Changling My Life

The Party Crasher

Waiting for Blueblood to get ready for the party took forever. I am thankful for the illusion spell Celestia cast on me. She said I should wear my armor just in case. So after I'd put it on she used the spell to make me look like my previous disguise, my cutie mark is a shield with a rook in the middle. I look like a properly dressed stallion when underneath I'm a monster in armor. Celestia did warn me that the second my shield leaves my back the spell will be broken. I must be careful at all times. Cygnus said that I should just stick as close to Blueblood as possible but not be singled out as a tailer. I guess staying with Cygnus would be the best idea he does have training for this type of mission.

Blueblood exits his room and looks Cygnus and myself over. "So, you're the ones auntie said would be watching at the party?" He said with a traces of annoyance clear in his voice. Cygnus and I nodded in almost unison. "I guess you'll do, although I did ask auntie for female guards." He now had slight disappointment in his voice.

"Alright, look here Blueblood." I said getting his full attention, he had a scowl on his face, but I succeed in my first step. "Look Princess Celestia or your auntie specifically asked us to guard you because she knows you'll be safe with us around. She wouldn't have called us if she didn't believe you wouldn't be safe, understand. Right now your safe in our hooves. Cygnus here has years of experience in combat. I've taken marshal arts and am efficient with a few weapons as well. So you've got nothing to worry about."

Hearing this Blueblood visibly relaxed and coughed fake like into his hoof and nodded. "Alright then. Let us be off to the party. Sense you have experience you should know what to do, correct?" Cygnus nodded and started walking.

"I'll get inside the party and wait. I'll be waiting for your arrival. Leave five minutes after I do Blueblood. Tex, you enter the party two minutes after Blueblood enters to evade suspicion. Then wonder the party have one drink no more. Locate Blueblood but don't approach him. Keep him in your sights, I'll be doing the same." With that he trotted off. After five minutes Blueblood started walking to the party. I followed in suite two minutes just as Cygnus asked. I managed to get Blueblood in my sight after about a minute of trotting at a slow pace.

At the gate a sort line of ponies have gathered and are going in one by one. I spot Cygnus going inside as I get into the line. Soon after Blueblood entered. Then I, myself entered after about three others entering before me. Walking with my best posture I slowly scan the crowd and the decor. It is a rather fancy party normally the type that has slow dances and a lot of unneeded extremely fancy food. I take a seat in the middle of the party and look around casually. I spot Blueblood by the food looking at the selection as if he was inspecting it. I turned my attention away and looked around more and scanned the crowd again for Blueblood and spotting him again only all the way across the party near the drinks. I wonder how he got all the way over there so quick but then again he is a unicorn. Magic is really a complex thing I have yet to figure out. I'll have to ask Celestia or one of the guards to help me with magic or at least point me in the direction of a few books on the subject. I spot Cygnus walking around talking to a few ponies while still able to keep Blueblood in his line of sight so if needed he could be there in a blink of an eye. Taking another look about the decor is while it is very fancy it looks like it could conceal a weapon of sorts if need be, and if the location of the weapon or weapons were placed strategically it could go very badly in a few seconds.

"Here here!" I hear a clinking of glass. I swivel my ears in the direction of the sound and glance to the sound. A stallion in a well made suite placed down the spoon and everypony is looking in his direction. Then it hit me. What if this is a diversion. I whip my vision back to Blueblood and see a pony with a dagger making his way to him. This is it, the moment I let go. All of my limbs feel lighter and my heart beats faster. I raise from my chair and walk as if getting a drink for the toast, for mine was empty. As the pony raised the dagger, I dashed faster than I ever had in my life. I felt amazing to go at such speed. Next thing I can recollect is me in the way of the pony whom is a pegasus by appearance. I reach out and grab his hoof holding the dagger pull him towards me and my back hoof connects with his stomach. The pegasus released the dagger out of shock, which in turn landed in to my hoof. Shoving the pegasus down to the floor with a loud crash drew everypony's attention.

"Understand this pegasus, you'll not live to see the morning." I rotate the dagger in my hoof toss it to the ground and kick it across the floor to Cygnus. "Stand and face the penalties for you offense." The pegasus stood and prepared himself. "Death comes to thee WHO TRIES TO MURDER!"