Spike walked into the map room, the location where Spike, Discord, and Big Mac would always play O&O. When he looked around the large room he noticed that there were now in total 12 full-size thrones around the map. Spike walked over to a single throne that was next to Twilights, he looked at the once pint-sized throne that was once his and was amazed to see that it was now the same size as the rest of the girls. Spike would never admit it, but the fact that the castle was kind enough to give him a seat in the first place was great but when he found out that it was not even half the size of the rest of them, it kinda irked him on the inside, but seeing it now, the same size of the rest assuaged this old feeling.

Spike's musings were forgotten when he heard the sound of the massive crystal doors opening to the map room and eight female voices were talking with each other. Spike looked over and saw that Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy, Starlight, Celestia, Luna, Pinky Pie, and Rainbow Dash were the ones who entered, and behind them was a very large and muscular red stallion.

Spike smiled at the sight of his old friend. "Mac good to see you could make it. I was worried about the whole married thing you wouldn't be able to come."

"Nope. Told Sugar that this was something we used to do before you disappeared and before we got married. But now that your back we were going to start it back up again. Also when I told Granny that you were back she said and I quote 'If that no good dragon doesn't come down to the farm and see me, I will march down to the castle and bend him over my leg and show him what's for, I may be in my golden years but I'm still young enough to get my point across.' and I don't doubt she means every word." Said Mac, Spike chuckled. "So could you come over tomorrow? Maybe help around the farm and show off some of those fancy critters you brought home with you, Bloom hasn't stopped talking about this thing she calls a Zappfly all day." Asked Mac.

Spike smiled as he nodded. "I was going to ask if I could help around the farm tonight after we finished, but you beat me to the punch. I would be happy to, but I need to ask for two things."

"What are ya needing?"

"I haven't had an apple pie in ten years, so if you can get me a pie I will be there the moment it comes out of the oven. The second thing I need is a good drink of apple cider, again for the same reason, I know it won't be as strong as what I'm used to, but the stuff back on Modus tasted like swamp water from Froggy Bottom Bog and I have been dying to have a decent tasting drink again."

"No problem, I'll get Granny to have a pie ready for ya in the morning and I'll haul up a barrel from the cellar as well, but I still want to see them critters as well." Said Mac.

"Do you want to see the whole 'Family' or just the eight leaders?" Asked Spike.

"Well, we Apples are big into the idea of Family so bring the whole lot of them."

Spike shrugged. "Well, it's your funeral, and maybe Granny Smiths too." Spike then looked at AJ and added. "Please make sure they don't pass out and or have a heart attack. I don't want to have your grandma haunting me for the rest of my life, dragons live for a hell of a long time." Spike joked.

Everyone laughed. "I will make sure, plus I don't think she will go without seeing her great-grandkids first." Added AJ.

Just then Discord and Twilight walked into the room and they were not looking at each other.

Spike walked over to Discord. "Hey discord, how have you been?"

Discord looked over at Spike and smiled. "I have been good, that was until I arrived at the castle, then I get into an argument with the so-called princess of Friendship which was not fun, but I fought through the pain, and I'm ready for the best game night we will ever have." Said Discord. Spike nodded as he reached out his hand, revealing a rolled-up scroll. Discord gasped, "Is that?" Spike nodded. Discord smiled a wide smile as his eyes became star's, he grabbed the scroll and magically teleported it to his home. Discord then snapped his fingers and everyone was teleported into a seat around the map table.

Discord then appeared in front of them dressed as Fonzie as he elbowed the top of the map table making a panel pop up. "AYYY." Said Discord giving everyone a double thumbs up.

His act was not well received, going off of all the deadpan looks he was getting.

Spike sighed. "That joke is so played out." Said Spike, as Pinky nodded.

Discord just huffed in annoyance and changed into an electrician as he started to mess with wires in the map table. "So we have Skyrim." Said Discord as the map changed to show the world map of Skyrim. "No, how about this." Said Discord as he pulled a blue wire. "Now we have the island of Medici, wrong again." Said Discord as on the map there was a group of large explosions popping up. Then the map changed to the intro of the My Little Pony show. Discord saw this and quickly changed the signal, "Nope, nope, nope, no way in hell, I may be the god of chaos but I'm not evil. How about this?" Said Discord as he pulled out a large ball of wires. The map then changed into a fantasy world, with dark forests, barren deserts, deep oceans, active volcanos, and high mountains. "There we go, I knew I would get it sooner or later. Welcome to the world of the Forgotten Continent." Said Discord with some enthusiasm.

Everyone was in awe of the display in front of them. "This will be the world we must traverse to defeat Sekto, who has imprisoned the one true ruler of the lands." Discord then looked at everyone and added. "We will be transported into this world of my design, and the game will not end until we finish." Said Discord as he smirked.

"I have a question- No questions, Great." Said Twilight before she was interrupted by Discord. Discord then used his magic and the group was teleported into the game.

Spike was awoken by the feeling of a finger poking him on the forehead. "I'm up, I'm up." Said Spike looking around at his surroundings. Spike was laying down on a mat next to a smoldering campfire. Spike looked up to see Discord looking at him with a slightly annoyed look on his face. Spike pulled himself off of his mat and looked at his companion, Discord was dressed in a light green tunic with a pair of light armor leather boots, and a dark yellow cape held tied together with a gold leaf pendant. He has a bow in his hand, a quiver on his back, and ahead of long wavy blond hair. "Discord why do you look like Captain Wuzz?" Asked Spike.

"Because Spike, I have teleported us into the game. I am now Captain Wuzz the archer, and if you would look over there you will see the other member of our merry band of adventurers." Said Wuzz as he pointed to a large mass of a stallion dressed in head to hoof in black heavy armor, with a helmet adorned in two curved horns and a large red horn pointing forwards, and on his back sat a massive great sword.

"McBiggun?"

"Yep. Now that your awake Sentinel Flame, we can continue on our way, We are almost out of the Nattered Forest and the next town is only a half a day's walk from here." Said McBiggun.

"Sentinel Flame?" Questioned Spike. He then looked down and noticed that he was still a dragon, but he was dressed in a pair of cloth light armor with his normal boots, and on his chest was a heavy armor chest plate, underneath the chest plate was a green shirt. On Spike's arm was his normal crossbow, and on his back was his backpack. Spike then looked into the bag and was greeted by his ammo with his hat on top of his head.

Spike then looked at his companions and gave them a questioning look, "What happened to Garbunkel?"

Wuzz and Biggun looked saddened at the mention of their old friend. " During our last adventure, Garbunkel sacrificed himself to the Squizzard to give us a clear shot to save the princess, but after his death, the two of us traveled across the seas and landed here on the Forgotten Continent, where we caught word of a tyrannical ruler imprisoning the rightful ruler of the lands, the High elf Queen Solariea. And on our way to the give our support to the rebellion we crossed paths with a group of dragons, who refused to join in the rebellion, that was aside from the legendary dragon bounty hunter Sentinel Flame and his hoard of creatures he uses." Said Wuzz as he Informed Spike.

"So we are on our way to join the rebellion and save the Queen, and as last night was drawing in we decided to make camp in the forest." assumed Flame.

Wuzz smiled at seeing Flame get into character. "That's right, we should be able to reach the town of Ravengrove by midday, there we can stock up on supplies and possibly find information on the rebellions HQ." Added Wuzz. "Now get packed up we need to leave soon."

Flame quickly packed his supplies into his bag and the group started on their way out of the forest.

Flame, Wuzz, and McBiggun walked out of the Nattered Forest and found a path surrounded by open fields that would lead them to Ravengrove.

After walking down the path to Ravengrove, the group of adventures arrived at the southern gate of the town but were stopped when they heard someone yelling at them. "Halt, state your business!" ordered the guard who moved his spear to in front of the group, blocking their path.

"We are humble adventurers, we ask for entrances to Ravengrove, for supplies and a place to rest." Responded Wuzz.

"Very well." said the guard, moving his spear out of the way. "Please refrain from causing trouble."

The trio walked past the guard and stopped right by the inside of the gate to devise a plan for their time in the town. "So now that we have reached Ravengrove, I think it would be best to split up and gather everything we need." Said Flame as he looked at McBiggun. "McBiggun, you are the strongest of all of us, so you head to the shops and procure some supplies, we need to get Wuzz some more arrows, some potions would be great, and let's get some food, we don't know how long it will take to get to the next town." McBiggun nodded, as Wuzz reached for a small bag filled with the currency of this world, dark coins called River Marks tied to his belt, and handed it to McBiggun. Flame then looked at the archer of the group, "Wuzz you walk around town and gather as much information as you can, we're in an unknown place, so information is vital." Wuzz nodded. "I will head to the town's inn, get us a room for the night, and once I finish there I will head to the town's adventurers guild hall to see if I can recruit some adventurers who are willing to join us."

With the plan devised the trio separated and went on to complete their task.

Flame was walking down the main streets of Ravengrove looking for the town's inn, that was until he spotted a sign hanging off a building. Flame walked closer and looked at the sign, it was designed to look like a tree blowing in the wind as the name of the inn was below. "The Wandering Tree Inn?" Questioned Flame. Shrugging Flame walked into the inn and was immediately greeted by the innkeeper. The innkeeper was an older pony with a head of silver hair and a well-groomed mustache the same color, he was dressed in a white shirt and an apron, as he was standing behind the counter of the inn. "Well hello stranger, my name is Burnt Oak, what brings you to Ravengrove?"

"Hello, my name is Sentinel Flame, and I'm looking for a place for me and my two companions to stay for the night. Do you have any rooms left?"

"You're in luck sir, we have one room left, the rest of the inn was bought out by a group of seven 'colorful' adventurers. The room is yours for twenty marks and meals will be another two marks each."

"I'll take it, plus we will need six meals, three for dinner and three for breakfast." Said Flame as he pulled out a smaller sack of the currency and hands them to the innkeeper.

Burnt Oak handed Flame the key. "Your room is on the second floor last door on the right."

"Thanks." Said Flame as he walked up the stairs and headed to the room. But as Flame was walking to his room he walked past a room where he could hear a small portion of a conversation the other occupants of the inn were having.

"...Keep reading the book Twi, we need to know all we can about this world." Said a voice.

"Twi?" Questioned Flame.

"I know Rainbow, I'm trying but this doesn't tell me what we need to do?"

"Does it say anything about what we are?"

"Sorry Rarity, but I have no idea, it doesn't help that we all lost our wings and horns."

Flame was now sure that this was where the girls have been, so he decided to knock. The knocking abruptly interrupted the conversation and the room fell silent. "Who is it?" Asked a voice that sounded very quiet.

"Depends, is that you Fluttershy?" Responded Flame.

"SPIKE?" Yelled Fluttershy in surprise, as she scrambled to the door. Fluttershy opened the door and was shocked to see Sentinel Flame standing there. "Spike it is you. Thank goodness we were so worried about you, Discord, and Big Mac."Said Fluttershy as she hugged Flame.

For the first time Flame was able to see Fluttershy since they were transported to this world. She was changed into a Faun as she was a bipedal creature that has goat legs instead of pony legs, she was dressed in a dress made out of leaves. Flame then looked past Fluttershy and looked at the rest of the girls in the room.

Rarity was missing her horn but she was now sporting a pair of fangs, her ears were pointed and she has a pair of demon-like wings, plus she had a thin tail with a heart shaped spade at the end, and to top it all off she was wearing a pair of dark leggings and a pair of shoulder-length gloves. She was a succubus.

Flame then looked at Pinky Pie who was laying on the bed, nothing new there, but what was odd was she was coiled up, again nothing out of the ordinary for Pinky, but then Flame looked at the lower half of Pinkies body and noticed that instead of her normal legs, she had a snake-like body the same pink color as her hair, and instead of her normally blue eyes, her eyes were slits now. Altogether, it was obvious that she was a Naga.

Next to Pinky was a dark-colored pony, with her hair being short and shaggy with the colors of a rainbow that had its colors darkened a little, her eyes were glowing a yellowish glow, and she was dressed in all light armor, with a hood and mask the same dark color as her fur, but her ears were the same pointed shape. Rainbow was a Dark elf.

Applejack was standing by Rainbow, but she was dressed in a long flowing gown made of vines, her hair was taken out of its normal ponytail, it was now braided, and her limbs looked like bark, but she still had her hat on her head.

And at the table of the room were two figures. One was dressed in very ornate robes, the color of her fur, with stars embroidered on the robe, her hair was still the same style, but her eyes were now longer and more pointed, next to her was a wooden staff with a blue glowing jewel at its apex. She was holding a book. Flame figured it was Twilight.

Next to Twilight, was another figure with purple hair with an aquamarine stripe, her ears were less pointed and she was wearing a simple blue robe, and in her hands was a wand. This was Starlight.

"Hi girls, so how have you been?" Said Flame.

"Aside from getting transported into a world we know nothing about, having new bodies, and not knowing where to find you, Discord, or Big Mac, we have been well." Responded Starlight. "But we have some questions that we are hoping you can answer."

"Let me guess, your wondering where you are, what you are, and what is going on?"

"Yes."

"Well, let's start with what everyone is." Flame began. "Fluttershy is what is known as a Faun, they are very connected with nature and animals. You are a Half-Elf, you have the ability to cast magic and have some magical resistance, and going off of what your wearing, you have some training in the magical arts. Pinky is a Naga, Snake like creatures with the lower parts of a snake and the upper portion of a pony, they are very resistant to poisons and other effects but not much in the way of magic. Twilight looks to be a high elf, They have a strong affinity to everything magical, plus that staff looks pretty powerful. AJ is called a Dryad, they are considered to have the strongest connection with trees, and can control plants with some training, some can make an entire forest appear, or they can bring trees to life to defend them. Rainbow Dash is most likely a dark elf, they are super stealthy in the dark and are unmatched in speed and agility, but they are not the strongest when it comes to damage, plus the way she's dressed tells me that she is either an assassin or a rogue. Rarity is without a doubt a Succubus. A class of demons, that can seduce stallions and mares with ease, they can fly, very resistant to most forms of magic, light, and fire, being the exceptions, but they can cast some magic, but mostly charm spells and illusion magic. I am still a dragon, but my subclass is bounty hunter, so in addition to natural immunity to fire, I can use my surroundings to my advantage, Mac is a unicorn knight, and Discord is an elf archer."

"As for where we are. We are in a town called Ravengrove, more specifically we are in the town's inn a place called 'The Wandering Tree', where it looks like Discord has pre-payed for your group to stay. The currency of this world appears to be these small coins called River Marks." Added Flame, "Our goal is to join the rebellion and rescue the imprisoned Queen Solariea from the tyrannical ruler Sekto. Aside from all of that I have no clue. So what do you all know?"

"Well when we woke up this morning, we all felt like we had some ability's but we have no idea what to do to use them." Said Starlight. "Take me for example, when I woke up I felt like I could still do magic but I didn't have a horn, and when I thought about it the words Inceneom popped into my head. Plus when we all woke up we found that we all had a bag next to us on the ground, that's where I found this robe and wand."

"I found this set of armor and a small knife." Said Dash showing Flame her knife and armor.

"I found my hat and a few seeds." Added AJ who took off her hat and pulled out a small pouch of seeds.

"I got these gloves and leggings." Said Rarity showing her items

"I got this cute hat, and a lute." Said Pinky who pulled a lute and a bards hat out of her mane

"I found this book, staff, and robe." Said Twilight showing her robe, staff, and book.

"But when I looked in my bag, all that was inside was this dress." Said Fluttershy showing her dress. "I'm not in trouble am I?"

"No, you're fine Shy, Fauns are meant to deal with animals so it would be weird if you woke up with a sword in your bag wouldn't it?"

Shy nodded.

"Anything else?"

"Yeah, every time we say our names we get a weird feeling in the back of our heads saying that isn't our names. Any ideas?"

"Yeah, this is a game, where you take on the identity of someone else so when you use your real name it will feel weird. What is the name your mind is telling you?"

"Mine said Magic Circles" Said Twilight.

"Confetti" Responded Pinkie.

"Serrata," Said AJ.

"Silent Shadow" Answered Rainbow.

"Celestial Gem" Replied Rarity.

"Ivy Breeze" Spoke Fluttershy.

"Incantation" Added Starlight.

"And Discord called me Sentinel Flame, while he is Captain Wuzz and Mac is Sir McBiggin."

"Speaking of those two, where are they?" Asked Magic.

"They are out in the town gathering supplies and information, I was in charge of finding the inn, and then I was going to the local guildhall to see if I could find anyone willing to join us in our goal of joining the rebellion. I wasn't expecting to find you all in the same inn, but still, we should go into town and head to the guildhall and see if anyone else will be willing to join our party."

"Agreed, the faster we can defeat this Sekto fella the faster we can get home." Said AJ.

"Agreed."

Spike and the girls were walking down the stairs of the inn when they heard the sounds of Burnt Oak talking with someone else. "...I'm looking for a dragon named Sentinel Flame, you see him?"

"Sorry sir, I'm not at liberty to disclose the identity of my patrons, now if you can't prove to me that you have some relation with this alleged dragon, I will ask you to leave." Said Burnt Oak.

"But I'm in his party and this is the only inn on this side of town. Look I will step outside and let you get along doing whatever you were doing, but if Sentinel Flame is here, tell him Wuzz is waiting outside for him." Said Wuzz as he walked to the door to the inn.

"Mr. Oak, he tells the truth, Captain Wuzz is in my party, please forgive my forgetfulness in informing you of the identity of my fellow companions." Said Flame interrupting the annoyed and miffed elf archer from walking out the door.

"It is fine Master Flame, it is partially on me as well, I should have asked for the identity of your companions when you reserved the room. But let's not get bogged down in apologizing, I have been very unwary for the past fortnight due to the oppressive rule of Sekto. When Queen Solariea was in power, the land was peaceful, with traders, adventurers, and nobles traveling the lands, back then marks were plentiful, drink flowed at all hours of the night, and my inn would be full. But now that Sekto is in power, trade has been ground to a halt, bandits are prowling the roads, and now I'm lucky if someone comes into my inn. We're just lucky that we have our local regimen of guards protecting the town from Sekto's sphere of power and corruption, but I fear that even they would have failed long ago if it wasn't for the never-ending efforts of the lord of the land, Lord Fancy Pants, but don't let his name dissuade you, he is a kind and caring stallion who will die with his troops. In fact, in addition to being the lord of this town, he is also the leader of the local guards." Said Burnt Oak.

"That's good to know." Said a voice belonging to McBiggin, as the red unicorn knight walked into the inn and greeted his companions. "Good to see you Wuzz, Flame. I have both good and bad news. What would you rather hear first?"

"Life tends to screw with me so let's go with the bad news first." Said Flame sighing.

"A large force of armor-clad soldiers have appeared on the horizon, they look like they are preparing for an attack on Ravengrove."

"Well, that fucking sucks."

"Spike, language!" Yelled Twilight, who was breaking character.

"Stuff it, I am the ruff and gruff, Sentinel Flame, it is in my character to curse a lot. "Retorted Flame, who was still in character.

"Fine, But if I hear you use that kind of language again I will ground your ass so long, you won't see the sun for the next decade."

"Sure, whatever." Flame then returned his attention to McBiggin. "What's the good news?"

"Well, I was able to get all of the supplies we needed for the trip, I have fifty arrows for Wuzz." Said McBiggin handing the quiver to the archer in the group, "... I found a half a dozen healing potions and eight defense potions" McBiggin pulled them out to show, "...And on a whim, I decided to buy you a set of binoculars." Said McBiggin, pulling out a pair of binoculars and handing them to Flame. "And lastly I was able to buy us a week's worth of food, so we should be able to make it to the next town."

"Ok, so we need to first deal with this army near the town and then we can get a move on. Also, I have some news that could be helpful to us."

"Does it have to deal with the seven mares behind you?"

"It does. Guys, I found the girls, but they have changed a lot, Twilight is now a high elf called Magic Circle, Rarity is a succubus named Celestial Gem, Flutters is a faun called Ivy Breeze, AJ is now a Dryad called Serrata, RD is a dark elf named Silent Shadow, Pinky is a naga called Confetti, and Starlight is now a half-elf called Incantation."

"Hi." greeted the girls.

"But like I said, life has a way of fucking with me, the girls have no idea how to use any of their skills..." Flame was interrupted in his rant by the sound of a war horn blaring through the town. The sound startled everyone in the inn and had the added effect of scaring Burnt Oak.

Flame looked at Burnt Oak shaking and sighed. "Do I want to know?"

"That is the sound of Sektos hoard preparing to attack."

Flame sighed. "Fuck you fate, you whore." Flame then looked at his party and started to give orders. " Magic, Incantation, and Wuzz head to the town gates and join the guards on the walls, your our long-range forces, pick off as many as you can. McBiggin, Shadow, you 2 will be the vanguard, you all will join the defense effort and protect the town from the attacking army. Shadow you need to use your natural abilities to slash and run, you may be strong, but you're not going to be able to stop a sword or a group of enemies if you're stuck in one place. McBiggin, you will be our tank, with your armor and natural strength you can fight off at least a group of four. That leaves Confetti, Ivy, Gem, and Serrata. You four will protect the town's civilians. Serrata you're inexperienced with growing trees on your own so use the trees in the town to your advantage, block paths, trip them with roots, and if you can, summon a tree golem to attack them. Ivy, your job is to rally all the animals in the town, dogs can attack, cats can scout, cows and bulls can stampede, you get the basic idea. Gem, you will be in charge of distracting the enemies that are looking for stragglers in the town, if you concentrate you should be able to hypnotize and get past them, or if you can, use some magic attacks, and if you're in real trouble use your wings and retreat. And Confetti, your most likely a bard, so your job is keeping morale high, so you will join the civilians, sing songs, keep smiling, do what you do best."

"What are you going to do?" Asked Magic.

"'We' are going to do what 'we' do best," said Flame, confusing the others, but slowly all eight of the leaders popped out of Flames's bag showing that they were here to help as well. "Now move out."

Magic, Incantation, Wuzz, Shadow, and McBiggin walked to the town's main gates. The guards were ready for the attack as their commander was trying his best to calm his men. "You were trained for this, we must protect this town, our family's, our friends, our lovers, and our children are depending on us to keep them safe. We were trained to be the best, we are the best, and we will show Sekto and his men that we are planning on keeping that title." Yelled the guard commander Fancy Pants.

The group walked over to the commander and introduced themselves. "Hello, you must be Fancy Pants."

"Yes, and how may I help you?" Fancy Pants was a taller pony with an azure mane, white fur, and a small but sophisticated mustache, he was dressed in a full set of golden armor with an emblem of three crowns on the chest plate, and on his hip was an ornate rapier in its sheath.

"No, we have come to help you, and your men. My name is Magic Circle, this is Incantation, Captain Wuzz, Silent Shadow, and Sir McBiggin, we have come to aid you and your men in this fight. Myself, Incantation, and Wuzz can bolster your long-range attack with our magic and Wuzz's skills with a bow. As for Shadow, she is the fastest fighter you will ever see, so she can quickly attack their forces and cause panic among their ranks. And McBiggin is just as strong as the walls around the town, so he can join your guards holding the line."

"That would be a great help to me and my town, but five more souls can not stop an army of thousands."

"I never said that we were only five, we also have a group of four in the town acting as our last line, we have a Naga named Confetti, a Dryad named Serrata, a Succubus names Celestial Gem, and a Faun named Ivy Breeze, who will use the town its self as a weapon. Serrata will use the trees in town, Gem will use her abilities and the town's alleyways to take down search parties, Ivy can communicate with the animals in town to attack, scout, and stampede, and Confetti will stay with the civilians in the town and keep their morale up."

"But still, we only have a force of 400 or so, and from our scouting reports, they have a legion of 1500 souls. All we have are some spears, some swords, and only about 50 archers. They have armor, supplies, and god forbid support. We are going to be in for the fight of our lives."

"We shouldn't have to worry about most of them. Our leader should be able to cut that number down to half before the first body reaches the gates." Said Wuzz.

"That's impossible. Just who is your leader?" Asked Fancy Pants, flabbergasted at the impossibility of the group's leader.

"A loveable knucklehead with a crossbow and a heart of gold. He is a legend among his people, and his legend has even spread across the land, he is feared by many, and revered by more. His name is Sentinel Flame." Said Magic, who was confused about why she said that.

"Sentinel...Flame." Stammered Fancy Pants in shock. "The dragon, Sentinel Flame, is here? Where? I need to thank him."

"Thank him for what?" Asked Incantation.

"A few years ago, my wife Fleur de Lis and her village were attacked by a large group of bandits, I was sent to the village by order of the Queen to reclaim it for the villagers, but when we arrived we found the bandits all tied up unconscious. When we started to ask who saved the town, they all talked about a dragon who was staying in the village for the week gathering information. And during the attack, my wife was captured by the bandits, and I do not want to think about what they were planning on doing to her, but before they could do anything to her, she was saved by Sentinel Flame. But by the time I and my squad arrived he was gone. I have been forever grateful to him since that day, and I would like to thank him personally."

"We can discuss a meeting later, but first we need to deal with the army outside the gates." Said Magic.

"Agreed, please take your positions, and get ready for their attack."

"...Please head to the center of town, we will protect you from there." Yelled Serrata, directing the town's ponies to the center of town. "Their army could attack at any moment, you need to hurry." Serrata continued to yell.

Serrata was about to yell again but she was interrupted by the sound of the war horn blaring again.

Sentinel Flame was hidden in a tree near the enemy camp, as he equipped his Fuzzles and Zappflys and began to shoot the fuzzles in groups of three on the ground to act as traps for the soldiers. When he was finished he was able to lay down twenty traps. Flame then replaced his Fuzzles with his Boombats.

The sound of the war horn sounded, the army began to get into formation and were about to mobilize. Flame looked at Sparks ready and waiting on his wrist. "Ok, it looks like they are wearing some strong metal armor, so we need some big shocks, can you do that?" Sparks nodded, Flame then looked at Banger who was awake and ready to blast. "And Banger we need you guys to bring the boom, so don't hold back." Banger squeaked.

The sound of the war horn sounded again and the army began to move towards the town. The army began to move closer to the traps Flame had laid, but unlike Fang who was very overprotective and normal wild Fuzzles, Flames Fuzzles have been trained to suppress their instincts for a time, but even they have their limits, as the sounds of screaming were heard in multiple locations in the army's ranks, followed by the sound of metal armor breaking along with bones snapping. Fuzzles have only so much stamina so after 60 of the enemy were dead.

Sparks was fully charged and Flame could see the small arks of electricity surrounding the Zappfly. Flame aimed down the bow, straight for a company of troops, and launched Sparks. Flame's aim was dead on, Sparks flew through the air and made contact with one of the soldiers. The moment Sparks made contact with the soldier's armor, the soldier began to scream as his nerves were fried. In less then a second the soldier fell dead, but this was what Flame was planning as the moment the soldier made contact with his other soldiers, the power of the Zappflys shock traveled to the next body, then to the next, and then another, until over 100 of the soldiers were lying face down on the ground dead, as their bodies were smoking.

Flame had to wait for the next Zappfly to charge fully, but that was why he got out Banger. Flame aimed for the middle of another company and launched the elderly Boombat.

The explosion that Banger released was so powerful that it produced a small mushroom cloud killing more than half of the company with just the force of the explosion and the resulting shock wave. The other half were killed by the shrapnel created by the blast.

The next Zappfly was now charged and copied Spark's attack, killing another company. Flame continued this pattern of attack two more times but was stopped when he was spotted and had to retreat from his perch.

To cover his escape Flame changed out his Zappflys for Belch and the rest of the Stunkz. Flame launched a volley of five Stunks into the middle of the army. Once the Stunkz and Belch landed they released their gas knocking out almost two whole companies of the soldiers, but the problem was that they weren't going to stay down, so Flame utilized his dragon fire and ignited the gas, this caused a massive explosion, killing the two knocked out companies and killing another from the intensity of the heat.

The confusion of the fire allowed for Flame to make it back to the town's walls, and using his claws, Flame climbed the wooden structure.

Once Flame was over the wall he made his way to regroup with the first line of the guard.

Fancy Pants was watching the attack Flame was conducting on the enemy forces from the rampart in awe.

Flame was running through the town, as he was running he saw a group of civilians making their way to the center of the town and being lead by Ivy. Flame stopped to get a status report. "Ivy, how is it going?" Asked Flame.

Ivy squeaked in fear but when she saw who it was that interrupted her she calmed down. "Flame it's just you, thank goodness. We have gathered around 80% of the town's ponies and we are still finding more, what were those explosions I heard earlier?"

"That was Banger and some of his cloud. Plus I used Sparks and the Zappflys to fry some also, from what I saw they had around 1500 soldiers in total, and I know I took down at least six companies of troops so we should only have 600 troops to deal with. I'm going to head to the main gate and meet up with the commander of the guards, take care of your self and be safe."

"I will don't worry."

"Coming from you, that's a laugh, Ivy, I will always worry about my friends." Said Flame very seriously.

Ivy looked into Flame's eyes and smiled at him. "I know. But I want you to be safe, we only just got you back Spike, we don't want to lose you again." Said Shy breaking character.

"I will, I'm not going anywhere anytime soon Shy." Responded Spike breaking character.

"Then you better hurry and help the rest of the party, Flame." Said Ivy chuckling.

"Will do Ivy." Said Flame as he ran off to the main gate.

Flame dropped to run on all fours and speed up. Flame soon arrived at the main gate and looked around at the guards. Flame walked up to the ramparts to offer his assistance in the fight. When Flame arrived at the top of the battlement he was instantly greeted by Fancy Pants. "That was amazing, you truly live up to the legends. My name is Fancy Pants, I am the lord of this land and I am forever in your debt."

"Debt? All I did was take out a couple of soldiers, it wasn't that impressive."

"Humble, a good quality of a hero, but I'm not talking about your efforts this day, I am talking about your efforts saving a village, and my wife from bandits years ago."

"Are you talking about the village of Millborn?" Asked Flame, Fancy nodded. "There was a large group of bandits terrorizing the village and they were part of a local gang whose leader was my target. When I arrived I started to gather some info from the villagers, but they didn't know much about the whole organization so I just stayed in the village for a while and waited for the next attack. I only had to wait about a week in total for them to arrive, and when they did, they fucked up real bad. Instead of just doing their normal 'Loot and Extort' plan on the village, they upped their game and started to capture mares for god knows what. I didn't care, it pissed me off. I stopped a small group from kidnapping a young filly, but I caught wind that they already captured a tall mare with a pink mane and they said 'she would be good to have around' and that was the last straw. I found their main party and after some creative methods of persuasion to make them spill the location on their boss, I freed the mare they captured, then I tied them up and left them for the royal guards to take care of." Said Flame, slightly confused on how he knew about all of that.

"Yes, I was part of the royal guard detachment sent to deal with the bandits, and when I was gathering information on the dragon who saved the town and its ponies, I met my wife for the first time, Fleur de Lis, she was the mare that you saved. Without you, I would have never found my one true love, so I swore to myself if I ever met you, I would pledge my loyalty to you." Said Fancy kneeling to Flame.

"Fancy Pants." Said Flame, Fancy looked up and noticed Flame holding out his hand. "Stand up, we are in the middle of a battle."

Fancy grabbed Flame's forearm and pulled himself up. "We are going to fight together, I don't want your loyalty, the idea of loyalty is not enough..." Fancy looked crestfallen at hearing this declaration, and Flame noticed this and chuckled. "All I want is your friendship, loyalty is an obligation you must honor and is most of the time one-sided, friendship is a promise to support each other, I protect you, and you do the same for me. We dragons have a word for this kind of bond, 'shield brother'. We protect each other from damage on and off the battlefield. This bond also requires those bound together to face all challenges like it was their last day of life. I live like that every day, will you show your honor as a stallion, and as my shield brother and join me in this fight?"

"God, Magic circle was right, you are a loveable idiot with a heart of gold. It would be an honor to join my brother in the field of battle." Said Fancy who started to shake Flame's hand.

"Well then brother, this is your town, these are your men, this place is your home, you are in charge, do you have a plan?"

"I do, since you easily decimated over half of their forces, we have a better chance at victory, but now they will be expecting our archers to attack from long range." Fancy then looked at the enemy forces. "They have their remaining unicorns projecting shields to protect from both magic and arrows, so our best hope is to fend them off out in the fields outside of the town. But we are only going to lure them into the town's streets, where I have stationed the majority of our forces, and once they reach the gates, I will call for a retreat leaving the main gate open and funneling them. Once they reach a certain point we will ambush them and finish off their forces."

"That sounds like a plan."

The sound of the war horn again blared and the remaining forces of the army began their approach on the town. "Archers prepare to fire." Ordered Fancy.

"Ready...Fire" yelled Fancy.

The archers on the battlements fired their arrows and as Fancy knew they did nothing but bounce off the magical shields. "Again!" Yelled Fancy. And the same thing happened. The army was near the gate. "Get ready to attack!" Yelled Fancy to his men.

When the army reached the gate, the guards retaliated in kind, but their forces were too strong, Sektos army killed five guards in a moment and more were getting injured. Fancy knew that there were going to be casualties and his men reassured him that they were going to fight until their last breaths, but it still doesn't lessen the guilt. But it wasn't time to cry over their sacrifice, it was time to honor their lives and make sure their loss was not in vain. "Retreat!" Ordered Fancy Pants.

All of the guards left their formations and made their way to the town's center to act as the final line of defense for the civilians. And As Fancy predicted the army entered the town and marched on the main street. But some of the troops diverted from the main forces and began to scout the town.

Flame and his party were retreating with Fancy and his men. Flame looked at Wuzz and Shadow. "Wuzz, Shadow, you two take care of the scouting parties."

"On it." Said Shadow as she separated from the group and climbed up a building, so she could ambush her targets.

"My arrows will win my battle." Said Wuzz as he left and headed to his targets.

"Magic, Incantation, you two will give support to me, McBiggin, Fancy, and his troops protect us from getting surrounded."

"Not a problem." Said the two magic users.

"McBiggin, you and I are joining Fancy and his men on the front lines, Fancy will give the signal to attack."

"Yep." McBiggin nodded.

The group continued to retreat from Sektos army as they ran down the town's main street. But before Fancy and his troops reached the center of town, Sektos army was in position for the attack. Fancy stopped and drew his sword and yelled, "NOW!".

Flame and McBiggin turned on a dime and both readied their weapons. Flame equipped Wallop and the thudslugs in the right chamber, and in the left was Queen and her hive. McBiggin hefted his greatsword and stood ready to fight. Out of the many alleyways that lead to the main street popped out multiple squads of guards ready for the fight.

Flame launched Wallop and he impacted the skull of one of Sekto's troops, killing him, Flame then fired a hundred Stingbees, the Stingbees penetrated the metal armor and stung their targets, killing twenty. Mcbiggin rushed the closest group of enemies and with all of his strength swung his sword and bisected five soldiers. Fancy was just as elegant as his choice of weapon and made quick work of three soldiers. The Guards used the element of surprise and killed the majority of the remaining soldiers.

The battle on the main street was won, but now there was another problem. A small group of soldiers separated from the main force during the retreat. They were heading for the town center.

Confetti was singing a song to the scared fillies and colts to distract them from the fighting. Ivy had found a flock of birds and talked them into singing for the elderly, and Serrata was talking to the local farmers and merchants about the trees, the land, and honesty (Because, Applejack).

Gem was using her illusion magic to infiltrate a small group of soldiers that had passed her hiding spot. "Sir." Asked Gem using her illusion magic to change her voice and appearance to one of the guards. "What are your orders?" Asked Gem, giving a salute.

"We are heading to the center of town, and when we reach it we will slaughter everyone we find. Even if we lose this battle, we will show this poor excuse of a town to not hinder lord Sektos rule."

Gem Saluted. "Understood." Responded Gem as she thought 'that is barbaric, I need to tell Ivy and Serrata'. Gem separated from the squad, ducked into an alley, and dropped her spell. Gem then used her wings and flew to the center of town to inform the girls.

Gem arrived at the town center and noticed that it was not a good location for an ambush with all of the civilians around the central stone water fountain, when Gem landed she caught the attention of all the girls. "Girls we have a problem, a squad of fifteen soldiers is heading this way right now to slaughter everyone here."

"That's horrible."

"Those meanies."

"Those no-good varmints."

"They're getting close and I don't think that Flame and the others will be able to make it in time, it's up to us, we need to hurry." Said Gem.

The girls nodded.

Ten minutes later. The squad of troops arrived at the town center, the commander gave an evil smirk as he made his way to the seemingly unprotected civilians. "Hello, ponies of Ravengrove, I am the commander of this small portion of lord Sekto's army, we have come to set an example for the other settlements now under the rule of Sekto, that retaliation will not be tolerated." Said the commander as he drew his sword, and was about to start the slaughter. But before he was able to swing his sword something made contact with his helmet. The commander looked back and his eyes widened in fear.

Before he stood a massive tree golem, its eyes glowed green with power and it did not look happy.

The commander then saw a figure standing next to the golem's leg. It looked like a pony with a hat, but her arms and legs were like tree trunks. The Commander then looked at his troops. "Kill them all, leave no civilian alive!" Ordered the commander.

"Sorry to rain on your parade varmint, but there are no ponies aside from you and your troops." Said Serrata sounding smug.

The Commander turned his head to look at the civilians, but when he looked all he saw was a very exhausting Gem panting as her hands glowed blue. "Sorry Sir, it looks like they have a powerful illusion spell caster in the group." Said Gem using her magic to change her voice back to the one she used when she talked to the commander before.

"But...But... But where are the civilians?"

"Our friendly neighborhood faun was able to keep track of your squad from the air with some help from her bird friends, as for where they are, they have scattered around in the buildings taking cover from you." Informed Serrata.

Confetti then popped up behind the commander and whispered into his ear, " I made a Confetti promise to all of the colts and fillies that we wouldn't let you and your troops even see a single hair on their manes. AND. I. DON'T. BREAK. A. CONFETTI. PROMIS." Said Confetti in a slow and ominous tone, scaring the commander to his core. Confetti then pulled out her party cannon from her mane (it's Pinky Pie don't question it) and aimed it right at the commander. "Now, let's see a smile," added Confetti in an innocent tone.

The commander smiled in fear, then he felt a massive force hit him and his armor, the force was strong enough to fling him away from his troops and when he landed he was knocked out. Confetti looked at the rest of the troops and smiled as she pointed to the still angry-looking golem, "Bye~" Said Confetti in a sing-song, as she dashed away.

Serrata chuckled at the looks of fear she was receiving from the soldiers, she then looked at her golem. "Go get them, Bloomberg."

The Golem rushed at the troops and began to swing its arm.

The rest of the battle was quick and very painful.

Flame and Fancy arrived at the town center after they heard the sound of screaming. They assumed that the screams were from the civilians and they feared the worst. But when they arrived, they saw a strange sight, Serrata was patting the back of a giant creature with green eyes, Ivy and Confetti were gathering the civilians and Gem were pacing around a group of bloody but groaning ponies and she was getting angry.

Flame and Fancy walked to the miffed Succubus. "Gem, what happened here, we heard screaming, are you all ok?" asked Flame.

Gem looked at Flame and Fancy approaching her. "Flame dear, we are fine, no one was hurt, well aside from these brutes." Said Gem showing the near unconscious soldiers. "But, we were able to capture them alive, and right now I am trying to use a charm spell to convince them to share their information, but it's not working." wined Gem.

Flame walked past Gem and looked at the commander. "Hello my name is Sentinel Flame, I am going to give you one more chance to talk to us, what do you say?" Asked Flame in a kind tone.

The commander laughed. "First you send that whore to get us to divulge our secrets, now their leader. It's sad to think that you think so little of us, we will gladly lay down our lives for lord Sekto." Said The commander, he then spat some blood into Flames face.

Flame sighed and wiped the blood off his face. "I'm sorry we couldn't agree." Said Flame who was looking pitifully at the commander. "Confetti can you come here?" Asked Flame.

Confetti popped up behind Flame. "You rang boss man?" asked Confetti.

Flame nodded. "Confetti, will you make me a promise?"

"What do you need?"

"I need you to get these ponies talking." Said Flame pointing to the tied up ponies.

"Not a problem boss man, cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Said Confetti doing the motions.

Confetti then looked at the group of tied up soldiers and grinned evilly at them. "Come on boys we are going to have a small chat." Said Confetti whose mane lost its natural puffiness and became straight.

The troops were now visibly scared as they began to beg for their lives. "Please I'll talk, Dear God doesn't let her near us, I want to live." was all they said as Streamer used her tail to drag them away.

Flame then looked at the gathering civilians, and then he looked at Fancy Pants. "Say something you're the hero of the day. Without you, we would have surely lost this fight." Said Fancy Pants.

Flame nodded and stepped up on to the fountain. "Ponies of Ravengrove, today will be a day that none of us will forget, many of our loved ones have given their lives for this town, there will be many days of sadness ahead, but let us not only grieve for the dead but also let us celebrate their memories and honor their lives. Live your lives every day as free ponies, it is normal to cry and mourn our losses but it is truly disrespectful to the fallen if you don't move on from this hardship, keep their memories alive, don't squander the life's they saved in pity, honor them by living long, happy, joyous life's, for today we showed Sekto that we will not stand still and let him control our lives, for today we are victorious." Said Flame.

The next few moments were dead silent, but slowly one by one the ponies clapped at the speech.

"Ponies of Ravengrove upon my honor as a dragon, I swear to you all that I will defeat Sekto and restore peace for this land, I give you all the name Sentinel Flame to use as you see fit. If I am unable to fulfill my promise, you can drag it through the mud, curse it till the day you die, swear vengeance upon it."

As Flame was speaking a tall mare was running through the crowd and approached the dragon on the fountain and the stallion next to him with tears in her eyes. When she made it to the front of the crowd she gasped. "Fancy! Thank goodness your safe." cried Fleur.

"Fleur?" yelled Fancy as he was tackled to the ground by his wife. "Fleur, Thank the gods your safe, I was so worried about you." Cried Fancy as he was holding his wife In his arms.

Flame stepped down from the fountain and walked past the loving couple having a moment. He walked to his gathered party members who were also crying at the speech their dragon gave to give hope to this town.

Flame met up with his party and noticed their crying faces. "Was it really that bad?" joked Flame.

"No you dummy, it was beautifully spoken. Spike, you have really grown up." Said Twilight crying.

Flame gave a sheepish chuckle and smiled. "I only said what felt natural."

Flame looked at the rest of his companions and noticed that Wuzz and Shadow had returned from their missions. "Wuzz, Shadow, how did it go?"

"Not too bad, my count was only seven."

"I had 12."

"Good job everyone, once the town is back in order let's head back to the inn and get some rest, we are heading to the next town in the morning."

The sound of someone clearing their throat was heard behind Flame. He turned around and saw Fancy looking at him with a disappointed look, next to him was his wife Fleur who was holding his arm in hers. "That will just not do." Said Fancy shaking his head. "I will not allow my shield brother and his companions to just up and leave without showing them a well earned thank you for risking their lives to save my town and my ponies that I swore to protect."

Fleur nodded in agreement, left her husband's side, and walked in front of the dragon. "Sentinel Flame?" asked the mare.

"Yes. And you must be Fleur, Fancy's wife. I'm glad to see that you are doing well after the events of Millborn. I have talked with Fancy Pants, and he has informed me it was you I saved during the bandit attack all those years ago. I'm happy to see that you were able to find happiness."

"Thank you Sir Flame, I owed you my life after that day and now my debt just keeps growing, If there is anything I can do to show my appreciation all you have to do is ask." Said Fleur bowing to the dragon.

Flame chuckled, much to the confusion and slight annoyance of the mare. "Sir Flame it is very rude to so easily dismiss the words of a mare."

Flame continued to chuckle but was able to respond. "Fleur, I'm sorry but I don't care, I know you feel like you owe me something, but I just did what was right that day and I didn't expect to get anything in return, and today is no different, I and my companions happened to arrive at Ravengrove just hours ago. During the battle, your husband and I forged a strong bond, and after the last foe was defeated that bond was hardened in their blood. Fancy is now my brother, and I am his. Dragons by nature are noble, heritage driven, and see familial ties as the foundation of our honor, and my dragon honor is driven by three rules, I will never steal, I will only kill when I need to, and I do not take advantage of others especially family, either by blood or by battle, and as of today I see you as my kin."

"But that doesn't change the debt I owe you for saving me at Millborn." Objected the mare.

"One other thing dragons are known for, not backing down, so I repeat I don't care about your so-called debt."

"And I don't care about your uncouth idea of dismissing a mare's heart filled words."

Flame sighed, but then he got an idea. "You know what, fine I have only one request."

Fleur smirked at her victory. "And what do you ask of me, I will do anything in my power."

Flame smirked back. "Fleur, I want you to drop this idea of owing me a debt."

"Of Course...Wait, what? No, I will not do that!"

"So you going back on your word? that is very un-ladylike." Flame looked to Gem. "Gem am I wrong or isn't a lady supposed to keep her word?"

Gem nodded.

Fleur sighed in defeat. " Fine, your wish is my command." Said Fleur.

"Good." Said Flame. "Now I know your husband disapproves of my decision on leaving in the morning, but our time is limited and Sekto's power grows by the day, today there were only about 1500 of his soldiers, but what about tomorrow, or next week, do you think that your town can withstand a force of 5000 or what about 10000, will you be ready to face them when they come again?"

Both Fleur and Fancy knew that the threat was all too real and as the town was now, it couldn't withstand another attack. "You are right, if this is your decision we have no right to argue with it. But at the very least let us accompany you to your place of rest for your time in Ravengrove." Said, Fancy.

"Thank you, brother." Said Flame.

Flame, Fleur, Fancy, and all the others walked back to the Wandering Tree, hoping to rest for the rest of the day and recuperate after the battle, but when they arrived at the inn that hope died. The inn was destroyed.

Flame walked up to the destroyed inn and found Burnt Oak sitting on the front steps of the building. Oak saw his patrons and he looked like he didn't have good news to tell them. "Master Flame, I have terrible news, as you can see, the inn was destroyed in the battle for the town, apparently one of Sekto's troops levitated a massive rock and tossed it at the building, then they used some sort of magic blast to put small holes in the framework." Both Flame and Serrata looked pale for a moment, the rock was from Bloomberg attacking the soldiers, and the holes were from Flames Stingbee attack, but not to worsen the situation they kept their mouths shut. "And due to the extent of the damage, I can not provide lodging for you and your party. I am truly sorry." Said Burnt Oak bowing his head.

"It is fine Oak, this was an unfortunate accident. I hope you will be able to repair your livelihood and find a suitable temporary home until that time." Said Magic.

Fancy stepped forward and gave the older stallion a salute. "Captain Oak, permission to speak?"

Oak sighed and looked at Fancy. "Lord Fancy Pants, I retired from the royal guards years ago, I may have been your commander when you first joined the guard, but now you outrank me and you are the lord of the land I call home, so please stop it with this whole show."

"Yes sir, Burnt Oak, as your lord I take full responsibility for what has occurred to your home and business, and I will pay for the repairs, and as your friend, I am offering you a place to call home for the time being."

Oak looked like he was on the verge of tears at the kindness of his lord and smiled at Fancy. "Thank you, lord Fancy, I will never forget this kindness you have shown me."

"It is no problem, old friend." Fancy then looked at his shield brother and his companions. "That goes for all of you as well, we have plenty of rooms for you all, and I would be happy if you would agree to join us for the night."

Flame looked at his party members. "What do you all say?"

"We would be happy to join you for the night." Responded to the group.

Flame looked at Fancy and smiled. "Lead the way."

Flame and the group arrived at a massive mansion at the back of the town. The home was a beautiful design, the walls were made of light tan bricks, the roof was covered in lavender shingles, and on one side was a tower at least one story taller than the rest of the home. The front garden was nicely trimmed and the front of the manor had a well-crafted pair of solid oak doors.

Fancy walked to the doors and pushed them open to lead his guest inside. Fancy walked into his home and was immediately greeted by his manors staff of maids, butlers, and chefs. "Welcome home Master Fancy, Lady Fleur." Announced all of the staff.

"Thank you all, its good to see you all safe, I was worried about you all during the battle."

"Thank you for your concern, Master." Added Randolph the head butler of the Pants manor. Randolph was an older stallion with nearly white hair and big eyebrows the same color, and he was dressed in a very formal butlers uniform

"I see you all as family Randolph, it is only natural to worry. But I want to introduce you all to our esteemed guests for the night." Said Fancy moving out of the way to give the staff a good view of the guest. "First we have, Sentinel Flame, without his efforts we might not be able to return."

When the staff heard the name of the dragon they all became shocked, ever since their master got married, they all have heard stories of their lady's past, mostly dealing with the heroics of the noble dragon bounty hunter who risked his life to protect the lady's village. Randolph walked up to the dragon with tears in his eyes and he looked him in the eyes. Randolph grabbed Flame's hands in his own and started to visibly cry in happiness. "Master Flame, we are all in your debt, for years we have heard legends of your heroics from lady Fleur." Said Randolph as he bowed to Flame.

"Um... your welcome... sir?" Asked Flame a little uncomfortable seeing an elderly stallion cry.

"Oh... my apologies, master Flame, I am the head butler of the Pants Manor, Randolph, next to me is the head chef saffron masala..." Said Randolph introducing the chef. "... and the head maid, Coco Pommel." Added Randolph.

"Greetings." Said both of the mares, Saffron was a tall mare with dark purple hair tied back with a yellow headband, both of her ears were pierced and on each ear was a golden hoop earring, her uniform was a pale yellow shirt and a dark orange skirt, around her neck was a tied bandana with golden accents, and her eyes were a lighter purple then her mane. Coco was much younger than Saffron, she is a cream colored mare, her hair was a light aqua, with an even lighter shade of aqua strip, her eyes were the same color as her hair. Coco was dressed in a very formal and professional maid's uniform.

Flame smiled and nodded. "Thank you."

Fancy continued introductions. "Sentinel Flame is accompanied by his traveling companions, Captain Wuzz, Sir McBiggin, Magic Circle, Ivy Breeze, Celestial Gem, Serrata, Silent Shadow, and incantation. There are another one of Sentinel's companions, but she is currently detained with another task."

"Master Fancy, If you are referring to Lady Confetti, she arrived just before you arrived, she is currently washing up in one of the guest bathrooms, the poor dear was covered head to tail in a dark liquid, but oddly she didn't track any of it on the floors. And more peculiar was the rather large group of creatures that followed her, there were nearly 200 in all, they are currently resting in the back gardens."

Fancy looked flabbergasted at the news, he then looked at Flame who just shrugged, "I have known her for a while, and I still don't understand her, its easier to just let her do her own thing, as for the group of creatures, they are mine, I hope they have not caused any trouble."

Fancy looked at the rest of the party looking for an explanation, but all he saw was them nodding at Flame's words. Fancy sighed. "Very well, we also have an old friend of mine who will be staying with us for the foreseeable future." Fancy introduced the innkeeper. "This is Burnt Oak, my old commander and the current owner and operator of the local inn the Wandering Tree."

"Thank you for having me." Said Burnt Oak bowing his head.

Randolph bowed and he was followed by the rest of the manor staff. "It is our pleasure to serve you all, masters, and ladies." Said all the staff.

"Please allow us to show you all to your rooms, you must be tired after everything you have done today." Said Coco.

Flame smiled at the maid. "Thank you, Coco."

Coco smiled and gave her group of maids the order to show the adventurers to their rooms. Flame looked at Fancy. "Fancy, I must apologize for being so rude to our host and not joining him, but to be honest this is the first time in a week I have had the chance to sleep in a bed."

"Think nothing of it Flame, we all have our limits and you are no different, I will have Saffron prepare dinner for you all when you awaken so please rest with a clear conscience." Said Fancy smiling at Flame.

"Thank you." Said Flame as he was shown to his room by Coco.

Flame was shown to his room by Coco and when they arrived at the room Flame was shocked at the grandness of the room. The room was twice the size of his room in the tree castle, it had a king-sized four-post bed on the far wall, next to the bed was a set of side tables, on the wall to the left of the bed was a wardrobe that Rarity would be proud of, next to the door was a marble fireplace probably used to keep the room warm in the winter. In front of the fireplace was a large rug and a full set of furniture that could easily accommodate his whole party, Flame looked at the door on the other side of the room and opened it. It was a grand bathroom, the floor was tiled, the tub was massive and the sink was large as well, and to top it all off everything was marble. Flame closed the door to the bathroom and looked at the room. The room was well lit, as the wall with the bed had two large glass windows that looked out onto the back gardens. Flame looked out of the window, saw all of the spent members resting in the sun and hanging around in the bushes. Flame opened the window and yelled. "Good job today, you all did great.".

All of the creatures looked up to see who was yelling and they saw Flame, the whole group became excited. The Stingbees grabbed all of the Fuzzles or Stunks, they all flew up to Flame and greeted him. "Hey guys, you all did great today, you all earned some rest so for the rest of the day we're going to take it easy." Said Flame. This was received rather well going off of the sounds of happiness everyone was making. Flame smiled and detached his crossbow mounting, all the creatures in the room returned to their tubes to rest in the company of their families. Flame placed the crossbow on one of the side tables, then he removed his clothes and tossed them onto one of the single chairs next to the fireplace. Once Flame was naked he walked over to the bed and flopped onto the soft surface and the moment his head hit the pillow he was asleep.

Author's Note

I have never played a single minute of D&D so I will pretty much BS this whole chapter, so no dice rolling, no stats, and no Squizzard.

Spike is no longer going to be Garbunkel the wizard, he is a Bounty Hunter going by Sentinel Flame. [dragon]

Discord and Mac are still going to be Captain Wuzz[elf archer] and McBiggun[unicorn knight].
Celestia and the rest of the girls are going to join in as well.
Celestia: Solariea the imprisoned Queen [High elf]
Twilight: the Arch mage Magic Circle [High elf]
Applejack: Serrata the Dryad [Dryad]
Pinky Pie: Confetti the Bard [Naga] & Streamer is Pinkamena
Rainbow Dash: Silent Shadow the rogue [Dark elf]
Rarity: Celestial Gem the Succubus [Succubus]
Fluttershy: Ivy Breeze the Beast Tamer [Faun]
Starlight: Magic Circles apprentice Incantation [Half elf]
Luna: Lunar Glare the dream walker [Valkyrie]