The sun rises and shines upon the peaceful town of Ponyville, the creatures that lived there were up and ready to go on with their daily lives. As for Ocellus, our dear precious changeling was still deep in her sleep, that is until a thousand voices started screaming and rudely awakens her. She shot off of the bed and down onto the floor with a thud, Ocellus looks around for the source of the strange noise but it was already silent, it was gone in just a blink leaving the changeling in confusion.

So after being woken up by some strange noises, Ocellus decided to go and have breakfast. She could figure out what that screaming was after some food, it could have been her hallucinations for all she knows. She had also made sure that she didn't leave the strange device. Ocellus still needed to learn everything thing she can from it, she knows that it holds more details of Krieg's past and she'll find out no matter what.

Her trip to the dining room was short, there in the room she finds the rest of her friends and Spike who was passing around breakfast, they all had strange looks on their faces as if something wrong had happened. Except for Silverstream, the hippogriff was as cheerful as she usually is, smiling while she ate her breakfast. Ocellus makes her way to one of the free seats and quietly sat down, the young dragon then places down a plate of fried eggs and avocado slices with some toast on the side for her. After saying "Thank you." to spike, she looks over to Gallus to find him tinkering with one of the guns the crusaders and Big Mac have brought yesterday.

"Morning Ocellus!" Ocellus' attention was switched over to Silverstream who was across the table.

"Morning."

The hippogriff curiously tilts her head to the side. "What's wrong, you seem a little down."

"Oh, its just that...I kinda woke up because I heard screaming." She confessed to her friends. "I-"

Before she could continue, Silverstream cuts her off and apologizes out of the blue. "I'm sorry!"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh, I must have ruined everyone's morning!" She begins to explain. "I was just excited when Gallus and I checked that chest the crusaders brought and took the cutest looking gun from it, and well." She raises her claws from under the table to reveal the Amplified Bane with a 2.4x zoom on top, and with a slag element.

"SWAPPIN' WEAPONS!" The gun screamed loudly before being placed on the table where it sat silently, waiting for someone to pick it up again.

"It can talk!" Silverstream cheerfully said as presented the weapon to Ocellus. "Cute isn't it? When I saw this in the chest, I just had to get it for myself, and now I have a gun like Gallus! Though, it kinda has a curse that makes me fly or walk very slow when my claws are holding it..."

"Another downside is that the thing is kinda loud," Gallus spoke. "its what made that screaming noise from earlier, but honestly, I can't believe you were actually still asleep."

"What happened?" Ocellus asked.

Spike looks up from his plate with a tired look and pointed to the nearby window that was broken, shards of glass were scattered in front of it showing that something had crashed through from the outside. "That Bad Maw guy was chased out of the castle by Carrot Top earlier this morning, it was very lucky that the only thing broken was the window."

"Big pony had to run, Yona tried to stop carrot pony but she was too strong, and she no listen to friends and Yona, only angry at big pony like when yak is angry." Said Yona.

After hearing about Bad Maw, Ocellus became worried for the bandit. "Oh my god, what happened to him!? Did he get away!?"

"Don't worry," It was Sandbar's turn to speak. "he got away, said he was leaving Ponyville anyways, but wanted to help tell us what you know about Krieg. We kept Carrot Top from Bad Maw long enough for him to escape, he's probably at the outskirts of town by now."

"Oh, thank goodness he's safe." The changeling was relieved to hear that Bad Maw was alright. "But, he didn't even get to say goodbye..."

"Well, he didn't really get to say goodbye to you but he asked us to tell you on his behalf. Sorry that you had to find out this way..."

Ocellus smiled, though she had only met him yesterday, she had actually thought of him as a friend. Especially when he had protected her from the other bandits. "Its fine Sandbar, thanks for telling me."

"Stop that!" A voiced shrieked from Gallus' side of the table, Ocellus looked over with curiosity. "Is this how you treat everyone you've just met!?"

"I-is that gun...also talking?"

"Yeah," Gallus answered. "and she's been a pain since this morning."

"Well if you just respected other people's property, then maybe you would've been better! How could you just steal what isn't yours!?"

"Oh I don't know, maybe because of the fact that no one wants you." The griffon spoke with sarcasm. "And seeing that you're up for grabs, I figured that I might as well take you, but to be honest, you are annoying."

"Well from my perspective, you're the annoying one!" The gun argued. "Obviously, you steal from those who have nothing, you thief!"

"Could you shut up? I only wanted a bigger gun."

"You do know that there are starving children on Pandora that could use a gun but couldn't get any!? How about you give them yours for once!"

"Guns shouldn't really be anywhere near children. Also, never heard of Pandora."

Smolder chuckled a little as she watches the two argue. "This is like watching a couple." She joked.

"Um, excuse me miss gun?" Ocellus tries to speak with the weapon. The gun was silent so the changeling decided to ask what she wanted. "Who exactly do you belong to, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Wouldn't you like to know! He and this emotionless bird are almost the same!" Said the gun.

"Wow, he must be a really swell guy." The griffon commented.

"Yes, but the second guy was even worse! The things he did was so terrible, and he wouldn't listen to a single word I say! He even wouldn't stop smearing me with blood, that monster!"

"That kinda sounds like Krieg." One name, a single name that Gallus had mentioned have made the gun completely silent. Yona's chewing of her food loudly was the only sound to be heard. Ocellus became curious as to why the weapon no longer speaks, as for Gallus, he was actually glad that the rifle shut it's metaphorical mouth.

Now the students and Spike are back to eating their breakfast in silence. Soon they all finished their plate and the younger dragon started clearing up the table while the students waited, just for anything to happen. A minute goes by and still nothing had happened, they were at least expecting their teachers to return or maybe Krieg, but it seems that they are not going to see any of them for today.

"Gallus!" Three different voices calls for the griffon, all eyes turns towards the door to see the crusaders, Apple Bloom was carrying a bag bigger than her.

"Gallus, we forgot to ask you about Krieg!" Said Apple Bloom. The griffon sighed, he sets down the talking gun and waited for the young pony to continue. "What does Krieg like?"

Gallus was surprised, he had expected them to ask about the psycho's past, which he doesn't actually know since he and the others haven't asked Ocellus. "Why are you asking me? He's Smolder's brother, not mine."

"Oh, you're right!" Said Sweetie Belle. "Smolder!"

"I'm right here you know..." The dragon sighed, everything was stressful since yesterday. "'What does Krieg like?' Why are you three even asking?"

"Well, remember how he got all sad because we brought that weird thing to him?" Scootaloo explained. "We wanted to make it up for him, but all we know is that he likes guns, and we can't afford any of them!"

"Yeah, they don't take bits!" Apple Bloom added.

"You know, you three actually shouldn't go near guns..." Gallus commented.

Smolder pinches the bridge of her snout. "Girls, its alright, Krieg will get over it. You don't have to do anything, and besides, he won't hate you for it."

"But we can't just leave him like that, we need to do something to cheer him up!" Said Scootaloo.

"No, you don't." Said Gallus as he returns to tinkering with rifle. "If anything, you girls should go back to your daily lives. Besides, we haven't really seen him since yesterday."

"Oh, he's working at the farm right now. But he was kinda quiet, and wouldn't even talk to us, no shoutin' or anythin'." Apple Bloom said.

"He's not talking? That's an improvement!"

"Hey, who said that!?" Scootaloo questioned.

"I did you overgrown chicken!" The fillies stared at the rifle in Gallus' claws, Scootaloo was too focused on the fact that a gun was talking to even notice the insult.

"It can talk!?" All three simultaneously spoke.

"Of course I can, but do you know who can't? Those who were born mute back in Pandora! Now they all waste away on the planet and not contribute anything to society!"

"Pandora?" Sweetie tilts her head to the side as she repeated the name, trying to dig through her memories of where that place is. But she couldn't really think of any answers. "Um, where exactly is Pandora?"

"Hey!" Smolder shot up from her seat and made an attempt to steer the children away from the subject. "You know what? I have an idea on how we can cheer up my brother, and I know him better than anyone else." She said while trying to send Ocellus a message silently with her body language. Her tail moves left and right as her eyes glanced at Ocellus a few times.

The changeling catches on what the dragon wanted. "O-oh, yeah! I can also help out with whatever Smolder plans. So why don't you three go back to the farm and keep watch of Krieg for us, until we can come up with a plan."

"But I thought you said-" Scootaloo was cut off quickly by Smolder.

"Do you want to cheer him up or not?"

"Alright!" The trio said before running off to do what they've been told, to watch over beast until they are called or when the plan is ready to begin.

Once they were gone, everyone let out a sigh of relief, trying to hide Krieg's identity from three young fillies isn't really hard, but it makes them feel kinda sour for lying to children. But try as they can the truth will soon be revealed, until that time comes, they will keep everyone in the dark, hopefully it doesn't come at all.

Smolder shook her head, she doesn't understand why the fillies would go so far. But on the other hand, she kinda knows how they feel thanks to her experience from the school and with her real brother. "Alright, before we get this day going, Ocellus should tell us everything she knows about Krieg. Right?"

"Why would you ever want to know more about that murderer!?" The gun asked rhetorically. "He is by far the most guilty one out of the six of them and we shouldn't talk about him! Think of the people he slaughtered, they could have become something better than bandits but now they're dead because of that killer!"

"Shut up or I start looking for whatever makes you talk and shut you up myself." Gallus threatened the gun.

"You would do that, you psycho sympathizer!"

"Um, miss gun?" Ocellus calls for the weapons attention.

"I have a name you know and you should give me some respect! I'm a Hyperion Sniper Rifle classified as Morningstar. But my model is specifically a Thermogenic Morningstar with incendiary element, and a 5.4x scope! I'm one of many top of the line snipers to be equipped with advance AI technology made by the Hyperion weapons factory to be used in combat by Hyperion units only! But then that haiku spewing killer got me as a reward for some mission and my life has been terrible ever since. I tried to put him in the right path but he just gave me up to that psycho!"

"Oh, alright... But I was gonna ask if you know anything about Krieg's friends."

"Well don't ask me, all I know is that they are all a bunch of brutal killers!"

[IF I MAY,] The young six heard the very same voice that they heard from the first day of Krieg's awakening. All eyes looked over to the chest that sat by the wall, the green Hyperion shotgun that was on the display was the one who spoke. [I HAVE THE INFORMATION THAT YOU DESIRE IN MY MEMORY BANKS.]

"Oh great, another talking gun." Gallus said before letting out a soft sigh. "Please be tolerable, I rather not get nagged on by two guns."

[YOU DON'T NEED TO WORRY. UNLIKE THE INFERIOR RIFLE, I AM AS YOU SAY, TOLERABLE.]

"Said the bloodthirsty Loader bot!" Morningstar commented.

"He sounds like those things back in the underground." Gallus pointed out, the rest nodded, agreeing with the griffon.

"They were also in the Crystal Kingdom, there were even some soldiers that I haven't seen before. But I think they work for princess Celestia." Ocellus said, everyone turns towards her, eyes wide open at the new information.

"Hyperion is here!?" Morningstar gasped. "Oh no, if they find out I was used by Vault Hunters, then they'll turn me into scrap!"

[YES, KILL, KILL, KILL! DEATH TO OUR ENEMIES! DEATH TO HYPERION!]

"Are they really that bad?" Silverstream questioned.

"Bad Maw was going to help explain things, but I'll tell you all what I know of Hyperion. Right after we find out more about Krieg's friends."

The sniper rifle was silent, thinking about it, she didn't really have a choice. So might as well tell them what she knows, or let the psychotic Loader AI do it.

[YOU WISH TO LEARN OF THE TALES OF THE VAULT HUNTERS? VERY WELL, BUT FIRST, I MUST INTRODUCE MYSELF. I WAS LOADER BOT 1340, CURRENTLY KNOWN AS CRITICAL SHOTGUN 1340.]

"Nice to meet you, I'm Silverstream!" The hippogriff kindly introduces herself, the rest decided to follow and do the same.

"Gallus."

"I'm Sandbar, its great to meet you mister gun!"

"Yak is Yona! That is all."

"Uh, I'm Spike..."

"Ocellus."

"Just call me Smolder."

[EXCELLENT, NOW I HAVE RECORDED YOUR NAMES INTO MY MEMORY BANKS. I LOOK FORWARD TO KILLING BANDITS WITH YOU ALL, LET US BEGIN. WHO SHALL WE START WITH FIRST?]

"Umm, do you have an owner before Krieg like Morningstar?" Ocellus asked the gun.

[YES, HER NAME WAS GAIGE THE MECHROMANCER. A YOUNG HUMAN FEMALE FROM A PLANET CALLED EDEN-5. AS A FIFTEEN YEAR OLD, SHE ASPIRED TO BE A GREAT INVENTOR AND WISHES ANARCHY TO THE GOVERNMENT. SHE WAS JUST AN ORDINARY GIRL, WHO GOES TO AN ORDINARY HIGHSCHOOL, SHE HAD ALSO SEVERED HER OWN ARM TO REPLACE IT WITH CYBERNETIC ONE.] The whole table were shocked to hear this, they all began believing that Gaige was as nutty as the psycho. Who in the world would just dismember their own limb? A question they mentally asked to themselves.

Spike shivered at the though of losing an appendage. "Wait, she cuts her arm off? Why would she do that?"

[FOR SCIENCE. LET US CONTINUE. DAYS LATER, SHE BROUGHT HER PRESENTATION FOR HER SCHOOL'S SCIENCE FAIR, READY TO REVEAL TO THE WHOLE SCHOOL HER CREATION. BUT SADLY, SHE HAD LOST TO HER RIVAL AND ONLY RECIEVED THIRD PLACE.]

"What exactly did she make for the science fair?" Spike predictably asked, being the assistant of a very intelligent pony made it predictable.

[GAIGE'S ORIGINAL CREATION WAS STOLEN BY HER RIVAL, THEY WERE ALMOST PRACTICALLY IDENTICAL. BUT THE COPY WAS INFERIOR IN MANY WAYS. SO GAIGE MADE HER CREATION MUCH GREATER THAN HER RIVAL'S, THIS ONE WAS STRONGER AND BETTER THAN THE ORIGINAL, THIS ONE WAS NAMED-]

"Deathtrap..." Silverstream finished the sentence, she remembered the character sheet of Gaige from yesterday. "So the robot thing is real? Could it really shoot lasers put of it's eye?"

[AMONG OTHER THINGS. AS I WAS SAYING, GAIGE ENTERS DEATHTRAP INTO THE SCIENCE FAIR ONLY TO LAND IN THIRD PLACE, SHE LATER DISCOVERED THAT HER RIVAL'S FATHER HAD BRIBED THE JUDGES.]

"Wait, so she lost because this guy-"

[SHE WAS FEMALE.] Gallus was corrected by the gun.

"-girl had her father bribe the judges? Why in Equestria would they accept money from him!?"

[HER FATHER WAS AS GAIGE QUOTES, "RICHER THAN GOD" AND GAIGE COULD NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THE JUDGES WERE BOUGHT OFF BY HIM. THEN HER RIVAL BEGAN BEING A SORE WINNER AS WELL AS A CRAPPY HUMAN, SHE GLOATED AND MOCKED GAIGE FOR LANDING THIRD PLACE.]

"Oh this does not sound good." Muttered Spike, he had seen this before in one of his comics, he just hoped that he was wrong. Oh how right he actually was.

[GAIGE'S RIVAL THEN TOOK IT TOO FAR AND SHOVED GAIGE. THIS TRIGGERS DEATHTRAP TO DEFEND HIS CREATOR, LEADING TO THE DEATH OF THE GIRL.] Once again, the whole table were shocked to hear this, all gasped at the girl's fate. Though they have seen other creatures die, the students were still not comfortable with it. Death had been a recurring subject ever since they met Krieg and it'll be a normal Monday morning for them if they ever get used to it.

"I saw that coming." Spike said as he placed a claw on his forehead.

"S-she didn't mean to kill her right? Gaige seemed very nice." Silverstream spoke and waited for an answer.

[AFFIRMATIVE, THOUGH SHE HATED HER RIVAL'S GUTS, GAIGE WOULD NEVER MURDER HER. SHE DIDN'T DESERVE TO DIE, GAIGE ALWAYS TOLD ME THIS.]

"What happens next?"

[SO AFTER AVOIDING PRISON TIME THANKS TO HER FATHER'S DISTRACTION, SHE TOOK A ONE WAY TICKET OFF OF EDEN-5 AND TO ANOTHER PLANET.]

"Wait, hold on a second. Another planet?" Smolder questioned.

"Oh right, you guys don't know. I'll tell you all after." Said Ocellus, and getting a nod from her friends. She then looked back at the gun. "Alright, please continue."

[SHE WOULD THEN ENLISTS HERSELF AS A VAULT HUNTER TO SEEK OUT THE VAULTS AND ANSWER THE CALL OF HANDSOME JACK. UNTIL BEING PREDICTABLY BETRAYED BY JACK, THIS IS WHERE SHE MEETS KRIEG AND THE OTHERS, A STORY OF HOW SHE FOUND A FAMILY IN A TERRIBLE PLACE CALLED PANDORA.]

The gun became silent, allowing the living creatures to soak in the new information. This was something new, all they have learned about Krieg or the bandits were how they were bloodthirsty monsters. But this reminds them that some didn't really have a choice. They all understood that Gaige was honestly just like them, she was a young girl who was still figuring out some things.

[SHALL I CONTINUE?]

Gallus glances at each of his friends, he took note of their reluctant expression on their faces but they still wanted to learn more. "How about Zero?" He asked before the others could even say a word.

"Zero?" Morningstar repeated the name, the gun sounded very upset. "Why would you want to learn about that cold hearted killer!? No ones knows who he, she, or it is! He just came out of nowhere and started accepting hits on anyone, politicians or some poor soul who could've been a doctor!"

"You seem to know a lot about him, do you have anything else?" Asked Ocellus.

"How much do you know about humans?" Everyone except Spike shrugged their shoulders, none of the students are really an expert on the subject. "Well whatever you do know, forget it when Zero comes to mind. He's not human, no one except that crazy scientist knows what he is. He could be a machine like me or that psychotic defect!"

[I WILL REMEMBER THAT.]

"So no one except for some scientist, knows what he is?" Asked Gallus. "Not even Krieg?"

"No one, at all! Now pick your next murderer so we can just continue the day!"

"Geez, you sure are all sunshine and rainbows..."

[I SHALL TELL YOU OF A MAN WHO WAS RAISED ON PANDORA ITSELF, SALVADOR THE GUNZERKER. HE WAS WHAT MANY DESCRIBED AS A VIGILANTE, ALWAYS ON THE HUNT FOR BANDITS. SADLY, HIS HOMETOWN DID NOT TAKE HIS VIOLENT BEHAVIOR LIGHTLY, SO THEY ALL VOTED FOR HIS EXECUTION. HE WAS SENTENCED TO HANG IN THE CENTER OF TOWN]

"Hey, that isn't fair, he's practically a hero! Why would they do that when he is obviously defending the town!?" Said Spike.

"Yeah, shouldn't they make songs about him?" Silverstream spoke.

[HE HAD EXPLAINED TO ME THAT HIS HOMETOWN WOULDN'T LISTEN, THEY WANTED HIM TO PAY FOR HIS CRIMES.]

"Now that's just bad," Said Gallus. "like really, guy gets rid of bandits and they want him dead with said bandits."

"How does he escape exactly? Did Krieg's other friends came by? Or a giant monster just pops out of nowhere and caused chaos leaving this Salvador guy to save the day and become a real hero!?" Everyone even the talking guns stared at Spike, the young dragon coughed awkwardly before motioning the gun to continue.

[YOU ARE WRONG, BUT SOMETHING ELSE CAME BY, AND IT WAS A GROUP OF HYPERION SOLDIERS.]

They gasped for the second time today.

[AFTER SHOOTING UP THE TOWN, SALVADOR TOOK IT INTO HIS OWN HANDS TO DEFEND THE PEOPLE WHO WANTED HIM DEAD. HE KILLED ALL HYPERION SOLDIERS EXCEPT FOR ONE. HE INTERROGATED THE LAST REMAINING SOLDIER AND FOUND OUT THAT HANDSOME JACK WAS LOOKING FOR VAULT HUNTERS. SO SALDVADOR SPARED THE SOLDIER AND ANSWERED THE CALL, SECOND VERSE SAME AS THE FIRST, JACK BETRAYED THEM.]

"This Jack guy is starting to sound like a terrible guy." Spike commented. "But Salvador seems cool, must be strong too if he defended a town all on his own."

[WELL YEAH, YOU CAN'T REALLY BE A VAULT HUNTER IF YOU AREN'T A BADASS. SHALL I MOVE ON?] 1340 didn't even wait for them, he just continued talking. [AXTON THE COMMANDO WAS BY FAR THE MOST LEAST INTERESTING HUMAN. MANY AGREED THAT HE SEEMED LIKE A CARDBOARD CUT OUT OF A MAN NAMED ROLAND, WHICH IS KINDA SAD. BUT HE WAS STILL THE BRAINS OF THE GROUP, BEING AN EX-SOLDIER FOR THE DAHL PRIVATE ARMY. HIS REASON TO LEAVE WAS BECAUSE HE TOO WAS FACING EXECUTION, FOR THE DEATH OF A VIP. SOON AFTER, HIS WIFE HAD SUGGESTED FOR HIM TO SNEAK OUT AND HIDE, OR ELSE HE WOULD BE TAKEN TO THE FIRING SQUAD.]

"Well, at least he has his family on his side." Said Sandbar.

[AXTON'S WIFE WOULD DIVORCE HIM THEN AND THERE, LEAVING HER WEDDING RING WITH HIM.]

"Well oof, now that's just harsh." Said Smolder as she watches Sandbar change the look on his face from his usual happy look, to an unhappy one.

[HE WOULD THEN LIVE HIS LIFE ON PANDORA AS A BOUNTY HUNTER, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY FEEL THAT GREAT FOR THE COMMANDO. IT DIDN'T HAVE THE THRILL, GLORY, AND THE MONEY THAT HE HAD ALWAYS WANTED IN HIS LIFE. I'LL LET YOU GUESS WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.]

"Handsome Jack." They all said in the same time.

[IT IS A BIT PREDICTABLE. WE ARE FINALLY ON THE LAST ONE, MAYA THE SIREN.] The gun took a few seconds before starting. [MAYA WAS RAISED ON THE PLANET ATHENAS BY A GROUP OF MONKS NAMED THE ORDER OF THE IMPENDING STORM. I SHALL EXPLAIN SIRENS LATER. NOW, SHE WAS TOLD THAT SHE WOULD ONE DAY PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND WAS KEPT HER SHELTERED IN THE TEMPLE. BUT SHE WANTED TO LEAVE, EXPLORE THE UNIVERSE AND LEARN MORE OF HER SIREN HERITAGE, SADLY SHE COULD NOT.]

"But she did." Smolder spoke. "This is the story how they all come together, this means that something happened and made her leave her home."

[YOU ARE CORRECT. ONE DAY, SHE FOUND THE HEAD OF THE MONKS GATHERING PEOPLE TO ONE PLACE. WHEN SHE ASKED, HE HAD TOLD HER THAT THEY WERE CRIMINALS OF DIFFERENT CRIMES AND WANTED MAYA TO EXECUTE THEM.]

"Huh, this is a change of pace." Said Gallus. "Everyone except Zero were branded as criminals by some authority in their story. But Maya is the one on the other side now."

[AS I WAS SAYING BEFORE BEING RUDELY INTERRUPTED. THE CRIMINALS WERE BROUGHT UP TO MAYA, SHE WOULD THEN COME TO REALIZATION THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING DEEPLY WRONG. SHE CAME TO AN UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE WAS BEING USED TO SEND FEAR UPON THE PEOPLE. SO AFTER CONFRONTING THE LEADER OF THE MONKS, SHE EXECUTED HIM AND RELEASED THE PRISONERS WHO TURNED OUT TO BE REGULAR CIVILIANS WHO HAD OWED THE TEMPLE MONEY. MAYA WOULD SOON FINALLY HAVE HER FREEDOM AND LEFT THE PLANET TO SEEK OUT HER SIREN ROOTS. THIS IS WHERE THE STORY GETS INTERESTING.]

"What do you mean?" Asked Silverstream.

[MAYA WAS WAITING FOR THE TRAIN WHEN SHE WAS AT PANDORA, SHE HAD BEEN CALLED BY HANDSOME JACK AND SHE HAD ANSWERED. SOON AFTER THE TRAIN ARRIVED, SHE NOTICED A PARTICULAR PSYCHO BY THE RAILS.] This earned the gun an excited gasp from the organic creatures. [SHE HAD FACED MANY PSYCHOS BEFORE, SO SHE REACTED NORMALLY WHEN SEEING ONE, SHE BEGAN FIRING HER VAULT HUNTER ISSUED MALIWAN AT THE BANDIT.]

"Of course she does... I mean, he does look like a bandit." Spike spoke.

"That's right, because he is a bandit!" Morningstar said.

"Shh! Quiet or Yona snap gun like stick!" The yak threatened.

[SHE WOULD THEN REPEATEDLY SHOOT AT KRIEG, CAUSING HIM TO HIDE BEHIND A ROCK FOR COVER. WHILE BEHIND THE ROCK, HE BEGAN SHOUTING REGULAR PSYCHO SPEECH AT MAYA, OR SO SHE THOUGHT. IN TRUTH, THE MAN WAS TRYING TO TELL HER SOMETHING, AND THE MESSAGE WAS MADE CLEAR ONCE KRIEG THREW HIS AXE AT A RAT BANDIT THAT WAS BEHIND HER.]

"He was trying to warn her? But why didn't he just tell her to?" Asked Sandbar.

[HE IS A PSYCHO, THAT EXPLAINS EVERYTHING SO PLEASE STOP INTERRUPTING ME.]

"Sor-"

[AS I WAS SAYING. HE HAD REVEALED TO MAYA THAT A GROUP OF RAT BANDITS ATTEMPTED TO AMBUSH HER. BEFORE SHE COULD EVEN RAISE A FINGER, KRIEG RAN IN AND SLAUGHTERED THE BANDITS. AND THUS, A NEW BOND WAS MADE, BUT SADLY MAYA WAS NEEDED TO GET ON THE TRAIN, LEAVING THE PSYCHO BY HIMSELF.]

[OR SO SHE THOUGHT, KRIEG HAD CHOSEN TO HOLD ON TO THE TRAIN THAT NOT ONLY CONTAINING MAYA, BUT THE REST AS WELL, AND BEGAN HIS NEW ADVENTURE ON PANDORA WITH HIS NEW FRIENDS. THERE WERE MANY PAIN AND SUFFERING, DANGERS AND TERRORS THROUGHOUT THEIR ADVENTURE. THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED MANY CHALLENGES. ALWAYS IN THE HEAT OF THE ACTION, LIVES WERE CONSTANTLY IN PERIL. HE EVEN HAD HIS LEGS SEVERED AFTER TRYING TO SAVE AXTON FROM A STRAY SAW BLADE. RENDERING HIM USELESS FOR MONTHS, BUT IT WAS WORTH IT FOR KRIEG, JUST TO SEE HIS FRIENDS ALIVE AND WELL.]

With that, the story ends, allowing the students and Spike to soak up every bit of information they received. They learned a lot about Krieg's previous friends, that in turn made them learn more about Krieg himself. But there are still things that only Ocellus knows, so they still have to stay on their seats and allow Ocellus to tell them everything. At least they understood the psycho even better than before, he's crazy, yes, but he is a defender of those who cannot stand for themselves. Krieg is more than a psychotic dragon/human, he's a hero that operates with his own judgment. That's what they know, and now they know that he himself is like everyone else. Krieg is not normal by their standard but he was normal for his previous friends. He went on an adventure with them, had fun with them, he was still a person even if he was dangerous. As long as he's with the right crowd, then he was just like anybody, he was human. Though the students knows little of the human race, they still understood that they all share a similarity in some way that reminded them of their own kind. Krieg was destructive as a yak, he's tough and resilient as griffon and dragon. But most importantly, he has a good sense of empathy like any race on Equus. Even if he was psychotic, Krieg was always doing things for the good of the people, evil or not, his intentions were justified.

"Hey Spike, I'm ba- why are you crying?"

"Ember!? I'm n-not crying!" He claimed before running off with tears running down his cheeks, leaving Ember very confused.

"Uh, what's up with him?"

The young six glanced at each other before looking back at the dragon lord.

"Oh its fine princess," Sandbar assured her as he and others began leaving for the door. "we were just discussing our friendship lessons and Spike got all emotional! Good old Spike, really an awesome dude."

"Y-yeah!" Silverstream agreed. "He was very happy of how great friends we all are!"

"That's right Ember, but we better head off now and go back to studying." Said Smolder.

"Oh, okay, but have you seen Kr-" She couldn't finish her sentence as the students have already ran off, the weapon that Silverstream held made loud and strange noises as they rounded a corner. Leaving Ember alone in the dining room. "Hmm, guess I'll just look for him later."

[HI.]

Being the tough and fearless dragon as she is, Ember did not scream in terror when an inanimate object on the dining table just spoke out of nowhere. I repeat, she did not scream, at all, she's too awesome to even get scared.

Author's Note

Well I'll be a skag's dinner, this chapter was longer than I thought.

Well anyways, I've been going back and forth on each of my chapters trying to find any more errors, which is hard since I sometimes look over some. I'm trying to make sure any future chapters are fixed and stuff but like I said, I sometimes look over stuff.

Also since Chrismast is near, been busy with work related stuff.

Anyways, see ya next chapter.

Don't forget to floss your rib cage after the meat cleanser!