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Blood flew towards the barbarians and began to shred through them with his swords. The other bat pony warriors followed the Order and engaged the massive horde. Silent saw it all from afar and growled. "Uchia....kill those bats." He said before walking away.

The massive Horde was steamrolling through yet another group of small villages. Silent casually walked through the destruction with an evil grin on his face. He noticed a few bat pony settlers living in the village were captured. "To the gallows, I want to make an example out of these monsters."

Bloodline peered through the nearby forest with the other Order members and some bat pony soldiers. "I have to give it to him, Silent Knight drew up quite a force." a soldier said. Blood smirked. "More soldiers, more kills." He said pointing to the numerous tallies on his gauntlet.

((Want to timeskip? The Horde is about to raid some smaller towns, the bat ponies could make their first appearance.))

Kane put a hoof around Arial and hugged her. "Thank you, Arial. You have a wonderful foal by the way. Just like his parents."

Kane looked at Arial, his eyes still watery but with a faint smile. "Forgive me, friend. Just know we will win this war. I'll make sure of it."

The image of Soul knelt down and put a hoof under Kane's chin, lifting his face up. "My son, the day you were born, the forest of Equestrian whispered your name. The mountains moved and the tide rose. The world knew that day that a king was born. You are not alone, and you will not fail. You have the strength to finally end war in Equestria once and for all. You have the power to bring peace. You were chosen by the gods to deliver your people." Kane reared up as he looked into his father eyes. "I will not fail you, father." Soul smiled. "You never have." He then faded with the others.

Kane got up and glared at her right in the eyes. "In all these years of death and pain I've endured, all the years I've carried this kingdom on my back, and I finally get one of the few chances to mourn, and you have the nerve to say I'm 'wallowing in self pity?' My bucking son died that day, and you accuse me of ignoring his sacrifice?" He said, getting angry.

Blood landed near Shadow. "Think we'll run into the horde before we even get there?"

Kane stared at nothing, seeming to zone out. "Someone else could have been king...I didn't need to live."

"Good." Blood said, kissing Mapleshade's hoof and winking at her before walking off. He wasn't the only one who could tease.

Kane was silent and kept watching the distance. "I must be weak, I can't cope with such loss the way you have."

Blood blushed but still smirked. "I don't know, the position hasn't been filled yet. Do you think you're up for the task?"

((Yo Trax, Kane and Arial are still talking. My fault for not answering right off.))

Several large battalions of bat ponies were marching towards the gates fully armored, awaiting orders to move out. Blood joined the rest of the Order once he was finished putting his armor on.

Blood exited the room to join the others. He caught a glimpse of Mapleshade walking away with the others. He sighed to himself.

Kane was silent for a long moment after Arial entered the room. "We have both endured, and neither of us have time to mourn. I have to run a kingdom and you have to run the Order." He sighed. "It's not easy for us."

Blood blushed and rubbed the back of his head. "Uh, yes....I uh, well...." He stammered before clearing his throat and getting serious. "Those assassins were sent by Silent Night. As I'm sure you all know, Silent was the first son of Soulscream and Princess Twilight Sparkle, and the original heir to the throne. However, he was exiled for attempting to kill his parents and Celestia. He was exiled and Kane was born soon after. Now that Kane is king Silent wants what he believes it rightfully his." He paused for a moment. "We did not agree to assist Canterlot because it is not our fight, but we made a mistake and were attacked. But we must not fight for our own gain....I misjudged Kane's worthiness as king, he truly is the defender of Equestria. He must be helped."

Blood wanted to keep trying to comfort her, but knew Ally wasn't the type of mare to try and press an issue with. He followed her back to the castle and entered, seeing the others who had arrived.

Kane sat alone by a window in his study drinking wine. He looked solemnly at two pictures. One was of Killjoy, Soul, Trax and Tavi in their youth in their Nightwatch gear, soon to go out into battle. The other was of Thunder, Blade, Black and Vi, all smiling and looking happy. He put his face in his hand and sighed deeply.

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.