[i]'It had to be done..there is no turning back now. Despite my loyalty to House Stormwing...my loyalty to my commander...my friends and comrades...I had to leave. These dreams...they've been coming to me every night. Stronger than ever. As if...as if something or someone was calling to me. Now here I am, heading their call...'[/i]

It was days after Swift Star left Windsoar, when she left House Stormwing, that her doubts where getting stronger. The bodies that fell before her during every sky battle she had...the one's she has seen through her telescope when scouting...it was all beginning to sicken her to the core. She had to get away from it all and turn to the one place that'll find the true answer to turning Equestria to what it once was. It was going to be long and hard, and she might still have to take more lives, but as long as they find that true peace then she can endure it a bit longer.

Swift Star couldn't stop in any towns that she has passed through, not while she still dons her Wind Rider armor. The colors on her armor can easily tell that she is apart of House Stormwing, meaning that there is a risk that anypony can get her into trouble. As well possibly taken back to Stormwing and get her wings removed...a fate worse than death itself for a Pegasus. If she wanted to stop anywhere and take a break, then she'll have to find a place to hide and rest there.

It took her days and nights on foot to finally arrive at her destination, to the place that her dreams where leading her to Redheart's Refuge. It was a long journey, but she finally made it. "I wonder..if they will take me in." Swift Star took a deep breath, steeled her courage then started taking steps closer to the gates and to the guards.