My Past Sins

Sitting here watching the sunset reminds me of the times when I would be with all my friends but those are distant memories now. Even now her words still haunt me, how true they were, how even as the sounds of cannon fire, the cries of the crows waiting for the battle to finish so they can swoop down to eat their fill, I still worry about them even though they probably hate me for what I’ve done, what I had become to protect them. Those words....... “If you keep abandoning your friends pretty soon you won’t you won’t have any left.”. Her face as she said that, a face filled with disappointment and anger, it’s almost as if she felt...

A servant suddenly shows up disturbing my current train of thought “Here is your next assignment sir” bowing as he says this.

I nod my acknowledgement and he departs just as silently as he came. I slowly stand and make my way to my room to get all that I will need for this mission. It will be the same as the last one go behind enemy lines and either kill someone important or destroy something. Before I know it I'm looking at the sword that I used to carry with pride, as it was a gift from someone who is dear to me. I then put on the uniform I love and hate at the same time. It’s a pair of black pants matched with a dark blue shirt and close fitting jacket with a hood that hides my face and to complete it are a pair of dark riding boots. Once I have all that on I strap my katana to my back and head to where the rest of my team is stationed.

My second in command Moonbeam stands up when I enter along with everybody else as they know that we have another mission. Without a word they get prepared and stand in front of me for a debrief. I finally open the scroll telling me the finer details of this outing “We will be doing a double hit tonight. Taking out the general of the cannons and destroying one of the griffons main cannon factories, they are both located in the capital Monolith. Any questions?” They all shake their heads, wanting to get started so they can get back to their lives.

The five of us take to the night sky and start the flight to Monolith deep within griffon territory. As we fly I wonder how the dragons are doing on their front. The griffons are more technologically advanced than us or the dragons but I guess I can’t really call myself part of the nation I fight for. Us humans are a rare sight on the planet Equis, there is only ten of us now, more were planned to come here but the portal collapsed and the project was deemed a failure so the few us have been forced to deal with things no one should have to deal with, to counteract this the princess gave us certain advantages in society that normal people didn't get, for example if I wanted to go to another school wherever in the world I probably could’ve. This in turn angered the other citizens even more.

When the war broke out the program Shadow Legion went into action, it consisted of five people who would go behind enemy lines to aid the war effort with knowing that you wouldn’t get any help if you got stuck there. I was picked as captain and have watched a lot of fantastic people die. Me and the team have lost most of our humour and just do what we are told and then go our separate ways. That is what war does to people, if it doesn’t break you physically it breaks you mentally.
As we glide on silent wings toward our destination, we split into two groups me and Echo, from the marking on the arm of his jacket, head toward the fort where general mortar’s base of operation is. The rest fly toward the factory led by Moonbeam.

As Echo and I close in on the fort, the sounds of griffons at work drown out the little noise we might have been making. The wall closing in fast as we back wing to slow our approach and stop just before hitting it, almost as if we were the same person we stop beating our wings and grab onto the wall and begin climbing towards a window, which opens on silent hinges. Like the name of our team suggests we appear as shadows as we move through dark hallways, taking out guards when we can’t sneak past. Eventually we get to the room where the general resides, I slip inside as Echo keeps watch. I look at the face of someone who has killed hundreds of ponies, sleeping as if he has never seen the horrors of war. I slowly draw my sword looking at him with a look of disgust, as my blade falls glittering in the moonlight a explosion shakes the grounds, a bright flash in the window is soon replaced by the glow of flames. I calmly wipe the blood off my sword on his sheets, and meet Echo outside, then head back outside to meet up with the rest of the team where we split up, Moonbeam nods at me and we start the journey back to Canterlot to report another successful mission to princess Luna.

Luna along with her sister Celestia seem to be among the few who actually genuinely care about me. Laying in my bed thinking about the past probably isn't that good for someones health and is a liability on the battlefield. As I dream of a field and a girl with flowing silver hair and bright blue eyes, she is someone who I love with all my heart... Ellie, the dragon king’s daughter. I haven’t seen her since I was drafted into the Shadow Legion. Apart from the odd letter, we haven’t talked and I miss her more each day. Then the dream changes to something I have seen many times, the events leading up to me losing almost all of my friends, the only people who treated me like an equal, not a monster, a failed project or something along those lines. Sometimes I wish I could forget but it was some of the best memories, that I will hold close forever, even the ending helps me in it’s own way, it made me vow to never abandon anyone ever again and I’ve stuck to it.

It all started when I was called to the office in the Ponyville high school.....