A soul to spare
Chapter Five
Previous ChapterNext Chapter“This is crazy, dragon lady. The words spewing from your mouth are insane.”
“What’s so hard about it, you already saw me doing it. You will be perfectly safe.”
We were standing on a cliff on the side of Canterlot Mountain. It was a few hundred meters of free-fall down to a rocky bottom. And she was telling me to jump.
“You already saw me do it, so do it already.” It sounded like she was getting a little irritated, not that surprising since she had been trying to convince me to take the leap for about 10 minutes now.
“You have wings in case something went wrong. I on the other hand have managed to lose mine.”
“Which is why it is so important that you learn this already. You should have nothing to worry about; it is an ability that comes naturally to us. And if it fails I am here to catch you.” She had put one of her wings against my back.
“You also said that about my frost breath, but that took a couple of days for me to learn. Not only that but you are a bit on the small side to catch me in your pony form don’t you think?” not that I doubted her or anything. I just did not quite trust her…
“My strength in this form is the same as in my natural one. And to be honest I am tired of your stalling, so here-“she stopped and immediately pushed me off the edge, sending me plummeting.
“aaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH” the wind was soaring past me as the ground was rapidly coming closer. I took a glance upwards, that bitch is still standing there. I closed my eyes and waited for my inevitable demise.
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Nothing? Slowly I pried my eyes open, to see that I was still falling. The ground was approaching very, very slowly. Holy shit. I can’t believe it worked. I thought as I landed softly on the ground below.
I sat there hugging the ground until Melandra landed beside me. “I hate you so much right now”
“That may be, but it was important that you learned feather fall since you don’t have your wings anymore. But you still have a to practice it a lot if you want to be able to control it correctly, it is usually just a defense mechanism in all dragons if their wings get damaged during flight, but we silver dragons took it a step further. And you need to master this step first if you want to proceed.”
“It would help on the inspiration a little if you told me what the next step is, don’t you think?” she had been overly mysterious about this since the first time she had mentioned it.
“Perhaps later little Jake.” Ooh she loved to tease. “But get up. That was only the first try. We are not stopping until you make some progress in controlling your fall.” This was going to be a long day. We kept going for a few hours, until we headed back towards Canterlot. I had made absolutely no improvement but it was time for my sparring with Razor. It has only been a week since I first met him, but I think I actually like the guy. Most of the other guards don’t really talk too much and the Castle servants still have a personal vendetta against me. I still can’t believe that they switched out the normal silver cutlery with wooden ones yesterday just to spite me. So Razor was one of the few buds that I had in this place. Even though, he still beats me senseless during our daily spars. `I think he takes personal enjoyment in my suffering`.
We got back around midday and Razor was waiting for us as usual at the training grounds. Melandra went off to the side to relax under the shade of one of the nearby trees.
“Alright, since you actually managed to get a hit on me last time. I thought that we should progress to armed combat” he gestured to the barracks behind him. “There is a lot of training weapons stored inside. Go and take your pick, I already have my trusty wing blades here.” I hadn’t noticed, but when I looked closed I could see that he had some sort of mechanical contraption strapped to both of his wings. It looked very delicate, with a thin blade running along the edge of the wing and gradually getting thicker towards the base. It also had multiple joints so that it would not hinder any movement.
Inside the barracks there were several beds lined up with a small chest in front of each one. I remember Razor saying that it was here that the recruits lived during their training. I made my way through towards the storage room in the back. The room was filled with all kinds of equipment. Weighted bands that looked like they were designed to be strapped around hooves, training dummies, saddles What the hell do ponies use saddles for? It’s not like they have someone that’s riding around on them my mind continued to ponder on this and I came up with some mental images, some really disturbing images. Argh, why would you do that to me brain, what did I ever do to you?. I have to ask Razor what they actually use those saddles for. I refuse to believe the things that my brain came up with. I guess it would give them better… no just no. Don’t overthink it.
Making my way further into the storage I found the room where they stored the training weapons, and some of their armor. My first thought when I heard training weapon was that they would be made of wood or something, but no. The swords, spears and axes were still made of normal metal, just with blunt edges. So getting hit will still hurt like a bitch.
I contemplated on what weapon I should choose. The sword would be a balanced choice; there were several different types of them, but none that I felt comfortable with. The axe was… no just no. I did not have good memories with that. I picked up the spear; with my height I thought it would be nice to have something with a little reach. But there was still something that felt wrong. I had an idea, but it would have to wait until I got over to Iron, later today.
So I walked out with my newly picked spear resting on my shoulder. The thing was as high as me, so I figured that it would At least I hope give me an edge over Razor and his little wing blades.
“So you picked a spear eh? Didn’t figure you for the type” Razor commented while nursing a black eye, a thing he did not have before I entered the barracks. I took a glance over to the shade where Melandra was relaxing, to see that she had a rather annoyed look on her face. I let out a sigh *He tried again huh?* Apparently, in her pony form Melandra is the one of the sexiest things to ever have walked this earth. Which meant Razor was constantly flirting with her. I have to give it to him though, he is persistent. Needless to say, Melandra did not return his affection and most times sent him off with a couple of bruises, or some parts frozen.
“Yea neither did I but I have planned to make something a little different with Iron later.” I got into a stance with the tip pointed downwards. “This however will have to do for now.”
He flared his wings and lowered his stance “alright then, let’s do this” he lunges towards me. I shifted both of my hands to the bottom of the spear and give a wide swing to meet his charge. He easily ducks under it and continues straight towards me. I had planned this and was going to let my swing continue a bit more before shifting and hitting him with the butt of the spear. But by the time I was going to strike he had already slammed his wing blades into me a couple of times and jumped back to avoid my strike. “Not too shabby dragon boy, but your body is not keeping up with your mind. In other words, you’re too slow.”
I knew he wanted to annoy me, and it worked. This time I went on the offensive. I rushed forward and let out a series of stabs, but he looked like he was dancing through them. I did not have a chance in hell, but honestly I did not care, I was having way too much fun to care. Razor was getting more and more aggressive; he was looking to end it. But I had one more trick that I wanted to try before he beat my scaly ass.
I purposely took a wide swing, hoping that he would take the bait. He did. After dodging the swing he leaped towards me with both of his wings folded back, ready to strike. The second he came within range I let out some of my newly learned frost breath. It wasn’t strong enough to do any harm, I could barely freeze water. But was hoping that it would make him flinch or blind him for a second or two.
I lashed out at the little frost cloud in front of me… and the spear passed right through, Razor wasn’t there. I spun around to try to find where he had gone, but found nothing, he had completely vanished. A thought struck wait, he is a Pegasus wouldn’t that mean…above. I looked up towards the sky and spotted a pair of hooves, that was about 2 inches from my head. He slammed into me, throwing me onto the ground.
“Not bad Jake, an interesting idea that with your little frost trick. Too bad I’m just too good.” He was standing over me with a smug look.
“Well we only started doing this about a week ago, what do you expect.” I stood up and brushed myself off. “I’ll just go put this back in storage.” I picked up the spear that I dropped when I fell before heading over towards the barracks.
I walked out of the storage after putting the weapon away and into the sleeping area, where Razor was waiting on me.
“Hey there, got your little package this morning.” He threw me the small box he had been carrying on his back. “Sorry I didn’t give it to you sooner, forgot about it”
It finally arrived. Ordering it had been a pain since I couldn’t go into town, so I had to convince Razor to do it for me. Slowly opening the package I witnessed its content in all of its glory.
Pants, three neatly folded pair of pants. Finally I could throw away these rags I had been using to cover up my lower parts.
“Thanks man, I can’t wait to change into these”
“Why wait. Put one of them on right now” he had a point. There was no reason for me to wait. I could just change right here…
“Err, could you go outside? It would be a little weird if I changed right in front of you.” I know that ponies usually just walked around naked, but Razor knew why I wore clothes.
He winked at me as a grin appearing on his face. “I’m not going anywhere little dragon boy.”
“…” I had nowhere to run, he was guarding the entrance and the storage was a dead end. Yea I was screwed.
“Awh, you haven’t gone all shy on me have you? Where is that attitude you had when you flashed me in the hospital hmm?” he was slowly walking closer, with both of his wings flared to cut off any escape.
I was backing away trying to keep my distance. “Hey, come on Razor. Let’s not do something I will regret here.” I had jumped onto one of the beds and scooted into a corner.
“What do you mean little Jakey.” He dragged one of his hooves through my hair. “I was just going to have a little… fun.” Just as those words left his mouth he fell onto his side laughing like a madman.
“You evil, little piece of shit. You scared me back there. I thought you were really serious about that.”
Razor stood up and flicked his tail into my face as he turned around. “I won’t lie to you, when you flashed me in the hospital, I liked what I saw. But I can see that you’re not into that so I decided to mess with you a little, I’ll wait for you here. Go back and change in the storeroom.”
I just left the old scraps behind as I strutted forward in my godly new black pants. It felt amazing. If I had to take a guess I would say that it was silk. “Well I thought you were into mares, of course I was surprised.” We were talking as we exited the barracks.
“Mares, stallions I’m not too picky. A hole is a hole as I use to say.” This actually explained a lot.
“Well-“ the entire ground shook, making me fall and Razor stumble before I had a chance to say anything else.
“What was that? An earthquake?” it certainly felt like one.
“No… the city is magically protected against those. That felt more like a… landing. We need to get to the front of the castle NOW.”
He immediately started pushing me towards the castle. “Hey wait up what about Melandra?” I turned my head towards the shade she had been relaxing in, only to see that she had completely disappeared. “Huh? I wonder where she went”
“Jake, I need to hurry off to check if my suspicions were true. You make your way through the castle as fast as you can and meet me at the entrance, alright?” He took off before I even had a chance to reply. Guess I should get going then.
As I was making my way through the castle I spotted something that caught my attention. One of the guards was adjusting his armor and I could see that his cutiemark was flickering; it looked like it was changing between two images. Weird I thought. I’ll have to ask Razor about it when I catch up with him. I ran through the halls towards the entrance, only stopping a few times to catch my breath.
When I arrived at the entrance, I saw something that made my heart skip a beat. Celestia stood just before me with Razor and a couple of guards at her sides. But what surprised me was the three humongous dragons that stood before her. The one to the left was covered in pure black scales with a grey underbelly. It had massive spikes going down his entire back and tail, with two curved horns at the side of his head. Its eyes had no pupils, just two pure red irises that had an eerie glow to them.
The one in the middle had a more slender and delicate build to it compared to the first one. It had blue scales that seemed to slightly shift between light blue almost grey coloring, to a deep ocean blue as the sun’s rays shone upon them. Unlike the first one this had a huge frill going from its head and down its entire back. Where its eyes should have been, were only two empty sockets. The moment I came into sight its head had locked onto me, it was creepy how it followed my every movement without any eyes.
The last one was not as big as the other two, but still enough to tower over me. It had a look similar to that of a Chinese dragon. Its long and slender snake like body was coiled up. Its body had a deep emerald green shine to it. On top of his head were two horns that had a striking resemblance to deer antlers. “It seems your guest has arrived, sun bringer.” He spoke with disgust in his voice as he stroked his mustache.
I had made my way over to Celestia as the three dragons kept their intense glared directed at me. “Who are they?” it was a simple question.
Celestia kept her sight on the dragons in front of us. “They are the leaders of the dragon community. Chosen through combat, it’s a simple system where the strongest rule.” She motioned to the first one. “Drex the black dragon. The youngest of the leaders.” She nodded at the snake like one. “Emeriss the sky serpent.” She shifted her gaze to the last one. “And Naloth the all-seeing, she is the oldest. She was old even before I took my first steps in this world.” I had spoken with Celestia many times over the last week, and gotten to know her a little better. While I did not know her exact age, she had implied that she was several thousand years old. I had learned that dragons also lived quite long lives, but to hear that this one put Celestia to shame was a little shocking to learn.
Drex slammed one of his front claws into the ground. “Now that we are done with the introductions, I demand that you bring forth the silver dragon we heard rumors off. All I see is a filthy little half breed.”
The green serpent sighed. “Still the simpleton aren’t you Drex, I wish you would learn to use that little brain of yours. This half breed is most likely the source of the silver dragon rumors. The locals must have mistaken him for one of them. It seems that we came here for nothing.” he puffed out a cloud of steam from his nose.
Drex growled while looking at us. “So what, let’s just kill him and be over with it then” Unconsciously I took a few steps backwards. If they decided to attack there wouldn’t be a fight, it would be a one sided slaughter.
“Why would we kill him? Simply by existing he is a disgrace to his heritage, he is not worth our time.” He uncoiled himself revealing his true size. He was over three times as long as the other dragons. “It was a waste of time to come here in the first place.” And then he took off into the sky. It looked like he was swimming through the air as he disappeared into the skies. I felt a little insulted by his words, but on the account of not being killed I could let it slide.
Drex unfolded his massive wings, lifted his head towards the sky and let out an earth shattering roar. “I could end you in the blink of an eye little worm. But he is right. By walking this earth you bring shame to the memories of the once great silver dragons.” He took to the sky after the other dragon while letting out a deep rumbling laugh, sending small shockwaves through the air with every wing stroke.
Naloth who had remained silent this whole time waited until the other dragons were out of sight before speaking. “I must apologize on the behalf on my lesser brethren. But I could not allow myself to appear weak before them.” she poked my weakly on my chest with the end of her tail. “But you are not one of the mixed ones are you? No, I sense the presence of another being from inside of you. Not born but created… yes.” She shifted her gaze to Celestia. “And it is good meet you again, light bringer.”
Celestia bowed slightly “and you too Naloth. It pleases me, that this was resolved without any bloodshed. “
“And so am I.” gently she spread her wings and with one stroke she left the ground. She turned back to us and looked at me. “Give my regards to Melandra, young one.” Then she disappeared into the sky.
“Wait… but she… what?” my mind was racing to come up with some sort of explanation for what had just happened.
“Let it go Jake. Naloth is an old friend of mine from before the war. She remained neutral during it, so she would not endanger her own kind. The fact that she knows that Melandra is in hiding here does not surprise me.” Celestia said. “Oh and I believe that you are free to travel the city now should you so choose.” She was right; there was no reason for me to stay confined to the castle anymore. The exploring would have to wait tough. I had plans for the rest of the day. Maybe tomorrow I thought.
“Alright, I’m glad that is finally over. I’m heading over to the forge, want to join me Razor?” I had been working with Iron every day, it was a nice way to kill some time and make a little coin while doing so.
“Yea I’ll join you. Say you owe me some bits for that order I made for ya. About 15 bits I think it was.”
I scratched the back of my head while letting out a nervous laugh “yea about that… I’m sorta broke right now, so I’m going to have to pay you back later.”
“What do you mean you’re broke? You have been stuck to the castle ground up until now, you haven’t been eating your bits again have you?” he snapped back at me.
“What, no that was just the one time.” Bits taste like shit anyway “I have been using them on… stuff.”
“…alright, just pay me back when ya can then.”
The rest of the way over to the forge went rather quietly, but I couldn’t help but think that I had forgotten something.
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Princess Celestia was having another stressful day. She had been dealing with nobles and their little problems and meaningless squabbles, sometimes she was tempted to just banish them all to the sun, ooh how tempting it was on a day like this. But that had not been the end of it. The disappearances were not just taking place in Canterlot anymore. While the number had gone down, the fact that she had to spread her guard to cover all bases was making her nervous. Even if they covered a wide area, none of the places had enough to make a proper investigation.
She was currently making her way out of the castle and towards the smithy to deal with another problem that had newly arrived. As she got closer she could hear the telltale sound of him working, his hammer meeting metal.
The rough looking earth pony looked up from his work as he noticed that he had a visitor.
“Evening princess” He said as he gave her a small bow. “What can I do for ya?”
“It’s good to see you too Iron. Are you working alone today?”
Iron put down his hammer and stepped back from his anvil. “Nah, was working with Jake earlier, in fact you just missed him. When he arrived earlier he had some interesting ideas. He had been training with Captain Dash and wanted to make himself a training weapon, something that we did not have in store already. A glaive i think he called it, he told me about it and drew me a rough sketch. It’s sort of like a spear but with more emphasis on cutting. It’s an interesting idea, and I think I have seen the griffins use something similar. But I am sure you did not come down here to listen to me ramble. Anything specific I can do for ya?”
The princess nodded. “Actually there is. I am sure you know about the recent disappearances.”
“Yeh I do. What about them?”
“Well the most recent is in a newly formed settlement called Ponyville. It was their local blacksmith that disappeared. They have requested some guards to make the villagers feel safe and protect them from whatever that is taking ponies. The village was founded not too long ago, and is still in the early stages so they so sorely need a new blacksmith. It would help if we could send one along with the guards to help them. You wouldn’t happen to know one that you could recommend?”
Iron sat down and thought about this for a few moments. “Yea, I have the perfect one for the job. Came along not too long ago, and he’s got no ties to prevent him from leaving.”
Celestia was slightly confused at the start but quickly caught on. “Jake? Are you sure he could handle it?” she was very skeptic to this suggestion. Jake had only been here a little over a week. While he had shown himself to be trustworthy, he was still recovering.
“Well, I think so. I have had him working with me here at the smithy every day. While his physical condition is still a little poor, he has been steadily improving. But what’s most surprising, is his smithing abilities. When he started a week ago he knew next to nothing, but the speed at which he learned. I have never seen anything like it. Give me another two weeks and I'll have him ready for ya Princess.” This was a close to perfect situation. Having Jake stay at the castle was never a permanent solution, and now an opportunity had showed itself.
Celestia sighed in relief. With all the problems that had occurred recently it was good to see something going the right way. “Very well Iron. You have two weeks to get him ready for this.”
The smith gave a small bow as the princess left for the castle.
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The night was slowly approaching as the sun hung low in the sky. I had finished up at the forge and left. I was heading towards one of the less visited parts of the Royal gardens, the same place that I went every evening.
I went past the royal gardens and into the darker forest behind it. The sun’s light barely made it through the thick roof that the tree tops made. I could hear the occasional bird chirping as I made my way deeper and deeper into the dark forest.
I had made my way to the other side of a little pond. It had taken some work to set up but it was something that had to be done. Before me stood three roughly cut stones that were supposed to represent gravestones. I had carved them out myself, I had done the writing on them in my language so that any accidental visitors would not understand it.
Remi kjære bror
the first one was dedicated to my dear brother. every day i miss him so, he was taken from our world far too early.
Cassandra elskede mor
the second one was for my mother. She was always so loving and protecting of every one of us, up until the very end.
The third gravestone was almost completely destroyed. There were bits of words and letters on some of the pieces but it was completely unreadable. My father did not deserve to be remembered, i despise him with every fiber of my being, it was his fault after all and he deserved what he got. i stayed there for a while, after everything that had happened recently, talking to them felt good. it was something i needed.
Some people may think that talking to the dead is a silly notion but it gives me peace. I had just exited the forest and was headed towards a little house that was at the edge of the forest, not too far from here. It was here I had been spending all my bits. After 5 minutes I could see the house in the distance. It was a two story building that had seen better days. But despite its looks it was a sturdy and happy home to a lot of small hooves. Ever since I had discovered this building I had come here at every opportunity I had, I just loved the looks at the small ones faces when I told them stories or when we would just mess around.
I knocked on the door and waited as I could hear somepony shuffling on the other side. The door opened to reveal an elderly yellow mare with a soft blue mane.
“Why hello there Jake. Back to visit so soon?” Tender Heart her name was, it fit her well.
“And a good evening to you too miss Heart. Are the small ones here?” She was running the Canterlot orphanage. It was well taken care off, with Celestia providing them all with everything they could need. When I first stumbled upon it, I was a little surprised to find an orphanage on the castle grounds. But I quickly realized why Celestia would place it here than down in the city. Here the children had lots of open space to run around and play; they even had free access to the castle.
“Yes they are. I was just going to put them to sleep.” She waved me in. “They are all upstairs, go on. Their bedtime can wait a little while.” I thanked her and headed up the stairs. I could hear giggles and quiet voices coming from the second room to the right. The door was slightly open and I could see them all sitting on a carpet in the middle playing. Since they hadn’t spotted me yet, I decided to have a little fun, scare them a little if possible. I took a deep breath and slowly started blowing mist into the room. It was a neat little trick I learned while learning how to breathe ice and frost.
“Ah. Hey what’s going on?” They finally noticed huh I thought. They had been so focused on whatever they were doing so when they noticed it a thick mist had already filled the room.
Quietly humming the Jaws theme music to myself, I entered the room. The little fillies and colts had been alerted by my humming and had huddled together in the middle of the room. As gracefully as drunken rhino with pogo stick prosthetics I snuck closer to my very suspecting prey.
I rose to my full height and was about to jump forth, but stopped as a very familiar battle cry came from benign me.
“RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH” I spun around just in time for a little pink fluff ball to assault my face. I grabbed hold of her as I fell to the floor and pretended to be in a struggle. The mist disappeared swiftly and the other foals did not have to wait long to see who had sneaked into their room.
“JAKE” They gave a collective shout, and rushed over to where I was laying with a smug looking filly sitting on my head.
“Hey there, you little rascals. Flora you mind getting off?” I asked the one that was currently using my head as a chair.
“Hmmm, no. I like it up here. It’s comfy.” I could feel her digging her hoofs into my hair.
“Well tough luck” I said as I raised myself up into a sitting position, resulting in a little yelp as she tumbled down my back. She looked a little disgruntled but she would get over it.
“So what were you kids doing before I got here?” most of the foals were now sitting in something that could vaguely resemble a circle around me.
“We were drawing” a little blue colt said very enthusiastically as he held forth a piece of paper with what I assumed was his drawing on it.
“Hey that’s nice. Did you do anything else fun today?” I said as I handed back the drawing.
“Yea, we were playing hide and seek in the castle. Haute Cuisine decided to hide in the kitchen and he got his cutiemark when some of the chefs allowed him to help them cook.” I could see the mark of a kitchen knife and a spatula crossing on the little blue colts flank. I still can’t get over their names though. He has Cuisine in his name. It would be a crime if his talent was anything other than cooking I thought to myself.
Flora had gotten a pack of cards and was now sitting in front of me. ” You wanna play Jake?”
“Sorry kiddo, not tonight. You cleaned me out yesterday and I’m still broke so...” Teaching her poker was a big mistake. She was a natural; she played with the other kids as well, for candy and such. But she had managed to take my money on every opportunity she had. “No I’m here tonight to hear if you kids want to see something really funny tomorrow.”
I got a bunch of nods and some “yea” in reply. We had been pranking around a lot this past week. Messing with guards and doing all kinds of fun. Flora had dared me to steal Celestia’s crown and eat it, still working on that one.
“You know about the griffins that are staying at the castle?”
“Yea they are really grumpy.”
“Well they are supposed to have a meeting with Princess Celestia tomorrow. Wouldn’t it be fun if the griffins started to act really silly during that meeting? I can picture them laughing, dancing on the tables. Who knows, they might even start a little fight” I was everything but a good influence on the foals, but they didn’t seem to mind.
“And how are you supposed to make that happen?” ah yes. Hammer, our little skeptic.
I gave them a sly little grin. “I have my ways. Just make sure to be in the castle around midday tomorrow and you will see it” I took a look out the window to see that the night was already upon us. “But I think it is time for you to go to sleep soon, so I will take my leave.”
Midnight Blossom, a really deep dark blue Pegasus filly came and sat down before me. “B-but won’t you tell us a story” she said as she looked up to me with those big eyes and the most adorable look possible. I could feel my will to resist… going… going… gone.
I sighed “alright, I guess I can spare the time for a little story. Gather around little ones, and let me tell you the story about the weeping angels.”
After a little while most of the foals had climbed up into their beds as I continued my story. I created a little mist for ambiance as the story neared its end.
“- so remember. They can be anywhere, and if you see one of them. Don’t look away, don’t even blink. If you do, they’ll get you”. I switched to an overly cheery voice. “See you tomorrow kids” I closed the door behind me.
I had found out that Celestia had the same problem as I do with alcohol, apparently dragons and Alicorn’s both have an insane resistance to it. She however, had some specially brewed wine which was perfect for both me and her if we wanted to get drunk without having to drink an entire bar, and this is where my plan for tomorrow came into play.
Celestia serves food along with wine at the meeting they are having tomorrow, so I just have to switch the normal wine with the supercharged one to get the griffins smashed. Hopefully that will spice things up a little.
I was heading down into the wine cellar to do just that. Tomorrow is going to be a blast I thought to myself as I ventured down into the dark halls of the castle.
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A lone guard was walking through Canterlot castle .The sound of his hoofsteps echoing through the empty halls as he continued along. He couldn’t believe that he had been spotted while adjusting his armor, nothing a simple mind-altering spell couldn’t fix. But what was surprising was the individual that had seen him. Even if he had been covered in scales and grown a tail he recognized him. “Subject 217” he muttered under his breath.
He picked up his pace as he trotted out towards the city. There was work that needed to be done.
Author's Note
Alright i have made come changed to this chapter. i Realized i jumped around a little to much and have tried to clean it up a bit. hope it turned out better than it was.
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