Another sweet morning in Ponyville. Our hero slowly opened his eyelids as he rejoiced in his mind about the lack of nightmares. Incredibly tired, he looked up to the ceiling.
"Wait a second, this isn't a familiar roof colour!" Craigulus thought.
Looking around the room, he began to see all sorts of differences. This wasn't his room at all! The bed sheets were WAY to comfortable to be the bed that Twilight let him sleep in! Turning his head, his eyes widened and a look of pure horror developed on his face. He felt completely violated.
"Hey Craigulus. Thanks for the best night of my life yesterday. ha ha!" Vinyl Scratch lustfully laughed.
Craigulus began twitching in a strange manner. Did he seriously just do that?
"OH DEAR CELESTIA, WHY!?!?!?!?!?" the human screamed in a mix of horror and disgust.
He began picking up his clothing and twin blades. Beginning to equip his clothing, he began to stutter as he spoke to Vinyl.
"O-Okay, you m-must know that I d-didn't mean for it to be like this! All I wanted was for this t-to be a professional co-workers relationship! I really don't th-think this would work between the two of us!" Craig finished sliding on his pants.
DJ Pon3 looked down at the floor. She began to feel guilty about getting this human drunk and bringing him home with her. This probably was going to be the most awkward moment in her entire life.
"I'm sorry Berzerker, but you know what? This is just a natural part of life! Everypony gets into it someti-"
As Vinyl tried to play it off as a normal occurrence, she was cut off.
"NO, NO, NO, AND NO! I actually feel extremely violated right now! Put yourself in my shoes for a second please! If you were a human in a land full of mystical creatures, would you want to get nasty with any of them? NO! Especially if you already had a girlfriend back home! Oh dear god, i'm getting out of here!"
Our hero proceeded to run out of Vinyl Scratch's house faster than the Usain Bolt. It didn't take him too long to find Octavia drinking a cup of T-
"OH, COME ON!!!!!!" Craigulus threw his arms up in annoyance.
"What? Do you not like tea?" Octavia questioned in her British accent.
Craigulus just ignored it and ran out of the house. Upon marching halfway to Twilight's house, our warrior was ambushed by the paparazzi. Asking him tons of questions about why he decided to perform and why he went to Vinyl's house, they kept on flashing their gosh darn cameras every freaking second! This celebrity was definitely not in the mood for it.
"As the hero of Equestria, I command you to step off!" Craigulus pushed his way out of the crowd and sprinted to Twilight's house.
As he approached his destination, he noticed that Celestia and Luna were waiting for him outside the front door. Taking this opportunity to get the reporters off his back, he opened his mouth and spoke.
"If you want to take me to Canterlot, please do it now!!!!!"
Their horns began to glow and they were suddenly smack dab in the middle of a closed off Canterlot courtyard with their student. Luna began to giggle.
"It appears that this fame has got you into a jam. I know what happened last night, too! hahahahaha!" Luna nudged him in the arm.
Our hero became irritated.
"Just so you know, what happened last night was-"
"Not your fault. Trust me, this happens to everypony who gets involved with Vinyl Scratches antics. It's okay if it happened." Luna interrupted with an aggravating smirk.
"It's NOT OKAY!!!!! I GOT VIOLATED BY AN EQUINE! THAT SCARRED ME FOR LIFE!!!"
Craigulus got in such a rage, that the blue aura entangled him and his lunar eclipse form had exploded into effect. Celestia decided to calm her student down.
"My subject, do not get so worked up about this. We will not speak of it ever again, right Luna?" the princess of the sun glanced at her sister Luna with disapproving eyes.
"Of course not sister" Luna smiled awkwardly.
Celestia turned back to our hero with the tone of business in her voice.
"As the scholars at Canterlot University examined the body of the dragon you killed, or what was left of it. They discovered an odd magic emitting from its heart. The heart was unusually black with red stripes on it, and that means the dragon was under some sort of control spell. No being has ever been able to control a dragon before so this may have something to do with the God King's return."
Celestia turned to the dark blue alicorn and let her speak.
"We have called you here to introduce you to some new attack spells. As you probably already know, the magic you posses can be experimented with. For example, remember when you created the two orbs in either one of your hands and you combined them to make a single, larger orb? You could probably make that orb larger with your energy beam! It is actually good that you have your lunar eclipse form ready for this because that was going to be part of the training." Luna explained.
Luna backed away slowly with Celestia. She assumed that the first try would probably backfire on her student.
"So when the two orbs are combined, you have to get that magic flowing through your arms like when you pulled off your first energy beam. Once you feel the energy in your wrists do not unleash it violently! All you have to do is let the energy slide into your hands and gently out of your palms. That way, the magical energy will pour solely into the orb. I don't know how stressful it will be for you, but keep going until you can't take it anymore! By the way, you should probably power up before hand so you can pour everything you have into this. Push your limits because it is the only way you'll get stronger!" Celestia explained as thoroughly as she could.
Nodding, our hero unleashed his lunar aura and began pouring up. Every time he powered up it was easier on his body. Same goes for his lunar eclipse form because he only had to be irritated, not be in pain or angered, to go lunar. the first minute of powering up was fine, but he began to feel the stress after awhile. Feeling the pressure on his body, he began grinding his teeth in frustration. After a few more seconds it became so intense that he began grunting in pain.
"You're doing great! Just keep going! I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!!!"
Luna cheered on her dearest student, hoping that her words would reach Craigulus Twinblade so he could continue powering up. It had seemed to work like a charm.
"You're right! I need. MORE. ENERGY!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
Beginning to scream, he realized that he was beginning to see some sort of vision. It was the wolf again! This time, he finished howling at the moon and jumped off the rock. The wolf began running through the woods again, except the whole scene was now disappearing! The woods began to grow brighter and brighter and after a while all that was left was the dark blue wolf. The warrior snapped out of it once again, realizing that the dark blue aura had grown stronger. Thinking he had reached his limits, he stopped powering up. Flying up to a nearby window, he examined himself in its faint reflection.
"Wow! Somehow, I've reached another new form! It isn't entirely different though, its just that my hair and some other features look full of this awesome energy!"
Luna smiled as she began to explain to her student.
"Well, it is still lunar eclipsed. What you are experiencing is the fact that you are fully powered up! Congratulations! You have already set the new limits of your power! I'm so proud of you!" Luna swooned.
Our hero's eyes widened. Never feeling so powerful before, he began the second part of his training. He flapped his wings and ascended high into the sky whilst preparing the two magic orbs the size of a basketball. The warrior came to a sudden halt mid-air and combined the two energy orbs, holding it high above his head.
"Now pour everything you have into the orb!" Celestia asked in a surprisingly demanding voice.
Acknowledging the command, our hero began the next step. Feeling the energy run through his arms, he slipped the energy into the orb as much as he could. The ball grew much bigger every second and before long, it was probably as tall as the Canterlot Palace and as wide as, something! It actually was tiring letting the energy go into the orb as Craig began to feel and look weak.
"Are you okay up there, Craigulus Twinblade?" Luna looked concerned.
Craigulus looked down on the princess of the night.
"Yes, i'm fine but I think i'm getting rather weak so I think it is time for me to stop!" Craigulus lowered his arms as he spoke.
The citizens of the city looked up at the massive, dark blue energy that permeated most of the sky. Craigulus looked at the rulers with a face that screamed, 'what now?'
"You can absorb that ball back into you, or you can throw it at your enemies!" Exclaimed Celestia.
Craigulus got confused. Why would you want to put out so much energy, then absorb it again? It seemed like a big waste of time to the human.
"Why would you just put out energy preparing for an attack, then absorb that same energy again?" Our hero asked the princesses.
"If you leave that orb in the sky, no one but you will be able to touch it. It burns anyone that touches it! So if you keep it there and generate more energy, you could use the new energy and absorb the old. Thus, creating a powerful 'Destruction Beam'!" Celestia educated her student further.
Craigulus was completely astounded as he imagined how much destruction he could deliver to his enemies! It all seemed so amusing that he could get this powerful! lifted his hands back onto the gigantic orb, then absorbed it with ease. It felt good to feel so powerful again! Sadly, all good things must come to an end as he began to descend to the ground and let his lunar eclipse subside. Celestia and Luna bumped hooves as a way of complimenting each other on teaching and Celestia turned around to walk toward the palace. As the front doors were shut, Craig's stomach began to growl.
"Luna? Could I get some food around here? I'm absolutely starving!" Our hero grabbed his stomach.
"Sure! Would you like a meatball sub with a glass of imported wine from Prance?" Luna offered.
Our hero's face brightened up at the sound of a meatball sub.
"Heck yea! Wait a second, how do you know meatball subs are my most favorite sub ever?" Craigulus asked as they began walking to the kitchen.
"Last night you dreamed about them and how good they were." Luna giggled slightly.
"I guess that's another way of doing it." the human shrugged.
Craigulus then thought about the wine. What did that mean?
"Oh and about the wine-"
"Don't worry, i'm not Vinyl Scratch!" Luna inturrupted.
Laughing, they both entered the front doors and proceeded to the kitchen to eat their lunch.
"How is he becoming so much more powerful so quickly?" Galaxia whispered in awe as she looked into the universal mirror.
"I don't know, my Queen. This is really good for his chances of beating the God King though!" the griffon god smiled.
"Well, I suppose your right Griffthor." Galaxia turned to the all-powerful griffon and smiled nervously.
Suddenly, a sharp pain struck Galaxia down. As she hit the stone floor, Griffthor helped her back up and supported her until she could stand properly again.
"What just happened, my Queen?" Griffthor grew concerned for the queen of the universe.
Coughing violently, she turned and stared at the griffon with horror in her eyes. Griffthor immediately knew what she was about to say.
"The God King has gathered his army. He is on his way to Equestria as we speak! I must alert Celestia, Luna, and Craigulus Twinblade at once, for the darkest storm in history is soon to be on their doorstep!"
Griffthor was struck with pain immediately as Galaxia finished her warnings.
"NOOOO!!!!!! HE IS SENDING HIS ARMY TOWARD THE NORTH OF THE GRIFFON KINGDOMS! HE IS GOING TO TEAR RIGHT THROUGH TO EQUESTRIA FROM THERE! I MUST SEND A VISION TO KING GRIFFIAM AT ONCE!!!!
As Griffthor yelled, the lightning struck mount Haven with such force that the ground shook violently.
Craigulus and Luna were sitting in the princess of the night's bedchamber having lunch. Discussing various things such as the way humans worked in their society, Equestrian history, and what the various meditation sessions have shown to our hero. As Craigulus gulped down some of his wine he began to feel strange. Luna took notice of this.
"Are you okay?" she tilted her head.
Craigulus fell out of his seat and blacked out. The next thing he saw made him shake in fear. He was standing across from the one-winged God King in the middle of a burning Ponyville. In his hands rested his spear and shield.
"Here I come, Craigulus Twinblade! The beginning of the end of the world is right on its way! My army will crush any and ALL opposition that dares challenge my supreme power! the God King spoke in a deep and rough voice that echoed throughout the burning town.
Craigulus regained his composure and addressed the God King with a threatening roar.
"My destiny is to slay you! You aren't meant to win because I have embraced a magic known as the-"
"THE LUNAR ECLIPSE FORM IS NOTHING COMPARED TO HOW POWERFUL I HAVE BECOME, MORTAL! BY THE WAY, NOT ALL HEROES ARE DESTINED TO SUCCEED. SIR CANTER DID NOT DIE BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF HIS DESTINY! GALAXIA'S PLAN HAD FAILED AND SHE NEVER TOLD HER CHILDREN OR THE HEROES THE TRUTH! SHE HAS BEEN LYING THIS WHOLE TIME, IDIOT!
Craigulus didn't believe a word he was saying. Our hero unsheathed his blades and began to sprint toward his adversary.
"Shut up, right now!"
Just before the swords hit the God King's neck, he disappeared into thin air. The entity of the King began to laugh.
Fool. You won't even listen to the truth anymore. You've been brainwashed, human. Simply brainwashed.
Just as darkness closed in on Craigulus, he awoke in his bed with a gasp. Luna had been watching over him the whole time. Craigulus felt a wave of raw emotion wash over him as he arose to hug Luna. Our hero began to cry in the arms of the dark blue alicorn.
"Do not worry, my student. We will figure something out."
A single tear rushed down Luna's cheek and dropped to the floor.