The Lonely Mercenary

"Foxx, if we don’t pull out, we're going get slaughtered!" A unicorn i knew yelled at me. I sat there looking at him. Magic bolts flew through the air, arrows littered the ground. "Foxx!!!" He yelled.

My eyes shot open, almost springing from the bed ready for anything. But, everything was still. I breathed heavily realizing it was just a dream... "shit...what the hell was that?" I sat there, looking out my window. There were no fillies playing outside, though it was pretty dark out still. I gave a small frown as i tried to once again force memories into existence.

"Aarrgg...." I quietly whispered in pain. Trying to remember just ended up in me hurting myself. I don’t know how long I was at it. But the next thing i knew, the sun was up and there was a knock on the door.

"Hey." The nurse said with a smile as she walked in. I just looked at her, I tried to say something but when i moved my mouth, nothing came out. She walked up to me. "Well good morning Mr....Foxx." she had to double check the chart as if she forgot me. I smiled at her. "Morning." I stated plainly. She looked over the sheets of paper in her hooves.

"Looks like we're going to do some blood work. And if that comes back fine, well, besides your amnesia, we have no need to keep you here."

I was glad to hear i could leave today. But, what was i going to do once I got out? I had no where to go. No one I knew. But, like someone was reading my mind, another pony walked in.

"Excuse me. Is this the room to where Black Foxx is staying?" We looked up and our eyes widened. "Princess Celestia!" The nurse yelled. "Y..yes this is him..." the princess walked over smiling. "Good. I was hoping to meet with you." The nurse took this as her que to leave. She quickly trotted out.

"Well, princess. What do I owe the pleasure?" I asked sarcastically. "The hospital sent me a letter that was most interesting. A lone pony brought in with multiple wounds." She turned around looking throughout the room. "Now normally that wouldn’t cause me to visit. But, when they mention the name Black Foxx. I just had to come down." She turned toward me as she said my name. She had something in her eyes. Something that said, 'I finally caught you.'

I looked at her with confusion. 'What did I do to deserve this stare from a princess?' She walked up to me with a devilish smile, bringing one hoof up and placing it on my shoulder. "The great Black Foxx."

"The mercenary who defeated Featherweight the Griffon at Grifton. The one who stole the crown not once, but three different times. One, who fought armies for as little as 60,000 bits. And now, your here, helpless and alone. Guards!!" Two royal palace guards rushed in and tried to hoof cuff me.

"Wait!" I yelled. "I don’t understand! Who are you?! Who am I?! What in Tartarus did I do?!" I tried resisting the best I could. But, to no surprise they easily overpowered me. The princess and her guard looked puzzled at my remarks. Celestia raised a hoof and the guard stopped and uncuffed me.

Like it was on que, Vinyl and Octavia walked in. "Princess? What are you doing here?" Vinyl asked. "They tried to arrest..." I was cut off by the princess. She put on a face that said ‘Forget this happened.’ And turned around with a smile. “I was just here visiting Foxx, the Doctor sent me a letter about a mysterious pony. I had to come see him for myself.”

“Yeah, I found him in the Everfree a few days ago. He…doesn’t seem to remember anything though…” Vinyl said sounding a little sad. The Princess looked at me with a sorrowful gaze. ’What was that for? What the hell did I do wrong?! Who was I?’ The questions ran through my mind. I wanted to shout them as loud as I could.

“Can I get a few more moments with him alone please?” Celestia said smiling at the girls. “Oh, of course Princess. Come on Vinyl.” Octavia said walking out with her. The Princess looked back at me. Her face was saddened.

“I’m sorry Foxx….” She said calmly. “Your memory loss is punishment enough. Maybe you’ll turn out to be a better colt then what you were before.” I looked t her, I was confused to say the least. “What? What’s going on? Who was I?” I asked quietly. She looked away, a tear escaping from her eye.

“Even I have a heart for my enemies. In time, you may remember your past. But if not, it’ll be for the better. For you, and the world.” She walked out the room, fallowed by her guards. I sat there staring at her as she disappeared from view. The girls walked in.

Vinyl was the first to speak. “Hey, you doing alright?” I blinked hard and shook my head. “Yeah, yeah I’m fine. Just a little tired is all.” I lied of course. I wanted to know so much, and the Princess knew who I was. “What did the Princess want with you?” Octavia asked.

My ears dropped but I tried not to sound wary. “I’m not really sure. She just came to see me I guess.” She looked at me with a puzzled face. Did she know I lied yet again? “So hey, when you think your getting out of here?” Vinyl said rather loud and out of no where.

“Um, well, I’m not really sure. I don’t even have anywhere to go that I know of.” I gave a small frown and looked out the window. “Oh….” I heard Vinyl say almost at a whisper. Octavia sat down on the chair at the foot of my bed. “Anyway, how did you sleep?” I smiled at her. “Pretty good, the sun wasn’t up when I woke up. But it felt like that was the best sleep I’ve gotten in a while.”
I looked out my window again. I tried to remember more about my past. Like who was the Unicorn in my dream. About all the stuff Celestia had said. I don’t know how much time passed. Vinyl and Octavia were talking to themselves so I didn’t pay attention to them. I was deep in thought until a loud knock came from the door.

We all looked over and saw the Doctor standing in the doorway. “Hey Foxx, how are you doing?” He walked over to the bed. “I’m good. Just trying to remember stuff.” I put on a fake smile. “That’s good.” He replied. “Celestia came by again, she gave me this key.” He handed it to me. “What is it for?” I asked.

“Well, its your new house key.” He said with a smile. “What?!?!” I sort of yelled. He chuckled at my confused expression. “She felt bad about your case and bought you a home here in Ponyville. Here are the directions.” He handed me a piece of paper. “I waved the blood work we were going to do on you. Whenever you feel up to it, your free to leave.” He said with a smile walking out the room.

I looked at the key and paper in my hoof. “Wow, that was nice of the Princess. What’s the address of your place?” Vinyl asked. I just handed her the paper and watched as her eyes lit up. “I know where this is at! Its not to far from our house!” Octavia walked over to here. “See Tavi, its that one place that’s been empty for like, four months.” Octavia took the paper and nodded.

“Oh yeah that grey house on the corner by the market.” I swung my legs off the bed and scooted off. I landed on the ground, almost buckling under my weight. Being in a bed for a while takes a toll on you. “Well, can you take me there? I’m tired of this place. I hate hospitals.” I stated with a tone of annoyance.

We left the hospital, walking across town. We walked for what seemed like forever. I was out of breath, but I didn’t let it show. “This is our house! We’re not to far from yours now.” Vinyl said. I looked up and took in the view of their house. I nodded and we continued down the road.

We came to a grey house on the corner of the road. It was big, Two stories, a little beat up but it was free. “Here we are!” Vinyl yelled. I walked up to the door and slid the key in. “Well, come on in I guess.” I turned the key and opened he door. We all walked in and I flipped the light switch.

“Wow…” We all said in unison. We didn’t expect to find it full of furniture already. I walked over to the couch and sat down trying it out. “The Princess really outdone herself here.” Octavia said walking into the kitchen.

Vinyl walked down a hallway behind me. I got up and walked up the stairs to the next floor. To my right was one door, and two to my left. I went down the right hallway and opened the door. “A bathroom. Alright…” I turned around and walked to the other doors.

Both were bedrooms. About the same size, just one had a huge bed. Big enough for at least five ponies. “Damn, that’s a big bed. Claiming this room.” I smiled and chuckled at my statement. Some time went by, we finished looking around the house. It was a two bedroom, two bath. “This is a nice house.” Vinyl said. We all nodded in agreement.

“Oh my..” Octavia said. I looked at her. “What?” She looked at Vinyl. “Pinkies going to go crazy when she notices this house isn’t empty anymore.”

“And that there’s a new pony in town.” Vinyl added. They both laughed and placed a hoof on either side of me. “What? Who’s Pinkie?” I turned my head to the side. “Pinkies a pony that well, likes to throw parties for just about any reason.” Vinyl said, whipping a tear from laughing to hard. “And since your new, she’s going to want to throw you a ’Welcome to Ponyville party’ like she does to everypony.” Octavia added.

“I smiled, “Should be fun!” I walked to the fridge to see what I had to eat. “I cant wait for it.” I sarcastically said. They laughed at me. It was dark out. I didn’t realize how late it was. “Well, we better get going. Its past 9, we both got work.” Octavia explained. Vinyl looked sad. “Yeah, I understand. Come back tomorrow though. Show me around town.” I was tired and I just wanted to get rid of them for the night.

Vinyl perked up. “Alright! Sounds like a good idea, what about you Tavi? Want to come back and hang with him?” She smiled, “Of course I do. We’ll probably see you around 1 or 2. Have a good night Foxx.” I waved goodbye as they walked out. I shut the door and went upstairs to my bed.

I jumped up in the air and landed on the bed. “Oh shit…. This is so soft….” I rolled over and got under the blanket. I noticed how much my wing hurt. I winced in pain as I clutched it.

I sat there for hours, I was so tired, but my wing kept me from sleeping. A flash filled the room. “AAAAHHHHHGGGGG!!!!!!” Pain flooded my head. Images and voices clouded my mind.