After arranging a meeting time between Twilight and I to begin my new training, Twilight asked if we had anything special planned for us together, maybe as a way to celebrate for this new found relationship.

"Actually, Vincent had this wonderful idea that we should go out on a picnic together." Rarity said with a joyful tune. I beamed with the idea as I felt Luna nuzzle herself against me on to my left, wrapping both her arms around mine as she closed her eyes, making a cute mew of approval.

"That sounds like a great idea. Its pleasant, the weather is perfect for a picnic, and its a good way for you all to spend quality time together." As Twilight complimented the idea, we heard the door click open as we heard giggling coming from the other side as the door open to reveal Sweetie belle, giggling away while holding on to a beaming Spike's arm. As they stepped inside, they noticed they were no longer alone as they saw all of us as Spike blushed a bit as Sweetie Belle called enthusiastically to her sister with her voice cracking from her high volume.

"RARITY!" Sweetie dashed her way into her sister, wrapping her arms around her.

"What are you doing here? I thought you were working on a design." She resumed in surprise of seeing her sister.

"I did Sweetie, but I finished it a while back and presented it." Rarity clarified. Sweetie looked up at her in wonder as she asked.

"Who did you make it for anyways?" Rarity directed her attention towards me before Sweetie Belles eyes met mine and they grew with a sparkling gleam as her smile broaden with overwhelming joy.

"Sir Vincent! You're here too?! Wooooow...that's the outfit?! Rarity, its AMAZING!" I blushed from Sweetie Belle's compliment as I rubbed the back of my head.

"Thanks Sweetie Belle. Honestly I wasn't really expecting this amazing gift from your sister when I ordered some clothes. But I really like it nonetheless." I stated.

"Oh that's right. I forgot to give you your clothes. I got so caught up with the news and your gift that it slipped my mind." Spike and Sweetie Belle looked at Rarity in confusion before they looked at each other, sharing the same expression before looking back at Rarity for answers.

"News? What News?" Spike asked. Rarity turned to face Spike with excitement as she answered.

"Why, I've been invited to join in Vincent's Herd with Princess Luna." Spike and Sweetie Belle's eyes shot wide open in shock when they heard this news as Spike was stammering to find the right questions to ask before Sweetie chimed in.

"So Sir Vincent not only knows the princesses, but he's dating Princess Luna?!" Luna looked at them before leaning over to my ears as she whispered.

"Why dost little Sweetie Belle refer thee as 'Sir Vincent'?" I looked down at her with a chuckle as I responded.

"She believes that I am a knight who takes orders directly from you and Celestia." Luna looked up at me with interest before she looked away in thought and then growing an amused grin.

As Rarity confirms Sweetie Belle's question, Sweetie began to bounce excitedly with a squee.

"I didn't know that you were in a Herd with the Princess. When did this happen?" As Spike asked, I gave him my attention as I gladly answered his question.

"Actually, we became a Herd today. Right after I finished working with AJ, I was transported to the Royal Castle of Canterlot where I was confronted by Celestia regarding my feelings for Luna. One thing led to another and we became an item. But I told her my thoughts regarding Rarity and having feelings for her too, and not knowing anything about being in a Herd, I felt guilty for it, but Luna clarified with this information, so I asked her opinion on the subject and she agreed that she wanted Rarity to be in the Herd. So we went over to Rarity's, told her the news, and now, here we are." Spike nodded his head in understanding as he listened to my story showing great interest before he replied.

"That's really neat. Congratulations you guys, I'm really glad to see that everypony is happy, especially Lady Rarity. She really deserves this ya know. I'm glad to see that she can be happy with somepony who can appreciate her." Rarity blushed as she approached Spike and squeezed his cheeks.

"Oooh~. You are just the sweetest my wittle Spikey Wikey. You've always been such a good friend to me and I'm glad to have met you." She released Spike as he rubbed his now reddened cheeks.

"Aww, thanks Rarity. I'm just glad we can still be friends and everything. I mean, what kind of friend would I be if I didn't care for you, right?" Spike stated as I smiled in respect.

"You really are a good guy Spike. Sweetie Belle is one lucky mare to have a guy like you." I complimented. Sweetie Belle wrapped her hands together as she swayed her body side to side, giving Spike a loving gaze, making Spike blush intensely as he tried to look away to hide his blush. But Sweetie Belle wrapped her arms around him and snuggled her head against his shoulders as he kept his glance away before wrapping his arms around her and holding her close. Everypony was 'awwing' from their little tender moment as Luna and Rarity looked at me and snuggled into me as well as I was now sandwiched between the two, feeling their soft mounds pressing against me.

"Um...hehe... so anyways. I think it's time we went ahead and get out of your manes. The girls and I have a little date that we were thinking about." I said nervously, feeling my Herd mates breasts pressing against me. Everypony looked at us with interest as Spike asked.

"A date? What do you guys have planned?" Luna lifted her head up from my shoulders as she answered Spike's question.

"We're going out for a picnic. Tis a lovely weather we're having and Vincent suggested that it would be perfect for such an occasion."

"Well then, we won't keep you from your date then, you guys have fun." Twilight spoke.

"Haha, thanks Twilight. I'll see you tomorrow afternoon then. Take care you guys." I replied as we bid them farewell, walking out the front door while waving goodbye as we stood outside and I looked around in a puzzle.

"So...does anypony know a good spot for a picnic?" I asked nervously as everpony gave me an amused grin while giggling before Rarity responded.

"I know of a good spot darling. Let's head back to my humble abode and grab what we need to have a good picnic first." I nodded with response.

"That sounds like a great idea. Let's head back over to Rarity's place and get ready then." We made our way through Ponyville back over to the Carousel Boutique, and as it came into view, we noticed that the front door was left ajar. Something didn't sit right with me when I saw this, and I looked over to Rarity to see her concerned expression.

"Why that's odd. I was certain that I had closed the door." She stated.

"You didn't just closed it, you locked it before we left to the library." I added as I took a step in front of them and turned to face Luna and Rarity.

"You two stay here. I'm going to check it out and see if everything is alright. If anything happens, get help immediately." I instructed as Rarity wanted to say otherwise, but Luna placed her hand upon her shoulder, gaining Rarity's attention as Luna shook her head, physically telling her to not proceed and to leave me to do as I wished. I appreciated their cooperation as I turned around and approached the front entry. My hand reached up and grasped the chiseled handle of Salvation as I heard a click sound, releasing my blade from the locking mechanism. I flipped the sword with precision into a back-hand stance to better suit for close combat, especially when preparing to fight withing a dwelling.

I approached the front entry and stepped inside, looking around my surrounding to find the living room scattered with objects, clothes and mannequins strewn all over the floor. But off to the corner, I see two black figures conversing to one another. Their bodies were very similar to that of the ponies, but they had holes garnished around different parts of their limbs, with transparent green wings protruding from their backs and horns protruding from their foreheads. They were dressed in thin black clothing that matched their coats, and were facing each other with a illuminating blue eyes. They looked almost identical except one was taller then the other.

"Gah, this is frustrating. Are you certain that this is the right location?" The taller one stated.

"Of course I'm certain, look." The shorter one directed towards a picture on the wall. "That's one of the elements right there."

"So? What if the pony who lives here is only good friends with her?"

"Then we'll get the answers we need from them and capture her. Isn't it obvious?"

"AHEM..." I cleared my throat as they turned their attention to see me standing at the doorway with a large blade in my hand. Their eyes grew large in wonder, probably because they've never seen a creature like me before.

"Sorry for interrupting your little chit chat, but I couldn't help but overhear you talking about...kidnapping was it?" They looked at each other and brandished daggers from their belts as they flared their wings, getting into position. I stood there unnerved as I continued,

"So you want to play hard to get huh? Fine by me." I lifted my left arm up, beckoning them with four fingers and a smirk.

"Come and get it." The shorter one bolted with wings propelling him towards me at what should have been at a quick rate, but my perception was surprisingly heightened to where I can read his movements quite easily. He rotated his body as his legs came diving down from overhead to my collarbone as I merely sidestepped to avoid his attack, but he followed through with his dagger swiping the same direction. I lifted Salvation and parried his attack away with ease before delivering a front kick in the gut as he skidded across the floor and collide against the wall. His partner looked to me with anger as he lifted his two blades before his body glowed in a sick green color, his arm began to shift and distort into scythe-like claws. They looked rather large and menacing as I got into position as he quickly flew to me and struck at me with a flurry of attacks. But like his partner, I merely dodged his attacks as he tried to finish with a cross slash from both sides and I turned my blade around while flipping over him as he cut the curtains clean off. While above him, I struck his back with the blunt of my blade, sending him slamming into the wall with an oomf.

I landed and focused as I created my Conductor, the black plated claw-arm emerged from a black haze while my opponents were recuperating from my attacks. I took the moment to observe my surrounding and the position that I was in with my opponents as they both began to rise, shaking off their daze to resume their attacks. They looked at one another from a distance as they nodded, clearly some form of understanding towards a common intention. But how they perceive that intention without any form of open communications, I don't really know. But I had my guard up, and I was ready for whatever they had to throw at me. They both dashed at me at the same time from both sides as they tried to swipe at me from the top and bottom side of my body. I twisted my body around to block the lower attack with my blade as I caught the other one with my Conductor. I pushed the shorter creatures blade away with my sword and in a single motion, swung my blade horizontally to sever my opponent in my grip, but he ducked under my attack and I quickly reacted by kneeing him in the face. While he was lifted, I extended my raised leg and kicked him away.

The other one came back as I turned around and guarded two of his attacks in a cross-like motion before flipping Salvation in my grip to an appropriate position, raising the blade over my head as I struck down, chipping into his scythe-like claws and feeling a strange filling sensation. Salvation began to...inhale, as the orb embedded into the guard was changing from its dark color to a more illuminating lime-green color, like a glass being filled with a green liquid until it was completely full. At the same time, the scythe attached to the creatures hand, who was knelt down before me, was beginning to change as it shifted back into the original dagger form. Deep inside, I was feeling this need to...be more, to evolve...no, to change.

I came back to my senses as I kneed my opponent under his chin , my attack lifting him as I quickly twisted my body around and delivered a back kick into his gut. His eyes bulged as my heel sunk inside of his gut, knocking the wind out of him as he spattered out of his mouth, launching him towards the wall from the heavy blow, but I wasn't done yet. I quickly cocked my Conductor back as I began to feel that need arising, that urge to shift and change, to bring my opponent back for more. Without realizing it, my Conductor grew in size and a distinct heavy CLANK was sounded as I whipped my opened claw forward, and in doing so, my clawed hand shot out of my arm with a chain attached to both ends, keeping the connection between me and the flying claw as I felt the contact of my palm on my soaring opponents face. Despite my baffle reaction to this new change in me, I immediately clenched as my claw responded as such and pulled my arm back, which reacted with the chain retracting the claw and my enemy back to me. I took a step forward as my enemy draws near and threw my arm forward, reconnecting my claw back to my forearm with the creature still in my grip as I was now in motion to curving my thrust downwards, slamming the creatures head into the floor with a crunch-like cracking sound. I pulled my arm back to look at my fallen opponent as he laid there with a small drizzle of green blood leaking out from his nostrils, his muzzle contorted and slightly disfigured as I may have broken it while he laid there unconscious.

I turned my attention to the other being as he was already drawing close behind my back. I could feel the presence of the cold steel blade approaching me as I saw the shine reflect off its smooth surface from the corner of my eye, and by instinct, I created my black wings as they whipped out with a haunting black haze spouting from its form before it split apart, becoming misty black streaks sprouting from my back as it pushed into my assailants body and envelop him in its shapeless grasp with his head and hooves sticking out. I clenched onto him as he gritted his teeth from the crushing pressure being applied to him, straining to move with a futile attempt of trying to escape from my clutch before he was lifted and brought back down into the ground with a heavy THUD. The mist-like wings slid off of his shaken body and began to shift back to its solid form, reforming into beautiful and haunting black feathered wings. I looked down at my enemies as they lay sprawled onto the ground as the taller one groaned in pain, staggering to get up as he barely lifted himself before coughing with a sick sharpness. He turned his head to face me with a weaken gaze, his body shaken from the damage done to him as I stood before him with dominance.

"You're not...fro -cough cough-...from here, are you?" He said weakly to me as I raised an eyebrow with a smirk.

"What gave you that idea?" I chuckled sarcastically.

"Just...what ARE you?" He asked as his friend was stirring awake. I lost my smirk as I looked at them with an intimidatingly serious gaze as I replied.

"Your worst mistake, and let this be a reminder to what happens when you choose to attack the innocent. For something may come along and may just overwhelm you." He closed his eyes as he laughed, coughing in between before looking back at me.

"Innocent? What do you know about innocence huh? Just because this place is happy and sunshine, doesn't mean that their selfish and prideful vanity can't hide with the shadows. These ponies aren't as nice as they make themselves out to be." I stood there in thought of what he said, knowing full well that no matter what, there is no 'true innocence' out there, but that doesn't mean that they are all bad. There is a little sin in everybody, no matter who they are. As I looked up to have my say, the two creatures morphed into small black rats and scurried away into the shadows and disappeared.

"Shit. They got away. ~sigh~." I looked around Rarity's home to find everything to be a clustered mess and cringe from the thought of her reaction. I turned to face outside as I approached the front door, bracing myself to inform her of what had transpired and...if it came to it, I would have to put a hold on our date to help her take care of her place. But I couldn't help but wonder about what they were talking about.

"Why were those guys in Rarity's place? I mean, I heard them mentioning something involving the Elements, but...could it be that they were looking for Rarity specifically, or were they looking for ANY of the Elements? This seems a bit unsettling, and if the girls are in danger, I need to keep my guard up and protect them. No matter what." I stepped outside as the warm beams of the sun's rays hit my face, with a cooling breeze brushing past me as I took this moment to ease my body after that encounter inside.

"Vincent darling, is everything okay? What happened? I heard a commotion inside and I feared that you were in danger." Rarity said with concern as she approached me and examined me from top to bottom, making certain that I was alright. I smiled with a chuckle as I crossed my arms proudly and replied.

"Its okay Rarity, I managed to handle the issue unharmed but...I do have some bad news though. Um...you're house...its kinda..." Her eyes grew dim as I was struggling to fully explain to her the catastrophe of her home.

"My house is kinda what Vincent?" Rarity said with worry in her tone...and perhaps a slight chill as well. I merely breathed out heavily before I looked at her and address to her the severity of her place. She stood there for a moment, processing everything that I had just said before, only a few moments passed, she was dashing towards her home while kicking a cloud of dust. Luna and I stared at one another until...

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!"

We heard the howling scream as Rarity had discovered first hand that disaster waiting for her inside her humble abode...well, maybe not so humble no more. We went inside of the establishment as Rarity was standing in the center of her living room, seeing everything in total disarray and chaos as her eyes were matted with dripping mascara.

"The ribbons, my jewelry, EVERYTHING IS A COMPLETE MESS! How could this have happened? WHYHA-HA-HA-HAIIII!" She dropped to the floor as she began to cry in her hands. It pained me to see her like this as I looked to Luna with a saddened gaze.

"I think we may have to cancel on our date. I can't just leave Rarity's house looking like this, I think it's best if I help fix this place up for her." I stated as Luna was a bit surprised before she only smiled and placed her hands n my shoulders.

"Thou need not have to do anything. Thou hast done enough as it is. Allow us to proof of some assistance to your dilemma." Luna stated before she released her hands from my shoulders and made her way to a desk to grab a parchment and a quill as she began to scribble into the parchment, then raising the rolled paper up with her magic before it vanished. In the meanwhile, I was tending to Rarity and doing my best to comfort her as I held her in my arms, gently stroking her hair as she cried in my shoulders. But after a few minutes, we heard hoofsteps before knocking was heard at the door, Luna opened the door as five guards came in with a group of pony's in maids and butlers outfits.

Rarity and I sat there in wonder before we stood up as Luna explained to us that she summoned them here to guard the house as well as clean the establishment so we may continue on with our date as planned. Rarity was very happy to hear this as she gave Luna a big hug before running upstairs as Luna and I stood there waiting.

After a few minutes, Rarity came back down the stairs as her face was no longer stained with dripping mascara. We were now ready to head out as we gathered all the things needed for us to enjoy a wonderful picnic. Today has been a very exciting day so far.

"So that's one of the elements of harmony? She doesn't seem that strong at all. But that creature...he's someone I need to be cautious about. Whatever he is, it is his misfortune to have side with such filthy creatures, and I shall see to it that their death is painful without mercy. But, as for those two, I'll see to punishing those two idiots myself when I meet them again. We Changelings never fall stray by the orders we are given."