Being a mercenary is tough work. You get little thanks beyond your pay, ponies begin to fear you and, if that wasn’t demoralising enough, you get those little pests who have to insist on leaving you with a good few scars. It’s that kind of thing that lead Nova to the conclusion that, of all jobs, dealing with monsters was the best one to shoot for.

On the rare occasion whoever hires you doesn’t want a cover-up story; you get some positive notoriety. You get paid well and it mostly involves hunting down creatures so responsible for death and hardship that you never have to second-guess your morals. I've made that mistake too many times.

One problem she hadn’t been expecting, however, was the blatantly deceptive advertising Shining Armour had used on his contract – to find and capture the monstrous thief known as ‘Solar Eclipse’.

Except that Solar isn’t a monster, and capturing her… Well, it isn’t as easy as it would seem.

But that kind of thinking isn’t the state of mind that allows one to complete a job. No, dogged determination is preferable. Besides, Nova has a solid lead to go on. How hard could it be to capture one mare?

One simply has to hope the combination of fighting, mental uncertainty and moral-standing isn’t too much for her.

[A/N]: Warning: This story is based in an anthropomorphic version of Equestria/Equus. It also contains dark themes and swearing. Feedback is appreciated and site guidelines may not be quite realised so... Let me know if I did something wrong. Also, while this is not my first MLP related story, I just cannot quite bring myself to use 'somepony', 'everyony', 'anypony', 'nopony' etc. It just doesn't feel right. If I were writing an actual quadruped story, I would've just swallowed my pride, but with this, it's anthro so I don't think it is that necessary. I do still use it for dialogue, though.

Be sure to check out my other story: 'Chaos Theory: Lone Wolf' for Solar's story.