//------------------------------// // Interest Realized - The Last Element Revealed // Story: Morsidus Grim-Record: The Last Element // by Asdera3485 //------------------------------// Chapter 8 Interest Realized – The Last Elements Revealed Morsidus woke up to the sound of a constant beeping. He couldn't remember what had happened. All he remembered was seeing Zecora hurt. After that, it was all blank. He decided to try and open his eyes. He immediately regretted it. ‘Too bright.’ he thought. He used his magic to close the blinds and tried opening his eyes again. As soon as he did, he noticed that he was in a hospital room. He also noticed that there were flowers and candy and toys strewn all over the room. He looked over to the door to see a nurse walking in. "Good to see that you’re finally awake. My name is nurse Redheart. You were sleeping for near a week. When the news got out of what happened and who you were. People from all over Canterlot came and brought ask these gifts for you. You’re a hero now." Morsidus couldn't help but to just nod. Redheart ran a few tests to check his vitals. There was one thing that Morsidus was afraid to ask. "How is Zecora doing?" He asked finally. Nurse Redheart just gave him a sad look. "She has yet to wake. Her injuries were too severe. See will be back to normal but not for a long while. Knowing her though, she could heal herself once she has the chance to go back to her hut." Morsidus fell silent. He couldn’t help but to feel that he was responsible for her injury. ‘It was all my fault. I should have protected her.’ he thought as Nurse Redheart left the room to go check on her other patients. A few hours went by before anypony came to visit. It was Twilight. She came in and went right to the charts at the end of his bed. He had most of the stuff in his room removed and sent to other patients that could have needed some cheering up. A few select things were still there. Twilight sat down next to his bed before she finally broke the silence. “Well your vitals show that you are healing remarkably well. Zecora woke up about 20 minutes ago and is going through some test of her own. How are you feeling?” Morsidus just looked at his hooves. “It felt like I hit a brick wall head on. I feel like I am not remembering something that I should be. Twilight, what happened?” She looked at the ground well and long before she finally responded. “I figured you wouldn’t remember. After you saw Zecora go down, your eyes went all black and you turned into your full form. The beast within you was able to break free. You caused a lot of damage and passed out as soon as the fight was over. People were wanting answers to the point of a riot. Princess Celestia told everypony what happened and they branded you a hero.” Morsidus looked back at Twilight and then back to his hooves. “It’s all my fault.” He said. Twilight gave him a small confused look. “What is?” she asked. Tears started to drip down his face. “Zecora’s injuries, It was all my fault. I couldn’t do anything from stopping the changelings from hurting her. I couldn’t protect the one I love. How am I supposed to protect everyone when I can’t even protect one?” Twilight put a gentle hoof on his shoulder. “It wasn’t your fault. It was just something that comes with the territory. Don’t blame yourself because a few ponies got injured. It was jus-“Morsidus slammed his hooves and started yelling before she could finish. “HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE? YOUR PARENTS WEREN’T KILLED BY A PSYCHO AND FORCED TO WITNESS IT NIGHT AFTER NIGHT FOR A WHOLE YEAR! YOU DIDN’T WATCH THE ONE YOU LOVE ALMOST DIE BECAUSE YOU WEREN’T ABLE TO PROTECT THEM! IT WAS ALL MY FAULT! I AM THE ONLY ONE TO BLAME!” When he finished, they realized that Zecora was standing in the doorway. “Morsidus.” Was all she was able to manage before Morsidus ripped off the heart monitor and teleported out of the hospital. When he opened his eyes, he was in an open field in front of an old looking castle. The ancient Castle of the Royal Pony Sisters was where he had ended up. It was a place he had heard of but never visited. He realized that it was cold and the clouds were dense, making it a bit dark. He walked into the old castle, since it was the closest shelter. He walked around and found the main throne room. He walked up and saw that they still had their cushions on them. He hopped on one and lied down; using the hospital gown he still had as a blanket. Within moments, he was sleeping. When he woke up a few hours later, he realized that everyone was there, even Celestia and Luna. They actually came to look for him. “What do you all want?” he asked through narrowed and still tired eyes. Celestia was the one to answer. “After Twilight told me of what happened, I followed your magic trail here. I figured it would be rude to wake you, so I went to my old study to grab a few books that I wanted to read. I found one that confirmed my suspicions. After that, I summoned everypony else here.” “What sort of suspicions? Is there some sort of prophecy?” Twilight asked. Celestia nodded as she lifted the book with her magic and opened it up. “It reads like this. ‘I, Nostradamus the Wanderer, have foreseen an issue not like any that has befallen before. I lived through my prophecy of Pomhay and have discovered the birth of two other Elements of Harmony. One in our world, and one in another, both born on the same day but at the same time, on different days. One is the Element of Light, the other, the Element of Shadows. Not all will be as it seems. The reverse of what one would expect will happen. Shadow will overtake the light, but no evil shall reign. Both will survive but one shall be destroyed completely.’ There is nothing past that.” Everypony just looked at Celestia. Twilight started to get an idea to better understand what it meant. “I think we should break it down into sections. First, what does he mean by the birth of two other elements?” Luna was the one to respond. “We felt something when Morsidus came to this world. It was the same feeling we got when the Elements were awakened. We believe that Morsidus is the Element of Shadow and Fang is the Element of Light. Morsidus has his Shadow’s Barrier Blast, while Fang was able to perform the Halo Blast.” Morsidus asked the next question. “What did he mean by born on the same day but on different days? Does it have anything to do with why Fang keeps calling me his brother?” Celestia answered after a few moments of thought. “I had the same question in mind but then I remembered that you were in fact from a different dimension. It means that you two are celestial twins. You two look exactly the same except for the color of your coats and manes. Time progresses differently between different dimensions. That means that even though it is one year here, it can be twice that far in your time. Ultimately, the times crossed at a certain point and you two were born at the same exact moment in both timelines. But when he jumps between dimensions, he can only go to a time that’s the same as here. He can’t travel timelines itself.” Morsidus just nodded. It was a lot to take in. He and Fang were technically brothers then. Morsidus was starting to get an idea of how to end the fighting. He would have to control the beast within and make peace with it. Morsidus knew that for once, the shadows would overpower the light.