Equestria was almost in a buzz with news, mainly about the human that had appeared in Equestria what was now a day ago, the other news was about the leviathan of a ship that was traveling to the frozen wasteland in the human world. 'Bouvetøya' they called it.

The ship didn't have a name that Equestria knew of, not that names mattered right now

So many things where changing, even for Equestria….bringing the gates of Equestria to the human world…..and unknown to all but the princess's…..and a few unknown individuals, there was a type of…'fail safe' that the princess could activate as a last resort, it would cause the 'gate' to Equestria to increase in size and eventually consume all of earth, it was also the eventual plan of Celestia and Luna that if all of humanity was converted….willingly or unwillingly (the latter to their despair) the 'barrier' their 'failsafe' would activate and spread across the globe and save the earth from the damage they had caused, though they would hope that the humans would see the error of their ways

Meanwhile in canterlot, the princess had been discussing what to do if the human were found

"We should bring him back in chains and integrate him, WHAT IF THE HLF FOUND OUT ABOUT HIM?! HE CARRIED THEIR FLAG"

Luna shrieked at Celestia who sat on the throne while Luna paced back and fourth

"Oh? And give the HLF and possibly the rest of humanity a reason to hate and despise us? To take arms against us when we only want to help? To give them reason to fear and hate us?"

Celestia calmly replied, taking a sip of tea, though a few hairs were out of place and she was sweating considerably

A knock at the door disrupted both their thoughts, almost making Luna jump with fright

"Enter"

Celestia's voice boomed throughout the throne room. it wasn't a manner she took lightly, she had given specific orders to not disturb the throne room, so it was quite possibly important

"Your majesties"

A guard pegasi had come in, clearly tired, his armour had been tattered and all by destroyed, he had cuts and bruises all over his body, one of his eyes appeared to have been gouged out, blood dripping from his mouth, nose and ears.

"Something here…get out….while you can …"

The guard pony managed to mutter before dropping dead on the floor with an almost whispering 'Thud' from the remains of his armour and flesh hitting the carpeted floor

Celestia and Luna stood completely still, too shocked to move, their mouths agape and their pupils shrunk to the size of pricks, the most horrific site any of them had ever seen, not even any wars Equestria had participated in the past had seen such horrific wounds as these.

Celestia was the first to snap out of her shocked state, running over to the guard, using her magic to see if he was Still alive, no, he was gone, no heartbeat, not a sign of life left in his body, his eyes had lost their usually light blue colour and were now white, looking off, into….nothingness

Luna was the next to snap out of her horrified state

"GAURDS!"

Luna shrieked in her royal canterlot voice, cracking a few of the nearby windows, and shacking a few portraits off the walls

But there was no response, instead, the only thing that came through the doors was the stench, the stench of rotting flesh, the stench of death. Equestrians had some fairly strong noses after all, and the small was somewhat weak. But it was…..so….terrifying.

Quickly leaving the throne room, Luna looked back and forth between the halls, but still no guards, a few helmets were scattered here and there, but no guards

Taking a deep breath, Luna prepared to use her canterlot voice again, when she saw a small trail of blood out of the corner of her eye, slowly letting the air out of her lungs, she quietly followed the trail, around a corner, then past a few doors, around another corner, a left, a right, head straight, another left, another left, down some stairs, left, up a flight of stairs, she was led to a room, the doors, had hoof marks on them, bloody hoof marks, leading inwards, and from the looks of the marks and the trails of the blood, they were being dragged into the room by….something

Using her magic to slowly open the door, the stench of rotting flesh got so strong she had to hold back the urge to vomit, something had happened here. Something horrible

Slowly creeping into the room, her magic turning her horn into a lamp, she quietly look around, it was a room, a guest room, old, judging by the dust everywhere….but it didn't make sense, the maids and serva- castle Staff, As Celestia called them, kept the castle clean, REGARDLESS of if a particular room was being used or not….so why was this one not being kept clean? It dint matter, something horrible happened, and it was no time to ponder why it was dusty

Slowly creeping further into the room, the darknes being kept at bay by her magical light blue light, it almost seemed to Luna as if the Darknes itself was alive, as if the moment she let the light vanish, the darkness would consume her….almost like when she was nightmaremo-

No

She mentally scolds herself

NEVER think about that, Forget it ever happened

But to Luna, the current task at hand was most…..frightening to tell the truth, it was so dark she couldn't see anything past the magical light, the curtains were back of course, and she had risen the moon, but the moonlight didn't help lighten up the room very much, it only made small patch of blood and an old helmet visible by the windows visible. The rest she had to do herself.

The sound of something, glass being broken, drew her attention to somewhere behind her. It never even accrued to her that sompony might be in here still…..possibly alive

"h-hello? Sompony there?"

Luna's voice was croaky and quiet: her throat hurt, her lips were dry she didn't realize she was so thirsty, possibly because she was yelling so much at her sister about what to do with the human from earlier, but this matter was FAR more important, something happened and there might be sompony still here, they might know what happened.

"This is your princess. Luna, Princess of the night….sompony there?"

Luna quietly turned around, looking over her flank to see if sompony was there, possibly hiding. Nothing, no pony, no huma-

No, that was a onetime thing, he was the first and last human to ever get into Equestria

"sompony there?"

She asked again, again, no answer, her voice was a little less corky now. But there was no answer, so there were two choices.

One: there was sompony here that was too terrified to answer here

Two: there was sompony…or something here that meant her or the ponies of Equestria harm

She was hoping it was the former, if it was the latter…she hadn't fought something….as HERSELF in ages…..

Luna quietly made her way towards the source of the noise, quietly and very slowly, being very cautious

There, on the floor, partially covered in broken glass and blood, a picture frame, slowly pulling the picture out of the damaged frame, she saw a photo: a family, strong looking stallion with a happy smile, dark brown fur coat, deep blue eyes and white mane. A light blue coat, green-grey mane and Green eyes, also a happy smile. A small pink-grey filly, hazel eyes, snow white mane.

A happy family, where were they now? What happened to them? Oh STARS above, please don't let them have been the ones here when something happened.

An odd noise broke Luna out of her train of thought, an almost Whisper-quiet Hissing noise.

She heard something coming towards her, she was almost too mesmerized by the picture to hear it, and then the door opened, the light from the hallways lamps illuminating some of the room

Luna looked over to see a black-dark blue blur speeding towards her, and before she could do anything, it knocked her onto a desk, breaking the desk and sending splinters into her mane, the blur then smashed through the window and disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Luna looked up and saw Celestia run in with a few confused guards

"SISTER!"

Celestia shouted as she ran over to her dazed and confused sister of the night, tripping on something

Landing with a loud 'THUD' on her back, her Royal crown and shoes flying in different directions

She looked back and saw her guards looking at her, Horrified

She brought her hooves up to her face, and saw them covered in blood

She looked over to where she fell down, what she fell over, the bodies of some of her ponies, their faces had lost their life, their white eyes staring off into nothingness, just like in the throne room.

Looking up, she saw even more ponies, stuck to the wall in some sort of…..Web…it was black and almost slimy….though most of it had hardened to what looked like….stone or ice…..what was that stuff….WHAT was happening in canterlot?!

She got to her hooves…she didn't know WHAT to do, until she looked at her sister and saw she had some cuts and bruises, know she knew what to do

"GET MY SISTER TO THE MEDICAL WING!"

Celestia shouted to her guards, then rushed over to her sister

"Are you alright?!"

She shouted at her sister

"Yes…i….i….."

But before Luna could answer she grabbed her sister and cried loudly into her chest

"WHAT HAPPENED HERE?! WHA-WHAT….WHY DID THIS HAPPEN TO THESE PONIES!?"

She began crying louder and louder. Her sister's attempts to calm her only failed, soon after she began to cry herself

Something monstrous had happened here…..murder had happened her…NO this was not murder…..this was slaughter

"FIND THAT CREATURE!"

Luna managed to shout between her sobs, to which some of the guards, scared of the whole ordeal, simply nodded their heads and ran off to get more guards

"HA HA HA HA HA, THIS IS SOME HILAROUS SHIT!"

Nigel shouts as he grabs his stomach

"AH I CANT BREATH!"

He says again, between his fits of laughter

"HA HA HA HA, TELL ME ABOUT IT!"

Shane says as he too clutches onto his stomach

"No, quiet down now, I got another one for Ya"

Josh says as the group quietens down, he clears his throat and begins to speak

"Okay SO, what runs faster than a Jew with a coupon and a black guy with your wallet?"

"Keep in mind that I'M black"

Shane says with a smile

"And that IM a Jew"

NightBlade adds, then NightBlade and Shane stare at each other for a few moments before looking back at josh

"What?"

They both ask in sync

"The Black man who stole the coupon"

Josh says

The group all remain quiet for a few, almost tense, seconds, before the group burst into laughter, possibly the ones laughing the loudest were Shane and NightBlade.

"Ah the joke may be racist, by DAMN if it isn't funny"

Shane says as he manages to control his laughter

The group then hear a few knocks at their door, Nigel walks over to the Door control and opens it.

Rainbow Dash was standing at the door, with a sheepish grin

"uh….heh…..hi?"

She says, a slight blush on her face, though Nigel doesn't notice it

"uh….yo….what do you want?"

Nigel asks with slight agitation, since he didn't like her the last time they met, why would it have changed now?

"Uh….just to talk?"

Rainbow Dash says in an almost questioning tone, her eyes begin to scan the immediate Area, looking for an excuse, and then she sees NightBlade

"uh….to talk to him"

She points a hoof at NightBlade who stares at her, almost as if he weren't believing her.

"…..okay….I guess….."

He says as he slowly approaches the door, but stops when he's at Nigel's side, He and Nigel glance at each other

"Ya sure Bro?"

Nigel asks as he continues to eye Rainbow Dash, still not trusting her

"yea man, I can handle her"

NightBlade replies with a wink, before following Rainbow Dash out of the Male Dormitories, the guards nodding at Rainbow Dash as she leaves, being a girl after all, they had to make sure she didn't do anything funny

As the two walk in silence along the cold, metal corridor of the leviathan of a ships interior, NightBlade suddenly clears his throat

"So…what do you want?"

He says in a cold, emotionless tone, clearly not liking her

Well…this could of gotten off to a better start

Rainbow Dash mentally says to herself as she too clears her throat

"Well….it's about those humans you hang out with"

She says in an almost shy tone

NightBlade Rolls his eyes

"Ah fuck here we go"

He mutters

"No its okay that you like them…but"

"But, WHAT Ya walking seizure?"

"Look I- SEIZURE? I'm not a SEIZURE, I'm the best flier in ALL of Equestria, and probably EARTH too!"

"Our jets can outfly you, slow poke"

"ONLY BECAUSE THEIR MACHINES, A HUMAN COULDN'T BEAT ME IN A RACE!"

"Because humans don't HAVE wings DUMBASS"

"I-YOU- THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT, I'LL BET I COULD EVEN OUT-RUN A HUMAN"

"So could I, FOUR legs REMEMBER?!"

"It's got NOTHING to do with legs, it's how much you train"

"Humans train a damn lot, more so then ponies I'll say"

"Then you don't know me OR the wonder bolts"

"Wonder-DOLTS are a bunch of queers and pansies who fly around in gay ass outfits and they leave a trail of diabetes wherever they go cause their fucking show-offs"

"HEY, don't bad mouth the WONDER BOLTS"

"Fuck the fucking Faggot DOLTS"

"HEY, WHATS YOUR PROBLEM?!"

"MY PROBLEMS EQUESTRIA!"

After a heated conversation-turned-Argument, Rainbow Dash had finally gotten a proper answer out of him, and with her friends all hiding around a nearby corner, they might be able to help solve his problem

"What? You hate Equestria?"

She replies, a little louder than before, and not so shy now that he was being a jerk and bad mouthing the wonder bolts

"Because you rainbow coloured FUCKS Destroyed my life!"

He replies, louder than her

"Then why did you become a pony, HUH?!"

She shouts as she pokes him on the chest with a hoof

"I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE IN THE MATTER I WAS FORCED!"

He shouts as he begins to poke her and insult her, and with every poke, she takes a step back while he steps forward

"YOU RAINBOW COLOURED-"

*poke*

"-SLOW-"

*poke*

"-LESBIAN-"

*poke*

"-MINDLESS, PRINCESS CUNT LICKING DRONE!"

And with a final brutal shove, he pushes her onto her flank

He then summons his magic and sends her flying into a nearby wall with a magical blast of none-lethal force, her friends covering their mouths with their hooves to keep them from making a sound

"This conversation is over, NEVER come near me or my friends again or ill END you and YOUR friends"

NightBlade then turns around and storms off. And the area, having no guards in the area at the time, is left deathly quiet, with the exception of the faint roar of the Ships engines.

Rainbow dahs then dose something she would never normally do, ESPCEIALLY in front of her friends…

*sniff*

…..she cries…

"Hey Nigel, boys, I'm back"

NightBlade says with a warm, happy smile and a friendly tone, as if nothing had happened during his 'talk' with that Rainbow abomination.

"Hey…..there he is, so…what did SHE want?"

Nigel asks as he embraces NightBlade in a brotherly hug

"Ah, just the usual door-to-door salesman shit 'would you like to come and help lick our princess's cunt? There's more than enough to go around'"

He says in an almost drone tone, causing his friends to laugh

"ah that's jus' NASTY"

Shane says as the group all look towards josh who was pulling beer cans out of the rooms Refrigerator

"Brought 'em myself"

He says as he tosses one to each member of the group

"Here's to getting shit faced with brothers in times like these!"

He shouts as he opens his beer can and holds it into the air

"a'MEN"

The group all reply in sync as they all open their beer cans and make a toast

"Oh…..Rainbow….."

Twilight quietly whispers as she hugs her crying friend

"don't listen to him, all those horrible things he said, he was just-"

"-Right"

Rainbow Dash interrupts rarity, much to Rarity's surprise

"I shouldn't-WE shouldn't push them for answers…..and that guy in particular…he said he was forced"

She whispers in a quiet sob to her friends, part of her didn't want to talk about any of it, part of it just wanted to go and fly it all away, but the other part, the stronger part, the 'be the better pony' part…..

"He was either lying to make you feel bad or he meant it like…his family wanted him to or something"

Applejack pipes up

"I don't know AJ…there are some ponies, they call themselves the P.E.R…they force the process on humans…..sort of like, the reverse version of HLF"

FlutterShy pipes up, getting unwanted attention from her friends

"Wait what? How did you know FlutterShy?"

FlutterShy dose her usual 'hid her face behind her mane' and mutters something the group can't hear

"Uh….can you repeat that? A little louder?"

Twilight says in an almost routine tone (got used to it a while ago)

"well…a while ago, I found a small human child, a boy, running from some ponies, so I hid him because he looked scared, the ponies then asked me where they could find him, at first I was going to tell them but ask them to be more gentle with him, but then they started talking about how having the Element of kindness would help them to turn all the humans….so I just told them I hadn't seen him, then I took the boy to the human authorities and told them what happened, but I asked them to keep it quiet, my involvement anyway"

She says as gives a sheepish grin

"Wait, why didn't you want anypony or human to know about you being involved?!"

Apple jack practically shouts, wondering why her friend would want to not be known as the hero she was (though there was one obvious reason)

"Because if everyone and everypony knew that I helped the humans, then the ponies would know and I would never be able to hide humans from those kinds of ponies again, where would the humans go then?"

She replies, not so shy anymore, having great concern for other species.

"that's….actually a very good point fluttershy.."

Twilight says, flabbergasted that her friend FlutterShy would be able to think ahead-

"And besides, I couldn't handle everypony and human treating me like a hero, they get a lot of attention you know"

-then again, perhaps it was just luck. Twilight face-hooves (pony equivalent to face-palm), but she smiles, her friends were good ponies, even to some humans…which brings her back to the current topic

"So…what do you want to do about them Rainbow? Should we let Celestia know? After all, attacking an Element of Harmony is a crime"

Twilights voice seems to struck a nerve in Rainbow Dash because she suddenly seems very lively

"WHAT?! NO!"

Rainbow Dash's shout catches all of her friends by surprise, especially FlutterShy

"whoa, simmer down Rainbow"

Applejack says as she gently holds her friend in place

"why don't ya'll want the princess to know? Is it because they beat you?"

"NO, ITS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT!"

She shouts at Applejack, almost as if she was angry with her

"I DON'T WANT THEM TO HAVE MORE REASONS TO HATE US!"

She shouts again, but finally calms down

"Sorry, sorry, it's just that, if they received any kind of warning or trouble from the princess's because of this, they'll think were horrible…and you saw what they could do in a fight"

She sighs in defeat, knowing eventually that she'd have to come clean

"And….."

She takes a deep breath

"Well….I…I don't want to ruin their lives, we have no right to interfere with what goes on in their lives"

Twilight's mouth couldn't get any lower, what was going on with her friends? They were starting to act differently, perhaps it was because they were in the human world? She'd have to inform the princess about THIS at least, speaking of which, she hasn't received a letter from the princess's in a while perhaps she should just send her a report? Couldn't hurt could it?

"Ah… I'm gonna head back to the room, girls, I'll see you later alright?"

Twilight says as she makes her way away from her friends

"And remember Twi, no letter to the princess about this"

Rainbow Dash shouts after her

Well…technically this isn't about that incident in particular….so I think it would be okay

Twilight tells herself, besides, what's the worst that could happen? There was probably nothing interesting going on in Canterlot anyway.