Prologue
A white coated stallion with a black mane and tail sat at his table one morning with a newspaper in his hooves. As he read through it he came across a story which really caught his eye and it was titled “The Canterlot Hero” and it featured an image of a dark figure standing on top of a building in Canterlot. This surprised the stallion as the Manehattan news normally only featured local stories but occasionally other stories that brought news that was important.
He was shocked to see that there was a hero that was in Canterlot protecting people and he’d let ponies see him. The stallion reading the paper had been stopping crime in Manehattan for eight months but still no pony knew that there was somepony protecting innocent citizens from those who wished harm on others. He knew he’d have to go to Canterlot himself to see if this other masked pony was actually real or perhaps he wasn’t real and this was just a hoax.
The stallion stood up and looked in the mirror making sure that the mask he always wore was on his face correctly. Then later that day the stallion left the walls of his apartment in Manehattan and went through the city unseen by anypony else, it was as if he was invisible to the eye of anyone else. This is why he’d named himself Invisibrony because he could come and go as he pleased without anypony knowing.
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The cold air blew across the face of the masked stallion as he crept through the city known as Canterlot making sure that there was no trouble. He did this every night as he knew that even though the city was scattered with guards they couldn’t always make sure that there was no crime in the night. It had been months since he’d started and many people now knew about the hero of Canterlot and had named him The Blue Bandit as he wore a blue and black suit and he crept around like a bandit.
As The Blue Bandit continued to patrol the streets of Canterlot he noticed the shadow of a stallion perched on top of the rooftop. The hero prepared himself not knowing who he was about to face and what they were planning to do but he assumed that he was about to stir up some trouble in Canterlot. Although The Blue Bandit wanted to make sure that Canterlot was safe he almost always felt terrified whenever he was about to confront somepony mysterious a there had been a few times where he’d been in a fight and had lost.
He went down a dark alleyway that smelt of rotten eggs and heard the rats scurrying along the floor as he walked through with a disgusted expression on his face. Most ponies wouldn’t believe that there was certain place in Canterlot that weren’t as clean and peaceful as other places as Canterlot was known for being expensive, tidy and regal but not all of it was. The Blue Bandit then stopped as he realised that he’d stepped onto the tail of a rat that he’d now made angry and was biting at his boots. He then wanted to avoid the rat biting through the boots and damaging the hoof so much that he’d have to get a new one from Sylvertongue from the prosthetic store as their bites were known to be deadly. Then The Blue Bandit climbed onto a rubbish bin and then from the bin and onto the roof of the building.
The Blue Bandit stopped and glared at the back of the stallion that stood on the other side of the roof and wondered why this mysterious figure was here. Normally the criminals and trouble makers that the hero ran into were after money, revenge or what they’d call fun but there’d been a few that had been more mischievous and some had even gotten away. The Blue Bandit wasted no more time and advanced forward and then made sure that his presence was known by the stallion.
“Who are you?” The Blue Bandit asked in a deep voice.
“I didn’t come here to exchange names I’m here to see if you are real” The strange figure replied. “Which you’ve now proven, so I guess I’ll tell you that I’m Invisibrony.”
“I’ve never heard of you but whatever your intentions are, I won’t let you harm this city” The Blue Bandit said.
Invisibrony chuckled, making The Blue Bandit even more curious as why this stranger had come and why he wanted to know if the masked hero was real. However the most confusing thing was the mask that Invisibrony was wearing as it resembled the one that The Blue Bandit wore every day, but he wondered why Invisibrony wore one? Invisibrony was glad that The Blue Bandit existed as it proved that it only required one pony to stand up against criminals and protect a city.
“I’m not here to do anything of the sort” Invisibrony said.
“Then why exactly are you here and why did you want proof that I am real?” The Blue Bandit asked.
“I wanted to know if there truly was a masked hero in Canterlot because I’m the masked pony of Manehattan” Invisibrony revealed.
“I don’t believe you because I’ve never heard of another masked pony” The Blue Bandit said.
“I don’t allow ponies to know that I’m there protecting them from harm’s way” Invisibrony said.
“Well it’s possible” The Blue Bandit said.
Now The Blue Bandit was as confused as ever, he’d believed for three months that he was the only masked hero but he could tell that Invisibrony was telling the truth. The thing that was troubling him was that he’d been seen multiple times when he should’ve known better and that staying hidden would’ve been better. They both however stood in silence staring at each other not knowing what to say to the other and five minutes went by before the silence was broken.
“How many times have you messed up?” Invisibrony asked.
“Well I’ve obviously messed up by letting everypony know I exist but I’ve also lost a few times and criminals have got away, please don’t laugh” The Blue Bandit said.
“Well you’re still pretty new so I won’t laugh and anyway the same thing has happened to me a few times you learn from your mistakes and you’ve got to remember we’ve only got our hooves we aren’t invincible” Invisibrony replied.
“True, I bet you have to deal with a lot of stuff in Manehattan” The Blue Bandit said.
“Yeah there’s a lot of bad stuff there which the cops don’t handle or can’t” Invisibrony said and then let out a sigh.
“I know what you mean, there’s the guards and the princesses here yet there’s still crime there’s just so much things either they don’t notice or they don’t care” The Blue Bandit said.
As the two continued to talk they began to realise that both Canterlot and Manehattan were safe and were protected however Invisibrony was still sceptical that The Blue Bandit was a good protector. They both knew that Equestria wasn’t ever going to be entirely peaceful whether it be street crime or evil villains who’d come to cause trouble but they knew that there was always someone to save it. Time passed by and they continued to talk until they both knew that it was time for Invisibrony to head back home to Manehattan.
“Be safe and if you ever need help I’m always here” Invisibrony said.
“Likewise we’re allies now” The Blue Bandit said.
“Bye” Invisibrony said.
“See you soon” The Blue Bandit said.
The two went separate ways; The Blue Bandit went onto another roof and continued to patrol and Invisibrony had returned to the shadows unseen. However when they were both out of sight a dark coated pegasus who had previously been cloaked by a magic potion made by Zecora which she’d stolen, removed the spell making her yet again visible. She previously thought that Manehattan and Canterlot were being protected but wanted evidence so she’d been cloaked for days until she found them both and now she knew that she’d have to stop them from stopping her enact her plan.
