open ~From A Land Across the Sea~

[MintyNinjaPrincess 21]

((This Roleplay is between MintyNinjaPrincess and dragon4111 and none else))

 

EDIT: I accidentally put "Open" on this thead and I have no idea how to fix it so that it says "Private". But know that it's actually supposed to be private. ._.

 

 

 

It was a very cold still evening one day in early spring. Winter wrap up had been only three days before today, and the winter chill hadn't completely left the air yet. But spring was still in full effect all the same. The smell of young flowers was drifting through the air. Rarity had left her windows open a bit so that she could smell them as she began closing Carousel Boutique for the night. She had already fliped over the Open/Closed sign to it's Closed status, and was busy putting away her sewing needles and measuring tape with light-blue colored telekinesis.

 

It had been a long day at work. Despite it being very early in spring, she'd already started getting orders from clients wanting Hearts and Hooves Day dresses. These clients were smart to order early because she would almlost certainly be booked when the day actually became near. One client in particular had been rather annoyingly 'specific' about what they wanted and had completely worn Rarity out.

 

But at least today was done with. Tomorrow she could have the shop be closed for the day, and take a much deserved break.

 

...The night was so strangely still. Rarity began to feel a strange sense of foreboding, despite the fact that she had no reason to feel this way. Maybe it was just her unicorn magic trying to tell her that something very important was about to happen. Maybe it was just a coincidence. Either way she ended up ignoring it.

 

Also, she'd accidentally left her door unlocked that night.

Edited October 12, 2012 by MintyNinjaPrincess

[dragon4111 914]

Draco slowly snuck into the home of his target. His lord ordered the ninja to kill this unicorn for some reason his lord didnt tell him fully what his mission was. Draco slowly snuck in through the opened door. He drew his katana slowly silently. Draco looked at the white unicorn as he hid within the shadows. She was beautiful in his eyes but he'll make his strike quick.

 

Draco was born under the Warlords banor at a young age after his mother traveled to the far away lands. There she gave him up to a mother that was infertile the mother was head of a ninja clan that was high ranking. Draco did well under all those years of training harsh but he learned different arts that would help him get to the top. and be the Warlords personal assassin. Now this was his test to kill this beautifull pony.

Edited October 12, 2012 by dragon4111

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Rarity first glimpsed him in the reflection of a nearby mirror. He startled her of course. After all, it is not often that somepony sees another pony with a raised katana inside one's shop.

 

She turned quickly to look him in the eyes. But still, she hesitated. Surely nopony would want to hurt her. She'd never done anything to offend anypony as far as she knew. And he didn't have the look of a cerial killer or anything of that sort. So she attempted to talk to him.

 

"U-Um... Are you... lost... Good Sir...?" she said, hardly able to mask the nervousness in her voice.

 

At the same time she was fully ready to run for it.

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Draco sighed when she saw him. "Prepare yourself miss for death"Draco said with regret as he took a swipe at her with his long black katana. His katana was made from some black metal that which fell from the sky he found while he was out meditating when he was younger he asked the smith to make him a sword out of it. "I will pray for your soul for when you meet with the dieties"Draco said throwing his voice.

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Rarity let out a rather embarassingly girlish scream. But she was not about to sit pretty and let some ruffian hack her to peices, no matter how eloquently he worded it. She used a bit of her magic to pull a coat rack fulll of dresses between herself and her attacker. She hoped that it might slow him down. She then ran, continuing to scream, towards the stairs that lead to her bedroom.

 

Luckily Sweetie Belle was staying with her parents that night, so she didn't have to worry about her sister being in any danger. What she hoped was that she could run into her room and lock the door. ...Somehow she doubted it would work, but she had to do something.

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Draco spun slightly cutting the dresses elegantly"cripes"Draco said as he shook the dresses off of him. He hated to destroy such wonderfull pieces he had work to do.he gripped his sword in his mouth and slowly went up the stairs. The fires of the hunt was ignited within his soul as he chased after the white unicorn up the stairs. He'd enjoy the hunt alittle longer.

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By now the door had been locked. Rarity now realized that she was as good as trapped up here. Sure, she could probably jump out the window, and likely break several bones in the process. Not to mention get mud all over her coat! So really there was nothing left to do. She would have to face him when he figured out how to get past that door.

 

Rarity now regretted not knowing very much in the way of combat-magic. Mostly she had refined her telekinesis so that she could sew and measure and cut with scisors all at the same time. ...Scisors! ...She summoned over a pair of scisors with her magic. It was a very crude weapon, but if he was going to try to kill her, she was not going down without a fight. ...Even if all she had to defend herself was a pair of scisors.

 

So she waited for him, trying very hard to be brave. ...She thought about what her friends would think when they found out that she'd been murdered. And she thought about how she and Fluttershy were supposed to go to the spa tomorrow, and how that would never happen. ...It made waiting for him to come into the room that much more agonizing.

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Draco chuckled slightly when he came to her door"Oh come white rose let us continue this game till we reach rapture"Draco said with a laugh"Oh White rose how beautifull your petal lips are come now white rose speack so that I may know the one to whom I hunt's voice"Draco said as he picked the lock slowly.

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Rarity's face reddened with anger. He was taunting her! ...very poetically, granted...but he was taunting her!

 

"My name is Rarity!" she said, keeping the same dignified tone as ever, "And I have no idea what you could possibly gain out of killing me, but I swear, as Celestia is my witness, I am not about to lay down and die! If I must die, I will be standing up, and stabbing you with these scisors as many times as I can manage!"

 

She may have sounded brave, but her knees were still shaking and her voice would quivver every so often. But one can hardly blame her.

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Draco chuckled as he opened the door quickly"Well now the white rose has thorns"Draco said as he chuckled"You ignited a fire within me oh white rose but now I must douse tha blaze"Draco said as he slashed at her but then he heard the sounds of hooves outside"cripes" Draco walked to the window but not before kissing the white rose goodbye"For now I must go but I'll be back Oh white beautifull rose"Draco jumpped out the window then he began to climb to the roof quickly.

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Rarity had been clenching her teeth, ready for the horrible pain of being stabbed and determined to at least make a few scratches on her attacker with this scisors. But the pain never came, and the next thing she knew, he was climbing out her window.

 

...She was fairly certain he could have quickly stabbed her before anyone came allong, but he had not done this. There were several explanations... either he was finding an excuse not to kill her... or maybe he wanted to toy with her longer... or maybe he was so confident that he could get her later that it was all the same to him.

 

...Outside, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash had heard Rarity's distant screams, and knew instinctively from the sound of it that this was not a normal scream that she might do if a dress hadn't gone right. It was a legitimately terrified scream. Rainbow quickly spotted a strange figure climbing out of her window, and immediately flew after him. Twilight, meanwhile, went into the boutique to find Rarity.

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Draco misplaced a hoof and slipped to the ground. along the way his hit his head along the way down. Draco's concousness began to fade but he had enough to glide down to the ground. Draco now crash landed outside the boutique. Draco thought to himself'some assassin I am can't even kill one beautiful rose.' He slumpped to his side unconcous when he heard alot off hooves coming towards him one was of a heavier set but right now he couldn't tell.

Edited October 12, 2012 by dragon4111

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When he woke, he would find himself hog-tied with ropes, courtesy of Applejack, and laying on the floor of Rarity's boutique with sliced up dresses around him.

 

All of Rarity's friends were surrounding him. Twilight stood with a rather grave expression, and stared intently at him, unsure of what to make of him. Spike stood nearby Twilight, glaring with a huge amount of loathing in his eyes. To the left of Twilight was Rainbow Dash, who looked fairly mad too. To Rainbow's left was Applejack, with a similarly grave expression. To Applejack's left was Pinkie Pie, looking curious, but quite a bit less cheerful than her usual self. To Pinkie Pie's left was a very frightened Fluttershy, hiding behind a curtain of light pink mane. And between Fluttershy and Twilight was Rarity herself, with an expression that was hardest of all to read. Her eyes were fixed on Draco.

 

Applejack spoke, "Ah think he's wakein' up. Be ready fer anythin' girls."

 

Twilight nodded, "I suppose this is where we interrogate him."

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"ugh what a night now where oh right captured"Draco said as he lifted his head to beet their eyes"well now you caught me but tell me how do you think you'll get information from me hmm well you can try oh pretty flowers"Draco chuckled. He looked at Rarity then to the small dragon"Well now a dragon how did you get one of those into your servitude"Draco asked.

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"I'm not a servant!" Spike protested.

 

But this wasn't terribly important right now. Rainbow took a bold step forward and glared him in the face.

 

"You just tried to murder my friend you sick weirdo! ...You're going to tell me why in pony hell you would do that or so help me I'll-"

 

"Rainbow Dash, please..." Rarity interrupted, "...I don't think he's doing this for fun. ...He was obviously sent by somepony."

 

Twilight looked up, "What makes you say that?"

 

".....When he first entered the shop, he looked almost apologetic. ...And he ... just doesn't seem like someone who kills for the fun of it." Rarity replied.

 

Twilight looked at Draco and nodded, "I'd have to agree with you. But if he was sent by somepony, that just makes things worse..."

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Draco nodded"Aye I was sent I don't like to kill if anything I find it disgusting but where I'm from I have to kill in order to rise and become a hero to others. but honestly I'm tired tired of all this death on my hooves. I wake up and see blood on them food has no taste anymore"Draco said slightly his tone almost dead"but the reason i do this is because the one I serve has my sister as his concubine and she's heavy with a foal"Draco said.

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"A likely story!" Ranbow Dash said, skeptically, "You're just saying that to us so that we'll untie you. And then you'll slit our throats in our sleep!"

 

"I don't think he's lying..." Fluttershy said, barely audible.

 

"If you aren't lying, and you really are doing this for your sister's sake...Then I could forgive you." she thought to herself that she might do the same for Sweetie Belle, "....But I'd like to know. What is your name? ...And why does your master want to kill me? I can't recall ever offending anypony so much that they might send an assassin after me. I'm just a dress designer after all."

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Draco stood up slowly as the ropes fell away"My name well to the crowd is Courier 6 but my friends call me Draco"Draco said"why would I kill someone other than my target?"Draco asked"unlike my fellows who like wanton slaughter of innocents.I follow a code that keeps me straight and narrow."Draco explained"and I don't know why the warlord never tells assassins anything"Draco said this"Now this is the part where i gut myself but honestly I like living so here's the deal"Draco said as he went and grabbed his blade and placed it on his back."I start living here as a real Courier pony and see if I can send a message to my friends to smuggle my sister out and into Equestria""and in return miss dress maker"Draco bowed deeply"you gain a servant"

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Rainbow Dash still didn't trust him, and made sure he knew this by glaring constantly at him as he spoke. The others looked only sightly skeptical. Rarity had raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

 

"A servant? ....You try to kill me one moment, and the next you're swearing your undying alliance to me?" she laughed a bit at the situation she was in, "...You really must be taken with me to change your mind so quickly. ...Alright. ...I'm willing to give you a second chance."

 

Her expression hardened afterwards, "But if you put one hoof out of line then I swear I will write to Princess Celestia, tell her that you're an assassin, and you'll spend the rest of your life in a cold dark cell in Canterlot Dungeon." ...she felt it was good to be a tiny bit skeptical of anypony who had recently attempted to murder her. Just in case.

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Draco pulled out his blade and stuck it into the ground"I Swear to serve and protect your family and your friends. I Draco O'mally swear by my honor and oath that I will protect you. by the old code I swear this oath to you"Draco said as he placed his leg against the blade drawing blood"by this blood oath that i swear to you"

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Most of the ponies there flinched at the sight of blood. Fluttershy even went so far as to hide behind Rainbow Dash and whimper. But nobody dared to interrupt him.

 

Rarity, on any other day, might have thought about how he was going to stain her floor with his blood. But not today. Mostly she was feeling a heavy amount of 'What have I gotten myself into?' deep in her chest. She waited until it seemed like he was done with his ritual.

 

"....Well. ....Shall we get to helping your dear sister then?" Rarity suggested.

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"For now we wait the warlord is coming to see your leader"Draco said then looked at his new mistress then bound his leg with a strip of bandage."Then he'll send assassins like me I am one of the best out of my class but there are older."Draco said"he'll try to negotiate with her into bearing his child"Draco stood up then with drew his blade from the floor itself then he puts it into the sheath on his back as he explained."that is when i'll strike"

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Twilight Sparkle looked shocked, and then angry when she heard this, "Princess Celestia would never agree to something like that! She's the Princess of the Sun, not some stuck up Warlord's whore!"

 

The other ponies seemed surprised that anything could make Twilight say 'whore'.

 

Rarity nodded, "Indeed. Who does this Warlord think he is to suggest such a thing?"

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"He's an pegasus who fancies himself an alicorn but in reality"Draco was silent as he walked into the shadows"He's a mad pony"Draco said as he looked at fluttershy"afraid of me?"Draco asked"Yeah I would be too to the people of my country I'm both a hero and a monster,"He sat infront of the group and looked down"I don't want to kill anymore. I don't want to see those that I've killed during the time when I dream. I don't want to be this demon that the warlord makes me out to be to his subjects"Draco explained as he looked into his reflection on his blade."I just I don't know anymore"Draco said slightly as his voice wavered.

 

 

Draco quietly said"f I have to do one more kill it will be the warlord but I wonder if my sister is even worth it she loves him too much and she was his top assassin"Draco looked outside the window and saw the sky"ancestors tell me what I'm supposed to do"

Edited October 31, 2012 by dragon4111