Scorcha's Journey 15

Moonlight, a couple weeks after the new year celebration, was on top of the Castle-like building that is St. Luna's Elite Night HIgh School.  She was watching some of the other students play sports or other games that will help them survive outside of St. Luna's. As she was watching, another pegasi landed beside her. The other pegasi is Moonlight's younger sister, Foggy Sky.

"Still hating being a Celestian, Sis?" Foggy asked as she moved closer to Moon.

Moon sighed, "Yeah. All of you have to watch over your shoulder and undergo rigiourus training to be ready to fight for your lives, yet for me, I don't have to. I can simply graduate in a year or two and walk in public without the need to worry about being killed. Well, as long as I'm dating Broken, I have to worry about him dying more then myself."

"Even if you never become a Lunaian, Moony, you are always my sister and a part of this school. You're one of a very few Celestians whom know about us and support us."

"I want to be a Lunaian, a Vampony, Sis."

Foggy shooked her head, "Being a Lunaian is a curse, Moony. Be thankful that you are still able to sleep at night without worry, let alone drink alcohol without care."

Then the school bell, as loud as a Church Bell, rang. All the students whom were playing below ran or flew into the building. Moonlight and Foggy also walked into the building, and the Headmistress, via the P-A system, directed everyone to the concert hall for a very important assembly. As they were walking, the sisters got seperated. Moonlight waited off to the side for the crowd to lighten up. As soon as it had lightened up, she resume following them before someone pushed her into one of the darken corridors. When her eyes adjusted, she noticed the pony whom pushed her was the first-generation Vampony Cider Aioli.

"Y-You're Aioli, r-right?" Moonlight managed to say with Cider's hoof over her mouth, muffling it.

"Yes, now be quiet." Cider hissed low.

Moonlight began to shake and sweat. Something deep down in her psyche , something primal, was telling her to be highly afraid of the pony whom is holding her in place against the wall, in the shadows, with a single hoof.

Meanwhile, every other student and all the teachers are in the concert hall, as Princess Luna had brought with her a few other speakers to inform the school about the updated changes to the rules, as the Hunters are becoming more brutal. The pony directly behind Princess Luna is the yellow-coated Pegasi, Fluttershy, in her bat-pony form. To their right, which is the left side of the stage, is a grey-coated Earth pony with a pink bowtie and a purple Triple-Clef mark. On the opposite side, facing the Bat Dorm, is an electric-blue-maned unicorn with a palest coat imaginable.

"Settle down. We need to go over some new rules we must impliment, due to the Hunters."

Then a scent that is quite familiar to the older Bat-ponies, Vamponies and Lycan-ponies: Blood. Foggy recognized the blood instantly.

"Milady! That's Moony's Blood!" Foggy called out, then she flew to the doors, "SOMEPONY IS ATTACKING MY SISTER!"

"Vinyl, Octavia, go." Luna commanded, and with a salute from the two other ponies, the two quickly followed Foggy.

They soon found Moonlight whom was, by this time, on the ground, being fed upon.

"HEY! FANGS OFF OF MY SISTER!" Foggy yelled as she crashed into Cider, sending her flying.

Cider quickly recovered and her eyes were crimson. They looked like something else, something animalistic, was in control of her mind. The white-coated unicorn mare, known as Vinyl, ran in-between Cider and Foggy.

"Let me handle her. You take care of your sister." then she removed her glasses to revealed her Magenta-turned-crimson eyes and fangs.

Foggy turned and ran over to Moon, whom was bleeding profusely from the corard artery. Foggy quicly placed a cloth over the wound and pressed hard onto it. The look on Moonlight's face caused Foggy to shed some tears, as it is a face of a petrified pony. Octavia helped Foggy to stop the bleeding, before taking on her Lycan form to sew the wound shut. After a couple punches from Vinyl snapped Cider back to her normal self, and became a bit tramatized from the experience. Moonlight soon passed out from the lack of blood.

Two days later, Moonlight recovered and found herself in the School's Hospital wing. She noticed an I-V line in her arm, which have been keeping her hydrated. When she looked around the room, she saw Shadow Wing, her adoptive mother.

"M-Mom? Wh-What happened?" Moonlight looked around, "Wh-Where am I?"

"You're in the Hospital Wing of the School, Dear." Shadow gently touched Moon's hoof, to comfort her, "You were attacked and fed upon by the First-Gen Vampony Cider Aioli. She lost control over her other side for a bit."

"A-Am I a Vampony?"

"Thankfully, no." Shadow bent down and nuzzled her, "Cider is just as tramatized as you, as she wasn't expecting to lose control over herself like that. Even third-generation Vamponies have trouble at times with their self-control."

"Or in mine and Scratch's case, fifth-generation Vamponies."

Moonlight looked over at the voice and saw her coltfriend, Broken Record. He walked over and they gently hugged.

"Thank you for coming, Darling."

"Anytime, Dear."  

Broken smiled and felt relieved. The moment his left fang had touched Moon's neck, her ingrained fear-response took over and shoved him away, through the curtain into the side of an empty bed. When they looked at her, Moon was beginning to shake.

"Moony, what happened?"

"I-I felt his fang against my neck." Moon shakingly said.

Broken stood up, and lowered his head, "I'm sorry, Moon. I didn't realized my fang had touched your soft coat."

"I-It's okay, B-Broken."

Broken sighed, "I'll be going. Clearly having me near her isn't the best thing for her." he slightly hissed, "I won't blame her if she doesn't want me to be her coltfriend anymore."

"N-No!" Moon fell out of the bed, hitting her chin into the floor, "Ow! Don't go, Broken! I do want you to be my coltfriend! Please, Don't go!"

Broken walked over to her and helped her back into the bed, "Are you sure? Most Celestians reject us when one of our kind bite them as horroribly as Cider had done to you." Then his ears drooped, "And when you pushed me because of my fang, I assumed you had became fearful of all Vamponies, including me."

Moonlight wiped her eyes, "I still love you, Broken, but I am a bit jittery from what had happened to me."

Broken lowered his head and kissed her on the lips, "I understand, Moony. I'll keep my distance for now, until you are stable, then I'll come back to you."

Moonlight stretched her head and bite his neck, as much as she could in her weakened state, before releasing him and smiling, "Don't wait too long, nor cheat on me."

He smiled at her, "I promise, my dear.", then he left.

The following morning, Moonlight was allowed to leave the Hospital wing. The first pony to greet her out of the Hospitial wing is Foggy and Scratch.

"How are you feeling, Sis?" Foggy carefully walked up to her.

"Good." Moonlight smiled, then sighed, "I nearly lost Broken yesterday."

"Yeah. He told us about your reaction to his fang. Cider been given two weeks of isolated detention for her act. It is always hard for the first-generations to control their impulses."

"I didn't mean to fling him into the other bed like that." Moonlight covered her head, "I-It just happened."

Scratch and Foggy both hugged her, as a way to comfort her. They brought her back to the Bat Dormatory, with Foggy going no furthur then the door. As she is now a Timberwolf student, Foggy is barred from entering the Bat Dormatory.  Foggy made her normal Actress bow before leaving. The other members of the Bat Dormatory were careful to not set Moonlight's fear off. Over the next few days, Moonlight continued her classes, but she tend to tread very lightly.

Then one night, she was walking around late at night, when she over heard Shadow and Night Runner, the Headmistress of the school, debating about a mission that was given to them by Princess Luna.

"Night, I know that this is Princess Luna's direct order, but why her? Couldn't she ask Princess Cadence or Princess Twilight to use one of their citizens or Royal Guards for this undercover mission?"

"Because she's one of a few whom know everything about both side of the coin that is Equestria." Night sighed.

"But she's currently unstable. The enemy might exploit that weakness and then we will have another Hoofsing on our hooves." Shadow huffed, "My grandfather and Mother fought and barely survived against the last Hoofsing-like Hunter."

Night's eyes flashed quickly, "You must well come in, Ms. Radience, as we are talking about you."

Moonlight sighed, as defying Night Runner is NEVER a good idea. She opened the door and walked into the room.

"Sorry for accidently eavesdropping, Headmistress, Mother, but I couldn't sleep too well. I keep thinking back to that day. Thinking of what I could've done to prevent all of this from occuring. It was my own fear that paralyzed me from doing anything to defend myself."

"I understand, but Princess Luna had requested you to do a mission, by name." Night sighed, "As much as I agreed with Shadow on all arguments she have brought up, but my hooves are tied in this, as Milady outrules any objection I may have on this matter."

"From what I had heard, Milady want me to spy on, by becoming a member of, the Hunters." Moonlight sighed, "Am I correct?"

"Sadly, you are correct, Moonlight." Night nodded.

"But Foggy have more acting chops then I do. Why me?"

"Because you have one thing we cannot be; A Celesitian." Shadow huffed, "Because you are a Celestian alone is the reason why you have been selected for the mission, Moonlight."

Moonlight sighed, then looked determined, as best as she could, "If Milady wanted me to do this, then I will carry out the mission willingly, Headmistress."

Then a orange-tan-coated unicorn colt suddenly appeared behind her, "Milady will be pleased to hear that, Ms. Radience."

Moonlight turned around quickly and pressed herself against Night Runner's desk, "Wh-Who are you?"

"Pardon me for my rudeness, Ms. Radience." The colt placed his front-right hoof over his heart and lowered his head, "I am Wolf Appledore, Milady's adviser and her primary adviser when dealing with our Citizens of the Night."

"You mean the Lunaian Citizens, am I correct?"

"You are correct, Ms. Radience." Appledore smiled as he stood back up, "Now then. A month ago, Milady tried sending a team of young Lunaians, hoping that they are able to fool the Hunters, but as of three nights ago, we lost contact. That is when Milady decided to send in a Celestian whom also know about the Lunaian side. We have about ten citizens on that list. Three of them are Princesses, One is a Prince, one is the annoying Chaos lover. and the four remaining are adults and probably would be viewed with a bit of suspicition upon finding the hideout."

"That's nine, which means that I am the only logical choice you had left." Moonlight sighed, "Lovely."

"Yes. You are the only logical choice left." Appledore nodded, "There is a new group forming around Ponyville. We will send you there, but you have to find them. No pony from The Circle will interact with you the moment you get off of the train. Once you have found the Hunters, do whatever it takes to gain their trust. Milady even told me to grant you permission to be a 'Reaper', if you must."

"Milady permitted my daughter to kill Lunaians!?" Shadow yelled, "HAS SHE GONE INSANE!?"

"No she haven't, and you better be wise to know whom you are referring to, Ms. Wing." Appledore growled.

"If it convince the Hunters that I'm on their side, then I'll do it, Mother." Moonlight looked at her with genuine determination, "If I don't then we maybe at war for another decade or so."

Shadow wanted to rebut her daughter, but she had to admit defeat. Soon, Appledore and Moonlight left for the train station. He told her the limits to her mission, which is gather information on the group, and hopefully whom is operating and-or funding it. With that information in mind, Moonlight climbed onto the train and rode it towards Ponyville.

When she arrived in Ponyville, she wander for a short bit before laying down in a back alley. As she was trying to get to sleep, she sensed something was coming and fast. She instinctively opened her wings and took to the sky. The moment she opened her eyes, there was a pony-looking wolf-like creature standing where she was laying just a moment ago. She saw a small group of late-teen-to-early-tween-aged ponies wearing silver-colored hooded cloaks. The oldes one, an Earth-pony colt looked up at Moonlight.

"Stay back, Miss! We got this!"

Then five more appeared and the cloaked ponies formed a tight circled, as the six pony-looking creatures were all wolf-like in appearance. Moonlight noticed that none of them had long-ranged weapons, only one sword and four daggers among themselves. Moonlight sighed at the stupidity of the group. She quickly divebombed the first Lycan, knocking it out instantly. The other Lycans faced her and attacked. She easily sent them flying, despite none of them had wings. One crashed into a solid wall, with an audible "Crack!". The five she had sent flying, after they recovered, ran away as fast as they could back into the Everfree Forest. The one that Moonlight knocked out remained on the scene. Then an elderly-looking Earth-pony colt walked out of the shadows towards the group.

"You five been in the Society for two months and yet, she-" he points at Moonlight, "-defeated all six of those monsters. I do not know what my son and his friend thought about taking you six into the group." then he took out a sword from his cane and presented it to Moonlight, "I would like to introduce you into the Equestrian Hunting Society."

Moonlight took the sword and recognized it as pure silver, " 'Equestrian Hunting Society'? Hunting what exactly?"

Then the colt pointed at the knocked out Lycan with the shaft of his cane, "Those monsters. My dear lady, monsters to exist. I mean true troublesome monsters whom hide as normal ponies, but they are not normal. They are cold-blooded, heartless, soulless monsters whom want nothing more then to rip out the heart of a young mare, like yourself or my granddaughter, and feast upon your lifeless husk."

Moonlight pondered, then she remembered that she was permitted, if needed, to kill. So, she raised the sword, and sliced the Lycan's head off. The body was set ablazed from the silver and, before long, it became a pile of ash. Deep down, she felt ashamed, but she never showed it. The elder gently retrieved his sword from Moonlight and sheathed it back into the sleeve.

"Welcome to the Societh, Ms.-?"

"Radience. Ms. Moonlight Radience, Pegasi." Moonlight smiled and curtsied, "And you are, my dear sir?"

"I am Lord Spoon. Grandmaster of the Equestrian Hunting Society. My son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter all live here in Ponyville. We have been here almost as long as the Apples have been." Lord Spoon smiled and dipped his head, "From the sound of your accent, Ms. Radience, you are from Canterlot. How's your first night in Ponyville?"

"Quite scary, to say at least." Moonlight lied, "Care to show me around, Sir?"

"Later, Ms. Radience, but for now, I'll bring you to my place so you can sleep in safety."

"Thank you for your kind hospitality, Lord Spoon." Moonlight followed the elder Spoon.

"Anything for one as skilled as yourself. Maybe my granddaughter and her friend could learn a thing or two from you."

"From the sound of it, she is very precious to you."

The elder Spoon smiled, "She is. She's the future of Ponyville, as its future Mayor. She's currently in school."

"Elementary?"

"That is correct." the elder Spoon nodded, then he pointed at a mansion-like house, "Here we go, Ms. Radience. My modest home."

Moonlight looked around an noticed that Lord Spoon's idea of 'Modest' is more in-line with Canterlotian opinion about modesty.  They walked inside and brought her to a guest room, where she thanked Lord Spoon before laying onto the bed. The bed was far more comfier then St. Luna's beds or Red Ridge's.

The following morning, Moonlight woke up and showered in the guest room's private shower. After she dried herself off, she put on a clean dress before venturing down to the dining area. There she met Lord Spoon as well as a silver-coated earth-colt, a true-white earth-mare, and a young filly with a grey coat and big purple glasses.

"Grandfather, who is she?" the filly asked.

"She is my new employee. I didn't want her to sleep where she could be harmed, so I let her spend the night here. She'll be helping me out a lot, if she's good enough."

"You must be Lord Spoon's granddaughter." Moonlight smiled and curtsied, "Hello and I'm Ms. Moonlight Radience. I'm glad to meet you, Young Miss."

The filly smiled and cursied back, "I as well, Ms. Radience. I am Silver Spoon and this is my friend, Diamond Tiara. Father and her father work together."

"Well, that's a good thing, then." Moonlight smiled.

"Silver, dear. You'll be late for school if you don't hurry." the mare charmily said.

"Yes, Mother. I'll get going now." then after ten minutes of gathering her stuff and cleaning her glasses, both Silver Spoon and Diamond Tiara had left.

The mother looked through the window, then when the two fillies were away, turned around to face Moonlight.

"I hope that you are alright, dearie. Those monsters are quite nasty and inferior to us." Silver's mother said, before realized her slip-up, "I nearly forgot, I'm White Flour."

"I am quite alright. Five members from the Society tried to help me, but when the Lycans became six, I had to step in. I killed one while the other five ran back to the forest."

Silver's father nodded, "So, everything my father had told me was true then?"

"Yes, Sir." Moonlight nodded, "Who are you?"

"I'm Shiny Spoon, but I prefer to be called 'Grey' by my collegues and other ponies. I'm the Master of the Ponyville Branch of the Society." Grey smiled, "Welcome to the Society, Ms. Radience."

"Thank you, Master Grey." Moonlight smiled.

"Moonlight, why did you left Canterlot?" Lord Spoon asked.

Moonlight showed her neck, "I was attacked by a Vampony. I managed to grab a porcelin vase and smashed it on the Vampony's head. She did managed to bite me through, but I feel no change. I ran to my room and grabbed the only weapon I had, a silver-plated letter opener. When the Vampony attacked me again, I stabbed her in the eye and the scream was tramatizing to just remember. After that, I ran, afraid of more of them coming to the scene."

"You never realized that school was a school of monsters?" Lord Spoon inquiried.

"No, Grandmaster." Moonlight faced him, "They were all nice and friendly ponies. Then when one of them showed me her true colors," Moonlight shed tears and convinced all in the room, "I-I became afraid of all of them. I'm afraid that my sister became one of those monsters."

Lord Spoon, conviced by her act, smiled and hugged her, "You will be able to avenge your sister and the assault that you had faced, Moonlight. I'll bring you to our hideout."

Lord Spoon led  Moonlight down to the Celler, then to a equally-large Wine Celler. He walked over to a section of a wall, and pulled on a faux-bottle of "Canterlot White Champange Circa 1841". The section of the wall pulled back and split in half to reveal a hidden staircase. Both of them walked down the stair case to a hidden tunnel system. A minute of waiting later, a minecart arrived and they climbed aboard. The operator bowed her head towards them.

"May the Sun bless our struggles, Grandmaster."

"May the Creator forgive us for our deeds, Silver Rail."

Then the unicorn looked at Moonlight, "Who is she, Grandmaster?"

"She is our newest member, Moonlight Radience of Canterlot."

"Welcome to the Society, Ms. Radience." then Silver Rail begin to move the minecart with her magic, "When I joined, I was renamed Silver Rail, as operating a Minecart is my mark. I was originally known as Iron Rail. I only had my father and when a Vampony killed him inside a mine that they were working at, it fueled me with so much hatred that I made sure that the Vampony remembered whom I was when he passed on. After that, Grandmaster here took me in. As rage was my main driving force, I couldn't channel the fighting expectation he wanted, but he gave me the job of being the Society's cart-mare."

"How vast are these tunnels?"

"They reach every town in Equestria, except for the Crystal Empire. We are currently working on building one tunnel and rail to that area, but it is very slow moving."

Thirty minutes later, they arrived at the main chamber. Moonlight and Lord Spoon climbed off of the minecart, then Silver Rail left. They walked to a group of trainees fighting. In the center was a dim-gold-coated mare with a silver mane. She was selecting certain ponies to attack her, but she easily defeated them.

"That is our battle instructor, Scroogette Rich, Filthy's older sister."

Then the mare looked at them, "Ah, Grandmaster Spoon. How's my niece?"

"She's doing quite good, Scroogette." Spoon smiled, "I would like you to meet the newest member, Moonlight Radience."

"Welcome." Scroogette smiled, "How good is your fighting?"

"Decent, Ma'am."

"Then I challenged you to the next round."

Moonlight nodded, "Yes, Ma'am."

The other ponies moved out of the way. Moonlight walked into the arena and waited for Scroogette to make the first move. The problem was that Scroogette was doing the very same tactic towards Moonlight. Ten minutes of staring at each other, Moonlight made her first move. She ran at Scroogette, to punch her. Scroogette was ready to counter the move, but Moonlight used her pegasi wings to evade the grapple. She quickly got behind Scroogette and judo-throw her into one of the corners. After chuckling, Scroogette stood up.

"Very good. Most Pegasus never thought about using their wings to their advantage except for evasion." Scroogette smiled, "Now I know to not play around with you."

The fight between the two mares caused most of the other members from other spots to walk over and watch. By the end of it, both of them were bleeding from the mouth and agreed to a draw.

"Sorry about punching you that badly, Ma'am." Moonlight lowered her head, but was smiling.

"It is quite alright, Ms. Radience." Scroogette smiled back, "It is very hard to make me want to fully get into a fight, but you managed to make me love it."

Moonlight stood back up and left the arena. Many of the young members, and some of the older ones were congradulating her for lasting so long against the "Golden Wall" as they refer to Scroogette as. By noontime, they were having lunch, and Moonlight was the only one without the normal silver cloak or necklace. After lunch was done, Moonlight hanged out with another pegasi mare known as Silver Wing. Silver Wing taught Moonlight the ritual that Moonlight, and all whom wish to join the Society, must go through.

Few hours later, Moonlight was on a stage, facing Lord Spoon while the rest of the Society watches on. Moonlight sat down, placed her front-left hoof onto a silver tablet and raise her front-right hoof. The tablet have the the tenets of the Society written on it as well as the Society's symbol: A sun with a horseshoe within it. There is also a phrase in Latin underneith it: "May the Lord protect us from Sin".

"Do you, Ms. Moonlight Radience, accept to follow the Society Tenets till death claim your righteous soul?"

"I do, Grandmaster." Moonlight said.

"Now, recite the Pledge of the Society and become our newest member."

"We will not fear the night, No matter how strong our foes Might. We must shine the silver light, To expand everything that is Right!" Moonlight recited, and the crowd clapped.

"Welcome to the Equestian Hunting Society, Silver Moon." Lord Spoon smiled.

"Thank you, Grandmaster."

Then he faced the crowd, "Let us all say our Motto!"

The entire crowd looked up and raised their hooves, to form a cross with their bodies, even Lord Spoon joined them in the posture. While she was confused, Moonlight joined them in the behaviour, "We will not fear the night, No matter how strong our foes Might. We must shine the silver light, To expand everything that is Right!"

After that, Moonlight walked off the stage and was called by her Society name of "Silver Moon", or Moon for short. Some of them refer to her as "Sister Moon", due to the kinship that is usually forged from these kinds of group. After about week of training and helping with minor stuff around the compound, Wing invited Moonlight to one of their religious sermons. The preacher is known as Silver Page, and he is a unicorn with only one eye, a right eye. The other one was damaged while fighting, according to Page, a Vampony. As she was listening, as much as she know she is actually against the Hunters, but some of the stuff Page was preaching was agreeable to Moonlight's ears. After the sermon, Moon walked up to him and were having a nice, friendly chat.

"Some of the stuff you were saying, Father Page," Moonlight sighed, "rang true for me."

"How so, Child?" Page asked.

"A vampony attacked me and I think one of the beasts claimed my sister."

"Can you tell me which creature have stolen your sister's righteous soul?"

"I-I" Moonlight sighed, "I think that it is a Lycan, Father Page. It was hard to tell."

"If we find your sister, we will make sure that her soul is saved, but we must destroy the monster she have become in order to do so."

Moonlight lowered her head, "Thank you for listening to me, Father."

"Anything for one of the Creators' own Children." Page smiled.

Moonlight left the sermon area towards the Library area, where Wing tend to stay.  Both of them were researching the Society's history, as every newcomer must go through schooling for about six months. According to the oldest scrolls, the Society was founded by one of Starswirl's own students. After a month, Lord Spoon selected her to join him to guard a shipment of new weapons. A hour later, they arrived in Manehattan Bay. Everyone there were wearing their silver cloaks. Moonlight was also wearin hers, with the built-in mask over her face. She was given a silver sword and a silver amulet  with a wolf head, as the creature she killed in front of the Society was a Lycan. On the back side, the side touching her coat, is the Society's symbol.

Moonlight was standing guard when a boat arrived and the other members of the Manehattan Branch move the containers. After five minutes, as they are still unloading, someone arrived. Moonlight turned to face the pony, to only discover that it was Broken Record.

Moonlight walked towards him, and deepened her voice, "Nothing to see here, Citizen. Return to your home."

Broken recognized the poor attempt of voice modification, but played along, "Why? What are you hiding from the Royal Guards?"

Then one of the newbies dropped one of the crates, which burst opened to reveal a cache of silver rifles and bullets. Broken, upon seeing them, turned and ran. Moonlight looked at the scene and Lord Spoon.

"After him, SIlver Moon! If he tells, then we will have our enemies down our thoats!"

Moonlight nodded and chased Broken. Before long, they arrived at a deadend alley. He turned around to leave, but Moonlight was blocking his only way out. Broken removed his glasses and revealed his fangs.

"So," Moonlight said, still keeping her voice deep, "You are one of the monsters whom prey on the Righteous." then she drew her sword, "Your time have come."

Moonlight knew that Broken was channeling his magic, but kept it hidden. They fought and Moonlight drove the sword through his heart.

"Gah!" Broken gasped, but his magic made the sword go harmlessly through him, but still show blood.

"I do not care what kind of Spoon you were born with, Monster. We will win." Moonlight growled before withdrawing her blade, "There is nowhere to hide from us. For we are the Society."

Broken collasped and, via his magic, became ash. Then he was carried by the wind to St. Luna's. There, he reconstituted himself back to normal, minus his glasses, which Moonlight had took.

"What happened?"

"Well, Moonlight is in and a member of the Society, as they called themselves. The Spoon family funds and operate the group and they are all over Equestria." then he touched his heart area, "It was scary being stabbed by Moony."

"I can't blame you for feeling that, Broken, but lay low for a bit." Scratch wrapped one arm around him, "You did your part in all of this."

"Yeah, also they got new silver weapons. Guns this time."

"Guns? Oh, bucking hell. We need to step up our game then." Scratch growled-sighed, "I'll let Appledore know so he can inform Milady about this situation.", then she ran out of the room.

Broken lay down on the Hospital Wing's cot, just in case a trace amount of silver did manage to enter his bloodstream. The school nurse, Zuzana flew by him and start the two days of testing and bloodworks. Meanwhile, Moonlight regrouped with the Society, and presented the ash pile as proof of the death of the enemy. Satisfied, Lord Spoon made the others move quicker. Before long, Moonlight was back in the main chamber once again and in her bed.

[End of Scorcha 15]