I stopped at the front of the door and carefully opened it to reveal an isolated room with lights and wires scattered around the place.
I closed the door gently and looked around, “What is this place?” I ask myself
My eyes scoured over the room until I came across an unusually large canister with something moving inside it.
I moved towards the canister carefully and cautiously because if this was a trap, then I was going to die knowing that curiosity killed the cat.
I stopped in front of the canister and got a good look at what was moving about inside, it looked like a black, gooey blob that seems to live its life going back and forth in the canister. I got closer to the blob before it stopped moving and pushed itself in my direction as almost if it wanted to touch me.
Before I could decide my next move, the door I came through busted open and out came five ponies in highly advanced armor. They were all green and their eyes were a dark purple, all of them were unicorns and they seemed… possessed. Their armor was like a jumpsuit that covered their entire body except their head and it was the color light blue and neon orange.
The biggest of the five unicorns came forward and spoke in a cool but threatening tone, “Subject 458, you are to be put in your place, surrender peacefully or be eradicated from this world.”
I blinked at this, especially since I had my own Subject number and everything, but that I had to either surrender or be eradicated which is a word I didn’t even know existed but I guess it means destroyed.
“I cannot surrender to you, never have and never will.” I said confidently as I took my battle stance which looked like a pony begging for mercy.
The leader gave no response but from his suit sprouted an energy cannon which fired an electric beam at me which hit me square in the chest and slammed me into the canister, and thanks to my clumsy self, I broke it.
The canister was sent flying into the wall where it broke in half and the blob was moving around the place unharmed.
Before I could do anything about that, the rest of the psychopathic unicorns sprouted energy cannons and began firing straight at me and I closed my eyes and held my hoof out instinctively but it never made contact with me at all. I opened my eyes and gasped loudly because my hoof was engulfed with the black blob and it created a huge shield in front of me which blocked the electrical beams from hitting me. My other hoof shot out a black tentacle which grabbed one of the unicorns and slammed it into the other two. The shield was disabled and I used my super strength to lift the broken canister in my hoof and threw it towards the leader who received my gift graciously with his skull with a loud CRACK!!!
The last unicorn was shaking with fear as he looked at me and fired an electrical beam at me, which made contact with my leg and busted it to the bone.
I cried out in pain but then the pain stopped abruptly which left me confused. I looked down at my leg and saw that the wound was regenerating more quicker than I realised because it only took a total of 4 seconds to heal the large gash in my leg. I moved it and surprised that I felt no pain at all, the unicorn prepared to fire another shot but the same black blob tentacle thing shot out of my leg and hit the unicorn unconscious.
I recoiled my leg in shock. “What happened to me?” I asked myself
A voice in my head suddenly responded, “Hello Manny.”
I jumped at the voice in my head and ran into a wall in panic. I took a breath and calmed down, thinking that I was going crazy and I need to seek help immediately.
“You are not going crazy, Manny.” the voice in my head responded “No hospital can help you because I am simply something that cannot be cured but the thing you don’t realize is that you are the cure.”
I was literally about to freak out but then it dawned to me that this voice was the same I heard in my dream three years ago. This thing inside me was the voice of the figure that I saw in that mirror in that dream which was the night that my parents disappeared.
I calmed down and asked aloud, “Who are you exactly?”
The voice did not respond which got me worried that I asked a bad question so I decided that I should probably get out of this crazy lab.
I ran towards the door I should have gone through in the first place but luckily it was still intact. I push the door open a little too hard because it flew off the hinges and slammed in the door beyond it which also blew off the hinges. I stood there in shock and looked at myself fearfully wondering one question How powerful am I now?
As if hearing my thoughts, I got a response from the voice inside my head and it said, “You have strength that rivals my own, you are capable of lifting a building with a little effort put into it.”
This got my attention as I walked out of the cave but this time I didn’t arrive anywhere near my house because I was currently on a cliff edge overlooking a small town that is at least ten miles from where I am, also it was nighttime.
I squinted at the village but my vision seemed to have been enhanced as well because I recognize the familiar Sugarcube Corner which meant I was looking at Ponyville, I looked over Ponyville and what I caught my eye was that Everfree Forest was beyond the town so that must mean...
“I am on the other side of Everfree Forest!” I shouted in shock as I sat down on my flank
“Yes, we are.” The voice confirmed
I was getting tired of this voice in my head so I repeated my question, “Who are you?”
This time the voice responded differently because out of my chest came a slimy blob with the head of the terrifying figure I saw in my dream three years ago. It had the same milky white eyes curved into the back of its eyes and the same rows of hundreds of sharp teeth.
It looked at me and responded, “I am Venom, I am inside you Manny. I can read your thoughts and see your memories and know everything you know. Whatever you see I see, Whatever you hear I hear and Whatever you eat…” Venom got closer to my face “I eat.”
I got a bad feeling about that last part so I asked another question, “How much do you know about Quetzo?”
Venom growled when I mentioned that name, “He is a very dangerous being and mainly kept me hidden and gave me subjects to bond with but it never succeeded.”
Venom retreated back inside my body which creeped me out a lot but awakened a confusing question that has been in my mind.
“ How come the bond between me and you worked?” I asked
“You have an extraordinary extent of abilities but the one that made the bond successful was you Accelerated Healing Factor which heals any damage to your body 65 times faster than a regular mortal along with your abilities like super strength, super speed, enhanced senses but that is your abilities and I did not even show what I can give you.” Venom responded in a happy tone.
I was surprised at the healing part but confused on what Venom meant with ‘the abilities he can give me.’
“What do you mean ‘the abilities’ you can give me? I asked
Instead of a response, the black substance starts to cover my entire body until I was standing seven feet tall on two legs, immensely muscular and had razor sharp teeth.
“WHOA WHAT THE-” I shouted out in shock as my new hands felt my head and body.
“These are the abilities I have so basically the both of us together will equal instant victory over anyone who dares to challenge us.” Venom spoke with confidence
I felt a lot more stronger than before so then I looked towards the village and then at the moon which shone brightly in the dark sky.
I looked towards Ponyville and made up my mind, “How about we crash in at Ponyville tonight, buddy?” I suggested
“Sounds good.” Venom replied in my mind
I wanted to test out my new body so I looked around the cliff for a way down but my new friend had other ideas.
“Jump.” Venom simply said
I widened my milky eyes at this because it was a hundred foot drop in order to reach the ground and turn into a pancake.
“Are you crazy!?” I shouted at Venom “We’re not going to survive that!”
“You survived an electric wound to your leg which healed in less than four seconds, this is a piece of cake.” Venom responded
I took a deep breath and looked towards Ponyville, maybe having second thoughts about crashing in there for the night but then my parents came into my mind and my body happily responded by me jumping off the cliff.
I wanted to scream like a little filly but I had confidence blazing through my body as I approached the ground and when I did, I jumped with all my strength as soon as my feet touched the ground and shot into the sky like a pegasus. I jumped so high that I touched the clouds with my hands but then occurred to me that I was going to land smack in the middle of town.
I started to panic but once again, my new friend surprised me. From my back sprouted a pair of giant wings and Venom took control and flew me down behind a wagon which when I reappeared, I was back in my normal pony form.
“That was terrifying but I gotta admit, it felt good to have wings.” I concluded
“Yes it was Manny, you see that is just the tip of the iceberg, we can do so much more.” Venom responded
The more I thought I about my powers, the more I started to fear because I wonder how much did that Uranium Requiem change in me?
This ran through my head until I heard a crowd cheer in the building in front of me which made me realize why I did not see any ponies out here and it would explain why it is so quiet outside.
“We should find out what is going on.” Venom suggested “It can give us an idea of why everypony in Ponyville is gathered in one place and give us an idea of what we are up against.”
I had already walked and opened the door gently which was a tap of my leg against the door when Venom mentioned the ‘what we are up against’ part which made strike up another conversation with him as I dodged through the crowd of ponies.
“What do you mean ‘what we are up against’ huh?” I asked
“When I was imprisoned in that dreadful laboratory, Quetzo talked about an organization that he designed himself to take down the most powerful beings on this planet using my enemies, he called this organization called RAGNAROK which consists of dreadful monsters, deadly criminals and murderers also other symbiotes like me who will stop at nothing to conquer this planet and overthrow the current leader also known as Princess Celestia.”
Now that was a mouthful of information to digest and process which meant I was up against something very powerful and could harm Equestria so this means that I will have to be the one to stand hoof to hoof with Quetzo and his goons.
“Remember Manny, me and you together, we can overcome anything that stands in our path.” Venom assured me
I made it to the front of the crowd where there was a stage and a balcony above it with the curtains sealing whatever was on the other side of it.
I waited patiently for whatever the event that was going to take place, it was going to happen soon. I heard an exciting laugh to my right and saw a pink maned earth pony with the cutie mark of three balloons and a lavender unicorn with a baby dragon on her back and with the cutie mark of a pink star with five smaller stars around it. The pink maned earth pony was all cheerful and jumpy in what seems to be a conversation while the lavender unicorn looked very annoyed.
“Everypony here seems awfully excited about this event but the lavender unicorn looks worried about something.” Venom comments
Now that Venom mentioned it, I see the unicorn gazing at the moon every once in a while which I found very strange and weird.
An old mare appears on the stage and the spotlight falls on her, who I believe her name was Mayor Mare, and she begins to speak, “Fillies and gentlecolts, as the mayor of Ponyville it is my great pleasure to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration.”
Everypony cheers except for me but I had to blend in so I ‘cheered’ with them.
“So that’s why everypony is here.” I whispered quietly to myself
“Yes indeed.” Venom agrees
“In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise and celebrate the longest day of the year.” Mayor Mare continued
I suddenly received this feeling in the back of my head which made me turn my towards the moon, just in time to see a light flash emitted on it.
“Did you see that?” I asked Venom
“Something is going to happen and whatever it is, it is not going to be good.” Venom responded with concern in his voice
Mayor Mare continued, “And now it is my greatest honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the Sun and the Moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equestria… Princess Celestia!!!”
Birds that were directed by a yellow pegasus began to sing and a purple maned white unicorn unveiled the curtains to reveal nothing.
Everypony gasped and began murmuring among each other as Mayor Mare calms down the crowd.
The hyper pink earth pony was jumping up and down saying that the Princess could be playing hide and seek.
But that hope was destroyed when the white unicorn mare reappeared on the balcony and announced, “She’s gone.” in a what seems to me a british accent.
Everypony was now on the verge of panic and I was thinking where the princess could be.
Suddenly the hyper pink pony screamed and everypony looked to what she was screaming at which was the balcony.
From the darkness behind the curtains came a starry cloud of smoke that solidified into a midnight black alicorn with the symbol of a crescent moon as her cutie mark.
Everypony gasped and shivered underneath her gaze as she gazed over the crowd of innocents.
“I don’t like this at all.” Venom said
“Obviously, this is something ponies don’t see everyday.” I responded
“I am not talking about the midnight alicorn.” Venom clarified
Now this got me more confused but I zoned out too much because once I got back with reality, a cowgirl looking pony was restraining a rainbow maned pegasus from attacking the alicorn and the hyper pink pony was talking with her mouth full.
The midnight alicorn was talking to the white female unicorn, “Did you not see the signs?” she asked in a raspy voice
“I did.” a voice responded and it belonged to the lavender unicorn as she stepped forward confidently “You’re The Mare in The Moon, Nightmare Moon.”
Everypony gasped fearfully at the name but unfortunately for me that name was not familiar, my parents told me peaceful stories at night.
Nightmare Moon looked surprised, “Wel well well, somepony has been studying, then you must know what I am here to do?” she asked the lavender unicorn
This time the lavender unicorn did not give a proper response because it went something like this, “You’re here to… um.”
Nightmare Moon laughed maniacally and she spoke, “As much as I would like to stick around and chat, I have a planet to put in eternal darkness FOREVER!!!!”
Nightmare Moon laughed as her horn released a starry cloud of darkness that swirled into a tornado above her.
Mayor Mare pointed at her and shouted, “Seize her, only she knows where the princess is!!”
Some pegasi in golden armor flew towards Nightmare Moon but she shouted, “STAND BACK YOU FOOLS!!!” and lightning shot out of the cloud and blasted the pegasi guards head on and they began to fall to the ground.
Venom and I got angry because not only this mare was evil but she hurt innocent civilians. I ran forward, extended my legs and decided to take matters into my own hooves. I jumped with incredible strength and speed and grabbed all three guards in midair from crashing to the ground, I gently set them down.
NIghtmare Moon looked at me with shock before she composed herself and asked, “Who are you?”
I confidently responded, “My name is Manny, and I would very much like you tell me where is the Princess or I’ll use my powers to beat the answer out of you.”
Everypony was staring at the standoff between me and Nightmare Moon with awestruck expressions but to my confusion, she started laughing.
“This is new, a hero standing against me huh, hahahahaha, I would love to deal with you but I have others who can do that.” Nightmare Moon said and waved her hoof.
A portal opened from the ceiling and out dropped thirty of the technological armored unicorns but with helmets on, they created a barricade between me and Nightmare Moon and activated their energy cannons with targeting lasers pointing right at me.
“Now lets see how brave you are, hero.” Nightmare Moon said in a cold tone.