As we awoke the next morning, we found a V.I.P train ticket for a ride to the Crystal Empire. We decided to have breakfast and leave. We then went to the train station to see that the train was just about to leave and made it on time. As the ride went on I noticed it was getting colder and the ground was starting to be covered by snow. The sight was starting to make me cry, it was reminding me of home.
As soon as the train stopped I grabbed my stuff and exited the train. When I got off the train A familiar mash-up of creatures appeared wearing a coat with a furry hood. "Hello, Jason, how are you?" Asked Discord as he did a claw gun that shot a beam at me.
I decided to answer his question first. Before asking what the beam did, if it did anything. "I am doing well, all things considered. Thanks for the food chest by the way. So what did the beam do?" I said as I started walking past one of those signs that was an arrow that pointed to a town or city.
He started floating alongside me and said. "I decided to remove your skills progression because they really hinder your progress. I mean your sneak, lock-picking, and pick-pocketing skills are null now that you can become a ghost. Your archery is also null due to your ectoplasmic blasts. Your armor skills are no longer needed because you can just let the weapons phase through you." He said as he made a blackboard pop into existence along with a pointer so that he could show what skills are canceled by my powers.
I decided to check my skills to see they weren't gone but maxed but I did not get the upgrade points from them. "Ok so you did not remove them but you made them max, why not just remove them?" I asked as I looked at the board and saw a note that said the first part of Frost breath shout is to the west.
He summoned a chair for me and a cup of hot chocolate. "I did not remove them so you could still find ways to get the perks and reap the benefits instead of entirely removing them from your 'DNA'." He said as he picked me up and turned me in the direction I assumed to be west. "Now when you get done in the cave just turn left and you will be heading for the empire." He said before he teleported away.
I then went forward and decided after an hour to chop down a tree and make a shelter I used my flames to clear the area of snow and then I made a little shelter with the logs I cut and the branches. I then had Pisica transform to his manticore form so I could use his fur for heat. In the morning I woke up to the same clock from two days ago. This time it was a song sung by Discord about getting a glass of water. I decided to leave the shelter there if someone needs it in the future.
I found the cave after around a mile walk. I felt the pull from the cave. I decided to enter with my knife and hatchet drawn. "I want you to wait here so If I need to run out we will then have the element of surprise." I told him and he then let out a purr.
As I entered the cave it was like all light had disappeared. I decided to practice my ghostly ability by trying to have just my head go ghostly. It took fifteen tries to get it to work. I decided to try this to see if it could give me night vision. I suspected this would work because Danny was able to see clearly in Vlad's mansion at night when Danny and his mom went camping.
The first thing I saw was a massive spider web ahead. I replaced my hatchet and knife with my sword and swung at the web. The first living thing I encountered was a rat. It posed no danger so I made no attempt to kill it. As I got to a clearing I heard a hissing sound, I saw I had entered the spider's den.
As I drew my sword with a two-handed grip I looked around and saw tons of bones scattered around the cave, I was then alerted by a thud behind me. That was without a doubt the biggest spider I had ever seen. It was at least the same size as Celestia. I decided to fully go ghost at this point and I decided to try something that was crazy. I started to fly and went to the far end of the cave.
I flew towards the spider and spun so my back was to the ground. I grabbed my knife with both hands and held it above me like a fin and flew under the spider. I got lucky and broke my skin but my knife got stuck in the belly of the spider. I drew my sword and flew above it. I decided not to go for anything fancy at this point and flew down to stab my sword into the spider's head.
This had killed the spider and I had just ended ghost form and grabbed my sword and knife as the back of the spider started shaking. I knew what this meant so I started my flames spell and aimed at the spider and lit it like a bonfire. The back of the spider burst open and the spider babies were crawling out of the body on fire. I decided to end this in an amazing way, "Fus Ro Dah." I shouted and the spiders hit the wall like bugs on a windshield. I then saw a small path at the side of the cave and felt the pull of the words bring me there.