When the silver figure finally fell, the bullets stopped, the noise stopped. It was quiet. Every pony was in shock at what they just witnessed. A member of their community was just brutally murdered right in front of them. The quiet was interrupted by the cheering soldiers, congratulating eachother on a job well done.
The only sound coming from the crowd of ponies was the screaming and crying of Fluttershy, everyone else either softly cried or bowed their heads.
So much was going on. The human soldiers cheering over their victory, the unidentified man laughing, taking delight in his own evil, Fluttershy screaming with rage and overwhelming feelings of sadness. She lost her best friend, the only one in the world who would stay up all night atleast once a week and just talk. She thinks that she...loved him.

"Good job, men! Way to unload every bullet your clip owns into that traitorous monster! ALL HAIL PATENSIA."
The soldiers turned around to their leader, rejoicing in cheers of "All hail Patensia!"
Fluttershy just cried and cried. All of the mane six cried, but Fluttersy cried to loudest. The thoughts running through her mind
I can't believe he lied to me. What about Lizzie? Was he really thinking he did the right thing? Why didn't I tell him-

Screams interrupted her thoughts. Not screams of agony, but screams of surprise. Not from a pony. The soldiers were screaming!
She heard a scream, smack, and thud. By the time she turned around, 5 soldiers were on the ground, dead or unconcious, she couldn't tell.
One of the soldier's last words were "What the f-" before that crackling sound and that burst of light coming from those weapons fired earlier killed him, spilling blood. But they all noticed something in that burst of light. Long-ish blond hair! He's alive!
The man soon realized this, and ordered his men to retreat.
"It was a decoy! Fall back! COVER ME! FALL BACK!" He took off with a couple of the soldiers behind them, a couple of them being shot by Brandon.

"Well," he said, reloading his weapon and taking off his helmet, "I finally remembered...everything."

[Later in the Library]

The Paladin removed his armor, in a kind of ashamed tone he asked, "So...I suppose there's no way you guys just ignored what he was saying?"
Fluttershy looked at him, eyes watering "You're a murderer..." Defensivley, he told them "No, it's not like that. Let me explain-"
"Explain?!" Applejack yelled so furiously, her hat flew off her head for a second, "Why don't you explain why you killed them! That ain't somethin' to keep secrets about." He tried to keep a calm tone, but the irritation he felt was unbearable, "I sort of had amnesia for a few weeks. Maybe you forgot? Now let me explain everything. My family was nobility. There was me, my little sister, Elizabeth, my mom, and my dad. My dad was very high up with His Majesty, he was his right hand man. When I was 9 years old, my mother was murdered by an unidentified gunman. I knew in my heart it was the Emperor, 63rd ruler, Septimus di Patensia. My sister and I confronted father about this. The result was our banishment. We lived on our own until I had a run in with Paladin Kiragin, during a terrorist raid. After I saved his life, his boss, the Overseer, heard the story. And he offered me and my sister complete protection as long as I followed his every order. Just before I came here, I learned my sister had been captured, so I got two of my squadmates to go with me. The man you saw out there, Magnus, he was the one who captured Lizzie as an attempt to lure me. When I got there, he was working on some Universe-traveling device, to make the Holy Patensian Empire a supreme nation. I fired and...now I'm here."

Twilight processed all of the information...somehow that device worked in ties with the spell that she cast the night Brandon first showed up. She finally had something to say, "And that guy out there...Magnus, was it? Why did he want you?" Brandon was reluctant to say, but felt he had to, "He's my dad. Listen, I'm really tired...I'll answer all of your questions tomorrow morning, but can I just go home? Plus, I need to get VI out of that decoy of me I had. How else do you think I'd make my voice come from that?"
Twilight looked suspicious, but realized she couldn't ask anything else. "Sure," she said, "be here tomorrow morning."
"Allright," he said. Fluttershy following him.

They walked in silence on the way home. He felt bad, he never meant to hurt anyone...especially Fluttershy. He tried to start a conversation with her, but all she would do is mumble something and look at the ground. Finally approaching the cottage, he decided to ask for forgiveness. "Shy, I'm really sorry about all of this. I just wanted to find my sister. Won't you say anything to me?"
I should say something to him...I should tell him...but...why...? What if he doesn't? But what if he does? He could-...I need to tell him.

"Brandon..." the yellow pegasus said, barely audible, eyes ready to pour out with tears. "I have to tell you something...you need to promise not to laugh at me, though. Do you promise? Please!" she got close to him, tears flowing out of her eyes, their faces just an inch away from eachother. He held her, he knew something was upsetting her, but he had no idea what. "I promise. You can tell me anything. Ok? Just tell me what's on your mind," wiping her tears. He knew he did something wrong.
She broke the hug, she wanted to see his face when she said it.

"I...um...I...I think I..."