Dagger's End

Chapter 3

Foes and Freinds

Dagger, was walking in Canterlot's court halls. Along side by side were Canterlot guards escorting him, to court. Dagger, this time had his helmet off, and his big knife was taken away. To Dagger that knife ment a lot to him, and having it taken away from him, made him very gloomy inside, but did not show it to any pony. As Dagger and the guards stopped right infront of a big door to the court room, the two guards that escorted him, opened the doors for him. "Ladies first, ey?" Dagger said jokingly with a little bit of depression on him. The guards just staired at him, not even smiling as they were still holding the door for him. Dagger then lowered his head, in an awkward way, and walked inside the room. In the room, was filled with ponies, that sat on the left side, and right sides of the court room. Some citizen ponies were there, but mostly Canterlot captains and sergents were there, having little quick conversaitions with one another. Also there were some Wonder Bolt pegasuses, sitting in their own seats as well, except they were separated from the Canterlot guards. Princess Celestia was at the front, and center part of the court with a stand, infront of her. On her right were the elements of harmony, and to her left was Spit Fire leader of the Wonder Bolts, Shinning Aromor captain of the royal guard, and Derpy, who was then kicked out of her seat when a earth pony, who was a black pony, had a well brushed, cut short, beard. His eye's were emerald red, he had a formal brushed mane, and was wearing a green uniform. This Black stalion represented the secret, advanced forces, of Equestria.

As Dagger made his way to the stand, all the ponies in the room, were quiet. Dagger gulped a bit, hopping that this wouldn't mean something bad, but shown determination that he would be able to make a run for it, considering they didn't take his armor away, Dagger was still armed, as all the other ponies don't even know. Luna then walked up next to her sister, and stood there looking at Dagger. "Before we ask you some questions Dagger, we just want you to know, that you are not in any danger, or introuble with anything. We just want some information, that would provide us knowlege against the threat that has occurred yester day." Princess Celestia stated in a conforting manner. Dagger was now less intense than before, but still didn't trust a word from what her majesties said, as they could take him away and do experiments on him with out warning. Dagger then says quickly "Ok then, shoot!" Dagger friendly saying so. Spit Fire then arose from her seat, and spoke "What are these... Zenoids... and what is their purpose?" Dagger looked up to Spit Fire, and looked to Pinkie Pie who was just bouncing on her seat not paying any attention to any of this. "The Zenoids are a race that requires a host, to properly fight a war. Alone without a host, they cannot fight effectively unless in a group. But in a host they can cause a lot of trouble, depending on how strong, and skilled, the creature, or... pony for that maner, is." Canterlot guards, and Wonder Bolt pegasuses then all looked at each tother and made quick conversations about the situation. "Order!" Luna said out loud, as the ponies conversations then quiet down until no pony talked. Dagger then continued after all was quiet, "The Zenoids will then penatrate its host's body spilling little bits of blood, but there is no tear in the skin or the flesh. Once the Zenoid is all inside it will make its way to the eye socket and replace one of the eyes. The Zenoid would then have control of the brain with it's tenticals, and would have the skills, and knowledge of combat ONLY. It won't have any other knowledge, other than just kill skills." Some ponies were disgusted, after hearing what they just herd. "One of your 'element of harmony' was lucky enough to not be in control for long. The Zenoids have a way that if the host were to be under the effect for long, depending on the size of the host, will either die, explode, or even still be under control some how of the Zenoid. To stop the Zenoids, you must strike them in their 'sweet spot' which would be the orb. Once you at least made a slight crack on the Zenoid's orb, or eye, it would then fall and the energy from it would dry out." Dagger then pulling up a chair that was nearby, was sitting and looking around him, as the ponies again started their conversations again. It grew as seconds pasted, and Luna stomped her hoof on the floor "Order! We shall have order!" Luna echoed. Dagger again waiting for every pony to be quiet, so that every pony can here of what he is saying, "Their perpose is to conquer my home plannet Quantillion, and conquer nearby star system as quickly as possible. They think their race is more superior then any other race, and thought it can create peace to the univers and beyond..." Some ponies wispered under their breath saying 'beyond?...'. Spit Fire having her turn of asking the questions, then sat down slowly, after hearing how bad this race was, and passing on the turn to Shinning armor who was next to her in his seat. Shinning Armor then stood up and spoke "How can we stop the Zenoids? I've herd that we cannot use magic against them." Dagger then looked where Shinning was, then laid back on his chair, " Other than hitting them where the orb is, I actually have no clue where they are even coming from. They say they come out of blue liquidy spheres... That's all I know... My race have been at war with them for centuries! We have fought them from sticks and stones that break your bones, to gunpowder, and now lazers... But we are able to live and prosper, here, and there. But now they seem to have now begin, some sort of invasion. They've now brought creatures like on your world, and others, twords us and using them to their own advantage." Shinnig imagining the possiblility of these thing of how destructive they can get was unthinkable... And so he sat down passing a hoof to the the dark stalion. The stallion not getting up from his chair then spoke with a military, and western accent, "Son, you mean to tell us that these... Zenoids... are an unstoppable force?" Dagger turned his head to him, after twiddling with his hoofs, "No... they are not an unstoppable force... They are THE unstoppable force..." Dagger then looking at everyone else, as they all now chated to each other and were not being quiet at all. Luna just gasped and just staired into the air, and then looked to her sister in a face expression of, what are we going to do... "However!" Dagger said stanging up from his seat, with his hoof held high, "There is a way for us to slow them down and their operations from EVER continuing to expanded." Every pony then quiet down a bit as they heard hope, ringing though their ears, "My race have fought these blasted monsters before, and can keep on fighting them forever! In my life and reading the history of my kind, I may not see light at the end of the tunnel, but at least my race is keeping them busy..." Dagger then dropped from a hoping vioce to a depressed vioce now remembering the condition of his planet, "... at the time being..." "Your point alien?" The black military stalion saying so still waiting for an aswer that would hopfuly shed some light on the mater. Dagger then just sat down, and thought for a bit. "So what if your kind can keep up with their common foe, I remembered reading a short, quick, document, on you that your race is powerful enough to hull, over a hundred ovens on their backs, and they still have a possiblilty of taking over our world as well!" Dagger then came to a conculsion, "There's only one solution then... Get me off this planet..." Dagger said coldly. "And I would reconmend me getting out of your world alive... Because if these Zenoids find out that you killed a powerful, living, breathing, Quantil here on your world... They'll think that your planet is more powerful then ours." Dagger then said, trying his best to cool every pony down from ever panicing. The black stalion then laid back slowly with his hoofs crossing each other, thinking hard of an idea, then gave a waving signal to Celestia with his hoof, indicating to close the court. "Thank you for your time Dagger, but we now have to discuss on the next aproach, now that you have given this information to us. You may go at your will, from this court now."

Dagger, walking out of the Canterlot's court house was haulted by Twilight and her friends, "Did I forget something?" Dagger talking through his helmet and now having his big blade on his back. "Why didn't you tell us anything about this, before?" Twilight said aggravatedly. "The moment after the fight was over, from yesterday, Celestia send a messanger to me telling me about the court. Which I was supprised you guys even have such a organized thing... So I thought I should wait to tell every one all at once." Dagger said trying to asure Twilight. "Other than that I would be wasting my time telling everyone, doom! Doom is coming! Comming to a threating theater near you." Dagger trying to lighten up, Twilight and her companions. Twilight just stared at him glaring at him with some anger to it. Suddenly four cannon shots came from the sky from a far distance. Dagger looked up into the night sky, as the stars twinkled. Dagger then saw four commets falling down, even closer to Ponyvill. Twilight and her friends then looked at the commets, quickly enough, to see where they now landed. "Freind of yours suggar cupe?" AJ said with sarcasm. Dagger just ignored her and dashed to the imact of the commet, with Twilight and her friend following right behind him.

They all seven of them made it to the commets, that have laned in the area, and Dagger slowly cautiously trotted to one of them carfully. As for Twilight and her friends stayed in a safe distance. Dagger looked closely, to what appears to be the same pods that he came from when entering their world, in a window. He opened the hatch carfully, pulling the hatch up and then, 'zaaaap!' a quick blue ball energy of electricity, jumped out of the pod and circled around Dagger five times then went to Twilight and her friends who were in shock when it circled around them too. Flutter Shy jumped, and went under Rainbow, for protection. The blue bolt of electricity then went on top of its pod and sparked out of controll revealing a light blue stallion who had his eyes replace with nothing but white emptyness. He was fat, and had a dark blue robe on with a chines hat on him, and he was smiling showing his happy bright white teeth. He also had a beard, except it was separated from side to side and on the tip, of the two, separating the beard, was a bead on each, holding them straight. The Electrified pony then landed on top of his pod and said in a joyfuly echo way "Calm before the storm!" he then bowed his head and tipping his hat to the mane six, then putting it back on, still smiling. Twilights friends, now having calmed down, then slowly walked closer to him. "Storm Spirit! What are you doing here!?" Dagger said happily. "Oh my, good fellow Dagger! We were just horrebly attacked, by those terreble two some, Zenoids, when we were simply, minding our own busness, then... boom! it hit us right in the noggin!" Storm Spirit saying so, as a comedic fashon. "And who are these dashingly fine young fellows of yours Dagger?" Storm Spirit said questionably, in a joyful manner. "Oh, right... These girls right here, is Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Flutter Shy, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, and Apple Jack." Dagger speaking to Storm Spirit, and introducing them. "Please to meet you sir." Rarity smiling kindly saying so. "The pleasure is mine milady!" Storm Spirit joyfully said, then zapped in a flash next to Rarity, and kissed her on her right hoof. Rarity chuckled as this happened, then Storm Spirit zaped next Rainbow Dash, floating in the air with her, and gave her a friendly soft nuggy on her head. Then zapped next to Flutter Shy giving her a friendly hand shake, Flutershy shaking nervously as this was being done, "Don't worry theres pleanty to go around!" Storm Spirit saying it happly. Then he zapped next to Pinkie Pie who then gave each other a hug, simultaneously, "Oh my! I think this one can read minds." Storm Spirit jokingly saying so, Pinkie giggled. Then zapped to Twilight and shook her hoof as well, as he supprised her saying "Pudd'n pop!" He said happily. "It's so nice, to see a new face, once in a while!" Twilight yelped as she got supprised, to see some pony shaking her hoof. Storm Spirit then settled down and landed gently on the ground, back hoofs frist then his front. "Now, now, I say... Where was I?" Storm Spirit said as he was stroking his right beard slowly, trying to remember what he was talking about. Suddenly one of the pod burst open with a loud 'clank' a female pony burst opened the door with all her might. A female pony figure, then swiftly jumped high into the air and landed doing a roll and landing back to her four hoofs. The pony was a very lightly colored blue skinned, and she had a winter color mane. Her eyes were as blue as the sky, in the day time. She had her mane in a french braid, as her tail was wavy like Flutter Shy. She darted her eyes quickly scanning at Twilight and her friends. She then spoke with a military tone voice, "No threats here... Did I miss something?" Said the mare a little confused, as she pointed a cannon around, that replaced her right hoof, then transformed into a hoof, after not seeing any threats. "Krystal!" Dagger said happily as he ran twords her and hugging her. Krystal blushed a bit as this happened "Geez, Dagger! Not in front of your friends..." Krystal said coolly as she was safely back on the ground, from a tight hug, Dagger gave her. Then a shreak of metal bending, came from one of the other pods. A big stalion that was bigger than every other pony, except shorter than Luna, came out slowly. The pony was as red as Big Macntosh, his mane as dark blue of the night sky, and his eyes as brown as mud. The pony's front hoofs were gorilla sized, and shaped, hoofs, making him look like the big pony around them. He also had two sharp, lower jaw, teeth sticking our of his mouth. The buff stalion then spoke with a deep booming voice, "Dis place better be friendlier, den dat capt'n of ours, who waz on dat ship..." The stalion saying so, as he moved to Dagger, as he moved like a gorilla. The big pony just starred at him, not showing and sign of a smile, instead looked serious. "Tank!... How did you even fit inside that pod?" Dagger said happy to see him, but confused as to how he managed to squeez inside his pod, as the pod was only one and a half his size. "I managed... by holding my breath..." Tank said ending his words with a huff. "Oh, dear..." Storm Spirit said quietly, as he was smiling and trying not to laugh. Dagger then noticed the last pod did not open up, or did its own way of opening up. "Who's in there?" Dagger said curiously. Krystal than said in sarcasm " Take a wild guess, honey..." Dagger walked slowly to the pod, and looked through the pod's window. "My sister!?" Dagger said supprisenly happy. The mare was the same color as Dagger was and has her mane in a bob cut. Dagger's sister was looking at him, a little surprised. Dagger then pulled his blade out from his back and cut the pod door open. Dagger's sister then leaped in for a hug, and managed to get him off balanced, tackling him to the ground. "Daggy! I've missed you so much!" the mare said excitedly, with a young cute voice, hugging him. Dagger trying to escape the hug quickly, noticing his helmet was off, and on the ground, as he didn't like it when his sister was hugging him with so much excitement. "Silvy! Get off of me! Not infront of these guys!" Every pony chuckled as they saw Dagger trying to escape her sister's grasp. Finnaly Dagger managed to slip right out of her sister's hoofs, "Ok, ok! Great get together and all but what's the big deal with all of you landing on this planet so suddenly?" Dagger said happy, but curious, at the same time. Tank then spoke in his tall, deep, voice, "We waz looking for youz, Dagger..." "Until those, AWFUL, dasterdly, despicable, Zenoids attacked, our rescue ship... which in fact!" Storm Spirit said remembering something. Tossing a set of keys to Dagger, by Storm Spirit, then said, " Here are your keys from your ship." Dagger then spoke not happy to what he herd, "You guys... lost... my ship?" Dagger then putting a hoof to his head. "Hey! Like we even had a choice! Our planet was in danger and we were hoping to find you ASAP pal!" Krystal said in some anger. "Your twin sister, over there, barely even made it alive." Krystal cooling herself down, feeling bad for the mare. "Yes..." Silvy said, tearing up all of a sudden, and wiping them off quickly. "What... did happen?..." Dagger said cautiously. "Dagger ol' boy..." Storm Spirit finding the words to it. "...Our planet... has been annihilated, by the Zenoids..." Storm Spirit said finnally. "My streangth wazn't enough... against doze darn Zen-oidz..." Tank looking away slightly from Dagger, as he said so with some anger. Dagger was speech less, from what he had just herd. "No... that's not... THATS NOT POSSIBLE!" Dagger yelled in disbelief. "Our race was able to take them down, quicker than the light shining in their faces, when our kind first met them! We were more superior than they were, than ever before, as we discovered science!" Dagger infuriating, about to throw his helmet, that he picked up earlier, after his twin sister tackled him, to the ground. All was quiet until Storm Spirit spoke "...Look lad, I know what you are going through right now... We ALL know what you are going through right now... We wished we did more, we wished that we could do more!... But it was simply not enough, after when you went against Agressor..." Storm Spirit patting his shoulder looking at Dagger strait in the eye, but Dagger was looking down. "I'm sorry lad... But we may be the last of our kind..." Storm Spirit said sadly. "No... others have escaped as we did, at those final hours..." Krystal said, cooly. Dagger looked up at Storm Spirit then at Krystal. Twilight and her friends where stunded to what they had to head. Twilight then walked up to Dagger and put a hoof on to his shoulder, "Maybe your kind are on other planets... Like you guys are... right?" Twilight said assuringly. "Yea..." Dagger now calming down. As he picked up his helmet off the ground, and sat at a near by piece of a part of the pod that was wrecked. Storm Spirit then looked at his 'invisible watch' and spoke trying to joke around "I say, look at the time! Well, I say its off to bed for us, we had a bit of a long day, for us all." Storm Spirit then walking to Twilight and asked "Is there by any chance, a shelter that could support us? Hm?" "There's a hay and stay hotel, near by us. We can guide you guys there... If thats alright with you..." Flutter Shy said in her shy manner. Storm Spirit then joyfully said "Splendid! We'll take it! Erm... Your kind do take, our currency, yes?" Spirit said. "I'll be happy to pay for you darling. Your gunna need all the help you can get." Rarity said assuringly, and in a conforting way.

The next day, was a gloomy,getting ready to be, rainy day, as the pegasuses pushed clouds from one place to another. "Hmmm, interresting way you folks control the clouds around your world." Spirit said in a curious, joyful voice. "Yea, we do preaty much all the work over here, and get paid very well for it too." Rainbow Dash stated. "So how are you even flying?" Rainbow Dash said, as she went in circles around him looking for wings, or a divice that is making him float. "Why my dear Rainbow Dash, I use the stom's energies to help me keep alfoat when I'm in the air! There's no divice on me, of any sort helping me fly." Storm Spirit looking at the pegasuses that are still pushing the clouds around, in positions. "So... If you control storms. Does that mean you move them too?" Rainbow Dash asked curiously. "Allow me to show you what I mean..." Storm Spirit lowering his voice to Rainbow Dash, happly. Storm Spirit then floated away from Rainbow Dash and spread his all four hoofs, away from him. Storm Spirit's eye's sparked a little until it made loud zapping noizes. Then the clouds suddenly moved all by them selves and moved over Storm Spirit. Then he pointed to Rainbow Dash, as she was watching the clouds moving on their own, not paying attention to Storm Spirit. Storm Spirit then made clouds versions of himself, skipping towrds Rainbow Dash and then skipping around her, goofing off. Rainbow Dash smiled, amused to see clone cloud versions of him, as one danced aroud her, one sitting down on nothing and then driving nothing around her, and one swimming around her. The clones then piled onto one another, and fourmed into a puff ball of a cloud. Then fourmed into an egg and opened up into Storm Spirit's face, symbolizing his happy face, and then floated and turred into a ballon. Rainbow Dash then smilling said "Those are some preaty sick tricks you got there!" Stom Spirit the smiling enjoying entertaining his audience, as other pegasuses joined in. Then Spirit launched an electric, lighing bolt, that fourmed into a rope, then pulled a huge pirate boat, from the dark stormy clouds. Then on the ship, that was being pulled down to Spirit, were more dark cloud clones of Storm Spirit. Some where doing chores, one was navigating the ship uncontrollably, in a slilly fashon, three that were dancing on a table, on the ship, as they were holding mugs, six of them doing circus acts, such as taming a lion, that had a face of Stom Spirit, two jumping through hoops, and three of them showing off who was the stongest heavy weight champion. All the ponies clapped their hoofs as well, as they chuckled at the Spirit commanded a cloud to form into a rock, and a big head of Storm Spirit, from the dark stormy clouds. The big rock was at a distance away, and the head was right behind the ship, and blew hard at the ship, as it was speeding into the boulder. All the clones held on to something in a comedic fashon, then the ship made of clouds poofed into the air, when it hit the boulder. All the pegasuses then clapped and cheered, at Storm Spirit's performance, as he humbly took off his chines hat off, showing his balled head, and bowed, then putting it back on after. Storm Spirit then zaped upwards to the clouds, and disapeared in the stormy clouds.

After the performance, Rainbow Dash then got everyone, going back to their duties, and scattered. Dagger was on the roof looking the dark gloomy clouds, laying on his back, thinking about his family, who have most likely died with his home planet. Dagger just sighed and jumped off the roof, of the hay and stay hotel, at a very high distance, and then landed, as if the ground was very close. He then kicked a pebble as he was walking off, suddenly, "Hey! Your that pony that saved me and my friend's life... Are you?" Scootaloo who was on her scooter, was looking up at Dagger, smilling at him, with his helmet off. Dagger just looked at her, showing no care, or affection, to it, "I like that scar you have there! Makes you look really bad! I mean not bad, bad. But good bad!" Dagger then smiled a bit, then the smile disapeared as the rain had begun and Storm Spirit laughed in the back round, zipping next to Rainbow Dash who look like they were racing. "Hey, what wrong mister?" Scoots said couriously, and hopping he didn't offend him in any way. "Just home sick, young one..." Dagger said a little depressed, but carfully not to show it to the filly. Scoots then looking at the ground, thinking for a moment, then gave him a hug hopping that it would help him. As Scoot hugged him he felt he was as tough as a brick wall, and can feel, and hear multiple heart beats, beating slowly and calmly. Scoots then backed away, and quickly looking up at Dagger, confused. Dagger just nodded giving a message to her, that he was not from this world, and walked away, in the rain. Scoot just stared at the stallion, until she finnally said "Thanks! Mister..."

Krystal and Silvy were at Twilight's library searching for books that they could find, that would keep them entertained, but mostly Krystal. "Hmmmm... Seems like I have a lot of research I have to do, if I want to under stand how your ecosystem works..." Said Krystal in her still military gloomy tone. "I have a lot of books that can-" Twilight was cut off by Krystal as she spoke as if she was annoyed, "I can see that, you know... I have eyes for a reason..." "Krystal! Be nice to our friend here." Silvy said this trying to stop Krystal's getting ready to smart talk. Krystal then looked at Silvy, then at Twilight in some frustration, and embarrestment. She then grabbed a book and stormed away to the nearest table, for her to read on. Twilgiht then turning around with Silvy and asks "What's her problem?" Silvy then spoke a little sad "When you are as smart as her, this is what can sometimes happen. Her kind, gets smart really quickly... Its actually kinda scary some times. We used to think her kind would take over our world, and thought they were evil, instead they created peace some how... that was... Before those Zenoids..." Twilight understanding more now then starred, at to Spike, who was putting back a pile of books that Krystal have already read. Silvy then continued, "She went from being bullied at her school, to a soldier, then made her way up to lieutenant. Till then she hasn't had the time to talk to her family. Who were very kind and hospitable. There was no way she got her anger from them. She has been developing these quick smart-like anger, even when she has joined our armed forces." Twilight nodded then turned and looked at Krystal who was, feeling guilty for snapping at Twilight. Twilgiht then walked up to her, "Hey, I'm sorry for what I said. I didn't know that-" Twilight was cut off again by Krystal, who calmly said "No... I'm the one who should be apologizing... I should have listened to you, and kept my mouth shut..." Twilight then hugged her slowly, and carefully, speaking softly, "It's all right... I'm sure its hard for you right now..." Krystal then slowly tearing up, then cried to Twilight, and hugged her tightly, after having lost her home planet, not able to apoligze to her family, for not visiting them sooner. Silvy held her own tears as she saw the two hugging each other. "May the godess of the univers help us... for those who remain to be kind to one another..." Silvy saying this to herself quietly, as she put a hoof on her chest.

Tank was with the Apple Family, doing some chores for the family. "Uh... Mister Tank..." Apple Jack said carfuly as she looked up at the pony who was twice her size. Tank slowly looked at her, in his enormous gorilla buffed, shapped pony body. "Thank ya kindly for helping us, but I think you can stop pluck'n them apples, from the tree now." Tank nodded slowly, noticing the rain was picking up, and then spoke in his earth shaking deep voice, "Indeed..." Tank then slowly gazed at all the apple orchards and said, "The plant life 'ere is very different here, in the way they speak to me..." Tank spoke that almost sound like a growl. "Um... beging your pardon suggar cube, but trees don't speak." Apple Jack speacking to him sweetly, like he was a filly. Tank then shook their head slowly "With all do and respect, Miss Apple Jack. You are not listening carfuly... They way I hear them iz through the dirt, of my feet... The vibration of the ground will tell you in your luangage, if you let it get through to your head..." Apple Jack said not sure how to reply. Tank then turned his eyes side to side, as well as his head, as if he was listening to something flying across his ears. Tank then bellowed with a laughter "HA! HA! HA! HA! Oh yes... I agree..." Apple Jack then confused as ever just looked at him. Tank then looked back at AJ "They say that you acted like one of your ancestorz... One of which is a family member..." Tank then with wide eyes then was cut off, in his own small shock, "Urm... Never mind... It would not be wize to tell you..." Apple Jack then seaking confused, as she walked home has the rain had just picked up, "Ok, sugar cupe... You can just stay her out in the rain... While I go back to my house over there. You are more than well come to come join me, at my house." As Apple Jack walked, picking up the pace a little, as the rain was coming down pouring fast, Tank then looked to the ground, and let out a big windy sigh, "If only they could hear, the tales that you speak of... She would be able to see more of her parents might have looked like and acted... Very lovingly..." Tank then galloped to Apple Jack's house as was Big Mac, as well as Apple Bloom, on her brother's back, who looked like they were busy playing around in the mud, ran to where Apple Jack had just entered in the house.