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Blood felt bad for the mare after hearing of how she he Oakly. He put a hoof on her shoulder. "Yes, Ally. He has his eyes. And he's a great foal too. Just like his mother."

Blood was silent for a moment before nodding. "So I was right, Oakly is your real son. Why is my brother raising him and not you?"

Blood started to get what Shadow was saying. "So....this is the real mother of one of your children?"

Blood ducked out of the way of the angry bat pony mare, awaiting whatever Shadow intended to do to her.

Blood raised an eyebrow. "Yes, they're all fine. Even Oakly. But we don't have time to talk. The Order is assembling now." Silent stared at him unimpressed before turning away and looked out the window. "Very well. Do what you must. Our conquest will not be stopped."

"You're enough to deal with, I can't imagine you having friends...." He thought rubbing the sides of his head. "The horde is endless, I can land thousands in Equestria daily. But numbers don't always match up with ferocity, intelligence and grit." Blood put a hoof on the blade and gently moved it away from his face. "Always with a warm welcome, Ally." He said sarcastically. "The Order is being called back together. There was an assassination attempt on Shadow's family. War is on our doorstep."

Silent glared at him. "You obviously know nothing of the bat ponies. They're a powerful race bred from Nightmare Moon herself. Plus there's the White Fang Order." Snow's eyes watered for a moment, but she quickly wiped the tears away before it got any worse. "Yes...they would be." She said softly, holding her foal tightly as she slept. Blood walked down the street with his face hidden. "Where could she be? I'd imagine she'd be here around this time."

Blood sighed. "Fine. I'll deal with her." He said, knowing what he was surely about to deal with. Silent slammed his hoof down on a table in the Crystal Palace. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted that bat. He failed and now Vampireece will surely join the fight!" He apart angrily. Ash was in the training room blasting targets with her fire magic. Snow watched her nearby holding her foal close. "She's extremely impressive. I haven't seen anypony quite like this."

Blood nodded and looked out the window. "Perhaps you are different from your father, Phoenix King."

"We should call King Kane back, we must discuss with him a new alliance and coordinate a combined attack." Blood said, kicking a Horde corpse over.

Blood looked at Shadow with a grave stare. "Brother....we made a mistake turning the Pheonix King away...."

Oblivion trembled as Shadow's power was maximizing. "If not me....then Silent Night will kill you." He said, trying not to sound afraid, but was.

In no time the remaining assassins were cut down by Blood. Oblivion gasped for air under Shadows hoof as he was dragged around. "You...are not.....my king."

Oblivion lit his horn and shocked both of them again. The assassin carrying Dawn and White by the throats stood behind him. "Black Star was the true king. Now I will reign for him. Prepare to die." He said coldly as the assassins surrounded them. Suddenly Blood was flying near Shadow. "I heard it too. Hurry." He said as he shot forward faster.

Suddenly a bolt of lightning hit Echo knocking her to the ground. "That would be me, sweetheart." Said Oblivion, the bat pony traitor as he stepped from the shadows. "I made a deal with Silent Night and the Horde, I let them in to assassinate your family and remove you as a threat, and I become the new king."

((The attack just started Trax.))

Suddenly the two guards fell over dead with gashes in their throats as two of the horde assassins stepped over them. Another assassin suddenly came and grabbed both Dawn and White around the throat and held them up. Two more assassins cornered Echo and Oakly with blades drawn. The bat pony sat in the shadows watching out of sight. ((Yeah, you can kill him. Lol))

A hooded bat pony walked casually down the street, looking around to make sure nobody was watching him. He went behind the castle to a section of the city wall. He looked around again and when he saw nobody nearby, he casted a spell on the wall causing it to open. Several horde assassins entered before he closed the wall back. "Make it quick and be silent." The bat pony said.

Kane had sat on his balcony blankly watching the sun set for hours, never moving. Autumn came and sat next to him, putting her head on his shoulder. It was the only thing she could do to provide some comfort. ((If anything isnt happened I guess we could timeskip.))

Ash took Snow's foal from the acolyte and gently held her. "I don't know how she goes on with as much as she's lost. Her brother, her coltfriend, and now her father. She's a stronger mare than I am." Silent gazed at the Crystal Heart on it's pedistal. "It's yours to take, my lord." A solider next to him said. Silent shook his head. "No...it will remain here. I do not require its power." The soldier was confused. "I thought that was your goal?" Silent looked south towards Canterlot. "No, the goal never was to steal the Heart, the goal was to burn the Empire to the ground. Now Canterlot will not receive the help of it's biggest ally."

Ash returned to the Elemental Castle and entered the room where Arial was. She saw Nara and Laxus doing headstands and raised an eyebrow before looking back to Arial. "I feel like I failed her." She said sadly, looking to Snow who had fallen asleep from crying so much. An ice acolyte was holding her sleeping foal in her arms. "She lost her father....because I wasn't quick enough to help him."

Kane didnt mind the argument. He just listened for what was important. "Send the best of them behind enemy lines. Figure out what their next step is. We should consider at least a third of Equestria lost now that the Empire has fallen. We can't let it happen again." He turned away and put his hands on the balcony, letting his head hang. "For now, we prepare to honor Blade's sacrifice, and the thing he did that changed the world. I......need to be alone."

((Yeah)) Some guards took Blade's body away and the crowd slowly dispersed until the four of them remained. "You have something to tell me?" Kane said, instantly hiding his pain and looking serious and authoritative.