The ghost is always watching, he never sleeps and is never caught.
From the journal of Blazing Star.
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The night has always been quit and peaceful. No sound, no wind and no guards can find me. I am always one step a head of them. By now you are wondering who I am, well my name is Everdean or better known as the ghost. The name came from the way I kill other ponies, I strike in silence and I am never caught. The guards are always one step behind me. I wounder what my bounty is at right now. I have killed ever since I was eight, when my family was killed and slaughtered in front of me. I survived because they wanted me to survive but you know what I found out who killed them and well lets just say they are no longer among the living. But that is a story for another time. I was taught how to wield a sword. I also learnt how to use my magic to help me in with my victims, I silence them and bound them with my magic, then I slice their throats with my knife. It is an enjoyable sight but some times I fell sorry for what I have done. I hate having a conscience it just pulls me down with it. Sorry I just can’t let my self have emotions. I must be strong; my master would have wanted it that way. I just can’t believe he is dead, and no I did not kill him; it was the group of creatures called the Shadow Clan. They are made up of gryphons, zebras, dragons and ponies. I have killed some of them but only a little. There Group is in high places. Some of the ponies are respected nobles, most of the Gryphons are great warriors in the army, some are even commanders, the dragons are elders and some are young that have just joined the Clan, and the Zebras are respected in their own way. It is hard to keep track of them all. So here I am on the roof tops of Canterlot. I have been tracking one of the Clans top ranking pony members here. I have found out where the one called Nexus lives. Right near the castle, the street is dark and damp from a storm that was scheduled for today. There are a lot of guards that are patrolling Nexus’s house; well at least it will be a challenge.
Hmm I must get in the house with out any of the guards seeing me. That will be to easy, wait what is that, it looks like a gryphon commander and is that a teenaged dragon, wait who is the cloaked pony or zebra. They are entering from the back, perfect I get to have some more fun. Now it is time to sneak in through the top floor window.
Everdean went off in a speeded run as he got to the end of the roof he was on he jumped and landed onto a balcony on the house next to the one he was on, it seem to be a long jump to the next house but he knew he could make it, he was trained in this sort of thing. As he ran to Nexus’s house he saw the glint of some thing shiny heading straight at him. He dodged it but saw that it was a crossbow bolt. Everdean wondered where it had come from when he saw three gryphons pointing crossbows at him, he knew who they were, they were the elite assassin’s squad, and they were the top ranking of all the soldiers that are in the Shadow Clan. They called them self’s The Stalkers. Everdean had no time to deal with them he had to kill Nexus and the other members or he would miss his chance, so he turned and looked at the squad of gryphons and just smiled then he jump but as he jumped the leader of The Stalkers fired his crossbow getting a direct hit right in to Everdean’s back right leg and stunning him. As Everdean fell he saw his life flash before his eyes and for the first time in his life he cried and then the ground hit, and he blacked out.
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FOUR DAYS LATER
“Argh” Screamed Everdean as he jolted a wake. He took some time to calm down from the nightmare he just had, it was of the day his family was killed and he was let go. Everdean was not happy at this he had never showed fear before but here he was scared of the past. Everdean now calm looked around at his surroundings, he seemed to be in a room filled with books and old toys, he was not liking this place it was to girly for him. He went to get out of the bed but winced at the pain in his back right leg. He had not felt pain like this in ages. The first time he felt pain like this was when he fought that Shadow Clan Dragon soldier. The damn Gryphons must have put a pain inducing poison on the arrow that was fired at him. But he was not going to let the pain get the better of him. As he went for the door he heard hoof steps heading for the room he was in and a muffled voice. Everdean could not tell if the voice belonged to a mare or a stallion. He quickly rushed back to the bed and pretended to sleep. Everdean heard the door open and he lifted one of his eyes open and saw that it was a purple unicorn with a star for her cutie mark. He now knew where he was; he was in the home of twilight sparkle, the element of magic. She seemed to watch him when she was finished watching him she left but as she turned around she saw Everdean move and she turned back around.
“You know it is impolite to sleep in on ponies you know” Twilight said.
“Well I like my sleep you know” Everdean said back in his emotion less voice with scared twilight a bit, that but a smile on Everdean’ face.
“By the way my name is Twilight sparkle and you are” Twilight asked.
“Call me Everdean” Everdean answered.
“Well Everdean can you walk” Twilight asked.
“Yes I can walk, why do you ask” Everdean said.
“Well I thought you might want some thing to eat, you must be hungry after the accident you had four days ago” twilight said.
“Yeah I would like some thing to eat thank you” Everdean said.
“Oh and by the way do not mind my friend pinkie pie, she can get very excited about meeting new ponies some times” twilight warned.
Everdean did not answer; he was deep in his thoughts. He just followed her down the staircase, Everdean was thinking he had missed some thing out about twilight but could not put his hoof on it. That was when they entered the kitchen and Everdean froze, there sitting at the kitchen table was the Captain of the royal guard him self: Shinning armour. He did not notice Everdean standing there and before Shinning could pinkie pie and the rest of the elements were right in Everdean’s face.
“Hi what is your name, mine is pinkie pie, and do you like parties’ Pinkie said in her hyper active voice that gave Everdean a headache.
“The name is Everdean and I do not think parties and I would mix” Everdean said.
“Howdy the name is Applejack” Applejack said.
“The name is Rarity darling” Rarity said
“The name is rainbow dash fastest flier in all of Equestria” rainbow dash said boastfully.
“The name is fluttershy” fluttershy said in her quit voice that no pony but Everdean could hear.
“Nice to meet you all especially you miss fluttershy, the name is Everdean” Everdean told them as he bowed, as he was bowing he let a smile go across his face which Shinning Armour saw. As Shinning was about to get up cadence stoped him.
“Be nice Shinning we do not want to be rude” cadence said.
Shinning armour did not answer; he just stared at Everdean the rest of the morning. As the day went by Everdean was starting to get worried, that made him angry, he must not show emotion. He was not use to this much stress, here he was in the same house as the royal guard captain, he also had to worry about The Stalkers finding him and ha has to make sure that they do not find out about him being the ghost. It was his biggest challenge yet. He was going to enjoy this.
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“I am telling you all I do not trust him” Shinning armour told the rest of his family and elements.
“Oh come on shiny, he can not be that bad” Twilight said.
“No twily he can, you all did not see his smile” Shinning armour said his voice rising.
“Um actually shiny I did see it and it is not that bad” Twilight said and everyone else just nodded and kept out of the argument. Before shinning could talk he heard a sound up stairs.
“Shh did you all hear that” Shinning asked.
They all nodded. And they headed up stairs towards the sound. When they got to the sound it was coming from the room Everdean was staying in, as they reached the door they heard glass break. And then came the thud. They turned the door knob and when they entered they saw nothing, only a broken window. That was when they saw three Gryphons fly off laughing at something. As they flew away one stopped and fell out of they air, wounded from some thing hitting him. That was when they saw Everdean climb back through the window.
“Sorry about that just some unkind birds that attacked me, and I guess they came to finish me off” Everdean lied.
“I want to know why they attacked you” shinning armour said.
“I would but I need to rest” Everdean said before he collapsed and blacked out.
As I walk this dark path I see that there is no light.
From the journal of Vexas.
As Everdean slept he could hear the voices of Twilight, her friends and family, but there were two new voices, he had heard these voices before but where. Then it hit him, they were the voices of Princess Celestia and Luna them self’s, he knew twilight was Celestia’s student but why was she here, and with her sister as well. Everdean just stayed silent and still, he knew he would be questioned about what happened and he was not ready for that. As the group talked Everdean moved out of the bed and to the window, as he was about to jump out he saw something that caught his eye, a medallion, it was in the shape of a heart with a sword through it, Everdean knew he had seen this before but where. As he lent down to pick it up he was caught in some kind of magical field.
“What do you think you are doing” asked a very annoyed Shining armour.
“I saw a bright glint on the floor, it was a medallion” Everdean answered.
“Well how did you get there without us noticing you” asked none other than Princess Luna.
“Well your highness I am trained in the art of stealth, I know how to get by anyone” Everdean said a hint of sadness in his voices which he cursed at.
“Really who taught you that huh” asked Shining armour who was now intrigued.
“An old friend who died a while ago” Everdean said.
“What was this old friend’s name” asked Princess Celestia.
“He called himself Vexas, he took me in when I was eight” Everdean said.
“Ah Vexas, that old coot, he was a great stallion” Princess Celestia said a tear falling down her face.
“Did you know him your highness” Asked Everdean in his emotionless way.
“Yes but I do not want to talk about that” Celestia answered.
As the conversation was going on Twilight and her friends walked out of the room, they were going to see where that gryphon that fell out of the sky landed. They wanted to know why the gryphons had attacked Everdean, as they walked through the snow they started to hear voices. The voices belonged to three cloaked figures.
“Where is The Ghost” asked the large figure.
“He is in a house close to here sir” Said the gryphon that was shot down.
“Why did you not kill him you moron” Said the smallest of the figures.
“We tried sir but he was too much for us” the gryphon said.
“You know Veil, I would like to remind you of how we treat failures in the Clan” the medium sized figures said.
“Please commander Farwing, it was not my fault it was the ghost’s fault please have mercy” Veil said as he begged for his life.
“I have no mercy” said Farwing as he raised his sword and stabbed Veil.
“You know Farwing we are being watched” said the small figure.
“I know that Zeldsa” Farwing said.
“We had better leave then” the large figure said. And then they disappeared. The only thing that was left was the gryphon known as Veil, as the girls turned to go back to the house they heard a voice.
“Please help me” it was none other than Veil, he was still alive, and he was bleeding badly. The girls did the only thing they could; they took him back to the Twilight’s house. As they arrived they saw Shining armour and Everdean locked in combat, they both had swords and they were at each other’s throats, but before they could interrupt; Everdean saw Veil on Twilight’s back and he stopped fighting, earning him a swift hit from shining armour. Everdean did not even flinch; he was more interested in Veil.
“Why did you bring him here” asked Everdean.
“Because he knows something about The Ghost” Twilight said. Her voice was filled with anger, she seemed to hate the ghost or better known as Everdean, he knew no one knew who the ghosts really name was, or what he looked like except that he was a unicorn. Everdean was now worried and he did not care, his master would have scolded him for that.
“Why would you need information about The Ghost” asked Everdean.
“Because I asked her to keep an ear out for any information that could help me out” answered shining armour.
(Shit that gryphon better not tell them that I am the ghost or I will make his death painful) thought Everdean, he would not have his identity revealed at this time; he would have to talk to him.
“Um twilight do you mind if I tend to our guest wounds” asked Everdean.
“Do you know how to patch up wounds” Twilight asked.
“Yes I do, my master taught me not only how to wiled a blade, but also how to patch up the wounded” Everdean said.
“Ok then but I think it would be better if someone went with you” Twilight said.
“I think it would be better if I go my student” Princess Celestia said.
“That would be fine” Everdean said.
As Celestia grabbed Veil with her magic and put him on her back, she and Everdean walked into the spare bedroom; that was when Celestia told Everdean her biggest secret.
“You know Everdean I know who you really are Everdean” Princess Celestia said with anger in her voice.
“Who am I then” Everdean asked with a small smirk on his face.
“I know you are The Ghost, and I know you are here for Nexus” Princess Celestia said.
“How did you find out” asked Everdean.
“As I said I knew Vexas, he had sent me a letter, it was all about you” princess Celestia said.
Everdean did not answer he was slightly shocked, but not completely. He knew Vexas had sent letters to someone, but he did not know who. Now he was worried, if she told Shining armour he was dead.
“I will keep it secret for now, but if you hurt any pony here you are dead got that” Celestia asked.
“Yes your highness” Everdean said.
Celestia placed down the wounded Veil on to the bed and Everdean went straight to work healing him, it took nearly an hour, but Veil pulled through, and as he woke up he saw Everdean staring at him, smiling.
“Shit, um look I am sorry for trying to kill you, please have mercy” Veil pleaded.
“I will, on one condition, you do not tell them that I am the ghost got that” Everdean said.
“Ok i promise” Veil said, not wanting to get on Everdean’s bad side.
That was when shining armour came in and sat down right next to Everdean, he did not seem happy, this got Everdean interested. But as he was about to get comfortable he was called out by Celestia. She was not going to let him have his fun, besides she needed him for something else.
“Everdean I have a task for you” Celestia said.
“What do you need” Everdean asked.
“I need you to help Twilight and her friends with their lines for the hearths warming play” Celestia said.
“Ok then I will” Everdean said, he was not interested at all by this request but he had no choice in the matter.
MEANWHILE.
“I will ask you again, who is the ghost and why did you attack Everdean” shining armour said, getting a little angry at Veil’s attempts at dodging his questions.
“As I have told you before I have no idea who the ghost is, and I was only following orders” Veil said.
Shining armour was getting tired, this Gryphon was getting on his nerves, but he kept his calm, he would not let this gryphon win this battle of wits.
“Now I will only ask you once more why did you attacked, Everdean if you were ordered to kill the ghost” Shining armour asked.
“Ok I will talk, we attacked Everdean because we saw him leave the same place that the ghost was staying at, we thought he was the ghost so we attacked him in the streets, but before we could finish the job you and your purple friend found him, we tracked him back here, but as it turns out we were wrong the ghost had attacked one of our envoys” Veil said.
“See was that hard” shining armour said relieved that this gryphon had told him the truth. But shining did not have time to rest when he heard a sound come from the back yard, Shining armour went over to the window and as he peered he saw a cloaked figure. He got ready to attack him but as soon as he had his sword the cloaked figure was gone. He surveyed the area but saw nothing, that was until something hit him in the back of the head, but as he fell he saw a horn on the cloaked figures head.
1 hour ago.
Everdean was not interested at all by the play rehearsal, but with Celestia watching he could only sit there and help.
“How was that Everdean” asked twilight.
“It was great twilight” Everdean said in his emotionless voice. But in truth he was not listening at all, he then got up and walked over to Celestia, he was going to ask her how she had met Vexas.
“You should be over there helping them, or do I have to tell them who you really are” Celestia said with a little smirk on her muzzle.
“I know but I just want to ask how did you and Vexas meet, you know before he was the captain of the royal guard” asked Everdean.
“Well it is a long story, and I do not feel like it is time to tell you” Celestia answered. As Everdean was about to say something he heard a thud. Celestia had heard it too and they both looked at each other, they both walked out of the room and headed up stairs, as they got to the top they saw a shadow move from under the door, Everdean was the first to reach the door and was the first to open the door, as he turned the door knob and opened the door he was not expecting the what was behind the door, he was about to say something but was too slow and Celestia said what they both were thinking.
“Vexas is that you”
