Night Slash

Night Slash and his mares were heading back to the house taking the long route back home. If there was one thing that could get a ponies attention it would be three unconscious mares being carried around. They were able to get back to the house and once inside Night Slash placed Berry Punch on the couch. His mares then placed Fiddlesticks and Junebug on the chairs around the couch. Then the door opened to reveal Flitter and Cloudchaser bringing in an unconscious Misty Fly and Cloudkicker. Night Slash gave a slight nod to the mares who returned it with a bright smile. Night Slash looked over the new mares and noticed the wounds that they received during their fight.

“Colgate, Holly Dash heal up these mares so that they don’t become a hindrance.” Colgate and Holly bowed slightly and went over the knocked out mares. As the unicorns got to work on the mares Night Slash took a seat. Night Slash rubbed his head from exerting himself with these mares. He thought to himself that he just needed to take a break for a bit so he can recharge. As he sat in his chair Daisy and Lily saw the wounds that was on his arms and came over to check on him. When they got close to him they were able to get a closer look at the wounds and assumed that he got them from Berry Punch.

“Master are you feeling okay?” Daisy asked worriedly as she looked at the wounds on Night Slash.

“I could be better. I should have had you come with me to take care of Berry Punch.” Night Slash stated with a slight growl that he let a pony get the better of him. Flitter and Cloudchaser saw the wounds on Night Slash and went over to check on him.

“I think that you should go and rest on the bed so we can heal you. The four of us can check over you while we wait for these mares to come to.” Flitter offered and Night Slash accepted it since he needed some rest. Before he left for the bedroom he waved his hand across the five new mares and a collar appeared around their necks.

Night Slash reached their bedroom and laid down on the bed. Flitter, Cloudchaser, Lily, and Daisy followed him into the bedroom. Once the mares were inside Flitter went into the bathroom to grab some ointment that she got from Zecora. Night Slash had his eyes closed as the other three mares rubbed his sore muscles staying clear of his cuts. When Flitter came back with the ointment the mares grabbed a little of it and applied it. Night Slash felt the sting of the ointment as it cleaned the wound and put a protective barrier on it. The mares were worried that they hurt him when he groaned but were reassured when he calmed down. They realized then that it was the ointment that gave him that slight pain.

Colgate and Holly Dash were done healing the three new mares as Misty Fly was coming out of her slumber. When Misty Fly and Cloudkicker walked over to where Colgate and Holly Dash were the three mares were starting to wake up. The three mares still had the memory of when they fought with Night Slash and his mares. The memory was distorted so that they thought that they did it in an act of rebellion. The mares shot up out of their seats worried that they may have angered their master and felt disgusted that they would betray him. Berry Punch asked where their master was and Colgate offered to lead them to him. The mares followed Colgate and Holly Dash to the bedroom that Night Slash was staying in currently.

Night Slash opened his eyes feeling a little better than he did when he got back. The four mares smiled down at him as he got up so that he was leaning against the head board. His attention was pulled to the door that was opening. Misty Fly and Cloudkicker were the first to enter the room. The two mares bowed to Night Slash and he waved them to the side. Then Berry Punch, Fiddlesticks, and Junebug came into the room and went to the side of the bed kneeling. There was a few seconds of silence and before Night Slash could say anything the mares began to speak in unison.

“Please forgive us master. We didn’t mean to betray you and cause you any harm. We are unsure of what possessed us to attack you and we feel terrible for it. We wish to have your forgiveness for our betrayal. We will do anything that you ask to show that we are still loyal to you.” Night Slash couldn’t help but laugh to himself on the inside at how easy it was to get the mares to do what he wanted. He wasn’t surprised after the first few but still couldn’t get over the enjoyment that it brought when they were unaware of their real lives.

Night Slash looks at the new mares and then took out the last three necklaces that he had. Lily saw the necklaces and she remembered who they were meant for. She went over to Night Slash and mentioned that they belonged to three unicorns that were in Ponyville currently. The three unicorns were Amethyst Star that worked with Mayor Mare. Lemon Hearts that was an assistant on Bonbon’s candy shop. Then the other was Silver Spanner that was here in Ponyville for a construction project. Night Slash slightly cringed at the idea that the last three were unicorn mares and he wasn’t ready to take the three of them on. The worry was also increased when Flitter told him that he needed to stay in bed and continue to rest. He was pulled from his thoughts thought when Fiddlesticks spoke.

“Master if you want, we can show that we are still loyal if we go to get the other three mares for you.” Night Slash was able to calm down a little since these three mares were willing to go get the last three mares that he needed. Night Slash nodded his head and gave each mare a respective necklace of the mare that they needed to get. Berry Punch was to get Silver Spanner, Fiddlesticks was to get Amethyst Star, and Junebug was to get Lemon Hearts.

The three mares bowed before Night Slash and left the room. As they were leaving through the front door Night Slash looked at Misty Fly and Colgate. He told the two mares to follow those three and make sure that they stayed out of trouble. Once they were all gone he ordered the rest of his mares to keep him safe as he rested on the bed. The remaining mares were happy that their master was staying to rest. The ones that were really happy were the flower mares and the pegasi twins. Flitter, Cloudchaser, Daisy, and Lily got into bed with Night Slash and cuddled up with him. The five of them fell asleep together. Holly Dash and Cloudkicker went to the living room to keep Night Slash safe from any intruders.

Trixie

Trixie was pacing around her room letting her nerves get the better of her. She was losing her mind ever since she found those books that James had. The one book that really had her on edge was that illusionary book. The most evil of dark magic that could ever be learned and James was learning the advanced versions of that magic. Trixie looked through that book herself when she and James were still in the void room and what she read frightened her. James was picking spells from the book but was avoiding the ones that had the potential to kill him. Trixie knew that she promised that she wouldn’t tell anypony but she needed to tell at least one pony. Steeling her resolve Trixie left her room and went to the one pony that needed to know.

Trixie was standing in front of Spitfire’s room yet again. It wasn’t too long ago that she was standing in front of this door to voice her feelings. Now here she was going to break a promise that she made with James. Out of all the ponies she was the one that was the most in love with James. Everypony was fine with this since James did put his own safety to the wind to save her and Lightning Dust from a manticore. Spitfire would still cry everytime she told that story to anypony. Telling this story did help spread the word that James was a good man and was willing to save anypony no matter what.

As Trixie stood at the door she remembered what Twilight mentioned when they found out that James could use illusionary magic. Twilight showed her worry that James could use this magic and didn’t want him to learn any advanced versions. James even promised that he wouldn’t learn it if she felt that it was too dangerous for him to learn. Now he was downstairs in the void room learning this dark magic and maybe putting his life at risk. Trixie shook her head so she could get done what she needed to get done.

Trixie knocked on the door and waited for a few seconds. There was no answer from inside so she opened the door. Trixie looked around and saw no sign of Spitfire. When she entered the room she looked at a calendar and mentally slapped herself. She forgot that Spitfire had to go to the academy to fill out paperwork. Since she was gone Trixie grabbed a piece of paper and placed a spell on it. Once Trixie had the spell on the paper she wrote a message for Spitfire.

Spitfire

Follow the white star trail to a place that will shock you.

Trixie

Trixie then left Spitfire’s room after she tested her spell. Trixie saw the little white star trail that would appear when Spitfire opened the note. There would be a small flash of light but it was the only way for her to see the white star trail. The trail was going to lead her to the void room and the books that James had hidden. Trixie left the room and looked back at the note that she placed on the desk. After several seconds of internal debating she left the note there and went back to her room to get ready for a show.

Spitfire

Spitfire was sitting in her chair going through the mountain of paperwork that Soarin left for her. After lengthy conversation with Soarin about being lazy and the destruction that he caused which he was still denying Spitfire was getting tired. She looked up at the clock on her wall and saw that it was closing time. Spitfire packed her things and locked up her office. She stopped by the lounge to grab doughnuts that were still there and head back home. Spitfire took the long way home because she was feeling slightly sick for some reason and the cold air helped to make her feel better.

Spitfire entered the house and went for the kitchen. She dropped off the doughnuts that she hadn’t eaten and went for her room. When Spitfire opened the door she saw the note on her desk. She picked up the note and saw that it was from Trixie. Spitfire was a little worried that Trixie had some bad news for her or something so she quickly opened the paper. When she opened up the note she was blinded by a bright flash. The flash quickly died down and she was able to see again. She didn’t know what the flash was about and started reading the note. After reading it she was wondering what Trixie was talking about when she mentioned a white star trail.

When Spitfire put the note down she saw a white trail that wasn’t there before. Being around the unicorns long enough though Spitfire knew that the flash is what is allowing her to see that trail. Heeding the words on the note she followed the trail to see what Trixie said was going to shock her. She was glad that the mares were gone since if they saw what she was doing they would think that she was being weird. As she followed the trail it lead her to the basement and she was standing in front of the door. She opened the door and what she saw confused her. She had no idea that there was a big spacious room in the basement of the house. Spitfire started turning on the lights so she could see better in the room.

With the lights now on Spitfire could see the white star trail and continued to follow it. She reached the bench that it was leading her to. Spitfire was confused as to why she was being showed a bench. She knew there had to be something more to it so she looked around it. She saw that the underside wasn’t covered so she looked down. She saw the bag that was hidden under there and another note. Spitfire pulled out the bag and the note. She read the note and it said that James was learning advanced dark magic and the books that he was using were in the bag. It also said that Trixie pinkie promised not to tell anypony but she had to tell Spitfire. She was also asking Spitfire to keep this a secret from the others and she would also like it if she had Spitfire to watch over James with her. Spitfire didn’t want to believe the note but when she opened the bag she dropped it.

In the bag was an advanced spell book for illusionary magic. Spitfire was so upset that she flew out of the room and went for her bedroom. She slammed the door as she landed on her bed crying her heart out. James the man that she trusted her heart and love with was keeping a deadly secret from her. Spitfire was crying as much as her tears would let her. As she cried she looked at the group picture of James and all the mares. As she stared at the smile that James had she wiped her tears away. She vowed that she would watch over James with Trixie and not tell any of the harem members until the time was right. With that she wiped away her tears and got to work behind her desk making sure that she could help James.

Colgate

Colgate followed Berry Punch since she may need help dealing with Silver Spanner. They reached the construction site and Berry Punch headed for the foreman’s office that Silver Spanner was in. Colgate teleported on top of the building and watched from the roof. Silver Spanner had a light brown coat and a wrench as her cutie mark. Her mane and tail color were a vanilla white. Her eye color was grey and it helped to make her look intimidating. Colgate watched as Berry Punch walked over to Silver Spanner.

She could see that she was talking to Silver Spanner but she was trying to shoo her away. Berry Punch kept her ground as she tried to get the unicorns attention. After several annoying minutes later Silver Spanner looked up from her plans and she seemed very pissed. Before the conversation could continue any further Berry Punch grabbed Silver Spanner by the head and slammed it on the desk. Berry Punch slammed her head on the desk so hard that it split in two. After seeing this Colgate opened the window and jumped down inside. When she was in Berry Punch had finished putting the necklace around her neck. Berry Punch saw Colgate and waved to her. Colgate couldn’t help the anger that slipped out of her voice when she spoke to Berry Punch.

“What the fuck were you thinking doing something so reckless?” Colgate asked as she checked over Silver Spanner.

“What she is a unicorn in charge of a huge construction business. The only way to deal with some unicorn that is that powerful is to act fast and hard. So I did what the best kind of action called for and did just that.”

“Well at least you didn’t do any real damage to her and you did get the job done. So for now head back to the house since you are finished and don’t help the others.” Colgate said as she picked up Silver Spanner and teleported out. Berry Punch gave a scoff as she left the office and headed back for the house.

Misty Fly

Misty Fly followed Fiddlesticks to where Amethyst Star was working. Fiddlesticks entered the building and asked Mayor Mare if Amethyst Star was in. Mayor Mare nodded as she called in Amethyst Star. Amethyst Star had a pale magenta coat and her cutie mark was three diamonds that formed an upside down triangle. Her mane and tail color was a moderate violet with purple streaks going across it. Her eye color was a moderate purple that helped to show off her radiance. Fiddlesticks lied to her saying that she needed to fill out some paperwork so she could get a residence certificate to live here in Ponyville.

Amethyst Star lead Fiddlesticks to the back so she could get her the proper paperwork. Once in the back room Misty Fly flew towards a window so she could see what was going on. As Amethyst Star was looking around for the paperwork Fiddlesticks placed the necklace on the table. Amethyst Star placed the paperwork on the table and then saw the necklace. She looked at Fiddlesticks who gestured for her to put it on. Amethyst was hesitant at first but tried it on anyway. Once it was one Fiddlesticks left the room after she told Amethyst to get home when she was done working.

Seeing that it went relatively easy Misty Fly flew off to find Junebug. She spotted Junebug entering Bonbon’s sweet shop and she went towards the window. Inside Misty Fly saw Lemon Hearts talking with Junebug. Lemon Hearts had a light brilliant yellow coat and her cutie mark was three hearts. Her mane and tail were a moderated cerulean with a light cerulean streak in her tail. Her eye color was a moderate raspberry and she seemed so cheery. Junebug ordered a few sweets that she could eat and Lemon Hearts left to go get them.

After Junebug had her sweets and paid for them she left the necklace on the counter and left. Misty watched as Junebug headed back to the house and then looked back at Lemon Hearts. Lemon Hearts looked at the necklace and admired its beauty. She noticed that it held her cutie mark and she looked around nervously. When she was certain that there were no other ponies around she put the necklace. With the necklace on Misty Fly flew off back to the house since the necklace would finish its job.

Author's Notes:

Thanks to ErikTheSoulReaper for the idea on this chapter.