A stallion in and astronaut’s suit frantically runs through the over grown swamp. As he runs the stallion gets covered in mud and his suit rips. Sweat oozed over his brown coat wetting his black mane.

“Little did he know this morning… Captain Zero Endless astronaut would find himself in the world of the future and the past!!!”

“Yes… just this morning our good captain was sitting cosy in his seat of the new experimental equestrian space rocket...”

“From the control room… Applejack herself oversees the operation...”

“But little did she know… Zebra saboteurs wish to sabotage the monumental mission…”

Dark figures cuts wires on some panel connected to the rocket mission.

“Okay partner, final checks are over, you are okay to get these doggies rolling?” Applejack says to Zero Endless over the ships speakers.

“Yes, mad’am Ministry,” Zero puts his hoof on a big red button marked “launch”. “4… 3… 2… 1- “

“With his great and skilled training… Captain Zero Endless launches the rocket into the void of space...”

“It did not take long for the saboteurs sabotaging to go unnoticed...”

The middle part of the flying rocket explodes with flames.

“Control! Something’s wrong!” Zero shouts as a mysterious magical green smoke hazes the cockpits windshield.

“Hah ah,” An image of a Zebra appears on the pain of glass. He had slanted eyes and pointy fangs. He wore a green oriental hat and dress. “It is I the Zebra Emperor. I’m here to tell you that this is no accident!”

“This isn’t the end you cur,” Zero snaps, “The depraved Zebra cannot stand up against Equestria’s morals and values.”

“That maybe true, but you are not going to live long enough to see it!” The Emperor laughs.

The flaming part of the rocket explodes sending the life module spinning. The G-forces suck Zero to his seat making him unable to move as the Emperor laughs.

“Captain Zero Endless’s life support module is shot out into space... Normally this would be a death sentence if it wasn’t for the magical space energy that was passing by him that that very moment...”

“The wave of energy interacts with the rocket’s flaming magical engines... This makes a time vortex that sucks in Captain Zero Endless’s module…”

“The pull of the vortex… sends the life module back to the planet to an unknown location in an unknown when...”

“The space craft ignites when entering the atmosphere...”

“Captain Zero Endless pulls a lever causing flaps to open that slows his descent…”

“And the life module crashes… into a forested swamp…”

Zero checks his control panel. The readings said the outside was too hot and he would have to wait for his outer shell to cool down. The Zebra Emperor was still on the windshield dumfounded.

“So… your alive, I did not expect this outcome.” The Zebra Emperor remarks.

“Can it nightmare spawn,” Zero snaps.

“Your insults are meaningless,” The Zebra Emperor responds. “Now excuse me a moment as I consult my dark council of evil over what to do about you?”

Instrumental music starts playing as an image of a buffalo’s profile appeared on the windshield.

Once enough time passed the buck opens the hatch. The first thing he saw after his eyes adjusted to the light was a strange dragon bird creature flying over head.

“Captain Zero Endless steps out onto an alien land… But something is watching the space buck…”

A rustle of bushes draws Zero's attention. He turns to see a little white rabbit jump out.

“A bunny,” Zero smiles, “I know now not everything is strange and new in this world.” The buck walks up to the rabbit. “Aren’t you a little angel?”

An armored hoof comes down and smashes the helpless bunny. Zero looks up to see something pony shaped with the look of a Changeling but with more bulk. More of these things appeared around him.

“Captain Zero Endless runs for his life… into the dark forest…”

“Back in the life module… The Zebra Emperor gets an unpleasant surprise...”

The Zebra Emperor starts speaking as soon as he appeared on the windshield. “Okay, I have this medallion, we normally use it to corrupt young foals but maybe I can get you to shoot yourself in the head or something?” It took the Zebra a moment to realize he was talking to an empty cockpit. “Drat it.”

“The Evil Zebra Emperor covers his viewing orb with a blanket… He now realizes he’ll have to take drastic measures to silence the Equestrian Space Captain...”

“Call Azrael,” The Zebra Lord orders.

“With in moments… A black hooded figure walks into the chambers of the most vile and evil being known at this time...”

“The hooded figure is known to Ponies as Azrael… Who’s silver tongue caused a many Equestrian colony to go astray and side with the Zebra menace...”

“What can I do for you my liege,” Azrael gives his Emperor a bow.

“I’m sending you to a world that maybe lost to us by the sands of time.” The Emperor said coldly, “You need to assassinate an Equestrian rocket pilot so he can never come back.”

“What is his means of coming back to this world?” Azrael asks.

“He has none as of yet,” Emperor answers, “I can send you to this world using a transport spell and viewing orb. Once there you must take this potion to return home.”

Azrael raises an eyebrow as the Emperor passes him a vile with green liquid. The serf Zebra pretends to accidently drop the potion and smashed it with his hoof.

“Woops,” Azrael smirks, “I guess I’ll have to go ahead without it.”

“Your nation respects your sacrifice,” The Emperor puts his hoof on Azrael.

“Pleased,” Azrael deadpans looking at the hoof over his shoulder.

The Emperor tosses a potion on the floor consuming the Zebra in green smoke. The Emperor removes the sheet over the orb and the smoke sucks into it.

“The Great Liar Azrael emerged from the module... When he hit hoof on ground the Changeling like creatures surrounded him...”

“And now we find ourselves where we were at the beginning of the story… With Captain Zero Endless running for his life…”

The space buck then trips over a knotted tree root. Two of the Changeling like creatures was on top of him. The stallion screams and closes his eyes covering his head with his hooves.

A blade swings through the air. It slices the heads off the two attackers. Green blood spurts from the bodies as the heads roll across the ground.

Zero opens his eyes to see a large and muscular Earth mare towering over him with a long sword in her muzzle. Her face was attractive. Her body ridiculously hot. Undercarriage well defined with nice sized round mounds. Chain mail was draped over her chest and back but leaving her flank exposed.

The mare was fox colored. Her coat fox orange with white on her muzzle and under her tail. Her mane and tail fox red peppered with black. A long sword cutie mark was on her flanks.

A Unicorn mare stood behind the large Earth mare. She was good looking as well but not as good as the Earth Pony. Her coat a bubblegum lavender, hair lemonade. Her cutie mark was a heart.

“The Earth Pony Claymari stands heroically over the helpless Captain Zero Endless... Her squire ward Philia at stood at the Sword Mare’s side...”

“Think you,” Zero sobs.

“No need to thank me,” Claymari boasts, “I’m just doing my part against the Zebra menace.”

“Zebra?” Zero said in shock.

“To his shock… Captain Zero Endless inspects the insectiod head… to reveal it to be some kind of helmet...”

“The Space Buck opens the helmet and Zebra head rolls out…”

“Th-this thing is a Zebra?” Zero stutters, “Are they a new elite unit or something?”

“No this is normal,” Claymari said coldly.

“What is this armor?” Zero pokes the helmet.

“Changeling hide,” Philia answers, “The Zebra raise and kill them to make stealth armor.” The pink pony pauses, “Your clothing is strange, are you from a different land?”

“I suppose I am,” Zero says with a deep sigh.

“The evil Azrael… is escorted by the strange Zebras to a strange ritual chamber… At the center of the room... stands an ivory sarcophagus…”

“Impressive, you said this is the royal room?” Azrael remarks, “The corpse is a little weird I must admit.”

“We need to summon her,” A Zebra told him.

“Just then a procession of Zebra covered completely in white robes walk into the chamber...”

“Ancient spirits of evil,” The procession cheered, “Hear our howl, make our wish come true.”

“Suddenly the shrouded Zebra turns on one of their own… The green Zebra blood splatters everywhere as they stab it to death…”

The coffin slowly creeks opens pouring the room in a low mist. The ashen shriveled mummy of a Zebra shuffles out. One of the shrouded Zebra gives the mummy a goblet of green Zebra blood which she drinks deeply.

The flesh restores, Revealing a pale white body. The shadows casted on the ground stretch out for the white Zebra making black stripes along the floor. The head of the Zebra mare did not regain its flesh leaving it a bleach white skull.

“I live!” The Zebra mare shouts.

“Yes she does indeed live for she is… Zumbrella the eternal living... The despicable evil Emperoress of the Zebra...”

“My aren’t you new,” Zumbrella slinked across the hall looking Azrael up and down fluidly.

“Zumbrella right?” Azrael raised an eye brow. He gets a smile on his face. “Last I seen you just hatched from your egg.”

“Egg?” Zumbrella asks, “Do I know you?”

“I knew your father,” Azrael smirks.

“My father died two hundred years ago,” Zumbrella answers.

“I love what you did with the Empire over the last two hundred years,” Azrael remarks.

“Will you be as loyal to me as my father?” Zumbrella asks.

“You got to live for something,” Azrael smiles, "I live for the Empire."

“Mean while… Claymari and Philia and Captain Zero Endless sit around a campfire...”

“The Space Buck had just finished telling the two mares his story…”

“So you’re from another world and or time,” Philia remarks with a smile.

“As far as I can tell,” Zero shrugged, “What’s your story?”

“I’m a Zebra hunter,” Claymari answers, “Given that there is not many that can keep them in check business is booming.”

“How did you start?” Zero asks.

“Claymari, I think I’ll gather more fire wood,” Philia stands up and gives her adoptive mother a kiss on the cheek before walking off.

“She doesn’t want to relive the story,” Claymari sighs, “You see it starts when they break you.”

“It was the night of the full moon... Our Sword Mare in her younger days was sleeping in her bed... She lay next to her husband muzzle in his mane… taking his scent… A scent the she would never forget...”

“As they slept… the bed room door opens…”

Sensing the presence, Claymari jumps awake.

“Mommy, I’m scared,” The blue filly with the green and lavender muzzle says with wide eyes. “The Zebra come out on full moons.”

“Our Zebra warding talismans are on the door.” Claymari tells her daughter with a grown.

“Can I lay with you and daddy?” The filly asks.

“Okay, lay behind me as to not wake father,” Claymari tells her filly.

“A thud at the door awakens the mother mare for the second time that night… Before she could react to the door… The blood craving Zebra came through the window…”

“They killed her husband first…”

“She watched as the Zebra sink their fangs into her foal’s neck sucking the blood from her veins...”

“When they were done they snapped the fillies neck with a loud crack...”

“Claymari being a strong example of a mare… They toss her into a slave wagon…”

“As the slave wagons traveled… Claymari was bunked with a Unicorn mare... A Unicorn with child...”

“My name is Stroge,” The Unicorn tells Claymari who curls herself in the corner.

“Leave me alone,” Claymari snaps moping in her corner.

Storge frowns and curls herself in the other corner of the room.

“The next morning… the Zebra feeds their prisoners bowls of gruel...”

Storge licks out of her bowl. Claymari wasn’t touching hers.

“An hour later Storge becomes ill …”

The Unicorn empties the contents of her stomach out the side of the slave cage. Claymari perks up her head from her stupor as the red mare heaves.

“Can I have your bowl if you're not going to eat it?” Storge asks wiping the bile from her lips with her hoof.

“It made you sick once why would you want to eat more?” Claymari gives a weak smile.

“It’s not the food that’s making me sick,” Storge mutters under her breath.

“Why?” Claymari reacts over hearing. “If I was with child I would die before I let them take another foal the way they took mine.”

“I have hope,” Storge answers. She leaves a little of the slop in the bowl and nudges it to Claymari.

“How far along are you?” Claymari asks the Unicorn.

“I have a few months left,” Storge answers, “I must fight for my child’s life by living. I know I can escape before then. It is my duty to birth a new generation to fight the Zebra menace.”

Claymari wipes a tear from her eye, “You’re a fool.”

Storge replied with a shrug.

“From the shadows the Zebra noticed that Claymari had eaten...”

“The next day they put her to work on pulling the wagons...”

“After three weeks of working the wagons…”

“Escape came in the form of a magical crimson comet…”

A blood red streak shoots across the sky. It ends its trip by crashing into the ground near the wagon train.

The force of the blast caused the wagons to topple over. The Ponies in side are tossed like dolls.

The bars of Claymari and Storge’s cage snaps from the impact. In the tumble Claymari was toss from her mobile prison.

“Dazed… Claymari found herself drawn to the impact crater...”

“Claymari, come, you are my master,” The bodiless voice says in a whispering hiss.

“What was waiting for her… a red crystal orb of brilliance...”

“The Pony touched it causing… the orb to change its shape into something more suiting…”

“A blade whose purpose is to kill the Zebra menace...”

Claymari held the sword in her muzzle. The sword’s hilt was red with a red orb at the end. The blade curved back around fallowing the length of Claymari’s body. The end of the blade extend some inches past her rear.

With a thrust of her shoulder and tilt of her neck, Claymari splits a Zebra down the middle covering the blade with green blood.

“With that the sword that would later be dubbed… “Crimson Bond…” killed its first Zebra monster... It wouldn’t be the last of the day...”

More Zebra came down on Claymari. She charges for them. With the added speed and momentum, she swings slicing three.

A Zebra gets around to her unarmed side. She turns and bucks him with her back legs, then swings around cutting its neck with a sword swing.

The slave master Zebra mare catches Crimson Bond’s blade with her flail whip. Claymari being larger and stronger over powers the mare causing her to fall into the dirt.

Claymari escapes the crator. She makes for her slave cage cutting two more Zebra.

“Claymari! Help!” Storge cries.

Claymari finds Storge still in the toppled cage. She was laying in her own filth.

“My water broke!” Storge sobs.

“As the Unicorn went into labor… Claymari pulls her out of the Zebra slave wagon...”

“To escape the Zebra menace they went into the wild forest...”

“There with the luck of providence... The two mares found an abandon hole dug out by some long vacant beast hidden behind some vines...”

“To stop Storge from screaming out and giving away their position… Claymari holds her muzzle shut...”

“Unfortunately this act to save their lives… inadvertently kills the Unicorn mother...”

“So… Just as the young Philia’s life enters this world… Storge’s life leaves it…”

“From there Claymari makes the long journey to the Unicorn Kingdom...”

“There Philia was able to grow and learn to use her magic…”

“Well Claymari went on quests to fight the Zebra Empire...”

“When Philia got old enough… she made the choice to start journeying with her adoptive mother...”

“Thanks for not going into the gritty details,” Philia remarks to Claymari as she comes back with fire wood. Philia turns to Zero and blushed. “Things went south in the Unicorn Kingdom for us.”

“Just then… Captain Zero Endless gets the rumbles in his tummy...”

The two mares looked at Zero and the noises he was making. The space buck looks around. The ground had no grass and the trees had stringy willow like leaves.

“Most of the leaves and grasses around here aren’t edible to ponies due to the Zebra’s poisonous magics.” Philia tells the buck.

“Maybe,” Zero remarks thinking out loud.

“Captain Zero Endless Reaches into the pocket of his space suit and pulls out…”

“Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies… Yes… Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies the most delicious fruit pies ever to be made in Equestria...”

Zero pulls the wrapper off and starts eating the fruited treat.

“Is that Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies?” Claymari’s mouth was watering.

“You know of Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies? Zero asks.

“They are legendary,” Philia points out.

“Here have some,” Zero pulls more fruit pies out of his pocket. “My pocket is suppose to have an endless supply somehow. A Ministry of Arcane Science prototype.”

“Wow endless Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies you must be one lucky buck,” Philia's joke causes all three ponies to laugh in an oddly fake tone.

They hear a loud squawk. Over head one of the strange phoenix like dragons flies past. It spots the ponies and swoops down.

“A Dragenix! Get behind me!” Claymari orders.

The dragenix exhales fire at the ponies. Claymari blocks the fire breath with her magical sword making a void that protects her companions.

The dragon creature swoops low enough for Claymari to lunge at it with her blade. It contacts the dragenix. The creature’s skull cracks and it crashes into the ground.

“Is it dead,” Zero pokes at the unconscious creature with his hoof.

“It tastes like chicken,” Claymari smirks.

“I don’t think we had a creature like this in my time,” Zero points out.

“One of many creatures created by Zebra to make ponies miserable,” Philia answers.

“Zebra are really monsters,” Zero spats.

Claymari looks around at the flaming trees. “We should move away from these fires.”

“Err, mother I wanted to cook it,” Philia groans.

“We don’t have time dear,” Claymari replied.

“The party found their way to a fenced in settlement... The name of the settlement Point Pudding...”

“As they approached Point Pudding… an ancient machine grinds on...”

A robot rises from the dirt. This causes Claymari to draw her sword and take a battle stance.

“Present travel pass,” The machine orders.

“Travel pass?” Philia answers.

“New orders by Chancellor Puddinghead,” The machine tells them.

“Point Pudding as always been an open settlement,” Philia points out.

“Chancellor Puddinghead has never been a stable pony.” Claymari adds.

“But this outpost as always been open,” Philia mutters.

“One last time present travel pass,” The machine orders.

“I am Claymari, The Sword Mare,” Claymari announces.

“In valid,” The machine charges its gatling guns.

Claymari leaps in the air to swing her sword when the robot sparks and falls over. Throwing knives stuck out the mechanical device’s back.

A brown buck with spiky ice blue hair that stands up into the air walks up to the disabled robot. His glasses hide his eyes with a shine.

“Sorry about that M’lady,” The Earth buck tells Claymari.

“This is Sir Buckerland Knives… Captain in Chancellor Puddinghead’s army…”

“Sorry, Puddinghead is on one of his weird tirades,” Knives tells Claymari, “Smart Cookie, she’s trying to fix this. But for now the Kingdom is in chaos.”

“What else is new,” Claymari shrugs.

“You may enter Point Pudding,” Knives allows the party to enter into the settlement.

“Mean while… the liar master Azrael on leather bat wings enters Pudding Point...”

“Two ponies appeared to be waiting for him... But in reality they weren’t really ponies...”

“To Azrael they revealed their true forms as… Zebra with Changeling horns fused to their skulls...”

After landing Azrael fold his bat wings back into his black cloak.

“We received the message from Zumbrella,” A horned Zebra answers, “Rumors say that Sword Mare has a buck matching your description traveling with her.”

“Sword Mare that’s a strange name,” Azrael remarks.

“Sword Mare is just what we call her,” The Zebra replied, “Her name is really Claymari. She’s been openly rebelling against the Zebra Empire.”

“Then she won’t live long,” Azrael answers.

The Zebra with the Changeling horns turn back into ponies.

“Azrael pulls out the Mask of the Sphinx... A magical artifact he has used many times to take the form of ponies and spread his lies...”

“The Zebra buck places the mask on his face...”

“At this moment… Sword Mare and her companions walks the streets of Point Pudding...”

“To Captain Zero Endless’s shock… there were some strange animal like races of ponies everywhere around him...”

“What’s going on around here,” Zero asks his companions, “I never seen Bunny and Cat Ponies before? Is that one part lizard? Where did these people come from?”

“The Zebra is contaminating the Pony gene pool,” Philia answers, “Anypony who doesn’t belong to the standard races we call ghouls.”

“Ghouls, I see,” Zero says digesting the information.

“Claymari takes the party to the Yogurt Inn...”

“A war is coming!” A Earth Pony preached from a literal soap box. “You don’t have to get caught up in the upcoming war of races. Surely some of you may love, a Unicorn or a Pegasus, You may even love a Zebra. Are you afraid to admit your love because of the hate in this world. Come to Bones Town a community founded on love and equality. Straight, interraced, queer? All are welcome to Bones Town.”

“Just then a slave wagon rides by… it was controlled by two Earth Ponies…”

“Inside the cage was one pony… a Crystal Pony...”

Zero stood there in shock at the sight of the enslaved maroon pony with a sad look on her face. He was about to say something when Philia stops him.

“Don’t interfere,” She tells the space buck. “At least not right now.”

“Now?” Zero glares at the bubblegum Unicorn.

“I’m not a fan of slavers, But this outpost has a legal slave market,” Claymari replied, “If we see them on the road nothing stops me from ending their lives.”

“You see, you see!” The soap box pony got off his soap box and charges the slave wagon. “Attack the race baiters!” With a buck the pony cracks the wagon wheel.

The pony was quickly jumped by the wagon runners. Then the fellow followers of the pony charges into the fight shouting “Death to the race baiters! Death to the slave makers!” They break the wagon even more.

“We should go inside,” Claymari tells Zero.

“Inside was some of Point Pudding's most unsavory characters...”

“I would like to say the night,” Claymari tells the pink and purple Cat Pony filly with the blond mane at the counter.

“Fifthteen bits perrr room,” Petty Kitty answers.

“Can we all stay in the same room?” Claymari asks.

“Twenty five bits.” Petty Kitty replies.

“I was hoping it would still be fifthteen,” Claymari remarks looking through her money bag. "Should have checked those Zebra for Zebra gold when I had the chance." She mutters.

Zero gets an idea. “Do you take trade?” He asks.

“Depends on the trade,” Petty Kitty answers.

Zero places a pair of Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies on the counter. Petty Kitty gets wide eyed.

“Wow, Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies! That’s like worth three of our rooms!” Petty Kitty cheers.

“Then how about another,” Zero places another fruit pie on the counter.

“I’ll open a tab,” Petty Kitty takes the sugary treats in her cat paws.

“Zero, Well I appreciate what you are trying to do, please don’t flash around Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies around like that,” Philia whispers.

“Thanks,” Zero replied, “Perhaps, We should find someone to trade Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies for cash? They are grantee to last two hundred years.”

“Would you like a drink sir?” Petty Kitty speaks up.

“Um sure?” Zero answers.

The Cat Pony slides a foaming mug over to Zero.

“How about you two?” Petty Kitty asks the other two mares.

“Nothing too strong for me,” Philia answers, “Honey Mead.”

“Yes?” A yellow mare with a gold main answers.

“I’m talking about the drink,” Philia replies to the strange mare.

“Okay, Sorry that happens once in a while,” The yellow mare goes back to her fun and drinks.

“Your best wine and strongest whores,” Claymari announces hitting her hoof on the counter.

“Mother!” Philia shouts using the “M” word as an attempt to shame the Earth Pony.

“What, I got my own room and my gutters need cleaning,” Claymari smirks, “Why not take advantage of it.”

“Ah, Claymari you’re unbelievable,” Philia grits her teeth.

“Thy lady needs her hind shaken too,” Claymari smirks at her adoptive daughter.

“Forget it all you Earth Ponies are the same,” Philia storms off.

“At that moment… Sir Knives enters the Inn for some drinks …”

Knives walks up and kisses Honey Mead on the lips. Zero came up to the couple with a drink in his hoof.

“Sir, may I have permission to talk?” Zero asks trying to mingle.

“Sir?” Knives says in a surprised tone. Then he shifts to a normal tone. “Yes, you may speak, You are Sword Mare’s new traveling companion.”

“Oh and he’s rich too,” Honey Mead smirks, “He paid the counter kitty in three Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies.”

“Really,” Knives replied in a way that made Zero wish he didn’t use Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies.

“I’m out of the loop,” Zero tells Knives.

“You don’t look like a booney pony,” Knives notes, “You are a little far out here to be out of the main goings on.”

(Dang, he’s suspicious of me, can’t back off now it would make me look worse,) Zero snaps in his head. He speaks out loud. “Could you tell me what that commotion out front was about?”

“It’s about a lot of things could you be more specific?” Knives asks.

“The Bones Town ponies?” Zero answers in a questioning tone.

“Oh they are called the Church of Bones, a group that’s gaining momentum in the Equestrian Wildland colonies,” Knives replies, “They are a fringe Harmonist group part of the Unitist movement. Some are willing to attack those who they call xenophobic or supports xenophobia. Now, I don’t mind the Harmonist movement. The Divisionist thinking of the big three makes things stressful sometimes. I’m one of thinking that all races of pony should unite to fight the Zebra. Not what Unitists want, to make peace with them to join our flock.”

“I for one hate Unitist and Harmonist,” A blue Earth Pony with an eye patch and missing teeth spits at Zero’s hoof. “Unicorn lover.”

There was a loud sound of a point of a knife sticking into a wooden table. Petty Kitty’s paw lets go of the hilt.

“Do we have an issue here sir? The little Cat Pony smirks.

The old Earther grits his teeth and walks to the other side of the bar.

“Thanks,” Zero told the Cat filly.

“I don’t want anyone chasing away my valued customer,” Petty Kitty purred. Stroking the space buck with her tail.

The Cat Pony returns to her duties.

“I think she likes you,” Honey Mead points out.

“She’s a little young,” Zero remarks.

“Oh no, she’s a Miniature not a Pony, she’s full grown,” Honey Mead adds.

With this revelation Zero finds himself taking a second look at the small pony’s butt. She winks back at him.

“The Pony back there is your typical example of an out spoken Divisionist,” Knives breaks Zero from his thoughts. “Between you and me, there are rumors many Divisionist are really Zebra in disguise. They tell lies to Chancellor Puddinghead, Princess Platinum and Commander Hurricane to keep us fighting. I know for a fact that Smart Cookie sees past those lies. Once she becomes Chancellor will be put on the right track.”

“I see,” Zero nods his head.

“For the moment I’m enjoying the arbitrary piece,” Knives sighs, “By that I mean Earth Ponies and Unicorns can be in the same room together. The Pegasus are the only issue for the moment.”

“Pegasus?” Zero starts sweating.

“Is my new friend talking your ear off Knives?” Philia walks up flushed faced. She gets a little too touchy with the dark mane stallion for his own comfort.

“She likes her liquor sweet but she’s a lush about it,” Honey Mead smirks.

“I’ll take her to the head to sober up,” Zero blushes.

“I don’t need sobering,” Philia snaps.

“I want to flush out some general questions in privet,” Zero whispers.

Philia fake swoons, “Oh, Zero I suppose your right,”

The stallion leads the bubblegum Unicorn away.

“Don’t make Petty Kitty jealous,” Honey Mead waves bye.

“Thanks,” Zero says in Philia’s ear. “I think Knives was starting to suspect something. If I’m identified as out of place I’m sure I’ll be arrested.”

They bumped into Claymari on her way up the stairs with three very good looking bucks. Philia shoots the orange pony a glare.”

“Isn’t that a little excessive Claymari?” The Unicorn snaps.

Claymari looks back at the three bucks. “Not for the number of orgasms I’m planning on having.”

Philia bites her lip as Sword Mare and her soon to be conquests walk up stairs.

Once in the rest room Philia sits down on the toilet, Zero stood across from her.

“What do you want to know?” Philia asks

“First and most importantly each race has their own nation?” Zero points out.

“Thats not the case where you are from?” Philia answers.

“No its not,” Zero replies.

“I see,” Philia understands, "First of all, we are in the Earth Pony territory on the edge of the Wildlands of Equestria. Equestria itself has some settlements but they are mostly inhabited by ghouls.”

“Ghouls like Petty Kitty?” Zero asks.

“Yes,” Philia nods her head. “One town may have Lizard Ponies, another Spider, I’ve seen one of Lamia Ponies. Equestria and its harsh wooded wilds is said to have many magical treasures so many ponies wish to explore it.”

“I see, what of the main four races?” Zero points out.

“They each have their own nations,” Philia answers, “Earth Ponies live in the nation of Earth that are past the Appaloosan Mountains. The Zebra nations are next to them past the landbridge. Unicorns have the Old Caledonian lands and Pegasus the sky above. Next to the Zebra the Pegasus are the most hated race.”

“Why is that?” Zero asks.

“They are a proud head strong people,” Philia told the space buck, “They were the first line of defence against the Zebra menace. Because of this they sacrificed the most. From them the Divisionist movement started and spread to all the races. Then the Zebra Mist Bombs fell over Equestria. It mutated the land and its people. The pure bloods retreated from the once great nation. For the next one hundred years hate and ethnic cleansing solidified the race nations. For the last hundred years they had been at a standoff.” Philia sighs, “The Pegasus living up in the clouds don’t technically have to interact with any of us. I mean other then food of course. Because of this the Pegasus has taken to slave labor when it comes to activities on the ground.

“That Crystal Pony in the slave wagon,” Zero realized, “They also do raids on towns. Because of this a lot of ponies would attack a Pegasus on sight.”

“I see,” Zero was sweating even more now, “Philia, there’s something you should know.”

“Meanwhile… Claymari sweat drenched lay next to one of her quite sore and exhausted male escorts...”

“I don’t know do you think I’m out of line if I want to fornicate with a strange buck or three?” Claymari vents, "Not that you guys are strangers. I'm sure I laid with one of you before when I was in this town last time. And you are licensed."

“You’re a healthy young mare,” Another stallions starts rubbing her back.

“Oh flattery will get you everywhere,” Sword Mare rolls around kissing him on the lips. Then she puts her weight on him and they topple over hitting the floor with a thud. Still on top of the stallion Claymari kisses him some more.

The warrior mare sighs, “It’s just I feel like we are growing apart. I know it was the right thing to leave her at that Unicorn abby to finish out her childhood. But after word she just- just became such a Unicorn! You know what I mean.”

“Yes I do,” The stallion under her hummed.

“Ouch,” Claymari reached for her back.

“Em I hurting you?” The stallion asks.

“Sword Mare has been stabbed with bigger things then this,” Claymari jokes, “I just still got a kink in my back.”

“Okay get off, we can finish later,” The prostitute orders, “I simply must crack out those kinks first.”

“I am at your mercy,” Claymari says as she lays back on the bed.

The prostitute stallion puts his hooves at the end of her neck and pushed down cracking that part of her spine. He fallows his hooves down her spine in this way. When he finished at the base of the tail there was a moment’s pause. Claymari squeals and laughs as she was suddenly penetrated.

“Now that your back’s loosened up time to do my spei-“ The stallion tries to put his hooves over Claymari’s hooves but couldn’t quite reach. This of course messed up his little act.

“Special what?” Claymari smirked wagging her eyebrows.

“Special spinal stretching exorcize,” The stallion chirped.

The door opens… one of Claymari's escorts enters the room…”

“Ah, he must be back with the drinks,” Claymari smirks.

Suddenly the tray drops. An ankle blade suddenly stabs into the side of the buck on Claymari’s back. Then withing a heartbeat, it penetrates Claymari herself in the side.

Sword Mare roars as she bucks the bleeding prostitute off of her. With a second buck she kicks her attacker with the full force of her hind legs. The hansom stallion went flying across the room. The impact makes him cough up green blood and knock off the Sphinx’s mask from Azrael’s face.

The Zebra puts the mask back on as he runs out of the room. Claymari grabs Crimson Bond and chases after him. As she ran down stairs, the mare got light headed tipping over and smearing blood against the wall.

“Claymari!” Knives shout running up to the bleeding mare. “What happened?”

“Zebra assassin!” Claymari groans.

“What the…” Another Knives came wondering out of the crowd.

The first Knives was stunned for a moment. Suddenly bat wings shoot out from the second Knives. A wing nicks the first Knives’s throat. As the other wing went for Claymari. She blocks it with Crimson Bond.

Azrael dashes back into the crowd. Honey Mead runs up and puts a cloth to Knives’s neck. At the same time Zero and Philia came running out from the rest room.

“Claymari,” Philia gasped crying.

“I’m going to kill that bastard!” Claymari shouts.

“Mother please your hemorrhaging out!” Philia screams reaching for the orange mare.

“Philia leave me alone!” Claymari knocks the Bubblegum Unicorn back and charges out the door.

She spots the hooded Zebra in the middle of the road.

“You!” Claymari shouts, “You know what happens when a prostitute dies on you! You get black listed. Now how the hell am I going to get a good male whore in this town!”

Claymari charges at the Zebra. Azrael blocks her strike with both his wings. The wings hold Crimson Bond in place. They start to creak a little.

“Azrael… Azrael… You’re my true master,” A voice came from the sword.

Both horses become wide eyed at this. Suddenly Azrael’s wings break. With a quick flick of her neck, Claymari decapitates the Zebra.

“Claymari wonders back to the Yogurt Inn… Out of the corner of her eye she stares at her blade heartbroken and betrayed...”

Philia runs up and puts a cloth on Claymari’s bleeding side.

“Claymari! What’s the matter, Claymari!” Philia cries.

“N-nothing,” Claymari answers unnerved.

“Was that Azrael?” Zero points out.

“Yeah, I killed him,” Claymari sighs, “Cut off his bloody head.”

“Oh, What about steps two through ten?” Zero asks.

“Celestia!” Claymari snaps.

“They turn to see the liar Azrael’s body had mysteriously disappeared…”

“After the commotion settle down… Captain Zero Endless goes to his room…”

“There he disrobes from his space suit to reveal…”

“He has Pegasus wings!!!”

“But from the shadows of a cracked door…Eyes watched him…”

The door swings open causing Zero to turn around.

“P-p- Pegasus!!!” Petty Kitty screams, “Help! Help!” The Cat Pony had tears in her eyes.

“Back in our world and time… Applejack stares down at a photo of Captain Zero Endless who she believes is dead…”

“When a visitor knocks on her open door…”

“Applejack looks up… she sees the smiling face of her sister Apple Bloom current owner of Apple Family Co…”

“AJ, you know that buck that died in that rocket explosion,” Apple Bloom speaks up.

“Yes,” Applejack replied, “What about it.”

“Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies has been disappearing from that special stash you set up,” Apple Bloom answers.

A smile cracks the side of Applejacks lip.