//------------------------------// // Chapter 7 - Time for a New Plan (unedited) // Story: A Gamer In Equestria // by The Dark Brony //------------------------------// Well, this went from bad to worse. I couldn't protect my friends and I know Discord is once who screwed with my life before I got here. That just leaves more questions like how did he get his magic to my world whilst he was in stone? And if he could manipulate my world what else could he have done? Could he be the reason I am here? Did he pull me into Equestria if so what is his motive? However no time to think about that I need to focus on surviving long enough to save everyone from Discord. I then manage to hear Luna shout through the castle “Sister! Sister! Where are thou?” I then hear her whisper to me “Keep with us Craig” I then hear Celestia calmly say “what is wrong sister” she then notice me on her back and gasps then asks Luna “what happened to him?” I then hear Luna quickly shout in panic “we don't know. We found him outside the labyrinth” Second later I begin to groan and mutter “I'm fine, Just got struck, in the back by Discord” Celestia then looks at my back and says, “you are not fine Craig. You have massive wound straight down your back” she then lowers her horn towards my back and it begins to glow. Seconds later I feel a searing pain shoot through my back as I scream I agony as the skin around the wound painfully stitches itself back together. Within seconds, the cut had been fully healed and I heard Celestia slowly say “You should be better now” I slowly get off Luna back and whisper to her “thank you” I then turn to Celestia and say “Are you alright? It looks like that spell took a lot out of you.” “It did. That spell can make, anypony tired” seconds later Celestia collapses onto the floor. I then look at Celestia in shock and shout, “Princes! Princess! Are you alright” Seconds later Luna drapes one of her wings over me and says “she's just asleep. We will take her up to her room. However first could thou pass me the sword thy sister gave thee?” I then look around, pick up my guitar and put my hand on the symbol on the back of it as it reverts back into a sword. I then instantly kneel down and present it to Luna. Who then envelops the blade in a dark light as it floats out of my hand and hover just above me. Ten seconds later the blade falls back into my hands and I just stare at the blade wondering what she did. I proceed to turn the blade over and see a clear image of Luna's Cutie mark embedded on the opposite side of the blade to Celestia's. To this, I just look at her and proclaim “what did you do?” She just looks at me and smiles “try it yourself” “OK,” I then reach towards the symbol on the blade and touch it with two of my fingers. Seconds later the blade began to glow in a dim black light. Seconds later all of the light around me fades leaving nothing but darkness enveloping the area around me. Seconds later I slowly began to hear a few guards behind me shout “I can't see!” however strangely I could see clearly like there was I strong light surrounding me. I then sheathed my sword and light flooded back into the room. I then laugh and declare “so you have made it so I can create an illusion to make the area around me pitch black whilst letting me see clearly. I hope I can allow others but myself to see.” I just see her smile and say, “if thou focuses on specific targets to blind. Then yes” She once again smiles at me and says “you need to stop Discord and save the elements, however, this is not a task that thou will take on thy's own we will be sending you with help” I just stare at her in confusion and ask, “who am I working with?” I then hear a voice from behind me yell “that would be me. If my sister is in danger I will be by her side” I then chuckle and say “hello there Sir Shining Armour” I then see him walk up beside me and asked “You are the creature the princess sent to aid my sister?” I then turn to him and say, “Yes I was asked to protect Twilight and well. I've failed in this.” I then sigh and mutter, “I need help. I'm not strong enough without friends by my side. I can't stop Discord alone, the only way I have a chance is if I have friends by my side, and if not friends at least with an ally.” He then stares at me and extends one of his hooves and says “Well if you really want to help, my sister you have an ally by your side. However you are not going to fight alongside me without armour of your own” I just laugh and say, “I doubt that any armour you have will fit me. I am a bit bigger than most ponies also I don't think that any armour will fit my shape.” I then see Luna smile and her horn glow once again as a dark blue Chest plate fell in front of me as she bellows “we believe after what happened, thy will need some sign of thy's loyalty to Equestria” She then levitates the armour onto me tightens it to fit my body. As I observed it I noticed a symbol of blue star engraved into it. I then look at shining armour and see the same symbol on his armour and say “Inducting me into the Canterlot guard are we. If this is the case I wish to do something to this armour” I then close my eyes and two objects appear in front of me. The first one being an enchanting table and the second being a black soul gem both of these being from the Skyrim. I then open my eyes and quickly place both of my hands on the table and chose to enchant the chest plate and decide to put on both heath regeneration and fortify health and stamina. I then take my hands off the table and say, “That should help deal with any injuries that occur and allow me it strike him with the sword for longer” I then look to Luna and ask “Have the elements left Canterlot yet?” “yes they left five minutes ago” “Shit. We need to catch them up” I then think about the events that happened in the show and remember that Twilight gets her friendship letters sent back to her. I once again turn to Luna and ask her “is it possible for you to send Twilight's friendship letters to her?” To this she stares at me and says “yes. But we don't see what that will do.” “You'll just have to trust me on this Luna. I'll just say that this knowledge is from the past” Her eyes widen as she whispers “the show” To this, I just look at her and nod. I then turn to Shining Armour and announce, “we need to get to Ponyville fast and I know the perfect mode of transportation.” He just looks at me with a confused look on his face and I smile then ask, “How do you feel about seeing the world from a pegasi's point of view?” To this he looks at me and shouts “you can't be serious” I then look at Luna and we both laugh then she says “thou probably is” “oh, I am. But we need a wide open space to launch from” I then hear Shining declare “there's a large space outside the castle, just behind the labyrinth. It faces towards Ponyville. Will that suffice?” I just look at him quizzically and ask “how big we talking?” “big enough it fit half the castle in space” I then smile and say “That's more than enough space to launch from. Lead the way” With that we both leave the throne room with Luna shouting “Good luck” with that both me and Shining Armour turn around to her and salute her then proceed out the door. -10 minutes later - Once we arrive at the field he asked me a question “how are you going to help me see the world, from a pegasi's point of view?” I then look at for a second and smile but say nothing then close my eyes and begin to remember one very dangerous machine. I then open my eyes and a bright white Condor VTOL (from Saints Row: the third) appears in front of us. Second later Shining Armour begins to walk backwards and stutters out “What the” I then look at him say, “there's how were getting to Ponyville.” I then run towards the front of the plane and jump in the shout “come on! Jump in front with me!” I then tap my hand on the seat beside me and say “or do you not want to help your sister?” With that he glares at me and shouts “I would never abandon Twilight” he then jumps into the second seat in the cockpit and says “let's go” I then smile as the cockpit door shuts and I say “let's fly” We then hear a voice say “Initiating start-up sequence” I then begin to slowly raise the ship off the ground and press a red button on the cockpit. We then hear the voice say “hover mode engaged” we then start to fly at full speed towards Ponyville I then shout to Shining Armour and say, “I hope you don't mind but I fly better with music” I then reach toward the disc drive and a song I vaguely remember begins to play. Halfway through the song I look over at Shining Armour then say, “do we have a plan to deal with Discord?” “Yeah. Find Twily and her friends and get them to stop Discord” “And what about fixing the elements?” He then looks down at me and shouts, “What's happened to them? What's happened to Twily?” “Discord happened. He messed around in her friends heads and changed what makes them fit the Elements. For example he made Fluttershy cruel instead, of kind” “How do you know this?” Shining said in confusion “Shining I'm from another world or reality. Damn Discord messed with my head so much. I don't know what to believe anymore” I then sigh and say "how could I not have remembered about the maze being a trick." “wait another world or reality? Does that make you an alien?” “I guess it could. Although it seems to be Discord who brought me here. Well, it's what he told me after he injured me earlier.” Shining just stares at me and says, “I thought aliens were scary monsters that are not to be trusted?” I just smile and say, “I will leave you to cast your judgement on me. Nevermind that we need to help the elements and to do that we need to remind them about who they are” “How do we do that?” “My guess with Twilight we need to remind her she still has friends who will stand by her side through thick and thin. Then we will make the rest up as we go along.” “OK so we do have a plan then” “Yep and now it's time to start once we land” I then press the button again then we hear the voice say “hover mode engaged” I then the ship slowly begins to descend towards the outskirts of Ponyville. Once we land the voice then says “powering down” and the door then opens and we both jump out as it begins to fade away. I then breath a sigh of relief and mutter “thank god we were on the ground that could have been painful” I then look at Shining Armour as he stares at where the plane was a second ago I then shout “Equestria to Shining Armour. You OK.” “Yeah just. What happened to the ship?” “Made with my powers the ship wasn't permanent. I'll be honest I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did. now lets save your sister and her friends” After this, we both look at each other, nod and run towards the library.