I awoke in a capsule in a room I am not familiar with, as I look through my capsule glass I find that the room is made out of concrete and metal, some walls had a large 'W' on them but the entire room seemed worn out and rusted which looked like it could collapse at any moment. I didn't remember anything before waking up except for a few words which seemed to make me shiver.
“…eatest……ation……Zero……destr……mega………”
“…created……to…destroy…”
Zero, was that my name? And who was this ‘Mega’? Was I supposed to eliminate him if I was created to destroy?
The memories seemed to avoid me as I got out of the capsule.
As I looked around the room I saw a glowing sword and a weird object next to it on the bench next to my capsule -"Z Saber, Z Buster"- How did I know what these objects were? Had I used them before?
I grabbed the saber and buster and as I turned around I saw myself in a broken mirror.
I had red and black armour made of metal covering my entire body with the name ‘Zero’ on the side of my helmet and arms, so that meant that my name was Zero. Who built me and where was I, some kind of ruined castle? Did I do this before I lost my memories?
“I never remember calling myself a hero,” –I put my hand on my head –“I have always fought for the people I believe in, even if I was made to destroy.”
I smiled to myself, I used the power I had to protect the innocent that was all I needed to know to find out what kind of reploid I was. So that meant that this castle had decayed meaning that it must had been hundreds of years old.
As I walked out of the room wondering what sort of things these ruins held for me.
Perspective Change: ????
As I watched as my old friend left I felt a pang of guilt in my heart as I knew this was the last time we would see each other and he wouldn't have even knew who I was if I told him.
He had been fighting for so long I hoped in this world he could find the peace he needs. As the last of my power started to fade away I took one last look at him and smile, the first smile I had done in one hundred years.
“Goodbye, Zero” I whispered knowing he couldn't hear me as I faded out of existence.
Perspective Change: Zero
As I left the room I found that I was in a narrow hallway filled with armour for…horses? I shrugged it off as I took a look at where I had come from I find that there was just a wall there and no room. So that meant that the room was supposed to be a secret then but why would have someone kept me a secret? Then again I wasn't really an average being was I?
I walked down the left hallway where I found 4 other hallways that intersected to a large room. Due to my new curiosity of these ruins I took a look into the room.
As I took in the view of the room I noticed it had two large tapestries, one that displayed the sun and one that displayed the moon. There was a big cavity in the wall in between the two tapestries as the moon shone into the room as it lit it up with its glow as two thrones were positioned on either side of the cavity. So that meant there were two rulers here, a king and queen maybe? But what was with the sun and moon symbols?
There was still not any sort of metal in these ruins only stone which meant that the people that must have lived here must had been primitive, but then again these ruins are over hundreds of years old so by now they must of advanced by then.
I checked my data banks on history in the Middle Ages and found that the tapestries of the sun and moon made no connections to that time period.
I was too busy looking around the room that I never even noticed that half of the moon was in the shape of a…unicorn? I knew that the moon had never had that shape before, so did that mean I’m on a different planet?
I continued to stare at the moon as i thought it would give me the answers I sought to find but as I continued looking at it I felt sadness. Why would I be feeling sadness by just looking at the moon?
‘Clink’
I heard the sound of some metallic object hit the ground as I quickly drew out my saber, i scanned my surroundings as I slowly walked towards the source of the sound. As I walked closer to the source I found it was a piece of light blue armour that seemed to have been broken off as it had a picture of the moon on it.
I deactivated my saber and picked up the piece. I felt a strong energy that radiated off of it but the energy didn't seem…right. It was as if a corruptive force had taken a hold on this piece, but why did it seem familiar to me?
“…Dark……Elf…”
Dark Elf? Was that what it reminded me of?
I took the piece with me as i hoped that anyone I came across would be able to tell me about it as I walked out of the room wanting to find a way out of here.
As I walked down the the narrow hallway I saw the entrance to a library, the perfect place to get the knowledge I need for this world before I left.
After I saved the information of the tenth book about this land called 'Equestria' into my memory banks I decided that was time to leave, leaning back on the chair, throwing the book directly into the right position of the shelf.
'Ca-Chunk'
I heard the sound of a bulky door had opened. As I quickly turned my head towards the sound, the entire bookshelf to my right had opened up as it revealed a secret room.
As I inspected the room I didn't really find much of interest except for a lone book on a pedestal. As I walked over to the book which was titled, 'The Journal of the Two Sisters'. As I read through the book I found out that their names were 'Celestia' and 'Luna' and that the first controlled the sun and the second controlled the moon as well as everyone - or everypony now -, in this land were ponies, other than the dragons and the griffons in the other two lands. At least now I now knew what the sun and moon tapestries were for.
According to this book and the other ten I had read, it seemed that Celestia and Luna were the only two alicorns - as alicorns were considered royalty - and they also were immortal which meant that I would be able to see them to help me recover my lost memories since they were very skilled in what they called 'Magic'.
I quickly closed the book and pushed the chair back to its original position as it triggered the bookshelf to close. I started to finally leave the old castle and venture into the outside world.
After a few turns through hallways I found what I considered to be the entrance of the ruins. I walked out the entrance hall to see a very big forest in front of me.
‘Dammit’ I thought mentally.
Now all I needed to do was to get through this forest in order to find any sign of ponys or life, it seemed simple enough. As I entered the forest I felt as If something was watching me straight away. But I ignored it as it felt like there was something wrong with this entire forest and it wasn't like I was defenceless, so I could easily protect myself if anything decided to try and kill me.
‘Heh, they can try.’