//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Master Yang's return, And The Cursed Book // Story: Clash of Alicorns, Battle of the Brothers // by LightningBlade //------------------------------// Celestia, Luna and Lightning had their breakfast/dinner in the dining room, and Celestia asked Lightning while digging in her dinner. "Has your master, urm... replied to you yet?" asked Celestia. "No... he might be busy... or... I'm worried... if Dire ever try to kill him... I swear I will cut off his head..." said Lightning with a bit of rage. "Cool down Lightning, I'm sure your master have ways, you have to have faith." said Luna finally using the modern accent. "I will, and by the mean time, I have a book, it's forbidden for me to open it, but my master did say in dire situations like this, I can." "What is it?" asked Luna. "It's a book with skills of blades, magic... powerful magic... that can increase my aura to unthinkable levels, but... I need to understand it first, I can't rush." "Let us help you if you don't mind, me and Luna, we might be able to help you with the language." "Thanks Celestia, thank you both." After breakfast/dinner, Lightning and Luna went to the library, the first step was, unlock the magic, a box was popped out of the page, and inside the box was something that can fit into his amulet, he tried to fit it but it deflected off, he placed it on the table and read the book "To unlock the true power of the amulet, one must first understand it." Those were he only words he found in that page, and it was confusing. "What is this? Damn it's tougher than I think." exclaimed Lightning. "Don't worry, we'll solve this." said Luna trying to cheer Lightning up. Lightning felt warmth from Luna, she treated him like her brother. (Basically, Luna is only younger than Lightning for 70 years, even being a Pegasus, he can live up to 9000 years.) "Thanks. Hmm, lets see... amulets are made up of aura inside one's aura, my father discovered this, he might have some notes in his diaries, but..." "But what?" "Dire has it... it's in the royal library... and I can't get through without a..." "Without a what?"the library door burst open, a stranger stood there. "You're not planning on fighting him again are you?" said the stranger. "Who are you?" Lightning felt the old and strong aura, he immediately recognize it, "Master Yang." "Never able to hide from the wise." said Master Yang. He took off his hood and mask. "It's a long time Lightning, you've grown a lot." "Master." "Wow, your master is, young." "He's 60000 years old... he has magic to make him live longer." "59980 actually, and who is this mare? A princess? I see you made some friends already, which is good, it won't be so harsh to have a friend to die with is it?" "Seriously..." said Lightning. "Haha... just a joke, let's crack this code." Master Yang took out a book, it was Jupiter's book, Lightning's father's book. Lightning was shocked. "That's impossible how did you..." "Your father and I hid this away, and left a fake copy, you think he would leave this precious thing in a library? Use your brain Lightning, your father is smart." Lightning ignored his masters jokey words and flipped the diary. "Let's see... the amulet is powered by aura, generated from deep within your body, some are born to have a huge amount of aura, some need to go through training, and to activate the amulet, you and the amulet have to be one, and channel it with your desire, your desire to destroy or save. What does that mean?" "Lightning... you ARE DUMB!" Master Yang hit him in the head. "Hey don't hit him!" said Luna. "Why is that so? Oh, I see what's going on, you two have been dating have you? " "NO! No way, we're just friends! It's because he's your student, student learn from their teacher, and their teacher should be teaching not hitting." "Luna, he has his ways, I'm already used to it." "I can't bare this." said Luna "Luna..." Lightning gave her a kiss on her forehead. That shocked Luna and she blushed. "Don't worry about me, I will be fine." said Lightning. "Okay don't get too comfy, do remember what I've taught you? You have to be one with the amulet, and channel it with a desire to destroy and save, not destroy or save, you need to have both of it, you can't ignore the reality. you have to." "I can't destroy something here." "It means hatred, love, and what's best for the world, you must unlock this by yourself, I can't live for long, maybe another 50 years, I can't always be by your side Lightning, you're like your father, smart, strong but you still lack one factor of him, independent." "I'm... just a normal Pegasus what can I do? I can only live up to 9000 years, I'm not immortal, I'm not like them, I'm not strong." "You are, you must believe. You have more potential than other Pegasus I've trained, you are the next Master of the Blades." "Okay, here goes." Lightning concentrated on what he have been through, his friend, dying in front of him, his joy with the princesses, his desire for revenge, his desire for his people, now, he's gonna unleash it, on one alicorn, Dire Saber. The amulet glowed, and the item in the box shone too, it connected and fitted, like it was meant to. His amulet exploded into aura Lightning couldn't control it and a huge explosion occurred, he got blew out of the library. "Lightning !" both Master Yang and Luna shouted. "I'm fine..." Then he saw himself, in his glowing silver armor, his blades changed, but it was heavier, the armor and blades are in their new form and Lightning couldn't control the aura, he couldn't channel the aura to his armor and his blades. Without aura, his blades or armor would shatter if he fight with Dire. "What's happening? I can't channel my aura to the armor and blades." said Lightning. "That's only the first step. You will have to learn new ways of channeling aura, blindly, and with no effort." said Master Yang. "Sounds hard, now what?" asked Luna. "Step two." said Lightning. Will Lightning unlock the true power of the amulet or is he just simply making it worse? With Master yang by his side, will he be able to defeat Dire and his minions? To be continued...