Everypony began to panic at the prospect of drinking what he had made.
“We can’t drink that!”
“We’ll get sick!”
“Its gotta be full of germs and disease!”
“Yeah! Tell em doc!” The doctor’s on the side just coughed into their hoof lightly as they looked around.
“Well, technically speaking, Pee is sterile. It’s perfectly safe to drink...”
“And so is Vinegar, so...” As the doctors continued to look around while scratching their heads, Glarin cut back in.
“So its perfectly fine to drink! Now lets get started! Maybe this will put some hair on your chin... or uh, longer hair.” Glarin shook his head “anyway Spike come over here. I can’t make my men do something I wouldn't do.”
“Well I don’t know...”
“Come on Spike, easy rules. Fists only, Or uh, hooves in the case of the others. We keep swinging till one of us gets knocked out, or one of the good doctors says its over.” Glarin got into a fighting stance
“I- uh, I really don’t wanna do this. I’m going to lose...” Glarin got out of his fighting stance and looked at Spike with a look of discomfort.
“What do you mean? How can you give up so easily lad?”
“I can’t beat you! I know I can’t! You’re stronger than me and faster and...”Glarin stomped his foot and began to yell, interrupting Spike mid sentence.
“You shut your mouth! That’s human and dirty tree hugging elf talk! You never know what can happen on the battle field! Even a Nug can fight off a Deepstalker with enough heart! Now raise your fists, no more words!” Glarin put up his fist and stump as he moved away from the table and toward Spike.
“...You do know that the term Piss N’ Vinegar is just an...” Glarin interrupted Spike again as he dashed forward
“Actions speak louder than words lad!” Glarin connected his right fist into Spikes belly pushing him back a few feet. Spike clutched at his belly while Glarin continued his assault throwing out his left stump hitting Spike in the chest.
Spike put up his guard to defend from the fist that kept coming. Glarin certainly wasn't pulling any punches. Even through his scales he could feel the impacts, and the blood on Glarins right knuckles indicated he certainly wasn't holding back.
“Glarin stop!” Glarin kept punching him, hitting Spike on his guard or weaving a fist around to hit him in the belly again. Spike had become a little to tall too land a solid blow on his face. Glarin had to get him on his knees before he could reach.
Spike however was far from falling. His scales were as hard as dwarven crafted plate armor, and Glarin could feel it. He only increased the amount of power in hopes of knocking the wind from Spike in order to bring him to his knees.
Spike however was losing his patience with the whole ordeal. His scales seemed to be blocking most of the damage, and the thick muscles he had built up from the training helped mitigate the damage from Glarins attacks. Being hit repeatedly still hurt though.
“I said STOP!” Having had enough, Spike turned his body as he pulled his dominant arm back arming it with a scaled fist. In a flash Spikes fist flew out with his whole body turning and following through with it. Just as Glarin had shown him weeks before, a proper punch.
Spikes fist connected to Glarin's chin, causing his head to flop and bob for a moment from the jarring hit. Glarin’s eyesight blacked for a moment as his brain bobbed around in his thick skull. He fell to his knees, but awoke again before he could topple over completely. Using his elbows for support, Glarin kept his face from hitting the dirt. He shook his head and groaned in sadness.
“Blasted cleaning water and bitter tea is making me weak...” Glarin slowly rose back up to his feet. And dusted his pants off. Spike just blinked while everyone else just looked on wordlessly.
“I-I won?” said Spike as he looked at his fist. It had some of Glarins beard hair on it.
“Aye you won, don’t rub it in...” Glarin walked over to the barrel and grabbed a cup, dipping it into the liquid.
“Well, as I was saying, the term Piss N’ Vinegar is just an expression.”
“An Expression? Whats that mean?” Before Spike could explain himself further Glarin placed the cup to his lips and began to drink.
He got half way through the cup before he coughed with a gag.
“Bawaargh!” with one eye closed he glared at the cup with the other before he downed the rest of it. He finished by smashing the cup onto the floor causing it to shatter.
“By the gods that tastes horrible. Tastes like elf wine and troll spit that was mixed together with unwashed goblin feet.” Glarin grunted while closing an eye as he turned away. Then hit his chest a few times before looking back to the group.
“How do you know what troll spit and goblin feet taste like?”
“Long story, I’ll tell you some other time. But for now, Whos next?” All of the ponies looked at each other before nodding.
“What if we all refuse to participate?” Glarin spit onto the floor before responding.
“Then I’ll force the lot of ya to drink the entire contents of the barrel instead of just a cup for the loser in each duel. I’ll also replace all the drinks with this foul stuff. Now pair off and get to it!”
Two earth ponies were the first to start brawling with each other. This set off a chain reaction where everypony began fighting the nearest unoccupied pony next to them. Glarin could see black eyes and a few teeth flying.
He was satisfied.
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Fluttershy was on her way to Glarin's home as she figured it was time for him to start looking for a pet. After all he did have his home now and he did say he would think about getting a pet once his home was complete.
When she arrived at his home she saw everypony outside, all of them looking rather beaten up. With a few ponies drinking from some cups. They would all gag or vomit as they tried to drink it. Many of them were sobbing as they looked into their cups. Fluttershy fluttered up behind Glarin as she kept her gaze upon the ponies making gag sounds as they continued trying to drink from their cups.
“Oh my, what happened?” Glarin turned around to see her holding her hooves up to her mouth in shock.
“Just a training exercise is all. They actually did a good job this time. They just needed some motivation I suppose. Anyway, what brings you around?” Glarin crossed his arms and burped, causing him to groan and gag a bit.
“Oh, well um, I was wondering if you wanted to go and um, pick out a pet...” Glarin stroked his beard in thought for a moment then shrugged.
“Alright why not. What kind of pets do you have?” Fluttershy perked up right away as she began to list them all off.
“Oh I have so many pets for you to choose from! There’s all kinds of birds, dogs and frogs! Some butterflies and many different reptiles!” Glarin kept looking ahead as he followed Fluttershy who was flying backwards as she spoke
“You have any Brontos?”
“Um, Brontos? I don’t think I've heard of a Bronto before...”
“Well thats fine, I’m sure you’ll have something that could work.”
“What kind of pet were you looking for exactly?” Glarin stroked his beard in thought as he followed her.
“Something big, perhaps something that could help with the heavy lifting around the house. Something that could also put up a fight. Like a Bronto.”
“Oh well... I’m sure one of them will work out for you...” Fluttershy seemed to be in thought the rest of the way toward her cottage and Glarin just got a look of slight confusion upon his face when they arrived at her house.
“Why are we at your house lass? Did you need to pick something up?”
“Well um, all of the pets are at my house. My home is used as a shelter and a vet for all of the nearby animals.”
“Oohh, so all of those critters from before were being taken care of by you then? I thought you just had a bunch of pets.” Fluttershy seemed to blush as she looked away.
“Well... about half of them are my pets...” Glarin just nodded his head in understanding before letting loose a slight chuckle.
“Well alright then, Lets see what you have to offer.”
They walked inside of her little cottage and a bunch of critters all seemed to pour out from the walls and little hidey-holes. They seemed to cheer and wave at Fluttershy as she passed them.
“Well, from the sound of it, you would want a bigger pet... So lets go out back.” Fluttershy, for lack of a better word, fluttered out the back door with Glarin close behind.
Outside the cottage larger animals like dogs and pigs, were running around. Some large pink birds as well. But nothing like an animal that Glarin was looking for specifically.
“Yeah I still don’t see anything that could be useful around the house or in the mines...”
“T-t-the mines?” Glarin just nodded his head as he looked around some more. He stopped when he saw that Manticore from a few days ago napping in the shade of a tree near the forest along with what looked like a furry brown mass.
“That animal over by the Manticore, it looks like the rug one of my uncles got many years ago. What is it?”
“Oh! Thats Henry the Bear.”
“A bear?! Now a powerful animal like that is what I need!”
“Oh well, hes not...” Glarin began a slow jog toward Mr. Biggles Worth and Henry the Bear. When he was close enough he patted the bear on its side.
“Good, hes full of muscle. I’ll take him! And I’ll take this thing next to him as well.”
“W-w-wait a minute.” Henry the Bear and Mr. Biggles Worth both looked at each other and then looked between Glarin and Fluttershy.
“I would like to take them both Fluttershy. They will make excellent work horses and help give the those sorry excuses for guards some kind of live combat exercise.” At the mention of fighting Fluttershy zoomed up and was face to face with Glarin.
“I will not allow you to take them just so they can become... become...!”
“Battle Beasts?” said Glarin as he noticed she was having trouble finishing her thought.
“Exactly! Its too cruel! Making them fight and get hurt!” Glarin thought about it for a moment.
“What if I said they wouldn't get hurt? I can’t say the same about those guards though...”
“What do you mean they wont get hurt?”
“Well I mean I wont give the guards real weapons, and I’ll even fashion some armor for these two here. That should make sure they don’t get hurt.” Fluttershy calmed down a bit as she thought about it.
“Y-you promise they wont get hurt? And that they will be safe?” Glarin gave a low hum as he closed his eyes.
“I promise I won’t let them get hurt, and they would be a great help around the house. I am sure of it.” Fluttershy let go a sigh as she looked at Mr. Biggles and Henry. After a moment she flew over to them.
“What do you two think about becoming, um, pets for Mr. Ungard here?” Henry studied Glarin for a moment before shrugging while Mr. Biggles seemed skeptical. He began to make low growling sounds toward Fluttershy to which she responded.
“Oh, well you wont have to worry about that. I’m sure he can manage.” With a nod the Manticore, Mr. Biggles also nodded his head. Causing Fluttershy to fly back over to a confused looking Glarin.
“You know I’ve always wondered but I guess its true. You can understand the animals can’t you?”
“Oh yes I can, well its not that I understand their speech, but more like I understand what they want to say.” Glarin nodded his head to look as if he understood.
“Interesting... So when can I take them home?”
“Oh! Silly me, I will be right back, take your time to get to know each other while I get the paperwork.” As Fluttershy flew off Glarin walked over to them and sat down in the dirt across from them.
“Henry was it? How do you feel about living underground? Same goes to you Mr Biggles.” Both of them shrugged and made a low grumble sound as they continued to lay in a relaxed pose.
“Sounds like you don’t mind, that's good cause my home is underground. Now tell me, how do you feel about fighting?” Mr Biggles seemed to perk up at that and get a glint in his eyes while Henry stayed indifferent about it.
“I’m guessing you like fighting then.” Said Glarin as he eyed up the manticore “Yeah, I think you’d make a great Battle Beast. Those sods are in for a surprise...” Glarin began to chuckle to himself. After a bit Mr. Biggles worth also began to chuckle with him, Henry soon joined in.
Fluttershy returned to see them all laughing, and figured they had somehow all become good friends in such a short amount of time.
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The town had a bit of a scare when they saw Glarin walking around town with a bear and manticore behind him. He headed into town to visit the blacksmith as he had an order to make once again. He really needed to find his own source of iron ore to use at his forge at home. The smith told him that he had already sent the armors as Cash on Delivery and that they should be at his house shortly. Glarin thanked him and then went on his way home.
At his house however was something he never expected to see. A large crowd of ponies outside his house. A group was by several crates while another group was surrounding Princess Twilight Sparkle.
“Today is such a busy day. What in blazes is going on here now...” Deciding that the group around Twilight was simply there because of Twilight, he walked over to the group near the crates first and hailed them.
“Oye! What are you lot doing here? Are those boxes for me?” one of the ponies walked forward and began to look through a clipboard.
“You are Glarin Ungard correct?” the mail ponies were eyeing the manticore and bear that stood behind him.
“That I am yes.” the mail pony with the clip bored sighed as he looked through it some more.
“Alright, I’ll need a total of 5,880 bits from you before we can release the packages to you.” Glarin just looked at him dumbfounded. He stuck his pinkie finger into his ear and twisted it around. After a moment he looked at his finger and flicked a rock off it.
“I’m sorry, I had a rock in my ear, how much did you want again?”
“5880 bits.” Glarin fell to his knees in shock and foamed a little at the mouth as his brain shut down for a moment. When he regained his wits, he asked six simple words.
“Why does it cost so much?!” Glarin got back up and dusted his legs off a bit.
“Well lets see here... Standard shipping charge is 2 bits per pound, but since this was labeled as express, the price becomes 5 bits per pound. The price also increases further to 7 bits per pound once the total weight exceeds 400. The total weight came to 840 pounds. One crate weighed in at 390, the second at 250, while the last one was 200 pounds. Standard delivery would of been cheaper, not by much though.”
“Bloody hell, next time I need something delivered I’m taking it myself... Let me go get the money...” as Glarin walked away he looked back to Henry and Mr. Biggles. “...Come with me, I’ll show you where you can sleep.”
After Glarin got both of his new roommates settled in, he went back upstairs and paid the mail ponies their ridiculous charge. By then Twilight was out and waiting for him with the crowd of ponies behind her. The crowd seemed to contain a decent amount of young ones from both the ponies and griffins.
Glarin told the guards to take the crates inside and figure out who was going to wear the new armor sets and see how they felt. In the meantime he was going to see what Princess Twilight wanted.
“What can I help you with your Royal Highness?” Glarin even bowed his head as she approached him.
“Please just Twilight is fine. And why did a bear and a manticore go into your house? Whats going on?" Glarin smiled
"They are my new pets Your Highness, From Fluttershy." Twilight sighed inwardly and decided to ask him more about it later.
"Please, just call me Twilight." She sighed again "Glarin I have a task for you.” Twilight looked behind her at all of the ponies and took a deep breath
“Anything for you Princess Twilight. You need but ask.” She smiled as he continued to bow his head. Twilight walked up to him and placed a hoof upon his face so that he would look up at her.
“I thought we were friends, there’s no need to be so formal.” Glarin stopped bowing as looked up at her.
“Aye, I suppose we are. It’s just formalities and all. Its hard to teach an old Bronto new tricks. So what do you require of me?”
“Ah, these ponies here behind me. They need a place to stay. They were the captives inside that ‘hotel’. Princess Celestia is having a hard time finding a place for all of them to stay at the moment, and... well...”
“What do you mean stay with me? You think I’m running some kind of Inn here?! I mean, yeah I have room for them... But still! Why can’t Princess Celestia put them up someplace else?” Twilight leaned in closer so that only he could hear.
“...The ponies in Canterlot were less than willing to allow them to stay because of what happened to them. Those snobbish ponies have zero sympathy for what was done to them.” Twilight leaned back again and spoke with an angry voice. “It makes me sick that ponies like that live in the city I grew up in.” Glarin and Twilight both gave a heavy sigh. “They also don’t want to be anywhere near Las Pegasus, or a city that looks like it. A nice quiet town like Ponyville will help them relax and unwind.”
“Fine, I’ll put em up for awhile. You just get to work and getting them out of here quickly.” Twilight smiled and gave him a hug.
“Thanks so much, they should only be here for a few weeks at most. In the meantime I hope they can settle in and find some peace here for the time being.” Glarin groaned inwardly as more responsibility was dumped on him once again. Twilight turned around to face the group of ponies with a smile on her face.
“Everyone, this is Sir Glarin, Berserker of the Ungard Clan and Knight of Equestria. You will be staying with him for the time being. You have nothing to worry about while you are in his care. He was the one that brought down the Black Star Gang with the help of Sir Spike, the Dragon Knight of Equestria.” The group of ponies suddenly went from skeptical to overjoyed, rushing over to hug and greet him.
So far, Glarin was already regretting his decision to let them stay.
“Celestia is going to send you some money to help pay for their expenses and anything else they might need while they stay here.” Glarin just nodded his head and he broke out from the group.
“Alright, follow me inside, I’ll show you around...”
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It turns out they were mares or hens with children, only 2 of them were male. One being a pony with the other being a griffin. He wasn't sure how much they would enjoy staying here, seeing as how most of the facilities were for training purposes and made of stone. This home wasn't made for comfort.
“Ok, so the west wing over here is where all of you will be staying. Don’t worry about any of the other ponies you see walking around, they work for me. If you need anything but can’t find me, just let one of them know.”
Glarin was leading them around and showing them where everything was. Everything seemed to be going rather smoothly with everyone just nodding and oooing as he showed them around. It was easy up until one of the children asked a simple question.
“Where are the toys?” asked one small colt. Glarin groaned inwardly as he took a deep breath.
“We don’t have any...” Before he could finish his sentence, Spatzi popped out from behind him waving her paw
“They’re over here! I’ll show you all the neat stuff I found while cleaning!” The children looked up to their moms before getting a nod allowing them to go. With a smile on their faces they all left after Spatzi to go look at the ‘toys’.
“Who was that darling little one?” asked one of the mares
“She was a leoequus right?” asked one of the hens.
“Aye, I picked her up as I was leaving Las Pegasus. She had stolen someones coin purse when she ran into me. I thought it better she lived and worked for me rather than live on the street.”
“So then, you adopted her?”
“What?! No she’s working for me. Completely different. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some business to attend to. You’re all more than welcome to watch if you want. I’ll need to test out some of the armor I had made.” With that Glarin walked away. Many of the mares and hens followed him, unsure of what to do.
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They all ended up in a large room. It was the sparring room. Large and spacious as it was used for them to practice fighting when they weren't above ground. The room was spotless as they had never used it before.
In the center of the room stood 3 ponies in armor. One of each race in a different set of armor.
“It took us a little while to figure out how to get it on, but we got it. These are considerably heavier then those vests. I can see why you made us wear them all the time now Sir.”
“Aye, I have my reasons for doing what I do Shifty.”
“Even drinking Piss N vinegar?”
“You got into a fight and lost some teeth correct?” Shifty mumbled as he rubbed a hoof over his face.
“Yeah, I need to go see the dentist Colgate about getting this fixed. What kind of Lunar Pegasus would I be without fangs. What even gave you the idea to make us drink that if we lost?” Glarin chuckled to himself
“Spatzi did. She said she was full of Piss N vinegar. After I saw her hold her own against one of those manticores I figured you guys could use some as well. Also I picked one up along with a bear at Fluttershy's today. Things are going to get fun around here...” Shifty looked at Glarin with a bit of confusion.
“Wait a minute, you mean those two beasts are actually going to live here? For real?!”
“Yeah, now lets see how this armor is working.”
Glarin walked up to the Earth pony first, knocking on the armor and inspecting it as he walked around. The earth pony inside the suit of armor stood a full foot and a half over Glarin. The armor was dark in color instead of a shiny polished steel color. It was more of a dark dull grey. With the full helmet you couldn't see who was inside the armor. From inside the suit of armor the pony spoke
“Sir. What is this huge plate on my back for?” Glarin looked up at the pony
“Hrm? Thats the shield. Raise yer left hoof up until you feel a click Rocky.” The earth pony did as such and the shield upon his back sprang to life, spinning a quarter circle as it moved out until the bottom of the shield was at equal length with his foreleg and hoof, with a small piece of metal sticking out of the bottom of the shield. Rocky set his leg down and that small piece of metal pushed into the shield as it came into contact with the ground. Another click was heard and the shield expanded outward providing even more cover.
“Excellant, it works. Now raise your right hoof in the same manner.” He did so and another click was heard with a hammer springing forth from Rocky's back and attaching itself to his right hoof as well.
“It bloody works! Bawhahaha!” as Glarin gave a little victory dance the ponies in the room were just marveling at the armor that was being used. They had never seen such workmanship in armor before. Let alone all of the little gizmos that it seemed to have to allow storage of weapons and a shield.
“Sir, is the armor heavy because of all the gadgets it has in it?”
“Ha, no. Its heavy because your shield is an inch and a half thick while the rest of it is close to being an inch thick. I believe the shield itself weighs in around 100 pounds.”
“But why would I need such heavy armor, I won’t be able to move very fast, let alone run.” Glarin chuckled to himself as he walked over to the wall and grabbed one of the practice blades on the wall.
“The armor your wearing is the of the Juggernaut Class. Your job is to provide cover and push forward. Advancing the line and gaining ground no matter what. Being on the front means you are going to be taking the brunt of attacks, as such, your armor is the thickest and the strongest.” Glarin walked back over with the practice blade over his shoulder.
“Watch...”
Rage activated.
“Uhh, sir...” Rocky started to shake a little as it was clear Glarin was going to hit him with the practice blade.
Glarin raised his arm and brought the practice blade down upon Rocky’s withers. The blade broke into several pieces as rocky just stood there. With a deep breath Glarin calmed himself and tossed the rest of the broken practice blade to the side.
“I-I didn’t feel anything, besides the added weight of your blow, but it didn’t hurt at all.”
“Good, your withers is the thinnest part of the armor, remember that. Now on to the unicorn set...” Glarin walked over to the unicorn, like the earth pony it was a full set that covered everything including the horn.
“Sir, why is my armor so heavy? It doesn't weigh as much as the Juggernaut class, but its still considerably heavy. It reminds of when I first put my vest on.”
“Just because you wont be in the front line all the time doesn't mean you should wear light armor Ace. Move around in it, tell me if it restricts any of your movements.” Ace turned his head and neck around, lifted his hoof a few times and began to bend it every which way. As he moved around he began to increase his movement speed from what seemed to be excitement.
“H-h-how is it so flexible?! It looks and feels like a metal plate, yet it allows full flexibility in all of my joints?!”
“Aye, it took me a blasted month with many sleepless nights to figure out how to make them that way. You ponies have far too many joints. Did you see the contraption Twilight wanted me to install on the back of all the unicorns and pegasi armors?” Ace turned his head around to look at the thick wire mesh on his back
“Yeah we were wondering what that was.”
“It’s a magic gem, or a uh... what did she call it?” Glarin thought for a moment then shrugged “I can’t remember what she called it, I zoned out for most of her explanation. To much magic talk. Anyway, just put some magic into it.” Ace nodded his head and his horn came to life, glowing a red color. The gem soon began to glow and after a moment the glow from the gem began to envelop the armor.
“The armor! I-I-It doesnt weigh as much anymore!” Ace proved his theory by running around and leaping up into the air. When he jumped he flew a good 20 feet up into the air as he crashed into a wall.
“What the bloody hell!? What did Twilight have me install in your armor!” Ace picked himself up and shook himself off a bit before galloping over.
“I think its one of those power gems, but of the type I’m not sure. I wonder if she made a new type or something...” Glarin shook his head.
“I don’t want you using that gem outside of combat, you need to get used to wearing the armor...” Glarin sighed. “Anyway, lift up each hoof until you hear a click, just like what Rocky did.” Ace nodded his head and lifted both hooves up simultaneously. Two clicks went off and an axe with a hammer came out attaching themselves to the end of his hooves.
“Looks like this works as well, excellant.”
“No shield sir?” Glarin shook his head.
“The Battle Mage set. I figured between your magic and other spells, you could cover yourself just fine. I've seen some humans pull it off. I figured you could do the same. Now after we inspect the Pegasus armor I want you to head down and get Twilight to explain what these gems do, both yours and the one I had put into the Pegasus armor.” Ace nodded his head as he moved back.
Glarin walked to the Pegasi and looked him over. It was full body armor as well except the helmet was more of a wire mesh so the vision was better. The back had two port holes that allowed the wings to come out once extended with some plates around the base of the wings for some added protection. The Pegasi without being asked lifted his left and right hoof up as well, but there was no click. He tried it a few more times but heard nothing.
“Is it broken Sir?” Glarin chuckled.
“No, yours it set up differently Gust, flick the bottom of your hoof inward then outward.” Glarin gave him a visual using his right hand, moving his hand down then flicking it upward at the wrist.
Gust did so and a set of claws came out, he repeated with the other hoof and claws also came out.
“I get claws sir? Glarin laughed again.
“Thats not all, first see if you can fly.” Gust nodded his head and after a bit of a running start took to the air, he flew around for a bit before landing.
“I can fly, not very fast or far at the moment. But with practice I’m sure I can get better, just like with the vest.”
“Good good, now flair out your wings and flick them backwards with a twist.” Gust did so and with a click some metal plates sprang out covering the front end of his wings with it extending outward a bit more. The metal on the ends extended outward slightly with it being razor sharp. It was a shiny silver color instead of the dull grey the rest of the armor had.
“Excellent, it works just as well as the others. I had to use Mithril for the wing blades as it was the only thing light enough that wouldn't cause much wind resistance. At least that’s what Twilight told me. Anyway, try flying again.” Gust nodded his head and took off a little faster than last time. Made a quick few circles in the air before landing again.
“Same as before, the Mithril blade on my wings doesn't seem to hinder me at all.” Glarin chuckled as he turned to Ace.
“Seems like the Assault set works just fine. Ace charge up the crystal for Gust so we can see what it does.” Ace nodded his head as his horn began to glow.
“I’m sure its just a power crystal like mine.” After he charged it Gust picked up his head and looked around a bit.
“Oh yeah, the armor feels much lighter. Lets see...” Gust began to flap his wings and fly around the room, he started to pick up speed as he did some aerial tricks. Sharp turns and stopping on a dime mid air. He landed again laughing
“This is incredible, its like I'm wearing nothing at all!” Gust turned around and shook his flank around for everyone to see.
“You will need to get Twilight to explain what she did with these power crystals, this is out of control.” Said Glarin as he huffed in disappointment. Rocky walked over and with a bit of a pout in his voice.
“Why don’t I get one of those power crystal thingy’s too?”
“Cause you won’t bloody need it when you adapt to the armor. You will be an unstoppable powerhouse, even without the silly crystal...” Rocky looked side to side for a moment before nodding his head.
“We’ll head over to Princess Twilight's place of residents and ask her about the crystals.” Said Ace as Gust walked up next to him.
“Good, maybe you can understand half of what comes out of her mouth. Lass is too smart for her own good at times.” Glarin began to walk out of the room only for some of the mares to stop him.
“E-excuse me, but um... where are you going now?”
“To my room. I need to make up a basic design for my new hand. Then get some sleep. Its been a long day.” Glarin walked down the hallway rubbing his head.
“Good night Sir Glarin. And um, for what its worth, Thank you. We all thank you for what you did.” Glarin smiled lightly
“Think nothing of it Lass, I was just doing my job and keeping a promise.”