Honor & Integrity

It had been a month since their capture and now they stood in their own rooms with all of the comforts one would want. Neon Blitz heard that her friends were comfortable and safe. Silverlining was given a nice large room overlooking the town with a mountain view. Tradewinds and Dust Storm shared a room and Blizzard was with Cyclone....her brother. The service bell was gently tugged by Neon because she was wondering if it actually worked considering that she was a P.O.W and to her surprise a gryphon gently walked in.

"You rang ma'am?"

"I was just seeing if the bell was actually rigged up and functioning. At any rate since you're here, what will be done with us?"

"King Tungsten will be putting the six of you to a test of some sort, or so I hear told and something to see how far you'd keep your oaths before you give him information."

"Not to be rude sir, but um....He might as well go ahead and kill me. I can't in good conscience do so, even if no pony else knows or learns of what I've said....I won't be able to live at peace knowing I turned my fellow Equestrians over."

"My name dear one is Graphite, and I am sure to tell him what you've said! Everyone has a breaking point...... we'll have fun finding yours." Neon nervously paced and was eventually led to the dining hall. Tungsten smirked as all but one of the guest chairs was filled. Neon noted that Dust Storm wasn't present.

"Your friend will be here presently, had to send a gryphon to find him....apparently he got lost."

"Your highness......thank you for treating us so well." Tungsten looked at Neon, and smiled or what a smile had to be for one who had a break.

"You're very welcome, I heard that Graphite told you about my potential test; after dinner I'll discuss business."

The Proposition

"You can have your freedom, rank, title, lands, and wealth if you give me the information I desire. Tell me where your princesses are moving their troops? You can tell me some time tomorrow but I'll give you time as well to think about it." That night Neon Blitz lay in her bed, hoping that she won't break. It was around midnight when she saw Dust Storm talking to a group of soldiers, cleared, he was asking directions to somewhere. Lucky for her, her view consisted of the courtyard, throne room, and the great hall and no lights or movement could be seen.

Three Weeks later

News was heard that King Tungsten's troops had won a major victory and Neon soon met with her friends and discussed the news. Neon knew who the traitor was and she had once had feelings for the bastard. When they broke up for recreational fun she stormed to where Dust Storm slept. "Dust Storm! Tell me the truth, please? Did you the other night tell Tungsten anything?"

"The hell should you care?"

"Our oaths for starts!"

"Look Neon! I served our princesses loyally and not one promotion! Eight years of no promotions! I was the best scout that they had!"

"If I hadn't sworn that I wouldn't raise my blade against a brother-in-arms! I'd kill you myself!"

"Go fuck yourself whore! Better yet suck Tungsten off you little slut!"

"Are you still mad that I wouldn't do 'IT' with you? Fuck you!" In the middle of the heated argument Tungsten and a few of his guards barged in and aimed their bows and fired a barrage of arrows. Neon dropped to the floor and saw Dust Storm become a pin cushion and a single arrow in here dick should've been. She slowly rose to her feet then bowed.

"My Lord, sorry for the disturbance."

"You were in the right, it is obvious he values wealth and rank more than his honor as a sworn soldier. Go and clean yourself up and promise me if any one asks, you will tell them that in heated argument that he tried to kill you and we saved you."

"I....I....I can't lie to them sir, I wish I could but I can't."

"Mmmm......how refreshing, someone who is of a purer heart then I've seen from Equestria." Neon gently shuffled back to her room with Graphite at her heels.

"Neon was it?" A gentle nod affirmed the name. "How long do you think it would take for the others to falter?"

"Well, Cyclone and Blizzard have been at odds since middle school so Cyclone would be first to fall. He may even pay a guard to kill off his own sister or something. Blizzard likes to have extra spending bits so she'd easily succumb to the wealth notion and may sell us out. And my commanding officer, Silverlining won't break unless you do something or treat her like how her father had before he left her and her mother. Please Graphite, on your honor don't use the information I absemindedly gave you? As a soldier to a soldier?"

"You have my word." Graphite swore as he left Neon to herself.

1 Month Later

Tradewinds stood with a gryphon general and was selling Blizzard out. Beside Tradewinds was Cyclone, he was wanting to get a little extra gold, so he took advantage of the knowledge that the gryphons had eyed his sister. Once again news came that the princesses had fallen under another defeat, and that Blizzard had been forced to sleep in the barracks of the common soldier. Silverlining and Neon stormed to the room that Tradewinds and Cyclone we're presently sharing.

"The hell is wrong with you! You sold out fellow Equestrians and your sister out! You dumb fuck!" Silverlining hissed angrily as she decked Cyclone. Silverlining then proceeded to tackled Tradewinds and smash his face in. Neon didn't have time to react as she saw Cyclone hoof a letter opener and try to stab his captain. The guards appeared and using their halberds ended Cyclone and Tradewinds and continued to butcher them until their screams were no more. Silverlining herself was on a breaking point. She had made the error of exposing what her fear was.

4 months and 1 week later

Neon was galloping down to the dungeon, Silverlining was down there and she had to get her out somehow. When she got there, Silverlining was hanging from the ceiling and her hooves chained above her head. Soldiers were beating her senseless, Neon felt sick as she watched helplessly from behind a wall of vertical bars. Behind said bars, she saw Blizzard out of her reach and being hurt. She begged Tungsten to end it and let her take their place. To Neon's horror she heard Blizzard give directions on how to take out a guard post on the border of Gryphonstone. The events that followed were as at other times, news of crushing defeat of the Equestria Army and then she witnessed Blizzard die. "Capt. Silverlining ma'am, stay strong and don't bend.....or break. You gave your oath!"

"You poor filly, I already have, by morning our whole battalion will be dead via the means of poison. Your home town, that small city fort will be in ruins..."

"My home town! That city has a population of a hundred thousand ponies!!" Neon sank to the dungeon floor and bawled. Her tears of anger and loss soaked her cheeks. The guards from at the top of the of the dungeon stairs came to her when they heard her crying.

She counted the months to be close to seven months of captivity and absolute comfort and her commrades fell to the bait of wealth and title in enemy territory. That night she didn't eat or sleep in her bed. A maid had checked on her, the whom Neon sent a note to Tungsten to do his worst to her and see what her breaking point would be.