So, a few days have passed since Harmony had given me my first mission, and I was currently in Manehattan. My mission was to remove a cult, gang, something underground that took mares and stallions, broke their minds with some kind of ritual, and turned them into slaves for select others. Now, the only reason Harmony knew of this place is because of a ritual they used to, quote unquote, "extract a pony's will to make them serve who holds it." Needless to say, it used a bit of dark magic. Unfortunately, it didn't have enough of a signature for Harmony to pinpoint it exactly, so we just knew it was in this city.

Fortunately, there was a way to find at least a small outpost for it, for lack of a better term. That would be a small sensor spell Harmony placed on my Frame that would pick up the ritual signature on who ever was close. At the least, I could interrogate them for what I needed if they didn't lead me there, though nothing had been picked up, yet.

As for where I had set up camp, I hadn't. I stayed on the move, as it would be a lot easier to be detected in a single spot in a city like this. Right now, though, I was on the top of a four story apartment building, which had a small garden there. Get what nature you can in a city, I guess. Harmony, are you sure it's in the city? I asked for the seventh time in the same span of days.

Yes, I am, Excalibur, she replied. But you know that it is hard to pinpoint something at distance. That's why you're there: to find it.

Yeah, yeah, I know, I replied before physically sighing. I may like traveling as much as the next guy, but unless I'm doing it for a reason, one quickly met, I'd rather not do so at all. Right now, this mission was falling into that latter category. Anyway, I made my way to the next roof, on a building the same size as the current one and right next to it, which is when I got a feeling deep in my gut, as well as my head, one that caused me to duck, resulting in an arrow flying overhead from my left. I turned, and nocked an arrow to see a pegasus mare with an elegant bow, one that looked hand carved from an ancient tree, and a quiver full of a dozen minus one arrows. That was the feeling in my gut.

The one in my head was the spell from Harmony, and it lit up as I laid eyes on the mare. I think I have one, Harmony, I said. Oh, and you need to improve the range of the spell.

I'll work on it, Harmony replied in a deadpan.

"So, you're the thing my brother talked about," the pegasus said as she drew and nocked another arrow. "I honestly don't see how you could have escaped the princess." She then shrugged. "I guess that will mean I'll get a good reward for bringing you to the Order. Though the fact you look like a deformed unicorn won't help."

"So," I said as we stared each other down, "I assume you're part of a society or something?"

"Yeah, I am," the mare said. "Not that the name matters to future slaves."

"I'm nobody's slave, bitch," I said before we released the arrows at the same time, and rolled out of each other's aim, resulting in both of us missing. Take her alive?

Yes, Harmony said. We need to know where the main location is. We can give the royal guard subsequent locations later.

No way, I said before nocking and firing another arrow, which was another miss as I caught the second one fired by the mare, spun it, nocked it, and fired it back at her. She's down to ten, while I have seventy. I'm just guessing Orokin, the original race that Tenno are a sub of in Warframe, tech allows that. What if a guard's a part of this group? They may tip the areas off and allow them to get away. We tell Luna, and have her check the dreams of the guards to see who, if any, are with them, and we'll work from there.

And if it doesn't work?

Then we improvise! I replied as I fired off another arrow at the pegasus mare, who dodged it before doing the same with her own, which I grabbed out of the air, and fired back at her again. She was already tiring, as she just barely avoided this one. I can make this work. I drew three arrows and, using a little bit of enhanced strength, fired them to the mare's right, my left, in a triangle pattern, one after the other before I sprinted to my right, and tackled her, causing both of us to fall to a two story building rooftop. She was struggling still on landing, so I punched her in the face to knock her out. Now to find a loud area to hide the screams.

A few hours later- unknown warehouse-industrial district

I sat on the floor, Skana in my right hand, a stone in the left and being dragged across the blade, with the mare, who, now that adrenaline wasn't in my system, wore a green shirt, a pair of workout pants, and had blue skin with light green hair and tail sitting in a chair with restraints at her wrists and wings, as well as ankles. Those last ones were tight as hell. I do object to this, Harmony said.

You said I can do stir of the moment stuff, I replied. You can only decide what the missions are.

. . . Touche.

Before I could reply, I heard groaning coming from the chair that the mare was restrained in. Tell Luna that she may need to deal with nightmares related to me from others than the bearers. Time to go GTA V.

I don't understand that, but I am quite sure I will, Harmony said. And I will.

Thanks, I said before setting the stone down, and standing up. I walked to where the mare was restrained. "Wake up," I said, kicking her hoof.

"Ugh, where am I?"

"In short, your current hell," I said as her head came up slowly, and her eyes came on me.

"You," she growled. "When the Order finds out you kidnapped me, they'll make you regret it."

"Not likely," I said. "Here's what's going to happen: you tell me what I want, I let you live. If not, then I make you a flightless chicken. Just to start off with," I said, bringing my blade up. "So, first question:what's the full name of your group?"

"Go to Tartarus!"

"Wrong answer."

Later

I walked out of the warehouse, my Skana on my back, bow drawn. She lasted longer than I thought, I said. Good thing she didn't die. However close she came.

I still think you could have went with less bloody methods.

Why? We already knew she was with the group. I just made it to where she told us. now, if you'll excuse me, I need to plan out a rescue for those they have imprisoned.

Author's Notes:

I feel it bad to change the rating to an M this early in the story. Besides, it'll get that later.