//------------------------------// // Ash // Story: Celestia's Oldest Friend // by midashguy //------------------------------// He was old, and wise, and knew so much. He was so caring and kind, so friendly and nice. So brave and adventureous. He had so much emotion, yet showed so very little of it. Joy, and sadness. Yet so little anger, he kept it welled up inside of him. But when he was angry whole cities burned. His enemies turn to ash at his feet and entire empires cried for mercy. And when he was angry no mercy came to those who begged for it. They called him a traveler, a hero. A monster, a demon, and most of all.... One of the last of his kind. His name was Will, and some say that he saved Equestria from one of the greatest threats it has ever faced. A group of foes that even the Elements of Harmony could not defeat. They hid in the guise of other things, They hid, and lied, and almost destroyed the world, if not for Will's doing. They were monsters, that wished only destruction upon everything. They were aided by many creatures, vile evil beasts. Yet they had a plan, a brilliant cunning plan. Will never knew just how far the rabbit hole went...till he went tumbling down further than even his enemies wanted him to. Few knew how much he suffered, the source of his power burning his very soul. Tormented by enemies that always seemed one step ahead, and having those he cared about fall dead at his feet. He felt very much alone, and all he wished was to be able to just rest, for everything to just stop. He never got his wish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Will squinted at the sun. It was still fairly early in the morning, before noon at the very least. Such a perfect day...why did it feel like something was going to go horribly wrong? "So when is the next train to Las Pegasus?" Will asked the clerk. "Sir, I've already told you. There are no trains going to Las Pegasus. BECAUSE ITS BUILT ON A CLOUD!" The clerk exclaimed. "Ok ok, sheesh!" Will said, rolling his eyes. "We would like eight tickets to Applewood, please." Arigos asked. "THAT, I can get you." The clerk muttered. "It's a days journey from Las Pegasus though, and your....friend here doesn't have any wings that I can see." "Believe me, I've been there...last time was about four hundred years ago? Maybe?" Will reminisced, tapping his chin. "Wouldn't that be around the same time a great fire razed the place? The reason its now built on a cloud?" Twilight asked. Will froze for a moment. "Oh, I suppose so..." He said slowly, rubbing the back of his neck. "You don't mean that you were the.." Twilight began, pointing an accusing hoof at Will. "Oh look the trains here!" Will shouted, running to it. "Will! Get back here! You have a lot of explaining to do!" Twilight yelled after him. "We should probably follow them." Arigos said. "Eeyup." Applejack muttered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Applewood, last time I was here, All that was here was Las Pegasus." Will narrated. "A lot can happen in four hundred years." Arigos said. "True. Be weary, Spectral seems to be quite a bit braver this time around." Will explained. "Oh, that's a fantastic confidence booster, thanks." Arigos complained. "I would you rather be aware of the danger rather then have you over confident of your abilities." Will retorted. "Sheesh Will, I don't think I've seen you act like this, your being a jerk." Arigos growled. It was true, the fun loving sarcastic Will seemed to just melt away when danger was around. A hard pressed, merciless fury driven blood thirsty monster took his place. No wonder Spectral thought his kind was so evil, if he was representing them. Will blinked. "Yea, I suppose I am....sorry. Its just.....I'm sick of hunting and being hunted all the time." "Don't worry, when this is all over, we can sit back and relax." Arigos assured him. If only....my work is never over.Will thought to himself, but nodded to Arigos. "Work it do it makes us harder better faster stronger!" Arigos said in a voice similar to his, but not quite. Suddenly, a beat could be heard, and Will had the sudden urge to sing. Oh no....not this again...I WASN'T PLANNING THIS!!! Will shouted in the interior of his mind. Yet he was too late, and the the music had already begun... Again the Elements of Harmony looked on in confusion, unsure of what exactly was happening. Will and Arigos continued to walk, so they followed, and by the time the music started to wind down, they were almost under Las Pegasus. It was almost dusk, and the lightning powered signs glowed both eerily and beautifully against the dark blue sky. It surely was something amazing. Will and Arigos looked at it in awe, while Pinkie Pie took photos with a digital camera that shouldn't technically exist, but try explaining that to her. All you will get is a headache. "I suppose since some of you can't fly, Arigos and I will have to go up alone. You can stay here, where its safe." Will tried to reason. "Nice try, but we have a cloud walking spell." Twilight retorted. "That doesn't explain how you'll get up there." Will said, gesturing upwards with his thumb and gritting his teeth in frustration. "Ooh! I have an idea, we take some stray clouds, and they can stand on it and lift them up!" Arigos chimed in. "Gee thanks." Will muttered. "What did I do?" Arigos wondered. "Its settled then." Twilight said. Will shook his head. "Doesn't matter what species, women will be the death of me. One way or another." He muttered.