Sequel: Rainbow’s New Life

By: DJ BRON3

CH.1 Finding Yourself

It has been a little over a year since the execution of Pinky Pie, everypony has returned to their normal everyday lives. All of them except one. Nightwalker was walking down the crowded streets of Ponyville, looking at all the happy ponies that were enjoying the nice day. He walked past the memorial that the town had erected in the memory of the ponies that were murdered. He didn’t even look at it. He just kept walking. A young colt ran into him as he was walking. Nightwalker looked down at the pony, his eyes fixed on the younger pony’s. The young pony just stared back at Nightwalker, fear running through his eyes. “Go on” Nightwalker said to the little colt. The colt nodded and ran off down the road. Nightwalker then continued to walk down the road. He went to the outskirts of Ponyville, to the old sycamore tree that Pinky was buried under. He walked up to the edge of the grave, which was now covered in grass and colorful flowers. “I still miss you; you were the think that brought a smile to my face, now that you’re gone, I don’t have any reason to smile” he said to the grave. The wind picked up, making his mane fly back. “I don’t want to stay in Ponyville anymore, the faces all disgust me here now, I am going to move to Seaddle with my friends soon, I will come and visit you every three months” he said to Pinky’s grave. “I will continue our work there, where it will be a clean start” Nightwalker said. He turned around and walked back toward Ponyville, crying as he walked. Nightwalker felt that it was as if his heart was ripped out from within him, leaving behind nothing but emptiness. He walked back to Sugar Cube Corner. He walked in through the front door and went into his room. He looked at himself in the mirror. He had gotten taller and had filled out more. But he still did not have a cutie mark. Well, I am still a little young, he thought to himself. He turned around from the mirror. He had to get ready to go, his friends are leaving for Seaddle tonight and he had to be ready. He got a knapsack out from under his bed and started to pack. He walked over to a table and grabbed a picture of Pinky Pie and put it in the bag. He reached under his bed and pulled out his outfit for when he worked on his assistants. He put it on the bed. He had painted it red with the blood of his first assistant. The sun’s rays landed on the outfit, making it shine bright crimson. He lifted it up and a piece of paper fell out of it. He put the outfit in the knapsack and picked up the paper. It was a note written in pink.

Dear Nightwalker,

If you are reading this than you know what has happened to me. I did not get to say goodbye to you, but ill fix that now. I have watched you over the two years that you worked with me and I couldn’t be happier with you. You show true skill when you work with your assistants. I watched you when you were working on your first and was elated to see the creativity that you have. I have repeated myself so many times when I say this I am sick of it, but I am so proud of you, you have matured so much faster than any young colt I ever seen before. You are truly something to behold. When my time comes, and I must leave you, do not lose hope in yourself. I will always watch over you, always. So look up to the stars if you want to see me.

Sincerely, Pinky Pie

Nightwalker stood in the center of his room and cried; tears falling down his face and onto the paper. He looked up “I miss you so much Pinky, I loved you and they took you away from me.” He looked down at the note again. He smiled something that he has not done in a long time. “I will continue your work in Seaddle, and when everyone completely forgets about me here I’ll come back and give all of the ponies that hurt you what’s coming to them” he said aloud, hoping that Pinky could hear him. He finished getting his knapsack ready and left Sugar Cube Corner for the last time. He walked over to his three friend’s house so he could start his new life in Seaddle.

When Nightwalker arrived in Seaddle everything was different, there were massive buildings like in Manehatten all around him. He already had a place that he could stay, a small condo on the outskirts of the city. His friends Brightwing, Darkwind, and Swiftbeat are going to be staying in an apartment on the tenth floor of an apartment building a few blocks down from him. He said goodbye to his friends and went into his new home. The house was already furnished like he wanted it. He walked to his new room and set his bag on his bed. He took out his outfit and hung it up in his closet. He then took out his picture of Pinky Pie and the note he had found recently. He opened the back of the picture frame and put the note inside with all of the other notes he got from her. He closed the picture frame and put the picture on the table next to his bed. “I wish you were here with me” he said to the picture. He walked over to his window in his room and looked out. The sun was just starting to set; “well maybe I’ll go see if there’s any nightlife here in Seaddle” he said aloud. He walked out of his room and down the stairs. He had one last thing he needed to check before he left. He walked into the basement and looked around. He saw a metal operating table in the center of the room. All of the fixtures for when he had helpers were there. Good she gave it to me. He set a bag with all of the tools that he used at Sugar Cube Corner down next to the table. He walked back upstairs and left his house and walked down the street. He passed a lot of coffee shops and social spots while he walked. He stopped in front of this one building called The Mane Drag. He could hear music coming out of the building’s doors. “This looks promising” he said as he walked through the doors. Inside there were strobe lights shining off every corner of the ceiling. There was a huge dance floor in the center of the room with at least fifty ponies dancing on it. He looked up and saw a huge circular podium hanging from the ceiling with speakers coming off of it. A dj was up in the podium. Bright neon lights hung up behind him. The neon sign read Dj QuikBeatz. “Wow, this is a lot more pumped up than the club in Ponyville; Swiftbeat might die if he came in here” Nightwalker said to himself. Just then a small dark blue colt bumped into him “Hey, watch where you’re going.” Nightwalker just stood there and stared at the small pony, who was glaring angrily back at him. “You’re lucky I don’t lay you out on the floor right here” The small colt said to Nightwalker. “Say, what’s your name?” Nightwalker said to him a hint of joy coming to his voice. “Moonbeam, what’s it to you?” he replied defensively. “Oh, I just wanted to know it for if we meet later in the future” Nightwalker replied as he bumped past the small pony. He left the club and walked back towards his house. “Well’ I’ve only been here a day and I have already found my next assistant” he said as he walked. A sudden smile appeared across his face. “Soon, Seaddle will know what this little pony is made out of, because I’m back and even better than before!” Nightwalker said as he walked up to his door. He opened the door and walked in. He walked back down to the basement and over to his bag of tools. He reached in and pulled out a bottle of green liquid and a rag. “Moonbeam your time will soon be up; I would never have chosen you if you weren’t badmouthing me; that is one thing I can’t stand, badmouths” Nightwalker said to himself happily. He looked up to the ceiling, “Pinky, thank you for the letter, it really straightened me out and brought me back on track.” He set the bottle and rag aside. He took the bag over to a sink on the wall and dumped the tools into it. He plugged the drain and turned the water on. He got out the sterilizing soap and poured some into the sink full of water. “We can’t let our guest get an infection after the show starts, now can we?” Nightwalker said to himself joyfully. He started to hum the lullaby that Pinky Pie had taught him as he walked up the basement stairs. He walked up to his room and lay on his bed. “Well Moonbeam, tomorrow you’re in for a big surprise” he said as he stared at the ceiling. He closed his eyes and drifted off into sleep.

When nightwalker woke up it was still dark out. He heard a noise coming from downstairs, like hooves walking across the floor. Nightwalker quietly got up and walked toward the door. He opened it as quietly as possible. He walked to the edge of the stairs and looked down. He saw a figure walk past the doorway. Oh so someone wants to do a little breaking and entering, well they aren’t getting out of my house without a fight, Nightwalker said to himself. He quietly walked down the stairs and looked through the doorway. There was a small pony on the other side of the room, looking at the objects on the shelves. Nightwalker then realized by the size and color it was the same pony that bumped into him earlier. “Well, well, well, if it isn’t my friend Moonbeam; if I knew you wanted to see me again so soon I would have come and got you sooner” Nightwalker chided to the figure on the other side of the room. Moonbeam turned around “You live here, WOW, I would never have thought that a dirt poor pony like you could live in a house like this; well, I’ll give you two options; one, you leave this house and let me rob this place for some quick cash; or two, I’ll kill you and then rob this place” “take your pick” Moonbeam said jokingly to Nightwalker. “I’ll go with two” Nightwalker said to the small pony. “Ooh, great choice, I’ll make sure it’s painless for you” Moonbeam said with pleasure in his voice. Moonbeam ran over to Nightwalker and lunged a hoof out at his cheek. Nightwalker took the blow and did not flinch. “Here, let me show you how it’s done” Nightwalker said to Moonbeam, blood oozing out of the corner of his mouth. Before Moonbeam could move Nightwalker was in front of him, he swung a hoof out at Moonbeam and connected with his jawbone. Moonbeam fell backwards onto the floor. “What, did that hurt a little too much?” “Well, maybe this will make that pain go away” Nightwalker said as he grabbed Moonbeam’s left leg. Nightwalker lifted it up off the ground and stomped on where Moonbeam’s kneecap was, shattering the bone and dislocating the lower half of his leg. “There, that will make the pain in your mouth go away” Nightwalker said as he looked at the small pony on the ground. Moonbeam started crying “leave me alone, I’ll go away and never come back, just let me go.” “You should have never come here in the first place, it’s too late, and you’re going to help me now” Nightwalker said smiling at Moonbeam. Nightwalker hefted Moonbeam up onto his back and started toward the basement door. He took Moonbeam down and strapped him into the bindings on the table. “What are you going to do with me?” Moonbeam said hysteria building in his voice. “Oh, I’m not going to do anything now, I’m going back upstairs and get a little more sleep” Nightwalker replied. With that Nightwalker walked over to the basement door and shut it, leaving his friend to wait till morning. Nightwalker walked back up to his room and lay back down in his bed. “We’ll now at least I don’t have to go and get him, he’s already here!” He said.

End Of CH.1

CH.2 The Beginning Of Many

Nightwalker awoke with a smile on his face. He got up off his bed and went over to his standing mirror. He brushed his mane and looked at himself. “Well, today will be the first time I work with an assistant in Seaddle” he said to his reflection. He walked out of his room and down the stairs. He heard moaning coming from the basement door. “Oh, I almost forgot, he wanted to come visit me earlier than I expected” he said with a smile creeping across his face. He also forgot one other thing. He ran back up to his room and grabbed his outfit out from the closet. “I think I’ll wear it this time” he said aloud. He put on his outfit and ran back downstairs. He opened the basement door and listened; the moaning stopped instantly, replaced by silence. Oh that’s cute, the pony that was such a tough guy the night before is afraid to see me, Nightwalker thought to himself. Nightwalker closed the door behind him and walked down the stairs. He walked into the room with his captive helper. “Get away from me you freak” Moonbeam said to the grey pony walking up to him. “What don’t want to see me? Well you’re going to have to now, you did break into my house after all” Nightwalker replied, still smiling widely. “I said get away from me, you’re a freak, and you don’t think I can’t see what’s going on here? You’re going to murder me, how close am I?” the little pony said angrily. Nightwalker only smiled wider “you are quite the smart pony for your age, but you remind me of my first assistant somehow.” Moonbeam took his eyes off Nightwalker and looked at his outfit. Nightwalker saw him look down at it “you like it, I made it myself” he wanted to scare Moonbeam a little now “you see the crimson color; I used the blood from my first helper Robbinswing to color it.” “You really are a sick freak; how anyone could love you, I’ll never know” Moonbeam sneered to Nightwalker. Nightwalker lost the smile on his face, a frown replaced it. “You’re starting to get on my last nerve, you never knew what kind of life I had before now, so you can shut your mouth” Nightwalker said pointing a hoof at Moonbeam. Moonbeam smiled a little “what, did I strike a nerve?” Nightwalker had enough; he walked over to Moonbeam, grabbed his forehead with one hoof and grabbed his chin with the other. “I am sick of hearing your mouth run” and then he ripped Moonbeam’s jaw out of its socket. Moonbeam let out a wail of pain and Nightwalker just stared at him. Blood started to pour out of the corners of Moonbeam’s mouth. Moonbeam looked at Nightwalker with pure hatred in his eyes. “I’m doing the world a favor when I start to work with you” Nightwalker said to the dark blue colt. “I’LL…KILL…YOU…” Moonbeam managed to say through the dislocated jaw and blood. “That’s it, I think we should start now” Nightwalker said angrily, trying to hold back an urge to rip Moonbeam’s jaw right off.

Nightwalker grabbed the tools from the bag and set them on a wooden table next to him. Moonbeam looked at him, dried blood crusted on the corners of his mouth. Nightwalker grabbed a scalpel off of the table and walked over to Moonbeam. “Well, let’s begin, shall we?” Nightwalker said. Nightwalker noticed that Moonbeam wasn’t smiling. “you know, my old master said that you should always have a smile on your face, but you don’t seem to have one; I can fix that” Nightwalker said as he moved closer to Moonbeams head. Moonbeam noticed the danger and started to move his head back and forth. Nightwalker grabbed Moonbeam’s head and put the scalpel in his mouth. He made a curved incision up the side of his cheek, in the shape of a smile. He then repeated the process to the other side. “There, much better” Nightwalker said to the now crying pony. “Leave…me...alone” Moonbeam said to the grey pony. Nightwalker paid no attention to the little pony; he was too busy thinking of what he could do next. Nightwalker got an idea; he grabbed the scalpel and went over to Moonbeam’s side. Moonbeam started to struggle again and found that Nightwalker had forgotten to tighten the binding on his left leg. Moonbeam kicked out at Nightwalkers hoof just as it was going to make an incision at his waistline. The scalpel flew out of Nightwalkers hoof and impaled his shoulder. Nightwalker smiled darkly at Moonbeam “you know it isn’t nice to kick something out of somepony’s hoof, it could be very dangerous.” Nightwalker reached up and pulled the blade out of his shoulder blade; blood starting to ooze out of the wound. Nightwalker walked over to a fire pit and placed the scalpel over the flame. The blade started to turn red from the heat of the flames. Nightwalker took the scalpel away from the flames; the blade was red with steam floating off of it. He walked back over to Moonbeam, who was staring at the blade in his hoof. “Let’s see how you like getting stabbed” Nightwalker said. Nightwalker then walked up to Moonbeam and stabbed the searing hot blade into his shoulder. Moonbeam let out a scram of agony; the heat of the blade being too much for him. Moonbeam passed out from the pain in his shoulder. “Aww, he fell asleep, well then, while he’s asleep I can prepare for the last round” Nightwalker said.

When Moonbeam awoke he could smell nothing but cooked flesh and blood. He looked over to his shoulder and found that the blade was still lodged into his flesh. He looked down and saw that he could see all of his organs. He started to hyperventilate. Nightwalker walked back over to him “Finally your awake, are you ready for the last round?” “Please…just kill me…this is…too…much” Moonbeam said trying to sound clear. “Why do you want to go? I thought you would want to stick around longer” Nightwalker said to the broken pony in front of him in disappointment. “Please… just put me out…of my misery” Moonbeam said trying to remain in consciousness. “Fine if you want to have peace in death, who am I to deny you the right” Nightwalker said. “My crew will come looking for me soon…so watch out” Moonbeam said smiling. “I hope you find happiness in death” Nightwalker said as he walked up to Moonbeam. Nightwalker reached out and grabbed Moonbeam’s heart in his hoof and with one swift motion ripped it out of his chest. Moonbeam started to cry; not because of the pain, but because of the fact that he had been murdered by an outsider. Nightwalker watched as Moonbeam slowly started to drift off into the embrace of death. “I’ll kill your crew too if they try to mess with me, I promise you that” Nightwalker said to Moonbeam. A few minutes later Moonbeam breathed no more. Nightwalker tilted up the table to let the blood drain into the grate in the floor. He walked over to the stairs and looked back at his first assistant from Seaddle. “I wish you were here with me Pinky” he said as he walked up the stairs.

END OF CH.2

CH.3 Moonbeam's Crew

About an hour has passed since Nightwalker's first assistant passed away. "Well, I have a few hours to spare now; I'll head back over to the club and chill out" Nightwalker said with a small smile. He left his house and started walking down the crowded streets of Seaddle, thinking about what Moonbeam said before he died. "I can't wait to meet the rest of his crew" Nightwalker said smiling. He walked up to the door of Club Bass. Their wad a notice on the door, it read

Dear patrons of Club Bass,
Our dj is being transferred to Manehatten in two weeks, if anypony wants to apply for the dj position talk to the manager of the club. Sorry to all of the disappointed ponies out there.
Sincerely, Club Bass staff

"Hmm, that might be something i could do in my spare time" Nightwalker said as he walked into the club. The club was more crowded than usual, all of the ponies getting their fill of music before the dj leaves. Nightwalker walked around the club until he found a door that said "manager" on it in gold letters. He knocked on the door and from inside he heard "come in" in a raspy voice. Nightwalker opened the door and walked in, the room was light blue with records hanging on them. An older filly was behind the desk. He looked at the nameplate on the table and it read "Quicksilver." "Sit down, is there something you need?" she said to him. Nightwalker sat down "I wanted to talk about the dj opportunity." Quicksilver breathed a sigh of relief "oh thank Celestia; I was starting to think that we were going to have to close this place down, what do you want to know?" "Well, are there any requirements for this job?" Nightwalker asked. “There is no requirement, but I do recommend you to get some lessons on the mixing equipment” she said to him. “Wait, I got the job?” Nightwalker said to Quicksilver with disbelief. “Yeah, you were the only pony that offered” she replied to him smiling. “Thanks, you won’t be disappointed” Nightwalker said as he stood up and walked towards the door. Nightwalker walked back into the main room of the club and then out the front door. He walked home, thinking about what he was going to as a dj. Nightwalker walked up to his door and there was a hastily scrawled note taped to it. It read

Dear resident,

We know that you killed one of our brothers, and now you’re going to pay for it. We three are going to come for you tomorrow night. You can try to get a crew together if you wish, but you will die for what you did to Moonbeam, even if we have to waste your friends too. This is one battle that you shouldn’t have started.

Signed, The Midnight Crusaders

For the first time ever Nightwalker felt a twitch of fear run through him. “God damn it, why is it that whenever I get ahold of something I enjoy it gets ripped away from me!” Nightwalker stomped a hoof on the ground. Nightwalker then thought about what the note said. “I can’t let my friends get involved in this they’ll get hurt or even killed; from here on out I have to walk alone” Nightwalker said solemnly. He ripped the note off the door and went inside. He walked straight up to his room and lay on his bed. “Pinky, everything is slipping away from me now that your gone, I can’t keep anything I like anymore; I need your help” Nightwalker said staring up at the ceiling. Tears started to slide down his cheeks, staining the fur. “Pinky, I need your help” he repeated softly; sleep slowly starting to take hold of him. He drifted away into what was going to be the worst night of sleep he has ever had.

Nightwalker awoke screaming and covered in sweat. He dreamt about what was to come with the Midnight Crusaders. Nightwalker was with Brightwing, Swiftbeat, and Darkwind. It was dark and they were in the alleyway behind his house. The Midnight Crusaders closing in on them. Nightwalker and his friends were weak from fighting. The crusader on the far right lunged ahead and grabbed Darkwind’s head in his hooves, then snapping his neck and tossing the body away from him. He smiled darkly and moved back in the group of the other two crusaders. The middle pony then proceeded to jump out of the group and walked toward Nightwalker. He smiled “I told you, you shouldn’t have messed with Moonbeam, now you’re going to die.” He jumped in the air and kicked Nightwalker straight in the forehead. Nightwalker flew backward and lay on the ground, unmoving. “NO, LEAVE HIM ALONE!” Brightwing said to the pony looming over him. “Run, while you still can, leave me, my time is up anyways……………GO!!!” Nightwalker said with the last amounts of strength he had. “NO, we won’t leave you here” Brightwing said as he ran towards the large pony standing over Nightwalker. Brightwing was almost to the pony when he sidestepped out of the way. The pony swung his hoof up at Brightwing and caught him in the chin, sending him into the air. The crusader then jumped just as Brightwing hit the ground and landed right on his chest, shattering Brightwing’s ribs, shards stabbing his lungs and heart. Brightwing died instantly, his heart hemorrhaging from the force of the blow. Nightwalker struggled to his feet “Swiftbeat….RUN!!!” Swiftbeat did as he was told, fleeing the fight that he knew he wasn’t going to win. Nightwalker then pushed the thought away, shaking his head “AHHHH!!!! WHY, WHY ME.” Nightwalker walked around his room; paranoia swimming in his head. “I am not going run away, if this is how it has to end, so be it” he said in a monotone voice, all emotion drained from his tone. “But, I will not have my friends sent to the grave just because of me” he said. Nightwalker didn’t do anything the rest of the day; he only thought of the dream he had and how the situation tonight was going to play out.

END OF CH.3

CH.4 One Last Act Of Defiance

Nightwalker let the day pass away. He couldn’t stop what was to come even if he tried. The day had turned into dusk. It won’t be long now Nightwalker said to himself. Just then he heard a knock on the door. “Ok, let’s get this over with” Nightwalker said as he walked to the front door. He opened the door and saw Brightwing, Swiftbeat, and Darkwind standing there. “Hey, how are ya, you liking the new digs” Brightwing said to Nightwalker. “Wow, you don’t look so good, are you ok?” Swiftbeat said next. “I’m fine, you have to get out of here, it’s not safe here anymore” Nightwalker said to the group. “What? Why?” Darkwind said quizzically. Nightwalker looked over Brightwing’s shoulder and saw a group of three pony’s in black and red uniforms rounding a corner up the street. “You have to get out of here NOW!” Nightwalker said, trying frantically to get them out of here before they show up; but it was too late. “Oh good, he actually got a group together, this should be a little more interesting; my name is Silent Step” the middle pony said. “This here is White Lightning and Manestream” Silent Step said pointing to the two other ponies behind him. “Nightwalker, what is going on? Who are these ponies?” Swiftbeat asked him, a hint of fear in his voice. “We are the Midnight Crusaders, and we have come to kill your little friend, because he killed one of our members” Silent Step said smoothly. “Is this true, did you kill him?” Brightwing asked, shocked. “Yes I killed him, he broke into my house, what was I to do let him rob me blind?” Nightwalker said back. “I’ll fight you three, but I want my friends left out of this, they don’t deserve this” Nightwalker said looking over to his friends. “We won’t leave you, that’s not what friends do” Darkwind said stepping up next to Nightwalker. “No, get out of here, I don’t want anyone else I care about getting hurt” Nightwalker said. “And who’s going to make us leave, hmm?” Darkwind said with a smile. “Well, I say we go to the alleyway behind your house, don’t you think?” Silent Step started to say as he walked towards a hill that led to the alleyway. “Oh no” Nightwalker said to himself as he started to remember the dream again. They walked down to the alleyway and took their respective sides. “This has nothing to do with you three, but now that you’re here you cannot leave, your fate is sealed along with your friend’s” Silent Step said. “Well, I think we waited long enough, let’s begin shall we?”

Nightwalker and his friends got ready. The Midnight Crusaders closing in on them. Nightwalker lunged out and connected with Silent Step’s cheek with his right hoof, then followed with a left hook to his chest. Silent Step backed up a little “your good, but not great” “get those three boy’s” he said to Manestream and White Lightning. The other two crusaders spread out and started to go after his friends. Silent Step saw an opening and landed a blow straight on Nightwalker’s jaw, sending him reeling backwards. Nightwalker watched as his friends were being torn apart by the superior fighters. This is a lost cause, now we are all going to die; their blood is on my hands now Nightwalker thought. Nightwalker ran over and regrouped with his friends. The Midnight Crusaders doing the same. The four of them were breathing heavy from fighting. Nightwalker had a bloody lip, Brightwing a black eye and sprained wing, Swiftbeat was uninjured, but very shaky, and Darkwind had a sprained hoof. The group backed up as the crusaders grew closer. Oh no, this isn’t happening Nightwalker thought, as another part of his dream had come true. Nightwalker saw the crusader start to move “Darkwind look out!” But it was too late, the crusader on the far right lunged ahead and grabbed Darkwind’s head in his hooves, then snapping his neck and tossing the body away from him. He smiled darkly and moved back in the group of the other two crusaders. “See Nightwalker, you and your friends are no match for us” Silent Step said in a joyful tone. Silent Step then proceeded to jump out of the group and walked slowly toward Nightwalker. He smiled “I told you, you shouldn’t have messed with Moonbeam, now you’re going to die.” He jumped high in the air and kicked Nightwalker straight in the forehead with his massive hoof. Nightwalker reeled backward and fell on the ground, unmoving. “NO, LEAVE HIM ALONE!” Brightwing said to the pony looming over him. “Run, while you still can, leave me, my time is up anyways……………GO!!!” Nightwalker said with the last amounts of strength he had. “NO, we won’t leave you here” Brightwing said as he ran towards the large pony standing over Nightwalker. Brightwing was almost to the pony when Silent Step sidestepped out of the way. The pony swung his hoof up at Brightwing and caught him in the chin, sending him into the air. The crusader then jumped just as Brightwing hit the ground and he landed right on his chest, shattering Brightwing’s ribs, shards piercing his lungs and heart. Brightwing died instantly, his heart hemorrhaging from the force of the blow. Nightwalker struggled to his feet “Swiftbeat….RUN!!!” Swiftbeat did as he was told, fleeing the fight that he knew he wasn’t going to win. “Manestream, go get our little friend and bring him back here for me will you” Silent Step said. The third crusader then followed after the small pony. “You know, I was expecting more of a fight out of you, it’s a disappointment really” Silent Step said in a mocking tone. Nightwalker just happened to look up on the side of the hill and saw Manestream toss Swiftbeat off the hill towards them. Swiftbeat fell and hit the ground with a thud; the cracking of bones being heard as he hit. Swiftbeat lay motionless on the ground. Tears started to pour out of Nightwalker, this is it, this is where it ends, I have lost everything now; my friends, Pinky Pie, everything gone nightwalker thought to himself. “White Lightning, hold him down for me” White Lightning did as he was told and went over and held Nightwalker in place. “This is where it ends for you boy, you really thought you could beat us, we are the elite” “you’re just some stupid kid” Silent Step said as he walked up to Nightwalker, producing a small knife as he walked. He came up to the front of Nightwalker, who was looking down, still crying. Nightwalker looked up and stared at Silent Step, waiting for the inevitable. Silent Step lunged the blade out and stabbed Nightwalker in the stomach, then took the blade out and stabbed him in the heart. Nightwalker showed no pain when he got stabbed, he just continued to stare into Silent Step’s eyes. White Lightning let go of Nightwalker and he continued to stand there. Blood was gushing out of the two wounds in his abdomen. Nightwalker started to sing softly “Hush Now, Quiet Now, It’s Time To Lay Your Sleepy Head, Hush Now, Quiet Now, For Soon You Will Be Dead.” At the last word Nightwalker lunged out at Silent Step with the last amounts of strength he had in him. He grabbed His head in his hooves and forcefully Snapped Silent Step’s neck. Nightwalker then fell on the ground, the blood loss making him weaker. Nightwalker smiled and looked up to the stars in the sky “I’m coming home.” Nightwalker closed his eyes and let his breathing fade. Nightwalker died smiling, knowing that he would be with Pinky and his friends again soon. White Lightning and Manestream took their leaders body with them and left the corpses of the other ponies behind.

END OF CH.4

Epilogue: The Legacy

A patrol of Seaddle police spotted the bodies of Nightwalker and the others shortly after the Midnight Crusaders left. The police checked the bodies and came to a conclusion that they were killed in some sort of fight. The police then searched the area for any evidence. They found none. "Go back to the station and take a letter to Celestia about this" the lead officer said. The lead patrol pony then looked back at the victims "I sure would not have wanted to be in this fight." The patrol gathered the bodies and took them with them back to the station. When they got there Celestia was already waiting for them. "This is terrible, one year ago we had a mass murder, and this year we have one missing pony, and four dead ones" she said shaking her head. "Should we take the bodies to the cemetery?" said the lead patrol officer. "yes, that would be best; I am going to start reinforcing all of the city’s police forces with two royal guards each from Canterlot; we cannot have any more incidents like this one" Celestia said staring at the body of Nightwalker. "That is all, you are dismissed" she said finally. The patrol took the bodies out of the station and to the cemetery down the road. They set the bodies down on the ground and dug four graves. They lowered the bodies into the graves and then filled them. They left the graves and walked back to the station.
Nightwalker was awakened by a hoof prodding him in his side. "Huh…" Nightwalker said as he started to move to a sitting position. He looked in front of him and saw Pinky Pie smiling at him. "Pinky?" was all Nightwalker could muster his mouth to say. Pinky smiled wider "Hi, welcome home!" Nightwalker smiled back at Pinky and ran up and hugged her. "I missed you so much, everything slipped away from me; I wasn't myself when you were..." his voice trailed off.” Well, you don't have to worry about that ever again, your back with the ponies that care about you, that's all that matters" Pinky said. "Wait, where are my friends?" Nightwalker asked. "They are over there, under that tree" Pinky Pie said pointing over to a tree with three ponies lying under it. Nightwalker walked over to them and started to prod each of them awake. "Leave me alone...five more minutes" Swiftbeat said grumpily. They all got to their hoofs and started to look around "where are we? This doesn't look like the alleyway" Darkwind said with confusion. "We’re dead… the Midnight Crusaders wiped us out; this is my old master Pinky Pie by the way" Nightwalker said pointing to the now smiling pink mare. "Wait, we are all dead? That can't be possible" Brightwing said in shock and disbelief. "Well, we are; but at least we still have each other" Nightwalker said looking at all of the ponies around him. "I remember her; she was the pony that got hung for the murder of twelve ponies........and if you were being trained by her..." Swiftbeat said, his voice trailing off in shock. Nightwalker sighed "you all have a right to know, it doesn't matter anyhow now; yes, I was Pinky's apprentice once, I helped her with her trade, which soon became our trade; when Pinky died I swore that I would continue her work, and I kept my promise; I murdered six ponies in Ponyville before we had to leave, not feeling any regret for doing so; when we moved here I thought it would be different, but when I killed Moonbeam that all ended, I knew that was going to be where my journey ended; I came to accept it, that's why I was telling you to leave that night, I didn't want you dying with me because of my life choices" Nightwalker said looking away from them. "We don't care what you do, we are a group, we do everything together; we wouldn't have let you go and die alone even if you tried to force us, we're a family, in life and death, nothing will ever change that" Brightwing said smiling, the others did as well. Nightwalker smiled, grateful for the fact that they were all together again. The group of five ponies began walking back to their new home, a walled off area on the outskirts of Ponyville for all of the ponies that don't deserve to be with the others. Nightwalker continued to smile, he didn't care that he had to live in a walled part of town, he was just happy that he was back with the one thing he couldn't ever lose.......his family.

“If you live with regret you're weak, if you live without it you're a monster; I lived without it, I lost it when I was a young child, but I carried on with my life and paid no attention to anypony that feared me; for I will always know that even if everypony else feels that way towards me, I will always have my family that loves me.”

Author: Nightwalker (deceased)

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