Templar Base The Ruins of Healdsburg, California The United Federations 09:27:18 Master Assassin Nitro
These were the first words that my Captain yelled to us. We were tasked to destroy an enemy encampment, and were told that there were no civilians. So we went and started fucking the damn place up.
Things went to hell real fucking quick.
My brother, nicknamed Nake, was firing his Red Glare (Image), when he noticed a child. But it was too late for him to note to our superiors. He didn't take his radio (fucking idiot), and we were tasked to kill everyone. Airstrikes, Red Glare Rockets, and MG bullets peppered the area. When the town was in shambles, we decided to take a look. Nake didn't follow, which was strange for us because he practically followed me, his twin, and my brother wherever we go. He made the right choice not to go. It was devastating. And I was blamed.
"My fucking god," I whispered to myself, looking at the carnage. It was horrifying, I tells ya. The first building I walked in had a mother and a child, both dead, at the door. The mother looked like she survived one of the Red Glare shots, but died from debris that fell. The child, about 8 or 9 years old, was lying next to her, cheeks still wet with tears. His heart has been pierced with stray fragmentation, and died on the spot.
I'm gonna spare you the details, but no one was alive.
The enemy set us up
And we fell for it.
When we got back, we were celebrated as war heroes, taking out a "heavily controlled, military-only base that contained all of the enemy supplies and plans". We did take the plans, but when I gave it to the Mentors at base, I looked them in the eyes and said "I hope you're happy that we were forced to spill innocent blood for this piece of shit war." They didn't take kindly to that. Obviously.
The very next day...
Unknown Building Unknown Location United Federations 12:00:17 Master Assassin Nitro
"Nitro, we are very disappointed with you for your actions yesterday," stated Mentor Stryder, the Head of the Order. "You broke the 3 rules of the Order. Never harm civilians, stay in the shadows, and never stray from the plan."
"But Mentor, the plan was to destroy everything!" I retorted.
"But nothing!" yelled Mentor Danse, 3rd in command. "We ordered you to infiltrate the base and get back here with these plans!"
"You did help us find out what the Templars are up to, yes," stated Mentor Ventura, in a motherly voice. She's the right hand woman to Stryder. "But you did do a horrendous action, and you must pay. I'm sorry, Nitro, but the Creed must be followed." She speaks in a Latino accent, showing that she recently learned English. And she has.
I sighed. "Understood, Mentor Ventura. What punishment do you have planned for me?"
The 5 Mentors in the room looked at each other, like they were expecting me to continuously retort back at them, until they strong-arm me into accepting their punishment, and in which case they'd send me down from the rank of Master Assassin to Novice/Recruit. "U-Umm..." Mentor Dunnovan, the newest Mentor of the crew, stuttered. "W-we're not sure, yet. But we'll have something for you by tomorrow."
I gave a nod, giving my understanding, and took a glance to the last Mentor of the Order, Mentor Kukui. He was the least known of the Mentors, at least, in looks and voice. Ventura stated that she hasn't seen his face in 10 years, and she doesn't have any photos of him, so we're not sure of what he really looks like. He hasn't taken off that hood, ever. He sleeps with the hood, he eats with the hood, hell, I'm not sure if he showers or not. He rarely speaks, I don't even think he coughs! And I'm not sure if "Kukui" is his real name! That's the Pokémon Professor from Sun and Moon. The other Mentors take off their robes when not working, so we know what the look like, and honestly, I fell for Ventura. But I'm 13, she's over 30, so it won't work.
"I'll take my leave then. Please summon me when you have planned what will happen to me." I turned around and walked out of the area. I then headed towards my room, and just layed in bed. Just lying there, staring at the ceiling. Doing nothing. After about an hour of the nothing, I went to go get me some food. I looked towards the pathway to the Mentor's Main Chamber, and I saw a pair of... orange tails? I ignored it and moved on.
Unknown Location Station Square The United Federations 13:12:30 Head Scribe Miles "Tails the Fox" Prower
"By God's name, I did it!" I shouted into the Mentor's Main Chamber. We were well below 500 feet of stone, concrete, and dirt for anyone in Station Square to hear me. "I found a way to warp through dimensions!"
Miss Ventura looked up from her phone to see me. I was a wreck. My goggles were cloudy, but I was somehow able to see through them clearly. My hair was a rat's nest. I was holding a board and many blueprints in my right arm, and a big bag holding a foldable table in my left. I had bags under my eyes, and was ready to show them my huge ass discovery.
"Oh, que increible, my fox friend!" My heart fluttered when Miss Ventura said that. "How'd you find this out?" She walked down from the podium down to ground level, and pulled a chair. She was a beauty. Her hood was down, so I can truly see her beauty. Her reddish hair was tied up in a neat bun, her fair skin was beaming with youth, and oh! Those green eyes! I could just stare into them forever! But then wasn't the time.
"Y-yes! And I heard you wanted to do something with Nitro, yes? I have the perfect idea!" And there, with none of the mentors around, I told Miss Honora Ventura: "My plan is to send Nitro to another world. And I had the best place in mind. It'll test his cooperation skills, see how he works with nothing but the things on his back, and it'll show him how it is to recruit and train Assassins from the populous. I also located Templars and a nuclear bomb, so it'll also test his skills of combat and how he works under pressure. I'll send him...
??? Everfree Forest Equestria 5:12 P.M. on April 15th Assassin Nitro
I was falling. I looked around, and saw nothing but clouds. I looked down, and saw the expanse of a forest. There was a ruined castle about 12 kilometers south, and a town just 7 north. A mountain with a city protruding from the side stood in a long distance away. I smiled, recognizing the landscape of Equestira. I then went into a nosedive, heading faster towards the ground below. I pulled a Paraglider out of my pack and glided to a tree. I tried to, at least. I had a headache at the last second and I crashed into a tree. Because of the pain of the headache and hitting a tree face-first, I blacked out.
A few hours prior...
"Understood, 2nd Master Ventura." I hung up. I looked in the mirror and sighed. I didn't like what I saw. I saw a red hedgehog, looking similar to my Uncle Shadow. I had blue highlights, and a spiky net of hair going forwards. My head looked like a rat's nest. My eyes, although a pure green, shone dully. Today was the day of the mission, and I had a hangover. Name's Nitro. Nitro the Hedgehog. I'm 13, and I'm an alcoholic. I'm overly drunk because in reality, I was cryogenically frozen for a long time, and when I stepped in, I was in my 60's. Thank the Lord 2 Hats didn't die when I went into the ice box, otherwise I wouldn't have my favorite beer. I shook my head, hoping the hangover won't lower my skills. I obviously was hoping for the impossible.
I ran through what I was told. Go to another world. Stop Templar forces. Obtain allies. Prevent the end of the world. Seems like something a person in a teenager's body can do. Definitely! Nothing could go wrong!
Life's out to get me, isn't it?
I woke up in the middle of the forest, remembering I'm south of the town, but north of the broken castle. I'm in the Everfree. Just great. I got up and looked around. Nothing. Just trees. I had a pole on me, so I planted it into the ground and built it higher than the treetops. Not enough for anyone that takes a casual glance or look out here would see, but enough so that I'll be able to notice it with my Vision. It had an eagle at the crest, and I remembered that I also packed a flag. I set the flag at the top of the poll, hoping the green of the trees will block anyone from seeing the red, white, and blue of the American flag that flew here. I slid down and got to work.
I had limited time, so I had to work fast. I grabbed an ax, a hammer, and nails, and hid everything else underneath some leaves and sticks at the base of a tree. I went to work cutting down 3 trees before going back to the bundle to get my foldable shovel. I uprooted the stumps, moved them off to the side, cut the tree down to manageable pieces, and built a simple building. I had a lot of lumber after building the house, so I stored them. I then prepared for anything by grabbing my SPAS-12 and readying myself in the entryway. My stuff has moved to the back of the makeshift log cabin (made of many short as fuck logs stacked on top of each other, then sealed with mud and clay) and went to work making a fireplace. When all was said and done, it was nighttime already. Surprised with myself for doing this, as I was super lazy and haven't had experience of setting up before, I set up a makeshift bed, and fed myself with some of my rations. I realized just then I only had enough for 3 days, and I wasn't able to grow any of them. I cursed silently, and ate my daily rations.
Nitro expected to be alone, but in the background, a pair of eyes were watching him.
Fluttershy's Cottage Ponyville Equestria 6:05 P.M. on April 15th Fluttershy
I was drinking some tea on the roof of my home. I can't remember why I was up there, or how I got up there with some tea, but it was a pleasant sight. So I stayed up there. It was 6:05, and I had to get down. I had to feed my animals, after all. When I went to grab whatever I had up there, I saw a flagpole, which was strange. I was looking south, so it wasn't the Town Hall in Ponyville. It was in the Everfree, but Zecora wouldn't place a random flagpole in front of her house. Besides, it was way too far away to be outside Zecora's. So that left me with two assumptions: either I was seeing things, or somepony is now living in the Everfree, and who isn't associated with Zecora. "I gotta tell Twilight" was my only thought at the moment. I left my tea set up on the roof, and started flying away. Then, I looked back and saw my animals, and I almost facehoofed. Right. I got to feed them.
An hour later...
I flew to Twilight's castle on the other side of town. Going to her room, I knocked, and she opened the door for me.
"Fluttershy! What a surprise! What are you doing here?"
"Twilight, I saw a strange flagpole south of my house" I responded.
"What? Why was it there?"
"I couldn't check. I had to feed the animals, then it was too dark to see. Do you mind coming with me to the Everfree Forest to see what's going on out there?"
"Sure! I'm willing to come, Fluttershy! Let me get a few things, then we'll be off!" And with that, she rushed to get some equipment. She didn't get much, just enough to see in the dark and other things. "I found these blueprints out near Town Hall about 35 minutes ago. These are apparently good for seeing in the dark, so we should wear these. Don't worry, they won't electrocute you. I hope." She mumbled the last bit under her breath, but I could hear that. I hesitantly grabbed them and put them on. She did the same and we flipped the switch on the side. Mine hummed a soft sound before going silent. The place where the candle was supposed to be was replaced with a bright white light. Twilight sniffed her candle, and we clearly saw everything in her room, but with a very green tint.
"Wo-o-ow, Twilight!" I said, after the effect came in. "But isn't everything a tab bit... green?"
"That's the affect of using these 'Night Vision Goggles', as the schematics say. Everything's a green tint, and can only exist where at least a little light is in the area. It doesn't work in places like a box or something where everything's pitch black."
"Ah. Well, shall we be going?" I pulled the goggles off my eyes and put them on my forehead.
"Yeah, let's go." And with that, we left to the Everfree Forest to find out who's at the base of the flagpole. I almost forgot to put on the goggles before we left. Almost.
Written Journal Entry 1: It's Day 1 here in Equestria. Not much has happened, other than I was falling to my death for a few minutes. I'll focus on the base building for the time being. I might as well sign up for the education system here as well, because it can't be as shit as it was on Mobius, right? RIGHT?! I jinxed it, didn't I? Yeah, I did. Weapons are good, and I'm ready for the next few days. I have every schematic (minus the NVG, for some reason) and enough silver to buy quite a nice assortment of materials, from wood to metal. I need to head to Ponyville, which is to the north of here, for materials. I need to build a base out here. I need to do the following:
Build a base
Get a generator up 'n running
Ally with the children
Get as many materials as humanly possible
Go to school to dilute the possibilities of being suspicious.
Somehow connect to the internet
I don't know if this'll be possible, but it'll be worth. I hope. I'll write sometime in the future. I don't know when, but I will. -Nitro
???'s Camp Everfree Forest Equestira 12:10 A.M. on April 16th Princess Twilight Sparkle
Fluttershy and I set up camp out here in the Everfree because we were too far away to just walk back home. Fluttershy was a bit scared, and, to be honest, so was I, to an extent. We observed a small pony, about 15 years old or so, sleeping out in the most dangerous forest in Equestria. He must've been either very brave, or very stupid. I can't tell just yet. I was being consumed by the will to sleep, but I resisted. It was a futile effort, and I was knocked out in 5 minutes of the battle. Last thing I remember was hearing hoofsteps towards me.
My Camp Everfree Equestria 12:15 A.M. on April 16th Assassin Nitro
I couldn't sleep. I had a bit of energy left, and I felt that someone was watching me. I waited until the feeling past, and wandered into the area where I felt it, which was behind me. I saw the two girls, laying on the ground, sleeping. They appeared to be watching me with... the Night Vision Goggles? The designs were the same to the plans I lost. Picking a pair up, I turned it on and placed it over my eyes. I instantly knew who's here. Twilight Sparkle, a purple alicorn, and Fluttershy, a yellow pegasus It must've fallen nearby Twilight and she must've messed around with it. I don't see a battery pack. I picked up Fluttershy, as she was the smaller of the two. Surprisingly, she didn't weigh that much. 'Oh, right,' I thought. 'I was falling much slower than the 9.81 meters per second squared of Mobius or Earth, so it's natural that I'm stronger out here. It's about...' I did some mental calculations as I brought Flutters to my camp. '...7.24 m/s2. At least, by some simple calculations. I need to test it later. But that's as close as I'll ever get without testing.' I brought Twilight, who felt about 25 pounds, back to camp. I settled them in, left the pair of NVG next to Fluttershy (I took them from her), and went back to sleep, content.
I woke up, and realized that the two ladies are still asleep. I checked my watch. 7:04 A.M. Good. I weaved past them, wishing I set them in another position, and headed north to town. I carved a logo onto a tree near the camp, and did the same thing over the next couple trees, about 500 meters from each other. Content, I walked into town with my satchel of silver and shopping list. I just hope two things. One: the girls at base don't wake up soon, and two: the school is accepting students in April. Gotta make up a story on that one. Ah, I'll make it up soon enough.
Meanwhile, with Fluttershy...
"Mmn..."
I remembered falling asleep last night in the... The Everfree... I picked myself up, and noticed the pole with a flag on it. I nudged Twilight to wake her up.
"Mmm... 5 more minutes, Spike..."
"Twilight, wake up!"
"G-Gah! Fluttershy! W-Where are we?"
"We're at the camp we were checking up on last night."
"Ah. Okay. Oh. That meant..."
"...He spotted us. Yeah. Where is he, by the way?"
We looked around, but he was gone. Only thing were hoofprints leading to the north. "I'm guessing he went to town," said Twilight. "Should we follow him?"
"Yeah, let's follow him."
We followed the tracks he left behind, leading us back to Ponyville.
Traveling Market Ponyville Equestira 9:23 A.M. on April 16th Assassin Nitro
I got some essentials. Food, seeds to grow crops, a tad bit of iron to make a better shelter and perimeter, and some other things to make weapons. My own weapons are hidden beneath my black and deep green cloak, but I had my hood off. Probably a bad idea, since that's where I hid a small throwing knife, but, to my relief, it slid a little bit lower than my collar. Going to base with a lighter wallet, I spot the two girls from my camp. It appears they had their own equipment. 'Piss.' I thought, because they might spot me and ask questions. I'm not good with people. Ever. So this won't be so different.
"Excuse me, mister!" Twilight was walking towards me. Fuck. I need to think of a good excuse as to why I'm in the Everfree, because I forgot to put them back into their own camp. Shit.
"What can I do for you, Señorita Twilight?" I made sure my accent was clearly Spanish or French, and I tried to make my voice deep. I think I tried too hard.
"I just wanted to ask you a question." Shit. "What were you doing in the middle of the Everfree at night? And living there, for that matter?"
My mind just went through a shit-ton of excuses running at the speed of light, but one prevailed to exist for longer than a second, so I pulled my hood down and did the only natural thing. Run away.
"Hey! Wait!" Twilight yelled, trying to keep up with me. Ponies in the area looked away from what they were doing to find a hooded pony running away from the Princess of Friendship, who was being followed by the Element of Kindness. It was a sight, probably, but not one I wanted to be in for long. I climbed a house right next to me so I can run on the rooftops. I like it up there. I'm pretty sure what was going through Twilight's mind was 'How did that pony do that?'. I talked to her months later, and she did say that she thought that, so I was in the right.
Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, I expertly dodged all obstacles up there. Dodge left. Chimney. Vault over that. Can't stop. Won't stop. I was feeling awesome. Until I jumped and noticed there were no more houses. Fuck. I fell face first.
"I finally caught up to you!" I can't believe I was running faster than her, even though she had the flight ability. Twilight was clearly tired a bit, so I booked it into the forest, jumping from tree branch to tree branch. "Sigh What is he doing?" I heard Twilight say that to her friend, so I hid behind a tree, wait a few seconds, then began to parkour around until I can see them from the shadows.
"I don't know, Twilight," responded Fluttershy, "but it appeared that he didn't want to talk about what he's doing there." Ya got that right, lass.
I turned around, aiming for my camp. It's time to make it a really well defended base.
Outskirts of the Everfree Forest Ponyville Equestria 10:59 A.M. on April 16th Wonderbolt Rainbow Dash
Sigh. Twi wanted us to be out to go to the Everfree this early in the morning?! She either must've found some new magical doo-dad that does a thing or somepony peeved her off. Either way, I don't care. I just wanna go back to sleep.
"...to help me out with the negotiation. See what he wants." Twilight was rambling on about "the Plan", so we can talk with somepony out in the Everfree. I don't know why, and I don't care.
"Twi, I'm way too tired for this. Can I go home and let you all do... whatever you're gonna do?" It was worth a shot.
"No, Rainbow. I need you. You aren't leaving because of something small as not getting a lot of sleep." I thought she'd say that. There's no escape.
"Fiiiiiiine, I'll go. Don't get surprised if I'm knocked unconscious because of my limited sleep."
We wandered through the Everfree. "Hey! I found something!" Rarity shouted that to our left, so we looked and found... something.
"What is it, Rarity?" Fluttershy sounded concerned.
"It's a carving of a symbol. I'm guessing it must lead to the encampment where you and Twilight were asleep at last night." She was right, it was a carving. It reminded me of a symbol I found while rummaging through my parents' house, but I wasn't sure what it meant...
Looking towards the south, I found another one of the symbols. "Hey! I found another one!" I yelled, and pointed towards it.
"Let's follow it. Rainbow, go above the treetops and see where we're headed when we keep following these symbols in a straight line," Twi told me.
"Gotcha," I replied simply. I broke through the treetops, and looked towards where the symbol lead. I saw it lead towards a flagpole. I yelled it back towards the ground crew.
"Yeah. Let's follow it." Twilight lead the 6 of us, including Spike, who was awfully quiet the entire trip. We entered a small clearing, and found the camp. In it, there was a pony making a barrier around the camp, and he was almost done. He was wearing a suit with many pockets and what looked like belts along the arms and waist of his suit. A hood was over his head, so we can't see his face. All we know is that his tail is a blue color, and the rest of his body is covered with the suit. He had braces around his front hooves, and there were insignia and markings all over the suit. The suit itself was a grey color with dark green highlight lines going everywhere. The green was going over the hood to make it look like an eagle, over the back to make it seem like he has wings, around the neck, everywhere that might be a joint.
"Sir!" He jumped when he heard Rarity yell that. I would've smacked her in the back of the head, but she ran towards the pony and I accidentally smacked Spike in the back of the head. He turned around and looked at me with a "I'll murder you later" stare.
The pony coughed and said "Y-yes?" Probably from Prance, that one. "What do you want? Wait. Why are you..." He then looked and stared right at me. I turned around to make sure he wasn't looking at anypony else, and sure enough, Twi and Flutters were right behind me. He muttered something about "God", whatever he/she/that is.
"I was wondering a few things about you. First: Who are you?" Goin' straight to the point, Rare, now aren't ya? Guess you're wanting to talk to him about his fashion first and foremost, but nope!
"U-uhm... N. Yeah. N." Wasn't really convincing.
"N? Why N?" Same here, Rare.
"Because I don't like my real name. I promised myself to never say it, and I can't remember what it was to begin with."
"Well, what are you doing out here, N?" I asked. I walked on up to him, and noticed his green eyes going to the size of small grapes.
"U-Uhh..." He just stood there for a few seconds before slowly walking backwards.
"No ya don't! AJ, c'mon!" Applejack and I jumped on N to hold him down. I grabbed his hood and pulled it down, but he punched me off. AJ held him down, however. He's oddly protective of his hood. I wonder why...
"Let me ask again: What are you doing here, N?" He can't escape now. At least, that's what I thought. A mask fell on his face, and he dropped a canister on the ground. We later learned that this was called a "flash bang", which was made from a bunch of stuff I didn't pay attention to. Twi might remember, though. It went off, and left us seeing nothing but white. It hurt my lungs so I let go and coughed. A ringing sound was in my ears, and, from what I heard, the other girls experienced the same thing. When the whiteness faded away, and we can hear again, there was a burnt spot where the cylinder exploded, and N was gone again. I didn't see his face, so I don't think we'd be able to find him...
Schoolhouse Ponyville Equestria 12:30 P.M. on April 16th Assassin Nitro
School. The bane of my existence. BMS was hell, Trevvett wasn't kind, and Holliday was a strange year. I prayed things would be different. I walked up, and noticed the playground in the back of the school. 'Recess...' I chuckle to myself. 'I missed that damned thing. I was not ready for middle school, that's for sure.' I walked in to see the teacher sitting there. Good ol' Cheerilee. A purple earth pony with a light purple hair color and a darker purple stripe in the center. Flowers adorned her ass. She noticed me immediately.
"Hello, might you be this Ms. Cheerilee I've heard about?" I asked, knowing full well the answer.
"Why yes, I am!" Yep. Cheerilee. "What can I do for you?"
"I'd like to sign up for the education, if that's alright." 'Please don't ask about my parents. Please don-
"Of course, but where are your parents?" Shit.
"Dead." Did I needed an extended explanation?
"Oh. I'm so sorry." She fell for it. Wunderbar
"It's quite alright. Many asked about them. I'm used to it."
"Well, i-if you say so. Now, I need to know about your education."
I explained my education in detail, knowing she'd ask questions. She did. I made a note to her that I lived abroad, and my history is based on that culture (I haven't decided where my fake location would be) and not Equestrian history.
"Okay. Thank you, Mister..."
"I go by N. Nitrologenious is my given name, but it's dumb and annoying to say." I made that up. My real name's... Wait. I know my name! Why should I write it here?
"Alright. Spell your real name for me?" After that... "Aaaaaaand, done! Welcome, N. Uh, mind if I call you Nitro?"
"Uh, knock yourself out." How'd she get my re- Wait. 'Nitro'logenious. I am an idiot. First N, the 7th element of the Periodic Table (which should exist here), and now Nitrologenious. God damn it.
"Well, we're gonna be covering the Periodic Table Monday,-" Fucking called it. "-and I'll make sure I have a seat available for you. Get here by 8. That's when the bell rings." Arrive to school at 8. Got it. "Oh, and please get these things on the list here. You're going to need them." She hands me a list containing items I need. Pencils, check. Notebook, check. Saddlebag, che- Wait. Nope. Gonna need to buy that.
"Well, I'll see you Monday, Ms. Cheerilee!"
Ms. Cheerilee waived goodbye. Before I left, I looked at the calendar for a quick second. April 16th. Saturday. I smiled, realizing that dates are probably gonna be similar to Mobius', so I don't need to change my calendar on my laptop I brought with me. Oh, shit! My laptop! I don't have a generator up and running, and I haven't charged the damn thing! I ran after I noticed this, which was quite a ways away from camp. But I had to find sodium and potassium. Bananas and salts. I also needed the saddle bag, so I ran back to the market and got enough of the things. I know that I'll find some form of use for the chlorine gas when I'm done with the salt, and some form of use for the rest of the banana (prolly eat it or something). I got back and, to my luck, no one was here. They left, and I watched them before leaving to the school. Took 'em long enough to leave, though.
Canterlot Castle Canterlot Equestria 1:05 P.M. on April 16th Princess Celestia Saulé
Lunch. That was the thing I wanted. It was still 5 minutes until I can leave to get me some food. A scroll appeared in front of me in a green fire. Twilight. But why would she send me a letter? I opened it, and this is what I found:
Dear Princess Celestia, I know you're busy, so I'll keep this short. A pony's living in the Everfree Forest going by the name "N". I'm suspicious of this pony, and what he's doing there. If at all possible, I'd like for you to see if there is a pony named "N" in the Equestrian files. EDIT: Ms. Cheerilee talked to me a few minutes ago, and apparently his name is "Nitrologenious". Is that an actual pony? Thank you, Twilight Sparkle
Nitrologenious? Strange name. Luna was next to me, so I asked "Sister, do you know a pony by the name of... Niro... Nitrole... Nitrologenious from when you were going through dreams last night?"
Luna looked at me and said "No, but I found a pony who dreamed of names, and landed on that name. His real name's Nitro. From the looks of it, he lives in the Everfree Forest. Why would you care, though?"
I pulled out a piece of paper and a quill and wrote down what I knew from this "Nitro" character. "Twilight is saying she's suspicious of this pony. She didn't explain."
"His dreams are quite... Unstable. He appears to be suffering from some form of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or some other form of mental disorder/disease." Luna looked visually nervous. "Something tells me that he isn't whom he seams to be." She shakes her head. "I don't know. I'll visit his dreams and talk to him tonight. If that's alright with you, sister."
I nod with agreement. I also noted this down, signed it, and sent it to Twilight. I only hope that this is just one issue that we can solve. I look at the clock. '1:10. Lunch time,' I thought, as I stood up. My sister did the same, and we went towards the dining room to eat.
Remains of Nitro's Camp Everfree Forest Equestria 4:30 P.M. on April 16th Assassin Nitro
I walked down a dirt road towards town, my hood off. I switched from my grey and dark green cloak to a white hoodie. A simple hat was on my head. I looked like I went through the Everfree, and was headed up the dirt road to Canterlot. I was inconspicuous. When I was past Ponyville, I went west, towards an abandoned warehouse. I decided that this'll be the best place to set up a base. When I got in, I removed the "For Sale" sign. I bought it when I saw it. A few grams of Silver was enough to pay for the main warehouse and surrounding warehouses. They were empty recently, so no one else knew of it. I set up, and connected my generator to the wall inside of the side warehouses. This place had broken generators, so I just slid it onto a corner place and connected to the grid. It ran off of a Uranium isotope I brought with me. It should last for quite a while. I also prepped some repairs for the other generators with the materials I have with me.
I smiled. The warehouse behind the main one became my living quarters, and with the almost infinite electricity, I plugged in my laptop and was surprised to see a WiFi router nearby. I connected it to my laptop (wired connection), and I had access to the Internet. I was never happier. I was quite tired, but I wouldn't let that stop me. I fueled up one of the other generators using a mix of Na+ ions and K- ions to create a simple battery-esc generator. It'll serve as my backup, for when I need to do maintenance to the nuclear fusion reactor. I looked out, and realized it was already 8 P.M. I still needed the saddlebag, but I had time tomorrow. I sat down, wrote in my journal, and went to sleep.
Written Journal #2 Well, I finished a lot today. The perimeter I set up for the original base is now used as a "protected sidewalk" towards the other buildings in the facility. I now live in a warehouse, and not in the middle of the forest. Thank God. Generator up, and I'm writing this (and the last Written Journal entry) into my laptop. The Mane 6, with Spike and Starlight, entered my base while I was building the perimeter. I flashed them, and escaped while they were stunned. Whoever may be reading this, don't take that out of context. I signed into the school system. I went under the alias "Nitrologenious". Dumb name, but it worked. Cheerilee was never the wiser. I am now tired. I still have to end the Templar reign. I'm certain that Chrysalis will return, after what I saw on the S6 Finale Previews. It might've already happened. I don't know. Until next time, -Nitro
Living Quarters Warehouse Ponyville Equestria 12:22 A.M. on Sunday, April 17th 3rd Person
As Nitro falls into his deep slumber, his laptop closed and ready for the day ahead, a figure stands on a nearby warehouse. Celestia stares into the room, certain that the info her sister gave her the previous day was true. She sighs and says "Rest now, young Nitro. For tomorrow, the day will become your nightmare."
(Nitro, 1st person)
Thank god for those cams everywhere. I was right behind her. I whispered into her left ear "It'll be yours, Celestia." I bounced back a few feet as Celestia punches the air I once was in. I smirked. "Good evening, Princess."
"What do you want with my little ponies?" she asked. I laughed on the inside.
"I mean no harm to your subjects. I'm just here on... intergalactic business. You need not to know. It will scare you to the point of not trusting even your own sister." I said, using a trick I grabbed when I was a child. My voice was deep, almost to the point of being pure bass. My voice was as monotone as possible.
"Then explain it in a way that won't frighten me." She was foolish to say this.
"Let's just say there's a bigger threat than me. And Chryssy is a part of it."
"Chrysalis?"
"The one and only. Trust me. I do my job, you don't bother me." That was the last thing I said before I teleported out of there. I may be an earth pony, but I still have my skills.
(Back to third person)
"How'd he teleport?" Celestia was dumbfounded from the earth pony teleport in front of her eyes. She ran through every possible answer before... "...Discord. He must know." And with that, she uses multiple teleports to get back to Canterlot, and into her bed. She needs sleep for the next day.
Warehouse Ponyville Equestria 8:23 A.M. on Sunday, April 17th Assassin Nitro
I prayed to the Lord above that Pinkie Pie won't find me and throw a party for my arrival. She didn't find me and do that yesterday, so I had high hopes that my incognito mode would help me.
At least I survived a day without Pinkie.
She found me.
I woke up to a "Hey! Whoareyou? OhIrememberyoufromyesterdayboywereyouatrickyfoaltofindbutnowIfoundyouandit'stimetogiveyouawelcomingpartyPinkiePieStylesoc'mon! Let's go!" She grabbed my hoof and dragged me out of my bed. Jesus she had a strong hoof. I know she had 4th wall breaking powers (she interrupted my thoughts with a "It's called the Pinkie Sense, silly!" Jesus, she even knows she's in a fic. "Of course, silly! How could I not? You can't write me good!" Yea, you right.), but the power she had... Thank god I had my bracers on, otherwise my legs would've been ripped off. In a few seconds, we made it to Sugar Cube Corner. Damn it. Well, I can't turn back now. I'm wearing the robe from yesterday, minus the hat. I racked my brain for a fake name to tell the Mane 6. They didn't see my face, did they? I hoped not.
Pinkie dropped me off, and everyone was saying stuff like "Hi there!" and "Hello!" and all that nice shit. I stood there, awkwardly, shaking hooves, until the moment when every Brony ever wants to have: meeting the Mane 6 in person. I was uber-nervous, solely for if they remember me. I gulped, and, obviously nervous, said "H-Hi there!"
The Mane 6 looked at me, and Twilight said "Hello there! My name's-"
"Twilight Sparkle, correct?" She clearly didn't see my face. Only Pinkie did. My voice was also different from yesterday, having my Latino accent that doesn't exist, so I can hide the identity.
"Y-Yes. How'd you know?"
"How can I not? You saved the world half a dozen times or something!" I had genuine happiness in my voice. I'm meeting the ponies I've been a fan of for about a year after I watched the Nightmare Night animation by BDP.
"Finally, somepony noticed!" Rainbow was very happy with my happiness. I smiled and chuckled to myself. Good ol' Dashie.
Pinkie remained silent about yesterday, thankfully. I should talk to her about what I can do to repay her for keeping yesterday's events and my identity of yesterday a secret.
We talked for a while, and the moment Rarity took a good look at me, she said "Sweet Celestia, why do you look like that?!"
"Ah. That. I was dragged out of bed. I woke up like 14 minutes ago or something." I smiled slightly, knowing full well what's about to happen. She did. I wasn't listening much, but I heard about my hoodie I was in and how she'd change it to better suit me. Something about "...a suit for a pony from Prance." I'm technically from Spain, but I couldn't find a pun for Spain. I'll look at it from a map later.
After the party, Rarity asked me to follow her, so I did. The others followed us to see who I am. She removed my robe, and they finally saw who I am. Side note: I never go to sleep without a blade, so seeing a kitchen knife on me in a holster gave both me and the girls a little scare, but I removed it and placed it far away from us. You already know what I look like in the past, but I neglected to mention my cutie mark. It's... special, to say the least. A microphone head connected to a red tube with a "DANGER: FLAMMABLE" symbol, which has a knife end pointing out, and the knife-container-mike thing is drawing a dark-blue line on my flank. Like I said, special.
"Say, what's your name?" Rarity asked. I was scared. I quickly thought of a name, but before I could speak, Twilight got mail from Celestia via Spike. I was lucky.
Twilight read the letter she received. "Girls... It looks like the Princesses are coming to Ponyville in a few minutes. They said that they have some information on the pony we met yesterday." I looked at Pinkie, and she looked back at me. She then signaled that her lips are sealed, and I smiled back. "We should prepare for their return to Ponyville."
At this point, I looked back and saw Rarity doing some touch-ups on the white-and-red robe I wore. A few gems here and there, along with a simple bow tie and a pop-able collar. I really like how somehow Rarity knew I like simplistic but fashionable. Thumbs up to her! Even though I don't have thumbs...
After paying Rarity (I transferred 4 gram of silver for 96 bits, silver's expensive) 60 bits, I put on the new hood (It felt comfortable and good) and went with the rest of the girls to meet Celestia and Luna. 'Tia has already met me at this point, but Imma play dumb. See how well that works. It's about 10:00 A.M. at this point. I wonder what they're thinking about...
"Hey, you didn't say your name. What was it?"
"Nitrogen," I said, internally slapping myself in the face, knowing my name will be easily tracked. N, the 7th element, known as Nitrogen, or Nitro in short. Nitrologenious is just a fucking stupid name. I hate myself now.
Restaurant Ponyville Equestria 10:00 A.M. on April 17 3rd Person
Starlight and Spike returned to the castle, noting the sudden tensing of the new guy. Nitro, along with the Mane 6, walk towards the Town Hall. At the restaurant in Ponyville, 5 ponies are sitting there. Three in one table, and two in another. The two are Celestial Royal Guards, stationed there in case the Princess appears, and are in the middle of having a drink. The three other ponies are a special cast. Two of them are twins, who are blank flanks. And the last one is a geologist with an Easter Island Head as a cutie mark. The twins have an inverted color pallet (The pegasus' mane color is the unicorn's coat color, and vice versa), and the geologist earth pony has a simple grey coat with a [color=#]deep blue mane tied up into a ponytail.
The guards notice Celestia's chariot in the distance, so they just pay, grab their spears, and run. The trio of ponies still sitting there notice this, pay for their food, and run with the guards to see what the commotion is all about. These characters are important. I promise.
Town Hall Ponyville Equestria 10:10 A.M. on April 17 Princess Luna Selene
As we wait for the chariot to land, I take a look out towards the ground. I spot young Twilight and her friends, with Nitro following. He must know we're coming, and we know my sister met him last night (much to my warnings not to), yet he's still coming. I also heard that Discord should make an appearance, so I'm wondering what is up with that.
We land, and see the guards we stationed here arrive and stand at attention. I don't know why Sister would do this, but okay. Twilight and her friends bow, and we bow back.
Twilight speaks up with "Princess, you wished to speak to us about the pony we met yesterday? The pony you mentioned in your letter sounds very much like the one we met in the Everfree."
I look over to Nitro. He is looking at Celestia with a slightly scared expression, before noticing that I'm looking at him. He looks away, with what little I can detect of a blush on his face. It's more pink than a normal blush, but that's probably just because of his coat.
"Yes. Say, who's this pony here?" Nitro visibly gulps.
"Oh, him? His name's Nitrogen." I can't believe no pony notices that "Nitrogen" is Nitro. Then again, I know what he looks like from his dreams.
"May I speak to Nitrogen in private?" I ask.
"Uhm, sure." Twilight clearly has some reservation.
When Nitro and I are quite a large distance from the others, I hiss into his ear "What are you doing here, Nitro?"
"Pinkie Pie" was his only response.
"Oh. But you do know that my sister is quite angry for last night?"
"Yeah, I can tell she's pissed. But it's not like I care." He is clearly saying that to seem tough. "Besides, clearly you aren't here just for me."
He was right. We were also here to check up on Discord. Speaking of Dis-
Town Hall Ponyville Equestria 10:15 A.M. on April 17th Assassin Nitro
"Was somebody thinking of me?" Damn it, it's Discord.
"Discord, what're you doing here?" Fluttershy asked. I was thinking the same thing.
"Lulu and 'Tia wanted me to meet this little kid over here." He ruffled my hair, as I tried to shoo him off me. "What's wrong?" He came up close and whispered "I know what you called me from the previous chapter. Don't think I'm letting you off the hook." Welp, I'm in trouble now. If I wasn't already. "So, what did want to ask me, Tia?" So Celi had another reason to summon this bloke. ("Hey, I should call Tia "Celi" some time. That sounds nice!" Bugger off, Jizzcord.)
"Yeah, I wanted to know if the pony known as Nitro is somewhat related to you."
I looked over to Discord and gave him a look that says 'Please, for the love of Chaos, don't tell her that I'm Nitro. PleasepleasepleasePLEASE!'
"No, in fact, I've never heard of this "Nitro" guy you're talking about. I can find him and ask him, if you'd like?" Shit, don't, bruv!
Pinkie spoke up. "Yeah, I wanna find him so I can give him a "Welcome to Ponyville" party, like what I did with Nitrogen over here!" She pointed over to me.
I knew, if I didn't get back to base, and act as a cold-hard merc, I'm done for. "Sure, find him, and lead him to us." Fuck.
Discord pointed towards the market. "Let's go! He'll be gone soon!" That was my cue.
"I should be going. It was nice meeting all of you, but it's time for my leave. See ya!" I ran off. As I did so, I "accidentally" bumped into Pinkie and Discord. I know that it was strange, but I didn't give a shit. I still don't. After rounding a corner, I Chaos Controlled over to my base, replaced my white robe for the dark grey one, and ran over to the market.
Market Place Ponyville Equestria 10:17 A.M. Discord
Nitro bumped into me and Pinkie, giving the both of us some form of communication with him. I could tell that it was him. Honestly, Pinkie's friends are kinda stupid for not noticing it was him. Ah, it doesn't matter that much.
'Hey, can you all hear me?' Nitro's voice rang through my head.
'Yeah, I can hear you. Pinkie?' I responded, while leading the ponies to the market place.
She giggles. 'Yeah, I do. Nitro, why are you so scared of my friends? Is it because of what you know?'
'Kinda, yeah. I don't know what'll happen when they find out one of my 4 main secrets. Can you two keep my secrets from everyone?' Does he really trust us? I asked him that. 'Honestly, yeah. I trust you won't let them know. Just say 'I don't know anything' when they're asking about me. So, y'all ready? Meet me in the warehouses in the outskirts of town to the north' We were nearing the Market. I see him on one of the roofs.
'Yeah. We'll be there' We both responded.
"Okay, he should be... Up on the roofs!" I pointed up to the roof where Nitro was on and gave him a quick nod. Unnoticed by the others, fortunately.
"Nitro, get down here! I want to ask some questions!" Tia yelled, notifying everypony around about her presence.
"Ya, qué tal no?" 'That's a suicide question, I know, but I'm seeing how far I can bring it before I have a-' He couldn't finish that thought.
"Don't test me. Now, get down here!" Tia's horn flared up, and Nitro started to run. He was stopped by the levitation spell Tia casted on him.
"Piss" was the last thing he said before Celi brought him down. Before she could ask anything, however, he punched her in the face. Everyone's jaw dropped (literally for Pinkie and I, metaphorically for everypony else). Celestia had a bleeding nose, and Nitro was smirking under his hood. He was dropped from Celestia's grasp, and he used that time to run. Everyone who had the ability to levitate another (minus me) went from shocked to pissed, and collectively dragged Nitro back. He then did something I didn't expect him to. He threw a grenade at us. Pinkie and her friends shielded their eyes, like they've already felt this before. 'Sorry for this,' Nitro stated before it went off. All was white with a magnesium smell for a few seconds, and when it cleared, he was gone.
Warehouse Ponyville Equestria 7:25 P.M. on April 17th Assassin Nitro
I got the last of my things in my quarters, and moved to the main Warehouse. There, in the room, were the 2 ponies and the draconequus who figured me out. "Thank you all for coming. This is my Base of Ops. You know who I am." Luna, Pinkie, and Discord were sitting there, listening to what I have to say.
"Why are you in Equestria, exactly?" Luna questioned me. I sighed and pulled up a chair.
"Get prepared for a story, you lot. It's a big one." I sighed again and then started. "I am an assassin. I'm not a crazed gun man, nor am I paid to kill innocents. You all figured me out, so this next rule doesn't count, but I'm not supposed to make my identity known." I yawned and continued. "I'm here to do three things: one is to stop the Tempars from their world-domination scheme that they have. I don't know who is a Templar, but I know that, in Equestria, they'll be wearing clothes to hide a necklace that has this symbol." I lifted the Templar Cross, a rounded metal cross (like the one for Christianity) with red highlights, surrounding the Abstergo Industries logo. "These fools wear this everywhere. Don't ask me why. I'm still wondering that." I threw the cross to a corner. "The second thing I'm here for is to create an Assassin's guild in Equestria."
Pinkie spoke up. "Why build an assassin's guild in Equestria, specifically?"
"Templar influences are strongest here than in any other place in the world." I started. "And it's best to be prepared. I don't know the third reason as to why I'm here, but my team'll send that reason in the future." I waved my hoof around. "But enough of that. I wanted you lot here because I want you to help me form the Assassin's influence in Equestria." The shocked faces on the ponies were priceless. I need to buy or build a camera for this shit!
"Why us?" Luna asked.
"Because you know who I truly am. I told you why I'm here. I showed you everything I am. I'm just a simple school boy, but I'm also an Assassin. I need someone, or multiple someones, to help do some tasks when I'm in classes. This won't go unpaid, naturally. I just need y'all's help."
They were silent, and Discord said "Let us think about it."
"Sure sure, go on ahead." I moved my chair towards the wall and rested there, the front two legs off the floor, and the back plate on the wall. I rested there until Luna coughed. "Ya made up your minds?"
"Yes, and we will accept your proposition," Luna started. "BUT! You must have a logical reason for these assassination missions. Do we have a deal?"
"Naturally." I shook her hoof. "Welcome to the order, ladies and Discord. Now, I'm gonna need to train you all in the ways of the Order. We have three main rules to prevent people from going insane with power and start killing off whom they don't deem worthy to be alive. One is to never kill innocents. Self-explanatory. Don't kill ponies who are just walking, and aren't hostile. Two is to stay incognito. Make sure no one knows who you truly are. The final one is to never derive from the plan. If you're just making up the plan as you go, you can ignore that last one. Y'all got that?" They all nodded. "Good. I'd like for you all to return Friday the 22nd. I'll have your Assassin robes and stuff ready."
"OOO! Robes! Like the one you're wearing?" Pinkie, in her overactive self, said.
"Aye! Like this one-" I point to the grey robe I'm wearing. "-and the white one you met me in, Luna and Discord."
We all agreed to meet up the 22nd at 8 P.M. "Make sure you're on time, Discord," Luna deadpanned to Discord. Discord just "blah, blah, blah"-ed Luna, and all three of them laughed before leaving to their homes. I smiled, and went to my room to sleep. I slipped out of my robe, rested it in the wardrobe, and rested on my bed before pulling out my laptop and began writing my 3rd journal entry in NotePad.
Written Journal #3 Princess Luna Selene, Pinkamina Diane Pie, and Discord agreed and joined the Order. If memory serves me right, I had a dream where Rarity and Fluttershy were also part of the Order, so I hope to indoctrinate them in. I'm ready for school tomorrow. Now, what'll happen then? How'll I juggle Assassin work and school work? I don't know. I'll find a way. There's always a solution. Now, I need to find and eliminate the Templars soon. I'll write Friday the 22nd.
Main Warehouse Ponyville Equestria 5:23 P.M. on Friday, April 22nd Assassin Nitro
2 hours and 37 minutes to go until they come. I sigh and continue with the project. Over the past 5 days, I've learned what the ponies and Discord may like in the form of weapons. I'm starting off small with melees, and then I'm giving them guns. As I'm on the sander for clean-up on the weapons, I take a quick gander over to the armor and robes for the other Assassins. Luna has a calm midnight blue cloak over plate-steel armor. Not much armor, but, on an alicorn, more than enough. There were marking where the wings are to be able to do a "Hide your wings so that instead of looking like an Alicorn, you'd look like a fucking tall Unicorn" thing. Social stealth. She wouldn't have to be Princess Luna when under the hood.. Pinkie has some heavier armor. She has a cotton candy blue robe with Pinkie-colored pink stripes all over. She has heavy combat armor made of some serious steel-titanium combo. I need to make sure that her hair fits under that hood, however... I made 2 for Discord. If he wishes to go in a pony form, a brown hooded robe. No design, and similar plate armor to Luna's. His normal form is of the same color, but suited for his dimensions. No armor in that form, for he is his own armor in his normal form, after all.
The blade in my hand was Luna's. I was now focusing on removing the weld marks so it looks like a unified piece. Her sword was Damascus steel. I painted it so that it looks like it was forged to be the same midnight blue of Luna's cloak, but you can still see the details of the steel used. The blade was 22 inches long, the pommel was a starry yellow crescent moon with a small aquamarine gemstone in the shape of a horn. The aquamarine horn was perpendicular to the center of the crescent moon, and was in line with the handle. The handle was leather-wrapped, and was stained black. White-colored translucent stars were all over. The guard was in the shape of Alicorn wings. It was fancy. I think she still has the sword in her room. After so many years.
Pinkie has two blades. One sword is Rose Quartz's Straight Rapier from Steven Universe, but a bit thinner. (Watch the video where MAA Reforged made it here) Her other sword was a one-handed short sword. It had one beveled section, and had the appearance of a kitchen knife, but it was 16 inches long and 4 inches wide.
Discord. Now he was a challenge. I wanted something to represent him, which is chaotic, yet is something not chaotic. I decided to make the Gravity Hammer from HALO. Specifically HALO 3.
I dipped the Princess' sword into some coolant to clean it off, and set it down. I moved everything into position, and changed the lighting so it will focus on me until I press a button. When I do, lights will shine on the armor and melee weapons. I still need to think of guns for them. I grabbed my standard dark robe and grabbed my Kremvh's Tooth, then sat down in a chair in the center of the room. I went to sleep. I deserved it.
2 hours later...
I woke up to my wristwatch alarm. '7:55 P.M... Okay. Time to be prepared.' I stood up, threw the chair over to a corner, and stood there. 5 minutes later, right on 8 on the dot, Selene, Pie, and the Draconequus walked in. Well, Discord was floating and Pinkie was bouncing with her iconic Bwoing! of her jumps, but whatever. "Hello. Before we begin, I must obtain a vow of Allegiance to the Creed. Don't worry, it's just procedure. Now," I get into a serious tone, "will you vow to protect the innocent, from all harm of the Templars, and help pave the way to a New Dawn?"
"I vow to protect the innocent, from all harm of the Templars, and help pave the way to a New Dawn," They all responded in unison.
"Will you vow to keep quiet of our practices, when either tortured or questioned, and keep our secrets to the grave?"
"I vow to keep quiet of our practices,when either tortured or questioned,and to keep our secrets to the grave."
"And will you vow to never do anything rash, take drastic action, or take justice into your own hands, and to make sure that you put the lives of your teammates and others over your own?
"I vow to never do anything rash,take drastic action, or take justice into my own hooves, (Discord said "claws" in place of "hooves") and to put the lives of teammates and others over my own."
They did it. They did the vow. Now to finish it. "Now, remember these wise words spoken by one of the mentors of Ezio Auditore da Firenze, one of the greatest assassins ever: When other men blindly follow the "Truth", remember: Nothing is True. When other men are limited, by morality or law, remember: Everything is Permitted. We work in the Dark to serve the Light. We are Assassins. Now, when you believe that the Order's practices are not for good intention, remember the Creed. Repeat this: Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted."
They all repeated "Nothing is True. Everything is Permitted." I'll need to show them the limitations later.
"You have recited the Creed of the Assassins, and for that, you welcome the ideology of us into your hearts. Welcome to the Order, my brother and sisters." I smile warmly. "I have prepared your cloaks and weapons. I'm certain yo-"
"Wait... Weapons? Do you mean we actually have to kill?!" Pinkie was kinda sharp, yet kinda dull. I'll try to refine that.
"Yes. Here." I clicked the button, and the lights shone over their stuff. All their stuff was on three separate tables. On Luna's, her gear was surrounded by pieces of moon rocks, and her stuff was glimmering in the light, like it was a star. Pinkie's had confetti over her table, and was gleaming with a pink hue. Discord had a chaotic scene. I can't even remember it. Just know it was insane. When the whistling and the "Wow!"ing was done, I gave them their stuff. "But you can also go non-lethal." Pinkie smiles a little at that. "Armor is inside the cloaks, and there's some extra stuff. Carved knives, smoke bombs, a lot of pockets to put your gaming shit in there, other... stuff..." I was distracted because there was a green glow out of one of my pockets. I pulled it out to note I got Streetpass on my Red Classic 3DS from 2012. It's been 4 years since I got it with Super Mario 3D Land. Man, was that a fun time. "...Who has a 3DS?"
Luna sheepishly rose her armored hoof. Her hooves were covered in armor. I made it that way. The armor hit from the tip of her hooves to her shoulders. There were bendable sections here and there for flexibility. "Yes. I... I like the system, honestly. Neightendo really makes good systems." Oh god, the look on her face was so adorable I just wanted to snuggle her forever. Did I ever mention that the ponies were so fucking soft to the touch? Because they are. I also facepalmed (facehoofed?) internally for the obvious "Nintendo/Neightendo" pun.
After they armored up, they picked up their weapons. Luna slashed hers around before nodding in appreciation of the craftsmanship. I smiled, then looked over to Pinkie. She held them like she was born for this job, even though she's an earth pony. A whirlwind of knife-spinning later, she beamed of approval. I then looked to Discord.
"Why must I use a hammer and not a sword?" Discord questioned.
I replied "Why wouldn't I? It made too much sense to make blades for all of you."
He chuckled. "Yeah, I guess using my logic against me is smart. Good job kid." That was as much as I'd get outta him, so I smiled.
"You said you were doing school, correct?" I nodded to Luna's question. "Then since when have you have the time for forging armour and swords and the Gravity Hammer for Discord?"
I quickly wondered why she knew of the Gravity Hammer, but I stopped questioning. "Oh, the schoolwork was easy. I solved it quick so I had time to worry about the swords, Hammer, and armor. Now, do you all know how to properly wield these weapons?" The looks on their faces showed me that no, no they don't. "Alright, time for training, I guess. I gotta teach you all what I know, after all!"
Written Journal #4 I have done it. I have show them the Assassin ways. Some training. Basic stuff like how to wield weapons via hooves properly and how to disappear without a trace. I'll attempt to unlock their Eagle Vision, if any of them have it. Luna might. Now, for the big thing: I found the way to balance School and Work properly. Pretend the Assassins don't exist until Friday. I must work on gaining my fellow Assassins' trust over the next few weeks. Give them "The Ezio Speech". Buenas Noches, Nitro.
Dreamscape 11:52 P.M. on April 22nd Princess Luna Selene
After the somewhat sore runthrough of some basic tactics, we retired. I teleported to my room, and removed my gear. I hid them inside of my giant closet. The sword sheathed into its beautifully decorated sheath. It was white with golden stars. It reminds me of my sister. Inside my sister-colored sheath is the me-colored sword. I must admit, however Nitro got his skills of weapons making, he was a damn good swordspony. Soon, I may ask him to give some lessons to my Night Guards.
Now, I'm in the Dreamscape, looking over ponies dreams. 'Tia is still pretty angry at Nitro, as evident of her dream of torturing the poor kid (she made up how he looked, and it looks like a simple red pony with a yellow mane) and I can't blame her. If I was punched in the face to the point of bleeding, I'd be pissed for days. I then see Nitro's dream, which was grinding across Canterlot's rooftops with a hook protruding from his armoured right hoof. I must ask him about that hook. After watching some parkour, I moved on. But what he said earlier kept running through my head like Nitro did in his dream. "When other men are limited, by morality or law..." That line haunts me. What are these "men", these "people" he keeps referring to? Why must we be not bound by morality or law? What does he mean by "Nothing is True, Everything is Permitted"? From the looks of their dreams, Discord and Pinkie are thinking the same things. We must ask him soon. But for now, I must focus on keeping ponies' dreams safe...
Train Station - Suburbs Canterlot Equestria 10:27 P.M. on Sunday, April 24th Assassin Nitro
Over the past 2 day, I've been adventuring all of Equestria's main cities: Manehatten, Baltimare, Vanhoover, The Crystal Empire, Las Pegasus, Applewood, Dodge City, and others. Applewood was my first stop, because it's supposed to be Equestria's Los Angeles. And, as guessed, it was. I was able to maneuver around based on the knowledge I had of my home city. Then, I moved up to Vegas, or Pegasus, in this case. Was like it was in the show (I saw "Viva Las Pegasus" at this point).
Now, I moved south to Appaloosa and Dodge. Wasn't anything noteworthy there. Moving east, Vanhoover, Baltimare and Manehatten were on the chopping block. It was all a blur of color, so I can't remember what happened, but I probably was drunk off my fucking ass in Manehatten, because I woke up next to a mare. We prolly fucked (my dick was out and still a bit wet (eww)), so I got the hell outta Dodge (not the city). She was kinda cute, a bright blue mane and an even brighter blue coat. Her hair was in a bun, her tail had sea green swirls, and had a simple quarter note as a cutie mark. I soon later learned that her name's Soprano and she's a fiancé to some bloke in the Guards. And that she's pregnant with a kid. That's probably mine. Fuck.
The day when I woke up and ran the fuck outta Manehatten, I rode a train straight to the Frozen North. I met Twi's brother, sister-in-law, and niece. Shining was nice, albeit a bit on the nerd side. It feels like I missed an episode (The one where Cadence says she's havin' a child), but I don't care. I'm certain, if my theories are correct, my wi-fi router should work... If so, I can watch the episodes. Cadence looked a little stressed (emphasis on the word little), but otherwise she's fine. Fine enough to talk to me, at least. Kinder than Twilight, but looks a bit less mature than others in her position. And then there's the "Demon" herself. Flurry fucking Heart. She was 5 when I met her. And she was sweet. Not the Demon from the TV Show (that occurred about 3-4 years prior). I like her. I hope worst doesn't come to worst and we have to recruit fillies and foals into the Order. That'll suck ass. And if it does, I pray to the Gods above that we won't have to recruit Flurry here. She has a full life of peace, I can tell. Oh, boy was I wrong. But I'll tell that story another day.
And now, I went to grab a bite in Canterlot. I'm here, so very tired, and waiting for the night train. It appears that the trains in Equestria are really fucking fast (About 257 mph on average), and can travel from the West, to the South, to the East all in 1 day. Neat. The train entered the station headed towards Ponyville. I needed to get there to sleep for school the next day. I decided a quick nap would be a good idea. 5 minutes of sleep and another 5 of walking later, I reached the Warehouses. I constantly looked around to see if I was being followed. No one. Good. I got in and slept the night away. I didn't have the time to write down shit that day.
Schoolhouse Ponyville Equestria 12:05 A.M. on Monday, April 25th Button Mash
Today, I'm gonna talk to the new kid. Nitrologenious was his given name, but since even he can't pronounce it in one shot, we just stuck to the nickname "Nitro". After introductions, he kept to himself (Kinda like the protagonist of Ponysona 4 on my PS Vita) and he seems... distant at times. Looking out of the window, drawing in a book he has, noting stuff down, he isn't exactly "normal". It's time. The recess bell rang, and everypony ran outside. I followed as well, but I trotted to a different place. A large lone tree off to the north of the school is where Nitro loves to hang out. And I mean literally, he hangs from his tail off the tree. Weird, I know. I gotta ask him later, though...
"Hi, Nitro!" I called out. He looked startled, and fell off the tree face first into the ground below. He missed a root, thankfully. It was a thick one at that.
"Y-Yeah?" He stuttered.
Looking closer, he definitely looks like Yu from Ponysona 4. "Hey, I just wanted to talk. You kinda look like Yu from Ponysona." His face lit up when I mentioned that.
"Ponysona? Oh geez, I love that series! Did ya know that Ponysona 5's coming out next year on PS4?"
We then started talking about the game. He sometimes calls Ponysona "Persona". I think it's the same game, just called differently in other countries. It definitely sounds like he knows what he's talking about. While we were talking, he was drawing something. It looked like a revolver. What? I play my fair share of mature games. And movies generally have some form of weapon. Revolvers are just that famous. When the bell rang, we walked back together. Some of the other kids noticed and wondered what we were talking about.
When the clock hit 3, classes ended, and we left. Nitro and I trotted together and headed to my place. We agreed to play some random games on my consoles. We basically became quick friends. I learned some stuff about him real quick. Nitro is 13 (a year younger than me), and is addicted to gaming.
We then heard somepony call my name. "Button! Wait up!" I felt myself blush a bit as Nitro looks at me.
"Ya crush?" he asked.
"Sh-shaddup!"
Sweetie Belle, along with the other 2 main Cutie Mark Crusaders, ran up next to us.
Outside the Schoolhouse Ponyville Equestria 3:01 P.M. on April 25 Assassin Nitro.
"Button! Wait up!" A British accent girl yelled out. Button's face turned somewhat red.
"Ya crush?" I asked.
"Sh-shaddup!" He replied.
I turn to face the CMC. Sweetie Belle first spoke up. "Oh! You're the new kid!" She had the British accent. I don't know why, but I heard Button's and Sweetie's voices as more Brit than American/Canadian. "Uh, Nitro, was it?"
I nodded. "Yeah, that's me. You must be..."
"Oh! Yeah. My name's Sweetie Belle, and this is Apple Bloom and Scootaloo." She pointed to each respectively.
"Howdy! Ya must be new 'round these parts, yeah?" AB stated in her southern accent.
"Sorry we didn't talk to you. We were scared." Scoots nervously stated, rubbing the back of her neck with her hoof. She had a Bostonian accent (Like the Scout of TF2).
"It's fine. And I've been in the town for a week or so. Say Button, wanna invite 'em to your place for some gaming?"
"U-uhm..." He slightly blushed some more. "Y-yeah. C-C'mon, girls, l-let's play some games at m-my place." He was clearly nervous.
The girls agreed, and we left for Button's place.
Chapter 8: Brand New Friends, A Brand New Challenge
Button's Room Ponyville Equestria 5:27 P.M. on April 25th Sweetie Belle
It's about 5:30. We've been playing games for over an hour now. Nitro is playing his 3DS, playing some racing game. Miss Mash (who, after some small talk, Nitro refers to as "Elaina", I'll need to ask him later) is in the living room, Scootaloo and Apple Bloom are drinking out of juice boxes, and Button and I are playing on his PonyStation original, playing some HALO: Combat Evolved on it. I mentioned how old the system (and, to an extent, HALO) is, and he just shrugs and says "It's better than the Pong system my mom has." He has a point, ya know.
Anyways, I was beating his flank by using the Sniper Rifle, when Ms. Mash walked in and asked me "Sweetie Belle, can I speak to you for a minute?"
I looked at her, visibly confused, before I got up. "Don't worry, Sweetie!" Button called from his bed (we were sitting at the edge of his bed to play), "I'll leave the game paused 'til you come back!" I smiled and walked with Ms. Mash.
"So, what did you want to talk to me about, Miss Mash?" I questioned.
"I just wanted to ask you a few questions about my son," She replied. I think I know where this was going. "First, how's Button in school?" That was... strange, to say the least.
"He's doing... fine. Why aren't you asking Miss Cheerilee this?"
"I just wanted to hear from his peers. Anyways, second. How's Button's relationship with Nitro and the CMC?" Again, weird, for she can ask Button himself.
"Button and Nitro are doing well together. From the sound of it, I think they became friends because of some video game reference. As for me and my friends... We're pretty close."
"Good, good. Now, how do you feel about Button?" There it is. She giggles. "I see how you feel from the blush on your face." She giggles again as my face feels hot.
"I-I... Please don't tell Button. I beg you!"
"I won't."
"Oh, thank goodness!" I was washed in a wave of relief so big, I decided to go and hug Miss Mash. "Thank you, Miss Mash! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"
"Y-You're welcome, Sweetie Belle. And... Call me Elaina. When Button's not around, at least." She gives a warm, almost motherly, smile. I smile back, feeling the blush fade away. "Now, you want something to drink?" I didn't realize how much my throat was dry until now. I nod, and she goes to the kitchen to get a cup of water for me. 'Button's mom sure is nice,' I thought.
A few hours later...
Elaina was very sweet. I wanna talk to her on more casual terms. Maybe later. For now, I have to talk to Rarity as to why I wasn't home. "Joy," I mumbled to myself, the word drenched in sarcasm. She'll go on and on about how I shouldn't be out this late and how I shouldn't be in a room on my own with a colt my age and blah-de-di-blah-blah.
What surprised me was what happened when I actually walked into Carousel Boutique. It was... quiet. Like Rarity's asleep. I trot up to her room, and she walks out of her room. She looks shell-shocked, like she was having a nightmare. She looks at me and... smiles. "So, you're home?"
I chuckle nervously and rub the back of my neck. "Y-yeah. Heheh"
She then embraces me in a tight hug. "I thought you... Nevermind. Where were you?" She looks at me with a scared look.
"I was at Elaina Mash's home. Her son invited me to play on his PonyStation, and-" I was cut off.
"You were at a colt's house?! Sweetie, you know what I say, right?"
"Rarity, I'm fine. I know this kid well. Besides, if anything were to go wrong, I was with my friend. Button's mom was there, and Nitro was there to help us out as well!"
She looked almost mortified. "N-Nitro?" Cogs were turning in her head, and something clicked.
Rarity's perspective
Somehow, when Sweetie mentioned somepony named "Nitro", I connected the dots. The guy's name from earlier was... N, right? Nitro could be shortened to N, and Nitro is shortened of Nitrogen... Fuck
If I see him, I'm gonna give a stern talk to Nitro.
Sweetie's perspective
"R-Rarity?" I was nervous.
"...I don't want you near Nitro. Understood?"
"B-but-"
"UNDERSTOOD?!" She practically yelled at me.
"...Understood."
"Good. That kid is bad news."
"Why is he?"
"Celestia had a broken nose because of him. Do you know where he lives?"
"No. We just became friends today."
She sighs. "Listen. I'm looking out for your safety. The colt's insane."
I listened to her. She didn't go on a tangent like normal. She's hiding something. I'm not gonna press it though. And I'm not gonna listen to her.
Written Journal #4 I found them. Ponies who have First Civilization DNA. The gamer Button Mash, the singer Sweetie Belle, the daredevil Scootaloo, and the farmer Apple Bloom. They have high traces of the DNA, which means that this must be yet another Earth, meaning that my theory of Equestria just being an alternate universe of the Fallout timeline might not be that over exaggerated. It still is, but not fully. Now I wonder what happened to the humans... I adventured across Equestria, and located some Templars. I placed them on the board in the main Warehouse. I'll take a pic tomorrow and upload it onto here when I feel like it. Nothing other happened. -Nitro
Canterlot Castle Canterlot Equestria 12:15 P.M. on Saturday April 30th Assassin Nitro
I got the Wi-Fi up 'n runnin'! And every MLP episode up until Season 8 episode 6 is up. Huh.
I was thinking what I gotta write up in my journal while walking up to Celi's place. I'm in my normal Assassin's garb (the dark grey suit). Luna asked me to meet her there. So 2 things. One is to apologize to Celi for the punch to the face, and the second being whatever Luna has in store. I have a present for her. A revolver. It's a 6 shot, .357 magnum revolver. In Luna's letter, she said she can't send a carriage down to pick me up because that'll draw unwanted attention. Yeah, whatever you say, Moon.
The gates to the castle are... open? Strange. Anyways, walking through, I put on the mask in case of anything. And sure enough, 2 canisters rolled up to me. One was sleep gas, the other was smoke. I smirk and continue walking forwards. "'Scuse me. Pardon." I jump over a guard running to the smoke.
"Hey! Who're you?"
"I was ordered to meet Princess Luna privately. Here's her letter." I show the guard the letter, letting him know I'm welcome.
"Well, sure. Go on ahead." I nod and continue walking.
Taking off the mask and trotting in, I walk through the entire castle. It's just like how it was in the show, but slowly changing into what I saw in the S8 premiere. In front of me are 2 large doors, leading to the Throne Room. I push the doors open, and there, on her throne, was Celestia. She looked up from her throne, obviously bored, and her expression went from that of a tired pony to that of a surprised one.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!" She yells, clearly pissed.
I trot up to her throne. "Princess Celestia, I'm here to apologize for my actions in Ponyville a few weeks ago."
Her expression softened, but her tone was still harsh. "How'd you get passed the guards?"
"I have been summoned by Luna. Here's the letter." I hand her the letter. She levitates it in a golden aura, reading the contents.
"Ah. Now I wonder what Luna wants with you. Well, apology accepted, Nitro."
I bow. "Now, may I know where Luna is currently?"
"Yes, she's in her room. I'll send an escort to send you up there." She whistles, and a guard comes in. The guard was orange with pink hair in the guard style. His blue eyes were sorta nervous. She notions him near, whispers in his ear, pointing to me. I'm just standing there, awkwardly.
"Alright, come with me." The guard motioned me to follow, so I bowed to Celi and followed the guard. "So you're the one we were supposed to capture? What did you do to piss of the Princess?"
"She caught me in her aura, so I had to do the only thing natural to me: punch a face. Hers was the closest."
The guard's face went from neutral to shocked, and from shocked to smug. "Aw, I wished I was in your position. I just wanna smack her 'cross the face. I kinda hate her, but I have to do this stupid job instead of what I wanted to do."
"And what did you want to do?"
"Singing. Just to rest with my fiancé back in Manehatten and sing our hearts out. Her name's Soprano. Soprano Love." The name was... wait... I was starting to sweat. "Uh... bud? You 'kay?"
I went to gulp and respond with "Yeah. I know her. I... uhh..."
"You what?" His voice was questioning.
I close my eyes shut and move my face away from him. "...I fucked her."
He stopped. "You what?" His voice was more pissed.
"I-I didn't mean to! I-I was pissed out drunk in Manehatten. Soprano was also drunk as shit, and we talked. I can't remember how we got to the subject of sex, but we did. S-she said she was horny, and wanted some dick. I can't remember anything after that, but when I woke up, I was scared shitless." I cowered into a ball and started shaking with fright. "Please don't do anything bad to me." I sounded like a little kid.
He sighed and picked me up. "C'mon now, kid. We all make mistakes, and you were drunk. Listen. If my fiancé is pregnant, I'll take care of the kid for you." I smiled slightly at that. "Come, let's go to Luna's."
"Hey, what's your name?"
"Alto Melody. Ever heard of Octavia Melody?" I nodded. "That's my sister. What's yours?"
In that split second, my mind decided it was best to tell the truth. I did just take away Soprano's virginity (she said she was a virgin a few minutes before I blacked out), so he deserves that much. "Nitro. Name's Nitro Heart."
And with that, Alto and I went to Luna's, talking shit about Celi along the way. I made a friend with one of the Royal Guards. Neat.
Knock knock knock
"Coming!"
I stood there, with Alto, at Luna's room. She opened the door, and what I saw surprised me. Her hair was in the style of her first appearance (not as Nightmare Moon) at the beginning of the series, which means it's bed head. Prolly. She was a bit tired, and she didn't seem like she was ready. But, low and behold, she was.
"Nitro! It is good to see you, friend!" She hugs me, not noting both my immediate blush, or the looks the guards were giving us. "Come, come. And you too... uhm..."
"His name's Alto." I answer to her obvious confusion.
"Yes. Alto, come with us." The guards gave us even more confused looks, and one was looking like he was jealous. When we followed Luna in, she motioned to the chairs in her room. It's like the one in Lullaby for a Princess.
"Princess, why did you want to see me along with Nitro?" Alto questions wit logical confusion.
Luna sighs, but before she could continue any further, I force the revolver out and point the handle to her. "F-for me?"
I nod, and she levitates it out of my hooves and checks it out. "... .357 mag... 6 shot... 16 inch barrel... wood stock... elegant carvings... I like it!" She places it on her night desk. "Now, for the reason I brought you here.
"Princess Twilight and her friends started to have strange dreams. But these aren't any ordinary dreams. They appear to show glimpses into the future. Some of many, in fact. I wish to not describe, but I brought you here so we may speak on our own. And I know why you decided to request us into the Order." She looks at me with a thousand years of wisdom in her eyes. "The First Civilization DNA, correct? Your friend, Alto, also has high concentrations. I can find this out by looking into dreams.
"Your dreams have a laptop set off in the very edge of the dream. I went over there, and saw your journals of coming to Equestria. You seem to mention some fillies and a colt, so I decided to check their dreams. And the thing is they all have a similar sequence. Outside of their dreams is a never-ending white space. You decided to mention this 'First Civilization DNA', so I check in Pinkie's, Discord's, and a few other ponies. A normal pony doesn't have that white space, but those with enough FCDNA do."
"Ya got me. And Alto has this same white space? Like the Animus' Loading Screen in AC Syndicate?"
"Yes."
We turned to Alto, who is confused as all hell. "Alto, I'd love to ask you a question. Not as a Princess, but as any ordinary pony." He nods to show that he's listening. "Nitro and I would love to involve you in the Assassin's Order. We are just a group of ponies who wish to protect Equestria from the Shadows. Not in plain sight like the Wonderbolts or the Guards. Will you join us?"
He looked from her, then to me, then to Luna again. "You want me to join your Assassin guild?" He then smirked. "I'd love to. I'm bored of being just a guard who sits in front of the Throne Room, doing nothing. If you'd let me."
I respond with "Then welcome to the Order, brother! The Order refers to each other as brothers and sisters, as if we're just a family." I added, when his face started to show a little confusion from the "brother" part. I then went and assimilated him in. I left the ammo for the revolver on one of Luna's chairs, then left with Alto. "So, listen. We don't have an income. If you're gonna quit the Guards, you're gonna have to get another job to sustain yourself."
"I plan on quitting the Guards, then going back home with my large paycheck. I'll probably get a job in a coffee shop or pub or something. There's quite a large amount of local businesses that I can work at."
"Good. Well, I'll see you later, Alto. Um, meet me at the Ponyville Train Station next Saturday at..." I pull out a Train Schedule and find a time for next week. "...4 P.M.? That's when the train from Manehatten will arrive in Ponyville."
"You live in Ponyville? How'd you get to Manehatten?"
"I traveled across Equestria last week. Last Saturday was when I met your fiancé. So, see you then?"
"Yeah, see you then with Soprano. That cool?"
"Yeah."
"Good. See ya, Nitro!"
"See you later, Alto!" I trotted out to Canterlot. I refer to the watch on my left hoof. '3:32? Well, I have time. Let's see what I can do here.'
Written Journal #5 A new recruit! His name's Alto, and he is the guy who's fiancé I fucked a week ago. Gotta apologize to them as well. Luna went into my dreams recently. That's kinda creepy. I'm now used to Equestria at this point. It's time to take my first target. With my crew of 5, we'll easily take out many Templars! WiFi's up. Finally. I am tired. Buenas Noches.
Warehouse Ponyville Equestria 6:30 P.M. on May 7th Mentor Nitro
I was able to connect with the Mentors at HQ. They said that, at least in Equestria, I am the Mentor Assassin. If I were to ever return to Mobius and there was an open vacancy, I'd be the new Novice Mentor. So, now I'm gonna be referred to as Mentor now. Feels weird being called that.
I gave my apology about the whole "fucking you while we were drunk in Manehatten 2 weeks ago" to Soprano earlier in the day, and she accepted it. Thank God she did.
"I've collected all of you so I can begin an assignment. The first Assassination mission." I signed in Alto as our new Assassin earlier, and gave him the quick rundown on his basic equipment. I also gave him his robe. It compliments him. A navy blue robe with a bright cyan for the joints. It has dirt-orange highlights on the hood. It has medium-grade ceramic armor. His hood is attacked to his robe by a treble clef (his hood is detachable). His sword's pommel is the same clef. It's a machete. Short (22 inches), wide (8 inches), and seriously strong. Made of 1090 steel (90% carbon quality steel, good steel) and a soft wooden handle. Sanded by its own wood shavings and bees wax, it's soft, semi-malleable, and super comfortable. I wouldn't say it's a work of art, but it is something amazing that I made. And I was able to perfect it because of the extra time I had compared to the other 3's weapons.
"We'll be targeting a smug cunt named 'Dumb-bell'. This bastard works at the Rainbow Factory, and is currently smuggling in explosives to level multiple cities. The guy follows the first part of his name well, 'cause he left gunpowder leading to the place where he's storing the TNT. And it's under an orphanage. The bloke's a maniac, and we gotta kill him before he kill's the rest of us."
"What does he want with doing this?" Pinkie questioned.
"He wants to cause Chaos. Enough to make the ponies believe that Equestria is now being targeted and they oughta overthrow the current government."
Discord just shakes his head in disapproval. Luna was about to go on an outrage, but I cut her off before she began.
"We're gonna kill him and remove the TNT before he can do anything. My recon states that he'll be attempting to blow up something important tomorrow, so we gotta head up to Cloudsdale before that happens. Anyone got a problem with that?" Silence. "I'll take that as a no. Since this is y'all's first mission, I'll be putting you into teams. Discord, you can't use Chaos Magic in this run."
"Aw, but why not?"
"'Cause it'll draw unwanted attention. And we don't want Dumb-bell to know we're going for his explosives. I promise more missions for you'll have Chaos magic."
"It better, or..." He grumbles to himself.
"Team A will be Pinkie and Alto. You all will go to the nearby roofs and scout the area. Be our eyes in the skies. Team B will be Luna and Discord. You two will be going out and eliminating any guards nearby Dumb-bell. Lethal or non-lethal, take your pick. If any of you have a clear shot on Dumb-bell, take it. He's a grey pegasus with a dumbbell on his flank. His dark grey hair covers his eyes, sort of. I'll be helping out Team A, since I'm a sniper. Alright, any questions?"
"Yeah," Luna responded. "What're we gonna do with the import of dynamite?"
"Good question, Luna. Most likely, in Dumb-bell's room, he has documents on how he imported the TNT and what he's gonna do with it. Team B, if you'd like, you can go into his room and get it." I pull up a map of Cloudsdale. "Anyone got other questions before the real game plan?"
No one responded, so I take that as a no. "Alright, let's get into this." I point to a house. "This is where DB lives." I moved my finger across the map to point at some warehouses. "This is where the TNT is. He'll most likely be coming in through the front entrance here-" I point at it "-and Team A will be stationed here." I point towards some buildings nearby. "There'll be few guards here because the Templars are running thin on men. Team B, like I said, lethal or non-lethal. Your choice on how to take 'em down. Luna, you still got the revolver I gave you?"
"Yes. I have it on me as we speak."
"Good. You can use that to startle the guards into coming into one section where you can take them from the shadows, or you can just outright shoot them. Make sure to hide the bodies, whether knocked out or killed, however. We don't want the Templars to raise the alarm. If that happens, game over."
"What do you mean, game over?" Pinkie asked.
"What I mean is, DB'll blow up the warehouses, along with the TNT. It'll destroy Cloudsdale, and kill everyone in the city. No pressure, right?" A brief moment of everyone staring at me like 'wtf is wrong with this cunt?' "Yeah, I know. I hate me too. Now, this'll be fun. Remember, everyone's livelihood is at stake. So don't fuck up. Y'all got it? Let's go!"
Warehouses Cloudsdale Equestria 12:15 P.M. on Sunday, May 8th Assassin Luna
"So don't fuck up. Y'all got it? Let's go!" Nitro's voice rang through my head as we wait for Dumb-bell. I fiddle around with my sword.
"Nervous, Lulu?" Discord noticed my nervousness. "I am too. I'm used to causing chaos, but not killing. I just hope that whatever Nitro plans, it isn't horrible."
"Yeah. There's the Target." I point off towards Dumb-bell. I recognize him from one of Rainbow Dash's and Fluttershy's dreams. This is one of the 3 bullies that messed with them when they were kids, making and molding them into who they are today. They did leave quite a large scar on Dash's and Fluttershy's psyche, however.
"No guards. Strange," Discord noted, as I too wondered where the guards are located.
"Huh. Nopony here." Dumb-bell states in one of the most annoying voices I've heard.
"So do you wanna take him out, or..." I questioned Discord.
"Y-you do it."
I jumped from my hiding place, glide above DB, and throw a poisoned throwing knife to his face. I then nod to the team above. Before they can do anything, however, guards started pooling out. They give him an antidote, and he looks around. "I've heard stories about you, Assassin. Your little Order died long ago! Now, show yourself and fight like a stallion!"
"Listen up." Nitro noted into our collective mind. "Pick off as many of them as possible. If worst comes to worst, Luna, shoot DB. Your revolver is suppressed, so go fucking ham, got it?" I nodded in his direction, and pulled out my sword. It's 'bout to get messy.
Warehouses Cloudsdale Equestria 12:30 P.M. on May 8th Mentor Nitro
I pulled out my IMR and got right to work. As it's suppressed, no one knew where it came from. Plus the glare of the sun'll block any way of finding where it came from. I switched to 3-burst, and picked off a few of them. I know all these fuckers. Brothers and Sisters who left the Order for the Templars. They're all insane, but so am I. Some fell down quickly, others took more ammo to kill. Luna slashed through some back support, Discord smashed some poor bloke's head into the dirt, and the others're trying to help by using bows. Pinkie is less experienced, but Alto was making headshots with the Huntsman.
"COME OUT, ASSASSIN!"
Using my mask, my voice goes into a robotic tone. "We are the Assassins," I said. "We are many. We won't stop. Mademoiselle Lune, eliminate him." Luna went up to DB and backstabbed him. Hope she finds herself inside the Interrogation realm.
??? ??? ??? ??? Assassin Luna
Dumb-bell was sitting there, coughing up blood from the stab wound. "So *cough* this is where it ends. *cough cough* I thought I'd *cough cough* die with a wife and *cough* kids, but nope. *cough*"
"Where were you going to blow up with so much explosives?" I questioned.
"*cough* Canterlot." Blood stained the non-existent ground below us. I noted the location as the white space I mentioned earlier, but looked much darker. "I see you *cough* noted the Interroga-*cough*-tion realm. This is where *cough* Assassins and Templars *cough* go to when they kill *cough* someone on the enemy's *cough* side. Goodbye, Princess Luna."
"WAIT! WHO DO YOU-" He coughed up some more blood before passing away.
Instincts took over. My magic was used on his eyelids, closing them. I muttered "Rest in Peace", and walked away. Everything went away like a deck of cards in the wind, and I stood in front of other Templars. They surrendered. "Listen to me, stallions and mares. Leave, and don't return. Please, don't follow the Templar rule. Give up, and just live life how it was meant to be. Do what you'd like. Just leave this madness behind." The Templars surrounding me nodded and left, picking up the wounded and the dead along the way. The others fell down next to me. "He was insane. Trying to blow up Canterlot. He's dead now." I shake my head. "Why did it have to come to this?"
"It's not easy for a first time, but you'll have to live with it. I don't agree with both sides of this coin, but the best option is still the Assassins. You all did wonderful. Y'all go remove all this TNT. I'll go and find out where Dumb-bell obtained all this." He looked towards Dumb-bell with... is that sadness in his eyes? It was there for just a second, but it was certainly there.
"C'mon, let's get to work!"
Nitro's perspective
It's been 2 hours since Dumb-bell died. I broke the news to his parents, who were so stunned, both passed out. I went to get the documents I need, stow it inside my robe, and left, leaving them on a set of couches near the door. When I got back, the team had all the TNT out of town. Discord probably either stored it in his pocket dimension, or he teleported it to the Badlands and blew it up where nobody was. Or he just blew it up in the atmosphere. Either way, it was gone. I gave them the documents and told them to do what they will with this information. I left to Ponyville. I was in no mood to do anything. It was exhausting to do all of that.
MISSION COMPLETE ALL PARTY MEMBERS +57 EXP LUNA GREW TO LEVEL 7/50 PINKIE GREW TO LEVEL 4/50 ALTO GREW TO LEVEL 9/50 DISCORD GREW TO LEVEL 7/50 NITRO GREW TO LEVEL 45/50 ASSASSINATION MISSIONS COMPLETED: 1/62 REMAINING TARGETS: TOO MANY TO LIST
Written Journal #6 Target eliminated. Dumb-bell has been killed. My powers are coming back to me. Thank god. I'm too tired to write.
After Sunday's assassination, I found those docs to the explosive seller. I told the rest if they want, they can find this bloke, who's name is Counter Balance, and talk to him about... whatever. I don't care. So long as this bloke's not a Templar, they shouldn't kill him. To meet him, I recommended Alto and Pinkie to stay under their hoods until requested to remove them, Discord to turn into a pony and stay under his hood until requested to remove it, and Luna to wear her robe, but to keep her hood off. Have a nice talk, and if worst comes to worst, punch.
They left for that on Monday the 9th. They returned on Friday the 13th. Spring Break. In that time, I decided I was gonna be a decent human being and go do some side-quests. Yay! It feels like an RPG! God fucking damn it! :D
Sweet Apple Acres - Outskirts to Town May 9th - 9 A.M. Nitro
I pulled out some special glasses that have a HUD built in. Putting them on, I sigh out a "That's better" before leaving. My HUD states that first thing's on the list is to go to the Mane 6's places and talk to them directly. The optional objective is to get a job from at least one of them. I decided to go from least favorite character to favorite. So, since Pinkie's knocked out already, RD would be next. But she lives on a fucking cloud, so I'm gonna have to be lucky to find her. So next's AJ. I walked to the Sweet Apple Acres. Fortunately, AJ was walking out of SAA with Dashie. Two birds with one stone.
I whistled at them and waved my hoof. "Yo, what's up!"
"Hey, Nitrogen!" AJ waved her hoof and continued on forward.
"Sup, Nit!" That's a new one from Rainbow. Nit. Pronounced as Night. Neat.
"How's been life treatin' ya, Nit? Can Ah call ya Nit?"
"Yeah, go on ahead. And, uh, to answer the question, life's been treatin' me fine. Though I could get a job soon. I'm running low on bits." It's somewhat true. At this rate, I'm gonna run out of silver to transfer.
"Well, Ah ain't able ta pay ya if you're to work at ma farm. Sorry."
"Sorry, Nit. Can't really hire you for Weather Control. 'Cuz, ya know, no wings."
"Yeah, I get it. Say, you know any jobs I can do?"
"Well, Rarity's always lookin' fer some help 'round her Boutique. Fluttershy might be able to ask ya ta help 'round with her critters."
"I'm sure Twi and Pinkie'll have something for you. Speaking of which, where's Pinkie? Haven't seen her in a while."
"Pinkie said something about her family. She won't be back until the end of the week."
Dash sighs. "Guess that's going to next week."
"Jus' go 'round an' ask the ponies here if they got some jobs fer ya. Ah'm sure one of 'em's gotta have one."
"Well, thank you two! See ya later!"
After goodbyes, I ran off. My HUD updated, crossing AJ and RD off the list. Next up, Twilight.
I was working on some future assignments for the students when I heard a knock on my door. I walked up to it and found Nitrogen standing there.
"Hey, Princess Twilight!"
"Oh, hey Nitrogen! I wasn't expecting you!"
"I wanted to ask you a quick question." He's nervous, and his sigh confirms that. "Can I- or rather- may I be your... royal guard?" He said the last two words very slowly, emphasizing them.
"My... guard?"
"Listen. I may just be a teen, yes. But I have combat skills. I just need something to do other than school. Please I beg you-"
I thought about it for a second. He is clearly being honest of his combat skills, if the sword by his side is any indication. And I don't have a guard, so he could be my gateway into having some form of guard, like Celestia's Royal Guards, Luna's Night Watchers, and Cadence's Crystal Guards. But on the other hoof, he did admit of being just an adolescent. I can't let some teen do something so potentially dangerous. But his resolve's there. I can tell he won't take "no" for an answer.
"Okay."
"I'll- Perdoname, ¿qué?" He has the look of confusion, so I'm guessing what he said was "Excuse me, what?" At least, that's my guess.
"Yeah. I mean, this should be fun for the both of us. For me so I would know the limitations I should set up, adjusting for age, of course, and you clearly are ready for combat. It should be some form of fun for you. And besides, there isn't a limitation as to what age you should be to be a guard in Celestia's or Cadence's case. Luna requires at least 4 years of experience, but she technically counts. Only reasons why no colts or fillies are in the Guards is because their parents are smart enough to not let them go until they're ready, which is usually 18. I'm sure you already knew-"
"No, I didn't know that. If ya didn't know, I'm an immigrant. From Neighn*. We aren't exactly up to date with things happening with Equestria."
"Ah, of course."
Nitro clears his throat. "Well, I am willing to fight for you, Princess." He bows. "So, I guess I'm your first official Guard, eh?" He chuckles as he picks himself up and salutes. "I will do my best, Princess Twilight."
I salute back, making the both of us go into a laughing fit. Once we calmed down, I said "Well, you're gonna need some armor, eh? I'm certain a blacksmith is somewhere nearby."
"Sure sure, but I can make my own armor. I'll be back in, let's say... Thursday? I'll be back with some quality armor. After that, we can talk about hours and stuff like that."
We discussed a few things, and after about 15 minutes, we parted. Nitrogen seems like a nice guy.
Fluttershy's Cottage May 9th - 12:02 P.M. Nitro
I walked up to the Cottage near the Everfree. Knocking on the door, I wait patiently for lil ol' Flutters to show up. Within the literal millisecond I was standing there in nature, I smile knowing I was gonna talk to my 2nd favorite pon pon of the entire show^. And I was smiling because the nature around Flutter's house is so damned beautiful. But, as if she teleported to her doorstep, Fluttershy opened the door and smiled, warming my heart.
"Hi, Nitrogen. Nice to see you! Would you like to come in?"
"Sure." At the time, I wasn't watching the show often. I'm on like Season 4 or something. Flutters is so much more sociable than what I saw. Prolly got something to do with future episodes, I wasn't sure at the time.
"So, why'd you visit today? And do you know where Discord is? Haven't seen him all day."
I shrugged. "I dunno. Speaking of your friends, Pinkie said she wouldn't be in town from today to Friday."
"Ah. Well, thanks for telling me that. Did the others know?"
"Actually, no. She kinda just... disappeared into thin air. Leaving behind a note on my bed, weirdly enough." I hoped my lie was convincing enough.
"Huh. Well, Pinkie'll do stuff like that. The rest of us just accepted it. The idea of 'It's Pinkie Pie, don't question it' is really true, to be honest. Just don't question it, and your head won't metaphorically explode." She fucking bought it. And she did the 'It's Pinkie, don't question' meme. I'm fucking done.
"Yeah, thanks."
"Say, do you know a pony named 'Nitro", Nitrogen?" she questioned. Then, less than a second after, I could see some cogs turning in her head, piecing together the puzzle. "Wait... Are you-"
"Yes, my real name's Nitro. Can't believe none of you actually got it. I mean, I'm uncreative and stupid as shit, but not seeing 'Nitrogen' and 'Nitro', it's just unbelievable."
"Yeah. We weren't thinking much about it." She rubs the back of her head with her hoof. "...Say, why'd you punch the Princess in her face?"
"I was scared at the moment. Apparently, Luna was watching my dreams, and knows my deepest secrets and sins. Because of that, when she told Celi, Celi wanted so much to throw me in the dungeon or something. I dunno. I made up with her, fortunately."
"Oh, good. We won't have to worry as much."
"Say, Fluttershy..." I was pondering on how I'm gonna ask. Trust me, it isn't asking her out. I have a girlfriend.
"Y-yeah?"
I decided to go very much forward. "I wanna get a pet. Like a falcon or something."
Her eyes showed some form of excitement from "May the Best Pet Win!". "Really? You'd like a pet? You said a falcon, right?" She whistles, and a peregrine falcon comes flying down. It, for whatever reason, lands on one of my armored shoulders. "You can name her, if you'll take her."
I look up to it, and I see some form of resolve as strong as a fire. Fire... bird... What's a fire bird? The Talonflame line? Moltres? Nah. "...Phoenix," I whisper under my breath. The falcon responds with a positive 'Sqack!' "Phoenix it is then."
"So, you'll take her?"
"Ay! I will." I hand her 20 bits.
"Oh, no! I'm not selling-"
"Take it. You'll need it more than I do, anyways."
I decided to stay and talk with Flutters, asking her basic questions for taking care of Phoenix. After a while, I decided I knew enough (the internet still was a thing, it's just ponies don't have PCs to access them) so I politely said goodbye, and left. Phoenix was riding my shoulder, as if it was accustomed to my presence. I feel like I've met her before... Whatever. I'm gonna drop her off at Base, then leave for Rarity's.
Living Quarters - Ponyville Warehouse May 9th - 2:25 P.M. Phoenix
I found my new caretaker. From what I've heard from eavesdropping, his name's Nitro. He's chill, and I already like him. He kinda reminds me of some caretaker before him. Can't remember his name for the life of me, however. Eh, whatever. It doesn't matter that much.
We make it to his house at the north end of town. To the north, a large expansion of grass and flat lands for plenty of flying. The south east has some giant sparkly thing. Hurts my eyes so much I can't bear to look at it. I couldn't care less of the other landmarks.
"Welcome home, Phoenix, I guess." Nitro says as we walk onto the property. "I live alone. I just use this place as storage. That building over there is where I sleep."
'Huh. Looks nice enough.'
"I know it isn't much, I mean, it's just a set of fucking warehouses, but it was what I can get without being suspicious."
'Yeah, and buying an entire abandoned warehouse location isn't suspicious enough.'
"Yeah, I know." I look at him with confusion. "I can tell from your body language."
'Huh.'
"Well, now you know where I live. If you'd like, you can stay here and do whatever you'd like. Or, if you'd like, you can follow me to Rarity's. Fly off to the warehouse for stay, stay on my shoulder for the next 5 seconds to come with." I stayed on his shoulder. "Neat. Let's go, Phoenix!" I fly up and follow him to this 'Rarity'.
Carousel Boutique May 9th - 2:42 P.M. Nitro
As Phoenix and I enter the Boutique, we hear the rushing of a fashionista who hears of a customer. She comes rushing in from the back of the boutique.
"Welcome to the Carousel Boutique, where everythin- YOU!" Rarity's happy-go-lucky attitude went to hell the moment she saw me.
"H-Hi, Rarity." I sigh. "You know who I am, don't you?"
She starts to walk up to me, menacingly. At least as much as a fucking marshmallow pony can. "Listen, I-" I was walking up closer to her, 'cause I knew where this was going.
"Lemme stop you riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight there, lassie." I interrupt her and cover her mouth. "I punched her because she was threatening me and I reacted the only way I knew how. Calmate, mujer. I already apologized to her, anyways. So you needn't worry." I remove the hoof from her mouth.
"But what you did was-"
"Understandably rude of me, yes. I know. But in the heat of the moment, when your primal senses kick in, what else can you do? I can't fight it, though." She sighs, an resigns to the facts.
"I wanted to restart on the right fo- er... hoof, Rarity. So let me introduce myself properly. My name's Nitro Heart."
"Nitro Heart, eh? I like the name. As you know, I'm Rarity. I'm certain you know of my sister?"
"Sweetie Belle? Yeah, she's cool. I mean, if you think I got a thing for her, yeeeeeeeah no." Rarity releases a breath neither of us knew she was holding.
"Okay, good. No offence, darling, but I don't want her near somepony who may go injuring her."
"Understandable. Say... Do you mind if I tell you a little secret?"
She cocked an eyebrow. "...I promise not to tell. Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." As she says this, she does the motion. "I'm all ears."
"Okay." I sigh before continuing. "Have you had any... strange dreams recently?"
She seems confused, but... "Now that you mention it, some of my dreams have been more... intimate than normal."
I sigh. "That's what I thought. I've been having the same dreams."
And, at the same time, we state "And it's with you."
We then look into each other's eyes with fear. "Okay, this isn't normal," I started, "You're like... How old are you?"
"28."
"Thanks. You're 28, I'm 13, this isn't normal, I now yearn for death even more, what is our lives at this point."
"Calm down, Nitro. It's just a few dreams. Honestly, I don't know why they're happening, though..."
I sigh again. "Neither do I. To be honest, I've had the same set of dreams once before, only with a different lass. When I asked her about it, she said it has something to do with someone who mastered their Eagle Vision and the one that helped them master it... Wait." I concentrated, and Eagle Vision began. (If ya don't know what that is, look it the fuck up) On the wall behind her, there's some scribbling of someone gone absolutely insane.
She looks around, and gasps quickly. "I didn't notice this was here until now!"
"It isn't." Eagle Vision ended, and the wall didn't have the scribbling on it. "The only way you can see that is if you have high concentrations of FCDNA. Which means either you are lucky, or..." I look to her directly. "...your ancestors may have been assassins."
"My family would never be heartless murderers!"
"Are you sure? Have you seen your family history? Isn't there, like, a few whose jobs are way too strange for their time period?"
"...Now that you mention it, there was one. A thousand years ago, one of my ancestors was designated a "sniper", even though the term wouldn't exist until 253 years later... haven't really questioned it until now, though..."
'So the Order had ponies here long ago, eh?' I thought.
'Wait! Assassins have been around for a long time?!' Bloody hell Pinkie.
'Pinkie, focus on your mission.' "So, where did your ancestor live?
"He lived in Manehatten. Some ancient barracks some 12 miles west or so."
"Looks like we're goin' on a road trip, lass. We're gonna discover your history, and see what you'll do with your lineage. Tomorrow, though. I have to do something for the Princess." I look down on my watch. "Holy fuck! It's 3:22 already?!" I didn't realize we sat down to talk on her couch, but I naturally stand up. "If you wanna prolong this, you can."
"No, I want to know what my family has hidden from me for many centuries."
"Okay. See you tomorrow, Mademoiselle Rarity."
"See you, Nitro." And with that, we leave. I accidentally bump into Phoenix, and Rarity giggles a bit. I continue out the door.
'So, about those dreams, Nitro...'
"Don't even think about it, Phoenix." We then widen our eyes, until realization kicked in. "Oh, yeah. Mind Link. I'll tell you about it on the way home."
Written Journal #6 Rarity and I made amends, I'm working for the Princess, and I now have a pet. A peregrine falcon named Phoenix. My mind wandered a little bit, remembering my name. "Nitro Heart." I then remembered where I got the name from. And from there, I located a pony in the military with the last name of "Spade", "Clover", and "Diamond". The 4 suits of playing cards. Neat. I'm way too tired to continue, and not much has happened. Goodnight -Nitro
QUEST COMPLETE MAKE AMENDS WITH THE 6 +25 EXP JOB UNLOCKED: TWILIGHT'S GUARD ALLY GET: PHOENIX THE FALCON
NEW QUEST ALLY WITH THE TOWN DESCRIPTION: Make allies of the town. Do some side quests given by them. Complete at least 6 to gain enough bits to support you and your team for a while.
Written Journal #6 - UPDATE So, I checked my HUD glasses, and I have to do some more side quests. I also have a new main quest, called "Rarity's Missing Memories". I dunno why the fuck it's called that, but I don't care. For the side quests, I'm pretty bored, so why the fuck not. Hope I don't have to use anything from school, cuz dat shit stupid as shit. But Imma be doin dat tomorrow, kuz today Rares and I're goin to Manhatten
UPDATE #2 I don't know why I wrote like that.
Barracks Manehatten Outskirts 12:22 P.M. on Tuesday, May 10th Assassin Nitro
We breach the crest of the hill to see the abandoned barracks. From what Rarity said, this place was supposed to be a highly important checkpoint, where the enemies of Equestria'll probably attack from. It was more of a shanty town out here, though. Not much happened here, because Equestria gets attacked from the north, not the north east. Anyways, I used Eagle Vision to locate Rarity's ancestor's, we'll call him Spade (that's what her family called him), barracks.
"There." I point off towards the nearest barracks. "Huh. How lucky." I open the door, and there were bunk beds everywhere, along with... skeletons.
"Oh, sweet Celestia! Who would do this to them while they were asleep?" Knives were poking out of their broken bones. Many were in the neck when the skeletons were in the beds, though there are a few spew across the floor, with knives in their backs or necks. One had a hoof jabbed into its skull.
"Fuckin' Templars, I'm guessing." I walk around them. Most of the skeletons weren't wearing anything, except one on the floor with some hat with the Templar logo. And there, right next to him, on a bed, with no knives in him, is who we're looking for. Spade.
"His name..." Looking closer, his real name is... Rarity.
"Looks like you two have similar names. Neat. Grab the disk." Inside of his rib cage (how'd that even get there) was a glowing disk. I know what it is. It's a memory disk. Used by Altaïr to send a message to Ezio, some 500 years apart from each other. Clearly, the male Rarity wanted to give one of his children this message. The moment Rarity grabbed it, her eyes cloud up. I smile. 'Rare's gonna see what happens. If only I could see it.'
A strange glow comes from the disk Nitro told me to pick up and hits my forehead. I black out almost immediately...
An electronic voice states "NOW ENTERING MEMORY CORE NUMBER 135-863-ARGON85-JDOVERHAUL-ß. SUBJECT NAME: RARITY. TARGET NAME: RARITY SPADE. LOCATION NAME: MILITARY CHECKPOINT BETA (ß). GOOD LUCK, ELEMENT BEARER. ALSO, YOU'RE A-" It was cut out. Everything went white.
Home Barracks Military Checkpoint ß Manehatten Equestria March 22nd, 2nd Year of Harmony Assassin/Sniper Rarity Spade
I stabbed the last of the Templars. My white coat and purple hair coated in blood. My friend is sitting next to me, eyes out of their sockets and on the floor. His rib cage's ripped open, showing me his insides all covered in blood. He's still alive, barely. No level of healing magic could help him, and it'll be a slow and painful death if I don't do anything. "Sorry old friend," I stuttered before stomping on his head, turning it to a fine red paste. His intestines stopped throbbing, his heart stops, and he's dead.
I clutch my chest. A Templar got the best of me and stabbed me right through the chest. I responded by pulling it out and shoving it back into his face. The end of my life is here. I waddle on over to my bed, pick up the Key, and hold it over my chest. "All this fighting for this little disk," I said aloud. I then hear a banging noise. I feebly grab my sniper rifle and aim it at the door. Without a horn or wings, I had to adapt this sniper the best I could. Bigger trigger guard, sturdier stock, a place to put my hoof for accuracy.
The door slams open, and five Templar Knights rush in. I'm in luck. The door only lets in one at a time, so I have a clear shot. I pull the trigger, and the 5 heads explode in a beautiful mist of blood and brains. A green eye flies to my face, but is sliced open by my Kukri. I didn't put on a suppressor, so everyone heard that. I heard wings flapping to the base. I smile and place the Key on my chest.
Before I died, however, I opened my eyes to a white void. I stood up, noting that my wound isn't there, and I'm not exhausted. I knew what I had to do. This has happened once before.
"Hello there, Rarity, Edna." Spade's thick British accent pierces the nothingness around him. "So long ago, have I heard that a lady may have adopted my name, and that I may talk to both her and a pirate, who are both part of my lineage. Minerva, you cunt. Listen, my dears. As part of my heritage, you must continue the line." Spade looks over to his left. "Edna." He places his hoof over nothing, and there's some resistance, as if somepony was there. "Listen. You must start a family. We need somepony to continue the heritage, and you're the only one. Love is a fickle thing, and I know somepony's out there for you. Maybe one of your crew members." Then he turned to his right. "Miss Rarity. May you be as wonderful as I was. I want you to do something for me." Spade then sees a golden shimmer, and it forms a unicorn. This unicorn looks just like him. The hair, the coat, the cutie mark. It's just missing the Order's logo. To his left forms a stunned Earth Pony. Dirt brown, with red hair tied up into a bun. She has a pirate flag as a cutie mark.
"You must continue what I did. The Templars will take your life when they know that I'm your ancestor. The both of you. Aim to be the best of your field, whether it be sailing the 7 seas for treasure-" he looked over to Edna "-or for your fashion lines." He looks over to Rarity. "Ladies, I may never meet you, but know that whatever you do now, know that I'll be rooting for you." He smiles.
Rarity, in her stunned stupor, runs up and hugs Spade. "Understood, Spade." Her British accent was noticeable, but not as strong as Spade's. "I may never speak to you, but please know that whatever happens, I am honestly proud to see what my past has been." She separates from Spade and stares him dead in his eyes. "Although the Templars may hold us down, we will succeed." She removes the over-sized Kukri from Spade's belt, and brings the hilt close to her heart. "I promise upon my life, I will make you proud."
Spade was stunned. He was talking to Rarity, and she even took his Kukri.
"By me life, I'd ne'er believe I'd ever meet th' great Rarity Spade." Edna's accent was so fucking Pirate. She walks up and sits in front of Spade. "Me cap'n always told tales o' yer amazin' exploits in Manehatten. 'n t' see ye're nah some colt's tale o' amazin' warriors o' some bygone era jus' amazes me." She scoots closer. "I shall continue th' heritage. I'll do it fer ye." She then takes the sniper rifle off Spade's back. "'n I'll be lootin' that Sniper off ye. I'll treasure 't. Rarity, I'll galleon it in a chest planted where ye died, Spade."
Spade was even more stunned. The pirate took his prized Sniper, and said she'll be placing it in a chest where he died. He shook his head to get himself back in the game, and said "Thank you girls. Thank you so much for making this old pony's wishes come true. Come here for a hug." He opened his front hooves, and the three of them came to a tight hug.
Everything around them started to dissolve around them, but they didn't care. They were far too emotional to care. The last words from their mouths were the same thing.
Requiescat in Pace, Rarity Spade
Barracks Manehatten Outskirts 1:00 P.M. on May 10th, 1006 Y.H. (Year of Harmony) Rarity
As I opened my eyes, Nitro was sitting on a chest. It had an engraving on it. It read:
For: Rarity From: Edna Original: Spade Good luck on yer quest, lass
"Ya lookin' for this, Rarity?"
"Yeah." I look over to Spade. The old stallion was a wonderful and respectful one if I've ever seen one.
"Hey, where'd ya get that Kukri?" I looked down, and noticed I still had the Kukri, in perfect condition, hilt still pointed on my chest.
"This was Spade's. I took it from him. And I'm guessing it's now mine. Speaking of what supposedly mine, I believe that chest is as well."
"Oh, yeah. Here ya go." He hands me the chest. The lock on it was rusty, but with a whack from my sword, the lock fell apart nicely. Opening it, it was, in fact, the same sniper rifle as the one Edna took from Spade. On it was the engravement "Rarity's Long Rifle" in a fancy font. I picked it up. ".50 caliber, 40 inch barrel, pump action, magazine fed. How did this exist 1002 years ago? What the actual fuck?"
As I load a magazine into the opening in the bottom, I say "Everything in this world is overly bright. Don't question it."
"Yeah, good point." At that point, I pull the pump back and forth. There's a nicely designed leather strap on it. Before I put the strap on, however, I noticed one last gift. And was it beautiful.
[WRITER'S NOTE: I don't know how to describe it. I ain't a fashionista. But, this picture will explain it perfectly. Just imagine that, but on Rarity.]
I put on the robe, slid the cape over my front-right shoulder, and pulled the Long Rifle over my back. Then, I put the Kukri into a holster made for it and pulled the hood down. Everything fit me perfectly. The colors, design, and the weapons. Although the Kukri doesn't have any design whatsoever, it really doesn't matter.
"I like this."
"Looks comfortable. Looks like something from the Industrial Rev."
"The what?"
"Oh, yeah. Y'all never had that." Nitro shakes his head before elaborating on the Industrial Rev. "The Industrial Revolution was a period in time where my country found out how to use coal, natural gas, and oil to our advantage, and use it to kick start creation. Machines, weapons, higher-class standards, steel, advancements everywhere! It was amazing. Minus the possible child labor. But those are just rumors. I'm not sure if they're real or not."
"Where are you from, by the way?"
"Neighn. Hey, let's get back to Manehatten. The next train's leaving soon."
As we walk back, I tell Nitro "Hey. You're an Assassin, right?"
"Yeah, lass. You thinkin' on joinin'?"
"Yes. I'd love to join the Assassin's Guild, if at all possible."
"Certainly. We only have 4 others. We'll need to get a Vow of Silence from you when the rest're back. Meet us in the Warehouses to the north of town Friday at 8."
After I accepted to do so, we hopped on the train, rode it to Ponyville, and I retired to my Boutique. I hid the Kukri and Long Rifle into my closet, hidden behind my clothes. I then hang up my robe, and rest on my bed. "5:35." I murmur. "I've been out all day. Wonder where's Sweetie..." I sit up. "Sweetie?!" Nothing. Sighing and standing up, I walk on over to Sweetie's room. When I open it, however, nopony was in there. Instead, there's an open window. "Celestia damn it, Sweetie."
MISSION COMPLETE RARITY'S MISSING MEMORIES NITRO + RARITY+25 EXP RARITY GREW TO LEVEL 2/50 ADDED PARTY MEMBER: RARITY
Most of the next few days were just purely doing said side quests. I don't know how many I did. I don't care how many I did. I did get my armor down to Twi, and she already set up a time for me to start. Monday, after school.
Warehouse - Living Quarters Ponyville 8:00 A.M. on Friday, the 13th of May Mentor Nitro
Friday came around, and Pinkie showed up out of thin air on top of me on my bed. "Mornin', Pinkie. Do you mind getting off me? I need me some morning coffee."
Pinkie giggles before handing me a little package. She jumps off me, lands at the door and says "Princess Luna wanted me to give you that."
"Thanks. Oh, and BTW, Rarity's comin' to be an Assassin. Tonight at 8. Learned that 1004 years ago or something some bloke named Rarity was an assassin, and modern Rarity's ancestor."
"Huh. Cool! Didn't expect Rarity to be an Assassin!" Before she could leave, however, she turns around... blushing? Oh, god no. "Sa-"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I can tell that you've unlocked Eagle Vision. Read Chapter 12 to figure out why I know."
"Oh. Well, thanks, N!" And with that, she jumps threw the fucking door I still wanna know how the hell she did that.
I'm certain I explained how the Warehouses (Imma call it HQ from here on out) look, but I'm gonna explain it better. There are 5 of them, and the 4 smaller ones connect to the big one. The big one is the Main Hall. Essentially a living room. Taking the door to the north leads to a hallway. Remember the steel walls I was building back in Chapter 3 or something? Yeah, those are the connectors to the other 4 buildings. It's simple. Imagine 4 lines going out from one central position. One going for a 45 degree angle, one at a 67.5 degree angle, one at a 112.5 degree angle, and one at a 135 degree angle. Imagine the wall of the MH being a straight line, like a protractor. Now imagine three mini-hallways going in a Wi-Fi sorta form, connecting the main 4 hallways. That's the hallway system.
From left to right, it's my Living Quarters, the Training Hall, the Cafe, and the Storage Unit. My LQ is the smallest of the buildings, and reconstructed to my liking. Connected directly to the Internet, I can, and don't ask me how, connect with my old buds over in Mobius. Mizuki, Maria, Dad, Mom, Nukes, Nake and Neuts, Aqua, that one bloke who continuously likes all my posts, all of 'em. And YouTube is always a good thing. It's going down the shitter (thanks, Google!), but whatever. YouTube "Quality" content is still content. I have everything a kid needs in his room: a table to set his shit, somewhere to stuff his saddlebag, somewhere to hide my SPAS-12, gaming consoles, a TV, a mini-fridge with Two Hats, all that shit. I also have a personal bathroom.
The TH is where I, and all the other Assassins, come to train. It's the northern-most building, expanding about a kilometer in distance from front to back. It also has a second floor for the Firing Range. It's simple. Practice swordsmanship, increase accuracy. Blocking, dodging, parrying, and sniping. Ammo conservation, quicker reloads, melee with guns, and pro stabbing. Trickstabs and revolver snipes galore! And, of course, putting them under pressure to see how my little assassins will work when under fire or in actual combat. The FR is currently only for bows, but Luna's Revolver and Rarity's Sniper will be able to be practiced on soon enough. Just need to work out some kinks.
The SU is where we store shit. It's also how we keep this place in shape. Electricity, plumbing, heating, A/C, scrap, backup supplies, spare ammo, training equipment. The Cafe is also obvious, it's where we cook. I'd've called it the "Mess Hall", but I prefer to call it something more kind and somewhere where ponies can relax from assassination missions.
Walking to the Cafe, I slide over the counter to the kitchen. We also need someone who'll cook and take over base if I'm not here. Ah, later, when more Assassins are in. While making my coffee, I look off to the north through the window. Phoenix is practicing some tricks. She took over base, and did quite a fine job preventing ponies from coming. Minus Pinkie, but I wouldn't blame it on her.
You know, now that I realize it, I often look off to the north. Strange, but I'm sure that'll amount to nothing.
Wait, what did Pinkie give me? It was from Luna, after all, so it must be important. I open it up, and, to my gleeful surprise, it was a letter and my British Justice. I knew it was mine because the engraving was "Descance en Pas, Laura y Gerber," or "Rest in Peace, Mom and Dad." I'm adopted, by the by. So technically, the earlier lie of being an orphan was a partial truth. I was actually adopted twice, but I gotta move along.
The note was Luna's. It ain't hard to tell. The note read:
Mentor Nitro, I understand you must be busy, as am I. My sister wishes to talk to me about why I was gone for a week. Hope my lie's gonna work. I found this while we were hunting down that merchant. As the only non-military pony who has a gun that I know of, and one whose parents are no longer with us, I presumed this was yours. And yes, I can read, write, and speak Spanish. No es tan dificil, para hacer real. I hope this reunion is wonderful. Also, I found a document of an invention I'm certain you'll like. It seems the Merchant (nopony referred to him as anything other) seemed to be building a two-way teleporter to warp him and his lackies everywhere and back. I know you'll find this useful. And one last thing. Thank you. I presume this makes us even for the revolver, armor, robe and sword you got me? If not, I still owe you 2. Forever an ally of the Order Princess Luna Selene Assassin - Warrior Class
It was surprising. One: she didn't have to. Two: She owes me nothing. Three: She got me my shotgun back. And four: She signed this with her Assassin class. I didn't expect that. Well, whatever. Gotta prepare to get Rares into the clan.
While we're here, explaining things, might as well explain the ranks/classes of the Assassins. There are quite a few, so get ready for a long-winded explanation. You can also find these on the Wikia.
First is the Novice. That's where Rarity's at. Novices are the new blood or children. They just vowed, and are getting their Hidden Blades (ought to give the rest of 'em one, as well). Above that is the Initiate. They have some more skills than Novices, but are still inexperienced. Pinkie is of this level. She has combat experience, but not enough to level up. Then up the ladder is the Apprentice, who has more skills, and is permitted throwing knives. Time to craft 'em. Next is a Soldier. Alto is a Soldier from the start, because he has soldier training. These blokes are permitted to spy on others without need of asking their superiors for permission. But, if they wish to assassinate, they must still request to do so. They have access to a whole arsenal of weapons. Next is the Footpath. These blokes are able to learn some special techniques from the Masters. Disciple is up the ladder. Discord is of this level. They are much more experienced, so they have more armor than the previous ones. They also have better weapons. Mercenary just gets more armor choices and skills.
Luna's a Warrior, or the 8th class of the Assassin Ranks. She's the highest compared to the others, but not in the ranks. These mates are just obtaining their newest gadget, the Hookblade. It's a hook connected to a blade and is placed behind the Hidden Blade. 9th is the Veteran. They have been so good with the Order, they need stronger weapons. They slash through the enemy like tissue paper. Next is Assassin - First Rank. Then Assassin - Second through Fifth rank. Every other rank before Assassin - First Rank is a training rank, getting them used to being an Assassin. Now that they have elevated to this rank, they are officially accepted into the Order and obtain a stronger sword and a more special robe.
Next up is where I was before getting knocked out here. The Master Assassin. Mastering what little could before them, the Masters are practically gods on the battlefield. There have only been about 300 Masters. And from there, that's maxed. Until we take a look at the Mentors, but that's a different beast all together.
I grab my coffee and grab the SPAS-12 by the handle. Walking out of the kitchen, out of the cafe, I trot on over to the MH. Today is gonna be a strong day, an important one indeed. Everyone's gonna get the iconic weapon of the Assassins, and we're gonna get another of the Elements of Harmony on our side.
I hang up the SPAS, place my coffee down, and got right to work. The blades're done, I just need to attach them to the spring mechanism, and make sure they work. I also need to attach the hookblade, and make a slot at the top for the blade to fly through without getting caught on the hook. I pull up my laptop and play one of my favorite songs.
HQ - Main Hall Ponyville 8:10 P.M. on May 13th Mentor Nitro
Everyone was here. Rarity vowed on her life (check one of the previous chapters for that script), and she was accepted as the Novice.
"Welcome, Sister Rarity. You are of the rank of Novice. The New Blood. I may level you up to Initiate, however, because of your weapon skills."
"What has Rarity mastered?" Pinkie asked, still under her hood. I requested them to stay hidden under their hoods and to attempt to alter their voices sufficiently enough so that Rarity may not notice.
"Rarity, may you show the weapons from Tuesday?" Rarity pulls out the Kukri with her magic by the blade, flips it, and catches it by the hilt with her hoof. She then undoes one of the straps on the gun, pulling it out of its place and levitates it in front of her. "A Sniper and a Kukri. Rarity, follow me to the Training Hall. Same thing with the rest of you."
We enter the TH, and show them what I've been working on while they've been gone. "I've renovated the place for it to feel more like the home i once knew. I'll most likely move home base to the clearing I made in my time in the Everfree so that it'll be far away from the public eye, but whatever. This'll hopefully help with hiding in plain sight. I dunno. Rarity, go and practice on the dummies while the rest of us see. If ya got skills, I'll be able to rank you up."
As Rarity practiced using the Long Rifle and the Kukri, I constantly check upon the others. Their body language shows surprise of Rarity's skills. I know why she has some serious skills.
When accessing an assassin's memories, whether it be from the Animus or it be from Memory Disks, there's an effect call the "Bleeding Effect". What it is is just where a person, once they experience the life of the assassin, their bodies get accustomed to whatever strain the person feels in the memories. Since Rarity Spade was a Master Assassin, this means that Rarity's muscles have adapted to the strain and fierce combat and chaotic scenarios that Master Spade has experienced. Her muscles are now more masculine, but still holding up the female pony physique that she had.
This was clearly shown, as Rarity blasted the straw dummies to Hell, combo-ing sword swipes and slashes with rolls, dodges, and close and long range blasts from the Rifle. It was almost like a dance, every move being calculated to be to a rhythm. So, mentally, I placed it to the Jazz Cover of Last Surprise.
"It's like... a dance..." Pinkie muttered, the others, including myself, nod in agreement and mutter some "Yeah"s. Rarity, when she ran out of ammo, instead of reloading, she used her gun as a club and up-smacked one of the dummies in the "jaw", then pushes the gun to another. She jumps, catches the gun in the air, and down slashes the Kukri. The dummy split in two, and fell apart. She picked herself up elegantly, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off her brow, and turned to us. I didn't notice that we took our hoods off to watch the spectacle in its full glory.
"Pinkie? Princess Luna? Discord, is that really you?" Shit. She found out.
"We joined on our own accord, Señorita Rarity. You needn't worry for our well being."
"Okay... But if you ever need help, or basic medical assistance, I'm here." Damn, she accepted the facts rather quickly.
NEW CHARACTER INTEL OBTAINED
RARITY: A healer based on the scratches and injuries she's obtained by taking care of Sweetie Belle in her younger years and with Opalescence, she's mastered basic healing magic and will be able to heal minor wounds.
