Tempest had just finished packing up her guest room when she turned and bumped right into a purple unicorn.

“Starlight?”

“Hey, just seeing what you were up to. The scale work okay?”

“Yes,” Tempest said before shifting gears, “I have to tell you something important about my friends.”

Starlight opened her mouth, but Tempest interrupted.

“I won’t be seeing them. We have bigger problems to face. Don’t tell Twilight and the others, but the world I come from is in danger.”

“I believe you. Just, don’t forget about us here in Equestria,” a voice spoke out from the shadows to reveal the very same Twilight and her friends.

Tempest thought about her week in Ponyville, the ponies that she had met and all the things they had her do, and in spite of herself she felt her eyes sting as Twilight reached in for what they didn’t know would be one last hug.

“No, I sure won’t.”

*** *** ***

She had agreed to meet the other two at the outskirts of Ponyville before leading them a little farther away. She wasn’t sure what to expect, but was surprised to see them already there and waiting for her.

Tempest Shadow took her two new recruits a little ways outside of Ponyville, past the hilly apple orchards and toward a comfortable spot away from everything. There were actually very few trees outside of the orchard, and Starry could see the tips of some of the Ponyville houses on one side, and the wide open fields ahead.

“Alright,” Tempest barked out, now acting more like the way she did when she had an army to command, “We only fought some Blood Moon mercenaries. The actual Blood Moon is much worse. We must work as a tight knit team if we’re going to survive another attack.”

Starry fidgeted with one of her bags. She had felt some bug crawling on her, looked over to see what it was, and was watching it crawl from her hoof to the bag while Tempest was talking.

“We’re going to have to do some reconnaissance elsewhere,” Tempest stated. The Blood Moon had similar haunts to the Storm King. If we go to where the Storm King used to be, we’ll find out more about the Blood Moon.”

“Starry Emerald,” Tempest nearly barked at Starry, bringing her attention back, “once again, are you sure you want to do this?”

Starry nodded and added a hurried “yes...ma’am.”

Tempest continued her hard look.

“The Blood Moon knows about Ponyville. However, they have no reason to attack now. Twilight and her friends will be safe and ignorant as long as we can help it. But we have to go after the Blood Moon first. Before we do anything else,” Tempest added, “we have to lay out one more ground rule.”

She looked into their expectant faces.

“We’re a team now. So no more secrets, no more lies. We’re going to defeat whatever comes our way. Together,” Tempest told her new recruits.

The image of a certain scroll flew through Starry’s mind at the same time as Edgy’s hooves held the ground firmer.

But they nodded in agreement and began walking off together with a new stream of chatter from Starry, eye rolling from Edgy, and Tempest’s resolved march forward.

Tempest knew, as long as she was there, she would do all she could to right her wrongs.

But that, is a story for another time.

Author's Note

Just want to add in an honest thank you to anyone that has made it this far. These were mostly stories just for my boyfriend, but I'm so glad other people have been able to read and enjoy them!