We stand united 1x1 Maple Bat

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"Well I too intend to keep my lands safe in anyway I can. I will go with you if no one else will." Luna said looking Jack dead in the eyes. "I do know at least one pony who will want to see action again. Perhaps I do know another as well..."

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"Treasured Crystal?" Rarity said said. "Well it's nice to meet you. I must say though your wings really don't match you..." She realized what she just said "An alicorn other than the princessess? My that is simply wonderful. You could help us defend Ponyville."

When Rarity said 'Alicorn' Treasured flinched. "Y... Yes something like that. I am here to help..." He smiled again. Movine closer to Twilight.

Fluttershy saw him flinch and remembered something Maple told her. The pony that hated alicorns "Twilight watch out!" 

Twilight flinched narrowly avoiding Treasured's blade. When the blade passed by her she screamed.

"Oh calm down you filthy Alicorn you're lucky I'm going to make this quick." He smiled with hatred and vengeance in his eyes.

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Jack eyes changed in colour but only for a fraction of a second.

"I do know a method that works when attacking these centres, use a large force to attack, but use that main force as a diversion instead of a full assault, so a smaller team can infiltrate the centre itself, that way there will reduced numbers once inside." Jack suggested.

"I am just gonna try and fix up my arm, one of those projectiles had managed to actually break the bone, but luckely they wen't straight trough instead of still being in it." he said

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"Very well i will meet you in the courtyard when I find a strong enough force." She waved him goodbye

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Twilight started running away. With treasured running after him.

Applejack moved to protect Twilight bucking the Unicorn back, followed up by a quick lightning bolt from Rainbow Dash. 

Treasured took a second to recover from the shock "If you stand in my way I will kill you." He said agitated "Then again I might not want to risk the elements foiling my plan. Try to not make this boring it will be your last battle after all."

Fluttershy was scared but had muster up all of her courage "I... I won't stand for this."

"Ah! You're fluttershy I'd recognize that kind of coat anywhere. I have special news for you." Treasured laughed "Your daughter is dead. She stood in my way and suffered the consequences. You however I may allow to live if you give me your element that is."

Fluttershy flinched and got angry. "NO! If what you say is true I just can't accept your offer I... I'm going to make you pay!" She ran at treasured attempting to drop kick him only to get knocked away but one of His wings She landed with a thud.

"Oh come on now Fluttershy. This isn't you." He mocked "Just surrender and you, and your son will get to survive. As long as the dragonequus will behave."

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Jack waved back and he then proceeded to stand up.

"Heh, who I am kidding, I don't even know how to reposition bones properly." he said to himself

He walked through the hallways as he eventually found, and a balcony and stared over the horizon as his left arm still limply hanging next to him.

"I should at least be feeling some sort of happiness now, but I don't, everything around me wants me dead, even my only surviving family member wants to experiment on me even further. All around me here i see families, happiness. But in the end it only reminds me of how i could have turned out to be, instead, i am reduced to this.. madness of a war, as is every single one of my brethren. But i guess at this point i guess it doesn't really matter, because i already know it's only a matter of time before i turn, which implies i can already foreshadow my own demise, but on the bright side, i have already lost everything, so i have nothing to lose, i am just a mere outcast and a tool to everyone around me, but you know what? Perhaps it should stay that way, it's perhaps the only purpose i have after all this time."

"It's no surprise that no one understands me here, i am an entirely different species, let alone not even from here, i just wonder, am i making the right course of action here? I may be of help here, but i am abandoning the very once i held dear, the only ones who would even care about me in such a way. They risked all their lives in order to But how are they repaid? By dying gruesome deads, having no alternatives but facing their doom, and the rest of the universe just smugly watches as we are all torn to shreds."

He sighed

"Just why Father, just what have you been hiding from me all this time?" he said, the entire time talking to himself

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Celestia had heard what Jack was saying and was just listening trying to gather all the info on what he was talking about she wasn't sure whether or no to go speak with him directly.

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Fluttershy was on the ground looking up at Treasured Crystal who was ready to attack her and her friends. He had just told her that her daughter is dead, She didn't want to believe it but given how dangerous Maple described him to be she did believe him, She started to cry it was so much stress and sadness. "I... I... Fine!" She said panicking. "Please just leave my friends alone. Please!'"

Treasured shook his head. "I would love to guarantee the safety of your friends however one of them is an alicorn. I must purge out lands of these so called princesses for their wrong doings. So you best stay out of my way All of you!" He shouted to the remaing 4 ponies.

"Sorry sugercube but NO pony's gonna hurt any of our friends!" Applejack said reading herself for battle

Treasured sighed opening his metallic wings "Fine have it your way." He swiflt dashed over to AJ and before she could react atted her with his wing. There however was a loud *CLANG* a hooded pony clashed with Treasured and knocked him away with his strength. "Ah another interloper and this one doesn't even want me to know who they are."

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"I mean, I am not sure if you can ever hear me, death is not exactly something that can be bypassed with powers so easily.."

"But you were right, this universe won't venture for itself again, even if there is this slight shimmer of hope, it is just not able to pass when the Destroyer is involved.

That is something i no longer doubt, but i wonder, is this the right thing to do? Because in the end, we are all delaying something that is going happen no matter what we would employ, but you forsaw this, din't you? But then what have you not been telling me? I know you would never leave your secrets to ruin like this, i know you well enough to know you have been storing it somewhere, that is something that many seek to."

"Because you knew much, perhaps things that were too dangerous to know, i wonder if you knew the things about Aliah and Moriah? Then its only right you are hiding those secrets, but at the same time, why hide something that potentially saves us? I do not understand, perhaps something that none ever will."

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The hooded pony did say a word keeping their head down.

"Come on don't you at least want some last words before you die." Treasured dashed at the pony attacking all out with his wins afterwards they where gone, The pony had avoided all the attacks and was now behind Treasured. An arrow hit treasured in the side right under the metal wing. "You Dare! Show me who you are before you die!"

The pony smiled under the cloak. Knocking off the hood a black mane was revealed first then a yellow coat and red eyes. "Recognize me?" Maple said.

Treasured backed up "No! You should be dead! I... I killed you!" He was a bit panicked

Maple laughed "Run! Never come back and threaten my family!"

"This isn't the last you've seen of me but for now Goodbye!" Treasured flew off.

Maple was enveloped by a green aura and turned into a changeling "Are you all ok?"

Fluttershy was about to be really happy but when it turned out to be a changeling she had mixed feelings "Yes thank you for saving us mr. changeling sir."

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Jack stared at the sky, he had mixed emotions, which most of them where grief and sadness.

He turned around and was about to walk away until he saw Celestia standing in the doorway, which gave him a terrified look on his face.

'I openly talked about my secrets, and someone had been listening to this whole time... I should learn to not openly talk to myself....' he thought

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Celestia realized she had been spotted "Hello Jack I just walked up. Me and Maple finished training together and was curious how you where doing?" She said trying to make it seem like she just got there.

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After a little while Twilight came back. "So why did you help us I though Chrysalis wasn't allied with us."

"She isn't, I'm not allied with her." Moonshadow explained "Figured you all could use some help and when he said he killed Maple well I decided to take action as her."

Fluttershy walked over "Is it true is s... she... gone?"

"I can't say." He said disappointed "But what I can tell you is She's strong so I doubt it."

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"Oh, I was just reliving some memories, though I am still feeling rather uncomfortable, I guess I just really miss my family." he said.

'Well, partly, I hate my mother with every vibe in my being.' he thought.

He sighed.

"It just feels really hard when you see many with families, and actually being be able to relieve that happiness. It feels really bad knowing that I well be granted that luxury," he said with sadness.

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"Well I do know how that feels." She said grimly "I am immortal but never knew my own parents. I only have my sister who I once banished for a thousand years to the moon. She had become corrupted by power and I had to do it to protect my citizens. It was a rather dark time for me and now I am surrounded by reminders of that mistake..."

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"I am sorry to hear that. Having to do that to someone you hold dear is something very hard to get over with. These tragedies are sometimes just unavoidable." 

"You know, when i was first saw Equestria, i thought i was dreaming, a planet that was still uncorrupted had still stable life flowing through its inhabitants.

Most planets where like this, races had thriving cities and civilizations, but then this person came. And with his return, he murdered them all, countless of planets, billions of lives had been erased from existance thanks to his thirst for mass genocide, his actions have made so much impact, that those who are still alive truly are calling these years the end times. But after murdering everything until there is nothing left, but that won't statisfy him, he will only stop when everything has been destroyed, even from the tinest monocule of life, wich is why many of us are debating wether its still worth to fight a losing battle." he said with sadness

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Celestia nodded "We have dealt with worse however. Equestria is much strong than most believe despite our... Limited technology... We help each other as long as we help back."

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"Who was that." Applejack said to Fluttershy seeing as she seemed to know a bit about him.

Fluttershy was crying so much she couldn't speak.

"Maybe we should let her grief for a while." Twilight said "It's ok fluttershy she died heroically" 

"I still don't think Maple died though" Moonshadow said "I know her well. She's ridiculously strong for a bat-pony Mare you should be proud Fluttershy."

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"I wish I could really be so positive, but i can't, after everything that has happened, a happy ending just seems to good to be true at this point."

He planted his face on the top of the ridge.

"It doesn't feel so great when you are an outcast to everyone." he said with a hurtfull tone on his voice

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"I do know a pony who would agree with you." Celestia said calmly as she started to head towards the guard barracks her weapon needed to be sharped.

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Fluttershy had cried for several minutes before saying "He's a fake... A.... Alicorn He wants rid of anyone who c... could oppose him. I'm guessing Maple was one of them..." She started crying again.

Rarity walked over to her "Fluttershy you heard this changeling. He says there no proof she's dead so we can't just believe that evildoer."

Fluttershy didn't hear the comment but was happy Rarity tried to help.

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Jack didn't respond

'I don't really expect them to understand, i am something entirely different after all, emotion is not a strange thing to me. Tough i do wonder why they were acting so emotionless. Is it because of my appearance? Gah, i am just not used to feeling like this.'

'Tough i wish when i talked to someone here, they would at least be somewhat more... open? They seem to bear no interest or almost any form of emotion when i talk to them, perhaps it was a mistake for me to stay on this planet. I have been thinking this alot over but... am i really needed here? From what i gathered, they can act fine without me.' he thought as he frowned.

'Perhaps it is something i will never find out, i only bear to furfill my purpose and that is it.' he thought as he walked through the hallways.

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Maple had just finished up her training, Well by finished she more of got hurt during practice so she had to leave for a while. She growled angrily as she walked through the halls. She saw Jack sulking through the halls. She looked at him puzzled as she flew over to him. "Hey." She was worried about him "Are you alright? You seem pretty down."

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Jack sighed

"I just miss my family and friends. Back when I was at Cyril, I used to be in this group, made a friend, formed a really close bond with the others. After the destruction of my original homeworld, and the death of my father, i saw them as my new family, something to find comfort in, because during that time the war was raging at its finest, and it was perhaps the only thing of moriality that distinguished us from ourselves and those wild beast that pluage us to this very day. But such things never last long, after 3 years Cyril got overrun by a massive force, our entire group was wiped out except for my only friend there, who managed to escape after i purposely let myself get captured as a distraction.. Tough after all these 3 years, i am not sure if he still alive, let alone what has became of Cyril in the first place. While i want to protect Equestria at all cost, it still weights heavy on me that i am leaving every single one of race members to die like this, because let me be honest here. Equestria is one of the last planets that still thrives like this, out there you will find nothing buut death and destruction, wich is precisly where they are forced to spend their final hours. I feel guilty because i have been spared of that same fate, especially when the only person you had such a close bond with is wondering where you even are during all this time." he said

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"Sorry to hear that... I really am. I wish I could say I could sympathize with you but I've never really lost anyone... Well permanently at least" She said feeling a bit down "I feel for you tough it's not really something I'd want to go through. I'm sorry. For them..." She looked jack in the eyes "Stand up. Stop this evil and save the universe."

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He looked her in the eyes.

"That is something I will not abandon, though I am wondering how I can even make this happen,  I am just one person." he said.

"Tough i think i have to the courtyard now, Luna told me to meet her there, she has been looking for members to form a special unit. Because i have a plan in mind that could break trough those conversion centers." Jack said with determination as he walked to there

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"Special unit in charge of smashing up the enemy stuff sign me u-, Gah!" She had been moving her hooves a lot while saying that and she had hurt the wound again. She laughed a bit, Smiling "Ignore that. I can still help!"

Woodland had walked up to the two of them, After talking with the princesses, and said politely to Maple "No you can't. We really can't risk you getting even more seriously injured or even... Worse." He looked down saying that his tone shifting to match "Sorry sis but you can't go. We fear that this Treasured Crystal will be waiting on you there."

"That's not fair when did I get a say in the matter I mean it's not that bad!" Maple said angered at her brother. "If I don't stand then no one..." She felt tired suddenly, so tired she just fell asleep where she was standing.

Woody had sang a lullaby for her to put that sleeping spell on her. He was rather annoyed at his sister. "Gah! She never listens to reason. She always believes that if she doesn't do something then no one will. Jack I know you don't believe that, Right?"

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"I agree with you Woody, but I understand her motives, these are dark times, and she feels that things are going to turn bad without her help, I have known people who had this similar motive as her. It can be an admirable cause, it can also lead to a very sad death" Jack said.

"It is good that you stopped her, but if I am going, to be honest? I have had this exact thing myself, or at least to some extend."

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Woodland Shook his head. "Well you're going to go and I'm fine with that but you didn't almost die like my sister." He looked at Maple disheartened then back to Jack "Hey... Listen Jack... Maple told me about the encounter and what you did..." He started tearing up his voice lost stability "I... I can never repay you. You save her life, even though I'm not sure what you did I owe you... I owe you everything so if there's anything you ever need ask me and I will do it..." He was crying at the thought of Maple not coming home. "Sorry. I'm slipping I guess I just... Don't want to lose my family..."

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"I did what was necessary, some may view my race as a bunch of selfish outlaws, but in these dark times, they have been more generous than ever before, which is perhaps what made us the way we are, even if others did not see that."

He looked Woody in the eyes.

"But you are not going to lose your family because even if that were to happen, they will end up in a good place."

He showed his artefact.

"Because even in death, there i still the shimmer of hope, a shimmer that divides us from the blood hungry masses that we despise so much. If one of them happened to die after no way of being able to prevent, their souls won't be lost, this artefact has multiple purposes, one of them is to make sure that the souls are safeguarded. Perhaps even a resurrection could be made, not in the same way as life, but it is the closest to as it can get, my father made sure of that." he said as he handed the object to Woody.

"If it helps, take it, keep it as a symbol of hope, and use it when the time is right, because someone out there is watching, and knowing what an admirable cause you will performing." Jack said

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Woody smiled He pulled a string out of the carpet using his magic, it was a rather thin string but tough, He wound it around the smaller part of the artifact and tied it around his neck. He look up at Jack through tears "Thank you. For now I need to make sure she's ok. Best of luck with this mission of yours. I'll see ya around." He walked off carrying Maple on his back. Wings extended so she could lay on his back.