsona!?!" The mistaken sprite yelled at her. "Well bring it on then. I've been waiting for this for a bloody long time!" As soon as she finished, she rushed over to where Luna would be landing . She drew her pin and flew in place there, waiting. "I'M A GRIM BLOODY FABLE WITH AN UNHAPPY BLOODY ENDING FOR YA!!!" she yelled at "Telsona".

The glare of the sun soon faded as she decended, and with it the confusion that Luna might have been anypony else. She looked downward and saw the Breezy floating there, just staring at her while her mouth was just trembling.

"Well hello there, little one. Where did you come from?" Luna asked with a friendly smile. "I am Princess Luna. What is your name?"

Delphi said nothing as as she just stared at Princess Luna. Then she screamed surprisingly loudly for somepony her size and zipped over to Trixie, scrambling under her hat and surprising Trixie for a second. Luna simply sighed while she shook her head, and then walked towards us as Rainbow snickered in the background.

To be fair she has a right to laugh, due to how cocky Delphi was acting just a second ago. It's still like the pot calling the kettle black.

"...Well that escalated quickly." Rarity commented. "What do you suppose that was about?"

"Yoohoo, Delphi, what are you so scared of?" Pinkie asked as she poked and prodded Trixie's hat. Trixie pulled away in annoyance, and tried to fend Pinkie off with weak shield. "Come on, it's just Princess Luna. It's not even Nightmare Night yet, so she can't be that scary."

"I wouldn't bother Pinkie, for I am the scariest creature to her right now." Luna said in a tired tone of having to go through this even after a couple years of repairing her reputation. "Breezies and Changelings alike fear Nightmare Moon greatly."

"Whoa, what's with the getup Luna? It's nowhere near Nightmare Night." Rainbow Dash questioned when she finally noticed the armor Princess Luna had on.

"It was meant to strike fear in the hearts of the Changelings but I didn't expect there to be non here, let alone a Breezy so far from home." Luna said as she looked around.

"No offense princess, but if you wanted to scare the Changelings, couldn't you come as yourself? I mean, you can be awfully frightening when you are upset." Rarity offered with caution, not wanting to offend Luna.

"None has been taken, but I would have had a much greater effect on their morale if I stayed like this for now. Their fear for Nightmare Moon is equal only to their fear of the dark." She explained. Before I can ask why that is, Trixie spoke as she trotted in place.

"I don't know if this is important or anything. You may want to get to it whenever you have the chance, but EDGAR IS STILL OUT THERE!" She yelled as her ear twitched around. "We have an army and two Alicorns, shouldn't that be enough?"

"Indeed, but it is difficult to track them down right now." Luna said as she looked around some more as if in some thought. She then turned towards me s if she had an epiphany. "Twilight, you said he was immune to magic, correct?" I nodded, wondering where she was going with this. "That might explain what I've been feeling off in the distance towards the fields. I keep feeling something powerful, and at the same time there is nothing to feel. It's almost like something is flickering between existing and not existing. I thought it was just my imagination until now."

"That's Edgar! it has to be him." Trixie exclaimed with excitement as her ear kept flicking. She looked upward towards her hat with an annoyed expression a couple seconds later, then poked at it. "Hey, stop that. As I was saying, that can't be anypony else other then him. Though, I don't know why you can feel him all of a sudden though since he is immune." Trixie added to herself. It might be because Princess Luna developed a keen sense during her long life, but I don't think that's it because it didn't make sense to me. You can't just detect something that isn't affected by magic.

"And if he's there then that means Applebloom is too, right?" Applejack said, hoping she was going to like the answer. Trixie gave an unsure nod, which seemed good enough for Applejack.

Princess Luna took all this into consideration as she took a couple steps back. Her horn glowed a vibrant blue, and she launched a red flare spell into the sky. Within seconds a large portion of Royal Guard rushed to Luna's side, eager for some action. They were a mix of all pony races, mostly being filled with Thestrals. As the Pegasus were getting latched to chariots so they could pull the unicorns and earth ponies, the Thestrals formed a perimeter around Luna. Turning toward me, she spoke.

"You and thy friends shall stay hear and watch over Ponyville until our return. Don't worry about us," she told me with a without warning a shroud dark mist gathered at the base of her hooves, enveloping her as it started to rise. When she got completely covered, it began to dissipate as quickly as it covered her, revealing the once feared Nightmare Moon minus her helmet. In a voice I have not heard since nightmare night, she spoke once more. "We won't be gone for long." and with that, she took off at astounding speed towards the fields leaving a black smoke trail in her wake. Roughly half of the guards that came followed her at an almost equal speed, but were still a little slower then her. It would probably take a minute or two to catch up to her if she decided to stop.

I looked back to the guards she left, their face as stoic as ever.

"...Carry on with what you were originally doing." I told them, not being about to think of anything too more important then what they were doing earlier.

"That. was. AWESOME!!!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she flew in the air. "Did you see her? She was all "I'M GONNA MURDERIZE THEIR FLANKS" and she took off really fast and..."Rainbow realized that she fanmared pretty hard, and then readjusted herself "*cough* So yea, that happened."

"D-does she do that often?" Trixie asked with wide eyes and surprised tone." The Nightmare Moon thing?" Oh, that's right. she only just met Luna today, so it would make sense that she hasn't seen her as Nightmare Moon before.

"Not since a couple Nightmare Nights ago. It's mostly just for fun. There's really nothing to worry about." Fluttershy said to help ease her fear.

Trixie took some deep breaths, and finally calmed down a decent amount.

"Ok, I think I'm good now." She said, but soon adopted an annoyed expression when her ear twitched a little." Actually, there is one thing that is still bothering me." Pointing to her hat, she spoke to Fluttershy."You're good with these things, right? Get it out of my hair. Literally."

Walking up to her, Fluttershy grabed Trixie and moved her head downward so that her hat was level her face. As she started whispering softly to Delphi, Trixie froze out of instinct.

"Ooh ooh, what's she sayin'?" Pinkie asked.

"I have no idea," Trixie said, not moving a single muscle as Fluttershy worked her magic. "They're both talking too softly for me to hear."

Fluttershy took a step back from Trixie and gave the news.

"She doesn't wanna leave just yet."

...

"What?" Trixie said incredulously.

"She said that she just got warm and cozy and wants to stay there until there is a room made just for her." Fluttershy explained as she shook her head. "Besides, she also said that she liked how it smelled like a mix of raspberries and booze inside of it." Fluttershy added. Trixie looked back towards us and saw that we were all just staring at her.

"What?" She asked in an acccusing manner after being put on the spot."You have your vices, and Trixie has hers."

Deciding to change the subject from her being an alcoholic, my thoughts drifted to Edgar. If Trixie said he was in bad shape, then we may have problem. Sure, Spike has gone in for a routine checkup, but none of our doctors have ever done a full-blown surgery on a Dragon, or whatever Trixie said he was before. She seemed attached to him, and if he came in more injured then he currently was, I don't know if we could save him. Almost as if she read my thoughts, Trixie brought up Edgar before me.

"Do you think she'll make it in time?" She asked, obviously referring to her friend.

"I don't know, but the changeling army should be taken care of relatively easily now that Luna and her reinforcements are here" I told her reassuringly. She didn't seem to buy it though.

"That doesn't make me any less worried about him, because I just had a disturbing thought." Trixie started as she looked over to where Luna flew. "Luna said that she felt nothing to feel, so that had to be Edgar. She also said that she felt something powerful in the same direction." As soon as she finished that statement, she looked over to me with worried eyes. "Whose power could that be?"

...Telsona!

Suddenly it made sense why Luna could sense him. It's because she was also sensing Telsona.

Looking back to direction Trixie was looking, I let out heavy breath trying to keep myself compose. If Telsona is out there with Edgar and Applebloom, then there is a good chance that something bad is going to happen.

No, I can't be responsible for any more deaths. I began whisper a small prayer to myself.

"Please be safe."

***Edgar's P.O.V,
Approximately Seven minutes ago.***

I take a couple steps back, griping my bokken in fear for my life.

"Don't EVER..." she said in a dangerously low tone, a cicada noise slowly getting louder as her wings started to beat faster and faster.

Oh Shit!

"...Presume to find me comparable with that Miserable Failure!!!" She screamed as she bursted towards me with her katana. Fueled by her rage, she did many sloppy slashes at me, which I prominently kept trying to dodge. She eventually did a downwards cut with her sword as soon as she came into range. Letting my martial instincts kick in, I moved my bokken in a parry position above my head, letting her blade glide across the back of mine as I stepped towards her side. When I was in was clear, I took my bokken and made a diagonal cut across the back of Telsona's thigh, close to her flank.

Contrary to what most movies portray, a Japanese sword fight would normally only last about five seconds at the most. It also wasn't about hitting each others swords all the time and using strength to overpower an opponent, at least when a sword like a katana came into play. It was about superior angles and precision. If everything went right, that should have been enough to take her down. But like everything that has happened since I got here, things went wrong. Firstly, I just now realized that I was holding a wooden practice sword, so when I struck to cut her, I just ended up smacking the back of her thigh. Secondly, when I deflected she ended up shaving some wood off my bokken leaving it a little smaller then it was before. Third ,she had really thick chitin, so it felt like I tried to chop down a small tree with a broomstick. Fourth and finally, I started to get distracted by the...Yep, you fucking guessed it.

Trying to ignore the painful vibrations I felt run up my arms and the strangely familiar and fitting music, I took a small hope backwards to get out of her range. Quickly turning around towards me as she winced, she took a glance at her flank and notice a black mark on her rear. It wasn't due to a bruise that started to form, but it actually came from the paint that scraped off of my bokken. Lifting her head up she faced me one more time, with a raised eyebrow to complement her glare.

"You just struck my flank." She said in a neutral tone, laced with a small amount of disbelief.

"You tried to kill me!" I shot back, not believing just how trivial this lady was being. She kills people without so much as blinking an eye, and then she all of a sudden gets so defensive about this??? Fucking women.

"You struck my bucking flank!" She borderline yells back at me. We both got into a silent staring contest for a second, until a wanton smile worked its way onto her features as she gave a small lip bite . "... I kinda liked it."

...Da fuck?

Almost as if she said something she didn't mean, she wiped the smile off her face and shook her head.

"...Sadly, I don't have the patience to act on that, since you did bring up she-who-shall-not-be-named. We'll both just have to settle for blood." She said as she got ready to stab forward. Right as she was about to stab, I opened the car door to use as a shield. Her sword pierced about an inch through my door frame, but didn't pass through the carbon steel frame of my car. At first, I though that was badass since it worked, but she saw her opportunity and tried to rush through the open door to get Applebloom. Letting adrenaline and reflex course through me, I do the first thing that came to mind.

"There you are, you little brat-AHGGG, BUCK!!!" she probably would have said something very villainous sounding if I didn't kick my car door shut with her face in between it. The door rebounded off her face, and she withdrew herself from it before i could slam it again. I gave the door another kick to keep it shut. She rubbed her lip before focusing her eyes on her hoof. There was a small green droplet on it. Putting her hoof back to the ground, looked right at me with an unreadable expression.

Well this is just fucking stupendous. Just what did I get myself into? Not only do I have a livid psychopath here, but my weapon just got a whole heck of a lot less reliable.

She lifted her sword in the air from her spot, which I lowered my sword to a lower stance. Raising her eyebrows, she then slowly lowered her sword to match mine, which I put my front foot back and moved my sword into a "hidden" stance.

"Ah, so you do know a thing or two about fighting. And here I though with the way you were shaking that this wouldn't be any fun." She mused as she put herself into her original stance. Fuck, she was trying to see what I knew, and like a dumbass I shown her exactly what she needed to know. Looking as if as was in thought for moment, she suddenly gained a devious smile. "Hey, I just thought of a wonderful game we could play."

Well that doesn't sound good.

"I never liked games that much." I lied, hoping that she would buy it.

"Oh but I insist, Jon Snow. I really think you will like it." She said, addressing me by the false name I gave her. Well, she believed one thing I told her, so at least I had that." Besides, I'm positively mad about games, you know." She said as she took a step forward, causing me to take a step back. I wished she used a different choice in words.

"It's very simple, really. The longer you survive, the more swiftly and painlessly your death shall be. Ready?" She said as she took another step forward. "Get set." I took another step back. "...GO!" She yelled as she took two quick steps forward, acting like she was about to strike. On instinct I tried taking two steps back to keep her out of range, but failed as I tripped over something and fell on my back. Looking at what I tripped over, I saw it was the changeling Telsona killed a couple minutes ago. I tried to get up fast, but a smooth black body pinned the arm that was holding the bokken. Looking at it, I saw it was another dead changeling. The green glow that covered the changeling soon faded, and when I looked up, I saw Telsona standing over me, and she had a smug grin on her face. Her horn was still glowing, and I soon felt even more weight on my legs. I could only assume it was another corpse. Feeling something really wet on the arm that was pinned, I had an idea of what it was, and almost threw up at the thought.

"Well that wasn't very long at all. You should be ashamed of yourself." She patronized as she held her katana with her magic close to the side of my neck. "I mean really, that was one of the oldest tricks in the book."

"Y-you cheated!" I yelled, not being able to think of anything else to say.

"And did I win?" She shot back in an amused tone. After she gave a small chuckle, her face shifted back to the serious gaze she had before. "I think I'm going to kill you now, but don't worry, you won't die."

What?

"Hehe, you seem confused. Go on, ask me why. Ask me why you won't die even though I said I'm going to kill you." She mocked with an evil gleam, sensing my bewilderment.

"...Why?" I obliged, not wanting to piss her off any more then I already have.

"Ah bupbup. Be specific, Jon." She corrected, obviously enjoying the display of her dominance.

"Why am I not going to die?" I repeat, beginning to dread the answer. She took her sword away from my neck and held it in front of her.

"This isn't what somepony would call a normal sword. I would even go as far as to call it cursed." She began, not talking her eyes off me all the while.

Greeeeeat. Now she starts monolouging.

"When I kill you, your spirit will be stuck in here like all the other snot-nosed creatures who got in my way." She said as she leaned closer to me. "Think about it, you get to be with me for as long as I want. You can watch as I decimate villages with all the other souls that are inside this sword." She asked as she raised her sword above her head, ready to plunge it into my neck. She paused for a moment before smiling a toothy grin. "You really did remind me of somepony. Many ponies actually, but the good news is you're about to meet them all."

"W-wait, if you kill me," I started to say, trying to think of something to tell her to keep her interested enough to not kill me." Then you'll never find the ring."

That seemed to be enough to stop her descent, if only for a moment.

"The ring?" She inquired as she tilted her head in interest. "Just what are you blabbering about?"

"...The one ring to rule them all? Forged in the fires of Mordor?" I kept going, trying to buy time until I think of something.

"...That literally sounds like something a twelve year old colt would make up while playing forts and phantoms." She said as she deadpaned. Wow, what a cunt! No-one talks shit about Tolkien. "Nice try though." she mocked she started her blade's plunge.

I struggled wildly, trying to free my arm from the corpse it was pinned under, but it was no use. I would never get out of it in time. As she began to lower the blade, my life flashed before my eyes. My first day at school, my first kiss, going to the beach with my family... why do I literally see flashing?

Apparently I want the only one who noticed this as Telsona stopped her inevitable plunge, noticing a light reflecting off her blade. She seemed almost mesmerized as she stared into the blade, like a moth to the flame. Shaking herself free from the trance she put herself in, she frowned.

"Okay, what the buck is that?" She questioned as she started to turn toward the source. The second she turned her head to the source of the flashing, she found herself slapped hard by the light and she was launched a couple feet forward by some sort of blue aura, falling face first into the ground. The blade that was hovering above me fell down, and I barely had time to dodge as it pierced the ground right beside my head. Out of shear instinct I turned my head toward the blade, only to nick the tip of my nose with a papercut sized slice.

"Oh. My. God!" I yelled to whichever cruel deity was organizing my luck right now. "WHYYYYYYY?!?"

Ignoring the irritating sensation of the itching pain on my nose and how stupid I was, I decided to free my arm before I lost all circulation and got that dull "pins and needles" sensation. Relaxing my arm, I drew it inward whilst being careful not to hurt myself anymore. When my arm was free I hugged it and the bokken close to my chest, trying to get some blood flow back into it. Soon the music started to die down to a complete stop as another pulse of light passed over me, and the body of the changeling that my arm was trapped under also launched itself towards the direction Telsona flew, as did the other changeling corpses in the area. The blood that was on my car evaporated while the lights washed over it, leaving a shiny dented mustang in its place. As I picked myself up, I got a good look at the waves of light that were coming from Ponyville, and I had only one thought.

...Was that a fucking Patronus Charm or something?

Whatever, I'm not even gonna question it. I gotta focus on getting out of here right now. Sitting up, I take a look at the corpse that was right on my legs. There was still a bit of foam leftover near the edge of its mouth, and it was laying down in a strange position. It's going to be hard to move, but not impossible. As I tried to push from my position, but I only succeeded in pushing myself down. Scratch that, it's impossible from where it is. How can something so small be that heavy?

After a couple more failed attempts, I look at my bokken and suddenly get an idea. Using it as a lever, I push as hard as I can upward, trying to roll it off my legs. Hearing cracking sounds, I continue the motion while wiggling my leg little by little out from under the changeling. I knew that it was already weakened from Telsona shaving a large chunk off from it, so I only had a matter of time to get out before it snaps. I managed to get a leg and a half free before my bokken snapped, leaving me with a broken piece starting from the hilt, and ending with a sharp, splintered piece the size of my forearm. Since I got so much of my leg free, it was easy to get the last part of it out after one last push. I rested a couple of seconds before I got up, the waves of light coming to a halt after a while.

Picking up the sword that almost killed me, I begin walking to the downed body of the changeling queen.The sword itself felt pretty balanced, I guess. It's still pretty fugly in my opinion. Coming within a few feet of the queen, I poked her side with her sword. As it made a small thud with each poke, akin to knocking on really thick cardboard, no movement came from her. The Patronus shit from earlier must have killed her, which I am really thankful for since I don't see how I could kill her even with an actual sword. At the very least, I might have been able to go after the chinks in her chitin and joints, but I don't think I would have been skilled enough to hit them.

...Wow, she's dead. I know Telsona tried to kill everyone and all, but that doesn't change the fact that she was once a living creature. Or that I killed all these changelings. At least with the normal ones, they were easier to kill since they were more like bugs then anything else. I almost felt bad, but I say "almost" because she and her bugs killed people who were just as alive as she was. It's still-

Nope, fuck it. I'm not getting philosophical. I just wanna leave before I get in any more bad situations.

Before I start to head to my car, I turn back to the deceased queen next to me.

"Don't talk shit about Tolkien!" I yelled in a raised voice as I gave a swift kick to her back. I kinda wished I didn't though. It literally felt like kicking a tree. After giving a silent curse and holding my boot whilst hopping in place for couple seconds, I hobbled back to my car.

Walking within feet of the car, I saw Applebloom in the window of the car, still looking scared. I was wondering she was scared of, until she pointed a hoof to something behind me. When I started to hear a cicada noise and the music from earlier behind me, I had an idea of who exactly was behind me.

You have got to be be fucking kidding me!

While turning with speed, I swung the sword in a horizontal strike towards her head, hoping to chop it off. The blade stopped with a padded thud right at the chitin on her neck. A few locks hair that I cut through fell down as she stared at me with an unamused expression.

"Really?" She questioned with a tone that matched her face. Rolling her eyes she grabbed me and threw me to the ground. Hard. I'm glad that breakfalls were one of the first things we were taught, otherwise I would have had the wind knocked out of me. I hit the spot where I was trapped before, and tried to get up only to be once more pinned, but this time with her hoof pressing down on my left bicep. Smacking her sword out of my other hand, she pinned my other arm to the ground. "Okay, let's try this again, from the top."

Telsona looked at her sword and did a slight nod...only for nothing to happen right now. She scrunched her eyebrows and nodded again at the sword only to have nothing happen yet again.

"Oh, come on!" She said, as she continued staring at her sword. I was wondering what was going on too, until I looked at the hooves she was pinning me with. I remembered what happened when I first got here, back when Trixie tried to get me out of the car.

First, Trixie had grabbed one of her fake knives from her magic acts, the kind that bends on impact. She laughed it off, albeit sheepishly, and ran back to grab a real knife from her soot-covered home. When she returned, the knife floated in her blue aura as she concentrated, moving it carefully toward me. But just as the blade touched my seatbelt, the magic aura fizzled out, and the knife dropped, clattering onto the floor.

Trixie blinked, her ears twitching as she frowned. “What...?” She hesitated before trying again, her magic gripping the knife firmly. This time, she seemed more focused, and the aura brightened as she brought it toward me. But once again, the moment the knife made contact with me, the blue glow vanished, and the knife fell.

She stepped back, her eyes narrowing. “Hey, what are you doing?” she demanded, her tone suspicious. “Are you messing with my magic?”

“What? No!” I raised my hands defensively. “I swear, I’m not doing anything. I have no idea why it’s not working.”

Trixie’s eyes flicked between me and the knife, her brow furrowed in confusion. She looked like she was trying to figure out if I was pulling some kind of trick. “This doesn’t make any sense...” she muttered, clearly unsettled.

Looking back at the struggling queen, I see that her magic is not working cause she's touching me. She can't get her sword. While that's convenient at the moment, I'm still not sure how I'm going to get out of here. Looking around, I saw the splintered piece of my bokken lying just an inch out of reach. If I could just move a little, I could probably reach it and do something. Anything that would help me get out of here.

As she stood over me with hooves against my arms, I realized that she forgot about my legs this time. I could probably kick her in a sensitive spot to stun her or something.

Anything that would help me get out of here, right?

Bending my leg, I deliver the most devastating kick I could give in an upward motion, hoping that would make her jump up in pain, and maybe free my arms. While I expected to hear a yelp or anything, i didn't expect to hear the sound I heard next.

*squech*

...I just kicked her vagina...

I tried frantically to pull my foot free, but her vaginal muscles clamped on my boots, not allowing any form of movement. The fight music stopped very suddenly, leaving nothing to listen to but the wind and awkward silence. To my surprise, no screams pain or movement came from Telsona, as she just stood there, frozen with eyes closed and her mouth open in an "o" shape. A soft sound comparable to a cricket chirping emitted from her mouth as she shifted her hips a little, finally opening her eyes and looking down at me.

I think I dun goofed.

At first she just stared with malice, but then after she blinked a couple times, her expression soften as it shifted into curiosity.

"Hmmmm, I wonder..." She asked herself. Taking a couple seconds to think, she pointed her horn towards my face and started to lower it. She started to move the jagged bone closer and closer, scaring me into thinking she was going to impale me. I braced myself for pain, only to be shocked as she brushed her horn on the side of my cheek a couple times. The horn scratched at my skin, but it wasn't enough to draw blood. When she gave a sharp gasp, she lifted her horn away quickly. "You're immune to magic!" She exclaimed with shock, which soon melted into a mix of both a mirthful and lecherous smile. "Well that explains some things." Immediately after that statement she let go of my foot, letting it fall to the ground. Without warning she let her body drop right on top of me, straddling me with her head right below my chin.

Scratch out what I said earlier about the changelings that were on top of me being heavy. This bitch was at least TWICE as heavy. She knocked all the wind out of me when she landed. As I struggled to catch my breath, she started to scoot herself upward until her face was level with mine, noses touching.

"Comfy, monkey?" She asked, her breath laced with the scent of...pine trees and tobacco? As strange as it was it was, it didn't change the fact that I still could barely breathe. I wheezed as I tried to tell her to get her fat ass off me. Telsona, enjoying the situation, responded in kind. "What's that? Oh, I'm sorry. One moment." She said as she shifts her legs up just a small amount, still clinging close to me but giving my chest and diaphragm room to move. "Better?" She asked with an inviting look.

I nodded hesitantly, wondering why she changed all of a sudden. A minute ago she was going to kill me, but now she was being all...this. It couldn't be just because I missed a vital area and accidentally boinked her with my foot.

"I don't know what you're playing at, but I don't think I'll like it." I said in a labored breath, finally being able to breath.

"You know nothing, Jon Snow." She said as she began to softly nuzzled the side of my cheeks.Really? "But that can be forgiven, as can your...mistake and meddling from earlier. The reason for this is because, luckily for you, you just made yourself very valuable."

"And how did I do tha-AHH!?!" I tried to asked, trying to ignore the small but painful bite she gave my shoulder. She lifted her head to look back at me. I saw a small amount of blood seeping from the side of her mouth, which she sensually licked clean with a long, ropey green tongue, making sure that I was watching.

"Let me put this in a way a monkey like you would understand. Your immunity to magic not only explains why you can resist me, but also lets you qualify for the new position of "Royal Toy"."

"...What?!?" I yelled out, flustered as I felt blood rise to my cheeks. This escalated very quickly.

"Oh, I think you heard exactly what I said." She said as she lowered her head to the left side of mine, letting her tongue flop out. I still kept trying to reach the broken piece of my bokken, trying to ignore the teasing licks she kept giving. I could just barely touch it, so now I just have to try and inch it closer to me. "You see *lick*, mmhm, salty, there would be certain advantages to having a creature like you that is immune to magic. While it's true that I never had a creature like you before," She shifted her head really close to my ear, which luckily for me she didn't notice that I was able to get two fingers around the broken bokken. Feeling the hot moisture from her breath, she whispered the next couple sentences in my ear. "I can be flexible. With training, you could provide and be provided with pleasure that only the Queens would deserve. You would be fed, have a home, and have the full attention of my sisters and I. You would be the sole focus of pleasure from beautiful mares that have been alive for many a year, and have had time to learn the secrets of the sexual arts." Telsona sang with growing excitement as she got a whimsical look. "I can just see it now. As my sisters and I have our fun with you, we would make you scream in pain and pleasure as our own personal love pet. You would beg for mercy from the relentless onslaught of carnal delight, and we would deny you again, and again," she put force into her next line by letting her tail snake her way into my jeans, letting her soft hair brush and coil itself around my rod, making me squirm in the alien pleasure. " And again. All we require is your complete obedience. Doesn't it sound tempting?" She cooed softly with cricket sounds as her tongue continued to tickle my jaw-line, occasionally switching to my bleeding shoulder.

"...and if I refuse?" I ask, already knowing the answer. Telsona started to answer but was interrupted when my car horn went off, honking multiple times. When she got startled her body, including her tail tightened on reflex, sending an unexpected burst of pleasure. I let out a small gasp, which thankfully I don't think she heard due to the constant noise coming from my car. Looking up and to her right, she looked straight at the window and glared at the culprit. Applebloom, who was honking my horn rapidly, noticed the look the changeling queen was giving her. The honking started to slow in tempo, until after one last honk, Applebloom retreated to the backseat where she was originally hiding. I'm thankful for that because I was finally able to grab my bokken. I didn't move to strike just yet however, since my arm was still pinned. I need to get myself free. Turning back towards me, Telsona opened her mouth and revealed a set of normal looking teeth. Well, normal when you exclude the sharp, curved canines she was displaying.

"Just because I can't kill you with my sword doesn't mean you are in a position of negotiation." She said as she moved a little closer to my neck. I winced and struggled, thinking she was going for the jugular or something, but relaxed a little when I just felt a wet kiss on the side of my neck. As if to form a seal, the queen presses her lips against it as she then swirled her tongue around and around. As quicky as she started, she pulled away, letting a loud "pop" from the suction of her hickey ring out. "So what's it going to be?"

...

This is the most uncomfortable boner I have ever had, and I watched anime.

Seriously, this stuff only happens in shitty fanfictions.

Thankfully, I didn't have to answer and either A: become her toy, or B: die. The reason for this was because of the sound that we were hearing. It sounded similar to jet flying in the sky, and it was coming from behind where I was laying. Telsona started to get annoyed by these constant interruptions and looked up to to the source.

"Can't I just have five UNINTERRUPTED minutes to mysel-" she started in pissed-off tone, but it soon died down as her eyes widened and I saw an emotion that I haven't seen from her yet.

Terror.

It was a drastic change for what this mare made herself out to be. Looking at what was behind me, I saw a dark blue object hurtling towards us, and it was emitting a thick black smoke in its trail. Looking back to Telsona, her eyes were wide as saucers and her lips trembled while she kept mumbling a mantra to herself.

"Happy thoughts during the day keep the darkness away. Happy thoughts during the day keep the nightmares at bay. " she uttered with a shaky voice and an almost trance like state with her pin-pricked pupils. I didn't give this much thought because she started to back up in a fearful manner, taking her hooves off of me. Seeing my chance, I thrust my splintered bokken as hard as I could into the softest spot I could see.

"EEEEIIIIIIAAHHH!!!" She let out a blood curdling scream as it plunged into her left eye socket, splattering a fairly decent amount of green blood over the handle and the sleeve of my shirt. The scream itself was loud enough to leave a dull ringing noise. She backpedaled as fast as she could as she held a hoof to her eye, trying to stop the bleeding. Turning to me and glaring with antipathy evident in her one good eye, she said a couple things, then green flames flashed brightly from her horn and straight at me. I raised my hands to protect myself as the flames that surrounded me temporarily blinded me. I felt nothing, however, and when I could see again I saw the area surrounding me was blacked like charcoal as grass smoulder-ed. Looking up I caught a glimpse of her form flying quickly into the Everfree forest with her sword strapped to her hips. I don't know what she said to me since my ears were still ringing, but I don't think she was inviting me for tea.

While my hearing was recovering, I tried to catch my breath and calm myself down from all the shit that happened throughout the last couple of minutes. I didn't get the chance to though, because that dark comet thing from earlier landed close by where the car was, about twenty yards. It left a small crater and a cloud of dust, obscuring whatever was inside. Soon, a silhouette appeared from within, and as the dust started to settle, a dark blue Alicorn was revealed.

Correction: My favorite dark blue Alicorn was revealed. I squealed like a fangirl on the inside when saw her.

Princess Luna started to emerge from the mini crater she created upon impact, dark vapors coalescing from her hooves and body. Constellations with an almost living personality shifted and moved in her mane as it flowed in the wind. She wore the same dark armor and jewelry from the series premier, as well as a predatory scowl as she took a couple steps towards me. Looking between my car and me, she spoke to me.

"Art thou the one who is called Edgar, or be you Changeling?" she asked in a bemused voice that was unlike the one I come to know and love from the show. It sounded more like...Nightmare Moon. Yea, that's what it sounded like, though I don't know why she sounded like that. I wasn't going to hold it against the best princess though, so I responded in kind.

"Yes. I am, your majesty." I told her, taking deep breaths in order to calm myself further. Princess Luna eyed me with a suspicious look and a raised eyebrow, as if searching for something.

"Do you... not fear us?"She asked as she tilted her head inquisitivly.

"I don't really know, should I?" I questioned back, trying to be mindful of what I say. I don't see how I ever could be scared of her. Her awkward personality and the old way she talks makes her so kawaii. Though she's acting more serious then what I am used to seeing on the show. That could be due to the fact that we are surrounded by corpses of the army that took over Ponyville briefly.

"Many ponies still fear us. Please forgive us if we expected a similar reaction." She said as she shook her head. Soon, the smoky gas that was surrounding her began to dissipate, and Luna took a deep breath inward, then released it slowly. As she exhaled, I heard her voice began to shift in pitch and attitude, changing from the "Nightmare Moony" voice from a minute ago to the voice I expected to hear when I first saw her. "It is not often we meet a brave creature such as yourself." She looked past me and to my car. "Or even a creature as strange as yourself to begin with. When Twilight mentioned a dragon-like creature helping Ponyville, I wasn't expecting a thing such as you, let alone the creature that is behind you. What is it's name?"

"What, my car?" I asked. Why does everyone keep thinking it's a living thing? It's getting kind of old.

"Mykar... Is that its name?" Luna asked me, before looking right at it. "SALUTATIONS, MYKAR. I AM PRINCESS LUNA OF EQUESTRIA. IT IS TRULY A WONDEROUS OCCASION TO GREET BOTH YOU AND YOUR FRIEND!!!" she yelled at my car using the Royal Canterlot voice.

Fuck, there goes my hearing again.

As I try to clean out my ears and fix my hair, Princess Luna waited patiently as she waited for my car to respond. After a couple moments, she looked back to me after I started to get some of my hearing back.

"Is your friend hard of hearing? Should we perhaps speak louder?" She asked with innocence.

"NO!" I yelled a little too quickly, hoping to avoid any permanent damage. "Just no. You don't need to talk to my car. It isn't really a living thing."

"Oh, we are sorry for yelling so loudly." Luna said as she looked down with a guilty expression. Awww, now I feel bad.

"Look, we got off on the wrong...hoof. Let's start over." I said, hoping to make her feel better. I cleared my throat and spoke in a friendly tone. "Hi, my name is Edgar. What is your name."

"We- I am Princess Luna." She said as she seemingly felt a little better. She looked over to my car once more and spoke once more. "If it's not alive, then what is it?"

"It's a car. It's like...well, you see...think of it like a carriage with an engine, like a train." I explained with difficulty. It shouldn't have been that hard, but I was more focused on the pain my eardrums had.

"It looks awfully small to be like any train I had ever seen." Luna said. She looked like she wanted to say more, but she didn't get the opportunity as armored pegasi and batponies bearing weapons and her cutiemark descended down on the area, carrying chariots full of more guards, weapons, and chains with glowing runes on them. They surrounded both me and my car, their spears pointed at me with intent to kill should I make any sudden moves.

"Drop your weapon, creature!" One of the thestral ponies yelled, leveling his spear to my kneecaps. I quickly dropped my splintered, Green-stained bokken and put my hands above my head in fear that this guy would cap me if I didn't.

"Stand down, guards! This creature is one of the ponies we have been searching for." Luna explained in a stern, commanding voice. When the guards didn't obey, I started to fear the worst. That is until Luna spoke one more time. "Bedtime, now stand down!"

The guards started lowering their spears after that, but kept a watchful eye on me and my mustang.

"We are sorry about that. When Changelings attack, we cannot order our guards to do anything until we say a phrase that day." Princess Luna scanned the area, taking note of all the dead Changelings. "Speaking of which, did you see what happened here?"

"Yeaaa, well this was mostly my doing." I said while nodding my head. Luna simply stared at me wide-eyed. She was looking at the green blood that stained my grey T-shirt, as well as looking at the bokken piece that I dropped. After switching back and forth a couple times, she finally rested her eyes on me in disbelief.

"You," she said as she pointed at me. She then moved her hoof to point at the dead changelings. "Did all this...," she then pointed to the bloody, broken bokken sword on the grass. "...With that?!?" She asked with awe.

"Well actually I didn't do it with just this. Actually it was -" I said as I turned to my car. I was about to give credit where credit was due, but then I thought back to something my theatre teacher said to me.

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"You can't just pretend to be the main character of your own story, having everything handed to him on a silver platter. You can't just sit at home on the computer waiting for your destiny; otherwise, it will pass you by. You have to man up and take charge of who you will be, or you might end up just sitting on the computer day in and day out looking at your cat videos..."

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Just who am I going to be?

Back home, I really wasn't much. I had games, acting, movies, and Aikido. That was pretty much it.

But here?

Here I can be anything I wanted to be right now. Any personality… any backstory… it's mine for the taking. I could be a Superman, an alien from a world light years away, eager to help all I meet. I could be a Captain Kirk, an explorer who is eager to explore this brave new frontier, or maybe even something as simple as a lost author who had the misfortune of getting sent to this strange land. There is basically no limit to all the things I could do here, all the people I could be.

Don't get me wrong, I still fully intend to get home as soon as possible, but before I go I should probably have some fun. After all, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. My one chance to be extraordinary, and I may not ever get a chance like this again.

You understand, right?

My car got all the blood cleaned off by whatever that light pulse was, so aside from dents and scratches it was in a pristine condition. My bokken and shirt, on the other hand, got stained from blood splatter after I stabbed Telsona in the eye. Taking off my bloodstained shirt and tossing it on the ground like this was an everyday thing, I continued what I was going to say, only with a minor change. "...wasn't broken until about thirty or so Changelings." I said in a nonchalant tone, causing the guards that were still at the chariots to do a double take with surprised looks. Now that I had them hooked, I channeled the spirit of the ancient Roman God, Bullshiticus, to aid me in lying. "It used to be in a lot better condition, but it broke and I was stuck with that thing for the rest of the Changeling. I wish I had my staff instead, that way I would have been able to probably take on Telsona too."

The guards that still held their spears looked at me with in underlaying fear, with the revelation that they were just threatening a being that could do this to an army.

"The stallion who took on an entire changeling army...has nipples." A female bat pony from the left said in a disbelieving tone.

"Are we sure it's a stallion? We don't even know what it is." Another mare called out.

"Forget the fact that he has nipples," a unicorn stallion called out in a frightened voice. "Let's talk about the fact that we were just threatening a creature that took on an army of changelings with a wooden stick!"

"And a changeling queen, let's not forget about that." I added. The guards started to seem more and more worried, which seemed more counter-productive. I wanted them to believe that I could do all this stuff, but not fear me. "Don't worry, friends. I only go after those who would hurt others, and those changelings were going to hurt a little filly named Applebloom." I said in a calming manner, attempting to settle them down. While the guards relaxed a little, Luna's ears perked up at the mention of the filly.

"Did you say Applebloom? You wouldn't happen to know where she is at the moment, would you?" Luna asked me, a small amount of distrust and fear evident in her tone.

"Sure, she's inside my car. One second." I said while i started to walk over to the driver's side. Hearing armor rustle, I saw that the guards all tensed up. Moving even more slowly and cautiously, I place my hand on the handle. "I'm going to open the car now. Please do not stab me." I say slowly and clearly. When I opened the door, sitting on the passenger seat was Applebloom. She hopped from the seat and wraped me in a surprisingly strong hug. Not enough to do anything serious since she was just a filly, but enough to show that it would be hard for her to let go. Her fur against my bare chest made it feel like I was getting hugged by a fluffy dog.

"Mister Angel, you're alive!" She said with a slight relief. " Ya looked real bad, an' when she threw ya on the ground, ah thought tha-

"Yea yea, I'm alright. I'm an angel, remember? We're gonna be alright, now that Princess Luna and her guards are here." I interrupted, trying to get her to think happy thoughts. This whole thing has just been a giant mess, hasn't it? When we broke the hug, Applebloom looked at Luna with excitement at first, but then it shifted into a frown as Applebloom just stared at her like she didn't trust her. I wondered what could have caused this for a second, but after a second of thinking I got a pretty good idea. "My angel sense says she's in the clear" I whispered to the suspicious filly. She perked up a look and soon switched from being distrustful to accepting.

"Heya Princess, can we go home now?" She asked innocently, earning some chuckles from everybody.

"Yes, young Applebloom. It is indeed time for us to return." She said as she turned look at me. "Does your train still work?" She asked, obviously taking about the car. Walking to the front of my car, I lift up the hood and inspect it. I know off the top of my head that the battery needs a recharge from earlier, but I need to make sure that th- Sweet mother of Nicholas Cage, it's hideous!!!

There was a Changeling horn lodged on the inside of the camshaft. Has that been there the entire time I was running over Changelings? That could not have been good for the engine. I mean, I guess we could still try it, but I don't know if it will work. Yanking the horn out ever so delicately, I look back at Luna.

"Well, maybe. There a bunch of different things that it could need." I explained to them. First things first though, we have to get the battery running. I took a seat inside my car and got ready to turn the keys. "Would one of you guys hit this box here with some electricity?" I yelled out the the group of guards.

At first, none made any moves. When Luna motioned for the guards to do something however, the unicorn that spoke earlier walked up tentatively and aimed his horn at the box. He then shot a continuous ark of electricity at it for a couple seconds. It should have been enough to get the battey going.

"Thanks bud!" I yelled from the inside as I turned the keys to the ignition. The radio, the front lights, and air conditioning were working just fine. I wish I could say the same about the engine. The second I turned the keys far enough to get it started, it made an ugly sound akin to someone rattling a jug filled with nails. When I heard this, I shifted my keys as fast as I can in reverse, hoping that I didn't damage the engine anymore then I already did. I turned to my left and saw Luna right outside my door, waiting for an answer. "It's a no-go. The engines messed up, and I really don't wanna push its limits too much."

Luna nodded in understanding, and turned towards her earthpony guards.

"Grab some of the chains we brought. We shall pull his car into Ponyville." She declared to the guards. As they moved to grab the rune-emblazoned chains off their chariots, I started to get up to help them. I was stopped, however, by a hard but smooth dark blue hoof pressing down on my chest and forcing me to sit back down. Looking up, I saw that Luna was the owner of the hoof. Her hair was no longer floating, and simply hung off her head. "You are not going anywhere."

"Hey, I wasn't going anywhere. I was ju-" I started to get up, but I started to feel a sharp pain where Luna was pressing, making me gasp. Looking down, I noticed quite a couple bruises all around my body, most noticeable ones being around my ribcage. I felt Luna's hoof shift, leaving a small tingling sensation as her hoof trailed away from the spot she was holding her hoof and revealing another bruise. Some of them looked about a day old, while others looked like they were just starting to form. I only now just started to notice all these after taking off my shirt. They must have happened yesterday with the dragon, and today with Telsona.

"After a battle like the one you just fought, you're practically running on adrenaline. You may not feel it right now, but after it fades you will start to feel a lot of pain, judging from the sizes of these bruises and all the cuts you have. For now, you have done quite enough for Equestria." Luna said as she took her hoof off of me, her hair going back the ethereal wave it was known for. She didn't even seem to acknowledge it as the guards finished hooking the chains under my car. They started pulling to test the chains, but got nowhere as the car wouldn't budge. When I shifted the gear into neutral so it would be easier to pull, Luna addressed me once more. "As I said, you are going nowhere. At least until we arrive into Ponyville. Are. We. Clear?" Luna punctuated each word after that in a stern voice, like how a mother would talk to a child.

I nodded, not wanting to raise any argument with her, and she signaled for the guards to start pulling as the rest served as an escort for us. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her pick up my shirt and the two pieces of my bokken and toss them in the back of one of her chariots.

I closed my door and reclined my seat back, already starting to feel a dull but small pounding sensation on the bruises, which made me thankful that Luna telling me to take it easy. The part that sucks is now I just have to sit here and do nothing now. As the guards pulled us along, I look over to Applebloom, hoping to maybe talk to her and pass the time.

She was sitting in the passenger seat, just staring out the window. This has been a rough day for her, so I don't blame her for being quiet. That's not going to stop me from trying to talk to her though. The only question is, what do I say? I can't just go up and say "hey... sorry you almost got burnt alive and foalnapped." Trying to think of some way to break the ice, I look around the car for any ideas. My eyes eventually settled on one thing that just might work.

"Hey Applebloom," I called as I fiddled with some buttons and nobs on the radio, switching it to CD. Her ears perked up, and she looked at me attentively. "Do you like music?"

Author's Note

Hey, sorry that took so long, I just had a lot of projects at work and I needed to get some shit done. Big thank you to those who support me and this story. Leave a comment if you enjoyed this chapter or if you have anything you liked or disliked in particular. I will make it a point to read every comment that is published.

Sorry if this chapter was a poorer quality then the last one. I have no excuse other then the fact that I was tired.

Thx again to portal82 and knightofstories for some superb storytelling ideas. Seriously, props