*One week after the attack on the Saddle Arabian Royale palace*

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It's certainly been a long week...

Basically, after the whole thing at Saddle Arabia, me and Amira got ready to go to Equestria.

Problem was, all Princess Cadence actually told me was just to go south, that's it, and from where we were at the time, south just looked like more desert.

In hindsight, I should have probably asked for more information, but I guess it slipped my mind.

I had decided to go back to the throne room and ask her, but she and her guards were already gone at that point.

So, what we did was wait for some of the guards I had knocked out to wake up and interrogate them on how to get to Equestria.

It was surprisingly easy, just one glow of the palm and we got our answers.

It turned out, that Equestria and Saddle Arabia were actually separated by an ocean, so we had to find a port.

Wich took two days, because apparently Trotgier was smack dab in the middle of the dam desert, so, I had to threaten a poor guy to give us a ride in his carriage.

After this trip, we had arrived at a port, where, yes, I had to threaten yet another dude to give us a ride, but in his boat, to the closest port to Equestria.

I should probably get some money soon, I mean, I can always just continue threatening these horses and pony's to get what I want, but that will probably bite me in the ass later.

Anyway, the boat trip took three days, Wich were undoubtedly some of the slowest of my life.

Eventually, we reached another port, apparently called horseshoe bay.

We asked the guy sailing the boat if he knew of a way to get south, and it turned out that he was actually from Equestria, and told us to head to a city called Baltimare.

There, we could take the train to Dodge Junction, then, we could just head south.

Well, wherever the hell we were now, was probably this worlds equivalent to America, if those two city's are anything to go by.

So, is Equestria like, Mexico? Who knows.

'guess I'll just have to see' I think to myself as I walk through the grassy plains with my briefcase in hand.

"Master Stark, I think I see the city up ahead" I hear Amira say from my right.

I look next to me, and see Amira, who was no longer wearing the mark one gauntlets on her arms.

She was carrying the duffel bag on her hand, since she offered to carry it, and, to be honest, I wasn't gonna refuse that offer.

She also had a sword sheathed onto a holster that was strapped to her back.

We had looked for a better sword back at the palace, and had eventually found a relatively decent one, and, all things considering, I think it was the prince's.

"Great, let's try to speed up if we can" I say as I continue walking.

And now here we where, on our way to Baltimare, to catch a train, and go south.

Should be simple enough.

"Do you think they'll recognize you Stark?" Amira asks me.

"Recognize me? I don't think so, I mean it's only been five days since that whole palace thing" I respond.

I didn't see any phones, television's, radios, or cameras in Saddle Arabia.

How fast could news really spread?

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"And you are sure of this?" Princess Luna asked one of her thestral night guards, specifically, one that had been sent to Saddle Arabia to try and gather information on an individual she has learned was named Stark.

When she had first learned of this attack, she didn't worry much about it, after all, every kingdom had it's problems, and since, from the looks of it, the attack wasn't even that bad, it even looked like it had failed, or so had said the condition of her niece, who had recently returned from some meetings at the other kingdom.

Cadence seemed to be perfectly fine when she had returned, she had even mentioned how well the meetings went, but the guards that had been appointed as her escort were another story.

They were all heavily injured, and had told Luna that the one who had attacked the palace knew powerful combat magic.

This certainly sparked the moon princess's interest.

Even more so when Cadence apparently knew nothing about Stark, even though she was the last pony to speak with him before he left, at least from what the guards appointed to Cadence said.

Her niece seemed genuinely confused when she had asked him about Stark, and she couldn't help but think that maybe this individual had used some sort of mind magic on her niece.

It didn't help that Cadence had been acting a bit differently ever since her return.

"Yes, princess, Stark is headed towards Equestria" the guard said.

That certainly wasn't good, and Luna knew that whatever Stark's reason was for coming here, couldn't be good.

"And did they find out anything else?" Luna asked.

"I'm afraid not, all Stark had asked them was on how to get here it seems" The guard responded.

Princess Luna though about what to do for a moment, she decided to try to find and aprehend Stark.

"Send groups of night guards to every mayor city, and try to find him"

"Yes princess!" The guard saluted, before walking off.

Luna wouldn't bother her sister about this, after all, it could be a minor issue, and, if need be, she could assist her guards in cathing this individual.

Even then, if it turned out that Stark proved to be a real threat to Equestria, then, Twilight Sparkle and her friends would probably handle it.

"Let us hope it doesn't come to that" Luna says to herself as she heads towards her chambers.

Author's Note

Just a short interlude, honestly couldn't really find a place for this in the next chapter, so I made this.

(If your wondering, ye, after Stark left cadence, and she went to her guest room, that's where chrysalis ambushes her)