Shadow's POV
"Where in Equestria is that mare?" I asked myself.
"What mare?" I had a cherry voice from behind me.
I turned around and saw Pinkie Pie, "You of course. I need you to get a surprise party ready for Mint tomorrow."
"What for? Is it her birthday, or did she graduate from school? Oh, is she getting married, or is it…" Pinkie Pie rambled until I shoved my hoof in her mouth.
"No, it's to celebrate her learning the second half of her special talent." I informed her.
She gasped and disappeared in a flash of pink. I chuckled to myself and left for home, trusting that Pinkie Pie could handle everything else.
The Next Day (Ponyville School)
I was waiting outside Mint's school when her class let out.
"How was school today?" I asked.
"Boring as usual." Mint replied. "Can Icy stay tonight again?"
"I don't know, last time he stayed over, you tried to freeze everything." I teased.
"That had nothing to do with it." Mint protested.
"I know, I was just messing with you. Yes, he can stay over, but you two can't stay in your room all night."
"Ok." Mint replied happily before walking back inside and telling Ice Breath
We walked back to my house in relative silence. Mint and Ice Breath talked with each other and I ignored most of it. When we got to the front door, I made up the excuse of having to go talk with Twilight. I teleported into my house and told them to get ready. Mint opened up the door and stepped inside with Ice Breath. Mint felt around in the dark for a minute trying to find the light switch. When she finally turned it on, we all jumped out and yelled, "Surprise!"
I laughed at the expressions on Mint's and Ice Breath's faces. After recovering from the shock, Mint glared at me and protested, "Daddy, I thought you said you were going to talk to Twilight."
"Twilight is right there." I said pointing a hoof towards the punch bowl.
"Let's get this party started." Pinkie Pie yelled before signaling Vinyl Scratch, the resident DJ, to start the music.
Mint dragged Ice Breath over to the dance floor and forced him to dance with her. Meanwhile, I joined Twilight and Spike by the snack table.
"Ahh man, Pinkie Pie never remembers to bring me some gemstones to snack on." Spike complained.
"Why don't you go ask Ebony and Ivory for some of theirs. I bet they wouldn't mind sharing a few, or talking to another dragon." I told him.
"Oh, thank you." Spike said before running off to find the other two dragons.
"That was nice of you." Twilight told me.
I shrugged and replied, "I was, but if he gets any gems depends on Ebony and Ivory."
"They don't seem like the greedy type, so I believe Spike will get a few." Twilight replied.
"You're right." I said before levitating over two glasses of punch. "You want some punch?"
"Yes, thank you." Twilight said before giving me a curious stare. "Why are you being so generous today?"
My blood ran cold at her question and I attempted to answer. "I, uhm, It's because I, uh…"
Just then, there was a loud knocking at my door. I felt a wave of relief as I told Twilight I needed to go see who it was. I walked over to the door and opened it to see Silver Lining.
"Hello Silver, can I help you with something?" I asked.
"Yes, three new ponies have appeared and there is a slight problem with one of them." Silver said nervously.
I turned an motioned to Twilight to follow me before I walked out with Silver. Twilight appeared right next to me, startling Silver.
"What's wrong?" Twilight asked.
"One of the new arrivals has amnesia and something else that you should see for yourself." Silver explained.
Without warning, I teleported us into one of my school's classrooms. Silver let out a startled yelp from the sudden change of scenery. I looked around and noticed the three new arrivals. The first one was a cream colored unicorn with a black mane with yellow highlights and lime green eyes. On his forehead and legs are black tribal tattoos. His flank was emblazoned with a gold-outlined red shield cutie mark. He was currently wearing a pair welders goggles on his head and a black bandana around his neck. The next pony was a white pegasus pony with a long orange mane with light blue tips and red eyes. Finally, the last pony was a white unicorn with a deep red mane and eyes.
"Ok, let's get started." I announced to get their attention. "Line up in front of me and tell me your names."
The pegasus was first in line followed by the male unicorn.
"I'm Verine Makarov." She said cheerily.
I brought my record book out and wrote her name down before proceeding to use the name spell.
"Your new name will be Verine Firestorm." I said smiling. "No doubt about it now. You're Yuri's sister aren't you?"
"Yuri's here? Where is he?" Verine asked excitedly.
"All in due time Verine." I said writing her new name down.
I stepped behind her to the male unicorn.
"I'm Michael Dascher." He said confidently.
"Can you please lower your head. I need to be able to touch your forehead to use the name spell." I requested to which he did as he was told. I cast the name spell and announced to him, "Your new name will be Seeker."
"I guess that is cool enough for me." Seeker said dismissively as I wrote down his information.
"Ok, now it's your turn." I said while walking up to the last unicorn.
She backed away from me shyly.
"It's ok, nopony is going to hurt you." I said kindly. " You must be the one who has amnesia, is that right?"
She nodded hesitantly.
"Do you remember anything about yourself?" I asked.
She shook her head this time.
"Well then hold still, and you will have a name." I said before lowering my horn to her forehead. When the spell was finished, I turned around and gave Twilight a confused look. "Twilight, she has two names."
"That's unusual, but it isn't rare in Equestria." Twilight explained. "It usually only happens if a pony is insane, is mentally retarded, or has more than one special talent."
"Well, she doesn't act insane and she obviously can understand us, so I think she will have two special talents." I replied.
"So what are her names? She can choose which one she would rather go by." Twilight asked.
"Rose Blood and Blood Smear." I said.
"I would rather be called Rose Blood." Rose said quietly.
"Ok." I said while writhing down her new name. "I'll be back in a minute."
"Where are you going?" Twilight asked.
"To Canterlot." I said before disappearing.
Narrator's POV
"Canterlot?" Verine asked.
"Canterlot is a city built on the side of a mountain where the Princesses live and rule from." Twilight informed.
"How is he going to get there and back that fast?" Seeker asked.
"A special form of teleportation that we can both use. Knowing him and what he is doing he will be back in three minutes." Twilight answered.
"What is he doing?" Verine asked.
"He is informing the Princesses and Yuri of your arrival here in Equestria." Twilight answered.
Verine gave Twilight a confused look and asked, "Why would my brother be with the Princesses?"
"He is one of Princess Celestia's personal guards." Twilight answered again.
"I'm so proud of him." Verine said.
"I doubt the royal guard are even that good. I bet I could beat them." Seeker said cockily.
"Take that back." Twilight and Verine said angrily.
"What are you getting so worked up about?" Seeker asked Twilight.
"My brother is captain of the royal guard." Twilight said.
"I'll believe they are good when one of them proves it to me." Seeker replied.
"Then let me prove it to you." A pony said from behind Seeker.
Seeker turned around and was about to say something, but stopped when he felt the tip of a blade against his throat.
Seeker regained his composure and said, "Ok, the royal guard is good, now can you please remove your sword."
Yuri reluctantly withdrew the sword and handed it back to Shadow.
"Sorry we're late. I had to make a few extra stops." Shadow said as he stepped into view.
"Extra stops?" Twilight asked curiously.
"Yes, but I can't tell you because it would ruin the surprise." Shadow said teasingly.
"You and your secrets really gets on my nerves." Twilight said.
"Which one is she?" Yuri whispered to Shadow to which he pointing at Verine.
Yuri walked up to Verine and said, "It's good to see you again Verine."
Verine hugged Yuri and said, "I've missed you to Yuri."
"To me, it looks like we have another Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Sky Sear." Shadow said to Twilight.
"Looks like it, only Verine isn't as … clingy." Twilight replied.
"Shadow, would it be alright if Verine went back to Canterlot with me?" Yuri asked.
"On two conditions." Shadow said.
"Name them." Yuri replied.
"She has to agree to go with you, and you will be in charge of teaching her." Shadow said.
"She already wants to go to Canterlot, and teaching her is not a problem." Yuri said.
"Ok then, would you rather stay here for a little while and enjoy a party, or do you want to go to Canterlot now?" Shadow asked.
Yuri and Verine discussed it for a moment and Yuri announced, "We want to go back to Canterlot, seeing as how I'm still on duty. Thanks for the offer though."
"Ok, follow me and we will leave immediately. Verine, I hope you don't get motion sickness easily." Shadow said as he walked towards the exit.
"Why?" Verine asked as both her and Yuri followed closely behind. Instead of an answer, though, Shadow teleported them to Canterlot.
"As for you," Twilight said walking up to Seeker, "being cocky and self-confident is one thing, but insulting ponies is unacceptable her. As long as you don't insult others, you and I will get along swimmingly, but don't let me ever catch you being mean to others."
"Or what?" Seeker asked unafraid.
Twilight lowered her voice to a low whisper and said, "You will live to regret ever crossing me."
Twilight went back to the party after that encounter and saw that Shadow was waiting outside for her.
"You lectured him." Shadow said.
"Yes." Twilight replied.
"Good, he needed it." Shadow said before walking up to the door. "Shall we?"
Twilight smiled and said, "Yes we shall."
They then walked back into the party together.
Author's Notes
Yuri and Verine belong to American-agent12.
Seeker belongs to Seeker Pony engineer.
Ice Breath belongs to Minimario25.
Yay, the plot thickens.
We now have some slight romance and more family reunions.
What are these 'extra stops' that Shadow mentioned.
Yes Seeker Pony engineer, I know I made Seeker seem like a cocky jerk, but Rainbow Dash did act like that at one point and you wanted him to act like Rainbow Dash. Plus, I needed some more drama.
And what is up with Rose Blood/ Blood Smear?
Can anypony figure it out before it gets announced?
Until next time.