"You See My Lady, I Am One Hell Of A Butler"

by SIlverBullet

Rating: teen
Tags: Random, Slice of Life, Alternate Universe, Main 6, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Comedy
Length: 15675

Celestia hires a butler for Twilight.

Twilight Sparkle has been a princess for some time now and Celestia thinks it is about time she had someone to care for her needs since she is too busy going places where the map knows where they are needed. So she hires one of the best butlers from an organisation called "True Valets", A butler company that only serves the best and is highly recommended among all who can afford it.

Published 2015-11-04 02:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2018-07-16 16:30:38 UTC

Chapter 1:One Heck... Of A Mess Up

Twilight painfully groaned as she laid face down on the pages of a book around a table in Canterlot castle. Celestia stood at the door looking worried for the poor mare in front of her. She has done so many things for the kingdom of Equestria, like defending it from the clutches of Tirek's hands that it leaves no time for any breaks. Celestia's hoofsteps grabbed Twilights attention, sitting back up straight acting like she was busy to her old mentor.

"I'm all right." Twilight playfully chuckled as she rested her elbow on the paper only to slip and bang her head making Celestia giggle.

"If you were fine I wouldn't have told you to come here in the first place Twilight." Celestia joyfully smiled towards the Alicorn sitting down seeing stars float around her.

Twilight chuckled as she rubbed her neck "You were always the one to never tell me directly about these things."

"That's because I know you'll make a huge thing about it."Twilight sighed on Celestia's words, coming to realise what she meant by them "I know the table has you and your friends working overtime, but all you need to do is ask for some help, Miss I-Can-Do-Everything."

"Yeah... I suppose your right, what my friends and I need is a break from the unusual requests the table gives us." Twilight sighed as she stared down towards her flank only for it to shine up indicating the table was informing her. Twilight groaned even louder before slamming her head onto the table in front of her a couple of times.

"Duty calls?" Celestia said as she stopped Twilight from doing any more harm to her body.

"I am sorry Princess Celestia, but you will have to excuse me," Twilight said before teleporting out the room with her magic. The white Alicorn looked at what Twilight was read only to see the pages were wet and soggy.

Celestia laughed a little as she said: "Oh Twilight, you work yourself too hard."

Twilight bursts through her bedroom doors, moving at a steady pace towards her bed. Spike opened one eye to look out the window from his bed; he watched as the moon was high in the sky knowing it was midnight.

Spike crankily groaned "Had fun?"

Twilight yawned as she crept into her bed facing away from Spike "The town of Appleloosa will rest easy as they don't have to worry about killer bees eating their apple crop..."

Spike raised an eyebrow as he rested on his elbow "You got stung?"

"...four times...in the plot."

Spike chuckled "Everyone knows you've been working your socks off lately, I'm sure everyone will let you take a vacation. Heck, even ask your friends to go as well."

"Not...'ow 'ike." Twilight's words were jumbled making Spike chuckle as he witnessed Twilight's awkward face.

"I hope Celestia keeps up on her promise." Spike turned around pulling the covers over him falling into a deep sleep.

The morning rises with sun giving its light to all of Equestria. Twilight yawned greatly with the stretching of her wings, As she stretched her limbs she smelt a sweet mixture aroma in the air around her room. She scratched her messy head moving the strands of hair back and forth. Spike was missing from his bed so maybe he made some breakfast for her she thought. She clambered out of bed trying to stand up right from the grogginess of waking up. Managing to get her balance halfway to the door, she could smell the lucid scent of cooking filling her mind with bliss. She walked out the door and into the hallway only to notice it was crystal clean. Every inch, every spec, there was no sign of dirt nor dust. She steadily proceeded down the hall, making her way to the kitchen. She was stunned as she saw the kitchen in a perfect white state except pots and pans on the washing rack. Twilight rubbed her eyes in bewilderment as she could still smell the gorgeous scent of cuisine coming from the dining hall. The smell enticed her, forcing her to walk over and look through the semi-closed door by sticking her head through the little gap. She gasped as she pushed the door wide open to witness an exquisite sight. On the large round table in front of her was an assortment of different foods, from mixed vegetables in a veggie sausage all the way down to plain cereal with orange juice. Twilight was amazed at the amount of food in front of her that she didn't notice the steps she took as she walked towards the table.

"Will this be enough, Mistress?" A deep British voice came from behind, shocking her to double barrel with a high pitched squeal. The male voice grunted as he was kicked and sent flying into the wall. Twilight panicked as she turned around to see a light purple unicorn in a sharp white suit with a light purple bowtie stand up brushing off the dirt with a handkerchief in an elegant manner. The unicorn's bright white pompadour mane made it hard not to look at him long enough while his tail was short and bushy. Twilight's eyes widened towards the unicorn as he wiped the blood from his nose with his handkerchief and placed it into his outside suit pocket.

"Oh my Celestia, I didn't mean to!" Twilight yelled, rushing towards the unicorn, only to stop as he raised his hoof. Twilight noticed his eyes were laid back as he stared at her. But something clicked in Twilight's mind making her take a step away from the unicorn "What are you doing in my castle?"

The unicorn stood up straight with a perfect backbone. He bowed his head while bringing his left hoof over his right horizontally "I am Ettore, I was summoned here by my Lords at True Valets."

"You still haven't answered my question?" Twilight said with little assurance, trying to get back to the subject.

Ettore pulled his head up to the Alicorn in front of him "The one you call Spike welcomed me into this humble establishment."

"...Spike," Twilight sighed as she placed her hoof on her forehead "I do apologise, but I don't see the point of you being here?"

"I was summoned here by my Lords at True Valets to answer a contract by the name Princess Twilight Sparkle; I have the paperwork in my pocket." Ettore used his magic to pull out a small square paper, unfolding it to reveal a long contract.

"I never asked for this," Twilight pulled the paper over towards her with her magic while putting on her reading glasses only to speak out loud what she deems important "To whom it may concern. We over at True Valets accept your offer of the allotted bits to hire one of our most respectable butlers. They will serve you until death or at least when the contract runs out. But with the number of bits you have provided this service will be constant until you deem them not needed. Well, I don't need this so you can be on your way."

"I'm afraid you cannot, Miss Sparkle. Under Rule #87, You may return the Butler after the first week if unsatisfied." Ettore pointed out on the sheet of paper.

"But I never signed this?!"

"Then what would that signature be?"

Twilight groaned as she saw whose name it was "Celestia..."

"Nether the less, it was signed to you correctly. So, for my return to True Valets, you must wait a week, and you will not see me ever again milady," Ettore said in a light tone, almost like he was depressed. "But in the mean time I will sort out your library, make a handy spreadsheet for your day and plan out dinner for tonight."

Twilight watched as Ettore left the dining hall with his head up high and his posture perfect. She felt little remorse for him as he made his way to help her, but Celestia doing this without her knowing made her agitated. Celestia is the one who is the mysterious character, most of the time you won't know what she's thinking or what she is going to do. At least she is looking out for her which changed her mood back to a pleasant one. Twilight looked back at the food on the table and ate some of the cereal and pancakes before going out to see how everyone was doing around Ponyville. Since the map hasn't called, it was a time to relax and have fun with your friends. After she greeted everyone around and organised the Mayor's registry for kicks, she made her way to the Boutique to help Rarity out with some of her works and chat a little. Twilight stood still by a couple of mannequins while Rarity draws up some ideas on a large sheet of paper. As she stood still, she explained the ordeal with Celestia and the butler.

"So who cares, Celestia hired you a butler to give you a break darling. I'd take that offer if I could."Rarity said as she closed one eye with the pencil floating in front of her at Twilight, trying to get a better angle or picture.

"I never asked for one though; that's the problem. If you had a stallion turn up at your home, uninvited and cooked you breakfast saying their there for a job you never signed, would you take it?"

"Hmm, good point Twilight. But it was Celestia who gave him to you, why not just take it... also where is he now?" Rarity paused as she looked around the room.

"He said he's sorting out my library, making a spreadsheet for the day and planning dinner; he also forgot about telling me about cleaning the castle top to bottom." Twilight sighed as she was able to move from Rarity's 'safe to move again' signal.

"And when did he start?" Rarity asked as she moved some cloth onto the sewing machine.

"Early this morning, Spike let him in, and he cleaned the castle and made me breakfast," Twilight answered as she looked outside the boutique window at the castle "It feels... Weird having somepony serving you, it almost feels like I'm a bad pony."

"Nonsense Darling, Celestia thought you needed help with everyday activities, so she hired a butler to give you a helping hoof." Rarity waved her up and shook her head left and right.

"But-*Knock Knock*" The sound of the Boutique's front door banging alerted the two. Rarity walked over and opened the door to see Ettore standing with an umbrella and a large roll of paper. Rarity's eyes widened as she saw the smart look stallion in front of her only to chuckle like she didn't know what to say. Twilight shook her head as she wondered over to the door.

"Anything you need Ettore?" Twilight asked as Rarity quickly ran inside towards the changing room.

Ettore tilted his head with Rarity's sudden escape "I'm not scary... Am I?"

Twilight closed her eyes with a deep sigh "She gets like this, but back to the original question."

"I spoke to the weather ponies, and they said a coming rain storm is due to, so I brought an umbrella. Also, I have a list of all potential possibilities that a sudden occurrence will happen in the next hour or so." Ettore handed over the roll of paper and umbrella. Ettore and Twilight quickly look over where Rarity disappeared to only to see dresses after dresses fly up and over the changing room with the words "No."

Ettore raised an eyebrow with the words "Is she late for something?"

Twilight giggled to herself knowing that Rarity typically acts like this when she sees a good looking stallion "Just let her do her thing. Plus if you're here can you pick up something from Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube corner?"

"It will be my pleasure, Mistress." Ettore bowed.

Twilight watched as Ettore walk away from the Boutique while activating a magic spell that spawned in a light purple barrier on top of him. Twilight looked to the sky to see the pegasi moving the dark clouds in with water dripping from them. Twilight shut the door behind her while pulling open the spreadsheet with curiosity. She opened it to see a great timeline with what is going to happen in a couple of days. It was like Ettore was psychic as he foreseen her asking him to retrieve something, but doesn't specify it fully. Rarity quickly moved the curtain aside, revealing her fully marked up face and lovely yellow dress.

The white unicorn fluttered her eyes "Has anypony seen my... where'd he go?"

"I wouldn't get used to him staying here," Twilight giggled as she passed the spreadsheet to Rarity "I mean, just look at what he thinks is going to happen."

"Oh my goodness!" Rarity's eyes widened at the sight of the open spreadsheet "How many events?"

"From what I can see, over 150 in the next week."

"That's absurd, how can one pony predict all that in such a small amount of time?"

"We~~ll, it's not a perfect prediction," Twilight said as she took back the spreadsheet "It's more like riddles than a future prediction. Like, 'thou will meet somepony familiar' in the next minute."

Rarity and Twilight both questioned the spreadsheet's liability as they both stared at the door. The suspense they both felt as the clock turned a minute past with no one showing up at the door. They both giggled lightly to each other only to gasp as the door swung open with force behind it revealing a very wet white filly unicorn with her wet greyish mulberry with pale, light greyish rose streaks mane. She walked through the front door before stopping with a blank look on her.

"Not. A. Word." She said in a hostile tone, walking off towards the stairs leaving droplets of water in her wake. The two giggled softly towards the wet filly as she wondered up the stairs, only to stop as they looked at the spreadsheet again and at the clock. It was 10 seconds late, but it was clearly the correct time on the spreadsheet.

"Where did you say he came from?" Rarity asked

The front door swings open once more, only for Ettore to be standing there with three brown paper bags floating by him dry as a fiddle from the magic barrier he placed up "True Valets Milady, a humble organisation who sends butlers with unique talents to the client."

Ettore took a few steps into the Boutique before wiping his four hoofs on a large cloth that appeared from his right pocket. The two were dumbfounded as to how he managed to fit that thing inside his pocket. But Ettore carried on wiping his hoofs clean elegantly. Once he was dry, he levitated two of the bags to Twilight and the other to Rarity. The two were confused as to why there were three bags. They looked at each other before digging through the brown paper bag to see what they received. Twilight couldn't hold her amazement in as she pulled out a pile of books that she lost during the scorching of her old library with the book Pinkie borrowed for unusual pie making; she leapt into the air hugging them tight as if they were her closest friends. Rarity opened hers only to gasp in the entire atmosphere as her rare diamonds, rubies, and emeralds that she couldn't get until the end of the month were in her hoofs for her one of a kind dresses. Ettore blinked twice as he saw Rarity rub them across her cheeks as if she was cuddling a dog.

Rarity suddenly stopped rubbing her face only to stare at Ettore with a deep thinking stare "How did?..."

"A friend of Twilight is a client of True Valets as well," Ettore bowed his head to his chest "It is only fitting I know of everypony of our client. Friend and foe."

"Hehe, Twilight... Errm... May I have a word with you?" Rarity said with a fake smile toward Ettore, who lifted his head and walked towards the door.

"I know what you're going to say," Twilight whispered as she watched Ettore feel one of Rarity's dress while tapping his chin with the hoof.

"What? That your Butler is a spy?! Or maybe he's insanely cute but with an enormous downfall of being a freak?" Rarity whispered, trying as hard as she could from shouting it out loud.

"Okay, maybe I had a rough idea of what you were going to say, but that is entirely not the point. The point is, I can't get rid of him until the week is over. What's worse, he knows where I am at all times like a hawk. If that's not creepy, then I have no idea what is." Twilight whispered, only for the two of them to freeze as they both saw Ettore sit down facing Opal, who just walked in through the front door cat flap. The two watched with amazement as he picked up the fat white cat in his two front hoofs, stroking Opal lightly to the point of her falling asleep in his hoofs.

"Opal's never the one to like strangers? She mostly hisses at them before walking off?"

"We can't just accuse him of anything at the moment; It's not like he prevented a disaster that was going to happen."

The Boutique's door, once again, slammed open with Mayor Mare standing there with erratic breathing as if she ran a couple of miles to get there.

"Princess Twilight!" She screamed before waving her hoofs in the air before pointing behind her.

"...Don't tell me."

"Manticores attacked Ponyville; Timberwolves tried to kidnap two foals all while the train almost fell off the track!"

"What?!" Rarity and Twilight both said in unison "How can that happen?!"

"I don't know, but he stopped all causes in such a short time?!" Mayor Mare slowly pointed towards Ettore, who's eyes were fixated on the brown mare.

"What are you?" Twilight said with a racing heart from the quick smirk from Ettore making her worry as he always has a flat look upon his face.

Ettore spoke with a nasty tone that sent goosebumps down everyone's spine "You see milady, I am one hell of a Butler."

Author's Note

So this is another story I've been working on, I did get the idea off black butler anime, but I wanted to incorporate it into a worthwhile story that will mess with heads very soon. :raritystarry:

PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK, I HAVE NO CLUE IN WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING AND HOW TO MAKE THIS STORY A TAD BIT BETTER THAN IT ALREADY IS?!!! :flutterrage: :fluttershyouch:

Chapter 2: "Fillings Are Enjoyable....Most Of The Time."

Author's Note

:ajsleepy: I just finished proofreading this tonight...or today...I don't know... and to be honest, i do not have a clue if this is good or not but i know my imagination won't fail me.

Also, i am sorry for this being so late. College work and very personal issues... especially the personal issues one. But i thank everypony who has given this a shot and i hope you enjoy this chapter... even though it is just fillers. :pinkiesick:

Another thing, Thanks to everyone who has told me how to improve everything. I know i still have a long way to go... and how my proofreader quit on me at the end of December. i thank you for your support, :scootangel:

Chapter 2: "Fillings Are Enjoyable....Most Of The Time."

The soulful sound of a violin resonated from an old record player, filling the room with a gentle tone for one's ears. Rarity, Twilight, and Mayor Mare sat round the purple table in the Boutique's kitchen. The table, sometimes covered with a white crystal sheet, brought tranquillity to your soul with its beauty. Sitting on top is a lovely purple, gem pattern tea set with one cup standing in front of each of the three sitting down. The three mares stared at each other in bewilderment. It wasn't from the awkward setting of the table but the sound of olive oil in a pot, sizzling on a stove. Ettore gracefully sliced a couple of tomatoes in half with a knife he held with his magic. The sudden screams of snap, crackle and pop alerted the three around the table to stare. They continued to watch Ettore as he took three eggs out of a carton, breaking them into the bowl to separate the yellow yolk and albumen from its shell.

Rarity leant towards Twilight with slight shock in her tone as she whispered: "He's using my ingredients without asking me first?"

Twilight moved in towards Rarity to close the gap, whispering ever so lightly "You're worried about that? Look in the hallway?!" Twilight raised her hoof towards the door, making Rarity and Mayor Mare turn their attention towards the location. The sight was unbelievable, many mops and buckets were seen all over the place cleaning, dusters brushing over everything till they shone with the reflection of the sun coming through the windows, and cloth's wiping down everything in sight with deadly accuracy. The three couldn't believe what they were witnessing. With the amount of magic Ettore is using, you would need a lot of concentration with no distraction and yet he does it with ease, just like handling the whisk with his hoof at high speed without any of the mixture coming out the bowl.

"Please Mistress, if I couldn't keep the area around you spotless and so unorganised, what kind of butler would I be if I couldn't even do that?" Ettore lets go of the bowl with his hoofs, grabbing it with his magic. He turned around towards the three and used his magic to levitate the tea kettle in front of them. He poured in the tea till it rested on the top with no trouble. Rarity groaned in disagreement from Ettore's words, getting a little shock from the harsh words towards her home and workplace.

"I do beg your pardon, Darling!" Rarity said as she pushed her left hoof into her chest, completely offended by Ettore's words.

Ettore raised a brow towards Rarity in confusion as his mind was going through the contract's demands and protocols, only realising what he said had offended his Mistress's friend.

"If I have offended my Mistress's friend I sincerely do apologise, this will not happen in the future," Ettore said with an ashamed expression, lowering his to the ground "I will cease this cleaning if Mistress do so wishes it?"

Twilight's eyes opened wide while her mouth was seen with a gap as she didn't know what to say to Ettore. To Twilight, Ettore was just an ordinary unicorn who thinks they're somepony's else's property in her eyes. But Celestia sending her a Butler was a tad bit over the top. Twilight sighed in defeat as she agreed to give Ettore orders to stop cleaning Rarity's home. But, as the sound of cleaning utensils stopped another sound emitted from across the hallway that alerted everypony there, even Ettore seemed a little surprised as they all heard the sound of running water.

"You can stop now Ettore?" Rarity asked with a slight chuckle, hoping it was him.

"When I saw Sweetie Belle covered with water and dirt, I ran a small bath for her. But it sounds like she's adding more water," Ettore answered with a straight face before suddenly looking at Rarity's annoyed face "This was before you told me to cease my cleaning duties, Miss Rarity."

Rarity gave a deep sigh in acceptance to Ettore, seeing as how he already did it before she asked him to cease all cleaning duties. Rarity grew her complexion back with a big smile, knowing she would get wrinkles if she worried too much about such trivial things.

"Same old Rarity, still a drama queen." Twilight giggled before looking back towards Mayor Mare and her smiling face "Now, apart from the sudden attacks is there something I can do for you, Mayor?"

Mayor Mare pushed her glasses closer to her eyes with a serious face "Do you want the quick version or long, Princess?"

"Sho-" The sudden sound of a large crash came from the wall next to the window alerting everypony in the room. Ettore raised his hoof as he proceeded from his cooking post to the window, telling the three to remain seated. Ettore opened the window only for a grey pegasus to fly straight in rubbing her nose. They all realised it was Derpy being Derpy, but before they could say hello, she swiftly went down her mail bag and taking out a small parcel. Derpy gave the package to Ettore and then proceeded out the window as fast as she could leaving the three in a daze.

"What did you order?" Twilight said slowly starring at the package in Ettore's hoof.

Ettore looked at the parcel then Twilight before placing it on the kitchen side "The spices for tonight's supper, Mistress."

"O~kay," Twilight prolonged her word, trying not to fret over it too much "Anyway, Please continue with the short version."

"If I won't be interrupted," Mayor cleared her throat before she spoke again "In short, I need your help with a task of ensuring a few guests are happy and satisfied with their visit to Ponyville; may you do it, please?"

"Sure, I'll give you a hoof. It's not every day the Mayor asks me to lend a helping hoof with something small." Twilight said in a cheerful tone, knowing it would give her a break from the tasks the map gives her. Plus, since its organising, it's like a vacation in her eyes.

"Thank Celestia, I was expecting you to say no to my request?" Mayor Mare sighed from the weight releasing from her chest.

"If I may ask?" Ettore interrupted with three plates levitating beside him "How many guests would be arriving, what are their preferences for food, music. Their attire, what do they wear; are they posh, high up or maybe just regular folk?" Ettore continued as he placed one plate in front of all three with a delectable vegetable omelette.

"That would be the long version." the brown mare replied rubbing her neck from the sudden attack from Ettore.

Twilight raised her hoofs shaking towards the Mayor "You don't have to answer that, Mayor. But tell us when it has to be ready by?"

"In three days."

"I should have it ready in two so don't worry Mayor, everything is going to be alright." Twilight playfully saluted towards the smiling mare.

"Oh, My Celestia!!" Rarity screamed making the three turn to her in worry only to see her picking up a small piece of omelette with her magic and into her mouth once more. Rarity scrunched up with excitement from the sudden burst of flavours in the omelette saying, "This is so delicious!" Twilight smiled as she shook her head towards Rarity.

"Thank you, Milady" Ettore bowed with a straight face "But with me standing by my Mistress's side we shall have the party ready in a couple of hours." He carried on his sentence towards Mayor Mare.

Twilight and Mayor Mare both rolled their eyes in unison towards the purple stallion while Rarity couldn't focus on anything else apart from the piece of omelette in her mouth. Their little meeting went by without delays. Twilight accepted to host a party while Rarity was in awe from Ettore's cooking. It felt different with Ettore by her side nearly every second, like a hawk watching your every move. That can get a little creepy. After the small meeting, Twilight and Ettore made their way back to Twilight's castle. However, on the way back she noticed everypony around Ponyville was smiling towards Ettore and waving towards him specifically. She only heard the story of his little endeavour; even she admits it's an impressive feat to stop a manticore, Timberwolves and the Ponyville train from crashing in such a short time. But it felt like Ettore was ignoring them, he didn't respond to any of the greetings that went his way. He kept a straight face all the way towards the castle, slightly annoying her as Ettore never smiled nor had any emotion for the short period of walking back to the castle. Twilight looked towards Ettore and her castle, that was nearly in reach, thinking about organising the party and how Ettore kept a dead expression as he walked beside her.

"s~oo..." Twilight said in an awkward tone trying to break the silence around Ettore "What's your opinion on the party preparation?"

"You didn't ask?"

"Pardon?" Twilight shook her head on Ettore's words, looking at him with a raised brow "What do you mean by that?"

Ettore came to a stop by the castle doors blocking the entrance with a deep sigh before saying "You asked for the short version of the task you accepted. If my young master wouldn't mind me speaking out of line, I think you took a job that you have no information for nor have any supplies to prepare the planned evening. To me, Mistress, it sounds as if you know the guests, what they prefer in commendations all the way down to the food. How are you going to get a ball ready in just three days?"

"With my friends and me doing the planning and preparation, I'm sure we'll get it done within the three days. But what about you, weren't you the one who said you could do it in a couple of hours?" Twilight smiled as she squinted her left eye towards Ettore.

"I would never lie to my master when I said I could get it done within a couple of hours. I could get all the information for you, all the necessities that go with the crowd and even the right music to go with mood... even if I have to play the instrument myself." Ettore replied as he opened the door by walking back into it. Ettore stopped with the wide open door to make sure it stays that way for Twilight. Twilight even chuckled a little as Ettore bowed with his right hoof proceeding inwards towards the castle.

"Thank you, Ettore. But as much I would like to see your ability to plan and organise this get-together all by yourself, I'm afraid I can't let you do all the hard work for me." Twilight said as she immediately proceeded down multiple hallways to her study.

"But I insist letting me get the information about the guests to make it easier for you, Mistress?" Ettore stood by the study's door, watching Twilight use her magic to flip open a book and dip a quill in ink with a piece of parchment ready to write.

Twilight knew the task was a little bit short sided with her asking Mayor Mare for the abridged version. However this wasn't about to get her down, she's planned a few parties and get-togethers for a lot of ponies so this shouldn't be any different. But with Ettore standing by doing nothing would be a waste.

"I'm trying to change a little bit with my 'being organised' personality a tad; that's why I accepted the short version. But sure, having limited information about the guests wouldn't falter this experiment." Twilight replied as she started to write down some ideas for the task.

"I shall have the information ready for you by tomorrow morning," Ettore bowed before instantly walking off. Twilight managed to get a breather to think to herself with no pony watching her back.

Twilight found the silence blissful; there were no call outs, no ponies needing help from the map, just time to herself, all alone. She couldn't remember the last time she just had time to herself. Like, she was always out doing a mission for the map while her friends are called to another place. It was like the map was trying to keep them working their socks off for no reason at all. But, at least, she has a break just to relax with her thoughts. Twilight soon moved rooms from her study to her bedroom. As she entered the room, an immediate urge of leaping onto the bed came inside her head. She did just that, leaping, she landed on the bed from a high jump. As she fell, she saw the covers bounce up from trapped air inside them. The soft feeling of her bed almost felt like she was soaring through the skies like a feather in the wind.

"Twilight?" Spike's voice was heard from the opposite side of the closed door, making Twilight's ears flicked up with on eye looking towards the door. Spike entered the room with a happy smirk and a plate of vegetarian risotto in both hands making Twilight lift herself up from where she laid in wonder.

"I was told to deliver this to you by Ettore. Plus I'm not so sure who's he even talking too in the kitchen... It's creepy." Spike said with a shiver down his spine before placing the plate on Twilight's bed.

"Talking to himself isn't a big deal, Spike. It's only when somepony replies, that's when you worry." Twilight said with a jokey tone.

"I'm pretty sure he's talking to himself. But onto other matters, I heard you're planning a party that's going live in three days?" Spike said as he jumped up onto the bed with Twilight, who was eating a couple of spoonfuls of risotto.

"I couldn't just say no could I, Spike?" Twilight cheerfully said with some risotto in her mouth "Plus it's just a small party when they visit Ponyville, it's not like they'll show up with 7 feet tall bodyguards."

Spike stretched before laying down on the bed with his hands behind his head to rest on like a hard pillow. "Small party? Usually, when somepony asks you to plan something it's normally a big thing, right?"

"It sounds like you're worried?" Twilight's words made Spike wave his hand up and down in denial.

"Pfft, worried? I shouldn't worry about you if you're around; you're the smartest Alicorn that I know so the party should go smoothly." Spike replied before closing his eyes trying to sink into the comfy bed.

"Yeah, I guess your right Spike. I guess your right." Twilight smugly agreed before getting off the bed and out of her room.

Twilight's left eye twitched as she stood looking through her study door, shocked at the sight of folders in huge piles everywhere around the study. Twilight slightly giggled in disbelief towards the sight because she has never seen so many folders in her lifetime just in one room, books maybe, but not folders. Twilight used her magic to float a random thin folder off from one of the piles, opening it in front of her only to see one sheet of paper with a photo of a blackened out, hard to understand, cutie mark. The information was limited to the pony's likes and dislikes, like loving doughnuts and hating bossiness of another one's mouth. Ettore walked in the study with more folders beside him with his magic giving Twilight some time to blink rapidly. Twilight couldn't believe Ettore's... resourcefulness. She only gave Ettore the job of finding out the guests a couple of hours ago, how is it possible to get so much information on so many ponies. Is Ettore some miracle worker, gifted or just has a creepy stalker hobby. Even so, she was impressed but at the same time concerned.

"Heh heh, how many more folders are there?" Twilight chuckled towards the light purple stallion with the folder by her side, hoping the answer she's expecting to be the one she wants.

Ettore placed down the folders next to Twilight as there was limited space around the study. He was very careful not to get any dirt or dust on his white suit and white mane since it would be killer to get it out. He revolved towards Twilight and lowered his head slightly in courtesy before speaking "This batch of folders are the last to come, Mistress. I even took the liberty of taking out their names and any unnecessary information that would harm your experiment, I hope you are pleased?"

Twilight stood speechless towards Ettore. Twilight's mind soon filled with questions about the unicorn in front of her, like how was he able to do everything as if it was second nature to him or how he could get grape juice stains out of a white tablecloth. But even for a somepony like Ettore being able to get this much information was inequine, but being able to sort it out on top of that is astounding, Twilight herself couldn't organise something like this in a couple of hours; more like a couple of weeks or maybe months in fact. All she can agree on is that Ettore was doing his job to his full extent, even with the care of not hindering her little experiment. But wait? Twilight thought in her head, only suddenly realising if Ettore could get any information on anypony, wouldn't that make the unicorn dangerous or, at least, a perv who peeks into the private life of others?

"If you don't mind me asking, where did you get all this from?" Twilight broke her shocked silence, only to notice Ettore's body twitch on hearing her question.

"I obtained this information from an associate," Ettore said with a dark tone, hoping she would accept the answer to which she did not.

"Huh uh... And who might this associate be?" Twilight raised a brow towards Ettore.

"A female gryphon, Mistress," Ettore said another vague answer, Twilight slightly getting annoyed with the unicorn.

"I don't suppose you would tell me who this gryphon is and who they work for, hmm?" Twilight turned her head with a hum. Ettore smiled towards Twilight giving her a little shock, knowing what she's trying to do.

"She works with books, folders and sometimes a baking job when she's bored, all based in Canterlot. But she travels all over Equestria so I do not know where she will appear next." Ettore's reply made Twilight huff because it was like talking to Pinkie Pie when she avoids a particular answer.

"Okay," Twilight sighed as she sat down on her plot, tapping her chin towards the smiling stallion knowing this was going to be a long conversation "I remember saying who do they work for, not where do they work?"

"She works for an information broker during the weekdays and a baker the weekends," Ettore answered Twilight as he lifted up a couple more folders and placed them in an even pile next to each other.

"You're not making much sense, Ettore." Twilight moaned towards the stallion.

"I am only answering the questions you are giving me, Mistress," Ettore replied as he proceeded to even out more folders all over the study.

Twilight groaned as she lowered her head in annoyance towards Ettore, getting this feeling of a long haul ahead of her. When she raised her head, the sight of folders from every pile being equally spaced out from each other with pure accuracy stunned her. Almost coming off topic from the distraction of Ettore's actions she used her magic to turn Ettore round.

"I want you, Ettore, to tell me the name of the organisation your contact works for?" Twilight sounded frustrated a little because of Ettore's little dodge of the question.

"Then why didn't you say so, Mistress?" Ettore cheekily smiled as he continued to even out the folders behind him "They work for True Valets."

Twilight widened her eyes a little, thinking there was going to be more to Ettore's sentence only to be disappointed as he didn't speak another word. The Alicorn huffed towards the Unicorn, feeling displeased with the answer he gave her.

"Is that all you're going to give me, they work for your organisation?"

Ettore stopped all his actions in evening out all the folders, making some folders freeze in mid-air as he looked towards Twilight with a serious expression.

"Have you heard the saying, curiosity killed the cat?" Ettore replied with a sudden harsh tone catching Twilight off guard "I am not obligated to give out any information, apart from, we are a business that provides the best butler service to particular clients." finished as he waltzes out the room with a couple of folders.

Twilight raised a brow towards the now leaving Unicorn with a suspicious thought. A sudden avoidance towards her question on getting info just made her more curious. Twilight moved around her study in a fidgety manner from the thought, ending with her sinking to a random pillow with a deep sigh. At least, she wasn't being called on by the map today for any reason, so that helps her relax a little. The ceiling never looked so high with all the folders beside her pointing upwards to the ceiling. She stayed glued to the floor for a couple of minutes before sitting back up and taking a couple of folders from the piles. Ettore wasn't joking when he said he only obtained the names, likes and dislikes of the ponies. Seems a little odd. Twilight couldn't think about anything else other than where Ettore came from; organisation wise that is. She couldn't get the thought of True Valets out of her head, she hasn't heard of them and neither has any of her friends, It's also no secret about how Ettore is avoiding questions about True Valets. But, her guess with how he got the information was from True Valets itself. Twilight didn't know if she should be scared or weary of True Valets. If they have a system that can get any information on anypony then what's to stop them with doing something evil. That couldn't happen anyway, the way it sounds to her, True Valets are just a butler company out to get money.

Twilight stopped thinking about the negative thoughts towards Ettore's organisation and focused on the party participant's information. Twilight managed to get through all the folders within two hours. In Twilight's mind, it's just a walk in the park or an evening read. The number of ponies going to the party is unbelievable, over 500 to be exact. It just doesn't make any sense as to why Mayor Mare would ask Twilight to host a part for that many, especially with the types of ponies coming to the party. From your high upper class all the way down to your average Joe and country occupants. Twilight still had a calm and clear mind over this eerie situation; it's not every day something other than the map asks for help. But still, it would be good for Twilight to plan and relax. She hasn't got anything to worry about; she's got all her friends to assist her if she gets into trouble or lend her a hoof in some physical work for the party.

Twilight stood up to notice the sun almost about to set off through her study window. Peace, that is what she is feeling right now as the sun shone on her, covering her with warmth. It isn't all that bad in her life as of now; she still hangs out with her friends, has picnics, and even goes on trips here and there. This feeling made her smile towards the sun as the sense of happiness built inside her, forgetting her surroundings only to knock down an entire pile down to her hoofs. She clicked her tongue with the whip of her head annoyed towards the folders on the floor. She looked around her study with a keen eye to focus on all the piles, trying not to feel shocked again for Ettore's organisation. But something caught her eye as she looked around the folder covered study. If she wasn't mistaken, that was the last pile Ettore brought into the room and yet it feels off. She moved towards it to notice it was two folders short from all the rest of the collection. If she recalls correctly, Ettore left the room with them floating with his magic beside him. Maybe he forgot about them when she was talking to him? Either way, she was going to see if he still had them on him. Upon leaving, she could smell a sweet smell emitting from the hallway. Ettore must have put something on in the cooker or stove Twilight thought in her mind. The smell was powerful enough to lure her unwillingly through her castle to the kitchen door; It was like a spell had been placed on her legs. She stopped by the door, standing there for a few minutes to inhale the lovely smell of cooking apples. Twilight moved her hoof towards the door handle only to be shocked as it opened in front of her revealing her kitchen. Twilight gasped as Ettore was standing behind the door with a large napkin on his right hoof that was out horizontally in front of him.

"Will Milady have her supper in the kitchen or her study?" Ettore suddenly asked, merely catching her a little off guard.

"Errm... How did-"

"Know you were there?" Ettore finished Twilight's sentence, leaving her baffled as he took a step to the side which allowed Twilight to enter the kitchen awkwardly "It is my job to know where you are at all times, Mistress."

"Isn't that a little creepy, Ettore?" Twilight sighed as she made her way to the dining area.

"A Butler is not a Butler without his or her Master... Or you could say I heard your hoofsteps combined with your sudden inhaling of my cooking," Ettore replied only to get a sarcastic roll of Twilight's eyes followed with a grin.

"Please don't call me Master, I don't like it when I'm called a Princess by my friends, which is kind of the same thing, so please, call me Mistress or Twilight is fine." Twilight smiled as she sat down in the chair she sat down this morning. A steaming, orange liquid inside a bowl is suddenly placed in front of her with a soup spoon on the side.

"Here is a slowly brewed apple and butternut squash soup with some special spices that Derpy delivered to me this noon." Ettore shortly explained.

Twilight took the spoon with her magic and took a generous amount and placed it in her mouth, but not before giving it a small blow to cool it down. Twilight sat there as flavours mixed around her mouth, filling it with bliss. But, upon the sudden hit of bliss, she realised what she was there to do.

"Thank you for the soup, Ettore. But I'm afraid I came here to find the two folders that are missing from the files?" Twilight said as she placed the silver spoon on the table and stood up.

"I do sincerely apologise, Mistress. I took them with me by mistake and forgot to go back to give them back. The two folders are in the kitchen on the side if you wish to obtain them. Plus, may I give out some helpful advice, I'd advise grabbing the help of the one called Pinkie Diana Pie. She would be a great asset to the team in creating this party." Ettore pointed out as he waltzed back into the kitchen. Ettore grabbed the two folders and placed them in front of Twilight, who was next to the table still.

"I was going to ask her anyway. I'm sure even Pinkie would have a hard time getting a large party like this planned within a couple of days." Twilight chuckled as she picked up the two folders and made her way to the door "Well... Unless she hasn't seen this coming that is."

"I am positive Miss Pie does not know anything about Mayor Mare's party, Mistress," Ettore replied as Twilight left the room. Ettore's aura around him changed like he was an entirely different stallion. He turned towards the oven that glowed orange. Ettore opened the oven, making the heat escape onto his face. Only, he didn't care about it, all he cared about was the burning pages in the oven. Ettore closed his eyes with a sigh as the paper was fully burnt to a crisp.

Ettore closed the oven a little later as he escaped his mind, whispering to himself "Sorry, Twilight... But the less you know, the better...."

Chapter 3: "But, Mistress... I Am The Party."

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Chapter 4: "Let Me Dispose Of The Trash, Mistress"

Author's Note

'Ello people and ponies, I have finished college and waiting till I can get my Uni acceptance...if I get accepted that is. But, this just brings me more time to get a couple of chapter in... I admit I have not been doing much of the chapter since March because of the final major at college and with a writer's wall that I had to *cough* mate with, as my friend would put it, so I might be a bit rusty with the emotions and wording. Might help if I got assistance but have not found anyone yet. :derpytongue2:

Other than that, thank you for being ultra patient because I have been through tough times and if you need me, just msg. I do plan on the next chapter being released soon as I have got the first quarter done.:pinkiehappy:

:coolphoto: Stay feisty as ever people!!

Chapter 4: "Let Me Dispose Of The Trash, Mistress"

Charis clicked her tongue at the smirking, bowing unicorn across the hallway in front of a large crowd. She was shocked from the deflection of Volken's attack, with a tray no less. The orb Volken produced was engulfed in a black flame, disguising the superheated white flame underneath that should have melted away the tray. From just one attack, she could feel the difference in power between Volken and Ettore. Twilight stood behind the light purple stallion staring towards the disintegrated wall which revealed one of the guests rooms. She rotated her head around with her mouth faintly open in surprise. The crowd were grinning and smiling as they were mesmerised by the show in front of them; as if it was entertainment Twilight had planned. The only ones who weren't smiling were her friends that managed to get to the front of the crowd. They knew immediately it wasn't a part of a show since she wouldn't plan something like this. Ettore lifted his head level towards the two from him with the indented tray in hoof. After which, he used his magic to pick up the kitchen knife and small spears by his hoof and placed them on the tray in a neat manner. Charis grits her teeth in disgust towards Ettore, knowing that he was mocking her in his way since she used one of Volken's powerful moves.

"I should have known you would have deflected Volken's spell," Charis chuckled in worry as her right hoof touched her chin "Still does not matter, I am sure you are holding back anyway."

Ettore broke his posture with an off-putting groan as he rolled his eyes making everypony there blink twice at him "Do you know how long it will be to repair that wall for my Mistress, I can not fathom the time it would take to procure the crystal much less cut it to perfection."

"You..." Charis grits her teeth upon hearing Ettore's words, irritated she took a couple of steps forwards past Volkan with an apparent intent to carry on her sentence "Are getting on my nerves always avoiding my attention!". Without warning she unfolded her left wing while slightly twisting her body to the right, throwing another kitchen knife from her wings. Everypony gasped towards the chucked knife as if they realised it's not entertainment. Ettore raised the metal tray in his hoof shielding it from the knife. But he never heard the sound of metal on metal contact. He lowered the tray to see a magical purple aura around the blade; he instinctively turned his head to see Twilight's horn glowing next to him. Twilight was now standing next to Ettore with a grave look on her face.

"Mistress?" Ettore's voice got Twilight's attention as she only moved her eyes towards him "You must not interfere with this, it is a personal issue that I must conclude."

"Some personal issues can't be solved with one pony alone sometimes, and I think it's time I pay them back for the wall." Twilight glared towards Volkan and Charis, who scoffed back towards her.

Ettore huffed as he lowered his head with a smirk on his face "This is a battle you will not win Mistress, I assure you."

"That's not the response I wanted, but I don't care," Twilight immediately got ready for a fight with her head lowered "These ponies shouldn't have messed with my home or my friends!"

Twilight's growl gave Ettore a modest sense of relief as now he won't have to fight Charis and Volken alone. The massive crowd behind them started to disperse as Twilight's friends escorted them outside away from the suspected battle. Twilight and Ettore heard the castle door slam shut knowing everyone was outside. Twilight's friends all stood by the door inside the castle thinking the same thing; they can't leave their friend to fight alone. The group turned around to see an explosion where Ettore and Twilight are; they gasped towards the hallway as thick smoke blew out from it. They witnessed Twilight fly high up just out of reach from the smoke while another figure jumped out from the side of the smokey hallway. A deep exhale came over the group as they noticed it was Ettore. The smoke slowly started to dissipate only for a small flaming ball came from the smoke towards Twilight. She reacted on instinct, putting up a magical barrier only to blink as the metal tray Ettore was holding flew into the ball splitting it in half causing another explosion. Thanks to her barrier she stayed in place from the backfire of the black ball. Twilight didn't waste the opportunity. She abruptly blasted a magic spell down into the new puff of smoke from the black ball hoping it would have some effect on the camouflage the other two have. The light purple unicorn watched Twilight and the smoke cloud like a hawk, waiting for anything else that might come out. Twilight's friends stayed back knowing they would just get in the way if they intervened. The smoke started to clear completely, revealing Volken, who was standing there alone holding up a magical barrier. The duo gave an expression of confusion towards the black, expressionless unicorn. Ettore's eyes widened as he felt somepony crash into him from behind, knocking him forwards beneath Twilight only to hear a loud yell in his ear. He turned his head to see Rainbow Dash lying on top of him with tears in her eyes. He removed his right hoof from her back as he done it intensively only to see red liquid slide down his hoof. The group shouted out towards the downed rainbowed mare. Twilight gasped downwards as she witnessed the bleeding horse on top of Ettore only to grunt out in pain as Volken teleported beside her kicking her with his right hoof towards the ground next to Ettore and Rainbow.

"hahaha, you still fall for that after all this time, Ettore." Charis chuckled out loud, watching as Ettore used his magic to lift Rainbow off from him and gently beside him "too bad that reckless commoner had to get in the way!"

Ettore sighed as he wiped the blood off his hoof with his handkerchief in his pocket, calmly speaking "Charis, I thought I taught you better. You snuck into my new Mistress's house, crashed Mistress's party, attacked my Mistress with full force and injure one of her guests slash best friends," Ettore took a couple steps forwards towards the fire orange pegasus with a look of disgust "I hope you brought your medical kit, Charis, because you're going to have a bad time."

Charis took a step back in worrisome for the unicorn in front of her only to feel a cold metal circle touching her plot. Charis turned her head to see Pinkie Pie with an angry face holding a piece of string attached to a cannon in one hoof.

"How did you get behind me?" Charis finished her sentence just before Pinkie snarled with a yank of the string making the cannon erupt with confetti in her face. The force made Charis fly towards Ettore uncontrollably, letting out screams that bounced everywhere as she rolled in the air. Ettore moved to left out of the way making Charis hit the ground and roll into the wall opposite the large hallway. Volken teleported in front of Ettore only to break his emotionless expression as he saw Ettore with a malevolent grin towards him. Twilight was too focused on Rainbow Dash's injury to look towards Ettore, as were all her friends. But, as Ettore's horn glowed Twilight noticed the evil look in his eyes in the corner of her eye. It only showed for an instant before a blinding light came from Ettore's horn, making everypony in the room shield their eyes from the light. Everyone in the hallway soon got their holdings and could see once again, but as they did they saw Ettore clapping his hoofs with Charis and Volken on the floor groaning as if they are in pain.

"What the hay happened?" Applejack spoke as she ran towards Rainbow while looking towards the two on the floor.

"Just taking care of some pestering guests, Miss Jack" Ettore chuckled as he lifted the two on the floor towards the castle's front door with his magic.

"Don't worry about that; Dashie needs to go to the hospital?!" Pinkie Pie interrupted by running over to the downed mare with a little-sized cut on her back. The downed pony was soon crowded by the whole group as they looked down towards her.

"It's no big deal," Rainbow Dash groaned as she stood back up "Now get away from me, give a girl some space will ya!"

"It's a severe injury Dash; You need to head to the hospital right away while we deal with these tw- where'd they go?" Twilight pointed out as she turned around to see the two suddenly disappeared. A moment later they heard the castle doors open, and they all turned round to see Charis's head poke around the castle door, sticking out her tongue before she closes it.

"Come on Pinkie; we'll go after those varmints." Applejack tipped her hat as she and Pinkie stormed towards the castle door.

"If I may point out, Miss Jack and Pie, you will never apprehend them as they probably had secured a safe route out of the town before they arrived... And with all those ponies outside as the perfect cover, it won't be the best solution." Ettore humbly stated as he used his magic to pick up pieces of rubble on the floor around them and place them to the right of the hallway.

"All I need is a band-aid, and I'll be fine," Rainbow gave a joyous smile before doing a quick backflip and landing on all four hoofs "I still have my moves."

"I don't think that's a good idea, Rainbow." Fluttershy broke her silence "I think that opens the wound even more?"

"Fluttershy is correct Miss Dash, Jumping like that would only open the would even deeper." Ettore spoke up getting everyone's attention "if Charis wanted me gravely injured, it would have been a lot deeper."

Rainbow looked around the group to notice everyone's concern look apart from Ettore, who was busy cleaning up the rubble around the hallway. Rainbow sighed out in acceptance, spouting out "fine." before she left the castle with Fluttershy and Applejack. As the door closed a strong gust of wind blew into the hallway, blowing around the confetti on the floor all over the hall making Ettore blink in place before using his magic to catch the confetti. The three there started to pick up rubble, the two unicorns using their magic and Pinkie her hoofs. They gasped as they felt like they were floating in mid-air. Ettore used his magic as he moved towards the castle entrance with the three levitating mares, opening the door and placing them down gently outside.

"Ettore?!" the three said in unison.

"The mere thought of my Mistress and her guests getting dirty over my mistakes will bring me heartache. So, if Mistress will be so kind as to stay over a friends house, I will get this place finished by morning. Also, will you tell the ponies out there with you to go home for this inconvenience" Ettore bowed before closing the door. Ettore turned around and continued to pick up the rubble and dirt only to hear a flush behind a door. Ettore stopped and starred towards the door only to see it swing open with a smart purple dragon shaking his hands with water spraying everywhere. Spike stopped and looked around to see the place was semi-destroyed with Ettore cleaning up the mess.

"What did I miss?" Spike shrugged his shoulders as he looked towards the light purple unicorn.

"A small scuffle with some uninvited guests..." Ettore started to speak before he freezes in place to realise "Where was Iron Will during that little mess?" Ettore tapped his chin before going back to cleaning up the rubble once more.

Outside with the crowd, Iron Will stood up against a street lamp post flexing his right arm in front of two mares who giggled at him. Twilight noticed this in the corner of her eye, groaning towards him with anger. She flung a piece of rubble towards the minotaur hitting him on the side of the head. Iron Will snarled towards the direction of the wreckage only to retract his anger and chuckle lightly as if he did nothing wrong towards the Princess.

"One job, Iron Will, one job!" Pinkie Pie shouted as she waved her two front hoofs around "and you're out here hitting on Lily and Daisy!"

"You should feel ashamed of yourself, Iron Will." Rarity gasped "hitting on two mares while Ettore and Twilight were fighting for their lives, have you no pride?"

"Iron Will can explain!" The navy blue minotaur started to shake his hands towards the trio in front of him "Ettore said not to get involved way before the party even started."

"What?" Twilight paced forwards towards the minotaur.

"He knew those two would appear at the party and asked us not to stop them." Iron Will starts to explain while Pinkie Pie disperses from the group with an amazed face "it was strange, he didn't look at all worried, but I could feel it, in my gut that is, he was troubled by something."

"Ettore was worried about something?" Twilight said to herself as she brought her hoof up to her chin in deep thought "no, what's more disturbing is he ordered you to ignore their entry and let them cause the commotion. Why would he do such a thing?"

"Rarity, you have to see this!!" Pinkie Pie shouted over all the background voices grabbing the attention of the white unicorn. Twilight, on the other hand, kept thinking to herself not noticing the others leaving.

"He has incredible magical ability if he was able to blind everyone in the room. But, how does he know those two, did he work for them in his past? That must be it. How can he know them otherwise." Iron Will's eyes wandered past Twilight as she was talking to herself, looking at Pinkie and Rarity touching up something in the distance. He managed to slip away while Twilight was talking to herself with her eyes closed nodding in agreement " Plus those skills that Charis had are very assassin like while Volken's magic was somewhat dark in nature. I am shocked to witness somethin-!"

"Twilight!!" Pinkie's voice broke her out of a daze, making her jump with her wings fly up "Come here, you need to see this!" Twilight groaned in response before making her way there with a brow raised.

"Okay, Pinkie, what is it tha- Oh My Celestia! How long is that pony's mane?!"

Ettore slowly paced himself through the map room's door, taking in the large dome shaped room through his eyes. The green tinted windows are giving off a lovely shade from the sunset in the distance. The map with its six seats placed in the middle giving it a nostalgic feeling from one of the old books he read years ago. The clean smell in the air could be from the freshener he used awhile ago before the party, but, to him, it felt like his nose is burning instead of making the room have a lovely fragrance. He could not grasp why his nose was burning or why he wondered into the room in the first place. He put his right hoof on the map, watching it fuzz and fade like a holographic magic spell.

"Ponies are easily tempted. When they are poised on the edge of hellish despair, and a spider-thin thread of salvation presents itself, they will invariably grasp it. No matter the pony." Ettore said as he started to rub the table. At the door, Spike hid around the corner making sure he was in hearing distance. The dragon scratched his head as he wondered what he just said.

"Really? You gave in for them when you could have just walked away and left them; they would have been more capable enough to handle themselves." Spike poked his head out so he could see the unicorn at the table rubbing his hoof. He was confused at how he answered his question.

"You know that is not true."

"Tell me why then?" Spike, getting more curious, slowly walked out from the side and in the middle of the door listening to the Butler "is it because you do not wish to fight anymore?"

Sileince fell the room once again from the Butler being quiet, making it uneasy for Spike standing at the door watching him like a stalker. A minute had passed before Ettore spoke again in a more depressed tone that made Spike think "Ponies are easily tempted... She gave me three requests; that I would protect and never betray Twilight, that I would obey her orders unconditionally. And that I would never lie... to her. Why does she want me here?"

Spike stood a couple of feet away from Ettore as his body just kept moving forwards towards him, realising this he took a step backwards with his weight behind it making a thud.

"I'll wait till the next time," Ettore spoke as he turned around, revealing his straight emotionless face. Spike's eyes widened, thinking that he overheard it all he was going to be in huge trouble. What was Ettore going to do, is he mad or depressed by the sound of it as he spoke to himself. The dragon froze in place as Ettore walked passed without a care in the world.

Spike turned around as Ettore stood by the map room's door, looking over his shoulder towards the dragon with a cold stare "It would be your best interest if you forgot what was heard..." Ettore forbiddingly said as he walked out of sight "That is if you do not want Twilight finding of your sleeping habits in the Gem room."

Chapter 5:"Miss Jack, Your Apple Orchard Is Of High Quality."

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Chapter 7: The Book, A Princess, The Organisation

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Chapter 6:"The Code Is Never To Be Broken, Milady."

"And what of Ettore?"

"Accept the request."

"But do you not find it odd?"

"Hmm... But nevertheless, it is Ettore."

"Then sir, I have one but selfish request..."

Twilight hummed to herself in a jolly tone as she pondered down one of the hallways in the castle. She felt refreshed from the lovely calm tea party with her former mentor, Celestia. She had no eyes on her from within the Canterlot castle, especially Ettore's. No pony around, just Celestia and Luna talking about the unexpected adventures around Equestria.

"It works!!" Twilight's wings suddenly raised up with a shocked expression on her face from being spooked. It sounded like it came from the kitchen since she was close to the destination. The voice was Pinkie Pie's that much was clear. The Alicorn rushed to the kitchen, opening it with her magic in a hurry only to see Pinkie Pie standing beside an oversized blue cake wearing a chef's hat and apron. Twilight looked around the kitchen to notice they were the only ones there in the room. Ettore generally hangs around the kitchen; Twilight would even think it was his domain with the amount of time he spends in here.

"He~ya, Twilight!" Pinkie Pie enthusiastically greeted the confused purple alicorn "I thought you wouldn't mind me using your stove for my baking experiment, well, I did ask Ettore and said he was all right with it as long as I don't touch his utensils or ruin them too much but hey I finally made the first ever confetti cake bomb!!"

"Pinkie...slow down for two seconds," Twilight raised her hoof while trying to process Pinkie's fast pace "I have too many questions that need answering right now."

"What's the first question?" Pinkie asked as she pulled out a piping bag and started to decorate the cake very slowly.

"Why are you here, don't you have your stove at Sugarcube Corner?"

"Mr and Mrs Cake are cooking up a tonne of cakes for somepony in Manehatten. That's the only reason why I asked Ettore if I could use the kitchen in your castle, you were still in Canterlot, and he was in the main hall cleaning the place till it sparkled." Pinkie replied as she finished decorating the cake all fancy looking.

"Okay..." Twilight paused as she looked at Pinkie as if she was a little crazy "You shouted 'It works' at the top of your lungs, what works?"

Pinkie had giggled before she brought a large cake knife out of nowhere giving Twilight a confused look as if something is going to happen from hearing 'Confetti Cake Bomb' a few seconds ago.

Derpy stood at her house's door with fifteen stacks of muffin boxes waving goodbye to Ettore who gave a small bow of the head towards her in return. It wasn't like him to forget about payment, but then again, he did over exhaust himself working on Applejack's farm, it was also the first time ever he over exhausted himself; that could be the only reason why he would forget a payment. On his way back to the castle he continued to wonder about a few things. Like, the thought of somepony else doing something for him never even crossed his mind, all he knows from past experiences is to please your master. So for somepony to give him something as a reward is a cultural shock for him because of the Butler training in the organisation. It's not that he's ungrateful, just fraught about it. The other thought was everypony in Ponyville greeting him as if he was a family member or a close friend. He was just doing a job at the beginning of Ponyville with rescuing and such so understanding what it means to have friends is not something he is used to. During the party, he knew it was all a ruse so Charis could infiltrate the castle and try to persuade him to work for her. However, something felt off with that to begin with; even the sudden request to help Applejack seemed fishy but thinking about it too much would just make it painful and unnecessary so he brushed it off for another time as his focus should be on greeting his Master.

Before Ettore knew it, he was already a small distance away from the castle with a clear mindset. As he walked past some ponies tending to their gardens and speaking to their friends, he couldn't help but feel like something was off. It was like the feeling at the party standing at the door, an abrupt magical presence and killing intent emanated from all around. Ettore stopped a few meters away from the castle doors before looking over his shoulder towards the crowd of ponies. He couldn't put his hoof on it, but he felt like he was being watched. In his mind the penny finally dropped as his heart skipped a beat, something was indeed wrong. He felt a massive surge of magical energy emit from inside the castle with a loud explosion. Everypony in Ponyville must have heard the explosion if they didn't the smoke coming out of the side would.

Ettore barged through the castle doors and quickly anticipated where the large magical surge came from. There was no mistaking it; the wave came from the kitchen. Ettore's horn emitted a dim purple light before teleporting to the kitchen door. Perplexed, Ettore wondered why he didn't teleport straight into the kitchen. Swift with his calm mind he deduced it to a magical barrier wrapping the kitchen area so no pony can exit or enter. Ettore placed his ear on the door to hear a mixture of sharp weaponry scratching the walls with sudden bursts of magical spells. The unicorn knew a battle was taking place inside the kitchen; he couldn't get into the kitchen because of the magical barriers; they are not his forte much less magic in general for specific reasons unknown. Ettore took in a deep breath while thinking of multiple ideas, quick ones in fact, like blowing a hole in the side wouldn't do much, maybe a counter barrier perhaps?

*Scream*

Ettore froze in place as he heard Twilight's scream.

"Bollocks... Not again..."

Twilight kneeled to the cake ridden floor in pain. Cuts and bruises pricked her body to the point of light bleed, her left eye bulging from a kick to the face while her mane was missing more than a few strains of hair. On the other side of the kitchen stood a burned Pinkie Pie holding a large carving knife breathing heavily. The kitchen was mostly blasted and sliced to shreds with sharp cutlery densely placed into the walls with small amounts of blood coming from it. Twilight quickly figured it wasn't the real Pinkie Pie standing in front of her as she could feel a large magical presence from within Pinkie. The Alicorn, still in thought, managed to stand back up once more while in a striking pose ready to attack if the need would arise.

"Twilight, are you sure you're okay?" the Pinkie Pie in front of her perfectly imitated Pinkie's voice as if their own "I wasn't expecting you to be here you know, so don't feel so down on me, please. I just want you to smile!" The Pinkie screamed towards her while making an innocent creepy smile.

"Just who are you!?" Twilight had cried before Pinkie dived towards her, catching her off guard. The Pinkie landed all her weight on top of Twilight trying to push down the knife into her body only for the Alicorn to push back Pinkie's hoof, struggling to keep it away.

"I like to call myself a Breaker! it's a fun job you know!" The Pinkie cynically spouted before trying push the knife with as much force as possible. Before Twilight could mutter a word a sudden bright light enveloped the room followed with a massive sound of thunder. Twilight blinked twice before teleporting away into a random corner of the room as she knew Pinkie would be to distracted by the sudden light. Waiting for her eyes to adjust, the Alicorn held her breath. She gasped as her sight came to only to see a large hole in the kitchen door and most of the cupboards and half of the stove. Frozen stiff, her eyes flinched as the kitchen doors fell to the floor off their hinges. The Pinkie dangled from the chandelier on the roof with the knife in her mouth staring towards where the kitchen door was with a sardonic smile. A couple of hoofsteps was heard before Ettore entered the room with an unseen face of anger that surprised Twilight. As the Pinkie jumped down, Ettore used his magic on an equipment cupboard to his left on the wall. As it opened with force, a tied up, and cloth gagged Pinkie Pie fell out. Ettore caught the Pinkie and laid her down gently which she was still awake and glaring down the fake Pinkie standing opposite.

"Ettore?" Twilight had said his name in a deliberate manner before he teleported behind the fake Pinkie. Ettore was already in the air spinning around with his right hoof out before the fake Pinkie could react. The hoof connected into the Pinkie's face with enough force to send her flying into the fridge next to the whole in the wall. Twilight and the tied up Pinkie both blinked towards Ettore in amazement, of both speed and power. The fake Pinkie shot back up and ran towards Ettore with full rage in her eyes. Twilight and real Pinkie gasped as the fake threw her knife towards Ettore's face. The unicorn knew it was going to hurt and braced himself as he used his magic to catch the knife at the last second but let the Pinkie landed on him at full force. The weight made him drop to the ground with her on top face to face. Ettore moved his head left and right as the Pinkie tried to take a large chunk out of his face with her teeth. Twilight saw the opportunity to throw a wooden chair across the room with her magic, hitting the fake Pinkie that made her fling off Ettore and onto the floor. The unicorn stood up and bowed towards Twilight before using his magic to force the wooden table onto the fake Pinkie as hard as he could without seriously harming her. Twilight untied the real Pinkie and moved towards Ettore who was staring down at the fake with a strange intent, almost as if he was about to kill.

"Get this table off of me!!" The fake Pinkie screeched as she squirmed on the floor.

"You aren't getting off that lightly," Ettore growled as he used his magic to push more weight on the table making the fake scream in morbid pain. Twilight and the real Pinkie gasped as they looked at the tears coming from the fake's eyes they knew Ettore wasn't going to stop. Twilight thought of the only thing to do.

*smack*

Ettore's eyes widened in shock as his face was facing the opposite direction. He felt a painful sting on his face as he turned to face Twilight who had her right hoof across her neck with a fearful expression. Twilight hit him. That's all it took for Ettore to come back to his senses. He lowered his head in shame towards Twilight who used her magic to lift the table off the fake.

"Twilight, you are making a grave mistake," Ettore said in a cautious tone as he took a step forwards towards the Alicorn. Twilight raised her hoof making Ettore close his mouth. She then lowered her hoof towards the fake Pinkie with a smile. The fake leered at the hoof before gently smiling and taking it. The real Pinkie watched as Ettore twitched forwards ready to strike but swiftly moved in front of him giving him one of her famous smiles. The fake stood up and brushed off the rubble on her two front hoofs. Twilight opened her mouth just before the Pinkie spontaneously brought a knife out of nowhere in her right hoof, closing her eyes in fright in shock.

"STOP!" Twilight flinched even more as another unfamiliar voice came from the kitchen entrance. Twilight squinted her eyes towards the fake Pinkie who stared towards the door while the knife was just about to land on her neck. Ettore on the other hoof was using his magic to lift all the knives in the area to surround the opposite side of the fake Pinkie with a face full of killing intent. Everyone soon turned their attention to the door to see a female, a brown unicorn standing there with her brow raised towards them all. The unicorn in front of them had a tomboyish look upon them with their short mane that hangs above the eyes. Her attire is a white T-shirt with a red leather jacket over the top. She wore ripped blue jeans that only showed her cutie mark, which was a classic British tea set. The unicorn slowly walked up next to the fake Pinkie who slyly giggled while moving the knife behind her trying to hide it. The unicorn slapped the fake Pinkie from the back of the head followed by grabbing her hair with magic and forcing her to bow her head towards the three. Ettore let go of the spell for the floating knives around the fake only to hear the metallic sound resonate off the ground as he walked away from the group.

"Hold!" The unicorn raised her voice as she lifted her head towards Ettore. Twilight looked baffled as Ettore froze in place as he used his magic to pick up a broom from the closet Pinkie flew out of.

"I require three cups and a teapot, Ettore." The unicorn stated as she smoothly tilted her head to the right.

"Sarah, I suggest you take a few steps back while I clean up your mess." Ettore rudely stated giving a huge shock to Pinkie and Twilight who have never seen this side.

"You've never said anything like that to me since the start of the programme, why the sudden change?" Sarah said as she looked over towards Ettore.

Ettore ignored the question and started to grab a few more brushes, buckets, mops and sponges before trying to tidy the kitchen.

"Ettore?" Sarah's voice slowly turned serious "You won't be charged for this." Ettore's ears flicked while everything moving in the room continued with cleaning.

"Charged?" Twilight intervened with her curiosity as she still barely knows anything that's going on.

"Remember the rules of contra... He never gave them to you did he?" Twilight shook her head at Sarah's words which made her groan as if she was annoyed "you were supposed to give the rules to her!"

"Celestia was the one who hired me to look after Miss Sparkle; it was only normal I give the rules to the one hiring me?" Ettore stated before turning around facing the others.

"Excuse me!" Pinkie interrupted the flow of the conversation "not trying to sound rude but, can somepony tell me why is there two of me?!"

Ettore and Sarah both looked at each other before staring down the fake Pinkie, both saying in unison "Raven". The fake Pinkie was engulfed in a small green magical vortex before a pure white unicorn was standing in a courtesy towards everyone there completely unscathed. Her mane is long and black as the night while her attire was that of an old maid uniform, her flank was bare with no cutie mark. Twilight didn't notice it till now; she looked back at Ettore before realising he doesn't have a cutie mark. She knew it wasn't the time to ask that as a battle just took place in the kitchen as she needed to get more information on Ettore and his organisation, True Valets.

"let's go somewhere else to talk shall we?" Sarah giggled as she looked around the kitchen to see it in such a state. Raven and Sarah left the room before Twilight, Ettore and Pinkie. Ettore wasn't very good at it, but he attempted to heal Twilight using his magic before leaving the kitchen. Soon, Twilight was back to normal health as she used her magic to stabilise her wounds even more than Ettore. The party moved away from the kitchen and made their way to the library where it was peaceful and no holes in the wall. The library was untouched and spotless since Ettore cleaned it up while Twilight was out in Canterlot. Sitting around a glass table in the library, Twilight and Pinkie sat one side with Ettore to the right while Sarah sat the opposite and Raven stood on the left next to Ettore. The light purple unicorn brought the tea set with along with him to the library. The atmosphere was sceptical as Pinkie was continuously staring down Raven while Ettore was keeping a watch on the cutlery on the tea set. Sarah was not bothered in the two as she lightly sipped her tea.

"S~o..." Twilight chuckled in an awkward tone before speaking "what is it that you wanted to tell me?"

Sarah placed down her cup in a modest sense before her mouth started to move "I have come to look at how Ettore was doing in his new line of work and it seems to me he has broken a lot of codes in the rulebook."

"Sarah..." Ettore flatly spoke as he looked in front of him.

"That's, Miss Sarah, Ettore." Sarah smugly replied with a smile "Now where was I, oh yes. He's already broken the blatantly obvious, harm coming towards the Master, miss use of objects, using highly destructive magic, you know, stuff that breaks his character." Sarah had finished before Ettore brought up his voice "Always to the point...'Miss' Sarah."

"Becuase if it's too long everyone just falls asleep; I thought you knew this Ettore?"

"Only with you around, Sarah." Ettore elegantly said as he poured more tea in Sarah's cup with one eye sharply darting towards Twilight who grew confused in his action. Pinkie, on the other hand, quietly sipped her tea with her eyes looking back and forth at the three as if tensions was arising.

"*hmph* You do bring a smile to my face Ettore," Sarah smirked as she placed down her cup before using her magic to spawn in a rather large blank, black and white book on the table in front of Twilight which made her eyes dart downwards "those are the guidelines of a Butler/Maid in True Valets. I suggest you wait till you have free time, Princess."

"You ponyknap Pinkie, your Maid, Raven, attacked-"

"She is not my Maid, Princess." Sarah lightly shook her head.

"Pardon?" Twilight rebutted.

"She is another pony's Maid, whom I am not allowed to disclose the information of." Sarah straightly said as she stared into Twilight's eyes.

"Then who employs her'? Why did she stop on your command? Why give me this vast book in front of me now? I have so many questions to ask?" Twilight spoke her thoughts before turning towards Ettore as she realised he's not allowed to lie to her "can you answer any of these?"

"I am in the dark with True Valets' actions as of late, Mistress. When somepony employs us we are cut off from any movements of other Butlers or Maids and their employers, it is a safe way to ensure no one gets attack indiscriminately." Ettore answered the Alicorn while pouring more tea in her cup slowly "However, Sarah is someone high up in the True Valets chain of command and to see her here is a peculiar mystery, even to me, Mistress."

"I see you are playing the out of mind character, Ettore." Sarah chuckled as she left her side of the table to face Ettore with a thoughtful smirk "I'll pretend that you do not know why I am here, just don't do anything rash or stupid otherwise I will have to come back and fix the mess. Okay?"

The two on the other side of the table both watched as Sarah gave a chuckle before walking out the library. Raven curtsied towards
Pinkie and Twilight before leaving the library.

After a minute of silence from being baffled Pinkie shot up from her position screaming "You never explained anything to us?!"

"We technically only got one piece of information, not the reason why they ponyknapped you and assaulted me." Twilight sighed as she lifted the book with her magic and placed it on her back. She lifted herself from her spot next, almost feeling pins and needles in her back hoofs from sitting down too long "however; its seems from two attacks on myself and my friends, we've been dragged into something that we have to figure out on our own. Right, Ettore?"

Ettore gave a nod in agreement before he left the library to the kitchen.

Twilight pondered over a few things as she stayed in the library alone, laying down on a cushion while reading a rather long scroll. She did not want to entertain the thought of the large rulebook for Butlers and Maids from True Valets as the whole ordeal with Raven and Sarah was just finished with. Ettore merrily started to clean the kitchen while Raven and Sarah vanished into thin air. Just like her tea party with Celestia and Luna, it was peaceful once again.

"Want some cake, Twilight?" well, almost peaceful as Pinkie sat at the table eating pieces of blue cake from the kitchen.

"No thanks, Pinkie." Twilight declined with a smile.

"Aww, you sure, It's delicious," Pinkie replied before taking another huge bite from the pile of blue cake on the table.

"I'm not really into sweets that much, Pinkie," Twilight confirmed as she put down the scroll only to pick up another.

"Come on," Pinkie moaned as she took the large plate of cake and forced it in Twilight's vision "I finished this cake before getting tied up and shoved into the closet, the least you can do is try a small slice?"

Twilight sighed through her nose as she almost died from a cake bomb at the beginning of that dilemma, plus, Pinkie was the one who made it so might as well. She took a small bite out of the remains of the cake, trying to analyse the taste in her mouth.

"It's lovely, Pinkie," Twilight complimented towards the pink mare who gave a proud smile that almost looked like it would break her face.

"Thanks!" Pinkie giggled as she placed down the plate next to Twilight, proceeding to pick up the scroll she placed down. She could see the scroll was about the use of duplication magic. The pink mare's left face scrunched with worry as she remembered the pool and her clones. She quickly placed down the scroll before getting up and having a look around the library. Twilight didn't mind Pinkie running around the library looking at different books, considering it was a change as she would always do something random. Twilight went back to reading her scroll 'The Anatomy Of Different Creatures". She isn't the animal type of person, apart from Owlicious, she doesn't know much from animals. That and Fluttershy has asked for help with some of her animals around her cottage as she has plans to go out with Discord in Canterlot. Wait a sec? Twilight stopped thinking as Ettore came into her mind. She didn't want him helping her out as she wouldn't be able to do anything besides sit on the sidelines while Ettore does all the work. She has to quickly think of a way to get rid of Ettore for just a couple of hours or even the entire day... but how?

"Finished!!!" Pinkie's screech made Twilight abruptly stand up with her wings once more.

"Would you stop doing tha-!" Twilight spurted as she turned around before her jaw dropped wide to see something incredible.

"My book fort is now complete!!" Pinkie screamed out as she raised a flag with her saluting.

Twilight was astonished as Pinkie made a book Castle in a matter of seconds, not to mention with all her books in the library. It came with a moat, drawbridge, towers, windows and much more.

"How, what, why?!" Twilight asked as she rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

"I started to read that large book that was given to you then I got bored and decided to make a fort!!" Pinkie screeched before firing her confetti cannon, which came out from thin air behind herself.

"That's impressive, Pinkie, but how am I suppose to clean up thi-!" Twilight froze mid-speech as she stared at Pinkie only to get a conniving smile "Pinkie? How would you like to have a dedicated helper tomorrow?"

"Oooh, I have so much going on tomorrow like baking, setting up a birthday, singing, helping out Applebloom and her friends an-"

"Then I have a proposition for you, Pinkie," Twilight interrupted Pinkie before flying towards her.

Author's Note

...I have been away from this for so long it's hard to believe I've lasted this long on a story. University is causing me to have some trouble putting up chapters... or even writing down the chapter. But I found some free time and managed to get it done. If you see a chapter, then it means I found free time to do it. Plus, good stress relief.

I know I messed up on a lot of things in here, one could be characters... I don't know. Thank you for reading my stuff anyway!! And if you have any feedback, it would be appreciated! :twilightsmile: :scootangel: