Follow a Enchantress through her travels through Equestria as twilight and her friends try to teach the smug Magician about the magic of friendship will she find out about friendship or be more destructive than Tirek ever was!
Follow a Enchantress through her travels through Equestria as Twilight and her friends try to teach the smug Magician about the magic of friendship will she find out about friendship or be more destructive than Tirek ever was!(if you guys like the ending but would prefer the other ending ask for it in the comments and ill make a parallel ending :D) (Enchantress is from the diablo universe BTW) I have not been able to recover the will to continue this story even after so long a hiatus if you desire to continue the torch you are not just allowed but encouraged by me to do so I'm sorry I couldn't deliver
Hello my name is Sarah and I'm an Enchantress of the Prophet. I was somewhere else, certainly not here. I was fighting and holding my own, in a place called Sanctuary. I was attacked by many Khazra, hit in the back, and everything changed. This is definitely not Sanctuary. I don’t know how I left or where I left to but enough about me let’s get on with the story shall we?
Anyway I've just gotten to this women’s (or mare; whichever term you prefer for a female pony) home and she tells me her name is Fluttershy. As to where I came from sancturary, is a place of magic, death, and destruction. Why do I say this? Well, simply because the demon attacks on humanity are almost daily now so it’s almost impossible to have a day without a demon in your front lawn and I was just a lowly enchantress barely able to fend off eight demons!
Regarding my conversation with Fluttershy; my first question was to establish her Identity to begin with.
"What is your name miss?"
"Fl-Fl-Fluttershy and you?" She barely mumbled back. An appropriate name for what must be the shyest person to ever walk Sanctuary or anywhere for that matter. If you want to know what she looks like well, she has a pale yellow coat and her mane and tail are a soft hue of pink.
"Sarah Valstrong" I quickly answered. An awkward silence fell between us, a moment passed that urged me on to my next question. Fluttershy’s mane and tail are ridiculously long and she retreats into her rose colored locks in fear at the slightest rustle of the wind. This behavior I find to be personally confusing, as times in the Sanctuary are rough and everyone is hardened or they go mad at this point. Which would suggest I might not be on Sanctuary.
“Do you know where I am and what planet am I on?"
She then gasped and started to briefly panic but she calmed down enough to answer me.
"Yo-you-you’re on the out-outskirts of P-P-Pony-Ponyville, the p-p-planet you-you’re on is Eq-Eques-Equestria." She spoke almost inaudibly due to her stammer. I took a breath to calm my patience and looked to her.
“Thank you, could you point me in the direction of…Ponyville, was it?” She pointed down a dirt road with a shaky hoof.
“Thank you, Fluttershy, good evening.” I said with a smile and turned from the door. I began down the dirt path and less than a minute passed when a rainbow pegasus flew above me. The wind she produced almost knocked me off my feet.
That was when I noticed that they were not in fact feet but hooves and as I look at myself more thoroughly I seem to look extremely similar to what Fluttershy looks like except my colors were very different. My hair or mane was shorter than hers for some reason. I had not noticed that I was walking on four hooves and when I was knocking on Fluttershy’s door I was probably not paying attention again. Thank the stars that I have instinctual senses ever sense I got polymorphed into a squirrel!
The pegasus landed not 10 feet in front of me. Instinct forced me into an offensive posture, ready for this pegasus to attack. She merely lifted an eyebrow at me, inquisitively. I relaxed and greeted her.
“I am Sarah Valstrong, that was quite an entrance, who are you?”
“I am Rainbow Dash and I am the fastest flier in all of Ponyville!” She said proudly, almost cocky about her skills in the sky. I simply shrugged and asked
"Why would I care? I'm not interested in your speed" Rainbow Dash gasped at my response
"How do you not know me!? I did the Sonic Rainboom at Princess Cadences wedding!" She shouted, I had obviously offended her. She was acting like a child and my motives were too important to be bothered with a child sense of pride.
"I’ve no idea who Princess Cadence is, why her wedding is so important, or what a rainboom is for that matter" I replied. She just gawked at my absolute lack of knowledge of her world and the jab at her pride.
After a moment she regained her ability to speak.
"Are you even from this country at all!?" She asked. I smirked more to myself than anything.
“Nope, I come from a place called Sanctuary were I have to fight for my life every day. So forgive me, I care not for Royal weddings or fast ponies" I told her. She again proceeded to gawk at me. A sheltered pegasus she must have been to have never even met anyone from outside the borders of her home.
“Are you joking? There’s no way I heard that right, right?" I had to laugh.
“I wish I were a liar at this point. Four hours ago I was killing demons! I got stabbed in the back with a javelin and I woke up in a forest near here! I suppose I could still be in Sanctuary and just not regained consciousness yet," I remarked. The ideas beginning to cross my mind would explain the bizarre nature of this world, but how could I dream of such innocence. A nervous pony and a childish pegasus…That’s definitely not me.
"What are you talking about? This is Equestria. Where is this Sanctuary that you just mentioned?"
I couldn't understand how she didn't know. You’d think if I had been dreaming the characters in my dreams would know a little more. And if I wasn’t dreaming, where was I in relationship to Sanctuary and how did I get here.
"It’s where I live, where I've fought demons my whole life, and where I think I died. Though I have to say if this is the afterlife I am awarded…it really sucks" I sneered. The wound in my back did not hurt, you still feel pain in your dreams. Death had to be the answer.
“This isn't your afterlife! Seriously, do I need to take you to the insane asylum!?" Rainbow Dash retorted. I glared at the pegasus and my temper flared.
"Try and I will personally kill you with a lightning bolt" The rainbow horse seemed to be riled and tried intimidating me.
"Oh yeah? Well, I’ll just take you down first!"
I effortlessly willed the power of the lightning within myself as this pony flicked her tail and pinned her ears. As I will the spell into existence I feel a similar sensation but instead of my hooves it’s on something on my head I really need a mirror. I then shot her with a bolt, not enough to harm her just enough to paralyze her for a minute. I walked over to her frozen figure and smirked down at her.
"If you dare try to harm me again I’ll kill you instead of paralyzing you. What was it? Oh! Rainbow Dash. Ta-ta"
Being done with this ‘challenge’ I continued down the dirt path I had been following. Some time passed and eventually I could hear something in the distance. I could hear singing, actual singing. Of all things that I have heard I have never ever heard another human being, let alone a pony, sing. So you can obviously understand when I finally found the musician and discovered to reason for their song, I became dumbstruck. They were rebuilding the town, a town that seemed to have been through some disaster.
I never thought that someone could be so happy after their town was destroyed. Then to hear the entire town singing in unison before. I came out of my stupor as some pony with wings and a horn came up to me.
“Hello, and who might you be?”
"Sarah Valstrong" I answered without even thinking, without even giving her a good look over. I was too distracted by the song of the community
“My name is Twilight Sparkle,” She spoke. I was distracted from the music by that name. Seriously though, what is with these ponies’ weird names? They all seem to relate to what they are as if it was preplanned or did they rename themselves?
Twilight regained my attention by speaking to me again.
“What brings you to Ponyville? I’m afraid I don’t recognize you,”
"I'm not from around here, not even from Equestria. I am coming to realize I am lost. I do not know what I should do now," I admitted to her. Twilight instantly went wide eyed. I didn't think it was possible for pupils to get that big…ever. Anyway she then proceeded to ask a million questions at once.
“Wha-“
“So many questions!” I snapped at her. She then blushed and took a breath.
“I am sorry, it’s just, that would mean you are from overseas. I don’t meet very many foreign ponies!” She chattered.
"I am not a pony but a human enchantress, I was defeated in battle and woke up in this strange place just off in the woods." I corrected her and looked down at myself. I then ask her if i can look in a mirror later she simply states that she would give me a mirror later. The purple Alicorn then started to ask me a million more questions which I was able to put her to a stop with a simple look. She composed herself again and asked just one.
"Why are you a pony now then?"
"I have no idea, but that’s what I want to find out!" Twilight then began to squeal in joy of finding out my new species probably…hopefully. Her excitement was becoming downright scary, I began to worry about the trouble this pony was going to get me into. This was turning out to be an absolutely terrifying day now isn't it?
Twilight’s trying to get me to come with her to some crystal castle thing. She’s now resorted to trying to drag me with her in some kind of mad state by pulling on my…tail. I really have to say to her efforts were cute all be it annoying.
We must have been creating a scene because we, right then and there, got company. It was a solid pink pony whose mane and tail was puffy as all hell. Bed head maybe? Anyway this pink pony jumps up to Twilight.
“What are you doing?” The pony questioned at the sight of us. Twilight released my tail to answer and I took the opportunity to distance myself from her by stepping behind this new pony.
“I don’t care who you are just get her away from me!” I spoke to the pony keeping my eyes on Twilight.
“Well…who are you?” The pony asked.
“Sarah Valstrong,”
“When’s your birthday?” The pony asked. I looked at her dumbfounded.
“What in the world does that have to do with anything?”
“I could throw you the best birthday party you’ve ever had!” She said becoming excited. A birthday party? Party? What the hell was a party and what did it have to do with the current situation? I had just been transported to a new planet! I now have four feet for crying out loud! What did anything of that have to do with the date of my birth? As confused as this pony was making me I choked down the urge to ask what a party was. This pony was starting to freak me out! Freak me out?
“Party Cannon!” The pony screamed in my face. She stepped aside and revealed a cannon behind her. I jolted for obvious reasons, it was a freaking cannon! Where the hell did these weaklings get a cannon?
“Wh-?” A string of profanities were stopped from pouring out of my mouth by an explosion of color. Different colored piece of, thankfully, harmless paper erupted in my face. I was then doused hoof to mane in the most vile of festive debris. I just stood there glaring at the pony while dreading trying to get the, what I later found out was called, glitter and confetti out of my hair…mane.
“My name’s PinkiePie by the way!” She giggled. That’s it. I am now convinced that the parents on this planet wait until they can find to most unimaginative names for their children. PinkiePie? Really? They named their child after a color. I grant that she is most definitely pink but come on!
PinkiePie…it’s going to take me a minute to get past that one. PinkiePie began to bounce around me and I began regretting asking for this ponies help. When she stopped bouncing she was still in the air…magic! Oh please tell me that’s magic or I am going to lose it. Magic was something I could understand, I can appreciate magic but if I come to find out she can levitate just on the power of her own glitter farts, or something as equally ridiculous, I’m done. Just done.
I was gratefully distracted by…PinkiePie by a white pony coming over to us.
“Hello, my names is Rarity, if you would like a dress my boutique is just down the street,” She said sweetly. This place is where I am going to die, I know it. This is how my life ends not with a battle but with a glitter cannon.
“Thank you Rarity but I have no currency,” I forced myself to be polite. She laughed at me and I felt myself want to strike her down. Being laughed at on Sanctuary was meant as an insult to weaker opponents.
“No, no, no, The first dress is free so that you come back for more business,” She said. That made no sense to me what so ever, Then I looked around at everyone. Not a single one of them were wearing clothes. So technically we were all naked, but we were ponies. The idea of clothes on ponies was more ridiculous than them wearing only their natural coats.
Before I could argue any of this I found myself being pulled into the boutique and thrust in front of a mirror. A mirror! I gaped at myself in the looking glass. I…I was a pony! I mean I knew that…I just didn’t admit it. I was an enchantress! Now I am a pony with a light pink…pink!? A Pink Coat. First one that calls me Pink will be electrocuted! Anyway, A light pink coat, my mane an tail were teal, and I had a brand on my hindquarters. A brand? Who would dare put a brand on me!? I am not to be owned! I looked at it closer. It wasn’t a brand…It was more of a painting, a symbol. It was nine stars enclosed in an hourglass.
I looked again around the boutique. I was indeed naked. I did have the fur but now…I felt naked, I need more than fur.
“I’ll take seven dresses, I’ll pay you when I can,” I told Rarity.
“Oh? Why so many?”
“When you are used to wearing clothes everyday being nude makes you uncomfortable,” I explained. She shrugged.
“I can make the seven and the eight one will be free,”
“Thank you,”
“Are you ready to come on now!?” Twilight piped up. I had started to forget about the pushy little pony. I’ll give her one thing, she’s persistent. I went back with her and we didn’t even get out of town when we were stopped again by two more mares. Two mares that seemed to noticed how pushy Twilight was being, if this pony could carry me she would.
“Twilight, why are you dragging her around like that? Who is she?” One asked with laughter in her voice. Maybe…maybe this place was just light hearted, could laughing be harmless?
“I want to know everything about her! She’s a stranger from another culture entirely! Her name is Sarah!” Twilight was absolutely giddy. To my horror the two mares joined in her excitement. The green one began to squeal even.
“Are you a human!?”
“…Yes,” At that response the green one began to dance around and hop like PinkiePie had. Two Pinkie’s…now that’s truly frightening.
“My name is Lyra Heartstrings,”
“Sarah Valstrong”
“Do you have hands?”
“I had hands, before I came here. I could also wield magic with them…I’d like to learn about the magic here. I’ve seen ponies, unicorns mainly, levitate things. Like money to vendors or grab carrots, and so on. I could defend myself against demons but using it to just move things… ” I recalled the things I had noticed during the brief moments I wasn’t distracted in this town. What I truly thought to myself was that levitation was almost a waste of precious magic. There were much more important things they could be doing.
“Also, twilight is the only pony I’ve seen with wings and a horn. Most of the ponies had one or the other, not both. Does that make you special?” I asked to Twilight.
“Well of course, Twilight is the princess of Friendship, she-,” Lyra answered but I didn’t hear the rest of what she was saying. Something about a guy with a big beard. Twilight was trying to pull me away again. This pony had no patience.
“Princess or not, could you get her to stop this!?” I asked annoyed, I flicked my tail and glared at Twilight. Lyra smiled at me and then used magic to lift Twilight off the ground.
“Twlight, would you like to take notes of her answers? Because I am definitely going to be asking questions. Twilight nodded excitedly and made a quill and parchment appear when she was released. She sat on the ground and waited eagerly.
Lyra began an endless string of questions on what it was like to be human. Trying to tell them how you use fingers was surprisingly difficult. The closest thing I could relate it to was like moving a bunch of mini hooves at the end of your hoof. After thirty minutes of questions I had to stop them.
“I’m sorry but is there a place I can spend the night, this entire day has been exhausting,”
“Of course! I have so many rooms I don’t know what to do with most of them! Come on my castle isn’t far! But it’s only midday, are you tired already? I have so many more questions!” Twilight jumped to her feet. The quill and paper disappeared.
I sighed and decided to indulge in Twilight’s obsession with my old species with Lyra listening to anything that might sound remotely interesting. About three hours later Lyra finally gave up on listening to me and twilight talk about magic theorems on the thematic arts of arcane magic and left to meet with her mare friend named Bon Bon. Hmm, I will have to meet this Bon Bon. With the names of the ponies I have already met, I could only imagine what she looked like. And maybe I will be able to see if Lyra is just crazy or they are both crazy. I'm betting on Bon Bon being the one with the leash in hand. Betting, not something I could do here I’m sure. I have plenty of money. It’s in a pocket dimension where I keep my weapons and everything of value. I just need to learn more about the magic here. Even if the currency was different here in Equestria I could convert it. It’s one of the few nondefensive spells I know.
As Twilight finally finished talking we ended up at a room in her castle with a queen sized bed a nightstand and a simple looking magic lamp. I was grateful Twilight could at least walk and talk. We got through most of our conversation on the way to the castle. When twilight left I fell on the bed and tucked myself in knowing that tomorrow was going to be disastrous.
I jolted from my sleep to the sound of an explosion. The first thoughts across my mind were defensive spells before I remembered the day before. I was in Equestria, not Sanctuary. Was this place not as innocent as it seemed? A girl can hope. Still explosions like that are definitely a threat to my new home. I might as well start thinking of it that way. I couldn’t think of any spells that could get me back to Sanctuary. I guess I agreed to myself to be Equestria’s protector, it is homely without the violence. Maybe the idea of peace is growing on me. Well…at least Twilights, she is my host after all.
I went through the castle and went outside. I could only stare at the scene I found. Twilight was chasing the oddest creature I had ever seen. It was a six legged bear painted up like a hornet. BeeBear? Buzzbear? Maybe BugBear? The title of this thing would have to be on the nose, which is pare for this place. I assumed it and Twilight were friends. They were playing…at least it seemed like they were playing. There was also a cyan pony there. She seemed to have an ego too big for her own good. I doubt Twilight was friends with that one. As the saying goes "pride beforeth the fall" or something like that. I was never good with things of that nature. After all I never had the time to learn such things most of the time due to all the demons always infesting Sanctuary all the time.
I left Twilight to play with her friend and walked into town. I wanted to figure out my surroundings for later. I noticed a mare wearing black goggles. What kind of powers could you possess? Can’t wait to hear the name your parents came up for you.
I thought about the night before. Before I could actually fall asleep the night before I was introduced to a dragon…well this worlds version of a dragon. More like a big lizard with some fire magic. Anyway, he told me that what brought me here might have had a reason. Like their race being invaded by some species with the intent to kill. This place is rather docile and has probably never seen real violence.
That being said I had to rethink the bugbear…to me is seemed like a child playing with a toy. I had an arsenal of offensive spells. Though it seemed like they were trying to subdue the bear not kill it. I could zap it with lightning like I did to Rainbow dash. That could work. I’ll never know standing here. I turned around and headed back to find Twilight and that bear cub.
Finding them was pretty easy. They were making a big enough racket.
“Stay back, Sarah. Leave this to us!” Twlight tried to warn me. She really was cute. I ignored her and conjure up the bolt.
I blasted the bugbear and it flailed and spasmed uncontrollably before going rigid. I walked forward to check and see that it was still alive.
“What did you do? You killed it!” Twilight shouted at me.
“Only monsters resort to killing!” She was truly upset.
“Shut up, I only paralyzed it. Go check if you don’t believe me,” I snapped at her. I found the things pulse. It wasn’t much different than a humans.
“Why don’t you take that thing to where ever you keep your prisoners.” I added. She did not seem happy with me but they took the bugbear away.
That was when twilight thought it was a good time to give me a lecture. She’s done this twice now and I’m beginning to wonder how long before she notices I ignore her. She sounds like a broken record. Didn’t take her long and I admit I let my guard down around her. Her horn glowed and the next thing I know I am tiny. I assume I shrank, I doubt she had the magic to make the whole world grow. Then I look at my legs. They’re frog legs. Did she turn me into a friggin’ frog!?
I yelled a string of profanities at her and realize she can’t understand me. I can’t even speak to her. All I could do was ribbit. Then she began to laugh at me. She was giggling at me! I swear when I am a pony again I am turning her into a cricket and leaving her to her own devices just to see how long she lasts. After a few minutes she turned me back into a pony and all I can do is glare at her.
“Sorry, you’ll pay attention to me from now on won’t you?” She laughed. Oh, I’ll get my revenge.
“Come on, we’ve got a wedding to go to,” She added.
We watched this ceremony from a window. It was…nice. I don’t know if I like all this happiness all the time. It’s starting to get to me. Even after twilight’s turned me into a frog I don’t really have my guard up. I’m watchful but nothing like I usually am in Sanctuary. I’m starting to get the feeling something is coming. Something or some disaster is going to strike and kill half of this quaint little town. I took a deep breath and felt everything around me. I can’t get comfortable. I can’t let my guard down again. The relaxation was nice but now it was time to get back to work.
Dying once was enough for a life time of pain therefore I just want peace in death. But some entity thought it was a good idea to keep me alive. Maybe I should vent my frustrations on this mysterious entity, then I could actually get something done without losing focus every 6 minutes. Oh who am I kidding I'm going to just be the grouchy one in all of this am I not?
At least I still have my magic I don't know what I’d do without it. Onto more important matters! Like asking twilight about more utility spells rather than just defensive and offensive spells. My only utility spell is my pocket dimension that I used for storage. Even then my magical prowess in the field of pocket dimensions only allowed me to have a storage space of about twenty feet by twenty feet. Which means I could not in fact live in it. Otherwise I would have instead of fighting demons most of my life.
Yes, I said it I would rather be a poor farmer than an enchantress. If I was able to completely get away from the demons of hell…and now that I'm in this world. Wish granted right? I can still be an enchantress and have a rather peaceful life at the same time. It was perfect besides the occasional scuffle. No world is perfect but this is practically heaven.
I think? After some time I was snapped out of my train of thought by Twilight. She was leading away from the wedding. As we walked it seemed like the best time to talk to her about teaching me utility magic that I could use for daily life. Not having hands anymore meant it was going to be harder for me to go along with my daily life. Yes, I saw ponies use their mouths and hooves to pick up things but one, I don't think its sanitary to have anything in your mouth, and two, I still have no idea even magically how they do that.
There's no sign of magic when they do it so was it magic or am I missing something? Or is it a more subtle magic? I asked Twilight this and she tried to explain it to me.
“I think it’s more subtle magic…” She started and then began to ramble on about why she thinks so for a good hour. I listened, a lot of it was off topic but she got around to explaining utility magic to me. She taught me some basic levitation and how to teleport marked items. It’s not as difficult as I thought. I guess my needs always had me focused on fighting spells. Something useful on the battle field. It sounds you basically give a certain item a special magic mark and you can then summon it, no matter where you were, and no matter how far it is it will still cost the same amount of magic. I wonder if you could apply that to a weapon. Being able to teleport your weapon to yourself when your opponent smacks it out of your hand or when you just don't have it on you yet. Like when she teleported her quill and parchment to her to take notes of my answers to some of her questions.
After that I decided to take a break as Twilights teaching method wasn't the best way to teach. She broke out flash cards and just drilled me over and over again…Ugh I’ll never look at a flashcard again never!
I wandered off from Twilight, I decided to find Lyra as I was still curious about her friend Bon Bon. I still have a bet on her being the one with the leash. Seriously though Lyra was insane when it came to my species. I think that most of the time I'm with her I'm afraid she might dissect me like the Horadrim dissected demons for more information on how to kill them and use them.
Anyway I found Lyra next to the black googles mare except she didn't have the goggles on I decided to talk to them and figure out if that mare was Bon Bon. When I got within twenty feet Lyra noticed me and ran to meet me. A little much don't you think? They’re all so excitable.
Her friend walked up to meet us both when she got close enough she spoke to Lyra.
“You know this pony?” She asked.
“Yes, this is Sarah Valstrong, she’s knew to Equestria. Sarah this is Bon Bon,” Lyra introduced us. I was right.
“What is you do, Sarah?” Bon bon asked looking me up and down.
“I am an enchantress, I fight demons mostly,” I answered her. They looked surprised at my answered but they remained relatively calm. The conversation shifted to what Bon Bon did for a living. They we talked about dresses and the Gala. From what I understood it was a celebratory event for selected ponies to come together and have the most elegant party ever. I’m sure these ponies and I would definitely disagree as to what qualifies as elegant. It just sounded exclusive since only ‘select’ ponies could attend. Maybe this is what they did instead of fight. Use passive aggressive means to insult each other like not inviting people to parties. That’s so…pompous.
Even in Sanctuary you had these rich menaces mostly among kings and queens who always thought poorly of anyone who had less riches than them. They treated there underlings like dirt and made them slave away for meager pay to live in their homes of poorly made materials. It made me sick with rage when I thought about them or if I was even around them snobs. Every single one that I have ever meet was this way. If I ever meet an elite who treated his unders with respect than he or she would have my respect. I don't ever see that happening ever.
“That’s ridiculous,” I told Bon Bon my opinion in a more innocent way and she agreed to an extent .
“Yes, but it would still be nice to be able to wear a nice dress, something that you just feel beautiful in,” Bon Bon replied.
“I agree with you Sarah, it can be down right mean when you’re told you’re not good enough o go to someone’s party. Don’t think I could bring myself to go even if I got an invitation.” Lyra wholeheartedly agreed with me which annoyed Bon Bon. They both seem to be a bit crazy and it’s hard to believe they’re friends at all!
After a few hours I decided to take the rest of the day to relax as I still haven't trusted this place. So, I said my good byes to Lyra and Bon Bon and took my leave of them. I walked around the town until I found a park. I loitering there until it started to get dark at which time I went back to the castle. That crystal castle was like a massive beacon. You’d have to be blind not to find your way there.
I found Twilight in her home and asked if it was alright if I could stay another night.
“Sarah, you can stay as long as you want,” Twilight smiled at me.
“I have room to spare and your room is still ready for you,”
“…Thank you,” I said and after a moment of just starring at her, trying to understand the hospitality, I moved myself forward and went back to my room. I went to sleep and started to wonder if maybe I should continue learning magic from Twilight. I guess I’ll ask in the morning but for now I relaxed into the wonderful bedding I was on. Aaaaahhh nice pillow
I’ve been practicing with twilight these past few hours and utility spells aren’t that bad to conjure once I learn the magic algorithms. I was able to levitate about nine to ten items at once. It came easy once I could ‘speak the language’. I glanced at Twilight and she looked absolutely dumbstruck. My only thought was that the unicorns she’s used to working with don’t learn quite so fast. Quick learning was a lifesaving necessity in Sanctuary.
This magic was easy to pick up. It was very similar to what I was used to except in Sanctuary you focus on a staff you have in your hand not a body part. A little different but not too far off.
I explained this to her when she came out of her stupor.
“That’s fascinating! To think magic doesn’t change much. The focus remains the same the destination is different!” She was dancing around the room.
“Okay, what I want to show you next is…”
After that she taught me how to use other energy beams like spells. I have offensive spells but most of them aren’t beam magic. I use mostly elemental magic, transformation magic spells, and mastering my telekinesis. As I practiced she began asking me more questions.
“Sarah, could you tell me about your original species, your home world?” She asked. I glanced at her and took a breath before concentrating back on the spell I was trying to do.
“Well, it’s not like here at all. It’s a dangerous place, survival relies on your fighting ability. As for the planet…it has its light and it darkness…” I began to tell her all about Sanctuary and its people. All about the burning hells and the high heavens. She was again dancing like a little girl. I quite frankly can’t see how any of that could be exciting, but then again I had never run into a stranger from another planet. Unfortunately, if any of my new friends from Equestria found themselves transported to Sanctuary, I fear they wouldn’t last long.
Once her little dance was over she started to write a letter a princess named Celestia about her findings. I watched the spells she cast to do it but after about the first sentence I got bored of it. I began to try and modify the spells she taught me. They were non-lethal, every single one, but if I were to focus more on one point the spells could become lethal.
I tried it and it worked a little too well…the beam it bounced off the crystal walls and hit a book on one of the book shelves and disintegrated it. Twilight jolted and stopped writing. She looked around wide eyed in shock. I made sure to get a good look at the book before it was ash and its title was ‘The Constellations of the Equestrian Heroes’.
“What was that!?” She asked. I shrugged and tried to look innocent.
“I must have concentrated a little too hard…” I replied and glanced at the burnt book.
“Oh, I don’t even know what book that was!” She whined and she used a spell to remove all books from the shelf.
“Constellations of Equestrian Heroes,” I answered. She looked at me with confusion.
“I…looked before it completely went up in smoke.” I explained quietly. She smiled at me and seemed impressed.
“Well, that’s a relief, it wasn’t one of my collectors editions books. I can get a new one later” She replied.
“You have to be careful though, you concentrate a spell like that and it’ll be lethal!” She told me like she was trying to teach a novice child to steer clear of danger.
“That was the point. I’ve told you, On Sanctuary if you can’t defend yourself with it It’s useless,” I answered.
“Well, this isn’t Sanctuary! We haven’t made lethal spells for over two millennia! There’s no need for them here! We don’t know how you got here, we have no idea if we can get you back! You’ve got to stop looking over your shoulder for the demons! This is a place of peace!” She spoke forcefully, on the verge of yelling.
“Maybe you should start! What would happen if more people from my planet ended up here, Or if a rift opened up right to the Burning Hells? Everyone here would die! You’re defenseless!” I told her, matching her tone. But there was something else…I’m starting to worry about this innocent world.
“We are not defenseless, we would use the magic of friendship to stop the evil of the burning hell from coming through,” She responded. I couldn’t stop the laughter that escaped my lips. Friendship? A bond between ponies could stop the most evil of realms at it’s doorstep?
“Demons do not know the meaning of friendship! You would literally be torn apart limb from limb!” I spat at her. She looked me with a mixture of horror and…pity? Sympathy?
“You’ve seen it haven’t you?”
“I am one of the few enchantresses that keeps the burning hells from taking over Sanctuary,” I told her.
“I am sorry that you have that much weight on your shoulders. It doesn’t sound easy,” She said. It wrenched my gut. I looked at her and the way she was looking at me…I couldn’t describe it but I didn’t like it. I actually preferred it when she was that bubbly idiot that danced around the place. It took a minute for either of us to speak.
“Do you use the magic of light to fight them back?” She asked. I took a deep breath before answering.
“I use Lightning Magic and transformative spells to slaughter any demon that dares enter Sanctuary,” I told her. She seemed to flinch at my words. It shouldn’t be surprising the my rhetoric would be abrasive to her.
“When things get tight and I need to escape or gain the upper hand quickly I can make a sort of copy, after image of myself. It’s saved my hide more times than I can count. Demons show no mercy,” I told her.
“So many measures to keep yourself safe…I take it for granted here don’t I?” She asked more to herself than to me. We were both distracted by the purple dragon in the corner. It…burped up a scroll. Twilight went to it and read it. It was from Celestia. Apparently I am going to meet royalty, the princess was coming for a visit. This should be good.
“Does she actually rule anything? From my experience princes and princesses were usually not ruling entities,” I asked. Twilight smiled and it felt relieving to see it.
“Yes,” She answered. She took a sudden breath and began to perk up.
“I need to go let everyone know she is coming so they can get ready! She’s coming today…Oh, now there’s so much to do!” Twilight began to panic.
“Why didn’t you ask her to come tomorrow!?” I asked.
“I didn’t think about it!” She ran for the door and began yelling to the staff to get ready for the princess. The door closed behind her and I was left to my own devices. I looked over to the dragon…spike, that’s right Spike the Dragon.
“Why do you live with a pony instead of eating it?” I asked him plainly. He looked at me like I was crazy.
“I don’t eat ponies, I eat Gems, and they taste so much better! Besides, Twilight took care of me as a egg, she hatched me, and has taken care of me ever since I was a hatchlings,” He answered. I nodded as he explained, Fair enough.
“What are you doing here in the library?”
“I am Twilights personal assistant. I shelve the books and usually I handle her schedule. When Twilight’s in her lab I take care of things around here.” He answered. I nodded again though I was beginning to think this dragon was a crazy as Twilight was. They both seemed bat crap crazy. Then again I am talking to a Dragon when I could be practicing.
“Where is Twilight’s lab? It may be safer to practice in there so I don’t destroy anymore of her books,” I asked. He gave me directions and I left the library.
I went to the lab and started to practice my teleporting magic along with my illusions of my new form so when the time came i would be able to protect myself. I will never let my guard down even in this world there could still be evil beyond this peaceful façade. No matter what I will protect the innocent and fulfil my duty as an enchantress. No matter the cost to myself. That is what I pledged to do when a demon killed my parents. May no little boy or girl have to go through what I had to just to survive.
It took me all of two hours to almost destroy Twilight’s lab. The Princess has arrived and everyone was crowding outside to greet her. She arrived in a golden chariot that flew through the air. She landed and the crowd parted enough for me to see her.
As she is walking closer the only thing that came to my mind as I looked her over was that I seriously hoped I wouldn’t get exiled again like I did in Sanctuary. I got a good look at the princess and she was indeed beautiful. Her mane and tail moved constantly as if it were made of pure magic. I couldn’t even begin to describe the color. They drift towards the unknown in my mind. The Princess’ coat was white as snow and her tattoo was a sun. Twilight had told me about cutie marks but the name and how it works was absurd to me. I call them tattoos.
The Princess walked towards the tree library thing Twilight told me about with a regal walk. Royals always have a certain air about them, at least I could tell she was the real deal. She had kind eyes that spoke to her kindness and devotion. I’ve learned eyes are windows to the soul. You can tell someone true intentions with a good look into their eyes.
When she got to the door I opened it for her. I seriously don’t know how because I have no idea how I grabbed the door without my fingers. I know levitation now but I still for the life of me can’t open doors with hooves. However, as she came to the door my body acted on instinct to help her through.
When she walked in the first thing she asked me for was my name.
“Sarah Valstrong,”
“Hello, Sarah. I am Princess Celestia. Twilight may me go upstairs to discuss your new friend’s situation in private?” Celestia asked. Twilight nodded and I followed Celstia upstairs.
We stopped in a bedroom and she cast a spell. I watched it and I noted that her horn glowed. It made me wonder if they lost their horns would they be able to wield magic? That’s something to learn more about.
“I’ve cast a personal silence bubble around us, just in case someone tried to eavesdrop.” She said.
“Thank you, what would you like to know?”
“I would like to know how you got here and if anything might follow you, What little Twilight’s told me of your home world, we don’t want that to happen. The safety of my people is my only concern,” Celestia remarked. I noticed how she said ‘people’ instead of ‘ponies’. That made me feel as though there is more than one sentient race here. Perhaps more than just the dragons even.
“The only threat I pose, highness, is if you were a demon from the burning hells. In which case I would kill you,” I said very plainly. She seemed startled when I said it. Twilight wasn’t the only one here put off by words. Such docile creatures by heart, vegetarian ponies. Ha ha ha.
When she finally broke her trance and spoke again she asked of my world.
“What kind of magic does your world wield? Or does your world wield magic?,” Celestia asked. I cocked my head to the side at the question. Has she seen worlds without magic at all? Hard to imagine a magic less world.
“We control the magic of my world through wands, staffs, runes,” I answered her. She was fascinated by this. I could tell in her eyes but instead of falling to curiosity surprisingly enough she asked if my world had a good and bad side.
“Is your world balanced between the light and the darkness?”
“There are human species on Sanctuary. They are neither good nor bad. Angels control the high heavens and demons control the burning hells. So I guess in a way, my world has it’s good, it’s bad, and it’s neutral,” I tried to explain.
“Is it possible to enter the realms of the good and the bad?”
“It’s possible but it requires a lot of magic to summon a portal that strong. I have entered the burning hells to help the angels stop the demons on many occasions.
“Does your world use violence and killing to win or do you use capturing and befriending?” She asked. Such strange questions.
“We kill the demons, you can’t tame them or capture them. They will kill themselves just to spite their captors,” I answered. She seem like she would be sick, she was disgusted.
“If Humans and Angels could avoid violence I’m sure they would. Demons won’t allow it, they love it. They love the kill and it is our jobs to make sure they stay in the burning hells and do not make it to Sanctuary or the High Heavens,” I answered.
“Thank you for explaining, can you trace the way you took from your world to ours?”
The question shocked me. She noticed and waited for me to recover before talking again.
“It…it may be possible but I will do everything in my power to make sure that never happens,” I assured her.
“Thank you, would you stay here or return home if the opportunity was presented to you?” Celestia asked.
“The opportunity would have to present itself for me to know, until it happens why waste energy wondering,”
“Alright, very practical. For the time being what are your plans?” Celestia asked.
“I guess, stay in Ponyville, find some sort of job,” I muttered.
“I’d like to offer you a monthly payment to stay here in Ponyville. If you find it’s not enough feel free to work at Rarity’s boutique or perhaps the spa,” Celestia offered.
“I have houses ready in Ponyville for special guests you are welcome to one,”
“I would eventually have to buy my own, living on someone else’s favor makes me sick,” I told her. Charity was weakness.
“Well, then…could you show me to my new home then?” I asked her.
For the time being she obliged and walked me to the little house that would be my home for at least three months. She said her farewells and got on her golden chariot. After the crowds gave there farewells they parted the way. Some Pegasus started to fly away and bring the chariot with them.
Then I went inside my new home and made for bed, for tomorrow I’m going to practice my magic. Hopefully, Twilight will let me back in her lab as I did in fact explode half of the rooms’ contents. I think I might have overdone it ah well that’s for tomorrow as i need my rest.
Good news I’m allowed back in Twilight’s lab; bad news I’m not allowed to explode the lab or leave it in ruins with my experiments and magic training. Which is understandable right?
My current project is converting a spell matrix for simple healing spells. My intention it to cause my enemy to bleed to death instead of preventing it. A morbid thought to the ponies for sure. I think I will call it ‘blood rend. Now if only I could test it on something other than a plant. Twilight won’t allow me to test on animals. She finds it cruel.
I simply want to be prepared. If I can pop into this dimension then so could other demons. As each day passed I have grown more and more protective of this peaceful world, no matter the cost. It’s my fault the demons will find this world, therefore it is my job to defend it. That means preparation and training. And right now all I have to go on, on this blood rend is theory. I don’t like that.
On the other hand I have been working to improve the original spell. It would definitely help to heal any wounds I would receive in battle. I was distracted from my notes and thoughts by Twilight coming in. Twilight looked over my notes for the spell and looked to me.
“What will this do?” She asked.
“Cause massive internal bleeding,”
“That…that could kill someone,”
“Within moments if not instantly,” I still had yet to look up from my notes.
“Why? Sarah!” Twilight demanded.
“I do not believe in having no spells to defend myself with. Yes, I know I have offensive spells but they are few and far between. And you can only block an opponent so many times before they overcome and destroy you.” I tried to explain. I spoke again before she could.
“I will be working on more defensive spells when I am done with the spell I am working on and no I haven’t been using animals…I’ve been using plants,” I looked up to Twilight when she didn’t say anything.
“Was there something you needed to tell me?”
“I just came down to see what you were up to and to let you know I will be gone. I’m going to Canterlot for a few days with some friends. I haven’t seen them in quite some time,”
“I see, could continue to use your lab while you’re gone?”
“As long as you still follow the rules, I’d like to return to my lab intact this time,”
“Of course,” I replied, that’s still a no on the animal testing then. She left and I continued working. I finished the healing spell and moved on to shielding spells. A partial shield in particular that I came to realize after an hour of working on it that I would need to practice it quite a lot to get it down. When I did get the hang of it though it would be a very valuable spell to have. I could use it to protect me or others around me. Now imagine if that was a full shield.
That thought kept me busy for several more hours and I worked it out. A full dome shield reaching all the way to the ground…that was tricky. Especially when I began tweaking it to allow allies in and keep enemies out. Go big or go home right? Having all this time to just work…it was nice. I worked on healing spells, shielding spells, and ended up on teleporting spells in a matter of hours.
Not much you can do with teleportation spells though. Point a to point B, not much to tweak about that. The only think I could even think to work on was making the spell drain less energy from me after it is cast, but drawing less energy would make it less reliable. In need of a break, I teleported to one of Ponyville’s parks. One of Ponyville’s thirty parks, are that many parks really necessary? This one had at least sixteen water fountains. That was the tip of the iceberg when it came to the decorations around this place. All the colors…if I don’t keep myself grounded in my own way of life around here I’ll be sick.
I found lyra's cutie mark amongst a crowd. I thought about talking to her. When I got close to her a wad of pink takes me from my feet and everything goes black for a second. I came to and found I was no longer at the park. I was at some kind of festivity for whom I assume was the little foal with the ridiculous hat. It was a cute little thing but I don’t like festivities. They are usually distractions, they let the evil in under your nose.
If I assume correctly that pink mass from earlier was Pinkie Pie. The most confusing pink thing I have every laid eyes on, that need to learn to watch where she’s going. She just wants to have fun but it’s so constant, how is that even possible? Either way, I’ve been seen there by her and trying to leave would prove to be futile as she would just drag me right back. This festival turned out to actually be a distraction indeed. To keep Twilights friends happy while she was gone. Friends, friendship, she left to visit friends, only to come home to friends in a few days to that eyesore she calls a castle. Those shiny crystals can be seen for miles.
I tried to distract myself with the punch. I paused when it tasted funky, not horrible but weird. I noticed an alligator crawl out of the punch bowl and I spit out the remaining liquid from my mouth. What was up with this place? An alligator in the punch bowl? Really? I looked up to see I wasn’t the only one repulsed by the sight.
The alligator crawled onto the dance floor and Pinkie Pie began twirling around it. It didn’t seem to mind her which led me to believe it was her pet. It was still creeping me out. I shook my head and looked around the party. Lyra was there with Bon bon. There was music coming from weird boxes around the party. There was a white pony with a blue mane seeming to control them. The music was nice. It was far from a nobles violin or piano. There was a much more lively beat to it.
I wanted to know more about it and went to her.
“What’s your name?” I asked over the music.
“Vinyl Scratch, but at parties my DJ name is PWN3,” She answered with a smile. I had no idea what a DJ or a DJ name was.
“What kind of music is this?”
“Well, it’s a mix, I’ve got my techno going then my dubstep and a little bit of trance, depends on the song,” She answered, she was bobbing her head to the beat as she talked. No idea what any of that was either but I liked it. I turned away from the…DJ. I saw Pinkie Pie to the punch bowl and watched her drink the punch. It was slightly disgusting but she drank all of it. It made my stomach lurch and I went to the bathroom to empty my stomach.
I got out of the restroom to find Applejack sitting in a chair a bit aside from the party. I joined her and took a breath to make sure my stomach had settled.
“What do you think of the festivities?”
“Aw, it’s alright I guess, I just don’t like that kind of music, it just sounds like a bunch of high pitched noises to me,”
I nodded along. I was enjoying the music but that wasn’t enough to argue with her. These ponies were as sentient as any human she had come across. They liked and disliked different things. I got up after a few more minutes and started walking around the party. I found a spacious area and thought about what kind of magical projections I could make. I was rather surprised to see how easily it was to create beautiful things.
Before I know it I have a crowd of ponies just watching me and my projections. So I decide to make a projection story without words. It worked splendidly and when I was done I heard clapping, or is it clopping? At the display I had done, pinkie pie was doing this weird bounce all over the place. Wait how is she bouncing like that? Such an odd pony, maybe it was in her alligator water. Otherwise I would have to watch her more to figure out how exactly her magic works
I still have a little while longer till this party has reached its limit so I decide to talk with some of the ponies I don’t know. I am actually being sociable with these over happy characters. Most seem a bit to cheerful but some are…what’s the word I’m looking for? Oh, that’s it, snobs. Total snobs. Like the nobles you see in castles! You can’t expect them to just not exist right?
After this I decide to just wait out the party and it works till a certain pink pony decides to ruin it by pulling me to some game called pin the tail on the pony. I eventually give in to play their silly games and to be frank they’re not fun at all. I humor her as I don’t think I want to upset the pink mare. I have a gut instinct that if I were to make her upset it would not be pretty. After I finished playing every single game there I got Pinkie to let me leave to my own devices. Which I decided to find some sustenance elsewhere. I am parched and in need of food.
I found the kitchen and I found a few ponies had the same idea. My first tactic was to ignore them and get my fill. This plan failed miserably when pony decided to talk with me while I ate. I politely talked with him on the topic of what kind of parties were best. And I’ll tell you something the whole conversation was me going ‘ah’, ‘huh’, and him talking about parties. Quite the one sided conversation.
After I finished my food and like two more minutes of his dreadful conversation, I decided to go outside and enjoy the crisp cold air that night brings. It was the best night I’ve seen in quite some time. The stars were shining bright and the moon beaming with an almost white sheen. It was amazing. I sat there for as long as I could. Fatigue took me over and I got up to get myself to bed. I was going to need the rest for the next day. I walked to my house and didn’t see a single pony on my way. I mused that they were all at the party. I went inside my new home and found my way into the bed. Hopefully, tomorrow would be a good day.
Up to the sounds of explosions was really nothing new for me really. I almost find it comfortable. I’ve seen elder become...damaged from a lifetime of it but I welcomed it. After a moment I realized that perhaps in this soft pink world that may not be par for the course.
I got to my feet and went to the window and beheld the most ludicrous sight I have ever seen in my entire existence. It was a giant goat. No kidding a giant goat wielding magic with it’s horns as a pitiful army of skeleton ponies attacked the town. I couldn’t help myself. I laughed deep in my gut, I laughed so hard a fell backwards on my ass...well hindquarters. I must have drawn attention to myself because said Goat looked to me and spoke.
“You do not cower in fear?” He bellowed.
“Because you a freaking necromancing goat who resurrects the slowest skeleton ponies I’ve ever seen!” I blurted. How could I take this seriously? Even here
“They move like snails? I mean who would be afraid of a snail?”
“No-”
“Case and point. You should try something a little more impressive,”
“The residents here seem sufficiently fearful!”
“Not hard to do, why don’t you try putting fear in my eyes!” I growled and began to concentrate, I didn’t take me long to be prepared. I had been practicing after all. The goat turned to me with his skeleton ponies and began to gather his own magic but it was too late. In the blink of an eye I unleashed my Bleed spell on him.
The spell hit him and his legs buckled beneath him. He hit the ground like a clap of thunder and cried out in pain. The pain subsided and he glared up at me. I stood unwavering as he spat a few spells at me.
“Who are you? Do you even know who I am, witch!?” He demanded.
“I don’t care,” I responded as I deflected his pitiful spells.
“I am Gregor the Necromancer!” He yelled in anger. He began to heave himself up onto his feet and I quickly sent a poly spell at him. I took a deep satisfied breath. This felt so good. This felt so natural. ‘Thank you Gregor, I needed this’ I thought to myself as I smirked down at the goat. My spell hit him square in the face and I teleported myself there next to him as his body contorted and shrunk down to the form of a squirrel.
One step, one step was all it took to crush him and when the poly spell wore off and he became a goat again, he lay there unconscious and bleeding from multiple places. I took another deep breath and released a sigh. His skeleton army collapsed around us.. I looked to the side when I heard a gasp. It was Twilight and she looked terrified. She looked at me with a look that, to be quite honest, shocked me. I took care of a problem, I saved her pathetic little town and she looked at me like I was the monster.
Twilight ran to Gregor and proceeded to check his pulse. She looked at him and chided me.
“You are the scariest person I have ever met, villain or not”
I’m sure she had hoped that would affect me somehow but all I could think about was going into the plaza and finding soup. I was hungry. Vegetables, yes vegetables, maybe with tomatoes, or onions...carrots? Why not all three? I turned from Twilight and made my way to the plaza. Well, if nothing else this might encourage her to find a way to send me home. My kind are obviously not meant for this place...though it was growing on me.
All I found in the plaza were empty booths. Well, damn. Maybe, Sugar Cube Corner then. Surely Pinkie has some sort of cupcake already made for me, I surely deserve it after all that. Something different though, I’ve tried all her concoctions but surely she could use her own type of magic and defy the laws of physics to create something new for me. I can’t explain her with physics or magic. She just breaks reality, I’m convinced. I’d be afraid to see what she could do when she was really angry or sad for that matter. It would definitely end in disaster for all who would have to deal with it. Most likely with someone’s death...emotional death knowing this place but still.
I looked up at Sugar Cube Corner upon arrival and Pinkie had the Banana nut cupcake with extra sprinkles I asked for in record time. Only she will ever know how she does it. After finishing my victory snack I decided to take a walk around Ponyville. I don’t think Gregor was able to cause very much damage in the time I took care of him but the surrounding scenery is exquisite. It is my understanding that the only mar on the landscape is a gorge nearby where eels? Yes, I think it was eels, where huge eels have a nesting area.
Eels...yeah, not excited at all to be seeing that. I decided to skip that on the tour if I could help it. The gorge indeed wasn’t that far and as I made my way around it I saw a pegasus flying over the gorge. I paused and stared at this idiot. This pegasus was pride incarnate and it was performing tricks and evading the eels as they tried to attack the bright flying thing. It...it was quite impressive. Of course I will never tell her this. At least until she tones down that pride a bit. Pride Goethe before the fall as they say. She’s handling eels alright but if she thinks for a second that, that means she can take on a dark wizard or sorcerer she’s going to get herself killed. They would dispatch her as easily as I did with the goat.
As I watch this arrogant little horse fly I sense twilight has caught up with me. Here we go. I try not to laugh out loud. Sure, she’s here to yell about how I should use the power of friendship and what not. I turn and looked at her and see she’s galloping towards me. She seemed frightened, upset. She began to talk but was talking too fast for her mouth to keep up with her brain.
“Hur- Gre-got-away!”
“Take a breath, try again”
“Gregor woke up...We placed bindings on him to transport him...and he broke free!” She spoke between breaths and got a snort of laughter and looked back towards the pegasus.
“What are you waiting on? We have to catch up with the royal guards!” Twilight said. I nodded and went with her. As we traveled I already started to think of how to handle Gregor. I couldn’t use the bleed spell again. He’s seen it, he’d be prepared. That’s if he was worth a damn as a magician. The speed of his skeleton ponies speaks to the contrary but best not to take any chances. I’ll use it if I can.
Not long after I found myself with the armored ponies of the Royal Guardsmen heading into a dark wood the ponies called the Everfree Forest. We travel the forest and past a cliff face with a cave in it. Something told me to keep walking past the cave, I paused and the guards continued. I could feel something inside me almost demand me to keep moving. That wasn’t me. That’s a spell...that’s a ‘Notice me not’ spell. It was powerful...very smooth. I turned and faced the caves and watched the enchantment fade from my sight. Looks like I’m the only one who’s going to be getting the goat.
I charged to the cave and was met with an onslaught of skeleton ponies. They were ridiculously easy to destroy. By the time I realize that little warm up was a distraction I was already in the bear trap. The pain ripped through my leg and I began to bleed all over the contraption. Really, this is a duel of magic and you get me with a freaking animal trap!? Can’t get too upset I’m the idiot that stepped in it. Well, I am definitely not in the mood to die from blood loss in a stinking cave so I got the trap off my foreleg. I took a piece of cloth lying amongst the bones littering the ground and make a temporary bandage for myself to staunch the bleeding for now.
I put a shield around myself as I continue to move into the cave. This goat is going to try to use my injury and the darkness against me. I look around me carefully before continuing. I even notice a sharp, almost dagger like stone on the ground. I pick it up and carry it with me just in case. . My intuition paid off as I came around a sharp turn into the cave and was met with a death bolt. I returned fire and the bolt lit up the cave as we fought. Gregor didn’t shield himself from the shots, he evaded...interesting. Interesting he’s lived this long.
I then shoot a circle of polymorph hexes and send an arcane orb in the middle. He tried to dodge the orb and hit one of the hexes in the process. The orb was able to explode as he returned to his true form covered in new wounds. He ignores his injuries and fired off more death bolts. Oh, no you don’t jackass. I teleported behind him and stabbed him with the stone I had found earlier. I quickly teleported again before he could turn on me and retaliate.
Gregor seemed to become sluggish but he looked at the ground and began to chuckle to himself. I glared at him and that’s when a light began to shine from beneath me. I didn’t want to look down but I needed to know what kind of trap I stepped in this time. It was a rune trap. Not just a rune trap an Inferno trap. I swear to all the holy angels If I get my hands on this goat I am turning him into paste. The pain burned down deep, I could swear it burnt my very soul. Then the goat tried to fire death bolts at me before the rune wore off. In my anger, I summoned up the power to expire the spell and block the bolts. I began slinging lighting all over the cave before sending a massive ice bolt at him. I don’t know if you would call that adding insult to injury or just plain Irony but I enjoyed it.
I had to dodge another death bolt by teleporting and I stood on my injured foreleg when I reappeared. It sent a sharp ache through me and I took a jagged breath. I tried to control myself from showing weakness. I needed to end this, now. Much longer and he’s going to kill me. I opened my pocket dimension and pulled a sword from it. I teleported behind him and tried to sever his head. He teleported as I swung and from across the cave he began to summon more skeletons.
“Maybe you would like to try putting fear in my mage’s eyes!” He laughed. Every single one of the skeletons were unicorns. Well, shit.
I prepared myself for the oncoming massacre at my expense but wouldn’t you believe it. The damn guards showed up. They came charging into the cave with Twilight at the lead. I actually laughed at the sight. Maybe she was a little fearless. Gregor teleported away leaving the guards, Twilight, and I to fight his horde of mages. It took longer than I cared to admit but we defeated them and Twilight looked at me I assumed she thought I was going to give chase to the goat.
“I...I can’t catch him...I’m-” I didn’t realize how much that fight wore me out. Was I getting soft? No…?
“I should say not, you’re injured! We have to get you to the hospital!” Twilight said having caught sight of my haphazardly bandaged leg.
“What the hell is a hospital?”
“A place of healing, we’ll get you fixed up come on!” She insisted and I was escorted to a hospital. I looked forward to resting after this awful day...and I still want vegetable soup...with carrots!