Unnoticed Threats

by smirker

Gladiatorial Games (Females)

Doctor Whooves was watching foals play fight and pretend to use fake weapons while he smiled and walked by them, he then noticed Rainbow Dash play fighting with Fluttershy's pets while she quivered in fear, he walked past them and saw it was another peaceful day in Ponyville. He trotted to his home while seeing parents play with their kids and waited a little, he had two patients coming in today, a brother and a sister, he waited and soon heard walking outside and someone limping,

"Hang on, sis, we're almost there." a stallion's voice outside said,

"Thanks, big brother, still a shame our personal servants are still too injured to help us." a mare's voice outside replied, they entered Doctor Whooves' home and he saw they were Pegasi, the stallion had a bright red coat, short red mane and tail, red eyes, and his cutie mark was a red biplane, the mare had a dark purple coat, long dark red mane and tail, dark blue eyes, and her cutie mark was a green biplane, she had her front legs in slings and her wings were bandaged. They sat across from Doctor Whooves with the stallion sitting to the mare's right,

"State your names and occupations." Doctor Whooves stated,

"Red Baron, former Wonderbolt, I'm now a historian for Pegasus history." the stallion answered,

"Night Witch, also a former Wonderbolt, I'm an assistant to my brother now." the mare spoke,

"I see, so, who wants to go first?" Doctor Whooves asked,

"You go ahead and go, Night Witch, the sooner you finish, the sooner you can rest." Red Baron suggested,

"Alright, here goes." Night Witch said, and she began to tell her tale.

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Night Witch was living in a mansion built in a traditional Cloudsdale architectural style with Red Baron, she was in her office and translating ancient Pegasus language into modern pony language, she heard walking and saw a Pegasus filly enter the room, it was Airmail, her personal servant, she had a dark green coat, long black mane and tail, olive colored eyes, and her cutie mark was a white envelope with angel wings,

"Mistress, the next historical texts have just arrived." Airmail reported,

"Just put it here beside me." Night Witch stated, and she did,

"Thank you, sun's going to set soon, Airmail, you should head on home." Night Witch stated,

"Can I have today's payment?" Airmail requested,

"Of course, here you go." Night Witch said as she gave her bits,

"Thank you, see you tomorrow, mistress." Airmail spoke,

"See you tomorrow, Airmail." Night Witch replied, and they hugged one another and Airmail left. Night Witch continued translating the old language into modern Equestrian language and yawned while she saw she had a lot more papers to translate, Red Baron came in to check on her and began translating the new papers, they smiled at one another and worked together. They finished and then went to their home's training room, they had many weapons and armor from Pegasus history and they began training with them. They did hoof-to-hoof combat first with them mainly doing boxing and wrestling, they then ran and flew while racing one another. They then trained their own flexibility, agility, and acrobat skills, they finished after a while and then did parkour on a makeshift obstacle course, they rested while smiling for several minutes and then practiced with weapons. They trained with knives, daggers, swords, spears, javelins, throwing darts, bows, crossbows, axes, and shields, they mixed up the combinations and used their front legs and wings to wield and use up to four weapons at a time while they would hold the knives and daggers between their feathers,

"Okay, I think that's good for today." Red Baron said,

"I agree, we might have to make training harder soon." Night Witch replied,

"*chuckle* Maybe, even when we were Wonderbolts, this training we do here was harder than theirs." Red Baron stated,

"Yeah, probably none of the Wonderbolts would've handled this, but from what I've seen now, maybe Rainbow Dash has a chance." Night Witch commented,

"I think so, too, she's certainly the fastest one I've ever seen, I'm seeing a lot of potential in her." Red Baron spoke,

"Me too, she even broke our records on being the fastest flier, I wonder what else she will set for the Wonderbolts." Night Witch responded, Red Baron smiled and he and Night Witch packed away their weapons and armor and then went to their beds and slept.

The next day came and Night Witch woke up early and began translating more of the ancient Cloudsdale language into modern Equestrian language, she watched the time and noticed Airmail did not arrive,

"Airmail." Night Witch called out,

"Airmail?" Night Witch hollered, she flew around her mansion and did not find her, she went outside and did not see her, Red Baron then arrived and stopped beside her,

"Oh, big brother, have you seen Airmail? I can't find her anywhere." Night Witch reported,

"It's not just her, Blue Thunder's missing, too." Red Baron replied,

"What? Your servant didn't come either?" Night Witch asked, Red Baron shook his head,

"Come on, let's go check their homes." Red Baron said, and they flew. Night Witch looked around and did not see Airmail anywhere, she looked at the grass and clouds for any signs of fighting or struggling but saw none, she arrived at Airmail's home and saw it was in perfect condition, she checked the door and windows and they were locked. She knocked on the door and there was no answer,

"Airmail? You there?" Night Witch asked, there was no answer, she looked into the windows and saw Airmail was not home, she noticed her bed was empty, she flew up and began looking around. Night Witch looked for any signs of something happening to Airmail but found nothing, she examined the ground and trees very carefully and stopped when she saw old hoof prints on the tree branches and grass, she examined them and noticed they were too big to be a foal's, she looked at the ground and saw small hoof prints and part of Pegasus foal's body layout on the grass, Night Witch had a shocked expression and flew up. She went into the sky and looked for Red Baron, she went to him and he stopped,

"Red Baron, I think something's happened to Airmail." Night Witch said,

"Blue Thunder, too, I've found signs he got into a fight and got kidnapped." Red Baron replied,

"It looks like Airmail got attacked, too, but I've seen no signs of where she could've been taken." Night Witch spoke,

"Come on, let's see if we can find any clues." Red Baron stated,

"Right." Night Witch responded, and they flew together. They looked for their servants but did not see any hoof prints on where they could have been taken, they called out for them while flying around but got no answer, they flew farther out but still saw nothing and no one,

"What could've happened?" Night Witch asked,

"I'm wondering, too." Red Baron replied, and they flew up higher and looked around more, Red Baron tapped Night Witch's right shoulder and then pointed at a group of foals,

"Let's go." Night Witch said, and they flew. They arrived and heard the foals crying and begging while they got closer, they flew faster and saw adult ponies forcing the foals to hold weapons and fight one another, they refused to fight and two adult ponies began slapping and punching them. Night Witch and Red Baron dived down and tackled the two ponies down, they grunted and noticed one was a stallion and the other was a mare, Night Witch confronted the mare and they began punching one another, running was heard and fourteen more ponies came, seven of them went to Night Witch while the other seven went to Red Baron. They grunted and got overpowered and restrained quickly and easily, a blue aura appeared around Night Witch, a black aura appeared around Red Baron, a green aura appeared around the filly, and a gray aura appeared around the colt, they all got carried while the fourteen ponies walked elsewhere. Night Witch and Red Baron got led to two earth ponies that were completely covered in heavy silver metallic armor,

"These two here intervened and interrupted the game." a unicorn mare reported,

"We saw, I wonder what made them decide to intervene." one armored earth pony replied with a female voice,

"Maybe they know these foals?" the other armored earth pony theorized and had a male voice,

"Where is Airmail and Blue Thunder?" Night Witch questioned, the two armored ponies looked at the others and they shook their heads,

"So none of you know them?" Red Baron asked,

"Sorry, but no." the filly answered,

"Can't say I do." the colt responded,

"Let's go, but keep them away from the other foals, and as usual, we'll divide this by gender, my group, we handle the mare, my brother and his group will handle the stallion." the armored mare spoke, and they walked forward and the split into two, the armored mare and other eight mares walked away while carrying Night Witch and the filly and the two unicorns then teleported everybody elsewhere.

Night Witch and the others appeared in the middle of a desert and the armored mare took her armor off,

"Who are you? What is this?" Night Witch inquired,

"I am Amazon, my brother and I are warriors, these eight mares here with me follow my beliefs, same with the eight stallions with my brother, we are doing battles like the gladiators of old Cloudsdale to weed out weak ponies, we're using foals since they will give us the most time for us to train in getting stronger, me and my mares handle the girls, my brother and his group handle the boys. These two Pegasi here with me are Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings, my personal bodyguards, those two unicorns are Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout, my scouters and planners, those two earth ponies are Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie, my hired muscles and disciplinarians for misbehaving foals, and the other two Pegasi are Sweet Talker and Lip Service, they handle talking to authority figures if we're questioned." the mare explained, Night Witch looked at them very carefully, Amazon had a red coat, long yellow mane and tail, orange eyes, and her cutie mark was a muscular arm flexing its bicep with it hand balled up into a fist; Spiked Wings had a dark gray coat, long black mane and tail, dark gray eyes, and her cutie mark were three spikes; Bladed Wings had a light gray coat, long white mane and tail, light gray eyes, and her cutie mark was a double-edged sword; Azure Eyes had a light blue coat, long purple mane and tail, light blue eyes, and her cutie mark was a black microscope; Emerald Scout had a dark green coat, long yellow mane and tail, purple eyes, and her cutie mark was a hawk; Brawn Hilda had a light brown coat, short white mane and tail, dark orange eyes, and her cutie mark was a fist, she was tall and muscular; Valkyrie had a bright yellow coat, short purple mane and tail, pale blue eyes, and her cutie mark was a spear, she was tall and muscular; Sweet Talker had a pink coat, long dark red mane and tail, turquoise eyes, and her cutie mark was a set of dark pink lips; Lip Service had a light red coat, long dark pink mane and tail, purple eyes, and her cutie mark was a black microphone.

Night Witch watched the nine mares carefully while Amazon led them and she saw a group of scared and injured fillies up ahead, she looked at them carefully and saw Airmail was among them, she was crying and injured,

"Sorry for the delay, we had a distraction during our last match, you all will fight the colts later, now then, let us continue finding out who is the strongest amongst you, so, Rosebud, Apple Pie, you two are up for the next round." Amazon spoke,

"I wanna go home." a filly with a red coat begged,

"I want my mommy." a filly with a light white coat begged, Amazon did a gesture with her head and Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie walked to them. They began punching and kicking the two fillies and they screamed while Night Witch heard their bones cracking,

"Stop complaining and crying! Stop showing weakness! This is your home! We are your parents! When we say fight, you fight!" Brawn Hilda scolded and she then punched the filly, she screamed while she flew through the air and slid on the ground, she cried while Brawn Hilda grabbed her and threw her out while Valkyrie threw the other one out. The fillies quivered in fear and looked at one another,

"Well, what are you two waiting for? Fight!" Valkyrie commanded,

"Remember, we want a nice, clean, fair fight, no cheating." Amazon reminded, two fillies quivered and shook their heads, Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie glared at them and then grabbed them and threw them out. Rosebud and Apple Pie stood up and looked at one another, they began slapping one another lightly while the nine mares glared at them, Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings walked to them,

"No, not like that, like this." Spiked Wings remarked and she punched Rosebud and kicked Apple Pie, they cried from the pain and Spiked Wings glared while Bladed Wings shook her head,

"It's hopeless, come on, we'll be your opponents then." Bladed Wings spoke, Rosebud and Apple Pie looked on in fear while Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings flew to them, they began punching them while flying around and they screamed and fell from each punch, the other fillies looked away from while Rosebud and Apple Pie got attacked more,

"NO!!" Night Witch yelled while she tried to break free from Azure Eyes' telekinesis,

"Mistress?" Airmail asked, the others looked at her with surprise. Night Witch moved her legs and wings around to move forward and tried to restrain Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings, they quickly turned around and began attacking her, Night Witch tried to block and counter them while Azure Eyes restrained her more,

"Hmph, how annoying." Azure Eyes remarked, Rosebud and Apple Pie tried to run away but Emerald Scout shot zaps out of her horn and froze them,

"You two aren't going anywhere." Emerald Scout spoke, she then moved them to Night Witch and Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings began beating them,

"That's enough." Amazon spoke, and they stopped. She walked to them and looked at Rosebud and Apple Pie,

"I'll let you two live this time, hopefully, some training and conditioning will change you two into thinking like warriors, as for the mare, I'll let you live if you agree with our beliefs and join us." Amazon spoke,

"While I do understand the need to be trained and strong in order to survive, I don't think your methods is the right way of achieving it." Night Witch said,

"What?" Amazon asked,

"I just believe there's a better method, I've embraced my pony kind's warrior heritage, I can train the fillies if you allow it." Night Witch suggested,

"I'm getting a bad feeling about this, Amazon." Sweet Talker reported,

"Same here, she's probably plotting something." Lip Service added, Amazon remained silent and thought for a moment,

"I'll give it a try, but you will be watched very closely and carefully, you and the fillies try anything, and your lives will be over." Amazon remarked,

"Understood." Night Witch spoke, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout carried Night Witch and the fillies with their telekinesis while Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie walked to them, the two unicorns then teleported themselves and the others.

Night Witch and the fillies appeared elsewhere in the desert and Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie picked up and threw the weapons to the fillies,

"You all have a new trainer for now, she agreed to train you all to help you all grow, and all of you better take this seriously, if you all don't or try anything funny, your lives will be forfeited." Valkyrie warned, Night Witch picked up four swords and held them with her front hoofs and wings,

"Come on now, everypony, let's start training." Night Witch stated,

"What are you doing, mistress?" Airmail inquired,

"If we don't fight and train, we will die." Night Witch answered, Airmail gulped and picked up four daggers, she groaned while moving slowly and had a pained expression. Night Witch went easy on Airmail and knocked all four daggers out of her hoofs and wings easily, the last swing sent Airmail flying and she fell onto the ground and slid back,

"Next." Night Witch said, and a unicorn filly with a blue coat, long dark red mane and tail, and green eyes went up next. She held a spear and pointed forward nervously, Night Witch swung her four swords and knocked it out of her front hoofs with one attack,

"Grip it tighter next time." Night Witch instructed, the filly nodded,

"Next." Night Witch spoke, an earth pony filly with a yellow coat, long orange mane and tail, and pink eyes stepped forward, she picked up the shields and held them in front of herself nervously. Night Witch hit the shields with her swords and almost knocked them off of the filly's front legs with each hit, she exclaimed while her front legs were in pain and tiring out, she dropped her front legs and screamed when she saw Night Witch's four swords coming, she stopped and the filly sighed with relief,

"Next." Night Witch said, the fillies looked at one another and shook their heads while quivering,

"What are you all doing? Get training." Emerald Scout commanded while she moved the fillies closer to Night Witch. The fillies begged for mercy while Night Witch watched them carefully, the four mares glared at them and Night Witch hit them with her swords' pommels and knocked them out. Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, Brawn Hilda, and Valkyrie glared at them sharply and walked to them,

"Useless fillies! Amazon would kill you all now if she was here!" Brawn Hilda fumed while she and the other three continued beating the fillies,

"STOP!!" Night Witch yelled, the four mares then attacked her and she tried to block their attacks but Brawn Hilda's and Valkyrie's physical strength knocked her back a few feet,

"You would actually defend these weak and incompetent foals?!" Valkyrie inquired,

"They're foals! Of course they're not going to be trained and experienced!" Night Witch retorted,

"Do your job then, you seem to be slacking off, too." Azure Eyes remarked,

"If I went all out, I would've killed them easily." Night Witch stated,

"Well, try harder, you seem to be going too soft on them." Emerald Scout remarked, the fillies screamed and covered themselves with their own front legs. Night Witch looked at the scared fillies and then glared at the four mares, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout began throwing the fillies at Night Witch and she caught them and put them down, the two unicorns got angrier and began throwing the weapons at them with their telekinesis. The fillies screamed while Night Witch flew in front of them and blocked them with her swords, she tried to block them but the impact of the weapons pushed her back and knocked her down,

"Useless weakling sympathizer, wait until Amazon hears about this." Emerald Scout scolded, and she and Azure Eyes teleported. Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie walked forward and picked up weapons, Brawn Hilda held a big sledgehammer while Valkyrie held two hatchets, they went to attack the fillies while Night Witch moved them behind herself. Brawn Hilda swung her hammer down and Night Witch blocked it with her four swords and almost fell, Valkyrie jumped over Brawn Hilda and tried to cut Night Witch's neck with one of her hatchets, she flew back and dodged it and Valkyrie jumped and went over Night Witch, she tried to cut the back of her neck but she blocked the hatchets with the swords she held with her wings. Brawn Hilda hit the swords Night Witch held with her front hoofs and knocked them behind herself, Valkyrie then tried to cut Night Witch's neck and she jumped down and grabbed Valkyrie's neck with her hind legs, Valkyrie gagged while Night Witch squeezed her neck and she tried to cut her hind legs until Night Witch threw her over herself and at Brawn Hilda, they both fell over while grunting.

Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie stood up while scowling and Night Witch got ready to fight them more, they ran and jumped on her to weigh her down, Night Witch began flying around and doing rolls while Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie struggled to hold on, she flew up higher and they began screaming and holding onto her tightly when they looked down, Night Witch then dived down and dragged them in the desert's sand while they grunted from the impact and lost consciousness. Night Witch flew to the fillies and pushed the weapons to them,

"Huh? What are you doing, mistress?" Airmail asked,

"Training, come on, everypony, I'm going to teach you all how to fight so you all can stand against Amazon and her goons, after we all become skilled enough, we're going to try to take them down and escape." Night Witch explained, the fillies looked at one another and nodded in agreement and picked up the weapons. Night Witch instructed the fillies how to use the weapons while she had the Pegasi also use their wings to hold more weapons, she did her swings slowly and the fillies mimicked her, they struggled to pick up the two-handed axes and hammers and Night Witch skipped them. She had them put down the weapons and then taught the fillies hoof-to-hoof combat, she started with basic punches, kicks, and bucks, she then taught basic grabs, grapples, joint locks, and throws, she moved as slowly and gently as she could with each attack,

"Wow, mistress, why didn't you ever teach me these back at your home?" Airmail inquired,

"I never thought you would need them at the point of life you're at now." Night Witch answered,

"You serve her or something?" Apple Pie asked,

"Hmm-mm, I'm an orphan, Night Witch here hired me to help her at her home so I can make money and survive." Airmail responded,

"Come on, everypony, let's keep training so we can take on Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout when they come back." Night Witch instructed, and they did. They mimicked Night Witch and fought one another while Night Witch corrected them whenever they held weapons wrong or did not have proper stances, the fillies began to have fun and play fought while Night Witch chuckled, she watched them train and have fun until Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout returned with Amazon, she had her armor back on,

"What's going on here?" Amazon inquired,

"We're training." the fillies responded,

"That is not what I heard." Amazon spoke,

"Well, at first, turns out using different methods can motivate them to actually train." Night Witch stated,

"What was that?!" Azure Eyes fumed,

"Did you say our ways are wrong?!" Emerald Scout questioned,

"If you were nicer, not kidnapping foals against their wills, willing to let the fillies play and have fun, and not have them fight to the death, maybe you all would get your ways." Night Witch remarked,

"Prove it, Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, take them down." Amazon ordered, and they walked forward.

Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout began shooting blasts out of their horns at the fillies and they exclaimed when the zaps knocked them down, Rosebud tried to block one of Azure Eye's zaps with a shield but she screamed when the zap went through the shield and exploded and knocked her back. Night Witch flew to them and Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout shot bigger blasts at her, she strafed and rolled around to dodge the blue and green blasts, they tried to restrain her but Night Witch flew too fast, she kicked them on their heads with her hind hoofs and they slid back a little. The fillies picked up the weapons and began jumping on the unicorns and attacked them, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout flung them away while some of the fillies tried punching and kicking them but it had no effect, they swatted them away and the fillies exclaimed and cried. Night Witch flew to them again and Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout held up the weapons with their magic and fought her with them, she flew carefully to dodge every attack but had trouble while they used telekinesis on more and more weapons and there was less room for her to maneuver, they boxed her with the weapons and Night Witch watched carefully, she tried to grab the weapons but grunted loudly when the sharp weapons cut her, she endured the pain and grabbed several with her front hoofs and feathers, she threw them at the two unicorns and they exclaimed while teleporting.

They appeared behind Night Witch and began shooting big blasts at her, she tried to fly but they held her in place with their telekinesis and she screamed from the pain,

"MISTRESS!!" Airmail called out, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout flung the weapons to her and the fillies quickly got up and ran, they jumped on the unicorns and they grunted while being distracted, Night Witch fell and she flew to them and kicked the two in their foreheads, they grunted and fell and slid a few inches on the ground. They stood up and shook their heads while huffing, they made the weapons fly around Night Witch in all directions and pointed the bladed weapons at her, she kept her guard up and Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout shot them at her, she jumped up and flew around to dodge the ones above her, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout growled and tried to drop blunt weapons and shields on her but Night Witch flew around them and dodged them easily. The unicorns shot big blasts at Night Witch and she flew around them and dodged them with ease while they teleported away from Night Witch when she got close to them, they reappeared far away from one another and shot more blasts at her while Night Witch flew faster and they lost track of her, she was in front of Azure Eyes and kicked her in her face as hard as she could with her hind left hoof, she grunted loudly and fell on the ground and slid several inches. Emerald Scout looked on in shock and began shooting small zaps rapidly and Night Witch flew around them and dodged them easily, she got in front of Emerald Scout and punched her in her face with front right hoof and she exclaimed in pain and fell over, she tried to get up but fell.

Amazon looked around and saw Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, Brawn Hilda, and Valkyrie all laying on the ground, she walked to Night Witch and she quickly put her guard up,

"I'm not going to fight you." Amazon said, Night Witch remained defensive,

"You fly with more speed and agility than a typical Pegasus, clearly, you've had training of some sorts." Amazon deduced, Night Witch's eyes widened,

"Just who are you?" Amazon questioned,

"My mistress is just a historian who studies ancient Pegasus history." Airmail responded,

"I didn't ask you, I wanna hear from your boss directly." Amazon spoke, Airmail's jaw dropped,

"I am Night Witch, practitioner of Pegasus ancient warrior culture, former Wonderbolt, and currently a historian of Pegasus history, I was the fastest female Wonderbolt at the time I joined and held that record for a while until Rainbow Dash broke it, I now embrace my warrior ancestry and train in my free time to be somepony my ancestors would be proud of." Night Witch explained, the fillies looked at her with awe,

"Mistress." Airmail said with surprise,

"I figured you were something like a Wonderbolt, you fly with the agility of one, tell you what, I'll let you serve under me and we'll forget this little incident." Amazon suggested,

"No." Night Witch responded,

"What?" Amazon exclaimed,

"I will not have fillies be slaves and trained to fight to the death under your command, I will not kidnap foals from their homes, either, it is why I sought you out in the first place, you took my servant, I'm here to take her back, but after seeing the other fillies, I will free them or die trying." Night Witch declared, the fillies smiled while Amazon scowled,

"You will regret this, nopony who has ever went against me has lived, I'll make sure you go down, come on, you four, recover, we'll deal with her later." Amazon stated, Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, Brawn Hilda, and Valkyrie stood up and went to each other, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout teleported themselves and the other three away while they glared at Night Witch and the fillies.

Night Witch let the fillies play and she sat and rested, Airmail limped and looked at her wounds while Night Witch smiled at her,

"Thank you, Airmail, I am glad to see you're okay, you worried me to death when I didn't see you at your home." Night Witch stated,

"Was it just me who got kidnapped?" Airmail asked,

"No, Blue Thunder got kidnapped, too, Red Baron went to go rescue him." Night Witch answered,

"Thank Celestia you showed up, mistress, those nine mares attacked me suddenly out of nowhere when I was heading home yesterday, they beat me up and injured me when I tried to escape, I lost consciousness and when I woke up, I was here with these group of fillies and those nine mares forcing us to fight one another." Airmail explained,

"Hang in there, Airmail, I'm going to see if I can take down all nine of them, they don't seem to be combat trained or experienced like how I am." Night Witch deduced,

"Why didn't you ever say you're combat trained or an ex-Wonderbolt for, mistress?" Airmail asked,

"I didn't think something like this would happen, and with the path in life you're taking now, you wouldn't need combat training to survive, if I knew this was going to happen, I would've trained you a long time ago, same with my brother and Blue Thunder." Night Witch explained,

"Were you going to tell me when I got older?" Airmail asked,

"Well, if you're still around and working for me, probably, most foals don't really develop interest in those kinds of stories until their teenage years." Night Witch replied,

"Did you and your brother go to war?" Airmail questioned,

"Luckily, no, Red Baron and I were in the Wonderbolts during peace times, if there were any threats we were sent to deal with, it was usually against wild animals destroying civilizations." Night Witch stated,

"Oh, I thought it was going to be you and Red Baron went to war and fought other countries." Airmail remarked,

"No, that didn't happen, we only held flying contests on who's faster and who's more agile, I was the fastest and most agile female Wonderbolt at that time while Red Baron was the faster and most agile of the male Wonderbolts, we both competed against one another in our last race, I won, I held the record as the fastest Wonderbolt ever until Rainbow Dash came along." Night Witch explained,

"Wow, maybe you'll be remembered long after we all passed away, mistress." Airmail chirped,

"Maybe for several years, but a century or so, probably not, all of us will probably be forgotten by then." Night Witch responded,

"You never know, mistress, you might still be remembered for your achievements even then." Airmail said,

"I doubt it." Night Witch replied, they heard flying and everyone saw Sweet Talker and Lip Service coming. Night Witch stood up while the two Pegasi landed,

"We heard what has happened, Amazon is very displeased." Sweet Talker reported,

"That's her problem." Night Witch remarked,

"To think you could take down Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie, not many stand a chance against them." Lip Service said,

"You two looking for a fight, too?" Night Witch inquired,

"Well, Lip Service and I aren't really fighters, we're more talkers and try to diffuse problems." Sweet Talker stated,

"Yeah, violence isn't really our style." Lip Service added,

"What do you two want then?" Night Witch inquired,

"Amazon has ordered the fillies to give her a show and fight one another to the death, we've been ordered to pick out the weakest, most sick, and most injured to fight one another." Sweet Talker responded, the fillies panicked and begged for mercy,

"If you want them, you're going to have to go through me." Night Witch declared,

"We'd rather do this with no problems." Lip Service commented,

"You're not taking a single foal as long as I stand." Night Witch retorted,

"Very well, I suppose it can't be helped, come on, Lip Service." Sweet Talker said, and they got ready to fight her.

Sweet Talker and Lip Service flew to Night Witch's sides and into her blind spots, they flew at the average speed of adult Pegasi mares, Night Witch grabbed their manes easily and then slammed their faces into each other, they fell but got back up while groaning. They flew to her and tried to punch her with their front hoofs but they were slow and she dodged them easily, Night Witch punched them in their sternums with her front hoofs and Sweet Talker and Lip Service grunted while the punches pushed them back a few millimeters. Sweet Talker and Lip Service looked at one another and nodded, they reached behind their wings with their front hoofs and Sweet Talker took out two whips while Lip Service took out throwing knives, Sweet Talker swung the whips around while Lip Service threw the knives with her front hoofs and feathers. Night Witch flew around and went back to get out of range of Sweet Talker's whips while dodging Lip Service's knives, she grabbed Sweet Talker's whips with her wings and pulled her forward, she exclaimed and Night Witch headbutted her forehead and knocked her out, Lip Service looked on in fear while Night Witch flew to her and punched her in her left temple and knocked her out.

Night Witch sat back down while the fillies cheered,

"That was amazing, mistress!" Airmail hollered,

"I still don't like doing it, though, Red Baron and I hate fighting and hurting others." Night Witch lamented,

"We all do." one filly spoke,

"Yeah, fighting to the death isn't fun." another filly added, the other fillies agreed,

"Good, I'm glad you all see it that way, just hang in there a bit, everypony, I'll try to free you all, if things keep going like how they've been recently, we'll all be free pretty soon." Night Witch spoke, the fillies cheered. Night Witch rested a little and she instructed the fillies to train without her, they did as she instructed and they began to have fun play fighting, she smiled while she sat and caught her breath, she watched the fillies work together to pick up the big hammers and axes and still had trouble, they managed to hold them together and swung them around slowly while the others moved away from them. About an hour passed and Night Witch was back up and teaching the fillies how to fight, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout suddenly appeared and scowled,

"What is taking you two so long, Lip Service and Sweet Talker? Amazon is furious." Azure Eyes reported, they looked and saw them laying on the ground, they checked them and saw they were unconscious,

"So you've taken them down, too." Emerald Scout remarked,

"They attacked me first." Night Witch stated, the fillies nodded,

"Doesn't matter, when Amazon gives an order, you follow it, without question or rebelling." Azure Eyes said,

"Why are you eight loyal to her?" Night Witch inquired,

"It was her who showed us the warrior ways ponies were in the past, we don't like modern pony culture, we long for the days of old when we were divided and fighting one another, Amazon wishes to bring it back, and we wish to aid her." Emerald Scout explained,

"That's it?" Night Witch asked,

"Pretty much." Azure Eyes responded,

"Come on, let's go, Amazon's impatient." Emerald Scout remarked, and she and Azure Eyes held everybody with their magic and teleported.

Night Witch and the others arrived in another part of the desert and saw Amazon, Spiked Wings, Bladed Wings, Brawn Hilda, and Valkyrie standing together,

"What took you all so long?" Spiked Wings asked,

"Turns out Night Witch knocked out Sweet Talker and Lip Service." Azure Eyes remarked, they saw the two unconscious Pegasi and Amazon glared at her,

"Still causing trouble for us, I see." Amazon remarked,

"It was defense of others." Night Witch retorted,

"Well, it doesn't matter now, let's start the next game, Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, gather up the sick, injured, and weak fillies." Amazon ordered, and they did.

Airmail, Rosebud, Apple Pie, and seven more fillies were brought forward and Azure Eyes and Emerald Eyes cast spells and made an Ursa Major and a bugbear appear, they roared and charged forward. The ten fillies screamed while the Ursa Major and bugbear tried to attack them and the fillies recalled Night Witch's training, they tried to use the small and light weapons but they were not able to hit them hard enough. The Ursa Major and bugbear slashed them with their claws and the fillies screamed while the others looked away, Night Witch tried to wiggle forward to them but Emerald Scout moved her away, she watched the fillies get attacked by the mind controlled animals and she swung her front hoofs and wings as fast as she could and moved forward, Azure Eyes cast telekinesis on her to hold her back and she kept moving forward. Night Witch tried to swing herself forward but was now moving a lot slower, she panted heavily while struggling to move forward while Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout smirked.

The fillies struggled to defend themselves and Amazon threw sledgehammers, battle axes, pickaxes, and suits of armor at the fillies, they put on the armor nervously while avoiding the Ursa Major and bugbear, they grunted very loudly since the suits of armor were heavy and slowed them down, they grunted loudly while working together to pick up the two-handed weapons but they exclaimed loudly when the Ursa Major and bugbear began slashing their armors. Night Witch tried to move while panting loudly and sweating, the fillies got knocked down and struggled to get up, the two creatures slashed through their armors and began taking the pieces off, the fillies moved faster when some of their armor came off, they tried to run away while panting heavily and Spiked Wings, Bladed Wings, Brawn Hilda, and Valkyrie went after them. They picked them up and threw them to the Ursa Major and bugbear and they screamed, the fillies got attacked again while Night Witch struggled to move forward and tried to go faster, she got close to Azure Eyes and began gathering spit up her throat and to her mouth, she spat in her right eye and she grunted and stopped casting magic, Emerald Scout looked at her and Night Witch spat in her left eye, she grunted and stopped casting magic, Night Witch then flew to the fillies. The Ursa Major and bugbear were no longer mind controlled and they roared at Amazon and her ponies, they ran away while Night Witch grabbed the fillies and carried them away.

Night Witch examined the fillies and looked at their injuries,

"They need to rest, get them far away from here and stay with them." Night Witch instructed, the fillies nodded and ran to the injured ones and carried them away, she sat and sighed while recovering her stamina, the desert heat made her sweat and she wiped it away. She looked around for any shade and did not find any, she panted and recovered and soon laid down, she panted slower and felt the heat getting to her, she felt her eyes closing and she almost fell asleep. Night Witch kept herself awake but struggled to, her eyes opened widely when she heard roaring and noticed the Ursa Major and bugbear were still fighting Amazon and her ponies, she rested her eyes and exhaled sharply. She listened to the sounds and soon heard loud roaring and they stopped, she opened her eyes and stood up and Amazon and her other eight companions appeared,

"You ruined the game! It was to see if those fillies have improved!" Amazon fumed,

"It looked like setting them up for death to me." Night Witch retorted,

"I've had it with your interference, first, you knock out six of my henchponies, now, you mess with the games, that does it, Spiked Wings, Bladed Wings, deal with her since Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, Sweet Talker, Lip Service, Brawn Hilda, and Valkyrie have all already tried and failed." Amazon ordered,

"Of course, Amazon." Spiked Wings spoke,

"With pleasure, Amazon." Bladed Wings said, and they flew forward.

Night Witch watched Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings carefully and they began flying around her, they circled her and began moving in on her, she flew up into the sky and they chased her. Night Witch flew as fast as she could while Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings chased her, they circled her and kept up with her, they began kicking her and flying away while she grunted, she eventually grabbed Spiked Wings' hind left leg with her front right hoof and Bladed Wings' hind right leg with her front left hoof, she rolled around and the two exclaimed and began to get dizzy, Night Witch threw them down and they grunted loudly when they hit the ground. They flew up and threw sand at Night Witch, she looked away and covered her eyes while Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings flew to her at high speeds, they rammed her down and pinned her to the ground and began punching her with their front hoofs, she blocked them with her wings and headbutted Spiked Wings in her forehead and stunned her, she then punched Bladed Wings' left jaw and she grunted while falling over, Night Witch threw them off and stood up. Night Witch saw the two fly towards her and she punched them away and they grunted, they growled and tried to attack her from above but she jumped back and dodged them, Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings charged at her and Night Witch flew up a little and kicked them in their faces with her hind hoofs and knocked them back, they grunted in pain and fell onto the ground.

Night Witch panted while keeping her guard up and saw Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings stand up, they scowled at her while reaching for their backs, they flew up and put weapons on their hind hoofs and then on their front hoofs and feathers, Spiked Wings had grieves on her hoofs and rings on her feathers that had spikes on them while Bladed Wings wore grieves with sword blades on them on her hoofs and sharp sword-like sheaths on her feathers. They flew around and Spiked Wings tried to stab Night Witch while Bladed Wings tried to slash her, Night Witch flew back and swayed side-to-side to dodge them and watched them very carefully while the fillies watched fearfully. Night Witch flew backwards and Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings flew to her at high speeds, she flew over them and dived down and hit Spiked Wings in her back with her hind hoofs, she grunted loudly and fell, she got up and faced her and Night Witch kicked her in her face with her hind right hoof and Spiked Wings exclaimed loudly and got knocked down, she tried to get up but fell. Bladed Wings flew to her and tried to slash her with her weapons and Night Witch watched her for any openings, she saw one and punched her in her liver, she screamed and got stunned and Night Witch then punched her in her face and she fell and groaned, Night Witch landed while Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, Brawn Hilda, Valkyrie, Sweet Talker, and Lip Service looked on with dropped jaws and disbelief while Amazon glared at Night Witch and walked to her.

Amazon took her armor off and raised her front legs while Night Witch got defensive, Amazon began trying to punch her and Night Witch blocked and dodged each one, she saw an opening and punched Amazon in her forehead with her right wing very quickly, she grunted and fell on her back. She lunged her body forward and jumped back onto her hoofs, she jumped and did a somersault, she opened her body and tried to kick Night Witch with her hind hoofs but Night Witch grabbed her and threw her over herself, she grunted while her eight followers watched in shock and the fillies clapped. Amazon stood up and saw Night Witch flying to her, she tried punching and kicking her but Amazon parried all of her attacks and made Night Witch attack in different directions, Night Witch noticed her parries were basic moves, she did one punch and Amazon parried it, Night Witch did a full spin and punched Amazon in her left jaw and she grunted. Amazon growled and tried to buck her but Night Witch blocked it with her front forelegs, she got knocked back several inches and felt her front legs get a little numb, she saw Amazon sprinting to her and Night Witch headbutted her in her forehead and she grunted while she fell, she growled and stood up but Night Witch bucked her, she exclaimed when she flew away a few inches and fell onto the ground.

Amazon glared sharply while bearing her teeth and she lunged forward while snarling, she tried punching Night Witch as much as she could while Night Witch flew back and dodged her pretty easily, she saw an opening and punched Amazon in her face and knocked her down while she screamed. Amazon exhaled very sharply and shook her head while getting up, she ran to Night Witch and then jumped forward while spinning, she aimed her hind left hoof at Night Witch's forehead and she sidestepped her and then struck Amazon's lower spine with her hind right hoof, she exclaimed and fell down while the fillies clapped. Amazon scowled at her and ran to a sword and a shield, she held the sword in her front right hoof and the shield in her front left hoof, she jumped forward and tried to slash Night Witch's neck with the sword, she ducked and landed past her, she turned around and tried to slash Night Witch's head and neck but she ducked and dodged each attack. Amazon bashed Night Witch's face with her shield and she got knocked back and grunted, Amazon then tried to slash her head with her sword and Night Witch moved back sloppily, she became disoriented and had double vision, she tried to slash her again and Night Witch flew back to dodge each attack, she jumped and kicked both Amazons in her vision in their faces with her hind hoofs and she grunted while falling over.

Amazon jumped and did a somersault, she tried to stab her sword into Night Witch's head and she laid on her stomach and dodged her, Amazon landed past her and turned around and ran to her, Night Witch flew around to avoid Amazon. Night Witch saw her vision returning to normal and began moving at normal speed, Amazon tried to bash her with her shield again but Night Witch grabbed and pulled on it, Amazon pulled her forward and tried to stab her with her sword but Night Witch grabbed her front right leg with her wings and twisted it, Amazon exclaimed in pain and dropped the sword. Amazon tried to get Night Witch off of her shield but could not, Night Witch began strangling Amazon with her wings and the fillies looked away, Amazon gagged and could not breathe, she could not get Night Witch off of her shield and threw it off, Night Witch's wings were taken off of her neck and pulled Amazon down. Amazon panted while Night Witch did a back flip and threw the shield at her, it hit her in her head and Amazon became disoriented, Night Witch flew to her and began punching her many times with her front hoofs and wings, she did one last hard punch and knocked Amazon onto the ground and she grunted, she could not get up and the fillies clapped and cheered while Amazon's subordinates had dropped jaws and looked on in disbelief.

Night Witch panted while Amazon had an enraged expression on her face,

"How?! A weak and light weight Pegasus win against a combat trained and disciplined earth pony like me?! This isn't right! This isn't fair! It is not the natural order of things!" Amazon ranted,

"Your moves are basic and easy to telegraph and read, your fighting skill level is a beginner level, I'm assuming all of your previous victims were ponies who had no combat or warrior background or training and experience like how I do, while you are trained and have experience, it's not as long as how long I trained or consistent, you seem to leave the work to the others too instead of doing stuff on your own, it's no wonder you lost." Night Witch explained, Amazon growled,

"That does it! Spiked Wings, Bladed Wings, Brawn Hilda, Valkyrie, Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, Lip Service, Sweet Talker, let's set up the final game for her and see if she can win, get everything in place now!" Amazon ordered, Night Witch glared and the eight mares tackled her down together and she grunted, the fillies screamed and ran over to help but they and Amazon began attacking them, Night Witch tried to break free but Amazon punched her in her left temple and knocked her out.

Night Witch groaned and woke up when she felt the desert sand blowing on her, she panted and stood up slowly,

"Airmail?" Night Witch called out, there was no answer, she regained her vision and saw no one was around and there was a paper and map on the ground in front of her, she saw a note written on the paper and picked it up,

"If you wake up and read this, me and my eight partners are waiting for you, this is your final battle, we left a map that has our and your location marked and a trail to follow marked with a red marker. You will face various animals on the path and if you make it to us, you must face me in my armor, you have until the sun sets to reach us, if you win, we'll let the fillies go, if you lose, you and your servant die, I'm waiting for you." Night Witch read, she picked up the map and unfolded it, she saw her name written on the map to show where she was at and a trail was drawn as a red line with an X at Amazon's and the others' location, she quickly unfolded her wings and began flying.

Night Witch panted heavily while she flew as fast as she could and noticed the sun was already beginning to set, it began to cool down a bit and Night Witch flew up since the scenery looked the same to her. She looked around and tried to find the others but did not see them, she heard hisses and saw vultures flying to her, their eyes' were either blue or green, they began pecking Night Witch with their beaks and she swatted them away and flew forward while they chased her. The vultures got back up and began chasing her again, Night Witch did strafes and rolls to avoid the vultures and they had trouble keeping up with her, she bucked them with her hind legs and punched them with her wings whenever they got close. She realized she was going off course of the map and everything looked the same, she flew back to where she was but could not remember the location, she flew to where she woke up and began flying on the trail again.

Night Witch tried again while the sun went down and stopped whenever the vultures surrounded her, she flew more and stopped when she saw mind controlled foxes and coyotes running to her. They jumped and got on her, she grunted when they knocked her down, they began biting her and Night Witch tried to throw them off but could not, she tried rolling around but the foxes and coyotes continued biting and scratching her, she flung her legs and wings hard while grunting and threw a few of them off. The vultures continued attacking her and Night Witch swatted them away while grunting and flew up, she continued flying on the trail that was marked on the map while the animals chased her, she flew up higher and the vultures continued chasing her, she flew straight as fast as she could and the animals had trouble keeping up with her. Night Witch looked at the map and forward while flying quickly and came to a slight turn to her left, she turned slowly and continued going forward while the vultures, foxes, and coyotes chased her, she kept flying and saw nothing up ahead and everything still looked the same.

Night Witch began to groan and her stomach growled as she became hungry and thirsty, she began to slow down and the vultures began to catch up to her again, she flew as fast as she could while panting and she began to sweat profusely. She flew forward while looking at the map and stopped for a minute to swat the vultures away, she noticed she was losing her strength and stamina and the vultures came back more quickly this time, she flew under them and went forward while panting, the foxes and coyotes jumped and tried to bite her but she flew up and avoided them. She panted while flying forward and began to slow down, she realized that she will not reach her destination at this rate and was having trouble knowing where she was at since all of her surroundings were barren and looked the same, the bright visuals also strained her eyes. Night Witch decided to fly up as high as she could and saw the entire desert, she noticed there were no clouds in sight while looking at how far her destination was, she looked forward and realized there were no ponies in sight and Amazon has lied about her location, she ripped the map into pieces while flew around when the vultures got to her,

"Airmail!" Night Witch called out, she soon saw small zaps shot in the sky and realized the fillies were in the opposite directions, they soon stopped and Night Witch flew there.

Night Witch flew quickly while panting and the vultures caught up with her again, she tried to swat them away but did not have the energy, she began to stall and fall slowly while trying to force herself to keep flying. The foxes and coyotes jumped and tried to pull her down but just barely missed her, she flapped her wings to get herself up but the vultures knocked her down and the foxes and coyotes ran to her, they began biting her while she screamed and she heard more running up ahead, she looked and saw lions running to her. They panicked and began trying to get the animals off of herself but could not, the lions arrived and Night Witch tried to get up but the other animals weighed her down, the lions slashed her and she screamed. She fell down and crawled as fast as she could to avoid the mind controlled animals but they caught up to her, she realized she could not escape and began striking the sides of the animals' necks to knock them out, the lions continued attacking and she punched them in their temples as hard as she could while grunting loudly and knocked them out, she panted heavily and stood up to catch her breath, she sighed and flew up into the sky.

Night Witch flew up as high as she could and looked for the others and saw them, the fillies had blue and green magic chains on them alongside regular chains, she flew to them and Azure Eyes teleported them elsewhere while Emerald Scout teleported her elsewhere, she looked around again and saw nothing, she flew up and saw them again and began flying to them, Azure Eyes teleported herself and the other ponies elsewhere again while Emerald Scout teleported her to another part of the desert. Night Witch thought about what to do and got an idea, she flew up high again and stopped when she could just barely see the others, she flew back down quickly and began flying to the others, she arrived and the others were gone. She flew up again and looked for them, she saw them and quickly flew down and went to her left, she flew just off of the ground and saw she was behind the others, she flew and they heard her, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout looked back and saw her, they shot zaps at her but she flew around them and arrived, Azure Eyes teleported the others away and Emerald Scout teleported the others elsewhere. Night Witch flew up high while panting saw the others watching her, she kept flying up high and was out of sight, she flew to the others and then dived down, she pressed her hind hoofs on Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout and knocked them down, the fillies cheered while the other mares looked in disbelief,

"I win, Amazon, it's time to fight one last time, you and me." Night Witch declared,

"Very well, let's do this fair and square." Amazon answered, and they got ready.

Amazon ran slower than before due to her armor being a bit heavy and jumped forward, she knocked Night Witch down and she grunted while trying to move but was slow due to hunger and fatigue, Amazon began punching her in her face rapidly and many times, Night Witch became disoriented and had triple vision, she poked the center Amazon's eyes with her wings and she exclaimed and covered them. Night Witch grabbed Amazon's shoulders and tried to lift her up but Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout began casting spells on her, Azure Eyes made her sick and Emerald Scout made her lose her muscles, Amazon recovered and overpowered her and began punching her head into the ground while the fillies looked away, Spiked Wings, Bladed Wings, Azure Eyes, Emerald Scout, Brawn Hilda, Valkyrie, Sweet Talker, and Lip Service joined in and beat up Night Witch together,

"MISTRESS!!" Airmail screamed, Night Witch became unresponsive and they stopped. Night Witch laid on the ground and Brawn Hilda kicked her in her face, there was no response, they smiled while the fillies stopped covering their eyes' and looked, Night Witch suddenly sprang up and poked her feathers into the mares' eyes' and flew around, they exclaimed and Azure Eyes teleported Night Witch and Emerald Scout cast another spell, Night Witch became more sick and started coughing. Night Witch panted and struggled to fly, she went to the nine mares and they knocked her down easily and they began beating her again, Night Witch kicked Lip Service in her chin and pushed her back a little, Spiked Wings tried to strangle her and Night Witch bit her right wing, she screamed and tried to get her off, Emerald Scout then teleported her away.

Night Witch fell onto the ground and panted while Azure Eyes made the vultures, coyotes, foxes, and lions appear and they began attacking her, she struggled to get them off and panted very heavily and felt herself collapsing, she stumbled around and swatted the small animals away while going to Amazon and her mares, she saw Amazon running to her and tackled her down, Amazon began headbutting her and tried to smash her head into the ground. Night Witch swayed her head to her right and barely dodged Amazon, she grabbed her helmet and tried to take it off but it was secured tightly, Amazon got ready to punch her and Night Witch spat in her left eye, she exclaimed and moved back while Night Witch flew. Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings flew to her and they dived down and landed on Night Witch's wings, she fell and screamed when loud crunches were heard in her wings, they got off and Night Witch saw her wings were broken, Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings then began jumping on the broken parts and she screamed loudly,

"NO!!" Rosebud screamed, they continued jumping until Night Witch threw her front legs up and punched them in their chins and knocked them down. Night Witch panted heavily from the pain and stumbled around, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout cast spells and had Night Witch wear become cuffed and wrapped in chains, they then made heavy armor appear on her body and weighed her down and then made a sledgehammer appear in her front hoofs and she almost fell, she grunted loudly and struggled to stand while they took out their weapons, Amazon had a sword and shield, Spiked Wings had spiked grieves on her hoofs and spiked rings on her feathers, Bladed Wings had grieves with sword blades on them on her hoofs and sharp sword-like sheaths on her feathers, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout made blunt and bladed weapons fly around, Brawn Hilda held a sledgehammer, Valkyrie held two hatchets, Sweet Talker had two whips, and Lip Service had throwing knives.

Amazon, her eight mares, and the animals attacked Night Witch together, she fell down while the heavy armor protected her, she grunted while swinging her legs around to roll over and saw Amazon in front of her, she grunted loudly and bashed the sledgehammer's handle on her and pushed her back, she moved her body around to make Bladed Wings and Valkyrie cut her cuffs and chains and free herself, she fell over and crawled away while the others went to her. Night Witch got attacked and endured the pain while trying to crawl forward, she panted and kept going, Amazon stomped down onto her front legs' knees and she screamed when crunching sounds were heard, she struggled to move and saw Valkyrie throw her hatchets at her, Night Witch grunted loudly and managed to kick them with her hind legs, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout saw them coming and quickly teleported away. Lip Service flew forward and tried to slash and stab Night Witch with her knives but her armor protected her, Night Witch bashed the sledgehammer's handle on her head and disoriented her, she kicked her wings with her hind legs and Lip Service dropped her knives, Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout teleported them away and Night Witch saw them nearby, she kicked sand in their eyes' and they grunted and got distracted, the floating weapons dropped and Night Witch grabbed two nearby spears, she threw them at Azure Eyes and Emerald Scout and took them out, the other mares looked in shock while the animals were no longer mind controlled and Night Witch was no longer sick and got her muscle mass back and the blue and green chains on the fillies disappeared.

Night Witch focused on Sweet Talker and Lip Service next, Sweet Talker's whips could not damage Night Witch's armor and she grunted very loudly and threw the sledgehammer with her broken front legs, she screamed from the pain and fell again, she grabbed the nearby swords and got back up, she grunted loudly while swinging them sloppily and cut Sweet Talker's whips, she then cut her neck and she fell over, Lip Service looked on in shock and flew away, Night Witch threw the sword in her front right hoof at her and into the back of her head and she fell into the sand. Amazon, Spiked Wings, Bladed Wings, Brawn Hilda, and Valkyrie looked on in shock and ran to the fillies, Night Witch hopped to them and the fillies screamed while Amazon and the others held them forward and Night Witch stopped attacking, they went forward and tried to attack Night Witch and she blocked them with the swords, Night Witch tried to counter but the five mares held the fillies in her path and she tried to stop herself but could not, her swords scratched them a little and they screamed while Amazon and her four remaining followers smiled, they began attacking her from behind the fillies with their front hoofs while Spiked Wings used her spiked grieves, Bladed Wings used her bladed grieves, and Valkyrie used a hatchet, Night Witch jumped and kicked Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie in their faces with her hind legs, she knocked them down and then landed and stumbled, she recovered while Brawn Hilda and Valkyrie got back up and Night Witch grunted while moving her front legs and did horizontal slashes, she cut their necks and they fell over. Spiked Wings and Bladed Wings flew to her while keeping the fillies in front of them, they tried to slash and stab Night Witch with their wings and Night Witch struggled to block them, she fell over and kicked them in their faces with her hind legs, they stumbled and dropped the fillies and Night Witch quickly stabbed her swords into their hearts and they fell over while she panted. Amazon saw only she remained and ran to Night Witch, she slammed her front legs down on Night Witch's front legs and she screamed, Night Witch tried to headbutt her but she held the filly in front of her, she stopped and Amazon then began jumping on Night Witch's front legs and she screamed loudly, Night Witch punched her in her throat with her right wing and Amazon coughed and stumbled back while Night Witch stood up and picked up two daggers, she cut the strips on Amazon's neck and then pulled her helmet off, she grunted while swinging her body side to side and punched Amazon in her face with each one stunning her, she panted heavily and tried to stab Night Witch with her sword, she tried to push back with her front legs but struggled, she spat in Amazon's left eye and she grunted while Night Witch began to slowly overpower her and managed to turn the sword around and stab it into her neck, the fillies' eyes' widened while Amazon fell onto the ground.

The fillies looked on with surprise while Night Witch fell onto the ground and panted heavily, the fillies cheered while Night Witch picked up a dagger and crawled to the fillies, she cut the chains on Airmail and freed her, she then cut the chains on the other fillies and freed them,

"Mistress, thank you, mistress, thank you for rescuing me." Airmail said while she hugged Night Witch and cried,

"Thank you, Celestia, thank you." Apple Pie stated while praying,

"We're not safe yet, we need to find a way out of the desert." Night Witch spoke weakly,

"True, but look on the bright side, mistress, you took out Amazon and her mares, they will never kidnap or kill another pony ever again." Airmail brought up,

"Let's rest for now, you unicorns, shoot signals into the sky, if we're lucky, somepony will find us." Night Witch ordered, they nodded and began shooting zaps into the sky. They shot zaps for about ten minutes and there was nothing,

"Night Witch?" Red Baron called out, Night Witch and Airmail smiled,

"Over here, big brother!" Night Witch hollered, Red Baron flew to her and landed with Blue Thunder on his back,

"Did you win?" Red Baron asked,

"Yeah, I took out the mares who kidnapped my servant and the others." Night Witch reported,

"Good work, so did I with the ones that took the male ponies, I got them back to civilization, come on, let's get you all back, too." Red Baron said, the fillies smiled and Red Baron carried the fillies on his back and did many trips, he took Night Witch to the hospital and had bandages put on her wings and her front legs in slings, she was discharged after about a month and went home with Red Baron.

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Night Witch and Red Baron were sitting across from Doctor Whooves,

"I'm trying to resume daily life now, but it's been a bit hard, Airmail's doing her best to take care of me, too even though she's still injured as well." Night Witch reported,

"Wow, I'm impressed you survived." Doctor Whooves said,

"I sometimes can't believe it either." Night Witch replied,

"Is that all?" Doctor Whooves asked,

"Yes." Night Witch responded,

"Alright, let's take a break here, you're up next when we resume, Red Baron." Doctor Whooves stated,

"Understood." Red Baron replied, and he and Night Witch went outside.