Chapter seven
Author notes: well this is one of the shorter chapters. Hopefully you people out there enjoy this story so far. However I do feel that this chapter doesn't have the "meat" that some of you want . I'm still working on adding more. Well…enjoy another chapter.

Shawn was up before everyone else. The death of the pilot still troubled him for some reason. He felt like it was wrong to shoot him but then again he felt it was right to. He took out the picture from his pocket. Staring at the drawing he felt sorry for the kid who would never know what happened to his father.

"you are up early" Joseph said walking up to him.

"couldn't sleep" Shawn replied.

"ah. Well what are your plans for today" Joseph asked.

"I don't know...probably just hang around here." Shawn said," what about you"

"well if the tank sits there any longer the engine going to give us hell when we do fire it up" Joseph said jutting his thumb to the tank," so I've decided to drive it a bit today. You know a little routine drive"

"yeah. I don't know much about tanks but you go do what you need. I'll help if needed" Shawn said sitting down.

"hey Shawn you still upset about that pilot" Joseph asked

"sort of" he replied.

"why"

"I really don't know" Shawn replied.

Joseph patted him on the back, "okay Shawn. Take it easy" Joseph walked away to his tank. Shawn saw him tell Ashley and Bert to wake up.

Joseph crawled into the tank while Bert and Ashley got dressed into their gear. Ashley finished getting ready first and climbed into the tank. The tank roared to life and started to clank off. Bert was running after the tank yelling.

Shawn looked away from the tank. He glanced at the pile of ashes that remained from the burial last night, looked at the town, and then looked at the forest edge. He snapped his head up at the sound of yelling.

"AHHHH someone do something!"

"harry" Shawn asked himself looking at the running figure.

"shaaaaawwnnn do something" Harry yelled.

"what's the matter" Shawn yelled back.

"there's a friggin insane pony chasin me" Harry said as he sprinted past Shawn

Shawn looked at the pony chasing Harry, he saw a dark blue alicorn racing after Harry. It had a starry mane and tail.

"wait a sec" Shawn said, "haven't I seen that pony somewhere before"

He started sprinting after Harry. They entered town Harry sprinting at his top speed his battle gear clanking around.

"HARRY" Shawn yelled chasing after the blue pony," go to the library"

"the what" harry yelled.

"the library " Shawn yelled.

"okay" Harry said sprinting towards the tree. Harry reached the tree and was halfway through the door when he was forced to the ground by the pursuing pony.

"holy crap! Get it off!" Harry yelled.

"haha thou hast lost!" the pony laughed

"what the hell do you mean" Harry yelled.

"thou hast lost thy own game" the pony replied.

"what game! I was looking for some supplies!" Harry yelled.

"princess Luna?" twilight came down from upstairs.

"ah twilight how art thy" Luna replied stepping off of harry.

"I..um ...I'm good" twilight said looking at Harry.

Shawn burst through the door, "Harry! You okay?"

Shawn picked Harry off the ground, "I'm fine" Harry said.

"princess what were you doing" twilight asked.

" if thou might ask I have decided to see thy wonders of thy daylight. I was humbly walking along a path when I saw him in thou forest. I believed he was playing one of the old unicorn games of ambush. So I pursued him all the way to thy house." Luna explained.

"I was looking for supplies" Harry said again," plus how would I know a unicorn game"

"yes indeed. I may have been mistaken." Luna said, "well I should be on my way. Goodbye to thee twilight sparkles" Luna walked out looking around at the different scenery in the daylight.

"I'm sorry about her" twilight said, "she means well"

Harry grunted. "by the way Shawn I wanted to talk to you about something" twilight said.

"what is it" he asked.

"do you plan on staying in that field for long" she asked.

"well I dunno. I mean we got nowhere else to go" he answered.

"well I suggest you find a more suitable place. The Pegasus are planning a storm in a while" twilight asked.

"where do you suggest we go" Shawn asked.

"I was contacted by princess celestia saying she would be more than happy to provide rooms for you in canterlot" twilight said.

"hey Shawn that doesn't sound too bad" Harry said.

"agreed. But we need to talk with the rest" Shawn said and turned to twilight, "how about meeting us at our little camp in about twenty minutes"

"very well" she said.

Harry and Shawn walked back to find that the tank had returned from its run. Shawn walked up to the group explaining the offer of celestia.

"sounds good to me" Joseph said

"if a storm is coming I will go anywhere that keeps my beloved tank dry" Bert said.

"likewise" Ashley responded.

By this time Scott had walked up and Harry explained what was going on.

"I agree. Our living conditions would be more suitable to our needs if we were to stay in the castle" Scott said smiling.

"okay then shall we start packing" Shawn asked.

"yep" Scott said. Everyone went to go pack up their stuff. Twilight walked up to the camp. She was seen by Shawn who told her that they would except the princess' offer and were already packing.

"good. Now about your vehicles. The two that stay on the ground will be able to stay in canterlot. But the one that flies will have to stay here sadly" twilight said, "I've already made arrangements to build a covering for it"

"y...you really do that for me" Shawn said shocked.

" but of course" twilight said smiling," that's what friends do"

Friends...I'm her friend Shawn thought." thank you" he said looking at twilight.

" it's no big problem" she said," we'll I'm off to go tell the princess to be expecting you" Shawn waved goodbye.

" hey Shawn come on! We are almost ready!" Joseph called out.

"coming" he yelled back. Shawn gathered his stuff and shoved it into the back seat of the hummer. Scott looked at Shawn and asked, "you got everything"

"pretty sure I do" Shawn said.

The hummer roared off followed by the tank. The tall black figure was watching the entire time from the forest edge, "this is perfect. We'll continue working on the first one. His mind will break. Then we will move on towards celestia." he said

"ooohhhh this is excellent my king" the small figure bounced.

The taller one looked at him and said, "soon I'll have my revenge on that accursed celestia!"

author notes: hope it was good for you. Please leave a review and any hints you might have for me. thanks