I was in a bed with my mare! What we did last night shall not be spoken about… ever! All I can say about the night is that it really relaxing and not at all stressful for me, and it was also the best experience I had ever had.
I looked at my mare friend, that was sound asleep, before looking at the time. It was around 4 o'clock in the morning. What I wanted to know was why I was up this early after the events of last night? Colt didn't listen. He was still quiet inside my mind.
"Colt, you there?" I asked quietly. I could feel something inside my head shift, as I began to become light headed. Probably from the events of last night.
"Yes? You called?" He called from the confines of my head. I shook my head to try and evaporate the light headedness, but I wasn't successful at all.
"Just wanted to see if you were ok?" I commanded lightly, trying not to startle him in my head. I found that he was a little out of it. This shocked me a tiny bit.
"I'm fine, just that I was put through 2 hours of you two going at it. It makes me wish that I could have joined in!" He stated sadly, within the confines of my head, like a prison that he couldn't escape. I sighed at the thought, feeling bad that he couldn't enjoy the actions that were being demonstrated during the night.
"Sorry that you had to go through it!" I stated, still feeling bad for him. He then smiled and began to echo his voice inside my head as he began to laugh.
"Don't be sorry, you do remember that I said that I could feel what you feel right?" He announced inside my head, gaining an unexpected blush from my cheeks, as they grew brighter. " Oh yes, I felt everything you felt bud! The only reason why I am a little upset is because it isn't my Whiplash!" He stated clearly. I sighed before thinking of his stallion.
"What does he look like?" I asked, trying to paint a picture in my head.
"Don't worry about it! I'm sure that you'll see him soon enough!" He stated with a brief echo. I paused at the sound of it and regained my sense of time shortly after. I was going to have a shower. Colt had to watch me.
I pondered on the thought for a minute before he butted in. "I won't look bud, I promise!" He stated, reassuring me instantly as I quietly rushed out of bed and into the shower.
Time seemed to have flew past as 6 o'clock drew closer. I was watching TV on the sofa and trying to enjoy it before I had to race off to work shortly. I hear the clopping of hooves approaching me. Nightshine entered the room. She could see that I was ready for work and looked at the time.
"How long have you been up for?" She asked curiously, as she drew closer and closer to me. A smile grew on my face as she bumped her nose against mine as we both smiled, while gazing into each other's deeply coloured eyes. She then proceeded to kiss my nose lightly, gaining a little blush of amusement from me as she did so.
"So we both have work to do!" She stated calmly, as she grabbed her armour that was still in the same position as she left it last night. She slipped the armour on with ease as she then tightened up all of the straps on her pads before looking at me.
"Right then, I'm off!" She announced. "I need to lock the door, so you need to be out of the house, since I only have one key!" She stated quietly as she pushed me out with her head and wings. I stumbled out onto the grass of her front garden and sighed as I laid there.
"I'll get another key made for you if you want to stay with me!" She stated hesitantly. I shook my head as she looked at me on the grass.
"I'll be alright, it's not my house, so it isn't my rules!" I blurted out. She looked blankly at me before sighing.
"I got to get to work!" She stated as she then vanished in a flash as she spread her wings and flew away. I stayed on the grass as I pondered the thought of moving in with her. I had only met her a couple days ago, it was way too quick for that! I thought. Colt agreed, with nothing else to say.
I slowly began to make my way to the bar. Taking as much time as I could. I found it to be quite relaxing, walking this slowly. Not only did it allow me to admire the sights from a different light, as the sun shone on everything, it also made me able to waste time. I arrived and sat outside for about five minutes, taking in some of the day. I was going to be inside for the rest of it anyway.
"Hey Mist!" Stated someone behind me. I looked around instantly and saw one of the employees, stood under some shade. I raised my hoof with some effort as I waved to her. She smiled and then went back to looking about under the protection of a roof, protecting her from the sun's rays.
I got up with the keys I had, and vigorously tried to open the door. It unlocked with a crack of the lock and I opened the door to see a nightmare of a situation.
The bar had been ransacked, from top to bottom! It took me a moment to respond to the scene as my muzzle hung open in the air. I went inside to look at the chaos that occurred here and was completely shocked. As I looked back at the door, I could make out Storm standing out at the door.
"You sure that you hired builders?" I asked, looking back at the mess. Tables and chairs were broke and flipped over. The next thought that raced through my mind was one that I didn't want to wait around for. I rushed to the storage room and looked around. They had been builders, because the room was a lot bigger than the last time I saw it.
I looked at the still locked refrigerator unit, where we stored most of the drinks and sighed. The lock was still on, barely! I looked closer at it. It looked like somepony had came in after the builders were finished. I found that the lock was partially broken on one side, but was still locked. I tried to put the key in to open it, but the key now wouldn't fit in it properly. This was a disaster! I looked back at the door to the storage room and remembered that I didn't need to unlock. I worried at the thought of it and turned to look at the window. It was broken, just enough that a small pony could fit through it. I began to worry!
I raced out and saw Storm on the phone. I assumed that he would be calling the guard to come her and investigate what had happened here. He then cut off his phone call and asked for all of us to come to him. He was still stood in the doorway as he was before I had left to check the storage room.
"We need to get to the bottom of this!" He prompted. We all nodded in unison as we all looked at each other.
"Should we review the camera footage?" I asked with scepticism. He smiled and nodded in my direction.
"Good idea Mist! I have called some guards to come and investigate the scene here. They shall be here any minute now!" He stated calmly. "As for work, it shall remain off for a couple of days sadly." He added, getting a couple of sighs and yells of joy from us all. I was amongst the sighing group. My work was the only distraction I had from the everyday problems that occured and I kind of enjoyed working at the bar.
As soon as I was done processing my ramblings, with Colt listening to them, I noticed that the guards had arrived. There was a stallion, a mare and a recruit wearing a mask with the same armour that Nightshine was wearing. Their mane was combed over to one side and looked kind of cool. It was also really straight, but it was the same colour as Nightshine's mane.
What gave it away was the ears. As well as them being splayed back, they were different to normal pony ears. They were clearly bat pony ears! Her wings were covered in a thick black cape, that seemed to reflect back little amounts of light from it. I was only fixated on her. I was nearly 100 percent sure that it was her.
She took off the helmet with golden crimson eyes lighting up the room. She scanned the area before looking at everypony to check that they were ok. The two other guards turned to brief her on what they were doing. I overhead that her assignment was to make sure that everypony was alright. I looked back at the bar as I slumped against the counter, or what remained of it.
Several minutes went by as the guards got ponies on their way. I was still lent against the counter as Nightshine walked up to me.
"Sir, are you alright?" She asked carefully. I sighed and then looked up to the TV that was smashed with a blunt object. I then slowly turned to her with a mixture of emotions on my face. She paused as she stared at me, realising that my job was here.
"Yeah, I guess I'll have to be Night." I stated sadly. She still didn't move. I felt a little bad for her. "Sorry about this!" I added, snapping her back into reality. She shook her head before looking at the other two guards as they came back in.
"This pony is experiencing a little bit of stress! Should I stay with him to make him relax a little more?" She asked the other two guards as they approached me. I didn't look bothered at all and they smiled. They looked back at her, smiles sinking into their faces as they began to laugh.
"He... he's fine you know! We know that you two are together! We saw you both at the event on Friday." One of them stated, pointing her hoof at me.
"Are you sure that all of the others are alright?" The other one stated. Nightshine simply nodded. He looked at me with a grin. "He's all yours, but keep an eye on the others, please!" He added. Nightshine lit up with glee as she took my hoof and began to fly out of the room. She didn't count on me being resistant to fly again, and stopped at the sight of me pulling her back.
"What's wrong?" She asked, carefully getting on her hooves again. I smiled as she was on the floor and walked past her.
"You have legs for a reason!" I blurted out, still smiling at her. "I like your mane! What did they do to make it like that?" I added, questioning her. She touched her mane with a hoof and stroked along it.
"They used magic to style my mane. It felt great! Just like last night!" She stated with a slight blush and a wink in my direction. I blushed a little too much and I smiled awkwardly at her.
"Yeah… please don't talk about that!" I stated, trying to get away from the topic. I sat on my haunches and closed my eyes slowly, almost like I was trying to relax. She crouched down and held my cheek. I then slowly opened my eyes.
"The only thing I'm going to brag about is how good it was!" She whispered in my ear. I blushed even more.
"Please... " I stated, looking down at the floor. She kissed me on the horn as a tingle of pleasure shot down my spine. I recoiled and then relaxed as she smiled at me with comforting eyes.
"Don't worry, I won't if it makes you feel better. I won't talk about it in public." She tried to convince me. She walked beside me and sat down.
"So what's it like being a guard then?" I asked, staring into her beautiful eyes. She hesitated before looking at her hooves.
"Patrolling around the castle, trying to get from point A to point B to point C, at the same time as everyone else." She stated quietly. "It's just walking around and a little paperwork. That's about it I guess." She quickly added.
"Do you enjoy it though?" I asked, hoping that she did. She nodded and frowned.
"I do enjoy it… it's just that it isn't what I thought it would be. I thought that it would be fighting or something along those lines." She spoke clearly. I shook my head.
"You didn't think that I was falsely convinced in working at a bar. You didn't think that it would be bar fights all the time did you?" I questioned.
Nightshine's ears perked up as she heard a guard shouting. She turned her head to look at a pegasus that was running away from our direction. She loosened the cape and I grabbed it with my magic and literally slipped it off her body with my magic as she turned to me with a smile.
"Go get them then!" I commanded. Without hesitation, she disappeared into the sky and then hurled herself down at the pegasus, before they could fly away. Nightshine plummeted down onto the pegasus just before I was able to blink. Now that was a mare I did not want to chase me, I thought.
Colt agreed. "Yep! You ain't getting away from that bat!" He stated quickly as I fixed my eyes on the pegasus from where I was.
They were light grey with a bright blue and green mane. I was surprised that they came out of the bar. I probably would have stayed inside until they left. He must have been hiding somewhere.
Nightshine had them pinned. She sat on them and placed her hooves on theirs, preventing them from being able to move. I guessed that she weighed significantly more with her armour on. Probably some weight altering spell or something like that.
The guards picked up the pegasus after Nightshine slowly got to her hooves. She eyed them like they were her next meal. That kind of scared me a little.
One of the guards vanished in a puff of smoke as the other stayed behind, probably to keep an eye on Nightshine. I got up and slowly began to walk in their direction. I took a quick glance over to the bar, just to check that another pony wouldn't be coming out. I caught a glance at a pony I didn't know in the bar, sneaking about quietly.
Nightshine was proud of herself! I was as well, but this pony was sneaking about, trying to either steal more, or get away, and that other pony must have been a distraction.
Nightshine looked at me and was a little confused as I slowly placed her cape on the ground. I slowly looked at her and then back at the thief in the bar. I was going to catch him! I slammed the door open, shocking the stallion in place. They froze at the sight of a unicorn in the doorway. That unicorn was me.
They rushed away and knocked over a glass, which then smashed. That got a strange curious look from the guard and a hungry look from Nightshine.
I used my speed to catch up to the fleeing stallion. He smashed through the broken window in the storage room, leaving glass shards everywhere. He had many cuts and bruises at this point. I leapt out the same window, but caught my back, neck and back left hind leg on a very sharp piece of glass. This proceeded to cut me deeply, almost as deep as the wound on my right hind leg. Actually, screw that! The cuts were significantly deeper than the one on my leg. Blood fell from the wounds as I continued to give chase to the criminal.
He began to stumble and slow as I began to catch up with him. I took a risk that instantly worked and leapt for him. I tackled him and brought him to the floor. We slid for a second before I pinned him to the ground.
"This is what happens when you run!" I said insanely, as blood dripped off my fur and down onto his back. He looked up at the bloody mess that I now was. I was glad that I wasn't able to feel the pain at this moment because if I was, I would be in agony!
I pinned his head to the floor with my magic as Nightshine landed on the floor beside me. "What happened to you Mist?" She asked, pain growing in her chest as she looked at me with horror.
I didn't look at her, only at this stallion that ruined my job. He didn't completely ruin it, just made a distraction from me doing something that I liked.
"Get the other guard here or pin him down for me!" I stated, anger rising in my voice, due to both the growing pain across my body and the mule below me still trying to struggle. I began to feel light headed as I kept my eyes firmly planted on the horse.
He kept looking to my side and then back at me, almost like he saw my weapon in the holder beside me. He pushed up with all his might to get me off him. Surprisingly, he managed to make me get off him, as I lost grip on him. He drew out the knife from my holder with his hoof and placed it dangerous close to my throat.
I looked at Nightshine, who still didn't move as the guard she was with stood behind the thief. "Drop the weapon!" The guard shouted at the top of her lungs. She had her focus on a spear like item. It looked weird to me, but it would have been quite effective in multiple situations.
The stallion turned slightly and I took my chance to turn around. With a swift motion, I turned around and balanced on my forehooves, before lifting my legs up backwards, towards the stallion's head. I made contact with the stallion. I didn't use all of my force that I could, but I used a lot of force. The sound of my powerful hind legs hitting the back of his skull was horrible.
His body went stiff and locked up instantly. I winced as a rippling pain tore through my back and back left hoof. The stallion was on the floor at this point, and I was close to joining him. I turned slightly to see the guard looking at me with amazement and shock. She froze as she looked at my body. Dark red covered most of my fur and my mane was slightly red too. Nightshine looked down at the stallion and shook her head. She walked towards the stallion and then touched him, trying to get a response.
"Nothing!" She stated. She knew that I hadn't killed him, and she knew that I knocked him out with a simple buck to the head. What she didn't understand was why I was still up, or why I was still conscious. She slowly looked up to me and scanned over me with her eyes. "You need to get to a hospital!" She commanded. I didn't listen as I walked past them both and smashed the window fully before hopping in through it.
Blood began to drop on the floor as I made my way to the front. I could make out a crowd of ponies forming around the entrance and I froze. I looked to see Storm talking to the commander of the guard. I slowly began to walk again, trying as hard as I could to get back to my normal walking speed, but I failed.
I was spotted by Storm and was painfully reminded that he was my boss. His jaw dropped as I looked at him with no pain, just anger. He quickly walked inside, with the commander quickly following.
"What the hell happened?" Storm asked, wanting desperately to know the answer. I didn't speak, or at least I couldn't. I had too little air remaining in my lungs to force out the answer. I began to well up with tears in my eyes. I shot past him and stumbled outside.
The world went from loudly chatting to nothing within a second of me getting identified in the sunlight. I pushed past them and began my short trip home. I needed something that only I had available.
I was losing blood quickly and didn't want to bleed out from just these major cuts.
I needed to put this right, even if it was the last thing I would do...