//------------------------------// // Chapter 45: He Is Home // Story: Quest For Equestria // by Skyguy626 //------------------------------// "NOATAK!" Skywalker shouted from the top of his lounges as he chased Amon over the roof, "NOTHING IS GOING TO PROTECT YOU FROM ME! NOT YOUR EQUELISTS! NOT BENDING! NOT CHI BLOCKING!". Meanwhile back at Equestria, Shoveitupyourass Street 15, living room. "So, with Twilight's blessing, I'm free to follow my code and serve you until... Well, until forever!" Spike explained to Applejack as she was sitting in the living room with Griffifth. For so far he understand, AJ saved Spike's life or something and now thanks to a code of his race Spike has to serve her for ever, or something. "Please, AJ, my dragon code is a part of me!" he bagged, though Applejack still wasn't keen on the idea of owning a slave. "I have to be true to myself! If you don't let me do this, I won't be a noble dragon anymore!" Spike explained gaining a surprised look from the male blonde. "Your a dragon?" Griffifth asked surprised gaining a glare from the cowpony. And so the mare of apples agreed for Spike to be her slave, though she wasn't too keen on using that word. And after a few sarcastic remarks from her blonde human friend, Griffifth the Dickish, she asked Spike to bake a pie or something. And that went as well as you could guess, Spike might be good at a lot of things, but cooking isn't one of them. "I helped bake it." Spike told them proudly as he placed a piece of the pie in front of McGrath and Rarity, it was supposed to be a, what else, a apple pie but he made the oven too hot, then he placed it in too long, it is a black mess. Though not as bad as Sweetie Belle's cooking. Against her better judgement, Rarity decided to be brave and took a small bite of the over baked pie, her expression turned sour as she chewed slowly. "This is disgusting." she thought to herself as Spike looked at her lovingly. "You even look good when you're chewing..." Spike said dreamily, gaining a death glare from the eerily paled brunette. "Who looks good when they're chewing?" Phoenix asked as he entered the living room, gaining the attention from the purple dragon who offered him some of his "Fresh" Baked place. "How can I say no to free pie?" he said but he felt two sapphire eyes looking in his direction, "Don't do it! Its awful!" Rarity tried to warn him in a whisper, but Phoenix just shrug his shoulders before taking a bit. After a few moments of chewing the black substance he came to a verdict, "Wow!... It IS awful!", Phoenix exclaimed in a cheerful tone. Applejack loud out a nervous chuckle before telling Spike to go wash the dishes. "What was that all about?" Rarity asked as the purple dragon went to the kitchen, gaining a curios nod from her coltfriend. "...I saved Spike from some timberwolves in the Everfree Forest, and now he thinks he has to serve me forever." Applejack explained gaining a understanding smile from her friend. "Oh, what I wouldn't give to have somebody forever in my debt! I'd get them to organize my closets, and give me pedicures, and help me with my sewing." Rarity started to ramble before being interrupted by her coltfriend, "Okay, we get it, having a slave would be a dream come true for you.". As Spike is cleaning the kitchen. "AJ, Rarity, McGrath what's happening?" Rainbow said as she flew into the living room while the rest observed the cleaning dragon. "AJ saved Spike's life and now he's her bitch forever." McGrath explained not taking his eyes from the dragon. "Sweet!" Rainbow exclaimed before turning her gaze towards Applejack, "What are you having him do? Wash your laundry? Clean your room? Help you with your unfinished novel?", she asked her orange friend but that last one gained a questioning look from the others. "A novel? Your writing a novel too? What's it about?", McGrath asked curiously, he hadn't sought a writer behind his athletic friend. "Mine's about this awesome Pegasus who's the best flyer ever and becomes the captain of the Wonderbolts!" Rainbow explained as McGrath rolled his eyes at her story. "Whats yours about?", she was taken a back a little when she saw the eerily pale brunette's expression darken as he spoke up, "My novel is about a guy who gains super powers, goes crazy, loses his memories, goes even crazier, regains his memories... and then kill his bastard of a father in one of the most painful ways possible!", as he shouted that the air around him crackled and his hair seemed to flow upwards before he calmed down. "...That's disturbing." Rainbow noted and McGrath couldn't help but agree. "Thing is, I don't really want him to serve me forever, but I don't know how to get him to stop." Applejack complained but McGrath claimed it would be easy to get Spike to stop helping her. "I don't want him to get hurt... or worse!" the cowpony warned him gaining a irritated groan from him. "Spoil sport..." he complained before explaining his idea, "Just tell him! Cause I don't see him saving your life anytime soon!". "And you want us to shoot AJ out of a cannon towards a hornet's nest and give Spike a butterfly net so he can catch her mere seconds before AJ hit the nest and are stung by a thousand angry hornets! I'll wear this mustache." Pinkie came out of nowhere and started to tell them her idea how Spike could save AJ startling everyone. "Well my idea was her being attack by Timberwolfs but let's go with your idea." McGrath said nodding, gaining a smile from his pink friend. "No!" Applejack exclaimed, gaining the attention from her friends, "I am gonna be attacked by a Timberwolfs!", she told them, gaining another groan from her friend who agreed. "Can I still wear the mustache?", Pinkie asked gaining an annoyed groan from her orange friend. A little while later, at the edges of the Everfree Forest, Spike was searching for Applejack until he could hear her call him over. "You said you had something else you needed me to do?", he said as he run up to her, gaining a nod from the earth pony. "Oh, yes, I, I was just hoping ya could maybe, uh, sweep up all those leaves for a compost pile, and...", she started to explain but was interrupted by a loud roar as McGrath, Rarity, Pinkie and Rainbow came running out of the woods. "Hydra! We are doomed!" Rarity exclaimed as indeed the beast broke through the forest letting out another roar. "Why does this shit keep happening!?" McGrath exclaimed as he looked around, he could see that his female friends were running just along side him, unfortunately Spike was frozen in fear. Turning around to go grab the little guy, they were blinded as a sudden flash of white light obstructed their vision. "At ease, Spike.", a voice came from behind him, and as she light died down, he could see Skywalker standing in front of him, "Consider yourself reinforced.", Skywalker said as he made the first strike. Punching the ground sending rocks flying towards the great beast, piercing its body. The Hydra roars in pain and anger, trying to swipe a claw at Skywalker, which he manage to dodge. Skywalker kept charging towards the beast standing up and bring his fist into the air, letting out a wave of telekinetic energy at the gigantic beast. It let out a painful howl before being blown away, back into the Everfree Forest, where I'm sure it will never bother us again. Skywalker looked over his purple friend and couldn't help but crack a smile, the young dragon was startled but unharmed. His smile got bigger as a small portion of his friends rushed towards him, Rainbow arriving first of course. He could never forget the friends he made this past month in the other world, but for now... He was home. "So are those walls down yet?" Morgenstern asked his mages, they shook their heads, even thought the protective seals were broken, they explained that they would need a massive power blast to break the final wall down. Morgenstern nodded before turning his gaze towards the horizon, "It's a good thing that manipulating power is one of my specialties...", he told them as he stepped forward and in a flash of light, he called his weapon of choice, his keyblade to his left hand. The weapons handle bears two white angel wings, the teeth are fashioned in the shape of a "M", colored in the same blue as the blade. Its Keychain token is a silver heart shaped symbol. Pointing the weapon where the Crystal Empire once was, he send out a wave of blueish white energy sending it clashing with the invisible shield. For a moment the beam of energy struggled but then is broke through the shield shattering it like a mirror. The mages and Mizuki were looking on to their master in awe, but a loud roar send chills down their spines. Turning around a cloud of dark mist and glowing red eyes headed towards them, King Sombra had been released. Mizuki looked at her master for guidance but he simply raised his unarmed hand up, stopping the Smoke form of Sombra right infront of him. "Quod imo majikku kuro est hoc?" the shadow roared in a language Mizuki knew was Ancient Sithis, only those emerged into the dark side could speak the words and command the Corrupted. She could understand what the words meant but she could not speak it. Sure, but one could just say the words but it would not be the same as speaking it. She was surprised that there was another who spoke the ancient tongue, the only other she knew was her... "Odayakana Sombra.", the voice of her master commanded, surprising the monster in front of them. "You speak the language?", she heard Sombra asked her master who nodded, "Yes, and as you can see I am far more powerful than you.", and as if to prove a point, he twisted his wrist to force what seemed to be Sombra's head to the ground, as making him kneel before him. "Now, Mizu. I have a special mission for you." Morgenstern said, turning towards his apprentice, "I want you to go and find me Libernomundi and when you do...".