Shadow mercenaries.

Morning came as the stallion woke. He put on his saddle bags and started for his destination again now that the weather finally cleared up.  As he walked through the forest he could see where the Ursa major tore through the forest and where he had.

While he was walking he came across a manitcore bound by vines and frozen solid, obviously the work of Frost and Dark Vine. 'Didn't even stand a chance' He thought to himself as he trotted past it. He came across a hut in the middle of the forest and his curiosity got the better of him again as he found himself walking into the hut. Inside he saw a strange looking creature covered in stripes, white stripes (or was it black?) mixing together a green looking brew of some sort.  He quickly backed away as to not draw her attention and continued on, seeing a path he followed it. He continued onto the path which soon led to the end of that horrid forest. The Stallion trotted to a nearby town, where he was greeted by a peculiar pink pony.

"Hey!!!! A traveler! Oh wait are you moving here? Because if you are you need to meet everypony right? OH hey you're a Unicorn right? Well obviously you've got a horn there! You probably already know that though. But hey! You should see my friend Twilight! She runs the Library here. You two should get along good!" The pink pony continued as Shadow Blocked out the onslaught of questions

"JUST. Tell me where I can relax somewhere. Alright?" He interrupted

"Oh umm, Well if you like sweets you can come down to Sugar Cube Corner! I work there! They've got everything apple pie, cherry pie, chocolate cake, vanilla cake, chocolate CUPcakes, vanilla cupcakes, hot chocolate. OH OH they even got these things that I call the Pinkie surprise! I made them! They are little bread rolls filled with almost anything you can think of! Well obviously food. Because last time I used sand in one, and the customer seemed a little mad. Sooooooo I..."

"ALRIGHT! Alright. Do they at least have coffee there?" He walked towards the shop

"Yes they do! But I don't like coffee. It makes me hyper!" She continued with him bouncing like a spring

"Oh really?" He said sarcastically

"Yeah,  It makes me all like Wewewewew!" She did a circular motion around her head with her hooves still managing to stay upright

"Oh Really?" He said again

"See it's right there new pony! Oh wait I never got your name. Mine's Pinkie Pie. I know everypony!"

"Shadow." He walked into the store

"OH! Alright! See you later then!" She bounced away singing a song to herself

Shadow let out a relieved sigh

"Welcome sir! What can I get you?" A light blue pony asked

"Can I get a coffee?"

"Yes, sir! Coming right up." She Turned around " You're new here aren't you?"

"Yes. I am."

"So you've already met Pinkie right?"

"Is that normal?"

"Yes. She seems to know when and where a new pony is and greets them as soon as they come into town. Anyway here is your coffee. Your new in town so it'll be on the house" She smiled

"Thanks" He turned and left the shop.

He continued into town looking for his three companions. As he walked to the Market he came across two other unicorns with matching hoods.

"Dark Vine, Frost. I made it"

"Oh , Shadow Blaze, are you alright?" Dark Vine asked

"I took down an Ursa Major on the way here. Nothing too big"

"An Ursa Major!?!" Frost asked

"Yes. I wondered into it's cave and it woke up. Keep it down, you don't want to cause uneseccary attention to ourselves."

"We need to find surge. Anyway I've got a good Idea of where he might be." Vine said

"Well then let's go."  Shadow Followed behind Vine.

The three hooded mercenaries walked to the edge of town to a lone tree where a black and gold figure lay sleeping in a tree, snoring quite loudly.

"Told you..." Vine said

"I've got it." Shadow bucked the tree so hard the unicorn fell out landing on his face

"Ouch, Hey what's the big deal!" He got up rubbing his head " Couldn't have just woke me up like a normal pony could you?"

"No. And Besides that we need to get our targets." He reached into his bags and pulled out a folder containing information on each pony.

"Who first?" He asked