Book 1 The wolf and the magic

Chapter 3: Storm of secrets

I awoke at 3:00am and did what most do when they wake up. I moved up to the watch tower and looked over the field and watched the edge of the Everfree forest.

I sat there for a few hours with my Widow Sniper rifle and just kept scanning the area till I noticed some bushes moving at the far-east edge of the field. I looked it over and saw nothing there.

"Wonder what that was, might as well go check it out" I sat up from my seat and made my way outside and towards the forest.

I looked around the bushes and noticed broken twigs and crushed grass. "Something was just here. But what was it?" I continued to take a look around till I decided to head back. I put away my rifle and gear and remove my armor and wear the under armor uniform.

It was still early sunrise and there were only a few ponies out and about. I jogged around till I got to Sweet Apple Acres and noticed Applejack was already working n getting apples out of trees. I called out a greeting and she walked over.

"How ya' doing Dunmore?" She tossed me an apple and I garbed it and took a bite out of it. The flavor of the apple was just amazing.

"These are some damn good apples and I'm doing great. Just out for a jog" Just as I said that, my Omni-tool beeped.

-Attention. Movement detected near field Alpha.-  The female voice was fallowed my a diagram of sensors with an area blinking red. I designated the field, that my house over looked, as alpha.

"Sorry for the short talk, got to go Applejack. Have a good day" I ran off towards home as fast as I could and grabbed my gear and put on my armor.

I crouched down into some high-grass in the field to try and hide. I saw black figures running around the bushes. I zoomed in with my rifle and saw a pair of green eyes look right back. I moved the sight upwards a bit and saw a larger black figure with green eyes stare at me and then vanish.

I put my rifle on my back and ran into my house and got up to the watch tower and looked for some sort of an alarm of some sort, no luck. "What the shit, what type of old guard structure dose not have a damn alarm system of some sort." I jumped from the tower on to my roof and jumped off on to the ground. I startled a few ponies as I did this; I guess no one jumps from their roofs here.

I quickly got to Twilight's house and knocked on the door. The door opened and it was not Twilight who answered it, it was a small Dragon like creature. "Hey, where's Twilight? I got to speak to her. It's important." The small dragon called out for Twilight to come to the door.

"She's' coming, my names Spike by the way.  You must be Dunmore, the human. Twilight would not stop talking about you"

I raised an eyebrow and gave an interested look.

"Really now? What has she said about me? Hopefully nothing bad." I gave a small Laugh and Just as Spike was about to speak, Twilight came to the door.

"Hello Dunmore, what do you need?" She was reading a book and held it in her magic.

I opened up my Omni-tool and pulled up the feed from my scope. "I saw this when I was checking out some movement near the forest." Twilight watched as the video played, her face turned to one of fear and anger.

"Okay, I will send a letter to the Princess. You go to the mayor and help organize an evacuation of Ponyville. Those are Changelings and their queen: Chrysalis. This is very bad; we have to send a warning." I gave a nod and ran off to the mayors building.

We quickly got an evacuation going in a few hours and some Royal guards showed up, along with Twilight's older brother,

"Hello, you must be Dunmore Wolfgang." He came up to me and held out a hoof for a shake.

"Yes, I am. You're Shinning Armor, correct?" He nodded and signaled for me to fallow him over in the direction of my house.

"You saw the Changelings and their Queen, glad you spotted them. I'm glad you decided to take immediate actions and not withhold the information. If you didn't notice them in time, I don't want think about what would have happened." We continued to walk through the now empty town. Guards put up barriers and blockades.

Our walk and talk was interrupted by a green ball of magic flame from the sky, it hit a nearby house, lighting it aflame. Before we could react properly, more and more came crashing down onto the town. We ducked for cover behind a house and watched as changelings poured into town.

I pulled out my M8 Avenger rifle and started shooting them as they came in. The guards closed distance with them and it became a brawl. I put away my rifle and took out my shotgun; I charged in and tossed 2 grenades into the swarm. "Hold them back for the civilians to evacuate! Hold them here and keep them away from the civilians!" I barked orders, talking command and organizing the situation from chaos, into order and control.

The grenades I threw in exploded a moment later, taking out chunks of Changeling fighters. I took out a few with my shotgun and switched to my pistol and proceeded to take out more. The fight was going well till, what I assumed was the Queen, blasted away guard ponies with her green magic. "Oi, over here! You want a fight? Come get one!" I put away my pistol and got my SMG out, but I was blasted back by a powerful blast of magic and I collided with the corner of a wall. I got the wind knocked out of me and fell to the ground; my left arm was impaled by a bit of wood sticking out of the ground.

I tried to hold in the pain filled scream to my best ability, it still hurt like my arm was being cut off. "Why the fuck dose this shit happen to me?" I attempted to grab my K-BAR knife to try and cut the wood off. But, the knife was on the far side of my left side.

I was laying face down to the ground and I laid there, Unable to move my left arm.

I noticed Twilight run up and look at my wound. "This might hurt Dunmore. Please stay still for a moment." I felt the piece of wood move through my arm as Twilight pulled it out.

"Damn it, aghhhh....." Blood flowed from the wound, but stopped as Twilight used some sort of healing magic on it. It became numb but when he went to use another healing spell. The wound closed and healed, leaving not a single scar.

Twilight looked at it with a face mixed with curiosity and fear. I got back up slowly and grunted in pain as my back seared with pain. I ignored it and fallowed Twilight into a building.

"What are you doing her Twilight, you and the others gotta get out of here." I took off my helmet and wiped off the visor.

"Dunmore, we are not leaving. This is our home and we are the Elements of harmony. We can stop Chrysalis once and for all. We just gotta get back to my house." She looked out the window towards her house. The fighting had got close to the Library; I looked over to the fighting and noticed the guards holding back the tidal wave of changelings with a mix of magic and physical combat.

"Okay, you go. I'll cover you. Now go!" We rushed out and ran across to the Library. I laid down supporting fire and Twilight ran to the door. But, she was hit with a blast of magic from Chrysalis. I saw this and time slowed as Twilight collapsed to the ground. Her side was burnt and bleeding from the wound. I only had one thought go through my head: Not again, not another one, not this time. I quickly rushed over to her and took my helmet off and set it next to me. I activated the medi-gel on my Omni-tool and put that on the wound. It was not enough, I cursed under my breath.

I looked back at the fighting and saw that the Changelings were winning. I cursed again and I held my hand over wound and a white glow came from my hand, the wound healed and closed up. I put my helmet back on, picked Twilight up, and brought her into the Library; the other 5 elements were waiting for us. Before anyone could object to me leavening again, I handed her to them and ran back out.

  I ducked into cover behind an overturned cart; I looked around and saw panic and fear among the guards as they retreated. I unsheathed my Claymore sword and I felt the powers I was planning to keep a secret flow into it. The blade glowed a light gold color with a mixture of crimson.

"Order must be kept, fear must be controlled. My secrets shall be reveled today" I leaped over the cart and my eyes glowed crimson with energy. I glared at my foe. "Today, I shall bring order! I shall strike fear into this new foe!" I charged with a cry of battle, I was struck by multiple bolts of green energy, but my will kept me going.

The magic I put into my sword turned it into a blade of pure force, cutting through the exoskeletons of the Changelings with ease. The more who fell at my feet, the more ran away. I continued my way through them till I got to the Changeling queen.

My will and now rage filled attack had created a pale aura of red around me. "You will die, you will know pain." My voice was almost demonic, deep and scratchy. I charged towards her, sword held high, I didn't even get close before she blasted me away. I was tossed on to the ground like a ragdoll.

I got up and I was now just full of pure rage, I wanted her dead, and I wanted her dead now. I charged again, this time, with a weak magic shield spell. Her blasts burned against the shield and destroyed it. I got close enough to hit her with a slash, cutting her side with only a light slash. Blood was drawn and my blade tip was green due to her blood.

Chrysalis collapsed to the ground, holding her side, must have hit a sensitive area that already had a wound. "Okay, I surrender. Don't kill me, please."

I ignored her pleas and raised my hand towards her, it glowed a bright red and tendrils stretched out to grab Chrysalis. They got a strong grip and drained her of power and life. "To let you live would be a mistake. You. Must. Die."

She writhed in pain and pleaded for me to stop. "Why would I stop? To kill you would be a good thing. Like I said, you must die." My voice had no emotion, only the demonic scratch.

She continued to writhe in pain as I drained her of her powers. I felt a hoof on my shoulder. I looked and saw that it was Princess Celestia.

"Dunmore, you must stop. She will be taken care of by the guards. You need not kill her. She will be imprisoned." Her voice some how calmed me. I looked behind her and saw Twilight with a look of shear fear upon here face.

My powers slowly dissipated and I collapsed to the ground unconscious. I was known as a monster know, they would see me differently. I guess that's a way to loose any friends you make, become more of the monster you already were.

----------------Ponyville Hospital-- 12 hours later-------------

I awoke and opened my eyes quickly, only to shut them as they were assaulted by the lights. I heard a voice, but I did not recognize the voice. The lights went off and I opened my eyes, I saw it was a nurse.

"Hello there, I am nurse Red heart. You're lucky the Princess stopped you when she did. You almost killed the queen of the changelings. Many ponies would have let you, but everyone deserves something better then a slow death." The nurse looked at a clipboard and wrote down a few things.

I looked around and saw my armor next to a chair, I was wearing the under suit that most N7 soldiers wore under there armor. I slowly got out of the bed, but fell to the ground insistently. The nurse ran over and helped me back onto the bed.

"You can't be going just yet; you got to stay the night. You can leave in the morning. But you have a friend here; she would not leave, no matter how many times we told her. But, she is the Princess student for a reason I guess." The nurse moved over and pulled back a curtain and sleeping on the other bed next to me was Twilight.

Why did she stay, I don't remember much, but the last thing I do remember is her looking afraid as if I was a monster of her nightmares. "Why did she want to stay?" I asked the nurse. She just shrugged.

"I don't know, she just said she should be here. I will wake her so you can ask her your self" The nurse proceeded to wake Twilight.

Twilight looked around the room with sleep eyes, but she became fully awake when she saw me. "Dunmore! Are you okay?" she hugged me, but stopped when she heard me in pain. "What's wrong?"

"Think I broke a rib..." She let go and apologized. "Oh well, shit happens. Are you okay? I mean, from the blast of magic during the fight."

I was tired and exhausted, my body hurt all over.

She looked at here side and smiled "Yes, I'm fine. What did you do? And what was that power? Dunmore you got to tell me."

I let out a sigh and laid back down. "It's a long story, I will tell you in the morning. Okay?"

She got back in the other bed. "Okay, good night Dunmore. You better tell me what those powers where."

I let out a laugh " I promise to tell ya'. don't worry."  There I go, using that word again. 'Promise', never liked that word. But, I got to try and keep this one. Last time I made one, people got hurt and I lost more then a few good friends.