Kingdom (Edited)

"A what?!" I asked Cadence.

"200 men... She said that was just a small portion of her soldiers. They'll tear right through this place..." Cadence said.

"Not if we don't negotiate. Sunset, Cadence, Scootaloo. You're coming with me along with a small armada to scout this "kingdom". Until we get back, all guards stay on post. We could have a war on our hands." I said as we readied the Humvee.

"And if you don't make it back?" Fluttershy asked.

"Then get ready to evacuate. If they attack us, we won't stand a chance." I said gravely as we hopped in the car.

We drove for almost an hour following Cadence's map all the way to a form of castle getaway with fences and corpses surrounding it.

"Sure looks like it." I said.

We were welcomed by 50 men in riot gear running out with guns pointed at us.

"Whoa, whoa. Easy. We're friendly. We're from a city. North of here." I said to them.

"What do you want?" A guard asked.

"There was a city called Megaville. Your leader and 200 men came and destroyed it. We were in a trade route with them but since they're dead... We would like to speak to the person in charge." I told them.

A person close to my age then approached.

"Of course. I'm Len." The man said.

"Are you in charge?" I asked.

"No, my sister is. I'll take you to her."

We walked through the gates and through the castle.

"This seems too small for over 200 soldiers." I said,

"They prefer Knights. We walled up 15 smaller towns down the road. This is our main base." Len said as we walked through room after room.

"When did you find this place?" I asked him.

"When all this went down. All we needed were the corpses and a good leader."

"Well, we would appreciate it if our people weren't in jeopardy of total destruction." I said.

"As long as you can give things here. It's not my call. We're here." Len turned to a form of a throne room.

"Sister. We have visitors." Len said in a high-class voice.

"Hello. My name's Kyle. This is Scootaloo, Sunset Shimmer, and Cadence. We're from a city, completely walled. We have food, water, and medicine. The three golden materials, right? Anyway, we were friends with the city you destroyed. We would like not to be threatened by... this." I said looking at the 50 Knights.

"... On one condition. You contribute, you survive."

"Alright. Mind telling us your name?" I asked.

"Rin. Rin Kagamine. You already met my brother."

"I'm glad we could work this out." I said as we turned around leaving.

We went to drive when Sunset asked me a question.

"Do you think it'll work?"

"It HAS to. Maybe we won't get anything or little in return, but we need to survive. This is how we-" I was interrupted by a hand grabbing my shoulder and pulling me.

"Hey! What is-"

"Don't think you'll walk away. She won't give you ANYTHING but bloodshed. I'm Meiko. Take my advice. Leave your community and RUN. Run until she can't reach you. If you don't, people will die. She'll die." The girl pointed at Scootaloo.

"Whoever you are, we need to do this. We have people. Men, women, children. We can't fit them all on one highway. We can't leave, not now."

"Fine. At least take this," she handed me a C.B. "Channel 18; every day at 3pm. I'll tell you our story."

We hopped in the Humvee and left through the gates.

"This is messed up. They DESTROYED Megaville! They'll destroy US!" Cadence said.

"We have no choice. We need to keep Sanctuary alive. Otherwise, Fluffy might not survive, Shining might not."

"Alright. But I'm keeping an eye on Rin whenever I can." Sunset said.

"Yeah. What was with that girl? Meiko, was it? She just warned us and took off?" Scootaloo asked.

"... Yeah. She told me she'll tell us through the C.B at noon, everyday, at 3. We'll find out what's going on." I said as we drove back.

Let's hope I'm right... We arrived at Sanctuary and saw a few guards standing there.

"What do you want?" I asked.

"You can't do this. She's... She's just messed up. She's EVIL. You don't know, but we can show you. We want to join."

"Sure. Just walk in." I said to them.

"Thank you. You don't know what you're getting into." The Knight said as he and his comrades ran in.

"We have a lot to think about." Scootaloo said to me.

"Yeah, we do. If things go south, we'll take our supplies, cars, and people and head for CHS." I said as I placed my Judge in my holster.

"Are you sure? Last time we were at CHS, it got attacked."

"By three bandits. Nothing they can't handle." I said to her.

"Maybe. But maybe it's gone. Just peices of walls and the school." Scootaloo said.

I put my hands on her shoulders.

"Hey, don't even think about that now. Let's go get the new people set up." I said.

"Alright."

We walked to the apartment when we saw a certain person at the gates.

Oh, no.

"It's been a while. What do you want?" I asked.

"Our first deal. I never thought I'll see your faces again." Dash said with riot gear and an AK-47 strapped in her back.

"Well, what does she want? Weapons, food, medicine?"

"All of the above. A quarter of it all." Dash said.

"Alright. Fluttershy, can you get some of the antibiotics? Shining, same with the guns, and Sunset, get a quarter of the food." I ordered.

"You got it." Sunset said as people started walking to the supply rooms.

It was just me, Scootaloo, and Dash. Out of the three of us, Dash was the most loaded.

"So, I see you've changed." I told her.

"Thanks. So did you."

"Why did you leave? You could have stayed with us." Scootaloo said.

"I didn't think Kyle would make it with the way he ran things."

"And me? Was I just going to fade away too? How about the others, your FRIENDS? We built a LIFE here."

"I'm sorry. But you've seen it. Kyle's weakness, his-his unawareness of the world arou-"

"I knew EXACTLY what was going on here. I still do. You left us, went to this "Kingdom", and came here to dry us out."

The others came out with wheelbarrows of supplies.

"Good. I'll be back next week for more." Dash said as she packed it in the back.

"Most people get a few days." One of the Knights said.

"... I know." Dash said as she hopped in and drove down the road.