Alexander White Coat

Over in the Nordic regions of equestria, the house of the white coats was bustling with activity, the two masters of the house hold, Mr. and Mrs. White Coat, their son was leaving for Canterlot.

"Alex! Wake up you'll miss your train!" Alexander's mother yelled as he lay asleep in his bed. Alexander woke up and set to his things. He had planned for this all his life and he finally was going to make it. He had packed the night before but had left out the clothes he was going to wear out on a chair in the corner of his room. He picked up his nice coat and looked back, he thought of all the memories he had in this room, he grew up here, his mother chased him around here as a foal, he fell head over hooves as a baby in here and then got up and started laughing. Alexander was going to miss this place, but he promised to visit, and he kept his promises.

"Mother? Where are you" Alexander inquired, moving out of his room.

"In here love, come, eat before you go, I made your favorite, you loved it since you were a baby" Alexander's mother replied from the kitchen, starting to wipe her eyes of the tears that were rolling from her eyes.

"Oh mother, you promised you wouldn't do this" Alexander said, embracing his mother comfortingly.

"I know, you promise to visit three times a year!" She replied, wiping her eyes a final time.

"Yes mother" Alexander said, sitting down in his chair and starting to eat, it was an old Nordic recipe for potato pancakes. Alexander reveled in the taste of it, until his bitter disappointment as it slowly withered away into his stomach.

"You promise to send me these?" Alexander asked jokingly of his mother as he stood up, wiping his mouth.

"Ha ha! Yes I do" She replied. Alexander moved towards the door and put on his hat, a trim; black, wide rimmed fedora, and started to open the door. His father came down the staircase.

"You're not going to leave without giving your old man a hug right?" Alexander's father inquired jokingly as he came down the stair case.

"ha ha, of course not father" Alexander replied, moving towards his father and wrapping him in a warm embrace.

"Make us proud Alex, Make us proud" He said, letting go of his son. Alexander's freedom was short lived as his mother came and gave him a parting hug as well.

"Remember! Three times a year!" She said, pointing her hoof at his face as he left her embrace.

"Yes mother!" he replied, and with that he left the house and made his way to the nearby train station. Before he got on he dropped by his local sweet shop and said goodbye to his good friend, Peter, who ran the candy shop. Alexander was given a bag of sweets to last him the train ride, which he thanked Peter for profusely. From there he went right to the ticket booth, but before he could get in line an old mare whom he had helped out of some hard times came up to him.

"You're leaving eh?" she asked.

"Yes, Ma'm" he replied.

"You're one of the best and hardworking unicorns I've met, don't let those prim and proper ponies down in Canterlot take away that spirit" Said the old lady, waving as she left.

"Thank you!" he yelled as she left, but she disappeared behind a hay cart that went by. Alexander shrugged and Moved back to the ticket booth line, which was ungodly long. Soon it was Alexander's turn

"Yes, how can I help you?" asked the pony sitting behind the window.

"Yes, one ticket to Canterlot" Alexander replied.

"Ok, that'll be 50 bits" said the pony behind the window. Alexander opened his purse which contained a total of 120 bits, every single one worked for, he took out 50 and emptied them on the counter.

"Thank you! Enjoy your time!" said the pony behind the window, taking in the bits and putting them in a register.

"I will" Alexander replied as he moved past the gate and sat waiting for his train. He sat down by a sign advertising the candy store he had just come from, he chuckled at the irony. Within 20 minutes a large train pulled into the station, its large doors opened and ponies poured out, Alexander stood up and moved over towards the train. He entered and had the conductor stamp his ticket, and entered the train. He sat down in the cabin his ticket specified and looked around, it was a luxury train, with a bed, a bathroom and a full functioning tub in the cabin, Alexander stared in disbelief. He had lived his life working for a living, now he was living for a sliver of it, in the place of the rich. Alexander put his bags down in the closet and sat down in the bed, unsure of what his future was.

Another pony entered the room, a large red masculine pony, which seemed all too familiar with hard work.

"How can I help you?" Alexander asked, looking confusedly at the pony invading his room.

"Umm, mah…mah name is Big Macintosh…this…this is cabin umm…5 right" He replied stuttering and fumbling around with his ticket.

"Yes it is, you're not good at talking to new ponies are you?" Alexander replied jokingly trying to make Big Macintosh a little less nervous.

"Eenope" Big Macintosh replied.

"Well, you have no reason to fear me, I'm just on my way to Canterlot, same as you" Alexander replied, trying to lighten the air.

"Actually, I'm on my way back, I live in Ponyville, tain't far from Canterlot" Big Macintosh replied, loosening up a bit.

"Ah, then maybe you can help me, I'm from Skyhilm, the small town we just came from. I'm moving to Canterlot, you think you might be able to help me settle in?" Alexander asked joyously.

"A course, if you help me a bit" Big Macintosh replied.

"How can I help you?" Morgan asked, silently laughing inside his head at the fact he had asked the same question before.

"Take a look at mah ticket, can ya'll tell if this is mah cabin?" Big Macintosh asked, handing Alexander his ticket.

"Ok….it says here you're in cabin 7, it looks like a 5 because of that little smudge there" Alexander replied handing Big Macintosh his ticket back.

"Thanks! Say, I didn't quite catch your name sir, I told you mine, what's yours?" Big Macintosh asked, taking his ticket from Alexander's hooves.

"Alexander White Coat, at your service!" Alexander replied jovially, shaking Big Macintosh's hand.

"Well, mighty nice to meet ya Alex! Always good to make new friends!" Big Macintosh replied laughing

"Indeed, thank you for agreeing to help me" Alexander said laughing along as well.

"No Problem Alex!" Big Macintosh replied, leaving the cabin.
Alexander sat down in a chair in the corner of the room, he planted his hooves on his knees, but halfway down they brushed something. He took a look, and saw a package; a name tag was attached to the side which read "From Mom and Dad- to Alexander". Alexander picked up the package and took a look; a card lay taped to the side. He took it off and read it. All that was written was "remember that walking stick you wanted?" Alexander put the card down and started to unwrap the package. Inside he found a walking stick, topped with a spherical fire ruby. Alexander was ecstatic; he stood up and held it out, did a few laps around the room with it, and then started writing a thank you letter home which he promptly sent.
He then put his walking stick by the door, and lay in bed, closing his eyes, he dreamt of what he would do once at his destination.

"Arriving in Canterlot station, arriving in Canterlot station" said a crackly, electronic voice over the intercom; Alexander awoke quickly, got his bags and walking stick, and left for the station. Alexander entered a sea of discord. Alexander laughed at the irony of how crazy it was, and the fact discord was sitting in the Canterlot statue garden. Soon he made his way out to the entrance of the station, after his ID and ticket being checked. Alexander walked outside, and stood astounded at the immense size of the city. Alexander blinked a couple times, trying to take it all in, he decided to go to the first place that came to mind, the job he had been offered.
Alexander moved out of the train station, and got a full view of the castle which he promptly made his way towards. He entered the lobby of the castle and stopped to see the secretary.

"Name?" Asked the seemingly put off mare.

"Alexander White Coat" He replied.

"Country of origin, and town" She said again, apparently tired of asking these questions of everypony who entered the castle for an interview.

"I'm from Harmany, Town name is Skyhilm" Alexander replied.

"Thank you, down the hall, last door to the left, room 15" Said the secretary demurely.

"Thank you!" Alexander replied cheerfully, then walking down the hall. He moved past each door, his ears sensing nothing going on behind any of them. He soon arrived at his door, he knocked and soon the door was opened, a large black equestrian guardsman opened the door.

"Come in" He said sternly, yet friendly. Alexander obeyed, entering the room. He was seated at the opposite side of a desk. Alexander sat, contemplating what was going to happen.

"It says here, you're from Skyhilm, a small town in….Harmany" Said the Black stallion, sitting across from Alexander.

"Yes, that is correct" Alexander replied, calmly.

"And…according to your file….you're applying as a….Guard?" Replied the black stallion, raising his eyebrow in anticipation.

"Yes, that is correct" Alexander replied, nodding his head in confirmation.

"Well, what makes you think you, are fit for this job?" Asked the black stallion, eyeing Alexander, analyzing him.

"All my life, I've lived in my home town, I've helped people, I've worked hard, and I believe all the qualities that I've come across along the way, would help me in protecting ponies" Alexander replied readily, he had prepared for this question, he was going to make damn sure the answer was good. Apparently it was.

"Well, Mr. White Coat, Welcome to the Equestrian Guard" Replied the black pony, standing up and shaking Alexander's hoof.

"Wait-wha-wha- th-th-thank you!" Morgan replied stuttering, then shaking the black ponies hoof profusely.

"Ha ha ha, you're welcome ha ha!" replied the black pony, extremely contrary to what he had been while interviewing.

"By the way, my name is Liam. Come on, let's go get you your armor and things" Said the black pony, gesturing for Alexander to follow him. Alexander obeyed and followed Liam; a door in the back of the room was opened. Alexander and Liam walked out.

"These are the barracks, this is where you'll get issued your armor, and weaponry" Liam said, walking out into the barracks.

"Over there, is the living chambers, for ponies who don't have homes here yet, bunch of bums if you ask me, all you have to do is apply for a home and make the payments, easy on a guards salary" Liam said pointing down a hall.

"Where should I go to get a house?" Alexander asked.

"Just go back to the lobby of the castle, go to housing, they'll get you fixed up. The first thing you have to do though is go and get your armor, any weaponry you want you can request. Go see Joshua ice born , in the barracks, he'll get you straightened out" Liam replied

"Thanks Liam" Morgan replied, moving over to the barracks. He made his way towards a door, above it a sign was hanging, proclaiming the door it hung over, to be an armory. Alexander entered; he was greeted by a large room, full of metal bars, and a forge in the middle. To the side, stood large racks of armor, weapons on the opposite side.

"Can I help you?" asked a large blue colored pony, arising from behind the forge.

"Yes, I'm new and I need to have my armor issued" Alexander replied, the large blue pony walked over to the side of the room with the armor.

"Your name is Joshua Ice Born correct?" Alexander asked as he watched the pony browse through the armor.

"Yes, that is my name. Heavy or light armor?" He replied looking over his shoulder to see Alexander. Before Alexander replied, Joshua took a armor set off of the racks.

"You're a heavy armor pony, I can tell" He said, placing the armor in front of him. Alexander, trusting his judgment, took the armor and thanked him for it.

"Now, we have to get you a weapon, you have any ideas?" Asked Joshua as Alexander took the armor into his hooves. Alexander thought on this, then his eyes went wide and he started rummaging though some papers in his sack. He pulled out a small paper with a sketch on it, he handed it to Joshua. Joshua looked at the paper and smiled.

"It's been a while since someone decided to give me a real challenge ha ha ha! I like you kid!" He replied laughing and setting to work. Alexander chuckled as well, he had thought of that design on the way here, while sitting in the train. It was a kind of scythe, which folded at the end in four directions, forward, to both sides, and completely backwards. Such a craft would certainly do well in fighting.

"You don't have to stand there ha ha! This is going to take me while, you should go get yourself situated in town, get to know people or something, your design will take time" Joshua said looking at Alexander.

"Oh! Ok, I guess I'll go get myself set." Alexander replied, he then left the armory and set on his way out to the lobby of the castle once more. He soon arrived in the hall he had been in so recently, it seemed as if it was a distant dream, yet close to his memory. Alexander walked over to the desk titled "Housing".

"Yes, how can I be of service?" asked the secretary, somewhat more cheerful than the previous one.

"I was looking to get a house in town, are there any open?" Alexander replied.

"…Let me take a look…….I'm sorry, there are none here in Canterlot, although the town of Ponyville has some openings, they're not far at all!" the secretary said looking through her books.

"That will be fine, what options are there?" Alexander said, now intrigued at the thought of this new town.

"Well, there is a large house in close proximity to the towns markets, or a smaller house not too close to the markets. Take your pick" Replied the secretary reading directly from her book the separate estates.

"I'll take the house by the markets, seems good to me!" Alexander replied excitedly.

"Good, here you are, your key sir" said the secretary, handing Alexander a house key.

"Thank you!" Alexander replied excitedly. He left the castle singing to himself. Alexander walked outside to the bustle of the city, and walked along the road, he soon came to a road that had a sign reading "Ponyville, 1 mile" pointing down the road. He walked down the road singing merrily to himself.

"On the road goes on and on
Down from the door where it began
And wither then? I cannot say."

He soon arrived at his destination, Ponyville appeared before him. He walked into the town square where there was bustling activity; ponies were talking, selling, and walking all around. He looked around for the address on the piece of paper he had been given. He walked down a street named sugar cube corner, on the corner of which a bakery stood. He walked down and saw a large house with the correct number.

"108 sugar cube corner, here it is!" Alexander exclaimed walking towards the house. HE soon was greeted by a pink pony with bushy hot pink hair that seemed to appear out of thin air.

"HI! I'm PINKY PIE!" she yelled, jumping in front of him.

"…Hello? Ah ha ha ha!" Alexander replied laughing.

"What's your name? You're new right? Where'd ya come from? Huh huh huh?" Pinky pie said battering him with questions.

"My name is Alexander White Coat, yes I am new here, and I'm form Harmany, How about I ask you the same ha ha ha?!" Alexander replied laughing even harder.

"Well, I told you my name's Pinky Pie silly! I'm not new; I've been here for a while! I'm from a small town far away, but I live here now!" Pinky Pie replied happily jumping up and down. Alexander chuckled, for some reason this pony made him laugh.

"Very nice to meet you!" Alexander said.

"Do you live here?" Pinky Pie asked, pointing to the house in back of her.

"Yes I do!" Alexander replied happily.

"Wait….THEN THAT MEANS WE'RE NEIGHBORS!!!! YAY!" Pinky Pie said jumping up and down even higher now. Her eyes then went wide, and she ran at full speed away. Alexander blinked his eyes confusedly, then laughed hardily and slapped his knee. He then walked towards his house, laughing the whole way. Unlocking it, he entered it and put his bags down, then sitting down on them and looking around.

"Time to get to work" He said, standing up and emptying his bag. 'Good thing I learned that shrink spell' Alexander thought chuckling. He emptied his bags, putting what looked to be miniature table sets, chairs, a bed, and all sorts of furniture. He then started to put them all around the house. After his bag was emptied he sat down and closed his eyes, his horn started to glow and a blue light jumped from his horn and started touching all the mini furniture. All of it started to grow, and fill the spaces in which they were put. After it was all done, Alexander sat in a large chair; he closed his eyes, focusing his magical energy back to its full point. After he was done meditating he stood back up, a knock came at the door. He answered and was greeted by a grey pony with her eyes going two different ways.

"Delivery!" She said handing him a letter.

"Thank you!" Alexander replied, the pony who delivered it set off. Alexander opened the letter and looked. 'Your weapon's ready, come pick it up and you'll get your first assignment, Joshua Ice Born' was what the letter read. Alexander put it in his pocket and left for the barracks again. He made his way along the road and soon arrived. He entered the barracks and went to see Joshua, he entered the room and saw him hard at work on something else.

"There you are! Here, your weapon is over there, bloody pain that was to make but it's good now, you've got a good eye for weapon making, drop by if you want anything else" Joshua said, pointing towards the corner of the room in which Alexander's weapon was hanging. Alexander went to pick it up and looked it over; he exercised the head to see that it swiveled correctly, locked it in place, and smiled from ear to ear.

"Thank you very much for this Joshua, you said I have an assignment, what's there for me to do?" Alexander replied, putting his scythe over his back.

"You'll be set up by our coordinator, Daniel, he'll get you squared away" Joshua replied.

"Thanks" Alexander replied, then leaving the weapon's room. He went over to an office door, which read 'coordinator', and entered.

"Hello, my name is Alexander White Coat, I'm somewhat new. Joshua Ice Born said I'm to come and see you for my assignment" Alexander said as he entered the room.

"Ah yes, well, my name is Daniel, you are being assigned to the…….what the…. It says here you are being assigned to the princesses but, and I mean no offence, but you're just starting. Well, it's on the roster, so you'll have to go. Good luck" Said Daniel as he looked through papers on his desk.

"Wha-wha-what?! You mean I-I'm being assigned to the princesses, THE PRINCESSES OF
EQUESTRIA!" Alexander replied franticly.

"Yes, sorry mate, just the way it is, now head out! You're supposed to head to the castle" Daniel replied, trying to calm him down.

"Alright…..well, here goes my best" Alexander said leaving the office. He headed out towards the courtyard of the barracks and made his way towards the castle. He soon arrived and moved towards the doors of the castle, another guard greeted him.

"You're here for the princesses?" He asked.

"Yes, I am" Alexander replied.

"Alright, try not to break anything" said the guard, mumbling under his breath about the lowering of standards. Alexander walked inside, it was completely empty, 'must be something going on' Alexander thought to himself.

"Ah, there you are, up here please" Said a voice from somewhere upwards. Alexander looked up and saw Princess Celestia, looking down at him from the upper floors.

"Of course Princess, Coming Princess" Alexander replied rigidly, then moving up the stairs to meet the princess. He soon met her at eye level, he had never beheld such beauty, but for some reason he sensed a certain fear of her.

"Alexander White Coat at your service your majesty" Alexander said, bowing to the princess.

"Charmed, thank you, please, come, there is much to be done" Princess celestia replied, beckoning him along.

"My sister and I are going to social events today, so you'll be mostly decoration, as you guards usually are. It's nothing against you personally, no one really wants to hurt me or my sister, so there hasn't been a need for you since the 4 weeks war, you're mostly for decoration now, as I said" Said the princess as she and Alexander walked along.

"I understand, but still, it's better to keep you safe then leave you be my princess" Alexander replied.

"True, true" Said the princess as she opened the door to her chambers.

"You may stay here outside the door while I get ready for the first event we are having" Said the princess as she closed the door behind her. Alexander posted himself next to the door and waited. While he stood there another door, not too far down the hall opened, and Princess Luna stepped out. She stepped towards the door he was standing by, apparently looking for her sister.

"Is she here? My sister is she here?" Asked Princess Luna looking profusely at Alexander.

"Yes she is princess, she is getting ready for whatever social event that you both are going too" Alexander replied.

"Alright..." Princess Luna replied, looking Alexander over.

"I'm ready, let us be off! Ah, I see you've met my sister, well we need to go" Princess Celestia said, now coming out of her room.

"Yes princess" Said Alexander, moving down the hall, they soon arrived at a carriage and the tow princesses climbed on. Alexander entered a separate carriage which was to stay close to the princesses' carriage. He entered his and they set off. Their arrival was quick and Alexander
left his carriage and met the princesses again by the door of a very large illustrious building.

"You will stay by us through the entire event, so just stay by us and you'll be fine" Said Luna.

"Of course" Alexander replied. They entered and trumpets sounded.

"The princesses of Equestria" said an announcer as the princesses entered. They moved down the aisle, shaking hands and making small conversations with various ponies from across the continent, speaking in the language of each one perfectly without accent. Alexander simply walked along, seen but unseen. Soon he got suspicious of a certain pony moving towards the princesses, he was a large black pony, with a large scar going across his side. Soon a dagger appeared in his hoof and Alexander moved instinctively, moving in a fluid motion and misdirecting the knife's intended path backward and barring the pony holding it in an inescapable hold.

"you are under arrest in the name of the kingdom of Equestria!" Alexander said. The pony being held struggled, trying to free himself.

"We will never stop fighting, Equestria will be ruled fairly again!" He yelled, struggling more and more. Alexander grew tired of holding him and soon landed a blow on his neck knocking him out. He let him fall to the ground and took the knife from his hoof. All eyes in the room were on him, and the pony on the ground.

"So, they aimed to make good on their claim" Said princess celestia, looking down at the pony now lying on the ground. Many ponies were very confused, and scared, they wanted answers, and were not very happy with the princess's cryptic statement.

"Some time ago, I received a threat, someone was challenging my rule, at first i took no notice, but soon he gathered followers, now he has many assets and a lot of power in equestria, he sent me a note, condemning me and promising to take my life, he wanted to make good on that statement today." Said Princess Celestia, she then turned to Alexander.

"You are very talented, I know that pony, he is one of the most talented assassins in equestria, and you beat him, the Equestrian guard is lucky to have you, and I think, I might be as well." She said, looking at Alexander, analyzing him.

"What do you mean?" Alexander replied confusedly.

"Would you like to join my own elite squad of personal guards? It is a great honor and you would be a great addition" said Princess Celestia.

"Of Course, I would be glad to serve you" Alexander replied calmly.

"But I think it best we went back to the castle, it is not safe here" Alexander Continued.

"Yes, that is a good idea, come sister" Princess Celestia replied. They left the Building, entering their carriage, Alexander entered his but ordered that a squadron of guards be deployed to this location, with that they left. They soon arrived back home, the captain of the guard was standing at the door of the castle, pacing back and forth. They touched the ground and he was soon upon them, asking question after question.

"Captain, an attempt was made on my life yes, but please calm down!" Princess Celestia said, raising her hoof. The Captain was silenced, Alexander chuckled to himself how fast he stopped talking.

"Princess, is this the guard who accompanied you?" Asked the captain, pointing towards Alexander.

"Yes, he is very talented, he took Slink down in a matter of seconds, you are lucky to have him as a guard, but I'm afraid he is not saying there, I will be taking him" Princess Celestia replied.

"Understood madam, I will send some guards to assess the site" said the captain.

"Already taken care of" Alexander Said. The captain blinked a few times, but soon started to chuckle.

"Well, you think of damn near everything, I'm glad you decided to serve with us" the captain
replied

"Glad to serve" Alexander said. The captain left and made his way to the barracks. He entered them and Alexander was left with the princesses.

"You can still go to the barracks for armor and weapons, but you will take up residence in the castle now, in my own personal barracks" Princess Celestia said, now breaking the silence.

"Alright, that will be good, is there anything I will need?" Alexander replied.

"You will be issued your uniform, and some extra weapons unique to my elite squad, but you will have new armor, so you can just hold onto yours" Princess Celestia said.

"Come, let us go, you can meet the others" She continued, then moving into the castle and beckoning Alexander to follow her, Princess Luna had gone back to her chambers. Alexander followed Princess Celestia down a large staircase which seemed to spiral down into the very core of the ground. Soon a large room materialized, illuminated by torchlight. Alexander felt a sudden disturbance of the air above him, he instinctively, in a fluid motion, turned the dropping thing around and pushed it to the ground.

"Ha ha ha! My, you surely have picked a good one Celestia, a good one indeed" Said the figure, now getting up. Alexander was confused; the figure in front of him looked like discord.

"Surely you can't be…" But before Alexander could finish his sentence he was interrupted.

"Yes, I am, though not at all as I used to be, no, my name is Variety now! I've realized how harmful chaos is, but I still do like disorder, Variety is the spice of life they say, correct?" Replied the figure, now known to Alexander as Variety.

"True, so you're on her elite squad of guards?" Alexander replied, a little less confused now but still unsure all together.

"Guards? Is that what she told you? Ba ha ha ha! I'm sorry, but the princess has told that story too many times, we are her royal assassins" Variety replied.

"Hm, well either way I don't really care, whether deliberately taking life for the princesses, or protecting her, I'll do it either way, but I'm sure this is much more fun" Alexander replied chuckling.

"That's the spirit! Say, what's your name newcomer?" Variety said, slapping Alexander on the back.

"Alexander White Coat, From Skyhilm, Harmany" Alexander replied proudly.

"Ah! Harmany, went there myself once, took out a rogue parliament member. That was years ago though. Skyhilm you say? Never went there, must be pretty boring considering you left" Variety said.

"Not at all! I got a job offer here, and I had no luck there really, so I came here, and here I am!" Alexander replied.

"Well, welcome to The Brotherhood my friend, I'm the only one here right now, but the others will be back soon. But for now, we must get you set, the armory is over there, in it you will get your uniform, and your weapon. I see you have one already, a scythe? Nice, does it do anything note worthy?" Variety said, pointing to the scythe on Alexander's back.

"It does indeed!" Alexander said, taking it off of his back. He cracked back the swiveling head, and took off a little bag from his side, he took a black powder and sprinkled some in a little chamber and put the swiveling scythe head back in its place. He then took another little bag and took out a small metal ball; he pushed it down the chamber and flipped the swivel head forward. He then held it long ways and pulled back the handle, a large bang was heard and a large jug on the other side of the room blew apart.

"How's that for noteworthy?" Alexander said, putting his scythe back on his back.

"Very good, very good!" Replied Variety, clapping his claw and hand together. Alexander then headed towards the room in which the uniforms were and looked around; they were large body covering robes, with a large hood meant to cover the face. He took one off of the wall and removed his armor, putting his two bags down on the floor; he then donned his new armor, and flipped his hood up, then putting his scythe back on his back. He exited the room with the uniforms and looked around, for whatever new weapon he was going to be given.

"Here you are, this contraption wraps around your right or left hoof, whichever hand you use least, and at will you will be able to flip out a blade from your hoof" Said Variety, handing him the small blade. Alexander wrapped it around his left hoof, because he was right hooved. He flipped out the blade and admired it as it stood strongly protruding from the white sleeve covering his hooves.

"Well, now that you've been all set up it's time for you to set out on your first assignment! Don't worry nothing too hard, just get in, kill, and get out. You're going home for a bit, a pony in Skyhilm is acting as a recruiter for the rebellion against me; you need to take him out." Princess Celestia said, moving towards Alexander.

"Who is it? And where will he be?" Alexander replied immediately.

"A pony named Chris; he will be in the market district of Skyhilm" Said the princess. Alexander nodded understandingly and made his way out of the castle.
He made his way from the castle back to the train station. He made his way, sneaking around the back and jumping on top of the train he had designated to be going to Skyhilm. Soon it started to move and he laid down onto the roof of the car, and sat there waiting. Soon he arrived and he jumped off before he could be spotted. Alexander ran to the more crowded parts of the town, and soon he started to walk around, seen but unseen, and soon he located his target. Time seemed to slow down; he moved towards him and tapped him on the shoulder.

"Yes?" He said, turning around.

"I'm interested, in the rebellion" Alexander said. The other pony nodded understandingly and beckoned Alexander to follow him; he was lead to a nearby bar. They did not stop for a drink, they headed down to the basement and the other pony felt across the wall. He then pushed in a brick and a door opened, Alexander was led down a hall and soon he was shown a large room full of rebels, fully armed. 'Ok, roughly 20 soldiers and the target, let's do this' Alexander thought to himself. He whipped his Scythe off of his back and slammed the blade into Chris; he slumped lifelessly to the ground. The others in the room reacted immediately, Alexander flipped his blade around slicing apart everypony around him. Soon only one remained, he stood in the corner of the room.

"Please, don't, I have 2 fillies, please" He said, holding his wounded hoof.

"Fine, go home, never go with the rebels again, GO!" Alexander said. The Pony got up and ran away; Alexander left the scene and went out of the bar. He decided to stop by his parent's house quickly; He located his house and moved towards it. He knocked on the door and his mother answered.

"Yes? How can I help you?" She said, looking up at him. Alexander removed his hood and looked at his mother. She embraced him strongly and laughed.

"Why did you have your hood up ha ha ha! Come in come in!" She said, inviting him inside. He
walked inside and she sat him down at the table.

"So what have you been doing since you left" She said, walking around while brewing some tea.

"I got the job, and better! I was promoted for an act I did while guarding the princesses" Alexander replied, as his mother sat a cup of tea in front of him.

"The princesses? Of Equestria?!" His mother replied gasping.

"Yes, by some sort of mistake, that was my first assignment! But it paid off that's for sure" He said. Alexander looked at the clock on the wall.

"Well, I must get going mother, it was nice to see you" Alexander said, finishing his tea and standing up. He embraced his mother and started towards the door. Closing the door behind him he started on his way back to the castle.

Some Time Later

Alexander made his way down the spiral staircase, going down to the chambers in which all the assassins resided. He opened the door and looked around inside, everyone's eyes looked towards him.

"Is this the one?" Said a purple pony with purple hair, a pink streak and a star like cutie mark.

"Yes, I think it is" Said another more orange type one with an apple cutie mark.

"What's his name?" Said the Pinky pony who had greeted Alexander at his house.

"I don't know, maybe we should ask?" Said another stark white pony with a jewel cutie mark.

"Well of course we should ask!" Said another Light blue pony, with rainbow colored mane and cutie mark

"I-I don't know, he-he looks pretty scary" Said a yellow pony in the far back, Alexander could make out a cutie mark of butterflies. Soon the orange pony stepped out and looked at Alexander.

"Mah name's Applejack, what's yours new comer?" She said, now scanning him over.

"Alexander White coat, hailing from Skyhilm, Harmany" Alexander replied, soon all of the ponies came out of the shadows. They all said their names in quick succession, Fluttershy, Pinky Pie, Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash. Alexander saw one of them admiring his weapon, Pinky pie looked it over. Alexander whipped it off his back and slammed the head down, so it was in its natural state. Pinky pie jumped back and started laughing.

"It's very nice!" She said, standing up.

"Thank you" Alexander replied, putting it back on his back. Alexander felt the air behind him start moving and turned around, but saw nothing. 'Someone is breathing' Alexander thought to himself. He moved up the stairs, until he reached the top step, still he saw no one. 'What is going on here' He said to himself. Moving outside of the castle, he looked around; it was night time and Alexander's favorite time of all. He walked around the gardens and soon sat down on a bench. 'Seems like a good time to start' Alexander said to himself. He pulled out an extremely small violin from his pocket, and cast the resizing spell on it. He was soon holding a full size violin in his hooves. He looked up at the moon and started playing.

In the glade and over the hill
In the bar and at the mill
One can look ne'er upon such beauty as the moon!
Whether old or young
Whether worn and tired or energized
One can look ne'er upon such beauty as the moon!

Alexander sat on his bench, playing and singing for quite some time.
Princess Luna heard his singing, but was not aware it was him until she looked down. She flew down behind him and simply watched in marvel, there was somepony else, who loved the moon as she did. Before she could stop herself, she started to sing along, but Alexander didn't stop he simply played to the end of his song. But he then turned around and looked at the princess. She looks at him in a mix of admiration and terror at what he was going to say.

"Ironic, I sit here and sing to the moon, and the Princess of the moon has come to visit me!" Alexander said laughing.

"You love the moon? Why?" Luna said, hesitantly

"I do, why? Because it's beautiful that's why, much like you" Alexander replied, Before Luna could reply to the comment he continued.

"Most people regard the day as beautiful, I don't think so. It has its perks yes, but the night is just so, so mysterious, so beautiful, so….ugh I just can't think of another word! Just beauty, pure beauty, and very accurately embodied within you" Alexander said. Luna blushed, it was the first time in a thousand years a colt had regarded her in such a manner.

"Why, th-thank you" She replied

"Not a problem" Alexander replied, he looked at Luna in a quizzical manner.

"Come, I wish to show you something" Luna said, standing up and beckoning Alexander to come along. Alexander followed her. Her horn started to glow and a portal was opened in front of her, she entered again beckoning Alexander to follow her. He walked through the portal and looked around, wherever he looked he saw white, it seemed to be the surface of the moon.

"Is this..." Alexander tried to utter the rest, but found himself unable.

"Yes, this is the moon, Beautiful isn't it?" Luna replied

"Yes, extremely" Alexander replied airily. Luna chuckled and moved towards him.

"I like to dance you know, do you know anything a pony can dance too?" Luna said, pointing to his violin. Not hesitating in the least he pulled it out and started playing. Princess Luna started to twirl around to the melody; she jumped from the moon and began to jump and dance among the stars. Alexander soon started to sing.

Is there a more beautiful mare?

Can you find her please?

Bring her hear and let her hear my soft melody.

She'll look upon the sweet night Princesses' face

And know she has her pride misplaced.

Luna listened to him sing, and danced her way back to the moon; he laid his violin down and looked, ecstatically at the princess. She looked at him as well. Both were locked for some time in one another's eyes but this ecstasy did not last long, a blinding light surrounded them and the last thing Alexander did was run and hold on to the princess, after that, black.
Alexander woke up, he seemed to be surrounded by rocks, wherever he was it was underground. He looked around profusely trying to scan the place for a way out, none was
found. Before he could look around more, a door on the other side of the room opened.

"Ah, I see you've woken up" Said Princess Celestia, coming towards him.

"Ye-yes, what happened?" Alexander replied, groggily getting to his feet.

"My sister fell in love, something she is forbidden from doing, and apparently the pony she loves is you. So now you are forbidden from seeing her again and must stay here" Princess Celestia replied, in an eerie matter of fact manner.

"You-you can't do this" Alexander replied.

"I can't? Watch me" Princess Celestia replied, leaving the chamber and closing the door behind her. Alexander sat down, despaired, angry, and rage building inside. 'No, she can't, I won't let it happen' Alexander thought to himself, his rage grew stronger with every passing second. 'She does not deserve to be treated this way, no, and it's time to change that' Alexander said to himself again. His rage approached the breaking point. 'Everything ends, here' Alexander finally said to himself. His eyes went white and his horn Glowed bright. Alexander shouted and everything around him was blown apart, a opening led outside, and held aloft by the pure magical energy of his rage he flew out. He made his way towards the castle 'it's time, for your reign to end' Alexander thought to himself. He approached the castle and flew through the wall, until he was in the exact middle. Alexander shouted again, but this time with much more power, vigor, and volume. The castle was blown apart sending pieces of it flying and tumbling to the ground.

"WHERE ARE YOU?" Alexander screamed, looking over the rubble of the castle. He looked profusely and soon located the princess among the rubble. He flew down and pulled her out, pulling her back up to the air. She was unconscious, but wouldn't be for long. He stopped in the air and held the princess out in front of him.

"WAKE UP!" Alexander yelled, the princess awoke with a shake. She looked at Alexander with a mix of surprise, and terror. She looked into his eyes, trying to use her powers to persuade him but she could do nothing all she saw was her death.

"YOU THINK, YOU CAN JUST TAKE FROM ME? YOUR REIGN, ENDS HERE!" Alexander yelled, Princess Celestia was slammed to the ground, with force enough to scatter the pieces of the castle around her, and revealing the ground. Alexander pulled his scythe from the rubble, having it levitate to his hand. He flew down to her, lying on the ground, helplessly.

"How does it feel, to have no power, and no one to save you?" Alexander asked, looking hard into her eyes.

"Please, I'm sorry, don't" She begged, gasping for breath.

"Oh, I would but, I see into your mind, you will live today but betray me tomorrow, no" Alexander said, he put his scythe underneath her back, and put his hooves securely around it.

"IT ENDS HERE!" Alexander Shouted, ripping the scythe through her body, he pulled upwards, letting the crimson drip down his blade. In Princess Celestia's last second of life, she felt nothing but fear. Alexander looked down, the crimson blood poured out of her, covering the dusty ground. He turned around, walked forwards and sliced through the ground with his scythe. Lifting her up with his still raging magical energy, he placed Princess Celestia's body into the makeshift tomb. She lay delicately upon the bottom of it; Alexander was surprised that something so delicate and graceful could be so evil. He put the ground back where it had been and the princess was no more.
Alexander turned around and moved towards the center of the castle again. He sat down and his eyes flashed bright, he was levitated into the air and the castle began to reconstruct itself around him. Once every piece of alabaster stone and marble had been put back, He floated back to the ground.

"Luna" He said to himself, starting to look for her profusely. His eyes flashed again and he looked into the deep bowels of the castle. There, sitting in a cell, was Princess Luna, imprisoned by Princess Celestia. Alexander made his way down to the dungeon, but halfway through he was led through the chambers of the assassins. As he moved through it, 7 figures dropped around him. Alexander moved his hoof back and took his scythe off of his back.

"I ended the life of your princess, I have no problem doing the same to you" Alexander said, holding his scythe in his hoof.

"Yes, you killed the princess, but how about you try us?" Said one of them, jumping from the shadows. Alexander pulled the scythe up, impaling them in mid jump. All of the others looked at him in fear; soon variety stepped from the shadows.

"You killed our last leader, that means by law we now owe our allegiance to you" He said, looking at Alexander, pleading for mercy.

"Fine, but be gone for now, I will call for you when I will" Alexander replied, sending them all scattering. Alexander moved farther down until he reached the cell she was in.

"yo-yo-you came" Luna said, standing up from the corner from which she had been sitting.

"Yes, of course" Alexander replied.

"And my sister, she's, dead?" Luna said questioningly.

"yes, she now lies buried underneath the castle" Alexander said.

"I suffered for years under her oppression, it-it-it's finally over?" Luna replied, moving towards the gate which held her inside.

"Yes, all over" Alexander said. He took his scythe and slammed it into the door, knocking it in and letting the princess out. She rushed out and embraced him, holding him she felt safer, and loved. Alexander's eyes glowed white a final time and his eyes returned to normal. Alexander moved his hoof across Luna's face, looking into her eyes.

"I love you" He said, simply, yet excitedly meaningful.

"I love you" Princess Luna replied, looking into his eyes as well.

Prologue

"Come on! Or we'll miss the ceremony!" Said Heartstrings, looking at her friend Bon Bon.

"Alright, alright!, let's go" She said, happily moving out from her house. They both made their way along the road to Canterlot, making small talk along the way.

"Princess Luna is getting married correct? To a colt by the name of Alexander White Coat?" asked Heartstrings.

"Yes, since the death of Princess Celestia the remaining princess must marry. Alexander White Coat is the groom, yes." Replied Bon Bon.

"Well, this should be fun! A nice celebration after Princess Celestia's death, something to take our minds off it." Heartstrings replied.

"Yes, especially after all her treachery had been discovered. Who knew that our princess could do such things!?" Bon Bon said

"I know, but still, it's over now. She's no longer and from what I understand Alexander is going to remove many of her policies and meet with representatives to them in the interest of everypony!" Heartstrings replied happily.

"Really? Well that's good! Finally, a reform with ponies in mind" Bon Bon said excitedly. They started to approach the royal city. The gates were opened and they entered into it. The entire city was abuzz; ponies were walking and talking everywhere, and all on one topic, the wedding. Trumpets sounded, signaling the start of the ceremony. Everypony looked to the balcony, overlooking the rest of the city. Alexander was standing there, overlooking everypony. He was in a very nice suit, obviously made by rarity. Princess Luna started walking up behind him, he turned around and smiled. The vows were said, and the pony presiding over the ceremony initiated that Alexander could kiss the bride. Their lips met and both held each other close. Soon the kiss was broken and they faced the entire city of Canterlot, they were all cheering. Luna looked over to Alexander, and kissed him once more.

"I love you" Alexander said, as the kiss was broken.

"I love you" Luna replied, and they faced the crowd once more.