In the school's library, Gallus stared at the book in front of him, it was a simple history book about the previous war in Equestrian history, the pony and griffon war. The reason for his interest on the book is not because of curiosity, but because he wanted to see if Krieg participated in it, if what Sandbar had told is true, then the reason that only him and Smolder felt fear around the beast was because their species fought against the ponies, sadly he did not find a single clue.

He looks over to his other friends, they had sent Ocellus to meet Fluttershy early this morning and wanted to guess what the thing that Sandbar called an 'intro card', before the changeling came back, they all placed in their guesses, now they just need to wait. Gallus looks back at the piece of paper he wrote on, his guess was 'Teacher of The Year', if he gets it right, he won't have to pay five bits just as they agreed on.

Now that he thinks about it, how did the six of them receive this odd power that they can't control, it could have been the cave they entered, right where they found the monster.

Just then, the library door opens and in came Ocellus, this served as a sign that she had brought the teacher over, the others ready themselves for what is to come, then the mare entered the library. Time freezes when Fluttershy stood full view to all, the background was replaced by a peaceful looking forest with butterflies surrounding her, Fluttershy, Supermodel, Veterinarian, and Kindest Teacher.

When time returns to normal, they all looked at each others guesses, the only one of came close was Gallus and Silverstream, her guess was 'Healer of the Critters' which still technically counts but that would mean the two would share the winnings of 15 bits, which is seven to each of them with an extra single bit. Before they could decide on who gets the extra bit, Fluttershy came up to the five with her usual shy demeanor.

"Excuse me everyone, I was glad that Ocellus was looking for me, and I actually need help with something."

Sandbar smiled and nodded. "Anything for you professor Fluttershy!"

"Yes, anything for kind pony!" Said Yona.

"I'm glad you all agreed. Could everyone help me carry some things? They are all just too much for me. If you don't mind that Is..."

"You kidding?" Smolder hops off her seat. "Just lead the way!"

"Alright, follow me then." Fluttershy smiled to everyone, but when she turns away from them, that smile vanished.

The young six happily followed the teacher out of the library and into the halls, soon they reached the door to the faculty room, Fluttershy opens it and gestures for them to go in. They did so without hesitation, and when they came in, the door behind them closes, the young six looked back to find Fluttershy locking it before facing them with a disappointed look on her face, that was when they knew that they were in deep trouble.

"Students, I'm glad you all are here." Sandbar and his friends turns their attention to Starlight, her own disappointment was shown as well.

The caption Starlight Glimmer slides in before the next caption cuts between her name, Equally talented, but more equal than you!, with the background being her own cutie mark.

"Now you all must be wondering why you are here, but all I'm going to ask you is this: Who is Krieg?" She taps her hoof on the floor signalling Pinkie who came out of nowhere to throw the folder that held Krieg's information in front of Gallus. "I'll tell you who he is, he's a dragon with a body count of over six hundred deaths, most of those are griffons, some are dragons, and the rest are other monsters that were in the lowest depths of tartarus. Krieg was imprisoned down there, farther than Tirek. And what does he do? He cleared it out, right before storming the castle of princess Celestia! So tell me now, who is he!?"

They remained silent, the truth was now know by the ponies they wanted to keep from.

"Gallus," The griffon looks away to avoid Starlight's eyes of disappointment, he could feel her gaze staring him down. "this monster had killed your kind during the pony and griffon war. Did you know that?"

"Yes..." He rubbed his arm awkwardly.

Starlight then switches her glare to Smolder, the dragon froze on the spot. "And Smolder, why would you lie to everyone that he's your brother? I just want an explanation from everyone on why would you all shelter this monster?"

"He's not a monster." Mumbled Sandbar, the three mares looked at him.

"What?"

"He's not a monster!" Starlight took a step back at his sudden snap, his friends did the same and Fluttershy yelps out a cry, Pinkie only tilted her head.

"Watch your tone Sandbar, you have no idea on what you are talking about!"

"Yes I do! I know what Krieg is feeling right now!"

Starlights narrows her eyes and stomped on the floor. "How could you understand what he feels when this monster killed so many creatures!?"

"Krieg had saved our lives, when Silverstream and Yona were about to be eaten by the underground cult, he put a stop to it, then he brought us back to the surface! You know why he killed those griffons and dragons? Because he was protecting us!"

He took a step closer to the school counselor, Starlight steps back as he did so.

"He protected ponies and risked his life for our kind, that's all he did, but what does princess Celestia do? She imprisoned him! He probably didn't trust any of us at first, but he gave everyone a second chance, he could have hurt me or my friends, instead he listened to us and wanted to stay, to be our friend, you should understand what he feels! Krieg may have killed griffons and dragons, he may want to have revenge on princess Celestia, but he still stayed because he wanted to do it all over again, protecting those who can't fight."

His friends were in awe by him, they were surprised that Sandbar would stand up for Krieg and call him his friend, they would also consider the psycho as a friend, especially after the stallion's speech. Fluttershy's eyes widen, she was impressed by his kind behavior to the beast, his words almost made her pick Krieg's side, Pinkie was moved from the speech, tears flow down her cheeks as she clap her hooves.

Starlight could only look away, she knows what betrayal felt like, that was how she felt back when she was just a foal, back when Sunburst found his cutie mark, Krieg being forgotten by the world was just like being left by her only friend, but that was back then, now she has more friends than she did back when she was little, all it took was a second chance.

"I understand, and you want to give Krieg another chance to redeem himself, all I'm going to say is, you can't just hide him that easily. One day, princess Celestia would find him, then all this effort could be useless. Should you really keep him, or just come out with it?" The unicorn looks back at the student, finally decided something that could lead to trouble, just like she had said.

The students glanced and nodded at each other, they owe their lives to the psycho, without him, they wouldn't be standing there right now. "Krieg stays with us, brother or not!" Smolder took a step forward, a sign of defiance showing that she would stand up for Krieg.

Ocellus took the folder on the floor with her magic and handed to Starlight. "He is extremely loud, and he probably committed cannibalism, but I'm willing to see past those flaws just to be his friend."

"Yak says big dragon is hero, big dragon is also strong! Yona would be happy to be friends with him!"

"I'm sorry miss Starlight, but Krieg is like, the most coolest dragon I met!" Silverstream spoke before facing Smolder. "Sorry Smolder, its just that you can't do the same things as Krieg."

"Meh, I was already okay with the guy who tried to eat me." The older ponies stared at the griffon. "I'd imagined that it was obvious."

"If that is what you six want," Starlight motions Fluttershy to unlock the door, and sighed deeply. "but I can't guarantee that you'll keep him hidden from the princesses, they'll find him eventually, and you kids will have to be ready for the day it happens."

Starlight went to the door and was about to leave the room, but looks back at the element of kindness with a strange look. "Did you say something Fluttershy?"

"Um, no..."

"Oh, must have been the wind... I'll go look for Applejack and the others, I will tell them everything that happened here, if they decide to tell Twilight about Krieg, I'll give you a heads up." With that, she had finally left.

At first they were silent, then the non pony creatures pulled in Sandbar into a group hug, telling him how much they were impressed of how he stood up for Krieg, even the two teachers joins in, his speech really reminded them that they taught Sandbar well. Sandbar became embarrassed by the attention he was getting, he could only chuckle as Yona threw him around in her yak hug, flinging the others off of the two, the days were really exciting after they met Krieg.

Applejack silently stared at the two dragons they were stalking from the bushes, she and her friends have easily located the large dragon due to his unique appearance, the two dragons were currently sat right next to the fountain, Krieg was picking his buzz axe on the dirt out of boredom. They have been watching them for an hour, yet nothing has happened, Krieg mostly pulls Ember around town before they both settled next to the fountain. The farmer wonders to herself of what the psycho was doing, it was obvious that Krieg was just wasting time, but it isn't the way she expected him to do, she expected him to break something to pass the time.

Just then, Starlight suddenly pops in with her teleportation magic, this startled everybody causing them to jump out of the bushes and right in front of the two dragons. Ember only stared with confusion while Krieg was too busy looking at the dirt he was poking with his buzz axe.

*Hey buddy, I think Applejack was spying on you.*

At the mention of the farm pony, Krieg quickly scrambles back on to his two feet. "I didn't take the cookie!"

"Why were you all in the bushes?" Ember questions them, her eyes glaring at Spike as she thinks up an idea of why, but before anyone could answer her, Starlight bursts out of the bushes and envelopes the ponies and Spike in her magic before teleporting them back to the school.

The two dragons remained on their spot, none of them knew what had just happened, since the moment passed, Krieg returns to picking at the dirt with Ember just sitting back down to watch him with complete boredom.

Twilight was awakened by the train blowing it's horn, signaling all the passengers that they have arrived to their destination. The princess looks around the V.I.P section of the train to find princess Celestia speaking with Flash Magnus, there seems to be something wrong by the way he spoke, she was still half asleep to hear what he was saying, a cup of coffee floated next to her, she looks up towards Luna and smiled.

"Thank you princess." She said before taking a sip of the drink.

"It is not a problem at all Twilight Sparkle, we need you to be in peak condition when we meet your brother and his family. You don't want them to see you like this, what is the reason you have been sleeping less?"

"Oh, nothing really, just have been really busy last night. I was making a folder of information with the notes I have taken from princess Celestia and you about Krieg."

The alicorn of the night nodded. "I see, let us go then, I'm sure you're brother would be happy to see you."

"I will." Twilight said before getting off her seat, she followed Luna over to Celestia, Flash greeted her before they all went off and exit the train.

But instead of being greeted by the regular crystal guards, the four were greeted by the newly issued crystal soldiers with their newer purple armor, their single glowing red eye stares at them silently. Celestia raises a single brow, she had not expected this at all, even Luna and Flash Magnus were confused by the armored group. Before anyone could ask, a large earth pony walks through the group on his hind hooves, his Hyperion shotgun in his two hooves, just as he stops right between Celestia and the crystal guards, he raises his own brow at them.

"Who are you?" Twilight had to do a double check when he spoke, his voice was as strange as his lower legs, they looked like prosthetics.

Luna took a step forward. "You do not know who we are?"

"Nope."

Before Flash Magnus could go up to his face and set the strange pony right, one of the guards spoke up. "Permission to speak, sir?"

"Granted." He said without even looking back.

"They are the V.I.P's we're waiting for, sir!"

Wilhelm looks at the three alicorns for a second, before nodding to them. "Alright, follow me."

Luna looks over to her sister, the princess of the sun was only silent as she judges the pony before them, seeing that these strange group was obviously crystal guards, she chose to follow the cyborg. As Wilhelm escorts them to the city, Twilight began to notice more crystal soldiers patrolling around the city, all carrying a variety of Hyperion weapons. It was strange to see them, there was something wrong but she does not know what. They have sent Cadance a warning about Krieg, so this might be her trying to keep watch of the area for the beast.

Just as they pass through the city, Twilight notices the strange devices that the crystal ponies were holding, some were talking into them, others seems to be playing with it like an arcade machine, or they just have it around. The city have changed since she was last been here.

"Princess." The three alicorns first looked at Flash Magnus before facing the direction he was pointing his hoof at.

There by a construction site were the same machines that they faced from the underground, but they were painted purple, and instead of attacking anything that moves, they were instead helping the ponies with whatever they were building. Celestia had enough, she wanted to take the relaxing route to Cadance, but she needed answers for the sudden change around the city, so without warning, she teleports everyone along with Wilhelm right to the throne room of the palace.

Cadance jumps up from her throne when the group just pops into existence, she was confused at first but quickly became happy to see her fellow alicorns.

"Auntie!" Before she could even move an inch, Celestia sent a glare towards her. "P-princess Celestia?"

"Cadance, what is the meaning of this!?" Celestia almost spoke in her Canterlot voice.

That was when things escalated, Celestia felt the intent to kill right next to her as Wilhelm holds up his shotgun and aims it at her. "Easy there."

This action made Flash take his Tourge and press the muzzle against the cyborg. "Put it down now, or I blast you!"

"Wait!" Cadance tried to speak, but that was when Nisha the griffon came from above and landed right between Flash and Twilight then takes out two Jakobs pistols before pointing it at the two.

"Like my friend said, take it easy."

Luna charges up her horn. "How dare you point your weapons at royalties!"

[WARNING, HOSTILITY DETECTED. STAND DOWN, DO NOT RESIST.] Four Crystal Loaders burst through the doors and aims at Luna, it went like this for a full minute.

"Everypony STOP!" Everyone that had a pulse looks towards the robots and found Shining Armor standing there, the Loaders quickly became passive. "Wilhelm, what's going on here?"

The enforcer points his weapon away from Celestia. "Sir, the white one just became aggressive towards princess Cadance, I felt that I had to keep her in check!"

"Shining, what's going on, who are these two!?" Twilight did not turn around to face her brother, the griffon still had her guns out.

Shining groans loudly. "Nisha, could you not point your weapons at my sister?" Nisha hesitated but did as she was told. "Good, could you two give us a minute or two?"

"So that's your sister? I gotta say, she looks cute, for a pony." Shining heard Jack comment, he only ignored the ghost.

The enforcer nodded before leaving, Nisha followed and just as she was about to close the door, she gave Twilight a wink before disappearing behind the door.

"Shining," The stallion winced from the way Celestia spoke his name, he hesitated to look at her for a second. "I wish to know, where did you get these machines?"

"Oh, I kinda found this thing called a Constructor that makes these robots, I don't know why, but it does what I want." He looks over to his left to find Jack smirking.

"That's right Shining, we don't want them to find out, we want them to think that you're the hero of this story." Shining heard Jack say before facing back Celestia.

"Honestly, I don't why."

The alicorn of the sun thinks for a second, the problem was already stressful and now the prince of the Crystal Empire had somehow gained an alien tech. "We will talk about this later, for now we must search for the beast, Carrot Top had mentioned that he would be heading north from Ponyville, and my scouts have not seem him near Canterlot, so that means he would be heading here."

"But auntie, why here of all places?" Cadance spoke.

"That is what I don't know, the psycho is unpredictable and you would never know what runs in his mind."

Luna then remembers something. "But sister, have you discovered as to why the prison was access by outsiders?"

"I have a theory," Celestia looks away from Luna, she did not dare to look her in the eyes. "The barrier that was placed was made from both of our magic, so when you were banished, it is possible that your connection to the spell was severed, causing it to slowly weaken over the years. It must have weakened so much that whoever owns those lanterns manage to break it easily, I fear they have perished from Krieg's wrath."

"Sister, I- I am sorry..."

"It is not your fault Luna!" Celestia tries to keep her sister from feeling any guilt. "No one is at fault, the spell was going to shatter eventually."

"Woah, woah, hold on second!" Jack spoke as he notices a single detail. "Shining, could you ask for more about this Krieg?"

"Um, princess, what can you tell us about this monster?"

"Krieg the Psycho, though he appears to be a dragon, he is not of this world." She began explaining to them, this surprises Twilight, the fact the creature came from a different realm of reality. "He has told me he comes from a world of chaos, he even told us about a weapon manufactur that made him, Hyperion."

"That's him!" Jack spoke with the tone of his voice shifting from his regular silver tongue to a rageful one, his teeth bared as he breaths heavily with anger in his heart. "That is one of those f*cking bandits who killed me! Shining, you better find him now, or I'll haunt your ass til you're a wrinkled old mess!"

"Find Krieg, yes! Alright!" Without even explaining his sudden outburst, Shining quickly ran out the door quicker than a stalker pouncing on it's prey, they heard him explain his simple plan to the two creatures outside, then they heard both Wilhelm and Nisha shout out 'Krieg!?' before the three went deeper into the castle halls.

The alicorns and Flash were left with questions, but it seems that they will only get their answers later, for now, they need to find the psycho.

"Are you done?" The silhouette of a mare spoke as she oversees a dozen of bandits working around the warehouse.

"Yeah, my brother had already left for the Crystal Empire, also my son nearly got killed by that carrot horse, but he found out where your god is, both of us will be heading there tomorrow." A raspy and deep but not too deep voice spoke, the only way you could tell his species was a black scaled tail swinging left and right.

"Remember, give him our offering and come back for your next work, do not forget that these bandits will not hesitate to kill you if you went over the line."

"You psychos and your blind devotion, I mean really, if the vault hunter told you to jump into a burning pit, you'll do it in a heart beat."

Just then, one of the crates bursts into flames, the light was bright enough to reveal that the mare was no other than Sweet Mint, but now her mask had the face of the previous cult leader sewn on it, Mint giggled loudly as the fire burns.

"Ooh! Pretty pretty!" She happily waved her hooves around, watching the bandits around it trying to extinguish the fire. "Yes, burn, burn all my troubles away!" This is where creatures of this planet break into a song, but her song isn't about friendship or love, it was about burning toasts.

"Sigh, I really wish I was back at Pandora." The unknown dragon then leaves the latest cult leader alone to sing, he still have to play courrier tomorrow.

Author's Note

Lol, I accidently pressed publish yesterday, if ask me how I made that mistake, well I write these stuff on my phone, and my thumb just hit publish by mistake.

Now it says 24 instead of 25