"Miss Sparkle, you might want to see this." A communications officer unicorn named Tap said, holding a piece of paper out to the purple alicorn. She took it from him and read.

To: Princess Luna STOP

We the thestrals wish to fullfil our agreement STOP We are your loyal troops after all STOP We wish to meet with you STOP Please reply with a location as soon as possible STOP

From: General Kira STOP

Twilight looked at the sheet, then to the officer, "Tap, wake Princess Luna." The silver unicorn nodded and ran off. Twilight sighed. Now she understood why Shadowsky had broken down. War was not the glorious battle that was portrayed in history books. War was hell. She thought about her brother, hoping against hope that when they isolated the Crystal Cock, it would snap him out of whatever had caused him to do this.

"What is it Twi?" Came the voice of Princess Luna. Twilight looked up at the midnight blue princess.

"This message" Twilight handed her the paper.

Luna read the message rapidly, then smacked herself in a royal facepalm. "Of course! They went underground when I was banished, and I have not had contact with them in ages. We need to set up a meeting as soon as we can." Luna put the paper down on the table. "First thing tomorrow Twi, we will hold a council with the others." Luna hugged Twilight in a motherly way. "Now go to bed, I will take over from here."

Gratefully, Twilight walked out, going to her room to mull over the whole 'Brother is the biggest fucking traitor in the history of Equestria.' situation.

Luna sighed to herself as she read the note. She and Shadowsky had been discussing contacting the Thestrals, but the bat-ponies had born a lot of hatred from the other ponies, just because they were different. Their numbers had been decreased by constant skirmishing with fearful ponies who had expanded into the domain of the bat-winged ponies. Now was a chance to kill two birds with one stone. If she played her cards right, she could eliminate the fear felt towards the odd breed of ponies, and at the same time bring them into her royal guard force.

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MEANWHILE IN CANTERLOT....

"Would somepony care to explain exactly WHAT THE FUCKING HELL HAPPENED?" A rather angry Lieutenant of the Royal Guard named Alpha Charlie shouted at his rather stunned squad.

"Sir, we have no fucking clue, Sir, but we are investigating right now." A private named Foxtrot November Golf (Just Foxtrot for short) said. Behind him, various members of the Royal Guard combed through the house, searching for anything that could help them figure out what in the hell happened.

"Sir, you might want to see this." A gruff Sargent named Gunny said from inside the house, The Lieutenant walked over the broken glass and approached the grisly body of Blueblood.

"Fucking hell. I mean, I can't say he didn't get what he deserved, but still, Fucking hell." Alpha Charlie said. He looked around the hallway, splattered in blood, chunks missing from the walls. A scene of utter chaos.

"Sir, we have witnesses who say it was Discord and a team of ESF ponies." Foxtrot said.

"Shit. Get a report to the commander as soon as you can, now Un-Ass yourself and move, and no stopping to Fuck around on the way!" Alpha Charlie shouted at the private, who saluted and ran of, cursing his luck that he couldn't stop to screw some of the mares he saw in the streets.

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BACK IN STORMSHADOW:

"So, what you are saying is that a race of ponies that has almost been forgotten has just contacted us offering their assistance?" Twilight said. Her muzzle had small damp spots from last night, but nobody commented on it.

"Yes, the Thestrals would be our best bet for a well-trained, standing army, although their numbers are like ours, small, but well trained soldiers make up the core, with auxiliary troops drawn from the population during times of war." Luna said, remembering the race that had originally made up her night guards.

"I think meeting with them could prove to be beneficial, although it could be a trap." Shadowsky said. He opened his mouth to say more, but was interrupted by a communications officer rushing up and saluting.

"Sir, this just came in sir. We don't know who sent it, but our intelligence confirms that this is accurate." He handed the message to the prince before running off to his station again.

Wordlessly, Shadowsky passed the note over to Discord. "This one is for you. You can go check it out. Luna and I will go to see the Thestrals, and Twilight and Celestia will continue making our Mare Marines." For once, it seemed, everything was going slightly according to plan.

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"To, The Resistance, From, A helping hoof.

I am aware of your attempts to rescue the Elements of Harmony, and think you will find this interesting: Miss Flutterslut, as the Caribou call her, is scheduled to do an animal show soon, as in 3 days or less. She will be on the outskirts of the Everfree forest, under heavy guard. Your latest work has not gone unnoticed. Good Luck."

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Discord looked up at the other four and teleported out of the room, and into his team's squad bay. "Grab your gear, we are going to save Fluttershy." The soldiers looked at each other, then began suiting up and grabbing various weapons out of lockers. "Follow me." Discord lead them to a conference room.

"Sir, why are we here?" Night Trotter asked. He watched as the Lord of Chaos, former enemy of Equestria, paced about in a nervous state.

"As you probably know, I was rehabilitated from my evil ways. This pony is the one who actually made the lessons about friendship stick home." Discord held up a well-worn photo of Fluttershy up. "And when the caribou took over, her soft-spoken and submissive personality was turned. I don't like it when ponies steal my things, especially my lover." Discord slapped the note on the table. "We have a very particular set of skills, and we are going to use them to hunt the bastards down, and kill them. Fluttershy is mine, and no matter what, we will get her back." Discord said, his voice gravelly and menacing. "Now, since our little escapade with Rarity, they have tightened the protective detail around the other Elements of Harmony. Fluttershy is going to be doing a show with the animals on the edge of the Everfree forest, and this is the perfect chance for us to do a smash and grab. We go in, and we get my Fluttershy out, anything that gets in our way should be considered an enemy and terminated with extreme prejudice. Any questions?" Discord finished speaking, and looked around at his team. Utter silence was all he got.

"No sir, I think we are all ready and able to do this." Night Trotter spoke up. The other five nodded in accordance.

"We move out at dusk. Once we reach base Bravo in the forest we will complete our planning and gather as much intel as we can before we show them what a war truly is." Discord stood up and saluted his six soldiers. "Dismissed."

The squad, who had now become known by the nickname "Havoc Horses" went back to their locker room to finish repairing their gear. Just then, one of the quartermasters, a mare by the name of Bean Counter, walked in, holding five bush-looking objects that appeared to be strips of mottled green and brown cloth secured to some form of netting. "Shadowsky sent these ghilli suits for you all. They are to help break up your outline as you move through the forest, and also, give em hell from me." Bean Counter set the objects down on one of the center benches.

Author's Note

Some of the names are from military in-jokes, just fyi. Also, who else ships Discordshy? I ship it like FedEx! Or the navy.... Or a pirate ship.... Saving Fluttershy part two will be up as soon as I can get it. I have a lot on my plate right now. Enjoy reading, and I apologize for the cliffhanger.