Hero or Villain

Ok, picking them off seems like the best idea but I will leave some alive. I am not some murderer, at least not yet. I don't know what the future holds in store for me. And unlike these cowards, I will let them have the honor of first strike. Thought Moonlight as he stepped out onto a branch where he could be seen.

Though he could not see it, when the bandits turned his was his stature made some of them back away in fear with the moon lighting up his metallic hair, his fangs shining in the full moons light and his strange purple eyes glowing their weird and frightening glow. The Pegasus bandit who he mistook for a earth pony thanks to one of its wings missing fired and arrow at him. As the arrow flew, Moonlight saw it in slow motion and right before it impaled him he smiled and whispered the one word that would mean the archers death, "Ventus." The chain scythe appeared right in time and caught the arrow in one of the links in the chain. One or two bandits ran way at this alone and Moonlight used the distraction of the deserters to hide again.

Sneaking up behind archer in another tree, Moonlight cleared his mind for the feat he was about to perform and for his first pony kill he could remember. Taking a breath, he threw one of the ends of his scythe in front of the archer and at the last second, twisted the chain and pulled with all his strength. The scythe impaled its self into the chest of the archer as the archer was pulled up into the tree where Moonlight finished off the grounded Pegasus with a swift strike to the neck. The disappearance of their archer and apparent leader caused even more fear in their ranks. Since that did not scare then all off Moonlight once again revealed him self behind the group and with the moon behind him and his wings spread out he said "Why do you not run? Is it fear holding you down? maybe since your leader is dead you need an order. Begone, leave me alone and tell this to others who will chase me. The Moonlit reaper will not always have mercy."

The bravest of them stood forward with its sword shaking but pointed at me "W-why should w-we obey you!" Moonlight giggled and just said "Would you rather die?" and held his chain scythe as if he was going to attack again, causing more to flee and again using that to his advantage, hid. He counted three bandits left, all facing the same direction. This will be to easy. He thought as he landed behind the first two and with a swift but effective strike stabbed both ends into their backs, sadly alerting the final one.

Moonlight tried but failed to pull his scythe free and knew that by the time he did pull it out he would be dead. As the bandit took a swing with its sword at him, Moonlight prepared to do something most of us readers would think could only be done in movies. He did a back flip over the first slash and did a back roll to get into a proper fighting stance. Before Moonlight could say 'Ventus' however the bandit was on him again desperate to kill Moonlight before the same happened to him. Moonlight caught the ponies sword arm in the air and as the pony thought he had won he saw the smile on Moonlight's face. "Ventus." was the last word the bandit heard before a scythe was stabled into its chest, spewing blood on to the grass below on the forest floor. "I am sorry that I could not make your death swifter. You were a fine warrior and may Luna guide your soul to your fellow brothers above." said Moonlight as he saw the life fade from the bandits eyes.

The next morning...

"Yawn! Man, got to stop having nightmares or Luna will inform my family of my location. Well, that's what I get from running away from the highest noble Lunar family. I have to deal with the princess if get too many nightmares. Well, I should probably hurry over to that town, what was it called again? Oh right, Ponyville before I drive my self insane by talking to myself. I just hope I did not forget any thing important about it. Although I have the feeling if I don't remember something, I will be pretty much bucked."