Returning to a Dangerous Game

I put my tea cup on the table, put my glasses on and walk to the door.

“Have you given any thought to my offer?” Luna asks grabbing my hoof as it presses against the door made out of amethyst.

“Yes” I answer keeping my gaze on the door.

“And?”

“If there’s one thing I’m good at its hiding in plain sight… but if you really think I’m going to follow your no kill rule, reread Twilight’s psyche profile on me.”

“Then remember not to tell anypony that you’ve returned to this profession, not the elements, not my niece, not even my sister. Return to Canterlot to receive your first assignment… after you’ve gotten some proper rest”

She lets go of my hoof and without another word I leave the room, I enter the gardens which are unsurprisingly filled with crystals carved as flowers and sit on a bench in front of a massive emerald fountain when the bench shifts… I look over and see Cadence, a few months after Spike saved her empire from Sombra; she started writing to me… as usual I was to pissed to question why so the first few letters were meant as an attack but when she kept sending letters, the more I started to let my guard down… needless to say she became my first (And probably only) friend in Equestria.

“Hello Cadence” I sigh.

“Doth our ears deceive us? Or hath thou truly called us Cadence?” she gasps imitating Luna minus the royal shouting voice before Twilight gave her lessons on modern culture.

“Yes I’ve called you Cadence in public without an extra insult, the end is upon us-” I wave my hooves in the air “-besides I’ve called you ‘Cadence’ in my letters so you shouldn’t be so surprised”

“I know-“she hums as I look back at the fountain “-but actually hearing you say it… makes me think of the letters in which you called me
‘Princess Cadenzia’ then proceeded to try and insult my existence, my husband, and my future children, I knew it was just a defense mechanism, but they were still a little too close to home”

“You could’ve stopped sending letters” I mumble.

“Now what kind of Princess would I be if I didn’t communicate with my subjects? Besides your letters were more colorful than reading requisition orders for outdated trade methods; it also helped that I know your mailing address”

“I still blame your sister-in-law, and you stepped onto a very thin line when you tried to set me up with Fluttershy knowing full well why we can’t EVER be anywhere near each other”

“Are you really going to let Gin’s spell control your life?”

“It’s not the spell that I worry about, it’s the fact that everyone expects me to be ‘cured’ of my past life so they expect me to do what they do… get a job, meet a nice mare, and start a family”

“Then why are you so afraid to let somepony in?”

“Why don’t you admit that you like the concept of doomed lovers? Most of the romance books I read while living at Twilight’s is they all have a common theme… each character is from a different social class, they have morals they will never break even if it saves their life; then there’s the shitty emo vampire heartthrobs… I never finished those books because I felt like throwing up when the only conflict besides the class, age, or problems of the times was a love triangle”

“Maybe romance novels aren’t your thing-” Cadence laughs “-or maybe you’re reading the really bad ones”

“I won’t complain about the porn novels, the ones I read don’t deal with the ‘maybe she does maybe he doesn’t’ route and they actually develop a romance-” I slowly turn my head to Cadence “-before the characters eventually fucked in graphic detail”

“Something else is on your mind isn’t there?” Cadence shifts further down the bench.

“It was when Twilight went to the other universe” I sigh looking at the stars.

“What about it?” Cadence prods.

“It got me thinking that maybe I’m not the only Frostbite”

“Maybe in that sense… but here-“She scoots back and wraps her wing over my shoulder “-There is only one you, you shouldn’t try to change everypony’s opinion of you by trying to bring a version of you that they would approve of.”

“They still think that after a few months that I should be able to walk among them without wanting to kill someone every time they say a dumb joke or keep asking why I wear these glasses… it takes 30 moons for your magic mirror to open, 30 moons is damn near close to two years and I’ve sat in front that mirror for 10”

“You broke into my castle?!” she jumps off the bench faces me and prepares her magic.

“Forging a royal pass is foals play” I chuckle spreading my upper legs, leaving my heart exposed.

“If only you volunteered for our spy ring…” Cadence trails off when Shining walks up to her and whispers something to Cadence; she then deactivates her magic and walks into my embrace…Shining shoots me a death glare.

I’m willing to share I mouth almost making him draw his sword when Cadence breaks the hug.

“Your train is leaving” she says.