Recap,

As they searched they came across a lone set of hoof prints, " I think it would be the best action to follow these prints, maybe then we'll find something, don't you agree princess? " Twilight asked. In response the princess gave a nod, as they followed the tracks, they found large pieces of rubble, they were unlike the stones they had seen, these seemed to be giving off some kind of magical glow. With a greater worry instilled inside the Princess Celestia, they had to make haste and went on a full sprint while following the hoof prints.

As they reached the end of the trail, they found more rubble, Princess Luna looked around but couldn't find anything, " This is useless there is noth- " she was cut off as her sister put her hoof over her mouth. She looked at Celestia and saw her sisters eyes widened, and her mouth hanging agape, she then looked at the main six and found them all with similar expressions. She closed her eyes for a moment, opened them, and looked where their eyes were. Her pupils shrunk with fear, her jaw seemed to unhinge as it fell open like the rest, her legs trembled.

The wall had not been breached like they had thought, the wall had been split open all the way to the top, leaving a massive hole in it, and it was no longer a single set of hoof prints they saw, it was hundreds upon thousands of prints molded into a single path, " ...We are doomed... " was all Celestia could say.

The longer Celestia stared at the hole in the wall, the more she could feel the terror welling up inside of her, " My fears have come true, the very force that brought Equestria to it's knees all those years ago....has been freed... " She spoke with a great sense of dread and defeat flowing through her body, she could do nothing more than collapse to her knees.

Luna on the other hoof was more curious as to what exactly it was that they were to be afraid of, " Sister, what exactly did this wall hold? "

The terrified princess of the sun looked at her younger sister, a mortified expression on her face, " Those....creatures we saw in the memory were only children compared to what this wall could truly hold....and speaking of those creatures, it seems that they escaped in mass quantities but they have yet to reach our world, and that is but a small feat from here. With their strength and numbers, passing by Cerberus should be an easy feat... " It was as if the horror that Celestia was feeling was spreading to the others, they began to think of the terrors that would happen if those beast were to escape, the havoc that they could wreak upon the world. " We must hurry, precautions must be made. Luna once we arrive I want you to awaken our guest, he knows these creatures better than anypony, so he would be the one to help us, " Luna nodded in response. " Twilight, I need you and the other element bearers to get your Elements in case they are needed, " they too nodded, " Good, now that everypony understands the crisis we are being faced with, let us hurry back to Equestria...before it's too late... " Upon agreeing to head back immediately, they started off as fast as they could go in their current states.

It only took half an hour to get back to the opening point. Upon returning to their bodies, they were relieved that all was how they left it, " Tis a good thing that everything is as it should be, We shall go and awaken him now, " Luna said as she began to walk off.

Celestia turned her attention towards Twilight Sparkle and her friends, " So that precious time is not wasted, instead of sending you back to Ponyville to retrieve the elements, I shall bring the elements to the six of you," and with the flash of her horn, the case that held the elements that was once in Twilight's library, now sat before them. " I fear that the elements themselves will not be enough to stop this threat... " this shocked the six of them, as far as they knew the Elements of Harmony were the strongest magical items in all of Equestria.

" Princess how is that possible?! The Elements of Harmony stopped both Discord and Nightmare Moon, how could they not be enough to stop these...these..things?! " Twilight said in a loud worried voice. Fear had begun to well up inside her the moment she saw the hole in the wall. They were facing a threat that they knew little to nothing about, other than that they live solely on destruction and that they come in mass numbers, enough to overrun the largest of armies.

The princess slowly shook her head, " Twilight, the elements were made to open up a beings heart, with my sister it released her true self, and because Discord's heart is stone, he became stone, but these creatures, their hearts are nothing but pure and utter destruction, they thrive on the destruction and death of others, they have no hearts, no stone cold hearts, no inner feelings, they are mindless, heartless, soulless beings who just want to destroy, consume, and burn everything that lay in their wake. " Celestia's response, truly and utterly shocked her student, never once had Twilight heard her strong, willful, and caring teacher, talk as if she had lost all hope, as if there were not a way to solve this.

The room grew quiet, everypony in the room was shocked to the core, if the Elements of Harmony wouldn't be enough to stop such creatures, then what would? " Come on girls, if we could whip Discord, then we can beat a bunch of monsters, whose with me!? " Rainbow Dash said, in an attempt to lift everyponys spirit, but to no avail.

Once again the princess could only shake her head, " Dearest Rainbow Dash...these creatures pose a much larger threat than discord, where as he could ruin all life in Equestria....why.....why these beasts they could- " She stopped for a moment and took a deep breath to keep up her composure, " ...These creatures could end all life in Equestria as we know it... " Rainbow Dash's eyes widened, her pupils shrunk, all courage drained from her body, it seemed that they truly were doomed.

Meanwhile in the lunar wing of the castle

Luna was just now reaching the sleeping stallion, " Please, hero of Tartarus, thou must awake...thou are needed... " her horn began to glow, levitating him in the air, if he wouldn't wake up then she would be forced to wake him up on her own. But before she could finish the spell, his horn began to glow red. The two mixtures of magical aura went from red and blue to that a solid purple, and as the two auras mixed, Luna couldn't help but lower the stallion to the ground. It was as if their magics were reacting to one another, " By the moon above...what are we witnessing?! " As his hooves touched the ground, Axel's eyes slowly opened, he looked well rested and yet he still seemed half asleep.

He turned his attention towards the lunar princess, " Princess Luna? ...Is it morning already? " he slowly rubbed his eyes as he looked at the expression on her face. " What? What seems to be the matter princess? Whatever it is, it can't be that bad, " she didn't speak, she didn't move. Her horned glowed softly as she went towards him, and touched her horn to his, quickly the images of what she and the others had witnessed flashed into his head, dread instantly filled his whole being, " No.....no not again...I can't let them get here! " He exclaimed, he desperately needed to get back to Tartarus and stop them before they could reach the outer gates that lead into Equestria. With a single flash of red something had appeared before Axel, Luna looked at what he had summoned, it was the same behemoth of a blade that he used to slay the giant timber wolf.

" We do not doubt thou abilities warrior, but our sister is devising a strategy that involves using your talent for slaying these creatures to our advantage...It would seem that not even Equestria's greatest source of magic would be enough for such a thing..." Luna said, she would rather tell him straight make him wait and find out.

He looked her in the eyes, " So let me get this straight, you want to use me as a weapon to stop these things? " Luna slowly nodded, it was easy to see the shame on her face. It took a few minutes before he replied, " Sounds like a plan to me, " never once did she ever think that she would hear a pony voluntarily agree to becoming a weapon on behalf of Equestria. He looked at her with a smile on his face, " Hey if I don't then who will, besides it could be fun, " his smile turned into a big grin, and as if his cheerful mood were contagious, Luna too now had a smile on her face, albeit a small one it was still a smile. He looked Luna in the eyes one more time before heading through the door, " Another thing, your lucky I think your cute, otherwise it would've taken one hell of a reason to convince me to do this, I'm not a weapon for just anypony, " he winked at her and kissed her on the cheek, shocking the lunar princess, " And another thing, try talking in a modern voice alright it kinda confuses me with the whole thou art the greatest speech. " He chuckled and left the room, leaving a still shocked Luna, standing their, her hoof on her cheek.

Many thoughts rushed through Luna's head as he left the room. One such thought being as to why he kissed her for the only reason she had kissed his cheek while he slept was out of kindness, and he thought she was...cute? She was very confused, and yet for some reason she couldn't help but smile, " Perhaps we finally have a chance. " She made haste in following him to the throne room, " Thou hast confused me greatly Axel Ryder, but perhaps in due time...I will understand your motives. " Upon arriving at the throne room doors she was greeted by Axel who was just standing at the doors. Luna couldn't help but blush as all she could think of was his previous actions.

He looked at her and smiled, " Well let's head on in we got plans too make, " and without and second thought he bucked the door, knocking it down with ease. " Oops, maybe I should've just opened it instead... " sweat ran down his forehead as a sheepish look formed on his face. Luna was astounded at how innocent he could act after doing such a thing, on accident, this colt truly did confuse her. Axel's expression became a serious one in a matter of seconds as he walked towards Celestia, " So you need me as a weapon, is that correct? " Celestia did not hesitate when nodding, she wanted to be up front this was no time to be beating around the bush. " Your lucky I'm experienced in these sorts of situations. So where do I sign up, " his grin came back, but she could tell he was serious by the look in his eyes.

Just as her sister was, Celestia too was shocked by the answer, " You...would willingly let yourself be used as a weapon," he simply nodded, keeping the same look on his face. " You truly do astound me, to think that we are mere strangers to you and yet...you would help us for nothing in return. Such nobility is hard to find these days. " She took one more look at his face before giving a sincere smile, " You have my most humble gratitude, I truly thank you. "

His grin grew wider, " Your most certainly welcome, besides I need the exercise and I'm gonna have fun whooping your soldiers into shape, " the expression he used confused the princess.

" What exactly do you mean by whooping them into shape? They all seem as fit as can be," Celestia replied in a confused tone.

He chuckled at her response, " No I mean getting them battle ready, because to tell the truth your highness, your soldiers are lazy. They've never really been in a real combat situation especially not one of this magnitude. " What he was saying slowly dawned on Celestia, he was right, in fact hardly any of them had ever been in a real conflict besides the occasional petty criminal here or there but other than that they had no combat experience.

This time Luna spoke up, " Sister, he is...uh..he is correct, our soldiers are ill-prepared and would surely be wiped out in a short time when faced against such threats, " Celestia thought about it for a moment, then turned to face both Axel and her sister.

Before saying anything through she looked towards the main six who, until even now had remained silent. She then turned back to the two of them, " Very well you may train the royal guards into soldiers but only on one condition, " the look on Axel's face told her that he was listening. A smile formed on her face, " The condition is that along with training the royal guards, you train bearers of the Elements of Harmony in the way of combat as well, is that agreeable? " she unfolded her wing towards the element bearers, who at the moment looked completely shocked, save for Pinkie Pie who was bouncing in excitement, despite the fact that she didn't exactly understand what they were talking about.

Axel's grinned at the princesses then turned towards Twilight and the others before turning his attention back to Celestia, " Your highness, you got yourself a deal. "

Twilight nearly fell over, just what had the princess set them up for, " Your highness I respect your judgment and all.....But why on Equestria would you make us do something like this?! We're not warriors, we don't know the first thing about this sort of combat! " she exclaimed. The princess however, expected a response such as this, in fact this was the very response she was hoping to get.

She looked at her faithful student, " Well Twilight the reason I am doing this is because of how you just acted now," Twilight felt scolded, but a the same time she didn't know what Celestia meant. " You're all too use to solving your problems with friendship, yes that will help you in the future but this is not the future, this is now and we need you and the other elements prepared for this situation more than anything now. Can I rely on all of you to follow Axel's training? " They were hesitant at first, but in the end they all nodded, " Good, now we will continue to strategize, as for now let us enjoy a nice meal, I shall have somepony to set up a room for each of you. "

Luna then spoke up, " Sister if you would allow, it we would like to share a room with our demon guest....just to make sure he is alright, after all he did just wake up his previous slumber. "

Celestia gave a small giggle, " I shall allow it Luna, besides even if I hadn't you needn't ask me for permission, " Luna looked embarrassed as her sister giggled at her as if she were a mere school filly.

" Tis not what thou think sister! We are just worried about his well being, he has clearly been through enough already. We are only looking out for him, " Luna exclaimed, blush could easily be seen on her face, making her sisters giggles grow.

Although she was still confused by the princess's decision, Twilight still respected her teachers choice, " Princess Celestia, not that I'm questioning you or anything but are you sure this is what's best? " the princess only smiled and nodded.

Applejack came up behind Twilight and put her hoof on her shoulder, " Calm down sugar cube, we can do anything together even a little physical trainin. "

Rainbow Dash then chimed in, " Yeah we're the best of the best and if anypony can ace that training it's us! " the others nodded in agreement but unbeknownst to them, Axel was listening in on their little talk from the other side of the room.

He walked over to them, the same grin hes had, plastered on his face, " So you think your gonna ace my training? " Rainbow Dash proudly nodded in response, a grin of her own on her face. He patted her on the back, which to her felt more like a heavy slap that made her want to fall over, " That's the spirit! You're gonna need a lot of that to get past my training cause friend or not, I have no intentions of going easy on any of you. "

Despite the pleas her friends were silently saying in their heads, Rainbow Dash was more than happy to oblige, despite still cringing from the pat on the back " ...Then prepare to see it get aced, cause noponies got more spirit than the six of us... "

" Hahah! That's what I like to hear, " he gave her another hardy "pat" on the back and walked off to find the dining hall.

Luna couldn't help but silently watch the actions of the stallion. She didn't know why, but she was interested by him, she had seen him fight, she had seen him hurt, and now she had seen how he treats others. His heart was just as big as her sisters, in fact, it didn't take a spell capable of reading someones heart to tell that Axel's heart was as big as they came. She pulled her gaze away from Axel as he left the room, her eyes then were laid on her older sister, who was staring right back at her, " Sister, what are thou staring at? Is there something on us? " she asked in a confused tone.

Celestia only smiled at her sister which only furthered her confusion, " It's nothing Luna, just thinking about something. Why don't you go along with Twilight Sparkle and her friends to the dining hall, I shall be there shortly. " Although she was still slightly confused by her sisters actions, Luna obliged and walked out of the room towards the dining hall, Twilight and friends following closely behind her. Once Celestia was alone she looked out the window, and towards the night sky, " My dearest sister, I think you've just developed your very first crush. You may not know it, but I most certainly do, " she chuckled to herself before heading towards the dining hall herself.

Dinner came and went, it was generally louder than it usually was for instead of the two sisters dining alone, it was the princesses, the main six, and Axel all at one table. Conversations were a'many were being shared among one another other. Despite the threat they faced, Celestia found joy in the fact that they could still enjoy small moments like these together, without and worry of danger or harm, " These are the moments that we shall cherish always, " she smiled as she watched the ponies enjoying their meal, and watching Pinkie Pie and Axel, give an amusing comedy act on the table, which made the princess herself giggle a couple of times . The night went by with dinner ending, and everypony going to their own room, but not before saying goodnight to one another, this would be another moment that she would always cherish, " Yet another moment where even with a crisis right on the horizon, we can all find moments of peace to share with one another in peace and harmony, " she turned to see Axel saying goodnight to the main six and walking towards the lunar wing where he would be sleeping at, " No matter who or what we are, " she held a soft smile on her face before going to her own room.

Once in Luna's room the first thing Axel did was literally hop onto the bed, throwing everything else that was on the bed into the air. yet he didn't seem to mind, he let out a loud yawn right as Luna was walking into the room. He rubbed his eye and grinned at the lunar princess, " My imaginary hat is off to you, princess of the night, if it weren't for you I wouldn't be able to do this, " his head fell towards the bed quickly, he was asleep before it touched the pillow.

She let out a small giggle as she watched him quickly doze off, a pony who appreciated her wondrous night was a rare thing to her. She began to blush again, and like the last time the reason was unknown to her, " Perhaps we are coming down with a fever... " a memory came to her suddenly, albeit was only a voice and not an image, it was still a memory, one from when she had woken Axel earlier.

" And another thing, try talking in a modern voice alright it kinda confuses me with the whole thou art the greatest speech. "

She then began to stutter as she tried to attempt what he had suggested, " We...I-I mean...Perhaps I'm coming down with a fever," the foreign feel of the accent was strange to her and yet at the same time it felt right, as if it were how she was supposed to be talking. As she went over multiple sentences in her head using her new accent, she couldn't help but turn her attention to the sleeping stallion, how he interested her yet she knew not why. She wanted to know more about the mysterious demon whom was sleeping in her bed at the moment. she walked ever so closely to him, to where she could see his head resting peacefully on a pillow, " You certainly are a fascinating colt, the way you act around royalty...how care free you are...but...at the same time, how serious you take matters, as well as knowing what true pain is, what true regret is....just as I do.. " unbeknownst to the princess herself, her face was drawing closer and closer towards the sleeping colts face.

Twilight Sparkle hadn't even gone to sleep yet, she was to worried about the crisis at hoof. No matter how hard she tried to sleep she couldn't, so her last resort was to see if princess Luna could cast some kind of sleeping spell on her. " I hope the princess doesn't get mad about me dropping by her room so late...oh who am I kidding...anypony would be mad about being bothered at this hour but then again, Princess Luna isn't just any pony, " she arrived at the princess's door and knocked on it three times, but there was no response, she knocked again, yet there was still no response. " Maybe shes asleep, I guess it wouldn't hurt to take a peak and find out though. " Although when Twilight went to " Take a peak", she accidentally opened the door all the way, and didn't find the princess asleep but what she found shocked her greatly.

Princess Luna, the princess of the night, was kissing a sleeping Axel or she was until she heard her door open. She looked as if she were in a trance. She pulled away from the sleeping colt before then turning her eyes towards a very shocked Twilight Sparkle, " ...What in Equestria did I do... "

Author's Note

Hey there ladies and gentlecolts, sorry that this chapter came in so late, I've had things to do at home, also I'm writing tow stories at once, so theres that. I hope you all like this chapter, it's kinda slow but i still worked really hard on it, so please enjoy. Well bronies and pegasisters, this is where i bid you farewell, I'll talk to you once i have the next chapter up, and that will be very soon, until next time everyone, later.