Psycho
Chapter Twelve
It was a late night in Canterlot Castle, most everypony was fast asleep. Most anyways. Twilight was having troubles sleeping all night, the only thing on her mind was Hyperion and Handsome Jack. She didn't even know what he looked like, but from Luna's description he sounded bad. Twilight crawled from her slumber just in time to see Krieg walk out the balcony, but as she went to follow the doors shut in her face. Through the glass she saw her mentor speaking with Krieg. She watched for a few moments, then flash. They were both gone. This had the mare worried, if Celestia felt the need to speak with him so bad that it had to be this secret it could be very bad. Twilight tried to go back to sleep but her thoughts kept her awake for a while longer yet. Just when she was about to close her eyes and finally drift to sleep...
"What's going on!? Why is the ship shaking!?"
"Check the display Lil, Jack found us!"
Twilight shot her eyes open to see who was talking, but there was nopony there. She closed her eyes again and...
"Dammit! Direct hit! Engines going offline!"
"Can't you fix it!?"
"Shut it Brick, I'm going in for a crash landing on the planet ahead..."
"Are you crazy Mordecai! That kind of landing would kill us!"
"Not if you focus! Take this and put it to good use!"
Her mind was flooded with visions, she saw a skinny human, and a larger one. Like she was looking out of someponies eyes. The voices made no sense, what where they talking about? Who are they? She tried to focus one more time...
"Eridium? You really have lost it..."
"I'm pretty sure I never had it Lil, just do it... For Roland."
"Roland..."
Twilight lay there, the voices stopping. What did she just hear, some kind of communication magic? She was watching through the eyes of somepony obviously, but who's? At this point, she looked up to find Krieg standing on the balcony again and Celestia flying back to her tower.
Krieg stood out in the moon light, holding the glowing rock in his hand. If Celestia knew what it was she asked, she would not have asked it. This rock could be be the salvation of Equestria in the right hands. Maybe if he could convince her or her sister to try it, just to tap into it's power. He shot that idea out of his head. They were too regal to resort to this. He had seen Lilith use the stuff, and it gave her immense powers. Godlike even, but it did leave a bad feeling around her. Weakening her as well if he remembered. Krieg was lost in his thoughts when he heard the door behind him open.
Twilight walked across the balcony and sat down next to Krieg, who in return sat down to be at her level. He quickly stowed the eridium into a pocket. Twilight didn't seem to notice. She looked up at him, those deep purple eyes. He had never expected himself to find friends like these. When she spoke, it was with concern. not just for Equestria, but for him as well.
"Can't sleep too?" she asked lazily, shifting her gaze to the moon.
"Something like that..." Krieg also shifted to the moon.
"... I keep thinking about what you told the princesses. About Hyperion and that Jack guy. Do you think they will come here?"
"I don't know... but..." Krieg turned to Twilight and did his best show a smile through the mask. "If they do, I'll chuck them out like I did that Blueblood chump."
Twilight had to fight the smirk that crawled across her face, but failed as she let out a soft giggle.
"I don't know, you make him to sound pretty tough" Twilight poked, but Krieg just laughed.
"Don't worry, I can take em. After all, I got a real reason to protect this world"
"Oh, and what would that be? Because it's your happy place?" Twilight sneered.
"Nope, because I have six important mares that mean the world, wait, both the worlds to me."
The purple unicorn felt a tear roll down her face, but she still smiled. She didn't even expect what happened next. She felt two huge arms pick her up and pull her into an embrace. She automatically yelped as Krieg sat her on his lap. She started giggling but had to stop when he began petting her mane.
"Oh my gosh.... So this is what Rainbow was talking about.... It feels so... goo..." Twilight trailed off.
Krieg continued to pet his friend, not concerned with what his old friends would think if they saw him now. Even if she was skeptical about him from the beginning, he still felt like she had warmed up to him. As he sat there, he did feel a warmth coming from the now sleeping pony.
Twilight had snuggled up in the lap of her friend, she had never gotten the chance to before except when she was a foal spending the night with her brother. She didn't even notice the lump her horn began to rub against. She felt warmth enter her horn and her mind seemed to melt away with the problems of the world. In a way, she felt... Empowered...
Krieg forgot about Twilight as he watched the sky. He noted a gleaming star across the ocean of darkness. It caught his eye as a falling star, which he had never actually seen before. He heard it was a tradition to wish upon a falling star, so he closed his eyes. Placing his heavy hand on Twilight's soft mane, he made a silent wish. He wanted his old friends to see this peaceful world. He remembered them from Luna's magic. The young redheaded girl who helped him along the road, who he sacrificed his life to save. He wanted to see her again, hoped she wasn't dead. Opening his eyes, he saw the star disappear into the night. What replaced it however shocked him every bit. A small space vessel burst through the night sky, exploding with sound as it broke the atmosphere.
"Wha... What was that?" Twilight asked, feeling dizzy.
"Some kind of ship... We should wake the DEAR GOD TWILIGHT! YOUR HORN!"