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Caerson glanced at Twilight, not knowing what words they exchanged, before being snapped out of it when he heard Shining talk. "Well... What I can presume from how they act, I could imagine that they are the type who crave for a fight, and I have had an idea to go on a mission soon, so I had the idea of rallying them up and gather up for a fight, something that they might definitely accept to join us for. Now, I first have to know something important..." "Where is Treasured his old base located at? We are looking for someone, or more particular, we are looking for a couple of people, and I have a feeling they are near his base." "So I had the idea to go there with Moonshadow and his detachment, as well as the Dragons, so... Where is his base located at?" Caerson asked Shining.

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Caerson placed a hand on her shoulder. "Cadence... do as I say and we will get through this, I need you to be strong here as I will do what it takes to get all of this in order, besides, You could always ask Twilight for help, Shining had already suggested that to you as well. But to get started with all of this... Tell the other leaders to gather here, or rather, *request* them to come here, and say that the balance of Equestria holds into it. You managed to prevail againts Sombra, so you certainly will prevail againts whatever obstacles you are facing now. " He told Cadence, "However, leave the Dragon leader out of it, for now, I need to have words with him personally about these accusations regarding Ember's disappearance." He added. He then turned over to one of the nearby guards that were standing in the hallway. "You there, take me to the Dragon commander at once! And no delays!" He ordered the guard since Caerson was planning to take care of the accusation situation first. And while he did ask this particular thing of Cadence, it was for good reason, since he was planning to reshape the Equestrian Empire in order to make it not only more easier for Cadence to lead until the original rulers come back, it was also meant as a way for faster recruitment, bolstering it defense, and encourage every single pony to do their part in order to keep Equestria ready againts the dangers that they would eventually have to face.

Dear @Princess Celestia Could you move the sun over to the Netherlands? We are trying to enjoy our summer over here, but it is being constantly interrupted by rain and clouded weather. In return, I will climb on the highest building and shout through a megaphone "Praise the sun!!"

"If I know one thing Cadence, it is that in the end survival is the thing that matters, once the skies will be filled with drop ships and our homes being razed through the ground, they will realize that banding alone is a luxury that they cannot afford." "I hate to say it, but the time of luxury is over, if you want to hear my experience in this war, it is that many no longer have a house, they no longer have families, only friends who will die one day and never return," Caerson admitted. "The fact that all of you still can to some degree live your lives in homes and keep some parts of daily life going speaks volumes, but that won't last for much longer, which is why I brought this up, in order for Equestria to survive, we might have to reform things, and give everyone the freedom in which they want to partake in." "If everyone will do their part, then we can definitely maintain what we currently have, but not with Equestria in its current state, so what I am thinking about it is..." "We reforge Equestria, and turn it into a new empire, consisting of not just ponies, dragons, changelings, Griffons or the other races, we turn it into a resistance movement, and start things anew, let the people choose what they desire to partake in, and shape their own future's in the coming years," Caerson said with confidence. "I understand this is a sudden hard decision, throwing away some of the things that everypony had been used to for their entire lives, but what would you desire more, keep things the old way but at the expense of many people losing their lives because of not having enough soldiers, or throw away the things and focus everything on the priority of survival? My race and many other races had been asked the very same thing, and deep down we knew it was the only way for us to keep on living." "Luna and Celestia might not like it when they return, but they would definitely understand because are talking about the survival of your species." He admitted. He then turned around to look into her eyes. "If you agree with this, I will deal with doing most of the work that will come out of it, and start preparing things and do it the way that has worked for many, because even if you may not agree with what I say, you know deep down that things will get worse and worse, there has to be done something about this. Better do it fast before it comes at the expense of the very people we are sworn to protect." "Hence war council Cadence, we will all need to stick together in order to survive this war, because you wouldn't believe is what waiting on the other side of this galaxy, and I don't want to see another species be subjected to the state of stagnation." He then gave a deep sigh. "But if it will make it easier, I will contact the other leaders of Equestria myself. And convince them, if they refuse, then it is their funeral because, in the end, we can't force them to join us, only offer them the very thing that might insure them their survival." Caerson said, with a hint of deep grief in his voice, because he knew deep down that Equestria would not be an exception when it comes to the horrors that were waiting for all of them.

Caerson stared out of the window, and after a minute spoke again. "I have a plan, and it requires your help to succeed Cadence, a war council, we should host a war council. I wanted to ask if you could contact all of the other nation's leaders in Equestria, the Dragons, Changelings, Griffons, Hypogriffs, Minotaurs, any nations that are available, they will all become part of the war council, while you do that, I will get in contact with my race... Because the Terran Prince is respected by many of the other races, so she should be able to sway the other races like the Raukan, Eldritch and some other empires to join the war council as well." Caerson explained. "Equestria as of now will never be able to survive an invasion with its current strength, even when the other return, however... the point of the war council is, that between all the races there will be a pact formed, where each race will come to the aid of another, imagine the kind of defense Equestria could create when it has help outside of here as well? We will definitely be able to survive an invasion then. But in order for the war council to work, all the leaders of the empires must come together in a meeting, where we will discuss and sign the degree of this pact." "In approximately 3 months we should hold the meeting, by that time the other should have returned, that much I can guarantee. However, if any of the leaders you contact have questions or have complaints, direct them to me and I will explain it to them in person, which will likely be the case with some." "Moonshadow, could you bring me a detachment of soldiers right now?" He asked Moonshadow, as he had an extra plan in mind, but one thing was certain, he had asked Moonshadow in particular since he wanted him to join on his extra plan as well since he knew that he was experienced and reliable. He then turned back to Cadence. "How about it Cadence? Will Equestria remain standing? Or will it falter?" He asked her a question to inspire confidence

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I am definitely an introvert, as I like to be alone in real life, yet I want to be with people and friends online. Tough I don't really have much a choice in the matter due to my misophonia.

Caerson turned around to look at the guard. "It is very important, tell her that she needs to come over here now since we don't time to waste," Caerson told the guard. "Also... contact all commanders that we have at all disposal, and tell them to stand by for further orders." He added in. While he was waiting for the guard to relay the messages, he was lost in a bit of thought. 'Things must be prepared, I have a feeling that the others who are now missing will return eventually, but even without them, we cannot stand idly by, especially with that strange mare still being around. And to note our other 2 visitors... Graystone seems like an alright fellow, his loyalty to his leader wouldn't automatically make him a dangerous person, but that Treasured, however... No, I don't trust that one, Volunteering to go alone like that already doesn't add up since he saw with his own eyes what that Mare was capable of doing.' 'I just hope for all our sakes that the others are not being so forgiven and trustful towards him.' He thought.

Caerson is walking through the castle, a glaring look in his eyes as he eventually reached the room where he makes his projects, and more importantly, keep his belongings. He opened the door and then slammed it closed behind him, walking over to one of the mirror's, and threw his cloak off, revealing his body. Then He threw off the bionic in his left eye, revealing the burned part, the very eye that had been burned by Valtrek but had never healed, meaning he could no longer see through that one. As he looked at his own reflection, his glaring eyes then turned to that into a mix of sorrow and shame. "Old friend... What is happening to you? You carry the legacy of not just yourself, but billion's of lives, so why? Why do you keep accepting these abnormal changes to your body like they are a necessity? What are you trying to achieve Mick? You know the grim truth of what will happen to us yet you are withholding it, tell me... Why are you still trying to save us after what we did?" He asked himself, as he clenched his right fist, but then loosened. He gave a deep sigh, obviously not comfortable with what he was thinking, but he then remembered something. "I can fix this yet... But I need to speak to Cadence fast... Before it will too late.." He muttered to himself. "But first...." He walked over to the Radio and started working on the frequencies until he eventually found the channel. "Anyone? I repeat Anyone? This is Mandrake Caerson, Former Chief Engineer of the 5th Thundershock Detachment, I require immediate contact with General Silver, could anyone grant me communication with him?" He asked through the radio with urgency. "It has been a long time since I have heard that voice, far too long..." A voice said through the radio. "Silver! I am glad to speak with you! But there is an urgency going on, I need to speak to... You know who! Could you get him on the line?" Caerson asked with desperation. "No can do, we are facing a bit of a crisis at the moment, as he has to yet return with his retinue from a boarding attack, give us a matter of 3 hours and I will have him on the line, however, do not get your hopes up, things might get delayed due to his circumstances." The voice answered. "Of course, I will tell you right away that we have new allies, it turns out there are still alien empires out there than the one we already know, so I wanted to prepare a meeting, a very important meeting," Caerson explained. "We are already aware Caerson." The voice said, much to Caerson's surprise. "You all are? But surely such news couldn't have leaked all the way over there in such a short amount of time?" Caerson said with shock. "Under normal circumstances that would the case, but it looks like that some of those allies you mentioned have run into Valtrek himself quite some time ago, our intel sure confirms that after we had discovered new sources of DNA implanted into the conversion centre codes." The voice explained back. "That explains it... Anyway, I will be back on this radio channel within 3 hours, please do hurry, I have alot to discuss, not just with him, but the current council of our allies as well." Caerson said before turning the radio off. He then walked out of the room, not noticing Twilight, who would have heard everything that point. "Cadence! Where are you? We need to talk!" He called out through the castle.

Interesting, I am a horse rider as well (though not a very good gone yet xd) So how good are you at horse riding?

So what is your favourite animal?

I guess I am.... semi-popular? While I am not that much activity lately, many people would still remember me somewhat well (if you exclude the newest people)

"Twilight...." Caerson said as he was a bit caught off-guard by her sudden suggestion. " You are talking about the murder of an innocent man, a great hero at that... Doing such an action would be downright barbaric... Do you know what he did for us?" Caerson said with asked with shock. "You might not know of this yet, but he is the reason Equestria hasn't been destroyed yet, or any of our neighbouring allies, The Raukan, The Eldritch, any that are located in the sector of the galaxy that we live in. I have known him personally, fought alongside him like a good friend, and I can tell you from personal experience, that my race would crumble without him, no one can come close to the leadership and amount of inspiration of hope that he has been able to muster. If he is gone... who will be keeping our enemies at bay? Equestria has faced an invasion fleet, but that one was not that big compared to what you will face once Valtrek decides to muster a full-scale assault on Equestria." Caerson explained. "Not to mention that... Equestria would most likely have new enemies instead of allies once they realise that one of their biggest allies has been murdered by the very ally that they deemed to be a good hope. Karthspire is not nearly the only person who will be furious...." He then walked over to Twilight and put a hand on her back. "Listen... You may not know him personally, but if you ever get to meet him, you will understand why many see him as the hero that we need, He has an extraordinary Charisma, imagine if your old Mentor Celestia or your old friend Luna where to get murdered, the entire population would be devastated, and most likely go in denial and lose hope when they realised that one of the leaders of Equestria has managed to perish just like that." "Just think about what such a death can do againts the population of the Terrans, which number in incredibly numbers... You would be wishing the death of a race with this suggestion, because without his leadership, who will ever be able to mount that same type of leadership that he has provided us with for 3 centuries?" "Besides... There is no real guarantee that the infected will really start to decay and starve out, He is connected to them due to the monster that is trapped in his body, but he is not the *true* hivemind, that Valtrek, He is more like a....." Caerson said as he didn't know how to word this one correctly. "Let's just say that he is a type of prophet that could potentially be the answer to end this war for good, but at the same time being a....." Caerson words died in his throat as he had a look of slight horror on his face thinking back, but he quickly hid that. "Anyway.. just think about what I said, I need to go now.." Caerson said as he quickly walked off, leaving Twilight to her thoughts. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Strong words, but in the end, we will have to justify those in actions." Meriel agreed. "Now... I am going to connect to your mind, don't try to resist, else I might make an unfortunate mistake, which could damage your brain." She warned as magic came from the Stone that connected itself to his mind. At first, it would feel good but later would create a feeling that felt like a sense of insecurity. "I am not fond of distributing my knowledge to those I do not deem trustworthy for it, but you shall suffice for now." She told as the link grew stronger. She then started to increase her magic drastically, which would result in a headache, from the sheer amount of magic that was forming from Treasured and Meriel. "You shall see what I see, and you shall gain a vision of where she might be, but take this with scepticism, because these visions are clouded with mystery and uncertainty." There was then a vision of woods, the Everfree forest, but there was something off, the animals and plants in the forest had started to change by some form of magic, animals where turned into terrifying creatures, some growing 10 eyes or getting additional limbs, while others where fusing together to form even bigger monsters. It was no longer the Everfree, but something you would see in a nightmare. In the forest walked the Girl, a look of scepticism on her face, as if she was looking at someone, which turned out to be correct, as there was somebody else with her, but the other person seemed to not have a physical appearance, but was a bunch of purple mist, that seemed to communicate her via a strange form of telepathy but they where incredibly far off, not at a place that one would be able to remember from such a vision. Then the vision was suddenly cut off as Meriel disconnected her magic from Treasured, creating a painful effect. "I presume you saw that? Not only does the area around her seem to be cursed by her foul magic, but she is NOT alone. Tell me..." "Who do you presume is with her? Think real good..." She asked.

Caerson bit his lip, but then his expression changed again. "It is a difficult thing Twilight, the infected creatures can be taken down, the infected semi-sentient soldiers and the other conversion strains can be taken down, but these monsters that are born from the curse..." Caerson said before rubbing his face. "You can kill them, yes, but we are talking about a ridiculous amount of power to take one of these down, about a 1000 man would be needed to take one down by what I can imagine, but even that might not be a guaranteed victory without massive casualties" "We had faced off againts one in the past, but... Dear me... They use these weird powers like telekinesis and telepathy, but what is worse Twilight, these curse creatures are like hive minds, they can control any infected beings that are connected to their system. Imagine what would happen to Equestria if one would be here right now? We would have no chance of winning.." Caerson admitted with shame. "But... There is one other way to kill him, something I have known for a long time, but it comes at a terrible price, you see, The Terran Prince which I had injected with that black stuff in order to save him, it had changed him, and in that sense... He became the hive mind of these cursed creatures, meaning if the Prince were to die, these curse creatures would cease to exist." "But his death would deal a blow to my race that we would never recover from since the Prince is venerated as a hero, is believed to be an answer to our problems, which makes sense since he is the Grandson of Aliah... One who carries over such a legacy is held in high esteem. And I admit that I cannot bear to see him falter, not after everything he has been a trough, all the things he had sacrificed to save countless of lives... All those lives saved at the cost of his own future..." Caerson said, as he then became silent and looked at the ground. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A revenge that is going to hold you in a grip of truth and pain. Because there is somebody else waiting for you, but not willing to play his cards just yet." Meriel said in a rather vague way. "We should move, every second that she is free will mean another chance for her to regain her senses, something you CANNOT allow." She said, as the stone started glowing brighter and became hot, for it was the fury burning inside Meriel herself that was causing it, for she had a fierce hatred againts the powers that the Blood Cult utilizes.

"Well... What if I were to tell you that she could have very well taken the creature with her and brought it back to life? One thing you should about this creature that was born from that curse is that it is while it is organic, it is not entirely the same as you and me, but more a form of bio-organic and other things." "Bringing it back to life should have been possible for her to do, given her infamous reputation for disturbing scientistic experiments," Caerson noted. "After all... Wasn't she the one who was fueling the creature in order to boost its transformation? Put the puzzle pieces in this matter together Twilight, and think deeper about this." "They didn't kill it, because if it had been dead, the infected on Equestria would have been thrown into massive disarray, yet they haven't, or atleast, I presume they wounded it to the point of near death but didn't finish it off completely..." Caerson said with a sigh. "You can expect many lives are going to be destroyed at whatever place this creature might be at now.." ------------------------------------------------------ "I am an Eldritch, the same race as that boy that your leader had tried to capture before as part of a bargain." "But my mortal body has passed away long before most of your generation was born, a couple hundred years ago, back when I was a Magister, tasked to identify disturbances via my visions." "Now I am confined to this stone, that keeps my soul intact, protecting it from the foul powers that the reborn girl showcased. But your leader took a desperate gamble back there, had the girl been aware of what her powers truly are meant for, she would have been able to outsmart him and turn the tables using the advantage of exploiting one's weakness." Meriel said.

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Luna, what is your oppinion on Blueblood?

Caerson looked at Twilight, sorrow in his eyes. "Twilight i... Wait... You mentioned that the creature was completely destroyed, but if that where the case, all the infected would have gone into disarray on this planet, yet with the last battle we had with them on that town, it was proven otherwise." Caerson said grimly. "It is still alive... But not here, if it where still in Equestria, it would have made itself already apparent to us, it must have had escaped, that much I know." He said as he started pacing around. He then realised something. "You remember this one person being here? From what I heard it was someone named Karliah, an assassin who was abducting ponies in order to get fresh DNA samples. That is what I heard from some of the royal guard ponies, it could have very well been that she has covered the creatures escape." "Do you know happen to know this Karliah person? The name does ring some bells in me, but not entirely at the same time." Caerson asked Twilight.