“So?” I looked at each of them, “Who’s first?”
They looked eager, but I suppose what Issac said earlier must’ve made them a little bit hesitant. “Our past memories and our current memories will clash, and if we aren’t prepared, we could go insane…”
I sighed and scratched my head, “Fine. I’ll go first. My OC is a Pegasus so all I gotta do is try and fly.”
“How do you know that you were a Pegasus back in Equestria?” Zeke asked me.
“If I wasn’t, then Luna and Lucinda would’ve been shocked when they saw I had wings.” I countered.
“True… go for it.” Zach said, egging me on.
I closed my eyes and focused on my shoulder blades, using my imagination to place wings in their place. I then extended them, and flapped them.
I felt myself hover for a second, but I think I was just imagining it. Opening my eyes I see that each of them have a dumbfounded look, “What? Did it work?” no answer from any of them, they’re all just staring at me… “Hey guys snap out of it and tell me if it worked.” I shouted, slightly gaining their attention. Jordan slowly raised his hand and pointed at something behind me, when I turned around there was nothing there, so I turned back and raised an eyebrow, “What is it?”
“Y-you…” Zach said, also pointing a finger at something behind me. Again I turn around to look and see nothing, when I look back at them they’re all pointing their fingers at me stuttering out nonsense.
I sigh and walk towards the door, “Look when you can say what it is then tell me, for now I gotta take a piss.” I walk out of my room and into the bathroom, shut the door, turn on the lights, walk past the mirror and make my way to the toilet. But I see something in the mirror as I pass it, so I quickly glance behind me.
Still nothing.
I scratch my head and decide to just forget about it.
I do my business and when I’m done wash my hands. I splash some water on my face and dry it with the hand towel and place it back, as I look in the mirror I see something behind me, it’s a sort of darkish brown color, not sure what it was, but even when I turned around there wasn’t anything there. I look back in the mirror to make sure I’m not going crazy, and as I do I see that it’s still there. But it’s on my back, and now that I look closer, there are two of them, one on the left side of my body, and one on the right.
I reach a hand back to grab it but when I do I instantly take my hand off it. “What the…” I can feel it, like it’s a part of me. I then gently grab the left one and pull on it. As it starts to unfold I accidentally take something out of whatever it is and recoil at the pain. I look at whatever it is that came out of…
I stare at the dark brown feather in my hands, “This… this is…” I quickly turn my body at an angle to see if the things on my back really are…
On my back… are a pair of large wings!
I can’t believe I only just noticed them! “It actually worked!” I cheered and ran out of the bathroom, straight into my room, I was going to say “Guys I have wings!” but instead I’m trying to hold in my laughter.
Each of the guys are either trying to fly, or concentrating so hard it looks like they’re constipated.
So, without saying a word, I walk away from the door and go downstairs into the living room to test out my wings.
Not before almost dying of laughter on the floor though.
After 5 mintues I think I’m finally done laughing… “If I keep laughing like that… I’ll have a 6-pac!” I wipe a tear away from my eye, take a deep breath, and relax myself.
Prrrrr….t
“Good. Now I’m ready to test these out.” I concentrate on my wings again, and try to unfold them. I feel a small gust of wind on both sides of my body, when I open my eyes and look, I see that my wings are actually extended. “Awesome…” I say after taking one of them in my hands.
They’re definitely a darker shade of brown, and they look to be about the length of my legs, if not more, and about the width of probably 2 and a half class textbooks? I don’t really keep any sort of measuring things in my house, (or if I do then I have no idea where they are) so this isn’t very accurate.
They actually look about the same as eagle wings.
I pluck one of the feathers again, feeling as if I just pulled a leg hair, and examine it. “…It’s pretty.” I smile, never really been able to see a feather up close like this for an extended time. I walk over to the counter and place the feather down, “Now then… how to fly.” As I ask myself this, I feel a throbbing pain in my head and have to shut my eyes.
I open my eyes slowly and look around, “Wh-where am I?” there’s nothing but white in all directions. I look down at my body and instead of seeing my usual clothes, I see a spectral blue color that mimics my movements exactly. “Whoa…” I lift my hand to my face and wave it around, through it I can see a wave of colors that attacks the area around me and slowly take shape and form. Lights fill the room and slowly place themselves throughout. Above me is a ceiling that… looks wooden? Looking to the sides of me I see row upon row of books neatly placed in shelves. “Am I… In a library? But how?”
Without warning, talk and laugher fills the room, making me have to cover my ears for a moment. I quickly look below me to the source of the noise and see…
Ponies.
Not just any regular ponies though, these ponies are colorful and cartoony. Only then do I start to piece everything together. The wooden ceiling, the books, the ponies below me.
This is Twilight’s Library… In Equestria.
Before I can react a voice catches my attention.
"Scoots here wants to learn how to fly. You see, right now she can only use her wings as a sort of propeller while she's on her scooter." That voice….?
I look to the direction the voice was coming from and see Scootaloo, Rainbow Dash… and Vague Blaze, all standing around each other. I move over to them and try to get some answers from him, “Dude how the hell did you get here?”
He taps his hoof to his chin, and it seems like he’s thinking about my question.
Before he has time to answer, Pinkie bowls him over giggles says "Sorry" and went on her way to the food table. I stare at her shocked, but look back at Blaze, expecting a response.
He gets up and trots over to Scootaloo and put one of her wings in his hoof. “hey? Can you hear me?” I ask him, but he just continues looking at her wing.
He then moves over to Dash's wing and looked at it, seemingly comparing the two, I look as well and I can see that besides the overall size difference Scootaloo’s feathers were crooked and unkempt. He leans down to Scootaloo and says "I think I may have found your problem there Scoots." Her face went from one of confusion to one of happiness and excitement.
"Really? You really have?" she said with a twinkle in her eye and with her wings buzzing around. I grab my chest to stop my heart from leaping out and glomping her.
"Yup, one sec." Vague smiles and begins moving towards the refreshments table, he then picks up a glass of water in his wing and moves back over to where me, Scootaloo and Rainbow Dash are. Putting her wing in his hoof he poured a little water on them, then used his other hoof to straighten out her feathers. After the right side was done he moved over to the left and did the same. I begin to shake my head at him, “you moron, water makes wings heavier, using water will only make things worse.”
He then backs up and tells her to move her wings slowly. Nodding she complied and began to move them. Slightly buzzing her wings she stops for a moment.
“Told ya.” I smirked.
Nodding his head he says "Ok, now the problem isn't that your wings are small. Its more of you not knowing how to move ‘em."
"It is?" Scoots said, tilting her head to the side.
"Yep. Now watch, this is how you should move your wings." He extends his wings and I’m shocked, “they look just like mine! But… cartoony and huge!” he began to slowly flap them, after a while he started to hover off the ground. I watch intently and make sure not to forget what he did to fly.
Stopping, he lands on the ground and looks at her. "Now then, what did my wings do?"
"They curved into a U shape when going up and flattened a little when going down." She responded after thinking a little.
"Good, now I want you to try it." Nodding at him she began to slowly flap her wings, mimicking his movements precisely. For a split second she was hovering off the ground, stunned she lands back on the ground and runs over to Blaze, hugging his leg "Thank you thank you thank you Blaze!" she shouts.
“Well I’ll be dammed…” I whispered.
Picking her up and tussling her mane he says "Anytime." Putting her down, she runs out of sight.
“Thanks. I could've taught her myself but I figured she needed to warm up a bit more to you." Rainbow Dash said after jabbing Blaze in the side.
"Glad to help." he gave her a smile, followed by a peck on the cheek.
That was it.
My mouth has fucking dropped.
My OC… just gave THE Rainbow Dash a kiss.
I pick up my jaw and start thinking about what Luna and Lucinda told me, “She said ‘your’ Dashie… so he’s dating her… and I’m dating her!” I don’t know how long I sat there thinking about everything that just happened, and what will happen.
I finally snap out of it after something crashes though the ceiling and lands in the middle of the room, there’s dust everywhere so I can’t really see anything besides a large silhouette of a… dog? But it’s on it hind legs and looks slightly human in its stance. “Werewolf!” I shout.
A gust of wind then blows the dust away and towards some more ponies who look at me, “but they can’t see me can they?” I turn around and see Vague Blaze standing in front of a glass of apple cider and an apple fritter, with a stern look on his face.
I then look back at the figure before me. Around its neck was a diamond collar and around his waist was a simple diamond belt. That wasn't what caught my eye however… His teeth were drenched in blood and he was panting, as if he had been running from something... or after something.
I heard swords begin to be unsheathed, and turning around I see Jordan’s OC Fortune Caster, and what I think is Victor’s OC Crossback holding swords in their mouths.
While I was deep in thought, the dog gave a loud howl and said "Which one of you… is Rarity?" He wore an ominous smile after saying her name.
"Who wants to know?" Vague Blaze said, stepping forward.
"Gieremund… Leader of the diamond dogs… and my grunts told me that three of my best workers were bested by a single white unicorn named Rarity…."
“wait… Gieremund is a mob from FFXI, dafuq? Is this where SE got the name from?” I asked nobody, or pony, in particular.
"And what exactly will you do with her?" A pony I recognized as Zeke’s OC, Flutter Night, said and took a step forward.
"Isnt it obvious? I'm going to reclaim the honor that those three fools lost. And I plan to do the same thing I did to them…" he slid his finger across his neck "to her." A wide grin that sent chills down my spine slowly formed on his face.
"Sorry but even if she was here, we wouldn't just hand her over." Vague told him.
“yeah! You tell him Vague! Just don’t die you stupid idiot!” I cheered him on.
"Oh that's too bad… I guess now all I can do is kill every little pony here until one of them tells me where she is…" Gieremund growled.
"Like hay we'd let you." Vague shouted, by now Crossback, Fortune Caster, and Flutter Night were by his side, and were slowly moving towards Gieremund.
"Oh no! Whatever shall I do? These ponies are trying to stop me!" Gieremund laughed. He charged at them, and they charged back, preparing to fight. But he jumped clear over them and picked up Scootaloo, holding her captive.
"Come any closer and I'll have to end her life." Gieremund said, holding Scootalo by the throat. "Now… drop your weapons or else…"
“You coward!” I shouted and charged after him. Before I reached him though, all the color left the room, leaving a barren white canvas in every direction. “What.. the hell?”
I sat there for a while, thinking about what just happened. “Their OCs… have their voices. My OC, has my voice. So.. doesn’t that mean we are, in fact, our OCs? I guess this is what Luna and Lucinda were talking about…”
Just like last time, color flooded into the room, only this time the ceiling was made of rock. Slowly, a light made an appearance, I decided to follow it. As I made my way down the hall the light began to grow in intensity.
Finally, I reach where the light was coming from. In front of me, are Crossback, Fortune Caster, Flutter Night, Vague Blaze, and Gieremund.
The anger I had in me from before came back and I charged forward. “I’ll kill you!” I shouted.
"Alright…" I heard Vague Blaze say, followed by a blood churning chuckle. I slow down and make my way towards him and stare at him, “He seems… different.” As I move to the front of his body I see what it was. His eyes have become pitch black and filled with hatred and rage. “what… happened?” I look at each of the ponies beside him and see they look slightly calmer, though still very angry. “Is this after he grabbed Scootaloo?”
"Where's Rarity at?" Crossback shouts at Gieremund.
"That nuisance has already been dealt with." Gieremund said. As I turn around I see he’s sketching his finger across his throat, and then begins laughing.
“W…what? He… killed.. Rarity?”
I can feel my muscles tighten as I clench my teeth.
"You bastard! Ill make sure to enjoy ending your life!" I hear Fortune say.
"Oh really now?" Gieremund said.
"Transfer complete…" I heard a voice in my head say.
"Transfer? What are you talking about? And who the hell are you?” I shout.
"I transferred my power into your body…. Wait… Déjà vu.”
“The… fuck?”
“How… am I alive? You… you killed me… I shouldn’t be here!”
“What are you even talking about?” I asked the voice.
”Do you not remember? Our battle was bucking legendary for Celestia’s sake!”
“We had a battle?”
“… I never did like you.”
“Hey fuck you too dude.”
“Where is that other charming fellow?”
“What charming fellow?”
“The one you told me to call Vague!”
“No idea what you’re talking about.”
“…I really just want to strangle you right now.”
“well you surely aren’t sunshine and fucking tic-tacs.”
“WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!”
“ONLY TIME WILL TELL!”
“…”
“Hey, what’s happening to Vague Blaze?” I point to him. His cutie mark, instead of a controller, were moving flames that are quickly engulfing his whole body.
His mane and tail, which were once a red and gold color, have turned black and dark red while his coat turned a bright red.
“Ahhh this brings back great memories…”
“What do you mean?”
“You’ll see soon enough.”
Gieremund got up out of his chair and began charging, Vague Blaze also closed in on him. And, it looked like anytime his hoof connected with the ground it melted the area around it. “Whoa… he’s become Lava pony! Awesome!” I cheered.
“My power is much greater than just that. However, at the time I could only use a small fraction of it, otherwise you’re body would’ve melted along with the ground.”
“Wait, so you’re inside his head? And who the hell are you since I’m on the subject.”
“You will remember in due time.”
“Of course…”
Letting out a growl that shook the cave Gieremund lunged at Vague Blaze, aiming for his throat.
Yet, his body effortlessly dodged the attack and grabbed Gieremund's arm, setting it ablaze and causing him to howl in pain and moved back. The arm that was once in Vague Blaze’s grasp had been reduced to nothing but a pile of ash.
Taking a few cautious steps back Gieremund looked around for something. “He’s going to do the same thing he did to Scootaloo!” I shouted.
A wide grin crossed his lips a second before he sped off and picked up Flutter Night in his hand.
“Dammit! You fucking coward! I’ll kill you!” I shouted.
“Just stop and think. At this moment you are viewing something from your past, you cannot interfere with what has already happened.. besides, Gieremund will be dead soon enough…”
"Stop. Or else he dies." Gieremund said, looking to Fortune, Crossback, and Blaze. Both of them complied and dropped their weapons, obviously irritated that this was the second time they had to drop their weapons.
In a flash Blaze was right behind Gieremund, and his leg sweeped and connected with both of Gieremund’s legs, causing them to immediately char and disintegrate. Yelling in pain he dropped Night and Crossback caught him, bringing him back to where he and Fortune were.
Gieremund was in total shock, I was glad that he got what was coming to him… but just the sight of his body in that state, almost caused me to vomit.
Blaze then cackled and raised his hoof then slammed it down in Gieremund’s gut, causing his hoof to go straight through him.
Gieremund was now screaming in pain. “why is Blaze doing this?... Why am I doing this? Was I really that infuriated?”
“Not necessarily. You were pissed, but not this much. The Blaze you see down there is being controlled by me, but I think it was at this moment that I gave you control of your body back.”
“wait, then can you still take control of my body?”
“I hadn’t thought about that… would you like to give it a test?”
“Hell no. It’d be cool to be shrouded in lava like that but the crap in my house is not flame retardant.”
Out of nowhere Gieremund started crying, and begging for his life. “Oh geez the normal bad guy, kill everything the beg for your life and think the good guy will forgive you.”
"I'd hate to think of how many things you've killed that begged you for their life as you took it away! What about Rarity huh? Did you spare her life? Did you have any mercy on her? No! So why should I have mercy on you… all you deserve is death." Blaze shouted, taking my hoof out of his gut and slamming it down next to his head, causing him to flinch.
“Wait… isn’t that similar to what Goku said to Frieza when he begged for his life?” I asked myself, “yep.”
"I have control of my body again?" Blaze whispered after staring at his hoof.
"Where are the other two?" Blaze yelled at a horrified Fortune. Looking around I saw that Crossback and Night were gone.
Snapping back to reality he looks to his right. Following his gaze I see Night and Crossback come into view. Crossback had a pony draped over his back, covered in his cloak.
"Who's that?"
Using his magic he moved the hood off their head and revealed… Rarity. She was asleep and unscathed, I was confused. Gieremund said that he had killed her before… yet there she is alive.
Looking back to Gieremund Blaze put his hoof on his chest which caused it to burn slightly and cause him to scream in pain. "You have until the count of three to explain Gieremund." he said.
“Rarity’s safe Blaze, there’s no need for this…” I sighed.
“You’ve gotten a lot nicer since I last met you, could it have been the other you that caused your emotions to shift so much?”
“Still have no idea what you’re talking about. As far as I know, I’m not Bipolar.”
“…”
"One." Blaze began counting.
"Two." Gieremund was still silent.
"Three. Times up." Gieremund began to laugh. "Going insane from the pain now are we? Don't worry ill put you out of your misery. Rarity may be safe but that doesn't change the fact that you almost killed Scoots and caused my Dashie to cry. That alone is reason enough for me to kill you."
“And so I was a badass… now everything makes sense.” I chuckled.
"No…" Gieremund choked out, "I'm laughing… because He is finally free."
"He? Who is he?" Blaze said, increasing the pressure on his chest, he winced at the pain.
"You already know… who he is…" Gieremund said, with a smile creeping over his face.
Before anything else was said the color once again left the room and was replaced with a blank white area.
"So Ill just take a guess and say the one that was set free was you."
“How did you get so smart? You used to be an idiot.”
“Always been smart, only thing is that I’m lazy so I never feel like thinking things through. But, since I’m watching these memories I may as well stop being lazy…”
“I… see.”
“Now then, what else will I be seeing? I’m tired of waiting.”
“Well if you’re tired of waiting, I suppose I’ll just speed things up for you.” A voice I recognized as Sally said.
Before I could react, visions and memories flooded into my mind nonstop. They were speeding by my eyes so fast, and yet I could see every individual event that occurred as if I were experiencing them at this very moment.
When the memories ended the last thing I saw was Shadow holding a pen. “Whoa that was close, if you would’ve seen that flash I’d have to redo all of this for the 13th time.”
“Wait… 13th time? The fuck Sally? And where the hell are you?” I shouted.
“She always has been quite the charming fellow.”
“Wait, how do you know her Slipstream?”
“Well when she gave you your memories back she also gave me mine. Remember that voice you’ve always talked with? Yeah that was me.”
“Wait.. how?”
“During the time I was imprisoned, I was not alone. Your sister was also up there, she kept me company.”
“Whoa whoa whoa back this fucking turtle up! How old is she?”
“Didn’t mom teach you not to ask a lady her age?” Sally responded.
“Yes, well… during our stay she made a pact with me. She would release me as long as I became a tool in her experiment.”
“So… the experiment was the transfer or your power into a human body?”
“…Actually yes. Over the course of 1000 years we’ve had a total of 981,999 failures.”
“And you were the 982,000th test.” Sally’s voice again rang out.
“My consciousness, power, everything, was placed into your body while you were an infant. However…”
“What WAS supposed to happen was Slipstream would take over your body when you turned 10.” Sally interrupted.
“But… that incident a few days after your tenth birthday where we rode down the hill with no handlebars on the bike destroyed most of my memories. I only knew a few things about you, your parents, your sister, and a few of your friends.”
“So.. I’ve had a half pony half dragon in my mind… and a, well I’m not sure what the hell Sally is.”
“Nor will you ever know. Just know that I am a being stronger than Celestia, Luna, Morpheus, and Goku combined. And I chose to let you be my little brother, feel honored.”
“You see I would feel honored…” I began, “But the way my fucks are set up, I just can’t spare any.”
“And that’s why I love you.” She appeared beside me, kissed me on the cheek and disappeared. “Talk to you later… little brother.”
Another wave began coming toward me, but this time, it wasn’t one of color.
It was pure darkness.