“Now, Mind telling me what’s behind these two huge doors?” asked VECTOR, still staring at the doors infront of him.
“Well, remember what I told you about my teacher?” answered Twilight with a smile.
“Yeah?”
“Well, this is the throne room”
As the two huge doors glowed in a yellow aura, it slowly opened. As VECTOR saw the throne room, he was greeted with a huge room with a flight of stairs in the middle with a red carpet, and at the top were two Unicorn/Pegasus hybrids much like Princess Cadence and Twilight, but something was different from them.
The dark blue one had a mane that flowed like the night sky with tiny stars. She wore a dark necklace that has the logo of a crescent moon and was a bit taller than Twilight and Cadence. The other one was taller than any pony VECTOR has ever seen. She wore a golden necklace, shoes and crown. Her mane was like Rainbow Dash’s but with a lighter hue and flowed like the void.
If VECTOR would guess, the white one was Princess Celestia, the teacher of Twilight Sparkle. As VECTOR stared at the two, he felt as though they were true royalty.
“Welcome my faithful student and new Princess! And also your unique guest” said Princess Celestia as she and Princess Luna flew down the stairs and landing infront of them. Twilight then trotted next to Princess Celestia and the two shared a warm nuzzle.
“Where are the others?” asked Princess Celestia
“I’ve sent them to rest, your majesty. They had an exhausting experience” answered Twilight as she looked at her teacher.
“I see, now, It’s a pleasure to meet you---“
“VECTOR”
“Sir VECTOR, Thank you for the assistance with the rampaging trolls. As you might know from my student, I am Princess Celestia and this is my sister, Princess Luna” answered Princess Celestia with a smile.
“Can you get me back to my world?” said VECTOR out flatly, getting to the point.
“Oh! Straight to the point I see” answered Princess Celestia with a smile. “But that can wait till the morning, you all should rest.”
“Thy sister is right sir VECTOR. We have seen what you did on the ‘Friendship Express’, tis a remarkable display of dispatching such wretched creatures” answered Princess Luna as she trotted closer to VECTOR.
“You are remarkable in the way of combat. Watching thee is like watching a silent play, without a sound but, enjoyable to watch” she added as she smiled at VECTOR.
“Thank you for the complement Princess, but where you spying on me?” asked VECTOR
“You might say that, but. I am the Princess of the night, and it is our duty to watch all of equestria in the night, safeguarding them from both reality and their own dreams”
“I see…”
“We also saw, what happened…” added Princess Luna
“Yes VECTOR, Luna told me about the Goblins and how they were possessed” said Princess Celestia with a serious tone.
“Then you also came to the same conclusion as us?” asked Shining Armor.
“Indeed, it seems that King Sombra is still out there” answered Princess Celestia in a serious tone.
“This is bad, if my guess is right…. The Crystal Kingdom!” shouted Twilight, as she finally realized it.
“As far as I’m concerned this has nothing to do with me” answered VECTOR.
“Tis true, this is Equestria’s problem not yours, Sir VECTOR” answered Princess Luna
“You all should take a rest, and we’ll discuss in the morning on how to properly help sir VECTOR” said Princess Celestia.
As the group made their way out of the throne room, VECTOR suddenly heard Twilight speak through telepathy.
“VECTOR?” asked Twilight through Telekinesis.
“What is it Twilight? Do have something to ask so importantly that you had to use this kind of communication?” asked VECTOR as he continued to walk without shifting his attention to Twilight, as to not rouse any suspicion.
“It’s just that--- why do you think King Sombra was the reason you came here?” asked Twilight, which made VECTOR suddenly stop, but quickly continued to walk without anyone noticing.
“What do you mean, Twilight?” retorted VECTOR.
“Call it a hunch VECTOR. And I know that this problem of ours regarding King Sombra is not your problem, but. The moment you appeared here in Equestria is when trouble suddenly happened. And It’s a coincidence that, the time you appeared here is the time that we we’re supposed to come here to Canterlot for a meeting with the Princesses”
“I see, but how is your meeting with the Princesses connected to anything?” asked VECTOR
“That’s just it; we don’t know what the meeting is all about. As you know, I was newly appointed as a princess. And I’m not even stationed a kingdom; which I am so glad. I’m not ready to rule an entire kingdom yet.”
“Again, that’s not my problem Twilight, I have enough shit to deal with back at my world. But you have a point, why am I here, and for what purpose was I sent here without any memory. Up until now, I have no clue how I got here”
“I just hope that the Princesses can help us come tomorrow”
As the group reached their respective rooms; Twilight, Princess Cadence and Shining armor shared a warm hug before going to their rooms. And as Twilight looked for VECTOR to say goodnight, she heard a door closing just across her room, Twilight then looked at the guard just outside of the door that closed and asked.
“Did he just go inside?” asked Twilight. To which caught the attention of the guard and just gave a nod as an answer.
***
“What the fuck is going on…” contemplated VECTOR as he stared at the moon from the Balcony of his room.
“Fuck it, I don’t need to think of this anymore, I’ll be leaving here by tomorrow” said VECTOR as he turned around and looked at his bed.
Removing his mask and putting it in a small table just across his bed, VECTOR breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the door across the room to which the Bathroom was located.
“I need a good warm shower before going to bed” said VECTOR as he removes his suit.
As VECTOR let the warm water from the shower hit his face and his body, he started to think about his future, about what will happen next. True, if you compare him to other operatives; he is light years away from them, and the only one who is stronger than him is his mentor, and besides, he likes to work alone; due to the fact that he dislikes incompetent teammates. If ever he is to be assigned to an assignment, he will prefer it to be with DELTA team; the wolf pack.
Laying on the soft bed and looking up the ceiling. He contemplated how worlds apart Equestria and Earth are. Equestria is a planet that thrived in Harmony, whilst Earth is the polar opposite; true it had its peace, but, it thrived in conflict. Without constant war, how will people like him do a living? How will they survive? He was a born killer, a prodigy in the art of Killing. The only things that mattered to VECTOR was to get assigned to a mission, finish it in the most fastest and most efficient way, get back alive and get paid.
This was his cycle, whenever his not assigned to a mission, he is either looking for another one or simply self-training. Things like friends, he doesn’t need it. The closest thing to a friend that VECTOR had was the DELTA team. But even still, at the recess of his mind, like his mentor; VECTOR also had the same problem regarding Teammates. He was the only one who lives while others die around him, Ever since he was a child.
Rolling to the side, VECTOR closed his eyes and started to drift to sleep. Not noticing a black flame-ish aura, seeping through his eyes.
***
“Where the fuck am I now?” asked VECTOR as he stood in the middle of a snowy waste land in a raging snow storm with his suit on, As a malevolent laugh can be heard throughout the snowy waste land.
Making sure to check if he was dreaming, VECTOR removed his mask and felt the harsh cold hit his face, then putting it back on. And as the sound of the malevolent laughter got stronger and stronger, VECTOR pulled the dagger he got from the Goblin he captured from one of his pockets, but what he did not expect when he pulled the dagger was that, his other pockets seemed heavy.
As VECTOR checked his other pockets, he noticed that he was fully equipped; from a machine gun on his back to a pistol on his waist and grenades on his back pockets. He then realized that the knife he was holding was not the knife that he took from the Goblin he captured but a gift from his mentor; his favorite combat knife.
VECTOR was very confused, how did he suddenly become fully equipped for a mission? As the shadow loomed from across the horizon, VECTOR couldn't believe what he heard and saw just below the huge shadow; a swarm of Goblins running to his direction.
But this did not faze VECTOR that much, grabbing a smoke grenade from his waist and shifting his dagger to a backhanded hold, VECTOR lazily stood up and started to count.
“18? No, more like 26, hmph” said VECTOR cockily.
As the swarm of Goblins was about to reach VECTOR with spears and daggers at hand, VECTOR lazily dropped the smoke grenade just below him. And as the grenade emitted a large cloud of smoke and completely covered a huge space to where VECTOR was standing.
The Goblin swarm suddenly stopped on their tracks as the wind blew the smoke to their direction. And as one by one, each Goblin got engulfed by the smoke, each Goblin not even seeing their tribe mate next to them.
Each one isolated by the smoke, they suddenly heard multiple screams of pain from their fellow tribes mate, so they only did what they thought was appropriate. They panicked.
Poking and swiping their weapons in the air. As one Goblin who held a spear poked randomly in the smoke, it hit a flesh which made the Goblin smile in delight. As it retracted it spear to get a closer look, he saw his fellow Tribes mate; stabbed in the Chest looking at him with wide eyes, before dropping dead.
This made the goblin just role its eyes and kept poking on the smoke expecting to hit its target. What he did not know was that, two blue insect-like eyes towered behind him.
*Shlick*
The head of the Goblin falling in the snow.