An echo filled his mind. The sound was familiar in tone and approach, yet he could not quite understand what it was requesting of him. His mind swam in the ocean of his memories, memories long forgotten. Yet they were still there, hidden from his mind’s eye.
One such memory swam to him like it was looking for its rightful place to lay and sleep within his mind. But, when it made contact with its rightful place, his eyes beheld a flash of colour swimming past his vision and stopped at a green meadow. He looked around and saw a flowing green sea that looked like blades of grass, lapping at his hooves.
There was a breeze, a warm breeze hitting his snout. It felt like the breeze was tickling his nose before it made him sneeze. ‘Are the winds making you sick?’ Asked a curious voice. He turned around to where the voice sounded. He noticed the pony standing next to him. ‘Oh, no princess. It is only my allergies. They dislike the current weather changing its season.’ He bowed slightly as he noticed that Twilight was standing next to him. ‘Ah, I am glad to hear that you are well… It is rather nice to stand in this meadow with you. I know that I can enjoy it for as long as I like because I have you to look after me.’
Twilight proceeded to place a scabbard down in front of her protector. The colour of the scabbard was dark midnight purple with gold marbling. The sword it housed showed a white grip with a pommel in the shape of a pointed star. ‘Princess, you-’ He was cut off from her calm tone. ‘Open it, please!’ She asked and he nodded in cooperation. He pulled the sword from its home and lifted it up with his magic. The glint from the sword in the sun gave off a light lavender holographic tinge to the silver and gold blade. The gold was engraved into the entirety of the blade's length. ‘Princess, it is quite marvelous to gaze upon. Yet, I spy your cutie mark in gold. It is scattered all the way down the blade… How can I repay you?’ He sheathed the sword back into its home. ‘By protecting me, no matter the condition. You are my protector, after all, you will need appropriate instruments to uphold my safety.’ Twilight giggled.
Cracking could be heard from the obsidian cocoon. ‘No! Please let me slumber evermore. I do not wish to wake yet. Let me dream!’ The obsidian crystal changed its colour as a rainbow started to form within the crystal itself. ‘Wake my sworn protector. You are needed, needed more than ever.’ Shortly after, a piece of it flew out of its holding place within the structure, but what replaced the missing piece was an oozing fluid. The fluid had a putrid aroma as it fell to the floor. Once it hit the marble a sizzling sound began to emanate.
Sounds of shattering glass began to come forth more violently as a hoof stepped to the floor. 'Wrrooaahhh' sounded as the once-trapped unicorn began to breathe again. The pony was covered in what looked like acid. The acid fell off his coat, yet it melded the rotten crystals on his body to his skin. 'Princess? Hast thou called upon me to wake afresh?' The unicorn sounded. 'Ye, call forth thouest blade? I shall heed thy call. I shall commend thee force of thine army and pillage that orb of green and blue. I shall tear it asunder for thouest to return to our kingdom come.'
'I feel thy power flow through the veins of mine body as if it were acid. Clotting and corroding mine flesh with thy will... Mine sword, its blade has been touched by the radiance of its princess.' The unicorn began to lick the flat side of the modified blade with his tongue. Bubbling and sizzling sounds could be heard from the pink flesh of the unicorn's tongue, as it began touching the caustic blade. ‘Go forth Protector. Bring me back to your world. Set me free of this prison.’ Echoed Twilight's voice in his mind. The unicorn made his way toward the balcony and stood upon its rail. He looked downwind at the world below him and jumped off the rail.
Falling through the vacuum he smiled softly ‘As you wish, Princess.’