Author's Note

Hello everyone, I wanted to say sorry if you wanted this chapter to come out sooner but I wanted to take my time to write this chapter plus the multiples times I rewrite it. I hope you enjoyed it.

CH 4: The Revival of the Two Species

(Before you read the chapter I want to warn you, I relocate the cave and the forest for the logic of the chapter and to be more secret if you see what I want to talk about. Why? Because I decided it will be the base you will live in. It's after I write many version of this chapter I take this decision. Anyway good reading.)

5 days later.

Location:???, ??? POV.

I was on my throne waiting for my spy to make a report of the creature who attacks the ponies convoy. After a long time, he finally enters the room and walks toward me. He stops before the throne and bow.

"My queen, your suspicions are true. The creature I spied on is a real human and not the trap from the ponies we fear at the beginning." I was relieved by this revelation. We have feared it was a trap from the ponies to catch and blackmail us to let them retake the humans we liberated.

"Thank you for this precious information, you are dismissed." Now I need a plan to make this human come here and propose him to be our ally, with is power and his little army we can maybe start to make Celestia pay for what she has done. And I have a plan.

2 days later.

Mike POV.

These past days were very exhausting. I decided to teach my group all the Mandalorian culture and since they call me by the name a Mandalorian call his leader: Mandalore. It was something I've dreamed of since I was a child, but I didn't know it will be that long. Try to teach a fictional culture to people who never heard of it, you will pass a long time doing that. There was something else. My scouts have spotted a little town not far away from the forest with a lot of slaves inside, so since we have new weapons and the best quality we can have, I thought it will be a good test and finally the time to attack something bigger than the convoy or the diamond dogs base. (The base was composed of 3 building plus the mine so it was smaller than a town).

I walk toward the war room. When I go inside, I see Aaron, Emma, and Astrid talking about a plan to attack and it will be difficult. Why? Remember my attack on the guards and the dream with Luna? Well, after all of this the security even in the towns has been increased.

"How is it going?" I ask and they instantly look at me. I take a look at the hologram of the town, it was bigger than what the diamond dogs had. There was two way to go in and out, and we didn't know how much guards were inside of it. Astrid was the one who began to talk.

"We don't have a real plan but we know where the slaves are," She pointed toward two-building," But there is a problem: we can't do the same plan you've done with the diamond dogs since their leaders are two Princesses who are always in their castle." She was not wrong, Celestia and Luna are rarely outside Canterlot plus they're more powerful than me for the moment, it will be suicidal to do this.

"So we need to attack that without a plan, "They look at me waiting for further instructions, "Prepare your respective squad, this battle will be carnage." With that, they all take their leave and prepare themselves for the battle.

Timeskip to the town.

We were hiding before one of the enter. There were a lot of guards so we need to force our way to the slaves. There were some humans in the streets and the houses as well. I already know a lot of ponies will die: civilians and military. Okay, time for some action!

At the same time, guard POV.

It's boring. We need to stay here all day and why? Because some bucking creature attacks a convoy and they say it has liberated the slaves. For me, it has eaten the slaves, why it will help humans seriously? They don't know how to do anything! "sigh" after that I need to relax. Mayb- My thoughts were interrupted when I sense something who strangle me plus I levitated in the air, all the other guards saw this and were scared. All of us have heard something and what we see was not the thing everypony wants to see: a creature with an extended arm and a dark sword thing and behind it more creatures like the first one charge toward the rest of the guards. I see one of them use something who I think was a weapon and shoot an orange beam and kill the guard next to me. I look again at the first one and see it move its hand, and my body goes toward it fast and with its sword, stab me in the chest. After that, I knew it was the end for me.

Mike POV.

After I killed the guard, I charged toward the town. When I entered it, I saw a lot of corps on the floor and burnt houses. When I looked at my left, I saw a group of guards charge at me. I took my two blasters and shot two beams who killed 2 guards, afterward with the Force I pushed 4 of them in a nearby fire, their screams make me want to never go into a fire for the rest of my life and for the rest of the guards I take my Darksaber with one blaster and attack them. I swung my saber at one killing him and shoot in the head of the one behind him. Three of them were still alive and scared, two of them were unicorns and started to attack me with their magic so I used the Force with my hand where was my saber to immobilize their attacks and shoot at the two of them. The last one who was a pegasus tries to flee but I order a sniper who was not to away to shoot her, it was a perfect shot.

"Good job sniper." And I thought it. It's not easy to touch something who flies and kills it. It proves to me our snipers were very talented and I'm glad of it.

"Thank you, Mandalore."

I started to make my way toward the barracks who possibly contain slaves but I was stopped by a large group of ponies: there were civilians and a few guards who tried to leave the place. I shot multiples times and kill 5 of them but they were too many for me to kill all of them. I heard footsteps behind and turn around to prepare for the attack but what I saw relieved me: it was three Dark Avengers, the two with the wrist rockets launchers and the one with the Z6 rotative blaster. The two used their jetpack and launched their rockets, the explosions were impressive and it killed a good number of ponies. The rest of the group decided to charge at me but the Mandalorian who was still on the ground walk before me and start to fire with his weapon. The ponies were more meat baggage now because they were decimated by the weapon.

"Thank you, without you three I think I would not have succeeded to eliminate all of them." It's true. Even if you have the Force it doesn't want to say you are invincible. Too much self-confidence and you lose.

"No problem Mandalore."

"Come on, we need to free the slaves. You two come with me and you keep watch in front of the entrance in case someone arrives." The two Mandalorians who came back on the ground follow me inside of the barracks while the other keep watching if someone tries to attack us.

When we enter we saw all the slaves who were here before our attack. Some of them were covert of injuries. After we liberate them, we escort them out of this town. Some ponies tried to stop us but their effort was in vain. I decided to go to see if my help was needed somewhere but I can see it will be useless. My Mandalorians destroy or kill anything without difficulty. After a moment all the noises of the blasters or explosions stop. I saw all my Mandalorians cheers of our victory: all the slaves were free and we destroy and kill most of the town and its population.

"Okay everyone, time to go home." All of them nod and we walk toward our base. Now the Princesses and their ponies will chase us I'm sure of that but now it's the time to enjoy our victory and this battle will send a message to all the species of this world: their time is running out.

At the same time, John POV.

Jack and I were in the "main hall" of the base, who was the entrance. This is where everyone comes most of the time or when a group leaves for a mission. We are watching the base when everybody is out like now and for that, we were train if one day an intruder comes in the cave.

"Do you think they will return soon?" Jack was always like that since the attack of the diamond dogs on our tribe. Hopefully, I was with him, since his family dies before his own eyes, I was like a second father to him. It's me who taught him all the competences to be a black-smith, and since this day I'm his mentor.

"Don't worry son, with all the weapons they have and the power Mandalore has, I think they'll be here very soon." It was not a secret after all. When they liberate us, I've heard two Mandalorians talked about him and his power. It was the first time I heard of a human who has power.

"Did you see that?" I turn around to see Jack looking at a tunnel I've never seen before.

"Strange, I never saw this tunnel. I don't like that feeling I have now." A little moment after I say that a sound came from the forge. I made a sign for Jack to tell him to follow me. When we enter the forge there was nothing but my feelings tell me there was something in here and I think Jack thought the same thing. Suddenly a loud sound came from behind us, I turn around with my blaster-pistol pointed toward a creature who tried to escape. We chase it in all the base because if we let this thing escape it will tell where our base is and we will be discovered.

"Jack shoot in one of the legs of this thing!" He immediately starts to shoot but the creature dodges the most of it so my companion stops in his race and makes a more precise shot, and it work, you can hear the scream of the pain of the creature. I approach and punch it, making this thing lost consciousness. I decided to take it with me in the medical wing and heal its wound.

"Why do you heal it?" I look up to see Jack waiting for an answer. I can understand his reaction, that thing could have told the ponies we were hiding here but we can maybe question this thing.

"If we can have any information, we need to this creature to stay alive," I said to him, "When Mandalore arrives, we will tell them about that." It will be better if it's him who questions this thing.

Timeskip, 5min later Mike POV.

We finally arrive at the base. We tell all the slaves who were wounded to go with a guide to the medical wing where they can be healed.

2min later

I was in my room trying to meditate, I needed more powers if I want to be strong enough to free humanity, but I will not use only the Dark Side of the Light Side of the Force. No. I need to master both sides if I want to become more powerful, like a Grey Jedi. Yes! The only way I can master both sides it's to become a Grey Jedi but it will take time. Master both sides of the Force is complicated. But it will be for another moment.

"Mandalore, the blacksmiths want to see you." Hmm, it seems urgent, new weapons again? Or something else?

"Thank you, Astrid, tell them I will be there soon." She instantly goes to tell them what I order her. I left my room and go toward the forge. I saw John and Jack in the "main hall" as we start to call it.

"So what you call me for," I spoke more authoritarian, I take my role very seriously, "I don't think it will be new weapons this time."

"Not this time, we don't have new files for now. Come with us you will see." Even if I was the leader, I let them have a lot of liberty, I made sure they know they can speak freely without the fear I exiled them or something like that. It was more a group of friends or a family if you want. We walk toward the medical wing and we enter a room, and what I see was not what I thinking: a changeling was here!

"Where did you find this changeling?"

"So it's called a changeling. To answer, when you were at the town, I and Jack watch if anyone or anything tries to enter the base, we saw a tunnel we never saw before and a loud noise was made in the forge. When we enter inside there was nothing, but suddenly there was a loud noise behind us and when we turn around we saw this changeling trying to escape. So we chase it and Jack shot in its right leg and I punch it to make sure it loses consciousness. After that, I start to take care of the wound the beam caused and you know the rest." So, if I understand, there is a tunnel we never saw and a changeling is here. What a day.

"When do you think it will regain consciousness?"

"Maybe a day or two. I punch it hard when I remember what happened now." Okay, we will have our answer later. I think I will go to sleep a little, I need it.

The next day.

Well, I needed this sleep. I visit our little intruder to see if he or she is awake? I'll ask when it will wake up. Since the changeling was unconscious, I decided to check on the new humans we have here. They were all healed and perfectly fine since we save them, but one of them take my interest, he was a young man, I think 19 years old. He constantly stares at me when I am in the same room with him.

"I know you look at me. And don't try to hide it." I don't look at him and I think it surprised him. I have a feeling since he always looks at me so now I know when he is with me. All the people who were in the room look at me even my Mandalorians.

"How... how did you know? You didn't even look at me."

"Think about it, when you enter a room and you see a man or a woman who always watches you when you are in the same room with say person. At a moment you know this person watch even if you don't see him or her." He was impressed like all the humans who were here, for my Mandalorians it was normal. They know I have the Force so now they are not surprised anymore if I say something like that. "So I want you to answer this question: Why?"

"Can we talk privately about this, please?" I can see tears formed in his eyes. It makes me sad for him because I know I maybe talk about something painful for him.

"Okay, please follow me." We walk toward my room to be alone.

"So what do you want to say to ask me to be alone? Take your time I can see it's hurt you."

"Well, it's about... my past."

3 years earlier.

I was the son of a family where all of us were destined to become warriors. A lot of my ancestors were known for their exploits and the battle they participated in. I wanted to become like them and my family was here to support me but all of this changed one day, and because I failed just one test.

Human POV

Finally, it's the day, the day of the final test to become a warrior. It was a tradition in our tribe: all men and women who want to become a warrior need to pass a brutal test. To pass the test, I needed to win a fight against the best warriors we have. It was my turn, after a long time, I was now before who will let me know if I become a warrior or if I need to repass the test. The fight begins when the chief lowers his arm.

When he did that, I charge toward my opponent and he does the same thing. Our wooden shields have collided, I made a movement my sword trying to destabilize my enemy but he intercepts it. It was like that for a moment but I made an error I will regret all my life. I tried to charge at him but he dodges and attacks me seeing I can't do anything. He attacks me, make me fall and it was the end. I... failed. I failed my family who was watching me. When I look at them I see the deception on the face of my father, my mother and siblings were more understanding and still happy and proud I can stay that long against an experienced warrior.

I exit the arena and walk toward my house where I meet my family.

"Hello mom, hello-"

"Shut up." I look at my father, I didn't understand. Just because I lost a very hard fight make him mad?

"How could you dare lose this fight?! I thought you wanted to become a warrior like your ancestors, I had great hopes in you but now I see you just like my brother: a man who broke his promise. You will never and I say NEVER, you will be like your great parents, do I made myself clear?!" I was devastated, in our tribe, if one of your parents say something like that, you are considered like a Parrish, it's something, everyone wants to avoid this. The chief needs to approve so if my father asks him, I have a chance to become one.

Present time.

"And since this event, I was treated like a Parrish, only my mother, and siblings were the only one to treat me like I was normal. I... I... I just wanted to be like my great parents." After that, he broke in tears so I make the only thing I can do: hug him. He was surprised first but hug back after a little moment.

"I can teach you."

"What?"

"I can teach you to become a great warrior. And I will make myself clear, in this community, you will never be a Parrish because, for me, you learn more if you fail than if you win. You remember my brother now I think about it." It's true, my brother was like him back on Earth. He was ready to make everything to achieve what he wanted. And the story of this man was very sad. Immagine one person of your family reject you and make you a Parrish: someone who is rejected by the tribe. It's the worst thing that can happen to someone more when you are very young like him.

"You will?"

"Yes." I can see tears coming out of his eyes but it was not tears of sadness but full of joy.

"Thank you!" At the same time, he hugs and I hug back. Something isn't right, I know forgot to ask him something.

"What's your name by the way?" I will not always talk to him by "you". Plus a name is very important if you want to know who you are, it's my point of view.

"Shaun. My name is Shaun."

"Well, Shaun prepare yourself because the training starts now."

Canterlot Castle

This was not a good day for Celestia. All her subjects heard of the attack of the town Mike, Mandalore now, has made but she didn't know who caused it. All the reports say about a little army of individuals with armor and weapons never seen before, kill and destroy everything and everypony they saw. There were also reports on a specific creature with a black sword and this creature has a power who can kill, and destroy everything it wants. This news scared all her subjects, the Princess tries all she can do to calm her ponies but she was scared as well. Of what she heard, the creatures didn't hesitate to kill and destroy, the population of the town vanished only in one day, just some survivors were able to escape and make their way to Canterlot to tell what happened. Plus, she heard all the slaves were free by them, and a thought hit her: this one particular creature who leads all the other is maybe the same one who attacked the convoy but what happened to slaves? Soon, she will have an answer but not a sympathetic one.

1 day later, Mike POV

This training with Shaun was intense: I teach him all the Mandalorian fighting style as I did for the other but for him, I make something special, I teach him one or two fighting styles of Jedi or Sith. I know what you will say."How it is possible, he doesn't have the Force and you teach him something like that?!"
Well, for me you can everything even if you don't have the Force, plus these two techniques have not needed someone to use the Force. He wants to become like his great parents and I can see he will do everything to achieve that so why not teach him that?

Shaun was a good fighter, I don't understand why the father doesn't give him a second chance to succeed. He learned fast, and if an enemy reaches him he can always protect himself in melee.

"Okay, we can stop now. 1 or 2 days of pure training is enough." Yeah, these 2 days (if you count the most of yesterday) we only trained. Even if he is not a warrior, he gives me difficulty sometimes so I think I will propose him to join us.

"I think you have to join us. With your qualities, you can become a great Mandalorian."

"You... you think so?"

"If I did not think so, why I propose you join us then?" I can see his excitement and his happiness, I think I make his dream come true: become a warrior.

Some hours later.

Someone warn me our changeling was awake so I decided to check on it. I wonder why it tries to infiltrate us. I saw two Mandalorians keep the room, when they saw me, they let me go inside. The changeling was on the bed but when it heard the door it look at me.

"I see your awake."

"What will you do with me?" I can tell it's a "him". The voice was more masculine.

"I'm just here to ask questions but first of all what's your name?"

"Thorax is my name." Wait, what? Thorax? But I thought he was a friend of the ponies. Oh, yeah I forgot it's an alternate universe of the show so it's not strange he was not with Twilight and her friends.

"Okay. Now I need to know, why you tried to infiltrate our base?" If we need to destroy Chrysalis, it will make things more difficult, we already have two goddesses to destroy if these three put their differences aside, they will easily defeat us.

"I tried to have your attention but I didn't know you were gone so instead of you I "meet" your two guards." Now, that interests me.

"And why did you tried to have my attention?" I spoke to him friendly, I didn't want to scare him and think I'm a cruel leader.

"It was my queen's orders, she wanted me to make you come toward the hive nothing more." Why Chrysalis wants one of her subjects to come in a potentially dangerous area and guide me toward her hive?

"Why she wanted you to do that?"

"She just tells me she will say everything when you arrive." Okay? That new, but maybe have some explanations after all.

"Can you walk?" If I want to go to the hive, I need him to guide me.

"I have difficulty but yes I can."

"Good. Take your time to heal and when you're ready, ask the guards to call me." I take my leave and go out of the room. At the same time, a Mandalorian in white armor, like me, with a black Mandalorian symbol walks toward me.

"What is it, Shaun?" Remember when I asked him to join us? Well, he didn't hesitate and join immediately, I think it was pretty obvious. Since I taught him some techniques the other don't have, he was considered as an elite soldier. But even if he was considered like that, he treats the other like is equals. Luckily, he was not one of this guy who when you consider him more powerful, takes the opportunity to demean the ones who were not like him.

"Mandalore, I want to ask you, can I be your guard?" My guard? This question shocked me. I know he was loyal but at the point to become my guard? Well, it's not everyday things like that happen but I don't know about it.

"I'm not sure about-"

"We agree with him." I turn around to see Aaron, Emma and Astrid walk toward us.

"And what's make you agreed with him?" I appreciate they worried about me but I can handle myself.

"I know about my Mandalorians who "saved" you when the group of ponies attacks you. And without them, I think you will be very wounded at the same time we speak." Okay, Astrid makes a very good point, plus I need to follow my advice: to not overestimate myself or it can end very badly for me.

"Okay, I give it a try." I can tell Shaun was happy. I know he will not deceive me.

"Thank you, Mandalore. I promise I will protect you till I die." Wow, I never expect that. I can say my help has made him very loyal toward me. I take a more close look at his armor and I saw a black cape at the back of it. He has a blaster with the same color of his armor and the black Mandalorian symbol on it, he even has a beskad. When I say he was considered an elite soldier.

"Mandalore, the changeling wan to talk to you." Well, that was fast. Did the changeling have specials healing factors in this Equestria? I think I will know soon. I enter the room and see Thorax waiting for me.

"That was fast. Did you have specials healing factors or something?"

"No, it just the queen who ordered me to immediately take you to the hive." Yes, I forgot the hive mind. It seems Chrysalis wants to meet me.

"Okay, let me warn my group I will go for a while." I decided to go toward the location where I left the group and tell them about what happened. I let Aaron, Emma, and Astrid lead the base when I'm not here. Since Shaun has become my guard, I take him with me. We take Thorax with us and walk toward this mysterious the blacksmiths have seen before catch Thorax.

"So, it's your hive who have created this tunnel."

"Yes, we used him when we wanted to spy on the ponies but since you take the place we can't use it anymore."

"Sorry about that."

"Don't worry, you didn't know after all." What he said was true but I take away one of the most important advantages the changelings have. It seems they are not like the other species: more kind toward the humans and it looks like humans are not slaves for them. Because if they were, I think Chrysalis would have tried to retake this place.

"Time to go." We take the tunnel and walk toward the hive. I think it will be a long trip.

Timeskip to the hive.

We finally arrive at the end of the tunnel, there were a few guards who tried to stop us but when they saw Thorax they were confused but let us pass. And what I saw was something I thought I will never see in this world: humans who live with another species without the fear to be slaves, they were free of all the pain and suffer that can have supported, I was happy. When we walk, all people around us turn their faces to look at us, at the same time a group of guards walks toward us.

"What are you?" I look at the one who asks that and to answer his question I take off my helmet to let them see my face, Shaun does the same thing. Every human was shocked by this revelation. I sense something touch my leg to see... a child!! I thought I will never see one human child in this world, thank god, I was wrong.

"What is it little one?" I asked in a friendly tone to not scare her.

"Who are you." Shaun decided to answer.

"His name is Mandalore, the first human who has attacked the ponies and liberate a lot of slaves. I was one before him and his group attacked the town where I was enslaved." After he says that, all the humans and a lot of changelings were amazed by what I did. At the same time, we heard a sound who was a product by wings or something like that. I looked up and see the queen herself coming toward us.

"I'm happy to see you came here without difficulty but I must ask: why did you take so long to come back with the human, Thorax?"

"Well, when I enter his base, he and the most of his group was no here only the two blacksmiths were present so I tried to hide and wait for his arrival but the two who were still in the base saw me and chase me and I think you know what happened next."

"Sorry about that, they thought you were a spy for the ponies or someone else."

"No problem, after all, I think I'll do the same thing." I look at Chrysalis and decided to introduce myself.

"Greetings Queen Chrysalis, I am known as Mandalore, the leader of the Mandalorians but I think you already know that."

"Indeed Mandalore, I know this for a long time but it's a pleasure to meet you. I think Thorax already tell you I wanted to talk to you?" I think about it but I don't know what she wants.

"Yes, he already told me. So what do you want to talk about?"

"Please, follow me." We walk toward the throne room and we start talking about everything I've done since I was in this world. After we enter the throne room, Chrysalis seat on her chair and we do the same thing with the chairs at our disposable.

"I will not make you wait and I will tell you what I want. I wanted to ask an alliance to you." Hold on a second. Why did I not think of it? The humans were the best friends of the changeling after all. Oh yeah, during our little trip, Thorax told us about the relations human and changeling have before what they call "The Great Fall": the time where the ponies destroyed the human's kingdom and chase all the changelings. This is why they have saved some humans because they are natural friends if you can say that but why the blacksmiths didn't recognize that Thorax was a changeling? Well, the ponies make sure the humans never talk again about the changelings and by the years' the human has forgotten about its old friend and ally.

"Well, since the changelings and humans are old friends and allies I don't see any problem with that." After I say that, Chrysalis has the biggest smile I've never seen in my two different lives. Everyone in the hives, human, and changeling who have learned this was happy to know an old friendship was reborn, I used my commlink to tell the news to the entire group. I heard cheer through the commlink, knowing that my men were happy with the news.

This day and the pact was known as The Revival of the Two Species.