The assassin sat on the couch patiently as Fluttershy was in the kitchen working on some tea for him. It's kind for her to make him some tea, a little bit too kind If you ask him. Most would be afraid him, probably call him a monster and try to kill him but this one is making him tea then try to kill him. He doesn't know if she is stupid or overly kind to him.

He looked down at the little child that was snuggled against his chest. He does admit that she does like rather adorable. But he knew the psychological strain and beating would mark her life forever. Most children like her would end up in prison or killed if he didn't step in and saved her from the traitorous stallions.

He smiled as she let out a small yawn before adjusting her position, laying on his lap. He notice that there was black collar on her neck with a silver bell on it. Why he didn't notice this was beyond him. Actually he notice that most of the mares are wearing them, ranging from red, purple, and redundantly black. He's guessing it indicates how much the slave is devoted to the master.

He looked over towards the kitchen, visibly seeing Fluttershy getting the tea ready. Glancing at her collar, his judgment was correct. Her collar was black and seeing her reaction to her 'Former' owner that was...mating with her, she was very disobedient. Black is disobedient but the question in mind is what about the other colored collars? Are they less disobedient? Are they more docile to the savage caribou?

As these questions filled his mind Fluttershy just finished making tea for the young assassin. She steadily carried the tea into the living room before placing it down onto the table that the assassin was in front of. He snapped out of his thoughts before glancing at Fluttershy with a small insuring smile printed on his face.

"Thank you." He said serenely.

She nodded before sitting right next to him. He poured some tea into the glass cup that sat next to the tea pot. Grabbing the cup before taking a sip, it's warm contents flow into his mouth. This is his first time ever to taste tea and he does have to admit it's pretty good for his standard.

He heard the little child let out a small yawn before tiredly open its eyes. She looked at him, tilting her head in confusion before her eyes dilated in shock. He felt her heart began to beat rapidly as her breathing became ragged. She was scared and confused, he can't blame her; one moment she was being raped then next moment she was in the arms of a stranger, an alien stranger. He would be scared if he was in the arms of an alien but gladly he's not.

As soon she was about to scream; she looked over to see mare who was smiling gracefully at her. She recognized the mare as Fluttershy who was one of the former bearer of one of elements. Reaching out for her, she soon was in the arms of Fluttershy, still shaking slightly.

She cooed the terrified filly who was snuggled within her arms, crying, murmuring what she experienced before she blacked out.

"Th-they hurt me; they tried to rape me. They said I was going die I-If I didn't do what I was told." She said through sobs. "I do-don't want to die!!"

He knows that type of fear all to well. When you know that you're going to die on the spot and knowing that no one is going to notice you at all when your gone. When he was young boy both of his father and mother died during a break in; it happened so fast; they both begged for their dear life but the monstrous burglar didn't hesitated and shot them both between their eyes. Soon he was met by the same situation, finding that the mugger wanted no witnesses; not even a defenseless little boy.

But In that moment, he met someone who changed his life forever. As the burglar was about to pull the trigger he found out that someone was watching him as a blade jabbed into his back and soon he was on the ground with a puddle of blood beneath him. This is how he met his Master; how he found The Assassins'.

"You don't have too..." The assassin spoke before sitting up which gained the filly's attention.

She looked at him with uncertain in her large blue crystal eyes. He doesn't want her to experience the pain that he had to endure during that time. He wants to keep her safe; he doesn't know why but he feels it his duty to do so.

"Hey Fluttershy..." She looked at him. "Can you do me a favor?"

"Yes..." She answered him with a hint of curiosity within her voice.

"Can you take care of her?" He asked her; putting on his hood.

She nodded; knowing where he is getting at. She glanced at the filly who was still tuckered in her arms looking at her with look of uncertainty printed on her face.

Before he could leave; Fluttershy's voice stopped him from doing so. With is hand on the handle of the doorknob, he took one last glance over at Fluttershy.

"Thank you again and please be careful." She said with a hint of misgiving on her face.

He nodded before opening the door that lead outside into the unforgiving world. He knew that he has to be careful but seeing that someone cares for his safety actually makes him feel good. Its been a long time since he heard someone telling him to be careful, so long that he can't really remember anyone saying it to him at all.

Little did the assassin knew; a caribou scout was watching the cottage and as soon he left, the caribou peaked from behind the a bush with a small malicious grin printed on his face. Hopefully bringing some good news about the 'Demon of Ponyville' would promote him. He can only image what great rewards that he would get for bringing down the demon and maybe King Dainn would personally give him a seat within his court.

Wanting to get to the castle as soon as possible; he quickly made his way towards the castle to report to the local Lord about his findings. But not wanting to entangle with the demon he took the shorter path.

After awhile the young assassin arrive at the town, gazed at the town and found out there was no caribou or ponies was no where to be seen. This is a large town, how can everybody or to be correct, ponies disappear like this? Maybe there is a celebration somewhere and every 'pony' is attending it. Whatever it is, he's glad its happening. It gives him more room to gather his thoughts without having to get killed by any caribou guards.

He soon found a small park and decide to take seat before he could enact his plan. Sitting down, he thought out an idea to get into the castle he saw before without being seen by anyone. Of course there will be guards but how to distact them? After a while, he thought up a great way to distact the guards. It is actually simple really. Revolution.

He will gather enough ponies who are sick and tired of King Dainn's rule and siege the castle and as the guards are busy with the protesters, he will 'dethrone' the local lord. As he thought up these ideas, he could'nt help but hear a pair of hooves closing in to the right. He looked to the right and found no one there. That was until he saw the blurry image of a caribou guard that was about to attack him.

He was about to get up and run for it, but that was until his face hit the ground as he was pinned down.

"Soo, you must be the 'Demon of Ponyville'?" The guard who was in front of him said, mockingly.

He struggle to get freed from the caribou but failed misablity. Accepting that he got caught he was picked up from the ground and not only that he got a view who was in front of him. It was of course a caribou but this caribou was different from the others. The Caribou looked older then the rest, he sported three scars going across his face as well and huge burn mark on his left cheek. This caribou looked like he went through hell and back, like he seen things and done things that he wasn't proud of.

He circle around him like he was judging him as if he was property. Soon he stopped in front of him and before the assassin knew it, he was on the ground once again. Before he could get back up again, he felt a hoof pressing againest his back; preventing him from getting up.

The war-torn guard kneeled down before grabbing his hoodie, forcing him to look at him straight in the eyes. Chucking, he pulled down his hoodie and a face of curiousity formed.

"Never in my life I would stare in the eyes of a demon and I'm kinda disappointed." He let go of his head before taking a step away from him. "You're no demon, just some pitful creature from the woods."

He was picked back up and his swords was tooken away from him as well much of his equipment. Soon he was escorted down the street and towards the castle.

As he looked at the castle, he was met by caribou and ponies alike who stared curiously at him. Some disgusted by his appearence, some sorrowful for some reason. But as always he didn't paid no attention to them.

"I'm going to be blunt with you." The war-torn guard ahead of him said. "You're going to die like an animal you are."

Soon the clear daylight disappeared and was replaced by the castle's interor walls. He notice that the castle interor was made of crystal like the outside and its long hallways was filled with guards and mares who all wore collars but they mostly wore red ones.

Moans of pleasure filled the hallways as the young assassin walked past the rooms. He notice a young mare was being raped by one of these savage caribou in one room and another was where a caribou was whipping a mare who was tied on the bed with her eyes blindfolded as she cried. Each room was practically a pleasure room, where these monsters would enact their pleasurable desires on these mares.

Disgusting...

He soon found himself in front of a large door with two heavily equipped guards standing there, protecting it with their lives. They looked at him in disgust before they opened the large door. He felt the guard behind pushed him in attempt to keep him moving.

As he walked what he's thinking is the throne room, he notice there wasn't many guards in here which actually gave him an ideal space and time to escape from these barbaric caribou guards. He took count of how many guards are around him and how they act.

Two up front of him seem to be too up tight and strict, so there is no probability of escaping if he did decided to charge right through them. Not only that they were too heavily armed and equipped, so getting though them would practically be impossible.

The one on the right seemed to be lagging behind a little, which would give him a chance to escape. But where will he go after he get past the guard, the other guards would most indefinably be hot on his tail.

He looked the left and found a stallion guard who looked like he was about to practically pass out, not only that he notice that the side had an large window. So If he does charge at the stallion, the stallion would most likely to drop and he would well...jump out. Hopefully the fall isn't that steep and maybe just maybe the guards don't catch him before he jumps.

He found himself stopping in front of the throne itself. The throne had two mares beside it who glared at him almost seductively who wore the same collars but both of them wore red ones. They licked their lips wantingly as they crawled towards the young assassin.

"Playtoy...Rider." A voice called for them as they stopped a mere feet from him.

A look of sorrow appeared on their faces as they got up and retreat to the throne. The young assassin notice a caribou was on the throne with a look of satisfaction printed on his face.

"So, you must be the 'Demon of Ponyville'?" His voice reeked of royalty.

He stared daggers at the caribou as he smiled at him. He felt the guard behind hit him, causing him to fall onto his knees. Hissing in pain, the guard behind him grabbed him by his hair, forcing him to look at the the caribou.

"I am, Lord Dae and I control this town." He stood up before walking towards the assassin who still stared daggers at him. "And you, creature, made mockery to me and King Dainn himself and will suffer for it."

He heard the large door behind him followed by screams of terror. He looked behind him and found Fluttershy and the young filly was being dragged towards him as they tried to struggle to get free. She looked at him with teary eyes before she was forced to the ground like him.

He turned to Lord Dae as he tried to get freed from the guard behind him.

"Don't you fucking touch them!" He screamed at him, still trying to get free. "I'll tear your fucking head off!"

"Oh, he does talk and boy he does have a mouth." Lord Dae laughed before landing an punch on him. "Creatures like you need to learn not to talk until finished."

Lord Dae checked his fist to see if he broke anything before looking at him as he walked towards Fluttertshy and the filly.

"Ah, look who it is." He smiled as he touched her teary face. "One of the filthy elements."

As soon as he finish, he slapped her, making her recoil back. She weep as he looked at the filly who was shivering in fright. He smile devilishly before grabbing the filly by the arm, tugging her towards him before he grabbed her by the hair. She screamed as he dragged her towards the young assassin.

"And who may this be, huh." He licked is lips deviantly. "Another playtoy for my collection."

The assassin looked at the young filly's tearful eyes as he witness this. His blood began to boil, he wanted to kill this 'thing', he wanted to rip out its throat and make him eat it. He would want nothing more but to see him dead. He felt something heavy underneath his shirt, remembering it was pistol. He wanted to pull out and kill him but seeing that he was pinned down, he can't.

He continued to struggle to get out of the grip of the guard but as much as he did so, he couldn't get him off.

Lord Dae let go of the young filly which the filly helplessly crawled over to the young assassin as she weep in his arms. He held onto her with all his might as she continued to cry on him.

Lord Dae sat down on his throne as he stared at the assassin with a deadpan expression.

"Hang the whore." Lord Dae commanded as he smiled. "And execute the creature."

Fluttershy let out a cry of horror but before she could be carried away to be hang, an explosion shook the castle. All the guards dropped to the floor as another explosion shook the castle.

The assassin took this opportunity, pulling out his pistol he put a bullet in a guard that was about to get up. With the filly in one hand he made his way to Fluttershy who was still traumatize. He needs to get her to safety.

"Fluttershy, we need to go!" He shouted as multiple explosions rocked the castle.

Fluttershy shook her head, looked at him before nodding in agreement. He kicked down the door and was met by the two guards who was guarding the door. They were about to swing their large axes at him, but that was until he put two bullets in their heads. They fell to the floor with blood pouring out of the bullet holes.

Running down the hallway, they stopped by the sound of hoofsteps coming down the hallway. Noticing a room beside them, he kicked down the door and rushed in. He placed the filly down who run towards Fluttershy, hugging her tightly. He told Fluttershy to hide until it was safe to come out. She did as was told, hiding underneath the table. While she did that, the young assassin stood beside the door.

The door opened and a stallion guard slowly walked in, armed with a spear. As soon as he walked in the young assassin tackled the guard, pushing him to the wall. The guard dropped the spear in surprise as he struggled to get free from the assassin's grasp. The stallion manage land a punch on the assassin's stomach which cause him to grip his stomach in pain. The stallion pulled out a dagger, smiling darkly before he charge at the assassin.

The stallion tackled the assassin to the ground as he tried to stab him but before he could do so. Fluttershy bashed the stallion in the head with a clay pot that was sitting right next to them. The stallion recoiled backwards holding his head in pain as he cursed the mare for doing that.

While he did so, the assassin recovered from the attack. He grabbed the spear that the stallion dropped and shoved the spear into his chest before delivering a forceful kick to the hilt of the spear and drove it deeper into his chest. Now the lifeless body of the stallion guard hanged into the wall like a decorative piece of art.

The assassin let out a breathless sigh before looking at Fluttershy who looked at her hands in shock. Judging from that look, this must be the first time she actually help somepony kill somepony.

He turned to the table and luckily, he found his equipment. Hopefully the damned caribou didn't mess with them and if they did...well lets just say that they are going to be in a world of pain. He grabbed his daggers and the rest of his equipment and placed them back where they were rightfully belong.

Looking over to Fluttershy, he still see her in that state. He felt bad for her and actually understand whats she's going through. He remembers back when he was young, he remember the first time when he killed a living person. Sure the person was a rapist and a killer but to take the life of a breathing person who had a life like him, seemed so surreal, unbelievable actually.

Walking over to her; he patted her on the back, reassuring that everything is going to be okay. But all she did was stared at her hands. This lasted for a few minutes but she manage to get a hold of herself.

She felt something tug below her. Looking down it was the young filly who stared at her, sorrowfully. She smiled before picking her up, she felt bad for her, seeing somepony kill somepony is traumatizing for her age.

"Fluttershy..."Called the young assassin. "Fluttershy, we need to go."

She turned to the assassin who stood in front of the wide open door. His hood completely covering his face giving out a shadowy appearance. He turned his head to the door, signaling again that its time to go.

Nodding, with the completely terrified filly in hand, she and the assassin left the room and back into the hallway that was still shaking as explosions shook the castle in a nonstop motion. They need to get out of the castle before it tumbles down and crush them.

The young assassin sprinted down the hallway with Fluttershy in hand, dodging falling debris that was trying so hard to crush them. He came to a stop as he came upon a sight that took his breath away. Caribou guards fighting a few ponies who almost looked like bats. They had the ears of bats, the eyes of bats, and the wings as bats. But they are not bats, they are ponies who...well looked like bats.

They clearly looked like they were heavily outmatched, seeing that they were five caribou and three bat-ponies. One of the caribou manage to grabbed a hold of one of the bat-ponies before slamming her down onto the ground, but as the caribou was about to stab his blade into her. He felt a sword stab him in the neck, he gagged for a breath of air but all that come out was blood that dripped out of his mouth.

Everyone looked at the scene as he collapsed onto the ground, blood still pouring out of his mouth. The young assassin looked at the quite angered caribou guards before he smiled.

Two caribou guards charged at him, but as they both tried to slash at him; he dodged. They both fell on the ground, dazed for a second. One of the dazed guards quickly recovered and charged at the assassin behind. It was a fatal mistake. The assassin twisted his blade to his back before the guard ran right through it. He twisted his blade deeper with the caribou flash, causing the guard to scream in agony but was silence when he pulled it out.

Placing his sword back into it sheath, he turned to the other guards who looked like they were about to shit themselves. One reluctantly charged towards him but was met by the assassin's fist. The guard stepped back holding his now bloody nose before falling on the floor, groaning.

The assassin looked at the last caribou guard who held his weapon, shakily. He was completely terrified for his life; not wanting to risk his life, he decided to run. Dropping his weapon, he ran towards the opposite direction of the assassin, passing the bat-ponies who was baffle of what they saw.

The assassin walked towards the three armored bat-ponies who pointed their weapons at him. He stopped at the tip of their weapons before looking down at the weapons.

"Don't worry, I won't hurt you," He spoke, looking at them. "Now how about, drop the weapons before anyone else get hurt."

They looked at each other curiously for a moment before shaking their heads in defiance. He rubbed his temple in annoyance, he should've known that they wouldn't listen to him.

They were about to strike the assassin down but that was until they saw Fluttershy jumped between him and them, blocking the three from killing the young assassin. She adorn a quite hateful expression that made the three bat-ponies backed away from her.

"F-Fluttershy!" Exclaimed one of the Bat-ponies who quickly dropped her weapon before bowing before her. The two repeated the same thing. The assassin remember that Fluttershy is one of the bearers of the elements and seeing why they are bowing like this isn't surprising. She is important after all.

"Has this male hurt you?" Commented one of the bat-ponies who pointed her weapon at him.

Wait WHAT!

"No, he hasn't," She smiled gracefully at him. "He helped me, saved me from the caribou."

They looked at him, surprised of the male that stands before them. A male saving the bearer of kindness, highly unlikely to their opinion but to Fluttershy, its true.

The assassin felt something tug on his cloak. Looking down it was the filly who stared at him, her arms reaching for him as if she wanted to be picked up. He smiled obliging her attempt to be picked up. The filly giggled to his touch as she was lifted to his chest. She held onto his neck as she continue to giggled.

Fluttershy looked adorably at the seen as the bat-ponies was astonished at the scene itself. A filly actually interacting with a male positively is something that hasn't happen in years.

They sheathed their weapons, granted by Fluttershy choice of course. But if it was their choice they would've killed him instead.

"We need to go." The assassin putted down the filly who ran to Fluttershy.

They were about to go that was until one of them stopped.

"Wait!" One of the Bat-ponies stopped, look back towards the other direction. "We need to get the rest of our team."

"Are you saying there are more of you in the castle?" The assassin asked, looking straight in the eyes.

She nodded as she stepped meekly back, trying her best to avoid his shadowy gaze. He let out a tiring sigh before looking at the direction where the rest of the team supposedly are. The're going to die if they get caught or outnumbered and as much as they seem tough and heavily armored, they are still mortal like him.

"I'll get them," He turned to them. "Just.... keep her safe."

He looked at Fluttershy who blushed as she shielded behind her large beautiful pink hair. They nodded as she was lead towards the other direction where hopefully she would be safe.

He doesn't know why he said that. It just left out of his mouth. Maybe, again it was because he felt like it was his duty to protect her or maybe it is because she is the only person in his life that actually cared for him. He felt his heart skip a beat as he ran down the long hallway. Or is it because he cares about her.

He shook his head before paying attention to the assignment before him, and that is to save the other bat-ponies before they get themselves killed.

Author's Note

And I am done. Thank Celestria!! Sorry it took too long, I had to finish school. But now I'm done with it I can start getting back to my stories. Anyways thanks for any form of feedback and see ya in the next chapter!