Canterlot

Date: 29/12/4 A.R.L. (After the Return of Luna)

It was a beautiful day in Canterlot; a thin layer of snow blanketed the courtyards and rooftops of buildings. Parents and their Foals played in the snow as many ponies were and with Hearth Warming day just on the horizon, every pony was busy buying last minute gifts. Celestia looked out of her balcony, she loved and yet hated winter. She loved the beauty that snow can give to her land, but also hated the cold. She unwrapped herself from her blankets, stretched her wings and flew out, slowly lowering the sun as her sister started to raise the moon. She looked at her mountains of paper work, and sighed. Burdens of a princess I presume she thought as she levitated her pen, she loved these things, so convenient. That was when she was reminded of the ball she was preparing for and quickly wrote a letter to Twilight.

4 miles away from Canterlot

Six Pegasi began to stretch their wings; they were soldiers, mercs, and assassins, some would say they were the best from all of Equestria. One of them, a tried blood coated mare with white hair and a single wooden stick through a bun in her hair, sat quietly meditating. Which was suddenly ended when three unicorns trotted out in front of them. Two unicorns had a full horn that was sharpened to a deadly tip, while the other’s horn was poking out of a hat. The mare Unicorn had a scroll in her mouth, which she shyly placed on the ground so that the six could see it. It read:

Greetings my fellow revolutionaries, the moment is ripe. Celestia is preoccupied and most of Canterlot’s defenses are down. You will join up with the other eight Pegasi squadrons that have made camp 2 miles towards Canterlot. There you will launch the attack, weaken Canterlot’s defenses so that ground team can move in. You are my most elite and most loyalist soldiers I know, and if all goes well a handsome amount of bits will be deposited into your bank accounts.

All six Pegasi grinned at the last part.

Now this part is to only be read by Mors.

The other five Pegasi stepped back as the brown-coated mare continued to read.

It is come to my attention that you are the strongest of the four. Your determination and valor has certainly proven you worthy of this job I have for you. The mare that delivered this letter to you, her name is Life Blink. She is very dear to me and this is why I want you to be her guardian until I return from the Poviet Union. The pay for this job will be ten times your original salary of 280 bits. The final pay for the completion of this job is 20000 bits. If you agree to this job, return this letter to the unicorns that have escorted the Pegasus. Do not and I repeat DO NOT fail me. Or it will be your head…

Your Leader

Tether Wing

She looked up from the letter; she stared at the blue eyes of the shy looking Unicorn. She was a white-coated mare with red mane and tail. A silhouette of a cross with a single snake wrapped around it. She slowly approached, and bowed gracefully,

“I am under your care, for this I am forever in your debt” she said with a gentle voice, her handlers grinned.

“Well she’s your problem now” the broken horned one said with a Poviet accent

“I guess” the mare said rubbing her head with her hoof

“Well good luck to’ya mate” the other one said, putting on a hat. They both left, leaving Life Blink and her new handler alone in the small camp. The mare then gathered wood and started a campfire, cooking the last of the provisions the of camp. They had a quick meal of carrots, apple pie, and some fritters. Before leaving, but the mare had just remembered the inevitable warzone Canterlot was about to be and then opened a map of Equestria. She sat down and examined it. They were about a half days travel on hoof to Manehattan or any of their outposts and if she recalled all war blimps were under maintenance. That’s when her eyes spotted a dot that was labeled “PonyVille Pop. 1500. Estimated Distance from Canterlot: 23 miles”.

She felt a ping of joy come over her as she rolled the map up and shoved it into her saddlebag; she looked at the shy mare that was looking intensely at a butterfly that landed on her nose. Mors laughed at this and trotted up to the mare,
“So… Your Life Blink I presume?” The mare nodded “I see… So why does the boss want you away from the city so bad?”
“Well… I am his sister” At this Mors nearly choked on the tea she was drinking,
“You mean that you are the sister of the most dangerous man in Equestria and that I’m in charge of your well being?”
“That’s pretty much what the letter stated, now didn’t it”
“… Bloody hell, alright, finish that pie and we’ll be off.” At this the mare continued to drink her tea, she could tell that this was going to an unnerving journey. Life Blink casually ate a slice of apple pie, continuing her stake out of the butterfly
“Oh! I forgot to ask you” she bursted “What is your name by the way” Life asked. Mors simply looked up from her tea, took a sip and then sat it down,
“My real name died with me 10 years ago, from that day forth… I go by the name of Mors… The name of Death”.

Author's Note

OKAY! Here we go! Time to get that bucking ball a rolllin! Again, will be accepting OC's until April 10th.