Philia walks into the inn room to consult with the injured stallion prostitute. The prostitute was lying on the bed with healing bandages wrapped around his waist. He was on his belly reading a book with a hot pack placed under his groin.

Philia sees the pack a frowns, “Did my mother hurt you bad? I mean when she bucked you off?”

“Oh that’s part of my daily treatment,” The stallion told her just before turning the page of his book with his muzzle.

Philia raises an eyebrow at this.

“You really don’t know,” The stallion smirks, “Your mother was right about you being a lillyfoot.”

Philia turns red,

“No need to get angry,” The stallion tells the Unicorn filly. “It's called heat castration, not as permanent as it sounds, from what I been told raising the temperature significantly for thirty minutes a day screws up the formation of protein bonds in sperm production making me sterile. If I stop the treatments I become fertile again. Castration through removal causes performance issues that turns off some mares. So this is the better option for both parties."

“I see,” Philia nods her head.

“That’s one of the reasons why male prostitute licensing is so strictly reviewed,” The stallion shrugs, “Mares like to make sure they aren’t going to get pregnant if they lay with one of us.”

“Sorry, about what happened to you and that other stallion you came with that got killed,” Philia said somberly.

“It’s okay, it’s not your mother’s fault,” The stallion tells her.

“A noise from out in the hall catches the ward Philia's attention …”

“She walks out to see… A mob of ponies breaking through the door of Captain Zero Endless's room...”

“They grab the Captain and pull him out of his room bucking and neighing...”

“Captain Zero Endless to his horror… finds himself in a world he’s hated… just for being a Pegasus…”

“What’s going on here!” Philia pokes her head out of the room.

“Get her out of sight we don’t need this crowd turning on her.” Knives whispers to Honey Mead. “I’ll talk to her later. I’m willing to give Claymari and Philia some doubt on this. But I need to make sure they don’t kill that buck.”

“Yes sir,” Honey Mead nods her head at Knives.

Honey Mead stands in front of Philia blocking her from fallowing the mob down stairs.

“Get out of my way bit-oof!” Philia was interrupted by the gold Earth Pony shoving her in the chest. She stumbles into her mother’s room.

“Philia, Its best you don’t remind them that you are with him,” Honey Mead tells the Unicorn.

“Mother do something!” Philia shouts to Claymari.

“The Sword Mare lays silent on the bed… Healing bandages are wrapped around her side…”

“Claymari!” Philia cries, “You…do something! I-I don’t want to see you hurt yourself. But I-I-I!” The young mare drops her head and mutters. “Need your strength.”

“Meanwhile…Down stairs…Captain Zero Endless is getting more than a little roughed up…”

Zero hits the bar table with a loud thwack. A pony grabs his wing in its muzzle. Zero’s wing snaps like a twig causing the buck to scream out in pain.

A knife whizzes through the air and lands on the table next to Zero’s head.

“Okay everybody that’s enough roughing him up,” Knives yells

The glasses wearing buck grabs the Pegasus. He takes him outside. The slave wagon was still sitting there with a pair of Earth Ponies repairing the wheels.

“Open that up,” Knives demands.

“Excuse me sir?” One of the Earth Ponies questions.

“I need to stash the bastard in a safe place,” Knives snaps.

The two Earth Ponies look at each other. One pulls out a detention rod. He hooks it around the Crystal Unicorn mare’s neck as the other opens the door.

Knives tosses Zero into the slave wagon. He then the shuts the door. They let go of the Crystal Pony who collapses and sobs.

Knives walks back into the Yogurt Inn.

“Back in our time and place… Ministry Mare Applejack walks down the halls of the Ponyville branch of the Apple Family Co Baked Goods Factory…”

“Her sister Apple Bloom head of Stable-Tec fallows close by…”

“Sister sure you want to send it?” Apple Bloom asks, “It's bigger then a fruit pie.”

“I’ve been looking at the designs for the space suit and I think it will fit.” Applejack answers.

“And if you break the machine?” Apple Bloom points out.

“A risk we have to take,” Applejack tells her sister.

“In the back room of the factory…”

“Is the Granny Smith’s Fruit Pie transporting machine…”

A Granny Smith Fruit Pie drops into a large funnel many meters wide. The fruity treat rolls along the funnel’s wall and drops into the dark hole down at the bottom.

“Ma’am,” A Pegasus walks up to Applejack, “He’s been taking fruit pies out like mad for the last half hour.”

“Okay then he should get it soon,” Applejack points out. She turns to Apple Bloom. “Give it to me.” The mare orders her sister.

“Apple Bloom hands Applejack a mysterious velvet box…”

“With out hesitation Applejack tosses the box into the transporter…”

“Now all we can do is pray that Captain Zero Endless is still wearing his space suit,” Applejack says hopefully.

“And that the ponies of Equestria continues to buy Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies to fund this project to save Captain Zero Endless.”

“But Captain Zero Endless was not wearing his space suit…”

“Instead… the Space Suit was in the possession of the bar maid Petty Kitty …”

“The Miniature Cat Pony had collected quite the stack of Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies… When she pulls out something that was certainly not a fruit pie…”

“What’s this? Mew?” Petty Kitty looks at the velvet box curiously.

“The Cat Pony opens the box…”

“Inside was Stable-Tec’s latest marvel the Pipbuck…”

“A handy anklet device that acts as a… personal radio…mapping device…track objects with vision enhanced with Eyes Forward Sparkle and better combat abilities with SATS… and much much more…”

“But this is unknown to Petty Kitty who now holds the satin gray device in her paws…”

The Cat Pony inspects the strange device turning it around in her paws. She comes to the conclusion that it was some kind of bracelet and clicks it on her wrist. The device adjusted to her wrist size with an airy hiss.

“Oh, Sweet Celestia! What did I do!” Petty Kitty screams swinging her hissing wrist in the air.

Unable to find a seam to remove the Pipbuck, the Cat Pony starts smacking the thing around. The Eyes Forward Sparkle turns on and little colored ticks appears in Petty Kitty’s vision.

“I’m so tripping balls right now!” The Cat Pony cries.

“Hello you’all?” A voice causes Petty Kitty to leap in the air. When she touched the ground her hair was standing on end and she lets loose a hiss.

“What the heck just happen?” Applejack remarks her voice coming from the Pipbuck.

“Oh my, this bracelet just,” Petty Kitty shrieks, “This isn’t happening! This isn’t happening!”

“Settle down sugarcube,” Applejack replied to the Cat Pony, “Your wind up tighter then a hedgehog painted red.”

“Wait? Where is he? Petty Kitty looks around the room. “I told him if he showed his face around here again I’ll call the town guard.”

“It's a figure of speech sweetie,” Applejack told her.

“Oh, okay,” Petty Kitty was starting to calm down.

“Are you wearing the Pipbuck?” Applejack asks.

“This funny bracelet? Petty Kitty answers holding up her paw.

“Yes,” Now Applejack can get to the real matter. “Do you know a Captain Zero Endless.”

“A cutie patootie with bird wings,” Petty Kitty remarks, “He’s getting a whoopen. Wait? You’re not a Pegasus spy are you? You sound like an Earth Pony.”

“My name is Applejack and I’m an Earth Pony,” Applejack said slowly.

“Petty Kitty I’m a Miniature Cat Ghoul,” Petty Kitty introduced back.

“Now where’s my buck,” Applejack demands.

“Are you his boss or something?” Petty Kitty asks, “Is he like a double agent?”

“Is my man okay gash darn it!” Applejack snaps.

“He’s out side with the Chrystal Pony,” Petty Kitty said coldly.

“Sorry sugarcube,” Applejack sighs, “I’m just responsible for his predicament.”

“Me too,” Petty Kitty said somberly. “I wanted to try to get a little something something. So I went to see him in his room. I saw the wings and freaked out.” The Cat Pony wipes the tears away with her paw. “I was scared! I didn’t know what else to do but scream. I couldn’t stop and ask myself should I scream? Should I call for help? I just did it. He’s traveling with Sword Mare so he can’t be bad, can he?”

“Beg pardon? Sword Mare?” Applejack asks.

“Sword Mare, Claymari, Kills Zebra with a sword, Hero of the Wildlands of Equestria,” Petty Kitty answers.

“This Sword Mare knows Zero?” Applejack wonders.

“They traveled together,” Petty Kitty said factly.

“Take me too her,” Applejack orders.

“Back in the slave wagon… Captain Zero Endless licks his wounds and contemplates his options…”

“I can’t believe this,” One of the Earth Pony wagon drivers complains. “We got the wagon repaired and we still can’t get moving because of that stupid buck!”

“Stay here,” The other pony orders, “I’ll go talk to that Knives chap.”

“Okay,” The first buck yawns as his companion walks into the Yogurt Inn. He leans against a barrel and drifts off to sleep.

“Captain Zero Endless sees a ring on the unicorn’s horn… Right away he identifies it as some kind of magic suppression device…”

“You, What would happen if I take that off?” Zero asks pointing at the Crystal Pony’s horn.

“My name is Winkz,” The maroon pony tells the Pegasus buck.

“Captain Zero Endless,” The space buck takes on a cautious tone. “You don’t have an issue with me?”

“Sh-should I?” Winkz answers unsurely.

“I’m a Pegasus?” Zero asks.

“I never seen a Pegasus before,” Winkz remarks, “Back at the Chrystal Empire we have Crystal Earth Ponies and some Crystal Unicorns. Some of those, they turn into Dark Ones. King Sombra he is one of the Dark Ones.” The Crystal Pony shutters.

Zero looks the mare up and down. She looked like she was living a healthy life up until recently. He notes that her cutie mark was of little stars. In Unicorns this usually meant a talent for magic.

“Okay, I’m going to try to remove that horn ring,” Zero tells the Unicorn.

“I don’t think it will work but you try,” Winkz replied.

“Bring your horn over to me so I can put it in my mouth,” Zero orders.

Winkz blushed and did what she was told. Zero takes the crystal horn into his mouth grabbing the gold ring in his teeth.

Zero pulls and the Crystal Unicorn let out a loud “Oof!”.

“Could you be a little more quiet.” Zero says with his mouth full.

“It tingles and it hurts,” Winkz cries red faced.

Zero does another pull.

“Ah! Aah! Ahh!” Winkz squeaks.

“What kind of depravity are you two doing?” The Earth Pony guard had awakened and was giving the two ponies a deadpan stair. They jumped away from each other and returned the buck with a deep blush.

A figure comes out of the shadows and stabs the wagon driver in the neck. He was pulled back into the darkness and a loud crack could be heard.

The Church of Bones ponies walked out of the shadows.

“Please remain calm,” Their red coated leader told the two ponies in the wagon. “We will let you out of there but first we need to take the wagon somewhere else.”

“I understand,” Zero nods his head.

Two Church of Bones members strap themselves to the wagon's harnesses.

“With a jolt the wagon starts moving down the dark street… But unbeknownst to the ponies the amount of confusion and stress this will cause for our heroes…”

“Back in the Yogurt Inn… Petty Kitty goes to talk to Sword Mare… But the effects of the mysterious Pipbuck still haunts her…”

Petty Kitty paws at the dot on the floor caused by the Pipbuck’s EFS. The dot kept appearing over her paw like it wasn’t real.

Knives and Honey Mead walks past the Cat Pony. She noticed they had amber dots on them and came to the conclusion that the dots must mark ponies or something.

Philia steps out into the hall.

“Philia!” Petty Kitty shouts.

“You,” Philia said coldly.

“Not now-“ Petty Kitty drifts off to watch a dot move across the room.

“Are you on something?” Philia gives the Cat Pony a confused look.

“Not sure at this moment,” She mutters back.

“What?” Philia reacts.

“My bracelet wants to talk to Claymari,” Petty Kitty holds up the Pipbuck.

“Howdy you’all,” Applejack said cheerfully.

“Ahh! You gave me a contact high you crazy little-“

“I assure you I’m quite real,” Applejack replied interrupting Philia.

“Wait is that a Pipbuck?” Philia glares at the bracelet.

“Pip-what?” Petty Kitty reacts.

“A device from before the Mist Bombs fell,” Philia points out, “The only other one I seen was on the hoof of Clover the Clever. She told me they were rare.”

“You know Clover the Clever?” Applejack remarks.

“She taught some classes,” Philia shrugged, “And you are?”

“Applejack of the Ministry of Wartime Technology,” Applejack answers.

“Zero told me about you,” Philia remarks.

“That’s what I need to talk to you about,” Applejack points out, “I’m hoping to get Zero released from his imprisonment.”

“Sorry, m’lady I know you have pull where you are from but here you mean jack shit Applejack.” Philia tells the voice, “If Claymari was herself she’ll march her butt outside and bust him out herself. Ain’t no one stopping her.”

“And what’s stopping her from doing this now Sugarcube?” Applejack points out.

“Melancholy,” Philia sighs, “She fills her free time with boos and bucks. On the road her anger and love for me keeps her focused. This is different this time.”

“Well at least let me talk to the poor gal,” Applejack tells the Unicorn.

“Very well,”

“Philia turns to open the door… But to her surprise finds it barred…”

“On the other side of the door stood Azrael… He looms over Claymari… with her sword Crimson Bond in his hoof…”

“Cuck”

“Cuck”

“Claymari open the door please!” Philia shouts.

The noise awakes Claymari.

“The mare sleeping on the bed was surprised to find a rope around her neck…”

“Before she could react…Azrael pulls on the rope… Claymari was lifted up into the air…”

“I should warn you I don’t make the same mistake twice,” Azrael whispers into Claymari’s ear. “And I realize killing you may be a mistake. Sniffing you out like a dog will only serve to raise you into the eyes of the masses.” Azrael tightens the rope. “You need to lead by example bitch. You need to be a living example of what happens when you fight the Zebra Empire.”

“Fine, take my sword it betrayed me anyway,” Claymari gaps.

The knocking on the door grows louder.

“Do you take me as a fool,” Azrael snaps, “You think I’ll take a weapon simply because it claims to be mine. No, I’d rather have you live with that I could and can take it from you. The same goes for your life. For you to know that you are weak.”

Tear start to stream from Claymari’s red face. Azrael licks the salt from her cheek.

The door shutters as a body smacks against it. “Claymari! Claymari!”

Azrael smirks, “I hear that when you strangle someone long enough they pee themselves. I feel I haven’t done my job if you don’t sprit yellow.”

“Never,” Claymari spat.

“Very well, Azrael smiles, “Piss yourself now or I’ll let your daughter in. I’ll do things to her right here in front of you. Things that will make her turn Zebra. Make you have to kill her.”

“Please don’t,” Claymari begs.

“You know my payment,” Azrael snaps.

“As soon as she relaxed her blatter… the rope relaxed…”

The door swings open… allowing Philia to enter… Other than her adoptive mother sobbing on the floor in her own wet… the room was empty…”

“Claymari what happened,” Philia runs up to the sobbing pony removing the rope from her neck.

“Azrael h-he was here,” Claymari answers wiping the tears from her face with her hoof.

“D-did he poke you?” Philia asks unnerved as she pulls out a knife. “You want me to finished you off before you change?”

“No, he didn’t do that,” Claymari shook her head, “He just wanted to show his power over me. I’d bet his pecker is too small to do anything anyway.”

The two mares laugh.

“Is Claymari okay?” Petty Kitty cautiously walks into the room.

“Get out!” Claymari flashes the little mare a rageful glare.

“Sorry sweetheart for whatever it is that just happened to you,” Applejack speaks up, “But I have a pony that needs your help. Now get a kick in your step and do something.”

“First, Did that bracelet just talk?” Claymari points out making a glare. "Second, Who do you think you are?”

“Me? What about you?” Applejack snaps, “You have a wonderful seeming gal that loves you despite all the crap you put her through. Not many ponies find a good partner like that. Now stop feeling sorry for yourself and take control.”

“Fine then,” Claymari says with determination. She picks up her sword. “Where is Knives!”

The sword pony stomps out of the inn room.

Honey Mead sees Claymari and starts to greet her with a smile. “Good to see you up-“ The gold pony was slammed up against the wall before she could realize what danger she was in.

“Knives now!” Claymari demands.

“He’s down stairs!” Honey Mead cries.

“Thanks,” Claymari hits the pony hard enough to knock the wind out of her. The gold pony passes out and Claymari passed the unconscious horse to Philia. “Keep an eye on her.”

“Immediately recognizing the danger… Sir Knives draws his blade and blocks Claymari’s swing…”

“What’s the meaning of this!” Knives shouts as the wagon driver he was talking to hides.

“I want my friend back you bastard,” Claymari spat.

“I explained that I can’t do that he’s a Pegasus!” Knives snaps.

“I wasn’t in a talking mood then,” Claymari smirks.

“Besides he’s gone now,” Knives adds.

Claymari relaxes her blade. “What do you mean by gone?”

“Somepony killed one of the wagon drivers and stole the slave wagon I put him in.” Knives explains, “It’s most likely the Church of Bones.”

“Then we simply need to find them,” Claymari points out. “I’ll guess they’d smuggle him out of the city and taken him to Bones Town.”

“We can’t go to Bones Town,” Knives points out, “You being a Zebra killer and I military officer of Earth will be identified as racist agents and attacked on sight.”

“You don’t have means of parlay with them?” Claymari asks.

“Not after what happened this evening,” Knives points out. “Their so called patients with me had worn out.”

“I see,” Claymari sighs, “Then I must go ahead to Bones Town and hope for the best out come.”

“I’m not allowing you to go anywhere you openly attacked me,” Knives snaps. “I’ll have to arrest you.”

“Then what follows is a line of corpses,” Claymari smiles.

“With that I don’t doubt, When you are in this kind of mood.” Knives nods his head. "I’ll put you under an escorted arrest. You are free to go anywhere as long as I’m at your side.”

“So be it,” Claymari smirks.

“Mother, I’m coming with,” Philia adds.

“I insist that you bring ma Pipbuck along for the ride,” They heard Applejack speak up as Petty Kitty walks up.

“Wait, I’m attached to your Pipbuck!” Petty Kitty shouts.

“I’m sure we can work out a payment system for your services,” Applejack suggests.

“I suppose I could go,” Petty Kitty purred.

“Is that the royal Apple Family Twang?” Knives’s ears perks up.

“Royal Apple Family?” Applejack answers questionly.

“She’s the prime apple Applejack herself,” Philia points out, “If I understand things right.” She turns to the Pipbuck. “The Royal Apple Family are the descendants of you Applejack. They now hold places of high power in the nation of Earth. Smart Cookie herself claims to be an Apple of the mainline. Chancellor Puddinghead is her uncle in law. Only of the Apple Family by marriage.”

“Descendants… children?” Was all Applejack could say stunned.

“That device is a portal through time?” Knives points out, “I don’t believe it.”

“It’s the honest truth,” Applejack replied.

“I can sense the truth from you,” Knives nods his head. “I must take you to the Chancellor himself.”

“First thing I must retrieve my man,” Applejack orders.

“If he indeed is your agent then he must be taken to Puddinghead himself,” Knives nods his head.

“The next morning… The Chrystal Unicorn Winkz and Captain Zero Endless is smuggled out of Point Pudding in wine barrels…”

“After the wagon traveled some distance… The hidden ponies were given the okay to come out with a special knock…”

Zero pops out wincing in pain. His wing was badly treated. This was mostly because none of the ground ponies knew how to properly treat a broken wing correctly.

Winkz pops out of her barrel. She winced too, but this was because of the sun this time.

“I’m free?” Winkz said unsure.

“Yes my sister you are free,” The red pony tells her.

Winkz’s face lights up.

“Let’s introduce our selves,” The red pony speaks, “I’m Kool-aid, The ponies driving, the white pony is Comet and blue is Happy Happy.”

“Thanks,” Zero sighs, “I suppose I can stick with you until we reach the end of our journey.”

“That afternoon… Claymari… her ward… the barmaid Petty Kitty… Sir Knives and his sub Honey Mead… Set off for the road …”

“By evening the traveler camp…”

Petty Kitty takes Zero’s space suit out of her saddle bag.

“Wow, this Pipbuck thing allows me to take things out of my inventory very quickly,” Petty Kitty remarks, “Heck now my saddle bags can fit more stuff then I thought possible.”

The Cat Pony starts passing out Granny Smith’s Fruit Pies.

“I haven’t heard from Applejack in a while,” Knives notes.

“I think she’s a busy mare,” Petty Kitty points out as she looks through her possible perks on her Pipbuck screen.

“Yeah, I suppose the buck shrugs.

“Meanwhile… Honey Mead and Philia changes Claymari’s healing bandages…”

“It looks like your wound has gotten smaller,” Honey Mead grimaced as she peeled the bloody slimy cloth off of Claymari’s side. “Should relatively heal up by tomorrow morning.”

Philia casts a charm on some clean bandages turning them into healing bandages. She uses her levitation magic to wrap the fresh bandages around Claymari’s waist.

“I’ll go down to the river and wash out these dirty things,” Claymari picks up the dirty bandages in her magic and walks away.

“Down at the river the ward Philia is watched by three dark figures…”

“Back at the camp… Zebra attack!!!”

Claymari slices two Zebra with her sword making them explode out green blood.

“This is a lot of Zebra,” Honey Mead remarks stabbing a Zebra in the brain through the eye with her spear.

“They must have been fallowing me,” Claymari tells her taking out another Zebra.

A Zebra grabs Petty Kitty’s tail in its muzzle lifting her off the ground. The Cat Pony activates SATS allowing her to find the Zebra’s weak point and with a swing of the Pipbuck smashes it’s skull in.

The Cat Pony was dropped to the ground and two more Zebra lunge at her. Petty Kitty flinches and closes her eyes. A set of knives fly at the Zebra killing them. Petty Kitty opens her eyes to see Knives standing over her.

“Back at the river… One Zebra slaughters the others … “

“It’s eyes had a strange red glow… Philia’s eyes and horn had the same strange red glow.”

“After killing its own… the Zebra kills itself by snapping its own neck…”

Philia shakes her head clear.

“Are you okay!” Petty Kitty came running up. “We were attacked so I tracked you down by this Pipbuck thing.”

“Yeah, I’m fine,” Philia points at the dead Zebra. “Nothing I can’t handle.”

“Are you okay Sugarcube?” Applejack speaks up, “I’m reading that you got attacked by something. Your Pipbuck is reading your tail is sprained.”

“I’m fine Applejack,” Petty Kitty answers.

“You’re such a little thing. I’m kind of worried.” Applejack told the Cat Pony.

“You know I’m an adult mare?” Petty Kitty remarks, “I can take care of myself.”

“I’ve been keeping tabs on you with my own Pipbuck but haven’t had time to speak,” Applejack remarks, “Your world is dangerous. So I’m sending something through the suit. It’s in pieces and you’lls just have to snap it to gather.”

“The Cat Pony bar maid pulls out three metal pieces and a piece of paper from the pocket of the Space Suit…”

“She assembled the device under instruction making a very advanced Star Blaster…”

“And children you too can have your own Star Blaster… Just send in eight Granny Smith Fruit Pies box tops and 50 bits...”

“For every purchase… Apple Family Co will donate 25 bits to the war effort…”

“What is this suppose to do?” Petty Kitty asks as the futuristic weapon kicks on.

“You point it at what you want to shoot and pull the trigger with your paw,” Applejack explains.

“The Cat Pony points the Star Blaster at an undead muted Zebra tree…”

“She pulls the trigger… A beam of energy hits the tree and sets it on fire …”

“What are you doing,” Philia shouts surprising the Cat Pony.

“Well I-I…” Petty Kitty stutters.

“I gave it to her ma’am,” Applejack answers.

“Why in the name of the Summer Sun would you do that?” Philia snaps.

“I’m dragging her along I might as well help her defend herself,” Applejack explains.

“Trust me from experience giving her a weapon like that only makes her a target,” Philia told the Earth Pony from a place far away. “That wouldn’t be an issue of she is strong enough to handle such a thing.”

“I’m strong enough,” Petty Kitty snaps stomping off, putting the Star Blaster in her saddle bag.

“Just when you use it do it in a way the no one knows you have it. Specially that Knives. Its bad enough that he knows about that space suit,” Philia points out, “Other wise you’re liable to lose your freedoms all together.”

“I understand,” Petty Kitty nods her head.

“Miles up ahead… Captain Zero Endless and the Crystal Pony Unicorn Winkz are let into Bones Town …”

“At first sight this Bones Town looks like a Utopia… There were almost equal number of Earth… Unicorn and Ghoul Ponies…”

“But the sight of a small group of Zebra openly walking around puts Captain Zero Endless into shock…”

“Before the buck could react something bumps him…”

Zero turns around to see a blue Pegasus who was flying backwards. She had a large square diamond on her flank. The Pegasus was guiding what appeared to be cute fuzz balls the size of a pony's head. They moved by turning into balls and bouncing on the ground.

“Oh my, your wing,” The Pegasus said in shock.

“Yeah, I was found out as a Pegasus and they broke my wing,” Zero told the Pegasus gal.

“Oh that’s awful,” The flying pony sighs, “And that brace will not work. The name is Perfect Image by the way.”

“Zero Endless,” Zero answers.

“Hello new comers,” A voice calls out.

“Ack!” Winkz screams as the large black Shadow Pony walks up.

“This Shadow Pony is part of the race that the Crystal Unicorn Winkz would call a Dark One… Race of Crystal Unicorns fused with King Sombra’s dark magic…”

“No need to fear child,” The Shadow Pony speaks. “I’m Reverend Bones leader of the Church of Bones. I’m no longer a member of the Dark Ones.”

“Yes-Yes, master whatever you say,” Winkz replied.

Bones sighs, he reaches his horn for the maroon Chrystal Pony. She flinched away.

“Stay still,” Bones commanded.

“Yes sir,” Winkz trembles.

Bones touches the ring on Winkz’s horn with his horn. The ring sparks causing the mare to yelp in pain. She tilts her head to wince and the suppression ring simply falls off.

“You? freed me from my bond?” The Chrystal Pony looks down at the ring.

“Of course this is a safe place for all,” Bones boasted.

“And the Zebra?” Zero raised an eyebrow.

“They are as harmless as you,” Bone smirked.

“But they're Zebra,” Zero starts to say taking a second look at a Zebra walking down the street.

“If you have an issue with it you may leave us,” Bones warns.

“After I fix that wing dear,” Perfect Image leads Zero away with the fuzz balls fallowing her.

“What are those things?” Zero asks.

“Bushwoolies,” Perfect Image answers.

“What about me?” Winkz ask unsurely.

“Come with me, I’ll give you a debriefing of Bones Town,” Bones answers.

“Yes sir-I mean Mr. Bones,” Winkz trots after the Shadow Pony.

“As he walked… Captain Zero Endless noticed the town walls had an extremely high amount of armed ponies patrolling the area… Some even had old guns…”

“What's with all the armed ponies,” Zero asked as he was lead to Perfect Image’s home.

“They keep the piece from both outside and within,” Perfect Image answers opening her door.

“I thought all of you are of liked mind,” Zero points out, “Why would you need protection against your selves?”

“We bring in people who are suppressed,” Perfect Image remarks, “Some are like you are brought here and has distaste for Zebra. Some take action in that distaste. We show our distaste for them.”

“I don’t see many Pegasus here,” Zero notes.

“My people’s mind set I’m afraid,” Perfect Image sighs, “There are three or four other of my kind here. Now with your friend Winkz that’s even less than the number of Chrystal Ponines here. Lift your wing please.”

Zero did as he was told. The fem Pegasus pulls on his wing resetting the broken bone.

“Perfect Image had just finished bracing Captain Zero Endless’s wing… when Reverend Bones walked in…”

“The Chrystal Pony agreed to live with us under all our conditions,” The dark pony told them, “What’s your decision?”

“I’m just passing through,” Zero answers, “I must say I don’t approved of a place that accepts Zebra anyway.”

“Is he able to take the road?” Bones asks Perfect Image.

“Unable to return to the clouds in Earth Pony territory that’s a death sentence,” Perfect Image gasps.

“I can’t have a race baiter hanging around,” Bones tells her.

“I-I suppose,” Perfect Image mutters.

“Now, I’ll have you escorted out with two of my men,” Bones orders.

“Two armed ponies escort Captain Zero Endless… But his escorts did not stop at the gateway…”

“Where are you taking me?” Zero asks as the two escorts bring him deep into the woods.

They reply by kicking him to the knees. A gun barrel is pressed against the Pegasus’s head.

“That’s how it is?” Zero remarks. He takes a breath and closes his eyes.

“Suddenly Bushwoolies attack the armed ponies…”

The furry creatures bounce around as balls knocking down the ponies with guns.

“Zero let’s get out of here!” Perfect Image grabs Zero’s hoof and the two of them rushed into the woods.

Perfect Image whistles and her Bushwoolies stops their attack and fallow after her.

“What’s going on?” Zero asks as he ran with Perfect Image.

“I didn’t want to leave you walking the roads,” Perfect Image explains, “I was going to bring a cloud to you and let you sail it to the nearest Pegasus village. Then I came across those two about to shoot you. I don’t understand why.”

“That's the nature of your Reverend Bones,” Zero explains, “Everyone and everything live together in peace. Those who don’t love and tolerate are weeded out with bullets.”

“But I seen so many pushed away,” Perfect Image points out, “I even let them- Oh my they’re dead. My friends I-I-I killed them!” Tears flow from Perfect Image’s eyes.

“Sword Mare and her traveling companion’s walks up to the black walls of Bones Town gates…”

“Who goes there!” A guard pony yells from above.

“It is Sword Mare!” Claymari shouts.

“We know about you and your Zebra killing ways,” The guard pony calls back, “Is that Buckland Knives?”

“It is?” Knives shouts back.

“Open the gate!” Bones calls out.

“With a creek the gate opens… Reverend Bones walks out to meet the traveling ponies…”

“We don’t have race baiters here,” Bones says with a smirk on his face. “Now leave before you unnerve my Zebra converts even more.”

“Some of your followers helped a friend of mind a Pegasus,” Claymari tells the shadow pony. “I think they would have taken him this way.”

“Zero Endless?” Bones remarks, “I sent him away. You did see him on the road?”

“No,” Claymari answers.

“Perhaps he’s walking off the road?” Bones suggests, “Just this once how about I let you in? We have a few good Pegasus willing to help their fellow pony some sweeps around the area could help turn him up for you. Once we find him you all can leave.”

“The Reverend Bones takes the travelers to his personal home…”

“He sticks them all in the same waiting room…”

“Do I have to serve them?” A Zebra maid asks nervously as Reverend Bones walked out of the room.

“No dear you don’t,” Bones replied.

“Reverend Bones press a secret button and the waiting room fills with gas…”

“Soon the group of ponies pass out…”

“Mean While… Winkz appears in the middle of the woods…”

“Her sudden appearance surprised the Pegasus ponies Perfect Image and Captain Zero Endless…”

“Winkz what are you doing here?” Zero snaps.

“Don’t get angry,” Winkz chimed, “I used a teleport spell.”

“Chrystal Unicorns are more magical them normal unies,” Perfect Image explains.

“We are in trouble,” Zero whispers, “Reverend Bones is really a very bad pony.”

Winkz sobs, “I was hoping that the Dark One was truly good.”

“At the very least he may think he’s doing good,” Zero sighs.

“Zero, He has those mares you where traveling with,” Winkz explains.

“That’s not good,” Zero points out.

“Reverend Bones stood over the unconscious bodies…”

“Now what will I do with you?” The dark buck remarks.

“Just then Azrael walks into the room…”

“My good buck, isn’t there anything you ever wanted that was too dangerous for you to get?” Azrael asks, “Something only a hero like Sword Mare could get you?”

“Harmony,” Bones answers with a smile.

“They did not notice the little pony that was missing…”

“She crawled through the houses vent system and pops out the back…”

“The small Cat Pony noticed three green dots walking along the tree line…”

Petty Kitty makes a "Mew?" sound as she watched the dots.

“The three ponies and the small fuzzy creatures enter into Perfect Image’s cottage…”

“What are we going to do now,” Winkz asks the small blue pony, “I can only teleport to people I know. Only people I know are living in the Crystal Empire. I’m not going back there. I don’t even know I could make it that far if I wanted too.”

“Yeah, it wouldn’t take towners long to come here,” Zero points out, “And we can’t leave the others.”

“I don’t want anyone else to get hurt,” Perfect Image cries hugging her Bushwoolies.

“I have a plan you’all you have to do what I say,” Applejack calls out. Petty Kitty had appeared near the back door of the cottage with a smile on her face.