A Newly Hooded Road to Walk

Fluttershy was utterly terrified. she had returned to her cottage in the hopes of it being safer, but ended up being in far more danger than if she had done otherwise. Though before everything she had become calm and tranquil, it was not worth it being attacked by three soldiers and then watched them be killed by the reason she had escaped such a gruesome and unruly scene, only to be involved in another just 2 hours later. She did not know what to do seeing a skilled murderer standing over three guards he had ironically saved her from.

"W-W Why did you save me?" asked Fluttershy shaking in fear behind a couch pillow

"Because they would have killed you," answered the stallion plainly from under his hood.

"B-but w why would somepony with such violent intentions want to save anypony?" asked Fluttershy curious of his intentions

"Just because I killed somepony doesn't make me evil or deranged," answered the pony calmly while smiling under his hood, "my motives were for the better of equestria and he was not, whether you believe me or otherwise."

"W-What do you mean by that? What makes it so that you decide if somepony is better for equestria or not?" snapped back Fluttershy becoming confused by what the stallion was saying.

"He may have seemed like a great guy at first when he was still distant from the public, but once settled in, he would have molded equestria in his image and favor, creating a living hell for those like us on the lower part of the food chain, most likely killing the princesses discretely so he wouldn't cause commotion and there would be no major power standing in his way to make his 'perfect world,' but now he is thankfully gone, and a heartbroken princess is far better than a dead one."

Fluttershy pondered on this for a moment, "but what if somepony took your special somepony away like you have done to Princess Celestia?"

The stallion all of a sudden became more distant, "it wouldn't be my first time," he muttered.

"I-I I'm so sorry for asking," regretted Fluttershy, afraid of the dangerous pony's next course of action.

He took off his hood smiling, "I wasn't there when she was killed, so only our happier memories reside." The stallion that Fluttershy could see now was a well built earth pony with broad shoulders and a thick torso. He had a dark black coat with a bright and shiny silver mane, and had a scar over his snout and one curving just on the inside of is eye from his forehead to his cheek, and he had navy blue eyes. The radiant stallion smiled, "To properly introduce myself, my name is Silvershade, I can't tell you my last name because of business reasons."

"I-I'm Fluttershy Carington, and this is my home," said Fluttershy feebly reaching out to shake the stallion's hand.

"Nice to meet you Fluttershy, now you have no need to be afraid, I am not going to kill you, at least not under these current circumstances."

"O-ok, I think," said fluttershy quietly, wondering what Silvershade had meant by "these current circumstances."

"Now let's discuss this mystery of the three dead ponies lying on your floor."

"W-Well you killed them of course," said Fluttershy timidly

"Yes I was there for that part, but why were they trying to kill you?" said Silvershade asking himself.

"Well I just had thought that they were drunk," said fluttershy shrugging her shoulders

"No, no they were far to coordinated and weren't talking in any sort of slurred language, there would have been a reason. Did they say anything to you that caught you attention?"

"Well yes maybe, I think one said that I was under arrest for murdering the king and other royal guards."

"ah yep I know exactly what is going on here," said the earth pony now pacing the room working out the kinks to his theory.

"W-what is it? did I do something to cause this?"

"Probably, what did you do right after I killed the new king?"

"I-I just came straight here," said fluttershy becoming confused.

"After I killed her fiancé, Celestia probably became hysterical, then this turned to anger, which she would put into anypony possible, and you disappearing from the scene so quickly probably rose her suspicions enough for her to snap on somepony, who happened to be you."

"D-do you really think so? I mean seems kinda unlikely,"

"trust me I have seen this happen many times, and I have done this myself sadly, but once the person is calm enough to think straight, they will apologize, or fix what ever there is that they had done wrong, so until then, you must hide while Celestia's rage passes over you."

"So where should I hide?" asked Fluttershy nervously at silvershade's plan.

"Probably in a tree, and nearby too, to avoid stirring up any more suspicions."

"What about the bodies?"

"I'll take care of them, meanwhile you clean up the blood."

...

"Thank you for your help Silvershade, though you are a murderer, if it weren't for you I would be dead right now," said the shy yellow Pegasus, awkwardly giving the assassin a hug of gratitude.

"Don't mention it, really don't mention any of this." said silvershade as he walked for the back door,

"Wait! W-when will I be able to see you again?"

"How about next sunday at the abandoned church at the edge of the evergreen forest to the east, there are some things I want to talk to you about, you have a deep passion and determination for things of interest, something that ponies like me look for in somepony," answered the stallion with a smirk. "Now go and hide till Celestia's overreaction has passed."

"Ok, wait Silvershade! but..." however the dark black stallion was gone through the door into the dying night, leaving Fluttershy with a smile across her lips.