Storm opened his eyes, he was greeted by the outlandish ceiling of the hotel room. He felt a warmth to his side, he looked over to his side to see Twilight cuddled up next to him. He slowly moved himself out of the bed, making sure not to wake up Twilight. He made his way over to the bedroom door.
"Going somewhere?" He heard Twilight say.
"I was going for a walk." Storm answered. Twilight let out a small giggle.
"At 4:00 in the morning? Most ponies would wait until later to go for a walk." She responded.
"I'm not like most ponies. I have some thinking to do." Storm said. Twilight nodded.
"I understand, you have to make a big choice here." Twilight responded. Storm opened the door and walked out into the hallway, he walked down the stairs until he came to the front door. He opened the door, he was greeted by the near-empty streets of Canterlot, a few ponies were travelling through the streets. Storm stepped outside, the cool night air felt relaxing on his face. He started aimlessly walking around the streets, Canterlot was certainly something Storm wasn't used to, he was used to seeing maybe ten ponies in an entire day. He thought back to him and Twilight's discussion on the train, did he really want to continue with his plans to assassinate Celestia? He had come across a mare who showed him how important emotions were. Did he want to give up his old home to live with Twilight? His head was filled with conflicting thoughts and questions.
He shook his head, he was too tired right now to be trying to process this in his mind. He continued walking down the streets. It was nearly pitch black outside, with only the faint glow of the moonlight to guide him through the streets. He continued walking down the road until he heard a noise, a shout of some kind. He started walking through the maze of buildings towards the source of the noise. He eventually peered around a corner to reveal a mare being surrounded by four teenage colts, one of them was brandishing a knife.
"I said give us all of your bits and we'll leave you alone. Got it?" The pony handling the knife said. The mare was too shocked to move, she simply stood there, her eyes focused on the weapon. She shook her head.
"No! I need this money for my mother's hospital fees!" The mare shouted. Storm noticed that the four colts were blank flanks, no wonder they turned to a life of crime.
"You know, you could've made this easy on yourself, but now we're gonna have to take what we want." The colt replied. He started walking slowly towards the mare, she tried to run away, but one of the other colts grabbed her forcefully. Storm didn't know what to do, any kind of popularity right now would be disastrous. But he certainly couldn't sit by idly and watch a mare be killed... He could probably scare them away by giving one of them a scratch or an injury. As the colt raised the knife into the air, Storm walked out.
"Hey, check out that stallion over there." One of them said, the knife brandishing colt lowered his hoof, looking in the direction of Storm.
"Hey, I saw you go into that fancy hotel yesterday. You must be a pretty upstanding stallion. How about you hand over your wallet before I slit this mare's throat?" The colt said. Storm continued walking, the colt backed towards the mare, the knife pointing towards her, she had a tear dropping from her eye. Once he was close enough, one of the colts tried to seize Storm. The colt attempted to punch Storm, which he dodged and returned, knocking the colt to the ground. Storm summoned his long sword, provoking some jaw dropping reactions from the colts, Storm pointed the long sword directly at the colt with the knife.
"I think it would be in your best interest to leave this mare alone. Resorting to a life of crime simply because you don't have a cutie mark is foalish." Storm said. The colt swallowed and dropped the knife. He signaled for his friends to run, which they promptly did. The last colt gave Storm a stare before running away. Storm made the long sword disappear, he looked at the mare.
"Are you okay? They didn't hurt you, did they?" Storm asked. The mare's heartbeat could be heard in the silence that followed.
"T-Thank you... I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't come..." The mare said.
"It was no problem. I only ask for one favor in return." Storm said.
"Y-Yes! Anything!" The mare replied.
"Do not tell anypony about what occurred tonight. Publicity is something I do not want." Storm said.
"O-Okay... I-I'm just really thankful about what you did for me... I want to find some way to repay you..." The mare said.
"It's perfectly fine. I wouldn't want to derive a mare of her belongings simply because I helped her." Storm said, before turning away and walking back to the hotel. He was now more or less fully awake. He made his way back to the hotel, where he went back to the room. Twilight was fast asleep on the bed. The sound of the door closing behind Storm seemed to wake her up.
"Storm, you're back!" Twilight said.
"Yes, I had a run-in with a knife crime between a mare and some teenage colts." Storm said. Twilight gasped at his remark.
"Did you-" Twilight said before putting her hooves over her mouth.
"I didn't kill any of them, I merely scared them away. I informed the mare that I didn't want anyone else to know about what happened." Storm said, this made Twilight breath a sigh of relief. Storm crawled back into bed, where Twilight gave him a warm hug.
"Have you made a decision yet?" Twilight asked, her forelegs still hugged tight around Storm.
"I... I won't lie, I'm more attracted to the decision where I stay with you... But I still worry about home..." Storm said.
"Did you have any family?" Twilight asked.
"No, I was simply bred to become a killer. My blood parents never though of me as their son. I was moved to a training facility when I was born. I'd imagine their dead now." Storm replied. This only caused Twilight to hug him tighter.
"I-I'm sorry for bringing that up." Twilight said.
"It's nothing." Storm responded.
"But you'll have me! You'll have my friends! You'll have people who care about you. People who love you..." Twilight said.
"That's why I feel more obliged to stay with you." Storm said. Twilight looked up at him with a warm smile on her face. She leaned towards him and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Although I'm still worried about how Celestia will react to this..." Storm continued.
"I'm sure that she'll forgive you. I can send a letter to her and arrange a date. Is that alright with you?" Twilight asked. Storm nodded.
"I suppose it's best to get it over with..." He said. Twilight clambered out of the bed and went over to a small desk near the couch.
"Oh... But Spike isn't here. How are we supposed to contact our friends?" Twilight asked. Storm thought for a moment.
"I suppose that our only course of action is for you to return to Ponyville." Storm said. Twilight sighed sadly.
"W-Will you go back with me?" Twilight asked. Storm walked over to her and rested a hoof on her shoulder.
"Of course I'll go back with you." Storm said. Twilight smiled and gave him another hug. She looked him in the eyes.
"I... I love you Storm." Twilight said, slightly afraid of what Storm's reaction would be. Storm returned the hug, pulling them both tighter.
"I love you as well Twilight." Storm said, Twilight's heart skipped a beat as she heard that. She stared at him lovingly, a tear of joy forming at her eye. Storm began to stroke her mane, moving to her face to flick the tear away.
"Even if it's tears of joy, I still don't like seeing you cry Twilight." Storm said to her. She nodded and tightened the hug, nuzzling his chest as she did so. Storm nudged her face up with his hoof so they were both looking into each others eyes. Storm took the initiative this time, he moved his mouth closer to Twilight's, eliciting a blush from her face. She started to move in as well, the duo's lips eventually met. Twilight couldn't express the happiness she felt at that moment. Storm had actually willingly kissed her, she was sure that it was a sign that he truly did love her. Twilight eventually pulled away, a warm smile adorning her face.
"We should get back to bed, it's still quite late." Storm said, a similar smile across his face. Twilight nodded and the duo made their way back into bed. Twilight moving herself to be in the same cuddling position she was when Storm woke up.
"You make me wonder if you saying that this was the only room left was actually true." Storm joked.
"You're not complaining, though, are you?" Twilight asked. This got a dry chuckle out from Storm.
"No. I suppose I'm not." Storm said. In their loving embrace, the two fell asleep. Dreaming about their future together.