Stepping into the beat of the marching feet. Anon took into the crowd that was heading into the city. A sea of ponies, griffins and even some Yaks. He did find it odd that the Yaks were the only creatures in chains that were being dragged into the city. By what looked to be some kind of group of bounty hunters. Anon didn’t have the time to worry about them.

He had found that it wasn’t just his sense of smell that had been enhanced. It was all of his senses. He could see further then normal. He could hear the heartbeats of the creatures around him if he focused well enough. He was on guard as he walked ever closer to the city. The shadows of the looming towers now draped over him.

That’s when he spotted the group of guards standing in front of the gate. They were checking everyone who entered. Stopping people and even pulling people off in chains that didn’t seem to have the right paperwork. It looked like he wasn’t gonna just walk in through the front door like he was hoping. His glare soon went to the ebony walls that surrounded the city.

He was gonna gamble with it. He lowered himself in the crowd vanishing into it. Before he got on his stomach crawling into the thick grass that surrounded the city. It was just tall enough to cover his body as he crawled through it. He kept his eyes on the patrolling guards atop the battlements. Only moving when he saw the small breaks in the patrols.

Getting to the wall he pressed himself against it. He had crawled far enough to be out of ear shot of the guards at the gate. Only problem was he couldn’t see the patrols up top anymore. He let out a sigh. He was gonna just have to wing it and hope for the best….that was usually his plan of attack at all times. He flicked his hand looking down at his claws.

“Well let’s see if these are worth a damn.” He exclaimed quietly as he then pushed his hands against the metal.

It was like butter. His nails easily dug into the steel with little resistance. He stared at his hand for a moment. That was kind of cool. He then shook his head refocusing himself as he took a sharp breath in and then began to climb. He knew he had to be quick. He moved in a blur of motion hands and feet moving in unity as he climbed. He launched himself up onto one of the battlements.

Landing crouched on top of it almost like a cat in terms of grace. This was…easy for him. He didn’t know how to feel about all these changes to his being but, he'd probably get used to it. As he landed he locked eyes with a soldier who just so happened to be standing in front of the edge he landed on. The guard was dressed in a black military uniform that buttoned all the way down. He wore a black helmet and red scarf around his neck. He had some kind of weird looking metal rifle hanging off his shoulder. Anon just smirked at the lone guard.

“Howdy!” He exclaimed cutely as his fist blurred as it punched forward. It connected with the guard's jaw. Anon heard a crack as the guard's body was spun in place from the impact of his fist. The guard was out cold on the ground. Anon then looked at his own fist.

“Wow that was….really easy.” He hopped down from the battlement onto the metal walk way. He looked to both sides of the path way seeing no one coming from either of the connected towers. He was safe for now. His eyes then locked onto the city. He focused himself closing his eyes.

“Feral Instincts Active.” The Screen stated.

As Anon attempted to zone in on Twilight’s scent…it was a bust. There were too many smells in the city on top of that all the smog in the air was making it even harder.

“It can never just be easy can it?” He asked. “Now what? I don’t have a lot of time and there's a lot of ground to cover.” He leaned over the battlements that faced the city seeing platoons of guards walking around the city. “And this place is swarming…how am I gonna…” He paused then his eyes looked down at the unconscious guard at his feet.

“…..This might actually be stupid enough to work.” Anon then grabbed the guard slowly dragging him to the eastern tower making sure to stay low as he moved.

Once he was at the tower. He cracked the door just a hair to see into the room. He didn’t see anyone just metal walls and stone floors. It was some kind of break area. It had wooden tables and chairs. He quickly dragged the guard into the room. He undressed the guard down to his underwear. He noticed something while doing this…the guard was some kind of elf. He looked human other than the pointy ears.

He didn’t have time to think it over as he put on the guard's outfit then put his own clothing into the guard’s bag. He then took some cloth from the room tying the guard up and gagging him. Pausing only when he heard a sound coming from the man’s ear. He looked over his ear seeing a brass ear piece. He stuck the piece into his own ear.

It was some kind of magical radio or something. He could hear all kinds of chatter on it. He checked himself out luckily this guard was close to his size. He began to head to the stairs of this tower that led down when he heard something on the radio that caught his ear. He pushed his fingers against the ear piece to hear it better and sure enough this activated the magical effect of the item.

“ALL UNITS REPORT TO TOWN SQUARE. REPORT TO CAPTURE POINTS AND AWAIT FOR THE COMMAND SIGNAL. BAIT HAS BEEN SET AND HIGH VALUE TARGET WILL BE ENTERING THE SQAURE WITHIN THE HOUR.”

“Is that Twilight? SHIT.” Anon uttered. He quicken his steps out of the tower. Going down a number of stairs that led to a wooden door. He slowly opened it. Two other guards were standing by the door. He simply tipped his helm at them. They gave a nod to him…it was working for now. He made sure his pace was not faster then a quick walk.

He took to the streets avoiding the bigger roads. They had larger patrols on them. Even still….snaking his way through the alleyways he got a feel for this city. The common ponies of this city had their heads lowered and walked with no passion in their hearts. Even the non-ponies weren’t save. He saw an elven man being pulled from his small home with a little girl crying out for him as her mother pulled her back into the house.

They stomped on him even as he cried out for mercy. Until he was bleeding from his broken nose only then did they slap irons on him dragging him away. Anon felt his fists tighten. He had to let it go. It made his stomach turn to keep walking but, he couldn’t fight all of them alone. This did make his pace quicken. He was heading for center of the city in his mind that is where the town square had to be.

He was right on the money. He saw a clearing within the buildings. The remains of a broken statue of some kind were a landmark. He was heading through a dirty alleyway his boots splashing against brown pools of water.

“SOLDIER!” A voice called out to him.

He stopped himself. Slowly turning to the voice. What he saw at the other end of the alleyway was…a human. He looked human enough besides his size. He was nearly 8 feet tall. He had tanned skin with dark brown eyes. His hair was platinum blonde neatly slicked back, not a single hair out of place on his head. He wasn’t just tall his form was muscular. He was wearing a similar uniform as one Anon had on. Only on his shoulders were three silver stars on each side.

His shadow began to loom over Anon as he walked forward. Anon tighten his fist preparing for what he thought was combat.

“Didn’t you hear the announcement the ambush is about to begin. This is our biggest operation so far since the invasion. I won’t have any slip ups in my section.”The man spoke in a loud commanding tone as he stopped just a few feet in front of Anon looking over his uniform. Spotting a set of numbers on the front of his chest.

“Ah your one of the new recruits that were sent from the north. That’s still doesn’t excuse your actions. Follow me I will make sure you head to the right position. I will overlook this transgression just this once because you’re new. If you want to make it far here with the General. You need to follow your orders to the letter.” Huffing this out as he shook his head.

Author's Note

I am sorry for the latest of this chapter. It took years to do because I been busy with things these last two days. But, choice time:

1. Wait for this man to turn his back and launch sneak attack. 2. Nod and go along with him. 3. Try talk your way out of this [ Only 40% chance of success.] 4. Only follow for a little bit before attempting to break off.

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