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Once Razor got to the garden he gave a smile as he smelt the air around him. the small hint of roses in the air, the chirping of the birds, and the squawks of the toucans. it just sounded nice to his ears, but something was missing, were was the Pegasus?

Razor sat there for about two hours, just enjoying the light, smell, and sound around him, of course he fell asleep and soon was rudely woken up by the Pegasus he was waiting for. "uh, commander? are you awake?" the Pegasus said. causing Razor to jump letting out a yelp before almost knocking the Pegasus to the ground, that was until he realized what was happening. "oh, uh sorry, caught me off guard there." he said as he stood up. he then reached over with a hoof and tossed a wooden sword to the Pegasus, who quickly and easily caught it. "uh, what do you want me to do sir?" the Pegasus asked. and he held the sword in one hoof. "simple, to pass this test, you need to tap me three times." Razor stated giving a smile.

"and what's the catch?" the Pegasus asked. "there is no catch, for you that is, I cant use weapons, which means, ill be using hoof to hoof combat. but mostly defensive moves" Razor said as he gave a groggy yawn. "but that hardly seams fair?" the Pegasus responded. "okay, kid, listen, if there is one thing I learned in combat, it is that the enemy, who or what ever they maybe, will always fight unfairly." Razor said as he slowly trotted in a circle around the Pegasus. "now remember, you can use your wings in this test, anything goes, as long as you can tap me three times with the wooden sword." Razor said.

the Pegasus gave a smile. Razor could tell he thought things were stacking into his favor. so with a single flap of the Pegasus's wings, he had dashed at Razor. however, Razor saw this coming and jumped right over the Pegasus, doing a barrel roll mid air, and finally land on the grass. he watched as the Pegasus skidded to a stop and turned, trying to figure out what had happened. "oh don't worry kid, your the first to almost get me on their first try, go ahead and give it another shot." Razor said, this time trying to get the Pegasus angry, knowing when one is angry their body can be read easily. However, this didn't work as it just made the Pegasus smile. "ah, no wonder you were promoted so fast to second in command, your a combat expert." the Pegasus said. "yup you know it, honestly who would of thought this would happen to me after the changeling attack, I sure didn't." Razor said as he waited for the Pegasus's next move.

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"well I got to say, that was unexpected." Razor finally said after getting up. he had never seen anypony hit that fast in succession, it was mind boggling to say the least. he then gave a smile. "well done, report to the training grounds in a week." he said. the Pegasus gave a nod and placed the sword on the ground, flying off. Razor then trotted over to the sword and picked it up in his hoof. "well, better start training..." he said softly as he swung the sword to his side, making an elegant swishing sound. he then stood on his hind hooves and began to practice, swinging it in the air, making the swishing sown with every movement of the blade.

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as Razor was in the middle of practice he had heard the sound of bells Chiming, the slightly startled Razor, and caused his wooden blade to slip out of his hoof and into the air. he had turned to see Echo walking in, and that's when the wood sword came down and made a knocking sown on Razor's head, sending him to the ground with a 'THUD'. he had lied there for a few seconds as his surrounding looked like they were spinning, before getting up and gave a slightly embarrassed smile toward echo. in all the time he spent training, he had never experienced and event like that. "uh... excuse me, you don't look like your from here, might I ask you your name?" Razor said as he rubbed the sore bump on the back of his head. this stallion sure looked off slightly, his eyes had this faint glow to them, and he couldn't see any Pupils in Echo's eyes as well, which sort of reminded him of a Changeling, though he knew for a fact that he wasn't one in the slightest. in the background one could hear the birds chirp, one of these birds was chirping to the bell sound coming from echo. the faint aroma of roses and lilies, not to mention apple blossoms and tulips were in the air as well. the gardens was the perfect place to be in the afternoon, be it for a leisurely stroll of intense training, like Razor was doing.

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razor gave a nod. "well, its nice to meet you Echo, im Razor Blade, second in command of the royal guard." Razor said trotting up to Echo. Razor was slightly blushing, still embarrassed by the incident from before. "please don't tell anypony what you saw happen to me, they would start laughing if they found out I messed up with practicing..." he murmured, looking down, almost in a bowing position. he then lifted his head and tilted it to the side. "so, do you mind if I ask, whats wrong with your eyes? ive never actually seen anything like it, well not in a pony at least..." Razor said with a slight worried smile, hoping he didn't offend him in any way.

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razor held back a laugh. "not true really, I take my orders from Shining armor, Twilights older brother if I recall correctly..." he said placing a hoof to his chin in thought. "anywhoof, I'm actually off duty right now, was about to head home, your welcome to come for the night if you want, most ponys in canterlot can be quite mean to visitors..." razor said as he picked up the wooden sword and put it on the hilt strapped to his back. it wasn't often that new ponys visited canterlot, well except for events like the grand galloping gala a few years back, he had heard of the events that happened, honestly at the time it amused Razor. he knew that all those up tight smug ponys needed a little excitement in there lives. "no really, they glow, I've never actually seen that before, its neat really... you can see me right?" he said with a small confused smile. he wasn't thinking at this point and to somepony else he could ether sound rude, or funny, depending on how one takes it. suddenly he took a step back, realizing what he said. "oh, um, not that I'm trying to be rude... I'm just confused is all..." he said in a hasty embarrassed tone, trying his best to apologize. "eh heh heh...ehhhh" he slightly laughed, sighing at the end as his mind wondered. {good going Razor, your sounding like a real idiot now...} he thought and he took on a small embarrassed grin once more. he sure wasn't good when it came to talking casually to somepony he didn't know well, hopefully he wouldn't mind, well to him it was a longshot and could already hear echo yelling at him in his mind, his imagination was a cruel to himself sometimes, this was for certain. and on a first impression Razor was sounding like a nervous train wreak waiting to happen.

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razor gave a nod. "alright, fine by me, the offer is still open if you want to stay the night, its a little to dull in cantorlot for me in all honesty..." he said giving an apologetic bow. "ill also be heading to the crystal empire in a few days, your also welcome to come with me, if you want... you don't have to if you don't want too..." Razor said, adding the last part to make it sound more like an offer then a request. Razor sure was messing up at this point, his body posture was horrible, making look shy and scared. the birds chirping casually around them sounded like a jumbled mess, as if laughing at Razor. {and here comes the yelling...} he thought as he lowered his head, his ears going flat in preparation of what he thought was going to be major yelling.

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Razor took a step back at that point, shocked that echo was asking that. "well..." he said giving a gulp as he thought of a way to explain it. "the crystal empire is a kingdom, like canterlot, only the ponys there grow gems and crystals like any plant." razor said. just hearing it sounded crazy, but that's what he was told they did in the crystal empire. "anywhoof, I've been called there to fill in for somepony who caught the cutie pox, and, well, I hate traveling alone and all..." he said smiling at this point. Razor was trying to make a friend, though he felt like he was failing miserably.