A hooded figure galloped through the streets of Canterlot in the dead of night. Although the two feet of winter snow made his legs sting from its icy chill, he kept going, or else he'd risk getting caught. He could hear the heavy hoofsteps from the guards behind him, encouraging him to keep fleeing.

Wrapped around his neck was a rope with a small purple glass bottle attached to it. He quickly grabbed onto it with his mouth and yanked it off before throwing it onto the ground, shattering it and releasing smoke, hiding the runaway. The three guards galloped into the smoke without hesitation, knowing that if they hesitated, it would spell certain doom for all of Equestria.

One of them, a sky-blue unicorn with green eyes, shined a light from his horn so that he could better see, but it was useless. The smoke was too thick.

A deep voice from behind the unicorn made him freeze for a moment. "You just couldn't let me be, now you are the ones who will flee."

Before the unicorn could turn around, he was knocked unconcious from a heavy blow to the head from some unseen object. The hooded figure looked across the unicorn's body before taking two short knives from the guard's satchel. "Thank you for the gift, I'll make sure their deaths are swift."

"Clay? Where are ya, Clay?!" a voice cried out. It was a young female earth pony with magenta fur. She held her spear tightly, ready for anything. Well... almost anything. Before she even saw it, a knife flew from out of the smoke and landed straight in her left eye, making her scream in pain. Blood rushed down her cheeks as she sobbed. "OH CELESTIA!!! SOMEPONY PLEASE HELP M--"

Before she could finish, somepony had grabbed her from behind and slid a blade across her throat. She went quiet, and dropped to the ground.

"Surrender now and we'll go easy on you!" the lone red pegasus warned. He was lying, of course. He had heard his partner's cry for help. He wasn't about to let her death be in vain. "Just come into view and we'll end this quietly!" That's it... quiet. No one would know what happened in this smoke. All he had to do was say the thief commited suicide out of fear of being caught.

A deep chuckle came from within the smoke. The pegasus readied his spear and dashed forward, letting out a battle cry that echoed through the streets. "FOR THE ROYAL SISTERS!" He jabbed his spear in random directions until he felt his spear hit flesh, making him smile smugly. "HA! You're no match for the Royal Guard!"

He pulled his spear back and gasped when he saw what was on the other end: his dead partner. The tip was lodged deep into her side. The figure had used her as a shield! Before the pegasus could pull out his spear, a foreleg wrapped itself around his head and twisted hard, breaking the pegasus' neck.

Everything was now silent... The smoke eventually cleared to reveal two dead ponies and one knocked-out guard, the hooded figure nowhere to be seen.

Author's Note

Please go easy on me. I had to rewrite it a bit since I got five downvotes in a row.