3 Brothers on Equus

(Year: 2064- Evening, Earth- Scorch Lands, 1st person- Thirteen Nine)

It has been four, almost five years when we were left in the scorch lands and we were almost back, we could see the base over the horizon, our group had collected the smaller other groups and we had almost everyone. We were all so excited to get out of the scorch lands that we never saw that the base had changed while we were gone, One and his helpers were cheering us on and congratulating us on making it back home. When we all filed in we noticed that they had a large screen and it only showed one ATL still in the scorch lands...

Two Niner

(Present- Dusk, on-top of ATL dropship, 3rd person- Talon)

"I'm no pony." Talon said as he pulled out the knife and put it on his back mag-lock, while getting into a fighting stance. Spitfire just stood there amazed by how much he was taking and still fighting, then shaking her head she also got into a fighting stance.

'How the hay am I going to bea-' VRRRRROOOOMMMM Then she smiled 'Backups here' looking back she could see four of her Wonderbolts and the royal's chariot land on the edge of the plane. The two royals stepped out, the Sun with her only greatsword, and the Night with both her's and the Inquisitor's swords, Spitfire then decided the smart thing and flew off the ship before the fighting started.

"Surrender now ad you will be given a trial to a painless death." Sun

"I dunno, sounds tempting... what do you think, Arrow?" Luna ducked just as Arrow dived with his sword while uncloaking. Then he stood up,

"...No, how about we tell about Blueblood's kidnapping over som-"

Clang

Arrow's swords were pressed against Celestia's great sword when she suddenly decided to rush the ATL. Luna was a bit hesitant but eventually charged Talon when he pulled his sword and knife. They all exchanged blows and the ATLs were losing until,

"Arrow, Switch!"

Then the tides rode in favor of the ATLs as the princesses were pushed back until they were at the edge. When it looked like they were going to win Celestia's horn lit up and took the ATLs in her magic and slowly slid them back. The ATLs just looked at each other before taking a step forward back to where they were before and looked at the royals, except that this time Arrow pulled out his bow while Talon moved up and made a barrier between them and the royals. Celestia and Luna saw this as a weakness ad rushed it, except for Arrow to shoot two plasma arrows through the barrier, which Luna dodged as Celestia got hit in the shoulder and fell to the ground. Arrow aimed at her, but Luna dived and hit the arrow with the Inquisitor' blade which heated the handle and she was forced to drop the sword while she grabbed her sister and dragged her back to the chariot as it flew away with its escort. Talon just shook his head as he climbed back down into the ship as Arrow walked over to the Inquisitors sword, bends to pick it up until he notices that Celestia had dropped her greatsword, He then had walked over as he picked up both her and the Inquisitor's sword as he climbed down into the belly of the beast as the hatch closed and the ship became a blur.

(Present- After sunset, Canterlot Royal Infirmary, 3rd- Royal Sisters)

Celestia was sitting on a table as a doctor was patching up and healing her shoulder wound as Luna sat in a nearby chair thinking over what had happened and why she thought that one of them looked familiar. Her thoughts were interrupted by the Doc patching her sister up and telling the princess not to put any stress on the shoulder, Celestia then walked towards the door with her arm in a sling as Luna walked over to her with her thoughtful expression.

"Something bothering you, Lulu?"

"...Yes, when I fought the Inquisitor, he started to say that Blueblood had attacked him, but was interrupted by our nephew shouting, and earlier on their ship, Arrow said of our nephews foalnapping before you attacked him. Something about this situation is setting me off."

"Hmmm, this does sound strange... wait, we never saw both sides of the story except for hearing of an attempt on our nephews life."

"Our nephew might not tell the truth if he was behind this."

"Should I bring a truth serum?"

"... Yes, and what of the ATLs, sister?"

"... I'll send them a message."

"How?"

"Ah yes, After you showed Arrow where he was staying, he came to my chambers and we talked, a while later he gave me a communication device which can send messages across three galaxys in a minute." Luna then makes a smirking face at her sister as she leaned in.

"So... do anything... special?"

"No we jus- (cheeks flush) n-n-no, w-we n-n-never did anything if t-that sort."

"Oh my, you like him, don't you?"

"L-luna th-thats preposterous! I-I-I, I mean h-he's a space warrior, he has to go back sometime!" Luna says nothing as she walks down the corridor.

"Goodnight dear sister, sweet dreams!" then she teleports off just as a golden bolt of magic passed through right where she was standing.

(Present- Midnight, Castle of the Two Sisters, 3rd person- ATLs)

The ruins of the Two Sisters was calm and resting as a shadow roamed the abandoned castle and stopped as it heard rumbling. Then reappearing at the tallest stable tower, it saw the 'Dark Knight' touch down inside the court yard that was surrounded all around by stone walls. When it was about to reposition, it saw the bottom right front side open up casting a brilliant bright light as Talon came out in a construction exo-suit carrying a console and a heat generator, placing them down and walking back inside as Arrow came out carrying a portable cooler and two chairs. Ten minutes later the console was set up along with the heat generator as the two brothers sat next to the generator, both holding beers with their helmets by their sides.

"Talon..."

"...Hmm?"

"Ever wonder when the war is going to end?"

"...Why?"

"(Sigh) I... I just want the war to end, so we can be at peace, see our brothers and sisters... and have more moments like..... this."

"(Sigh) yeah, I know, I also want to see the others... but we are the only ones that can stop this war, if we all vanish, the ACSC will be slaughtered to a new government." Talon and Arrow just stared at the artificial fire in silence, until Arrow suddenly looked at the beer and then at the ship.

"Wait, why do we even have beer? Our immune systems prevent us from getting drunk. Why the hell do we have beer on the ship when we can't get drunk?!"

"Because it dulls my nerves for a few minutes." the Inquisitor said from behind with a new arm in a sling and holding two chairs with the other. The Inquisitor had his suit off, instead he wore faded jeans, boots, tanktop, a old flight jacket, and a pair of googles that covered his whole face except for his mouth. As soon as he sat down by the generator, Talon tossed him a cold one which he caught with his left, opened it and slowly sipped from the bottle as he put it down. "So what's this about hoping for the war to end?"

"Y-you want the war to conti-"

"Hell no! I want it to end as much as the next guy... but, we're soldiers... what happens to us then?"

"..."

"..."

"See? Even when the war ends, we will still be active and fighting, personally, I might brush up on MMA in the free time we will have left until the next war."

"MMA?"

"Yeah, I know a few places that will allow ATLs to fight on their courts and... (stands up looking into the darkness) Who's there! I know you're out there, come on out." Just then a black colored unicorn mare walked into the generators light shaking and covering herself with her wings, just the Inquisitor stepped forward the mare took one back, seeing this he held up his hands and motioned for the fourth chair. "We won't hurt you, I swear." This seemed to bring the mare closer and she sat in the chair as the Inquisitor gave her his old jacket. "You need it more than I do, here, take it." Five minutes later she had stopped shivering and was looking at the three brothers as they laughed at their past stories while going through cold ones, Arrow had one and stopped, the Inquisitor had three to dull his nerves while Talon kept going, trying to get drunk which was scientifically impossible for ATLs.

"Who are you?" the mare finally asked causing Talon to spit a little while Arrow and Inquisitor just stared at her.

"Well, I'm Arrow, the one over there is Talon, and the red one is who we call the Inquisitor."

"...Azure." The Inquisitor looked at Arrow who did the same before turning back.

"Well, Azure... I have been lied to soo many times I lost count, and us ATLs can hear heart beats, if we are close enough and we can tell you're lying, so please tell us the truth, we won't hurt you."

"... my name is... (flinches) Nightmare Moon."

"...Nice to meet you, Azure." now Nightmare has a confused look

"I said my true name was Nightmare, how did you know I wanted to be called that?"

"You said that name first, so I will be using it and considering that the princesses think that you are currently dead. You might need a disguise." Then in a flash of light a Azure unicorn mare without wings was sitting there with the Inquisitors jacket on. "...Oh" Talon then tried to get up but stumbled as he knelt down, Azure then noticed a stab wound on his chest slowly bleeding.

"You're hurt!" She then put a hand to his chest and both her hand and his chest had an Azure glow as the wound closed itself. Azure then almost fell back only to be caught by the Inquisitor making her blush at how he caught her.

"Relax, I got you."

"Yeah I know, Just need sleep."

"Ok, you can use one of the guest cabins on the ship for the night."

"C-can I stay with you?" She said blushing hard making the Inquisitor raise a somewhat confused eyebrow under his mask.

"Umm... Sure, as long as you need, Logos here will guide you to your room."

"Umm, who's Log-"

She fell back at the sudden appearance but came close in curiosity

"What is it?"

"He's an AI, which is basically a computer with a human mind."

"Hmm." Azure then followed Logos to her room as she flopped down on the bed. Little did she know that princess Luna's mind was thinking the same next lines.

'Do I like him?'