Alterantion of Fate

The next day, Temporal pulls a huge bag from under one of the two beds. After pulling it out Gale bags into their room.

Gale asks, "Hey Tem are ready for work yet? uh, what is in the bag?"

"Well you see I keep a secret stash, I even snuck some extra bits in my suit," Temporal answered as poured out an assortment of jewels and coins

"I can't believe you steal from Grizzal, nice-" Gale complemented, "-so how much did you take?"

"...ty five, ...ty six, ...ty seven-," mumbled Temporal "-ah horse apples! We still do not have enough for a small carriage to take us to another town."

"Well, there is tonight's job, unless you another hidden stash to sell," said Gale.

Temporal shakes his head, "Sorry, I don't have anything to sell unless the clothes of our backs count, then no plus used clothes don’t make much in short amount."

After the two finished talking they heard a hoof stomping outside their room and down the stairs.

“Hey Temporal get down your break was over ten minutes ago-” yelled the innkeeper, “-the last thing I need is a freeloader, who is skipping out on his job!”

Temporal shovels the pile of bits into his pillowcase as quickly as he could with Gale's help, "Oh yeah, that was the reason I came up here."

Temporal glares at his sister for that remark as he shoves the pillow under his bed, "You know how to get under my skin do you."

"Who else but family," Gale joked

Temporal trotted out of the room, and Gale followed suit. As the two made it down the stairs they see the old mare from yesterday entering the inn.

"Hey you're that ha...-" before Gale could finish Temporal kicked her front leg, "- ow!"

Temporal asks, "Sorry for my tactless sister, she was wondering why are you here?"

"Well I need somewhere to stay for the night, after going from one town to the next, but I tend to grow tired," said the old mare.

Temporal clops his hooves together and says, "Alright, what can we do for you?"

The old mare asks in a calm tone, "Are you familiar with the resistance, I heard rumors that they might be in town."

After hearing that the innkeeper shouts, "We wish that those crazed warmongers to not be here and I hear that they are here of all places!"

"Now, now dear-," his wife tries to calm him down, "I am sure they are just rumors."

"You're right dear, it's just that what happened fifteen moons (years) ago and it was not the best news to hear the resistance only brings nothing but trouble."

"They can at help at times, but unfortunately it comes at a cost not many can afford,-" said the old mare, "-I just wish that both they and the empire could control themselves."

Temporal looks at the clock and asks, "Hey boss is okay for me and Gale to get off at four, come on we will pay both in full along with a quarter for next month's rent?"

The innkeeper responses in a calmer tone before the resistance was brought up, "very well just be here no later than the ninth (today's date is the twenty-seventh), if you two want the night off."

As the twins head out the door, they are stopped by Dazzling Gleam grabbing one of Temporal's hind legs, "Tem-Tem doesn't go I had a bad dream of you and Gale in trouble."

It catches the old mare's attention and she rubs her chin with her hoof

"Don't worry it's just a dream, who knows tomorrow Gale might be a potato tonight," He replied, to which made Dazzling Gleam laugh. After doing so the twins head out with saddlebags and suitcases on their backs.

After the twins entered the train they opened the suitcases to see a fancy suit and an elegant dress properly folded and stuffed into the cases.

"Wow! he really went all out for us!-" Shouted Temporal as he lifted the suit with his magic, "-huh what is this?"

He lifts a mask and a bottle that says masquerade potion and looks at Gale's case to see the same thing: a fancy outfit, a mask, and a bottle.

"Hey Tem do you have a plan since we don't have any sleep dust this time?" asked Gale.

Temporal replies, "Well let's not worry he usually leaves a plan somewhere in these cases."

After saying that Gale finds an envelope in her dress and opens it too, which they smile at it.

Later at the castle entrance, two ponies in fancy garments approach the door pony, one of them is red unicorn with a cream-colored mane, in a black suit with matching top hat and a blue face mask holding a black cane, and the other was a peach-colored pegasus with a violet mane in an elegant white dress with a blue face mask holding a white fan.

"Greetings my fair door pony, what-tith bring-ith we come from a far gracious and our kind-hearted Prince Estrago!-" announced the red pony in a posh tone, "As guests of Lord Grizzal, himself!"

The peach pegasus face hoofs in embarrassment, "Pardon my brother. he tends to make everything a bad one pony show at these events."

The two handed him their invitations, he motions to the ballroom nearly filled with different creatures chit-chatting with one another and upon the white split staircase and a strong column is a large platform with a long table placed upon it hosting the selected nobles and ladies that show high favor to Estrago, and Grizzal. Black smoke started to enter above the large table and descended to a fancy looking chair, as the smoke sits in the chair a figure forms from it to be Estrago.

"Sorry I am late to this get-together but I was heavily busy with certain plans, but that doesn't mean you can't party without the prince!-" announced Estrago, "and don't you worry we shall provide for everyone here what we can!"

In the crowd, the peach pegasus whispers to her brother, "Out of all the royalty in our town I kind of think He is the least self-absorbed out of nobles here."

"Okay time to start the mission, Gale, I mean Ebony Breeze," whispered the red unicorn

"Got it, Midnight Breeze,-" Gale replied quietly, "- Don't pull that again."

Midnight Breeze (Temporal) nods and heads over to the buffet table scouting out the room while tasting the food, leaving Gale by herself surveying the other half of the room. as she proceeds through the room; she bumps into a regal blue unicorn stallion with a flowing red cape and a yellow mane unintentionally knocking her to the floor. He looks at her with his light blue eyes to see that she bumped into him, and helps her up.

"My aren't we careless around here," He chuckled in patronizing tone.

"Sorry, but I wasn't able to walk around ya and your bribable crowd, your poshness," Gale remarked to which the crowd gasped.

The unicorn says, "I can see you don't care about rank yet you are quite confrontational, I could have fun with you."

Gale replies, "As long as ya keep hooves or magic where I can see them."

The ballroom music begins to play throughout the room

The unicorn extends his hoof to Gale, "Care to dance mil' lady?"

Gale answers, "Only if you tell me your name, by the way, my name is Ebony Breeze."

"My name is Majestic Crown," He answered.

The two waltz together on to the dance floor, as the two locks at one another Crown's light-blue eyes and Gale's green eyes. He moves his face close to hers, but as Gale tries to back up, she slips on her dress however Majestic catches her with his hooves.

"You sure are pretty cute in my hooves."

Gale blushes after that compliment, "Let go of me."

"Not without a kiss first," He answered

"What!?!"

"Just kidding come on learn to joke,-" the unicorn laughed as he returns her to the ground, "-I don't kiss a mare after one dance."

Gale complains, "Jeez, you're just as bad as my brother."

"Oh you have a troublesome brother as well Miss Breeze," said Crown with piqued interest

Temporal observes as the two dance, "All according to the note for the most part, okay I can make this plan work just stay in character," he whispers to himself.

Temporal approaches a guard, "Excuse-th me, I require the location to-eth the nearest restroom to wash-ith my face?"

"Uh down this hallway to your right," the guard answered uncomfortably.

Temporal tips his hat and heads down the hallway. He makes it to the restroom, and looks around, it was both very clean and pristine. Temporal undresses from his suit to reveal his thievous attire.

"Help-eth I uh, slipped and got my hoof stuck in the toilet I requireth a guard to help-eth me!"
A guard pony rushes through the door and saw nothing until the door creeks shut and Temporal jumps out and puts a bottle with blue powder over the guard's muzzle. After smelling it the guard fell asleep.

"Goodnight you're going ta need it," Temporal whispers as he takes the guard's badge.

Meanwhile, at the ballroom, Majestic and Gale were talking about their siblings.

"I can't believe your brother has dragged you here too," Gale laughed while fanning herself

"Yeah, by the way where is that brother of yours Miss Breeze?" asked Crown.

"Oh he went toooooooooooo, the bathroom I'll go get him," Gale said nervously as she leaves as fast as she could.

After Gale leaves the ballroom, Estrago sits amongst a table six of his most loyal of his lords, along with Grizzal and an empty chair next to him.

"Nice dance wouldn't you say your princelyness," remarked Grizzal.

To which Estrago sighs and says, "Sure was, I just wish Sudario was there, but I know how he would go at it."

Sudario pop through the dark mist with a bottle in hoof and says, "Yep, not so fond of it, I was busy getting you the freshest drink straight from New Yakyakistan from my luggage."

"Oh fine wine, you shouldn't have, it's unlike you to get us a gift from such a location of any gift to anyone outside of the family," said Estrago.

Sudario uncorks the bottle and pour every creature a glass with a sinister grin on his face.

"To the law and order of the Darkmist Empire!-" announced Sudario while levitating a glass, and all those around Sudario drink their wine, "so dear brother how is the wine."

"Tsk tsk, it is suprisingly bitter,-" said Estrago with the yellow iris of his eyes glowing green, after saying that he gasps because he didn't mean to say that, "- Brother what did you put in this wine."

Sudario says after sipping his wine, "Sorry dear brother I didn't wish to make you an example my methods, but you were needed to speak the truth to me,-" his eyes were glowing green when he spoke.

Grizzal after hearing that looks at his trembling now empty wine and then he looks towards the princes as Sudario begins to approach him.

"Hey Lord Grizzal tell me everything," Sudario demanded.