//------------------------------// // Chapter 16: Congratulations Nathan, You Did It! // Story: Vengeance // by xd77 //------------------------------// "Uggghhh......." Nathan's first-person view showed his eyes slowly opening up after being taken from the Crystal Empire in a heavenly light. "Where......." As his eyes fully opened, he quickly saw something he had never seen, white light. "What the......" he said as he got up on his feet, as he got up, he could feel his feet touching invisible ground. He looked and saw that this place was full of the beautiful heavenly light. His feet were also touching something very soft, what appeared to be invisible ground, only part is, he was all alone with no one else around him, he then went into a small panic mode. "Where's the Crystal Empire?" "Where are mah' friends?" "Where's Equestria?!" "Congratulations Nathan!" said a voice from within the light. "Who's there?!" asked Nathan in fear, suddenly in front of him, three silhouettes of people formed and they soon emerged from the light that surrounded the whole area Nathan was in. Appearing before him were none other than beautifully dressed female angels with wings and white robes that covered their whole bodies, Nathan could not believe what he was seeing. "You all are real angels?" he asked. "Yes Nathan, I am Rachel, and this Jessica and Zoe." "We knew ya' could do it Nate." said Jessica with a southern accent of her own, this made Nathan even more surprised. "What did Ah' do?" he asked, Rachel walked up to him, knelt down and put a hand on his shoulder. "You did something today that could have never been accomplished, something even Jesus would've done. Because even He could have been that brave enough to show the true works of friendship and courage." Rachel said as she showed him a book of records of all he had learned. Nathan quickly discovered the answer to a mystery he had been wanting to solve all these months and 2 years he was in Equestria. "Ya' mean, God chose Equestria fer me as a way of...........testing mah' bravery?" he asked. "Yes, God wanted to see if you were brave enough to not only defeat enemies, but remind them the true meaning of friendship." Rachel answered. "The lessons ya' have learned in Equestria, and yer' old orphanage have taught you well, ya' have proven that yer' ready Nathan." said Jessica. "Ready fer' what?" asked Nathan, they suddenly had him walk down a very long pathway and they followed him as music started playing, and Rachel began singing as this path showed pictures and flashbacks of Nathan and all he had done throughout his first few years in Equestria. 1st Verse: Rachel "I'm so very ordinary, nothing special on my own." "Oh, I have never walked on water, and I have never calmed a storm." "Sometimes, I'm hiding away from the madness around me, like a child who's afraid of the dark." "But when I call on Jesus, all things are possible." "I can mount on wings like eagles and soar." "When I call on Jesus, mountains are gonna fall." "Cause He'll move Heaven and Earth to come rescue me when I call." They kept on singing as Nathan approached a glowing aura. Chorus: All Three "Lalalala Lalalala La La." "Lalalala Lalalala La Laaaaa." 2nd Verse: Jessica "Weary brother, broken daughter, little widow mother, you're not alone." "If your tired and scared of the madness around you, if you can't find the strength to carry on." Chorus: All Three "When you call on Jesus, all things are possible." "You can mount on wings like eagles and soar." "When you call on Jesus, mountains are gonna fall." "Cause He'll move Heaven and Earth to come rescue you when you....." As Nathan slowly stood face against the glowing aura, he touched it, and it suddenly yet slowly engulfed his body. Zoe, Rachel, and Jessica were soon joined by many other angels in this strange place in singing the tune as they watched Nathan's body slowly change in silhouette. 3rd Verse: All Angels "Call Him in the morning, in the afternoon time, late in the evening He'll be there." "When your heart is broken, and you feel discouraged, you can just remember that He said," "HE'LL BE THEEEEEEEERRRRRREEEEEEE................" The light that surrounded Nathan's slowly changing body soon lifted up and out of this strange realm, the whole chorus of angels including Jessica, Zoe, and Rachel floated up with him as an escort back to Equestria. Jesus, who was watching the whole thing smiled up at Nathan."I am so proud of you Nathan." He said as he quietly followed along the angelic chorus. Back in the Crystal Empire, the group that saw Nathan vanish was still in a panic mode. "What if he was kidnapped by some unknown force?!" exclaimed Zodiac. "Maybe, Tirek had managed to hold him hostage in a place where we can never get to him!" whined Pinkie Pie. "Look, let's not panic, I'm sure he went someplace good." said officer Welder. "We can only hope." said Celestia, suddenly without warning, a flash of light engulfed outside the throne room. The main cast then went outside, to their surprise, the skies were opening up and floating auras started descending towards them. This scared Kyle and Luke. "What's going on?!" asked Kyle in horror as officer Welder picked him up and held him in his arms for comfort. The whole cast could see that these floating auras were taking shape of humans and they were making a sudden turn towards the area that had the entrance to the throne room that they were in. Before they could do anything though, the throne doors opened up and in floated these strange creatures along with the white aura that Nathan was in, Kyle, Luke, and Officer Welder could not believe what they were seeing. The cast was also flabbergasted as well. "Real angels!" exclaimed Kyle. "I can't believe it." said Officer Welder. Suddenly, the white aura light that Nathan was in landed face on the floor and as the full form of it faded, a small portion of it stuck to him as if he were an angel himself, only what took form in it shocked everyone. What they saw was not Nathan, but rather a white unicorn colt with a brown mane and tail with bat wings, and this new pony's face took a interesting gesture of this new look. This new pony opened his eyes and through his P.O.V. he saw that he had hooves instead of what were supposed to be hands, he looked behind him and saw that he had a tail as well. "Nathan, is that you?" asked Kyle. "Ah'....Ah' think so." said the pony's voice, to their surprise the voice they heard was Nathan, they could not believe it! "Nathan, you're a...............a..............PONY!" exclaimed Luke. "How is this so?" asked Princess Luna. "He has passed a certain test of bravery and friendship." said one of the angels. "Just like.............I did?" asked Twilight. "Yes Twilight Sparkle." said Jesus who entered the room glowing in angelic light. "But why?!" asked Nathan trying to stand up.