Fear the Four

The rays of the sun shone through the window, immediately pulling me out of my sleep. I sat up and yawned. I looked around and saw that Nightmare Moon was no longer around. "Shit" I groaned. "Tonight when she wakes, I just know she'll scare the fucking hell out of me." I slipped out of bed and walked over to the bathroom to take a leak.

When I was finished, I washed my hands and face with soap and turned the faucet off. I grabbed a towel, dried my hands and face, and left the bathroom. I left my room, and walked down the hall, down a flight if stairs and made my way to the dining room. Jack and Remy have beaten me to the table. "Where's Chase?" I asked.

"Still sleeping" Remy answered as he applied jam on his toast. As usual, everything but meat and dairy are found on the table. I picked up a sliced peach and took a bite out of it.

"So what's the plan today?" I asked.

"Tonight, we're seeing Octavia again" Jack said. "And Remy is coming along too."

"One one condition" the Cajun gunslinger said. "He doesn't go flirting with her."

"Because if I did, then he wouldn't be joining us" Jack added. I didn't realize I was still standing, so I pulled up a chair, sat down and gathered some toast and fruit for my breakfast.

"And that's not all" Remy added.

"Oh?" I asked as I picked up a cup of cider and brought it to my lips.

"Vinyl Scratch will be performing tonight as well" he said. I did a spit take and pounded on my chest.

"The Vinyl Scratch? As in Dj Pon-3?!" I asked.

"You've heard of her?" Remy asked.

"Dude, she's like the best dj out there!" Jack added. He looked at his watch. "But, like I said, we won't be seeing them until tonight."

"Well, I know how we could get our mind of it for the time being" I said as I quickly gulped down my cider.

"Canterlot walk?" Jack asked.

"The Canterlot Walk" I repeated. I left the table, but came back for the toast and the peach. "Mine" I said quietly.

As the three of us left the castle and over to the kingdom square, the hooded and cloaked man eyed us from behind an alleyway. As he saw us approaching his direction, he went deeper into the dark alley and waited for us to walk by before watching us again. When we were out of sight, he slunk back into the dark and teleported while hiding in the shadows.

A mile or two away from the alleyway the hooded and cloaked figure, the three of us got caught by three fillies and asked us if we wanted to skip rope with them. There was no way we could say 'no' to these faces. "So who wants to go first?" I asked.

"I will" Jack volunteered. As he skipped rope, I couldn't help but sing a song.

'I lost my partner what'll I do?
I lost my partner, what'll I do?
I lost my partner what'll I do?
Skip to my Lou my darling'

While we played with the fillies, and I continued my sing, the hooded and cloaked figure peeked around from behind another alleyway. He looked around and eyed a building. From under the hood, he grinned evilly. "One..." He counted. He shot a fireball at the building, setting it ablaze. The ponies begun to panic.

"What the--" Jack cried out as he tripped over the jump rope, landing face down on the pavement.

"Two..." The figure counted. He fired a blast if black aura on the ground. Rising up was a hooded and cloaked man. He ran to a nearby cart and swiped a pouch of coins... Or bits as we like to call it.

"Thief!" A stallion called.

"Three..." The figure said. He whipped out a dagger and threw it, getting me in the leg. I cried out in pain and fell on the ground.

"Cale!" Remy shouted.

"Don't mind me!" I shouted over the panic cries. "Get that fucking thief!" Remy turned his head and saw the thief running across the rooftops. Remy scowled and decided to chase after him. "Come on Jack!" I yelled as I pulled the dagger out of my leg. "We got a fire to put out!" I staggered to my feet and limped over to the burning building.

The hooded and cloaked man that caused it all snickered to himself, slunk back into the darkness of the alleyway, and teleported.

Jack steadily got to his feet and groaned. "Oh that hurt..."

"Jack!" I called. Jack turned his head and saw several ponies run to the building while I continued limping. Jack followed the crowd and eventually caught up with me.

"No, fuck that Cale, you're not going in there, not with that wound on your leg!"

"There could be somepony in there!" I yelled over the roar of the flame. I turned around and limped to the entrance.

"Cale, Cale, Cale! Wait! Wait!" Jack called, but I was already limping towards the entrance.

"Come on, you slowpoke! Help me get the ponies out!" I called out before limping inside.

"I'll never never understand this guy" Jack said quietly to himself. He ran over to the building. "Cale!" He called. "Wait!" He went inside the building, leaving several shocked ponies behind.