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The figure began to chuckle rather darkly, " What reason?, why, because there was no other way to set up this meeting, besides, insects like that have no place in my plans, and what made me come here, why, I'm here to form a simple alliance," this greatly confused the queen of the changelings. What force in Equestria would make anypony or anything for that matter, to come to the changeling hive and seek out it's queen, only to form an alliance. " As i thought, your befuddled as to why i would want an alliance with you, well the reason is simple, we both know of the power the rulers of Equestria have come across, at first glance a simple colt, but with further inspection you an feel a great power within him, and i also know you hold a deep hatred towards ponykind, with my power and the numbers of your army, we could become an unstoppable force, what do you say," her grin grew into a wide malicious one.

Queen Chrysalis thought things over rather quickly, it was clear that these guest meant business, " Say that i were to say yes to this deal, how exactly do we strike against Equestria,".

Again, another malicious grin, this time twice as wide as the first, appeared on the figures face, " By making an example of course, an example of what will happen to those that oppose us," she moved from within the unnatural shade that hid her face, to reveal a mare, around the same height as the Queen of changelings herself, and another interesting trait, was the fact that her horn was curved, " And what would make a better example than the peaceful town of Ponyville,".

It wasn't long after Axel arrived in the courtyard that Twilight and Princess Luna met up with him there, and it was there that they waited till morning for the rest of the main six to arrive and all the would be soldiers that Axel would be training. Both Twilight and Luna could tell just how excited Axel was, just from the look on his face, and the reason why he was excited was one that Luna found out from his memories. It was clear that combat has been a major part of this stallions life, another thing that Luna knew was the fact that Equestria hasn't faced a threat that had called for a war in centuries, so it was fair to say that the soldiers were ill prepared. She turned to speak to him, " Pardon me Axel, but what exactly do have in mind to train so many ponies at once," Twilight wanted to ask the exact same thing, but the princess beat her too it.

Axel let out a hearty laugh, this confused them, although their confusion was quickly resolved with an answer as to why he was laughing. " Sorry about that, it's just that i kinda expected you to ask me that question, so i have an answer prepared already," there was a long awkward pause between them. Luna let out a loud "ahem" to catch Axel's attention, " Oh uh, sorry, well my plan is, I'm gonna train them the same way I was trained, just...a lot faster than I was trained, so to shorten it all up, I'm gonna squeeze 15 years of training into A few days,".

To say that the two of them were astounded by how insane he sounded right then and there, was an understatement. Luna stared wide eyed at Axel for a good five minutes before speaking again, " You must be joking, there is no possible way to train so many warriors in such little time with the sort of training you speak of,".

Again Axel laughed at her remark and gave the two of them a big grin, " Sure there is!, look I see my recruits now,". Just as Axel said, at least four hundred soon to be soldiers, came into view, with the main six, and Twilight's older brother, Shining armor, at the front. Another hearty laugh left Axel's mouth after he laid his eyes upon the crowd that had drawn to him, " Now this is what I call a turnout!,".

Upon seeing both he friends and brother, Twilight immediately ran straight towards them, " Girls!, Shining!, your here!," she was pulled into a big group hug by her five best friends, and upon leaving the group hug, she practically tackled her brother to the ground with a large hug, " Shining, what are you doing here!," she said in A rather excited tone.

Shining Armor couldn't help but chuckle at how his sister was behaving, " Calm down Twilie, and to answer your question, I'm here cause I'm the head of the royal guard, so I was obliged to show up, plus I need to make sure my little sister doesn't hurt herself," he said with another chuckle, and making Twilight blush from slight embarrassment.

Applejack was the first to speak up towards Twilight, " Not to ruin the moment sugarcube but what exactly does Axel expect outta us, we're not exactly fighters," but before the others could chime in, Axel spoke up answer her question.

" Your right Applejack, you girls aren't fighters, not yet, but don't you worry, that's where I come in, I'm gonna train every last pony here for the up coming danger,".

It was these last few words that brought confusion to many of the ponies there, most had shown up because the princess had called them there, they had little knowledge of why they were there. Rarity decided to ask him what everypony was thinking, " Um, pardon me darling, but what exactly do you mean by, danger,".

Both Twilight and Axel exchanged looks, then nodded as Axel backed away from the crowd and Twilight turned to face all of them, " Allow me to explain," she said. She took a deep breath, exhaled, and began to speak, " As of last night, Princess Luna and myself learned that Equestria is in grave danger, starting with Ponyville, our new friend here," She raised her hoof towards Axel, " Has shown us the fate that would befall Ponyville, and soon all of Equestria, if we do not take action now,". Some of the ponies nodded as they carefully took in every word Twilight was saying, while others still didn't understand what she was getting at. " It has come to my attention that we're not exactly ready for a war, in fact if my knowledge on Equestrian history serves me correct, there hasn't been such a conflict in thousands of years, so we are VERY ill-equipped for this situation, but thanks to my friend here, we have a plan, not the best plan, but it's the best we got," the ponies who didn't get what she was talking about, now understood the situation they were in, and if it meant protecting their home, then they were ready for whatever Axel had in store for them.

Rainbow Dash, being her flamboyant self, flew into the with her hoof raised high, " Well what are we waiting for!, lets get to it," her enthusiasm was just enough to earn a loud cheer from some of the ponies, which in response put a proud grin on Rainbow Dash's face.

" Now that's what I like to hear," Axel said with a big grin, but the grin quickly faded and was replaced by a rather serious face, " We got three days to whip all of you into fighting condition, got it!," his sudden seriousness made a few at the front, including the main six, minus Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash, stiffen up. Axel cleared his throat before looking all of them dead in the eyes, " Now three days may not sound like a lot, but I've come up with a solution, a very precise training schedule, and if we can prevent the destruction of Ponyville then we'll have alot more time to train and prevent any further attacks,". He could already see many unsure looks among the crowd, so he devised his plan B right then and there, " Well if you babies don't think you can do it in three days, then maybe i can lend some magical assistance, a spell that my first teacher used on me and my comrades when I first trained for combat, although I was a foal at the time, I don't see why it wouldn't work on you,".

This spell he spoke of, peeked both Twilight's and the Princess Luna's interest. Almost instantly the entire crowd fell to their knees as the Princess of the Night walked towards Axel, who received angry glares from a few of the guards, for not bowing to the princess, but their glares ceased when they heard the princess speak, " Pardon me for interrupting you, but this spell you speak of, what does it do exactly,".

A confident grin appeared on Axel's face, " I'm glad you asked, oh so beautiful Luna," he continued on, although his remark caused Luna to blush slightly, " The spell I speak of, pushes the mortal body past it's previous limitations, so that growth is increased rapidly, so I'd say if we used the spell for....two days, you'd have received at least a months worth of training, although the strain may make you want to rest the entire third day,". The ponies looked slightly more confident, however at the same time they were wondering if the spell will hurt, or if it would even work.

Luna stared in slight awe at Axel as he spoke about the spell, " Astounding, never before have I ever heard of such a spell,". As of last night, many thoughts circulated inside of Luna's mind, some she didn't understand, some she'd rather not think of, but the thought that had been on her mind all day, was her growing fascination with the hellish stallion who just days ago, was a complete and utter stranger to her.

She was pulled from he thoughts by the sound of Axel explaining the origin of the spell, " Luna? were you listening?, eh I'll just say it again, as i said, the spell was made by my teachers teacher, the spell was made for the purpose of readying up warriors for battles in a short time, at the cost of straining the body of those whoever the spell is cast upon, although the strain can easily be fixed with a whole day of rest,". Upon finishing his explanation, he looked at Luna to make sure she got all of it, and in return he received a nod from her, " Alright then, starting now, we do this my way, so that means, " as he began to speak he removed his sword from his back, and firmly planted it into the ground, " No weapons, no armor, just your raw natural ability, we'll train with weapons and armor tomorrow, if you make it that long," the last added part had caused several ponies to gulp, and nearly made poor Fluttershy faint, " Ah I'm just kidding, I'm sure all of you will do just fine,". Several sighs of relief could be heard from the crowd, making Axel chuckle slightly, " This is gonna be fun,".

Twilight walked over to Princess Luna after hearing Axel inform her, and everypony else, " Princess, are you sure this is a good idea, I mean he might scare everypony off before we're even ready,"she hadn't meant her statement to offend the princess if it did, she only asked with nothing but raw concern.

Luna however, understood completely, although she had more of a level head about what was going on, " It will be alright Twilight Sparkle, I feel as if that we actually have a chance now, we just need to believe in ourselves and the brave soul readying us for the dangers ahead,". Twilight nodded in response, Luna knew that Twilight questioned her motives in her mind, and that was understandable, but at the moment this was the only shot at survival.

After the last of the explanations Axel had ordered ever guard who had shown up to relieve themselves of their armor and their weaponry, and for the ponies who possessed no such thing, he had passed around red sashes that they would wear on their front right hoof to show that they had little to no combat experience. " Alright Ladies line up," and on his command, the main six, and any other mares in the crowd lined up in a long row, a visible vein could be seen on his forehead, " When I mean ladies, I mean every last one of you!," his outburst made most of them jump out of surprise, and it seemed to be just enough to get them to line up in an orderly fashion. " That's better, now I'm gonna cast the spell on all of you, i only need to cast it once so i shouldn't be worn out, it wouldn't be training if the trainer didn't get involved too now would it,". His horn began to glow brightly, and in a matter of seconds, every single pony there began to glow with a red hue and almost immediately each and every one of them felt a great strain on their bodies, but as soon as they felt it, it had begun fade away as if it were never there. " Surprised?, well the strain is still there, you just can't feel it, but you sure will be sore after tomorrow," again there were worried looks, but only from a few of the frailer looking ponies, " Alright!, lets get started!," and like that, the first day of training had begun.

In all honesty, Axel didn't want to put too much pressure on their bodies, seeing as they were already under the strain of the spell, so he decided on something easy. " Alright, we're gonna do something a little simple for exercise, fifty laps around the courtyard, no flying, no magic, just the four legs you were born with," although to some it seemed a bit much for a simple exercise, they decided to do as instructed. Everypony, including Axel himself, made an orderly line and took off to start their first lap.

Applejack, who was running side by side with Rainbow Dash, seemed to have no trouble at all with this task, " What's the matter Dash, upset that yah can't use yer wings, guess we know whose gonna get fifty laps done first," she said as she looked at Rainbow with a competitive look on her face.

Rainbow Dash looked Applejack dead in the eyes with a cocky expression, " Is that a challenge, cause if it is then you are on!," and like that, the two of them were off like a bullet.

The rest of the main six never really understood why those two were always so competitive, to them it made no sense, " Must they always turn something into a competition, I mean, it serves no purpose whatsoever," stated Rarity, who at the moment was jogging alongside Fluttershy, and Twilight.

Twilight only shook her head as she spoke, " Just leave them be Rarity, it's only them being them, still they should at least take it nice and easy at first, if they run at full speed from the get-go then they'll be doing nothing but wearing themselves out faster,".

Fluttershy, being her ever-so quiet self, had little to say during the conversation, many things were on her mind, the biggest being the thought that her animals could be in great danger if she didn't do this. " I've....I've got to do this, for them," she mumbled, however, while she was in her thoughts Pinkie Pie had trotted right up behind her.

A big grin formed on the party pony's face, she took in a deep breath, so deep her face changed from pink to blue. after about fifteen seconds of holding it in, Pinkie screamed right next to Fluttershy's face, " ISN'T THIS EXCITING!!!!!!!!,". Her outburst resulted in Fluttershy letting out a terrified squeak and making the shy pony shoot ahead at rather surprising speed, even running past Rainbow Dash and Applejack, who just stared in confusion as Fluttershy sped past them. Pinkie Pie's little joke however, didn't exactly earn positive reception from her friends, while Rarity said nothing, Twilight looked at Pinkie with a rather cross expression, Pinkie Pie's only reaction was a simple "oops", which in turn, made Twilight facehoof.

Axel couldn't help but put his hoof to his face as he watched the events going on, " This is gonna be a long three days,"

After a number of minor setbacks, the last of the soldiers in training had finished their laps, and had begun on the exercises that Axel had assigned to them. The exercise given to the earth ponies seemed simple enough, but was easier said than done, they were to test their physical skill and ability, by individually moving massive boulders, from one destination, to another, the only difficulty to this was that the boulders were massive in size, some being big enough that even a minotaur would have trouble moving it. The Pegasi on the other hoof, had a seemingly harder task, they were use to working with weather and storms, but could they individually create a wind storm, was the question Axel had asked them. Their task was to test and work on increasing the strength of their wings, together this wouldn't seem to be much of a task, but in some situations that just wasn't the case. Lastly was the task given to the unicorns, test their magical prowess against one another, Being a unicorn himself, Axel saw no harm in this at all, the goal of this was to push them past the limits that their own bodies placed on them.

Most would question such task, but they seemed simple enough that arguing over it looked pointless, Rainbow Dash was one of these ponies. " Why do I, have to do these exercises, I'm already the fastest flyer their is, I'm sure my pure awesomeness is all I need," Rainbow Dash boasted.

Applejack only rolled her eyes at the broad statement, " Yeah sugarcube!, cause that's gonna get ya real......far in this here situation," she gritted her teeth as she slowly, but surely, dragged the boulder across the courtyard.

Much to their surprise, Pinkie Pie was having much less trouble compared to the Earth ponies, perhaps all that sugar that's in her system helps her out. Most of the other Earth ponies only stared with their mouths opened wide, Pinkie stared at them before a big grin formed on her face, " Come on you silly billies these rocks aren't gonna move themselves, Oh! but if they did that would be soooooo cool, but then why would we have to move them if they could move themselves, it wouldnt make any sense, it's like if," she was cut off by Applejack putting her hoof over her mouth.

" Alright sugarcube I think they get the picture," Applejack said with sweat running down her face.

While everypony was doing their assigned exercises, Axel was circling the courtyard, watching each and every movement that each of them made, every motion, every action that they would make. He stayed deep in thought as he watched their progress, that was until a certain lunar princess walked up to him, " Pardon me Axel, I just wish to ask you a few questions," Axel looked at her and nodded, this was his sign to her that he was listening. " Thank you, I have a total of three questions I would like to ask you, the first being What exactly do you hope for them to achieve by doing these task you have assigned to them,".

Axel nodded once more before speaking, " It's not what I'm hoping for them to achieve, it's what I know they can achieve by doing these exercises, if you watch closely you can see that their slowly getting better at the task, the Earth ponies are having far less trouble moving the boulders, the pegasi are getting closer to the goal ive set for them, and the unicorns are strengthening one another by testing their magic on each other, even with such a deadline as two days,their already making impressive progress, albeit small, but progress is progress,".

Luna nodded as she took in each and every word that left his mouth, " now for my second question, how do you intend on keeping all of these ponies, focused on training with such a strain on them, eventually they'll tire out when all the strength has left their body," Axel could hear the concern in her voice.

To ease the princess of her worry, Axel decided to give her an answer on just how he planned for this to work, " I'm going to have them go until the moon is at it's highest point in the sky, then they are going to eat a meal that should replenish their lost strength, they might not like it but if they can muster that and the entire training tomorrow, then they'll be rewarded with a feast along with a day of rest," he could see the worried expression leaving her face, which led to him letting out a sigh of relief, the last thing he needed was an overly worried princess, even though he knew she was only thinking about the well being of the ponies that she and her sister live to protect.

With her worries resolved, she was ready to ask her final question, although this was more of a personal question which relates to what happened last night while he slept, the thought of the kiss had stayed with her the entirety of the day. "And now, my final question, I do no know if you were awake when this happened, but late last night, we...," she cut herself off, not knowing how to word what she had to say. Upon taking a deep breath she was ready to finish speaking, " Last night our lips touched, I never intended for it to happen, if you are angered i understa-," she was cut off by a hoof covering her mouth.

Axel had placed his hoof over the princesses mouth before she could finish her sentence, " First let me go on and say I was only half awake, so I thought I was having a wonderful dream about an angel, guess it's wasn't a dream, and secondly I'm not even the slightest bit mad," . He moved his hoof from her mouth to her shoulder, and gave her a grin, " Say, how about when today's training is done, I show you my idea of fine dining, I only hope your OK with your food being roasted," this remark earned a chuckle from the princess. Despite how calm he was as they spoke, Axel was actually quite stressed deep down, he didn't know if these ponies had what it takes to take on the forces that were coming there way, there were also feelings deep down inside him, one was a constantly growing sense of dread, while the other was an odd warmth that appeared whenever he was near Luna. He didn't understand much of anything as of recently, but what he did understand was, this world was in danger, and he was the only one who could stop it, but how was his only question.

Author's Note

hey ladies and gentlecolts I'm back, sorry if this chapter took too long to come out. As of recently ive had alot going on, we're moving into a new house as I type this, I just recently got back from a trip out of state to my family reunion, and I've been working on new story ideas. As for this chapter, I've been working on it in and out, it took me a bit to find my train of thought every time i started working on it, so it might not be as good as the other chapters. As for my story ideas, I will also be putting this in a blog, so think of this as me just saying it once just to say it again. To commemorate Fallout 4 coming out, I shall be making a crossover story, that is all I'm saying here, I'll put the blog out tomorrow most likely. Also I have one last thing to say to my readers, I am accepting artwork for the story, so to any of my readers who would like to make images for the story, send them to my deviantart account with this link, http://darklordaxel35.deviantart.com/ , no one has too but it would be appreciated . Ahem anyway, thank you for your support so far, I hope you enjoy the chapter and I'll talk to you guys and gals next time , Bye.