//------------------------------// // Chapter XXI The Skeleton Lords and, Mytha the Baneful Queen // Story: Sir Alonne // by Lady Maria //------------------------------// We warped back to Majula and once we arrived the portal of darkness was open again. I gritted my teeth and commanded the guards to ready their weapons and to attack on my command. As the portal shifted and dark purple mist blew out as six figures came through the portal and into the world. "Restrain them! DO not let them get away if needed hurt them and ground them!" I hollered as the guards tackled the six figures. The human like figures gave a feminine screech as my soldiers pounced them. I walked over as the mist cleared and put my blade mere centimeters from the mages's throat: "Who are you?! State your business and tell us your purpose or else I will have my soldiers rip you apart!" I shouted as The mage took her hood off. I cocked my head as she had the same mane style of Twilight along with her tattoo on her neck She had a purple horn on her head and she had her regular purple eyes: "Twilight is that you?" I ask as she nods. "Yes Sir Alonne now could you please get the guards off us?" She asks in a irritated tone. I snapped my fingers as the guards backed up and put their weapons away. Lucatiel walked up to who I could only assume to be Pinkie Pie and, stared at her. "How come you aren't like the others with wings and horns? How come you aren't one of ponies?" Lucatiel muttered as Pinkie Pie smiled then bursted out. "Oh that's easy the author made us like this! He is the controller of all our fates and, sense he has control of this universe he used his powers to make us like this!" Pinkie Pie said as she bounced up and down, "Oh and the author is in Sir Alonne's body I can sense it with my pinkie sense!" Pinkie Pie finished as she pointed at me. Everyone turned around and stared at me blankly as I just stood there not knowing what to say. "Are you drunk or something? What the fuck girl!" I said as I scowled under my helmet. "Oh that's just pinkie Sir Alonne ah' personally think that she is just being silly again." Apple Jack said as I sighed then nodded in agreement. "Now Aracnoth were do we go next?" I asked as Aracnoth cleared his throat then opened a map of drangleic. "Well we need to go through the shaded woods and, defeat the Skeleton Lords then we will trek to Eathern peak kill the covetous demon then kill Mytha the Baneful Queen. Then after we kill Mytha we will take the elevator to the Iron keep. From there we will navigate through the Alonne knights, and Alonne capitains. We will then fight the Smelter Demon then move on to fight the Old Iron King." Aracnoth said as I felt my blood boil at the name of the Iron King. "Lets go I have a grudge I need to settle with someone!" I growled as I moved towards the crossroad to Heide's tower of flame. We walked down to the cross roads as I had Aracnoth talk to the miracle bitch. As we all got in the walls moved as the other path was uncovered. We then continued and the earth ponies, Lucatiel and Aracnoth and I shimmied across the thin ledges and got to the entrance to the shaded woods. I barged forward and ran ahead of the rest of the group. I started to slay every hollow I saw. Even the ones who wouldn't attack I killed as blood lust coursed through my veins. My fury and anger made me merciless as I mutilated every living thing I came across. As the ponies followed my trail of blood, guts, and dead bodies I left behind I just kept going. My blade glowed a reddish black color as I killed more and more hollows. My blade now looked like Ramie's when he had his hellfire on his sword. I eventually came to a bridge and then went into a small hut/dome and pulled a lever making the bridge come down. As the bridge settled I sprinted across it and continued on my massive killing spree. I was so angry! No angry was an understatement I was so infuriated that there has to be a new word to describe how much hate and blood lust was flowing through me. I eventually came to a fog wall and wasted no time in going through it. I walked into a room made out of bone and flesh as 3 skeletons with large weapons jumped down from their thrones of bone. I growled as I rushed forward and hit the middle one so hard that he shattered into millions of pieces. The other 2 Skeleton Lords looked at each other hesitantly as the one with the scythe came forward. I rushed forward and then beheaded him. His body fell to his knees as several fire balls shot out of him erecting smaller skeletons. I cared not these little bastards would not even scratch me. I turned around to see 6 skeletons ready to attack. I frowned as I turned around and slayed the other Skeleton Lord. He exploded and erected skeletons with armor. I was now surrounded by skeletons as this happened the others travaced the fog wall and stood there in shock as I started ripping them to shreds at ungodly speeds. "W-what t-t-the hell..." Aracnoth said as he stared in fright as I tore everything that came near me to millions of tiny pieces. As I slaughtered the last skeleton the fog wall faded as I absorbed thousands of souls. I screamed in frustration and agony from all the rage that was in me terrifying the others. Aracnoth approached me then put his hand on my shoulder making me turn around and hit him. I was then blinded as a memory attacked me I then saw the Iron King and not Aracnoth. "HOW DARE YOU APPROACH ME! IT HAS BEEN HUNDREDS IF NOT ONE THOUSAND YEARS SENSE YOU HAVE SEEN ME AND, YOU PUT YOUR HAND ON MY SHOULDER LIKE WE ARE FRIENDS!? YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW PISSED I AM WITH YOU I HAVE SO MUCH ANGER INSIDE ME THAT YOU WILL NEED TO INVENT A NEW WORD FOR HOW ANGRY I AM!" I screamed as Aracnoth started to cry out for help, "YOU KILLED ME AND NOW I WILL TORTURE YOU TO DEATH! I WILL MAKE IT LAST TO AND SHOW YOU WHAT ITS LIKE TO DIE YOU SELFISH CONNIVING BASTARD!" I roared as I drew my fist back and punched him across the room as he made a crater in the wall. Out of the corner of my eye I saw what looked like a blinding light with a multitude of colors. I looked over to see a huge rainbow beam a good 6 feet away from me. I closed my eyes and, then after that everything went black as I felt like I was smashed by a bolder a few dozen times. (Just a fwi Sir Alonne awakes at the first bonfire in eathern peak. So I just felt like skipping the covetous demon fight because that would be anticlimactic as hell.) I groaned as I opened my eyes and then took off my helmet I looked around to see everyone. I started to cough up blood as I sat up. Twilight then rushed to my side and, casted a magic spell on me that soothed the pain I started to feel. "W-what happened?" I asked as Twilight sighs. "The abyss is corrupting you." Twilight said as a deep pit formed in my stomach. "How much longer so you think I will last until I turn into a monster?" I ask remembering the people of Oolacile "You have about 2 weeks." Twilight said as she put her horn to my chest, "By then you will turn into something just like Manus or far worse then him." Twilight said as she looked sadly at me. "Then these last two weeks of my sane life we shall use to get the 4 great souls and kill Manus." I say as I get up and chug 1 estus. I got up and put my helmet back on then picked up my sword. I then walked forward and up the stairs to my left. As I did 2 headless hollows rushed me. But before they could even get within 3 feet of me I cut them in half. Then a green ogre came at me with his big Iron hammer. I stabbed his gut and then brought my sword up splitting most of him in half. As the others followed me we mowed down our enemies one by one. Aracnoth for some reason burned the mill and stopped everything n the tower that moved. We then killed the enemies guarding the fog wall then went in. Mytha rushed forward with her spear but I was having none of this shit today. I jumped over her and had the mages that came in cast powerful fire magic on her. I smiled as she hissed and fell to the floor. She vanished as she turned to ash and, blew away in the wind. I sighed as we rushed everyone to the elevator and, then in groups of three went up. As everyone but me went I was the last to get into the elevator as it went up. A minute or two later I arrived at the top and crawled out. I sighed and walked forward and out into the inferno we have finally arrived at the Iron Keep...