Loyalty in Brass: Captain's Ashes

by Mr BHunt


The Captain: He fears the Past

The Captain suddenly leapt into the air and to the side, throwing three golden kukri knives from his cloak. The archer leaned to the side and they flew past, but just as quick the archer shot another large arrow at the Captain. The arrow slammed into his chest and sent the beast flying into the sludge pool, suddenly a wave of dense fog blocked the second arrow and left the archer confused and angry.

The Fog will not let the Captain die, the Fog needs to feast, the Captain brings feast, the Captain will live!

Suddenly the figure jerked forward, the archer looked around when he was yanked off the roof. But the archer grabbed the bottom of his mounted greatbow and started to climb back up, but then he found a kukri sticking out of his chest. The archer fell from the roof and landed with a splash, then as the archer rose he was dragged under the filth by the Captain. The archer suddenly erupted through the muck on a large golden pike, his body twitching from the blinding attack. The Captain dragged himself through the bog after his brand of crucifixion and tried to think about why that horse is so important, for it's the only thing he can think of. The Captain looked to his left and spotted himself in a yet to be shattered window, except he was standing tall and had a white coat. The Mirror Captain stared at the Captain with pity and shook his head, the Captain growled and threw a kukri. But the window just cracked and split the Mirror Captain, who grinned and opened his arms for a hug, but the Captain just threw another kukri at the window and shattered it.

The Fog worries, that image always pops up in any reflective surface, thus why most of the windows are shattered and broken. The Fog always worries if the Captain will return to normal, for if it does, then who'll feed the Fog?

The Captain crawled further through the sludge, suddenly something touched his hand and caused the Captain to rear back. A talon was grasping wildly from the muck, then the face of a griffin appeared. But the griffin had an aura of red mist hovering around it, the Captain sniffed the air and snarled. The Captain lifted his sword and slammed it down on the griffin, who let out a squawk of pain. The Captan looked down the rest of the sludgy road and saw a few more griffins with that red aura rising from the muck, so the Captain took an alleyway to the side.

Suddenly the Captain came across a large wooden barrier, the Captain growled and leapt into the air and landed on the top of the barrier. On the other side was a large group of griffins, wearing leather cuirasses and bandanas around their beaks but some wore metal masks instead. The group yelled when they spotted the Captain and scattered to get out of the muck, but then a large figure appeared from the shadows wielding a large weapon. The figure caused more panic among the terrified griffins and many ran back at the Captain, who quickly cut them down. The large figure glared at the remaining griffins and swung his weapon around, then a massive jet of fire erupted from the weapon and covered the griffins in flames.

The Fog hated fire, it burned to the touch and since the Fog was everywhere the flames always hurt the Fog. The Fog quickly yanked the weapon from the figure and smashed it against a house, then the Captain lunged over the burning griffins and pierced the figure's chest.

The Fog quickly ate away at the bodies as the Captain let their blood climb his sword, suddenly a dark shape fluttered in the corner of the Captain's gaze. It snapped its gaze around and caught sight of a dark coloured horse, its blue eyes stirring something within the Captain. The Captain suddenly threw out its right hand and a hail of kukri spun towards the horse, but it suddenly flew into the air and made the Captain snarl.

"William?" A voice pierced the air and the Captain froze, then turned to look over his shoulder at the newcomer. A purple unicorn, wide eyes staring at the Captain.

"Is it him, he doesn't look right." Another voice said to its left, the Captain turned to look at a blue pegasus hovering in the air near the unicorn, its rainbow hair giving the Captain the urge to tear it out.

"It's him alright, he's still wearing that hat." A orange horse appeared next to the pegasus, a freckled face and a strange hat on its head. The Captain crouched lower into the muck and almost got ready to charge there and then.

"But... he looks sick." A soft voice makes the Captain unnerved as it spots its owner, a peachy pegasus hiding behind the two grounded threats. "Um... he looks mad, I mean... grumpy at us?" The pegasus said quietly as it disappeared behind the horse and unicorn.

"Well we've searched for a week now and we've finally found him, why would he be mad?" That rainbow filth asks.

"Ah have no clue, Rainbow, but Ah don't think we can change his attitude." The horse states, the Captain pushes his left foot back a tiny bit and glared at the group.

"Well I for one what to get out of this horrid place, it's so disgusting!" Another unicorn, white and snobbish and ready for the Captain's blade. Suddenly a pink horse appeared in front of the Captain, eyes filled with joy.

"Willy! It's been so long! You know, after you where thrown by that big nasty-" The pink horse stops talking and takes a step back, its eyes now filled with fear. "Y-you're not Willy!" Suddenly the Captain lashes out with his hand and wraps his fingers around the horse's throat, then as the Captain gets ready to crush the annoyance a powerful bolt of magic hits its hand and causes the Captain to drop the pest. Then the Captain looks up, into the blue eyes of a winged horse, they lock eyes for a few seconds before the Captain roars at the sky and leaps at the group, blade raised and ready for blood.