The Outlander's Trial

*Uhhh, note to self, NEVER take on 2 outlander elite assassins in a rickety tower again. Wait, 2? The leader! Bow!*

"Easy there, you guys, I don't want trouble, I just..."

"Oh, ok" started Fluttershy, only to be cut off by a purple unicorn "YOU don't want trouble? YOU, as in an OUTLANDER, a DAPPLE-FLANK means absolutely no trouble at all, even though our kingdoms are ENEMIES!"

"Listen, it's not like that, ask Rainbow Dash, I was being attacked by my own people.”

"As opposed to when you outlanders are hugging each other and sewing dresses?" remarked a rather prissy looking white unicorn. Fluttershy attempted to intervene, "Maybe we should just listen to her, and she doesn't seem evil." "Ya know, Shy's right on this one girls, I mean, if she was evil she could taken me out while I dealt with that patsy stallion." added Dash.

"Quite a few doubts, we must shake, but for now the Daemon comes awake!" remarked Zecora, in barely controlled fear.

Some 30 minutes later, still at Zecora's hut.

"Thanks for the food, and the trust, despite its current brittleness" remarked Breach. "You girls probably want some answers now, don't you" questioned Bow.

Surprisingly it was Rainbow Dash that answered "That'd be awesome Bow."

"It started essentially as soon as I could start learning. They try to force feed us that no one else in the world can be trusted. The whole civilization lives off of murderous plots and backstabbing, all I wanted was to escape. In what equates to what I believe you call 'High School Graduation' they tried to get me to execute my first slave. I'd never killed, and I had no reason to, I just didn't see the point in it.

My refusal was my death sentence, so I ran, days, weeks; I don't even know how long I ran for but eventually I came across a very crude camp. After some steeling of nerves, with hunger getting the better of me, I made an attempt to steal some of the food."

"Which is when I met Bow, scared the life out of her too. Didn't mean to, I thought the mare was and 'outlander', a real one I mean. (At this Breach flashes Bow a smile). I grabbed her and picked her right up, but I stopped, because what if she meant no harm, then I'd feel awful. So I sat her down and introduced myself."

"In which I just stared at him, because it's like 'Hello, I'm a daemon want to be friends' and in my head I'm going 'What the buck?’. Took him just a couple of seconds to realize this before he transformed into what you see now.

Long story short we fought, evaded, and wandered til we hit the shore, stole a small boat and set sail."

"Didn't even have a destination, just hoped we'd find someplace, anyplace, nicer than where we came from. Eventually we hit Equestria, but not only we're we still being followed, but Bow still has a dappled flank, and I just stand out. Bow snuck around mostly at night and I shadow stepped."

At the mention of shadow stepping the purple/pink unicorn Twilight couldn't help but interject and ask about what it is.

"Shadow stepping is the ability to enter the 'shadow world' a bleak place in of itself but has its uses. Anyway eventually we made it to this forest and that's how you met us."

The mares regarded the pair with trepidation and curiosity for a while before Applejack piped in, "Well Ah don't rightly see how we could refuse to help this mare and this *ahem* 'stallion', but Twi I definitely think ya should write one of them letters to Princess Celestia."

"Of course Applejack, I trust your decision, sorta." replied Twilight

"Wait so these two are going to stay in Ponyville" remarked an appalled Rarity, to which AJ responded" Yeah, an' you could be a bit more gracious about it."

"You know what this calls for" started the pink party pony.

"Oh boy" 5 of the mane 6 started

"What?" asked Bow and Breach.

"A PARTY!" finished Pinkie Pie.

4 months later.

"I don't know girls, I'm not a lot like Rainbow Dash but I'm not really one for fancy treatment and stuff, but I guess I'll go to the spa?"

Bow was honestly loving the friends she'd made, granted that first time at the nightclub it was... awkward... to say the least, not many ponies enjoyed the addition of a dapple-flank in their town.

Breach was gone for the time, in Canterlot with the Royal sister, warning them of how he escaped and the precautions just in case other Daemons followed suite. He was also looking to see if it was possible to permanently become a pony. The few too many drinks a week back broke that one strand of concentration and scared the hay outta half the town. She still got suspicious looks because of that but she didn't blame Breach.

But on that note she did however have a problem concerning Breach. Twilight and Rainbow Dash were mare-friends, and so were AJ and shy, as well as the DJ Vinyl and the cellist Octavia. She felt strongly for Breach, but was hesitant for a myriad of reasons. First off was what he was, she didn't think it disgusting or anything, but would he even find ponies attractive? And how would the girls act, I mean they did know he wasn't a 'real' stallion but she still loved him. She decided she’d head out that night and think it over.

That night in Canterlot Breach was out thinking over essentially the exact same thing, but a bit more somber. How could a delicate beautiful thing such as Bow find him, a half-flanked excuse for a stallion appealing in anyway? Besides he wasn't a 'real stallion' it was simply a magic facade to hide his daemon form. He'd have to ask the Royal Sister's, that or just keep it to himself.

Once it got dark Bow slipped out of her house, a magnificent little creation constructed of clouds but based on the ground, she still hadn't properly thank Twi or Dash for it. Sitting under the moon in the night always cleared her head. Just as she looked up to the moon was when Dash noticed her during one of her 'night flying' exercises.

"Heya Bow, watcha up so late for?" she questioned.

"Just thinking about stuff." replied Bow

Rainbow knew that look on the pony's face, knew that undertone in Bow's voice. Slyly Dash questioned "So uh, who ya thinkin' about, then?"

"Wait, what, I didn't say I was thinking of anypony!" came the surprised and strained voice of Bow.

"Aww, c'mon I looked, talked, and acted the same way when I liked Twilight, I even ran into her house a few time on purpose to get her attention haha."

"Ok, so yeah, I'm thinking of Breach, I like him, and he was my first friend, but...”

"What, you aren't worried about it getting weird are you? I mean you shoulda seen how me and Twi worked out hahaha."

"It's not that it's the whole, what everypony would think knowing that I was dating a Daemon, or even worse, what if he doesn't like me at all!"

"Well then how d'ya find out silly, you have to ask. That and find something to do that you both enjoy. Besides I know you're too cool to mess up."

"How do you know I won't mess it up?"

"Because you went hoof to hoof with a stallion 2x bigger than you and he only got in 1 cheap shot, I mean c'mon how awesomer can you get, oh and you have your wings that you can put on at anytime. I don't know anypony else as cool as that with the exception of Twi. Your strong, just give it a shot. Oh and this is 10x sappier than I'm used to so I'm off, good luck Bow, later."

And with that I was back to being alone with my thoughts. Honestly I don't get how Dash thinks it won't be a problem but I guess she knows what she's talking about, after all she is Loyalty so she's got to know something. Breach will be back in a few weeks and then everything can go back to normal while I work this mess out.

Somewhere in the Outlands

"YOU FOOL, HOW DARE YOU FAIL ME, I WANT HER TREACHEROUS HIDE BROUGHT TO ME AND PRESENTED AS A BATHROBE! And you, well, you can take her place for the moment, take him to the pit. NOW, gather my most elite fighters, we have a traitor to deal with."

"Yes, Mistress"

To be continued in the next chapter.