Chapter 3: Arriving home. Leaving home.

Sunset Shimmer looked solemnly out the window as the bus pulled up to Canterlot high school. Her hand absentmindedly twirled the string that held her magic pendant to her neck around her finger. All her friends were looking out the window with much more excitement than her.

Rainbow dash was the first to voice her thoughts. “Well it’s about damn time! I thought the bus was never going to get here! I mean look at the time! It’s ten thirty at night!” She said loudly as she looked at her phone.

Applejack spoke up next. “For once, Ah agree with ya Rainbow. Ah’m eager to get home and get some shut-eye.” She said before leaning back in her seat and yawning deeply.

Rarity held up a finger. “I want to get home too. Staying awake this long is awful for my complexion.”

“I’m gonna play video games!” Pinkie piped up as she jumped from her seat, wincing lightly as her wounded arm brushed up against the seat.

Fluttershy looked up with her eyes lidded. “I’m gonna go to sleep too. I’m tired.”

Twilight looked at Sunset. “I’m just going to read before falling asleep. What are you going to do Sunset?” She asked.

Sunset looked up, startled. "Huh? Oh. I'm...just gonna get a shower and go to bed. I had a long day." she said quietly before looking back out the window. By this time the bus had stopped and was turned off. By principal Celestia’s command the students including Sunset and her friends began to get off the bus.

When they were off the bus Applejack looked to Sunset. "Hell yeah, you had a long day. Ah can't imagine what havin' a dream like yours must've felt like." she said sympathetically.

Sunset nodded. "Yeah." she said, not really paying attention. She twirled the pendant around her finger again.

Applejack noticed Sunset's lack of expression. She looked to Sunset. "Are you okay" she asked.

Sunset looked to Applejack. "I'm uh...I'm fine. Just tired is all." she lied. In truth, Sunset was far from fine. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get that nightmare out of her head. It was strange how real it felt. It was scary, how real it felt.

Applejack continued to look at Sunset for a moment before nodding. "Okay...Well, Ah'll leave ya to it then. And hey, we're here for ya. If you ever need someone to talk to, all you need to do...is ask." Applejack said in a caring tone. She knew Sunset was lying to her, but thanks to her closes with her family, she knew that this was probably something that Sunset needed to try and work out on her own, first. Applejack knew that in this point in time it would do no good to poke her nose in Sunset's business. Still, Applejack didn't want Sunset to think she no one to reach out to.

Sunset let out a small smile. "Thanks. I will." she said gratefully.

After that moment, everyone turned and went there separate ways. Most hoping to get home, and in turn, some sleep.

Sunset walked down the street to her home, the night air slightly biting at her skin. It wasn’t too much of a problem for her though because Sunset was soon approaching the door to her house. She stopped at the door, reached into her shorts pocket and pulled out a copper colored key. After unlocking and opening the door, Sunset put the key back in her pocket, and grabbed her bags and went inside.

Sunset sighed in relief that she was finally home and could get some rest. She made her way up the stairs to her room and set her bag down beside her bed. Deciding she was going to have a shower before going to bed, Sunset reached in her bag and pulled out a towel and cleaning products. Then, she took off her shirt, shorts and underwear. Sunset grabbed the towel and cleaning products and went to the upstairs bathroom to have her shower. She hung the towel on a post adjacent to the tub before stepping into the tub along with the cleaning products. Sunset turned the knob and sighed as the hot water poured soothingly over her exposed body.

As Sunset began to wash herself she found her mind once again wandering to that nightmare. She just couldn't shake it; no matter what she did she just couldn't get it out of her mind. She found herself infatuated by the nightmare. The grief she felt. The sadness. Then there was the rage...oohhh the rage. It was strange to Sunset that she felt like she could destroy everything in the entire world, for taking her friends away, but...she didn't want to...she knew that there was only one person that was at fault. Her mind wasn't clouded like she would expect. No...her mind was clear. She had only one target. No one else needed to die but him. The scariest part was, Sunset didn't feel like she had no control. It wasn't like most dreams, where the dreamer just sat back and watched, like a film. No...the scariest part about the nightmare was, that Sunset felt in complete control. Sunset wanted to hurt him. She wanted him to suffer. She didn't what to think as she realized that she wasn't afraid. Not a single twitch of fear.

Sunset had finished washing herself and was about to reached for the knob to turn off the water, but paused as though entered her mind. "Was it right?" she found herself asking aloud. A part of Sunset desperately wanted to say, yes. It was the right thing to do. If not for her, then the for countless others he would have harmed. A slightly darker part of Sunset wanted to say this. Dark, but not nearly as dark as she once was.

Sunset bit her lip as her mind raced with these thoughts and questions. "Was it right?" she asked herself again. She held still for a moment longer, her hand centimeters away from the knob. Her fingers were beginning to prune at this point, but Sunset didn't notice.

Sunset blinked and shook her head. "No." she said firmly to herself. "Killing is wrong. No matter what." She looked at her hand, which was now fairly prune and hastily shut off the shower.

She stepped out of the shower, shivering as the cold air clawed at her warm skin, giving goosebumps everywhere. Sunset grabbed the towel she had brought, wrapped it around her body, reveling in the soft feeling of the fabric. She walked back to her room where she sat down, careful she sat on the towel and not the mattress. After a moment Sunset stood up again and proceeded to dry herself off. When she thought she was thoroughly dry, Sunset took off her towel and reached into her bag, pulling out her pajamas and a clean pair of underwear a moment later. Once Sunset had put on her underwear and pajamas, she grabbed her used towel and tossed it into the hamper by the door. Sunset led down on the bed and let out a breath.

After the long and eventful day Sunset finally began to relax. She pulled the blankets over her body and closed her eyes. After everything that happened Sunset was finally ready to get some sleep. She turned to her left side, then her right. She led flat her back, then on her belly. Try as she might, she couldn't sleep. Every time she was just about fall asleep, the nightmare would slip back into her thoughts like a cockroach.

Growling Sunset sat up in bed. "Fuck this fucking nightmare!" she shouted angrily. "Just leave me alone and let me sleep goddammit!" she was left panting after that shouting episode.

She groaned and placed two fingers on the bridge of her nose. "Holy fuck...is it so wrong for me to want a little sleep?" she asked no one in particular. Every single time Sunset tried to get her mind off the nightmare it just came back.

Sunset sat there in her for a moment before she got an idea. "What if I just keep thinking about it until it leaves?" she said to herself. She thought for a second. "It's stupid, but it's the only thing left to try." she said, looking up and staring straight.

Resolving to at least attempt the absurd idea, Sunset led down flat on her bed and closed her eyes. She then began to go over everything she remembered about the nightmare which, unfortunately for her, was a lot. Sunset went through every little detail of the nightmare, from her discovering the deaths of her friends, to her destroying the man that killed them.

After about a minute it became apparent that Sunset was getting too deep in the nightmare as she began clenching her fists and breathing heavily, the emotions from the nightmare seeping in her body and affecting her as such. Unbeknownst to Sunset, the crack that had formed in her pendant was glowing brightly.

Sunset opened her eyes and realized that she was sweating heavily, clenching her hands hard and panting. She felt like she'd just ran a marathon. She sat up. "whoa." she said. "what was that all about?" she asked herself in slight shock.

It was then that she felt a strange sensation on her left hand. Sunset looked to her left to examine her hand and gasped. Her hand was completely ablaze! "GAHH!" Sunset yelped and jumped off the bed and onto her feet. She began to shake her hand wildly. "Oh my god!" Sunset shouted in fear, slapping her hand in an attempt the put the flames out.

After about a minute, of slapping, jumped and shouting, the flames on Sunset's hand began to die. As it did this, Sunset's slapping began to slow down as well until she stopped. When the flames completely stopped, Sunset examined her hand to find completely unchanged. Curiously, she clenched and unclenched her hand. Nothing. No injuries whatsoever. "Magic?" she asked herself.

"Shit." Sunset said quietly to herself, in complete shock of everything that just happened. Sunset began to slowly walk towards the bed to sit down and think. She was almost at her bed, but screamed as a searing pain flew up her foot, making stumble forward. she landing on her bed with a soft thump. She sat up on the bed and brought her still burning foot up to examine it.

"What the hell?" Sunset asked herself in complete confusion as she discovered a circular burn mark on the sole of her foot. She looked around on the floor to try and see what could cause such a mark. At first she found nothing, but after another second, something caught her eye. Her pendant lay on the floor glowing brightly. Sunset bent down to pick it up, only to hiss in pain as she found the pendant to be burning hot. She bent down again and carefully touch to string portion of the pendant to find it warm, but not so hot as to cause pain. She picked up the pendant and brought it closer to her face to get a better look at it. Even at almost ten centimeters away from her face she could feel the heat radiating off it like a fire.

As Sunset examined the pendant further, she noticed something that made her eyes go wide. A crack, running the length of the thumb-sized pendant was in the middle of it and glowing brightly. "What...?" Sunset said slowly as she eyed the crack.

Sunset immediately deduced that the heat emanating from the pendant was coming from this crack. After a moment of silence, the heat emanating from the crack slowly dissipated from the pendent. Then the glowing in the crack dimmed, and disappeared, leaving a hole in its wake. Having felt this, Sunset decided it was safe to put the pendant down without the house catching fire.

Sunset placed the pendant down on her bedside desk. Sunset got slowly off the bed and began to pace, her mind racing as fast as it could, considering how tired Sunset was. "What is going on? My magic goes a little crazy, then my pendant cracks and now has a hole in it. At least that annoying ass nightmare is finally leaving me alone." she said to herself.

Sunset bit her lip in thought. "Should I tell princess Twilight?" she then asked. Sunset knew very well that, with her duties as a princess, it would be unlikely that Twilight would be able to help much. Still...Sunset had never seen anything like this before in magic. She was still learning and with something as powerful as these pendants, Sunset wanted to be fully prepared if something happened.

"It's worth a shot." Sunset said, sitting down on the bed. She reached down into her bag, which was still beside her bed on the floor and pulled out her diary as well as a pen. Sunset sat the book on her lap, opened it and clicked the pen. Sunset adjusted her arm a bit before beginning to write.

Dear Princess Twilight,

Sunset chewed on the bottom of the pen. ‘How I am going to explain this to Twilight?’ she thought.

Soon Sunset was writing. While she was writing Sunset decided not to tell princess Twilight about the nightmare and her thoughts about it. She felt that it was something more personal and as such wanted to work it out on her own before asking for help. Sunset just made up something to explain what she was doing when her magic started going haywire. Sunset did decide however, to mention the incident on the bus as well as the crack in her pendant, just in case they were connected as Sunset suspected they might be.

,your friend, Sunset Shimmer.

Sunset put her pen down and watched as the letters on page glowed and disappeared. Sunset sighed, placed the pen in the book and put the book in her bag. She figured she’d put the stuff in her bag in their respective drawers tomorrow.

With the message having been sent, Sunset went under her covers and curled herself into a ball on her side. Before closing her eyes, she looked at the pendant resting on the bedside desk. It shined slightly in the lamp light. Sunset reached over and turned off the light, before turning over and closing her eyes.

Sunset instantly fell asleep.

The next morning. Trottingham bureau.

Velvet Breeze was frantically running around her PQ putting things into a bag. Clothes, her phantom blade and her standard hidden blade, and some water bottles to name a few things. Velvet wanted to get packed before breakfast so she could leave for the Canterlot safehouse. This was a huge mission for the Assassin’s Brotherhood. There can be no mistakes, if it can be helped. She zipped up her bag, picked it up and slung it over her shoulder. Velvet open the door that led out into the teenagers’ personal quarters from her own PQ and made her way to the eating lounge for breakfast.

Along the way there Velvet was greeted by a Templar-turned-Assassin, High Noon.

He waved to Velvet. “Hiya Velvet!”

Velvet looked to him with a smile. “Hello High Noon.”

High Noon walked with Velvet. “I heard about the mission. Are ya sure you wanna go about this alone?”

Velvet sighed. “I know you’re all concerned for me, but I want to do this. I would imagine you know the Mentor’s reasoning. I am the only one old enough to blend well with the students at Canterlot high School.”

“I suppose.” High Noon said softly as they approached the door to the eating lounge.

Upon entering the eating lounge, Velvet and High Noon discovered an unhappy looking Dewdrop and The Mentor, talking together. Velvet approached the table the talking assassins were sitting at, while Noon chose not to get involved and just went to get breakfast.

Velvet walked up to the table, but The Mentor and Dewdrop didn’t appear to notice her.

The Mentor was talking to Dewdrop softly. “I know you’re concerned Dewdrop, and I share it, but what other choice do we have. You know we’re on a time crunch here.”

Dewdrop was still not convinced. “But Velvet is still a kid! She has so much to live for. You can’t just throw away her life like tha-VELVET!”

Within a second Dewdrop had Velvet wrapped in a tight hug, Velvet making and oof sound as she wasn’t expecting the affectionate attack.

After a full minute, Dewdrop finally released Velvet from her death hug, and Velvet took a big gulp of air.

Dewdrop put her hands firmly on Velvet’s shoulders looked her dead in the eye. “Velvet, please tell me Mentor was joking. Please tell me that you’re not going on this mission alone.”

Velvet took Dewdrop's hands off her shoulders and looked at Dewdrop. “The Mentor has no reason to lie to you Dewdrop. I’m going.”

Dewdrop’s jaw dropped. “WHY?!” She half-yelled, half-asked.

Velvet narrowed her eyes seriously. “You know why. I am the best option for this task. I’m the only one old enough to blend with the students without difficulty. That removes a large burden if some one else were to try.”

Dewdrop dropped her head slightly. “I’m just scared for you Velvet. Do you know that you could die? It’s not fair that you should die so early in your life.”

Velvet’s expression changed to one of soothing. “I know what I signed up for when I joined the Assassins. You know I’ve wanted to go on a mission since I joined.”

Dewdrop smiled. “You wouldn’t shut up about it for the first year.” Dewdrop giggled a little at the memory.

Dewdrops’ giggle stopped shortly after and she continued to argue. “But seriously though, a mission this big? Don’t you think it’s a little much?”

Velvet placed a hand on the taller Assassins’ shoulder. “Dewdrop, i’ll be fine. I know it.”

Velvet removed her hand from Dewdrops shoulder and smirked. “Besides; do I need to remind you of which one of us won last month’s practice brawl?”

Dewdrop blushed a little in embarrassment. “Y-you did.”

Velvet smirked wider. “And how long have I been here compared to you?”

Dewdrop blushed harder. “You’ve been here three years, while I’ve been here six years.”

Velvet smiled triumphantly. “Exactly. I know for a fact that I will be absolutely fine.”

It was at this time that Mentor Steel Shine decided to interrupt. “Ahem.”

Dewdrop and Velvet turned their attention to their Mentor. “Yes?” they both asked in unison.

Steel Shine looked to Velvet. “Velvet Breeze, you can never ‘know’ anything; only suspect. You must expect to have overlooked something, to have made a mistake somewhere. An effective Field-Assassin must learn to anticipate their own imperfections, and adapt to the unexpected scenarios created as a result of their own imperfections.”

Steel Shine then looked to Dewdrop. “Despite the implications of this, Velvet’s isn’t a bad record. I have confidence in her. Perhaps you should too. You are one of her closest friends.”

Dewdrop sighed. “Yeah, you’re right Mentor. I suppose I should have more faith in my friends.”

Velvet smiled and lightly punched Dewdrop’s shoulder playfully. “Yeah. O ye of little faith.”

Steel Shine looked at Velvet. “Take what I've just told you to heart Velvet. You are not a god. Don’t try to be one.”

Velvet nodded. “I will be careful Mentor.”

Everything was silent until Velvet's stomach got everyone's attention by growling.

Velvet looked down at her stomach and blushed a bit. “Well, I’m gonna go get some breakfast now. Do you guys want anything?” She asked.

“Coffee.”

“PB and J toast please.” They both said.

“Alright. I’ll be right back.” Velvet said as she went to get the food.

Steel watched Velvet go to the large kitchen and sighed. “She’s a good kid.”

Velvet returned a few minutes later with the coffee in one hand, a plate in the other and a plate balanced between her inner arm and her chest. She placed the coffee in front of the Mentor and took the second plate out from in between her chest. Then Velvet placed the first plate in front of Dewdrop and the second plate in front of the empty seat between Dewdrop and the Mentor.

Velvet sat down at said seat and began to eat her toast, occasionally pausing to take a chunk out of the fresh, juicy mango that lay on the side of the plate.

Morning Blade was getting her breakfast when she looked over and saw Velvet, Dewdrop, and The Mentor sitting at the table eating their breakfast.

Smiling, Morning Blade walked over. “Hi guys. Mind if I join you?” She asked.

Mentor Steel Shine looked up and smiled at Morning Blade. “Of course Morning Blade. Pull up a chair and sit between Velvet and me.”

“Okay.” Morning did as she was told and sat down between Velvet and Steel Shine. She placed her own breakfast on the table as well. Morning’s breakfast consisted of a bit slice toast, some bacon, a bowl corn flakes with a bit of sugar sprinkled on for some extra flavour, and a tall glass of apple juice.

After a few minutes of silent eating, Morning Blade decided to strike up a conversation. “So Velvet, are you excited about leaving for your mission soon?”

Velvet’s eyes immediately lit up like a Christmas tree. “Hell yeah I’m excited! I mean this is my first mission. Why wouldn’t I be excited.”

Steel Shine spoke up. “I’m also quite excited. This could very well be one of the most important missions in Assassin history. A near-history day.”

Dewdrop nodded her head. “Mhmm. this will be a great boon for us all. Not just in Canterlot, but the world as well. That is, if the templars haven’t already beat us to the punch. They have a nasty habit of doing that.”

Velvet smirked. “Well if I get the chance, I’ll be sure to beat that habit out of them.” She said as she smacked her fist into her hand.

Dewdrop giggled at her friend’s enthusiasm. “I’m sure you will Velvet.”

Mentor Steel Shine smiled. “Do not underestimate the Templars Velvet. You should be careful not to let your enthusiasm become overconfidence. That can kill you faster than any bullet or blade.”

Velvet smiled back. “Noted.”

Morning Blade, sensing that the sub-topic needed a change, spoke up. “I envy you Velvet. There’s not many things I wouldn’t give up to go back to school again. What school are you going to again?”

Velvet looked at Morning Blade. “The local high school. Canterlot High School I think it’s called.”

Morning’s eyes widened. “Oh my god! I went there when I was your age.”

Velvet was surprised to hear this. Maybe she can get a little incite on what the place is like before she got there. It could be of some help. “Really? What’s it like? In anycase, what’s the principal like?” Velvet asked Morning Blade.

“My god. Principal Celestia is the nicest person you’ll ever meet. She is sooo patient and caring. She will listen to every word you say if you have a problem and she will--I guarantee it-- do absolutely everything in her power to make sure you have to tools and help you need to solve your problem.”

Velvet nodded her head in response. “Really? It’s sound like me and her could be great friends. Who knows how many friends I’ll make while I’m at CHS.”

The Mentor frowned. “I wouldn’t make too many friends if I were you Velvet.”

Dewdrop frowned after hearing this. “With all due respect Mentor, she’s allowed to make friends.”

Mentor Steel Shine shook her head and held up her hands in defence. “I’m not saying she isn’t. I’m just trying to tell her to be careful. That’s all.”

Dewdrop arched an eyebrow in disbelief.

The Mentor arched an eyebrow right back and continued to explain herself, speaking quite sternly. “The more friends Velvet makes, the more the risk of her identity as an Assassin being revealed. If this happens, this not only put the ENTIRE brotherhood at risk, but those who know as well. Those who do not volunteer in our struggle, should not be forced to fight in it. On top of that if those who know die, that would be, in some ways, breaking the first tenant if our code. Never kill an innocent person. In this case it would indirect but still. On top of THAT, it also puts the brotherhood danger. That’s another tenant smashed to pieces; never compromise the brotherhood. You see now? Can you understand my concerns? Or does it need to be spelled out for you?”

Dewdrop gulped. It wasn’t often that The Mentor snapped like that. But she knew Mentor was just trying to get the message across, as a teacher should. “I-I didn’t think ab-about it like that.”

Mentor Steel Shine nodded at her student. “Well, do you understand now?”

Dewdrop nodded silently.

Steel Shine nodded back. “Good.”

Steel Shine turned to Velvet, who sat in front of them with her eyes wide from what she just witnessed. “Now Velvet, I’m not saying for a minute that you have no right to make friends, or you aren’t allowed to make friends or whatever. I’m just telling you to take care who you trust. Do you understand?”

Velvet nodded her head slowly. “Uhuh.”

Steel Shine smiled. “I’m glad.”

Steel Shine leaned back in her chair and saw that everyone had finished their breakfast. She clapped her hands together. “Well! If everyone’s finished, we should get going.”

“Yes, we should get going.” Morning Blade agreed.

Velvet got up from her seat and grabbed her plate along with the others. They all went to the kitchen and put their dishes in their respective places, then went back to their table. Velvet picked up her bag, which she had set down behind her chair when she entered the eating lounge, and slung it on her shoulder.

Steel Shine gestured the kitchen. “You would do well to bring some food Velvet. The safe houses have food of their own, but it’s all non-perishables and I’m pretty sure you don’t want to live off of canned beans, rice, and soup for the next three years.”

“R-right.” Velvet replied, shuddering at the thought of living off of the mentioned canned foods for so long. She went over to the kitchen and grabbed a plastic bag. Velvet filled it with loaves of bread, butter knives, some meats--separate of course--and as many mangoes and other fruits as she could carry.

When she was satisfied with what she had picked, she put the plastic bag in her travel bag and slung it on her shoulder once again, grunting as she did so because the bag was getting a little heavy.

Velvet followed Steel Shine, Dewdrop, and Morning Blade out of the eating lounge. While they were walking to the front doors, Steel Shine handed Velvet an envelope.

Velvet looked at it for a second, then looked to Steel Shine questioningly.

Steel looked at Velvet. “It’s some money to cover any additional expenses you might need.”

“How much?” Velvet asked.

“About 6 grand.” Steel replied.

Velvet’s eyes widened. “Really? That’s a lot of money.” She said as she looked at the envelope and realized how thick it actually was. It was pretty thick.

Steel Shine looked at Velvet and arched an eyebrow. “That’s also bribing money, so try not to spend it all in one place, okay?”

Velvet giggled. “I’ll try.” She said with a mischievous tone.

Dewdrop shook her head while smiling at her friend’s playful nature. ‘That’s so like your sister Velvet.’ She thought to herself.

Soon enough the four assassins reached the exit door for the Trottingham bureau. Velvet was surprised to see many other assassins there as well including Keila, Trottingham’s Acting Mentor while her brother was away.

Velvet waved over. “Hi guys.”

“Hey Velvet.”

“Hi Velvet.” two voices called out from near the door.

Velvet looked over to see the two watch assassins; Wreckhouse and Tangent, waving at her in greeting.

Velvet waved over to them. “Hi Wreckhouse! Tangent!”

Keila went over to Velvet. “I wish you luck on this important mission.” she gave Velvet two-fingered salute.

Velvet nodded her head. “Thanks Keila. Good luck running the bureau until your brother gets back.”

Keila smiled. “Thank you Velvet.”

Steel Shine smiled and looked around at Velvet. “You ready to go?”

Velvet nodded her head. “Yeah.”

Velvet looked around at all her friends as she stopped in front of the door. She rose her fist and shouted, “Victory to the Assassins!”

All the other Assassins around the area returned the shout with a resounding, “YEAH!”

Velvet turned to the door and opened it. She was about leave a voice caught her attention.

She turned around again to find High Noon running at her, shouting, “Velvet! Wait up!”

Velvet looked at him and cocked a hip. “What is it Noon? Can't you see I’m about to leave?”

High Noon approached Velvet clutching something red in one hand and something rectangular in the other.

High Noon rose his hands in defense. “Hey, no need to snap. You forgot some things.”

Velvet arched an eyebrow. “And what did I forget, exactly?”

High Noon held out his hand. “Here.” He said.

Velvet took the red cloth in her hand and examined it. After just a second, Velvet recognized it. “My sister’s old Assassins uniform.” She said with her eyes wide as she looked at Noon.

High Noon nodded his head. “I figured since it means so much to you, you wouldn’t want to leave without it.”

Velvet smiled gratefully. “Thanks High Noon. Your right. It does mean a lot to me. I’m glad you brought it to me. I don’t usually forget it.”

Noon smiled. “You’re welcome Velvet.” Noon help out his other hand. “I also brought your phone. I figured that would be important as well.”

Velvet saw the phone and took it. “Oh yeah. Thanks.” she said. Velvet simply pocketed the phone without a second thought.

After a moment, Velvet looked up at High Noon. “I’m sorry for snapping at you. It’s just that-”

“Yeah.” High Noon agreed.

“It’s my big day and.”

“Yeah.”

“Yeah.”

“Yeah.”

Dewdrop decided she like to get things moving a little bit. “Ahem, okay then. Uh Velvet? Are you ready to go now?” She asked her friend.

Velvet nodded. “Uhuh. I got everything now.”

“Velvet be sure to contact us when you arrive at the safe house okay?” Steel Shine made sure to ask before Velvet left.

Velvet gave a thumbs up. “Will do Mentor!”

With that, Velvet turned approached the door once again and turned to face all her fellow assassins. She waved. “Goodbye for real this time! When I come back we’ll be able to get that piece of Eden! I promise!”

Velvet walked out the door and ran off the grounds of the Trottingham bureau.

After about thirty minutes of running, Velvet finally reached a highway before stopping and looking around.

After a moment of looking around, Velvet’s eyes widened again today. ‘Oh shit.’ she thought to herself. ‘I have no idea where the safe house is.’

Velvet took out her phone and dialed a private number and held the phone up to her ear. After a few minutes a beep sounded and Velvet started talking. “Mentor, I just realized I don’t know where the safe house is.”

Velvet didn’t have to wait a second for a response. On the other end, Mentor Steel Shine spoke to Velvet. “I know. I forgot to tell you. I’ve sent you a map with the location of the safe house on it. Hurry up and open it. I think you’re near an Abstergo tapped zone and those fluctuate from time to time.”

Velvet nodded her head. “Okay.”

“Hang up now.” The Mentor ordered.

Velvet hung up her phone and check her inbox. Sure enough, there was an encrypted file in it. Velvet sent a simple encryption key to unlock the file. After about two minutes, the file opened. The map inside was simple and clearly showed the location of the safe house.

Satisfied that she had memorized the location and proper direction to take to get to the safe house, Velvet deleted the file, shut off her phone and pocketed it.

After looking around to make sure there was no one to see her, Velvet began the trek to the safe house in Canterlot City and start her mission.

Right after Velvet left: Trottingham bureau

Steel Shine watched Velvet leave, hearing her shout, “I promise!” before slamming the door shut. ‘Your sister would be proud. Be safe Velvet.’ Steel Shine thought to herself.

A few feet away High Noon was about to head back to his room as Velvet had left, and there was no reason to stand around by the door. He turned around when he saw Dewdrop. Immediately his palms got sweaty and the collar of his assassins uniform felt like it was choking him. He prayed Dewdrop didn’t notice. ‘What the hell do you do to me Dewdrop?!’

Dewdrop went up to High Noon and he froze. “H-hi Dewdrop.” He stuttered.

Dewdrop looked at him. “I just wanted to say it was right of you to do that. That cloth is the only thing left of Velvet’s sister. She’d freak if she got to the safe house and found out she forgot it. she never leaves home without it usually.”

High Noon gulped and managed to speak a full sentence. Sort of. “W-w-well D-D-Dewdrop. I’m g-glad I-I could help. Uh...hehe.” High Noon smiled while his face was rose red. High Noon was struggling not to look lower then Dewdrop’s face; no easy task as she’d decided to wear a tank top that morning that was fairly tight on her.

Dewdrop had noticed his eye movement. ‘What’s he doing?’ Dewdrop took a closer look at him. She noticed High Noon was extremely nervous. ‘Elevator eyes, flustered face, nervous behaviour…’ after a moment she caught on. ‘It seems cupid’s been busy.’

Dewdrop grinned evilly in her mind. ‘I wonder how far I can push him before he breaks.’

“Noon?” Dewdrop asked, suppressing a giggle as she saw him freeze.

She looked at him with wide innocent eyes. “Are you okay? Your face is really red.”

High Noon was panicking inside. ‘Oh fuck, she noticed! Oh fuck oh fuck oh fuuuuck!!!!’ he thought to himself. “Uh y-yeah. I-I-I-It is. I m-m-mean n-no it isn’t. Er umm.”

Dewdrop went right up to him. “Oh Noon,” She said as she put a hand on his cheek. “You’re burning up.”

‘This is hilarious.’ Dewdrop thought to herself as she continued her seductive behaviour.

High Noon back up into a wall and Dewdrop followed him, soon cornering him and somewhat pinning him against the wall. Dewdrop continued to press her hand against his cheek. “You feel sick Noon. Maybe you should head to the medical wing for an examination.”

Dewdrop placed her other hand on his chest and gasped. “Oh my,” She said while looking High Noon directly in his eyes with her eyes half lidded. “Your heart is racing in your chest. That can’t be a good sign.”

Dewdrop began to lean her head towards his very slowly. “It’s strange. Isn’t it? How you’ve gotten soooo flustered since we’ve started talking.” By this time Dewdrop head was right in front of High Noon's, their lips only inches apart. High Noon felt like he was about to cry from all the emotions running through him at once. He looked worse though.

From the sidelines Steel Shine and Keila were watching this go down, curious as to how far it would go; but now that it looked like High Noon was about to either scream, or cry, or both, they had decided it was time for this to stop.

They looked at each other and nodded. Steel was the first to call out. “Okay you two! Break it up!”

Keila was next. “Yeah! That last thing I want is for the two of you to start having sex in the foyer!”

Dewdrop heard this and looked over to them with a scowl. She then looked at High Noon, who had his eyes closed and was shivering. She giggled. “Well, it was fun while it lasted, wasn’t it Noodle?” Dewdrop giggled harder as Noon started to shiver harder right after she called him ‘Noodle’.

Dewdrop leaned forward and kissed High Noon on the nose, then took her hand off his chest and walked away. “See ya ‘round Noon.” She called to him.

High Noon opened his eyes to see Dewdrop walking away, a swing in her hips. His eyes immediately went to her butt. Swiveling along with her swaying hips. Her reached up to where Dewdrop had kissed him to find blood dripping from his nose. He covered his nose and sprinted as fast as his legs could carry him to his PQ to clean up.

Steel Shine and Keila watched High Noon sprint upstairs. After a few seconds they looked at each other and immediately started laughing hard.

“L-l-look at hehehis fahahace hahaha!” Keila laughed.

“Y-yeah! Blaaa!” Steel Shine mimicked High Noon’s facial expression.

It was a little while before the laughing dialed down to just giggling. Finally Keila decided to stop. “Okay Steel. Let’s stop before one of us passes out.”

“Right hehe.” Steel Shine agreed before taking a breath to stop herself.

When they had completely stopped, Keila looked around and said, “Well, I’m off. I’ve got lots of paperwork to do before my brother gets back and I’d like to get it done.” With that she turned around and went up the stairs to the Trottingham Mentor’s personal quarters.

Steel Shine decided she was going to go to her PQ for a while to, maybe get some work done or maybe play solitaire, she’ll decide when she gets there. She made her way up to her PQ and went inside. She sat down on the bed when realized she was forgetting something. ‘What am I forgetting?’ she asked herself internally. ‘I had breakfast. Is it calling the other Mentor’s? No I am going to do that when I receive word that Velvet has reached the safe house………’

“Velvet!” Steel Shine shouted. “I forgot to give Velvet a map to the safe house!”

Steel got up from the bed and started rummaging around on her work desk, looking for the map to the safe house that she had. “Come on, where is it.” She said to herself.

“Aha!” Steel to herself after about five minutes. She grabbed the map and laid it out on her bed, took out her phone and took a clear picture of it. She placed it in a file on her phone and encrypted it. Then, she sent the picture to Velvet.

Only a second after Steel Shine sent the picture, her phone rang. She pressed the talk button and held it up to her ear. Immediately, Velvet’s voice sounded. “Mentor, I just realized I don’t know where the safe house is.”

Steel nodded her head. “I know. I forgot to tell you. I’ve sent you a map with the location of the safe house.”

Steel Shine looked at the clock. ‘She’s been gone thirty minutes,’ she thought herself as she then looked at the map on her bed, ‘so if she took the normal root…’

Mentor Steel Shine spoke back into the phone. “Hurry up and open it. I think you’re near an Abstergo tapped zone and those fluctuate from time to time.”

Steel Shine heard Velvet on the other end say, “Okay.”

“Hang up now.” Steel Shine ordered. When the line went dead she put her phone back in her pocket.

After a minute, Steel Shine sighed. “Maybe a stroll around the grounds will do me some more good than being in my room right now.” she said to herself and left her room to walk around.

When Steel Shine opened the door to go walk around she found Dewdrop right outside. Steel Shine looked at Dewdrop. It was evident she’d been there for a little while, which implies that she may have heard the short conversation on the phone.

Steel looked at Dewdrop. “Ummm. I’m not sure how much you heard.”

Dewdrop crossed her arms. “Oh I heard all of it.”

Steel looked at the floor. “Right. Well damn.” She said.

Dewdrop unfolded her arms and she walked up to her Mentor. She narrowed her eyes. “Just wanted to be clear with you. If Velvet get’s hurt out there, I personally guarantee, you will regret it.”

The Mentor narrowed her eyes and looked at Dewdrop. “Don’t worry. She won’t.”

Dewdrop huffed and walked away.

Steel Shine stood there for a minute. ‘I hope Velvet will be safe.’ she thought to herself before starting her walk around the grounds.

Author's Note

Hello everypony! That does it for the third chapter! Just like last chapter's note, I'm gonna make this short. Remember to comment and leave a like if you enjoyed. Especially remember to comment! This story is for your enjoyment! How can I know if you enjoyed the story of you don't comment? How can I improve the story if you don't comment? So, put your hands on the keyboard and start commenting! (or leaving a like).

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