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// Unforgiving 
// Story: Ponies Creed: Revelations 
// by Luigi117 
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Octavia climbed to the top of another tower. She thought about the fight she had just been in. Almost right on cue, she heard the screaming voice of Commander Chrysalis. "What the HELL happened here?!" Octavia smirked as she kept climbing. She swore she saw Luna smirk as well. When she got to the top, she walked to the edge. She peered down and nodded. "I hate getting my robes wet." She pushed an eagle statue off the tower and jumped after it. She fell for a solid three seconds before the statue burst through the ground. She dove into the water that was below the surface of the earth.

Octavia groaned as she pulled herself out of the water. She was greeted by a shaking Templar with his sword drawn. He had an apple in his hand. The guard looked at the half eaten apple. Feeling nothing else would help his situation, he threw it at Octavia. Octavia lifted her hoof and caught the apple without breaking eye contact. "really? Come on, did you REALLY think that would do anything?" With that, she chucked the apple back at him. It hit him in the face. He yelped and covered his eyes with his hooves. He stumbled around and fell into the water. Octavia just stood and watched with a face that read, "wow... Really?" after the guard didn't resurface, Octavia remembered that Templars wore heavy armor. It probably weighed him down, and he drowned. She face hoofed and continued on her way.

She navigated the prison-like cave. She came to a hole in the wall. Making sure to keep quiet, she peered through the wall. There was a big room with four more Templars, and what appeared to be a civilian. They were in front of.. "is that..." Octavia sighed happily to herself. "The door to Luna's library!" she concluded that she'd have to take out the four guards silently. Octavia positioned herself over a Templar. She pounced. Time seemed to go in slo-mo as she landed on the guard with her hidden blade suddenly in his back. Octavia slowly walked up to another guard. She stabbed him in the back, but she forgot something. She didn't cover the guards mouth! The Templar screamed, as the last two guards came over. Octavia mentally kicked herself, but ran and swung her hidden blade at a guard with a spear. He tried deflecting it, but to no avail. Octavia closed her eyes, and everything turned into a blur.  She sliced the spear in half. While "sheathing" the blade, she grabbed both ends of the spear. She thrust the sharp end into the Templar standing next to her. She spun and threw the other half across the chamber, and into another guards chest.

Octavia stood up and opened her eyes. She turned towards the civilian as he cheered. "that was amazing! Thank you so much ma'am!" Octavia nodded. "your welcome. Did you find this?" she asked. "yes ma'am. It took me a year to find this chamber. I have been trying to get through for over 3 months!" the stallion looked down. "I wish I knew what was behind it." Octavia looked at the door before returning her gaze back towards the man. "There are artifacts worth more than all the gold in the world in there. I hope to get in as well." The stallion brightened. "maybe the book the guy has will help you!" Octavia looked confused. "What guy? What book?" the stallion got angry. "The ugly captain. He carries it around wherever he goes." Octavia threw the stallion a bag of coins. "Go home and work for honest men." the stallion caught the bag, but turned sad. "I would love to ma'am. But those ponies will murder me if I try." Octavia looked towards a door, then back to the stallion. "Pack your tools."