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// Ice Blue Eyes 
// Story: Little Light 
// by InfinitySlayer 
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GHOST MEMORY LOG 1-4 
ORIGIN POINT: UNKNOWN [>10000 LIGHT YEARS OUTSIDE SOLAR SYSTEM]
RETRIEVED [DATA CORRUPTED]
ENTRY FOLLOWS, GUARDIAN ATTENTION REQUESTED:

Intermingled with pure Light, I felt fear. I felt uncertainty. I felt confusion. While all these emotions danced within myself, they boiled like a red hot pot within my new Guardian. I could feel her anxiety, Guardian, begotten from a fear of the unknown and an honest lack of information regarding her current situation. I was able to feel the emotions of my prior Guardian in this way as well. I suppose it comes with the bond between a Guardian and her Ghost, which I thought to be one and eternal. Today has been a simply fascinating adventure for everyone. 

Fluttershy stared intently and intensely into my eye with a clear expression of nervousness upon her features. For a few moments, I stared back, unsure of what to say and myself convinced that I was somehow wrong. There was no way this could actually be happening. I died hours ago, in the Vault of Glass, with my Guardian. No, apparently not. If this is what lies afterward, than I want no part in it. I must accept the facts: I continue to live without my Guardian. Her bond was broken and soon replaced by this outsider. Don't get me wrong, Fluttershy is a beautiful, innocent, and genuine creature, but so was her. I fought beside my old Guardian for years. She sacrificed herself countless times, not only for me, but for every soul she met and didn't meet. Ironically, her death was the thing that mattered the least in the scope of her affect on the City. 

I returned to reality, prompted by numerous nervous attempts to communicate with me by Fluttershy, "I can see that you're nervous. I can sense that you're confused. Try to calm down as much as you can while I explain the facts."

She nodded slowly and methodically, coming to a pony's equivalent of a seated position upon the carpeted wood floor. Her various and numerous exotic animals, which I assume to be pets of a sort, watched on from a concerned distance. I hovered myself lower to meet her eye level, and said as calmly as I could,

"I'm sure that you feel different, a little weird, perhaps, as if someone injected pure sunlight into your veins. Lighter, brighter, more powerful, and yet the same. You've felt this way since the moment we came into contact too, but you've been in too much shock to quite comprehend the new feelings. Is my prognosis accurate?"

Slowly, Fluttershy nodded as she seemed to search within herself, confirming those facts to hold true. 

"With that said, I come from another world, a solar system devastated by war and decay for millennia. Various evil alien races, from the bloodthirsty, war mongering Cabal to the once-proud scavenging ravagers of the Fallen are bent on destroying the Traveler's Light wherever it exists. The Light from this mysterious wandering being was the source of our rise and our fall. "

"When the Traveler was permanently crippled while defending the last bastion of the free Human, Exo and Awoken men and women, it released the Ghosts to appoint among the rubble Guardians who would continue its legacy and prevent the Darkness from consuming all. Since then, the Guardians have been the only thing preventing the death of however many millions of us remain."

Using my holographic projector, I displayed in the middle of the room a low quality clip of pro-Guardian propaganda frequently shown to the civilians inhabiting the City. It contained a two minute representation of the common activities of a Guardian, such as the destruction of a Fallen fleet, the obliteration of a Vex assault force, and various heroic poses of numerous Guardians, primarily Lord Shaxx and his gang. Afterwards, I analyzed the dumbfounded expression of my new Guardian, awaiting any sort of reply from her stunned features,

"I see...as horrible as all of this is, what does it have to do with me, with Equestria?"

I sighed as I explained, "This is where things get a little tricky for you and I. Through a complex series of circumstances I still don't fully comprehend, I managed to enter your world, and you found me. I still don't know whether or not it's a simple coincidence or if the Traveler somehow had a hand in it, but regardless, Light entered you and bonded to mine. Ghosts and Guardians are the only two things in the universe that share this mysterious bond."

She shook her head in both denial and confusion, "I still don't understand what any of this means, Blue. I'm quite concerned, and honestly, a little bit scared." She visibly began to quiver slightly and back away. 

"You have every right to be scared, Fluttershy. However, as difficult as they are to accept, I must, we must, accept the facts. The Light coursing within you exists for a purpose, a cause larger than anything you have yet to imagine. The Traveler has selected you, either by accident or purposefully, to protect whatever little light remains in this universe. You have been given the call. You are a Guardian."

Fluttershy began to noticeably break down further, her voice shaky as she responded, "But I barely even know what a Guardian is. I'm a pony, Bearer of the Element of Kindness and friend to all creatures..."

"You're all of those things and more, Guardian. Believe me, I'm having as difficult of a time as you are in coming to terms with this. Plus, I'm sure you're still wondering what all of this even practically means. I can't say what that is for sure. All I know is that wherever Light exists, Darkness is sure to follow."

Composing herself as much as she could, garnering the fragile situation, Fluttershy asked, "You mean that those horrible monsters from that thing you showed me...they'll follow me wherever I go?"

That question rocked my internal drives significantly. What an innocent question, a statement a small child might make of the creatures that she believes reside within the shadows. I've said it before and I'll say it again: she does not deserve this call to Guardianship. This planet doesn't deserve to be shadowed by Darkness. Yet, here I am, and here she is. I must do whatever it takes, therefore, to prevent the Darkness from overtaking this untouched world. It all hinges upon the only source of Light within it, for only a Guardian has truly been able to stand up to the evil creatures of the darkest depths and win.

"Unfortunately, yes. Light cannot accept the existence of Darkness as much as the Darkness cannot accept the existence of the Light. That is why we are constantly at war, why so much blood has been shed over seemingly rudimentary things."

Crystal tears formed in the pupils of Fluttershy's ice blue eyes as she said, "I still don't understand any of this. I've only just met you, and now you're saying that my world, my friends are going to be hurt by evil monsters?"

I shook myself in a Ghost's equivalent of a no, "That's not at all what I'm saying. Where there is Light, there is hope. You are the embodiment of that Light, the only creature on this planet gifted with the special task and talent of defending your friends. That is what it means to be a Guardian. It means to protect your friends."

My use of her own diction regarding her friends (of which I am still anticipating to meet-I am curious to say the least) seemed to have a strong effect on her. She straightened, rising up to a standing position on all four buttery hooves. Her expression resolved into one of internal strengths mingled with both honest determination and downright fear. Her ice blue eyes, so full of hidden power, focused on mine as she proclaimed,

"While I may still be pretty confused about what exactly is going on, I do believe in my friends, and I do believe that I'll do everything I can to protect them. Tell me everything I need to know; teach me everything I need to learn, Blue. I've come too far on my journey of friendship to give up now."

If I could have outwardly smiled, I sure would have. I was beyond impressed with her sudden resolve and courage. Perhaps the Traveler's Light within her was influencing her emotion in some fashion. At any rate, I'm glad to see that she'll be accepting her role as Guardian. Many have downright refused the call, and I don't blame them for it. 

"Fluttershy, by accepting the call to Guardianship, you have proved yourself more courageous than thousands of those who have come before you. I am your Ghost, your faithful companion, and though I have only known you for some obscure hours, I will do everything in my power to defend this world by your side." 

She seemed to shrink slightly as she inquired, "Oh goodness, whatever we're going to do, we've got to do with my friends hoof in hoof. I don't know where I'd be today without them, and I'm sure I won't get very far into tomorrow without them, either."

Take note, Guardian. The inhabitants of this world seem to put a very high value on the price of friendship. I'm not talking the comradeship that exists between a simple Strike-team either, but true, lasting friendships. I know that most of us tend to avoid those, as they are easily destroyed by the Darkness. 

I gazed into her ice blue eyes, once again astounded by the resolve mingled with nervousness and doubt that existed within this creature. She is driven by a simple desire to do good, to be kind to others by any means necessary, much like my prior Guardian. In fact, as I think about it, there are numerous similarities between her and my Guardian. I'm not sure if the universe loves me or is trying to mock me. 

"No Guardian has ever succeeded alone, Fluttershy. We'll need all the allies we can get to prepare for the likely occurrence of a Vex invasion. I'd be happy to meet you friends, if you'd be so kind as to introduce me."

She smiled slightly, but also replied with increasingly nervous tones, "Wait, a what invasion? I've never heard of whatever that is, but it doesn't sound good."

"It sure isn't, Fluttershy. The Vex are responsible for the destruction of both Mars and Venus, two planets that used to be full of life and activity. Many Guardians have even theorized that they're only attacking us as part of some grand testing project for some greater motive."

Once again, those ice blue eyes hardened in a resolve that exists in few Guardians, a resolve that is tested by the flames of fear, not blind ignorance. "Then we don't have much time to lose, Blue. It may be early, but I hope that my friends don't mind being woken up early. I really hope they don't mind, I'd hate to interrupt Rarity's beauty sleep, or Twilight's 'smarty sleep', or Rainbow Dash's refueling sleep..."

She droned on with an odd list of various sleeping ideas for some time, after which she stopped herself and looked into my eye,

"Are you sure about all of this, Blue? After all, I can only trust that what you're saying is true."

I nodded a Ghost's nod, which looks to the viewer as more of a slight vertical dip than anything else, "You're right of course. You have only my word to go on, but its the word of a Ghost, and a Ghost never tells a lie."

Smiling to hide apparent nervousness, she nodded in swift reply as she motioned towards the door, the portal to a world I have yet to fully discover. 

END LOG