I grumbled “I have to fill out he paperwork and run court while she is away.”

I was interrupted as a messenger barged into the room “Regent Daybreaker, we are receiving multiple reports that Griffons Raiders have attacked the border towns killing hundreds of ponies. The guards have been stretched too thin.”

I gritted my teeth, it seems telling Discord to do all that damage was a bad idea. It made the Princesses surrender faster but now we have no forces to protect the borders. I guess Sarah was not exactly experienced in the long term ramifications of such actions. While she was here, that was enough to scare them off.

I would have to head out to reinforce the borders, Luna was standing at the door in full armour. Behind her were five hundred Thestrals, Luna smirked “You are really lucky that my Night Guard have a different barracks that is hidden from sight. We will head to the order to try and hold off the enemies. These are my elites, there another twenty thousand in the capital.”

I nodded “I will go with you I need to inspect the damage to the villages and count the bodies.”

Luna nodded “Very well, we will take a warship immediately to the border.” Luna and I as well as her elite guards flew out of the castle towards the docks. We landed in front of a large midnight blue warship with pitch black spikes all over it,magic cannons on every side. Luna smirked “Say hello to the Nightstrider, my personal warship.”

I grinned “Impressive, now let’s show those Griffons the might of the Night.”

Luna grinned as we boarded “I would have thought you would have hated me. You were Celestia’s dark side after all.”

I shook my head “Hardly, I may be her pride and ego having gone wild but I still was Celestia. You were still my sister, I was forced to bare all the hurt that Celestia hid away when you were banished. While she slept, I could gain control over her body. I stared at the moon, crying for you for one thousand years. I would have been willing to be locked in chains and used as your footstool if you had returned.”

Luna frowned “I wish you didn't, I like you. As much as I love my sister you seem to similar only without all the parts that annoy me and cause us to argue.”

I smirked as the ship started to move “I don’t know, you like to argue with your sister. You find it fund, don’t try to deny it. It’s why you try to get under her skin and make her argue with you.” Luna chuckled, we watched as the land passed beneath us. Forest, animals and towns passed underneath us.

It was not long before arrived at the ruins of the town, Griffons were feasting on the corpses of the ponies they had slain. The buildings were all burning, Luna’s Elite Guards swooped down killing every last Griffon. I looked over the bones as I landed, poor souls didn’t have to die like this. I sighed as I used my magic to put out the burning buildings. Luna frowned “What are you going to do to offset the issues involving the guard?”

I gritted my teeth “I’m going to militarise the guard, the Equestrian Combat Service. Advance weaponry for bringing down greater threats, Sarah already had those plans put into motion and I will make sure they are carried out. I will also have stern talking to her about abandoning the nation to chase another threat.”

Luna frowned “She is not an experienced leader, she is prone to rash and foolish actions. Maybe by the time she reaches our age she will be far less foolish but only time will tell.” I nodded, my horn glowing as I teleported to Canterlot. I was in the room where the messenger burst into, I began writing a new system of the guard. They needed to be combat ready and prepared for war, they needed to be highly disciplined rather than the glorified police force that we had before.

I frowned as I headed to the office of Captain Armour, I knocked on his door. He opened it and bowed as I entered “Regent Daybreaker, how may I assist you?”

I put down several plans on the table “We need to revamp the guard into a more militarised unit. From this day forward, you are in command of the military General Armour.” He was stunned, I frowned “We lost hundreds of ponies today across the borders towns, I only saw few but that was enough. The guard will not hit the number it was at for a long time, so we need to make them more dangerous and more lethal.”

Shining Armour looked at me, he frowned “Where do we start?”

I smirked “Well since the weapons aren’t ready, we are going to focus on the combat ability. I have no doubt you are strong but you need to be stronger. Come with me to the training grounds.” We arrive at the training grounds not long after. I turned to him “You will train with me until you are my equal. Don’t hold back or else you won’t last long.”

He frowned “I don’t think that’s a good idea, what if I hurt you?”

Was he mocking my power. I unleashed the full force of my power, I grinned as the new general was forced back by my power. I barrelled towards him knocking him into the wall, I was surprised that he was able to stand after that hit. He grit his teeth, rushing at me. I swung at him, he dodged my swing and slammed his hoof into my jaw. I winced, he was no slouch. I delivered multiple punches, I chuckled as I head a crack of something.

He coughed up blood, I avoided the blood and continued to swing at him. He actually was starting to dodge some my punches, I flew backwards firing powerful explosions of Solar Fire “Fight me with more or else you will die!” He was dodging them, he then fired a blast of magic force that hit me through my own attacks. I dodged out of the way only for him to appear in front of me, I wasn’t expecting to improve this much in a single fight.

We have only been fighting for ten minutes, is he some sort of combat genius. I am barely dodging his attacks. He delivered a rapid punch to my chest, I gritted my teeth as I swear he broke something. I winced “That’s enough, you improved so much in a single fight. How.”

The new General looked at me “I was the weakest, barely capable of running half of the marathon. I trained a lot to improve my physical strength but when we had the first fight that was when I discovered that under the intensity of combat I grew much stronger and faster. I had natural gift for fighting, the greater the gap between me and my opponent the faster I adapted to it.” I smirked, he might be a good sparring partner for Sarah when she returns, this would help push the guard to new heights.

Author's Note

Shining Armour is a very capable guard.