In the following two weeks that passed Twilight had stayed at the top of her studied at Hogwarts, she really sank a lot in the studies on the wizard magic alongside her new friends from Gryffindor, Huffelpuf and Ravenclaw. She was mainly spending time with Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny and sometimes Neville comes in alongside with her girlfriend Hanna Abbott from Huffelpuf, the twin sisters Parvati and Padma Patill and Luna Lovegood. It was funny that her name was that of the Princess. There were also two from Slytherin, Daphne Greengrass and Tracy Davis who were more collegial and more formal with the others, they were among some of the serpents who were more welcoming and been welcomed.
She was always having great times with them either if it is in class or the library, the great hall or even in the Room of Requirement but it was mainly Harry in the Room that was practically teaching her the spells that they have learnt during the years and unbelievably she was amazed by his great talent at magic and she thought that she, Starlight, Celestia, Luna and Trixy were the most great magic users she knew but he was also of great talent and very powerful alongside Hermione and Ron. And with each day new things in all subjects were coming out. So many there were that she had almost every time forgot about sending letters to her friends and every time when she sent them they reply with letters containing great concern. Most of them said about really nasty rumours and made up stories about the wizards that were always causing panic always been portrayed in the worst thing possible. But all of them were coming from a specific source it is not a general thing coming from more ponies that gossip behind their backs, it was a specific group that was causing this, and even her friends in their letters started to believe some of them and she was always replying with what things that are at Hogwarts about the students. But she did not tell them about the robots or the non magical weapons that they are using to protect the school and the students.
The robots were always present every day at every single moment, in a way they were like the royal guards in Canterlot but unlike them they didn't wore gilded armour since they are all made of metal and in a way they sometimes behave pretty stupid but funny, but aside from that she observed that they are following orders to the letter, if one was told to throw himself in the lake he might do so. Usually the main force of robots were skeletal like robots accompanied by some big bulky black ones that remind her of the Storm Creatures but with they're long head in the centre of the metal hunk that stayed on two legs and both hands aside from three fingers for both tips the big ones had two barrels that shoot lasers. The skinny ones instead of spears and shield they were using laser blasters that shoot beams of blue light that could injure and yellow to stun, the weapons were having two settings. They were equipped with blasters that were two types; some were medium sized while others were longer, the size of a spear, they were also equipped with something like a long knife, short sword or spear hear called 'bayonet' that could be fixed on the gun to both shoot and use as spear placed in a scabbard that was fixed to the robot's right side of the chest. They were also some other skinny ones but more agile, fast and smarter and more intimidating then the regular ones, they were painted in black and had glowing eyes.
Some were also equipped with bolt action rifles that for the human standards were outdated and that because the ministry didn't wanted to pay so much. Those that were equipped with those received two big leather or metal pouches attached to the pelvis side of the robots near the legs that contain 45 to 60 bullets placed in rounds fixed in a stripper clip that could carry 5 bullets. But there weren't many equipped with them they were barely 1100 comparable to the 55.000 droids of different types. The garrison had increased during that month from the initial 30.000.
From what Twilight had learned from Hermione and Harry they were not all the robot types in existence there were other types more dangerous and more costly to make. They will be brought only if things turn much grimmer but for now it will have to do with what they have.
Right now Twilight together with some other students were watching as 3 platoons of 56 droids each in formation, was making drills around the school grounds while the students were either standing up, sitting on the grass or leaning themselves against the wall. 48 were average skinny ones while 8 were bulky super battle robots all made in the German Galactic Empire having a strong accent with the vocal programming.
"Company HALT!" Said the robot commander marked with a small black star on his chest near the German grey army cross that was in the middle.
"Watching them doing those drills over and over every 4 days you get tired a bit." Said Seamus Finnegan leaning on the wall of the bridge with his arms crossed.
"Good thing that we don't see this everyday." Commented Neville.
"Guys come on we should be thankful that they protect Hogwarts." Twilight said.
"Twilight they are doing this to intimidate the natives so they would not attack us." Said Parvati.
"In a way it works, if they don't get distracted." Said her sister.
"What do you mean? They seem very focused?"
"Simple sometimes they don't quit make the difference on who gives them commands. Muggles made them to work with organic officers, been machines they don't quit think very creative, some of them at least. Beyond that they are not the brightest thing the Muggles have built." Commented Zacharias from Hufflepuff in his usual obnoxious tone. "And just to think that we had them ever since we came here."
"Hey be glad that the 30.000 droids that we had initially kept You-Know-Who's band of cronies with his creatures away when they tried to come in the last year." Hanna Abbott Commented tracking Twilight's attention, Voldemort was at Hogwarts last year? How could this be?
"I agree if it wasn't for them, who know how things might have been." Said Neville.
"His followers were here at Hogwarts?" Asked Twilight in shock.
"Oh, yeah You-Know-Who's acolytes were here but the robots however kept them at bay outside the school, some of us even had to fight against them and several students were injured but we succeeded in fending them off. I was knocked unconscious when I hit a wall however." Tracy Davis said.
"Some of us had to fight too but good thing we had their aid, we lost some 5000 battle robots or so but they were quickly replaced this year." Said Daphne.
"Someone however died that day." Said Luna Lovegood horrifying the new girl.
"SOMEONE DIED!" Asked Twilight in total horror.
"Yeah the person who was before the attack died in him, he became a totally new person after that. And who wouldn't especially if he went through the worst." Said Luna and that made Twilight relieved he couldn't imagine the scene of one of them been killed by a maniac or his followers.
"Who is this person you are talking about?"
"You shall recognise it sooner or later." Said Hanna.
"I can tell you. It was total madness." Said Zacharias.
"Look who is talking." Said Tracy commented.
"After hearing of who is coming he hid himself in an empty class-room." Ginny who was near Twilight whispered to her making the girl to giggle.
"We have to all recognise the fact that they did their job when they had to defend Hogwarts. And we can also play lots of jokes on them." Said Seamus.
"How come?"
"Watch." The boy made a few steps towards the robots while the commander was preparing to give orders.
"Company to the"
"Left!" Seamus shouted and the droids turned left annoying the robot officer.
"Nein, Company to the ri..."
"Left!" Seamus ordered and the droids obeyed.
"Ahhh, ROUND LEFT! Company to the Left-"
"Right." The boy said over the commander.
'Zbang' the robots hit one other's heads while a line turned to the left the other to the right and every robot started to hit their head while moving making the students to laugh very hard.
"Very funny you." Said the robot officer to the students with bitterness before turning to the troops.
"STAND AT ATTENTION!" He shouted and all the troops posed to look at the robot in front of them.
"Present arms!" The skinny robots took they're blaster or rifles that were attached on they're right side of their back.
"Rifles, fix bayonets!" Four robots had bolt action rifles while 20 had long laser blaster rifles that had short bayonets like a small dagger.
"Company, to the right, till sunset patrol west part, foberts march." The Platoon started to move forward in the direction of the forest alongside others.
"Hey Ginny is it a common practice around Hogwarts to do those kind of pranks."
"You haven't seen anything. Too bad you weren't here when Fred and George were around." Commented Luna.
"Who were they?"
"They are my big brothers both twins. They were trouble makers around. But they were great." Said Ginny smiling.
"Ron is also your brother? How many brothers do you have?"
"Too many if I tell but we are 7 children. My other big brothers are William or as we like Bill then Charles and Percy by adding Fred, George and Ron there are 6 brothers. Bill is the eldest he just married this summer before school."
"Wow congratulations. I also have a big brother that is married and already has a daughter."
"It seems you, me and Hermione really do have many things in common. A little bit and we might be sisters." Ginny said smiling.
"Indeed. And yet what were your brothers usually doing to the robots?"
"Lots of things, some of them are next: they used magic to weaken the screws to the legs for their upper parts to fall and leave the legs moving on their own, while the upper part was using their hands to move around." Daphne said somehow remembering it with amusement.
"There were other times when they placed magical fireworks in their communication box with the antenna so they might fire up when they want to talk and fireworks all around them resulting in the box to explode and to be replaced." Said Neville.
"There were other times when they put it in their heads and blow up and the rest of the body was acting on its own. But don't worry they were easily repaired by magic." Said Seamus.
"Ginny your brothers remind me of some old friends of mine. One a party organiser crazy for sweets and the other with extreme experiences and sports but both like to prank others. However not in the way Fred and George are doing."
"They also have a prank shop. The Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes in New Diagon if you want I can give you the address to give to your friends they might really enjoy it."
"That would be a place for Discord as well."
"Who's Discord?" Asked Luna Lovegood while everyone turned to her.
"He...is...a... person I know, he likes to make trouble around him. But not intentionally." 'If you don't take into the account how the Draconequus was before been reformed.'
"Like Fred and George they were also trouble makers, especially when they wanted to make fun of the droids sometimes." Commented Zacharias.
"I noticed that they are sometimes acting stupid, how can they defend the place?"
"They might act stupid sometimes but when it comes to defending us and Hogwarts they are doing their job very well. How do you think they managed to fend that band of Death Eaters off?" Said Neville.
"We tell you, even thou they are acting stupid time by time. They are better than the Dementors." Said Hanna.
"And that is good both for us and for the natives." Said Padma.
Inside the school.
Harry and Ron were walking from the library towards the main corridor while discussing the recent events that happened. The time at Hogwarts were going very normally for all of them, no more having to think about the troubles there were the past years. No crazy fans and no more You-Know-Who discussions just normal studies and Professor Dumbledore was always checking them if there was a problem. However the new concerns for Harry as well as the teachers and close friends were the attacks that started to happen recently, for him it was very impressive the fact that there were not many mentions of it around the school.
"Harry, have you heard the news in the Dailey Prophet, there had been another attack, this time in Marleytown not so far away."
"This is the third attack in two weeks. And yet I wonder why no one is concern about those things."
"This is mostly due to the fact that some don't quit want to ship to another problem. Plus most people consider only a minor issue compared to the Death Eaters or Voldemort."
"But you know what I told you about the Storm King?"
"I know but on a scale from 10 to 1 a local tyrant like Storm might be barely on the 4th, 5th or 6th place compared to You-Know-Who on the top." Said Ron.
"I don't want to say about this fact now. Malfoy once told me that maybe I will be recalled to solve the problem."
"You don't need to pay attention to him although he helped us last year with Voldemort. This time it will be different, diplomacy should work like with the Yaks, the Dragons, the Griffons, Saddle Arabians and others." Ron commented making Harry to sink into deep thoughts.
"I really don't know what to say about this."
"The worst case scenario is for people like Umbridge to introduce more draconian measure against them to be provoked; dad just sent me a letter that some representatives in the colonies started to ask for them. And even some members in the Ministry of Magic in London with Umbridge on the forefront not to mention other magical ministries on other human nations from around the galaxy." He said taking out a small box of every flavour beans "For the moment they are not taken seriously, especially that their ideas could risk relations with the other natives that we come to some understandings." He said taking a chocolate bean.
"Let me guess some of their ideas would involve Dementors?"
"In a ways yes, but many prefer to keep to the Muggle robots. It's a good thing that they come to realise their usefulness especially after the battle in the last year against the Death Eaters." Commented Ron, he remembered the events before the battle, some wizards were always arguing in regard to the battle robots saying that they are just a bunch of useless Muggle gadgets that are going here and there without real purpose for the wizard colonies not to mention the information that some Muggles were keeping a bunch of them in the house and put them to do whatever they want so they could stay all day in the sofa or in bed without having to move a muscle. This been seen as a taboo for both societies. However many wizards rather preferred them to guard the colonies then to let the Guards of Azkaban do the job since they are no big danger especially that they could follow the Aurors without any reluctance or resistance. Not to mention that some Dementors in the New Azkaban rebelled and let some Death Eaters escape only to mysteriously return to their posts with some of them brought back, a few of them who were brought back became victims to the Dementors' kiss, if the explanation was they to join Voldemort only to betray him no one couldn't know. Harry might know the reason that it was because of the local tyrant and his army he saw in his vision and Ron presumed the same thing.
After the news of the robots effectively defending Hogwarts and Harry together with the other students including the Slytherin defeating Voldemort, the resistance and refusal for the battle robots vanquished completely.
"You know Ron I'm glad that the Ministry prefers to stick to the robots." He said.
"Too bad that in order to get more of them they have to buy some cheaper ones, a good aspect of this overproduction if I can tell, thing is I don't know what workers on the production line is meddling with their heads some of the new ones behave like brutes or they think they make the law around and I'm telling about the battalions with robots that don't have numbers painted on them or crests of either Hogwarts, the houses or New Hogsmeat."
"Ron they are numbered to know if one was missing, destroyed or lost. But I guess that with so many of them it is no more necessary for robots to have numbers on them."
"Yeah and if they bring more they could send some of them elsewhere like the village of St. Claude or Feldcroft, more in the south of the cost. I mean where they are staying when not operational or when they have to recharge."
"Professor McGonagall said in our first year that they have a gallery built under the school where they stay and recharge I guess it is now overcrowded."
"That or they built several new galleries under the school during the summer after the last attack and they surely take more precautions especially when word came out of native incursions. Can't believe that no one knew of the galleries or the real number that we had until last year." He commented and and he was making a point, the fact was that when Voldemort and what happened to be the remnants of his accolytes attacked, the real number was kept hidden from everyone by their 2 security chiefs, they probably thought that this was the best option especially that the faculty didn't minded them doing their job. After that however the faculty, the aurors and the mayor of New Hogsmead decided to demand information on what they were doing and not let them loose. No one could however argue that what they did had saved lives.
"Can't agree more." Commented Harry resuming their walk in the corridors passing the students and robots station here and there on guard duty in the corridors, students usually don't bother having them near although they would try to teas them sometimes but they don't get provoked. They met with Hermione and Twilight near the grand entrance talking to each other. Only a month had passed and Twilight get accustomed to Hogwarts while Hermione really started to see her as a sister, the boys noticed very fast how many things in common they had: both intelligent, determined to be the best at lessons, both avid readers and so on.
"Hey girls! How are things going?" Harry asked.
"Very fine, it seems today things will be very calm." Hermione said.
"By the way Harry when will be the first quidditch match?" Asked Twilight now barely waiting to see how it looks like, she listened to how the game was played and read a lot about it, including a bit of history and now she wants to see for herself how it is.
"It will be this Saturday against Ravenclaw, tomorrow however we must do some training at the pitch." He said a bit nervous.
"Hope it will not be so gruelling like the last four times." Murmured Ron.
"What do you mean?"
"Harry the last four training sessions were very harsh. And that because you believed that we shall play against Slytherin but they decided to postpone for next time because their captain was injured in an accident."
"That maybe but success doesn't come cheap."
"Maybe but you could make it less more gruelling, otherwise the whole team will not be able to participate in the real match." Ron said.
"I will think about this Ron."
"I really hope so." Ron said while the girls only giggled.
West of Hogwarts
A patrol of robots was moving around the forest all scattered while moving throw the trees. The commander was giving instructions on the troops while moving.
"Keep your sensors sharp, hostile creatures might be anywhere." Said the commander in an average English accent, two of the robots armed with bolt action rifles went to the left of the main group to a section, some badgers and other small animals were watching them. One heard a branch crack and saw a small blue bird with other three birds of different colours. Many animals from around them started to make noise but the robots just ignored them. Another branch cracked and a few steps away the animals were running from a horrific smell. The robots calculated in their heads this action and went in the direction from where the animals ran. In a small field surrounded by woods they saw some wolf like creatures in a cave all made of wood they knew immediately what that was and moved some steps away and returned to the others.
"Commander, we discovered a nest of wood wolves. Coordinates 521, direction N-W. 22 degrees W, 32 N." Said one of the robots.
"Sending data to base." Said the commander before another sound one of the wolves came before them.
"Hostile! Fire." The droids started to fire and many blasts hit the creature, while attacking two droids with blasters were thrown in two different places but the third one threw a grenade at him that exploded and turned it into splinters, some were smoking a bit.
"Let's return to base, we have to send a cleanup team." Ordered the commander and two droids took the broken ones before leaving the area.
The next day Twilight was staying near the pitch while watching the members of her house preparing for the upcoming match, from what it seems Harry put them on a rigorous training program, but even thou it they were tired they were prepared for the match that was after two days. She was very impressed by Harry who was moving so fast after the golden snitch, Rainbow Dash will surely love seeing this and even more to take part in it. She already sent a letter about the game and Rainbow might come to take a glimpse of how it is, from how she knows her she will only accept the position of seeker. It took 3 hours till the practice was over and everyone went out.
"I guess you are really ready for the match." She commented coming to Harry and Ron.
"Yeah maybe but I still think it wasn't enough."
"Harry please, we made this for more than five hours last Sunday and a Saturday before it." Commented Ron and even the team agreed with him.
"I agree the last three sessions were the most exhausting now I know why the new order of the day is doing all our school stuff before starting it. And pleases I don't think I shall resist another three hours" Commented Demelza Robins the Chaser.
"I know but I am not very confident."
"Harry in order to win you must be confident otherwise you will never manage to succeed. It will be all right." Said Twilight.
"You think so?"
"I believe so." She said giving the boy a sense of greater confidence in him and in a way she was right he should try to be more confident.
"All right then it's enough for today. You can all go. Let's hope the training will be enough to win." He ordered and each team member made a smile of gratitude towards the girl that managed to tame the captain who put them in long training sessions especially in weekends. They sometimes did 6 hours training once even 7 in the last Saturday. While leaving the pitch they saw several robots caring large canisters on their backs moving towards the forest. Ginny looked around and saw Collin with his camera and immediately went to him.
"Collin, what is going on?"
"Patrols discovered a nest of Wood Wolves and are sending the cleaners after them."
"Wait, the cleaners?" Asked Twilight.
"When robots discover a nest of dangerous creatures too close to us they usually are sending 'the cleaners' to deal with it. They chase the creatures out and destroy the nest or hideout. In case of Wood Wolves they go with flamethrowers and burn the nest and if a wood wolf wants to come to them they burn it." Explained Collins.
"And that is how they deal with Timber Wolves?"
"Timber Wolves?" Asked Ron.
"Ah, this is what I head the natives are calling them when I took my supplies." Said Twilight nervously. "How are the natives reacting to this kind of action?"
"The natives that we know don't complain about this action too much but they say that it is too radical in their view." Ginny explained.
"In case of Wood Wolves they don't complain that much. They say that they see them as too dangerous to have them around." Collins said, while taking a picture of the robots leaving for the forest. They came back later with 4 destroyed but rebuilt with spells while the other 8 had smoke markings on them but the timber wolves were totally burnt out, the fire was seen from not too far away in the grounds.
The day of the match
"Welcome everyone to the first quidditch match of the year today it will be Gryffindor against Ravenclaw." Said Luna Lovegood, one of the commentators.
"Things will be very hot today, and I don't mean only the game. Today the weather is especially very hot." Said Zacharias as the players started to enter starting with Gryffindor followed by Ravenclaw.
"And here they are." The players started to enter starting with Gryffindor followed by Ravenclaw.
After the captains shook hands with one another in respect the umpire Madame Hooch blew the whistle and the game started. Twilight was staying near Hermione and looked at the action of the match she already was amazed and cheered alongside her peers during the match, she didn't however knew the fact that not very far above some people known to her will soon be watching.
Several miles from Hogwarts Rainbow Dash dressed in her Wonderbolt uniform was flying fast towards the school accompanied by several other Wonderbolts: Soarin, Fleetfoot, Silver Zoom, High Winds and Surprise all curious regarding about this wizard game Twilight wrote about. Of course Spitfire was with them to supervise, even thou she wasn't keen on letting them do this she accepted not to mention that she heard many things about them and in a way she believed that much of the information known was simply made up.
"Can I ask how much do we need to go till we reach that school?" Asked Fleetfoot.
"We are almost there."
"And yet I can't understand the fact that they are using brooms for this game." Commented Soarin.
"For me they are some weirdoes." Commented Silver Zoom before Rainbow Dash saw the castle.
"Here we are now let's go to the arena." Said Rainbow and the others followed just in time when the captains shook hands.
"Like I said, weirdoes." Commented Silver Zoom and all agreed while seeing them mounting on their brooms before the umpire came to them.
"I want a faire game no cheating." She said before readying her whistle and released the bludgers and a small golden like golf ball. Now catching the attention of the Pegasus who were watching from the clouds.
"Ready, Set, GO." She blew her whistle and the players started to fly on their brooms and the game started. The umpire threw the Quaffle and was first caught by a player in the Ravenclaw team that started to go for the rings before one from Gryffindor came and catch it some bludgers were almost to hit one chaser in Ravenclaw while another in Gryffindor but both were throw back by the beaters. And the game went on while watching the Wonderbolts' feelings changed from surprise to excitement.
"Wow, never seen a game like this before." Soarin exclaimed.
"It seems they are not weirdoes after all."
"Can't agree more, this game is AWSOME." Exclaimed Rainbow Dash while looking to it with extreme attentiveness.
"It seems those rumours are not as true as some ponies pretend to be." Commented Spitfire while watching.
"Hey, Rainbow Dash which team is Twilight supporting." Asked Surprise.
"The Gryffindor, the ones dressed in red. She is part of their house." Said Before turning to the game to shout.
"Come on Reds show those Blues what you are made off!"
The match went on, the first 30 points were for Ravenclaw but later Gryffindor managed to mark 6 goals before Ravenclaw managed to score other 3 goals making the game even more intense and during that time. And just then Ravenclaw managed to score another goal after one of the Gryffindor chasers was thrown down from the broom and taken to the hospital room.
"Up until now the match had been intense both teams are at a same score?" Said Luna.
"Who shall win this game and who shall catch the Golden Snitch we ask."
Harry was still looking around then it came in front of him before flying away, he immediately went after it so had the Ravenclaw seeker.
"It seems Harry Potter saw it he is going after it followed by the Ravenclaw seeker Maya Sertory." Said Zacharias.
"The chase is intense; Maya seems to gain ground but Potter accelerates." The Snitch then started to take altitude, right where the Pegasus ponies were.
"Quick, hide!" Commanded Spitfire and flew quickly in the other clouds, right on time. The Seekers just went throw the clouds before the Snitch disappeared. When it appeared it started to go down the battle for it was intense.
Both were ready to get it but a bludger was coming and was about to hit Maya and out from a cloud, Surprise deflected it before hitting one of the players then just in a fraction of a second Luna saw the action as well as Twilight. The ground was starting to come closer and closer Maya started to fill more and dizzier and her nose seemed to start bleeding and lost concentration. For Harry it was the same but kept going till he had fallen from the broom close to the ground.
"Harry Potter had fallen." Said Zacharias and everyone looked in shock, the Gryffindor Seeker was holding his arm with the other and slowly opened his fist containing the snitch with its small golden wings struggling.
"Amazing he caught the Snitch. GRIFFINDORE WINS!" Shouted Luna and everyone including the adversary team congratulated and applauded them. Twilight after that immediately went to Harry to check on him.
"Harry, are you all right!?" She asked worried.
"It's nothing, just a bit shaken." He said reassuring her with a small smile. "So what do you think about this?"
"I never saw something like this in my whole life." She said excited with a great smile.
"Potter! Good game, congratulations." Said Maya.
"Thanks, you weren't bad at all. Congratulations."
"We learn from the best." All the players came down including the commentators to congratulate each team. But while each team was chatting among themselves in the Ravenclaw side Luna said to them what she just saw driving some thought among themselves and Harry and Ron noticed it and went to them alongside with others including Hermione, Twilight and Madame Hooch.
"What is going on?" Ron asked.
"Luna thinks she saw a Pegasus coming from one of the clouds to deflect a bludger that was coming for our seeker." Said the captain.
"Do you believe that you saw a Pegasus?" Asked Madame Hooch.
"I'm not very certain, it happened very fast. But this is what I saw."
"Probably it was one of the native that could fly like the Griffons and the Hippogriffs." Said Hermione.
"So it might be possible that some natives are watching us now." Ginny said looking at the sky.
"Let's hope not the ones that make us trouble." Said Seamus Finnegan.
"I do have to admit that that bludger came very fast towards you two." Came in Madame Hooch turning to Harry and Maya. "If it wasn't for that involuntarily help one of you might have fallen to the ground from 35-40 meters in the air."
"For that we can be glad." Said Ron looking at the sky. "However we can be a bit sceptical."
"Maybe they were passing by and came here to see the match." Said Twilight a bit nervous and everyone turned to her.
"I believe that many natives would come to us and see how we are doing. I don't think it is a problem with that isn't it?" Twilight said before seeing the Wonderbolts flying away before the others saw them as well.
"Hmm, maybe you are right; they only passed by and started to have an interest in our game." Harry said.
"That maybe and yet it is a foolish thing to intervene. In Quidditch it is forbidden to do it." She said sternly. "Yet it wasn't for the advantage of any team and that could be left to pass. But they shouldn't do it anymore especially with this problem of some natives going on rampages for God knows what reason. It is amazing that they are fearful for any kind of trouble. And yet some have the intention to rush themselves in and become victims or cause them."
"Ahh, will the robots be involved in this Madame Hooch?" Asked Twilight.
"They might, however we don't have the models that could fly but I guess there will be one battalion put to watch the sky for trouble. You can all go." Said the teacher and everyone started to leave while the Wonderbolts were flying back to their base talking about the game and while Spitfire criticised the action of Surprise by interfering to deflect the flying ball that is suppose to knock down the players.
"That ball was coming very fast and from that height one of them might have been severely injured if one was to be knocked down from the magic brooms." She commented.
"Yet you shouldn't have intervene, on one hand it is probably forbidden in the rulebook of the game on the other we might have been spotted." She said.
"Still it was a bold action if I can say so." Commented Soarin before turning to Rainbow Dash. "I do have to admit that it was incredible, we should adopt this game of Quidditch."
"I will tell Twilight in my next letter to send more information about it."
"If we will ever play with them we will have an advantage." Said Silver Zoom pointing to his wings. "We don't have to use magic brooms."
"Yeah but we need the equipment they use." Commented Spitfire.
"I think I know somepony, of course he is somehow a strange source." Said High Winds tracking anyone's attention.
"What are you saying High Winds?" Asked Soarin.
"One of the Wonderbolts made some sort of a club where some Pegasus ponies became members two other are junior Wonderbolts. They say they are going to the human wizard settlements to destroy bad things that they use on us some of them even took things from the warehouses and shops that were practically vandalised, but from what I heard from one that just abandoned them they only saw some things that we have, some of them charmed including potions, crystal balls, books of every kind and so on." She explained and everyone took at look at each other.
"And how actually do they make those acts?" Asked Spitfire.
"After nightfall they fly over the walls of the settlements or simply go inside it quietly. When it comes to shops they break in silently and start the mayhem usually putting explosive stuff for pranks inside it and things start to go out of control. Throwing stuff all around and breaking things, sometimes making a lot of noise that track the attention of the owners and of their strange creepy guards." She explained.
"Who was the one that left them?" Fleetfoot asked, High Winds was however reluctant at telling it, having a look of shame in her eyes that was immediately read by the others.
"You were the one!?" Said Silver Zoom.
"It was only one time, I was only curious of that, they all bragged around so much, some saying that it is very cool now that I wanted only to see what was going on. However the ponies that usually lead them were shabby ponies with dubious intentions that usually came out with bags full of things that they think of value. But I really didn't know of what was all about I swear and when I saw what they are doing I entered into a shop full of charmed stuff for pranks but I did not do anything inside of what they wanted." She said with a profound sense of innocence.
"Do you know who those shabby ponies were working for or who they are?" Asked Rainbow.
"In the event where I took part there was one who is working for somepony that is working for one in Las Pegasus. From what I heard a profiteer and a crook. His agent took some bottles that seemed to contain some odd potions that were for different purposes, alongside some explosive stuff and some other stuff that looked like valuables from a warehouse from nearby a building that seemed to be the town hall."
"So profiteers and crooks want to use their stuff they keep for defence in order to use them for their nefarious deeds and are using the rumours the ponies know for this purpose." Rainbow whispered to herself before realising something. "The rumours."
"Don't they rely on the rumours that ponies start to take them as information regarding the wizards?"
"Yes and they even encouraged them, mainly to cause panic and to make the members believe they're doing the right thing."
"Do you know who is encouraging them?" Asked Spitfire.
"I heard one name mentioned by the one who took the stuff: Smooth Talk but they also call him by a false name: Good Word."
"Good Word? but he is between the ones that are near the Princesses as experts and informers about them." Exclaimed Soarin.
"Alongside Mislead and Snake Tongue." Finished Surprise stunned.
"Wait, aren't their names Real Deed and True Word." Asked Spitfire.
"No I overheard them, those aren't their real names. When I wasn't on duty in Canterlot I heard them talking and addressed each other with those names when they met near the Castle between themselves." The group was shell-shocked by this revelation, if they are the ones who made out the rumours it means that they are the cause of the ponies starting to be fearful of the humans and if they also changed their names to be near the princesses it means only trouble.