Nature's Wrath

by smirker

Nature's Wrath

Morning came and the Pegasi ate more griffon meat for breakfast, they finished and washed the dishes, knocking was heard at the door while they washed the dishes,

"Um, Jayhawk, it's me." Gabby said from outside, he went to the door and opened it,

"Um, were you ever thought about griffon history?" Gabby asked,

"Yeah, I have several propaganda posters with me from the air force." Jayhawk replied,

"Can I see them?" Gabby asked, and Jayhawk went to go get them. Gabby looked at the propaganda posters and Gabby screamed as she looked at the three posters,

"Griffons play favoritism and only allow those they personally like to do jobs over those who are qualified? Stop them before they make you jobless? All of the art, literature, music, and cuisine of griffons are stolen from other creatures and passed off as their own? Arrest all griffons before they steal your culture? Griffons are carnivores and have restaurants dedicated to cooking and eating the ponies they killed?! Kill and eat all griffons before they kill and eat you?!" Gabby asked, Jayhawk saw tears forming in her eyes,

"These are only a few of the propaganda posters." Jayhawk said,

"What did the others say?" Gabby asked,

"There was one about the griffons moving to Equestria because they're jealous that our kingdom was still standing while theirs was destroyed, so they're coming here to destroy ours out of jealousy, another one was talking about how King Grover was actually a thief and he stole the Idol of Boreas, and the Arimaspi was there to retrieve it to give it back to its people, and the most popular one was that griffons were coming to Equestria to spread their seeds into ponies to create a new generation of tainted ponies that are as selfish and greedy as the griffons, and it can be prevented by making them extinct." Jayhawk replied, Gabby had tears in her eyes,

"I can't believe you kind and friendly ponies can come up with stuff like that, us griffons are nothing like that!" Gabby said, and she flew away crying, Jayhawk shrugged and went back into his home.

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Jayhawk began reading a science book and was reading about genes, he looked at the gene analyzing equipment that Stealth Bomber got from the air force and then went back to reading, knocking was heard at the door and the Pegasi aimed their guns,

"Jayhawk, you there? We need to talk." Twilight Sparkle said from outside, Stealth Bomber put his rifle down and opened the door, he saw her with her friends,

"Where's Jayhawk?" Twilight Sparkle asked, Jayhawk walked to the door,

"We saw Gabby crying just now and she told us about these propaganda posters you have." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Oh, those, yeah, the Cloudsdale Air Force made them to boost morale and convince others to fight." Jayhawk replied,

"Let me see them." Twilight Sparkle said, and Jayhawk got them and showed them to her, Pinkie Pie gasped,

"My, what is this?!" Rarity asked,

"I've never seen anything so mean." Fluttershy said,

"Come on now, the griffons are rude." Stealth Bomber said,

"Yeah, but they never said stuff like this about us." Rainbow Dash replied,

"Yeah, them plagiarizin' other creatures and passin' it off as their own sounds very hard to believe." Applejack said,

"And there is this about them eating ponies, that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard." Rarity said,

"Well, the Pegasi in the air force liked it." Jayhawk replied,

"Draw me a picture of how a typical griffon looked in the posters, Jayhawk." Twilight Sparkle said, and Jayhawk trotted into his home. Condor and Jayhawk drew a picture together and colored it, they finished after about ten minutes and Jayhawk went to Twilight Sparkle and her friends, he showed them the picture and Pinkie Pie and Rarity screamed, the griffon had a brown body, a white head, and a yellow beak, he was morbidly obese with pregnant mares laying around him crying and bruised, he had a cooked headless pony on a stick as his scepter and he had pony meat, blood, and bones dripping from his mouth, he was sitting in a throne made from gold and ponies were under it and carrying it, he also had ponies in front pulling his throne forward while chained and shackled, he wore a necklace that had shrunken pony heads on it, and a crown on his head made out of owl pellets. Twilight Sparkle looked at Jayhawk with shock and disgust,

"This is how you guys are taught to see the griffons?!" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"All of us were, we were at war with them." Jayhawk replied,

"That griffon has a name, too." Stealth Bomber said,

"What would that be?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"King Guano." Jayhawk replied, Fluttershy gasped while Pinkie Pie screamed again,

"Worst name ever!" Pinkie Pie said,

"How can you all come up with such a thing?! This is a disgrace against pony culture!" Rarity said,

"As we said, it's propaganda, not many Pegasi took it seriously, either." Stealth Bomber replied,

"It's still not cool." Rainbow Dash said,

"What did they teach you about Griffonstone?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"That all of the buildings and homes are actually stolen parts of other kingdoms that the griffons destroyed." Jayhawk replied,

"Did you ever learn about King Grover?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"Yup, he was called a thief." Jayhawk replied,

"What? No, he wasn't." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Well, that's what propaganda said." Jayhawk replied,

"You should be ashamed of yourselves! I'm sure you ponies offended the other Pegasi in the air force." Fluttershy said,

"Actually, they found the propaganda posters to be funny." Stealth Bomber replied,

"What?! There is nothing funny about them!" Rarity said,

"They thought it was funny." Jayhawk replied,

"Just wait a bit, Jayhawk, I got several books for you to read, I'll be back with them." Twilight Sparkle said, and she and her friends left.

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Stealth Bomber went to work at the weather factory and he looked around Equestria and saw Meteorite Hellfire's destruction was not undone, he went back to producing clouds and yawned since today was a slow day, his mind drifted a little while he waited for the day to end,

"You good, Stealth Bomber?" a male employee asked,

"Yeah, just tired." Stealth Bomber replied, and the employee left while Stealth Bomber continued to work. Stealth Bomber looked out the window and saw the sky was clear, the sea was calm, the land was quiet, and there were no flames anywhere, he went back to producing more clouds and storing away lightning jars, he kept looking out the windows as he passed them since he could see almost all of Equestria from the weather factory, he saw Violet and Velvet meeting with five stallions in Canterlot and they gave the two papers, the two unfolded them with their magic, Violet's magic aura was sky blue while Velvet's was royal blue. Stealth Bomber watched them and saw Violet's facial expressions change as she read the reports while Velvet's expression remained the same, he went back to work and looked at the two each time he passed the window. Stealth Bomber worked more and he saw Princess Celestia and Princess Luna seeing the ponies and making sure everyone was alright, he worked until it was time to go home and he headed home.

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Jayhawk was outside and seeing Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle, they went to go see Gabby since she was still upset,

"There, there, Gabby, it's alright, regular ponies don't see griffons like how Jayhawk was taught to do." Apple Bloom said,

"But still, I didn't know ponies could be so cruel." Gabby replied,

"Was there any specific griffon you were taught about?" Scootaloo asked,

"Yeah, King Guano." Jayhawk replied, Gabby quickly looked up at him,

"There isn't a King Guano in griffon history." Gabby said,

"What did he look like?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"I drew a picture of him for Princess Twilight earlier today." Jayhawk replied,

"Oh, um, did she take it?" Sweetie Belle asked,

"No." Jayhawk replied,

"Can you go get it for us?" Sweetie Belle asked, and Jayhawk trotted back home and got the drawing, he came back and showed it to them, Gabby screamed at the picture of King Guano,

"This isn't what we griffons look like!" Gabby said, Gallus heard her and flew to them,

"What is it?" Gallus asked,

"Look! This is how the Cloudsdale Air Force taught him how to view us." Gabby replied, Gallus looked and his eyes widened and jaw dropped from the picture,

"That isn't us!" Gallus said,

"What is with this design?" Apple Bloom asked,

"That's the point, everything in this picture is a symbolism of griffon propaganda." Jayhawk replied,

"What do they represent?" Scootaloo asked,

"King Guano being fat symbolizes that griffons are lazy gluttons, the ponies carrying his throne also symbolizes griffon laziness, the pregnant female ponies symbolize the griffons are going to plant their seeds in us to create ponies that will have the traits of griffons, such as being rude and greedy, their bruises symbolize griffons beating their spouses and non-griffons, the meat, blood, and bones dripping from his mouth symbolize griffons as being carnivorous slobs, the scepter symbolizes materialism, the headless pony also symbolizes gluttony, his gold throne also symbolizes greed, the shrunken pony heads as his necklace symbolize barbarianism, too, and that griffons are sadistic to ponies, and the owl pellets symbolize griffons as being unhygienic, he wears them as a crown to symbolize griffons taking pride in being filthy and carrying sicknesses with them." Jayhawk said, the Cutie Mark Crusaders and griffons looked at him with shocked faces,

"That's wrong, Jayhawk." Sweetie Belle said,

"I didn't realize that back then, but I do see it now." Jayhawk replied,

"Who came up with this?" Gallus asked,

"Actually, a lot of ponies did, there isn't just one." Jayhawk replied,

"Is this the only one of the griffon propaganda you all came up with?" Gabby asked,

"Yeah, but we did have to vote on his name, though." Jayhawk replied,

"What other names did you have for him?" Scootaloo asked,

"His other name was King Glutton, we had to do a vote on which one the Pegasi liked better, and King Guano won." Jayhawk replied,

"Did y'all call Griffonstone Griffonstone?" Apple Bloom asked,

"No, after we named him, we called it Guanotopia." Jayhawk replied,

"Guanotopia?" Gabby asked,

"Yeah, it symbolizes that griffons will name everything after themselves to stroke their own egos." Jayhawk replied,

"Wow, but why just griffons, and not dragons and yaks?" Gallus asked,

"Because the Pegasi in the air force who met the dragons and yaks didn't have any problems with them." Jayhawk replied,

"You still should let go of yer griffon hate, Jayhawk." Apple Bloom said,

"I'm working on it." Jayhawk replied,

"So, um... what made you decide to change your ways?" Scootaloo asked,

"Meteorite Hellfire got mad at us and confronted us about our hatred of griffons one day, we had an argument, and we realized what we were doing after that argument." Jayhawk replied,

"So Nature Valley changed you guys." Sweetie Belle said,

"Yeah, that was the main change in us." Jayhawk replied,

"It's almost dark, Jayhawk, we're headin' home, ya should go, too." Apple Bloom said,

"Okay, see you guys next time." Jayhawk replied, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders, Gabby, and Gallus left while Jayhawk went home. Jayhawk entered his home and read a book on Equestrian history while Stealth Bomber came home from the factory and they slept along with the other seven Pegasi.

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The next day came and the Pegasi ate griffon meat for breakfast, knocking was heard at the door while they washed the dishes,

"It's us." Violet said from outside, Thunderbolt opened the door and saw her and Velvet,

"We got our reports on Big Business and his employees yesterday." Violet said,

"Well?" Thunderbolt asked,

"We'll show them at the table." Velvet replied,

"Come on in, then." Thunderbolt said, and they entered the home. Stealth Bomber and his comrades sat with Violet and Velvet at the table,

"Here is what Big Business' employees had to say about Nature Valley." Velvet said as she showed them the reports, they saw each report about Nature Valley was basically the same, it was that everypony entered with Big Business and they began slaughtering and destroying everything on Big Business' orders because the residents provoked them and tried to kill them on sight, and the elemental ponies considered themselves superior to other ponies and Mother Nature was plotting to destroy Equestria with her magic,

"I figured they would lie." Stinger said,

"Well, I can't say it's a lie just yet, but please do tell us your side of the story." Velvet replied,

"Alright, here goes." Thunderbolt said, and they told their side.

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The Pegasi recovered from their broken wings and they were getting ready to leave,

"Are you all going?" Tsunami asked,

"Yeah, Big Business is waiting for our report." Lancer replied,

"Will you guys come back?" Raging Tornado asked,

"We'll think about it." Stealth Bomber replied,

"Come on, guys, let's go." Thunderbolt said, and they left while the ponies of Nature Valley said bye to them.

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The Pegasi went back to Las Pegasus and were in Big Business' office to give their report,

"Well?" Big Business asked,

"The residents of Nature Valley are not friendly, they shot us down when we flew over them and they tried to kill us." Thunderbolt replied,

"Why didn't you all fly away?" Big Business asked,

"They shot our wings." Stinger replied,

"Okay, but what took you all so long to come back here?" Big Business asked,

"We were hiding in the woods to evade them, they just gave up this morning." Lancer replied,

"I see, well, I'm surprised you nine survived, especially you, kid, since you're dumb enough to win a stupid contest." Big Business said, Jayhawk growled,

"Anyway, I was ready to replace you guys if you all died, but since you're here, that saves me the time and energy of having to replace you idiots with even dumber idiots, I'll give you all your next assignment later." Big Business said,

"Well, what do you say about Nature Valley?" Stealth Bomber asked,

"Let's go over it, I'll look for another place to build my businesses." Big Business replied,

"We'd also like a raise." Lancer said,

"Why?" Big Business asked,

"We just risked our lives." Stealth Bomber replied,

"So?" Big Business asked,

"We'd like higher pay if we have to do more dangerous jobs." Thunderbolt replied,

"I already pay you guys enough." Big Business said,

"You pay us below minimum wage." Eagle replied,

"But putting together the money I give you eight equals to minimum wage, so I think I pay you guys enough." Big Business said,

"What about your other employees?" Condor asked,

"What about them?" Big Business asked,

"How much are you paying them?" Condor asked,

"Minimum wage." Big Business replied,

"When do they get a raise?" Raptor asked,

"Never." Big Business replied,

"Why?" Stinger asked,

"I need the money more than they do." Big Business replied,

"For what?" Jayhawk asked,

"To show Equestria that I'm the most powerful and influential person in the land." Big Business replied,

"You sure it's not to hire new ponies to work for you?" Stealth Bomber asked,

"I have specific ponies I'd hire to work under me." Big Business replied,

"Who? Flim and Flam?" Jayhawk asked,

"Flim and Flam are not worthy to work for me." Big Business replied,

"Well, that is all we had to report, we suggest you send your employees elsewhere to build your industries." Thunderbolt said,

"Fine, now get out, the presence of you nine is making me mad already." Big Business replied, and they left while scowling.

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"Three months after that, Big Business arrived into Nature Valley with his employees and they began destroying the place, they killed everyone native to Nature Valley, too." Stealth Bomber said,

"Where were you guys?" Velvet asked,

"In Nature Valley, we still visited them after we left the first time we were there." Falcon replied,

"I can already guess you all fought with the elemental ponies to help them defend their home." Violet replied,

"We did." Lancer replied,

"Well, can you all elaborate?" Velvet asked, and they told her and Violet their sides of the events.

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The Pegasi were seeing Raging Tornado one day in Nature Valley and loud vehicles were heard they looked to the north and saw Big Business coming with his employees, vehicles, and construction equipment,

"What are you doing, Big Business?" Thunderbolt asked,

"I changed my mind, I'm going to build here." Big Business replied,

"We said this place is dangerous and the ponies here will attack you." Stinger said,

"It doesn't look that way to me." Big Business replied,

"We're trying to make a truce right now to be left alone." Stealth Bomber said,

"Well, too bad, I've made up my mind, this place has to go." Big Business replied,

"Why?" Jayhawk asked,

"Females are not fit to rule, that's a male's job." Big Business replied,

"Where do you get that kind of thinking from?" Raptor asked,

"That doesn't matter, come on now, guys, destroy the place." Big Business said, and his employees went forward.

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Big Business and his employees began attacking Nature Valley and used their equipment to destroy their land, they began attacking the air ponies with their magic while the Pegasi flew after them and the earth ponies held some of them down,

"Go! Make sure not a single one survives!" Big Business said, and he used his magic to destroy their homes and land,

"What are you doing, Big Business?!" Thunderbolt asked,

"Simple, these ponies are made from natural resources, I can use their bodies to power my industries." Big Business replied,

"But why are you destroying them?" Jayhawk asked,

"Because they're in the way, and their ruler's are female, the inferior gender, so they have to die." Big Business replied, the Pegasi glared at him and flew to tackle him, but Big Business teleported away, they looked around and saw Big Business' employees going to all of Nature Valley. Stealth Bomber and Jayhawk remained in Nature Valley while the others went to the other three areas to help, Raging Tornado's gem glowed and she summoned strong winds and tornadoes to blow Big Business' employees away, the Pegasi flew along the wind's currents while the unicorns simply teleported around and shot at her with zaps from their horns, Raging Tornado yelled when she got hit by one and fell to the ground. Stealth Bomber flew around and fought Big Business' employees, he saw several of Big Business' employees laughing and destroying the air ponies' homes and equipment while they held them down and forced them to watch, he heard grunting and saw several of Big Buisness' employees restraining and beating up Jayhawk, he tried to break free while Big Business' employees knocked him down and began kicking him. Stealth Bomber flew to them and punched and threw Big Business' employees over his shoulder, one tackled him down from behind and the earth ponies began kicking Stealth Bomber while he grunted. Raging Tornado summoned more tornadoes and rain and blizzards appeared all over Nature Valley, the ground shook and everypony stumbled, the water ponies, ground ponies, and fire ponies appeared in northern Nature Valley to help fight off Big Business' employees.

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Eagle, Falcon, and Lancer fought Big Business' employees in southern Nature Valley, only the unicorns and Pegasi came, the three punched some of the Pegasi out of the sky and they fell into the water, they saw the unicorns restraining the water ponies and killed several of them with lightning spells, they became flat bodies of water and evaporated. Tsunami looked on with horror at seeing the water ponies die and became frozen in place, Lancer flew to her and shook her,

"Tsunami, focus, you'll die if you stay in place." Lancer said, Tsunami came back to her senses,

"Sorry, but I really hate violence." Tsunami said,

"Not the time, you have to focus." Lancer said, and Tsunami's gem glowed as she raised her front legs up and made tidal waves appear. Tsunami focused and created blizzards and avalanches to stop the invaders, they used their magic and wings to evade the blizzards and avalanches, Eagle and Falcon hit the ponies in their temples to knock them out and put them on the ground, the two heard screaming and saw the unicorns killing the water ponies with lightning magic, the two and Lancer flew to them to fight them.

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Stinger and Condor were in eastern Nature Valley and fighting the earth ponies that served Big Business, the ground ponies stood in front of them and took in the hits and the ponies could not get through,

"There. Hold the line." Earthquake said, and her gem glowed and she made sinkholes appear to make Big Business' employees fall into them, the unicorns floated over them while the Pegasi flew out of them, some of the earth ponies hung onto the ledges and climbed up. Stinger and Condor flew around and they punched and kicked several of Big Business' employees to knock them out, the unicorns flung them away with their telekinesis and did the same to the ground ponies, they disappeared into the ground and reappeared in front of them when they landed. Big Business' employees tried to get through the ground ponies but could not, an earth pony ran out of eastern Nature Valley and came back with a sledgehammer, he hit one ground pony in the head and it broke into pieces, he fell on the ground dead and decomposed. The ground ponies and Earthquake looked on with shock while the unicorns made more sledgehammers appear with their magic, they hit the ground ponies and they broke apart while Earthquake made plants grow bigger around herself and the ground ponies to block off Big Business' employees, they tried to smash the plants with the sledgehammers but they did not go down. Earthquake and the others heard loud noises and she made a hill rise up under her and saw bulldozers coming, they pushed the land forward but could not move the big trees and plants, she also saw backhoe loaders coming in an attempt to dig the flora out of the ground, Earthquake smiled at seeing her defenses work. Stinger and Condor tried to stop the vehicles from destroying eastern Nature Valley but there were too many of Big Business' employees and they held them down.

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Thunderbolt and Raptor helped the fire ponies defend their home while Meteorite Hellfire took on Big Business' employees directly,

"Come on, is that the best you all can do?" Meteorite Hellfire asked as she hit Big Business' employees with her front legs, they got knocked out with one hit and were thrown across the place, they landed on the ground and put craters in it. Thunderbolt and Raptor wrestled with the earth ponies that attacked them but they got attacked from behind while distracted,

"If only we've known Big Business was coming." Thunderbolt said,

"Yeah, we could've had our weapons and armor with us." Raptor replied, and the two got overwhelmed by numbers and were restrained to the ground. The fire ponies went over and sent Big Business' employees flying away by smacking them away, they hit the ground and made craters in it, the air ponies, water ponies, and ground ponies also appeared in western Nature Valley to help. The elemental ponies tried to defend their home while volcanoes erupted, blizzards, storms, tornadoes, and earthquakes appeared all over Nature Valley, Thunderbolt looked and saw Mother Nature casting magic, her magic aura was red, blue, yellow, and green, she made Big Business' employees get burned, drifting in water, hanging onto the ground during earthquakes, fall into sinkholes, and blown away by tornadoes. Thunderbolt stood up when the tornadoes blew away Big Business' employees and he helped Raptor stand up,

"What the?" Thunderbolt asked, he and Raptor looked around and saw some of Big Business' employees were fighting each other, they all fought one another while the natives of Nature Valley fought them off but ignored the ones who were helping them.

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Mother Nature continued manipulating the weather and summoned thunderclouds to electrocute the invaders, she looked around for Big Business and saw him outside of Nature Valley with a shield around himself and watching, she froze for a minute at seeing the elemental ponies die, the air ponies turned into gusts of wind and blew away, the water ponies evaporated, the ground ponies broke apart and decomposed, and the fire ponies got extinguished with smoke blowing away. Mother Nature shot big beams at Big Business and he teleported away, he reappeared in the air while holding himself up with his telekinesis and saw how progress was,

"You idiots! You were supposed to kill their pets first!" Big Business said, his employees stopped attacking for a second and looked at him with disbelief, he cast a spell and drained life out of the animals in Nature Valley and killed them, the elemental ponies got distracted and ran to go check on them while Big Business' employees attacked and killed them from behind. Big Business saw Jayhawk frozen in place and looked forward as his memories kicked in, he got an idea and put him in western Nature Valley with his telekinesis. Jayhawk is put into western Nature Valley and he saw the flames everywhere,

"Jayhawk?" Stealth Bomber asked as he punched Big Business' employees that were restraining him away, he looked for him and did not see him anywhere. Jayhawk froze in place and began to have memories of the war and dead bodies being burned, Big Business' employees attacked him and he began to scream as he remembered the camp the griffons threw him into, he began attacking whoever went near him and he punched everycreature in their eyes and bit into their necks with his teeth, Big Business' employees screamed in pain while Meteorite Hellfire and Stealth Bomber went to him and shook him,

"Jayhawk, relax, you're not in the camp anymore." Meteorite Hellfire said as she held his front legs, Thunderbolt and Raptor flew to him while she and Stealth Bomber tried to bring him back to the present,

"Jayhawk, it's me, Stealth Bomber, I'm here, Jayhawk!" Stealth Bomber said, Jayhawk came back to reality and saw the dead ponies around himself, Meteorite Hellfire carried him away while Stealth Bomber looked at Big Business angrily while he smiled at him.

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Tsunami was getting the dead marine animals in southern Nature Valley and hyperventilated as she looked for one that was still alive, Eagle, Falcon, Lancer, and the employees who stopped working for Big Business continued fighting Big Business' employees and they got overwhelmed by how many there were, several unicorns shot Tsunami with big blasts from their horns and she screamed as the others looked, the unicorns stopped and Tsunami was laying on the ground,

"TSUNAMI!!" Mother Nature said as she flew to her, she checked her and saw Tsunami was dead, she cradled her body and grieved. Eagle, Falcon, and Lancer looked around and did not see a single water pony, they became angry and determined and continued fighting Big Business' employees with those who defected. Raging Tornado and the employees who defected continued fighting the invaders but all of the air ponies were dead, she is shot from behind by a beam and she screamed,

"Raging Tornado!" Stealth Bomber said as he flew to her, he entered northern Nature Valley and saw she was dead, he flew down to her and closed her eyes, Big Business' employees ganged up on him and beat him up while he grieved. Earthquake tried to make the ground uneven with rocks and mountain terrain to stop Big Business' vehicles, the ground ponies fell as Big Business' employees smashed their heads with sledgehammers, Stinger and Condor were held down and being beaten, the Pegasi who worked for Big Business flew in the air and they grabbed Earthquake, she changed herself to mud and they sank into her, she then disappeared into the ground. Earthquake appeared to the north of eastern Nature Valley and changed the terrain to make it hard to move around, the unicorns shot beams at her and she screamed as they hit her,

"No!" Condor said, the unicorns stopped and he and Stinger saw Earthquake on the ground dead, the two looked on while Big Business' employees continued to hold them down and beat them. Meteorite Hellfire hit Big Business' employees away with her front legs, she took her spear out and began spinning it around to make waves of fire appear and burn Big Business' employees, she looked and saw all of the fire ponies were dead. Pegasi flew at her from behind and restrained her while ten unicorns shot her with beams and she screamed as she got hit,

"No! Meteorite Hellfire!" Thunderbolt said, the unicorns stopped and Meteorite Hellfire was dead, they snickered while they continued to beat up Thunderbolt and Raptor while the employees who defected continued to fight back. Mother Nature flew around and saw of her subjects, animals, and four chosen ones were dead, and all of her land was destroyed,

"I win, ruling a country is a male's job, you're not worthy to be a ruler." Big Business said, Mother Nature growled and shoot four beams out of her horn while screaming with rage, Big Business shot a beam out of his horn and the two entered a deadlock and Mother Nature began overpowering him immediately, several of Big Business' unicorns shot zaps at her while the Pegasi and earth ponies pulled on her and bucked her to break her concentration, Big Business overpowered her and Mother Nature screamed as she fell, she panted while Big Business floated down with his magic,

"You haven't won, Big Business, we will come after you, we will have revenge." Mother Nature said, and Big Business shot a beam at her face and she screamed, everypony looked and saw Mother Nature was destroyed. Big Business smiled and laughed a little while everypony gathered around him with Stealth Bomber and the others being held,

"Now, to make this place as I see fit." Big Business said,

"What are you going to build?" Thunderbolt asked,

"A factory to harvest this place's natural resources, I don't need you nine anymore, you all are fired for disagreeing with my plans. Beat them up, start with the foal first." Big Business replied, and his employees beat Jayhawk while he screamed, the eight Pegasi tried to break free but his other employees held them back and beat them up,

"Good, now the other eight together." Big Business said, and his employees beat them up more while Jayhawk laid down while in pain and unable to move, the eight Pegasi grunted in pain while his employees who helped Mother Nature and her subjects defend their home rushed in to try to hold back the employees still loyal to Big Business, they got the Pegasi and Jayhawk and put them behind themselves,

"This is how you treat your bodyguards?!" one employee asked,

"You got a problem?" Big Business asked,

"You're disgusting, they were a peaceful settlement, and you destroyed them for no reason and enjoyed it, we quit." a second employee replied, and they walked away while carrying Stealth Bomber and the others.

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"Shortly after we left, we got attacked at our home by one of the griffons we fought in the war, we quickly discovered that Big Business hired him as an assassin to hunt down and kill us and those who quit working for him, so we moved and lived separately in hopes that the griffon doesn't hunt us down so easily." Jayhawk said,

"Wait, how did you guys find out?" Violet asked,

"We saw a few severed heads of the employees who quit around his neck on a necklace, he was carrying a burlap sack full of their heads, too." Stealth Bomber replied,

"You all knew him from the war, right?" Velvet asked,

"Yes." Lancer replied,

"What's his name?" Velvet asked,

"Garotte." Falcon replied,

"Alright, as you all already know, we have contradicting stories, we're going to take our reports to Princess Celestia and she'll handle it from there." Violet said,

"Our psychiatrist has some of Big Business' employees as patients, his name's Liebert if you two have forgotten." Stealth Bomber said,

"We know Liebert, he's famous throughout all of Equestria." Velvet replied,

"So you guys already know where his office is at." Condor said,

"Yup." Violet replied,

"Okay, before we go, one quick question that's off topic, but have you guys ever found Liebert's behavior to be a little off?" Velvet asked,

"What do you mean?" Jayhawk asked,

"That behind his charming and friendly personality lies an evil person, that his true personality is that of a monster." Velvet replied,

"No, not really." Jayhawk said,

"How about the rest of you?" Violet asked, the other eight Pegasi shook their heads,

"Well, thank you all, that's all we needed to know, we'll be back to let you all know when the court date is." Velvet said, and the two got up and left.

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Three days passed with nothing in particular happening, Stealth Bomber worked at the weather factory, Thunderbolt was still trying to find the names of Big Business' employees that went to Nature Valley, Jayhawk just sat in a chair and thought about his hatred of griffons, and the others flew around Equestria to do whatever they could to pass the time, all nine of them were home once and knocking was heard at the door, they aimed their guns at the door,

"It's us." Violet said, and Stealth Bomber opened the door and saw her and Velvet,

"The trial on Big Business is about to start, you all are needed." Velvet said,

"Any luck on Nature Valley?" Stealth Bomber asked,

"Yeah, Princess Celestia showed us, it's all factories, everything's gone." Violet replied,

"Well, let’s go." Thunderbolt said, and they flew to Canterlot while Violet and Velvet used telekinesis on themselves, they flew and saw Nature Valley as they passed, northern Nature Valley was covered with wind turbines, southern Nature Valley had dams and pipes to control the water's flow, eastern Nature Valley was now a mine and there were drills for drilling oil, western Nature Valley was supplying thermal energy to the other areas, and the center of Nature Valley had a big statue of Big Business, the nine groaned with disgust and went to Canterlot.

---

Stealth Bomber and the others arrived into Canterlot castle and the royal guards took them to the courtroom, they sat near the front to the right with Violet and Velvet, they saw Liebert and several of Big Business' employees were also present, and Big Business was on the stand. Princess Celestia walked to the judge's bench and stood behind it,

"Court is now in session, for those of you new here, I will be acting as the prosecutor, defense, and judge, I will now go over the case, the defendant is Big Business, as all of you already know, he is an industrialist, and has many businesses in Equestria, now then, Big Business, you have been accused of destroying a peaceful settlement a week ago, what do you have to say about it?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Peaceful? They were anything but peaceful, they started attacking my industries just out of the blue, I never harmed them, I wouldn't harm a fly, my employees can tell you that." Big Business replied,

"Really? I have received several complaints about your behavior and workplace ethnicities in the past, along with you destroying natural environments of Equestria." Princess Celestia said,

"That's necessary for building my factories and dams, I need the places cleared out." Big Business replied,

"Yes, but I have also received complaints about your businesses not really giving anything beneficial to Equestria, and they're just there." Princess Celestia said,

"Who's sending the complaints?" Big Business asked,

"A lot of people, they're coming from all over Equestria, too." Princess Celestia replied, Big Business growled,

"Anyway, how long have those people from that settlement been attacking your buildings and industries?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Ever since I first started." Big Business replied,

"Then why wasn't it reported back then? Why now?" Princess Celestia asked,

"I wasn't that big back then, so their attacks were smaller and more subtle." Big Business replied,

"What kind of damage did you find?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Um... it's been so long, I don't remember." Big Business replied,

"Big Business, if you can't remember what you found, then I will have to assume you're lying." Princess Celestia said,

"It's been years, I can't remember every little damage they've done." Big Business replied,

"Well? Do you remember?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Um..." Big Business said, he began to sweat a little,

"There wasn't any damage, was there?" Princess Celestia asked, Big Business became speechless,

"So you didn't have any damages done back then, if I also recall, I myself didn't see any damage, either." Princess Celestia said,

"There was damage, I just don't remember." Big Business replied,

"But you haven't given any specific details, so I can't believe you." Princess Celestia said, Big Business glared at her,

"I also have received information that the place you found could only be found with a certain spell, how did you learn it?" Princess Celestia asked,

"I just cast it by chance when I was practicing in the nearby forest." Big Business replied,

"Okay, what was the first thing you did when you found the place?" Princess Celestia asked,

"I went over to go say hi, but they turned hostile and attacked me." Big Business replied, Stealth Bomber and his comrades glared at him along with his employees,

"Then what were these wagon pieces Detective Velvet and her subordinate found?" Princess Celestia asked,

"What are you saying?" Big Business asked, Princess Celestia held up a picture with her telekinesis, there were very small wooden pieces on the ground,

"This was taken in the northern part of the place, Detective Violet and Detective Velvet submitted it to me as evidence when they came back from the settlement." Princess Celestia said,

"How did they find the place?" Big Business asked,

"I cast the spell for them." Princess Celestia replied,

"You know the spell?" Big Business asked,

"Of course, it's my duty to make sure every settlement in Equestria is safe." Princess Celestia replied, Big Business scoffed,

"Anyway, how do you explain these wagon pieces?" Princess Celestia asked,

"How do you know they weren't planted?" Big Business asked,

"I think their decayed state and the destroyed vines wrapped around them is proof enough, there was a report of a wagon missing at the weather factory north of this place, now, how do you explain these?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Um... I borrowed it from the factory." Big Business replied,

"Borrowed? The factory reported it as stolen." Princess Celestia said, Big Business yelped,

"You're admitting to thievery, Big Business?" Princess Celesita asked,

"No, no, no, I... just saw it laying around and thought it was abandoned." Big Business replied as he sweated,

"I have received many reports from your former and current employees that nine Pegasi who served as your bodyguards were the ones who went there with that wagon." Princess Celestia said,

"I never had any bodyguards." Big Business replied,

"Don't lie to me, Big Business, I saw your post in the newspaper that you wanted bodyguards." Princess Celestia said,

"Yes, but nopony took the job." Big Business replied,

"Then why do I have reports about you hiring nine bodyguards, eight adults and a foal?" Princess Celestia asked,

"What? Surely, there's been a mistake." Big Business replied,

"No, I have the information here, nine Pegasi, eight adults, one child, all males, all ex-Cloudsdale Air Force." Princess Celestia said,

"Uh..." Big Business said,

"Who are those nine you see right there?" Princess Celestia asked as she pointed to her left, Big Business looked to his right and Stealth Bomber and the others, his facial muscles twitched a little while he glared at them,

"Can you tell me who they are?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Never seen them in my life." Big Business replied,

"Really, their records say they served under you as bodyguards for about three years before you fired them a week ago." Princess Celestia said, Big Business' eyes widened,

"I also received reports saying that they were the ones who entered Nature Valley, not you, your employees said the same thing." Princess Celestia said, Big Business grumbled,

"I have also received contradicting information from the detectives on what the natives of this settlement were like, your employees say they were hostile and attacked on sight, while those who entered said they were friendly and welcoming, what do you say about this, Big Business?" Princess Celestia asked,

"They were hostile, those nine over there reported to me that they were hostile and tried to kill them, they came back late because they were hiding in the forest and trying to find their way back." Big Business replied,

"Yes, about that, those nine said they said that to you in hopes that you would leave them be and not destroy their home." Princess Celestia said,

"They just said that so they wouldn't have to stand trial with me." Big Business replied,

"And why is that?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Because they're cowards, they're too scared to come forward." Big Business replied,

"Do you have any proof of that?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Not at the moment." Big Business replied,

"Speaking of contradicting reports, those nine have given very detailed reports about how the ponies of that settlement behaved, and I, myself have been there, so I know you're lying from my own experiences, Big Business." Princess Celestia said, Big Business reeled back a little,

"Moving on, I also have a report with your employees saying that the ruler of this settlement was planning to destroy Equestria with her magic, I knew her personally, so I know that's a lie, too." Princess Celestia said,

"Wait, what?" Big Business asked,

"You were never told of her plotting to destroy Equestria?" Princess Celestia asked,

"No, I mean, sure, she and her subjects attacked us, but she had no ambition from what I've seen." Big Business replied,

"I see, I also have reports about you coming in with equipment to destroy their home and your employees helped." Princess Celestia said, Big Business' employees protested,

"Stop lying, you guys led the invasion behind my back." Big Business said,

"Liar, you mind controlled us and made us do your bidding." an employee replied, the other employees nodded,

"That goes against what some of you told me." Liebert said,

"What?" another employee asked,

"Some of you said you regret destroying this Nature Valley and wish you never did." Liebert said,

"I was drunk at the time." one employee replied,

"No, you were not, I know a drunk when I see one." Liebert said,

"So that's how it's going to be? You're going to betray your own boss?" Big Business asked,

"If you ask me, Big Business, they were never loyal to you from the start." Liebert replied,

"What?" Big Business asked,

"He's right, Big Business." another employee said,

"Yeah, you overwork us and underpay us, we have no reason to pledge our loyalty to you." a third employee said,

"Enough, we're getting off topic here, the detectives also took pictures of your headquarters and Nature Valley, before I show one, have you ever seen four gems, one red, one blue, one yellow, and one green?" Princess Celestia asked,

"No." Big Business replied,

"Then how do you explain this?" Princess Celestia asked as she held up a picture with her telekinesis, it was the four gems of Nature Valley,

"Well?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Never seen them." Big Business replied,

"Then why were they found in your office, and why is your face carved into the gems?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Uh... um...?" Big Business asked,

"You lied to me again, Big Business, the fact that these were in your office and have your face carved on them more than proves that you do know about these, these belonged to Nature Valley, so you are guilty of thievery." Princess Celestia said, Big Business exclaimed,

"One more thing, Big Business, I have seen reports that several of the employees who quit working for you after Nature Valley have gone missing, do you know anything about that?" Princess Celestia asked,

"No." Big Business replied,

"Then what is this report I've got about a griffon named Garotte?" Princess Celestia asked,

"Never heard of that person." Big Business replied quickly and almost raised his voice,

"Then what happened to those former employees? Why are they missing?" Princess Celestia asked,

"I don't know!" Big Business replied angrily,

"Stop lying to me, Big Business, your tone and sweating more than tells me that you know." Princess Celestia said, Big Business groaned,

"Well, Big Business?" Princess Celestia asked, Big Business panted heavily while sweating,

"Well?" Princess Celestia asked while raising her voice a little, Big Business just panted and sweated more. Running was heard in the hallway at the back of the courtroom,

"Hey! You guys can't go in there!" a stallion said from outside, the doors flew open and four stallions ran in,

"Wait, stop the trial for a minute!" one pony said, they all looked and saw they were employees who quit working for Big Business after he attacked Nature Valley,

"We're ex-employees of Big Business, we defected from him and tried to protect Nature Valley, we didn't come here on time because Big Business hired an assassin to hunt us down and kill us, we've been evading him, he attacked Nature Valley because the rulers were females, and he considers them the inferior gender." one ex-employee said, the mares gasped,

"Yes, I have received several complaints about that, I have written to him to stop doing that, I can see that he hasn't." Princess Celestia replied,

"I should've known it was you nine who wrote them." Big Business said as he looked at Stealth Bomber and his comrades,

"How'd you figure out it was us?" Falcon asked,

"Those complaints started when I hired you guys and stopped when you all left." Big Business replied, the ceiling burst open and debris fell, a griffon came into the courtroom, he was wearing a black leather coat that went down to his knees, black pants, black boots on all four of his feet, and a necklace with severed pony heads on it, he was blinded in his right eye and had a scar on it, his feathers were dark yellow and his beak was yellow and stained with blood, he also had a burlap sack in his front right leg. The ponies screamed at seeing him and Big Business' ex-employees tried to run away, but the griffon flew to one and knocked him down and got ready to rip his head off with his talon,

"Garotte, you idiot! You were supposed to kill the foal first!" Big Business said, the ponies gasped,

"Sorry, but Jayhawk got away and went into hiding." Garotte said,

"He's right there!" Big Business said as he pointed at him, Garotte saw him and flew to him but the guards quickly restrained him with their telekinesis,

"So you did hire an assassin, Big Business, and you have ordered him to kill your own employees, I think I have an idea on where the others are at, guards, check his burlap sack." Princess Celestia said, and they took it off of him with their telekinesis and opened it, severed pony heads fell out of it, the ponies watching screamed, Stealth Bomber and his comrades realized they were Big Business' ex-employees,

"There's more than enough evidence to prove your guilt, Big Business, you have committed enough crimes." Princess Celestia said,

"What am I charged for?" Big Business asked,

"Discrimination, underpaying your employees, unsafe workplace environment, intentionally designing your products to be harmful to children, along with low quality products so others have to pay more money to you, making your industries and business' beneficial only to yourself, destroying nature, hiring an assassin, destroying a settlement, and murder, I also have reports about Jayhawk having post-traumatic stress disorder from his time as a child soldier, and you exploited it in Nature Valley." Princess Celestia replied, the ponies' jaws dropped,

"I sentence you to six months in prison, you will be sent into rehabilitation and be given friendship lessons, I also sentence to have all of your business' and industries shut down, you will be paying money to the ponies whose homes you have destroyed after your time in prison is done, and as for you, Garotte, I am going to have you deported back to Griffonstone." Princess Celestia replied,

"You're a female! Your laws don't apply to me!" Big Business said,

"Big Business, I am not going to have my authority questioned because of my gender, I am the ruler of this land, and you will obey." Princess Celestia replied,

"I am more important than you!" Big Business said,

"No, you are not, Big Business, you're just an industrialist at best, but you're not famous, you will serve your sentence, no matter how much you protest." Princess Celestia replied,

"WHAT?!" Big Business asked, his employees who destroyed Nature Valley cheered,

"What about them?!" Big Business asked,

"You were the one who ordered them to destroy Nature Valley, and the fact you sent an assassin after the ones who quit, I'm dropping all charges against them due to it being blackmail." Princess Celestia replied and she hit her gavel, Big Business' employees cheered again, Big Business glared at them while the guards took him and Garotte away. Stealth Bomber and his comrades smiled at seeing Big Business get taken to jail,

"As for you nine, Thunderbolt, Falcon, Eagle, Stealth Bomber, Stinger, Lancer, Condor, Raptor, and Jayhawk, you nine will be charged, too." Princess Celestia said,

"What?" Stinger asked,

"Wait, for what?" Lancer asked,

"You nine are to go to Griffonstone and give them an official apology for your actions and motivations for going to war with them, your families will be giving the apology, too." Princess Celestia said, the nine Pegasi stared on with bewilderment,

"Seriously?" Thunderbolt asked,

"Did you nine really think I wouldn't notice you all being mean to griffons just because they're griffons? This is a land of friendship, you nine have left a black mark on our nation's reputation." Princess Celestia replied,

"Um... you do know that's a bit risky, right?" Stinger asked,

"Yes, I'm aware that griffons can be unforgiving and rude, but what you nine did was unacceptable, you all have one week to come up with an apology, and face whatever punishment they have in mind, if you nine don't, I will have you all imprisoned while Jayhawk will be sent to juvenile hall." Princess Celestia replied, the Pegasi nodded,

"Good, court is adjourned." Princess Celestia said and she hit her gavel and everypony left.

---

Stealth Bomber and the others walked out of the courtroom and were with Violet and Velvet,

"What are you two going to do now?" Stealth Bomber asked,

"We got a report to file, our work is far from done." Velvet replied,

"Yeah, and who knows, if Princess Celestia decides to investigate the damage caused by you ponies during the war, we might meet one another again." Violet said,

"Alright, bye, you two." Jayhawk said as Violet and Velvet left, the nine exited Canterlot castle and flew home. The Pegasi arrived home and they got ready to think of what to say as an apology,

"Well, I guess Big Business is done for." Jayhawk said,

"Yeah, still sucks the employees who destroyed the place with him got away with it." Stealth Bomber replied,

"Well, maybe they'll come back up again later, let's think of an apology." Thunderbolt said, and they all tried to think of what to say until knocking was heard at the door,

"You there, Jayhawk?" Twilight Sparkle asked from outside, Jayhawk opened the door and saw her,

"Sorry I'm late, I would like to have you attend the School of Friendship as a part-time student." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Why?" Jayhawk asked,

"So you can learn proper griffon history, you and your guardians have to apologize to Gallus, too." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"For what?" Jayhawk asked,

"You guys made him an orphan, he was an only child, too." Twilight Sparkle replied,

"Oh, I see." Jayhawk said,

"I'd like for you to start coming tomorrow, you'll be on a half day schedule since you're home schooled." Twilight Sparkle said,

"Sounds good." Jayhawk replied,

"Good, make sure you leave a good impression on your first day, I'll be going now." Twilight Sparkle said, and she walked away. Jayhawk closed the door and went back to trying to come up with an apology for Griffonstone, but an earthquake started and everycreature screamed, loud winds were heard and a tornado was seen outside the window, blizzards, downpours, and volcanic eruptions started as well, the Pegasi ran outside and they saw tornadoes, waterspouts, downbursts, windstorms, downpours, freezing rain, blizzards, hailstorms, sleet, earthquakes, dust storms, dust devils, droughts, landslides, sinkholes, wildfires, and volcanic eruptions appearing all over Equestria. Everypony screamed as they ran away and the disasters kept happening,

"What's goin' on?" Applejack asked, tsunamis began flooding Equestria and towns got buried in them, everycreature looked and saw Raging Tornado and the air ponies flying in the sky, Tsunami and the water ponies in the water, Earthquake and the ground ponies appearing everywhere on land, and Meteorite Hellfire and the fire ponies in all three areas, the four had their gems with them. Raging Tornado's and Tsunami's gems glowed and a hurricane appeared, the creatures screamed as they ran away,

"No! Stop!" Twilight Sparkle said, Tsunami's and Earthquake's gems glowed and quicksand appeared on the ground and sunk whatever was over them, the plants and trees grew faster as well, Raging Tornado's and Earthquake's gems glowed after sometime and a heavy windstorm with trees, plants, and leaves in them appeared everywhere, Tsunami's and Meteorite Hellfire's gems glowed next and volcanoes erupted underwater, Meteorite Hellfire's gem continued to glow and Raging Tornado's gem glowed next and tornadoes made from fire appeared, Meteorite Hellfire had her gem continue to glow and Earthquake's gem glowed next and meteors fell from the sky, the ponies screamed when they fell,

"Stop! What's wrong?" Twilight Sparkle asked, Tsunami made water appear and float up in the sky and it showed Big Business' trial,

"It's the trial, they're not happy with the verdict." Jayhawk said, the disasters continued but the ghosts disappeared, thunder appeared in the clouds and hit the ground, the ponies screamed as the thunder destroyed whatever it hit,

"What now?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Um, guys, the animals are acting weird." Fluttershy said, they looked and saw the animals looked like they were bowing, fog appeared in Ponyville and a big black silhouette was seen coming forward, it had glowing golden eyes and the body of an alicorn,

"Princess Celestia?!" Twilight Sparkle asked as Stealth Bomber and his comrades walked back as they noticed it was Mother Nature, the other ghosts appeared around her, Meteorite Hellfire stood to her right, Earthquake was to her left, Tsunami was standing to Meteorite Hellfire's right, and Raging Tornado stood to Earthquake's left, the elemental ponies were behind them,

"Wait, Mother Nature!" Princess Celestia said as she flew to Ponyville and landed,

"Mother Nature?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"I know you're mad about your home being destroyed, but I have to give all of my subjects a fair chance at being redeemed and accepting friendship." Princess Celestia said, Mother Nature glared at her,

"Mother Nature, please, I know you're not as forgiving as I am, but you were one of my closest friends, and I miss you a lot, I got the one responsible for destroying your home and your deaths, so please stop causing disasters." Princess Celestia said, Mother Nature did not react,

"I will make it up to you, Mother Nature, just tell me what you want." Princess Celestia said, Mother Nature used her magic to make water appear in the air and showed pictures of Big Business' employees that have destroyed Nature Valley,

"You want them all in jail?" Princess Celestia asked, Mother Nature shook her head,

"You want them dead?" Jayhawk asked, Mother Nature nodded, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Applejack gasped,

"What about the ones who regret destroying your home? Can we spare them?" Stealth Bomber asked, Mother Nature shook her head,

"Will you stop the disasters when they die?" Thunderbolt asked, Mother Nature nodded,

"Alright, it's decided then, I think we'll need to pay Violet and Velvet one more visit." Thunderbolt said,

"Actually, I have files on those who attacked Nature Valley." Princess Celestia replied,

"Can we have them?" Stinger asked, Princess Celestia made them appear with her magic and handed the files to them,

"Hold on, who are these guys, Princess Celestia?" Twilight Sparkle asked,

"They are the residents of Nature Valley, that there is Mother Nature, she's older than I am, these four are her chosen ones, they're the bearers of the Elements of Nature." Princess Celestia replied,

"What?" Rarity asked,

"Wait, Elements of Nature?" Applejack asked,

"Yes, there are more elements than the Elements of Harmony and elements of the Pillars of Equestria, the Elements of Nature are the Fire, Water, Earth, and Air, they're stronger than our elements because unlike ours, ours only power Equestria, theirs power the entire world." Princess Celestia replied,

"Really?" Rainbow Dash asked,

"Ooh, I know, we should have an Element Party." Pinkie Pie said, Meteorite Hellfire glared at her,

"Wait, hold on, if they power the entire world, then shouldn't the bearer of the Element of Earth be a yak, and the bearer of the Element of Air be a griffon?" Applejack asked,

"I am not the one who chose them, Applejack, and Mother Nature chose them to bear her powers." Princess Celestia replied,

"We're wasting time, we should hunt down those employees now." Stinger said,

"Alright, I'll send them messages to meet at Nature Valley once when you nine are ready to take them down." Princess Celestia replied, and she flew away,

"Let's get ready." Thunderbolt said, and they entered their home. The Pegasi went into their home and began putting on their battle uniforms, they put on their heavy gray armor and then their backpack that contained their ammunition, they picked up their eight guns with their wings and flew to Nature Valley.

---

Princess Celestia watched them from the sky and saw the Pegasi go to Nature Valley, she began sending out letters to the employees that destroyed the place to meet there. The Pegasi hid in the woods and waited for the employees to arrive, walking was soon heard,

"What is this about? Have to go back to Nature Valley." one employee said,

"Who knows, maybe we have to take over now that Big Business is gone." another employee replied,

"No way, that guy's designs suck, his places are dangerous to run, too." a third employee said, and they all walked into Nature Valley,

"Okay, this is weird, no one's around, I wonder why Princess Celestia told us to come here." a fourth employee said, the nine Pegasi appeared from behind the trees and began shooting at them with their rotary guns and killed a few,

"It's an ambush!" one employee said,

"Quick! Run!" another employee said, and they began to run away. Stinger, Lancer, Eagle, and Falcon flew up with their rocket thrusters and looked into the forest, they shot their air-to-surface missiles to clear the trees, they heard a few screams and saw some of the employees got hit by the missiles, they fired more of their rotary guns and killed whoever they saw. Thunderbolt and Stealth Bomber did a pincer attack and shot the employees between them with their rotary guns, some of the Pegasi flew to the buildings in the area and Condor and Raptor shot them with air-to-surface missiles to destroy them, the Pegasi flew away and Jayhawk shot them down with his rotary guns, they screamed in pain when the bullets went through their wings, Stealth Bomber shot them to pieces with his rotary guns. The unicorns teleported out of the place and all nine Pegasi flew up and shot and destroyed the trees with their rotary guns and air-to-surface missiles to look for them, they saw the unicorns appear outside of Nature Valley and they began to run, the Pegasi clapped their hind hoofs together and activated their rocket thrusters to fly faster, they opened fire and shot the unicorns with their rotary guns and they screamed and died. The Pegasi flew around more and saw several Pegasi fly to them in an attempt to fight them, they shot them with their rotary guns and fell to the ground in pieces, the unicorns shot beams at them from the ground but did nothing due to their armor protecting them, the Pegasi shot their rotary guns at them and killed them,

"Quick! Keep going!" one employee said, the Pegasi looked and saw the earth ponies running away, they shot their air-to-surface missiles at them and they screamed when it hit them, they saw several Pegasi flying away as well, they shot their air-to-air missiles at them and they got hit and screamed as they fell to the ground in pieces, they flew around and did not see a single employee left,

"Was that all of them?" Lancer asked,

"I hope so." Thunderbolt replied, they flew around to make sure,

"That was all of them, guys." Princess Celestia said as she flew to them, they faced her,

"You all go ahead and head home, I'll clean the place." Princess Celestia said, and they all flew home.

---

The Pegasi landed in front of their home and Rarity screamed as she ran to them,

"What is this outfit?!" Rarity asked,

"The official Cloudsdale Air Force Combat Uniform." Stinger replied,

"You all really could use a redesign, that dull gray color is ugly, the black googles can use a recolor, too, this entire uniform has to be redesigned." Rarity said,

"We have more uniforms than just this one." Jayhawk replied,

"But why did you all choose that one?" Rarity asked,

"Because it's the one best suited for self-defense." Thunderbolt replied,

"That, and it's our favorite uniform." Stealth Bomber said, Rarity's jaw dropped,

"Jayhawk, I am going to say this now, you cannot wear that in the School of Friendship." Twilight Sparkle said, Jayhawk looked down,

"Well, I'm just glad those disasters are over, you all should be glad no one truly got hurt, I'll leave you guys for now." Twilight Sparkle said, and she and Rarity walked away. The Pegasi turned around and saw the ghots of Nature Valley there, Mother Nature hugged Jayhawk and he hugged her back, Mother Nature walked back while Raging Tornado went to Stealth Bomber and they hugged one another and touched each other with their snouts, they let go and Raging Tornado went back and they all disappeared. The Pegasi looked around and saw Rainbow Dash coming,

"What are you doing here, Rainbow Dash?" Stealth Bomber asked,

"My parents are here to see you guys." Rainbow Dash replied, Bow Hothoof and Windy Whistles flew and landed, they saw Bow Hothoof was wearing a tiger-stripe pattern uniform and black boots, the sleeves on his front legs were rolled up. The Pegasi saluted Bow Hothoof and he saluted back,

"Identify yourself." Thunderbolt said,

"021523 space 08152008151506, Sergeant, Thunderbird Unit, 4th Squad, Scout." Bow Hothoof replied,

"And I'm Windy Whistles, his wife, I was a nurse for the Cloudsdale Air Force." Windy Whistles said,

"What brings you all here?" Lancer asked,

"I am here to pay my respects, I'm also wondering if a reunion ball has been planned." Bow Hothoof replied,

"We haven't heard of one." Lancer said,

"I see, well, it was nice to meet you all, I'll be taking my leave now." Bow Hothoof replied, the Pegasi saluted him again and he saluted back and he went back home with Windy Whistles and Rainbow Dash while the Pegasi went into their home and had dinner and slept.

---

The next day came Jayhawk got ready to attend the School of Friendship, he put on the only other outfit he had besides the combat outfit,

"Well, off I go." Jayhawk said, and he left his home. Jayhawk walked to the school and saw a welcoming party,

"Welcome to the school, Jayhawk." Pinkie Pie said as her party cannon went off,

"Thanks, but I shouldn't keep Princess Twilight waiting." Jayhawk said, and he walked to her,

"Good, you're here, I'm going to want you to be with Gallus here at all times since you're not yet over your hatred of griffons, so I hope he can get rid of it and you two can become friends." Twilight Sparkle said and she walked away. Jayhawk and Gallus faced one another while the other five stood behind Gallus, Jayhawk's facial muscles twitched a little,

"Still not over it?" Gallus asked,

"Of course not." Jayhawk replied,

"Um, what exactly happened between you two?" Silverstream asked,

"It's a long story." Jayhawk replied,

"Yeah, not a pleasant one, either." Gallus said,

"You really should apologize, Jayhawk." Ocellus said,

"Later." Jayhawk replied,

"Well, since you're going to be with me all day, you might as well get to know the others." Gallus said,

"I wouldn't wear that outfit here if I were you, Jayhawk." Sandbar said,

"Why not? I think it looks cool." Smolder replied,

"Um... outfit kind of scares Yona." Yona said,

"Well, I'll go attend my welcoming party now." Jayhawk replied, and they followed him. Jayhawk attended his welcoming party while the others looked at his outfit, Rarity screamed again and ran to him,

"What is this?!" Rarity asked, she saw Jayhawk's outfit, he was wearing a long-sleeve shirt that was tucked in, pants held up with a belt that had a silver buckle, an overcoat that was open and went down to Jayhawk's hind hoofs, gloves that went halfway up his front calves that his coat and shirt were tucked into, and heavy boots that went halfway up his hind calves that his pants were tucked into, and every single piece of clothing was black and made out of leather,

"Don't you have any other outfits?" Rarity asked,

"There's only my combat outfit." Jayhawk replied,

"No! You are not wearing this, let's get you into something more appropriate." Rarity said as she pulled him with her telekinesis and walked to her class.

---

Stealth Bomber was off from work and decided to go see Liebert,

"How are you doing today, Stealth Bomber?" Liebert asked,

"Usual, I actually miss Raging Tornado already." Stealth Bomber replied,

"Ah, yes, a broken heart, it happens to all of us, well, almost all of us." Liebert said,

"Yeah, you're telling me, even though we weren't boyfriend and girlfriend, yet." Stealth Bomber replied,

"That's feelings for you, I wonder if your family would've liked her." Liebert said,

"Now that you mention it, I haven't contacted my sister or parents, I hope they're alright." Stealth Bomber replied,

"So, what are you doing here today?" Liebert asked,

"I have to give an official apology to Griffonstone six days from now, I don't feel they deserve it for all they did when I was a kid." Stealth Bomber replied,

"Remember, Stealth Bomber, hatred is born when people gather together, so it would probably be best to keep the apology small." Liebert said,

"Maybe, but those griffons consider themselves superior to us." Stealth Bomber replied,

"That's true, no one's equal unless they are dead." Liebert said,

"Meaning?" Stealth Bomber asked,

"No living thing is created equally, we are only equal in death." Liebert replied,

"Okay, I won't ask how you got that logic, but anyway, at first, I thought my hatred for griffons was just, but after going to Nature Valley, they showed me that the hatred I had has caused as much damage to them as it did to me." Stealth Bomber said,

"Do you regret your actions?" Liebert asked,

"No, but I have realized how much pain I've caused when I met a few griffon orphans, two from a few months ago, and one in Ponyville, me and the others killed their parents." Stealth Bomber replied,

"So, what are you here for?" Liebert asked,

"I'm a bit conflicted if I should let go of my hate or hold onto it, if I let go, my family will be disappointed in me, if I hold on, Raging Tornado and Princess Celestia will be disappointed." Stealth Bomber replied,

"Simple, pretend to let go and present yourself as a new pony in public, but hold onto that hate in secret, and only share it between your comrades and your family." Liebert said,

"I hope it works." Stealth Bomber replied, Liebert smiled,

"Is there anything else you'd like to talk about?" Liebert asked,

"No, that's all." Stealth Bomber replied,

"Okay, as usual price is thirty bits." Liebert said, and Stealth Bomber paid him and left.

---

Stealth Bomber flew home and saw Jayhawk was at home with the Cutie Mark Crusaders, they gave him books,

"Here you go, Jayhawk, Princess Twilight wanted us to give you books on griffon history." Sweetie Belle said,

"Thanks." Jayhawk replied,

"Yer welcome." Apple Bloom said,

"We'll be at our clubhouse if you need us." Scootaloo said, and they walked away, Stealth Bomber flew down and saw Jayhawk wearing a black tuxedo,

"What happened to your other outfit?" Stealth Bomber asked,

"Rarity didn't like it and made me wear this instead." Jayhawk replied,

"I can see why." Stealth Bomber said, and Jayhawk entered his home and walked out without an outfit on, the other seven Pegasi came out with him,

"Well, we can all live together again." Thunderbolt said,

"Yeah, we'll have to get new jobs, though." Stinger replied,

"The weather factory might be able to hire you guys." Stealth Bomber said, they looked and saw it was not on today, they saw the Wonderbolts flying around and Rainbow Dash flew to them with Spitfire and they landed,

"This is them, Spitfire." Rainbow Dash said,

"We just heard you guys talking about looking for new jobs, you could've joined us." Spitfire said, the Pegasi are caught off guard,

"Wait, what?" Falcon asked,

"Seriously?" Lancer asked,

"Of course, anypony who served in the Cloudsdale Air Force is more than qualified to join the Wonderbolts." Spitfire replied,

"We'll think about it." Stinger said,

"Okay, let us know if you all decide to join." Spitfire replied, and she and Rainbow Dash flew away,

"Well, we have a day off." Raptor said,

"I feel like playing another golf game." Condor replied, the others murmured in agreement,

"Alright, golf, it is." Thunderbolt said, and they flew away.

---

The Pegasi were at a golf course and Thunderbolt hit the golf ball and got a hole in one,

"Wow, good job, Thunderbolt." Jayhawk said,

"Thanks." Thunderbolt replied, and they all hit the golf balls just to see how far they can hit them, they looked and saw a few ponies getting mad over the golf balls not landing where they wanted them,

"Um, excuse me." a familiar voice said from behind, they turned around and saw Fluttershy,

"Can I join?" Fluttershy asked, the Pegasi nodded and said she can,

"The golf balls and clubs are right there." Stinger said as he pointed to them, Fluttershy got a golf club and a golf ball,

"Who's winning so far?" Fluttershy asked,

"Actually, we're not playing seriously right now." Stealth Bomber replied,

"Yeah, we're just seeing who can hit the ball the farthest." Jayhawk said, Fluttershy chuckled and she hit the golf ball, she smiled when it landed and flew to it,

"So, what should we do with Big Business?" Jayhawk asked,

"Let's leave him to his fate, I don't think he's going to live that much longer." Stealth Bomber replied, and they all continued playing golf.

---

Big Business was in his jail cell in Canterlot and was grumbling,

"Receive rehabilitation, I don't need rehabilitation, I'm perfect just the way I am." Big Business grumbled to himself, he stopped walking and gasped a little when he saw the ghost of Tsunami standing in his cell and between him and the door, Raging Tornado stood to her right and Earthquake was to her left, Big Business' eyes widened a little when he saw the three looking at him, he saw something move out of the corner of his right eye and turned around, he saw Meteorite Hellfire reeled up on her hind legs and holding up her sword with her front legs, she did a quick horizontal slash from her right to her left and cut his head off.