The Elder Scrolls: The Dragonborn of Equestria

by Urimas Ebonheart

Chapter 7

I charge at the changeling queen, my heavy steel armour clanging as I run.

She hears this and turns around. She has a look of surprise, but then one of amusement as she dodges my swing.

"My my, what do we have here? Celestia's little monkey trying to play the hero?" she taunts me. I huff unamused by her insult.

I slowly step towards her, When I'm a good three metres away, I rush again and swing at her head. She dodges my attacks every time I swing. After seven more attempts, she jumps back and starts flying.

"Oh, quite the aggressive little pet aren't you?" she says. I still don't answer and keep my sight on her.

"And not much of a talker either," she says and gives off a loud screech.

The windows smash as four changelings burst through. I turn in time to dodge and slice the first in half setting it ablaze. It falls to the floor screeching in agony before dying seconds later.

The second one flies into my side and knocks me over. As I slide across the floor, the third one dives at me covered in a green aura.

I roll away as it slams inches from my head, I swing my sword in an arc and I slash the changelings head. The top of its skull comes off from its right brow to its left jaw, burning the cut flesh preventing it from bleeding out.

As I get back up, the forth one blasts me in the back. I grunt from the pain but stand firm. I turn in a one-eighty degree swing, lopping off its head.

With three of them down, the last one hisses as it flies towards me.

I grab it by the horn with my left hand and slam its head to the floor. I plunge my sword through its back burning its insides to ash.

I think my sword has about four hits left before its out of energy. I pull the blade out and get into a ready position. I glare at the Queen, breathing heavily.

"Well, seems you're tougher than you look. I'll have to step it up a notch then," she says as her horn glows. She starts sending bolt after bolt of green magic at me.

I set off into a sprint as I dodge the blasts. I get hit in the right hip and take cover behind a pillar, I'm bleeding badly as I try to come up with some form of counter attack, but I can't think of anything.

"What's going o... *yawn*... on here? Can't I get any sleep these days?" Luna says as she walks in.

I see the Queen point her horn to Luna and starts charging her magic, I rush out to Luna and swing my sword just in time to deflect the bolt of magic aimed for her head.

A loud metallic snap is heard as my sword shatters mid way down the blade. The enchantment is almost dispelled as I stare in disbelief.

The sword that's protected me all these years.

Gone in an instant.

Luna gasps and she sees what's going on, I fall to a knee panting from the exertion, my wound and the loss of my sword.

The Queen laughs as she taunts me again.

"Oh I'm sorry, did I break the monkey's toy?" the Queen says mockingly. She gives off a creepily evil chuckle as she turns to Luna.

"So you've finally joined the fun Luna? I've dealt with your sister easily enough, what makes you think you'll fare any better?" she gloats as Luna looks over to Celestia, then to me, her eyes go wide from the wounds we both have.

After a few seconds Luna's eyes turn cat like, her coat turns black, her mane and tail start moving like she's in a storm, rage and anger are on her face as she glares at the Queen, her voice booms loudly as she takes to the air.

"Thou will regret thy actions here today insect!" Luna shouts loudly, shaking the very windows. Her horn glows a dark blue, almost black as she fires a beam of magic at the Queen. The changeling Queen retaliates with one of her own.

I notice Celestia starting to wake up, an idea pops into my head. The black soul gem and the magic book, the soul trap spell must be in there!

I then make my way over to Celestia.

"Celestia are you alright?" She nodded in reply while shakily getting onto her knees. "Listen, I need the black soul gem and the spell book!" She stares at me for a few seconds. She then realises what I'm planning and her horn glows as both items appear.

I take the book and look at the spell, I concentrate all of my left over magicka and my hand glows a dark purplish blue. After a few seconds. I point my left hand at the changeling Queen and release the spell.

The Queen's too busy with Luna to notice the bolt as it hits her, she gasps as she starts glowing a purplish blue colour.

Luna takes this chance and overloads her spell, causing her to cry out in pain but overwhelm the Queen’s beam.

The blast hits the Queen's horn and they both fall to the floor. With the soul gem in hand, I rush over with what's left of my sword.

The Queen hits the floor and I jump on top of her, I then thrust my sword into her chest, the last of the enchantment on the sword setting her insides ablaze.

She screams in pain and blasts me off her, sending me slamming into the wall. The gem starts to glow along with the Queen, a light blue orbs comes out of her and enters the gem.

Her eyes look dull as her body falls limp.

Luna gets up with a groan, she looks normal again and looks at me smiling. Her smile falls as she sees me slouched against the wall, bleeding profusely from the hip and chest.

She runs over to me, tears falling from her face. The last thing I see or hear as I drop the gem is Luna begging for me not to die.

I wake up to a strange beeping sound to my right with something laying on my left leg.

I squint as the light of the evening sun hits my eyes, I look down to see Luna asleep on my leg.

A loud rumble comes from my stomach as I start to fully awaken. I look to my right and see a strange device that's beeping and has strings coming from it to me.

I try to sit up and groan as pain echoes throughout my hip and chest.

Luna is awoken by this and looks up at me with a tired look, her eyes widen and she smiles as she sees I'm awake.

"Farengar! Oh thank the heavens you're awake! I... we thought we lost you," she says and starts tearing up as she gently hugs me.

I'm in too much pain to return the hug, I then ask her what happened.

"After you struck down Chrysalis, she gave one final blast of magic to you point blank in the chest. If not for your armour, you would not have survived." I look to a right corner of the room and see my sword and armour. The breastplate has a large hole in it as well as on the the right side.

The armour is now ruined and no longer usable. I then remember about the filly.

"Luna, there was a little dark blue filly with a silver mane and tail with red eyes hiding behind a bench, is she okay?" I ask her. Luna smiles and points to a couch behind her.

Asleep on the couch is the filly, I sigh and lean back on the pillow.

"And what about you and Celestia? And the others?" I ask.

"I'm fine. Tia's just resting now but she's also fine, Twilight and her friends are okay as well," she tells me. I smile as I close my eyes, my stomach grumbles and Luna giggles.

"Somepony sounds hungry, I'll go find a doctor and inform them of your condition," she says and gives me a kiss on the cheek and walks out the room, the device starts beeping faster.

I lay there stunned, she just kissed me. Only being here for a few days, I'm not sure if it’s a pony thing or not. I'm not sure on how to even feel about this. I push the thought aside as the door opens, revealing a pony in a white coat and this strange thing hanging from his neck.

"Ah, you're awake. That's good, considering the damage you took, you should still be out for another four days," he says.

He levitates a clipboard over and examines the beeping device.

"Vitals look normal, but I want to keep you here for another day to make sure nothing happens," he says as he replaces a bag hanging from a metal pole that's connected to me by a tube.

I just sigh. I look to the couch as the little filly is now awake and looking at me.

"I'm glad to see you're okay," I say as she climbs onto the bed and hugs me, softly crying.

"Thank you for saving me," she says quietly, I stroke her mane and tell her everything will be alright now.

"So, I never did get your name, I'm Farengar," I say in a comforting tone.

"I'm Moonbeam," she replies, still hugging me, I just smile.

The doctor takes his leave as Luna returns with a tray of food and water. She smiles at the sight before her.

I place the filly to my left side as Luna places the tray on a table and wheels it over to me.

There's lettuce, celery, an apple and what looks to be like jelly.

"Thank you," I say as I bite into the apple.

"Oh, you're welcome. It's the least I can do for what you've done for us," she says as she blushes a bit.

"Also, my sister and I have agreed that you're not a threat to us anymore, and would like to offer you a place in the royal guard," she informs me.

I think about it for a second, standing around doing nothing all day does not sound like my kind of thing.

"Sorry but, standing like a statue doing nothing all day don't sound like a lot of fun. Besides, I'll be needing a new set of armour and a new sword," I reply, looking over at what's left of my sword.

"Not to worry, you would receive better armour and a stronger, lighter sword for your aid in Canterlot's defence," Luna tells me. "So what's this little filly's name? She would not talk to anypony," she asks. Moonbeam has snuggled into my left hip and seems to have fallen asleep again.

"Her name is Moonbeam, I found her in a kitchen cabinet in a house. Her parents were killed and I just couldn't leave her there," I say with a sombre expression.

"That is unfortunate, but she will be placed in one of the best orphanages here until she can be adopted," Luna replies, the filly speaks in just a whisper with tears falling down her cheeks.

"I want to stay with Farengar," Moonbeam says, snuggling deeper into my hip.

"Well then, you could adopt her. You have enough bits to purchase a small home and provide for the two of you," Luna says. I think this over. I've thought about having a family before, but that dream was taken from me by the thalmor.

I look down at the filly as she looks back up to me, tears still falling from her eyes. Just at the sight, I made my decision and smile.

"Okay, I will. Would you like to live with me, Moonbeam?" She just nodded her head and snuggles again.

Luna just smiles and makes her way to the door.

"I will get the adoption papers sorted out. Until then, get some rest. You deserve it for all you have done and more," Luna says as she leaves the room and closes the door.

I lean back close my eyes and fall into a dreamless sleep.

I wake up feeling sore. I look around and remember I'm in the medical wing of the castle with the little filly still curled up next to me.

A smile forms on my face. I can feel my magicka back at full and start healing some of my wounds. I manage to remove most of the sore feeling, but my chest still stings a bit.

With a yawn the little filly wakes up and blinks groggily, she looks up at me and smiles.

"Good morning, sleepyhead. How are you doing?" I ask her. Her smile drops as her ears fold down.

"I miss mama and papa," she replies. She looks like she's trying so hard not to cry.

"I know how you feel, my parents were taken from me as well," I tell her. I remember what happened, I was thirteen years old as a group of bandits ambushed us during our trip to visit my uncle in Helgen.

My parents and I are walking home to Falkreath after visiting my uncle. My father is laughing at the embarrassing tale my uncle told him from my mother's past.

"It’s not that funny dear, you can stop laughing now," she says in mock seriousness.

"I'm sorry honey, but you've never told me that one before," he replies. I don't know what it was since I wasn't in the room at the time.

"And now you know, it was just so embarrassing!" she says smiling at my father.

"Well, lookie what we got 'ere boys, are you three lost? This be our territory," a dunmer in leather armour says as he walks out from behind a tree holding an iron dagger.

Four others show up as well. A kahjiit with studded armour and a pair of shortswords, an orc with fur armour and a battle axe, a bosmer with a bow and leather armour, and a redguard with a sword, shield and iron armour.

They're all grinning and chuckling. My father steps up, draws his sword, and place's both me and my mother behind him.

"I want you to take Farengar and run, I'll hold them off," he tells my mother. She protests but a stern look from my father stops her.

She grabs my hand and we both run back down the road, I can hear the fight as weapons clang and shouts of pain echo down the road. When we're almost out of sight, I hear my father roar in agony.

My mother places me in the hollow of a tree and tells me to stay there. She then runs off in the opposite direction. I watch as the bandits chase her down, I hear her scream as they drag her body back to their lair.

I make my way back to Helgen once they're gone and collapse at the front gate. The guards take me back to my uncle's home where I tell them what happened.

My uncle has a look of utter rage, he gets his sword, armour, and heads out with the guards to hunt the bandits down. A few hours later, they return with the heads of the bandits and the bodies of my parents.

After they were buried, My uncle took me in and trained me in the ways of the Greatsword.

A few tears fall from my eyes from the memory, I look down at the filly.

"But don't worry, everything will only get better from here on out," I tell her. She nodded as I get up and stretch, the doctor returns and stares at me with his jaw agape.

"How are you out of bed? You should not be able to stand after what you went through!" he says and rushes over to me. His horn glows and I'm surrounded by an orange aura.

"I don't understand, you're practically healed, but just yesterday you were a mess!" he says with confusion.

I smirk at the doctor. "I used my own healing magic to speed up the process. No offence, but your methods of healing seem weak and slow," I tell him. He just stares at me dumbfounded.

"Would you be willing to teach this magic? Just imagine all the lives we could save with it," he asks, I smile.

"Well, Celestia has a book of mine that teaches my kind of magic, she could just copy the healing spells I guess," I reply. He smiles at me.

"That would be very helpful thank you. Well, from what I can tell, you're healthy and fit to leave," he tells me and points over to my damaged gear. "And what should we do with those?" he asks. I look them over and pick up the broken sword.

"You can dispose of the armour, it's too damaged to be used again," I tell him. I place what's left of my sword back in its scabbard and strap it to my back.

"Oh before you go, can you use your healing magic on Princess Celestia? She's still recovering from severe loss of magic and some minor wounds to her left wither," he asks me. I nodded as I'm led to Celestia's room.

"Come on, Moonbeam," I say to her. She says 'okay' and follows behind me.

I enter Celestia's room and she's laying down on her side on a soft looking bed, a beeping device with strings attached to her as well.

"Hello, Farengar. It's good to see you are well. Especially after what you went through," she says softly and smiles.

"I guess that's one of the benefits of my magic over yours," I reply and smile as I stand next to her. I place my hands on her side and start healing her. It takes three minutes and almost all my magicka, but she looks much better.

"Thank you. I might be bed ridden for a few more days until my magic returns. Until then, Luna has taken charge of the royal court for now," she tells me. The doctor nudges my leg and nods to the Princess.

"Oh right, the doctor here asked if you could copy the healing magic from the spell book you took from me and let them learn it," I tell her. She thinks for a few seconds but agrees.

"Of course, your kind of magic seems far more potent than ours. This would do plenty of good for everypony. Now, if you need anything please ask Luna, I require some more rest," she tells me and yawns as her eyes close.

"Now that that's sorted, you're free to leave whenever you want," the doctor says as he goes to check Celestia's vitals.

Moonbeam and I leave the medical wing and head to my room. Once inside, the book of magic is on my bed, I pick it up and look at Moonbeam.

"Have you started learning magic yet?" I ask her. She shakes her head.

"No, we were going to learn it this year at school," she replies. I look at her, then at the book.

"Would you like to learn my kind of magic?" I ask her. She looks at the book then at me, a smile forms on her face and she nodded.

"Alright then, as soon as we get settled, we'll learn them together," I tell her. Her smile then gets bigger.

I look at the suitcase at the base of the bed, I open it to reveal a lot of bits and a note.

Enclosed is 4,000 bits. We converted one of each gem and some gold coins into these.

If you wish, you can purchase a house in Ponyville as I'm afraid that the houses here are very expensive.

I wish you luck with whatever the future holds for you.

Best regards, Princess Luna.

I smile as I look at the bits, I also see my two pouches with what's left over of my Septims and gems.

I close the case and the two of us head off to the dining hall for breakfast.