//------------------------------// // The End of The Beginning // Story: What Happens in Terraria // by BioChemicalWolfGear //------------------------------// I found myself bonding with Saurin better than I was with Spitfire or Fleetfoot. They warmed up to me well enough but I can’t help but feel I didn’t leave the best impression on them. I don’t mind though, it’s not like I expect everyone to love me. I was still getting looks from the towns pegasi but that wasn’t exactly a problem either. However when I saw a midnight stylized chariot fly over my head and spin around I got just a little worried. It lowered itself to the point where I could see the specific detail on the night guards who were pulling it. “Puppet Master!” Shouted Luna. “MY SISTER REQUIRES YOUR ASSISTANCE IN APREHENDING WOLFGEAR!” Ow “Don’t shout at me. Now what’s going on?” “We learned that wolfGear may be plotting to kill you.” “Well he’s succeeded. He’s killed me fifty times already.” Luna was silent for a moment. “You mean…is this all a joke?” “No I have the ability to appear back into the world when I die. So can wolfGear. If either of us wanted the other dead it wouldn’t be permanent.” “You’re sure that’s true?” “Yes I am. I’ve died several times between now and the last time we met.” “…how is that possible? No Equestrian looks for so much trouble.” “In my world trouble finds you. And the lucky survive.” “Regardless we cannot take any chances. If wolfGear is as powerful as he said he was then if we try to arrest him he might react the wrong way…we need you.” I thought it over. If wolfGear is in trouble it should be my responsibility to help him out. He is my character after all. I’m responsible for his actions…well I think I am. “All right fine.” I looked back at Saurin. “Bye Saurin.” I said as if I wasn’t entirely into saying goodbye. I turned to leave. “What about us?” Said Spitfire. “Yea what about you?” I snapped at her. “Nah just kidding you’re cool. So are you Fleetfoot.” They rolled their eyes but waved me off. “Hey Luna. I’ll see you at Ponyville. I’m sure wolfGear is likely to show up there at any time.” I took out my magic mirror. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Arriving at home I left the bedroom and went into those expansive halls of my sky home. I walked around looking for any signs of wolfGear and found none. I assumed he was still in Equestria so I went to the portal. Then I stopped…something told me I wasn’t prepared to go back. I listened to the little voice in my head and I went over to the chests with stuff in it. I deposited all my change into the piggy bank and held onto one gold to buy a new piggy bank. I then grabbed one of many health potions a gravity potion and an iron skin potion. And just to be safe 30 mana potions. I looked around in the storage area and found a water bolt. Of course I would need that…I mean it’s only underpowered as hell in this stage right? I’m going to bring it anyway…WHAT!? I like magic. Grabbing the bolt I walked up to the portal. I took a good long look at it. I couldn’t shake the feeling that everything was going to change. I took my first steps into the unknown. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I found myself in the Everfree forest once again. It defiantly wasn’t the source of my worries. This was familiar and predictable. Could it be possible the corruption was to blame for my uneasy feeling? No not possible. Corruption was in Terraria not here. Unless wolfGear went on and plopped some corrupt seeds down. He wouldn’t do that would he? … Yea he would. God dammit wolfGear. I sprinted toward the edge of Everfree forest and I stopped in my tracks when I got to the treeline. Ponyville was in flames. But the most important aspect of the scene was the light show high above the city. From here I can see a white and regal Alicorn locked in holy combat with the one and only…wolfGear. I wanted to make popcorn but sadly I didn’t have any. However I did start walking through the streets and put out fires with the water bolts. It was interesting to watch fire balls fall from the sky and the two combatants locked in an aggressive waltz in the sky. wolfGear removed his vanity items. I’m not sure why either. Maybe the heat of the battle made him want to feel like he was a full part of it. It was almost poetic the way they moved. But from here even I could tell you what the other persons strategy was. wolfGear is a melee kind of guy. He killed me so often because he was able to get in close. Celestia has thousands of years of flying experience so she’s staying alive by not getting within wolfGear’s reach. Probably a good thing too considering her only real attack is a beam from her horn. A stab maybe but she’d be too close and most likely decapitated if she got too close. Wolf was struggling with the fight and of all the training we did fighting the most evil creatures they were still predictable. We knew nothing about Celestia. I’d probably easily defeat Celestia because my magic is entirely ranged. “PUPPET MASTER!” I looked over to my right and saw a purple unicorn rushing toward me. “wolfGear’s gone mad! He’s burnt down Prancing Province and killed two guards! He’s committed mass murder and he wants to take your life!” She panted heavily after saying all that in one breathe. I was impressed. I also got it all. I looked up at the sky and watched the battle continue. “Puppet? What are you doing?” Asked Twilight after a while of watching the battle. “I’m trying to solve the problem. But I need to know what’s going on in wolf’s mind right now.” I stared at them for a few seconds before my thoughts were interrupted. “CELESTIA’S IN TROUBLE AND YOU WANT TO WATCH!?!” “Calm down Twilight. Luna’s on her way.” “How do you know that?” She said glaring at me. “I told her to come here.” Her expression softened. “Ok but what are you going to do?” “I’ll think of something.” And I thought of something…something that could possibly defuse the situation…even though mass murder is bad and there is no chance I’m getting wolf out of that one I can at least possibly end this fight. “Twilight I thought of something.” “All right,” she said determined. “What do you need me to do.” “Sit there and look pretty. I got this.” I looked in my inventory and found I had enough wood for my master plan. I quickly made a workbench and threw it down eliciting a thump from the ground when I slammed it down. Twilight watched me wide eyed. I couldn’t blame her. The hilarity that will soon ensue will rock the foundation of the universe itself. I had the item that will change the tide of the battle. I flew up with a great beat of my wings and ascended up to the clouds. wolfGear was too busy circling Celestia to see my approach. I was directly behind him and Celestia saw this. She smirked a victorious smirk until she saw the item in my hand. wolfGear noticed this too and looked behind him. *THWACK! CRACK!* “HA! DOOR CHECKED BITCH!” wolfGear went into a free fall and slammed into a cloud and rolled a few meters before stopping and getting up. He looked directly at me and noticed the half broken door I held in both my hands. And I was laughing my ass off. “HAHHAHAHAHAHAH oh god I-HAHA!” “SILENCE USER!” Came a very angry voice. I immediately found the source to be wolfGear and it immediately silenced my laughter. “Wolf? You can talk?” “Of course I can talk. And I swear once I’m done with you I’ll be the puppet master!” “How do you plan on doing that?” I saw his mouth contort into a malicious smile. “Like this.” I suddenly felt myself grounded. My feet were frozen and my body was straightening itself so I stood tall and stoic. I felt all emotion and free will leave my body. More importantly I saw a green aura sprouted out of my body and arced toward wolfGear and he absorbed it with his body. “When I get all your aura I will be able to leave Terraria! And when I do I’ll take YOUR life from you! Not only just kill you! But play you like you played me!” My free will was almost gone. It was like liquid being poured out of the top of my skull. Then my savior…Celestia shot a beam at wolfGear and broke his concentration. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” he shouted as the green liquid poured out of him and back to me. But three other arcs appeared and shot off into the distance. “Where is that going?” I said commenting on the arcs that are leading away from the fight. “Pup are you ok?!” Said Celestia which brought me out of my train of thought. “NO MATTER! That beam made us mortal and connected. Once one of us dies we die for good! It’s time we decide who’s the better master my…master.” He spit out the last word with malice. “Oh fuck.” And then he did the most typical super villain thing ever…HE THREW DOWN A FUCKING MUSIC BOX ON THE CLOUD! “I hope you like fighting music.” He said pointing Excalibur at me. “Because you’re going to die to it.” We waited for a few moments looking at each other. Then once the base hit we exploded into movement and flew towards each other at great speeds. I drank my iron skin potion and gravitation potion hoping I can use them when I need them. I psyched him out with a preemptive strike that was too far away to hit him and he flinched for a moment which gave me the opportunity to launch myself above him and put the sun behind me. He looked up at me and had to look away. Once I saw he was blinded I shot balls of cursed flame at him. It struck him directly in the face and the body where he was abruptly combusted into flames. They taxed his health and I swiftly used his confusion to fly up to him and try to stab him in the grill of his helmet so to stab him in the brain. I missed when he tilted his head to the side and corrected himself. Not taking any chances I flew away to give myself distance between him. Now was a good time to check inventory. I had my shotgun and one thousand bullets. I almost forgot I had that. But it’s what was always mine. Shotguns are cool in any game and I love that weapon. Only makes sense it was given to me when I first arrived here. wolfGear rushed forward and closed the distance between us and managed to get several hits off on me. I ended up with several wounds and half health. I retaliated by burning him again and out of shock I grabbed my shotgun and blasted him in the face. He plummeted to the earth and I took the opportunity to use my Excalibur to do the finishing blow and stab him in the face when he hits the ground. But I was foolish because he wasn’t done. I flew down and almost got decapitated by his own sword so I backed off and let him plummet. He corrected himself and flew back up at me at full force. I dove after him and we locked eyes for a moment. And it lasted forever. I could see his sword swing and I returned the gesture. We both followed through and a great sound blasted through our ear drums. *CLANG* But what connected? Our swords of course! But I was diving so I had more momentum. Somehow my force knocked his Excalibur out of his hand. I reached for the hilt and grasped it with my life. I spun around and started hacking and slashing at wolfGear. He tried to doge but I had the gravitation potion so I used gravity-or anti in this case-to help me get to him since he was higher than me. I cut him to pieces until… *Splat* wolfGear exploded into thousands of pieces and the battle was over. I landed on the cloud and waited. Waited for him to respawn and come back. He never did. But I will never forget the fear plastered on his face. I truly felt remorseful about what I did to wolfGear now that I had time to think. wolfGear was not only an alias that I used but also a character that I worked hours and hours to upgrade. I watched Celestia fly down to me. “Pup. I’m grateful that you’ve-“ “Stop.” I said flatly. “You do know what I did right?” “You had no choice. He was going to kill you.” “He wanted to be free. Free from my terror! And he died because of me. By my hand and by my sword! I created him by hand. I gave him skills many others could only wish to have!” “Puppet Master I’m sorry. I truly am.” “No. No you’re not. You wanted him dead so he wouldn’t be a problem for you anymore. And he’s not a problem anymore. I know you couldn’t have apprehended him…but I really wish I could do more.” “He killed hundreds and destroyed homes.” “He was born to fight evil…until evil corrupted him. I know he was corrupted. I would never act like that! That’s like you having to kill Luna because she’s NIGHTMARE MOON!” The weight of what I’ve done hit Celestia like a ton of bricks. “Puppet Master…I’m so sorry. I didn’t know.” “I wish to be alone for now. I will come back when I’m ready.” I glided down to the ground where all of wolfGear’s stuff landed. I picked it all up. It wasn’t that much at all. I decided I should walk back to the portal. It gives me time to think. As I approached the edge of the Everfree I had a feeling like I was being watched. I didn’t want to have to deal with a wondering predator. So I thought ‘fuck it.’ And took out my magic mirror to teleport back to spawn. Little did I know, that feeling of being watched was originating from another two legged creature.