i was surrounded by darkness in what seemed like a dream. i was completely unaware of what was happening or what was going on... only the dark abyss in front of me. it was practically nothing. but it seemed like nothing was the only thing that existed to me. i couldn't hear, smell, feel, taste, or see... only darkness. it wasn't a specific thing more that it was everything. it just was... it existed in all aspects and that's all it did was exist. but soon other things came into the existence to accompany the dark.

the first thing that i felt was pain... horrible agonizing pain. along with other senses and feelings. it didn't help much, the other feelings were dulled out by the incredible pain i felt. it was everywhere... all over, covering me like a blanket. but soon it became more specific. it faded away and i could only feel pain in certain areas giving shape to the fact that i was whole and with a body... the next was sight.

even through the blinding and maddening pain i opened my eyes and with feeling and sight back that gave way to all the knowledge i needed. i remembered everything up to losing my memory about a month ago... at least i think that's how long it's been. my train of thought was cut off by a sudden jolt of continuous pain in my leg. i looked back to see there were bits and pieces of shrapnel jabbing into my body in places my masks metal reflective plates didn't cover. so there is a weakness to the physical reflection. the most prudent injury was a large metal pole jetting out the back of my leg. it went through the back and probably took out my knee.

i looked further and gazed upon the destruction of the ship i crashed into the forest. the entire front end of the ship was gone and scattered over the woods. the balloon had been shredded and the metal lining was mostly showing. there were pieces of the actual balloon hanging from all the trees. then the last half of the ship was on its side with the deck facing me. the bridge was half gone due to to cannon that flew by me before... and on top of that everything was on fire.

i was sprawled out in a dirt patch soaked in blood and littered with scraps of wood and leather from the balloon. there were a few fires nearby but i would be safe here. the forest around me was a blazing inferno as well as the ship itself. even though it was night the fires were large enough to simulate daylight. with another wave of pain washing over me i let out a strained and painstaking yell. i tried to pull myself forward but i could move, every time i did i got a bad pain in my leg. i looked back to see the metal pole in my leg was keeping me down... it must be dug into the ground. i couldn't slide my leg off because it stood up at least three feet.

i tried turning around to grab it but it was hard since i was on my stomach . i finally managed to get a grip on it but the position i was in was twisting me all around and it was painful. i held the pole and tried pulling it out of the ground. it slowly started slipping out of the ground but i was also sliding out of my wound which was incredibly painful. i kept pulling it out of the ground with all my strength but it was taking forever. soon the ground let go and i ripped it out of the dirt along with out of my leg. i let out a yell of pain and threw the metal pole across the forest in anger. i flipped over onto my back but stopped when i felt a few pieces of something stabbing into my back when they touched the dirt.

i pulled back over and looked back. i had a chunk of wood sticking out of my back between two metal plates. there was another chunk of wood stabbing into my back near the base of my wing. i grabbed them both and let out a yell of pain as i pulled them both out with some effort. i went around and pulled huge splinters of wood from every place on my body. each time i would angrily throw them into the fires of the forest. with all them gone i laid back and writhed in pain. i looked around and i still had all my gear holstered to me... that's nice.

without hesitation i thought of a plan. i quickly opened up my bag and rummaged through it. i remember getting some medicine and potions and shit. i looked through and found a bottle of vodka. this stuff was 68% alcohol... holy shit. i popped the top off and started pouring it on my wounds. the stinging made me wail in pain but i got through it. i also took one drink as a substitute painkiller. i corked it and put it back in the bad. i kept rummaging through my bag and found a cluster of potions. i ran through them and grabbed a red one that i was guessing is a health potion.

i picked it up and frantically turned it over to see the label. "rapid healing potion." said a neatly written label. i quickly popped the top off and downed the whole bottle. it almost made me throw up but i kept it down. i threw the bottle away behind me and looked for anything else. but there was nothing. i sat there and excitedly waited for the potion to heal me... but as time went by and nothing happened i started getting angry. i started bursting out in a fit of rage and started cursing random ponies and things. when i tired myself out i fell back onto the ground.

i could already feel the blood loss getting to me. i looked over myself and checked out my bleeding wounds... but they weren't bleeding anymore. i let out the greatest sigh of relief and laid back with some sort of hope coming back to me. i just hope the fire doesn't get over here because i just poured half that bottle of vodka over my body and i'm like a match thrown in a fire. i laid back and kept writhing in pain from the cuts and wounds. they weren't bleeding but they were still hurting like a bitch.

well it could have been worse. if i didn't have this armor i would probably be dead now... hell i would have died before the ship crashed. i should be lucky... but i need to think. i have yet to try and get out of here or even stand up, and since i'm trapped in a ring of fire there's nowhere to go. all around me the forest was burning while i was laying in a dirt patch at least 10 yards from the shipwreck. the dirt patch i was in so it gave me some relief from the burning hot fire. but even though the fire was more than the ships length away i could still feel the heat licking up against me.

i did find peace in looking up into the night sky and gazing at the stars. the cool night air would wash over me every few seconds and it was relaxing. like a cool breeze on a warm autumn day. it was almost peaceful. the fires roaring and flickering around me giving me. both the heat of the fire and the coolness of the night were both fighting to claim my body. the cold dirt ground i laid on was almost comforting. the fire added nice lighting like it was daytime and night all at once.

the only thing throwing this off was the putrid smell of burning corpses and the unbelievable pain that i'm in right now. i looked over to the distance to see three other smoke stalks were the other ships must have crashed. the whole battle didn't cover much distance. though from what i can tell this ship got the furthest from the others since it held on the longest. the other wreckage sites seemed relatively close to each other. i'd like to imagine they both share the same scenery as this one... this is one unlucky forest.

i laid my had back down onto the dirt and looked up trying to ignore the pain but it was difficult. i looked back from the night sky and looked over to the burning wreckage of the ship. the flames and spark were almost mesmerizing and i could stop myself from staring. though as i stared longer and longer i began to notice the horror of the wreckage. i could see burning limbs and charred bodies thrown around. i was so engulfed in the beauty around me i forgot about the horrible and gruesome death.

something i found more disturbing was that there were bodies all around. burnt or mutilated bodies also laid still in this patch of dirt with me. i'm almost scared to admit that i hadn't noticed them before even though i clearly had taken in my surroundings. i looked around and there would be a body every few yards or so. they just laid there and soaked up the dirt with their blood. i recognized some of them from the fight on the ship. come to think of it... i can remember almost everypony i ever killed in perfect detail since the day i lost my memory. it's a bit scary.

i could feel myself getting even dizzier than before and i couldn't keep my head up. i laid it back down and everything started shaking and spinning around me. though i wasn't bleeding anymore i still lost a lot of blood. that means its carrying less oxygen to my brain. now i'm going to pass out from oxygen deprivation... great. everything kept spinning and i started slipping in and out of consciousness. i tried to stay awake but it was no use as i closed my eyes and dozed off.

like before i was covered in black nothingness. only this time i felt aware of my body. i could feel everything around me. the ground, the hot fire, the cool night... and the pain. it was like i was lucid dreaming but i had nowhere to go and it was almost real. but soon the heat stopped wrapping around my body and the once refreshing night cold became frigid and unfeeling. it was like torture and it seemed that way for hours until it started slowly fading over a few hours. then i could feel a soothing warmth wrap itself around my body. it wasn't the heat of fire... but something more beautiful.

i woke up and became whole again and not just some spirit in a void of darkness. i slowly opened my eyes only to be blinded by the sun high up in the sky. i grit my teeth in pain while i closed and covered my eyes. i turned away and opened my eyes to see the forest. the once blazing inferno was not just a field of tall burnt trees. and the wreckage was charred black and looked like it could collapse in on itself at any given moment. there were some small spots of fire here and there but it must have died out last night.

i removed my hoof from my face and let the sun hit me. i had to blink and close my eyes a few times but my eyes finally adjusted to the light. i went to rub my eyes but my mask was blocking me from doing so. i grabbed it and pulled it off as the metal on my armour turned to ash and vanished. i rubbed my eyes and held the mask. i felt like i should put it back on but for some reason i just tied it down to my belt for some other time. i laid back and turned my head away from the blinding light of the sun and looked off into the forest... the charred and ashen forest.

there were some spots of life were the fires didn't get to. the tops of the trees were burnt and very few had any leaves left. there were a lot of bushes and tall plants running along the ground that didn't seem to get hit that bad. there were some smaller younger trees that survived pretty well and tried their best to cover up the burnt face of the forest but it wasn't helping too much despite that there were a lot of them. they covered the bottom of the forest but the tops of the charred trees loomed over the small young trees. even the young trees were missing patches of leaves and had large scorch marks scarring their trunks.

"sweet celestia how could this have happened?" said a voice coming from behind me out of my view. i was shocked to hear other voices. i was in shock but all the while excited to be saved. i wanted to shout out but i couldn't... i couldn't think of what to say. although 'help' would have been a good thing to say... i just froze up and remained silent.

"you don't think it was a dragon in here." said a faint voice. please don't let there be dragons in the forest. i could hear hoofsteps and the voices getting closer.

"what the hell is this?" said a third voice. i managed to turn my body a bit to look where they were coming from. past the burnt trees and bushes i could barely make out three mares walk through into the dirt clearing... and one of them was an unsettling image. one of the mares was miss twilight... from a long time ago... she won't be happy to see me. with her where two pegasus. one was yellow with long pink hair and the other was cyan with a ragged rainbow mane.

as they entered the clearing their jaws dropped to the dirt ground as they noticed the wreckage. the next thing they saw...bodies...everywhere. the scent of burning flesh was gone now but the sight was just as bad. the yellow pegasus almost threw up and quickly bolted back into the woods. the other two were equally as shocked but they turned to stop her with no results.

" Fluttershy!... wait." yelled the rainbow maned pegasus flying after her. twilight however used her magic to stop her.

"let her go..." she said. "it's better that she doesn't see any of this."

"alright... do you think any of them survived?" asked the pegasus looking back over the graveyard of bodies.

"it doesn't look like it." said twilight. i needed a way to get out of here and i needed one now... they have to know i'm here. but i'll keep my hoof close to my mask incase i need armor. so i took a deep breath and let out a painful moan. "what was that?" said twilight looking around.

i let out another moan of pain and flopped onto my stomach. i pulled my hooves close to my chest and painfully pushed myself up off the ground in a pushup like position. next i brought my legs in and soon i was on my knees. i slowly clamored my way back up and kept my head down hiding my face under my hat. that was harder than i thought it would be... i felt like i could collapse at any second. i let out a grunt of pain and almost fell over as i felt something snap in my chest. i could feel and taste a bit of blood starting to rush into my mouth from my throat... that's not good. i quickly spit it out onto the ground.

"look." said the rainbow pegasus. "he's alive."

"wait a second." said miss sparkle. i coughed up a bit more blood and slowly lifted my head up. i looked up and i met their faces. the rainbow pegasus seemed unphased but twilight's mood drastically changed. she looked at me with fear but she had hatred and anger dwelling inside of her. its like she wanted to hit me but she can't.

"hey are you alright?" said the rainbow pegasus flying over.

"dash stop." said miss sparkle. "don't go near him."

"what... are you crazy... he'll die." said the pegasus... dash i think it was. "we have to help him." said dash.

"no let him die." said twilight.

"what?" said dash looking back at her friend with confusion and surprise. "what's wrong with you?"

"please... help." i said slowly and painfully shambling forward and sputtering up more blood.

"thats the guy who broke into my house and tied me up... dash that's scar." she said pointing at me. dash looked over at me and examined me. when her face met mine she saw me and filled with fear and then into hatred.

"scar... what makes you think we'll help you." said dash with a change of heart now.

"please... i need..." i paused to cough up more blood. "i need... help." i said still dragging myself forward.

"get back..." said twilight. her horn glowed and i quickly went for my mask but my body was surrounded by purple aura and i lifted into the air. she threw me back and i hit the ground and rolled over further than i was to begin with. i let out a moan of pain and went to stand back up. i got onto my hooves and the rainbow pegasus flew over.

"and stay down too." she said flying over and kicking me in the side as hard as she could. i let out a loud yell of pain as i could feel a few of my ribs snap and jab into my other organs. i was in severe pain. i fell on my stomach and tried to pull myself up but i felt something coming up my throat. i coughed and threw up a pool of blood onto the ground... i looked at the blood in absolute fear and fell down face first into my own blood. i turned over onto my back and closed my eyes. i only had them closed for a second before i saw dash and miss sparkle standing over me with hatred in their eyes.

"it doesn't feel good does it..." said twilight. "now you know the pain you've caused others."

"and i hope you suffer a punishment 100 times worse than this in hell." said dash. i reached down for my mask in one final hope of salvation. just one last thing i did in hopes it would save my life. i grabbed my mask and pulled it off my belt. dash and twilight didn't seem to notice.

"now you know what it's like to be scared and helpless." said twilight. i slowly brought my mask over and dash noticed it.

"what the hell is that..." she said kicking me again. i grit my teeth in pain and kept pulling the mask closer. twilight looked at it and she instantly filled with fear... that was a good sign.

"no don't let him..." too late. i quickly pushed the mask against my face and the two mares were shot away by a blast of red and black fire that seemed to engulf the entire field. i felt strength returning to me and i stood right up and yelled out in pain as i could hear my bones setting and healing in my body. i could feel myself getting stronger and stronger and soon the fire faded leaving me standing there with my metal plated armor on now. it glowed a deep bright red that was almost blinding. i looked around and i saw that all the blood that once soaked up the field was now gone... and if i had to guess... it was absorbed into my armor... so i guess this stuff reflects damage and grows more powerful every time i shed blood... awesome.

the fact that i was at full health now and feeling better than ever made me laugh loudly in the open space. it's more funny because the tables have also turned on twilight and her friend. with my energy and strength back coupled with this mask... she and her friend can't touch me. i almost feel sorry that she will once again find herself in a position of helplessness. i looked over to see the pegasus mare laying near the wreckage rubbing her head. i started walking over to her and she saw me. at the first sight of me she was filled with fear and tried backing away.

"no..." she said. "you stay away from me." i just started laughing again as i had grown only a few feet from her. she kept backing away only to hit the side of the ship and be halted. i walked over and was now looming over her with my evil glowing red eyes and armor. "please don't... i have two kids." she said. i slammed my hoof into the side of the ship next to her and almost broke through. i brought my face closer to her and smiled.

"when somepony asks for help, you don't kick them in the ribs." i said looking at her. she was pushing as hard as she could against the boat like she could just back up through it. i put my hoof out and grabbed her neck and held her close to me. she started choking and brought both hooves up to loosen my grip. as she brought her hooves up i swiped one hoof at the side of her chest and under the thud of the punch i could hear a few of her ribs crack and shatter. she let out a scream of pain and i threw her behind me and she fell to the floor. i started walking over to her and placed my hoof on her head forcing her face into the dirt... i was really angry now.

"you leave her alone." said twilight standing up with her horn glowing. she let her horn glow brighter and the purple aura from before circled around me. it made a roar and turned to red static looking magic. soon the same happened on her horn like with the bare mare and she was pushed back by her own magic.

"nice try... you're magic can't touch me." i said.

"i guess not..." she said getting back up and her horn started glowing again. "but this can." she said. i felt a large pressure hit my side. it was a bolder bigger than i was. i hit me on the side and just broke apart around me. i stood there completely unphased and twilight looked at me with confusion.

"what?" she said. i turned my head from the right were i was hit by the bolder back to miss sparkle.

"you shouldn't have done that." i said. next thing she knew an invisible force pushed her from her side and the air filled with a crack and she screamed in pain. i started walking over and she laid on the ground writhing in pain and crying out. soon i stood above her and she looked at me in pain. it would be so easy for me to step on her head and break it apart... but i'm not going to do that. "alright miss sparkle..." i said. "i think you and you're friend have learned you're lessons." i said.

i reached down to her and tried to pick her up. she squirmed and tried to get away put it picked her up and tossed her onto my back. i walked over to the pegasus who was lying with her eyes closed tightly and her hooves clasping her chest. her wings looked pretty beat up too. i picked her up and threw her onto my back too. they were both heavy but it didn't matter much. i started walking forward and left the opening and into the charred forest.

"what are you doing... put me down." said twilight.

"so you'd rather i leave you stranded in the forest with serious injuries."

"where are you taking us..." she said.

"ponyville..." i replied.

"why... why do you care about us... you're just a monster." she said.

"that might be true... but i want you to know that this monster could have killed you in a few seconds... but instead chose to save you're lives."

"yeah after you beat us up." she said.

"i beat up you're friend only because she broke my ribs..." i said. "i never laid a hoof on you." i said thinking of how deliciously ironic reflecting her magic at her was.

"why do you care about saving us." she asked.

"because it's a pretty nice thing to hold over somepony's head." i replied with a devious smile. she just grunted and glared at me.

"i swear i'll see you dead." said twilight. as we walked through the woods i started to notice the wildlife flourishing and the burnt trees growing fewer and with smaller burns. we were heading out of the burn area.

"i don't think so miss sparkle..." i said. "you see i am aware of you're ties with the princess... so when we get back to ponyville you're gonna get me a new ship seeing as mine has crashed." by now all the burns and marks from the fire were gone and the forest was lush and green again.

"or what?" asked twilight.

"do you really have to ask that question?" i said.

"if you hurt anypony i'll have the princess drop the entire royal guard onto you're head." said twilight. i just laughed.

"then do what i ask... even if she brings an army you saw it yourself... nothing can touch me and every kill keeps me alive and makes me stronger." i said. "and it would be a while for the army to get to ponyville miss sparkle... a lot can happen in just a few minutes alone."

"how can you live with yourself." said twilight yelling at me now.

"easy..." i said. "i take what i want... and if anypony tries to stop me i deal with it." we kept walking and soon the forest broke out into a field and i could see we were in town. we were at the park and i could already see twilight's house from here it was on top of a hill. i looked back to see the pegasus was out cold from the pain. "now miss sparkle if you scream for help or cause a panic... there will be blood... and yours will be the last." i said. fear struck through her and i started walking into the town.

we walked down the street and i could see that not crying out was killing twilight. any ponies that saw me looked at me as a hero for rescuing these two mares who were clearly injured. i only got smiled and friendly gestures and it was killing miss sparkle. she wanted to shout out but she knew i wasn't lying when i said there would be blood. luckily for her it wasn't long until we reached her house. i tried to knob and it swung open.

i walked in and closed the door behind me and looked into the room. i stared in to see two other ponies inside. a cow girl with orange fur and blonde hair with a knot at the end. the other was a unicorn with perfect white fur and silky and curly hair. they both looked at us in surprise and curiosity. twilight looked at these ponies knowing as well as i they just got caught in her situation.

"oh my dear... what happened." asked the white unicorn.

"rarity... applejack run." said twilight... wrong move twilight. i quickly tossed twilight and her friend off my back and she fell to the floor with her unconscious friend laying on top of her.

"what's in tarnation is going on here." asked the cowgirl. "who the heck is this."

"just run..." twilight yelled.

"run?" asked the unicorn. "why would we run."

"its scar..."she yelled out. i reached down for my chain rope.

"scar... why you yellow bellied son of a bitch... i'll show you a thing or two." said the cowgirl. the unicorn just backed up in fear. the cowgirl ran at me but i shot my chain out and it wrapped around the top half of all four of her hooves. i pulled and they closed together and she hit the ground.

"hello ladies... nice to meet you... now miss twilight do me a favor and get some rope." i said to twilight who is now up from under her friend.

"i don't have any rope." said twilight.

"thats fine... these two aren't necessary... doesn't matter if they're tied up or dead... either way they aren't moving." i said. i started pulling on the chain and it tightend around the cowgirls legs. she yelled in pain as the blades on the top half of the chain started cutting into her legs and i pulled harder. there was blood leaking from her legs and dripping onto the ground.

"no wait..." said twilight. "stop please... there's some rope in the basement." she said lowering her head in defeat. i knew she had been lying to me. i loosened the grip on the chain and the cowgirl stopped yelling and just laid there in pain. i watched twilight walk over to a door near the back and open it up. i looked over to make sure it wasn't a back door but i could see from the walls and stairs it lead to the basement.

"i swear when i get my hooves on you i'll...i'll." said the cowgirl

"you'll what... bleed on me." i said glaring at her. it wasn't long until i head twilight walking back up the stairs with a few bundles of rope... more than enough.

"theres you're damn rope." she said throwing it on the ground.

"great... now tie up you're friends." i said.

"no... i'm not doing that." she said. "you can do it..."

"i can't..." i said. "i need to make sure nopony runs... but if you don't want to there's always option two." i said pulling on the chain a bit and making the cowgirl wince and grit her teeth in pain.

"alright alright..." said twilight. "i'll do it." hanging her head once more in defeat. i watched her walk over to the white unicorn and they both looked at each other. twilight wrapped her in rope and tied her up. next she tied up the cowgirl who i released. she was a bit hesitant but twilight managed to calm her down. then she tied up her still unconscious friend. i walked over and made sure the knots were tight and secure... everything checked out.

"there... see that wasn't so hard..." i said.

"you're a monster." said the white unicorn. i smiled and rubbed my hoof under her chin and she winced away.

"oh darling you're going to have to think of something better... i've heard that one before." i said.

"you sick putrid boot licking fuck." said the cow girl.

"see something like." that i said to the white mare. i turned from her and brought the hoof under her chin and socked the cowgirl across the face and she grunted in pain. "no shut up..." i said. "any funny business and i start collecting heads... and i've got no problem with that."

"just tell us what you want." said twilight.

"first check to see if that one's still alive." i said pointing to the pegasus. "don't need casualties too soon." i said. twilight walked over to her friend and examined her while i walked to the door and locked it.

"she's fine..." said twilight. "just a few cracked ribs."

"good..." i said. "now one important thing to you unicorns..." i said grabbing my tomahawk and pointing at the white mare and twilight. "if i see hear or smell any magic... both of you're horns are coming off... i don't give a damn who it was... both horns will be mine." i said. "and if you scream i'll take everyponies tongues..." i said. "that goes for all of you... any funny business and everypony pays... got it." the cowgirl glared at me, the pegasus was unconscious, twilight glared at me too, and the other one looked like she was going to cry. "and like hell i'm going to let you start crying..." i said. almost instantly she sucked her tears back up.

"what do you want..." asked twilight.

"i want you to write you're to you're princess that i require a ship... tell her that if she does anything funny ponyville burns. i'm also going to need a three month supply of food and water" i said. twilight walked over to her desk and started writing a note on the table. when she was done she rolled it up. and sealed it.

"i need spike if i want to send this." she said.

"who the hell is spike and why do you need him to send a note... draggin more ponies into this only makes it worse." i said.

"he is not a pony he's a dragon and his fire sends these scrolls to celestia." she said. i thought back and i remembered the day i broke in here... the little green dragon i tethered to the window. i burst out laughing.

"that runt... you need him." i said laughing some more. "that runts pretty funny with his false bravery...you have an hour and hope he gets here." i said. "after an hour i tie everypony up and get him myself." i said.

"fine and while you're gone me and rarity will use our magic to get away." she said. i thought for a second.

"thank you for reminding me miss sparkle. i reached into my bag and pulled out the two magic cancelling rings i picked up from the prison... i've actually got quite a few. "won't have to worry about that now..." i said. i walked over to the white mare and tried putting the ring on her but she struggled. i grabbed her horn and slipped it on and locked it tight. "you know what to do." i said to twilight. she looked at me with anger but lowered her head and i slipped the ring on it and locked it.

"i hate you so much." said twilight.

"oh twilight... don't say that, you might make me cry." i said. i started laughing when the cowgirl spoke up.

"i'm going to kick you're fucking face in." she said.

"oh you want to kick me in the face." i said. i walked over and got on the floor. "go ahead... kick away." i said bringing my face close to her hooves. she winded them back and got ready to buck.

"applejack wait." said twilight, but it was too late. the cowgirl bucket her hooves out and they hit me in the face. they bounced off my mask like she had just kicked a wall and an invisible force hit her in the face and pushed her head back into the ground with a loud crack and a thud as her head hit the floor. she yelled out in pain and her nose started bleeding.

"and how did that feel." i said standing back up. "would you like another crack at it?" i asked with dark sarcasm. she just moaned in pain and grit her teeth. "didn't think so... now shut up before i'm the one who starts kicking." i was about to speak up when there was a knock at the door. i pulled the three mares away and tossed them out of sight into the kitchen. "twilight answer the door... anything fishy... and whoever's out there dies... along with one of you're friends here." i said. she glared at me and i ducked into the kitchen keeping out of view. she walked over to the door and opened it up.

"hey twilight." said a familiar voice. "how are you holding up?"

"oh hey..." said twilight putting on a convincing fake smile. "yeah i'm fine... thanks for checking on me thunder." she said... that name... thunder rush... that fucking asshole. i wide and evil smile spread across my face.

"oh twilight why don't you invite you're guest inside." i said from the kitchen. twilight seemed to freeze.

"who's that." asked thunder

"uhmm... an old friend." she said. "i think he's right... you should come on in." she said. he walked inside and looked around and i walked from the kitchen. and stepped into the room thunder looked over and set his gaze on me.

"hello there thunder rush... remember me." i said.

"no... you do look familiar though..." he said.

"what you don't remember me... thunder rush i'm hurt... after all you introduced me to ponyville... helped me get around... even set me up with a nice suite in the canterlot dungeons." i said raising my voice. his eyes narrowed and he growled.

"SCAR!" he yelled. i just laughed.

"there it is..." i said. "miss me... i know twilight has." i said with an evil smile.

"this time i'll kill you." he said roaring.

"thunder no wait..." said twilight trying to warn him about my armors abilities but like the others, nopony listens to poor twilight. his horn glowed and a large spear pulled itself from the wooden floor and floated in the air. he let out a cry and shot it forward at me. it hit my upper right leg and shattered on the metal plate.

"you ponies always fall for that." i said.

"fall for wha-AAGHH." he yelled out as the gap the spear would have made in my leg now opened up in his leg and he started bleeding. it must have passed through because a gap opened up in his lower back leg too and he fell to the ground. "ahhh oh god..." he shouted.

"i don't know what god you want help from but they're not going to help you now." i said. i walked over and stood above him. "now i'm going to let you make another move... chose carefully." i said. he glared at me and looked around.

"what are you doing in ponyville." he said... it was more like a demand.

"well my dear friend..." i said angrily as i mentioned him as a friend. "i was on my merry way in the city of manehattan... when i should see a fleet of naval vessels. vessels that i used to escape from the dungeons with... but you know that. so apparently the fleet was being run by dread hoof. he thought he was being smart by capturing me alive to collect the reward on my head... he wasn't. i escaped my puny little cell and destroyed the entire fleet and killed captain dread. i crashed in the woods by the park last night... now i'm here." i said. "now that story time is over you still have a move to make."

i smiled and back up from him giving him some room. he looked at me and growled. his horn lit up again and he started pulling energy from the air. i just stood there and smiled. he let out a roar and fired a beam of energy at me. the beam hit my armor and seemed to just absorb it. once he was done firing my body was glowing blue... then it went to a static red and fired a bolt of lightning from my body to him reflecting his blast and hitting him. he got struck with the jolt and yelled out in pain as red static energy covered his body and put him in literal shock. a few sparks managed to fly out and hit random objects in the room but nothing else. when it was done his armor was charred and he was smoking from the blast. it had enough force to throw him against the wall.

"wrong move." i said. he laid across the room laying limp. most of me was hoping he was dead but part of me thought he would make a good hostage.

"thunder." said twilight rushing over to him. she walked over and took off all his armor and it clanged to the ground beside him. she checked his pulse and his breathing. she let out a sigh of relief. "you almost killed him." she said.

"you say that like i should care." i said. "but since he's not dead you get to tie him up and throw his armor in the corner." i said. she glared at me. she knew if she defied me i would threaten to kill somepony and she knew that i would do it too.

"fine..." she said. "you better hope that the princess doesn't see to this herself." said twilight.

"and what will she do if i keep a blade to the neck of her most faithful student." i said mocking her with a taunting voice. she glared at me. "oh and not to mention the holder of the element of magic." i said remembering that part too. "can't have you dying with a title that important." she just glared at me and grabbed some rope and started tying up thunder rush. when she was done i walked over and checked the knot and tie. when it checked out i walked back into the kitchen and grabbed the others. i tossed them in here and they just kept their heads down. "now... if i'm not mistaken you have roughly around 40 minutes for you're purple friend to get here or i go hunting for him.

"why not just go look for him now." said twilight.

"that is a good point... but it's fun sitting here and tormenting you ponies." i said.

"it's more like torture." said the white unicorn looking at the ground.

"what was that." i asked sarcastically even though i heard her.

"i said this is like torture... just let us go." she said louder now and looking me in the eye.

"oh... it's torture huh... and what would you say if i dragged you to the basement and started slowly cutting you're arms and legs in thin layers one at a time... what would that be?" i asked she stayed quiet as the image and maybe the feeling and fear of pain ran through her head. "or you know we could always head upstairs and i can find a more desirable way of making you scream." i said. she blushed and almost started crying again but she sucked it up and looked away.

"you're a monster." said twilight.

"yes i know miss sparkle we've been over this... now either say something interesting or shut you're face." i said. "you ponies remember that it could be more worse than you think it is."

they all stayed silent and looked away in fear and helplessness i stood in the corner axe in hand and watched them. thunder rush and the rainbow maned pegasus were both still out cold and the hour twilight had before had dwindled down to almost a minute. and soon after i called it up.

"well miss sparkle." i said. "times up... time to go hunting." i said. i walked over to twilight with a rope in my hooves and she backed up in fear. but before i could tie her up the door knob jiggled a bit and there was a knock on the door. i put the rope down and glared at twilight and her friends. i walked over and looked through the peep hole. i didn't see anypony. i looked down to see a small purple dragon with green spikes. "well miss sparkle you're a very lucky mare." i said.

"twilight... are you in there... the doors locked." said the dragon. i unlocked the door and opened it up hiding behind the door itself. "thanks twi so what's..." he paused when he saw everypony tied up and a few bleeding. he was inside far enough that i kicked him out into the middle of the room and closed the door and locked it. "what... what's going on here."

"sup twerp." i said getting his attention. he looked back and saw me and his eyes shrunk inside his head. "miss me."

"no... not you again... what do you want, leave us alone." he said.

"chill runt... you've got the easiest job." i said. he looked around in fear and terror and looked over to twilight. he hoped she would give him some kind of reassurance but she couldn't help him. there was no hope, no prayer, and no chances... in here, what i say goes. "now miss sparkle please let spike know what to do." i said.

"spike i need you to send this letter." said twilight. spike looked at the letter and a bit of false courage welled up inside him.

"no... i'm not doing that... you can go to hell." he said pointing at me. i smiled but raised an eyebrow at the dragon. despite the situation he's in he still has some kind of wanton courage.

"spike please just do it." said twilight.

"no... i'm the only one who can send it... so if he wants to get a letter to canterlot he can walk there." he said crossing his arms and turning away.

"so you don't care if you die." i said sheathing my sword and holding up to him with the point pressing against his chest. i used my sword because its more threatening. he got a bit nervous but sucked it down.

"i don't care... you won't kill me." he said. i pulled the blade up and walked over to twilight and held it up to her she backed away in fear and her eyes shrunk.

"and how about if i gut her instead of you..." i said. he remained strong. i went over to the cowgirl and held the blade to her neck. she just glared at me and struggled. "how about her... he remained strong still... stubborn little fuck. next i went over to the white unicorn and held the blade up to her cheek. she a quiet shriek and started sweating.

"you don't touch her..." said the dragon with a new found anger.

"huh..." i said curious as to why he was so defensive of this one. i looked at him and he was blushing. "oh... you've got the hots for this one..." i said. he blushed even more. "it would be a shame if you never saw her again."i said running the edge of the blade down the mares cheek causing it to cut her a bit. she let out a shriek and started whimpering.

"i said don't touch her." said spike.

"you know it's been awhile since i had my way with a mare like this... i love the way they scream." i said pressuring him even more

"spike don't do it." said the mare.

"don't touch her." he said.

"send the letter... and nopony gets hurt spike..." i said. "i don't give a damn about these ponies and you're misguided bravery and jackass stubbornness is only bringing them closer to dying. he frantically panned around the room and he was sweating now. he looked at me and i smiled at him with a sadistic smile. he let out a sigh of defeat and slouched over.

"fine...i'll do it." he said.

"smart kid." i said. he walked over to twilight and grabbed the note. he breathed on it with fire and the note burnt into bust and flew out the window and made its way to canterlot. i was a bit confused first but then again it's fucking magic... its always going to be confusing. i got up and let the unicorn drop to the ground. she had a few tears falling from her face but i let it go. i walked over to spike and smiled at him evilly.

"your..." i stopped him there.

"yeah i know, i'm a monster, blah blah shut the fuck up and go sit in the corner..." i said pointing to the corner. "if you move i'll cut off you're stubby little feet." i said . he walked over and sat down in the corner and crawled up in a ball. before i knew it there was a green flash in the room and i pulled out my tomahawk and looked around. i looked over to see a note on twilight's desk. i relaxed and loosened my grip on the axe. twilight walked over and unfolded the note.

"what does it say?" i asked.

"she'll be here with what you want in half an hour." said twilight.

"holy damn... the mutherfucking princess herself is gointo grace us with her presence." i said mocking twilight.

"i hope you get what's coming to you." she said.

"well sorry to disappoint you but the only thing coming to me is a brand new ship and apparently the princess..." i said. she sat there in silence and we all waited patiently. the feelings of dread, sorrow, hopelessness, and fear were heavy in the air. they made the air thick with a feeling close to that of death. i just smiled at my small position of power and knew i had everything under control. though i should account for the fact should i run into trouble while i make my way out of equestria.

she could have my little ship bombed or attacked by a fleet of warships. or she could have poisoned the food and water supply. or it could be rigged to explode or something, i don't know. what i do know is that my paranoia is acting up and it has a good reason to. i thought for a few minutes on how i can avoid this negative outcome and as my eyes panned across the room i was struck with the perfect idea. before i knew it there was a knock at the door. this was it... time to put my 'plan' into use and hope it works... which i'm sure it will.

i stood up and everypony looked over to the door. i walked over and opened it up. and sure enough there she was... the mutherfucking princess of the sun n' all that shit. she looked down and when she saw me smiling she looked at me with disgust and hatred. she back up and i saw outside a large ship floating in the air like my last one. it had a ladder tossed down to climb up it.

"i've brought you're ship." she said. i could see this was hurting her on the inside. i looked back up at the ship and i could see a spear flicker up and duck back down in the corner of my eye... there were guards on the ship. time to execute my plan i walked back inside and put my hoof on my chain.

"thanks princess." i said. "and thank you everypony." i said looking back at the ponies. "especially you miss sparkle... in fact you've been so good... i think i'll take you with me." i said lashing out the chain which wrapped around her and i pulled her over to me and grabbed her.

"that wasn't part of the deal scar." said the princess glaring at me with hatred as i walked outside.

"yes i know... i said i'd let everypony go if i got a ship with 3 months of food and water... but you know... i don't remember asking for the battalion of guards." i said smiling.

"damn you." she said. she looked at me with anger and i just smiled as i held twilight in my chain death grip. she was gritting her teeth in pain as the razors were starting to cut into her but she'll be fine... for now. "guards..." the princess yelled out. "abandon post." she said. i looked up to see a bunch of guards shimmy down on ropes, teleport, or fly down and surround us. i also noticed the entire town was here too to see my big get away.

"there we go... see not to hard." i said backing up to the ladder.

"now let twilight sparkle go." she yelled...i could tell she really wanted me dead.

"i'm afraid i can't do that." i said throwing twilight over my shoulders. "you see there's still the chance something could go awry in my little trip... and twilight here is going to help make sure that doesn't happen." i said slowly making my way up the ladder completely forgetting i have wings. "but don't worry yourself princess..." i said. "i'll drop her off once i'm nice and safe past the borders of equestria." i said. i climbed up and i was near the top of the later. "let this be known as the day that scar... the bandit king, left his mark on equestria."

i threw twilight up onto the ship and she grunted as she made a thud on the wood hull. i climbed over and hopped onto the hull next to her. i started pulling up the ladder and she cried out for help... but there was no help. i pulled the ladder all the way up and set it down. i walked over to the controls and started the ship up. i fired hot air into the balloon and we started rising and moving forward and soon... we were gone.

gone with the wind...

-Authors Note: you know that little jingle from 'price-line negotiator'?... all i can do is imagine that but instead of 'price-line negotiator' it's 'hostage negotiations'... yay hostages. i'm giving you a heads up... this is now going from southern cowboys, to pirates and the open sky... it's going to be awesome... i always wanted to do something with pirates... so i did. i understand some of you guys might hate me for abusing and hurting the mane six... well suck it up... it only gets worse from here... back to the keyboard to write moar... and while i'm doing that i need you guys to stay shady.-End of Note-