Before I died, stealth games were on a decline. Sure you had games like “Assassin’s Creed” running about, but the games I enjoyed “Splinter Cell” , “Hitman”, and other stealth games were on a decline. They were lacking because they were trying to follow a trend.

“An unfamiliar ceiling. I feel like this is going to be a recurring theme,” he muttered to himself as he got out in bed. He noted his lack of clothing, which somewhat bothered him, but he ignored it as he inspected the room. It looked like a room he’d find in a palace, which incidentally, he was. He spotted some clothes on a chair, a set of formal clothes, too formal for his tastes, though he did take the silk boxer briefs.

‘Now that I’ve procured underwear, lets see where I’m at,’ Jack walked over to the nearest window and looked out. He could see the night sky and clouds. Lots of clouds. ‘Hoboy...they threw me in a tower. Well I can always try to break the window open and fly out...but I never flew from this height before. Hell my wings could freeze over before I even get to a safe altitude. So thats a no go.’

“I see that you’ve awakened, Changeling.” Jack turned his head to see a guard peering through the door. “By the order of Princess Celestia, you are to stay in the tower until further notice. There is also a note left to you by Princess Luna, she asks that you read it immediately.” With that said, the Guard closed the panel and went about his business.

“Well this is going great…” Jack deadpanned as he searched the room for the note. He found it next to the clothes. “Great how did I missed this? Lets see…”

Dearest Jack,

You might be a little annoyed that you have been locked away within the tower’s keep. But I have faith that this is a temporary setback. I wish to talk to you in more personal tones, so when you awaken, I will be waiting for you in the Palace Gardens.

With Love,

Princess Luna.

‘So...I gotta stealth my way out of here. Way to be obvious, Luna.’ Jack checked the note once more to see if he missed something.

P.S. The Room detects if you’re trying to use magic in a forceful way. Any way else will be ignored.

‘Way to give me a big advantage.’ Jack grinned as he put the note into his pocket dimension. He had been experimenting with that for a while, his magic working more like Links inventory space than an actual pocket dimension. He had a plan. Magicking those formal clothes into something more useful, he now had a Grade A replica of Fox Hound’s sneaking suit, Raiden Version. While uglier, it did provide more protection did Snakes’ and did silence his footsteps a lot better. After donning it, he had another idea. He magicked a pillowcase into a mask, a simple mask that went along with the suit and perfectly masked his eye glow, his defining feature as a changeling. Taking a vase, he doused the fire to make the room dark.

‘Commencing Virtuous Mission,’ He thought humorously. ‘Now!’

Meanwhile

“So Shining, what do you think of my Sister’s plan?” Celestia took a sip of tea as she eyed her new Guard Captain. Shining Armor, the elder brother of her beloved student Twilight Sparkle, was an almost no nonsense stallion. His eyes shined with doubt and concern as he and Celestia watched the actions of Jack through a viewing pool. When Luna proposed this test, Shining was concerned. He was putting his troops in danger, willingly, and for what? To test a Changeling?

“Permission to speak freely, your highness?” at her nod Shining continued. “I don’t like this one bit. My troops are in danger as we speak. Who knows what this Changeling will do to my men.”

“I’m pretty sure Jack has realize that this is a test.” Celestia said in an attempt to calm Shining down. “After all, my sister isn’t the best at keeping her intentions a secret.”

“All the same, ma’am…”

Back To The Action

Jack made sure the room was dark enough to make full use of his next plan. Grabbing the chair, Jack whipped said object at the window with full force and then sprouted wings and flew to the darkened ceiling. The resulting caused several guards to rush into the room.

“He escaped!”

“He jumped out the window at this altitude?!”

“What was he thinking?”

Jack silently chuckled to himself as he quietly landed and shut the door behind him as he left, making sure to lock it as well.

“HEY WHO SHUT THE DOOR?!”

“DAMN, ITS LOCKED?!”

Jack held in his mirth as he activated plan two of his escape plan. He knew that taking out the lights in the main hallways would be difficult. So he decided to cheat a little. Focusing his magic, he focused on trying to conjure a few devices. He loved how that magic worked.

(Flashback)

“For your first lesson to take, you’ll learn how to conjure and make.” Zecora began her lesson as she sat in the chair while she made Jack sit in front of her on the floor. Incidentally, she was nude so Jack had the fortunate and unfortunate view of her pink pussy, slightly puffed out as if she were playing with it earlier.

“Question: Why are you naked for this lesson?” Jack had a blush on his face, as he tried to keep looking at her face.

“The answer for why I am naked, your concentration will be graded.” She replied not missing a beat. She smiled as his blush got worst. “Now try to pay attention, learning this lesson should be your intention.” Zecora went on to explain how Conjuration worked and Jack, despite his waning interest in the lesson and his gaining interest into her body, got the idea of it relatively quick.

“So lemme get this straight. As long as I know the shape, and the function of the item, I can conjure it, but the more complex the internal components it has, the more magic it will require. Is that correct?”

“Yes that is correct! Give it a try so I may know that the lesson had effect.”

“Okay.” Jack concentrated as his horn glowed. Suddenly in front of Zecora was a matching set of lacy bra and panty set. Zecora laughed as Jack’s blush got worst.

(End of Flashback)

‘And till this day, she has never let me live that one down,’ he sighed as he finished the devices. It took a lot of magic, luckily for him, there was a lot of ambient emotions floating about, so he wasn’t totally drained. The first device was a small box that clipped onto his sneaking suit. Activating it, he became invisible. The other device, was a Modified M9 filled with tranq shots. He mentally chortled. Hes becoming way too Metal Gear!

He began his descent down to the main hallway. Though he was stealthed, he decided to not take any chances. He peered around and saw a pair of guards patrolling the area. They were following actual patrol routes, which made Jack actually facepalm. ‘The security in this place at a glance is air tight, but in reality, its faulty as hell.’ he thought. He pulled the M9 and fired a dart to test if he got the compound right on the tranquilizers. The dart flew fast and nailed one of the guards in the ass.

“Huh?! Uwaaaaaug…”

“Hey are you okay?” Jack fired a dart into the other guards neck causing him to fall out as well.

He snuck into the area and moved the bodies in a compromising position, just for giggles. He then searched them. Finding some keys, Jack made his way down. ‘Knowing my luck, the garden isn’t at the bottom floor, but rather in the middle of the complex.’

With Celestia and Shining

“H-hes making my men look incompetent,” Shining muttered in despair, as he facepalmed. Celestia quietly giggled. Shining was so much like his sister.

‘I should sit both of them down for a talk,’ she silently mused, closing the viewing pool. ‘They’re way too high strung.’

“Your highness, why did you close the viewing pool?”

“Our target is now invisible, even to my magic. Everything hes done so far, if you don’t count the items he made or altered, was done without magic or his changeling abilities. That tells me that whatever world he ‘died’ in did not have magic innately and relied heavily on technology.” She said with a frown. “He’s dangerous, but only to those he perceives as a threat. He’s highly intelligent, despite his ignorance of our world, and he very compassionate if what the Bearer of Honesty and his shaman friend’s words are to believe. Hes the perfect ally.”

“How is he perfect?” Shining couldn't help but ask.

“He probably has the knowledge of weapons far beyond our peaceful existence, and he has the ability to create them, and yet…” She sighed and looked up at the moon. “He doesn't use his knowledge for evil or personal gain.”

Back with Jack

Jack ducked into the shadows, cursing his luck. Just like the stealth camo that snake used, it started to malfunction. He needed a place to fix it. Spotting a room, he ducked in before the guards turned the corner. Listening to the guards walk by outside, Jack let out a sigh. He was safe.

“Who are you and what are you doing here?” Jack finally noticed he wasn’t alone. The room itself was obviously a storage room for the cleaning crew, but inside he found a guard, a rather female guard at that. She had blue hair and green eyes, a white coated mare with a very fit body. Her breastplate was off as her hand was slowly massaging her breast and her skirt was lifted showing off her wet pussy. Jack realized what she was doing in an instant.

She was on duty but she needed to scratch an itch as it were and ducked inside the maintenance closet.

“Listen,” Jack began, though his voice was muffled by his mask. “Lets make a deal. I’m more than willing to help you with your...ahem...problem, but you didn't see me.”

“Let me get this straight. You want me to feign ignorance for a little nookie?” The glare on her face told Jack he might of failed. She then shrugged. “Sure, as long as you don’t say anything about it if you get caught, sneak thief.”

“Not a thief,” he muttered morphing his face underneath his mask, before taking it off. “You’re only a thief when you borrow without asking with the intent of not giving it back.” Jack made his way over to the mare, pulling her into a rough kiss. ‘So much for staying a virgin in this world.’ was his thoughts.

Author's Note

Muhahaha! I left that on a cliffy. Sorry for those who were expecting some citric action there. Don't worry you'll get some...eventually!