//------------------------------// // Freedom with a price // Story: Proof within the moon. // by New Lunar //------------------------------// My left side was on fire. Only thing that I was missing was my chest plate that I threw at the crowd. 'Did I get to kill that mare?' "Princess I don't know. I was told to hurry to town hall and I could hear Banjo yelling about what you have made him. Celestia what is he talking about?" "Twighlight he is right." It was dark but I wasn't asleep though I could her a pony sigh. "When Discord was not in stone Banjo was the first one to step up. Discord used Banjo's past against him. Yes his family was killed by the royal guard but only due to there way of living. The guard does not just kill for no reason, but Discord changed his memories to make it look like I made them do it." From what I could tell it was Twighlight, Celestia, and I. "But why would he face the god of caose head on?" Celestia could only let out another sigh. "Do you know about the New Luner Republic?" "Yes princess I do." "Thats why. Discord was against it. Those who fought for the NLR had great pride. Discord knew that that was one thing he could not truly buck with due to the way they lived. So he was going to stop it. Only a handful of NLR elite guards fought back. Banjo was the only one that was not slottered on sight do to his age." "I don't understand?" "Banjo was only a colt when he was brought to me. Crying and coverd in blood, he was less than 7 years old." The sadness that filled her voice was renewing to me. It was diffrent than her mother like tone. "So he was trained as a royal guard and hated every minute of it, so I moved him to the luner guard. After his training in Ponyville I didn't hear from him for many years. I got reports saying that a young pale pegusas showed up on front lines in luner armor." She had a long pause before she continued. "So they let him attack the enemy from behind due to his skills and his agility. They said the next morning there were only fires with the smell of burning changling in the air. Out of the thick smoke walked out the pale colt. From that point on he was the scout and assassin." I eased my eyes open trying to make it look like I was not awake. From what I saw i'm once again chained up only this time with wing clamps. The two mares in front of me were both wearing white dresses that matched. They had there backs turned to me so I started to look around trying to figure out where I was. I was just a plain white room dimly lit. There was no windows in here eather. The only thing in there was the large wooden geen door. There small talk about my past I toned out. "So how many of your little ponys are scared and won't come out side?" Both spun around looking at me. "Oh did I get to kill whats her name, Rainbow Dash?" Look of horrer filled Twighlights face. "No she only has a dislocated shoulder." Celestia stepped towards me. "I warned her not to do it." "I belive you Banjo." "I DON'T!!" Twighlight had tears in her eyes. "Twightlight you need to get use to it." A grin filled my face. "Lossing loved ones is easier than taking one." Twighlight looked at me confused. "You see my hands? The blood and brains on them was of a changling thats memorys lay on my fingers." Her face was slowly turning green. "And you know what I loved bashing that poor buckers face into the wall. The only reason I stopped is cause I ran out of face to smash!" I was laughing maddly making Twighlight running out of the room holding her muzzel closed. "Now she is gone tell me what I want to know." My tone changed turning my head to Celestia. "Luna has had a memory wipe. She only remembers when she was no longer Night Maremoon." Her head dropped to the floor. "Do me this one thing Celestia." Her eyes shot up to mine. "Let me go. I would never be seen again by the ponys of Ponyville. I would finsh out my life in the Everfree, and no need to look for my body." "This I will let you do. Only because you saved Luna." Gold dust rapped around my cuffs letting me fall to the hard floor. The wing clamps fell also. "I'll teleport you to the edge of Ponyville, but don't get your hopes up the guard will be looking for you." I closed my eyes my eyes letting the thousands of screams fill my ears. -------- Somewhere in Ponyville. My eyes where still closed. I could feel my body wightless with wind filling my ears. "I KNEW THERE WAS A CATCH!" I was just above the cloud layer falling with broken wings. The night air felt great, the sky was beautiful. Stars placed in perfict spots. "At least I get to see something that I did love at one time." A smile filled my face as I turned my back to the fast oncoming ground. I staired at the sky. Thinking of the ones I have tooken there life over orders. My mother lost her life over simple orders. I started to see lights in the corners of my eyes. My smile faded leaving me at peace for once in my life. The sky was behind me now as I face the center of Ponyville. I closed my eyes, the thousands of feet turned into hundreds than faded into screams. My world was black. I felt nothing, no pain, no fear, no hate. "Well this is bucked up. Didn't even get to say bye to anypony I left behind. I think i'm in love with those but fate says no to everything." I felt no wind, no heat, no cold, I felt nothing. "This is what being dead for ever feels like than." A smile came to my face in the pitch black. "DAD! I'M HOME!" "Banjo you are not home." The voice came from all around me. "So i'm not dead. Than were the buck am I? I know I can't be alive! I'm all over the place in Ponyville!" "No you are not, last of the Moons. You are only in a magic coma in Ponyville hospital. You will need to wake up though. Chrysalis is wanting pay back." "I knew I should have killed her when I could." "She's a god just like Celestia and Luna. They can not be killed, only harmed." "Trust me I know. Wait can I know whom i'm talking to?" "Thats the funny part." The darkness left leaving only me looking at...... Me? "Your talking to you." "So I am crazy." I laughed at me. "I knew it. So I was the one to pull up my own memorys?" "Yyeepp." "So i'm locked in my own head. Not dreaming, but not dead eather." "Your getting it! Well i'm getting it." We both chuckled. "Man i'm a sight for sore eyes. I look like I was ran through a bryer patch." Looking over the other me the scars stuck out with blood. "Now I know why every pony freaked out." I looked into my eyes and there wern't blue but white. "Are you a older me?" Me only chuckled. "No i'm you now. White eyes are earned, saving a royal or fighting one gives you them. We did both." All I could do was laugh. "So all of our family did one or the other! I would be scared of me too." "Well like I said you need to get up. You have been out for a couple of weeks and doctors refuse to let you wake up with out Luna or Celestia's order. And from what I know your guards are out to lunch. Oh and PS you can fly once more. GOOD LUCK ME!" We waved at each other as my mind kicked into gear. 'BEEP, BEEP, BEEP' The beeps got closer and closer until I heard a alarm go off. "HE'S WAKING UP!" I shot open my eyes and ripping out IVs in my arms. "GET STABEL'S NOW!" "Too late i'm up!" I shot out of the bed to be held back by a pair of cuffs. "Ok thats not nice!" I broke the wooden board it was hooked to looking at the window. "I hoped I didn't lie to myself." I charge at the window with nothing but cuffs on my body. "HE'S OUT THE WINDOW!" I was now falling from 5 floors. Wind rushed around with glass falling next to me. I could see everypony in Ponyville stop and see me falling with nothing on. A couple of screams came from the population below me. My wings popped open stopping me from hitting the ground at the last second. "To AJ's house for clothes." I spun around on the ground leaving only dust and glass were I was at. ------- One naked flight later. "BIG MAC!" I knocked on the door and waited for a moment. I never really went out naked and i'm starting to wounder why. Its awsome! I could feel the sun on my wings and back and every breeze felt like, peace. Three sets of small hoofs ran in the house coming to the door. "Well they would have to see a naked stallion sooner or later. At least i'm not bashful." I chuckled to my self while the hoof steps got closer. "Howdy?" All three of the fillys jaws dropped with blushes on the faces. It was halarious but laughing would make me look like a crepper. "Is Big Mac here?" The trio were froozen. "Apple Bloom Who's at tha door?" The large red stallion came from behind the girls sharing the same face. "Big Mac you got some clothes or at least something I can throw on?" He reached behind the door and threw me a large brown duster with out removing his gaze. "Ok you can close your mouths now." Chuckling the fillys could not move but Big Mac pushed them into the house closing the door behind him. "Look I didn't mean to scar them for the rest of there lifes, I swear." Big Mac was not looking at me though, I turned to see what he was in a tranze about, but than I saw it. "Banjo." "Get everypony in the house Mac this for me. Make sure AJ knew I was alive to come see her." I could here him trot to the house locking the door. In the sky in frount of me was 10 luner guard. Two towing a dark chariot and four on each side. Everyone of them was heavily armed. "Well I can't fight back, but there is no respect to be shown." I straitend up waiting for it to land. First to touch the ground was the 8 guards than the 2 with the chariot. Dust went every were but I stood my ground. "Princess Luna wishes to speak with you before we take you Canterlot for what you have done." The biggest leading guard spoke. "I will speak to her but ya'll gona have a hell of a time to get me to go back. Just hope you wished your familys good bye." The dark door opened up and stepping out was the princess of the moon. Her mane and tail flowed freely, her dark blue eyes were beautiful. The dress matched the night sky that came to the ground. I gave a salute. "Why don't you bow to thy?" Her canterlot voice scared me alittle. "I was part of the NLR Elite Task Force ma'am." Speaking to her like she was a drill sargent. "That does not matter to thy! You should still bow!" Her voice was filled with anger now. "I'm sorry I can not do that ma'am. What do you want with lil old me?" My country tone kicked in and my stance turned to a fighting one. All the guards readied there weapons. "Do you wish to stike thy?!" The blue eyes sqwinted at me. "Only if I have to ma'am. Now what do you want." Country to royal guard, smooth. "BANJO!" I looked behind me to see a crying AppleJack in the front window. "BANJO!" "Let me tell you something fellow brothers." They all looked at me with lifless faces when I turned to face them. "We once fought for the never ending darkness. Now we surve the solar empire. I have fought a god and two goddess and saved the ones sister." I pointed towards Luna. "New Luner Republic forever." I pulled up the sleve showing the tattoo. "Now i'm done here." I turned towards the house. "I am not done with you Moon!" Luna was screaming at me. "I do not remember you but I was told I had great feelings for you!" I stopped only to chuckle with my back to her. "At one point of time we did Luna. But thats the past. And mine hunts me thats why I flipped in Ponyville." I started to walk again to the door. "Guards get him." "I do not want to kill any more, Luna please let me go." "Thall shall not!" Tears worked there way to my eyes. "I'm still walking." I was at the door knocking on it. The sound of moving armor got closer to me. "Guys I don't recammend this." The sound did not stop. "Fine!" I spun around ripping holes in the overcoat with my large wings. "CATCH ME!" I broke MOC 1 on take off and Broke into MOC 3 at cloud level. I flew straight to the Everfree working my way into MOC 4, the G force was doing a toll on me. A blond/brown streak was following me. The force was crushing my lungs making me stop breathing. Thick trees was below me. "YES!" I dove down not showing any sign of slowing down. I was now dodging trees only a few inchs from the ground. "WATCH OUT!" Was all I heard before I was eating dirt for a couple hundred yards. "AHH BUCK!" I was once again naked, the duster I had on was shredded past repair. My right arm was mangled and bloody. "Who did that!" Looking around I saw the Rainbow mare laying knocked out on the ground. I let out a sigh and picked her up with my left arm and putted her on my shoulder. "This is going to be along walk." ------------- Something hours later. Edge of the Everfree. The mare on my shoulder got heavier with every step. "Fluttershy's place should be close by." The sun was getting low by the time I saw the small cottage. I sighed in relife when I saw it. It was a short walk from the woods to the door. "Fluttershy you home?" I got no responce. " hellow? I need youre help!" I threw my limp arm at the door trying to knock but only making pain go through my body. "Sorry again Fluttershy." I kicked in the door to the small home. No candles were lit. I walked to the couch setting Rainbow Dash on it. "Uh my head." She raised her hand to her head opening her eyes. I shot off to the side so she didn't see me. "How did I get here?" 'Buck need clothes! Think come on think!' I looked for anything to put on but nothing was close by. "Umm you crashed into me. We was bothing going at high speeds." Hiden by the wall I thought I was safe. "Who are you? And what do you mean I was going MOC 4 speeds. No pony can go that fast with out feeling the G force!" "I know but I can! So don't come looking for me. I'm kinda non clothed." "WHAT!" "Between the G force and hundreds of yards of dirt, trees, and rocks I was kinda put to nothing." A sheepish grin came to my face. "But I was out in the middle of the Everfree! Why was you there?" "Lets say I was being free." "Ok but your in the kitchen and i'm hungry." I golped. "But I can care less about you being naked, i've seen plenty of stallion hoods in my life time." "Ok but your not gona like what you see." I could hear her walk towards me. "Whys tha....." Her jaw dropped when she saw me. Even she blushed a little. "Y-YOU!" Her wide magenta eyes staired at me. "I only did it to get Celestia's mind bucked up. Plus I told you not to do it." She said nothing but her face was turning from shock to anger. "Can we please start new?" "I don't know you did try to kill me!" Her tomboy voice was new to my ears. "I was not going to kill you, Pinkie promise." Her eyes went wide. "How do you know about that?" "Pinkie was one of my buyers for moonshine." "Fine I guess we can." She held her cyan fur hand to me. "I'm Rainbow Dash." "Banjo Moon." I shoke her hand fermly. I looked at her eyes just to follow her gaze down to my pride. "Umm my eyes are up here Rainbow." Her cheeks turned back to red. "Umm, yea I know that!" "Its ok, really. At least you don't want to get sick looking at my scars, most ponys do." I chuckled to the blushing mare. "Do you know where Fluttershy has something I can cover up in? Where is she anyways?" "Shes in Canterlot for something and won't be back for a couple of days. And there is some blankets on the couch but I don't mind." A sly smile came to her lips while giveing me a wink. "You may not mind, but to me its wird being naked with a mare that I just met." "Well you don't have to be the only naked one. Plus your scars are cool." She removed her black leather jacket showing a white muscle shirt, also having on a pair of blue jeans. "Umm. This I don't know how to respond to." My cheeks was heated. "I heard you didn't like being naked with a mare you just met. Well what if I was also naked would it make you feel better?" She started to walk towards me backing me into a wall. The white muscle shirt fell to the floor showing a blue sports bra holding her brest in place. "Look i'm not the only one with the same idea." I looked down to see that I was hard. "Rainbow don't make me do it." "Do what?" Her pants fell to her ankels revilling a pair of pink pantys. "Buck me?" "No this!" I grabbed the base of her wings making her go into pure ecstasy. I slid past her and ran to the couch and coverd my self up. "I warned you." "Banjo you know what you have to do now don't you?" I went wide eye when she flew at me full force making the couch flip backwards. She sat on my chest, I could smell her musk. "You started it now you have to finish it." She grabbed my wing tips and started to rub slowly. "How does this feel?" I closed my eyes, bliss filled my mind. "Your a crule mare Rainbow. But it feels like this." I grabbed her brest and begain to massage them. She started to moan lightly. My wings where twitching while hers was fully exstended. She leand in and started to pant close to my face, her eyes was starting to droop. The mares hips started to rock on my stomach. "Rainbow." She opened her eyes a little. "Banjo." She slid her hands down my scar filled chest. The pink pantys were soon placed over my eyes as she stood up. "Don't look." I felt a sharp pain run through my broken arm. "GAA!" I threw off the pink pantys to she her hoof on my arm and a blade next to my face. "I should have knew better. Maybe you will be the first to kill me." The magenta eyes were filled with tears. "Why are you crying? Just do it." Her sobbing became harder. "I can't! But they said they would take Scootaloo from me! Thats all I have!" The cyan mare fell to her knees sobbing in her hands. "Rainbow, I don't know you that well but I will not let them take Scootaloo. I love that filly like she is my own foal." I hugged the crying mare. "Please stop crying. We need to go talk to some others."