Fate of The Lostbelt Kingdoms
Chapter Three
In Soveit Russia
(Equestria, Friendship Express)
“Ugh! How come you couldn’t teleport us to that area on the map Twilight?” Rainbow Dash asked as she leaned against the window of the train cart she and her friends were in.
“You can thank the giant flower tree thing for that. Ever since it appeared out of nowhere like that, the magic in Equestria has begun to act...strange. Like something is interfering with my own magic.” Twilight said as she tried to use her magic, only for it to fizzle out.
“She’s not the only one.” Starlight said as she tried to use her own magic, but fizzled out just like Twilight’s magic. “My magic along with Rarity’s and any other unicorns that we walked by are having the same issue as we are.”
“I hope this doesn’t become a prolonged issue.” Rarity said as she tried to use her magic only to fizzle out just like Starlight’s and Twilight’s magic. “It would be a pain to have to complete the orders I have with my hooves. Not that it's impossible to do them by hooves, but it would take me far too long to get them done even with help.”
“It might be like that for a while until I can get a better understanding of the plant. Not to mention we need to see if there’s anypony that lives in that area that might know what it is.” Twilight said. “By the time we get there, the princesses should have a head start into investigating the matter.”
“Let’s just hope we don’t have to fight a giant monster or something.” Applejack said as she tilted her hat and leaned back in her seat. “It would be nice to have an easy going adventure and not something that involves saving the world or something.”
“T-That would be nice.” Fluttershy said as Pinkie Pie bounced up and down in excitement.
“I wonder what the ponies would look like in this area that we’re about to go into? Oh! You think they’ll like the part I’m going to throw for them?”
“Darling, what party?” Rarity asked as she noticed Pinkie pulling out a large banner from out of her mane along with some confetti and streamers.
“The Welcome to Equestria mysterious land party. Duh?” The party pony said as Rarity and the others stared in uttar shock. Mainly as to how she was able to fit something like that into her mane without it sticking out or causing discomfort.
“Um...maybe we should wait on giving them a party until we establish some kind of connection with the ponies, or whoever the inhabitants are in this place we’re going.” Starlight suggested as Pinkie shrugs and placed the banner back into her mane. “.....How is that even possible?”
“It’s Pinkie Pie. Don’t question it.” Rainbow Dash said bluntly as Starlight looked over at Twilight, who simply nodded.
“Trust me on this Starlight. It’s better to just accept it now, and spare you from the hardship of trying to figure out Pinkie Pie, later on.”
“....But-”
“Accept it and move on.” Applejack said. “Less you want to end up like Twilight did in trying to understand Pinkie.”
(Lostbelt, Russia)
Patxi and his pack made it to the borders of where Russia and Equestria meet as they were within earshot of the ponies that they saw flying in the distance. One of the yagas popped their head out of the snow slightly while staying hidden as she saw them talking to a group of colorful looking ponies wearing gold armor before talking to each other. It did answer a couple of questions as to see if it was a demonic beast, which it wasn’t if it could talk like they can. But now it just raises even more questions to the already answered ones.
“I’m not the only one who’s seeing this, right?” The female yaga asked as Patxi slowly popped his head out of the snow as well.
“Seems like they’re just like us...well I can assume they’re like us intelligence wise from the conversation they’re having. There goes my plan to see if we can tame them so we can ride them.”
“You think they might be hostile?”
“I doubt a bunch of colorful horses can be considered hostile.” A male yaga said as he popped his head out of the snow as well. “But just to be safe, we might want to wait and see what they’ll do, and listen to their conversation.”
“Agreed. Back into the snow.” Patxi said as they quickly sank back into the snow and listened to the ponies conversation.
“It would seem that this place is the cause of the earthquake.” Luna said as Celestia and Cadence nodded in agreement.
“It would explain the off worldly magic this place was giving off as we were making our way here. Compared to other places in Equestria, the magic here feels...familiar.” Luna said before looking over at the fantasy tree as it gave off a pulse of magic. “Like it’s the element of magic. This might be the reason why Twilight is having those dreams that I mentioned to you before, sister.”
“You think Twilight and the others might know the reason behind this?” Cadence asked.
“We won’t know until they come here. But until then, we will have the royal guards scout out the area until then.” Celestia said as she ordered some of the royal guards to scout out the area of Russia, while the rest would be making a small base camp of operation. “For now, we will scout the area to see who or what might live in this frozen land of snow and ice.”
“I will take the lead with the pegasus. Don’t want them to get in trouble with whatever creatures that live in these lands.” Luna said before taking flight after the pegasi guards. As the ponies of Equestria began their work, the yagas would continue to watch from and listen for the moment. Though that moment seemed to come to an abrupt stop as they heard something coming from a distance.
“You guys hear that?” Patxi said as the other yagas turned their focus onto the sound in the distance. Their ears flicked a bit upon hearing the sounds of a demonic beast heading over to where the ponies were located.
“Demonic beast. And by the sound of it, it’s a big one.” said a female yaga and Patxi cursed under.
“Dammit, of all the time for them to appear. How are we on ammunition?” he asked as a male looked into his bag.
“About enough to get us back home, why?”
“We’re going to have to kill it.” Patxi said, which took the whole pack by surprise.
“Are you insane? We can’t take down a demonic beast of that size if it’s a big one. Not to mention, you’re still injured, or did you forget that?” said a female yaga as Patxi looked over his injuries as he noticed they were starting to blood onto the cloth covering them.
“Not like we have much of a choice in the matter.” He said before pulling out his rifle while still remaining in the snow. “We were bound to run into it anyway, so might as well be now then later. Let’s distract the beast so we can get them out of the area and back to the village.” Patxi said as he looked over at the oprichnik. “You guys will fight on the front line, we’ll provide you with support.”
“Understood.” The oprichnik said as they quickly pulled themselves out of the snow and headed towards the group of ponies.
“The rest of you, get your weapons ready. We’re going to feast tonight if we survive this.” As the Yagas and Oprichnik were executing their plan, Celestia’s ears twitched upon hearing the sound of a loud roar off in the distance.
“Did you hear that Cadence?” Celestia asked as Cadence turned her focus from the royal guards to Celestia.
“Hear what?” The alicorn asked as she tried to hear what her aunt was hearing. In a matter of seconds, she soon heard the sounds of something heading towards them at great speed as she focused her attention onto a nearby hill of snow. Upon looking up at it, she soon sees a giant demonic looking boar standing on top of the snow mount as it glared down at them. The demonic boar soon lets out a mighty roar as it causes everypony within the area to look up at it. “What in the name of Equestria is that!?”
“I’m going to assume it must be the wildlife of this land.” Celestia said as her horn began to glow for a moment, only for it to fizzle out in a second. “My magic. It’s not working?”
“Let me try.” Cadence said as she was about to fire a magical beam at the demonic boar, only for it to fizzle out as well. The pink alicorn’s eyes widened upon seeing this as she looked over at Celestia with the same expression on her face. “Oh no.”
“Fear not princesses. We’ll protect you.” said one of the earth pony guards as they along with some of the unicorns and pegasi that stayed with Celestia formed a defensive line in front of the princesses. “All units! Defend the princesses with your life!”
“Yes sir!” They yelled before a few of them formed a circle around the princesses with spears in mouths at the ready. The demonic beast lets a primal roar as it starts to charge towards the equestrians. As it was heading towards them, a few of the earth ponies started to do the same as they charged at the boar with the attempt to impale it. But sadly, that plan didn’t work. As their spears made contact with the boar’s hide, they broke with little to no effort. The ponies that were attacking the beast were either sent flying off to the side like water off of a duck’s feather. The boar soon looked over at Celestia and the others as it stomped its feet and began to charge at them. The royal guards were prepared to throw their spears at the beast, only to pause upon seeing the beast stopping in its track as the oprichnik appeared from out of the snow as it surrounded the beast.
“Eliminate the threat.” said one of the oprichnik as the small group quickly began to attack the beast in a hit and run tactic as some would attack with their axe, while some would attack from a distance with their crossbows. While this was happening, the ponies would hear the sounds of gunfire from behind as they saw the Yaga’s firing at the boar from a distance.
“If you don’t want to die, then I suggest you gather your stuff, and follow us!” Patxi said as he fired a shot into the demonic beast’s right eye. The boar lets out a loud roar of pain as it staggers backwards.
“Princess, you can’t seriously think of trusting that...thing?” asked one of the royal guards as Celestia looked over at the injured ponies that the boar charged through.
“We’re not prepared to handle something like this. Right now, we need to get everypony away from here, and these creatures seem to know what they’re doing given what they’re doing to this monster.”
“But what about Twilight and the others. We can’t just leave without telling them where we are going. And I can’t send a message to her or Luna because whatever it is that’s messing with our magic.” Cadence said as it caused Celestia to think for a moment. In a matter of seconds, an idea appeared in her head as she ordered one of the pegasus to come over to her as she started to write a letter.
“Not to sound rude or anything. But we have to go!” Patxi said as he noticed some of the oprichnik getting hit by the demonic boar’s tusks as they vanished into dust. “Because the oprichnik aren’t going to last long against a demonic beast that size, and we’re not suited for prolonged battles.”
“Take this to Princess Twilight Sparkle. She’ll know what to do once she reads it.” Celestia said as she gave the pegasus the letter and quickly flew off to the train station that leads towards the badlands. Once she saw that the pegasus colt was a good distance away from where they were, she turned her attention onto Patxi as she looked at him up and down. “I take it you’re along with those creatures who are attacking that boar are the inhabitants of this land?”
“Yeah, we are. And like I said before, but we need to get going.” He said before walking over to Celestia and placing a hand on the white alicorn’s mane as a means to get her to move, only to be met with spears pointed at him by the royal guards as he took aim at them.
“Stand down everypony.”
“But princess-”
“I said stand down.” Celestia said in a authorintary tone as it caused them to lower their weapons. She lets out a sigh of relief before looking over at Patxi who lowered his weapon in return. “I’m sorry about them. They tend to do that when meeting new po-” before the alicorn could finish her sentence, the yaga quickly tackled Celestia towards the ground as an oprichnik flew by them before vanishing into dust.
“Talk later, we need to leave. Now.” The young yaga said before pulling Celestia up onto her hooves. He soon looked over at the oprichnik as he saw that five were remaining. “Dammit, everyone retreat! We’re heading back to the village!” he ordered as they began to make a quick retreat while still injuring the demonic boar. “I advise you to follow us, less you want to be that boar’s lunch.”
“...Everypony! Follow the...um...I’m sorry, I hope I don’t sound rude, but what are you?” Cadence asked as one of the yagas answered her bluntly while retreating.
“We’re Yaga!”
“Follow the yagas to their village!” The pink alicorn yelled as they quickly began to follow after the pack of yagas while helping the injured ponies up to their hooves to follow after them. As the groups began to retreat, a cat-like humanoid with two tails and a boar’s head-like hide on her shoulder was off in the distance watching them leave. She continues to watch them a bit more before looking at the demonic boar and glares at it.
“Are you planning on going after them, boss?” A male yaga asked as the woman shook her head.
“Take the pack and go after them so that no demonic beasts try to kill them. I’ll deal with the boar.” Atalante said before summoning her bow into her hands.
“And the creature that flew off into the distance to where the desert is located?” asked a female yaga.
“I get the feeling that they’re bringing in more of those creatures here. So I’ll have to kill it so that it doesn’t attack them.” She said before getting ready to jump off the mountain top they were on while watching both groups leave. “Not only that, but this will give us enough food to last for a month for the yagas at the resistance camp.” Having said that, she quickly launched herself into the air for a moment before descending towards the demonic boar.
....I understand that this story is meant to include the introduction of all of the Lostbelts, but is doing the sixth Lostbelt, Avalon le Fae, really necessary? Or even the right choice given what it really is?
I have to say with confidence, that it is the WORST Lostbelt of them all(thus far). The only reason why it hasn't collapsed a long time ago was due to Morgan ruling over it, proving herself an exceptionally capable ruler. Even then, the Fae weren't all that grateful when they offed her. It's just terrible. The Fae were complete assholes. They are super racist. They were racist to Morgan and Baobhan Sith and made their lives pure hell. And Baobhan was experimented on and tortured before Morgan adopted her. And let's not forget their other atrocious actions.
First, they were too lazy to craft Excalibur, which led to the planet getting killed by Velber. All land and all life was sunk to the sea.
Avalon then sent the God Cernunnos and his priest, the last surviving human, to punish them. Since the fairies neglected their duty to force Excalibur to save civilization, they could no longer return to Avalon. But instead , Cernunnos chose to pity and befriend them as he was a kind God. He calmed the sea so the Fae won;t get sick. The Fae begged him to make them new land, but he did not, no matter how much time passed.
And so, the Fae blamed the God for not trying hard enough. The human priest told the fairies to reflect their actions, but they did not listen. In the end, the Fae lost patience and so they poisoned him and killed him. Then they used his body as land for new Britain, and kidnapped Cernunnos' human priest, tortured him, and chopped him up to pieces to fuel and nourish themselves and they made copies of him, which is why the humans in Britain only have a lifespan of 30 years as the priest was 30 years old.
And that is how the Britain Island was made. An island made out of a corpse, made out of betrayal, made out of great sin. That is Britain.
The Fairies are sinners and that is why they cannot return to Avalon. They're stuck in Britain. Destined to die, suffer, reincarnated, and repeated the process over and over.
The Fae are absolute assholes!
The negative karma from their sins seeped through the land, giving birth to calamities that threatened all life. Despite Morgan's efforts, the calamities could not be destroyed. She could only seal them into her Fae Knights to keep the destruction at bay. But when things got too much to handle, the Fae betrayed her and killed her, kickstarting the Lostbelt's inevitable demise as the calamities, curses, and mors(essentially dead fae who are cursed), ran rampant. The Fae living today are no better than the original six fae who killed Cernunos.
Furthermore, events escalated and actually led to Cernunos' dead body rising, fueled by the calamities and curses and ended up becoming a giant Mors to wipe out all life. And the kicker? The Fae thought they could migrate to Pan Human History to escape their doom since their world is more a Lost World rather than a Lostbelt, giving them some leeway(if I understand right from translations). They started this mess, and they have the gall to just run away and ruin things all over again in PHH?!
The Fae even corrupted/brainwashed the spirit origin of a Servant from PHH to help us. They brainwashed Vortigern into thinking he was Oberon. And when we killed Cernunos, Oberon-Vortigern regained all his memories, and his goal escalated and grew twisted. Instead of simply defeating the Lostbelt, his goal grew to not only ERASE the Lostbelt, but to move on and ERASE PAN HUMAN HISTORY! And he has the power to do so, as he IS BRITAIN ITSELF.
This is him and what he's capable of.
The Fae don't deserve a second chance. THEY DESERVE TO BE PURGED!!!! Oberon-Vortigern had the right idea in the first part of his plan. The second part we had to stop him.
But the ONLY Fae that I believe deserve a second chance are LB Morgan, Fairy Knight Gawain(Barghest), Fairy Knight Tristan(Baobhan Sith), Fairy Knight Lancelot(Melusine), maybe even Woodwose, Boggart, and Oberon-Vortigern. Habetrot doesn't count because she is cool, survived, and chilling with Chaldea.
But all the other Fae? They can just burn and suffer for what they've done.
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Personally, I think the Fae are much worse than Discord and the Changelings. Discord changed because he finally found friends. The Changelings found another, better way to live.
I just can't see the majority of the Fae as anything but the selfish, egotistical, racist monsters they truly are. Did you forget they keep humans as slaves? And most of the other Lostbelts have humans as their inhabitants. Not to mention if everything in the Lostbelt is revived, the curse and calamities would be revived as well. And that spells bad news for everyone.
Another difference is the lack of a fantasy tree for this Lostbelt as Morgan drained it of its energy and used it to keep the world going.
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That is if the Fairies don't try and kill them first.
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The Lostbelt was only in Order because Morgan ruled with an iron-fist. The other Fae still hated Morgan and were racist toward her all while maintaining a facade. And there is only so much Morgan can do if the Calamities and curses still exist. By the time Chaldea arrives, Morgan was at the end of her rope ad the Calamities ran rampant and she could barely keep them at bay. The curses that cause excruciating suffering could not be stopped.
The Fae wasted no time in offing Morgan when they learned she had become useless to them.
Don't forget this is the race that poisoned and killed a God who granted them mercy all because they refused to reflect on their actions. REFUSED TO REFLECT THEIR ACTIONS. This Lostbelt is not some final bastion for them to live on. It's a Punishment because of their sins and can never return to Avalon. And they are a race that tortures and experiment on other beings because to them it is either fun or interesting. What do you think they'll do to the denizens of other Lostbelts and ponies if given the opportunity?
The Fae's actions caused the end of the world in their timeline because they were too lazy to forge Excalibur, the only thing that could have saved civilization, and Velber wiped out all other life and land. Britain is a Hell of their own making.
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The only thing I can imagine that would stop the Fae from acting out is the looming threat of Oberon-Vortigern dropping what is essentially a Sword of Damocles over their heads and wiping them all out.
....honestly, he's got the right idea.
My main gripe are the other Fairy Leaders like Aurora, who put Melusine through hell by lying to her, using her as a tool, and pushing her past the brink of despair.
I'm just saying, Lostbelt 6 is the Lostbelt that no one would feel bad in wiping off the map.
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I still remain unconvinced. If they still remember what happened at the end, then what will stop the majority of the Fae from turning on Morgan from the get go, even if Woodwose kept his clan in line? Based on the end, what's to stop the Fae Knights from going berserk after all they went through? And what would stop Oberon-Vortigern from just killing them all from the start anyway since that was what he intended to do in the end?
And what makes you believe the Fae would be repentant? They never were even when they were suffering from a lack of land in the beginning. Instead, they grew impatient, entitled, and killed the God who granted them mercy instead of punishing them before using his corpse as their land. They were given a chance, and they botched it.
Especially since the Fairies that are currently in Britain are descended from the original 6 that started this mess. And given how Fairies reproduce(copying themselves), a lot of them inherit numerous traits from their predecessors.
Furthermore, while Fairies don't age, they deteriorate and become Mors when they lose their purpose.
Don't even get me started on Aurora. She's all show and no substance. She believes the whole world revolves around her, crafts this facade of a wise ruler, while in reality, she is one of the worst fairies. Aurora's purpose of her entire being is to "remain at the absolute top" of the hierarchy. She is basically a manifestation of Wind tribe's vainglorious attitude. Her main directive/driving force is this : "I was born perfect, hence I don't have to try for anything. I am automatically entitled for the position at the pinnacle, as a ruler. I am loved by everyone because I'm perfect. Everything in the world works in my favor. Everything I do is correct". This is her entire reason of existence, her sole directive that has been keeping her brilliance from fading away for 3000 years. She doesn't love anyone except herselfShe only took in and showed care for Melusine because of her image saying: Oh, "since Aurora is showing love towards the most repulsive being in this world (at that time Melusine was still simply Albion's lump of flesh covered in cursed mud), then this must be another prove that she's the most beautiful being in this world"
And what can Equestria do about the numerous Curses, Mors, and Calamities plaguing Britain? Not to mention Cernunnos' cursed Corpse?
Heck, even the Lostbelt had internal forces trying to wipe itself out even without the pruning. Such as the forging of Excalibur or Oberon-Vortigern. It was so bad it kept trying to self-destruct itself.
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Even when the Lostbelt is actively trying to destroy itself? Seriously, things have gotten so bad it's literally hitting its own Self-Destruct button.
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If that plan includes Cernunnos actually punishing the Fae for their crimes of poisoning ad KILLING him and BUTCHERING his priest, I'm all ears.
Otherwise, the Fae of Britain don't deserve redemption. They deserve purgation. Save for a select few such as Morgan and her Fae Knights and Woodwose.
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I realize that. And personally, I think things were already that bad. Mors were rampant. Curses and calamities were getting worse and worse. Why do you think Vortigern from PHH was summoned there in the first place? He was sent in to wipe it out. But then the Lostbelt influenced him and he extended his eradication plan to PHH.
Moreover, thanks to Beryl, even humans can turn into Mors, putting the denizens of other Lostbelts at risk. And the curses they carry are no joke. They spread like wildfire and are persistent, leaving the recipient to suffer slow, excruciating deaths.
Besides. If you try to change the Fae from their main directive(like Aurora being a complete, self-centered fraud), they will inevitably turn into Mors and continue that vicious cycle.
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I don't think it matters. The Fae of Britain deserve purgation. The Lostbelt is inevitably doomed. And if Cernunnos somehow gets revived and becomes curse free, Britain will be no more since Britain is his corpse.
Besides, of the villains that have been redeemed, I don’t think any of them committed first degree murder like the Fae have done.
And again, what would stop Oberon-Vortigern from just killing everyone?
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My only hope is that Cernunnos actually punishes the Fae for everything they’ve done….but given their crimes, the most appropriate punishment is total annihilation.
And if they try to start something with the other inhabitants, they have to answer to five other Lostbelt Kings, their authorities, and their Servants.
The way I see it, no matter what they do, they’ll always have a Sword of Damocles over their heads just a hairsbreadth away from dropping on them.
With everything that’s gone down, what’s to stop Morgan from initiating a purge of other Fae tribes, Excalibur being forged, or Vortigern just yeeting everyone? Britain is a Lostbelt doomed to fail.
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Say what you will. Nothing will change my mind about the majority of the Fae of Britain, especially the original six Fae that started this mess. Britain is a hell of their own making.
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I’m just saying. The Fae of Britain(the original six and those closely associated with them save for a few exceptions) are not meant to be redeemed. They’re meant to be punished. Why do you think they were exiled from Avalon in the first place? And their malicious acts actively piled on their sins.
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Fine. Let’s wait and see what your little plan for LB 6 is. But I doubt it will properly redeem the Fae of Britain after everything they have done.
....Holy crap
Given the ponies' lackluster performance against the boar and inability to do magic, I have a feeling the Yaga, who only respect strength, will not accept them. It sucks that Atalanta Alter thinks the ponies are enemies.
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Um, Atalante doesn't see the ponies as enemies
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Oh sorry, I misread her words and thought she was going to shoot down the pegasus messenger to stop reinforcements from coming. I just reread it and realize she was talking about killing the boar.
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^_^