//------------------------------// // Chapter 46: Off On Another Quest. // Story: Quest For Equestria // by Skyguy626 //------------------------------// He could feel it burn, all the anger and hate coursing through his veins. His rage flared at the mere thought of the one thing he hated the most... humans, normal's, muggles whatever you wanted to call them, those unworthy to be blessed with special powers. "Human's are worthless. Worse than worthless... Humans are vermin. How could I have associated with them? How could I have tried to be one of them? It only angers me further that the realization took this long.", Skywalker could hear the thoughts who were not his own. He could feel the body move without thought, as if he was a passenger and not the driver in a car. As it walked through a darkened hall way, the voice thought again, "Ever since my childhood I could feel it. I was different than other people. I always thought I had some kind of special purpose. But, I didn't think it would be something like this. The age of humans has passed. And the task of ushering in a new world... A better world... falls to me.", the voice thought in an emotionless baritone finally arriving at its destination. Before him was a alter made of white marble, the top formed into a hand and in the palm of the marble hand was the object of his desire, that which had been stolen from him, a small blue orb of light. As he reached out for the orb, foot steps could be heard behind him, as he turns around he sees his old his old suit of armor walking towards him. The helmet is mostly white, except for the visor, which is black, it sports two blue horns, one on either side of the helmet, that curve up. The arms, legs, and ribs of the armor are the same shade of white and have blue patterns decorating them. Its knee guards, gauntlets, breast plate, and armored boots are blue, it also wears a white cape. He felt puzzled by the sudden appearance of his old armor, wondering how it got here or better yet how was it moving without someone in it. As he studied the mysterious animated armor, it reached for the helmet and with a few click, it was removed and throw to the side. Skywalker He was at a lost of words, looking at him was his own fair-skinned with soft features face, though there were some difference. For one, the black flowing hair was falling in bangs to the side of his face, his eyebrows were thicker and most of all, instead of his shiny amber eyes the reflection had shiny blue eyes. "Your eyes do not deceive you.", the reflection explained with a similar emotionless baritone voice but the other one he spoke to merely scoff at the reflection. "You are a fool." he spoke up in his usual emotionless baritone voice, unfazed by the sudden appearance of this apparent twin. "Your trickery is no match for my power." he said arrogantly gaining a sorrowful look from the reflection. "That is irrelevant in this moment." the reflection noted as he gazed into the others eye, "Your Aseity Eyes are even more powerful than you. To regain this power is to destroy any good left inside of you. Can you do that? Marci?", it said as both the reflection and the invader summoned their keyblade's and took their fighting stance, mirroring each other. "What's Jason doing?" Rainbow asked Big Macintosh who was sitting across from Skywalker. The young knight himself was sitting crossed legs with his hands bald into fists as he placed his knuckles against the other and with his eyes closed, he had taken this position ever since they boarded the train heading towards the North Pole. "He's meditating. He told me he's letting his mind relax and his spirit free, so he can see into the memories of an ancestor." Big Mac explained gaining a puzzling look from the blue pegasi. "That's what he told me any way." the big red one quickly added, before continuing to observe his human friend. Rainbow watched him for a few moments before saying, "Actually, I think he's asleep.". This surprised the apple farmer who took a closer look, "Well, at least he has the relaxing part down." he noted. Behind them Pinkie was assaulting McGrath verbally by repeating, "Are we there yet?" over and over again, but the answer was always no. "No, Pinkie! We're not!", he shouted finally snapping but this made Pinkie wonder, "How do you know?". "The train has left the station fifteen minutes ago!" he shouted before falling back in his seat. "So were going to the place that is bucked, and hope to unbuck it? Is that what where doing?" Big Mac asked gaining a nod from his friends "If that's the case, why would she need me and Spike? We don't have Elements of Harmony like you guys.", the big red one asked worriedly Skywalker took a deep breath not breaking his meditation, "True, but that doesn't make you two useless," he suddenly said without opening his eyes. His thoughts drifted back to earlier that day. It had been a few hours since he had returned and... that went as well as expected. Pinkie true to herself insisted that they throw a party, which the guys being the guys, totally agreed to. And this being a Pinkie Pie Party it all went great until our favorite purple dragon burbs out a letter. Twilight quickly caught it with magic, "A letter from the Princess!" exclaiming excitedly with a big smile as she unfolded the letter. "Oh! I can't wait to hear what it says." Griffifth said in a mocking excited tone imitating his purple friends earlier excitement. "Dear Twilight Sparkle, Please give this letter to Ser Skywalker." After reading those words out loud she dropped her head before handing the letter Skywalker, who gave out a small chuckle before continuing reading the rest of the letter. "Skywalker. I need you to come to Canterlot at once. Also bring your bitches with you. - Princess Celestia." "Wait... Who are your..." Phoenix asked him curiously but before he could get an answer, Skywalker interrupted him by quickly saying, "Come on guys and girls! We need to go!" he told them before quickly taking to the air and flying towards Canterlot Castle. "I have a good idea who his bitches are..." Rainbow noted as she and the rest of the gang followed them. A few minutes later, Canterlot Castle, more specificly in the Hall Of Stories, the two royal sisters have gathered while looking on the stained mirror telling of the defeat of Discord by the Harmonic Heroes. "Are you sure you don't want me to go as well?" the princess of the night asked her older sister worriedly, she had not yet seen her coltfriend after he had returned and he was already being send off on another quest. The solar princess nodded, "Yes. Cadance and Shining Armor are already there. The others will be joining them soon. The empire's magic is powerful. It cannot fall again, my sister. They will succeed. They must. And when they do, we'll know that their much closer to being ready." Celestia explained but she was interrupted by a small cough. Turning around they saw the Knight of The Wind and his purple unicorn companion, "You wanted to see me?" was all he could say before he was tackled to the ground by a blur of dark blue. "H-Hey Lulu." Skywalker said as a red blush creeps on his cheeks, "Not in front of the kids." he said as he rubbed the back of his girlfriends gaining a blush from her as she stood up, using her magic to place him back on his feet. Celestia flashed her sister a small smile as she took her place back next to her, before turning back towards the two heroes standing before them. "The Crystal Empire has returned." she explained, but neither Skywalker nor Twilight had ever heard of it, greatly surprising the human that there was something his purple friend had never heard of. "Few remember it ever existed. Even our knowledge of the empire is limited. But what I do know is that it contains a powerful magic. One thousand years ago, King Sombra, a unicorn whose heart was black as night, took over the Crystal Empire. He was ultimately overthrown, turned to shadow and banished to the ice of the arctic north." the princess of the night explained, gaining a nod from the heroes, showing they understood. "But not before he was able to put a curse upon the empire?", Skywalker guested, gaining a nod from the two princesses. "Indeed. If the empire is filled with hope and love, those things are reflected across all of Equestria. If hatred and fear take hold... Well, you don't want to know." Celestia explained gaining another nod from her student and her most powerful champion. "Which is why we have a quest for each of you. Twilight, your task is to help finding a way to protect it. And Skywalker, I need you to retrieve a very old and powerful tome, the Libernomundi.". Both of the heroes nodded, before Twilight spoke up, "How do we begin?" she asked, gaining a nod from her human friend, she knew if they worked together not even the a super buffed up Changeling queen could stand up to them. Celestia explained to them that they along with their friends, will be joining Cadance and Shining Armor at the Chrystal Empire. The prospect of seeing her older brother again after one and a half month got her excited. "So will you and Celestia join us there?" Skywalker asked his girlfriend who turned her gaze towards the ground before sorrowfully responding "Not exactly. Celestia and I think it's time to see how you will handle it.". This made her coltfriend confused, surely protecting the empire was important, so why wouldn't two of the most powerful beings on the planet help them? Sensing his confusion, Luna placed a hoof on her coltfriend shoulder, making him look back up, meeting her blue gaze with his own amber. "I have every confidence you two will succeed." she said giving him a reassuring smile and before he could responded she cut him off, "You won't, Jason. Do you understand?", she asked him, gaining a determent nod from him, she knew he would succeed, her beloved would never fail her. "Do try to have fun... No pressure or anything.", she added before planting a soft kiss on his lips.