Division 48

Moon rises high, the night is upon us
Raise your arm and stab
The heart and let it pass
Look forward and grab
The plague and blight
Control is in your reach
Shout with ancients might
The power and fears speech
The words even demons abhor
Vagrash Anur Dax’eech
And open the Blight Gates door

From The Blight Arcanum,

Ancient artifact volume of times long past. It is in Celestias personal collection, contained in dimensional pocket near Canterlot Castle. It cannot be destroyed and is considered one of the most dangerous objects in existence. What’s more it is kept in secrecy, only Celestia and The Blind Oracle know of its existence. The volume supposedly contains the blackest and most spiteful magic known to sentient beings. What is the most fearsome attribute of the Blight Arcanum is a simple fact that it is usable by any being with enough desire in its heart. It was never used in Equestria and its place of origin remains unknown even to the Goddess.

The Blind Oracle, Silver Wielder once said:

Time will come when even the purest souls will be depraved and infected with darkness… Time will come when the Achilles awakens, Blight Gate shall appear, and one ill-minded and insane individual will open the gate. He will possess the Blight Arcanum, as it was always destined to be his and no one else’s. Beware you of little faith, because with the First Ones comes not only destruction and eternity of darkness but also Purple and White Betrayal…

Information Secrecy Level 1 – Limited Authorization for access needed
Topic: The Blood of Universe and Humankind
Data Origin: Dimensional Guardians Nexus Archives
Authorization: Assault Commander William Sharp

The Blood of Universe and Humankind

The Blood of Universe also known as Black Vector Energy is a hidden web of veins and arteries through which the blood of Universe circulates. It is used as primary source of energy by Dimensional Guardians, but also every living being and every object are connected to such veins and possess their own vector artery, which when pierced or destroyed deletes the existence of the whole being or object. This knowledge belongs only to the Dimensional Guardians as no other sentient beings realized that Universe is a living thing, which as all living things contains its own intestines, normally invisible and untouchable. However ridiculous as this idea might sound, the guardians can harness and use this blood to their own advantage only because of the Universe favor and acceptance. No other sentient beings can discover such thing, as it may lead to disastrous consequences. Regrettably Guardians cannot protect this information effectively on such massive scale and so far one civilization and race came very close to discovering the Blood of Universe which is hidden in the Everlasting Void. This civilization calls itself Humanity and uses singularity based technology which is dangerously similar to ours. Singularities are basically wounds in the Universe itself which heal overtime or expand themselves and then heal spontaneously. Usually they heal overtime, but sometimes if the wound is too big The Universe uses the immediate option which causes some locally based destruction and can effectively annihilate a whole race. Additionally it has much more severe disruptions including local desynchronization of time vortex or reality shifts which are even more dangerous. Humanity amazingly survived such disaster and what’s more harnessed a simple wound to create a completely new technological tree. Regrettably this technology is based on artificial creation of wounds in the Universe itself, which is not entirely healthy to it nor is it healthy to Humanity. As a living being Universe might exercise vengeance upon this race and because of that and the power similarity of singularity technology to our own the whole race is under observation and an intervention is not out of question.

Location: Equestria, previously known as Earth, 50 km north of Stalliongrad City previously known as Volgograd.

The heavy stomps of the Colossus were easily audible to any animal in the area. Therefor every single animal smart enough opted for running away as far as possible from the sound and its origin. Enough said that no animal was visible to Colossus sensitive life signature sensors in a radius of at least 0,5 km. The poor trees however had it much worse, as they simply cannot run from the heavy machine like the animals, thus now and then, or rather every two steps a sound of breaking wood or falling tree could be heard by everyone listening. No one was however listening at the time and probably for the best, because - Hey, what can one pony do against 600 metric tons of Etherium, titanium, steel and some other elements? Well probably not much, except running away or staring in fascination, maybe even praying if somepony was mad enough to think that a God came down from heaven to greet his followers. Praying would possibly hold the Colossus for 0,000000000000000000000001 second needed for him to analyze the non-verbal elements of the organics language and identify it as “Praying”… This amount of time wouldn’t however be sufficient as one wouldn’t even be able to say the first letter in “Holy Shit”. And thanks to that the Colossus was slowly but constantly getting closer to its destination, to fulfill its objective of opening the Anomaly Gate, mostly undisturbed. Well that is until it closed in on a small village 48 km north of Volgograd, or Stalliongrad as it was called by the horses… Even the AI of Colossus snorted (or tried to) at that, stating:

….STATEMENT: STUPIDEST NAME FOR A CITY EVER….

The Colossus abruptly stopped and proceeded to scan the small village. Results weren’t surprising, about 300 life signatures dispersed among wooden buildings. The whole village built in a round fashion. In the middle of the circle was probably a market currently closed as it was middle of the night.

….STATEMENT: LAZY ORGANICS NEED TO REST AT NIGHT….

And indeed sleeping they were… Well at least most of them, there were 3 (what a shock) guards patrolling the village. Well that also wasn’t surprising as probably a lot of wild animals from the woods could come to the village and eat some local flock of sheep and whatnot… Ponies guarding sheep, that’s just rich by the way… The whole place was located in a clearing in the middle of the dense woods the Colossus was for a lack of better term mowing through. It seemed that the guards were already looking in the Colossus general direction and no wonder; it was awfully loud when it walked. They still however didn’t know who was making this sound. Their signatures showed an increased heartbeat rate and adrenaline levels. This simply means fear, not familiar to the Colossus but comprehendible. If the Colossus was an organic being, it would probably think deeply what to do now, how to approach those guards and the village, of course not taking diplomacy out of possible solutions. Much to the ponies disadvantage however, the Colossus was everything but organic and its behavior was dictated by its mission objective and as such a consensus was reached very, very, veeery fast.

….SITUATION ANALYSIS COMPLETE….
….MISSION OBJECTIVE: SEARCH AND DESTROY….
….ENTERING ANTI-PERSONNEL COMBAT MODE…

“Blue, are you sure you heard something over there? I’m looking there but I don’t see or hear a bloody thing! It’s all trees and snow!”

Said a tall brown earth pony stallion, dressed in a light guard uniform. He had a metal helmet on his head and an iron shoulder pad on his left shoulder. The shoulder pad had one yellow star painted on it, an evidence of the highest rank in the villages guard. He was the Captain that commanded those younglings and he had respect from them. His dark brown eyes betrayed his age and years of training experience, but as all the ponies of Equestria he never really saw any battle whatsoever, as no one was old enough (except Celestia, Luna and Discord) to be a witness to one. His moustache long and in color of his eyes was covered in some snowflakes. It was snowing once again, this time however not so intensively. The scenery of white covered woods in front of the guards was peaceful as ever and no one was able to see the looming shape of a murderous machine preparing for a surprise attack.

“I’m sure I did sir! It sounded as if something really heavy was approaching the village and it was no bear! Something much worse…”

Answered the dark blue pegasus. Evidently stressed, his heart beating like crazy, because he knew what he heard. Everything considered he was sure that his senses didn’t lie to him. His armor was identical to that of his commanding officer, except the shoulder pad, which he didn’t have. He was young but the long scar going from his forehead to the bottom of his chin was something unusual. One of very few Equestrians that actually got a deep cut from something. Bluejuice however never explained where did it come from and everyone in the village learned to simply drop the topic. His golden eyes glimmered warmly; to the mares this young stallion was dreamy. His mane and tail the same color as his coat, looked like many sharpened spikes arranged together. Currently however the beautiful glimmer in his eyes was gone, replaced with dullness of angst he felt deeply.

“Son, what does the mark on my ass mean?”

Asked the commanding officer

“With all due respect Sir, I don’t think…”

Begun Bluejuice, only to be rudely interrupted by the old stallion

“WHAT DOES THE MARK SAY BRAT?!”

“Sir! It’s a red outline of a lion! It means courage, SIR!”

“Exactly! Now courage means we don’t cower and shiver in fear because of some tiny little sound! What do we do when we hear something suspicious?!”

“We do our duty, sir!”

Answered the third guard, surprisingly a dark green mare. She was by all means beautiful; her face in perfect shape, emerald green eyes and long eyelashes gave her a sense of godly beauty, unfit for guard service. Her mane and tail in a silver color, that gave a delicate glow as if indeed made out of silver itself woven by magic or other supernatural forces. How did she end up in such a place and had a guard duty remained a mystery. Only her cutie mark gave some explanation as it was a silver sword. She probably was always slightly different than other girls. Her name might also give such a hint.

“Very good guard War Dancer”

Said the commanding officer, proud of the beautiful she-guard he commanded… Damn she was hot…

“Thank you, sir!”

Shouted War Dancer in response.

“Now, our duty is as follows. Guard Bluejuice, because you have binoculars as your ass-mark, it definitely means you’re good at spotting things.”

“Well sir, it’s not entirely true…”

“Shut your damn mouth when an officer is speaking!”

“Yes sir! Apologies, sir!”

“Because you’re good at spotting you will go there and take a peek, what is making this “sound” of yours”

Bluejuice gulped at that and turned his head to the forest slowly – his anxiety slowly rising.

“Sir… Could you please reconsider maybe…”

“Move your ass Bluejuice!”

Yelled War Dancer obviously annoyed by her colleague cowardice.

“I’m going, I’m going! No need to yell, sheesh”

He lazily and unwillingly started to move towards the woods. War Dancer and the Commanding Officer giving him stern and angry looks each time he turned his head to look at them. Man, War Dancers eyes were really scary when she was mad… Soon he entered the woods, more cautious and tense than usual. It suddenly became darker, the trees blocking what little light was left outside the woods. It didn’t help Bluejuice much to spot anything in such dense darkness. He was moving forward now, very slowly. He was starting to get scared as the forest was dead silent. No chirping of birds, no sounds of life were coming from the woods. It was very unsettling and could only mean that there was something that scared all the animals heavily. After few minutes of pointless circling, Bluejuice was ready to go back and admit his defeat (this option he actually preferred), however he suddenly spotted a completely leveled down tree. It looked as if something monstrously heavy simply crushed it. The pony’s eyes widened as he approached the tree, there was a footprint that roughly had a shape of three large depressions.

“By Celestia… What could have such massive feet?”

He whispered to himself his anxiety replaced by natural curiosity.

He was contemplating the footprint for a while, that is until he heard a metallic sound next to him. Sound of metal scratching metal, very unnatural and unnerving. It suddenly became darker, all light blocked out by something. Bluejuice slowly rised his head and what he saw was beyond what he ever could imagine. The whole body of Colossus was just in front of him. What blocked the light was the Colossus leaning forward towards the little pony. Its clawed arm flexed like snake, ready to strike its prey.

“What the fuck…”

Said Bluejuice completely shocked. Eyes wide open studying the machine, not believing in its actual existence. Before he could move or react, the clawed arm of Colossus shot forwards, its two claws grabbing him slightly by the throat and lifting the Pegasus up. He wanted to scream, but he couldn’t, the oxygen not being properly delivered to his lungs, but enough for him to wheeze some air in with each breath. The chocking move was very precise, silenced him and at the same time allowed him to live. His forelegs striking the metal claws, desperately trying to free himself. Each attempt was however futile and he realized that if he won’t stop, all his strength will be gone quickly. He put his hooves on the metal claw in defeat. Fear and the inability to breathe properly clouding his mind. He was brought forward to the upper part of the machines torso. One red glowing lens observing him intensively. He started to drool involuntarily, the chocking making his face paler each second.

….ENTITY IDENTIFED AS HOSTILE ALIEN…
….CONDITION 9….
….EXECUTING HYPER FEAR DOCTRINE….

Colossus stared at the pony for a little longer and then the pressure slowly started to increase. The sharpened ends of the claws started to penetrate the skin of Bluejuice, cutting it deeper with each passing second. If the Colossus was alive it would be probably surprised that 1 ton of pressure on the neck of the pony only started to cut through skin. This was an anomaly, so the Colossus performed a full life signature scan.

….SCANING…

A green horizontal laser shot out of a lens above the red eye of the machine. Bluejuice was however too busy being choked to notice. His mind already went numb; he felt this pain again, pain of being cut and hurt identical to what he received so long ago. His mind just barely registered that this might be his end… Something so rare and almost unthinkable in Equestria. Blood trickled down his neck from the cuts the claws were making.

….SCANNING COMPLETE…
….DETECTED UNKNOWN ENERGY SIGNATURE….
….INCRESES RESISTANCE TO PHYSICAL DAMAGE….
….BYPASS SOLUTION: SINGULARITY SHOCK….

A hum from inside of the Colossus started to increase as singularity core was building up enough energy to send a shock through the body of the little pony. And in a matter of seconds a green lightning went through the clawed hand of the Colossus and into the body of Bluejuice. He didn’t feel it, it was as if the lightning impacted something around him, rather than him precisely. A purple mist appeared around his body and a sound of shattering glass soon followed. Magical energy materialized around him as a purple transparent cocoon. Cracks appeared on the surface as if the cocoon was made of glass. The cracks expanded themselves and suddenly the whole thing collapsed and fell to the ground below Bluejuice quickly vaporizing. The machine turned its attention back to the pony.

Location: Equestria, previously known as Earth, Canterlot, previously known as Washington D. C., The Castle

Celestia sat in her chamber reading yet another document that came from her minister of finance. It looked quite well. The taxes were low, so her little ponies were happy and because of the ponies honesty they were paid regularly filling the vaults with mountains of golden bits. She was about to make an official investment into the road infrastructure near Satlliongrad. No wars since about 1000 years meant that her and Lunas country was prospering magnificently. She was a happy ruler, didn’t have much to do really, so she had much spare time she could spend on reading the friendship reports and other interesting activities. What’s more all her subjects loved her and viewed her as an embodiment of everything that’s good and beautiful. Yes everything looked quite well for another thousand years. Well maybe with exception of such events as release of Discord… But that was no war and she was certain the fool would be caught up in his smugness yet again.

“Oh Discord… You always were too childish to be really able to challenge me and my sister… Tsk tsk…”

Suddenly Celestia felt a sharp pain in her head. She almost screamed, it was so intense. After a moment however it disappeared and an unhealthy feeling of emptiness washed over her. She knew exactly what that meant.

“Oh no… Oh no, no, no!”

Her protective spell… It was shattered by a powerful force, this could only mean that something hurt one of her subjects or possibly even killed him or her… She quickly closed her eyes and could see… See all the live forces in Equestria surrounding her, all of her subjects flames of life clearly visible to her. The amount was the same as usual with the exception of a few dozen of her guards. She knew they were only out of reach to be seen, guarding the borders of their beloved country. She was afraid to let her ponies wander off without any protection from harm, but in the end she assessed that nothing possibly could hurt her border guards, because there was simply nothing there in the east, past the icy wasteland. What caught her attention tough, was a fact that one of the flames became dimmer, weaker and smaller. It was slowly being extinguished and that meant…

“By the sun! Luna! Come quickly! We have a horrible disaster on our hooves!”

One thing could be said about Luna, one thing in particular. Her reaction time was incredibly short, so it was no surprise to Celestia when her sister stormed into the throne room panting heavily before Celestia could even finish calling her.

“What?! Disaster?! What happened sister?!”

Shouted the anxious Goddess of Night

“Luna, it’s horrible… I don’t even know how it is possible, but… One of our ponies, he’s dying, something is sucking his life force.”

Said the Goddess of Day sadly, her head sunk down and a tear appeared in her eye. This Pony by the name of Bluejuice was too far away for her to help him. She simply couldn’t do a thing. She could move the Sun, but she couldn’t help her subject… Pathetic

“W… What? Celestia, but what about the spell I helped you cast upon all of our subjects? You can’t tell me that it was nullified just like that!”

“It was tough… I don’t know how but it was simply crushed with such force that it caused me pain!”

“Okay… this is bad, really, really bad. You’re meaning to tell me that after so long we can be facing something… Something that is actually ready to KILL?”

“I don’t care right now! One of our people, one of our children is dying Luna!”

“Oh Tia…”

Luna approached her sitting sister slowly. And then embraced her in a warm hug

“I know I shouldn’t be saying this now, but… You know that sometimes you can’t avoid something that is only natural even with all the power you and I have…”

Celestia returned the hug and began to sob quietly

“But we did everything… After so long I thought it worked…”

Celestia replied

“Tia… Death is something that cannot be avoided… I told you that once and I’m sorry that it’s true…”

After a few moments, still embraced in the hug, Celestia said

“Luna…?”

“Hmm?”

“He’s gone… He’s dead”

Location: Equestria, previously known as Earth, 48 km north of Stalliongrad City previously known as Volgograd.

The Colossus increased pressure in his claw once again. The effect was immediate this time. Whatever was resisting the physical pressure previously, was now completely gone. The cuts in the ponys neck became much deeper, blood dripping from the wounds faster than previously. The pony had already lost what was left of his rational mind. Instinct told him to try and get out, but he was already too weak to do anything. The blood loss by now was massive; a pool of blood directly under Bluejuice was getting bigger. Colossus finally decided that it can continue the Ultra Fear doctrine execution as all the obstacles were removed. The pressure increased to 1 ton and the little dark blue pony was beheaded with an audible crack and meaty, disgusting sound that could only be associated with cutting directly through the throat and spine. The headless corpse fell down into the pool of blood with a quiet splash. The head flew a little further and hit the snowy ground without any sound whatsoever. Colossus turned to the landing site of the head. Fortunately it didn’t have to move from the spot as the head was in its arms reach. It picked the head from the ground, delicately holding it in two claws. The eyes were completely empty, dim and devoid of any signs of life. The tongue was lolled out of the heads mouth. It gave the image a horrific accent that would cause most organics to lose their logical thought ability. Blood was still slowly dripping from the bottom of the head. The cut was very clean and straight, almost surgical by the looks. That didn’t matter tough. Colossus quickly turned to the site where the village was and immediately respotted the remaining two organics. It precisely calculated the distance to them and force of throw necessary for the action it was about to take. It raised the clawed arm up and then with exact necessary force threw the head towards the village.

“What is taking this brat so long?”

Asked the annoyed Captain

“I don’t know sir! But I suspect he might have got lost!”

Answered the question War Dancer

“Ech… That’s just damn perfect, now we’ll have to go look for him!”

Shouted the commanding officer

Suddenly a quiet thud ended their conversation. They both looked in the direction from which the sound came and saw something dark blue in the snow.

“What on Equestria is that?”

Asked the old stallion

“I don’t know sir! Should we examine it?”

“Well we might as well, seeing as the youngling is not coming back anytime soon”

They both approached the thing to take a closer look

“It looks like a hairy ball… with ears?”

“Sir! Maybe we should turn it around! It might be a wounded animal!”

“Good thinking guard War Dancer”

War Dancer put a hoof on the thing and turned it the other way around, what they both saw however scarred them for the rest of their lives. Bluejuice was looking at them, with his tongue lolled out, an expression of pain and fear frozen on his face.The rest of the blood was slowly sucked by the snow from the bottom of the head. Both ponies were immediately glued to the spot, unable to move or speak, simply staring at the bodiless remains of the dark blue pony. They even failed to hear the sound of imminent doom approaching…

STOMP…

A/n: Roooargh need more timeeee... Well exams all almost behind me soooo... Soon I'll be posting more actively... I hope :P