Four years passed, Twilight becoming old enough to walk, talk, and it became rather apparent the two were inseparable. Where ever Twilight went, she wanted Xeron to come with her. Granted, he was often hiding when they were around other ponies, to prevent any panic. At this time, however, they were in the backyard of Twilight’s home.
The filly just wanted to play outside for today, Xeron sitting in the shade of a nearby tree. He watched, as the filly played in her sandbox, creating a rather well made sand castle. The Night Raptor smiled behind his helmet, and looked up at the sky. “Who would have thought a Night Lord, of all Astartes, would be enjoying himself on a world like this?” He thought, recalling the events of the past four years.
He had quite a few memorial ones, like how many times Twilight fell asleep in his lap, or the flights he took her on. There were some rather unpleasant ones, to keep it short, Xeron now knows how to change a foal’s diaper.
Xeron was suddenly brought out of his thoughts, when he suddenly heard Twilight calling for him. “Xeron! Xeron look!” The Night Raptor looked towards the filly, and noticed she was now wearing a make shift crown while at the center of her sand castle. “I’m Princess Celestia!”

He couldn’t help but give a slight chuckle at the sight. “She really does admire the Princess…” Xeron thought, shaking his head and stood up with a slight bow. “Well then, ‘Princess Celestia’, don’t you think it is a good time for a casual flight?” He asked.
Twilight suddenly lit up with excitement at the suggestion, she loved it when he took her on flights, and rushed up to the Night Raptor. “R-Really!? You’ll take me on one!” She asked, bouncing up and down, causing her token to bouncing with her.
“Oh, but Princess Celestia! You don’t need to ask me if you can, after all… You are the powerful Princess of the Sun.” Xeron said, making Twilight give a worried look.
“B-But… I’m not a real Princess, so I can’t really fly.” She muttered, shuffling her hooves around.
Xeron knelt down beside her, placing a claw over her back. “Nonsense. You are a Princess, at least in the eyes of your family, and mine.” He said, Twilight smiling up at him, before the Night Raptor moved said claw to her stomach. “Now, close your eyes and imagine yourself soaring through the skies… Just like Princess Celestia would.”
The filly nodded, and closed her eyes. She started to imagine herself as a full grown alicorn, flying through the skies of Equestria. All her subjects looking up, and admiring her flawlessness. Unknown to Twilight, Xeron positioned himself behind her, his jump pack slowly coming to life, the bat wings opening up. The moment she was deep in her day dream, the two of them launched into the sky! “I can feel it, Xeron! It’s like I really am flying!” She said, smiling at the thought, not knowing the two of them really were flying.
“Haha, like? Then maybe you should open your eyes, ‘Princess’.” Xeron teased, keeping the filly in his right hand.
Twilight slowly opened both eyes, and noticed how high up the two of them were! “I-I’m flying! I am really flying!” She squealed, flailing her legs about while giggling. “I love you so much, Xeron!”
Below them, Twilight’s parents just watched the two. “Those two are really attached to one another, aren’t they?” Velvet asked, watching her giggling daughter.
Night Light gave a nod. “I was hesitant, at first, because of how Xeron looked… But he really cares for our little Twilight.” He said, giving a slight chuckle. “He’s more protective than Shining Armor.”
“The Summer Sun Solstice is tomorrow… Maybe we should let Twilight go? We both know Xeron will follow her, and ensure that she’s safe.” Velvet said, smiling at her husband.
“Hm… It’ll be her first one, so I don’t see why not?” Night Light said, nuzzling his wife.

Twilight made her way through the crowd, trying to reach the front while apologizing to anyone she bumped into on her way there. The filly looked up to the Princess’ platform, her eyes filled with wonder. “I finally get to actually see Princess Celestia, for real! This is so exciting!” She thought, with a smile.

Not far off, Xeron used his jump pack to reach the top of a building, perching like a gargoyle. He slowly scanned the crowd, before he saw Twilight near the front. “There you are, my little princess.” He muttered, smiling, before his enhanced vision spotted something… The Night Raptor wasn’t the only one that found Twilight. He spotted a gray unicorn stallion, with a white mane and tail, giving the filly a look that made his skin crawl. “What are you thinking about, pony…” He said, under his breath, a growl within his voice.

He suddenly heard the trumpets start to play, the crowd cheering, as Celestia raised the sun. He noticed that Twilight’s gaze of wonder increased by tenfold, causing him to smile at the sight. The filly was happy, seeing her idol so close must have been a dream come true. A dream that Xeron was happy to help grant.

When it was over, the crowd dispersing into the streets, Xeron was using the rooftops to follow Twilight home. Though, she was suddenly stopped by the unicorn stallion from before. Xeron watched from the roof’s edge, he noticed the filly was beginning to panic, he could smell the fear from where he was hiding. In the blink of an eye, Twilight dashed into the alleyway, one that he knew was a dead end!

Xeron cursed in Nostramen, before rushing in the same direction, on the rooftop. When he saw where they were, the stallion had Twilight cornered! “Damnit, I have no choice now…” He muttered, claws cracking the stone.

“Well then, pretty little filly, looks like I have you to myself now.” The stallion said, giving a twisted grin while he approached Twilight. He eyed her up and down, the unicorn’s eyes noticing the filly’s token. “My, my, my, what a pretty little pendant… A gift from your parents?” He asked, Twilight shaking her head… The filly was terrified, this unicorn’s stare was sending shivers down her small frame. “A special some pony, then?” Twilight’s face suddenly turned cherry red. “Well, it’ll make a fine trophy for me.”

“S-Somepony… H-Help!” Twilight barely said, tears falling down her muzzle. “X-Xeron!!!” She screamed.

The stallion simply laughed. “No pony is going to help you, filly.” He said, before freezing in place, along with Twilight. The two of them felt a terrible, murderous, aura wash over them.

When a twisted cackle echoed within the alley’s shadows, the unicorn stallion lit his horn up, trying to find out who it was. “Did you really think that she was alone? My, you must be a rather foolish stallion.” A metallic voice said, from within the shadows.

The stallion tried to find him, quick movements and sounds of metal against stone being the only signs of their presence. “Show yourself!” He demanded, locking up completely when he felt something behind him.

“Greetings.” The voice whispered before a metal claw suddenly grabbed his neck, lifting the stallion off the ground! When the claws turned him around, the unicorn was staring into the blank, glowing red, eyes of Xeron’s helmet. “I have come for the filly, and your soul!”

“M-Monster!” The stallion yelled in terror, Xeorn’s grip suddenly tightening around his neck.

“Nice of you to notice, after all… It takes a Monster, to hunt one.” Xeron could feel the stallion starting to struggle, unable to think clearly. “And I’m the worst kind imaginable. I have slaughtered thousands, flayed hundreds. The worst part about it all? You’re not going to live, to tell the tale of how you came face to face…. With Xeron, Night Raptor of the Night Lords Legion!” Within seconds, Xeron’s grip got so tight, that the unicorn’s eyes and mouth burst with blood! The sound, and feel, of his neck snapping within the Night Lord’s grip. It had been nearly five years since he felt the rush of killing someone, his instincts suddenly taking over… The Night Raptor staring at the corpse in his powerful claws, slowly starting to laugh.

He threw the limp body to the ground, Xeron soon took his claw and slowly started to disembowel the dead stallion. Once that was done, he cut all of his hooves clean off and placed them five inches away from the cut. His claws soon found the unicorn’s mouth, slowly cutting through the cheeks and forcing the mouth to give a look of sheer terror. The last thing he did, was take the unicorn’s blood and wrote a message on the stone. “Crime: Attempted rape and murder of a filly. Punishment: Death. Ave Dominus Nox, justice has been served.”

Xeron breathed slowly, taking in the sweet release of what he had just did, but his body suddenly froze when he reread the message. All of that sweet feeling, he had just felt, vanished when he turned around. “Oh no… What have I done!?” Was his only thought