//------------------------------// // The Plans of Good and Evil // Story: Assassin's Tears IV: Loyalty by Corruption // by MisterGTFO //------------------------------// Chapter Seven: The Plans of Good and Evil Twilight opened up her saddlebag and Silent Wind was confused as he saw flowers and small branches of various colors. He brought his head back up, wanting to know why she gathered very useless things. "I don't get it." Silent Wind said blandly. Twilight brightly giggled, putting a hoof on her muzzle. She giggled at his confused reaction from the things she had gathered. She picked up one flower with her magical hold, a Malgius Star. It was a yellow flower that looked like a Lily but it's colors were odd. It was mostly yellow with little blue around it. "I.. was picking ingredients for a potion I've researched for a month now. An invisibility potion." Twilight explained. Silent Wind wondered what Twilight wanted with a invisibility potion. He couldn't put his hoof on any uses for an invisibility potion that Twilight would use it in her way, of course. "For what?" Silent Wind asked. Twilight putted back the odd-looking flower into her saddlebag, about to answer Silent Wind's question. "Well, you know how I told you to get my friends?..." Twilight said. Silent Wind nodded as he remembered the agonizing moments with her friends. "..I was going to make this potion so that I could get over to the borders of the forest that separate the south and north. I hear that there's lots of ponies dying by the border who cross it. I want to stop it and by doing that, I was going to use this potion to get over. Princess Celestia never lets me go away really far away from Ponyville. She says that I'm one of the bearers of Harmony and I couldn't be harmed or captured. I was going to go with my friends, but.. after I saw what you did for me.." Twilight lowered her head down to breathe, though Silent Wind saw that she had one hoof to her chest. Silent Wind quickly raised an eyebrow in wonder. "...I was wondering if you wanted to come with us." Twilight wondered. Silent Wind wondered about this. He still had goals of his own, but he remembered the promise he made to Princess Celestia and he knew that if he disobeyed his promise, he would most likely get showered by a yellow blast of energy and get his flank handed to him. He smiled and nodded. "Sure. I might as well, I've got nothing else to do other than lay around here." Silent Wind replied. Twilight grinned large enough to be accompanied by a squeaking from a foal's toy. Twilight took her saddlebag with a magical hold once again and prepared to make the potion downstairs. Before she could go down, Silent Wind stopped her by putting a foreleg in her way. "Hey, I need to talk to you about a few things first." Silent Wind said. Twilight agreed to listen what he had to say by putting down her saddlebag, now listening to the Silentblade in front of her. "Hm? What is it? I'm in a bit of hurry." Twilight said, impatiently. Silent Wind remembered what Princess Celestia said, she knew that Twilight would allow him to be her guardian but to be sure, he just asked. Twilight rotated her head a bit to her left and fixating her glasses, wondering what Silent Wind wanted to say. "The talk with Princess Celestia. She wants me to be your.. guardian. If you want, of course." Silent Wind said. Twilight had a wondering expression and putted a hoof on her chin. A moment later, she lowered her hoof and walked downstairs with her saddlebag. "Give me a moment to think, please.. until I'm done with the potion, you can go around Ponyville. I'll let you know when I'm done." Twilight said while still walking downstairs. Silent Wind sighed, looking down. He felt that Twilight would probably refuse on that request but he didn't let that get to his mind too much. He wondered what to do until Twilight was done. He decided that it would be best just to stay by Twilight until she was done. Silent Wind wondered what to do for the time as Twilight began to make the potion on her home table near the kitchen. He decided that he would just take a check on his things and try to take a shower. He smelled very odd and sooner or later, it would stench all around him like an odor. But, why would he take a shower? He wasn't going to smell good for anypony. He sighed as threw himself on top of Twilight's bed. He quickly closed his eyes, wanting to take a nap. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As a daily thing, the Mane Six usually came to Sugarcube Corner to talk with each other. They did do those 'things' but, the only thing was that Twilight didn't come as much anymore. As five of the Mane Six sat around the tables of Sugarcube Corner, they began to talk about the odd stranger that came into Ponyville just yesterday. Whom was Silent Wind, a Silentblade. But none of Twilight's friends knew that. Rainbow Dash was most interested in the stallion in a wondering way, of course. She was the first to bring up about Silent Wind. "Hey, girls! Whaddya think about this stallion who mysteriously came into Ponyville." Rainbow Dash questioned, waving her hands to produce sarcastic horror. "Ah dunno, Rainbow. It's justa' stallion. It ain't anythin' special." Applejack admitted. Pinkie Pie jumped out from under the table with her forelegs high up in the air. "He was a creepy weirdy! Is that a word?" Pinkie Pie said, going off topic and turning her head left and right to her friends. Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes at Pinkie Pie's weirdness. Fluttershy still felt very apologetic even though she had already said sorry, seeing that one of her defensive animals had nearly mauled him. Rarity who had Spike by her side, wondered about one thing, Twilight and.. "him" was the biggest thing on her mind. Her heart fluttered at the idea of both of them being embraced in each other. Rarity felt a bit ashamed for thinking about that. But she couldn't help it, she was always a soft one for romance. She was soon shot of her trance as Rainbow Dash flew up into her face, wanting to get an answer from her to reply to her question that Rarity didn't hear. "Rarity?! Did you hear me?" Rainbow Dash hollered, frightening Rarity in the process. Rarity had letted her guard down for a moment and because of that, she nearly had a heart attack. "M-My mind was not in the right place. My apologies, what was that, Rainbow Dash?" Rarity asked. Rainbow Dash sighed, not wanting to say it again but since Rarity was her friend, she decided that it would be fine to say it again even though Rainbow Dash knew that Rarity was dozing off into another world. "I said.. don't ya think that this stranger fella with Twilight is.. a bit funny?" Rainbow Dash asked as the others looked at them. Rarity felt rather rude to say that the stallion who she just kicked back was odd in a way. He seemed fine. In a way, of course. "I do not think there is anything ominous with him. But, I must say, he is rather rude to come into my boutique and mistakingly attack Spike! But.. I do say, I am rather amused how he said that he had defeated that 'bug' kind. And I ponder how he did it.." Rarity said, rubbing Spike's spines. Rainbow Dash laughed, she didn't particularly think that he could've done it. "Hah! I think Twilight beated those things to a pulp even before he could come to the 'rescue'!" Rainbow Dash claimed. Applejack wasn't sure on that. She was smart enough to know that wasn't possible at all. Twilight had already been beaten badly, showing that what she had encountered, wasn't a normal changeling at all. "Ah'm not sure, Rainbow. When Twilight came back, she was lookin' as bad as a rotten apple." Applejack objected. Rainbow Dash crossed her forelegs and made a small 'hmph' as she was hovering in the air. Fluttershy hoped that Silent Wind wasn't still mad at her. At that moment, Spike remembered that it was about time to go back to Twilight to help her with chores. Spike excused himself and exited Sugarcube Corner. "So, what do we do now?" Rainbow Dash said, impatiently. Pinkie Pie made a frowning expression, unable to think what to do. Applejack knew what to exactly do. Out of everypony in the Mane SIx, she was obviously the most wisest and dependable. "Ah say that we go to Twi's place and check on 'er. I bet she's on her hooves now." Applejack walked out of Sugarcube Corner and the rest of the Mane Six followed. Fluttershy was at the end, she felt that Silent Wind was still a bit upset at her for putting him in that near-death experience. "Oh..! I hope he's not mad..! He's still not mad at me, is he..?!" Fluttershy blurted out in fear as she followed the others to Twilight's library. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In an underground of the Changeling main hive spire below beneath the rigid ground of the badlands, one of Chrysalis' Changeling princes, Mortis was walking down a green path to the main hive room where his queen laid apon her throne, about to inform her of the death of Ignis. Worst, Ignis was a very valuable servant meaning that for sure, Queen Chrysalis would be infuriated with the information. As he walked the path, there were dozens of large, green eggs. Almost the whole spire was practically a spawnpool for different kinds of the twisted Changelings, all made from dead bodies from normal ponies including Royal guards, about to serve a new leader. Influenced by the great love that was taken from all of Equestria and including Queen Chrysalis' loving malice. Though it came with a sacrifice, depending on what disgusting ability they had, they were usually just left with a pair of wings or just a horn, losing the ability to have both and worst of all, losing the ability to mimic into other ponies. But to Chrysalis, it was worth a sacrifice to gain mutating powers. As he opened the burrowed gate, leading to the made throne of Queen Chrysalis who was sitting upon her throne, two Changelings sitting down each by her side including two other Changeling Princes accompanying her, the other was commanding the battling Changelings above them, repelling Shining Armor's forces. As Mortis was close enough to her throne, he happily bowed in front of his superior as he was about to inform Queen Chrysalis of what he had saw. Ignis' ashes. "I have rather... surprising news. Ignis has been killed. I had found his ashes, indicating that he was killed by.. somepony. Was it the mare he was told to go after?" Mortis said. Chrysalis closed her eyes in thought, putting her hooves together. The two changeling princes turned their heads toward Mortis. Surprised of what they had heard. "Really..? He was quite a hothead to do such things. That may have been his demise. What a waste.." Obitus snarled. The other prince, Kreel was rather quiet on such a thing as he was very quiet and barely talked. For Chrysalis, it was rather pleasant to have a silent Changeling as it made things more calmer and quiet. Due to her great magical powers, Chrysalis was able to feel what Ignis' had felt during his battle. Not his physical feelings, but what he felt mentally. She had already felt it during the battle before Ignis died and felt.. rather interested in the one who killed Ignis, for Ignis was a very powerful Changeling but somehow, was killed very easily. Interested, Chrysalis laughed, gaining the attention of three of her princes. "Ah.. Ignis was a fine Changeling, but I no longer care.. for I now seek the one who killed him. Twilight Sparkle was not the one who defeated him and there is no need for her either.. but.. a kind of pony I thought that we had taken care of. Several months ago.." Queen Chrysalis stood up from her throne, excitement was surging through her as she had felt what the killer of Ignis was like. Somepony strong. Very strong and spirited in her mind. "And who is that?" Mortis asked as Chrysalis walked past him. Chrysalis stopped at the burrowed gate, leaving her throne and moving somewhere else to make plans. She made long, dark giggles as she turned her head, looking back. "Why, a Silentblade, of course. A stallion.. who can be very useful.. I will be going to make plans. I'm quite intrigued to see this.. Silentblade. Personally.." Queen Chrysalis said as she left. The rest felt rather interested also, they were all sure they had killed all Silentblades, wiping them off the map. But it seems that there was one more left. One that had a silent hatred in his heart against Changelings.