Lethal Misconceptions

I looked to the human to see he managed to relieve the unicorn of her sexual assailant. The pegasus was now rolling to the left and right while jumping after each roll, shouting off a number then the words “For Captain!” I looked back to the detachment of guards to find how close they really were. I was not the only one to notice them.

My target, Snow Drop, and another guard approached the human leaving the group behind them. As they approached I could faintly hear them speak.

The other guard started the confrontation. “What have we here?”

The human and the guard began to square off. “I am Miles Eremita, Captain of the Spartan regiment. What business do you have here?” The guard eyed this ‘Miles Eremita’ for a while before leaning over to Snow Drop and whispering something.

“Miles is it? I am Lieutenant Snow Drop…”

Miles interrupted her sentence “You a guard?”

“Uh… yeah. So we…”

“Ah, then why is Moosden in such shitty shape? Where is all of the food? And why are all of you here?” Snow Drop turns back to the other guard, who takes his place in front of Snow. He tries jumps into the air and gets in Miles face.

One should never try to intimidate a better trained soldier… Ponies tend to live longer if they follow that rule.

I agree completely.

“You ask too many questions freak.” This guard was quite the arrogant bastard.

“Is that so?”

“Yeah. Ponies who ask too many questions don’t usually last very long around here”

“Is that a threat?”

“It’s a promise.” Miles gave a slight chuckle before taking a step back. “That’s what I…”

“Moosden is now under the jurisdiction of the Spartan regiment. Any further harassment will be dealt with… severely. I suggest you leave.” Miles then put his…

Would you call those claws? I ask myself unsure of what the nomenclature on the appendages would be.

Maybe. We gave each other a mental shrug dismissing the conversation for now.

“Spartan… look idiot, we out number you. There are thirty of us and two of you…”

“Well then go get some more guys and then it’ll be an even fight.” He set his… claw on the small blade upon a belt.

“SHU…” The guard was silenced as Miles pierced his throat with the blade.

“AH!”

“MILES!”

Whoa… this ‘Miles’ certainly has reflexes…

Yeah… let’s never get on his bad side.

He threw the lifeless body back as he looked to the rest of the guards, Snow Drop included.

“You… he… MURDERER!” Snow Drop yelled as she pulled out a blade and charged Miles.

SHIT!

SHIT!

Miles sidestepped Snow Drop’s charge and gave a blow to the back of her head.

“Storm! Get up! Twilight, Dash, go to the others and wait for us… this won’t take long.”

This is fucking great… do you think the client is going to understand we had no control over it? I asked hoping to reassure myself.

What do you think? We didn’t kill the mark in the designated fashion... or at all for that matter.

That is fan-fucking-tastic. I guess we aren’t getting paid then.

By the time my conversation ended Miles and the pegasus had bested the guards. All but two it would seem… A pair of guards came trotting from the same path their cohorts had arrived from moments earlier. As they neared the site of the massacre one immediately fell to the ground in tears. When the mare dropped to the ground wailing for their friends, the pegasus dropped in behind them while Miles appeared in front of them. When they came face to face with Miles, they discarded their weapons.

“We surrender.”

“Y-yeah, just… please don’t kill us.” Miles looked between them before sheathing the blade.

“Good. Start digging graves for all of them, then we’ll get to you.”

He’s going to make them dig their own graves…

“Get moving, we have shovels over by the tree line.”

Tree line? Ohhh…. I look out to see two shovels lying right past the shrub I am hiding in.

What the Buck are you waiting for? They’re coming! I wasted no time as I noticed the mares approaching, with the pegasus not too far behind.

I cast a small camo spell and made my way backwards into the trees. As I was about to lose their line of sight I tripped and released the spell; breaking a few twigs as I fell.

“Huh?” One of them was looking directly at me.

If we get killed right here and now… I want you to know… I always hated you.

Am I such a dick to everypony?

No, but you do have low self esteem.

And that justifies what you said how?

Easy, I dont give a buck.

“Keep it moving! We don’t have all day.” I have never been this happy to see a rapist before in my life.

The pegasus nudged them along until they were at the locations the graves would be dug. Every once in a while the mare would look towards my general direction, whenever she wasn’t sobbing for her lost friends that is. I waited for hours, by the time they finished it was nearly noon. I looked out from the small trench I was lying in. My eyes met the mares as she and her friend were held by the mane and a knife was put to their throats.

I watched as they were about to die. The only one willing to object to this act was the rainbow maned pegasus from earlier. I close my eyes to prevent from adding the scene to my nightly terrors.

SHINK

I reopen my eyes to see both mares unharmed, save for their manes which were now floating into the graves.

I was going to question the motive behind such a sentiment, until Miles chose to explain.

“That, is your past.”

That doesn’t help…

“O-our past? I don’t follow…”

“That is the past you. The you that willingly enslaved a town and held the needy in shackles. The new you has a choice to make. Either denounce all other ties you ever had before in your life and become Terradisian, or follow your past. Your choice.”

Well that explains it. Quite merciful… yet still harsh.

Indeed, it’s basically die, or become a traitor to your ideals and faiths.

“So… its die, or become a traitor.”

Fucking called it.

“That’s not much of a choice.”

“Consider yourself lucky that I’m giving you the choice. Do not take this lightly. If you choose to become Terradisian, there are many stipulations to it. Those given this choice often choose to follow their past.”

The other mare wiped her tears away as she asks. “W-why would they do that?”

“Because starting over is hard.”

“What would we have to do if we chose to become Terradisian?”

While Miles was beginning to explain the ins and outs, the two pegasi disembarked to one of the abandoned homes around Moosden.

I took the opportunity to extricate myself from the area. As I slipped past the mares and Miles I thought I heard a faint voice…

“…ease…lp…e…”

Did you hear that?

Yeah… it sounded like a mare.

“…I…on…nt…to...ie…”

I think its coming from below… us?

Somepony is still alive? Which grave is it coming from?

I looked to see Miles walking to one of the buildings, smoke was coming from the chimney. The two mares were headed to another building. Seeing as I had some time I listened for the pony who was buried alive. I almost couldn’t believe that one of them was still alive, I was sure Miles had systematically killed them all. After a few minutes I finally discovered the unfortunate mare’s earthen tomb. I checked the tombstone for a name and…

No way… it’s Snow Drop…

What are the chances.

***

I had to wait until Miles and the others left. They had some weird vehicle that would give a goblin a stiffy, but that was unimportant right now. After their departure the two moose and mares went to their respective homes. It’s now or never…

I grabbed a shovel and began to dig, making small divots so as to prevent impaling the prisoner within. It took an hour but I found myself face to face with Snow Drop.

She looked at me with reddened eyes from either crying or the dirt entering them. I extended a hoof to her and she just stared at it before asking.

“A-am I… d-dead?” I shook my head and looked her over. She was quite the attractive mare underneath her armor.

“No… You are very much alive, my friend.” She looked around as she took my hoof. The first thing she noticed was the grave plots around us, she took in the sight with welled tears escaping her eyes.

“Anypony else?” I shook my head once more.

“I’m sorry but… No. I discovered you by chance; I heard your pleas for help.”

She faced the ground as she grabbed me in a tight hug, pulling me to the ground. She sobbed into my shoulder as we sat there. I actually felt sorry for her. My other half chose to give a notion on the matter.

You know… we can fake her death if we put a different body in the grave.

And do what? Take her with us? It would save us a lot of trouble if we just killed her.

Well… actually yes it would but she has already lost everypony close to her; we just need to dye her coat and hair then presto. She’s a new mare. Plus I think we can't do this we're going soft.

And here I thought we could kill her anyway. I wanted the bits to restock the wine shelves, I just know Colgate is going through them.

And Im the evil / rational voice again because?

FINE whatever we do it your way.

“Snow Drop… Do you want to come with me?” She looked through teary eyes.

“W-why?”

“The human that killed them if he knew you were still alive then he would come back for you. If you come with me I'll make sure he cant. Also is you're coat naturally white?"

“No, it’s colored with talc like powder. Why?”

I told her that I felt as though she didn’t deserve what had happened to her, and what I had originally intended to do. She was speechless as I continued on about what I had been contracted to accomplish.

“So you were sent here to kill me?” I nodded.

“But that human beat me to it. Or so he thought. At any rate I’m offering you to come with me, but if you’d rather... end it. I can’t blame you… as I’ve heard before ‘Starting over is hard.’”

Then she cried.

AN: So This was originally going to be alot longer but as I was nearing 5,000 words my PC crashed and I had to rewrite the beginning from memory. So hopefully I can recover what I wrote. Also If you are wondering what Star Shine looks like or how great of a doodler I am (I say that lightly), click HERE. Thanks for reading. - HR.