//------------------------------// // Ch.5 Hell Hound // Story: The Cyberdog // by Emerald Shield //------------------------------// Another one-hundred years later "Princess Celestia, we have someone who would like to speak to you" A guard said opening the door. On the far end of the room sat Celestia with a bit of a bored look on her face, but that was quickly swept away when she heard the guard. "Send them in" she said, then a small flyer boy, no older then eight years with fiery red hair and wings walked in. "What is the reason you wanted to speak to me?" She asked. "I would like to speak with the one called Uriah, please" the boy asked surprisingly sternly. "And why would you want to speak with me?" Uriah asked as he walked out of a corner in the room. "I saw you in that weird dog form, running through the forest, that made me realize I'm not the only one" the kid said. "...What is your name kid?" Uriah asked with a suspicious look in his eyes. "My name is Hell Hound, and I know that you are the thing I saw, because I saw you turn into your human form after you reached the castle" "Okay next question, what do you mean 'I'm not the only one'?" Uriah asked again. "I meant that I can change form as well" Hell Hound said... A defeating silence filled the room. "How?" Celestia asked. "Well my mom told me it is my Conduit power, I don't exactly know what that means, but when mom found out" tears came to his eyes. "She called me a demon and threw my on the street" he was softly crying now. When Uriah noticed this he quickly walked over to the kid. "Hey don't worry, I have no real family either" Uriah said in a surprisingly gentle tone as he put a finger under the boys chin and lifted his head up. "R-really?" Hell Hound asked. "Yes, when I first came to this world two-hundred years ago I had no family either, I was all alone, but soon after that the princesses found me and took me in, I have been living here ever since" Uriah said with a smile. "Wow two-hundred years!? Are you immortal!?" The kid asked with childish excitement. "It sure looks like it. Now how about you show us that other form of yours?" Uriah asked. "Only if those guards leave" the kid said as he pointed to the guards standing next to the door. "Guards do us a favor and leave?" Celestia asked. "If things get out of hand Uriah and I will deal with it" this seemed to calm the guards a little bit as they walked out of the door. "Go ahead, make my day" Uriah said as he took a step back. Hell Hound nodded as he closed his eyes, around a second or so later a red aura appeared around him, pretty soon he burst into crimson flames forcing Uriah and Celestia to close their eyes. When they opened them again they saw a most beautiful yet strange sight, where Hell Hound was just standing there now stood a white and black wolf surrounded by crimson flames. "Well that's certainly... Something" Uriah said with a stunned expression. "Do you hate me now? I understand if you do" Hell Hound said in distinctly more raspy, but sad sounding, voice. "No, I don't think we do" Uriah said. "How much control do you have over this? Because I think Uriah would be more then happy to train you" Celestia said. "Really!?" Hell yelled. "Yes, I would gladly train you" Uriah said with a smile. "But would you mind turning back?" "Oh right" Hell said as he turned back to normal. "Come on, let's get you settled in shall we?" Uriah said as he walked out the door, Hell Hound not far behind. Another hundred years later So another hundred years later, Hell Hound still lived in the castle together with the princesses and Uriah, the reason Hell was still living was because Uriah had "accidentally" cast a time spell after he turned eighteen, causing Hell Hound's body to stop aging. "You get back here!" A certain Cyberdog yelled as he chased a familiar fiery wolf through the forest. "Can't catch me slowpoke!" Hell Hound yelled back. "Oh really?" Uriah said as he appeared out of nowhere in front of Hell. "Dude what the hell!?" Hell yelled as he only barely dodged Uriah, but in doing so he crashed into, or rather straight through, a tree. "You really have to pay more attention to your surroundings" Uriah said chuckling. "Well sorry that I crashed through a tree because you decided to cheat and teleport in front of me!" Hell Hound said as he picked himself out of what was left of the tree after it spontaneously combusted when Hell crashed into it. A letter then appeared in front of Uriah. He picked it out of the air and read it. "Looks like Tia and Luna want to speak with us, come on let's go" Uriah said as he turned around and ran to the castle, Hell not far behind. At the castle "So what's the thing you wanted to talk about?" Uriah asked as he walked, in his human form, into the throne room. "Some of our scouts that we had stationed in the far north have gone missing, we want you two to go to the north and search for them, either that or find the reason they're gone" Luna said in a stern tone. "The north? Why there?" Hell asked, also in his human form. "There is another empire there called the Crystal Empire. Most of our scouts say it's ruled by an evil king named Sombra, they also say he's a master dark magician, he rules the empire with and iron fist" Celestia explained. "Master dark magician? Like me... We'll get him, and we'll show him that even dark magic can be used for the greater good" Uriah said with fierce determination. "Very well then, you'll leave tonight, it's a good week of traveling, even for someone as fast as you two" Luna said. "Go get your things, and may the magics be on your side" Celestia said with a smile. "Yes ma'am!" Hell Hound said with a mock salute. After that Uriah and Hell walked out the throne room. When they closed the door behind. "Road trip!" The two of them yelled as they high fived.