From the isles of Avalon

by The Drifting Bard


Chapter 10: Romance with a chance of invasion

As always... somethings never change


Sakaar stood on the cliff edge overlooking ponyville, smiling evilly as he drew up plans in his head.
For starters, He would gather the elements of harmony and bring them before Lord Tirek.
Then he would gather up any rebellious spirits and execute them, or at least... that was the plan.
Somehow Luck, for once was choosing a new side.


After being released back into the wild, I simply chuckled.
The day had gone by quickly. After giving a full explanation to the Princesses about what went on in my head, Celestia's fears were confirmed. I looked across the Library, stopping on Pinkie Pie. I watched as Pinkie Pie began to twitch involuntarily, then noticed the look of fear that had overcome each face. "thats not good is it?"
"nope, not at all"
"ohhhhkay... twitchy eye lids, itchy back, twitchy fingers... shiver down the spine... yep... Its a doozy
Pinkie looked at everyone in fear, "I haven't had this series of twitches since the parasprites"
I simply shrugged. "So... Twilight," I spoke while placing the sword on my back. "I'll be back at 7pm, wear something nice"
"sugarcube, ah don't think that now's the time for" Rarity cut her off with a hoof.
Twilight simply blushed and nodded.


Sakaar began to put his plan into action, sending a group of Soldiers into ponyville.
Their orders were to simply sneak and observe,
but as per usual, the higher up wanted things sped up.


I found myself sitting down in the Boutique brushing my own auburn locks, removing stray strands of split ends.
Tying it up in a top knot, I simply looked for a note. I then found a small piece of paper atop a bag.

Alan/Gallant Knight
Thought you could do with a new suit,
so while you were singing that song in the shower,
I began to create it for you
I hope Its to your liking
Rarity

I grinned as I felt the fine fabric. this reminds me of a song.
I simply hummed a little tune as i suited up. Chuckling to myself I replaced the sword on my back, having a bizarre feeling I'd need it. "Well, its 6:30, takes a few minutes to get there, May as well enjoy the walk while I can" I mused to myself.
I left the boutique, and locked the door behind me. Looking up at the setting sun in the distance.
"Can't get much better than this" I smiled as I reached the library.

I knocked on the door, then waited. I placed a hand against the wall and repeated the knock.
The door then opened, Spike stood there waiting. "Nice suit, I suppose I better call Twilight"
He then waddled off and called Twilight a few times.
Twilight walked down slowly. I pretty much picked my Jaw off the floor.
I walked in, Taking note of Rarity following shortly after. "Hey, Rarity, Catch" I threw the keys to her, she caught them midair with her magic.
Twilight then smiled with a small blush. I took her hand in mine, "vous regardez ce soir belle, Mademoiselle"
Rarity shot a glance and looked slightly jealous, but sighed. "shall we?" I opened the door to leave with Twilight.

as we continued a walk around the town, I began to notice the streets were slowly becoming empty.
Thinking nothing of it, I stopped outside a lovely restaurant I found earlier. "How about here?"
"oh... Okay, but it's not cheap" I simply gave a small chuckle at her reluctance, but soon heard the slight rustle of leaves from a near by bush. "Twilight, Teleport back to the library"
"why?" She then looked on in fear as I grabbed the hilt of the sword.
"do it, and send word to Celestia, Blue flame, Red letter"
"okay" She vanished with a flash of light.

From the bush jumped a tall male seraph and a short magi, they didnt look happy.
"damn, she got away, looks like you'll have to do, Element of... er... loyalty?"
I shook my head, pulling the sword off my back.
"how many of you are there?" I tried my luck, to see how stupid these two were.
"erm.. about 10 of us"
I brought the flat side of the sword down on the tall man's head and avoided a swing from the stubby man.
The tall man then drew his own blade and took off into the air.
I simply shrugged, then flipped him off.

the moron swooped down to make an attempt on my life, but somehow managed to fly into the wall of the restaurant.
"Damn it" the flyer then stood back up and charged again. I simply pointed my blade forwards, Running the Seraph through.
the Magi then looked at me for a moment as my mood turned sour.
"I was about to take her on a date... and then you show up" I growled slightly.
needless to say, The magi was now slowly reeling back in fear.
"Now where is the rest of your little group?"

I made a mistake asking that.
I looked up at the rooftops and saw the silhouettes preparing to jump down.
They had an advantage in numbers.