Part 2-Lost Love
The doors to the longhouse swung open to the couple of pegasi that wondered inside. Banners of blue and gold with the face of a pegasus armored in plates adorned the walls. Long tables filled with foods such as apples, corn, hay, and roasted nuts piled high on beautiful wooden plates. The pillars holding the wooden and stone structure were lined with large torches that illuminated the longhouse in its entirety. Finally, at the very end of the building sat the Olden Throne, seat of power to the clans, and one of their mighty chief Brynhoof the Great.
"My chief." The mighty Fjord Runner fell to his knees and bowed. Spectrum only stood up and waved comically.
"You needed to see us, father?" It slipped Fjord's mind occassionaly that he was engaged to the princess of their entire clan. Ever since clans Volsung and Duntrot unified under the same banner, life was peaceful in the hold after the battle of the Northern Pass. It was here that the two met, as a matter of fact. Two young warriors locked in arms, prepared to kill one another, were now locked into love and a life of peace for once.
"Alas, Spectrum, my youngest daughter." He said with a sigh. "Thy wedding has been postponed." Fjord shot to his hooves, wide-eyes, as did Spectrum. Their special day was being moved, and for what?
"Father, what is the meaning of this?" Spectrum cried. "We have been planning this arrangement since the clans unified." She stomped her hooves as Brynhoof arose from his throne, his eyes darkened with anger and worry. "We both agreed to this, and it was to be a sign of good faith to the clans. That one day all Pegasi would be united once again like in the old stories."
"My daughter, I have longed for your special day, and the welcoming of my newest son-in-law, but there has been a tragedy in the hold. A small band from the Roman city-states to the south was found along the shore. Even now clan Scylfing has reported its scouts seeing villages burned, crops destroyed, and our mares and foals taken away." He said with a heavy breath. "It seems as though...the time has come."
"No, my chief!" Fjord roared. "Send out warriors, my lord. You must fight them." Brynhoof glared and rose from the throne in anger, stomping to the ground. His fur robes catching the wind as his enormous wings flared in fury.
"I will not risk lives senselessly. I called you here because I needed to discuss something of utter importance to you." He motioned with his hoof and two Earth ponies came out of the corner carrying a large stone tablet.
"Everything is happening, just as foretold..."
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Equestria: Present Day
The enormous warrior walked slowly towards Rainbow Dash, his body still wet and icy from his frozen prison. His dark coat and golden mane and tail were drenched with pieces of ice still caught in them. Rainbow Dash wanted to run, but for some reason she was frozen to where she stood, a look of fear, and wonder, froze to her face. The pegasus in warrior's garb fell to the ground on his side, clearly weak from his long hibernation, and groaned.
"The gods damn that cursed Unicorn!" He growled as he got up. "I would have never agreed had I known how agonizing being frozen was. I would have stayed and fought with you, my love, but our chief demanded it." He shook himself dry, making Rainbow Dash jump back as a sword and great ax fell to the floor with a loud clang.
He is going to kill me..., Dash thought to herself. She tried to run, but the opening from which she came into the tomb had been sealed shut after she entered. The pegasus looked around confused at his surroundings, thinking he had been imprisoned in a burial chamber. "So they expected me to die in here, then?" He grumbled before his eyes caught Dash's once again, and his angry scowl quickly turned into a look of sheer delight.
"My darling Spectrum." He rushed over and picked Rainbow Dash off the ground with ease and kissed her firmly on the lips. Her eyes shot wide open in complete confusion as she tried to get out of the stallion's grip. He held her off the ground firmly in his forearms as he kissed her passionately. "I knew you would never forsake me, my love. The spell held true and you released me. Therefore the time has come for us to fell the demons and wed as we were meant to by thy father's will, and the will of our hearts." Rainbow said nothing, only stared up at him with a look of panic and fear in her eyes.
"I have about a hundred bits in my saddle bag outside from my aunt and uncle. If you don't rape me it's all yours." She said shakily. The mighty warrior laughed heartily as he set her down.
"My darling, you made me agree that coitus would not ensue until our wedding night, which I am greatly looking forward to." He smiled before embracing her again. "By the stewards of the storm, I'm so happy you returned for me." He said with a sigh, small tears of joy falling from his eyes onto Rainbow's neck as he held her close to him. Rainbow almost didn't want to tell him that she was not who he thought she was, but she knew she had to if she wanted to escape.
"Listen pal, I'm really flattered by the attention, but I'm not who you think I am." She pulled away slightly as he stared at her, confused. "My name is Rainbow Dash, not Spectrum. I think you have me confused with somepony else." She told him as she looked him in the eye.
"But...your mane is like that of the rainbow itself. Your coat as blue as the icy rivers which you collected the rain of our people with. Your eyes like flawless amethysts shining in the moonlight. You must be..." He cried. "You must be my bride! You have to be! How long was I gone!?" He shouted as he stomped upon the ground, his mane flowing back and forth. Rainbow paniced as she sought an exit, but to no avail. The warrior's neck shone a brilliant blue as his sword handle was engulfed in an aura similar to that of a unicorn spell and ran straight towards Dash in half a second, holding the sword blade to her throat.
"I am Fjord Runner, son of Bone Breaker of clan Duntrot. I am slayer of two hundred Roman pegasi and demons of the Nordic mountains. I am husband to be of the beautiful lady Spectrum Dancer of clan Volsung. In the name of the North, I demand thee tell me where I am!" He shouted so fiercely that the very stones around him quaked. Rainbow Dash shivered with fear as the blade pressed against her neck. She didn't normally feel this way, how was she, the greatest flier in Equestria, scared? She knocked the blade away with her hoof and darted across the room under his legs.
"Foul trickster!" He threw the sword as hard as he could, barely missing Rainbow's head as it stabbed straight into the rock carving behind her.
"Listen to me, I'm not an enemy!" She pleaded as she flew over him, only to be caught by his wing and tossed to the ground. "Please, I'm not-" He slammed her hard as she tried to crawl away, but not before she bucked him hard in the face with her hind legs. He pinned her legs down as he stood over her, menacingly. Rainbow could only guess what this powerful warrior would do to her now that she was left completely defenseless. Rape her? Kill her? Torture her? This stallion was clearly out of his mind that he would be talking of old clans and ladies. She closed her eyes prepared for the worst as he looked down her body in sick anger. Then, something caught his eye. Her cutie mark, the rainbow lightning bolt coming from a cloud. He blinked in disbelief as he released himself from the mare.
"That mark..." He sighed. "That's the mark she bore, the exact same." He sat down on his haunches as Rainbow Dash slowly got up. "You are one of her descendants, aren't you?" He hung his head in shame as Rainbow stared at the ancient, mournful warrior. "I am so ashamed, please forgive me, Lady Dash." He pointed a hoof towards a small, out of place carving that had been knocked over from the previous fight. "Take that item and place it in a slot near the door, and you will be able to leave."
Rainbow Dash picked up the strange, shiedlike carving and placed it inside a small slot near the hidden doorway. Immediately it opened to reveal the passage that she had traveled through to meet him, and prepared to walk out. Just before she did, she took one more look at the stallion Fjord Runner. She had never seen somepony more depressed in her life. He stared blankly at the carving of who she assumed to be this Spectrum mare and tears fell from his eyes. To see a grown stallion this upset, it was almost pitiful to her. She almost couldn't believe what she was about to do next.
"Hey, come with me."