I received the ticket to the gala a few days ago and I had my suit ready (just the clothes not the person) and it was the day of the gala and Aiko and tempest were getting their dresses made and Aiko has improved immensely she is able to stay alone without panicking for about an hour, tempest was the first to walk out she was wearing a grey dress and after a few minutes Aiko came out as well wearing a purple dress.
"So are you girls ready to go" i asked as they walked next to me outside to find a Pegasus drawn carriage and we stepped inside and we took off towards canterlot.
One hour of flying later
We landed at the entrance of the castle and I helped Aiko and tempest off the carriage and we headed inside and as we entered a pony announced us "now announcing king Talion, lady Tempest, and lady Aiko" he said as many of the noble and ambassadors from other kingdoms looked at us as we walked down the steps and joined the party, we were greeted by Celestia and Luna as we reached the bottom of the steps.
"Greetings Talion it has been awhile since we have seen each other" Celestia said.
"I have been meaning to send letter but i have been very busy lately as you well know" I said with a apologetic tone.
"Yes I have heard how busy you have been since the assaults on the diamond dog cities and you have gotten new residents traveling from all over to come see the city you built" she said with a smile.
"So are the other leaders here at the gala" i asked as she nodded.
"Yes they are here and i have been telling them about you and they are impressed with how you coordinated the attack on the diamond dogs not many could accomplish that so easily as you did even though you had our help but they only assisted in a little of the battle though" she said as she showed me the way through the crowd and I spotted twilight and applejack while we were walking but continued to follow celestia and we walked up to a couple of tables and I saw several different species were here I could see a dragon a griffin (just imagine her in a dress) and a minatour sitting at the tables and we sat down and Aiko and Tempest followed me.
"So you are the wraith I have heard so much about" the dragon said "I am dragon lord Torch I came to meet you" he said as he held out a claw and I grabbed it and gave him a hand shake.
"I am Phaenna queen of the griffin I have received word about your achievements for a awhile now" Phaenna said as she nodded her head respectfully and I nodded back.
"I am the king of the miantoures my name is Daron Stonepelt" Daron said as he popped his neck.
"I wanted to meet you all" i said.
"Yes we know and we are already discussing treaties with each other you are welcome to join us" Phaenna said.
"Of course but let me just grab a drink first" I said as I stood up and walked towards the food stands.
"Hey sugar cube" i heard from one of the stands and saw applejack selling apple cider "want a drink?" she asked handing me a bottle.
"Thanks applejack" I said as I took the cider from her hand.
"Anything for my stallion" she said which made me blush and I heard some arguing.
"No I will not join your herd" I knew that voice it was luna and I walked at a fast pace towards her voice and saw a Caribou talking to her "I already have a stallion" she said with a angry tone the Caribou had brown fur and blue eyes.
"I am sure I am better than any stallion could ever be" he said "We could take this chance and make a alliance with both our kingdoms" he added.
"Never I know how you work and I have seen reports on how you treat your females as slaves I will never join you herd Dainn" she yelled as she walked away and Dainn grabbed her arm and I decided to intervene.
"Let her go" I said as I grabbed his arm and forced him to let her go.
"Who are you to order me peasant?" he said.
"I am king Talion and she is apart of my herd" I said as he glared at me.
"There is no way she would sleep with a disgusting creature like you" he said with a sick smile and luna came to my side and hugged me and made Dainn grit his teeth with anger.
"He is my stallion and he is a thousand times better than you will ever be" she said and it made me smile as i released Dainn's arm and celestia and the other ruler walked over.
"What's going on here?" celestia asked.
"King Dainn was trying to force me to join his herb but Talion stopped him" Luna said as she looked to Dainn.
"King Dainn I don't believe I invited you" she said with annoyance in her voice.
"The non aggression pact we made with the kingdoms says whenever there is a meeting of multiple royal families I can attend no questions asked" he said with a smirk.
"I know but you should have sent a letter ahead that you were coming uninvited like it says in the pact we made" she said right back with a smirk as his fell "so I must ask you to leave" she said as a few guards appeared and escorted him out and I faced celestia.
"Who is he exactly?" I asked her.
"He is King Dainn we know how he treats his people but we can't do anything about it his army is massive and we would all have to join together to fend off his attack if he invaded " she said as the rest of the rulers nodded in agreement.
"I want to help the people" I said and celestia agreed.
"I know but we can't do anything" she said then I realized something.
"You can't but I can I don't have any kind of treaty or agreement with them and my army is ever growing and still growing stronger with the new metals we are making I just need more time to prepare" I said and there eyes widened and they began thinking.
"That is true you are not bound like us but you can we can't do anything to help you however" the Griffin queen said.
"Yes and Dainn will try to get you to help in his war against me and you won't help" I said.
"But he might invade us" the minotaur king said.
"And that will destroy the pact you made with him allowing you to help me and invade him, his hands will be tied as much as yours will be" I said as the information sunk in and he smiled and he nodded his head.
"Well you are a smart one not only will he be limited in his options but if he makes a wrong move we might be able to join you in your fight I support your plan Talion" the dragon lord said with a grin.
After that we decided to go back to the tables and negotiate trade and treaties. "So let's get started we already have trade and a treaty with equestria so what do you three want?" i asked as they began to think.
"We dragons don't need anything so I am willing to just have a peace agreement for now" dragon lord torch said.
"Same with us minotaurs we were never really ones to want much" the minotaur King said
"Us griffins could use help we have been suffering bandits and raiders from the sea for many years and we lack the power at the moment to deal with them so if you could provide soldiers that would be most appreciated" the griffin queen asked.
"Of course we can provide them but that might be some time we only just made enough soldiers to place around the cities that i now control so it might be a week or two before we can send you enough guards to drive them off" i said and that left some of them confused.
"What do you mean make them?" they all asked and i decided to use a new spell i leaned and summon the captain of my personal guard which shocked them.
"This is the captain of my personal guard he sees to threats that threaten me and the cites while the captain of the normale guard prevent crimes protect civilian and pushes back invaders" I explained.
"Yes but what are they" Torch asked.
"They are enchanted armor very useful in a fight" i said as their eyes widened.
"But i thought making enchanted armor was a lost art" the griffin queen said calmly.
"Yes to your people but it is very easy for me to make them" I said.
"So this is how you will fight Dainn" Daron said rubbing his chin.
"Yes and I plan on using necromancy as well to raise dead troops and add to my arms number in the fight" i said and that scared them.
"You use necromancy" Daron asked with a shaky voice.
"Yes it is one of my powers" I explained.
"So you really plan to fight Dainn" Phaenna asked and I nodded and she smiled "we will assist you to the best of our ability in your effort to liberate to people of Dainn's kingdom" she said.
Now that discussions were over we could enjoy the part I had a dance or two with each of my herd mates and Aiko.
The party lasted a few hours before it ended and we had to go home the captain was a little confused when I summoned him and I explained that i learned a new spell and I told him of the events in the party and my plans for Dainn and he agrees that he had to go so we had to increase production so we planned to expand the fortress while we traveled home.
"So how long would it take to create an invasion force" I asked and he was quiet for a moment before answering.
"Well if the plans go forward without trouble it should take about a month and a half and I think you should take a vacation in the meantime maybe you should go to ponyville" he said but i could tell he was planning something.
"What are you planning?" i asked.
"Just want you to spend some time with your herd" he said but I could hear he held back a chuckle so I decided to go along with it and it could be fun.
"Ok I'll play along for now" I said with a smile and he laughed.
"Oh trust me I think you will enjoy your time off" he said as tempest and Aiko were smiling.
Torch POV
I was flying back and i used my power to grow back to my original size when i meet up with my daughter ember.
"Hello father did you meet him?"she asked.
"Yes" I replied.
"So do you think he is the one was from the prophecy?" she asked.
"His action match it and he has enormous power even if most of it is locked away i noticed when Dainn got him angry some of it unlocked not much but some I believe he is the one from it" I said as my daughter and I entered the dragon kingdom
3rd person view Deep underneath Tartarus
Deep under tartarus were no living thing can enter there is a door and through this door a alicorn mare was being held by giant chains and wards suppressing her power and is now finally awaking from her slumber and let out a terrifying scream as the chains and the wards around her started to crack