The Traverser Part II

by TheTwins

The Reunion

“The Traverser Part II Chapter 3”

As we slowly made our way into the city, I grew more and more anxious in anticipation of my reunion with the princess. The three fillies and I dressed in robes to cover ourselves as not to be identified. This, however, seemed to be more of a game to the girls as they were playing with each other at all times. I, however, feared that Princess Luna would spot a familiar face. I was not prepared for that. I was even less prepared for what I might do to this cruel friend I had at one time. Walking around the city it was obvious that these ponies had long since become advanced in technology and created a prosperous kingdom. The city was paved with bricks and shops lined ever ally and corner for miles. Of course, the main feature of Canterlot was the Canterlot Castle. Home to the rulers of this kingdom. It was there I knew that we would come face to face with an old face I needed to see.

“Remember girls, we are here just to talk to Celestia. Nothing more. We leave when we are done.” The three fillies’ muzzles showed from under their hoods and they were clearly nodding back.

Apple Bloom bounced forward and hummed to herself before looking my way. “So uh, maybe its just me, but isn’t there an easier way to speak to Celestia than walking to the front door in scary cult robes?”

I laugh and then look forward at a cart with delicious apples. “Maybe, but I wish to not be seen by certain ponies. So, I will try to talk to her without being found out.” I look again at the pile of delicious fruit and hear several stomachs growl.
The other two hold her mouth and look at me sadly. “Forget that, if we don’t get some grub we are going to shrivel up before meeting anypony,” Scootaloo says in a less than graceful manner.

I turn to the cart and smile as I see the juiciest apple. I pick it up and take a nice big bite. “Yum, that’s delicious. How much for some apples miss?”

The shopkeeper turns to me and frowns seeing I had already taken a bite. “Well sir, that’s three bits for half a dozen.”

I look at her confused and then freeze realizing my mistake. I didn’t think about needing pony money. I open my bag and held out a precious stone. “Well, the funny thing is miss I just assumed that I could trade for the apple.” The three fillies begin to look around nervously.

The lady begins to look mad and folds her forearms. “Sir, we do not trade wares in Canterlot, you must have me confused with some medieval pony. That will be three bits please.”

I smile slowly and try again. “Unfortunately, I do not have any on me miss, are you sure you cannot trade?” I look at the fillies who shake their heads and gulp.

The mare looks absolutely furious. “Oh no, I am not letting another pony steal from my cart again. She pans the area and sees a royal guard. “Excuse me, guard! Somepony is trying to steal my apples!”

I face hoof and start to back up looking at the angry guard quickly making his way towards us. I kneel down and look at the crusaders. “Girls, get on and don’t let your hoods fly up.”

Sweetie Belle looks shocked and squeaks as she retorts. “What! You want to run from the guards!”

The other two quickly catch on as they pull her onto my back. I see the guard is now seconds away and another two around the corner. Tightening my muscles, I apologize to the mare once more and leave the stone as I jump onto the top of the nearest building quickly. The force of my jump sends the ponies on the ground to their feet and the guards look up amazed at the feat just performed. The earth pony guard calls for support and the Pegasus continue the pursuit. I quickly make for the castle jumping from rooftop to rooftop. Making my way toward the castle gate, we evade dive bombing guards while making way to another large opening before the city directs itself into a bottleneck leading to the castle.

“Girls, when I tell you I want you three to brace yourselves!” I grit my teeth and high jump into a crowd of ponies beginning to clear the area. We land less than gracefully as I turn around seeing the Pegasus and earth pony guards’ seconds from making contact. Their faces showing that there would be no conversation. “Now girls!”

“Oh, applesauce!” Apple Bloom yells as they hug my neck tightly. Seeing no other method of clearing the area, I tense my body and gather my aura to my chest up until the final second. Then as the guards are drawing their swords, I stamp the ground before me sending a giant wave of energy out before us. The guard’s expressions quickly change to shock as the energy wave consumes them. The ground before me and the ponies begin to fly away from my position. I realize that there might be some injuries but in order to escape, I see no other method working as quickly.

To my surprise, as the guards and rubble fly away, they suddenly become enveloped in blue magic. They slow down and come to a stop before slowly falling back to the ground. I knew this magic. I had sensed it hundreds of times and even felt my flesh ripped apart once or twice. But more than that, I had felt this magics perverse alter ego most recently. To say that, I mean the effects of Nightmare Moons curse.

“Its Princess Luna!” A random pony yells as I turn around to see the form of an old friend facing mine. She appears in the light as she was before her fall. Her body as pristine as I can recall, but her face like the day I had seen her last, was smeared with anger. This anger perhaps out of fear of her people, but it struck a chord within me. A cord I thought I had learned to control quite a long time ago.

As I felt myself teeter over the edge, I looked over my shoulder at the Crusaders in shock of the events and scared. “Go far away from here now!”

The three looks at me through my hood and quickly roll off. Sweetie Belle stops before running away and whispers to me. “She was a friend, please don’t hurt a friend”

Her words, however, fell upon death ears as they attempted to get out of the way. A pair of guards surround them quickly and begin to get closer. My body starts towards them as a bolt of blue magic strikes to block my movement. I turn again towards her with my hood hiding my face.

“Do not worry about your friend’s fiend. They are the least of your concerns right now.” The blue pony spoke as she began to trot towards me. “By the order of the princesses, you are under arrest for assault of the ponies of Equestria.”

My body remained still as she spoke, but within me, darkness swelled. I felt anger and it burned me to the point of pain to my very soul. I look at this traitor of friendship as speak. “Do you know who I am?”

The princess raises an eyebrow and scoffs. “You are no friend of me or any other pony. You should be ashamed of your actions. Have ye no friends to steer your heart in the way of love?”

Her words beckon to my soul and the anger begins to mix with an emotion I have long known to be dangerous. As tears run down my face, black ooze begins to surface around me. “No friend to anypony? You really just said this. The princess of the Night, Nightmare Moon who did so many foul deeds has called me a friend to none.” I grit my teeth but then as if the waters had calmed, I took a breath and looked to the silent sky knowing I had broken. “Yes… you are right, I am no friend to a pony. And I am hell to you, Luna.”

Princess Luna continues her advance but stops as she begins to feel the dark presence building. She conjures her long since utilized sword in preparation of her battle. “What are you pony?”

As my darkness builds, I slowly advance with an evil calmness. The earth below being swallowed up as I trail the path towards the traitor. “I am no pony; this form means nothing but a shell of the monster you have awakened Luna.”

Luna deridingly makes the first move against her cloaked adversary. She teleports to my rear and swings her great blade for my neck. But as she strikes, black tendrils block her swing. My head slowly turns to look at her. “This is a mere fraction of my power, it has been brought to the surface by my emotions. You have brought ruin to yourself, Princess.” My voice had grown dark yet my tears trailed down my muzzle quickly. Luna teleports back in front of me charging her magic and sending a signal in the air. Without a thought, I rush towards her headbutting her chest plate and sending her flying into the large fountain in the center of the town square. My body follows and I am standing over her body instantly. The side of the fountain had caved in and water flowed into the streets. Her chest plate had caved in and she was obviously hurt. The darkness quickly surrounded her body and ate away at her energy. Her eyes opened slowly as she attempted to stand. Her efforts infuriated me, and I stomped her face to keep her down. “You kept me there for a thousand years!”

The princess looked up from her haze of pain and questioned me. “What… are you saying?” She began to get up once again and before I could react, her horn had stabbed my chest and charged with magic.
My head slowly looked at what she had done and pain coursed through me. I staggered back but before dislodging the horn, she released a large blast of magic. This opened a large hole in my chest and forced me to fall to my knees. I screamed in pain and anger again overtook me. “You hurt me again!”

The darkness surrounded my body and healed me slowly. I looked to the pony before me as she staggered to her feet. A gust of wind came to us blowing her beautiful but fierce mane and my hood over my head revealing my face. But as the shock set in Luna's face, the darkness inside of me refused to stop feeding my anger. I looked at the blood dripping horn as Luna spoke. “Is that you Silver?”

For whatever reason her saying my name made me even more enraged. I had lost control many times before, but those were different. Before, it was Silence exhorting himself for his destruction of all. As my mind rang out in anger, my limbs moved on their own. This was my own conscious work; my anger had become so much that it even influenced my actions without the need for my input. I also had one more emotion flowing. Perhaps this was what Silence had felt every time her destroyed life. I felt a great fear of my own power. Fear of what I could do. I doubt however that a tyrant such as Silence feared his own actions, however.

The trembling princess in front of me began to focus her magic. But as she did, a smirk formed on my face and black tendrils grabbed her horn. “This magic of yours has hurt me long enough. I shall take it from you now before I strike you down.” A chill ran up my pony body as these words conjured from a dark place came forth. Luna looked at me with great fear.
“Please…. Silver do not do this…” She spoke weakly as blood trickled down her face. But out of control emotions began to tighten the tendrils until a snap was heard. Down her horn ripples of magic could be seen and sparks flew as her eyes widened. She spoke no words as the pain took her. Her eyes rolled back into her head and slowly her body grew limp.

“A broken horn for a broken heart Luna.” The tendrils receded and formed a dark spear. From inside me, I screamed for myself to cease, but to no avail. The spear quickly shot towards Luna's chest. I could not look away or change my actions. My mind was still as I looked forward at the body of the Princess of the night. My anger subsided but a pit grew within me. I had regained control, but unable to alter the black spear piercing the chest of the princess.

“Luna, I did not mean to go this….” A green flash of light begins to shine at the tip of the spear. It intensifies and the spear falls down and dissipates into nothingness. This greenlight seems to have guarded her against the attack. The force that did not feel like magic began to envelop her and heal her wounds. Even the broken horn began to quickly mend and strengthen. In an instant, her body appeared to be perfect. She was breathing and sleeping as the green light moved towards me and formed a small fuzzy body. I could not make out a being but as it spoke, I gasped.

“Please…. Silver Watch. Control your emotions.” The small green figure said in a broken speech. I could tell that these were the words of no other but Simon.

“Simon! Please tell me that’s you!” I rush forward to grab the figure but its form was not solid. My body passed through it and as it did, I caught a glimpse of what looked like a smile before the body absorbed back into me. “Simon…. Are you really alive?”

Behind me, gravel shook and an intense heat scorched my fur. I turned around to see the pure white wings of Princess Celestia and the intense flames the sun had brought her. I also saw six ponies sharing the angry but concerned face as the princess. To my amazement, their cutie marks reminded me of the time I was freed from my stone prison. I felt there must be a connection. But as Celestia landed on her hooves and moved closer, her eyes widened when she saw my face.

“Silver Watch… Where have you been for the last thousand years?”

Author's Note:

Sorry, it has taken so long to get more written, been busy but I plan for the whole story to be finished before the new season is over.

Comments

[Just_Dandy]

Hi,
I would like to know if you are still working on this story?

[ShadowStorm Speedster]

Its okay if you're busy for the past 2 years but its okay, at least this story is quite emotional and thrilling like you know, when you read words like I love you, you suddenly feel thrilled ahaha