//------------------------------// // Love isn't for the undead // Story: Fallen Order // by Jar Man //------------------------------// It was like any other day in Equestria. By any other day I mean killing things and getting paid, me and they boys were walking to Ponyville with a demon from Taurteris tied up. We found the fucker trying to eat a kid so we beat the crap out of him and now we're taking him back to where it belongs. "Good Lord you're heavy what did you eat last time?" Kelso complained. "It's gonna be your soul welp!" The demon screeched. I turned around and punched the demons injured leg causing him to yell out in pain. We were just outside Ponyville when a bright light flashed from the town. I looked at Colin and Kelso then we picked up the pace. We arrived at the library and say the whole town surrounding Twilight. I pushed through the crowed and when I saw Twilight I noticed she had wings. "Whoa" I said in surprise. The girls went up to her and were complimenting her wings. Kelso weaved his way through and tossed the demon then out a foot on his head. "We got the demon!" He announced but no one cared. Celestia did though and she patted him on the back, then walked over to Twilight. As they talked I looked at the demon then my sword, he shook his head as he knew what I was thinking but I already made my decision. I picked up the head and placed it on a pike just outside the forest as a warning to any other creatures of darkness. We sat on a bench as the girls were helping Twilight with flying which was hilarious to watch, at one point she crashed into the library then some how flew out of a different house. "Twilight put your back into it!" Rainbow Dash encouraged as the purple pony lady flew into a tree for the 3rd time. It was really late so me and the boys went back to the castle and slept the rest of the time. Its been a few days and Twilight knows how to fly sorta. Well more like crash and burn but its better than nothing. I went to the war room to plan out my next course of action to find Tirek, he's still in the bad lands and from what I've heard he's growing a bigger force than last time. I had those nightmares again but I had Twilight put a spell on my head so Luna couldn't see them. I keep seeing the same battle field with dead soldiers everywhere but this time instead of just Celestia it was her and Tirek, we were all trying to kill each other but every time it would end the same with an explosion. I stopped thinking about it and began to make a move. "Kelso how would you feel about going to a place where demons are born?" I looked at him with a big grin on my face. "You mean go to hell?" I nodded. "Sure" The only ones that would go are Me and Kelso, I was gonna leave Colin behind to make sure no one came looking for us. Although I could just not tell anyone and make it simpler. The map showed the entrance to Tartarus which was under the Canterlot mountain, we packed up our stuff and left during the night. (Tartaruis's entrance) "Wow it looks a lot bigger in person" I said going up to touch the door. My hand reached the door then a surge went through my body. I saw visions of demons from every corner of hell and a fate worse then death. The souls of the damned reach out to me trying to pull me in, I felt a force pull me back and then the visions stopped. "Oh my God dude what happend!?" Kelso was trying to stop me from falling. I looked at him and felt tears go down my face. I took off my helmet and rubbed off the tears but when I looked at my hands it was covered in black liquid. I looked at Kelso who backed away a bit. Another surge shot through me making me fall to the ground in pain, it felt like I was being eaten from the inside and out. I gripped my cross necklace and the pain suddenly stopped. I gasped out of pain and relief taking deep breathes. "Dude, what the ever loving fuck was that?" Kelso sounded terrified and rightfully so. "I...I don't know but that door is a bitch" I put my helmet on and kicked the doors open. We entered the dark abyss, right when we crossed into the darkness the doors slammed shut, causing us to jump. Kelso pulled picked up a torch that stuck in the wall and it lit immediately. We walked through the darkness then arrived at a set of stairs going down, I put the cat ring on along with Kelso and he jumped first. After seeing the torch almost fade I heard Kelsos voice. "Bro it's fucking cold down here!" He shouted up to me. I jumped down soon after and landed on some wet rocks. "Lets go shall we?" I walked down a narrow path. "So what exactly are we looking for?" "We'll Tireks getting demons from Tartarus and if they ain't going through the door it had to be a portal and we are gonna stop it" "Okay cool" Growls came from the shadows but none dared to attack probably cause of my cross or our badassery. We stopped at a cliff and saw the whole lay out of the place, one side was full of demons entering a yellow light and the other was a prison of some sorts. I pulled out some binoculars and looked for a weakness in the portal. "I see you" I could see a yellow Crystal that looked like the red one we have from the mountain ruins. That's when i got the idea to use it to get us home but i don't want the demons to get in. Kelso tapped my shoulder and pointed towards a group of demons In the center. I looked over and saw a tall one with a crown and it was kneeling in front of a skull, it looked like a titans skull from the revelations story. "We need to get that yellow Crystal from them" I nudge Kelso "And how will we do that?"Kelso laid on his side picking at the rocks. "Well we could just fight our way through but we may die in the process or..." I looked over to him and he looked at me then realized what I was thinking. "No...Oh no" (20 minutes later) I watched as Kelso walked towards the demons. I took my chance and started climbing the walls, I had to be quick so Kelso wouldn't die and we could escape with the Crystal. The rocks were perfecr for me to climb and not to long I was right above the Crystal. "Okay now time to ghost recon this shit" I pulled out a grappling hook and slowly made my way down. Kelso was now next to a group of demons who paid hkm no mind due to his dark colors of his armor. He pulled out a handful of fire bombs then walked away lighting a match. "Praise the Sun...bitch" He tossed the match into the bombs causing them to blow up killing demons in a huge radius. I grabbed the Crystal and lowered myself to Kelso, I grabbed his hand and swung back to the cliff. Now The demons were on our asses, we ran through the darkness using the Crystal as light. We had to stop and cut down the bastards in front of us then behind us. "Dude I forgot about the escape plan!"  I couldn't tell but Kelso was staring at me like I was some idiot. We made it to the stairs and started running, I heard Kelso slip and he fell into the crowd of demons. I laughed out of hilarity of him dying from falling again but still felt bad. I made it to the top and tumbled to the doors. I pushed against them but they wouldn't budge. "Where's the fucking pull handles!?" I yelled. They were closing in so I pulled out my sword and started beating their asses back to the hole. I ripped one of their heads off and proceeded to beat the other with it. (Sol) I saw Kelso at the entrance throwing up his hands. "Dude...that was the most intense shit I've ever done even though I died"  he laughed. I was just in front of him when a sharp pain went through my head and my vision went red. I grabbed my helmet then threw it off and started slamming my head against a tree trying to stop the pain. Kelso ran over and pulled me away and dragged me inside, the pain was excruciating and I just wanted to kill it. I heard someone call for help and then i was sat on a bed clutching my head. "Kelso what the fuck happened man?!" I heard Colin yell. "We were just walking through the woods and then his head started to hurt" she sheepishly smiled. The pain subsided and left a head ache as a gift. "What's up with his eye, why is it all red and scary looking?" I stopped moving and went to the mirror. My left eye looked like it was the eye of sauron, I always wanted to get those eye contact's but not like this. I pressed under my eye and black ooze started seeping out from the pain like tears. "This is what happens when you go for a walk in the woods" Twilights voice came from the door. I flinched and looked at her, she was angry with us...well more like me. "What were you thinking going to Tartarus??" She stalked towards me. "Hey we had to stop Tirek from getting reinforcements and didn't want to risk anyone dying so..." I defended quietly. "That doesn't excuse you breaking into the most dangerous place on Equis! Do you like getting hurt, do you enjoy the pain?" "Not really that part kinda sucks" Kelso answered. Twilight glared at him making him shut up. "When will the fighting stop?" She looked me in the eyes. I didn't really know when it would stop, maybe with Tirek or...Celestia. "It will stop when we defeat Tirek and his head is on a pike" I answered. She crossed her arms "What if there's another?" "Then we'll kick their ass too until every demon,monster and all other evil is back in their place" I prided myself. "What if it never stops, what if one day you die and never come back?" She had tears in her eyes, I knew we would come back we were cursed with the seal...right? I never really thought about a limit on dying since we've died multiple times and came back. If we did have a limit then that's not good since we only have a few hundred embers I farmed from rats and bosses. "We won't die permanently until the curse is gone I promise, and that doesn't mean test every way to kill us though" I joked but she didn't seem to smile. "I just don't want my friends to end up dying and not coming home one day" I felt a little bad about making her worry but I didn't regret my decision. After our little argument we took the Crystal to Celestia, I hoped she would be able to use it to make a portal home. I also got my ass chewed out by her, we left in a hurry after that. The nightmares have gotten worse too, I would end up waking the others from my screams. Twilight suggested again I talk to Luna about it but I just brushed her off. I don't know why everyone keeps saying I need help when I clearly don't, its not like I'm going insane. I stopped sleeping as much as I could to prevent the dreams and so far it's working thanks to Rainbow Dash's energy drinks, she recommended I sleep too but I of course didn't listen. I later found out Twilight took off the spell to 'help' me so I was on edge for a while, I just needed to stay awake long enough until the nightmares stop. (2 weeks later...) I was sitting at the table in the library eating with Twilight and talking about who knows what. She invited me for lunch and said it would help suppress my dreams so I happily abliged to it. After drinking the tea I felt funny then blacked out, I should've known it was a trap but my brain got the better of me. I was standing in darkness with that light from nowhere shinning on me. "Kobe?" I turned around to see Luna flying down to me. "I told you I don't need your help!" I smacked myself trying to wake up but to no use. "I casted a spell on you while you and Twilight were eating. You need help Kobe and I'm not gonna let you torture yourself like this over pride!" She out a hand on my shoulder but I pushed it away. "Its not about pride, it's about trying to get home and away from this Godforsaken place" "Kobe have you not noticed how different you're acting?" Luna asks making me snort at that idiocy. "I'm still the same angry white boy Princess, just like 7 months ago" I say crossing my arms. Before she could reply a rectangular light showed up with flashes of past dreams and visions. I watched as it went from Me and Celestia to demons and fiery death everywhere, it was like going through it all again and it made me feel nauseous again. I closed my eyes as I heard the screams of those I killed and those I'm going to kill sound off in my ears, then silence. I looked up saw Lunas face staring at me with tears streaming down them. "Oh Kobe....why wouldn't you tell us?" She pulled me up but I looked away from her and shrugged. "Why must you bottle up your feelings it's not healthy for you?" I shrugged again. I never liked to talk about my feelings even with a shrink who is laid to listening to my problems. I just thought that keeping it inside would be better and acted like nothing's wrong in the world. "I don't need to tell others about my feelings, that's for people who can't handle things" I lied to myself and her, Luna glared at me before speaking. "Talking about your problems does NOT make you weak and you know that. I've seen you laugh and cheer, I see you party like there's no tomorrow. But I can tell in your eyes that you hurt deep inside, all three of you need help but you seem to push everyone away now;" I felt her arms wrap around me from behind making me feel very uncomfortable. "We will stay here until you tell me what's going on or until the end of time" I wanted to call bluff but then again she could be serious. I sighed and sat on the floor leaning against Lunas chest as I began my tail. "I guess it started with my family tearing itself apart with me always fighting my step mother who was a complete bitch, and my actual mother and I don't get along either" I grimaced at the memory of telling my dad that I was gonna leave and never speak to him again, now I guess I got that wish. "My friends and dog are the only ones who actually cared, without them I would have put myself away from the world. All I ever did was try to please others even though I had to put up with constant abuse and neglect. I just wanted someone to care" I felt Lunas grip tighten and she hummed to my story. "I'm sorry you had to go through that at such a young age" she said with a sad tone. I told her it's kinda natural and she almost freaked out at that. "There was a time when me and my friends would hang out and camp acting like tomorrow was our last, But everyday i wake up to the same routine. Get up, get abused mentally and physically by her and I'm now nothing but a liar and a coward" "You are no coward nor liar! You are one of the bravest and honest creatures I've ever known" "Luna...I'm no hero from those bullshit stories those are just video games I play and I used that against y'all. I say I love the Lord but I don't live like it, I've lied to you all out of fear and selfishness" I waited for her to yell at me and leave but she didn't. Instead she tightened her grip and nuzzled my head. "No pony can blame you as I would have done the same thing if I ended up in another world" Her tone was softer. "Its scary being in a unfamiliar place, you must do What you can to survive" We sat in silence for what felt like hours, she held her grip on me and I wasn't complaining due to my position against her. It was like to big pillows that...wait no I shouldn't be thinking this! I stopped those thoughts. I finally closed my eyes and let sleep take over for once, no nightmares this time, no dreams just quiet darkness and peace. I woke up feeling better than ever and realized I was on the couch in the library. I felt a pressure against my chest and looked down to see Twilight using me as a head rest while reading, I quietly grabbed a little stick from the plant next to me and tickled her ears. After brushing it away a few times she looked up go see my helmet looking at her. She smiled and patted my head, I poked her nose causing her to sneeze which sounded so freaking adorable I wanted to do it again. "How was your hibernation sweetheart?" She leaned closer. "Not gonna lie it wa- wait did you just call me sweetheart?" I hope I misheard her. "Yeah, I did cause your so sweet" she made a baby face then came a little closer. I backed up a bit but fell off the couch. I quickly go up and grabbed a pillow. "Okay I'm gonna have to stop you right there pal. Only elderly black grandmas can call me sweetheart or sugar" I proclaimed remembering the times I felt good when I was called sweet by the local grandma from Wal-Mart. I stopped my memory train when I felt someone grab me. Twilight leaned into me and tried to pull a fast one but I pushed the pillow into her face stopping her from the sinful act she almost committed. "Okay Twilight this isn't funny anymore" I say getting worried and uncomfortable. "Oh but I can make you com-" I threw another pillow at her and made my way to the door only to get it blocked off by magic. Twilight giggled sinisterly and slowly made her way to me. "You don't want to be out there it's so nice in here" "Women whatever joke this is its not a good one" my voice cracked, I cursed God for that moment. Twilight leaped at me but I dodged her and ran up stairs, I entered her room and blocked off the door. I needed to know what the heck is going on and why she is acting like this but she started banging on the door and laughing in a very creepy way. "You can't hide in there forever you know" she spoke in a tone that was not to child friendly making my body go in fight or flight mode. My brain chose flight as I jumped through the window and thanks to my poor calculation I forgot I was two stories high and fell a good 10 feet. I got up and brushed off the glass, I noticed not many guys were out but a lot of girls were and they all had the same look as Twilight. One of them tried to grab me but I slammed her face into the ground, she looked familiar then I remembered her being that snobby bitches mom who bullied the crusaders who I also never talk to. The library door flew open and I felt like a deer in headlights as Twilight ran at me. My legs started working and I was running like a slave during the civil war, I pushed ponies out of my way as they tried to get ahold of me. "Kobe!" I looked up to see Colin on the run as well from Apple Jack and Rainbow. Me and Colin were good runners and could go for maybe an hour but now I could go for longer. I made my way to him and we lost the girls though an alley. I huffed and looked around to make sure we were safe. "Dude...What the hell is going on...one minute I'm helping AJ and Skittles then they try to pull a fast one on me with rope and a fucking gag man!" Colin was out of breath and I couldn't blame him his cheeks were on the line. "Bro Twilight was acting weird too, where's Kelso?" I noticed he wasn't here but Colin informed me he was at the castle. "Wait what about Mac did he leave too?" "Yep, him and Spike both went to their hideout, they invited me but I was busy working so I said no...now I regret it" We hid for another minute then Colin came up with a plan to run to the train as its leaving so we could take it to Canterlot and ask the princesses for help. I had nothing better to do so I went along with him, once the whistle blew we sprinted to the train at speeds that would impress Rainbow Dash if she wasn't chasing us. We jumped onto the back of the train and closed the door, We were inside the caboose the whole ride then as soon as we stopped at Canterlot station we booked it to the castle dodging or knocking over ponies and mostly punching nobles cause I don't like them. We fell into the throne room and scrambled to shut the doors with a hoard of ponies coming after us, then a yellow hue shut the door in time preventing the tragic events that would've happened. I collapsed from exhaustion and the princesses were standing over us with small smiles. "Why hello Kobe what brings you two to our humble home?" Celestia asked. "Crazy....ponies...weird...pants" I could barely get a word out from all my wheezing. Luna hummed as if she understood my rambling "Ah it would seem that you do not have the knowledge of what week it is..." She summoned a calendar and stopped at February. "Yes it would seem it is already that time" "What the hell are you going on about women?" Colin says getting his breath back. Luna handed us the calendar and a big red line went through a week called 'Heat Week' me and Colin looked at each other and Then to the princesses shrugging. "What the hell 'Heat Week'?" "Well what do you know about ponies?" I just shrugged since I only knew how to ride a horse not some dumb anatomy. "Heat happens every year to females of all races and it makes their hormones go up higher, therefore making them...have certain desires towards those who they are closest too" "Lady I only passed biology cause I cheated during tests" I deadpaned. "Okay let me put it simply...sex-" "NOPE!" I immediately got up and dragged Colin down the hall to the left. "Kobe we understand your concern but you must see it's how life here works" Luna tried to use her witch magic words on me but I would have non of it. "Your witchery cannot tempt me women for the truly righteous have no desire for the pleasure of the flesh!" I shouted as Colin made a cross sign at Luna. "Brother what shall we do?" I looked back at Colin watching him throw things at the princesses trying to hold them back. The guards were confused as to why a knight was dragging another knight while throwing stuff at their rulers. "We must find a place to hide Brother" As soon as I finished my sentence a purple flash appeared and just our luck as Twilight, Apple Jack and Rainbow Dash were in our way with grins so big I almost pissed myself. I look back at the princesses for support but they just stood there shrugging. "We had to look all over Ponyville for you two just to find out you're here" Apple Jack chuckled. Colin got up and brought up his fists. "I hope you know where I'm from Its equal rights, Equal fights!" I brought up a potted plant as my weapon. "Everypony settle down we can find a way to compromise, Kobe put down the plant and girls back off" I though Celestia was helping us till I saw her eyes staring at mine with the same damn smile. "Their mine" "Oh fuck" (East hallway of Canterlot) Me and Colin were slamming into door after door trying to get away from them, I threatened to get a lawyer but she called my bluff. I saw an open window straight ahead and pulled out my grappling hook, I quickly tied it to myself and Colin as we jumped. Time slowed down as I tossed the hook onto the window and then we slammed into the mountain side. "Holy shit dude your like Lara croft but better!" Colin said laughing in relief. I looked down to see a big body of water below us so incase we fell we'd be fine. Hopefully. It was a really high drop so I'd probably break a bone or two. I lowered us slowly as to not slip from the grip then felt a tug. I looked up to see Rainbow pulling the rope up, I looked at Colin and he knew what I was gonna do. I pulled out my knife and started cutting Colins rope, after one last cut he fell into the water. I began working on mine but then a purple aura yanked it from my grasp, I looked up to see Twilight waving at me and I started to panic even more. I remembered the throwing knives I had and tried to stab myself to death but that was also taken. "You can get away that easily" Twilight spoke as I was thrown back into the window. Luna grabbed my arms so I started kicking and pulling to get away. They drug me down the hall and I yelled at some guards to help but they just stood their terrified so I flipped them off. I pushed my feet up and headbutted Luna making her let go, I was then tackled by someone and had my hands tied behind me. I didn't see how any of this was legal but to them Its a life style. "Twilight please don't do this" I began to plead but she just shushed me like a child. "Does someone not feel good?" I felt a hand grab my helmet and pull it off. She touched my face for a second and I could see in her eyes that they were dialated as fuck, It was as if she wasn't really there. "Girls I'm going to do something I'll probably regret later if you don't stop this!" I felt my hands get loose and used that chance to choke slam Twilight then right hook Apple Jack in her jaw. Rainbow and Celestia tried to go for my legs but since I did leg workouts a lot it was just them verses a stone wall. Luna soon jumped on my back making me fall over. I pulled out my talisman and used wrath of the gods throwing them away from me. I got up and ran to the window but before i could jump a spear shot into my left leg. I cried out in pain then turned around to see guards running at me with the girls in tow. I broke the spear and threw the sharpened point at the closest one and stood on the windows ledge. "Sunlight for life bitch!" I fell out of the window and landed in the waters, I tried to swim up but my leg wouldn't work for some reason. I felt the air start to hurt my lungs as I clawed my way to the surface, once I made it up I coughed up blood and water. I tried to pull out my estus but found out the pouch was gone. "Goddamn it" I looked at me left leg and it was bleeding bad and broken, my ribs hurt like a bitch they must've broken too. The adrenaline wore off so the pain was unbearable, I couldn't walk so I crawled slowly through the woods. I called out to Colin but he was most likely far away now, I heard the sound of wings and I rolled into a bush and covered my mouth. I watched as Twilight and Luna both looked around, they seemed to be tracking my scent or something. I prayed they wouldn't find me, I decided to make a deal with the man upstairs. After a few minutes they left letting me breath and crawl out of the bushes. I looked around to make sure they were gone before breaking off a branch and tied it to my injured leg. It didn't do much but I could now stand slightly and limped my way to our castle. During my little journey i thought about what Luna said when she mentioned the ponies acting like that to those they are close too, I didn't see the ponies as anything but friends and I couldn't see them as anything more. But the way the girls act it would seem they like us a little to much. "I just need to get to the castle and find the others, then defend our home like fort Knox" I walked some more but then my foot fell in a hole causing me to yell out if pain. The branch broke off and my leg was flaring in pain, I held a hand over my mouth to silence my cries and scooted to a tree. I stopped moving when I heard the sound of someone landing nearby, I punched the tree out of anger and shot up from the ground and started running. I didn't make it far as I fell again and tried to crawl. "Oh my gosh Kobe!" I heard Flutter Shys voice behind me and it made me feel relieved actually. "What happens to you?" I turned over and faced her. "The...The girls are acting like fucking nut jobs and I jumped out of Canterlots castle but broke my leg and a few ribs" I said through clenched teeth. Flutter Shy quickly opened her bag and pulled out some medical equipment. I was surprised to see how fast she worked on my leg. "Did they not tell you about heat week?" She asked. I shook my head and she seemed upset about that. "That's not very nice of them to do that to young kids like you three" she pulled out some gauze and after a few more minutes my leg and ribs didn't hurt so much and she helped me through the woods. We walked for an hour and I could see the castle about a few miles out. I pushed myself to go faster but Flutter Shy wanted me to take it easy till we can get proper medical attention. We were so close then Twilight landed infront if us, she had my pouch in her hands and began stepping closer, she had tears in her eyes as she saw my injured body. "Kobe I.... I'm so sorry I didnt want this to happen I swear!" Flutter Shy and I backed up causing her to flinch at that. I wasn't gonna fall for these tricks, if i was gonna go out I was gonna go out fighting. She took another step and Flutter Shy stepped up setting me down. "Now listen here Twilight, he didn't even know about heat week and no pony told him or the others," I've never seen her mad but...it was kinda hot "I regret not telling them and look what happend" she gestured to me and Twilight wouldn't look me in the eyes, but I could see hers and they weren't dilated like before so I guess she was back to normal. "I forgot about telling you guys and by the time I remembered you were still asleep;" she defended. "I swear I would never have out you in that situation if I wasn't so stupid" "You're not stupid Twilight, I forget a lot of things too but you have to understand that.." I really didn't want to hurt her feelings but it was the only way. "I can't see any of y-" my leg flared up in pain making me fall down. I clutched my ribs as they began to hurt too, then a gust of wind came through. Flutter Shy helped me up and when I looked at Twilight she was sniffing the air with tear filled eyes and mouthed sorry before her eyes dilated again. "Oh fuck me.." I muttered. She still had my pouch and didn't seem to want to give it back anytime soon. Flutter Shy pushed me behind her as protection but she was picked up by Twilights magic and held in the air, I hobbled backwards till I fell over. I felt Twilight land on my chest and press the air out of me, My mind didn't process it was her as we struggled with each other and my body went into 'bro you need to get the fuck out of there's mode. "I won't let anypony take you a-" I picked up a rock and bashed it against her head knocking her out cold. I got up and my mind had to process what just happened. I felt something grab me and I started to fight again but was stopped by Colin and Kelso holding me. "Bro its just us don't worry" Kelso tried to calm me and picked up my pouch and handed me my estus. I drank it and finally I realized what I just did. "Oh no.." I crawled over to Twilight and checked her head which was slightly bleeding. "Nononono" she wasn't breathing which sent me into red alert. I was freaking out and drug Flutter Shy over to help her. "Oh...my...shes in terrible trouble"