"Shhhh!"
Discord froze in his tracks as Capper's whisper echoed into silence. Discord popped his head up as he tried to pinpoint any other source of the sound. Seconds went by and the only sound came from birds chirping in the distance.
"What?" Discord whispered back. Capper didn't answer as he stood and stared at the top of the tree line. "What!?" His whisper nearly reached a full scream.
"Shhhh," The cat raised his paw as he frantically scanned the entire forest.
Discord turned to search for any signs of life, but he only saw creepy trees and falling leaves. "Wh…," he stopped as the sound of branches snapping echoed next to him. Discord turned and froze his gaze at the source of the sound.
The two froze and exchanged glances for a few moments. The sound drew closer as it became slower. They started to slowly back as Capper put his paw on his sword. He stepped forward as he drew his golden weapon. Discord stepped forward ready to face the horrors together.
"Wait," Capper whispered. "Oh thank the stars," He sighed.
"And we really need to help him out or else of Equestria is going to become a seven-course meal." The little dragon took a deep breath as he became dizzy.
"Umm," Luna shook her head as the information crammed into her brain. Her head pulsed as it desperately tried to process the words that had been thrown at her. She stared at the ground as her eyes shifted in a scattered motion.
"So now can we tell Celestia?" Spike leaned over and snapped his fingers in the princess’s face. "Umm… hello?"
Luna's head snapped back as her eyes fixed on the little dragon. "What? No, we can't tell my sister anything."
"Wait what?" Spike gasped as he leaned back. "Why not?"
"Why do you think?" Luna groaned. Spike gave a blank stare back. "I already told you; she will think you're totally insane. She's not going to believe a word we tell her."
Spike sighed as he rolled his eyes. "Luna, I get Celestia might not be into the whole supernatural thing, but you really think she's going to completely disregard what we tell her?"
"Yes," Luna hissed.
"Look, we're not telling her that we saw some shadow in the middle of the night or anything. We're literally telling her that everyone is going to die."
"And?" Luna groaned.
"And…. she knows we wouldn't lie about something like that, so she'll believe us."
Luna groaned as she rolled her eyes. "You don't get it spike, she despises the idea of any of this."
"Lu…"
"No," She snapped. "We're not telling her."
Spike groaned as he scrapped his head with his claws. "Ahhhhhh, what are we supposed to do then?"
Luna stood up as she cleared her throat. "We'll just have to deal with it ourselves."
"Hahahahah," Spike bent over as he held his stomach. "Luna, have you heard anything I told you? There's an army of untold numbers of demons that threaten to wipe out everything."
"Ya, I heard you," she snapped.
"Well, then you should know that we can't deal with this… like at all." Spike crossed his arms as he stared the princess off.
"We've dealt with terrifying monsters before," Luna laughed.
Laughter filled the garden as spike and Big Mac broke down. Spike stood up straight as he took a deep breath. "Listen listen, we spend the night torching one of these things alive while we beat it. The thing shrugged it off like it was nothing more than bug bites."
"You fought one of these things?" Luna's eyes went wide open as she leaned back.
"Yup," Big Mac answered.
"Well, more like survived it." Spike chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head. "Ya we really couldn't do anything to it and it almost ripped us to shreds."
"So how in Equestria did you kill the th...?"
"We didn't," Spike quickly interjected. "Capper saved us with his awesome golden sword."
"Yup."
"Right...you said he was a guardian or whatever right?"
"Yup," the two said in unison.
Luna nodded as she once again stared at the floor. "Alright," she said as she smiled. "If capper knows how to stop any of this from happening, then all we have to do is go to capper and help him do whatever it is he needs."
"Luna," Spike said firmly. "They are big black monsters that can't be killed without a guardian."
"Ya but…" Luna paused as she once more stared at the floor. "Wait, you said a big black monster?"
"Ummm, ya," Spike nodded.
Luna stared up into the sky as she gasped. "I saw one of those things."
"You did!?" Big Mac and Spike both jumped up.
"Ya, I protected a family from one." Luna sat down as she raced to recall her memories. "It was huge, way bigger than me, and it gave out this strange feeling that I've never felt before."
"Wait, you actually fought it?" Spike's eyes shot wide open as he imagined the situation in his mind.
"Yes, but admittedly I was at the creature's mercy." Luna's eyes streamed off into thought as the stained image was dug up in her mind. "The energy it gathered was unlike anything else I've ever felt before."
"Yup," Big Mac agreed.
"Ya, they really are something else completely." Slike sighed as he thought about the fact that they would have to face them. "The Storm King and Terrek together couldn't compare to what these things feel like."
"But you said Capper can kill them right?”
Spike looked up at her and sighed. "Yup, that's what I said.”
"So there's nothing to worry about then. We just have to go to Capper and he'll settle this for us." Luna smiled as she got up and walked past Spike.
"Luna," Spike called out. "It's not that simple."
"Hmm?"
"Yes he can kill them," Slike sighed. "But they're extremely strong, even for…"
"Well then, sounds like we'll be fine!" Luna jumped up and continued to walk forward.
Spike stood with a blank face as he tried to make sense of what had happened. "Ummmm," Spike mumbled as he looked up at Big Mac. Big Mac just shrugged as he started to follow the princess. "Luna," Spike wined. "Can you at least tell me why you're being so difficult about this?"
Luna stopped as she dropped her head. She sighed as she groaned. "Can you tell me why you don't think I can handle this?"
"Luna, that's not what's this about," Spike groaned.
"Well then, what's the issue?" Luna asked.
Spike squeezed his head as he growled. "Have you heard a single word I've said?"
"Yes, you said that Capper knows a bunch of Demon killing guardians that can help us with our solution." Luna gave a big smile that she knew irritated the little dragon.
"Nope," Big Mac growled.
"Ok, oK, ok, let's compromise then. Since we're clearly not going to agree on this." Spike took a deep breath as he closed his eyes. "Ok, how about we do it your way and deal with it without Celestia's help." He nearly choked on his words. "And when that inevitably goes south we'll inform Celestia and save whoever we can." Spike held his hand out as he waited for a response. Luna stared as she contemplated the proposal. "Welllllll?"
Luna squinted hard before she signed. "Fine, you have a deal. We won't have to however because I'll deal with this myself."
"I really wish I could believe you, Luna." Spike walked up to Luna and held out his claw. Luna held out his hoof and they exchanged a shake of agreement.
"How in the hell, did you kill two Fallens?!" Arch kneeled down as he met Capper face to face.
Capper backed up as he started to laugh. "I honestly have no idea." Capper turned and looked at Discord as he floated in the air. "To be honest he had a large part in that."
Arch looked up at Discord and smiled. "Really? Him?"
"Yes me," Discord scoffed. "And my name is…."
"Discord, Lord of Chaos." Arch walked forward and crouched.
"So you've heard of me?" Discord rolled over and stood up.
"Ya, I know all about what you've done." Arch laughed as he started to carve something into the dirt. He used his claw to draw a six-pointed star. He looked up at Discord and smiled.
"Yaaaa," Discord sighed.
"Her name is Twilight, Twilight Sparkle isn't it?" Arch pointed to the star he carved.
Discord nodded as he gave a little chuckle. "You really have heard of me."
"Your stories have spread far and wide." Arch stood up and wiped his claws off. "Regardless, I can see how you would be of some use."
"Some," Discord laughed. "I was scorching that thing so that he could kill those things." Arched looked at Capper with a raised eyebrow.
"Ya, it's true." Capper rolled his eyes as he looked up to the proud Chaos lord. "He and his friends saved me."
"No, you saved them," Shira laughed.
"What?!" Discord jumped. "We were beating and burning the thing."
"Ya, and how'd that work out for you?" Shira walked up to Discord and smiled in his face.
"Hmm," Discord rolled his eyes as he whistled. "Ya, not the best." Discord said.
"That's because you can't just kill them." Arch grabbed his sword and pulled it out. "Only a power source of light can kill them."
"Well, we thought that fire counted since it's definitely light."
"Ya, you're going to need a lot more than that my Friend," Shira laughed. Otherwise, you're just going to piss them off."
"Ya, we got that," Discord sighed.
"Ok so next question," Capper interrupted as he clapped his paws. "Where the hell were you two?"
"We got attacked, "Arch answered as he put his sword away. "We underestimated how many were in Equestria."
"We had several of them attacking and feeding on a small village." Shira sighed as she looked at blood-stained claws. "Many were injured but no one was killed."
"Wait, what village?" Discord jumped up as he stepped forward.
"I don't know," Arch answered. "I think one of the ponies there said it was called Ponyvillie."
"Where did you say they were?" Luna asked.
Spike walked across the field of dead leaves. "I assumed they were going back to where we killed the creature, and this is the woods."
"Ya but like where exactly?"
"I really don't know," Spike groaned.
"Stop winning," Luna hissed.
"I'm not," Spike whined. "But we've been walking around here forever and we haven't found them."
"Well, who's fault is that?" Luna groaned.
"Hey, I'm not the one so eager to find them." Spike started to kick a rock forward out of sheer boredom.
"Well, we need them to save Equestria, don't we? Isn't that what you wanted.
"Nope," Big Mac answered.
"Ya, I wanted to tell Celestia, remember?"
Luna ignored his remark as she continued to walk through the woods. Their search had taken them many hours as they first had to travel back to ponyville. Luna had to ignore a report about an animal attack that took place. No pony was killed so she turned a blind eye to it in order to find Discord and Capper.
"Hey!" Luna called out. "Is this what we're looking for?"
"Yup," Big Mac called out.
"Well, they're not here," Luna groaned.
"Well, this is where they were going to search for Capper's friends, soo…."
"Well that was a few hours ago," Luna pointed out. "Where would they have gone if they found his friends?"
Spike looked at the ground as his mind trailed off. "The castle," he whispered.
Meanwhile, Capper sat on the bed as he played with his sword, swinging it back and forth. Discord floated around the ceiling as he went over his and Fluttershy's tea plans.
"Are you sure they're coming? "Shira asked as she threw a ball against the wall.
Discord smiled as he saw Spike fly through the window. "Ya, I’m pretty sure.