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WARNING: MAJOR BLOOD AND DARKNESS AHEAD

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Elements of Brotherhood (Ryder's POV)

It's been weeks since I was turned into a foal... That was a week of potty training again... No joke. I was asleep at Princess Twilight's castle after my... 'meal'... and may have wet the bed... Chalked that up to fatigue. Not when I pissed my pants a couple hours later and after I got home the next day... Scootaloo and Applebloom laughed at me a bit which kinda hurt but Applejack corrected them with a grounding each. But I'm glad that's done... Applejack had to even have Dash watch me and change me if I went.... Well... she made fun of me a bit too much... had to change a diaper after a habanero and pepperjack cheese hayburger with firey barbeque sauce. Oooh the look on her face. But why I'm glad that stopped? Not because I didnt wanna be walking about and just up and start leaking but... something happened. Applejack got up during the night but... she never got back into bed which is unlike her... always coming back and cuddling up for warmth. Woke up during the night thinking she just went to her sisters room to sleep on the floor because she had a nightmare. Didnt hear any crying or screaming but... she probably found her trying to get back to sleep or something... That was maybe about two in the morning but I still slept well. When I woke up my head was under the covers at the foot of the bed. Normally Winona would've been there in the morning but kinda havent seen her for a few days. Had to drop her with Fluttershy for a bit for a check up and a bit of time with some other dogs to play with. Even gets Fluttershy a little cuddle time. But any way I woke up, wasnt even on my pillow... or even wearing underwear for that matter for some reason. My alarm went off and I just tossed the covers off. "...shit... the hell did we do last night....?" I asked the empty room.

I got out of the bed and went for my drawers. Put on a blank tank top, my lunar republic camo pants and even got my combat boots on. As I walked out I stretched everything. Arms, legs and even my wings. Cracked my neck too. As I reached the ground floor Big Mac just walked out of his room wearing a black and white metalicolt tee, jeans and his work boots. He looked to me rubbing his eyes. "...Mornin' Ry..." He said. "You sleep alright...?" I walked over to the couch and hopped over landing on my back.

"Guess so... woke up in a weird position... Aj's probably in one of the girls rooms... Let em sleep... Scoot had a rough day yesterday..." Big Mac huffed as he went over to the kitchen.

"Still cant believe after all that Diamond Tiara makes fun of her after she's nice and invites her to her birthday party! Lucky 'Bloom was there to tell that girls father... Otherwise you'd have to get down there and talk to her father.... and I know how keen you are with your lingo..." I huffed.

"That was one time I threatened someone because he shoved your sister and my fiance as he was going up to his gym.... Who knew he would be more scared of losing his gym membership than he would of being stuck with an assault charge. Must assault mares for a fucking living... asshole..." I looked to him. "Pass me a chocolate cereal bar? ...maybe one of those canned coffees? Needing something in mah belleh...."

"Why dont you get it yourself lazy ass? I aint your damn maid..." I sat up and grabbed a pillow chucking it at him and nailing him in the face.

"You're closer dude. Just give me something to eat before I bite your god damn head off and have your brain for breakfast... Course with that skull of yours I'd probably starve before I could crack that thick skull."

"You wanna shut up? My skull aint as thick as yours! Fall out of a plane and shit and you still wanna try and crack yours open!"

"And whos the one who has more brain than brawn? You're the one who thinks he can do everything by himself and throw his back out doing it. Not to mention you keep going for it even after you hurt yourself."

"Am I the one who got drunk and started yellin' about everything Daring Do related?"

"No but you were the guy who got drunk, scared his sister and causing his two friends to bum rush him and knock his ass out just to cuff him on the couch. Dont regret having to knock your ass out. You dont know how good it felt to bring you down!" He walked over to me as I sat up on the couch.

"Well am I the guy who's hung up on his parents? Oh no! Mommy and daddy arent here! So sad!" I stood right up and got in his face.

"AT LEAST I'M NOT THE GUY WHO WET HIS BED SIX TIMES IN ONE WEEK AND HAD HIS SISTER DIAPER HIS SORRY ASS!" Oh and that just set him off. He threw a punch and tackled me over the back of the couch. I just flung him off before climbing onto him slapping him a few times before he just pushed me back over the couch making me hit the table and send it toppling over. I lied there for a moment before he came around the couch and grabbed me by my shirt raising a fist in the air. But something was off... "WAIT! WAIT DONT MAC! Something's wrong!" He lowered his fist and grabbed me by the shoulders.

"Better tell me right fucking now or so fucking help me I'll throw your ass through a window!" I shrugged him off, kicked him back onto the couch and got up. He nearly got up to get me until I pushed him back planting a boot on his chest.

"You wanna look around and see the damage we did? The noise we made? And nobody yelling or crying because of us?" He listened for a moment.

"...Yeah... we made a racket that someone in town probably heard... and AJ aint hearing us and neither of the girls are screaming or coming to check on us...." We both looked each other in the eye. He pushed my foot off and almost in unison we vaulted the couch and went for the stairs. I flew straight up as he scrambled up the stairs. He went all the way down the hall while I went to Scootaloos room and threw open the door. Nothing in there. A messy bed, windows shut closet opened and dressers full. Backpack was still where she left it from school. I looked under her bed, in her closet and just started losing it. I ran around the bed and back outside running into Big Mac.

"SCOOT ISNT IN HER ROOM!"

"Bloom aint in hers either, not even AJ!" I started hyperventilating something bad. Big Mac shoved me against the wall and back handed me before grabbing me by the shoulders. "GET YOURSELF TOGETHER! YOU'RE A GENERAL, NOT A FUCKING PUSSY!" I held my cheek tearing up. "Look... Not only your sister is gone.... so are mine... my family... Yours too I guess but... look at me? Am I gonna cry? No. Am I gonna kill someone? Probably. But I'm stronger than a god damn guard. But who knows? Maybe AJ took the girls somewhere and just didnt tell us. Ya think of that?" I shook my head hesitantly. "Alright... Grab your phone, call AJ, see where she's at. Okay?" I whimpered and nodded. "Deep breath Ry... Sorry for hittin' ya... just needed to get a hold of yourself."

"R..Right... I... gotta get a hold of myself... this is the mountain... after the crash... just... know you'll see Scoot... no matter what happens... busted wing, broken leg, caved in chest.... I can do this..." I took a deep breath and walked with Big Mac over to the bedroom door and walked in with him. He sat down on the bed while I grabbed at my phone... but... it was rubber... like a dog toy. I squeezed it making the charging wire pop out and having it make a squeaking sound. I wanted to cry... I wanted to scream. I. Was. PISSED. I looked to Big Mac and he looked at me back, ears folded, tail between his legs, eyes sunken into the back of his head. "...Phone replaced with rubber.... our sisters missing... us left alone? There's only one creature sick enough to get a kick out of our misery..." I threw my phone at the window only to have it bounce back into my face. That's when I grabbed the bed and lifted... I struggled with it for a moment but with the rage I felt I hoisted it over my head, readied it up as Big Mac jumped off and ran out and just sent it through the wall. "DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD!" I hopped out of the wall I took out and ran over to the nearest tree and tried ripping it out of the ground only to stop, having my muscles just lock up and cramp causing me to scream loudly in pain. That's when Big Mac rushed out and grabbed me, dragging me back inside in agony. I could barely get a word out... "Cramps! CRAMP! OW!" Literally two words. Big Mac huffed taking me upstairs.

"What the HELL was that?! I aint never seen you do anything like that no matter how pissed you were! And I've seen you use my own shotgun to kill a murderer!" He dragged me into the bathroom and put me into the bathtub before turning the water on. Even was nice enough to remove my shoes and socks... Not my pants and underwear. But oh well. Turned it on warm water. "Here... Tensed up so much ya fucking cramped up huh? Why dont you sit here, relax, and I'll see if I cant see anything outside to help us find our sisters. Just call me if you need anything okay?" I nodded a bit. Hurt like hell but... My god that was AWESOME. I sat in that bath writhing in pain but as time went on the pain faded... Though I was on fire. Muscles and anger. After about fifteen minutes I managed to get up out of the tub, soaking wet I ditched my clothes, boots and all. I dug into a medicine cabinet and took some muscle relaxers. Downed a couple dry before going back to my room. Dried off with a towel from the hamper and dried myself off before getting into my alternate uniform... Celestia's gold, blue and a white tank top before digging into the closet and grabbing the duster Luna gave me. She likes her version better from my post apocalyptic game but I prefer the Celestian variant. White duster, light damage to it, blood splattered across the equestrian symbol on the back. Didnt even give time to drain the tub before jumping out of the large hole I had made... The worst thing? Didnt see our vehicles anywhere. No dirt bike, no family truck and my fucking dominator was gone! I walked towards the road and looked down it just to see Big Mac half way down the road, kneeling down looking at the dusty road. I started walking over to him. Didnt even look back as I got close.

"Find anything?" Kinda startled him when I said that. He stood up and huffed.

"Get your ass back in that house, get yourself rest!" I just looked at my hand.

"Not a fucking chance. We need help to find our sisters.... Discord had to have done it... who else would turn my phone into a damn dog toy? It woke me up this morning... But now? It's just a fucking squeaky toy and the only one who does that is a fucking weird corrupted fucking chaotic dragon thing... I'm gonna shove my fist so far up his ass he's gonna be tasting it. If he doesnt have one... I'll make one with a couple razor blades... and a baseball bat." He sighed.

"Alright but where the hell do we find him? He aint just gonna come to us is he?"

Oh sweet Celestia if that wasnt his queue I wouldnt know what else is. We just started hearing laughing... evil and just bodyless but we both knew who it was. "What a show so far... I hope you dont mind me taking your sisters... they put up quite a fight but they know better not to do." We heard Discord say. I looked around. Nothing. "Time's ticking General.... The more you wait... the less feathers someone has... the less mane someone has... maybe the less likely chances of getting their cutie mark...."

I growled. "LAY ONE FINGER ON THEM AND I FUCKING GUT YOU YOU DAMN DEMENTED SQUEAKY TOY ASSHAT!" I yelled. Not the best come back but... lord I was pissed. "SHOW YOURSELF! OTHERWISE I'M GONNA RIP YOU IN HALF AND FEED YOU YOUR ASS!"

"Oh come now... what happened to the razor blades? Tearing me a new asshole? Maybe I should put them in my captive pens... even in your friends restraints at Twilight's castle...." He gasped a bit. "...Me and my big mouth... save them now... Otherwise they're goners...." He laughed and it started to fade off. But as it did... Horrifying blood curdling wails came. Both Big Mac and I looked to the trees. Coming from the trees...Weird... zombie like candy monsters... nearly looked like a pony... Some were fast, others were slower but they had the look like they wanted to kill. I looked back to Big Mac and started pushing him a bit down the road towards the main road.

"MAC! RUN!" And just like that we broke out in a sprint. Some of the candy zombies just rushed us, I punched one off and it left freaking syrup- cherry flavored to be exact- on my fist. Theyre made of candy, yes I tasted it. He even shoulder checked one off to the side as we started nearing the end of the road. My eyes zeroed in on a delivery van with the back door opened a bit. "BIG MAC! VAN!" We both ran for the van and dove in. I shut the door behind me and just huffed taking a deep breath as Big Mac panted. "That fucking.... He's dead! DISCORD IS FUCKED!" I punched at the wall of the van. All it left was a large dent. Barely even hurt.

The red stallion looked to me. "You're fucking... We're killing him one way or another for threatening our sisters...." He said. "But how the hell we gonna get to the damn castle with no cars, no weapons to defend ourselves? If we had our guns we'd be blasting our way through but thanks to you, my gun's locked up in an evidence locker and yours is in a safe somewhere in an armory because you cant trust yourself." I sighed going through a little opening to the front. There were a few boxes in here but I bypassed them easily just wedging myself underneath the drivers seat.

"See if you can find something to defend ourselves while I try to get this damn thing hot wired... Why the driver took the keys I dont know... All I know is we might have some weird draquien blood on our hands..." I forced the little panel off to the ignition and took a few wires out before touching them together. They sparked a bit as the engine revved a bit. I didnt want to hot wire a vehicle at any time but I learned this in my shop class back before I got my dominator. Teacher looked the other way just because we were some of the better students of this class. He knew we wouldnt do anything bad... well some of us... One of the guys who taught me ended up getting arrested for what? Stealing a car, hotwiring it and bringing it into a chop shop... guy that used to work in the garage I was at. Was fired and another guard arrested him after I became general. But what I was doing here? Trying to steal someones vehicle. Kinda... Thing wouldnt even start. It just revved but never sparked to life. I huffed. "Dammit! Not even an ounce of fuel!" I sat up and looked at Big Mac who was just sitting at the side of the back of the truck. "And what the hell are you doing?! I told you to find something to protect ourselves with!" He looked to me giving a huff.

"Well I aint seeing a damn thing. Do you see a baseball bat with nails around here? I dont!" I huffed.

"Check these boxes. There's gotta be something in here."

"You're crazy right? You're a guard... General... opening someone elses mail? That's a damn felony!" I sighed kneeling down.

"Well we have good reason for this. Killer candy outside. We're in here. Friends? In danger. Our sisters? Extreme danger. Now help me look through these." The box I was knelt down at was a pretty long box. Wide. It was a wooden crate, as were the other two. Smaller ones but good sized too. I opened the box and inside was a few weapons. Perfect right? One of the weapons was a sword. Second was a large hammer. I grabbed the sword and the hammer just getting the sword sheathed and tied to my waist as I hooked the hammer to my back. I looked to Big Mac who was looking through the other boxes. He pulled out a few daggers with sheathes and even an axe. He tied the dagger sheathes around his waist and readied his axe. "What luck! We're gonna knock some heads.... got enough for who ever we gotta save..." He looked back at me as I got my hammer out.

"Who the hell are we saving anyways? Dash? Fluttershy? Pinkie? Hell Pinkie could probably eat these things and get us to the castle safely." I huffed.

"Dunno but... We're gonna find em, save em and we're gonna kick Discord's ass... Now you ready to go?" Big Mac nodded as I went to the doors. "Alright... Stand back..." He stepped back a bit as I readied my hammer and I just swung it at the door, hitting it and sending the doors off. I looked back at him as a couple zombie candy... things... Sweeties? Does that work? Oh well but that's what I'm gonna call them from now on. I looked to him as a couple sweeties just tried getting back up.

"...You know those were unlocked right?"

"Yeah but where's the fun in smashing heads when you cant make it badass?" I turned out the door and jumped out slamming the hammer down actually cracking the pavement and sending the sweeties away from the epicenter of a shockwave. Big Mac followed suit and stuck his axe into the faces of those things. We started running towards Ponyville as fast as we could, dodging, and bashing them. Sweet Celestia it was beautiful... Oooh if only I had some metal... or some big band music... Anything that I can kill to... yes i may be psychotic. OH WELL! As we fought I sheathed my hammer and grabbed a car lifting it over my head. Not in a million years have I thought I'd be able to do this. I just let out a war cry as I just chucked the car about a block away, having it roll through a horde of those sweet freaks. Oh you should've seen the parts that went flying. Car and Sweetie parts.... okay... I'm just gonna call them S. Freaks.... When I said Sweetie parts... I had an image of were Rarity would wanna kill me. Hell even I wanna kill me for even thinking that. Well other than that note... we fought until we ended up at a grocery store about half way from the towns edge and the castle. I was starved... Didnt get a chance to eat. We stopped there, barricaded ourselves with what ever we could find. I put a few shelving units against the doors blocking anything from coming in. I sighed as I set the last one in place. "There... We can rest for a bit... snag some food to regain some strength..." Big Mac looked to me. He thought for a moment but just sighed.

"Alright... I'll humor you and follow along... but if someone finds out we've been doing this I dont know you, I was just scared and wanting to seek safety." I rolled my eyes and huffed.

"We gotta try to survive somehow... Now c'mon... faster we get something to eat, less likely we are to die from fatigue and getting overwhelmed. Got me?" He sighed shaking his head going deeper into the empty store.

"You play too many of those damn games... Damn survival horrors are either gonna be our demise or they're gonna save our asses...." He followed me into the aisles. Most of these aisles were tipped over, the whole store was decrepit and all you could hear was the glitching staticky sound of the PA system. Eerie as it was I felt comfortable being armed with my best friend at my side. But I was still mad, almost burning inside that Discord had my baby sister, my fiance and her little sister. Didnt know where they are. Just hoped they were safe. We went until we found some toaster pastries. Took a box of peanut butter and jelly sandwich flavor before just cracking open the box and eating them. Ooh it was soooo goooood.... I was so hungry you wouldnt believe. Ate three packages of them just to get my fill and not stuff myself. I looked to Big Mac as he finished off a third small box of cereal.

"How you holding up over there?" He huffed swallowing the last bite of his honey rings.

"I'm alright... Feel the adrenaline coming down... What about you? Your muscles doing okay?" I nodded.

"Yeah... Hurts still but not as much... feels good...." I flexed a bit. "Not much of a change... You think this could be discords doing? Making things seem lighter, hitting me with muscle cramps and I pick something up only to have it drop on my head?" He huffed.

"Doubt it... Probably would've already done it by now..." He tossed his empty cereal box aside. "...Y'know... I'm almost scared for you to punch me... Hell... I'm kinda afraid what you'd do to Gilda when you uh... wanna be rough with her.... I blushed a bit.

"Now that you mention it... I could rip her fucking tit off... hell... I could crush Applejack or Scootaloo in their sleep if I wanted to cuddle!"

"Shit... Probably tear someone in half just by fucking them... You either dont touch em, or just bottom for a while. I mean... you take a pretty big dick!" He gave a chuckle as I blushed. I sighed.

"Better me than uh..."

"Than my sister?" I nodded. "Well... As long as I dont have to see it... Should probably leave you two alone after this... Unless Scoot's been scared outta her mind... wouldnt doubt it either... Maybe a bit of time with Scoot first, AJ second... Which ever first... I dont care... Long as you guys are happy." I huffed getting up from my position. Kinda felt a bit stiff. I sighed.

"When we get them back, I'm spending time with both of them... They're gonna be frightened... if AJ wants to go to you, she goes to you... I aint gonna hog her..." I stretched a bit and huffed helping him up. "Now c'mon. Longer we keep waiting here, shorter time our friends got. Lets go."

"Reckon we should... Lets hit the back door and try not to make much noise. Stay low, stay frosty just like a nice cold one." Honestly doesnt sound half bad... Just to knock back a brew right now... Cider more than anything. I nearly grabbed a six pack off the shelf and cracked one open as we started going through the warehouse. I looked around checking my corners... maybe grabbed a bag of chips and scarfed what little cheese puffs there were. He sighed as we came to the only two exits... One fire exit, one rusty chain opened receiving door. "Damn... Gonna attract noise any way we go..." He looked to me. "Wanna take a risk and open that fire door? Maybe see if you cant cut the alarm box on that thing? Or you wanna just get that door open and book it? Highly recommend the receiving door. Aint gonna attract much attention with that door." I huffed weighing the options.

"What about just opening the emergency door and running? They're all gonna be attracted to the noise and I could fly us onto a building. What about that?" He shook his head.

"Nope. Things gonna attract em sure but its gonna be safer to get to that castle. Why dont you leave that hammer on your back and start lopping some heads off with that sword?" I huffed.

"Would but... The hammer feels right to me... You wanna try the sword? Maybe the daggers?"

"Touche.... Lets just go." We walked over to the receiving door and found the chain locked to a hook against the wall. I got my hammer ready and Big Mac stood back as I tapped at the lock with my hammer before reeling back and slamming the lock against the wall, breaking it instantly. He grabbed the chain as I got my war hammer readied like I was gonna charge with a spear. Slowly he started pulling the chain opening the door... Creaks here and there, clanging chain here as well as his grunting. Once it was opened about half way we snuck out before hurrying down the alley. Almost void of stuff. Dumpster or two, back doors to neighboring buildings and even a homeless encampment... empty but it was obvious. Gonna remember that if we can save everyone.

Big Mac and I weaved through alley ways, avoiding the Sweet Freaks. None noticed us. Hordes of them everywhere. We got out lucky... But as we weaved through the alleys and streets... Something felt off... I whistled to Big Mac. He looked back at me and I just shushed him giving a hand signal to just stay low and stay put. I crouched coming out of an alley way and just looked around with my hammer in hand. I saw the Castle looming above us just a couple blocks away, a building in front of us with no way around it, windows and doors were boarded up and the cars on the road were parked like they were blocking off everything. Two cars in both lanes on one side, and the other. But what was strange was... no resistance... no surprises, no others holding out... Not even any raiders. You'd think with these Sweet Freaks running around someone would try to take this for an opportunity to steal... well... more than me and Mac did... Suddenly Discord's stupid laugh spooked me and Mac together going back to back. "What's wrong General? Not trusting of a clear path?" We heard him say. "Just go on... your friends dont have much time... I dont think they can last long without their own weapons..." His laugh echoed before fading.

I looked back at Big Mac. "Rush the street and we fly up to the building?" I asked. "Either we do that or make a break for the sides.... Dont trust it..."

Big Mac huffed. He looked to the road. Grabbed a rock and just chucked it straight across. Nothing... didnt hit anything invisible, no noise... but I still didnt trust it. "Seems too easy..." He looked back at me. "...You wanna test the waters?" I sighed shaking my head.

"...Course it's me... always me..." I got my hammer ready as I broke away. "I die, you tell your sister it was your doing for this ya big baby...."

"Says the stallion who wears diapers to bed... Just get out there.... Anything gets ya I'll be there to help ya..." I huffed and turned back to the street. I walked out in the middle of it. Nothing... no trap or anything. But just as I was going to fly up I felt like I hit my head on a ceiling maybe... six to eight feet above me right as the building in front of us was about to come to its roof.

I landed just as Discord's laugh came. I ran to the side and ran into another wall... "Invisible walls! Just like in your games!" The laughing Draquien said. "Dont you just love those? Something you want just out of reach and no way to get it...."

I growled a bit as Big Mac ran over to me. "YOURE DEAD WHEN I GET YOU DISCORD!" I yelled into the air. "I HOPE CELESTIA WILL BE GLAD YOUR HEAD IS MOUNTED ON MY WALL!" Discord sighed from laughing.

"Well come now... I'd think about where you're going to go... Your yelling seems to have caught some attention..." He started laughing again as we readied ourselves against a few rushing Sweet Freaks. I started to think of where to go... Couldnt go up, couldnt hit the streets... under pressure like this? I cant think.

Big Mac huffed sticking his axe into the face of a freak. "Ry! Smash the wall. I'll cover you!" He said.I grunted and took out about four of the freaks before charging the wall. Took a couple hits but it came down... may or may not have gotten a sweet freak with the last swing but that doesnt matter. When that wall opened up we had to fight a few waiting for the dust to settle and the debris to stop falling. Wasnt long but I just wanted to get a little blood thirsty and just started stomping them out one by one! Holy shit it was beautiful. But we didnt have time to gawk at the destruction we created. When we had the opening we ran through the hole in the wall. Just an empty office building we broke into. We ran past cubicles, I bowled one over when I charged it and when we were going towards the front door I didnt wanna waste time opening it because I just grabbed a heavy paperweight and chucked it at the windows next to the door shattering them. We ran right on through and quickly broke to the right to get to the castle. There was a horde of them at the door. I just slammed groups of them out of the way just to get to the door.

When we got inside we sighed slamming and locking the door behind us. We looked up at the stairs before us and I just sighed. "Great... We're here... but no time to rest..." I said. "Gotta get up there to get who ever is up there... See if we cant get to Applejack and the girls fast...." We started rushing up the stairs... Kinda... We went as fast as we could while trying not to kill ourselves... Either by falling down the stairs because we collapsed and because neither of us wanted to trip.

The castle was baron. No guards, no Twilight, no Pinkie, Rarity, Dash or even Fluttershy. Pretty sure I'd hear at least one of them screaming... Come to think of it it was nothing even coming to our ears... No yells of help from anyone. Who's here I wondered. Was Discord pulling a ruse to trap us here? Or was it just my mind doing these things while I slept? Making it seem like this was a nightmare I wouldnt wake up from? Was I going crazy from the shit I've been through? Well... That was what I thought until I heard a familiar yell... one I havent heard in years mind you but it was still from a familiar stallion. "HEEEEEEEELLLLP!" They yelled. I looked to Big Mac. He met my gaze.

"Was that who I think it was?"

Mac huffed. "Eeyup... Shining..." He said. "What ever's there we gotta go fast and get him outta there!" We hurried up to the main level and just started looking around. "You go left, I'll go right, cover more ground that way. I nodded and sighed before breaking away going left at the top of the steps. I really felt like my character in my post apocalyptic game. Similar outfit, hammer type weapon and honestly I should have some gun with me when melee wont work... that's not what I speced into. Litterally... I've got an assault build in that game, unique assault rifle, weird pistol that uses fifty caliber ammo and a hammer to smash some enemy skulls when my guns dont do their job.... Damn robot scorpions around Las Pegasus.... EMP Smashy stick good. Okay but onto the story. I ran through the halls listening to Shining's screams. Went left, right looked in rooms where I thought he was, checked the kitchen and even Twilight's room. Nothing but a messy bed... Twilight always makes her bed... Didnt even see Spike either... if she didnt make it he did... But it was still messy... To be honest this had me more scared even with my sister and Applejack on my mind. Shining yelled once more. Couldnt make out what he said. All I know is I just ran off in the direction that I heard it. Throne room.

As I ran towards it I saw Big Mac running that way too. As we got closer we heard his screams more clearly. "C'MON! SOMEONE! ANYONE! SPIKE! TWILY!" Shining yelled. When we got to the throne room we stopped seeing just a gate blocking me and Mac off from the inside. Inside Shining was tied to his sisters throne and just a few seats over in Dash's spot was Soarin. Both were surrounded by magical shields Shining was casting to keep some Sweet Freaks hitting the shields. I sheathed my hammer and grabbed the bars of the gate just forcing them open, creaking as I bent the bars. We stepped through and I just didnt hesitate from booting the damn freaks over and smashing their heads sending candy everywhere. Mac handled a few of the others before Shining looked at us. He struggled a bit and started to laugh slightly seeing us. He lowered his shields allowing me and Mac to get to them... Poor Soarin was passed out.... Panicked too much. Could see the stress and tiredness on his eyes. "Ryder! Mac! Sweet fucking Celestia what's... what's going on?!"

I huffed as I untied Soarin and lifted him out of the chair laying him down. He was dressed in a button up shirt, blue jeans and worst part was he pissed his pants. "Discord. He's kidnapped Applejack and the girls.... I'm gonna fucking kill him when I get my hands on him...." I said.

"Shit!" He said as Big Mac untied him. "S-So that wasnt a dream!" He said. "Th-the guards... They tied me up... I thought this was a joke! I thought I had a dream that Discord kidnapped my sister and her friends! That was all REAL!" He started struggling again as Big Mac was trying to untie him.

That's when Big Mac slapped him. His freaking out stopped. "Dammit Shining get it together!" He snapped. "Freaking out aint gonna save your sister, and it sure aint gonna save mine!" He pointed to me as I was trying to get Soarin up. Didnt wanna slap him or uh...touch him weirdly... Yeah... I had those thoughts. "You better help that boy get him up so we can get out of here at least!" Shining nodded and hurried to Soarin's side nudging me away before just ultimately backhanding Soaring causing him to wake up screaming a bit.

Soarin looked to Shining holding his cheek. "...What the hell dude! I was sleeping!" He snapped. "May have been having a nightmare but seriously! You didnt need to hit me!" I kicked Shining off and helped Soarin up.

Soarin smiled a bit seeing me. "Yeah... Nightmare..." I said. "Soarin, Mac and I need your help as well as Shining's. But you gotta keep a cool head under pressure here..."

"Uh... Sure thing Ry.... What the hell am I doing here anyways?"

"I guess you uh... passed out, pissed yourself and were tied to a chair... Not sure why you were passed out or something... but uh... Discord kidnapped Princess Twilight, Applejack and Scootaloo as well as her soon to be sister in law. We need your help getting them back but we gotta figure out where we need to go." He looked down at himself and blushed hard.

"Aw man! Spitfire's gonna make me do my laundry separate! Again!" I sighed putting my arm around him standing up.

"Worry not dude. Got some spares here... Did it myself a few times..." I looked to Big Mac. "Mac. You and Shining think of a way out of here. Give him the spare weapons you dont use. Gotta get Soarin into some fresh pants." Big Mac gave a thumbs up as me and Soarin started out. I unstrapped my sword and handed it to him. "Here. This should help us protect ourselves from those freaks..." He looked at me blushing.

"Freaks...? What are they?"

"Well... think Zombies but made of candy and they still wanna kill us."

"O-oh... I... Shit... Is everyone alright...? Are my teammates okay...?"

"Not sure but... Hope they are... I dont think I'd be able to lose my mother again..." I took a deep breath and tried to keep my mind on Applejack. Just think how scared she was. Didnt wanna think of what mom was doing. We weaved through the halls fast to get to mine and Applejack's room. I opened the door and allowed him inside. "Get on in there. My stuff is the right side of the bed, spare pants and boxers there. I'll stand watch. Just make sure you have that sword when you come out." I closed the door behind him and just paced back and forth looking down each end of the hallway. Nothing but I still knew those things were banging at the door downstairs. Only took him a few minutes for him to come back out in a fresh pair of my jeans... Guess he took one of my shirts too but no biggy. He was wearing grey camo pants with his running shoes, and one of my grey Gems n Tulips tees. He had his sword attached to his waist. "Ready?" He huffed.

"...I guess so.... Just.... Scared is all I guess.... Arent you freaking out over Scootaloo?" I shook my head.

"I should be... because she's the closest one in my immediate family left... But I'm more filled with rage that someone took her from me... and my fiance.... I cant do this alone. You Mac and Shining are the guys I need....But to keep me from completely destroying Ponyville is having you guys support me... just be around me..." He looked at me confused.

"Destroy Ponyville...? Wh- how would you do that....?" I huffed.

"...Well... It'd be better if I showed you but when I do just dont piss your pants again... I'm not letting you borrow another pair!" He stopped for a moment but just kept following me. He followed me all the way to the throne room again where we see Big Mac and Shining standing next to each other looking over a holographic map of Equestria. I stopped at the door as Soarin went over to them. "Mac. Shining. On me." They both turned around and came my way but before they could get anywhere near me I rushed them and grabbed them before picking them both up. Shining screamed a bit while Big Mac grunted. I picked em both up over my shoulders. Soarin looked back at me eyes sunken into his head. "Now you think I wouldnt destroy ponyville if I couldnt pick up an earth pony and a unicorn stallion at the same time?" I set them both down. Shining ran away from me while Big Mac punched me in the arm.

Big Mac grabbed my arm. "WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT ABOUT!?" He yelled. I shrugged him off.

"Trying to prove a point... and I guess it worked..."

"Well try to prove that point elsewhere. Shinin' and I are trying to figure out where our sisters are!" I followed him over to the map and looked over it. I saw showing all the prominent landmarks of Equestria from the castle here in Ponyville, to Canterlot, Las Pegasus and even the Clousdale, Rainbow Falls.... Could see if I cant get Cadence to set up a spot where me and Applejack could uh... you know. "We're thinkin' it could be somewhere here in Ponyville, or even Canterlot. But Discord aint that stupid... I mean... He's stupid in the sense of messing with the head captain and the general of the Equestrian guard, one of which came back from the war, lopped off wing, busted legs and a god damn spark that never dies." I looked closely at the map. You never know how big Equestria is until the map before you shows it all. From Vanhoover to Fillydelphia and even Ikkebuckero. But a glint of light caught my eye. I backed up a bit and saw a holographic form of my cutiemark flying around me. My cutie mark for those who dont know is a gear covering two crossed wrenches. The gear was kinda moving as if it were in a machine as it flew. We all watched as it flew around the castle here in Ponyville and made its way over Ponyville, past Sweet Apple Acres and ending... "...Well I'll be damned...."

"He's got them at Celestia's summer home!" My cutie mark was hovering above Celestia's summer home... It was a while outside of Ponyville but close enough to Sweet Apple Acres for me to drive out there and be back before dinner. Maybe about an hour but still fairly close.

Soarin huffed. "So.... they're there... but we're here...." He said pointing at the castle. "How are we gonna get from here to there? Me and Ryder would fly but you two would be left to walk it, walking through those hordes would be hell for us and I wanna be as defensive as I can get."

Shining twirled his daggers in his hands. "Well we could always use one of the trucks down below..." He said. "But I would like to carve through some of those freaks...."

I sighed. "Well we're gonna have to do one of them... Me and Mac didnt have our cars when we left the house." I said. "We could check for some cars in the garage but if nothing is there we gotta hack and slash our way out. But uh... Maybe you three could get some protection first? I think I'm good like this."

My pegasus friend hummed a bit. "Well... Protection from these guys seems like the right thing... maybe we'll get some extra fire power." Soarin said.

Shining hummed and thought as we came away from the map. "Well... there should be some armor downstairs in the armory." He said. "Guns are all locked up but if we can get some we gotta watch our fire around each other. And three of us here dont know how to use a firearm."

I looked to Shining confused. "Three?" I asked.

"Yeah. Soarin' cant aim for shit, you dont trust yourself with one and me? I used guns too much and it just... I felt something could go wrong if I kept using them."

"And how can Soarin not aim for shit?"

Soarin chuckled a bit. "Paint ball. Went with some of the 'Bolts and Shining saw us when he was with his wife and she sectioned off a field for his team and mine...." He said. "Ended up making a pincushion of Thunderlane's ass... Shining ended up getting us."

I rolled my eyes a bit as we moved to the door. Big Mac laughed a bit. "Well lets just see if we cant just get that damn armor." He said. "And hell if he's anything like Ryder in his war games... boy cant go two rounds without friendly fire... lucky him he didnt do that in real life..."

I huffed drawing my hammer. "Come on. Sooner we get down there sooner we get my sister back..." I said. And the three stallions followed me. Shining drew his daggers and followed behind Soarin and Big Mac while I led the way. We walked in silence almost. Almost being our shoes hitting the ground with each step and Soarin's frightened whimpers.

As we loaded into the elevator down the hall Shining looked to me as he pressed the button towards the armory. "You doing okay dude?" He asked. "You seem pretty calm considering a chaotic embodiment has your sister and fiance...." I looked to him.

"I'm staying calm because otherwise someone here could get hurt. But deep down inside me I'm just so pissed that I could rip someone in half, bathe in their blood and light myself on fire before charging through the town.... Wouldnt doubt it'd take a tranquilizer to take down a fully grown elephant to bring me down... That fucker has my sister, who I've fought tooth, nail and wing for, and my fiance who I plan on marrying soon and who I've given every ounce of love I have... Someone's gonna die and I prefer it not be any of you guys...." He huffed.

"As good as that would be we cant do anything bad... Of course I cant stop you unless I had some strength. But to hold you back, think of if you hurt your sister with your strength... say she saw you do that and got scared of you? Wouldnt let you hold her? Wouldnt even let you touch anyone because you accidentally hurt one of your friends? Maybe hid your keys because she'd be afraid you'd crash and kill somebody with another car. Maybe... and I hate to put it like this... Over force yourself with Gilda and draw blood and cause major injury.... and that's to put it nicely. Pretty sure you wanna... not rip off someponies wings or scare your sister... Catch my drift?" I huffed.

"Wish it was that easy... you'd have to quench the fire before you calm the beast... It's basically cut the gas before you put out the fire. I dont get my sister back, the beast wont stay quiet. Once I get her? Beast sleeps until awakened by the anger."

"Well put the beast to sleep before someone does get hurt. Think of me as your handler. Hurt your handler, more chance for any good stuff. Unless I say the word, keep using that hammer. Am I clear?" I stayed silent. "I said AM I CLEAR?" I pushed him against the wall and got in his face.

"Yes fucking sir Captain Jackass!"

Big Mac and Soarin pried me and Shining apart. Big Mac pushed me against the wall and slapped me. "You better watch yourself Ry!" He snapped. "You start going off on us we'll be going off on you! You forget we have weapons?" He drew his axe and wavered it around a bit. I shoved him back and grabbed my hammer planting it in the floor at my side. Didnt pierce the elevator but I made my point.

Soarin huffed. "Guys stop fighting! We've gotta stick together if we wanna get through this!" He snapped. "Ryder, you listen to what we say just so nobody gets hurt." He looked to Shining as Big Mac joined him on the other side of the elevator. "Try to be nice. That's his fiance and sister he got taken from him. Of course he's gonna be pissed. Just try to speak calmly to him, try to not bark orders at him like Spitfire does to the recruits. And I'm pretty sure Ryder doesnt like to be yelled at... I mean... last time he was...."

I sighed. "Last time I was yelled at I started bawling like a baby... and that was only because mom thought I was a recruit ..." I said. "Cried for a bit but... It was already a bad day... But just lasted for maybe a few minutes while momma Spitfire calmed me down... I hope she's okay as well as Scoot and AJ..." Soarin came over and hugged me.

"They're fine... I'll see if we cant get Spitfire to take off and visit with you when this is all done.... Maybe get Scootaloo and Applejack and see if you cant get away as a good family time...."

"...Sounds good... Just... hopefully they're okay...." I just... started to take some deep breaths. Just to calm myself..... I was still pissed towards Discord mind you but I'm going to try to keep my cool around these guys. The elevator ride was maybe a few moments more. Once we hit the bottom the doors opened revealing the open garage.

The sounds of those sweet freaks echoed throughout the underground stallion made cavern. I walked out first with my hammer drawn and surveyed it. Nothing in sight but quite a few trucks... Hopefully they had fuel. Big Mac walked out behind me and huffed. "Alright Shinin' lead on to that damn armory...." He said. Yea we're in the garage. Armory is hidden somewhere in here. Very well to tell you that much. Just in case of a siege or some catastrophe it is used as a shelter. Also made important that Princess Twilight- along with any other royalty and other chosen few who have spots in the shelter- get in first. Then others for either protection or saving. Shining came out of the elevator and started leading us to the right.

The unicorn stallion huffed. "Alright. Ryder, with me. Mac, Soarin. You two see if you cant get a vehicle running." He said. And just like that Big Mac and Soarin ran off for the nearest truck. I followed Shining through the rest of the garage before we just came upon a wall with a small lever hidden inside a fire extinguisher case. He opened it up and pulled the lever making a panel of concrete disappear. It revealed a number pad. "You know my sisters birthday?" I shook my head. "May twentieth. Numbers correspond to the month and day." I nodded and typed in '0-5-2-0' into the key pad and hit the pound key. Yes it was like it was a phone booth key pad shut up. And after I did that more concrete opened up inwards like a large double door revealing the bunker/armory. There's a way to get into the armory through the castle but we needed an in and out thing without getting charged by more freaks. Shining and I rushed in and started scouring the place. All the guns were freaking foam dart or squirt guns and some of the armor was torn up leaving scraps of metal everywhere.

I huffed grabbing a rubber assault rifle and just squeezing it making it squeak. Stuck with melee... I hate melee builds in game but this can work... Hopefully they get a car running to get us there faster..." I said. Shining grunted kicking some of the armor scraps aside.

"Got the armor too... We're fucked unless the back ups are there...." I looked to him confused as he went to a wall with rifles blocking it moving them all aside, squeaking at least one of them. He looked back at me. "Ry. Gonna need your help here but be careful with me here. Need you to punch a hole in the middle here and just pull if you can." I smiled.

"Oh hell yeah...." I sheathed my hammer and cracked my knuckles. I wound up as Shining got out of the way and full force I just punched the wall dead center. Hurt a bit but my hand went right through. I took my hand out and just started prying it open with both hands. Oh it felt like I was ripping apart a tin can but sounded like a car wreck. I pried a hole open, ripped off a chunk of the metal I punched revealing a darkened hole only lit by the light here in the bunker/armory room. Shining went and climbed in as I tossed the metal chunks aside having them crash down with all the metal pieces of armor. I could see him use his magic as a light inside the room. I crawled in after him and looked at everything bathed in his blue magic.

"Alright... Figure it's about time I tell you about this armor. This armor is only for the elite guards... And when I mean elite I mean better than you or I. We might get reprimanded for this but for now its an emergency. We're going to take this armor and use it to our advantage with Discord." We approached the wall and flicked on the lights from a switch. I looked to the far end of the room and saw Black Armor... Familiar armor but... I couldnt put my finger on where it was before. Four chest pieces. Three helmets. I went over taking my overcoat off and putting the armor on before putting my over coat back on. The armor was metal.... Had some tech on the inside but i couldnt tell what was in there... It wasnt as bulky as I thought it was but just... Lighter than the other armor... could've been my new found strength or the way Shining grabbed and equipped his armor and helmet while carrying the two other chest pieces. I followed through with the helmets as he took the pieces in his magic and crawled through the hole again. We hurried out to the lot and saw freaks just swarming the place. I drew my hammer and just did swung knocking them everywhere.

"HOW THE HELL DID THESE FUCKERS GET IN HERE?!" I quickly did a small smashing circle with my hammer narrowly missing Shining.

"I dont know but SEND EM TO HELL!" Oh the cotton candy, the peppermint shards and even bits of chocolate and marshmallow went EVERYWHERE. I think I even caught a little chocolate bit in my mouth. Tasted like victory.

"BIG MAC! SOARIN! WHERE ARE YOU?!" We couldnt hear anything over the screeching of these fucking freaks. I dont know what I did but something sparked inside of me. I just raised my hammer up and slammed it down sending a shockwave out in front of me sending the freaks flying, destroying most. That's when the laughing started.... God I was insane when this started. Started swinging at freaks here, smashing them against the wall there and even launching them in the air with an upward swing. Shining was enjoying it because I was doing most of the work... at least i think I was.... I was freaking myself out with this. I dont know what happened until Shining hit me in the face with one of the helmets.

"RYDER! Jeez dude! Calm down! They're gone!" I looked around and only saw nothing but candy everywhere. That and... maybe the door and glass shards from a truck's windows. And the truck I smashed? Gooey candy mess all over it, the mangled remains of its doors and everything else. I blushed a bit having my ears go back as I looked to Shining smiling nervously.

"Uh.... Guess I got carried away...."

"Since it saved our asses I'll look the other way. Now we gotta find Mac and Soarin." I nodded and sheathed my hammer and just started running through the parking lot. Shit I forgot how big this garage was. We ran for a little while until we saw a truck coming towards us from around the corner of the ramp leading out. One of the guard trucks and you know who I see driving it? Big Mac with Soarin in the passenger seat! They pulled around us and parked it facing the way we needed to go out. They both hopped out. "Now thats what I'm talking about! You got one working! Where'd you find the keys?"

Big Mac gave a confused look. "Keys?" He asked. "We just uh... hotwired it... Didnt know the keys would be somewhere..." Shining sighed as he gave the guys their armor.

"First Ryder loses his shit, next you completely fuck our transports...." He looked to me. "Once this is over, you're gonna fix this. And by the by, I'm glad you never did this!" And I hope he doesnt find out. I climbed into the back seat putting my hammer across my lap as the other guys put their armor on. Soon after we were on the road taking down freak after freak, dodging other cars left in the road heading back out of the city.

Soarin and I were looking out the windows at the eerie emptiness of the town and the freak body parts just flying around. And then we passed by a familiar site to me. "Hey Mac... When you were coming to get us did you see what happened to that building there?" He asked. Yeah... the building I charged through and utterly destroyed. Guess I took out a load bearing wall and it came down after we left the building.

Big Mac huffed. "Let's just say someone here got kinda pissed and needed a way to get is rage out!" He said. We turned down a road and just started plowing through larger hordes of those freaks. Sure they were far away in between but we sent em all flying just plowing through them. "...Ya know... It's hard to believe this shit went down over night.... just didnt realize until we woke up to it...." He glanced in the rearview mirror. "Shining? How'd you say you got tied up again?"

Shining huffed. "Discord went and kidnapped my sister... I fainted and woke up there..." He said. "What about you and Ryder?"

"Started fighting over breakfast and made a ruckus but nobody came down to stop us... Oh you shoulda seen this boy when he through his own bed through the wall and almost uprooting a tree before his muscles cramped up. Good lord I thought he'd've had to be put down with his screams...."

I huffed. "Fucking hurt like a bitch..." I said. "Now I just let the pain fuel me... Hurts but not as bad..." I looked to Soarin. "What about you Soarin? How'd you get dragged into this?"

Soarin huffed. "Dunno.... went to bed last night after kinda having a shouting match with some of the recruits, one was pissing me off, two were mocking me and Spitfire gave me the okay to put them in their place which I hate to do and good lord did I hate it when one of them started to cry." He said. "Dunno if I made the other wet himself but he went to his bunk fast after I finished yelling... didnt even dismiss them... Not even Spitfire's pissed off line of 'get out of my sight'"

Big Mac gasped a bit. "Alright guys hold on! Horde coming up and this one looks like its a doozy!" He said gunning the engine. We all held on tight as he just plowed through the horde. Kinda swerved a bit but he kept control of it. "Holy shit... Hordes are getting bigger!" We looked beyond and saw nothing but hordes left and right. Almost covering the road too.

I huffed grabbing my hammer. "Big Mac! Keep driving! Aim for the thinner parts of the hordes even if it means having to swerve!" I said. "I got a bad feeling about this and I need to be ready. Just keep going until I give the signal!" He looked out at me as I went and rolled down the window before looking back at the road.

"What is the damn signal?" I looked to him as I started sticking my hammer out of the window.

"You'll know. Just. DRIVE!"

Shining huffed. "Trust me Big Mac. You're gonna wanna listen to him." He said.

Big Mac grunted. "Alright... Cant believe I'm doing this..." He said. "Just get out there and you better make that damn signal loud!" I waited a moment as we smashed through another horde. May have grabbed a bit of chocolate out of the air before climbing out the window and onto the roof. My coat tails flew in the wind as I kept down on the roof letting the harsh wind blow my mane everywhere. Oh how I wish I had the gas mask that went with this costume... Oh but this felt just amazing... I saw hordes left and right for maybe about a mile... I was cold yes. But did I care? No. Soon we were out of the town and just past Sweet Apple Acres.... Just a couple miles more i thought. Horde after horde of the sweet freaks hit the truck, making it kinda fishtail a bit but Big Mac kept it straight. That's when I saw it. A massive horde outside of Celestias summer home... But... It had cotton candy clouds hovering over it, peppermint lightning flashing.

And that's when I let out a blood curdling scream like war cry. And just as Big Mac hit the brakes I was airborne for a moment as I got my hammer ready... I felt as if everything were in slow motion with the last second questioning myself.... Was I really doing this? Yes. Yes I was. I brought that hammer down hard creating a shockwave that even brought up the road and flinging the sweet freaks like toy dolls on a blanket you were trying to straighten.... Those that I didnt hit ran right for me and I just left my hammer on the ground tearing them apart with my hands. The fire raged inside me so hot I felt like I could burst into flames. I just ripped through them, tore them up and just went full on animal... Hell I even grabbed two of them and just smashed them together before just tossing them down the road. Shit was I losing it. Only came back when Big Mac started laying on the horn as Shining and Soarin were rushing me. I grabbed my hammer and sheathed it as Shining grabbed my arm. Soarin huffed. "I dont know what that was but... shit remind m not to piss you off..." He said taking my other arm.

Shining sighed. "Alright... just take a deep breath... we're almost there... Dont wanna have you freak out like that again and hurt AJ and my sister..." He said. "Snuff the fire to embers. Let it burn a little but keep it in control dude.... Get me?" I nodded starting to take deep breaths. "There we go... Now C'mon lets head back to the-" And just then the truck backfired and the engine just sputtered to a stop. We all just looked at it like we couldnt believe what was going on. Big Mac hopped out and I shrugged Soarin and Shining off me before going over to the hood of the truck and opening it up. What we found? Melted chocolate, candy canes and cotton candy just gunking up the engine, even throwing the belt and plugging up the pistons.

I growled a bit. "You boys have ten seconds to get what you need from the truck before I break the gate down with it...." I said. That was when I started counting... the guys were so frightened by my counting they scrambled for the truck. They grabbed their weapons out of it, Soarin grabbed his sneakers (Didnt realize he wasnt wearing any at that moment) Shining grabbed his helmet as well as Soarin's and Big Mac's... and once I hit ten Shining just about pissed himself as I grabbed the front bumper and started to lift it up before I just started pushing it further and further up as I went for the middle axel and the pipes under it. Just as I turned to start walking with this thing they scrambled away. I only took a few steps before just turning around a couple times before vaulting that truck, smashing part of the wall, mangling half the gate and watch as the truck burst in to flames before just exploding. But there I guess I pushed myself too far... I just fell to my hands and knees only to puke up what I ate... Toaster pastries are good going down but coming up? Nah.... Shining huffed as he slowly helped me back to my feet with Big Mac on my other side. I saw Soarin just off to the side rubbing his throat looking at the sky.

"Well... there we are.... I guess.... Take it slow Ry...." I coughed a bit before spitting onto my pastry pile.

"...The hell I will... bastard has my baby sister.... He's gonna pay for each feather my sister has on her wings, hairs on her head and tail and multiply that by the amount of ponies Celestia has seen in her life time..."

Big Mac huffed. "Ryder NO!" He snapped. "What if your sisters there to witness the whole thing? She aint gonna touch you, look atcha, and god knows Applejack aint gonna like it if you're scaring your sister into pissing her pants at the mention of your name. Do you want that?"

"Well somethings gonna happen to him! I'm either gonna break his arm or rip off his horns.... Maybe skin him and make him a coat...."

Shining huffed and pushed Big Mac back before looking at me. "He's right Ryder. What if Scootaloo was in the room with Discord?" He asked. "If you did those things you said you'd do, you'd lose her respect, her love and I wouldnt be surprised if she'd be scarred by the things you did in front of her! I know she was scarred by seeing your parents after they were murdered in cold blood! I was there for her when she was wetting her bed with Celestia in there.... How much laundry would you have to do, diapers that you'd have to change, and tears you'd have to dry when you do the things that cause them?" I huffed.... I took my arms back and crossed them.

"Fine. Hammer stays where it is, hands stay where they are unless needed.... But if he does something... Do I have permission to hurt him?"

I could see the guys look to each other. Speaking to each other without words. Shining looked to me. "Hit him but make it nonlethal and with as minimal limb breaking." He said. "So anything below his head around his arms and above his legs.... tail will be fair game if we wanna throw him around. Sound good?" I nodded. "Good. Lets move. Stay calm and we can get through this." I sighed and just started leaning on Shining as we started to walk. Big Mac and Soarin had their weapons drawn ready to protect us if anything rushed us.

We approached the hole I made and I broke away from Shining, still staying by his side. One by one we stepped over the rubble and slipped into Celestia's Summer Home compound. We came just around a busted guard post kinda hit with debris from the wall and rocked with the explosion. I looked to the darkened windows. Some cracked from the bang, others broken from flying debris. But then what I hear next just makes me stop. Screaming. And not just from anyone... from. My. Sister. Big Mac, Shining and Soarin all grab onto me and put all their weight on me. "HEEEELP! HELP ME! RYDER! CELESTIA! ANYONE!" She screamed. And when it suddenly stopped.... Something in me snapped and all I saw was red. My wings extended and I threw the guys off, Shining taking my hammer but I didnt give a fuck. I just flew up and roared into the sky before doing a small loop and through a window. When I was inside I looked around.

It looked like there was no inside to this at all... I saw the glass shards around me, felt the cuts that they made. But there was nothing in here but... What looked to be a dirt path with grass around it. Dead grass mind you but that's all i saw. The window I came through wasnt even there. I just started running on the path. Didnt see anything but the path. Beyond what I could see was void. Felt like I was running for a while but that's when I came to a door just out in the middle of the path. I looked around it, didnt see anything. That's when I just kicked it down but here's the scary part. This door went somewhere. Not to the other side of the path. But a room... covered in... blood... orange feathers. I walked in and looked up just to see Discord floating there. Shit eating grin, blood all over his claws and just feathers here and there on him... even wore a head dress of em.... "Well now... Generals here to save his sister... but I'm afraid its too late! Lollygagging as usual, not caring whether or not someone lives or dies..." He said. He took his headdress off and tossed it aside, feathers falling off as it hit the ground.... and what I see inside holding the feathers together? A red hair ribbon. Applejack's hair ribbons.

I looked back at him and didnt even hesitate on flying up to him fast, grabbing him and throwing him against the wall, pinning him by the neck. "MY FIANCE, MY BABY SISTER! WHERE ARE THEY?!" I yelled. He laughed a bit.... Almost like he was using helium making his voice lighter.

"It's obvious where one was... The other... I'm obliged to say she's okay... for the time being... hopefully she passes through unharmed!" And that's when he reached into his mouth with his talons and pulled out another ribbon with blonde mane hairs attached to it. And that sends me over the fucking edge. I headbutt him, throw him to the ground, fly down so fast I crush his ribcage with my boots and just start punching him over, and over and over again, each punch getting my fist bloodier and bloodier. That's when he pushed me off, unfazed by the damages I did and popped bones back into place, healing his wounds with just a snap.

"...Well... It appears time is up.... thanks for playing...." He started to laugh before blowing some weird dust all over me. That's when I started coughing and feeling weird.

My vision started to fade and I fainted. But... I felt cushioning under me. Next thing you know a nudge. That made my eyes snap open and making me spring up where I found myself in a bed, covers thrown off, me in a teeshirt and a .... diaper... and right next to the bed? Applejack wearing a white teeshirt under blue overalls, and her work boots... even having her mane tied up with her hat on her head. I scrambled out of the bed and just broke down once I hit the ground. She knelt down and shushed me as she stroked my mane. "There there sugarcube.. you're alright... I'm alright..." She said.

"...I-It's over.... Sc-scootaloo... She's.... Discord... He's...." She shushed me more as she lied on top of me hugging me.

"Hey hey! She's alright! Scootaloo's with her friends and Celestia!" My heart dropped hard.

"....G-god no.... he killed them..."

"Killed em? Oh sugarcube no! That was just a bad dream! I'm alright! Scoot's alright too! Want me to get her for ya?" I sniffled and nodded. She kissed me on the cheek and got off me before heading out of the room. I took a closer look at the room and just saw it dimly lit by sunlight. But this wasnt my room, Scoot's room, or even anyone of our friends rooms. We were in Canterlot. I got up slowly and hobbled my way to the door... diaper was soaked. I looked around and just saw Applejack walking away. And walking towards me coming from the opposite way from where she went? Celestia! I just flew at her fast and just hugged her taking her up in the air.

Celestia kinda screamed a moment but was kinda happy to see me. "R-Ryder! Can you uh... put me down please!! I think.... I think you may have cracked something...." She said... almost sounding as if she were in pain.... I looked to her confused and then... I realized... I was a few feet in the air with her in my arms like I usually have Applejack in at times... and Celestia's a few ponies away from being my weight... I dropped her scared but didnt even give her time to get her feet ready... just flopped on her back, ruffling her wings and hitting her head hard.

I gasped and landed next to her. "OH SHIT OH SHIT OH SHIT SORRY! I'M SO SORRY PRINCESS!" I yelled. She groaned a bit holding her arm and the back of her head.

"Ah fuck... that's a cracked skull... and a dislocated elbow... maybe a busted wing too...." I started breaking down again on top of her.

"PRINCESS! NO I'M SORRY! D-DONT GET ME IN TROUBLE!" She looked to me.

"R-Ryder please calm down and listen to me! In my bra... there's a pill box in the right breast cleavage pocket... Grab it for me will you?" Hesitantly I reached for it... didnt go for it a few times but I did... so soft of breasts but I found the box she spoke of and pulled it out... it was a single pill box with a red and green capsule inside. She grabbed it from me with her good arm and opened the box before popping the pill into her mouth and swallowing. "...Help me sit up please? I.... I'm hurting a lot at the moment.... and... please dont hug me again... that... that hurt...." I pulled her up carefully. She whimpered a bit as I sat her up, pushing on her wing... It did look bad. I couldnt even stop myself from crying at all... I needed a hug so bad.... She started sniffling trying to keep it all together as she scooted herself closer to the wall leaning on it. I just curled up next to her sniffling. "It's okay General.... please calm down you're not in trouble... I promise! It's a complete accident!"

Celestia shushed me as I rested my head on her leg. We waited there for about a minute before I heard the sound of shoes hitting the floor. I looked up from where I was and just saw Applejack coming over with Scootaloo. Celestia held me where I was with her magic. Didnt even wanna move anyways. "Ryder!" My sweet sister said jumping onto Celestia's lap and crawling onto my back hugging me.

Applejack huffed. "See Sugarcube? She's okay... You gonna be okay now?" She asked.

I sniffled. "...I... I dont know..." I said. "... Wh-what's going on....? What was that...? Why am I here...?"

Celestia huffed.... Even as I heard bones pop back into place. "I... Suppose I can explain...." She said rustling my mane. "Mother thought it would be wise to put a team together in case of confrontations with my father.... You and your friends are the perfect candidates but uh... where this strength came from is beyond even I.... Luna was observing you from afar and even she doesnt know!"

"...Can... can someone get me some pants... I'm freezing a bit...."

"Why dont you just get back in your room and I'll have Applejack grab a blanket for you? I need to rest here a bit... still kinda hurts...." I whimpered a bit and glanced back at Scootaloo...

"...Scoot... Can you get off me please? Stay with Celestia for the moment?"

Scootaloo gave a bit of an 'aw'. "But why? I wanna make sure you're okay...." She said.

Celestia sighed taking my sister off of me and releasing me from her magic. "Scootaloo I'd listen to him... I need some companionship right now and he needs to calm down until Luna gets here with some new pants for him. Think you can just stay with me for a while? Like old times?" Scootaloo sighed.

"...Okay... but only because I miss you sometimes..." Celestia gave my baby sister a kiss on the forehead.

"Well... good thing we're having a sleep over here. You and your friends are gonna share a room near mine...." I watched as she just nuzzled the princess cuddling up to her. Celestia just gave me a hand signal telling me to just go into the room. I did and shut the door behind me where I just sat on what I just found out was a stripped bed.

I sat on it wondering... what the hell was that...? It felt so real but... it was all a dream? I sat there confused for a while until Applejack came in holding a folded blanket before draping it over me. I lied down and curled up under the blanket. Applejack sighed. "There we are. Feel better sugarcube?" She asked. I nodded. She giggled a bit as she got in the bed with me lying on top of me. "Well I'm glad about that... didnt know what was going on in your head when you were out that whole time... But seems like it freaked you out bad huh?" I nodded.

I whimpered a bit. "....I just.... it was so Scary... no you, no Scootaloo.... candy zombies everywhere...." I said. "....Just... got the shit beaten out of me... I was angry... pissed beyond belief that... you two were gone... out of my life because someone took you from me... but when I got to you.... you were gone... nothing to bring you back, nobody to say a final goodbye...." Tears started welling up again.

"...It's alright sugarcube.... I'm okay, your sisters okay.... aint nothing gonna put us down before our time... I know it's scary to think about... but that was all a dream scenario... The Princesses told me that it would test you, see how you'd do in this scenario up against someone more powerful than you and it seems like you passed with flying colors.... Problem is I just didnt know how dark it got... But I'm here for you... any time ya need me..." She nuzzled me. I just nuzzled back. "There we are... who's my big baby boy?" I blushed and smiled nervously. "Oh? Is that a smile I see?" She started tickling me a bit. I couldnt help but giggle. "Come on! Who's my special man?" I just busted up laughing... maybe wet myself too.

"I am! I am! Just stop! I just peed!" She stopped and let me just finish pissing myself before actually shitting myself and just lied down on top of me again... Oh it felt so good to feel her touch, hear her voice after what I saw in that hell they called a scenario. I nudged her off and invited her into the blanket to help warm me up. I just lied down flat on my back while she just kissed me on the lips, pushing her soft tits against me...I wanted to hug her but... I know I couldnt. I wanted to fall asleep again but before we could do anything the door opened and in walked Luna.

Luna was smiling but the smile disappeared as we scrambled out from under the blanket. She was wearing her regal blue and black dress and she had a bag in her hand. Looked to be from a clothing store. She sighed as we just smiled back seeing us.... Applejack mostly... Fully clothed. "Okay... Good.... I didnt just find myself walking into some love making..." She said. She approached the bed. "It's good to see you finally awake Ryder. I apologize PROFUSELY about what happened in that scenario.... Discord should not have gone that far!" I gave a yelp wetting myself more.... even brought the blanket over my head.

"D-Discord was real in that?! Oh shit I'm fucked....." Luna grabbed a hold of me and hugged me. I kept my hands where they were.

"It's okay! Discord figured it out the hard way not to fuck with you like that! He wont do anything more to you but with the brutality of the end result.... Thoust might want to apologize...." She started to strip the blanket off of me and lie me back. "Here. Allow me to change you and get you into new clothes so you can join your friends for a drink.... Got some whiskey special for you if you need it." I whimpered a bit as she proceeded with the change. Applejack watched and just tried to keep me calm by stroking my mane, wiping my tears and trying to get me to smile like when I was a foal because of a fucked spell. It was only for a few moments between the used padding and the fresh powder and padding to cover me. She even helped me get into a new outfit. One that was formal but... not too far off my style. Gave me a pair of black jeans, black sneakers and a white button up with a black vest. I felt good all freshened up.

After the change Applejack went back to where ever she was but that left me and Luna alone for me to calm down. I was still a whimpering shivering mess. She shushed me but i kept my hands on my lap. A knock came to the door before it opened. I admit I was still startled by the knock. Didnt know who it was. But as the door opened Celestia came walking in looking as right as rain. She sighed. "Alright... Changed, clothed and fit for duty." She said. She looked to Luna."Sister uh... We have a slight problem with Ryder. It seems that super strength that you gave Ryder in his dream carried on over to the real world.... Nearly severed my spine when he greeted me out in the halls... dropped me on my ass from a few feet in the air above the floor too... Damned if I wouldnt hear guards speaking of a loud sound one floor below." Luna looked to her sister confused.

"Strength? I didnt give him any strength... I swear that was something to do with the dream being more powerful than reality... arst thy sure you didnt get a bump on your head when he rushed you?" Celestia shook her head. Luna started to think as I got up from the bed. She got up as well but... I didnt mean to scare her but I grabbed her by the legs and lifted her up, being careful trying not to break anything. I handed her off to Celestia who set her down next to her as she just looked at me shocked. "WHAT THE HELL?! Th-this shouldnt be possible! A pegasus stallion having the strength of twenty earth ponies? Even that of my sister?!"

I huffed. "I dont know how, who or why.... but... I need this fixed..." I said. "I'm too scared to hold my sister and AJ fearing I'd split them in half! And even Babs! She's gonna want a hug every time she sees me! I dont even wanna rip the door off my car when I'm trying to open it!" Luna hummed.

"...This is somewhat scary... it's not what I expected but... I can fix this... Though it would take an enchantment of something you'd have to keep on you at all times...." She looked to her sister. "Perhaps a bracelet? Necklace?"

Celestia hummed. "Something that's easily hidden and doesnt need to be taken off for uh... relations." She said. "Perhaps an arm band? Rings?" They thought among themselves as I grew a bit more worried.

I just started pacing back and forth in front of them, holding myself fearing I'd just rip a hole into the next room, break the bed, put a few holes in the door. You name it. "There has to be something!" I said. I looked to them. "Cant you put a spell on me reducing my strength? Do you need to know the limit at which my strength goes? Just to know how to do it with an enchanted item?"

"Perhaps we can send an expert through the Canterlot library for a spell book on alterations for things such as strength mentality and endurance and set a temporary charm onto you for say about a week but we dont know if you'll have a momentary strength boost or if the spell will be too strong and render you too weak to even stand! But... We might need to help you out... unless..." Celestia looked to Luna.

"Do you.... Do you think Twilight would know a quick fix?"

"Perhaps... Do you wanna go get her? I can stay here with Ryder!"

"And let something happen between you? There's something more that I need to speak with him about than wanting to whore yourself out to him." Luna gasped.

"You did NOT just call me a whore!"

I growled. "WOULD ONE OF YOU JUST FUCKING GET TWILIGHT BEFORE I RIP THAT DOOR OFF AND FIND HER MYSELF?!" I yelled. Luna and Celestia both flinched. Luna looked to her sister.

"Why uh... why dont you just... stay with me and we both get Twiight?"

Luna smiled. "S-sure! We're unsure of where she is.... Cover more ground right?" She asked. Celestia nodded and they both teleported out of the room.

I just started pacing as I broke down... went and just hid my face as I sat back down on the bed. I sat there for what felt like fifteen minutes. Hating myself for yelling at the princesses... but I'm sure they're going to forgive me knowing what I had gone through, and what I'm going through now. Not long after I got a knock at the door. I whistled a bit and the door opened having Twilight, Shining and Big Mac come in. Twilight was wearing a blue royal dress. Shining was wearing his guard armor and jeans while Big Mac was wearing a long grey flannel shirt, black jeans and some nice looking dress shoes. Shining whistled as I got up. "Look at you! Snazzy!" He said. "Princesses said you had some sort of problem here? Any pain or something?"

I shook my head. "Not really but...." I said looking to Twilight. "Can you uh... just step off to the side please?" She nodded and walked off to the side leaning on the wall. I looked to Big Mac and Shining. "Can you guys get in front of me and turn away." They looked to each other. Mac shrugged and walked over with Shining. They both got in front of me and I knelt down putting my arms out, flexing my muscles. "Alright guys. Sit on my shoulders." Shining looked back at me.

"Dude... You're gonna hurt yourself!"

"Need I ask again?" They both huffed and did as they were told. I held their waists and counted to three in my head. One. Two. Three. And that's when I lifted. Holy shit its like they were nothing. I scared both of them causing them to yelp while Twilight laughed a bit.

"SHIT NOT AGAIN! PUT ME DOWN!" I laughed a bit putting them both down. Shining went to his sisters side.

Big Mac looked to me. "I swear you need to warn me when you do that!" He snapped. "You do that without warning me, I'm grabbing what ever I can and smashing it over your head. Capiche?!" I kinda shrugged giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Twilight sighed and approached me as Big Mac scoffed and just walked over to the wall. "Well I see the problem..." She said. "Extreme strength, extreme need to screw with friends, and a low chance of apologies while still making a princess laugh at her newly found hero brothers." I blushed a bit.

"Yeah... hero... but is there any spell you have to hinder the strength I have? Be it temporary or what ever... I just wanna hug my sister without breaking her in half." She hummed.

"Well... I do know of a spell that helped Bulk Biceps to relax on lifting random things.... even give a softer massage and it lasted for a week. I suppose I could use it on you and see how you fare with things. Up to try for it?"

"As long as by the end of the week we can have a better solution other than a weekly check up."

"Agreed. Now you may feel a slight aching after this so be ready. One, two and..." She didnt even give me time to brace for it before hitting me with a blast of magic. It only lasted for a moment but that aching she said would happen? Yeah... That was just cramping muscles and it hurt. I just started crying out in pain as I collapsed onto the floor. Twilight immediately hit me with a spell that numbed the pain as well but still let me do my own stuff like use the toilet, breathe, walk, shit like that. When we went to join the others, I found EVERYONE there. Babs, Scootaloo, Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, Dash, Applejack, Fluttershy, Soarin, Mama Spitfire, Spike, Rarity, Celestia and Luna and even Pinkie who just... blew her party canons everywhere for us. Celestia even had me and the guys line up to bestow medals onto us all representing something. I got strength, Soarin got wisdom, Big Mac got courage and Shining got protection. My medal had a dumbell on it, Soarin's had an eye, Shining's a shield and Big Mac had a fist that rose in triumph. I didnt know what this meant for us in the future but... I was glad we were chosen to aide in protetion of Equestria.