Twilight looked Celestia in the eye. "Pardon?"

Celestia's ears folded back. "Yeah, that sounds bad. I just promised to give you a reason to trust me and I tell you that. The important thing to note is that it's me we're talking about here. Do you really think I'll order someone to go around and kill creatures for no good reason? You've seen how dangerous Stand Users can be."

"Right. Grey Fly was able to kill thousands without drawing any suspicion toward himself."

"So you can imagine what would happen if twenty creatures were actively doing that level of damage at the same time, right? We would ideally leave them alive and rehabilitate them, but their Stands make it either dangerous or outright impossible to imprison them even in Tartarus. There's... something else that leaves me little hope for rehabilitation."

Twilight tilted her head. "Something else?"

"Sorry, it's... not something you should learn about. I'll tell you in time, but not right now."

Twilight glared at the wall.

"I know. You aren't comfortable with secrets right now, but it's not something that even I need to know about. Regardless, you understand why I have the Stand Hunter now, right?"

Twilight nodded. "To kill off Stand Users that would otherwise wipe out hundreds, even thousands, of innocent creatures." Once she finished speaking, she let out a heavy sigh.

"If it'll help, I do have a list of his victims that you can look at later, if you want."

"That would be for the best." Twilight's eyes started to droop. "What are those arrows? They feel... strange."

"According to some creatures I know, those are Stand Arrows. They're formed from ore mined from meteorites for the sole purpose of giving creatures Stands. Why someone would want there to be more Stands, that's anyone's guess. I had only heard of them when I first saw one hit somepony. A young mare that worked as a maid in the castle. It only broke her skin, but she fell into convulsions and died three hours later. I told her family that she fell victim to poisoning. I had to keep the truth of the arrows a secret from as many as I could. Even among those that know of the arrows, you two are the only ones that know where I'm hiding these three."

"Two?"

"So you knew I was here." The parrot stepped into the room. "When did you notice?"

Celestia turned around. "I figured that you would show up sooner or later. After all, you led Twilight here." She nodded towards the wall the Stand from before was thrown against.

He stepped up to the two princesses and kneeled before them. "Forgive me. I overstepped my boundary, and caused all of this trouble."

Celestia glanced back at the wall. "It's alright. I don't think it caused too much trouble, and the trouble it did cause was easily resolved."

"Yeah. It's nothing to worry about, Leone."

The parrot hung his head for a moment before raising it and his eyebrow. "Pardon?"

"Twilight." Celestia also raised her eyebrow. "Why did you call him Leone?"

"Uh... Well..." Twilight rubbed her front legs together. "I... thought that was his name?"

"Your highness." The parrot stood up. "Celestia calls me Blues. The other guards call me Blues. Since I arrived in Equestria, I've only ever gone by the name Blues. So how did you know my real name?"

Author's Note

Oh? What's this? Well, you probably recognize the name Leone... if you keep up with Japanese releases of the official Jojo manga.

Yeah, if you limited yourself to American releases, anime or manga, you might want to stop reading now. Parts 5 and 6 spoilers incoming.