"We are nearing our destination. Please go ahead and start clearing out the target's projections, I will take care of the target himself." I ordered my servant.

"As you wish, my master." He said, disolving into my shadow. I looked at terrain in front of me: Beautiful plains sprawled out endlessly.

"We're getting close..."

(Age: 21)

Fifteen years.

It has been fifteen years since I lost my family and gained the title of demigod. As you can tell, I survived my trial. I had only grown a bit since that time, maybe an inch or two. Also, I have gained magical powers because of my acsension. Other than that, I see no difference in my appearence.

I've explored and memorized most of the area I've been living: a school. It was founded for the soul purpose of making sure that demigods don't get themselves killed the moment they leave their god's side. The school is in the space between worlds and doubles as a headquarters for the gods to watch over said worlds. The teachers are the gods themselves or seinor demigods (demigods that have power near or equal to a god). There's a wide arrange of classes ranging from combat strategy to spell design. But, my favorite training is with my master: blood magic. It is very complex and dangerous, most students wouldn't go near it. However, it comes naturally to me and I enjoy the challenge.

There is, however, another side of school: popularity. This side is rather hard for me. I tend to be alone most of the time and I don't approach anybody unless I need to. It also didn't help that I'm the only human here.

Solana and I still keep in touch. She teaches advanced spell making and casting which is my third best class, my second being battle techniques and strategies. Other than Solana though, nobody took an intrest in me. All they do is give me a look that says "you don't belong". Is it some sort of taboo to make a human a demigod? It would certainly explain the way the other students treat me.

Since were on the topic of students, most (if not all) students came from the world of Equestria because of the high magic presence there. There are dragons, earth ponies, unicorns, pegisi, griffions, and dimond dogs, however the latter was few.

Anyway, I was studying in the library which is massive, and I mean massive as in you could get easily lost for hours. I was studing advanced spell craft for a test that requires you to make an medium ranged magic attack that is easy to cast. I was almost done the written part of the spell, after that I would just need to test it.

"Hello?" A voice rang out. I ignored the voice entirely, devoting my focus to finishing the spell. 'Besides, who would go looking for me? I'm hated here...' I continued working as I heard hoofsteps trot around my work space. "Hello? I heard I could find someone I need to see here." The voice sounded feminine, young, and... unsure? "*sigh* I knew he was hard to find but, I didn't know he was practically non-existant!" She said.

I sighed and put down the quill I was working with. 'I'm so very close to being finished but if I don't help her she will just keep ranting and I'll never get this done.' "What do you want?" I said with irritation.

There was a yelp and a quiet thud that echoed after my words. "Oh my, you gave me quite the scare! I can't see you? Where are you?" The voice asked.

I sighed again, lothing that I had to reveal myself. I stood and peeked over the wall of spell books I was using. "I'm in here." I said, looking at the filly.

She was a unicorn and had a bright orange coat, yellow mane and tail, and she was about the same hight as me, perhaps a little shorter. Her eyes were also orange but, they glowed and flickered like fire. Her cutie mark was a open flame. The mare looked at me strangely, "Why are you in that pile of books?"

I gave her a flat look, "Because I like working alone and un-interupted." I deadpaned.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"It's fine. Who are you and what do you want?" I questioned.

"Oh! I completely forgot to introduce myself! I'm terribly sorry, my name is Scarlet Flame and I need help. I'm in your spell casting class and... well, I'm having trouble coming up with a spell for the test. Teacher says that your the best in the class and that you would help me."

I sighed for a third time. 'I thought it was obvious that I do not like being disturbed while working.' I tossed her a pair of spell books. "Don't talk to me until you get an idea for a spell." I ducked back down into my fortress of books, continuing to finish my preperations.

As I stroked my quill across the paper for the last time, a wave of relief flowed over me. 'Now all that's left is to practice it,' I looked over towards Scarlet as a sinister smile creeped over my face. 'No one would notice if she when "missing" in here. I mean, people get lost inhere all the time!' The smile, however, faded away as soon as it came, 'But, master would be disapointed...'

I got up and spectated Scarlet scanning the books I gave her for insperation. "Have you decided what you're going to create?" I asked in the monotone voice I picked up from my master. It's very useful for itimidation and it keeps people away.

She sighed, "I think so, but I have no clue how to put it on to paper!" She let her head fall into the book and groaned. "I'm gonna fail this test!" A shiver whent up my spine as a wave of ecstasy suddenly washed over me. But the wave left as soon as it came. "Are you alright?" Scarlet said.

I took a deep breath, erasing all traces of my previous feeling. "I'm fine," I lied, "I'm just cold." I taught Scarlet how to draw the spell and showed her the theory behind it.

When she finished the spell, she stood up on her hind legs and gave me a hug, "Thank you so much! If it weren't for you..."

I shoved her off and started to put away the books that littered the area, "It's fine, just leave me alone now..." A frown appeared on Scarlet's face, but she eventually walked away. I sighed and finished cleaning. "That was close" I wispered to myself, "I almost started feeding on her..."

I have a... strange ability. I can gain strength by "feeding" off of others despair. However, It feels... wrong, like I'm kicking someone when they're down. I've been trying to resist the urge to feed whenever I sence someone's despair. It is very hard: feeding is like a drug.

I collected my things and left the library. 'I have some time until night comes... Might as well test and practice this spell, then maybe I should report back to master...' I thought.

I eventually reached the the training grounds. Luckly, everyone was in the dining hall, so nobody was there. 'Excellent, no one will disturb me.'

I found some spair training dummies (straw dummies that are shaped to look like diffrent species and can repair themselves) and placed them around me. I took out the spell that I was previously slaving over from a white backpack that my master had given me when I first began my training, and read it over and over again, imprinting it into my mind.

When I felt ready, I put my spell away and began to focus. I began to feel magic course through my body. I focused the magic on a focal point: my hands. The magic built up to a point where it began to materialize. I raised one of my hands and whipped it towards one of the dummies. Red wires of magic shot out of the spaces between my fingers, wrapped around the dummy, and returned back to my hands.

'Let the fun begin...' I ripped my hand back and the wires dissapiered with a satisfing *shing*. The dummy, however, appiered to be untouched. Confused, I reached out and touched the dummy. As soon as I my fingers grazed it, it fell apart. It had been perfectly cut where the wires had wrapped around. The dummy's pieces then levitated back to their original position and joined back together.

I giggled with excitement, "It works perfectly! Now then, how powerful is it?" I released another wave of wires to my left, ensnaring another dummy. I cut that dummy to pieces as well. I cast the spell over and over again, mowing down dummy after dummy. Eventually, I stopped casting. I hunched over, panting. 'I easily casted that spell over five hundred times!' I looked around to find the dummies reforming.

'I believe that it's time for the finale...' I charged the spell for a couple of seconds, then I whipped my arms out in different directions. The wires went everywhere, wrapping around anything they could: dummies, tree branches, and some large rocks. Some dummies were suspended in the air from the tention in the wires. I chuckled again, then I tore my hands back. There was only carnage afterwards. Dummy parts were strewn around me, several wooden splinters were all that remained of the branches, and the rocks were reduced to the size of pebbles.

I looked at the aftermath of the spell, 'This spell is quite effective and easy to use. What shall I name it...?' I thought for awhile until the name hit me, "Blood wire...yes, I shall call this spell blood wire." I put the, now reformed, dummies back where I had found them and proceeded to grab my bag and leave.

However, my exit was interupted as I walked into the same mare from befohre. I fell to the ground as she walked head first into me. "Oh, sorry!" she apologized.

"Oh, it's you..." I said, recovering from my fall. "What are you doing here? I thought that you would have gone to eat."

"I was," she started, "but I thought I could test my spell before I eat."

I letter out a sigh and wiped the remaining dirt from my clothes, "Very well then, I have finished with the grounds. Test to your heart's desire." I turned my back to her and walked away. I heard cheering after about a minute of walking towards my destination.

I walked along one of the many roads of the campus as the sun set in the distance. I approached

a very tall and magnificent building made of marble, with collums and golden double doors out the front. I entered and came into a large reception area that had several hallways leading through the building. I walked down a seemingly random hallway and continued walking for sometime, until it stopped with a set of familiar white, red handled, double doors.

I was about to knock on the door, but they slowly opened before I could. "I've been expecting you..." my master called. The room was the same as I remebered it: the walls were shrouded in darkness and the only light sources came from the candles that were around the room, especially at the alter in the front. My master was sitting cross-legged in front of the alter with his eyes closed and his body relaxed. "It has been a while since you last visited me," he pointed out.

"My greatest apologies, master, but I have been buisy with my training," I explained. "I have just completed a rather powerful spell for Solana's test. I'm bound to pass it."

"You won't be attending that test." My master stated.

"WHAT!?" I protested. "That test—"

"Silence!" I shut up immediately. My master took a deep breath to calm himself, "There are more urgent matters that need to be dealt with..." Now I was curious, 'What could be more important than a test?' "Discord, spirit of chaos and disharmony, has taken the throne of Equestria by force. He poses a theat to the safety and sanity of the population and needs to be stopped."

"So," I started, "you want me to go kill him!?" I asked exitedly. 'This is it,' I thought, 'I'm finally getting my first assignment!'

"No." I must have made a funny face because he laughed, "Let me explain. If you were to fight him now, you would be killed for sure. All I want you to do is stall him."

I was confused, "What would stalling him do? Wouldn't that just get me killed faster?"

"Well, under normal circumstances, yes it would, but you won't be alone in this battle. There will be two fillies trying to seal Discord with the elements of harmony," he explained. I nodded my head in understanding, then he reached into his pocket and pulled out a bundle of wine red cloth and gave it to me. "Take this, you'll need it." I unravled the cloth to find a one edged, bone dagger. It was curved on the bladed side and had small symbols carved out on the other.

I was dumbfounded, "But, master, this is your knife!" All he did was nod.

"Think of it as a gift," he said.

I gave the dagger a few twirls and swings. It was light and increadably sharp, in other words, an amazing weapon. "Thank you, master. I will keep it with me until I die," I thanked.

"You leave for Equestria tonight, so get some sleep," master ordered. I bowed respectively and turned to leave. "Zero two, please don't mention this mission to anyone. It's top secret."

"Don't worry, master, I won't fail you," I responded. I walked out of my master's chambers and towards my room.

Little did I know that my life would change that night...again.

The darkness of the night hid me as I strolled through the forest. My master had briefed me just before I left. Inside this forest was a castle where the two fillies were headed, and that ment Discord and myself were going to be there. I was to protect these fillies with my life —if necessary— againts Discord and his minions. The mission was simple enough.

I walked through the forest and eventually, I came to a chasm that stood between the castle and myself. I could see various flashes of light coming from the windows and there were explosive noises coming from inside as well. 'Damn, they've already started fighting,' I thought, 'I need to get in there before Discord kills them!' Unfortunately, the bridge crossing the chasm was cut, so I needed to find another way in. I took my new knife and looked at it. An idea came to me: I wrapped the handle of the knife with my blood wire spell and threw it into the castle wall. I checked that the knife was secure, then I leaped into the chasm. When I landed on the far wall, I used my makeshift grappling hook to scale the wall and finally, reach the top of the cliff.

Insted of bursting through the front door like an idiot, I climbed up to a broken window and saw my mission: two fillies, both of which had wings and a horn, and a patchwork monster. The biggest of the fillies was around three feet tall and had a bright pink mane and tail, a white coat, a cutie mark of a sun, and several cuts and scratches. The other was around two feet and six inches tall and had a light blue mane and tail, a dark blue coat, and no cutie mark. Finally, the creature looked as if someone had taken several body parts and sewn them together. It was tall, almost as tall as my master, and it was laughing.

"I never dreamed that this would be so easy!" he laughed. 'So this is discord...' "Did you really think you could beat me by coming here to find the mystical elements of harmony?" he taunted, putting massive emphasis on "mystical".

"Thou shall fall, Discord!" the white filly squeaked. "Once the elements are uncovered, thy defeat is eminent!" This made him hysterical.

I climbed down off the window and hid as Discord continued, "And who's going to look for them while you're fighting me?" he asked. The filly's expression turned to one of frustration, she knew that she wouldn't be able to beat the monster in front of her without the elements. "Oh, don't worry," Discord cooed, "this is going to end very soon."

"What makes thou say that?!" the blue filly questioned. "We have yet to get serious!"

Discord wiped a tear from his eye, "Oh, you actually think this is a real fight... Sorry to disappoint, but I've mearly been playing with you!" he said. "I think it's time to end this..." Discord raised his arm to strike, but it was enveloped in red wires. All eyes in the room then turned to a cloaked figure: me.

I kept a strong hold on the wires as I said, "You know, it's consitered rude to hit a lady..." My eyes met Discord's and he knew what I was here for. "Go," I ordered, "find the elements, I'll deal with Discord."

"Hey!" the blue filly called, "What do—, Tia!" Tia picked up her sister with her magic and started to run.

"We thank thou!" She called as she ran.

I didn't respond as I stared down my enemy. The tention in the air was palpable as I spoke, "I suppose you already know why I'm here?" Discord's laughing had stopped a long time ago.

"You don't honestly think you can kill me, do you?" he asked with a smirk on his face.

"No," This seemed to catch him off gaurd. "I know I cannot kill you, so I shall do as I was orderd," I rotated to where the two fillies onced stood, blocking his path. I grabbed my knife and held it in a reversed grip, "en gaurd, Discord..."

Discord teleported away with a flash, leaving my wires with nothing to hold on to. My shadow flashed in front of me for a instant; I ducked to avoid a swipe from behind and retaliated with one of my own. He leaped back, "You're not bad, kid, but it's gonna take a lot more than that to beat me!"

"You really don't listen, do you?" I quipped. My wires lashed out again, this time wrapping around his leg. I slammed him to the ground and leaped into the air with my knife at the ready. He teleported away as my knife was implanted into the ground where he once lay. I pulled out my knife and turned to Discord, "I'm not here to defeat you."

"Then why are you here?"

I put a finger on my lips, "That's a secret." I unleashed my wires from both my hands, each stream going on either side of my enemy.

"Ha! You missed!" He laughed. I pulled back my wires, however that wasn't the only thing I pulled back. Two decent sized boulders smashed into him, sending him flying towards me. I got ready to strike him, but he exploded into a cloud of confetti. I wiped myself off and looked around for my target. "Oh no!" Discord taunted, his voice echoing around the room. "How will the little demigod hit what he can't see?" I looked around the room for any signs of movement, only to find that Discord was good at hiding.

I was annoyed by the game he was playing, but it had a fatal flaw. "I'm only going to give you one chance to show yourself and fight fairly, Discord!" I warned. I lightly smiled when no answer followed. I focused my magical energy into my hands and covered the room in wires. There was a tangle in my web, so Discord was caught! I released the hand that caught nothing and grabbed my wrist, pulling the tension tighter. I pulled as hard as I could until...

*squeak*

I blinked several times before releasing the remaining wires and letting whatever was caught fall to the ground. When the object hit the ground, a giant rubber doppelganger of Discord immediately became visible.

Suddenly, something wrapped around my neck and hoisted me up into the air. I flailed my limbs, trying to strike my attacker. I hit him a few times, but my efforts were in vain. And jut when I thought that it couldn't get any worse...

"Drop him now, Discord!" A voice called out. I was swung towards the voice: the one named Tia and the other filly.

"I don't want to. I was thinking about making him my pet," he replied.

"It would be unwise to disobey us this time!" the blue filly announced. Tia levitated six stones into the air, "We've found the elements!"

'Well that was surprisingly fast...' I thought. I felt Discord's grip tighten and I was brought in between the two. "Go ahead, you'll hit both of us though..." Discord calmly said. The stones started to rotate in the air, but they stopped when the blue filly bumped into Tia.

"Tia!" the blue one shouted. "We cannot hurt him, he saved us!" Tia started to look nervous, and shuffled on her hooves.

"Ti...a," I choked, "do...it..."

"But—"

I looked her straight in the eyes, "Do it." I needed to time this perfectly if my plan was going to work.

The elements levitated above their heads and started to spin rapidly, creating a rainbow swirl around them. I slowly reached for my knife, drawing it and bringing it close to my chest. Then, I grabbed the blade and waited, but just as I started to prepare myself, Discord whispered into my ear, "I will be back, and next time you won't be able to stop me."

The rainbow shot off of the two ponies and rushed towards us. Discord started to laugh hysterically as I quickly cut my hand and latched it to the appendage holding me. A sizzling sound reached my ears and I was dropped. I rolled onto my back just in time to see the rainbow hit Discord, slowly wrapping around him and turning him into stone, Discord laughing all the while.

And then, it was over. My mission was complete: Discord was defeated and the two fillies were safe. I let out a massive sigh and brought my hands to my face, where I realized my hands were covered in small cuts and blood, especially my left hand thanks to the gash from my knife. 'Mental note: putting to much tension on my blood wires will cut me,' I thought.

I didn't bother getting up, I was completely drained of energy. 'My first mission is completed,' I thought, 'and I have no idea what to do next! My master taught me how to get here, how to find where I need to go, but never how to get back!' I took deep breaths and calmed myself.

"Are thou okay?" a very concerned voice came. The two fillies came over to me and looked down at me. The one dubbed Tia seemed more worried than the blue one, who was more cautious if me.

"I'm fine," I retorted, "I'm just exhausted."

"Thy cuts say otherwise," Tia said. "We should help him."

"We do not know, Tia. We do not trust him..." the blue one cautioned.

"Lulu," Tia scolded, "if we were injured, would you not want us to be helped?"

"No, si—" and that's when I turned the corner and was out of earshot. I walked until I made it outside, where the moon was starting to set. Several wounded pony knights were scattered across the front yard. I flipped on the hood of the cloak I was wearing and travelled through the shadows to the forest's edge.

I couldn't help but gaze at the damage done to the area. Several chunks of stone had been ripped off of the castle and parts of the roof had caved in. Patches of dirt, grass, and flowers were scattered throughout the field. 'This place was probably once beautiful... It's sad to see it in such a state,' I thought.

Thunder took my attention away from the carnage. As I reached the forest, it started to pour rain, but it mattered not. I needed to get back to my master, before they found out that I was missing. "Hey!" someone called out from behind me. 'Ugh, what now?' I turned to see the white filly from before: Tia.

"What do you want?" I asked.

She glared at me, "How dare thou walk away when we were offering our help!"

"No offence," I started, "but I don't have time for you to play doctor." I turned and tried to leave but the filly jumped in front of me.

"Oh no, thou are not going anywhere!"

"Get out of my way."

"No."

"Please?"

"No!" she yelled.

I groaned in frustration, 'Whether she knows it or not, I can't get past her! Even if I did use force, she was my mission! If I accidentally hurt her, my master would kill me!' "What do you want from me?" I asked.

Tia smiled, "We can't let thou leave without repaying our debt to you."

I sighed, "You don't have to pay me back, I was ordered to protect you. Besides..." I paused and looked away, "you wouldn't want to associate yourself with a monster."

"A monster?" she questioned.

"I've been shunned for most of my life for being the only one of my kind. I am surely a monster," I explained.

The rain seemed to get heavier as she said, "Being different is not the same as being a monster."

I turned back to her, "Is it really? I'm treated the same way as a monster, just because of who my master is and what I am..."

"That does not matter! No monster would go out of his way to help somepony!" she countered. I turned away from her completely, "Please, we insist that thou let us treat your wounds."

I sighed, 'Maybe going with her isn't a terrible idea... Besides, I have no clue how to report back to master, and they may not be completely safe yet.' After a while, I let out a defeated sigh, "Fine, but on one condition."

"What is it?" she asked.

"Tell no one about this."

Author's Note

I do not own the idea of blood wire, that comes from Xionic Madness.