> The Wraith
>  by Therisinghero
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> Knight of Nights
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Newport falls, 
Emergency Dispatch Center!
June 21st, 2018
1:30AM

A lone dispatcher, was sleeping in his office chair. It had been a slow day in the call center and there wasn't much to do other than stare at a computer screen, then the phone rang. Which resulted in him jerk up from the noise, and rub the sleep from his eyes. Then lazily with a push of a button, he answered the call.

“Nine-one-one, what’s your emergency?” asked the half awake dispatcher. This better not be a prank call. the dispatcher thought. On the other end of the line was a  female, who was desperately trying to form words to the dispatcher.

“Ma'am, calm down. Tell me what's going on.” the dispatcher said. Trying to ease the female on the other end of the call.

“Get the cops here right now, my friends are being held hostage here at the dock!” said the female trying her hardest to keep calm, it was easy to tell she was very upset from the shallow breaths she was taking followed by her crying over the phone.

“Alright ma’am, I have a squad car in route to you! Can you tell me how this happened?” asked the now alert dispatcher trying to buy time to keep the female calm, while police were on their way!





“Attention, all patrol units we have a code 207 over at the newport falls harbor, the reported person has informed us that the hostages are being held in warehouse thirteen. Swat and aerial units are in route. Any other units available identify and respond code three,” sounded a police scanner. 

A dark figure stood at the top of a building listening in on the police chatter.

“Ise, are you getting this?”said the figure. 

“Yes I’ve heard every word, I have pulled up some surveillance footage of a stolen coca cola truck that drove into warehouse thirteen earlier. I also have info on the caller. Her name is Rebecca Stern, she says she managed to escape her captors from the truck.” “Unless that's what they want us to think.” Ise said over the two way radio.

“What do you mean?”
The figure inquired.

“That warehouse is owned by Debra Warren.”

“The Debra Warren, the one who founded and Has been the face of NWO ever since?”

“The same!”

“Isn't she serving a life sentence in federal prison?”

“Yeah well, who’s to say she didn't lend the key to someone in the group.”

“Does rebecca stern have any ties that we know of?”

“No, her rap sheet is clean, but they could have let her escape so she could call the cops though, something doesn't seem right, till I know more were kind of in the dark.”

“Ok, she mentioned her friends are being held captive. Any idea who they may be?” asked the figure.

“Give me a sec, I am checking her social media profile right now,” said an annoyed Ise over the two way radio. “She currently has two friends on her social media profile, who also happen to be the captives. One is a Samantha Rodriguez, she is the daughter of a rich family known here in Newport. This could be a plot to squeeze money from her parents but again I am unsure. The second friend is a Sarah Smith. Not much is on here other than she lives with her parents and is listed as middle class; so she could be collateral damage.” 

“Ok, can you send the Night Wing over here?” asked the figure. “How far are the police out from warehouse thirteen?” 

“The police are five minutes out, but you should be able to beat them there in two minutes,” Ise explained over the radio.




Several police and swat vehicles had surrounded the warehouse’s perimeter, but unknown to them, the figure had already made his way inside while monitoring the police chatter.

“Swat is in position, ready on command!” shouted an officer.

“Hold position no one moves until we get the negotiator over here,” commanded the police captain.“ The two hostages are Samantha Rodriguez, and Sarah Smith their parents have been notified and are on their way here, they want the release of Debra in exchange for the girls!” 




“Alright guys, cops are here, if they do not respond to our demands within the hour, we blow them away, until debra walks away a free woman no one will stand in our way!” said one of the masked gunmen as he looked outside the blinds with one foot on the crate labeled explosives.

“What should we do about swat Irvin? They're out there too!” said Miller.

“Miller, Tyrone, and I will guard the doors! The moment they make a move on any of the doors, open fire with your rifles. All of us have armor piercing rounds, so quit worrying!” Irvin pointed a thumb behind him. “Cooper over there will watch the girls to make sure our insurance stays where it needs to. Were not going till they release Debra!”

Unaware to the four gunmen, the dark figure soaked in every word of the conversation. In order to keep from alerting the four gunmen, the figure resorted to contacting Ise via a small communication device on his right arm.

“You get all that Ise?” typed the figure.

“Yes I did! This has to be the sorriest excuse for a trade I have ever heard!” replied Ise.

“Wouldn’t be the first time I’ve heard desperation this bad but, anyway!” The Figure typed again.

“Run a background check on all those names see what comes up on law enforcement databases.” the figure typed.

“Sure thing give me a moment and….. Got it! Here's what we have. The leader’s full name is  Irvin Ivanov; demolitions expert, did work with the mexican drug cartel back in the day and then out of nowhere you see his face next to Debra, Irvin is also known to have a short fuse but is even more dangerous when he has a gun in his hand, here's a note on his file. ‘the more angry he gets the more accurate his shots are.’ he's also wanted out of michigan for murder.”

“Here’s the second name, Miller Fuchs was in the army for a year but was dishonorably discharged for reasons not listed, but his name pops up again for arms dealing and later being a scout for the NWO’s tactician for future attacks.”

“Tyrone Lopez our third guy was a prominent gang member here, he was affiliated with the Rileys but was in the wind once their gang was taken out because of you, all the gang members except Tyrone are in jail and there is still an active warrant for his arrest here.”

“Lastly Cooper, I can't find any ties to the NWO...wait, hang on  a sec???”


“Whats up?” the figure typed.

“Cooper Heinz has a missing persons report out of Houston Texas, his brother filed it. He was last seen with a friend of his and get this, Tyrone no last name.”Ise finished

“Hmmm, aright.” the figure replied.

“What should my plan of attack be?” Typed the figure.

“Well, looking at your optical feed on my computer, it seems to me your best bet is to go for the gunman guarding the girls in that secluded room over there. Knocking him out should be easy, if you can keep the girls calm and quiet.” 

“Your second target should be the lone gunman guarding the garage door to the right of the building. It would be best to attack from behind to avoid him alerting the other two gunmen. My weapon of choice would be that Knockout gas container on your belt. Grab him by his mouth and put him to sleep, and keep it quiet! We don’t want any unnecessary attention…”

The last two will be tricky; I would advise against going in guns blazing, so the best way for this to work is those taser charges you have equipped on your belt! and that should take care of things,” typed Ise.

“Ok here I go, wish me luck!” typed the figure.




Samantha and Sarah sat back to back tied up in a small room, both of them were equally Petrified and crying. Neither of them could talk due to their mouths being taped shut. The masked man with the gun was just adding onto their fear as both of them thought they were not going to make it out. It was at that moment the front door opened. However, when the door was fully opened, no one stood there... Both the girls and Cooper were confused. Cooper went to investigate the door to see if maybe the wind blew it open. 

As Cooper walked outside the room something black fell from above, knocking him to the ground effectively knocking the wind out of him. Before he could realize what was going on, his vision went black.  Both the girls looked at each other before their eyes turned to the black figure. He was dragging the body of one of the gunmen. 

The Figure then took out  what looked like a zip tie and tied the man to a pipe that came out of the floor and went into the wall. The figure then turned his attention to the girls. The figure bent down on his knees and proceeded to remove the tape from the mouths of the hostages.  both of them were apprehensive at first until he began to speak.

“I need you girls to stay calm. You will be out of this shortly just keep quiet so you don't alert the guards!” said the figure.

Both girls looked at each other before nodding, and then the figure left the room and closed the door behind him.




Miller stood behind the garage door, the paranoia keeping him alert! The entire warehouse was surrounded by swat trucks, police cars, and helicopters. The red and blue lights were flashing from the windows. Miller’s mind was plagued with several ‘what if’ scenarios. How Irvin said all would be fine kept echoing through his head. 

Miller was starting to doubt that any of them were going to make it out at all. Even with the aid of the explosives. Even if they somehow managed to escape those news stories he had seen that shadow like figure stopping crimes, didn’t help calm his mind in the slightest. He remembered a man on the news explaining how he was being mugged at gunpoint. Miller’s memory went back to that night on the couch watching tv. 

“Well I was walking home from work when that punk over there pulled a gun on me. As I handed him my wallet, he cocked the gun. I thought that was going to be it for me, till this black thing came out of nowhere and stopped him.”  The man said to the reporter.

the media was all over the story as more eyewitnesses described similar situations. It was strange to see such astounding events happen night after night. They were even calling the vigilante, The Wraith.

When Miller was in the military he was very good at paying attention to details no matter how big or small they were, and that news report was no different! He knew something may go wrong with Irvins plan, though there wasn't much he could do about that if his nickname was anything to go by .

“I wont be called a fuck up anymore, they’ll see!” He said under his breath.

Miller had a gut feeling that something was not right at that moment, but before he could turn around something from behind grabbed him and his gun. He tried to warn the others by yelling but something over his mouth prevented him from doing so. Then came a hissing sound that he couldn't identify where the source was. For whatever reason, Miller began to feel tired, he tried to fight it. However, it was no use as the feeling became more and more welcoming, until he let it take over him.

The Wraith grabbed his gun and gently placed it on the ground away from the man he had knocked out. The Wraith grabbed another zip tie from his belt and grabbed each hand and placed them behind his back zip tied him and then gently laid him on the floor.




Irvin and Tyrone stood across from each other periodically looking out a window to see if any of the cops outside were making any moves.

“Hey Irvin?” Tyrone called.

“What is it Tyrone?” Asked Irvin.

“Why are the cops taking so long to call us? They should have done something by now.”
Tyrone Inquired.

“I don’t know Tyrone, but stay alert! They may try to pull something...” Irvin said  “Go over to Cooper to untie one of the girls to bring over here, we want the police to know we're not fucking around here!”  Commanded an annoyed Irvin.

“Right aw-” Tyrone said as something impacted him.

“Tyrone wh-” Irvin said as something impacted him as well.
“The hell is this?” Tyrone said as he tried to examine what hit him.


Right at that moment both men felt a surge of pain envelope them and out of instinct both men pulled the triggers of their automatic rifles and several bullets flew in the air, making holes in the ceiling.




A car pulls up to the police blockade around warehouse thirteen. The car door opens and out steps a man in uniform with a badge on his chest. The man proceeds to make his way over to the police captain.
 
“Where the hell have you been?!?” Demanded the Police Captain.

“I’m sorry but I blew a tire on the way here, the damn road had a pothole that rendered my car imobile till I could get it fixed!” Explained the police negotiator. 
 
At that exact moment several gunshots rang out, the police captain grabbed the negotiator and ducked under his car for cover.

“SHOTS FIRED, REPEAT SHOTS FIRED, SWAT MOVE IN!” The police captain screamed into his radio.

Swat did as they were told as they busted down the door guns and shields drawn, to their surprise 3 men laid on the ground all of them zip tied, their weapons were laying off to the side in a pile. Swat move in further to a small room as they opened the door the two hostages sat there unharmed while another man slouched over zip tied to a pipe.




The Wraith stood a good few blocks away, watching the cops haul out the 4 gunmen from the warehouse. A good two hours had passed and it was about time he wrapped up before sunrise.
“Ise, anything else going on before I wrap up for the night?” the wraith said into his two way radio.

‘I’ve got nothing but what you stopped over any of the local police chatter, I guess we can call it a-” before Ise could finish a loud noise came from his laptop stopping him entirely from his thought.

“This alert is being issued by The National Weather Service,  a tornado warning is in effect for the city of Newport Falls. An F5 tornado is expected to form over the center of the city. All residents are required to take shelter immediately from the storm. this alert has been issued by The National Weather Service.” said the voice out of Ise’s computer.

About ten seconds later the storm sirens could be heard around the city.

“Where the hell did this come from!? This city is nowhere near capable of supporting a tornado, especially one of that magnitude!” said Ise clearly confused.

“Are you for real?” Asked the Wraith.

“Absolutely! This came out of nowhere, it just appeared from the north wickedly quick and now is heading this way, scientifically this should not be possible!” Ise was starting to get a bit worried.

“Alright, get you and your family to a shelter or if at all else make your way to the cavern you should be safe there, looks like I’m gonna be pulling over time today.” said the Wraith.

“But what about you?” inquired Ise.

“I’ll keep in contact with you, don't worry.” replied the wraith.

“Stay safe out there!” said Ise.

“I will do my best!” the wraith assured to Ise over the radio.

The wind began to pick up lots of people were running about trying to seek shelter. Local police departments were allowing people to seek shelter as well as other places, such as churches, and people who had a storm shelter built to withstand a hurricane! 

Hail began to fall from the sky indicating a tornado was nearby and about to form. The Wraith stood atop a building keeping watch over an area that was doing its best to get all its residents to shelter. 

More wind began to pick up and a mixture of hail and rain fell from the sky with the wind howling the way it was, no one should have been outside at all.

“Ise, you there?” the wraith called over his radio.

“Yeah, I’m here how you doing out there?” asked Ise, a clear sense of worry in his voice .

“I’m doing as well as I can, have you and your family made it to a shelter?” asked the wraith.
“Yes, I am at my neighbors, they have an underground storm shelter, we'll ride it out.” replied Ise.
“Good everyone is...” Before the wraith could finish, he was interrupted by the sound of screaming.

“Sorry Ise someone needs my help, gotta go!” said the Wraith ending the transmission.

“Where is that screaming coming from” he asked himself. It was then he noticed a small girl holding onto the base of a tree at the Newport park.

“MOMMY WHERE ARE YOU, MOMMY!?!” the little girl was clearly frightened and crying as she held onto the tree waiting for her mother to come and get her.

Another voice pierced the storm this one was in utter panic. A middle age woman was screaming her lungs out to what seemed to be the little girl across the street. However the woman appeared to be, being held back by someone.

“JESSICA HOLD ON, MOMMY IS COMING” yelled what appeared to be the mother.

“M’am you can't go out there, it's too dangerous! That tornado could hit us at any second I will try and get one of my-” the police sergeant was interrupted by one of the lower ranks, he was a bit annoyed but that all changed when that officer yelled to him.

“Sergeant, look it’s that masked vigilante from the news!” the officer pointing behind the police sergeant.

The police sergeant looked outside and saw the wraith was hanging from what looked like a rope. It wasn't till the police sergeant got a better look outside that the wraith appeared to be hanging from what looked like a military aircraft. It was at this point after someone mentioned the wraith a good few people came to the front of the building some with their phones out to record what was going on.  

The Wraith could be seen angling himself towards the little girl reaching out his hand to grab her. The little girl looked hesitant at first but after what looked like he was trying to convince  her she grabbed his hand and held on to him. The aircraft carefully began to maneuver itself towards the police station. The wraith was right up on the front of the police station, the police sergeant opened the door to let them in. The mother was waiting anxiously as the Wraith dropped the little girl off at the station.

“Oh, god bless you sir!” The mother said tears running down her cheek 
The police sergeant leaned his hand out but the wraith refused his offer.
“I’ll be fine but you guys need to get underground right now that tornado will strike at any second” said the wraith.

As if the storm was listening to him a funnel began to form down from the clouds. The Wraith saw it and immediately grappled up to his aircraft. As he entered he began to push a few buttons and the aircraft changed from its VTOL mode to horizontal flight mode, and he began to fly away but this storm had other ideas. This storm did something that defied everything in meteorology. The tornado began to curve and bend in the direction of the aircraft.

“What The Hell is going on!?” Yelled the Wraith as he began to battle the tornado sucking the Night Wing into its funnel. The Wraith tried with all his might and turned on the afterburners to pull away from the tornado, but the tornado’s winds intensified. No matter what the Wraith did the aircraft inched closer and closer to the tornado's funnel until it engulfed the aircraft. Once the plane was gone the storm ceased its activity and broke up entirely revealing a sunny blue sky.

Moments Later

The Wraith came too, he felt around his surroundings and realized he was still in his aircraft's cockpit, only it was dark. This was an unusual circumstance since the cockpit had interior lights that should have kicked in by now. It was then he remembered the storm and the tornado that sucked him inside. It could be possible that the plane was struck by lightning and it knocked the power off or worst case scenario the circuits were fried. He wouldn't know until he exited the plane so he reached around the cockpit until he felt a familiar lever. It was the emergency release lever. Pulling it towards himself the canopy opened and he exited the plane.  

As he exited a stray drop of water fell in front of him and hit the ground, and the sound echoed around him.

“Where the hell am I?” The wraith asked himself

He decided to turn his night vision on. He felt around the grooves of his mask till he felt a faint button on his right side. When the night vision was activated he found that he was in a cave. Looking around he saw he could go in two directions but it was hard to tell which direction was the way out and which one was deeper into the cave. There was one way he could determine which way was the right way, in his aircraft’s storage was a device meant for mapping caves such as this. He turned off his night vision and  pulled out a small flashlight from his belt and made his way over to his plane. He flashed the light around the cockpit until he found it and grabbed it.

This device was a sonic sound wave mapper and what it did was shoot sound waves around an enclosed area. When it would do that the sound waves would bounce back to the device and map that area however far it was. The wraith aimed the device in the direction his plane was facing. There is a downside to using this device, if there were any bats in this cave they would go in a sense, ‘batty’ no pun intended. 

The wraith pushed a button and fired off the device. After about ten minutes later the results came back. The device indicate the cave went on further in that direction. The Wraith turned around and then fired off the device again and after another ten minutes the result came back that the cave opened up in that direction. With that said the wraith left a tracking beacon in the cockpit of his aircraft for him to come back to. It would be easier to fix his aircraft once he knew where he was.

About half a mile later the wraith came to the end of the cave. He could see several trees from the base of the cave opening too far off into the distance. He looked above and he could see a giant arch right above him seeming to be holding up something above,curious he grabbed his grapple gun and fired above him. Once the hook latched onto a part of the arch he activated the lift function on his gun.

before he made it to the top of the so called arch the Wraith took a second look and realized that it wasn’t just an arch at all it was a structure holding something big above it.

As soon as he made it to the top he could make out some buildings and what looked like a castle but there seemed to be a wall that surrounded it, again that was no issue all he had to do was grapple and get over it. 

When he made it over he dropped into an alleyway he still had no idea where he was but he knew once he found a building tall enough he could get a general idea. Once he found a building that suited his needs he again fired his grapple gun and had it pull him up. Once he made it to the top he was stunned to say the least. What ever happened in that storm began to raise more questions than answers. He decided to try his radio to see if he could get Ise to help him out.

“Ise, it's the wraith, you there? He said expecting to hear back.

Nothing but static greeted him. He decided to try again.

“Isaac come in, I could really use your help right now!” He said starting to get worried.

Something was up and he knew it, so he decided to look around more. The city was barren and come to think of it, rather old looking like medieval style old. This was confusing as hell to him but he noticed the castle up ahead and that castle had lights on. He decided to make his way over there because lights had to mean life was there. Jumping from building to building, he began to see a group of silhouettes moving into the castle. However as he made it close enough to make out better details. Utter confusion hit him like a brick, those silhouettes were…

“Horses???” he said in confusion

These were not your run of the mill type horses, many of them had what looked like clothes on some were wearing tuxedos others were wearing dresses. Then came the kicker!

“Hello there, Spring Breeze would you know where I could find  princess Celestia and Luna this fine evening?” said one of the horses he assumed was male with a blue mustache and mane.

This had to be some sort of a dream either that or the worst coma he had ever been through. He was stunned maybe even flabbergasted, he brought himself back from shock and decided to look around to see if he could learn anything while he was out of sight.





Fleur De Lis was walking through the crowded ballroom saying hello to a few of her friends and a couple of fans of her modeling career. However right now she just wanted to be alone, after finding out her coltfriend Solar Flare had cheated on her. She just wanted to have time to herself to clear her mind of him. A tear ran down her face as she tried to keep her thoughts off of him but was failing to do so. She couldn’t help but feel that this was somehow her fault.
A white unicorn with a yellow mane began to approach Fleur.

“Still crying over that colt friend of yours?” said blue blood
With a smug smile on his face.


“Go away...” said fleur her head facing away from blue blood

“Aw, come on fleur, you know you always have me!” blue blood said smugly. 

“I’d rather live alone than to be with you, and you know that.” fleur said a tad annoyed this was not the best time for this, or would it ever be!

Fleur was not very fond of the many nobles that tried to woo her and blue blood was at the top of the list. Not only did he start rumors of them having a relationship to any news hounds that were desperate for a story whether it be true or false; he started sending her grotesque letters in the mail which she would later burn in her fireplace. She tried to get him to stop with these antics but he continued.

While fleur was lost in thought blue blood began to lose his cool.

“Fleur are you even listening to me, FLEUR” said an irate blue blood.

“LISTEN TO ME WHEN I TALK YOU BITCH!” Blue blood said raising his hoof towards Fleur about to strike her
.

However before blue blood could hit Fleur something grabbed his hoof.

“Why don't you leave the lady alone...” said a voice from behind blue blood.

“Yeah and who's gonna ma….” blue blood froze as he saw a dark figure behind him.

Fleur was snapped out of thought by blue bloods change of tone, from anger to fear. She turned around to see a Bipedal being have a hold of one of blue bloods hooves. She looked at it almost in awe while still in confusion and slight fearfulness.

“What in Celestia's name are you?” said a bewildered blue blood.

“It matters not what I am.” said the figure. “what matters is where you’re going!” it finished.
“Going?” Asked Blue Blood. “what do you mean by thaaaaaa...” before Blue blood could even finish that sentence he felt himself being hoisted up in the air. When the feeling subsided, blue blood looked down and he began to panic until he passed out.

“Are you ok ma’am?” the figure asked.

Fleur was bewildered the tall being looked at her with its white glowing eyes but asked if she was ok she didn't know if she could trust it but she tried. She hesitated to respond to it but managed to get a few words out.

“Yesss, I’m fine” she felt herself trembling at it.

“Do not be afraid, I am not here to hurt you.” said the figure. 

Fleur eased up a bit working up the courage to ask him…

“What is your name?” she asked.

The figure walked in her direction, Fleur moved aside. It stopped at the guardrail and pulled a strange object from its side, pointing to a ledge a small explosion came from the object.

“I am The Wraith!” it said before it jumped off the balcony and swung away.

A speechless fleur looked at where that figure was, then had her eyes look at the passed out blue blood hanging from a ledge.

“Serves you right!” Fleur said under her breath.

After Fleur left the Balcony, Looking back at where the figure was, she could feel a sense of dread creeping up her back, thinking about what it could do, also curious to its nature why did it help her? Walking back into the crowd wearing a face of displeasure and worry, not usually settled on her face a few members of the crowd, came up to greet her out of concern then from around the corner a press pony stood there interested in what was going on!

“Fleur are you alright?” asked one friend.

“What happened?” asked another.

The press pony was puzzled at the look Fleur had, almost as if she saw a ghost or something. Moving out to the balcony he looked around nothing stood out. Until he decided to look up, there he could see blue blood swinging gently from a ledge. First he took a photo of blue blood then proceeded to move towards Fleur to get her story (maybe get paid extra if the story was good) 

“Fleur would you mind telling me what happened on the balcony?” The press pony inquired eagerness present in his voice.

Fleur was very unsure of what to do for this situation. She looked at her friends who were currently trying to help ease her.

“Well… here's what I recall” Fleur started 




The wraith stood on top of a building closely keeping an eye on the balcony where he was. Using his binocular vision, he could see two horses in armor of which resembled roman empire design, trying to release the rich prick from the wire he hooked him to. He thought to himself, this went on for long enough, he pushed a button on his right arm and made the hook device release the horse from its grasp and deposited it to the soldier's grasp. Which also awoke the rich horse with a less than manly scream which surprisingly he could hear from where he was.

The sun was starting to peak over the horizon. This was usually when the wraith would pack up and head home for the night till sundown came again. But since he was no longer in Newport he was going to have to seek shelter somewhere else, and that somewhere else was going to have to be  the cave he woke up in. He needed to make a game plan to better figure out where he was. The wraith backtracked his way to the cave he woke up in. After climbing down the mountain and walking a half mile back to his jet. The wraith opened the canopy of the jet and made himself comfortable, his eyes began to feel heavy till he decided to fall asleep. 

Unbeknownst to the Wraith a voice from his childhood, Began to call his name. 

James………..
> Dark Castles and Echoed memories
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“James…” the voice called! 

That voice was something James had not heard in nine years. It was nothing that frightened him, far from it. He thought of the voice as his imaginary friend since he was very naive at thirteen years old. The voice would talk to him from time to time, asking about his world which at the time didn’t sound weird to him. James’s parents would look into his room from time to time wondering who he was talking to but left it as something he would grow out of. After a while the voice began to fade away into the years until it stopped entirely. Which was hard on James since he didn’t have any real friends, Just kids that hung around him because his family was rich.

“James….” It called again

“Who are you?”  James replied 

Silence greeted him until the voice spoke again.



“Hidden in the chaotic forest,
Remnants of the past flourish,
Journey to the eclipsing castle,
You will Find your answer without much hassle.” it stated.

That didn’t answer his question, however it must have been a sign of where his answer would be. Though the response that was given was very vague. There has to be a way to figure it out.
It was at that moment the Wraith woke up. The seat of the aircraft he slept on was very uncomfortable and sleeping on it was not one of his brightest ideas. His back was killing him and due to the lack of heat the interior of the ship was freezing. The only logical idea was to leave the cave and warm up outside but there lies a problem. Depending on what time of day it was outside would determine if he could be outside at all. However it wouldn’t hurt to see what was going on outside anyway considering he was essentially in a world of multi colored horses. So he started making his way out of the cave.

About a half mile later, He made it to the mouth of the cave. It was indeed daylight outside maybe noon if he had to guess. Which presented the issue if he was outside for very long he would be spotted. The wraith was going to have to be careful if he wanted to see what was going on topside. Every cell in his brain was screaming to stay hidden but he dismissed these thoughts and continued on. 

The wraith repeated the same routine, he did last night with his rappelis rappel gun making his way to the top of the wall. He dropped to an alleyway and began sneaking from corner to corner of the alley till he reached an opening. There stood what looked like a news stand with papers lined around the top of the counter, that would be an ideal source of information. Before he made a move a door from behind the news stand opened and out walked a blue horse with…

“Wings?” The Wraith stunned at the thought.

So… pegasi exist here, that makes my existence all the more harder to keep hidden. I’m going to have to stay off the rooftops until nightfall. He thought to himself. 

This also meant he was going to have to stay around the city until the moon had raised which also meant to stay out of open areas even if it was dark out didn't mean this city didn't have a nightlife!

As soon as the blue pegasus left the Wraith snatched a newspaper off the stand and headed back to the alley. As soon as he got a good look at the paper he realized it was written in latin which wasn't all that hard to read but it made him wonder why all the horses could speak in english but wrote in latin. It was going to have to be something to figure out later.


Equestria Daily
Everypony rejoiced at the safe return of Princess Celestia. After Nightmare Moon had foal napped her, six ponies came to her rescue. Using the elements of harmony on Nightmare Moon the six ponies managed to revert nightmare moon back to Princess Celestia's younger sister, luna. Who will have her powers restored as princess, more on page 3.

“Fascinating, so there are two princesses that govern this land and by the look of things I have been referring to them incorrectly, so they are ponies. That doesn't change the fact I need to figure out where that castle in the chaotic forest is. However that castle over there may hold the answer. There has to be some sort of library in that castle.  Considering monarchs liked to document everything that goes on in their kingdom, but this means I am going to have to sneak in without being detected.” With that in mind he was about to return the paper when a word caught his eye. There in a column of text was a small report of last night with that stallion he stopped from hitting the mare.

Fleur de lis after a rough day came to one of the balconies of canterlot castle. Her intention was to be left alone, however one infamous stallion decided to break that silence but before he could do anymore damage, what Fluer could only describe as a bipedal being grabbed his hoof and somehow lifted him in the air without magic. Before it left fleur managed to get the beings name, The Wraith. 





The sun had set far off into the distance, giving the Wraith the much needed edge he was waiting for. Scanning the castle with his eyes, trying to find an entrance, the wraith spots two entry ways. The first was the front gate option, which would hold no tactical advantage. The second would be an open window he could see with the shutters open, while it could hold some advantages worst case scenario he walks in, and whatever pony is in that room thinks its a burglar.
 However; it was still an option. Another entrance came into his mind, the balcony where he put a stop to that mare being hit by Mr stick up his ass. It was close to the main level and could hold some advantages. However; since it was a castle, he was going to have to stay sharp and keep an eye out for guards.

The first option was a no go; it was too open and anyone could see him sneak in. The second option, being the open window; while good at first began to fall apart, when he remembered that most european castles that had a tall tower; would have very narrow hallways, and stairwells wouldn't give much room to hide or if he had to make a quick get away. The third option was becoming more of a fruitful idea, than the last two. The balcony, even though he saw it for a brief second, had a ballroom that could provide some hiding spots if this castle stayed true to what european designed castles had. With a plan set he put it into motion.

Grappling on to a ledge he found himself on the balcony. He made his way into the castle’s ballroom. Once there he looked above him, he could see a good few perchs towards the ceiling,  those could make for great hiding spots. Now that he was in, he was going to need a source of info that would lead him to the castle's library. As if someone was listening to his request, a familiar stallion came roaming into the ballroom in what he could describe as a nightgown.  

“I’ve been through this castle a thousand times; why can't I find the kitchen,” the stallion said, obviously annoyed.

This was going to be fun…..

Blueblood had gotten himself lost again in the castle. This was always an issue at night, he didn't know why but nonetheless; he made his way towards, what he thought was the kitchen. However; a small glare of light shone in his eyes. He looked around to try and see where it was coming from, there on the floor was something silver in color. Curious, he made his way towards the object. As soon as he was right on top of it, there was something odd about it. It looked like a bit, but not one Blueblood had ever seen before. Usually, bits were gold in color and had Celestia’s face on the front, and her cutie mark on the back. 

This was different; this “bit,” had some strange looking pony on the front, with a strange looking mane. There also appeared to be something written on the top, but Blueblood couldn't read it. He picked it up in his magic and could see on the back, was an eagle perched on a branch. He flipped it again and on the front he could make out a number; under the strange pony was “1932,” this was so interesting! While Blueblood sat engrossed into the quarter that was purposely left to distract him, a figure slowly snuck up behind him. Before Blueblood realized what was going on; something from behind grabbed him and hoisted both of them up.

“Hey, remember me?” said a familiar voice that Blueblood couldn't put a face to, that is until he opened up his eyes.

There, right in front of him, was the same being from last night; and just like last night fear could be seen in his eyes. He wanted to scream but before he could even open his mouth…

“Scream, and I will drop you right now, take a look down.” it threatened.

Blueblood looked down and saw that both of them were several hooves in the air that alone made him shiver.

“What do you want?” Blueblood  said hesitantly.

“Information!” it said.

“Where is the library?” it asked.

Blueblood almost completely speechless managed to muster out.

“Duh, duh, duh, downstairs near the castle garden it's the only door there!” said Blueblood completely terrified.

“Smart choice, now you get to take a nap.” it said pulling something from its side.

“Wha” Blueblood couldn't even finish that sentence, a hiss came from the object the figure pulled out in front of him and he slowly became sleepy.

After the Wraith had finished his interrogation, he lowered himself and the pony to the ground. Since he didn't know where the pony’s room was he had to make it look like he fell asleep in the room, which wouldn't be hard. The Wraith put the pony on the floor and covered his torso with a carpet leaving his head exposed.

 The Wraith left the room, making his way through the castle, looking for a staircase going downward. Going through the halls he still kept his guard up, this was a castle after all and castles had guards to keep them safe. Eventually he found the staircase, before he could make his way down he could hear voices two coming from the staircase and one voice coming from behind him. Looking up, he saw a ledge he could hide on, wasting no time he grappled up.

The Wraith looked down, two guards were coming up from the staircase and from where he was standing prior was a; (thinking back to his greek history class) alicorn if his memory served him right. However; it wasn't very well lit except for a window with moonlight shining into it. So, he couldn't really make out very many details.

“All I am saying is that, can we really trust her after what she did to Celestia?” said one guard. 

“You do realize that the elements of harmony brought her back to her former self, and even bringing this up could get you in trouble!” said another.

“No… thou is right not to trust us, we haft betrayed not only thine sister but our subjects” said the alicorn. 

“Princess Luna, I apologize I didn't know you were there!” said the first guard.

So, her name was Luna…

All three of them were standing near the window where the moonlight was shining through, there he could make out better details. The alicorn was navy blue, and appeared to have what looked like a mane that was different from any other pony he had seen. This mane seemed to waver as if an invisible wind was blowing through it, but he couldn't sense a draft anywhere. Maybe his eyes were playing tricks on him, but it looked like white dots adorned her mane as if they were stars in the night sky.

 The Wraith began to lose focus, until the thought of why he was here in the first place came to his head. What the hell did I do that for , shaking himself out of his stupor. As all three of the ponies went their separate ways; he lowered himself back to the floor and made his way downstairs.  Right as he reached the last step he could see the door, and the garden that the pony had mentioned. However; there was a problem, two guards stood on each side of the door. A thought came to mind to attack from above, but looking up there was nothing he could hook on the ceiling. 

One of the guards was about to look his way, his instincts went on autopilot looking around as quickly as he could. He spotted a column that he could hide behind. He darted to it as fast as he could. He waited to hear anything that could pertain to him; only to hear one of them sneeze. He was in the clear, now what could he do to get past them? He couldn't stay there for long, while he couldn't be seen from where the library was, he would be at the mercy of the court if someone decided to come down the stairs. He had to think fast; then it hit him. He pulled one of his sleep grenades from his belt and pulled the pin; then threw it right in front of the door.

“Hey sarge, what is this?” said one of the pony guards.

“What is what?” said the other guard.

Before they could continue a noticeable hiss could be heard from the grenade.

Both guards were clueless to what was going on, until the gas had begun to work to its full effect knocking both of them out. Both guards had slumped over giving The Wraith some time to find what he was looking for but not much. Working as fast as he could, he moved each guard away from the door and hid their slumbering bodies in a bush out in the garden. He could now enter with very little worry. He was now in the Library, he was going to have to be quick about finding what he needed. 

While looking he couldn't help but think about that conversation that took place up stairs, between the guards and Luna. What were the Elements of Harmony that he had heard not only in the halls but also read in the newspaper? Maybe if he had enough time he could find something out about them. The map had to come first though, so he had to find the geography section.

“Maps of canterlot, maps of ponyville, map of …. The hell?” he said, clearly confused. 
“ManeHattan, is this some kind of joke?” The wraith said to himself not particularly amused by the pun of manhattan...

“Here it is, world map of…” he paused.

“Equestria, why is everything in this world a horse pun” he deadpanned.
It didn't matter though he had what he needed, opening the scroll fully, he placed it on the floor and took a photo of it. He immediately rolled it back up and put it back on the shelf. Now all he needed to find was something on the elements of harmony; but as fate would have it the door to the library creaked open.

“Hello, anypony in here” yelled a single guard.

No response came, so the guard decided to move in. The Wraith could just put this guard to sleep, but that would be overkill, and besides it was stupid of him to think that two guards missing from their post would go unnoticed; one more would make the matter even worse. So his best option was to sneak around the guard and make his way to the garden across the hall, and escape. 

The guard came towards his direction and then stopped to look around, both of them were a bookcase apart. The Wraith did what he could to match the sound of hooves on the other end of the book case. When the guard began to look in another direction. The Wraith made a dash for the door, across the hall, into the garden, and grappled onto a ledge and swing away.





The next day 

The Wraith took a look at the map he took a picture of, while he was inside the nighthawk. He was looking for something that consisted of a castle near, or around,  or in, a forest where he would find this “answer” the voice referred to.

“There it is, the everfree forest is the place I need to go; it's  near a small village called  ponyville, directly south of canterlot” He mused.

Damn these puns!

As much as he hated it, he went with it anyway. His jet was still in need of repairs in order to fly, now was as good a time as ever for repairs, considering it was daylight outside. His aircraft  was black in color and would be seen coming from a mile away in the sunlight. Night was his best option.

That following night

Ponyville

Everypony was sound asleep in their homes, the streets were quiet; nothing dared make a noise in this town. That was until a loud roar filled the sky, causing such a disturbance that everypony in the neighborhood turned their lights on to investigate. Some ponies claimed to see a black dragon flying weird in the sky. Other ponies said it was Rainbow Dash wearing a black suit practicing her flying. 

One even said it was a human airship, but no pony paid her any mind. It became such an issue that Mayor Mare called a town meeting. Everypony was there to talk about what they had seen, and strangely enough all of their stories stated it was headed to the everfree forest. The mane six were tasked to figure out what was going on. 

Well make it mane four since Rainbow Dash had fallen asleep during the meeting and was dragged by her tail out of the town hall. Fluttershy, locked herself in her house and didn't even bother showing up to the meeting. Rainbow Dash eventually woke back up to find some dirt in her mouth and then realised she was being dragged by her tail.

There was a small argument between Rainbow Dash and Applejack that came and went. Till another one had to start up, to get Fluttershy out of her house. With all of them there they could all go into the forest together.





The Wraith had been walking for a solid two miles, not once did he see any wildlife around, the thought alone made him alert, incase of an ambush. The forest itself felt ominous, kind of reminded him of a scene from a certain movie where these people were being transported in some kind of jeep, to see dinosaurs, but the only dinosaur they actually saw was a sick triceratops. 

However; corny as it sounded he turned on his thermal vision goggles to avoid any hostile creatures, the last thing he wanted to run into was a raptor, if such a creature existed here. He continued his journey uninterrupted till he came to a rickety old bridge, looking down he could see some river rapids that he could mildly hear roaring from below. 

He had no idea if the bridge could support his weight or not. It looked to be the only way across the gap so taking a step of faith he worked his way across. The only thing that would have made crossing the bridge more of a pain, is if he was crossing over it with a donkey that had a fear of heights.  

Finally making it across, he could see the castle mentioned in his dream up ahead. Wasting no time he made a run for it. As he got closer and closer to the castle he started to see how dilapidated it was, the structure itself reminded him of the one in canterlot only slightly smaller in size. He was right at the front door and reached his hand out, however; a vision came to mind, of him opening the door only for it to fall flat on him. He pulled his hand back immediately, this was the only entrance he could see and the castle had looked like no one had lived in it for years. He decided to test the theory of the door, and gave it a good kick to test structural integrity. 

The door didn't budge, so he assumed it was ok. Opening the door toward him he entered what he believed was the foyer, walking through it was no chore but he was keeping an eye out for cobwebs, since they always liked to sneak up in front of you and cause disorientation as you try to get it off of you. He didn't really know where he was going, although a thought came across his mind to use the sonic sound wave mapper. 

However one, he didn't have it on him, and two, even if he did have it on him the castle was a little too open to even map anything. It was going to at least take him a good few hours to find what was supposed to be his answer; until a ball of light materialized in front of him floating in mid air. It was white in color and did not look or feel hostile; it felt different…

The best way he could describe it was,something that wanted his attention, it felt weird but welcoming. He followed it, it would sway back and forth from time to time like a dandelion seedling in the wind, as he rounded a corner the light vanished, there at the other end sat an organ. This organ was not your typical organ, like you would see in a church or a theater, it reminded him of the organ used in Phantom of the opera. The light led him here for a reason so it must want him to play it, the question that remained was what, as he took a seat. Suddenly before his eyes, words began to appear on the front panel of the organ. 

The children comes to it's enchanted call
The whimsy and joy for the many that fall
The young ones come to see wondrous sights
But none of them will know of the real fright.

It read, however the words began to fade, then something new formed

etched into the shadowed wall
Plays the song of the midnight ball
Echoes of time that shows fancy of flight
But the truth will show the real blight.

Then that disappeared.

There on a wall to the right laid a message that was blotted out by a layer of dust but was blown away to make it more legible. From the top it read children of the night underneath it were notes like those to a song at first he didn't think anything of it; that is until the song started…

“How did this get here?” he said stunned but continued playing.

The Wraith’s mind went back to the time when he had first heard this song. Sitting with his mother on Halloween Night watching a movie called Hocus Pocus. 

As he played the song, the sound echoed around the corridors seemingly as if it had a mind of its own. The sound eventually left the castle and began its journey towards the forest.





The mane six were making their way through the everfree on a seeming aimless journey. 

Right at that moment something was off.

“Twi, do you hear that?” Apple Jack asked her friend Twilight.

A strange and ominous song had surrounded them. It was a song that none of us had heard before. However; it did make them quiver.
“Twilight… where do you think its coming from” Rainbow Dash said with a little unease in her voice.

Twilight tried to think of the most logical place that it could be, then she remembered.

“It's coming from the everfree castle, come on girls!” twilight said leading the way.

Fluttershy fell behind because the song frightened her. But she continued forward with her head facing down trying to hide that she was afraid. As she continued walking she noticed strange hoof prints that didn't look like hooves at all. They looked rounded and long like an oval but different. Her unease had started to diminish and she followed the strange prints.





Princess Luna was pacing the halls, still feeling very guilty of her actions a thousand years ago. She continued down the hall of the castle finding herself in one of  the castle gardens. This garden in particular faced ponyville, which she could see out in the distance. She sat down a sad expression on her face feeling as if nothing was going to break her out of her grief. 

That was when a light song tickled her ear. She really didn't think much of it until the song struck a cord that hit her with a flashback. Her mother, when Luna was a filly, came to her when she was having trouble resting, she would sing to her to help ease her.

“I must find where this is coming from.” said a determined Luna.

The only place that could play a song of that magnitude that could be heard for miles was the organ that her father built in what is now the old castle in the everfree.





When the Wraith had played the final note the organ began to shake. Taking the hint he moved away from the organ and before his eyes, the organ began to shift to the left opening a corridor with stairs going down. The light he was following prior was floating there. The light traveled down the stairs. He followed the light down the stairs without question, this thing wanted his attention, and so far it did nothing hostile to even signify that he could be walking straight into a trap. 
These stairs almost seemed they went on forever but that was dismissed as soon as he reached the bottom floor. Torches lit the area which fascinated him, how long had these been burning for? It couldn't have been long because the whole castle would have been covered in smoke. It's almost as if the torches lit themselves as soon as he began walking down the stairs, but that couldn't be the case, could it?

Looking around the room nothing stood out, that was until he stepped on a floor panel

“GOD DAMNED BOOBY TRAPS!” the Wraith said as he ducked down to take cover.

Nothing…

No darts, no blades coming from the wall, just the sound of something he could only describe as out of an Indiana film. When the sound had ceased. The wraith stood up and right before him stood a pedestal with two alicorn statues behind it  standing up wings apart and their horns nearly touching each other behind the pedestal. On the pedestal laid what looked like a staff which gave off a golden yellowish glow, as if it was calling out to him. Carefully  he reached his hand to grab the object. 

So far so good, nothing happened, nothing sank into the ground, there was no bolder or something just aching to fall on top of him, nothing. He was beginning to think this was going to go off without a hitch. As he held the staff with both of his hands he began to wonder why he was brought here. It was a nice staff and all but before he could finish that thought, What felt like an electrical charge surged through his body and as this was going on the Wraith had a realization.

He couldn't move.

Nothing was reacting the way it should. He was as frozen as the statues were before him. Speaking of which both of the statue's eyes began to glow and a yellow charge came from their horns and a beam shot directly at him, followed by a blinding white light.

He laid in a white void that looked like it went on forever in every direction. Picking himself up, he could see two shadows, shadows that outline two alicorns. The white light began to fade there; he could see both of them in every detail; these two alicorns looked nothing like the one he saw in canterlot. One looked to be male as he had a build on him the other appeared to be female as she appeared to have a slightly thinner Physique.

Before The wraith could say anything the male alicorn began

“James, I am Helios, king of the Daylight!” 

That voice…. It was the same one from his dreams and his memories. So he was one of them the entire time.

“I am Mira, queen of the night”

The wraith stood there with his arms crossed with lots on his mind.

Both alicorns look at each other with a look of remorse evident on both their faces.
“We understand that you may have a lot on your mind” Mira said trying sympathize

“No shit, do you have any Idea what it's like to go through what I did as a child?”

Helios swallowed and began.

“No James we don’t, it's my fault that I didn’t even tell you the whole reason why the tablet was sent to your world and what its purpose was.” Helios said, trying to maintain his stoic expression.

“It's because of that Fucking Tablet, that I lost my innocence as a child” The wraith was failing to keep his composure

“It was not our intention to let that happen to you, you were the best match for...” Mira was cut off 
“What the hell do you mean best match, best match for what?” The wraith inquired.

Helios stepped in

“You are the chosen one, James...”

“Chosen one…” The Wraith stammered

Mira took over from there.

“Let me show you what we are talking about,” Mira said, lighting up her horn. Images became visible with whatever she was doing.

“Several thousands of years ago, back when my husband and I were the rulers of the realm. A family we knew well, was going through a hard time in their lives. Their son had a disease that at the time was incurable. The family came to us and begged for help to save their son who was only a few months old. My husband and I tried our hardest but we were unable to stop it, and it progressed further. 

We told them there was nothing more we could do. However, that did not stop the father from finding a spellbook of dark magic. He summoned the worst evil we have ever seen in order to save his son, but at a price. His life for his son,what followed was the darkest time that faced our kingdom. We tried everything we could to repel the evil force, but nothing worked. The son of the family I mentioned earlier, sacrificed himself to stop it, but he gave it what it wanted, a perfect body. We were able to put him in a magical form of slumber to hold it for a period of time until a solution could be found. 

Then there came a powerful unicorn calling himself star swirl. He gave us a prophecy that the evil would be stopped by something unlike equestria had ever seen. He gave us a magical tablet that would find the one that would destroy the evil once and for all. A spell was applied to the tablet for it to find the one who embodied the traits that the dark force would not be able to control and sent it away. Another spell was applied to recall the individual the moment it found the match. We were then able to watch where it went from there.

The vision faded and I was back standing back in front of Helios and Mira. 

“Since your world was void in magic, we needed an object here that would jump start the Tablet’s magical abilities,that is why you were led here.” Mira said.

“That staff will not only aid you in your journey but you will be able to disguise yourself as one of us along with other things that will be revealed to you in time.” Helios continued.

Mira looked at her husband as if talking to him without moving her lips, taking the hint he started up again.

“Oh, yes and one last thing the disguise was originally meant for a pony, not a human so even though you may look like us, some things will not look or act right” Helios added in.

“Ok so I get that I’m the chosen one and all that jazz. When can I kick this evil force’s ass and go home” the Wraith asked

“Since we are no longer among the living, our spell will fade away 1 year from now”  Mira stated
“But…” the wraith said, starting to feel as if there was a catch to all this.

“But the tablet was only sent to bring you here and not send you back, so we're sorry to say that we can’t send you back” Mira said, nearly choking on those last few words.

The wraith fell to his knees multiple emotions hitting him all at once.

“So that's it then, can't go back home tell my only friend I’m alive” the wraith said just now feeling the gravity of what is now and will be, till the end of his days…

Mira walked over to the Wraith and put her hoof on his back.

“I know this is a lot to take in and it wasn’t right for us to have you go through all that pain”
Mira said, trying to comfort him.

“If there was another way we would have taken that, but you're the only hope for equestria, we only ask that you take this into consideration” Mira said in a motherly tone.

Helios gave a subtle cough and spoke.

“We will give you time to think this over and contact you again sometime soon” Helios said, a father like tone present.

“Before you go can you do one small favor for the both of us” Mira asked

The wraith looked forward standing back up on his two feet.

“And what would that be?” The Wraith said bouncing back the question.

“Please look after our daughters, Celestia and Luna.” Mira said a pleading look in her eye.

Taking a short moment to think it over he looked back towards them.

“Ok I guess” the Wraith sighed.

The white void faded as did Helios and Mira, he was now standing back in the everfree forest. The Wraith looked behind him and he could see the riggedy old bridge not too far away. He pushed a button on his belt to call his jet. However, his belt was unable to get a signal through. The forest must have been dense enough to block electromagnetic signals from leaving, almost like a Faraday cage. 

With no other options, he was going to have to walk to the end of the forest to be able to leave. He turned on his thermal vision again because he didn't want any surprises, he continued his walk uninterrupted for a good half mile, till a heat signature came up on his thermal vision, It was big. 

Moving closer to it he was able to make out the body better.  Laying there in a pool of blood was what looked like a lion at first,but nothing here was going to be normal so it had to be something else. Looking over the body again he noticed a stinger like that to a scorpion. It wasn't a lion then, what else could be? 

Thinking back on his greek History class, he thought it over until it hit him. It was a manticore, a dead one at that, he also noticed a green liquid leaking from the stinger which was probably venom.  He left the manticore corpse and continued on his way out of the forest. However, it was not going to be that easy, the sound of growling could be heard near him. Pulling the staff from his back he went into a combat stance. 

Three wolf-like creatures came out from the brush and went into a pouncing stance. One charged him but was immediately swatted with the staff disorientating it as it fell to the ground. The second circled him then dove in, its mouth grabbing the staff trying to pull it away from him. Taking a forward step and using his upper body strength to quickly twist the staff to the right and toss the wolf away and it falls to the ground in a daze. 

Both wolves fall back and begin to circle him once more. Without realizing that there is one wolf missing from the pack a sharp pain shot up his leg, looking down he sees the wolf has a hold of his left ankle. 

Using his staff he shoves the rod down the neck of the wolf biting him then twists it. The wolf lets go of his ankle but then turns into a pile of twigs, however there was a yellow ball of light that he could see leave the body.

 He repeats this same tactic on the other two wolves, not without a fight though. The first one repeats his attack but becomes a pile of twigs after he timed it right. The other wolf tries to go for the other ankle but is also turned to twigs. The wraith tries to move forward only to fall under his own weight. 

He looks at where he was bitten to see a familare green liquid leaking out. His vision starts to get blurry as he tries to keep moving. He sits at the base of a tree holding his wound writhing in pain. His vision starts to turn to black but not until a yellow and pink thing meets his eyes.

“Oh…. my”
> Misunderstandings and dreams
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“Hmph...” The Wraith grunted.

He was regaining consciousness, and began to open his eyes. When the blur of his groggy eyes had subsided, he was able to make out where he was. 

“Uh… how did I get here?” he asked himself.

It was still dark where he was, which he could only guess was sometime early in the morning or late at night, but it didn't matter if he was getting out of here. At least he tried to, till a sharp pain shot up his leg. It was then he remembered the events that transpired before he blacked out. However, that did not explain how he got here, last he remembered he was laying at the base of a tree then….

“Yellow and pink” he said to himself, slowly piecing it together.

It must have been a native that took him to its cottage. Great, there went his cover, now that one native found him it was only a matter of time till he was the talk of the town. 

Unless…
“ What was it that Helios said?” His mind went back to that moment.

“That staff will not only aid you in your journey but you will be able to disguise yourself as one of us along with other things that will be revealed to you in time” Helios’s voice echoed in his head.

Ok, so all he had to do was convince the native to keep his presence a secret(unless it had already blabbed about him.) when he recovered he’d use the staff’s ability to disguise himself then be out of here.  A noise came from the front door, someone was coming, more than likely the homeowner. 

So he pretended to be asleep. The door opened and the clip clop of hooves could be heard on the hardwood floor, coming right at him. A soft metallic rattling could be heard, almost as if it brought something with it. He could feel his right foot being moved left to right like it was examining him. 

The Wraith’s curiosity got the best and he opened one of his eyes to peak at what it was doing. Fortunately it had its back turned to him so it couldn't see that he was awake. What he saw was a butter yellow pegasus with a pink mane. There also appeared to be a tattoo of three butterflies on its butt. 

He also couldn't see a sheath on it so he had to assume it was a female. 

I feel like a pervert for doing that, Damn it!

Looking down at her hooves he saw a red bag with a white cross, signifying a medical bag. She opened the bag and began to sort through it. What she pulled out, slightly took him off guard but he maintained his act. In her mouth was a needle with a vile of red liquid. He had two options, at this point he could either stop this act and prevent her from putting whatever liquid was in that vile, or he could just take it and see what it does. He had a lot to risk for this but he maintained his cool and let her stick him with the needle. As soon as she stuck it in him, he felt a burning sensation, it didn't hurt per say, it felt like a good burning feeling if that made any sense. His left leg didn't hurt as much as it did when that wolf bit him.

“That should do it, the antidote should run its course and you’ll be as good as new,” she said 
“Thank you” the Wraith said absentmindedly.

“Eep” she squeaked

Shit….

The Wraith opened his eyes and positioned himself up and did what he could to calm the female pegasus.

“Oh ...my”she said now hiding behind her mane.

“I’m sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you” trying to calm her, while also mentally hitting himself for doing that.

She didn't move, she was still scared of him. Something came to mind that he could do, but it was something he’d never do at home because that would expose a weakness that he couldn't take back. However this wasn't Newport Falls, this was Equestria.

“It's the mask, isn't it?” the Wraith said pointing to the mask then reaching his hand behind his head to undo it.

The pegasus looked at him curiously as he took off his mask. After a good minute he was able to show his face. The pegasus took a good look at him, his blue eyes, his brown mane everything then suddenly she wasn't as scared anymore.

“What are you?” she asked 

“Good question and I’ll answer, I am a human.” the Wraith said in a low tone to keep her at ease.

“Oh, um, I don't think I have ever heard of such a thing.” she said gradually working up her courage. 

“Well, I don’t blame you.” The Wraith said calmly.

However there was a point to investigate, how was it possible that these creatures actually existed? Sure they were referenced in greek lore lots, thought to be fables told by the general public. Was it possible both worlds coexisted at some point? It would definitely explain why we couldn't find Atlantis for the longest time. This was something he would have looked into when he had the chance to!

“Um…. what is your, um name?” the pegasus asked genuine curiosity evident in her eyes.
“Well… I currently go by The Wraith” The Wraith said crossing his arms.

A thought came across his mind and he had to ask.

“ I don't think I got your name though.” The Wraith asked

“Oh… um my name  is,  um Fluttershy.”

“That is a really nice name there, it is a pleasure to meet you Miss shy.”

Fluttershy blushed at the gesture.

“It's, um, just Fluttershy is fine.” she said, a  little flustered.

“Ok then Fluttershy, thanks again for helping with my injury” The Wraith said

“Oh it's no problem,” Fluttershy said, accepting the compliment.

“Also you haven't told anyone about me, have you?” The Wraith asked while he weighed on what his options would be, given what the answer was.

“Well I um… I was going to tell my friends……..” Fluttershy started but stopped.

The Wraith held up his hand signaling her to stop.

“Listen, I’d really like to meet them but the last thing I want is an uproar in town” though with how things are playing out now he might lose his cover sooner rather than later.

“Oh…. um.. I understand.” Fluttershy said a little disappointment in her voice.

The Wraith felt kinda bad for Fluttershy but reassured her.

“Chin up Fluttershy, perhaps I’ll meet them soon, when the time is right.” The Wraith Reassured Fluttershy.

Feeling good about his words, The Wraith decided to stand up but immediately regretted his decision to do so when the pain returned. Fluttershy saw this helped him back down on the couch he was laying on.

“I’m sorry… I probably should have told you that um... the anti venom takes a while to kick in.” Fluttershy said she finished putting him back on the couch.

“Yea… I probably should have figured that” The Wraith said chuckling a little.

“Your um... going to have to rest here, that is if you don’t mind.” Fluttershy said nervously.

“I guess that's ok, but as soon as I’m one hundred percent I have to go is that ok?” The Wraith asked.

“Um.. I guess that’s fine.” Fluttershy said, a little unsure.

The two looked at each other before both yawning simultaneously.

“I guess I should get some rest then” said a little embarrassed.

Fluttershy blushed and agreed.

“Yea...Um.. I’ll do the same” Fluttershy said.

The Wraith watched Fluttershy walk up a set of stairs and began to close his eyes as he drifted off to sleep.





Canterlot Castle

Princess Luna’s Chambers

Luna was pacing the floors thinking of every possible answer that she could come up with that would tell her why that song was played on that night. Things were not adding up and she was getting frustrated over it. It was possible that one of her subjects snuck in and did it but was highly unlikely. No pony other than her mother and her knew that song,even if somepony snuck in and teleported out she would have felt that. However, there was no magical residue that she detected. Luna decided to give it a rest for now and watch over dreams as she did before her banishment.

When Luna was comfortable in her bed, she began the process and closed her eyes and started her magic. The Dream realm had not changed much, it remained relatively the same; every dream was like a window she could look into and watch what was unfolding. Nopony appeared to be in any distress from a Nightmare, except for one. 

She couldnt see through it at all. A thick layer of black mist clouded her view. This was unlike anything she had seen before, curious she entered the dream. When she entered she was hit hard emotionally with a heavy feeling in her chest followed by a freezing cold breeze that took her by surprise. Her surroundings were absolute nothingness, a black void if you will. Luna began trotting forward wondering why this dream was doing this to her.

*Click*

“That's as far as you go, now hand over that Key card!” said one voice

Luna looked around but couldn't see anything or anypony.

“I’m not giving anything to terrorists!” said another voice in a combative tone!

The sound of a scuffle could be heard.

Then a white flash of light surrounded Luna followed by an explosion.

Then a thud.

“DAD!!!!!” screamed a voice that sounded like a child.

“James…….. Run… as fast as you can.” said the second voice however sounding off, like it was having trouble breathing.

The voice dissipated till silence is the only thing that greeted Luna.

Heavy winds followed by rain thunder and lightning were now appearing. What was once a black void was now a graveyard. A sound caught her attention, the sound of crying and sniffling. 
Luna looked behind and there laid a being she had never seen before. The being was laying at the base of one tombstone. 

               Rest in peace
JONATHAN AND REBECCA MILLER.

It read, Luna being the Dream keeper moved forward to try and Comfort it. However, before Luna was one hoof step away. A loud bell echoed through the graveyard followed by flashes of lightning. Something was already behind it only visible from the flashes of lightning, a tall black being stood there and knelt down behind it. Luna was confused to say the least. What is the black creature standing behind the small creature and why was it comforting it? The black creature looked like something out of a nightmare but it was, good? The black figure stood up and faced Luna. Luna was able to get a better look at it but the figure didn't look like it had the same Idea, especially with those glowing white eyes forming a scowl. Before Luna could say anything the figure spoke.

“GET OUT!”  It said!

”NOW!”

Before Luna could think of anything to retort she was forcibly removed from the dream, which was enough to wake her from her spell.





The Wraith woke up in a cold sweat unsure of what he had just witnessed.

“Why did I dream of Princess Luna, better yet why was she in that dream I've been trying so hard to repress for years.” He thought aloud.

Unfortunately that's the least of his problems, as there came a knocking at the door.

“Fluttershy y’all in there sugar cube?” called a country voice.

Well this was a fine kettle of fish he had gotten himself into. However all wasn't lost all he had to do was use his st-

Where was his staff?

Looking around quickly, he spotted it, the good news was that he saw it leaning against a wall. The bad news was it was the wall adjacent to the door.

“Applejack are you sure Fluttershy is in there?” came a voice that the Wraith could only compare to a tomboy.

“I’m sure Rainbow, this is the only other place she’d be.” said the country voice.

The Wraith had two options here, he could either find a window and sneak out and book it as fast as he could, or he could run and grab the staff and use the disguise function to sneak by in plain sight. 

Looking around, at the windows that were around the house he deadpanned as he figured out the windows would be too small for him to fit through, So that left him with one option.

The Wraith made a mad dash for the staff, he was surprised that the antivenom that Fluttershy had given him worked so well almost as if it never happened, but that didn't slow him down. The Wraith was almost there but before he could grab it the front door opened blocking him from the staff and revealing two shocked mares at the doorstep. The Wraith couldn't slow down or stop due to how much momentum he had made, so in order to not make these two mares bowling pins he went into a dive roll.

Both mares were frozen in place unsure what was going on in front of them. The Wraith jumped over them and landed on the ground performing a roll.

“What in tarnation?” said the orange mare in the stenson.

The sky blue mare recovered from her stupor and scowled at the Wraith.

“What are you and what have you done with Fluttershy?” demanded the sky blue mare.

The Wraith thought for a sec and then spoke.

“Ok first off chill and secondly sh-” before he could finish,
 
The sky blue mare went into attack mode and flew directly at him.

Her speed looked comparable to a missle. There was only one tool that could help him dodge her attacks.

“SID target and calculate!” said the Wraith

Command acknowledged!

S.I.D. was a coined term which meant it had two uses within its abbreviation it either stood for Strategic Interface Display or Strategic Information Database that was a function in his mask that aided him in crime fighting it had numerous functions including but not limited to calculating speeds of a moving object or Help him determine the best course of action based on past events.  He waited for the moment that SID finished calculating then would tell him when to move.

Calculations complete!

Move to the right!

He did as it told him to and the mare missed him by an inch.

The sky blue mare came around for a second attack run but was stopped by the orange mare who surprisingly had a rope in her mouth.

“What the hey was that for Applejack?” Yelled the sky blue mare at the orange mare who The Wraith could tie a name to.

“Rainbow listen go warn twilight and I’ll handle this thing” said Applejack

Rainbow tried to argue but agreed and flew off towards town.

“Now yall are gonna tell me what yall did with Fluttershy” said AppleJack





Twilight was in her library reading one of the many books the golden oaks library had to offer, when Rainbow Dash burst through the door.

“Twilight we’ve got trouble over at Fluttershy’s there's some big thing over there and both me and AppleJack believe it did something to her.”

“Lets go!” Twilight immediately responded following Rainbow Dash.

As they arrived at the open field Twilight and Rainbow Dash watched as AppleJack tried to wrangle the tall black bipedal being but it kept slipping by her rope almost as if it knew what she was going to do before she did it.

“Rainbow Dash help AppleJack distract it while I work on a knockout spell” Twilight said

Rainbow Dash took her hoof and saluted before going off to aid AppleJack.




Apple Jack was a persistent mare That much The Wraith could gather, even though what she was doing was futile, With the aid of SID. He could dodge and weave around her attacks with less effort then he’d usually do in the city.

“Attention, unknown object approaching at a high velocity” SID alerted him but by then it was too late as Rainbow got the drop on him and struck him from behind, having him fall to the ground.

“Damn, that actually hurt” The Wraith said trying to get back up but couldn't due to Rainbow being on top of him.
“You’re not going anywhere not till you tell us where Fluttershy is!” said Rainbow

“She's upstairs in her room, asleep!” grunted The Wraith.

“Now why didnt yall say so” replied Apple Jack. 

“Because neither of you would let me finish when you asked before” the Wraith fired back.
However before The Wraith could say anything else his eyelids began to feel very heavy.

“What the hell did yo-” The Wraith was out like a light before he could finish.

Twilight had walked up beside The Wraith with a smile on her face happy that everything had worked out.

“Well twilight what should we do with this thing” asked Rainbow Dash.

“we’ll take back to the library and question its intentions for being here.” Twilight said matter of factly.

However before they could move the Wraith anywhere out came Fluttershy from her house with a shocked expression on her face.

“What have you done.” Fluttershy stammered.





The Wraith was standing in a void of nothing but darkness. He was unsure if this was a dream or something else entirely. He contemplated what was going on until he heard a voice.

“You don't have to sit here you know” came a familare nervous voice.

“Isaac?” he said aloud.

That wasn't the regular Isaac he knew, that was the Isaac he went to High School with after the “incident” happened. Then came his voice.

“Well, I don't see a problem sitting with you, do you?” came a calm and friendly voice that the Wraith knew was himself at an early age.

“Well… no, but you could sit with the popular kids since your well… um... wealthy” Isaac stuttered out.

The Wraith remembered this day, this was his first time going to a public high school after convincing his guardian to do a public school rather than a private school, because he couldn't stand how the teachers acted and behaved. They thought they were above everyone else because of their financial status.

“You know, while I may be rich it doesn't mean I’m not human enough to be courteous to my fellow man, by the way, what is your name?”

“Isaac, Isaac Evers.” he could hear Isaac lose his nervousness and gain a little confidence in his voice.

“My name is James, James Miller.”

The Wraith could feel himself smiling for the first time in a while. However, when the voices died the void began to fade taking him along with it.

The Wraith could feel himself coming to, but taking his senses into account, with the position he was laying in along with the cushion that was underneath him, he decided to continue the act and listen in on what was going on around him, and it didn’t take long either. Approaching hoof steps indicated something was coming towards him.

“So twi, have you learned anything from this thing?” came the voice that The Wraith recognised as Apple Jack

“Well not really, I can't find anything like him in any of my books” that was one voice he didn’t know

“The closest I could find was a minotaur but I don’t think that's it”

“Well if it's not a minotaur, then what is it twilight?” that voice he recognized as rainbow

Huh, minotaurs exist here too, well it's not like I am surprised. The Wraith thought to himself.

“Well whatever it is I HOPE IT LIKES CUPCAKES!”

What the hell…. The Wraith thought again.

“Well darling, all I can say its tastes in fashion are absolutely horrid.” came a posh voice 

Well of course my suit isn’t fashionable. I fight crime, not crimes of fashion. 

“Well… um he’s actually a um human...” came the quiet voice of Fluttershy
The whole room turned silent which the Wraith could only guess all the mares were looking at Fluttershy.

“How do you know that Fluttershy” came that voice rainbow called twilight.

 The girls all looked at Fluttershy questioning looks on their faces.

“Well... um... I….”

Even with his eyes closed He knew exactly what they were gonna do next.

The Wraith had enough of this.

“She knows because I told her!” the Wraith said.

The girls turn around to see The Wraith sitting up right.

“I don't appreciate you ganging up on her like that!” The Wraith stated annoyance present in his voice.

The girls took a few seconds to apologize before turning their attention to The Wraith.

“Before we start anything else may I ask for your names so that I can refer to you correctly.” The Wraith asked.

“My name is Twilight Sparkle, owner of the Library you see here and student of Princess Celestia.” Twilight said starting off.

Interesting, I'll be sure to remember that for later. The Wraith thought

Then came the pink one.

“HI I'M PINKIE PIE, Ponyville’S PREMIER PARTY PONY I CAN'T WAIT TO START PLANNING YOUR PARTY” Pinkie Pie said before she went off on a tangent that seemed to go on forever.

The Wraith was about to go on to the next pony, but before he could he could feel something touching him on his left leg. He looked down and saw the white pony running her hoof through his uniform.

“If you're gonna feel me up like that at least invite me to dinner first.” the Wraith said. 

The white mare blushed realising what she was doing and stopped.

“Sorry darling I could help but try and figure out what kind of fabric you are wearing, while I don't like the color the fabric itself is extremely durable”

“That's because it's kevlar, mixed with a few other fabrics” The Wraith said.

The white mare seemed fascinated about what he was saying, but he had to move on. 

 “I can tell you more later but can I ask what your name is?” the Wraith asked.

“My name is Rarity” she said.

“Thank you!” the Wraith replied.

It was at that point the orange mare approached him he already knew her name but he continued being formal.

Mah name is Apple Jack  and listen here Just because I’m telling you mah name doesn't mean I trust ya.” Applejack  said with a glare.

“I can respect that.” the Wraith replied.

Last was the sky blue pegasus

“My name is Rainbow Dash. I'm the fastest flyer in Equestria,” Rainbow said with confidence.

Someone's got an ego. The Wraith thought.

The Wraith looked over to Fluttershy

“Don’t worry Fluttershy I already know who you are, by the way thanks for your help”

“Your... um…. Welcome”Fluttershy said with a small smile on her face.

“Now let's address what we're here for.” stated the Wraith

“So you brought me here for a reason, care to explain what that is?” The Wraith inquired.

Twilight walked up and cleared her throat.

“Well we would like to know who you are and why you are here?” Twilight asked

“Right to the point then eh, ok then. Starting off I am the Wraith. ” The Wraith started.

“What kind of a name is that?” asked Rainbow Dash. 

“It’s a name I use to put fear into those who do evil!” The Wraith answered.

“Like what kind of evil?” asked the Pinkie Pie.

“The kind that keeps you awake at night, that ever present feeling that something could come through the front door and do whatever it pleases, and there would be nothing you can do to stop it.” the Wraith took a breath and continued.

“That’s where I come in, I am the shadow that stalks the night, my eyes strike fear into evils might, my fists deliver judgement as I fight, they will not escape my sight hear my name, know my name, I am the wraith!” The Wraith said with a heavy sense of Passion behind his words.

“So are y'all some kind of superhero or something?” asked Apple Jack. 


“In some ways yes, but I prefer the term vigilante.” The Wraith answered.

“Wait I remember reading something in the paper a few days ago about a weird creature saving Fleur de lis from, as the papers put it an infamous stallion, was that you?”  asked Twilight.

“Yes, that was me.” the Wraith replied.

“Your other question to why I am here is hard to answer because I don't know myself.” The Wraith stated.

He did know why he was here but he was unsure about sharing that info to the girls. Maybe at some point he would share that but not now. 

The girls all seemed to be deep in thought as they processed what they heard.

“So now that I’ve answered your questions, what do I do from here?” asked the Wraith.

“Well, I’ve sent a letter to Princess Celestia I am waiting to hear back from her so we can discuss further details but if you like you can stay here for the night.” said Twilight.

God Damn it, well there went my cover now one of the princesses knows of my existence the Wraith thought.

It also looks like I don't have very many options here might as well sit it out until the princess arrives. The Wraith pondered.

Later that night

Several hours after sun down the girls had left all to their respective homes leaving both the Wraith and Twilight to themselves.  Twilight offered him a place to rest on her couch which he accepted. Everything was quiet nothing was going on outside no sirens or anything normally this would put anyone to sleep but not The Wraith. Being a city boy, he was used to those sounds. It was driving him a tad bit crazy but he knew there was nothing he could do about it. Making it all the more harder to fall asleep. So he decided to head outside and clear his mind.

“Not a peep in this town, sure makes me miss Newport...”

The Wraith walked through town not expecting much from this medieval style town till He saw what looked like hooded figures walking towards the only building with a light on. Now this could mean several things but he had a gut feeling something wasn't right about this. He followed those figures to a small cottage in the town.

“Brothers I’m glad you could all come under short notice”
The Wraith could hear beyond the door.

“We know you wanted to tell us something of importance headmaster”

The Wraith in order to keep listening in on the  conversation decided to head for a window instead of the door in case one of them decided to come out. He attached a small listening device to the window to make the details sound more clear.

Yes, tomorrow night will be the night we save Equestria from Nightmare Moon once and for all.” 


“yes, tomorrow we will kill Princess Luna.”
> The Turn Around
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

The group all cheered as if this was something they have been planning for awhile.

“Tis great news Headmaster, how do we plan on doing this?” asked a cloaked pony.

The cloaked pony who was at the center of the room smiled as he held out something in his hoof. It appeared the be a vile of purplish liquid.

How is he doing that without fingers…. You know what, forget the impossible I need to focus on this, I will worry about the smaller things later. The Wraith thought to himself.

“This vile of venenum was made by me, we will use it on Princess Luna as a drink to congratulate her reinstatement as princess ” Chuckled the headmaster.

A newspaper hovered over to the Headmaster and floated there in front of him. The Wraith watched this in awe but noticed  a color radiating off the paper he also noticed that there was an identical color radiating from under his cloak.

They must be connected somehow. the Wraith mused.

“There will be a press conference held tomorrow night being hosted by Princess Luna herself the paper says she is going to make a big apology to her subjects”  the Headmaster continued

One cloaked pony asked aloud to the Headmaster.

“What should we do if your plan doesn't work?”

The headmaster chuckled.

“Good question brother, I’m glad you asked.”

“I will put a magic nullifying ring on Princess Luna and we in turn will use our daggers on her until she has drawn her last breath.”

The group seemed satisfied with that and all gave The Headmaster a cheer.

This doesn't sound good, I could just stop this right here and now but I don't think that will work in my favor. However, if I were to stop them at the press conference Id get them with their pants down metaphorically speaking of course. Id’ better leave now before I get spotted by one of them
The Wraith thought.

The Wraith made his way back to the house that Twilight lived in. when he arrived he had the chance to really take a look at it, it was a tree house like an actual tree carved out to form a house while impressive it wasn't a concept he hadn't heard about before. He remembered a book he read back in his childhood called the berenstain bears that had a similar concept but he didnt wanna think too much into it.

He walked quietly into the house, fortunately Twilight was still asleep so he headed back to the couch and closed his eyes.





As he fell asleep what he thought was another dream turned out to be Helios and Mira again.

Helios spoke first.

“Hello again James, we have come back to hear your answer regarding the safety of Equestria.”

James stood there for a bit thinking it over and then with a deep breath he answered back.

“Ok I’ll do it, but only because you haven't given me much choice.” James exhaled after saying this.

Both alicorns smiled at this, However James wasn't finished.

“There is also something that I want to ask the both of you.” James started

Mira responded back.

“Oh, and what is that?” Mira asked.

“It is another promise I made to you but in order to follow through with that I need to know how to use this staff and its abilities” James asked and continued.

“The disguise function for example.” James finished

There was a brief moment of silence before helios cleared his throat and began.

“On the top of the staff there are symbols that react to touch the disguise function is the one with an earth pony and a line through it.” Helios explained

“Before you touch it you have to think in your mind what you want to look like then you can activate it.” Mira added in.

“The spell applied to the staff only works towards others not through your eyes though.” Helios continued on.

“Wait what do you mean not through my eyes?”James inquired.

“Allow me to explain, after the spell is applied it will look like nothing has changed but look in a reflection and you will see the difference.” Mira took a brief pause and the continued. “This also applies to others that will see you, while you may have your human form in your eyes you will still blend in with other ponies, this is to prevent disorientation from the user of the staff.” Mira finished.

“So how do I turn it off?” James asked.

“All you have to do is touch the symbol again and the spell will cease” Helios answered.

“Ok then, is it safe to assume that we will see each other again?” James asked.

“Yes” both alicorns answered in unison.

“Ok, so until then I will see both of you later.” James said as the vision began to fade.





The sun had begun to rise over the town and as the sun came shining into the library the Wraith was  already up and carefully looking over any book he could find in the library about the anatomy of ponies, anything regarding weak spots that he could deem useful for tonight's activities, so to speak.

So far the results were actually surprising his human anatomy compared to pony anatomy were not too far apart only differences being stature and size.

The only thing that stumped him was what the book referred to as magic. He did remember hearing the term used a few times but it had to mean more than just a sleight of hand. That was going to have to be something he was going to have to ask Twilight about.

Speaking of which twilight could be seen making her way down stairs. Her mane was disheveled, which made him chuckle a bit at her state.

Heh, I remember my first bed head! The Wraith chuckled at the thought.

 Twilight Heard this and gave him a glare.

“Oh ha ha very funny, at least I am able to show my face after I have woken up unlike you!” Shouted an annoyed Twilight.

“Oh you wanna play that game eh, fine then!” The Wraith said Accepting her little challenge.

He closed the book he was reading and proceeded to take off his mask. As he undid the little mechanism lock on his mask it opened up and he revealed his face to her.

Twilight soaked in every detail that his face had, his small snout , his short brown mane, and his blue eyes.

The Wraith took full advantage of this moment and began to tease her again.

“Take a photo sweetheart it will last longer.” The Wraith said mockingly.

Twilight realizing what she was doing scrunched up her face and turned around and walked towards the kitchen, unknown to the Wraith twilights face was beet red from the embarassment. She got herself a cold glass of water to ease her nerves. She returned back to the library after her face went back to its natural color. 

Wanting to avoid any more embarrassment she magiced a book off the shelf and covered her face with it. The Wraith tried to get her attention again but failed each time as she nonchalantly turned a page. The Wraith swallowed his pride and cleared his voice.

“Listen I’m sorry I laughed at you, I am also sorry that I mocked that cute look you had on.”

Twilight’s book dropped to the floor revealing a slightly red faced Twilight.

Did I really just say that? The Wraith realized.

“You think….. I’m cute?” Twilight stutterd

Think think think how can I get out of this without looking like an ass…  The Wraith panicked.

“Uh…” The Wraith stammered

You know what screw it, if I find myself in this situation again I’m walking the other direction, fuck this!
The Wraith thought.


“Yeah I mean I’m surprised you aren't already in a relationship I’m sure any stallion would be lucky to have you!” The Wraith said pulling himself back together.

That was not a smooth save dumbass! The Wraith deadpanned.

The whole library was dead silent, to say that one could hear a pin drop would be an understatement you’d probably be better off hearing a butterfly’s wings beating in the air.

To kill the tension The Wraith changed gears in this conversation and asked…

“Twilight, I want to ask you about magic.” The Wraith stated.

Twilight shook herself out of her stupor and cleared her throat.

“What about magic do you want to know?” inquired Twilight.

“Humor me, what is magic exactly?” The Wraith asked back.

“Well, the easiest way to describe it is an energy found in all living things, it surrounds us, penetrates us, it binds Equestria together as a whole. For example unicorns like myself can harness it and use it towards anything we put our minds to. Pegasi while they don't have horns, use magic too, their wings allow them to fly and their hooves allow them to move clouds and help with forming weather. Earth ponies magic lets them be in touch with the ground below them their magic makes them strong.” Twilight finished.

Oh great, I've found myself in an obscure Star Wars reference. He thought to himself

“Fascinating so everything is done by you ponies, like the weather and such?” The Wraith said intrigued.

“Yes.” Twilight replied


“That's kinda funky, things just work by themselves where I’m from, like the weather for instance the only work my people do is make predictions on what will happen, but even with that accuracy it’s not one hundred percent. Though if we could control the weather we could save countless lives and prevent several natural disasters!” The Wraith said as he started to ramble. 

“Interesting so how does magic work in your world?” Twilight asked.

“it doesn't, it's nothing like this place, the only magic that exists there is cheap tricks and gimmicks.” The Wraith answered.

Twilight magiced a quill and parchment paper and began jotting down notes on the conversation. The conversation began to move in another direction as Twilight began getting more and more curious.

“so... do you wear that outfit often?” asked Twilight.

The Wraith felt the conversation shift and went along with it.

“Only when the need arises.” The Wraith answered back.

“So, what are you out of that?” Twilight asked

“Out of uniform, I am a  rich boy with too much time on his hands...” The Wraith sighed 

“You’re wealthy?” Twilight asked surprised.

“I was where I came from, but I am no longer there so no.” The Wraith replied

Twilight thought for a short while before coming up with her next question.

“How old are you?”

“Twenty one”

“That's interesting so am I”

The Wraith raised an eyebrow at this but left it be.

“Do you think that your parents are worried that you are gone?” Twilight asked nonchalantly.

“Ask another question.” the Wraith said as his tone shifted.

“Why?” Twilight asked Bewildered.

“I’d rather not talk about them, that's why!” The Wraith said anger present in his voice.

Twilight saw that this was a touchy subject and left it be, for now.

“What is that thing on your sides” Twilight asked pointing her hoof towards his waist.

The Wraith took a deep breath in and calmed himself down.

“This is my utility belt, this carries all the necessary tools and items I need to get around and fight crime” The Wraith said back in a calm voice again.

“Like this for example!” The Wraith pulled out his grapple gun as he continued to show off to Twilight.

“What is that?” asked Twilight eyeing the device like candy.

“This is my grapple gun it allows me to reach high places in short periods of time!” the Wraith explained.

While they were talking, a tired voice got both of their attention

“Twilight is it ok if I come out now?” called a young voice.

Twilight thought for a second before answering then cleared her throat.

“Sure spike you can come down.” Twilight responded 

Footsteps could be heard as spike walked down the stairs. When he was in full view of the both of them The Wraith got a good look at him. What he saw was a small purple lizard but that couldn't be what he was, he had been in this world for four days, it had to be something else. He processed his thoughts carefully until he came to a conclusion.

“You’re a dragon, aren't you?” asked The Wraith.

“He's a baby dragon actually” Twilight answers.

“Spike this is The Wraith” Twilight introduced the two.

“Hi.” greeted spike reaching his arm out to shake.

“Hey.” The Wraith said returning the gesture.

The Wraith put away his grapple gun after hearing the dragon was a kid. While doing this The Wraith noticed spike went from neutral, to looking like he was about to barf.

“Hey you ok there?” he asked concerned.

“Hang on a sec...” spike said holding his gut.

It was then that a loud belch followed by fire came towards The Wraith. He took immediate action and jumped out of the way. When he got his berings back he noticed a scroll on the floor, this scroll wasn't there before and had a wax seal on it the markings on the seal made him think it was important, he grabbed it and analyzed it.

“Would you give that to me, please?” Twilight asked knocking the Wraith out of his stupor.

“Oh… sure.” he said handing her the scroll.

“Its from Princess Celestia.” Twilight exclaimed.

So that's why it was important. The Wraith thought.

“What does it say?” The Wraith asked as twilight unrolled the scroll.



My dear student Twilight Sparkle, I am unfortunately unable to see you in Ponyville due to my sister’s public apology that I am helping put together. However, I would like for you all to attend this event to give my sister the support she needs. That includes your new friend. We can all talk once it is over so we can figure out what to do next.

Princess Celestia

Once the scroll was finished being read, The Wraith realized he had a big problem on his hands if these mares went anywhere near the announcement,this would cause trouble. In the scroll were eight train tickets so he also had to assume that spike had to come along too. He stood there for a moment weighing his options he still had to put a stop to that assassination but he couldn't in good conscience endanger civilian lives, so he had to tell Twilight but he had to be vague.

 If she were to tell the princess what was going to go down the event would be canceled, while sounding good would not prevent them from trying again. The event had to continue as planned so he could foil it before any damage could happen whether it be tonight or some other day.

“Twilight?” The Wraith said while carefully thinking about his words.

“Yes?” Twilight replied wondering what he had to say.

The Wraith got to eye level with her so he wouldn’t  come across as mean.

“I need you to do me a big favor.” The Wraith said.

“What’s going on Wraith?” Twilight asked wondering where this was coming from.

“I need you spike and the girls to stay away from that event!” The Wraith said as he exhaled.

“Why, the princess says she wants us there to support her sister, where is this coming from?” Twilight said worry evident in her voice.

The Wraith took a deep breath in and looked her in the eye.

“All I can tell you is something bad is going to happen there which is why I want you to stay away” The Wraith said with a  sincerness in his voice.

Twilight wanted to object to this but before she could the Wraith had grabbed his mask then put it back on and began to make his way out the door, however, before he left he asked Twilight…

“If your going to tell the princess anything, which I know you will, tell her I am allergic to punch.” The Wraith said as he left.

Twilight tried to go after him but when she left her house she couldn't see him anywhere.





As The Wraith left Twilight’s house He made a quick one eighty around and towards the Everfree Forest. It was still kinda early in the morning to where not all ponies were up yet so he made the most of it and ran as fast as he could out of the village. Once he past the last house he could see a cottage on the horizon near the Everfree that had to be the cottage that Fluttershy lived in when she brought him in. Once he was at the front door, he knocked hoping to hear back. 
He waited there anxiously until a quiet voice answered the door.

“Hello, who's um  there?” Came Fluttershy’s voice.

“Fluttershy it’s me, The Wraith  I’ve come by to pick something up that I left here.” The Wraith said trying to sound as non threatening as possible.

“It's a golden staff that should be next to the door.” The Wraith explained.

There was a small rustle behind the door as it sounded like she grabbed it and was trying to open the door.  As the door opened Fluttershy held the staff in her mouth, when the Wraith held his hand out she let it fall from her mouth into The Wraiths hand. Though for as long as that moment lasted he could help but find her holding the staff in her mouth adorable almost like a puppy bringing back a stick for his master for the first time. Though he remained neutral, it was a good thing he had his mask on. 


“Thanks Fluttershy!” he said and began to make his leave.

The Wraith had everything he needed all he had to do now was get to the castle and put a stop to the assassination. The Wraith activated the Night hawk’s recall signal and within seconds the Night Wing was over head and The Wraith grappled up to it and took off towards Canterlot castle.
As the Jet roared away most of the residents came outside to see it go past and immediately went back in their houses. After about a half hour of flight the Wraith looks for an opening around the castle till he sees a balcony with its doors open. 

He immediately hops out of his jet as it continues flying and dives into the direction of the balcony, as he falls he signals the aircraft to return to the temporary landing zone he set there. Having one of his hands ready to grab his Grappler he pulls it out and he fires it at the balcony pillars and when the hook latched on he swung from the grapplers rope and went full circle from under until the balcony till he landed on top. He enters the room that the balcony leads to, no one seems to be in there so he pulls out his staff from behind and begins to think what he wants to look like.

I need this to be convincing so no one suspects a thing. It was then he decided what he was going to go as he thought of a white stallion with a brown mane and a service tuxedo. He kept his thought and touched the disguise symbol. 

There was a small white flash and then nothing he looked himself over seeing if anything changed then he saw a mirror with the stallion he thought up. The disguise was set all he had to do was find where the event was being held. He made his way out of the room and walked down a hallway seemingly aimless. After awhile he bumped into a guard who was on their way somewhere else.

“Sorry about that I’m kinda lost Im supposed to be over helping set up princess Luna’s Public apology and I kinda got lost.” The Wraith said trying to sound as convincing as he could.

The guard Exhaled but then began to speak.

“Go down this hall, make a left then follow that hallway, then make your first right, then you should see the double doors, then your there.” The guard said stoically.

“Thanks!” The Wraith said to the guard and then made a mad dash for the room.

When he made it to the double doors he took a quick breather and went inside. When he entered he could see that the room appeared to be already set up, however there was no pony in sight. This was good news to him so he could put together a battle plan. He looked up and saw a good few places to hide so he kept note of that. 

He looked around the room some more and thankfully there was no punch bowl in sight, looks like the princess took heed about his “allergy to punch” and decide to not provide any. The only thing he had left to do was wait for the event to start.





After several hours had gone by and the sun was in the evening position. Ponies began to enter the room some with some old fashioned cameras which he believed were press ponies. A few more ponies entered which the Wraith kept his eye on. 

Unfortunately the six mares that he told Twilight to stay away from the event where there as well, minus spike though which was odd. He wanted to get them out of there but it was then that he saw a unicorn teleport from the floor to one of the perches and then move a loose brick to pull out a crossbow. The good news was that he didn't notice the Wraith nearby him which still suited him well. 

Two guards in gold plated armor opened the door revealing Princess Luna. she casually walked down the center of the room towards the podium where she was going to start her speech. The unicorn that was on the perch pulled a syringe from his mane and loaded it in the crossbow.

“This is great, she's not going to see this coming.” the unicorn said to no one in particular.

“Yeah, and neither will you!” came a voice from behind.

“Wha…” was all he could muster out before something from behind grabbed him and his vision went black.

That's one assailant down. The Wraith thought to himself. 
“My dear subjects, I've gathered you all here tonight to give a formal apology for the actions of Nightmare Moon!” Princess Luna began.

Meanwhile 

The mane six were all together listening to what princess Luna had to say, however, a few of them were curious as to why the Wraith told them to stay away.

“Twilight, darling, do you know why that Wraith fellow told us to not to come here?” Rarity asked Twilight.

“I’m not sure Rarity the only thing I got out of him was that something bad would happen” Twilight answered.

Three unicorn stallions made their way towards the mane six and sat in front of them. The girls didn't mind this but unknown to them something more sinister was about to happen.

Half way through Princess Luna's speech there was a unicorn stallion that made his way towards Princess Luna and cleared his throat. 

“Princess Luna I as the headmaster of the lunar eclipse clan welcome you back from the moon but your reign as a Princess ends here.” said the Headmaster.

The room went quiet unknown to the others, the doors were magically sealed shut. This silence lasted for a few seconds before the headmaster turned his head to where the pony he instructed to shoot Luna, was not there. The headmaster huffed.

“Looks like I am going to have to do this myself.” the headmaster said 
Luna looked to her guards who were sitting there grinning as well.

“Guards seize him!” Luna ordered but they sat there and did nothing.

What they did do was change from the guards to cloaked ponies.

The headmaster charged his horn with a powerful stun spell while Luna was occupied.
When the spell was ready the headmaster fired it off. Luna's attention was brought back to the headmaster who she saw fire a spell at her but before she could come up with a counter she was hit and she fell to the ground.

The mane six saw this all unfold and tried to rush to the aid of Luna but they all hit their heads on an invisible wall. It was discovered by twilight that three stallions that sat in front of them had made a shield around them to prevent them from interfering. The headmaster drew a dagger from his mane and began to get closer to Luna. 

“Celestia is the only princess fit to rule!”

However before he could even reach the stage where she was, a metallic clang hit the floor. 

At the headmaster's whooves was a black ball. The Headmaster didn't know what to think of this, it was until that ball began to hiss and a large wall of smoke came from nowhere.

“I am the shadow that stalks the night!”

 A strange mass emerged from the smoke and grabbed him by his throat and lifted him up.

“My eyes cast fear into evil’s might!”

Two white lights materialized from the smoke and the figure exited the cloud with the headmaster in his grasp.

“My fist will deliver judgement as I fight!”

“You will not escape my sight!”

“Fear my name!”

“Know my name!”


 I 



Am


 


The 



Wraith!


 The girls saw him with shock on their faces, The headmaster looked the figure in the eyes as he tried to remove himself from the figures grasp.

“You will pay for what you have done!” The Wraith said with a very threatening, very angry voice!

The Wraith slammed the headmaster to the ground and knocked his lights out with one punch.

“What is that thing?” yelled one stallion.

“I don't know but it just took out the headmaster, Get it! ” yelled another

One stallion charged The Wraith but was knocked Flat on his back as the Wraith delivered a powerful uppercut.

Then two stallions charged and jumped to try and knock The Wraith to the ground but each were grabbed by their throats and slammed to the ground and both knocked unconscious. 

Two unicorn stallions tried to stop the Wraith by firing off some spells, Trying to Knock him down but all the spells did was push him back a bit as each spell ricocheted off his armor. The Wraith continued forward and grabbed each stallion by their head and slammed them together, knocking them unconscious and they fell to the floor. 

The girls changed from their shocked expressions, to ecstatic as they were cheering him on as he took on opponent after opponent without stopping or slowing down. The Wraith was now making his way towards the three stallions holding the girls in a force field.

The three stallions stood their ground but they wouldn't last for long. The Wraith had pulled out three taser charges and threw them at the three stallions each one hitting their mark. The Wraith then pushed a button on his right gauntlet and the three stallions looked down to their chest to see the charges beeping before being tased all of them screamed in pain.  Each one of them fell to the ground and the shield dispersed. All the girls ran towards the Wraith all except twilight who the Wraith could see was being held by the headmaster who had recovered and was holding a dagger next to twilight's throat.

“You may have stopped us but I will still win this day, what do you say.” the headmaster gloated.

The Wraith had put himself in front of the girls and said one word.

“Catch!” The Wraith said firing his grapple gun.

The headmaster managed to move his head before the hook could hit him so he decided to gloat again. 

“HA, you missed me!” The Headmaster chuckled.

However, it was the Wraiths turn to gloat!

“I wasn't aiming for you!” The Wraith said as he pulled hard on the rope and removed a brick from the wall and it hit the headmaster in the back of the head where he fell to the floor unconscious.

Twilight rushed towards him, tears in her eyes at what just happened.
The Wraith bent down on his knees and gave her a hug, she returned the gesture.

“I should have listened to you, I shouldn't have brought the girls here this is my fault.” Twilight cried into his shoulder.

“Hey that doesn't matter right now, what matters is that you all are alright.” The Wraith said comforting twilight and patting her on the top of her head.

“Perhaps I misjudged you thanks for saving us.” Applejack said thanking him.

“That was the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, they were all like you can't stop us and you were like yes I can, pow, wham, smack!” Rainbow Dash said, trying to recreate the moment herself.

Fluttershy gave the Wraith a hug too, while also keeping to herself.

“I do concur with rainbow here. I've never in my life seen anything so magnificent, so brave, so dashing!” Rarity said off in a tangent.

“I get it Rarity no need to flatter me, it's what I do!” the Wraith said not used to all this praise.

Rarity on the other hand looked at him with a rosy hue to her cheeks.

“THIS CALLS FOR A PARTY!” Pinkie Pie said hovering above him for some reason.

The Wraith held up his hand and stopped Pinkie.

“Not yet, we still have to get Princess Luna back on her whooves again.” said the Wraith.

The Wraith looked towards the press ponies who seemed unaffected by all this, instead they were taking pictures of him and writing down all that happened.
 The Wraith motioned the girls towards Luna. However, as the Wraith tried to wake her she wouldn't move! Something was wrong, very wrong!
> Knight in black shining armor
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Celestia was making her way towards the event room where her sister should be done with her speech by now. Celestia really hoped that her subjects would welcome her back with open whooves. As Celestia reached the double doors something struck her as odd, there were none of her solar guards, standing at the front of the doors. 

However she dismissed these thoughts thinking that maybe Luna got through her speech early and she would be encentaily walking into an empty room. That was not the case at all, not even close, as Celestia opened the door with her magic she was greeted to the sight of several ponies on the ground, each pony that was down had a dagger next to their body. 

Her attention was brought to the center of the room where She saw her sister on the ground with a black being standing over her. Her blood went immediately cold as she ran towards her sister as she was about to confront the black being. However one of the elements named Rainbow Dash saw her and stopped her.

“Princess it's not what you think.” Rainbow Dash explained to her.

Celestia was about to inquire what happened, when the black being spoke up.

“Her vital signs don't look good, twilight can you do something with your magic that can tell me what that bastard hit her with?” The Being asked.

“Yes I can!” Twilight answered back, wasting no time starting up a magical scan of her body.

The Being kept touching parts of her sister, she wanted to intervene but held back and watched  as her curiosity peaked.

Twilight had finished her scan, but she wasn't happy with the results.

“She was hit with a stun spell, a really nasty one!” Twilight said.

The being turned around and looked like it wanted to reply but a beeping noise stopped it.

“SHIT her pulse is dropping and she's not breathing, Twilight can you reverse the spell?” the being yelled.

Twilight tensed up, time seemed to pass at a very slow rate as she tried to think of every possibility she knew of. 

The being stopped what it was doing and grabbed twilight by her shoulders and shook her out of her stupor.

“Can you do it?”

“I…. I….. I… Think so...” Twilight stuttered.
“Then do it, I believe in you!” the being said to Twilight.

That seemed to work as Twilight’s confidence began to rise and her hesitation diminished as she came up with a spell.

The being rolled Luna on her back and put both of its appendages on her and began pushing them on her chest. The being would occasionally put one of its appendages on her neck only to return to pressing on her chest. 

Then the being spoke up.

“Screw it, I may go to hell for this but I don't care!” the being said stopping his actions and bringing both of his appendages to the back of its head and doing some sort of weird motion with them only to take off what was actually a mask. 

This being’s skin wasn't black at all, it was a pale pinkish color and when the mask was off the being brought one of its appendages to Lunas muzzle opened her mouth and inhaled and put its mouth to Luna's and blew into it. The action made her blush a bit but she continued watching anxiously. The being continued the action again and again till Twilight announced.

“I did it, it's reversed!” Twilight stated with excitement.

The Being stopped the action he was doing prior and moved its right appendage to her neck and nodded.

“Good job Twilight, her stats are improving!” The being patted her on the back.

Just as everyone took a sigh of relief Luna started to cough as she began to wake up. 
The being went to her side as she opened her eyes. 





Luna as she opened her eyes had trouble seeing at first because her vision was blurry but when her vision became clear her eyes saw two faces, one that was familiar to her as one of the elements that helped her, named Twilight Sparkle. The other face was unfamiliar it was nothing like she had ever seen before. 

“Princess Luna can you hear me?” the being asked her.
Luna looked at the being closely as she studied each feature of its face from its muzzle to it’s ears to its blue eyes.

“What happened to us, who are thou?” Luna asked
The being looked at her strangely for a second before answering.

“My name is The Wraith, and to answer your first question… there was a plot made against your life.” The Wraith said to her.

Luna's eyes widened to this revelation.

“I Put a stop to it though, I wasn't going to let them kill something as beautiful as you are.” the Wraith said, only to stop and realize what he just said.

“Shoot I’m sorry, I didn't mean to step over any boundaries!” the Wraith said trying to fix what he said prior.

Luna could feel her cheeks warming up a bit.

“Thank you!” Luna said.
 
 A small cough caught both of their attentions. 

Luna looked over to where the cough came from to see her sister standing there smiling.





The Wraith looked over to see an Alabaster Alicorn standing there with a smile on her face. She began to walk over towards them, as the Wraith began to help Luna back on her whooves.

“Here you go princess, easy does it!” he said helping her up.

When Luna was back on her whooves Luna and the other alicorn embraced each other.
 
“Oh Luna when I walked in and saw you on the ground assumed the worst but thank faust you’re Alright!”

When both alicorns had finished embracing each other. The alabaster alicorn looked at The Wraith..

“If it hadn't been for you I would have lost my sister again, thank you!” she said.

“No thanks necessary, I was only doing my job!” The Wraith replied.

“Your being too modest, you went above and beyond to save my sister and for that you should be rewarded!” 

The Wraith broke eye contact from the alicorn and scratched the back of his head for a moment.
This is a new feeling… he thought as the flattery was starting to get to him.

“You don't have to do that you know…” The Wraith said trying to back pedal.

“Nonsense.” she stated.

The Wraith looked into her eyes and could see the metaphorical gears turning in her head. 

“I have noticed you haven't said my name once, so I can only assume that you do not know it, allow me to introduce myself, I am Princess Celestia.” 

“It’s an honor to meet you Princess, it really is.” he said giving a generous bow to her. 

He could have said more but a noise interrupted the conversation, that noise being his stomach rumbling. A feeling of embarrassment washed over him while the princess smiled.

“I believe I have found your reward; come, we will all get ourselves something to eat.” Celestia motioned for them to follow. Some guards came in soon after, Celestia looked like she was filling them in on what happened and they went to work arresting the cult members and hauling them out. Luna approached the Wraith again before they all left to go get a bite.

“Thank you for saving us!” Luna said.

The Wraith waived his right hand nonchalantly

“It's no problem your highness, like I said to your sister you don't have to thank me.” The Wraith  said modestly trying to brush it off.

However, he was caught by surprise when Luna gave him a peck on his forehead. His eyes went wide and he felt his cheeks getting a little too warm for comfort. He also could feel the girls stares from behind him, he turned around and he could see all but one of them giving him that look that screamed “way to go!”

“What are you looking at?” the Wraith said trying to keep hold of what little pride he had left.

“Nice going, stud!” said Rainbow Dash giving him a nudge on the shoulder.

“I have no Idea what you’re talking about...” The Wraith said after picking up his mask as he started following after Luna and Celestia.





The walk towards the dining area went about as well as you think it could.  The girls walked around The Wraith asking him question after question.

“So what were all those fancy moves yall were doing?” Apple Jack inquired.

The Wraith smiled and replied with.

“Some basic combat, though since I was fighting quadrupeds I had to improvise a few moves while still making them effective.” The Wraith explained.

“Your smarter than I thought you were when we first met.” Twilight said not realising the opening she gave the Wraith, which was too good to pass up.

“Thanks for calling me an idiot Twilight!” the Wraith said smiling.

“Wait I didn't mean…”

“I’m kidding!”

A few of the girls chuckled at this but Twilight didn't hold it against him since she knew it was all in good fun.

“Yes I am smart, kinda have to be given the job.”


 “What I wanna know is how did you get here so quickly, we all know you didn't take the train!” Rainbow Dash asked.

“I flew here.” the Wraith said nonchalantly.

Rainbow chuckled thinking he was joking.

“Yeah right, I don't see any wings” Rainbow nudged him.

“I do have wings, they’re outside, though I don't expect you to find them.” the Wraith said.
 
Rainbow looked to Apple Jack who simply said.

“He ain't lying.”

All of them reached the dining area and took their respective seats. Though the questions still continued after all of them got comfortable.

One question that was asked, he did not expect to hear coming from Fluttershy.

“Um I want to know if um, you have a um….. Marefriend?” Fluttershy asked as polite as she could.

The Wraith sighed.

That must be this world’s equivalent to girlfriend. He thought to himself

“No I do not, nor have I ever had one.” the Wraith said. 

All the girls including the princesses seemed to get something out of this question.

“I know all of you have a lot more to ask me but why don’t we save them for later.”

It wasn't long before some ponies came around and started giving out menus, though the Wraith had some difficulty getting his menu due to the mare that was holding it in her magic was frozen in place at the sight of him. The Wraith took a deep breath and then sighed as he approached the mare in a calm state.  He went down on his knees and looked her in the eye.

“Do not be afraid, I mean you no harm at all, I am just her for a friendly dinner with the princesses and these girls. Look I know I may look scary on the outside but if you get to know me I am a very nice guy. My name is the Wraith and you are?”

“Ro... Ro... Rose Bud” she answered.

“That is a very beautiful name from a very beautiful flower.” The Wraith complemented.

This seemed to work as her unease diminished and she began to smile.

“You really think so?” Rose asked.

“I know so.” the Wraith replied.

The Wraith brought out his hand to shake.

“Friends?” he asked.

Rose Bud looked at his appendage strangely before remembering that the griffons did a similar gesture called a tallon shake, Rose Bud assumed this was the case here. She said moving her front right hoof to shake.

“Friends.” she said, returning the gesture.

“Can I have that Menu now?” the Wraith asked nonchalantly.
Rose Bud realized that she was still holding the menu in her magic and floated it over to him.

“Thank you!”

Rose Bud left the room after that. The Wraith went back to his seat only to see all of them looking at him.

“What?” He announced.

Princess Celestia smiled and said.

“You handled that quite well.”

“Well yeah, I can't blame her for being afraid of me, so I had to get on her level and tell her she has nothing to fear.” The Wraith replied.

The Wraith then opened his menu only to see something he didn't recognize, until he remembered that everything was in latin not english.

Looking over the menu he saw several items of interest, however while looking each item over he noticed the items with fancy words either had grass as a main ingredient or hay, none of which he knew would agree with him. 

There were some options for meat such as fish but he didn't want to upset them by doing that, so he came up with a generic order in his head and hoped for the best. When it was time for everyone’s order to be taken Princess Celestia went first, by ordering the summer sun salad. 

Princess Luna went next by ordering, a dark chocolate cheesecake. Twilight went next and ordered a hayburger. Pinkie went next and asked for a sundae. Rarity ordered some sort of fancy sounding salad with balsamic dressing. 

Applejack ordered a harvest salad with apples and almonds. Fluttershy kept it simple and ordered a regular garden salad. Rainbow Dash Ordered a hayburger but instead of pickles she asked if they could substitute jalapeno instead. Then It was The Wraiths turn.

“Excuse me sir, what would you like to order?” asked the waiter pony.

“Hmm, after looking over the menu I think I will settle for a big bowl of french fries.” the Wraith said, though the moment he said that the whole room turned quiet. He put down his menu and he could see not only the waiter was giving him a questionable look but so was everyone else.

Rainbow Dash spoke up.

“What the hay is french fries,do you mean hay fries?”

The Wraith was stunned that this was not a thing here but nonetheless he sighed and asked.

“Do any of you know what a Potato is?” 

All of them nodded.

“French fries are slices of potato fried in oil and topped with certain spices.”

All of them seemed to understand now.

“I may need to reconfigure my order since none of you knew what I was talking about at first glance. It's possible that other things that go good with fries may not exist here also, so I may have to do cheese fries then…” again this resulted in him being stared at again so he put his right hand to his face.

“You know what, why don't you lead me to the kitchen so I can show you how it's done.” 

The waiter pony seemed hesitant at first but allowed the Wraith to follow him to the kitchen.
When they arrived the cooking staff were alarmed at his presence there, but he assured them as well as the waiter that there was nothing to be alarmed about.

“Is there any potatoes in this kitchen?” he asked

One of the cooks nodded and brought over a sack of them.

“We hardly even use these except when griffins are visiting, they like their potatoes baked.” the pony cook explained.

“Alright then I’m going to need a few things followed by some help on a few steps.” he announced to the staff. 

Two chefs that were curious in what he was planning stepped forward. The first was a  lime green unicorn stallion and the other was a brown reddish unicorn mare.

“Good I have two volunteers, what are your names?” he Inquired.

The lime green stallion spoke first.

“I am chef Oregano”

Then the brown reddish mare spoke.

“I am chef Paprika”

That's a very interesting combination, I may have to try that sometime… he mused.
“Ok first up let's pull out six potatoes and place them on a flat surface.”
 
Paprika and oregano each brought out three potatoes and placed them on a table.

“Next we need something to cut them into thin slices.”

However they were stumped as to how they could do that.

“Could we use a knife?” oregano asked.

“No, a knife would take too long.” The Wraith replied.

It was then that he got an idea.

“Do any of you have paper around?” he asked

Paprika used her magic and gave him a notepad and feather pen. The Wraith then drew a six by six grid on the notepad and ripped the paper from the pad and showed it to paprika and oregano. He then motioned on how it would be used to cut the potato.

“Oh, I can do that.” exclaimed Paprika.

She closed her eyes and her magic began to glow and before their eyes a six by six structure was visible to both of them as paprika opened her eyes.

“Like this?” she asked.

“Just like that.” the Wraith assured. 

“Oregano, I'm gonna need you to use your magic to hold those potatoes straight up as Paprika slices them one by one.” The Wraith asked.

Oregano did as he was told as paprika sliced the potatoes. Once they were long thin slices the Wraith looked around when a familiar sight greeted his eyes, it was a fryer.

“What's this used for?” he pointed at the machine, he knew what it was in his eyes but he had to be sure.

“Making hay fries” Oregano answered.

“That will do for frying the potatoes” he said.

“Paprika could you put these fries in that fryer over there and cook them for about five minutes shaking them every now and then?” The Wraith asked.

“Sure.” she said.

“Ok oregano while she is doing that were going to need a medium bowl with a lid, some salt, pepper, garlic powder, a stick of butter, flour, milk, and a medium block of cheese.” the Wraith listed off.

Oregano used his magic and brought out a medium mixing bowl with a lid attached, vials of salt pepper and garlic powder, going through the pantry he pulled out the flour butter and milk.

“What kind of cheese?”Oregano inquired.

“Do you have cheddar?” the Wraith asked.

“Yes.” oregano replied.

“That will do just fine.” The Wraith said.

The Wraith grabbed a medium pot and placed it on the stove across from him and set the stove between medium and high.

“Ok oregano here is what I need you to do, put about a cup of butter into that pot when the butter melts. Put about a tablespoon of flour into the melted butter then poor about three cups of milk into it. Then stir it for three minutes until its thick then add the medium slab of cheddar into it. Then stir it for another three minutes till the mixture has the consistency of a sauce.” the Wraith explained.

The Wraith while oregano and paprika were busy grabbed the medium mixing bowl and poured the salt, pepper, and garlic powder Into the mixing bowl where it was enough to fill the bottom of the bowl. It was at that time that paprika had finished frying the fries, the Wraith motioned for her to pour the contents into the bowl he was holding. When paprika finished poring the fries into the bowl. The Wraith put a lid on the bowl and shook it around for a bit until he was sure that it was mixed correctly. It was then that oregano had finished the cheese sauce but before he could pour it in the Wraith stopped him.

“Ok this is the last thing I’m going to ask, I am going to give both of you a fry each but that fry is going to be split in half one half to show what the fry tastes like with the spices alone and the other with the cheese sauce draped over.” So he pulled two fries from the mixing bowl and split them in half. He then handed each of  them the plain fry side which both of them seemed to enjoy.

“That's not half bad.” Paprika exclaimed.

“Yeah, I wasn't expecting much but this is pretty good” Oregano said.

Then the Wraith dipped the other two fries into the cheese sauce and handed it to them. They liked it even more.

“I’m glad both of you like it, you can keep the recipe that I gave you since it's not that big of a deal and its not hard to make.” the Wraith said to the both of them.

He poured the remainder of the fries into a decent sized bowl and pour the cheese sauce over top.

He could also see that the orders that the princesses and the girls made were ready as well so he decided to walk out with them.





5 minutes earlier.

After the Wraith left the dining room Celestia decided to ask the girls a few questions of her own.

“Girls, I would like to ask all of you what transpired when my sister was giving her speech.”

Twilight started off.

“Well before we arrived Wraith told us to not go at all. All he told us was something bad would happen, he also told me to tell you he was allergic to punch, which I am sure you got the message.”

Rarity picked up where Twilight left off.

“When we all arrived all of us were wondering what it was that Wraith was warning us about.”

Pinkie Pie followed up after Rarity.

“Yeah and three meanie bo beanie stallions came by and sat in front of us. We didn't think much of it at first.”

Apple Jack went next.

“Then some stallion walked up to the podium where princess Luna was at and said something about this clan called the lunar eclipse but then took a bold step and said yer reign as princess ends here. That stallion calling himself head master stood there for a moment while nuthin happened then said he had to do it himself.”

Rarity spoke up again.

Princess Luna was trying to get the two solar guards at the front door to remove him. However they just stood there, then the headmaster fired his stun spell at Princess Luna where she fell to the floor. All of us were stunned and tried to help but the moment we tried to move past the three stallions in front of us we all hit the shield wall that they made to stop us. All we could do was watch in horror as all of them approached Princess Luna with daggers.

Rainbow Dash cut in.
“Before they could do anything there was a clang noise and then a huge wall of smoke. Then Wraith got ahold of the headmaster and slammed his head to the ground. When Wraith stood back up all of them tried to stop him, one charged him but Wraith bucked him in the face. then two charged him but Wraith got them and slammed both of them to the ground. Two more tried firing spells at him but all they did was slow him down. When he was close enough to them he knocked their heads together and they fell to the ground. All that was left was the three stallions holding us Wraith threw three boxes at them and did something with his thing and the three stallions screamed before falling to the ground.

“Is that all that happened?” Celestia inquired.

Twilight spoke up however she was unsure how her mentor would take the news.
“No princess, the headmaster came from behind me and  put his dagger at my throat. I was really scared but Wraith stopped him before he could hurt me.”

Celestia got up from her chair and hugged her.

Before anything else could happen Rainbow Dash blurted out.

“Does anypony else smell that?”

There was a smell in the air that was foreign  to them but something about it made all their mouths water.

“What do you think that smell is?” Rarity asked.

“I don’t know but whatever it is it smells super duper good!” Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

It wasn't long after that the doors opened and out came the servers with their meals with the Wraith following from behind. However their eyes all looked to what the Wraith was bringing over to the table.



 

The Wraith was on his way back to his seat. He placed the bowl of cheese fries on the table but as he sat down a pink blur rushed by his bowl. Knowing who that was he narrowed his eyes as he looked over to where pinkie was sitting to see her put one of his fries in her mouth.

“Wowie is this what you called cheese fries they’re super duper good!”

“PINKIE, THAT WAS MINE!”

She only gave him an innocent smile.

Then a blue blur rushed by his bowl. He looked over to where rainbow was to see that she was trying some herself.

“You’re right pinkie, these are good!”

“RAINBOW!”

He went back to his bowl and then three more cheese fries disappeared.

Looking around he saw that Rarity was holding them then took a bite.

“A little messy for my tastes, but good nonetheless.”

“You all suck!” the Wraith said a little flustered at the thievery going around.

The Wraith sighed while Celestia chuckled.

“ I didn’t take your subjects for thieves.” 

“Oh hush, they’re only messing around.”

“If you say so princess, however before any more of my fries get swiped is there anyone else that wants to try one?”

Twilight, apple jack, Fluttershy, luna, and even celestia asked. The Wraith rolled his eyes and handed each of them one fry with some cheese on it.

Each of them took a bite and each of them seemed to enjoy it, Luna making it very clear.

“Huzzah we never haf tasted a treat so divine in many moons.”

Celestia remained neutral at this.

“I can see that my spell has worn off on you sister.” 

The Wraith shrugged at this, he could say something about it but he was a little more hungry then curious so he left it be. He began to remove each of his gauntlets off his arms so he could then remove his gloves so he could eat. However in doing this he drew more attention to himself.

“I didn't know you had claws.” Rainbow Dash said aloud.

The Wraith looked at her funny for a second before looking at his hands and realising what she meant.

“These are not claws, these are my hands, both hands have five fingers each and on the back these are finger nails, kinda similar to hooves but not really.”

“Wraith, if you wouldn’t mind me asking what knew about the plot against my sister?” Celestia asked.

“That’s fine, I knew you would ask eventually!” The Wraith said while taking a deep breath in preparing his explanation!

“ Only recently found out last night, I had a hard time falling asleep that night on twilights couch so I left her place to clear my head. Not sure if you haven't already guessed but I am not from around here I was born and raised in a city called New Port Falls and having more quiet then I knew what to do with was driving me a tad bit crazy.” The Wraith exhaled and tried to recomposed himself for the next part of the explanation, which was promptly halted by twilights question.

“How, I thought I locked all the doors in my house!” she said confused!

“Everything, except the shutter window that sat above the front door!”

“I forgot about that!” she said realizing it herself!

“Anyway, as I walked around outside I saw three hooded figures entering a building Now I knew that could have been nothing, it could have been some sort of custom in this world that I am unaware of, however something didn't feel right about it so I tailed behind and I was right!”

”They were all excited over some ‘good news’ as I heard turns out the headmaster as he was called developed a new type of poison that was meant to temporarily render some form of paralysis however they planned that she wouldn't go down so easy so they talked about a magic dampening ring.” 

“The idea was going to be set in phases first offer her a drink as a guise to her reinstatement as princess and then she falls to the ground then put a magic dampening ring on her then stab her to death when I told twilight I was allergic to punch that too was a guise to prevent beverages to be served so they had to alter their plan to what it is that you were told!”

“Once the headmaster hit luna with that spell of his I intervened and proceeded to mop the floor with his goons first I knocked out the headmaster at least at the time I thought I knocked him out then one goon after another then the headmaster came to and held twilight as a hostage at knife point so I made sure to knock his lights out for good!”

“I know I’ve said this before but , I can’t thank you enough for saving my sister!”

“Then I will repeat the same answer I was only doing my job!”

Half way through the meal, the Wraith started having thoughts on what he was going to do for the rest of his life, since he was stuck her because of a stupid prophecy. The Wraith, as he was finishing his meal, decided to ask these questions to Celestia.

“Excuse me, Princess Celestia, mind if I ask a few questions of my own?” he said from across the table.

“Go ahead,” she replied.

“Well since I am stuck here until I can find a way home I am going to need a place to stay and somewhere I can get a change of clothes and some way to support myself financially, I hate to burden you by asking this but do you know what I can do from here?”

“It’s no burden, I believe it would be nice if you would stay in Ponyville with the girls, I think they could learn a few things from you.”

The Wraith wasn't expecting this answer, he wanted to ask her again to see if there were any other options but he was cut off by Rarity.

“ I think it's a fabulous Idea, I certainly wouldn't mind making clothes for you to wear, darling.”

Well… she does have a point there.  I should have guessed she was a seamstress when she was asking about the fabric used in my armor…
The Wraith mused.

“ I wouldn’t mind having you to meet mayor mare for you two to find a house for you to live in, you could also stay at my place till you find a house.” Twilight added in a little more perky then normal.

Something about how she voiced that seems a bit suspicious I’ll play along but I’ll keep my eye on her!  The Wraith thought.

“I guess that's fine” the Wraith said.

“Then it's settled, you will leave tomorrow morning for Ponyville!”





After everyone had finished their meals Celestia had her guards show them to their rooms for the night.

The girls decided to make a “roommate system,” where the two of them would share a room each.

Rainbow Dash and Applejack paired up and took one room. Fluttershy and pinkie paired up and took the next room. Then it was down to Twilight, The Wraith, and Rarity which came along with some issues.

“So... Wraith would you like to share a room with me?” Twilight asked innocently.

“well ...I…um….” The Wraith wondered why he was acting this way, this had never been an issue before… and why did he feel his face getting warm.

Damn those eyes! He internally cursed.

The Wraith could have voiced that it would be best to sleep by himself. However in the walk that took him to this room he didn't realize that he was now “sandwiched” between Rarity and twilight both giving him pleading looks. In the midst of all this an alarm went off in his head which simply read.

“You have trapped yourself, congratulations, the exit door is now open!”

Sucking in his pride, he went into the room with Rarity and twilight. As they entered the room The Wraith saw the room only having two beds which made the Wraith nervous, which was also a new feeling he was experiencing. Sleeping even nearby a girl was hard enough, sleeping in bed with one would be a whole new minefield to cross. 

The girls each chose a bed to sleep in Rarity chose the bed on the right side of the room while twilight chose the bed on the left. Now he could sleep on the floor but He knew neither of them would accept that! They would use their magic to put him in one bed or the other so he was really trapped.

Both twilight and Rarity looked at the Wraith both of them could see he was deep in thought. Rarity eventually put two and two together and a smile reached her face as she came up with a way to entice him.

“Now darling, are you seriously debating which bed you will sleep in.” Rarity asked innocently.

The Wraith looked at her, while he didnt say anything his eyes told her everything she needed to know.

“Well I can say for a fact, if you choose my bed you get all this to sleep next to…” Rarity said swinging her flank back and forth seductively…

Twilight picked up on what Rarity was implying and her face turned as red as a tomato.

“Rarity, really???” Twilight said shocked. 

Before she could say anything else Wraith butted in.

“Twilight, move over!” the Wraith said with a little a anxiety in his voice.

Twilight was also a little red in the face but clearly not as much as the Wraith.

“Wraith if you don't want to sleep here I can….”

“Okay twilight listen, just because I am in bed with you does not mean anything, we are just going to sleep on each of our respected sides, ok?”

“Ok...” twilight replied.
It didn't take long for all of them to fall asleep, and once they did they all started to dream, even the Wraith.





Luna was uncharacteristically excited tonight, Celestia picked up on this and decided to talk to her about it.

“So lu lu, what's got you happy all of a sudden?”

Luna looked at her sister and replied.

“Dost we needeth a reason to be Jubilant?”

“Oh lu lu I am your sister, don't you think I would know if you are up to something?”

Luna kept her muzzle shut not wanting to say anything else

“It's about him, isn't it?”

She still stayed silent, she didn't want to admit it to her sister but there was something about Wraith that she wanted to know more about whether it was curiosity or just how nice he treated her when she woke up.
Though if she was sure of anything, she was sure that she like being called beautiful by him.

Luna could see her room not to far away so she tried to make a quick get away, while she could.

Celestia could only smile.

“I hope Wraith decides to stay here, seeing my sister happy like this is something I hope I don't lose.” Celestia said to herself.





When Luna got back into her room and closed the door she took a sigh of relief.

“Thank faust, I thought she would get to you before I could...”

Luna’s blood ran cold she knew that voice but where was it coming from?

“Where are thou, show thine self!”

“Look behind you.” it mocked.
Luna looked over to a mirror, there in a reflection was…….

“Nightmare Moon! We thought the elements destroyed you!”

“Afraid not ‘lu lu’ the elements only trapped me inside of you!” Nightmare smirked.

“We can changeth that!” Luna Looked at her, fire in her eyes.

“Oh hush I am not here to cause trouble.” Nightmare exhaled.

“Then why are thou here?” Luna asked  curious herself.

“I am here to know more about your black knight too.” Nightmare said.

Luna's eyes shot daggers at Nightmare Moon.

“I won't let thou corrupt him as thou corrupted us!” Luna defended.

“Who said anything about corruption?” Nightmare stated

Now luna was really confused.

“If not corruption then what are thou’s intentions?” Luna asked.

“You know the answer as well as I do!” Nightmare chuckled.

Luna was still drawing a blank.

“Allow me to spell it out for you, I am what the new ponies call…..” Nightmare said leaving room for suspense to fill luna’s mind.

“Interested?” Luna said off the top of her head.

“Turned on!” Nightmare smiled.

Luna’s cheeks flushed red.

“You are too, you should not deny it, yet you do!” Nightmare teased.

“That's foolish we've only just met him.” luna said denying it more.

“Ah, but that's where the answer lies, you may have just met him, but in that time you two shared he has treated you better than any other stallion you have ever known!”
Luna couldn't hold it in anymore.

“Tis true...” she sighed in defeat

“Luna you don't have to fall into bed with him, although….. if you did, mind if I could jump in?” Nightmare said wiggling an eyebrow.

Lunas face flushed red again as Nightmare Moon laughed.

“Oh I am just messing with you, how about we go and talk to him together?” Nightmare asked.

Luna looked at Nightmare Moon very unsure.

“Oh fine I’ll stay in the shadows and you can talk to him then.

Luna carefully accepted that and went to her bed and started her spell





Luna and Nightmare Moon walked through the endless void that held the dreams she watched over.

While they were walking Nightmare noticed something out of the corner of her eye while luna was looking for Wraith’s dream.

“You might want to talk to him soon because we are not the only ponies with our eyes on him.”
Nightmare pointed to one of the element's dreams, the one known as Rarity. In the dream she could be seen making out with Wraith.

Luna taking the warning decided to look faster, until she found it unlike the last strange dream she saw with mist covering the dream’s window. This dream she could see moon light shining into a room of some sort.

Both of them entered the dream unsure of what he was dreaming about.

As they entered the room they looked around to see several things they had never seen before. The two things that both got their attention was a medium sized box with glass on one side and several lumps under it. Then there was a rather strange looking rectangle with a very strange symbol on its front with the colors of red green and blue with a little yellow on the top. they couldn't read what the letters were but they could read the number underneath it, sixty four.

It was at that time the door opened and out came two bipeds that they didn't recognise.

“I don't Like this Rebecca with what's been going on, I hope it’s not connected to what I think it is.”

“Oh hush, John we don't want to worry him, let alone wake him.”

But it was to late for that…

“Mom? Dad? What's going on?”
 Said a very tired voice.

“Oh nothing sweety, your father is just worried about something is all.”

Nightmare looked at luna 

“Is this a dream?”

Luna only shook her head

“Tis a memory from what we can sense.”

“Worried about what mom?”

“Nothing that you should worry your little head about” she said giving the small being a nuzzle

“How about I sing you a lullaby to help you fall back asleep...” 

“Ok mom!”

when you lay your head to sleep

don't be scared, don't you weep

I am right here by your side

holding you tonight

I will stay

while you rest

nightmares can't come haunting you

don't you cry 

don't you fret

I will always love you

here we are in peaceful sleep

you are here

next to me

promise you'll stay by my side

for you make me bright

quietly

stars will sing

us into a lovely sleep

you and i

always find

a sweet dream waiting

when you lay your head to sleep

don't be scared, don't you weep

i am right here by your side

holding you tonight

When she finished singing something felt very off, the white  moon light was now crimson red and the room they were standing in began to spark as the cackling of fire engulfed the room.
The world then shifted to a white void. 

“That was a memory too?”

“No, that was a dream.”

“He knows we're here.”

Then there came a voice from behind.

“Yes and I am not very happy about it!”

Luna and Nightmare turned around to see Wraith behind them. Before either of them could utter a word the Wraith spoke again.

“I don't know why I keep dreaming of you luna but hopefully this will be the end of that.” the Wraith said as he was doing a weird gesture with his ‘hands’ and closed his eyes.

When he opened his eyes, nothing had changed.

“Ok that's odd…”

“Usually that works.”

Luna spoke up

“We art not an illusion we art real”

The Wraith wasn't buying it.

“Yeah right, if you are real then My hand shouldn’t pa-.....” The Wraith said stunned Luna was solid.

“This can't be possible? how are you here?” The Wraith said shocked.

“Magic.” Said Nightmare Moon.

The Wraith practically slapped himself in the face with that answer.

“Of course, why didn’t I think of that…”

The Wraith looked at the pony next to luna very carefully.

“Who are you supposed to be, Luna’s evil twin sister?”

Nightmare chuckled at this.

“Something like that..”

The Wraith kept his eyes on her, then composed himself before asking his next question.

“So why are you here?”

Luna took a quick breath and replied.

“We wanted to know more about our knight in black shining armor.”

The Wraith thought for a bit before coming to an answer.

“Ok then, However instead of telling you more about me, how about I show you.”

The white void shifted as the world molded into several tall structures. When all was said and done several unfamiliar sounds greeted Luna’s and Nightmare’s ears.

“Where art we and what art those sounds?”
Luna said rather surprised at her surroundings.

“This is the city of new port falls, it is currently ten o'clock at night and those sounds are the nightly car traffic in the city or self propelled carriages as you would call it.”

Luna and Nightmare looked at each other trying to digest what he had just told them.

“Also you are gonna need these very soon.” the Wraith said holding two cylindrical objects in his hands.

“What are those?”
Nightmare asked

The Wraith held in a chuckle then composed himself quickly.

“Please don't tell me you don’t know what an umbrella is…”

Both of them shook their heads.

The Wraith sighed and unwrapped the objects.

“Here hold these in you magic.”
He requested.

“Why?”
Nightmare asked

The Wraith sighed again.

“Five”

Both luna and nightmare looked at each other.

“Four”

A roaring noise could be heard nearby.

“Three”

Luna and Nightmare looked up to see dark clouds approaching over the city by themselves.

“Two”

A flash of lightning lit up the sky for a brief second.

“One”

 Heavy rainfall began to hit the city.
Both Luna and Nightmare began to get soaked while the rain poured.

The Wraith opened the umbrellas and handed them over to both of them.

“Put them above your head if you want them to work.”

Luna and Nightmare did this and felt a little better.

Luna felt compelled to ask about the weather.

“Wraith who controls thine weather in your world?”
Luna asked curiously.

The Wraith gave her a blank stare before speaking.

“No one.”
He replied.

“WHAT?”
Luna and Nightmare said in unison.

“It works by itself.”
The Wraith said unamused.

“Twilight asked me the same question.”

“However that is besides the point now, if you really want to know who I am, then you might want to look to the street below.”

Luna and Nightmare looked at the Wraith with questionable looks.

“Just follow me…” The Wraith deadpanned

As they walked the Wraith started speaking.

“So… since you want to know so much about me, I guess the first thing I should tell you is that I am a vigilante.”

The Wraith took a quick breath and continued.

“Vigilante by definition is someone who takes the law into their own hands and acts upon it.”

“For example.”
The Wraith paused.

Luna and Nightmare both gave Wraith questionable looks until a female scream broke the night silence. All of them looked down to the street to see what luna and nightmare seemed to believe the human equivalent of a mare running down the street with about seven others in orange chasing her.

“Let's take a closer look shall we.”
 With a snap of his fingers they were at ground level.

The female ran past them and into an alleyway. It was obvious she was trying to lose her pursuers but as fate would have it her shoe got caught in a pot hole which the rain had hidden from her eyesight. She fell to her face and gripped her ankle in pain.
She tried to get up and run but by that time her pursuers had already caught up to her.

The Wraith pointed to the girl holding her ankle.

“That lady over there, her name is Jasmine Rodrigo.”

Then the Wraith pointed to one of the individuals in the orange group.

“The guy over there with a crowbar in his hand is her abusive boyfriend Andrew Hertz”

“He is a known affiliate and leader of a gang known as the Rileys.”

Nightmare thought to ask him a question.

“Why do they call themselves that?”

“Because they are always looking for a fight! They will get riled up over anything.”

“Also if you are wondering why they are all wearing orange its because it is their gang color.”

“Anyways the reason why they are chasing her is because she was sick of her abusive boyfriend and went to the local authorities and agreed to testify against not only her boyfriend but the whole gang.”
 
The Wraith took a quick breath and continued.

“Jasmine had information that could wipe the gang out of the city, so the police and city attorney's office had her put up in a safe house to wait until the trial.”


Luna was curious about what was so important about what she knew.

“So what did she know?”

“Weapons smuggling, drug dealing, and there were rumors that they dealt in sex trafficking which was proven to be true through her testimony.” 

“unfortunately, a dirty cop had leaked the information to one of the gang members and it all went to hell after that.” The Wraith said while massaging his temples.

“So here we are now and luckily this is where it all ends, now watch and listen!”

“You Bitch, I trusted you and loved you and this is how you repay me by snitchin to the fucking pigs.”

Jasmine was clearly an emotional wreck but it was hard to tell if she was crying because she was soaking wet from the rain.

“You never loved me! For the three years we've been together, all you ever did was beat me and humiliated me in front of all your friends.”

“Well that's a shame, but I am sure I will find another girl who appreciates me more than you ever did.” 

Andrew said holding her hair to the back of her head while drawing a brass knuckle from his back pocket.

While Andrew was beating Jasmine’s face in, they had no idea what was coming for them.
One of the gang members minding his own business felt what seemed like a pebble hit him in the back of the head. He turned around and headed out of the alley to see who did it. However he wasn't going to be seeing much anything when something from behind struck him and he fell to the ground. One of the gang members noticed that one of them was now missing!

“Uh, boss?”

“Can't you see I am busy here!”

Andrew said as he was beating the snot out of Jasmine.

“It's just, one of our guys is missing.”

That got his attention.

“The cops must be here, everyone grab your guns, it's gonna get messy.”

Two members pulled out smgs the other three pulled out pistols.

One of them went to investigate where he could have gone but before he could go far something wrapped around his ankles and before he knew what was going on he fell flat on his back and was dragged screaming into the dark abyss.

“JONNY!”
Andrew  screamed.

No response.

There was a sense of fear setting in as now two riley gang members had vanished into the dark. The four remaining tried to cover their corners who or what ever was picking them off could be anywhere.  A flash of lightning lit up the alley and at that time one of the gang members saw a dark figure standing behind Andrew. In full panic mode the gang member with the smg fired off several rounds at the figure. 

Another flash of lightning lit up the sky and the same member saw the dark figure standing there seemingly unfazed by the gunfire.

Andrew also saw it but realized something.

“THAT'S MY SHADOW YOU IDIOT!”
Andrew said very annoyed.

“Sorry boss I wasn't…..”
Before the gang member could finish that sentence, something came from the darkness and hit him in the chest!

“What the hell!?”

Was all he could say till a wave of pain washed over him Instantaneously till he fell flat to the pavement.

Andrew and the other three gang members watched in horror as they saw him scream and fall face first to the pavement.

Now things had just gotten ten times worse they were nervous at first, now there was a feeling of dread setting in with the only security helping maintain their sanity was the weapon in their hand!

“Uh... boss ..., maybe we should cut our losses and get out of here. I don't wanna be next…”

A menacing chuckle could be heard but no one could tell where it was coming from.
“That's the smartest thing any of you have said all night...”

Andrew didn’t like being laughed at, so his fear turned to anger.

“WHERE ARE YOU!”

“SHOW YOURSELF!”

A slight pause of silence happened for that moment.

“That is the dumbest thing I have heard any of you say all night.”

“MY MEN WILL FIND YOU!” 
Andrew said his anger was still in play thinking he still had control.

“Doubt it, also speaking of your men you might want to consider doing another headcount.”

Andrew turned around and to his regret he now noticed another one of his men was gone.
Thinking quickly Andrew grabbed Jasmine and held her in a lite choke hold with his arm around her throat.

“You two form on me were getting the hell out of here.”
Andrew said determination present in his voice.

“Actually how about this, I am going to give your men a counter offer, leave now from your boss and you will walk away unscathed.”

Andrew looked at each of his men guarding him, he first looked to the guy behind him both of them looked at each other. Without saying a word he knew the guy behind him had his back. However the guy in front of him was a nervous wreck and looked like he was having second thoughts.

“Are you with me Tyrone?”
Andrew asked.

The guy in front of him hesitated to answer him.

“You better not!”
Andrew said his anger started to rise.

“I’m sorry boss, I can't do this anymore...”

The guy dropped his pistol and ran like his life depended on it.

“YOU BASTARD!”

With Andrew’s free hand he picked up the pistol that the coward dropped and aimed it at him while he was fleeing.

However, before he could even pull the trigger out of nowhere something sharp flew by and cut his hand and he dropped the pistol and screamed in pain.

Footsteps could be heard coming from behind them the guy behind Andrew raised his pistol and fired at where he believed they were coming from. His first shot hit something because he could see a spark. He didn't know what he hit, but he fired again. Only this time the spark was closer to him than it was last time. He then fired off four more rounds then a new sense hit ears, not only did the sparks get closer every time he fired, but he could have swore he heard what sounded like coins hitting the ground. He tried firing again but the pistol made a clicking noise.

“Six shots, you’re out!”

Lightning once again lit up the sky revealing to luna nightmare and the others the Wraith, however something was very different about the Wraith in the memory he was sharing compared to the Wraith standing next to them, like his voice, his mask, the lack of the thing around his midsection and the strange article of clothing that resembled a cape while it waved in the wind but wasn't. Both Luna and Nightmare picked up on this but decided to hold off on this question until it was necessary to ask it!

“I’m screwed, aren't I?”

“Very.”
The Wraith slugged him hard with his right hook and he fell to the ground unconscious! 

Andrew was now the only one left. He was extremely pissed, he knew he wasn't gonna leave with Jasmine in tow and that irked him but his only choice was to let her go. He was now face to face with the freak that took all his men down and that pissed him off even more! He reached into his back pocket and retrieved his brass knuckle he used to beat Jasmine. He wasn't going to let this freak of nature get the best of him. Putting on his brass knuckle he charged the Wraith running at his opponent at his full speed which would be his downfall. 

As Andrew got closer charging up a running punch, the Wraith in a fluid motion moved his torso to the left to avoid Andrew hitting him from the right while also managing to use his right foot to trip up Andrew, causing him to fall. The Wraith quickly spun around and grabbed Andrew by the back of his head and forced him to the pavement. Andrew screamed as his face hit the ground! He was in too much pain to get up, unfortunately it wasn’t over yet. The Wraith had one foot resting on Andrew’s back as he picked up Andrew’s left arm.

“That wasn’t very smart now, was it!”

Andrew was in too much pain to answer.

“Who leaked Jasmine’s location to your gang, tell me the truth as I have ways of making you talk!”

Andrew got the message and replied.

“On…. Ontario, Officer Ontario told us.”

“Thank you…”

Andrew took a sigh of relief.

“By the way, are you left or right handed?”

Andrew was confused by this question and answered him absentmindedly.

“I am left hand….. Oh shit...”
As Andrew realized what he was saying but it was too late.

The Wraith had twisted Andrew’s left arm till he heard it pop out of place. Andrew screamed his lungs out till the pain was so intense that he fell unconscious.

“Is…. he dead?” Jasmine asked from behind the Wraith.

“No… I only hurt him hard enough to knock him out, I didn't kill him.”
The Wraith said while he was still focusing on Andrew.

The Wraith felt around the body of Andrew till he pulled out a burner phone.

The Wraith dialed a number into the phone and waited while the phone rang.

“Hello, Rachel Heinz speaking.”

The Wraith pulled up a portion of his mask took a small device from his belt and and put it to the bottom of the phone

“This is Detective Rachel Heinz, is it not.”

There was a moment of silence before she replied back.

“Who are you, and how did you get this number?”

“I am a friend, and it doesn't matter how I got this number!”

“What matters is that there is a traitor among the officers you are working with, on the Jasmine Rodrigo case against the Rileys.”

“I’m listening…”

“Officer Ontario tipped them off where you put up Jasmine and she was chased from the safe house into an alleyway.”

“Is she alright?”

“She's alive, however her boyfriend did a number on her face.”

“That bastard!”

“That's what I said.”

“Listen, before we get off topic I need you to get the new port PD  and a few ambulances over here right now!”

“Over where?”

The Wraith with his free hand reached and grabbed an absurdly sized pistol and aimed in the air.

“Look outside your window!”

“My window…..?”

The Wraith pull the trigger and a red ball of light went into the sky.

“How do you know where I live!??”

“You know I would like to stay and chat but I gotta go.”

 He hung up the phone before she could respond.

“Who are you?” Jasmine asked.

“You are probably the first person I will tell this to, so consider yourself lucky.”

“I am, The Wraith!”

The scene began to fade around them as the focus was brought back to them.

“That's pretty much me in a nutshell.” the Wraith said.

However before the Wraith could say anything else, he heard what sounded like an evil cackling. The Wraith and Luna looked over towards Nightmare, where they saw her on her back laughing up a storm.

“Oh sweet faust that was too good...” Nightmare said, wiping a tear from her eye.

“Well I’m glad you got more enjoyment out of that then I did.” the Wraith said, looking at her a bit amused.

“Oh, that I did…” 
Nightmare looked over to Luna.

But nightmare wasn't done yet.

“You know Luna I might have a change of heart after witnessing that, it looks like fun!”
She said recovering from her laughing fit.

“We’ll discuss it later in Nightmare.”
Luna said, sounding like she was trying to brush it off.

A mental click went off in the Wraith’s head.

“Nightmare, as in Nightmare Moon?”

“Correct.” she said like she was proud of that name!

“Well good, at last I have a face to tie to that name.”
The Wraith said.

The Wraith began to walk towards Nightmare and as he approached her, he stopped and began to walk around her.

“You know….. I don't see what the big deal is, I mean your kind of spooky but That's it. However everything about you is otherwise stunning the green pupil and the blue of the eyes is a very nice touch. According to the paper I read, you are a reflection of Luna in some way and the one thing I find very fascinating about the both of you is even in the night the dark can get even more darker with the transition of Luna’s navy blue to your midnight blue…. “

Luna was absolutely speechless Never could she remember a time she received such an honest compliment not just towards her but towards Nightmare Moon the being that caused her to be sent away to the moon.

While Luna was in shock Nightmare was as red as a tomato.

“Oh my, what a Gentle Colt….”

But she didn’t stop there

“If you are available tomorrow night perhaps you and I could have a little fun…”
Nightmare said licking her lips revealing her sharp jagged teeth to the Wraith.

GOD DAMN IT why do I always find myself in these situations I know tend to go on rants but I went too far that time…. Why is it that I can't shut up around the females of this world…..
AND WHY THE HELL AM I TURNED ON BY WHAT NIGHTMARE DID….
The Wraith thought trying to hide how flustered he was.

Good thing I can suppress my emotions in my dreams
He thought again. 

He had to think of a way to change the topic before anything More awkward happened.

Come on, what can I say to switch this around… The Wraith thought.

Then an idea hit him.

“Luna and Nightmare Moon!”

Luna and Nightmare looked at him.

“Something has just come to my attention!”

“That assassination attempt on your life was an inside job.”

Both of them looked surprised as he said this.
“While ponies started showing up to the event I watched a LEC member pull a crossbow from behind a loose brick in the wall.”

“Someone planted that there to be used, so until you find out who I would request nothing less than a full investigation of all the castle staff and guards!”

“Also please forward my concerns to your sister, so you two can investigate this matter together.”

Luna had a determined look on her face.

“We shall look into this matter thoroughly, thank you for sharing that!”

At that time the world around them began to pulsate.

“It looks like I am about to wake up, Luna stay safe I should come back soon to check up on the investigation.”

The world and everything else faded away.



The Wraith had opened his eyes to the unforgiving light of the sun to immediately shut them again.

“Agh It burns.” He said to himself.

“Oh good morning Wraith how did you and Twilight enjoy sleeping together.”

“What are you on about the both of us sle….. Wait a second.”
The Wraith said thoroughly confused.

The Wraith remembered being on his back when he fell asleep but now he was on his side.
He could also feel his hands had a hold of something so he moved them around trying to figure out what it was it was soft, smooth, and squishy? A thought occurred to him something was missing here.

“Where's Twilight?” The Wraith asked.

The only thing the Wraith saw was a lump on the other side of the bed.


“Wraith could you let go of me please.” came a voice that the Wraith recognised all too well.

“Oh my god, I can not express how sorry I am for doing that.” the Wraith said quickly removing his hands from her rump.

Twilight exited the other side of the bed and quickly made her way towards the door!

“What the hell is wrong with me, did I do that in my sleep?” he asked himself though Rarity chipped in.

“I wouldn't have mind you know, if you were in my bed.”

The Wraith wasn't going to even respond to that, he left the bed grabbed his mask and darted out of the room like a bat out of hell.

Once he knew he wasn't being followed he slowed his pace down to a simple walk.

Towards the end of the hall was a set of doors without a second thought he opened them and there sat the girls and Princess Celestia with twilight included but he tried to avoid her gaze the last thing he wanted the Princess to know was that he groped her number one student’s  ass.

That thought alone made him feel disgusted and also confused why he found that (cen) arousing (cen) it was a turn on for him. What the hell was wrong with him.

“Oh good Morning Wraith I was just about to have somepony call you.” Celestia greeted warmly.

“Thanks!” was the best thing Wraith could think of as a response after Celestia pulled him from.

“I’m guessing you slept well?” Celestia asked.

The Wraith almost cracked up there but regained his composure.

“You could say that!”

“That's good to hear!” Celestia replied.

The Wraith helped himself to a seat and sat down.

“We were about to have breakfast before all of you departed.” Celestia explained.

“Great don't mind me I tend to eat lite.” The Wraith replied.

“Hey hold on a sec where's Rarity?” Rainbow Dash asked.

As if on cue the mare in question opened the doors dramatically.


“Good morning girls Have I the most interesting thing to tell you.”

The Wraith as quick as a flash made his way towards Rarity since he knew where she was going to go.

“Hang on Rarity before you say anything may I interest you in some perfume.” the Wraith asked.

All the girls including celestia were fascinated at what was occurring.

“You carry perfume? Sounds very unlikely dear.” Rarity tried to reason.

“Hardly, You do know I've worn this suit for the past six days since my arrival you dont think this thing smells all I gotta do to mask the odor is spray a little on my suit and it's as if the odor doesn't exist.” the Wraith was going full poker face not even flinching as he delivered this bluff and Rarity appeared to be buying it.

“Really, may I take a smell of it.” Rarity asked.

“Absolutely!” the Wraith replied.

He took a canister from his belt shook it a bit removed the lid and pressed down on the white nozzle for a quick spray of the ‘perfume’ for Rarity to smell.

“It's got a sweet smell to it what’s the fragrance called?”

The Wraith said one word.

“Chloroform.”

Just like that Rarity fell to the floor and was out like a light.

“Well that's over and done with let's get back to breakfast!” the Wraith said putting the container back on his belt. Then he looked over to the faces of shock looking right at him.

“Ok; before all of you ask, yes Rarity is fine, no I didn't hurt her, and no that wasn't perfume that was sleeping gas I sprayed her with, she’ll wake up in an hour.”

“Why did yall do that for?” Apple Jack questioned.

“Well to be honest, to keep her from blabbing about something I wanted to keep private, I’m sure Princess Celestia could understand that.” the Wraith explained.

“You don’t have to be so formal Wraith just Celestia is fine, and yes I do understand, over the thousands of years I've been around on this planet rumors are inevitable.” Celestia replied.

The Wraith after hearing this explanation felt like his head was upside down by the amount of confusion hitting him all at once.

“I’m not buying that, you over a thousand years old? Don't sell yourself short sweetheart it ain't working for ya.” the Wraith said raising an eyebrow.

“Oh, well then how old do you think I am then Wraith?” Celestia asked him.

“Oh that's easy, lets factor in everything that I know about you so far from the way you carry yourself to your maturity and your proper use of vocabulary and phrasing and the overall look of you, leads me to believe you are in your late to mid thirties at best.” the Wraith said.

Celestia not expecting that answer at all fell from her chair at the table and began to laugh to her heart's content.

“I don’t get what's so funny?” Wraith asked with his eyebrow raised.

Celestia after finishing her fit of laughter calmed herself down.

“Oh I would love to be that age again, your answer caught me off guard there I honestly thought You would say like a hundred or something to that nature.” Celestia explained
It was at that time the waiter ponies came in with menus and some familiar faces.

The Wraith found his way back to his seat as the same mare he talked to last night walked over to him.

Probably best to continue that conversation later….  He thought.

“Ah Rose Bud was it? Good morning, how are you doing this fine day?” The Wraith asked her.

“I’m doing well. Thank you for asking.” Rose Bud replied with a smile.

“What can I get you this morning?” Rose Bud asked.

The Wraith was about to say something but then stopped before he could say anything and lowered his menu to look at all the girls including celestia looked at him with anticipation.

“What are you staring at?” He asked.

“We’re waiting for you to pick something silly.” said Pinkie Pie.

I’m beginning to sense a trend here if my suspicion is correct...
He thought to himself.

“Ok the…. Do you guys have waffles here?” The Wraith asked.

“Yes!” Rose answered.

“Is it hay based or batter based.” The Wraith asked her again.

“We have both” rose answered back.

“I’ll have two batter waffles and if I could get a canister of strawberry Jam, and a canister of peanut butter, a spoon, and a glass of milk that be fantastic!” The Wraith said.

“Ok, do you want syrup with that?” Rose Bud asked.

“No thank you.” The Wraith said.

“I’ll do the same.” Twilight said.

“Me too.” said Pinkie Pie.

“Me three” said Rainbow Dash.

“Um me four…” said Fluttershy
“Ah will do the same as well!” apple jack said.

“As will I!” celestia said.

There are times I hate being right, though I have the oddest feeling that they are doing this to either tease me or they found my cheese fries delicious and now they are wondering what other good food I know of……. God damnit…...

The Wraith Dead paned.

“I guess while were at it give sleepy head over there the same thing.” the Wraith said pointing to Rarity sleeping next to the wall.

“Same for my sister luna except instead of strawberry could you do blueberry instead?” celestia asked.

Ah, so luna has a thing for blueberrys- wait why does this concern me…?

“Yes princess!” Replied rose bud as she finished up the order and headed back to the kitchen.

“So what's your game here girls?” The Wraith announced.

“What do you mean silly?” asked Pinkie Pie.

“I think all of you know what I am talking about, no one pulls a fast one on me and gets away with it!” The Wraith said with a smugness evident in his voice.

The Wraith looked around the room not one pony said a word other than Applejack looking like she was about to bust up laughing and Celestia with a small grin on her muzzle.

“You know what forget it…” The Wraith said metaphorically throwing up his hands.

It was at that moment in time Luna walked in the room and sat in the chair next to celestia.

“Morning luna, I’m guessing you slept well?” The Wraith asked.

“Indeed!” She replied.

About ten minutes later without another word said the servers brought in all sixteen waffles and served to each pony accordingly, including the Wraith.

“What is this, no syrup what logic is this?” Luna said confused.

“Don’t worry Luna you’ll like this!” The Wraith said smugly.

As he grabbed his spoon, while also looking at the ponies around him who were watching him with anticipation wondering what he was going to do next.

This is getting too painful to watch…
He thought to himself.


“You know what, how about instead of watching what I do I’ll tell you what I’m going to do.”
The Wraith said with a tad bit of annoyance.

“I mean all you have to do is ask, is that saying too much?” The Wraith said.

“Alright!“ the girls said in unison.

“There was that so hard?” The Wraith said cocking a smile.

“Ok then, what you do here is rather simple, first have both waffles sit adjacent to each other then take the peanut butter and put it on one waffle and then the same with the jelly on the other once that's done put the peanut butter waffle on top of the jelly waffle and there you go it's a PB and J waffle sandwich.” 
The Wraith explained.

All the girls after taking a bite from the creation, all sounded off with approval of the delicious concoction.

“Wowie this is good, could I have a copy of the recipe?” Pinkie asked.

“Sure that’s fine, it's not all that hard to make.” The Wraith replied.

“What sorcery is this wonderful treat?” exclaimed Luna.

“It's nothing really, when I don't have time for cereal or maybe oatmeal I do that when I have to run out the door, though if you think that's good try doing the same with a blueberry waffle or chocolate waffle.” the Wraith said nonchalantly.

Luna's eyes widened at the revelation brought before her!

Celestia chuckled and replied.

“I think you broke her…”

“That seems to be a trend around here wouldn’t you say?”
The Wraith said.

Celestia nodded in approval.

The rest of breakfast went by without a hitch, the next train to Ponyville wouldn’t arrive for another half hour. So to kill some time the girls showed him around Canterlot as they meandered their way to the train station. 

“So Wraith, Twilight has told us that your world is way different to ours, how different is it?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“My world is nothing like yours, some things that you depend upon here do not exist there, like magic for example.” the Wraith explained.

“Then how do yall get things done then?” Apple Jack asked.

“That’s easy good human ingenuity and elbow grease.” The Wraith answered back.

“Bet it's nothing like what we could come up with.” Rainbow Dash tried to brag while flying by his side casually....

“Ooh you’d be surprised hot shot, in fact there's this thing we call a jet, that has many uses some are commercial airliners while others are high speed fighters that keep our air spaces safe.” the Wraith replied.

Twilight on the left  was keeping notes as the conversation continued. Rainbow Dash on the other hand attitude shifted as she felt she was being challenged.

“Oh yeah, the’re probably not as fast as I am!” Rainbow Dash challenged.

Oh is she in for a big surprise!
The Wraith thought to himself chuckling internally.

“That's where you’re wrong again, we have jet fighters that could keep pace or even surpass you!” The Wraith challenged!

“Name one then” she said getting in his face.

“I’ll name two!” the Wraith said with a smug little smile on his face!

“The first one is the USAF or United states Air Force F15  strike eagle which could probably keep up with you while the pilot takes a sip of his morning coffee, while he flies at about three thousand seventeen miles an hour” The Wraith stated.

“The second one is an experimental aircraft called something I only know as the USAF 1227 Night Hawk which has been stated to be a thousand miles faster than the F15 so I say about four thousand seventeen miles an hour .” The Wraith said.

Rainbow Dash seemed to be backing down the shock of what he told her appeared to sinking in, but Wraith wasn't quite finished with her yet so he went ahead and added the cherry on top of the absurd sundae!

“However there is one craft faster than all of them put together, something we call a rocket that is fast enough to leave my planet’s gravitational pull and out into space or orbit around the planet!”
The Wraith finished.

Rainbow Dash at that moment in time fainted, mostly in part due to her ego not being able to fathom something faster than her!

The Wraith chuckled at his little win there but he had to get her back up because lugging two passed out ponies would be a little excessive since pinkie for whatever reason decided to carry Rarity while she happily bounced along happily with the group. 

I can't help but think of pepe le pew when she does that…
He thought to himself.

“Anyone know where I could get a bucket of water to wake her up?” The Wraith asked.

“I have one!” Called Pinkie Pie as she appeared from under The Wraith’s legs.

Which surprised The Wraith a little more than she probably intended as he lost his footing and he fell backwards which also triggered one of his instincts as he fell back to perform a reverse somersault. When The Wraith finally regained his footing he looked over to pinkie who was sporting a cheeky smile on her face.

“Where did you get that?” The Wraith asked surprised.

“I always have a bucket of water on me for bucket related emergencies.” Pinkie simply explained.

How... is that a thing?

He thought to himself.

“You know what nevermind just throw it on her…” The Wraith said with a sigh.

Pinkie did so with and dumped the water onto Rainbow waking up out of shock.

“AHHH THATS COLD!” Rainbow Scream.

The Wraith couldn't help but chuckle at the circumstance happening in front of him, though he calmed back down and composed himself.

“Oh you think that's funny huh!” Rainbow Dash angrily looked look Wraith square in the eye.

“Absolutely, though it wasn't my Idea to throw ice cold water on you, it was hers!” the Wraith said pointing to pinkie giggling and snorting.

Rainbow sighed and gave up.

“Do you two have to be so loud” said Rarity just now waking up again.

“Ah morning rares” Apple Jack said.

The Wraith just sat there taking all of this in and began to get lost in thought.

 This whole ordeal reminds me of an old anime I watched a while ago, what was it called…?
Ah; that's right, the war on geminar,  the spin off that never got a second season, that was a damn shame…
He thought to himself.

“Hey Wraith?” Twilight said nudging his leg.

The Wraith returned to reality and looked down to twilight, who was trying to get his attention.

“What is it twilight?” The Wraith asked back .

“I’ve been meaning to ask wh-” before she could finish that thought another voice caught the Wraiths attention.

“Please just leave us alone, we’re only going to the castle!” said one female which by the sound of things sounded like she was in distress.

“Not without paying a toll you’re not!” said a male voice which sounded like a voice of authority.

“Hold that thought twilight, I’ll be right back.” He said to twilight as best he could before walking into a dark alleyway putting his mask on.

Curious the girls followed him and observed what was going on.
“The toll to walk in Canterlot is five hundred bits, so pay up.” The male voice said with an aggressive tone.

As the Wraith came around the corner there was a unicorn pony in golden armor and a mare and small foal by her side shivering in fear.

“We don't have that type of money!” she tried to explain to him.

“If you don't pay the full amount I’ll.”

“You’ll do what exactly...” The Wraith said from behind the guard with his arms crossed.

“None of…… what in celestia's name are you!” the unicorn guard said as he turned around in shock to what stood behind him.

“I am the Wraith, and I am the new sheriff in town.” the Wraith said.

“This doesn't concern you, you damn dirty ape go back to the jungle where you came from.” the unicorn guard said trying to brush the Wraith off

“On the contrary this does concern me, when a servant of the law harrases and threatens a mother and her child, that is something I will not stand for!” the Wraith said not giving the jackass an inch!

“Oh your going to be a colt scout about this, fine I’ll make quick work of you then!” The unicorn guard said firing off a spell at the Wraith.

The Wraith stood there and didn't even flinch as the spell made contact to his armor  and subsequently ricocheted off said armor and into the sky.

“You know technically I could be listed as an ambassador of my people and that just counted as assault dumbass.” the Wraith stated nonchalantly.

The unicorn guard looked at the Wraith, shocked the spell bounced off his armor.

“So.. How about I tell you all the things you have done so far within this short period of time.” the Wraith paused for only a moment and began walking towards the guard.

“Extortion, verbal harassment to a minor as a public servant, verbal Harassment to a civilian as a public servant, threatening to do bodily harm to a minor as a public servant, threatening to do bodily harm to a civilian as a public servant, and assaulting an ambassador of a foreign country.” with each word he took a step towards the guard as the guard recoiled in fear trying to back away from the Wraith.

The Wraith grabbed the guard by his throat and forcefully pinned him against the wall.

“It is your responsibility as a guard to this country to keep all civilians safe from harm, but you squader this for your own political and financial agenda, you are the worst kind of guard in this country, a corrupt one!” the Wraith said to the panicking guard.

The Wraith turned over to the mare and foal who were looking at him with awe.

“You two ok here?” The Wraith asked.

“Yes my son and I are fine, thank you!” she replied relieved.

“Tell me, what was your purpose for being here in the first place?” The Wraith asked.

“My son here button mash wanted to meet Princess Luna.” she answered.

Suddenly the guard in the Wraiths grasp began to laugh at that statement.

“What’s so funny,  jackass?” the Wraith stated.

“Might as well pack your bags bitch and head back home, you're never going to meet her ever no one will.” The guard said with a smug smile on his muzzle.

“Pray tell, what's that supposed to mean?” the Wraith asked.

“Read the newspaper she's dead.” The Guard said all fear now gone and replaced with a cheeky grin on his muzzle.

“Ooooh, so you're the bastard that planted the crossbow behind the loose brick in the wall.” the Wraith said to the guard with his anger rising.

“Now Celestia will be the one and only true ruler of Equestria!” his smugness now rubbing off on the Wraith as he began to deliver this message to him in the worst way possible!

“Well have I a newsflash for you dumbass, Princess Luna is alive and well as I put a stop to that assassination plot by the lunar eclipse clan.” the Wraith said delivering the painful verbal blow of reality bringing the guard back to his state of fear.

“So let me say again what you have done; Extortion, verbal harassment to a minor as a public servant, verbal Harassment to a civilian as a public servant, threatening to do bodily harm to a minor as a public servant, threatening to do bodily harm to a civilian as a public servant, assaulting an ambassador of a foreign  country, and conspiracy to commit murder of a government figure, I hope you enjoy rotting in jail, by the way what's your name?” the Wraith said.

“Golden Shield, and good luck trying to get any of this to stick I'm highly respected in the solar guard and besides it my word against yours.”

“Actually, it's your word against yours…” the Wraith said.

“SID!”

“Active, ready for command!”

“Play back saved audio from thirty seconds ago.”

“Command Acknowledged!”




“Tell me, what was your purpose for being here in the first place?” 

“My son here button mash wanted to meet Princess Luna.” 

“ehahahahahaha”

“What’s so funny, Jackass?”

“Might as well pack your bags bitch and head back home your never going to meet ever again.” 

“Pray tell what's that supposed to mean?” 

“Read the newspaper she's dead.” 

“Ooooh so your the bastard that planted the crossbow behind the loose brick in the wall.” 

“Now celestia will be the one and only true ruler of Equestria!”



“Pause”

“Command acknowledged!”

A bead of sweat ran down the guards face as he tried to grasp at whatever straws he could.

“Celestia will never believe you!” the guard  fired back.

“I wouldn't say that..” came a voice from behind.

“Ah Celestia, what brings you to this lovely neck of the woods?” the Wraith asked.

“Well after Luna recovered from that state you put her in she remembered something and relayed to me what you told her about one of our guards or staff was working to hurt my sister I couldn't believe such an act of hatred possible in my kingdom, unfortunately I came just as golden shield delivered that message to you, he was one of my best guards too!” Celestia said her heart broken.

“I understand princess, by the way did luna come with you?” the Wraith asked.

“Yes she did, she's over there behind the corner of the alley with the rest of the girls.” Celestia replied.



The Wraith looked behind him to see all the girls including Luna peak over from the side and then hid the moment he made eye contact. However Luna seemed to be new to the concept of hiding when she was trying to avoid being caught but her horn was sticking out.

“Alright here, hold dumbass for me!” the Wraith requested.

Celestia accepted and held golden shield in her magic!

“It’s Golden Shield!” he remarked!

“You don’t get a say in this!” The Wraith replied to golden shield!

The Wraith undid the locking mechanism that kept his mask attached to the suit and took it off before taking a calm deep breath in! 

“Luna I can see your horn poking out, can you come over here please there's someone that wants to meet you.” The Wraith called.

Luna sighing in defeat revealed herself and walked over to the alley.

“Button mash I present to you princess luna!”

The colt’s eyes lit up and he dashed towards the left hoof of luna and hugged it. Luna's face as he came and hugged her took her by surprise and lit up red to which the Wraith chuckled and replied.

“No more feeling sorry for yourself, keep your head up and held up high, if this colt respects you then there's hope for you yet!”

Celestia herself looked at the display and could help but smile.

“You have such a way with words!”

The Wraith looked at her and replied.

“In my defence, words like that come to me natrually, but not without some help from my inspiration.”

Celestia looked at the Wraith with curiosity in her gaze.

“Oh, and what would that be?”

The Wraith sighed and then composed himself.

“A story for another time, we probably should get going before we miss the train.”

Celestia felt as if an icy breeze blew past her as the Wraith and the girls left for the station.

He's hiding something, something dark, hopefully he’ll come around and share.





Sometime Later
The Wraith and the girls sat in a coach Car as the train made its way to Ponyville. The Wraith was dreading the thought of living there, though there wasn't a whole lot he could do about it otherwise. He had his head resting on his arm as he looked out the window as the scenery went by. He couldn't help but think of a game he played in his childhood that someone introduced him to. All that was missing was a cat named rover asking him if he could sit next to him.

“Amanda…..” he absentmindedly blurted out.

“Who?” asked Pinkie Pie.

“Nothing…” he said, trying to avoid the subject.

“Oh ok I just thought you were thinking of having to talk to a racoon about buying a house in Ponyville.” Pinkie said in her bubbly mood.

WHAT!

The Wraith looked over to her in a state of shock and surprise!

“How the hell do you know that!” he demanded.

“Just a hunch!”

There is no god damned way that is just a hunch, she must be able to read minds or something.

He theorized.

The Wraith looked over to twilight and asked.

“Hey twilight how much longer till we hit town?”

Twilight earlier seemed to be distracted by some thought but shaked her head out of her stupor and replied.

“Uhh… oh less than a minute.” 

The Wraith looked and replied.

“Alright then...”

We’ve been on the train for just over an hour, probably should have found a safe place to slip away and take the Night wing instead, at least I wouldn’t have to worry about the travel time. Well, I mean I know I used to like train rides when I was young but I grew out of that, but then again having the night wing fly in broad daylight would cause too much of a panic for the townsfolk that don't understand it. I’m gonna have to wait till nightfall to get it to land nearby. I can't have it sit in that cave under Canterlot forever, wait time would be an issue. Maybe when I find a place I can have a shed built to store it for the time being but for now I’m gonna have to find a spot for it to hide till that can come to fruition…

He pondered.

“Oh Wraith there it is!” Twilight said a tad bit excited.

“Oh you know I probably should have done this before but it didn't come to me before now!” Twilight said gleefully.

“Don’t do it...”  the Wraith objected.

“Welcome to Ponyville.” she said with pride.

God damn it, there was enough cheese in that statement to make even Wallace envious!
> life isnt as cracked up here as it seems
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Day 1 Arrival
As the train pulled into the station The Wraith’s presence was met with a mixed response, and by mixed response he meant eighty five percent  ran away with screams of terror! The Wraith lifted his arm up and smelled himself!

 Eh I probably should get this suit washed! He thought to himself.

Another eleven percent fainted while one mint green mare look like she just keeled over and died from what looked like excitement? Whilst being dragged into a house by a cream colored mare with a blue and pink mane...

Something ain't right about that, on a side note I wonder how health insurance works here if it even exists or is a thing at all, if it isn't then the princess and I may have to discuss over some concerns I have! He pondered.

The last four percent were three foals and spike that were left in the dust, one was a yellow filly with a red bow in her mane that had a slight discoloration to her eyes but he marked it up as probably allergies since the town was surrounded by plant life but he could shake the feeling that something was off. The other was a white filly with some interesting color choices in her mane.

Well ain't that the spitting image of lucky charms’s unicorn cereal, god damn it. He deadpanned 

 There stood spike waving his claw in the air with a goofy smile on his face and there was a small pegasus filly there with an orange coat and a purple ish mane, though her wings looked oddly too small for her body.

Hmm, must be some form of genetic disorder, might be something to look into however if the effects are not reversible then there might be a way around that I could fix! He theorized.

All six mares looked at the chaos and then at each other in the wake of their arrival!

Twilight looked up to Wraith.

“I’m sure they’ll warm up to you eventually!”

“It's fine, now where did you say town hall was again?” The Wraith sighed.

Apple jack pointed her hoof into the village.

“The center of town.” AppleJack stated.

“Lead the way.” The Wraith motioned his hand towards them.

As the girls and the Wraith made their way to the town hall they were met with the barren open streets. Along the way, even some of the vegetable stalls which were conveniently closed that made the trek a pitiful sight!

This is ridiculous, in a way it reminds me of kakariko village from twilight princess after the villagers were either murdered or fled to the safety of hyrule castle, but I don't see any shadow creatures around so I highly doubt that. However, what caused this village to have such, well… for lack of a better word PTSD around newcomers, something must have triggered for this to be a thing, well looks like I do have things to investigate in this town after all!

As they came to the front of the town hall, The Wraith had walked into his first issue, quite literally!

“Ah… Damnit!” groaned the Wraith as he walked into the door frame and fell flat on his ass.

“Wraith are you alright!” twilight asked.

“Yeah I’m fine, that's the last time I lose focus!” The Wraith remarked.

“When we get things settled the first thing on my list is to get a door frame that is friendly to my height!” the Wraith said as he pointed to the door.

“I can see that being an issue!” Rarity said from beyond the door frame!


“Well, while I am here, does anyone know why this is a thing to begin with?” The Wraith motioned to the deserted town behind him! 

“Ah am sure it was sumthin that happened a while ago but ah can't rightly recall what it is!”

“Well nothing is gonna get done while I sit here like a fool, let's head inside!” The Wraith said getting back up.

As they came in the building there sat the receptionist, who looked as sick as a dog! The sight alone immediately got The Wraiths attention.

“Excuse me mam are you alright?” he asked with concern.

The receptionist looked up at the Wraith with a bit of a shock but didn't bother moving, which the Wraith concluded she was too sick to be scared at the moment.

“I’m trying to ... but it's hard!” she said while coughing in between her sentences.

“You sit tight I’m gonna go talk to your boss, you’re in no shape to be working right now.” The Wraith said to the receptionist! 

“Thank you!” she said!

“It’s no problem, I’m just doing my job!” The Wraith said confidently!

Where's a union rep when you need one! The Wraith questioned.

The Wraith looked behind him to see the girls looking at him with awe, except Rarity whose eyes turned into hearts for whatever reason!

That doesn't look healthy, like at all! The Wraith thought with a bit of unease.

 “What are all of you waiting for, lets go!” The Wraith said with a smidge of annoyance!

All of them shook themselves out of their state and went up stairs to the mayor’s office!

When all of them made it to the mayor’s door the Wraith moved his fist to the door to knock but was stopped by Twilight.

“Probably should let me do this so we don't have a repeat of the train station!”

Twilight took the lead and knocked on the door with her magic!

“Mayor Mare, its me Twilight, the girls and I have brought over somepony thats looking for a place to live here in Ponyville!”

Seriously she's called mayor mare, what's next stalin stallion? The Wraith deadpanned!

“Come in Twilight!” the Mayor called.

The door opened and the girls poured in with the Wraith the last one in!

“Mayor Mare, I’d like to introduce to you the Wraith!” Twilight motioned.

The Wraith entered the room to the absolute surprise of the mayor.

“Oh my, aren't you a tall one!” the mayor said with awe!

“Now that's a new one, I’ll have to write that down somewhere!”

“So your the one I have heard all the fuss about!”

“Fuss regarding what, exactly?”

“Oh that you are the one that flew into town on a black dragon late at night and had the town’s ponies in a panic!”

Wait dragon? He thought to himself confused.

“You can ride a dragon?” asked Rainbow Dash…

“You rode into town on a dragon!” stammered twilight!

“You’re friends with a dragon?” Rarity said in aw

“A wheel fell off the wagon?” Pinkie Pie shouted!

Everyone looked at pinkie who was humming a tune at the time!

Oh wait, she's referring to the night wing… The Wraith thought after putting it together!

 I guess at a glance from a distance away it could look like a dragon!  The Wraith summarized.

“Actually no that is something else entirely that came with me!” the Wraith explained!

“However, we are getting off track here Twilight told me that you could help me with finding a property that I could settle down in!” the Wraith explained.

The mayor shook herself out of her stupor and then spoke.

“Oh, right then…” 

“Let me see what we have here!”

“What exactly are you looking for?’

“To be honest something that's not too far out of town but still within the border that I wouldn’t be able to bother anyone.”

“Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a house available at the moment, I’m terribly sorry about that!” The mayor said with a frown.

“It's fine, I was expecting as much but while I have you here is there some kind of flu going around?” The Wraith inquired.

“No, why?” The mayor answered back puzzled.

“Well your secretary is as sick as a dog downstairs!” The Wraith said motioning his hand to the door leading downstairs!

“That's preposterous. She was fine twenty minutes ago when she went on lunch.” the mayor stated making her way downstairs in disbelief that her secretary would be that sick!
> the new direction(of the story)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ghost of the Night

A lone dispatcher, was sleeping in his office chair. It had been a slow day in the call center and there wasn't much to do other than stare at a computer screen, then the phone rang. Which resulted in him jerk up from the noise, and rub the sleep from his eyes. Then lazily with a push of a button, he answered the call.

“Nine-one-one, what’s your emergency?” asked the half awake dispatcher. This better not be a prank call. the dispatcher thought. On the other end of the line was a  female, who was desperately trying to form words to the dispatcher.

“Ma'am, calm down. Tell me what's going on.” the dispatcher said. Trying to ease the female on the other end of the call.

“Get the cops here right now, my friends are being held hostage here at the dock!” said the female trying her hardest to keep calm, it was easy to tell she was very upset from the shallow breaths she was taking followed by her crying over the phone.

“Alright ma’am, I have a squad car in route to you! Can you tell me how this happened?” asked the now alert dispatcher trying to buy time to keep the female calm, while police were on their way!

* * *

“Attention, all patrol units we have a code 207 over at the Atlantica City harbor, the reported party has informed us that the hostages are being held in warehouse thirteen. Swat and aerial units are in route. Any other units available identify and respond code three,” sounded a police scanner. 

A dark figure stood at the top of a building listening in on the police chatter.

“Ise, are you getting this?”said the figure. 

“Yes I've heard every word, I have pulled up some surveillance footage of a stolen delivery truck that drove into warehouse thirteen earlier. I also have info on the caller. Her name is Rebecca Stern, she says she managed to escape her captors from the truck.” “Unless that's what they want us to think.” Ise said over the two way radio.

“What do you mean?”

The figure inquired.

“That warehouse is owned by Debra Warren.”

“The Debra Warren, the one who founded and Has been the face of N.W.O ever since?”

“The same!”

“Isn't she serving a life sentence in federal prison?”

“Yeah well, who’s to say she didn't lend the key to someone in the group.”

“Does rebecca stern have any ties that we know of?”

“No, her rap sheet is clean, but they could have let her escape so she could call the cops though, something doesn't seem right, till I know more were kind of in the dark.”

“Ok, she mentioned her friends are being held captive. Any idea who they may be?” asked the figure.

“Give me a sec, I am checking her social media profile right now,” said an annoyed Ise over the two way radio. “She currently has two friends on her social media profile, who also happen to be the captives. One is a Samantha Rodriguez, she is the daughter of a rich family known here in Atlantica. 

This could be a plot to squeeze money from her parents but again I am unsure. The second friend is a Sarah Smith. Not much is on here other than she lives with her parents and is listed as middle class; so she could be collateral damage.” 

“Ok, can you send the Night Wing over here?” asked the figure. “How far are the police out from warehouse thirteen?” 

“The police are five minutes out, but you should be able to beat them there in two minutes,” Ise explained over the radio.

* * *

Several police and swat vehicles had surrounded the warehouse’s perimeter, but unknown to them, the figure had already made his way inside while monitoring the police chatter.

“Swat is in position, ready on command!” shouted an officer.

“Hold position no one moves until we get the negotiator over here,” commanded the police captain.“ The two hostages are Samantha Rodriguez, and Sarah Smith their parents have been notified and are on their way here, they want the release of Debra in exchange for the girls!” 

* * *

“Alright guys, cops are here, if they do not respond to our demands within the hour, we blow them away, until debra walks away a free woman no one will stand in our way!” said one of the masked gunmen as he looked outside the blinds with one foot on the crate labeled explosives.

“What should we do about swat Irvin? They're out there too!” said Miller.

“Miller, Tyrone, and I will guard the doors! The moment they make a move on any of the doors, open fire with your rifles. All of us have armor piercing rounds, so quit worrying!” Irvin pointed a thumb behind him. “Cooper over there will watch the girls to make sure our insurance stays where it needs to. Were not going till they release Debra!”

Unaware to the four gunmen, the dark figure soaked in every word of the conversation. In order to keep from alerting the four gunmen, the figure resorted to contacting Ise via a small communication device on his right arm.

“You get all that Ise?” typed the figure.

“Yes I did! This has to be the sorriest excuse for a trade I have ever heard!” replied Ise.

“Wouldn't be the first time I've heard desperation this bad but, anyway!” The Figure typed again.

“Run a background check on all those names see what comes up on law enforcement databases.” the figure typed.

“Sure thing give me a moment and….. Got it! Here's what we have. The leader’s full name is  Irvin Ivanov; demolitions expert, did work with the Mexican drug cartel back in the day and then out of nowhere you see his face next to Debra, Irvin is also known to have a short fuse but is even more dangerous when he has a gun in his hand, here's a note on his file. ‘the more angry he gets the more accurate his shots are.’ he's also wanted out of Michigan for murder.”

“Here’s the second name, Miller Fuchs was in the army for a year but was dishonorably discharged for reasons that are listed under black ink, but his name pops up again for arms dealing and later being a scout for the NWO’s tactician for future attacks.”

“Tyrone Lopez our third guy was a prominent gang member here, he was affiliated with the Rileys but was in the wind once their gang was taken out because of you, all the gang members except Tyrone are in jail and there is still an active warrant for his arrest here.”

“Lastly Cooper, I can't find any ties to the NWO...wait, hang on  a sec???”

“Whats up?” the figure typed.

“Cooper Heinz has a missing persons report out of Houston Texas, his brother filed it. He was last seen with a friend of his and get this, Tyrone no last name.”Ise finished.

“Hmmm, aright.” the figure replied.

“What should my plan of attack be?” Typed the figure.

“Well, looking at your optical feed on my computer, it seems to me your best bet is to go for the gunman guarding the girls in that secluded room over there. Knocking him out should be easy, if you can keep the girls calm and quiet.” 

“Your second target should be the lone gunman guarding the garage door to the right of the building. It would be best to attack from behind to avoid him alerting the other two gunmen. My weapon of choice would be that Knockout gas container on your belt. Grab him by his mouth and put him to sleep, and keep it quiet! We don’t want any unnecessary attention”

The last two will be tricky; I would advise against going in guns blazing, so the best way for this to work is those tazer charges you have equipped on your belt! and that should take care of things,” typed Ise.

“Ok here I go, wish me luck!” typed the figure.

* * *

Samantha and Sarah sat back to back tied up in a small room, both of them were equally Petrified and crying. Neither of them could talk due to their mouths being taped shut. The masked man with the gun was just adding onto their fear as both of them thought they were not going to make it out. It was at that moment the front door opened. However, when the door was fully opened, no one stood there... Both the girls and Cooper were confused. Cooper went to investigate the door to see if maybe the wind blew it open. 

As Cooper walked outside the room something black fell from above, knocking him to the ground effectively knocking the wind out of him. Before he could realize what was going on, his vision went black.  Both the girls looked at each other before their eyes turned to the black figure. He was dragging the body of one of the gunmen. 

The Figure then took out  what looked like a zip tie and tied the man to a pipe that came out of the floor and went into the wall. The figure then turned his attention to the girls. The figure bent down on his knees and proceeded to remove the tape from the mouths of the hostages.  both of them were apprehensive at first until he began to speak.

“I need you girls to stay calm. You will be out of this shortly just keep quiet so you don't alert the guards!” said the figure.

Both girls looked at each other before nodding, and then the figure left the room and closed the door behind him.

* * *

Miller stood behind the garage door, the paranoia keeping him alert! The entire warehouse was surrounded by swat trucks, police cars, and helicopters. The red and blue lights were flashing from the windows. Miller’s mind was plagued with several ‘what if’ scenarios. How Irvin said all would be fine kept echoing through his head. 

Miller was starting to doubt that any of them were going to make it out at all. Even with the aid of the explosives. Even if they somehow managed to escape those news stories he had seen about that shadow like figure stopping crimes, didn't help calm his mind in the slightest. He remembered a man on the news explaining how he was being mugged at gunpoint. Miller’s memory went back to that night on the couch watching tv. 

“Well I was walking home from work when that punk over there pulled a gun on me. As I handed him my wallet, he cocked the gun. I thought that was going to be it for me, till this black thing came out of nowhere and stopped him.”  The man said to the reporter.

the media was all over the story as more eyewitnesses described similar situations. It was strange to see such astounding events happen night after night. They were even calling the vigilante, The Wraith.

When Miller was in the military he was very good at paying attention to details no matter how big or small they were, and that news report was no different! He knew something may go wrong with Irvins plan, though there wasn't much he could do about that if his nickname was anything to go by .

“I wont be called a fuck up anymore, they'll see!” He said under his breath.

Miller had a gut feeling that something was not right at that moment, but before he could turn around something from behind grabbed him and his gun. He tried to warn the others by yelling but something over his mouth prevented him from doing so. Then came a hissing sound that he couldn't identify where the source was. For whatever reason, Miller began to feel tired, he tried to fight it. However, it was no use as the feeling became more and more welcoming, until he let it take over him.

The Wraith grabbed his gun and gently placed it on the ground away from the man he had knocked out. The Wraith grabbed another zip tie from his belt and grabbed each hand and placed them behind his back zip tied him and then gently laid him on the floor.

* * *

Irvin and Tyrone stood across from each other periodically looking out a window to see if any of the cops outside were making any moves.

“Hey Irvin?” Tyrone called.

“What is it Tyrone?” Asked Irvin.

“Why are the cops taking so long to call us? They should have done something by now.”

Tyrone Inquired.

“I don’t know Tyrone, but stay alert! They may try to pull something...” Irvin said  “Go over to Cooper to untie one of the girls to bring over here, we want the police to know we're not fucking around here!”  Commanded an annoyed Irvin.

“Right aw-” Tyrone said as something impacted him.

“Tyrone wh-” Irvin said as something impacted him as well.

“The hell is this?” Tyrone said as he tried to examine what hit him.

Right at that moment both men felt a surge of pain envelope them and out of instinct both men pulled the triggers of their automatic rifles and several bullets flew in the air, making holes in the ceiling.

* * *

A car pulled up to the police blockade around warehouse thirteen. The car door opens and out steps a man in uniform with a badge on his chest. The man proceeds to make his way over to the police captain.

“Where the hell have you been?!?” Demanded Police Captain Winchester.

“I’m sorry but I blew a tire on the way here, the damn road had a pothole that rendered my car immobile till I could get it fixed!” Explained the police negotiator. 

At that exact moment several gunshots rang out, the police captain grabbed the negotiator and ducked under his car for cover.

“SHOTS FIRED, REPEAT SHOTS FIRED, MOVE IN!” The police captain screamed into his radio.

Swat did as they were told as they busted down the door guns and shields drawn, to their surprise 3 men laid on the ground all of them zip tied, their weapons were laying off to the side in a pile. Swat moved further to a small room as they opened the door the two hostages sat there unharmed while another man slouched over zip tied to a pipe.

* * *

The Wraith stood a good few blocks away, watching the cops haul out the 4 gunmen from the warehouse. A good two hours had passed and it was about time he wrapped up before sunrise.

“Ise, anything else going on before I wrap up for the night?” the wraith said into his two way radio.

‘I've got nothing but what you stopped over any of the local police chatter, I guess we can call it a-” before Ise could finish a loud noise came from his laptop stopping him entirely from his thought.

“This alert is being issued by The National Weather Service,  a tornado warning is in effect for the city of Atalantica. An F5 tornado is expected to form over the center of the city. All residents are required to take shelter immediately from the storm. this alert has been issued by The National Weather Service.” said the voice out of Ise’s computer.

About ten seconds later the storm sirens could be heard around the city.

“Where the hell did this come from!? This city is nowhere near capable of supporting a tornado, especially one of that magnitude!” said Ise clearly confused.

“Are you for real?” Asked the Wraith.

“Absolutely! This came out of nowhere, it just appeared from the north wickedly quick and now is heading this way, scientifically this should not be possible!” Ise was starting to get a bit worried.

“Alright, get you and your family to a shelter or if at all else make your way to the cavern you should be safe there, looks like I’m gonna be pulling over time today.” said the Wraith.

“But what about you?” inquired Ise.

“I'll keep in contact with you, don't worry.” replied the wraith.

“Stay safe out there!” said Ise.

“I will do my best!” the wraith assured to Ise over the radio.

* * *

The Wraith Carefully kept a close eye on the city while flying around in the Night Wing, everyone at least from afar seemed to be all rushing into either a storm shelter or hunkered down inside their home barricading it however they could. 

"The winds are pretty nasty out there, are you sure your fine with flying the Night wing in this weather?" Ise said expressing his worry over the two way radio.

"its fine, so far everyone seems to be either hunkering down from the storm or seeking shelter however they can, and besides the moment I feel I can head back to the cavern, I'll initiate lock down protocol." Wraith said to Ise over the radio.

"If you say so..." Ise said still not quite sure about the whole situation.

"Are you getting anything through local chatter?" The Wraith asked.

"so far nothing but...." Ise said but stopped.

"but what?" The Wraith responded back, unsure if the radio cut out or he stuttered over something.

"I have an SOS signal coming through, patching you into the transmission now!" Ise said not skipping a beat!

"This is the fishing Vessel Oscar Mike, our engine has blown and we are currently stranded in the middle of this storm, we need immediate assistance!" 

"Get me the GPS coordinates to that distress signal ASAP!" the wraith called out over the radio!

"Done!" Ise said as he directed the location of the SOS over to the Night Wing!

"Thanks Ise, on my way now over and out!"

* * *

"Captain, I don't think our message got through the storm must be blocking our signal!" the navigator working the radio called out.

"Keep broadcasting till we get a response back, I don't need to remind you how bad a situation were currently in now!" The ship captain said back to the navigator working the radio.

The ship captain, had been at sea for many years and never in his life had he been in such a bizarre and violent storm such as this one. It wasn't to say that he was never in a storm while at sea he manage to keep his boat afloat while his ship was being passed over by hurricane Sandy. However this storm was far different never had he heard of a storm that materialized that quickly not to mention the time it took the storm to hit the city was mind boggling in it of itself. Not soon after did the nation weather service put out a warning did the storm hit the city like rocket rig on wheels.  something that should have taken an hour to hit the city took less than ten minutes which would scare any man shit less.

The captain of the vessel stared into the storm in both intrigue and fear, trying to think in what situation any of what he was witnessing would be remotely possible. It wasn't until the navigator called out to him again that it brought him out of his thoughts.

"CAPTAIN WE'VE GOT SOMETHING ON RADAR COMING TO US I THINK THEY HEARD OUR SOS!"

The captain looked around through the glass of the cabin on the ship looking for any boat near by but saw nothing.

"what direction?" the captain yelled.

"Directly south of us, should be visible from our starboard side" the navigator yelled over to the captain.

The captain opened the door of the cabin to the outside holding onto his hat as for it not to be lost to the wind. He looked around but no sign of any kind of boat however the roar of what sounded like a jet engine caught his ear.

Are the coastguard coming for us when did they get jet planes for sea rescue, the captain thought to himself. 

The captain looked around for anything orange and white but there was nothing he could see in the sky or sea but the roar got louder as it got closer. For a brief second the captain could have swore he saw it but it did not look anything like a coastgaurd rescue craft almost looked millitary but was hard to get a good look at it due to how dark the storm made things appear. The craft approached just over the ship probably ten or twelve feet in the air then something fell from it also dark in color before the captain could get a good look at it.... It stood up and looked at him he was scared at first but then relieased who or rather what he was looking at.

Is that the wraith I've heard about on tv, the captain thought to himself.

Before the captain could say anything the wraith beat him to it and spoke first.

"you and your crew hunker down I'm getting you out of here!"

without skipping a beat the captain replied with an "OK" then heading back to the cabin.

* * *

The wraith went to work as quick as he could firing a line from his cross bow launcher and having the Night Wing latch onto the rope with its hook attachment. The Wraith made for the bow of the ship and tied the rope tightly around one of the hand railings the only way for him to get all of these people to safety was going to have to be using the Night Wing to drag the ship through the storm and into the harbor the wraith activated the ships remote function and set it to the predetermined point this wasn't going to be easy for the craft due to how much turbulence it would have to deal with.

"Ise are you still there?" The wraith said over his com link.

"yeah whats up?" Ise said back.

"getting this ship back to safety is becoming more difficult then originally anticipated can you take over controls for the Night Wing?" the wraith asked.

"gotcha, hold onto something!" Ise responded

The wraith grabbed onto the nearby rail and held on as the night wing began pulling the ship.

It was a bit more forceful then he thought it be but it was getting the job done. It wasn't much longer till the Night wing was less than a mile away from the port the wraith went to work getting the line he had tied around the handrail and began untying it. As the boat came up on the harbor the wraith pounded on the cabin door to the captain.

"You're in the docks now, get out of here and to safety!" The wraith called out to the captain in which the captain responded back with a simple salute.

Now the wraith was able to jump ship while the getting was good.

"ise I'm taking over control go ahead and sign off." The Wraith.

"I copy get out of there while you still can!" ise said with relief.

"on my way now!" the wraith replied.

The wraith engaged the the horizontal flight mode and flew off back into the direction of the cavern or in short his base of operations, which used to be an old bomb shelter dating back to world war two.

As the wraith made his way around the city and south towards the caverns cave entrance a panicked ise scream over the com system.

"WRAITH GET OUT OF THERE, A TORNADO FORMING RIGHT ABOVE YOU!"

"Taking evasive maneuvers!" the wraith said working the flight controls trying to fly opposite of the tornado but strangely enough the tornado began to follow the craft. This took everything he knew about meteorology and tossed it out the window, this storm was not natural. This was being controlled but how, and by who?

"Wraith whats going on over there?" Ise said over the com system.

"This twister is on my ass, I can't shake it, the storm is cashing me!" The wraith said trying to stay focused and fly while talking to ise.

"Did you just say the storm is chasing you?" Ise said confused.

"Yes nothing about this storm is natural, this is textbook paranormal what I fighting to get away from!"

"Make a straight shot for the cavern its your only way out of there, I've got lock down protocol ready on your mark." ise said over the com link. 

"roger making a break for the cavern." The wraith responded back.

However this storm seemed to know what he was up to. The tornado while fully formed began to try and flank the aircraft then it began to do something that really began to astound the wraith.

The base of the tornado left the water and instead began to curve itself in the direction of the aircraft. The wraith as best as he could pulled the ship up and tried to flip the night wing away from the tornado, but it was no good. The tornado had gotten close enough for its winds to become better effective in pulling in the aircraft into its funnel.

The wraith flipped a switch to turn on the afterburners but that did little to nothing to bring any further away from the storm 

"diverting all available power to the main thruster." the Wraith said to no one in particular.

"wra wha oing n" called ise over the com link but distorted due to the storm.

"Ise this storm has a hold of me I cant make it to the cavern I'll turn on the ship's black box once I make landfall"

"I don under yo brea up." Ise called over the comlink.

The wraith looked behind him and he saw that he was getting closer and closer to the tornado and before he knew what hit him he was sucked inside and blacked out...

* * *

“ugh…..”

The Wraith came too, he felt around his surroundings and realized he was still in his aircraft's cockpit, only it was dark. This was an unusual circumstance since the cockpit had interior lights that should have kicked in by now.

“What happened...” he grunted.

It was then he remembered the storm and the tornado that sucked him inside. It could be possible that the plane was struck by lightning and it knocked the power off, or worst case scenario the circuits were fried. He wouldn't know until he exited the plane so he reached around the cockpit until he felt a familiar lever. It was the emergency release lever. Pulling it towards himself the canopy opened and he exited the plane.  

As he exited a stray drop of water fell in front of him and hit the ground, and the sound echoed around him.

“Where the hell am I?” 

He decided to turn his night vision on. He felt around the grooves of his mask till he felt a faint button on his right side. When the night vision was activated he found that he was in a cave. Looking around he saw he could go in two directions but it was hard to tell which direction was the way out, or which one went deeper into the cave. 

There was one way he could determine which way was the right way, in his aircraft’s storage was a device meant for mapping caves such as this. He turned off his night vision and  pulled out a small flashlight from his belt and made his way over to his plane. He flashed the light around the cockpit until he found it and grabbed it.

This device was a sonic sound wave mapper and what it did was shoot sound waves around an enclosed area. When it would do that the sound waves would bounce back to the device and map that area however far it was. The wraith aimed the device in the direction his plane was facing. There is a downside to using this device, if there were any bats in this cave they would go in a sense, ‘batty’ no pun intended. 

The wraith pushed a button and fired off the device. After about a minute later, the results came back. The device indicated the cave went on further in that direction. The Wraith turned around and then fired off the device again and after another ten minutes the result came back that the cave opened up in that direction. With that said the wraith left a tracking beacon in the cockpit of his aircraft for him to come back to. It would be easier to fix his aircraft once he knew where he was.

About half a mile later the wraith came to the end of the cave. He could see several trees from the base of the cave opening to far off into the distance. He looked above and he could see a giant rock formation right above him or so he thought seeming to be attached to something above, curious he grabbed his miniature cross bow launcher, loaded the arrow with the cable attached to it and fired above him. Once the arrow latched onto a part of the rock he activated the lift function.

before he made it to the top of the so called rock formation the Wraith took a second look and realized that it wasn't just one rock at all, it was a series of structures holding something big above it.

As soon as he made it to the top he could make out some buildings and what looked like a castle. 

Did that tornado toss me all the way to Norway? He questioned himself.

However there seemed to be a wall Around the town and castle, thinking nothing of it he wasted no time getting over said wall.

When he made it over he dropped into a small dead end alleyway, he still had no idea where he was but he knew once he found a building tall enough he could get a general idea. Running through the alleyway and looking around questions started running through his mind,questions he hoped would be answered once he found some high ground. When he found a building that suited his needs he again fired the arrow and latched onto the top of the building and stood atop it. When he got the chance to see the world around him he was stunned to say the least. What ever happened in that storm began to raise more questions, than answers. He decided to try his radio to see if he could get Ise to help him out.

“Ise, it's the wraith, you there?" He said expecting to hear back.

Nothing but static greeted him. He decided to try again.

“Isaac come in, I could really use your help right now!” He said starting to get worried.

Something was up and he knew it, so he decided to look around more. The city was barren and come to think of it, rather old looking like medieval style old, and maybe a touch celtic. There wasn't much to see other than the dark buildings and empty streets. Then he looked up and saw several stars in the sky, which gave him an Idea! 

There was another device he could try out, however this would be the first time it would be tested in the field.  So there was a risk, but at this point he had exhausted all options of figuring out where he was, so it was either this, or nothing!

"GhOSt, activate SID assistant, alpha phase one!" The wraith said into his mask.

"Command received, and confirmed!" the device stated back.

"Booting up SID assistant!" the device announced!

SID had three different ways it was supposed to be used, the first was to enhance how the wraith would respond to a situation by updating the base heads up display; or hud for short, actively to keep him on his toes. This was referred to as the Strategic Interface Display! 

the second variation was to catalog every fight the wraith came up on, by recording the movements of his opponents he had faced in the past, and saved them to be used and applied to future fights, using a unique algorithm that Isaac came up with himself. This was referred to as the Situational Information Database.

The last one was another good concept, if there was ever a situation where the wraith had found himself far away from Atlantica, this variation had the entire catalogued star charts seen around earth, with every season taken into account, to help him find his way back home, however far it was. However the only difference with how this was referred to is, that it was SID, but spelled backwards like this, Dedicated Internal Star map!It had other uses too but there where only so many names you could use with sid or dis, but those were the main three!

The one thing that gave the Wraith a small amount of hope is that the program was self correcting, if there was a time that SID gave out faulty information, all you would need to do is issue a voice command and correct the faulty info and after that, it wouldn't happen again.

"SID program active!" The program said into his ear piece.

it was currently still night time and there were plenty of stars out, that should be able to help pin point his current location on earth!

"scan current star formations, requesting current location!" The wraith stated to the device!

"Scanning!" the program responded.

hopefully this would be his ticket to finding his way home, however the device responded back faster than anticipated.

"Scan complete!" the program announced.

"Current star formations do not match any known constellations on file, as of june twenty eight teen!" the program concluded.

"what?" he said dumbstruck.

he knocked some sense back into himself!

Alright fine, the device stated that the stars don't make a lick of sense, so there's no use sitting up here like an idiot! My best option now is to explore some more! The wraith thought!

This was confusing as hell to him but he noticed the castle up ahead, and that castle had lights on. Shaking his confusion away he concluded he ought to make his way over there because lights had to mean life was there. Jumping from rooftop to rooftop, he became close enough to see what those silhouettes were, However as he made it close enough to make them out clearly, utter confusion hit him like a brick.

"are those..." he said having a hard time forming the word.

"Elves?" he said dumbfounded.

However before he could analyze what was going on, the sound of a female scream filled the air which promptly got him out of his daze to refocus.

I better find out where that is coming from.

* * *

"What is a Damned Dirty Demi doing here, she should know better!" said one elf.

"such filth, is not welcome in this city!" Said another.

A demi human by the name of Melody was pinned to the wall by one of three elves, who had followed her from the train station.

"Let me go, I came here to ask for help!" she yelled with a mix of fear and frustration!

"the filth do not deserve anything here!"

the elves then pulled her from the wall and onto the ground.

"There where you belong, on the ground below our feet!" they all chuckled.

we will help you with one thing though, we'll toss your corpse out of the city once we're done with it!" all of them got a chuckle out of this!

as one of the elves began to raise his fist!

"No!"

"No, Please don't!"

"Stop!"

"Someone please help me!" Melody cried out in vain, However she knew that no one would answer her call.

This is it, Amber where ever you are, I'm sorry I couldn't find you in time! she thought to herself thinking this was her last moment!

Melody closed her eyes waiting for the beating but before the elf could punch her-

A strange sound emitted from behind the elves and across the alley, as the elf went to deliver the first blow his armed stopped before he could bring it down. Surprised at what grabbed him he looked at his right arm, there wrapped around it was something that resembled a rope. 

However, before he could get a better look at it, the rope began to pull him instead with a force. The elf tried to fight it but to no avail, this led him to start screaming in panic as he was being dragged from his right arm on the ground until he was at the edge of the alleyway, where the darkness consumed him and then, silence...

one foot step came, then another, a sense of dread and fear could be felt by the two elves, including Melody who felt a little uneasy at the time!

the footsteps stopped, and there came a voice.

"I believe the lady  said stop , you best listen to her unless you want to face the same fate your friend did over there!" came a voice from the shadows.

"who are you??" said one of the trembling elves.

"I am the ghost of the night, called the Wraith, now let her go!"

as they stood there two glowing and glaring white eyes materialized from the darkness.

"this is your third and final warning Let Her Go!"

one elf stood up feeling a sense of courage overrun him, he charged directly at the shadow in question, he lowered his left arm to deliver a running gut punch however, when his fist made contact with the wraith, there was a noticeable crack sound, which resulted in the elf screaming in pain while clutching his hand.

the Wraith looked at him his white eyes forming a scowl!

"wrong move, now you get to take a nap!" as the Wraith sucker Punched the elf into unconsciousness!

the only elf left, looked at his friend on the ground and then at the wraith as it approached them!

"you wanna be next?" the Wraith asked

"I give up I give up I give up!" he pleaded!

The Wraith stepped aside opening the alley!

the elf thinking he was sincere began to make a mad dash out of the alleyway, but before he could leave the walls the wraith snagged him by his shoulder!

"before you go, I need you to do me a favor!" the Wraith demanded!

"Anything anything!" the elf said utter terror in his eyes!

"I don't know you, and you don't know me, however, if I bump into you or any of your friends doing this again, there will be nowhere you can hide where I cant find you , be sure to tell your friends  that too, do I make myself clear!" the wraith making sure his message got through to him!

"Crystal!" he said with shaking hands.

"Now beat it, before I change my mind!" The wraith pushed the thug towards the wall and he fell and got up and ran away screaming like his life depended on it!

"Are you okay mam?" the wraith inquired!

"Please leave me alone, I haven't done anything wrong to anyone...." melody said terrified!

The demi human at the time had her arms crossing over her face in complete and utter terror, only to find the Wraith to grab hold of her right hand. She thought at that moment to scream but held back. There was something about how he was pulling her up, it wasn't violent by any means, it actually felt like he was holding back and was genuinely trying to help her up, which confused her!

"Do not be afraid, I am not here to hurt you, only to send a message to thugs like him!" the wraith pointed with his thumb at the elf who tried to punch him on the ground still unconscious!

"Why did you help me?" Melody asked hesitantly.

"Simply put, its what I do." The wraith responded.

"Why me, no one here has ever treated me any differently, other than you, well except a few. " melody stated looking away not sure of what to think.

"Allow me to explain then, those who prey on the weak, who hold them face down to the ground and stand over them triumphantly, like they're some better person. When instead they themselves are weak, and do not want others to see them that way. If they wanted to show a true feat of strength then they should take on some one stronger than them, or better yet pick on someone their own size. When the strong cross the line of preying on the weak, that is where I intervene! " The wraith finished.

"What are you?" melody asked out of wonder.

"I am not sure you would, understand what I am. " The wraith responded.

"Are you an elf?" melody asked.

"No." The wraith answered.

"Then what?" melody asked trying to narrow it down.

"Does the term human sound familiar." The wraith said trying to answer her.

"Like demi human?" melody responded, clearly not knowing what a human was. 

"Just human." the wraith stated.

"I don't think I have heard of just human before." Melody stated slightly confused.

"Regardless, I need you to answer a couple questions of my own." The wraith requested.

"I'll try." Melody responded.

"first, where am I? " The Wraith asked.

"This is the golden empire, one of the four empires that govern the land of Vandarria."

The wraith took a few moments to process the answer and then began again!

"second what is today's date?" The wraith inquired.

"It's june the twenty first and its the year two thousand and eighteen!"

So the calender system is the same, well that suits me just fine. The Wraith thought to himself.

"Thanks for the information, I will go ahead and be on my way!" The wraith stated making his way out of the alley.

Melody deciding to take a leap of faith stepped forward to try and talk to the Wraith One more time before he could leave.

"Wait!" Melody blurted out.

The wraith paused for a moment, almost as if it was willing to listen to what she had to say. 

"what?" he asked.

"Thank you for your help, I really appreciate what you did to save me from those elves. I'd hate to be a burden and ask for a second favor, but I feel as if I have no other choice. You see my little sister, Amber has been missing for the past three weeks. I have looked all over the village for her but I could find no trace of her."

"I heard word of slavers being in town at the time."

"I hope that is not what became of her but that is why I was here in the first place, to talk to princess Gina." 

"She has the authority and ability to hunt them down, that and Her and I are secret friends." 

"She was supposed to meet me at the train station but instead I was met by those thugs and chased into this alley!" Melody finished!

the wraith turned back around and looked at her, the situation caught his interest. 

Hmm, something about her story rubs me the wrong way, not that she could be lying to me which I know she isn't, more so this sounds way too convenient for my liking, this whole deal wreaks of a setup and if that is the case, the princess may be in danger!

"Tell me how did you speak to each other." The Wraith asked.

"We wrote letters to each other, like yesterday I received a letter telling me to meet up at the station with her!" Melody replied.

"do you have the letter with you?" The Wraith asked.

"yes, here you go." Melody replied back handing him the letter.

the wraith looked over the letter carefully...

This is written in latin, whats even more strange is she spoke to me in perfect english, which doesn't make a lick of sense. However, back to business, if I could find another letter that I could compare the handwriting to then I'd have something. I know in my gut this is a set up but I cant go on gut instinct alone I need more concrete proof, then I can act!

"Alright, I will look into your sister's disappearance however, something just as important has come up!" The wraith said.

"What?" Melody asked.

"Princess Gina may be in danger, if she was not going to meet you at the train station, then where would she be at this time?" The Wraith asked.

"you think someone is trying to kill her, that cant be she is an elf, like they are!" Melody said in disbelief.

"Not everything is as it seems, why would they want you out of the picture if you were nothing to them?" 

"I'm not sure where you're from, but elven nobles hate Demi humans here, which is why we are only safe in Golden Bay Village  with the rest of the Demi humans!"

"Then why three of them, if this was another hate crime as you say, then why is there need for three of them, when one is more than capable of holding you down." 

"On top of that, why would that guy over there rush at what he was visibly afraid of?" 

"Lastly how did they know to meet you at the station instead of Gina?"

"This is sounding less like a hate crime and more so like they were following someone's orders." the wraith explained.

"you know, now that you mention it that does seem odd!" Melody said as she thought more on it!

A gust of wind blew into the alleyway, and as if on cue a small letter came out of the pocket of the noblemen on the ground. This happened to catch the eye of The Wraith which he ran over to and grabbed it. The letter it self was already opened but had originally had a wax seal to close it, and the letters G.C.P. on said seal.

The wraith looked over the letter 

"This letter confirms my suspicion, it was a set up!"

"Really?" Melody said amazed!

"do me a favor and hold on to this letter!" the wraith asked!

"Oh no you don't, you are not going to leave me here after what I went through, I am coming with you!" Melody Demanded!

"Its too dangerous!" the Wraith Argued!

"Its just as dangerous for me to be alone on these streets, not only that but I..." Melody hesitated.

"I made her a promise that I would be there for her when she had no one else, and to have her back if no one else would!"

that seem to catch the wraith off guard, in a way he was moved by her words.

Hmph reminds me of the pledge that Isaac and I made when we were young, to eachother makes me wonder how hes doing in my absence.

"Alright fine you have a point but stay out of sight, I will handle whatever comes Gina's way, then you hand her the letter do we have a deal?"

"Yes!" Melody agreed!

"grab onto me!" The Wraith commanded!

"excuse me?" Melody asked out of confusion.

"Just do it!" the Wraith motioned.

Melody cautiously wrapped her arms around the Wraith. The Wraith himself grabbed onto his miniaturized crossbow launcher and the pulled from his back a arrow with a cord attached to it! then with his left hand made sure he had a firm hold on Melody. which caused Melody to blush a little but she shook it off!

"I'll ask again where would Gina be?" the wraith asked.

"She would be on her way to her room, its the only balcony that faces the north of the castle!" Melody answered!

"quick question, whats your name?" The Wraith asked.

"Melody!" she answered!

"hold on then, Melody!" the Wraith said to Melody.

The Wraith fired the crossbow and the arrow flew over and hit the castle wall.

"Rappel!" the wraith said.

"what?" Melody asked.

However Melody would have her question answered as both of them flew into the air and towards the castle!

* * *

It was quiet to say the least, the hallways were barren with not a soul to be found, until the sound of two foot steps could be heard. The clang of knights armor and the clack of high heels.

"Are you sure we haven't received another letter from her?" one voice asked.

"Positive Your majesty, nothing after this morning!" replied the other voice.

"Gus, you don't have to speak so formally around me, Didn't I tell you that You're like an older brother to me, so address me as if it were so."

"Alright Gina, as you wish." Gus said petting Gina on her head.

"Do you think she could be in trouble?" Gina asked Gus.

"I don't know Gina, but this doesn't sit right with me!" Gus replied.

"alright first thing tomorrow hop on the bronze liner express to golden bay village to check up on her!" Gina requested.

"as you wish your majesty!"Gus responded!

"Gus... your tongue is starting to slip again!"  Gina said waving her finger!

"My apologies , that's going to be something I will have to get used to." gus sighed.

the pair continued to walk down the long corridor of hallways until they came to the spiral stair case.

"Out of the whole castle, this is the one part I hate!" Gus muttered.

"why, because it goes to my room?" Gina joked.

"No, its the stairs I cant stand!" gus complained.

"Come on gus, no fair maiden wants to date a flabby knight!" Gina teased.

Gus stuck his tongue out, to which Gina promptly returned the gesture, which got Gus flustered, and made Gina laugh!
Gus didn't hold it against her, if you were to get to know her like Gus did, you would see she was one of the sweetest elves you could ever meet, and you sometimes would forget she was a princess.

Unlike most nobles in the kingdom, she tries to create a friendly relationship with the demi humans of Golden Bay Village. To boot even have some of them employed to work in, and around the castle. To say she was open minded would be an understatement, she loved all the different Ideas that they brought to the table, and yes that included food she was a sucker for sweets. Ever since Gina Met Melody that fateful night, a fire was set to her heart. 

She made it her duty to make sure all demi humans were treated fairly, both in and out of the kingdom. She has fought long and hard to maintain a peaceful and friendly relationship with the demi humans. When nobles would like nothing more than to demolish the village and build on top of it, while running all the demi humans out of town! Which is something she has stopped multiple times when brought up on the royal court.

As both of them came near to the end point of the spiral stair case, Gina stopped to take a breath and looked behind her to see a huffing and puffing gus slowly following her.

"You keep this up I'll have you do laps up and down these stairs till your not huffing and puffing anymore!" Gina Joked.

"shut up!" Gus retorted.

Gina laughed.

While they were enjoying each others company a audible crash could be heard coming from Gina's room, which Gus heard and he immediately snapped into action as he dashed towards her door.

Gina thinking nothing of it and completely oblivious to what was going on, decided to joke again.

"There you go gus that's the spirit!" Gina joked.

"Not now Gina!" gus responded in a serious tone.

this got Gina's attention, to which she responded.

"whats going on?"

Gus put his ear on the door and could hear what sounded like muffled voices behind the door, and then quietly he responded back to her!

"I think there is someone inside your room!"

"Be careful Gus!" gina said with a bit of worry in her voice.

gus slowly opened the door and he reached for his sword on his right side and slowly and carefully made his way inside when he was met with a bit of a surprise!

"No one tries to hurt my Gina and gets away with it!"

"Melody, what are you doing here?" Gus said dumbfounded 

Melody looked at gus and responded.

"Oh hey gus I am just sitting around waiting for Gina, also watch your step!"

Gus not understanding what was going on made his way inside when his foot made contact with a snake dagger, he picked it up and saw that venom was still on the blade. 

"This scum bag here was trying to kill Gina!" Melody said with her foot on the cloaked figure.

gus walked over to the figure and removed the hood.

"Oh my, that's Kade Ross!" came a voice from the doorway.

"Gina is that you?" Melody called.

"who else would it be Mel?" gina said as she opened the door fully!

both the girls ran and embraced each other.

"what are you doing here, Melody?" Gina asked.

"well I followed what you told me to do in the letter you sent me!" melody responded.

"what letter?" Gina said confused.

"this one!" melody said handing over the letter in question.

Gina looked over the letter that was handed to her and realized it wasn't her hand writing!

"I never sent you this letter!" Gina said confused.

"then he was telling the truth then!" Melody blurted out.

"who was telling the truth?" Gina asked.

"The......" Melody said looking around.

"where did he go, he was here a moment ago?" Melody said confused.

"who?" Gina asked again.

"He called himself The Wraith, he saved me from being killed in an alley way, and put a stop to that kade guy there, before he could kill you!"  Melody explained.

"Really, what was he like?" Gina asked fascinated.

"He was tall and clothed in dark armor, as hard as stone and he had two glowing white eyes!" Melody explained.

"So tall, dark, and handsome!" Gina said trying to visualize him herself!

"Are you sure that you didn't imagine all of this, when you were little you had quite the imagination." Gus stated thinking this was too far fetched to be true!

Melody tilted her head to the side and looked at gus.

"You think I knocked him out myself the only thing I did was was kick him when you two arrived..." Melody explained

"If you don't believe me then look at whats his names wrists, he called it a zip tie." Melody pointed at Kade.

sure enough gus moved up the sleeves of the cloak and there was something indeed there!

"what is this?" gus said amazed.

"he called it a zip tie like I said before." Melody clarified.

"what is a zip tie?" Gina asked fascinated by the almost see through object before her.

"He said that it was tough enough to keep someone from breaking them with their strength, but easy enough to cut through with something like a sword!" Melody explained.

then all of a sudden Melody reached around her person until she pulled out a letter!

"oh, I almost forgot he told me to hand you this letter, he found it on one of the Nobles that tried to kill me!" Melody held out the letter.

Gus grabbed the letter and looked over it.

"G.C.P I know that some how, but I cant quite remember where I know that from!" gus said puzzled.

"well given what we know now, it would be wise if you'd stay the night in the castle to keep you safe!" Gina stated.

"Probably the best course of action, I'm going to get some more guards up here to throw this dirt bag into the dungeon, its also probably a good Idea if both of you sleep in here tonight!" gus stated.

"Are you sure, I don't want to impose..." Melody stated

"well at least we can hold that sleepover you proposed to me sometime ago." Gina responded.

"I was eight when I said that." Melody sighed.

"well better late then never." Gina joked nudging Melody with her elbow.

"I'll be back up to keep an eye on you two!" Gus said as he made his way down the stairs.

"so while gus is fetching the guard, can you tell me anything else about this wraith fellow?" Gina inquired.

"well, I will try to explain my first encounter with him as best I can!" melody began.

* * *

Meanwhile just outside Gina's bedroom!

The wraith stood nearby the balcony to Gina's bedroom, making sure that Melody was safe and that the wrong Idea wasn't made instead, but melody handled herself well!

Good with Melody safe I can start making my way back to the Night wing! The wraith thought.

He made sure he went back the way he came, and hopped from roof to roof while also making sure he wasn't seen. 

As he made it to the edge of the castle town he checked to see if the beacon he left behind was still transmitting, which sure enough it was. After a good ten minutes he was back in the cave that he walked out of. Once there he made his way back to his jet and closed the canopy. There wasn't much else he could do other than get comfortable and fall asleep. He knew he'd regret doing this later but that was a problem for him to deal with tomorrow, all was quiet as he closed his eyes and fell asleep until a voice called out to him!

"James......."