Eclipse Over Equestira
Chapter 3, a plan to smite a god
Previous ChapterNext ChapterI prepared myself for entering the portal, by holding on to Nightmare Moon's coat and closing my eyes. I felt the blue mass of goo trickle through my fingers and slide up my arms, it felt like water with fairy liquid in it, all wet and weird. I felt the last of the gelatin substance run down my leg, I opened my eyes, and gaped in awe. Below me was Equestria. But something was different?
"Err... Nightmare Moon, what happened here?" I asked.
"Please Zachary, call me Luna," she said, her voice slightly calmer "As for your question, it will be answered in good time"
"But, you look like... I mean-
"It is called a rage-shift, where a magical beings' anger flows directly into its magic, giving it a power overload. It works by-
"Luna?"
"Yes, Zachary?"
"Could you tell me it simpler, please?" I said, trying not to annoy the night princess.
"Ok then," she cleared her throat, and looked directly at me, "I'm Nightmare Moon, and when I'm Nightmare Moon, I'M ANGRY!" she shouted, her voice sounding like it could cause a volcanic eruption. I cringed at Luna's booming voice.
"That... Makes, sense." I said, my ears ringing, it was like two hammers hit both of my ears at the same time.
"Where here." Princess Luna said, l shook my head and looked down,
"Ponyville?" I asked.
"Yes" Luna said, bluntly
"But what about Canterlot?" Luna stopped in mid-air, and gave me a glared at me, her dragon eyes as sharp as daggers,
"We will talk about that later." She looked down and began her descent.
We landed by 'The Golden Oaks Library.'
"Get off" Luna said, I complied and slid of her back. Luna shook herself, she lit up her horn, then she engulfed herself in a strange, glowing, white aura. After a minute the aura disappeared, revealing the younger version of Luna, her coat was a bright blue, and her mane was a slightly darker shade of blue. She walked towards the door, her horn glowing a dark blue, she walked up to the door, and tapped the door with her horn five times, every time the door rippled with a purple shimmer.
The door opened, revealing... Spike?
"Hay princess," he said he opened the door further, and then the purple dragon saw me, and ran off, inside.
"Well... That was-
"Awkward? Indeed." Luna finished, as she started to walk inside. She stopped at the archway and turned her head towards me,
"Are you coming?" She asked.
"Okay." I said, as I walked alongside with the Luna monarch, inside the library.
The library looked almost exactly like the cannon: but there were more bookshelf s, but most of the books were missing. The small round table with the wooden zebra head is gone, and replaced with a large, oak table. Sitting next to the table where; the bearers of the elements of harmony, five members of the royal guards and the day monarch herself, princess Celestia.
Princess Celestia also looked different as well, she looked smaller, and her mane was short and pink. Twilight stood up from her chair,
"So, this is the champion?" She asked
"Yea, I thought he would be like, taller." Rainbow Dash said, skeptically, her forelegs crossed. Luna stepped in front of me,
"Yes Miss Sparkle, this is the champion." Luna said, reassuringly.
"That is good news, sister." Princess Celestia said, happily.
"Yea, that's great and all, but what is he?" A small voice said. I looked down and saw an orange and pink filly prodding my foot with her hoof. I kneeled down, next to the blank flank Pegasus,
"Well Scootaloo," I said, ruffling her pink mane, "I am a Homo Saipan, more commonly known as a human."
"So, you are a overdressed shaved ape?" The lavender unicorn said, curiously. I looked at her, slightly offended.
"Yea, basically." I huffed.
"Do you wear clothes all the time?" A white mare with an amethyst mane asked.
"Yes?" I said, confused. Rarity looked thrilled; her smile could only be matched by Pinkie Pie herself.
"Yer' al'rite, Rars?" Asked the tangerine mare.
"We are getting off topic, here," Celestia said, sternly.
"Agreed sister," Luna said.
"So, can I know why I am here, and why you are calling me 'The Champion'?" I asked, getting irked, myself.
"Yes you shall, but please, take a seat Mr. Anderson." Celestia said, kindly, giving me a large chair, with her magic. I took the chair, and sat at the far end of the table, my legs crossed, the CMC sitting on my left, looking at my posture, and princess Luna on my right. Princess Celestia straightened herself, and looked across the table,
"Just over a month ago, my and Luna's brother, Theia Eclipse, escaped from the sun."
"But, princess," Twilight said, "Isn't the sun escape-proof?"
"Yes, my little pony, on pony can get to Equestria from the sun, but Theia, escaped to the moon!"
"That's obscured!" Luna said.
"I know, sister, but a one and a half years later, six months after Nightmare Moon escaped, Theia escaped is Luna prison by hopping asteroid, to asteroid- Apple Bloom giggled slightly " until he found his way to the Everfree Forest. There, he used the magic in the air to restore his body." Celestia's horn glowed, a bright gold, showing an image of the thestral-alicorn. He was a dark grey, and his mane was navy blue, with an orange his eyes where range, but his right eye was blank, with a pink scar running through, and his smile bearing dagger-tip fangs. His cutie mark was a white circle with orange Sun rays behind it; it was surrounded by purple, with a red trimming.
"What does his cutie mark mean?" I asked.
"It represents the eclipse blocking out the sun, and bearing the night." Luna said.
"After Theia's body was complete, he retook his place on the throne... As king," Celestia said, dryly.
"Is that why you and Princess Luna look younger?" I asked.
"Yes, Zachary, he took my kingdom, most of my power, and by tomorrow, the Crystal Empire!"
"How can we stop him!" I said, hitting the table with my fist for emphasis.
"We can only help you, Zachary." Luna said.
"What does that mean?" I asked, already feeling it in my gut.
"Zachary Anderson of planet Earth," Celestia said, standing up, her wings spread, "You, and only you can stop Theia Eclipse, king of Equestria, the fate of Equestria, lies squarely on your shoulders." Everypony, including me, looked dumbfounded, their mouths agape. I felt like I was about to collapse, but Rarity beat me to it.
"You... Expect m-me to... kill a god?" I said, stuttering, "B-by... myself?"
"Worry not, Zachary Anderson, for I will be with you, all the way" Luna said,
"And besides..." Celestia said, a wardrobe appearing besides me, "You have these." The doors flung open, revealing; a katana with a golden blade, a suit of steel armor, with gold trimming, without the helmet and left hand, a golden necklace with an amethyst centre, attached by a glistening, metal chain, a large goblet, a bow, and a saddle, all emitting a golden glow.
I held the golden katana on the palms of my hand, noticing it had the word 'champion' calved into the blade. I turned to Celestia, a smirk plastered to my lips,
"What's the plan?"
Author's Note
Hope you like it! Constructive criticism of compliment, or I delete your comment
-Lightning
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