//------------------------------// // Book One Finale. // Story: Terraria: Friendship Is Magic // by Pomp-Neigh //------------------------------//  -TERRARIA, ANUBIS’S PYRAMID- After the climactic event of Crabulon’s defeat, everyone returned to the surface via The Dryad’s Bloody Edge. In addition, they had also brought along their new found ally who decided to leave the underground biome: Shroom. His appearance was certainly shocking to those who have yet to meet him, but Pinkie Pie in particular was easily the most ecstatic to greet the entity. .......... Anubis was certain that all were present to hear his declaration, as he then sneaked a glance towards Oblivion’s hiding place.   “Don’t you fucking dare, Anubis,” says the hidden Ancient via telepathy. “Imma do it.” Anubis says with a smirk. “I swear to all that is unholy, if you even try fucking around…” “You do realize that you just begged me to do it, right? Now I just have to do it.” Anubis then clears his throat before declaring: “Everyone! Presenting his royal assness, he who submits to slimes, not to mention Twilight Sparkle, and he who sleeps while sucking on his thumb-” “Shut the fuck up. The only ‘slime’ I submit to is Harmony’s, and what the FUCK do I need to do to get you to accept you hid from her while I fought her AND Yharim, the REAL Royal assness, AT THE SAME TIME.” says Oblivion, appearing with a deadpan expression. “Yeesh, I see where Pinkamena gets her mouth from. And, correction: You made me leave you alone to fight her.”  “Details, fluffo.” “Says the skullwolf. But yes, those of you who haven't met him yet, say hello.” “Skip the formalities, I’ve got important shit that you all need to know and prepare for. That includes you, Anubis,” says the skullwolf completely seriously. “I don’t have much time either, so listen the fuck up.” “My word, darling! Such foul language!” Rarity exclaims in disgust. “ZIP! Ears open, muzzle closed. Sorry, babe, but you all need to know this,” the skullwolf says. “Wh-what did you just-” Rarity’s words were silenced as Celebes covers the unicorn’s  muzzle with her left hand, and says: “Please, go on.” “I’ll keep it short: Your lives are all in extreme danger,” begins the Ancient. A series of gasps echoes out from certain individuals while others simply ponders on those words. "Have y’all heard of Lord Legion, otherwise known as Nylrathomep?” “It’s Nyarlathotep, you dumbass.” Anubis corrects. “I’m joking, you dumbass,” responds Oblivion without missing a beat. “We both know that you don- wait, oh… you are joking. I guess you got smarter while you've been gone.” Oblivion simply stares at Anubis with a deadpan expression, before he continues: “Now that Inspector Holmes’s inspection is outta the way, I’m gonna continue.” Anubis remains silent, but simply flips off Oblivion in response. “So, like I said. I’m sure most of the natives here have heard legends about Lord Legion, High Demon of the Underworld. Well, I got bad news for you lot. He’s coming back and he’s gonna be coming back in Camelot.” The faces of everyone present morphs into absolute concern and fear as Gex The Witchdoctor says: “So it would seem the Outer God’s plans are in action, and your words confirm my suspicions, to which I have yet another question.”   “lihzhard? Shut the fuck up. I’m not done talking.”   The sound of laughing could be heard as Rainbow Dash falls onto the floor in response. “Hey, Skittle.” growls the skullwolf, standing over the pegasus at his full seven foot height, without seeming to have moved. “This ain’t a laughing matter. Get the fuck up.” Oblivion then picks up the cyan pegasus and holds her before his angered features. This absolutely terrifies the pegasus as her eyes widen and her pupils are reduced to pinpricks “Oi, Oblivion." "The fuck do you want, Anubis?!" Oblivion roars out as he turns away from the quivering pegasus in his grasp. "Put her down and finish your tale." Oblivion ponders on the Ancient's words before nonchalantly dropping the cyan pegasus onto the floor of Anubis's throne room. .......... Applejack walks over to the wide eyed pegasus and says: “Ya know, ya’ kind of deserved that one, R.D.” ..........  After dealing with Rainbow Dash and wanting to speak without any further interruptions, Oblivion once again stood before the crowd and states: “Now, you’re probably wondering how I know this. Well, considering the fact that I’m stuck in my little psycho’s mind, I have pretty strong evidence that Yharim forced her to put down demonic runes all over the city. Only thing I managed to do was add a touch of my own… So that y’all won’t be alone in this fight.” “My word… so why didn’t you, you know, remove the runes?” Rarity says, but immediately regrets asking her question as she takes notice of Oblivion’s features. “On second thought, never mind… darling.” “No, no, I’m gonna answer your question,” he says with a frightening calm tone as he towers over the unicorn, flicking her horn with a claw before leaning down. “You wanna know why? It’s because my FUCKING DAUGHTER WOULD HAVE DIED IF I DID,” he roars. Rarity quivers in response before fainting, but is luckily captured by Steven The Clothier. In addition, Anubis pats Oblivion on his back and says: “Leave the marshmallow alone and finish your tale.” Steven, being the only one close enough to see the skullwolf’s face, notices the glimmer of tears in his eyes before he wipes them away with a claw and stands up again.  “Anyways… there’s no way to stop Lord Legion from rising… But there is a way you could all stop him before he destroys everything. Soon as I’m finished talking here, you need to start getting ready to leave for the capital. You need to steel yourselves, because Lord Legion is going to be stronger than any other enemy you’ve faced,” he says, looking at the gathered group, “And if you do beat him… Prepare for the storm that’s gonna arise from the ashes of calamity. Now get outta here. You’ve got today and tomorrow to prepare, that’s it.” The skullwolf disappears into the shadows, but doesn’t leave quite yet, since a certain dryad seemed to be eyeing the place where he was standing. ………. As everyone took their leave in preparation of Anubis’s training, Celebes stayed behind and made doubly sure that all had left the throne room.  “Whaddaya want, Celebes, O Hugger of Trees,” says Oblivion from behind her. Celebes, admittedly, didn’t feel insulted by those play on words as she chuckles in response and says: “It’s just… I, I’m sorry…” “The fuck you sorry for?” “I saw everything… Silence showed me what happened that day between you… and Xeroc. I’m so sorry...” The dryad lowers her head in both sorrow and sympathy.  “Kid… Look, I got over that long ago. It’s in the past. Ain’t something to dwell on.” “I realize that now, which is why I want to thank you for something else.” “Unless I fucked you a while back, you ain’t got nothing to thank me for.” Celebes’s features momentarily went red as she coughs in response and says: “Well... you’re just as blunt as Terra told me you’d be. However, putting aside your… comment. I learned something from watching you.” “...If it had anything to do with Harmony, you watched the wrong video, kiddo.” “What I watched was your mistake, It’s the same one-” “That you made? Yeah. I didn’t know if I could keep fighting that day. The way that fucker broke Anubis's neck…” the Ancient growls in anger, clenching his fist hard enough to make himself bleed. “I'll have to ask Anubis how he's still alive, but I suppose you can't really kill the God Of Death. However, what I saw reminded me of when I faced Razeem all on my own, and now the world is going to suffer because of my actions. But, thanks to you, I now know that I’m not alone.” “...Kid, let me tell you something. Y’know how I can see glimpses of the future?” “Yes, Terra did mention you had gifts. To be honest with you? You having foresight doesn’t even surprise me. Especially after what I saw in your realm.” “You’re gonna be in my shoes eventually, kiddo. You’re gonna have to take that bastard down, because… I’ll have done something I’ll never be able to forgive myself for.” “It’s funny, even if we beat him, no, when we beat him, I’m sure that even greater foes will show up. But I’m not afraid anymore. And here’s the thing: Even if you are our enemy, you’ll be stopped too. So take comfort in that.” “I’m not worried about being stopped, hell, I probably wouldn’t even try that hard. It’s the fact that he’d get what he wants, even with my greatest efforts… And I wouldn’t be able to stop jack-shit.” “Even so, there’s one, or shall I say, two lights at the end of your tunnel.” Oblivion knew exactly what those 'two lights' were a reference to as the Ancient chuckles in response. “...Good luck, kiddo. Don’t make my mistakes,” Oblivion says, fading off after the magic that kept him in his physical form finally dies out. The dryad simply smiles after Oblivion fades away, as she comments: “Ah, but that’s just the thing. Should I make such mistakes, I’ll trust my friends and the next generation to correct them. Carrying everything on our shoulders, all on our own, was our biggest mistake. All it takes is for us to just ask for help.” The Dryad then takes her leave as Anubis’s training begins. -End of Book 1-