Nightfall – Part Seven
“Hear me now, Ponies and Humans of the Alliance!”
Codelord looked up at the image of Herobrine holding Celestia by the horn, his black gauntlet grasping around the magical appendage. His Midnight black sword, grasped in his right hand.
“Your Princess has fallen in battle against me, I have defeated your greatest warrior in battle. And now...? I grow bored of this charade of ‘kindness.’ You think me playful, like the creature known as Discord. In truth, I am much worse.”
Codelord looked at Shinning Armor, the horrified Guardsman, no longer able to uphold his duty of protecting his Princess.
“Shinning...”
The guardsman looked at him, his eyes full of fear. It was right to be scared. But upon looking in the Pig’s eyes, he saw the look of determination in them.
“Lower the shield.”
He nodded slowly, the pink bubble dematerialize around them. Codelord equipped his jet-pack, the object seemingly manifesting from thin air. Before he took off, his message system alerted him to a new update.
>Godmode has been removed
>Player has been De-Oped
>Player, Celestia’s Gamemode has been changed
Shocked, he looked back up to the image of Herobrine raising his sword, swinging it at both of Celestia’s sides. And then the screaming started, blood rained down on the city below. Ponies looked on, horrified at the display before them.
“WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW!?”
And then he threw Celestia off the side of the mountain. She clearly was unconscious as she fell. No one could endure that much pain and still be awake.
He knew... what it was like to lose your wings...
-Flashback-
The Ender dragon roared at the pitiful looking human in front of him, his little mechanical suit would not protect him for long.
The human raised his Cyber Blade and went into a battle stance, his golden wings flapping to keep him aloft around the darkness that was the End Dimension.
The Ender dragon roared and flew at the human. He had long ago beaten the little Alchemist mage. His potions stung his scales as they dissolved in the acid, but that was all they did. Many scratches upon his purple and black hide were caused by this human and his pathetic excuse for a sword.
“I will be happy to see you fall to your death, human”
A mechanical voice, projected through speakers, spoke up.
“You’ll have to get through my suit first, Dragon.”
The two flew at each other. The Human, raising his sword, swung it at the Dragons eyes. His sword scarred the left eye of the Dragon, causing him to roar in fury. The Ender dragon raked his black claws against the Human’s back, tearing off his glorious golden wings. The humans scream echoed around the End Dimension.
The Ender dragon threw him into the stone below, watching as it cracked from the impact of the Human. The dragon landed in front of the human and flicked its helmet off with one of his claws.
A pale faced human was revealed. Brownish black wavy hair and deep sea blue eyes stared up at the dragon. Blood leaked from a cut on its lip.
“Your name, Human, so I know who my worthiest adversary, below that of Lord Herobrine is.”
The Human tilted his head to the side and spat out a small amount of blood before facing the dragon again.
A soft voice, no longer behind that of a metal suit, responded.
“Codelord... my name is Codelord. And removing my suit is possibly one of the worst mistakes you could make!”
An explosion sent both the massive dragon and Codelord, flying through the void. Power radiated from the cracks in Codelord’s armor and flowed from his skin, giving it a glowing appearance. They both finally landed on the End stone, skidding to a halt and kicking up white dust.
A massive pair of ethereal wings sprouted from Codelord’s back as the armor evaporated into thin air. His Cyber sword changed from that of a simple glowing blue blade to a massive claymore radiating with golden energy.
“Each operator and admin represents a certain aspect of life, or something of their choosing. I chose POWER.”
With a single beat of his massive wings, Codelord was launched from one part of the end to the other. His movements being a simple flash of light, he appeared right in front of the Ender dragon’s snout.
The Ender dragon flinched as the Claymore came down on his head. The dragon flinched to the left, barely dodging the swords trajectory as it sliced the membrane between his right wing. He roared in pain as he brought his claws again, on the back of the human, again raking the golden wings off. He smashed his two paws together, capturing the human between his claws.
Purple blood ran freely from the many scratches that lay upon the dragon’s hide. Scales littered the End stone as he stared into the human’s eyes.
“You have caused me great pain, human. But I will recover given time. And when I do, I will find you, and kill you. But alas, I told you I would see you fall to your death. Therefore, I will never see your pitiful form in my sight again. I hope you are forever lost in the spaces between dimensions, Human.”
The Ender dragon tossed the human into the darkness surrounding them; the Ender dragon didn’t notice that he threw his Claymore at his chest. The blade pierced his chest and struck dangerously close to his heart. He roared as he fell forwards, tumbling into the crack between dimensions. The human smiled... knowing his death would be soon, but in knowing, that he had helped his brother survive another day, and that the downfall of Herobrine was near...
And then, darkness consumed him...
-Flashback end-
Codelord stared as he saw Celestia fall. With a mental thought, he primed his jetpack and exploded forth from the tower top, aiming just a little lower than the Princess’s falling speed.
He rocketed towards the fallen Alicorn, picking up speed in hopes of catching her. He pointed his forelegs forwards and pushed his mental link to the max, making the fire expelling from his jetpack change from red, to blue. His speed increased as he aligned himself with Celestia, just a couple inches away...
The ground was fast approaching.
He reached out towards the Alicorn and gripped at her tail. Catching that, he heaved himself further towards the head of chest of the Alicorn.
“I hope she can forgive me for this...”
He wrapped his four legs around Celestia’s chest and gripped her hair in his teeth. He pulled up with both his body and hers, the G-forces of the sudden deceleration caused him pain in his head as the mental link tried to keep the connection steady.
“HNNG-!”
They slowly pulled up, far away from the city, exactly near where the Wagon had been parked in that cave. It still wasn’t enough to stop them from crashing.
He twisted around to save Celestia from most of the damage she would no doubt receive from the force of the impact. A quick look to his heath and armour bar confirmed his suspicion.
He might die from the crash.
He took the brunt of the impact from the hill and bounced from the top of the hill. His entire back had been scratched from the rocks and dirt as he scraped against the ground, kicking up dirt all around them as the slowed to a halt.
Half a heart left, his entire armor set had shattered.
“Ach...! Damn... that hurt.”
He pulled a health potion from his inventory and forced it down his throat, he was lucky Frozen had changed the flavour from Cherry to raspberry. He got another one and gave it to Celestia, watching as the wounds slowly closed. But his fear was realized as the wounds on either side of her shoulders closed.
She would never fly again...
“I’m sorry... Celestia...”
A shadow passed overhead and he looked up, his eyes widened in surprise and excitement.
“No, bucking. Way...!”
A rope fell from the shadow above, a figure stood over a railing on the side of a magnificent golden and silver ship.
“Ahoy down there! Do ya need a lift mate?”
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The door splintered again as everyone jumped from it in surprise, drawing their weapons and preparing for combat.
The crystal communicator kicked up then. The crackle and bangs of cannon fire could be heard over the voice speaking. “This is Captain Shinning Armor of the Celestial Guards. The Puritanium Titan Cannon has been deserted by Codelord. Who left to save the Princess, I have taken it upon myself to fire the gun and the Wither will be kept at bay, over and out.”
Gamer nodded his head, “Alright, you heard the Captain. Head towards the Dwarves and say the phrase. This defense has fallen!”
I pulled my knives from my belt and jammed them between the handlebars of the door, hopefully that would help.
I glanced at Gamer and he nodded. I turned to the men and ponies around me as we headed towards the Dwarf holds.
“Alright everyone let’s move.”
They all nodded at what I had said and started lightly jogging towards the Dwarf door. All of us were tired and exhausted as we headed deeper into the mountain from the tower main entrance.
That was when the explosion hit. We turned and saw that the door had been blown open and that a black cloaked figure strode righteously through the debris of the door. His cloak, as black as the darkness of night, black gauntlet on his left hand and a black sword in his right, mirrored the color of his cloak, giving him a foreboding presence.. White glowing eyes stared at the fleeing remnants of the alliance army.
Gamer swore, “Alright, everyone. Start heading towards the door, I’ll hold him off.”
One of the Celestial guards spoke up. “Sir, that’s suicide!”
Gamer drew his Pistol and sword.
“That is my repentance...”
Gamer strode towards the Herobrine, who simply smiled at him.
“Ah, well hello Gamer. I never got the time to thank you for the help all those years ago. Just so you know Manic has filled your place rather nicely, no?”
I tried to tune them out as we hurried towards the gate. As I passed him I whispered.
“Don’t get yourself killed. I want a crack at him myself and you have a lot of explaining to do.”
He nodded and moved me behind him.
“That's a promise I might not be able to keep, sir."
He smiled sadly, hefted his sword on his shoulder and strode forwards.
"Take care of my troops, Admin. We’re all counting on you to end it, and I’ll explain another time... If I survive this encounter, that is.”
He rushed towards the black cloaked figure as the massive stone and metal doors behind him closed, sealing us from the outside and from whatever was happening to Gamer now.
We turned to face the Dwarfs in hope of being secure from the Wither outside, only to come face to face with bodies littering the floor, blood on the walls and a Beast of a man in armour staring at us. In both hands he held two swords, I knew who this was.
“Manic Pandemonium...”
“AdmIn WAlkEr... wE MeEt aGaiN...”
I picked up a fallen Dwarf’s sword and moved towards the colossal man, as he lifted his swords I let my battle cry go, and charged.
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Frozen stood inside his laboratory with Zecora, stone littering the floor, a hole in one wall and cracked and broken flasks littered the floor. He pointed towards the exit then her and the sound asleep foal on her back.
“You wish me to leave?”
There was no time to think of Rhymes in this situation, people and ponies were dying out there, and only their potions could help. He nodded and passed her a potion.
‘Potion of Invisibility’
“You wish me to escape?”
He sadly nodded and turned his back to her. He heard the door close behind him, before a smashing of glass and a clatter of hooves alerted him to the Zebra’s departure. They had agreed that Zecora was to take the Colt he had found earlier and escape from the castle.
He silently sighed, and picked his staff up. He silently left his laboratory and walked about the broken hallways of the castle. He found a few ponies, lying on their sides. They were too far gone to save, he gave them potions to ease their suffering, and continued to his destination.
He looked at the stained glass windows, once depicting certain events of standing in the castle. Now lay shattered in the corridors of the stone fortress. A hissing alerted him to the presence of a Creeper. He paused and hid behind the corner.
The green monster walked into the pass, twisting its head from side to side. Hissed, flicked its green forked tongue at the air, before turning and walking down a side passage.
He breathed a silent sigh of relief. He thought of Admin, and if he could contact him. All he could hear was silence though. He must be too far out of range to contact.
He pressed off of the wall and walked back down the corridor, heading off to the throne room. Finding himself at the broken, golden doors of the throne room he mentally sighed again and walked up to the throne. He pointed his staff at it and drew an intricate design on the base, before casting dispel on the stairs.
He watched as the stairs retracted and revealed a small case, hidden away from everyone but the most trusted of people and ponies. Those few being only Himself and Celestia.
The case was small and blue, nothing too fancy as to not draw attention if anyone should possibly find it. There was a special lock on the chest that reacted only to his, and Celestia’s magical signature. He pointed his staff’s crystal at the lock and mentally commanded the lock to open. His manna bar emptied of the last of its reserves, and he mentally reminded himself to allow it to recharge fully or drink a manna potion
An almost silent click, echoed through the throne room. Glancing behind him to make sure no one, or monster was looking in, he picked up the case.
Frozen opened the case to reveal a shard of a glimmering gold and white hilt of a sword, a pure White Diamond embedded in the hilt and the grip being made of an engraved design of vines and flowers. A model hammer and anvil hung at the end of it, attached by a chain of titanium steel.
This was the Hilt... the hilt of a long ago destroyed sword. One that many had forgotten, faded into myth and legend.
The Sword of Notch.