//------------------------------// // The royal guard // Story: When worlds collide // by Derk396 //------------------------------// The walk to my chambers was an awkward one, servants, guards, and VIPs alike were bowing to Luna and I as we walked. When we arrived I was amazed, the room was great, large and empty, save the essentials, a desk, some books in a bookshelf and a large bed with covers embroidered with my cutie mark. My guard was standing at attention waiting for my arrival, "Umm... At ease" I said aloud and the guards relaxed "Luna, could you sound proof the room?" "Sure, the spell isn't that complex" she said as her horn started to glow, followed by the room, the doors shut and the locks clicked, the room was sealed. "Done." "Great," I looked around at the guards, Seven white pegasi stood around the room. Guards, remove your armor, please." Although there was some hesitance the guards followed their command. Soon my guard was no longer seven white pegasi, no, they were now all sorts of colors, one was orange, the next was a light purple, next a light blue, a fiery red, light yellow, and two brown, twins by the looks of them. Even some of their manes changed color, yellow, dark purple, deep blue, orange, white, and tan, respectively. "Amazing..." I then turned to my Captain, "you too, I want to see what you look like." Piece by piece his armor clanked to the floor. Soon a strong grey coat, grey maned pegasus was standing in front of me. "Thank you Captain," I then turned back around "And thank you as well guards, it is good to see who I will be relying on for the next week. And that's when I heard a voice, it was strong, yet confused. "Sir, I thought we were the permanent guard for the prince." it was the red one who spoke out. "I am very glad you caught that, in one week, I will be attending a party, hosted by pinky pie," one of the guards gulped heavily at her name. "Is there a problem?" "N-No Sir, she just... We used to..." The blue pegasus stammered "Oh... Well, when we attend, you will all be wearing your armor, so I don't think that she will notice you. But still, during this party I will attempt to escape, go into hiding, and from there... well, you never know." Rain runner walked beside me and started to whisper, "Sir, there should only be six guards in a protection unit, I think we have a spy." "or an assassin," I whispered back "Well," I said aloud "it seems like we have an extra pony among our ranks, why is this pony here? Espionage? Assassination? Either way, I already know who this pony is." I was pacing back and forth among the guards, stopping right in front of the red pegasus. "Sir? You think that it's me!? You think that I am the traitor?" all of the other guards tensed up and got ready for a fight. "No, I don't think that it's you... I know it is. Now, I am kind of new when it comes to pony law so... I will let one of the guards pick your punishment. You!" I shouted pointing to the orange pegasus "what should this traitors punishment be?" "W-well, for attempting to commit a traitorous act against the prince, death." "How?" "He should be hanged, by the gallows." "Hmm... Just as I thought... Guards! Arrest this pegasus!" I shouted once again pointing to the orange pegasus. Confused, but still following orders, the other guards tackled and subdued him. "Did you really think I wouldn't remember? All the way back in ponyville? You, tried to kill me." "S-sir" he stammered "Y-you can't be sure" "True, I guess ponies could look alike, GUARDS! can somepony tell me what his cutie mark is?" "A curved dagger sir!" the twins said in unison. "And now I am sure." "So," I said turning to the red pegasus. "Fire storm, sir." he said "Fire storm, nice name... What punishment do you think this assassin deserves?" "Well, why was he here? Obviously he wouldn't kill you right here in front of all of us, now would he?" "Good point, so, why are you here?" I asked turning back to the subdued assassin "You'll never get me to talk." "But you just did," I said with a laugh "Luna, I had some books in my saddle bags, what happened to those?" "I made sure that they were put on the shelf, once I found out you were a prince of course." I looked over to the self and a certain green book caught my eye. I levitated the book over to myself and started flipping through pages. "Aha! A truth spell, wow, seems like these unicorns think of everything. So, are you ready? guards, release him." Soon he was free, yet he was still trapped inside the room. My horn glowed as the incantations slid off my tongue, his mouth began to glow and suddenly both stopped. "D-did it work?" Rain runner asked with curiosity "Lets find out, why are you here?" As if in a trance he responded "I have been hired by Queen Celestia to make sure that all potential threats to the crown cease to exist." "Did he say queen Celestia?" Luna asked "I am afraid he did... what is your current mission?" "To gain intelligence on Derek and do NOT kill him... Yet." "Don't you mean prince Derek?" "No, the queen does not see you as a prince, therefor I do not." "What queen!?" I shouted at him, then turned to Luna "Has equestria ever had a queen?" "No, for as long as I could remember it was just Celestia and I." "Two princesses, no queen?" "Exactly," I turned back around, "Who are you? What's your name? Where do you hail from?" "I am brother Delta, I own no name, and I hail from no land, so I stay faithful to the queen." "Delta? How many are you?" "Twenty-six." "I see..." "No, you do not, you fool you are blind, blind to the truth." "Truth? What truth?" "the truth that Celestia is the true queen of all equestria!" "Derek, this is not good..." Luna started "I think he might be brainwashed." "If he is... Then maybe we can work something out with this... So, you are not allowed to kill me?" "No, not unless the queen let's me." "Even if I were to escape in two weeks? You couldn't kill me before the two weeks are up?" "No, not unless the queen gives the order." "Good, so then I can do this," my horn glowed and he collapsed to the floor, asleep. "As so you don't remember this..." once again my horn glowed and a green fog surrounded his body. "Now that he is taken care of, will somepony put him in the hall?" "Yes sir!" The Captain said before he dragged the body outside. "Luna, is the room still soundproof?" "yes, the magic broke when the door opened, but it sealed itself." "Great, so we can get started!" "Sir," Fire storm said "you said, two weeks? Didn't you?" "Yes, yes I did. Your very observant, you know that? If Celestia can brainwash ponies, well then I wanted to make sure that if she has anything else waiting, she has some false information." "So what's going to happen?" the twins said together "What's your names?" I asked curiously "Rock, and Land, we're the slide twins!" "Rock slide, and Land slide... are you sure that you want to work together?" I asked looking back at Rain runner. "Yes," they said together "We always work together." "Very well then, to answer your question, I am going to gain allies in the castle, I'm sure that others have seen the corrupt side of Celestia. Once I have allies here we will co-ordinate my escape with whomever would care to join, then we strategize the best way to assault the castle, confront Celestia and reclaim Equestria." "Hold on," the yellow pegasus said "yes? And what would your name be?" "Light breaker, and your saying that you want us to help you escape, just so you can storm the castle? We will all get slaughtered. Celestia had the most elite of the guards on her side, we all... We're nothing more than recruits." "I've got it!" Rain runner said aloud "Every recruit, if posted on castle guard duty must be paired with a senior guard, both for experience, and protection in case of emergency!" "So I just post all my guards to the castle and they can get the others on our side!" "Yes! Well, no... You must have at least two guards at all times." "Slide twins, are you up to personal guard duty? Since you always work together." They looked at each other and nodded then they turned to me and did the same. "Good, with the guard on our side it will be easier to attack." "Don't forget about me," Luna said "I have my own guard as well. I can tell all of them." "Only tell the ones you trust the most, there's no way of telling who else Celestia has brainwashed." "Alright, is there anything else?" "yes, could you get me a map of the castle and the locations of the blacksmith, the kitchen, and the library." "I'll have the captain see to it." "You'll have the map by morning sir." Rain runner said "Great, now... Any questions?" The blue pegasus raised his hoof, "Yes?" "So... we are going to leave the castle, and with help from the inside we will take the castle for ourselves?" "no, were not claiming the castle for ourselves, we are ridding equestria of it's tyrant leader." "Why do you think that we would rebel against Celestia?" "Because she put you in my guard, she wanted to be sure that if I tried to rebel with you all from inside the castle, without help, that you would be slaughtered. She has no hope in any of you and she cast you out to die. She has no other plans for you all besides death. Is that reason enough?" "Yes." he said through gritted teeth "What's your name?" "Ice... Breaker" he said while looking over at Light breaker. I looked back and forth between the two and it clicked. "It would appear that we have two sets of brothers in the guard..." "A-Actually sir," he purple pegasus said stepping forward. "No way..." "Yes, my name is Midnight storm." I looked back at the captain, who's mouth was agape "I just think she's mocking you Captain. So, you four... Are you okay working with each other, now that you know the risks?" they looked at each other and then nodded, "Good, captain? What do you feel about this?" "Terrible, Celestia knows what happened and..." "I know Captain, I know... So everypony, remember, not a word to anypony, and the spy we threw out, we need to make sure he doesn't get suspicious so treat him like any other guard. Any questions?" "NO SIR!" they all shouted "Good, captain..." "DISMISSED!" He shouted "SIR YES SIR!" One by one the guards put back on their armor and left the room followed by the captain, "Captain," He stopped and turned to face me, "Yes sir?" "I don't know if they completely trust me, if you could, tell them about your brother. I don't want that to happen to anypony else." "I think," he said taking a breath "that they should know, it sets a good, and painful example of just how far Celestia will go..." "Thank you captain, and I promise, no... I pinky pie promise that once I regain the kingdom, I will set things strait. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." "Thank you prince..." I cut him off "Sir... will do, tell the guard as well, there is no need to call me prince, just sir." "yes sir." he said before galloping back out of the room. The door closed behind Rain runner leaving Luna and I alone. "So, Luna... There is something that I don't understand, how can I have royal blood? There is no way that we can be related." "You're right, and that's because we are not related. You see the term 'Royal Blood' means that there are traces of human in your DNA. Something that could only be achieved by someone who traveled across dimensions like we did." "But, Celestia is your sister?" "Yes, we came across together." "So then, why were you so quick to betray her?" "Because that day... That was when I first saw the corruption. Do you remember?" "All too well..." *FLASH BACK* Ditzy and I waited in line for the open court when a guard spotted us and rushed us to the front... We strode through the large doors to find the two princesses; Celestia, and Luna. "Princesses, I think this is the one." the guard spoke "Are you sure Captain?" Celestia asked "Not entirely, he is wearing a vest, it could be cov..." "Thank you Captain, you may take your leave now." "But," "No buts Captain, I said now!" the Captain quickly turned tail and galloped out of the courtroom. "Now," she said, focusing her attention on me. "Who are you?" I bowed down "Princess Celestia, my name is Derek, I come from another world and thought you could provide answers." "Let me see them." "Your highness?" "Your wings, prove that you are an alicorn." "As you wish" slowly I used my magic to slip the vest off, standing back to get it all the way off my body. My large wings slowly revealed themselves as the vest came off. "Well, it seems as if Twilight was telling the truth after all... GUARDS!" We were rushed by guards, Ditzy and I were surrounded and subdued. "What are you doing?!" Luna shouted at Celestia "Watch," her attention turned back to the two of us. "So... Why are you really here?" "I just somehow came into this world and I heard that you two were the only other alicorns, I thought you could help me find out how I got here." "Sister," Luna said "It sounds that same, maybe..." "Hush Luna, well Derek, if you came here for an explanation I am afraid that I can't give you one. But I know somepony who can." Suddenly there was a loud whirring noise and a blue police box slowly materialized in the corner of the room. "It can't be..." Ditzy said A tan earth pony with a dark brown mane stepped outside. He looked around the courtroom before looking up a the princesses "Hello Celestia, Luna." "Doctor?" Ditzy asked He turned around to see Ditzy being held down by several guards. "Ditzy? Is that you? Oi, guards! Get off of her!" "Guards, release the female." "Wait, have you two met?" I asked "Yes, I traveled with the doctor for awhile." "Yeah, those days were fun... So, who called? I got a message on the psychic paper." he said producing a wallet with a piece of paper saying "Come quick! Need help!" "I did," Celestia said with a smile. "could you be so kind as to explain what happened to our friend? I assume that he suffered a similar fate as my sister and I." "Really? Well then, let me see him." "Guards, release the male." "Thank you Doctor" I said "Ah, don't thank me yet," he said while pulling out a small strange device with his mouth "Dish vill tell meh if da shame ting hapand" he said with the device in his mouth. A small whirring noise came from the object as he ran it all around my body. He stopped and spat it into his hooves, "I forgot that I can use these... Still, let me see... Ah! Yep core samples indicate human." "What is that, and where can I get one, that's cool." "Well, it's a sonic screwdriver, and since it says you are a human then the only way you could get one would be if you are a timelord who has disguised himself as a human and have some sort of fob watch somewhere that will make you a timelord again and then your TARDIS would give you one..." "In other words, I can't get one" I said sadly "no" "So, it's a screwdriver, why doesn't it look like one?" "Because it's sonic." "Is there anything better than sonic?" "Arguably laser... But now is not the time for talking about this. How exactly did you end up here?" "I fell through my television." "Through the tele?" "Yes" "But that's impossible... Unless... CELESTIA! LUNA! what year, human wise was it when you went back?" "Hmm... That was a long time ago... I don't..." Celestia started "Two-thousand and twelve" Luna cut in "How could you possibly remember that far back? That was over a thousand years ago." "When your trapped in the moon for a thousand years, the most random of things come to mind, and stay there." she said flatly "Hold on," the Doctor said "Trapped IN the moon? As in you were physically trapped INSIDE of the moon?" "yes, I... kind of turned evil and Celestia sent me to the moon." "Okay... now... You, what year was is when you fell into the tele?" "you?" I asked "No, not me, you." "I know me, but did you call me you?" "I'm lost..." Ditzy said sadly "Yes I said you, because I don't know your name and wouldn't you rather be called you than, pers... I mean pony?" "I suppose, but to save you the trouble, my name is Derek." "Alright Derek, my name is the Doctor, and before you ask, yes, it's just the Doctor. So, Derek, your from earth, right?" "Of course, what other planets are there, well, I mean that humans are on." "Oh several, just give it time... Speaking of time! What year was it?" "Twenty twelve." "Ha!" he said jumping up slightly "Now I know what happened! When the princesses went back into their dimension, it opened a small rift in space and time, you, Derek fell through that rift, bringing you here." "But that was over a thousand years ago, how is that possible?" Luna asked "Because princess, time is relative towards every single being, when you fell through it took you what, ten days to make a spell to get back? Well, when you did that and decided to stay, it was two-thousand twelve on earth in his dimension, if you were to try and go back now it would be somewhere around the year three-million six-hundred and fifty-two-thousand..." He stopped suddenly "We might be able to get him back! How many days have you been here? A day, two tops?" "nine..." I said softly His ears sank down and his excitement drained "nine? nine days?" I nodded a conformation "Derek, I'm sorry... I am so, so sorry..." "Why, what happened? What's going on?" Everypony in the room seemed to know something that I didn't. "Derek, in your world, in your time... It's been ninety years, meaning..." "my family... Dead... Every last one..." I said, the realization slowly coming to me. "Doctor," Ditzy spoke "Couldn't you just use the TARDIS and bring him back?" "I would Dizty, but she's running out of energy and extra passengers would weigh her down... She has just enough energy to get us to a refueling area, another rift. But one extra person, I mean pony, might make us run out and be trapped in the void. Plus, for some odd reason, I can't interfere with this day, something major happens today, but what would that be?" he asked looking around. "I think I know what that might be..." Celestia said as she stood up off of her throne. "GUARDS! Arrest Derek!" Before I could process what was said, I was once again tackled and subdued.. "Sister! What are you doing?!" "Protecting you sister, send him to the dungeon." "What are you doing?! What has he done wrong?!" The Doctor yelled "Nothing, yet... He can't be trusted." "Sister! This is wrong, you can't do this!" Luna shouted "Of course I can sister, I am only protecting you." "Guards! Bring him back!" "Disregard her, take him away." Then I was slowly dragged out of the room, away from Ditzy, the Doctor, and Luna. The dungeon was dank and damp, it stank of slowly rotting corpses, I thought that I would never get out. From there I was thrown into a cell and was being guarded by the pegasus later known as Captain Rain runner. (Author's note) This chapter was a bit longer than the others but I didn't know where to cut it off, so instead of two smaller chapters, I just wrote one big one. Hope you enjoyed it.