Spitfire looked down at Dash in silence, her mind processing the mare in front of her, analysing every single aspect of the cyan mare before her eyes eventually met her rivals. "As soon as I saw the papers, I knew you weren't truly dead" She sighed, shaking her head. "How wonderful. Although, I am quite frustrated that my guards would fabricate your death, the last week has been rather embarrassing after I so publicly claimed to have finished you myself" She stared for a moment longer before turning to Twilight and Applejack "Harbouring a war criminal, Princess... Hm. Interesting" She finally turned to Applejack "My condolences for your loss. I hope you enjoyed the vengeance you got, although it will never make up for the loss of your sister"

AJ didn't quite know how to feel about Spitfire. She was such an active member of Dash's rebellion, and had been the one to finally execute the independence following the end of the war. She seemed to be a genuine mare, despite her past. "Hmm. I'm just glad you can take her off our hooves, before Twilight forgives her again"

Twilight scowled at her friend "I'm the one that called her here, and the one that gave Dash to you" She growled "I have the same feelings towards her as you do"

Spitfire ignored the squabbling mares and turned back to Dash. "I'm sure you're itching to see Cloudsdale"

Dash grit her teeth and shook her head "We both know it's not the same. How dare you even give it the same name" She shuffled and sat up.

"We both know exactly how each other felt that day, you were by my side at the fall" She sighed "We missed it, we needed a place to live. So we rebuilt, much like the earth bound ponies. You don't see them renaming their towns"

"But we're not like them, are we?" She hissed

"You sound sour, Dash. As if you aren't proud of the achievements of the Pegasi race"

"You forget I was the one to instigate these changes... I'd love to move up there, and live as an independent Pegasus. But I don't see that happening, in light of my current situation"

Spitfire simply nodded "Its different up there. You'll be surprised. Co-operate with me and this will be so much easier for you, don't and it'll only make it harder for yourself" She put a set of loose cuffs on Dash's fore hooves, letting her walk but not run before untying her ropes and nodding "I'm taking you home, Dash"

She sighed and looked at her hooves "Sure... Can I say goodbye first?"

Spitfire shrugged "If they want to"

Dash approached her 'friends', sighing "Twilight, of all of them I thought you'd be the least likely to be a traitor and sell me out, especially to her. Enjoy your sad, lonely life. Applejack" A grin spread across her face "Good luck sleeping at night knowing your baby sister is dead because I couldn't be fucked to find you. I'll look for you both in the crowds at my execution"

It hadn't taken long to reach Cloudsdale. Much to Dash's surprise, it was only Spitfire that had come to collect her. She'd expected at least two guards. It was no longer a surprise in the city that Dash was in-fact still alive, crowds gathering to get a glimpse of the mare. She was escorted into Spitfires headquarters and up to her personal office, being sat down on the opposite side of the desk to Spitfire.

"So tell me. How was death?" The mare poured two drinks, setting one infront of Dash.

She raised an eyebrow skeptically "Boring. I'm not one for being ignored"

"Please, your death will be a lot more imaginative then a poisoned drink" She chuckled, drinking from Dash's glass to prove her point.

"Yeah I'm not thirsty." she cast her gaze around the office, looking at all of the artefacts. It was quite an interesting office, not that she was going to tell her that.

The corner of Spitfires mouth curled into a grin. The reason she liked the mare so much was not only her ability, but her utter lack of care even when facing death, her talent at wining up the one supposed to be in control. "Dash, I'm not going to kill you. We have no battle anymore, we both got what we wanted... I have no reason to want to kill you, together we delivered an independent Pegasi race, thats not something we should be fighting over, but rejoicing together"

Dash's attention snapped back to Spitfire "What?"

"I have no intention to execute you, or even incarcerate you. I'm actually going to offer you a job"

Dash laughed. "Seriously? You do remember you overthrew me and tried to kill me, right?"

"And as I told you then... My allegiance is to the Pegasi race. I did what was necessary to deliver our promise to the Pegasi. Look around you, I fulfilled our dream, don't miss out on the chance to be a part of it"

"I am a part of it" She hissed, but sighed, standing and looking out of the window behind Spitfire over the new Cloudsdale, Pegasi thriving in their daily lives "What's the job? I'm not doing fucking foreign affairs"

Spitfire grinned, moving to stand next to Dash "Oh no, don't be silly. Your skill set? I want you to be minister for War and Crime. You'll have the army and police force at your hooves. This is all dependant on your loyalty and devotion to me, of course"

Dash didn't turn away from the window, grinning "Sounds like fun..." She turned and stared at Spitfire for a moment, before lifting a cuffed hoof.

Spitfire nodded, grinning wide and shaking it "Glad to have you onboard"

Author's Note

Thank you for reading!