Hey everyone! First of all a happy new year to all who celebrate new years as we enter the new year of 2019! its been a long year and another curse hitting my family every time we go to visit our family members in Baltimore! And by curse I mean we caught the flu! Every time we go there we get the flu and we even made preparations this time to avoid this! Enough of my ranting as I move onto everything else! I was able to type up at least one chapter for several stories its been a while since I updated! Which reminds me to have to get a chapter typed up for the Requester of the story Growing Pains!

Forgive me for my procrastination I just have been unable to properly sit down long enough to type enough for that story to make even a chapter! Also I have a large announcement to make concerning two stories!

Angel of Magic Final Version!

And Silent Singer!

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are now being Beta'd!

Someone had come up and requested to be a Beta and when given the choice he picked AOMFV and I picked between two he had thought he could work with and picked Silent Singer from the two as the other was one I promised I myself would work on!

The name of the beta is Tarnum427!

He sent back a chapter for Silent Singer I decided to post today instead as I wanted to do the reveal on upload day! Don't really have much to say except that I'm going to do my best to type up chapters for stories I've barely updated! Have a happy new year and hope you all made your new years resolutions!

Thankfully I was able to quickly get my armor thanks to the quick use of my magic and I was able to enhance my body enough to rush down to the train station. Although even I knew I was going to be late by a few minutes at the very least as I found the entire newly formed guard standing at attention in front of the train station with princess Twilight pacing in front of them with the new captain standing at attention nearby. "your late guardsmen!" the captain yelled as he approached him with a scowl on his face. "you were notified two hours ago of when we were going to depart!"

"apologies sir! I lost track of time!" he had something against me even I could see it. He simply scowled towards me as he turned around and gave his orders with Twilight looking at me ashamed. "squad 3 your on escort duty! The rest of you have already been notified of your positions! Move out! You!" I stood at attention as the guards moved the princess onto the train. "you are going to be stationed on the back!" knowing I couldn't talk back to him I gave him a salute as he gave me another scowl. I sighed as I moved through the train cars once I got on-board before I found the train moving just before I opened the door to the open area on the last car. Quickly adjusting myself I held onto the movement by grabbing onto the railing on the back I sighed already knowing that my job to protect the princess was going to be a lot harder then what I originally foretold.

I had been told in the beginning of how peaceful Equestria was. When there was no need for heavy guards, when there was no need to worry about the man standing next to you being an assassin, when there was no events that caused heavy deaths... but now I see why I was truly suspected of being the cause of all this. I appeared during the first major events that occurred since the princesses united the three pony tribes. I had bits and pieces of what I heard during the bigger events that had transpired.

"wont they figure out what the king ordered us to do?"

"...by that damn bird..."

this helped me narrow things down from what I know. There were many monarchies outside of Equestria the only problem was I don't know if I could put the second piece information and connect it with the first piece. It could have been someone entirely different from what I have seen... but then another piece of information that I heard not long after I heard the first piece popped up in my mind.

"once the unicorns we hired finishes with the teleportation gate..."

from the list I had requested and read of all those who were dead and detained... there wasn't a unicorn on the list I was given which means at least one unicorn knows of what was happening unless they were a pony who valued money over information... if I brought up this piece of information it would be seen as extremely suspicious on my part as an attempt to shift the blame towards someone else. With whats been happening this might be my best chance to do my own investigation. If I was found at a scene of sabotage or missing when something happened it would cause more eyes to watch me and not keeping an eye out for the true threats towards the princess.

"are you alright Hanzo?" I jumped when I heard the familiar voice of the princess behind me. Spinning around with my hand on the hilt of my blade I eased up once I saw it truly was the princess with 5 guards behind her.

"yes princess. I have been doing as I have ordered and have been watching the route behind us. I have observed no problems." she simply gave me a sad smile as she appeared to be thinking about something.

"Plain Gem, Hard Step. Watch the outside... Hanzo we need to have a talk." the five guards looked astonished at what she just ordered of two of them.

"princess! The captain ordered us to-"

"and I gave you your new orders!" she stated with no small amount of anger in her tone. They looked at each other before two ponies stepped out through the door behind the princess and took up their positions on both sides of the platform. "you!" she looked at me with anger still in her tone. "in now!" giving a quick nod of confirmation I rushed after her once she made it back inside as calmly as I could before the door was slammed shut behind me. "Sun Stroke! Light Ray! Watch the other entrance!" they quickly rushed off as the final guard looked uneasy. "no matter who you are ordered by whatever you hear is private! this conversation stays private... do you understand?" the guard quickly nodded. "watch the windows." she then said simply as he began to move around the large cabin looking out the windows switching sides every 5-10 seconds if I counted correctly. "Hanzo... please sit." looking towards the princess I gave her a nod and sat down in the seat across from her. "Hanzo even I could see you were deep in thought. Is there something wrong?" many things princess and hopefully I wont have to bother you with them.

"nothing is wrong princess. I simply remembered your attempted kidnapping and the attack on the capital I was seeing if I could remember hearing anything worth investigating." I told her.

"is that all Hanzo?" she said giving me a small smile. "i know you better enough to know that you wish to keep information hidden if it means my safety."

"you know me all to well princess... but yes. I am keeping information hidden until I am certain it is valid information I ask that you allow me to keep it to myself." she looked unsure of what to say as I quickly added in. "if it helps princess I will ask and have a few of the guard assist me." I began to throw insults towards myself as I spoke this. To include a few guards would make it nearly impossible for me to keep said information a secret should someone with the right questions and right status ask of them.

"that would help to be honest... ill ask ask United for any suggestions for-" he started to speak.

"I'm sorry princess but I must ask of you to allow me to pick them out..." she looked confused as the guard in the room narrowed his eyes as he walked past the two of us.

"Hanzo I know how distrusting you are of others."

"princess forgive my outburst but its not that." I spoke up without warning. "its just some of the information I remember fro when I first arrived in this world."

"then could you please tell me this?" I hesitated for a moment as I knew I was going to be forced to answer... before I relented just as quickly as I had hesitated.

"do you remember princess when I received the list I asked for of all those who were killed and detained?" she gave me a stern nod with a raised eyebrow. "when I first arrived I had kept myself hidden Not long before I had my true first encounter with someone from this world I remember watching and hearing two griffons walking past the room I was in. I remember hearing them speak of a unicorn they hired to set up a teleportation gate." she looked confused as I then told her what I realized. "there was no unicorn written onto the list. So either the unicorn was covered up..."

"or they escaped!" she then finished for me. "no wonder you are so distrusting at the moment! You don't know who you can trust after the event of the chemical attack on Canterlot and you absolutely don't trust unicorns because of this information!"

"now excuse me princess!" the guard spoke up as he approached with an angry look on his face. "are you certain that he isn't one of the ones trying to kill you?!"

"guardsmen! How dare you-" I raised my hand to stop her as he only continued to yell.

"he shows up at the same time as a hostage negotiation that hasn't occurred in over a thousand years! Hes been there every time something has happened so far! We might as well just put him in the dungeons to be judg- ack!" I grabbed his throat and began to slowly stand up. Pulling him off of the ground as the princess looked in shock at what I was doing.

"i have given my oath pony that I will do my best to ensure that I will do my duty to protect her! Regardless of my own health I will do my best to ensure her safety! If I wanted to I could dispatch you and slit her throat right now if I desired!" I yelled into his face letting my pent up anger flow smoothly into my own words! "who would be able to stop me?!"

"t-t-th-the princess would!" he began to choke out as I lessened my grip to allow him to speak.

"oh really? From what I have seen the princess's body is made entirely for the use of magic and is horrible in nearly all physical aspects! I also noticed and from my own research seen that it would take her around 10 seconds at the least to use a spell that would be capable of subduing me and or prolonging her assault! I have been known to draw my own blade in my world in as fast as a single. Second!"

"you... can never be... trusted..." gritting my teeth I began to turn to my left and I threw him to the back of the car as the princess yelled for me to stop as I approached the pony as he tried his best to get back onto his hooves.

"i can never be trusted? From what I have seen..." I brought up my only arm and raised a single finger. "griffons cant be trusted," added another finger. "Minotaur's cant be trusted," a third was raised. "zebra's cant be trusted," my final finger was raised. "ponies!" I yelled grabbing his throat once more as I slammed him against the wall next to the door. I heard shuffling from the two outside as I used my right foot to hold the door closed.

"Hanzo calm down! He didn't mean anything by it!" I heard the princess behind me as I got into the guards face.

"from what I see the only ones I can trust here at the moment is myself and the princess! This has been reinforced by ponies! The very race that is supposed to solve all of their problems with peace and patience!" I reiterated for him. "attacking the capital all because of the fact they wanted change and they believe that the very princesses have broken their own laws! This means to me that they are now considered suspects to me! No matter who it is I will protect the princess regardless of the consequences for my actions!" dropping him down as he gasped for air on the floor. I allowed the door to be forced open as both of the guards pointed their spears at me.

"Hanzo!"

"apologies princess but I must have myself calm down without anyone's presence to re-spark my pent up anger... if you will excuse me..." I pushed my way past the two guards and threw them inside as the princess yelled for me to stop... before I slammed the door and sighed. To allow myself to be ruled by my own emotions and giving my charge the painted picture of my rage if left unchecked. I picked up one of the fallen spears and jammed it in a spot that would prevent the door from being opened.

"Hanzo please let me out! Hanzo!" she continued to yell towards me as I sighed and began the basic breathing exercises to bring back up my mental barriers for my emotions...

"protect the princess from anything..." I spoke up as I breathed out and began to tune out the princesses yelling.

"Please Hanzo!" soon I could no longer hear her as I focused on the sound of the train moving along the tracks.

"... even myself."