//------------------------------// // Chapter 15 Purpose Of Man // Story: Displaced: Crossing Roads // by Slendy //------------------------------// Displaced: Crossing Roads Chapter 15 Purpose Of Man Months. Not that I can keep track, its not something ive ever done, but that was before two beings from another universe entirely dropped into Equestria, now, I was just counting everyday they were here. The thought of them disappearing one day was daunting, and how could it not be? I finally have a life I can be happy about, and yet, it won't last. So I just grunted, flicking my purple mane from my face, as I carefully etched the letters into the metal in front of me, every little detail needed to be perfect, every inch of metal needed to be spaced parted evenly, precise and clear. So when I finally finished, I carefully set the scriber down, as if the very second would cause my day's work to fail completely. When I felt like the world was done messing with me, I looked over my work, inspecting every part of the item, the whole construction was thanks to Discord, and partially due to Erebus, despite his insistence of it not being necessary, but I didn't care. If this single item can atleast help me in the future, i'll gladly work to the bone for its perfection. *Lumos' POV* Right, so I believe I became the equines' most hated person, since every single group, that being the Mane 6 and Vinyl's group now hold a strong lash of displeasure over my comments a week ago. Erebus just took that as a way to keep them from bothering him during this....training, whatever that implied. For me, the only people that still 'talked' to me were Gel, Discord and Selene, well, she would from time-to-time. "Lets see....I can do everything Nox can, and more....except stop the flow of time itself, now how the hell is 'that' not possible?" I questioned myself as I sat on a chair, or floating above it with my ability to suspend time around my body, so levitation over flight "Teleportation. Levitation. Beam blasts. Controlling objects' flow of time. Sword and shield summoning-" I began to list off the top of my head as my body spun upside-down "Unwavering stupidity?" "....'Unwavering-Hey!" I yelled, dropping back to my chair as Selene interpreted my train-of-thought. "I'll have you know, I'm smarter than most people I know, atleast I have the brain-cells to use my head, unlike-and you were being sarcastic, weren't you?" I cut myself off mid-way, noting her amused expression as she sat down, bags under her eyes as she smiled "The way your mouth runs, I was bound to catch something." Oh my Gods, she was listening to Erebus, that takes alot of willpower to even bare his existence. Then she pointed to me. "Why were you floating?" "Why did you skip sleep again?" I retorted and her mouth shut itself, so I mused. "Then I won't answer either, not that it concerns anyone else, since they hate me." "Can you honestly blame them? After....what you said, even to Princess Luna. that was too far, even for you, Lumos." Was she lecturing me on my personality? Here I thought people or ponies couldn't get more judgemental "Sorry that my way of life grates them so; if they hate me, so be it, not like they were helpful back at the Empire, but their purpose in this world is necessary, sadly." I waved off shamelessly, then I got up, clapping my hands together as I made my way for the door. "Reminds me, need to go check with Discord about something, seeya!" "Am I useless? Do I just get in the way of you and Erebus? What about Gel, does she have no use to you?" That made my feet stop, my hand grasping the door-handle as I stared directly at the wood with a mixed expression "No, you just....against something like the Antispiral, yes. But with everything you've done for me, no." I answered, before I turned the handle. "My objective is clear, i'll clean this mess up, then me and Erebus are gone. Sorry this wasn't how you expected it to go." "So that's it? After everything we've done, all the things we've done, you're just going to run away!" Selene's voice yelled, but I wasn't going to play her game, not this time "Yeah, I guess I am, so-" "Stop acting like Erebus, and be Lumos!" That made something in my head click, although now that I think about it, I wish it clicked faster back then, but I was too stupid. My head turned to look at Selene, and the sight nearly killed me more than that bloody Cipher. Tears weld up in her eyes as she tried to look angry, a part of me wish she did "The Lumos I met may have been crazy, sarcastic, apprehensive about most things that are normal. But he didn't run away because his goals changed to something selfish and wrong. You saved us multiple times, you nearly died defending the Empire, I don't care if you did it for Erebus, but you still moved forwards. You always did...." Selene yelled at me with tears, a mixture of anger and grief written across every word she nailed through me "Make a choice...." Again with that echo? But I....she....its not In a flash of blue light, I was gone. "AHHHHHHHH!!!" I yelled on my return to reality, smashing my fist into a tree, causing the trunk to shatter into splinters through the air, before the leaves around me slowly turned black, before they chipped away into dust across the wind, leaving me in an open field of hills. "Gods of above must hate me! Fuck me, fuck, fuck, fuck!" Each curse only seemed to deepen the crater around me as I felt the wakfu leak from my arms in anger, thoughts kept clouding my head, choices of regret wouldn't stop echoing. I should have said something. I should have tired harder. I should do better. I shouldn't have made her cry. "Gods...dammit...." Now I sat on my back, my arms resting on the grass as I stared up at the blue sky, my heartbeat slowly relaxing again as my rage slowly morphed into disgust for myself. "I had a new chance, what did I do? I threw it away like I always do....all because of my 'own' selfish choices. Fun. Fucking-tastic." "Woah....that sounds sad or ruff, or both!" GAH! I nearly teleported out of fear as I looked to my left to see the last equine I expected to see. "Pinkie, what are you doing here?" "Well, I was going to start another prank war with Dashie, but then I got a reeeeealy bad feeling that one of my friends was in trouble, so I began my investigation! I went from the castle, to the library, to Sugarcube Corner...." She was really going into detail, wasn't she? "-Then I found you! I saw you talking about how you hated yourself for hurting Selene's feelings, and that you blamed it on your selfish choices!" "Thanks Pinkie....just continue to add the salt, make it sting." I grunted, but she shook her head "But adding salt would be bad, so I came to add sugar, silly!" Huh? "I wanted to say that its not your fault." "Pinkie. I am, without a doubt, a greedy, lazy, good-for-nothing SOB who deserves to be banished to the sun, hell, even worse than that!" I snapped, pointing to my metal chest. "I did everything because I wanted to have fun, not that I cared, I brought reality down on everyone, and now....now I just destroyed the only good friend I had since Erebus...." I deserve to die "Nope. If you didn't care, why do I still call you a friend?" At that, my head froze, before I looked back at the bubbly mare. "If I wasn't you friend I wouldn't talk to you, but I do because you are, Lulu. Everypony does bad things, but that doesn't mean we are bad, we just have to do better than what we did wrong!" 'Do better than what we did wrong' "I can do....better, even if I destroyed my companionship with everyone?" I asked Pinkie, as something felt right again in my mind, it was right, I can do better, that I can do "Of course, and I can help you too, I trust you!" Pinkie smiled thoughtfully as I smiled a little under my mask, and trust me, that was a difficult thing to do "....Pinkie....thank you....for trusting me to do this." I whispered, before nodding to her. "You're....really smart when you want to be." "Aww, thanks, Lulu!" She blushed with embarrassment, but that nickname....I sound like a girl. "That's because-" "Pinkie. No breaking the forth wall." I reminded for someone in particular as she chuckled "Hehehe....yeah...." Pinkie rubbed the back of her head, then I watched as she sprung to her hooves, her tail twitching wildly like some sort of limb as I watched the sky above us suddenly turn grey, but no sign of rain was visible "Pinkie, does the weather always sporadically appear from thin air?" I asked with a hint of confusion as the thunder rumbled like sheets of metal clanging together. This put my instincts on high alert. "Never-mind, this is nowhere near the level of norm for this world." "My Pinkie Sense is telling me something is about to fall!" She gasped as I turned my head to the village below, my eyes narrowing as my clockwork blade appeared in my grasp, my bandaged fingers slowly locking around the cold hilt "Pinkie, how's about we have a little fun?" To Be Continued.... EXTRAS Lumos: Soooooo anyone else think its been a while since we've been here? Erebus: What do you mean? Lumos: Like....we were telling our story, then we weren't....for like, a really long time Pinkie: That's because the author got bored and worked on another fanfic! Selene: Think it will happen again? Lumos: Hell no! You abandon us again author, and I'll- Erebus: Do nothing, since he writes, we do Selene: Guess it can't be helped Pinkie and Lumos: WE WILL FIND YOU!!! Selene and Erebus: *Sigh Heavily*