Prologue

Location: Small town on the border of the Badlands
Mission: Eliminate all targets
Agent sent: Classified
Targets eliminated: 99.9%
Agent status: 100% no injuries

The piles of dead pony corpses litter the ground, it was too late for help to reach them. Among the dead ponies lie the carcasses of giant pitch black beasts that seem to emit shadows. Despite how dangerous and powerful they appear to be, their bodies suggest that they were killed quite brutally due to the large number of deep sword slashes and stabs on their bodies; some even had whole limbs chopped off. A whole town once lively and full of ponies going about their business, shops calling out their products and/or sales to attract customers, or just having conversations with the sweet smell of food penetrated the air, was now just dead and silent with the horrid stench of death and decay lingering in the air. It was almost completely silent...

Almost.

RRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

A loud thundering battle cry sounded moments before a building was blown to bits by one of the monsters on the floor. Like it's dead brethren it was completely black and had smoke like gas emitting from it's huge Minotaur like body. It's red glowing eyes scanned the wasteland, burning with rage and a longing for retribution. Then the hulking beast spots its target. sitting atop a pile of it's dead kin was a cloaked figure. The cloak itself was blood red, had a hood that mostly hid the wearer's face and was long enough to nearly touch the ground. His/her face was wrapped around a dark gray cloth and the eyes were covered by red goggles. On the figures back was a sword half his/her size, the scabbard was pitch black and so was the handle, the guard and end was red. slowly the figure turns to look at the monster only to turn his head again stand up then just us. ignore the beast altogether. The monster clearly not pleased with these actions charged forward claws ready. The figure just looked back at the rage monster before sighing and looking down, as if he was accepting his demise, much to the beast's sadistic glee. They were inches apart, it is over...

SHIIIIIIIING!

The beast now behind his target was just standing there, unmoving and eyes wide. It just stood there for a few more seconds before falling to the ground dead. Back to the mysterious figure, his head was still down however, his sword was drawn and in his/her hoof, which was sticking out of a slit in the cloak. The cloaked being then swiped his sword around him, removing the creatures blood from his/her sword and creating a blood crescent moon around him/herself. He/she then looked at the blade in his/her hoof, it was a one edged katana-like blade that was two toned, the blunt end was black while the sharp end was white. He/she just stared at the blade just a bit longer before the
com-link crystal in his/ her ear beeped. A male voice on the other end then spoke:

"Good work Thanatos. All targets eliminated, as per usual. Come back to HQ for debriefing. Over and out"

The figure then said in a voice that would recognize it as a male said in reply: "Confirmed, returning to HQ Thanatos out." He then sheathed his sword and prepared to leave before he heard someone call out to him. "Help... me..." He looked behind and saw a stallion who had multiple wounds on his body he was swaying side to side before falling down to the ground. He then looked at Thanatos and said weakly. "Please... help...me." His words were pausing due to his heavy breathing. Thanatos then knelt down in front of the only survivor of the city. He reached out his hand to help the downed stallion, however pulled it back when he saw a black mark on his neck. He then asked: "Did one bite you on the neck?" The wounded just nodded. Thanatos then stood up, drew his sword and aimed it at the stallion. The scared colt then weakly shouted: "What are you doi--?!?" he however never finished his sentence since Thanatos pierced his heart, instantly killing him. Thanatos then knelt down again and closed the stallion's eyes. "I'm sorry, if only there were another way." he sighed, rage building in his mind over another innocent life lost, and the fact there was nothing he could do about it. .He took solace at least with the thought that he saved that poor soul a lot of pain, that mark would have given him a fate worse than death. His thought was then interrupted by his com-link again.

"Thanatos?"

"What?"

"Whoa there. Whats with the attitude? Something wrong"

"Nothing, sorry. Need something?"

" Oh ya , before you come back we spotted a few more of them. They seem to be taking shelter in the Everfree Forest."

"Can't you just make somepony else do it?"

"Sorry their all out for some R and R. I'm actually still surprised that your still here. It's almost time for the "Summer Sun Celebration" after all."

"Sigh. I got it. Heading out... Wait."

"what?"

"There's a town near there right?"

"Yea."

"What's it's name again?"

"Seriously dude? It's were the Celebration will be held."

"You know I don't go to those kinds of things anymore."

"Maybe you should this time. I mean you are already there."

"Sigh, I guess your right."

"Yah man. Live a little, mingle a bit, make some new friends."

"Anyway, whats the places' name? You still haven't told me."

"Ponyville"

Author's Note

(End Credits)
So! The story begins, who is this mysterious warrior? How is he so strong? What were those creatures he was fighting? All this shall be answered in the next chapter.

(Authors note)

Just quickly, if you already knew that it was a dude... then good for you. I just wrote it like this for the "immersion" of some other readers. Also tell me if you like the end credits idea, if you don't then just tell me and I won't do it anymore. Lastly there won't always be a progress chart at the start like this one.