//------------------------------// // Late Night Free Falling // Story: The Cost Of A Chaotic Life // by BaronLostHeart //------------------------------// I don't know what's worse......forcefully learning to be a perfect warrior or having a princess annoy the hell out of me.....of course I gave her good reason to..... “It’s choice time Baron.....blast the rock and it will shatter showering you with rocks in which I will soon slash at you finishing you off, and if you blast me you’ll only push me back a bit not really hurting me as I can take a hit while the rock will fall upon you entirely then break on you possibly crushing you......you only have about 40 seconds before I just dump the rock on you.” I scan for any other options and soon notice the fractured floor, and without hesitation I shoot the ground expanding the crack “Now it’s choice time for you Gale.....you either throw the rock and shatter the ground you’re standing on....or you just stand there and let the weight of the boulder crush you and drop your body in the lava below.....tick tock Gale....” I walk off after I finish this last sentence leaving Gale to his certain demise. “Nice one Baron you’re really getting the hang of leaving people to their certain demise or causing it yourself aren’t you?” Ruby says to me happy at my murderous streak “I’d rather not have that involved in my daily quota.....” I say towards the happy spirit “Seems too late for that now boy.” “I-IMPOSSIBLE......B-BARON HAS.....OUTSMARTED....AND DEFEATED....THE MIGHTY GALE....” Clawfang says amazed on how I left Gale between a rock and a hard place just to die. As I walk towards the lift something in my mind repeatedly bugs me and soon forces me to a halt “Baron why’d you stop?” “Because this challenge isn’t over.....not until we both walk out of here!” with this said i toss a rock in the air and when it aligns with my gun I blast it towards the boulder above Gale’s head “GALE HEADS UP AND PREPARE YOURSELF FOR FLIGHT!” “What?” is all Gale says as he see the rock above him explode and as it does he quickly flies off and the ground he was standing on as well as half the arena collapse into the lava. “Baron.......WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!” Ruby says scolding my last action “Because the fight is over and he doesn’t deserve that fate....” I get on the lift as I finish answering Ruby’s question and soon Gale does the same with the other lift and I walk in with him into Clawfang’s area again “Amazing.....you had the stage set to your advantage and leave off Gale for dead, but instead you saved him.....why if you already won....why would you save your opponent?” “Gale had no reason to die so early....I just let him live for a purpose even I cannot answer...” “Another question Baron...where did that increase in your strength come from?” “Right I never showed you guys....Ruby show yourself to them” and with that Ruby appeared before Pure, Gale, and Clawfang. “WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!” the three of them say in unison. “Ruby Flames...one of the ex generals of Discord.” Kei says as she walks into Clawfangs room only to be glared at by Pure. “So this is what became of the generals that followed the every whim of the god of chaos?” Clawfang said towards Ruby “Well only me....what happened to the other idiots is none of my concern.” “Wow....you make it sound as if you were each others tabuu....” “Do you get along with the people you fight with?” as Ruby says this Pure, Kei, Gale, and Clawfang look away from each other “Good point.....well you have proven your right to leave.....what will you do now?” “Other then finding Ruby’s body....I want to join you outsiders.” “Well you certainly proved your metal.....but are you sure?” “Positive....you seem to have a good amount of information on this land more the princesses do...and info is what I need more than anything at the moment.” “Alright then...here take this badge....it shows you are now a part of the outsiders among us...it also acts as a teleportation device....use it and get sent back here to Honorbound at anytime you want or when we request you to return.” “Great this will be good.....but can I have my bludgeon back?” “If it’s a weapon that came from you it should return to you when you call its name.” After Clawfang finishes I become confused “Its name......I didn’t know it needed one...” I say which seems to anger him “Then how can you hold the weapon of a warrior without even naming it.......unacceptable boy fix that problem at once.” “Ruby did you know anything about this?” I ask the spirit next to me “Yes.....I was wondering when you would name it as well.....now I see that you didn’t even know about......what a disgrace!” “How was I supposed to.....alright then I guess my weapons name can be....Angel Wings!” As I say this Ruby laughs at it “Ha....how ironic....that weapon was formed from the powers of Discord in you reacting to my abilities.....and Discord is no angel.” “Whatever.......alright....ANGEL WINGS TO ME.” And like Clawfang said the weapon flew to me however not knowing the full use of this it ended up hitting me in the head “Ow......I take it that wasn’t supposed was it...” “No.....but you will learn boy.....hopefully.....Baron you get your natural abilities enhanced with the help of the that ex general.....come to me when something....strange with your abilities occurs..” as he says this I accept confused by what he means. The five of us leave the building and head outside into the center of the city and it seems to have gotten late “What.....how long was I taking to finish those challenges?” “About eight hours plus the four you spent passed out......yep its an hour after midnight.” “WHAT? and you say it as if it were nothing...” “Well we barely sleep with all the things we do here so this is natural for us.....by the way Baron why did you have that token of the Princess?” “Celestia gave it to me to check my location in case I got lost on my way to ponyville....or anyplace for that matter....anyway I have to return on my path to ponyville. “Well her ability to find you here isn’t possible unless she has an outsider medal like yours until you leave this area and head back into the wasteland area.....plus we want you to act as a spy for us when near the princess....she is the reason so many people have gotten thrown in the wasteland.” “What the....fine then i’m your new spy....I guess i’m off then.....i’ll return when either I need more things to know or when you request of me until then I bid you farewell.” I walk out of Honorbound and head back into the heart of the wasteland which was much cooler thanks to the moon being out instead of the sun. “Hey Ruby tell me something....how come you’re not in your true form seeing as we are back in your home?” I ask my companion “Because it’s weaker than the form I have now...” “Nothing is truly weak.....come on turn back into it.” I ask hoping he would change back "No you don't understand...." “Fine if will get you off my back...” Ruby turns from a human spirit into that of a pegasus that was ignited on fire “There....happy now?” “Wow......you look way better in this form then the other.....a living fire ball.....how is that weak to you?” I say to the pegasus spirit “Yea...whatever...” As we made our way out of the city we soon lost all view of honorbound and my the token that Celestia gave me started glowing “I take it she’ll be here soon.....great...” “Hey Baron I need something for you to do.” Ruby says to me “Alright a sidequest.....what is it?” “Discord possible knows i’m back, but he may think I forgot my hatred towards him...so to get on his good side...I want you to help me get rid of the elements of harmony.....no just one will be efficient to make him fully believe i’m still with him.” I sigh at his request, but cannot argue so I agree “Fine if will help us get to Discord faster i’ll accept this “little” sidequest, but do you even know who represents them?” “No, but it can’t be too difficult to find one of them....” We keep walking and soon we hear something call to out to us....it was Celestia “Ah so you are still alive!” “Oh its you......I didn’t think you would care so much to see a piece of someone you despise alive.” “Will you quit it.....you haven’t shown any hostility.....yet so i’m glad that an ally is still alive.” “Oh so i’m an ally to you then...” “Listen it’s very late for me to get you in a train to ponyville.....so I guess you’re going to have to hop on for a ride to ponyville.”as she says this I just had to talk back “Whoa....not until we get to know each other better.....or at least after the third date.” “Alright now I know you’re still mad at me....just get on....the sooner we get to ponyville the sooner you will not have to deal with me.” “Now you’re talking....” I get on the giant alicorn and without warning she takes off dropping me into the ground “YOU DID THAT ON PURPOSE!” me and Ruby say aggravated at the alicorn “Opps...did I...my bad...it won’t happen again.” I get back on and this time I tug on her mane the second she tries to drop me again “Ugh ok i’m sorry.....just please let go.” We both endure each other's presence until she speaks up “I’m amazed you haven’t fallen asleep yet......given by the fact that it’s three hours after midnight.” “I can’t sleep......my body won’t let me....and when by some small chance I do sleep nightmares get to me almost immediately....they usually represent something that torments me, and someone who hates me or vice versa.” “Wow...i’m sorry about that....” “Don’t be.....you aren’t the reason I have nightmares.....at least not yet...so lets continue the flight to where I need to go.” We soon fly over a forest and soon see a small town in the horizon which was a pleasant sight until I fell off Celestia “AH DAMMIT WHY ME......” I land in the forest in a painful crash just as when I first arrived in Equestria and soon Celestia flies down “Are you alright?” “Yea......just leave me off here.....I can get to Ponyville on foot from here.” I tell the sun princess who is still unsure about letting me walk alone “Are you sure you can.....I mean seeing last time you tried walking on your own....” “Trust me i’ve seen the path from here to town and I will be giving the directions not Ruby.” and as I say this Ruby speaks up “Aw you need to trust me more!” “Fine then.....oh here you may need this.....seeing as I doubt you will have our lands form of currency...goodbye for now.” She flies off leaving a bag of four thousand coins “Well I guess this is the luxury of knowing the princess of the sun.....” I walk through the forest in the direction of Ponyville “Well lets see what the residents will do after they see me.....something about this forest seems off though.......” I say weirded out by the forest “The name escapes me, but something is weird about this forest...” Ruby says also weirded out by the forest. “I doubt this place hides something we can’t handle......whatever is out here......we will be ready for it!” I tread deeper into the forest with my guard up prepared for anything it had to send at me.