//------------------------------// // Swarm of the Century/Winter Wrap Up // Story: Dissidia Final Fantasy Friendship is Magic // by Final Fantasy BRN //------------------------------// Swarm of The Century/Winter Wrap Up "So, you offer your life in exchange for theirs?" Exdeath asked "I don’t. I offer yours!" Kain threatened Exdeath. Kain charged at Exdeath and began swinging his lance at Exdeath and successfully smacked him from the right side, then swung his lance around and struck Exdeath on the left side. "Impale!" Kain shouted as he began to stab at Exdeath in the front of his body. After a few non lethal stabs, Kain gave one final thrust launching Exdeath away, knocking him into the side of a rock. "Lance of the covenant!" His lance began to glow and he threw it like a javelin at Exdeath but Exdeath vanished leaving only a white circle where he was standing. "What!?" Kain shouted in disbelief. The circle began moving towards Kain, Kain tried running from it but it was too fast, the circle managed to get underneath Kain and Exdeath just reappeared right where Kain is and knocked him off his feet to the ground. "You are powerless!" Exdeath shouted as his blade began to spin around his body, creating a giant whirlwind surrounding his body. Kain got back up and kept jumping backwards until the whirlwind faded away. He jumped above Exdeath and began spinning around with his lance sticking outwards and began clubbing Exdeath several times. "Cower!" Kain shouted slamming Exdeath into the Ground. Exdeath quickly got back up and created a pentagram like figure in front of him. "Death Approaches!" Exdeath taunted, he slammed his blade into it and a large magical beam shot out to Kain and it him. Kain went flying and he slammed into a rock just like Exdeath. Kain slid off the rock and noticed that Exdeath vanished and all that remains is that same white circle. Kain, now knowing what that circle does, knelt down and jumped upwards very high and evaded Exdeath when he reappeared right where he was standing. "Here goes!" Kain yelled as he pointed his lance ahead of himself and soared right back down to Exdeath and impaled Exdeath. Exdeath disappeared and walked back over to Firion’s body. "Impressive. You fight well." Exdeath called from behind him. Kain grumbled and looked back to see Exdeath a few feet behind him. "I almost wish we could continue. HAHAHAHAHA!" Then a Delusory Dragoon manikin appeared right next to Kain, he cursed under his breath. "To leave the friend behind, or to stay and perish with him." "I had other plans." Kain said in defiance. "You’re mistaken if you think dolls can defeat me." "So you choose to fight. You will not endure for long." Exdeath mocked as another Delusory Dragoon appeared next to Exdeath, and another on the other side of Kain. "Then again, perhaps you will find some peace when you are gone for good and all. It is far too late for you to win." Exdeath vanished from the area leaving Kain alone with the manikins. Kain shifted his sight on the multiplying manikins and readied his lance. "Do you take me for a fool?" Kain sneered at the manikins. "I’m well aware of our position." He pointed his lance at the manikins. "Abominations! Can you hear me? Do you even have minds of your own?" Another manikin appeared on a ridge a few feet away from Kain, the manikins were greatly outnumbering him. "If you are aware of the world around you, you’d best rue the day you came here. I’m about to teach you pathetic mockeries the difference between you and a real man!" A few days later at the Sanctuary Warrior was training with his sword, when he and Cosmos received a visit from Fluttershy. Fluttershy approached the throne and once she appeared in front of it, she bowed before the goddess. "Why hello there young Fluttershy." Cosmos smiled. "What brings you here?" Warrior seethed his weapon to greet the pegasus. "This!" Fluttershy smiled, a small creature with green bug eyes and small fairy wings has four small insect like legs, with a green spherical body flew out of her mane. It flew over to Warrior and made a small purring like noise. Warrior held out his hand and the creature landed in his palm. The creature continued making purring noises and Warrior just stared at it with his usual blank face. "I guess even something as cute as these can’t make Warrior smile." Fluttershy thought shaking her head. The creature flew out of Warrior’s hand and flew into Cosmos’s lap. Cosmos gently scooped up the creature in her hands and smiled at it. The creature smiled back at Cosmos and flew up and snuggled against her face. Cosmos giggled as she began slowly petting the creature. It made purring sounds to show how comfortable it is. "What is that creature?" Warrior asked. "I’m not sure but Pinkie Pie referred to it as a ‘Parasprite." Fluttershy explained. "You just take in a creature you know nothing about?" Warrior questioned. "While I am confident in your ability with animals, but how can you be so sure that this creature is not dangerous?" "Come on Warrior." Fluttershy giggled. "How can something so cute and cuddly be dangerous?" Warrior looked away seeing Cosmos and the Parasprite, which was really taking a liking to Cosmos, seeing that maybe Fluttershy is right. "Cosmos, would you like to keep the little guy?" "Oh, I don’t know." Cosmos wondered. "This little angel on a battlefield? I couldn’t." Then the Parasprite continued to snuggle with Cosmos’s cheek and she continued to smile at the creature. "Oh ok, I could use a companion to help me through these dark times." Then all of a sudden another Paraprite, this one’s body was yellow colored, appeared out of Fluttershy’s mane. "Another one?" Warrior questioned. "Huh?" Fluttershy jumped looking at the other Parasprite. "I haven’t seen this one before. Of course something like this happened when I met Twilight today. At first there was only one, but later when I met Twilight, there were two more." "Strange." Warrior said. "Cosmos, I strongly urge you to keep the creature close. Because as you know a battlefield is no place for a pet." Then Fluttershy peeped at the thought of what could happen to the Parasprite. "Cosmos, will it be fine?" Fluttershy asked, with a very concerned tone. "I assure you, no harm will come to this creature for it shall not leave this area of peace." Cosmos swore, the parasprite purred at Cosmos again and Cosmos smiled lovingly at it. Fluttershy got hit with a flashbulb. "Oh Warrior the main reason I came here today is because Princess Celestia will be arriving at Ponyville today. You could make an appearance and ask her about the reports." Warrior nodded in agreement. Fluttershy noticed Cosmos and the Paraprite were really connecting. "I’m happy to give you a friend Cosmos." Fluttershy smiled. "Now I guess I'll go back to meet Twilight." Fluttershy turned around and walked out of the Sanctuary with her other Parasprite. "Cosmos, are you sure you want to take in this strange creature?" Warrior questioned. "This is a present. Sometimes you may need an animal companion." Cosmos smiled at Warrior. "Why?" Warrior asked. "Sometimes one prefers the company of animals rather than their own kind. It allows one to explore the possibilities of other beings souls not being so different than ours, and to build friendships and relationships with those who are different. If Fluttershy were still here, then she could tell you more." "I suppose." Warrior sighed. "I know about owning pets however, I’ve never really understood the significance of it." "Just observe this little creature for a while." Cosmos suggested. "Maybe after a while you will begin to understand a little better." The Parasprite flew above Cosmos’s head and landed in her hair and made itself comfortable. It fell asleep and began to snore Cosmos smiled at its cuteness and decided to let it sleep. Back with Kain, he’s swinging his lance and striking down all the manikins in his path. Kain grunted in pain as one managed to cut Kain in the side on his left. Kain retaliated quickly and sacked that mankin away. Kain continued to jump around with Firion under his arm. He made it towards the end of the gateway as Kain noticed the manikins are still behind him. He threw his lance at them and destroyed them all. Kain clutched his wound as he still holds Firion, he jumped out of the gateway with him. Upon exiting he noticed a cave a few yards away he ran over to it and once inside he placed Firion on the floor of the cave and made sure he’s comfortable. "I know you will be a great asset in the next battle, please understand what I did." Kain assured his comrade. He walked out of the cave leaving Firion safely inside. He began to traverse the world. "I think I’ve done a good job in showing those abominations what it means to be real." He smiled. After a few minutes of wandering, he noticed another comrade. The Gnome, skirt chasing thief of Tantalus, Zidane Tribal. Kain noticed him heading towards another gateway and entered it. Kain knew what he must do and decided to fallow him. Back at the Sanctuary Warrior just got ready to return to Ponyville and the Parasprite flew off of Cosmos’s head and flew in front of her face and purred. "Sleep well?" Cosmos asked the Parasprite. But then to both her and Warrior’s surprise a second Parasprite with a blue body flew from above and joined the one Cosmos already has. "Oh my, a Second one?" "Did Fluttershy accidentally leave a second one here?" Warrior asked. "I don’t think so." Cosmos said. Then she remembered something. "Didn’t Fluttershy say she only had one and the second one’s appearance is a total mystery to her?" "Hmm." Warrior began to ponder the mystery then all of a sudden the new Parasprite got sick and began making gagging noises and making ill faces. "Cosmos stand back!" Warrior warned. "Who knows what that thing might do!" Warrior drew his sword and got ready to charge at the Parasprite. "Wait!" Cosmos ordered. The Parasprite hurled up a purple pile onto the floor of the Sanctuary. Cosmos and Warrior put on disgusted faces. The pile rose off the floor and shaped itself spherical and it formed eyes and wings and four legs. It turns out that the hurled up pile became another Parasprite. "These things reproduce asexually!" Warrior exclaimed. Cosmos shrieked and started running her fingers through her hair to check if the parasprite hurled in her hair. "I guess I may have to manage how these things live around here." Cosmos said. Then the one she started out with hurled up a red pile and it formed another Parasprite. "These things may be as much a nuisance as the manikins are!" Warrior said making another disgusted face. "However I must now return to Equestria." "If I remember correctly you need another potion?" Cosmos asked. She reached next to the throne and took out a small box and opened it up, inside are a bunch of potions.She took out one potion and Warrior took it. The two began to feel sick as they noticed another Parasprite with an orange body just got hurled up. The Parasprites began to eye the potions and they dove right into the box and began to wrestle with all the bottles. Cosmos and Warrior watched the Parasprites fight over the potions with their eyes bugging out in shock. The Parasprites flew out of the box and all the potion bottles were empty with their contents all consumed. Then all the Paraprites all hurled up one more. "I cannot believe this! What was once one, is now ten!" Warrior shouted. "I don’t think this is going to work out. Collect these things and take them back to Fluttershy. I must see the moogles for more potions." Cosmos ordered. Warrior scooped up the Parasprites and Cosmos flashed up into the heavens. Warrior proceeded to walk towards the Gateway and entered Equestria. Warrior left Ponyville and headed out to Fluttershy’s cottage. Once he arrived he noticed that Twilight, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and a huge swarm of Parasprites were pouring out of the cottage. Rarity and Twilight have two bags on their sides and that something inside them was twitching about. After seeing the giant swarm Warrior realized that he got the Parasprites out of the Sanctuary at just the right time, and how Twilight and Rarity's bag must be filled to the brim with Parasprites. "Everyone!" Warrior called. He released the Parasprites was he’s holding and they began to hover above his head. "You gave Warrior these things too!?" Twilight cried. "Well, I just…Cosmos said…" Fluttershy stammered. She became overwhelmed with worry. "Fear not." Warrior said. "I managed to get them out before they multiplied beyond my control. It appears that you to are suffering from an infestation." Applejack showed up pulling a wagon full of apples. "Here's all those apples you wanted, Fluttershy, but I still can't figure why y'need so many." Applejack questioned. The parasprites charged at the cart full of Apples and devoured them in mere seconds. "HEY!" "What do we do?" Fluttershy asked. Then Twilight got an idea. "I got it! No pony can herd like Applejack." Twilight suggested. "Yeah! We can drive 'em back into the forest." Rainbow Dash said. "I'll rastle 'em up, but I need everypony's help to do it." Applejack stated. Rarity and Twilight stepped forward. "Twilight, you and Rarity wait over there. I'll herd the little critters straight at ya like a funnel." Twilight and Rarity rushed to do their task as Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash stepped forward. "Rainbow Dash, you and Fluttershy stay on top of 'em, don't let 'em fly away." The two pegasi flew away to watch from above. "Warrior I, will need some help round’n up all these critters, I will need you to crowd control them with your wave of light magick to keep them in line from the left and right." Warrior nodded. "Yeeeeeee-haw!" Applejack called and she began galloping to the swarm of Parasprites and began herding them together, Warrior kept using his shining wave attack to assist Applejack to keep the giant horde together. While the others began to heard them all together in a giant ball, the Parasprites began to screech at being bunched together. "Alright y'all, here goes nothin'." The group began to roll the ball towards the Everfree forest. "Look out Rarity, that one's fixin' to get away." Rarity pushed a pink Parasprite that wiggled away from the ball back into it. "Keep a lead on 'em, Rainbow Dash." Rainbow Dash put a red one back into the ball just like Rarity did before. "Hold on girls, we're almost there." Pinkie Pie showed up and began galloping right next to Twilight. Unfortunately, since the ponies were galloping at full speed they easily left Warrior behind. "Pinkie!" Twilight called. "Twilight we don’t have much time." Pinkie Pie said. "You’re telling me. The princess could arrive at any moment." Twilight sighed. "Exactly. That's why I need you gals to drop what you're doing and help me find some maracas." Pinkie Pie requested. "Maracas?" Twilight said with a confused look. "Pinkie, we've got much bigger problems than missing maracas." Pinkie Pie gasped. "You're right! Getting a tuba has to be our number one goal." Pinkie Pie said happily. "Follow me." Pinkie Pie turned around and left, when she noticed that the others were not fallowing her she went back and began galloping backwards in front of Twilight. "I said, follow me!" "Pinkie Pie, you are so random." Rainbow Dash scoffed. "And you are all so stubborn." Pinkie Pie argued, she galloped away. "Forget her ladies. Focus. Head 'em up and move 'em out." Applejack ordered. The team made it to the Everfree Forest and sent the ball rolling into the forest. "Alright!" Rainbow Dash cheered. Fluttershy held out her hooves and Rainbow Dash hooved her hard. "Ouch." Fluttershy squeaked. "We did it. Nice work, Applejack." Twilight cheered. Warrior ran up and finally caught up with the group. "Oh, sorry for leaving you behind Warrior." Rarity giggled. "It’s fine, as long as the Parasprites are gone now." Warrior said panting, trying to catch his breath. "Couldn't a'done it without y'all!" Applejack said proudly, even looking at Warrior to make sure that he gets credit to. "Now let's get back and clean up the mess they made before the princess arrives." Twilight said. "Warrior you should rest. Climb on my back." Twilight walked over to Warrior and lowered herself. Warrior hesitant to climb onto her just like with Rainbow Dash, climbed onto Twilight as he slowly began to catch his breath. "Its ok, you don’t need to be sheepish!" Twilight giggled to Warrior. The team left the Everfree border and returned to Fluttershy’s cottage. Warrior, having recovered his strength climbed off of Twilight. "Okay, everyone knows what to do, right?" Twilight asked. "We gotta work extra hard to make up for lost time." Fluttershy opened her door and a giant swarm of Parasprites burst through the door. "Where did they come from?" "Well, I may have kept just one." Fluttershy confessed trying to sound innocent. A yellow Parasprite flew onto Fluttershy’s back. The team gave Fluttershy angry looks. "I couldn't help myself. They're just so cute." Fluttershy just smiled at the Parasprite on her back and it flew away. "We don't have time to keep rounding up these things. What do we do now?" Twilight panicked. "We call in the weather patrol." Rainbow Dash said putting on her flying goggles. "Time to take out the adorable trash!" She began to spin around really fast and created a whirlwind and began to pull all the Parasprites into it, the others had to grab onto something in order to avoid getting sucked up by the whirlwind. The whirlwind collected all the Parasprites and Rainbow Dash slightly weakened the wind strength so the others could got down on the ground. "Way to go, Rainbow Dash!" Twilight cheered. "Looks like our problems are solved." Applejack cheered. Pinkie Pie arrived on the scene banging two drum cymbals together. "They will be with the cymbals." Pinkie Pie cheered, The wind picked up the cymbals and pulled them away from Pinkie Pie. "Hey! Give me those back!" The cymbals began to circle the whirlwind and Rainbow Dash had to fly up and down to avoid getting possibly sliced by the cymbals. Unfortunately with the speed of the cymbals Rainbow Dash stopped the circular motion to avoid the cymbals. "Whoa. Yaa! Yow! Woah! Wow! I can't hold it!" Rainbow Dash cried. "She's breaking up." Rainbow Dash was launched from the whirlwind and slammed against a tree. The whirlwind dissipated and the Parasprites were sent flying towards Ponyville. "Pinkie Pie, what have you done?" Twilight shouted. "I've lost a brand new pair of cymbals, that's what I've done." Pinkie Pie shouted. "Will you forget about your silly instruments for one second?" Twilight argued. "You're ruining our efforts to save Ponyville." Just then the Ponyville bell began to ring. "Not again! Why now!?" Twilight panicked. "I need to destroy the manikins, I’m afraid only you guys can take the Parasprites." Warrior explained. Warrior turned around and ran to Ponyville as the giant swarm of Parasprites began to rain down on the town. Warrior encountered the manikins, a group of nine manikins. Warrior drew his sword and got ready to battle them. "Just like the Parasprites, I don’t stand a chance if their numbers grow too large." Warrior began to plan, several Parasprites were raining down around him. He clenched his knees in order to charge at them. But he heard munching noises all around him. He looked around and noticed that the Parasprites were eating all the food and plants in sight. The manikins made the first move and charged at Warrior flailing their weapons. Warrior continually blocked each of the shots with his sword and shield. The fighting paused when several magical pink waves spread throughout the town and the parasprites stopped eating and just paused. The manikins continued to attack Warrior, he tried looking for an opening to attack. Then all of a sudden the Parasprites flew over to the Manikins and opened their mouths and threw themselves at the manikins and the little creatures began to devour them. "Impossible!" Warrior gasped. His eyes bugged out and his mouth hung open as he noticed the Manikins being eaten alive by the Parasprites. "Whatever those waves were, it caused them to eat objects instead of food! I guess they would eat the manikins since they appear to be made of crystal." But this was not a good thing, because Warrior also noticed the Parasprites are also eating buildings and decorations. The Paraspirtes began to eye Warrior with hungry eyes. Warrior stared at them for a couple minutes and then he figured out what they were staring at. Warrior turned around and ran for his life. The parasprites began to chase him. "Warrior can you…" Twilight tried to call to Warrior as Warrior ran past her. "Can’t stop! They'll eat my armor and equipment!" Warrior yelled. Then all of a sudden strange polka music began to fill the air, Warrior stopped running and looked behind him and noticed the Parasprites have stopped chasing him. Warrior heard the music and noticed out of the corner of his eye Pinkie Pie playing a giant collection of instruments, all at the same time. "What in the world is she up to? Now she’s a one person marching band?" Warrior questioned. Warrior looked in shock again as the Parasprites became completely consumed by Pinkie Pie’s music. They all gathered in a single file line and began to fallow Pinkie Pie and bounce with her as she began to march out of town. Warrior also began to fallow Pinkie Pie as the others met up with him and also began to fallow Pinkie Pie. "Look!" Twilight called out, she threw a hove forward as Princess Celestia’s carriage being pulled by her pegasi guards. The gaurds lowered from the air and landed on the ground. The guards pulled the carriage closer to the group as Princess Celestia climbed out of it. The group bowed before her. "Twilight Sparkle, my prized pupil." Princess Celestia said happily. "Also our great defender, Warrior of Light." The group raised themselves. "Hello Princess." Twilight said, sounding nervous. "So lovely to see you again, as well as your friends." Celestia smiled. The whole group’s eyes bugged out in surprise as Pinkie Pie marched by them with the Parasprites, who continued to bounce behind her. "So... how was the trip? Hit much traffic?" Twilight asked, trying to change the subject. "Ah, what is this?" Celestia asked as a Parasprite landed on her wing, she examined it closley. "Oh ho ho, these creatures are adorable." The parasprite left Celestia’s wing and continued to fallow Pinkie Pie. "They're not that adorable." Rainbow Dash grumbled under her breath. "I'm truley honored that you and the good citizens of Ponyville have organized a parade in honor of my visit." Celestia smiled. "Parade?" Twillight said confused, but decided to play along. "Oh. Yes, the parade." "Unfortunately, that visit is going to have to wait for another time. I'm afraid an emergency has come up in Fillydelphia. Apparently there's been some sort of infestation." Celestia frowned in dissapointment. "An... infestation?" Twilight said sounding innocent. "Yes, a swarm of incredibly bothersome creatures has invaded the poor town. I'm sorry Twilight, to have to put you all through so much trouble." Celestia sighed. "Trouble? What trouble?" Twilight laughed. "Before I have to go, would you care to give me your latest report on the magic of friendship in person?" Celestia requested. "My... report?" Twilight said, thinking about what she may have learned. "Haven't you learned anything about friendship?" Celestia asked, Twilight calmed down for she knew what to say. "Actually, I have. I've learned that sometimes the solution to your problems can come from where you least expect it. It's a good idea to stop and listen to your friends' opinions and perspectives, even when they don't always seem to make sense." Twilight explained. "I'm so proud of you, Twilight Sparkle, and I'm very impressed with your friends as well. It sounds like you're all learning so much from each other." Celestia smiled. "Thank you princess." Twilight said softly. "Lady Celestia!" Warrior called. He stepped forward and knelt before her. "Yes, what is it Warrior?" Celestia asked. "How is Canterlot’s reconstruction coming?" "Better than we could have hoped, thank you. We will most defiantly have Canterlot back to its former glory before the Grand Galloping Gala." "Celestia, I must know, the reports that the Emperor is after. Are they in the hands of Chaos?" Celestia’s eyes bugged out and she sighed in a sad tone. "So you know about them." Celestia smiled slightly. "Well, I can gladly say that Chaos does not have the reports. I tricked him with a decoy, but Warrior, you must tell me, what do you think of Equestria?" "It’s a lovely place and defiantly needs to be protected from Chaos." Warrior said nothing more than that. "I’m glad you think that way, but would you say that Twilight’s studies of friendship may have helped you out in some ways?" "Why would they? That’s not why I’m here." Celestia did her best to hide it but her face showed signs of dissapointment. The others started showing worried looks. "Warrior!" Twilight said walking in front of him. "We’re friends right? All seven of us?" Twilight had a great look of concern on her face. Warrior didn’t respond, he simply put his head to the side. He knows that his answer may cause them to start crying. Celestia however, already knows what Warrior’s true feelings on the subject are. With wisdom like hers, it didn't take long for her to figure it out. Warrior noticed the others looking at him with very concerned faces. "Well, in a few days Ponyville will be doing a festival to welcome the start of spring. I would like to request your presence Warrior." Celestia said to Warrior, he didn’t respond. Celestia climbed into her carriage and left. "We are your friend’s right?" Rarity asked Warrior, he still didn’t respond. "After all we helped you remember that thing about Zecora. Doesn’t that make you happy?" Rainbow Dash asked. Warrior still didn’t respond. "Come on! What’s with the silent treatment!?" Twilight yelled. "I am grateful for your concern to help me remember the things I cannot. That is enough." Warrior said turning around and heading toward the Sanctuary. "Warrior! We really are happy we met ya’ll and some them other warrior’s of Cosmos!" Applejack called. Warrior stopped and sighed but then continued back to the Sanctuary. Back with Kain, he entered Ultemicia’s Castle and was fallowing Zidane very closely, but as the day comes to an end, he set a tent up and decided to rest for the night. Meawhile at the roof of Pandemonium Golbez came walking by as the Emperor sat on his throne with his wound that Warrior gave him bandaged up. "If all the warriors of one side should fall, it spells defeat for their deity and master." The Emperor said glaring at the warlock. "And here I was thinking one of our enemies was acting oddly." He rose from his throne and approached Golbez. "Now, I see he plans to deliberately invite that defeat. Thus they preserve the power of their goddess, and carry it with them to the next battle." "Their precious crystals- the blessings of Cosmos." Golbez responded. "Yes, and yet I am bothered by a simple fact." The Emperor scowled. "The warriors of Cosmos have suffered loss after loss. Not one of them holds memories of previous struggles. They should know nothing of these matters. In fact Equestria should already be in flames by now, but one warrior stands in our way of accomplishing that goal. In fact I probably would have gotten the reports myself had he had not interfered. From whom did they learn this strategy for ushering in a new conflict? Also how do you suppose that Cosmos knows about what we’re trying to do to Equestria. Cosmos herself?" The Emperor asked trying not to sound like an interrogator. "Or more worrisome…" The Emperor began to seriously stare Golbez down. "An ally of Chaos? For only the victors have been permitted to remember all that has passed before." Golbez grumbled and looked away from the Emperor, for he knows that his allies are onto him. "No matter. It will be satisfying to dash their budding hopes." The Emperor smirked. "And those six steeds will indeed die for insulting us." "What exactly are you planning?" Golbez asked. "Their annihilation. In one fell swoop." The Emperor smiled. "You mean to attack Cosmos directly?" Golbez asked. "It seems to me a much more efficient method than hunting each warrior down, one by one." The Emperor explained. "What of Equestria?" Golbez asked. "I’m unsure but we have been assured that we will get the answers to the reports soon." The Emperor explained. "Not only that but we will be gaining back an ally who resigned from our ranks." The Emperor smiled. "You mean the second princess?" Golbez asked. "Yes, you see our little jester, certainly has very efficient means of persuasion." The Emperor smiled. "Not to worry about the reports either for we have been promised that we will have our answers to what they hold even without finding the reports themselves." Golbez started to feel uneasy for what could possibly happen next to Equestria, it’s bad enough they had to suffer many deaths from an invasion. "We will take this fragile hope of theirs and crush it beneath our boots. Won’t we, Golbez?" Golbez didn’t respond. Then the Emperor looked to the side, to the body of Jecht lying on the floor waiting to reawaken. "That reminds me. The divine power they strive to protect? This brave soul managed to take a shard for himself….Hmmhmmhmm. He is touched by the energy of a goddess. I look forward to his next awakening." Later at the Sanctuary Warrior returned and approached Cosmos. "How fared the ordeal with the creatures?" Cosmos asked. "As it turns out they were some bothersome pest that would have over infested the land had we not accepted the assistance of Pinkie Pie. Who was acting quite strange. She seemed to be acting as if what she was doing had nothing to do with getting rid of the infestation, but the truth is she was working towards that goal the whole time." Warrior explained. "It shows that even the most strangest and unexpected person really can help in a big way." Cosmos said. "I hope I removed all the Parasprites from this area." Warrior said. Cosmos stood up and held out her hands and inside her palms, another summon stone. "Where did that come from?" "Well, before you removed the Parasprites from this area one coughed up this summon stone before you left." Cosmos explained. "Makes sense after all when the manikins attempted to invade Equestria again, the Parasprites got the manikins and devoured them." Cosmos’s eyes bugged out at hearing that the manikins actually got eaten. "I guess maybe the Parasprites feel as if I could feed them any more manikins if they get hungry. After words I got conformation about the reports, the enemy has not acquired them." "So you still not see the six as friends?" Cosmos frowned. "No." Warrior admitted looking away from Cosmos. "They tried to ask me those same questions, I chose not to answer, because I know that my true answer may cause serious damage. Especially for what Celestia want's for Twilight Sparkle, with her learnings friendship." Cosmos frowned and sighed. "I must go, I have matters to attend to." Cosmos said. She flashed up into the heavens and left Warrior alone. At Ultimecia’s Castle the brawler Tifa Lockhart, just finished battling a group of manikins. "Phew. That’s most of them. Now’s my chance to get outta here!' She said to herself. She cracked her knuckles and charged forward to battle more. A week has passed after the Parasprite infestation and Warrior got ready to go to Equestria again, something really strange was going on, after the infestation the Mane Six have been showing lots of signs for concern for Warrior, even if nothing seems wrong with him. But Warrior knows that now is the time for the big event he was invited to. The Winter Wrap up. He walked towards the gateway and entered Equestria. Once he enetered it he noticed the reminantes of the last snow storm of the season, mounds of snow still all over the place stretching for as far as the eyes could see, snow storm clouds still in the sky, and many ponds still frozen over. He noticed that the residents were wearing vest, blue, green, and tan colors. Warrior was told by Rarity that she made the vest, the vest are color coded to represent teams, blue for weather, green for plants, and tan for animals. Warrior joined a huge gathering of ponies flocking to city hall where Mayor Mare is addressing the start of the festivities. "Thank you everypony, for being here bright and early." Mayor Mare announced, she turned her attention to Warrior. "We also welcome our honored guest to this special day." Warrior nodded to Mayor Mare. "We need every single pony's help to wrap up winter, and bring in spring." All the ponies cheered. "Now, all of you have your vests, and have been assigned to your teams, so let's do even better than last year, and have the quickest Winter Wrap Up ever!" Warrior noticed Twilight jumping around in the crowd. It appears she never got assigned to a team. The ponies began to cheer again. "Alright everypony, find your team leader, and let's get galloping!" Mayor Mare turned her attention to Warrior. "Now Warrior, we would like it if you joined Pinkie Pie on the weather team in breaking the ice frozen over the ponds. Now it is the upmost importance that you DO NOT use magic to do this. You must use your own natural talents." Warrior sighed and nodded, he would normally just walk away and mind his own business, but he remembered what Cosmos ordered him to do. “Help them with their everyday problems.” "Hey Warrior!" Rarity called Warrior turned around and noticed Rarity galloping up to him she stopped in front of him. She used her unicorn magic to hand Warrior a blue vest. "I made this for you since you’re going to help us today." Warrior held the vest in his hands and noticed that this vest was specifically designed for a human. "Now are you sure that these things are tradition for this event?" Warrior asked, he would prefer to wear his own armor rather than a vest. "Oh yes, it symbolizes the team work shared in moving the seasons around." Warrior shook his head, remembering that the atmosphere gets worked on in this world rather than by itself. "Look it's extra large so you can slip it on over your armor!" Warrior took his helmet off and put the blue vest on over his armor, and then he put his helmet back on. Rarity smiled. It suits you well, don't you like it? Yes, you do make exquisite outfits. Warrior said. Rarity giggled and galloped away to return to making nest for the animals. Warrior left and went to go join Pinkie Pie when all of a sudden Rainbow Dash started singing, Warrior noticed that all the ponies in Ponyville started to join in on the singing. "Now they’re all singing? Why?" Warrior sighed in an annoyed tone. Back at Ultimecia’s Castle, Zidane stopped for a moment to adjust the armlets on his wrist. Kain saw his opening, he lowered himself and jumped into the air to use his jump attack on Zidane. Zidane only turned his head for one moment when he noticed Kain coming at him. Unfortunately he couldn’t act quickly enough, for Kain instantly knocked him out. Not so far behind was Tifa, Kain continued to travel with an unconscious Zidane under his arm. He noticed Tifa in the area and decided to pursue her. Warrior arrived at a frozen pond to see Pinkie Pie ice skating on the surface. "Hello Warrior!" She called. Warrior observed Pinkie Pie skating and figured out how she’s going about breaking the ice. "I’m here to inform you that I’m here to assist in de-icing the ponds." Warrior called. "How nice!" Pinkie Pie laughed twirling in the air. She appeared to be really enjoying herself. "Care to put on some skates and joining me?" "Not really, I believe I know a way to break the ice." Warrior said. "Ok have fun!" Pinkie Pie said sliding around on the ice. "Helloooooo Twilight! Wheeeeee!" Warrior noticed Twilight approaching over the hill with Spike sitting on her back Warrior waked around the lake and joined Twilight. "Wow Pinkie Pie, you're quite the skater. Probably the best skater I've ever seen." Twilight complimented. Pinkie Pie stopped next to Twilight and smiled. Warrior even admitted to himself that Pinkie Pie is very skilled on skates. "Hello Warrior, glad you could make it!" Warrior nodded to Twilight. She noticed the vest he’s wearing. "Nice vest!" "Thank you Twilight." Warrior replied lowering his head to her in respect. "Thanks Twilight, I've been doing this since I was an itty-bitty little-wittle Twinkie-Pinkie. Just comes natural." Pinkie Pie went back to skating and continued to show her skill by skating backwards and doing jumps. "I cut lines in the lakes with my skates. That way, when the rest of the weather team comes here to break the ice, it'll be easy as pie." "How clever." Twilight commented. "When the thick ice begins to melt, it'll break along the lines. Well you sure have a lot of work ahead of you, there's quite a few lakes in Ponyville." "Ha, tell me about it. Well it’s not so bad, Warrior will be here to help me." Warrior noticed that Twilight isn’t wearing a vest. "Twilight, you have not found a group to work with haven’t you?" Warrior said. Twilight giggled and shook her head. "No but I am determined to help out!" Twilight said in a bold tone. "Hey, Twilight, wanna help me out?" Pinkie Pie suggested. "Would I?" Twilight gasped in happiness. "Come on, put on those skates over there. I bet you'll be a natural too!" Pinkie Pie encouraged. "Ok." Twilight nodded. Pinkie Pie slid away and brought back a pair of extra skates. Spike got off Twilight’s back and stood on the side of the pond and watched. Twilight put the skates on and Pinkie Pie went back to sliding on the ice, Twilight struggled to stand up. He legs spread apart and she made worrying faces. "Uh... maybe on second thought." She slipped hand landed right on her face and quickly got back up. "What are you talking about? You said you wanted to be helpful." Spike pointed out. Warrior decided to watch and see how she does. "Now get out there!" Spike shoved Twilight’s behind and sent her slidng onto the ice. "Yipee!" Pinkie Pie cheered doing a flip in the air. "Oh no, whoa, wow..." Twilight cried as she began to slide and spin around out of controll. Warrior decided to run after her to save her but when he started running on the ice he slipped and fell on his bottom. "Twilight, steer! Steer!" Pinkie Pie cried. Twilight did steer into a u turn but accidentally crashed into Pinkie Pie and they both started sliding out of control together and then crashed into Spike and went sliding into the snow. Warrior looked at them covered in snow and began to feel a strange tickling sensation in his chest but it quickly went away as fast as it appeared. The three shook the snow off and Spike started laughing. "Ha ha, you are a natural, Twilight. A natural disaster." Spike mocked, the others regained themselves and stood back up. "Twilight, you did a great job your first time around. I'm sure my first time was just as wobbly and bobbly and crasheriffic as yours." Pinkie Pie encouraged. "Really?" Twilight smiled. "No. Pinkie Pie sighed. Spike giggled at the irony and Twilight hung her head in sadness. "But did I make you feel better?" Pinkie Pie smiled at her. "Mm-hmm, yeah, I guess." Twilight said, hiding the fact that she really wasn't. "I think you'll be super awesome at something that keeps your hoofs on the ground." Pinkie Pie encouraged. "I know, Fluttershy could probably use your help with the critters." "Hey Warrior!" Twilight called. She walked over to him as they both walked back onto the snow. "How exactly do you plan on helping Pinkie?" "Well, let me show you." Warrior explained, they walked over the pond and Spike quickly caught back up and Pinkie Pie went back to skating around. They came to another frozen lake and he drew his sword. "You see Mayor Mare has explained to me what all the teams are for, replanting food plants, calling the animals from hibernation, and clearing away the weather and reshaping the land for spring." Warrior pointed to the rest of the weather team above who was removing all the clouds. Once they removed a particular group of clouds the sun began to shine on the lake they arrived at. Warrior went to a corner of the lake and ran at it he jumped onto the ice and began sliding in a straight line to the other side. As he slid he was running his sword across the surface creating lines that would normally be created by ice skates. Warrior went to the other three corners of the lake and did the same thing and slid his blade across the surface. Then he did the same for the top and bottom and sides. "That’s awesome, even without skates!" Spike cheered. "That’s nice Warrior, but isn’t those ice chunks a little too big to break and melt away?" Twilight asked. "No matter, I will assist the weather team in a big way, just watch." Warrior explained. He slowly walked onto the ice at the area where all the lines Warrior made all intersect together. Warrior raised his sword above that area and slammed the blade into the ice then all the ice broke along the lines and Warrior quickly jumped along the icicles and made it back to the snow. Twilight and Spike stared at the broken ice in awe. Warrior walked back to Twilight. "That’s amazing!" Twilight said with her mouth hanging open. "Thank you." Warrior nodded. "I just wish I could be as helpful as you are." Twilight sighed hanging her head. "Fear not." Warrior said kneeling to her eye level. "I know you will do your part. I know you will give assistance in a big way." Twilight smiled at Warrior and nodded. "Just don’t give up." "Of course!" Twilight smiled. "I won’t give up! I’m going to help Fluttershy with the animals! Come on Spike!" Twilight got Spike back on her back and they left to join Fluttershy. Over at Canterlot Castle Celestia stared out the window and saw the ponies doing their own winter wrap up while other ponies continued to rebuild Canterlot. Celestia heard a noise behind her and turned around to see Cosmos standing before her. "Hello Cosmos!" Celestia smiled. "Nice to see you again." Cosmos said. "How goes the war?" Celestia asked. "Not good, it appears, for now, finding the crystals is out of the question." Cosmos frowned. "I must ask, how is Warrior faring with the ponies?" "I’m afraid that he does not see them as friends. While he may have never said those words, I’ve seen it on his face." Celestia sighed. "I can confirm that. After all, I’ve heard him only refer to them as acquaintances." Cosmos said. "I fear that maybe your plan for Warrior and your other soldiers may fail." Celestia sighed. Cosmos closed her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek. "I only want what’s best for him. I know what he fears most, I just want him to be able to live outside of being a soldier. I don’t want him to be lost when the conflict comes to an end." Cosmos said in a sad tone. "However there may be a way to help out this plan work faster." Celestia said in a strong tone. Cosmos and Celestia stared at each other for a while until they both understood what had to be done. "I must show them the reports." Cosmos looked away. "I also know of a way that Warrior and the six can become closer. But it may go against everything you preach to your citizens." Cosmos said. "If it’s forbidden magick, I already know about how you taught Twilight the Vanish spell." Celestia said. "How?" Cosmos asked staring at Celestia with a worried look. "Twilight Sparkle told me before she left when the Emperor attacked Canterlot." Celestia explained. "I will allow you to proceed in giving forbidden magick to my student. I know Twilight Sparkle well enough to know she will not abuse this power." "I’m afraid I have to agree, forbidden magick may be a key component into Warrior figuring out the secret later. As far as the Reports, Warrior must not see them!" Cosmos said sternly. Celestia nodded, Comos got ready to leave but Celestia stopped her. "You know we should set a day where we can just relax and catch up!" Celestia suggested. Cosmos smiled and nodded. "Well we can right now. I must know what is so important about this Twilight Sparkle?" Celestia walked over to Cosmos and began to talk about Twilight’s lessons and her purpose. Back with Tifa she continued to travel Ultemicia’s Castle. "Oh my. It appears there are survivors." The voice of Ultimecia, the sorceress who wears a red dress with a revealing slit down the center bordered with a big black bushy fur border that gets so big in the back it looked like a lion’s mane. Her hair is stretched out into two big horn styles on both sides like the Emperor’s crown. She had two black wings and many tattoos on her body, face, and legs. Her hands and feet slowly fade to black on her white skin, showing that she is defiantly otherworldly. She appeared before Tifa in a flow of black feathers. "Ultimecia." Tifa sighed glaring at the sorceress. "How wonderful! I’d just been searching for someone to fight." Ultimecia laughed. "There are so few of you left." "Really?" Tifa scoffed readying her fist and taking a fighters stance. "Same problem here I guess this is our lucky day. It’s been a while since I’ve fought anything but manikins." "You wish to challenge me?" Ultimecia mocked. "You are quite the curious girl, aren’t you? Interesting, I’d thought Cosmos’s stragglers would be deep in despair, having lost so many of their friends." Ultimecia put on a fearsome face. "Yet here you are defiant. I can remedy that." "You will be rejoining your allies soon." Ultimecia threatened. "Yeah, as soon as I’m done with you!" Tifa countered. Tifa charged at Ultimecia and began throwing punches at her grunting as she throws each one, but Ultimecia dodged each one of them by simply flashing backwards with great speed. "Deep Dispair." Ultimecia hissed throwing a gravitational sphere at Tifa, she dodged it and it landed on the floor and it stayed there, it began to pull her into the giant sphere. Tifa’s trying to run from it but once it pulled her close enough, the sphere exploded and sent Tifa flying into the wall. "Right through!" Ultimecia spread her wings and arms and created several purple blades and she sent them flying at Tifa. She quickly leaped off the wall and started jumping around the place to dodge the blades. "On Your knees!" Ultemicia hissed again, and created three spears to appear underneath Tifa, luckily, Tifa dodged the attack when Ultimecia tried to impale her with them. "Planet’s power." Tifa called as she began to collect a huge amount of magical energy on herself and darted over to Utimecia and struck Ultimecia with a whirling upwards kick. Ultimecia went flying upwards and Tifa went up after her and continued to punch and kick her. Her fist began to glow. "Burst!" Ultimecia went flying backwards, she quickly regained herself and repositioned herself to land on her feet. "There!" Ultimecia smirked, she stretched out her arm and launched several red blades at Tifa at the rate of a machine gun. Tifa ran and hid behind a stone column, the blades just continuously bounced off the column. "There is no running from this pain!" Ultimecia created a arcane symbol underneath her feet and sent it flying towards Tifa. Unfortunately Tifa didn’t move from behind the column once the symbol made it over to Tifa, it slunk underneath her feet and shot up five magical beams, one on the four corners and one in center. Tifa wailed in pain as she was launched upwards. She landed on the walkway and got back up on her feet. Ultimecia appeared several feet away from her and challenged her to come over to her with her face. Tifa grunted and charged at Ultimecia and once she appeared a few inches away from her, she gave a roundhouse kick to her face. But before she could hurt her, Ultimecia shifted and her body, it crystallized and she’s been replaced with a manikin, Tifa instead shattered the manikin with her kick. Tifa growled, displeased with Ultimecia fleeing like that. Ultimecia appeared behind her and readied her fingers to kill Tifa. "This ends now!" She said coldly, she began charging up her magick but luckily Kain dropped down from above and landed between Tifa and Ultimecia. Kain had his lance at the ready and stared Ultimecia down. She grunted in disappointment. "It seems we are not alone." "Kain!" Tifa said happily. "You’re safe." Kain sighed in relief. "I’m fine-thank goodness, you are too!" Tifa said also sighing in relief. "Delighted to see the traitor to your cause?" Ultimecia laughed. "Oh you poor child." "Traitor?" Tifa questioned. "Oh I’m sorry, had you thought him your savior?" Ultimecia mocked. "If I were you I’d be more worried about him than me." Ultimecia giving Kain an accusing look then she warped behind Tifa, then warped to her side. "Hmhmhmhmmm. Isn’t that so?" She asked Kain. "What are you talking about? You’re not making sense." Tifa questioned. "Look at that fallen warrior behind you. Surely you won’t dismiss evidence like that." Ultimecia smirked. "Behind me?" Tifa wondered she turned and looked to see an unconscious Zidane lying on the floor several feet away from her. "Zidane!" "Do you want to know what befell him?" Ultimecia offered. "Ask your knight in shining armor." Tifa’s face bugged out in shock as she turned to look at Kain. Ultimecia laughed some more before vanishing leaving only black feathers behind. "Zidane!" Tifa cried, she took two steps towards him. "Wait!" Kain halted. "Wait!? He’s hurt, we have to help him!" Tifa cried. "No!" Kain yelled raising his lance to stop her. "What!?" Tifa cried. Kain leaped towards Zidane and picked him up. "Kain! Zidane!" Kain jumped upwards and away. Tifa began to worry for both Kain and Zidane, and most importantly, weither or not Ultimecia was telling the truth. 'What…what just happened? What’s going on?" She knows what she must do, she must get Kain to confess. "Just hafta find Kain and talk. She ran off to catch him." Back in Ponyville the day was almost out and Warrior only broke three lakes. Warrior looked around at the other ice scorers and sees that they were working but they wern't having much progress either. He noticed Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy debating each other on what’s more important. "Rainbow Dash, y'all on the weather team need to melt the rest of the snow here on the ground and the trees, pronto." Applejack ordered. "Got it." Rainbow Dash said she attempted to go melt the snow but Fluttershy stopped him. "Wait. My poor little animals' homes will get flooded if the snow melts too fast." Fluttershy protested. "Got it!" Rainbow Dash agreed. "I'm tellin' you Rainbow, you gotta melt that snow now." Applejack argued. "No, you simply must wait." Fluttershy argued. Rainbow Dash flew up and joined her group of pegasi waiting to hear what they need to do. "Okay." Rainbow Dash said, then Applejack and Fluttershy began to argue louder. "Go." "Stop." "Go." "Stop." "GO!" "STOP!" "Ugh! Make up your minds!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "Oh! What in Equestria are all you arguing about?" Mayor Mare interjected. "This sort of silliness is why we were late for spring last year, and the year before that, and the year before that." "Late? I guess while they look forward to this event. They don’t plan for it very well." Warrior thought. "I was hoping my amazingly inspirational speech would urge everyone to do better than last year, but now it looks like we're going to be later than ever". Mayor Mare complained. "I mean just look at this catastrophe. The ice scorers made the ice chunks too big to melt. Warrior's doing fine but he’s the only one doing well, the numbers are not in his favor compared to all the ponds and lakes that need to be broken! The nest designer is horrendously behind, we need several hundred, and she's only made one! And don't get me started on all the clouds in the sky, the icicles on the trees... This isn't good, not at all!" "And it's gonna be all to pieces disastrous if we can't get our seeds all planted." Applejack said trying to argue her case. "Chillax Applejack, we're bustin' our chops as fast as we can." Rainbow Dash argued. "No, not fast, we have to wake animals slowly." Fluttershy argued. "Uh AJ?" Big Macintosh said approaching with a yellow stallion who's looking ashamed. "Oh good gravy, Caramel lost the grass seeds again, didn't he?" Applejack sighed. "Eeyup." "Ditzy Doo accidentally went north to get the southern birds!" One Pegasus cired. "Oh that featherbrain. Didn't she learn her lesson last year when she went west?" Rainbow Dash shouted. Then all the groups started arguing with each other. Warrior walked towards the scene and rejoined Twilight who was hiding in a bush with Spike standing next to it Warrior did find it odd about what Twilight’s doing, but decided not to question it. There were more important matters to deal with. "Stop this at once. We don't have time to argue. It's almost sundown. Spring is going to be late again. Another year of scandal and shame." Mayor Mare shrieked in a worried tone. "If only we could be more organized." That word really spoke out to Twilight and she jumped out of the bush. "Spike! Get my checklist and clipboard, STAT!" Twilight said happily. "Eh, yes ma'am." Spike stammered saluting Twilight and running away. Twilight turned to Warrior. "Thanks, you were right! I did find what I needed to do in order to help." "See, you shall help in a big way!" Warrior encouraged. "Stop everypony!" Twilight called trying to calm the arguing group of ponies, but they did'nt stop arguing. "Stop!" They still have not stopped arguing, then she used her unicorn powers to slightly squeeze a nearby bird. Its loud chirp caused all the ponies to stop arguing and gave Twilight their attention. "Sorry." Twilight whispered to the bird setting it free. She turned her attention to the crowd. "I know you all want to complete your jobs on time, but arguing is no way to go about it. What you need is organization, and I'm just the pony for the job." Spike came back with a clipboard and a quill. Twilight gave out her instructions to the weather team and had them skate on the ice in a very specific formation. As a result the skaters cut the ice in a nice and even pattern. She had the plant team plow the snow away and the others plant the seeds into the ground behind them. Warrior stood by and watched, feeling proud for Twilight, yet still is not showing it on his face. Twilight, with Warrior and Fluttershy’s help, created a special device connecting several small bells with a long rope. Twilight used her unicorn magic to place each of the bells over small holes in the ground. Twilight pulled on the rope and all the bells rung and all the small animals crawled out of the holes. Twilight jumped into a nearby tree in fear when snakes slithered out of the hole. Fluttershy, Spike, and Warrior were not bothered by them at all. The Pegasi half of the weather team is having Rainbow Dash lead, she was spining around really fast, producing a cyclone. The others are fallowing her with great speed. Rainbow Dash was cutting through the storm clouds and the tail wind that the pegasi were creating behind them was blowing away the ice and snow on the trees and ground. Night came not soon after the rest of the team continued planting seeds and the remaining pegasi returned with all the birds that flew south. When day came around the first day of spring has arrived. The team all looked at the fruits of their labor as they were proud of the fact that they are on time for once. The citizens all arrived at the hill overlooking Ponyville to see their work. Mayor Mare approached Twilight. "I can't believe it. Spring is here! On time!" Mayor Mare cheered. "And we have you to thank for it. If it weren't for your organizing skills we would still be arguing. You have our gratitude for your assistance as well Warrior." "Eeyup." Big Macintosh stated, all the ponies broke out in laughter. "It was a team effort." Twilight smiled. "And since you helped every team, we have an official vest for you. We give you the title, 'All-Team Organizer". Rarity used her unicorn magic to place a special blue and green colored vest onto Twilight. "Gosh, I don't even know what to say. Thank you everypony." Twilight said tearing up at how much of a big help she was after all the mess ups she caused. "And hereby I declare that winter is... wrapped up on time." Mayor Mare announced. All the ponies cheered. "Spike's sure gonna be in for a hog-sized surprised when that last piece a' ice melts." Applejack giggled, the other ponies began to laugh as well. Seeing that Spike was sleeping on a small iceberg in the middle of a pond. Warrior and Twilight exchanged looks and Warrior nodded to her. He began to walk away and Twilight fallowed him. "Hey Warrior!" Twilight called. Warrior stopped and turned around and noticed that the two are alone. "Yes?" Warrior asked. "Thanks for believing in me. You were right! I helped in a big way!" Twilight smiled. "You have a great skill Twilight. This village should be happy to have you." Warrior explained. "Now if you excuse me, I will return to Cosmos." Warrior began to walk away again. "Wait!" Twilight called. Warrior stopped moving. "Yes?" "About that time when Princess Celestia asked you about us….you didn’t answer us about being friends." Twilight said nervously, pawing the ground with her hove. "I’m sorry for prying, but, do you….not like me and the others?" Warrior looked at Twilight and noticed that she had a sad look on her face. "Are we just an annoyance to you? Do you not want to be our friends?" Warrior sighed and decided to speak. "I am grateful that we have met, after all there are a few times, when I would have died if you had not intervened." Warrior explained. "I am ordered to protect you, your friends and your world from the forces of Chaos. But you also need to understand I’m not of this world. I do not belong here. I cannot leave a piece of myself here. For if I do I may never unlock the mystery for the mask I see in the mirror on my face every day. Don’t forget I’m a soldier trapped in a war, I don’t know what waits for me beyond it." Twilight sighed. "It’s okay. You don't have to worry about it." "I will see you again Twilight Sparkle." Warrior said walking back to the Sanctuary. "I know what’s bothering him. We need to help him! He needs us!" Twilight thought.