//------------------------------// // My name is Kabuto. Part 2 // Story: For the hive, my mom and myself // by Lighting Ace //------------------------------// Thinking fast I manage to activate my own magic and with the aid of the elements, successfully teleport me and Celestia to the throne room before Tempress and her soldiers could reach us. Unfortunately the moment we arrive we found ourself in the middle of a battle between the changelings and the royal guard. "Human!" We barely have time to register that before I get hit by a blast of magic from my back that burn my wings and toss me to the floor. Once recover I see a couple of guards pointing their spears at me, as well having their horn light up in the case of the unicorn ones. "Vile creature from the underworld I don't know how you came here but I will send you right back to where you belong" One of the guard say before they all try to impale me, Celestia looking helplessly as she try to stop them but the poison has already claim her voice so she can only mutter weak sounds. Their attack continue until I saw a changeling about to kill one of the guards, succeeding if it wasn't for my intervention, who earn me an injury on my side as the changeling turn into stone. More changeling start to swarm the place and the soldiers look at them with a glare before standing back. "He has reinforcement, retreat!" The one that I presume was the leader yell and soon all of them leave the room closing and locking the door behind them, Celestia looking at me in fear as the door are seal. Well…at least they will keep her safe Holding my injure in pain I turn around to see the changelings slowly approaching with a smile "How does it feel being the hero? Traitor!" One of them say " Better than being a garden gnome" "What?" The solider look at me confused before I slash him and they all see in fear how him turn into stone. Raising my stinger at the rest with a smile I taunt them to come "Who is next?" The comments makes them angry and resume their attack resulting in their lost as one by one they meet their end at the hands of my stingers. As the fight continue, explosion start to happen around the place and one of the walls collapses giving me an opening for me to escape and used my elementals magic to launch a blast the petrified any changeling that try to follow me. Once I made enough distant from then I turn around and start to run as flames start to sprung everywhere while more fights continue. "This way!" Near me I see the soldiers taking Celestia throw the hallway, with some changelings hot on their tales. I try to fly but soon was reminded of my situation so I was force to dash and jump throw out the debris while shooting more magic blast at falling columns or pieces of walls that slow them down enough for me to get ahead of them and fall in the middle of the two groups "It will not be that easy!" I yell before clashing my stingers with 2 changelings while another one manage a lucky shot at my abdomen. Ignoring the pain I manage to push forward and cut their weapons before freezing them as well, to use as shield for the others that look confused for a second as they find the same fate. When the last one felt I took a moment to breath and hold my chest. "Hey traitor!" Dodging to the left I barely manage to avoid the magic blast from Freya who walks into the room, with her sword ready to be used "Remember me?" charging her weapon with her magic and making a swing Freya fire a series of magic slashes that travels throw the air and cut everything they get into contact with, some of them almost claiming my life if it wasn't for my new stingers. Closing the distant our weapons meet in a clash while we stare at each other "So much for gratitud, we took you in, we gave you shelter and even made you a prince and this is the thanks we receive?" We separate before dash at each other again throwing and dodging attacks left and right with our weapons "You train me to be your puppet, and used me as a one from the very start, every smile, every encouragement and attempt of act like a family was all an act!" I say in anger as we take a couple of step back to regain my breathing and hold my wounds. "Did you even care for my emotions?" "Sure we did" Charging her horn she aim her sword right at me before pushing it forward creating a magic blast that blow the wall behind "All that unconditional love was quiet the delicacy, I almost felt sorry for not sharing it with our soldiers, but oh well you probably have die in the third day" I look at her in surprise before I felt my anger starting to boil "You…ate my loved!" In rage I jump at her and start to slash without control "From the very beginning that was all I was for you? a snack!?" "More like a main course…just like you are doing right now? Did you forgot what was my favourite dish?" She say with a smirk before opening her mouth and start to consume my anger until my feet grow weak and I fall to my knees "Ah delicious" I try to move but my body was barely able to move while she just run to me and punch my stomach sending me flying, and capturing me in her magic before ramming me on the walls; celling and ultimate the floor. To escape I try to teleport but she catch up to me and cut my chest once more before kicking my stomach with enough force to lift me and send me throw a window witch I break and fall into the middle of a garden with a thud. Holding my right arm while trying to catch my breath, I manage to sit up before Freya teleport and casually walks in my direction until she stop once she was right in front of me where she proceed to put her sword under my chin and make me look at her in the eyes "If it helps, I loved it when we had or spare sessions, specially when I swap the floor with your face" She smile and lift her sword into the air "goodbye brother" In one swift she strike, only to see her sword pass right throw an illusion. "What…hght!" Sneaking behind her I cover her mouth with my hand and stab her in the back. "goodbye…sister" I say in a low town as she look at me from the back of her eyes with rage. "Just like you told me, never play fair right Freya?, lets call this the tie breaker" I say with a smile while releasing her and taking a step back to see her body slowly turn into stone "You never won the first…!" she manage to say before turning into stone mid shout. Once done, I turn around and took a couple of step forward before falling into my knees from exhaustion, the cuts on my body feeling like needles piercing throw my flesh, the burn in my back feeling like I was holding a giant hot iron and the pain of the amulet on my arm was getting worse and worse as I notices the gem on it crack and start to spark like an electric wire. "How does it feel brother?" In surprise I see how Tempress decent from the sky in front of me "Its not easy being the hero isn't it? I really wish that you have only comply" "How…how did you knew…" "That you will be here? please Kabuto, did you really though that I would not put a tracking spell in that amulet" I look down at my risk and see how the spark start to increase in side and frequency. "Je well you look at that, its overloading, I though it would take more time but I suppose that is what happen when someone else try to used the elements" Fighting the pain and tiredness I manage to stand up as I look at her "Tempress, I just took down Freya" "Did you now?" She look to the side and notices the statue of her "In that case you have my thanks" "What?…you…you are not even sad that she is gone?" "She was a loud mouth and a blockhead that only knew how to punch and cut things, she wasn't never queen material" "Tempress one thing is using me, but she was actually your sister!" To my surprise she only shrug at that "So? she was careless and got what she deserve, at the very least she did her job and weakened you enough for me to do this" she shot a small magic blast directly at the amulet making it crack even more and force me kneel again in pain as the light and electricity emanating from it, become huge and unbearable. "Consider it my parting gift" She tells while smiling at me with malice "Before you explote, I will ask again, how does it feel?" she snap her fingers and I could see both Luna and Celestia inside cocoons being drag in front of me "Knowing that all your efforts and heroic deeds ultimate were in vain?" "But…I saw her…" "…Being taken away? Oh Kabuto you really didn't learn a thing about us, did you?" She laugh as the changelings holding Celestia change into the soldiers that took her before changing back "You were so focus on playing the hero that you never realised when you were being play, even when you rebel, you still manage to act as our pawn" "No" I look down in defeat Even now I was being used?! "I would say that you fought bravely and, that you were a worthy opponent but I think you heard enough lies now, you were just a tool and did your purpose as expected of one" She tells while taking off judging from the buzzing of her wings "Now please die already and stop bothering us, the hive has no used of you anymore." I just remain silent as my anger keep on increasing "Please don't take it too hard human, from the start you didn't have a chance, just remain there and give up" That is the last thing I heard before she leaves, along side the other changelings. "Give up?" Grabbing as much energy I have left, I stand up and look at Tempress leaving the place with fury before looking at the amulet "After everything you have done to me?" I an act of rage I take the amulet and rip it off from my arm in one pull before suspended in front of me using my magic. "Until every single one of you pay for what you did I shall never…give up!" Pouring every single drop of magic into the amulet, until a rainbow sphere form in front of me, witch I proceed to take and then toss with all my force at Tempress "My parting gift" I tell with a smile before weakly chuckle. Je Tempress, Freya if there is a hell, I will see you there As I manage to stand up the sky soon illuminated in a rainbow light wave that covers everything and turn any changeling in the area into stone before heading toward me For the hive…for my mother…for myself Closing my eyes I pick up a nearby a sword and held it downwards with both hands embracing my fate as the light reach me. The harmony nuke, didn't go unnoticed by Tempress who saw how it was fast approaching her and her soldiers "What?" Before she could made a command almost all of her unit turn into stone and the princess were starting to wake up from the light that was holding them in place "Oh no you don't" Rushing toward the light she activate a portal where she and the princess pass throw but not before the light reach her and claim half of her face turning it into stone. "In here! I found another one!" A soldier say as a group of scouts with the order to scoop the area in search of survivors and 'collect' the changeling freeze in stone, were exploring the royal garden and came across Freya "Je this one look like she was froze in the middle of a heated argument" "In the middle of a fight? Another soldier say looking around the area with a flashlight "Either she was really brave or really dumb" "Maybe both" A couple of soldier say with a snicker. "Ok every pony lets just wrap it…wait a minute" The leader of the group say looking at something in the distant and then pointing at the soldier with the flashlight "you, point in here" "Yes sir" the soldier comply and all five of them discover one final statue of a tall human with short spike hair, small nose and sharp face, in the middle of the garden. He had his eyes close and looked like some kind of changeling hybrid knight judging by the pose he was. "Sergeant…what is that?" "I don't know soldier, but if he was petrified that could only mean one thing…he was with the enemy" The sergeant said paying close attention to him.