[Manehatten] [1st person]

Being the first to get out of the back train you scanned the area of your new environment.

Large crowds to blend into, buildings to climb, and enough room to do all of this makes an excellent assassin like you to fitin.

“Anon, where are you!?”

*Sigh* “Coming, Miss Diamond.” Running with all her bags you see her with the rest of the mares. Well, at least a few feet away from them, since she does not enjoy any ponies company but her fathers.

“I have all your bags miss.” You told her.

“Whatever, just follow me, father gave me the map to the hotel we’re going to use while we stay here.”

With heavy bags on your back, a hot day with no shade to go under, and waves of ponies shoving and pushing you out of there way made you wish you can just drop all this shit off your back and kill every single fucker that crosses your way.

Patience, Anon, remember what Adeline told you about your blood lust.

Even if you can’t slit any throats doesn’t mean you can’t steal from any pockets. Basic training for all assassins is you need to steal from any creature that has a pocket or two on their pants and how much each victim can carry.

Suffice it to say, you collected more bits than you already had on the train. With your final victim’s pocket cleaned out you stopped behind Tiara and looked at the hotel you and your friends will use for the next couple of days.

Opening the door for her, while carrying her bags at the same time, you called for the desk clerk so Diamond can get our room keys.

“Hello, and welcome to-“

“Don’t care, give me our keys.” She demanded.

“And you are?” The clerk asked trying to hide how pissed off she is with Diamonds rudeness.

“I’m Diamond tiara, the daughter of Mr. Rich. The same person you talked too yesterday.”

“Oh! My apologies, Miss Diamond, here are your keys. You can tell you’re human to go to our basement to place your things.”

“You don’t have to tell me twice, Anon, you better put my bags somewhere safe, or else you’ll be in so much trouble.” She threatened.

Separating away from her, you carefully walked down to the badly lit basement and tossed her bags some place before you sat down on the last step of the stairs to catch your breath.

“You alright down there, Anon?” Terry asked you.

“Fine, just fine, Terry. Where are Jonah and Mike?”

“There still getting the heavy stuff over at the front counter, good news is that the basement is also close to our rooms.”

“Where is our room?” You asked.

“You’re already in it, Anon.”

“You mean the basement?”

“It was the only thing available to humans. I’m pretty sure the other hotels in Manehatten will put humans somewhere far grosser than this place.”

He’s got a point. I’m sure Phil had to pay extra to make sure we at least get some sort of service from this place.

“Either way, our plan stays the same. We need to at least get to the morgue to get some form of evidence of what the victims now look like.”

“Well, we better wait. The sun is still out and my mother wants me to help her get her things put away.”

“Go to your mother, Terry. I’m sure the rest of us have something to do for our family.”

Leaving you down at the basement by yourself, you decided to fix Diamond’s luggage at the corner of the room, and looked around to see if there is any window to crawl outside. It would be bad to use the front door dressed in your gear, including any pony that is still awake at midnight. Finally, seeing a basement window behind a wooden shelf you moved it away to see if it has any damages.

Cracked on the corner, wooden frame broken, dirt completely covering field of vision, does it still open?

Lifting it gently, the window opened up for you to see outside of a dark ally. Setting it gently down you moved the shelf back in place before Jonah’s older sister, Applejack, walked in holding a large apple crate trying to find a spot to set it down.

“Here, let me help you.” Picking a spot at a corner she placed it down and turned back to look at me.

“Much obliged, partner. You must be this Anon person my brother talked about.”

“That I am, Ms. Applejack, pleasure to meet you.” You shook her hand a sign of respect than made a b-line for your belongings when she spoke to you again.

“You know, you’re not the type of human Diamond would own, no offence.” She told you.

“Oh? What type of human did you think I was, Ms. Applejack?”

“I mostly thought you’d be a bit pompous and arrogant, like Diamond.”

“Even though We live in the same large house doesn’t mean I’m like Miss Tiara.”

“For what it’s worth, some sort of gratitude is needed for serving Diamond.”

“Having a shelter and food is enough gratitude for me to serve my master’s household.”

“You mean Mr. Rich? A shame his daughter can’t be like her father.”

It was nice to hear it from someone not human; if it was any other human they would be sent away from miss conduct. But your conversation with her was cut short when another young earth pony, Applebloom, came in and asked for her help.

“Hope we can talk again real soon, Anon.”

“I would like that, Applejack.” Waving your hands as a goodbye she went out the door leaving you alone again in the basement.

Well time to get to work.

Opening your bag, you grabbed your assassin’s gear and stashed it behind a pile of hay when you’re ready to leave at night. Reaching in your pocket, you took out the watch from your last mission, and checked what time it is.

Five in the afternoon, going to be a long time before we’ll be able to leave this place, wonder what the rest of my friends are up to.

[Somewhere else]

On the second floor, last room to the right, Terry was setting his mother’s clothes in the bedroom nightstand when he heard a knock from behind him.

*Knock* *Knock* “Can I come in, Terry?” Rainbow dash said leaning on the door frame.

“Hello, Rainbow dash. If you need to see my mother she is with Rarity shopping at the mall to get new cloths for me and Mike.”

“She is, is she?” Taking a few steps toward him, his back still turned in front of here, she wrapped her arms around Terry’s neck, and started to kiss his cheek.

“Ms. Dash, do you need something from me?” Terry asked her.

“Yeah, I do.” Turning him to face her, Rainbow dash put both her hands on his face and locked lips with his.

Rainbow released his face and took a few steps back, her wings slowly rising from the kiss and asked Terry.

“Maybe you could help with my things in my room?”

“I would be happy to help, Rainbow dash. But I don’t know when my mother will be back.”

“You know, when I thought dating my best friend’s son in secret would be romantic, you’re kind of ruining the romantic parts.” She said glumly.

“I know I promised you a night just for the two of us. But tonight I need to be somewhere, Rainbow dash.”

“You mean your job?”

“I shouldn’t even be telling you what I do, but I did, to show you how much I treasure our relationship.” Reaching for her hands, Terry kissed Rainbow dash for a brief moment and rested his forehead with hers.

“Are you sure you don’t want me to tag along?”

“Knowing you won’t tell any of your friends, especially my mother, is enough for me.”

“Yeah, well, I still don’t trust that Anon character.”

“He saved my life, Rainbow. If he didn’t stop Blueblood from pulling the trigger Jonah and I would be dead.”

“But it was his idea to split up in the first place!”

“I know, I know, but he’s the leader, and with good reason, if the order wants him to take charge I must follow their rules.”

“Promise me you won’t get hurt like last time, Ok?” Holding him tighter, Terry reached out his right hand and gently patted her head, to show his concern for her worries.

“We’ll be leaving at midnight; can you stall them in case they might find us not in the basement?” He asked her.

“I promise, Terry.” Rainbow said to him.

“You should probably go back to your room, so it won’t be suspicious as to why you’re in here with me without my mother.”

“Alright, I’ll see you later, Terry.” With a peck on his cheek, she walked outside to the hall way leaving Terry alone in his mother’s room.

“Now, where was I?” Getting back to his work he did not pay attention to the mare from the front desk getting closer and closer. Her hand slowly trailed down her leg and lifted her skirt to reveal a sharp dagger underneath, as she got closer to Terry she made sure her steps became quieter and quieter before she was in knifes lengths for her to stab him in the back before he could react to what’s going to happen.

*Ka-Klick* “I advise you to not take another step, if you value your life that is, lady.” Jonah said pointing his blunder bust at the mare’s head.

“Do you think you’re fast enough to pull that trigger before I shove my blade in your friend’s skull, human?” She said still ready to take down one of these teens before the other takes her life.

“Trust me when I say this, but I am saving your life than taking it.”

“And what are you trying to save me from?” She asked him.

“If you just looked down you’d see what I am trying to save you from.”

“Do you think of me a fool? What if you’re just stalling so your friend can move before you fire?”

“Either way, you’re still going to lose so you might as well listen to me.”

Seeing as she has no other choice she looked down to her feet, her knife still trained on Terry’s head, and was surprised to see a brown snake just a few inches from her leg, fangs dripped with poison ready to bite her.

“So, are you going to put the weapon down?” Jonah asked.

“As if I had a choice in the first place, I surrender.” Dropping her blade she raised both her hands to show she is defenseless and walked away from Terry.

“You can call off your snake, Terry”

“Thank you, Jonah; I am actually glad you had to pull out your gun first and not me.” Turning around to see Jonah, Terry had a pistol ready to fire just in case the female assassin decided to take out Jonah.

“You had a gun and you didn’t use it?”

“I don’t like to fire my gun, if and all possible, and what would you tell the rest of our group if they heard a loud gunshot with you holding the weapon?”

“We can discuss this later; right now we need to deal with her.” Jonah said focusing his attention back to the silent mare.

“Your right, Jonah, we need to ask her a few questions.” Setting aside his pistol Terry closed the gap between him and the front desk clerk, but still had his pet snake ready to bite her if things go out of hand.

“Who are you?”

“I am, Holiday.” She replied.

“Hello, Holiday. My name is, Terry.”

“And I’m Jonah.”

“Now, I ask you again. Who are you?” Terry asked a bit more serious.

“What do you mean? My names, Holiday.” She replied a bit off-guard from being asked twice.

“Are you sure? Because the Holiday I just saw passed me when I came here to find Terry.” Jonah said. To show the two boys mean business, Jonah cocked the hammer of his gun and pointed his gun again, but was ready to fire with little care if anyone heard them.

*Sigh* “If you insist on pushing this further, than I suppose I have no choice.” As soon as she finished her sentence a light green flame engulfed her being, causing the two humans to step back from surprise to see a half-pony-bug creature now in front of them.

“Does this form disgust you, humans?” She asked lifting her hole riddled hands in front of her face so her eyes can see their shocked faces.

“We are very surprised.” Terry replied.

“Either way, I am still going to shoot you, no hard feelings.” Jonah was about to pull the trigger to kill the changeling when Terry came in front of his gun making him pause.

“Jesus, I almost shot you, Terry!”

“We need to get our leader first before we do anything else, Jonah.”

“Then who is going to watch over her, you?” Jonah asked.

“………”

*Grunts* “Fine, take my gun I am sure you need it more than me, I’m going to get Anon, make sure you shoot her in case she does anything funny.” As soon Jonah quickly left the room, Terry looked back at the Changeling still standing in one place still looking at the only exit Jonah went out of.

“I am glad you stayed, I am sure you could have left while me and my friend was still fighting.”

“And what if I leave now? I know you friend would of shot me if I lifted a single finger, but what about you?”

“I said I don’t like to use my guns to shoot anyone. But this isn’t my gun, so I don’t know what I’ll do.”

The conversation ended between them when Jonah came back with Anon in tow. His face had a brief shocked moment of the Changeling in front of him but left immediately as he said the Changeling.

“Why are you here, Double?”

“Wait, you know this mare, Anon!” Jonah said now surprised about how he knew her name.

“Yeah, I should know, since she is my informant.”

“Is that even allowed? Does the order know of this?” Terry asked him.

“The order should know about them, more than eighty percent of our information branch is made of changelings.”

Anon walked closer the changeling, right after he told Terry to put away the gun, and asked the girl why she was here in the first place.

“My queen whishes a hit on a Manehatten Police officer called, Mr. Clad." She stated.

“Is he a Templar or a slaver?” Terry asked her.

“No, he is just the chief if the Manehatten police force.”

“Then why would we kill the dude? Even more, why would we follow the orders from the changeling queen?” Jonah asked, if it was either a Templar or a human slaver he would jump to the task, if not he would just simply ignore her order and just shoot her to end this situation.

“We’ll do it.”

“Yeah, we’ll- wait, what!” Jonah asked, surprised again by Anon's quick agreement to her.

“We’re heading to the morgue anyway, we’ll see if the guy will be there.”

“Can we back up a bit, why would we help the changeling race?” Jonah asked, getting more confused than he did before.

“Jonah has a point; they tried to invade Equestrian land by ruining the wedding of princess Cadence’s wedding.” Terry said.

“Ruined? You mean saved some lives.”

“How did they save anyone from trying to take over the throne? You’re not making any sense, Anon.”

“If you calm down, Jonah, I’ll tell you the full detail.”

“Don’t hold your breath, Anon, if anyone is good at telling what happened that day, it’s me.” Double finally spoke up.

“Then by all means, Double, speak if you don’t mind.” Terry said.

“If you can keep your friend from killing me I will, Terry.”

And so began the back story on how the changeling race decided to have an alliance with the order.

“It all went back before the wedding ever started.”

“How far back are we talking about?” Jonah asked her.

“If you shut up I’ll tell you. One of your scouting teams was sent to kill a certain special individual, someone who was close to one of the elements of harmony.”

“Shining armor, the older brother of Twilight now known as the princess of harmony.”

“Correct, Anon, he was an up and coming Templar slowly going up the ranks, the order thought they could capture him for answers but was instead caught in Armor's trap instead.”

“So how does this connect to the changelings?”

“Can someone shut Jonah up, please?” She asked.

“Just get on with it, Double.” Anon said.

“Fine, our spies intercepted the information of there capture and our queen decided to use this as leverage to use your order to get what we want.”

“I knew it, they just wanted to use us, not help us.” Jonah said.

“Hold on, Jonah, she’s not finished.”

“Thank you, Terry, my queen thought of taking Cadence’s form to seduce Shining and then propose to him, distracting the sun and moon rulers by trying to make a grand festival of the event.”

“I thought the real princess loved Twilight’s brother?” Terry asked her.

Out of know where, Holiday started to laugh hysterically from his question before she quickly covered her mouth to stop making any more noise.

“The princess may be the ruler of love, but her love is to all her subjects, not to a single pony.”

“But my mother told me she and Shining used their love to stop the queen.” Terry told her.

“When two of the opposite sex have a dramatic experience they can generate flings of emotion, such as a brief form of love, that’s how they defeated our queen.”

“So what happened after your race got blasted out of Canterlot?” Jonah asked her.

“Well, the order got their recon team back without them being noticed and decided to help out our race with our situation with how many lives that was lost that day.”

“And what mutual agreement did the order and your queen make?” Jonah asked her.

“Since our numbers dwindled to near extinction your organization decided to help us by using any free humans they saved and allowed them to live in our hives for shelter, at the same time give my race their supply of emotions, even some assassins had chosen to help the hive by sharing their own emotions.”

“That explains why my teacher has been tired a couple of times when she was teaching me.” Terry said.

“Yeah, so was my teacher. When she always returned back home she looked so ragged she couldn’t stand up. Did this happen to your teacher too, Anon?” Jonah asked him.

“I’m not sure, what type of ways did your kind use to extract human emotions?” He asked her.

“There is a high rate of sexual intercourse between the changelings and humans.” She explained to Anonymous.

“Yeah, I’m pretty sure my teacher also volunteered to help the changelings, more help to her needs than the changeling race I’m sure.”

“We can keep talking about why my race helps the order later; right now my queen wants this stallion dead.” Double said.

“Can you at least tell us why?” Jonah questioned.

“I agree with Jonah. We need some reason why we should end his life, Double.”

“Very well, Anon. Clad somehow stumbled onto one of our hives and wanted to blackmail us if we don’t send out his salt packages.” She explained.

“Salt you say? So we’re dealing with a drug peddling cop?” Jonah asked Double.

“Well, yes, plus he is also trying to increase his prostitution ring by using us as his prostitutes.” She said.

“Don’t you changelings already use your bodies to have sex with all kinds of creature?” Terry asked.

“That’s different from prostitution; we gather genuine love by connecting to different beings, while prostitutes just fuck anything for a quick bit.” She said angrily to him.

“So why doesn’t your queen just go to him personally and fuck him silly? I’m sure she’ll kill the bastard by making the stallion die from exhaustion.”

“She would, Anon, but the queen prefers to dominate males not the other way around.”

“Alright, I heard what I needed to hear, we’ll get the job done.” Anon said to Double..

“Excellent, meet me at the corner of the hotel at midnight when you’re done, I expect to have this mission to have no slip ups.” And just like that, she vanished when her horn ignited a huge flash of green light, leaving only the three teens to be alone.

“Great, so not only do we need to solve what drug the Templars are using on the humans, but we also need to kill some corrupt asshole before he exposes a changeling hive, how do we complete this mission within only a few days?” Terry asked.

“We just need to get rid of the small things if we want to finish off bigger parts of our plan. First we need to get rid of this police officer before this Clad person decides to rat out to the government.”

“We can’t start now, Mike is still with his mother and we don’t know how long before every one is asleep, Anon.” Jonah said.

“The sun is still up so we can still wait till mike comes back to the hotel. After that, we can all head down to the station to slit this guy’s throat, agreed?”

“Don’t see any problem with that plan.” Jonah said.

“But what about Diamond tiara, won’t she try and try and hold you up before the job gets done?” Terry asked him.

“You just leave it to me, Terry. You don’t live with an over bearing mare for most of your life to not know a few tricks to get her out of your hair.”

“Believe me, Anon, you’re not the only one either.”

One at a time Jonah and Anon left the room, at separate times to make sure no pony would get suspicious; Terry still needed to clean up the any messes left from the scuffle and promised them he would meet up with them at the basement later.

When Anon left when Jonah turned the corner to go downstairs, he was still thinking on how to keep Tiara busy so he can slip away from her for the night.

“Pfft, I’ll just wing it, see what happens. Who knows, maybe she might slip and fall knocking herself out.”

Author's Note

Ok everyone, sorry for the wait. computer was acting up and I am afraid if I do not publish this chapter now my computer will forcefully shut down and I will loose all this so I hope you all enjoy this chapter as well as December!

like always this id brotherhoof12 saying "Happy holidays!"