I awoke in the Void with mix feelings of anger, pain, and sadness rushing through me. I got up to see the puddle of blood had started start to turn to a dark reddish brown. I looked at my forehoof to see the blood had stopped flowing. As I took in all that happened I stared across the world at the floating grey pieces of rock with the purple glow underneath lighting up the black horizon. Then about a hundred yards away I saw a sort of ruin with a couple of pillars. I flew over to investigate and when I walked in through an arch that was made of same stuff as the floating rocks. As I continued in there was a staircase that lead down to a larger room that as lighted by purple glow from a little shard. At the end of the room was a giant tree that was twisted and somewhat wicked looking, however I felt like it was pulling me towards it. Then before I knew it my hoof was touching the bark. The texture was smooth and it was cold to the touch. I heard a deep, stern voice asking me “What the hell are you doing?”
“Uh.. um.. shit!” I responded. My first idea was to run through them… ok that was my idea, but these guys were brutes and stopped be dead. I fought to free myself from them, but everything went black. Next thing I know is that I’m being dragged by my forehoofs by these two stallions and I couldn’t really hold my head up. Then we stopped and one started to talk and said “You majesty we found him in one of the harvesting ruins.”
Then I heard an old, familiar voice speak “He’s ok let him go.”
“But your majesty can you trust him?” He questioned shocked by her answer.
“Yes now you are excused.” She replied.
“So you are just going to trust a complete stranger.”
“No, I know him.”
“Well who is he?”
“My goddamned brother.” At that point I was dropped on the ground landing face on the ground. They then quickly left her throne room.
“Spectrum you always seem to in such trouble.” She told me as she walked down to a tree similar to the one I saw before. She then came over with a bottle of alcohol and a rag. “Spectrum how do you get in these situations all the time?”
“Well I have a cocky, sarcastic, and funny attitude that can make some laugh and others want to kick my ass.” I replied as she poured a bit of alcohol on the rag and then sent it down.
“So how has your life been?”
“Drinking, smoking, making jokes and friends, getting my ass kicked, and kicking ass.” I said reaching for the bottle she set down.
She smiled as my wounds were being tended “You are right, you can turn someone’s day around with a simple action. Ok that should hold until you get a permanent fix.”
“Problem.”
“What?”
“I’m kinda trapped in the void.”
“What about your ring?”
“Stolen.”
“Well.. go talk to this one called Grad he’ll try to get you back to the overworld.”
And that we hugged and gave each other our goodbyes. I then began to leave and give my final words. “You know need to have more fun.”
“And you need to settle down.”
“I’ll get on that.”
As I walked around looking for this Grad asking random stallions who just pointing in a general direction.
I eventually reached a small shack surrounded by bunch of trees that I had seen before. I knocked on the door and after a few minutes there was still no reply. I pushed against the makeshift door that grinded on the floor and it sweep around, then out of the corner of my eye I see a rustling shape. Then I was forced up to the wall with a knife pressed to my throat.
His coat was a deep red along with a pair of dark orange wings gave him a good cloak in the darkly light room. He spoke with a somewhat calm voice for a stallion that had me forced against a wall with the ability to kill me. “Now can you please tell me why the fuck you have entered my home and what gives you the goddamn right?”
I nervously spat out words “I was… I’m here… Rez sent me.”
He let me go and asked me. “How has she been? We don’t talk that much anymore.”
I replied “She’s fine. So you Grad?”
“Flesh and blood.”
“Can you help me get back to the overworld?”
“Sort of.”
“What does that mean?”
“Have you got a payment?”
“No… I was left here for death by a power crazy unicorn who is trying to enslave the whole world with a gang of mercenaries. Oh and he has my friends who might be dead.”
“”Ok I’ll give you a free pass follow me.”
I followed him behind a draped off area in the left side of his shack. As the fine pieces of linen were parted there was a huge room filled with beakers, test tubes, Bunsen burners, and massive amounts of chemicals.
“Welcome to… Actually I have never named this room.” He said. I saw his rummage through a box until a glass sphere was pulled out and he tossed it over to me. “That is a crystal sphere you hold it and when you see a white glow it is primed. When a small black object appears in the center it is primed and this bad boy will explode into shards and pierce anything it hits.”
“What good does this?”
“Spawning inside an enemy camp probably not a good idea unless you have firepower.”
“So how do I get back?”
“Use this.” He tossed me a flask of clear liquid. “Go outside and pour that on the ground.”
I did as told and the liquid transformed its color to a light blue along with that the sounds and smells of the overworld flooded my senses. I held the orb until it glowed white and jumped through the portal with my eyes closed. When I opened them the light was harsh and the orb had turned black. It then shot shards as I was told it would do. The sound of birds and the wind was quickly overpowered by screams of pain and bones shattering. An embrace on my side and I then saw the destruction that had taken place.