Clover and her group made it to the area that Aurora had indicated. As usual, Aurora was right, there was a squad of scout Nightmares. “What should we do, Lt. Swirl?” On missions like this, everyone had respect for Clover and her powers, especially since it was rare for a pegasus to even have magic.
“Formation Delta. You know what to do.” She whispered. The others nodded. The pegasi flew into the trees while the earth ponies and unicorns spread out among the forest grounds.
It didn’t take long for the Nightmares to be captured after the signal was sent. Clover then used her chaotic powers to conjure up two portals. She looked at the beaten Nightmares. They looked like Princess Astrana, but they had dark green eyes with power leaking from their eyes.
“You have four choices and two doors. Choice one is immediate death. Choice two is joining our side and then going home after the war is over. Choice three is the clover shaped door on the left. The fourth is the door on the right.” Her voice held no emotion. “Take your pick.”
The majority chose the door on the left, some chose the one on the right; one door led to their homelands, the other led to Tartarus, but none knew which led to which. Two of them chose death. Clover wasn’t surprised, but it still didn’t make her feel any better. The soldiers cleaned up the mess and then organized back into formation. “We’re ready, Lt.”
“Alright. Let’s go. The Commander wanted us to catch up to the royal sisters before the month was out. You know how concerned she is for the immortal ones.”
“We all are.” The group nodded. Though they would make jokes about her being crazy, in truth, they were as loyal to their Lt. as they were to their Co. The two mares were as good of leaders as they believed that the royals were.