Tonight......
Tonight was the only word Nightstalker could think about. Tonight he was going to start the slow uprising he and the rest of the New Lunar Republic had been planning for a very long time. Tonight he was going to prove to the Night Princess his loyalty, and he even wanted to show more.......... but could never bring himself to do it, but tonight was the time when he was going to assassinate a pony of high rank. The plan in itself was easy but hard. All he had to do was assassinate General Shining Armor.
Easy because he is very experienced in killing, hard because he was going to be at his house tonight with his family for dinner and he is an experienced soldier. The reason why Luna wants this pony dead for is because he was of high rank and bringing him down would weaken the guards morale and when Luna was to fight Celestia it would be easier to bring Celestia's guard down. Nightstalker smiled at the thought of Luna being the one and only Princess in the throne, not that tyrant Celestia, not because what she did to him.
Nightstalker shook his head about what happened to him and contiuned coating his silver dagger in manticore posion, he had it in posion for as extra precaution shall his target lived the fight. The poison would dry off on the dagger causing the poison to the bloodstream if the blade was to enter the body.
Once he coated his dagger in poison he ate a quick lunch of two daisy sandwiches and went upstairs to his room to rest. Tonight was going to be a long night, and he could tell.
Nightstalker woke about up as the sun through his windows was setting. Knowing that his plan had to be executed soon he he ate an even quicker dinner and he put his cloak over him to keep his inventory and appearance hidden.
Nightstalker walked out his front door and saw the sun fall down below the horizon and just smiled warmly at this. Now was the time he was going to start the uprising for him and the New Lunar Republic.
Carefully he made his way through the streets of Canterlot, he generally lived closer to the Night Guards barracks then the Solar Guards for obvious reasons. There were not much ponies around except a couple of strays you would get that go home from formal parties and events, not that much events were on that night anyway. There were dance clubs and shops still opened, but they were away from his target's house towards the other side of Canterlot.
It took Nightstalker about 15 minutes to reach his target undetected, but with the aid of Luna's magic. He was on the roof of the house next door to Shining Armor's home, which was fairly close the the palace. He looked over his target's house, looking at entrances and observing them for any movement. He saw movement at the entrance of the door and Nightstalker slowly crept around to see who was there. What shocked him was the fact that there were guards there.
Why are there guards there for? Does Celestia suspect something? Does she know? Is Luna safe? All these thoughts were going his head as he was trying to think of a legitimate reason as why there are guards there. The last one made him a bit edgy though for a second.
Nightstalker just shook his head to clear these thoughts and get on with his mission, just a bit more cautious though. He crept back on top of the roof to get to the back of Shining Armor's house.
I hope their Neighbours don't hear or see me otherwise this would be a lot more difficult. He thought, as he teleported to the back of the house.
He silently moved up to observe Shining who was eating with his family at the dinner table. There was Twilight, Princess Cadance and him there.
Well this just makes mission much harder and with Princess Cadance here this just got riskier tenfold and with the element bearer of magic...... Oh well more fun for me. He thought with a smirk.
"Don't worry about it Twily, when you go back to your room at Canterlot, then think your should think about what you want to say to Princess Celestia, but right now just enjoy this lovely dinner Cadance made for us." Shining Armor said whilst smiling at Princess Cadance who smiled back.
"Well thanks for letting me come over for dinner Shiny." Twilight said a bit more perked up then before, but still a little bit down.
Hmm, I wonder what happened Nightstalker thought gazing at them undetected.
"No problems Twily, it's also nice to see how my sister is going after the time since we last met." Shining Armor replied.
Princess Cadance then went over to Shining Armor and whispered something into his ear.
"OH, yes um, Twilight, Cadance and I want to give you something which is in my room. I'll be back in a second but just let me go grab it for you." Shining said while excusing himself from the table they sat at.
NOW! A voice shouted out in Nightstalker's head as he thought of when to attack.
Nightstalker teleported into Shining Armor's room relieved at the absence of guards up there. He quickly put up a sound proof barrier with his magic as heard thudding on what he believed was the staircase. He also took in how big the room was as he had a quick look around, and quickly realised something. Nightstalker smiled as he saw he was in his work of speciality, darkness.
He saw the door open as he stood in a corner of the room and saw Shining walk in and heading towards what looked like a wardrobe. He used this time to unsheath his dagger from his side with his mouth and closed the door quickly. Shining Armor quickly turned around from where he was going as he heard the door shut, and looked towards it, but what he saw there was a cloaked figure, a cloaked figure holding a dagger.
Nightstalker smiled as he saw Shining Armor's eyes widen in surprise as he saw him. He wasted no time in attacking as he lunged at Shining Armor who just managed to say "Drop your weap-." Before being collided with.
A/N: Cliff hangars I tell you, they suck.... wait then why did I do one... DAMMIT.