I awoke pulling my face out of a red watery metallic substance, and breathing in heavy "uuck what is this stuff… oh it's blood, probably mine considering the situation in fact lets review the thing." I looked at my old wings that were laying in my blood puddle, too my torn of shirt, too five mares coming towards me, too a passed out Fluttershy twitching on the ground, too my blood covered body, back to Fluttershy, back to the mares running at me "Well all in all this looks bad no matter which way you look at it, so lets go collect those bloody feathers of mine before i'm accused" I walked over to my severed wings and started to pull the feathers off my old wings. 'hmm now where do I put these…meh i guess i'll use my hammer space pockets like I did with RD's lust' I ended the though by placing the roughly 500 feathers in my back pocket
"Keith where is *gasp* what did you do!" Twilight yelled in my face
"Hey, calm down I didn't do anything, all I remember is being pinned down by Frost and Match, my new pets, a Windigo and a Phoenix and having my wings ripped off and being replace with these" I spread my new wings
Everyone, including a now conscious Fluttershy sat there in aww with there pupils dilating outwards covering most of there eyes, except rarity who was drooling out the mouth
"Keith darling, you look amazing, can I have a few of your feathers?" Rarity asked batting her eyes at me.
"Sure" I plucked a few for her and gave them to her
"Okay okay so what exactly happened while you and Flutters were here alone?" Applejack asked much to Rarity's annoyance
I sat everyone down and told them everything from after I left Pinkie Pie to when I woke up. "And thats what happened up to this point"
"So Fluttershy was possessed, you had your powers taken away for misuse, you were warned of future challenges, you got 2 pets only to have them rip off your wings, and you got supposed new powers… that is totally awesome" Rainbow Dash Said
"Yeah that pretty much sums it up except for the awesome part most of the time I was in pain most of the time"
"Well what now?" Twilight asked me
"Well I plan to go to the castle with a new name since I no longer have the power of complete and utter bullshit, and get some training in with my new power"
"How long will it be before I…I mean since WE see you again?" Rarity stuttered out
"I dont know but you can be sure I'll write and visit if possible, okay Rarity" I said reassuring her catching her mistake
"Well goodbye Keith, we'll see you soon" Rarity lowered her head and tearing up, but hiding it behind her mane
"Umm girls can you excuse us for a moment" I said. They all walked inside Fluttershy's house "Rarity?"
"Just go *sniffle* just" at that point she broke down into tears
I caught her and held her close "Hey it's okay Rarity i'll be back, especially if your still here" I smiled at her
"Keith there is something I want to tell you I…I…I" I cut her off
"Shh, It's ok Rarity I know, and the truth is" I leaned down, lifted her head to meet my gaze, and ever so lightly I leaned in, and kissed her.
Her now red eyes widen in shock. Then they softened, and gave a smile "Go, promise to come visit?" She moved away to let me get up
"It's a Pinkie promise" I said with a smile, and a small tear came from my eye. With that I spread my new wings and took off.
------------The air------------
"Well with these new powers i'm gonna have to think of a better name for myself, something much better than that damn computer gave me, I mean really, who names a kid "Edit" that a fucking verb. Hmm I have a first name "Keith" but now I need a last name. Meh I'm sure it'll come to me in time, but in the mean time…" I halted my flight "What happen to Frost and Match?" I asked to no one. I felt a pain rocket through my body, the pain was so bad my wings stopped flapping, and I fell to a sheet of clouds below. I was excepting to fall through the clouds, not actually land on them but hey I'll take this over the ground any day. I stood up only to fall back down on my knees as the pain returned, but this time it was focused on my chest.
I looked down at my chest only to see a red and sky blue smoke leave my body. The two mists separated from each other and started to spin like a mini tornado, and just when I thought things couldn't get worse, the red tornado burst into flames,, and the Blue tornado froze over and shattered leaving ice shards circling it. Just then the tornados exploded knocking me on my back, a few feet from where I crash landed. I looked back over to see a phoenix, and a green windigo staring at me from where the tornados exploded "Hi master, you called?" Frost asked me
"Umm… since when can you talk?" I asked utterly confused, and wanting answers
"Since we bonded, we have only been able to talk to you" Frost said in a more little girl voice
"Okay I have some questions for the both of you" I said
"We will do our best to answer you Sir" Match spoke
"Why did you rip of my wings and replace them with these new, and I'll admit, more badass wings?"
"Well we each needed a piece to bond to so we decided your wings to be the best choice, Sir"
"Okay first off that hurt like hell, and second of all what exactly happened to me when we bonded?"
"I'll answer that, Master. When we bonded It took away your old powers of creation, and alter, and gave you power over ice and fire plus some other stuff" Frost answered me
"What does this other stuff include?"
"Well Sir for me you Fire based magic, a flaming dual bladed one handed sword , and you also get thermal vision. Your magic supply is limited but does regenerate over time, and you also have the ability to summon me any time you please, Sir" Match stated with confidence
"Okay what about you, Frost?"
"With me you get Ice based magic, and regeneration magic. You also get ten ice needles each needle is a foot long that circles you and is bound to do your bidding, also an addition to your weapon it freezes anything you want it to. You also gain pinpoint accuracy, and as for magic source I share it with Match" Frost said happily
"HOLY SHIT THOSE WEAPONS SOUND BADASS! How do I summon them?"
"Well for me you hold out one of your hands and you focus on the essence of fire inside you" Flare spoke up
I held out my right hand, and focused. After five minutes of standing there my arm started to burn, and a word came to my head and I shouted it "IGNITE" the palm of my hand burst into flames and my eyes turned into vertical slits, much like the ones I saw when I pulled the evil spirt out of Discord. A rune of fire appeared on the cloud where I was standing on. Then the flame in my hand started to expand, and slowly revealed my new sword. The hilt was red, that had an eight sided ruby that was wrapped in a magical fire that could not be put out. The grip was made of purple leather, the hand guard on it is an exact copy of Match's wings only made of a metal even I did not know, and the blade was thirty-one inches, inscribed with a strange rune on both side up and down the center of the blade, and the blade itself was is on fire, also this could not be put out. I stared at it in aww, and giving it a few experimental swings hearing the whoosh, as if you where to swing a stick on fire around. "Okay this is awesome Match, Match?" I looked around only to see Frost sitting on her haunches "Frost wheres Match?"
"I am bonded to you Sir" Match said
"Holy shit where are you!?" I asked having the shit scared outta me… again
"In order for you to use my abilities I must be bonded with you"
"So where are you"
"In your mind Sir"
"So technically since I have a voice in my head does that make me mental?"
"…………………………yes"
"Lovely, now get out of my head"
"As you wish Sir"
The same red mist exited through my chest again only this time it didn't hurt, but as the last of the mist left me the sword itself turned into the same mist and joined with the rest only to form Match standing there.
"Alright Frost how do I summon yours?"
"Close your eyes, and focus on the essence of ice, and the cold all around you" Frost said in a serious tone
I stood there focusing on the chillness of the night. After a few minutes of standing there, the hairs on my neck stood up, and a word came to my, then I shouted it "FLASH-FREEZE" My arms shot outward with Ice covering my hands, then if by instinct I slammed my hands together, and widened my stance. I place my left foot in front of me and kneeled down placing all ten fingers on the cloud instantly turning it to ice. I snapped my arms to there full length in front of me, and fingers pointed outwards covered in a eerie blue mist, while my eyes stayed in a circle this time, but turned ice blue. Suddenly ten needles made of ice, each a foot long. I flicked my wrist to bring a needle near me to observe closely.
It was a needle exactly a foot long that has the same eerie glow to it as my fingers did. The color of the needles are sky blue indicating it's ability to freeze, and with another flick of the wrist the needle turned green representing it's healing nature. What intrigued me the most is the rune symbols going in a spiral fashion from tip to tip.
"I wonder what the runes on Ignite, and Flash-Freeze mean" I mumbled to myself
"In time you will know, Master" Frost echoed in my head
"*sigh* Lets go Match"
"On it, Sir" Match said happily finally being given an order. He turned into a red mist and was absorbed into my body
"So any idea how disengage my powers?" I asked staring at the needles floating at my side
"Use the code word" Frost stated
"Great theres a code word, what is it defuse, and defrost" I said sarcastically only for the needles to shatter and turn into mist then my body absorbed "Well for once being sarcastic payed off"
"One more question"
"Shoot Sir" Match spoke prepared
"How old are you two?" I asked taking off towards the castle
For once both were hesitant to answer "Well don't be shocked Master but I'm 10 and so is Match, we were born at the exact same time, we were both abandoned by our parent who left us in the Everfree forest to die, but with the help of each other we managed long enough"
"But how are you still alive Frost because last I check Ponyville is the nicest place in all of Equestria?"
"As soon as I set foot in the town I fell and couldn't get up Match here helped me to a cottage where two ponies you know by Fluttershy, and Twilight awaited me. Twilight cast a permanent reversal spell on me making it so I could feed off of friendship instead of hate, and to mark me to know that I am a friendly Windigo they turned me green"
I could have sworn I herd a sniffle "I'm sorry Frost, it's a touchy subject, I shouldn't have asked"
"It's okay Master" Frost said in a rather shaken voice
The rest of the flight was flown in silence
--------The palace front doors----------
I decided to take the less subtle approach and land hard in front of the guards that were decked out in night blue armor dark grey coats, and yellow slitted eyes. As soon as I landed both guards snapped to attention and pointed the spears at me followed by more guards coming around the corner.
"Halt, state who you are, and why you are here" a lesser guard approached me but obviously the leader here
I counted the how many guards there where, 11 guards in total… 'perfect' "Hey Frost think I can take them"
"Defiantly" Frost said with confidence
"Final chance state who you are or face the punishment" the guard stated
I closed my eyes "FLASH-FREEZE" the eerie glow returned around my fingers as ten ice needles formed around me
"ALL UNITS ATTACK" the guard shouted
"Time to test these babies out" I stated cracking my knuckles
-------3rd person-------
Two guards leaped at Keith, Keith raised two fingers on each side, and thrusting them forward launching two needles each into the two guards knocking them out instantly. Keith brought the needles back to him "Who's next" Keith shouted to the remaining nine guards
Keith raised both hands launching eight needles outward downing all the guards but one unicorn mare who was shivering at the cold aura
"DEFROST" all the cold went away at Keith's words "Hey guard you know it's polite to tell your name first to your guests"
The guard looked at him in fear
"Your name, whats your name" Keith asked going slower for the scared mare
"P-Precise Shot, Private Precise Shot who are you"
"I am Keith, just Keith for now"
"What are you?"
"I am a human? yeah human"
"What do you want?"
"I want an escort to see Luna, and you my girl, are perfect"
"I-I am" she asked with a blush
"Yeah you are also take off that annoying armor I like to talk to people, not a mask" Keith said not picking up the hint
"Umm o-okay" Precise took off her armor and her coat went from dark grey to dark green, and her mane went from a fin to a mane that is grass green. Her cutie mark is a golden circle with four even lines spread apart evenly to point outa red dot in the middle of it.
"Well Precise Shot, please lead the way"
-------Keith's POV--------
"So Precise Shot what exactly do you do in the military?"
"Huh Oh Im an archer, one of the best I might add" Precise said with confidence in a voice that is really close to twilights just a bit higher though
"Cool, you might have to show me one day, how long ago did you join the military?"
"Umm, about a month ago"
"Hows the military life treating you?" I asked with with a bit of humor
"*chuckle* My back aches, my hooves hurt, and I get little sleep because I get night shifts, so relatively good, oh and you can just call me Ranger" Ranger said returning the gesture
"Well I always say that the military is a bunch of stiffs" I said in a mocking tone
Ranger laughed "That is so true well were here, I'll be seeing you later Keith" she finished looking down
"Hey none of that sad stuff" I grabbed her and flung her over my shoulder
"HEY PUT ME DOWN!" she yelled
I walked into the throne room only to see Luna sleeping away on the job, I put Ranger down "So… should we wake her up?"
"Are you kidding she'll have our heads" Ranger yelled/whispered at me
"To late" I ran up to Luna, thus making Ranger do the same, and I pulled Luna's hoof from under her head, and watched it fall to the floor making Luna's entire body tumble onto her back, and successfully waking her up.
"Huh oh hello Keith and … who are you?" Luna asked the green pony
"I am Private Precise Shot" Ranger saluted
"AHH it's you Ranger" Luna said with a knowing smirk
"Y-You know me?" Ranger asked becoming scared
"But of course I know you, you see when I was asleep I was simply roaming and came across you leading Keith here, but why you are not in your armor, and the ten incapacitated guards in the front of the palace i'm sure involve Keith in some way"
"Right again Luna" I said
"So Keith may I ask you why you came here with one of my guards?"
"Well I would like to stay here for a while, and train my new abilities" I then told her everything that has happened to me over the past week, while Ranger and Luna sat there like Fillies listening to a story
"Oh my that is interesting, well I have you know that I am honored for you to be here, I will assign you a guest room, and a guard"
"Thank you Luna, so who is gonna be my guard?"
"Well since you've already made friends with Private Ranger over here, I'll assign her to you, and of course Private you'll be needing your crossbows" Luna levitated two gauntlets over to Ranger, they were slightly bigger on one side and each gauntlet held three magic arrows each.
"Yes ma'am" Ranger said as she put on her weapons on her front legs, they were high enough to able her hoofs free motion, but low enough to pivot her legs.
"Well Keith goodnight"
"Goodnight Luna, C'mon Ranger I want to find my room and go to bed"
"Oh one more thing Keith you and Ranger will be sharing the room, and your room is the last remaining royal suit" Luna called out
"Okay, thank you"
Ranger led me to our room, in which we both proceeded to flop on our beds and pass out
END of "Keith" series part 1