Maple Bat

Think you can do a dragonequess?

" Yes... I'm Her brother... And yes your captain sent me... I'm supposed to keep you safe... From what? I've got no clue but Whatever it is I know we can take care of it!" Woody smiled. The draconequus, Despite being something that legends would lead you to fear, had a very lax aura about him. Something about his presence... Maybe the way he behaved? No matter that wasn't the point at hand "Barracks is pretty safe if I say so! So yea it seems like pretty good place to stay... Ohh! I'll race ya!" Woody flew off quickly hurrying to the Barracks area. ---------------------------------------------------- " I am aware... One of them contacted me recently... For now, they aren't a threat but we need to be wary of them I'm not sure how careful they're going to be around us... " Celestia gave the Captain a firm look thinking about something "Be watchful around them... Do not let them into Canterlot should they seek access... Keep them away from ponies for now... I'm not sure how much we can trust them..."

Maple blushed. "Yea... Thanks. Needed that." Maple giggled cutely "Thank you, Speechless" She figured that she should take her armor off, so she did they were going to take a break now anyway, She set the armor down and leaned her weapon against it sitting next to Speechless. Maple sat there for a second before saying to him "Well... W-What now?"

"Oh... Yea that makes sense..." Windphaser said with a nod "Yea I understand. Don't worry. I'll figure other things out. But I do desire to see her fight... I wanna know for future use.. You know?" Windphaser said with a bit of an upset sigh. He put his sword away. Bowing to Karthspire and leaving him as he was thinking how to rework his tactics now that he didn't have her. Windphaser could use the troops but Maple was a backbone. She had a lot of skill and it was a lot lost to his group Celesita smiled "Don't worry I understand... Lead me to what's happening and I'll do what I can." After that Luna Lead the way to where Jack was when Celestia walked in she looked at Jack. "Very well... I'll see what I can do..." Celestia examined his body with magic... It felt tingly. "Of course I do... You're super strong!" Evelyn said with a soft smile trying to calm him down "I mean... You've made it this far."

Maple replied quickly "Oh no, not at all. Midnight's a really nice pony to be around. I wouldn't want to make him upset or angry." When Swirling approached she did grow nervous. Nervous enough that Swirling saw that something was off. " And yea... Midnight was really helpful when A pony I had a crush on went to ask me out..." Woody sighed "Ok So we... Havn't been honest with you... I'm not a stag..." Woody, in a bright flash of light turned back into a draconequess "D-Don't worry I'm not gonna hurt you or anything. But yea... I'm a draconequus..."

"What if it's not a trap! My brother is in danger and I'm the whole reason he's in Tartarus in the first place." Maple stood up looking around an hesitating heavily but, albeit resentfully, she decided to trust the letter "I will return here to kill the blood team's leader... But this is much more important to me... If my brother got hurt... Then I'd never forgive myself... It's not something I expect Woody closed his songbook, Shadows was right, He wasn't exactly a strong draconequus compared to his siblings, at least... not yet. He listened to Shadows spill about him letting his emotions out in front of him When he asked why Woody was ready to answer "You find me something of an equal brother... You may not think I can face you but I mean more of you see me as someone trustworthy or someone you desire to get along with... for whatever reason like you see I could bring you power... or a stronger feeling of kinship... It's not my place to say just my theory..." Woody watched the battle start to unfold... and he smiled looking at the 3 of them "You know what... I think they got this."

"My injury? It's fine... Just hurts a bit but I've had much worse before hoof, You, however... I doubt you've seen a lot of battle. Sorry if I'm overconcerned but I feel I should be." Maple said looking him in the eyes. She looked happier now... Knowing that he was ok enough to be more worried about her than himself. "Thanks for asking about me... It's sweet." Maple said with a hint of a blush.

(Just use the link in my Sig for Woody's info) Maple ordered her soldiers to head to the new base the entirety of her force had left to head there. She herself left the other group heading into the forest. She went to go find her brother... He walked into Everfree it looked scary and was infested with monsters... even more so since her brother was protecting them. She walked among them, fearlessly none of them were attacking... yet. Woody had enchanted the creatures with his singing so they'd only attack or flee from those who held negative intentions, To keep them safe... Mapel, however, was here to see her brother. She heard his singing, it was almost Divine only one pony could sing that well... Woodland, wearing an outfit that a very elegant druid would wear it seemed very natural and flowy it looked hoof-made too and he had a flower crown around his mismatching horns, descended from the tree line. "Sister? IT has been almost a month since your last appearance... I was worried you wouldn't show again..." He walked over to a grove checking on it and seeing some dying plants, he healed them with his magic. "I know why you're here and the answer is no... I will not help you fight... This... I have made clear... I want to preserve life, Peace, and Nature... It's what mom and dad would've wanted... I wish you would tend to this forest with me..." He wandered into the grove followed my Maple, He plucked an Apple and gave it to her " For your return to the field of battle..." He then focused his magic on growing more plants and spreading more life. Maple looked at Woody's work in amazement she had to snap herself out of it to talk with him "But... Brother We can keep everything scared if we defeat Trixie... We'll reclaim our home and the elements and with those... We can even bring mom-" "No, we can't... She's stuck up there... for 1000 years... She will die before returning... So I will live her legacy" The young draconequus didn't take that not finished sentence lightly... He was angered at his sister for even assuming that they could bring Fluttershy back. "Leave! Now!" Woody noticed the animals getting restless and he focused himself calming down. "Please... return for some tea another... consider my offer too... I miss you and don't want you to get hurt... Or worse... " With that woody sang an elegant and noble song causing him to teleport to another area of the forest.

As Primrose and Maple walked through the town many ponies would look to Primrose in fear and drop what they were doing, She was a dragon in the presence of ponies after all. Eventually, Maple turned to Primerose "I assume Techno is at our base... I'll lead you there." Maple the waved a hoof leading the Dragon towards the destroyed tree that had once been Twilight's home. "Oh wait there He is. With the huge cape and... my brother on his back apparently. Keep the talk calm... If you need somewhere more concealed I can arrange it later." The bat pony noticed a pony, on their own. Strange... I thought most ponies would have someone with them to love, so the Changelings could feed Maple stared at them for a while curiously. Woody was confused for a while about what the changeling meant. "Y... Yea I don't mind... just... Not the love between me and my family... That's a bit precious since I can't find my parents... and my sister constantly risks herself... You never know when she might nor return you know..." A Tear came up in Woody's eye and he shook his head trying to get that idea out of it. A changeling whitnessed the exchange and after they both left ran into the throne room telling Chrysalis. She wasn't happy with the Changeling " Get these lies out of my throne room! Ennex is not going to stand against me. He will regret it should he do so! Now LEAVE!" When she shouted the changeling stormed out of the room she'd never seen them move that fast... This was the 3rd time she'd received a report of multiple Ennxes, She used her magic and sent out an order to ALL changelings to stop impersonating Ennex should they be doing so... Little did the changeling queen know, that those that had been changing into Ennex would be unable to revert to their previous forms.

Maple left the two to prepare her gear she needed just some basic stuff and ammo for her back-mounted machine gun. "Of course. I'm aware of that Karthspire." Windphaser added planting his sword into the ground. "I'm also aware Ms. Maple here cannot tire as well so I'm simply to assist her rather than be the main force here but I needed some time to examine her style... I may need her on my team since we'll need those with a lot of talent. I'm sure you understand what I mean... I also do want to be sure she's safe out there too." Luna stood up "I'm... Really sorry Jack... I thought this would be something I could handle... I'll go find Celestia and bring her back here... You just relax for a bit... I'd hate for that to go back down into you and me start over again." Luna hurried outside and went to find Celestia she did after a bit. "Sister..." Luna chocked on her own words she was going to say to her. She'd nevre liked asking for help... especially from Celestia...

Maple smiled at the mention of Spike "Big? No, no. He still lives here He's only slightly shorter than Dad is. You can usually find him at Rarity's boutique. The guy Loves Rarity... He just can't seem to drop the question... They haven't even started dating. Me and Woody tried to help but he never could bring himself to do it. But yea now you know about him. as for What you said about mom well, there's not a lot to react to there and none of it was new to us as well... Sorry if It's a bit mundane..." Maple walked beside Will placing her hoof on him she knew he'd been expecting something better but she didn't really have much to offer a reaction. " But hey! Let's head to the castle. I can show you the space I lived at in the castle. You'll love the little spot!" Maple said with a smile, Really showing her fangs with it. Woody chuckled "Alright a simple portal comin' right up! Well actually" Woody laughed an pointed to Will "Did you want to head that way? Or stay here for a bit?"

@Ninetales @WiiGuy2014 "Don't worry about us! We're just messing with each other. Don't we?" Woody said with a chuckle. He seemed happy enough, So did Maple for that matter they were both smiling. Maple hit Woody gently with her hoof "Yea, Messin'. We love each other so don't worry It's just what we do as siblings. I love this guy but he can be very annoying at times... Then again I'm not the most perfect pony myself. So you know... We make due"

"Of course. I don't mind Karthspire... Let me know where you need me and I won't mind at all!" Maple was eager to help in any way she could. Plus she wanted a fight she was a pony of war and battle is something she constantly craved. Windphaser walked up "I'm going with her. I wanna make sure that everything's alright... If you don't mind sir." He said with a salute. "See kid?" Evelyn said to Jack barely even feeling his grip. "This is practically nothing to me." She said with a chuckle as she stood there, Worried but she was trying to stay positive trying to cheer up the others in vein. Luna was focusing on trying to get the bullet out, she stopped "I... I can't get it out of that hole..." She sounded upset, and defeated "I'm sorry Jack...

Maple smiled "Well... If you say so..." Maple agreed that it was time for a break. "Are you sure you don't need anything? Water? Food?" Maple was very concerned for him and was serious about getting him anything he needed. She was hating the fact she did that and it was against her to just drop it. She spited herself for not just dropping it but she just couldn't bring herself to forgive herself easily.

Once everything was in the castle Maple planted a flag high on the castle. She stood with renewed confidence. Ready to challenge and all of Trixie's forces She flew down to the others. "So Celestia, What's our plan of action... are we attacking? Or Should We wait for her to put herself in the open again? If we wait I'll have time to go talk with my brother and maybe bring him here." (OOC: Remember You control Celestia)

Woody noticed that he was ignored at first but he was here to help so he decided to go help, "You can count on me Mr. Captain sir! I'll go keep him safe." Woody spread the yellow wings that didn't match his normal coat. He flew a ways off looking for staunch and landing near him "Hey. I was told to keep you safe... something about you being a target or something. I think you know who I am from before. " Woody said with a nod and slight bow.

"Yes he's told me about that, however in the terms of what you mentioned with the emotions... I don't really notice what you're talking about. Hehe, I think me and Kiran will get along quite well the way you talk about him Sounds a lot like myself but me... I'm quite a bit worse at controlling my thoughts..." Maple said looking down at herself "I'm lucky I have the greatest people behind me... I can't fail them now." Maple had a lot of resolve in her now, She was ready to fight once again, Her eyes didn't give it off but her tone, and the ways she helps herself did. Luna continued her work "I'm getting... Somewhere... Just hold on." Luna was doing her best and it was paying off. Evelyn held out her claw "Go for it. I doubt you could hurt me" She said with a chuckle "You know what... I DARE you to!"

Woody put a what was now a hoof, around Swirling "Younger siblings do always need someone to watch out for them! Since they'd be lost without us" Woody said with a chuckle "Us two? We need to stick together!" Woody continued his hearty and friendly laugh. "Hey! I can handle myself. I'm not the captain of the for nothing ya know that! " Maple said aggressively, Woody raised his hooves defensively and Maple calmed down. "You'd be in much worse shape if I didn't keep you fed when you were at the Castle of the 2 sisters. I mean you had no food there!" Woody said with a chuckle his horns glowing and he levitated Maple slightly setting her down "Plus you're weak to magic." He chuckled again.

Luna started to use more pressure on the bullet, it would hurt more but be out of there quicker, "Just... Relax... Being tense will make it get stuck some more... I'm making progress I can tell... Just relax and this will be over before you know it." Luna looked worried but determined. "Just trust me." "Kiran? Jack told him about me... I've been chatting with him for a while. It's why I'm doing this. Just... I know that I'm ready for this challenge sir... Never been more ready. Though... I wanna ask... how did YOU know about Kiran? Did you know him back when he was... In a body?" Maple asked intrigued

"Y...Yea. Again I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me there. I guess I was taking it too seriously" She started to move the rag a bit placing it in a few different spots, occasionally she'd place the rag back in the cold water, She left it there for a second as she spoke to him "That's gonna leave a mark... Or... Bruise. I didn't mean to cause that..." Maple brought up the cold rag again

Maple took his hoof, "Yea. Allies, I trust you to help us... We were moving our gear to Canterlot if you wouldn't mind helping..." Maple picked up a heavy set of gear, something that not anyone could pick up and she handled it as if it was nothing. "You don't have to help. It would be nice, however" Maple used her amulet to lift even more gear with magic before leaveing the room.

Woody saw the madness start and he rushed down to the action. It was over when he arrived and he looked out at the scene... "Captain? What happened here? Why is one of your own layin on the ground dead?!" He, in reality had no idea what was going on, it didn't help that he was a chaotic entity and one of them did say something about chaos. "Nevermind, I'm here to assist the wounded soldiers should you need me," Woody said with a nod.

Luna nodded "Very well I will do my best to make this not hurt." Luna walked up to him and focused trying to locate the bullet in his body and she did, She eventually did and focused on it lifting it slowly not making a lot of progress, but progress at that. "Is... Is it working?" She couldn't tell if it was doing anything but she continued to attempt it anyways. "Well... I wanted to be a part of the one that is moving the giant machine away... It's where I feel I belong. I'll make sure everyone gets out... I mean it... Everyone, Even me. No risky stuff this time. On that, I swear my honor." Maple said to Karthspire with a bow. "If you think I'm better else where so be it... I'm ready for orders."

"I witnessed it work. I know I can do it... I'll need time... But I know I can do it, with a bit of help keeping him conscious, That way I'mknow I'm not killing him." Luna sighed "However I don't know... I just, It's really risky. Jack is this what you want? I want to know you want this too..." Maple was outside looking out at the sand but she knew something different now. She looked around for Karthspire and approached him "Orders, sir..."

Maple took the refill with a "Thank you" She noticed the parchment before she took a drink of it and she read through it. After she read the letter she dropped the mug She knew that the leader was something important however her brother was potentially in danger, if War killed her over it, so be it She knew she had to leave. "I... I have to go... Please... Tell me were the gateway is. This... It's really important." Maple showed the parchment to Quartz. "The Red team leader can wait... This is really important." Woody was intimidated when the Twin tails changed, Then his siblings did and he felt a bit safer but he couldn't do anything like that nor did he have time to write a new song... He was then teleported away by Shadows, Who then Expressed what seemed to be pride in him "Thanks, I really do try, Family fighting, it creates quite a large gaps..." Woody looked out at the giants about to fight He summoned his songbook and flipped through it taking the pen out that he kept in there "We need to help them. I know the 3 of them are strong but I fear that it's not enough."