The Rise of A New Age In Equestria

Midnight made his way down the streets of the city he had known all of his life, he wore a smile on his face, because he would soon be old enough to go and visit Cloudsdale again, however this time he would be able to travel all by himself. Last time he was there he had at first been alone because all the other colts and fillies already had friends and weren't planning on making any more, he would spend most of the time in Cloudsdale alone, laying on a cloud, his black fur and dark green mane, not helping him to blend into the clouds very well. However he had made a friend while he was there last, it was a cyan mare, they even exchanged a necklace so they could help find each other when they were older. Her name was rainbow something, he couldn't really remember. It had been a while since his last visit, but now he was glad to be going back, nothing was going to ruin his day, however, that was until he mad it to his house and saw it was ablaze, along with many other homes now.

Midnight breathed heavily as he ran as fast as he could, he could still here the screams of the other ponies around him as he ran, his red mane flowing behind him as he ran, not looking back, not wanting to look back at what memories oh his were now ablaze. He continued to increase speed, his muscles aching and beginning to hurt, he may have been a pegasus, but he was still young, and had not even learned to fly yet.Tears poured down his face, his mother, his father, and even his baby sister were now, they were now, he shook his head and turned a corner hard, sliding and falling, scraping his side, however the adrenaline in him kept him running. He could hear the cries of pain throughout the air, as the little pegasus ran,tears still in his eyes as he turns another corner. He looked up to see the smoked-filled sky as Pegausi flew around, some were leaving in terror, while others stayed to fight off who ever was attacking them. This only made the foal cry more at how useless he was, as he turned another corner, he seemed to bump into some-pony, and froze in terror as he looked up to see a large Earth pony standing before him. He wore a white cloak and had the hood pulled up, the earth pony looked at the little pegasus before him and smiled slightly behind the hood, all the while the little foal was petrified with fear that the stallion would attack him, and possibly kill him. The foal continued to shudder, but stopped as the stallion place a hoof on his shoulder and spoke in a calm voice,

"This is no place for a foal to be," The stallion then lifted off his hood and picked the small pegasus up before he ran off, holding the scared little foal in his hoof, keeping him close to him as to not drop him and to keep him safe from those that were attacking the small town.

The Foal could not believe what was happening, he felt as if he was moving. He slowly opened one eye and saw the ground moving beneath him, he turned to the stallion, and saw him running fast, why was this stallion carrying him? The foal didn't think to much as he looked back at the horror before him, he could now see the dead ponies that laid behind him. He could smell their charred flesh as it burned, even the foals, some his age, and some even younger were laying there dead, blood flowing from the gashes on them, they were the lucky ones, while others burned alive and had to feel all that pain while there flesh burned, only to fall to the ground, and die slowly. The screams echoed in his ears as he felt his heart and mind shatter, for the scenes the foal saw are something that none should see at all. He now looked down with an emotionless look in his eyes, not even noticing that his former blank flank, had earned its' cutie mark.

After a while the little foal had fallen asleep, while he slept however, he dreamed of nothing but the pain and suffering of his neighbors and family, his mind was blank after that. He slept for what seemed like days, months even. However it had only been a few hours, he looked around to see where he was, but he could not tell really, they were in a forest, and there was a small village ahead, most of the ponies there all wore white cloaks, just like the stallion. The mysterious stallion then set me down and looked at me.

"You will be safe here, so do not worry,"  the stallion said, trying to reassure the little foal in front of him, but the foal continued to look down to the ground, her tears long since dried since they had left his home town, as the foal looked up at him, there was a blank expression in his eyes.

By now others had began to come over, and along with the ones in cloaks came two foals around his age, one was an Earth Pony, and the other was a Unicorn. They looked at him for a while and continued as the Stallion was asked questions, he did not answer most of them, not wanting to bring it back up for the foal he had just saved, instead he took the foal with him and headed up to what looked like a larger hut, the other two foals following close behind as he approached the door, the Earth Stallion knocked on the door. After a while the door opened and the Stallion gestured the Pegasus, along with the other two foals into the hut, after they had all entered, he himself went inside with the foals and closed the door.

It was dark in the room, which allowed the pegasus to blend in, the unicorn had a white coat so he was easily seen, while the Earth Pony had light brownish fur. At the end, near the back of the room was another one of the Stallions dressed in a white cloak, however he was an old Unicorn with grey fur, and shaggy mane, his horn had a small crack in it and his hoofs were chipped. He seemed to smile as he saw the foals enter, as he did you could see he had a few teeth missing, complementing his old age. He knew two of foals that had entered since it was a small village, however, he had not seen the pegasus before, and the cutie mark that the foal had intrigued him greatly. He stood up, wobbly at first and walked down and stood in front of the Pegasus, he seemed to look at him for a long while, he then looked at this little Pegasus's cutie mark, he could not make tell of his special talent, instead he smiled at the Pegasus and slowly swung at him, the Pegasus had only a little time to react as he moved away, the hoof slightly grazing him, but the little pegasus  could still feel it, even though the hoof had only grazed him, it still stung a little.

"You are good, not many can dodge my hit on there first try," the old Unicorn said through a hoarse voice.

The Pegasus stood and looked at the old stallion and then could feel him self charge at the old Unicorn for hitting him for no reason what so ever as the foal saw it, however the old Unicorn dodged the attack and smacked the Pegasus to the ground hard, as he got up, he tried to swing at the Unicorn again, only to be smacked down into the ground hard. This continued until the Pegasus could barely move, he bled from his forehead and looked up slowly, his vision blurred as he tried to stand, this time the Unicorn helped him up, a faint gray glow surrounding him as he stool the little Pegasus up.

"Not only can you dodge a hit, but you can take quite a beating, I especially like your determination, how would you like to join our cause young Pegasus," the Unicorn said as he looked at the Pegasus, who pondered that offer for a moment, until he nodded, he had nothing else to live for, so why not join whatever cause they were. The old man grinned as he looked at the Pegasus,

"Then Welcome, to the Assassin's Order," the Unicorn said as he looked deep into the Pegasus's eyes.