Hard Landing

by Flash_Game

19 A night to Remember

Chapter 19
A Night to Remember

"Who are you?" My heart just drops to bedrock

"What do you mean?" I get a sheepish smile on my face, She has to be joking... right?

Noctis begins to look around in a slight panic, "Where am I? Who am I?!" I jump out of my bed and grab her by the shoulders

"Noctis, look at me. You're safe, I'm your friend Luis. I'm here to help, just relax and listen to me, ok? Everything is fine"

Minus her memories

You shut the fuck up

"You're... Luis? I'm Noctis..." She looks at me and tilts her head, "Just Noctis?"

"Noctis Umbra," I smile at her

"Are you just Luis?"

I get close and whisper my full name in her ear. I kneel back up and smile

"You have a really long name," She chuckles

"But Luis is just fine, ok?" I smile, I turn my gaze to the two guys, I wonder if they suffered the same fate...

"Do not fear, my son," I turn to Celestia as she smiles at me, "Luis, those two will be fine," I look at everyone and see Twilight and Cadence doing their little dance number, Yet another point of history I've changed...

I hang my head in shame and sigh, I almost took their lives too, how can I be fine? I take a deep breath and turn to everyone, "I should probably explain what happened, no?" They all nod, I look at Noctis in shame, "It's my fault... I... failed you." I look away, "I always do..." ...fail everyone... my mom was right... I am a fa- She grabs my face and forces me into eye contact

"I'm sure it wasn't your fault," I forcefully close my eyes, I can't... look, it's too painful. It's my fault, you can't deny it. I could have... I should have... I needed to- Am I being hugged? I open my eyes and see Noctis's mane to my side, She's hugging me... I- "What are friends for?" I... am not too sure... "To help each other!" She pulls away and locks eyes with me, "Now let me help you. Tell me what happened"

“I...” Those eyes... just- agghhh, “Fine” I scoff as she squee’s a smile Pinkie would be proud of, "But first, let me introduce you to everyone"

A Brief Intruduction Later

Weird mom didn't introduced herself as princess, or Luna for that matter. Anyways..., "We were in Canterlot waiting for the train, when the train arrived, sometime in between boarding and taking our seats those two-" I point at the restrained ponies, "-took a needle dipped in a, supposedly, sleeping potion and stuck it in your neck," I take out the potion and turn to Celestia, "We should probably have this analyzed," she takes it, I turn back to telling the story, "After you were...” I start to wave my hand, What’s a good word? “Incapacitated? The duo got up from their seats and after a very brief, one-side exchange of words, I made the first move. They managed to block me and almost landed one of the daggers on the back of my neck," I take out one of the daggers, "The unicorn was using them with his magic, at the beginning there were only ten daggers, but they split," I split the dagger, "So I actually had to deal with twenty. After that discovery, they had me against the wall, and divided the daggers and kind of set up a trap..."

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Flashback

I walked into the middle of the train cart just as the unicorn closed the circle, I think it might be a barrage attack..., I thought to myself. The earth pony charged at me, ready to strike me down, but I reacted in time and blocked his swords. I felt a target on my back and dodged just in time, but the swordspony was already preparing an attack

I managed to block one of his swords, but the second one had been planned as the attack and it hit the mark, through my stomach, Fuck!! That hurts! The first one was to get my attention, goddammit!, I grunted in pain. The pony took out the sword and jumped back, Motherfucker, that hurts!, immediately afterwards I felt all the daggers taking aim, Fuck me..., I thought as I felt the first dagger make its move

I dodged as many daggers as I could that I couldn't take care of with the sword, I had to deflect a few with my off hand. A few did land around my torso, others just scraped my neck or face...

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Now

"-and basically that was what happened for a while, but didn't quite get as hurt afterwards from that move. The guy really got tired from that move and the fact that he did it several times, weeelll... He tired out quickly. Anyways-" With a single knock the door opens and a couple of guards walk in

"Princesses, these were found at the scene," They reveal the cloaks the two ponies were wearing before the assault, You know? I completely forgot about those... "The amount of blades found at the scene was... disturbing to say the least"

"Did you find metal shards on the cabin too?" Both guards nod. I take out the broken sword, "That's from this. It broke during our fight," I take out the other sword, "This was also being used by the earth pony. He was dual-wielding, quite skilfully too, cut me up real good,"

"What is it that you mean, Prince?"

"Two things, don't call me 'prince' and secondly-" I equip my armour, "Look at this.." I begin to point out all the damage, broken chain links, chipped pieces and such, "...and this was one of the first blows, it went completely through and it hurt a little," I go back to my clothes

"Stone Cold, Brave Heart, I need you to take this-" She hands them the potion, "-to the laboratory and have it analyzed. Take everything else as evidence," The two guards salute and walk out, She remembers their names... wow

"Should I continue my story?" They all nod, “Cool. Where was I? Right! And before I get ahead of myself... in their third or fourth attempt they got me good...”

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Flashback... again

...We were at a standstill; they would attack, I would defend, I’d get slightly hurt, and they’d get ever more tired. This is not going anywhere, I thought, I would have to... fuck it

I charged at the earth pony, ready to attack from one side, but did some fancy footwork and with a 360, pushed him out of the way. That got me past him, which I took as a good sign, and continued with the plan. I slashed at the unicorn and struck his shoulder, but the armour stood strong, Damn, i thought as the pony fell to one knee

I felt the blade as it went through my leg, I turned ready to attack but the pony dodged and my sword got stuck on the wooden bench, I was fucked. I tried to pull it out, but it didn’t budge. I let go of the sword as I evaded an attack, Now I’m swordless and sandwiched, fucking great... I thought as I looked both ways, I can’t shout without killing everyone and I can’t use fire without burning the whole thing down... What am I supposed to do now l? I couldn’t think of a plan, so I started to wing it

I got ready for some punches; the earth pony got ready to slice me in half, but I reacted by grabbing the sword and twisting it out of his grip, then swinging it at the unicorn, keeping the momentum going, and hitting him on the side with the hilt. I also used that moment to do a back kick on the now-down-to-one-sword pony, making him stumble back. I threw the sword in the air turned around and caught it ready to continue the sparring, How in the name of hell did I do that..?, I thought

After a few exchanged parries, I got ready for my next move by kicking the swordspony. I bring my sword ready to strike him, when I saw the belt of his armour glow, Oh no you don’t, I thought as I brought the blade down as forcefully as I could with a surge of strength. The tip of the sword went across the side of his face before loudly cracking on the ground

“AAAGGGGGHHHHH!!!” He cover the side of his face in excruciating pain and gave me the most ‘I’m going to kill you’ look I could ever imagine, “I’ll kill you now, you hairless excuse for a monkey!” He charged at me as soon as he finished talking, Oh fuck-, I stop his sword, but my sword starts to creak as he applies more and more force, I needed a new weapon fast. So I dropped to the ground and kicked him over to his friend

I got up as fast as I could to examine the field, and found the perfect opportunity for a two-for-one. I charged at them, threw the sword to create a distraction, grabbed my original sword and drop kicked the earth pony. The unicorn couldn’t see the oncoming sword in time and it hit him on the arm, the sword shattered on impact-

Flashback Interrupted

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“So you’re saying you shattered the sword?,” Rainbow gives me a doubtful look, I just nod

"Ah have to agree with Rainbow Dash here. Ah may not be no swodsmith, but those looked mighty strong,”

I smile and shrug, "What can I say? I'm just that unlucky," AJ's and RD's jaws drop

"That seems pretty lucky to me," I look directly at Twilight and raise her an eyebrow

"Just think about it: I used it and it broke in a few minutes, if I were lucky then the sword wouldn't have cracked and when I threw it would have gone through the armour or incapacitated him at the very least"

"Then again, he couldn't use the sword against you," She does her signature 'I told you so' face, Weeelllll...

"That is quite true, Luis,"

"Thou would have gotten very hurt otherwise"

"Actually..." I snap my fingers, "Nevermind, I tell you in the story"

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I got up with my sword in hand and noticed the unicorn’s armour got damaged, I can’t waste this opportunity, I thought as I began to formulate a plan, I need to get them by Noctis... less chances of a stray hitting her... I look at the two ponies getting ready to continue, But how?

The earth pony with rage in his eye, and blood dripping down his face, charged at me, The unicorn seemed to try to stop him but gave up almost immediately, instead getting ready to assist his partner. Daggers started to fly as I parried and blocked the incoming attacks from the swordspony

Dammit!!, I thought as I grabbed a dagger from the air and tried to slash the earth pony while holding his sword back with mine. The dagger went across the pony's armour, cutting a few straps and his belt making the armour expose his now cut undershirt, but the dagger was almost immediately yanked from my grip by the unicorn's magic. We jump back and continued seizing each other up, but I spot some red coming from the pony's grey shirt, and anger was clearly building up in his face

Fuck me..., We all just stood waiting for the other to make a move, When do I even think things through anyways?, I started my charge, Get the unicorn..., the earth pony took a stance and slashed at me

I dropped to the ground, blocked his sword and slid past him. I then planted my feet on the ground and jumped, punched the unicorn in the face, landed, took the broken sword and took him in a choke hold with my sword, effectively strangleling him while keeping him threatened, This better keep the other in check, right?

I slowly backed up closer to the wall, I don't want any daggers backstabbing me, not today, I thought. The earth pony makes his way closer to my and my hostage

The unicorn delivered a reverse headbutt as a dagger made its home on my back, I then felt the unicorn jump and a sword striking my already hurt leg. I stumbled backwards with the vault-boy telling me my leg got crippled, Goddamnit! Fuck me!

Ugghh... Let's just agree the flashbacks get interrupted unless I say otherwise

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"Dear Celestia, darling! Good thing you were only wearing that armour," Almost everyone raises an eyebrow at Rarity's comment, "What?! Imagine the damage swords would have done to his clothes"

I make eye contact with Rarity, take out my sword, and drive it into my forearm through my sleeve, No self damage? Cool, I then just drag it out my arm lenght wise while everyone is just shocked, except Rick and Celestia, they're just disappointed. The sword exits through my hand, I put the sword away and showcase the lack of damage, "See? Nothing would have happend"

"How can thy armour be harmed but not thy clothes?"

I raise my hand to counter-argue, I have no idea..., I get pensive

"LUIS!!"

I snap out of my thoughts, "Yes!," I look around to see who called me, but Rick butts in

"You don't know, do you, bud?"

"I do have a theory, but it makes no sense unless you know videogames... kind of," Why don't you tell me?

...

"Well? What is it?" Rainbow is just hovering over the group

"Rainbow! Manners," Rarity gives RD a stern look, Rainbow gives me an apologetic look in response and rubs the back of her head

"My theory is that armour has a damage resistance value and clothing doesn't, so to have "balanced gameplay' the armour gets damaged which reduces the resistance it has," I shrug, "So it doesn't matter if clothing gets damaged or not... i guess"

BINGO!!

"You didn't get too hurt because of that did you?," ... ... Has she even been listening?

"..." I raise my eyebrow

"Right, you did sorry," Fluttershy hides in her mane

"Don't worry, I've would've asked the same question out of reflex too," She 'comes out' of her mane, "The story is almost done now..."

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He could probably tell where the dagger was, I thought as the other two regrouped

The unicorn tried to get all his daggers back in order, but could unstick a few from the wall, Motherfucker, I felt his magic fidget with the dagger in my back, I need to get rid of him..., I swapped the broken sword to my right hand

I ran at them and the fighter reacted first. I slashed, he blocked

I felt a dagger readying so I started to push down on my sword harder, pushing him down a little, I then kicked his knee out making him kneel and kicked him in the stomach. I vaulted over him and got ready to plunge the broken sword into the magician's neck

I felt my left arm be pulled as his horn lit up, Oh no you don't!, I put as much force as I had and drove the shattered sword into his shoulder, right where the armour was damaged. I noticed him panic and he pulled me as hard as he could away from himself, but I held on to the hilt as I want flying back leaving him a nasty gash across his arm

I landed on my side directly on a dagger the unicorn thrusted into place, I got up as fast as I could and dropped the broken sword to feel the damage.

I raised my hand to see blood covering it almost entirely, I took my attention over to my HUD to see my blood level (BL) was dropping slowly, Bleeding damage... Fuck me, I took the sword over to my main hand again and looked over the other two, the unicorn was just holding his new wound in silent suffering while the earth pony was ready to defend looking over to his partner every few seconds

We held our defensive positions over a couple of minutes, but it felt like forever. The three of us were on edge, we were flintching at every minute movement the other side did, then the unicorn stood up with the fire of revenge in his eyes

The unicron extended his arm as his horn began to glow, the earth pony saw his stance and immediately dove for the floor, I have a bad feeling about this..., all the daggers scattered around the wizard began to glow too

"You are a strong little bitch aren't you?" I whispered to my self freein up my left hand to deflect as many daggers as I could

As the rain of blades engulfed me I did my best to keep the daggers in check, but the growing pain from the already stabbed daggers made it more difficult as it got more intense

A few daggers grazed my face once again, and then another dagger made it's way on my back just as the unicorn fell on one knee panting. I looked around seeing the daggers everywhere, on the wall, the ceiling, and even the benches, Good thing I was on this side away from Noctis

The Earth pony stood back up and charged at me, I blocked his attack and kicked him in the shin, same leg as before. The pony jumped back with a bit of a limp on his step

At that moment the unicorn completely colapsed, still panting, the earth pony noticed and faltered back even further. I took my oportunity and ran the the swordspony, but planted my foot firmly on the ground and delivered a side kick

Damn, I though as his sword absorbed the damage. I retreated to regain my stamina, but the pony saw it as an opening

I got ready to block his swords, but the pony droped to the floor and turned around, and planted his hands on the ground. His hooves went on either side of my sword as they made contact with my chest plate, striking me with a powerful double donkey kick.

I stood up completely out of breath, the fighter was using his sword as support as he stood up too, while the unicorn was finally on his hooves, still breathing heavily

End of Flashback

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"... and from there, I dropped kicked the earth pony, the unicorn ran out of magic and tried to fight me the old fashoined way, but I knocked them both out" ...and then used the potion that might give them amnesia... fuck, some one knocks, "Come in"

Dr. Stable comes in and notices Noctis awake, "Ahh, miss Umbra, how are you feeling?," then looks at me kneeling next to Noctis's bed and he gets a bit... Annoyed? I guess..., "You should not be doing that with your leg in that condition," I stand up and Noctis lets go of my hand, Wait! When did that...?, I sit on my bed and go into my pip-boy

"I'm doing fine, I think," Noctis stands up as I go to my physical status, "Other than my memory loss, I feel great," Noctis says while streaching her shoulders, I take my attention back to the action

Dr. Stable teleports a clipboard, rubs his chin and scribbles something, "Interesting... I did not notice anything amiss during your physical analysis. I'll have to double check those results," he then looks at me with a somewhat amused expression, "I'm to guess you're feeling better?"

"I'm completely healed, if you don't mind me saying," he rolls his eyes with a small dismissive smirk

"There is no way anypony, especially you after what you said during your check up, would be healed that quickly. But I guess I'll amuse you," His horn dimly glows as my geiger counter crackles. His expression goes from an 'I told you so' to a 'Wait what?!' quite slowly, like a well timed joke, "I guess you are..." he flips to another page on the clipboard and writes down something

The doctor then turns back to Noctis, "We'll do a more indepth analysis, since something else might have been affected. If you'll follow me," he motions towards the door

Noctis looks at me with a smile and gives me a small wave, "I'll be back soon, Luis" she then turns to everyone else, "Pleasure meeting you all. Hope to see you soon," Noctis follows the Doctor with a certain femininity to her step, Welp, that's new...

The door closes, "Ok everyone, it appears I'll be staying longer than expected. But you know what? I like small towns so it's going to be awesome"

"Specially with me around"

"You keep thinking that Rainbow," I look at Rick, "How are things with Quick?"

He rubs the back of his neck, "OH you know, same old same old," Did.. did he blush?, "Although, we still have no idea what my power is," Must have been my imagination...

"Your human talents are weird," Twilight steps closer to the middle of the room, "For one, there is Luis," she looks at me, "You know what your talents are and how to use them,"

"Debatable," I say with a shrug, I still have no idea on how my lycanthropy works

"Anyway. Rick in the other hand," She turns to Rick, "You have no idea how your talents work, much less on how to harness them"

Rick raises his hands, "In my defense, powers like this don't exist in our universe"

"Then how in the hay would you explain Luis here knowin' how to use them powers of his?"

"Well, that's because his the main character of the story! Duh," everyone looks at her like she just grew a third eye, expcept the Sisters and me

I nod in agreement, "That's a partial answer, Pinkie. I also play a lot of video games, as well as having this pip-boy which works like an interface to my powers," everyone looks at me like they did Pinkie, except for Celestia, she just has her grin_tm

"How did that even make sense? Main character?," Rick does a classic 'da hell you mean?' pose before rubbing his temples

"You know, Pinkie being Pinkie," I say matter-of-fact-ly

"How would you even know? You've only met once"

"I guess this would be a good segway," I turn to Celestia, "Right, mom?," Celestia nods

"Still weird, dude," I turn to say something but Rick wins the race

"Yeah, I agree"

“Anyways, what if I told you that on our world there is a window to a parallel universe to yours?...”

Author's Note:

Here we finally get the fight scene as a flashback, so I could experiment with the more normal way of writing. Honestly the interruptions are there more or less as a buffer for me when I was writing, basically to get my thoughts in order and such to have a coherent fight scene (maybe to add words too )

Also, I am going to be changing Fluttershy's speech colour in the story, so I you go back and can suddenly read her comments it was that. I got a new monitor and noticed how hard it was to read so now I'll change it to a few tones darker, that should fix it in most, if not all, screens (3,810 words end of chapter)

Ps
I had to finish the chapter on my phone so there might be some formatting issues. I’ll get them fixed once my pc stops acting up, same with the colour

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I recently got No Man's Sky and it's freaking good, but holy shit is it difficult to get credits

Now that you have my excuse of the month, I think I have a theory. I think the novelty of writing has worn off of me so that could explain why I'm taking longer and longer to finish each chapter, but it's only the first chapter after last time, so only time will tell

I know this section is probably for writing my thoughts on the chapter or something of the sort, but I don't have much to say, maybe I'll add something at the beginning before releasing the chapter (2,053 words at the moment)

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