I'm jolted awake by a large bump. Looking around, I noticed that I'm hoof-cuffed, sitting in the back of a guard wagon, and that my bag is missing. There's a guard sitting across from me and a guard pulling. Looking ahead I see the town barracks coming into view. The guard across from me looks up at me and says.

"Hey, you're finally awake. You really screwed yourself and those other two over. The one had to be rushed to the ER." I say nothing and keep looking forward. We arrive and I'm pushed and pulled everywhere. I'm pushed along to this one desk with a guard sitting at it.

"What did this one do, Chief?" He says looking up from some paperwork.

"Nothing much, just disturbing the peace, most likely assult coming later." The chief responded, giving him my saddle bag. The guard took a look at my bag before pulling my knife out of it giving me a strange look. The chief also gave me a strange look before asking, "now why the hay do you need a knife like that?!"

"Protection," I reply simply.

"Protection. What're you protecting yourself against, maricores?" He laughs at that last part. I look at him

"Some." Again they both give me a strange look. I can tell they both don't believe me. They probably think I'm just some crazy old bloke. The guard at the desk sets my bag down on a box by his desk and pulls out a sheet of paper

"Your name?" But I lose focus on them and more on the windows, or more of bars on the windows. Images flash in my eyes of my time in the POW Camp. Griffons all around yelling Pony Bastard and throwing I don't even know what at me. I'm pulled by my vision by the guard yelling louder, "Your Name!" I was so lost in my mind that I didn't even notice the other guard approach us. Realizing that I wasn't going to talk, she reached out for my dog tag. I caught her hoof before she could remove my tag. The chief slams his hoof on the table

"Now we can do this the easy way or the hard way! Your going to let go of her hoof so she can read YOUR name, since you won't do it." I let go and she gives it to the guard at the desk. "Well whaddaya know, old hairy here's a soldier." He says looking down at it." Marble Force, Phoenix Company?" He leans in closer to me. "Now you listen and you listen good. You better act exactly how we want you. Now tomorrow you gotta go in front of that judge."

Meanwhile, Twilight and Applejack are racing down to the guard house to try and get any information about what had happened. Applejack couldn't see what happened, but only saw Marble beating up two other ponies.

"Are you sure, you didn't see anything." Twilight asks hopeful that Applejack saw something that will help Marble

"No, Ah didn't see nothin. All Ah saw was him on top of a pegasus j'est throwin punch after punch. Y'know till the guards took him away."

Two more guards come and take me down some stairs, most likely where the cells are. Before we head down, I overhear the chief to tell the guard to see what he can find out about me. I'm led down to a shower room with a large hose. It was a simple white tile floor and stone walls room.

"Stand over there!" The one guard yells pushing me almost to the floor. I catch myself and walk over where they want me. I was, however not expecting them to turn the hose on full blast, spraying me with a wall of icey cold water. All awhile the two guards are laughing and making jokes. "Make sure to get behind the ears," I hear while I brace myself against the wall.

After that was done, they throw a towel on me telling me to dry off before I'm lead off again. They lead me to another room where there's a unicorn with a scissors and a razor. A. Bucking. Razor. The guard with the scissors tells me to sit down. I stand still paralyzed in fear. I feel a baton wrap around my neck holding me still. Instantly my vision flashes to the war and how I was tortured. I can still feel myself being hoisted up being tied to a post. I wiggle around trying to get loose. That upsets the guard.

"Dammit, this one's hard to get a hold of." The guard holding me comments.

"What's the matter with you, can't you see he's crazy." Another guard says. He sounded younger than the others. I calm down and the guard loosens his grip around me. The unicorn is holding the razor with his magic, looking up at with smile.

"Try not to move. You don't want to cut your own neck." He raising the razor closer to me. I blink and it's a griffon knife slicing across chest. The burning pain errupts all throughout me. I scream in pain and slam the guard behind me into the wall before punching him in the side of the face. I buck the unicorn in the legs making him fall to the ground. The younger guard recieves a punch to the face and side. The first guard starts to recover, but I throw a punch straight into his snout. Knocking him to the floor I take off for the stairs. The guard mare is walking down the hall, probably to see what all noise is. She sees me and goes into a defense position. "Halt!" I don't stop. Instead opt for sliding under her, knocking her legs out from under her. Once under her, I throw her off of me and keep towards the stairs.

Reaching the top, I use my weight and momentum to slam through the door. I instantly head for the box that had my bag in it. Two more guards try to stop me. One from the front, one from the rear. Bucking the one behind me in the face, I face up against the one in front. He charges forward, and I throw three punches into his muzzle and side, before pushing him over a desk. Grabbing my bag in my mouth I make for an exit. I spot a window by the door, because the door had a barred wall next to it. Without a second thought, I dive through the window before rolling and recovering. Galloping past two blurs of orange and purple, I head towards the forest.

"What the hay was that?" Applejack says as a grey pony crashes through the barracks window and ran off.

"I don't kn...." Twilight was cut off as several guards and Chief come rushing out.

"Which way did he go? Where" Chief says, still looking around

"Who are you looking for?" Twilight asks

"That..Marble pony!" Twilight and Applejack can only say one thing

"Oh, no."

Author's Note

Just wondering. What's everyone's favorite top two ponies