//------------------------------// // chapter 20: Kakei maindo 2: Mewosamasu! // Story: From the isles of Avalon // by The Drifting Bard //------------------------------// Mindscape 2: WAKE UP! Twilight had awoken in a strange looking dungeon, lying on her back on a bizarrely comfortable bed. "ah... Your awake, Trixie had been wondering when you would move" Twilight looked over to the other side of the room. "Trixie? your behind all this?" she raised her self from the bed. standing up, she raised a hand to direct a spell. nothing happened. she then noticed a bizarre collar around her neck. Trixie leant against the wall and simply laughed. "no, Trixie isn't behind all this, but... Trixie's new master is" "Tirek" the young librarian spat. a booming voice came from behind the door. "That is correct, my dear Element of magic" The new form of Tirek sauntered into the dungeon room, with a disgusting smile on his face. the kind a would-be rapist would wear. as he moved closer and closer he began to chuckle. he moved closer and closer still, and then he spoke. "chess or cluedo?" The town of ponyville fell deathly silent. The body of the insurgent, Reaver, was being burned on a pyre. a contingent of soldiers had arrived shortly after, they simply stood in wait as the captain of the guard issued commands. "Gallant Knight has failed his mission, we will not" the captain fo the guard had a vengeful look on his face. "your orders are to report any suspicious activity to me" within a few seconds, Celestia and Rainbow Dash stood behind him. the rest of the guardsmen stood in awe. the captain turned and bowed. "Princess Celestia, the troops are ready" "keep them here for now, on town defense" the captain nodded. "Oh and Shining?" Celestia continued. "yeah?" he looked at the goddess for a moment. "Your sister's boyfriend is in the hospital" It was apparent that Shining Armor had stopped functioning for a moment. he then left, and walked in to the hospital. Rainbow looked at the Princess for a moment. "Dont we need Alan alive?" Shining Armor walked in, asking around for a man named Gallant Knight. Nurse Redheart reluctantly showed him the way. he looked inside the room, seeing the comatose body lying there. He was hooked up to machines, looking more and more like a science experiment. Shining looked at the nurse, who gave him a reassuring smile. "He can still hear you" she tentatively took his hand and walked him in. He sat down in a chair and simply looked at the man. as redheart shut the door behind her, Shining studied the chart. Sinking lower into his seat, he sighed. this guy... put himself through hell to protect others?... could make one hell of a guard He thought to himself. Rarity walked in shortly afterwards. "Oh, Hello Shining, what are... oh" Rarity looked at the chart in his hands, and sighed. "I suppose Celestia told you?" the captain simply nodded, shaking his two-tone blue hair slightly. "well, to be perfectly honest," she placed a bag on the edge of the bed. "that man, lying there in the bed? he's not cut out to be a hero... but he tries..Luna does he try!" "what do you mean, Miss?" "well for starters.." she began to tell the young Captain everything about the young comatose man. but what went unnoticed in the room was the sword glowing dimly for a moment, like it was bathed in moonlight. It's form, changed. Breathing heavily, I slid across the floor being knocked back by dark magic. how? simple. Merlin was back. he began by throwing lightning bolts, the balls of dark matter and finally fire. Fire bad... very bad. I began to run around vigourusy as the fireballs kept hitting the exact spot I was in for a split second. "fuck sake man, are you trying to kill me?" I shouted, but soon had an idea. I stood perfectly still, and as the fireball flew towards me, I hit it back. "heh, reminds me of something...but what?" Soon though, Arthur beckoned me to sit and listen, almost as if to say shut the fuck up, movie's on I did just as he asked. I sat and listened as I heard Rarity's voice, regaling someone the tales of my life here. "he actually sounds like a great guy," Shining looked over to Alan's unconscious form. "but seriously? my sister... he's dating my sister" "Moving in with her actually" Rarity interjected casually as if it was a common thing... which it was. Shining looked over to the man. and the to the sword. "Rarity, you said to me he was a... Pendragon?" Rarity pulled out a book and handed it to him. "Read the whole thing, You'll understand the term better" She sighed as she slipped a note into the bag of clothes. "he might need some armor, like bracers and maybe some boots," Shining looked up from the book. "we don't want Twilight's man to die now do we?" she giggled. It had been a few minutes since then, Shining had read most of the book, a few pages were missing, but thats normal. he closed the book. "so... he's.... wow" he shook his head, he walked out back to his troops. "okay boys, looks like we have a secret weapon on the hospital, that is... if he wakes up" the troops murmured amongst themselves. "Shining, He's not just a weapon, he's our friend" Rainbow Dash scowled. "I know, but" "You have your weapon," they turned around to see Alan standing there fully clothed. it was a simple outfit. a black long-sleeved t-shirt, black jeans, and a long leather trench-coat. the trench-coat billowed in the wind, much like Celestia's ever flowing hair. he tied the sword to his belt. "I have mine" He swung the newly formed Pendragon sword with a flourish, then put it in its scabbard. "I'm going to go get Twilight back, And Shining?" "yes, Gallant?" "Tell your mum... I hate mushrooms, but everything else is fine" Shining Armor looked on in confusion while Celestia, Rainbow Dash and Rarity began to laugh.