Deep in a forest near the Griffon border, There is a stallion running for his life. He has spent the past six days constantly running away from his home.

The stallions' name was Steel Hoof. He was big for his size as a stallion. He was tan with a black mane. He served as a mercenary for the griffins. When he came to his homeland, he settled down to have a family… but the family was not what he expected.

For centuries his family were Earth ponies. So far he is the only one to settle down with a Pegasus. His family also had something wrong with them, for a part of their body was literally made out of steel. (For reasons unknown.)

So when he settled down with a Pegasus, they have a colt who had steel wings.

Now with the sun on his back he has been running for days to get to his hideout.

For days he thought he was in the clear… until he was ambushed. he made out fine, only a couple scratches. All he ever wants is the best life his son can have.

As he ran he heard more voices saying "The tracks go this way!” or “We’re gaining on him!”

Even though they were gaining on him he kept running.

Eventually he found a cave and ran inside, making sure to not leave any tracks. Once inside he used his earth pony strength to move a decently size boulder to block the entrance.

He got down and looked through a tiny hole, the patrol‘s passing by. He managed to get Celestia pissed off.

He stayed in there for hours making sure the coast was clear. Occasionally he would check up on his son and make sure that he was all right. Poor colt was only three months old.

Eventually though he had to come out. He got up, moved the boulder and made sure to put it back blocking the entrance after he left.

Hours passed, then he finally reached a cabin.

He walked inside and found two very familiar Griffin faces.

The first was prince Edward of the steel clan. The steel clan is known for their powerful military and technology, more so than normal for griffins.

He had white feathers at the tips of his wings, which were black, and was 25 years old.

The second was a general who served prince Edward. His name was Thunderwing.

He had yellow feathers and was 45 years old.

Steel Hoof served both of them when he was a mercenary. Even though he did it for the money, he also did it for his friends, usually giving them a 50% discount to his sevices.

The room was silent. Both of the griffins were wearing a black cloak. As they remove their clocks one by one they greeted each other.

Unfortunately they had to cut short due to the patrols.

The griffins were shocked at what had happened but were hesitant about his plans.

After a few minutes Thunderwing nods to his friend for one last time and grabbed Steel Wing. The colt I had a black coat and a red Mane. His eyes were also read The colt really didn’t want to leave his father and started to cry. But somehow Thunderwing was able to calm the little colt.

Before the two griffins left the father gave Thunderwing one last thing.

During his 3 year serving the military as a mercenary, he became great friends with the general. When the two were on their last mission the general gave him an exact replica of the new flask pistol. He says these were the only two of their kind.

The stallion turned around and went to the cabinet. There he seemed to pull out a few muskets. The two griffins knew what was happening and quickly left.

No sooner as they did patrol started searching the one area that they were in. The gunshots rang out for hours before the stallion fell.

When Thunderwing got home he was a little bit excited. He never had a chance to have his own child, since all the females wanted him for his power, and not for his love.

At first it was exhausting but he eventually started loving it. At first he didn’t know what the colt need to eat. So he went to the library to check it out and when he got home the colt turned out to be impatient. He had gotten into his fish drawer and had already eaten two fish.

At first he was worried until he read that ponies can eat meat but it doesn’t mean that they should. But still Steel Wing loved his fish.

When the boy went to school he was a target for bullies. With him being the only pony and having steel wings made him an easy target.

….One day all went to hell. A few shadow clan members snuck into the school and held everyone hostage.

But eventually the military was able to save everyone and kill all of the assassins… Or so they thought. When steel wing went to go hug his father, an assassin got up. The assassin pulled out a musket and fired.

….only for it to bounce off Steel Wings wing. While still in the moment he used his wing to get a grip on his father’s pistol (The exact same one his father received) and fired at the assassin, killing him.

The flask pistol was modified so it could have a safety guard. That only claws or fingers can use. A feather wouldn’t even move it… luckily he had a steel feather.

When his father saw this he knew that this boy was a fighter. He was only at the age of seven and yet he was able to kill a target and defend him in less than three seconds. Not only, but Steel Wing got a cutie mark, an upright iron shield.

When Steel Wing turned 16 he joined the griffin military. And he was a tough son of a bitch. At the age of 18 he was one of the most skilled assassins out there.

At this time he knew about his real father and what had happened. But even still he knew his true father was Thunderwing. He never blamed his father for leaving him but he has to move on or else he’ll get nowhere in life.

His 19th birthday gift was his pony father’s pistol. He took great care of the flask pistol and made sure that he never had a scratch. It was even designed so that his wings could only use it making the guard too small for any finger or claw.

But when he turned 20 his father died. Due to heart problems (A barely missed bullet.) he didn’t get to live past the age of 70. but before his father died, he gave Steel Wing his pistol.

Weeks pass by as the boy moaned for his father. He had killed many things in his lifetime but this hit him hard.

When he turned 21 he denied going into the elite army. His reason is because they didn’t get enough action.

At the age of 24 he wanted to go visit his homeland to see why his father left. Before he went he went to the king (now King Edward) to ask for his blessing. Of course the king agreed considering he was like his nephew. Before steel wing went on his journey the King gave him a Royal musket.

And with that Steel Wing left to Equestria. But before that, he visited a bar....

Author's Note

Yo. This was edited by me, but I didn't write it.

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