Assassinverse: Vengeance of the Star

Cosmo groaned as he picked himself up, his head was pounding! 'What in Equestria did I do last night?!' He thought to himself as he looked around, it took him a few seconds to figure out that he wasn't in his mansion anymore, but in a cave if some sort...

"What in the.... HELLO?!" He shouted into the cave. "IS ANYPONY ELSE IN HERE?!"

At first the only response was his own echo, but after a few seconds another voice made itself known.

"You can't do this to me! I'm an upstanding citizen of Canterlot!" The voice, unmistakably female, cried out.

The next sound was that of a hoof slamming against her as she cried out in pain. "Shut up bitch! Soon you're going to be nothing more than a smear on the ground." A third voice, a stallion’s, told the female.

"Whoever you are you're making a big mistake! Do you know who I am?!" Cosmo shouted searching for the source of the voice.

"Simple," The voice responded. "An over-privileged, spoon-fed bastard!" Seconds after he finished, a shadowy figure rushed out of the tunnel at him. Cosmo had little time to react before a hoof connected with his face and sent him flying into the wall. He groaned as he slowly picked himself up and looked around, expecting his attacker to strike again, but he soon realized that he was already gone...

"H-hello? I-is somepony else here?" The mare’s asked in a worried tone as she exited one of the tunnels.

"Shush! Keep it down! He might come back for more!" Cosmo growled as he turned to face said mare… only to recoil in shock.

The mare was a light orange-coated Unicorn with a brown mane and an open book with a scroll flying out of it for a cutie mark. The poor pony had a black eye and had bruises all over her body. "Good Faust, who did this to you!?" Cosmo asked the mare.

The mare just snorted at this. "That horrible sparklehead of a stallion! He... he said I was going to die alone down here where nopony could find me!"

"Why that... I knew they were mad but to try and do this?! This is an outrage!" Cosmo snarled as he patted the mare gently. "Come, let's try and find a way out of here."

"Th-thank you," The mare said as they made their way to the caves exit, upon which they found themselves in a large cavern with numerous tunnels. "Oh dear... this isn't good..."

"That bastard put us in a freaking tunnel system." Cosmo growled as they tried to decide which tunnel to go down. "You're a Unicorn right? Use your magic to make a path!"

The Unicorn bit her lip. "I tried to when I was first brought here, but that horrible stallion injected me with some sort of drug that messed up my magic flow." She explained bitterly. "No matter how many times I tried I can't even manifest a simple spark!"

"This is a problem. Whoever this is knows how to incapacitate a pony of any race.... but it doesn't matter. His efforts will be in vain once the world knows how much of a horrid choice Twilight Sparkle is as a leader." Cosmo grinned. "In two days that fraud will be exposed and they will all beg for us to kill her."

The Unicorn's eyes widened. "You... you mean that?!" She asked, hope evident in her voice. "Thank Lord Fuasticorn! You wouldn't believe what she's been trying to do to the foals… poisoning their minds in our very schools!"

"Really? The schools?" Cosmo asked utterly repulsed at the very idea of her getting into the minds of young foals and colts. "What lies has she been spreading?"

"It all started when she allowed those repulsive Changelings and Griffins to integrate into our society…" She explained, disgust evident in her voice. "After meeting with some of their leaders she had the nerve to request that several of the history books to be changed and brought "up-to-date" to match the "actual facts" of what happened... the lies she spread, I felt like I was going to puke!" She took a deep breath for a moment, calming herself before continuing. "She actually believed the Griffin's claims that during the war against them they didn't attack any of the hospitals at Horseshoe bay even when they had a clear shot, or the fact that we actually attacked several of their civilian districts while killing innocents!"

"That insane nag." Cosmo snarled as he heard these facts. "Why should she believe these outlandish rumors when it's clear that they DID do those horrid things! As for us attacking their civilians well if they weren't in our way we wouldn't have a need to strike them!"

“I guess it's true what they say, history is written by the winners." Another voice echoed throughout the caves. "Or in this case, ponies who are so secure about how good and noble their ancestors are that they constantly have to edit and fabricate it to remind our youth how great they are!" He added mockingly.

"You're the bastard who threw us in here, aren't you?!" Cosmo shouted. "You're the one who kidnapped me and this innocent unicorn mare aren't you?! Coward! Come out and face us without using the damn shadows!"

"Oh, well in that case..." The Pegasus Noble barely had time to breathe before an agonizing pain shot through his left wing. As he fell to the ground in pain he heard the unicorn cry out in terror before hitting the ground herself.

"Sorry, I prefer to stick to the shadows...." The voice chuckled before everything went silent once more.

"G-gah! My wings!" Cosmo shouted. He lifted a hoof and felt one before wincing in pain as he realized they were slashed. "Y-you bucking bastard you cut my damn wings!" He shouted.

"Not again, for the love of–it hurts!" The mare screamed and she pulled a syringe out of her side. "That bastard injected me with more of that drug!"

"That coward." Cosmo snorted. "He'd rather fight in the shadows like some weak assassin then face us head first like a real pegasus."

"Ugh..." The mare groaned as she struggled to stand. "I... I think I see a light at the end of that tunnel..." She stated, pointing to the cave on the opposite end of the cavern.

"Then let's go before he comes back to finish us off."

"R-right..." She said as they made their way into the caves. As they continued on their way, they soon came across what looked like train tracks, and upon going further than mediately came across a mine cart and another cavern, this one containing a bridge going across a large pit.

"I... I think I know where we are!" The mare exclaimed as she looked around. "These are the Canterlot caves!"

"Wait... then that… but that doesn't make sense! That means someone from Canterlot did this to us!" Cosmo exclaimed. "This doesn't.... nobody from Canterlot would do this!"

"No one except a traitor!" She snapped. "Like those guards that arrested me..."

"Wait... the guards arrested you?" Cosmo asked. "But you're an upstanding citizen of Canterlot! Surely you must be mistaken!"

"It turns out that Twilight's corruption spreads farther than we thought." She said as she made her way across the bridge. "My job was to keep the records of Equestria's history up-to-date. When I protested her altering history she ignored my requests, and even planned on sending the new history books to schools across Equestria! I tried to stop her the only when I could: I snuck into the archives and took the altered books... but it turns out she was prepared and had several guards posted there just in case… and well, you know the rest."

"Wait... of those guards did one of them look blue?" Cosmo asked. He had a feeling he knew what one of those guards were... and if he was right then those weren't guards at all. "I have to know. Was one of those guards light blue.... possibly cyan?"

She pondered for a second, as if trying to recall who arrested her. "Yeah, now that you mention it…"

"I knew it... that wasn't a guard. It was that idiot Rainbow Dash." Cosmo growled... but then smiled and began chuckling. "Oh if we get out of here we have some REALLY nice ammunition to give to Amadeus."

"Amadeus? As in, Prince Bluebloods father?" The mare asked.

"Yes ma'am. He knows how to hit the bitch where it hurts." He chuckled. "To date I don't think anyone has ever stumped her as bad as he has. To be honest he's the only reason why Twilight hasn't gotten away with everything just yet."

"What do you mean?"

"She has several more idiotic laws she wants to pass but Amadeus so far has kept them away and put them down like the horrid plans they are." Cosmo boasted. "He's never once allowed her to even come close to owning the court. The day Twilight Sparkle truly owns Equestria is the day Amadeus dies."

"But... Twilight's already created her own kingdom!" The mare said, remembering how the light engulfed Ponyville and surrounded it with a wall and a castle near the end. "At this point she's probably working on building an army of her own! Not that I don't have faith in our Nobles but how does he plan to fight her?"

"Simple. Bit by bit he's chipping away at her wall. Finding weak points in it and attacking them viciously." Cosmo told her cryptically. "As for her army? Even if it wasn't true, if Amadeus found out he'd tear her to shreds.... verbally of course."

"You make it sound like he already has a force of his own..."

"Well it might help that... the whole conspiracy around her is lead by him." Cosmo boasted. "Remember the death of her repulsive Dragon? The assassins were from us."

The mare just stared at him in shock. "Surprised? Most usually are. I might even say that offing the dragon was the best thing that came out of that whole debacle." Cosmo told her. "It's only a pity that they never killed both of them."

"And the canary finally sings!" The voice called out once more. This time the mare was prepared for it and ducked right before the shadow hit her, sadly same could not be said for Lord Cosmo, who was immediately socked in the face and sent flying into the cave wall.

Cosmo tried standing up but he felt very weak and looked to his side and saw that a crystal had stabbed him in his side. "Y-you bastard.... you.... gah." Cosmo got out. He was NOT going to die bleeding out to this.... sparkleheaded bastard.

“Are you ok?! Can you stand?!”

"Y-yeah..." Cosmo said as he tried to get up only to be hit right in the wound. He tried again but got the same result... and saw that the blows came from the mare.

"Good... because I want a shot at you myself!" She smirked deviously before slamming her hoof into his face again. "You have no idea how much I wanted to do that!" She said as the Pegasus landed next to her.

"But... but you HATE Twilight!" Cosmo shouted as the mare nailed him in the gut. She turned to the stallion who handed her a wash rag and a mask. "W-what is going on here?!"

"Awww, is the poor Pegasus confused?" The mare chuckled mockingly. "Well then here, let me spell it out for you."

Before Lord Cosmo could ask what she meant, the mare immediately pulled off her mane, revealing it to be a wig along with a fake horn, letting her long mane flow freely.

"So tell me, who's the idiot now?" The mare asked, taking pleasure in seeing the corrupt Noble's horrified expression.

"Y-you... you can't do this!" Cosmo stammered. "Y-you're a pegasus! W-we stick together! We don't need the Unicorns or Earth scum!"

"Ah, how quickly that bravado goes out the window when you're flat on your ass… it's kind of sad actually." She sighed, shaking her head. She then immediately slammed her hoof into the wound once more, earning another scream of agony from him. "You see, that's where you're wrong. All ponies stick together to make Equestria a better place, we depend on one another to survive, and we DON'T murder innocent children when we don't get what we want!" She snapped, kicking the Pegasus close to the edge of the bridge.

The Pegasus stallion snorted and her a mask, which put on as she approached the struggling Noble, the last thing he was gonna see were her two eyes staring into him with nothing but pure hatred. "P-please... m-m-mercy..." Cosmo begged as the mare leaned down and brought a sharp crystal to his throat.

"Oh sure, I'll give you mercy… the same amount of mercy you gave Spike!" She shouted before jamming the crystal into his throat, leaving him to fall over the edge.

If the fall didn't kill him, choking on his own blood certainly would.

The stallion turned to her. "We need to head back. Things will look suspicious if we don't."

"Yeah, yeah, I know..." She said as she pulled off her vest, spreading her wings and stretching them a few times. "Let's get going…"

The two then began flying towards the exit, which was literally just a short distance away and then left for Canterlot castle.

[Five Days Earlier]

Rainbow glared at her opponent. Yes she had gotten better, yes she is more brutal when it came to fighting.... that still didn't help her as her opponent was a former member of the Royal Guard. She narrowly dodged a punch that was thrown at her only to feel her hooves get sweeped out from under her by her sparring partner. She landed with a grunt and a small groan. "Oh.... that sucked.... hard."

Her opponent landed next to her with a look of disappointment on his face. "You really need to stop rushing in headfirst like that." Flash stated as he helped her up. "I was able to pinpoint at least five openings in your stance, and need to be able to read your opponent's movements in order to react properly."

"Yeah, yeah. I'm not practicing for a dance recital Flash." Rainbow growled but then smirked. "Been awhile since I saw someone match my speed though."

"Maybe you haven't fought for very long against a Guard. I was moving at my normal speed." Flash told her. "You were just throwing haymakers all over the place."

"Seriously?!" Rainbow signed in irritation. "Just great... how am I supposed to help Twilight if I can't keep up?!" The Pegasus groaned.

"Try and NOT get frustrated for one thing." Flash said as he took another stance. "Don't leave yourself open. This isn't supposed to be fun but it's not supposed to be a brawl to the death either."

The cyan Pegasus stretched her wings for a moment before flying to the opposite end of the ring. "Alright, let's go again!" She shouted, taking her stance.

"Quite the diligent ones, aren't you?" A disembodied voice called out.

Rainbow instantly froze as she tried to pinpoint the spot where the voice came from. "Alright.... whoever did that..... you better have a DAMN good reason for interrupting us." Rainbow said as she looked at Flash and nodded to her right. Flash nodded and quietly started to sneak around.

"No need to search for me..." The voice continued. Suddenly there was a puff of smoke in the middle of the ring, revealing a cloaked pony. "...for I can simply come to you."

Both Pegasi turned around and quickly took flight, ready to attack if the pony was a threat. "And who the hay are you?!" Flash snapped.

"Remain calm. I am a friend and messenger." The pony said calmly.

"Yeah? For who?" Rainbow snorted as she glared at the cloaked pony.

"Another friend of course." The pony said plainly. "We seek to help Twilight Sparkle end Equestria's First, but she cannot do much in the Court Room. However.... if key members were removed then they will be able to hurt the group more."

"....We’re listening..." Rainbow said as she and Flash relaxed.

"It's simple, we cannot actively oppose them, as they are too politically powerful and influential. However, should they be taken out discreetly, not only will the council slowly lose power, but Princess Twilight would be able push for her reforms with less difficulty..." The pony explained.

"Rainbow.... I know you want to jump in on this but we need to be careful." Flash said while glaring at the pony. "We want proof that you're on our side. Do you have anything that can prove it aside from just your word?"

The pony at first said nothing and simply reached under its cloak, Rainbow and Flash tensed, expecting some sort of weapon, but instead the pony pulled out a small box. "I believe this should eliminate any doubts that I'm on your side." The stated calmly as it opened the box, a small glow emitted from within.

The two Pegasi gawked at the box's contents before turning their attention back to the cloaked pony. "I-is that...?"

The pony then closed the box. "It is... now can I assume you'll be willing to help us?"

".... where do we start?" Flash asked. "Oh and one other thing.... we want Twilight to know what is going on and what we are doing."

"Yeah. What the big idiot over here said." Rainbow said with a quick smirk. Flash just rolled his eyes.

"You underestimate our intent, we fully intend to alert Princess Twilight of our involvement, my master is even meeting with her as we speak." The pony stated as it tucked away the box.

"Alright... when do we start then?" Rainbow asked the pony. "I don't suppose you wouldn't just come here without a reason for something like this?"

The pony simply pulled out a file and gave it to Flash. "I will meet you in Canterlot with more details, but for now, here is the rendezvous point." It explained cautiously, however before the two of them could retort, the pony dropped a small ball which exploded into a cloud of smoke that engulfed the entire room.

"A Pegasus noble..." Flash said as he read the file. "Lord Cosmo, second eldest son of the Starwing family. He's a member of the Night Court... and has been very firm in his belief that Twilight is nothing but the future tyrant of Equestria.” He he finished with a scowl, remembering some of the meetings he had attended where the stuck-up Nobelpony had done everything in his power to verbally tear down his lover.

"Wait.... the Starwing family? I feel like I've heard that name before." Rainbow said while scratching her head. "Seriously.... it's on the tip of my tongue but I can't say it."

"Well they were originally from Cloudsdale..." Flash said as he closed the file. "They moved to Canterlot over fifteen years ago after their oldest son died in an honor duel."

"Let me guess.... the older son was an asshole to?" Rainbow asked Flash. "It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case.... guess it doesn't really matter right now..... how are we gonna look when we kill him?"

"...we're gonna be wearing full black bodysuits, what else?" Flash said bluntly.

"Uh huh.... and NOT show him why not to screw with royalty? Nah we're going fancy for this shit." Rainbow retorted.

"Fancy how?" Flash asked, though he dreaded the answer considering Rainbow had a very eager look on her face.

Flash's eye twitched in irritation. "You do realize that this mission is going to require stealth, right? Also, I seriously doubt that our employer is going to take us seriously if we show up looking like we just walked out of a Power Ponies comic."

"Saying that like it's a bad thing?" Rainbow asked curiously. Flash considered yelling at her... but then slowly realized part of the problem.... she didn't fully realize how serious the situation was. That they were about to end someone's life and it might be her that ends it. He needed that to get through to her.

"Rainbow Dash..." Flash began, his tone more serious than ever. "This isn't like one of those journeys you went on with your friends, we are being tasked with ending someone's life. We can't afford to be sloppy with something as important as this, if we fail, that bastard will link us back to Twilight, that's something I can't-no-WON'T let happen!"

"......" Rainbow was just stunned at this..... and realized that yeah.... he's right. This isn't just a fun trip just to scare someone. This was nothing different from what happened with Spike..... and look what happened to his innocence..... they murdered him...... they took him away....... and nopony was making them pay. "..... I'm sorry Flash.... I guess I was just trying to calm myself more then anything."

"We all have our ways of coping Rainbow..." Flash as he placed the file on the floor before tapping the center with his hoof. "...but we need to keep a level head in situations like this."

The center of the folder glowed as a familiar symbol appeared on it, suddenly the folder went up in orange flames, much to Rainbow's shock. The folder continued to burn until there weren't even ashes left.

"I uh.... take it that was just in case anyone took that and sympathized with Equestria First?" Rainbow asked Flash who just nodded. "Well they're smart I'll give them that..... so you were saying full black body suits huh?"

“We can discuss this further later, according to the file we have at least five days to prepare…” He said before making his way to the opposite side of the ring. “Now then, let's pick up where we left off, shall we?”

[Present Day]

The two pegasi exited the cave, both of them wearing a black bodysuits covering everything excluding their wings, light metallic armor covering their hooves, chests and wings, a mask shaped like an equines head, minus the ears, and finally a black hood covering up the top part of their heads.

"Well that was easy enough..." Flash mumbled.

"Guy pussed out like a bitch." Rainbow retorted. "Seriously he was such a fucking sore loser."

“I see your mission was a success…” A familiar voice called out, the two looked up to see the same cloaked pony standing on a nearby cliff looming over the entrance. "Well... what did he tell you?"

"Apparently Amadeus Blueblood is behind the entire conspiracy centered around Princess Twilight..." Flash explained.

"Really now?” The pony mused. “The master will be very pleased with this information… and what did you do with that moron Cosmo?" It asked, turning its attention to Rainbow Dash.

"Slit his throat and threw him down a hole." She proudly proclaimed. "Don't worry though, we made sure to collapse the exit. No one's going to find his body."

"Impressive.... you two have done something great today. I hope you realize this." The pony said. "If you wish for some payment then it will be done.... but now that we will contact you again for as many targets that will come."

The two watched as the pony threw down another smoke bomb and vanished. Rainbow and Flash then gazed up at the night sky, more specifically the green star that stood out among all the others. "Huh...... you know I bet there's a sci-ency answer but I always wondered.... what is with the green star?" Rainbow asked Flash. "I mean now that I asked it's gonna bug me for a while. You can't just ask that and not want to know."

“Oddly enough, that star appeared right after Spikes funeral…” Flash stated as they proceeded to trot through the forest. “From what Twilight told me, it's rumored that when a Dragon passes on if they were pure of heart they take their place in the stars…”

"....well then I hope his star shines the brightest." Rainbow said with a tear in her eye as she took her mask off. "You deserve it little buddy."

"Rest in peace, young hero..." Flash said as he spread his wings and took to the sky. "Let's get back to the Empire..."

"Right behind ya." Rainbow said as she put her mask back on and took off after him.

Up above them in the night sky, the Green Star shined just a little brighter...