God my head is killing me. It feels like migraine. The worst one too at that. If I knew it would cause this much pain I would have declined and done the harder route of learning the damn language, then I could tell them to fuck off. This world in general needs to learn that I'm not their damn savior. I could barely get out of bed to work a nine to six.
*tap* *tap*
Hey that hurts. It almost feels like a rubber hammer. I couldn't even move to swat them off.
"Did she kill him?" asked a sheepish young girl.
"I didn't kill him! I was doing a standard spell I've done for hundreds of years!" a more authoritative voice exclaimed.
"You should say that to Faust! I bet she would be so forgiving when she learns you killed her SON!" responded the girl.
"Watch your tone, Cadance," started the commanding voice.
"Like Tartarus Celestia! Faust would bring down a thousand curses upon our land for killing him! You want me to remain calm at this fact!" this 'Cadance' screamed. Gah, my head, why can't they argue quietly.
"How about we all just calm down and actually check if he's dead," a familiar voice said. It almost sounds like Divine. I slowly got control of my paws and started to rub my temples.
"Calm. CALM! He just collapsed right in front of us from a mind spell! That could only mean one thing, we killed him! Everypony knows this!" 'Cadance' exclaimed loudly. "His mind would be shattered and dead with only his body living on for a time! We have thousands of years of history on the study of mind magic to prove this!"
"I have studied this spell of hundreds of years, and I can tell you I did not mess the spell up! I did it correctly, but his mind was shielded so I have to Improvise on the spot! Even then the safeties on these spells should have prevented this!" 'Celestia' yelled. God they are getting too loud.
"Then why did he collapse if the safeties should have 'prevented' it! You know as well as I---" 'Cadance' started.
"ALL OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP" I yelled out. That shut down their screaming match. Thank Christ, the ringing in my ears and mind was getting unbearable.
"He's alive!" all of them exclaimed loudly. Why can't they be quiet? My head hurts too much to yell again.
"Unfortunately," I responded. It got quiet after that, but not the good kind of silence of understanding but a more somber tone.
"What did he say?" Cadance asked, breaking the tone of the room.
"He said something about it being not in good fortune," replied Celestia. Not quite but close enough.
"Why would he not be happy to be alive?" asked Cadance.
"It's because this day has been terrible, and I want it over quickly. Not to mention the migraine I have right now," I stated. I tried to open my eyes, but the light was too blinding, so I quickly shut them again.
"Cadance, he understood you! See my spell was successful!" exclaimed Celestia.
"If it was successful, why can't he speak it? Why did he collapse? You failed and you don't want to admit it," accused Cadance.
"Ladies just shut up. Fighting will get you nowhere," I said to them. It sounds like the petty fights I had with my sister back when I was younger.
"Lord Kitsune, I do not understand what this shut up means. I know the words but do not understand what they mean together," Celestia said.
"It means be quiet harshly. So, if you could do that, that would be nice," I responded.
"What did he say?" Cadance asked. Even with their lower voice level, they are still way to loud.
"He is telling us to be quiet and not to fight."
"Ohh, why did it sound so harsh?"
"See how he is holding his head; he has a migraine I believe due to the spell."
"Yes now shut up, you're still too loud," I said. Celestia gave me huff, now that she knows what I mean. Even with my harsh warnings they kept on bickering. Who knew royalty would more human than the stiff boards they are portrayed. I felt a little tap on my nose. Would it be muzzle now? I don't remember the right term for it. I was able to open my eyes to look upon Divine trying to get my attention.
"You dropped this my lord," Divine said while holding my fox plushie, Fang. I quickly held out my paws to grab hold of him. I need some cuddles right now. It reminds me of home with the plushies I'd like to collect. I miss home. I just laid there for a little bit before my migraine went away. Divine never said anything as I laid there, he was just silently staring at me with a concern expression, I think that what's that face means. It's nice to know he got my back. I finally got my wits together to get up very Shakely.
"Thank you Divine, I really needed that," I said as my three legs wobbled as they struggled to stay standing. Divine gave me a nod as he helps me keep my balance. It took a minute to get Fang back in my tails where he won't fall out again, for some reason him being there makes me feel better.
"It is my pleasure to help you as we are both children of Faust. She would want all her children to help when others are in their time of need," Divine stated. I have a feeling that isn't the only reason he did it. Fuck, why do I have to look like this 'Kitsune' fella. I'd rather not be their next messiah, that would really suck. I looked over at what was now a quiet room, the two royal members were now looking sheepishly at me while bowing.
"We would humbly like to apologize for our behavior Lord Kitsune," stated Celestia. What?
"We were out of line and did not care for your health as we should have," started Cadance.
"We apologize on behalf of Equestria so that you may not curse our lands," Celestia said.
"We must recognize our responsibility as the rulers of Equestria, so we ask that you not turn your ire towards our ponies."
"We ask of you to curse us for our sins and not the ponies below, for they have not sinned as we have."
"We will take the consequences for our lack of action in your time of need."
"We only ask of you to spare our ponies from your wrath," Celestia finished. I just sat there and stared blankly at them. I have no idea what to do in this situation. There was an awkward silence as I stared at them.
"Are you sure he can understand us?" Cadance whispered to Celestia. She tried to keep this conversation more or less secret but fail miserably.
"I was sure he responded to you; if he can't, we might have a problem," Celestia stated quietly, she only moves her mouth we she said this unlike Cadance sneaking looks at Celestia. I think I should butt in before another fight breaks out.
"I can understand you perfectly fine, though I don't know how. The reason I didn't respond is that I don't know what to do in this situation," I clarified to them. They both looked horrified by my answer. I don't know why as I'm trying to figure out what they mean by that weird little skit they did.
"Lord Kitsune," Divine started, "May I interject? Before you cast your judgement on our faithful rulers, I must tell you that Princess Celestia has served Equestria for over a thousand years while Cadance has just started serving our nation forty or so years ago. They have served our nation faithfully and honorably for their time over our nation. Please take mercy over their sin."
I notice two things in that sentence, one of them is how he said Celestia. He said it with scorn, I wonder what that is about. The other thing I noticed is that the big white and rainbow one is over one thousand-years-old! Holy shit! She is old enough to have seen the black death. No wonder she said some of those items outside have bring unpleasant memories. I look at all of them trying to decipher what exactly they want from me. All of them were looking at me with nervous expressions. I have to at least say something.
"To curse a people for an action of one is a crime against nature in of itself. As the father's sins are not the sons. Atlas the most painful punishment for sins is to learn and make sure the sins you committed never happens again. Learn from today and adapt for tomorrow," I said to them. Fuck, why did I have to get philosophical on them.
"You speak wisely my lord," started Celestia, "We will learn from our mistake today and do better tomorrow."
"I repeated what I learned from the greatest philosophers I know. These are not words of divine nature but a natural truth. Please call me Kevin," I told them while holding out my paw in what should have been a handshake, but they just stared at the paw puzzledly. Do they not know what a handshake is? "Hold out you leg."
Celestia did as I said and held out on of her legs. I moved my paw to her leg and shook it. Celestia seemed amazed by this newfound gesture. Have they really not seen a handshake before?
"This gesture is more intimate than I imagined. It hold more meaning than a simple bow but not quite as close as a nuzzle. What do you call it Lord Kevin," She struggled saying my name. I guess if they don't have hands a handshake would not make any sense to them. I do need to have them stop calling me lord though, baby steps.
"It is called..." I started before being rudely interrupted by shouting outside the door.
"Aunty Luna you must be returned to bed; your condition will worsen if you keep this up. Put down that sword! This is a weapon free area! Guards help me secure her back to her bed! She needs to recover from her injuries," shouted someone behind the door. I could even hear some sort of a scuffle behind it.
*Bang*
The door was slammed open, hitting the walls hard enough to crack them. What stood before us was now a dark blue with a light blue maned winged Unicorn. Some guards and a white unicorn fell from the door with her. She looked determined to find something. She must have found it as she stared right at me.
"Luna please don't," Celestia pleaded.
"Tis isn't thy decision to make," Luna said. She walked right up to me with her sword of a dark blue with crescent moons carved into it. It had a slight curve to it; it reminds me of a scythe. It even had red specks on it, and they look recent. It was held aloft by a dark blue glow that also emanated from her horn. She walked right up to me, staring me down as if nothing else mattered. As she got closer, she raised her sword. Just a few feet away she swung down. I flinched.
*Clang*
The sword hit the ground in front of me and Luna bowed as deep as she could. Luna started to speak, "Lord Kitsune the creator of the Nine Realms, the Guardian of Heaven, the God of Order, Balance and Will, son of Faust. Our life is now forfeit for we have sinned. Our sin is too great to be forgiven. We have broken the natural law of the land and done thee greatest evils. We have betrayed those who we love for our lust for power. We have done unspeakable evils in the name of power. It is thy judgement we seek, for only thou can cast proper judgement on the damned."
The room was silent as they waited for my answer but all I could think of was one simple word. Fuck.