As the assassin walked through the portal he was shocked when he found his form had been changed, more so that his new form was a tan unicorn with his black mane pulled back and tied halfway down its length. 'This is indeed a strange world the Dread Father has sent me to.' He thought to himself as he got a good view of his surroundings; he was at the edge of a swamp,and there were no creatures in sight; there was however a town nearby across a river, hopefully it would only take a few hours to arrive there, and luckily there was a bridge across the river. After a quick check to see what he had, which revealed he had only his black hand robes he decided to head towards the town.
After about an hour of walking he stopped. "I know you fools have been following me for the past 15 minutes. "The assassin said as he turned to face two earth ponies and a red unicorn with a large scar across his face. "If you wish to rob me know this : I have nothing of value on me,and even if i did you would have no chance of defeating me."He said to the three.
"Really? Not many ponies use this road because of us, and besides; you haven't even seen the rest of our group." He said as two pegasi, a unicorn, and an earth pony came out of the woods behind the assassin.
"You bandits never learn." The assassin sighed, as he cast an invisibility spell.
What happened next could only be described as a blood bath. The assassin disemboweled one of the pegasi with his horn, took his knife and cut the second unicorns throat with it. The three earth ponies charged, each trying to land a solid hit on the assassin; he dodged the first two and dropped to the ground to avoid the third; he then used his hind legs to grab the earth pony's neck and break it.The remaining earth ponies and the pegasi charged as the leader began shooting magic beams at the assassin. after disposing of one of the two earth ponies by impaling his head with the knife and wedging it in his skull, he dodged a magic attack which hit the remaining earth pony and incinerated him; as the pegasi tried desperately to fly away from him the assassin picked up the incinerated pony's spear and impaled the pegasus through the heart and stuck him to a tree. He then picked up a sword the leader had dropped and proceeded to walk towards the terrified and exhausted leader
"I told you that you couldn't win, and now you pay the price." The assassin said as he decapitated the leader. He then heard someone calling for help; following the voice he arrived at the bandit's camp. There were three bandits left ,though one was asleep and another drunk. The assassin snuck up on the sober one and slit his throat, then took the dead bandit's knife and threw it into the throat of the drunk one and just as the third woke up he was run through by the assassin's knife. Afterward he found the key to the cage and released a silver pegesi foal with a blue mane. "Are you hurt?" The assassin asked the foal; he only shook his head and looked at him in amazement. "Good, now do you know if there are any other prisoners?" The foal's face immediately showed sadness as he looked into a nearby pit where there were two adult pegesi lying dead."I see; You are welcome to come with me if you like." The assassin said. And with that they went back to the road.
After a bit of walking the colt started talking, "That was amazing what you did to those bandits, do you think you could teach me to fight like that?" He asked.
Perhaps,but do you think you could take another pony's life without fear or remorse?" The assassin asked
"If they attacked me then sure." the colt replied with a shrug
"Is that so; then defend yourself!" The assassin shouted as he tossed the foal a stick and picked up one of his own.The assassin attacked so quickly that the colt barely had time block; the assassin kept up the attacks until the colt dodged and swung at the new opening, but the assassin was too quick; he knocked the stick out of the foal's hand and knocked him to the ground, pointing the stick to his throat .The assassin tossed the stick away and offered a hoof the the colt, only to have it used to pull him to the ground.The assassin quickly reversed the grapple and held the colt on the ground with one of the foal's forelegs pinned to his back. "It seems I underestimated you; against a normal foe that probably would have worked. but you have a lot to learn in the ways of combat if you wish to stand any hope against an opponent." The assassin said releasing the colt.
As they arrived at the city the assassin noticed the name of the city was Baltimare. As they approached the gate they were stopped by two guards. "Sorry, but until we can be sure you're not part of Scar's gang we can't let you in."One guard told them.
"If this 'scar' is a red unicorn with a scar across his face and the leader of a group of bandits, then you will be happy to know that he is dead and so are the others" the assassin replied
"how can we be sure you're not lying?" the second guard asked
the assassin simply drew the sword he got from the Scar's corpse, and asked: "Is this proof enough?"
"Two coming in!" The first guard shouted.He then turned to the assassin and said: "You'd best go see the captain , he's probably still training the new recruits; go straight until you reach a dead end then turn right and take the next left."
After the two went into the city the assassin found a map of the city; taking time to find all the alleys and other less traveled routes. He also noticed that the map did not show any shops or taverns; the assassin thought little of it as they were likely in the center of the city.
After ten minutes of walking the two arrived at the training field where a red unicorn who looked exactly like Scar was training the recruits. The assassin was about to attack when he noticed the unicorn had no scar on his face. After waiting another ten minutes for the captain to let the recruits have a break, the assassin walked over to the the unicorn. "Excuse me are you the captain of the local guard?" he asked.
"Yes, Captain Dashing Forth at your service." The captain replied shaking the assassin's hoof."Is there something I can help you with?" He asked.
"I'm here with news about Scar." The assassin told him
"How many times do I have to tell them his name is not 'Scar' it's Blazing Forth." The captain sighed, slightly irritated. "Anyways, what did you want again?" Captain Forth asked.
"I'm here to inform you that Blazing Forth, along with his bandits are dead; I take it this sword is proof enough?" The assassin asked giving him the sword.
"Morden." The captain muttered.
"Excuse me?" the assassin asked.
"Our father crafted us each a sword on our fifteenth birthday; he gave me Mahulak, and he gave my brother Morden." The captain replied, giving the sword back.
"I'm sorry." The assassin said, pretending to regret his actions.
"Don't be; he murdered many innocent ponies, including our father." The captain replied."Here take his bounty, 3000 bits, and also take Mahulak, that sword has brought me nothing but sorrow." Captain Forth said.
"Thank you." The assassin replied as they turned to leave.
"What are your names strangers?" Dashing Forth asked.
"I'm Silver Wing." The colt replied smiling.
"And I..." The assassin hesitated for a moment. "Am Lucien Lachance."