A day had passed since the destruction of Discord tower and the dissapearance of Winter Song. Fluttershy was worried sick fortunately her friends where ther to help her and her daughter to feel better.
Sonata having lost his stallions after the destruction of the tower decide to search for a new guild that could help him serving Equestria. He found it when he heard about a guild that simply call themself the Peacemakers.
Their goal was as their name imply, to bring peace back into Equestria, since Discord is way too...Chaotic to find and the Purus Sanguis arleady made a oath to exterminate every vampires in Equestria including Titiritero. The main goal of the Peacemakers for now was to fight the Moon Fangs the guild formed by Nightmare Moon.
The guild was formed by Star Swirl the bearded, but the real reason it’s became so big was because princess Twilight Sparkle joined it. Sonata was curently on mission with Brew Blade and a few players, to a cave who have been rumored to have strange magical activities.
The guild was not sure if it was the Moon Fangs but decide to send a small squad to see what it was all about. Sonata decide to approach Brew after a while. ``So Brew how life been on you? We didn’t really had the chance to talk often since Dream died all those years ago.``
``It’s been okay I guess, hunting monsters with the other guards have been fun and I always get a sense of acomplishement each time a pony thank me for my efforts.`` Sonata didn’t look convince.
``There something else isn’t?`` The zebra sigh, she knew the featherhead wouldn’t leave it at that.
``But sometime I’m questioning if becoming a guard was the best decision, I like the job just fine but I don’t like the consequences that came with it.``
``You’re talking about your banishement of your tribe or Twilight?`` The griffin ask unsure.
She huff as if the response should have been obvious. ``I don’t care about these bigots in my tribe, but Twilight... She’s something special, not just for the fact that she became princess, she genuinely care for everypony who met her, something extremeley rare in places like Zebrica or Griffonya.``
``Dream also help anypony if I remember`` Sonata said.
``No Dream help his friends and family, but he wasn’t the type to go through all Equestria to help some ponies he didn’t even know.`` Brew state.
``But didn’t he help us in Griffonya? We were perfect strangers to him at that moment, that without talking of the time he save that human who was accused of murder.`` Sonata said confused at what she was saying, she sigh in annoyance at his ignorance.
``Me and you pretty much invite ourself in his little adventure and as for Soft Paw you know how he love animals, he couldn’t have let a innocent cat being kill by wolves in good conciense. As for Carl I don’t really know why he did it, I guess he felt responsible of him for some reasons.``
Sonata shrugh not really caring for the reason he did it. ``So if you regret not being with Twilight what will you do now?`` Sonata calmly ask.
``Well I think I will-``
``Ok we’re here! Prepare yourself the Moon Fangs could be anywhere!`` Said the commanding voice of Star Swirl. Sonata and Brew turn their attention to their surounding, the griffin took his violin bow in his claw just in case somepony would attack him.
In the cave in front of them the adventurers could see something glowing brightly inside of the cave, the reports of there being magical activities was corrects but was it the work of the Moon Fangs? They didn’t have to wait a long time for a response when a arrow transperce the head of one of the players.
``Oh my god! They killed Mario! You Bastard!`` A random player scream. The attacker reveal themself grinning cruelly at the adventurers, most of them where Earth ponies, but there was also a few unicorns. A very beautiful and tall unicorn mare with a coat white as snow clamly trot in front of the Moon Fangs.
She look in everyway like Fleur de Lys who had dissapeared a month ago, the only difference was her eyes, it look as if they had replaced her eyes full of life with the cold and vicious look of a dragon. She look unimpressed at the adventurers before her.
``Kill them`` She said simply, as soon as they heard the command the Moon Fangs let a war cry before charging at the Peacemakers. As soon as he heard the command Star Swirl teleport himself behind his guild.
``We can’t let them win! our mission is to invistigate that cave we can’t let them have it!`` Sonata glare at the old stallion.
``Won’t you help us old man?!``
``Of course not! I’m a stallion of science and the arts of arcane, not a simple minded warrior, that why I created a guild in the first place! So all of you can protect me!`` He said glaring at the griffin.
``I arleady hate this guy.`` Sonata grumble under his breath before tightening his grip on his blade. Sonata saw one of the Moon Fangs kill one of his ally and decide to charge at him, the eyes of the stallion widden when he saw the griffin charging at him.
Sonata threw the first hit which was easily blocked byt the stallion. The pony punch Sonata on his legs Sonata who had all his attention on the sword of his foe was surprise and look where the pain came from.
The pony grin at his reaction and profite of the distraction to swing his sword at the warrior. Sonata saw it just in time and back away, unfortunately the stallion was still able to left him a scare on his cheek. ``If he want to play like this so be it.`` Sonata decide to try something risky.
He threw his blade in the air, the pony didn’t expectin this foolish action couldn’t help but to stare at the flying weapon, Sonata dive at the pony, before he could react he dug his claws in the neck of the Earth pony. His body began to glow before exploding in shards.
Sonata look around and notice that his friends where winning on the battle, Brew had already killed two Moon Fangs with her bow and arrows and the players also did a good job on fighting the ennemies. He notice that the mare giving the orders growl at the scene.
``Pathetic, I should have know these ponies wouldn’t take this seriously, look like I must be the one who does everything, again!`` Her horn began to glow before she summon four tall swords. She threw the first one to a player who had just kill one of her warriors.
The players didn’t saw the projectile and time and explode in shard before he could even understand what happened. ``Oh my god! They Killed Luigi! You bastard!`` The second one was aim to Star Swirl the bearded.
The old stallion look unimpressed at the atempt to kill him and summon a weapon of his own. A large metalic staff appear before him, he easily block every slash of the blade, he gave a more poweful hit throwing the sword away from him before casting a pink shield around the weapon to imprison it.
``Stallion of science my ass!`` Sonata said loud enough for Star Swirl to hear but he didn’t gave any response he heard it. The last two swords was aimed to Brew, the zebra seeing she was in danger search in her saddlebag before bringing a red bottle in her hoof, she quickly threw it on the ground.
The effect was immediate a small explosion create itself in the middle of the battlefield knocking the two swords down of their trajectory. Sonata upon seeing the mare had lose all her swords charge at her his blande in his claws.
The only problem was that he forgot one very important detail, his foe was a magic user. The fake Fleur de Lys cast a spell summonning two black clouds. Within seconds the cloud produce lighning bolts in direction of the griffin. The warrior instincts of Sonata immediatly took in and quikly jump betwen the bolts with a incredible agility, unfortunately the bolt having lost their main aim crash on two unfortunate players who were fighting behind.
The mare eyes widden when she saw her last attempt at killing the griffin had fail, Sonata didn’t let her a chance to summon anything else and with all his might he punch the mare with his hard claws directly on her muzzle. Blood pour out of her nose as she feel on the ground, Sonata place a powerful arm on her torso and put his blade on her throat.
``It’s finish Moon Fang, whatever you did in that cave will be knowed to all Equestria!`` He glare at her, surprising him she chuckle.
``Are you that stupid? We’re not the one who made the magical disturbance! We where here on order of Discord to see for ourself what it’s was, we through some ponies might try to find a way to quit Equestria without finishing the game and if you think the Moon Fangs could be destroyed in a single battle you are more ignorant than you look.``
The horn of the fake Fleur de Lis glowed before she vanish in a midnight blue cloud. As soon as they saw it the rest of the Moon Fang stop to fight and retreat folowing their leader. The swords summoned by the mare also vanished into thin air as soon as the battle was over.
Sonata look at his group, they had lost almost half of their stallions, fortunately only players where killed, Star Swirl let his shield that imprisoned the sword fade. ``Good jobs my warriors you have all fough valiantly agaisnt the Moon Fangs now we can begin our real goal to investigate the magical activity.``
Everypony- or more precisely everyone calmly follow the old unicorn stallion, as they all enter the cave nothing seem out of ordinary at first, but they quickly found a little glowing gem placed carefully on a small table, under it was a small note where it was written
‘To whoever find this soul catcher please deliver it to the element of kindness in Ponyville and nopony else, if you’re not a bearer of harmony and still open this soul catcher endure the consequences at your own risk.
Your fair protector, Prince Onyx of Equestria’
``Who in name of the four is Onyx? I heard of all the royal family and I have yet to meet somepony called like this.`` Star Swirl said with a frown.
``We don’t care the letter said it was for Fluttershy, so it’s not our business.`` Brew state to the old wizard.
``After all we went though there no way I’m not opening this soul catcher.`` Star Swirl stubornly snort in direction of the zebra.
``You did nothing in this! You just sit back while all the other did your dirty work!`` Sonata cried indignantly, if there was one element of harmony the griffins aproved of, it’s was certainly honesty, the proud warriors who have live and died on the battlefield deserved to have the true tales of their acts knowed to the world. not the acts of some old coward who did nothing else than hiding behind his men!
Brew put a hoof on the griffin and shook her head sympathetically it was not the time for this kind of thing, they were all worn out from the fight nopony want to hear the arguments of two hot heads. Sonata relax his posture but still glare dagger at the bearded Unicorn.
``Star Swirl are you sure it’s a good idea? The thing in this could be dangerous you saw the warning on the note.`` The zebra look at the old stallion worriedly.
``Dangers are part of the job, I must find what it is, there no way I’m letting Twilight Sparkle have the honor of discovering another new magic.`` He muttered the last part under his breath before closing his eyes he concentrate all his attention on the gem, then he felt it, the magic contain in the soul catcher seem young but had a lot of potential, it’s almost remind him of when he first began to teach Clover the Cleaver.
The only difference was that this magic seem a lot more untamed than most Unicorn filly, in fact if he didn’t know better he would say it felt like the magic of a Pegasus. He decide to see it to himself instead of trying to find what it was he began to release the magic imprisoned into the gem.
As soon as the magic was free water began to drip in every corner of the cave a lot more than ususal, a small puddle was quickly forming around the gem and then out of nowhere the gem shot a magic beam in the middle of the puddle which quickly took the form of a small pony.
Everypony had to cover their eyes at the brightness of the form, it took only a few seconds before the light dissapear. When everyone look at what the gem had made appear everypony except Star Swirl gasp both in happiness and in surprise.
``Winter Song!?`` How did the players knew about me I didn’t know but I didn’t really care at the moment, being in a soul catcher is not the best of experience, oh sure the creator of it made sure to put a lot of space, but it’s boring as hay! Somepony definetively need to put some videogames in there or at least some mangas.
Oh! Sorry I got sidetracked again, anyway back to my appearance before the players, the old weirdo, Sonata and Twilight’s ex fillyfriend. Well there where all shocked to see me, but then again where is the surprise in that? I mean of course they are shocked to see the most badflank filly of Equestria, who could blame them?
I simply wave at them with a smile I got to admit as nice the prince Onyx was, there not a single place better than home. ``Hi guys! It’s nice to see you again Sonata and Brew, I’m sure everypony are worried about me after so long, so if it’s not too much trouble, tell everypony that Winter is coming.``