> The Nightmare Worgan > by Darkinfinity666 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Chapter 1 - Meet the Nightmare > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Canterlot Gardens - Present - Sal'Ador's P.O.V.) I mentally hum as I wait in this stone prison, i've been here for a long time, 1,000 years i think, it might have been more, might have been wrong, but who care when you can chaos on your side? ... ... ... But what am I waiting for exactly? so that I can be forgiven? no. To be pooped on by another bird? nah. to break out of this stone prison to cause eternal suffering to those I wanted to make my Dolls? Yes Absolutely, all I have to do is wait so that i can have my Fun. You already know that won't happen. Ever Sal'Ador Ah! Discord old Friend how are you? how was your brief escape from your stone prison? you haven't talked to me for a while! I say happily to Discord mentally, me and Discord are the only two of the many statues in this accused Garden, there is many statues of famous Ponies that have died, even some war heroes, but they don't need heroes when they got Me. I wouldn't be trapped in this stone prison because of you! you are insane! psychotic! and the only one even tried to kill me! I am the spirit of Chaos! I can't be killed! Discord Shouts mentally, frustrated at the insanity I contain, giggling insanely I notice something that stands on two legs, has holes in it's arms and legs and has pure blue eyes enter the gardens, a Changeling a perfect victim to my plans. OHHHH a Changeling! I Forgot it was this Episode already! I mentally say to Discord, giggling like a madman... or madmare, then again i have been in this world for a very long time, I sense a pulse wave that sends the changeling flying away into the far distance, like many others and something in me snaps and I collapse on the ground knocked out cold. (a few hours later) ow, that just happened I think to myself as I Get up, putting a paw to my forehead... ... ... ...Wait, I open my eyes and look at my paw, i can move it and is no longer stone, my memories are no longer have a thick layer of static covering them, and that I have no voices in my head telling me to kill things, I am completely under control I don't feel insanity or anger, I just feel calmness and relaxation that I am free from my stone prison, I get up stumbling a bit as I move my shoulders a bit and stretch, i hear the satisfying crack coming from my back and shoulders, I look at discord and start to walk away, not wanting to bother with that evil. I sigh as I get up as I feel my Dark power run through my veins, i crack my knuckles as say to myself "simple teleportation, how hard can that be?" what I didn't know is that it is harder then one might think, mostly you need to think about where you are now, and where you want to be, I Teleport to the inside Canterlot castle, not really what i wanted, so i try again and i appear in another area inside of Canterlot castle, i facepalm as i start to look around, trying to figure out where to go and what to do. "Halt! Creature!" I gulp and look at the guard, which is a pegasus and is holding the spear rather expertly, as he points it at me, i get into a battle position as i get ready. I do a basic kick, sending the spear out of his hands and then a quickly move to punch him in the gut, the armor cracks at the sheer force of the punch, I then grab the spear out of the air and break it into several pieces and pin the guard on the ground so that he can't escape. I then quickly turn around and start running, I run through the intertwining hallways and get myself lost, and i realize that was a bad idea on my part, but I can sense my Weapon somewhere deep inside the castle, and I need my weapon. (Canterlot - present - Sal'Ador's P.O.V.) great, just great, I have no idea where i am OR if anyone noticed i am free yet, besides that one guard... well, I can try to teleport but it hasn't been very helpful to me, and I didn't get to do much when I was insane and when I was encased in stone. "Great, just Great" I mumble to myself as I look at the Anthro guards, I think Shining Armor's wedding is over, mostly because it is now night, I never knew how beautiful the nights look, mostly because I was encased in stone and never was able to look up, I also figured out that I have a transformation spell that allows me to transform into a dragon, a Human, or a pony, which can be very helpful to me. another power i found out i have, is that I can copy abilities and keep them forever, that will be helpful in the future, i hope. I transform into a pony, I have dark blue fur with a black mane and tail, my eyes are pure blue, glowing slightly, also my armor is still on me, i will have to find a place to hide it when i want to wear normal clothes, my hands still have my claws unfortunately, I look like a normal pony besides the claws and the blue eyes but other then that i look like a normal every Pony, this will do for now. I sneak past a few guards keeping close to the shadows and not being directly in the light, that will help me in the long run, staying close to the shadows is what i do best. (Canterlot caracombs - Present - Sal'Ador's P.O.V.) I love this transformation spell a lot, but i'm not gonna use it often, mainly because i need to save energy, so i turn back into my original form I was able to get into the Catacombs, where my axe is, and i start to look for it, I found my axe at last on the ground, it looks perfectly fine to me, but someone else picked it up and tried to use it, i can sense it, I strapped it to my back and started to walk away when I sense something coming towards me. I duck as a silver battle axe goes above me, I look around and see Luna in her battle armor, I get into a battle stance "that's new, then again you were full of surprises aren't i right Nightmare??" Luna comments as she gets the battle axe again using her magic. I just slam my axe onto the ground, causing crystals to sprout of the ground and head directly towards Luna, she dodges though doing a backflip and swinging her axe at me again, but I duck, I then swing my axe at Luna, but she dodges and shoots some magic bolts at me. i Copy that ability and shoot some magic bolts at her and then I slam my axe on the ground once again, makin a bunch of crystal spikes to come out of the ground and trap her but without injuring her, I start to sprint out of here, but Luna send a magical bolt at my leg and goes straight through it, making me collapse in pain, I teleport into a forest on complete accident, as I blackout from both pain and exhaustion. (Canterlot - Present - Celestia's P.O.V.) today was a long day, with Chrysalis, the wedding, and well, the pulse of love that sent the changelings out of here, thank me, and I hope that no important villains will appear, but i have a feeling that some of our villains will appear once again. "SISTER!" I hear Luna using her royal canterlot voice which she has not used in a long time, i teleport to where she is trapped in familiar red crystals, i quickly use a spell to make them go away "Yes?!" I ask frantically, I notice that she is in her battle armor is is carrying her battle axe, which was only used when we fought that beast, The Nightmare, not to be confused with Nightmare moon, it looked like a wolf but stood on two legs like us and only knew one thing. To Kill Luna looks at me as she says "The Nightmare has escaped" Luna says, My eyes widen as I summon on my golden Battle armor with my golden war hammer "I am going to send a message to twilight to get her friends and I will grab the elements of Harmony," I say very serious. "we need to prepare for this time of crisis, for our worst enemy has appeared once again." > Chapter 2 - Nightmares for Nightmare > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Unknown - Unknown- Sal'Ador's P.O.V.) I look around me, there is blood everywhere, on my armor, on my fur... on my face, I am holding my axe, there are pony bodies everywhere, they are anthro of course, I remember this... this was when I first arrived in equestria, just a few minutes and already, so many ponies where... dead. Celestia and Luna are in front of me, they are in their battle armor, and with their weapons. Luna with her War Axe, and Celestia has her golden Warhammer, my body starts to move on their own as I Lunge at them, but they are much better at this than me as Celestia hits me in the face with the warhammer, sending me back a few feet and doing some damage, I lunge again but Luna Dodges and Celestia hits me with her hammer again. I use Death Grip on Luna and bring her towards me as I then use Blood Strike on her, it does a ton of damage, but not enough, i growl again as i swing with my axe, but she dodges and she slices at we with her War Axe doing some pretty decent damage to me, i use blood strike again but she jumps back so that she is next to her sister. they pull out 6 gems, 5 that are rubee like from the legend of zelda and one that are in shape of a 6 pointed star, I Growl at the sight of them as I saw my red glowing eyes reflect of the surface of the 6 pointed star one, they i tried to lunge at them again as they started to glow, I growl as they send a rainbow beam towards my direction, i get up as i stare at the beam, i Use a Anti-magic spell that i think should have worked. the beam then hit me as i started to turn to stone, Roar in anger as i throw my axe at the royal sisters and use some spells towards them, but none of them work as i am fully turned to stone. at the time, I had no idea what I was getting into. (Everfree forest - Present - Sal'Ador P.O.V.) I Open my eyes as i look around, I Try to get up but I collapsed as I felt searing pain in my foot, I grunt in pain as I start to calm down, I need to assess the situation I am in I thought as i look around, there is a medium-ish hole going through my right foot, i have my armor and my battle axe at least, and i am in a forest, how i did not notice it first is anyone's guess, i get up as i start to heal "okay, so far i am in a forest, with a wound on my foot and there are possible bears and other wild animals that will try to kill me" I say out-loud as I grab my axe to protect myself, I start to think back to the fight with Luna, me becoming free, and getting my axe, which i shouldn't be proud of because now the possibility of the whole of equestria is gonna hunt me now. I decide to take a look at my surroundings right now, because knowing where you are is a key part to survival, the trees i can use to make a good lookout on top of them, or I can travel somewhere else where it is cold, because death knights usually are in cold places, but then i again it might be better I stay in this forest, there is a small lake nearby and a cave entrance, i don't really know if i need to eat and drink, or if i don't need to, but i'm going on a hunch and say that i don't need to I travel further into the forest, hopefully away from ponies, and away from the princesses, but I am most certainly sure that I will not meet the princesses again, besides, i'm just one tiny insignificant villain, they have other bad guys to worry about. I start to hear growling behind me so I quickly turn around and use death grip on the thing that i making the growling sound as i then use Death strike on it, which does a large amount of damage The creature i just attacked is a large wolf like creature that is made of wood, it has glowing yellow eyes and is growling at me, I wish I knew more about this world or that i had fire powers, but i will just have to make do with what i have, I use dancing rune weapon to summon another weapon to help me attack this wooden wolf as I take a swing at it, doing some damage to it but it swipes at me and tries to bite me, but i just jump out of the way as the rune weapon attacks the wolf doing some major damage as I use death strike on the wooden wolf shattering it to pieces. I start to hear more growling as i see about 3 more wooden wolves come towards me, i get ready as the Dancing rune weapon spell wears off and the largest one lunges towards me, I use death strike on the wolf to bring it down as a then use blood boil, and then marrowrend, then I use Blood Strike to finish off the wolf, use death grip on the other with and then use Death strike and then marrowrend, then I simply attack the wolf with my axe finishing it off. I use death grip on the last wolf, but this one attacks me when it gets near me, but i jump back and I can tell I am out of range of any of my main attacks so I wait for the wolf to lunge at me, which is does and i use Death Strike than Blood Strike, and the marrowrend to finish the wooden wolf off, i let my attacks charge up as i look at the defeated wolves, they are made out of sticks and twigs, which i should be able to use for a fire, but i need to look out for anyone that is looking for me I start to head deeper into the forest, not really caring where I go. (Canterlot castle throne room - Present - Twilight's P.O.V.) When I got the letter from princess celestia that a powerful enemy of her's escaped I gathered the girls and we started to head to the throne room, the guards were how they normally are and there is nothing new inside the throne room, except that both Celestia and Luna are wearing armor and have weapons with them, celestia has a golden warhammer while Luna has a midnight blue battleaxe. "Princess Celestia, you sent a letter telling us to come here?" I ask serious about this whole ordeal "yes, yes i did, we sent you because an old enemy of ours has escaped." Celestia says "pfft, I bet i can take it on by myself" Rainbow dash says. "no you can't!" Luna says "the first minutes it appeared it already killed thousands of ponies without even trying" Luna finishes, Fluttershy is shaking like a leaf, while Rarity is disgusted "what ruffian would do that to countless poor ponies!" Rarity says, "Ah don't think this is just a ruffian rarity" Applejack says. "We need the elements of harmony send this evil back to stone" Celestia says, everyone else nods. > Chapter 3 - apparently i'm a displaced > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Everfree forest - Present - Sal’Ador’s P.O.V.) I am wondering towards a waterfall I heard about after defeating those wooden wolfs. At that moment, seeing it reminded me that I needed a drink. Although, I am a death knight after all, a warrior that died and came back to life due to some kind of necromancer magic, so I’m basically a undead warrior, so do I really need water? Time to test that out. I reach the waterfall that leads to a large lake, and I saw that the water was crystal clear, which is surprising, so i crouch down and cup some water with my hands, and drink it. However the moment I tasted it, I spit it out almost instantly. I noticed that it started turning  to some sort of Ice, except it not even taste like ice. it had turned blue after it infused with magic. So afterwards I tossed it back into the water, which it then started to turn freeze upon contact. I get up and start to walk away, but before I could get far, I heard the sounds of a wolf growling behind me, making me turn around to see more of those wooden monstrosities. I quickly send out of pulse of ice freezing at them, thus slowing them down in the progress. With a mighty swing, I sent my weapon gliding with the wolve’s limb, causing the creature to yelp out in pain. I then leaped high into the with my axe held above me. With overswing, an aura of red energy follow my weapon as I came down upon my foe, cleaving the wooden wolf’s head in two. Seems my kills have attracted  more wooden wolfs start to appear around me, I then swing my axe sideways at the closest wolf, causing ice from my weapon with my axe to forms a scythe called Frostscythe. My attack rips off a good chunk of the wooden wolf’s face. I finish it off with a punch to it’s muzzle and shattered it’s face. The other wolfs then lunge at me at the same time in an attempt overpower me, I use my axe to send one of the wolfs flying into another of its kind. I dodge the other wolves but one wolf catches me off guard and attacks my side, causing it bleed a little, but it quickly heals up. Summoning an ice covered dragon skull over my head, it exhales a mighty breath of ice, causing all of the wolves to be encased in a frozen prison. The dragon’s head faded away after it was done with its job. With a fierce punch to wolf of them, I turned them into shards of ice. With my hand extended out, I sent out pillars of ice coming out of the ground in a straight line, impaling some of the wolfs. I was suddenly attacked from behind, as a wolf tried to kill me by biting down on my neck. I reached back with my claws and pulled him off, I sliced its head off before tossing the wooden corpse away. Despite the injuries, my wounds easily heal. The entire pack had be slain by my hands, except for one. The tree parted as a much larger wolf came though, its eyes glaring a fierce green, its gaze filled with the desire to kill me for their fallen brothers and sisters. “So you must be the timber wolf alpha?” I asked it. It howled in response and in challenge. “I’m gonna take that as a yes” I say. Suddenly, the sound of a high pitched scream had drawn my attention. “Sorry to cut this short but I need to see what that is” I said before leaping back into the trees, the Alpha tried to follow me but had no choice but to stop when I raced past the edge of the Everfree Forest. “If I continue then there is a chance of me being spotted by the princesses and most likely end up being turned to stone again, but if I do check it out, there is a possibility of me saving this pony, or I can just ignore it and kill this alpha and become the alpha of these wooden wolfs” I think to myself. Once I arrived on sight, I noticed something I did not expect. There sitting in front of Fluttershy with its head tilted in confusion at the shy pony, was a wolf, but not any kind of wolf, this one had strangely colored fur. ‘I don’t recall wolves having red furr that fades to green and grey..’ I said mentally to myself. At first, the yellow pegasus was backing away in fear despite the wolf not presenting itself as a threat. I turn my head to my left and notice something on the ground that appeared to be a howling wolf stone from the Twilight Princess game I used to play, but how or why is it here? “Who are you?” I ask the wolf, sorta ignoring Fluttershy Its ear flicked, making me notice it was wearing blue earrings, only proving how much more stranger this furry was. It turns its head toward me, only for its body to suddenly turn into that of a spectra, it growls threatening at me. I noticed another thing off about it, its forehead had a white symbol of Din. I growl back holdin my axe, if it was a threat I would eliminate it, but if it does not, I will not attack it despite not at my full strength yet. ‘or I can just kill it’  I think, not really focusing much Fluttershy galloped away away from us. Before I could do anything, the wolf suddenly leap high into the air and straight toward my head, causing my vision to be blinded by light. When my vision cleared, I found myself laying on what appeared to be... “Wait, What?” I said in confusion. Slowly, I got up and once again saw the same wolf sitting in front of me a small distances away. I noticed I was in a whole different place, I saw the sky and I was somehow standing on clouds high above Equestria. “Okay this does not sit well with me” I say, not really liking being so high With a echo howl, the wolf became a man cloaked in red, its face hidden within its cloak. I did notice something familiar to him and it was mostly the lower part of him that caught my eye, the hint of green clothing hidden in his cloak. He watched in, as if expecting a reaction. “ quick question, are you link or someone trying to be him?” I ask The man reached down and lowered his hood, revealing his face to be like Links, except it looked like a mixture of other Links in one. The three things I noticed that was different about him, was that he has a yellow goatee and mustache, I also saw that his right ear was damaged by a timberwolf’s claw along and that the left side of his cheek had a scar. “I’m not trying to be him, I was forced to become him.” Link said. “That makes sense” I say sarcastically “like how my earliest memories of myself was about me trying to destroy equestria” “Basically in a nutshell, you have became something called a Displaced, you bought something from a merchant and now you’re here as a literal realife presentation of your costume. Does that sum it up?” Link guessed, surprising me with how accurate he said it. If I knew what he meant. “To be honest, I really don’t know what you mean, I really only know of appearing in this place, I only remember a few recollection of memories of earth, and that’s it” I say “Ah, memory loss.” Link said with a nod and a sigh. “Do you have any questions I could answer for you that doesn't involve your past life?” he asked. “Yeah, do you know what those wooden wolves are called?” I ask “Timberwolves.” He answered, causing the mist in the area to swirl and soon reveal what appears one of those creatures, except it was in a static stiff pose, like some sort of taxidermy trophy. “Oh, well that makes sense, I think the alpha challenged me to a fight, but I had to leave to see what the scream was, which turned out to be that yellow pony” I say “Accidental summon to be honest, she hummed the tone of my token and I was brought to your world.” Link explained as he crossed his arms. “Whats a token?” I ask. “This.” Link said as he reached up to hold up a smaller version of the howling stone, except it was oval shaped. “It's what allows another Displaced to summon another to their world..” He said. “That makes sense, so how do you make a token?” I ask. The frozen image vanished in the same way it appeared. “There are variable ways of doing it, you can make it from scratch through your own void energy, or you can take an existing item and fuse it with the same type. Just give it a message and send it into the void if you wish to meet and be brought by other Displaced. Just a small warning, not all of them are as nice as I am, so I suggest you make some kind of safety precaution incase that Displaced isn’t along your alignment. Such as a hero being forced to serve evil..” Link explained. “Okay, that makes sense, I can’t expect everyone to be good” I say “Any other questions?” Link asked. “Um no, not really” I say, tilting my head to the side “From how you’re acting, you haven’t been in this world for long.” Link asked. “Yeah, I haven’t been active for a long time, but I have been stoned for 1,000 years” I explained. “For someone who once tried to destroy Equestria, you’re quite tame despite your Death Knight appearance.” Link said. “Yeah, I know, also is it possible to turn my axe into a sword?” I ask, pulling out my axe “Not in here. This is just a temporary mindscape via a mind link, I wanted to make sure you weren’t evil or hell-bend on anything worse than that. Otherwise my token would crumble to pieces to prevent it’s misuse.” Link explained. “Yeah, I know about good and bad, and all this karma thing that depends on if you are good or bad, i’m actually planning on once i’m the alpha of the timber wolves, because i’m planning on going to the north” I say “With the timberwolves? I don’t think they can handle a colder climate” Link pointed out. “I can use my Death knight powers to help them adapt, it would be interesting to have ice Timberwolves” I say Link looked like he was about to say something, but instead nodded to my words. A moment of silence passed before he did speak. “Just remember how Karma works. The ponies of equestria will retaliate if you present as a threat to them, so I suggest you learn to control your powers before you end up being stoned for another thousand years, either that or the mane six attempts to reform you.” Link said. “I’m just curious about the north, like what lies there, and if there are any hidden kingdoms there” I say “It's not exactly hidden though. Actually, I don’t know the current timeline of this world, so I can’t tell you if it's there or not, other than that, it's mostly just a mountain of frozen tundra.” Link explained. “Well there were some weird bug like creatures that had holes in their arms and legs when I was released” I say, thinking. “Changelings. They’re pony-like bugs that can change their shape while feeding on love.” Link explained before he looked off to the distance. “...I suggest we return to Equestria before the mane six come back. Thus, my judgemental has be concluded.” Link said as the area glowed brightly. Soon, I was returned where I was before, except now the hylian was there with me. I cross my arms “I need to take down that alpha than become the alpha, then I will lead the Timberwolves to the frozen north and help them adapt and possibly raise an undead army”  I think to myself looking up. Link frowns at my words. “Remember karma. You do something bad and it will return just as worse.” he said. “Yeah I know” I say “I think I should fight that alpha now” I then cross my arms turning to the direction the alpha was, and start to walk in that direction. “Hold up, you’re getting a little sidetracked. Didn’t you want a sword?” Link asked with a raised eyebrow. That made me freeze “Oh right I kinda forgot” I say looking at link. The hylian took out some sort of bag. “Now, I can change this axe into a sword of the same size and weight, I just want to know what you want it to look like.” Link said. “Something Like this” I say, holding up my left hand to show a image of the sword. “Alright, place your axe on the ground.” Link suggest as he kneeled down with the mysterious bag in hand. I set down my Axe on the ground. Link reached into his bag before beginning to spread it over my axe, it begins to sparkle and gleam before shaking and jittering, suddenly it goes through a strange metamorphosis as it changes shape into the blade I so desired. “Magic Powder allows me to change an item into another, it's drains my own in order to make it into a sword. The weapon is still made of the same material, although I couldn’t replicate the ice properties.” Link explained. “That makes sense, I can just enchant it so that it has it’s Ice properties again” I say as I pick up the sword in my right hand and give it a few swings. “Chances are it's not as strong as the original, you’ll need to find a proper blacksmith to sharpen it up.” Link explained as he placed his bag of magic powder back into his satchel. “Makes sense, now i have a alpha to take down” I say going towards where the alpha timberwolf was, hoping that it is still there. “If you no longer need my help, I suggest you speak the words ‘You contract is complete ’“ Link suggested. “Okay, Your contract is complete” I say. With those words, Link started to raise above ground before a familiar blue crystal appeared around him, he vanished the same way he does it in Ocarina Of Time after a boss had been defeated. There is a soft thud behind me, making me turn to see Link’s howling stone token on the ground in its smaller form as a necklace that was perfect for my size. I then pick it up and put it around my neck. “Time to take down that alpha” I mutter > Chapter 4 - Ice Cold Alpha > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (everfree forest - present - Sal'Ador P.O.V.) I walked though the forest, Trying to figure out what to make as my token, Currently I was twirling my sword around giving it a few test swings, I don't really know how to make a token, but I'm pretty sure I can figure it out, I mean, the First displaced must of had to figure out how to make a token, so why can't I figure it out on my own? So I Found a rock and carved in into a shape of a skull and for the nest few minutes tried to figure out multiple times, and failed, I might need help from another Displaced if I wanted to figure out how to make a Token. I eventually reach the place where the alpha challenged me, and it was still there, surprisingly, and I got ready, to challenge it, I bang my new sword against my armor a few times to call it towards me, it looks towards me and got into a attack position, we stood there, looking at each other for a few minutes, than it lunged with me with speed equivalent to a cheetah on steroids leaving me with little time to dodge. It manages to nick me on the shoulder but I was able to duck out of the way and swing my sword down on it's head, damaging some wood but not killing it, it leaves a pretty sizable cut on it's forehead, I jump back just as the Alpha swings it's wooden paw at me, taking down a tree with it. I lunge forward and do a upward slice with my sword leaving a red trail and hits the alpha in the chest leaving a large gash, and then twist around and do a horizontal slash across his chest again, The alpha tries to than crush me with it's large wooden paws, which I block with my sword causing the ground to crack under my feet. I take my sword and stab it though the paw of the timber alpha, and twist it around, cracking the wood and breaking the paw straight off, making it roar in pain and swat me away with it's other paw making me crash though a tree and break it down, Getting up quickly and taking off the paw off my sword and start to run towards the alpha and jump up, and twist around and slam my foot on it's head, causing the cut on the head crack and open up more. I than rotate my sword and slam it though the head of the Timber Alpha, making the head crack in half and it's eyes stop glowing, and it than starts to fall apart and I effectively win the alpha, with only a few bruises and one broken bone, because i'm pretty sure my arm isn't suppose to bend that way, or hurt so much. As I was detracted with my broken arm, a few timber wolves started to come out of the trees and head towards me, i didn't notice at first, but once I realized that there was about 50 or 60 timberwolves around me, I got defensive and pulled out my sword, but to my surprised they started to bow, with more coming and bowing, and more stopped coming when there was at least 126 timber wolves. This is a huge pack if I am correct and they now think of my as their leader, so this could be useful, I have a small army of timber wolves at my disposal, but now, I need a way to know that they are mine, so I started to put my deathknight energy into them, making all of their eyes start to glow blue, and I could sense them, I could put it in a technical sense, feel their souls. Once I had all of the timberwolves with me, I started to head though the forest, occasionally checking if the timber wolves where following me and they where following me, making a trail in the forest, and I had one destination in mind, and that was up north, where the snow was and where it was cold, and hard to find me. (Frozen - 46 Days later - Sal'Ador P.O.V.) Fourty-six. Fourty-six days where me and my Pack of Timber wolves, or as I call them now Ice Wolves as my deathknight energy has slowly replaced their wooden bodies with Ice and snow bodies as well as made them larger, they have been following my lead to the frozen north and has prevented anyone from getting near, as we had to pass by several train tracks and go around a few settlements and go under the whole city of cloudsdale, and after that we walked across a large plain of grass, and a small forest. then there was the mountains we had to go over once we got past the plains of grass and the forest, we transversed the mountains and eventually made it to the other side, where I started to head towards where I think the location of the crystal empire was, the snow would have froze any normal person, but to me, it was just a minor inconvenience, with my Ice Wolves where also not bothered by the cold as they where literally made from ice. The blizzard from what I could tell is getting stronger and is trying to push us away, though I didn't really feel like leaving as we already traveled a long time just to get here, so I am not stopping, I am continuing forward though the blizzard and towards the large spire in the distance with my sword to my side. The spire was slowly getting larger as me and my army of Ice timber wolves got closer, and i realized that we are probably gonna need a name for my army, or pack, I'll just go with army, so I decided with the name of the Frozen Army, as we are a army of frozen beings, so it kinda makes sense. The spire was getting closer and larger, and only now do I realized that that is the main spire of the crystal empire, it is quite larger than I though, and it is gonna be a useful place to be if I do get to be the ruler of it since the spire would allow me to view the distance with relative ease and help me figure out where my enemies would be. There was a roar in the distance, making me stop and look around, in the blizzard, with the Ice wolves walking around me, keeping me protected, then some sort of smoke rise up and take shape into some sort of cloud of smoke with eyes that have green wisps of smoke coming off it's eyes, I take my sword and run towards it, create 3 pillars of ice towards it to attack it, but it just disturbs and reforms elsewhere to dodge. I look at it as I shoot some magic at it, with it hitting near the ground and freeze around him, making him turn into a large chunk of ice, I then rush towards the chunk of ice and slash at it, splitting it in half and sending the top into the air as I concentrate my energy and hit it with my obliterate effectively shattering it and sending the ice particles into the distance. Nodding satisfied with my work I start to head back towards the crystal empire, with my Ice wolves following me, after a while we got to the dome surrounding the crystal empire and I place my hand onto it, and I feel it trying to push me away but at the same time trying to bring me in like it didn't like my deathknight energy, but it knew that I was a good person and was trying to bring me in, it felt weird so I just brought my hand back and looked at it, then I looked at the dome, then back at the army if Ice wolves. "We have reached out destination, so we will enter the crystal empire now, and see what is going on and if we have the chance, have the crystal ponies put me as queen or princess" I say, placing a hand on my sword as I look at the dome and walk though it, with my Ice Wolves following me though the dome, with all of us fine, with the ice wolves only having minor difficultly getting though. Now we are on grass looking at the large empire in front of us, now that we are here. "what do we do?" I ask no one. > Chapter 5 Part 1 - Out of Light > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Crystal Empire - Present - Sal'Ador P.O.V.) Walking towards the crystal empire while making sure the Ice wolves stay back, I notice that the crystal ponies seem to be, depressed, heads low, colors drained away, and seemingly scared of everything, or just me and the pack of ice wolves. I noticed one of my wolves was growling at something in a bush. I head towards the bush, my hand, paw? Paw, gripping the handle of the sword as i carefully push the bush away revealing, a small gem. It was green and had what looked like a skull with a eye patch in graved into it. The skull also looked like it was on fire, as soon as i picked it up I heard a voice. “I am Asphyxious. The iron Lich. If you need my aid just take this token and call my name.” I stared at it, debating whether or not if I needed the help from someone at the current moment, and looking at the area i’m in, i might need some help as another displaced might help me, especially if i’m going to control this place, not in a evil monarch way, I just need a base of operations, and in return, the ponies will get the protection of my ice wolves. I made my choice, I held up the Token and Said “Asphyxious, come to my aid” At first nothing happened, then a dark portal appeared blowing wind around me and my wolves. I heard the sound of something large and macanacl, it sounded heavy. I looked up and saw a huge robot, it eyes were glowing it back was sparking with energy as it closed and opened it claws. “Out of the way Slayer!” A voice called out from behind it, the slayer stepped to one side as Asphyxious showed himself, he was just as tall as the robot. He carried a large sword in one hand that was covered in fire. His skull like head was that of a dragon and he even had dragon like wings sticking out from his back. “Now then who are you?” “I am Sal’Ador, a Deathknight Worgon” I respond, with my Ice wolves staying near me, I also still have my paw on my sword, and judging from his robot and what he looks like, he was probably more powerful than me. “Wait the crystal empire? What is it with displaced always summoning me here?” Asphyxious asked himself not paying attention to the crystal ponies who were now running away from them. I looked at the crystal empire, I suppose it did look important, I mainly choose it because it was far from the alicorn sisters, and its strategic position in the north, being in the cold and hard to get too. “Anyway Sal or should I call you Ador? Whatever why did you summon me? Need help dealing with sombrero or something?” He asked resting the sword into the ground, I saw the way it easily split the crystal earth and there was a hissing sound as the flames licked at the crystal. “You can just call my Sal, I came here mainly trying to get away from the Alicorn sisters, I didn’t know there was this ‘sombrero’ guy that needed dealing with, but I can tell he isn’t good news, so we’ll be dealing with him” I say, my grip on my sword not loosening in the slightest. “I get the feeling you don’t trust me, good. First times meeting a displaced can start misunderstandings. It is nice to meet a fellow undead, so how long have you been displaced?” Asphyxious asked, as the robot walked up to a house and was about to swing it claw into it. But the dragon lich held up his hand without looking and the robot stopped, it looked back at him then lumbered to his side. “I’ve been a Displaced for a short while, well, a short while where i was in control and not insane off power or trapped in stone” I say, looking at the crystal empire, the buildings looked nice, and made of crystals. So that made it sparkly, which was interesting. “Want to walk and talk? I can give you a heads up to what to expect, seeing as you may be seeing a pink alicon and her dashing husband.” Asphyxious said as he started to walk, with the large robot lumbering behind him. I follow behind him, my grip on my sword slightly loosening at the mention of another alicorn, having two is enough, but a third one? I don’t really like the sound of that, what next? There’s going to be a fourth alicorn? I hope not “so what am I going to expect? I need to be at least a bit ready.” Asphyxious laughed, like head head the punch line to a unheard joke. “Well little candy as I like to call her will be coming here soon after the wedding, Candy and her husband will be coming here to rule over the crystal empire.” Asphyxious said as we were walking to a large crystal tower, or was it a palace? “Huh, well that’s going to make things harder for me” I say, looking at the tower, palace thing. Asphyxious waved for his robot to stay behind as he opened the doors to walk inside. “That not even half of it, the old king comes back as a dark cloud thing. His name is Sombra but I call him sombrero just to tick him off.” Asphyxious added as he laughed. As he lead us around the palace, it looked beautiful. “Would it be that it has green wisps of smoke coming off it’s eyes?” I ask, tilting my head to look at him, it took me about 46 days to get here with all the added difficulties, i’m pretty sure the wedding happened after my escape, From being in stone, so at most, about 50 days since I got out of that stone prison. “Sounds about right, so you ran into him before?” Asphyxious asked as he was leading me to what looked like a throne room but the main doors were closed. “Can’t have been fun, on the other hand can’t be any worse then what I had to deal with.” “I just froze his smoky body and shattered the ice, and no more trouble and I was able to get into the crystal empire with my pack” I Respond, his smoky from was easily enough to deal with, i don’t get why he is such a big of a threat. “You do know his incorporeal right? I don’t think he's going to stay dead for long.” Asphyxious replied, oh I didn’t know that. The dragon lich opened the main doors and we saw a Pink alicorn setting on the throne with a large number of ponies around her. We stared in silence for a moment until. “Sorry wrong door.” Asphyxious said and quickly closed them. “I think we maybe a little bit late… Or early, so do you want to hide or just come out and say hi?” “Well if they are related to celestia or luna in some way, then talking is useless as they would probably depict me as some sort of mindless monster that just destroys whatever gets in it’s way.” I say, “best chance, hide” I say, letting go of my sword for once. “You sure? I could try and explain what happened to them if you want? What did you do to make them think of you that way in the first place?” Asphyxious asked, as the sound of voices on the other side of the door were getting louder. “When i First Came to this world, I kinda went insane with the power that I got, and ended up killing a couple of ponies, don’t know what happened but that insane tendency is completely purged now after some sort of weird pulse wave after seeing a black bug creature with holes in its arms and legs.” I say, as I try to look for a good place to hide. “I see, talking it is then!” He said before opening the doors again. “Hello!” Asphyxious yelled before a cake hit him in the face. “Nice shot miss Pinkie Pie.” He added before a purple magic barrier appeared around him, it was the purple unicorn casting magic. Asphyxious was busy cleaning cake out of his skull leaving me to deal with the rest. I gripped my sword and pulled it out, feeling the frost enchantment on it, and got ready to defend myself, I sent out a burst of energy create spikes of ice towards the anthro ponies, and I made sure to make the spikes non-lethal and only to subdue them, I don’t really plan on killing anyone, not that they know that. “I really wish I was in my other form, this cake most likely is delishes.” Asphyxious said as he easily shattered the barrier. Much to the surprised of the purple unicorn. “Not bad Twilight still needs work?” “How this thing knows every pony names?!” Yelled the blue pegasus as she fly right at him, before delivering a roundhouse kick to his back then tried to punch him in the skull. That didn’t work out as well as she thought, wait. Is her mane and tail rainbow colored? “You know Rainbow we’d get a lot more work done if you all took just five to calm down and hear us out.” Said Asphyxious who was then kicked in the back by a pony with a cowboy hat. “Nice kick Applejack have you been working out?” It seemed less dire with him talking like this was a daily routine.   This seems like something I can’t really handle, and they aren’t focusing on me, so that’s good, i’ll just make sure no one tries to sneak up on me, so I just watch the area around me, and hopefully I won’t get attacked. “Enough playing around.” Asphyxious said as he casted a spell, that made everyone who was standing on the floor suddenly feel like they were walking a in a bog. Asphyxious also grabs hold of one of Rainbow arms and just holds her in the air. “Now then let all calm down and talk about this like full grown adults and undead.” I glanced at everyone currently in the room that’s accounted form, there’s the purple unicorn, which I am guessing is Twilight, then there’s rainbow dash, then the pink alicorn and what i’m assuming is her husband which has white fur with a blue mane and tail, and that seems like everyone in the room… wait where’s the other pink one? The pink earth pony? “Hi!” She yelled right in my face before she wraps her arms around me in a hug?! “I like your eyes! I’m Pinkie Pie it nice to meet you scary dog lady, how do your eyes glow! Is that skeleton guy your friend? Do you like parties? What your favorite color!” I Just stared confused at Pinkie Pie, she was strangely, Friendly to me despite betting celestia telling her what I did when i wasn’t in control. “hi?” was the simple response i made to pinkie pie because i’m confused, really confused. Asphyxious laughed. “Oh my gods, you made your first friend.” Asphyxious just kept laughing, the ponies looked just as confused as I did. All but Rainbow Dash who was still trying to break free of the dragon lich hold. “Anyway let get back to why we’re all here.” He started to say. “Pinkie what are you doing!? Don’t you remember the warnings celestia said about that monster!?” Yelled Twilight, Asphyxious looked like he was rolling his eyes. He then dropped Rainbow Dash and shook his head. “No, sorry I was thinking what if celesta mane was made of ice cream. What flavors would it taste like.” Pinkie replied getting a groan from some of her friends. She was still hugging me. As confused as I was, what Pinkie said also got me thinking of ice cream, to bad that i can’t actually eat anything as it would just turn into well, what would it turn into? Or would it just set there melting in my stomach? “I could really go for some Ice cream now.” Asphyxious added, as Rainbow was still trying to hit him. It was kind of funny to watch seeing as she couldn’t really hurt him. Could she? I think i’m getting more questions than answers, I would like some answers, but there probably isn’t going to be many answers, most likely because of the situation I am in. “Who or what are you two?” Asked the Pink Alicorn. “YES!” Asphyxious yelled making everyone jump. “At last someone asks the right question. Well to start with I am Asphyxious Hellbringer, Asphy to my friends. And our little undead puppy is Sal. I forgot the rest of her name sorry.” He was even scratching his cheek bone as he looked back at me. “I’m Sal’Ador A DeathKnight Worgon” I say, the alicorn asked for who or what, I just gave her both. “I see why did you come here?” Asked the alicorn, she looked tired. Like she hasn’t slept in days, when was the last time she went to sleep? “Well I came to see what would happen if you met Sal. Also to see how Sal would react to Pinkie Pie. I am not disappointed.” Asphyxious said with amusement in his voice. He was enjoying this. “I came here mainly to avoid the sun and moon princesses and to get somewhere where I can watch things at a distance, and only interfere with things when needed,” I say “also i got a bunch of ice versions of timber wolves that I can control outside which can be used as defenses.” The Alicorn looked to her husband and they talked. They nodded and she looked back at me. “Before we agree to anything I must ask, is what they say true? Did you really kill ponies?” She asked, it almost sounded like she didn’t want to knowI could tell the truth, which would prove to them that i’m honest hopefully later on but will also prove that I did kill ponies which would lead to distrust, I could also Lie which if they found out on my lie they would distrust me more and also find out that I Killed ponies if they found out the truth leading to more distrust, but that is if they find out the truth, most of the pathways lead to distrust, and I can’t Figure out which one to pick, and I don’t know if they would believe me if I said that the power I gained made me insane, and they might not believe me if I said I came from a different world, making this even more difficult, I was intensely thinking about this. “I’d say tell them the truth. Applejack can tell if someone was lying and it was over a thousand years ago. Anyone who still holds a grudge are either dead or the sisters.” Asphyxious said as he leaned on the wall as Rainbow had gave up trying to harm him and just stands there glaring at him. I let in a deep breath, and then says “Yes, I did kill ponies, I Was insane with the power I got and Lost control” I say truthfully. “How does that make you feel? Do you regret what you had done even after being turned to stone?” She asked. “Yeah, i regret killing all those ponies, they didn’t deserve it, they could h-have lived longer, and fulfilled their lives more” I say, this was the truth, the simple truth. The alicorn walked down with the help of her husband and took my hand. “Then I believe you can help us. The first step is to face what you've done and try and make amends. My name is princess cadence and I welcome you to the crystal empire.” Cadence said with a tired smile. “Now kiss.” Asphyxious whispered making me and cadence jump. He started to laugh as he was being pushed away by Twilight's friends scolding him. Twilight meanwhile looked back to cadence a little worried. I just sigh, life changes quickly, one minutes you are trying to run from ponies, the next minutes your becoming friends with them, this was a strange world, I look at Cadence and say “Thanks.” “Your welcome, is he your friend?” She asked pointing at Asphyxious who was now hugging Pinkie Pie while Applejack and Rainbow Dash yelled at him to put her down. Fluttershy was just looking on not sure what to do. “Well considering I only meet him today, i think so, he seems pretty nice” I say, looking at Asphyxious, slightly tilting my head. “So was it a romact meeting?” Cadence asked as she started to giggle. I scratch the back of my head, “it was a interesting meeting?” I say, smiling slightly her eyes go wide before she smiles warmly at me. “Oh I see, so you two couldn’t wait huh?” Cadence asked giggling more. My face flushes red, blue? Let’s just go with red “w-what?” I asked, slightly confused. “To kiss him, you two are a couple right?” Cadence asked, before she cover her mouth in realization. “On my I’m sorry I just thought you two were.” I sigh, as my blush starts to fade “It’s fine, it really is, just a simple mistake” I say, Cadence then held her head in pain. “It Sombra. He’s trying to get into the empire.” She warned holding her head. “Oh yeah, I almost forgot about him.” Asphyxious said as everyone ran outside. They saw the dark clouds as they were trying to push past the shield. Sombra face appeared and he was laughing. “I have a bad feeling about this” I say, holding my sword in my handpaws, looking directly at sombra. It looked like he had broken though put sombra roars with anger was he was pushed back out again. Cadence looked exhausted after that. “We need to find the Crystal Heart, it the only way to destroy King Sombra.” Said shining armour. Asphyxious at last had walked outside, the ponies did a double take when his robot walked up to him. “What?” Asphyxious asked turning to the robot. “Oh no there all friends now.” The robot lowered it head and let out a growl. “Yes i find this place strange to.” The robot let out a puff of steam and sook it head. “No you can’t run off to find something to fight.” Asphyxious told it, the robot seem to be unhappy by that. “Look how about when we get home I’ll find you some Farrow to fight happy?” The robot nodded it head and opened and closed it claws a lot. “What the hay is that thing?” Asked Rainbow. “I think it’s a robot” I say, looking at it. “Robot? Don’t insult my work.” Asphyxious called out, he must of had good hearing. “This is a warjack. One of my own making thank you.” “You made this!” Twilight yelled as she rushed over asking questions and talking about thing I couldn't even began to understand. It was like the two of them were speaking in a different language. “Shouldn’t we be looking for the crystal heart?” Asked Fluttershy. They all quickly agreed, but they had to drag Twilight away from Asphyxious before she could ask anymore questions about the Warjack. The two of them were alone. “So… what now?” Asphyxious asked, seeing everyone had run off to find this crystal heart. “We hold off Sombra until they get it, that’s what we do” I say, looking at sombra while holding my sword. “That’ll be a while, mite as well chill until he finally breaks through.” Asphyxious body go up in blue flames, at first I think someone had attack him. Until the flames die away to show a dragon standing in the same place as Asphyxious, only he had a eye patch on his left eye, was wearing a blue coat and had a sword strapped to his hip. “Want to look for any good places to eat?” . I blink before sighing and putting my sword back, “sure, he’s occupied with the barrier so we have time” I say, silently questioning his transformation. He didn’t look to bad ever. “Alright then let go.” Asphyxious said as he lead the way. “Confused about how I changed forms right?” He asked as we walked. “Yup” I admitted, he just kept walking like everything was fine. It was like Asphyxious wasn’t worried at all. “Changeling magic, mixed with my own and the elements gave me back a living body. But I think something else helped that along.” Asphyxious explained. “Well, that makes some sense” I say, as I glanced at sombra. It looks like he turned back into a cloud. I looked back at Asphyxious and wondered something. “Something on your mind?” Asphyxious asked as he stopped at a shop it looked closed down. I nod, “what did it feel like getting a new body?” I ask, Asphyxious seemed to take a moment to think about that. “It was nice at first, then I had to remember how to walk again seein gas I had legs again. Kind of cold being naked at the time. Then my chrysalis thought it was a good idea to make sure all my… Parts were working.” He blushed at that last part, he then sigh. “I miss her.” I debated whether or not to ask this question, but she decided so “what happened?” I ask, my head tilting slightly. “She died, killed by a enemy that took our children and used their souls to summon there master.” Asphyxious replied looking up at the sky. “There nothing more painful than losing someone you care about. But I took there master, killed him then ate him.” I went silent, not really knowing how to react, I haven’t really experienced anything like that yet, since I’ve only recently been able to fully control myself, but it still been over a month since she was freed from her stone prison and her insanity, and she has yet to really experience anything like that, and she is still pretty much the number one villain on Luna and Celestia’s List. “Hey now what that look for? It okay I’ve had a long time to get over it. I’m over one thousand two hundred years old now thank you. I’m still young for a dragon lich.” Asphyxious said as he start to laugh. I look at him, and smile, being a displaced was strange, but hey, you get to meet other displaced in somewhat the same predicament but different in every way, anyway, back to food “so, where are we going to get to eat?” I ask. Asphyxious walked up took my hand next thing I know I’m dizzy and inside the shop. “Sorry about that teleporting for two not easy. Always makes someone dizzy the first time round.” Asphyxious said as he walked off to find the kitchen. I shake my head trying to clear some dizziness as i look at the shop, Asphyxious looked to have found the kitchen and was already cooking something. “I hope you like toast and veggies, it was the only thing I could find that wasn’t hay.”  Asphyxious called out. “Hey did you know that ponies in some worlds can eat fish?” I blink “I didn’t know that ponies can eat fish, that is interesting” I reply “Each world is a mixed bag. Some you get ponies who can eat meat, some who can’t, some it a guilty pleasure.” Asphyxious went on letting little things here and there though his travels. “On some worlds the ponies have a heat cycle.” “That must be an, interesting experience” I say responding to the heat cycle bit, I don’t know if this world has one as i only stayed here for over a month so far actually exploring. “For me it been okay, I think it more of if you expect it or not. When your not expecting it, it can be a bit scary. But if you’re prepared beforehand and know what you’re getting yourself into you can do one of two things. One hide out with your friend on holiday somewhere else, or two go with the flow. It depends on the displaced I think.” Asphyxious said as he came out with two sandwiches, he was already starting to his one. “To be honest, my body don’t really need food. I just enjoy eating it.” I look at my sandwich, as I say “I don’t really know what would happen if i ate food, but I do know that I can walk 46 days continuously without need to stop to eat or drink, or really anything I wasn’t even tired, but I’m still going to eat this food because I want to see what would happen” I say as I take a bite from the sandwich, and chew on it “That as far as I know normal for a undead. Same thing happened to me, I would be awake for weeks before even feeling the smallest bit sleepy and four houses later I’d be up again and do it all over again. But at some point the mind needs to rest so it would most likely be good for you to take some time off and just rest for a few hours a day.” Asphyxious said as he took another bite. I Finished my first bite and it tasted great! I hadn’t really had any food since I came to this world, and that’s a long time, anyway, I nodded at what Asphyxious said, understanding, it might be good for the mind to rest, who knows what might happen to it. “So I have a question?” Asphyxious asked as he took another bite and ate it. “What is it?” I ask taking another bite after asking that. This was really good I could eat this forever. “Were you a guy or a girl before being displaced?” Asphyxious asked as he kept eating. I finished the bite before saying, “I, can’t really remember much from where i came from, like my memories where blocked or eased” I say, “I don’t remember a single thing of who or what I was before i became a displaced” “That sucks but happens to everyone, I lost all my memories of my past by going insane. Guess it doesn't really matter, gender is overrated anyway. I can go one way or the other both are fun.” Asphyxious said as he ate the last of his sandwich. Wait did that mean his?   I cover my face which was blushing again, I have finished most of my sandwich as well, he noticed i am blushing, stop blushing cheeks! “Was it that good?” Asphyxious asked smiling from his seat, acting like everything was fine. I just wordlessly nod, maybe if I focus on something else then I can make my cheeks stop blushing. “Did you know in some worlds the ponies walk around naked? I mean what up with that, don’t they get cold or something?” Why did he have to say that!? My cheeks are now a even further red from that! I use my hands to keep my face covered, “Are you blushing?” Asked Asphyxious. I couldn't say anything it didn’t help thoughts were in my head and wouldn't go away. “Was it the sandwich?” Asphyxious asked. I don’t know if I should do anything or not! “Or was it something I said?” Maybe if I don’t say anything he’ll forget about it. I then felt a hand on my head, I look up and saw Asphyxious was smiling and petting me. “It okay there nothing to be embarrassed about, I’m just happy my cooking made someone happy.” I smile slightly, was my tail wagging? Why did it feel nice when he petting me on the head? Who knows, i just know that it feels nice. Asphyxious stopped and sat back in his seat. “So anything else you want to know or talk about?” He asked, I wanted him to keep petting me. Anyway, “What is it like in your universe?” I ask, Asphyxious seemed to think about that for a long time before rubbing the back of his head. He also looked like he was blushing a little himself. “The best way I can describe it is chaos, it don’t really help I kind of have… Followers.”  Asphyxious replied, he seemed to not want to go into too much detail but I wanted to know more. The barrier around the crystal empire started to shake and dissipate, letting out some static like noises, signal to everyone, that the barrier was coming down, and sombra was about to move in, with his distant roaring. “Well here I go again, want to crash a party?” Asphyxious asked as he get up. “Yup, that sounds like fun” I respond, also getting up Asphyxious placed his hand on my shoulder this time and smarks. “By the way, I knew what was making you blush all that time.” I slightly freeze up, with my cheeks once again blushing, Asphyxious laughed and teleported us away.