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- =Helios 13=
- >You were Princess Celestia.
- >You were currently reading a report from your star pupil Twilight Sparkle.
- >"Dear Princess Celestia, today I learned the importance of dental hygiene."
- "Oh boy..."
- >This was going to be a memorable one.
- >The report read and filed away with the rest, you stepped out onto your balcony and began the process of lowering the sun.
- >As you were just about to sit down and relax to some Wing Crosby when a knock came at the door.
- >To your relief, the one outside the door was just who you wanted to see.
- "Anonymous! Good to see you return safely..."
- >You had been worried.
- >He peaks his head in and glances around. "Celestia I need you to stay here."
- >You are slightly taken aback by the seriousness in his voice.
- >In the hall behind him, you see guards running to and fro with a sense of purpose.
- "Anon, what's going on?"
- >Anon sighs. "We found the shadow caster..."
- >You perk up.
- "That's great news Anon!"
- >Anon shrinks a bit. "Yeah. We're going to go apprehend him now, so can you stay here? I don't want to get worried about you too."
- >You look into his eyes.
- >There's...hurt inside them, sadness.
- >Anon wasn't telling you something.
- >You...weren't telling him something either.
- "Y-yes Anon. I'll stay in tonight."
- >Anon sighs. "Thank you. I'll check in when I get back."
- >With that one of the most important people in your life shut the door and left.
- "...Be careful."
- >Please.
- -Anon PoV-
- >You walked through the city streets with a contingent of royal guards at your back.
- >They turned quite a few heads. Walking in formation, golden armor glittering in the last vestiges of sunlight.
- >No chances tonight.
- >You cupped your gauntleted hand over your mouth and called to the masses.
- "Everyp0ny return to your homes please! Official guard business, move along!"
- >You threw a silent thanks to whoever may be listening when they galloped off the street.
- >This served two purposes. It allowed your guards to move faster and ensured that they would not come to harm in the event there was a confrontation.
- >You passed through the gates to the Blueblood estate and turn to some of the guards behind you.
- "Fan out and secure the area, we don't want them slipping away."
- >Due to the size of the estate, a considerable amount of the guards were needed to secure it, the remainder of you heading inside the house.
- >You storm your way up the stairs, intent on disrupting anything they had going on.
- >In the same room you found Blueblood in when you first came here, you found a butler.
- >"My word! What is the meaning of this? Why are you here?"
- "To arrest Prince Blueblood for using ancient magics to kidnap citizens. Where is he?"
- >The butler scoffs. "I have absolutely no idea what you-"
- >You lift the butler up by the scruff of his lapel.
- >This was no time for games.
- "You're lying. I smell it on you."
- >You bring him a hairsbreadth away from your face.
- "Where. Is. He?"
- >You drop the trembling butler on the ground with a resounding thud.
- >He shakily walks over to the piano in the corner and presses three keys, sending scared looks back at you the entire time.
- >At the third key press, a door in the bookshelf swings open, revealing stairs spiraling down.
- "Bookcase hooked up to the piano..."
- >Cliché much?
- >You and the guards you didn't have securing the house descended the stairs.
- >The quarters were cramped, the walls no more than a few feet across.
- >It was clear that not too many ponies came down here.
- "Everyone stay close, and call out anything out of the ordinary."
- >Your words echo up the stairway as you descend deeper.
- >And deeper.
- >And deeper still.
- >The farther down you go, the less sounds come from above.
- >The songs of birds of the night, or of the guards patrolling the house.
- >Instead all you heard was your own footsteps and the sounds of those behind you. Beyond that, a maddening nothing.
- >It really wasn't helping your nerves.
- >Both you and your men's breathing had quickened to an almost frenzied pace.
- >You could feel the sweat start to form on your palms, and your feet were a little shaky.
- >A door appeared at the end of the stairs leading into a small and poorly lit room.
- >You inched yourself through the doorway, keeping a hand on your sword and an eye open for trouble.
- >The room was...empty.
- >You turn back to the guards in the stairway.
- "Alright guys, it looks like we're alone do-"
- >The familiar spark of magic echoes from inside the room.
- >You dive back on instinct just in time to dodge a wall of stone shooting up from the ground, sealing the other guards in the stairwell.
- >The pounding of the guards on the other side of the wall mix your own and echo through the room.
- >Until another sound overpowers them.
- >"Anonymous."
- >The clip clop of hooves comes from the center of the room towards you.
- >You draw your sword and toss the sheathe on the ground, it would only slow you down.
- >"I suppose I should have expected someone." A voice said as it trotted into view.
- "Blueblood...you look like hell."
- >The Princes' bloodshot eyes had bags under them and his normally perfect hair hung in his face in strands.
- >He sighs. "Yes, I suppose I have been overworking myself lately."
- "Using shadow magic to kidnap citizens?"
- >Blueblood sighs again, deeper this time. "Yes...that was me. But I did what I did for good reason."
- >You scoff. [spoiler][/spoiler] "What reason could justify that?"
- >Blueblood stares at you with an almost bored face. "This."
- >His horn glows and brings light to the room.
- >You wish it hadn't.
- >Clamped to steel beds at the rear of the room sat the kidnapped ponies.
- >They had various magical instruments nearby them and coils of pulsating energy behind them.
- >And each of them had their skin hanging in bags and ghastly white hair.
- "Wh-what is this?"
- >"This is sacrifice Anonymous. Using the life energy of these ponies, I will create a cure-all."
- "A what?"
- >"A cure all, please try to follow along." He says as he trots to the captives.
- >"I will create a spell that will wipe out everything bad. Disease, aging, unhappiness! I will bring Equestria into tomorrow as a true utopia!"
- >You laugh a shrill laugh.
- "Oxymoronic! A utopia built on the broken lives of others!"
- >Blueblood glares at you. "I knew you wouldn't understand."
- >His horn lights up, swinging open doors at the back of the room. "And I won't try to make you."
- >Through the doors come ponies in familiar armor.
- >That of the royal guards.
- -Music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hDs6mC-
- >You brace as the colors of the royal guard and night guard slam into you.
- >A kick to the head leads to a quick slice across the neck for the lead.
- >You hated the idea of killing other guards, but you had no mercy for traitors.
- >Another, a pegasus, charges you from above.
- >You're able to twist yourself in such a way that it lets you grab him and throw him back.
- >Hours of practice with Shining Armor had taught you about the weak spots in the guards' armor.
- >Above the knee.
- >Near the tail.
- >The fact that the entire suit would fall apart if you snapped the strap under the chin.
- >One guard was feeling just that as his armor slid off him like water.
- >You took advantage of his shock to slam him in the face with your gauntlet.
- >Suddenly, you find yourself floating in the air, a blue glow surrounding you.
- >A hand slips into your boot and pulls out a long dagger.
- >With a flick of your wrist, you send it flying towards the offending unicorn with practiced aim.
- >You hit the ground as the dagger imbeds itself in the neck of the spell caster.
- >The remaining guards didn't like that, rushing you as you tried to climb.
- >Blueblood ranted as the guards piled on.
- >"You stand in the way of progress Anonymous! These ponies would have died and been honored martyrs in the eternal empire that followed!"
- >A guard kicks you in the chest and sends the wind out of you.
- >"All you needed to do was to stay out of our way!"
- >You crumple to the ground.
- >"But now -- You die!"
- >The guards prepare to smash your face with their hooves, but never get the chance.
- >The ceiling above you explodes in a shower of arcane magic, revealing a pure white pony in the middle as it dissipates.
- >"No. He will not." Celestia says.
- >Whatever resolve the guards had evaporated in sight of the Princess.
- >Celestia looked over to you in concern as they piled off and ran back through the door they came out of. "Are you okay Anonymous?"
- >You spit a bit of blood from a split lip out of your mouth as you regain your breath.
- "Yeah, just gimme a minute..."
- >Celestia turns back to her nephew and hardens her face.
- >What passes is the most awkward moment in family history.
- >"Stop this Blueblood, before I make you." Celestia says, ending the silence.
- >Blueblood scoffs. "And how would you do that Aunty? Hold me down and spank me like a child?"
- >That actually didn't sound so-
- >No. No. Stay focus.
- >You get to your feet and start to inch your way to Blueblood, making use of his back to you.
- >"Aunty, with the power you hold, you could have fixed everything ages ago."
- >"I would not have done it like this Nephew! This is monstrous, barbaric even! You don't even know if it will work!"
- >"So you would have us not try!? To deny ourselves certain avenues over others is to limit ourselves! Or worse, to condemn us to never having known fruits for our labors!"
- >"What fruits!? All I see here is a madman willing to sacrifice his own people for a mad grasp at power!"
- >You were close now, within feet.
- >Celestia obviously saw you, but to her credit she did not so much as glance at you lest she give you away.
- >Blueblood's breathing grows heavy as he lowers his head.
- >"You have gone soft. You are unwilling to sacrifice even such a minute amount to save countless others." He says through gritted teeth
- >Bluebloods horn glows green as he charges a spell and draws from the nearby mana batteries.
- >Almost there...
- >"In time, you and everyp0ny else will serve the One True Qu-"
- >Blueblood doesn't finish his sentence and wheels around to face you.
- >You smell ozone as the spell fills your vision.
- >You feel the magic surge through your chest as you get thrown off your feat.
- >"Anonymous!" You hear someone call.
- >You land on your back with a thud as your breathing seems to just stop.
- >You feel your arm lock up as you are sent into the familiar sensation of neurological shock.
- >There is no physical pain, you don't feel any cuts or broken bones, but your mind is screaming.
- >Lights and sounds break through the agony, but you don't register them.
- >As suddenly as the million pinpricks of pain came to you, they stop.
- >For a moment, your relieved that the pain stopped.
- >But then you begin to worry as the comforting sensation of nothingness continues to spread.
- >You try to move, to get yourself back on your feet and get back into things, but it doesn't happen.
- >Your limbs won't move.
- >Your fear of what is happening melts away. It doesn't leave you it's just gone.
- >That scares you more.
- >Something is very wrong.
- >You register yourself being picked up by a magical grip.
- >You feel the wind against your face as something happens to your body.
- >Words break through the haze of what's happening, or at least try to.
- >You're almost certain you hear your name.
- >Blackness creeps at the edge of your vision, trying to take you away.
- >The wind on your face stops.
- >You wonder what happened to Cele-
- >
- >
- >
- >The darkness went out in every direction.
- >You floated in that darkness.
- >Everything was nothing.
- >No sight.
- >No sound.
- >No feeling.
- >It was...peaceful, this place you called death.
- >You had heard of Tartarus and Elysium, but you weren't there.
- >Guess you just didn't belong.
- >And then, your darkness was not.
- >There was light inside you.
- >Bright light.
- >Bright light that made everything start.
- >The sight of blackness, not just nothing.
- >The sound of the world.
- >The feeling of softness on your back.
- >And the sensation of something.
- >Something warm and sad inside you.
- >You follow that feeling.
- >Follow it back to wherever it is.
- >As you do, your senses return to you.
- >And you are greeted with the sight of a ceiling.
- >You groan as you wake up.
- >"Anonymous!?"
- "Wha-"
- >Soft lips push your words back down your throat as they greet you.
- >The sadness you felt washes away, replaced by the warmth that accompanied it magnifying a hundredfold.
- >Celestia breaks away from you and places her head on your shoulder, tears forming at the edge of her eyes.
- "Wh-what happened? With Blueblood?"
- >Celestia exhales a deep breath. "I defeated my nephew, he is currently at an asylum in Detrot. I flew you here as fast as I could."
- >You rubbed your head.
- "What happened to the citizens?"
- >Celestia chuckles and caresses your head with a wing. "Always concerned for the people..."
- >"Doctors at Canterlot General looked them over, as well as the Royal Magisters..."
- >Celestias head fell a bit. "They were aged prematurely by the siphoning of their life energy...they may recover and they may not..."
- "But...they're safe?"
- >Celestia smiles and nods. "Thanks to you."
- >You try laughing only to groan when your chest starts to throb.
- "NNngggg...I feel like shit...how long was I out?"
- >"Two days. You were here for all of it."
- >You look around the room.
- >Circular bed.
- >Big fireplace
- >Chaise Lounge...
- >You were in CELESTIA'S room.
- >She had kept you in her room.
- "Uhh...Wow. Thank you."
- >Celestia smiles.
- "So, how bad of a hit did I take?"
- >Celestia's eyes shift from relief to concern.
- "Anything broken?
- >Celestia sits up on her bed. "Anonymous...Bluebloods spell...you suffered no physical damage."
- >What?
- "But...why did I go into shock? Why am I aching?"
- >"As I said...there is no physical damage..."
- >You were starting to get worried, Celestia looked it too.
- "Celestia, what happened to me?"
- >She sighs. "Anon, Blueblood destroyed part of your soul."
- >...
- "...What?"
- >That was...
- >What!?
- >"It was only by a miracle that I saved you."
- "How?"
- >Celestia shifted on the bed.
- >"I...bound your soul."
- >"With mine."
- >...
- >WHAT!?
- >You needed to breathe...
- >No! Fuck breathing! You needed answers!
- "W-what does that do?"
- >Celestia looks a bit nervous. "I-I simple terms; I am a part of you, and you are a part of me."
- >You place a hand on the bed to calm yourself.
- >You were bound, by the SOUL to Princess Celestia.
- "Why do all this?"
- >Celestia snaps her head away from you and mumbles something.
- "I'm sorry?"
- >Celestia slowly turns back to you, her eyes on the floor.
- >"I said...I did it because..."
- >"I...I think I love you Anon."
- >You hear glass shatter in the distance.
- >It all made sense now.
- >Those warm feelings, feeling more scared or embarrassed than you should.
- >Those were Celestia's feelings, coming through to you through the link.
- >You hear Celestia start talking, but not what she says.
- >You grip your head a bit.
- >What thoughts were yours!? Which ones were Celestia's!?
- >And what's up with Celestia?!
- >Just a bit ago you were just spending your first non-sexual evening together and now she loves you!?
- >All of this was causing an unbearable strain on your head...
- >But you were just so happy to have him back wi-NO!
- >YOU'RE STILL YOU!
- >You come back to yourself as Celestia is nuzzling your face.
- >"I'm so glad you're alright Anon..."
- >You're both silent.
- >This...this was too much.
- "I have to go."
- >"Wh-why? Celestia asks as you rise from the bed.
- "I-it's too much, too fast. I can't be here."
- >Celestia jumps off the bed.
- >"A-non, whatever is wrong, I-I can fix it!"
- "No, you're the problem."
- >You don't see your armor or sword in the room.
- >Oh well, can't stay to find it.
- >Too fast.
- >You open the door and rush past the guards.
- >A Princess shedding her first tear of the night behind you.
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