Loyalty in Brass: Captain's Ashes

by Mr BHunt


The Captain: Small Freedom

The Captain skidded through the muck and smashed his sword down upon the purple unicorn, but a pair of orange hooves knocked him off course. The Captain spun and smashed into a wall, he silently grunted and pushed from the wall and swung his sword in front of his body, spraying the muck up and at the charging orange pony.

The pony's face got covered by the muck and turned away from the Captain, who quickly stepes forward and pulled back his notched blade, ready to end a piece of the past.

But a blue blur smashes into his side and sent him stumbling, the Captain spun and lashed out with a fist, catching the rainbow haired pegasus as she hovered with a smug look. The pegasus was thrown to the disgusting ground with a yell, then it turned into a scream when the Captain punted her into the air and at a wall.

"That isn't William." The purple unicorn stated as she watched the Captain kick her friend. "That's not the real William."

The Captain let out a snarl from under his torn scarf and pulled his sword close, grabbing the top notch. Then he raised the greatsword and smashed it down, stepping closer with each guillotine slash towards the two unicorns and the pegasus and pink pony. But as the Captain rose his blade up, a massive purple bolt smashed into his face, knocking the Captain off his feat and into the muck. Quickly the Captain started to rise but a pair of powerful orange hooves knocked the air out of his chest with a buck, a thick mist drifted from the Captain's covered mouth and into the foggy air. Then the Captain slowly rose into the air, like a marionette getting dragged, and hug limply. Then the Captain's eye shone just a little brighter then the beastly Captain charged at the orange pony, his notched sword waving wildly in his hand.

The Fog loves this, when the Captain can't stop the Fog from assuming direct control of his body. The Fog gets to finally feel the adrenaline, the joy, the pain! The Fog forces a croaky laugh from the Captain, as the Captain leaps into the air and reverses its grip on its sword.

The Captain plunged through the muck and disappeared.

"What the..?" The cyan pegasus said, full of confusion.

"Now I know that isn't Willy." The pink pony mumbles as the group looked around cautiously for the deadly Captain. Suddenly the sludge erupted into the air and with a roar the Captain appeared, with his arm already pulled back. The Captain smashed its fist into the purple unicorn's cheek, sending her into unconsciousness. The orange pony started to turn to buck the Captain, but was interrupted when the Captain grabbed one of her hind legs and, as he turned, threw the pony at the frozen cyan pegasus.

"Stay back, fiend!" A voice screeched as a large brick was slammed into the back of the Captain's head, sending it head over heels in place. Then the puppet like Captain turned in the air and gazed at the white unicorn, who stood in front of the peach pegasus.

The Fog needed them dead, more food, more blood, no more pests!

The Captain dashed forwards and backhanded the unicorn into the wall next to her, causing a loud crack to echo down the long, sludge filled road. The Captain watched the unicorn slowly slide down the wall and slump down into the muck. Then the Captain turned his eyes upwards, at the peach pegasus, whose hooves covered her eyes as she whimpered.

The Fog thinks this one is a coward, the Fog doesn't care though... it needs to die.

The Captain advanced towards the shivering pegasus, no remorse in his blank eye. The Captain raised its notched sword with both hands and held it in the air for a moment.

Then slammed it down.

But then it stopped.

The Captain's arms shook slightly as his sword hovered just above the pegasi's head, the Captain's eye flashed a dim golden colour before the Captain tried to smash its sword down. But every time, it stopped short. Every time his eye flashed. Every time, a dark figure's horn glowed a dark blue.

The Fog was angry, why did the Captain stop? No matter, the Fog wants that one dea-

"William! Look at me!" The alicorn ordered, the Captain almost immediately straightened up to its feet and locked eyes with the alicorn.

The Fog is very angry, why is the Captain not obeying the Fog? The Fog made the Captain better! Now, the Fog wanted that pony dea-

"William, what happened to you?" The alicorn asked as she stepped closer, her midnight coat a shadow in the Fog. But it seemed to anger the Captain, as he started to hunch over and pull his sword close. "William, don't do-"

"Luna... you left me... abandoned me... you'll just do it again..." The quiet voice stated from the Captain, Luna looked shocked, then she frowned.

"We are here to bring you back home. Please, William, come home." Luna begged as the Captain's eye flashed a few times.

The Fog might've been mad before, but now the Fog is furious. That Captain shouldn't do what it wants to do! The Captain does what the Fog wants! And the Fog wants-

The Captain shakes his head and straightens up, swinging his sword onto his shoulder, his once dim eye glowing a bright golden colour. The Captain then slowly took a glance at the group of ponies, his eye widened at the sight of Rainbow's broken wing and Applejack's twisted hoof, Twilight's bloody mouth and Rarity's black eye. Fluttershy's fearful eyes.

"No... can't... not now... can't..." The Captain said and suddenly leapt high into the air and landed on the top of a building, quickly disappearing when he dropped from view.

"P-princess?" Twilight asked and Luna shook her head.

"That is William, he needs help. But so do you and your friends, come. Let us find some sort of shelter in one of these buildings." Luna said as she lead the group out of the muck and down the long alleyway.


The Captain was staring at the massive ruins of Stronghold 7, crumbled and destroyed. Yet a few towers remain standing, in one of these the Captain saw an old foe, but the Fog hadn't forgotten what happened in that alley. The Captain crumpled to his knees and silently screamed at the sky, his golden eye dimming quickly as a thick Fog covered his body.

The Fog will not let him go.

The Captain tore at his face as the Fog slowly faded into his body.

The Fog will not let her go.

The Captain's arms went limp and his head sagged forwards.

The Fog will not let them go.

The Captain rose to his feet, with a dimmed eye and slouched posture. The Captain looked towards the ruins then leapt down into one of the many streets of Griffinstone, with the Fog pulling his strings.