Part III
>Nearing midnight
>Walking on the road west of ponyville
>Trying to rub the pain out of your still sore shoulder
>see a town up ahead
>Can’t make out what the welcome sign reads in the dark
>step down main street
>find an inn
>walk up to the front desk
>the clerk is fast asleep
>Silently place some money across the counter
>pick one of the keys off the wall
>Go to the room
>open the door
>enter
>plop the knife down on the night stand
>leave the shirt to soak in the sink under some hot water
>sit down on the bed
>plant your palm onto your forehead
>Pull the horn out of your pocket
>clench it in your hand
>place one of the pillows onto the night stand
>try and fire a blast of magical energy onto it
>nothing happens
>inhale deeply and try again
>still nothing
>focus intensely
>stare down the pillow
>the horn glows
>attempt to fire a blast of magical energy again
>the pillow gets poked weakly
>try again
>just another slight tap up against it
>try again and again and again and again and again
>the pillow gets one harmless tap after another landed on it
>sigh in frustration
>get up
>get the shirt out of the sink
>attempt to dry it out using the horn
>it works slowly but surely
>put it back on
>sit down on the bed again
>notice the tip of the knife is bent
>take the horn
>try and restore it
>inhale
>focus
>the blade slowly bends back to its original state
>look around the room in contemplation
>see a wooden door stop on the floor
>pick it up
>set it on the night stand next to the knife
>Clench the horn in hand
>inhale deeply
>Focus
>shavings from the block start trimming away
>after a couple of minutes the block is whittled down into the shape of a handgun
>inspect the finished product for a moment
>toss it into the trash, along with the shavings
>head for the door
>step outside
>look around the area for any vendors that might be open late
>see one store with its lights still on
>look through the window
>the clerk inside is also asleep
>step in quietly
>grab some food
>place some money on the counter without waking up the clerk
>step back out with the food
>eat it while on the way back to the room
>Approach the inn
>see three guards entering the front office
>bolt to get back behind the corner
>peer around it carefully
>look through the window
>see them approaching the clerk
>one of them wakes the clerk up
>He looks confused at them and then at the money on the table
>watch them talk back and forth inaudibly
>the clerk looks at the many sets of keys on the wall
>he points to hook missing its set
>they step out
>One of them notes the prints left in the dirt by your boots
>the guards follow the prints your door
>they knock on it
>hear them muttering
>one blasts the hinges off
>another stands to the side of the door
>they barge it open and starting firing energy blasts recklessly into the room
>watch as the room gets violently wrecked into dust
>the three step inside
>they step back out after a couple minutes
>one tosses the still bloody knife onto the ground
>the other empties the contents of the trash out right next to the knife
>The third one whispers something to the others
>he points to more boot prints leading to your current position
>they start walking toward your corner
>Dive back around the side of it
>run away as quickly and quietly as possible
>go through various allies and around corners attempting to lengthen your trail
>run onto grass to avoid leaving any further boot prints
>reach the edge of town
>hop into a ditch a stone’s throw from the road you came in on
>poke your head up
>see the guards scouting around
>sink down
>grab the horn
>attempt to use a teleport spell
>a light flashes from it
>reappear 3 feet above the ground from where you were
>fall down from the thin air
>land hard
>rub your arms in legs
>discard the thought of attempting to teleport again
>sit back down in the ditch
>rest your head into the side of it
>doze off
 
>wake up around noon the next day
>hear the trotting of hooves overhead
>look up
>more guards are marching into town
>see Shining standing by the Inn
>and Rainbow Dash near him
>Shining approaches one of the guards by the inn
>Shining: “Did you find anything?”
>the guard drops the knife onto the ground
>“We think it might be the weapon that killed the sergeant outside of ponyville”
>Shining looks down the knife uneasily
>Shining: “That’s not something worth destroying the room over. We’re looking for Anon, Not knives. Start searching the rest of the town”
>the guard leaves
>Shining places a wanted poster on the wall outside of the front desk
>Looks at your picture
>Grunts in disapproval
>Shining: “Kind of a funny looking chum”
>Dash swooshes over to Shining’s side
>Dash: “Do you think they just missed him?”
>Shining: “Most likely, I’ll send the groups that just arrived to scout the towns and roads leading out. He couldn‘t have gotten far”
>reflect on Shining’s words
>Observe as much of the town as visible from the ditch
>guards are everywhere
>look into the forest
>no guards visible from where your standing
>hear Dash and Shining talking again
>Dash: “What about the forest?”
>Shining: “As of now, I’m ruling that possibility out; If Anon is a creature of habit, he’ll be seeking shelter in a town again
>get up and run into the forest
>Dash: “I’m only counting 12 arrivals. Where’s the third group?”
>Shining: “They‘re still searching the forest surrounding this town”