A/N: I'm back with the next chapter, and as always the plot thickens.

The New Generation: chapter 11: the search begins

It had been two days since Flame and the others had been visited by their captors, but today was different.

Flame was leaning up against the side of the cage, with a bored expression on his face; Twilight was in the middle of the cage, trying to fall asleep, but the cold floor of the cage made that nearly impossible, not to mention the idea of what could be happening to their foals, finally deciding to give up on sleep, Twilight pushed herself up, and slowly walked over to her husband.

"I take it you couldn't sleep either" he said as she walked up next to him, and sat down, Twilight had a sorrowful expression on her face, and didn't answer Flame's question, Flame looked at her with a worried expression, "everything okay, Twi?" he asked turning to her, she sighed sadly and looked up at him, "this is all out fault, if we had told them the truth, maybe all of this could have been avoided" she said looking away, Flame sighed and pulled her into a hug.

"none of us could have known this was going to happen, everything's going to be okay, I promise you" he said as he brought her face up to his, he leaned forward and kissed her on the forehead, just as he did, the door on the other side of the room opened up, and in walked Storm Lash with a pleased look on his face.

They all got up, as he walked over to the cages, "what is it you want now?" Flame said with an angry look, Storm Lash chuckled and started talking, "oh me, nothing really, but I do have some news that you might find most pleasing, it appears that your foals managed to defeat my assassins" he said with a smile.

That comment caught all their attention, as they all got up, Storm Lash continued his story, "but before you get all excited, there more to it than that" he said as the door opened again, and in walked some more ponies, dressed in black cloaks, they walked up to him, as he turned to face them.

"I take it everything went according to plan?" he said, and the leader of the assassins smiled, "yes, we did what we were told, one of ours stayed behind, just like we planned, and if I'm correct he has already told them of our location, and I'm sure they will be here in a few days' time" he said, Storm Lash smiled and slowly turned back to his prisoners, they all had shocked and worried expressions on their faces.

"Well there you have it, they know of our location, and I'm sure they will bring some company, but don't worry, I will have the perfect welcome present waiting for them,…it's a shame you won't be able to see them again, such a pity" he said as they slowly began to make his way out of the room, laughing, and soon the door slammed shut behind him, leaving them alone once again.

They all remained silent, until Comet spoke up, "I just hope Aurora is okay, she is the youngest, she is still a filly" Comet said worriedly, this particular comment seemed to anger Shining Armor, "hey!, we all have foals too you know, so just stop your complaining!" Shining Armor yelled from his cage, but this only made Comet angry, he got up and walked to the end of his cage, with an angry look on his face.

"Ooh, is the big tough captain of the guard, scared, besides you should have found these guys quicker, and maybe we could have avoided this entire situation" Comet said in a teasing voice, "what!, your blaming me, what about you and your dad, you're the ones supposed to help, but you didn't do anything!" Shining Armor answered and after that everypony seemed to be fighting, and yelling at each other, even Twilight friends began to argue, all except for Twilight Flame, and Silver.

Being forced to listen to their foolish arguing, Flame had finally had enough, "alright everypony just shut up!" Flame shouted over all of them, they all became quiet and turned to Flame, with shocked expressions on their faces, that Flame would raise his voice like that, even Twilight was surprised.

Flame walked over to the edge of his cage, next to Shining Armor, with an angry look on his face, "you the ones acting like foals, this isn't going to help our children, they are out there risking their lives to try and save us, the least we can do is be patient, fighting amongst ourselves is not going to help them!" Flame said as he slowly clamed done his voice now raised to and angry tone.

The others began looking away, they felt bad about the way they acted, just then Silver spoke up, "I agree with Flame, we need to stick together, falling apart now, will only guarantee Storm Lash's victory, if we want to stop him, we need to be patient" he said shooting a glare at his son, who lowered his head shamefully, Meadow walked up to him and nuzzled up against his chin, whilst Cadence did the same for Shining Armor.

Shining Armor looked over at Comet, with a guilty look, "I'm sorry Comet, I was just so mad, and talking about what might happen, just –just set me off" he said in an apologetic tone, Comet looked over at him, "no I should apologize, I know we are all under a lot of stress, it's my fault for bringing it up" he said, a small smile crept on Silver's face knowing his son did the right thing.

Now it was Dark Star's turn to speak up, "so, what do we do now?" he asked, Flame had now fully relaxed, "like Silver said, all we can do is be patient, we must have faith in our foals, it's the only way to pull through this" he said as Twilight walked up next to him, and nuzzled under his chin, all of them had worried expressions on their faces, they had a feeling it wouldn't be over anytime soon.

(Canterlot castle, throne room)

After Night Gale had met with the assassin, he was shocked to find out what the assassin told him, he asked the Princess to call a small meeting, of just them, inside the throne room, and after they had all gathered, Night Gale unrolled a map, and placed it on a table that was set in the middle of them room.

After he did, he placed his hoof, on a certain spot on the map, "this is where he said, that our parents were being held, somewhere in this area" he said, Striker looked at the spot he was pointing too, and was shocked.

"That's not possible; this is the area of the Assassin's Guild old headquarters, Captain Shining Armor informed that the place was abandoned, it's been empty for years" he said looking up at Night Gale, with a surprised expression.

Night Gale just stared back with a calm face, "look, that's where he said it was, that's what he told me" he said turning away, Striker spoke up again, "did you ever take into account that maybe he was lying to you, to throw us off course" he said with a serious face, Night Gale turned around and looked right back at him, "no, it was the way he said it to me, like he wanted us to know where it was, I have a feeling he was telling the truth" he said, Striker sighed, and turned to the Princess's.

"With all due respect Princess, you can't really expect us to go in there, based off of a feeling, it might be a false trail, it would be a waste of time, and that is a luxury we don't have, I'm afraid" he said looking up at Princess Celestia, she was standing at the end of the table the entire time, watching and listening.

She stayed silent for a few seconds and then turned to the Commander, "Commander while I trust your judgment, I am sure Night Gale is telling the truth, it would be the perfect place for them to hide, in the place we least except them too" she said smiling down at Night Gale, who smiled back, but that quickly disappeared, as he remembered the second part the assassin told him.

"there's something else too…while he was talking to me, the assassin told me that the leagues soldiers have discovered weapons far more powerful, and deadlier, than that of the Royal Guard and the E.S.S. combined, we might need to rethink our approach, we might end up walking right into a trap" he said with a frown, just as he did, the door opened up, and in walked two other ponies, that Solar Glaze instantly recognized.

"Who are you?" Striker asked, the one on the left looked up with a smile, "the name's Night Shadow, you think you can squeeze in two more, for your little plan" he said, they all fell silent, until ran up to them, "uncle Night Shadow you're here!" he said as he ran up to him, and hugged his uncle, Night Shadow only laughed, and he hugged his nephew back, "hey Solar Glaze, it's been awhile" he said, the pony on the right smiled and removed his hood, revealing none other than Beltway.

Striker stood up with a suspicious look on his face, "what makes you think you can help us?" he said, Night Shadow frowned and looked up at him, "Dark Star is like a brother to me, I haven't seen him in quite some time, but anyway, I can provide assistance, it's the least I can do" he said in a calm tone, Striker turned back to the Princess, who was smiling.

She looked down at him, and nodded her head, he sighed and turned back to him, "very well, we were just about to rethink our plan, what do you think?" he asked, Night Shadow and Beltway smiled, and walked over to the map, followed by Solar Glaze.

"So what are we going to do, we still need a way to get there…anypony have any ideas?" He said looking around the table, at first no one answered, until Night Gale spoke up, "I think I might have one, but it will definitely be tricky" he said with a calm look on his face, the other all exchanged curious looks, but none more so than Striker, who had a surprised look on his face.

A/N: well there you have it, tune in next time to see what will happen next.