Nate stood in a large room, a single crystal ball sitting atop a table in the center of the room. He walked slowly, his footsteps echoed across the empty space, reminding him what was to come if nothing was done. Approaching the crystal he stood a mere foot from it, the magic it contained hummed with a restful pulse. Reluctantly he placed his hand on the ball, as the room sprung to life, magic exploded in all directions, and An Angel Stood before him. Her hair was golden locks of blonde, her eyes a silvery grey, Her wings splayed majestically behind her as her feet touched the ground. "For you to summon me, it must be dire." Nate had knelt in her presense, and stood up shortly after. "You know all to well. The time has come. Something we only thought a legend, myth... fantasy. Has come to fruition." She crossed her arms, the White Silken robes flowed with a wispy cloud like testure around her. "It was bound to happen. To much tampering in other worlds, and realms weakens the threads of Space and Time. You know this. We have no times for Lectures again." She looked to Nate, with a relative annoyance. He sighed, "I know Sera. I know. I was recless when i was younger. And apparently its finally coming back to haunt me." Rolling her eyes, she flicked him upside the head. "You are not the culprit of this event." With a curious glance he looked up, it took a moment. "Lucious?" The Angel nodded, "He ripped the hole in the fabric, which allowed these things to pour out into this realm. We have already lost the Realm of Galamora as of now, We need to stop them here." She crossed her arms, "The Gods have planned on granting you assistance. Though after last time, they are still sour, But seeing as what is at stake, we arn't going to sit around while all of the known universe is destroyed." The entire situation was surreal to Nate by this point. He had heard of legends, the stories, tales of mstery and folk. Dark Beings, even more sinister then demonic beings. They are the pure absense of light and Life. They even defy death. How can one fight that, which cannot die? He looked up at Sera, "How Does one Kill, that which does not live? How are we going to stop them here of all places... These poor ponies dont have a chance, and i cannot bear the thought of harm coming to them."
With a sigh Sera scratched her head and huffed. "Like it or not Nathaniel, Its happening. The One of Luna, Has begun to notice the stars vanishing from the sky. Its a matter of time before more do. There will be casualties. There will be damage. And Most of all, There will be no happy ending to this. The best we can do is save those we can, and stop it before its to late. Thankfully this world is a literal beacon is space, a magical hub of pure raw energy. They will not disturb the rest of the realm until this place falls. The best we can do is gather all those we can, and pray." She streched her wings. "With that said Young Master, I Must depart. Gather what forces i can and return. I just hope I am fast enough." Walking to nate she knelt down to him, kissing his forehead gently. "I always adored you Nathaniel Grey, And You better make amends with Serineity. She's all you have left." He huffed a bit, slightly red from the kiss. "Don't tell me who i love and don't love..." With a shake of her head, "You are as translucent as a window." He rolled his eyes, and just waved her away. "shoo shoo." With a flick to the back of his head, She vanished into thin air. "Oww.. hey... no fair.." with a pout he walked back out of the room, the door slowly closed and clicked locking. Serina walked up to Nate. "So what did she say?"
--------- 5 Years Prior --------
On a cliff overlooking an aged and weather worn castle, Nathaniel stood looking out into the fields before him and the walls that protected the kingdom. Winds blew gently, his hair swaying ever so lightly as leaves scurried across the ground. Tree's danced to the winds melody with practiced swaying. The Sun of this world shined brightly above the lands. Looking over a piece of paper, he read it once more, "Wanted: Bandit Leader Serineity, for Crimes against the Crown. 500 Gold alive, 100 Dead." That crude drawing of her right below the big "WANTED" word. "I wonder how fierce she really is..." He chuckled as he crumpled the paper up and tossed it aside. "One way to find out." He stretched his shoulders, limbered up and lept from the cliffside, soaring across the sky he looked below, a dozen men patroling the walls were completely oblivious to his presense as he hit the side of the keeps tower with a slamming thud, grabbing ahold of the edge wanting to avoid falling down. "oh.. man that was a bit farther then i expected... ow." Coughing gently he lifted himself up and over the ledge, scanning his surroundings. No one was up here. Standing to his feet he slowly walked to the stairwell, decending the stairs slowly, the darkness was barely repelled by the single torch ever so often. A moment later He came to a door. Crackling of a lit fireplace could be heard on the otherside, a rather annoyed voice was talking. "500 gold? Really? So i robbed a snotty noble. Acts like its the end of his world. SO i took a few thousand from him. We got to eat somehow..."
Opening the door slowly, He peered inside the room. Light flickered softly across the floor from the fireplace, illuminating a good amount of the room. A lump laid on the table, every so often when the light flickered he caught glimpse's of her Dark velvet red hair, in a utter mess as she sat there contimplating her next move. Without looking he took a step inside, and didnt notice the crude trap she had set up. ~*Snap*~ and down came a bottle, smashing into the door, glass shattering all around the ground. She got up from her chair with swiftness, grabbing a sword from the table and readied herself. "All right you slimy dog! How did yo-" She saw the man standing there, he was looking to the ground for a moment before looking back up to her. His Blue-green eyes shined in the darkness. He stood tall and had a rather interesting aura about him. Stoppe mid-sentence she stared at him, her blade at the ready. "Sorry about that.. didn't watch where i was going." He tip toed over the glass remanants on the ground. That snapped her back to reality as she got into a defencive stance. "Who are you? and how did you get in here, through that door?!" She said with a slightly raised voice. Walking to the fireplace he stood beside it and smiled. "I jumped off the cliff back there, and then landed on the tower and walked down the stairs." saying bluntly to her. She raised an eyebrow... "You jumped... from the cliff, thats some Two-hundred yards behind my castle... How?!" She was more confused then angry now. Smiling with a devilish grin he swayed his finger around, "Magic my dear..." blue wisps of light flowed around him.
"Well what do you want?" Holding her blade she stood in a defencive position. "Well, i was just going to bank on that reward, my bag being a tad small as of right now, but im quickly reconsidering. I couldn't condone such a Lovely Lady to the fate of a Barred Cell." She growled at him, "I'd love to see you... Wait, you're not going to take me in?" Nodding as he looked about the place with no worrys at all. "Nah, I have this thing for pretty women." As he walked into the light more clearly she saw all his other features that distinguished him from other humans. "Are those... your ears? on top of your head?" Looking to her, he touched the top of his head. "Oh these? yea, why?" She blushed a shade of crimson. "Its weird is all.. what happened to you? mother get used by some animal or something?" A little confused he looked to her slightly confused. "No.. i was born like this, and my mother and father were the same." He sat down in a chair beside the fireplace. "So what did you do, to warrant the hefty bounty on your head?" Anger was still welling inside her, this man barges into her home, she has a sword that could slice the air in half, and he is acting as if she held a stick! "What does it matter to you! you're just going to turn me in!" She swung the sword at him in a fit of rage, a blur of movement in front of her and the sword shattered into the chair, slicing it into two pieces. But he was not there. "Wah? whered he go?" A arm curled around her side and with a motion she suddenly lost all grasp of gravity and was flying down. With a thud, the sword left her hand Klanking to the ground as she looked up seeing a smiling face above her. "I see you're a fiesty one." She tried to get up, but a hand gently held her down. "Let go of me you monster! I will not be taken back to those jails!" She struggled to get up, but he had the strength of a bear and a grip of steel. It took all she had to keep the thoughts of jail from invading her mind, tears slowly formed on the corners of her eyes. After a minute of struggling she sighed, worn out. Wiping her eyes gently she opened them up and again, all she saw was him sitting beside her, holding her down with one hand. "Well.. you going to tie me up and haul me down to the local authorities or what?" she huffed at him angry. Shaking his head no, "Not really the idea right now. I'm just waiting for you to calm down so I can discuss the situation with you, before the other men get here."
After a few minutes and rather annoyed look on serina's face, she huffed. "So you are telling me that a large group of bounty hunters are coming. You came to catch me first, but since you seem to find me attractive you're going to save me from my doom, so long as i agree to return the gold... you are insane." He shrugged, "Its that or the jail... i figured my offer was really nice." She growled... "That gold is all that we have to eat with, if i return it, we'll be broke and hungry." Nate's right ear twitched, and he placed a finger on her mouth softly. "Quiet, they're here..." Looking around she couldn't hear anything... "Crap! We got Vi-" A grunt was heard and then a thud as the heavy armor hit the ground, "To the-" again another thud of heavy armor. "Trained is an understatement. Apparently These are more then Merc's..." Swords were heard clashing outside, men yelled as they charged the intruders, only to be hacked down shortly after by well trained hands. "So missy, apparantly the noble you pissed off isn't going to settle for you being in jail. So if you want to live, i think its time to take my offer." she listened, and a few tears formed, as she heard her men getting slaughtered outside without a chance. "damn you asshole.. you brought them here didn't you?!" she tried to get up and struggled against his iron grip more. He sighed, and with a swift hand, lifted her up off the ground, she was still fighting to get away, walked to the door he came in from, kicking it open the stairwell no longer present. The door was open to a field, long and flowing grass riddled with flowers and an occasional tree, he walked through quickly as footsteps were coming up from below him as the door shut with swiftness behind him leaving that castle behind. "LET GO OF ME YOU MONSTER! I NEED TO SAVE MY MEN!" she struggled more before suddenly falling to the ground with a thump. Huffing she stood up and looked around, not seeing her castle but just long fields of tall grass and nothing. "Where are we?! wheres my castle?! WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?!" She fell to her knees, tears forming in her eyes... Wanting to deny what he said happened... "They are gone. There was nothing you were going to do but die to them if you stayed." She got up and poked his chest. "I'd rather have died fighting knowing i was avenging my men before i would have ran away." She punched his chest a few times before sucumbing to her emotions and began crying her eyes out on his chest. You'll Hate me for now young miss, but what you're going to accomplish will outweigh anything of before. I apologize your friends, and what seems to have been your family had to die, but remember they gave their lives for you. To protect you, because you protected them and took care of them. They will be remembered, and never forgotton. Sovengarde will welcome them in with open arms. Words spoken to her, were soundless but meant more then she could imagine. Arms slowly wrapped around her, embracing her softly as she cried into his chest.
Wiping her eyes she sat down softly in the grass, completely exaughsted. "Now what... I have no home, no money, no friends. I'm going to die desolute and alone." A sword was gently set on her lap, shethed and ready to go. "I may have just met you my dear. But already, my Angel has deemed you wrothy of more then most humans ever accomplish." Taking her sword, she threw it away, not wanting to remember the events from moments ago. "YouLie. Im nothing but trash to everyone else. Walked on since i was born, left to die alone and rot in an unmarked grave. No one wants me, and no one will ever remember me." ~*Smack*~ Right across the back of her head. "OW! HEY what was... that.." She looked back to see a Woman standing behind her, locks of golden hair flowed into wispy garments, a pair of wings adorned her back as she stood rather mad, and arms crossed. "If you don't stop talking like that, im going to hang you upside down from the tree, by your toes missy." Serina fell backwards at the sight, unable to grasp that this angel was real, and just slapped her head. "Theres no way! its a trick.. you cant be real... angels don't exist!" she shook slighty still unable to process what she saw. "They are real Woman, and if you don't start believing then I can't believe you're that dumb." In retort, "Then if you're real and exist, why the hell havn't you ever helped me?! 20 season's have come and gone and nothing but crap! then when i finally catch a break, He shows up! and I lose EVERYTHING AGAIN!" she pointed her finger at him anger now welled up again. The angel closed her eyes and sighed, "Because had he not shown up, you would be far worse off then dead. What would have been done to you, would have you begging for death everyday, and never could death answer. He was there for a reason, and You both are now here for a reason." Angry she got up and by this point was yelling, "And what reason is that?! so i can be misrable knowing i could have tried to save my friend?! Knowing i would have gone down fighting!? I would have killed every Last man till my arms fell off if i had to!" Again the angel slapped her softly across the face this time. "And everything you're destined to do will no longer be done, and your sacrafice would have been in vain you stupid woman! I wish you could look past what you've lost and realize had we not arrived, All would have been lost for the future." Holding her cheek with a hand, she sniffled... "Fine. you win you damn angel. I have nothing left anyway." Shaking her head the angel looked to Nate. "This is where we take our leave. Do behave." She wrapped an arm around serina, "Ah what are you doing?!" And with a blink vanished into thin air, Leaving a Very Disappointed Nathaniel behind. "Oh she gets to go to Heaven, but me? nah leave my ass here alone, and without a reward." ~*SMACK*~ Right upside the back of his head. "Hey! No fair!" He huffed at nothing rubbing the back of his head gently... "That hurt..." he pouted...
----- Present -----
With a small smile he looked up to serina. "Well, It wont be easy. High Chance of dying, and probably a lot of pain." Rolling her eyes and groaning. "That Angel is as arcaic as ever!" Walking off back to the kitchen with a growl. There will be casualties. There will be damage. And Most of all, There will be no happy ending to this. The best we can do is save those we can, and stop it before its to late. Those words lingered in his head like a bad taste. He can't imagine how The Sisters will take this news... Or if they'll even believe it.. but If we don't start now, it'll be to late. Grabbing his robes, and staff he made his way to the door. "And just where are you going?" Serina's voice rang out through her occasional eating. "I need to go talk to someone..." She grabbed a few more items packing them into her bag. "Not without me you arnt!" She was rushing over to him. "I don't think thats a-" cut off mid-sentence as a look from her, shut him up. There was no fighting her in this situation, she was as stubburn as him, and even more bullheaded. "Fine. But you better behave." A faint halo appeared above her head. "Me not be good, thats unheard of!" Rolling his eyes, he opened the door and a long hallway, dark and quiet was before them. Large White Collums supported the large stone roof, wind blew gently through keeping the castle cool in the night. Serina and Nathan walked into the hallway, the door shut slowly behind them with a creaking thud. "Wow this place is huge..." With a grin Nathan led them to Celestia's room, hearing the Sisters discussing the vanishing stars. ~*Knock, Knock, Knock*~ Startled the two sisters hushed quikly, a moment passed before Celestia spoke up. "You may enter." Nate pushed open the doors and Serina gasped with a dumbfounded look. "They are giant unicorns with wings?!" She said unable to believe what she said. "Alicorns hun... Alicorns... Look im sorry Your highness, shes still new around here." He chuckled as the pair entered.