The Dishonored: Standalone.

John saw nothing for what felt like a few minutes after the shrine shattered. A bright light suddenly filled his eyes which made him cover them to shield them on reflex. When the light faded away a bit he uncovered his eyes and looked around. He was standing in what looked like a old clock tower. Looks like noone was in the place for decades. The clock wasn’t even working. He what world he was in. The Outsider said it was a world he knew and didn’t know at the same time. So he didn’t have a clue. He saw a small panel on the clock face that looks like it opens to the outside. He walked over to it and opened the panel to see what was outside. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

He saw a big city that looked like New York . Even had a statue of Liberty. The thing that majorly gave it away….was the Ponies he can see from the clock tower. He was in Equestria. Manehattan to be precise. He saw Earth Ponies walking/trotting on the ground with some dragging carriages which serves as taxis, Pegasus Ponies that were either flying threw the air or mingling with the crowds in the ground, and Unicorns doing similar things as the Earth Ponies but with magic to help. He saw many pony theme places from where he was. Heck the Statue of Liberty was a pony. He was actually in Equestria. He closed the panel and looked around the room. It was pretty spacesush in here. If he could get some furniture he could use this like a hideout in this city. He feels like Batman haha. If he could somehow make a batcave here he’ll be ecstatic. Although he doesn’t know what to do with it when he needs to leave this city for Ponyville. Moving on.

So far he can use the blink skill to travel around. He just needs to practice some more to use the other skills. He decide to practice Blink for now to get the hang of it. He blinks around the open room from one side to the other. He feels his magic that he now has grow smaller as he uses the ability. He stops after his tenth blink to rest when he feels he is low on magic. While he is resting he mentally counts each second as he sees how long it will take for his magic to replenish. Two minutes and thirty seconds. Hopefully that gets better as he gets stronger because that's too long if he gets into a fight. He got up thought about what to try next. He’ll try to learn how to use Far Reach and Wind Blast. He figured Bend Time will be really hard to use since he is actually manipulating time to a degree.

He tries Far Reach first. He focuses on his mark and tries to think of how it should feel. He remembers that it was described as extending your arm/hand outwards to pull yourself forward. He tries that for now to see if it works. After a few minutes a trying...a black tendril launches from his hand and pulls him forward...into the wall face first. “Ok...that hurt a bit.” He said as he peeled himself from the wall. He checks to see if he broke anything like his nose and was relieved to see he didn't. He proceeded to practice the move a little more while smacking into the wall some more till he got the hang of it. He then tries Wind Blast.

Nothing special happens while doing this. Just John pointing at a wall working on the ability. He can summon a bit of wind at first , but continues for the next hour till he can send a blast that looks as strong as it does by default in the game. He got the move down somewhat so he is good for now.

He rest up afterwards to regain his magic and stamina back. He had to rest multiple times while practicing those abilities of his. He figured he would explore the city afterwards to get a feel for the area. Maybe find areas of interest that he could use or look into. Knowing the area will be a boon if he finds himself in trouble. He decided to check his gear finally beforehand heading out.

He looked at himself and saw that the Outsider was telling the truth from before. He did have Corvo's attire and mask. He saw the folding sword on his left hip and Daude's assassin sword and his right hip. Corvo's pistol was on his right hip next to the sword and Daude's wrist crossbow was on his left hand. He had three pouches for bullets, bolts, and sleep darts. Which had ten in each. He had a few mines on him as well. Two stun mines, two arch mines, and two razor-wire mines. He saw something out of the corner of his eye lying against a wall. It was a duffle bag. Curious he walked over to it and checked what it held. Daude's outfit, twenty mines of each type, a few boxes of bullets with fifteen each, a few bundles of bolts from regular to sleep to incendiary bolts, and a spare folding sword and assassin sword.

Well at least for a little while he doesn't have to worry about supplies.

He tied the duffle bag up and looked around for a better spot to put it. He saw an old air duct vent against the ceiling that looked like it doesn't work anymore. He took the vent off and hid the bag in there for now. After closing the vent and making sure you can't see the bag under normal circumstances he opens the clock panel and headed out into the city.

He lands on a nearby building using Far Reach. He looks around to see if anyone noticed him. None of the ponies seemed to have noticed so it looks like he is in the clear. Good thing it's night time or it might be a bit hard to go unnoticed. He decided to practice his parkour skills as well as his powers a bit. After stretching a bit he makes a run to another building and jumps toward it. He latches onto the edge and quickly launches himself over onto the roof into a roll. He gets up and continues his progress while occasionally using Blink and Far Reach for those spots he couldn't reach normally. As he was going around he thought he heard something. He stops and stays still for a few minutes. Waiting to see if it would happen again. Before another minute passed he heard it.

A scream of horror.

“SOMEPONY!!! PLEASE!!! HELP ME!!”

That sounds close and female. A mare must be in trouble. He has to help. He quickly hurries off in the direction he heard it come from. He hears the scream a few more times. Each getting a little louder like he was getting closer. He hurries up and tries to find it when he hears a loud scream of pure terror from an ally nearby. He Blinks to the next building and looks over the edge into the ally. After a couple seconds he sees something he wish he didn't see.

The mare’s mangled corpse. He was too late. He noticed a unicorn stallion near the corpse and quickly figured out who it was from how it looks. It was the killer. He held a butchers knife in a telekinetic grip with fresh blood on the knife, he was looking at the dead mare with a gleeful expression, he had blood on his green coat, and his cutie mark looked like something a serial killer would have.

John was shaking in anger and was about to head down there and deal with this before he heard the Psycho speak...and he wasn't happy to hear what it was.

“Sleep now my sweet. You are but another soul to my collection. Hehehe. I wonder who my next one will be? Another young one like a colt or fillie? Oh I can't wait.”

This thing has slaughtered many others before. Even CHILDREN!!! John has had enough of this freak already. He jumped off the building and used Far Reach to bull him down with a splash as he hit a puddle. The Psycho stopped as he heard the noise and look down the alley to see some kind of minotaur there. He chuckled at the thought of his next victim coming to him. Makes it easier.

John stood up slowly while his head was down. The pony was about to charge when he saw the mask. He didn't know why, but for some reason behind the figure...was a demon coming to reap his soul. John took out both swords and advanced slowly towards the pony. It shook it's head to focus and charged at John. Seeing the pony charge John Blinked behind him making him stumble in surprise. Before it could recover John kicked him in the head making him stumble back a few feet before looking at him in rage. John tried attacking but the pony not only used its knife to block but was also able to summon more to fight with. John was blocking, dodging, and parrying the knifes as they come at him in rapid session. He jumped back before using Wind Blast to send the pony hurling towards the wall with enough force that it broke off its horn on impact. The pony let out a screen of pain and held its head where the remaining bit of his horn was. Before it could react John used Far Reach to grab him and pull him towards him. When he was close enough John stabbed him in the heart with the folding sword. He brought his left arm over and slashed its throat with the assassin blade and ripped the folding sword out through its left side. Blood splattered on the wall, floor, and himself.

John breathed heavy for a bit from using those abilities on this crazy pony. He looked at his blades covered in blood before using a cloth on the ground to wipe them clean. Mostly. He walked over to the mare and saw the look of terror and pain on her face. Her eyes wide and lifeless. He closed her eyes and shook his head a little. Wishing he had been quicker. He got up to leave when he heard someone speak. “Finally found you. ‘Blade of Equestria’.”

He turned around to see half a dozen Royal Guards looking at him in anger. “it's taken a few years but we finally caught you. This is the first we actually caught you in the act. Your normally more careful not to be seen, but looks like your luck just ran out. Two new victims even. You'll pay for your crime!” God dang it!! They think I'm the killer?!?! Haven't they seem even a glimpse of him if he has been at this for year?!

“Get him!!” The head guard said as they began to close in.

How about...NOPE!!

John Blinks behind the fifth guard and uses the head of the last as a stepping stone so he can use Far Reach to reach the rooftop of a nearby building. He quickly began moving from rooftop to rooftop trying to loose them. He eventually found a small shack on one that had an open window on the side for some reason and hid inside. He waited for a few minutes hearing them pass by it searching for them. He has to get back to the old clock tower and fast.

While he was waiting for them to go far enough away he looked outside and saw the moon. His eyes widen when he saw it. He realized what season he was in now. Basically season zero.

Because the Mare in the Moon was still there.