//------------------------------// // The taste of freedom // Story: The Equestrian Omni-Knight // by Azure5555 //------------------------------// The Basement (Hero POV) "Ninety two bottles of beer on the wall, ninety two bottles of-*Creak* Woohoo, company!" "How you been Pebbles?" "Spike! i'm doing okay. Is Angel with you." "Right behind him..." Said Angel. "Cool. Right, you two should stand back, I think it's time I broke ou-" "DEMON!!! YOU'RE POWER IS MINE!!!" "Nightmare?" I didn't have time to register the next thought when I heard the basement door get violently unhinged. "Everypony on the ground now!! By the authority given to me by the Monster Hunters of Equestria you are all under arrest!!" "Bon Bon!?" "Over my bleedin' corpse!" Yelled Spike. The sound of arrows cutting through air, fire being relentlessly breathed, and the symbiote attempting control all became...just a little too much for me. Tearing through the incredibly weakened stone, I held the symbiote within my shadowy grasp. "Fool!! No weapon forged has the power to vanquish me!" "That was then! This is NOW!!! What I failed to realize was that the Element bearers had returned and were now watching the ensuing carnage. Between the fight between the now armored Spike and heavily armed Bon Bon and Nightmare's screaming, Fluttershy had taken Angel and got the heck out of dodge, Rarity had fallen unconscious, and Applejack and Rainbow Dash had lunged straight at me. 'Instinct...Quick Change!' I look at the ponies barreling towards me, they're expressions immediately went from determined to shocked. I grasp Applejack in a telekinetic aura and swing her into Rainbow. "Oh man...I...I feel so..." "It's you!" Cried Rainbow. "Beg pardon?" "You're the legendary hero of Ponyville!" Said Rainbow as she untangled herself from Applaejack. "Dude! You're like the coolest warrior in Equestrian history!" Immediately, she turned her attention to Twilight. "You've been hiding him from us the entire time!?" "Buh?! I...I guess I did, but..." "Ohmigosh....ohmigoshohmigoshohmigosh!!! You are absolutely one of the coolest ponies in my book right now!" "I am?" "She is?" I ask. "Hold on there partner, I know it may look like him, but how do we know it just ain't Nightmare moon in disguise?" Asked Applejack. "That's an easy one! I saw him floating out of Twilight's basement just yesterday! Hi bestest friend!" Said Pinkie Pie. I gave a tired wave, but quickly noticed that my hand was cuffed, Spike was beaten out of his 'True Dragon' state, and Bon Bon was glaring not only at me, but at every pony in the room. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't turn all of you in to the royal guard." "Bon, if Lyra found out you knew that humans existed and chose to have me slain she would never forgive you." "...You wouldn't." "Bon Bon." "This isn't over..." Uncuffing me, she walked away and out of the basement and building. "Well...I'd say that worked out-" I was then pinned to the floor by a mound of orange Earth pony. "Ah have so many questions...Ah don't even know where to begin..." "How about we wait until tomorrow? I'm bone tired." "Heh, Ah reckon ya'll would be..." Rather awkwardly removing herself, Applejack walked past Spike who had managed himself back up. The gathered crowd left in an instant, Spike and Aj carrying Rarity's unconscious form, Rainbow and Pinkie began shooting ideas about my welcome party as they left, which left me an Twi. "So...this is your true form?" Asked Twilight. "Yep, how do I look?" "Strange, I mean you look a lot like your statue, but nothing like the history books made you out to be." "Heh, yeah...but chances are some mainline descriptions of me are more accurate than you think." "Can I see?" -Twilight POV- My master smiled at me, his clawed hand grasping at the opposite shoulder pauldron. With a quick tug, his robes were pulled behind him, dispersing into nothing. Scales and thick fur covered his entire body. Each scale shined as if coated in metal... "Fascinating..." "Please hold the applause until after the performance." Positioning his arms, he struck a pose. "Release Vampire!" Out of nowhere, an intense magic expelled itself as his form shifted. The once bronze scales darkened, fur receded and sharpened...his teeth became far more daggerlike and his eyes glowed with malice. He then began to stare at me...instilling me with a sense of fear. "Uh Twi...your..." His finger breaks me from my stupor, my eyes now trained on a floating quill and notepad. 'Old habits die hard I suppose.' *Ahem* "Continue?" "Heh, with gustó. Release Werewolf!" The expelled magic gathered itself back, the magical saturation increasing gravitational force. His hair began to grow outrageously and his muscular tissue hardened under his scale. "Is there more?" I ask with bated breath. "One more, this one's a doosy." "Hah!" cheered a distant voice. "Release...Dragon!" The surrounding magic once again re-focused itself. The increased gravity disappeared as the final change manifested. Once dark brown hair became crimson, scales now shone with a bronze and dark emerald glow, fur greened and solidified like plate mail and his entire mass now towered over me. "You're...dragonic...does that mean that you..." He snapped his claws in epiphany. "Wings!" Sprouting forth from his back were a pair of massive green wings. "That concludes tonight's segment! Any and all comments must be held until tomorrow morning. Jokes aside, what do you think? Gruesome or what?" Heh, even with the intense visage, behind it all is still the patient and caring being I call teacher. "My notes are pretty extensive so that's a good thing. The couch isn't much but it's better than nothing. See you in the morning?" "Be weird if you didn't. G'night." -Hero POV- The door is left ajar and lights slowly fade away. I summon a small gust to push the door and close it as I revert back to my base form. "Hmm, should probably be wearing clothes for this...nah!" I viciously tear a small hole in existence, various timelines and realities open to me... "Now the hard part. What to send, what to send............... Gah! I can't decide! So I'll just send all of them!" I reach into my magical storage area (My brain basically) and pull out a pouch filled with masks, medals, artifacts, and the like and charge it. 'Now the message.' "Heroes, villains, everyone or thing in between! May these items help guide you through your journeys. I don't know who's gonna get what but if the power they grant just isn't enough or if you just need a friend, raise the item and say these words: I beseech the, Heroic Analog of Lore, aid me this day Azure Darksoul!" 'Okay, done.' "Now get the fuck out my sack!!" Thirteen different misc. items split continuously within the aether of the void. Good, evil, however these items are used is meaningless so long as it means the scales become balanced. *Yawn* "hooboy, haven't slept in ages, I think now is a...good as...time...as..."