Author's Note

Now I said that Flash won't seeing or meeting the mane 6, but it doesn't mean that he would not run into others in Ponyville, that actually know him.

Chapter 3: The Forced Team-Ups

The two ponies board the train and head to Ponyville. The train ride was quiet as they sat there on the train, on opposites seats. Time passes while Flash Sentry and Jack Nox tried to figure out how they got pull into this. They were new recruits and they didn't even have battle training yet., let alone team training, and now they were forced to work together. They didn't even know each other that well, they had just barely met when this all went down. But now they could not worry about that, for this was a direct order from one of princesses, one of the co-rulers of Equestria.

Finally the train ride ended. The two ponies exit the train, and head in town. "Well it has not changed much in twelve years since I have been gone," said Flash. Just then a call went out, from a shop that resembled candy. As two pony walk over to meet the voice, and it was a tall yellow earth pony with orange hair.

"Well, do my eyes deceive me, Flash Sentry," said the tall pony,

"Mr.Cake, is that you," said Flash, with a bit happiness in his voice,

“What are you doing here? I haven't seen you since you were that little colt who was always trying to reach the cakes on the top shelf," said Mr. Cake,

"I am kind of on duty, as you can see I finally joined the Equestria Guard," said Flash, as he show off his armor. It was a golden armor devoid of any medals, since it was new. When without warning a pink flash that was to blurry to identify ran past all three of them.

"What was that?" said Jack, with both ponies left bewilder to what just happen.

"Well that was Pinkie Pie, she sort of live in the old guest room, actually she moved here just a year after you left town, and well she is an excellent party planner, and she had nowhere to live so me and my wife decided to let her stay with us," said Mr. Cake,

"Wow, you two are always so nice-" said Flash, but before he could finish,

Jack butted in, "Well, we sort of on a time table, so we better get going, so do you happen to know where the nearest farm is," said Jack, as the fact they were indeed on a timetable, for the basic fact, the princess wanted them back by nightfall.

"Jack, I actually know where the nearest farm is, I just got distracted that's all," said Flash, as looked annoyed with Jack not wanting be here that long. But at the same time Flash did not want to stay long in this town long either, since everything in the town reminded him of the past.

"Well, it sound like a soldier duty is never over, right, see you," said Mr. Cake, as the two ponies, left. They left and head for the nearest farm.

Flash seem to know the way like the back of his hoof, like he had walked it a hundred times. "So you mind telling me the name of this farm," said Jack, as they walked.

"It is called Sweet Apple Acres, I know and old friend there, but it has been away while since me and him last talked, strangely enough though if I remember correctly he never talked much anyway, but we will need to talk to him, if we are going to get any info on our target," said Flash, as they kept walking.

"Oh right, seem like we have got a plan, I just hope, the Princess has a back up plan," said Jack, as they kept moving.

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Meanwhile back in Canterlot city, Princess Luna was doing that exact thing. Getting a back up plan ready, as she met with somepony she had been curious about since this morning, after hearing his name from Princess Cadence, and now she had an excuse to meet the Captain of the Unicorn Guard, and the coltfriend of Princess Cadence, Captain Shining Armor.

As Princess Luna entered the room where Shining Armor was at, she analysed him without him even realizing it. He seemed like a good and strong stallion. He was a white unicorn with a blue mane and a cutie mark that resembled one of the six that saved her from Nightmare Moon. He wore a purple armor with quite a few medals on it. Cadance had told Luna that he was the brother of Twilight Sparkle.

"Princess, is there a reason why I was called here?" said Shining Armor, as he did not know why he was summoned here, although he did suspect that obviously Princess Luna would want to know him, since he was dating Princess Cadance.

"We need thou to analyse this symbol," said Luna, as she showed him a drawing of the symbol that the target had drawn into the ground.

"Hmm, it appears to be a summoning spell of some sort, although not the one I have seen before. Why can't you identify it?" Said Shining Armor as he seemed to be just as confused by it's shape as she was.

But the truth was that Luna felt like she had seen the symbol somewhere before in the past and could have identified the spell herself. The basic fact that a lot of her memories of the past were still blurry. Her time as Nightmare Moon had done a number on her mind, and it hard to look back, and get the right memories without getting the bad memories to push to the surface.

"Sorry Captain, it’s just our memory is not what it use to be," said Luna,

"No need to be sorry Princess, it’s just I don't know why you call me to look at some old symbol," said Shining Armor,

"Well Captain, there is another reason why I called you here for," said Luna, as stood in the waiting for somepony else to arrive.

"So can I know the reason," said Shining Armor, as he wanted to figure it out quickly since he actually had a date with Cadence later today.

"I will tell you once your allies get here," said Luna,

"Allies, Princess?" said Shining Armor, as he got nervous about working with whomever she had in mind. He had no problem working with batponies, and he knew that it would indeed be batponies that he would be working with so that was not the problem. It was a certain Batpony that he had a problem with. And as it would turn out it was that certain one that just happen to walk in the room.

"Well hello, Shiny," said the Batpony that walked in. He was a violet red batpony, with a teal mane and bloody spike cutie mark. He wore blue armor line with bronze and always had a smell about it, like it was soaked in blood.

"Hello, Captain Brood Gem," said Shining Armor, with slight anger, that of all ponies he had to work with, it was the pony that had earned a terrifying nickname by all who had seen him fight in the warzone. And that nickname was the 'Vampire Bat of War'.

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