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// Chapter 3 
// Story: Infinity Pony 
// by Gypsy 
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   Raidriar awoke to find himself amongst the thorns and thistles of shrubbery, light shining off his helm. "Hmmm..."

   He didn't show any signs but his head was pounding, ears ringing, and limbs were aching. He was a Deathless, hundreds of years of training that would break any normal man and he be damned to the abyss if he showed weakness from less-than-few very, very minor pains.

   Raidriar stood up careful as to not obtain any cramps. Once fully erect, he took notice of his surroundings. "A garden?" 

   "Halt! Who goes there?! This area is closed to the public!" A voice shouted.

   Raidriar turned around to find the source of the noise. 

   The stallion who had been guarding the entrance to the royal garden was getting bored of his duty. Day and night all he would do is stand there for hours on end doing nothing and this was going on for a week already.

   "Uhg couldn't I be in patrol duty instead?" He thought to himself, having thought that for the past week, even his mind was beginning to dull. 

   "What was that?" He said quietly as he heard someone from within the gardens behind him.

   "Halt! Who goes there?! This area is closed to the public!" He yelled as he rounded the corner of the entrance he was standing in front of.

   Raidriar saw no one but a small unnaturally looking equine in gold armor and a blade hooked on its side. "Well what is this?" 

   The guard was frozen in place once he saw the offender. "Wh-wha- what are you?" 

   "I believe I have been drugged, A talking pony, that's impossible." Raidriar felt something he hadn't felt in a very long time, confusion.

   "S-s-stand back and don't move! Y-you're under arrest!" The guard too his blade in mouth and entered a battle stance.

   "Oh you wish to fight? HA! Put down your butter knife before you get hurt equine." Raidriar was finding the creatures stupidity quite amusing.

   The guard was furious now, being insulted like he was weak, treated as if a child. He was law and power even if he was only guarding a garden, fifteen years of training wasn't for nothing. Without hesitation he lunged.

   Raidriar easily dodged and giving a somewhat hard tap on the guards helm. "Pitiful."

   The guard couldn't believe the thing had dodged his attack and not only that but mocked him as well. 

   He recovered from his attack and reentered his fighting stance. This was it, the gloves were metaphorically off and now it was time to show this law breaker what it meant to be a royal guard.

   The guard was circling Raidriar who only stood there. "Fool, you think you can beat me! Do not underestimate me equine. I may be without sword but know I can still take your life in the blink of an eye." To Raidriar this was an insult to his skill and his pride.  

   "AHHH!!!" The guard cried out as he ran in to swipe his sword at Raidriar's feet.

   Raidriar simply raised his leg to dodge the short swipe  but then after the guard had missed he followed up with a upward slice to which Raidriar moved to the side, again tapping the guards helm only harder.

   The guard was thrown not more than three feet away after being tapped. A dent was felt by his head. "Had this thing tapped my helmet so hard it left a dent?!" He thought.

   "You lack skill, grace, and everything else. What hope do you have in fighting a god? You are but a germ on a gnat to me." Raidriar words oozed with pride, although not all well placed.

   "Even gods can bleed." Spoke the guard to Raidriar with just as much determination.

   Upon hearing those words Raidriar remembered those times Ausar had bested over him and how he ended up in this garden fighting an equine. "That may be but can you draw my blood."

   The guard removed his helm revealing a long black mane.

   "Before I kill you I would at least like to know your name equine." 

   The guard gritted his teeth. "Double Edge."

   Raidriar chuckled at such an absurd name. 

   "What's so funny?" The guard said.

   "Nothing, I am Radriar. Now let us end this." Raidriar prepared one of his many rings, particularly a fire based one that shot out a ball of flame.

   Double Edge rush towards Raidriar and Raidriar had raised his hand waiting for the right moment to strike and right before he was going to unleash a ball of flame a booming voice was heard.

   "THAT IS ENOUGH." 

   Double Edge immediately spat out his sword and kneeled to the ground while Raidriar simply lowered his hand and looked above to see a dark horse with wings and an ethereal mane flowing down to the ground.

   "You two will stop this madness, Guard!"

   Double Edge quickly stood up. " Yes my princess?" He said with a bit of fear.

   "You are relived for the day, go to your family and relax." The dark horse had said more calmly.

   Double Edged bowed and left the garden at a fast pace.

   "And as for you..."

   If Raidriar was not wearing his helm the equine would be seeing an unamused face with an eyebrow raise. "What about me equine?"

   "I am Princess Luna, co-ruler of the land of Equestria and Goddess over the moon and you will treat me as such!" Luna stated boldly.

   Raidriar never heard of a land called Equestria. Maybe he had been transported to another planet or universe altogether. "Respect is earned not given, and until you earn mine I will treat you with the same respect I had for the guard."

   Princess Luna was feeling a headache coming on. She sighed. "Who and what are you creature?"

 "I am Raidriar, ruler over the Deathless and Deathless myself." 

   "Mmhmm." 

   "Now, you will excuse me I have somewhere to be. " He didn't want to fully explain and only now had he realized he had been wasting his time in this garden talking.

   "Oh really? I highly doubt that Raidriar seeing as you didn't seem to care as you lazily fought a guard. You will come with me to see my sister." Luna ordered.

   "I think not 'Princess'. I must get back to my realm, I am needed dearly." Raidriar was beginning to anger.

   "I think your realm is better off without you 'Godking'. Come or I will  force you to." 

   Raidriar began to laugh with the sudden realization upon hearing his title. "So this is what he had been occupying himself with." He put a hand over his face and laughed even harder."Living in world of talking animals and bright colors."

   Luna just watched as the Deathless laughed and spoke about him.

   "This was his plan all along yet I fail to see how he will do away with me. I will not die at the hands at an overgrown pony." Raidriar took a more serious tone and faced Luna, eager to spill her blood and burn those wings to ashes.

   "Do not underestimate me Raidriar, come peacefully or I will force you to be peaceful, I have an obligation to my ponies to protect them from any threat." Luna smirked feeling she could take Raidriar on.

   "AND YOU DO WELL NOT TO THINK ME AN EASY PREY." And with that he let loose a torrent of flame at Luna who barely dodged the attack by flying into the air.

   Luna shot out lightning bolts from her horn towards Raidriar. He dodged each one easily as they were slow. He let out a snicker at such a worthless attack.

   Luna rapidly dove down to the ground in front of Raidriar who was prepared for what was to come. When Luna was about to  hit the ground, she instantly rolled as she felt land. When she felt at the right distance between her and Raidriar she turned one-eighty, with her back legs facing towards Raidriar, and bucked.

   Raidriar was half-expecting the buck seeing as he was fighting a horse, but he never fought with a horse and so he didn't know how to correctly block such an attack and at this kind of magnitude.

   Raidriar managed to grasp one of her hooves though the impact of the hoof to his hand had actually caused him decent pain but nothing compared to the other hoof that had hit his chest. All the wind in Raidriar was blown out as was an ounce of blood and he was knocked down to the ground hard.

   Luna flew back into the air thinking that hit should have been more than enough though in the back of her mind she felt it was overkill but that thought was completely destroyed as she watch Raidriar stand up easily.

   Raidriar cracked his neck and flexed his arms and simply said. "Now. You will know why I am the ruler over immortal beings. I will break you."

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