Twilight budged in her sleep, letting out a low moan as her eyes slowly fluttered open. "Big... Brother... what is it? Did something happen?" She looked up at him, noticing he was filthy, but was was covering him? Dirt? Mud? It looked somewhat reddish, and Twilight peered closer, trying to get a good look at him in the darkness of the alley. "Brother... is that... blood?"

"Huh?" Shining muttered, looking down at his hooves. He picked up his right hoof and pointed it towards his face, he was finally able to see what his sister was talking about. Blood covered his fore hooves, splattering up a few inches past his first joint.

"I..." He muttered, not sure how to respond.

How did i get all this blood on me? He asked himself. An image of the still mass of the brown stallion laying in the back alley flashed in his mind.

Did he cut me? Did he cut himself? Shining asked himself.

"I'm not sure... I-I need to go check something now, get up and follow me," he told his sister before turning around to go back to where the stallion had confronted him.

Twilight stood up and followed Shining Armor. "Brother... I'm scared, that's not your blood, is it? Are you hurt?" She placed her hoof lovingly on her brother's side, checking to see if he was bleeding.

"I-I'm not sure... I don't think so..." he stated, lifting his cloak and looking at his ribs, checking for gashes. After he found none he began to walk back to the to spot where he had last seen the brown stallion. "I need to check something..." he told twilight over his shoulder

Twilight kept close to her brother. "What... is it? Brother I'm scared, what's happened? Why are you covered in blood?" She had a flashback to the night her parents raped her, how she bled all over the floor afterwards, how much it hurt. She felt an uncomfortable knot in her stomach.

“I have a hunch, but I'm not sure yet... That is what I need to go check." He told Twilight as he rounded the several corners to the spot.

As he took the final right, Shining froze. As the sun began to rise, the town became increasingly more visible. Now Shining could see details that were all just a black blob before.

Shining knew where the blood came from now, the deep lacerations on the brown stallion’s face and neck. The blood was now dried, turning his brown fur black.

The cracking Shining had heard last night was from the deep indentation of on the pony's forehead, where Shining had crushed that portion of his skull, sending fragments of bone into his brain.

Upon further inspection, Shining saw all the gashes on the stallion's skin were from where Shining’s hooves had landed and torn his skin apart.

The stallion's eyes were still open, looking glassy, glazed over, and exceptionally haunting. His jaw was slack, dislocated from Shining's assault. His tongue splayed out of his mouth and lay in a dried puddle of his own blood.

Shining gulped, suppressing his gag reflex, his stomach knotted up, wanting to expel everything he had ate in the past twelve hours.

He suddenly remembered Twilight when he heard the soft clunk of her hooves against the ground.

"Stop Twilight... don't come around here..." he said weakly, barely able to speak without vomiting.

Twilight had already begun to round the corner as Shining Armor said those words. "Why, what is it? Did something happ-" Her eyes found the body, its mangled form covered in blood. She took a deep breath and stifled a scream, tears forming in her eyes.

"I...I didn't want to believe it; but this is why my hooves were covered in blood...I-I killed a pony..." He trailed off, staring at the body.

I have to report this to the guards... he thought. before remembering Twilight and himself were runaways, and they had to avoid guards.

No... I can't report this... but I can't just leave him here... what do I do? He asked himself.

Shining knew the guards made it routine to check back alleys. He also knew once the sun was high in the sky, the body would be visible by anyone who looked down the alley from the main road. Shining considered moving the body out of sight, hiding it. Although, he knew it would mostly likely just incriminate him more once the scene of the crime had a full investigation going on.

"We have to get out of here..." he said aloud. "Twilight, I have the money for the train, we need to get out of this town."

Twilight stood there, dumbfounded by the body. simply staring at the lifeless, blood stained form.

“Brother... you didn’t do this.” She whispered, more to herself than Shining, trying to convince herself this couldn’t be real. Shining was silent, unsure how to answer.

“H-He, didn’t do this, you couldn’t have. you didn’t do this.” She repeated outloud, her voice gaining strength.

Twilight began to hyperventilate, shaking and crying, Still staring at the bloody mess that was the corpse in front of her. "N-No... No Big Brother didn't do this! He didn't do this! HE DIDN'T DO THI-I-I-I-ISSSSSS..." she began to sob loudly.

Shining spun around. He lowered himself so his fiery eyes stared straight into Twilight's.

"Twilight, you need to calm down. We have to get out of here, and you can NEVER tell anypony about this." He sternly told his sister, grabbing her shoulders with his blood-stained fore hooves. "Do you understand me, Twilight? NEVER!" He re-stated, giving his sister a hard shake, never once breaking eye contact.

Twilight swallowed hard. "Y-Yes big brother, I won't t-tell anypony..." She was visibly traumatized by what she saw, and stared up at her brother as if looking at a stranger.

"Okay..." He exhaled, standing back up, and as his hooves left her shoulders he could see the red he had left in her fur. Shining looked gaunt and even paler than normal.

"We need to get out of here as soon as possible, out of this town, out of this area. but I can't go to the train station like 'this'" he said, looking down at his blood-splattered hooves. "Let's find someplace to clean up, then we can leave..." he thought outloud.

Twilight wiped her tears. "O-Okay..." She followed him out of the alley, terrified that they would be seen or caught.

"A-alright... when I was looking for a job the other day, I saw a river that runs at the edge of town. We can wash up there." He set off in the direction of the river.

She followed him, still visibly shaken, looking at the blood covering her brother. She felt like she didn't know him anymore, that the silly, soft-spoken colt she knew was dead, and replaced by an embittered, violent stallion. Twilight knew the difference between right and wrong, and she knew that only bad ponies hurt others.

But, only bad ponies hurt others... she thought.

But I’ve never thought of Shining as a bad pony... He was always so nice.

But... if he could do THAT to somepony... What else will he do? What if he does that to me? She thought, her head down with a deep frown on her face.

Shining left the alley, ducking in and out of hiding back alleys and constantly looking for hiding places in case a patrol came around a corner. It was still dawn and there were very few ponies up and about, none of which came closer to Shining than 50 feet, too far away to see the blood covering his hooves under the cloak

Twilight was silent on their way to the river, and once Shining heard the rush of water over rocks he began to relax.

"You alright?" he asked over his shoulder, finally seeing the river where he was going to scrub the grime from his body.

She shuddered. "...No! I'm not alright! We're alone, dirty, hungry, and you just murdered somepony! I... I don't even know you anymore..." she laid against a rock and started to cry.

Shining stopped and looked at his sister.

We don’t have time for this. he told himself.

"Look, can we maybe just... I don't know, talk about this on the train? We still have to leave this town and soon, as fast as possible. Before the body is found."

Twilight wiped her tears. This was a chance. Not much, but maybe soon... maybe things could change. "Alright... f-fine," she said indifferently. She still didn't trust him, but she didn't exactly have a choice.

"Okay..." He sighed, turning back to the river. He stepped into the soft-flowing stream, watching the blood flow off his hooves. He splashed the water up his forelegs and scrubbed the blood from his coat.

He looked himself over, cleaning any splatter he found on his chest, sides, or legs. When he was satisfied he turned his attention to Twilight, remembering he had left a stain on her shoulders when he grabbed her.

Twilight hadn't followed him in and was standing on the bank of the river.

"Come on, you need to wash off, too." He called to her.

Twilight sighed, stepping into the cold flowing water. As she walked deeper in, the river splashed and played against her side, pulling off bits of dirt she had accumulated in her sleep last night. She lowered herself into the water and scrubbed her shoulder with her hoof. It took quite a while before the stain was completely washed out into the stream. "Am I clean big brother?"

Shining circled Twilight, looking over her clean form. Taking note of her cute flank. His gaze wandered for a moment, appreciating her tiny body. He bit his lip, seeing her like this made him remember all nights they had spent together.

What am I doing? His mind snapped at him. How could I be thinking such thoughts at a time like this?!

Realizing he hadn't answered, he let out a meek "Yes"

Twilight shivered, shaking off the cold water. "Good, I just want this to be over with." She groaned and climbed out of the river, following her brother.

Shining shook his head, trying to rid himself of those thoughts, yet they left a residual feeling in the back of his mind.

"Now... let's get to the train station. I can buy us some tickets and we will be out of here." He announced, heading back to Ponyville. "Although... it is a train station, I expect a good amount of guards to be there. So, always keep you head down, never make eye contact, and always keep that dress on." He lectured Twilight as the buildings came into view at the edge of town.

Twilight threw the dress over herself, looking rather silly, but concealing most of her face. She trotted along with her brother to the train station, keeping close. "Um, Big Brother? Where are we going?"

"I'm-I’m not sure..." He admitted. "I'll see what is the soonest departure time for someplace far away."

As they walked, getting close to the train station. Shining gazed back at his sister. He smiled at her.

"Ya know... we should really get you a different disguise once we get to where we are going. That dress is better than people recognizing you, but you stick out with it on... It’s filthy and ragged, it makes you really look like a runaway..." He explained. "Maybe we will have enough money after the train tickets to buy you something in the next town.”

“Umm.. thanks.” She forced a weak smile.

The entrance to the train station was now in sight. He stopped his pace and put a hoof out to signal Twilight to stop as well.

"Alright, this is going to be risky... but it's the best chance we have of getting out of this town quickly and quietly. Are you ready? I'll NEED you to stay close to me, and do anything I say without question, alright?"

She nodded then followed her brother onto the platform. "Where are we even going?"

Shining saw the pony selling tickets. “I’m about to find out. Go sit on that bench while I get the tickets” He instructed, pointing to a row of benches on the far wall of the station for ponies to sit and wait for trains.

Shining pulled his hood low, concealing his horn. He walked up the pony sitting behind the glass selling train tickets. Above the pony sat a schedule for the trains coming and departing from the station.

Looking at the board, he quickly found the train that would be leaving the soonest. He then looked down, avoid eye contact and said in a gruff voice.

"Two for Manehattan."

The pony that had been eyeing Shining since he came into the station and was hesitant. "Thirty bits." The pony said, sure the rough looking kid could not afford it.

Shining dropped the heavy coin-purse onto the counter between the two. At the site of the large amount of money, the train station pony's eyes widened before hastily getting the tickets Shining had requested.

Shining paid the pony, never making eye contact, always keeping his face covered. Shining turned away without even thanking him.

Twilight quickly followed her brother onto the train, sticking close. "Manehattan? Why are we going there? I've heard bad things about Manehattan..." She shivered, keeping the dress over her.

Shining intentionally went to the back of the train, 3 carts from the caboose. Most of the passengers were at the front of the train, and avoidance was the name of the game.

"I know, but... its the destination of the train that is leaving the soonest." He explained. "Plus, it's rather far away, the news of us being runaways won't have reached there. And even if it does, the city is so big it won't matter. No one will recognize us."

He chose not to bring up the fact that the murder investigation would be localized in Ponyville, and wouldn't stretch to other towns. Shining knew that doing so would only upset Twilight.

Shining looked around the cart of the train, finding a few other ponies, some in similar garb to the two siblings.

Other homeless ponies? Shining asked himself. He sat down in one of the seats and ushered Twilight down besides him, keeping his hood up and over his face

Twilight sat next to him, curling her forelegs under her. She tried not to look at the other ponies, but curiosity got the better of her. She peeked out from under her dress and saw an elderly stallion peering around the train car. He looked straight at her and winked, and she hid back under her dress. "I'm scared, big brother...."

Shining wrapped his hoof around his little sister, trying to give her as much comfort as possible in the train, but said nothing.

Shining peered out the window of the train, looking at the entrance, keeping an eye out for a guard. He saw a few random ponies file in and get in line for train tickets. He wished the train to start, to pull out of the station, to leave this place.

Shining pleaded in his mind to hear the brakes of the train release and for the engine to start moving forward.

Still watching the entrance, he saw a pair of guards walk into train station. His stomach dropped as he saw the duo in sparkling gold armor trot towards the pony selling tickets.

The guards cut in front of the all the ponies in line and spoke to the ticket salespony for a minute, sliding him a picture. The pony behind the glass waved his hoof and shrugged his shoulders to the two guards’ questions.

Shining watched the conversation play out slumped over in his seat, trying to stay low.

The guards turned away from the pony, then looked at one another, trading a few words. Then walked back to the entrance of the train station, watching the ponies file into the station for their daily trains.

The train finally moaned and Shining could feel the tension that had formed a knot in his throat fade as the train lurched forward. Shining sighed, relieved.

The train cart he and Twilight had been sitting in was half-way filled with ponies heading the same way they were. An uneasy smile formed on Shining's lips as he glanced down at Twilight.

"We made it..." He said in a soft voice so only Twilight could hear.

Twilight was petrified, her hooves shaking. It was really starting to sink in for her, what happened to them, what Shining Armor did, where they were going, and just how much danger they were in. As the train departed the station, she hugged her brother, crying softly.

"I'm... I'm so sorry. I've been so selfish. I just wanted my life to get better, and I kept blaming you. Even still, you chose to risk your life for me, and I never... I was never grateful for what you did..." she wiped her tears on the gray, tattered dress. "I love you, big brother. I always will."

"Shh..." Shining whispered, hugging Twilight close with his right hoof. He stroked her mane, trying to comfort her the same way he had when they had got on the train to Ponyville.

"It's okay, I'm not mad at you. I love you, Twiley." He spoke in as comforting voice as he could muster.

Shining then remembered the fair amount of bits left over after he had bought the train tickets. He pulled the coin purse out from the pocket on the inside of his cloak. He showed it to his little sister.

"I have enough bits to buy you a new cloak like I said earlier, once we get into the next city. After that, I will probably still have enough left over to stay a night or two in a hotel until I can find a job there... with it being such a big city, I'm sure it will have job openings." He talked, deep in thought. "Does that sound good, Twilight?"

The purple filly nodded. "That sounds great! What do you want me to do when we get there? I really want to help you." She shuffled her hooves under the dress.

"Hmm..." Shining stroked his chin, contemplating his answer. "I'm not sure, I know that once we get there the first thing we should do is get you a proper cloak. Then get a hotel to have as like a temporary home. I'm going to do the same thing that I did once we were in Ponyville, go around looking for a job. But as for you, I just don't know...." Shining trailed off, still thinking deeply. "Unless... You want to try going back to school?"

Twilight shook her head. "N-No! I want to stay with you and help you! Well, even if I can't be with you, I can still find stuff! It's the city, we're bound to find all kinds of things, aren't we?"

Shining crossed his fore hooves, looking down at the floor of the train between his hind legs.

"Well, yes, I'm sure there would be plenty of things to find, and I'm sure you would be able to do it. But I just don't want you getting hurt or lost, it is a big city after all." Shining wasn't sure how to convince Twilight, but he just had an uneasy feeling in the pit of his stomach when he thought about his little sister walking around the back alleys of a big city alone.

Before he could let her argue anymore, he decided to change the subject.

"Are you hungry?" He asked. "I have some apples for breakfast."

Twilight nodded. "Oh, thanks, I'm starving!" She looked out the window as the train left Ponyville, and she got one last glimpse of Canterlot up by the mountain. "Do you... do you think mom and dad will find us?"

Shining sighed. "I don't know... I hope not. But I think with us going all the way to Manehattan, we won't have to worry about it."

The white colt dug out two apples, one each to start them off.

Shining bit into the apple and was delighted by the flavor, he had never had such sweet apples from the fruit stands in Canterlot. Shining quickly devoured several apples, realizing how hungry he was, leaving only the cores.

Shining laid back, his stomach now satiated. His night of no sleep was catching up to him. He yawned and his eyelids felt heavy.

A young filly her age was sitting across from the duo,she was next to her parents. She was smiling and laughing, while her mother hugged her. Twilight saw this and shivered.

Shining felt his sister shake. He followed her eyes to the family sitting across the aisle. He himself had a pang of longing in his stomach as he saw the mother embrace her child.

An image of Twilight flushed, crying face while his father mounted her flashed in Shining mind. That image morphed into an image of his mother holding a blade to his balls, threatening to castrate him.

Shining grit his teeth together, anger once again rising in his chest. He had been questioning if all his choices were wrong. But with these unwanted memories, his confidence in himself was re-established.

Shining tightened his hug on his filly sister. "It's okay Twilight, we will get through this."

"I know Shining Armor, I just want this to hurry up and be over." She retreated back inside the folds of the tattered dress, pressing against her brother. "Let's look at the positives... you're still here, I'm still here, and we have a chance. That's all I need."

"You're right... but I can't shake the feeling that i could have done better, like i have failed as your older brother. Maybe you would have been better off without me, if not for me, you wouldn't be in this mess." Shining said, look down at the floor.

Twilight shook her head. "No, you've done more than enough for me. I wouldn't be here without you." She hugged him again, smiling, admiring how handsome he was, despite his relative dirtiness. "Think things will get better in Manehattan?"

"I hope so..." Shining muttered.

"Will you be okay if I take a nap on the way there?" Shining suddenly asked his sister, changing the topic.

Twilight polished off her apples, shaking her head dismissively. "I think I'll take a nap too..." She yawned and stretched her hooves out, then laid her head against her brother, closing her eyes.

"Heh, okay." He smiled, pulling her close. He closed his eyes and allowed himself to get some sleep.

~

The train began to slow down, the brakes began to squeal. Shining was abruptly awakened by the shrill sound.

"Huh? Are we there already?" He asked, rubbing his eyes. Twilight was still laying her head on his chest. He peered out the window and saw a train platform.

He spotted the exit to the terminal, above the exit was a sign that read Trottingham.

Twilight stirred slightly, not yet waking up. "Brother... don't go... need you..."

Shining was about to ask what was wrong but saw his sister was still asleep, probably dreaming. He just left his hoof around her shoulder as reassurance.

That was when the train conductor’s voice came over the intercom system of the train.

"We are now at Trottingham station. Next stop will be the Manehattan terminal." The intercom turned off.

Just passing through then, huh? Shining thought. He saw nearly every pony in the cart stand up at the mention of Trottingham over the intercom, apparently this was their stop. Shining looked out the train window and saw a decent number of people sitting on benches waiting for this train, he knew they would soon board.

Twilight shifted, her eyes fluttering open. "Huh? Where... where are we? Are we in Manehattan big brother?" She watches as several ponies boarded the train.

"No, the train made a pit stop in another city called Trottingham. From here it's a straight shot to Manehattan, though." He told her.

As he watched the ponies board the train and sit in the carts ahead of them, he saw something that made his heart race. A royal guard was coming from the front of the train, looking at all the passengers as he slowly walked.

"Twilight." Shining said in an exasperated voice. "Keep your head down, act like you're still asleep." Shining pulled his hood up and lowered his head, watching the guard approach.

She quickly laid her head on her brother's side, shutting her eyes and slowing her breathing, but she had seen the guard too, and her heart was racing.

The guard walked into their car on the train and began slowly looking around. When he neared Shining, he lowered his eyes to the floor, hiding his face.

“Aha! found you!" The guard announced. He was right outside the aisle where Twilight and himself sat. Shining held his breath, his heart pounding. They had been found. Shining lifted his eyes towards the guard.

The guard walked past them and grabbed a scruffy looking pony out from the seat behind them.

"Think you can escape the law, criminal? Not on my watch!" The guard proclaimed, holding tightly to the apparent criminal.

"Hey, man. You got the wrong pony!" He protested, struggling in the guard's grasp. The guard promptly escorted the pony off the train, cuffing him, and Shining watched them exit the train station.

Only once he could no longer see the gold of his armor did he relax, he sighed. he couldn't believe how close they had just come to being found out.

Twilight was still shaking. "I c-can't take it anymore! I want to get out of here! I want to be safe! I hate being scared." She hugged her brother tightly. "Y-You're all I have left... I don't want to lose you too."

"I-I know Twilight, I won't ever leave you." Shining tried to comfort his little sister, he wasn't sure what the right thing to say was. She was right, being on the run like this was terrifying, it was no way to live.

"But... once we get to Manehattan, we will be safe." As if to reaffirm Shining's claim, the intercom buzzed to life. The conductor's voice came through.

"We will now be departing for Manehattan. We expect to arrive in a little over an hour. Everypony please fasten your safety belts." His voice died and the brakes holding the train in place released as the train began to move ever so slightly.

Shining smiled down at his sister, still trying to comfort her. "See? we are going now, we will be safe there..."

She sighed. "I can't wait... I'm so scared." She sat still, looking forward.

Neither could sleep the rest of the train ride, it had been rather uneventful. The only ponies left after the trottingham stop and the guard incident were himself, twilight, and two other ponies. One of which moved to a cart farther up on the train fifteen minutes after they had left the Trottingham station.The siblings had nothing to talk about that hadn’t already been said.

After around forty-five Minutes, Shining felt the need to use the restroom. He told Twilight before sliding past her into the aisle of the train cart. He walked to the restroom at the back of the cart. He entered the tiny room. There was a small mirror above the sink.

He quickly emptied his bladder before turning on the water. He ran his hooves under it and splashed the cold liquid onto his face. He laid his hooves on the small counter top, leaning on them as he got close to the mirror to look at himself.

The white colt had bags under his bloodshot eyes, his eyelids were heavy with the sleep he had not been able to catch up on, despite his earlier nap.

He shook his head, sending water droplets all over the restroom floor.He quickly shut off the water and went to exit the restroom.

As soon as he left, Twilight scooted over, taking her brother’s seat by the window. While her brother had been absent, the tall, elderly stallion that had been in their cart had taken the seat twilight had been sitting in. Twilight opened her mouth to ask him to move, and was shocked when he put his hoof around her.

"Well hey there, sweet little thing." The stallion said in a soft voice. "What are you doing all by your lonesome?"

Twilight gasped. "I... I uh, don't think... my brother, he-" The stallion wheezed, and Twilight assumed it was supposed to be a laugh.

"Who needs him? I'll take good care of you, sweet little thing." He placed both of his hooves on either side of her, and Twilight struggled. "No! G-get off of me! Help!"

Shining heard Twilight's voice pierce the air as he opened the door from the restroom.

"Twilight?" Shining called, worry coating his voice. He half-ran into the aisle of the cart, scanning the area. He looked at where he and twilight had been sitting to see it vacant. In the aisle with his back turned, heading to the carts farther back in the train, was a stallion with something purple h under is foreleg.

Shining heard Twilight scream again, the sound distinctively came from under the stallion's right foreleg.

"Hey! Stop!" Shining called, starting to run after the stallion.

The old stallion turned his head, he spotted shining and took off as fast as his three old legs would carry him. He quickly opened and slammed the door separating the train carts behind him.

Twilight failed her legs but was unable to get herself free of the stallion.

Shining nearly slammed head first into the door, unable to stop fully to open the door at the speed he was running. Shining followed the Stallion through a few carts without being able to close the gap.

The old stallion stopped in the last cart, the caboose. It was filled with cleaning supplies to be used by the workers on the train. The only exit to the car was the door he had just came in from. The stallion spun around, Twilight still tucked under her leg.

The doorway was blocked by a large, white, angry colt.

"Put. Her. Down." the last word was so menacing it made the stallion take a step back. Shining took a step forward, his head was down, he glared at the stallion, his pupils at the top of his eyes.

The stallion looked down the purple filly, he hated to give up such a cute prize but he knew he was no match for a colt in his prime.

"O-okay. Here." He said, releasing Twilight, who quickly ran behind Shining leg. "There. No harm done... No need to have any trouble."

"Oh yes, there is definitely a need." Shining answered quietly, keeping his head lowered along with his tone cold and menacing. He took a step towards the stallion, causing the old pony to take a step back.

"You try to nab my sister, and there is no need for trouble?" He took another step forward, and the stallion took another step back.

"You think I'd just let you go?" Once again Shining advanced, and the stallion retreated. This time he bumped into the back wall of the caboose, he could no long retreat. Shining saw this and took another step, putting only a foot between the ponies.

"Luckily for you, I'm a kind pony, and I can forgive..." With this, Shining turned his back on the old pony.

"Oh thank-" The pony began with a sigh of relief.

"But... that doesn't mean I will forgive you." Shining Spoke, whipping his head back. At the same time he lifted his back hooves up, putting all his weight on his forehooves. He bucked. His hard hooves landing on the unsuspecting pony's windpipe.

With that one hard thrust, shining heard a crack. The old pony reared up and brought his hooves to his throat, his loud gasps for air were audible throughout the entire cart.

He looks as if he is drowning under the water, simply unable to breath. Shining mused in his mind with a grim smirk as the Pony fell to the ground, writhing and holding onto his throat.

Twilight turned away, plopping on the ground and covering her eyes with her hooves, mentally singing a song to try to drown out the noise of the dying stallion.

Shining simply stood there, watching as the life slowly exited the body of the stallion as all his organs suffocated. His eyes went glassy and he finally stopped trying to gasp for air.

Just as the stallion finally lay still, the intercom was heard from the cart ahead of caboose.

"We will be arriving in Manehattan in about five minutes, everypony make sure your safety belts are fastened as we begin to slow down the train." The intercom died out.

"Come on Twilight... let's go." Shining said in a tone only slightly warmer than how he had talked to the Stallion that now lay lifeless on the floor.

Twilight peaked at her brother’s newest victim. Before forcing herself to look away, she watched Shining walk past her and quickly followed behind.

Author's Note

okay, so clop NEXT chapter, I promise.