Abigor POV:

I was invited to a meeting with Mountain Feather and the leaders of the other allied nations. She and I talked over the proper target but reached a stalemate.

"Why would we attack the Yaks? They want to stay out of the fight!" Insisted Mountain Feather. I turned from the World Map to look at her. I knew that in order to convince her I'd have to speak my next words very carefully.

"The Yaks are probably waiting to see who'd come out on top before joining the winning side. I don't want to fight any more enemies than necessary, and I get the feeling you don't either. A quick and brutal application of force and the Yaks will join us out of both fear, and the belief they chose the winning side." I said before turning back to the map, memorizing every enemy troop placement possible.

"Celestia seems to think that if she puts all of her forces into defense she'll be able to wear you down. But then again, she also has a vast number of assassins at her disposal." I said, observing the massive yellow blocks symbolizing Celestia's troops lining the Equestrian border.

"What do you mean 'assassins'?" Asked Queen Chrysalis as she entered the room. I Turned to her, having an idea.

"Can your spies and throat-cutters take on the forms of dead ponies?" I asked her, getting a nod in response. "I have a large number of ponies for you to replace then. Royal assassins tried to kill me two nights past, they failed but Celestia doesn't need to know that." I said. I watched as the gears in Chrysalis' head began to turn. Eventually her face took on a dark grin.

"Send them to my hive then." She said before leaving shortly thereafter. I turned back to Mountain Feather.

"Do you really think that Celestia won't lie to the Yaks to get them on her side? We need those troops. We can't break her defenses without them. The combined forces of her ponies and the Minotaur horde would decimate most of your troops." I said, driving a dagger into the map. It was embedded in the capital of Yakistan, known as the walled city of Yakutsk.

"You seem to forget, Abigor, that you are merely a contracted mercenary. I do not need your input on the strategies of war, I was taught plenty by various scholars over five years." Said Mountain Feather as she removed the dagger. When she looked at me my mask was off, and she felt the full extent of my stare.

"You think you know war? I was born into war. molded by it. I did not know the word 'peace' until I was a man." I said lowly, staring into her eyes. A flicker of fear appeared in her eyes for but a moment before she glared at me.

"I will not order my troops to attack Yakutsk." She said before walking away to talk with the leaders of their respective nations. I looked at the map for a long while, wondering what to do when I remembered the words of my mother.

"If we recruit our enemies to the cause..."

"That's it." I said to myself as I headed to the entrance of the palace.

I looked back for merely a moment to see the nation leaders laughing amongst each other like old friends. I felt a bitter disgust fill my stomach. They were no better than those of Celestia's allies. They needed to see that they are at war. Not some social gathering.

I left the warm halls for the cool Autumn breeze.

Main Six POV:

Gummy was still not cooperating and Pinkie was about to give up hope when Pinkie remembered something. What was she trying to do before Gummy made his celebrity appearance?

Fluttershy had a small army of rats and mice at her disposal, but all she did was whisper to them.

Rarity was still napping away.

Dash was still trying to break her door down, blood actually started to pour off her knuckles as she kept punching away.

Twilight was meditating, trying to find out what to do.

Pinkie figured she had about thirty minutes until the Warden noticed what she was doing. So she used those minutes to their fullest extent. Using her bobby pin and a small thin piece of metal, she was able to pick the lock. But then she heard voices.

"I don't give a damn who said you could be here, I only do as the Warlord commands! Not some snot-nosed Pony!" Said the Warden as she spoke to a shadowed figure. "Unless you have an officially signed and sealed command, piss off!" She shouted, putting her hand on her sword.

"Very well... I will be back for them." Said what sounded like a stallion. Hooves could be heard as the Stallion walked away. The Warden sighed and rested her eye for a moment before opening it suddenly. She stood up and walked down towards the cells.

"Which one of you stole the keys and why haven't you escaped yet?!" She barked to the six. Pinkie stuffed Gummy into her hair, praying she wouldn't notice.

"You think I wouldn't notice the weight missing?!" She shouted, getting in Pinkie's face. Pinkie was trembling, and pointed up the stairway.

"I-I thought you gave them to him." She said before a loud THUMP was heard. A pony dressed in Blackstone Legion armor stood behind the unconscious Warden, his shape could be seen in the low candle light. He took off his helmet to reveal blue hair and white fur.

"Sorry I'm late, these Blackstones have really good security around here." Said Shining Armor.

I stood outside the entrance to the Minotaur capitol city of Minos Taurus. The gates opened and out came the great Chieftain Iron Bull. He looked down at me in confusion.

"Didn't you say you were our enemy?" He asked. He was well known for his strength, but not his logic.

"That's because the Yaks offered me a better deal than both parties." I lied. "They wanted me to sabotage your water and food supplies first so they can wait you out. But I am a soldier. I do not engage in such deceitful ways." I held out a forged order declaring such, with a fake seal stolen from a dead messenger. The Chieftain read it for a few moments before becoming overwhelmed with rage. He stormed back into the city gates before horns sounded out their tones across the mountainside.

The Minotaurs were going to war.

Shining Armor POV:

I was glad to see my sister's friends were alright. I had to get them out of here.

"Wait here." I whispered to them before putting on my disguise's helmet once more. I rounded a corner only to come face to face with a woman. She wore wooden armor of a strange design. I'd heard rumors about her, Asano. The leader of The Family. I froze as she looked me in the eye.

"Well?" She asked. "Do you have anything to report?" I had to think up something quick.

"No ma'am. Nothing out of the ordinary here." I said. She took up a straight face. I felt a chill crawl up my spine.

"Oh really? So I take it you haven't been informed that one of our perimeter guards was found without his armor? He said all he saw before going unconscious was seeing a white pony... with blue eyes and hair." She said, narrowing her eyes and pulled her sword out. "You're here for the six ponies we captured, aren't you?" She asked. I tried my best to warn Twilight and her friends but her hand closed around my windpipe before I could say anything. She glanced up into the rafters to something.

"Bring them to me." She said.

I heard footsteps above me and several thuds around the corner and out came Twilight and her friends. All gagged and bound. Holding them were three of the most intimidating figures I'd ever seen. All three of them were holding the six mares hostage. Twilight's eyes were full of fear as she looked at me.

"Since they didn't like their previous accommodations, let's see what the Princess has to say." Asano said before dragging me by the throat down several corridors, followed by her family and their hostages. Eventually we came to a door with a finely polished and intricate moon made of silver adorning it, and curled up in the moon, like the shadow on a crescent moon, was a wolf.

Asano knocked three times.

"Enter" Came a familiar voice. Was Princess Luna here against her will? All I had known up till that point was that the Blackstone Legion had my sister and her friends because I shadowed them until they went in. But they never came back out again.

I was pulled from my thoughts as the familiar voice sounded again.

"Ah, Shining Armor. Nice to see you again, though I wish it were under better circumstances." Said a woman hidden in the shadows. And from those shadows came Luna... or... what looked like Luna, seeing as she had black skin and her mane was different. She spoke again. "I trust that you are here to save these six mares from villainous influences?" She asked me. I could only nod. She gave a smile that conveyed only pity.

"They have committed crimes against the Blackstone Legion, crimes must be met with retribution." She said, and I was struck with confusion and shock. Twilight committing a crime?! She couldn't have! I looked back to her and her friends. Could she?

"They came in, unannounced, and Rainbow Dash tried to kill Abigor, despite him not showing any hostilities." Said Luna. Rainbow Dash yelled something incoherent through her gag. Something about a Wire? I couldn't keep pondering her words as Luna continued. "And all six of them were going to kill me because I look like this now."

I looked at Luna, surely she could forgive such a mistake! She looks like Nightmare Moon's taken over, surely she'd understand Twilight and her friend's assumption. Right?

"Finally, there's Celestia's assassins. She sent them in, trying to kill Abigor unprovoked once more. He was lucky Asano and the Family were there to protect him." She said, shocking me to the core. Sure, Celestia had them on standby, but to send them in without hearing from me or checking in on Twi? She could've been hurt because of Celestia's urge to kill Abigor!

"Why are you telling me this?" I asked her. Luna looked at me before turning to look out a window, to the moon.

"I just want you to realize that Celestia's slipping. She's not making the right choices, and she's risking all out war because of her pride and stupidity!" Said Luna, before turning back to look at Asano.

"Place them in the Chamber. If they escape... Put them through the program." She said. Then I wondered, why is Luna giving Asano orders? Shouldn't Asano be chaining her up too?

"Yes my lady." Said Asano before I felt something hard hit my head.

Author's Note

Sorry it took so long guys, College stuff's hard.

Why is Abigor using the Minotaurs? Why does he want the Yaks to fight? What is the Chamber, and what will the Main Six and Shining Armor face inside? Find out next time on Her Wolves, His Pack!