My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic:
Chevalier
Chapter 7- A Destiny Revealed
Everpony had their piece of the missing page. Everypony, but Rainbow Dash and I. Pinkie Pie and Spike searched the entire village, but came out empty hoofed, "Aww...we're never going to find the last piece," Rainbow Dash groaned. I stood firm in my mind to knowing where the last piece is. I gestured with my beak for the others to follow me, "Wait, Wilhelmina where're you going?" Rainbow Dash demanded. I lightly smiled, and gave her a little wink. I know where the last piece of the missing page is hidden.
I was followed by my friends as I lead them to my armory in the back room of my house. There, in a special corner of the armory, was my mother's lance. I took the lance, and unwrapped the leather handle, and there, in a hidden chamber in the wood, was the last piece of the missing page, "Why? Why didn't you tell us about this, Countess?" Twilight Sparkle asked, demanding a answer from me. I sighed, and closed my eyes tracing back to the day when I heard the news of my mother's death. I was 7 years old.
"The missing piece was hidden in my mother's lance to keep it away from the griffons," I confessed to my friends, "I apologize for not telling you all this sooner, I did not want this secret to be heard by the wrong ears," we brought the pieces together at Twilight's house. They were revealed to be a coat-of-arms. Twilight Sparkle was surprised when it all came together, and looked back at me. It seemed that things were coming together. I knew this from the start, but knowing is only half of the battle to come.
"The Last will come from one who bares the cutie mark," Twilight Sparkle rephrased, and found that the cutie mark on the page, and my cutie mark are a match, "Now the Beak of Ra and the Tail of Nephyths, Nephyths is the goddess of the night, so a black tail, and the Beak of Ra, the Sun God is always depicted with the head of a falcon, so that would mean that...it's you," said Twilight Sparkle in awe at the prophecy, "you're the keeper of the Seventh Element of Harmony," she concluded to shock my friends.
"But knowing is only half the battle, Twilight Sparkle, we have to find it now, my friends," I said, and with no time to lose we headed out of Twilight's house, "now that I think about it, 'The Last' has multiple meanings, think about it, 'The Last' will come as a light in the dark," The ponies stopped to think about it. It would be unwise to go out, and now know where you are going in the first place. I was expecting Twilight to come to a conclusion first out of all of them, but I was surprised when Applejack beat her to it.
"A cave! The nearest cave 'round here is the old dragon's cave near Cantorlot," Applejack stated,
"We've been to that cave, and kicked out the dragon, there's nothing there but his leftover loot," said Rainbow Dash
"Perhaps, we are not looking hard enough," said Rarity,
"Are you sure? That sounds very dangerous," stammered Fluttershy quietly
"That never stopped you from telling off a dragon," said Twilight Sparkle as a compliment. Fluttershy lightly smiled, and giggled. It was a long journey to the cave. By the time we got there it was the dead of night. The moonlight made the jewels and gold shimmer like stars. This was not what we were looking for. We climbed up the mountain of riches to an ancient stone walkway carved into the rock high above the floor of the cave, and nearly reaching the roof, "does everypony still have their pieces?" she asked,
"Yeah? Why?" asked Rainbow Dash,
"Because I see a pattern here," Twilight Sparkle said, coming up to a stone alter with carved patterns for each of the four pieces, "whoever came up with this riddle was very thorough," we placed each of the pieces into the slots on the stone alter. Suddenly, the ground began to tremble, and a silver door was revealed. I was the first to walk up to the door. Twilight Sparkle walked up beside me, and looked up at the inscription on top, "it says here that only the Chosen One may enter, that must mean you, Countess,"
I nodded to her, and entered the chamber. It was the biggest room I had ever seen. There was a large pool, and a statue of three hippogriffs holding up a sword. In the middle of the statue was a small box. I dived into the water, and began the swim toward the alter. As I walked up to the alter, I heard some odd noises coming from behind me, "That's as far as you go, Half-Breed," said a voice that I recognized, "now be a good little birdy, and hand over the chest," it was that very griffin from the tournament.
"Gilda," I snarled,
"In the flesh," She smirked, I looked to see she was armed with a sword and my friends were groaning in pain, "it was a lot of hard work trying to track you down, then again...with you and your stupid pony friends yammering off like that," Gilda unsheathed her sword from her side, and flew up into the air, "now then...I am only going to say this once, hand it over," Gilda demanded. There is no retreat, and no surrender. That is the way of the Hippogriff. I unsheathed my mother's trusty longsword from my side.
"You can pry it from cold dead talons," I growled back,
"I knew you would say that," Gilda said, and attacked with her longsword. Around the top of the cave, we clashed as our swords crossed in combat. I blocked every slash and strike she threw at me, but she got me with a slash of her talons across my cheek, "Oh that looks like it hurt, but this will hurt a lot more," Gilda taunted, and attacked again. The griffon was relentless in her attack. She kept me on the defensive, "once your out of the way, there will be no one to stop me from the greatest power in all Equestria,"
"You are a fool," I said pushing her off, and slashing at her belly which she evaded, "you seek a great power, but you have no idea what it is or what it does, tell me, is there any logic behind your reasoning or is this just childish revenge for your defeat at the tournament?" I asked, Gilda growled and attacked again. We switched between being on the attack, and on the defensive. Suddenly, Gilda started to chuckle. I grew annoyed, and made a slash at her upper front talon. Gilda moved back, and held back the wound.
"The fool is you, Wilhelmina of Faucon, as we are fighting here in this chamber, I have sent an army to invade both the Westland and Equestria, and once I have this power in my talons, none of your stupid little ponies nor your pathetic half-breeds can stop me," Gilda boasted, the only way to stop the griffon armies was to stop her. I went on the attack, and Gilda caught my wrist with her talons and slashed at my arm. I evaded the attack, but she knocked the sword out of my hand. I dived down, and caught it.
I flew back up, and continued to fight her and she flew down to attack me, "Something just occurred to me, seeing that you did not bother to read the riddle," I said clashing my sword with hers, "'The Last' will come as a light in the dark...'The Last' will come from one who bares the cutie mark, the Beak of Ra and the Tail of Nephyths, 'The Last' will come in a time of great crisis," I said as I locked my sword with hers, "at last...at last I have figured it out, the Seventh Element of Harmony...is Courage!" I cried out in triumph