A Creator's Gambit
Chapter 1
I stared down at the meandering creatures. Just wandering around the planet, their lives, so mortal, so fragile, so pathetic. I could kill them all with one thought if I wanted.
So, then, why was I so bored?
For thousands of years, I kept my eye on them . Helping them when they needed it, and watching their adventures.
But it was so peaceful. Not that it's a bad thing, of course. I don't want to see my wonderful creatures die. But that's how life goes.
But, here, on Anima, the ponies controlled the weather. Nature stayed within specific confines and the majority of times if someone died from a wild animal, it was completely their own fault.
I'd been to Earth several times, sometimes even going down there and interacting with the Humans. It was just so much more interesting there than it was here.
Especially Eire, although, I may have made a few of them think I was their Goddess by accident...
I mean, I am a Goddess, but not their Goddess.
In fact, there was this one incident where I met a handsome Gaelic village chief... I'm just going to not continue that. Let's just say that's where Gaelic red heads come from.
It has been a while since I was there. Last I was there, I was in a city called Boston, and a group was protesting about a tax on tea...
I made up my mind, I shall go back there.
I check the world one more time. The lands of Anima flash past me instantaneously, I can not see any imminent threat, Anima will be fine if I leave it alone for a day.
With one thought, Earth appears before me.
I smile.
The biped glanced up from his position on the ground, his body prone and his face having previously been in the… well, it seemed like a nonexistent ground, but it was definitely there.
“Whoo! Well, that was a close one! Wasn't it?” He looked to red-haired beauty that was speaking, the same red-haired beauty that had gotten him into this mess.
“You!” He shouted, springing from his prone position and pointing an accusatory finger at her.
“It’s your fault this happened! Stay away from me!” He finished.
The Redhead took it in stride, flipping her hair over her shoulder.
“Oh, pish-posh. Sure I may have… damaged your physical body a bit. A lot.” She paused mulling over her options. Her hand lifting to her face. A bright light emanated from her body, blinding the biped as he brought both arms up to cover his eyes.
When the light dissipated, he removed his arms, only to see that instead of the beautiful redhead, there was now a redheaded unicorn/pegasus, horse/dog thingy standing in front of him.
“Ah, always feels better to be in this form.” She said.
“Holy shit!” The biped exclaimed as he backpedaled and tripped over his own feet, landing on his ass. “A talking horse!”
“Pony, thank you very much.” the “pony” responded.
“I don’t care!” The biped responded back.
“Any way, none of this matters. What does matter is that I accidentally broke your body, a bit.” the pony began.
“ A lot!” The biped yelled, standing up to his full height, which was only about a foot more than the pony, staring her in the eye.
She nonchalantly continued her sentence.
“As I broke your body I have a proposition for you. Oh! Yes, I nearly forgot,” She held her hoof out. “My name is Faust.”
The biped stared at her hoof suspiciously. However, he reluctantly put his hand out and met her hoof.
“My name is-” He was cut off by Faust.
“Yes, I know who you are. Now allow me to continue.”
“Well, fuck you as well.”
“Now, my proposition is this, seeing as I broke your body, I will allow you use of my body on my planet.”
Silence reigned as the biped soaked in the information.
“What?” He questioned.
“Simple, my dear Human.” Faust explained. “I will put you in my body for one month, in that time, your body should have healed with my help. During that one month you will be in my body and I will be watching you, just in case.”
“Absolutely not.” The biped sternly said, crossing his arms across his chest, closing his eyes.
“Oh? So I suppose the gold I was going to give you as recompense.” The biped opened one eye, but his face remained stern.
“Still, no.”
“So not even twenty gold bars, and forty gold bars for your brother, who I happen to know is fighting a very large legal battle for custodial rights for his daughter, who was granted to his ex-wife? The very same one who is also accusing him of rape?”
“How did you…?”
“ I know everything, and I also know that your brother’s innocent. And since I know I’m right and would have the moral grounds to do it, I may also be able to whip up some… video proof that he’s innocent.”
The biped mulled over this. His brain going over the pros and cons of this.
“Fuck me. Alright! I’ll take your offer. So I guess go ahead and send me to whatever planet you come from.”
“Not yet, my dear child,” Faust began walking around the seemingly nonexistent room. “As there are a few… conditions to this proposition.”
The biped groaned, covering his face.
“Oh god, what now?” he asked.
“You see, I’m bored. And this wouldn’t be interesting or fun for either of us if I just sent you down there with past knowledge. So, you will be an amnesiac.”
“What!”
“You will be an amnesiac, but, you will have my powers and my abilities, and you will know the basic, how to walk, how to talk. And this shall begin immediately!”
The biped had no time to respond as a hole of light opened below him, sucking him through, yelling all the way.
“Good Luck, my child!” Was the last thing he heard as his vision went black.
I woke, slowly, my vision turning from a solid black. Intense light flickered in as I blinked, attempting to clear my eyes.
I rolled over onto my belly, having previously been laying on my side, I stretched out a wing.
Wait, wing? I looked back, and sure enough there was a wing. Two wings, actually. I experimentally stretched the other wing. I was a bit clumsy in stretching it out, and it was a bit difficult to hold it, but I eventually managed to hold it out.
I clamber to my hooves, hooves? I look down. These don’t seem right. I feel like I’m missing something.
I look around, a clearing in a forest, did I fall asleep here, I certainly don’t remember falling asleep here.
Actually, for that matter, I don’t remember my name. What was it?
“Fiona?” I say out loud to myself. No, it didn’t sound right. I knew it began with an F. “Francine? Felicia? Fleur? Faith?” No, none of those sound right.
“Faustinne?” I question. Yes. That one sounds better, but it still doesn’t sound right.
“...Faust?” Yes! That had to be it, it sounded right.
So, my name is Faust. That’s… all I know.
Oh well! I suppose, at least, it’s a start. I look to the treeline, and decide to go in a south-western, hopefully the right way.
This was going to be a long trek.
I stumbled out of the bush, kicking a loose tree branch off my leg. That wasn’t… too eventful, I suppose.
Somehow, my long mane of red hair stayed straight and clear of debris.
I looked ahead of me, clearly a town and where I was, devoid of people.
I would have to wander into town, not that far of a walk, as I walked between two small buildings.
Ah! There. Two female ponies, one cream colored and the other a turquoise blue, talking to each other. They were quite a bit smaller than I was. Maybe they could tell me where I am. They weren’t paying attention to me.
“Excuse me? Ma’am?” I yelled.
“Uh, yes, how can I-” She stopped as she turned around and caught sight of me. As her eyes expanded in shock.
She quickly prostrated herself in front of me, her friend doing the same as soon as saw me.
“Q-queen Faust! T-thank you for gracing us with your presence, your Majesty!” The cream one said, struggling to complete the sentence.
I could only stare in shock.
“Uh, if you could tell me what town I am in, that would be lovely.” I said.
“O-of course, Your Majesty. You’re in the humble town of Hollow Shades. We thank you for gracing this humble small village with your Divine Presence, Your Majesty.”
“Right, well, I guess I’ll be on my way then.”
“Your Majesty, please wait.” The Blue one spoke up as I turned to leave. I turned my head to face them.
“Yes?”
“Please, allow us to take you the Mayor so we may have a feast in your honor.”
“ But I’m not ev-” I was cut off as my stomach growled.
“Well, I suppose I am hungry.”
The turquoise pony hopped up, her face gleeful.
“Please, then. Your Majesty. Follow me.” She said as she began walking in the opposite direction.
The two mares and I weren’t very far from the heart of the town, and there were, progressively more and more ponies. All of them bowing as I walked and they caught sight of me. As we reached the town square, it seemed as though everyone caught sight of me instantly. And it made the town square look live a massive wave of multicolored ponies.
Making our way through the square and to a rather humble and to a building that looked a like a large size, not a government building. The turquoise pony knocked on the door.
“Mr. Mayor! Mr. Mayor! Please come immediately, there’s royalty here!” She shouted. Royalty? What did she mean?
I heard a few knocks and slams, a few crashes as well.
“Royalty! Who is it? Celestia? Luna? Will they finally grace their presence around here so I can complain about funding to this town?” I heard through the door.
The door opened inwards. as an old looking pony stared out, not seeing me at first. He was a green color, with gray hair and a beard. He was holding a cane and wearing glasses. “Has one of them finally decided to grace this town with their pre-”
His jaw dropped upon noticing me.
“My, my Queen!” He spoke as he attempted to bow, his back cracking as he attempted to lower himself to the ground. I voiced my concerns.
“Please don’t hurt yourself for me.”
“Nonsense, if I can bow for your daughters, then I can bow for you.” Daughters? Doesn’t matter right now. Save it for later.
I knew that there was nothing I would be able to say that would stop him.
“Okay, just be careful.”
We all waited for him to finish the bowing motions. After about a minute of resting in the bowing position, he pulled himself back up.
“Now! Onto celebrations! Turquoise, go tell the farmers! Tell the cooks! Tell everyone!”
The turquoise pony, named turquoise, how original. And I was led off by a crowd of cheering ponies.
The mayor turned to a pegasus standing beside him, wearing a small mail satchel on his side.
“Go, Feather, go and tell the Princesses that their mother is back.” The mayor said.
Feather prepared to take off, before the mayor stopped him.
“Also, find out when my piano is going to be delivered.” Feather nodded and took off.