By the Nightly

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I was enjoying a good nap on a uncomfortable chair, my back was getting stiff, but I didn't care I haven't had a good sleep in about a month. Then out of nowhere a small shock got sent through my body making me give a yell of surprise and pain, but I kept my eyes shut. 'Goddamnit why does no one want me to sleep?'

"Hey Nightly, are ya' alright there partner?" a familiar voice called out.

'I'd know that accent from anywhere' I groaned and turned onto my side trying to go back to sleep.

"Come-on get up partner." Applejack ordered.

I opened my eyes just a crack to see full on sunlight. "GAH!" I shouted covering my eyes and started feeling around for my sunglasses, "Miss Applejack vhere are mein sunglasses?"

"Ha! Applejack you were right he does talk funny!" a new tomboyish voice shouted.

"Rainbow Dash it's rude to make fun of how others talk!" another but more polite one shouted.

"Verdammt sonnenbrille, wo zum teufel sind sie?" I cursed. ((damn sunglasses where the hell are they?))

"Now there's no need for that kind of language mister." a familiar voice scolded.

"den Mund halten Screwball." I growled. ((Shut up))

She grinned while I patted around for my sunglasses yet again, "Now is that anyway to talk to an old friend Nightly?" Screwball replied with a smug grin still on her face.

"Give me mein damn sunglasses Screwball, unt I might be a slight bit more happy to see you." I growled out.

I felt my sunglasses get put back in their rightful spot and open my eyes to see Applejack, a disappointed looking Screwball, the woman with the yellow hoodie, and two others that I didn't recognize all sitting in a couch across from me. Screwball was in a purple long-sleeved shirt, black jeans with a charm hanging from one of the pockets that was a gift from me a few years ago, and a beanie that could allow her to fly without wings (I don't understand the machinery at all) . She had purple hair with white lines on the edges and purple eyes, but the strange thing about her eyes was that there were no pupils, there were only literal whirlpools of green and white. It reminded me of a hipno-disc.

I smiled a bit upon seeing Screwball, she was an old friend from many years ago, and she was the daughter of Discord which I found quite interesting. I turned my gaze to the other two girls one had a white sundress had matching hat over her purple, curly, hair. She also had a wand a in holster along her thigh that meant she was a magic user. The other was wearing a cyan tank-top and shorts with fingerless gloves on her hands. She had wings so she was a flyer. The most noticeable thing about her was the fact that she had hair that was every color of the rainbow. The girl in the yellow hoodie was hiding behind Applejack, but when I looked I could see wings on her back. 'Two flyers, an earther, and a magic user, that's an odd bunch.'

"So Miss Applejack, are you going to introduce me to your friendz?"

"What, I don't get a "hello"?" Screwball complained. A devilish idea popped popped in my head so I turned my head towards her wearing a warm smile.

"Gutentag old friend, I've missed you ze most out of our little group." I said walking up to her with a sly grin. Her face got tinted red at my comment, "oh...um....thank you Nightly". I chuckled a her embarrassment, "I love making you get all embarrassed. You know I thought zat you'd let go of zat little crush you had on me,fraulein." I spoke adding emphasis a the last word.

Screwball's face got redder than before, "S-shut up!"

I laughed at her a bit then turned my attention back to Applejack, "So who are zhese three Miss Applejack?"

The one with rainbow hair walked up first and stuck her chest up in a prideful manor, "I'm Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in Equestria and captain of the weather team here in Ponyville. I'm sure you've heard of me." 'Well this one leaks pride.'

"Can't say I have." she just gave a disappointed sigh.

"Vell maybe ve can race some time unt you can prove zat Miss Dash." I tipped my hat to greet her.

"Nightly don't do that. I've seen you race and you take things too far." Screwball gave me a look that said "NO!" in five different languages.

Rainbow Dash just gave us a confused look a took a step back next to Applejack, then the woman in the sundress stepped forward.

"My name is Rarity darling. I run the Carousel Boutique here in Ponyville and I must say WHERE DID YOU GET THOSE CLOTHES THEY"RE SIMPLY DAZZLING." she sticks out her hand eagerly for me to shake. 'Another aura of pride, but I sense an overly large generous aura coming from her also.'

I grab hold of her hand and give it a small kiss, "Gutentag Miss Rarity, unt thank you for ze compliment." I look up and see her blushing extremely so I let go, "It's a pleasure." she spoke in a polite tone, but a blush was still noticeable on her face.

I turn my head to look at Screwball. She was glaring daggers at me, "Vhat'z wrong Screwball? Jealous?" Her face soon became tinted red yet again as I laughed at her.

"N-no it's just no one does that anymore." she argued in an attempt to defend herself.

"Oh is zat right?" I stand up, walked to her, and leaned in close to her ear, "You vish zat vas you zhough don't you?"

This time a small smile accompanied her deep red blush, "Yes I do in-fact." she said loud enough for everyone to hear. I let out a large laugh at her answer.

"Glad to see you're have as much fun as I am, old friend"

Screwball's face turned serious and looked at me, "What are you doing here Nightly? It's not like you to come visit me unless there's a job from Celestia." she spoke in a hushed tone.

"You see right through me." I sigh and pull out a scroll "Ja' zhere'z a job and he'z in zhis town."

"Then why'd you come to me and not Luna?"

"Because ze target izn't zat tough, I could beat him vithout help, and I really did vant to see you again." I finish with a small smile.

Screwball returned the smile, "Thanks boss, so who's the target?" she asks with her best buisness face (which is accually very cute).

"I'll tell you later, okay?" I give her a small pat on the head then put away the scroll.

I turn my attention back to the others and they were all looking at me with confused expressions, "Vhat?"

"What'd ya' say ta' Screwball?" Applejack asked with a confused look still clear on her face.

"Not telling."

"Jerk." I shrugged and turned my head to the woman in the yellow hoodie, "Vhat's your name ma'am?"

The woman flinched, let out a adorable "Eep!" and hid behind Applejack. "Ah'll answer for her. Her names Fluttershy and she takes care of animals from the Everfree." Appleajck said with an annoyed expression

"How appropriately named."

"That's what we said when we first met her." Applejack agreed.

"It'z nice to meet you Miss Fluttershy." I extend my hand out to shake hands, but just let out a barely audible "hi" then continued hiding.

I let out a sigh at the shear hopelessness at trying to get her to speak then turn my attention back to Applejack, "So vhat did you say abou-" Then out of nowhere a dark purple flash of light showed up in-front of me blinding me even with my sunglasses. "Zet de verdomde licht uit!" I shout covering my eyes. ((Not telling :P))

"Girls! I came as fast as I could, how's Pinkie?" a new voice shouts, clearly ignoring me.

My vision clears up as I continuously rub my eyes, "Pinkie's fine Twi, but ya' may want ta' apologize fer' blinding her savior."

She turns her head towards me with a slight look of shock, while I look at her appearance. She's wearing a purple t-shirt underneath a purple and pink plad vest, dark blue jeans with a royal symbol stitched on one of the legs. Her hair was purple with a pink highlight in the middle. I noted the wand holster on her side then decided to speak.

"Gutentag ma'am." I greet with a tip of my hat.

"Uh...hi." she replies never taking her eyes off you. A strange silence followed for several moments until Applejack finally spoke up, "...Twi um this is Nightly he saved Pinkie from a bunch of kidnappers."

"Are you sure we can trust him Applejack?" uhh Twi asked Applejack without even taking her eyes off me.

My eye twitched a bit from under my sunglasses in annoyance. 'Applejack already pulled this crap with me and now it's starting to get old!'

I sigh and look Twi in the eye, "Ma'am I vas coming to Ponyville to make a job offer for mein friend here," I gestured to Screwball, "I vasn't here during ze' time she vas kidnapped except vhen rescued her."

She seemed un-convinced by my explanation, "That still doesn't prove that you didn't plan it or something. I have to think about all possibilities for the safety of my friends."

'What? Is this some kind of a joke?' I sigh, "Du musst mich verarschen werden." I say aloud and start walking away from the group.

"Nightly, where are you going darling?" Rarity asked stepping in my way.

"Mein patience is vearing thin. I've been accused of kidnapping tvice today, so I'm going to get a hotel to sleep in." I turn my head to face Twi and Applejack, "Vhere hopefully I von't get accused of something I haven't done." Both the girls withered under my glare from behind my sunglasses that they knew was directed towards them. I now turn my head to Screwball, "Screwball you can come vith me if you vant, but I don't care."

Rarity steps out of my way and I make my way through the doors. "Nightly what do we tell Pinkie when she wakes up?" Rainbow Dash asks just before I leave the door.

"Tell her I vanted to buy something for her." I reply simply. She nods and turns her head back to her friends. I just keep moving to something to relieve my stress, cause right now I need something to shoot at.

'This was just supposed to be a simple in out job then I get my payment and spend some time with Screwball, now it's just getting annoying to the point where I just want to leave and forget about it.'

I pull out my scroll from my jacket  and decide since I'm here I should start looking for him.

Name:Rumble

Sex:Male

Age:21

Classification:Flyer

Occupation:None

Other:Former commando of Celestia's royal guard. Target has long black hair, dark purple eyes, and pale skin.

Wanted alive on counts of murder of his own squad and stealing Royal Guard equipment

Target is armed and dangerous.

'Armed and dangerous, oh please if the people I was after weren't my job wouldn't be fun.' I rolled the scroll back up and placed it back in my jacket pocket. 'Well I guess I'd better find a place to live, maybe I should give Pinkie a present first though.'

I looked around where I was and saw a flower stand, a giant tree with a sign in front that said Ponyville Library, and finally a giant gingerbread house with a sign that said Sugarcube Corner. 'I bet Pinkie would like to have some sweets, especially from where she works and maybe a rose, she doesn't seem to be the reading type.'

I started to walk towards Sugarcube Corner and enter through the door.

"Hello dearie, how can I help you?" a woman greeted from behind a counter. This place looked relatively normal, except for the fact that I walked into a real version of the game Candyland. In front of the entrance was a counter with two people sitting there obviously bored. To my left was an archway that led into an area full of tables and booths with about ten people eating.

"I'd like ze best snack you have here please." I ask reaching into my pocket for my money bag, but then felt something sharp against my back.

"EVERYONE DON'T MOVE UNLESS YOU WANT THIS MAN TO DIE!" a man shouted from behind me. A restaurant getting robbed by one man with a knife. The saddest part was everyone was cowering under their tables. Now if that's not pathetic I don't know what is.

Are you kidding me? I sigh and walk towards the counter, ignoring the moron with a knife. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?" he shouted from behind me.

I turn my head "Getting mein food, trottel." I respond with a bored tone. ((moron))

The moron didn't even bother to wear a mask so it gave me enough time to observe his features. He wore a black t-shirt and blue jeans. The thing that caught my attention though was the fact he matched the description of the target. 'Well this is sure convinient.'

My lips curve into a big smile as I stare at him which made him nervous. "You know for a former commando you sure are a blödmann." I comment with the smile I had growing bigger and bigger.

Rumble's eyes widened, "H-how do you know about that?" his grip grew tighter on the knife he was holding.

I reach into my pocket and pull out my scroll and start reading the information out loud to him as I lean on the counter, and with each word his grip became tighter on his knife, until it became so tight you'd think the handle would snap.

"I vill give you two choices right now, vone: Run avay or charge me unt zhen you'll go to ze Canterlot dungeon vithout your armz, or two: you make zhis easier on yourself unt let me take you to Canterlot vhere ze Princesses can handle it from zhere. Personally, I hope you'll resist, it'z more fun." I explain with a almost deranged smile.

Rumble relaxed at my explanation and got ready to attack. 'Apparently he thinks that he can take me. BIG mistake.'

((Okay I'm gonna make the fight scene third person because I SUCK at making fight scenes in first person. PS tell what you think and tell me if you want more.))