//------------------------------// // Vengeful Tyrant // Story: Unnoticed Threats // by smirker //------------------------------// Doctor Whooves was on a date with Roseluck and the two had lunch together, "How's work been?" Doctor Whooves asked, "Alright, I haven't been getting many customers recently, nopony wants to buy flowers recently." Roseluck replied, "I haven't been getting many patients either, I guess there's not that many more that have to talk their problems out." Doctor Whooves said, "You sure they're not going over to Starlight Glimmer?" Roseluck asked, "That's also a possibility, but I haven't heard any of them talk about it." Doctor Whooves replied, "Well, maybe you should look, I think they're all going to her recently." Roseluck said, "I will when I have the time." Doctor Whooves replied, "Come on, Doctor, we still have time together." Roseluck said, "Yes, but I have a patient today." Doctor Whooves replied, "When?" Roseluck asked, "About an hour from now." Doctor Whooves replied, "Well, come on, let's enjoy our time together." Roseluck said, and the two talked and had lunch together, "It's time for me to see my patient." Doctor Whooves said, "Okay, goodbye, dear." Roseluck said, and the two kissed one another and Doctor Whooves went to his home. Doctor Whooves sat in a chair and heard walking outside, a colt came in, he was a Pegasus, he had a light purple coat, short blue mane and tail, blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a pair of brown feathered wings, "Are you the patient?" Doctor Whooves asked, "Yes." the colt replied, "Alright, sit." Doctor Whooves said, and the colt did, "State your name and occupation." Doctor Whooves said, "Ventus, I don't have a job, I'm still a kid." the colt replied, "Well, I was sent a letter that said you're here because your parents thought you were going crazy about a tale you told them and they wanted to make sure you're okay." Doctor Whooves said, "That's the problem, nopony believes me, I'm telling the truth." Ventus replied, "Well, let's hear it." Doctor Whooves said, and Ventus began his tale. Ventus was the only child of a rich and influential family and he lived in luxury, his parents were at Canterlot to discuss politics with Princess Celestia, and their servants looked after Ventus, "Ventus, lunch is ready." the house's chef said, and Ventus had lunch, "Thank you." Ventus said when he finished, he went to the kitchen and washed the dishes with the servants, "Thank you, Ventus, you're going to make a fine successor at this rate." one servant said, Ventus smiled and helped the servants do the dishes and cleaned the house with them, "Nicely done, Ventus, it's almost like you don't need any servants." Ventus' butler said, "Well, mom and dad did teach me to take care of myself in case none of you are available." Ventus replied, his butler chuckled, "Okay, that's all for now, go ahead and relax now, everypony, I'll be leaving now." Ventus said, and his servants said bye to him as he left his home. Ventus walked out of his mansion and went to town, everypony waved at him and he waved back, he kept walking and went to go see another colt, he heard other ponies laughing and he saw several teenage foals messing with a colt around his age, it was his best friend, Hydro, he was a unicorn, he had a dark purple coat, short dark blue mane and tail, blue eyes, and his cutie mark was a light blue drop of water, "What's the matter, Hydro, too weak to cast telekinesis?" one colt asked, "Get your trash bag if you can." another colt said, and they threw it around while Hydro tried to get it and fell over from exhaustion while the colts laughed at him. Ventus flew to them and he punched the bullies and they fell, they got up and faced Ventus, "You with him?" one colt asked, "Leave my friend alone." Ventus said, "Oh, yeah, what are you going to do about it?" another colt asked, Ventus did a gesture that told the colts to come forward. One colt ran forward and tried to attack Ventus and he flew up and punched the colt in his jaw and he fell, another colt charged after him and Ventus flew to him and kicked his face multiple times with his hind legs and knocked him down, the third colt ran to him and Ventus grabbed his front hoofs and threw him over his own shoulder, he got back up and ran to him and Ventus focused on him while the last colt grabbed him from behind and restrained him, the third colt ran to him and Ventus lifted up his hind legs and kicked the colt in his face with his hind hoofs and then kicked the last colt restraining him in his abdomen to let him go, he turned around and punched the colt in his face and knocked him down, the four colts got up and ran away. Ventus walked to Hydro and held him up, "You alright?" Ventus asked, "Yeah, I wish more ponies were like you." Hydro replied, "Well, my parents do bring back a lot of the friendship lessons Princess Celestia teaches them in Canterlot, Princess Twilight published a book on it, too." Ventus said, "Well, it didn't come here." Hydro replied, "Yeah, I know, maybe if the book did come here, ponies would accept you and you'd have more friends." Ventus said, "You're still my only friend, Ventus." Hydro replied, "You have anything to eat today?" Ventus asked, "No, my parents are gone today, they got a job on a farm, it's not fair, they've got food, shelter, and ponies to befriend, and they on purposely left me behind." Hydro replied, "Did you ask them why?" Ventus asked, "They said I'm an embarrassment and I would humiliate them if I came along." Hydro replied, "So, your parents don't want you around, either, my parents have told me several times that you and I shouldn't be friends due to different social class." Ventus said, "Even you can't see me in public, everypony's telling everypony else not to be my friend." Hydro replied, "Well, hopefully things will change." Ventus replied, "I hope so, because only the marine animals at the shore like having me around." Hydro said, "That reminds me, how's your water magic practice been?" Ventus asked, "I've taught myself a new trick, I'll need some wind to complete it, though." Hydro replied, "Come on, show me." Ventus said, and the two ran to the beach. Ventus and Hydro arrived at the beach and Hydro cast a spell to make himself walk on the water, he cast a spell while a blue aura appeared on his horn, the water began to rise and float around him, "Okay, Ventus, now, I need some wind." Hydro said, and Ventus flapped his wings and created gusts of wind, Hydro fused the water and wind together and created a big tornado and Ventus got sucked into it. Ventus and Hydro exclaimed as they spun around in the tornado, it died down and they went ashore, they washed up on an island to the east and they groaned, the two stood up and looked around and saw a lot of earth ponies looking at them, they stood up and saw the earth ponies continued to look at them, "Um, hi?" Ventus asked, "Look." a mare said, "That one has wings, and that one has a horn." a stallion said, "Um, yeah, I'm a unicorn, and he's a Pegasus." Hydro said, "They must be gods." a second mare said, "No, no, no, you're mistaken, we were washed up from the shore." Ventus said, the earth ponies bowed down to them, "Guys, we're not gods." Ventus said, "Come on, Ventus, roll with it, we're worshiped here." Hydro said, and the earth ponies stood up, "Who are you guys?" Ventus asked, "We're a tribe of ponies that have been here for centuries, we have never seen a pony with a horn or wings until now." one stallion replied, "You never saw a pony with wings fly over?" Hydro asked, the earth ponies shook their heads, "How about ponies with horns casting magic to fly around with telekinesis?" Ventus asked, the tribe shook their heads again, "A pony with a horn appearing suddenly?" Hydro asked, the earth ponies shook their heads, "You guys never saw a unicorn or a Pegasus before?" Ventus asked, "Is that what you two are called?" a stallion asked, "Yes, I'm the unicorn, he's the Pegasus." Hydro replied, "Do you two have names?" a filly asked, "Yes, I'm Ventus, and he's Hydro." Ventus replied, "Welcome to our tribe unicorn god Hydro and Pegasus god Ventus, we are your servants." another stallion said, "Yes, let us provide you two a life of comfort." another mare said, "I think I'm going to enjoy this." Hydro said, "*chuckle* Just imagine how they will react if they see an alicorn." Ventus replied, "We are yours to command, Hydro and Ventus, what decors would you like for our tribe?" a third stallion asked, "Sorry, but it's getting late, we have to head home." Ventus replied, "You all have homes?" a third mare asked, "Well, he does, I don't." Hydro replied, "Then stay with us, we will make you a home." an elderly mare said, "It's fine, the others on the land across the water will get suspicious if I don't go back." Hydro replied, "Yeah, we don't want to worry the others, bye now." Ventus said, and he flew back home while carrying Hydro and the earth ponies said bye to them. Ventus and Hydro arrived back at their home land and stood by the shore, "Nopony will miss you here, will they?" Ventus asked, "Of course not, you've seen how the ponies pick on me and beat me up here, even my own parents left me behind." Hydro replied, "Well, try to sleep well tonight, Hydro, I'll come see you again tomorrow." Ventus said, and he walked to his home while Hydro slept on the beach. Ventus woke up the next morning and his servants made breakfast for him, he had it and washed the dishes on his own and then began to make breakfast for his house servants, they finished and Ventus was then home schooled by his butler, he passed everything and then went outside to go play with Hydro. Ventus headed to town and he saw Hydro running away while covering his own head from adult ponies throwing scraps and trash at him, they laughed as they threw sharp and heavy objects at him and Hydro cast a teleporting spell and the stallions and mares went back on with their days while laughing. Ventus flew to the beach and saw Hydro there covered in trash, he used his magic to get water from the shore to wash himself, he finished and saw Ventus standing to his right, "How long have you been here?" Hydro asked, "Just got here." Ventus replied, "Oh, alright, come on, let's go see the tribe." Hydro said, and he cast telekinesis on himself and floated and Ventus flew and the two went across the water. Ventus and Hydro arrived at the island across the water and the earth ponies ran to the others, "Our gods have returned." a stallion said, and the entire tribe walked to the shore. Ventus and Hydro landed and the tribe bowed down to them, "That's enough." Hydro said, and the tribe stood up, "We are yours to command." a mare said, "What have you all done so far?" Ventus asked, "We have already created thrones and statues of you two." another stallion replied as they moved to the sides and showed the two thrones and a statue of Ventus and Hydro, "One half of the tribe will be under your command, Ventus, while the other half will be yours, Hydro." another mare said, "Which throne you want, Hydro?" Ventus asked, "Doesn't matter to me." Hydro replied, Ventus walked to the throne on his left and sat in it and Hydro sat in the throne to his right, "It has been decided, Pegasus god Ventus will rule the north, while unicorn god Hydro will rule the south." an elderly stallion said, and they carried the thrones to the northern and southern ends of the island. Ventus and Hydro looked around the island and saw it was quite small, and there were no animals nor bugs on the island, "Where is all the fauna?" Ventus asked, "The birds that once inhabited this island flew off to elsewhere, and the marine animals swam away." a stallion replied, "What about land animals?" Hydro asked, "Land animals?" a mare asked, "You know, like cats, dogs, lions, elephants..." Hydro replied, "What are those?" the mare asked, "I guess they never had land animals." Ventus said, "Yeah, probably not." Hydro replied, "Well, let's begin ruling." Ventus said, Hydro smiled and the two went to their respective thrones. Ventus and Hydro directed the tribes under their command, they began building a palace for the two, and they carved stones and rocks, Ventus helped them build while Hydro sat on his throne and directed them, "Hydro, you could at least help them." Ventus said, "Nuh-uh, I'm done with having to fight to get everything in my life, I can finally have people do it for me." Hydro replied, "What is he talking about, Pegasus god Ventus?" a stallion asked, "He's not treated kindly from where he comes from." Ventus replied, "Really?" a mare asked, "Yes, ponies beat me and steal my things, I'm broke, too, so I can't go to school and get an education." Hydro replied, "Oh my, stay with us, Hydro, you will live comfortably here." a second stallion said, "I would like to, but others will notice I'm gone if I don't show up again." Hydro replied, "Come on, everypony, we got architecture to build." another mare said, and the tribe worked while Ventus helped them and Hydro sat on his throne and observed, "What's your life like away from here, Pegasus god?" a colt asked, "Great, I live in a big, comfortable house and I have servants that take care of me." Ventus replied, "*gasp* You're a god at other places, too?" a filly asked, "No, I just come from an influential family, I'm not a god there." Ventus replied, "But you said you have servants." the colt said, "Who serve my family, it's their job." Ventus replied, "Job?" the filly asked, "It's a task one does for a living." Ventus replied, "Oh, like a role." the filly said, "Yeah, pretty much." Ventus replied, "Unicorn god, Hydro, would you kindly help us lift this stone up?" a colt asked, and Hydro cast telekinesis to put the stone onto another piece of stone, "Continue." Hydro said, and they all worked for hours until it was afternoon and the two went back home. Ventus had lunch at home and studied while Hydro went through trash cans to find lunch since he was broke, several ponies spotted him and chased him away, Ventus walked around town to see his other friends while Hydro hid since the ponies chased him and beat him up when they caught up to him, Ventus continued playing with his friends and had dinner while Hydro was beaten up by others and went through another day with no dinner, Ventus went to the beach to see Hydro after dinner, "Hey, I brought you some dinner." Ventus said, "Thanks." Hydro replied as he took and ate the sandwich, "You ready?" Ventus asked, "Yeah, let's go." Hydro replied, and the two went to the island across the water. Ventus and Hydro went back to the island and saw the tribe panting and resting, they looked and saw they were still building their palaces, "What are you guys doing?" Hydro asked, "We need to catch our breaths, unicorn god Hydro." a filly replied, "Get back to work, the palace isn't going to build itself." Hydro said, "Hydro, you'll work them to death if you do that." Ventus said, "Really?" Hydro asked, Ventus nodded, "Fine, take a break, but make it quick." Hydro said, and the two walked to their thrones. The tribe continued to build the palaces with the rocks that were available on the island, they worked for hours and rested when they were exhausted, Ventus worked with them while Hydro sat in his throne and would use his telekinesis to put the rocks where the tribe could not reach, "There, the building is done, now the carving." the stallion said, and they begun using their hoofs to carve the palace and they made the palaces shaped like Ventus and Hydro, the two looked on and nodded while smiling, "What decorations would you two like?" a stallion asked, the two looked and thought about it, "I was thinking about adding some animal decorations." Ventus said, "Yeah, me too." Hydro said, "What would you two like to decorate first?" a mare asked, "My throne." Hydro replied, "Yeah, mine, too." Ventus said, "What do you two have in mind?" a colt asked, "Well, you guys can decorate the thrones by adding a carved animal head at the top of the throne." Ventus said, "Sounds good, what animal do you two want?" a filly asked, "An eagle." Ventus replied, "A shark." Hydro said, "Let's get started." a second stallion said, and they walked to the thrones to work on them. Ventus and Hydro walked together to explore the island and saw there was pretty much nothing but grass and rocks, "Tell me, Hydro, why do you still go back to home when you can stay here?" Ventus asked, "Because ponies will notice I'm gone, and my parents will be mad if they're informed." Hydro replied, "How?" Ventus asked, "Somepony will send a letter to them, they will come back, angry, and give me beatings." Hydro replied, "Oh right, that did happen once." Ventus said, "Yeah, and the rest of the town laughed at me and beat me up after they finished." Hydro replied, "Well, try to stay here as long as you can, Hydro, you're admired here." Ventus said, "They don't have the foods I like, though." Hydro replied, "Oh, right, there are no fruits or bread here, but maybe they can make a salad." Ventus said, "I'm not a fan of salad, though." Hydro replied, "It's still better than nothing." Ventus said, a stallion trotted to the two, "The throne decorations are done." the stallion said, and the two walked with him. Ventus and Hydro went back to the tribe and they showed them their thrones, Ventus' throne had an eagle's head at the top of the throne along with its wings on the armrests and talons at the bottom while Hydro's throne had a shark's head at the top, fins on the armrests, a tail at the bottom of it, and a fin on the back of it, the two nodded while smiling, "What would you two like next?" a filly asked, "Um... how about statues?" Ventus asked, "We already made them." a colt replied, "No, I mean, like statues of animals, like two statues of eagles for him, and two statues of sharks for me, put them beside our palaces, one on each side." Hydro said, the tribe nodded and begun working while Ventus and Hydro watched. The tribe built the statues to the sides of the palaces while Ventus helped them and Hydro watched, he only used his telekinesis to put the carved rocks in spots the tribe could not reach, the tribe began carving the rocks into statues of eagles and sharks, they finished after hours of work and the eagles were standing up straight with their wings spread and the sharks were had their mouths open as if they were about to bite something, "Looks good." Hydro said, the tribe smiled, "Thanks, guys, but we have to head back now, see you all tomorrow." Ventus said, and the two headed back home while the tribe waved bye at them and Ventus went to bed and slept while Hydro slept on the sand and endured the cold. The next day came and Ventus got out of bed and had breakfast while Hydro scavenged the shore of the beach for any food he could find to eat, several ponies also came to the beach and gave him beatings, he tried to fight back but the ponies knocked him down from behind and beat him up more, they walked away while laughing. Ventus finished his home school lesson for the day and he went to go see Hydro, he gave him a bag of potato chips and he ate it, "Come on, let's go." Hydro said, and they went across the water. Ventus and Hydro arrived at the island and the tribe gasped at seeing Hydro, "Unicorn god Hydro." a mare said as she ran to him and looked at the bruises all over his face, "What happened?" the mare asked, "The people outside of here beat me up, I had nothing to eat, either." Hydro replied, "Come on, unicorn god Hydro, let us get you some food and medicine." a stallion said, and they escorted him to his palace. Ventus went to go check on Hydro and saw him having paste made from mashed plants rubbed onto him and being fed grass, flowers, and nuts, "Thank you, that will be all." Hydro said, and the earth ponies left, "You feel better?" Ventus asked, "Yeah." Hydro replied, "I was thinking about teaching them how to make basic homes." Ventus said, "Nah, I'd rather have clothes made for us first." Hydro replied, "But what about them? What about what they want?" Ventus asked, "We're their gods, Ventus, they'll always put us first, so let's get our priorities out of the way and then focus on them." Hydro replied, "But still, how do they feel about it?" Ventus asked, "It's fine, Pegasus god Ventus." a stallion behind him said, "See, there you go. I would like an outfit made for me now." Hydro said, "Yes, unicorn god Hydro, we will make one from the softest and most comfortable material we can find." the stallion replied, "No, I don't want a fancy robe or fine clothing, I want my outfit to be a suit of armor." Hydro said, "That can be arranged." the stallion replied, Hydro smiled, "Wait, how do you guys know about armor?" Ventus asked, "Our ancestors had to fight avian and marine animals that are extinct now since they would attack them, they passed down information about weapons and armor orally, it is in case we do get attacked again." the stallion replied, "Okay, good, I'd like my armor made now." Hydro said, "Would you like for your armor to have a shark theme as well?" the stallion asked, "Sure." Hydro replied, and the stallion left, "Don't overwork them, Hydro, you won't have any ponies to serve you if you do." Ventus said, "Alright, I'll keep that in mind, you should go see your people now." Hydro replied, and Ventus left, he walked to his palace and a mare walked to him, "Would you like an outfit made for you, Pegasus god Ventus?" the mare asked, "Sure, armor, please, and make it eagle themed." Ventus replied, the mare bowed to him and Ventus went into his palace and sat on his throne. Ventus and Hydro waited while the earth ponies made their armor, the door opened to Hydro's palace and he saw his suit of armor, the helmet was shaped like a shark's head with its mouth closed, and it had fins on is front knees, it also came with a cape that appeared to be made from skinned tree bark interwoven with one another, "No, guys, I can't use my horn if it's covered, that part needs to be removed." Hydro said, and the tribe took the helmet off and walked out, they came back with the horn on the helmet gone and a hole there, "Good, that'll work." Hydro said, and he walked over to try on the armor, the earth ponies put it on him and he moved slower than before since the armor was a little heavy, "I can get used to this." Hydro said, the tribe smiled while Hydro adjusted to his new armor. Ventus walked around his kingdom and saw the earth ponies working on making his armor, "Guys, wait." Ventus said as he trotted to them, they looked at him and he saw his armor was being made from carved rocks, "I can't have my armor made from rock." Ventus said, "Huh? Why not?" a filly asked, "It's too heavy, I can't fly with that on, I need my armor to be lightweight." Ventus replied, "Okay, it's good you caught us before we even got halfway finished." a stallion said, "Also, i need holes on the sides, I can't use my wings if they're covered." Ventus replied, the earth ponies nodded and they begun knocking their own trees down, they peeled the tree bark and they began carving with their hoofs, they made Ventus' armor, the helmet was shaped like an eagle's head with the beak closed, the back of the knees were carved to be shaped like feathers, and the armor on the hoofs were shaped like talons, Ventus saw they also carved the helmet to make it look like it had feathers, and there was a cape on it made from interwoven tree bark, "Wow, you guys really are something." Ventus said, "Come on, Pegasus god Ventus, try it." a mare said, and he wore the armor, he walked easily, he tried flying and he could fly just fine, "Do you like it?" a colt asked, "Yes, thank you." Ventus replied, the earth ponies smiled, "We also lacquered it with tree sap." a filly said, "Thanks, preserve it, Hydro and I have to go back now and attend to our other subjects." Ventus replied, "The one that disrespect unicorn god Hydro?" a stallion asked, "Yeah." Ventus replied in a distraught tone, "Don't be sad, I'm sure unicorn god Hydro will be alright." the filly said, "I hope so, come on, Hydro." Ventus said, and the two went back home. Ventus had lunch while Hydro did not have anything to eat, Ventus also went outside to go play with other foals of his social class while adult ponies ran after Hydro and attacked him, he flung them away with his telekinesis but they got back up and went back to attack him again, the adult ponies laughed as they looked at the beaten and battered Hydro on the ground, they left while Hydro laid on the ground in pain, a few foals came to play on the beach and they threw sand at him, he used his telekinesis to fling them away, they went back to him and threw more sand and then rocks at him until their parents called them and they went home. Ventus had soup and bread for dinner and drank cranberry juice, he washed the dishes on his own and yawned, he was tucked into bed by his butler while one servant read a book to him and he slept while Hydro recovered from his injuries and slept in the sand and endured another cold night. The next day came and Ventus was served breakfast in bed while Hydro hid behind a rock so the ponies would not beat him up even more, Ventus finished breakfast, washed the dishes on his own, and then was home schooled by his butler, he finished his lesson for the morning and went outside with a sandwich, he walked over to Hydro and gave him the sandwich and he ate it, the two then went across the water. Ventus and Hydro arrived at the island and the earth ponies under Hydro's rule treated his wounds and fed him, he finished and put on his armor, "Alright, everypony, let's start making weapons." Hydro said, "Weapons?" a colt asked, "Uh-huh, we're going to start training to fight today." Hydro replied, and the earth ponies began making swords and spears while Ventus watched, "What do you want us to do, Pegasus god Ventus?" a colt asked, "Oh, um... let's build some homes for you guys." Ventus replied, and he showed them how to build basic houses using sticks and dirt, he also put dirt in the water to turn it into mud and used it to hold the sticks together, the earth ponies began copying him to build small houses. The tribe under Hydro's command made swords and spears and practiced with them, Hydro got one and he began training them in combat, "Alright, everypony, copy me." Hydro said, and he stabbed the spear forward and then did a kick, they all practiced using the spear while Hydro instructed them, Ventus watched the tribe train while the tribe under his control stood behind him, "Come to think of it, we should also do some combat training, you guys will have to defend your home if it's invaded." Ventus said, and they made swords and spears carved from the rocks and sticks and Ventus tried to help them, they finished after hours of work and they began training, the ponies Hydro were training began to sweat and pant and fell over, "Get up, keep going." Hydro said, and they tried to stand but could not, "Unicorn god Hydro, can we take a break?" a colt asked, "No, you need to build strength and stamina." Hydro replied, he continued to instruct the tribe, the sun began to set while the tribe trained for combat, "We have to go home now, keep training while I'm gone." Hydro said, Ventus looked at Hydro while he began to leave, "That's enough, guys, we'll continue tomorrow." Ventus said, and the tribe under his command stopped and rested while the two went back home, "What are you doing, Hydro? They're going to collapse from exhaustion." Ventus said, "I need them trained." Hydro replied, "For what?" Ventus asked, "So they can defend themselves." Hydro replied, Ventus raised an eyebrow at Hydro and he just walked away and Ventus headed home. Ventus woke up the next morning and ran out of the house before his servants began working, he ran to the beach and saw Hydro was getting ready to head over already, the two went together and arrived at the island. Ventus and Hydro arrived the tribe under Hydro's command were asleep, "Wake up!" Hydro said, the earth ponies were startled awake, "I didn't say you all could sleep, get back to training." Hydro said, "But unicorn god Hydro, we've been training all night." a filly replied, "Doesn't matter, get back to training." Hydro replied, and he showed them how to use the sword next and they begun swinging them around while Hydro observed. Ventus walked around his kingdom and the earth ponies bowed to him when he was near them, they stood up and got on with their days on building homes and gathering food for others to eat, he watched Hydro while he observed his ponies training to fight, a filly swung a sword in the wrong direction, "Wrong!" Hydro said and he punched her in her jaw, she yelped as she fell, "When any of you mess up, you will get hit, it is so you all can build tolerance to pain." Hydro said, and the filly got back up and continued training in fighting, Hydro punched and kicked whoever messed up, "Wait, Hydro." Ventus said as he ran to them, Hydro looked at him, "A good ruler doesn't hit their subjects." Ventus said, "I need them to build endurance, so it's necessary." Hydro replied, "Then why are you only hitting them when they mess up?" Ventus asked, "So they will learn, every time they make the same mistake, the harder the hit will be next time." Hydro replied, the earth ponies under his command began to train while trying to keep themselves composed, "Also, Hydro, you yourself have to train with them." Ventus said, "Yeah, why aren't you training with us for?" a colt asked, "Because I have weaknesses you guys don't have, one of them is I don't have the physical capabilities of you guys." Hydro replied, the tribe stopped training and looked at him, "Wait, really?" a mare asked, "Yes, Ventus and I do not have the strength nor stamina of you earth ponies, we cannot grow crops, either." Hydro replied, "What can you two do, then?" a stallion asked, Hydro's horn glowed and he manipulated the water, the tribe watched with awe, Ventus flew up into the sky and stood on a cloud, the tribe gasped, "You two really are gods." an elderly mare said, "Yeah, yeah, back to training." Hydro said, and they did, the foals and elders began to collapse from exhaustion, Hydro kicked them to make them get up but they did not, "Unicorn god Hydro, please, I can't train any longer." an elderly stallion said, "Get up." Hydro said, the stallion tried but fell back down and panted, "Execute him." Hydro said, the tribe exclaimed with confusion and shock, "You heard me, he can't continue and is now useless, so execute him." Hydro said, "Please, unicorn god Hydro, have mercy, my husband has been training nonstop." an elderly mare said, "He's unable to train and has no energy, now you will execute him, that's an order as your god, make it as quick and as painless as you can." Hydro said, the tribe looked on with shock and then at Ventus' kingdom, they were all happy and foals were running around and playing, "Focus on your own kingdom, I will also be choosing who will be married with who." Hydro said, the earth ponies exclaimed again, "But why?" a filly asked, "You guys can't have weak and sick foals born, they need to be strong and healthy so your tribe can continue to prosper for generations to come." Hydro replied, "With all due respect, unicorn god Hydro, all of this training is starting to make me feel miserable." a colt said, the tribe nodded, "I know it's unpleasant now, but trust me, it will all pay off in the end, now, as your next phase of training, execute that stallion, you can't have your personal feelings get in the way of battle." Hydro said, the tribe looked at the stallion, "It's alright, everypony, I've already lived out my life, go through with it, for the sake of our tribe not having any weak ponies in it." the elderly stallion said, and they did, "Good, I'll make arrangements for him to have a proper burial later, continue training." Hydro said, and they did while Ventus watched him with shock, "Are you going to choose our partners for us, too, Pegasus god Ventus?" a filly asked, "No, choose somepony you genuinely love." Ventus replied, the filly smiled and ran back to her family. Ventus watched Hydro train his ponies for combat and he hit the ponies whenever they messed up and ordered them to execute whoever collapsed from exhaustion or was sick, "Hydro!" Ventus said as he ran to him, Hydro faced him, "This needs to stop." Ventus said, "Why? I am merely weeding out the weaklings so everypony in the tribe will be strong and healthy when I'm done." Hydro said, "What are you going to do when all of them are gone?" Ventus asked, "That won't happen, those who can still train will get to live." Hydro replied, Ventus turned his attention to the earth ponies, "What's do you guys think of his actions?" Ventus asked, "Unicorn god Hydro is doing what's right." a stallion replied, "Yes, he's executing the weak ponies so we can be a strong tribe." a mare said, "Look, there's another exhausted pony on the ground right now." Ventus said as he pointed to a filly, "I was too weak to keep up, execute me so I don't weaken the tribe." the filly said, Ventus reeled back at what she said, "No, keep her alive, send her to my kingdom so she can recover." Ventus said, and they did, "You would heal that weak foal?" Hydro asked, "Yes, I would." Ventus replied, Hydro looked at the sky and saw the sun high in the sky, "It's time for us to return, we'll be back tomorrow." Hydro said, and he and Ventus went across the water. Ventus and Hydro arrived back home and Ventus went home to have lunch while Hydro looked for food on the beach's shore and there was nothing, Ventus stayed home for the rest of the day and helped his house servants while Hydro was found and beaten up by the other ponies in the town, one pony hit him in the back of his head with a glass bottle and it broke on impact, he grunted a little and the other ponies began throwing sand into his eyes, he tried to stand up and one pony behind him stomped his head back down into ground and other ponies around him began kicking him, the sun began to set and they ran home while laughing, "Just you wait." Hydro grumbled, and his head fell back down onto the ground and he lost consciousness. The next day came and Ventus had breakfast, he cleaned the dishes on his own and then ran to the beach, he saw Hydro panting on the ground, "Hydro!" Ventus said as he ran to him, he held him up and Hydro looked at him, "Let's go to the island." Hydro said weakly, and Ventus flew there while carrying Hydro. Ventus arrived at the island and the tribe quickly treated Hydro's wounds and fed him, he and Ventus put on their armors and Hydro watched the ponies who continued to train, he saw a pile of dead ponies behind the tribe, "Okay, stop, I think that's enough training, now to make some bow and arrows." Hydro said, and the tribe began to make bow and arrows from wood, sticks, and rocks, Hydro used his telekinesis to help them make them, the bowstrings were made from tree fibre and they were twisted into a single cord, the bow and arrows were made and the tribe began doing target practice, the foals were too weak to pull the strings back, "Alright, this one will be adults only." Hydro said, and they shot the bow and arrows at targets that Hydro pointed at, "Wow, you guys are actually pretty good, it's almost like you all are naturals, let's train a little more." Hydro said, "What is the point of this, unicorn god Hydro? Why are we doing all of this?" a colt asked, "Revenge." Hydro replied, "Revenge?" a filly asked, "Yes, you've all seen me come here all beaten up and hungry, after training is complete, we're going to go to where I'm from and begin attacking them." Hydro replied, "Oh, so you want to get back at them." the colt said, "Exactly, I've had enough of their beatings, and the things they tell us to do on how to solve the problems don't work." Hydro replied, "I support your reason, unicorn god Hydro." the filly said, "Me too, I think it's time for those who made you that way feel what they made you feel." the colt said, "No, when we do attack, don't leave a single one alive, and then after that, we go after the rulers and take over." Hydro replied, "Wait, Hydro." Ventus said as he ran to him, Hydro looked at him, "Why do the rulers need to be attacked?" Ventus asked, "Because their methods on dealing with those who bully you don't work. I mean, seriously, to stop people from bullying you, all you need to do is smile, pffft, that's stupid, that doesn't solve anything, that makes your bullies think you're a masochist." Hydro replied, "That still doesn't explain why our rulers need to be attacked." Ventus said, "Because they always talk about friendship and how it helps things, their friendship lessons didn't help me, they wasted my time, I will overthrow them and take over Equestria and solve problems with other methods besides friendship, they will have better results, too." Hydro replied, "Hydro, you're directing your revenge to the wrong people." Ventus said, "Am I now? Is it wrong to direct my revenge to the rulers since their methods and advice didn't work?" Hydro asked, "Yes." Ventus replied, "What do you suggest, then?" Hydro asked, "Just attack those who bullied you directly, leave the others alone." Ventus replied, "Attack? I'm killing them." Hydro said, "That's going to cause more problems." Ventus replied, "I don't care, they hurt me, nopony helped, those who noticed joined in, and they find tormenting me to be funny, I think it's more than enough reason to warrant their deaths." Hydro said, "Fine, I'll just leave you and let you think about it, I'll be running my kingdom for now." Ventus said, and he walked back. Ventus attended to his subjects and helped them with things like building homes and finding food, they also built weapons in case they get attacked, Ventus trained along with them and they taught him how to fire the bow, the sun was high and Ventus and Hydro went back home. Ventus had lunch and was home schooled while Hydro hid from the ponies, Ventus finished his home school lesson and went back to the beach and he and Hydro headed back to the tribe, "You sure about what you want to do, Hydro?" Ventus asked, "Yes, I have nothing to lose." Hydro replied, "Okay then." Ventus said, and they arrived back at the island. Ventus and Hydro arrived back at the island and Hydro continued watching his subjects train, "Alright, I think that's good enough. Ventus, I need your people." Hydro said, the tribe under Ventus' command looked at him while Ventus ran to him, "No, I'm not giving you my subjects." Ventus said, "I'm going to return them with I'm done, Ventus, I just need them for my revenge." Hydro said, "You already got half the tribe under your command." Ventus said, "I need the entire tribe." Hydro replied, "No way, I am not leading them to their deaths, you're going to lose if you try to fight Equestria." Ventus said, "It'll be fine if we make it back in one piece, I'll stay here while Princess Celestia lives in fear that I'm still out there somewhere, I'm going to be the sword hanging above her throne." Hydro said, "Forget it, Hydro, I'm not giving you my people." Ventus said, "Then I'll take it by force." Hydro said, and his tribe got ready to attack him, "Stand down, this is between me and him." Hydro said, and they did. Hydro used his telekinesis to remove his cape and threw it to the side, Ventus then took off his cape and threw it to the side, the tribe backed away and Hydro cast magic to make water from the shore come up and tried to smash Ventus with it, Ventus flew up into the sky and then flew to Hydro and tackled him down, he grunted as he fell to the ground, Hydro began punching Ventus with his front hoofs and he punched Hydro in his helmet with his wings, Hydro used his telekinesis to throw Ventus off of him, he grunted as he cast telekinesis on himself, he shot water out of his horn and Ventus flew side-to-side to dodge them, he flapped his wings and made strong gusts of wind appear, the tribe's houses in his kingdom got blown apart while Ventus continued creating gusts of wind to distract Hydro. Hydro cast a spell and made water rise up and take Ventus in, the water went down and Ventus was underwater, he flew out of the water and towards Hydro, he shot more zaps out of his horn and Ventus strafed to dodge them, he got in front of Hydro and Hydro cast telekinesis and threw him back, he made a tidal wave come up with his magic in an attempt to take Ventus down. Ventus flew up higher and flew back to land, he flew around quickly in a circle and created a tornado, it went to Hydro and he exclaimed he got caught in it and was thrown into the water. Ventus flew above the water and Hydro came back up with his magic, his armor rusted, so he took it off, he cast telekinesis on himself and Ventus flapped his wings again to distract Hydro with strong gusts of wind, Hydro glared and shot water at Ventus, his armor began to get soggy and the lacquer did not protect it anymore, so he took his armor off and let it fall into the ocean. Hydro cast a breathing sphere around himself and dived into the water while Ventus flew up into the sky, he began flying in a circle to create a tornado over the water while Hydro cast a spell and was creating a whirlpool, Ventus formed the tornado and it went down while the whirlpool formed and began to suck in Ventus while Hydro was being sucked into the tornado. Ventus and Hydro struggled not to get sucked into the tornado and whirlpool, but they did and went between the two, they wrestled with one another while growling, the two punched one another while they spun around between the two and were shot out of the tornado and whirlpool and back onto the island, Hydro landed on the ground with Ventus on top of him and he hit his head on a rock. Ventus panted and looked at Hydro, "Hydro? Hydro?" Ventus asked, he checked him while the tribe walked to him, he saw Hydro was lifeless and he cried into his chest, he looked at the tribe, "So, gods have a limited lifespan, too." a stallion said, "That means even Pegasus god Ventus will be gone one day, too." a filly said, Ventus finished grieving and he picked up Hydro's body and flew back to his home. Ventus sat across from Doctor Whooves and held his tears back, "Shortly after I brought Hydro back home, nopony mourned him, those who heard the news were glad he was gone." Ventus said, "So, about all of this ponies beating him up and stealing his food, how do you know that happened?" Doctor Whooves asked, "The beach he stays at is close to my home, I can hear it, I also sleep on my house's second floor, so I can see it sometimes, too." Ventus replied, "Ah, okay." Doctor Whooves said, "Well? Do you believe me?" Ventus asked, "I have heard stranger tales, but I would like for you to take me to the island." Doctor Whooves replied, "Yes, come along." Ventus said, and the two walked together. Ventus arrived at the beach Hydro stayed at and picked up Doctor Whooves, he grunted loudly and began to fly, he held onto Doctor Whooves as tightly as he could and they arrived at the island, Doctor Whooves looked and saw the unicorn and Pegasus shaped palaces and the statues of the eagles and sharks, "Great whickering stallions! It's just like how you described it." Doctor Whooves said, the tribe of earth ponies walked forward to him and Ventus, "Look, Pegasus god Ventus has returned." a stallion said, and the tribe bowed down to him, "Who are you?" a colt asked, "I am Doctor Whooves, I'm a time traveler." Doctor Whooves replied, "*gasp* Are you the god of time?" a filly asked, "No, I just record history, I'm not a god." Doctor Whooves replied, "I see, so gods have a horn or wings." a mare said, "I guess you can say that." Ventus replied, "Well, Ventus, I have to go back now." Doctor Whooves said, "Alright." Ventus replied, and he grunted as he picked him up and flew across the water, "Say, are your parents back yet?" Doctor Whooves asked, "Yeah, they're home." Ventus replied, "What's going to happen to Hydro?" Doctor Whooves asked, "His funeral's tomorrow." Ventus replied, "I'm sorry to say this, Ventus, but ponies will think you're crazy or dreaming if you talk about that place, so it's probably for the best you keep it to yourself." Doctor Whooves said, "Okay." Ventus replied in a disappointed tone, and he soon arrived back at Equestria's mainland and Doctor Whooves headed back home. The next day came and Hydro's funeral began, only Ventus and his family and servants attended, "Ventus, you shouldn't associate with lower-class ponies like him." Ventus' mother said, "I just thought I'd be a decent pony and pay my respects." Ventus replied, "Still, where is his family?" Ventus' father asked, Ventus continued to pay his respects until a stallion walked to them, "I have brought a message from his parents, they said they could care less about the loss of their son and are glad that he is gone now that they live in comfort without him, they also said that's why they left him behind here in the first place." the stallion said, Ventus and his parents and servants looked on with disgust, "What kind of parents are they?" Ventus' mother asked, "I know, right, leaving him behind for their own selfish desires." Ventus' father replied, and they paid their respects to him and went home after a while. Ventus woke up the next day and had breakfast and did his home school lesson, he then went outside and flew to the island, he went to the tribe and the entire tribe bowed to him, "I'm sorry to say this to you all, but Hydro will no longer be around." Ventus said, "It is alright, he is now in a better place, free from the cruelties of life." a mare said, the rest of the tribe nodded, "I guess you can say that." Ventus said, and he walked to his palace and put on a newly made eagle themed wooden armor and cape, he then sat on his throne and continued ruling over the tribe as a god.