//------------------------------// // Persecuted // Story: Two of a kind // by OrangeDJ //------------------------------// Three hours, for three hours, Spike, Twilight, and myself sat up all night taking. There were questions asked, answers given, and I drew them a few pictures to help them understand better, I was an art student after all.The more I told them about my world the more I began to wonder how to get back to it, this place seemed nice, and I wasnt exactly in a hurry to leave, but being here was eventually going to have some kind of drawback. Unfortunately I couldnt think of any, If I could just learn some magic I'd be all set, With that thought I settled the debate taking place in my brain and heart. "Hey heart?" "Yeah brain?" "I'm pretty sure he's gone tyrannical overlord on us" "So abandon ship?" "ARE YOU STUPID?" "You're the smart guy running everything, if I'm stupid doesn't that make you stupid too?" "Outwitted by an overrated pump, just great." Did that really just happen, not only did my organs have a conversation but I HEARD the conversation! My body seemed completely fine now, which is strange considering I fell over 20,000ft from the sky and into the hard cobblestone ground. Just how the hell did I survive that, magic or not my body should have been paste on impact, not even little chunks, just a greasy, bloody, handsome . . paste. Was I some kind of freak now? Probably not considering I was a freak before, but this was taking weird and combining it with an acid trip! Earlier I had been avoiding asking this question, I didnt want to let on exactly how much I knew and how much I didnt know. Dying to ask about what should have been an immenent demise I finally broke down, i had to know, how did i survive? People dont just fall 20,000+ft and wake up the next day refreshed after all. "Okay guys, so from the show and from you I've gotten most of this puzzle solved, but you seem to have forgotten to tell me how I survived that fall, I mean, from the looks of things its only been a few hours, and I can walk and move like I only took a nap." Spike turns to Twilight, and she turns to him, they both looked like I raged through the little town-village . .thing, and woke up with no memories of it. WAIT I DIDN'T DO THAT RIGHT?! "Actually . . ." Spike pipes up, smoke rolling up out of his mouth. "We were hoping you could tell us, the other thing is . . .You haven't been asleep for only a few hours, its been a week since you crashed here in Ponyville" "Rainbow Dash brought you in here, you were covered in some strange purplish crystal. We honestly had no Idea if you were even alive,, on the third day the crystal broke off into pieces, barely breathing, but somehow you survived. After that we called a doctor to have a look at you, he wasn't sure if you'd ever wake up." Okay, so not only did I fall from the sky and nearly die, after being shot by the only human I've seen in this place, but now I'm being told I have been missing in my world for a week! Everyone is probably sure I'm dead, mom'll probably have a small funeral, never knowing I'm alive and well in a room with a purple naked horse girl and a naked dragon teen. At least I'm alive, not sure about well yet. Before I actually notice it the sun rises, I couldn't be happier , after all this sleeping I definitely need to walk, and even though I didn't want to admit it, I secretly wanted to try out my powers. "I think I'll go outside and regain my motor skills" As soon as I got near the door and began to open it ,it slammed in my face! "No! uhhh, you can't leave, because, uhhhh, my friends are coming to see you soon!" I didn't know it but Twilight had her friends over quite alot, and then my mind created its own happy place, 6 naked young women? In a house alone? Imagine any activity women would do together , now imagine they were all hot , suddenly any activity seems erotic. I hadn't actually seen the rest yet, but if twilight was any indication of their sexiness I'd bet my manhood on it. "Friends you say? and when exactly would they be coming over?" "oh, in about an hour or so before noon though one in particular will be here earlier than the rest." The teenage dragon snickered as Twilight rolled her eyes at him "S'not my fault I'm so awesome that she keeps coming to see me." Was there some kind of joke here that I missed or something? "Last I remember its YOU who keeps bringing her over so early in the morning, just because you're 17 doesn't mean you can just have fun with your girlfriend whenever you want, adults have responsibilities too." Ever have one of those moments in time where everyone in the room knows whats going on except you, yeah you too? Great I'd hate to spoil that with actual answers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Currently at Celestia's castle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A gale of wind swirls into the castle, presenting itself in front of Luna in her chambers, who had currently been bored at the state of affairs, as troubling as the storm a week ago was, it was the only entertainment she had had in a long time. Needless to say she jumped at the opportunity for something eventful to hasppen. " Does anyone have manners these days? Or do we all just decide when to intrude into a castle at our convenience? What kind of magic is this anyway?" The gale spoke with a voice that boomed thought the room and crackled, yet no one outside, not a single guard managed to hear it. " The human that fell from the sky, you and your sister must banish him to a distant star, one where his evil magic cant harm anypony." Luna actually perked up when the gale called him evil "Is he evil? Truly so? A force to be reckoned with even?" "Yes, and he grows stronger by the day! I have seen the future and it is one of loss an suffering, but if you helped me stop him now we could prevent the coming disaster!" Luna prances around him, a smile worn on her face " I dont know if you know this, but I was thought to be "Evil" once " Now the gale becomes defensive " Yes but this evil cannot be swayed, cannot be turned to reason." Still prancing Luna begins to laugh a little at the gale " The only ones who cant be turned from evil are the ones no one bothered to save from themselves. My sister and I will make him see the right path if he is as evil as you say, now . . .You have entertained me so you can go ahead and leave now, before I do call the guards" Feeling ignored the gale goes silent " . . ." and dissipates after a few moments. The wind blows through the window and the presence that was in the room can't be felt anymore Deep in the bitterly cold frozen mountains of the north sits a human, the only other human in all of Equestria was . . .sleeping, apparently. Wanting to avoid creating a disturbance he had stowed himself away in the mountains, where no one would look for him. As the spiral of winds came upon the sleeping human, he woke up, his blue aura now restored to him. The gale was his own version of astral projection, allowing him to be anywhere without going directly to that place. He sat up, feeling rejected and angsty, Why wouldn't that princess see reason? He knew he was a stranger but she should have at least been on her guard. He only wished that instead of Luna, it had been Celestia in that chamber, she would have heeded him. Down an icy frosted cavern that seems to swirl on into infinity, at the very bottom of this cavern, the blue aura'd human bashes against the walls of the cavern . On the walls of the cavern are images, carved into the stone, obviously ancient, these were left here before many of the current ponies in Equestria were ever a thought let alone born. DAMN IT , CASSIUS YOU ALWAYS SCREW EVERYTHING UP! "It's not my fault! Normally the bolt would have gone right through a human, not to mention the impact should have splattered him!" BUT HE ISN'T NORMAL IS HE!? Honestly you are such a twit Cassius did you trally think you could stop fate? "I thought If I killed him I could rewrite the future, but instead I made it happen, This time I can deliberately change it" Looking to the wall 5 images shined, glowing with a strange power, They look ancient , despite the glow the carvings still looked worn and decrepit. "The previous 3 images have already come to pass, I have to stop this one here, or its game over". Fourth in the order of images is a carving of the other boy who landed here, he was standing over Cassius' body. a very large chunk of the wall was missing, but the final image was that of Equestria, but it was now a barren volcanic wateland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An hour away from noon in Twilight's house ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ " Where's Spike? and whats taking him so long" Twilight looked up from the book and lowered her glasses off her face ever so slightly, it looked pretty sexy. Like that erotic librarian fetish, she fit that look well, I had tried to convince her at least 5 times to put clothes on, she only consented after she had read that letter, and I wanted to know why, every time I brought the letter up though, everything would get all awkward. "Spike always takes his time when he visits Rarity, and after they've both been *taking their time* they'll need to take a shower, and during that, they'll probably take more time, that's why I sent spike early, its been an hour and a half now so they should be here soon." She said that with slight annoyance, In my own mind it took me a second to connect the fact that she had totally just brushed over the fact that her . . friend. . .son, dragon . . .thing was sleeping with her friend constantly. Knock knock knock Instead of Spike and Rarity at the door I was pleasantly surprised, it was Fluttershy. Fluttershy was nothing like that, she had a body like a 23 year old mother before her pregnancy started to show, glow and all. "Fluttershy!" i bursted from behind Twilight. "H-Hello, uhmmm, errmmm, I'm sorry but I just can't remember you, and thats strange because i never forget a face, have we met?" I felt kind of, I dunno, off place that she didn't recognize me, On one hand I wanted everyone to know who I was, yet on the other not to disappointed because she might have been scared of me. " A human!? The only other of his kind here tried to hurt him? Oh you poor little guy, are you still hurt?" Twilight had explained to her how I got here apparently. Warm butter . .that's what I felt like in her arms, nothing mattered, four thousand years wouldn't be enough time to spend in this girl's arms. "I'm fine now, I umm, I guess" I don't think she was convinced, because she kept hugging me like I was an injured animal. have to get out of this somehow before she starts to see me like one of her pets. Some girls responded with a motherly aspect to things they view as weak or frail, and while that was nice I wasn't about to become a helpless little creature. I wasn't in Fluttershy's arms anymore, now I was in the sky, again hurtling to my doom AGAIN. Then I felt arms holding me, they weren't as soft as fluttershy's so I know she didn't help me, in fact it felt like a boy my age was holding onto me so that I didnt fall. "Hey thanks ma-" I was turning around to get a look at who saved me, needless to say it was the athletic one, but I couldn't remember the first half of her name, only Dash. "Are you trying to make a habit out of slamming your face into the pavement at 100 miles per hour?" "Yes, that's what humans do we flaunt our immortality by trying to kill ourselves in vain." "Really? you guys are weirdos" "I was being sarcastic" Probably not a good idea to piss dash off, especially when she was carrying me. I really hated this feeling, being at the mercy of someone else, it was like being a caged dog. The urge to wriggle out of her arms overcame my senses, and soon enough, there I was, falling again "Hey what are you doi- oh no!" This time when my powers activated it would be of my own free will 20, 000 ft come on brain make this work. 15 000 ft shazaam? 10 002 ft I need this to work. Krackoom! I think I shattered the sound barrier there, but more importantly I WAS FLYING. I knew that if this stopped at any moment I could die, but being able to fly? Dash had actually seen what I did and flown to catch up to me, why was she so darn fast? "How are you DOING that?! where are your wings?!" "I kind of don't need them I guess" Dash and I spent some time learning the mechanics of flight, though I could swear I was missing something. At Twilight's house Luna and Celestia had just arrived a swarm of guards behind them, Naturally as the older sister Celestia spoke first. "So, Princess Twilight, Where is the human? "I ummm, uhhhh" I could hear a scream of disbeleif, even all the way out in cloudsdale "You WHAT!?" Celestia yelled when Twilight told her where I had gone. "Well" Luna interuppted "We have to assume he knows we are looking for him then." The two princess looked at Luna , and Twilight asked "How do you know that Luna?" A small smirk lined her face, and she laughed a little bit, "Apparently, not only did he cause the storm, but he's evil, and his power will continue to grow everyday he lives. That's according to whoever it was that contacted me. in whispers in the house someone said the name "Sombra" but noone knew where it came from. Celestia had gathered everyone in Ponyvile, most were being nosy and wathing what she was doing in twilights home anyway, but now they were all in the middle of the town, being addressed. " As far as we know, and as evidence suggests this young human is wanted for insighting panic and threatning to destroy, not only myself but ponyville as well, seeing as Luna, Twilight and I are the only ones capable of dealing with this threat we will stay here and wait for him to return." "Princess Celestia wai-" " No Twilight, this time I will stop the senseless destruction, for good." The ponies of ponville cheered and roared as if war heroes had come home, unfbeknowgst to them the nails were being shut on their coffins with what was about to happen because of this decision.