//------------------------------// // Blodsørger // Story: Sjelekval // by Frozenfistt //------------------------------// Blodsørger By Frozenfistt A/N – This chapter actually has our stranger talk for once! Also again with the Norwegian based names. If you want to know how to pronounce Blodsørger, throw it in the Google translator. You’ll have to put a space in it so Google can recognize it, like Blod sørger. I crave input from my readers, be it just random gibberish or well thought out criticism I want to know what you guys think about my story so please comment. Sjelekval continued his stroll through the town he has yet to even know the name of, finding it rather strange he hasn’t seen a sign or any other form of identification for the small town. Though considering the buffet of misery he has been enjoying he couldn’t care less what the name of the town was. After discovering the soul piercing power his eyes had on these ponies he took every chance he had to work their magic and feed on the past transgressions each and every pony had in their lives. Some ponies only offered a little for him to snack on, while others could offer up enough to feel like a four course dinner. After a particularly filling encounter with a light blue unicorn, with a strange looking hat and cape on, Sjelekval wondered into a nearby park. Seeing that there weren’t very many ponies nearby and feeling quite content he decided to sit down for a while. Having been on the move since he woke up in the forest Sjelekval decided to entertain the idea if sitting still for a while. One notable difference he remembered from going through so many memories is that he hasn’t felt fatigue, hunger, or thirst since waking up. Finding the nearest park bench he lifted his weapon up and brought in down with enough force to shake the ground forcing it in place, handle sticking up in the air. Satisfied that it’s not going anywhere you sit down on the bench, causing a loud squeal of metal grinding against metal as you attempt to get comfortable. By some miracle you’re able to get comfortable quickly while in your armor and you allow your mind to rest. After sitting there enjoying the silence of your surroundings and of your mind the visions slowly start to creep back into your consciousness. They started out slow only showing a few at a time with seemingly little connection to your current time or of each other. As time goes on the visions start to become greater in number and being more violent in nature, both in what they’re showing and how they enter and exit your mind. Soon the visions just act as if every single one of them is a bee and your mind is their hive, shooting around demanding attention and then abruptly leaving altogether. Quickly becoming frustrated you mentally yell at the visions to do your command and cease their intrusion on your mind. Not expecting a reaction at all let alone immediate compliance to your demand the visions stop dead in their tracks. Deciding to see what else you can do with them you tell them to start organizing themselves. It took a few moments but the visions slowly started to group together in seemingly random groups. Realizing what you had said to them you make a mental note to give specific organization to these visions later. Sjelekval is brought out of his meditation when two ponies enter his field of vision and proceed to walk right up to him. Almost as if out of habit Sjelekval sizes up the two ponies in an instant and his surroundings. The one on the left is a lavender unicorn mare with dark purple hair with a streak of pink going down the middle; the one on the right was that cyan pegasus he spotted earlier. Not knowing what kind of physical abilities either of them has he decided to see what they were up to before doing anything drastic. He vaguely remembers seeing similar unicorns being able to perform what he assumed was magic from his visions, assuming that the unicorn in front of him would most likely be able to perform basic spells. A quick shift of his eyes to take in the surrounding area revealed that there were no trees nearby and possibly a few small rocks buried in the ground. If they didn’t have any weapons on them there was little to nothing either of them could use from their surroundings against him. Confident that if a fight started he’d be able to dispatch the annoyance quickly, Sjelekval sat back in his spot awaiting the coming confrontation. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the two friends finally found the new stranger in town, sitting on a bench in the park ironically, Twilight wanted to get a good look at the pony in person. Rainbow’s description of him seemed to be spot on. Twilight did notice something she failed to ask Rainbow. As soon as Twilight saw the pony he jaw nearly hit the floor. This pony was HUGE, never before has Twilight seen such a large earth pony. She assumed if he was standing on the four hoofs that he would be the same height as her mentor, and appeared to have enough muscle under all that armor to be the equivalent of five of the strongest royal guards. Before they got too close Rainbow puts a hoof on Twilight’s shoulder to stop her. “Are you sure you still want to go through with this? I mean he doesn’t seem to have done anything wrong since getting here and it looks like the guy wants to be left alone.” “I’m… Really not sure, I can see why you were so scared of him, but we’ve come this far without incident. Now I’m more interested to see if this pony is friendly at all so to have an informed decision when writing to Celestia about him rather than trying to find out more about him.” “Well if you’re set on talking to him for whatever reason I guess we better get this over with.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The two mares finally approach you on your bench. Since you’ve already learned about the rainbow one you decided to focus on the purple one as they approach. Staring into her memory you quickly find that this mare is one of the kinder ponies you’ve been dealing with, so few negative memories. Without getting even a buzz from her you were about to cut off your intrusion when something catches your attention. You find that the majority of these mare’s memories of her early life include a rather large white pony with both a horn and wings with multicolored hair that flows without a breeze. Continuing to watch you find out that her name is Celestia and appears to be a god of sorts in this realm, with this mare in front being a student of hers. “Um, hello? My name is Twilight Sparkle, and this next to me is Rainbow Dash. We would like to welcome you to our humble little town of Ponyville.” You continue to stare at the unicorn while she makes her introductions. Putting your investigation on hold for the moment you decided to entertain the idea of talking with them. “So… uh what’s your name?” Twilight asks If how this pony looked wasn’t enough to intimidate somepony his voice alone would fix that. The stranger’s voice seemed to resonate from within the pony’s very core and shook the two standing in front of him. His deep voice bellowed with barely contained malice and hatred to the world around him. The only thing Twilight could even compare this pony’s voice to be the utter dread a demon would withhold while talking. “My name is Sjelekval little pony. What is it you would like to know?” Both ponies are visibly shocked at the power your voice commands and seem to involuntarily take a few steps back with naught but fear on their faces. You continue to stare at them while they recover from such a display of raw power. The pony with the Rainbow mane is the first to recover and quickly takes an interest in getting to know you better. “Where did you come from? Why are you here? Why are you covered in blood? How are you able to walk around with that thing on your back? How can you breathe in that armor? Why are yo-“ Rainbow Dash fires of rapidly. You hold up a metal plated hoof to stop the mares insistent questioning. “Ask one question at a time, please.” “Sorry, where did you come from?” “I woke up in a nearby forest from which I made my way here.” “Why are you covered in armor?” “I am a mercenary, the last thing I remember was traveling with my fellow battle brothers and then waking up in that forest.” You lie finally putting your made up background to use. “Why are you covered in blood?” Looking down at yourself you notice for the first time that you are in fact covered in the blood of that beast you killed. “Not long after waking up I encountered a rather frightening beast that seemed to want to make a snack out of me. After it attacked me I quickly dispatched it before moving on.” “What was it that attacked you?” :”I’m not entirely sure.” “What did it look like?” “Well it was large, had bat like wings, a scorpion tail, and the body of a lion.” “That was a manticore!” Rainbow Dash gasped. “What is that thing over there?” Pointing at Sjelekval’s mace. “That is my weapon, Blodsørger.” Naming your weapon you had been thinking about. “How are you even able to carry around that thing?” Deciding this being a good time as any to demonstrate your physical ability you get up from your bench and walk over to Blodsørger. Grabbing it like before between your hoof and fetlock you hoist it off the ground and over your head, then set it down across your back like you had while walking around. Gulping at the sheer power Sjelekval holds within his limbs, Rainbow asks the one question she feels she might regret as soon as she asked it. “Could you show us how you use it?” Looking around you can’t see anything that looks like you could use as a worthy example of your power save for one thing. Turning to the park bench you had been sitting on you move to square up on it, raising Blodsørger you hesitate for only a moment before bringing it down with a thunderous crash, crumpling the bench into a pile of twisted metal within the newly formed crater where it used to be. “Well… that certainly was interesting, but I think we should get going Mr. Sjelekval.” Twilight stammered pushing Rainbow Dash back with her magic and trying to back away. Taking hold of this opportunity to continue your investigation of the young mare’s mind you’re able to find out two more essential facts about the mare before they get too far away. “I suppose you’re going to write about this to Celestia.” You tease with mock indifference. “How… how do you know that I write to the Princess?” “You have a reputation Twilight, it only makes sense that you keep in contact with the Princess in some way.” With that Twilight had all she could handle and bolted away with Rainbow Dash in tow in her magic, sprinting for Ponyville. Silently laughing to himself Sjelekval grabs Blodsørger and continues on his walk contemplating what more fun he could find. He decides to pay a visit to the lavender mare’s house sometime later having thought of an idea to have more fun with her. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bursting through the door and slamming it behind her, Twilight turns around panting toward a confused and concerned Rainbow Dash. Rainbow just sits there mouth agape waiting for her friend to catch her breath. “Twilight, what in the hey was that all about? You seemed so excited to meet this new pony and as soon as you talk to him you run as if he was going to eat you and your family.” “He… just… *pant*… knew… that… out of… *gasp*… nowhere.” Twilight finally spit out. “What? That you write to the Princess? What’s the big deal anyway; from the sound of it he made it seem it was painfully obvious.” “No you don’t understand Rainbow. No pony outside of our friends and a few ponies in Canterlot even know I can write to the Princess, let alone actually doing so. It’s a well-guarded secret the Princess and I have for fear of what people might do with it.” “Well, that changes things. Are you sure no pony else could have known and spilled the beans? You know those high class duffus’ in Canterlot can’t keep their traps shut half the time.” “Yes I’m certain. I can ask the Princess in my letter just to make sure. Well it’s getting late, if you want to stay here for a bit before going home you’re welcome to stay along as you’d like. I’m going to go get started on that letter right away, make yourself comfortable.” “Will do Twi, think I’ll just hang around for a bit before heading out.” Quickly trotting upstairs to her room, Twilight made sure to try and not disturb Spike who had fallen asleep in his basket. Grabbing some parchment and a quill Twilight got down to writing her letter. Dear Princess Celestia, Today Rainbow Dash found a new pony that had wandered into Ponyville. Not wanted to greet him alone Rainbow came to me to see if I would go with her. Wanting to be a good friend as well as wanted to meet the new pony I agreed to go with her. Before we set off I had Rainbow Dash describe how the pony looked, and although her description was accurate actually seeing this pony in person still amazed me. Never before have I felt so scared for my life and the lives of my loved ones after talking to this pony. Neither the Nightmare Moon incident nor the fight with Discord have I felt like this. Past his physical intimidation this pony’s voice felt like he could command the loyalty of an entire army of demons if he so wished. Even all this the thing that scared me the most is that he somehow knew that I’m able to write letters to you. After explaining how disturbing that is to Rainbow I promised to ask if you knew of anypony that may have made this public. I never thought I’d ever say this but I really need your help with this Princess. This pony just frightens me too much to even want to get close to him again. Sincerely, Twilight Sparkle Finally finished with her letter Twilight gently wakes up the sleeping dragon to have him send the letter. “Now that that’s done why don’t we go done stairs and get some dinner going?” Twilight asks Spike. “Sounds good to me, but I’m cooking. I’m not trusting you around anything that might help you with your ‘experiments’ at least for a week.” Chuckling, Twilight smiles at her assistant, “Sounds fine to me ill just make the tea.” -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Celestia and Luna are sitting down for a late dinner together before they switch shifts for the night. Having gone through the usual small talk and the biggest updates of the day their dinner is interrupted with a small pop and a scroll floating down next to Celestia. “Oh, it seems that my student Twilight has sent me a letter. Strange, she’s never sent one this late in the evening.” Quickly opening the scroll and reading the letter Celestia’s face shows signs of deep concern. Luna picks up on this and decides to investigate. “What’s wrong sister? What is it that your student has written to you? Surly it must be another one of these ‘friendship’ reports to keep going on about.” “It seems that a stranger has visited Ponyville. Though it seems this stranger has my student very worked up having just talked to him. Here why don’t you read it for yourself.” Taking the scroll in her magic Luna brings it over and starts reading. After finishing Luna has the same concerned look Celestia had after finishing. “I see why you’re so concerned sister what do you think we should do about this?” Staring down at her plate of food Celestia sits there pondering the possible solutions to the problem. “Normally I would want to go there myself to help with this, but the griffin ambassador will be arriving soon to discuss the issues we’ve been having and I don’t know how long it might take to resolve our problems. So I was wondering if I could ask you to go in my stead.” Shocked at the sudden involvement Luna thinks it over for a short while. “Hmm I guess I could go, but what should I do when I get there? I’ve never had to deal with something like this before.” “Well I’ll be sending a few guards with you as a slandered precaution. Aside from meeting up with Twilight and talking to this stranger you’re just going to have to pay the situation out by ear. If this pony means to do us or any of our ponies harm then you’ll have to dispatch of him in the appropriate way, if he’s friendly then you’ll have to help find a place where he belongs.” “Sounds simple enough, I’ll make sure to do what I can for this pony.” “Thank you Luna, I really appreciate you doing this in my stead.” :”No problem sister.” With that the two goddesses finish up their dinner and bid farewell to each other before going about their schedules. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After their quick dinner Twilight and Spike say goodbye to Rainbow Dash who had stayed for dinner since she hadn’t had anything to eat either. Twilight carried Spike up to their room and tucked him into his bed before crawling into hers. As Twilight turned off the last light she failed to notice a pair of red orbs staring into her room from her balcony.