The Elder Scrolls: The Dragonborn of Equestria
Chapter 24
My body feels like it's burning as my magicka keeps going up {197%}. I grip my head and scream in pain. "FARENGAR!" I hear Luna shout in distress {231%}. After a few more seconds, it stops {300%} and I pass out.
I slowly wake up to the sounds of a cool breeze and birds singing outside the window, it would've be pleasant if I didn't feel like my head was about to explode. I open my eyes with a groan as I look around, I'm on a bed in the medical wing... again. I've also been stripped of my armour.
The throbbing in my head doesn't want to go away, I stay in bed for about an hour before the door finally opens.
"Ah, you're awake, good. We've ran some tests and it seems your magic reserves have been tripled beyond their original limits," a light grey stallion in a white coat says as he flips through a few sheets of paper on a board. "I'll inform the Princesses that you're conscious now, please stay in bed and lie still." I give him a weak smile, I don't think I could even lift a finger, let alone get out of bed.
He leaves and I wait again, it's not even five minutes before Luna teleports in, she looks at me with tear stained eyes.
"Farengar..." she says and sits next to me and places a hoof in my left hand, I lightly squeeze her hoof.
"I'm fine, just feeling tired is all." I chuckle a bit.
She rests her head on my chest and just stays there for thirty minutes. Feeling starts to return to my limbs as I can now lift my arm, I try to cast a healing spell, only instead of a small soft glow, a large ball of light the size of my head forms in my palm. My eyes widen, this feels three times stronger than normal and it also feels different as well.
I cancel the spell and look at Luna, she's looking at me with an awed expression. "How did you generate so much magic into a single spell?" she asks.
I don't answer as I know other spells now, I've never even heard of Aedric Spear, Restoring Light and Dawn's Wrath spells before. Yet here they are, in my head.
I sit up and hold my hand out, I cast the Aedric Spear spell and a golden spear of light four metres long forms in my hand {90%}. I look at the spear as I hold it, it feels weightless nor hot to touch.
Luna walks around and pokes it with the tip of her hoof, a hiss is heard as it burns the tip of her hoof, she pulls it back with a yelp and I cancel the spell.
"Luna! Are you alright?" I ask her.
She nodded and blows on her hoof, I see the tip is slightly blackened. "Yes, yes I'm fine. What was that? Was it a spell from your book?" she asks me.
"No, I've never even heard of such a spell before... Wait, where's Solnara?" I ask.
Luna points to the nightstand next to the bed, the amulet resting atop it. I pick it up, put it on, grip it, and call her out. "Solnara!"
Again the light blue mist forms into the unicorn. "What did you do to me?" I ask her, not angrily but more curious.
"I increased your magicka reserves as well as taught you lost and forgotten spells, it was the gift I was asked to give you from Julianos," she replies.
My body still feels sore but the bloated feeling is going down. "Alright, could've warned me about the pain though," I tell her.
She frowns. "I am sorry about that, usually it's simple to transfer knowledge across, but I guess not having my body complicated the process," she replies.
I lie back down and look to Solnara. "So what are these spells exactly?" I ask.
Solnara lies down with her legs tucked under her. "The Aedric Spear is a magically summoned spear of holy light magic that burns anything but you that it touches, you can use it as a melee weapon or throw it as a javelin, every hit you land drains your magicka though."
"The Restoring Light spells heal yourself as well as nearby allies, also it will allow you to put up strong wards fending off physical and magical attacks, it also allows you to remove poisons and diseases."
"And finally, there's the Dawn's Wrath spells, they use the fire of the sun to burn and damage your foes, but undead will take even more damage from these spells."
"These spells are over two-thousand years old and have long been forgotten, the spells you now know were used mainly by Templars, strong proud warriors, they upheld justice, law, order and provided protection to those who needed it."
"There are other types of spells. I thought you'd be more of a Dragonknight, considering you're the Dragonborn, but it appears your morals and beliefs make you a perfect Templar," she finishes.
I look to my right hand and flex my fingers. She's right, I would protect others when they needed it. I close my eyes and list off the spells I now know in my mind.
Aedric Spear, a magically summoned melee weapon.
Focused Charge, using magicka the caster is sent hurtling towards his target if an Aedric Spear is in hand.
Piercing Javelin, adds extra magicka to the spear and hurls it dealing damage and knocking the target back if it isn't pierced.
Sun Shield, engulfs the caster in sunlight burning nearby enemies and creating a thin shield around the caster a few seconds.
Sun Fire, launches a ball of fire at the enemy dealing damage and setting them on fire.
Solar Flare, charges up magicka and unleashes a powerful beam of flame upon the enemy.
Restoring Aura, slowly heals and restores stamina to the caster and nearby allies for a few seconds.
Rushed Ceremony, heals the caster and a nearby injured ally.
Healing Ritual, charges up magicka then unleashes a wave of healing magic healing the caster and all allies nearby.
Cleansing Ritual, removes poisons and diseases from the caster and allies within the circular rune.
Rune Focus, places a circular rune on the ground giving the caster and allies protection from attacks and increases healing while standing on it.
That's quite a few, the healing and ward spells are better than the ones I knew... Wait a minute, I can't remember my old spells, I've forgotten how to cast my old healing spell as well as the telekinesis and ward spells.
I look at Solnara. "Why can't I remember my old spells? And how were you able to put these new ones in my mind? My ring prevents any form of manipulation," I ask a bit worried.
"Oh, that's the drawback of a knowledge transfer, it overwrites the old for the new, and unfortunately, you're now in tune with the old magics, you won't be able to cast the modern day spells anymore. As for your ring, I used ancient magic, your ring only blocks the more modern spells," she replies.
I sigh, the Telekinesis spell was handy, but I guess it was worth losing for what I now know. "Alright, I'm just go... *yawn*... Going to take a nap now." For some reason I'm still feeling tired.
"Understandable, a knowledge transfer can be quite tiring, I shall wait in the amulet till next time," Solnara says, and with that she fades into a mist.
Luna sits next to me with her head on my chest. My eyes slowly close as I fall asleep.
I awaken from a really strange dream, I can't remember most of it, but I can clearly remember a very fluffy pink unicorn and rainbows... 'this place is starting to get to me,' I think to myself as I rub my eyes.
Luna is gone and I look around. My armour, weapons and clothes are on a chair to my left and the amulet is still around my neck, I see Tala on the floor asleep with a grey collar on, a tag with 'Tala' engraved on it.
"Good morning, Farengar." Solnara says.
"Good *yawn* morning, so now what?" I ask her while I scratch my chin, my facial hair is now getting longer, feels like a good centimetre long.
"Now? You need to practice your new spells. Oh, also, you've been asleep for two days," she replies.
My stomach grumbles in protest. "Well then, guess I'm going to get something to eat first." I get out of bed, put my clothes, armour and weapons back on. I then wake up Tala, who barks happily at me and head out the room.
A nurse calls me over to the front desk as I walk past, I turn to her and she asks me to sign some release papers, I do so and leave.
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After a few minutes, I arrive at my old guest room. I quickly remove my gear and wash up. After I've used the restroom and redressed, I head to the dining hall. The guards nodded to me as I arrive and open the door. I step in and find Luna, Celestia, and Moonbeam eating breakfast.
"DADDY!" Moonbeam calls out as she runs over to me, I kneel down and grab her in a hug.
Luna and Celestia just smile, I make my way over to the table and sit down next to Luna after putting Moonbeam back down.
"I take it you're feeling better now?" Celestia asks.
"Yes, much better. Though, after breakfast, I'll be heading straight to the barracks to test my new spells," I reply.
"Ah yes, I had a chat with Solnara after you passed out, you're classed as something called a Templar now?" Celestia asks.
I just shrug. "I guess so."
"We used to have Templars within the guard, but healing magic is very hard to learn... though with your spell book's magic, the Templars will come back," she says.
A maid comes and takes my order of eggs, a salad and a cider. I also ask for a fish and water for Tala.
"Great, so what do the Elite Forces do exactly?" I ask while waiting.
"They protect the country from any and all threats, they hunt down wanted criminals and bring them in, or take them out if they can't. They also remove any dangerous beasts from our lands," Luna replies.
Celestia continues. "They also protect ambassadors on diplomatic missions, they gather Intel on any possible attacks from unfriendly nations, they also aid in the defence of allied nations as well."
My food arrives and I start eating. "Sounds exciting," I say.
We all small talk for ten minutes as I finish my meal. Once done, Celestia speaks up. "Farengar, the leaders of our allied nations will be here at dinner today, please remember to be here," she tells me.
"Alright, I'll be here." I excuse myself and leave. Luna, Tala and Moonbeam follow me.
"So you're now going to test your new spells?" Luna asks.
I nodded. "That's the plan," I reply.
"Then follow me, I'd rather you used the testing chambers where it's safe then out in the open and risk getting somepony hurt," she tells me.
I nodded again and follow her to the Magic and Research tower of the Castle. After going down some stairs and underground, we arrive at a really thick looking steel door. Luna's horn glows and the door starts to open with a loud groan.
It takes twenty seconds for it to open enough for us to pass through. We enter the chamber to see smooth stone walls with a glowing barrier on the surface, I can see some unicorns casting spells like fireballs and bolts of lightning down a range where target dummies are set up. I follow Luna after she closes the door to a long archery like shooting range.
"Alright then, we'll be behind this blast shield while we watch you cast these new spells," Luna says as she, Moonbeam and Tala take cover behind a dense looking steel wall with a magical shield covering a view port.
I turn to the target dummies at the back of the range, I can hear Luna talking with a mare.
"What's going on, Princess?" the mare asks.
"Farengar has learnt some ancient spells and is about to test them," Luna replies, I hear an excited gasp from the mare.
I hold out my arm and cast the Aedric Spear spell {90%}, the magical weapon forms in my hand and I prepare to throw it. After a few seconds of aiming, I pour more magicka into the spear and toss it at the target {80%}, a trail of light follows the spear as it impacts the left hip of the dummy.
Since the target was welded to the floor, instead of being knocked back it shatters into splinters. The ponies behind the shield gasp as more ponies crowd around to watch.
Another dummy is teleported in and I start the next spell. My hand is engulfed in a golden fire as I cast the Sun Fire spell, I thrust my palm forward and a ball of fire bursts forth, blazing down the range {60%}. The ball hits the target and explodes in a storm of fire a metre wide, a few seconds later the flames die down, the dummy is on fire as it crumbles to ash.
Again a round of gasps sound out as I can hear quills writing on paper, I notice my magicka is very slowly recovering on its own as I relax {61%}.
I rest for a minute as my magicka is regenerating {80%}. I stand back up and a new target is ready. I cast the Solar Flare spell, it takes five seconds to gather the magicka required, my hand and forearm are engulfed in golden flames, I push my arm forward as a beam of bright white fire erupts from my palm and roars down the range {10%} hitting the target in less then a second.
The beam vaporizes the dummy and hits the back wall causing a mild quake, the barrier on the wall fluctuates and shatters, leaving a large black scorch mark and cracks on the stone wall.
I fall to a knee breathing heavily, that took more than half my total magicka. I'll have to use that as a last resort if it drains that much at once. I look up to the blast shield and see shocked and terrified faces.
"He has power over the sun?" I hear a stallion whisper to a mare. "I don't know, but those were solar flames," she replies.
I fall on my back and relax, I lay there for five minutes {100%). My breathing is now normal and I stand back up, I walk over to a closer dummy and prepare the next spell. I gather magicka within me and cast the Sun Shield spell {80%}.
A transparent fiery aura envelops my body about a foot away from me, the dummy turned slightly black when I activated it. After six seconds, the aura fades.
I hear more writing as the whole room is now watching me. I summon another Aedric Spear {70%} and thrust it at the dummy, a hiss is heard as it pierces and burns the target, I feel my magicka slightly drain {65%}.
With the spear still in hand, I stand back about ten metres and cast the Focused Charge spell. {50%} I burst forward at a tremendous speed and the spear impales the dummy, the spear fades away after the impact, the puncture holes are sizzling from the light burns.
Well that's all of the combat spells, now to test the healing spells. I remove a gauntlet and draw an arrow from my quiver, I make a small cut on my forearm {95%}, I don't even flinch and I cast the Rushed Ceremony spell. {15%} The cut instantly closes {100%}, 'Well, that was fast,' I think to myself.
I take another five minute break to recover my magicka {100%}. I take the arrow again and dig it into my arm with a grunt of pain and make a nasty gash, blood dripping from my arm {80%}. Luna and the others gasp. "What are you doing?" she yells from behind the wall.
I ignore her and cast the Rushed Ceremony spell again {65%}, the wound heals after two seconds {100%}. 'This is much more effective than my old healing spell.'
A white mare with a light blonde mane and tail in a long white coat with quills and papers stuffed into its pockets walks over to me. "W-What kind of magic is that?" She says more to herself I think.
"Old Tamrielan magic?" I reply.
Her horn glows with a light blue colour, my body also starts to glow as she scans me, her eyes go wide. "You have almost as much magical energy in you as the Princesses!" she exclaims.
Everyone in the room starts murmuring to each other as Luna walks over to me. "Well, I'm very impressed, these ancient spells are just as strong as the spells me and my Sister can cast. In fact, those two fire spells looked very similar..." She says and frowns in thought.
"I'll ask Tia later, so how many more spells are left?" She asks.
"Errr, four more healing spells, I'll need volunteers for these ones." I reply. Luna agrees as well as the white mare.
My magicka has returned {100%} during our chat and I hand them both an arrow, I ask them to cut themselves Luna does so but the mare looks hesitant.
"You don't have to if you don't want to," I tell her, she shakes her head and cuts her foreleg.
I gash my own arm again {80%}. I cast the Healing Ritual spell and charge up magicka for two seconds {75%}, I release the magicka and a sphere of golden magic expands away from me for six metres. The gash in my arm heals {100%} as Luna's and the mares wounds also heal. Luna just smiles while the mare stares wide eyed at where the gash once was.
I ask them to do smaller cuts this time and they do so as well as me {90%}. I cast the next spell called Restoring Aura {62%}, I raise my arm up as small golden beams burst from my hand and hit everyone within ten metres from me, covering them is a soft golden glow. The cuts slowly start to heal, a stallion that looks tired starts to perk up a little as energy slowly fills him.
After eight seconds, the cuts are healed {100%} and the glow fades away. I start casting the next spell called Rune Focus {40%}, a circular rune appears on the floor about five metres wide around me, Luna and the mare. I can see a small thin barrier or shield around me and them. After ten seconds, the rune fades.
For the last spell. I ask everyone if they have any diseases, one mare steps forward and says there's a young colt in the medical wing with a rare life threatening disease called Magi'annara, which slowly drains magic from the body faster than it can generate it. I swear I could see a light of hope in her eyes, as Luna, the mare, and I head over to the colt’s room.
On the way, I notice the mare is trying not to cry as if she's trying not to get her hopes up. I'm not sure why, but walk on anyway {100%}. We all arrive at the room, a doctor and the others wait by the door while I stand next to the bed. Luna explains to the doctor about what's going on. The colt is hooked up to a lot of wires and tubes, one is even going down his throat with what looks like a pump breathing for him, he's also missing a lot of his mane.
My heart aches at the sight, the beeping of a device is slow and weak, I get a look of determination as I start casting the Cleansing Ritual spell {75%}. A small three metre wide circular rune appears under the bed he's on and the area within is flooded with a golden light and the colt glows for a second before it dies down and fades.
The colt starts to cough and opens his eyes, the mare gasps and rushes over the colt’s side, tears start streaming down her face as she hugs the colt. The doctor starts scanning the colt and gasps. "His Magi'annara is gone, like it was never there!" he exclaims with clear disbelief in his voice, he starts removing the breathing tube as the mare wraps her forelegs around my waist.
"Thank you so much, how can I ever repay you?" she asks with a smile.
I smile back and place a hand on her head. "Your thanks is enough for me," I reply.
"Excuse me sir, but could you help some other patients as well?" the doctor asks.
I nodded and over the next ten minutes, I healed all the other critical patients in the medical wing {5%}. I'm now sitting on a bench in the main lobby as my magicka slowly returns {48%}.
"You've made a lot of ponies very happy today," Luna says sitting next to me.
I smile and look at her. "I'm happy as well, being able to help others always makes me happy," I tell her.
"Well I'm very proud of you, if you keep this up, you might even have your own squad in the Forces," she says and nudges my left arm.
I chuckle and ask what time is it.
"Oh, it's about one pm. Why? Are you hungry?" she replies.
I shake my head, but my stomach says other wise, the others chuckle or giggle at me.
Me, Luna, Moonbeam and Tala all head back to the Dining Hall for lunch, but the castle shakes as a loud thunder booms outside, "DO VAH KIIN!" multiple voices say in unison, making me look around.
"That sounded like it came from the west near MT Drakan," Luna says.