And here we are again for the second chapter installment of The Last Dreamrider.

Where heroes (I think) are born from absolutely nothing... But to be honest, isn't that how all heroes should/have start(ed) out? I mean, it's not like Superman was born into a rich family, or Scooby-Doo, or somethin' along those lines, right?

I just hope my story holds out with you guys and gals.

Enjoy...

Regretful Mistake...

"Oh where did I put that stupid sheet?" I heard Trixie fume as she began to relentlessly try and find the schedule sheet.

"Ms. Lulamoon? Try looking in your saddlebag." I said, pointing as she waved me off.

"I already looked there. It isn't there." She said as I nodded but insisted that I look myself.

I shuffled around the saddlebag and found deep inside a small folded sheet that I know if the schedule sheet.

"Ms. Lulamoon? I found it." I said as she walked in the room.

"Oh thank heavens, where did you find it?" She asked as I pointed to her saddlebag.

"But I searched there already!" She whined annoyingly as she gritted her teeth as I handed her the sheet and shrugged.

"You must put a little more effort into such things. Such problems may not seem like much now, but later it will amount. Trust me, I know." I said as she gave me a look of non-amusment as I shrugged as closed my eyes, shaking my head in my own self disappointment.

"Oh heavens sake's what am I doing?" I thought aloud to myself as I slapped the temple of my head and shook my head some more.

"I-I'm sorry. I shouldn't correct you." I scolded myself and looked down. T'was only by the grace of my master I was here... Though humans were quite rare and I believe that getting rid of me would have a serious negative effect on her...

But she didn't know that... And neither would she... You could consider it my... 'Bargaining Chip'. Lord knows I need one... But what use I would have for it would still yet be unveiled. As for right now, I just needed to live life... But only as long as I could not find a new opportunity... I would at first chance take life by the horns and choose what I, Michael I. Dreamrider, wanted to do.

I want to reunite with my fellow humans to lead the human race to a peaceful agreement with the ponykind after a serious reprimand on Equestria's part... If by any measure you interpret that as a threat to them, then by all means, yes. You interpreted right.

Ponykind will be forced under human rule once I'm in charge. These ponies have no right to tell us humans what we can and cannot do. These ponies will experience the very same thing that we have and will... But this time, Humanity will not be so kind. Humans are only able to take so much before absolute chaos... And absolute chaos it is. Humanity is now on the survival mindset... If I am right, they believe that life is now precious, and that survival means everything... I don't know how they managed to survive...

But damnit all, I'm going to eliminate the feeling of constant threat, once and for all. The humans, including myself, are never allowed to sleep at night comfortably... We have to remain conscious, sleeping with 'one eye open', per se... Even myself. I don't know when an anti-Human pony will come in through the night and assassinate me...

As many of my fellow humans have before... I had 7 friends... Now all dead from brutal and ruthless assassinations... I don't know what they got into, if even they did... But now I was the last of our little group in this sector... Our nationwide little group...

The Dreamriders.

We are comprised of humans who sought out other humans to help with their problems and trials, seeking out work to do for other humans, telling them of the prophecy of The First Dreamrider and explaining it to them more clearly, and most importantly, asking them if they wanted to join our little group... Once they did they would swear complete secrecy to the Plan of Order... The Plan of Order is exactly what it sounds like. We would reunite the Humans as a whole, bringing peace and order to our race, and to destroy the Laws of Humanity, making the Equestrian Empire fall to it's knees...

Of course, the group would not be without a leader... And again, of course led by yours truly,

The Dreamrider himself. Most people considered me a living god. I didn't, and I would correct those who thought that. I wasn't a god. I wasn't a superbeing, or anything. I was just some guy who wanted justice served their way... The cold way.

The hard way...

... But for now, I would remain a simple human... Destined for things greater and higher. What I would give for-

*SLAP*

"AHHG!" I yelped and jumped at once as I looked to see Ms. Lulamoon staring at me, teeth clenched together and narrowed eyebrows staring me down to size. But I also gave her a steely glare of anger.

"DON'T look at me like that! You never LISTEN to me!" She said as I sighed in disappointment, shaking my head as she looked at me and gave me a cocky grin.

"Was that a sigh?" She asked as I looked at her strangely, only seeing her like this twice.

And the second time I was burned with magic. "I-"

"DON'T GIVE ME THAT! YOUR LUCKY I'M STILL YOUR MASTER! I DON'T ASK MUCH, BUT WHAT I DO ASK FOR IS COMEPLETE ATTENTION AND RESPECT!" She screamed at me as I knew this time it wasn't important... At least to me.

"Why must you be so impatient?! Do your fans not give you proper attention?!" I asked her seriously as she slapped me again, giving me the same burning sensation.

"How DARE you! How DARE you!" She attempted to strike me again, but clearly she, was out of line. I grabbed her hoof and looked at her seriously.

"Don't make a mistake your likely to regret." I stared her down with devoted and committed eyes as she burned my hand with her magic, transfering her hoof into a fireball.

"Ah!" I exclaimed as I rectracted my hand and held it in pain as she shoved me into a wall and grabbed my throat to yield my violence... Or because of her anger. I began to feel my extremities slowly fail and yield any use at all as my vision slowly became foggy, and my breathing halt.

But this was a mistake on her part... You see, I'm the type of man who if you inflict more harm to me, I do not retract, but I cause harm to the aggressor. The more you inflict, the more I inflict. I desparatly grabbed her hoof but then grabbed her throat as well and clenched hard as her grip lessened and lessened. At this point, anger flowed through me like a passionate and vigorous desire, as she began to gasp for air.

My eyes then glowed like fire, the inside of my mouth glowed like lava as I looked at her with a cocked head and concerned look.

"What's wrong?..." I started, looking at her seriously, "... You don't seem well... Something bothering you?" I asked her sarcastically as I put my mouth to her ear.

"I... Don't... Like... Your... Actions..."

"... You should be dead by now, but I have mercy for those incompetent about the truth..." I whispered into her ear with the voice of a demon, "... So consider this your lesson of truth..." I smirked and looked at her, giving her a small kiss on the cheek as I let go and returned my expression to serious, my fiery outlook fading as I saw her on the ground, gasping for air as it slowly returned. I reached behind me and put my thick leather coat on, readying if I needed to leave.

She looked at me with terror-filled eyes as I reached down and healed her wounds, making it impossible for any trial to hold against no evidence against me... No evidence, no trial, which means no imprisonment... Hm. I looked at the door and then down at her again.

"You are at my total and utter mercy... But my piece has been said." I finished as I picked her up, slinging her arms over my shoulder and hearing her mutter words. "Help... Me..." She breathed as I chuckled lightly.

I walked over to her bedroom and placed her down onto the bed and looked at her.

"Oh Ms. Lulamoon... If only you knew..." I clicked my tongue in slight sadness as I noticed her beginning to pass out.

"Don't worry, I' will take care of-"

*ZAP*

"-you..." I said to myself as I looked around in fear, realizing that I stood in the midst of the city I so despised, the city of Royals and the city of Princess Celestia and Luna.

Canterlot Capital.

"HEY!" I heard behind me as a pair of guards ran up to me and grabbed my wrist and arm.

"What are you doing here without a master?!" He asked as I looked at them both.

"Princess Celestia?" I addressed behind them as they looked back and I jolted away from them, pulling the oldest trick in the book on them as I ran and ran.

I realized that Trixie herself had condemned me and placed me in my worst of nightmare scenarios.

"AFTER HIM! DON'T LET HIM GET AWAY!" He screamed as another pair of guards bolted towards me, this time being pegasus rather than a unicorn and earth pony.

"Oh crap." I said to myself as I leaped up two barrels and onto the roof, leaping from building to building as I noticed how close these buildings were from the Canterlot Castle.

Where my nightmare resided.

"GOTCHA!" One said as they grabbed my arm and I slugged him in the nose, causing a broken nose as well as a large nose bleed as he flew back and fell to the ground, grunting and screaming all the way as the other pegasi stabbed me in the left shoulder with his metal spear, making me scream in pain as he twisted the spear out the other side, making me stumble onto a roof, hitting my shoulder all the way.

I pulled out my large, 7-inch combat knife I forged from my own time and resources and leaped onto him, stabbing down into his left eye and into his skull as I got up and pulled the spear out slowly.

"AAAAAAGGGGHHHHRRRRRRAAAA JESUS CHRIST!" I screamed and wailed, my tears flowing as I finally pulled it out and tossed it onto the ground, sheathing my knife in the sheath located on my left shoulderblade.

I looked behind me to see two more pegasi diving after me as I grabbed the pole and threw it at them, causing them to split up and dodge the spear, giving me a few extra seconds as I lept to the next establishment and then lept down to what seemed like a large glass dome... Quite large indeed. I found myself attacked from two pegasi who came from my right and my left, as I looked down.

"Damn." I grunted as I stomped down onto the glass dome, cracking it as the two pegasi reached within 7 feet of me before I cracked through the glass and fell to my doom.

But I was blessed and received a large tree to stop my fall momentarily as I fell from that tree about 20 feet down and onto the ground on my back and noticing the second pegasi diving down at me, I rolled to the right and let him land hooves first into the ground as I pulled my knife from it's sheath and stabbed the right side of his neck, blood spurting out as I yanked it out and turned around to notice a large and flourishing garden which reminded me an awful lot like the Canterlot Castle's own Royal Garden.

But I couldn't... I shouldn't... And I certainly wouldn't.

I heard air wooshing as I turned around and narrowly dodged a spear to my gut as I stopped the pegasi mid-flight and grabbed the back of his neck as I whirled the knife into his head and twisted, pulling it out and letting the body go and leaving a thud once it hit the ground as I turned around instinctively to see 9 more ponies standing in horror as I realized that I made a grave and fatal mistake.

These were no ordinary ponies.

Four of them were not just ponies...

These were Alicorns. Princess Alicorns.

"Oh shit." I said to myself as I backed up and stumbled over a body as they stood, shocked at my efforts and horrified at the scene... But I trained for these encounters. I was not afraid of the punishment. I looked up to see 4 more pegasi flooding down as I then was tackled by another from behind me as I landed on top of it and was ready for another skull-stabbing.

But this was no pony.

This was now a human.

"WHO ARE YOU?! WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?!" I screamed at him as the pegasi stood back, aware of my power.

"I'M NOT SURE!" He screamed back as I gritted my teeth.

"WELL THEN YOUR NOT ON MINE!" I screamed as he winced in preparation of death as he held his hands up.

"WAIT!" He yelped as the knife stopped a few inches from his head and I pulled him up from his neck, throwing him to the pegasi.

I turned around and began to run the other direction as I knew their was no way out... Unless I found a way. I grabbed a rock from a creek and threw it to the glass 20 feet from me as it practically didn't even scratch it. I turned around slowly to see four pegasi approaching me as I ran towards them but juked them and ran to the left side and dodged them altogether.

I ran back to my original spot, my shoulder throbbing in pain as I turned around and backed up, weary and aware of the weapons they wielded.

"Stop." I heard behind me as they immediately stopped but remained ready to fight.

"If you can't stop him... Then I will." I heard behind me as I looked over my wounded shoulder to see the alabaster white alicorn known as Princess Celestia, with a very angry expression adorn on her face.

"Who are you, human?" She said, her magic encompassing me as she held her hoof up and choked me with her magic, the gold aura surrounding me.

"You come into my place, my home, and you bring destruction with you... Killing my little ponies as you see fit, is that what you do? A human minister of death?" She asked as I remained silent.

My eyes and inner mouth began to glow like lava again, but this time along with the inside of my skin, like someone was flashing a flashlight inside. I looked like I was made of pure lava. At this point in time, her magic began to faulter and quit as she looked at her hoof in a troubled way.

"Who are you... To question fate?" I asked as she gritted her teeth and lept onto me, holding my hands and fighting against me.

"I am but a humble minister of justice... And your time..." I started as I smirked.

"Is over." I headbutted her as she retracted, giving me the upperhand as I rushed past her and towards the door that lay in front of my freedom.

"Don't you dare." She said as I stopped dead in my tracks. I turned around only to see a large ball of magic hurtling towards me as it slammed into me and exploded, making the other ponies run for safety.

I now felt as if every bone in my body was broken, and my glow was gone.

"Aww... Damnit..." I whined as I tried to get up but failed several times. The white Princess walked over to me and grabbed my throat and smirked.

"What a pity. I was in need of a good servant." She said as I was at her mercy. "Sister, wait." I heard a voice as my vision was blurry.

"Don't you see?" She asked as Celestia grunted.

"See what?!" She said through clenched teeth.

"This is no ordinary human... This is the human. The human that the prophecies predicted... He came in such a way, as he was only one to defend himself. Your stone-cold guards are thick-headed, indeed..."

"Oh please, just let me kill him." She remained a tunnel-vision as her sister shoved her with her hoof.

"The prophecy is to have said that one of pure heart and soul would one day mate with us. Giving us the seed so that we might bear offspring and continue the lineage!" She said as Celestia looked at her sister and then and me again.

"But they say of a PONY!" She growled as her sister shook her head.

"They never specify! They said that he would come as a warrior, fighting his way to victory as he was though of a kind and wise one, who would one day be our mates!" Her sister, Luna stated a bit more as Celestia looked at her sister a little while longer this time.

"I have a hunch, dear sister. My hunches are never wrong... And I'll be damned if I wrong this time." She said as Celestia let me go and I fell to the ground on my side, rolling onto my back.

"How would you know this?!" She asked her sister, Luna as she rolled her eyes.

"I know these things. I've read the prophecies declared by our own mother and even our father! They predicted these things so, it's in our blood! If you kill him now, we will die off as a race and then the Equestrian Empire will be unstable... Who will we leave these crowns to?" She asked as we heard a loud crack from the stone as I looked up and saw a large chunk, the size of me or larger, chip off.

"LOOK OUT!" Luna screamed as I then saw nothing but darkness...

Canterlot Castle... Room 7; 1:34 AM...

... I lay in this bed, awakened by the touch of night creeping it's way into my bed as I opened my groggy eyes and blinked a few times to relieve myself of the blurry picture. I set my gaze upon the moon which shown through the windows, the wind caressing the drapes which had been set aside to let the cool breeze flow throughtout the room.

I layed, stunned at my surroundings as I jerked to the left to get off the bed, forgetting of my previous injury but now remembering after quite a sum of encouragement from the pain that shot through me as I fell off the bed and landed with a thud, almost screaming from the sheer pain.

Almost.

I layed on my face as I put my forearms out to prop myself up, but to no avail. I stopped when I heard the sound of slippered hooves walking across the floor as I could do nothing but think for the moment. I looked at the bed and instinctively slid painfully under it as I then straightened myself out, looking at the moonlight blue slippers which were worn by said pony. The hooves stopped at the bed as I layed praying not to be found...

... Or maybe that I needed help?... Hm. My brow filled with sweat as I looked at the hoof which grabbed the drape and lifted it up, as a face came into view with the tip of the horn light gently to see the underside of the bed. I whimpered in fear as I looked away and slid farther back.

She could crush me in an instant. I didn't take well to higher-power citizens, or the rulers, god forbid.

"What are you doing under there? Out of bed?" She asked as I was careful not to make eye contact.

"Come out. It's cold under there, and you don't need a flu as well." I heard in a slight English-accented voice as a hoof reached out but I didn't take the bait.

Nor would I.

"I said, come out." She pryed again, but all efforts failed as I layed there, trembling and fearful. These princessess were not happy with humans. They themselves approved of the Laws of Humanity, deeming them prejudice against the humans... And that is why I am so scared.

I broke many of the Laws. And could immediately be killed...

She shook her head and rolled her eyes as the sound of a large door opening up and the sound of another pony walked in.

This one, alabaster skin and golden slippers for footwear... I almost cried in horror when I saw the feet of my some-day killer. I feared that those hooves were the last thing I'd ever see.

"Where is he?" A stone-cold, female voice asked as I swallowed hard. Luna popped her head back up and walked over.

"Under the bed... He's much too scared." She said as I hoped for her not to speak of that.

"Oh really? He has the gaul to assault me and then hides under a bed?! Ha! What a coward." She stated as my blood boiled but was then cooled off as she walked over and stood over the side of the bed.

"I'm giving you 3 seconds to come out from under there before I make you."

"3."

"2."

"1."

She sighed then used her magic and dragged me out from under the bed, as I whimpered at her feet, exposed and weak.

"Tsk. The mightest of humans... Now a cowering blob of mass." She said in a snobby way.

"Looks like your human isn't all what he's chalked up to be." She said as she then kicked me hard in the side, making me roll over as I'm sure that bruised or even broke a rib as I winced and strained in pain.

"Aghss!" I hissed and reeled in pain as I slammed my fist down on the ground and Luna stood, shocked. "Why... Are you surprised?!" I growled through clenched teeth at Celestia's sister.

"W-what?" She stuttered, unsure of whether I was speaking to her.

"THIS IS WHO SHE IS!" I screamed at Luna but stared into Celestia's eyes with steely resolve as Celestia smirked and scoffed. She picked me up with her hoof wrapped around my hoof and slammed up up against a wall as Luna lept forwards but slammed into Celestia's block field, magic and all.

"How dare you slander my name... In front of my own sister?" She looked at me with pure hatred running through her eyes and into my heart.

"I speak... Of the... TRUTH!" I grunted as I tried to pry her iron grip off of me as she laughed. "Your so full of horse-buck, you've fooled yourSELF!" She seethed as she slammed me into the wall again.

"Sister! Stop! Please!" Luna begged as Celestia budged not an inch.

"Oh please, dear sister, it's not like you've never been wrong." She told her, turning her head as I grabbed for my knife in the sheath located on the nightstand. She turned back around as I smirked.

"Well then, it's not like your ever right." I smirked and 'drew a blank' as I stabbed her in the side of the head, blood spurting out the side as I pulled the knife out.

She fell limp, her grasp ceasing as she fell to the ground in one loud thud... I shook my head in uncertainty as I looked at the dripping blood on the knife. I couldn't believe what I had just done as I dropped the knife onto the ground with a clang as held my hand as Luna looked at me in horror.

"Oh no... Why did you do THAT?!" She looked at the body as the blood and parts began to reform into Celestia's head, the blood on the knife being sucked off and finally her head pieced back together as Celestia's eyes were white snow, glowing with a sense of magic.

"YOU..." She growled as I looked at her in fear and horror.

"Sister don't!" Luna exclaimed as Celestia picked up my weapon and thrusted it towards me, but then the knife stopped a half-inch away. I shut my eyes in regret as I opened the left one, looking at the knife in suspension as it was dangerously close.

"Your... Your right.." Celestia said, looking back at her sister as Luna and me gave her strange looks as to why her attitude changed in moments.

"This is much too quick." She said as Celestia looked back at me and smirked.

"An eye for an eye, human." She growled as she grabbed the knife with her hoof and plunged it into my left eye and twisted as I screamed in pain, the stabbing, bleeding pain.

"GAAAAAAHHHH HAAA AAAHHHH!" I wailed in pain as I tried to stop her by pushing her away, but finally she let me go and I dropped to the ground, the knife still in my eye as she pulled it out, my sliced eye coming out with it.

"I doubt very much that you are the chosen one... You will be executed in one week. Consider yourself lucky as so." She said as the field disappeared and she walked away from me, dropping the knife in front of me to make me stare at my impaled eye as Luna knelt over me.

I cried in pain as I strained and broke a blood vessel in my neck, making it sore as well.

"I'M SORRY, JUST MAKE IT STOOOP!" I screamed as I then whimpered in pure pain, the feeling of my left eye, now nothing more than a memory.

"Oh my... Oh my god." Luna looked at me, her expression all but horrified as I looked away and growled while panting. I set my gaze back onto the pony who was walking away, as I looked at the knife and grabbed it again, all previous pain fading away like a forgetful memory.

I gripped the knife and screamed as I ran towards Celestia, leaping onto her as she turned around mid-flight and landed onto her back as I plunged the knife into her head again and stood back up as I saw guards rushing towards me from both sides.

"COME OOON! BRING IT TO MEEE!"

I awoke harshly to the distant scream of... Something... But as to what, I had no idea... Strange. The castle is... Quite large and far off the ground, I doubt ANY sound would break through... Hmm... Makes me wonder, y'know? I never really liked living in castles as much as I thought I would, but I still miss the little red oak tree-house.

Homely... Y'know? It's warm surroundings could never be replaced by that of a castle. Castles were for ponies and other who enjoyed the high life.

Don't get me wrong, living in a castle with the six greatest friends in the whole wide world is AMAZING to say the least, it's just... I never imagined living in a castle, and neither did I even consider the notion. I mean it's not like I thought, 'Hey someday I'll live in a castle!'.

Who thinks about that on a daily or even weekly basis? Nopony! Are you kidding me? Castles are for royalty, fancy-insane-rich ponies, and those in HUGE amounts of power. Like royalty. Princess Celestia, her sister, and Princess Cadenza are the only ones who live in a castle because of royalty.

I don't know nothin' about her servant, that Jacob-Something or whatever, but he must enjoy living there. The Princess is so nice, I mean, who wouldn't enjoy her company? I would. Anyone who didn't would either be mad, prejudice, or just plain dumb.

She's done so much for others, I don't think she even has time to think about the things she wants... Safe to say the same about her sister. I mean she doesn't have as many, as she is the younger sister... but she has her responsibilities. She has the moon to take care of, she has the many, many tasks of small importance to take care of that Celestia couldn't or else be overwhelmed.

Though the little things are not without strenuous work as well. One little thing here, another there, soon there's dozens of these little tasks to be done. But as though all those in royalty, (Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadenza), do share the militaristic knowledge of the country as well as those militaristic leaders.

Who am I kidding, it's not easy to be a princess... Or a prince. But prince would be cool. I could do whatever I want! At the mercy of another, ha-ha!

"Spike?"

"AHH!" I jolted as I looked behind me to see Twilight looking to me with a groggy expression, bed-mane and all.

"What are you doing up so late? Why aren't you asleep?" She asked as I looked at the ground and scratched my head.

"Something... Ehh... Woke me up. I then got thinking 'bout stuff... Did I wake you up?" I asked as I pointed to her with my claw.

"No," She started and shook her head, "I was woken up as well. I don't know why, but something feels strange... I don't know what it is."

"Me neither... Now I'm hungry." I replied as Twilight nodded, "Me too." She agreed as we looked at each other for a moment before our stomachs growled. We giggled silently and covered our mouths as we moved silently towards the kitchen. We took a left, then a right, and a right again before I opened the large door and moved in silently as Twilight followed.

She shut the door and then we stood side-by-side, looking at the large, castle-like kitchen as we tried to figure out what we wanted. I guess we were so focused on hungry that we forgot what we felt like.

"I feel like soup, what about you?" She asked me as I shrugged.

"Sandwich, I guess." I nodded as I looked at her and she nodded as well.

"Well then let's get to work." She said as I smirked and nodded. Grabbing all the necessary condiments for a good sandwich included, but not limited to; Dijon mustard, mayonnaise, lettuce, tomatoes, some spices, maybe some Brussels sprouts, and finally, but not least, some crystal bits for flavor.

Can't forget those bits. Mm mm, they are good. Then I grabbed a knife from the kitchen drawer, (once I found it), and began putting on the necessary condiments for the sandwich.

"Alrighty..." I patted myself on the back as I began expertly spreading them and adding the seasonings. "How is your soup going?" I asked as I looked over my shoulder. "Good... Just a few more minutes." She smiled as I stopped what I was doing and grabbed a bit of water, adding in a bit of ruby bits for that sweet flavor.

And it fizzes in your mouth, too. I sipped it a bit and placed it down next to the plate before I exhaled in satisfaction and resumed my making a sandwich as I stopped to think of why I felt so strange.

"What are you both doing?" We heard a voice as we jumped to see a groggy Rainbow Dash, her feathers ruffling as she squinted her eyes in tiredness and extended her neck.

"Um..." Twilight began as I took over.

"We're just making some food. Y'know, midnight snack?" I said as Twilight nodded.

"Yeah." She finished as Dash nodded.

"Okay. It's just that you two made some noise, I decided to check it out, that's all." She replied.

But that was not why I felt so strange.

"Twilight, do you feel strange at all?" I asked her as Dash looked at us strangely.

"N... Y... Yeah?" She stopped and looked at me over her shoulder.

"Why do you ask?" She petitioned as I shrugged.

"I dunno... I guess it was that human thing little while ago..." I shrugged as Dash walked into the conversation.

"You mean... That human thing?" She asked as Twilight responded.

"Yeah... I've never seen a human move like that... Nor have I ever seen a human so strong-willed at what he was doing... It's as if he wasn't stopped, he'd take over the whole country, single-hoofedly... Strange." I heard as I chimed in.

"Yeah... But he looks familiar. I've seen him at 4 auctions already. Humans never got that far." I said as they both nodded.

"And all of them were somehow cheated." Dash sighed in disgust.

"Yeah... But 78,000 bits was a high price to set." She finished as I put my talon up to my chin.

"But wasn't he special in some way?" I suggested as Twilight nodded.

"Yeah, he was... I don't know how he was special in any other way that just expensive, though." She replied while shrugging.

"I heard he was... The leader of something. Like a BIG leader who had lots of power." Dash said as we raised an eyebrow in wonder.

"Hey, I read books sometimes!" She said as we still remained in wonder.

"Heard he was some guy who was special... I don't know."

"Michael Dreamrider! That's his name that's been so popular amongst the crowd! I remember now! He was the leader of a group named... Aw man, I forgot. But I heard he was so expensive because of how well he was at a servant. He was polite, strong, smart, and skilled. But he all said it was because he was 'blessed' somehow. I don't know... He's practically called a living god from the other humans, from what I heard." I said as Twilight looked at me strangely.

"Don't you be gettin' a human on me, little one." She said as I sighed in defeat. I would never enslave a human just for my own wants. That's just cruel. "He's right, y'know," Dash started, "He is the highest-paying human in the country. There are about 800,000 million citizens and about 2 million humans. The second most expensive human was 32,000 bits. Nowhere near the amount of 76,000." She finished as we nodded.

"You think we should ask?" I looked at Twilight. "Yeah," She answered back instantly as she teleported some ink, a paper, and a feather pen at the ready. "Dear Celestia," She started...

Dear Celestia,

Hello there, it's me Twilight sending you this message... I'm sending you this letter so early in the morning in regard of the incident which happened quite a while ago... Maybe not that long ago, but quite a sum ago nonetheless. Anyway, I am speaking of the human incident.

The one that devastated 6 solder's families? Yes. That one. From my knowledge, and, it is my duty to inform my friends, that the human that you have in custody is the human known as Michael Dreamrider. I am not sure as to what his status is amongst humans is exactly, but what I do know is this:

His name is Michael Dreamrider, and he is part of a group which leads the other humans to some common goal. Whether this goal is beneficial to the pony race or not, he leads the entire country. He is to all, if not, most, considered a living god amongst the people. Very high, indeed.

He was purchased at a base price of 49,000 bits, but the price was raised 29,000 bits to 78,000, where somepony bought him at the large, and almost outrageous price... Almost.

The price itself is, from the other ponies around, worth every bit. From what I've heard, he is what every human-owner wants. He's strong, intelligent, smart, and very skilled, as well as polite. I know, as a princess, I should own a human, but I don't feel that is right, seeing as how I am the bearer of the Element of Magic and Friendship. It would go against my morals, as I've told you.

Now I know it isn't the best thing to tell from me, but if I were you, I would not let said human go very easily. I know types like him... I almost married one. Needless to say, he is very special. He is the all-powerful ruler of the humans...

He could lead the revolt which one day may turn the tides, Celestia. From our knowledge, humanity is itching to strike back from beyond the outer walls... If I am right, if we don't change the way he looks at things a little more to our benefit, he could single-hoofedly bring Equestria to it's knees with the amount of power he wields in his heart and mind. As cunning as he is dashing, he won't stop there.

We are blessed to have a human to lead the other humans who is not a tyrant and a cold-hardhearted ruler...

Take what I mean seriously, Celestia.

I know what I mean.

Twilight, Your Faithful Companion

"Aaaaannnnd... There we go! All done." I said as Twilight sighed in accomplishment. "Good. Send it off." She said as I nodded and inhaled as I opened my mouth and breathed the traditional green fire from my mouth and blew into the rolled letter as it disappeared in the flame off to the Princess.

When she would get back was quite random, at some times. But she is a princess, after all.

End of Chapter 2

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It's a hard and grueling road.