"Three, Two, One, GO!" Twilight yelled. There was a flash and Rainbow Dash and Philomena flew off faster than greased lightning. Faster and faster, till....
......sonic rainboom. Rainbow Dash left Will in the metaphoric dust. She was laughing at how slow Will was going. Suddenly she heard a noise like thunder, it was if the very air trembled. Rainbow looked back, and saw what at first looked like a ball of fire, then realized that it was Philomena. She rocketed past, and Rainbow Dash swore she saw a grin on the bird's beak.
That's impossible. She thought to herself. Nothing can go faster than a sonic rainboom. She was wrong, Will had magic on his side. Normally that would have been considered cheating, but no actual rules had been agreed upon, so Will was using what power the magic feather in his possession had. Rainbow Dash didn't even have a chance.
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Princess Celestia was in the middle of something that was usually quite rare for her. She was having a break from her usually political meetings, and was currently having tea on her private balcony. She glanced towards the sky, simply enjoying such a nice day. It was at this moment that she noticed her tea cup rattling on its little plate, followed by a noise she knew all to well, a faint boom. She face-hoofed.
Will...Oh well, not my problem, at least not today. With that thought, the princess continued to enjoy her tea.
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A group of ponies sat in a dimly lit room, it was just dark enough to hid their faces and cutie marks. They sat in a semicircle, and waited. After few moments, a elderly stallion hobbled into the room, and sat facing the rest of the group.
"This is the first time in many years for this council to meet. It is as we fear, the Demon, the one who has escaped us time and time again, has returned. None here have faced him, yet others of our order have centuries ago. They told that he is unique, not like the many of his kind we have slayed. He is different, but nopony ever wrote how." The stallion said in a gravely voice.
"How do we know it is him." A feminine voice spoke up.
"My own apprentice was the first to see him, They will be the first to hunt him. Perhaps they will be the one to slay the monster." The stallion said.
"What if they are to fail?" A very pompous male voice asked.
"Then we will send another. There are many in our order willing to lay down their lives to kill this Demon. We can not allow him to escape this time. Never again." The elderly stallion replied. "We will kill the "human". It is our sworn duty. To protect Equestria from their evil."
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Rainbow Dash stood their, panting. Will was a few feet away, laughing at her.
"You should have seen the look on your face when I passed you! Priceless!" Will said.
"Not....fair...." Rainbow said in between gasps for air.
"I still can't believe you managed to beat Rainbow Dash at a race." Twilight remarked.
"Eh, I've had a few hundred years to practice. It's not like Rainbow stood a chance." Will told them.
"Whatever, lets head back to town." Rainbow said, finally beginning to breath at a normal pace.
As the group walked back to town, Applejack spoke up. "So Will, what is It that you do durin yur free time?"
"Well, I happen to play an instrument. I am not quiteas good as some, but I have been playing a long time. Perhaps I can show you when we get back to tow-"
With out warning, a small knife hit Will right in between his shoulder blades. his jaw was open in shock. Rarity was the first to scream, followed quickly by Twilight, Applejack and Spike were just frozen, uncertain of what to do, and Rainbow Dash was trying to shield Fluttershy from looking at Will.
"Well...This sure ruins my day. This is my good coat. Do you know how expensive it is to get a pony tailor to make a coat custom made for a human being?" Will asked, turning to face the attacker.
"Wha-? Will! Are you ok?" Twilight asked shocked that the human didn't seem to care that there was a knife sticking out of his back.
"I have been better, but right now we have bigger problems."
"Berry Punch?!?! What, what are you doing attacking Will?"
"You should be dead human. That knife has the poison of a Preenblood Tree on it." Berry said, her voice steady.
"Preenblood poison, only one group would use that. The Cult of the Spectral Hoof. I thought for sure you had disbanded a couple hundred years back."
"We have returned, but I do not understand, not only should my knife made a killing blow, but the poison should have gotten you by now as well."
"You don't last as long as I have and not have a few tricks up your sleeve."
"Everypony stop!" Twilight exclaimed. "This doesn't make any sense! Berry, no offense but your the town drunk! Not some assassin!"
"It was the perfect cover. No one would expect the one most believe is not in her right mind most of the time. I was biding my time, until this Demon appeared, treading the ground with his demented footsteps!"
"Demon? Will what is she talking about?" Twilight inquired.
"It stems from this world's old legends. That all humans are monsters that only wish to kill and destroy. That our only purpose is to be feared," Will explained, his voice heavy with sadness. "But know this, the actions of the many do not reflect the morals of the few, nor do the actions of the few reflect the morals of the many."
"I refuse to believe those lies." Berry Punch said, gritting her teeth. "You are a thing of evil. We will stop at nothing to kill you."
"I will not fight you." Will said, pulling the knife out of his back, and dropping it on the ground. "Nopony needs to die today, or any human. Leave now, I mean you no harm, and I do not intend to harm anything else."
"Then leave this world and never return." Berry Punch said, and darted away.
"You make friends where ever you go, don't ya?" spike said sarcastically.
"yep."