//------------------------------// // Teaching The Guards // Story: The Hero They Needed // by The Alchemist //------------------------------// Wrath speaks like this Divine speaks like this I think in this Come on Jake you need to get up. Who the fuck said that? Great now we have to explain. *Sigh* Alright so we are your conscience. So to speak we are the product of what brought us here. So you guys are me but part of my mind? I guess so. We are you but are stuck in your mind. Yeah I'm Wrath the part of you that wants to fight or hurt people who threaten our friends I'm Divine the more calm part of you. This is gonna be weird as hell but whatever. That's the spirit! I got up and wandered through Rainbow's house wondering where the hell she went. Hey look a note. "Hey Jake whenever your lazy flank decides to get up Twilight needs to talk to you about something important." -RD Might as well head to Twilight's house then Breakfast first. Then whatever the hell they want. I agree I chuckled to myself as I walked out of the house. I unfurled my wings and flew towards Sugarcube Corner craving for one of those spongy little bastards they call cupcakes. No seriously I was living off of cupcakes and apples which didn't make Pinkie Pie and Applejack too mad. As I landed in the middle of town I heard a voice call out. "THERE HE IS GET HIM!" I tried to say something but was hit over the head and tied up. I think I've been thrown in a chariot of some sort. About half an hour later I felt the chariot slow and come to a stop. I was pulled from the chariot. Whoever bound me up was a moron they left enough room for me to get free. But I was curious as to where they were taking me. About another fifteen minutes my feet left the paved ground and were on sandy ground kind of like being on a beach. They finally took my mask off so I could see again. I was standing in a coliseum I turned around to find myself facing at least forty royal guards. "Are you Royal Guards?" I asked "Nope we are recruits but by beating you the generals will realize we deserve to be Royal Guards." After that he signaled about twenty others to circle me. WHAT DO WE DO TO DESERVE THINGS LIKE THIS? I don't know but I am ready to kick some ass. This might be fun My armor shifted back into it's original white knight form. Intimidating several of the rookies but they still stood their ground. Three pegasi charged me hoping for a quick take down. I brought my knee up and the lead pegasi hit it full force knocking himself out. I grabbed the one on my right side and slammed him into the ground doing some damage. The one on my left hit my legs trying to do some damage which due to my armor he just knocked himself out. I was swarmed by at least ten I grabbed one by the back of his neck and hurled him into three others. The others hit me from behind knocking my helmet off. They held me down and took turns punching me in the face. I struggled under the weight of the armored ponies. I was getting extremely pissed off. Let us help with that. I felt anger surging through my body I assumed Wrath was providing that. Divine was providing me with a combat feed that gave me options to do when fighting. I AM DIVINE WRATH YOU WILL FEAR ME! I thundered out three voices in one I threw the guards off of me and got up rushing in taking down three guards every minute. Their armor was crunching beneath my hits. The strongest ones there couldn't hurt me the unicorns grew worried because the spells they were throwing at me weren't doing anything. "Jake please stop attacking my guards." Princess Celestia Commanded me "I wasn't attacking them. I was defending myself they came and abducted me from ponyville. I explained to her "YOU WHAT? Princess Celestia said furiously to the recruits YOU ASSAULTED A FRIEND OF MINE AND EQUESTRIA'S. HE SAVED ME FROM A CHAOS BEING I DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU COULD TAKE ONE DOWN SINGLE HANDEDLY LIKE HE DID. Just go now pack up your stuff and consider yourself dismissed from the academy. She said still sounding pissed as hell She turned to me with a kind expression on her face replacing the angry one. She sighed and gave me an apologetic expression Twilight Sparkle and her friends have been waiting for you. How about we have a nice lunch and they can tell you why they've been wanting to tell you all day." "Sounds like a plan. But those guards were trying to get on your good side. So don't make them quit just give em hell." "What's hell?" I chuckled and shook my head as the Princess and I walked towards the castle. It took about fifteen minutes to get there but when we did. FOOD! CUPCAKES! SILENCE! "Jake where have you been? We have something important to tell you!" "Shush my fair Twilight I believe that the news you need to convey can wait until after I have had sustenance." I said in my best Shakespearean accent "But..." She began "I just kicked the flanks of forty Royal Guard recruits. I deserve something to eat. I said stuffing my face with cupcakes Oh how I missed you spongy little bastards! I said Pinkie bounced around the room as usual obviously happy that I like her cupcakes Hey Pinkie,Applejack you should make a cupcake made from your family's apples and Pinkie can sell them giving you a cut of the profit." I said having an idea in the heat of the moment Applejack just sat there slack jawed thinking about how good of an idea that was. Pinkie just kept bouncing around. Twilight tapped her hoof impatiently getting my attention. "Jake I need to know if you know what this means. The child of fire shall brave the gates of Hades and battle the own who controls the way in and out." "Well it has to be me because my last name means fire in swedish. As for Hades gates I assume he means the underworld. Don't know who would put that there though." My fighting senses are kicking in. We need to get up and find our sword NOW I stood up startling everypony I looked at my sword where it would normally be which it wasn'tn but I noticed one of my gauntlets had a gold band around it. I stared at it hoping it would shift into my sword which sure enough it did. In my hand was my Roman Gladius. I turned around to find myself facing a man dressed in gold armor with a cross on his chest plate he was armed with a plain sword from the crusader era. "Jake so nice to see you. I see you have made yourself some friends how nice. Come now it's time to leave." The man said "Leave? You must be out of your damn mind. I don't know who the hell you are but I will fight you if you try and separate me from my friends. I don't even know who in the hell you are." I told him "Ah allow me to enlighten you. He moved with blinding speed and was in my face. He tapped his index finger to my head. My head felt like it was being split open. It hurt so goddamned much but I remembered who was standing in front of me. Now you remember. Good now it's time to go to hell. I don't take to kindly to people not believing in the creator. He grabbed me and shoved me to the ground. I felt myself slipping through the floor then I was falling for what felt like hours. When I finally hit the ground it shook me back to reality. In front of me was hell it was a city where the souls who weren't allowed in heaven where sent. They were allowed to roam free in the city. I don't think we're in Kansas anymore Toto. Shut the hell up. HA! Were in hell and you told him to shut the hell up. SHUT UP DIVINE I turned to find myself facing a giant stone gate which I assumed would let me out of this "Hellhole" "Well looks like we got someone who wants to try and escape." A voice said from my left (This is the guardian of the gate) "Nope definitely not Kansas."