//------------------------------// // Barriers // Story: The Demon the Gaurdion and Ponies // by Thatguy44 //------------------------------// When shape shifter woke up he tried to sit up but his limbs would not budge. [I can’t move…..maybe I can speak] “Hello…yes I can speak” The guards infront of his cell immediately went to inform Celeastia. He tried to move his head but only his eyes would move. A few minutes later Celeastia, Luna, and the Elements of Harmony entered the room with 5 unicorn guards. Celeastia stepped forward “tell me, creature, why did you kill my loyal subjects?” Shapeshifter was silent; he stayed silent for a few minutes. Rainbow Dash got bored and stepped towards him slowly. Eventually she was only a few inches from his face. Slowly she extended her front hoof and poked him. As soon as she made contact her entire sub consciousness was sucked into Shapeshifter’s mind. Rainbow Dash was in a new place it was white no matter where you looked. “Rainbow Dash,” she froze in place and looked directly at Shapeshifter, “Your world is in danger and I am the only one who can stop it but I need your help.” Rainbow quickly regained her composure “Why should I help you, you killed innocent ponies.” He shook his head and he showed her an image of Agromon “this is Agromon and he is the creature responsible for the deaths and like I said I’m the only one who can stop him.” Before she could ask a question he snapped his fingers and she was staring at his body in the dark cell with the princesses and her friends. Celeastia moved next to Rainbow and stared at the creature’s eyes that have been looking at the ceiling since they first came in. He shifted his gaze towards the princess and stared at her for a few moments then finally spoke “water.” The guards took a step forward while Luna tried to figure out what he meant. “What do you mean by ‘water’,” he mentally face palmed. “What I mean is bring me some fruit and water and I will answer your questions.” One of the guards left to fetch the items while a long silence occurred. Shapeshifter used the time to try to move his body and this time his arms cooperated. Eventually the guard came back with the listed items and levitated them over to Shapeshifter which he devoured them hungrily. “You wish for answers but to get answers from me each of you ponies,” he pointed to all of them “have to answer a question or a riddle.” Before anypony could protest he pointed to Luna “Luna question or riddle?” Luna thought about the question then anwsered him "Question." "who do I sound like" he then cleared his throat and impersonated Discord's famous evil laugh. "Discord" Shapeshifter grined and said yes then pointed to Celeastia. But before he could ask she stated question and he thought of one that was bugging him. "Why did you bring so many gaurds to where I was?" She was suprised by this and retaliated with her own question. "Why did you kill my little ponies?" Shapeshifter's grin faded "I asked first." She turned her head and his grin partually came back. "Ahhhhhhh...I see, an answer for a answer.Very well I did not kill your little ponies; I belive the creature I am chasing killed them. Now" his face turned serious "answer my question." She did not belive his answer but he answered her question "I heard an explosion and lots of screams and I feared the worst so I gathered as many gaurds as I could and headed over there." Shapeshifter pointed to the rest of the ponies in the room. "All of you have to answer a riddle together and then each of you will get to ask me a question." He held out his hands and made a link to all of the ponies minds including Celeastia and Luna. He sent the picture of Agromon into all of their minds "who is this?" He started to hear remarks like 'I've never seen this monstrosity in my life or what in the buck was that'. He tuned all of them out and stared at Rainbow with little success with his barely turnable head. He kept staring at her until she relized that was the same creature he showed her in his mine. "is it Agromon?" His entire face brightened and he stated "what do you wish to know." Twilight took a minute to think then stepped forward "My friend Lyra rambles on about mythical humans and from what she told me humans cant do magic; so what are you." Shapeshifter was surprised by this and dropped his happy demeanor. He scratched his chin in thought then replied "I am a being of great power; I may look human now but I can change into any creature I please at any time, I fight evil and prevent destruction, and I know many things that will scare you or make you go insane. My name is Shapeshifter and I am a demon slayer." Celeastia's curiosity was peaked "what are 'Guardians' and how did you know my sister's name?" "hmmmmmmm" he though carefully to reveal what they wanted but not enough to over step any laws. "The Guardians are a race in there own. We can take the form of any creature and our purpose is to prevent Demons like Agromon from destroying everything in all of the Universes. I know about all of you because we must know everything in order to predict a demons next move, also I am a brony myself so I know much about everything in the universe you call home a-" Shapeshifter's entire body tensed up after sending a sense line out to find Agromon. Fluttershy suprisingly asked what was wrong. "He ......he just......" Celeastia stood over him looking at the sadness and anger clearly written on his face "who did what?" "Its Agromon....... he just destroyed Ponyville!"