Blood Stained Brotherhood

Long after the completion of the fortification, in all directions at that, still no sign of Raven soilders. Forthalia would have sent soilders in pursuit of the Raven Empire's location but they already have in the past could never find it and were usually to busy with battle to even do so most of the time.

Weeks began to pass which soon turned into months and eventually a year had passed since the massacre. The Raven Empire was slowly being forgotten especially since a new problem had arised. A new disease  has started to spread and has killed a few hundred civilians and hundreds still getting infected.

"So what do know about this pathogen? Any tell tale signs of it?" Jacob asked as he sat at his throne.

"Well, victims get yellow spots around their neck that ich is the first stage, then the victim will have a stroke, then it will basically shut down the brain starting from the neck on up, in simple terms those ar the effects." Doctor Huephs replied.

"Has you're team found an antidote yet?"

"Well, we... were having some difficulties but were working day in day out trying to find one."

"Thank you, Dr. Huephs for your time that's all I needed to know."Jacob replied. Dr. Huephs bowed and walked out of the chamber. Soon after Lazarus walked in.

"What do you have for me today?"sighed Jacob.

"Don't worry, it's good news. Your brother wishes you to meet someone at his castle tomorrow for dinner. It's a really big deal of some sort."

"Who am I meeting exactly?"

"Beats me... just be there around seven"

The prince rolled his eyes as the messenger happily trotted out of the chamber.

Jacob stepped out of his carriage making his way into his brothers palace. Capstan's castle walls are made of various stones, minerals and so on. His Castle was on the side of the other side of the mountains that split the kingdom of Forthalia into two. This mountain played a big role in the idea of splitting ownership fifty-fifty. Much like Jacob's Castle it was decorated with black and blue flags on poles and off of the walls. It was a breathe taking sight, both of their castle's were.

When he finally reached the entrance he saw Capstan and a strange mare standing next to him. She had a white fur coat and a red mane with white highlights. Her eyes were cyan blue and she had red gems as a cutie mark. How convenient...

"Good evening Jacob, I'd like you to meet Scarlet. She is my fiance." he said with a great smile.

Jacob looked at her with a frown as she did him. The silence went on for a good fifteen seconds before Capstan broke it.

"Okay then! Shall we continue to the dining room?"

...

"I'll take that as a yes." Capstan answered awkwardly. Jacob made his way into the dinning room before he could finish.

"So um, any luck with the antidote, my scientists haven't been so lucky." Capstan asked trying to break the silence.

"No not really, it isn't to bad right now but I still want this thing gone before It gets to be to much trouble."

"One of my top scientists have found certain solutions involving vinegar and basalt that affect it, so they've been playing around with that. Ah, here we are!" Capstan pulled out a chair for Scarlet next to the of the table and she gave him a kiss on his cheek and then he pushed her in. Jacob sat across from her and Capstan took a seat at the end of the table in between the two of them. Servants quickly  came out from the kitchen with bottles of scotch in their mouth and poured some in everypony's glass.

"The wedding is this Saturday, I want you to be the best stallion obviously. Now.." He raised his glass "Salud."

"To what?" Jacob asked

"Anything."

Jacob shrugged and raised his glass as did scarlet. "Salud" they both said.

"So we've been dating for quite some time, six months to be exact and at the gran theater I finally asked her to be my wife." Capstan said as he smiled at her and she smiled back.

"We met at a garden party and the rest from there."

CLANK

The servants had brought the main dish catching Capstan by surprise. The chefs had cooked up a bundle of soups, salads and other things but the main dish was spaghetti. Capstan hired some of the best chefs Jacob had ever experienced. Whenever he was invited for a meal he almost never turned it down.  Jacob had always admired how good Capstan was when it came to the details such as.

Jacob dug into his meal the second it was laid before him. Scarlet began to eat while Capstan dug into a bag laying beside him and pulled out a letter.

"Here, right as he was gonna hand it to Jake he jerked his hand back, whoah! wrong letter" He said with an awkward laugh that quickly drooped down to something unhappy.

"eh... and here we are. This is the letter." He said this time with an actual smile.

"What is this?"

"It's an invitation to the wedding."

The letter was blue and sealed with wax with a diamond engraved on it. He ripped it open and pulled out the invitation.

"Come early." Capstan said breaking Jacob's thoughts. "Don't worry about dressing up either, just come as casual."

Darkness filled the room equally as much as the silence did. Just as Jacob was about to sleep that silence was broken. Awaking to this sound He quickly illuminated the room with his to find a stranger in his room. an armed stranger. Jacob quickly reached for the knife under his pillow.

The stranger lunged at Jacob thrust both of his knifes. Right when he about to stab the prince, Jacob rolled aside from the bed causing the assassin to crash into the wall. While the assassin was recovering Jacob attempted to stab him but failed as he caught his hoof midway. Jacob swiftly bucked the assassin in the chest causing him to hit the wall breaking a bookshelf in the process. Jacob went to stab again only to miss as the assassin ducked his head then used it like a battering ram on Jacobs chest. Jacob attempted to move around the assassin succeeding halfway causing both of them to get hurt in the process. Jacob used the bed to help him up and stared at the assassin as he stared at him.

"Show yourself!" demanded Jacob. The assassin wouldn't risk his identity obviously so he wore a mask. Suddenly the door opened.

"Is everything al-   . . . . " said a guard as he soaked in what he was seeing.

The assassin then ran past the guard shoving him out of the way in the process. The assassin ran into two other guards that were coming to see what the commotion was about but they quickly grabbed him.

"Where do you think your going?" said one of the guards as he removed the mask off the guy. The other guard and Jacob soon caught up.

"Sire, you're gonna wanna see this." The guard pointed to the Raven Empire emblem on his flank.

"I'll arrange for more guards on duty and to be on high alert, and get me Lazarus. Capstan must of this" Jacob demanded