Note: Okay! I've made changes to chapters 6 and 10. My personal suggestion is that you guys reread them for fun's sake when you are done with reading this chapter. Chapter 10 is, in my opinion, pretty awesome, with the battle between Sunset Shadow and Abbadon now hitting on a near planetary scale (yes, as in a planet getting pretty much destroyed). I would really appreciate it if you guys would, after rereading those updated chapters, spend a little time giving me some feedback on them. Thanks!

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Twilight's Library

Time: Two days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

Franklin groaned and opened his eyes. He had a cramp in his neck from leaning against his sister's bed, but he didn't mind it too much. After a bout of stretching, he looked at Night Shade who was curled up on Twilight's bed sleeping soundly. Franklin smiled. Night Shade was no doubt a powerful and skilled fighter, with tactical and combat skills that outshone many others, but underneath that he was still just an eleven year old boy. The house shook a little bit as Daniel, still in his dragon form, awakened and straightened up. He poked his head through the bedroom window and grinned at Franklin.

"You really look creepy as a dragon, you know that?" said Franklin grumpily.

Daniel rolled his eyes and snorted a blast of hot air. "Honestly. This form is the coolest ever. I can literally feel fire building in my chest whenever I breathe. I can sense the heat changes in beings around me, and I can draw geothermal energy from the earth itself. This form is literally my element."

Franklin blinked. "You see this face?" he said, "This is my 'not caring' face."

Daniel was about to retort when Night Shade gave a huge yawn and sat up. He looked around blearily.

"Hey team," he mumbled, "What's up?"

Franklin winked at him, "Nothing yet kiddo, just Daniel's head. Don't stand up or you'll end up ramming his jaw. Not that it wouldn't be funny, though."

Daniel shook his head as he pulled back a little bit so that Night Shade could straighten up. "Do our morning always have to be this way?" he said, "I mean, literally, we've had arguments every morning for the past four years."

Franklin grinned, "It is part of our daily routine. Now that that's through, I can mark it off on my itinerary."

With that, Franklin turned his head to look at Miranda. She was still sleeping soundly. He put an ear near her face. Her breathing was calm and steady. He then looked at Daniel who was now trying to get his head out of the window with the help of Night Shade.

"When you're done with that, meet me downstairs, let's see what we can do about breakfast," laughed Franklin.

Just as Daniel got his head out, the front door downstairs flew open and Sunset galloped in, his eyes full of fear.

Franklin leapt over the stair's banister and landed on the ground quickly. He ran up to Sunset and said, "What's the matter?"

Sunset took a deep breath. He then said, "Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, and Flaming Star are in Ponyville. Princess Twilight attempted to stop the alliance at Yolk pass but was captured. Then the war trains continued on to the Freezelock pass where Flaming Star was waiting with his tank emplacements. The trains were armed with Star Wars-grade Heavy Turbo Laser cannons. They decimated our tank battalions. Flaming Star managed to derail the thing and close the pass afterwards, but the alliance has a large invasion force in Equestria now…"

Franklin grimaced. "This isn't good," he interjected, "The alliance guys are the bad guys, correct?"

"Well, considering they used Heavy Turbo Laser cannons against the firstborn, I would assume they are bad guys," said Night Shade as he trotted downstairs.

"That's another thing," said Franklin, "How the hell did some weird pony group get a hold of weapons such as that? It's not like those things grow on trees… right?"

Sunset simply shook his head. "No," he sighed, "But that isn't the worst of it. After he heard Twilight was captured, Flaming Star tried to teleport into the nation of Bray, which is now amalgamated with the alliance. He found that his portal traveling and teleportation was blocked in those areas. In fact, he found that he's been stripped of all our teleportation powers. I've tried as well, they've all been inhibited."

Franklin's face drained of color. "What?" Both he and Night Shade tried to open a portal, than teleport. Both were blocked.

Sunset nodded. "The traveler-blocking technology we were developing during the demon-traveler war has been completed by somebody or something, and now it is being used against us."

Daniel then stuck his head through the front door. "I understand that this is grievous news and all, with that technology finally being developed," he said calmly, "But I would appreciate it if you guys took the conversation outside so I can listen better."

Sunset, Franklin, and Night Shade quickly went outside and sat down on the front step.

"Well," said Daniel promptly, "I understand that we can no longer use instantaneous traveling methods to attack our enemies, but that doesn't make those lands inaccessible. We just have to enter them on foot, or in the air."

"That's easy for you to say, Mr. Dragon," snorted Franklin, who had regained his composure, "but I like my portal traveling! It saves sooooo much time!"

The small group was suddenly joined by Celestia, Luna, and Flaming Star.

"The human is Franklin, the black Pegasus is Night Shade, and the dragon is Daniel. They are the dimensional travelers I was talking to you about," said Flaming Star.

Celestia bowed her head as she said, "It is an honor to meet you three."

Franklin got up and gave her a flourishing bow, something he had gotten quite good at. "It is a pleasure to meet you as well, your highness."

The group then all sat down in a circle in front of Twilight's house. It was a remarkably odd sight for any passersby.

"What is our position with the alliance in our lands, Flaming Star?" asked Celestia as soon as everyone was settled.

"The Freezelock pass is down, so there will be no supplies for any pony going in or out," said Flaming Star, "this means that the alliance troops will not be getting fresh soldiers any time soon. However, they are all heavily armed. There are even Infantry Fighting Vehicles amongst them."

"Have they done anything?" asked Luna.

"Nothing yet, it seems that they are regrouping, my derailment of their train must have disturbed their plans somewhat. I've sent Rainbow Dash to meet with Commander Hurricane in Cloudsdale. The two will have a scout network up in no time. We will hear about the alliance movements regularly soon. Now I have a question of my own: has Martique said anything more about the situation in Bray?"

Celestia sighed and bowed her head. "He has said a little more. It seems that Pontius had sent him away alone with Twilight, which made them very easy targets. He figures that while he was working out the details of the plot, Pontius sent someone ahead of him to disable the explosives to ensure that Twilight couldn't set them off. Now he thinks that Bray is probably completely under the control of the alliance thanks to Pontius back-stabbing him."

"Does this mean Rarity is any kind of trouble?" asked Sunset anxiously.

Celestia nodded sadly as she replied, "I asked him about it. Martique said that they are probably hostages now, awaiting an alliance verdict."

Sunset groaned and buried his face in his hoofs. Flaming Star ground his teeth. "First Twilight, now Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Discord. It's almost as if we've been played from the beginning, the Harmony bearers cannot function without each other!"

"That's right!" exclaimed Franklin, "this place has the harmony tree unit! Wow, this IS a special place!"

Daniel nodded, "I forgot about that. I suppose you guys don't get demon invasions very often then."

Sunset waved a hoof off in a general direction, "Yeah, yeah, just Xaphan, Legion, and Abbadon over the past few years. What we need to do now is make sure that all the other Harmony bearers stay safe in Ponyville. We can't risk them trying to launch impromptu rescues missions for Twilight or the others."

"Says the guy whose wife and child are safe and sound," said Flaming Star angrily, "Last time I checked, it was MY fillyfriend who was in danger. I'm not resting until I've rescued her."

Sunset sighed deep and long. "If that's what you are set on doing, then do it," he said, "but we have no idea where she is, and with our teleportation abilities rendered useless, we cannot just search places randomly without repercussions."

"We'll help you," said Franklin suddenly, "I know that we've never really gotten along with you, firstborn, but you helped us when my sister was in trouble. We owe you."

Daniel nodded. "I agree with Franklin," He said, "We will help you search for her. Do you have a starting place?"

Flaming Star looked at them and said, "We'll split up. I'm going to go with Spike to infiltrate Irrum, Corona Oscura seemed the most dangerous of the two alliance leaders. You guys go to Bray and see if there is any sign of what happened to her in the Yolk pass, which is a couple of kilometers west of the Bray capitol, Don Keyxote. Bray is just north of the Frozen north of Equestria."

Daniel nodded and he spread his wings wide. "We'll leave at once," he stated. There was a pause as Franklin and Night Shade looked at him. Daniel then snorted out a blast of flame and said, "FINE. You two, get on my back. We're going to Bray."

Celestia got up. "You all go and do as you said you will," she said, "We will continue to discuss our situation with Hor Sey, Saddle Arabia, and the Crystal Empire."

"Be careful," added Luna. With that, the two Princesses left the group to go to talk to Mayor Mare. Sunset got up as well. "I'm making breakfast at my house," he said, "if anyone of you wants to come to my house and eat, you will be welcome."

"Oooohhh… is there any BACON?" asked Franklin with elation.

Sunset glared at him. "NO Franklin. You are living in a dimension of vegetarians, so get over it."

Franklin rolled his eyes. "I'm hating this place more and more," he muttered. He then hopped onto Daniels back with Night Shade.

Daniel gave Sunset and Flaming Star a quick nod before spreading his wings and taking to the air with powerful flaps of his wings. Soon he began to sail off to the Frozen north.

Sunset gave Flaming Star a side-long glance. "Spike is already at my place," he said, "do you wish to join be for breakfast?"

Flaming Star nodded his head, "I suppose I will. I'm really sorry for my briskness lately, but it eats me up that the one pony who really loves me is in mortal danger that I cannot stop."

Sunset smiled sadly. "I understand," he replied, "I don't know how I would react if my Fluttershy was captured, or Starlight Amber. It's been several years since I went into a killing frenzy, but something like that could trigger it."

Flaming Star gave a shaking sigh as he said, "I'm on the edge of one of my own really. But I suppose there is nothing I can do about it… yet. Let's go."

With that, the two ponies cantered off to Sunset's house for breakfast.

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Somewhere over the Unicorn Range

Time: Two days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

"Soooooo… what's the plan?" said Franklin as he rode Daniel.

"The plan is that if you kick me in the side one more time, I'm going to do a barrel roll and send you two spiraling to your deaths," replied Daniel in a strained voice, "This is so humiliating."

"Hey, you're taking one for the team," pointed out Franklin as he shifted into a position that would keep him from further aggravating Daniel with his feet.

"Still… I don't really like it."

Franklin sighed, "Whatever. Here is the real plan that I thought up in six and a half seconds, we're going to fly over Bray and figure out which is the capitol building, which will no doubt contain alliance representatives. We will sail in and scare the hell out of a bunch of mules and pones and stuff. We will then force them all to give us Flaming Star's fillyfriend… what was her name again?"

"Twilight," replied Night Shade, "her name is Twilight."

"Yeah, Twilight," said Franklin, "anyway, this plan doesn't need much depth because we're playing with amateurs here; they have no idea who we're dealing with. Heck, I probably have more power in one finger than they have in their entire army!"

"Be careful there, Franklin," said Daniel, "someone is supplying them with technology that is foreign even to dimensional travelers. The signs of a powerful adversary have been pretty huge so far. Heavy Turbo Laser cannons, instantaneous travel inhibitors, etcetera. We will need a better plan than 'fly in randomly.'"

"Okay Mr. Optimistically Pessimistic," snorted Franklin, "What is your plan?"

"I don't know as of yet, I am still parsing it out," replied Daniel.

"Well parse it out faster, we don't have much time before we enter Bray territory," said Franklin.

"Then stop jabbering and let Daniel think," interrupted Night Shade.

Franklin rolled his eyes but kept quiet. It stayed like this for quite some time.

Dimension: My Little Pony

Planet: Equestria Earth

Specific Location: Sunset and Fluttershy's house

Time: Two days after the arrival of the Brothers in Arms corps

"You want me to do what?" said Spike as he ate with Flaming Star, Sunset, Fluttershy, and Starlight Amber.

"You want him to do what?" added Fluttershy as she fed her foal with a spoon.

"I want you to come with me as I infiltrate Irrum territory," said Flaming Star, "You've been Twilight's faithful companion for a really long time, and I think you should be with me as we work to recover her."

Spike thought about it for a moment, then his eyes hardened. "You're right," he said, "I will help you. She needs me."

"She does, and I need you as well," said Flaming Star, "Remember: I don't choose my teammates lightly, I've chosen you specifically for a reason."

"Oh dear, all this talk about infiltrating sounds scary," murmured Fluttershy.

"And distasteful," added Sunset, "But don't worry dear, we're safe here."

"That's another thing," said Flaming Star, with a little iron in his tone, "Why have you done nothing?"

Sunset looked at Flaming Star and said, "I am NOT killing any being ever again. What we are dealing with here is war, and I want no part in it. There has been no draft, or selective service, so I have every right to keep my hoofs clean of this all."

Flaming Star stared Sunset in the eyes, "But is it the honorable thing?"

"Don't speak of honor to me, firstborn," said Sunset, "there is no honor in war, even when there is an obvious 'good guy' and 'bad guy' side. I will help, of course, I owe it to Twilight and to Equestria, but it will not be with a weapon in my hand or conjured fire around my fist."

"You mean hoofs," corrected Flaming Star.

Sunset glared at him, "You know what I mean. I will help, but it will be as a planner, and a consultant. In fact, I'm going to meet with Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor, and Cadence in a couple of days to discuss war matters."

Flaming Star sighed. "I'm sorry," he said, "As I said, I'm a little on edge. In fact, Spike, we should get ready to go."

"Go?! I haven't had ninths yet!" exclaimed Spike. However, he caught Flaming Star's no-nonsense eye and sighed, "Okay… fine."

"We'll be gone for a while," said Flaming Star as he got up, "I don't know how things will go, but this is goodbye for a time."

Sunset smiled and shook Flaming Star's hoof. He then gave Spike a hug. Fluttershy followed up by hugging them both.

"Say bye-bye to Flaming Star and Spike, Starlight!" said Fluttershy as Flaming Star and Spike left the house.

Starlight Amber waved.

Note: Does anyone want to see more of the Cutie Mark Crusaders or any of the Mane 6? Just wondering. Anyway, don't forget the R&R stuff! Give me feedback! Thanks!