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// Chapter 2- Turned Tides 
// Story: The White Shadow 
// by TexasBrony6 
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The White Shadow- Chapter 2

Yasil,
2 days after ceremony

The fire spread through Yasil as the onsluaght continued. The templars had found them. Shadow Flare stumbled over the corpse of a fellow assassin their head hacked in two, brain and blood poured from the gaping hole. He gagged at the sight and kept galloping forward. An arrow whizzed past his head so close he could feel the brush of the feathers on its end. He spotted his assaliant and then his years of training kicked in. He spread his wings and leaped forward over the stallions head. Shadow Flare spun around and slid his hidden blades out of their sheathes. He jabbed his right blade into the ponies neck and brought the other one down on his head realeasing a gush of blood. He turned just in time to see a large stallion bringing and axe down upon him. Shadow Flare hopped out of reach and stabbed the stallion in his side. The pony wasnt brought down so easily and swung his axe around barley missing Shadow flares head. Shadow Flare shot his left hoof up to the ponies jaw impaling his skull and soaking Shadow Flare in a drought of blood.
      He turned and ran towards the great hall praying that Famor was alive and well. He threw open the doors of the hall to come face to face with a scarlet unicorn mare. He jumped to the side as she used her magic to fire a spectral blade towards him. He dove forward and brought the blade to her neck killing her as she screamed "YOU FUCKING BASTARD!!". The other ponies were alerted to his precense thanks to the mares screaming. A large stallion brought a club to his side and threw him across the hall. He heard ribs crack and felt an agonizing pain crawl up his side. The stallion kept coming and Shadow Flare barley rolled out of the way of another blow. He jumped up and stabed the stallion in the chest, grimacing at the pain in his side.
     He spun around and saw the rifle a second too late. CRACK! The bullet hit Shadow Flare in his shoulder. He fell to the ground as his vison started to swim the last thin he saw was several hooded ponies rushing into the hall.

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3 days later

Shadow Flare awoke in a strange room. He had never seen this place before. "Oh your awake" he heard a familiar voice mutter.
"Father?" Shadow asked.
"Yes, now relax, your ribs are nearly done healing, as for the bullet wound, it has healed over f'or the most part" Famor said
    Then it hit him " The caslte?! Did it survive? Did we win then?" Shadow exclaimed.
Famor looked onto him with solemn eyes, " No"

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It was a secret base, a place for emergencies. Hidden with the mountians overlooking canterlot.
5 ponies. That was all that remained of the order. 5. Peltov, Jevi, Fiora, Famor and Shadow Flare." The assassin order has been driven into a corner" Famor said to them. "We have to cleanse Canterlot of templars or die trying." The plan was to take out major templar generals, gain a foothold and establish an order in the city and then finnaly, kill King Felix himself. An assassin supporter, Princess Celestia and her sister Luna are to take to throne after his death. "Its very unlikley we will succed" Famor stated dryly,"But its our only chance for the survival of this order." Everypony nodded in return. "This is it everypony, this will decide histoy" Famor stated. 
Shadow Flare was doubtful but was ready to give his live for the order. "Its a plan then" said Shadow Flare.
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