Honor of Thieves

Not So Idle Threats

A week after they had returned to Ponyville, Crimson was reading through his ancestors journals.

"What is she looking for?" Crimson said flipping through the pages

"Crimson you're not going to find out what Luna's looking for from those old books." Rose said, "Besides we need to get those soldiers from the train station."

"Okay, I just had a suspicion that's all." He said then chuckling nervously.
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At the station there were a six soldiers, three who volunteered and three who hated Crimson with every fiber of their being, there were two for each race male and female

"What are we doing here?" A male earth pony said, "I didn't even volunteer for this."

"Half of us didn't volunteer." A male unicorn replied, "I only volunteered so I could get close his sister!"

"Where is our captain anyway?" A female pegasus asked

"Probably stealing something from one of townsfolk." The male earth pony replied

"Now why would I do that soldier," Crimson said from behind the group causing them to jumped away from him, "I promised Celestia to renounce my thieving ways. Now, what are your names?"

The first to start was the female pegasus, "My name is Rain Melody.."

"Mine is Morning Dew." The female unicorn added, then moved revealing a female earth pony with a scar on her neck, "The earth pony next to me can't speak, but her name is Green Leaf." Crimson looked at Leaf for a moment then whispered something into Rose's ear, then Rose went off.

After that he looked to the males, the unicorn's name was Silver Scroll, the pegasus called himself Snowy Sky, and the earth pony's was Blank Canvas.

"Well now that's out of the way let's us begin your training." Crimson said, walking toward a field outside the town.
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"Get up soldier!" Crimson yelled at Silver Scroll who was lying on the ground.

"Sir, I think he's unconscious." Morning Dew said

"Sir you may have gone a little overboard." Rain added

"It's not my fault they train you so poorly." Crimson answered, "Maybe that'll teach him for pestering Rose and start to obey orders."

"Are you sure he isn't dead?" Canvas asked

"Yeah he's still breathing." Snowy Sky replied.

"Let this be a warning, I will not take slackers." Crimson said, "Got it!"

"Yes sir!" They replied.

"Someone take him to the hospital, I wouldn't be surprise if he has a concussion." Crimson said as Scroll was carried away by Canvas

"I'm pretty sure you're insane captain." Rain Melody said

"It wouldn't be uncommon." Crimson explained, "Now I think training is done for the day."

"Sir, what do we now?" Morning Dew asked

"Unicorns go to Twilight, pegasi go to Rainbow Dash, and one of you find Canvas and tell him to go to Applejack." Crimson said then turned to Leaf, "Miss Leaf go to my home and see Rose, she needs to see you for a few hours." Then they went to the places Crimson told them to go and he was left alone in the field.

Crimson, alone, wondered what he wanted to do. He and Rose didn't need any food, nor any herbs he got those from the Everfree forest or some from the small bushes in his garden in Ponyville.

'Now they'll listen, I tried to be nice but they pushed me too far.' he thought, 'Silver Scroll won't be a problem anymore.'
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Hours later Twilight, Rainbow Dash, and Applejack were looking for Crimson for dropping his soldiers on them.

"Where in tarnation can that pony hide? Ponyville ain't even that big." Applejack said looking around.

"I can't believe that one of the soldiers was hitting on Rose." Twilight said, "Still, Crimson putting him in the hospital is too far."

"I'm fine that he let me teach those pegasi they should learn from the best flier in Equestria." Rainbow said.

They found Crimson lying in the shade of a tree near the border of the town,, he opened one his eyes toward them and said, "Please leave me alone."

Twilight ignored him and yelled, "ARE YOU PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!?"

He got up looked at her straight in the eyes and said, "Aye, I am proud. You know why? Because I can't work with ponies who slack around, and I wanted to prove a point to those others." His expression turned dark, "And I don't appreciate ponies who wake me up except Rose."

Twilight backed away afraid of him and Applejack took her place and said, "How dare you threaten her like that you, you..."

"Go on say it, thief, liar, jerk." he laughed, "I've been called worse than that. So listen here, the only thing I care for is Rose and I don't want to lose her again!"

"That doesn't mean you can send ponies to the hospital!" Rainbow Dash said

"I'm heading home, when you get a reasonable argument you know where to find me." he said as he purposely bumped into Applejack he whispered in her ear, "Oh and Applejack, honestly I do care that I put him in the hospital. He's just lucky I didn't break his legs." Then he flew away

"You want me to get him?" Rainbow asked

Twilight sighed, "No let Rose take care of him, we already told her about what he's done." Then the three went back to their usual day.
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"Crimson what is wrong with you?!?" Rose yelled as he walked through the door later that night

"Rose don't worry I'll sleep on the couch." he said walking to the closet to grab a pillow and blanket

She glared at him, "No you won't, tomorrow you'll go to that stallion and apologize to him! I don't need protecting and you know that!"

He sighed knowing he'd lost the argument, "Sure anything for you Rose." then he looked at her, "So how'd Green Leaf react to your treatment?"

She walked to him and hugged him, "Well she'll be able to speak in the next month or so, the doctors who treated her weren't as advanced as I'd thought they'd be over the past century."

He hugged her back and kissed her cheek, "Thank you Rose, I owe you one."

She let go and looked into his eyes, "Let that be a thank you of getting me out of that stone, okay."

"Alright. Come on let's go to bed."

Rose held out her front hooves to him, "Carry me." Crimson smiled and let her wrap hooves around his neck and carry her to their room.