Ponytory was falling through utter darkness. He felt nothing as he fell, not fear, nor wind. All he felt was the sensation of falling. Suddenly he started to hear voices. “I don’t even know who you are any more.” came what sounded like a sobbing Crystal. “I should have never made him an assassin.” came Chancers voice. “Crystal, Chancer where are you.” No response. “I can’t believe he would do something like this?” “Night Silver?” suddenly the voices started coming faster and louder, soon he couldn’t even make out what they were saying. Ponytory’s head started hurting and he could fell a pressure on his chest and lower abdomen.
Ponytory suddenly opened his eyes. Centimeters from his face was the wide smiling Pinkie Pie? (Holy Shit!) “YAAAAAA YOUR AWAKE!!!!!!!” cheered Pinkie Pie as she bounced up and down on the bed still pining him down with her front hoofs “Now we can start your training.” “Hay hay don’t bounce on the bed like that I doesn’t look right.” said Ponytory as he struggled to get her off. (How the hay is this chick so strong?) Just as he thought that he saw someone coming up the stairs. “Ol right you two wha… hay if you’re going to do that sort of thing you could at least ask if I wanted to join.” huffed the weasel. “Wait John Boy I can expla…” started Ponytory “Oh my silly willy weasel you can join in anytime you know that.” said Pinkie Pie. “Good because…..” (Oh Luna why me? T_T) “I LOVE JUMPING ON THE BED!!!” yelled the weasel as he leaped into the air towards the bed causing Pinkie Pie to leap to. As the two fell on the bed the combined force caused Ponytory to go flying off and landed against the wall upside down. (Why me? T_T) as he straightened himself he stepped on something causing the most horrible sense of pain to shoot through his leg. “OW!!! What the hay is this this devise of pain and suffering I just stepped on?!” asked Ponytory holding up a small rectangle with eight small ciphers on top. “Oh that. That’s one of my most evil creations. A Lego.” said John Boy as he flipped off the bed on to the ponies’ shoulder. “Well enough fun-n-games time to train, follow me.” said the suddenly serious weasel pulling Ponytory’s ear towards the door leaving the still jumping Pinkie Pie in the room.
As the two exited John Boy whispered “Oi you think you can do somethin for me?” in to Ponytory’s ear. “Sure? I guess?” said Ponytory hesitantly. “Good!” said John Boy as he jumped of Ponytory’s shoulder doing a little flip. “You see that sexy little thing in armor coming out of Lotus and Aloe bath house?” “Ya, so what you want me to assassinate her or something.” asked Ponytory a little too eagerly. “NONONONONO. Ha-ha no need to do that I just want you to get her keys.” “Her keys, really that all you want me to do is get her keys?” “Yep, that’s all.” Ponytory looked at John Boy currishly. “Why? How is getting her keys going to help me do anything?” asked Ponytory. “Well it will help you learn how to pickpocket is how it will help and as my mum always says, Meow meow mow mow,” replied John Boy. “WAIT YOUR MOM WAS A CAT!?!?!” yelled Ponytory in shock. “Eeyep but me and me dad don’t like talking about it much, so OFF with you.” With that John Boy kicked Ponytory out the door and closed it behind him. “And don’t come back till you get it!!!” heard Ponytory as he hoisted himself off the ground. (Man for someone that small he sure is strong.)
After about half a day of fallowing the armored mare Ponytory came to a few conclusions. One after tailing her he found out that she was the one in control of the army here; she had a grey mane with what looked like pink roots (that’s weird) and a light brown coat and was named Mayor. Two she was constantly arguing with the rainbow haired Pegasus that he saw earlier, turns out she was the commander of the commando unit, The Wonderbolts, here and didn’t like being bossed around that much. Three she fallowed the same routine since he began fallowing her. Starting with her going to the main encampment to check on her troops, then to the commando encampment which to him to only yell at them for not being orderly or as well trained as her troops which would get their commander railed (I think I heard her called rainbow something but I’m not sure), and finally go into this tower in the middle of town. The final thing he noticed was that she had put several ponies who tried to pickpocket her in to a coma or worse. She was defiantly both a skilled fighter and kept track of her belongings at all times. To get the key without harming her was going to be near impossible.
(Maybe I can sneak into the commando camp and put on their armor and swipe it when she is arguing with the Pegasus. Ya that could work.) Suddenly Ponytory was push down by somepony landing on his back. “HIYA!!!” cheered Pinkie Pie as she bounced off his back. (Ho my back T_T) “What are you doing here?” asked Ponytory as he rubbed the hoof prints off his back (wait what’s this, another cupcake how’s she does that.) “Wellllll, John Boy told me what you were doing and I thought it would be a great idea to try out these!!!” said Pinkie pie as she held out her hoof with several black balls on it. “What in the Hay are those?” asked Ponytory. “They’re another one of John Boy’s inventions called smock bombs their great if you want to distract a group of people and steal things from them, or secretly give them cupcakes .” explained the pink pony. (IDEA) “Hay Pinkie pie do you think you can teach me how to use those and how to pickpocket?” Asked Ponytory. “Sure. It’ll only take a second since the author will just skip me showing and telling you how to do it.” said Pinkie Pie. “Cool. Wait what?”
After about half an hour of using the smoke bombs on some guards and stealing their bit purses Ponytory was ready and had more bits then he had ever had. “Man that was fast!” said the existed Ponytory. “Told ya the author would skip me showing you how to use them.” giggled Pinkie Pie. Ponytory just ignored her. He had it all planed out and wasn’t going to let the crazy pony confuse him anymore. He would use his previous plan of sneaking in and stealing some armor then he will use the smoke bombs he got from Pinkie and his new found skills of pickpocketing to steal the key. He even had Pinkie Pie show him how to replace them with a cupcake that he had specially had for the occasion. As Ponytory entered the camp he found out the one thing in his plan he did not account for, they were all Pegasus and griffins. (Buck how could I not noticed that. I better get the buck out of here before somepony notices.) Just as he thought this he felt a talon pock his head. “Hey you, how did you get in here.” said a griffin sitting on a pillar just above him. (Why me?) “I was… auu just…” before he could finish his sentence a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow mane landed next to him. “It’s ok Gilda he’s the blacksmith I had come in to fix my armor. Right.” said the Pegasus with a nudge smiling (Wait did she squeak when she smiled). “Y-ya that’s right.” replied Ponytory with a hesitant smile (Thank Luna I don’t do that). “Ok Commander Dash if you say so.” said Gilda muttering “Doesn’t look like much of a smith to me, too scrawny.” as she flew away.
“Thanks for that for that but why did you save me there you hardly know me?” asked Ponytory as they entered a small wood hut. “Pinks told me of your plan and asked me to help but I can’t go telling everypony you’re here to steal from the Mayor you’d be torn to shreds instantly and I would be charged with treason. Not how I want to end my command as the leader of all the commandos.” explained the Commander. “So Commander Dash…” “Please my friends call me Rainbow Dash, and since you’re trying to pull one over on that old hag I count you as a friend.” interrupted Rainbow Dash adding. “Man I can’t wait to see the look on her face when she finds out that her keys has been swiped out from under her nose and replaced with a cupcake, good idea by the way.” After she got done giggling Ponytory continued. “So Rainbow Dash how do you know Pinkie Pie if you mind me asking?” asked Ponytory. “Well me and Pinks are best friends. Have been for years. That and our parents were the Templars that the Assassins gave credit to for killing Discord. “Oh is that all…. WAIT WHAT?” said Ponytory in shock. “Your parents were Templars but you’re helping an assassin?” “Ya so? I mean why not, all our parents preferred the assassins, heck they only stayed Templars because they had sworn allegiance to Celestia herself and were among her most trusted Templars.” explained Dash. “What happen to them now?” asked Ponytory. “Don’t know, from what I heard they all disappeared. Nopony has seen them since about a month before the Templar started attacking the Empire.” “And nopony said anything about this nor did your parent tell you they were leaving?” “If you think that is weird the only pony that’s even supposedly seen High Princess Celestia in three months is the new Sargent Major of the Legion, that and I haven’t seen my parents in years.” “O sorry to hear that.”
After a few minutes of silence Rainbow Dash finally asked Ponytory what his plain was in detail. Turns out Pinkie Pie only told her that he was going to replace the keys with a cupcake. Really that’s all it had taken to get her to agree to help. After explaining his plain to her she was even more excited to help and even told him that she’d seen the majority or her troops patrolling around the Everfree Forest so he would have basically a straight shot to Sugar Cube Corner besides the guards already in town. After the half hour it took for Dash to send out all but five of her troops he was set. Just in time to because their special guest had just arrived.
Ponytory watched as the aged mare trotted up to Rainbow Dash. “Well isn’t this a sight, finally having your little band of flying thugs off doing something besides lazing about or fighting with each other have we.” “Ya. I figured that since you keep getting onto me about not doing anything with MY troops that I’d send them out to patrol around for a bit.” replied Dash as she forced a smile. “Huff. We it seems to me that you sent out to many. How are you going to defend yourself if you are attacked? I mean honestly can you do anything right. Humph. Figures a useless whelp like yourself couldn’t be a proper leader.” huffed the Mayor. Ponytory saw this as the perfect time to strike as he lunged out from his hiding place an throw a smoke bomb. “(Cough) what is this? (Cough) what’s happening?” coughed the earth pony as Ponytory swooped by and successfully swiped the keys and replaced them with his cupcake that had a picture of a pony sticking out his tongue. Then with speed that even Rainbow Dash would admire Ponytory rocketed towards Sugar Cube Corner.
As Ponytory neared his destination he slowed so he could examine the keys. It turned out there were only two of them the first was a slightly curved silver looking key with an impression of a tower on it (well this one obviously goes to the tower but what does OH MY GOSH!!!). Ponytory was stunned to see what the other key was. It was a slim pink key with an impression of a mare on it with “mare bath house” engraved on it. (WELL John Boy is going to have some explaining to do.)