//------------------------------// // Breakfast and Assassination // Story: Fire's Honor // by 2099 //------------------------------// Whirlwind and the six mares entered the main hall, Whirlwind thought to himself, this is a bad idea. Twilight apparently knew where they were going, and Whirlwind and the group followed her to this large set of white doors. Then the doors opened before Twilight could knock. "Come in, and bring all of your company," came a forced gentle voice from the bedroom. They entered immediately after that statement was delivered. "Celestia! Celestia! Celestia! We found another—" Twilght was interrupted by Celestia. "Malik.... What are you doing here, obviously deceiving my student with your lies, where did you put the fifth in my line?" she yelled, and then restrained him against the wall. Whirlwind flailed his hooves and shouted "Who the buck are you?" "Celestia, and I know who you are Malik!" Spat Celestia. Whirlwind then focused all his concentration onto the magic restraints binding him to the wall. As he started working away on the spell, weakening the bonds, his mane set ablaze and started burning the wall. She stared at him wide eyed until her sister, Luna, arrived. "Malik is not here sister, it's not him, this one is the fifth!" Luna yelled, "the one that was coltnapped! He has been in constant contact with him. And because of it, he probably has the filthy creature's magic all over him." Celestia released a very terrified looking Whirlwind and apologized to him as soon as he was set down. He then preceded to faint, muttering "I'm in a room with mad tyrants...." The eight mares stared at the messy heap on the floor. Whirlwind's unconscious form was then moved to a guest room, and put under guard. After that incident, Celestia asked Twilight where she had found Whirlwind, with Twilight explained that Rainbow Dash had brought him into her home with his mane all ablaze. Celestia sat in thought, and then replied "we shall speak of it in the morning, understand that he is very dangerous, we don't know anything about him. This is quite a calamity....." The next morning when Celestia had the guards bring the shaggy maned stallion to the main hall, all the guards had found was a smoldering bed. After looking around, they found Whirlwind in the kitchen preparing a meal. "Gah! Where are the strawberries? I know they are here somewhere.... Here strawberries, come to papa! Where are you? Ahh! There you are. Almost thought I couldn't make breakfast for all nice mares out there without ya? Well, I found ya. Even if some of 'em are tyrants." Came from the cooking stallion. He started humming a tune that was pretty odd and then a real sight was shown to their eyes. He started dancing while the food was in the oven. He conjured several instruments and then proceeded to start dancing on his hooves. Celestia and the guards just watched in utter silence. He was strange. After about fifteen minutes Celestia then entered the kitchen, and politely asked what he was doing. He jumped and shot straight up into the ceiling of the kitchen, banging his head. "Just making breakfast," came from the startled Whirlwind. "We have cooks here. Where are they?" asked Celestia. "I sent them home," "Why?" "Because I am making breakfast, like I normally do." "What?" "I normally make breakfast for Malik," answered the red alicorn, raising his spoon at her, "but since he is not here, I shall be making breakfast for you. Even if you are some crazy tyrant, but as of the moment you don't seem so tyrannical, so I will be nice. And to complete the mess, I am a creature of habit." Replied Whirlwind. Whirlwind set the food out on the dining table and then the company of the castle sluggishly came into the room. The sight that greeted their eyes was breathtaking. Waffles, pancakes, eggs, omelettes, and a huge assortment of other foods greeted them. "Eat up" said Whirlwind, there's not going to be any food after the Crystal Empire arrives." While the ponies ate, Whirlwind snuck out the door and into the kitchen. He set up his little bowl of strawberries and sugared them liberally. He then proceeded to devour them. He quickly finished the strawberries and drank a cup of apple vinegar. It was rather foul, but he didn't care, the strawberries had been good. Got to keep some balance he thought to himself. ~~~~~~ Twilight Sparkle wondered at the mass assortment of food on the castle's dining table. A compliment to the chefs in going to be in order, she thought to herself. As breakfast was getting on, she visited the kitchens to thank the cooks, what she found was a shaggy headed alicorn reading a book on magic, while washing up pans. "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be somewhere else? Where are the cooks?" asked Twilight. "I made breakfast, and I am washing up pans. Celestia already knows I am here." Replied Whirlwind. "I have always made breakfast for Malik, as I am his servant, but he is not here, I then I saw this marvelous kitchen, and I knew I had to prepare breakfast for the lot of you." "Wha—" started Twilight, before being interrupted. "It's habitual, before you say anything else." "Hmmm" "I also am reading this magnificent book by Starswirl, he is rather talented at magic. I dare say, I've got a lot of practice ahead of me, so I shall be studying in the library after finishing these dishes. If you care to join I think I shall read up on, what's this place called?" Asked Whirlwind. "Equestria, you've never heard of it?" answered Twilight. "Not the name, just the country. Aren't you the inquisitive type, let me guess, you're a prodigy when it magic, not overly social, and if I hd to say.... Seeing somepony? Hmm who is he?" Asked Whirlwind, very casually. "Umm, how did you—" "Let's see shall we, he's a member of the royal guard, probably from the Crystal Empire, and a Pegasus. Am I right?" "How did you know that?" "You are very bad about controlling your expressions." "What!? I haven't even moved my face!" "That, Madam, is a lie. And one shouldn't lie. Does nothing good for a pony's character, at least in my personal opinion. So what's his name?" "You're not one of those philosophical types are you? I generally don't like those types." "Um-Hmmmm. I am not a sucker for philosophy, but I can see it as necessary." "Well his name is Flash Sentry, why?" Asked Twilight. Whirlwind stopped what he was doing when she had said his name. "Where is that bucking son of a—" asked a suddenly very angry Whirlwind. "Wait, how do you know him, did he do something?" "Yes I knew him, he tried to kill me, when I was real young, but Malik deployed him to—" Suddenly Whirlwind shot straight through the kitchen door straight to the envoy from the Crystal Empire. He landed in front of the throne and landed in front of the guards that was about to stab the Princess, and then spun and planted a solid hoof into his chest and he flew backwards about ten feet. Startling everyone Flash Sentry got up and threw twelve magic daggers at Whirlwind. They cut him up a bit, but now he was Flash's problem. Everyone in the courtroom just stared as Whirlwind then engaged the would be assassin in hoof-to-hoof combat. Sadly though, Flash did not know karate. "I recommend putting him in captivity, ma'am. G'day folks, I shall be in the kitchen." Whirlwind bowed to the nobles and left. Twilight then arrived to find flash under arrest. "What...." Twilight said. "Flash Sentry is one of the most accomplished assassins in all of Equestria, and is very dangerous. He was going to kill the Princess of the Sun." "But…" "So. You look like you need some books. Let us go to the library m'lady." Whirlwind said.