All is at peace. The newly crowned Twilight has brought an unheard of tranquility among the 12 kingdoms of this world, But this never last for long and trouble is brewing. And it all starts with a human falling from the sky.
All is at peace in the land of Equestria. The newly crowned princess Twilight has brought an unheard of tranquility among the 12 kingdoms of the world. But that can never last for long and trouble is brewing and it all starts with an individual from a long forgotten race, falling from the sky. A human who finds himself dying as soon as he arrives in this world.
He is lost on an alien world, without memories or an identity, and even unsure of what he’s capable of. League speaks of the mighty humans and Twilight is tasked with studying this relic of the past. If it proves too dangerous, then destroy it.
Can The Human or Eric as he calls himself, find a place for himself. This can only end in tears… or maybe not. Only time will tell. ________________________________________ This takes place after season 3 and before Equestria Girls.
I awoke in a forest clearing to the sound of a woman yelling something.
I opened my eyes to find a pink woman with very curly magenta hair kneeling next to me, but as I studied her I saw what looked like a tail.
It was the same color and curliness as her hair and on her face was will I think is muzzle.
She had tears in her eyes, and what I think was blood covering her arms and shirt. Her face showed nothing, but concern.
She must have noticed that I was staring because she said with a concerned tone that matched the look on her face. “Hold on Twilight will be back soon with help! Just…hold…on!”
I tried to talk back, but I just couldn’t. My body was frozen to the spot.
My thoughts became frantic ‘Why can’t I move, why is she crying, and why does she have blood on her?’ it all came to me ‘I’m was dying!’
Using the all my strength I mouthed the words “what happened to me”, but as I mouthed the last word a wave of pain shot through my body causing my vision to start to fade, and a ringing in my ears, but those concerns were dwarfed by the sheer magnitude of the pain I felt.
It was like I was being ripped apart, but just as quick as it started it ended. Then another waved started and ended, and as it did I could hear her saying “I don’t know; I found you like this!”
Then another wave even more intense then the last one started, causing the ringing to start again even louder this time, and my vision to start to fade even faster.
As the ringing started to die down again I was left feeling cold, and the last thing I saw before my vision was gone was the women with tears in her eyes as she exclaimed “NO! NO! JUST HANG ON A LITTLE LONGER! PLEASE!!!!”
then the world faded to back.
I was roused from my daze with the sound of gunfire and explosions. Growing more alert and griping my rifle tighter, I looked over my cover to see the enemy. A few were running from cover to cover. I readied my rifle and aimed at one of them, then “bam, bam, bam.”
The three quick shots left the three dead on the ground.
As more fire hit my cover I quickly ducked, ready to run when I needed to, but as I sat there I heard moaning from behind me. As I turned I saw a one of my squad members was crawling towards the forest with his leg bleeding badly.
“Shit!” I said in a low voice.
I stead crouched as I made my way over to him.
As I grabbed his shoulder he looked up to me with fear clear in his eyes.
“CAPTAIN! I don’t want to die!” he said in a quivering voice.
“You’re not dying on me today! You have your handgun right?” he nodded pull it out, and I give him mine.
I flipped him on to his back and locked around his chest and told him “you shoot! You shoot anything that moves! Well get out of here even if it kills me!”
We moved at a very show pace, but after a few feet I noticed that none were came after us. I started to worry, but my fear were confirmed when a grenade rolled out onto the path that we were on.
I quickly ran to it, jumped, hit the ground in a roll, grabbing it, and throw it back in the direction it came from.
I quickly covering my face as a resounding “BOOM!” sent shook me to the core.
I got to my feet and shouted “GUN! NOW!” and my squad member tossed me my handgun.
I found cover behind a tree and heard a twig break over where I throw the explosive.
“Damn! They’re still alive!” I said under my breath.
I stood there until I saw the barrel of a gun. I grabbed it and pulled the wielder with it. I got the gun out of his hands quickly and made him into a human shield.
I ran at his allies and my makeshift shield work perfectly, but as I got to the first it outlived its usefulness. I let it drop to the ground getting my next target in the same position, but was passed out.
‘A little harder to move with the added dead weight, but it still worked fine.’ I thought as I looked around to see two more hiding.
I ran to the closer one while he shot at me which was pointless. I reached him in a matter of seconds letting the body drop like the first, I grabbing my knife from my belt, and stabbing him in the neck.
I looked around for the last one, but I couldn’t find him till I looked for my squad member. He was being held up with a knife at his throat.
I spoke to him in his language saying “let him go.”
He grin widely as he put away his knife and pulled out his gun. He plased the pointed the barrel at my squad member, but I immediately shot him in the head before he could react.
He dropped my squad member as he fell into a pile on the ground.
I made my way over to my squad member and extended my hand to give my gun. He went to grab it with a big stupid grin on his face. BANG! I saw a spurt of blood and brain mass leave his head as the color faded from him, and his eyes rolled back.
Another .shot went through my shoulder “GAH!”
I ran having no time to remorse the loss or think of the pain. I ran until a found myself at a cliff overlooking a river.
I stop only for a second, but a pain hit my chest. I looked down to find a black spot growing on my chest. I placed my hand to it and pulled it back to see blood. my body began to go limp and I fell.
I closed my eyes waiting for the pain, but it never came. They opened only to find a black void. “Am I dead? Is this the afterlife?” I said before I looked around franticly, but black was all that met me.
I started to lose hope as I fell to the ground and said “oh, god where the hell I’m I?.” As I set there, I starting falling into a state of pure terror and misery, but then I heard a very quiet beeping was coming from behind me.
I turned to look to see a dim light returning my hope. I got up and ran to it. As I got closer the light became brighter, and the beeping got louder, until I was lying in a bed staring at the ceiling with that beeping ringing in my ears at a constant rate.
I set up quickly and inspected the now realized hospital room.
As I looked around I found that same pink woman from before sleeping in a cheer in the corner of the room, but with no blood on her.
I tried to get up, but there was resistance on my wrists and ankles. I looked to see why and I saw blue bands on both of my wrists and ankles with a blue wire attached to each and tethering it to some part of the bed.
I was filling confused, but then the door open to show a rather large white women that filled the doorway. She also had what looked like; a horn, a pair of wings, and multicolored hair made of pink, blue, purple, and cyan which looked like it was moving in a wind, when there was clearly wasn’t any.
She was followed by two more just like her. The two consisted of a blue one which was slightly smaller than the white one and the last was the smallest of the three. She was lavender with dark purple hair with a pink strip running downing its length.
One more came in after this it was a brown colored man, and he introduced himself “hello, I’m The Doctor.”
Beep, beep, beep, beep. “Doctor! What’s that noise?” Derpy asked in a questioning concern.
“It appears to be a massive disturbance in the Temporal Energy Field and an increase of abstract particles!” I stated in a worried tone not looking away from the screen.
“What does that mean?” she said with a worried tone.
“It means something is trying to get into our universe!”
“Doctor…is the Tardis suppose to make that sound?” bringing my attention away from the monitor to the old girl making a noise I’ve never heard her make. As the noise got steadily louder, a trimmer started sending the both of us to the ground. I looked to see Derpy with her head in her knees and her wings wrapped around her. I crawled over to her trying my best to steady myself.
As I finally got to her, I saw she was trembling; I sat next to her and placed an arm around her shoulders telling her “The old girl has had more abuse then this! Well get out of this just fine!” I said in a reassuring voice, and she stopped trembling and put a wing around my back to tell me she heard me. We sat there till the trimmer stopped and by my count it lasted ten minutes. I stood and quickly got to the monitor again.
“What…does it say?” she asked, getting up as well.
With a glance at the monitors, I noticed our trajectory and speed. “oh no!” I grabbed for her just in time when a thunderous boom flung us into the air, acting quickly I wrapped her in my embrace and a second boom propelled us at the wall. Derpy opening her wings to slows our momentum, but with the speed we were moving at we still hit quite hard with me taking most of the impact.
I lifted my head to look down to see if she was alright and it looked like she was unconscious. I laid my head back down and let my arm fall to the wall we were on.
After awhile I felt Derpy starting to stir, and I again looked down to see her staring back up at me with those oh so adorable eyes of hers.
I looked into the kitchen ‘Ok; the chef is out. The coast is clear. And now to get that cake.’ I crept in daring not even daring to breathe, let alone use magic. ‘Just a few more steps an-.’ Booom! Boooom! “What was that?!”
“Sister! Sister! Where are you?”
“Damn! I got to get out of here, but first I’m getting that cake.”
I crept closer with my eye on the prize and I was so close I could taste the soft fluffy goodness. Then something fell on my head. I snapped out of, my daze and grabbed it with my magic. As I looked to see what it was, I found it was a letter, and I opened to see it was from twilight. While I looked over the contents, I became more and more worried and concerned.
“Ahem……. Sister?” I winced as I recognized the voice and turned to see Luna “what do you think you’re doing in here?” she asked with a very annoyed look on her face.
“Ha ha… enjoying… the view?”
She responded with an annoyed tone that quick changed to eagerness and excitement “hmm… well if you’re interested the doctor is back.”
“What? When and where is he?” his name brought back so many memories, happy and sad.
“About 10 seconds ago and… in your throne room.” In my excitement, I forgot about the letter for a second, but it swiftly came back to me, and I wanted to bring it to my sister’s attention. “Luna. Look at this letter from twilight.” I handed her the letter, and her face showed what I was feeling.
“Well… maybe the Doctor will have an idea on what this means.”
“I hope so.”
(Doctor's point of view)
After a few struggling attempts, I made to make my way to the door on the opposite side of the Tardis Derpy let out a few giggles and drifted down to help me to the door. I put my arms and head over the edge and just dangled there. As I looked into the throne room, I saw both Celestia and Luna standing there with smirks on their faces.
“Huuuh!!” Derpy gasped as she flew over to them and bowed pleading “I’m so sorry! We didn’t mean to-” but was cut off by a hand being placed on her chin and guiding her back to her full height, which was almost two meters below her.
She continued to, guild her head up to look into her eyes and told her “It’s ok my little pony. No harm is done.” She then turned to me with a smile “Doctor you’ve made quite a mess this time.”
“Only the best for you Tia.”
“Doctor, please get out of there I have something important to I want to show you” at her request I pulled myself out and hopped onto the ground straightening my suit and then I was impacted by a hug from Luna “where have you been? It’s been to long?”
“Me? Well, you know me, just traveling mostly. Can’t stay in one place for too long I suppose. and what about you? Anything leftover from nightmare.”
her smile fading a bit before she said, “No…”, but then returned as she said “all thanks to twilight and her friends, but it still troubles me though.”
“Well you’re better now that is all that counts.”
“Yes I most agree. But I need you to see this Doctor.” Called Celestia.
“Well let me see it.” Luna released me from her embrace, and I walk over to Celestia. She handed me a scroll, and I read the contents.
Dear Princess Celestia
We need your help fast! Pinkie was acting weird this morning, more weird than usual. she dragged me to a spot in the Everfree Forest and wouldn’t let me leave.
After a short while a what looked like a wormhole spell opened up about the forest. It dropped a pony, or at lest that what I thought it was. After a quick search, we discovered it in a clearing.
After a quick look, over, I noticed it was a earth pony stallion, but he was hairless, his muzzle was almost non-existent, and his ears looked so weird. He was alive but was bleeding profusely from his chest. I tried to perform a healing spell on him, but my magic was blocked.
I went to get help, and when I got back the bleeding had slowed, but he was still in danger. The help I brought took him to the hospital. Princess I really need your help, please come quickly!
From Twilight Sparkle
(Derpy's point of view)
The Doctor looked over the letter carefully and hummed. He then looked at Princess Celestia with a scowl and asked “how long ago did this arrive?”
“About twenty minutes ago. Why?” Celestia answered with evident worry on her face.
“Just as I thought.” He said with his scowl deepening.
“What is it Doctor?” asked Luna with the same worried face as Celestia.
“We need to hurry, but the Tardis needs to recuperate. So what is the fastest way to Ponyville?”
I was tired of this whole conversation going over my head, so I blurted out “hold on! What the buck is going on here?”
The three turned to look at me, and the Doctor raised an eyebrow and asked me “Derpy you know that trimmer we felt in the Tardis?”
“Yeah. But what does that have anything to do with this?!” I said with my frustration growing.
“Well, this is what caused it.”
“Well let’s get back to how we’re going to get to Ponyville.” returning his attention back to the princesses.
“The quickest way would have to be sky chariot. We we’ll have one ready in a matter of seconds. Follow us.” The princesses then both walked in to the hall and turned right.
As I followed the princesses and the Doctor, a question kept popping into my head ‘how did the Doctor know the princesses?’ I finally got enough courage to ask my question.
The Doctor turned to look back at me and looked like he was going to answer, but Princesses Luna answered instead. “He has been a great ally and friend throughout our rule, but only appearing when he is needed most, which makes this letter from twilight even more….. troubling.”
She then slowed for a second which left her walking next to me. She leant down and started to talk real quiet “you know I’m quite envious of you.”
I turned my head to see a large smile on her face. “Why would you be envious of me?”
“You gained an honor that I haven’t yet to achieve yet.”
I looked at her feeling so puzzled, and that must have shown on my face because she let out a small giggle and said “you are allowed to travel with the Doctor.”
“What!”
She looked at me still smiling, but I could see a small tear escape her eye. “Yes, you and Tia are the only ponies I know who have traveled with him. I still haven’t been deemed worthy enough yet.” her face then glazed over and said “but I still hope one day I can travel with him and see all the lovely stars in the night sky.”
We rounded a corner to see a chariot with two pegasi guards attached to it. I waited and boarded last. After I was no Celestia bellowed “To Ponyville, we need to hurry!” the two pegasi looked at each other and nodded. They started to run catching me off guard. I almost fell out of the chariot, but the Doctor pulled me back in and as I looked into those wonderful eyes of his I felt myself melt and a stupid grin start to spared a crossed my face. I quickly regained myself and said “thank you.”
He just smiled and turned forwarded with the scowl returning to his face.
After a couple of hours; Celestia turned and told us it wouldn’t be much longer. I could see Ponyville just in the distance, and my excitement grew as we were getting closer. After a good twenty minutes, we landed in the town square and exited. Left standing there ponies bowing all around us.
The Doctor turned and gave me a smile “we may be for a couple of days, so go say hi to your friends and relax as I find out what is going on. OK?”
“OK.”
The Doctor and the princesses left towards the hospital, and I turn in the opposite direction toward my house.
(Doctor's point of view)
As we walked through the halls of the hospital we walked by a pink mare who had blood on her shirt and a glum look on her face, but I was too focused to ask her why. As we walked further, we found ourselves at the door with a very worried lavender mare in front of it. Celestia regarded her as Twilight. She greeted Celestia and Luna, but looked at me with a confused look.
“Who is he?”
“He is a pony that can help.” Celestia said with a smile.
I then introduced myself “Hello I’m the Doctor”
“Doctor who?”
“No, just the Doctor.”
“Ok… but how can you help.” She asked with a brow raised.
“He may be able to I identify the creature.” Luna told twilight.
“Human is what it’s called” the three mares look at me and let out a questioning “What!” Celestia looked the most confused “Doctor, don’t you mean humans like form the old empire? Do you?”
“Yes. Yes, I do, well not exactly.” I responded with an almost playful tone.
“What do you mean not exactly?” all three mares asked at once.
“Well I need to do a few tests before I can say anything, but one thing is for sure we need to be wary of him”
“Doctor what should we b-.” Luna started to ask, but was cut off by twilight.
“Um… Celestia he’s awake.” Twilight said.
“Well Tia let’s go meet our new guest, after you ladies.” Twilight moved out of the way to let Celestia walked in first which was followed by Luna and then twilight herself. I was the last I walk in and to see the scared, but curious looking human and twilight was right, not an ounce of hair on the man. As I walked through the door I saw in the corner of my eye that same pink mare from the hallway, but she didn’t have blood on her ‘I guess it must have been her sister or something.’
While I walk forward and introduced myself again “Hello, I’m the Doctor.”
He asked, “Doctor who?” with a quizzical look on his face.
“No, just the Doctor.” he said with an accent I didn’t recognize and a smirk on his face.
I looked over him trying to decide what he was, but coming up with nothing; He had what looked like brown fur covering his body, ears that looked like a lot like horse’s perched on top of his head, messy hair that was a darker brown than his fur. He also wore a blue suit with a brown trench coat.
“Ok… but can you answer a question for me?” I asked reluctantly.
“Well, I don’t see why not. What do you what to know?” he said with the same smirk still on his face. I noticed a squishing tail behind him.
I was feeling perplexed. “Just… what are you?” I asked with a tone that sounded more fearful than I really was.
“Well my dear human-” but he was cut off by the larger white woman.
“Discord, Take that ridiculous disguise off!” she said with a tone that sounded like a mother scolding her child.
I heard chuckling bringing my attention back to the pink woman. The laugh didn’t sound like a woman’s, but more like a man’s. “Oh dear, I guess my disguise is blown.” She said while looking up with a big grin on her face. Her eyes caught me off guard they were yellow and had different sized pupils.
She asked with a tone that sounded amused which sent chills down my spine “How did you know it was me Tia?”
With the same tone, she used before answering her question “We already saw her in the hallway. Did you really think it was necessary to do this?”
“Why yes Tia, it was fun, and you probably wouldn’t have let me in if I didn’t.”
“Yes your right about that. I wouldn’t have, but I don’t have the time to deal with you right now, so take that off now and just sit in the corner quietly.” She said with a tone that had more venom in it than before.
She started to change into a man in a suit. His appearance scared me, but also intrigued me. He had two different horns coming out of his head; his face had a little longer muzzle then the doctor and the women, and it was covered with gray fur with one long tooth protruded from his lips, his hands were strange as well one was a paw and the other was a claw, and a red tail snaked its way onto his lap.
The suit he wore was brown and ragged in some places, but neat in others. For instance, one of his sleeves was a sickly yellow and sloppy sewn on, and the other was farad to the point that it almost passed his elbow. The rest of his suit look pretty normal, but he wasn’t wearing any shoes and his feet looked weird as well; one looked like a hoof, and the other looked like a foot, but was covered in scales.
He stretched and two wings came out from behind him, and they were also completely different from each other and when he settled a golden apple appeared out of thin air and fell into his hand.
“WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!?!?!” I shouted.
“Oh, it was just Discord antics.” The white woman said looking quite interested in why I would make a statement like that.
“HOW THE FUCK DID HE DO THAT?!?!?!” I said still shouting.
“With magic, what else.” she replied.
When I tried to think of what the word magic meant I couldn’t come up with anything and then I tried to think of other memories, but nothing came to me. Panicking, my hands, moved to my head, and I started to hyperventilate. I shouted “WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO ME?!?!?!”
The Doctor responded to me in a comforting tone “We haven’t done anything to you.”
“LIKE HELL YOU HAVEN’T, I CAN’T REMEMBER A DAMN THING!!!” I looked up at them and shouted even louder “GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!!!” I started to back away from them, but I fell out of the bed hitting my head on the ground. I quickly recovered from this and continued to back away from them till I hit the wall. I shielded myself unsure of what they were planning for me.
I then heard the Doctor say again “we haven’t done anything to you. It’s ok we’re not going to hurt you.” Even hearing that I still shielded myself, but I then felt a comforting hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see the Doctor with a warm smile on his face, and he said “I promise you that nothing will happen to you.” As I stared up at him, I couldn’t help, but trust his words.
I sat there and looked at the others in the room. The man in the suit whom I guess was discord wasn’t there, but the three women had worried expressions on their faces. Then the doctor got back to his full height and asked me if we could get back to the matter at hand.
He extended a hand and helped me back to me feet. The Doctor and I were about the same height with him being just a bit taller. I got on the medical bed and sat with my legs crossed. “Ok with that done let’s get back to your question shall we.”
“…ok” I replied still reluctant about them.
“Ok… now they are ponies, more precisely alicorns. And starting from the left we have Princess Twilight Sparkle” he pointed to the lavender woman ‘Wait so if they’re ponies I guess they would be mares and not women and he must be a stallion I suppose.’ She was wearing a simple white dress shirt with a purple vest over it and a pair of black pants, and no shoes leaving her hooves exposed. She looked to be 20 years of age, a little shorter than the doctor and me. and she had a nice figure, but her violet eyes were the most stunning part of her. They looked through me enveloping me in a sea of purple and violet.
The doctor pulled me back as he then pointed at the blue mare and introduced her “Then we have Princess Luna.” She looked to be about 25… maybe and was a little taller than the doctor. She wore a gorgeous blue dress with a black trim that complemented her nice figure. It left her shoulders showing, and there was a tattoo on her right shoulder that was a crescent moon with a black background. Her bust was a bit smaller than twilight’s, but that was nothing to scoff at, and as I moved up to look into her eyes, I felt like I was looking at the night sky. She just radiated the night and all its beauty.
And then he pointed to the last of the three mares “And she is Princess Celestia.” She looked to be the oldest of the three, but she only looked about 30 at most and she was taller than Luna to the point that she almost touched the ceiling with her horn. She wore a beautiful dress like Luna, but it was white and was gold trimed. It really complemented her figure well. Her bust was massive, and she also had a tattoo on her shoulder, but it looked like the sun this time. My eyes were drawn to hers, and as I looked into them I felt like I was being embraced by a mother’s warm hug.
“And they the ruling bodies of this land.” he finally stated.
“And… what is this land called if I may ask?”
He turned back to me, saying “This is the land of Equestria, and you’re in the Ponyville hospital.” I chuckled a bit after hearing the name causing him to start chuckling bring both of us the full out laughter, and he said through his laughing “yeah, I know I have to same reaction when I first got here.”
Twilight then spoke up “what is so funny?” But Luna just put her hand on Twilight’s shoulder and said in an amused tone “its better not to ask, it will only make you more confused.” Twilight just put one of her hand to her face and sighed.
After calming down we got back to where we were “And what about you and that other guy, Discord was his name right? Also, what is with those tattoos on their shoulders?” I pointed to Luna and Celestia.
“Well he is a draconequus and the god of chaos.” He said flatly. My arm fell along with my mouth and my right eye twitching as I stared at him. “And for me… you can say I’m a traveler of sorts, never staying in one place for too long.” After he finished I just stayed like that until I heard giggling which brought me back to reality and I looked to find the source was Luna
“Oh, I’m so sorry it’s just your face was so humorous.” She composed herself. “Now doctor let’s get to the reason why he’s here.” she asked.
“I’ll get to that, but first he had one more question. You see those tattoos are called cutie marks; they’re the pony’s special talent, and they magically appear an adolescent when they discovers this talent. It can be abstract or literal. Let’s take twilight.” She pulled up her sleeve to reveal a pink six pointed star with five white stars around it. “Her talent is magic itself. How let’s take Celestia and Luna, their cutie marks are a sun and moon because they have control over them.”
I got over this magic, but the last thing he said really caught me off guard “Wait what?!?!?!”
“Yes. Celestia set the sun in the sky everyday and Luna set the moon in the sky every night.” I then look at the two with uneasiness. ‘They can control the sun and moon, if they have that much power then what could they do to me?!”
Celestia’s smile grew washing me in that warm feeling of a mother’s embrace again “like the Doctor said we won’t harm unless you show reason for it, so you can relax.”
I did relax a bit, but I was still uneasy about the fact that it was like she knew what I was thinking. ‘My face must have given away my thoughts and she picked up on it or something like that I guess.’
“Ok, now let’s get back to your question Luna. Now from what I gathered from Twilight’s letter is that… he isn’t from this universe at all, and this also explains why Twilight couldn’t use her magic on him and why he healed so fast.” Celestia asked for him to explain what he meant by that. He turned to talk to her.
“Well you see there are a countless number of universes out there. All slightly different from one another, and sometimes a tear opens up in an event called transdimensional wormhole displacement or TWD for short. These “wormholes” opens up connecting two of these universes together. It very rare, but sometimes things fall through, and it’s even rarer that the object survives this. Mostly due to the fact that they’re passing through the Abstract Plain unshielded. They’re exposed to large amounts of Abstract Radiation.”
Twilight spoke up now “so can you please explain this Abstract Plain and Radiation”
He replied in a very soft and warm tone “Ah yes I was getting to that. The Abstract Plain is an area in the void between universes; it keeps them from bleeding together and collapsing. Abstract radiation is a byproduct made by this plain; it is very chaotic and random at times, whenever it touches matter something strange happens, if it’s not destroyed.”
I asked reluctantly “like… what?”
“It can perform miracles and create disasters. Let’s take one example; somepony going insane for no apparent reason like King Sombra.” The princesses cringed when he said that name.
“Who’s… King Sombra?”
Luna answered my question in an unnaturally loud tone making me jump and increased my fear for them “HE WAS A CORRUPT KING THAT NEARLY DESTORYED HIS KINGDOM AND ITS INHABITANTS!!!” I could see the anger in her eyes flash before it disappeared when Celestia put a hand on her shoulder calming her.
The doctor cleared his throat to announce he wasn’t done yet “let’s take another example.” He turned back to me and said “You. From what Twilight said it sounded like you should be dead, but here you are fully healed only a few hours after Twilight found you.”
“Ok, but that still doesn’t explain why I couldn’t use my magic on him.”
The Doctor walked over to me and ran a finger along cheek and then turned and walked over to Twilight and asked “Twilight this may explain what I’m talking about?”
“Ok… but Doctor what are you going to do?”
“Just a simple experiment nothing to worry about. I just need you to kneel.” She did what the Doctor asked, and he rubbed the finger he ran long my check with on the tip of her horn. “Now, Twilight try to use some magic.” Her horn started to glow, but stop where he rubbed her horn. You could see the strain on her face from the effort, but in the end she failed.
“Doctor how long will this last?” she asked with a worried tone that matched her expression.
“Only an hour and then it will begin to fade, so about two hours of no magic.” she grimmest at that “So… Twilight as you can see Abstract Radiation can absorb energy, and that is all that magic is. Also in most cases it destroys matter and absorbs the energy release and that is why it’s so rare for an object to fall into the Abstract Plain and survive without shielding.”
Celestia then walked over and scanned me with her eyes like she was looking for something she couldn’t find. “Um… can I help with something?”
“So Doctor what would you say? Is he dangerous or not?” she asked not looking away from me.
“Well… that remains to be seen, but he isn’t enough of a threat to worry too much about right now, but I recommend somepony which over him, evaluate his abilities, and to make should that he doesn’t cause any trouble.”
“What do you mean by evaluate his abilities? You don’t what he can do.” Luna asked with a tone of disbelief.
“No, I don’t.” he said in a flat tone “You remember when I said that Abstract Radiation is random, well it could have done countless number of thing to him that we haven’t seen yet and also with his amnesia we can’t get a base for what he could do before he fell through into this universe. So yes we need to evaluate him and his abilities. Oh and I don’t suppose you remember your name right?”
I thought for a second searching the deepest parts of my mind, but I came put empty, and I replied simply with a “No.”
“Okay so we need to find you one because we can’t keep calling you him, he, and you.”
Celestia asked, “how about Eric?” I thought over the name for a bit and found that I liked it, but I was curious why she suggested it, and I asked “I have to ask why that name?”
“Well… you remind me of somepony I knew long ago.”
“Ok. I like that name, I’ll keep it.”
The Doctor happily stated “Eric it is.”
“Ok with that settled let’s get back to who’s going to evaluate him.” Twilight asked.
Even thou he was turned away from me I could still see his smile growing larger before he said in a playful tone “why not you Twilight?”
“WHAT, Why me?!”
“A princess would have more than enough power to stop him if he went on a rampage, but Tia, Luna, and Cadence all have their kingdoms to rule so… that just leaves you.”
They were talking like I wasn’t here and that I didn’t have an opinion on the subject. “Wait… let me get this straight. I was pulled out of my own universe, hurled through a plain that could have destroyed me, but instead leaves me with abilities that I don’t even know what they are, then thrown into another universe which is ruled over by human looking pony only to find I can’t remember my past, and then… they say I need to be studied like some animal in a cage. Well I say that’s bull!”
They all looked at me then Celestia spoke “if you don’t like the doctor’s proposal, then I could always put you in a dungeon and let my scientists poke and prod you till they find out what make you tick.” She said with that motherly smile that was now terrifying me.
I gave and said with a trembling voice “Ok. Ok. Fine… if those are my only two options then I will… go with the first one.”
“Good.” She simply replied. “Now Doctor, when do you think we should start.”
“Well I spouse anytime Twilight is ready.” he said as walk out the door. Luna and Celestia followed after him.
I looked out the door before it closed, and I saw Luna and the doctor. They were talking about something. I looked at Luna’s lips because I couldn’t see the Doctor’s and what I got was “Ok Doctor… I can’t do that.”
‘What the fuck! I can read lips?’ I thought before Twilight brought me back to the medical room.
“Well I suppose we should get going so you can see where you’ll be staying for awhile.” She said awkwardly.
I was still a bit dazed from this whole experience, so all I got out was ok. “But first we need to get you some new clothes.” I looked down to see the black shirt I had on was covered in blood and with around five or so holes randomly scattered across my chest.
“Ok… but where should we go?” I asked her.
“I have a friend who would love to help.” She said, with a bit of pride. “Ok… I guess I’m ready whenever you are.”
“Well seeing as I can’t use my magic I guess we’ll have to walk there.” She muttered to herself.
Even thou I said I was ready I was still a bit apperceive of following this strange creature or ponies as they call themselves, but I still got myself off the bed and followed her out the room. She walked next to me humming a soft tune which did sooth me a little.
As we walked through the hallway to the hospital I saw a few ponies here and there and every one of them; I noticed didn’t look like any of the princesses. I thought about asking Twilight why that was, but I decided to keep it to myself, so I didn’t annoy or anger her.
As we continued through the hallway I lost myself in thought about what The Doctor said earlier about magic and wondered if there was a way it could send me home, but I was brought back to the hallway by Twilight asked me “If you have any questions, please feel free to ask, because if you’re going to be here for a while then you need to know a few things. And might as well start now, seeing as we have some extra time.”
‘I guess I don’t have to worry about asking questions.’ I thought still a little hesitant about talking to her, but through my reluctantly I still said “OK… Princess Twilight.” She sighed and responded fairly quickly in a tone that sounded frustrated. “I really don’t like being called princess, so please just call me Twilight. I don’t like using titles unless it’s necessary.”
“Ok,…um…Twilight.” I said, and she looked happier with that which gave me a bit more confidence and made me feel more comfortable in asking my question. “Well… I do have one question, I was wondering why I haven’t seen anyone-” but was cut off by Twilight.
“Anypony.”
“What?”
“If you say anypony, ponies won’t look at you funny.”
“Ok… so why haven’t I seen any…pony that looks like you or the other princesses, besides you and the other princesses?”
“Well that would be due to the fact that I am a princess.”
“Please explain.” I asked, and she responded in kind “Certainly Eric, like The Doctor said I’m an alicorn, and you see alicorns are very rare, and they, possess attributes of the three pony races: unicorns, pegasi, and earth ponies, which have led to them usually ruling over pony kingdoms.”
“Ok… I just that makes, wait you said ‘usually’ what did you by that?”
I she turned her head away from me and answered my question “…well… I’m the exception. You see I don’t have a kingdom to rule over.” My curiosity grew with that statement which led me to ask “if you don’t rule a kingdom then what do you do?”
“Oh…I’m a diplomat you see.” She said pridefully.
“Can… you please explain what diplomat means.” I said feeling so stupid for having to ask. She simply responded not question why comment “A diplomat is somepony that goes to other countries and strengthen our bonds with our allies and bridge alliances with other countries.”
“I see and why would a princess be a diplomat seeing as they’re so special?”
“I’m the alicorn of friendship that’s why.”
“Ok… again I have to ask you explain what you mean by that.”
“You see every alicorn has a kind of secondary talent beyond their cutie makes’. For instance let’s take Luna, she can walk in ponies’ dreams, and Celestia can read thoughts. Well I can sense emotions, which has proven countless times to help with international affairs, but I haven’t fully learned to control yet.”
I was feeling a reluctant at the thought that someone could enter my mine so easily, but the more I thought about, the more enraged I became as I realized something, ‘so that’s how Celestia knew what I was thinking, and she decide to go and fucking poke around my head without my fucking permission, Just great not even my fucking mind is safe.’
I guess Twilight picked up on my drastic emotion change because she looked over at me with a look of worry and what she said confirmed it “You ok? You became very angry very quickly.”
I calmed a bit to answer her in a normal voice “Yes I’m fine; it’s just that the thought of some-pony being able to poke around in my mind without my permission makes me a bit…” I trailed, but from the look of it she was able to understand where I was, going.
She looked away from me and said “I’m so sorry that I offended you, but like I said, I don’t have full control over it yet.”
‘Oh, god she thought I was talking about her.’ I mused kicking myself. I put a hand on her shoulder and a smiled. She glanced at me, and I told her “no, I’m so sorry if you thought I was talking about you. I was talking about Princess Celestia, So please don’t feel bad.” She seemed to cheer up a bit and put a weak smile on.
As we entered the lobby something hit me in the face. And I was sent sprawling to the floor. ‘What the fuck just hit me?’ I thought grabbing my jaw. I was then interrupted by someone rolled me to my stomach and pinning me there. I then heard a man’s voice say “Princess Twilight, are you alright?” Her response was full of venom and malice “HOW DARE YOU ATTACK HIM!! GET OFF OF HIM NOW!” The man tried to respond “Princess we didn’t know if-”, but was cut off by Twilight “I don’t care, and I said! Get off him, NOW!!”
The force pinning me was lifted, and I was able to return to my feet. I dusted myself off and turned to face two stallions one that looked like The Doctor and one with wings in gold armor with purple stars located in the center of their breastplates. Twilight was calmer now, and she then asked them explain themselves “Princess we saw this strange creature covered in blood following you and then grab you. We thought you were in danger, so we came to your aid.”
I tried to speak, but the pain on my face erupted, but I was able to work through the pain and say “Well Twilight it seems that they were just doing what they thought needed to be done. So you shouldn’t be angry right.” The stallions and Twilight all looked to me in surprise.
“You mean you’re not mad Eric?” I stood there rubbing my jaw where it hurt the most as I responded “Well no, I wouldn’t say that, but from the looks of it they seem to be soldiers or something. So with that in mind it would make sense that a creature that they have never seen before covered in blood no less grabbing one of their princess is cause for alarm, right”
I look to the stallions, and the one with wings spoke up “yes sir.”
She continued to stare at me before asking “You sure you’re not mad?” my jaw started to swell making it even harder to answer her, but I still managed to get out “It fine Twilight. It was just a misunderstanding. If you’re so unsure why don’t you just check?”
“Are you sure you just said you did like ponies poking around in your head?”
“Yes, but I also said without my permission, right.” she looked unsure and stayed like that for a few moments, but her face eventually relaxed back to normal. She then added “Ok… if you’re fine then I guess there is only one thing left to ask.” She turned back to the stallions and asked them “Why didn’t Princess Celestia inform you that I would be escorting a friend.”
Her definition I was given surprised me. ‘What? We’ve only known each other for a little bit and she already calling me friend.” I thought questioningly.
My attention was drawn back to the stallions. They look nervous and probably didn’t want to respond, but the stare Twilight was giving them forced them to “we… were informed ma’am…, but we thought it would be a pony ma’am.” I didn’t have to be an empath like Twilight to see that she was getting mad again so I acted quick saying “You see it was all just a misunderstanding. So, let’s just leave it at that and be on our way. Ok?”
She sighed and finally let out in a harsh tone “fine…, but I don’t want to see you again for the rest of the day. And I want you to apologies to Eric here! Is that clear!?” They apologized to me like she ordered, bowed, and departed. I looked over my shoulder and saw that the stallions were taking relaxed stances probably due to the fact I just saved them from a most likely severe punishment.
As we entered the lobby I didn’t see many ponies in there, but my curiosity peeked again. I asked her “So you said an alicorn has attributes of all three pony races, but I was wondering if you could explain these races to me?” but the swelling in my jaw was making it more and more difficult to speak ending with the last few words being spoken through clenched teeth.
She sighed in frustration, before walking up to one for the nurses and asking for an ice pack, to which the nurses gladly gave her. She came back and placed it on my injured jaw which sent waves of pain through by body, but slowly started to fade turning into relief. “Keep that there.” I nodded to show I understood, and that I appreciated her help.
She walked over to the reception desk and checked me out and proceeded to the doors. “And now back to your question. There are three races like I said pegasi, unicorns, and earth ponies. Firstly we have the pegasi; they are the ones with the wings.” She said with a flat tone.
We walked out of the hospital and into the streets of a small village which I guess was Ponyville. Some of the ponies looked at me fearfully, but quickly gave me a look of confusion before going back to their business muttering to themselves.
As she continued to talk I look at some of the buildings trying to get a sense of the town, I would be staying in for a while, but still catching every word she said.
“Next we have earth ponies, they are the ones that have neither wings nor horns. And finally unicorns, they are the ones with horns.” she finished in a slightly less irritated voice.
After she finished I stayed quite mostly due to the fact, I couldn’t open my jaw to continue our conversation. So we walk to this friend of hers’ which only took about 20 minutes before we stopped in front of a light blue and pink building.
She exclaimed “here we are. This is my friend’s store, The Carousel Boutique.” We moved to the door, and I opened it with my free hand to let Twilight in first. “My aren’t you just a gentalcolt.” She said in a mocking tone, and I responded with a simple shrug.
As we entered, I didn’t have much time to look around before a posh voice call out “I’ll be there in a second. Now Pinkie darling I have a customer waiting, but I’m sure Twilight had her reasons for sending you away. Just stay here, and I’ll be back in a little to talk some more. Is that ok dear?” My eyes went wide as recognized the voice that followed “Ok, Rarity.”
I looked to Twilight, but she wasn’t paying any mind to me as she called out “Rarity it’s me.”
“Oh, Twilight darling, please come and talk to Pinkie, she was in complete hysterics when she arrived.” Twilight almost ran up the stairs, and I followed just as quick coming to a room with a white unicorn mare with a purple mane dressed in a light blue shirt and a black skirt comforting a pink earth pony. The one for the forest to be precise, there was no mistake she was even still wearing her bloody clothes, but she didn’t look like how remembered her, her mane wasn’t curly and just laid flat. The sight made me feel a little worried for her.
“Oh, Twilight I’m so glad-” Rarity started to say, but stopped as she looked away from the mare that was sitting next to her and up to us. She focused onto me and I think the sight startled her a bit, but she preceded in asked “Twilight…who’s your…um… friend?”
“Oh… this is Eric.” Pinkie’s head shot up and her eyes with wide and then the next thing I know I’m being embraced in a bone breaking hug.
“Oh, so glad you’re ok.” Pinkie said back to the way I remember her looking. After a little bit, Twilight came to my rescues by lightly tapping her shoulder and said through giggles “Pinkie… you’re hurting him.” She looked up at me and quickly let me go backing a few steps away from me.
She then started to speak in an incredibly hyperactive voice “Oh, so sorry, I’m just so happy you’re ok. The Author was being a Meany-mean-face and wouldn’t tell me anything. I mean seriously when I woke up this morning he tells me”
She took a slightly deeper voice and took a stance of a parent scolding her child saying “Pinkie I need you to get Twilight and go to the Everfree forest immediately and wait till I tell you otherwise.”
She then took her normal voice and continued “and I was like ‘but why?’” but only to return to her deeper voice again “Pinkie don’t argue with me, this is my story!”
Returning back to her normal voice, she continued “so I grabbed Twilight and did what he said and waited for like ever until you showed up all bloody and dying, and I pleaded with him to help you but he said.”
Taking on the deep voice again “Pinkie, I’m sorry I can’t do anything.” She said in a voice full of worry and fell to her knees with her fists pointing to the ceiling “But you’re writing this story.”
I was thoroughly impressed by her for getting that all out in one breath. She stood put showing she was finished and stood next to me.
After her little speech, I discovered that my jaw was numb enough to talk, and I asked Twilight “Did that make any… sense to you?” all I got as a response was a sigh. I look over at her, and she was rubbing the bridge of her muzzle. “You ok…Twilight?” I asked slightly worried for her.
“Yeah, I’m fine. It’s just that her randomness can be… tiring at times, especially with the day I’ve had. That’s all.” Twilight walked over to Rarity, and I would have done the same, but I was kept in place by Pinkie.
“Hey, Pinkie do think you let go of me?”
“No.”
“And can you tell me why?”
“Yes.”
“Are you going to?”
“No.”
I gave up and decided with her standing next to me I could inspect her which to my surprise found that she was much shorter that I thought she would be with that monsters strength of her’. She only stood at about my shoulders with her a hair stopping at my nose. She had a figure that was just as nice as all the other mares I had seen today with hips and a bust that matched her figure quite well. She looked up at me and oh, god I lost myself in her brilliant blue eyes. It was hard to put myself away from the pools of blue that were engulfing me, but I managed it, albeit grudgingly.
I watched as the two mares finished their conversation and walked over to us “Eric dear it’s time to get started. Twilight has explained your predicament to me, and I say it would be a crime to fabulosity itself if I let you run around in blood stained rags like that for any longer than you already have.” Rarity said.
“Ok… Miss Rarity where do we start?”
“Oh, please Eric, you don’t have to call me that. Any friend of Twilight is a friend of mine, and I prefer friends call me Rarity. Now just come in here, and we can get started.” I followed Rarity into the room with Pinkie following behind me.
“Now… we must get that dreadful shirt off of you immediately.” I followed her instructions without question which got light blushes from both Pinkie and Twilight. I looked down to see why and what I saw was a muscular and very tone chest and abdomen, but also something that looked out of place, a tattoo over me heart of a two circle made of black and white spinning around each other and several lines surrounding them.
Rarity must have noticed them blushing and showed them out saying “out, out, I can’t work with you two gawking over him.” which not only deepened their blush, but managed to secure one to my face, as well.
She walked back to me with her horn glowing in a light blue aura engulfing my shirt in the same aura. My hand tingled as it floated up and over to a bin. “Ok, now just go stand over there and I will get your measurements.” She pointed to an area with three mirrors situated next to each other.
I walked over to the mirrors and looked at my reflections. There standing in front of me was a very muscular looking man with blond hair and blue eyes. As my eyes wandered over the figure I saw a few scars here and there, and the only thing that came to mind was “Is this really me?”
“It would appear so dear.”
I looked back at the mare, and she continued “I have absolutely no idea what it would be like to be in your place, but I hope that this can help you to feel more comfortable and show you that ponies will always help you.”
I could feel a tear roll down my cheek before I grabbed the mare standing in front of me in my embrace saying “Think you Rarity for all your kindness.”
“You’re welcome and I’m sorry to say this, but we should get back to reason you’re here.”
“Ok…now what do you need me to do?”
She floated over a tape measure. She told me to face the mirror and to extend my arms which I did. The type measure zipped around checking every little measurement and as she jotting down them on a clip broad. This lasted for about half an hour before she said “ok; I will have a new shirt in a few moments and the rest by tomorrow.”
I stood there, as she worked for a good ten minutes or so, before she floated over a small stack of clothes.
I unfolded the small pile to fine a simple white short-sleeve shirt, a black denim jacket, a yellow top that looked like the one Pinkie was wearing, and a pair of blue pants. “Now the yellow blouse and the pants are for Pinkie. Tell her that she can use the changing room downstairs.”
I set the clothes meant for Pinkie on a chair and put my two shirts on. As I moved around I couldn’t help but complemented Rarity on how well the clothes fit. I grabbed Pinkie’s clothes and left the white mare to work.
As I stepped into the hallway, I found both Pinkie and Twilight waiting for me, I relayed the message to Pinkie, and walked down stairs with the two mares. Twilight told Pinkie that we were leaving and left out the door, but Pinkie ran out of the store only seconds after us and zipped away. “Where she going?” I questioned.
“Most likely to get your welcome to Ponyville party ready.”
“My what?”
“Your “welcome to Ponyville party.” She does this for everypony, and she won’t take no for an answer. Ponies have tried and failed.” She said in an amused tone. The thought of her randomness brought a new smile to me lips.
Twilight decided to give me a quick tour of the town. After our little stroll, we walked to her home which she explained what it was before we even got there, but it still surprised me to find that it was a tree.
She walked in and beckoned me to follow. As I entered she yelled “Spike! Can you please come out here of a second?”
A male’s voice came from somewhere in the tree library “Ok Twilight, but you didn’t need to yell, I’m only in the kitchen.”
As I looked around the main entrance at all the book, I couldn’t help but feel a small twinge of joyfulness. My daze was interrupted by someone shouting “Twilight what di-? WHAT THE HAY IS THAT THING?”
I focused on the source of the shout and had a similar reaction when I saw the purple scaled teenager. To which Twilight sighed yet again in frustration. “Spike this is Eric he’s a human, And Eric this is Spike he’s a dragon!” she said in a rather quickly. I look at her and in the corner of my eye I could see spike doing the same, and we both asked in confused, but still alarmed tones “And what’s that?!”
A short expansion later we came to an understanding. “So you’re going to be staying here, right?” he asked me.
I said “I guess so.” But truth be told I really wasn’t sure myself.
“Ok, but Twilight where’s he going to sleep?”
“I think I remember a spell that could be helpful in this situation. It’s a modification spell.”
Both Spike and I asked in unison again “What does it do Twilight?”
“Follow me.” She led us outside. “Ok, let’s see if I can’t use my magic again?” as she said that her horn started to glow in a pink aura which brought a stranded look to her face, but the library did start to glow to in the pink aura.
After a few moments, the aura faded and Twilight started to fall, but I managed to catch her just in time. Worry clear in my voice I yelled to Spike “GET THE DOOR NOW!”
He ran in front me opening it for us. I swiftly moved to one of the coaches in the main room and laid her on it. “Are you ok Twilight?” I asked franticly to which she responded “yes… I’m fine that spell just took a lot out of me. That’s all. Please…go check out your room for me.”
Spike finally managed to make it to the coach and asked “Twilight what happened?”
“Spike don’t worry there are a lot of enchantments on this old place, so it was just a little harder to keep them all up. That’s all.”
“Ok… if you’re sure your fine, I guess not much to worry about.” Spike said looking a little relieved.
“Not much to worry about? She almost fainted doing something for me. Twilight if you ever have to do something like that for me again please don’t we’ll find a different way. Ok?”
She simply replied “Ok, Eric.” and I scooped her up which put a new blush on her face and ask spike to lead me to her room which he did. When we reached it, I laid her down on her bed and left her alone to get better.
I walked back down with spike and looked around to find a new door off to the side of the open entrance to the kitchen. I stepped over to the door and peered into find a fully furnished room.
I closed the door behind me and walked over to Spike, who was sitting in an armchair reading a book. I approached him asked if it was ok for me to read one of the books.
He looked at me surprised and said “Dude, you don’t have to ask.” I took his advice and went to one of the bookshelves and pulled a book down.
The title said daring do and the quest for the sapphire stone, finding it looked entertaining I brought it back to the coach. After reading the first few pages I was hooked, I lost myself in this adventure story.
After a little bit, I heard quick hoofsteps coming down the stairs and Twilight calling out “Oh, Eric I have good news!”
I looked at the clock and saw that an hour had passed. ‘Wow… that was quick; it hardly even felt like an hour.’ Responding to Twilight I asked “What Twilight?”
“I don’t know why didn’t I think of this before, but I have a spell that can help you regain your memory.” She said very eagerly, and I looked at her dumbfounded that she had something that could do that for me, but nervousness forced me to ask.
“But wait Twilight what if this spell does the same thing the last one did?”
“I’ve use this spell more times and it’s been more than enough time for that abstract radiation to wear off, so it should be easier to cast.”
“Well then what are you waiting for Twilight? If you’re sure, the spell is self then let’s use it.” I said with eagerness clear in my voice.
She walked closer her horn glowing in its aura before she grabbed the magic in her hands rubbing between them. She then placed the magic to my temples.
When the magic first touched me I felt nothing, but as I sat that pain quickly enveloped me body keeping me frozen to the spot. The next thing I know everything is fading to black and the last thing I see is Twilight grabbing me and the door slamming open, and Pinkie shouting “Twilight don’t, it’s a trap!!”
After my vision faded I was left in the same black void I was in before, but something felt different about it. It felt colder and more imposing then last time, but I didn't fall into the same emotional turmoil like my previous visit. No, I felt more of sense of curiosity to explore this emptiness.
So decided to turn in a detection that felt good and too started to walk. As I was wondering I found that the ground was completely smooth, featureless even. The next I found which made this place even more unsettling was the fact that I couldn't hear my own voice.
After a while of walk I was stopped by the blackness shifting in front of me into the form of two forms and one of them I recognized as myself, but the other one was so blurred I couldn't even tell who or even what it was.
The scene took me by surprise and I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I could tell it was an argument. I tried so hard to read their lips but the ability seemed to allude me no matter how many I tried it. As I stared I came to the relation that this might be a memory of sorts and I wanted know more. I continued to watch to see what would happen.
And as I continued to watch I found I could start to hear what I was saying, tell finally I hear from myself almost scream “I HAVE TO DO THIS FATHER!” to which surprised yet again from the memory me using the word father. “And you can’t stop me!” was what the memory me said before turning and walk away from the blur of a man who I would assume was my father. As I left the image continually started too disappeared tell they were both gone and a force almost pushed me to move forward.
As I walked I forward more of memory after memory flashed in the darkness and disappeared just as fast, but most were just images before they vanished back into the darkness. But some of these memories were of me balancing on a wooden pole, fighting in front of a massive stone castle, or of me holding a beautiful woman in my embrace and staring at something above us.
After a while of walking I was suddenly stopped and frozen in place in front of a memory of me and a woman. The memory me was on his hands and knees looking at the ground with blood soaking his torn rags of cloths and even more blood streaming his arms while she stood there laughing menacingly. She stopped her cackling and closed the gap between him and her in an instance and used the sword in her hand to tilt his head upwards to look at her and she said “Brother did you really think that simply opposing me would stop any of my plans?”
He spat at her and said “You have no right to call me brother!! You traitor, you’re nothing more than a soulless shell of the woman I used to love!!” her face split into a smile and she said chuckling “You’re right brother dearest.” She knee down and said “Especially sense I killed that little slut of yours.”
The memory me’s face contorted into one of pain and regret tell a single tear rolled down his cheek. She rose to her full height, raising her sword above her head into a striking position ready to cut him down. She started her attack, but stopped mid-way. Her face became one for worry with a look of fear in her eyes and then she exclaimed “You can’t!!! You’ll kill us both if you use that!!!”
‘What is she talking about?’ I thought, but was quickly answered by glowing marking covering the memory me’s body. He stood and said with a solemn look on his face “You have leave me no choose. I’m so sorry it had to come to this Akhos.” His eyes began to glow much like the symbols that covered his body, but they continued grow brighter and brighter well past my ability to look. And just when I thought it couldn't get any brighter everything went dark and I opened my eyes to look back at the spot where they were, but nothing was there, but blackness.
As I stood there I continued to stare at the same spot just hoping something would tell me what just happened, but my quandary was interrupted by the feeling to move forward again, but I ignored it still wanting my question to be answered. The longer I stayed there the more the feeling nagged me ignoring it the entire time tell. The longer I stayed there the more intense the feeling became tell it turned into pain that enveloped my whole body forcing me to move forward.
I walked my forced path tell I heard a familiar beeping coming from off in the distance. I stopped trying to focus on the direction it was coming from, but couldn't as the pain returned. I tried to ignore it again and tried to clear my head to find the sound, but as the pain became worse I found it hopeless and started proceeded forward tell something caught the corner of my eye and as I turned it was a light and as I stared at it I hear the beeping again and run to it ignoring the pain that was getting worse the further I went toward my only hope of escape in this void.
As I got closer to the light the beeping got louder and louder tell I was so close that the sound was defining, but the pain also got more intense as I got closer tell my legs couldn't take anymore and gave out on me, and I fell to the ground and listened to the beeping becoming quieter and quieter. I began to panic as I watched the light dim and with my last bit of willpower I crawled to the dimming light. As it looked so insufficient small I thought I might not make it, but with only a few more inches the light engulf me in its embrace. I closed my eyes and let the feeling wash over me andwhen I opened my eyes I was lying in a bed.
I was feeling confused and sat up slowly to look around in the room. I was staying in a hospital room that looked very similar to the one I was in before. With a quick investigation of the room I found Twilight sleeping in a chair with her head lying on the bed. Some of her hair was covering her face so I brushed it away and saw a pained look on her face that had undoubtedly been crying. ‘What happened to me?’ I thought.
I shook her shoulder to wake her only to find it pointless “Damn, she dead to the world!” I said out loud. “It would appear so.” said a voice somewhere in the room.
“Who’s there, Show yourself!” I shouted nervously. A figure emerged from the shadows and I almost instantly recognized him as The Doctor. “Calm down Eric! It’s just me.” I took his advice and relaxed a bit and said after a sigh I said “Please don’t do that again, Doctor and what happened to me?”
“Well I don’t think you’re going to like the answer to your question.” He said.
“What, why Doctor?” I asked feeling nervous again.
His face show his apprehension to answer me, but he sighed and said in a flat voice “You been in a coma for a week now which was caused by an unknown reaction of one Twilight’s spells and yesterday you went into critical condition. We didn't think you wouldn't wake up.”
“Wait I was in what again and I went into what?” I exclaimed.
Without missing a beat The Doctor said in the same flat tone “A coma is a deep sleep that lasts of a prolonged period of time and you went into critical condition which in your case was that your heart stopped… three time and the third time… you were pronounced dead for a good three minutes before it started again.”
I set there trying to absorb what I just heard, but as I set there one thing kept coming to my mind “How was Twilight holding up?” I asked him.
He’s face softened a bit and he began to chuckle saying “Very interesting, most people in your situation would be worried more about themselves and not others, but you’re more worried about the one who caused this to you. If I wasn't sure I could trust you before, I certainly know now do.”
Quite bewildered at his statement I asked “Why wouldn't I be worried about her?! She was probably worried sick blaming herself for this happening to me!”
“No I didn't mean it like that. All I meant by my comment was that your reaction to that information was a good way to see your character. But let’s get to why I’m here.”
“And why’s that, Doctor?” I apprehensively asked.
“I assume you are aware of the fact that Luna can walk into ponies’ dreams, right?”
“Yes Doctor.”
“And it’s not uncommon for comatose patients to have dreams.”
“OK Doctor, but what does this have to with the situation at hand?”
“Well then let me get strait to the point then. While you slept Luna could sense you where have a dream, but she couldn't enter it. No matter how hard she tried she just couldn't do it. So my question is what did you dream about?” I began feeling very angry that he would ask something so personal, but I was more confused as to why he wanted to know, so I asked in a tone that sounded angrier than I intended “What the hell would you need that for?”
“Now just stay calm Eric. I want to know because it allows me to see if your dangerous or not.”
“I thought you just said you could trust me?”
“Yes I do trust you as a person, but I don’t know want the abstract radiation did to you, so I don’t know if you’ll freak out and go on a rampage.” I thought about the Doctor’s words and decided that I could trust him, but I was still wary of him. “Fine Doctor.”
I started with the dream I had when I first got here since it might have some significance and continued through to the one I just had. “Hmm, interesting.” He mumbled to himself.
“What Doctor?” I asked eagerly.
“Oh nothing. Just an old pony thinking to himself that’s all. Thank you Eric” he turned and started for the door. “Doctor Wait!” he stopped in his tracks and turned back to me “Can you tell me what you meant when you said about you first getting here?”
“Ah yes, well I arrived much the same as you.” He said.
“Can you tell me about it?” I asked as he turned to the door again. “No, that’s a story for another time and place.” He said opening the door and leaving me and Twilight alone.
After the Doctor left the room I tried to wake the sleeping princess again, but before I had the chance a stallion in a white coat walked in. He didn't see me at first mostly do to the fact he was too focused on the metal board in his hands and muttering to himself. He stopped in front of the bed I was on and pulled off a similar board that was hanging on the railing.
“… Can… I… help you?” I asked and his head shot up and his pupils shrank to the size of pin heads. “Nurse!!” he exclaimed and then said “Um sir, do you know what happened to you?”
“Well I know I've been in a coma.” He looked taken aback by my statement, but let me continue. “Next I was informed that I almost died, three times.” I said in a calm voice and the stallion looked even more confused by this and asked “But who told you!?”
It was my turn to be confused and I said “The Doctor that’s who.” He still looked confused and asked “But which doctor told you that before coming to get me?”
“All I know is that he goes by The Doctor and nothing else.” As I finished a mare walked in and stopped immediately when she noticed me sitting on the bed and gained the same expression as the stallion did. “OK so now that all that is don’t can you tell me if I can leave yet?”
The purple princess started to stir before she said in a sleepy voice “wha’s with all the noi-” was all she said before her eyes focused onto me. We stared at each other for only a second before tears started to fall down her checks. I acted quick and pulled her into a hug and she started to say “I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!” over and over again. It broke my heart to feel her timbering as she cried in my arms. So I stopped her and made her looked into my eyes and then said “No Twilight, I should be the one to be sorry for worrying you.”
She pushed herself back into my embrace again and cried into my chest. I looked at the doctor and nurse who had picked up that they should leave and in the middle of doing so. After they left I turned back to the sobbing alicorn rubbing the back of her head trying to comfort her, and we sat like that till her tears dried up.
She sat back into her chair looking completely drained for both emotion and energy. “Um Twilight,” she looked up at me “Are you ready to go?” I asked to which she responded with a drowsy “Yes.”
I got up off the bed and help her up, but she fell to her knees. Realizing she must be more tried she looked, I scooped her up much to her protest, but I won in the end. I walk to the door struggling with the knobs a bit before open it and I seeing two stallions dressed in gold armor standing on either of the doorway. “Excuse me.” They looked back at me and Twilight “I am going to walk Ms.Sparkle back to her home if you would follow me that would be most helpful.” She nodded to show her approval.
They moved to the side allowing me to past. As we walked through the hospital I could see Twilight starting to nod off and as we got to the front door I heard soft snoring coming from the mare in my arms. I chuckled at her a bit and made sure that I didn't do anything to wake her.
We walk through the small town and the ponies gave me confused looks but continue on their way and the stallions helped me find her home. As we made it the library I asked the guards to stay outside as I deposited Twilight in her room, they nodded and opened the door for me which I thanked them for.
As I walked inside I found Spike standing at the base of the stairs looking extremely confused “Eric! When do you wake up? What happened to Twilight?” I didn’t say anything tell I reached him and said in a low voice “Twilight is fine let me just put her in her room and I will come back to talk.”
“OK…” is all the purple dragon said and after I climbing the stairs and put the sleeping mare in her room and being extra careful not to disturb her when I made my way back to the confused drake. I reached the main floor and found him setting on the coach looking quite distraught and drained. “You OK Spike?” I asked genuinely concerned about him.
“Yeah I’m fine. It’s just that Twilight worries me sometimes. I just wish she wouldn't do things like that you know.” He said using his hands to emphasize his point.
Feeling worried I asked “What she do Spike?”
“You don’t know?”
I shook my head and said “No, I only know a little of what happened while I was out.”
He’s face turned into one of pain and sorrow as he said “she…almost killed herself when you went into your coma.” I went wide eyed and exclaimed “WHAT?!”
His body relaxed and he sighed before saying “Yeah she didn't eat, hardly drank, wouldn't speak to anypony, and this is the first I've heard of her sleeping.” A tears rolled down his face.
‘She was that worried about me.’ I thought ‘why would she be so worried about me? She hardly knows me, so why?’ my head fell into my hands as I kept trying think why she would that. “You ok dude?” spike asked in a worried tone. I lifted my head up to look at the dragon and said “Yeah just wasn't expecting to hear that. That’s all.”
We fell into a silence as I fell into a slump and sat there just wanting to relax. After a little bit my thinking was intruded by a loud bang which caused me to jump out of my chair and land onto the ground. I got up and found Pinkie standing in the doorway with her hair completely flat and looking quite distressed. “Eric?!” she chocked before running at me.
(Pinkie and Lyra 3rd person in the Everfree Forest)
A straight haired Pinkie was walking furiously next to Lyra Heartstring who was whistling the song singing in the rain, but wasn't feeling exactly feeling herself at that particular moment. “How dare you do that to Eric!” Pinkie shouted at her friend. “And why are you using Lyra to talk to me when you can just speak to me normally?” she asked.
“Well Pinkie for one I like talking face to face if you will and Ms.Heartstring here lets me do that. And for the Eric thing I couldn't help that.” The author said through the green mare. Pinkie stopped in her tracks, turned, and slapping Lyra. “Why would you ever need to do that to him?” She asked.
Lyra took on a stern face as he said through the mare “Pinkie if you do that again you will regret it. I am not here to defend my actions, I’m here to try and calm you down.” The author stated. “Then answer why you had to do that to him?” she yelled.
“Pinkie, I know you don’t like seeing ponies suffering or in pain, but you have to let me write the way I write. So please keep in mind that this story will have drama that looks pointless on the surface, but it will always be coupled with some sort of purpose or reason.” Pinkie didn't respond and just walked off muttering “stupid mean author.”
“Pinkie you know I could make Eric’s life even worse than it already is, right?” the author threatened.
“Yes I know that all too well and I can’t do much to stop you, but all I ask is can you please try not going too far.” She pleaded without look at Lyra.
“Pinkie, I promise that I won’t do anything that will be too much for him. Oh and before I go you should know that something is happening to Eric at the hospital.”
She spun around and asked worry clear in her voice “is it good or…bad?”
“You’ll have to see for yourself.” The author said. Pinkie’s eyes went wide and she shouted “TELL ME NOW!!” but the author wasn't there anymore and Lyra recoiled from Pinkie saying in a shaking voice “Tell you what Pinkie? And where are we?”
Pinkie knew he was gone so instead of answer the scared unicorn she just ran past her in the direction of the hospital fearing what he might write. “Pinkie wait?! Where are you going?!” called a very confused Lyra. As she ran images kept flashing in her mind of what could happen to him.
As she reached the hospital she didn't want to waste any time and made her way to Eric’s room doing so many times before, but stopped when she didn't see guards standing at the door. Her fear growing again as she walked in to find an empty room. “No, No, No!” she said and need to find her friend Twilight who might be at her house.
She ran even faster to Twilight’s house and as she finally made it to the library, she almost broke the door in her hurry to get inside. As she looked in she saw Spike setting on the couch grabbing his chest and something moving behind a chair before it got up and was reviled it to be Eric. She looked at the human and all she could say past the lump in her throat was “Eric?!” and she ran to him to make sure he wasn't just her imagination.
The next thing Eric knows is Pinkie’s crushing him in a hugs “Oh mother Celestia I was so worried something happened to you when I didn't find you or Twilight at the hospital.” She said.
“Um…Pinkie…can you…please let me…down” he grunted out. “Oh… I’m sorry Eric” she said letting him down. After he straightened himself and caught his breath he asked “Now Pinkie what going on?”
“Well…um… I went to go see you at the hospital and…um… you weren't there, so I got worried that something had happened to you so I came to see Twilight.” She half lied. A small smile appeared on his face as he said “Well, I’m so sorry if I worried you, but as you can see I’m just fine and Twilight is sleeping upstairs.”
He pulled her into a hug which she gladly accepted and said “Pinkie it’s good to see you and all but Twilight needs her rest, I just want to relax for a bit, and look at spike.” She did what he said and looked at the dragon still breathing heavy from the shock of Pinkie’s entrance. To which she simply and joyfully said “OK.” and walked out the door.
“Well that was interesting.” The human said to the dragon who just rolled his eyes in response.
(Somewhere on earth 3rd person)
A clocked figure stepped into a room carved out of a cave wall and walk up a stone table surrounded by five other hooded figures. “Now that were all here Venti, why did you called us here?” asked one of the clocked figures in a deep gruff voice.
One of the figure chuckled at the question and said in a mocking tone “Isn't it enough just to see me, Ignis?” And In response to Venti’s question Ignis shoot a stream of black fire aim at the chuckling figure.
Venti realized what was happening and spread his wings and took to the air, but the black fire followed him. “Ignis! Stop this pointless bickering, and Venti tell why you brought us here and speak quickly I’m already tired of your presence.” The most imposing of the five said with a voice dripping with anger and frustration.
Venti chuckled and said “Well Procellárum before I was rudely interrupted by Ignis,” Ignis rage flared again at the little pest, but he didn't dear upset Procellárum. “Was going to say that her seals are breaking.” Venti said.
“Wait, you found her?!” one of the unnamed figure questioned. He chuckled again and said “yes, brothers and she waking up.”
Ignis roared “stop this taunting where is she you insufferable gyrphon!” which caused Venti to state snickered and turned saying “Follow me.” He led them to a new room with a statue setting in the middle covered in runes and markings. The five looked upon the woman in awe and happiness.
“Mistress.” Ignis cried walking up to the piece of stone, but as he got within a foot of it he was thrown backwards into one of the wall. He recovered fast walked over to the snickering gryphon and grabbed him by the neck with his scaled hand. “Venti what is this!” he yelled causing Venti’s hood fell back to show a scare covered gryphon head with a coat made of black feathers and a black beak.
“Well I was going to tell you that we can’t touch her, the seal barrier makes sure of that, but I thought a visual demonstration would be better.” He snickered at the enraged Ignis holding him. He roared at Venti and threw him, but the gryphon stop in midair hovering above the ground snickering to himself.
“Now bothers I found her in some backwater village temple. And when I got there tried to fight me, which still caused me to laugh at their cluelessness. It’s needless to say that I killed almost all of them, but when I found her the priests put a seal barrier on her to keep us away. So Firstly I tried controlling a few of the remaining nuisance in the village to move her, but my magic was dispelled after they crossed it.” He started to snicker again and said “so I use move persuasive means on them to get their help and they were more than happy too.”
“So that explains the corpses at the entrances.” One of the unnamed figures said. “Yes Aquam it was so much fun watching them take their own life. Oh and Aquam I almost forgot that I saved a few for you.” he clapped he’s talons together and a group of five women were carried in by a group of horribly deformed black monsters “And Terra you’re welcome to the bodies.” he chuckled.
The two hooded figures walked closer to the screaming women and as Aquam took the lead he said “come now my darlings we won’t hurt you.” He said with a voice filled with lust and desire and pull he’s hood back with a scaled covered hand to revile a gorgeous young man with longs green hair and scales bordering his face.
The women stopped their thrashing at the sound of his voice. They knew what he was and tried not to look at him, but couldn't help it and as their eyes met his they were entranced. “There you see my lovelies there’s nothing to fear here.” The monstrosities that were holding them set them down and with all their will they tried to run, but they couldn't move from the spot.
Aquam walked forward and pulled one of them into his arms and gave her a long deep kiss which lasted for a good two minutes tell he pulled his head back and an ethereal cored flowed between their mouths. She looked at him in fear as her soul was being stolen from her. This continued for only a few more seconds as she felt her heart start to slow and her body become colder. The cored slowly ended which left the woman as nothing more than a lifeless husk.
“Ah, now that was tasty. So young, so full of life. Who’s next lovelies?” he cooed and through the corpse to Terra who caught it mid-air. He removed his hood as well to show a blood red horse head “still warm!” he stated and bit into the neck of woman. He worked his mouth and a small trickle of blood escaped out of his mouth. He pulled back his head and removing a hunk of flesh and Terra continued to eat until she was reduced down to nothing, but bone. He looked at Aquam was about to finish his next victim and listened to the others talked.
“Now that we have her we need to find a way to break the seal barrier and then prepare for her return.” Venti said in an uncharacteristically stern voice. “Yes, most I agree with the little past. We need to be ready for her.” Ignis said. Venti face contorted into one of anger and with a powerful flap of his black wings shot a powerful blast of air at Ignis who was sent flying into a wall. “DON’T INSULT ME IN THESE SERIOUS MOMENT, YOU BRAIN-DEAD LIZARD!!” he shouted. Terra and Aquam stopped their feast and watched the event unfold.
Ignis got himself off the floor and was ready to attack the bird, but couldn't as he was pushed up against the wall by Procellárum’s arm against his neck. He screamed at him “ENOUGH OF THIS POINTLESS FIGHTING YOU MISERABLE EXCUSE FOR A DRAGON!!” without looking he aimed his arm at the bipedal bird and fired a bolt of energy hitting his chest and causing him to fell to his knees clinching the spot.
Procellárum release Ignis and let him fall to the floor coughing and walked over to the wheezing bird and leaned his head down close to kneeling gryphon and said “If you I see you two fighting again this will the least of your worries, your bickering is laborious.” And he impacted the breathless gryphon in the stomach with an electrified fist which caused blood to trickle out of his beak.
“Is that clear?” he ask the gryphon who nodded his head rapidly in response. He walked away and left him to wheeze of the floor. After a minute of coughing and wheezing he sat up. “Before the old priest died I got a little information out of him to on how to break the seal, but this is where it gets complicated.”
Terra finished his third meal and asked “what do mean bother?”
“We need the element of soul to willingly break the seal for us, brothers.”
“What? But I haven’t seen the elements for a millennium, ever sense that damn pony princess broke them.” said Ignis.
“Yes I know, but there is a new bearer and we just need the little worm to break it and then kill it.” Venti said.
“Do you know where it is brother?” Terra asked.
“Yes in the ponies country of Equestrian.”
“Then I will go and find this bearer. Seeing as I look the most like them.” stated Terra.
Terra emerged from the cave onto a balcony on the side of a mountain, overlooking a thick forest. After looking over the forest for a few moments, he placed his fingers to mouth and produced an ear shattering whistled. Followed immediately by an equally as loud roar from somewhere in the forest. A giant midnight black manticore with a red tipped tails fell from the sky.
It folded its wing as the stallion walked moved closer and rubbed back of its ear to which caused it to purr peacefully and swished its tail. “My friend, The Mistress is waking up and we need an element bearer. I don’t expect this to be extremely dangerous, but I may still need your help, Veloces. Will you help me?”
The beast move one of his eyes to look Terra’s before saying in a deep gruff voice “of course my friend.” He bowed to let Terra on. And with him comfortably situated he yelled “ok then, to Equestria!”
It opened its mighty wings and purpled them upwards and hovered over the forest; it turned westward and shot forward at blinding speed.
(Eric first person inside the library)
I awoke to sudden warmth and comfort, fluttering my eyes open, I found that I was in an armchair covered in a blanket. I was dazed for a few moment not even realizing that I fell asleep.
I looked around the room and didn’t see anyone.
As I sat there, a smell penetrated my nose, and it was heavenly. I stood causing something to fall from my lap taking the blanket with it. I found it to be a book on Equestria’s history. I quickly picked the two items up and set them both on the table next the armchair.
With my task done, I decided to follow the aroma to a new room. As I looked around the room, I found Spike standing in front of a large metal box tending to something while humming a merry tune. He was dressed in a white shirt with the sleeve rolled up, a pair of brown pants, and something pink covering his front.
“Hey Spike, what’s that wonderful smell.” I asked him which caused the dragon to look over at me and say “Oh, Eric your up I see. Well it just pancakes.” The name confused me a bit, and I voiced my question.
“What are pancakes?” this made his eyes grow a bit, but shrink back to their normal size he set me down at the table and placed a plate in front of me, which had a stack of things on it.
“Eat.” he said while giving me a smile, before returning to his precise position.
I grabbed the metal object that was sitting next to the plate, and I recognized it as a fork. It fell into a comfortable place almost immediately.
I cut a wage out of the pan-cakes. I stabbed them and brought them to my mouth, and a wonderful sensation enveloped my mouth. It was soft, fluffy, and wonderfully sweet. The pancakes were gone in a few moments leaving a bit of the goo on the plate.
“Hey, Spike?”
“What?”
“When I first got here Twilight gave me a short tour of the town, but I still didn’t see much. Could you show me around?”
“I would, but I need to keep the library open seeing as Twilight still out, dude.” Was what he said, but just when he finished there was a knock at the door.
“I wonder who that is?” he said before getting up and walking out the room.
I heard his steps get fainter till they stopped and the sound of the front door open; then the hurried voice of Pinkie entered my ears “hey, Spike what you up to? How’s Twilight doing? Is Eric up?”
‘Damn she can speak fast!’ I thought still trying to get used to the pink mare’s energy.
“Oh hey, Pinkie. I’m not doing much; Twilight is still sleeping, and yes Eric is up and in the kitchen.”
I could hear two sets of footstep before both Spike walked in followed by Pinkie who was dressed in a pink dress that was just a tad darker than her coat “hey Eric!” she said.
“Hey, Pinkie! What you up to?” The two walked in further and sat at the table with me.
She took on a very serious face then said “Well, you said that you needed to rest for a bit and by my calculations it has been 256 bits. Way more than what you said.”
“Uh…” I looked to Spike and all I got was “Well you did say that, now didn’t you?”
I looked back to Pinkie, who was waiting eagerly for an answer. “I guess I did. What you have in mind Pinkie?” I asked her.
“I know!” exclaimed Spike as a small smile formed on his face “Pinkie, how about you show him around town seeing as he didn’t see much when he first got here, Twilight and I can’t it right now, and you know everyone and everything in town.” He explained.
“Ooh, I like that plan!” stated an excited Pinkie.
“Well seeing as I don’t have anything better to I guess that’s what I’m doing.” I said.
“Well then let’s go!” she exclaimed while pulling on my arm.
“Ok, ok, Pinkie we’re in no rush.” I told her.
“I know, I’m just so excited. That’s all. Oh and I almost forgot.” She said before letting go of my arm and reached behind her back and reviled a pile of what I think are clothes and a pair of nice looking black shoes “Rarity asked me to give you these.”
I looked at the mare and wanted question her about that little stunt, but thought better of it.
I grabbing the stack and said “Do you mind me going and putting this on?” which she nodded too.
I made my way to the room Twilight gave me, closed the door and unfolded the custom made garments. In total, there was three different set of clothes. Most looked to be causal or work clothes, but one set looked to be more formal then all the other. It had a blue shirt that buttoned up the middle, a black jacket, and a pair of black pants.
The shoes looked like they could go with any of the outfits. I looked over the outfits a couple times, but kept going back to the formal one and after my third time going over them I gave up on the others.
The suite was perfect and complimented the seamstress’s skill. ‘I really need to pay her back for this.’ I thought.
I walked out to find an eager mare who exclaimed “Wow! You look good!”
“No, it’s more likely that Rarity’s skill is to blame here.”
“Well she is a master of her craft.” the drake yelled from the kitchen.
“You ready to go Pinkie?”
“Yep!”
“Spike! We’re off.”
“Ok.” he replied which prompted Pinkie the start pulling on my arm again. “Still not in a rush.”
“I know, but there’s so much to see!” she said while forcing me out the door. “Ok, ok! Just calm down.” I started walking, and she took the space next to me bouncing the whole time. ‘Where does she get all that energy from?’ I thought, but decided to keep it to myself.
It was about midday and pinkie had led me through most of the town and had stopped bouncing a little ways back, but had been talking the whole time. It was amazing at the sheer amount of energy this mare had.
While she gave the tour, I would see a few ponies here and there with either curiosity or fearful looks on their face. I tried to be friendly by waving to each of them, but they avoided me, and even couple of them looked almost disgusted of me and would literally run in the opposite direction from the two of us.
I felt a small hand grab onto my shoulder followed by Pinkie saying “Aw don’t worry about them! They just need time to get to know you first; that’s all.”
I looked over at her and said “Yeah, if you say so, but I still disheartening all the same.” And she looked like she was going to respond, but small groan was heard coming from Pinkie’s stomach followed by one coming from mine.
“Hey! Do you want to get something for lunch? Ooh, I know, there’s this nice little restaurant that I love eating at! You want to go there?” she asked.
“Sure let’s go there.” I said and bowed and motioning for her to lead before saying, “Please lead the way.” which made her giggle a bit.
She led me in further into town to a small building with were many tables strewn and many ponies joyfully taking or eating at these tables. ‘That must be the restaurants she was talking about.’ I thought to myself. She walked up to a stallion with a cream coat and a blue slicked-back mane.
The stallion looked over me for a few seconds before he asked “Table for two.” His tone was very neutral, almost bored. Pinkie nodded to answer to his question, which prompted him to say “Very good, follow me.”
He led us to a table that was on the opposite side. As we sat he placed a booklets in front of each of us which said menu. “Call me over when you’re ready to order.” He said before walking away.
I looked over the… menu and really didn’t know what was good, so I asked “Hey, Pinkie what do you think I should get?”
“I like this one,” She pointed the salad. “But ask for no daisies, they over power it.”
“Good to know. You ready to order?”
“Yep. Waiter!”
“Yes ma’am, are you ready to order?” he pulled out a notepad and pen.
“We're both going to have salads with no daisies.” she said which he wrote down.
“Very good, ma’am. I will be back in a few minutes with your food.” he said before walking off into the building.
The stallion returned shortly after that with our food. Pinkie continued to talk while I zoned out for a bit, until Pinkie shouted “Hey, AJ!” which brought me back to reality.
“Howdy sugarcube!” said a voice from behind me which then asked. “Who’s this?” causing me turn around to look. I found an orange mare with a blonde mane being covered with a brown hat. She was dressed in a blue denim pants that stopped just above her knees and a pink shirt with white stripes tied in a knot in the front, which sat above a solid green shirt.
Her eyes grew a bit “You’re that fella from the hospital! The one that Twi got so worked up over!” What she said perplexed me a bit till I figured out what she meant which brought back the same feeling of sadness, but disappeared quickly. “Pardon me, if I upset you.”
I put a smile on and said “No, no! It’s fine, there’s nothing we can do about it now, so please sit.” She sat in the seat next to me.
“I should introduce myself all proper like, I’m Applejack.” she said while extending one of her hand to me.
“And I’m Eric. So, is it safe for me to assume, you two are friend?”
“We’re the best of friends. Isn’t that right AJ?” Pinkie chirped happily.
“We sure are, pink. So what you up to, sugarcube and how’s Twi? I worry ‘bout her at times!” she asked.
“I was showing Eric around town and Spike told me Twilight still sleeping!”
“I-” she paused while staring at me, but soon her eyes grew angry “AW, Celestia damn it, those little varmints are up to it again!” she got up from her seat and said “Sorry, Sugarcube; I have to run, some youngins are trying to steal my apples again.” she took off down the street after a few children, yelling “you better hope I don’t catch you!”
“Well, she defiantly fun.” I said which made Pinkie giggle a bit.
“Well, it looks like we’re almost done!” Pinkie exclaimed with a smile spared a crossed her face.
“Really, well I guess we need to finish then, now don’t we?” I said as I looked at the sun which hung low in the sky.
“Yeah!”
“So what do we have left?” I asked.
“Just one last place, The Sugarcube Corner! It my favorite place in all of town.” I followed her and asked “and why is that?”
“Cuz, I work there silly!” she said with a giggle that made me chuckle a bit at her.
As we walked through the quickly darkening street of the village, I started to wonder way I wasn’t seeing any ponies, but brushed it off as it was getting late.
“Eric we’re almost there!” she pointed to a strange looking building which I would assume was the sugarcube corner. But as I stared at Pinkie’s place of employment, I started again to question why all the lights were out and looked close, especially if she wanted to show me it.
We were at the doorway when I said “Pinkie I think it’s closed.”
“Well I live here with the owners.” She said while turning the nob.
“Well it looks like they’re closed, so I I’m going to head back to Twilight’s.” I said as I started to turn, but was stopped when Pinkie shouted “NO!” I faced the mare who looked nervous. “I um… just wanted um… just wanted you to… you to… you to meet them. Yeah, that’s right; I wanted you to meet them.”
What something did feel right about what she said, but I ignored it and smiled at her. “Ok Pinkie, let’s go meet them.” she calmed a bit and grabbed my arm, pulling me into the dark room, closing the door behind me. When I was completely enveloped in the blackness, Pinkie let go of my arm, leaving alone. “Pinkie, where did you go?”
“Just follow my voice.” She said in the dark. I did as she asked, not even knowing where I was. “You have to find me first.” She said happily. “Come on Pinkie… where are you?”
“Just a little further.” She said as I continued to creep forward. “Almost there.”
“there we go!” she said and two things because very clear to me, one being I there was a binding light, which made it impossible to see, and two there was a mass cheer of “SURPRISE” both causing me fall to me backward.
As my vision cleared a bit, I began to see a mess of colors quickly changing to ponies. There was a banner hanging from the ceiling that said on it “welcome to Ponyville.”
“Are you surprised?” Pinkie asked me with a grin formed a crossed her face, but I was still too dazed to answer her. “Do you not like it?” she asked me as her gain began to fade. “Um… yeah, I guess, but I don’t really know what it is.” I said. She looked totally taken aback by that and said “it’s a party silly.”
“Pinkie, dear, I don’t think he knows what a party is.” Said a green mare with a two toned mane of white and green. “WHAT?!?!?! Doesn’t know what a party is?!?!.”
“It would appear so.” The mare said again.
“Well, we’ll just have to fix that.” She pulled me off the floor and dragging me around the room the meet new ponies.
(Twilight’s dream third person)
Twilight opened her eyes to find her laboratory, but it was deformed with blood soaked saw hanging from the ceiling, instruments which only had one purpose and one purpose alone, to torture ponies, buzzing machines which still had ponies long dead in them, and Eric, laying bare chested on a metal operating table, strapped down completely helpless.
He had what she could only call true utter fear showing clear in his eyes. He pleaded “Twilight stop! Please!”
‘Stop what? What am I doing?’ she asked, but received no answer.
Twilight could feel the wicked smile splitting her face. “Now Eric, I just can’t that.” She said in a voice of lust and joyfulness. ‘Who said that?!?!’ she asked, but still no reply. “Especially when I can learn so much from you.” The voice said again while walking closer, grabbing a scalpel from a bunch.
He struggled against his bindings proving useless. The smile fade from her face, and she took ahold of his hair, brought hers closer, and screamed “STOP STRUGGLING! Your sacrifice will be for the good of science, isn’t that just wonderful.”
‘No, this is wrong! STOP THIS NOW!!’ she yelled, but gained no response. She placed the blade to his chest but then felt control again. ‘Go on Twilight, you know want to.’ said a voice echoed in her head. “What!?!?! No, I would never!” she tried to throw the blade away, but just couldn’t.
‘Aren’t you just dying to know what’s inside him?’ the voice echoed in Twilight’s head as she began to cut into his flesh, He’s screams were sickening, and the blood, the warm crimson blood, only made her tremble and tried to close her eyes, but just couldn’t. She was transfixed to the sight. The man’s screams were dwarfed as the voice cooed ‘Think of all that you could learn from him? What’s inside him?’
“Twilight, please stop!” the man begged quickly being gagged by magic. “No, no! Test subject don’t get to talk.” Twilight was forced to say yet again.
‘STOP THIS NOW!!!’ she screamed to the voice. Her hand lifted, leaving a bloody ‘Y’ cut. His breath was quick and pained; the color in his face was fading slightly. “Just one more thing left, my dear Eric!” the voice said through her, as her hands pulled apart the skin and muscle to show his still beating heart.
Tears began to fall from her face as she sobbed inside ‘Please just let him live!’
‘Too late.’ The voice hissed.
“One of my favorite parts. Hum let me see; I have to be very careful with him, not too rough.” Twilight gleefully sang while removing organ after organ tell the heart was left. “My dear Eric, it looks like I’m going to steal your heart anyways.” She said before placing a small kiss onto his cold dead lips. “Thank you, Eric.” She took a firm grip on his heart and pulled letting his still warm blood splatter over her arms.
She shot up with a start in her bed screaming. She held herself to try to stop the shaking and the heavy breathing. She looked around her room quickly, but couldn’t tell what anything was in the pitch blackness. She calmed herself a bit. “Just a dream! Yeah, just a dream, that’s all it was.” She said softly to herself.
“Twilight!” called a pained and ragged voice. “Twilight, why?” the voice asked. She stumbled with the light for a bit. Her fear returning even stronger now.
As the light flickered to life, she felt sick by the sight. There hanging from the wall was Eric. His body up against the wall hanging limp by stacks, his chest open and empty, and blood still dripping to the floor to form a pool on the ground.
She heard a soft beating coming from her lap. Looking down she found his heart slowly beating pouring blood onto her bed.
“Twilight, why… did you do it?” voice asked. Bring her attention back to the limp body that was staring at her. The blood streaming from his eyes, down his face, and adding to the puddle below him.
“No, no, NO!” she screamed.
“Twilight! You’re dreaming, wake up!” Eric exclaimed, calming her a calm a bit before blackness claimed her.
(Eric first person)
The moon was high in the sky when spike and I left the party, and as the celebration went on I noticed Spike becoming more and more irrational and loopy. And when he vomited up a letter and pasted out, I decided that it was time take him home.
“Hey, Spike you good?” I asked the drake on my back, and all I got was soft snoring “Kay, just keep up the good job then.” I said walking through the small town.
On our approach of the library, the drake began to stir. “whas goin’ on?” he asked slurring most of his the words. “Almost home.” I said which the snoring resumed shortly after.
I stumbled with the door for a bit before I got the thing open, but as it swung open the atmosphere felt heavy and wrong, like something was wrong. I continued to the couch, to put him there for the night, but when I heard a scream coming from somewhere in the house, I dropped him and everything I was holding.
“TWILIGHT!” I shouted, gaining no response, but screaming. I ran to her room finding her in her bed, flailing her arms, and screaming on the top of her lungs. I quickly made it to her bed and grabbed her wrists and held tight against the bed, but she was still screaming. “Twilight! You’re dreaming, wake up!” I shouted at her.
She calmed and after a few seconds her eyes shot open. “Eric!” she said in a raspy voice. Her eyes began to water, leading the tears, then to sobs. I pulled her into a deep hug, but she continued to sob into my chest.
“I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!” she repeated over and over again.
I waited till she was a bit calmer and asked “What you sorry for?” but received no response. “Twilight, please just tell me!” I asked again, but still got no response.
“Please, don’t make me talk about it.” She asked after a minute of waiting. I hugged her tighter, and we didn’t say anything for several minutes as she sobbed into my chest.
Slowly the tears dried up, and she calmed a bit, allowing me move away. “You better now?” I asked which she nodded to. I nodded to her and said ok in a soft voice and started for the door.
“Wait!” she yelled to me, then said “Please, don’t leave just yet.” I turned back to her and said “well, I kind of dropped Spike on my way up here, and I need to see if he’s okay.”
“Dude, don’t worry about it.” Said the voice of Spike behind me. I turned to find him staring me straight in the eye. “Please, just give Twilight this.” He said as he handed me the now opened letter. “It’s her next assignment.” He said while walking away, scowling the whole time.
I walked back the bed and handed her the letter. Which she took it, but dropped it after opening it. “What’s wrong Twilight?”
“I leave for The Gryphon Empire in three days.” She said.
(Terra third person)
The Hammering Fist, a popular bar, which stands proud and strong on the border of The Minotaur Republic and The Gryphon Empire. And on this particular night, it was full of both griffin and minotaurs alike. And all of them were engaging in conversation enjoy themselves and a few drinks, but was silenced as the door flung open, showing a blood red horse.
They all shot their glares at him on his walk to the counter. He took a stool between two minotaur bulls of equal height, color and build and the patrons went back to their drinks and conversations. He waved to the bartender over, but was ignored. They stared at him for a long while, before finally one to the left said in a very thick accent “What’s uh ponie doin’ in thes’ parts?”
Terra didn’t answer him and again waved to the bartender, but was ignored again. The minotaur to the left slammed his fist against the wood before bellowing “ah said what’s uh ponie doin’ in thes’ parts?” The bar fell silent yet again and brought their attention back to the red horse.
“If you must know then listen to this you muscle bound shit for brains, because I don’t want to repeat it again for your oh, so tiny brains, I’m not a pony,” Terra spat out, not even turning to look at the bull who was quickly filling with rage. “And what I’m here for isn’t any of your business, so shut your yammering hole and leave, before I cut that thing you call a mouth off.”
The rage filled bull calmed as a smirked formed on his face, before said “Looks like a pony. Smells like a pony. Is a-” is all he could get out before his bottom jaw was yanked off and sat peacefully in the horse’s dripping wet hand. The bull fell to the floor from the pain and gripped his jaw while he writhed on the ground.
Terra rose and kneeled down to the pain filled creature and asked “I told you to shut that yammering hole or I would cut it off, now didn’t I?” the other was in total shock, much like most of the bar was. He stood and swung his large fist at the Terra’s head, but missed. He tried to pull his arm back, but couldn’t and a firm grip took hold of his wrist, keeping him in place.
“I just wanted a peaceful hour or two, but I couldn’t have that, now could I?.” Terra said while standing and spun to face the terrified creature “Just one fucking hour, but you little shits couldn’t give that to me, could you?”
Terra pushed the minotaur up against a wall and said “only cowards attack someone from behind and I no pity for cowards.” He slowly began to twist the bull’s arm, forcing him to the floor. “Now if you apologize, I’ll let you keep that arm of yours.” The bull looked him in the eyes and spat.
He slowly wiped the saliva from his face “Big mistake.” He continued to twist causing the bull to started begging, tell a resounding snap was heard and pain filled scream that sent shivers down most of the onlookers’ spines.
The blood red horse looked at the limp appendage still in his hand and said “What a useless arm, I guess you don’t need it, now do you?” he placed a foot on arm’s joint and started to pull causing the bull to scream in agony yet again, but the horrible ripping sound could still be heard.
With one last pull, the arm was removed causing the bull to spasm wildly in shook on the floor. He fell to his side writhing in pain as a puddle of blood did form under his body.
He walked back to his seat with the arm dragging behind him, before slamming it down on bar and sitting. As he turned a griffin took to the air and started to rush him, but the minotaur arm flying at him sent him back to the ground again.
His eyes shot open, but the stallion was already kneeling over him. “I guess I didn’t make myself clear. I DON’T LIKE COWARDS!” he screamed at the trembling creature. The griffin tried to move away, but was pinned in place. “N-n-no I wa-wa-wasn’t tr-trying to a-a-attack y-ou.” He stuttered.
“Not only are you a coward, you’re a liar too.” Terra grabbed his beak and said “liars don’t deserve tongues.” and crushed the beak, and he hovered his other hand over the griffin’s chest. “and cowards don’t deserve hearts.” he said before slowly moving his hand forward penetrating skin and muscle. The griffin’s screeches were deafening. Bone broke away as his hand went for its goal. He gripped tightly around the quickly beating organ.
The griffin’s breath came shallow and pained, and the light was fading from his eyes. “I guess this is good bye.” He pulled on the slowing beating heart tell in emerged from his chest, spraying blood over the stallion’s arms and its owner’s chest.
He watched it slow oozed blood onto his arm and said “it’s a bit small; it’ll have to do.” He bit into it like an apple and sucked it dry. He forced the griffin watch till he was gone.
Finished with his small meal, he grabbed griffin by the neck and throw the minotaur arm over his shoulder. Walking past the last remaining member of the cowering crowd and proceeding to the door. Without turning, he said, “I’m sorry.” And left.
He continued away from the bar for a little ways before snapping his fingers. The ground rumbled violently before open wide and consuming the bar and all that were inside.
He slowly made his way back to the campsite that he left his friend at. And on his way through the forest, he stepped in few blood puddles, here and there. These were the only thing to of the ones that left. As he approached the camp, the fire was still burning.
“Veloces!” The beast lifted its head to look at the red horse with the arm draped over his shoulders and the body being dragged behind him. “Brought food.” He said while tossing the limp piece of meat that was once a proud griffin to the beast, who eyed it hungrily.
The horse sat next to Veloces and rested against him, staring into the blazing fire while eating the arm. Memories of screams and blood flashed in his mind, memories of wars long since forgotten. He dropped his meal and his body began to shake violently, but was quickly stopped when a wing was draped a crossed him.
“No matter how old you get you’re there to comfort me.”
“Of course, my friend, just as you do the same for me.” Veloces returned to his meal, but Terra just stared at it. “My friend, do you think she’s really returning?”
“I don’t know, but for now we need to focus on the mission at hand.”
“I guess so.” Terra said while started to nod off. And like many nights, his dreams were of slaughter and pain and his birth.
