Fallen Order

by Jar Man

Does it end here?

We clash swords a few times with each other like Jedi fought Sith and used wrath of the gods to pouch him away and give me some room. He tried to sweep my legs from under me but I jumped over the blade and kicked him in the chest making him stumble back. Tirek shot his magic at me but the wrath of the gods spell sent it back to him. He roared in pain then threw continuous fireballs at me, I ran towards him dodging each ball, and right before I could get close to him a ball of fire sent me into the ground. I got up and looked at Tirek, I noticed his magic ball above his head was crackling from the chaos and maybe I could use it against him.

I grabbed a vine and ran along the wall dodging his swing attacks. I used the momentum to slam into his left leg knocking him down. I climbed up on him and reached for the ball of magic, I felt a painful surge go through my body as I was lifted into the air with visions playing through my mind. I could see my friends all dying in front of me and the whole world is covered in fire and death. I could see Colin and Kelso held up like trophies and crucified in front of Tireks throne.

“Still You fail” the voice said.

“No...NO!!” I screamed letting out a powerful wave causing the place to start shaking. My vision comes back and I notice that I’m a bit taller, I was as tall as Tirek. I grabbed his head and proceeded to slam him into the wall. Visions continued to play through my mind of the girls all being tortured and me not being able to help them.

I do not know what was happening to me. It was as if all my rage just came out at once and I couldn’t stop it. Tirek pulled away from me then kicked me back, the ceiling started to cave in causing both of us to hold the place up to not get buried underneath the place. I thought about just bring it down on both of us but then Colin and Kelso would be stuck. I held up for a bit longer then noticed a faint light above me, I wasn’t too deep underground so I would be fine.

“Sorry boys” I say letting go of the ceiling causing it to cave in on us.

I had to dig my way out and just in time too as Tirek was free of being buried. I sprinted towards him using my shield to punch his face, I grabbed his broken horn and punched him repeatedly until he grabbed my arm and tossed me over. Tirek used his magic to lift me and throw me into the city next to us, I crashed into the walls of a small house. The little Zebras were up to the size of half my calf so I had to be careful as to not crush them. Just as I got up I was whacked with a tree, I used my shield to block the next attack then grabbed the tree and pulled it away from him. I used the end point to try and stab him but it just snapped as soon as it made contact so I tossed it to the side and decided to use my fists.

Me and Tirek traded blows with each other and I went for a jab to his side but a painful vision played in my head causing me to basically slap him with a fucking napkin.

“You cannot handle the power of true evil” Tirek says grabbing my arm and breaking it. I was too angry to feel the pain and used my broken arm to smack him in the face.

I grabbed a rock as Tirek was running up on me and bashed it against his face knocking him to the side. I pulled out my estus and drank it to heal my arm, Tirek tried to break it by shooting it with magic but missed and I bopped him on the head. Another vision played in my head of earth being burned by Tirek and his demons causing more anger to flow out of me.

“Yes..use your powers and let it consume you! Join me and we could be unstoppable and rule the underworld!!” Tirek chanted to me. I clutched my helmet as the pain got worse and my anger just grew worse.

“I-I will not fall to the darkness” I bellowed.

“Oh but you will eventually and your friends will all die by my hand, You will submit to my power and kneel before the true lord of darkness” He boasted off. I had to get rid of this power he and I had before I ended up consumed in it. Another flash of visions this time with me being the one that killed my friends made my hate and sadness grow past the red.

I lunged at Tirek making us both crash into the city and its houses. My fist was the first thing he saw fly into his face, I was going in for another hit but was greeted with a red beam of magic to the face knocking me back. I felt a hand grab my chest plate and lift me up, I pulled out my talisman and used a lighting stake on us both electrocuting us. Tirek dropped me and I rolled past him then elbowed him in the back of his head. I tried to put him in a chokehold but was too slow and got kicked in the side, I dodged the next punch and unleashed my pure fury on him. Red and yellow beams shot out of my chest and into Tirek sending him flying backward, I leaped into the air and dove onto his skull trying to crush it.

“DIE DIE DIE DIE!!” I screamed as I punched his face at great speed. I had the urge to stop as Tirek looked beaten but I just couldn’t, I couldn’t stop and didn’t want to. I hated him so much and now I have the chance to end this so why stop now.

A shock of pain went through my body again causing me to clutch up and curl into a ball. I cried out in pain as it got worse and worse, I grabbed my cross necklace to try and ease the pain and it did just that. I felt no more pain, no more suffering and I could feel the evil power leave my body. I knew that if I let go of it the pain would submerge and I could go in a frenzy again but it’s to save the earth and my friends. I looked at Tirek who was now getting up but was too weak to fight and looked at my cross. I pulled the necklace off and held it in a knife-like fashion, I crawled over to Tirek and lushed him back down.

“This is for Ajax,” I said right before stabbing the cross into his chest. A surge of power burst from us both and I could feel the power leave my body and go into the ball of energy above us. My vision got hazy and my body was weakening, I looked up to the ball of energy watching it blow up sending a wave past me and then blacking out. I stood over Tireks body, he struggled to breathe as life left his body.

The sound of a horn, Gaberials horn sounded over my victory, the day of Judgment was soon. Tireks eyes filled with fear as he too heard the sounds of the trumpet.

"You think you have won just because the trumpets sound over us? Don't make me laugh" Scoffed Tirek.

I scowled at him. "I have seen what happens in the end, you and your army of darkness will fall, Judgment will be made and your screams will be heard by none" The world of darkness shook around us, and light absorbed my body, it was time to go home.

(8 days later)

I felt my body float through the darkness and it felt nice actually.

“Did...I win?” I asked aloud to no one. I didn’t feel angry anymore, it’s as if I was finally free of my anger and sadness.

A white screen showed up and replaced all the events we went through from killing Sombra to my battle with Tirek. I then saw what happened after with us fighting some blue monkey dude and a...goat? A faint sound of fire crackling from behind me got my attention and I felt the floor go under my boots. I stepped closer to the bonfire and stood in front of it, a bell tolled from afar in the darkness.

“You have a choice young undead. You can give your soul to the flame and allow your friends to go home or stay in this land and become it’s savior” A deep voice said. I stood frozen as I couldn’t choose right then and there, I had so much I wanted to tell the boys and Twilight that I never have. Wait. I didn’t even get a thank you from this guy.

“Hey voice guy did we win?” I asked. I didn’t care for the bonfire but mostly if we won or not.

“What do you believe?” It asked back. I groaned at that answer, I never liked question type answers.

“I don’t know....yes?” I answered with not so much hope.

“You show little faith in your results with Tirek”

“Well pardon me for not remembering much from the battle I was in pain the entire time” I spat.

“When you were consumed by the dark power from Tirek you didn’t let it corrupt you. Why?” I looked up to the darkness with a twitchy eye.

“What the fuck do you mean why didn’t it corrupt me? I wasn’t gonna let some gay ass demonic power take my cheeks!” I said with a cracked voice.

“You were shown what future laid ahead for you and it was pure terror and yet you still fought back dispite the pain and the visions Tirek used against you. Why? ” I remembered those momemts and hit still hurts inwardly when I think about it.

“I uh..I didn’t want it to be true and I knew what had to be done” It sucked to go through that and I didn’t want to do it again if I was being real.

“You fought even though you could have died permantly and not knowing if you would have won. Why?” I was just gonna tell the voice off with all these why’s but then I started thinking.

“If I didn’t have the friends I have now I probably would have fell into dispair a long time ago. I am not worthy of such friends and yet the lord gave them to me cause I guess he saw something in me, I never know what will happened tomorrow and I could never know. Its all about having faith I guess” I was being fully honest with myself when I said that and it’s true because you never know what tomorrow will bring and everyday could be your last so you just gotta have faith that you can see tomorrow with your friends and family.

“Yes it is about having faith so I will ask. Does your faith tell you to free yourself of the curse or does it tell you to keep going forward and see what lies ahead? Let your faith guide you my child”

I turned around to face the white screen and saw myself laying on a hospital bed with the boys and the girls sitting by me. I looked lime hammered shit and I liked that caise it showed I never gave up. The choice jad to be made right now and I think I know what I’m going to do. I still have a lot to do back in Equestria like see Ajax again and possibly see about moving on with with Warriors of Sunlight and with Twilight. I looked back to the bonfire and saw Brother Dale,my dad and mom along with my grandma and others all smiling at me. Tears fell down my cheek as I smiled back at them, I took a deep breath and walked towards my body and touched my forehead.

My vision went white and I could see a hospital ceiling and a fan spinning. I felt a slight pain in my ribs but it wasn’t anything to bothersome, I looked over at the girls who were all asleep along with Colin and Kelso. A nurse entered the room and noticed I was awake.

“Ah you’re awake” She came over and felt my forehead before typing on the life box thingy.

“How long was I out?” I asked quietly.

“Eight days of stone cold sleep, they found you and that mean Tirek all beaten up and brought you here” she explained.

“Have you heard from a patient named Ajax yet?” I asked. She got silent and turned away focusing on my bandages. “Oh...”

“I’m sorry sir, we tried all we could to help him but we couldn’t save him in the end...He begged us to stop the pain and to tell you he’s sorry as well” she said solemnly. I felt a great wave of sadness wash over me after hearing that. Ajax was such a great guy and probably the most loyal Warrior I know it’s a shame to go out like that.

“Thank you...for not letting him suffer” I said with a grateful tone. I tried to hold back tears but I just couldn’t and let them flow down my face. The nurse came closer and put a hand on my shoulder to try and help me which I was thankful for.

After I finished my little crying fit the nurse told me to rest some more and would see about getting me out of here soon. I looked over to the Windows and noticed a flower pot with pictures laid next to it, I reached over and looked at them. Each photo was from those I’ve taken and what Twilight took during christmas. I looked at one I didn’t remember taking, It was of Me, Ajax, Stone Wall, Spike, Colin, Kelso and the girls with the primcesses at the end all in a group photo with big smiles on our faces. It looked to be during the snowy days of December, I still couldn’t remember taking the photo but I didn’t care it looked nice.

I set them down in my lap and laid back in my bed. I still had a lot to do here and I was gonna start with getting the hell out of this hospital. I waoted for the nurse to come back so I pulled some paper out of my magical pouch and made some paper football’s and shot them into the trash can across the room from me. So far my score is 32 goals and...65 misses but who’s keeping count right?

“You really suck at shooting paper don’t you?” Colin insulted from his chair. I aimed at him and shot him in the face with paper.

“I prefer getting close a personal anyways” I replied continuing my little game.

“They told us about Ajax...sorry” Colin meant it and I knew he liked Ajax as well.

“Yeah..me too” I mumbled. I decided to tell him about us staying. “While I was asleep I was given a choice...between leaving and staying here” Colin leaned forward in his chair.

“What happend?”

“Someone gave me the choice of faith and it said we are not done here my friend” I looked at him hoping he wasn’t angry. He didn’t show any emotion at first but then smiled.

“Good I’m not tired of this place just yet and I still have a bet with Stone Wall I need to win” We both laughed softly at that and waited for the others to wake up.

“What happend to Johnny did he get away?” I asked just remembering he existed.

“Yeah the cunt gave me and Kelso the slip and teleported away, I’m sure we will see him again though” He crossed his arms.

“Good lord he annoys the shit out of me more than he did back at Jefferson remember that?” I mentioned. I got a flashback of when the cunt stole my damn shoe so I punched him. Colin laughed at that memory causing the others to wake up.

“Ugh...Colin can you keep it down? I’m trying to sleep” Rainbow whined. I flicked a paper football at her and she looked at me for a second before realizing who I was.

Soon after every one was alive and awake we talked about what they did for the past few days I was dead for. Turns out Tirek was put deep in Tarturis for his safety cause they were afraid I would kill him next time. The Warriors of Sunlight almost burned down Zebrica when they couldn’t find my body. Celestia and Luna plan on throwing a party in our names for saving Equestria and allowing the Warriors of Sunlight to become the official badass monster fighting force. Life was looking really good for us now that Tirek was done for. Apparently Twilight got her fucking castle which doesn’t make sense since the library didn’t get destroyed and the whole key thing with the box but I just justified it as different universe bullshit amd left it alone.

“Alright I think it’s time to gtfo my dudes” I say throwing my legs over the bed. The doctors here had the common sense to let me wear a shirt and sweats instead of being naked with those ugly dresses.

The nurse had me sign some papers and now I was free to leave. I put my armor back on and walked out of the hospital, the first thing I see is the big ass castle in Ponyville like seriously what the hell man. We walked to Sol where Ajaxs grave was rigjt in front of the castle. I bent down and put my hand on the stone and read the text.