"War does not determine who is right, only who is left."

-Bertrand Russell

***Edgar's POV,
Fields outside Ponyville***

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"...How bout now?"

"No."

"Now?

"Yes."

"Really?"

"No." The bat pony guard to the passenger side of us told Applebloom with a neutral but stern voice. Wow, these guys have the patience of a monk on marijuana. Seriously, this little escapade went on for about ten minutes and not once have any of the guards nor the princess that was walking beside us shown a bit of annoyance. Frankly, I wasn't the least bit annoyed because I was too busy focusing on staring outside the car to really let myself notice what they were saying. Once we were far enough from the corpses of the changeling, taking in the natural and familiar beauty of this place was actually pretty relaxing. When I watched the show, I thought that most of the ways they designed trees and flowers and all that was a little "cutesie" for my taste, but with the vivid details that I can now see that has all changed. It reminds me a lot of how the greenery looked in that one "Oz" movie was, except... More real, and at the same time more fake. I don't know how else to explain it, it just is.

After giving an over exaggerated sigh, Applebloom gave up on asking questions and turned to me.

"Can we listen to more of that music now?"

"No." Luna answered before me. She had been walking beside us as we were being pulled for quite a while, almost as if to keep an eye on Applebloom and I. While she said that it was only to make sure we would be alright, I wouldn't doubt that there would be a secondary reason for keeping such a close eye on us. "At least until we understand what caused the outburst of Melody magic to overtake the music from Sir Edgar's tram. Until that time, there is to be no music."

Applebloom looked to me, hoping that I was going to at least plead her case to Luna.

"I think we should listen to the princess. They were really starting to creep me out." If I had it my way, I would have chosen to play my Disney CD the entire trip to town. It was completely fine when the first song, "When You Wish Upon A Star", played. In fact, Luna actually seemed to enjoy that one a lot.

Go figure.

Strangely enough, after a couple more songs the guards started to get a little..."Jolly". While this doesn't sound bad yet, it started to get a tad bit creepy when their eyes started to glaze over and their normal stern expression turned into a dopey kind of smile. The music went on up until Luna noticed that the guards started to mumble the song "A Girl Worth Fighting For" under their breath, and were marching to the rhythm of the song. I know those songs were catchy and all, but there is no way they could have known the lyrics to it. The part that crossed the line with Luna, however, was when the guard sang about loving his fantasy girl's cooking. He, being a unicorn, talked about beef, pork and chicken, as if it was his favorite. When I stopped the song, he, nor any of the other guards had any recollection of what they said.

Applebloom let out a defeated grunt as she just slumped down in her seat, just tapping the front of the console. I think it was my stereo that caused it. I didn't want to bring it up because I didn't know why it happened, or even if it was the sole cause of whatever Luna was talking about.

"Hmm, that's surprising." Luna said with a skeptical gaze that was coupled with a single raised eyebrow. "And here we thought thou lacked the emotion of fear, or didn't know when to be afraid."

"What makes you say that?" I asked.

"Its nothing really. We simply find it curious that not only did you just take on an army of changelings and their Queen, but you showed no fear of us when we arrived. Until now, I came to the conclusion that you didn't fear, or even know what it was." She explained.

"Well, I still get scared pretty easily, And a lot of times it's over the littlest things. Like when you see a spider in your room, and you take your eyes off it for a second to get something to smash it, only for it to not be there. Now that's the stuff of nightmares." I joked with a chuckle. Well, not really joked, since I really do fear the littlest and most unusual things. I gotta cover my feet with the blanket when I go to bed so nothing eats them, and I gotta check the toilet rims before I go to the bathroom to make sure there isn't a snake in the toilet. Luna didn't seem very amused though, so I continued with what I was saying. "Ahem, that being said, I didn't really see a reason to fear you." I said honestly. From examples of my history class to plot twists in books and television shows, I didn't really like the idea of dealing with the government or any governmental figures because of how they looked. Call it paranoia or an unnecessary fear if you want, but I was always scared that that something bad would happen. With Luna or any other pony however, I feel like I know her better then I would know Obama, or any political leader. Seeing them time and time again makes me feel like I could trust them.

Luna did not seem satisfied with that answer though, as her face seemed to show doubt.

"Really? We find that very hard to believe. Some would have attributed your bravery as ignorance of our nature, but you addressed us as "your majesty". Thou must know of us." She pointed out, still keeping her gaze straight forward. Shit, I really gotta stop doing that. Luna continued her elaboration as she walked in a more regal and loud way. "You knew that I am Princess Luna, that I was Nightmare Moon. I was the mare on the Moon and I almost brought eternal darkness to Equestria, yet you reacted to my old form no different then you react to me right now. Is that not clear? Are you truly not bothered by that?"

Ooooooohh. See, that makes a little more sense. Apparently, when she sounded like Nightmare she looked like her too. I guess I just didn't see it for whatever reason.

"Oh well, Truth be told when you first showed up, I couldn't really see a difference between you and Nightmare Moon." I told her.

...wow, that sounded a lot better in my head.

I was affirmed of my mistake when I noticed the guards dropping their straight faces to cringe as Luna became agitated, almost stomping as she walked along us. Breathing heavily out of her nostrils, she looked toward me as if she was about to chew my head off, only to turn back to where she was looking with pursed lips.

We continued walking for about eight agonizingly long seconds until the silence was a little too awkward for me to handle.

"Hey, I know what I said sounded bad, but it's not what y-" I wanted to continue, but Luna interrupted me with a huff.

"We heard thy words clearly, foreigner." Luna spat. Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed that some of the guards that were still walking with us were eyeing the situation with interest. Out of all of them, the Pegasus ponies had the widest eyes after she said "foreigner". "Like everypony else, you obviously think that I am still a monster, that I'm still the horrible pony from before."

"Nooo no no no, that's not what I meant at all." I defended. "I meant to say that when you first showed up, I only saw you as how you look right now. As the nice and gentle Princess that saved me a couple minutes ago." Technically, that was true, since I didn't see the illusion thing she had going on. "I promise, I would probably be the last person to judging you." And that was true in every possible way. Heck, I could probably count all the MLP fans in the world who didn't like Luna on one hand. Luna turned to me still visibly angry, but that soon dissipated when she stared at me for a while longer.

"...You really mean that, don't you?" She asked in a noticeably-less pissed off voice.

"Why would I automatically assume that you are evil? I just met you." I reassured her.

"...You're right. We have just met, have we?" Luna looked as if she was in thought for a couple minutes, but then looked forward to one of the guards way in the front. "What was that Sidearm? We shall come posthaste!" She said quickly as she speed up her pace as she walked to the front. I didn't hear any guard call her name, though. I should probably stop over analyzing it, since it doesn't matter as much right now. The most important thing is that I am pretty sure she isn't as pissed at me as she was before.

For about a minute or so, I was stuck trying to find a way to entertain myself. I didn't want to talk to or say anything to Applebloom because I know that if she is anything like my little sisters, or any kid for that matter, she is gonna say something about the mini-fight me and Luna had. I really don't wanna deal with that level of awkward righ-

"Heeey~" A deep female voice called in a hushed tone from my driver side window. I turned my head to find out who interrupted my thoughts see a bat pony fully clad in armor like any other thestral guard I saw from the show and just now. The only really distinguishing features I can see right now is the dark grey coat they were known for, small locks of dark azure(almost blackish) hair with red highlights peeking from the bottom of her helmet, and her piercing and contradicting vermilion eyes. They seemed almost mysterious. Dangerous, yet they weren't dangerous to me. I almost found myself lost in those hypnotic orbs until she waved her hoof in front of me a little. "You okay?" She asked me, knocking me out of my pseudo-trance.

"Uh, yea. Sorry, it's been a long day." I told the guard.

Now that I'm not spacing out, I can confidently say she looks like an OC that someone who works at Hot Topic would come up with. Though she doesn't look cringey or anything. Her colors blend fairly well for a dracula-esque aesthetic.

"Heh, I can relate." She said quietly as she looked to her left and right. As she finished looking around she leaned in a little closer and started to speak again. "Soooo, on behalf of the lunar guard, "Thanks". Any other day, you would have made the Princess's week."

"...If this is about the haphazard apology, I meant every word of it." I told her as I rubbed side of my shoulder, since it was starting to feel sore.

"Whether you meant it or not, the Princess is in a much better mood now than she was a few minutes ago. She is a nice mare once you get to know her, but it still doesn't stop ponies from shaking and shivering when they first meet her. Except you that is." The guard said. "You did say something stupid earlier, but you fixed it. I mean just look at what you did to her, you charmer you." She lightly teased as she tilted her head a couple times, beckoning me to look at the lunar monarch.

Princess Luna was talking and walking with with one of the pegasi guards up front with the same royal poker face that she had since we started walking. I didn't really see anything noteworthy about her being happy. I mean she coughed a couple times and her ears flicked once in attempt to listen to something, but that's about it. She had a stern poker face the entire time.

"Wow, look at all that "happy" that's going on right now." I sarcastically spouted. The guard just sighed and nodded.

"Okay, I admit it's a bit hard to see for the untrained eye. Needless to say, Luna appreciates it, and we really appreciate it. You earned yourself some brownie points, Babe." She told me as she looked around once more to check if anyone was watching.

"Ah. Well thanks, I guess." I simply acknowledged, not paying much attention to what she was saying, but instead thinking about what happened not too long ago. What Ponyville just went through was something that towns in even the more violent regions of Earth were lucky enough not to go through, and I can't imagine how everybody is taking it over there. When it comes to events like this, there are no winners. There are only those who lose less. I just hope that the Ponies aren't taking it too hard.

And no, I'm not trying to be a holier-than-thou shining knight here. I just know that there's probably going to be a ton of depressing stories. I don't want my first real visit to Ponyville to be gloomy, and I definitely don't want to go with a whole bunch of tearjerkers and the like. It's not supposed to be like this.

Then again, I could possibly write a popular book series based off then and make millions. I want to have an extraordinary adventure, with swords and actions and heroic miracles that come out of nowhere.

" Maybe I'm being a bit too subtle." The guard told me, focusing her deep cinnabar eyes onto mine. "I also really appreciate what you done for us. For Luna and this town."

"If you're really that thankful, you could send me a gift basket." I said.

"...Okay, I'm not gonna say anything else. I'm just gonna let what happens be a surprise." She said, her lips curling into a mischievous smile as she seemed to be playing with whatever idea she had beneath that helmet. The slightly larger thestral to the right passenger side coughed a little as he his eyes shifted to the guard that was just talking to me. "Uh oh, looks like I gotta shut up. For now, just try to not let what Luna said bother you. We are all a bit emotional right now."

"What do you mean by that?" I turned to ask her, wanting to know what she meant by ignoring what Luna said. When I saw her, she was looking straight ahead with the same glare that every one of the guards had, ignoring what I was saying. "Hello? HELLLLOOOOOO?!?" I provoked, trying to get a response from her, but to no avail. I sighed and rolled up my windows. I'm not going get anything else out of her, so there's no point in wasting the air conditioning.

Well that's maddeningly unhelpful. You can't just hook someone in with something interesting and not finish it. She didn't even give me her name.

I didn't get to think about it for long though, since we are almost at Ponyville anyway. I know because we were coming up to the hill Trixie and I passed when I was going to Ponyville. Speaking of which, what was she doing back there? Where did she go?

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"Huh, did you say something Applebloom?"

"Nuh uh, ah was just humming to myself."

Weird, I could have sworn I heard something. Back to the matter at hand, I'm sure that Trixie and the Mane Six had a good reason for not being there. I mean, Trixie's not the mare from before, right? I wonder what she's doing right now?

***Twilight's POV, Ponyville***

"Ooooooh, this waiting is killing me!!! They should be back by now." Trixie commented, her signs of annoyance creeping as her ears kept flicking. Having that breezy up there might not be all that helpful.

"You seem pretty worried for your pal." Rainbow dash commented. "You must two go way back huh. How come we never saw him?"

We were all standing at the town square, waiting for Luna to come back, hopefully with Edgar and Applebloom. Applejack was comforting Big Macintosh as he got one of his legs wrapped by one of the freed nurses. He was insistent with staying with us, but he couldn't really move much because of the pain he was in due to what the changelings probably did to him. Although he limped a bit on one of his back legs, he seemed relatively fine. Nevertheless, he had to get it treated as best he could until the castle infirmary treated the most injured of the town. Big Mac laid against one of the overturned Apple carts he brought into town earlier, Applejack close to his side as they kept reassuring each other about Applebloom's safety.

Luna hasn't been gone for very long. I would say that she's been gone for couple minutes, but I can still see how that would seem like forever for both Trixie and the Apples. Applejack has been hysterical for her sister's saftey ever since this whole fiasco has started, and Trixie...

"...Suuuure, if you could call meeting him last night going way back." She with a sheepish laugh, getting our attention very quickly with that revelation.

What?

Looking back and forth between us, Trixie shook her head at our shock.

"It's a Loooong story."

"Ohmygosh, you just made friends with him yesterday? This calls for a "WOOHOO, Trixie made a friend" Party!!!" Pinkie yelled as she hopped around in the way she always did when something exciting happened. On her fourth jump however, she froze in the middle of her jump as a look of shocked realization replaced her excitement. Still floating in mid-air, she turned her head toward Sugarcube Corner and the destruction around it. "I can't host a party right now... Ponyville is a mess." She slowly descended from her physics defying feat as her mane started to droop. "Maaaybe could host it at the castle! That's a good party place, right?" After that realization, her mane livened up again as she got into her normal bubbly mood. "But how would I send the invitations if some of the mailboxes were gone?" Aaaaaaaand it's gone. "Maybe I could get a spotlight and a pair of scissors, and then I could...

As she continued to bounce between hope and despair about her parties, I couldn't stop thinking about what Trixie just said. If what she said was true, then why exactly WAS Trixie so worried about him. While I understand that we all can get worried over our friends, there is no way she could get that worried if she had have been friends with him for that long. Before I could question her about it, I was stopped by a voice.

"Something on your mind, darling?"

"Mmmh? Oh, not really. I was just thinking."

"About?"

Trixie was far enough away, and Pinkie was still rambling on about things that could go wrong or right if she decided to throw a party (Seriously, what is a Spanish Inquisition?), so I didn't have to lower my voice when I said this. I still lowered it anyway just to be safe.

"Look at Applejack, and then look at Trixie." I told her, and she obliged. At first, it didn't look like she saw what I was talking about. Even when she finally saw it, she didn't seem to react very much.

"She's having the same reaction as Applejack, So what? Anypony would react the same way if someone they cared about was in danger, so I don't really see what the fuss is about."

"I can understand why Applejack is acting like that. It's her sister that's missing, after all , but Trixie only knew him for a day. There's just no way they could have become that good of friends." As I gave my explanation, Rarity looked at me more and more like was crazy. Shaking my head, I continued. "I know it's probably just my paranoia, but It just doesn't make any sense."

Rarity seemed to think on what I said, before turning and looking at Trixie. After about a moment or so, she sighed and finally gave in.

"Alright darling, if you are really that worried about it, then I'll keep my eye on things. Maybe I can see what I can dig up." She told me with a wink.

"Thanks again, Rarity." I said gratefully. It's probably nothing, but I don't want to take any chances. After all, the last couple times I listened my instincts, they were usually correct. It's kind of hard to concentrate while Pinkie keeps talking about things that can or can't go wrong, however.

"But there's no way I have enough cake mix for both Ponyville AND Edgar, and now that they're here, there's no way I can order more in time for all those parties..." and like she has been for the past couple minutes, she perked up quickly as a flare of genius flashed across her muzzle. "Unless I combine all the parties! Yea, I can turn it into a giant rave, and then I can get them all done at once."

Wait, they're here???

Apparently I wasn't the only one to notice what she said as both Applejack and Big Mac perked their ears, listening intently to what she said.

"Care 'ta repeat that sugarcube?" She asked in a serious but hopeful tone.

"I said I could probably throw a really big party for everypony, that way I only have to worry about one party to make super duper incredible. Do you think you can bring enough Apple juice for the town, AJ?" Pinkie asked her innocently, oblivious to what she meant. Big Mac grunted in annoyance.

"Before that." He clarified with a huff.

"Oh, you mean the part where I pointed out Princess Luna and her guards dragging the dragon-thingy into town? They're over there," She remarked as she pointed down the road leading to the fields. "By the way, what kind of cake do you think they would like?"

Sure enough, we saw the battalion of guards in the distance. The battalion, headed by Princess Luna, were currently marching toward us at a snail's pace. Behind them, Trixies friend was being pulled to Ponyville wrapped in the dampening chains the Royal Guards brought with them. The chains themselves were made of iron that had been dipped in a solution of lead and sea salt, with shielding and dampening runes etched into the metal. The chains were made specifically for binding dangerous magical forces, anything from a rouge unicorn to Tirek himself would be rendered near-harmless in those chains... the ones that were currently wrapped under Edgar.

If he was as good as Trixie said he was, then why was he bound?

As those glowing eyes of his peered into mine from behind the guards, the ominous light emanating from them forced me to avert my gaze over to Trixie, whom I was hoping would give some form of explanation. Anything to counter the creeping suspicions that were going through my head, but all I saw was the giddy expression that was plastered on her muzzle. She almost wiggled in place as she saw them draw closer.

***Third person Pov.***

Trixie's heart was starting to slow it's pounding in her chest as she started to calm down a little. She was relieved as soon as she saw his car being pulled by the Royal guards. Neither her, nor any of the other ponies could really see anything inside the car because of the tinted windows, but the fact that the lights in the front were on meant that he had to be alive. It's not like anypony else knew how that thing worked. As the guards marched along toward them, the other villagers of this hamlet eyeing the car with fear and distrust. Mothers and fathers averted the eyes of their foals as the royal guards that remained in the town stepped forward in an aggressive stance, as if trying to stare the machine into submission.

Finally, after an excruciatingly long ten minutes of watching the guards pace towards them, Princess Luna arrived within talking distance.

"The changeling threat has been dealt with for now. I take it the recovery of town is proceeding just as well, Twilight?" Luna asked. Twilight was busy looking over the creature for a moment, before turning back to Luna.

"Uh, yes. It's going very well. We already have the best doctors in the town inside the castle infirmary helping to treat most of the injured along with the field medics you brought. There are some injuries that have to be stabilized right now, before being moved to the castle, however." Twilight explained. "The food relief is being split evenly, with half going to the population and the other half going into storage for the next couple of days. While it seems like it's going to be rough for the next couple of days, I think we will pull through well."

"Ah, excellent." Luna praised. "And the deceased?"

"...Being removed from the public eye for now." Twilight assured with a slight hesitation. She looked like she was thinking about something, and then she spoke again."Princess, what about-" she started but stopped herself.

"What about what, Twilight?" Luna questioned, still intrigued at what she had to say. Twilight didn't say anything, but instead tapped head with her hoof. After a nod from Luna, they waited couple seconds before Luna spoke again. "There is no need to worry about that, for we have already thought of a solution for it. We must wait for our sister to enact it, however."

"Um, do you mean for the first thing, or the last?" Twilight asked, hoping for more clarity in their silent conversation.

"Both situations, but for the latter, we do not think it would be much of an issue."

"Um, your majesties?" a quiet, shaky voice called out. "I don't want to interrupt or anything, but, um, could we maybe talk about that," Fluttershy took a gulp before finishing the next part of her question. "D-d-Dragon you found?"

"Forget the Dragon, that things hooked up with chains an' surrounded by two alicorns an' a group of guards. It ain't goin nowhere, so it can wait." Applejack growled. "Where... is... Applebloom!"

"Firstly, it is not a dragon." Luna told the aggressive earth pony, "Secondly, we did manage to find her unharmed." Applejack let out a sigh of happy relief after hearing that, and soon she shook her head back and forth, looking for her sister.

"Applebloom, where are ya!?!" She called out.

"Ah'm in here, Applejack!" Applebloom's voice called out from inside the car.

"Oh, thank goodness she's alright." Trixie said, letting out another relieved breath. They could not have been luckier in her opinion.

However, Applejack had not torn her gaze from the seemingly malicious, flashing eyes of the creature. Soon however, the blood drained from her face when she heard the implications of what she heard.

"It ate Applebloom..."

"-And here I thought this wasn't gonna e- wait what?" Trixie asked in surprise, dropping her excited demeanor and replacing it with a wide eyes and raised eyebrows.

"It ATE MAH SISTER!!!" She shrieked as a haze of fear for her sister's life surrounded her. "DON'T WORRY APPLEBLOOM! AH'LL GETCHA OUTTA THERE!!!" She yelled as she charged at the car, fueled by desperation and rage.

"Applejack, it's not what it looks li-" Trixie tried to defend, but was too late as Applejack turned and delivered the mother of all kicks to the bumper of Edgar's mustang, rocking it backwards by about six inches. The impact let out a resounding crash as the bumper and a little bit of the front side of the hood folded inward. Satisfied with what she had done, she pulled her legs away from the point of impact, leaving two hoof-sized craters on it. Everypony stared slack-jawed and the damage this creature had sustained.

"What the BUCK, you hillfilly?!?" Trixie yelled.

"You'll think twice before ya think about eatin' another pony." She triumphantly told the car, before turning back toward Trixie with a look that could kill a small rhinoceros. "You told me he wouldn't hurt her!" Applejack growled, putting Trixie on the spot. Her eyes were puffy and red from the amount of frustration and the times she had been reduced to tears this day, but she ran out of them a about twenty minutes ago. Instead, it only served to amplify the illusion of her rage. Trixie looked left and right nervously before backing up a few steps...before she suddenly stopped. Tilting her neck up to try and look taller, Trixies horn started to glow as her eyes narrowed at Applejack. Before they could practically pounce on each other, Princess Luna intervened.

"He didn't." Princess Luna interjected with a stern gaze, standing in front of Applejack and Trixie. "Edgar was merely protecting her. She was not eaten, nor is she in any form of danger right now." Her point was emphasized when Applebloom jumped out of the passenger window that was rolled down and ran to her sister and embraced her.

At first, Applejack could do nothing but fall to her rump and stare off into space, before she finally returned the hug tightly, squeezing her eyes shut as she started to choke back sobs. The eyes that ran dry from tears soon had a newfound supply, but unlike her previous bursts of wet anger, these were tears of joy. After everything that happened today and against unfathomable odds, her sister is alive and well. It was a miracle, one that was shared with Big Macintosh, who hobbled over as fast as possible with an injured leg to join in, turning it into a group hug.

"Don't worry Applejack, ah'm alright."

"Eeyup." Big Macintosh simply stated, knowing that he didn't really need to say anything else.

"Cutiemarks in Changeling fighting? The hell were you fillies thinking?" Applejack reprimanded, trying to sound stern, but failing miserably as her happiness leaked through one of her eyes and tone while she nuzzled her sister.

"You ain't gonna try an' hurt Edgar again, are ya?" Applebloom asked with the big eyes that little sisters are often famous for. "He really is a nice stallion once ya get to know 'em."

She opened her eyes once more, looking at the unicorn she was just yelling at. Hesitantly letting go of her sister, Applejack stood up and swallowed her pride. "Ah reckon ah owe you an apology." Applejack said while tracing a circle into the dirt before looking back to Edgar's car. She cringed at the damage she caused to what she thought was a living creature. "...To the both of ya."

Trixie already said he was in bad shape, but she was just so stressed and worried for Applebloom that she forgot all about it and rushed in like she always has. She just hoped Edgar wouldn't be too mad.

"Edgar" said nothing to her, nor did he make any effort to show expression. His glowing eyes just stared onward into the distance in front of him. All of a sudden, the light that emanated from him started to dim more and more until there wasn't a single glow at all. The Mane Six along with Spike just stared at the creature, not being entirely sure of what happened until Rainbow Dash spoke out.

"Uhhh, did that thing just...die?" She asked no one in particular.

"Oh no, that poor creature." Fluttershy said solemnly with her head hung low, walking toward the creature to close it's eyes and send it off into a peaceful slumber.

"What? No, y'all got it all wrong. he ain't dea-" Applebloom tried to say, but was inturrupted when her sister pulled her into another hug.

"A-a-ah'm so sorry, Applebloom. ah didn't mean to buck him so hard, but ah was just so worried about ya." Applejack soothed, stroking her mane in a comforting manner. Applebloom opened her mouth to try and speak, but her older sister cupped her hoof over her mouth, silencing her. "Shh shh shh, It's gonna be alright. I know things like this are hard to accept, but it's all a part of life. You're gonna be alright."

Applebloom, still trying to talk through the hoof, was starting to get annoyed at this, while Luna and the guards who were with her were watching in mild amusement. Applebloom didn't have to wait much longer to get her point across however, for right as Fluttershy came within two feet of the creature, its side opened up, causing almost everypony in the area to gasp, along with the fainting of three florists. The sudden motion gave Fluttershy about the worst jump scare she ever had, her wide eyes and motionless making her look like a deer in headlights. She stared at the opening, wondering what the hay just happened until another creature came out. It was a hairless biped, save for the medium cut mane on its head. To her, it looked a lot like either an ape, or a small mutated Minotaur. Either way, it looked incredibly ticked off. Even some of the guards that escorted it eyed it warily as it walked with a slight limp towards Fluttershy. It stumbled a little bit before placing its hands on the black creature's side and using it as support.

As he drew nearer, Fluttershy prepared herself for the worst, but nothing horrible came. He simply stopped right in front of the black creature from whence he emerged and, with an almost sullen mood, ran its paw delicately and affectionately across the dents and craters along the front of the black creature's armor.

"Edgar," Trixie said, breaking everypony out of their bewilderment. "Are you...Alright?" She asked, getting a little worried and weirded out by his attitude.

At first, it seemed as if the biped ignored her. Then, he weakly slapped the front of it and spoke.

"No, it's not alright..." He sighed in a calm manner, surprising those who have not yet heard him speak. Fluttershy jumped a little bit at the sound of his voice, but he paid no mind to it. He turned and faced Trixie, his sea-foam green eyes revealing his inner agony and fear. Trixie felt uncomfortable when she saw those eyes. Not in the "Creepy" sense, mind you, but in the sort of...awful churning feeling you get at the bottom of your heart when you walk into a hospital, or a funeral home. She wanted to-...No, it was her duty to try and help him in his time of need. She needed to-

"...My insurance doesn't cover this. It doesn't cover any of this!" Edgar shouted at his car. " *sigh* My dad is effin' gonna nuke me."

Trixie could do nothing but blink at what he said. When it felt appropriate, she took her hoof and placed it right on her face, shaking her head all the while. With that facehoof, all the previous feelings of sympathy suddenly went away.

***Edgar's POV***
**ten minutes prior.**

"...And that's how I defeated the White Bitch and saved the Starbuck tavern." I finished. It's been a while now, and we were just starting to come up to Ponyville. I was getting bored since Luna wasn't around and guard buddy was ignoring me. I know, I know I'm right next to fictional cream colored ponies and I should have loads to talk about. Well you'd be surprised. I know that I would creep her out if I started fanboying over her and her friends, so instead I decided that I would tell her a story. I shared something that happened in my past back in Minnesota, only I made it sound cooler. I know what you're thinking, and the answer is no. I already told it once, so I'm not going to tell it again. But hey, you're all a creative bunch who probably have a pretty good idea of what happened. I'll just leave it up to your imagination for now.

Applebloom looked at me, taking in everything I said.

"Ah don't get it. If she was that crazy, then why did ya go out with her in the first place?" She asked me.

"Cause humans get more silly the more they grow up." I told her, earning nothing but a blank stare. "... it's what I'm called. A Human."

"Ok, Mr "A hoo-man"." Applebloom said, completely butchering the pronunciation.

"Nooooo, my name's Edgar."

"But didn't ya just say it was "A hooman"." Applebloom asked with even more puzzled then she was before.

"That's like saying you are a pony, and I'm calling you "Ms. pony". My name is Edgar and I'm a human."

""Edgar and I'm a hooman"? That's a mouthful." She said with a sly smirk. "Can't ah just call ya "Edgar" for short?"

"...You're doing that on purpose, aren't you?" I asked, narrowing my eyes. She confirmed this when she gave a lively giggle and an innocently toothy grin.

God, it's a good thing she's adorable.

I was going to rebut with something, but I couldn't think of anything clever. It's a good thing that didn't really matter, because soon Applebloom changed the subject. Her ears perked up and her eyes widened as she pointed straight ahead.

"That's mah brother and sister." She said. Looking to where she was, I saw the Mane six grouped up in front of us, with Applejack standing next to her brother near an overturned cart. Twilight was at the front with Spike, Rarity and Fluttershy, eyeing us with a leery caution. I caught a glimpse of Trixie the rest of the girls grouped together, each doing what they would most likely have done. Rainbow was hovering over the group and, along with Applejack, glared at me. Trixie looked happy to see me, while Fluttershy hid backed up a little, due her fearful reflex. Finally, Pinkie was...waving at us without a care in the world.

Honestly, I should have been expecting that from her.

As we were pulled closer and closer to the group awaiting our arrival, I noticed some of the townsfolk were working on trying to clean up and salvage certain parts of the town. Some of the ponies picking through the rubble of what I assumed were their homes. Some looked almost completely untouched, saved for a broken window or two, while others looked an awful lot like they got zerg rushed. I could have sworn I saw a familiar brown earth pony foal with a propeller hat run out of one, carrying a little polka dotted bindle. Seeing Button Mash run out of the building caught me completely off guard because he was a fan made creation and was not canon. In the back of my mind I was worried that I would be seeing some other fan creations, but since there was a lack of alicorns with hideous coloration and cutiemarks, I relaxed a little.

I probably shouldn't be making jokes at their expense, since what they went through was traumatic, but back to what I was originally talking about.

The townsfolk were stopping what they were doing and gazed at us as we traveled on by, many doing double takes when they looked in my general direction. Checking my rear view mirror, I saw that many dropped what they were doing to follow us. Seeing the growing mass of ponies almost distracted me from what Applebloom was saying.

"- and there's Sweetie and Scoots and Cinnamon and Twist and featherweight-" She kept naming off names of the ponies she saw without a care in the world. -"and that's mah teacher, Cheerilee. They're all alright."

"Wha-Oh. Oh good for them." I said, snapping out of my trance and noticed that we were practically right in front of the Mane Six and Trixie. When we came to stop, Luna walked up to Twilight and started talking to her. After a couple minutes of talking, I saw Applejack step up between Luna and Twilight, and she looked uber-pissed. I tried to listen to what they were saying, but all I could really hear from any of them was muffled by the window. After a couple seconds, Applebloom started pawing (Or hooving) at the glass.

"Hey HEY! Take it easy there, Applebloom." I told her, scared that she was going to scratch the glass with her hard hooves. This car as been through enough already, I don't know what I would do If anything else was added to the list. "What do you want?"

"Could ya open your windows?" She asked me, nudging her head against the window.

Oh. Well duh.

I rolled up my window on Applebloom's side and then I started to hear their conversation much more clearly.

"-ere...is...Applebloom!" Applejack said in a tone that was very much unlike her. Well this just got interesting. Luna started talking again, but her voice got drowned out by Applebloom.

"We gotta let her know ah'm alright." She said to me.

"Well you can't do that if you're talking to me. Go on and let her know." I told her, before another thought came in my head. "And let her know I was the one who saved you...Twice." I added. I know that it might sound a little boastful, but if I know AJ's character, she'll feel indebted to me and not only will she give me a lifetime supply of the cider and Apple related products that the show boasts about, but this will give me and opportunity to hang out with her. I would finally get to hang with the cool kids. I could just see it now. I would be hanging with her brother and we would both say "Eeyep" a lot, Applebloom would want me to meet her friends and become a CMC, and I would eat all the Apple pie...ever.

Forgive me if I went off on another tangent, but I always did like Applejack's personality. It reminded me of "murican", without any of the negative stereotypes. Don't get me wrong though, she is far from my favorite character on the show. If anything, she is the last of the mane six I would want to change out with. Hell, there are some side characters I would rather hang out with, but aside from Trixie she is my best option to go "fanboy" over when everything is said and done.

"Applebloom, where are ya!?!" Applejack called out in a relieved tone, breaking me out of my little daydream.

"Ah'm in here, Applejack!" Applebloom yelled out my car window. "Ah want you take meet mah family. I know you'll get along with them." She told me.

"I can't wait." I smiled before looking back to the group. My smile faltered when I saw how quickly the demeanor of everyone, especially Applejack, changed.

"It ATE MAH SISTER!!!" ...What? "DON'T WORRY APPLEBLOOM! AH'LL GETCHA OUTTA THERE!!!" She said as she sprinted towards me with murderous intent.

"No no no No NO!!" I was saying out loud to myself as she closed the distance. When she got close enough she turned about-face, reared up on her front legs and bucked my car.

I felt a marinade of sensations immediately after, none of which were pleasant. I felt my body jolt from the impact, which amplified the soreness I still felt in my ribcage, and something very hard smack me in the face with the force of two angry freshmen. I heard sounds in the background, but they sounded like echos in the distance that were overlapped by the dull ringing noise that I was hearing, almost like what it would sound like when you got hit by a flashbang in Call of Duty. I couldn't breath for a couple seconds because I was being smothered in something that that felt like plastic cloth, but I didn't have to worry about that as the material started to recede a little.

As I groaned and tried to understand what the fuck just happened, I felt something shake my right leg. I looked over to find Applebloom look at me with a slight panic. She started talking, but it still came out pretty muffled. I didn't really catch anything she said, save for the last part.

"-m sooo sorry. Ah'm gonna go let 'em know you're friendly." She put her hooves on the edge of the window, before looking back at me. "Pleeeeese don't be mad at her." She pleaded before hopping out and scrambling to the group.

"Whaa?" Was the best response I could come up with at the moment. My head was pounding as I tried to grasp what happened. I looked straight ahead and Applebloom hugging Applejack in a group hug with Big Macintosh. Looking down a little, I notice my airbag was deflating over my wheel, as a small spot of red stained the white material. I also felt a warm liquid run down my nose, so putting two and two together, I concluded that the airbag thoroughly "rekt my shit." Looking back to the group of ponies ahead of me, I had but one thought left in my head.

That. Fucking. Cunt!

***Edgar's POV***
**present time**

"Let me at her! I'll turn her into glu-" I really wanted to finish what I was going to say, but a jolt of pain forced me to gasp and stumble. I would have fallen on my side if Luna didn't have cat-like reflexes. She leaned down and caught me with her side, and using the wing on the side I was on, she pulled me closer to her side and secured me tightly to her, making sure I couldn't injure myself or the hillbilly I was currently trying to murder. It almost felt like a living blanket was holding me against her.

"Thou had but one simple task, Edgar. Remain put and do not strain thy body, yet you failed to heed our words."

"But look at what she did!" I yelled back. She practically totalled it, save for the electronics. I was staking practically all my warrior "skills" and "abilities" on it, and now it's practically been rendered useless! I snorted a little just to keep the blood from running down my nose, but it also helped build the image of my pissed-off-ness. "She RUINED the body," I took one more glance to survey the damage. "And there's no telling what she did to the engine!"

To be honest, I don't know most of what I'm talking about. If the airbag was anything to go by, however, then there was no doubt that something was broken.

"Oh, you're just being a drama queen. It can't be that big of a deal. We fixed it last time, didn't we?" Trixie pipped up, annoyed at how I was reacting.

"We changed a tire and filled another with air. That's it. But this? This is way worse!!!"

"We are sure that whatever it is, it can be repaired." Luna took me and leaned me against the hood of the car. "But the words you spoke were uncalled for. Do you think that was an acceptable way to introduce yourself?"

"You're kidding me, right? You're not gonna get on her case about it?" I pointed out with raised eyebrows.

"We plan to. Both of you must learn to temper your emotions in the future, or you will make rash decisions you will come to regret." She scolded before looking back at Applejack, who pawed at the ground in a guilty manner. After switching the gaze between the two of us, a sly smirk adorned her face. She looked me dead in the eye and spoke again. "It seems as if you both got off on the wrong hoof. You two should start over and reintroduce yourselves." Oh, that's just not fair "Honest Applejack, would you step forth?" She asked as she beckoned her forth.

"Come on, Luna, that's just plain dirty." I told her, before getting a face full of feathers. She using my own words against me.

"Hush." She told me, watching as Applejack made her way over. "Now, whenever one of you two are ready."

"...Howdy. Ah'm Applejack. Sorry for bucking ya." She said as she looked away.

"Splendid work, Applejack." Luna praised before looking back to me. "It is your turn now."

"This feels stupid."

"Edgarrrr..."

"Alright alright. I'm Edgar... and I'm sorry for threatening to turn you into glue." No I'm not.

"Nicely done, now shake hooves you two." Luna commanded. Hesitantly, we both held our appendages out, and enjoy they connected, nothing happened. Applejack seemed to shudder a little when she felt my fingers enclose around her hoof, before giving three quick shakes and withdrawing it quickly.

"Huzzah, the ice has been shattered!" Princess Luna claimed. As Applejack trotted back towards the group, Princess Luna turned to face the wide-eyed gang. "As the rest of you may have heard, this is Edgar."

"He's certainly...interesting." Rarity said diplomatically. "And he's definitely no dragon."

"Anypony have an idea what he is?" Spike asked.

"He looks a lot like a chimpanzee." A guard somewhere in the back commented. hey now, you best check yourself.

"Nah, chimpanzees are stupid, and this one can talk. He's gotta be a Diamond dog." Another spoke. Hey! "or maybe he's a mixed breed. Maybe his mother was a diamond dog and his dad was a chimpanzee." The same Pegasus said with a look of "Eureka" flashing across his face. ...Did he just call my mom a bitch? HEY!!!

"Can it, Flash." Another unicorn said. "You don't wanna insult our guest, especially since we saw what he could do." He tried to say in a hushed tone.

Both Trixie and I rolled our eyes at the debate going on as to what I am until I felt something poke me on my thigh. It hurt a little, but not enough to really bother me. In fact, the touch was so light that I probably wouldn't have noticed it unless it hurt. "um, excuse me?" I looked over to see Fluttershy gazing up at me with them big ole' eyes, only to suddenly look down and hide them, turning toward my car. She came up to my hip like most of the other ponies, but she seemed to make herself smaller as she turned away. "I don't want to bother you so soon after Applejack cracked your shell... but can I ask what you are? You don't look like a turtle or a dragon, but if you're too shy to tell me, that's okay too. I sometimes feel that way too."

Hnnnnnng my heart! It grew three sizes today.

"I'm a human."

"Okay. Uh, thank you Mr. Human." She turned and walked away toward the pinkest pony in the parade. Fluttershy then suddenly cleared her throat, took a deep breath, and... whispered something into Pinkie's ear.

"EDGAR'S A HUMAN!?!?" Pinkie gasped out in surprise, jumping a few meters in the air...wow, look at that hang time. She's been there for a good four seconds before quickly looking left and right. She landed and shrugged her shoulders. "... what's a human?"

"Uh, hi. That'll be me." I simply stated, trying to nip all this conversation in the bud for now. "I don't wanna sound rude or anything, but couldn't we just deal with this later?"

Luna nodded in understanding.

"Indeed, for there is still much to be done for both you and Ponyville. But first, we should get you back into your car."

I tried to get up off the hood of my car, but my arms and legs felt tired. And by that, I mean REALLY tired. It hurt, but not as much as it should have been hurting. instead, I just felt very sluggish, and felt like I could topple over any minute. Thankfully, Princess Luna stopped me before I actually had to walk.

"Do you see the point I tried to make earlier?"

"Yea." I said, my pride hurt at not even being able to walk. "...Sorry"

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, for I've have seen stallions who have been through much less go though the same fatigue after a battle like yours." She spoke as she braced be against her once more and carried me back to my seat. "This time, stay in there until one of us comes to help you out of your seat."

"Battle?" Trixie asked mostly to herself.

Luna turned back with a confident smile.

"Indeed, for Edgar had not only single-handedly held his ground against the changeling army and their new queen, Telsona, He had done so with but a mere wooden sword!" She declares as she held up the splintered halves of my bokken, still stained with viscous green. The jaws of all the ponies within a twenty foot diameter and their ancestors dropped as their eyes almost bulged out of their sockets when they heard what said. "Yes, we could not believe it ourselves at first, but tis true!" There were many whispers and gasps among the audience, and words such as "Amazing" and "Powerful" were thrown around.

Oh Fiddlesticks.

It was probably a whimsical dream, but I was kinda hoping she would forget entirely about it that. At least until I can make up a story in my head about how I did it that was believable. Luckily, she decided to change to subject, so I still had time.

She turned towards Twilight. "I shall fly to the castle and oversee preparations and organization. While you escort Edgar back for medical attention, make absolutely sure that there are no others that require aid. " After she got one nod from Twilight, she turned to leave before noticing all the ponies that surrounded us. She looked at Twilight. "Before I leave, however, there is but one more thing I must do. Perhaps you may learn something from us yet." She turned back to the crowd who sought answers and guidance from the immortal diarch. Of course, this would be one hell of a time to hear music again... but this time the music was different. It was quiet and calming, like a lullaby. You almost couldn't notice it in the background.

"Citizens of Ponyville," She spoke in toned down Royal Canterlot Voice. It was much quieter then I was expecting. In fact, it was actually hard to hear her over the whispering of the crowd. "Thanks to our new friend, the changeling menace has been dealt with. Though he may seem foreign and strange, we hope that you treat him as you would an old friend, as well as anypony else who is in need of aid. For now, we urge you to return to your homes, should you be fortunate to have them, and extend generosity to those who weren't so fortunate to keep them. We will rebuild and endure, as we always have for our recorded history. For now, know that should any of you have any concerns, no matter how insignificant they may seem, you may find aid and solace at the castle. We only ask that you do not lose hope." Luna took to the air and started to fly off before a voice from the middle of the crowd stopped her.

"Mom, I can't hear her." A voice spoke from the back. Luna floated there for a moment before letting herself perch on the top of the school bell tower, her horn glowing a grossly incandescent blue. She narrowed her eyes at the crowd, trying to look for the voice who spoke.

"Whoever spoke just now, please come out." She said, trying to coax out the voice. I looked over to the crowd that began to split as three ponies became visible. The first was a large female earth pony with a beige coat, pigment blue mane with a rose pink streak. The pony I recognized as Bob Bon was being closely shadowed by two ponies, one of which was a pinto earth pony who was being held closely to her side, while another was grey unicorn filly. I recognized them as Dinky Hooves and Pipsqueak.

Like some of the other residents in this town today, Bon Bon looked shell shocked, shaking with puffy eyes as she held the two foals close to her. Her coat and hooves were stained with dried blood, while Dinky looked very sad as she comforted Pipsqueak, who had his head bandaged. It ironically looked like his pirate bandana from the Nightmare Night episode, only it was white with spots of red. His left ear was bandaged up in such a way that it looks like it would have muffled anything, while his right ear...

...I-it's gone. It's fucking gone.

When I realized what happened, I felt like crying like a bitch. Hell, I might just start.

Isn't it supposed to be against the rules for shit like this to happen to kids, let alone in a kids show? I looked back to Luna and saw that she wasn't doing so well either.

***Luna's POV***
**Third Person**

Luna had a hard time holding in her tears, as the light from her horn died down. When it comes to things like this it's never easy, but it was supposed to be so much easier then this. All she had to do was reassure the ponies , inspire them, do anything she could have done to make them feel safe, but then Pip just had to be one of the injured, didn't he? He was one of the first to openly appreciate her, even going as far as to say she was his favorite princess.

...And here he is now, a victim of a calamity that he had no control over.

Princess Luna wiped her eyes to get ride of any tears that might have formed and flew over to the trio. She landed a meter or two in front of them, and ignored the bows that the ponies surrounding her gave. While the ponies, including the still shaking Bon Bon and Dinky continued with their display of respect, Pip ran straight forward and hugged Luna's leg. There were also a couple flashes of light which startled her at first, but then she saw that they were reporters, so she ignored them for now.

"I knew you'd come to save us." He said, Trottingham brogue leaking through as he nuzzled her leg. She could feel a rough sensation where his right ear should have been.

"M-my only regret is that we couldn't arrive sooner." She stuttered, watching as she stood as still as possible so she didn't brush against his head to hard. "Careful, little Pip. You'll make your injuries worse." She warned, but to no avail. Ignoring everything she said, he kept on with the display of affection to the point where Luna actually had to step away to keep himself from hurting himself. Having nothing to support himself with, he fell but was caught by her magic before he hit the ground.

"It's so good to see you again." He laughed off, getting right back up on his hooves and trying again, forcing Luna to pick him up and keep him suspended in her magic.

"Pipsqueak, please! you must be more careful." She stated, trying to get her point across.

"Th-that's not going to work..." The earth pony mare spoke, her voice breaking. Luna looked back up to the pony with the candy wrapped Cutiemark. "His ears are covered in a lot of wrapping, so he can't really hear anything. Even if he could, the doctor who treated him put him under so much pain killer that he can hardly understand anything, either." Luna looked back at the colt, and though he was still suspended by her magic, he was still running in mid-air as he tried to get to her. She was right, he was barely lucid.

"Slow down, Princess! I can't keep up." He said, keeping at same pace the entire time. Luna just chalked it up to him being a young colt full of energy.

"It was the changelings, wasn't it?" She asked, only receiving a nod from Bon Bon.

"He wouldn't stop talking about how the changelings were gonna be sorry, and how you were going to "come to the rescue"." She said, before sniffling. "Two changelings took him away from me and... they bit it off. They ate my precious little colt's ear right in front of us and I couldn't stop them." She cried out, starting to break out in tears and collapsing into a sobbing mess. "I tried to stop the bleeding, they let me do that much, but there was so much blood, a-and he was screaming s-so much. He wouldn't stop screaming...I thought I was going to lose him." she barely uttered the last words as she dragged herself forward, to keep herself close to her son.

"Momma? Momma, why are you crying? Luna's here to save us now." He told her, oblivious to the situation or how heartbreaking it was to hear a colt like him sound so excited about life, especially since sooner or later, the medicine will wear off and he will remember exactly what he went through.

No words could describe a mother's tears, and soon her words reached the crowd that was watching so intently, and they too, along with the elements were starting to get emotional. This rose a red flag for Luna. As she tried to push away her thoughts of sadness, she listened in the background for anything. When she strained her ears, she could just barely make out the hum of a wind instrument.

Melody magic.

She knew now that she was letting herself get affected by it, and casted a quick protection spell on herself so it didn't affect her or her decision making like it did the crowd. She could still hear the music, and she definitely still felt downright awful, but it wasn't as before.

That's three times now that it happened in the last three hours that she had been there, four if you count the event that Twilight described before she got there. This couldn't be a coincidence, but she will have to mull this over another time. For now, she has to keep their spirits up.

"Sh sh sh," Luna hushed the worried mother. "Your foal is going to be alright. We are going to take him to the castle and make sure he is under the watch of our best medical staff." Luna said as she unstrapped the armor on her back. She then picked up Pipsqueak and placed him on her back and placed the armor back onto herself. The inside of her armor was actually pretty spacious and had cushioning pads on the inside to help absorb shock from any particularly nasty falls. Because the colt was so small, he actually fit pretty snugly inside, with his head poking out near hers. She got surprised when she felt the colt squeeze her back.

"Ha, I got youuu!" He sang in triumph. Luna gave a bittersweet smile at that, and turned to fly off, but was stopped when Bon Bon's voice rang out.

"No...no no, we have to be with him. I have to be with him, you can't just take him away from me!" She wailed.

"Which is why you are coming back to the castle with us. I am not as cruel as to separate a grieving mother from her foal." She said as she motioned for some solar guards to bring a carriage to her. "You shall be given accommodations and care while he is being treated. Do you have any other family, or herd mates here?"

"The only other three I have are in Canterlot right now." She said as the two pegasus guards helped her onto the carriage.

"Then when we are sure it will be safe, we shall be sure to spirit them to you posthaste." Luna assured as she watched the flyers get latched to the carriage. As they stretched their wings, Dinky spoke out.

"Be careful with my brother. He's scared of heights!"

"There is no need to worry, little one. He shall be sound asleep the entire trip." She said as her horn started to glow. She casted the spell onto Pipsqueak, and felt him start to relax his grip. "He shall be under momentarily, and resting safe in a hospital bed before the hour is up." And with that closing statement, she let the pegasi take off. She looked back down on her hooves and saw tiny specks of dried blood that was rubbed off on her.

Pipsqueak's blood, and it made her absolutely livid.

...How dare they?

How DARE THEY!!!

After the Wedding incident, our first instinct was to obliterate the Badlands. To kill every last one of their despicable race. Not only did they hunt our ponies, rounding them up like cattle, they left them to be terrorized with nightmares even weeks after the event. Nightmares for us to deal with. The only reason we haven't was because it was the wedding day of our niece. "This is supposed to be a day of peace and love." Our sister told us. "They learned their lesson." She said, and look at what has happened because of it. We treated all our foes as if they were as delicate as paper, and we always had to rise above them. We had the mercy to let them live, and this is how they repay us!?!?! By having the bucking audacity of butchering innocent mares, stallions, and foals in our own country?!? They are going to Burn for this! We are going to-

"Hey Princess?" A voice from right behind her asked. Luna momentarily stopped her seething to turn and face this voice. Pipsqueak was shifting around on her back, trying to make himself comfortable. It's obvious that the spell was going into effect, given his struggle to stay awake. He gave a full breathed yawn and spoke once more. "You're still going to come back and visit on Nightmare Night, right...?" He asked, his voice getting quieter and quieter as he started to drift off into his cozy little dreamland. He probably couldn't hear her, but that wouldn't stop her from answering him. Before he completely went to sleep, she lit up her horn and telepathically gave him a little message.

"I wouldn't dream of missing it." She told him. She could have sworn she saw his mouth twitch upwards into a smile, if only for a moment. She made sure to channel one more spell to ensure he had the best dream he has ever had so far. Maybe giving him a day at that new theme park, Wonderworld, will be enough.

Caring for Pip that was enough to quell her rage and give her a moment to think clearly. Those were incredibly dark thoughts she was having just a couple minutes ago, but they were entirely warranted. Action will have to be taken, and she will see to it that it will be. She turned back to the crowd and few reporters that was still watching, waiting for her next move. With that, she was reminded of what she was originally going to do.

Rally the ponies. Give them something to believe in.

Her horn began to glow once more, charging the same spell she cast earlier.Wiping her eyes and clearing her throat, she looked back to them with eyes that commanded silence and spoke in her Royal Canterlot Voice.

"This colt may not have been able to hear me due to what these monsters have done to him, nor could many of those in the back of the crowd. Well I would like you all to know that I could hear you. I can still hear all of you even now, I want you all to believe me when I say, these... these Savages... they will hear from us. They will hear from all of us very soon!" With that closing statement, she let loose the spell, letting its arcane resonance echo across the city. The ponies didn't seem to notice it, as they probably dismissed it as being part of the volley of bright camera flashes that erupted from the paparazzi and reporters after Luna finished her speech, but the effects were all the same as before. With some of her thestrals guarding her, she took off and flew to Twilight's castle, all the while hearing the roars and cheers of the citizens.

As for taking action, she would make sure that something was done. While she wanted to take action as soon as possible, she had her small charge to take care of first. He was the number one priority right now.

***Edgar's POV***
***First person***

"Holy shit..."

To say what happened just now was "intense" would be an understatement. She practically just pulled George Bush and said they were going to go to war, and she sounded like she meant it.

While the crowds were cheering, I saw Twilight motion to her guards. It almost looked like a "c'mere!" type of thing before she started walking.

"Come on, lets get Edgar into an infirmary and make sure his injuries are not too severe." I heard her say. I saw the guards ears twitch once, before they immediately stood at attention and started to march, following Twilight back to the castle. I felt the guards start to pull my car once more before coming to another stop. "Trixie, aren't you coming?" She asked. Shit, I almost forgot about her.

I looked back to Trixie. She looked as if she was deep in thought. She then looked back up at her and spoke.

"Spar-...Your majesty, would it be alright if I spoke with Edgar?" She asked as she looked at me though my driver side mirror in a neutral tone that quite honestly scared the bejesus out of me. "...Alone?" And that scared me more.

Please say no, please say no, please say no.

"Oh course you could. You were worried quite a lot for your friend, after all." She said in a cheerful and oblivious tone.

This is why we can't have nice things.

Trixie trotted up to the passenger door and looked right at me through the open window. I saw her horn light up for a couple seconds before it dimmed out. Rolling her eyes, she looked back at me and knocked on the door. I scooted as far to the right as I could and pulled the handle on my passenger door so that she could pull it open. She did exactly that, pulling it closed with her tail on the way in and plopping her rump down and staring at me. The guards started to pull us when she got situated and we were on our way to the castle.

After a few seconds, Trixie scooted towards me and looked me over. Soon, her brows started to furrow and she spoke suddenly.

"What in tartarus were you thinking!!!" She yelled at me as she pushed me with her forehead.

"Owowow! Uh, Trixie?" I tried to interrupted.

"What?!?" She yelled, her voice getting louder. Gulping, I pointed behind her. She turned to look, and saw that the window was still down, and anyone within listening distance was looking at her with raised eyebrows and wide eyes. In the awkward silence, you could almost hear crickets chirping. Soon, her mean look turn turned into an obviously forced smile. After giving some equally forced laughs, she nudged in my direction. "Edgar, lowes-kay the indo-way, por favor."

"...What?"

"Close the dam- gosh darn window, pretty please with a cherry on top." She said through her teeth in a honeyed voice, trying to sound as friendly as possible as her eyes darted between the ponies looking at her and the car door. I turned my keys to turn the electronics of my car back on, and rolled up my windows. As soon as the windows closed, she looked back to me and let her forced smile turn into incredibly natural barred teeth. "Now, THE BUCK WERE YOU THINKING?!?" She yelled once more as she raised her hoof menacingly, causing me to flinch. She kept her hoof raised as she looked over my body, before letting it drop. "Damn it, you have so many bruises, there's nowhere I can smack you. What is wrong with you?"

"What is wrong with you?!? Where the hell did all this come from?" I asked incredulously.

"Oh, like you don't know!" She accused, like she expected me to know.

"I don't! I really don't!"

"Oh, well let me remind you then!" She said as she used her tail to whip my middle finger, which was currently resting on my armrest.

"Oowwwie!" I yelled as I put my finger in my mouth, nursing my boo-boo as if it were a grievous battle wound. Looks like she found a spot.

"You were supposed to stay safe. You bucking promised me you would stay safe, and what did you do? You put yourself right in the middle of a changeling army! Where is your common sense? Did you leave it in the Everfree?"

"What the hell was I supposed to do, Trixie? Just sit there and watch her burn Applebloom alive?" I fired back, letting my voice get more and more aggressive. That seemed throw her off guard.

"Yes, wait. N-no... look, I don't know, alright? So just shut up. You're being stupid!" She said. "Stuuupid!"

"Nuh-uh."

"Yea-huh"

"Nuh-uh"

***meanwhile, outside the car***

Everypony, including both the Elements of Harmony and the guards walking near the car, felt very uncomfortable as the muffled yelling continued from inside the rocking car. They couldn't really tell what was going on because of how tinted the windows were, but whatever it was, it wasn't pretty.

"...So is nopony going to talk about what is going on in there?" Rainbow Dash asked, rubbing the upper portion of her foreleg nervously as she looked away from the black carriage Trixie and the Hoo-man were riding in.

"Maybe it's angry sex?" The orange Pegasus offered, earning a very grossed out look from Rarity and a strong blush from Fluttershy.

"You may want to keep those perverted thoughts to yourself." Rarity reprimanded with an upturned nose.

"...What? We were all thinking it, I just said it." Flash justified. "With a get-up like that, she has to be into some pretty kinky stuff, and she probably thought that he was really hurt. Think of it like "FOMO" or something. Trying to get it before he has to fight off another invasion."

"Can it, Flash." The unicorn known as Flash Bang hushed. What he wouldn't give to slap the shit out of his partner, just a little. He did not sign up for the marine division of the royal guards to deal with his shenanigans.

"You're just upset because I'm the good-looking Flash."

Applejack shook her head at their antics.

"They're like two peas in a pod." Applejack sighed.

"Eeyup." Big Mac agreed, being as he walk on his three good legs.

"Wait, do you mean the ponies in that tin can right there, or us?" Flash Sentry asked.

"...Eeyup."

"Come on, bet anypony five bits that they're buckin right now." Flash Sentry challenged.

"GROSS dude." Rainbow Dash now had the largest blush on her face hiding behind her hooves as she flew at MACH-half toward Twilight's castle.

"Alright Flash, I'll take that bet..."

Everypony in the caravan's earshot turned towards the voice, belonging to a female thestral guard walking alongside them. She did not have many distinguishing features due to the armor she was wearing. The only one of note was her cinnabar eyes, which almost seemed to glow in the daylight.

***Edgar's POV, back at the car***

"...And the worst part is that you lied to me. You lied about staying safe and you lied about being normal." Trixie reprimanded, almost out of breath because of how much we have been yelling at each other. "You told me you were just a student, not some beefy super soldier."

"Alright, hold the phone," I said to her. "I am not a soldier."

"Oh really, then how is it that you took on army and a Queen with just that wooden stick?" She interrogated.

"Well, that's the thing... I didn't." I revealed. Trixie did nothing but stare at me for a good two minutes before she spoke once more.

"W-what do you mean you didn't?" She stuttered.

"I mean I didn't..." seeing that she obviously wasn't going to settle for that (not that I blame her), I continued with what I was going to say. "Remember when I kept saying I was hearing music, and you kept saying I was crazy?" Trixie nodded. "Well, it happened again when I was in front of all those changelings. I played a song from my radio to distract them while Applebloom ran off. I thought they were going to kill me, but they, along with the entire town, just started dancing out of nowhere. I don't think they even knew what was going on, and neither did I." In the middle of my explanation, Trixie look like she had an epiphany.

"Wait a minute. The Melody magic, me dancing, the music that started to play outside the barrier, that was you???" She asked, earning a nod and a blank look from me.

"Whatever you were just talking about, I'm pretty sure that was my fault." I admitted. "Anyway, I think the music from my car's speakers made them all hypnotized and stuff. So I lead them out of town like a parade and then...well, did the same thing I did with the dragon."

"You scared them off?" She asked. When I shook my head, she seemed confused at first. When she realized what I meant, the interior of my car took a very grim atmosphere. "Oh..." I shook my head to try and change the subject.

"Look, the point is, I used the music to beat them back. It didn't take serious skill or anything like that. It was just dumb luck."

"Well, Luna said you fought with the Queen. How are you still alive after that?"

"Dumb luck. She ended up talking a lot more then actually doing anything else." Among other things. Trixie looked like she knew I was not sharing everything, but thanks to some more dumb luck, she didn't pry into that. I was secretly grateful for that, since It made me uncomfortable just thinking about it. "I was able to keep her distracted long enough to stab her eye. She would have probably killed me if Luna hadn't shown up."

Trixie exhaled a lungs worth of air in a sigh as she shook her head.

"This is just perfect, you just flat out lied to two princesses of equestria and the entire town. And if word gets out, the entire country!" She let her head drop with a thud and she restes her forehead on the dashboard as she asked the next question. "Uggg, why did you have to lie to them? Why are you being so dumb?"

"Because now I feel fantastic!" I yelled. She turned her head towards me to pay attention to what I was saying, still letting it lay on the dashboard. "Back home, I was an average joe, if not less. Sure I could act, sure I could do some martial arts. I could sing, dance, hell I could make cupcakes. But on my world, all that meant diddly-squat. There was a tiny chance, if any, that I might be special and make something of my talents, but the chances of having a happy ending over there were practically nonexistent. If I stayed over there, I would probably be stuck working at a McDonalds or an Office depot for the rest of my life. Now look at me, Trixie. I fought a dragon, I just liberated a town, and just little over an hour ago I was rubbing elbows with Princess Luna. I'm a hero and I'm going to be loved for it, and that's just from two days of being here. Two Days. You can't just tell me that isn't the tightest shit ever." I let out a sigh... if I never came here, I really was going to be no one special, wasn't I?

It hurt to admit it, but it was true. The only way I could have had anything decent was if I went to college for a couple years, but that needed money. Money that I would probably never would have had. I turned back to Trixie and spoke once more trying to not only cement the idea I was trying to convey, but to stop my voice from breaking.

"Back home, I watched the show and watched your episodes in particular. Heck, I still remember what you said when the dragon was trying to eat us. You know what it feels like, right? To want feel great? To want feel important?" Trixie turned her head away from me and lowered her pointy hat with her hooves so it could cover her face. I knew that she understood what I was feeling all too well.

"Y̦͇̕o̷̹̦̺̼̖u are ̼̹̼̹͞͞s̝̳̝͓̹͙o̷ much m̨̥͈̻o̖͔r̝͓͞e̮̲̜̥̲̭͠ than ̨̞̲͎̲̥t̪̙͚̰̳̘̬ḫ̥̩̕ą̗̦ţ̝̗̮͔..."

"You are so much more than that." Trixie spoke in a soft tone. "I don't care how bad you make your world sound, it's different in Equestria. You risked your life to save an entire town, and that alone proves you are a wonderful stallion." She comforted lightly, as if speaking any louder would break me. "You're right when you said I should know how you feel. I do, but you're lying to yourself and everypony around you just like I did, and that's not right." She turned back to me and pressed her head into my side, careful to mind the horn and my injuries. "If you just come out clean and tell the whole truth to them, I know they would still accept you and treat you like you were one of us. I just did it today, and everything I done was water under the bridge to them."

I mulled over what she said. Even after all l the things that had happened, this was still as close as Equestria gets to the real thing. I could come clean right now and they probably wouldn't treat me that much differently, since I still pretty much saved the town. Still, It feels nice to pretend I'm more.

"Could you give me a little while? I'll come clean, just not right now." I pleaded. Trixie made me wait a full minute before she responded.

"I still don't agree with it, but alright," She then looked up at me with smile and pointed a hoof at me. "But you have to promise me that you will tell them the truth. Not just any promise, but a Pinkie promise."

"How do you know what that is?" I asked her.

"She wouldn't stop talking while we were waiting for you." She told me. After looking at me expectantly for a little, I did what she wanted.

"Cross my heart, hope to fly... am I really going to have to do the last part?"

"Edgaaar...."

"Alright, alright already. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." I finalized the sacred pact by balling up my left fist and pressing it against my eye. Trixie let out a sigh of relief right after.

"Thanks Edgar."

"No problem, I guess." I looked out the window to get our bearings. We were practically half a football field away at this point, so we were probably going to be at the gates in less then a couple minutes. "By the way, you put in a good word for me with Twilight, right? I kinda wanna meet her and her friends."

"Oh, that reminds me." A crack went out as she whipped her tail and hit me again.

"AAhh. Why the same finger, WHY???"

"How long did you know Twilight was a Princess? And why didn't you tell me?" She said with scrunched eyebrows.

"How could you not know? You live here! What, have you been living under a rock?"

Here we go again.

"Oh, I'm sorry. The Everfree mailmare must have taken one too many days off!" She said sarcastically, moving her hooves in pseudo air quotes.

We just sat there glaring at each other for a couple seconds before one of us started to chuckle. I couldn't tell who did it first, but soon we both started laughing. After coming down from our high, I spoke once more.

"But seriously, did you really have to hit the same finger? That really stung." I said, still noticing a pulsing sensation.

"Heh heh, sorry about that. I get caught up in the heat of the moment sometimes." She said as she looked at me with a sheepish smile.

"Mmm still hurts." I mumbled, looking back outside. We were practically thirty meters away from it at this poi- what is she doing with my hand?

I look back at Trixie and saw that she had my hand in both hooves, staring at my middle finger.

"Trixie has been such a bad pony, punishing you like that. Let her kiss that boo-boo better." She said in baby talk, putting her mouth around my middle finger.

My mouth stopped working as eyes practically blurted out of their sockets when I saw what she did. She sucked on my finger, massaging it with her tongue as it swirled around the digit. She then closed her eyes and gave a gentle hum, sending vibrations through my hand as the slowly pulled her mouth off my finger, letting it leave the warm confines of her mouth and letting the cool air embrace the glistening digit.

"Feel better now?" She asked in a fake innocent tone.

To be honest, it kinda did feel better, but the way she did it caught me completely off guard. I wanted to say something along the lines of "While I appreciate the gesture and good will you meant, I do not appreciate the methods you used or the fact that you didn't even ask", but my brain was pretty much scrambled from what she just pulled.

"A-a buja..." Brain.exe has stopped working.

Trixie just started laughing at my face.

"Hahaha oh Celestia, your face. It's beet red!" She laughed at my expense, banging her hoof on the fabric of her seat.

"Y-you did that on purpose!"

"Oh, that was hilarious. Goddess, you are so easy." She said, still recovering from her fits of laughter, falling backwards with her head resting on my lap.

Well that wasn't very nice at all.

I was about to come up with a witty retort, maybe looping back to something about horns, but I heard a tapping on the glass. I turned around and saw the bat pony I was talking to earlier. It looked like she was trying to peer into my window, but couldn't really see all that well because of the tint. I opened my car door.

"Yes?" I asked the scarlet-eyed mare.

"Princess Twilight made a request to walk fro-" she stopped talking when she looked at me as her eyes widened. She looked at me , then Trixie, then back to me again before she started to gain a mirthful smile before giving a whistle. "Looks like I actually owe Flash five bits."

I was confused at first, before I realized what she was implying.

"Nothing happened. Nothing suspicious happened at all." I said, trying to convince her.

"You're blushing, your claw-thingy is wet, and we kept hearing your carriage rock the entire way here. Sure seems like a whole lot of nothing was going on." She joked at my expense. "A whole lot of kinky nothing. Bee-Tee-Dubs, You're pitchin' a tent." She chimed. I look down, and sure enough I had something down there. It wasn't quite boner level, but boy it was getting there.

I looked back to Trixie and saw that as she turned her head, her cheek poked the tent in my jeans before she scrambled away from it toward her side of the car. She looked just as mortified as I was, looking back and forth between me and my ever-more humiliating little friend. She looked at me and mouthed the word "sorry" at me, in a slightly guilty manner. I say slightly only because after she looked away from me, I saw the slightest smile on the corner of her mouth. She obviously found this more funny then I did.

I gave a quick punch to my thigh in attempts to stop myself from reaching full mast, and it started to work. After a small giggle from the Thestral guard, she spoke again.

"Anyway, Princess Twilight has asked that we walked to the infirmary from here, and that you leave the carriage outside. We are willing to carry you if you need to be." She said, transitioning from lecherous jokes to professional demeanor in a heartbeat.

"Why do I have to leave it outside?" I asked.

"It's heavy, and there's stairs."

I kinda didn't want to leave it outside, but I guess I could lock it. I would know if someone was in my car anyway if I put my alarm on. I took out my keys and shifted my legs to get out, only to get stopped by the soreness of my muscles.

That's gonna get old very quickly.

"Alright.... uh, could you guys help me out?" I asked.

The bat pony whistled over to another guard, and she came over to help me out. I noticed there seemed to be quiet a lot of female guards, as well as female everything. They both grabbed onto my arms and pulled me out. My feet were still in the car, so I would have fallen on my face if they both didn't catch me. They did this synchronized kneel-thing so I fell onto their backs. It was actually kind of impressive. They then pulled me out and started to trot towards a stretcher laid on ground, and carefully laid me down on it. They both then picked up the stretcher and started to march towards the door.

I turned my head to make sure Trixie got out before locking it. Trixie walked out the driver side and kicked it shut with one of her back hooves before trotting back to me. I locked the car, startling some of the other ponies before they relaxed, and let myself get carried past the front gate towards the mane six, Trixie close to my side.

From here, it looks like smooth sailing to get myself bandaged and all that bullshit. What could go wrong?

***Ten minutes later.***

"WHAT THE BUCK DO YOU MEAN YOU WON'T TREAT HIM?" Trixie yelled at the doctor.

From now on, I'm just not going to say anything.

Author's Note

Now that we got that out of the way, it's time to see which author has the most pov changes in one chapter.

But seriously, there is no excuse for having you guys wait this long for this chapter. Their have been some family stuff going on along with some work stuff, but I still shouldn't have taken that long, and for that, I apologize to you all.

I will try to be much more better with my updates, but if that happens, you should probably expect some shorter chapters.

again, special thanks to those that have stuck with me and shown their support (like Sarachi, portal82, little khan, and knightofstories.)

but above all, thank caribou coffee and five hour energy.

One last note, this chapter is unedited, so if there are any mistakes you see, that is probably why. I was on turbo-write mode the entire two months.