hey there everyone, this story has been re-written several times but I'm still not sure, tell me what you all think and if I should continue or not because id rather not waste yall's time, also I'm not up to date on the show so this takes place a little after the main six defeat the magic stealing wizard guy (Hope you all know before you start to read that I haven't seen much of the show in forever :P), you know the one, well that's all I gotta say so ill shut up and let you all get to the story,

hope you enjoy

"Alright, relay my letter to me" said the alicorn, sitting on his throne as a unicorn holding a scroll with his magic, as he finishes writing the last of what the alicorn had said, he cleared his throat and transcribed the letter.

"As I send this letter my people are recovering from a bloody war, i understand the relationship between our kingdoms has gone no further than a simple trading agreement but from near defeat my people struggle, so I hold my pride and implore you with most sincerity, Princess celestia, help my people, we require supplies, food, horsepower, anything you may send would be overwhelmingly appreciated." the unicorn recited, the king brought a hoof to his face "no,no,NO! I sound like begging colt, ugh, with the restorations being stalled once again we need the aid of the equestrians, but with all this stress i can hardly gather my thoughts properly!"

The alicorn continued his small rant his red fur and deep red mane being a visible mess, the unicorn had steadied his glasses and waved down the attention of his fair king "my lord, allow me to write it, you do have enough to worry about with this whole situation" said the black and violet unicorn in a calm tone.

"Would you, that would be wonderfully helpful Theta" proclaimed the king, Theta took a knee "anything to serve you, king Erma"

4 days later...

Theta entered through the large double doors to the throne room, the stained glass lining the ceiling let a rainbow of light through as he trotted up to the throne where the king sat, a pot of violet flowers on a stand beside him sat getting itself thoroughly inspected by the king, his fascination broken by the entering of Theta.

"my lord, we have gotten a return letter from the princess celestia, ehem, king Erma, i believe i have a grasp of your strife, allow me a few days to put together the necessary resources together and i will send you as much support as you require to see that your people recover." finished Theta, 'short and to the point maybe i shouldn't have put so much effort into my first letter' thought Theta as he looked to the king for further instructions "splendid, we must find a way to repay the princess!" exclaimed the king as he stood and began to pace "but with what, we aren't in any position to give resources we don't have, our military has been nearly destroyed, hmm" he continued to pace deep in thought when Theta once again waved him down "you do have something you are able to spare without losing much, your three royal captains Lightning road, Silver Strings, Stardust, as your three most trusted and skilled captains it should make a statement of your gratitude, as well as get those idiots out of my mane."

Theta mumbled that last part to himself, the king seemed to think about it now focusing on whether to go with Theta's proposed plan, he had to admit it was a great plan on paper, but for Erma to part with those three was like to say goodbye to his own children, they are unruly and sometimes obnoxious but he has mentored the three and watched over them like his own for years, not to mention the trio were only just 17 the exception that Stardust was 16! Yet they had fought in the war as valiantly as his generals and with more anger and ferocity then Erma realized they were capable of, risking their lives to protect their homes, not just that, the three of them were valuable in their unique abilities as well, Stardust's magical capabilities greatly exceeding others at even such a young age and his training only worked to refine his power, Lightning road was the fastest pegasus in the land much more than that though, lightning courses through his body that makes him as dangerous as a raging storm, and as far as i'm aware Silver strings is just an average earth pony or should at least seem like it at first glance, though without magic or flight he has kept up with and at moments surpassed his brothers at crucial moments, with his guitar in hoof he is an excellent musician but an even greater warrior.

The king was even deeper in thought, Theta cleared his throat catching the kings attention "my lord, you have nothing else of value to give, they have faced the outside world together before they came here and it's because of how infamous they became for slaying monsters and stopping crime organizations that made you reach out to them, they will be fine, and it's not like you won't still have your generals and army to protect the kingdom." finished Theta, he walked up to the king from his spot beside the throne "I can arrange everything, there isn't any more need to stress over this."

The king gazed down at his aid thoughtfully "thank you, summon the boys here immediately and inform the princess of the exchange at once!" said the king raising his voice a bit, Theta took his leave with a smile on his face "at once, my lord."

A week later...

"Alright, this is your last chance Stardust, if you did something to piss off king Erma fess up now!" said a Silver coated stallion slightly agitated, his mane coming down to uneven ends, the yellow unicorn with a mess of white and gold hair settled down on his head seemed just as agitated "I told you Silver, I didn't do anything what's to say you didn't do something huh" retorted the unicorn.

Then a pegasus with a deep blue coat and tamed spiky hair walked between them "none of us will know until we go in, just remember guys 'innocent till proven guilty'" both nodded and the three stepped through the large set of doors and to the large throne where the king and his aid awaited.

The three trotted to there unknown fate as the look on king Erma's face only gave away a stern strong vibe that made Stardust and lightning road uneasy intel they saw that silver strings was looking at the king in a confused manner with a bit of worry in his eye's "king Erma? What's the matter?"

Lightning road and Stardust had both eased up, Silver strings was known to have a sort of sixth sense for emotion and or being able to see things before they happen, but for whatever reason his instincts where usually right and once again they were.

"Hello boys, I'm fine, it's just that, it seems that your time here is up" the three's eyes grew wide as they looked at eachother "where getting fired!? I knew this was going to happen one of these days! Where going to have to find new jobs, a new place to stay and-" Stardust's outburst was interrupted by king Erma as he raised a hoof to silence the him.

"No boys, your not 'getting fired' in return for the support of a kingdom i have chosen to thank them with my three most talented captains loyalties and services" explained king erma, the three where once again struck speechless the only thing lightning road was able to utter out given a few seconds was "what?"

"You three will be the knights to the 'princess celestia' your loyalties now lie to her and her kingdom as well as its people, the king had nothing else to give as we were receiving resources and such from them, any other gesture would seem miniscule or just plain half assed" chimed in Theta beside the king, the king then slowly nodded.

'That fucking weasle' thought Silver strings, staring daggers at the snooty unicorn lightning road stayed silent but Stardust openly voiced his disdain for the idea "come on! After we just got done with this whole war with the abyssal ponies, after we merged and became that 'thing' to kill Striker Skies and Bottomless Depth? We just got settled down, and now your sending us away, did you get bored of us?" Stardust was yelling this at the king the king silenced him this time with a yell of his own "SILENCE!"

He sighed "look boys, its not at all easy for me to say this but it's because of all those things that you must go, its not just about the gift to this nation, you boys have accomplished so much but you three have spent nearly your whole lives here, although you only 'officially' joined my ranks 5 years ago, you have all been achieving staggering heights since you were young" Stardust perked at this.

"It would be a crime for me to keep the three of you tied down here, when there is so much out in the world for you to see and do, this seemed like the best way to insure you continue to learn and grow as amazing young stallions" the three brothers looked at eachother, then silver strings scoffed "alright, alright fine just don't cry will you, ya old horse also i'm only going because i want to, not like i want to stick around this dump anyway!" exclaimed Silver strings, lightning road smirked "ya like i want to hang out around here anyway, i guess where the ones getting bored i also guess that means your right" stated lightning road, Stardust just seemed peeved "if i ever come back Im TPing this castle."

Then suddenly they all looked there king dead in the eye's and took a knee "It was an honor serving you, king Erma" the three said in unison before turning around and leaving the way they came in 'bunch of annoying brats they are… ill miss them, ha not likely' thought Theta.

3 days later, in the middle of the ocean…

"Ugh, i'm gonna be sick" complained Stardust hanging off the railing of the boat, sitting nearby was silver strings cradling his silver base ing his hooves "i'm going to be sick just listening to you complain" just then lightning road landed having taken a short flight "welp, i can't see land in any direction" said lightning, he went to sit beside silver strings "well whatever, i just hope we get some action in this new place or whatever, also that we get to meet new people, id be boring if these guys took everything seriously like they do in vanguard, nobody can take a joke we might get in more trouble over there then before" sighed silver strings.

"Don't worry about it man" lightning road placed a hoof on his brothers shoulder "i've got a good feeling about this place."

I'm going to put a lot more detail into the next chapter and hopfully it will be longer, the events from before this are from my unpublished fic which is a complete mess and at this point unsalvageable, once again send your feed back on how I did, hope it was to your liking :D