Chapter 1View OnlineShadow mercenaries.Chapter 1The silence grew maddening as the four ponies sat. "ALRIGHT!" Surge blurted out "I can't take it anymore." and charged out the room Shadow Blaze's ear twitched "What was that all about?" Frost looked up from her book "Don't you know by now? He isn't the one to wait around." Dark Vine whispered "What are we waiting around for anyway Shadow?" His ear twitched again "He's meditating, quiet down" "Oh" He grunted "Not anymore..." "Sorry" Vine said quietly "We are waiting on a new client. He said he'd be here by now. They didn't want to send the mark over mail. They said they can be intercepted. First time I've heard of it." "Then why haven't they shone yet?" Frost asked "Now how would I know that? Just sit here and wait. I'm going out." "But it's raining out there" Vine warned Shadow grabbed his old hood and cape off the rack and slammed the door. The rain pelted the dark unicorn as he walked through town; hardly any stalls were open so he decided to go to the cafe. "Welcome to the Steamy Mug! What can I get you?" The bartender asked "Can I get 3 Coffees. To go." "Yup, That'll be nine bits." he turned around, grabbed some cups, then started a coffee machine "Seems like prices for coffee beans went up." "Yeah." "Here you are sir" He slid the Cups across the table " Have a good night!" "Yeah." He coldly responded levitating the cups to his side and leaving the cafe the rain continued like there was no end as he walked back to the cottage at the end of town when a small light green mare walked up next to him "Shadow Blaze I presume?" She whispered "Follow me." He started to a quick trot "You're the one we've been waiting on?" "Yes." They approached a wooden cottage "get inside." He hurried into the room Shadow Blaze pulled a table and four chairs over to the middle of the room, placed the coffees down by the two mares "Now, what is it that you want, gone?" Shadow Blaze asked The green mare slid a folder onto the table."These six ponies" "Quite a big hit you got there, Miss" Frost said "Indeed." "We good yet?!?" Surge burst through the doors of the Cottage with a doughnut "Have a seat Surge" Shadow glared at him He lowered his head at slowly walked over to the table The green mare pulled a sack of coins out of her bag "When you finish you will get the rest" Alright then. Surge I want you to head out to Ponyville tonight. Dark Vine, you and Frost will head out tomorrow morning together and I'll make the journey myself. We'll meet up again sometime tomorrow afternoon" "Right on!" Surge surrounded his body in electrical magic and took off through the door "Alright, then we need to get started on preparations on the journey. It'll take about 2 days worth of walking" Frost said "Good doing business with you Miss, we will meet you in Equestria somewhere. Just send a letter to where we meet next." Shadow led the mare outside as she disappeared into the rainy night.
Chapter 3View OnlineShadow mercenaries.Chapter 3Morning 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
Chapter 5View OnlineShadow mercenaries.Chapter 5Night fell on the quiet town. The stars glistened in the late Fall air, as ponies walked throughout town closing shops, and returning home for a good nights rest. The Caped Mercenaries quickly but silently rushed through town. Each of them breaking off to see their targets. Surge took off to the skies toward the Apple orchard, Frost making her way to Sugar Cube Corner, Dark Vine heading toward the Cottage near the Everfree forest. Surge landed at the edge of a large apple orchard. Still in dead of night, a lone orange pony was walking through the orchard. "Whew! What a day..." She mumbled to herself "Pinkie sure has some crazy parties" Surge quickened his pace and followed behind her being completely silent "Hello there" Surge said with smirk "Gah!" She spun around instantly "Who-who are you?" "That's none of your concern really" He took a step closer to her "S-stay back! I'm warning you!" "Oh no!" he gasped raising his hoof to his face "An Earth pony is threatening me! What ever shall I do?!?" He laughed "Are you going to kick me?" he continued laughing almost falling to the ground from it ""Alright I'm going to kill you. Goodbye." He charged a bright yellow Spell into his horn then shot out at the Orange pony who swiftly dodged the attack "Hey! Stay still, it'll only hurt for a second!" He shouted as the pony fled He surrounded himself in electricity and began to chase the fleeing pony catching up to her in seconds, "You can't outrun me Earth pony" He laughed and shot electric bolts at her which she managed to dodge. She quickly dashed into the trees losing his line of sight " Oh that is how we're going to play it?" He focused a bolt of lightning into the trees causing a fire "No! My trees!" Apple Jack shouted "Why are you doing this?" "You've been messing with someone. Someone who now wants you dead Applejack!" He continued to launch lightning bolts The orange pony continued to run through the burning orchard as smoke started to fill the area. Surge landed and continued searching for AppleJack. He listened as the sound of hoof steps started to grow slower and the breathing got heavier. "I can hear you tire AppleJack." He smirked "The sooner you come out. That faster your death will be" he shot another bolt into the orchard, the explosion's shock wave sent Applejack flying into the air. He laughed as he approached the Mare. AppleJack opened her eyes to the burning orchard around her, she looked up at the stallion partially covered by smoke as a bright yellow glow emitted from his horn. A large boom echoed in the distance as weather ponies pulled large rain clouds to the site. Dark Vine looked ahead of her seeing a cottage on a hill next to the forest in which she traversed the day before. Vine knocked on the door and a soft voice called out from behind her "Umm, h-hi." Vine turned around to see a yellow pegasus accompanied by a large brown bear. "C-can I help you?" The large bear snarled at vine "That's not nice! You don't even know her yet!" Dark Vine's horn started glowing with a dark green glow "What are you doing?" Fluttershy panicked "It seems you've been messing with the wrong pony. And now they want you gone." Her voice grew more insane "G-gone?" Fluttershy coward behind the bear "Gone." She giggled pschoticly "What do you mean?" Fluttershy backed up farther "I MEAN DEAD" She screamed and wrapped roots around the bear and Fluttershy "H-Help me!!!" Fluttershy screamed causing the bear to slash through the roots with her large claws "NO!" Dark Vine screamed while surging more magic into her horn causing more roots pushed through the floor surrounding Fluttershy and the bear, laughing menecingly, " Fighting back is useless!" The roots surrounded the bear pulling the bear down into the ground "And now you go silent" She giggled to herself Fluttershy gasped and backed up as the suddenly crazed Unicorn broke into another laugh "S-stay back!" Fluttershy yelled "OR WHAT?" She stopped laughing and started toward the yellow pegasus "You're going to send another bear after me? You've seen what I can do! AND NOW! YOU WILL DIE" She surged magic into her horn causing roots to rise through the ground again "No!" Fluttershy's instincts kicked in as she took to the skies "NO, NO, NO,NO" She screamed and stamped her front hooves into the ground causing even more roots to reach into the air catching up to the weak pegasus and grabbing her hind leg pulling her to the ground instantly The yellow pegasus tried to stand but was pulled down again by the roots "This has been fun little pegasus" walking close to the pegasus "But all good things must come to an end" Her horn lit up again as the roots pulled Fluttershy down and again Dark Vine let out another psychotic laugh.
Chapter 2View OnlineShadow mercenaries.Chapter 2Shadow Blaze looked up at the dark gloomy sky as a few rain drops fell on his cloak. He picked up his pace, not wanting to get caught in the upcoming storm. He had been walking for about 5 hours in a dark forest, though something was off, there was a sense of magic in the air which seemed almost evil. As he walked through the eerie forest the sounds of animals seemed to get quieter and quieter then disappearing altogether. He pulled his hood farther over his head and continued walking, as the rain started up again. He found a large cave he could take shelter in for the night and quickly galloped to the entrance. The cave was dark and dry, perfect to wait out the storm. He settled down past the entrance just past the water. There seemed to be an object glowing in the far back of the cave, with fear and curiosity getting the better of him, he cautiously moved toward it. Just as Shadow backed up a rock tumbled down to the where the Ursa was sleeping, bumping into its back. Shadow Blaze cringed as the sleeping Ursa woke up with a loud roar, he quickly jumped behind a rock to hide from the enraged monster. The monster unleashed a roar again searching for the thing that woke her. Shadow watched as the beast swung furiously at any object smashing right through rocks with ease. He swiftly ran to the cave's entrance but tripped on a rock, He looked back as the rampaging Ursa Major's gaze locked right on him bearing her teeth, his heart sank as he hastily got back to his feet and sprinted out to the forest. The beast kept pace with the panicked Stallion as he made his way into the forest. The stallion stopped in an arena like area surrounded by trees. He turned as the rampaging beast broke through trees like twigs. The stallion started a spell creating a blade out of fire right in front of him preparing for the beast to charge. Their eyes locked onto each other, and both charged. The beast swung her arm, but Shadow quickly jumped it slashing her right leg causing the beast to fall with a roar. The Ursa major stood up again facing him as if the slash never happened to it. The beast roared, but shadow shot a ball of flame into it's chest causing an enormous explosion knocking the beast to the ground, letting out a weak roar. The Stallion quickly jumped on top of the weakened Ursa Major and sent a flaming spear right through it's chest. Shadow made his way down underneath a tree breathing heavily. The Fallen Ursa Major's body started to break away as orbs of light scattered through the air. The stallion walked back through the area where the Ursa Major had rampaged through. The Trees broken in half and tracks as large as a wagon.He finally made his way back to the cave seeing that his saddle bags are still intact. He created a small fire out of a few branches and sat down, he reached into his saddle bags and pulled a few apples. He munched the apples and fell into a deep sleep.
Chapter 4View OnlineShadow mercenaries.Chapter 4Shadow looked through each of the ponies. "Each one of these ponies is in control of one of these 'Elements of Harmony'. Anyone know anything about that?" Frost looked around "I think that was one of the things that returned Nightmare Moon back to Princess Luna. But weren't the Elements of Harmony just a folktale?" Surge responded "If they aren't, then we are in for something big." Shadow explained "Seems like the only two we really don't have to worry much about is AppleJack, and Pinkie Pie seeing as they are the only two Earth ponies. Surge can handle AppleJack. And I've got Pinkie Pie" Frost explained "Then who next? Says here that Rainbow is the fastest flier in Equestria. Also says here that she can create a Sonic Rainboom?" He continued to read "That is apparently what happens when she breaks the sound barrier. How do you expect to catch something like that?" Shadow asked "I got this, besides I can control electricity; much faster than sound" Surge said with extreme cockiness "Well Fluttershy? Her profile says almost nothing. She is an animal caretaker, and is the element of Kindness. That said she should probably got third, Dark Vine that is your target" Shadow said "Got it." "Rarity. Runs a fashion shop in town. Is a unicorn so we might have to use numbers against her." "Vine and I got this" Frost said "Then what about Twilight? She holds the Element of Magic and is supposedly the most powerful unicorn in Equestria." "leave it to me" Shadow announced A/N Sorry for the short chapter for such a long wait, but I will make the next one longer as well as better and hopefully it won't take as long