Celestia's sun just broke over the horizon as Adomia woke up, his body full of bandaged wounds, and his wings in a temporary splint. Wow, what a night, I looked over at Twilight to see her still sleeping peacefully, a smile crept onto my face, and the memories of last night all came back to me, Oh yeah, our confession.

Looking outside I could see that it was barely dawn, Looks like I got up a little too early… Meh, I'll just make some breakfast for the two of us, maybe some eggs or something.

Making sure I had my Hidden Blade on my right foreleg, I quietly trotted my way out of the room, making sure not to wake up a certain sleeping egghead, and went downstairs to a small kitchen off in another room.

As I was cooking Fluttershy decided to interrupt the peace that had taken hold of my mind, "Your… making… eggs" She said in a shy tone.

Um… Yes, I am, is there something wrong with that? I questioned in return.

"Something wrong with that?" She started soft, then her voice grew very loud, "OF COURSE THERES SOMETHING WRONG WITH IT! YOUR LITERALLY COOKING WHAT COULD'VE BEEN A NEWBORN CHICK! HOW DARE YOU!!"

I was shocked at her sudden hostility, "Now just wait a second, let me remind you something Fluttershy, you are in MY body, in MY life, and has probably caused loads of confusion, and while I greatly appreciate you for keeping me alive, I don't believe I need a spirit yelling at me what I can and cannot eat. Got it?"

I could still feel Fluttershy's rage, but she remained silent, and went back to another part of my conscience. I heard Twilight's hoofsteps coming in from behind me, and heard her voice as she entered the kitchen, "What in the wide world of Equestria is all the yelling about?"

"Sorry Twilight, just a little… Spirit trouble, I hope I didn't wake you up." I growled, not so much at her, but at Fluttershy.

She trotted over to me and nuzzled me lovingly, then she saw what I was making and an amused look crept on her face, "Making eggs? That's probably the reason Fluttershy is… upset."

"I guess due to her being a caretaker for animals, she was an, 'all life is sacred' type of pony. However…"

I put the finished eggs onto two plates, and placed them on the table. "Last time I checked, I'm not Fluttershy, she's just part of me, and luckily her eating habits aren't part of me."

I sat down at the table, along with Twilight, and started to eat. The warm eggs combined with some Apple Cider made a perfect breakfast for me, looking over at Twilight; I see her taking VERY small bites. "You know, you don't have to eat so tiny to look all lady-like Twilight, it's morning, and we both had a murderous night. I would think you would be starving after that."

"I-I-I know that!" She stammered, and a sad and confused look spread on her face.

There were a few minutes of silence, and Twilight was still eating slow "Something wrong Twilight? It's the eggs, isn't it?"

"No, it's not that. It's just… what happened last night, about Trixie. She… was unstoppable; it was scary to say the least. Her magic was nowhere NEAR that strong last time we met. Every spell I cast she just absorbed, or blocked, she out maneuvered me on every turn." She looked up at me, "What could've given her that power?"

"I can only make accusations, but it probably has something to do with the ponies with the 'crescent moon through dagger' brand on their flank. This seems to become more and more apparent in these recent contracts, I fear that the people will find out, and hysteria will ensue. I don't know… But maybe Celestia does." I thought about what I had to do for the day,

"I'm going to go check on Rainbow Dash, and make sure she's OK, and then see if I can get to Canterlot to speak with the princess. You can join me if you want."

Twilight thought about for a moment then said, "Sorry, but I have other business I have to attended to, otherwise I would be happy to join you. I have to rehearse for the Hearths Warming Eve performance in Canterlot almost all day." She paused for a second and looked at me, "I suppose you don't know what that is?"

This comment irritated me a bit, "Now just wait a second! Just because Luna basically raised me, doesn't mean that I don't know what Hearths Warming Eve is!"

"Oh?" She replied with an amused grin, "Would you mind telling me what it is then?"

"Gladly" I said matter-o-factly, "Hearths Warming Eve was the night when pegasi, unicorns, and earth ponies all learned to get along and trust each other, after being trapped in a cave by spirits driven by hate. They learned that even though they may be a little bit different, they are indeed ponies. Who have been fighting for far too long."

Twilight nodded her head, "And Princess Celestia chose the five of us to partake in the reenactment, its tradition."

I shook my head briefly and remembered Twilight's wounds as well, "How are you holding up anyway?" She didn't look too bad, and looked way better than last night. Most of the burns were just minor red spots, and her cuts were looking much more miniscule.

"Fine actually, I managed to heal myself a bit before you started to yell out loud, being a unicorn does have it's perks."

I suppose it does...
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After I left the library home, and as I started to trot around outside my pegasus instincts told me that it was going to snow soon.

Checking out the construction site I could see around four ponies working on finishing the house. One of them trotted up to me, "Greetings, Adomia Fetter, I'm one of Celestia's hoof picked architects to build your house, and don't worry Celestia has informed me of… a special addition to your home."

The pony's voice had gave a strong sense of authority, and that only made me trust him even more. "Well then, inform me" I replied

"Inside your home you will indeed find a trapdoor, this door can only be opened by the same combination used to enter the Canterlot library archive. Inside will be a storage area for anything you need to keep out of plain sight, as well as a tunnel leading directly to Celestia's castle in Canterlot." He put a hoof to his head as if to remember something, "That's all that there is in the way of… special architecture. But this is one of the most basic homes in Ponyville, two bathrooms the bathroom on top having a shower, two bedrooms, both upstairs, one kitchen, and one general living space. All of it should be completed by tonight, if not early tomorrow morning."

"Sounds good then," I replied, "I will leave everything to you."
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After stopping at store and picking up some actual bandages and some disinfectant I arrived at Rainbow Dash's cloud home. As I looked up at the home and face hoofed as I realized, Ugh! Wings are still sprained! How the heck am I supposed to fly up there!

I hollered for Rainbow Dash for about five minutes, and found myself getting nowhere. I was about ready to head back to Twilight's, grab my crossbow, and start shooting black spikes into her home, but I heard the sound of wings fluttering like a motor.

towards the sound I saw a young orange coated filly with a rich maroon mane and tail with a light purple bike helmet on. She was riding a scooter, using her wings as propulsion, and heading right toward me!

Crash!

We both hit the ground with a thud, and I felt some of my wounds reopen. I stood up and shook my head trying to get all my senses readjusted. I looked over to the orange filly and asked, "Hey, you Okay?"

She stood up and replied, "Yeah I'm fine, sorry about that mister."

I smiled a bit and said, "It's quite alright, no real harm done. Why were you in such a hurry anyway?"

"I was on my way to a meeting for the 'Black Wind' fan club. I guess my cloak fell off when we crashed,"

Looking on the ground I did see a familiar looking charcoal cloak, hood and everything, The 'Black Wind'? I've never heard of that, Fluttershy have you?

"Nope, I don't think so."

"Excuse me; if you mind me asking, what is the 'Black Wind' fan club?" I asked as curious as I could.

"You've never heard of him!" She exclaimed shockingly, "He's only the most awesome crime fighter in Equestria, almost as good as the Mysterious Mare Do Well when he/she was around. He saved Vinyl Scratch at her first big concert! I'm sure you've seen the paper article."

I immediately tensed up, Oh Celestia they're on to me! Alright Adomia just calm down… I took a deep breath and calmed my nerves

"No I haven't, I've been… out of town recently and haven't had a chance to see this paper article." I replied smoothly.

"Well here!" She handed me a newspaper, I gave her a confused look and she said, "I always keep it with me during meetings, it's a leader thing."

I opened it up and it read;

The Black Wind Strikes Again!
Earlier last night during rising artist Vinyl Scratch's concert a pony was killed on top of the rails near the roof of the stadium. Its corpse was seen falling off and slamming into the seats just below. The only other pony on the beams was one standing there bow on his hoof. The whole concert went into hysteria, and after everything was settled down investigators found two more bodies, both had strange looking black spikes impaled in them which caused their death. Ponies who have heard of this murder realized it was in good intentions, after investigators found other bows near the three ponies that were killed. They have hypothesized that these three were attempting to kill Vinyl Scratch, and her sister Octavia. Ponies are now called this killer, the Black Wind, for they say "He moves quicker than the wind, and his cloak is black as night." –Anonymous Pony.

Well this isn't as bad as I thought it would be, ponies are finally realizing that I'm doing good things for the community. I thought, while an amused look spread on my face.

"Isn't it amazing?" the filly asked when I finished.

I was trying hard not to start bursting out laughing out of sheer amusement, "Yes, it would seem so." I managed.

She gave me a confused look, "Why are you acting so weird all of a sudden mister?"

I managed to finally calm down and reply smoothly, "It's nothing really." I remembered why I was here and asked her, "Hey do you mind helping me with something?"

"Sure, I have a little bit of time, what do you need mister?" she said as a look of determination settled in her eyes.

"I see you're a pegasus like me, and I was stopping by Rainbow Dash's to give her something, but as you can see," I wiggled my splinted wings to emphasize what I was trying to say, "my wings are a little damaged. So what I need you to do is-"

"If you're expecting me to carry you up there you have another thing coming!" She interrupted.

"No no," I chided, I pointed my hoof at one of the clouds, "What I need you to do is fly up and see if you can drag one of those clouds down here so I can use it as a temporary staircase, got it?"

"ohhh, now that makes much more sense."

The little orange filly prepped up, and with all her strength jumped off the ground and began to flap her little wings. She hovered in the air for a few seconds then fell back to the ground.

"Sorry mister, I just can't do it." She said, sad look on her face.
I was thinking about how we could get her up to the cloud, Hmm… It seems she can get around five feet off the ground, and the closest cloud is around forty feet high…

"Hey it's alright, I have an idea." I replied warmly, "Do you happen to know how much you weight?"

"Around thirty pounds, why?"

A mischievous grin settled on my face, if I can break a horn of a unicorn with my bare hoof I can definitely throw a filly forty feet in the air.

I got a little bit closer to her and picked her up, "What are you doing!" she yelled.

"Quiet."

Aiming the terrified orange filly at the cloud above, I tried to remember all the rage I had last night. With the memories of Twilight injured, and that unicorn almost ready to kill her flowing through me, I felt the same fire build within me and my anger was soon rising. With one anger filled yell I threw her as hard as I could.

I thought she wouldn't make it, but quite opposite, she had to unfurl her wings to stop herself in the air! The filly landed on one of the clouds and dropped down, cloud in hoof.

When she landed on the ground she had a huge grin on her face and exclaimed, "That was awesome! I had no idea you were so strong mister!"

I blushed a little bit at the sudden admiration, "Yeah… It's a gift I guess…"

The filly handed me the cloud and I said with a wink, "Thanks, I hope I didn't scare you too much."

"Its fine mister, what's your name anyway?" The filly responded.

"Adomia, can I hear yours?"

"Scootaloo, also if you don't mind me asking, why are you here at Rainbow Dash's home?"

I got a little nervous at the sudden privacy invasion, I looked at the cloak on the ground and that gave me an idea, "Don't you have a meeting to get too?"

A shocked look hit her face, "Oh yeah that's right! See you later Adomia."

She picked up her cloak, hopped onto her scooter and drove away.

Scootaloo huh? I thought, that name sounds familiar… Oh right! When I was at Rarity's getting my cloak repaired, her sister, Sweetie Bell, mentioned a group she was in with her, Applebloom, and Scootaloo.

I looked at the cloud and pulled out my Hidden Blade, Good thing she's gone. I sliced the cloud in two, and hopped on one of them, placed the other above me and repeated until I got up to Rainbow Dash's cloud home.
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I walked into the home, put the bag with the supplies down, and scanned the area. It looked like it was before that griffon attacked, everything was back in order, and a sleeping Rainbow Dash was on the couch.

I trotted up to her side, nudged her a bit, and said softly, "Hey Rainbow, wake up."

I saw Rainbow's eyes open a bit, and she replied in a sleep confused tone, "Fluttershy?"

I could feel Fluttershy start to sniffle a little bit, and in the back of my mind I could feel her trying to hold back tears. This also made me feel a little sad, as Rainbow's words rung in my mind, "Yeah, but Fluttershy is still dead, and that will never change."

Fluttershy stopped sniffling as soon as I thought of her words, "Oh no, I'm not causing you to think that am I?"

I would be lying if I said I couldn't hear your sniffling in my mind. Fluttershy… I'm sorry you have to see this. I replied sadly.

Rainbow now as fully awoken and turned to face me, "Ah! Adomia! How did you get in here!" She exclaimed, shocked look on her face.

I felt a little amused by this, "Missy, you're looking at a master assassin, I think the better question is how your wounds are holding up?"

She looked down at herself and said with her boastful attitude, "What, these, I'm fine, I don't need any help, I just need t-"

"Shut up will you" I interrupted, and removed the temporary bandage on her stomach.

The wound was starting to scab over, and there were no signs of infection. I took out the bottle of disinfectant and placed the cold gel onto my hoof. Rainbow started to tense as I placed it onto the wound, I felt nothing out of the ordinary, not bits of bone or loose muscle in the wound so that was a good thing. After I made sure I spread all the gel around I started to wrap the area with some fresh silk bandages.

"Alright" I finally said, all business like, "I'm going to need to see the wound on your foreleg."

With that Rainbow pulled out her foreleg that was under her, and I removed the bandage. The same scabbing was starting, and there was no infection, but I did see an object etched into a little bit of the muscle.

I was a little worried about this, and I could hear it in my tone, "Has your foreleg become a little bit harder to move?"

"No, not that I know of." She replied, but I could tell by the look in her eye that she was lying.

"Rainbow, if I'm going to help you I need to know." I said as I looked into her rose eyes, trying to plant as much concern into my stare so she would open up.

Eventually she did and let out a sad sigh, "Yeah, it has, but only a little. I can't move it past shoulder length."

I was about to pull it out, but I felt doubt grab hold of my mind, and I started to debate whether I should or shouldn't. Fluttershy decided to chime in, sounding all doctor – like "It seems like some nerves took some minor damage, she's lucky they haven't snapped the best thing to do is to pull out the object in there. Then it should heal right up."

I let out a sigh of relief, Thanks Fluttershy.

"Ok Rainbow, this is going to hurt… I can't say how much." I told her.

"Just do it, I can dish out anything you can throw." She replied, cocky attitude as always.

Now that's the Rainbow I know! I placed my muzzle into the wound, and I heard Rainbow gasp out in pain. I felt the object lodged into the muscle, and I put my teeth around it. With one tug I pulled it out, and wiped the blood from my muzzle and the object. It looked like a tooth of some sort, or part of a claw.

Seems like part of Gilda's talon, I don't see any real use of it I was about to toss it aside, but Rainbow interrupted me, "Wait! Adomia… could you let me keep that, too serve as a little memento."

"I don't see why not." I stated, and I placed the talon on a nearby table.
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After I finished re- bandaging the wound on her back and foreleg (with Rainbow's wings popping out at her sides, when I was rubbing the spot in between her wings… And some laughter from me.) I went over to her sink and washed the blood away.

I turned and saw Rainbow Dash thinking very hard about something, and a very sad look on her face. At this time, Fluttershy started bursting into uncontrolled tears. I realized then, what they were both thinking about… Each other.

"Rainbow… I'm sorry…" were the only words I could manage.

"You have no idea Adomia, you just have no idea!" Her tone was filled with anger, "She just wasn't a friend since we were fillies, I… loved her, and I was actually going to admit it the day after you killed her."

Fluttershy was now not trying to hold back anything, "I'm so sorry Rainbow Dash! I should've said it when I was alive, but I loved you the same way!" She yelled in my mind, as if she was still alive.

Now the grief was hitting me full force, and it was unbearable. Suddenly I had an idea, Fluttershy, is it possible for you to take over my body completely?

Through her crying she managed, "Y-y-yes, b-b-but you have to allow me to."

I could now see Rainbow trotting up toward me, "Then you killed her! For almost no reason, and you didn't even feel any remorse! How could you?" her tone was getting sadder, "How… how… how… could"

That's all she could manage before she burst into tears as well, I placed a hoof on her shoulder and said, "Rainbow, I will never forget what I did, and it will haunt me until I die… again. But I'm going to make it up to you."

"And how do you suppose you can do that?" She pulled her hoofs from her eyes.

"I'm going to allow Fluttershy to take over my body temporarily, and you two can say your goodbyes, I'll rest my soul so you two can have some privacy. Fluttershy you ready?"

"Y-your really going to do this!" Fluttershy replied, complete shock filling her tone.

Well, I have the Element of Kindness in me, now don't I?

At that moment I closed my eyes, and felt my soul pull away from my body.

To say it was weird was an understatement; I thought being in my inner conscience would be like being in a pitch black void. But instead, I was in a nice open field, not a cloud in the sky, and all my wounds gone. It felt so peaceful, and I wondered, Is this what being in heaven feels like? I felt no worry, no pain, no grief, and no anger. All I felt was complete serenity, and happiness.

Scanning the area I found a shape off in the distance, and after getting a little bit closer I saw that it was the shape of a pony, but… This one was different. It was a pegasus like me, but it was completely on fire, there was no flesh, just fire… Tail, mane, everything! Even it's wings were bathed in the glowing substance, which were more web-like than a pegasi.

For some strange reason I felt like I knew this pony, and when I got into earshot it turned around, and it felt like death was staring right into my eyes, there were no actual eyes just slits of brighter fire. The pony looked at me and vanished, leaving behind a circle of burnt grass.

Walking over to the area I could see some words were left behind, etched in the ground. The read; Destruction, Age, Darkness, and Disease.

What could these words mean? I questioned myself.

Looking out onto the actual world, I saw another strange shape, this time it was etched into a tree. Trotting up to it I saw that it was a Yin Yang, the strange thing was that it was marble white, and pitch black despite being on a tree. Curiosity was overflowing my body, and my mind was bursting with questions, none that could be answered.

I continued to ponder until I saw my peaceful world literally being taken by a giant black cloud that spanned as far as the eye could see. I didn't try to run from it, I just stood there, and let it take me into its maw.
---
I returned to my body, completely intact, and I was looking directly at a teary eyed filled Rainbow Dash, but I realized these tears were tears of joy.

She threw her forelegs around me and said softly, "Thank you Adomia, for letting me say my goodbyes. It was… very kind of you."

I broke from her embrace and said, "Don't get all sentimental on me Rainbow, when my wings are healed, you and I are having a little race. I hope you'll be prepared, because I'm not going to be going easy on you." I gave her a wink, and trotted out of the house.
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I trotted back to my incomplete home, and looked for the trapdoor the worker was talking about. Making sure nopony could see me I input the combination again, and was greeted with an opening door.

I slipped inside and closed it behind me, some torches automatically flared to life, and I saw that they were the same type as the ones in the Canterlot library archive. I saw a tunnel to my left and trotted into it, heading straight for the castle.

I started to think about some certain things that have happened today. Like throwing Scootaloo probably fifty feet into the air, now that isn't a small task that can be done by anypony, and I felt a little worried about this new found strength. It all happened when I was angry, and I would assume most ponies felt like that, but this was… different. I could literally feel a fire burning in me when I was thinking about Twilight being hurt. Thinking of which, I was also confused by that fiery… pony… there in my inner conscience. I had a strange feeling like I knew it. That same fire I felt when I was protecting Twilight, and hurling Scootaloo, I felt with this pony, and I can feel that I have some sort of history with it. Maybe all the strange developments aren't done happening, and maybe Fluttershy isn't the only reason why.

I sighed, this was all just too much to handle, and I wondered why me? Why just a random pony who probably would've died early in his life. Why do I have to go through all of this confusion, and pain? What greater purpose could I possibly serve for this world?

I was surprised Fluttershy didn't butt in through all of this, Fluttershy you there? I asked.

Complete silence, she must be off doing something in my inner conscience, and I didn't really care so much.
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I trotted through the tunnel at a brisk pace, and never breaking my stride, and I soon arrived at a weird barrier of some sort. It swirled of purple and yellow, and spanned across the ten foot wide tunnel. I crept up slowly and proceeded to carefully put my hoof through it, and I thought it would cause my leg to disintegrate or something, but nothing happened. I passed right through it, absolutely nothing, or at least nothing in a way I can see, hear, smell, or touch.

Huh, I would've sworn that barrier would have some use. I thought as I looked behind me at the escaping magical barrier.

After I ascended a long set of stairs I came to another trapdoor, but this one didn't have any type of handle. Instead the door opened when I approached it, and I trotted into a small room, and looking around I could see a bed in the corner, a small bookshelf, and all of it looked familiar. I walked in a little bit deeper and heard a hollow sound when I hit a certain floorboard with my hoof. Pulling up the board I saw that it was the perfect size for somepony like me to see into the room from there. I realized that this was…

"Luna's room" Celestia finished my thought, "I thought this would make a good place to have our meetings. Instead of having to send the guards out every time I needed to speak to you."

I looked and saw the princess of the sun standing in the doorway, how in the world did she know I would be here? I thought.

She saw my confused look and said, "If you're wondering how I knew you would be here is because of the purple and yellow barrier you passed. It alerts me when a pony passes through, and allows the trapdoor to open on its own." She trotted into the room and said,

"So, what do you need to speak to me about?"

I filled her in on the concert, and confirmed that the three ponies were indeed part of that strange cult. I finished and she spawned a big bag of bits, and tossed it to me. I caught it, and I didn't feel the same satisfaction as the payment for the High Rolling Colts contract.

"Something wrong Kuriokaze?" Celestia asked.

I looked at her with increased confusion, "Kuriokaze? Celestia… my name is Adomia."

She chuckled lightly and said, "Yes, but the name Kuriokaze means 'Black Wind' in Old Equestrian, after all that's what ponies call you."

"Ah, now that makes sense, I'm sure you read the paper article." I felt a little amused, Kuriokaze huh? I like the sound of that.

"So, is something wrong?" Celestia asked again.

"A lot of things," I replied with a cold tone, "let's start with last night; Rainbow Dash and Twilight Sparkle were attacked by the cult that has become more apparent in these recent contracts."

A scowl appeared on her face, "Should've known that would happen, are they alright?"

"Yes, they both received proper medical care, and Rainbow was attacked by a griffon named Gilda, and Twilight was attacked by a unicorn named Trixie, Ma'am."

Celestia let out a distressed sigh, "This cult is becoming more of a threat. Now they're targeting the Holders of Harmony, but the thing I'm wondering is how they knew that Gilda and Trixie wanted revenge?"

I thought about this question, but I couldn't come up with an answer… Well at least not now. "Princess, I believe we talk about other matters, we can't solve this in a few minutes."

Celestia came out of her thinking mode and looked back up at me, "There's some interesting information on these two attackers, both had their bodies imbued with magic, Twilight told me that Trixie's magic was nowhere near as powerful as when they met, and she was riddled with slashes and burns when I saw her. Trixie, on the other hand was completely fine, not a scratch on her, she reminded me of Luna when we fought. Her eyes were glowing blinding cyan, and her blood wasn't scarlet, but purple and cyan. Gilda's blood was neon red, and she had increased strength and speed, but no other magical properties."

Another distressed sigh, "How in the world does the cult know how to do that? So many questions, but we don't have any answers."

I felt the same way, whoever the leader of this cult knows what he, or she, is doing. I looked at Celestia, and I thought Ok Celestia, I have a few questions for you to answer.

"Celestia, I also have a few questions you need to answer for me." I said, she looked up at me again and I continued, "First, how did you know I would live after I killed Luna?"

"I was there as well Adomia, don't forget that, and I saw and heard everything the other four heard."

"Ok, second, why did you want Twilight to ask me those questions when I regained my memories of Fluttershy?" I asked completely monotone.

"What questions?" Celestia responded, clearly bewildered by my question.

It clicked in my mind, Twilight wanted to find out more of my past, Fluttershy laughed mockingly at my thought, and she chimed, "Oh that Twilight, still as clever as ever."

I felt like a complete idiot, and Celestia was still giving me a confused look, "Adomia, what are you talking about?"

I filled her in on Twilights questions, but skipped telling her about my past and the part where me and Twilight started kissing. She laughed and said, "Oh that Twilight, still as clever as ever."

"Ugh! That's what Fluttershy said." I grumbled.

There was a brief pause in the talking, and after I turned to head back down the door Celestia stopped me with, "Wait! I still have an assignment for you."

I turned back around and groaned, "Really? This quick? Who could possibly need killing now?"

"It's not a kill this time, and it's very low key. What I need you to do is participate in the Hearths Warming Eve reenactment."

I paused for a second and let it sink in, and out of nowhere I busted out laughing. Celestia put on a 'I'm not kidding' face, and I stopped laughing, "Wait… your serious?" I remarked.

"Yes I am, and you said Rainbow's injuries were pretty severe correct?" she replied.

"Yeah but… I'm no actor! I'm an-"

"Assassin, yes I know Adomia I've heard it a hundred times from you!" She interrupted.

I looked at the ground, trying to hide my embarrassing blush, "Just tell me what I need to do."

"It's really simple; all you need to do is to play Commander Hurricane in the upcoming reenactment of Hearth's Warming Eve. Rainbow Dash was planning to do that, but the description of her wounds sounds… bad, and I don't think the audience wants to see a beaten up Rainbow Dash; it will cause them to suspect something. You don't nearly seemed as injured, so I need you to fill in her roll. No pony is planned to be killed tonight, for this is one of the most sacred traditions."

"What about security, I'm sure you will have the place guarded?" I asked.

"Correct, the Canterlot reenactment is by far the most famous, and I will have most of my guards at the play keeping an eye out for anything suspicious. That seems to be it, any questions?"

"Nope, not at all princess." I replied, and once again I turned to head out of the room.

Celestia seemed to have thought of something, and shouted again, "Hold on a second!"

"Ugh… What now?" I groaned.

"You never gave me report on how Trixie and Gilda were killed, I just now realized it, and do you mind telling me?"

Oh yeah… Forgot about that. I thought, "Gilda was killed from my blade to her back throat, she didn't die instantly and was alive for about a minute after. Trixie was killed by a slash of my blade to her throat, but not before ripping her horn off with my hoof."

The final statement caught Celestia's attention, "Adomia… Did you say…? You ripped off her horn? With your own hoof?" she said shockingly.

A perplexed look crept onto my face, "Yes… Is there something wrong with that, princess?"

Celestia thought about it, and looked torn between two options, "Well, the truth is… No pony and I repeat NO PONY has EVER ripped off a unicorn's horn with their own hoof. Even the strongest, they would need some device of some sort, but never their bare hoof. Adomia... Did anything else strange happen after you killed her?"

I flashed back to the memory, and my rage. I could feel that fire burning in me as I thought of it, and I remember Twilight exclaiming, "Adomia! Your blood, it's steaming!" There was no doubt about it, that vapor was indeed boiled water, it must've come from the blood.

"Yes, after I killed Trixie, Twilight said that my blood was steaming, and when I looked down I saw that she was right. Clear vapor was coming from my wounds, it was coming from my actual blood. That's about the only weird thing that happened." I explained.

Celestia's eyes widened, and her pupils contrasted. I could almost hear what was going through her mind, I could see it in her eyes, it was probably along the lines of, "Oh this is not happening, this is not happening!"

"Celestia, what's wrong?" I could hear my tone getting angrier.

"Nothing Adomia." She replied in a low and completely monotone voice.

I didn't fall for it, "Yes there is, there's something you know, but I don't, what is it?"

"Adomia, leave, now."

I was shocked, her hostility actually made me fearful. But I wasn't about take no for an answer, I've had too many 'I don't knows' or 'no's' recently, and I've had enough of it.

"Celestia, this seems to involve me so I must-"

"If you want to keep being my assassin you will leave, now." The firmness of her voice felt like a slap by one of Luna's tentacles.

I was about to retaliate, but I knew it was best to argue with the princess of the sun, "As you wish… Princess" I grumbled.

I turned around and headed down the small trapdoor.
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It was late afternoon when I arrived back into Ponyville, and I saw that the home was almost finished, some finishing touches and testing needed to be completed, but that was all. Hmm… What should I do now? That covers just about everything I had for the day.

Fluttershy decided to answer, "Don't you think you should tell the others what happened? Pinky and AJ still don't know about the attack, also you still have to tell them that you'll be filling in for Rainbow Dash."

I thought my thanks to Fluttershy, and I thought of where their location would be. "Possibly the school? There's a stage there, maybe they would want the full on stage feel."

Good idea never would've thought of it I replied.

I decided to grab myself a bite to eat, just some hay, nothing too special. I started to trot over to the school house, and arrived around dusk. Just as Fluttershy predicted, Rarity, Pinky, Applejack, and Twilight were all there.

They looked like they were in the middle of practicing a scene, and Pinky and Applejack were on the stage, Twilight and Rarity in the audience.

"Maybe for you Smart Cookie, but I'm a chancellor, I was elected because I can think outside the box. Which also means," Pinkie backed up a bit and pushed her head up, but there was nothing there, "I can also think inside the chimney." She pointed a hoof and Applejack, "Can you think inside a chimney?"

I laughed at this, and that got the mares' attention. They all looked at me, and I said, "Sorry, couldn't help but over hearing, and I have to say that line right there Pinky, fits you perfectly."

They all came up to greet me, "Aww, thanks Adomia! I just looove it, acting and all, it's all just soo much fun!" Pinkie replied.

"Ah don't mean to sound rude Adomia, but… Why are you here?" Applejack questioned.

"None taken Applejack," I said warmly, "but I'm here because Celestia has ordered me to fill the role as Commander Hurricane in the Hearths Warming Eve reenactment."

The mares looked at each other and Rarity spoke up, "Surely you must be mistaken Adomia, because Rainbow Dash is playing that role, but she hasn't been here all day…"

"Yes, but due to her injuries she won't be able to do it, she needs proper rest." I replied.

"Injuries from what!" Applejack exclaimed, "When did this happen!"

I looked at Twilight, "You never told them?"

She trotted up to me, and whispered in my ear, "I didn't know how they would take it; I know it's untrustworthy, but I was waiting for you to deliver the news."

I gave her a subtle nuzzle, "hey, don't worry about it, it's not every day you can tell your friends two of you were attacked."

I looked onto the other ponies, "I believe I have some explaining to do."

The others got a bit closer, and I filled them in on what happened last night, and the night before, excluding me and Twilights confession. When I finished they looked a bit worried, silence filled the air, and it felt slightly nostalgic.

Applejack broke the silence, "So what yer sayin' is, this cult or whatever is becoming more and more of a problem?"

I nodded my head, "Luckily the public hasn't caught on yet, but I'm afraid there will be some major fighting soon."

I slammed my hoof to the ground, as my anger started to boil over, "Dammit!" I shouted, and Twilight nudged herself against me in an effort to comfort me, "This is all just so confusing! Who in the world could be leading this cult! How have they gained the knowledge to imbue magic into other ponies, I never knew that could be done! Now they're attacking us, and I feel helpless to protect you ladies, I'm only one pony."

Twilight placed a kiss on my cheek, and purred into my ear, "Calm down Adomia, no pony is asking you to be a miracle worker, you still saved my, and Rainbow Dash's life." I immediately felt calm after she spoke.

Rarity squealed when she saw Twilight comforting me, "Twilight, darling, you finally admitted it?!"

It seemed as if Twilight forgot the others were watching, and shied away from me, and Applejack looked perplexed, "Rarity, what are ya talkin about?"

Me and Twilight both looked at each other, "Hey, you know these ponies better than I do, you tell them" I said.

She gave me a gaze that had a mix of playful hate, and amusement. Twilight filled them in on what happened after Trixie was killed, but she didn't include my past which I gave her a silent thanks for.

After she finished, Rarity chimed in, "Not the most romantic way to admit their feelings, but I think you two will be very happy!"

Applejack laughed at the statement, "Ah agree, and you two do make a good couple."

Pinky sounded like she was saying something, but I couldn't fully understand because she was speaking so fast. I could make out her saying something about us being perfect for each other, and then she went off rambling about a party.

"Anyway," I said to gather the mares' attention, "back to business, like I said I'll be filling for Rainbow Dash, so do you mind tossing me a script, and we'll see what kind of acting talent I have."
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We rehearsed until the moon shone in the sky, and I actually felt exhausted, who knew doing something like acting would be taxing? I was about to leave with Twilight, but Applejack pulled me aside.

"What's up?" I asked the orange cowpony.

"Listen here Adomia, Ah'm aware of your… violent nature, and if you hurt Twilight in any way, ah will make sure the cult isn't your only problem" She shoved her hoof onto my chest, "Got it?"

I felt a little bit threatened, but I mostly felt respect for her, she is willing to look an assassin right in the face and threaten him for her friend, and that really earned a page in my book. "Acknowledged, I don't think that'll be a problem."

I trotted over to Twilight and she asked, "What did Applejack want?"

"Nothing of importance, something about me having to start to pay for her Apple Cider." I thought of quickly.

She was satisfied by my answer, and we started to trot back to the house. Halfway through, I could feel a presence nearby, and my assassin instincts were going off on all fours, "Twilight, I need you to head back to the house as quick as you can. I believe we have an unwanted guest."

She took my hint and gave me a hug, turned, and started to gallop back. I unsheathed my blade I looked to the right of me, "You know you're quite stealthy for being an architect."

The same stallion from this morning emerged from the brush I was looking at, "and they don't call you the 'Black Wind' for nothing, and is that cute mare yours?"

I chuckled a little bit, "yes, and what do you have to tell me?"

"I just came to tell you, your home is finished. Everything is covered, even the payment." He held his hoof out, and I shook it, "Let's hope we meet again, Black Wind, it seems we have a pretty decent amount in common."

"Call me Kuriokaze, and I agree… what is your name?" I replied.

Even his laugh had authority to it, "Just call me… Turncoat."

Nice choice in name, but I do feel a bit uneasy with something literally meaning turning alliance.

"I'm guessing that name is just a cover?" I asked.

"Yes, just a cover up, if we do meet again I might tell you my real name." he replied.

I trotted away, and the earth pony went in the opposite direction.
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*Two Weeks Later*

"Show starts in five minutes!" I heard Spike yell.

The Hearths Warming Eve reenactment was about ready to start, and I feel like we are ready, well personally I want to get this over with ASAP, but I'm not complaining too much, and it was kind of fun at rehearsals. I was already in costume; an old fashioned captain helmet combined with an older version of guard armor, painted grayish black, and gold on the edges. Unfortunately, the pony playing Private Pansy had to cancel at the last minute, due to her child getting sick. Ditzy Doo was apparently her back up. I took a quick look out into the crowd, all different types of ponies were there, and I was even able to see Rainbow Dash, looking almost completely healed, the bandage on her stomach remained though, in a spot reserved for her. "Nice that she came to watch" Fluttershy stated.

I chuckled lightly, Yeah,

Spike came up to us, in a rather old looking costume, and asked us, "Alright are we all ready?"

The six of us nodded our heads, and the stage director gave us the hoof up, Alright, let's do this. I told myself.
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The performance went really well, everypony was stomping by the end of it, and we took our bow. I looked out onto the crowd for one last check, and behold I did indeed spot one pony making its way out early. I had a bad feeling about it, and I decided I would see where he was going after we went backstage.

As soon as we got backstage I slipped out of my costume, and put my new cloak on, after I tore almost my entire old one off to use as bandages for Rainbow Dash the day after the concert. Rarity clearly made this new one with tender, love, and care. The fur on the inside, while it didn't actually come from an animal, certainly felt like it, and the hood felt just the same. Instead of it being a Charcoal or Jet – Black color, this cloak was a light grey, and was really made for warmth, not for my other identity. My other identity has a more classic cloak also made by Rarity, basic Jet – Black back, and hood. Built in holster for my Crossbow, and nothing else, and I knew I couldn't strain from the old formula.

Much to the dismay of the other ponies to stay for an after party threw by Pinky; I trotted out of the theater and spread my wings. Flying up to the rooftops I slipped on my mask that I kept with me, and looking down I could see the pony I was looking for. He was right next to Celestia's castle in the graveyard. I couldn't really see what he was doing, but from what I could infer it didn't seem too good.

I flew down silently, and snuck up on the pony. It was a unicorn, and looked… strangely familiar, his body though was riddled with weird markings throughout his legs and chest. I couldn't get the best look at him; I was around fifty yards away before I saw what he was doing. He was digging up a royal grave! He threw something up on his back, and I stopped dead in my tracks, it was Luna's body. He literally robbed Luna's body from her own resting place. I didn't realize I stopped right in the middle of the graves, and he heard me. He turned around, and looked dead at me, and I realized why he looked so familiar.

"Nightbane!" I yelled.

I'm sure he would've recognized my voice, but with the mask in the way it almost disguises it. He gave me a wicked sneer, and his horn started to glow a sickly lime green. I was shot back into a tree, and the wind was knocked out of me, "So, it looks like the great Kuriokaze has joined Celestia's side. What a fool you are." I shook my head a little bit, and when I looked over, I saw that he was gone. With Luna's body in toll.

I just sat there in the cold snow, and replayed the scene over and over in my mind. I was trying to think about Nightbane, He was Luna's right hoof pony, and was most likely the captain of her guard. I didn't see him on the day the Holders of Harmony and I fought her. Could it be possible that he is the leader of the cult?

His tracks lead north, but I decided not to follow him, strength in numbers, and whatnot.

I'll report this to Celestia tomorrow, Nightbane… What do you want with Luna's body?

To be continued…

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