The Man With The Quarter-Staff

by HopeForTheFew


Chapter 1: In The Blink Of An Eye

It all happened so quickly that nobody had any chance to stop it. For so long we have been living in Harmony. And then they go and break it! One minute Humans and Ponies were living in Harmony, the next minute, Humanity found itself on its last leg as they were pushed into their cities from the oncoming ponies. Nobody really knew what had caused the war, but truth be told... nobody cared. We were all just trying to save our selves from the ponies. Until, He came.


We were at the end of the line. We had no real chance, all we could hope for was that we could evacuate the civilians out of the city before the ponies came. But even that hope was bashed to the ground when we saw we were surrounded. But we still had one hope. If we could manage to keep hold of this one city we might have a chance. For this was the last city of Humanity. Things were looking grim for us as we lined up our men at the walls of the city, there firearms at the ready to mow down the oncoming armies.


The ponies were in reach now and the men had began to fire. The sound that those weapons made echoed from miles around. The ponies were getting mowed down, as thought. The moral of the soldiers picked up and accuracy increased. But that was not to last as magical barrages began to fly towards the Humans. The accuracy of the Unicorns was unmatched and screams of pain could be heard all around the city. Soon there were only a few men left and the ponies began to close in.


We thought it was all over. That we were all going to die. And that Humanity would face a terrible genocide. But it seemed that fate had another plan for our race.


The ponies reached the city walls and we heard a loud humming noise that we knew all to well. A bright light came and went, and a deep rumble could be clearly heard. They had broken down the gate. Tears flooded our eyes as we gazed at the ponies flooding into the city. However, all of the sudden, they stopped. A look of curiosity on their faces was clear. We had no idea why they stopped until we looked further over. Our mouths dropped as we saw one lonely man standing against the army. That one man had more courage then all of us combined. The man was wearing a dark cloak, his face could not be seen in it.


There was nothing but silence. The ponies stood still and as did the Man. But that all ended as the two Princesses moved through. The two Alicorns gazed at the man with fury in their eyes. There horns glowed and they sent two bright and powerful beams down onto the lone man. However, for some strange reason, the Man remained where he was. He was not effected by the blasts of powerful magic.


The Man stared at them a bit longer and then raised his hand. A bright flash could be seen and when the light calmed down, a straight rod of wood could be seen in the mans hand. Our mouths dropped further to the ground as we saw the man use magic. No Human being was ever able to use magic and yet, here this man was, doing all kinds of crazy tricks with it.


Hope began to return to us as we saw the man whack the two princesses aside the head and send them flying backwards. The next thing we saw was the man charging forward towards the army, his staff raised high, and his speed incredible.


Celestia and Luna had barley escaped with their lives from the strange Human like creature. Whatever it was, it sure as hell wasn't a Human. Luna had gone to consult with Discord to see if he knew anything about a strange creature that looked like a Human. They needed someway to kill it or else it might kill them. Celestia was going through the Canterlot archives to see if she could find anything about a powerful being that looked like a Human, when all of the sudden, Luna came in with Discord right behind her. A troubled look was on their king.


"Anything?" Celestia asked the two.

"Nay. I must say however, an idea has struck me, what if we use the Elements of Harmony against this strange creature" Luna responded with curiosity and anger clear in her voice. "Surely that would throw the evil beast into a stone prison for all eternity." Luna said as she smiled at her sister, hope and want clear in her eyes for the death of the innocent.


Discord had agreed to use the Elements of the creature however, he did want to see it first hand. And so it was set, they would regather their forces and head out to destroy that evil beast, to destroy the innocent.


That strange man, their hero, stood on top of the wall, leaning against his staff. Everyone was watching him, in both fear and wonder. One brave soul made up the courage to go up to that man, and thank him for what he had done. Never before had a single man ever sent an entire army on the run. But here stood that man that had accomplished such a fantastic thing. And it was fantastic, so much so that many of the people didn't believe it, even some who saw it first hand. "Tell me, what is your name?" The man asked the other who had climbed up the wall next to him. "J-Jonathan, sir." He said, his voice clearly shaking from fear.


"Jonathan, hmm, it fits you well, my friend." He said as he looked over at the other.

"Thanks." Jonathan said as he worked up his courage to thank the man. He took a deep breath and spoke: "Anyway, I would wish to thank you for saving our people from the destruction the ponies were about to bring." He said. "but tell me, How did you learn the art of magic when no other Human has done so." He asked the strange man, his curiosity only building up as silence was all that was at that time.


"It is rather simple, you see, it is not magic of any kind. But rather power." The man stood silent a moment longer before continuing. "Power that was given to me by the one in the end." He stayed quiet once more for a few seconds before continuing. "The one that we all must come to know. You included." The man said as he looked at him, his face could be barley seen while he was in his cloak, the light of the sun that was now beginning to set which made it even harder to see the man.


Far in the distance, another army was gathering up their strength to launch another assault onto the last city of Humanity. But they knew not what they faced, they faced the one in the end. The one we must all come to know.