"Hire you?" parroted Celestia. The confusion apparent on her face. I grinned at the way things were going. They would probably ask me to think it over for a night or so. It was the typical response.

" Why should we hire thou? Tis clear you a danger to all ponies." proclaims Luna. She looked irritated at my proposal. She no doubt wanted to kill me and be done with it. Suddenly the room got darker and colder. As if there were no heat to be had in the room. Shadows along the wall began dancing wildly in a frenzied panic. Both sisters immediately took a battle stance and their horns started glowing softly.

"I believe my offer was very simple, either hire me or kill me." My voice echoed around the room and my body was oozing a transparent dark substance that began coating my body. " It would be in your best interests to hire me. I am an instrument of my employer's will. Do you need a pesky pony snuffed, or maybe a criminal killed? I work for a price and everyone has a price that can be paid. I can turn governments into anarchist societies, I can calm raging sandstorms and even freeze over voracious volcanoes. If you are willing to pay then I am always willing to work." I finish off presenting myself with a flourish and bowing almost mockingly. Both looked on at me warily as if waiting for me to attack. An awkward silence descended upon our meeting. The silence was beginning to unnerve them and it caused my grin to grow deeper.

Luna squirmed nervously feeling the room suddenly drop in temperature. Her face looking annoyed at what she heard from her sister. It was clear they were talking telepathically to each other. I could feel their emotions swirl in a chaotic frenzy. Celestia looked calm and collected, but i could feel her wariness of me grow with every passing second.

"How can we trust you?" Asks Celestia hoping to find my ulterior motive. Luna looked more like she wanted to start firing off lasers in my direction at her sister's comment. It was then I noticed that inside Luna rested a darker presence. It was weak and subdued but it only made me more curious about the supposed goddesses.

"Thee is a vermin of the most vile kind. Mercenaries can never be trusted dearest sister, they always betray you in the end. All that thine seeks is to better line thine pocket with gold. Thou art truly despicable." Luna responds, slandering my good name. I could see that she was trying to get a reaction out of me and that in my anger I would strike her down. Two can play at that game.

"So says the betrayer." I say earning me a shocked look from Celestia and a furious look from Luna. " Are you really in any position to judge me? After all you were the one to betray your own sister just because no one would recognize you for your hard work. I bet it was so degrading never being good enough for anyone to care what you did." I say adding venom to each word I said. Luna looked beyond pissed off. All it would take is a few more words to push her over the edge. I could feel her other half growing in strength with her anger and hatred.

"Shut up!" She yells shooting a blast near my feet as a warning. Celestia raises her wing in front of Luna before she can continue. A soft hum began to radiate from me that was to low to be heard. It sounded more like a soft buzzing to anyone else but me. I was ready to attack at a moments notice. It was hard to notice but my left leg seemed to meld into the floor, sending wispy dark smoke from the lack of physical form.

"He is playing with your emotions. Control yourself sister. What you did so long ago has already been forgiven. You do not need to prove yourself to anyone." Celestia hugs her sister, calming her significantly. I scoff at the touching scene and roll my eyes in disbelief. She then looks at me with a neutral expression. "You did not answer my question. How do we know we can trust you?" She asks again. It was clear then that Celestia was the true ruler, and that she controlled her sister much like her kingdom.

"You don't know. Either I am your ally or your enemy." I respond and shrug uncaring. I sit down and cross my legs. " So what'll it be?" I ask eager to get on with it. Both sisters look at each other uncertainly, unsure weather to take the gamble of hiring me or take the risk of trying to kill me. I was prepared for the worst case scenario and had planned already five possible escape routes.

"Can we think on it?" Celestia asks the question I've been anticipating. I smile widely at the response I've told so many others. I hold up my right hand with all my fingers outstretched.

"You have 5 minutes to decide. By the way the telepathy thing you got going on is convenient but don't think i'm not aware you're doing it." I say flippantly. They gasp in shock and stare at me in surprise. My grin grows wider as once more I've caught them unaware. It almost feels like a game of sorts to see who is the better player. I could see the two of them staring at each other intensely. Debating over my offer, Luna was scowling as they both looked towards me.

"We have made our decision." Celestia said calmly. Luna glared at me in disgust and contempt. From her look alone I could tell what she was going to say. " We have decided to employ your services with the Royal Guard. There you will-" I cut her off before she could continue anymore.

"It doesn't work that way. I don't play well with others, and quite frankly I want no part of your incompetent guard. I work separate from everyone and I choose the payments depending on the job you need me to do." The room got brighter as all the dark substance pouring from my body was absorbed back into me. " I expect to hear about a job by the end of the week." I say arrogantly earning me a look of annoyance from Celestia. Turning away from them and slowly walking away.

"Wait we have a lot of questions for you to answer." She presses me trying to gleam as much information from me as possible. I stop and turn back to the sisters with a look of annoyance.

"And I have many answers, you shall have to wait yet for them. I have things I must accomplish, I shall return in three days, then you shall have your answers." I boldly tell them, leaving no more for argument. I promptly vanish into shadows after having said my fill and ride the shadows. The dark blur of shadows moving swiftly as I deftly maneuver my way back to my cave. One task lies ahead of me that I will need outside help for. As I reach the depressing cave entrance, there in front of it playing with a harmonica was Glib.

"Hey yo boss, got something interesting to do? Just been shooting potatoes at evil bunny's." Glib jokes to me, though knowing the strange oddball I don't doubt that he actually was doing just that. I shake my head not trying to understand my strange companion. Instead I look at him fiercely before I open my mouth.

"Can you open a portal back to Earth? There are some things I need to pick up." I ask knowing the answer.

"I sure can, but wouldn't you rather want to go to candy mountain? Just think about all the candy there. A mountain of candy waiting to be ravished and eaten." Glib then starts to drool and mumble under his breath with a dreamy look on his face.

"There are more important things on Earth. I need you to open a portal to there and close it after I make it over. Then tomorrow I want you to open a portal back at 0700 Earth time. Now this is of the utmost importance you must do it at that time and at the same location. Do you understand Glib?" I ask the oddball making a serious face to show how important his task was.

"Anything for you boss, so can I come with? I always wondered how Earth looks all covered in white." Glib says wistfully. However his words cause me to me to look at him with a dangerous glint in my eye. However I don't have time to argue with him as is. Its around the afternoon but I would need all the time I could get.

"Just open the portal, you can't come with me either. Just be sure to open the portal tomorrow at 0700 Earth time." I snap at Glib ready to move on to my task. Glib then moves his hands in a circle and starts speaking a strange incantation that makes his whole body glow with a dark purple glow that drains the light around him. Then he throws his hands forward opening a rift in space creating a dark blue portal, the inside of the portal reveals a frozen tundra before me.

"You might feel a slight tingly sensation as you cross over, remember to keep all hands feet and other shadow related appendages inside the designated tunnel of space. Most importantly have a good trip over boss." I don't pay much attention to Glib as I slowly enter the portal but I hear behind just before the portal takes me away. "See the real you when you get back boss" Before I can think on what he's said the portal whisks me back to my home. As I fall through the rift in space I see varying creatures of various color and appendages that look like living Nightmares. They try to reach out to me or tempt me to go towards them but I ignore their pointless endeavors.

Finally I exit the rift and as my feet touch the ground I sigh in bliss. All around me the landscape is covered in ice and snow. Tall glaciers and mountains of snow cover the once vibrant and lush grounds of earth. Now all that's left is the frozen barren wasteland that I call home. "It's good to be home."

Author's Note

It's been far too long and for that I apologize. Certain circumstances have made it neigh impossible to update my story for months, however Its time to come back with chapters galore. Expect more chapters soon.