//------------------------------// // The first job // Story: An equestrian hitpony // by rainbowderp117 //------------------------------// Sharpshooter woke up in the first hour of midnight and prepared for his hit he grabbed his equipment and put on his trench coat. He walked through the dark hallways of the inn and set his room key on the counter where the manager had been sleeping. The streets were clear of all the tourists and citizens and the only sound he could hear was the quiet chirping of crickets in the grass and the rushing of the cold air. After walking down the streets of Canterlot he finally reached the castle where his target was said to be. "Now how am i going to get in this damn thing?" He said to himself as he began his journey around the castle trying to find a way in. He heard the flapping of wing as a male pegasus landed in front of him. "Oh crap I have to play this cool so i won't get caught." He thought to himself as he turned to greet him. "What is your business here citizen?" The guard asked with a stern look on his face. Sharpshooter knew that he was being serious and he had to legitimately answer if he didn't want to get thrown in the royal dungeon. "Oh I am so sorry for disturbing you sir but I have seem to have lost my belongings that I am sure I had lost here." Sharpshooter answered but the guard wasn't taking any of it. "Sir I request that you please return to your home you can recover your belongings tomorrow morning." The guard responded with a stricter voice. "I am so sorry but I need them immediately so they will not be stolen." He said with a small grin expecting the guard to back off. "We will retrieve your belongings before anything happens to them if you want to have a further argument you can take it to court." The guards face clearly showed that he was annoyed. "Well screw you to then." I said before I quickly dashed away from the guard before he could tackle me. As I ran towards one of the sides of the castle I could hear the echoes of the guard cursing as he attempted to pursue me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sgt.Hardhoof was reading the plans for the raid on a convoy route when a pegasus guard threw open his window. "Sir their is an pony who is trying to break into the castle!" the guard hesitantly told him. The sergeant was caught off guard by his unexpected remark and responded. "Well, Um tell some of the guards to search the perimeter he might as well be a spy." He said to the guard who gave a slight nod and quickly dashed out the window. Hardhoof then gained back his focus on the task at hand. "Well everything is certain to work." He pushed back his mane and thought for a second "but who would actually be brave enough to do it is hard to say." He then began his walk to the armory to discuss it with his guards. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharpshooter had found a way in by climbing over a low fence into a garden. The garden was filled with thick grass and rows of flowers he paid no attention to them though because he notice a pair of guards running around the outside of the castle towards his direction. He was lucky enough to get out in time because of the door that lead inside. He was furiously sweating after the run he had outside but he knew he would be caught taking a rest so he made his way down the dark hallways of the castle. He heard a pony running behind him and he started sweating even more. "GET ON THE GROUND NOW!" The pony yelled at him and he realized it was a guard pony who was behind him. Sharpshooter knew if he was caught he would end up in jail longer than he could ever bear and knew what he had to do. "MAKE ME!" Sharpshooter yelled as he turned around and punched the guard in the face sending him spiraling into the marble floor. Before the guard could get off the ground he pulled out his knife and stabbed the guard in the neck. He could hear a large amount of footsteps and yelling coming towards him and quickly dashed across the hall into an area with stairs "Okay where is the damn armory?" He said quickly searching through the map of the castle. He quickly ran down the staircases almost falling over and found the door to where the armory is said to be. The room was filled with weapons and had three guards talking to what he believed to be his target who stared directly at him. "There is the criminal get him now!" The sergeant yelled at the guards who immediately obeyed and began to approach him with spears. "Get on the ground or we will use deadly force." The guards told him as they got nearer. "Not if I do first" Sharpshooter said as he took his three throwing knives from his backpack and threw it straight into the face of one of the guards sending him onto the floor screaming. The guards tried to thrust their spears into him which he dodged before he rammed into one of the guards with a knife sending him onto the floor. He then tried to throw his knives at the last guard but he had forgotten to notice that he was a unicorn so the guard was able to grab both knives in midair with his magic and send them back towards sharpshooter who was able to dodge with only a small cut on his cheek. Before Sharpshooter was able to recover the guard ran straight for him with his spear in hoof Sharpshooter was able to roll to side which made the guard fail to rearrange his position and crash into a rack of weapons which then fell on top of him. Sharpshooter stood up and patted the dust off his coat. "Now your next." he said with a smirk as he pulled out his poison dart. "I wont go without a fight!" The sergeant told him as he prepared his knife for battle. "Their won't be a fight." He told him as he threw his dart at his neck. The sergeant was struggling to take it out but the poison was already injected in his body and it had knocked him out cold and would soon kill him. "Now" he said as he brushed the sweat off his face "How am I going to get out of this damn place." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Escaping the castle was fairly easy for him except that once he stepped out the door a group of guards saw him and started chasing him. "You'll never take me alive!" He yelled as he ran towards the train station away from the guards. He got into an alley way with the guards right behind him and knocked a stack of barrels over causing them to stop and move them out of the way. He had gotten to the main street that lead towards the station when a guard tackled him to the ground, Sharpshooter was able to knock him off and launch his hoof at the guards face causing him to be knocked back down before he sped off. When he got to the train station he pushed himself through the crowds of ponies making their ways into the train and jumped into the door. He sighed in relief in his newly found seat as the guards where outside searching the entire train station for him.