To every story there is another side, to every reason there is a truth behind it. It all started after the Roe Island Mega spell crisis, the Zebras placed a mega spell outpost on Roe Island the weapons are capable of reaching Ponyville and leveling it. When Celestia demanded it be taken down at once, the Zebra queen refused so in retaliation Celestia placed a Mega Spell outpost in Aura which was right at their backdoor step. So the Zebra's placed more spells as did the ponies soon enough it was a stand down both sides ready for war. The Zebra queen told Celestia you have 24 hours to respond otherwise there would be war. While thinking about it Celestia received a letter from Twilight Sparkle, a usual letter she would send about what she learned while living in Ponyville. She read the letter and said "I will not be the one to cast the spell" she agreed to pull the spells out of Aura if they would pull their spells out of Roe Island. After that they set up D.O.M.S. Disenchantment of Mega Spells where they would completely destroy the Mega Spells. But that was the reason and the truth behind it was that it was all a lie. The just kept the spells and waited for the other to make a wrong move, and that is where we wait today.
It has been 5 years since those events occurred there has been peace between the nations however they keep their distances, but with a great weapon like the Mega Spell there will be some who try to recreate it and others that will try to steal it. I know I wouldn't something like that who knows what it could do. Oh who am I? Well I'm nopony special just an earthpony who has been raised as an assassin by a secret order know as the Arch Blades. But all will be revealed in time and when that time comes, it will be to late to go back.
A blinding stream of light ran over my eye lids waking me from my sleep. The kind of light that you know if you open your eyes you're going to be blinded so you put your hoof in front of the beam but it just does not work out. I rolled over before opening my eyes to see what the clock said, 10:34 I'm surprised I'm up this early. I sit up in my bed stretching my back and front legs up before looking at my surroundings. I live in a small one bedroom one bath apartment in Las Pegasus, my room had one window and posters of rock bands like CMCKY and Pink 182. It looked like a teen colts room being somewhat of a mess but able to walk through, I got out of bed and trotted over to the bathroom where I looked at my self in the mirror as usual. I am a pitch black colt with a messed mane that was purple and black along with my tail. My eyes were a deep purple with a black slash for the pupil I looked like a monster almost, on my forehead I have a birthmark of a purple diamond. The diamond was like a family crest passed down by my grand father that and the coat pigmentations. My cutie mark was basically a solar eclipse, I got it when my best friend was kidnapped when we were little I somehow snuck past the guard and rescued him. They say it means I can blend with the darkness even in the light of day that's how I became an assassin. I closed the door and turned on the shower and hopped in. It was my normal routine, get up, look at myself in the mirror questioning my life choices and, shower. I got out and dried off for some reason I don't need to put product in my mane or tail they just poof to that shape. Trotting into the living room I hear a knock on the door. "I wonder who that could be?" I say trotting to answer it.
I opened the door to find two Equestrian Royal Guard members standing at the door. One was a Unicorn and the other a Pegasus, they both had white coats but I couldn't see their manes under the helmets. "Umbra Knight?" The Unicorn asked in a stern voice.
"Buck, ok what did I do this time?" I replied
"Princess Celestia has summoned you, you need to come to Canter lot with us now."
We arrived at Canterlot by a Pegasus driven chariot for some reason the place was crawling with guards, something was wrong like they were ready for something or getting ready for something. Something bad no doubt could be why I'm here. We pulled up to the castle and the guards escorted me to the council hall where at a long table sat all of the princesses. I bowed to them "My liege's."
Celestia looked at the others then back to me "Greetings Umbra please sit down." She said with a melancholy and yet serious tone. I took my seat and Twilight used her magic to float files in front of me. "Six years ago there was an attack on Stableside do you remember that day?" Celestia asked me.
"Yes my liege quite well." I responded. The attack on Stableside was during the second Discord conflict when Griffons and Diamond dogs attacked the city.
Celestia looked down as if she wanted to say something but couldn't. Princess Luna then looked at me. "He's back" Luna said to me with a somewhat angry tone.
I felt a sensation of pure rage overwhelm me, trying to hold it back I bit my lip and looked down narrowing my eyes on the files still not opening it. The princesses looked at each other a little nervous waiting for my response. "What in the hoof do you mean he's back" I said trying not to yell holding back a massive amount of anger inside my body.
Celestia looked back up at me. "Dark Lord Breaden has returned Umbra."
At Stableside me and a good friend of mine Slypher Blackheart were in a building when that son of a bitch hit it with a magic bolt. The building collapsed on Slypher killing him and I snapped. Breaden is a black and red alicorn, during the Equestrian Civil War he was born out of a genetic breeding experiment to create the ultimate super solider. He felt like a pointless being and saw no good in his creator and evolving beyond his original purpose and being born from this hate and anger, he changes goal. He sees himself as a monster unable to be the same as every other pony. So he decides to become a monster and make Celestia pay for ever bringing him to this world.
"Our scouts say that Breaden has gotten a hold of a Mega Spell and you know what that means Umbra." Celestia said
"It means we are Bucked." I replied
"That's where you come in, I need you to gather your team find him and bring him down. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes my liege." I took a deep breath and stood up. "He will be stopped."
"We are counting on you Umbra, if you fail we will fall"
"Then I wont" I gallop out the door racing towards the chariot that was waiting for me outside. "To Archback Mountain" I tell the Pegasus driving the chariot as we take off.
The chariot dropped me off in the jungle next to the mountain to avoid any suspicions. That meant I had to trot through the jungle a few miles to get there, 3 miles through a dense hot jungle. I tried to stay in the shade where the sun wouldn't be so bad but the humidity didn't help, its like I was going swimming. Mosquito's were buzzing around me like crazy I thought they were going to suck me dry! I was almost to my destination I saw something behind a tree, I trotted to get a better view and say that it was a pony. "Hello?" I called but got no response. I trotted towards him to get a better look. "Hey are you alri-" I stopped looking in awe at him. An arrow hit him in the head and pinned him against a tree. The body looked fresh so what ever did that is still close by. "Buck" I said while backing away from the body. Something stirred in the bushes near me and I quickly turned getting ready for a fight.
My heart started to beat faster as the adrenaline started to pump through my body. "Come on plot hole, make my day." I muttered to myself waiting for what ever it was to emerge. Something was coming out, the brush was shaking it must be something big. In a normal paced movement an armadillo emerged from the bushes. "That's it?" I said getting out of my stance. The armadillo looked up at me. "Got to admit you had me going there for a minute." I said to the armadillo. A loud yell came from behind me, I turned around to find a unicorn charging at me using his magic to float a rifle with a bayonet at the end of it. I ducked the gun and donkey kicked him in the face, he fell and dropped the gun but quickly got up. I rushed over to the gun but he teleported to it first, grabbing the gun I pushed the barrel away from me as he fired off two shots. I punched him once in the face then used the butt of the rifle to bash him in the gut. His magic over powered me and he slashed my right front leg, I didn't notice it I just focused on getting the gun away from him. He got more frantic as if he wanted to bite me but that caused him to weaken his magical grip on the gun so I grabbed it. Using the bayonet I slashed him across the neck and he screamed in pain grabbing his neck, it wasn't a deep cut. I quickly threw down the gun and grabbed his head slamming if face down on the ground, with one last punch I shattered his skull having blood and brain matter splatter on the ground.
I stood up looking around and panting, I made sure there was no pony else coming at me. A very painful burning sensation radiated from where I was bleeding from, it didn't look bad just severed the capillaries. I wrapped some gauze around it and continued on cautiously where there was one there is bound to be more. Tired I finally reached it the home of the Arch Blades the oldest order of assassins. It was basically like a hidden village between the mountain and the jungle, it wasn't guarded because if you sneak into a village full of assassins then either you're really good or you're really bucked. Two ponies in hooded robes approached me.
"Halt! State your name and business for being here or we will be authorized to kill you." The one on the left said.
"Whoa its me Umbra remember." I replied.
"Oh my mistake. Sorry we have had to up security recently."
"Why?"
"Vamponies have been attacking us."
"Vamponies? What are they doing here?"
"We do not know, but by all means come right in Umbra." He said as they stepped aside to let me through.
Vamponies, maybe the one who attacked me was a Vampony. I trotted over to a small shack and opened the door. "Lex you here?" I said. In the middle of the room sat a large zebra, his coat was mainly black with white stripes. He had his hair in a traditional Ibexian ponytail with two gold wraps holding the sides of his hair. His cutie mark was an ancient zebra symbol for an assassin and his tail was shadow like tendrils he, uses zebra magic to create it. He was in the middle of meditating but still took the time to open his eyes at me.
"Umbra, I was not expecting you." Lex said calmly with some surprise in his voice.
"Lex it's been a while." I say happily. "What's been going on?"
"Same old, same old. What brings you here?"
"Oh well you know."
"We have to save Equestria don't we?"
"Pretty much"
Lex sighed and got up. Lex was my mentor here he treats me like a brother more than a student but he taught me everything I know about kicking plot. He looked at my leg and quickly used his tendrils to remove the gauze and put a paper seal on it. The seal glowed green and the wound healed itself and didn't leave a scar. I thanked him and we headed out the door. Before we left he asked the guards if they would be ok and they said they would be fine without him.
"So who we gotta go get?" Lex asked me as we trotted out of the village into the jungle.
"The others." I replied.
Lex sighed. "Its gunna be a long trip"
