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// Rage 
// Story: Eye of the Storm 
// by Cloud Shimmers 
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	Blade awoke to a terrible sound, a scream. He pulled his sword from its sheath and pointed it at the door,one he had his bearings he noticed that someone else had been in his bed. He then saw something from the corner of the room, Fluttershy stumbled out of the bathroom.
She was blushing furiously when she saw Blade, "W-w-why is there b-bl-blood in there?"
"What are you doing here?" Blade asked, he snapped back into reality and answered her question first."That was from the other night, I didn't know I would have company so I didn't clean it up yet."
Fluttershy was sitting on the floor, still bright red, "Uh-I-oh no, can you, uh, turn around?" It was pretty unusual for anyone to see her in her pajamas.
Blade rolled over in his bed, "wait.. what happened last night?"
Fluttershy spoke softly, "Y-you told me that story, a-and I though you were very brave to risk your life."
Blade's blushing began to fade when he realized he was still wearing pants, "Anything else?"
"Y-you were right," She squeaked, "It gave me nightmares, so I asked if I could sleep with you."
Blade laughed, "That's a bit odd don't you think?" He heard a small giggle from behind him.
Fluttershy got up, "I-i'm going home to change, alright?" 
Blade picked himself from his bed, "Alright, I have to go into town anyway so I might as well get dressed." He waited for Fluttershy to go down stairs and began to scour his closet, he was surprised by her voice coming from behind him.
"Y-you have a package," Fluttershy handed it to him.
It was actually kind of heavy, he was surprised that Fluttershy could carry it. "Thank you!" He said in a cheerful way, he opened the box and saw a heavy sweater, beneath it was the coat Rarity had made for him. It fit perfectly, not cutting off movement while also protecting the wearer. When he walked downstairs he saw Fluttershy waiting for him.
"I-I was wondering if I could come with you, if its okay?" She smiled sweetly when Blade nodded his head.

Twilight saw Blade and Fluttershy walking across the bridge, she walked up to them. "Blade there are some strangers making trouble in town." She spoke calmly.
"Like what?" Blade asked.
"There taking things from the market and pushing anyone around who tries to stop them." Twilight's voice was becoming more worried.
"I'll check it out, don't worry." Blade assured her, he walked past her into the market.
Three large men were strutting around like they own the place, when they saw Blade they laughed.
"Hello," Blade said, "I hear you've been making trouble, mind telling me what your business is here?"
"We're just here to relax a bit, you can understand that can't you?" The leader of the group said, his voice was gravel.
Blade smirked, "I hope your planing on paying for damages done." He noticed that the other two were walking slowly behind him.
"Whats this here?" One of the thugs said, "Looks like we have a soldier here!" He eyed Blade's armor and sword.
The leader's smile disappeared, "We don't like soldiers."
"Don't try anything you'll regret," But it was too late, the leader swung his massive fist clumsily at Blade, who avoided it with ease.
The other two tried jumping Blade, but he rolled out of the way, they landed flat on the ground. The leader threw a rock at Blade; who caught it and tossed it aside.
"Why don't they ever listen?" Blade asked himself as he cracked his knuckles, he connected his fist to a thugs chin, who stumbled back and coughed out blood.
The fight went on for a few minutes before the three thugs were tired out, Blade stood with his arms crossed. 
"Fine," The leader shouted, "We surrender!"
Blade smiled and turned around, "Leave this place, never return." He spoke calmly as he walked away.
One of the thugs held a dagger in his hands, he lined the toss up with Blade's back; just as he was about to throw it he was stopped by a girl.
"Please don't!" Fluttershy said as she grabbed the thugs arm.
Blade heard her voice; he turned around and saw her being held with a dagger to her throat.
"You think Galmoran soldiers would lose so easily?" The leader said.
Blade drew his sword, "Let her go." He felt rage building up in his throat.
A thug laughed, I'll take you down a peg!" He drew his scimitar and pointed it at Blade.
Blade lunged forward, going under the curved sword. He grabbed his enemy's arm; twisting it behind the thugs back. He now held a hostage of his own,	"Let her go, now!"
"Or what?" The leader spat at Blade.
Blade pressed his sword against his captives throat, if he took a breath his neck would trickle blood. It wasn't a lethal amount but enough to show. 
"Y-you don't have the guts!" The other thug joked with a hint of fear in his voice.
Blade started to lose his patience, "Do you really want this man to suffer?"
The second thug looked at his leader, "Sir that's my brother, please just let the girl go!"
The leader hesitated but eventually released Fluttershy. Blade charged to her side when he saw she was safe.
Blade looked at the leader, "Let's end this like men." 
"Agreed" The leader said.

The two foes stood across from each other, each in their stances. They were being watched by Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Rarity, AppleJack and Pinkie.
Blade was the first to strike, the clash of steel was loud enough to make Fluttershy squeak.
"Don't worry, he's got this!" Rainbow whispered in Fluttershy's ear.
Blade dodged a swing and countered, barely missing, he gritted his teeth.
The leader swung, he had an advantage over Blade, who was beneath the leaders weight.
Blade pushed him off, "I'm through with you!" He swung as hard as he could, he made no contact with his opponent but something did fall.
The leader lifted his scimitar, it was cut clean into two pieces, "I-uh, Y-you win!" The leader fell to his knees, " I surrender to you! I had no idea a master swordsman such as yourself was the defender of this town, mercy!"
Blade smiled, "I'm no master, get out of here!" Blade walked away as the thugs regrouped.
"Boss, why did you think he was a master?" A thug asked.
"That was the shattering blade, a technique passed down through generations. I don't care how modest he is, he could have killed us all with one stroke." The leader led his men out of the town.
The girls were all shocked as Blade came over to Fluttershy, "Are you okay?"
She nodded, her silence was replaced by Rainbow Dash's gawking.
"That was totally epic!" She said, "You broke his sword!"
Blade blinked, "Did I?"
Fluttershy got up and hugged him, "Thank you," She spoke in a way that she only did to her friends, no 'uming or ahing'. "You saved me."
Blade smiled, "I think you need a cup of tea." He picked her up, she blushed but it was different than usual.
Twilight thought for a moment, "I'm going to send a letter to the princess."

'Dear Princess Celestia,
I'm writing to inform you of some odd news from today. A group of thugs attacked our poor village, luckily we had Blade here to stop them and rescue my friend Fluttershy. With all do respect I believe you should Knight him, he upholds all the codes and is a master swordsman.
Your faithful student,
Twilight Sparkle