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// Sequence: One. Chapter: Four 
// Story: Point Fifty 
// by ColoradoBlueJay 
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              The green and lavish forest buzzed with all sorts of activity. Birds chirped, and bugs buzzed. Azure looked over to the older mare. The silver streaks in her mane glistened in the hot after noon sun. 
"Now are you sure that we will be able to find Rainbow Dash up here?" Azure took one last look before turning his attention back to Twilight. 
"Its the only place she could have gone. Its pretty secluded out here and she likes this area." Twilight said. Azure sighed and walked along the path that carved through the forest, towards rainbow falls. 

Azure trekked the path with ease. But Twilight didn't fare any easier. 
"Do you need to take a break Ms. Sparkle?" Twilight panted. 
"That.. would... be.. most beneficial." Azure trotted back down to Twilight and helped her sit down on a flat rock under a shady branch. 
"Phew." Twilight let out. Azure checked his equipment and then looked at the older mare sitting next to him. 
"Should I continue on and bring her back here?" Twilight looked around at her surroundings and nodded her head. Azure stood up and left the shaded area, letting the sun bake him inside his black robes. 

Azure reached a clearing and scouted the area. He came up dry and admired the rainbow water fall before him. He briskly walked towards the edge of the adjacent cliff next to the falls. He looked over and saw the hard earth below. He back away but then stopped. Something caught his eye. Using his unique senses he felt the earth and saw a small building on the side of the cliff. Azure hopped down and extended his hook blade. He swung across each rock with ease. There was an edge that had enough space for him to jump onto. Azure leapt off the rock he was currently on, but missed the ledge as a whole. Thankfully his hook blade caught a lingering rock just in time. Azure struggled to pull himself up. The rock started to come out of place. With all his might Azure pulled himself up. He missed the edge by mere inches. He looked down at the ground below, then looked at the slipping rock. Azure started to swing and he caught the edge with his hoof. Pulling himself up he regained composure and dusted himself off. 

A wooden door stood before Azure. It seemed old and fragile. Azure touched it and it fell off its hinges. He walked in. Almost immediately taken aback by the dampness of the room. 
"It smells like death in here." Azure complained to himself. Azure couldn't see a thing. He reached into a pouch and pulled out a lighter. It didn't do much but illuminate his hoof and face. He scoured around and he finally found a torch. He took it and rested the tip of it over his lighter. The room seemed to become much more brighter as the torch took the flame. 

Then he saw the reason why it smelt like death. A corpse of a pony layed down on the floor, curled up into a ball. Then he saw a golden necklace that hung around the pony's neck. Azure approached the body at a slow pace. He picked up the necklace and inspected it. A red lightning bolt dusty amongst the gold frame. He placed it inside his pouch. He leaned down and touched Dash's head. 
"May you find eternal peace." He stated and turned to leave the hide out. 

Once out side Azure investigated the rocks. He started climbing and eventually made it to the grassy plain that swayed slightly in the breeze. What he found that awaited him at the top displeased him. 
"There he is the one who killed those stallions!" shouted Rarity. Twilight stood beside her and frowned. Ten guards stood there, muskets aimed at their target. Azure didn't move. 
"By order of princess Celestia you are under arrest for murder and disturbance of the peace." bellowed a guard. A loud crack was heard from somewhere inside the forest. A guard dropped dead on the ground with a long nail stuck out of his head, while the others got scared and ran in random directions, Azure made his move. Most of the guards charged after him. But they were met with an unfortunate bloody end that resulted in their deaths. More cracks came from inside the woods as they picked off the remaining guards that scurried around the field like mice. 

Azure scanned the edges of the forest looking for whomever helped him. Not a moment to soon a pony wearing a brown hood came out with a musket in tow. She stood before Azure and bowed. The pony straitened herself and removed her brown beaked hood, revealing a light pink unicorn with a blonde mane. 
"Mentor, its an honor." Azure looked at the pony with interest. 
"Thank you for your assistance, may I ask for your name?" 
"Blaze." Azure smirked 
"You have quite the skill with that musket." 
"Thank you mentor." She blushed slightly. 
"Can some pony tell me what the hay is going on here?!" Twilight asked in a raged tone. 
"I'm sorry miss Sparkle but you will know in all due time." Twilight huffed and turned away. 
"Mentor." Blaze said regaining Azure's attention. 
"I have reason to believe Equestria's government has been hiding something." 
"How have you come by this information?" Azure questioned. Blaze looked at the two elderly unicorns and whispered into Azure's ears. His face drooped and his leg muscle's tensed. 
"This is going to be far more complicated than I thought of it originally." Azure said, looking towards Canterlot mountain.