9:00 AM
Fervent was a calm pony. He kept a cool headed mind no matter the situation. If it was dealing with heretics or praising Celestia's name he did it in a mature and respectful manner. At least that what he lead himself to believe.
However, he was also considered one of, if not Celestia's most loyal and faithful subject and follower. If Celestia was sitting on her throne and commanded him to commit suicide right on the spot, who's to say he wouldn't do it.
But in this situation, it was not Princess Celestia sitting in her own throne.
Despite what he himself believed, everyone who was not an Inquisitor saw Fervent as somepony who more or less would be triggered by anything that offended or insulted his one and only goddess. Somepony who truly embodied his name "Fervent".
So when ponies spoke of what happened that day, they would say that something inside him just snapped.
Princess Celestia, Chief and Fervent where currently experiencing different levels of shock. Celestia was surprised that a human got in here and sat on her throne with no one noticing. Chief was wondering just how this human was acting so casual in this situation considering, and Fervent....had his jaw on the floor for a few seconds, before his face and mind became numb with rage.
Before the other two could say anything, they turned to the sound of Fervent growling like a dog with rabies.
"You......YOU DARE!?!?!?"
The human just looked at him with little to no regard, as if he wasn't worth his time.
"I know I said you were all mongrels a moment ago, but this one looks like he may have some in his lineage."
"YOU! HUMAN! I DON'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND I DON'T CARE! BY THE POWER INVESTED IN ME BY THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS GODDESS PRINCESS CELESTIA. I FERVENT, HIGH INQUISITOR OF THE CELESTIAL HOLY INQUISITION, SENTENCE YOU TO DEATH!"
The unicorn pulled out his sword and charged as spell.
"DIE!"
For someone old enough to have a granddaughter, Fervent closed that gap between him and the Golden armored human in less than 2 seconds. His sword might have made contact with him....if Celestia had not stopped him with her magic.
He was teleported back to her and was understandably very confused at what his ruler had done.
"Wha? Your majesty-"
"Fervent! I understand your actions, but now is hardly the time."
Fervent would not question his goddesses decisions at a time like this, or ever really...that being said....
"But he is-"
"We are all aware of what he is doing, but I would first like to know why before we proceed any further."
Fervent opened his mouth again, but decided it would be wiser to not get on her bad side. Reluctantly, the unicorn sheathed his sword.
"Thank you," Celestia then turned her eyes to the person sitting on her throne. Her look of annoyance then became one of seriousness.
"While I apologize for my little ponies behavior, I have to agree with him on this. Who are you and what are you doing sitting on my throne?" While Princess Celestia was still indeed a humble and caring pony, that didn't mean she liked being undermined. Especially since she got her butt handed to her no sweat by some monster, the sight of seeing someone else besides her(and maybe Sunset and Spike) sitting on her throne did not help.
"Ah yes, I was about to get to that before I was so rudely interrupted by your dog right here."
Fervent started growling again.
"But as for who I am, please sit and bask in my magnificent glory."
The human got up from the throne and folded his arms in a proud display of self centeredness.
"I am Gilgamesh, King of Babylonia and King of Heroes. I am a heroic spirit of the Archer Class."
Berserker stood in front of the large slab that covered the entrance to a long hidden and forgotten cave. Unlike the other retrievals he had done for his master, this one may be the most important one of them all.
He remembered the talk he had with his master before he got here.
"Wait, you mean it's here?"
"Yes, Berserker. The Infinity Blade is here."
"How?"
"It was entrusted to me after the Master of Fire passed away. I have been its caretaker ever since. Waiting until someone came that I deemed worthy of using its power."
"And you hid it away with all the other artifacts?"
"Actually this one was an exception. I told one of my colonist caretakers to hide it in the Canterlot Mines. After all, the Equestrians wouldn't think to look for it in their own capital."
"Hiding in plain sight. Smart."
Coming out of the memory, Berserker moved the giant slab out of the way. However before he went in, he stopped and turned around to see if anyone was watching him.
"Hmmm, cost is clear."
Closing the slab behind him, the knight ventured into the closed off cave.
But no sooner after the slab was put back in place, a purple unicorn emerged from where she was hiding. The twisted smile on her face not radiating one of kind intent.
"Oh ho ho, I found you my little victim. Why don't we go say hello Froggy?"
A large from(large enough for someone to ride) hopped beside Twilight Sparkle, only letting out a large "ribbit".
9:06 AM
"Babylonia?" Celestia said in confusion.
"Impossible," Chief began "Babylon doesn't have a human King and it never has."
"You are correct," Gilgamesh said "The Babylon of this world is an inferior imitation of the one I ruled. The Babylonia of my homeworld of Earth was a kingdom ruled by the greatest of kings, me."
Celestia narrowed her eyes, but then immediately raised an eyebrow.
"Wait, your world of Earth?"
"Don't worry about that. You will understand once I explain."
"Explain?"
"Yes, but do not think that me diverging information to you is a sign of allegiance or respect. I merely wish to see how you handle what I am about to tell you."
Celestia stepped forward, beckoning Chief and Fervent to step back.
"Gilgamesh was it? I have lived to see nations rise and fall. I have diplomats with the most unruly of leaders and radicals. I assure you I can handle whatever you wish to tell me. So long as this conversation remains a peaceful one."
"Your highness, are you actually considering talking to this offender."
"Yes, Fervent. Even those who clearly have no respect for me are not exempt from simple talk."
"So long as they are behind bars," Fervent mumbled to himself.
"Very well," Gilgamesh said. "First things first, I come from a world dominated entirely by humans, and last I checked the population was somewhere around 5 billion."
Almost immediately after the words left his mouth, the eyes of all three ponies became to the size of saucers. Even Princess Celestia was caught off guard.
"Wait...what!?"
"To be fair, it is also home another race of magical monster creatures, but are not intelligent enough to be sapient, so we mostly use them for our benefit. But that's a story for another time."
"Wait," Chief spoke up. "We have all heard the claims about how the Romans come from another world filled with humans. Is it possible that-"
"No, I know what about to say so let me be clear on this. The Romans of this planet do not and have not connection to my Earth. While Rome does exist on my world and is similar to yours, it is merely just another version so to speak."
Celestia then let out a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, I can't imagine what the Romans would do if they find out about this, or how the Troodons would react if they heard this news(poor things might get a heart attack)."
"But enough about my world, I assume you would like to know about that mad dog Berserker."
Now all three ponies were confused, "Berserker?" They all said.
"Oh of course, you don't know. I am referring to the Black Knight."
Celestia's tensed up, "You know about him?"
"Yes, you see that mad dog is what is known as a Heroic Spirit. There are several types of heroic spirits, but the most common are as follows: Saber, Rider, Lancer, Archer, Caster, Berserker, and Assassin. And like I said before the Black Knight that is giving you trouble is of the Berserker class."
All three ponies looked at each other, then Fervent scoffed. "A Heroic Spirit? I don't know what land hails that a monster like that as a hero but he is not one here."
"Of course, but his reason for being a Berserker stems from that fact that he qualifies for one. All Heroic Spirit are the souls of dead heroes from the past, present and even possible futures. That Black Knight can be summoned under a different class like the Saber. But fate dictated that he manifest in this world as such."
"I see, and you said you are of the Archer class?" Celestia asked, "Where is your bow?"
Gilgamesh simply held up his hand and a multitude of small portals appeared all around him. Out of which came a variety of swords, spears and all other kinds of weapons, all of them pointing at the Equines.
"I have collected everything of value from my world. All of it is stored in my treasure vault which I can access anytime I wish. I can use these many weapons and launched them as projectiles."
Gilgamesh pulled a sword out of the Gate of Babylon and held it, "Care for a demonstration?"
"..No thank you."
The portals disappeared.
"But, if you could please answer a question for me."
"I will allow it, speak."
"If you and this, Berserker are both Heroic Spirits, then how are here? You say you are dead, but I can tell that body of yours is tangible enough to be solid."
"Magic. That and I require a human magi to anchor me to this world. It is the mage who summons me and provides me with mana so that I may retain a physical form."
"And I assume this human mage is somewhere?"
"Yes, but attending to his own machinations at the moment."
Fervent was thinking to himself, then a light went off in his head.
"Wait, so if you require a human to anchor you to this world, then that must mean that this Berserker you speak of must have one as well."
Celestia caught on to what Fervent was getting at, "Gilgamesh, what happens if a Heroic Spirit was cut off from his master?"
"If the magus was killed or say unable to supply his servant spirit with mana, then that spirit would eventually fade away and return to the Throne of Heroes, the place where heroic spirits go until they can be summoned again."
"Princess Celestia," Chief said "If we can find this human who is tied to the Black Knight, we can-"
"Kill him," Fervent interrupted. "And then it will be easier to find and destroy that accursed Knight."
"Kill him?" Chief retorted.
"Yes, this human is clearly in league with the Black Knight and shall share the same punishment as him."
"We don't know that Fervent," Celestia said. "This human may be an unwilling accomplice in the Black Knights plans."
"Actually,” Gilgamesh spoke up. “The human is the master whereas the Spirit is the servant, that is usually how these contracts work between mages and spirits."
"You see,” Fervent grinned. “The human is guilty."
"Whatever happened with innocent until proven guilty?" Chief shot back.
"Gentlecolts!” Celestia exclaimed. "Are you really going to start this again?"
Both Chief and Fervent shut their mouths.
"Oh that reminds me,” Gilgamesh said. “One last thing I have to tell you."
Gilgamesh's look of seriousness turned into one of amusement.
"I do not ask this of you, but I more or less encourage you. Do not interfere with what the Black Knight is trying to accomplish."
Celestia once again was stunned for a moment, then her face became one of a scowl. "What do you mean? Not to interfere?"
"I knew it!” Fervent gestured at Gilgamesh. “He is in league with it!"
"No, do not think that I would ally with a lowly beast such as that mad dog.” Gilgamesh shot back. “But nevertheless, what he is trying to accomplish is important to the rescuing and bringing home of one of Earth's mightiest and most important beings. And since the Earth is my garden I can't allow you to get in the way of keeping my garden from being more well protected."
"Are you threatening me King Gilgamesh?” Celestia spoke calmly but with a slight edge to her voice. “Because no matter how high or glorious you think you are, you are in my Kingdom and in my castle. Your arrogance is nothing new to me, even if it is more egotistical than those that I have encountered I will not stop. This spirit has killed my little ponies and he will take no more from us. So either help us or stay out of our way."
"Actually you majesty, since he knows just what this thing wants and will not tell us, he is guilty of obstruction of justice and has committed a crime against the throne, which may I remind you he sat on." At this point, Fervent was once again charging up another spell.
"Hmm, as if you mongrels would be able to hold me."
"You think we can't? Celestia has defeated gods. You are but a ghost."
"You're right. I am a ghost, which means I can do this."
Almost immediately, Gilgamesh's body began to disappear in a golden sparkle of light.
"No!" Fervent fired the spell that he had been holding, but it missed....and blew up a good chunk of Celestia's throne.
But even as Fervent stood there with his jaw on the ground, they could all hear Gilgamesh's voice in the air.
"One last thing. Don't attempt to seek revenge against me and Berserker by coming to my world. For yours may be a planet of gods, but mine is one known for being well equipped to fight them and destroy them, ah hahaha."
Soon the room was silent, with all three ponies at a lost for words.
"Princess, your throne forgive me I so sor-"
"It's fine, Fervent." Celestia then lit her horn up as the pieces of her throne were put back together. "Just call in the Field Marshals and generals. Now that we know what we are up against, they need to be prepared."
11:30 AM
Sunset kicked a rock as she and Spike walked out of the library. The unicorn was more disappointed than anything.
"Well, that was a dead end." Spike said.
Sunset just grumbled.
"Come on, sis. Look on the bright side."
"What bright side?"
"Since we learned nothing by coming here, maybe we can actually listen to mom and leave this be."
The unicorn looked at her dragon brother with a sneer, "Are you saying we should let mom's attacker roam free? That borders on heresy, Spike."
"But then wouldn't it be considered heresy by going against mom's wishes to stay out of this situation." Spike's sarcasm was met with a fireball to the face. "Hmm, toasty."
"You know, sometimes I wish you weren't fireproof."
*Gasp* "But then how would I rescue beautiful mares from burning buildings!? How would I swim in lava so that I may wash myself before a date. How would I-"
Sunset then got up in Spike's face. Her emerald eyes glaring into his.
"Oh I'm pretty sure you would figure something out, brother." Sunset's tone of voice was somewhere between caring and villainous.
The two then continued walking through the town. However, when they turned a corner, they bumped into someone.
"Hey, watch where you're going!" Sunset said.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Please forgive me miss."
Rubbing her forehead, Sunset then got a good look at who they had just bumped into. He was a human with blue eyes and tanish hair. He wore ornate armor that gave off the impression that he was someone important in whatever group of knights he could be apart of.
"Wait, you are Princess Sunset Shimmer and Prince Spike! A thousand apologies your highness, I should have taken better care in my walk." the human that gave the duo a short bow.
Sunset was a little taken back at his manners. She hadn't met many humans and the majority she knew about were the Romans as well as the Equestria based humans in the Northern islands. Despite that she did not expect him to display so polite and kind manners.
"W-well, just watch where you're going next time."
"I will. Is there anything I can do to compensate for your troubles, your highness?"
"I, well, no. That won't be required."
"Actually," Spike spoke up "There is one thing you might be able to help us with."
"And what would that be?" The human asked.
"Do you know anything about the Black Knight and his history with this town?"
"Spike!" Sunset shouted.
"What, he offered." Spike retorted.
"And just what are the odds that he knows about-"
"The Black Knight? You mean Lancelot?" The human asked.
Both royal siblings immediately turned to the human. "What did you say?"
"The true name of the Black Knight you seek, he is called Lancelot of the Lake."
Sunset and Spike were stunned for a moment, not expecting this turn of events.
"How do you-"
"CHAOS CULTISTS!"
And they would only continue to keep turning.
The screams of various ponies went by as villagers kept running past Sunset and Spike.
"What?! Are you kidding me!?" Sunset let out another groan as the typical effects that came with it being a Tuesday began to manifest.
The Princess stopped a pony who was pushing a cart of radishes.,"You there! What's going why is everyone running?"
"The weather ponies spotted an army of Chaos Cultist coming from the west! The guard plans to hold them off until the village is evacuated."
"Ugh, okay human before I go tell me everything you know about-"
Sunset turned to where the human was, only to find he was no longer there.
"Hey! Where'd he go!?"
"Must have left when everyone started running," Spike stated
What! No, he was our only lead! We've gotta find him."
"Well, judging from the armor and the large sword he was carrying, he must have been a knight of some renown. So my best guess is that he went to go fight those Chaos Cultists."
Sunset's eyes widened. Then she immediately teleported herself and Spike to the west outskirts of the town.
Both children of Celestia were a little taken back when they saw the size of the army.
The entire army spanned an entire kilometer. They had everything from Trotting Dead to Scyclers and Sunset could even spot a Quetzalcoatl.
"I don't get it. Why are there so many!?" Spike said out loud.
"Me. They here because of me."
"Huh?"
"They must have a Fate with them that predicted that I was coming."
"Wow. I heard those things almost never get things right with how much the future changes."
"Well it matters not. They picked the wrong day to try to kill me."
Spike looked in disbelief as she saw Sunset start to walk down to the battle, "Hold on! Where do you think you're going!?"
"To dispose of these Chaos lunatics. What does it look like I'm doing!?"
"That's an entire army! You're just one unicorn, I don't care if you took on a dragon. That's too many enemies and too many variables to think of when taking them all on. Also remember you went on full dragon mode last time and there is no dragon around here with enough fire to boost you."
As soon as the words left Spike's mouth, he realized the irony of what he just said and the smirk in Sunset's eyes said it all.
"Oh no, nononono. I don't know what you have been drinking but we both know I don't have that kind of fire in me."
"Oh Spike, it isn't what I'll be drinking, but rather what you'll be drinking."
"What!?"
"Remember in that bar in Canterlot? When you swallowed that red stuff that almost made you burn down an entire city block?"
"......You didn't."
"Well, ever since Ragnok attacked Ponyville, I kept some around in case of emergency, and as luck would have it-"
Sunset reached into her bag with her magic and pulled out several bottles that made Spike take a few steps back.
"I believe this counts as an emergency."
11:35 AM
General Mismatch looked with satisfaction as the last guard was crushed beneath a Smashers mace. Now they could find who they came here for.
"The last of Celestia's sun stained fools is dead, go! Bring me the head of her pathetic child!"
Then there was a flash, followed by a snarky voice.
"Oh don't worry," Sunset responded. "Let me come to you."
The Chosen of Discord was a little surprised to see their prey just appear before them. Sunset's face betrayed no fear. Spike however looked a little nervous.
"Good, at least one of them knows to fear Discord."
"Princess Sunset Shimmer," Mismatch said with venom in his voice. "How lovely of you to join us today. We were just about to discus how you were going to die."
"Oh what a coincidence. I was talking about something similar with Spike here. Only we were talking about how you were all going to die."
Mismatch narrowed his eyes, then he burst out in laughter, which was mimicked by the entire army.
"What she say?"
"She said she's gonna kill us."
"Who said what?"
"Something about squirrels?"
"I love squirrels! Is it lunch time already!?"
Mismatch came down from his laughing fit and regained his composure.
"You may be a Princess, but do really think you can take us all on? Do you not see how vastly outnumbered you are!?"
"I see some guys who would vastly enjoy watching me burn you to cinders."
Sunset only turned to her brother.
"Spike."
The dragon grimly held up the bottle that was in his hand. He became embarrassed as he remembered the last time he drank a shot of this stuff.
"Hey, what's the strongest thing you got here?"
The bartender looked up from under the sink and looked at the dragon with a smile on his face.
"We got a lot of strong stuff here, scales. Applejack's Daniel or Apploosa Death by Fire."
"Oh, what's that?" Spike pointed at the "Death by Fire"
"Just the kind of stuff only the gods themselves drink. It ranks 2.5 million on the Scoville Scale. Rumors say that Princess Celestia, Apollo and Lady Amaterasu blessed this stuff with the essence of the sun, which explains why its so hot."
"Wow, is it even legal to sell that stuff in a place like this?"
"Hell if I know. The guy who I brought this stuff from said he was gonna use it to commit suicide."
"Well, I'm the son of Celestia and a dragon. So I'm pretty sure I can handle it!"
The pony pulled out a shot glass and filled it halfway.
"Here you go kid, bottoms up."
"I hope so." Spike then promptly took the glass and drank the whole thing in one gulp.
5 minutes later...
"Sorry mom."
Celestia and Spike stood outside Sapphire Lane as Sunset and various fire blood mages went to work putting out the flames that had engulfed the entire street by eating it.
"It's fine Spike, you didn't know how that stuff would affect you. Also I am partially to blame for this."
"Huh?"
"I should never have made that bet with Apollo and Amaterasu..."
"What!?"
"Nothing."
11:40 AM
"If a shot of this stuff could make me burn down an entire street, I wonder what a whole bottle could do to an army."
*Sigh* Well, bottoms up." Spike twisted the cap of the bottle as he began to drink the whole thing.
Sunset smiled as Spike had his "drink" then turned back to the army.
"While I normally reserve no mercy for the likes of Discords ilk, since I know what's in store for the lot of you, I will give you 10 seconds to turn your tails and run before I rain Tartarus down on your heads. That seems fair doesn't it."
"Ha! We are gonna tear you into little pieces and tear those pieces into even more little pieces!"
A cry of approval came from the army as Sunset turned to see Spike licking the tip of the bottle, indicating that he had drank it all.
She turned back to the army, "Well, I'm waiting."
Mismatch's face then became one of a scowl as he gritted his teeth. The pseudo Draconequus could only be insulted to a point.
"TEAR THEM APART!"
The army changed pass him as all of the cultist prepared to swing their weapons and get a piece of Sunset.
Sunset looked back at Spike, whose cheeks were now red and swollen. His face was sweating and he looked as if he was doing everything in his power to hold back what was inside him.
"Alright Spike, let it loose!"
The second the dragon opened his mouth, a torrent of flames washed over the first wave of cultist. Their bodies were immediately incinerated upon contact, everything from weapons armor and down to the bone. The grass itself was nothing but soot. It would take years, possibly even decades before anything would grow there again.
Sunset then stepped into the flames, the fire having no effect on her was she reveled in the heat that it provided. She looked back at Spike one last time. He was panting as he tried to catch his breath.
"Good job, brother. I can take it from here."
Spike with his head still facing the ground gave her a thumbs up.
Sunset opened her mouth as she began eating all the flames around her. Once she consumed it all, her body began to change. Her tail became reptilian, thick armor covered her being and she was also much larger that before with sturdy muscles lining her form. Her hooves were long and claw like when the transformation was done, Sunset stood before the enemy with a wicked grin on her face.
"I gave you all 10 extra seconds to live, but you all squandered it. My generosity gone to waste."
The Chaos army backed up in absolute fear.
"But I am still feeling generous today, so I'll make your death's quick and painless. How's that sound?"
The second wave took one step back, only to be incinerated by one breath from her mouth.
"Well, better get started."
Sunset jumped right into the middle of the army. She swiped her tail and eliminated a legion of trotting dead. Another breath of flames took out a squad of Masochists. Sunset wanted to kill the easiest first, saved the strongest and therefore the best for last. More fun that way.
11:45 AM
Mismatch stood from a distance as he watched Sunset demolish the cannon fodder of his army. Just as the Fates predicted. The smile on his face having never left as the battle started.
"Is the spell ready?"
"Yes," the Fates said. "She will make her way over to the Smashers where she will step and activate it.
"Goooood," Mismatch licked his lips in anticipation.
11:50 AM
Sunset cut down two Smashers as they attempted to swing at her in vain. Their bodies burning away to nothing. She eyed the last one who stood still and did nothing. She watched as it laid down his weapon, as if he was accepting his fate.
"Aww, I like it when they fight back. Oh well."
Sunset swiftly moved and impaled her horn through his chest. The Smasher burning away from the inside out.
Then all of a sudden, Sunset began to feel her power being painfully drained from her body. She looked down and her heart stopped.
She was standing on a magic circle. One designed to drain unicorns of her powers. It was a recently invented spell that she heard was used on Twilight Sparkle. She didn't know exactly how she got out of it or how she lasted long enough to free herself. Inquisitor Trixie's changeling said she had some help but it was unconfirmed who and if.
"This is bad. I could get out of this if I had the time, but I don't think they'll give me anything."
"Like that Princess?" Sunset turned to see the chosen Draconequus walk up to her. "We made this spell just for you." Mismatch walked around he as the spell continued to drain her. The dragon features she had acquired disappearing with every second. "It works when a unicorn activates their magic. The more they have flowing through them the more it drains them.”
Sunset looked up at the general with righteous fury in her eyes.
"And all that power? Guess where it goes?"
The unicorn the looked in horror as magic lines began to trace along the ground. They then formed another circle around Mismatch as he began to glow with power.
"Well I think you can guess."
The chaos army soon began to form up around the two of them, laughter rang from their mouths as the circle disappeared and Sunset dropped to the ground, her dragon form now completely gone.
"Now, I'm pretty sure that circle didn't drain you completely. But whatever power you have left is no match for me and the rest of us."
Sunset looked around, she did not like her odds, she had betted her entire win on that transformation. But now she only had her mind and smarts to help her now.
"I could teleport, but I wouldn't get far. Spike still has another bottle of 'Death by Fire' but they won't fall for that trick a second time. Not to mention the fact that this S.O.G. has my power now, I'm have little options here."
"Fates," Mismatch said as the two headed pony walked up to his side. "Tell me, what does the future say?"
The eyes of the Fates glowed as they spoke in unison.
"Sunset Shimmer will die. She will die a painful death."
A drop of sweat dripped from Sunset's forehead.
"You will be hailed as a hero by the followers of Discord, and be instrumental in his release!"
Mismatch smiled, then lifted up his arm as it twisted into some kind of barbaric weapon. He prepared to strike.
"Wait!" The right head cried out. "I see something! Something else!"
"Oh what now!? I am about to claim a great victory for us! What could possible stop this!?"
"I see, a human, clad in armor."
Sunset's eyes widened.
"Nonsense!" The left head exclaimed "Why would a human come to her aid? You are seeing an unlikely scenario."
"No it is true. We must-.....oh no."
"Oh no? What do you mean-" The left head never got to finish its sentence, as an invisible force removed its head from it's shoulders.
"LEFTY!"
The invisible force then soon began to cut and slice the surrounding cultists, causing those behind them to back away. General Mismatch jumped away as the air before him was cut.
Sunset looked around. Then saw the air in front of her shimmer for a second. Then in its place stood a human with blue eyes and tannish hair. In his hands was a large sword that radiated with power, one that was familiar.
"You!"
The human turned to the Princess. A friendly smile on his face.
"Hello Princess, are you alright?"
"I, wha-. Where did you come from!?"
"I was helping to evacuate the village. I'm sorry I couldn't join you sooner."
"Uh, well, fine I suppose I can forgive you for that, this time."
"Thank you your highness, now-" The human faced the army. "I must ask you a very important question."
"What is it?"
"How high can you self levitate yourself?"
"Umm...What?"
"Self Levitation, I have been in your world long enough to know you unicorns can do it all the time."
"I can levitate high enough...wait what do you mean 'been in your world long enough'?"
"Princess, please, it is for you own safety that you not be on the ground when I do this, believe me."
Sunset opened her mouth again, but the tone and seriousness of his voice made her shut it.
"Alright, I'll do it."
Sunset's horn lit up and she began to float a good ten feet in the air.
"But whatever you're gonna do, please do it quickly. I'm still drained from that magic circle."
"Hmm, with pleasure." The human then held up sword as he faced down the army.
11:59 AM
General Mismatch looked at the human with mixture of anger and suspicion. The loss of the Fates meant they no longer had any foresight to what he was about to do next.
"Attempting to sacrifice yourself for her. How noble and foolish of you."
The Draconequus eyes glowed with power again.
"Go ahead, human. Now that I know that you can turn yourself invisible, I will just have to use the Quetzalcoatl to sniff you out."
Mismatch motioned for the winged serpent to come forwards, flames coming out of its nostrils.
The human lowered his sword, but his face never turned into one of fear.
"I have faced many a foe during my lifetime. You my look and act a little different from other monsters I have slain before, but you are still monsters all the same."
Said sword began to glow with a radiance similar to the sun.
"Since you are going against an avatar of the Sun and her daughter, allow me, a Knight of the Sun to face you!"
Both the General Mismatch and were taken back at this revelation.
"Wait," Sunset thought to herself. "This human is a Sun Knight!?"
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The human held up his sword and then threw it up above him.
"My holy sword is the embodiment of the sun. Under the king's command, I will burn all on the surface to the ground."
Once the sword reached a certain height, it let out a blinding flash. Once it was gone, Sunset was flabbergasted at what she saw.
There, hovering not far above her, was a miniature Sun. Her Fire Blood magic was recharging a great deal to confirm that it was no mere imitation.
"The blade of this holy sword is a copy of the sun itself."
A magic circle in the shape of a sun like symbol appeared beneath the human as he held his hand in the air.
"Holy sword of the stars, swing once again!"
A solid ray of light shined down from the small star, which when the human gripped in his hand, the sun shrank until it transformed into a very long blade that he held in his hand.
Then, with one mightily swipe, the human swept away the entire army with a horizontal slash of solar flame in his hand. The blade extended several kilometers as nothing caught in its range was spared. The Cultists, the Needle Hawks, the Destructicorns, the Candigos, even the sole Chaos Mirror and Quetzalcoatl let out dying screams as the sun blessed fire pierced their forms and were silent forever.
Sunset floated down as she slowly walked up to where the human was, she could faintly hear Spike calling out to her in the distance, but was to distracted by the sight she saw.
The entire army of Cultist were now nothing but a field of smoking corpses. She could only make out the hooves of the various ponies, the severed head of the Quetzalcoatl, and the still moving form of General Mismatch.....wait what.
The Chosen of Discord, struggled to get up. His body was burned beyond all hope of saving. The wounds he sustained from that strike were fatal. The only reason he stilled drew breath was due to the power he had absorbed from Sunset earlier.
"Y-you...you think you have accomplished anything!?"
Mismatch tried to stand, but fell as his legs gave out from under him. The muscles that held them up now dead from the burns.
"Even my own death will not stop the advancement of our cause. Discord will be free again and all upon this world will fall into chaos!!"
The Chosen let out one last maniacal laugh before collapsing. His body having given up the ghost.
It was at this point that Spike finally caught up to Sunset. He took a breather before also beholding the field of dead bodies.
"Woah, what happened here?"
Sunset slowly turned to the human before her. Her eyes never leaving him for one second.
"Who are you?"
The human looked at Sunset. His kind blue eyes going well together with his warm smile.
"Oh excuse me, where are my manners? I forgot to formally introduce myself."
The human planted his sword into the ground.
"I am Sir Gawain. I am a Knight of the Round Table who served under King Author."
Berserker made his way through the cave system as he had been doing for the past hour. Even though he was a being under Mad enhancement, he still had the patience to not get agitated from wandering around for to long.
"Still, would be nice to find this secret room by now."
Berserkers prayers were then answered as he saw a light at the end of the tunnel. Once he reached it, he found himself in a large spacious room. Inside was a large spiral hill the twisted from top to bottom. Their was something shining at the top of the underground alter, something that Berserker had come to retrieve.
Not wanting to walk up the spiral walkway. The Knight then began a series of leaps that advanced him up one floor at a time.
Sunset and Spike stood there as Gawian finish giving an explanation of just who and what he was.
Sunset was done processing all this when she spoke again. "So let me recap. You are something called a Heroic Spirit, which is the soul of a great hero who has accomplished many great deeds in your former life."
"Yes,” Gawain nodded.
"Your class of spirit is the Saber class, one of the three great Knight classes."
"Yes."
"And you are also from another world called Earth where the dominant species are humans."
"Yes."
"But, then I have another question."
"Okay."
"How are you here? It would take nothing short of the gods to resurrect someone with full flesh and blood, and the best that my mom can do are Immortal Knights."
"Well, that's something that I can't really tell you. For the security of my world please understand. What I can tell you is that my form is maintained with a supply of mana from my master."
"Oh, well...but aside from all that, what was that thing you did! You just took out that entire army of Cultists in one swipe! It's as if that attack was meant for taking out armies."
"And you would be correct." Gawain held up his sword "This is Excalibur Galantine, my Noble Phantasm. A spirits Noble Phantasm is the crystallization of their greatest legend. For me it is this sword that I wielded in life. A blade whose hilt contains a pseudo sun."
Sunset now knowing just what was in his hand, recognized the power that came off it. Indeed this sword and its wielder used the power of the sun, almost in a way some would only dream of.
"Umm Sunset," Spike said "Aren't you going to ask him what you said earlier."
"Oh right, I forgot. You said you knew who that Black Knight was. Lance something?"
"Lancelot, his name is Sir Lancelot of the Lake."
"Yes, who is he and how do you know him."
"Well that is the thing, Princess. Lancelot was a former Knight of Round Table like me. He was once my brother in arms."
Sunset and Spike looked at each other in shock and back to Gawain.
"What!?" They both said.
"Indeed. You see, Lancelot was not always that Berserker Spirit you see now. Once he was a just knight, caring for justice, honoring women, and loathing evil."
"Well he certainly fell from grace," Sunset said snarkily
"Indeed," Gawain's face then turned into one of some sadness "And I am partially to blame for that."
"Huh?"
"It's not a tale I like to remember, but long story short, Lancelot had an affair with my King’s Queen. And when word got out, the King forgave Lancelot but the Queen was to be put to death. When Lancelot tried to free her...he killed my brother and sister who were guarding her at the time."
Sunset and Spike's face began to reflect the humans sadness. Sunset remembered just how worried she was of losing Spike during the Attack of Nightmare Moon, and how she tried to take better care of him afterwards.
"I loathed him after that. So much that when civil war tore my kingdom apart, I rejected his help. And because of that their was no one there to help the us when the Knight of Treachery killed me and fatally wounded my king. Thus bringing about the end of Britain."
"Wow." Sunset absorbed all this information like a sponge. It was like a medieval romance legend that actually existed. Not that they didn't in this world, but they were rare and mostly fairy tales.
"And so when Lancelot became a heroic spirit, the madness that had gripped his mind as a result of his shame and sin allowed him to manifest as a Berserker. And now that madness has come to your world. Where he continues to fight, seeking the sole meeting that might appease his agony."
Spike thought for a moment. "But wait, that still doesn't explain why he is here. Why he attacked this village in the past and attacked mom. If what you say is true, then spirits like you can only exist on Earth."
"Yeah," Sunset said. "And from what you told us, you aren't just in a different world. You and him are in a whole other universe apparently."
"Actually a whole Multiverse and a Megaverse to be exact."
"What?"
"It's hard to explain."
"Alright, never mind. At any rate, do you know what he is doing? What Lancelot is after and who is the master that keeps him in this world?"
"Yes."
"....Well can you tell us."
"I'm sorry, but I cannot."
"What!? Why?!"
"Believe me I do not agree with the actions Lancelot has taken in the name of his master, but it is not my place to oppose it. And if this is what must happen then I'm sorry, but the child of the creator must return home."
"Wait, What child? What creator?"
"Sorry Princess, but I've have said too much." Gawain's body then began to shimmer as he started to fade from view.
"No wait!"
"One final thing Princess, do not try to interfere with what's to come. I'd feel bad if something happened to you or your mother."
Sunset froze at that last sentence, but any chance she had to ask faded along with him.
"Sunset, what do you think he meant by that?"
The unicorn turned and looked at her brother. Her face a blend of confusion and some worry.
"I don't know, but we'd better tell mom about this."
Berserker reached up with his clawed gauntlets as he finally made it to the top. Pulling himself up, he looked upon the object of his quest.
Resting in a pedestal was a silver blade with a large decorated hole in its hilt. Said hole was tapered at four points on the exterior, further down to the tip were three holes of various size in one section and three more of a much smaller size closer to the end.
Walking up to it, he gripped his hand around the hilt and easily pulled the sword out from its resting place.
Berserker held the blade in his grasp, almost admiring it for a second.
"So, this is one of the legendary Infinity Weapons. I expected more."
Berserker then jumped down from the altar and to the bottom floor. Getting up as if it was nothing, he made his way to the exit.
"At last, the child of the creator will soon be free."
"So, you’re the guy who put Bloody in the hospital."
The heroic spirit stopped in his tracks as he heard a voice from the darkness of the cave. Then out stepped a purple unicorn mare. She had a tattoo of the Sun on her cheek and wore an attire that gave off the impression that she belonged to some sect or religious cult.
"I have to admit, no one has ever beaten Bloody in a battle before."
Berserker said nothing.
"So while I do congratulate you for being the very first person to defeat Bloody in a fight."
A flurry of party streamers and noisemakers flashed for a second.
"I'm sorry to say that you have to die right now." Twilight's appearance suddenly became more demonic and powerful, several spears and lances manifested around her as the look in her eyes became a mix of madness and glee. "So where would you like be impaled first? The heart or the scrotum?"
