A hunter and her prey

"Were you expecting any company today?" asked Auttawhishy as she peered out a window, looking for a sign of a Pegasus or some creature flying around.

"No...I can't say I am" Miles responded, a knock was heard coming from the front door "Well, it can't be a creature, they had the courtesy to knock" he made his way to the doors and opened them slowly as to make sure if the pony in question was friendly or not. On the other side stood a Pegasus mare, she wore a flight suit with lighting bolts designed on it, her mane looked as if her head was set ablaze as did her tail.

"Good morning sir, Princess Celestia has asked for your presence as soon as possible...wait...is that Ms.Auttawhishy?" she said a bit confused. Autta stepped out and nodded, "The Princess has also asked for your presence...I apologize if I interrupted anything...again" she gave Miles a quick wink before taking to the skies again and zooming back to Cloudsdale.

Miles turned to Autta, "Well, let's go see what old sun butt wants to lecture me about today" he joked as he went back to the kitchen, Autta was about to ask what he ment by sun butt when it dawned on her, she laughed a bit.

"Are you two that close or do you honestly not care that she is ruler of Equestria and your boss?" she asked, Miles left the kitchen and went down a hall, once he returned wearing armor and sheathed his sword, he smiled

"A bit of both...mainly the second one. After so long, you tend to not care about who is socially above you or below you, they are all just ponies doing their nine to five and surviving" he adjusted his armor and put on his helmet, "Let's get going before she throws a fit" he snickered, he turned and was surprised Autta already had her assassin's suit on "When the hell did this happen?!"

She giggled and started to fly out the door, "I'll tell you later, let's get going!" he shrugged it off and followed after her. The fly to Canterlot castle was a quiet one, not that either minded but they wanted to ask each other more things to figure out what they were exactly. They landed by the gates and were led inside the Throne room before being left alone with Princess Celestia.

"Good morning you two, I hope I didn't disrupt anything again Miles" she teased him and smiled

"Good morning Princess" Autta said with a bow and a smile, a red tinged her cheeks

"No you didn't...nothing happened so stop picturing it and tell us what you need done" Miles said, a bit annoyed by the joke

"My, my, it sure doesn't sound like anything but in all seriousness, let's get back at the matter at hand. Autta, you have served me well as my spy and assassin for a while now, you even eluded my General for quite a while. Miles, you are by far the strongest and fastest soldier I have ever met, your skill and determination are unquestionable but...I have been thinking..." she paused as she glanced as the two. Miles looked at her, expecting to be lectured again for some issue she had about his attitude. Autta looked at the ground, wondering if the Princess was going to end her contract with her. "I want you two to become partners and handle the secret ops I need done."

"What? I already do that! I don't need a partner! No offense Auttawhishy but I work alone and that's it" he said  sternly as he crossed his arms. Autta was about to say something but out of respect for the princess, she kept quiet.

"I know Miles and you do get the job done but...you leave a big mess for me to clean up. I can't keep making excuses for why a building is destroyed or why bodies are found in the streets, savagely mutilated. Autta is an expert at stealth and quick, clean kills so she will assist you on doing so and that is that Miles" she said. Miles was about to argue back but decided against it, she seemed firm about this and looked at Autta.

"Fine...she can tag along...but if she dies like the others, it will be on your head, not mine" he turned around and left the Throne room. Auttawhishy approached the princess.

"Your highness, what did he mean by 'the others'?" she asked

"Miles has worked along side many strong and brave ponies Autta but...some missions are just impossible to survive and he is an immortal thus he comes back. He is just tired of losing anypony while he is with them which is why I want you with him. You have an unnatural talent that will keep you both alive through a lot as well as...he needs a friend to vent to. He has a lot on his mind and I'm afraid only more is going to fill his mind soon."

Autta understood the princess' intentions and nodded, "Okay, I'll do my best your highness...quick question...what exactly is going to fill his mind soon?"

The princess looked around, making sure nopony was around to hear her, "My sister and Miles are mortal enemies to this day. She doesn't forgive him for nearly killing her and her son long ago and he hates her for having her army slay his family and townspeople. Miles doesn't know she has returned and is here with her son...he also doesn't know what really happened when-"

Miles kicked open the Throne room doors and stomped inside, "What do you mean she is here!?! You allowed that heathen god to return!? Do you not remember what she did!? Where is she so I can slay her!" he barked but Celestia quickly rose.

"Don't you dare threaten my sister! I understand what she did was unforgivable to you but she has paid the price! She is still trying to reintergrate herself to modern society and doesn't need to deal with old problems Miles!" she glared at him as he drew his sword

"I will not rest till that bitch dies like she should have long ago!" he turned to find Lunar guards pointing their blades at him and Princess Luna behind them, smiling wickedly

"Miles Militis...I see my curse is still in effect. Did you have fun while I was gone?" Miles scowled at her as her guards drew closer to him "How's the family? I bet they are rather enjoying their dirt nap-"

"Silence yourself you dirty whore! I will kill you for murdering my family!" He rushed her guards, they stood their ground as Miles attacked the two in front. He swung his blade against theirs, his strength allowing him to knock their swords away and with a swift kick, the two were knocked back. The other six surrounded him and tried to stab him all at once, Miles flew up and kicked one away and punched the guard beside him. the four tried to take flight and pursue him but Luna called them off.

She looked at Miles with indifference, "Same old Miles..." she said with a evil grin "As of this moment...by royal order, Miles Militis is enemy of the crown for attempts of assassination of a princess" Miles stopped and looked at her then at Celestia

"Miles...I warned you..." was all she said as the sound of guards running down the hall grew ever louder.

"So this is how it's going to be...after all I've done for this land..." he said as he sheathed his blade "Guess I will see you both in hell" He ran towards a window and jumped out before spreading is wings and flying away, a loud gust behind him.

"Princess...please reconsider what just happened. He didn't know or come to terms with what happened before...call off the order, I'm sure you two could reason with him" said Autta, a bit worried for Miles' fate.

"You know nothing of the past! Stay out of our affairs before you find yourself behind bars" snapped Luna

"Sister! Calm yourself, I didn't have time to let Miles know of your return, he needed time to vent out any frustration. I am calling off the order and that is that...Auttawhishy, please go follow your partner and calm him down...we know we can't kill him but...we can restrain him in a very unpleasant manner." warned Celestia, Luna walked out as she rolled her eyes. The scramble of guards outside stopped and Autta took to the skies, she was worried for Miles, she may have just met him but she couldn't help but feel something other than care for him.

She looked about the skies to see if he was hiding amongst the clouds but found only a rainbow maned mare on one as she slept, she then scanned below for any sign of him but found none. "Maybe he is at home. Yeah, it is a fortress but I'm sure his isn't going to be accepting any sort of company, even me...hmmm..." She thought for a while of how to break into his home when she remembered the top window of the fortress had now bars. She flew over the Everfree till she found his home, she lowered herself till she was facing the window. Before she rammed herself into the window, she paused "Wait, why am I gonna smash in when I can teleport in" She closed her eyes and her body began to be covered by white, glowing markings

She teleported inside and stood still as she tried to hear where he was. She picked up on light footsteps coming up the stairs. "Miles, it's Auttawhishy, I came to talk to you. Princess Celestia called off the order, she wants me to help you calm down"

Miles stepped out from cover, sword in hand "How did you get in!? I rigged the window to detonate a charge if anypony tried to smash their way in" Autta felt a bit dumb for not telling him about her powers.

"Listen, we can talk about that later but for now, let's go downstairs and talk about you and Luna. The sooner we get over this, the sooner we can start working together." Miles was about to yell at her but he quickly stopped himself, she didn't really understand their problems much less was she causing the problem so he had no reason to take it out on her.

"Fine...we will talk..." with that he sheathed his sword and began to head downstairs with her, trying to calm his nerves about seeing Luna once again after thinking she would have died during her banishment to the moon. He sat down on the couch and Autta sat beside him.

"Okay...tell me what still bothers you about Luna living" she said, Miles thought for a while as he calmed down a bit.

"I hate her...for what she has done...to me. The war has been long over and both sides were at fault. Luna was jealous and stubborn while Celestia was prideful and greedy. The war was a waste of time and lives, most ponies don't even know that it occurred due to Celestia burning the records of it and fabricating a story of them fighting amongst each other in one night. It never happened that way...never." Auttawhishy nodded, she could sense the war itself wasn't the cause for his anger at all so she poked a bit more.

"What did she do to you Miles?" she asked with a calm tone, Miles closed his eyes and gritted his teeth a bit.

"She had my family murdered, Autta, in a cruel and merciless way...I can never forgive that...never." Tears brimmed in his eyes as he tried his best to suppress his old pain but as he thought of the day he discovered his wife and filly, hung from a balcony with their intrails falling out of their cuts; the tears came out. Auttawhishy looked at him with much concern since his tears were not normal. Blood were his tears but it looked as if they weren't from an injury.

"Miles? Y-your eyes...there's blood..." she pointed out to him, he simply nodded and wiped his bloody tears away.

"When you have cried for so long...when the pain never leaves you...your tear ducts die off from over use and only blood comes out now..." he explained. Auttawhishy frowned and hugged him, knowing the feeling of having old pain haunt her at times. "I also hate her...for keeping me alive for so long...there are times when I beg for death to take me and let me move on the to the afterlife to be with my loved ones...yet death never comes...I don't like it but I can't help it. I cannot die and Luna is to blame for it. She cursed me and here I am...a pitiful excuse for a stallion..."

"Hey, you are a great stallion Miles...more than you think. You have kept Equestria safe for so long and done so well that guards actually slack off. I understand wanting to be with your loved ones but...maybe one day you will join them. Make them proud while you are still here and one day you'll be with them for sure." Miles felt a bit better from her words, he still hated Luna with a passion but not enough to hunt her down, even though he wouldn't mind doing so.

"Thank you...really...it's quite nice to have somepony who understands me...I...never mind" he smiled a bit and hugged her back, she smiled and nuzzled his neck.

A blast could be heard outside and they both stood up quickly, a voice called out to them from outside

"Miles Militis! Celestia may have called off the guards but Luna raised the bounty on your head, we are here to collect!"