The biggest fear of a race Pegasus who won several of the races he participated in? Is having his team captain kicking him off the roster and blackmailing him into paying off the team 'debt', and if he didn't the captain would have him framed for the murder of another member.
This unfortunately happens to our "soon-to-be loved hero".
Silver Knight, he has won the National Equestrian Circuit Race two years in a row and lost the previous. He treasured his trophies, and all his wonderful blue ribbons that he once considered having them fabricated into a luxurious suit. He wanted to impress a few ladies and perhaps a mare with a rainbow mane he once dated.
Unfortunately, that fear happened to have come true for him. He sold his trophies and ribbons to a fan who happily gave Silver Knight a bag of bits as payment, and a lock of his tail. The bits he received from that transaction should be enough to satisfy his needs. As in, drink a lot of ale at his former team's favourite adult bar and some time with an exotic dancer to boost his deflated ego; The Plotty Mare.
Three bouncers turned their heads instinctively as the door to their workplace they spent many countless hours flirting with dancers and kicking out stallions who had plenty to drink. A very lively place to work.
"Hey, Silver Knight!" said the owner of The Plotty Mare as he slid a mug to a waiting dancer carrying a tray. "What can I get ya?" he asked with the joy of any bar owner.
"Five mugs of ale and maybe a few rounds with one of your girls." flatly said Silver Knight as he walks to the counter and tossed a good amount of bits atop it.
Al whistled at and signalled for a light green mare to come over. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that it was a business signal. "You look pretty bummed out Silver, anything the matter?" asked the owner with a slightly concerned look on his face while he retrieved the mugs and placed one in front of a barrel of ale that was kept cool with a magical barrier of some sort.The flow of tawny amber-brownish ale out of the faucet into a wooden mug was a better sight to Sliver Knight than the 'half-nude' light green mare approaching him.
"Nothing's wrong Al, just been having a crappy week is all." replied Silver Knight, he gave a weak smile to the adult dancer.
"Not everything is sunshine and rainbows, you gotta expect a few rotten moments." said Al as he levitated several mugs towards his famed waiting ex-champion-racer.
The mare stood next to Silver Knight and softly caressed the stressed muscles of his wing, "Such a gloomy attitude for a handsome stallion. I have a nice little trick to cure your negative emotion." said the exotic dancer. Silver Knight took a sip of his ale to let his lips embrace its cold, hard contents and his throat swell up a bit, he held in a gag before finally speaking.
"Type of trick you've got in mind?" said Silver Knight, his mood slowly going from depressed to alcoholically-induced happiness. "Come with me to the V.I.P rooms and I'll show you." the exotic dancer giggled. Silver Knight quickly polished his first mug off with a few swigs, his throat already used to the hard liquor. The duo walked to the V.I.P rooms, the bouncer posted at the hall door let them by, he eyed Silver Knight for any signs of trouble.
Maybe this'll make my week a bit better. Silver Knight thought to himself. But, what he didn't plan on was the churning of his stomach's insides. The pair finally found a room for their not-so-affectionate-but-feigned private time. "Lay flat on your stomach on that table, I'll give you one of my most loved massages for Pegasi!" proudly said the exotic mare, showing her cutie mark; a hoof striking a wing. "Oh, bucksakes..." Silver Knight thought, rubbing his belly with his left wing as he followed the mare's order. "Yes, a happy ending will be guaranteed as well." the mare snickered when she saw Silver Knight rubbing his belly, thinking that's what he would enjoy.
Silver Knight had been lying flat on his stomach by now, he let out a burp (Bad idea). He immediately closed his mouth shut and gulped back down his dinner that nearly rushed out. Luckily, the exotic dancer didn't notice this. "Stretch out your wings, this will take a few minutes, babe." she said while cracking her hoofs, imitating that of knuckles. Silver Knight looked around wondering where the noise of popping bones came from. He flinched as of his own in his right wing popped. So, that's where the noise came from. Silver Knight thought to himself.
It wasn't until after a few minutes that Silver Knight couldn't endure the stomach problem he had at that moment. "Eek!" the mare screamed as she was thrown off of Silver's rump. He made a bad move of turning to the mare's direction and, unfortunately, vomited all over her.
The bouncer posted at the V.I.P rooms hall had rushed into the revolting scene, his eyes widened as the mare was covered head to fore-hooves in what appeared to be the remnants of an apple pie and fritter. Silver Knight was wiping his mouth and didn't notice the large Earth pony towering over him. "Get this ass out of here!" cried the exotic dancer, the bouncer didn't hesitate to pick up Silver Knight by the wings and carried him out of the V.I.P room.
"Yo, Lime Brick!" the bouncer called out to another, Lime Brick shrugged the thought of why Silver Knight was being kicked out and had walked to the exit door to hold it open for the bouncer and buzzed-sick Pegasus on his back.
The first bouncer threw Silver Knight, who soared elegantly out the door and not-so elegantly landed on his head. Lime Brick shut the door close and turned to his fellow employee with a curious look on his face. "Duffy, what the hay was that about?" he asked.
"He blew his load all over, Wing Raiser, and no not that load, his dinner." replied Duffy. Lime Brick suppressed his laughter and returned to his post. She'll never live this down... Duffy thought to himself.
A light gray Pegasus known to you as Silver Knight was thrown out a door way and landed right on his head, he stayed there for a few moments trying to get his faculties back in order. Silver Knight had gotten back up and sighed to himself. "I think it's time to go back home." He told himself.
Silver Knight attempted to fly back to his apartment but he failed to do so as the hard liquor and sick feeling took a toll on his mind with a dizzy feeling. Instead, he trotted on back to his apartment, as he did so he took the liberty of sight seeing and took in the goods. The streets of Canterlot at night-time were a sight to witness, and every so often; dangerous. A few shops were open 24/7 and usually a hoof-full of ponies walking around doing their own business, only to stop occasionally to smell the tasty scent of donuts and other confectioneries coming from Donut Joe's bakery as they trotted by.
Donuts sound good right about now, oh yeah. Silver forgot the only bits he had with him were the ones he brought with him to wet his whistle. Too bad.
He had finally arrived at the apartment complex he stayed at for when his team would train in their Canterlot HQ, they have others like it in Trottingham, Manehattan and San Flanksisco. Silver hated Manehattan due to all the buildings and a few ponies he had a scrap with when they threw a pie at him. He was lucky it had no sugar in it or he would've been in trouble. The Trottingham HQ was his favorite because it had it's very own air field and a nice big kitchen. San Flanksisco was as beautiful as the mares who went there on vacation for the Summer.
"Eh..." mumbled Silver Knight,
What confused him was his landlord standing outside the apartment complex looking at him with what appeared to be a saddlebag and a serious look that tried to hide the pity behind it. She was staring at Silver Knight who was looking behind himself to see what was so interesting, when she called him out by name he realized that his landlord was waiting for him.
It must be the ale. He thought to himself before speaking.
"Um... Why are you out here Ms. Willow?" He asked.
"I'm sorry Silver, but I'm evicting you." She sighed.
"What! Why!?" He responded, he was about to tell Ms. Willow how well his day was going but she interrupted him with her reasons for the eviction.
"Silver, I'm evicting you because of your recent personal and financial problems. You don't have to pay this month's rents, but you have to get yourself back together, I'm sure you have somewhere else to stay?." She finished with a pitiful look and hoofed him the saddlebag.
"Here, I've put all your important belongings in this bag." She said.
"I'm really sorry for getting mad at you Ms. Willow it's just..." He trailed off and sighed.
Ms. Willow apologized one last time before strapping the saddlebag on Silver Knight's back and finally going back in the complex then locking the door on her way in. Silver Knight sighed to himself and began to walk, "I wonder if my parents will let me stay with them, probably not." He said loudly. He then agreed with himself that they would.
Meanwhile....
"Hey, Little Hoof, where ya' goin'?." Asked a husky Unicorn thug.
Little Hoof was putting on a ski mask and halfway out the door. "What's it look like, Skids?" He replied then took off before his friend could say anything to him.
"Good luck.... buckin' mule." Skids said lamely.
.... Silver Knight was trotting in resentment, deep in angered thoughts of what he should do to make money.
What would make his mood much worse?
"I'll take that wingy!" Exclaimed a masked Earth Pony as he cut the belt to Silver Knight's saddlebag and bolted away with it.
That's what.
"What the hay!?" Silver Knight yelled surprised. He did not see that coming nor hear the hoof steps for that matter.
He took chase after the quick hoodlum on hoof. To be fair we suppose? The masked saddlebag snatcher was small in size, no less than a hoof shorter than Silver and was pretty fast for an Earth Pony.
"Stop, you damned thief!" shouted Silver Knight as he tried catch up with the hoodlum.
"Try and catch me then!" he shouted back.
The masked thief had rounded a corner to an alley way, it was pretty long with a fence that looked like it was meant to block the hoodlum from taking one of the two paths he wanted to take. It did a good job. There were a few trash cans, dumpsters and a trash heap that could be used as a potential hiding spot. Luckily the latter was closer to the hoodlum, so he slipped into the trash heap and covered himself with trash bags and what seemed to be a really dirty quilt. He then put his muzzle in the saddlebag to spare himself the horrid stenches that surrounded him.
Silver Knight had taken flight above the alley to get an aerial view to see where the culprit had hidden, the adrenaline having taken over his buzz and stomach sickness. He saw a few dumpsters and trashcans, he then began his own little pony hunt. He lifted a hatch for a dumpster and only found diapers inside it, an orphanage uses it maybe? No wait, it belonged to a nursery, the red cross must have given it away.
Silver continued to search all the dumpsters but the trash heap, who the hay would want to hide in that?
He eventually gave up the search for the saddle bag thief. "There goes all the damned stuff I had." he said angrily. He then decided to fly to his parents.
The hoodlum popped out of the hiding place and flung a jock strap from his muzzle. "Next time you steal Little Hoof, think first." He scolded himself.
Silver Knight had arrived at and stood in front of a door that belonged to a 2-story building, it was a few blocks from the Royal Palace for what ever reason.
He knocked a few times on the door...
A few seconds had pass by and he heard the locks tumble around until it ended with a click. The door swung open to reveal an older stallion with a balding mane and he appeared to balance himself with a prosthetic foreleg, he took notice of Silver Knight and his blank tired expression quickly changed from surprised to confused and then happy.
"Hello, Silver Knight." he said, trying to hide the bitter happiness inside him. "What brings you here late at night?" he asked.
Silver Knight shuffled his hooves. "I uh, was kinda kicked out of The Winged Blue-Streaks, my apartment and uh, got robbed on my way here." he said unhappily. "Are you the only one home?" He asked unsure .
"Your little sister is sleeping, and everypony else is working back at the Palace. Why don't you come inside?" said Silver's dad.
He mosey on inside to see that the family portrait was in the same spot near the stairs.
"Swift Edge, Dynamo, and mom are working late night shifts at the Royal Palace now?" Silver Knight asked with curiosity.
"Not really, Wonder Heart is tending to a few Lunar guards that were injured recently during a robbery and your brothers were ordered to take over their duties until they got patched up." his dad said, he suddenly had a short coughing fit.
Silver Knight nodded his head and looked around from where he was standing. Not caring about his father. He noticed that there was a new fireplace installed in their library and that a signature of somepony on his dad's prosthetic foreleg he had served with in the Solar guard was smudged. "So... Is it okay if I stay here for a few days, String Fellow?" Silver Knight asked.
String Fellow smirked and gave a soft chuckle. "Yeah, I suppose, just don't play with yourself." he pointed towards the stairs. Silver Knight's eyes grew wide and he lowered his head as the memory of his dad catching him doing the deed flashed in his mind. "I missed you, Silver. Why did you leave anyway?" asked String Fellow to change the subject of night time rituals.
This was a question that Silver Knight didn't want to answer but he knew that he had to. "I... left because, you know, I was rebellious back then and uh, didn't want to join the Royal Guard, I wanted to get myself known for my speed and... for fame," he continued, "I signed up for The Winged Blue-Streaks a few weeks I left and they were impressed with the fact I passed by Macdougal, the one who was doing the recruiting." said Silver Knight.
String Fellow nodded his head and gestured for Silver Knight to go to his room. "I kinda missed you too, dad" said Silver.
He walked up the stairs to his room, he opened the door and was quite surprised to see that his room was exactly the same way he left it, save for the new curtains. He walked to his closet and peered inside to grab something. He pulled out some magazines and read the first one aloud. "Playmare, I missed you mostly." He walked to his bed and hopped in.
Morning....
Silver Knight's family were in the kitchen sitting around a table meant for five, his dad had told Wonder Heart that he was in his old room sleeping and they agreed to make room at the table for him. She informed the rest of their family but she didn't state who it was, they agreed to make a seat available for their 'guest', which they thought would be one of String Fellows old Guard buddies spending the night as his buddies occasionally do.
"Well, looks like our 'guest' slept in, I'll go and wake him up." String Fellow announced with as much emphasis on the last word of his sentence. Everypony nodded, except for Dynamo who was already eating his mashed hay fries. The youngest brother rolled his eyes with an annoyed smile.
....A Pegasus loomed over Another, the Pegasus was chuckling away as the Other clenched his slashed throat trying to gasp for air.
The Pegasus spoke, its lips moved as if they were smoke being directed by the wind, no words could be heard as the Other's life faded away slowly as It was nearing Its final breaths. The Pegasus turned away and spread its wings to take flight, before He did, it gave the Other a buck to the muzzle, Its head recoiled back causing Its trachea to go out of place, the Pegasus flew away from the horrible scene, leaving the Other to slowly suffocate in Its own silvery pool of blood....
Silver Knight shot out of his bed with a yelp, the dirty magazines from the night before flew in random directions, Silver hit his head against the ceiling, one random magazine slapped his dad smack dab in the face just as he opened the door.
"Playmare?" String Fellow spoke in annoyed amusement, staring down at the opened magazine that revealed a mare dressed in some rubbery clothing.
Silver Knight was on his bed panting sweatily rubbing his head, he looked to the door to see who came in just now. His eyes shrunk to pinpricks of fearful embarrassment as he noticed all his dirty magazines lying around the room and that he was sweaty and almost out of breath, it looked really shady.
"It's not what you think!" Silver Knight said and tried to explain that he had a nightmare. "The last time you said that your room smelled of something I don't want to detail." replied String Fellow.
Silver sighed in defeat and planted his sore head back on the pillow, his dad told him that breakfast was ready and that every pony else was waiting. "I suggest you clean yourself up before coming down." said Silver's dad as he returns to the kitchen with a sly smile thinking he caught Silver doing the deed.
Our Knight went into the bath room and stood in front of the mirror. It revealed a light gray Pegasus with a black mane and tail both of which had blue streaks, his eyes were golden amber and his right ear had a slice missing from an accident he had during a race. "You're such a handsome devil." Silver Knight complimented his reflection and threw a smile for effect before washing himself.
"Our 'guest' is cleaning himself up." said String Fellow with a sly smile and shook his head when he saw that Dynamo was almost finished his meal.
Silver Knight stepped in the kitchen and received gasps from everypony but his mother and father. Dynamo just glared at him and feigned a smile, the youngest sibling of the four, their sister. Ran up to Silver and nuzzled him. "Silva!" she exclaimed in excitement.
'Silva' recoiled and returned the nuzzle. "Hiya Libby Dew!" said Silver Knight. A Pegasus younger than Silver Knight, walked towards him and gave him a soft slap to the wing. "Nice to see you again, Silver." he said. "Nice to see you too, Swift Edge." replied a smiling Silver.
"Me, Dynamo and Swift missed you so much!" squealed Libby Dew as she bounced around Silver and Swift Edge. Dynamo had gotten up and continued to glare at Silver Knight but manages to give him a hoof shake. "How's it going Silver?" flatly asked Dynamo.
"Uh.. I've been better." hesitantly replied Sliver with an earnest smile.
Dynamo walked back to the table. "Right..." he said scornfully.
"Okay, every pony come sit down and eat, we'll catch up with Silver Knight then." said Wonder Heart.
So half an hour has passed by, Silver went back in his room after he finished eating and telling everypony his current problems. Wonder Heart and Libby Dew went to work, Libby volunteered as an intern at the Royal Palace Hospital. Swift Edge and Dynamo went to bed and String Fellow was washing the dishes much to his chagrin.
Silver Knight was looking out the window talking to himself. "If I'm going to start over, I'm going to need a job obviously. I wonder who'll hire an ex member of-" He was cut short when his door opened.
He turned to see who it was and had gotten a surprised knowing look on his face. "Hey, Dynamo." he greeted with a forced smile.
"Don't give me that shit." Dynamo replied with frustration. "What makes you think I would not be mad at you for leaving without telling any of us?" he aggressively nudged Silver Knight and snarled at him. Silver Knight knew why he was angry and tried to apologize, "I'm really sorry Dynamo." he said.
Dynamo scoffed and walked out of the room before Silver could say anything else. "His anger will be gone when he wakes up, I suppose." He told himself. Silver went back to thinking about a job opportunity until he came to a conclusion. "A mail mare uh, courier job should be enough for me to do, I'll go to the Canterlot Delivery Service and apply for a job interview later on." he said. Feeling slightly better after the little brother-bonding has happened.