Hatred consumes in a slew
Never knowing what it has bourne anew.
The Questioning
Awake. Prey must be nearby. Prey always wakes me up. I opened my eyes to a few ponies arguing. Oh wait.. the earlier fight, if you could call it that. the yellow one -fluttershy, that's it- was speaking with the pink one. pinkie pie, I think it was. what a creative name. I looked at... I think... applejack, yes, applejack. she was arguing with apple bloom. the purple maned one, rarity, was fainted dead away near me. The rainbow maned one, rainbow dash was arguing with the tiara one near me. oh jeez... rainbow dash! That one hates me! I whined and struggled a bit, and a pony next to me, the tiara one, spoke.
"girls, it's awake!" said the tiara one. everyone stopped moving. "can.... you.... hear me?" She asked. I nodded, thinking of my clearing. It was nice there. it had rabbits and birds, and even a few- "good. we are going to give you a test, a special one, and I want you to answer truthfully, or the element of honesty will blast you to pieces" she said, pointing her hoof to applejack. I did not know if they were bluffing, but they sounded serious. "one. why are you here?" she asked, only to be interrupted by Pinkie pie.
"uh.. twilight, I don't think it can speak. look at it's vocal things!" Pinkie pie pointed out.
the recently Identified twilight started. "oh.. uh.... Aha!" her horn glowed. I had seen this before. it was in the woods, when some monster hunters tried to shoot me. they were using that glow to pick up their bows. Twilight's glow was the color of her hair stripe; pink. she did something only describable as magic. I had no Idea what it did. after all, I'm not a magic horse. I was jolted out of my thoughts by a poke. "You can speak now right?" Twilight said. "Because this spell may not work, after all, it is from the discount bin."
I decided to try out speech "uhh.." I fumbled for something to say. "I think your tiara is sideways.." the unicorn started, and moved her tiara to the right spot on your head. "If you want, I could tell you how I got here"
"That would be good"
Ok, so what might be about 100 years ago, things called humans ran this planet"
"We have been on equus for thousands of years"
"Yeah, well, I don't know how long I was out. Anyways, I died by being chased off a cliff, and I was ressurected by necromancers"
"But the legend says-"
"Let me finish, please. Anyways, I was resurrected by necromancers, who wants to use me for god knows what"
"You mean celestia"
I grumbled, tired of the interruptions, but continued anyways. "Well, I killed them, and then I saw myself in a puddle. Seeing how horrible I was, I did not leave. And here I am, many hunters, and immeasurable time later, right before you. I came to Apple bloom expecting a hunter, and I get six"
Twilight spoke "Hmm.. you do not seem to have any bad intentions, though you seem a bit senile. however, I could hardly call myself an element of harmony if I wasn't harmonious. You are free to go"
"but if I catch you being mean, it's lights out!" Threatened rainbow dash.
I nodded and they magikced away my ropes. I looked at Apple bloom. "Thanks" I smiled weakly, though it probably looked like nightmare fuel. She nodded, unsure of what to do now. I couldn't blame her.
"Wait a minute..." said Applejack. "How did yah know mah sister's name in the story.." she looked at me suspiciously, and Apple bloom gave a bad poker face. I have would lied for her sake, but then realized that applejack was apparently the element of honesty, and whatever that meant probably was not good for liars. But how would they react to me tattling on her sister? Thankfully, Apple bloom stepped in.
"That was me" she proclaimed, as if sensing my dilemma. Applejack looked at her...
...And spoke. "Sis, you know better than to talk to strangers" I couldn't believe it. My sister not only brought this poor guy here to be judged, she told a stranger her name! So much for letting her stay home alone... no way am I letting this happen again. "Sis, you are grounded" Apple bloom looked hurt.
"But applejack.."
"No buts. I can't believe you. Poor guy mighta been killed..."
I sat down, thinking about...
...what they were saying. Why would I be dead? That did not sound nice. I wondered why I was suddenly energetic. Well, I did just wake up. Yet somehow, I felt more alive. I decided to ask twilight.
"Umm.. what do you think extra energy means?" Twilight looked up from reprimanding Apple bloom.
"I don't know, need some tests run as an apology?" I nodded. Science might help. Twilight stood up, and suddenly, in a flash of pink, I was in a wooden library. The drapes were down, and calculations labeled "undoing necromancy" were everywhere. She put on my head one of those science-y monitor hats. she left for the back room, to check notes or something
A few minutes later, twilight came out of the back room again. her face was pale "I am so sorry..." I was going to ask what the heck she was talking about, but kept calm. "your necromancy was wilted by the elements of harmony... we cannot save your eternal life spell..." she sighed. "I suppose that's good though... oh, and you are free to go around town with me, if you feel ready" I nodded. Maybe this wasn't so bad after all.