Fluttershy walked happily down the hallway of her cottage, she hadn't heard anything from Bo all morning and decided to check on him and make sure he was okay. She opened the door slowly, not wanting to startle him or catch him changing. "Bo, is everything..." he was gone, the shy mare approached the bed which she had seen Bo in the night before, it had been made as if no one slept in it. On the pillow she found a note, the only sign Bo had been there at all.

Fluttershy,

I really appreciate the kindness you showed me last night, however what Applejack said last night, that I was a monster, has been stuck in my head and the more I think about it, the more I realize that she was right. I am a monster, and I do not deserve the kindness you have shown me. I cannot stay here, even for a single night.

I wish I could have told you in person.

Bo

Fluttershy stared at the note for a moment after reading it. "Oh dear, I think I should go find him."
*knock knock knock*

A sudden knocking on Fluttershy's door was heard throughout the cottage. She quickly ran to the door, hoping it was Bo, when she opened it, however, all she saw was Twilight.

"Good morning Fluttershy," the lavender unicorn stood in the doorway, a huge smile on her face. "I just stopped by to check on Bo."

"oh, um...well you can't." Fluttershy tried not to admit that he had left.

"Why not, is he feeling bad?"

"No, well yes, I mean..." Fluttershy lowered her head, she felt defeated and the only thing she could do was tell the truth. "You can't see him because he left last night. Apparantly Applejack told him he was a monster and now he believes it."

Just then a gust of wind blew past the two, followed by an immense cloud of dust. The two ponies took cover inside, waiting for the dust to subside. They watched out the window as the dust settled, yet it kept getting darker and darker, it wasn't even noon yet and it appeared as if the sun was going down. Soon all the light had vanished, the two frightened ponies couldn't even see each other. Then the ground shook gently as a began to be torn through black sky, the two watched on in a familiar feeling of fear as pure white light flooded the area around the hole. Suddenly a figure dropped through, but this one was different than when Bo came through, Bo fell, but this one looked like it had jumped. The hole quickly closed and light returned.

Twilight looked at Fluttershy and spoke. "I think we need to find Bo, now!"

Fluttershy nodded in agreement, she didn't want to leave her cottage, but she knew deep down that if they found Bo she wouldn't have anything to fear. It was decided, the two ran outh the door and down the road towards Ponyville, they felt it was the best place to start looking.

"Dammit Beast! All you have to do is tell me where that FUCKING rogue is and all of this will be over." A swift kick to the ponies ribs from the woman showed no sign of being effective in getting the information. She stood at about 5 foot 3, a Tyyp 3 Songbird Drake used mostly as an assassin, unlike a 7 foot Tyyp 15 Tank like Bo. She leaned in close to the abused stallion, the heavy metal plates of her armor made a scraping noise as they rubbed together. She stared at him, her bright yellow eyes visible behind the glass visor on her helmet.

Fluttershy and Twilight came across this scene and looked on in horror as the Drake murdered the pony that was lying on the ground, slowly she stood and turned towards the two frightened mares. They stepped backwards trying to avoid the assassin.

Slowly she raised her hand to her face as she began to step forward, licking the blood from her sword. "Well well, you two smell an awful lot like my target, I imagine you must know where he is.

"Ristitulessa Tulipalloja!" A barrage of fireballs flew towards the steel clad Drake, landing at her feet as she stumbled back to avoid them. She looked up to see Bo land smoothly on the ground just a yard from his frightened friends. "Now now Serena, you know I can't let you do that." A smirk spread across his face.

"Bo you're not really going to chose them over your family are you? I don't want to kill you, but I can't leave until you come back with me or aren't breathing, well then there's the matter of the animals that saved you, can't banish rogues here if they don't die can we?"

Bo crossed his arms and looked hard at the armored threat. "So what, you come down, try to kill me and give up." A short laugh escaped his otherwise serious tone. "You don't really think that would work do you?

"I'll assume that means you aren't coming home with me? Such a shame, that rules out half of your options." She crouched down slightly, a yellow aura of magic slowly cloaked her as a low humming sound spread through the area, slowly getting louder.

"COVER YOUR EARS, SHE'S A FUCKING SONGBIRD!" Bo shouted the order over his shoulder at his friends, he recognized the spell as a Musiikki class Earthquake. He knew he could survive it, but the ponies would fall victim to the blasting beat.

"The only other option I was allowed to give you was die, so I guess it's time to let the beat flow!" Suddenly the faint yellow aura around the assassin shone brightly as the monotonous humming exploded into a booming bass line which shook the ground under Bo, he tucked himself to protect his own body as Serena rushed in and drove her steel covered fist into Bo's face, breaking his guard and forcing him to stagger backwards, uncovering most of his body, a kick to his chest from her spiked boot finished the job of opening his body to an attack, Serena noticed her opportunity to end the struggle quick, and drew her blade.

Bo saw this, he saw her approach him, but everything seemed to be moving slowly that it should have. It felt as if the entire universe stopped, just so he could see his own death in slow motion, everything faded into third person, he could see it all. He saw his friends still holding their ears as the watched on in horror, he saw more rushing towards the scene to see what they could do. But beyond Serena he could see something else, he could see Applejack, a look of regret frozen on her face she watched Serena thrust her blade towards Bo. For some reason Bo began to feel peaceful, he felt as if someone was grabbing him and trying to wake him from a deep sleep. His eyes wen't from their usual blue, to white. He could hear a voice in the distance, it was strong and fierce, yet gentle and reassuring. Suddenly everything faded to white and Bo felt himself drop to the ground.

"You aren't even trying Bo, why is that?" The voice was clear, but he couldn't see where it was coming from.

"Because what if I win, then what? I go on a blood rage and kill my friends. It isn't worth it. It's just like Applejack said, all of us Drakes are made the same."

"But not you, did they not tell you who you really are?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Part of you statement is correct, all Drakes are made the same, but you are different. The humans realized quickly that the powerful war machines they had made wouldn't listen to them, that they would need something more powerful to lead them. Something with free will, something like the Drakes but far more regal. What they needed is a dragon prince, one not yet hatched so it could be molded to what they wanted. What they needed is you."

"Dragon prince?" Surprise spread across Bo's face. "So what you're saying is that I am pure, there is no human blood diluting my strength?"

"I'll let you figure that out, and I will help you discover more of yourself in the future. For now, however, you have something you need to finish."

Serena's sword slammed hard into Bo's chest sending him back a few more steps, he kept his head hung low as the assassin approached slowly, extending her hand to grab the hilt of her blade. "Such big talk, and such a little fight, I really did expect more from a Tank like you."

Bo swiftly swung his fist upwards into Serena's jaw launching her into the air where she landed a few feet away. slowly he started to laugh as he reached up to pull out the weapon in his chest. "You didn't really think it would be THAT easy, did you? I'm starting to think you didn't research you target very well," Bo continued to speak as a black aura rose from the ground, slowly cloaking him. "None of the fights you've been in before can help you, nothing you have ever hunted could prepare you for me." He looked at the blade, a smile spread across his face as he threw it into the ground. The black aura around him began to conceil his body. Black metallic spikes began to tear through the skin on his arms and back, scales spreading along his body. He looked up towards the sky and let out an ear shattering roar as a black, scaled snout emerged from his face, viscious white fangs were attached to his gums.

Serena stood up, horror spread across her face. "What the hell are you."

Bo laughed harder now, "I'm the one thing you can't kill, and the last thing you will ever see, I'm a real FUCKING DRAGON. Tell me, was your task worth the fate you've just earned? You don't have to answer that, but let's just hope that armor of yours is pretty thick."

Serena drew another blade from a sheath on her side, she quickly rushed in swinging the sword as hard as she could, trying desperately to end the struggle. Each swing was caught by Bo and thrown to the side, Serena was slowly frustrated, she looked at Bo as he held her blade, a smile spread across his face. He was playing with her! The whole time he was just letting her attack, letting her get angry.

"Enough of this!" Bo threw the weapon to the side and used his dragon claws to slice right the Serena's armor, removing her arm, he raised his arm and grabbed her by the throat, a swift slash removed her helmet. "I hope you realize you never had a chance." Bo threw a swift slice along her chest before plunging his claws into her chest and wrapping his fingers around her heart. "Game over!" In an instance he pulled his hand out still clenching the beating heart as the veins and arteries connected to it ripped. A look of horror and agony was sealed onto Serena's face as he threw her limp, lifeless body to the ground, staring at the heart in his hand. "Your fight was valorous, your essence and power shall live on in me, Omaksua Ydin Ja Voima!" In an instance light began to shoot out from between Bo's scales as they dropped to the ground to reveal his soft, human like skin. The heart in his hand turned to pure light and allowed itself to be absorbed by Bo, becoming one with his very soul.

When the light show subsided Bo collapsed to the ground, panting heavily as his friends slowly got closer to him. He couldn't focus, he wasn't sure what just happened. He decided to look at Serena's body which was lying less than a foot away from him. Slowly he looked up to see the body, one arm missing and a large hole in her chest.

"Shit!" Bo shouted loudly as he partially stood up and stumbled back. "What...what the hell did I do?" Slowly he lowered his head, deep down he knew the anwer, but he didn't want to admit it.

Applejack slowly approached Bo, the regretful look still hung on her face. "Ah'm sorry Bo, ya were right about them not negotiatin'. Ah was wrong when Ah said ya were a monster, and it was a bit too much. Ah really should've trusted ya, can ya forgive me?" Tears began to roll down Applejack's face.

Bo pulled the saddened Mare in closer, speaking softly. "Of course I forgive you, the month we spent together is not something I can just throw away over one little fight, our friendship is far more important."

Applejack looked relieved, slowly she got to the question she really wanted to ask, but was afraid to hear the answer to. "Does that mean yer gonna take me back, and come back to the farm with me?"

Bo sat there in silence, holding Applejack. "No, the month we spent together was the best one of my life, but in the moment when all of our lives were on the line, when I needed you to support and comfort me because the only solutions was something I feared the most, you abandoned me and made me feel like I didn't matter. While I can forgive you, I can't forget the way it made me feel, and I don't want to risk our friendship by allowing that to happen again."

Applejack nudged her head in closer before stepping back from Bo. "Yer not a monster, and yer nothin' like yer brother. I really am sorry about the things I said."

"Don't be, you were right, I am a monster."

Applejack jerked her head back, and stared at Bo. "Whaddya mean yer a monster?"

"Exactly what the statement implies, but I'm not a monster that Earth Ponies, or Pegasi, or Unicorns need to fear, I am a monster that humans and Drakes need to fear. Never will I allow them to enter this world and cause harm to those who live here. By Odin's spear Gungir, I swear this to be the truth!"

Author's Note

This is the revised version, I didn't like the way I ended it, so I changed that to set up for the next chapter.