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Hemera writefag (2016)

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Created: 2025-02-22 13:19:05
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  1. >It’s a beautiful morning in Canterlot
  2. >The Royal palace glimmers in the sun
  3. >The Princess of the night finished her duty and is soundly asleep in her quarters resting after a long night, protected by her watchful guards
  4. >The room is dark with windows covered in thick curtains
  5. >The princess lays under her warm blanket snoring quietly
  6. >The Guard satisfied closes the door
  7. >He never noticed the golden streak that passed him into the room
  8. “It’s been years now and she still feels cold at night.” He says thinking aloud.
  9. “I wonder if she will ever recover?”
  10. >A second later, the doors behind him explode flying of the hinges in clouds of smoke
  11. >trapped under the fallen door the guard can only look in horror, as from the smoke emerges a white filly with a fiery golden mane, doing a 360 on a skateboard, dressed like one of those pony rappers, complete with a backward baseball cap.
  12. >She lands just before him the skateboard coming to a stop
  13. >there is a second of silence before rapid discharges of magic can be heard from the bedroom, the filly takes a sip from a small juice box before lowering her sunglasses
  14. “It seems I turned her day into a [spoiler]nightmare[/spoiler] “
  15.  
  16. >You are one of Luna’s elite guards and you never signed up for this shit
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  27. “A-A-And then I heard this loud BANG and there was smoke everywhere and I kind of panicked…”
  28. >Celestia smirks a little while looking at the remains of the west tower where Luna’s bedroom used to be.
  29. “This is no laughing matter Tia!”
  30. >” I’m sorry Luna” Celestia says regaining her composure, before looking at you “Captain how is the search going?”
  31. “We are still looking but the Castle is big, it will take some time before we find anything.”
  32. >” Keep me informed then. Luna I think you need to drink a cup of tea with me.”
  33. >You lower your head respectively as they walk away.
  34. >Now where could a filly like her hide?
  35.  
  36. >Well you weren’t expecting that.
  37. >There she was in the middle of the throne room looking up at one of the stained glass windows showing twilight and her friends.
  38. >You slowly come closer
  39. >And then it hits you
  40. >She is an alicorn
  41. >You fight through the shock and you try remember how she treated Princess Luna
  42. >Just when you are in hoofs reach
  43. >She looks back straight at you
  44. “Got you”
  45.  
  46. >You wonder while dangling upside down from a rope holding the chandelier, how many times today will you have to remind yourself that you are an elite guard before you start believing it again.
  47. “Now can you tell me how old I am?” she asks sitting comfortably in Celestia’s throne.
  48. >” Excuse me?”
  49. “I mean how old is Celestia?”
  50. >“A few millennia I think, give or take”
  51. >Her eyes grow bigger
  52. “Did princess Luna, you know went a little crazy recently?” She asks with a mischievous grin
  53. >”Erm… You mean the nightmare moon incident like a 1000 years ago?” This is getting confusing for you
  54. “Darn it! I missed it!” She says slamming a little filly hoof on the throne
  55. >”Can you explain me who you are now?”
  56. “Oh I’ am so sorry I didn’t introduce myself.”
  57. You feel yourself being lifted down by magic to the base of the throne, it feels [spoiler]warm[/spoiler]
  58. “My name is Hemera the coolest pony around, and you are?”
  59. >”I am Grey Scutum a Captain in Luna’s elite guards” You say fighting the urge to salute to the alicorn, there is something very familiar in her…
  60. “They even let earth ponies become guards?” She says smirking.
  61. >This is it. That smirk.
  62. >It’s Celestia. It’s somehow a twisted version of Celestia.
  63. >Oh Luna what did I get myself into?
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  67. >You are standing outside the big intricately carved wooden door
  68. >You can hear a muffled conversation coming from what you know is the unofficial “interrogation” room
  69. >It was a strange day
  70. >It took you some time to convince the filly to come with you to see the Princesses
  71. >but now that you brought her to their attention you were relieved to know that she wasn’t your problem anymore
  72. >The sound beyond the door subsided now and you stood at attention awaiting your Princess
  73. >Soon enough the door swung open violently and an irritated Luna stormed out
  74. >You moved to follow behind her but a voice from the room called to you
  75. “Captain I need to talk to you”, you heard Celestia say
  76. >” Whatever you need your highness” you said turning to face the door.
  77. >Celestia was looking down at you with a stern expression on her face
  78. “You are here by relieved from your duty as a guard, protector of Princess Luna of the Night”
  79. >To hear those words was you worst nightmare
  80. “You will now answer to me, Princess Celestia of the Sun, do you understand?”
  81. >You dedicated your life to them and now you failed
  82. >You wanted to say something, to explain yourself, to ask what you did to wrong your Princess, to plead to her not to do this.
  83. >But you couldn’t. This was what you lived for, to serve the Princesses
  84. >The only thing you could do is remain expressionless and answer your ruler.
  85. “Yes, your highness”
  86. “Good. I have a new assignment for you. You will now serve as a… bodyguard for this filly here. You are to follow her orders unless they conflict with mine, you will find more details in an official order awaiting you in your quarters, from which you will move out immediately.”
  87. “Is this understood?”
  88. >” Yes your highness” you answer lowering your head even more as something got briefly in your eye.
  89. “Dismissed”
  90. >The door closes before you and you are left standing outside.
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  94. >Walking back to your quarters you remember all the hardships you went through to get this far
  95. >It wasn’t easy becoming a captain as an earth pony
  96. >It was an unwritten rule that only unicorns and pegasai could become officers
  97. >You got here by hard work and luck, but now you start to question if you really deserved it
  98. >What if this wasn’t a harmless prank but an attempt on Lunas life?
  99. >Maybe if you were a unicorn you could something to prevent this?
  100. >Now Sapphire Gust will probably be chosen as your replacement
  101. >You hate this guy
  102. >He got this far only because of his family connections, and he treated this like any work
  103. >He would never risk his life for Luna if he could help it
  104. >There is an official letter waiting for you under the door to your room
  105. >You pick it up marveling once again at the speed of bureaucracy
  106. >Shaking your head to clear your mind you open the door to your quarters
  107. >You don’t have much in here; this is not going to take much time you think
  108. >Opening the letter you sit on your bed and begin to read
  109. >Privileged eyes only bla bla bla bla
  110. >Official Princess orders bla bla bla
  111. >You are to relocate to the east side room number 542
  112. >”This is not one of many guards quarters in that part of the castle” you think
  113. >You are to accompany Hemera throughout her day
  114. >”Read: you have been demoted to a babysitter”
  115. >Who she is and where she came from, is a state secret
  116. >She is not allowed to leave the vicinity of the castle
  117. >You are to avoid making her seem like a prisoner
  118. >”What the hay is this?” you say out loud almost involuntary
  119. >“Sigh”
  120. >”That’s not how it was supposed to be…”
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  124. >The next day you are standing outside a door
  125. >It’s not a big door
  126. >It’s not a pretty door
  127. >Just one of many in this big castle
  128. >Yet your orders were worded as if it was the most important door in the castle right now
  129. >You wonder if someone is setting you up for another demotion
  130. >”Sigh”
  131. >Your trained guard ears pick something up on the other side of the door
  132. >Good that means she is alive
  133. >You wait a little bit longer until you feel a cold draft coming over your hooves from under the door
  134. >Oh Luna
  135. >The orders never said anything about opening the door right? You think slamming it open
  136. >You peripherally notice a bed, a collection of cool hats and a wardrobe, what actually took your attention was an open window
  137. >You quickly run and look out the window
  138. >It’s a sunny day, a little breeze is blowing
  139. [spoiler]>and no sign of that darn filly
  140. >Great [/spoiler]
  141.  
  142.  
  143. >You aren’t even sure how you got so quickly down the stairs
  144. >You ran through the door
  145. >[spoiler]riiight into a bubble of water suspended in the air by magic[/spoiler]
  146. >It splashed on your face with a loud sound
  147. >Hemera is near, laughing loudly at your surprised face
  148. >She comes closer still laughing and hands you a dry towel
  149. “Oh you should have seen your face; it was priceless”
  150. >”I wouldn’t go that far”
  151. “Come on it was funny”
  152. >”We guards aren’t really known for our sense of humor”
  153. “Well I can see that, I just hope you are not going to stay lame forever Mr. Guard” she says giggling a little
  154. “Now let’s go I want to see a few things!” she said before going briskly back into the castle
  155. >She sounds excited, you hope it doesn’t mean trouble
  156. >You notice she is wearing a baggy hoodie cowering her wings, and that funny baseball cap
  157. >You guess they don’t want people knowing that there is an additional alicorn running around
  158. “Hey! Are you coming Mr. serious pony?”
  159. “Sigh”
  160. >This is going to be a long day
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  163. >You follow her back into the castle
  164. "Race you to the top!"
  165. >This is gonna be a very long day
  166. >You chase after her before she breaks something
  167. >You finally catch up to her on the balcony, out of breath
  168. "What took you so long?"
  169. >"I'm not what used to be, anyway what are you doing up here?"
  170. >She points at the sun
  171. >"Yeah it's the Sun, what about it?"
  172. "I bet I could move it!"
  173. >Can she even do that? Sure she's an alicorn but she's still just a filly...right?
  174. >"I don't think that's a good idea"
  175. "What's the worst that could happen?"
  176.  
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  178. >"Do you want a list?"
  179. "You're no fun"
  180. >"Seriously ponies could get hurt, including you. I can't let that happen."
  181. "Oh come on, don't be such a pussy."
  182. >"Why you litt- I mean please, even if you can move it the princess is going to notice. She'll have my head; I don't think she'll be very happy that you messed with her sun
  183. "I'll just move a little bit, she'll never notice."
  184. >"Please don't..."
  185. "Too late, I'm already doing it!"
  186. >You see massive amounts of magic come her horn
  187. >You close your eyes and wait for the inevitable
  188.  
  189. >You are no unicorn, far from it even
  190. >But you can see that she is trying, you have never seen this amount of magic come from a fragile little body like hers
  191. >She winces and takes a step back
  192. >“Are you really ok?”
  193. “Yeah *pant* no problem *pant* let me just try *pant* this”
  194. >You aren’t so sure but you see that she closes her eyes and the glow becomes even stronger
  195. >You could swear you see little glowing streams of magic disappearing under her skin
  196. >Then there is a silent bright flash, and a movement of air that almost knocks you over
  197. >There she is, barely standing
  198. >She really reminds you of Celestia with her head held high like this and that triumphant smile on her face
  199. >You rush to her, catching her just before she hits the ground
  200. “H-have you EVER seen something that cool? Huh?”
  201. >The sun didn’t explode and you aren’t sure if it even moved
  202. >You don’t really want to say “twice a day 365 days a year” either
  203. >So you just remain expressionless like a good guard
  204. >She grins
  205. “Just gimme a minute, I need to catch my breath and you need to move your hoof”
  206. >You just noticed that your “Standard Princess saving Hold nr. 06” slipped a little and your hoof is now resting comfortably on her flank
  207. >You try not to blush
  208. [spoiler]>You do anyway[/spoiler]
  209. >You help her stand and quickly move away, remaining VERY expressionless and professional
  210. >You also can’t help but to notice that she is bigger than yesterday
  211. >She is still pretty young, but does it even apply to basically immortal Goddesses?
  212. “I want to see the throne room again!”
  213. >A sigh escapes your mouth and you follow that darn horse
  214.  
  215. >Meanwhile in all of Equestria all the mechanical clocks were a little late compared to the superior Sun based old-style clocks
  216. >Princess Celestia soon found on her desk a formal request from various organizations to postpone the transition to mechanical clocks until they are found more reliable in favor of solar clocks
  217.  
  218. >In the throne room she sat in front the stained glass just like yesterday
  219. "Can you tell me what this one is about?"
  220. >It was the newest addition, showing Princess Twilight and her friends
  221. >She made you tell her about the stories shown in every single one
  222. >Even the oldest ones
  223. >"Aren’t you like very old?"
  224. "Well of course, I am millennia’s old!"
  225. >"Then shouldn’t you remember all of those" You gesture to the windows
  226. >Something flickered in her eyes
  227. "O-of course I remember it's just I want to hear about them again..." She lowers her head again
  228. >You wonder how it is possible for her to pull of pranks when she is such a bad liar.
  229. >"Sure no problem"
  230. >But this makes you wonder even more
  231.  
  232. >After that she was taken by the princesses and you were free for the rest of the day
  233. >You used this free time to go to the library and do some research
  234. >The castle library was a strange one
  235. >It often lacked the trivial and obvious books
  236. >But was stocked with rare, impossible or down right books that shouldn’t exist
  237. >And you had a friend there
  238. >"Hello book horse"
  239. >She had a straight purple mane and very light yellow fur
  240. >And she was probably the only unicorn in Canterlot that you could stand for more than 5 minutes
  241. "I told you to stop calling me that" She said obviously taking no offense
  242. >"Oh but it fits so well" you grin at her
  243. "I heard what happened" she says looking at you her expression changing
  244. >"It will never cease to amaze me how fast the news spread around here"
  245. "Well I am not really clear on the details but that’s a pretty big deal you know"
  246. >"Well to be frank I don’t actually know either and I hope you don’t think I will be telling you anything that’s not official"
  247. >"I know, I know..." She said waving her hoof
  248. "Now, is there anything I can do for you as librarian?"
  249. >"Well I am kind of looking for something but I am not really sure what is it yet"
  250. "Annnd?"
  251. >"Well is there something on alicorns that I haven’t read yet?"
  252. "You basically read every single available book on the subject when you became a Royal guard"
  253. >"All available, what about those less available?"
  254. >She looks at you with amusement
  255. "What did you say Mr. never break the rules?"
  256. >"Right, right forget it"
  257. >"Just give me something about the sun, Celestia and everything in-between"
  258. "That’s pretty specific" She says ironically
  259. >"I know you can handle it"
  260. "This will take some time"
  261. >The rest of the evening you spent reading books but didn’t find anything of interest, yet
  262.  
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  264. >Coming late to your room
  265. >You laid yourself on your bed determined to sleep
  266. >3 hours later you were still awake
  267. >When you serve someone who can literally waltz right into your dreams, whether you want it or not, you learn to sleep when they do, otherwise it’s like not thinking about the pink elephant
  268. >But you couldn’t do that now, you changed your sleep patterns 180 degrees, now Princess Luna was awake, when you were asleep
  269. >Today was even worse, you still felt the guilt and a little bit of anger about your discharge from the elite guards.
  270. >You were afraid what your princess might think about you
  271. >As you were laying there you heard hoof steps
  272. >At first you thought it was just a guard
  273. >But guards don’t walk cautiously, [spoiler]unless they are patrolling outside the royal quarters[/spoiler]
  274. >It was someone else
  275.  
  276.  
  277. >You silently got out of bead and put on your helmet and pink bunny slippers from your grandma
  278. >Putting an ear to the door you listened
  279. >You heard hooves on the corridor
  280. >You waited before they started fading in the distant and quickly ran out
  281. >The door was soundless, you made sure of that before
  282. [spoiler]>Paranoia was one of the things that made you such a good guard[/spoiler]
  283. >You quickly trotted after the sounds
  284. >The length of those majestic corridors was to your advantage, letting you hear further and allowing you to peak around the corner and see the intruders safely from the darkness
  285. >4 ponies
  286. >One of them was carrying something on his back
  287. >The moment they rounded the corner you started running
  288. >the slippers were helping but that was no magic, you were sure they heard you know
  289. >When you passed the corner you could now clearly see them
  290. >In the moon light shining through the big windows you saw Hemer being carried on the pegasus back and two unicorns who were just finishing casting a teleportation spell
  291. >Two unicorn spell, hey were carrying four its probably somewhere in Canterlot you think
  292. >The one unicorn left turned to you
  293. >If she wanted to kill you she could have done that a long time ago, typical
  294. >She was a young mare her white blue coloring shined brightly in the moonlight
  295. "Oh it's just an earth pony" she said mockingly
  296. >She started slowly walking towards you, confident in her control of the situation, she allowed her flank to sway with the tail following her moves closely
  297. "I am so sorry, maybe if you were a unicorn or even a pegasai I could have made a deal with you"
  298. >She was now just a few steps before you
  299. "But you are no use to us and you will have to die, and that makes me so happy" her grin was disgusting
  300. >She was now standing just before you
  301. "Do you want me to make it quick or maybe I will use my magic to alter your brain so that--"
  302. >She never finished that sentence
  303. >She obviously tried to intimidate you but it wasn’t really working
  304. >She was a mare trying to look down on a stallion much taller than her
  305. >At the same time she was using her magic and charm to get out of work her whole life, while you were an earth pony raised in the countryside a son of a blacksmith who trained the rest of his life to become a Royal guard
  306. >Saying you were bigger than her was an understatement
  307. >But you learned to appreciate those stupid mistakes unicorns like her made
  308. >It was the only thing that got you through the academy
  309. >There was an old custom that graduating officers had to duel their peers to prove their worth
  310. >Not to death obviously, but as an earth pony you were considered free credit
  311. >You never liked history, before you discovered “The chronicles of the race wars”
  312. >It was almost solely thanks to this book that you graduated
  313. >Written by one of the longest surviving earth pony generals
  314. >Book horse was the one that helped you with that one
  315. >Lesson number one
  316. >Get close and intimate
  317. >Unicorn not only have fragile bodies
  318. >They also can’t cast the most devastating spells when you are close enough
  319. >Lesson number two
  320. >They like things predictable
  321. >They don’t like the prospect of CQC
  322. >The moment they are out of their element they panic
  323. >It’s like if someone took one of your legs
  324. >You lose your balance
  325. >Lesson three
  326. >Not many not unicorn know this
  327. >Many unicorns don’t even know this
  328. >The moment you touch their horn
  329. >It’s over
  330. >You can easily brake it with enough force but even touching it with a foreign body disrupts the magic flow and renders it useless
  331. >And not many unicorns can cast spells with unrefined magic
  332. >The moment the unicorn didn’t kill you instantly you by teleporting your brain 5000miles away
  333. >You won
  334.  
  335. >It wasn’t even hard she was basically asking for it
  336. >You raised you front leg and put your hoof down on her head driving it in to the ground
  337. >You heard a surprised “Eeeeep” and felt her squirm under your [pink bunny slipper from grandma]
  338. >Her horn was glowing but that was the best she could do right now
  339. >You lowered your head and increased the pressure
  340. >”Now Ms. “I am going to kill you so dead”, where did you take the filly?” you asked with your polite voice
  341. “I am gn…” she tried to say through her theeth
  342. >“Think about the answer my dear, I am not going to ask again” You heard her teeth grit when you increased the pressure
  343.  
  344.  
  345. >You were running through the not so good part of the Canterlot
  346. >Looking for an abandoned observatory
  347. >The unicorn said she will be fine until sunrise
  348. >You sure hope so
  349.  
  350.  
  351. >You found the place
  352. >There was a unicorn in a hood standing outside the door
  353. >It was getting brighter with every minute you have to hurry
  354. >You quickly took care of the unicorn and walked right in
  355. >It was a big round room
  356. >The dome had a slit in the ceiling where the telescope used to be, sun was shining through it creating a puddle of light
  357. >In the center you saw Hemera, still knocked out cold or maybe [spoiler]Dead[/spoiler]
  358. >She was tied to a cross, around her you saw 3 unicorns and two pegasai standing in a circle with magical inscriptions on the floor
  359. >There was also the pegasai who you saw caring Hemera before and one of the two unicorns, you guess that the one outside was the other one
  360. >You can already hear the chanting
  361. >The unicorn charges her horn obviously prepared to wipe you out
  362. >The pegasai launches into the air gaining altitude in the spacious dome
  363. >Two on one
  364. >But you came prepared
  365. >Standard officer issue [s]cursed[/s] magically protected helmet and gear should protect your brain from being teleported out or anything being teleported inside
  366. >You also brought the other thing that got you through the academy
  367. >Your shield
  368. >You weren’t named Grey Scutum for no reason
  369. >Your father was a blacksmith, just like his father and grandfather, you still help him when you come home
  370. >What you need in a fight with a unicorn is something that will let you close the gap and not get burned to death
  371. >While most shields aren’t laser proofed if you have a willing unicorn who knows the right spells you can reforge it embedding it with protection magic
  372. >This shield has 10 years, every year you reforge it using every spell that you could find and convince Book Horse to actually cast
  373. >Now you take it out of your saddle bag and grip it with your teeth
  374. >You hide behind it while the unicorn fires laser beams at you, waiting for the pegasai
  375. >Now it’s time for another lesson from the past
  376. >Finding your opponents strength is almost as important as finding his weakness
  377. >Now let’s look at pegasai
  378. >Their obvious strength is the ability to fly, speed, and agility
  379. >But the source of all that is their wings
  380. >They don’t have a long range attack so they have to get close and personal
  381. >And that’s the way you like it
  382. >The pegasai after circling above you for a few seconds seeing that the unicorn is doing no damage dived straight at you
  383. >You slammed the shield into the ground making it stand upright facing the unicorn
  384. >When you see something going fast at you its normal to try to dodge
  385. >Sometimes your opponent can forget that it’s not always the case
  386. >You crouched and when the pegasai came in with a kick, you jumped straight into it extending your front legs
  387. >The kick hit you pretty hard in your chest but it was better than a kick in the head and you were prepared, it didn’t do any serious damage [spoiler]but it hurt like a bitch[/spoiler]
  388. >The pegasai on the other hand didn’t expect that
  389. >Your front legs were now ready
  390. >You pushed both of them down, knocking the pegasai out of the air
  391. >He landed on his wings
  392. >Pegasai wings are quite fragile, enough force and they are useless
  393. >Pegasai with no wings is not a threat anymore
  394. >This one was knocked out cold
  395. >You take your shield and charge the unicorn
  396. >He tries different spells but all of them break on the surface of the shield
  397. >In his last ditch defense he tries freezing you but it was too late and your momentum knocks him into the wall
  398. >Always push your initiative don’t let them remember all those spells that can hurt you
  399.  
  400. >You stand there, over the defeated unicorn, your shield covered with remains of magic ice that melts quickly, water slowly drips on the floor.
  401. >The sun is now shining straight at Hemera
  402. >You start to run
  403. >One of the ponies standing in the circle falls to the ground
  404. >Then another
  405. >The only one left is a fairly big unicorn with his horn glowing strongly
  406. >The inscriptions light up with a sinister light
  407. >The ray of sunshine that fell upon the filly solidified and took the form of a gold liquid flowing from the sun
  408. >You could feel the warm radiating from it even from here
  409. >You saw the unicorn turn towards you, his eyes glowing with power
  410. "You are too late now!" He screams before casting a powerful spell
  411. >The ice bolt that hit your shield stopped you almost in place with its power
  412. >You could hear a cry of pain from Hemera as the “sunlight” touched her
  413. >At least she was alive
  414. >You try to close the gap to the unicorn again
  415. "Didn’t you hear me stupid? It’s over"
  416. >His horn glows even stronger
  417. >The ice comes at you like a water current, swaying and turning and just before hitting your shield it turns going around and you feel as hundreds of ice bolts hit you in the side throwing you around the room like a doll
  418. >You feel the warmth of blood running down your right side
  419. >But you stand up again
  420. >You are still making progress
  421. >And if you fail, she will die
  422. >SPOILER or worse SPOILER
  423. >You run and when you see the ice beginning to form again
  424. >You spin around throwing the shield as hard as you could straight at him
  425. >But he was fast
  426. >The ice broke into millions of pieces in the air
  427. >The shield bounced of the force field he created
  428. >Not wasting time you run at the magic shield
  429. >You kick it with all your force
  430. >Nothing
  431. >This is not normal
  432. >Even very strong unicorns can’t hold a shield that deflects actual physical objects for more than a few seconds
  433. >But he probably drained all those other ponies dry of magic, you think as you look at the bodies lying around the magic circle
  434. >One of them raises their head "Why did you do that?" he whispers looking at the unicorn
  435. "Oh I just needed a little more magic to start the ritual that's all"
  436. "You will be rewarded of course like we decided before, everyone here will become immortal alicorns!"
  437. >The circle glows even stronger and the pony head hits the floor limply.
  438. >"You know you can't really divide alicorn magic like that do you?" You ask raising your voice so you can be heard through the field
  439. "Maybe...?" He smiles devilishly
  440. "Now excuse me for now I need to prepare for the final part"
  441. >You try breaking the barrier once again, but it doesn’t look like it will give anytime soon
  442. >You need to hurry
  443. >You can’t go underground, there is not enough time
  444. >You can’t wait him out or she will die
  445. >Looking around the room you notice a scaffolding that was probably used to remove the telescope a long time ago
  446. >You pick up your shield
  447.  
  448.  
  449. >You are now standing before the pillar of light that extends from Hemera into the sun
  450. >It's so bright you can hardly look at it
  451. >The sun essence
  452. >You take a second to remember your family and friends
  453. >There was no turning back the moment you became a royal guard
  454. >Putting your shield into the beam you break the containment magic
  455. >The bright liquid sprays everywhere setting everything it touches on fire
  456. >You step into it putting your body behind the shield, you have to use all your strength to not get blown away
  457. >You can smell the burning fur
  458. >Your tail is already gone and you can feel you skin burning
  459. >You can’t feel you mouth anymore
  460. >"J-just a l-little l—longer!"
  461. Below you there is a puddle of molten metal as your shield starts to melt in the immense heat
  462. >Then
  463. >You feel nothing
  464. >You fall to the ground
  465. >Only one of your eyes still works
  466. >But you have the front row seat
  467. >Hemera literally blew up the magic circle overloading it with raw magic
  468. >She is being suspended in the air by her own magic she doesn’t even bother to use her wings
  469. >Radiating with light, it’s hard to look at her directly
  470. >Her hair like the raging inferno around her that consumes the old observatory
  471. >Majestic
  472. >The unicorn tries to use one of those super lasers on her
  473. >You can’t even smile on his stupidity
  474. >She didn’t even put a shield up
  475. >The laser curved around her making a hole in the ceiling above
  476. >Hemerea responded in kind
  477. >There was a flash
  478. >The only thing left from him was a missing wall
  479. >You close your eye
  480. >You did your duty
  481. >You made your Princesses proud
  482. "Can you hear me?"
  483. "Oh no are you alright?"
  484. "Please talk to me..."
  485.  
  486.  
  487.  
  488.  
  489.  
  490.  
  491.  
  492.  
  493.  
  494. >The wind is blowing around the planes, bringing the smell of ashes and blood.
  495. >"And that’s Lesson number 3!"
  496. "YES SIR!" a rumble of voices responds
  497. >The sky is clouded with smoke and thunderclouds. The pegasai and unicorns from both sides have been fighting for control of the weather for some time now
  498. >A big earth pony in immaculate armor, caring an impossibly big shield, encrusted with gemstones and gold, is walking in front of a row of armored earth ponies, in the background there is a massive army lined up, stretching to the horizon
  499. >He notices something and looks away
  500. >On a rock not far away an alicorn with a mane that moves like fire raises a glowing orb into the sky
  501. > ”Notify everyone that everything goes according to the plan” He says to a pegasai sitting next to him
  502. >”We lead the charge”
  503. >The pegasai salutes and goes up into the air, waving colored flags to signal the other commanders
  504. >The alicorn looks in his direction
  505. >There is something on her lips that might look like a smile
  506. >The orb that was lifted into the sky releases a powerful flash of light before disappearing
  507. >”For the Queen!” The General booms
  508. “ For the Queen!” The ponies respond
  509. >He starts to run into the no mans land with his soldiers following suite
  510. >The whole horizon starts to move as the massive army goes into battle
  511. >The opposing army soon responds with a volley of magic spells and arrows
  512. >The cloud of dust kicked up by the magic attacks moves with the attacking army as the wind blows north
  513. >The charging ponies disappear in it
  514. >Then the dust swells on the other side and spits out a solid wall of steel and fury that crashes into the front row of enemy troops.
  515.  
  516.  
  517.  
  518. “Are you awake?”
  519.  
  520. >You are standing near a hospital bed, looking over a severely burned pony covered in bandages
  521. >You never wanted for anyone to sacrifice anything for you.
  522. >Let alone try to sacrifice their own life in your protection
  523. >But now you understand that because of what you are
  524. >There will be ponies that will try to protect you
  525. >You can run away from this responsibility
  526. >[spoiler]or become someone worth protecting[/spoiler]
  527.  
  528.  
  529.  
  530. >Luna and Celestia sent you to the School for Gifted Unicorns to “socialize” with other ponies
  531. >But this was a nerd school so you didn’t really fit the crowd and even the school part was incredibly boring
  532. >You were also forbidden to attend PE because they were afraid someone might notice your wings
  533. >So you were denied the opportunity to actually have some fun
  534. >At least in school there are no guards following you
  535. >You feel a stab of anger when you remember what happened not so long ago
  536. >They just knocked you out and you and you weren’t even able to fight back
  537. >They tried to use your power and the only reason you are still alive is that someone had to do what you couldn’t
  538. >You grit your teeth remembering how helpless you felt
  539. >The teachers voice brings you back from your thoughts
  540. “Please pay attention, this will be on the test”
  541. >You noticed that you just pulverized the pen that you were holding with your magic
  542. >And sitting to the right, is a very scared pony looking at you
  543. >You give her your best impression of the “serial killer smile” and try to focus on the lesson at hoof
  544.  
  545.  
  546.  
  547. >You are walking back to the castle accompanied by the guard that is substituting for GS
  548. >Like every day since the incident after school you go to the castle hospital to see how he is doing
  549. >You climb the stairs, thinking like always what will you say when he wakes up, and open the door
  550. >You walk around but can’t see the bed that you are looking for
  551. >” Excuse me nurse where is the earth pony that was here?”
  552. “Oh, he woke up yesterday and insisted on being let out early, seeing how his recovery was going we allowed him to leave. He just left through the west side, you can probably catch him”
  553.  
  554.  
  555.  
  556.  
  557. >The healing spells were doing magic on your body, but you weren’t so frank about the pain with the doctor
  558. >You hated hospitals, hated sitting in bed and hated people running around you
  559. >Now you were going to go to your room and read a good book peacefully and nothing will— “
  560. >You never finished the sentence because a white red monster suddenly jumped on you enveloping you in a strong hug
  561. >You winced as you felt the needles of pain stabbing you
  562. >”H-hello there Hemera” you said through your teeth
  563. >She jumped away from you
  564. “Oh I’m so sorry, I forgot I didn’t mean it to— “
  565. >” Its fine really”
  566. >You saw her blushing, but she didn’t let that throw her off balance.
  567. “Are you sure you want to walk around here in this state?”
  568. >”Really I’m fine”
  569.  
  570. >You saw a royal guard only now catching up with her.
  571. ”Good to see you walking around again Sir.” He says nodding to you
  572. >”Good to see you too J” You answer nodding back.
  573. “How is your eye doing?’
  574. >He points to your still bandaged left eye
  575. >”Oh that, the doctors say that it’s hard to tell if I will regain my sight in it, they prefer to let the body heal naturally because that gives me a better chance. “
  576. >”For now it means that I am a pirate.” You say smiling a little bit
  577. >Hemera is very quiet looking at your still slightly burned face.
  578. >Feeling the awkwardness you try to use this chance to getaway
  579. >” I have to get going now, the doctor will be furious if he sees me walking like this, instead of going straight to bed like I promised”
  580. “Sure, I will let the guys know you are ok. Take care”
  581. >You walk away saying goodbye to Hem and J
  582.  
  583.  
  584.  
  585. >Back in your room you are lying on the bed reading a nice book that Book Horse got for you, trying to forget about everything else in this universe
  586. >About two meters in the air just under the celling appears Hemmy in a flash of golden light
  587. >She falls down to the ground with an audible sound of displeasure
  588. >”You could at least knock you know?”
  589. >She just stands there looking at you
  590. >”Is there something you need?”
  591. “I need to talk to you about what happened in the observatory”
  592. >”There isn’t really that much to talk about”
  593. “Well it’s not about that, I just want to know—“ She sits down
  594. “—what happened after you blocked the beam with your shield?” Her voice wavers a little bit
  595. >”You mean you don’t remember what happened after that?”
  596. “Well I remember that I was free and the royal guard came and rescued you, but I don’t remember what happened just before that, and Luna and Celestia are not telling me the whole thruth.”
  597. >This filly has surprising gaps in her memory you think, although now that you look at her she is starting to look more like a young mare, another thing to keep in mind
  598. >”Well I didn’t see much, I just saw that you used some kind of magic to get out of your bindings an—“
  599. >Wait a minute, why aren’t Celestia and Luna telling her that she basically disintegrated the guy on the spot along with most of the wall?
  600. >Are they afraid how she will react? But doesn’t that also mean that they are afraid of her?
  601. >Do you have this kind of authority to overrule them?
  602. >But if you lie now and she finds out, she will never trust you again…
  603.  
  604. >She notices your concerned gaze
  605. >”—and you used some kind of powerful magic to blow the unicorn away, I don’t think there was anything left…”
  606. >She looks at you a little shaken but you can see in her eyes that she was kind of expecting something along those lines
  607. >” After that, I lost consciousness and woke up in the hospital.”
  608. >She stands back up
  609. “Thank you for being honest with me GS”
  610. >Lighting up her horn she teleports out of here
  611. >You disobeyed, your rulers and that can have consequences
  612. >Yet it feels right
  613. >
  614. >
  615. >
  616. >Next morning you see a letter containing another set of orders
  617. >It starts off with usual bureaucratic mambo jumbo but the orders are actually interesting
  618. >In short
  619. >Because of how serious the situation is you have to start work again on Monday, it’s Friday now that means you still have 3 days
  620. >They will be bolstering castle security
  621. >Again
  622. >The cover story is that there was a fire and you just happened to pass by…
  623. >You are a hero now, hurray
  624. >You still don’t mention Hemera to anyone
  625. >And now the interesting part
  626. >They will be creating a special investigation division concerning this incident
  627. >It seems that all the ponies that were captured had a similar black triangle tattoo on their left front leg
  628. >It was normally covered with fur and really small, no bigger than a coin, they found it only because one of the ponies got burned in the fire
  629. >After bringing up the tattoo during the interrogations they found out that this was only a little part of a big organization and they suspect it was a rogue cell trying to act on its own
  630. >But it’s so highly compartmentalized that the only pony that would be able to tell them more is presumed dead; it seems there really wasn’t anything left from him
  631. >And that’s it
  632. >You lay on the bed abandoning the book completely
  633. >This tattoo isn’t making a lot sense to you, but at the same time it’s not a liability to them, because of how easy it is to conceal it and if any one starts looking for tattoos like that it will be obvious that they got found out
  634. >But why make your followers do something so obvious?
  635. >It seems it’s back to the library for you before Hemera comes back from school, you also need to say hello to the book horse
  636.  
  637.  
  638.  
  639. >You walk in to the library expecting to find book horse but there is only her co-worker
  640. “Oh GS I heard what happened to you, how do you feel?”
  641. >”Hello Flowey” you always wondered why she is even working at the library, even her cutie mark is flower related
  642. >At the same time it’s kind of an awkward thing to ask, maybe next time
  643. >“I feel fine, the doctors said I can get rid of the last of the bandages tomorrow” it was really miraculous, or should you say magical, your fur even started to grow back in most places but your tail was still very short
  644. >”Have you seen book horse?”
  645. “Oh she took free today, she said she had something to take care of”
  646. >”Well ok then, I will browse a bit I hope you don’t mind?”
  647. “Not at all I will be here if you need me”
  648. >You take one of the firefly lamps and walk into the maze others call a library
  649. >It would be faster if she helped you but you don’t want to ask her for books that could make her ask unnecessary questions
  650. >Well today you will be looking for books about cults in an almost ancient library that few have access to
  651. >You wouldn’t be surprised if you found one right here living among the shelves
  652. >You don’t like libraries, or should you say you don’t like libraries quite this old
  653. >There is almost no light because sunlight could damage the books, yet the room is incredibly big
  654. >Because of that everything is shrouded in darkness, the crappy fire safe lamp that you got, doesn’t help at all
  655. >The shelves are so high that the highest rows disappear into the blackness
  656. >You are also sure that this part is older that the rest of the castle; and that in turn means it was designed by a pony some call a genius, that could only be considered a fan of strange yet enchanting designs
  657. >You think he was absolutely crazy
  658. >Some of them were even considered dangerous especially the ones that used some forms of magic
  659. >Most of them were demolished and built anew after the Princesses brought balance to Equestria and the castle became more of a decoration and a place to live for princesses than a show of power
  660. >Yet there still were doors in this castle that brought you to a different room every time you walked through or ones that appeared only on Fridays, magic can be a scary thing that’s hard to get rid of when it settles in
  661. >As a former Captain of the Royal Guard you knew about some of them but every single librarian you talked to said there was nothing magical in the library
  662. >You knew better than to trust librarians
  663. >You aren’t sure if this place is magical but its probably the most devilish labyrinth you have ever seen
  664. >You have been walking for some time now, your hooves breaking the silence
  665. >The other thing you don’t like about the library are the books
  666. >These are not your normal every day books; those are magic books that probably witnessed more fucked up shit than any living pony
  667. >It’s from the books that you learned, that magic wasn’t always so nice, pretty and regulated like today
  668. >The things that ponies did in the name of science were scary
  669. >Not even mentioning that you are pretty sure that some of them soaked in some of that crazy magic
  670. >I mean when they were written they probably sat on the desk of some crazy magic guy that was going to disappear mysteriously next week, only to be found inside out in his own sock drawer
  671. >And when you start to think what happens when you bring that many magic books together…
  672. >After some thinking, maybe you should have waited for book horse with this one
  673. >But you aren’t sure if you still remember the way out so may as well get it over it
  674. >This will take some time…
  675.  
  676.  
  677.  
  678. >You are sitting in class again not really listening to the teacher
  679. >You have been trying for some time now to bend the ray of sun coming in through the window
  680. >The goal was to shine it directly at the face of the colt sitting two seats away
  681. >You almost had it
  682. >This time you were sure
  683. >From the outside you could only see an explosion of light that quickly disappeared
  684. >The whole room turned black from the explosion
  685. >Although it seems no one was really hurt
  686. >They were really confused
  687. >Well now you know that light doesn’t like being bend this way
  688. >Shame about the windows though
  689. >
  690. >
  691. >You did it! You think to yourself carrying a bag of books on your back.
  692. >Although you could do away with all that sneaking and hiding from whatever lives in that damned library
  693. >Now it was time for a nice cold shower and a creepy old book before bed
  694.  
  695.  
  696. >You are woken up by a sound knocking on your door
  697. >Opening the door you see J and Hemera standing outside
  698. >”Hello there Hemera, hi J what can I do for you at this hour?”
  699. “GS can you do me a favor and take my place? There was some sort of family emergency and I need to go”
  700. >”But I’m not even officially healthy”
  701. “I checked if you sign this thing it’s not going to problem”
  702. >He hands you a pen and paper with his magic levitating it before your face so you can read it
  703. >“It says I take full responsibility of your duties for the time you are gone”
  704. >“Do I also get you salary?” You grin
  705. “Very funny, just sign this please”
  706. >”Yeah no problem J” you say while using your teeth to hold the pencil
  707. “Thanks GS I’m truly in your debt he says while disappearing around the corner”
  708. >You look at Hemmy, she has that mischievous smile again and you don’t feel like asking
  709. >You open the door wider letting her in
  710. “I was thinking I will follow you today for a change, I want to see how a guard lives”
  711. >You look at her funny
  712. >”I can assure you it’s nothing interesting”
  713. >She starts walking around the room looking around
  714. >It’s a smaller one than the one you had before and it shows now that you brought so many books from the library
  715. >She starts reading random titles
  716. “The Sun an alternate theory”
  717. “The gathered case files of circle murders”
  718. “Forbidden knowledge: Now with drawings that don’t turn you insane!”
  719. “The cult of the night”
  720. “What is this gibberish?”
  721. >”Work, you shouldn’t worry about it”
  722. >Well at least you didn’t leave the books you brought yesterday in the open
  723. >You take some bits with you and open the door
  724. >”I’m going out to buy something”
  725. “Shopping sounds fun I will tag along”
  726. >It’s not like she really had a choice
  727. >You exit the castle and start walking towards the shopping part of town
  728. >You notice how she is looking constantly around, you remember she didn’t actually leave the castle since she came here
  729. >It’s cute
  730. >You arrive at one of those strange stores where everything they sell is black and shiny
  731. >Hemera looks at you quizzically
  732. “GS what are we going to buy here?”
  733. >You kind of wanted to tell her that you are buying a gimp suit but you decided against it
  734. >”You will see”
  735. >You walk in
  736. >There is a gothic pony wearing heavy makeup at the counter
  737. >You walk up to it
  738. >”Hi I want to be a pirate!” You say with your best pirate voice
  739. >The pony raises his head from the newspaper
  740. >He looks at you with surprise on his face for a few seconds before it registers
  741. “Oh you want an eyepatch for your eye?”
  742. >”Well, yes”
  743. >Hemmy isn’t very impressed with your joke
  744. “Sure let me show you what we have”
  745. >It sure took a while to find one that’s just plain black
  746. >But boy do you look good now
  747. >Maybe if your eye doesn’t heal you will get to wear it all the time!
  748. >This didn’t light your spirits as much as you thought it would
  749. >Now that you are a pirate, you paid and went outside
  750. “Maybe we can eat something Blackbeard”
  751. >”Yeah, that sounds ni—“
  752. >”Did you just call me Blackbeard?”
  753. “No I said Jack Sparrow”
  754.  
  755.  
  756.  
  757. >You are sitting with Hemera in a restaurant munching on some Hay sandwiches
  758. >It’s still fairly early and the room is empty
  759. >It’s almost relaxing
  760. >Until you notice there is a third occupied chair at your table
  761. >You look with horror at the draconequus sitting next to you munching on a piece of a birthday cake with candles still lit, he didn’t mind it seems
  762. >Hemera was more curious than anything
  763. “Oh I’m sorry for that intrusion I didn’t schedule an appointment earlier” he says while finishing the last bite of the cake
  764. “I just came here to see my new second favorite pony!” He looks at Mera
  765. ” Who are you again?” she asks
  766. “Oh they call me many names!” His form shifts through a few different species while maintaining eye contact with Hemera
  767. >”Discord, the embodiment of chaos” you say
  768. “Oh you spoil all the fun… Also recently reformed I must add.”
  769. “And what the embodiment of chaos wants with a pony like me?”
  770. “Oh not much…”
  771. >You can see a second Discord behind her with a cake in his hand preparing to strike
  772. >Before you could react, he slips on the floor that just now turned into ice beneath his paws
  773. >Neither Hemera or Discord looked away or shown any signs of knowledge of what happened, but she now has that grin on her face
  774. >Discord slowly leans back with a smile, the uncomfortable chair dissolves into a sofa under his weight
  775. “Oh this is just perfect you must visit me later in Ponyville my dear”
  776. >He looks at his wrist that at some point turned into a giant clock
  777. “Look at the time flying I got to go! But before that—“ he reaches into a non-existent pocket and takes out a gold necklace, it has a white supernova similar to the one on Hemmys flank encrusted on the front
  778. >He appears behind her and puts it on her neck
  779. “Why are you giving this to me again?”
  780. “Because irony my little pony, because irony” he laughs before opening a door and walking through it, he closes it behind him, the door just falls to the ground with nothing holding it up with an audible thud
  781. >You knew, although very little, about the elements of harmony
  782. >And what Hemmy was just looking at might be a precious artifact, or garbage
  783. >One could never know
  784.  
  785.  
  786. >”I advise you to keep it hidden, the elements of harmony are quite popular among ponies since Princess Twilight and her friends saved the world, again.”
  787. “You are probably right; I am supposed to stay low right?” she says tucking the necklace under her hoodie
  788. >”Right, I need to take care of two more things today” you stand up leaving a couple of bits on the table
  789. “What things?”
  790. >”First I’m going to see if my dad responded to my letter I sent him earlier”
  791. “And then?”
  792. >Does she ever stops asking questions?
  793. >”Then I’m going to the armory to get myself a replacement shield”
  794. >Hemera opened her mouth to say something again, when she saw a group of onlookers and guard ponies standing around what obviously was a crime scene
  795. “What is happening?”
  796. >”I don’t know but I will find out”
  797. >In the center of the commotion, in front of a house, was a visible puddle of blood on the pavement
  798. >You looked around and found an officer you recognized
  799. >”Hi, I’m from the royal guard, what happened here?”
  800. >He looked at you for a second before answering
  801. “Oh, GS, what happened here is, that we found an older earth pony bleeding out after hitting the ground pretty hard, we are still interrogating the witnesses but, it looks like it wasn’t suicide, the medics took her a moment ago.”
  802. >”You are saying it was murder? It doesn’t happen often here, especially in this neighborhood.”
  803. “One of the witnesses says he saw someone in the window just after it happened.”
  804. >Hemera kicks you in the hoof
  805. “Try to get inside.” She whispers
  806. >”Ekhm can I take a look inside the building?”
  807. “I don’t see why not, but I hope you payed attention at the academy and you don’t trample over my evidence?”
  808. >”Don’t worry about that.” You quickly say walking inside before he starts asking question about Hemera .
  809. >The house isn’t big, there is a kitchen/dining room on the right side, a living room on the left side and at the end of the corridor there are stair leading up.
  810. >”Why did you even want to come here, this is obviously a job for a detective, you know that right?”
  811. “I don’t know… Just a hunch I guess?”
  812. >”A crime scene is not the safest place you can be right now.”
  813. “It’s not like you resisted Mr. ”I don’t know but I will find out””
  814. >Shit
  815. >She got you on this one, if not for the fact that you are a guard, you would totally be a badass Detective kicking flanks and taking names. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx5t30bWWmc
  816. >”Well now that we are here we can at least do some detective work”
  817. >You and Hemera split and start looking for clues
  818. >Kitchen is mostly empty, save for a now cold cup of coffee
  819. >There is a small window leading to the back alley behind the house but it’s too small for a pony to fit through
  820. >In the living room you find a couch, a fireplace, and a big bookcase
  821. >They sure read, glancing over the books you notice that many of them talk about magic or history, a few other also catch your eye: “Ancient Equestrian history”, “How to cook popcorn” (why would someone need a book about cooking popcorn anyway?) , “Map of Saddle Arabia”…
  822. “Hey GS look at this!”
  823. >Over the fireplace hanged a fancy diploma that read “Awarded for extraordinary performance at the school for gifted unicorns” complete with Princess Celestias signature.
  824. “Wasn’t she supposed to be an earth pony?” Hemera asks.
  825. >”Yeah, an older earth pony.”
  826. “She must have a daughter then!”
  827. >”She is obviously not here and that puts her as a primary suspect”
  828. “Let’s check upstairs first, before we leap to any conclusions.”
  829. “I will check the right one you check the left one” she says before disappearing inside.
  830. >You slowly open the door mindful of any booby-traps
  831. >The room is quite spacious, it doubles as an office it seems, seeing the big and heavy wooden desk under the wall opposite of the bed.
  832. >The chair has been knocked aside, it now lays broken in the corner.
  833. >You also notice the big window, now wide open, the wind blows in to the room shuffling paper sheets on the desk.
  834. >After reading them for a while you notice they are history homework assignments from students.
  835. >Only some of them are graded, as if someone was interrupted in the middle.
  836. >That explains the history books.
  837. >You notice a picture on the nightstand near the bed.
  838. >In the picture you see an earth pony mare hugging a female unicorn with a similar mane color.
  839. >That’s probably her daughter, you wonder where is the father?
  840. >You peer out the window, despite it being first floor it’s quite a fall for an earth pony.
  841. >Yet you have feeling you missed something.
  842. >You look at the homework again, she had a nice writing for an earth pony, every letter is nicely curved to the left, flowing naturally…
  843. >There is no pen!
  844. >You look around again just to be sure.
  845. >For some reason the pen is missing, but why?
  846. >You hear Hemera walking in.
  847. >”So did you find anything in the other room?”
  848. “Not really, what I can tell you is that no one was there for a few days at least. I also found even more trophies, whoever she was who lived there, she was a quite capable unicorn. There is a window facing the back of the building so that’s probably how the suspect got in.”
  849. >You show Hemera the rest of the room but you can’t really find anything more worth of interest.
  850. >When you are leaving, the guard asks you
  851. “And what do you think?”
  852. >”Well I say the main suspect is the daughter, do you know where is she now?”
  853. “We are trying to determine that, but from what we know, now she wasn’t home for at least three or four days”
  854. >”This only casts more suspicions on her. Anyway thanks for the opportunity. I will see you around”
  855.  
  856. ===============================================================================================
  857. FUCKING PIRATES
  858. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc9nTcROQtw
  859. >Dark clouds are gathering over the horizon
  860. >The wind picks up speed carrying the smell of an upcoming storm
  861. “Captain there is storm coming from the north!” yelled a pony sitting high up in the crow’s nest
  862. >The Captain, an alicorn with a fur like the sand dunes and a mane that glisters as if made of precious metals
  863. “The “Eclipse” should be entering the storm right now, we still might have chance to catch her”
  864. >She leans to her quartermaster
  865. “We are going into the storm with raised sails, do you know what this means?”
  866. >The quartermaster a big pony, even compared to an alicorn, smiles at her and straightens his eye patch
  867. “LISTEN UP YOU LANDLUBERS! WE ARE GOING INTO THIS STORM ON SAILS, I WANT YOU TO PREAPRE THE SUNNY FOR A ROUGH RIDE!”
  868. “Blimey! Did the captain finally go addled?” a voice called from the deck
  869. “IF I EVER FIND THE SCALLYWAG WHO SAID THAT, I WILL MAKE HIM EAT EVERY SINGLE BARNACLE FROM THIS SHIP!”
  870. >The threat worked wonders and the crew started running around trying to look busy as it was accustomed
  871. “I WANT THE SPANKER AND JIB UP FOR THIS, THE REST SHOULD BE READY TO REPLACE THEM, TIE THE LOOSE ENDS AND SOMEONE CHECK THE BLOODY TOPmast…”
  872. >The yelling of a quartermaster started to fade as the wind picked up speed carrying the first droplets of rain
  873. >The dark clouds were already surrounding the ship
  874. >”Sunny” was a mighty frigate known for her speed
  875. >She was plowing through the ever growing waves slicing them up as they came
  876. >The white sails barring a symbol of an exploding star were swollen with the wind carrying Sunny and her crew faster and faster,
  877. >And above them fluttering in the wind was the ages old pirate flag, barring a skull and crossed bones
  878. >The Captain smiled to herself
  879. “The time has come for you Nyx, you can’t run forever…”
  880. ===============================================================================================
  881.  
  882.  
  883. >It’s strange how GS seems to be ok with you tagging along with him
  884. >He even listened to you when you suggested investigating the house
  885. >Your horn glows slightly and you absentmindedly swap the push/pull signs on nearby doors while walking down the street
  886. >Maybe he just doesn’t have a choice?
  887. >It’s not like he could stop you if you really tried…
  888. >Mentioning that
  889. >How did he even manage to defeat the unicorns back in the observatory?
  890. >It’s not that you have anything against earthponies, but how did he even do it?
  891. >
  892. >
  893. >Unfortunately you didn’t get a response from your father yet but you are sure it will be here by tomorrow
  894. >Now came the boring part, with your shield out of commission until your father can send you a replacement, you will have to do with what is laying around in the castle armory
  895. >The castle armory was yet another relic of a long forgotten past
  896. >Todays guards used their free time to polish their armor and no one really carried weapons around every day, so they just left them in a box in the rooms or something
  897. >Even when the changelings attacked, no one had the time to get any weapons, it’s said that the armorer slept through the whole thing
  898. >Oh yes, the armorer, he looks as if he is as old as the armory itself and that’s saying a lot
  899. >It’s a wonder he didn’t turn into dust yet, it’s a running joke in the guard school that the he is preserved by the same oil he uses to preserve the weapons and armor
  900. “GS where are we going? I have never been to this part of the castle.”
  901. >”We are going to the armory, it’s situated in the basements, because a long time ago this might have been one of the crucial points in the castle.”
  902. “It no longer is?”
  903. >”There were no actual wars fought in Equestria since the Princesses took over, nobody remembers and only few historians understand.”
  904. >”We are here.”
  905. >You are both standing in front of a gate big enough for a dragon
  906. >You push open a smaller pony sized door in the great gate and let Hemera in front of you
  907. “Why is this sooooo big?”
  908. ”This is THE Royal Armory you ungrateful filly” A voice sounding like two sheets of sandpaper rubbed together said.
  909. >There was a big counter stretching across the room, secured with bars extending into the celling and just behind it was a colossal shelf stacked with all manners of weaponry and armor.
  910. >On the right wall was a similar gate to the one you just walked through, just covered with even more dust and webbing, the old fashion torches on the wall gave out little usable light and made the shadows move
  911. >Standing behind the bars was an old pony with a pitiful amount of mane hair left, his fur once fiery orange was faded to almost nonexistence, only his cutie mark was still shining, showing a golden sword.
  912. “In here we have everything.”
  913. “Just everything?” Asked Hemera.
  914. “Everything” Said the old pony unflinchingly, looking deep into her eyes.
  915. >Oh yes, they have absolutely everything, you couldn’t sleep for days from the excitement when you saw the trebuchet in the back room for the first time.
  916. “Now what do you noisy people want? Are you lost or something? I was just going to take a nap.” He said taking a sip of something scary from a bottle he was holding
  917. >”I need a replacement shield for myself”
  918. >His eyes bulged and he spit out his drink on the floor
  919. >You can’t really blame him for this reaction, the only visitors he had since forever was once a year when new recruits came to pick up their gear and retired guards, coming to leave their old gear.
  920. >He finally stopped coughing and looked at you
  921. “Wait a minute... aren’t you the guy!” He points an accusatory finger at you. “Who said that the Royal shield wasn’t good enough for you HUH?”
  922. >”Well that’s because you refused to give me an actual battle shield!”
  923. “A YOUNGSTER like you would just brake it anyway!”
  924. >”I AM A CAPTAIN NOW, and how do you even brake a frickin BATTLE SHIELD?”
  925. “Well then, tell me how did you manage break your own shield then, MR officer smarty pants huh?”
  926. >
  927. >
  928. >
  929. >
  930. “I say it went pretty good all things considered”
  931. >You look at her while carrying an old ass broken piece of rust art.
  932. >She just gives you that playful smile.

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