“Wh-What is going on here!” Asserted that all too familiar female voice.

Sonia and Sleek have just been caught about to have their make-out session. Sonia's heart stopped beating, at least, that's what it felt like. She looked up at her colt-friend and saw just how white his face was. Both of them gulped, staying in that same position for what seemed like ages.

"M-Ms. Cinnamon! U-Uh it's not what it-" Sonia attempted to say.

"Not what it looks like? Sonia, you know what'll happen if your father were to find out about this!" Cinnamon said in a loud whisper.

Cinnamon stepped into the room, closing and locking the door behind her. The mare was a maid that worked for the night faction, but mainly within the high moon house, or HMH, where Sonia lived. She was a weird species, she was half-dragon and half-pony, but right now Sonia didn’t care what she was. She trembled, turning as white as a sheet of paper.

"I'm sorry, Cinnamon, I just-" Sonia tried to talk again.

She didn't get much out and Sleek had already begun to get off of her and sit down on the bed, Sonia merely sat up a bit.

"Don't try to explain this to me, what's his name and how did you meet him?" Cinnamon looked at Star much like an angry protective mother would to her child, "And what were you two about to just do? Were you two about to-?"

Sonia turned bright red, and Sleek let out a girly peep, "N-No! W-We're not like that! We're just-"

Sonia gulped, knowing that admitting what they were about to do would be the only way to get Cinnamon to understand, "We were just about to kiss is all."

Cinnamon sighed and almost seemed relieved, "Thank Celestia."

The room went silent for a while and they all just looked away from each other. Sonia could hear all their hearts thumping quietly.

"I won't tell your dad, Sonia, but please lock your door whenever he's around, ok?" Cinnamon said, with a sincere tone of her voice. Her cheeks were a light red.

Sonia perked her ears up, "R-Really? You won't tell?"

Cinnamon nodded at the filly, and soon found herself caught in a tight hug from the rather small bat pony. Cinnamon felt her heart warm up to the little filly holding her. She sighed and softly pet Sonia, causing Sonia to delicately rub her face against the sweet-smelling dragon pony’s chest fluff.

Cinnamon felt her world light up.

"Ok, well, I have to get back to work. Lock your door if you two are still going to... y'know, do stuff," Cinnamon said, still rather flustered.
"Mhm! I will! Thank you so much, Cinnamon!" Sonia hopped around joyously, as it was the only way to show she was happy. No smiling of course.

Cinnamon left with a smile on her face, closing the door with a small “click”.

"She's growing up so fast." She said to herself.

The next morning Sonia was simply laying in her bed. The night before hadn't had much action, due to the rather surprising peek-a-boo Cinnamon had performed. Sleek left sooner than usual but it didn't bug Sonia, since she could see him again tonight or the one that followed.

She got out of bed and put on her cloak because she would need it if today was another training day. Her dad could be vague, making it difficult to tell what she would be doing each day.

Sonia stretched her wings once she got outside, enjoying the sensation of having her wings spread and un-bound.

Her joy was suddenly cut off by the sound of her father’s voice, "Sonia! Sweetheart! Come, I'd like you to meet someone I've grown quite fond with,"

She reluctantly walked over, thinking to herself, ‘Who is it this time?’

"Yes?" She walked up to him, looked at whomever he was talking about and felt her heart fall to the ground.

Standing behind her father was Sleek.

Sleek’s face looked pale and his stern mercenary face seemed fragile. Sonia held a wobbly expression of seriousness before she looked up at her father and stuttered, "Who is he, father?"
"His name is Sleek Turquoise, your new bodyguard! He'll accompany you on any trips outside of our grounds. Isn't that just splendid?" His voice rang with a sarcastic glee, but it was all genuine.

"B-But you told me-!" Sonia was cut off before she could finish.

"I know, I know. I've told you never to go off our grounds, but based on your performance yesterday I think you're capable of going out and handling yourself." He smiled and patted Sonia on the head.

Sonia didn't like his hoof patting her though and held in the urge to bite him.

"Then why that bodyguard?" She said, trying to connect the dots as to why this was happening.

"Well, it's a precaution sweetie, we can't be too safe. Plus, he's one of our best! He'll take good care of you." Her father looked over at Sleek and then said, "Isn't that right?"

Sleek gulped and nodded. It would be his first time being deployed outside of the walls and he wasn't prepared for the possible dangers outside. On top of this, he was being tasked with taking care of the Faction leader's daughter!

Sonia watched Sleek closely, knowing he was freaking out. She turned and looked at Cinnamon standing at the front door, her usual smile on her face.

Sonia sighed, looking over at her father and asking, "Can I bring Fermata with me?"

A scowl grew on his face and Sonia’s heart rate slowly began to speed up as he responded.

"Of course not. Your useless sister needs to make up for her shortcomings by helping around the house."

Sonia sighed and nodded. "Can I leave now or do I have to stay for training first?" Sonia asked.

"Well, you may leave. After yesterday's display, I’m going to double your training. A break from training does seem to be in order, so yes, you may go today." He cleared his throat once he was done, "Now if you don't mind sweetie, I have to go talk business with a prestigious gun merchant."

Sonia watched him walk away and grumbled an insult, before turning away and heading inside, being followed by Sleek.

"Where are you going, Star?" Sleek asked Sonia, wondering why she was heading inside the house.

"I'm not going out in my cloak, if I'm going out, I want to look like myself.," Sonia responded a bit sternly.

Sonia got a small head pat from Cinnamon as she walked by and a small blush adorned her face.

It felt nice.

A few minutes later she came out wearing a nice warm dark grey hoodie and a small red clip-on bow set on the front of her mane. Her mane was now down, instead of in a ponytail like it usually would be. Her mane was just short of shoulder length.

Sleek followed behind Sonia as she exited the grounds of the faction.

A group of ponies just across the street stared at them.

Sonia was once told that Canterlot was one of the most amazing places to live in. It would turn out that those ponies were right. She looked around at the crowded and beautiful shops and restaurants. It was the first time she had been able to come out without being told where to go or what to look at. This was time for herself and time alone with her "bodyguard".

“You know, you look stupid when you’re trying to act normal around my dad, right?” Sonia said, looking at Sleek with a glare on her face.

“Oh, hah-hah you’re so funny,” Sleek responded sarcastically, “You realize who your dad is, right? Why do you think I was scared of dating you when you first asked me out?”

Sonia looked at him, “I thought you were just surprised a filly liked you.”

“Wow, you’re so cruel, y’know?” Sleek responded.

Sleek stared at her and then looked over to a small shop full of candies,

“Wanna go inside there?”

Sonia shrugged, nodding and heading inside. She looked around, a sudden sense of dread crawling onto her. The fur on the back of her neck stood up, much like it would if a cold breeze just brushed past it.

Sonia looked around the small shop. Countless amounts of candies were on the shelves and inside dispensers. A couple of fillies and colts, younger than Sonia, ran around happily, looking at the succulents and chewy candies. Chocolate bars and lollipops that Sonia had never even seen before were all over the shop. Sonia picked up a box and blanched when she saw the price.

“Jeez, twenty bits for a box of chocolates?” Sonia said.

She held another small box with 20 chocolates. She grimaced as she stared at the price and the chocolates. Sonia set the candies back down where they had been and turned back to the establishment. Sleek was looking around the store, mainly at the new ponies who had entered.

“Does something feel off?” Sleek asked, looking back at Sonia.

Sonia scoffed and looked around before a small weight inside of her chest began to form.

She began to look around, too, “Yeah, but what exactly?”

She walked through the store and looked around. Nothing was off, it was just a bunch of ponies looking for chocolates for their marefriends, or couples snickering as they picked out sweets for an event. Sonia walked past a group of friends, then a couple, and a small pack of wild colts salivating over spicy candies.

Sonia took in the warm environment and a twinge of sadness tore through her. She felt her eyes tear up. No popper wounds today, just a nice afternoon in Canterlot.

“Bang bang, little filly,” said a stallion's voice.

The sound of light parts inside of a frame rang inside her ears. Suddenly, the shop's calm and peace were shattered as ponies screamed and galloped away.

She knew what those sounds of light parts were. Bullets rattling against each other inside of a magazine. She swiftly used the power of her wings to go left.

A gun went off following her movements.

She swiftly turned around and looked at her assaulters. Two stallions.

“Surprise bitch!” yelled a stallion behind her.

She glanced back and saw him, running at her with a knife in his maw. Sonia prepped her stance to kick him away. She never got the chance as more gunfire went off, and then she heard the yelling of a young colt.

“Get away from her you dicks!” yelled Sleek.

Sonia turned towards the source of the voice but had trouble keeping track of Sleek as he sped by like a blur. His body collided with the stallion who held the gun. Sonia took this short window to swiftly spread her wings and flap them powerfully forwards. She quickly went backward and swiftly turned her body using her wings so she was flat on her back in midair.

In this position she crashed her hind legs first into the stallion with the knife, causing him to collapse to the ground with the knife simply flopping out of his mouth.

She turned back to face Sleek who was making quick work of the other two. By the time she walked over, Sleek had already disarmed and taken the two down. Now, where was the fourth one?

Sonia flicked her ears and looked around the now very ruined candy shop.

“Where could you have gone, you miserable fuck?”

Sonia looked around questioning whether he had run away or if he was simply hiding. She hovered off the ground, Sleek sticking close.

Sonia’s heart rate kept a calm pace, the silent flap of her wings creating a small updraft keeping her up off the ground. Her terrifying glare as she moved through the shop and the twitch of her ears picking up small sounds.
It quickly became too much.

A scream came from behind the register counter and up stood a stallion with a gun pointed straight at Sonia. Her eyes widened, but using quick thinking she flapped her wings left, pushing her right.

The gun went off, Sleek ducking to the ground. The gun went off a few more times as the two young ponies kept moving forward, swiftly and evasively.

“Die already!” yelled the stallion.

Sonia smirked but slipped as she evaded left, crashing into the wall and yelling in absolute agony as her wing bent into a shape it wasn’t supposed to. The gun swiftly pointed at her and the stallion cackled as he was about to pull the trigger, Sleek quickly crashed into the side of him. Sonia took this chance to get up and put her wing back into the place, putting two pieces of hard candy between her teeth.

The sound of three gunshots followed and once Sonia was done she stood and grabbed a sharp piece of glass, her blood beginning to seep onto the glass shard. Sleek looked over at her and smiled, but the smile quickly faded as the sound of the pistol deafened the two. Silence fell among the room, Sonia didn’t move as her pupils began to shrink to the size of pinpricks. Among the silence of the sound of the bullet casing hitting and bouncing around the floor.

Sleek slowly collapsed to the side of the stallion, the stallion slowly sitting up and aiming at Sonia. Sonia didn’t move but gripped the glass shard tighter, her eyes began to turn a deeper and deeper red. The stallion pulled the trigger and a soft click emitted from the gun but no bang. Sonia slowly walked forward and growled, giving a death stare at her attacker.

“You’ve run dry.” She said with anger seeping at every pore.

The stallion slowly dropped the gun and crawled backward, his eyes frantic as he looked left and right around him. He grabbed a shard and threw it at the filly, cutting her shoulder. She didn’t flinch let alone wince. The stallion frantically grabbed glass and candy and threw them at her. The glass cut her body up but she didn’t let the small cuts left on her body slow her down.

“G-Get away from me you-” The stallion stopped suddenly as the foot of the filly was jammed into his stomach.

Her eyes pierced the stallion's soul as he looked up at her. She brought the shard to his throat and in one swift action, slit his throat.

She stood up once she was done and looked around the shop. Candy shelves were strewn all over the ground. She let her rage subside then she realized why she was so enraged.

“Sl-Sleek! Sleek!” Sonia yelled out, her eyes frantically looking for her fallen partner.

Her eyes locked onto the injured colt and in a swift dash she flew beside him, her eyes focused on Sleek’s injury. Sonia collapsed beside him and began applying pressure to his wound. She stared at Sleek's eyes and frantically attempted to keep his bullet wound from bleeding.

“Sleek! Come on tell me you’re going to be ok!” Sonia said frantically.

She leaned down and kissed his cheek, her eyes looking for some sort of life in him. Sleek smiles and coughs, attempting to sit up but groaning as he does. Sonia helps him up, Sleek looked up at her and gave her an off smile.

“I’ll be fine, I just-” Sleek coughed, groaning right after and putting his hoof over his wound. “God being shot really does suck.”

Sonia looked at him, restraining any tears from dripping out.

“Are you sure? Please tell me you’re going to be ok, I don’t want you to-” Sonia was cut off.

“Die? Yeah trust me, this really fucking hurts but I’ll live. Maybe a kiss would make me feel better, heh.” Sleek chuckled, finishing that sentence.

Sonia smiled weakly, her smile small and hardly visible, her lips connecting with his and a bit of her tongue colliding with his. The two held the kiss for a bit.

Unbeknownst to them, however…

“As I suspected,” said a stallion's voice.

Sonia’s face went pale.

“D-Dad?”

Author's Note

Apologies for the rather slow chapters, these chapters are some of my first REAL stories that are published. Anyway, hope you enjoyed it! Now gimme your feedback.

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