CRASH!
"...You know, for a demon that supposedly killed some of the greatest warriors across the universe, you sure are clumsy," Gizmo said, sitting on the elongated part of my head like it was a bench. I grunted in annoyance, pushing away another tree in my way.
"Not my fault someone had to put all these trees in my way." It wasn't the best comeback, but hell, it was a nice reference. Too bad I was the only one who got it.
We were currently on the way to Gizmo's home so I could read up more on this place. I hated going in blind so I wanted to learn as much as I could about this world. Fortunately, the walk wasn't too long and with tireless pace and long stride, we were making great time. It turns out that I no longer got tired, or at the very least, got tired easily since I just spent the whole night awake without feeling even a bit exhausted. I honestly had no clue if that was good or bad considering that if I don't get my sleep, well... lets just say it'll be equal to not giving a lion meat to eat.
Soon I saw the ruins of a castle in the distance and ran to it, grateful that there was no longer trees in my way. Gizmo yelped and held onto my helmet tighter.
'Yes! Soon I'll have a book in my hands and maybe even find a way to get back ho-' My brain stopped, all movement in my body ceased, and Gizmo almost fell off from the sudden stop.
"Hey, what gives?" he asked before tapping a horn. "Hello? U'Zuhl, are you there?"
I took a step back and a deep breathe to calm myself. "Gizmo, why didn't you mention that there's a ravine around your home?"
Gizmo just shrugged, or I assumed he did. "I figured the big bad demon wouldn't need to know something like that. Why?"
It was a little embarrassing but I was absolutely terrified of heights. It all started when...ah fuck it, I ain't going flashback mode so let just say that it involved ten year old me, a dare, the highest water tower in town, and the fire department. It wasn't just the height that scared me, but the fact that if you fell, you were at the complete mercy of gravity; and gravity is far from merciful.
'So walk away and miss out on books or suck it up and just run it?' I went over my choices and I let out a small sob of despair at what I had to do. Even worse, considering how I had to get to that castle, since no way in hell that wooden bridge was going to hold me.
I stretched a bit before lowering myself like a professional runner. "Gizmo, I recommend that you hang on tight and don't let go." The serious tone in my voice was enough to convince him and he hugged one of my horns with both arms. I waited for a second...
And then I ran straight for the ravine.
Outskirts of Ponyville. Saber
Saber was currently on her way to Ponyville when she heard a voice echo through the air.
"LEEEEEEEROOOOOOY JEEEEEEEEENKINNNNNNNSSSSS!"
Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. Nick
I was on my knees from the jump, panting more out of fear than exhaustion while Gizmo shakily fell to the ground.
"W-w-why did you do that?" he asked, still shaking from the massive jump I took. I severely underestimated at how strong my legs were now as I jumped high enough to nearly smack some birds, which did not help my fear of heights in the slightest. I stood back up, glad to see that my legs weren't shaking like how they normally would whenever I went up somewhere high.
"I wanted to get it over with as quick as possible," I said as I picked him up. "Now to the library so I could forget that horrible experience." With Gizmo leading the way, we entered the castle.
Ponyville. Saber
Saber stood in the middle of Ponyville, her stance one that screamed military despite her armor not being on. She was told that Princess Celestia had sent a letter ahead to Princess Twilight to tell her about her coming along to assist them. Saber mentally went over her armory.
'Swords, shields, armor, healing and mana potions,' she thought, eyes closed to see all of her items in Hammerspace. 'Everything is here so now I just have to wait for Princess Twilight.' Saber opened her eyes-
And was greeted with blue eyes and a smiling face.
Saber yelped in surprise and fear, summoning a sword by reflex before realizing that they belong to Pinkie Pie, Bearer of Laughter.
"Hi! You must be the captain that Twilight said that will be helping us find the mean old demon in the Everfree. So she told me to go and meet you here but I wanted to buy you a cupcake first to welcome you to Ponyville since I can't throw you a party right now but I Pinkie Promise to throw you one once this is all over! Anyways I brought you a cupcake but then I thought 'Pinkie you don't know what her favorite flavor is' and so I thought back 'What the hay, let's just buy her a dozen and let her pick' so here you go!"
Somehow she managed to say all that in one breath and pulled a box out of her mane while Saber just stared at her with wide eyes. A pony walked by her and said,
"Don't worry, you'll get used to her... hopefully."
Twilight. Golden Oaks Library
"Twi' are you sure it was a good idea to ask Pinkie to get the captain?" Applejack asked as she looked up from her book about zebra demons. She wasn't the only one, as each pony had a book regarding demons somehow. Fluttershy and Rarity got the tamest ones, like how a demon would turn ponies into animals or gold, while she, Dash and Twilight had the more...darker ones. "And do we really have to read these books?"
Twilight nodded her head, three books surrounding her. "Yes Applejack, we need to figure out what kind of demon we're dealing with. Each race has it's own demons and each one have their own weakness so its important that we know what we're dealing with. And I sent out Pinkie because well..." The purple alicorn looked at the book fort that Pinkie made, complete with the party cannon right at the entrance. "I think the party fort is evidence enough."
The door opened and in came Pinkie and the royal guard captain that Twilight knew as Saber who had a box balanced on her back.
Saber immediately bowed to her. "Princess Twilight, by order of Princess Celestia I am here to assist you with the demon. I hope that you have been doing your best to find out more about it?"
Twilight's expression fell at that. "Unfortunately there isn't much to find. The demon that we saw isn't listed in the demonology books I have, and the closest comparison I can think of is Cannibal Minotaur of the Maze but it was recorded that it was slain by Prince Theseus centuries ago."
The blue coated pony thought about this for a second. "Well, I believe that we can handle it as long as we proceed carefully. Demons aren't very smart but once it sees the Elements, then I believe it'll cooperate."
Dash decided to speak up, flying up into the air. "And if it doesn't, we'll give it a good old fashion beating." She punched the air to drive her point, making some of her friends roll their eyes at their behavior.
"I think that's unlikely Dash, since demons seem to be downright terrified of the Elements. Look at this," Twilight said and began to read out of a book. "I watched The Impaler, the most horrible demon that Griffons have ever fought, tremble in fear as Princesses Celestia and Luna showed him the Elements of Harmony. Who could imagine that the demon that slaughtered countless Griffons without a shred of mercy would be scared of jewelry? The Impaler was one of the most dangerous demons in Equestria and even he was scared of the Elements of Harmony."
Rarity stood up, brushing away a very nonexistent speck of dust off her coat. "So what you’re saying is that we may not even have to fight the horrible demon after all." Twilight nodded her head and Rarity smiled. "Perfect. Then maybe we won't take too long on this trip. I'm working on a new design I have in mind."
"And I need to get back to bucking," Applejack said as Pinkie jumped into her fort.
"I have to help the Cakes with the contest next week!" Pinkie's head peaked over a book wall, a pot on her head as she looked around the room. "I'm sure that mean old demon won't stand a chance against us."
Twilight smiled at her. "Of course Pinkie. When all of us work together, nothing is impossible. And besides, this demon may be scary, but it can't be worse or more powerful than Nightmare Moon, Discord, or King Sombra."
Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. Nick
I sneezed, the entire library shaking as I did. Gizmo held a stack of books to keep them from falling over.
"Whoa. Bless you."
"Thanks." We were currently in a large library and I was greedily devouring books left and right to learn. It was a stroke of pure luck that the language was English and with my skills as a fast reader, I was already done with their history. And let me just say, that it was a complete bore to read.
Apparently Equestria hasn't seen widespread conflict for a very, very, very long time, not since the Purging of Demons which was nearly four thousand years ago. That was interesting as it turns out that demons did exist here but they were either killed or ran back into Tartarus in fear of the Elements of Harmony. I wasn't too keen on learning that considering I have no idea on what effects these 'Elements' could have on me. Reading about this world's demons made them sound more like wild, dangerous animals than the Chaos Daemons of Warhammer 40k, so I guess I should be happy about that.
With the lack of constant conflict, that meant that the military had to be incredibly weak from centuries of peace and money funneling into other things. It was an advantage I was going to use to the fullest as I try to complete my goal, finding a way home.
'A goal that is getting farther and farther away with each book,' I thought unhappily as I placed down another book. In every book about magic I've read, most had nothing on cross world teleportation and the few that did merely said that it was theory. I still kept hope though, as this library looked fairly old, meaning that these books had to be outdated. So this meant that other libraries had to have more up to date information on magical advancements.
"What exactly are you looking for?" Gizmo asked from his chair, a book in paw.
I grunted in annoyance as I opened another book. "Something important but every book I've read has nothing on what I need."
"Maybe I could go to another library and look for what you need? There's a town not too far from here but..." Gizmo trailed off and I motioned for him to continued. "It's called Ponyville, and I think the name speaks for itself."
Ponies, ugh. I can deal with Gizmo since I liked dogs but I don't trust myself around ponies and I'm pretty sure that their screams of terror will give me a headache.
"Anywhere else?"
"Well there's Canterlot, the capital that's on the side of a mountain."
"Hell no." Getting that close to the capital AND near a mountain, no way man.
"Manehattan? Its far but I heard that it's libraries are always up to date."
"Maybe." I flicked away a spider that got a little too close, watching it go splat against a wall.
"Seaddle?" Okay, are all the names of these places here puns?
"How about we stay for a bit longer. I haven't read everything here yet so there's a chance I might find something." Well, that and I wanted explore the castle. Places like this always had some hidden goodies if you knew where to look.
Gizmo shrugged and leaned back into his chair. "Fine with me. If you want to walk around, just watch out for the traps this place has. On second thought," he said as he shook his head. "Try not to break the traps too badly." With that, he went back into his book as I stood up and began to explore the castle.
Luckily, the size was big enough for me to easily walk through the halls without any trouble, but the doors often had me crawling through them on my hands and knees. So far I haven't found anything of interest besides a private reading room, a container filled with white liquid, and some strange writing in the dungeons that I wasn't too keen on checking out. For all I knew, it could summon some insane creature from another realm.
In a another Equestria, a knight that praised the sun sneezed.
I walked through the halls, each step making the walls shake and dust fall from their places. 'Well this sucks! I thought this place would have something cool like, I don't know, a magically animated suit of armor or something.'
In a another Equestria, a suit of magically animated armor somehow sneezed and almost burnt one of his ponies.
'Just dust and ruins everywhere I go in this place.'
CRACK!
I froze and slowly looked down at my feet. `Webs of cracks were on the ground where my feet were, spreading out very quickly. I could only assume that I stepped on an unstable part of the floor and uttered a single word.
"Fuck."
And with that, the ground gave away and I fell into the darkness below.
Everfree. Mane Six and Saber
Saber stared at the rotting corpse that was a Chimera with a keen and focused gaze, while Twilight, Applejack, and Dash stood behind her. Fluttershy took one look at the corpse and would have fainted if Rarity didn't quickly pull her away and have her sit on her couch. She and Pinkie were currently making sure that Fluttershy stayed awake while the rest inspected the Chimera for any clues on the demon's abilities.
The Royal Guard Captain got closer to the Chimera, ignoring the smell of decay it gave off. "It appears that the demon struck where it would deal the most damage." She poked where the ribs should be but only felt soft tissue instead of hard bone. "And it seems to be incredibly strong. I'm not even feeling any ribs on this thing."
The three ponies behind her turned green as Saber magically opened the lion's jaws and put her head almost inside it. "I'm even seeing bits of bone in here."
Dash had to hold back her lunch as Saber began using her hooves to open the mouth wider. "Twilight, is she sane?"
"She is, Dash. My brother told me that Saber is just really dedicated to her job." Her coat took a deeper color of green as Saber actually put a hoof in the blood and examined it up close. "...Although, I have to ask him exactly how dedicated."
Saber summoned a rag and wiped her hoof clean of blood. "Alright, we can safely assume that the demon's strength lies with it's physical power, so we must make sure we don't get too close to it. Those tracks indicate that it probably left after the battle." She pointed at the large tracks that led away from the clearing. "We will follow it until nightfall, then continue where we left off in the morning. Rainbow Dash." Said pony stiffened into attention as Saber's eyes bore into her, making her break into a light sweat. "Go into the air and see if you can spot the demon. If we're lucky, then maybe it didn't go too far, so I want to make sure we don't run into it."
Dash nodded and took off into the air. After gathering Fluttershy and agreeing to go around the corpse, the group set off, following the tracks of the demon deeper into Everfree.
Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters. Nick
'Ow... If I ever find someone named gravity, I will beat the living shit out of them just to vent out my anger,'I thought, getting back to my feet after the fall. Looking around, I saw that I was in a cave of sorts with, luckily, the exit nearby. In the other direction though was, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful things I ever laid eyes on.
It was a tree that appeared to be made of crystal, with large gems that had smaller gems inside them growing on it's branches. The center looked like a star, while on it's trunk was a picture of the sun and moon. The hole that was made when I fell allowed sunlight to touch it, giving it that divine look, but I had a feeling that even without the light, it would still give off it's own glow.
Suddenly, the atmosphere changed and, don't ask me how, I felt hostility in the air. My eyes flashed around, looking for some sort of eternal guardian, because something like this always had some sort of crazy powerful guardian protecting it. Considering how my luck was going, I wouldn't be surprised if whatever this world considered an angel came out of nowhere and began to beat the living shit out of me.
Then the star on the tree began to glow and I finally realized where the hostility was coming from.
"Whoa whoa whoa! I'm not here to cause any trouble!" I put my hands up in a gesture of peace but it didn't do much as the star glowed brighter with each passing second. I really didn't want to even touch the tree since, thanks to years of playing MMORPG, it was obviously something very important.
As in, 'we need it to live' important.
The star was even brighter now, truly looking like one, and I decided on the best course of action. I booked it.
A very small but loud piece of my mind called me a coward for running, but the rest of my mind told it to shut the fuck up as I ran for the exit. I risked a glance back and I saw the tree suddenly release this wave of energy that was quickly catching up with me.
"Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!" I repeated like a parrot on crack, getting out and running toward a wall. I saw that the ledge wasn't too high and decided to simply give my fear of heights the middle finger and jump for it. Unfortunately, in mid air, the energy wave caught up to me. It felt like the time I was skateboarding once and accidentally slammed into an eighteen wheeler, that feeling of your body meeting something it can't move at high speeds.
"FFFFUUUUUCCCKKK!" I roared as I flew through the air and over the forest. "I HATE THIS WORLD!"
Everfree Forest. Saber and Mane Six
"Well I'm not seeing anything from up there," Rainbow Dash said as she landed near the group. "The forest is too thick for me to see anything now."
Saber nodded her head. "Then we shall proceed with caution from here on out. Everypony make sure to be as quiet as possible."
Fortunately they were already doing that. The creepiness of the Everfree had an effect on ponies, with the exception of Pinkie, who was bouncing around. They may have been in the forest before, but they had never hunted a demon before. The trail it left behind was easy enough to follow and thanks to Fluttershy asking the animals if they had seen anything, they were going in the right direction.
Suddenly Saber stopped, ears upright, and summoned two swords. "I heard something. Be ready." Twilight nodded her head and brought out the Elements of Harmony, giving each element to her friends. Then a Manticore jumped out of the foliage, roaring and displaying it's superiorit-
It froze in place when a sword stabbed inches away from a very important organ for males.
Saber glared at it and uttered one sentence in a tone so cold it could freeze a pool. "Leave, or you will become a lioness."
The Manticore ran off, leaving behind a trail of piss, wondering why does he kept encountering the wrong kind of prey.
The captain returned her blades back to Hammerspace and looked at the six behind her. "Alright, we'll continue for a few more hours then stop and make camp. Understood?" They all nodded their heads, too scared by Saber's action to protest. Unfortunately they never noticed the fact the Manticore's roar managed to hide another roar from another creature.
A creature that flew over their heads and was cursing the world.
??? Nick
"I hate this world, I hate this world, I hate this world," I repeated to myself, getting back to my feet and wiping off something from my face. I was lucky, as my body took the impact pretty well and only left me feeling very sore all over. On the downside, I had no idea where I was at. Taking a quick look around, I saw that I was in a swamp of sorts, standing in water that barely reached my knees.
Fun fact about me, I'm also kind of scared of water but to a far lesser degree compared to my fear of heights. I simply couldn't swim for my life, but it seemed that I didn't need to worry about that here.
I shuddered, and began to walk in the direction I flew from. 'Okay, just keep walking in one direction and I'm bound to reach the castle again.' With this in mind, I stomped through the swamp, walking over any obstacle that stood in my way.
At least until I stepped on what I thought was a bound of rocks.
It thrashed when my foot made contact with it and I stumbled back, off guard. It turned toward me and I saw legs appear from underneath it before it raised to it's full height.
"Oh you have got to be kidding me," I said as I laid eyes on what could only be describe as a crocodile on steroids. It was big; at least seven feet high and twenty feet long, with it's body covered in what had to be rocks. It's eyes were narrowed in anger and hate, and I saw it's legs tense, like how a predator would do before it struck. "I HATE THIS WORLD!"
It lunged at me and, like with that crazy hybrid from before, my body ran forward to meet it as my thoughts become bloody.
INB4 Our 'hero' leads an army of demons~
Love this chapter! keep up man!
Reminded me of the scene in RvB where Washington is arguing that he was completely and totally sane, then made the passing comment to excuse him as he get rid of the body.
Yay finaly update! That chapter is quite cool I should say, keep fanfic on the same level, ok? (Sorry for my bad english)
with how good this story is, I at least don't care to much on the frequancy of the updates I'll wait but I'll appreciate if the wait isn't years between
nice chapter! loved the Manticore bit really interested in the upcoming incounter berween Nick and Saber
Soooooo yeah... i like it.
I'm kinda hoping that Nick bitch slaps the Elements of Harmony, give the ponies something to think about.
HA! I WILL KILL THAT PUNY CROC WITH MY MY PINKIE!
*picks up pinkie pie and uses her as a weapon*
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!
SKULLS FOR THE SKULLS THRONE!
MILK FOR HIS KHORNE FLAKES!
Nice chapter!
thanks for the update
4047481 Erm,You forgot an e.....Im pretty sure warhammer uses the Daemon pronounciation....Though to be fair,Im not a 40k fan
4047790
Depends, I believe that the table top game uses 'demon' but the actual lore and cannon books from the black library commonly use Deamons for their pronunciation.
So if he wanted he could say it either way, but in not sure about the table top game though because even though I do play it, I don't play demon\deamons let alone chaos at all.
4047600
Or the rainbow drops down on him, then dissipates, revealing...
He takes no damage.
4047861
Maybe but it wouldnt have substince, it would be rather boaring but if it happens that way then so be it.
4047963
I'm considering, what has he really done except existing?
I suppose he killed a chimera, but that attacked him first - self defense.
4048078
Oh I know but the main 6 doesnt know that they think he is some regular demon and that sucks for him.
time for some rockodile skin boots
B-BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD! S-SKULLS FOR THE SKULL T-THRONE.
I would lol
If the EoH shot him, and when the beam of happy went away, he started singing I Can't Decide by the Scissor Sisters.
4048106
The EoH is often shown as an intelligent artifact, though, so it might look through what's he's done, realize that "oh, hey, this guy's actually not an enemy. What a waste of time" and then leave him be.
To the absolute shock and horror of the ponies.
4048214
It also depends on the writer and what he wants to do for the story.
Crocolisks! Fucking crocolisks!
4047963
He's in the form of one of Khorne's Daemon's. The Skulltaker to be most accurate meaning he resists magic, because Khorne HATES MAGIC, well he hates everything aside from war, bloodshed and such. In fact I can order what he hates.
Slaanesh
Magic
Tzeentch
Psykers
Peace
The Imperium
Nurgle
Dark Eldar
Eldar
Necrons
Other Races
Orks
Chaos Space Marines of Anything other than Khorne
Khorne Beserkers
Kharn the Betrayer
His own Daemons
4048654
You make a valid point so he probably wouldnt be affected by the elements at all unless it operates under a different thing then regular magic, he is in a different universe then khorn.
Ikr? I had three tests and 2 assignments due yesterday
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT
I love how americans get US history and I get regular history.
4048677 Khorne is EVERYWHERE!
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD, SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
4048765 well all classes sync up their work
even my teachers admitted it
I know what this is referencing to.
But what is this one?
4049018 I belive that it is referring to http://www.fimfiction.net/story/169153/headless-not-heartless the main caracter Dullahan , hope that helps!
4047841 ....Its Daemon,With the a before the e
4048214 I allways interpreted it as context sensitive Anti-Evil Macguffin
4048874
Damn straight
Again, I refer back to my previous comment: the beams are going to cross and (maybe) create a whole new 'Everfree', 'cause true harmony... They are really going to freak out.
4048654 You forgot Nurgle.
4049508
I've changed it now.
Also Papa Nurgle is best Daemon God
PFTT Three? I had 5 one time. Spanish, world history, math, English, and science..... you can do it I believe in you.
4050149 Are you talking about how many courses you have? Because if so the minimum here in Aus is 5
4050187 read author's note. I am sure you can figure it out.
4049613 Your picture is that of the World Eaters. You are a heretic among heretics.
4050308 I could get the black legions. BUT THERE WILL BE BLOOD
4048791 Actually, that is usually one year of studies. In my high school, we study this history of Asia (they also make us learn Chinese), Western Civilization, and also the history of British Writers. Sooooo yea, we learn a lot of history.
4052884 Here it's just the wars. Belgium had a lot of wars on our turf, did you know?
4054014 Haven't gotten to that point in history yet. So no. Although, it seems that almost all history they teach us is peppered with war, strife, and conflict. It's sad that the progression of mankind is always born through the ashes of our own undoing. It's almost like a sick metaphor. Makes you wonder if we'll ever find an alternative motivator. Because eventually, our greatest source of adaptation could lead to our ultimate destruction...Wow, I just got really philosophical there, sorry .
4054320 Really? When I learn about history, I think of how far we came from poo-slinging monkeys in the dirt. We invented medicine, farming, industry, poetry, songs, flight, boats....And all you think about is how much we suck? We're the greatest species alive! Sure, we fight. I daresay we fight more than any other species, fictional or otherwise, but that's life you know? Good AND bad. I'm grateful for the good parts.
4056366 Dude, I fucking LOVE humanity. I wouldn't rather be any other species. The reason we fight so much is, in my mind, nothing more than an engraved sense of xenophobia from living in a world where everything is trying to kill us. I know I may have come across as a misanthrope in the comment, but I assure you I am the furthest thing from! I was simply saying that our nature of fighting could eventually lead to our downfall, that is all.
4056988 I'm sorry too. I just run across a lot of humanhaters here on fimfic. They're all like "ooh the ponies are so peaceful graceful and kind" "I wanna live amongst the ponies and accept their ways" and "If i could be a pony i would totally be one!". That behaviour rubs me up the wrong way. Humans may be flawed, but dammit we're still the greatest around!
4057284 HELL YEA!