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// Chapter 6 
// Story: The Return 
// by R-Dashiefan20 
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I walked up and gave Rarity a high five. 

"Nice work, darling." She said. 

"Me? You're the one that kept these two idiots busy." I said as the others joined us. 

"Ladies. If you don't mind, look for some kind of secret switch or something. I need to talk to these two, alone." I said as I kneeled in front of the two trapped pegasi. 

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked. 

"You were supposed to be reassigned to Appaloosa." Midnight said. 

"Well, guess what. It didn't happen. Why are you betraying the CF? You were my most trusted scouts." I said. 

"Pssh. More like your favorite lap dogs." Thunder said. 

"What are you talking about? I trusted you guys with my life. You were the only family I had when I joined the CF, and you're not even related to me." I said. 

Midnight spit at me. 

"I was supposed to be the captain, but then you came in and showed off your fancy schmancy flying skills. After that, they demoted me to scout. I've hated and resented you for that since the beginning." He said. 

"Yea, and if he would have gotten that position, we would have been set for life. We never would have had to worry about money or anything." Thunder said. 

"But, now, Prince Blackblood has offered a place at the head of his air force. All we have to do is find the pieces of his armor for him." Midnight said. 

"Well, he'll never get them. So, it looks like you guys are out of a job." I said. 

"Hey, I found something." Twilight said from behind the thrones. 

"It looks like a lever. I'm going to pull it." She said as there was a grinding noise from under the floor. 

The floor split in two between the thrones and opened up to reveal a pedestal. On top of the pedestal sat a roman style helmet that was gold with a black plume on top. I was walking over to the helmet when I saw a black blur whizz past me and snatch the helmet.