Lunar Guard Chronicles

by Grimmdark1993

The Rogue

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I was walking the streets of Appaloosa, and since my discharge, I had to give my Armor back to my family, excluding my sword, since I paid to have it made. I walked into a tavern for some food and drink when I saw some of Luna's elite soldiers with some Yakistians. I could feel their gaze upon me and I felt unnerved slightly. There were two Saddle Arabians who looked down the countertop toward me, and I saw fear and hate in their eyes.

I decided to order two rolls and an ale and began looking at the crowd around me and tried to count how many potential threats I had. I counted ten knights, two Saddle Arabian pegasi, and eight soldiers from Zephyr Heights bearing the mark of Zipp Storm's Blitz Squad six. I had counted a total of twenty soldiers among roughly forty civilians. I finished my light meal and stood to leave when I heard a voice, "That sword, comrade, I recognize from what we read from an escaped scout from six months ago. I wager she's that butcher!" I heard one of Luna's knights whispering.

"She's Raven Crowe for sure I can't mistake that sword or her long silver hair....even if it's braided." Zipp's soldiers spoke among themselves.

"That's our mark! We need to end her before that terrestrial takes on her bird form and flies away!" The civilians all were wearing daggers or short swords. A sharp pain tore through my body and I looked down and saw a crossbow bolt in my abdomen. I ripped the projectile out of my body, stood up, and drew my sword. my dress was about calf length with two slits that came up to mid-thigh and permitted me to have a wide range of motion. My boots were studded to provide traction and to inflict pain on anyone I kicked.

Before anyone could move, I was in the loft with Zipp's troops, and I quickly massacred them all, and the one I left alive was lying impaled on a round table with their own spear pinning them down. The Saddle Arabians I targeted next I severed one from left shoulder to his right hip and his comrade I flipped over the counter tip into a wall lined with wine and beer bottles. I quickly followed him and as he tried to stand I smashed his face into the bottles and cut his arms and legs off. Luna's guards had spread out trying to flank and surround me. The first one to engage me I parried and set him crashing into a table. The other nine knights rushed me and I spun in a wide arch and managed to wound them all with my speed and momentum. Their legs decorated the floor and as they screamed I began wiping out the civilians as they tried to take me down. I by now sheathed Mt sword and drew a boot knife from my left boot. I aimed to blind them all. When I had finished every single one had lost an eye and tried to run. I grabbed a couple bottles of a Prussian beverage and used rags to stop the bottles up and then lit the cloth on fire from two small lamps and hurled them at the fleeing civilians. The bottles burst and created a massive flame and the villagers were now ignited into torches. I walked the tavern and made sure everyone was dead.

I walked into the street and saw about forty of the Appaloosa garrison with strung long bows and were ready to fight. I turned to flee but hit the ground with arrows in my body. I stood as I began to regenerate. I went on the attack and scattered their entries in the dirt street. The people had frozen in fear and I walked out of the town whistling a tune I learned from back home.

Eight days now passed since the Appaloosa incident and I found myself north of Ponyville. I figured that I could be hunted by now; I just killed fifty-six people! At any rate, I figured I should skip town and leave before I could get arrested. I ducked into an alley took my raven form flew off and blended into a flock of ravens.

Nightfall came and I had landed in a small city just due north of Ponyville. I knew that Luna and Celestia were there because from the air I saw their banners flying on city hall. Somewhere else in the town, I saw Zipp Pipp's banners. Hell! On the Eastern side, I saw Saddle Arabian flags. This was a summit and I bet they're gonna be discussing me. I cautiously walked Ponyville, damn my luck I ran into Zipp and Sunset Shimmer. "Whatcha doing in Ponyville Raven Crowe?"

I replied that I was passing through, trying to find some sort of job.

"If Luna learned I asked you to look into why my soldiers from Appaloosa never showed up here she'll kill me." I was now fucking terrified inside because the townspeople would recognize me. Albeit there were about fifty other threstrals there and we all carried similar swords and we all looked the same except for the slightest differences.

Sure I can look for you, I said and began the return trip. I guess it's lucky that I can turn into a crow...even though I can turn into a bat. I chose the raven just for the namesake. Once in Appaloosa, I asked around and the townsfolk had no clue it was me who killed everyone and got away. I had done a transaction with one of my kind and she was known to be a liar.

I hunted her down and found her conning a soul for a few hundred bits. I dragged her back to Ponyville and framed her for murder and she got executed for my crime. Luna looked at me the whole time Zipp interrogated the framed killer. The Saddle Arabians looked at me with malice.

"Why is that butcher here? Princess Luna your majesty may we place a request for that threstral to be executed or handed over to us for her war crimes?" Luna had responded with that it could be brought to the table for discussion. Taking my leave I felt like Sunset Shimmer knew what I had done, the same goes for Starlight Glimmer and Twilight Sparkle; I heard a voice behind me. I turned and saw Discord and he gave me a knowing look and nod and I knew that he saw through me! I had my escape routes planned and down to who would make a good hostage as I left town.

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