The Will of One
-ACTIVATING OPTIC AND ACOUSTIC SYSTEMS-
-SETTING PRIMARY AUDIO LANGUAGE TO EQUESTRIAN-
Randy let out a silent snarl mentally as his optic sensors activated, his expression matching the one on his petrified face. Despite what those ponies thought, petrification didn’t leave the victim unconscious and unaware of their surroundings. Instead, the victim is left immobile, but can still hear and see without any inhibitions.
Of course, that’s to be expected, considering that this is ponies I’m talking about, Randy brooded as his optic sensors continued to observe the deprecated castle. Ever since she and the rest of those ponies had moved to a new castle (Someplace called ‘Canterlot’, if his data banks were to trusted), the place had went to the timberwolves, with a good part of the building now dusty and crumbled. How many years have I been here again?, Randy thought as he opened his internal timer.
-Internal Timer - AA (After Arrival): 1247 Years, 6 Months, 8 Weeks, 4 Days, 15 Hours, 14 Minutes, and 26 Seconds-
Really, six months?, Randy thought in surprise as he put the program back into stasis, before letting out a chuckle and noted, I guess that I ‘woke up’ earlier than usual. As he continued to stare out onto the castle’s gardens, the place now overrun by the plantlife, he thought to himself, Through the glass twenty stories high, I have watched this city burn. And if everything that I’ve seen is true, He paused for a second as he thought over what he had seen from his prison before thinking with rage, there is no hope someday they will learn.
After a few seconds of silence, he had calmed down. With his rant now over, heopened his archived games in his memory list (Which he was grateful for, or he would’ve gone insane a long time ago), and thought to himself as he scrolled through the list, Now, what to play this time? Before he could open a game, though, he was jolted out of his internal navigation as he noticed something crawling over him. What the hell?!, He thought in shock as the object crawled up his face, and he soon saw that the ‘thing’ was a black vine, with navy blue thorns adorning the vine. Where the hell did this come from?!, Randy thought as his optic sensors began rapidly flipping through each of his various vision settings.
He came to a halt, though, as his optic sensors switched over to the mana-vision, only to find that the vine had a greyish-green aura surrounding. Of course it was caused by Discord!, He thought with irritation as he switched back to basic vision, That asshole has been giving me grief since I freaking arrived here. But with him physically incapable of doing anything, this led to the next several minutes of him just watching the vine as it continued to wrap around him, and he was
-WARNING: HARMONIC ENERGY FLUX DETECTED-
Randy froze at this notification, before a vicious grin grew in his head. I don’t know how this happened, He thought as he changed his optic setting back to mana-vision, but I’m sure as hell not going to pass this chance up!
Randy waited in bated breath as he watched for the flux of harmonic energy to arrive. He didn’t have to wait long, however, as the easily visible harmonic flux travelled along the attached vine, destroying it in the process. As the harmonic energy dissolved the vine, he let out the last of the chaos energy in his systems into coating his body. C’mon, this had better work… Randy thought as the last of the vine was destroyed. With the Plundervine now destroyed, the harmonic energy paused for a second before spreading onto the stone coating on him. C’mon, c’mon, He impatiently chanted as he felt the harmonic energy seep into the stone coating. A few tense seconds passed, and he almost thought that the harmonic energy wasn’t enough before a sharp crack cut through the air as a jagged crack rent open on his left arm’s casing.
AT LAST!!! He thought with glee as he immediately shifted as much energy as possible to the joint motors, and the joint whirred before his arm burst out of the stone with a jagged crash. With his arm now free, the rest of his body soon joined him as he burst out in a shower of stone, and his rusty vocal processors let out a cry as he jumped in the air… only to fall flat on his face as he felt a severe lack of energy in his body.
-WARNING: ENERGY LEVELS LOW! REFUEL AT CLOSEST POINT IMMEDIATELY!!!-
Randy let out a groan as the notification popped up, and he quickly closed it before shakily getting back up on his feet. Goddammit, I need to get to a charging station, He thought, before mentally starting up the teleportation process.
-TELEPORTATION PROCESS INITIATED-
-DESIGNATION: HOMEBASE NEO-
-ACCESS CODE: OMEGA ZERO WILY-
-ACCESS GRANTED-
-TELEPORTING IN 3…-
-2...-
-1…-
Randy gave a grin as he felt the static electricity build in the air as the teleportation effect began, and thought to himself, Just you wait, Celestia, for the God of Destruction has reawakened, and he’s hungry… As red streaks of light began to flicker around him, he said the last two words aloud before teleporting away, leaving the words to echo around the room:
“For blood.”
-Three Days Later-
“Twilight, do we have to explore the entire castle?” Spike asked as he opened the door and let out a cough as dust coursed out of the room.
“Nopony has fully explored the castle in centuries, Spike,” Twilight said as she followed him into the room, “There’s centuries of history that might’ve been lost in here.” She blinked in confusion, however, when she saw that the room had nothing in it, save for a stand and fragments of rock scattered across the room. “Now, what is in here?” She muttered to herself as she walked into the room.
“Twilight, I don’t think we’re supposed to be in here,” Spike muttered nervously as he entered the room.
“Nonsense, Spike,” Twilight scoffed as she walked up to the pedestal, her wings fluttering slightly as she did so, “No one’s been in here in centuries! Any threat in here has long passed.” As she drew close to the stand, though, she noticed that writing was etched in its side.”What is this?” She asked as her horn glowed for a second before the dust was cleansed with a cleansing spell meant for archaeological purposes. Once the glow of the spell worn off, she was surprised to find only seven characters in the stone. While she didn’t recognize the characters on either end, both of which were the same hoof-shaped symbol, but the script between it was surprisingly legible yet unfamiliar to her at the same time.
“O...Mega?” Twilight read aloud in wonder, before shaking her head. “Oh, I’m sure it’s just nothing,” She said aloud as she backed away before turning to the door, before telling Spike, “I mean, it’s not like this means the end of Equestria or anything!”
“Why do I feel like you just jinxed it?” Spike muttered to himself as he followed Twilight out of the room.