The next morning, we all received a message from Canterlot.

"Ah, Princess Celestia. Nice to see you again."

Celestia sort of smiled, but then she frowned. "Ok, well, I have a few things to tell you. First of all, I've received word from the other battalions sent into the Caribou Empire. As of early this morning, Lake Town and Rendale have been added to Equestrian Territory, as did one other town, although this one was a special case."

Don was interested. "Oh? And why was that town so special?"

“The town was Bindleton, which was a large merchant and shipping hub, and it was also the place where the shattered remnants of the Caribou Navy fled to. They broke away from Danin, destroyed all of their weapons, and reached out to us for surrender terms. When our soldiers arrived, they threw open the gates, and outright surrendered."

We were all surprised.

"Really? Not only did they destroy all of their weapons, but they also surrendered?"

"Yes. They said that they weren't going to wait around to be slaughtered by the Humans, so according to the city's governor, Price, he ordered all weapons destroyed, all naval ships disarmed, and all other vessels to be impounded in the harbor, and then turned over to the Equestrian Military. They were done fighting, and although the males were sent to an internment camp, they didn't resist, and seemed more than grateful to us for sparing their lives."

"Yes, as I would imagine that they would be. Also, the Caribou no longer have a navy. That's something, but please hold at Rendale for the time being. We're not too far beyond the Highland Mountains yet, and the Highland Trestle Bridge was destroyed in the fighting. Plus, the battle for Donneth, as well as the rest of the Caribou Empire, could get extremely ugly. I do not want more of your forces in harm's way than necessary!"

Celestia sighed. "Yes, we will do that Major, however, I may see about sending in scout teams to evaluate the bridge, so that it could be repaired for your journey home."

It was then that we realized that the Highland Trestle Bridge was our only way home. Without that bridge, we were stranded, and no new supplies could be brought to us.

"Yes, I just realized the truth to that Princess Celestia. If you think that some of your engineers could MAYBE begin to fix the bridge, I'd say go for it, but if not, then I'd say leave it, at least until we've taken Donneth, Carlon, and Danton. Without their capital city, as well as the other secured cities defending it, then that would put their final stronghold in the town of Bryerton, which is maybe 450 miles away from here. Between us, and Bryerton, are just miles and miles of fields, and small farming and mining communities."

I then spoke up. "Oh, and speaking of mining communities, we found something during our time hear that you may find interesting Princess."

"Oh? And what would that be?"

"Well, yesterday, we found this old strip mine that was close to the train tracks. All around it were signs warning of an extreme danger. Whatever it was made our instruments go crazy! Upon further inspection though, we discovered that the mine contained quantities of almost pure uranium!"

She looked at me a bit confused. "Um, what's so important about uranium? It's dangerous, and we have yet to find a use for it."

"But we DO have a use for it! The best armor-piercing bullets are made from depleted uranium. Also, uranium is the key ingredient for our nuclear shells! We've already begun to mine it in small quantities for the purpose of making depleted uranium bullets, but for the long run, we hope to be able to use this supply to create more nuclear shells.

Though if you were looking for a less violent use for it, uranium can also be used in a nuclear reactor to produce electricity. The technology for it still exists back on Earth, and following the end of WW5 in America, a lot of the nuclear power plants that had been shut down or damaged during World Wars 3-5 were turned back on or rebuilt to help deal with the severe energy shortages. However, this still wasn't enough for our power needs in WW6 after the Futas started taking US territory, as well as our coal, oil, and natural gas supplies, so for the first time in many years, more nuclear power plants were built. Truly an amazing feat, especially during wartime!"

Celestia was very surprised, as was Luna. Using uranium to produce electricity? The concept to them seemed almost fantastical. However, Humans were the "Impossible Species", according to Equestrian historians, and I did speak of nuclear power having existed on Earth, even though the wars had seen it become practically extinct for a time before making a massive comeback, so maybe it was possible.

"Well, maybe it is possible Captain Leopard, but uranium is still VERY dangerous! The radiation that it emits can be fatal!"

"Huh, so they know about the dangers of radiation." I thought. It always fascinated me to think that even though the Ponies had guns, cannons, telephones, TV's, indoor lighting and plumbing, and even hydroelectric dams, they still couldn't fully grasp the concepts behind war trains, engines powered by fuels such as oil or gasoline, or even mobile generators. At the same time though, they had slightly better medical techniques than we did, and were extremely well versed in astronomy, history, mathematics, and science. I always saw it like two halves of of 2 different cookies. You didn’t need both halves to function, but when you put them together, you had something amazing. We could all learn so much from each other if we could just get past these god-awful wars!

Out loud to Celestia, I said, "Yes, so that's why we're being EXTREMELY careful, and are only mining it in small quantities. We also have all of the necessary protective gear, and we do all of the refining of the uranium safely away from the train!"

Celestia nodded. "Yes, and I'm glad that you are being safe with that. However, this brings me to my next point. Some of our southern radio stations were able to modify their transmitters in order to pick up Caribou broadcasts, and I must say, what we've been hearing has us very disturbed. We keep hearing about a 'ghost train', and the 'Undead Harbingers', and how there will soon be 'death to all Caribou'! From what we can tell, your plans have been working positively flawlessly! The Caribou are so terrified of you that some 300+ Caribou have committed suicide!"

I smirked a bit. "Yeah, we know. We can pick up those frequencies too. Our handiwork has really been working well to psychologically scar the Caribou. I don't know how much longer they will be able to hold on before they snap!"

"Yes, but that could also cause them to start murdering slaves, POW's, and even the hostages! This whole ordeal is getting to be stretched about as thin as a piece of piano wire. We MUST proceed with caution, or valuable lives WILL be lost!"

I sighed. "I know, you don't need to remind me." I was about to continue, but just as I did, I felt a dark shift inside of me. I passed it off as a cough, and then continued. "However, we will come up with a plan of attack, and implement it very soon. Most likely though, we'll attack Carlon, and Danton, the two fortress-cities that flank Donneth, and provide it extra security. Then, if we can take those, we move on to Donneth."

I let Don take over explaining, while I took a trip through my subconscious to see if I could figure out what that shift was.

Meanwhile, inside of my head, Sombra knew that his time of just being a spirit was coming to an end. "Soon", He thought while smirking, "Very soon! All I need to reattach my horn, in addition to the fear of the Caribou that gives me strength, and the blood of the Zebras that gave me power, I also need to blood and fear of two extremely powerful leaders, almost as powerful as me! That fool Zakia was the first of the 2, and now that he's been drained of his power, I have his power, as well as all of the blood that I need from both of the Zebras and Caribou, as well as the fear! Now I only need one more thing, Danin being dead!" He then began to laugh a bit, and that laugh caused the shift that I felt. "All I need is Danin to be killed by my Sweetheart, and then, I can finally return to the physical world FOREVER, and WITH MY FULL POWERS RESTORED!!!!" He began to laugh again.

It was like this that I found him moments later. "SOMBRA!!!!"

"GAAHH!!!!" He then looked at me. "Hey! Don't sneak up on me like that! You just about scared the magic out of me!"

"Yeah, and maybe I should do that! I felt some serious shifting, and I know that that could NOT mean something good! What are you plotting?"

Desperate for an answer that he knew that I would believe, Sombra actually told the truth. "I want what you want Sweetheart, I want Danin dead!"

I was starting to see through his masquerade. "Yeah? But I don't think that we want him dead for the same reasons. I want him dead because he's a war criminal, and created an evil empire that thrived on slavery and oppression. He also STOLE my marefriend after she got stolen by Zakia! But seriously Shadow, why do you want him dead? And don't you DARE lie to me!"

Sombra was really taken aback by my perceived anger. He felt that there was too much of himself in me. "I loved him too much", He muttered. "Now he's WAY too much like me! I mean, looking a lot like me was one thing, but now actually having some of my powers?! No, this is getting out of hand!" Sombra tried to strike me like he did on the night in the archives, but he couldn't do it. Something was stopping him. "Great, now my love for him has made me SOFT!!!! F@#K!!!"

After thinking fast, he came up with an answer. "I want him dead, because I was the one who destroyed the Caribou Empire the first time. His family rebuilt it centuries ago, and I WILL NOT allow it!"

I had a sneaking suspicion that Sombra wanted far more than that. To him though, I merely said. "Fine, we'll talk about this later. I have to go, but Sombra, if you really think that you can get away from me so easily, you're dead wrong! There may be a lot of you inside of me, but there's a lot of ME inside of YOU as well! Plus, even if you got away from me, you would only be left as a spirit, you would have no power. Is that what you really want, or do you want the status quo of getting to return to the psychical world, with my love being enough to keep you there, with you being able to stay longer each time? Just something to think about until we talk again."

I then left Sombra, and returned to myself again.

For the rest of that day, we all continued to plan out our attack on the surrounding area.

Don looked at the maps. "We'll have to do this in one swift stroke, but yet at the same time, the hazards may be more than we can handle."

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

He pointed to the map. "Donneth, Carlon, and Danton are the 3 most populated cities in all of the Caribou Empire. Combined, they have a population of over 16 MILLION Caribou males, almost all of whom are in the military! There are also multiple army bases, garrisons, 2 military training academies, Carlon has an airship base, Danton has multiple ammunition and weapons factories, in addition to all battlements being manned 24/7, and the cities being connected by a series of tunnels. There are also believed to be bunkers, fallout shelters, and more enemies than we know what to do with."

He then looked at me, Jim, and Shining. "I'm not going to sugarcoat this, this will be the TOUGHEST battle that we have ever fought. We are more than hopelessly outnumbered, and even though we have them outgunned, they may be able to get to us faster than we can kill them! We've never fought another battle like this by ourselves. The closest WW6 battle that I can think of would be the Battle for Oklahoma City, and even then, we had reinforcements. This time, it's just us, Battalion 4009, and your Battalion General Shining. We're all on our own."

I thought about that. "Yeah, I can see your point Don, but aren't we also presumed dead? And we've just pulled off our 'ghost train' act, not to mention the 'Undead Harbingers', so won't that at least amount to something? I mean, to them, it may seem like we've just been teasing them. What if we suddenly turned aggressive? I think that that would push them over the edge. I mean, with just 9 guys, we not only killed 13,000 Caribou, but we also captured the city of Hilden!"

"Yeah, and I can see your point Leopard, but Hilden only had a population of 10,000. They were also a farming hub, not a military facility. Imagine Zebrica, Mardeth, and Zandia, all rolled into one, to all be fought at the same time. THAT'S what we're up against here! HOWEVER, yes, I can certainly see your point, and as long as we can keep up the masquerade, I could see that at least giving us an initial advantage." He took a breath before continuing.

"The way I see it, what Leopard said is indeed correct. The enemy still believes us to be dead, and from what they have been saying in their broadcasts, they do indeed think that the 'Ghost Train', as well as the 'Undead Harbingers', have indeed just been toying with them. By that logic, what do you think that they would do if we turned aggressive? Or for that matter, if we became just plain old hell-bent hostile?"

Shining nodded. "Yes, I like the way that you guys think! However, what do we do if they see through our masquerade? Also, what if we can't take the cities all in one night?"

Don sighed. "Well, in order to answer your first question, if they see through it, I doubt they'll be believed too much as a whole. Remember, the majority believes us to be dead, and that we're now ghosts and harbingers. However, if they see through that, then I guess that we just keep fighting them. It really doesn't make much of a difference if they know that we're still alive or not, as they all still die in the end!

And building on that, as well as to answer your second question, yes, eventually, we will have to drop the masquerade, as I don't think that we'll be able to take all 3 cities in just one night. In fact, I don't even plan on doing that."

Shining was curious. "Oh? And what is your plan?"

Don pointed to the maps again. "Well, by plan is to launch the attack on the two other cities beginning at 2am on whatever night we pick, and then after going at it hard, we take the cities, and then, after the sun rises, or as it's beginning to rise, we make the move to storm Donneth. This whole operation will require ALL of us giving it everything that we have! That's the only way that we're even going to stand a CHANCE at defeating the Caribou!"

We all nodded gravely, and then we came up with the final plans of attack.

Eventually, we decided that our attack would begin at 2am on July 27th, 2029, where, in the dead of Winter, with most likely temperatures in the high teens, and with a good foot and a half of snow on the ground, we were going to take on the largest, and most heavily fortified cities in the Caribou Empire defended by nearly 16 MILLION Caribou soldiers, with only about 3,000 guys! (Yes, it's still extremely weird that their Winter is in July. However, what we did not know was that Winter was coming to an end, and Spring was about to begin soon. And even if we had known, we couldn't afford to wait any longer. The attack would happen in the snow.) Yes, our plan was absolutely insane, but it had to be done. Even though the odds were severely against us, we HAD to overcome!

We also informed the princesses about our plan.

"Just....do whatever you guys have to do. Save the hostages, and take out the Caribou!"

"And, what do we do about the Caribou Military leaders, and King Danin?"

Celestia and Luna narrowed their eyes."For the Caribou military leaders, if they surrender, capture them so that they can stand trial. If they resist, disarm them if you can, but if not, then kill them!"

"And as for Danin......." Here the Princesses seemed to talk among themselves for a moment. Finally, they said, "If at all possible, see if he can be captured. But if not, then I really do not care what you do with him. Stuff him like Tarrath, or make him a sex-slave like Zakia! We honestly do not care, BUT BRING DASH, PINKIE, AND YOUR SOLDIER HOME!!!!"

We all looked at each other. Then, after talking about it, we all turned back to the Princesses. "As you have willed it, Princesses, it shall be done! This war shall draw to a close before the thaw of Spring, and then we will be beyond it! No more wars! We will bring the hostages home, or die trying!"

"Excellent! Well, I can say that we will be VERY interested in seeing how this goes!"

They then signed off, and we all began to go get ready, as that day, was already July 25th. That night, at 2am, the Battle would begin, and by 1am, we would be on the move again.

Back in my quarters, I began to get ready. As I was trying to decide what to do, I thought back to the day I wore Sombra's armor.

"Heh, if I wore THAT into the battle, I would be more than just an 'Undead Harbinger', I would be the second scariest thing to Death itself!"

"Yes, yes you would!"

"GAH!!!" I jumped a little. There, lying on my bed like he usually was, and naked like he always was, was Sombra. "Seriously, don't just pop out of nowhere like that! Give me some serious warning first!"

He laughed. "Just like I told you earlier, but now we're even, right?"

I sighed. "Yeah, I guess so."

"And I suppose that you were also going to ask me about wearing my armor into combat, am I right?"

I nodded. "Yeah. So can I?"

He seemed to think about that. Finally, he smirked. "For you Sweetheart, yes. Looking like me would terrify those f@#kers more than anything else in the world, HOWEVER, there is a condition that you have to meet first!"

I looked at him. "Um, and what would that be?"

He smirked. "You would have to take me with you!"

I cocked my head a bit. "Um, yeah, but don't I ALWAYS take you with me? I mean, you are a part of me, right?"

He thought about that. "Oh yeah, silly me, you're right! I always AM with you! So yeah, you can!"

I smiled a bit, and went over and hugged him. "Thanks Shadow, you're the best!"

He hugged me back, and kissed me gently on the nose. "And you're the sweetest coltfriend ever!"

Our sweet moment however, was interrupted by DELCI. "Um Sir, I hate to interrupt, but you have an incoming video call from Cloudsdale, Priority 2!"

I nodded. "Ok DELCI." I then got up. "Excuse me for a moment." I then went over to my desk, and after turning my video screen on, I looked to see where the call was from. "Oh, it's from Spitfire again." I then accepted the video call. "Um, Hello, Spitfire?"

I then saw her screen turn on. Once again, she was wearing her blue uniform. "Oh, hello Leopard, nice to see you again! And I'm not interrupting anything, am I?"

I glanced over at Sombra. He just rolled his eyes and mouthed the words, "Hang up on her!" I shook my head "Um, no, you're not interrupting anything. Anyway, what's up?" Sombra then glared at me, and gave me the finger. I gave him a look to kill.

She sighed. "I....need an update Leopard. How close are you guys to rescuing Dash?"

I sighed. "We're close Spitfire, we're getting really, really close. In fact, we're so close that by tomorrow morning, I think that we may have the job done."

She looked at me with tears in her eyes. "Do....do you really mean that Stud....er, I mean um, Leopard!"

I was really taken aback when she said that. "Wait, did you just call me.....'Stud'? I thought that only Dash knew about me being called that!"

She was blushing severely. "Yeah, um, about that.......*sigh* ok fine! Yeah, Dash told me about her nickname for you. I liked it, and I decided that once we were married, that I would call you it as well. It was just a minor slip, I didn't mean any harm by it!"

I shrugged. "Eh, no harm done. I don't really mind."

"So I can call you 'Stud' now as well?"

I sighed. "Yes, but ONLY when we're alone! I DO NOT want word of that nickname getting around the rest of the train!"

She nodded, but then stopped. "Ok, so if 'Leopard' is only your nickname, what's your real name?"

I sighed, and was about to say something, but then I stopped. "My real name is not important right now. What is important though is that the next time that you hear from me, most likely I'll have Dash right beside me!"

"I certainly hope so Stud, I really do. I want you to get Dash to safety, and then, I want you to MAKE THOSE BASTARDS PAY FOR WHAT THEY DID!!!!!"

I nodded, and then saluted. "You got it Spitsy....er, um, Spitfire!" Now it was my turn to blush severely!

Sptifire only giggled a bit though. "Hmm, 'Spitsy'? Heh, I kinda like that nickname! Well, since you let me call you Stud, and we are on the road to being married someday, sure, you can call me Spitsy if you want."

I nodded, still blushing a bit. "Sure, and thanks Spitsy. It was nice talking to you for a bit, but I have to go. We're about to pull out for Donneth here before too long, and I still have to finish getting ready!"

She nodded. "Sure, and it was nice talking to you too Stud! And promise me that you'll call me again as soon as you have Dash safe!"

"You got it! After I tell the Princesses, and Dash's parents, you'll be the first to know!"

"Thanks Stud, you're the greatest! Bye now!" She blew me a kiss.

I blushed. "Er....um, b-bye Spitsy!"

Spitfire then giggled as she signed off.

I then sat back in my chair, smiling to myself.

"Ugh! Twitter-patted!" a voice to my right groaned.

"Aww, can it Sombra, you're just jealous!"

He just growled a bit. "Ugh! Just get dressed in my armor so that we can get this show on the road!"

I nodded. "Sure thing Shadow!"

I then began to do just that.

By the time 12am rolled around again, we were all ready to go. We still had another hour until we had to pull out for Donneth, and another hour until showtime, but we were all itching to go.

I was once again all dressed up like an Undead Harbinger, although this time, under my robe, I was wearing Sombra's armor, as well as his helmet crown, which also contained his horn, and his staff-weapon.

"With you and I working together Sweetheart, you will be able to use my powers through my horn! Just think, you will be able to do some of the things that I was able to do while I was still alive!"

I nodded. "Yes, assuming of course that I will suffer no ill effects from doing that!"

"Heh, nothing worse than me getting stronger, and eventually breaking free of you!" To me though, Sombra merely said, "No, no ill effects at all!"

I wasn't so sure that I believed him, but before I could really discuss it further, it was time for our final briefing. We all gathered together, and Don addressed us.

"Good evening everyone, and everypony. Once again, I know that I have to keep this brief, but I have a lot to say. As I'm sure that all of you know, we have to take Donneth, as well as Carlon, and Danton. I also believe that by now, you've also heard about just how difficult that this is going to be.

I WILL NOT be sugarcoating this, the battle that lies ahead for us, may be one that we CANNOT win. We're facing 3 cities that have a population that falls 4 million short of the population of the ENTIRE Zebra Empire, and are the most heavily fortified cities that we have ever seen!"

There was a lot of whispering, as well as talking in low tones.

"HOWEVER, we do have a few things going for us. Remember, we're STILL dead to them! Also, we have the element of surprise, and the weather working for us as well. It's still the dead of Winter, and it's even lightly snowing, so no attack seems imminent to them. When we strike though, we will have to hit HARD, FAST, and be EXTREMELY PRECISE! Remember, not only are the hostages here, but there are also a lot of slaves, and POW's. They have all suffered enough as it is, and they DO NOT need to suffer any more!"

"And how are we going in Major?"

"Good question!" Don then pulled out a map, and showed it to all of us. "This here is Donneth. It will be our ultimate target. However, before we take out Donneth, we first have to get through these brutes right here." He pointed to two other cities that flanked Donneth. "These, are Carlon, and Danton. Both of these cities will have to be taken out before we can proceed.

Our attack tonight starts at 2am, and if my calculations are correct, by the time that the sun begins to rise, it will be time to attack Donneth. All of this will be heavily a ground troops operation, with maybe some help from our gunship and drones, as well as PRECISE artillery strikes from the train.

Our primary goal right now is to keep up the whole 'Ghost Train', and 'Undead Harbinger' act. Only now, instead of just teasing them, we will actually be doing some serious damage! Thanks to our efforts, now 55, almost 60% of the Caribou Empire has been taken over by the Equestrians. With the fall of these cities, and the surrounding area, that number will rise to almost 75%. The final steps after this, will be the taking of Bryerton, as well as the last towns, villages, and settlements around it. Then that's it; the war's over. The war could even end today if the Caribou surrender after Donneth! Won't that be amazing?!"

Truth be told, none of us had ever really thought about that. War was all that we had really ever known. Now a lasting peace could actually be achieved? It was almost unfathomable.

Don then fully finished laying out the plan. "Ok, so who's with me in this?!"

We all cheered.

"Ok then, SO LET'S F@#KIN' DO THIS AND END THIS F@#KING GOSH-DAMN WAR ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!!"

All of us were shocked. Never had we ever heard Don use language like that. A few salty words here and there, but never 3 in one sentence!

"YEAH!!!" We all cheered, and then we all scurried to our stations.

At exactly 1am, we pulled out for Donneth. Our ETA was about 50 minutes, which left us with another 10 to prepare. Joe and Frank were driving the engine, and those of us who were going to fight were clustered in various places. I was in the SCC, along with Aurora, who would also be coming along, and a few others, including Shining.

"I'm so glad that I can some with you Master!" Aurora was saying, "I want to be there when you save Mommy!"

I leaned down, and scratched her behind the ears gently. "Yeah, so am I Aurora. It wouldn't be the same without you."

As we continued to rumble along, I went over the plan in my head. My group and I were tasked with taking Carlon, while Shining and his people were heading to Danton. The train would back both of us up, as would our drones, and the gunship. Then, once those cities were secured, with more reinforcements, plus Don, we would all begin to storm Donneth, with our destination being the Imperial Palace. We were all armed to the teeth with all of the guns and weapons that we could carry, and we waited for the train to reach its destination.

"Just hang in there a little bit longer Dash", I thought. "I'm almost there. I WILL save you this time, and SEVERELY PUNISH those who took you!"

All too soon, the train reached its destination; the same track in the woods maybe a quarter mile away from Donneth and the other two cities where we'd hidden the train on the nights where we pretended to be ghosts and harbingers. We all got out, and began to get into our groups. Then, we began to sneak close to our targets. Unlike the previous battles, there would be no huge barrage before the troops went in. Instead, there would be the troops getting into place, before the railguns blasted holes in the walls for us to enter through. Then, we Undead Harbingers would wreak death and destruction. The guns would fire periodically after that to neutralize the heaviest targets, but overall, it would be up to us ground forces.

We had all of our cameras on, and once we were confirmed to be broadcasting, we all got ready. My group was in a ditch maybe 20 yards away from Carlon. We were waiting for Don's signal. Once we had it, we would quickly pick off any visible enemy troops with our sniper rifles, before giving Don the signal to blast the walls.

"Ok guys, all groups report in."

"This is General Shining, we're all ready to go Major!"

"This is Captain Leopard, and we're all good here. Just give us the word, and we'll put a few bullets into some heads!"

"And you've got it you guys. Make the snow run RED with their blood! We need blood in the snow!"

I smirked. "And so you shall have it Don!" I then picked up my own rifle, the others, including Aurora, readied theirs and then, once we'd all found a target, we all started putting bullets into Caribou.

Most likely, the enemy never even saw what hit them. By our counts, nearly 40 Caribou bit the dust on the walls surrounding Carlon, while Shining reported 35 Caribou down from Danton. We kept blasting over and over, knocking down more and more Caribou.

"Oh shoot! Master?"

"Yeah Aurora?"

"I'm empty! Can you help me reload please?"

I nodded. "Sure thing Aurora!" I then opened up her armor, found the clip for her sniper rifle, popped out the empty one, and put in a fresh one before closing her armor back up again.

"Thank's Master!"

"Anytime Aurora!"

Eventually though, by about 2:20, the time that we'd all been waiting for had arrived. It was time to attempt to storm the cities.

"Don, do you read me?"

"Yep, loud and clear Leopard! What's going on?"

"Well, we've done what we've had to do, and neutralized as many enemies as we could. Now then, if you would please be so kind as to blast us some holes, then we can be the Harbingers of Death!"

"Roger that Leopard! Just keep your heads down, firing now!"

We all got our heads down, and sure enough, moments later, a series of shells came screaming over our heads, before slamming into the city walls close to us, and to Shining's group. A massive series of holes were torn into the walls, giving us not only access points, but also killing more Caribou as well.

Then, with an ungodly shriek that only an Undead Harbinger, (or a Bat-Pony!) could make, I took flight, and led the way towards not only Carlon, but also Dash, and ultimately, King Danin, or so we all believed!

Author's Note

And, that was part 1! So now, blood has been spilled into the snow during the opening minutes of the battle, and now, the city walls have been breached, and the signal to charge has been given. How will the rest of this battle go? Will we be able to save Dash and the other hostages? How much better of a military leader will Dactyl be than Danin was? And what about Stuggs and Rodin, what will happen to them? And what about Danin in Bryerton? Will we attack there as well, or will we just flatten the area with a nuclear strike? Well, you know the drill, stay tuned, and I'll tell you!

As always, comments, feedback, questions, as well as spreading the word about this story, are always appreciated, and I'll see you in Chapter 24, Part 2! It's going to be one heck of a chapter, so DON'T YOU DARE MISS IT!

ScarFox out for now!