Pony Veracity (Return to Mount Aris)

by keithsterling

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, Sunny Starscout, Original Character, Science Fiction, My Little Pony: A New Generation, Princess Celestia, Anthro
Length: 31014

With the finding of Queen Filomena Amore Aperture, the lost ruler of the Southern star sector and first princess of the Crystal Empire, plus the birth mother of Princess Cadence Sparkle Aperture. The mood is high for the Silverlight Antiquities and h

The celebration is cut short went Imperial Alicorn assault shuttle from the Seven sister star sector arrives for a surprise visit with the Silverlight Antiquities and heritage research team in the ruins of Equestria; aboard this shuttle is Queen Aphrodite Heavens, the sister of Empress Cosmos and great-grandaunt of Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight.

As the celebration is renewed with the visit of Queen Heavens aboard her 'IAS Northern lights, ' a strange signal is pick-up from the area on the planet of Equus called the sea of clouds. Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight pulls Queen Twilight Sparkle aside from the party and asks her about the signal from the sea of clouds. She recalls visiting Mt. Aris, and the Kingdom of Seaquestria went she was still a princess of Equestria. To back her up, ask Miss Rarity Radiance, who visited both places with her.

Published 2023-03-22 12:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2025-02-15 22:35:50 UTC

Chapter 1

In the largest manufacturing star sector within Imperial Alicorn space ‘the IAS Themis’ a long-range assault space shuttle, exits the docking bay of the Pleiades palace, a citadel class space station in the Seven Sister star sector on its way to the planet of Equus for business and pleasure visit with the Silverlight Antiquities and Heritage research team in Equestria.

Sitting at a small desk in a large stateroom aboard the shuttle with her long imperial Alicorn legs crossed, one knee tossed casually over the other, finishing up several invoices before the assault space shuttle executes a wormhole jump to the space above the Planet of Equus was magnificent looking pale pink imperial Alicorn mare with old gold colored mane and tail.

Her athletic 6ft 4in equine figure was attired in a rose red colored form-fitting space suit with white trim. On her, ten and one half inches great, tapered shaped pale pink bare
feet with navy blue toenail polish were rose red colored form-fitting boots. And folded on her back were her gold bejewelled bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings.

This Imperial Alicorn mare was Queen Aphrodite Heavens, the ruler of the seven sisters’ star sector and older sister of Empress Galaxy Cosmos and the great-grandaunt of Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight.

(Few minutes after the Empress left the psychic dimension)

"Niece, had your mother forgotten what happened to your cousin went she tried to change fate?" The third Imperial Alicorn mare constellation asked as a shooting star dropped from her eye.

"I wish I knew auntie? I was forced to hunt down my cousin Queen Aurora Vapor and her husband, King Somnus Vapor; the Dark matter infected them, and fate was changed." The second imperial Alicorn mare constellation comments, its voice in a lifeless monotone.

(On Planet of Equus)

At the newly completed air and space base called ‘Ponyville one’ Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight and his wife, Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, wait for the arrival of ‘IAS Themis’ his great-grandaunt long-range assault shuttle. But so far, it is different from how Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight would like.

His wife, Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, has created a set of magical stocks and locked her reasonably large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped bare feet in them and tied her own shapely and delicately rounded, not too long toes to the stocks. She has firmly told her husband if he wants her to meet his great-grandaunt Queen Aphrodite Heavens, he must tickle her into submission to even think about meeting the sister of Empress Galaxy Cosmos.

Went Justice asked Celestia ‘why?’ she told him it all on her principles; with that statement, Justice has no idea why it would be against her principles to meet his great-grandaunt. Knowing his wife is very stubborn when it comes to her principles, Justice knows it would be futile to argue with his wife's stubbornness and leave her locked in the foot stocks; he will deal with her later.

On the tarmac of the air and space base, Justice watches as two hundred four foot long Imperial Alicorn assault shuttle comes in for a landing. After a brief moment, a rolling staircase is placed in front of the hatch; as the hatch opens, standing on top landing was Queen Aphrodite Heavens, attired in a white-orange midi length short-sleeve fit and flare dress.

On her sumptuous, tapered shaped, pale pink bare feet with navy blue toenail polish were nude colored mare's heeled sandals with three and one-fourth-inch blocked heels. Through the opening in front of the sandals, you could clearly see her big toes were the longest on her feet. Why all her other toes taper off her feet very symmetrically. And folded on her back were her gold bejewelled bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings.

“Welcome to the Planet of Equus… great grandaunt Heavens," Justice said casually as Aphrodite hugged and kissed him on his cheek.

“I thank you, great-grandnephew Silverlight…Did you come alone? Where’s that wife of yours?" Aphrodite asked knowing already what his wife Celestia was doing and the reason.

"I am sorry great, grandaunt…but my wife is being stubborn. I have no idea why she acting like that. But she inside." Justice was disappointed as Aphrodite walked into the building.

Inside the building, Celestia sighed with relief that her husband didn't take the option of tickling her into submission as she dared him to. Celestia rests her reasonably large, long, full, thick, plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped bare feet on the ground after extracting her shapely and perfect ankles from the lower half of the wooden stocks.

She suddenly hears the click-clacking of heels on the cement floor of the building coming toward her and quickly puts her shapely and perfect ankles back into the wooden stocks thinking it is her husband coming back to convince her again. Went she did, she never noticed that her very light gold magic aura had changed into a forest green magic aura.

As the click-clack of heels slowly came near her, she gasped; walking toward her was not her husband but a pale pink imperial Alicorn mare with an old gold-colored mane and tail. She figures this imperial Alicorn mare is Justice's great-grandaunt Queen Aphrodite Heavens; with that idea in mind, she tries to free herself from stocks, so she can leave.

"I am sorry, niece-in-law, but you are not going anywhere now. What my great grandnephew doesn't know about being the sister of the Empress Galaxy Cosmos is that I can take control of other magic." Aphrodite explains as she creates a feather and slowly strokes Celestia's sexy deep set and high arch with the feather.

"I know niece-in-law that your arches are very sensitive to this feather," Aphrodite commented as the moment she started stroking Celestia's arch, her leg instantly tense-up from the tickling of her arch.

"Now, niece-in-law, I will stop tickling your arch if you talk to me like the Imperial Princess you are and not some scorn mare," Aphrodite said firmly as she stroked her arch even slower than before, causing the tingling sensation to become enhanced.

Aphrodite watches as Celestia uses all her willpower to resist the constant slow stroking of her highly sensitive arch with the first feather. But the moment Aphrodite creates a second feather and begins slowly stroking her other arch Celestia explodes with maniacal laughter as she tickles her arches simultaneously in a slow matter. She was in hysterics in no time; the sensations shot up her legs and exploded in her mind.

“Ahahahahahahahah!! Stop it!!! Ahahahahahah!!" Celestia screamed, agreeing to talk to her like an Imperial Princess that she is.

"That is what I would expect from the sister of Empress Galaxy Cosmos," Celestia said testily as Aphrodite's green eyes sharpened on her niece-in-law.

"What! I am nothing like my younger sister!" Aphrodite said irately as Celestia gasped with what Aphrodite said.

"Your younger sister?" Celestia said, confused.

“Maybe I should tickle those arches to teach you a lesson, Miss Alicorn!” Aphrodite said hotly as Celestia quickly slapped her hands over her bare soles to keep her from tickling her feet again.

"Please forgive me…Miss Heavens. I thought Empress Cosmos was older because she is the ruler." Celestia said apologetically as Aphrodite shook her head.

“I was the ruler for several millenniums…but after the death of Knight Candidate Clotho Aureola at the Omicron Military Institute Academy because I turn a blind eye to the commandant greed…I relinquish the throne to my younger sister." Aphrodite explains as Celestia's chest becomes heavy, knowing the feelings she experienced firsthand.

On the tarmac, Justice waits for the pilot to debark the shuttle; his great-grandaunt Aphrodite asks him to wait for her. From the hatch appears a stunning beautiful dim gray imperial Alicorn mare with an orange/yellow mane and tail. Her 6ft 2in physically fit equine figure was attired in a periwinkle-colored form-fitting space suit. On her dim gray tapered shape, bare feet were periwinkle-colored form-fitting boots.

And folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola, the Crown of light Aerospace battle group commander aboard his aircraft carrier and a close friend like all the mares on his ship.

"So Erato Aureola…you are taking over for Urania Corona at her duty station," Justice said with a pretend sarcastic air that she picked up on quickly.

"Well, someone has to be the adult…." Erato said with pretend contempt as she squealed at him.

Watching the exchange between the two Imperial Alicorns were Celestia and Aphrodite. Celestia, as expected, was getting very jealous of the other Imperial Alicorn mare talking to her husband; she fixed a level stare on her husband when he squeezed the other mare's sides, causing her to yelp with surprise.

"Imperial Princess Silverlight! Cool your jets! That other mare is Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola, commander of the Crown of the light aerospace battle group on your husband's ship and one of the four most loyal members aboard his ship." Aphrodite said firmly as Celestia's heart wrung with pity.

"Aphrodite, is it possible for a Terran pony to be reborn as Imperial Alicorn?"Celestia asked, catching Aphrodite by surprise.

"Well, in the mythos of the first star…it says that if the soul is strong enough in any being, they can be reborn into an Imperial Alicorn. Why do you ask your imperial highness?" Aphrodite comments as Celestia wipe a tear from her cheek with her hand.

"Because that mare reminds me of a terran mare that was very loyal to Justice and would do anything it took to support him," Celestia explains as they both watch Erato and Justice touch the earwig in their ear, extending the mic from the device.

"Great grandaunt! Radar! Have pick-up a big sub-space disturbance! A wormhole is formed behind the moon of this planet!" Justice calls as Aphrodite and Celestia touch their own earwig inside their ears.

"Justice it is fine…I just received a coded hail from the subspace disturbance…It is the 'IAS Stellar Eclipse, ' your supercarrier class warship. Once it exits the wormhole Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander, Clio Quasar will deliver the mission brief to you, and I should change into my uniform for the meeting." Erato explains, confused about putting on her uniform for the meeting.

Several hours later, the meet-and-greet party continues in the main ballroom of the castle of friendship in Ponyville. Justice, Erato and one other imperial Alicorn mare have snuck away from the party to talk privately to each other. The three Imperial Alicorns have decided to speak on a small balcony outside the castle of friendship.

Sitting on the top rail of the balcony with her long Alicorn legs crossed, one knee tossed casually over the other, was Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola attired in dark blue women's standard skirt uniform of imperial Alicorn aerospace fighter pilot. Her dim gray ultra sheers thigh-high encased stockings clad tapered shaped bare feet were covered in black shiny high heel pumps with three-inch high stiletto heels.

Sitting next to her on the same top rail of the balcony with her long Alicorn legs crossed, one knee tossed casually over the other, was an alluring looking cool gray imperial Alicorn mare with red/orange mane and tail. Her 6ft 2in toned equine figure was attired in sea green colored women’s standard skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn space force specialist. Her cool gray long imperial Alicorn legs were encased in nude-colored thigh-high stockings; the delicate lace detail on the stocking welt was hidden below the knee-length straight skirt of her uniform.

On her cool gray tapered shape, bare feet were black shiny high-heel pumps with three-inch high stiletto heels. And folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar, the first officer aboard Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight ‘IAS Stellar Eclipse’ and second closest friend of Justice and very loyal like all the mares and stallions aboard his ship.

Before the three Imperial Alicorns begin to talk business, the reason for sneaking away from the party is to speak privately to each other.

Justice asked his most loyal and trusted mares if they would like to experience an odd custom of the planet of Equus before they started talking business; both mares were very curious about the tradition and the other reason for sneaking away from the party.

With that, Justice palms Erato's slender ankle in his hand and removes her pump before crouching down and sniffing his mare's ultra sheers stocking clad barefoot in his hand. A moment later, he does the same with Clio's silky sheers stocking covered barefoot in his hand.

"Now, what is that custom supposed to do, Justice?" Clio asked as she left her foot uncovered.

"You know, Clio, I really don't know for sure?" Justice replied honestly as the three imperial Alicorn giggled.

"But maybe it has a different effect; customarily, the mare is barefooted went you sniff her foot. Maybe the skin on the bottom of the foot smells different from the rest of the body…We must experiment more if my two best mares are up to it.” Justice comments as Clio and Erato nod their heads yes.

"Now to business, Justice? That question you asked me earlier…Why did the Empress take this long to assign an Imperial Alicorn warship to this star sector? Granted, her whole family is here on this planet…I wish I knew Justice." Clio commented as she took her other pump off, leaving her in her stocking-clad bare feet.

"Even though the Stellar Eclipse is the crown jewel of Infinity Star Sector's main royal battle fleet. Why wait for this long to send a sector protection force to protect the royal family members on this planet?” Erato present as she reached under the hem of her straight skirt locating the welt of her black ultra sheers thigh-high stocking sliding them down her silky smooth legs and off her dim gray tapered shape bare feet. Before stuffing them into the toe boxes of her pumps.

"Even though I am a member of the imperial royal family…my great-grandmother is still a huge mystery to the whole family." Justice comments as Clio follows suit by removing her nude silky sheers thigh high stocking sliding them down her silky smooth legs and off her cool gray tapered shape bare feet, before stuffing them into the toe boxes of her pumps.

"Well, anyway, I am happy that the Stellar Eclipse is now in this star sector. So my loyal and trusted mares, shall we begin the tests on the scent of mare's bare feet." Justice comments as he takes hold of Erato's slender ankles in his hand to begin sniffing his beloved mare's feet.

Meanwhile, aboard 'IAS Binary," a battleship class warship crowned imperial Princess Ophelia Silverlight, talks to her aunt Queen Aphrodite Heavens in the captain's quarters of her warship.

"What do you think mother's plan is this time, Auntie? We stop her from using the reverie to enhance her magic to change the fate of Justice and Celestia." Ophelia comments as her aunt looks at the beautiful planet of Equus below.

"That still a huge question, niece? If you allow it, niece, I would like to call up my 'IAS Northern Lights, ' my command class warship from the Seven Sister star sector…I know your mother will not approve it…because it is a different command ship from another star sector; she can't take command of it." Aphrodite asked the crowned imperial Princess of the infinity star sector

"Of course, Auntie…The Silverlight Antiquities and heritage research team could use the extra resource from your ship…It is the only ship in Imperial Alicorn space with a fully equipped research division from Pillars of Creation Institute that is not a science class spaceship." Ophelia explains as Aphrodite sent a coded message to her star sector to dispatch the 'Northern lights' from the Pleiades palace.

Chapter 2

Watching the live feed at the Infinity palace in the infinity star sector from Acropolis class space station, a medium-sized border surveillance post on the border of the Seven Sister star sector was a gorgeous light blue imperial Alicorn mare with vivid crimson red mane and tail despite her advanced age; this imperial Alicorn mare has retained her beauty with only a hint of brilliant silver-gray in her mane and tail.

Her 6ft 12in athletic equine figure was attired in a midnight blue form-fitting space suit. Midnight blue form-fitting boots were on her light blue stunning long and slender Greek and tapered shaped bare feet with natural beauty painted with crimson red nail polish. And on her back were her jeweled gold bio-mechanical metal bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Empress Galaxy Cosmos, the supreme ruler of Imperial Alicorn space and Justice's Great grandmother.

'Masterfully played my big sister…That is why you led Imperial Alicorn space for several millenniums…if you didn't turn a blind eye to the commandant greed and killed Justice's first love Knight Candidate Clotho Aureola…you would remain as the head of Imperial Alicorn space. As the first star wished…but that one miss judgment broke your heart.' Galaxy thought watching ‘IAS Northern Lights’ make wormhole jump to the Planet of Equus.

Meanwhile, back at the castle of friendship on the balcony, Justice tests the scent of mare's feet on his most loyal mares. But he has failed to notice that each time he sniffed one of his mare's feet, it would get them more excited from their susceptible bare feet. Suddenly the sound of the rapid clicky-clack of two sets of high-heel pumps rapidly approaching the balcony quashes the excitement in the bodies of the two mares.

From the opening appears a charming looking carbon gray colored imperial Alicorn mare with avocado green mane and tail. Her 6ft 2in athletic equine figure was attired in dark blue colored women’s standard skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn Aerospace fighter pilot. Her carbon gray long imperial Alicorn legs were encased in ultra sheer black thigh-high stockings; the delicate lace detail on the stocking welt was hidden below the knee-length straight skirt of her uniform.

Her carbon gray tapered shaped bare feet were in shiny black high-heel pumps with three-inch high stiletto heels. And folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Galactic Knight Captain Calliope Spirals, a squadron leader from the Crown of Light Aerospace battle group and another loyal mare for Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight.

She is joined by a lovely-looking Spanish gray-colored imperial Alicorn mare with a black mane and tail. Her 6ft 2in athletic equine figure was attired in dark blue colored women’s standard skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn Aerospace fighter pilot. Her Spanish gray long imperial Alicorn legs were encased in the ultra sheer black thigh-high stocking; the delicate lace detail on the stocking welt was hidden below the knee-length straight skirt of her uniform.

On her Spanish gray tapered shape, bare feet were black shiny high heel pumps with three-inch high stiletto heels. And folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Galactic Knight Captain Urania Corona, a squadron leader from the Crown of Light Aerospace battle group and another loyal mare for Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight. Justice blinked with surprise went he noticed out of the corner of his eye that both Clio and Erato used their magic to put their stockings back on their legs and pumps back on their feet.

"Calliope and Urania, what is wrong?" Justice inquired as Clio and Erato hopped off the top rail of the balcony and stood beside Justice.

"Justice, the Stellar Eclipse picks up a subspace disturbance!" Calliope reports as three Imperial Alicorns blink with surprise as adrenaline courses through their veins. The five Imperial Alicorns open their bio-mechanical metal bird wings and take flight.

“Erato, Urania and Calliope head to the haunt…Their small phantoms flight based at Ponyville, one air and space base…you three should know how to use them." Justice ordered as the three Imperial Alicorn pilots broke off and headed to the base.

"You and I can head to the command center…we can direct the Sector Protection space force from there, Number one." Justice commands as Clio shakes her head and follows Justice to the command center.

A few moments later, the three Imperial Alicorn pilots land in front of a single tall armored tower. The building on the surface is just the control tower for the unmanned phantom drone aircraft; the phantoms have the same firepower as Aerospace fighters without risking a pilot's life.

The phantom fighter is used with the manned Aerospace fighters making a very effective defense measure. Quickly the three Imperial Alicorn pilot mares exit the elevator on the drone control floor, their heels clicky-clack loudly on the steel floor of the room. One by one, each pilot kicks their pumps off their stockings-clad bare feet and leaps into the control pod of a Phantoms fighter.

Outside from three dome structures, three fifty-three-foot-long drone aircraft roll out onto the tarmac; each aircraft beeps to each other as its fusion turbine engine begins warming up. Back on the drone control floor, each stocking-clad mare fighter pilot has settled into their drone control pod. On instinct, the three pilots systematically flip and turn switches on the control boards in front of them as a VR helmet lowers on top of their equine heads. The VR helmet transforms the control pod into the cockpit of an Aerospace fighter.

“D2…D3. This D1 activating AI controls of remaining phantoms fighters.” Erato said over the internal communication network.

“This D2…now linking internal communication network to command center at the base. Link established…Major." Urania reports as the command center receives the live feed from onboard camera systems and sensor data.

"This D3…established the link with IAS Stellar Eclipse…Now feeding the data to the command center at the base…All feeds optimal, major…We are all set." Calliope reports as the Imperial Alicorn mare pilots launch their phantom fighters into space, followed by IA-controlled fighters.

In the command tower, the soft pip-pops of stocking-clad bare feet from Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar echo in the room as she leaves her high-heel pumps next to Justice in the command pod as it was more comfortable for her to be in her stocking-clad bare feet then wearing her pumps. Plus Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight would not object to allowing his first officer to be barefooted if she likes.

The soft pip-pops of her stocking-clad bare feet are sometimes masked by the occasional beeping from all the computer systems in the room being manned by five Imperial Alicorns galactic technicians running the communication network at the base.

"Shogun! All the feeds have been established…we have control…all camera feeds are linked!" Clio calls as she looks at the holographic computerized clipboard in her hand and speaks through the earwig to the IAS Stellar Eclipse in orbit.

"Status report of the defense pattern for the Sector Protection Force, Number one!?" Justice inquiry as Clio calls up desired information on her holographic computerized clipboard and sends the feed to the command pod.

“All units in Sector Protection Force are moving into a better defense location to meet the wormhole exit point…Huh!” Clio exclaimed as she noticed that IAS Binary, a battleship class warship, had not moved from its current location.

"Shogun! The IAS Binary has not repositioned itself in a better defense location!" Clio calls as she swipes to the communication link to the bridge of IAS Binary.

A moment later, the holographic equine head of crowned imperial Princess Ophelia Silverlight springs to life in midair in the center of the command and communication center.

“Imperial Prince Silverlight! This direct order from the crowned imperial Princess Silverlight or your grandmother! Stand down our sector protection forces right this minute! The ship coming through the wormhole is the IAS Northern Lights! It will be taking over command of the Equus Sector Protection force. This will not be reported to the Empress at all! Understood, your Highness!" Ophelia said with royal authority as Justice heard the soft pip-pops of his first officer's stocking-clad bare feet walking up behind him and her delicate hand resting on his shoulder.

“Understood, your imperial highness," Justice said, defeated, as Clio leaned against the edge of the control board, crossing her elegant ankles over each other and remaining in her stocking-clad bare feet, patting her hand on top of Justice's hand, reassuring.

“Like we discussed flying over here, Justice…Their something going on behind the scenes. That we are not privileged to…as I stated, your mares and ship will remain loyal to you no matter what." Clio said reassuringly as she stood up and slipped her pumps back on her stocking-clad bare feet before making her way to the exit.

“Miss Quasar?” Justice said cryptically, resting his chin on the back of his hands in a pondering manner as Clio stopped in her tracks.

“Yes, your highness?” Clio response

"Send word to my other mares in the haunt; in an hour, report to the war room on the second floor of this tower and remain in their uniforms…we have plans to make." Justice orders

"Yes, your highness," Clio replies

"Oh, one more thing, Miss Quasar…Without. Put them on for the meeting," Justice comments as Clio slips her feet out of her shoes and floats them into her hand, Pip-popping in her stocking-clad bare feet once again as she walks out of the room.

'Very well, great grandmother…if you wish to keep me in the dark, so be it. But what are your plans for me, grandmother? And how is my great-grandaunt part of this?' Justice thought opening a communication line to his ship to call in two more loyal members of his mare team.

It's hours later as his four mares wait in the war room on the tower's second floor, waiting for Justice's arrival to begin this private meeting. During that time, Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar fills in her compatriots with why the abrupt stand-down order was issued.

“So the crowned imperial princess orders the stand down of the Sector Protection forces," Urania said irately, releasing a prolonged squeal as she slammed her fist on the edge of the round holographic tactical table that they were sitting at in the war room.

A moment later, the click-clacking of high heels on the steel floor draws the four mares’ attention to the entrance leading into the room. Through the opening steps, a glamorous looking rose pink colored imperial Alicorn mare with a black mane and tail. Her 6ft, even striking equine figure was attired in cobalt blue colored women's standard skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn Recon escort patrol specialist. Her rose pink colored, long imperial Alicorn legs were encased in white thigh high stockings; the delicate lace detail on the stocking welt was hidden below the knee-length straight skirt of her uniform.

On her Rose pink tapered shape, bare feet were white shiny high heel pumps with three-inch high stiletto heels. And folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Galactic Vanguard Staff Sergeant Thalia Starburst, the commanding officer of a special detachment of reconnaissance specialists assigned to the IAS Stellar Eclipse and only answer to Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight.

The second to enter was an elegant-looking light gray imperial Alicorn mare with dark purple and mauve striped mane and tail. Her 6ft, even athletic equine figure was attired in cobalt blue colored women’s standard skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn intelligence specialist. Her light gray long imperial Alicorn legs were encased in white thigh high stocking; the delicate lace detail on the stocking welt was hidden below the knee-length straight skirt of her uniform.

Her light gray tapered shaped bare feet were in white shiny high heel pumps with three-inch high stiletto heels. And folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical metal feathered bird wings. This Imperial Alicorn mare was Galactic Vanguard second lieutenant Endora Solar Storm the head of a small detachment of intelligence gathering personnel aboard the IAS Stellar Eclipse and only answer to Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight like her recon shipmate.

"So Justice! You are bringing in the whole team, your highness." Clio comments as Justice walks in behind the other two mares who take their seat at the round holographic tactical table.

"Unfortunately, Number one…As you said, something is going on behind the scenes that we are not privileged to. So best to bring in the whole team for this." Justice answers as he makes his way to the other side of the holographic tactical table to begin the private meeting with his five loyal mares.

Two hours later, we find Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight and his wife, Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, standing on the shore of saddle lake, talking as his wife has removed her shoes from her reasonably large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant shaped bare feet because she likes the feel of the soft sand on her sensitive bare soles.

"You know I will support you in any decision, my love. Just like you did went I was the ruling Princess of Equestria." Celestia said, devoted kissing Justice on his lips before burying her shapely and delicately rounded, not-too-long toes in the sand.

"I know you will, my love…I thought went, I found my lost mate…All this would be forgotten.” Justice said, discouraged, as Celestia wrapped her arms and wings around him, planting another kiss on his lips.

“Went you proposed to me all those years ago…you warned me that things are not what they seem in a royal family…Become your wife and an Imperial Princess is not what it seems." Celestia said, knowing as Justice's cobalt blue eyes glinted with pleasure with the return of his wife’s lost memories.

"I see you got your memory back, my love."Justice was overjoyed with getting his beloved mate's memory back.

"I still have a few gaps in my memory…but overall, it has returned…one of those gaps I have…what is this overwhelming need to be buried in the sand with my head and feet sticking out?" Celestia said playfully as Justice had a smile on his face.

"Well, my dear Celestia…since you are barefooted already, shall we find out why?" Justice suggests as the two Imperial Alicorns find a place on this beach to bury his wife in the sand as playful giggling can be heard.

Meanwhile, in the transition point between the sparkling sea and the Luna Ocean in an area called the sea of clouds, a tall rocky palisade stands on a small rocky island. Went magic was lost across the globe; the shadows in this area thicken obscure Mount Aris and the winged citadel. Over time the stories of this wondrous place were lost in every pony's memories, and the race that dwells their forgotten.

Then from the Vetera Tower, a stunning built square stone tower in the remains of a city. In the alcove sits a luminous lotus fountain; inside this fountain is a pool of smooth shining water; slowly, the calm waters of this fountain begin to swirl and form a whirlpool. From this whirlpool emerges a 6ft 9in slender figure with what little light cascades into this tower; the details are hidden from sight.

The only clear part of this figure is the large, light, magenta, gray-colored feathered bird wings on its back. A moment later, their a soft squish and pip-pop sound as ten-and-one-half-inch square-shaped light magenta gray barefoot makes contact with the stone floor of the fountain. As the figure picked its foot back up to step down once again, left on the stone was a slender footprint with all its toes about the same length. The soft squish and pip-pops sound fade into the distance as the figure makes its way out of the tower into the city and light of day.

Chapter 3

It was a warm sunny day in Maretime Bay; resting her elbows on the top rail of a small fence overlooking the beach was Miss Sunny Starscout attired in flora stripe pink mare's straight neck sleeveless tank top and light pioneer blue mare's high rise five-inch denim shorts. On her nine and two third inch long fair, vermillion colored tapered shaped bare feet were pink mare's cloud-stepper flip-flops.

Through the opening in front of her flip-flops, you could tell that her big toes are the longest on her feet, which is why all her other toes taper off. A huge surprise was that Sunny's toenails and fingernails were painted with slate gray nail polish. Sunny is not one for getting her nails painted, but her friend Pipp talks her into getting her nails done at her salon. Sunny reached up and pulled down the edge of tan boater mare's floppy hat on top of her head between her ears to try and hide.

‘I don’t know what pegasi trick Pipp did to get stallions to notice me…but I don't like it.' Sunny thought adjusting the dark tort mare's UV protection rectangular sunglasses on her snout as she whistled at by two more stallions, this time two unicorns.

Suddenly the rapid sound of flip-flops slapping against the bare soles of her feet can be heard as Sunny quickly head down a nearby wooden staircase onto the beach below.

Once she reaches the bottom of the staircase, she lifts her feet up one at a time, slipping the flip-flops off her feet. As she started to walk barefoot down the beach, trying her best to stay out of the sight of sudden large numbers of stallions that spotted her this day.

Sitting in a wooden lifeguard chair on the beach, keeping a close eye on his baby dragon Sparky Sparkeroni playing on the beach, Hitch Trailblazer attired in navy wave blue stallion's round neck sleeveless moisture wicking muscle T-shirt and Americana scenic blue stallion's board shorts with his feet bare. On top of his head, between his ears, was fossil colored stallion's safari hat and sitting on his snout were black polarized stallion's aviator sunglasses.

"Huh! Sunny?" Hitch exclaims, watching the mare stick close to the underside of the wooden walkway above.

"Sunny! What are you doing?" Hitch calls as Sunny blink excessively; she hears a stallion call her name.

“Huh? Hitch pretends you don't see me!" Sunny insists as Hitch snorts, a bit confused by Sunny telling him to ignore her.

"If you are trying to hide, sunny…You are not doing a good job of it… a matter of fact, you are bringing more attention to yourself." Hitch said, confirming as Sunny noticed every pony was looking in her general direction.

"What the hay!" Hitch exclaims, trying to figure out where Sunny went to. Quickly Hitch looks down at the sand and picks out Sunny’s footprints heading toward the back of a changing cabana on the beach. He whistles too little dragon, and Sparky flies into his arm.

"Ok…What did you do this time, Sunny?" Hitch asked as Sunny squealed at him before trying to kick him, and he quickly leaps back out of range of her kick.

"Nothing!" Sunny said bitterly, trying again to kick Hitch as he deflected her kick with his foot.

"Then why are you trying to hide?" Hitch asked as Sunny snorted at him for blocking her kick.

"I don't want every pony looking at me! Because Pipp painted my nails! She says I need a manicure and pedicure!” Sunny said hotly as Hitch laughed at her.

"I don't think Pipp painting your toenails and fingernails is what every ponies look at," Hitch said as Sunny snorted and stomped her barefoot on the ground. Before Hitch quickly steps on Sunny's bare foot to keep her from trying to kick him again.

“Then what other reason are ponies looking at me?” Sunny said sourly as Hitch kept his foot on top of Sunny’s foot to keep her from trying to kick him.

"Sunny-sunny-sunny…You have been looking from the outside in for your whole life. And never look at yourself." Hitch said profoundly as Sunny promises not to try and kick him if he released her foot.

“What does that mean, Hitch?” Sunny said testily as she crossed her arms in front of her.

"You are a good-looking earth pony mare…So went Pipp painted your nails; it just enhanced what you had already…That is what ponies are looking at… a stunning earth pony mare." Hitch's answers as it caused Sunny to blush and want to hide even more.

"Oh well, Sparky…what you are witnessing is what we call a fear response to being beautiful…Oh wow, I think it's time to change you…Hopefully, I'll figure out a dragon diet." Hitch exclaims as his baby dragon is giving off quite a smell.

As Hitch returns to the sheriff's office to change his baby dragon diaper, continuing down the beach, squelching the sand beneath her nine-and-two-third inch light vermillion colored bare feet was Sunny. She only makes it halfway down the coast when a great bird's screeching sound draws her attention out to sea.

In the distance, flying toward the beach, was a figure with large feathered bird wings. As the figure gets closer to the beach, Sunny shifts and re-shifts her barefoot in the sand as the front half of this creature looks like an eagle with pale, light grayish arms and claws. Why rear half of this creature is that of a pony.

The creature lands in the sand, leaving a ten-and-one-half-inch light magenta gray square-shaped barefoot print in the sand before letting lose a second shriek. That second loud shriek from the creature set off a general stampede of earth pony beachgoers from the beach. In the chaos of the general charge, Sunny is knocked to the ground by terrifying beachgoers; as the beach clears, she hears the squelching of sand beneath bare feet walking up to her.

She forced a smile as she faces to face with the creature with an eagle head; she quickly determined that the animal was female from its build. Without warning, the claws grab her and begin running her claws about her body. She softly giggled as the claws ran across her bare soles and the claws reached her feet.

"You are earth pony…but not the one I am looking for." The female creature comments as it flies in the general direction of Bridlewood forest.

In Bridlewood forest, the same thing happened; like Maretime Bay, the shriek of this creature set off a general stampede, this time, knock into a flower garden was Izzy Moonbow, and like sunny, the unicorn was examined by the female creature.

“You are a unicorn…but not the one I am looking for." The female creature said before flying in the general direction of Zephyr Heights

In Zephyr heights like Maretime Bay and Bridlewood forest, the shriek of this creature set off a general stampede. Still, this time Princess Pipp Petals and Princess Zipp Storm, who were visiting their mother, Queen Haven, trapped themselves in corners went they tried to run with the rest of the Pegasus civilians. Strangely the female creature kept a keen interest in pale, light grayish fuchsia-colored Pegasus Princess Pipp Petals.

After removing her pump from her foot, the female creature held Pipp's pale, light grayish fuchsia-colored peasant-shaped barefoot in her clawed hand. It made Pipp a bit uncomfortable as if the female animal couldn't see what it held in its clawed hand without getting very close to the object.

"Princess, I found you! I need help!" The female creature exclaimed as Zipp nudged her younger sister to answer the female animal. But Pipp didn't want to.

"Princess pleases! It's Adelpha Silverstream!" Adelpha said as Zipp jabbed her elbow into her younger sister's side, telling her to answer.

"How can I help you, Miss Silverstream?" Pipp spoke as Adelpha dropped Pipp's foot and went snout to bill with the Pegasus mare.

"Princess?"Adelpha is confused as she flies off, leaving the two Pegasus confused about what happened with this creature.

On their way back from Salt lick city to the castle of friendship in Ponyville, after being called to the city to appraise an object that was said to be once owned by Queen Twilight Sparkle, the last ruler of Equestria was Justice Silverlight and Twilight Sparkle after accepting the punishment that was imposed on her by the Imperial Prince. The two old friends set to work repairing the friendship that Twilight damaged with her selfish decision. It took several months for the old friends to patch things up between themselves, but in the end, their ancient friendship from ancient Equestria was repaired.

Standing on the edge of Foalorado River, attired in a navy blue short-sleeve midi fit and flare dress with black mare's Goldwin heeled sandals with two and three-fourths inch stacked heels on her magnificent pair of slender ten and one-third inch long light purple bare feet was Twilight Sparkle. She was taking in the beauty of the Foalorado River; it seemed that nature had forgiven her for damaging her with her decision.

"It looks like nature has forgiven me for damaging her went my three crystals shattered, Justice." Twilight comments, holding a flower in her hands as the winds send the seeds across Equestria.

"You know it will take some time for me to forgive you fully, Twilight." Justice comments as Twilight nods her head.

"I don't want you to forgive me instantly, your highness…I want to earn your forgiveness. But this time, I will listen to you…In ancient Equestria, my own pain kept me from listening to you. Whatever your feeling was, I didn't care…my pain is what I listen to." Twilight said as she unbuckled her sandals and sat on the river bank's edge before dunking her magnificent pair of slender ten-and-one-third-inch long light purple bare feet into the cool water.

A moment later, Twilight began to giggle softly as several small fishes started to nibble on the ends of her ten well-proportioned beautiful, elegant toes; each toenail was beautifully trimmed and shaped and painted with lovely marigold-colored nail polish. Twilight knows this is not the natural behaviour of this fish species; they are being influenced to do this behaviour on her. She knows they're a long way to go to return to the level of friendship she once had with Justice, but this is a good start.

"So, twilight, what was your take on that artifact the mayor said to belong to you?" Justice asked as the small fish swam off down the river.

“As it was true that I own a tea set like one they show us…That was not my tea set. I believe my original tea set was stolen from the palace went the magic holding together Canterlot failed. But all and all, it was a great replica…something to talk about." Twilight commented as she withdrew her feet from the water, pip-plopped in her magnificent pair of slender ten-and-one-third-inch long light purple bare feet over to crystal-powered jeep to continue on the way to Ponyville.

Back in the partially excavated ancient settlement of Ponyville, Head Archivist Cadence Sparkle Aperture, in her Alicorn form attired in a green floral mare's split tie neck short sleeve blouse and medieval blue mid-rise cargo Capri pants, walk through the clear streets double checking that she registered all the new finds in the settlement.

On her slenderly, gracefully rounded, gorgeous peasant-shaped pair of light pink bare feet with opaque glacial white toenail polish were gray mares about Mary slingback strap flat sandals with flat heels. Through the opening in front of her sandals, you could tell that her first, second and third toes were the same length, so her last two toes tapered off. The sudden loud shriek in the sky startled Cadence, causing her to trip over her feet as Adelpha Silverstream landed on the street in front of her.

"A Hippogriff!" Cadence exclaims as the female hippogriff squints her moderate blue-violet eyes toward the mare's voice.

"A pony!" Adelpha calls, seeing the light pink blurry smudge sitting on the ground a few inches before her.

She quickly pip-plop toward the light pink smudge sitting on the ground. Unlike the other ponies Adelpha had encountered, this one didn't try to pull their leg away from her. Adelpha quickly identify that it has something on the end, and it was a shoe. She pulled the shoe off and brought the naked foot close to her eyes.

Through her poor vision up-close, she identifies five slightly plump elegant and dynamic slender long toes with opaque glacial white toenail polish. Knowing that five toes are attached to a barefoot, and that foot is attached to a leg. Adelpha continues following the foot to the ankle up to the knee till she is bill and snout with the pony face.

"Greeting Hippogriff," Cadence said, friendly as Adelpha was surprised that the pony knew what she was.

"Princess?" Adelpha said hesitantly as the last pony said she was a princess, but she didn’t recognize her.

"I am…Princess Cadence Sparkle Aperture…former ruler of Crystal Empire in the north." Cadence answers as Adelpha blinks with surprise.

"Princess Cadence! Where is Princess Twilight at?" Adelpha asked as she sat on the ground.

"Princess Twilight is not here right now… a matter of fact, here she comes." Cadence comments as a Jeep with Justice and Twilight drive onto the site.

“Miss Adelpha Silverstream!! How many times have I told you to put your glasses on!? You hippogriff have superior vision high in the sky! But ok vision went you are on ground that why you need glasses!” Twilight said sharply as the memories of her days at the School of Friendship flooded back into her mind.

"Please-please-please…Head mare, don't lower my grade again." Adelpha said, worried, as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a pair of glasses to put on.

Adelpha Silverstream can now clearly see all the faces with her glasses on. Her heart is aching with nostalgia as she looks around and sees the ruins of Ponyville and the School of Friendship. A few hours later, sitting on a large rock, we once again find Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight and Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, his wife, in the ruins of Ponyville, privately discussing the arrival of Miss Adelpha Silverstream.

Celestia allowed her husband to unbuckle and remove her ankle strap foot bed sandal to let him massage her reasonably large, long, full, thick and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped barefoot with sexy deep sets and high arches. These shapely and delicately rounded, not-too-long toes are the perfect length for her unassuming Alicorn-size foot as they talk.

"Do you think, my love? There are other surviving Hippogriff/seaponys at Mount Aris?" Justice asked as he used his thumbs to rub the top of his wife's foot from her toes to her ankle.

"Oh-oh-oh…that feels so wonderful, my beloved…to answer your question, my dearest. It hard to say as hippogriff/seaponys are the most magical of Equus inhabitants.” Celestia answers as Justice begins applying light pressure in her sexy deep set and high arch right below the ball of her foot, moving his thumbs clockwise and counterclockwise in small circles.

“Even if I can’t be one hundred percent for sure, my love…We can’t ignore it.” Celestia comments as he begins running his thumbs up and down her Achilles tendon before rubbing her perfect round, supple heel with his thumbs in circular motions.

"Should we mount an expedition to Mount Aris then, my love?" Justice asked as he took hold in one hand, right under his wife’s arch and began squeezing, pulling and rotating each of her shapely and delicately rounded not too-long toes to loosen them.

"Yes, my love," Celestia answered without hesitation as she unbuckles her other sandal and asked her husband to do the same thing to her other foot.

Chapters 4

Chapters 4

Two hours later, in the great hall (formally the throne room) in the Castle of Friendship, the senior members of the Silverlight Antiquities and Heritage Research team sit around a huge round holographic tactical table discussing the logistics of mounting an expedition to Mount Aris.

Since starting the meeting, the stark reality has set in with a loss of magic, and it returns all the usual ways to get to Mount Aris are problematic now. Miss Adelpha Silverstream, the hippogriff/Seaponys from Mount Aris, Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar and Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola attended the meeting from ‘IAS Stellar Eclipse’ Justice's warship. All the senior members have added Imperial Alicorn mares to the senior staff of the Silverlight Antiquities and Heritage Research team.

"Let's see what Galactic Vanguard Staff Sergeant Thalia Starburst and Galactic Vanguard second lieutenant Endora Solar Storm find out from their research…If those two mares agree, a land-based expedition is the only way to reach Mount Aris. We will begin preparation immediately…That means Twilight Sparkle and Rarity Radiance will lead the expedition to Mount Aris.” Justice explains as the gold-trimmed fanlight door opens up onto the great hall.

The click-clack of heels on the ceramic tiles of the great hall echo in the room as Galactic Vanguard second lieutenant Endora Solar Storm walks in attired in the standard mare's uniform of Imperial Alicorn military personnel. Which consists of a short-sleeve white regular fit button-down shirt with a galactic blue (medium dark shade of cyan-blue) knee-length skirt; on her eleven-inch tapered shaped light gray bare feet were two-inch black high heel pumps.

At first glance, it looks like she is wearing her pumps barefooted, but on closer inspection, she is wearing nude-colored no-show nylon liner socks. The nylon liner socks show a little bit of her toe cleavage. And folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings. Plus, on her head, between her ears, behind her horn was a sky blue beret with a gold stylized star pin.

In her hand was a holographic computerized clipboard with all the research notes she had been compiling as requested by Imperial Prince Silverlight and assisted by Galactic Vanguard Staff Sergeant Thalia Starburst, the reconnaissance specialist. She saunters to the huge round holographic tactical table, making her way toward Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight; once she reaches the position, she hands him a small holographic data cube.

As Justice plugs the data cube into the holographic tactical table control board, it flashes once before the hologram of the Planet of Equus is replaced with a topographic map of Equestria marked on the map are three stars, one location is Bridlewood Forest; the second location is Zephyr Heights, and final location is Maretime bay. And situated in a small valley below Zephyr Heights marked with a red 'X' was the remains of the ancient settlement of Ponyville, the Castle of Friendship, and the School of Friendship.

A subtle smile and a blink of surprise appear on Justice's face hearing the light pip-plop of mare’s naked feet on the ceramic tiles of the great hall as Galactic Vanguard second lieutenant Endora Solar Storm removed her pumps and nylon liner socks. So the click-clack of the heel on her shoes wouldn’t interfere with the briefing.

Endora slides her fingers over her holographic computerized clipboard in her arms as a solid red line from the red 'X' weaves its way down south on the holographic tactical table in front of the group before ending at the possible location of Mount Aris in the transition point between the sparkling sea and the Luna Ocean in an area called the sea of clouds. Before Endora begins speaking, several other solid black lines appear on a holographic tactical table from various other locations in Equestria before disappearing in the areas around the possible site of Mount Aris.

“My Intel team and Galactic Vanguard Staff Sergeant Thalia Starburst recon unit have gone through several maps of Equestria trying to plot the fastest and safest routes to Mount Aris in the south but have come up with nothing. It looks like the imperial prince was right; the only way to get to Mount Aris is by a land-based expedition from the Castle of Friendship to Mount Aris." Endora explains as the light pip-plop of her naked feet stops next to Justice's seat at the table, and she places her hand on his shoulder as the strategy meeting continues in the great hall.

Several hours later, after the end of the strategy meeting with the logistics for the land-based expedition to Mount Aris in full swing, the downtime allowed Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight a well-needed rest. A moment later, Justice heard the click-clack of heels on the ceramic tiles floor; walking up behind him on the castle balcony as he turned around, approaching him was Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola, attired in the standard mare’s uniform of Imperial Alicorn military personnel.

Of all the mares that serve under him, Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola is the one he has the most interaction with, not only because she is his group leader for his fighter group, aboard his ship but his confidante as well as the younger sister of his first love Knight Candidate Clotho Aureola who was killed many space cycle ago why flying an untested Aerospace fighter.

Erato catches the faint smile on Justice's snout not only for her impeccable timing but she wearing the nude colored no show nylon liner socks that makes her look like she wearing her pumps barefooted, plus those liner socks can be removed easily, revealing the very sensitive bare soles of her feet.

"Greetings, Justice, May I ask you something?" Erato asked as she joined Justice in front of the balustrade of the castle balcony.

"Greeting Erato, sure Major what?" Justice asked, friendly as Erato and he walked over to a finely carved stone bench on the balcony; she hopped up onto the top rail of the balcony and crossed her long imperial Alicorn legs, one knee tossed casually over the other in front of her.

“After the unexpected arrival of the ‘IAS Stellar Eclipse' your ship…Your wife told me I remind her of terran unicorn mare you knew…Who was that terran unicorn mare that I reminded your wife of?" Erato asked as she noticed Justice's face etched with sorrow went she asked about her.

“Come to think about it, Erato (grins), I never thought about her till now and compare you to her…But my wife is right; you share many qualities with her." Justice comments as he slips the pump off her elevated tapered-shaped foot before removing her nylon liner sock, revealing the very sensitive bare sole of her foot.

“Her name was first Lieutenant Emerald Luster…she was my Executive Officer. I was disguised as a Unicorn stallion working for my then girlfriend Celestia Borealis and her sister Luna Borealis." Justice comments as he holds her supple, round heel in his hand.

"Emerald Luster…what a unique name…Surely you didn't just have her working for you, Justice?" Erato commented as Justice examined the barefoot on his confidante…his very loyal mare.

"Not at all, Erato…The other mare that worked for me was first Lieutenant Anita Stormchaser…She was a Pegasus and my operations officer…the combination of a unicorn and Pegasus helped me greatly…but those two mares had a small friendly rivalry." Justice explains as he continues studying his confidante barefoot in his hand.

"Tee-hee…that sound like Clio and me…having that little friendly rivalry. You know Justice if you think about it? Maybe Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar is the reborn soul of first Lieutenant Anita Stormchaser. If those mares were just as loyal as you say…Who can say they didn't become us? Which would mean we are your terran mares reborn in Imperial Alicorn Body?" Erato said profoundly as Justice began to believe it might be valid from how well Erato cared for her feet, Just like Emerald did.

This was the first time he got a good look at Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola's foot. Sense something Erato using her telekinesis, floated her other pump and nylon liner sock off her foot, leaving her barefooted. Being held in the palms of his hands were a magnificent pair of flawless and unblemished dim gray colored ten and one-third inch slender and elegant tapered shaped bare feet.

The arches on both her feet had a delicate curve that led into a smooth round ball of her feet, and why other ends of her arches led into supple, round heels. Continue up to shapely toe stems topped with ten symmetrical shaped toes; each toenail is beautifully trimmed, shaped, and painted with pale gold colored nail polish. The skin on the bottom of her feet was creamy soft with no hint of roughness or callousness due to the outstanding care of her feet she does. A slight floral scent wafts off her feet, something the Imperial Alicorns mare picks up from the terran mares.

In the windswept grassy plains of southern Equestria, war drums reverberate across the area; these war drums belong to many buffalo herds that roam the grassy plains. Went Twilight's three crystals shattered, several buffalo herds saw this as a sign to take back the grassy plains from the infestation of pony kind.

Quickly Chief little Strongheart took control of the growing ire toward Pony kind and Appleloosa; she quickly ended the returning hatred. But something that buffalos and ponies didn't know was she was dying of her weak heart. So before she moved on to Great Plains in the sky, she went to the leaders of Appleloosa and told them to abandon the town of Appleloosa.

Because went she moves on, the new chief of buffalo herds would attack the town, trying to chase pony kind out of the grassy plains forever. The leaders of Appleloosa told chief little Strongheart that they were leaving anyway as the supplies from the interior of Equestria had ceased to arrive at this frontier town. The day after the death of chief little Strongheart, the new chief of buffalo herds attacked the city, but by that time, Appleloosa was a ghost town. Without the infestation of pony kind to focus on, the old buffalo herd's rivalry sprung up again, throwing the grassy plains into the buffalo wars.

Once again, the click-clack of heels on the ceramic tiles floor of the hallways echoes in the Castle of Friendship as Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar searches for Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight on her holographic computerized clipboard is latest Intel report from the Recon Escort patrol from Southern Equestria. Not serving as Justice's first officer aboard his warship, Miss Quasar serves as the Imperial Prince's adjutant along with Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola.

As Clio continues down the hallway, she eventually hears great gusts of mare's laughter from a nearby balcony and begins to follow it. Before long, she came around a corner on the balcony with his arms wrapped securely around Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureole's slender ankles; the imperial prince; was running his fingers up and down on Erato's highly sensitive dim gray bare soles, throwing her into uncontrollable laughter.

Oddly enough, Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola was immensely enjoying the assault on her highly sensitive dim gray bare soles by the imperial prince. The other odd thing was that Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar had this overwhelming need to rip the heels and nude-colored no-show nylon liner socks off her highly sensitive cool gray bare soles and surrender her feet to the imperial prince.

'No, I can't think like that…I am an officer in the infinity star sector Royal battle fleet…But still, my bare soles are calling to the imperial prince to punish them….No!!!’ Clio thought as she turned the corner and forged ahead onto the balcony with her holographic computerized clipboard in hand.

“You’re Imperial Highness!! I have been looking for you!” Clio said boldly with authority catching the attention of both Imperial Alicorns.

At this time, Justice released his grip around the slender ankles of Galactic Knight Major Erato Aureola, his second adjutant. As Erato gulps much-needed oxygen into her oxygen-deprived lungs, Justice walks over to Galactic Knight Lieutenant Commander Clio Quasar. Once Erato regained her lost breath, the soft pip-plops of her highly sensitive dim gray bare soles could be heard walking up behind the imperial prince.

“Yes, number one….what is it?” Justice asked as Clio swiped her fingers over her holographic computerized clipboard in her hand, calling up a mini topographic map of southern Equestria.

Before long, two blurry holographic still photos float mid-air in front of the three imperial Alicorns; the picture is of a huge dark brown blotch with black horns pounding on what looks like a drum. Surrounded by several other substantial dark brown marks with black horns holding in the air what look like spears.

"The recon scout sent to find a safe route through Southern Equestria; send back these blurry still photos and this recording," Clio said as she swiped her fingers over her holographic computerized clipboard to play the recording.

"Why, that sound like a war drum!" Justice comments as Clio stops the recording of the sound bite.

"I thought that too, Justice…So I went to talk to your wife before finding you…She told me that in Equestria, there was a large number of buffalo herds…from these blurry photos and this recording…we can assume that buffalo herds survive…as for the drums, it sounds like the surviving buffalo herds might be at war with each other. Which put this expedition in the danger zone?" Clio comments as Erato gives a startled gasp at the latest Intel report.

"My thought exactly, number one…Send word to Lagoon Nebula star sector to dispatch the Event Horizon Alpha." Justice ordered as both Imperial Alicorns swallowed a lump in their throat with dispatching the Event Horizon Alpha.

From the largest spherical-shaped space station in the Lagoon Nebula star sector, a four-hundred-three-foot-long black stealth troop carrier shuttle departs from the docking bay of Lagoon Nebula depot. The Lagoon Nebula depot is the main headquarter for the Imperial Alicorn Tactical Corps; each star sectors within Imperial Alicorn space maintain Imperial Alicorn Tactical Corps to supplement their space fleets and military power.

Of all the Imperial Alicorn Tactical corps that live and work at Lagoon Nebula depot, the most feared Imperial Alicorn Tactical corps belongs to Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight. Like the mare's pilots aboard his IAS Stellar Eclipse, the Imperial Alicorns soldiers serving in the Event Horizon are the elite in Imperial Alicorn Tactical Corps.

Once again, the click-clack of heels and the slapping against the fleshy bare soles echoes onto the balcony, but this time from Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, attired in white floral print knee-length fit and flare dress with cognac brown open toe mule style heeled sandals with two-inch blocked heels. Across her perfectly shaped bosomy was the strap of a black leather satchel, and on the front flap of the bag was a gold circle with three gold stars in it, marking her as a timekeeper Administrator of the third circle of Great Library Citadel Station.

“I see you created your satchel, my dearest.” Justice comments noticing not only the satchel on Celestia's side but the shoes she had on with her toenails painted in shimmering gold nail polish.

“I did Justice, with three volumes of my Epochs in great library citadel station… Mother decided to rank me up to the third circle level." Celestia explains as she blushes to know that her husband has noticed cognac brown open-toe mule style heeled sandals with two-inch blocked heels on her feet.

“I hear a rumor that you called up your Event Horizon Alpha team," Celestia commented as she walked with feline grace toward her husband. Justice blinked with surprise went she knew of the Event Horizon Alpha team.

"I see that I might have accidentally passed the knowledge of my Event Horizon Alpha Team to you, Celestia…went. I transfer some of my royal duties over to you…to give you the ability to neutralize magic." Justice said as Celestia kissed him on his lips and sat on a stone bench, crossing her long Alicorn legs, one knee tossed casually over the other.

"Don't worry, my love…I will never reveal the knowledge of Event Horizon teams to any pony." Celestia said reassuringly as he uncrossed her long Alicorn legs and rested her leg on his lap.

"I know you will not, my dearest," Justice said, removing the sandal from her foot and bringing it up to his nose, sniffing her relatively large, long, full, thick, plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped barefoot.

“Because you know about Event Horizon teams…you may call them up if need be. Just remember to call up the Event Horizon teams is unleashing a black hole, my love.” Justice comments as he sniffs her shapely and delicately rounded, not-too-long toes that are the perfect length for her unassuming Alicorn-size feet before returning to the discussion between them.

Chapter 5

Slowly a wormhole opens behind the moon of the planet of Equus. Emerging from the exit hole was a four-hundred-three-foot-long mobile shimmering anomalous as it came out from the moon's dark side. It drops its cloaking system revealing the black stealth troop carrier shuttle. On its rear tail assembly is a picture of a black hole, the most feared symbol in the Imperial Alicorn Tactical Corps.

As the shuttle flew through the center of the Equus sector protection force fleet, watching it on her view screen aboard her ship headed towards the planet was crowned Imperial Princess Ophelia Silverlight.

‘That is the Event Horizon transport shuttle…the most feared special operation troops in the Imperial Alicorn Tactical Corps…But who called them up? The event horizon keeps their leader identity very secret…every star sector leader figures that the commander of Event Horizon is very in tune with Imperial Alicorn space.' Ophelia thought, watching the shuttle approaching the Planet of Equus.

As the black stealth troop carrier shuttle approaches the ‘Ponyville one’ Aerospace base on the planet of Equus. Hysterical mare's laughter echoes in a private office of a nearby secure hangar on the base. Due to the Equus sector protection space force fleet being in orbit over the Planet of Equus, all the Silverlight Antiquities and Heritage research team members were required to be assigned an Imperial Alicorn military standard service uniform and dress uniform.

That includes Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight. To distinguish her as royalty, the street-length straight skirt of the standard and dress uniform worn by all the mare in the military has been replaced with a street-length military pleated skirt. But the one thing her husband is the most excited about that his wife must wear ultra sheer black thigh-high stockings with her dress uniform, and her luxurious peasant-shaped bare feet are more sensitive.

"By all the mercy of my sun! Please, my dearest, remove my ultra sheers black thigh-high nylons! Your fingers are unbearable on my creamy soft skin on the bottom of my luxurious peasant-shaped barefoot!" Celestia screamed as Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight tickled his beloved wife's sexy deep and high arch through the fabric of her stocking, enhancing the tickling of her highly sensitive arch.

“Do not dare! To try and seize my other pump-clad foot!" Celestia shrieked as she used a very light gold magical hand to slap away her husband's hand, trying to grab hold of her other perfect slender ankle to lock that foot in a magic bubble giving him access to both of her highly sensitive arches after removing her pump from that foot.

As Justice was about to seize his wife's other perfect slender ankle to lock that foot in his magical bubble, there was a knock on the office door, and a mare's voice informed them that the shuttle was on final approach to ‘Ponyville one’ Aerospace base on the planet of Equus. With that, Justice frees his wife's trapped foot from the bubble holding it in mid-air to allow him to tickle the arch of her foot.

"My dearest, may I make a tiny hole in the bottom of your nylons near your arches…for later?" Justice asked as Celestia slipped her other pump off her foot and held them in the air for him. He creates a sharp nail on the end of his fingers and inserts it through the fabric of her nylons before tearing a small hole in them, revealing the creamy soft skin through the hole.

“(kissing him on the lips) It good thing I own several pairs of nylons like these…Because I know you would tear an opening in my nylons to get at my large, long, full, thick, plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped bare feet." Celestia explains as she slips her stocking-clad feet back into her shiny black high-heel pumps with four-inch stiletto heels.

"Indeed, my love (returning the kiss on her lips)," Justice answered as he floated a dark navy blue peaked cap with gold stylized sun/moon/star pin onto his wife's head between her ears behind her long spiral horn.

A few minutes later, the automatic tow bot pulls the black stealth troop carrier shuttle into the secure hangar after the automated foam bot disperses the radiation across the shuttle's body. The robotic staircase rolls into position before the hatch as the portal whoosh opens. Standing on the top landing of the stairs is a sculpted ceramic white-bodied imperial Alicorn mare with a braided Pacific blue-colored mane and tail.

Her 6ft 1in athletic equine figure was attired in the sea-green colored dress skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn space force specialist. On her long shapely Alicorn legs were silky sheer nude-colored thigh-high nylons with delicate lace details hidden by the hem of the knee-length straight skirt she wears with mare’s dress skirt uniform. On her elegant peasant-shaped ten-inch long ceramic white bare feet were shiny black round-toed three-inch stiletto heeled pumps.

If you could see through the toe box of her pumps, you could clearly see that her first, second, and third toes are the same length, why the last two toes taper off her feet painted with vibrant neon purple nail polish. Folded on her back was her silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings, and resting on her head behind her horn between her ears was a sea-green peaked cap with a gold stylized star pin in the center.

This imperial Alicorn mare is Galactic Technician Master Sergeant Cassandra Chasm, one of the best Imperator Alicorn Communication Engineers and friend of Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, his former royal maid, and her sister from the infinity palace in the infinity star sector. Next to exit the portal of the black stealth troop carrier shuttle was a superb-looking white porcelain-colored bodied imperial Alicorn mare with a pale pink-colored mid-length bob with layered mane and tail.

Her 6ft 1in very physically fit equine figure was attired in the midnight blue colored dress skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn tactical core specialist. On her long shapely Alicorn legs were silky sheer nude-colored thigh-high nylons with delicate lace details hidden by the hem of the knee-length straight skirt she wears with mare's dress skirt uniform. On her sexy, tapered, shaped ten-inch long white porcelain colored bare feet were shiny black, round-toed three-inch stiletto heeled pumps.

If you could see through the toe box of her pumps, you could clearly see that her big toe is the longest on her feet, and the rest of her toes taper off her feet painted with cool-toned chocolate brown nail polish. Folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings, and resting on her head behind her horn between her ears was a white peaked cap with a gold stylized star pin in the center. This imperial Alicorn mare is Galactic Infantry staff sergeant Penelope Resonance the combat medic for the elite event horizon imperator Alicorn tactical unit group and leader of the elite event horizon.

"Reporting for duty….Your imperial highness?" the two imperators Alicorn mares said simultaneously, saluting the two imperator Alicorns royalty in front of them, a bit confused with the imperial prince and imperial princess.

"Please forgive me, my two mares…this imperator Alicorn mare next to me is my mate Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight…she accidentally learned about Event Horizon went I transferred some of my royal duties over to her to give back some forgotten ability" Justice explains as the two imperator Alicorns look her over.

"Huh! (Noticing the satchel hanging on Celestia's side) You are an imperator Alicorn Timekeeper Administrator…Your Imperial Highness! May I dictate the history of the Event Horizon to her, your imperial highness?" Penelope asked, hopeful, looking at Celestia and then Justice.

"You might want to speak to my mate on that subject Ms Resonance? It would be her decision to take it on." Justice commented as Penelope spoke to Celestia about taking on the job. With that, Justice and Cassandra walked back into the private office to talk privately for some time.

"So, Justice, why did you have me come with the Event Horizon team from the tactical core?" Cassandra asked as Justice sat on top of the desk. She sat down on a nearby sofa and crossed her long Alicorn legs, one knee tossed casually over the other as she rested her chin in her hand.

"Clio and I agree that she would be more helpful aboard the ‘IAS Stellar Eclipse’ keeping an eye on the Sector Protection fleet in orbit over Equus… than being planet-bound at this base…Plus, it would be helpful to have a master of Cryptography at the base working as my second officer at the command tower…but secretly a Communication Engineer, Miss Chasm." Justice said with a conspiratorial smile toward Cassandra.

"I see, Justice; I am going to assume that your great-grandmother turned her sights onto this planet of Equus; that's why you called me in, your imperial Highness," Cassandra said, knowing as she jiggled her pumps off her feet and placed them on the ground beside the sofa.

"Indeed, my loyal former royal maid…your younger sister Galactic Technician Master Sergeant Sophie Chasm, another former royal maid of mine…is keeping me secretly informed of my great grandmother's movement at infinity palace…but like the rest of my team, she has no idea why my great grandmother is doing it." Justice comment as the more substantial heavier pip-pops of his former royal maid makes her way over to the desk.

Cassandra Chasm slowly got to her feet and approached the desk. The pip-popping of her nylon-clad elegant peasant-shaped ten-inch long ceramic white bare feet was more substantial. But at the same time very delicate, the perfectly round balls of her feet made contact with the hickory-engineered hardwood floor of this room. Through the reinforced toes of her silky sheer, nude-colored nylons, you could clearly see that her slender and perfect first, second, and third toes are the same length, why the last two toes taper off her feet painted with vibrant neon purple nail polish.

"I am going to guess it is the same initiation as before, Justice," Cassandra comments, knowing as she hops up onto the desk and presents her naturally beautiful nylon-clad elegant peasant-shaped ten-inch long ceramic white bare feet to her former master to initiate her.

He reaches under the hem of her straight skirt locating the welts of her silky sheer nude-colored thigh-high nylons with delicate lace details. He slides them down her silky smooth legs and off her ceramic white elegant, peasant-shaped bare feet with natural beauty. Her arches were magnificent in form, with a very smooth radius that accentuated the overall look of her elegant peasant-shaped feet.

The ceramic white balls of her feet and heels were perfectly rounded. When she scrunches her toes down, the satiny smooth ceramic white soles easily wrinkle before smoothing out again. Her five toes were slender and perfect, with the right amount of softness painted with a vibrant neon purple nail polish that made her stand out from any other Imperator Alicorn mare. With her satiny smooth ceramic white soles now revealed, Justice ran two of his fingers down the entire length of her ceramic white soles.

This caused Cassandra to squeal and giggle as the sensations shot up her legs and exploded in her mind. After a few more playful assaults upon her highly sensitive satiny smooth ceramic white soles by her former master Cassandra floated her high heel to herself and stuffed the nylons into the toebox of her heels. Leaving her naturally beautiful, elegant peasant-shaped, ten-inch long ceramic white bare feet exposed as Justice brought her up to speed with his plan for her.

It is the evening of that same day as Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight and his wife, Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, still wearing their dress uniforms walk hand in hand through the moonlit, partially excavated ancient Ponyville settlement looking for a well-preserved private home in the residential district that their adopted niece Head Archivist Cadence Sparkle Aperture told them about.

"By my light!! It is our home went you were helping Twilight here in Ponyville." Celestia exclaimed happily as a tear ran down her cheek, finding their old private home in Ponyville.

“We should have known it would be our home that was well preserved here in Ponyville…We did use Imperial Alicorn magic to help build it. (Kissing Celestia on her lips)." Justice explained as the two Imperial Alicorn pushed open the front door and walked down a short hall into the home's living room.

"Look here, Celestia…the scorch mark is still on the wall behind the stove." Justice comments as Celestia traces the scorch mark with her finger.

"It was very hard switching from a ruling Princess…to a house mare went we started the experiment went our relationship got serious," Celestia said as she returned her husband’s kiss on her lips.

"It was that day, went we decided you would remain the ruling Princess of Equestria and fly home to be my fiancée…went you finished your work day in Canterlot," Justice explained as the two imperator Alicorns left the kitchen and went back into the living room.

The two Imperator Alicorns walked out the northern arched pass-through of the living room into a hallway leading to the master bedroom and guest bedroom area of their old private home. Once through the pass-through, the imperator Alicorns turns east and walks down a short hallway toward a second arched pass-through covered with light curtains.

Their eyes widening, they snapped their fingers, revealing a twelve by fifteen square foot room still painted in a tranquil deep blue color with white trim. In the middle of the room is a seating area with two very comfortable-looking sofas sitting on top of a large area rug? In the middle of the carpet is the small coffee table.
On the eastern wall is a fireplace with two wingback chairs in front of it. On the left side of the fireplace were two empty shelves in the wall. Against the northern wall were three chaise lounges lined up side by side; in front of each chaise lounge was a rolling stool. In front of the western wall were three low cabinets. A few feet from the pass-through was a small square table.

"By my light! The old foot lounge is still intact! I still have great memories of the fun we had with my bare feet right in this room…Being the ruling princess was very stressful during those days…All my stress would disappear after a long, hard day in Canterlot with my now husband and my susceptible feet.” Celestia said fondly as tears once again streaked her cheeks from looking at the foot lounge.

"Shall we relive one of those memories…my dear Celestia?" Justice proposed gesturing toward one of the chaise lounges against the northern wall of the foot lounge.

The heels of Celestia’s high-heel pumps click-clacked over the hickory wire-brushed engineered hardwood of the foot lounge floor as she made her way over to the chaise lounges against the northern wall of the foot lounge. Once there, she sat down on the chaise lounge, stretching out her white with a hint of pink perfect long Alicorn legs.

Once his wife was comfortable on the chaise lounge, Justice sat down on a rolling stool rolled in front of his beloved wife's ten and two-thirds-inch long heel clad reasonably large, long, full, thick, and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped bare feet.

Justice ran his index fingers from where his wife’s toes started to her ankles over the sheer fabric of her nylons, causing his wife to stiffen a giggle from her husband's light touch. With that, Justice first kissed his wife on her lips before reaching under her skirt and grabbing hold of the welt of her nylons before rolling them down her smooth long Alicorn legs to her perfect ankles.

Slowly Justice removed his wife's size eleven black shiny, high-heel pumps from her nylon-clad feet before placing them on the ground in front of the chaise lounge. He sniffed the inside of her shoes, getting a good whiff of his wife's nylon-clad feet, which caused Celestia to playfully giggle. He placed his finger against his wife's sheer sole and ran it down the entire length of reasonably large, long, full, thick, and plush white with a hint of pink luxurious peasant-shaped bare feet with sexy deep sets and high arches, shapely and delicately rounded not too long toes that are the perfect length for her unassuming Alicorn size feet. The sudden stroke cause Celestia to jump out of the chair unleashes a slight squeal, and squirms a bit.

"Justice!" Celestia said, a bit sour, as he rolled around to the side of the chaise lounge and kissed his wife on her cheek, causing his wife to blush. He moved back in front of the chaise lounge and grabbed hold of scrunched-up fabric from around her ankles, removing it the rest of the way. He stuffed the nylons into the toe boxes of her shiny black high-heel pumps he had removed from his wife earlier.

Sitting in front of him on the end of the chaise lounge was his wife's reasonably large, long, full, thick, and plush white with a hint of luxurious pink peasant-shaped bare feet with sexy deep sets and high arches, shapely and delicately rounded not too long toes that are the perfect length for her unassuming Alicorn size feet, each toenail is beautifully trimmed and shaped painted with glossy red nail polish.

The balls of her feet were perfectly round and soft. The perfect round, supple heels were just as smooth. The skin on the bottom of her feet was creamy soft as her feet really don't get rough or callous by walking barefooted. She gently scrunches her toes down, causing her creamy soft soles to wrinkle, revealing all her perfect creases across her big white with a hint of pink creamy soft soles of her feet.

As the picture begins to fade in this scene, Celestia playfully splays the toes of both her feet for her husband's enjoyment, as this trip down memory lane reinforces why it was so important to have her memory back. Celestia lifts her naked feet allowing Justice to take hold of her perfect round, supple heels, bringing them up to his snout, getting the full scent of his beloved Celestia's spacious white with a hint of pink creamy soft soles of her feet.

As the circle gets smaller and smaller, Celestia watches as her husband floats a length of rope from an open drawer in one of the low cabinets on the other side of the room. He stood up and walked to the side of the chaise lounge. He took hold of his wife's arms and began to loop the rope around her perfect slender wrists once, then twice, and pulled it snugly.

He carefully pulled his wife's arms over her head and tied the rope's end onto the tiny metal eyelet on the backside of the chaise lounge. He returns to her white with a hint of luxurious pink peasant-shaped bare feet and floats two more lengthens of rope from the same open drawer; he loops the ropes over her perfect ankles and ties them to the legs of the chaise lounge.

Celestia plays up her helpless situation by crying on cue and frantically tugging desperately at the bonds on her ankles and wrists, trying not to use her unnatural earth pony strength that would break the ropes. Before the film ends, Celestia explodes with maniacal laughter as he tickles her. Poor Celestia was in hysterics in no time as the sensations shot up her legs and exploded in her mind.

Chapter 6 (ice mummies arc 1)

A cold wind blows across the snow field of the old Crystal Empire as the Silverlight Antiquities and Heritage research team Delta research team continues excavating a possible ancient city from ancient Equestria. So far, the archaeological evidence doesn't support the conclusion that this site was an ancient city of any kind. However, the evidence does show that this site was temporarily occupied since the fall of the Crystal Empire during the loss of magic across the entire globe, known as the five centuries of darkness.

'It has been about six months since the beginning of the excavation of this site…from my conclusions, this site was some kind of temporary campsite most likely used to survive from Crystal Empire…the crystal ponies, the inhabitants of the Crystal Empire…But the question comes up, where did they go?' Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight thought, resting her white with a hint of a pink slender gloved hand on top of a three-and-one-half inch by five and one half inch square foot book recording her entry in her Epoch, the history book of an Imperial Alicorn timekeeper administrator.

“Your Imperial Highness!!! I found something!!!” A Delta Research team member calls as Celestia finishes recording the entry, lifting her hand off the book cover of Epoch.

Quickly, Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight exits her all-weather imperial Alicorn crystal-powered environmental dome, the temporary housing unit for this excavation in the snowfields of the old Crystal Empire. The fresh white snow crunched under Celestia's reasonably large, long, and narrow white with a hint of pink luxurious Egyptian-shaped bare feet in insulated arctic winter boots, making her way to the outer edges of the temporary campsite to see what the Delta research team member found.

She soon arrived at the site to document the archeological find with a mini-still camera and holographic video camera. It was a gorgeous light blue half-Alicorn/unicorn mare with a crimson red mane and tail. Her 5ft 6in exquisite equine figure was attired in cream-colored arctic weather gear. On her, perfectly shaped and sized light blue ten-inch long Egyptian shaped bare feet were insulated arctic winter boots. This half Alicorn/unicorn mare was Princess/medical Supervisor Blueberry Swirl Silverlight, the youngest daughter of Princess Celestia Silverlight and Prince Justice Silverlight.

“What did the team member find, Blueberry?" Celestia asked her daughter as Blueberry gestured to the team member using the holographic video camera to document the find into a better position to film it.

"It looks like a frozen mud boot prints, Mother." Blueberry answers as she removes the ruler used to measure the print size in the frozen mud for documentation purposes.

“A boot print?” Celestia exclaims, looking at the frozen mud boot print in front of her leaving the site.

"You know, Blueberry, that looks like a royal palace guard unit member boot print, " Celestia said as she rubbed the lower half of her snout with her gloved hand.

"That's what it looks like, mother…but you are mistaken. This boot print belongs to Papa Solar Guard unit member." Blueberry commented, as her mother blinked with surprise, and then her daughter said it belonged to the Solar Guard unit.

"How in Equestria do you know it belongs to a Solar Guard unit member, Blueberry?" Celestia inquires as Blueberry chuckles into the back of her hand with her mother's surprise reaction to her comment.

"I know, Mother because I am currently wearing those types of boots upon my perfectly shaped and sized light blue ten-inch-long Egyptian shaped bare feet.” Blueberry comments as she steps in a pile of snow, leaving behind identical boot prints to the frozen mud boot prints in front of her.

"(Looking at frozen boot print in the mud and her daughter's boot print) I see my dear daughter! But now a new question comes up? By royal proclamation, the solar guard unit may not leave Canterlot during emergency…They remain till the evacuation of the population of Canterlot is safe." Celestia said with a hint of authority in her royal voice as Blueberry politely laughed.

"That very true, mother…But Queen Twilight Sparkle told father that she was amending that royal proclamation for the good of Equestria…It now reads Solar Guard members may deploy to any trouble spot in the land to assist with evacuations of the population as long as there are sufficient Solar Guard members to assist with Canterlot evacuation." Blueberry explains as the breath catches in Celestia's throat.

"If that is so, Blueberry (Blueberry nods her head). Then, who do these frozen boot prints belong to, and why are they in a Crystal Pony survivor campsite this far away from the heart of the Crystal Empire?…Granted, the constant snow storms blowing out of the snow field would force the survivor to head toward Crystal Mountains and the interior of Equestria…But these seem to be going in the opposite direction of civilization." Celestia explains that a Delta Research team member discovers more frozen bootprints about one foot under the snow.

“Aha! So now it starting to make sense they were heading toward Yaket Range and the kingdom of Yakyakistan on Equestria’s northern border.” Celestia exclaims as the boot prints are heading toward range.

"If we follow these prints, maybe we will find another temporary campsite out there," Celestia said as she ordered their temporary dig site to be packed up.

An hour later, Celestia and the delta research team from Silverlight Antiquities and Heritage Research team climb into 'the Shire,' a powered tracked vehicle followed by Exploration medical personnel carrier (EMPC) driven by Blueberry. Using a unique miniature scanning sensor system installed in the ‘the Shire’, the team can follow the frozen boot prints under the snow without digging them up again. The team follows the bootprints about half a mile deeper into Yaket range until they come upon solid rock, making the bootprints disappear beside an ice wall.

"Hey, Blueberry, it looks like we lost the boot prints on the solid rock of the Yaket Range," Celestia reports over the onboard radio to EMPC.

"It was not unexpected, mother. We can assume that the survivors met up with the Yaks of Yakyakistan and were led to the city…but after that, we have no idea what happened to them." Blueberry reported back over the onboard radio to 'the sire.'

Before Celestia could reply to her daughter on the radio, a huge snowstorm kicked up, throwing the whole area into white-out conditions. It was impossible to safely navigate back to the crystal mountains and interior of Equestria until the storm subsided. Quickly, one of the Delta Research team members working the sensor was alert to a large cavern big enough to shelter the team and the two vehicles behind an ice wall.

Without a second thought, Celestia orders 'the sire’ to ram the ice wall. To the surprise of the dig team, the wall was thin, easily shattering it. Quickly, both vehicles drive into the large cavern and dismount. As the snowstorm continues to rage outside the cavern, the team unpacks the temporary campsite equipment and begins to assemble it while checking over the vehicles and equipment.

"Mother! My EMPC is in perfect working order…I will look around this cavern to see if there is another way out just in case the main is blocked." Blueberry explains as she quickly gathers some equipment to explore the cavern.

"All right, Blueberry…don't take unnecessary chance why you are looking around this cavern. All right, daughter." Celestia comments as Blueberry waves her hand before exploring the cavern.

'I have explored this whole cavern for about one hour already…so it looks like there is no other way out of this cavern…save the main entrance…Better head back to Mother and the team.’ Blueberry thought as she looked at the completed holographic map of this vast cavern on her mini-computer vambrace on her forearm.

The squish and crunch of the snow and ice under Blueberry's booted foot echo in this enormous hollow, empty space of this natural ice cave as she returns to her mother and Delta research team.

“Huh!?” Blueberry exclaimed as the beam of her flashlight reflected off a metallic object sticking out the back of a massive boulder in a small alcove.

"No way!!" Blueberry exclaims as she gawks in disbelief, finding two ice mummies huddled together behind the boulder.

"This monumental archaeological find, dear!" Celestia exclaims as she gawks in disbelief, looking at the two ice mummies before her.

"You might have found Equestria's last crystal ponies' bodies since her fall. (pointing at the first mummy with a horn) This looks like a crystal pony unicorn…(pointing at the second mummy with wings) This one looks like a crystal pony Pegasus." Celestia comments as Blueberry blinks with surprise, looking at the tread pattern on the underside of the ice mummy’s boots.

"Mother, these are not Crystal ponies!…They are Solar Guard unit members…these are the two that left behind the boot prints we were following from the campsite!" Blueberry exclaimed, shining the light on the underside of the boots the unicorn pony was wearing.

"They are!?" Celestia exclaimed, surprised, as she ordered the team to begin documenting the site and the ice mummies.

So they may begin investigating the two ice mummies so they may identify them. Over the next few hours, the team took still photos of the site's ice mummies and holo film. With that done, the team carefully searched through the pockets and backpacks of these two solar guard members.

Before long, they identified that the two ice mummies were mares, which is not unusual as there are many mares in Equestria at any given time. What surprised the whole team was how well-preserved the two mares looked. They look like they died maybe a few days ago, not during the century of darkness when the unity crystal shattered during the reign of Queen Twilight Sparkle.

"Your imperial highness…These mares are so well preserved that we can resurrect them. We could learn invaluable information from a military point of view of the days leading up to the crystal shattering of unity. But only an imperial royal family member can give the ok to resurrect them." An imperial Alicorn Field scientist suggests to Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, whose stomach contracts to a tight ball with the thought.

"Let's hold off on that idea, field scientist…till we know if these two mares are important…I know for a fact that there were a number of low-level soldiers in the Equestria military that were doing their job during that period, I hope." Celestia said, her voice edged with tension, and her stomach knotted as she was in hibernation during that period.

"Of course, Your Imperial Highness…I was not suggest anything." The imperial Alicorn Field scientist comments as the team goes back to investigate two ice mummies for more clues about who they are.

"Mother!!" Blueberry calls carefully, going through the pockets of the two mares.

"What is it, Blueberry!?" Celestia answers as she joins her daughter with several objects from each mare's pockets in front of her.

"I found a picture in the pocket of the unicorn mare, " Blueberry says as she and her mother look at the badly faded picture she had.

"Hmm…that photo is badly faded…but I can make out a dark blue unicorn stallion with a red mane…It can be." Celestia said, puzzled, examining the photo with the optics band she was wearing on her head, switching between the different optics, and trying to get a clear image.

“It can’t be what, mother?” Blueberry inquiry as her mother Celestia continues switching between the different optics on the band.

"This photo looks like your father…"Celestia said in a huff, finding a picture of her husband in the possession of another unicorn mare.

"Papa?! Mmm, if this is a solar guard member…They would all have photos of Papa in their possession…He was the most popular among his mares in the Solar Guard unit…Plus, you allowed it, mother." Blueberry comments as Celestia's light magenta eyes widen innocently, remembering that she allows it.

"Well, I don't remember it that way, Miss Silverlight…But I am going to have a long talk with your father when we get back to New Ponyville, that I promise." Celestia said, faking anger, as Blueberry softly giggled, knowing her mother was a bit embarrassed about allowing other mares to have photos of her husband.

"Oh, my stars!!! Mother!!!... I know who these two ice mummies are!?" Blueberry exclaims as she discovers the two Military IDs with pictures of two ice mummies.

“Who? Blueberry?” Celestia asked

"The unicorn mare is Colonel Emerald Luster, and the Pegasus mare is Captain Anita Stormchaser…both of Papa's high command in the solar guard!" Blueberry answers as the breath catches in Celestia's throat.

Chapter 7 (Ice mummies arc 2)

It has been one year (time moves faster in space) since the two ice mummies who were identified as Colonel Emerald Luster and Captain Anita Stormchaser, both are part of Brigadier General Justice Silverlight Canterlot Royal Division special service unit known as the Solar Guard. These two mares were Justice's Executive officer and Operations officer, the primary command staff for the Solar Guard unit. Upon reviving Colonel Emerald Luster and Captain Anita Stormchaser, the two, what the Imperial Alicorns would call terran mares, were brought up to speed with the new history of Equestria after the unity crystal was shattered.

The Imperial Alicorn Galactic Scientists that revived them offered Emerald and Anita military skill implants a quick and easy way to begin their new life as revived terran ponies. Emerald and Anita turned the offer down and asked if there was a different way to learn the military skills the implanting would give them.

Shocked, the Imperial Alicorn Galactic Scientist told the newly revived terran ponies that the only way is to train at the Imperial Alicorn Omicron Military Institute Academy in the Hercules Cluster star sector.

But no newly revived terran pony has ever taken on the whole rigid training regiment of the Imperial Alicorn Military and graduated. With the help of Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, Emerald, and Anita were accepted into the Imperial Alicorn Omicron Military Institute Academy in the Hercules Cluster star sector.

It was the day of the Imperial Alicorn Omicron Military Institute Academy commencement. Watching the pageantry was a good looking white porcelain-imperial Alicorn mare with a pale pink-colored shoulder-length layered hair-styled mane and tail.

Her 6ft 1in, very physically fit equine figure was attired in the midnight blue colored dress skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn tactical core specialist. On her long, shapely Alicorn legs were silky, sheer, nude-colored thigh-high stockings with delicate lace details hidden by the hem of the knee-length A-line skirt she wears in the mare's dress skirt uniform. On her sexy, lengthy, and slender ten-inch long white porcelain colored Egyptian shaped barefeet were shiny black round-toed two-inch stiletto heeled pumps.

If you could see through the toebox of her pumps, you could clearly see that her big toes are the longest on her feet, and the rest of her toes taper off her feet at a forty-five-degree downward angle painted with suede-finished chocolate brown nail polish. Folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings. Resting on her head behind her horn between her ears was a midnight blue peaked cap with a wreath of stars and, at the center, a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star.

This imperial Alicorn mare is Galactic Infantry Captain Penelope Resonance, the elite and highly secretive Event Horizon special operation company's commander and Event Horizon Alpha squad leader. But in public, Captain Penelope Resonance is the commander of Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight's royal tactical core, the public name that hides the actual special operations unit.

'Well, those two newly revived terran ponies, mares have lit up the Imperial Alicorn Omicron Military Institute Academy…By receiving the highest marks for any Imperial Alicorn cadet, even those they are non-Imperial Alicorn breed.’ Penelope looked at the holographic computerized clipboard in her hand with the Academy record of the two terran ponies.

The two-inch classic stiletto heel clickety-clack across the metal deck plates of the garrison class space station, which serves as the military academy, as Penelope made her way to her guest quarters. Their soft whoosh as the sliding metal door automatically opens when Penelope approaches it.

It opens onto a large fourteen by eighteen-square-foot guest quarters. The guest quarters are divided into a single bedroom, a small living room with its own secure holo link, and a small bath room with a small sonic shower for the guest. Once through the entryway, the sliding metal door closes behind her, and she reaches for the small control box on the wall next to the door.

She enters a numeric combination onto the keypad. A moment later, there is a soft click, and the small horizontal wall light over the door inside and outside turns red, indicating the guest quarters are now securely locked. With that, she slips her sexy, lengthy, and slender ten-inch long white porcelain-colored Egyptian shaped nylon clad barefeet out of her pumps as her feet were a bit sore from wearing them the whole day. With her pumps removed, floating them into her hand, Penelope walked with a pip-pop, scraping in her nylon-clad barefeet into the guest bedroom of the quarters.

A few moments later, the pip-pops of mare's barefeet are more pronounced as Penelope comes out of the bedroom in her sexy, lengthy, and slender ten-inch long white porcelain colored Egyptian barefeet with suede-finished chocolate brown nail polish more visible on her long, dazzling, shapely lovable toes with a slight plush to them.

She also has a white short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the breast and a midnight blue knee-length A-line skirt of her dress uniform. She walks over to the small desk with the secured mini holographic Hyperwave generator and sits in front of it. She passes her slender white porcelain-colored hand over a small lens before the device, activating a holographic numeric keypad. She activates the secure up-link before entering a series of numbers on a holographic keypad, effectively dialing a number on the device.

As the secured mini holographic Hyperwave generator warms up, Penelope floats a mini tool kit out of her black shoulder bag, which she carries as part of her women's dress uniform. She unrolls the mini tool kit on the desk and extracts the mini-holographic camera from the device. Once the mini-holographic camera is removed from the generator's body, a rose-pink bubble forms around it.

She rests her supple, shapely heels with no hint of roughness or callousness on top of the desk before sending the bubble with the camera toward her feet. A second later, the camera activates using the bubble around the camera. She allows the electric eye of the camera to scan her sexy, lengthy, and slender ten-inch long white porcelain-colored Egyptian barefeet with suede-finished chocolate brown nail polish resting on the desk.

When the camera finished scanning her feet, a realistic hologram of her sexy feet appeared on the outgoing transmission. She knew that there was a slight delay in sending a secure outgoing transmission from this device, and at that time, anyone trying to listen in would try to link to that transmission.

To combat this, anyone using a secured mini holographic Hyperwave generator like this would send a bogus transmission first. In her case, she likes to send a lovely image of her sexy feet to the snooper. That is why Penelope insists on keeping her sexy feet in pristine condition and how she came to the attention of Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight when he was looking for a commander for his Event Horizon company. Plus, Miss Penelope Resonance is the elite in the covert operation circles with a very long list of skills she has to draw on.

"Greetings, Penelope." Justice's holographic head greets them as the transmission is now totally secure between them.

"Greetings, Justice," Penelope said with a smile as she lifted her feet into the electric eye vision, again showing her sexy feet.

"As pristine as always, Miss Resonance…So what do you have to report?" Justice inquires as Penelope puts her feet back on the ground.

"Thank you, Justice…Did you receive the training records of those revived terran mares I sent you?" Penelope inquires as the training records appear beside the holographic head of Justice in the transmission.

"I did, Penelope, and read it over…those revived terran mares have awe-inspiring numbers…did you get to observe them?" Justice asked as the holographic record flips to the next page.

“I did Justice…Both mares are proficient in the pulse energy sniper rifles and pulse energy combat pistols…plus very surprised being proficient in slug-throwers as well…Their physical prowess and mental acuity is equal to an Imperial Alicorn." Penelope said, stunned, as she crossed her long Alicorn legs under the desk, one knee tossed casually over the other as she tapped her sexy naked foot soundlessly in the open air.

“I see Penelope…Were you able to find out their names?” Justice asked as Penelope nodded her head no.

"Unfortunately, no Justice…I mentioned that I was part of your royal forces. The two revived terran mares told me they would only tell you their names…So it sounds like they want to join your royal forces." Penelope explained as she floated her nude-colored thigh-high stockings, two-inch stiletto heel pumps, peaked cap, and Jacket to herself to put them on.

"If that is so, Penelope, then recruit them. With their military occupational being Recon escort patrol and Tactical Air Force specialists, we can use them in the event horizon special operation company…Captain." Justice commented, watching Penelope put her nude-colored thigh-high stockings back on her long, smooth Alicorn legs.

“Understood your imperial highness…I will recruit…then head back to the Planet of Equus." Penelope comments as she slips her nylon-clad barefeet into her two-inch stiletto heel pumps.

"Outstanding, captain…upon arrival on the planet, report to my office in the administration building of Ponyville one air and space base at 2030 hours in your dress uniform…for debriefing." Justice commands as Penelope nods her head with a smile on her snout.

"Yes, Your Imperial Highness…I should arrive for the debriefing. I'm a bit sore on my feet. Captain Resonance signing out." Penelope replied as she put her black shoulder bag on her shoulder, and the door swooped open after releasing the lock.

(Back to the present planet of Equus Ponyville, one air and space base backup Tactical center)

It had been about six months since the rescue operation convoy to Mount Aris in the sea of clouds was dispatched from New Ponyville. Leading this operation were Twilight Sparkle and Rarity Radiance. Both are former Guardian of Friendship in Ancient Equestria and Friendship Council members.

Since then, a trip to the frontier town of Appleloosa that would have taken an hour to finish from the ancient settlement of Ponyville aboard the old Friendship Express has taken six months. The rescue operation convoy has barely reached the outskirts of the old San Palomino desert. At the center of the desert, the old frontier town of Appleloosa was their first waypoint before going beyond Equestria.

Due to the loss of magic during five centuries of darkness, the steel trestle bridges over several gorges rusted and collapsed into the gorges. The biggest and main steel trestle bridge over the ghastly gorge had completely vanished, forcing the rescue operation convoy to wait for the arrival of Imperial Alicorn Galactic Engineering Military Company to rebuild the steel trestle bridge over the ghastly gorge.

Even with prefabricated bridge pieces, the Imperial Alicorn Galactic Engineering military Company took some time to put the bridge together, as the workers were used to zero-G conditions and not planetary gravity. But once done, the rescue operation convoy was able to continue on its long trek to Mount Aris in the sea of clouds beyond Equestria's borders.

Meanwhile, in Ponyville, one air and space base backup Tactical center, Shogun Justice Silverlight, watches the progress of the rescue operation convoy to Mount Aris in the sea of clouds via the mini holographic tactics table in that room. In the room with him was an elegant-looking light gray-bodied imperial Alicorn mare with dark purple and mauve strip-colored shoulder-length layered hairstyled mane and tail.

Her 6-foot athletic equine figure was attired in a cream-colored short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the breast and a midnight blue knee-length A-line skirt the lower part of the uniform. Her long, shapely Alicorn legs were bare as they don't wear stockings with the casual uniform.

Her sexy, lengthy, and slender eleven-inch long light gray colored Egyptian feet were bare as she pip-pops about in the backup Tactical center, listening to an earbud in her ear from the broadcast center relaying information to her.

You could clearly see that her big toes are the longest on her feet, and the rest of her toes taper off her feet at a forty-five-degree downward angle painted with shimmer finishes taupe-colored nail polish as she walks about. Folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings.

Resting on her head behind her horn between her ears at a slight angle to one side was a black beret with a wreath of stars and at the center, a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star. Resting on her arm was a holographic computerized clipboard on the face, which was the data that her event horizon special Operation Military Intelligence platoon had been sending her to keep the shogun up to date on the operation.

This imperial Alicorn mare is Galactic Vanguard Second Lieutenant Endora Solar Storm, the Event Horizon Special Operation Military intelligence platoon chief, a detachment of intelligence-gathering personnel that only answer to Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight and his high-clearance officers.

“Up to date report shogun…the rescue operation convoy has just entered the old San Palomino desert…ETA till first waypoint the old frontier town of Appleloosa…A half day or more. The convoy is moving cautiously due to the terrain and the unknown locations of the hostile buffalo herds in the area.” Endora reports as she pip-pops in her barefeet over to a comfortable chair next to Justice at the mini holographic tactics table where her removed black kitten heel pumps sat.

"Endora, remove your military hat and honestly tell me your assessment of this rescue operation," Justice asked, reaching over to Endora's crossed leg and pulling it straight, resting her supple, shapely heel with no hint of roughness or callousness on his lap.

"To be very honest, Justice…I am no betting mare…but I would not put my star bills on the success of this rescue operation finding any survivors." Endora said honestly as Justice enjoyed the feel of the satiny smooth skin on the feet of Imperial Alicorn mares since the mares learned about foot care on the planet of Equus.

“But I am a betting mare…you have to bet big for very credible information in my career of intelligence gathering…So there might be a remote possibility of finding any survivors at Mount Aris in the sea of clouds." Endora comments as she rests her other foot on Justice’s lap.

Because Justice's touching her very sensitive barefeet is incredibly soothing and relaxing, knowing full well that if she is ever caught in the field on one of her intelligence-gathering missions, she is dead on site. So the gentle caress on her feet makes that possibility vanish for that fleeting moment before reality returns, and a priority message snaps her out of her dreamy state.

"Shogun, the rescue operation convoy has encountered hostiles and is making a run toward the old frontier town of Appleloosa…preliminary report says only an empty military transport truck was abandoned at the site of the encounter as the convoy fled the scouting party from one of the buffalo herds!!!” Endora explained that her bare feet plopped heavily on the wooden floor of the backup Tactical center. She went and leaped to her feet after receiving the priority message.

“There is no other report from the broadcast center, shogun…at this time," Endora reports that the pip-pops of her barefeet are more pronounced on the wooden floor of the backup Tactical center as she moves with more urgency around the room, gathering the sporadic reports from all her sources.

Chapter 8 (ice mummies arc 3)

It has been less than a week since Solar Guard Colonel Emerald Luster and Solar Guard Captain Anita Stormchaser graduated from the Imperial Alicorn Omicron Military Institute Academy in the Hercules cluster star sector of Imperial Alicorn space as dual specialists in Recon Escort Patrol and Tactical Air Force member. Sitting together in one of the passenger compartments of military long-range shuttlecraft were the two newly revived terran mares.

The first newly revived terran mare was a gorgeous pearly purple-colored bodied terran unicorn mare with an easy shoulder length fern green styled mane and straight tail.

Her 5 foot 9-inch curvaceous equine figure was attired in the midnight blue colored dress skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn tactical core specialist. On her long, shapely unicorn legs were silky, sheer, nude-colored thigh-high stockings with delicate lace details hidden by the hem of the knee-length A-line skirt she wears in the women’s dress skirt uniform. On her eleven-inch long flawless, unblemished, and narrow Egyptian-shaped pearly purple bare feet with matte finished pearl white colored nail polish were black stiletto heel pumps with a three-inch heel.

If you could see through the toe box of her pumps, you could clearly see that her big toes are the longest on her feet, and the rest of her toes taper off her feet at a forty-five-degree downward angle painted with matte-finished pearl white colored nail polish. Resting on her head behind her horn between her ears was a midnight blue peaked cap with a wreath of stars and, at the center, a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star.

This unicorn mare was Galactic Infantry first Lieutenant Emerald Luster, the new garrison adjutant of Shogun Justice Silverlight, the newest elite Event Horizon Special Operation Company member, and a deep cover/sniper specialist in the Event Horizon. As well as a dear very old friend of Justice Silverlight from ancient Equestria.

The second newly revived terran mare was a gorgeous looking frost white colored bodied terran pegasi mare with a sleek finished Spanish blue styled mane and straight tail.

Her 5ft 7in graceful equine figure was attired in the midnight blue colored dress skirt uniform of Imperial Alicorn tactical core specialist. On her long elegant pegasi legs were silky sheer colored thigh-high stockings with fine lace details hidden by the hem of the knee-length A-line skirt she wears with the women's dress skirt uniform. On her ten-inch long flawless, unblemished, and narrow Egyptian frost white bare feet with shimmer-finished scarlet red colored nail polish were black stiletto heel pumps with a three-inch heel.

If you could see through the toe box of her pumps, you could clearly see that her big toes are the longest on her feet, and the rest of her toes taper off her feet at a forty-five-degree downward angle painted with shimmer-finished scarlet red-colored nail polish. Why resting on her head between her ears was a midnight blue peaked cap with a wreath of stars and at the center a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star.

This pegasi mare was Galactic Infantry first Lieutenant Anita Stormchaser, the second new garrison adjutant of Shogun Justice Silverlight and the newest member of the elite Event Horizon Special Operation Company and an elite deep reconnaissance scout/sniper specialist in the Event Horizon. As well as a dear very old friend of Justice Silverlight from ancient Equestria.

“Nervous, Anita?” Emerald asked as Anita's sky-blue eyes were haunted by some inner anxiety. Her comrade's hands slightly trembled as she held the helmet of her assigned space suit.

"Of course, I am nervous, Emerald. We died five centuries ago during the age of darkness. As far as Justice knows, we are dead." Anita said, her breathy voice edged with tension as her slender frost-white hands trembled more, holding the helmet of her assigned space suit.

"Of course, we died five centuries ago…And we were revived," Emerald said casually, no-nonsense, as Anita's sky-blue eyes narrowed with contempt for her comrade's comment.

"I know that look, Anita…so let me explain…Do you remember the vow we made when Justice told us he would be leaving to fulfill his vow to his wife, Celestia? (Anita blinks with surprise)" Emerald said in her velvety voice, which surprised many ponies when she spoke.

“That vow was that no matter what happens…we would reunite with Justice no matter the time or place…In my wildest dream, I never thought I would be reunited with my original body. I always thought it would be in different forms other than my body…But anything is possible in the mythos of Imperial Alicorn's first star." Emerald comments, surprising Anita as a Galactic Knight Technical Sergeant walks into the cabin and over to their row.

"Excuse me, Lieutenants…You asked me to tell you we were near Ponyville, one air and space base…We are on the final approach for the base and will be landing shortly…Please fasten your seat belts…for landing at the base.” The Galactic Knight Technical Sergeant said friendly as Emerald and Anita nodded their heads and put their helmets back on to hide their identities.

(Back to the present backup tactical command center Ponyville one air and space base)

A few hours later, sitting at the backup communication station in the backup tactical command center, was a good looking ceramic-bodied imperial Alicorn mare with a pacific blue-colored shoulder length, uncomplicated styled mane, and straight tail.

Her 6 foot 1-inch sculpted athletic equine figure was a cream-colored short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the breast and a midnight blue knee-length A-line skirt, the lower part of the casual uniform of Imperial Alicorn Military. Her long, shapely, and silky Alicorn legs were bare as they didn't wear stockings with the casual uniform.

Her sexy, lengthy, and slender eleven-inch long ceramic white colored Egyptian feet were encased in shiny black round-toed three-inch stiletto heeled pumps as she sat in front of the backup communication station in the backup Tactical center, listening to a headset on top her head from the central communications at the base relaying information to her.

If you could see through the toe boxes of her pumps, you would clearly see that her big toes are the longest on her feet, and the rest of her toes taper off her feet at a forty-five-degree downward angle painted with holo finishes vibrant neon purple nail polish. Folded on her back were her silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings. Sitting on top of the communication station was a black beret with a wreath of stars and, at the center, a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star.

This imperial Alicorn mare is Galactic Vanguard Second Lieutenant Cassandra Chasm, the chief of the Event Horizon special operation security intelligence communication platoon and member of the Event Horizon special operation military intelligence platoon.

“I am receiving no radio chatter from the rescue operation convoy at this time, Shogun…I figure the convoy is out of range of our planet-bound communication network…I am working on an uplink to the Equus sector protection space force fleet in orbit over the Planet of Equus. I am hoping to use their communication network to re-establish contact.” Cassandra reports that she slips her sexy, lengthy, and slender eleven-inch long ceramic white-colored Egyptian barefeet with holo finishes and vibrant neon purple nail polish out of her pumps. Before, Cassandra pushed her pumps underneath her chair, followed by flexing her long, dazzling, shapely, lovable toes with a slight plush to them a few times to loosen them.

(Back to the past)

A few minutes later, waiting on the tarmac at the Ponyville, one air and space base was Shogun Justice Silverlight. He was watching the final approach of the one hundred fifty-two foot long and ninety-ton long-range space shuttle transporting from the Imperial Alicorn Omicron Military Institute Academy in the Hercules Cluster star sector. Transporting the two newest members of his secret Event Horizon special operation company members and his new garrison adjutants as the cover for the new members.

'Penelope informed me between her great gales of laughter that these two newly revived terran mares would only reveal their identity to me if I met them alone when they arrived on the Planet of Equus…Plus, the message that Penelope struggled to get from her pocket from them due to her controlled thrashing from the assault on her feet…stated the only way I am allowed to identify them is by their feet…Which is unusual, but I am not opposed to?’ Justice thought, as requested, he was able to secure a private office within an air and space base administration building.

Slowly, the one hundred fifty-two foot long and ninety-ton long-range space shuttle rolls to a stop, and a rolling staircase is pushed up against the side of the portal airlock. From the interior appear the two newly revived terran mares. Both mares are wearing the midnight blue women's dress uniform and nude-colored thigh-high stockings, shiny black round-toed two-inch stiletto-heeled pumps.

Dangling from both shoulders was the black shoulder bag all the female soldiers elected to carry their personal possessions in. The most unusual was that both mares had the helmets of their space suits on with tinted light-sensitive visors closed, covering their equine features. Other than the obvious spiral horn of the unicorn mare and natural feather bird wings on the back of the pegasi mare, there are no other visible traits for identification of their breed.

“Greeting Shogun!” Both mares said simultaneously with a feminine draw in their voices as they saluted Justice.

"Greetings, Lieutenants!" Justice is friendly as he returns their salute, trying to trick them into revealing their identity to him without fulfilling their conditions.

"I am sorry, Shogun…But we will not reveal our identity that easily to you." The Unicorn mare said, knowing that she was obvious, using the voice changer installed in the helmet to disguise her real voice.

"I knew that ploy wouldn't work on you, Lieutenants…" Justice said, conceding as the group made their way to the secure private office within the air and space base administration building to fulfill their conditions.

The heels of the three ponies' shoes click-clacked over Canterbury honey-colored wood plank-looking porcelain tile of the air and space base administration building hallway as they made their way to the private office to fulfill the conditions. Along the way, Justice asked the two mares why they asked to be identified only by their feet. Both mares politely giggled and responded that it would be more fun for him to identify them by their feet; they sensed he liked mare feet.

Before long, the group arrived at the secure private office. Justice reached for the handle and pushed it down. He invited the two mares to walk into the office first. The two mares blink with surprise as they enter the sizeable fourteen-by-eighteen-square-foot office space with two cottage windows on the northern wall. The walls are painted in a light blue color scheme with green apple trim. This color combination promotes a calming and relaxing atmosphere.

The click-clack of the mare's shoes resumes as they walk over the Isla white oak wire-brushed engineered hardwood floor of the secure private office. On the east side of the office space, two black Relax-R Nova manual recliners with a free-standing ottoman sat, and on the west side, a slate gray Williamsburg Atlantic loveseat sat.

Between the two windows toward the back sat a gray/brushed nickel reversible L-shaped desk; behind that was a black faux leather executive chair. The two mares heard the door close behind them, followed by a soft click as Justice locked the office door from the inside.

"If you would, mares, please sit in those black relax-R nova manual recliners," Justice asked politely, gesturing toward the recliners that the mares were standing beside.

"Yes, shogun." Both mares said simultaneously, climbing into the recliners

‘Huh? (Sniffing the bridge of the unicorn mare’s nylon-clad foot through the sheer fabric) That smells like sandalwood/lavender moisturizer!!’ Justice thought, pick-up the floral aroma mixed with a warm, rich, earthy aroma through the sheer fabric of the unicorn mare nylons as he carefully placed her calf on the free-standing ottoman, allowing the feet to dangle over the end.

‘Huh! (Sniffing the bridge of Pegasus mare nylon-clad foot through the sheer fabric) That is the same aroma on Pegasus mare's feet but slightly less than unicorn mare's. Justice thought placed Pegasus's calf on the free-standing ottoman, allowing her feet to dangle over the end.

"All right, mares…Let's identify who you two are…by only using your feet." Justice comments that both mares' feet are in the ideal position to try to identify them.

Justice reaches up and gently pulls the three-inch classic heels on the pumps of the unicorn mare. The scraping sound of a leather liner rubbing against the sheer fabric can be heard as he sets the pumps on the ground beside the chair the unicorn was sitting in. He rolls over to the Pegasus mare and pulls her pumps off, mimicking the same scraping sound of the leather liner rubbing against the sheer fabric as he places the pumps on the ground beside the chair the Pegasus mare was sitting in.

A sudden spurt of adrenaline raced through Justice's veins upon laying his cobalt blue eyes on two magnificent pairs of flawless and unblemished slender, narrow, and elegant Egyptian-shaped bare feet through silky sheer nude-colored thigh-high stockings both mares were wearing.

‘No! It can be! (Ripping opening the stockings on both mares, revealing their barefeet) Let tickle the unicorn mare arches (unicorn mare hysterical laugh) that her most ticklish area.’ Justice thought as he continued tickling the unicorn mare's arches, forcing more laughter from the unicorn mare.

'If this Pegasus is who I think it is…her toe stems are her weakness! (Bending back the toes of Pegasus mare) Those toe stems are open (Pegasus mare hysterical laugh).’ Justice thought that targeting the Pegasus mare's toe stems would force more laughter from the Pegasus mare.

"Is that you, Emerald, and Anita?" Justice asked hesitantly as both mares removed their helmets, revealing their equine face.

"It is Justice." Emerald and Anita said with an emotional voice as both mares hugged Justice after five centuries of darkness away.

With that Emerald and Anita remove the remnants of their torn, silky, sheer nude colored thigh high stockings and remain in their barefeet because they know that Justice prefers them barefooted because of their magnificent pairs of flawless and unblemished slender, narrow, and elegant Egyptian-shaped bare feet they have.

Chapter 9

Shogun Justice Silverlight has moved from the backup Tactical command center where he has been monitoring the progress of the rescue operation convoy to Mount Aris in the sea of clouds via the mini holographic tactics table in that room with his Military Intelligence agent, Second Lieutenant Endora Solar Storm and Communication technician Second Lieutenant Cassandra Chasm. Both mares are members of his Event Horizon special operation company but maintain the cover as his Imperial tactical core company.

After receiving the priority message that the rescue operation convoy to Mount Aris in the sea of clouds encountered hostiles and was making a run toward the old ghost frontier town of Appleloosa, Shogun Justice Silverlight quickly activated a yellow-level base-wide tactical alert, which caused the essential base personnel to report to their battle stations.

With the yellow-level tactical alert, Shogun Justice Silverlight has moved to the main Tactical command center of the Ponyville One air and space base. His wife, Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight, served as his second in command. She was attired in a cream-colored short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the breast.

And a midnight blue knee-length pleated skirt, the lower part of the casual uniform of the Imperial Princess special uniform. Her long, shapely, and silky Alicorn legs were bare, and she didn't wear stockings with the special casual uniform.

Her fairly large, long, and narrow white, with a hint of pink, luxurious Egyptian-shaped bare feet with suede-finished sunshine yellow nail polish were bare as she stood in the Command pod with her husband, holding a computerized clipboard and listening to an earbud in her ear from the broadcast center relaying information to her.

You could clearly see that her big toes are the longest on her feet, and the rest taper off her feet at a forty-five-degree downward angle painted with suede finish sunshine yellow nail polish. Her size sixteen black high-heel pumps with two-inch heels were tucked under her computer station. Sitting on top of her computer station was her black beret with a wreath of stars and, at the center, a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star.

As the camera pans around the main Tactical command center of the Ponyville one air and space base manning several computer stations, the remaining members of the Imperial Silverlight's main royal family and relatives are seen. All the mares are attired in a cream-colored short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the breast.

The lower part of the casual uniform of the Imperial Alicorn military was a midnight blue knee-length A-line skirt. The mares' long, shapely, and silky legs were bare, as they didn't wear stockings with the casual uniform. On all the female family members’ bare feet were black high-heeled pumps with a two-inch heel.

The only other stallion family member, Sergeant First Class Somnus Silverlight, the only son, is attired in the cream-colored short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the chest and midnight blue trousers. On his feet were black boots, and sitting on top of his head, between his ears and behind his horn, was a black beret with a wreath of stars and at the center, a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star. He and his aunt, Master Sergeant Luna Borealis, are manning the main tactical radar station.

On the evening of that same day, all the family members and relatives turned in for their sleep period as an Imperial Alicorn skeleton crew took over the night shift that evening. Sitting in the command pod, the only one left of the main family was Shogun Justice Silverlight. He was looking over several intelligence reports from various sources about the remaining buffalo herds in southern Equestria, trying to pin down why the buffalo herds would attack a lightly armed military convoy.

'Truth be told, with the breakdown of diplomatic channels for five centuries after the unity crystal shattered, there was no communication with any other race in Equestria…So these intelligence reports that I am going through are at best circumstantial….But that's best I have to work with.’ Justice thought as his attention was drawn to the click-clack of heels on a diamond plate walking into the room behind him.

A gorgeous light blue half-Alicorn/unicorn mare walked into the room with a lengthy crimson-red mane and a straight tail. Her 5ft 6in exquisite equine figure was attired in a cream-colored short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the breast and a midnight blue knee-length A-line skirt, the lower part of the casual uniform of Imperial Alicorn military.

On her perfectly shaped and palatial long, narrow, light blue, ten-inch long Egyptian bare feet with sheer finished cardinal red nail polish were black high-heel pumps with a two-inch classic heel. If you could see through the toe boxes of her shoes, you would notice that her slender and magnificent big toes were the longest on her feet. This is why her other slender and magnificent remaining four toes were slanted downward at the perfect forty-five-degree angle, the ideal angle to accommodate common-sized women's shoes.

Resting on her head behind her horn between her ears at a slight angle to one side was a black beret with a wreath of stars and, at the center, a gold stylized star pin from the mythos of the imperial Alicorn first star. This half-Alicorn/unicorn mare was Captain Blueberry Swirl Silverlight, the youngest daughter of Princess Celestia Silverlight and Prince Justice Silverlight. And currently the medical supervisor for the Silverlight antiquities and heritage research team.

"Good evening, Father…" Blueberry said affectionately, kissing her father on his cheek as she walked beside his chair.

"Good evening, Blueberry…Should you be taking your sleep period, daughter?" Justice's inquiry is concerned as he returns the kiss to his youngest daughter's cheek.

"Being a doctor, father…having a normal sleep period is a luxury for me." Blueberry comments, sitting down in the chair beside her father as she crosses her long, shapely, and silky hybrid Alicorn legs, one knee tossed casually over the other.

"But still, Blueberry, you should take a sleep period. It might get very hectic once we re-established contact with the rescue operation convoy." Justice suggests, as Blueberry softly chuckles and allows her pump to dangle off the ends of her slender and magnificent toes.

"I thank you for your concern, father. (With a smile) But I finished my sleep period prior to you activating the base-wide yellow alert…so I am all set for this late night." Blueberry explains as her father reaches for his daughter's dangling pump and removes it from her elevated foot, floating her pump onto a makeshift shelf on the computer system in front of him.

"But anyway, father, what are you looking at? When I entered the command center, you were going through something on the holo system." Blueberry pointed out as she uncrossed her legs and slipped her other pump off her other foot, floating that pump onto the same makeshift shelf and graciously placed her glorious, perfect heels on her father’s knee, knowing full well how horribly ticklish her perfectly shaped and palatial long narrow light blue ten-inch long Egyptian shaped bare feet with sheer finished cardinal red nail polish are.

"Oh, Blueberry, I just remember…Did you ever scout southern Equestria when your mother was hibernating for your brother and sister?" Justice asked as he stroked gracefully and smoothly curved high enough to be noticeable arches of his daughter, causing Blueberry to let out a yelp and stifle a giggle.

“Well…Aaahahaha…I Nahahaaaahaha…did an initial expedition…oohoohoohoooh…of southern Equestria…Hahahahaha…did not…Hehehahahaha…find those buffalo herds…Ahahahaha." Blueberry explains through her laughter that her father knew where to target his daughter's feet to make her laugh.

"(Removing her feet from her father's knee) Yes, I did, father…but like I say, I didn't encounter any of the Buffalo herds during my initial expedition into southern Equestria. I was following unsubstantiated rumors of a surviving race in that part of Equestria…during those early days, credible information was a commodity…with all the tribes mistrusting each other, I couldn't confirm any of the information my sources told me." Blueberry clarified as she held her feet in the air, allowing her father's dark blue magic bubbles to fasten around her shapely light blue ankles, effectively trapping her feet in midair.

“Even if you didn't encounter any buffalo herds, Blueberry…you can give me some background on southern Equestria," Justice said as he turned his chair so his daughter's perfectly shaped and palatial long narrow light blue ten-inch long Egyptian-shaped bare feet with sheer finished cardinal red nail polish were right in front of him, sitting helpless in front of him to do what he liked to them.

Knowing that his younger daughter immensely enjoys having her perfectly shaped and sized palatial, immaculate, and symmetrical long, narrow, light blue ten-inch long Egyptian-shaped bare feet played with, even though they are very highly sensitive to the lightest of touches.

"Ok, father…the frontier town of Appleloosa is between the San Palomino Deserts to the west, the badland to the east…the Macintosh hill is the backbone to the south. What I remember from scouting Appleloosa…It was a small, dusty, dry town. Not as mighty as Canterlot…even smaller than Ponyville." Blueberry explains as her father explores every inch of his younger daughter's perfectly shaped and palatial long, narrow, light blue ten-inch long Egyptian-shaped bare feet with sheer finished cardinal red nail polish with his fingers exploiting her sensitivity.

Meanwhile, in the frontier ghost town of Appleloosa, the lightly armed military rescue operation convoy has done their best to do what an old west saying told them: ‘They circled the wagons’ and took up defensive positions around the ghost town in various buildings. In the largest wooden building in Appleloosa, the Salt Block, the only saloon in the city, a very attractive looking pale, light grayish violet colored bodied earth pony mare with a very pale, arctic blue colored shoulder length layered hair styled mane and straight tail nervously oversees the repair of the long-range communications kit after buffalo warrior lucky shot hit it.

Her 5ft 6in, very fit equine figure was attired in an M1874 dark blue wool fatigue blouse and M1874 dark blue footmen trousers. On her ten-inch-long pale, light grayish violet bare feet with metallic finishes and dark purple toenail polish were black cavalry boots. On top of her head, between her ears, was a black officer regulation Civil War slouch hat with gold crossed sabers of US cavalry patch and black and gold hat cord.

Around her waist was an M1851 black leather cartridge belt with a gold eagle buckle and an M1860 regulation holster with a full flap holding an 1873 Colt Peacemaker. Don't let the gun fool you—it's a laser pistol made to look like an old West gun from a planet called Earth. This Earth pony mare was Galactic Vanguard Staff Sergeant Angeletta Glamour, a disguised Imperial Alicorn mare squad leader from Event Horizon's special operation Tactical infantry platoon.

In front of Angeletta was a drop-dead gorgeous yellow pegasi mare with a black shoulder-length layered hair-styled mane and straight tail desperately trying to repair the long-range communications kit after a buffalo Warrior lucky shot hit it.

Her 6ft 9in sleek equine figure was attired in an M1874 dark blue wool fatigue blouse and M1874 dark blue footmen trousers. On her sexy, lengthy, and slender eleven and two-thirds inch yellow Egyptian-shaped barefeet with sheer finishes of purple-colored nail polish were black cavalry boots. On top of her head, between her ears, was a black 1872 US forage cap (kepi) with gold crossed sabers of US cavalry pin.

Around her waist was an M1851 black leather cartridge belt with gold eagle buckle, and an M1860 regulation holster with full flap holding an 1873 Colt peacemaker. Don't let the gun fool you. It's a laser pistol made to look like an old west gun of a planet called Earth. Folded on her back were her modest-sized light yellow feathered bird wings. This pegasi mare was Galactic Vanguard corporal Tiffany Sky dancer, a disguised imperial Alicorn mare member of the Event Horizon special operation Tactical infantry platoon, and an Imperial Alicorn military Galactic technician.

"What is the word Tiffany?" Angeletta asks as she watches the defender station around the ghost town and her lookouts, who are keeping an eye on slowly growing buffalo herds, with an earpiece in her ear.

"Unfortunately, Angeletta, that military transport truck we had to abandon in San Palomino Deserts after it was badly damaged from that sneak attack of that scouting party from the Buffalo herds had the bulk of our communication repair kits in it…So I am limited to what I was carrying with me." Tiffany explains as she tries to get the long-range communications kit working.

(Pop-pop-pop)

“Lookout report!” Angeletta orders

"Lookout 45, staff sergeant…It looks like the Buffalo herds are still not working together…That shooting came from outside the defensive ring…But we have no idea how long our luck will hold out…before Buffalo herds figure out how to work together." Lookout 45 says, holding position on the second floor of the grand hotel armed with a model 1874 sharps sporting rifle nicknamed 'old reliable.'

But like the pistols that all the disguised Imperial Alicorn mares’ military personnel are carrying, the replica rifles are laser rifles made to look like an old West gun from a planet called Earth.

"Understood lookout 45…Keep close tabs on those buffalo herds…All personnel may fire if buffalo herds outside the town make any hostile move towards the defensive ring." Angeletta orders as Twilight Sparkle gapes in stunned silence with the order given, and Rarity Radiance signs softly, knowing Justice like she does.

Chapter 10

Meanwhile, in the frontier ghost town of Appleloosa, the lightly armed military rescue operation convoy has done their best to do what an old west saying told them: ‘They circled the wagons’ and took up defensive positions around the ghost town in various buildings. In the largest wooden building in Appleloosa, the Salt Block, the only saloon in the city, a very attractive looking pale, light grayish violet colored bodied earth pony mare with a very pale, arctic blue colored shoulder length layered hair styled mane and straight tail nervously oversees the repair of the long-range communications kit after buffalo warrior lucky shot hit it.

Her 5ft 6in, very fit equine figure was attired in an M1874 dark blue wool fatigue blouse and M1874 dark blue footmen trousers. Black cavalry boots were on her ten-inch-long pale, light grayish violet bare feet with metallic finishes and dark purple toenail polish. On top of her head, between her ears, was a black officer regulation Civil War slouch hat with gold crossed sabers of US cavalry patch and black and gold hat cord.

Around her waist was an M1851 black leather cartridge belt with a gold eagle buckle, and an M1860 regulation holster with a full flap holding an 1873 Colt Peacemaker. Don't let the gun fool you—it's a laser pistol made to look like an old West gun from Earth. This Earth pony mare was Galactic Vanguard Staff Sergeant Angeletta Glamour, a disguised Imperial Alicorn mare squad leader from Event Horizon's special operation Tactical infantry platoon.

In front of Angeletta was a drop-dead gorgeous yellow pegasi mare with a black shoulder-length layered hair-styled mane and straight tail desperately trying to repair the long-range communications kit after a buffalo Warrior lucky shot hit it.

Her 6ft 9in sleek equine figure was attired in an M1874 dark blue wool fatigue blouse and M1874 dark blue footmen trousers. On her sexy, lengthy, and slender eleven and two-thirds inch yellow Egyptian-shaped barefeet with sheer finishes of purple-colored nail polish were black cavalry boots. On top of her head, between her ears, was a black 1872 US forage cap (kepi) with gold crossed sabers of US cavalry pin.

Around her waist was an M1851 black leather cartridge belt with gold eagle buckle and an M1860 regulation holster with full flap holding an 1873 Colt peacemaker. Don't let the gun fool you. It's a laser pistol made to look like an old west gun of a planet called Earth. Folded on her back were her modest-sized light yellow feathered bird wings. This pegasi mare was Galactic Vanguard corporal Tiffany Sky dancer, a disguised imperial Alicorn mare member of the Event Horizon special operation Tactical infantry platoon, and an Imperial Alicorn military Galactic technician.

"What is the word Tiffany?" Angeletta asks as she watches the defender station around the ghost town and her lookouts, who are watching slowly growing buffalo herds, with an earpiece in her ear.

"Unfortunately, Angeletta, that military transport truck we had to abandon in San Palomino Deserts after it was badly damaged from that sneak attack of that scouting party from the Buffalo herds had the bulk of our communication repair kits in it…So I am limited to what I was carrying with me." Tiffany explains as she tries to get the long-range communications kit working.

(Pop-pop-pop)

“Lookout report!” Angeletta orders

"Lookout 45, staff sergeant…It looks like the Buffalo herds are still not working together…That shooting came from outside the defensive ring…But we have no idea how long our luck will hold out…before Buffalo herds figure out how to work together." Lookout 45 says, holding position on the second floor of the grand hotel armed with a model 1874 sharps sporting rifle nicknamed 'old reliable.'

But like the pistols that all the disguised Imperial Alicorn mares' military personnel carry, the replica rifles are laser rifles made to look like an old West gun from Earth.

"Understood lookout 45…Keep close tabs on those buffalo herds…All personnel may fire if buffalo herds outside the town make any hostile move towards the defensive ring." Angeletta orders as Twilight Sparkle gapes in stunned silence with the order given, and Rarity Radiance signs softly, knowing Justice like she does.

It was earlier that same day before the encounter with the scouting party from the Buffalo herds that attacked the rescue operation convoy heading to Mount Aris in the sea of clouds in the San Palomino Deserts region of southern Equestria.

In the holographic target range of the tactical core building, two Imperial Alicorn mares wearing the standard tactical infantry nano-bot body armor practice with the Imperial Alicorn tactical pulse rifle, shooting moving targets at various distances in VR space. As the last two moving targets appear at the two-hundred-yard mark, both mares line up their shot and pull the trigger simultaneously, striking the target dead center of the body mass.

“Kill shot! Ten points were awarded to both shooters! Final tally: Shooter one: perfect... Shooter two: perfect…both shooters tie!!” the computerized voice announces as the holo system shuts off, awaiting the next two shooters to step up to the range. As the Imperial Alicorn mares check their Imperial Alicorn tactical pulse rifle to make sure that it is safe, the two shooters walk up to the cage, turning over the weapons to the Armorer.

"I must say, mares…you two are very impressive in marksmanship…most shooters never get a perfect score in the moving targets simulator using the standard Imperial Alicorn tactical pulse rifle…but that's why Imperial Tactical infantry is most feared throughout Imperial Alicorn space…catch mares." The Armorer compliments, flipping a gold coin to the two mares.

"Thank you, Armorer, for the coin." Both mares said simultaneously, catching the coin in their armored hand.

As the two mares turn the corner, they press a button on their minicomputer vambrace on their forearm, shedding the standard tactical infantry nano-bot body armor they are wearing. Soon, the body armor is replaced with the midnight blue casual women's uniform of the Imperial Alicorn tactical infantry, which consists of a white short-sleeve military-style shirt with two pockets on the chest and a midnight blue knee-length A-line skirt. On their barefeet was a pair of black high heel pumps with two-inch stiletto heels, and a black beret sat on their head.

The bigger surprise was that these two mares were not Imperial Alicorn mares; they were First Lieutenant Emerald Luster and First Lieutenant Anita Stormchaser, both terran mares, a unicorn and pegasi. To make these terran mares harder to identify and link them to the Event Horizon special operation company, the company created custom body armor for them.

Their custom body armor gives them the appearance of an Imperial Alicorn mare. For the terran unicorn, a pair of metallic silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings form on her back as she activates the body armor. For the terran pegasi, a horn forms on the helmet, and her natural feathered bird wings take appears of bio-mechanical feathered bird wings as she activates the body armor. The changes are not just simple cosmetic. Emerald can fly with the metallic silver bio-mechanical feathered bird wings on her back, and Anita can perform a simple form of Imperial Alicorns magic with the horn on the helmet.

"That was fun, Anita," Emerald said gleefully as she lifted her legs up one at a time, slipping her black high-heeled pumps with two-inch stiletto heels off her flawless and unblemished ten-inch, long, slender, narrow, and elegant pearly purple-colored Egyptian-shaped bare feet with suede-finished charcoal gray toenail polish.

"It was Emerald (flipping the coin in the air and catching it when it dropped), so how many coins do we have now?" Anita asked as she politely laughed, knowing her fellow lieutenant enjoyed showing off her flawless and unblemished pearly purple ten-inch-long slender, narrow, and elegant Egyptian-shaped bare feet; she removed her pumps and wore them barefoot.

“At present, collectively, we have twenty challenge coins in our possession…ten for me and ten for you," Emerald answers as her barefeet pop-plops over the cement sidewalk as the two mares made their way over to military Land Rover parked in the street.

"Are you up for an early lunch, Emerald? We can drive over to that new café in Restaurant Row to eat, " Anita suggests as Emerald tosses her black high-heeled pumps with two-inch stiletto heels into the backseat of her military Land Rover, intending to drive the vehicle barefoot to Restaurant Row.

"Sounds good, Anita…" Emerald commented, buckling into the vehicle and awaiting Anita to climb into it and buckle up herself.

"Well??" Emerald exclaims, astonished watching her friend lift her legs up one at a time, slipping her own black high heel pumps with two-inch stiletto heels off her flawless and unblemished white ten-inch long, slender, narrow, and grand Egyptian-shaped bare feet with navy blue crème finished nail polish and toss her shoes into the backseat.

"Tee-hee…you are not the only mare that likes showing off her flawless and unblemished white ten-inch long slender, narrow, and grand Egyptian-shaped bare feet with navy blue crème finished nail polish, Miss Luster," Anita said with a hint of pride and dignity as she climbed into the military land rover crossed her ankles and placing her supple curved bare heels on the dashboard as she buckles in.

(Back to the frontier ghost town of Appleloosa, old salt block)

“How can that imperial Alicorn issue an order like that…shot if buffalo comes into range of the defensive circle!!!" Twilight Sparkle said sourly as Rarity sighed softly to herself.

"As distasteful as it is, Twilight dear…that the world we now live in…" Rarity said insightfully as Twilight's moderate violet eyes narrowed with contempt toward Rarity.

"Are you really on board for killing a buffalo, Rarity?" Twilight asked briskly, business-like, as she looked at Rarity piercingly.

“In ancient Equestria, we never had to face the possibility of taking someone's life; it was out of the question to preserve harmony during that time. As Maretime Bay, Bridlewood, and Zephyr Heights, the interior of this new Equestria gets along…Any city or breed outside Equestria is no longer friendly toward the interior of Equestria…those groups live a harsh existence at this time. So we can't judge any action using ancient doctrine." Rarity explains astutely as a spasm of irritation crosses Twilight's face as she storms out of the room.

Rarity ambles into the area in a quiet corner of the old salt block. Rarity pulls shoes and socks off before sitting on the ground, crossing her legs before slowly closing her moderate azure eyes. She enters a relaxed mind as a light cornflower blue magic aura forms around her horn. Their bright flash of magic from her horn as she pulled into Imperial Alicorn reverie; in the reverie, Justice was waiting for her at a small table with tea. Rarity pip-plops in her barefeet over the glass block floor towards the table and sits at it.

"I knew you would use the Imperial Alicorn reverie to contact me, Miss Radiance," Justice said friendly, and Rarity softly chuckled as a large white feather stroked her bare sole the moment she sat down on the chair and crossed her legs; one knee tossed casually over the other.

"I must thank you, Justice, for teaching me how to enter the Imperial Alicorn reverie…through the Imperial Alicorn DNA the research scientist had to use to reinforce my decay DNA.” Rarity said, appreciative as the large white feather stopped stroking the bare sole of her foot. A moment later, a large dark hole appeared near the ground, at which time Rarity inserted both her feet into the hole, making them disappear.

"You are welcome, Rarity…it was unfortunate that the bodies of the remaining six element holders' DNA had decayed that badly…forcing the Imperial Alicorn research scientists to search for compatible Imperial Alicorn DNA to reinforce the decaying DNA of each element holder…I have been informed that a compatible match for the element holder of Kindness has been found…They are currently resurrecting her as we speak…I have no completion date as yet." Justice clarifies as a second dark hole appears. From that hole appears a superb pair of light gray (more toward the white spectrum) ten-inch, long, slender, narrow, and elegant Egyptian-shaped bare feet with suede-finished burgundy toenail polish.

"But I am guessing, Rarity, that you didn't enter the reverie to talk about the next element holder," Justice said, knowing as he repositioned the hole Rarity's feet were sticking out of.

“Not at all, Justice…It's Twilight I want to speak about." Rarity explains as Justice positions Rarity's smooth round heels at a slight downward angle, effectively creating a downward slope.

"So what up with Twilight, Rarity?" Justice asked, running two fingers down the incredibly soft and pillowy light gray (more toward the white spectrum) bare soles of Rarity's barefeet.

"It tickles…tee-hee. Staff Sergeant Glamour ordered the shooting of a buffalo if they were near the defense ring, and Twilight was not on board for that." Rarity explains as Justice creates magic wedges to force Rarity’s ten shapely toes to splay open so he can get at the skin between her toes.

“Technically speaking, Rarity…this military operation…on the books is a rescue operation with military personnel. Even Celestia knows it is a military operation, and the ponies monitor the operation know it is a military operation…So I don't understand why Twilight is not on board." Justice comments, creating a thin bottle brush and running the bristles over the skin between Rarity’s toes.

“Ah-ah hehehaha…I know that Justice. I didn't spend the first few weeks after being revived, not learning about your people…Being the first revived, the imperial Alicorn research scientists were keeping a close eye on me to see if Imperial Alicorn DNA would change my physical appearance and remain stable." Rarity explains that Justice made the magic wedges disappear, allowing her ten shapely toes to relax and return to their natural position on her feet.

"If you learned about my people, Rarity…Then why are you concerned about Twilight?" Justice asked as he created two magical toothbrushes and started to follow the contours of Rarity’s gracefully curved arches on both her feet.

"Myahahahha my Ahaharches….Twilight might still think that Equestria didn't change in five centuries of darkness and that restoring all of Equestria to harmony is possible. Even those we don't have the power to do so." Rarity explains as she slowly pulls her feet out of the holes, and they disappear.

"I see, Rarity…But until Twilight realizes that… there's not much we can do about that." Justice said casually, gesturing Rarity to reinsert her feet into the hole again.

“Sigh…I know you are right, Justice…but it's still disappointing." Rarity exclaimed crestfallenly as she reinserted her feet into the hole, making them reappear once again from the other hole.

"But don't lose hope, Rarity," Justice said, encouraging as she exposed her incredibly soft and pillowy light gray (more toward the white spectrum) bare soles to be manipulated by Justice as he likes.

“I appreciate that, Justice…so let not become fixate on that and enjoy this quiet visit in the reverie between us…Besides, my bare soles are helpless in front of you, and I know you can create anything here…so create tickle tools to use on my helpless bare soles as we visit.” Rarity said upbeat as she wiggled all ten of her shapely toes, beckoning to begin the assault upon her very sensitive bare soles, as they visited before she had to return to the awakening world to face reality.

Chapter 12 (the morph arc 2)

It is several hours before Diplomat Twilight Sparkle is captured by a Buffalo herd scout and stripped of her boots and socks. Before being carried barefooted unconscious back to the Buffalo herd war camp to be interrogated by the Buffalo herd chief, who threatened that the soles of her barefeet would be burned with a torch if she didn't talk. The blood drains from Thetis's equine face as three figures stand in Shogun Justice Silverlight's office at the Ponyville One air and space base.

The first figure is a lovely Border collie morph with a shoulder-length sable (rich dark brown) colored uncomplicated hairstyle. Her sable color (rich dark brown) athletic 5ft 10in canine figure was attired in the Imperial Tactical infantry-morph division's midnight blue dress skirt uniform. A gold-stylized wolf head pin with the word A.R.K. below the head was pinned on the uniform collar.

From below her elbows down to her five-fingered hand were white gloves, a patch of white fur that completely covered her hand. On the end of her fingers were fingernails cut into an almond shape painted in sheer finished yellow nail polish.

Her well-muscular sable-colored (rich dark brown) legs were bare with the smooth sable-colored (rich dark brown) pelt. From below her knees all the way down to her five-toed feet were white socks, a patch of white fur that covered her feet completely. Her toenails were painted with the same sheer finished yellow nail polish as her hands.

Her ten-inch-long, narrow Egyptian-shaped bare feet with sheer-finished yellow toenail polish sported a pair of black high-heeled pumps with two-inch classic stiletto heels. Unlike the Imperial Alicorn mares in military service, this female Border collie morph doesn't wear nude-colored thigh-high stockings with lace detail with her dress uniform.

If you could see through the toe boxes of her pumps, you would notice her longer big toes were the most prominent feature of her long and narrow feet, and equally as prominent were her remaining four toes that were well-proportioned at a forty-five-degree descending downward angle. This particular toe configuration easily accommodates all the standard-sized women's shoes because her toes were at such a nice, tidy angle. If you could see through the sides of her pumps, you would notice that she has a beautiful, normal-shaped arch with a smooth curve.

On her head, between her ears, was a midnight blue peaked cap with a wreath of silver stars. Prominent in the center of the wreath was a stylized single gold star from the Imperial Alicorn mythos of the first star. Protruding from a hole in the back of the A-line skirt was sable colored (rich dark brown) long curved tail that taper at the end with patch of white fur on the end. This sable-colored (rich dark brown) Border collie female canine morph was Staff Sergeant Guinevere Montgomery, an Imperial Tactical Infantry- morph division member.

It is one of several morph breeds that serve in the Imperial Alicorn military. The majority served in the first imperial tactical infantry brigade, which was part of the Infinity Star sector's main royal battle fleet.

Like the Imperial Alicorn mares that serve in the first imperial tactical infantry brigade, part of the Infinity Star sector main royal battle fleet, this female Border collie morph is wholly dedicated to the Imperial Prince/Shogun Justice Silverlight. All morphs of every breed refer to the Imperial Prince/Shogun Justice Silverlight as master.

The second figure that was getting Warrant Officer One Thetis Sheer a bit nervous was an angelical-looking dark tawny-colored golden Jackal female morph with shoulder-length dark tawny-colored hair. Her slender/graceful 6 ft, even wild canine figure was attired in the Imperial Tactical infantry-morph division's midnight blue dress skirt uniform. A gold-stylized wolf head pin with the word A.R.K. below the head was pinned on the uniform collar.

Her well-muscular, dark, tawny-colored legs were bare. On her nine-inch-long Egyptian-shaped bare feet with matte-finished sage green toenail polish, she sported a pair of black high-heeled pumps with two-inch classic stiletto heels. Unlike the Imperial Alicorn mares in military service, this female golden Jackal morph doesn't wear nude-colored thigh-high stockings with lace detail with her dress uniform.

If you could see through the toe boxes of her pumps, you would notice that her longer big toe was the most prominent feature of her long and narrow feet. Equally prominent were her remaining four toes, which were well-proportioned at a forty-five-degree downward slanted angle. This particular toe configuration easily accommodates all standard-sized women's shoes because her toes were at such a nice, tidy angle.

On her head, between her ears, was a midnight blue peaked cap with a wreath of silver stars. Prominent in the center of the wreath was a stylized single gold star from the Imperial Alicorn mythos of the first star. The dark, tawny-colored, long, bushy tail was protruding from a hole in the back of the A-line skirt.

This dark, tawny-colored golden jackal morph was Master Sergeant Nefertiti Amun, a wild female canine morph and a member of the Event Horizon special operation tactical infantry platoon. This wild female canine morph is a tactical infantry unit member specializing in inhospitable climates like deserts and wastelands. The unit is called 'the Arid Rangers' and is wholly dedicated to imperial Prince/Shogun Justice Silverlight, like all the imperial units.

The last figure also gets Warrant Officer One Thetis Sheer a bit nervous, and the commander of 'The Arid Rangers' is a good looking dark brown Egyptian Jackal female morph with shoulder-length dark brown colored hair. Her slender/graceful 6 ft, even wild canine figure was attired in the Imperial Tactical infantry-morph division's midnight blue dress skirt uniform. A gold-stylized wolf head pin with the word A.R.K. below the head was pinned on the uniform collar.

Her well-muscular dark brown legs were bare. On her nine-inch-long, slender Egyptian-shaped bare feet with matte-finished cream-colored toenail polish, she sported a pair of black high-heeled pumps with two-inch classic stiletto heels. Unlike the Imperial Alicorn mares in military service, this female golden Jackal morph doesn't wear nude-colored thigh-high stockings with lace detail with her dress uniform.

If you could see through the toe boxes of her pumps, you would notice that her longer big toes were the most prominent feature of her long and narrow feet. Equally as prominent were her remaining four toes, which were well-proportioned at a forty-five-degree downward slanted angle. This particular toe configuration easily accommodates all standard-sized women's shoes because her toes were at such a nice, tidy angle.

On her head, between her ears, was a midnight blue peaked cap with a wreath of silver stars. Prominent in the center of the wreath was a stylized single gold star from the Imperial Alicorn mythos of the first star. Protruding from a hole in the back of the A-line skirt was a long dark brown colored, long, bushy tail.

This dark brown Egyptian jackal morph was first Lieutenant Nefertari Amun, a wild female canine morph and a specialty squad member from Event Horizon special operation tactical infantry platoon. She is the commander of a special tactical infantry unit specializing in inhospitable climates like deserts and wastelands. The unit she heads is called 'the Arid Rangers' and is wholly dedicated to imperial Prince/Shogun Justice Silverlight, like all the imperial units.

"Welcome, you three, to the planet of Equus," Justice commented as the three female morphs saluted him.

“Thank you, master.” The three female morphs said simultaneously as Justice floated with his unicorn telekinesis. Three chairs and the three female morphs sat down on them, crossed their furry legs, one knee tossed casually over the other, relaxed.

"Ladies, this mare next to me is my adjutant/secretary, Warrant Officer One Thetis Sheer." Justice introduces himself and gestures his hand toward Thetis, standing next to him, clutching her holographic computerized clipboard tightly against her bosom.

“Greeting warrant office one Sheer.” The three female morphs said simultaneously, friendly as Thetis was still nervous about the two female jackals and a little uneasy about the female Border collie that locked an intense gaze called ‘herding eye’ on her.

"By the first star, Guinevere…you are not herding her!" Justice said commandingly, breaking the Border Collie's intense gaze on his adjutant/secretary as the two female jackals softly chuckled under their breath.

"Excuse me, master…before Guinevere wants to herd your adjutant/secretary again. Why did you send for us?" Nefertari inquires as Justice nods his head.

“Oh yes…Nefertari. A lightly armed military rescue operation convoy was on a mission to search for survivors in Mount Aris on their way to a waypoint near the sea of clouds. They were attacked by a hostile buffalo herd, and we lost communication with them. I am sending the arid rangers to locate…The mission brief with all the details was sent to your mini-computer vambrace. You are to find and assist the convoy. Two crystal-powered hover cycles are waiting for you two." Justice explains as the two jackals leap out of their seat and leave the office, looking at the mission brief on their mini-computer vambrace.

"As for you, Guinevere, I am sending you back to my ship…Go through your morph list, pick out those morphs that will be the greatest help on this planet, and call them up." Justice ordered as Guinevere headed back to the landing strip to return to the ship in space.

A few minutes later, two crystal-powered hover cycles speed out of Ponyville, one air and space base, on their way to the San Palomino Desert. Riding them are Lieutenant Nefertari Amun and Master Sergeant Nefertiti Amun, both members of the 'Arid Rangers.'

A specialty desert survivor unit made up of morphs, whose natural habitat is the inhospitable climate on their planet of A.R.K., Making these morph breeds the hardest and toughest among all breeds on the planet. They tend to think more with their fists than their heads.

Shogun Justice Silverlight knows this and has trained them to think quickly on their feet. Among the many morphs that work for the Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, this group is most likely to start a fight with anyone who speaks ill of the Imperial Prince.

This tendency has caused tension among the other Lagoon Nebula depot tactical units that live there. That is why Justice has assigned a herding dog morph as commander of the morph division. It is her job to keep everyone in line and maintain peace at the depot. Staff Sergeant Guinevere Montgomery is the only tactical commander (other than Captain Penelope Resonance) who has constant contact with the Imperial Prince at any given time.

Some hours later, Staff Sergeant Guinevere Montgomery, the female Border collie morph, returns to the Ponyville One air and space base, still wearing her dress uniform. She carries the holographic computerized clipboard with the list of essential morph personnel to be assigned to the Planet of Equus.

To keep things calm, Justice has sent his Adjutant/Secretary Thetis home for the night so he can meet with Guinevere alone at his office at the base. The click-clack of Guinevere's heels echoes in the office as she approaches the desk.

"Here's the list you asked me to make, Master." Guinevere said in a business-like tone of voice, sliding her holographic computerized clipboard over to Justice as she sat down on a chair in front of the desk.

"That's great work, Guinevere…Do you feel underappreciated? Because I put a lot of things on you, Guinevere." Justice inquiry as Guinevere stomach knots with the question.

"Are you replacing me, master?!" Guinevere said bluntly, making Justice blink his eyes a few times.

"How in the first star did you come to that conclusion, Guinevere? I am simply wondering if you are ok with being the peacekeeper at the depot?" Justice inquired as Guinevere blushed with embarrassment from her reply.

"I am sorry, master…To be honest, back home, I always felt underappreciated, even those I loved my job…So I joined UAC space forces and was sent with the others to Imperial Alicorn space. I thought it would be more of the same…but then I met you, and I was appreciated." Guinevere said, happy as she wagged her tail.

"So those belly rubs are not why you stay loyal to me," Justice said jokingly as Guinevere growled at him.

“I might be a canine morph…but a belly rub is not my cup of tea. It's good to know your personality, master, or I would be upset with that comment." Guinevere said sourly as she barked at Justice, who had a massive smile on his face.

Sometime later, once again, Shogun Justice Silverlight sits in his office at Ponyville, one air and space base, finalizing the transfer of the Morph personnel from Lagoon Nebula depot to the Planet of Equus and to the first Imperial Tactical infantry brigade. His attention is drawn to a door opening into his office and the click-clack of heels on the floor.

Entering his office was a good-looking light gray unicorn mare with an uncomplicated shoulder-length dark brownish gray mane and a well-kept straight tail. Her 5ft 6in physical fit equine figure was attired in the midnight blue women's standard skirt uniform of the imperial Alicorn tactical corp. On her ten-inch-long Egyptian-shaped light gray, naturally beautiful, slender, and elegant mare bare feet were black high-heeled pumps with a two-inch stiletto heel.

If you could see through the toe boxes of her pump, you would notice that the most prominent feature of her feet was her longer big toes and elegant forty-five-degree downward slant of her remaining toes. This particular aspect of her feet easily accommodates the standard sizes of women's shoes, as her toes are at a tidy, symmetrical angle.

This unicorn pony mare was Warrant Officer One Raven Inkwell, the newly appointed adjutant/secretary for Executive Officer/Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight. This particular unicorn mare has been Princess Celestia's faithful aid since ancient Equestria.

After the unity crystal shattered, the spirit of Miss Inkwell remained to guard the Canterlot Archives and all the most dangerous objects. Sun Princess Aurora Silverlight released Miss Inkwell from her vow to guard the Canterlot Archives after sending all dangerous contents to the Castle of royal pony sisters. Since then, Miss Inkwell traveled this new Equestria in spirit form to learn about this new Equestria. She was satisfied when she appeared before Imperial Prince Justice Silverlight, asking if he had her real body.

"Well, greetings, Miss Raven Inkwell. How is your revived body doing?" Justice asked as Raven sat down in the chair, crossed her fit unicorn legs, and tossed one knee casually over the other in front of her.

"My revived body is fine, Lord Silverlight…I meant Shogun Silverlight." Raven said, her voice edged with tension from her mistake.

"You can call me Lord Silverlight in private, Miss Inkwell (polite laugh). I allow those ponies that know me from ancient Equestria to call me based on how they remember me. I make it easier." Justice explains as he walks in front of his desk right before Miss Inkwell.

"I thank you, Lord Silverlight…I was told I would be adjutant/secretary for Executive officer/Imperial Princess Celestia Silverlight. Like ancient Equestria." Raven comments as she uncrossed her unicorn legs and placed her feet on the ground.

"That is right, Miss Inkwell…my wife has many more duties than she had when she was a Princess…so adjutant/secretary is what she needs now," Justice explains as he kneels down on the ground, placing Raven's legs on his knees.

"I would love to return to the Princess's side. And all I have to do is pass this one test." Raven said as Justice removed her pumps, revealing her barefeet for the test.

Raven exploded with maniac laughter as Justice ran his fingers up, down, and across her light gray skin. Her exquisite, long, narrow, shapely, and refined Egyptian-shaped bare feet were very supple, with superb flowing creases and no hint of roughness or callousness. She took great care of them, keeping them completely clean and blemish-free.

Raven was in hysterics in no time. He targeted her toe stems with her long, dazzling, shapely, lovable toes, which had a slight plush to them. The sensations shot up her long unicorn legs and exploded in her mind. When he finished, Raven was left gulping much-needed oxygen into her oxygen-deprived lungs, but she passed her test.

Chapter 11 (the morph arc 1)

It had been over two hours with no contact from the lightly armed military rescue operation convoy sent to Mount Aris in the sea of clouds in the San Palomino Deserts region of southern Equestria. After being forced to run to the frontier ghost town of Appleloosa, the convoy was attacked by the buffalo herds. The tension at Ponyville, one air and space base, can be cut with several knives to relieve this tension. Shogun Justice Silverlight, the commander of this base, ordered all his family members to take R&R and let the Imperial Alicorns military personnel monitor the situation.

As expected, Shogun Justice Silverlight's family members refused to leave their battle stations in the main tactical command center at the Ponyville One air and space base until they re-established contact with the lightly armed military rescue operation convoy. Furious with this, Justice raised his voice, which quickly caught the attention of his whole family.

Nauseating spurts of adrenaline course through their veins, hearing their father raise his voice at them; this also surprises his mate, Daimyo/Executive Officer Celestia Silverlight. Who has seen every side of her mate Shogun Justice Silverlight since she appointed him her personal guard in ancient Equestria, but this one.

"Foals and relatives, please respect Justice's command…Yes, we are worried about the operation, but there is nothing we can do right now. So take the ordered R&R and let the Imperial Alicorns military personnel monitor the situation for now." Celestia said in a calm and tranquil tone of voice, easing the anger and tension in the main tactical command center.

“Yes, Daimyo Silverlight.” The family members said as the Imperial Alicorns military personnel relieved them.

“My love…you should also follow your command and take some R&R," Celestia said calmly as she rested her hand on his shoulder considerate.

"I am sorry, Celestia…" Justice said, ashamed, as Celestia kissed him on his cheek affectionately.

"Not at all, Justice…I am happy that I didn't get you that mad when you served as my personal guard…I might have had second thoughts about marrying you." Celestia said jokingly as Justice heard the substantial pip-plops of his Alicorn wife's large barefeet leaving the main tactical command center. She was carrying her black high-heeled pumps in her hand.

It's a few hours later. Shogun Justice Silverlight, with his back toward his office door, is much calmer than before. He sits in his fourteen by eighteen-square-foot office and looks out the picture window on the top floor of Ponyville, one air and space-base administration buildings at the new Ponyville.

His ears on top of his head perked up. He heard the door open and the click-clack of a high heel on a Yukon hickory hand scraping the solid hardwood floor of his office. Walking toward his desk was an elegant-looking light blue pegasi mare with a long, sleek, peach-colored mane and well-kept straight tail.

Her 5ft 10in sleeky muscular equine figure was attired in the midnight blue women's standard skirt uniform of the imperial Alicorn tactical infantry civil defense unit. This variation of the midnight blue women's standard skirt uniform allows the mare soldier to wear the pumps on her barefeet or with nude-colored no-show foot covers.

On her ten-inch-long Egyptian-shaped light blue, naturally beautiful, slender, and elegant mare's bare feet, which were black high-heeled pumps with two-inch stiletto heels, if you could see through the sides of her shoes that she had exquisitely shaped arches on both her feet, with moderate arch heights.

If you could see through the toe boxes of her pump, you would also notice that the most prominent feature of her feet was her longer big toes and elegant forty-five-degree downward slant of her remaining toes. This particular aspect of her feet easily accommodates the standard sizes of women's shoes, as her toes are at a tidy, symmetrical angle.

Her elegant and beautiful standard-sized light blue feathered bird wings were folded on her back. This Pegasi mare was Warrant Officer One Thetis Sheer, the adjutant/secretary of Shogun Justice Silverlight, and his most loyal mare since discovering she is the direct descendent of his late Royal maid Diana Sheer from ancient Equestria. Plus a member of the imperial Alicorn tactical infantry civil defense unit.

As for the Tactical infantry Civil defense unit, this is in response to a high number of Terran ponies wanting to protect this new Equestria. The Civil Defense unit is highly trained and motivated. It works hand in hand with Imperial Tactical infantry from the Imperator Alicorn military. The civil defense unit's main job is to be an urban police force for cities without its own protection. These soldiers may only intervene in a city matter if they are requested by the city leaders to do so.

"Miss Sheer…pumps off, please," Justice asked casually as Thetis paused momentarily to slip her feet out of her pumps, knowing that her ancestor wore her shoes on barefeet or nylon foot covers.

“Yes Shogun…" Thetis answers as she pip-plops in her elegant barefeet carrying a holographic computerized clipboard resting on her forearm toward Justice's desk.

"The commander of your tactical infantry desert squad has arrived on the planet of Equus, Justice…she will be coming shortly, "Thetis reports, swiping two of her fingers over the touch screen of a holographic computerized clipboard.

“Thetis…remains at my side. I need you to take some notes for me." Justice said as a small hole big enough for a single mare foot to be inserted appeared on the ground beside Thetis's feet.

"Yes, Justice…" Thetis said, conscientious as she inserted her right bare foot into the hole in the ground. From a second hole in front of Justice appears a single ten-inch, Egyptian-shaped light blue, naturally beautiful, slender, and elegant mare barefoot with crème finished cardinal red toenail polish.

Soon, a smile begins to grow on Miss Sheer's equine snout as Justice strokes her very sensitive, creamy, smooth, light blue bare sole with his single finger, tracing the contours from the gentle round ball of her foot through her exquisitely shaped arch and ending at her supple curved heel before following the same path in reverse, digging his fingers into her delicate toe stems when he reached the top, causing Miss Sheer to stifle a giggle.

The direct descendant of his late royal maid, Diana Sheer, from ancient Equestria, has also developed her ancestor's uncanny ability to quickly read her master's mood and act accordingly. In this case, allowing her master to tickle her very sensitive bare sole has calmed him down even more.

Back at the salt block in the frontier ghost town of Appleloosa, Diplomat Rarity Radiance has returned from the Imperial Alicorn Reverie, which she spend only a few minutes in. But it felt like a few hours of having her incredibly soft and pillowy light gray (more toward the white spectrum) bare soles tickled by Shogun Justice Silverlight as they discuss the situation with Diplomat Twilight Sparkle. At the end of the secret meeting, the two ponies don't decide on Diplomat Twilight Sparkle, and Shogun Justice Silverlight suggests that Rarity play it by ear.

‘Even having that secret meeting in reverie with Justice…didn’t generate any satisfying results for this situation with Twilight…But I did learn that my feet get more sensitive inside the Imperial Alicorn Reverie…which caused me to laugh a lot harder.’ Rarity thought, putting her shoes and socks back on before walking back into the main room of the salt block.

“Staff Sergeant, where did Twilight go?" Rarity inquires as she comes upon an unchanged situation with the long-range communication kit frantically being repaired.

“I saw Diplomat Sparkle sneaking out of town…” an imperial Alicorn mare dressed in a US cavalry uniform answers as the crowd collectively gasps.

"Is she that foolish, Miss Radiance?" Angeletta asks as the mare explains that Twilight waited for the guards to change shifts and slipped out of town unnoticed.

"In ancient Equestria, she would never…But this is a new Equestria, and Twilight is not the same." Rarity answered as Angeletta quickly picked four of her best commandos to locate Diplomat Sparkle.

"By the sun's mercies!! Don't burn the soles of my feet!!!" Twilight's voice explodes out of her as a buffalo warrior holds a lit torch close to the bare soles of Twilight's feet as nervous sweat glistens on them.

"Then talk pony…that lizardfolk say your kind was bring us more guns." The buffalo chief said as the warrior held two lit torches before Twilight's bare soles as sweat ran off them.

“By suns mercies…I don't know what you are talking about? What lizardfolk? I know no Lizardfolk at all." Twilight cries out in a voice raw with terror as flame tips lick at the pads on the underside of her toes.

"Very well, little pony…throws this mare into her cell…Next time, little pony, we are burning those soles of yours….Till you tell us where those guns are!" the buffalo chief threatened as they untied her wrists and ankles, tossing her barefoot into a wooden cage.

The moment Diplomat Twilight Sparkle snuck out of the frontier ghost town of Appleloosa, she was spotted by a buffalo scout, as she had no idea where to look for the buffalo herds surrounding the town.

When Twilight was far enough from the town, a buffalo scout knocked her unconscious. This buffalo scout was very familiar with unicorn magic and slipped a disruptor ring on her horn. The buffalo scout tied Twilight’s hands behind her back. With her still out cold, the buffalo scout untied her boots and pulled them off.

He then proceeded to pull her socks off, exposing her magnificent pair of slender ten-inch-long light purple Egyptian-shaped bare feet with glass-flecked emerald green toenail polish. Before carrying her back to the buffalo camp, the buffalo scout tossed her boots and socks into the gully, knowing that if they finished with her, they would send her walking back to town barefoot with her soles burned.

Once the buffalo scout returned to the camp with the mare, they tied her to a post and tied her ankles to a wooden frame, holding them in the air to torture her feet. With everything ready, they woke her up. At first, Twilight had no idea why her feet were being held in the air like that, but she quickly found out when a buffalo warrior waved the flame close to the soles of her feet. So close she felt the heat come off the flame, causing her feet to begin sweating profusely to cool them off.

"Rarity was right…This, not the old Equestria…not my Equestria." Twilight's voice breaks as tears streak her cheeks, knowing she will be crippled went they burn the soles of her feet if she doesn't answer the question.

"WERE IS THAT MARE!?" the buffalo chief voice carried to edge impatience, finding Twilight's cage empty with her bare footprints leaving the camp and boot prints heading back to town.

(Back at the Salt Block)

"I don't care if you are friends with the Shogun! You jeopardized me, your friend, and my team by going out on your own! Till further notice! You are confined to this salt block, and to ensure that you don't try that again, you will not be issued replacement boots and socks…Miss Sparkle!" Angeletta said sharply as she snorted at Twilight with displeasure.

"From all the desert planets I have been sent to…There is one thing I know: the ground gets hot when the sun is up and cold when it goes down…so walking around barefooted, even for you, will not be a pleasurable experience! Understood, Miss Sparkle! (Nods her head)” Angeletta said spitefully as she gestured to a guard to take Twilight up to one of the rooms in the salt block to confine her.

“Staff Sergeant…I am like Twilight…Are you going to confine me?” Rarity inquires, and Angeletta gives Rarity the side eye when she asks that question.

"The thought did cross my mind, Miss Radiance…I was the imperial Alicorn assigned when you were revived…so you know my answer, Miss Radiance." Angeletta commented as the breath caught in Rarity's throat.

"Indeed, Staff Sergeant…indeed, Miss Glamour." Rarity said, knowing the two mares were discussing the new development with the Buffalo herds.