Elements of Harmony: Fragments of Dishonor

The enormous glow only became brighter and brighter. The purple one's eyes even turned white. Corvo held his arms across his face, blocking the heavy wind. Then, a huge rainbow-like beam shot straight up from the six ponies. Corvo watched in awe as the rainbow went high up in the sky.

"What is that supposed to be". Corvo thought to himself, not feeling intimidated by the giant, colorful beam. But then the beam took a u-turn. It started speeding at high velocity, straight down at Corvo."Oh shit". Corvo's mark began to glow, and at the last second he blinked out of the way. The rainbow hit the ground, creating a giant shock wave that seemed to go on for a mile. Corvo re-appeared just a few yards away, though the blast pushed him even further.

All the dust and rock specks flew at Corvo. He was hold on to a fence near the castle. After a while, the explosion was gone. Corvo slowly got up, noticing a huge crater."Holy shit". Was all he could say.

"D-did we get him". Fluttershy was the first to speak. Every thing was silent.

"Nope. I'm still right here". A voice spoke in the air, only to have the creature appear in front of the six friends. They all gasped, not wanting to believe that the elements of harmony failed them."And you". Corvo pointed at Luna who was also very shocked. Before she could respond, the creature through multiple small knives straight at the princess.

She charged up her horn, and blasted away any thing that got close to her. Unfortunately, she missed one, and it ended up stabbing right through her leg.

"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh". Luna screamed in pain as she kneeled to the ground. Corvo quickly took out his folding blade, and started to run up to the princess. Twilight watched with teary eyes as one of the princesses were about to lose their lives.

Very quietly, Corvo whispered,"I'm sorry". But that's when a bright magical blast came out of nowhere. He didn't even have time to react before it shot him right off course, knocking him out. It was none other than Celestia.

"Sister". Celestia ran quick to her injured sister. With out thinking, she cast the quickest healing spell she could think of. And in mere seconds, the night princess was healed.

"Princess"! Twilight came running to both sisters, all of her friends having worried looks on their faces.

"I am fine Twilight". She then turned to the unconscious human."But that thing will not".

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"Wake up Corvo".

Corvo quickly woke up, noticing he wasn't in that garden anymore. He noticed that he wasn't any where really. He was in that same, floaty, dark abyss from before. The Outsider gave him a look of disappointment.

"Tsk-tsk-tsk. To bad you couldn't get the job done. They took you Corvo. Don't you remember being knocked out"?

"Outsider, what's going on"? Corvo tried to get some information on what happened, though had trouble remembering.

"One of your targets knocked you out. And now you are left in a dungeon. Left in one to rot. This always happens. Even with your advanced powers. But tell me Corvo, were you actually trying"? Corvo was about to argue, but something about what the Outsider said rang a bell. Was he really trying. Because he felt like on this whole mission, he was holding back.

"Wake me up". Corvo demanded. Still wanting to complete his mission.

"Do not get hasty Corvo. You are actually entertaining me quite a bit. But let's see if you can do better". and with that said, the Outsider snapped his fingers, making this whole conversation a dream.

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"Huh"! Corvo woke up with a startle. He scanned his eyes around and noticed something. The Outsider was right. He was in a dungeon. He then noticed another thing. His hands were bound behind his back. There were steel cuffs pinning his hands together. He was also missing his weapons. The only thing Corvo really kept were his cloths and mask.

"Well this should be easy". He focused all of his energy into a blink. But felt nothing."What the"? He looked over his shoulder, wondering why the mark wasn't responding. A purple gem was wrapped around his left hand, right on top of the mark. Corvo tried to move his hands, but couldn't. That's when he heard foot steps. Or hoof steps as I should say.

Behind the many iron bars that limited his freedom, was the purple pony he saw earlier. Corvo was surprised. Why would she want to visit him and not those other Alicorns that he tried to kill.

They just looked at each other for quite some time. Until the purple unicorn sad down, and started talking."Who are you"? She asked very strictly. Corvo just stayed silent. She asked again, this time much more threatening."I said who are you"?

"Who are you"? He questioned back flatly. The lavender pony looked frustrated, but decided to answer.

"My name is Twilight Sparkle, prized student of Princess Celestia, the one you tried to kill". She gave him a stare full of daggers. Corvo just looked at her."Listen, why are you here"?

"That". He paused to look straight into her eyes,"Is none of you concern". Twilight just looked at him, a dead serious expression on her face.

"How did you do it"?

"Do what"? Corvo was not sure what she was talking about. Although he did effortlessly kill a bunch of their guards.

"How did you survive the elements of harmony? Nopony can survive that". He really wasn't all that impressed.

"I guess I'm just lucky". Corvo lied to her.

"Well whatever it is, it's gone. I know that strange symbol on your hand is what you use to kill all those innocent ponies". Corvo just stayed dead silent.

Twilight got very frustrated with this."Why did you kill those ponies"? She yelled at him.

"Because I have to". Twilight was very pissed, but managed to calm down.

"Nopony has to be a killer. You're just a horrible creature". That's was all she said before she ran away. Not wanting to talk to the human any more.

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A guard came in."Hello, I'm here to ask you questions". The armored pony said as soon as he got there, looking at Corvo through the iron bars.

"What if I don't want to answer"? The assassin argued. then the guard put his face very close to the iron bars, looking straight at the human.

"I'll make you talk. And if you still don't want to, I have a couple of spells ready for that". Corvo has been used to torture. Every since he was brought to Coldridge prison, They brutally injured him for nearly six months.

He just looked at the guard, silently."I'm gonna kill you right now", Corvo tried to intimidate the armored pony.

The guards nearly laughed."Ha, and how are you going to do that"? He asked, not believing a single word.

"You know my locks"? Corvo asked as he brought both of his hands in front of him. The locks were broken and he also got rid of that purple gem."I picked them".

His mark glowed as the guard became terrified.

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Celestia  was in her throne room, trying to rest peacefully. It was hard though since she and Luna had nearly died by some near invincible creature. And while most of Twilight's friends left, she and Rainbow Dash stayed for a while. To make sure everything was better now. Luna was resting in the Canterlot hospital. Even though Celestia healed her, it was always good to make sure.

Rainbow was the first to speak in a while."I'm really not sure we should have just sended that creature to a boring old dungeon. It should have been at least banished to the moon for all the things it did". Rainbow Dash had a look of discomfort.

"Do Not worry Rainbow Dash". Celestia remeasured."I have an idea for that creature's punishment, and it's not pretty". She then looked at Twilight, who seemed to be day dreaming."Twilight, how are you holding up"?

The lavender mare snapped out of her trance."Oh um, sorry Princess, I'm fine". But then she gave a very disturbing look."But I'm not so sure about that thing I talked to earlier".

They all stayed silent. wanting to move onto a different subject. Celestia was the first to break the silence."Well then, Twilight, you and Rainbow Dash can go back to your homes. Everything will be-". She was cut short as a large, pegasus guard came bursting in through the double doors, having an exhausted expression on his face.

"Your Highness"! He gave a quick bow."The creature we took into custody has escaped". All the ponies in the room were dead quite. The feeling of their throats burning. The guard continued."When we got there, on the floor was one of the guards. The creature also took back his weapons".

"WHAT"! Rainbow Dash interrupted."How did that thing escape without magic"? She was trying to sound strict but ended up sounding scared as hell.

"Twilight". Celestia spoke quickly, getting the attention of her protege."We need to get out of here. Go get your friends, they're not safe. I will get my sister. You girls will go to the north end of Equestria and take the train to the crystal empire. Me and Luna will at least try to fly there as soon as we can". She then turned to the pegasus guard."You, get the guards to block the whole city and secure the castle". He only nodded before taking off.

But when all of the ponies were about to leave the room, the creature appeared in front of the only way out. Everyone froze. he scanned his eyes around the room, though mainly focused them on Celestia. None of them could tell what it was thinking. The mask made all emotions irrelevant.

"For Equestria"! the guard yelled as he charged at the human, hoping to at least do something. Corvo simply just ducked, and as he passed by, punched him very sharply in the ribs. The pegasus coughed blood as he fell to the ground, not breathing very well.

"THAT'S IT"! Rainbow yelled in anger as she charged, at full speed at the creature. Only to be stopped by a magical, aurora that grabbed her tail. Revealing to be controlled by Twilight.

"Rainbow no". Twilight stopped her angered friend."There is no way you can take it out". The cyan mare just fell to her haunches, feeling upset.

"THAT'S IT". Celestia yelled in anger as she charged her horn. That is the last time you will EVER hurt a pony"". She then shot a huge, straight, blast of light straight at Corvo. He just jumped out of the way, although the blast send him flying a bit. He looked back as the blast made a huge hole in the castle.

A Purple blast came from no where, blasting Corvo to the ground and injuring him quite badly. As he got up, he noticed the purple unicorn also had her horn charged.

"Don't worry princess". Twilight reassured."I've got your back".

Corvo got to his knees, he had to think of something."There has to be something I can do... oh wait". Corvo reached into his coat, only to pull a crossbow, stocked with a fiery arrow."Well, you only live once". He then charged between both magically charged ponies.

They both shot, only to miss as he blinked. In that split second of confusion, Celestia finally noticed."That thing teleported, which can only mean-". She turned her head to the left, seeing the creature mere yards away from her, with a weapon aimed at her.

Time seemed to slow down as he pulled the trigger. Unfortunately, he missed with the Rainbow one bucking him straight in the gut. The arrow actually went straight for the alicorn's horn instead at her body where it was originally intended.

The arrow exploded on contact, just at the same time Celestia used her magic. In that second, everything went blind. A bright flash of light was the result along with a horrible cry of pain. When it ended, Celestia was on the floor, her horn literally vaporized.

"Get off of me". Corvo yelled as he through off the cyan pony off of him, making her land face first on the ground."Time to end this". The assassin took out his blade, and prepare to strike the sun goddess.

He would kill her, but he stopped. A Dark blur aurora surrounded him, stopping him in mid-air. All eyes went to Luna, who was right there using her telekinesis. With a quick move, Corvo was thrown out the window, smashing through the glass and fell down to an ocean.

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"Sister"! Luna yelled as she ran to her sister. She had teary eyes. Then again, why wouldn't she?"Tia, I'm here. Oh please be okay".

"Sister". Celestia spoke with a husky voice. Get Twilight and her friends to the Crystal empire. Make sure to bring the elements, we will also be going". Celestia passed out as several medical ponies rushed in the room. Grabbing Celestia and getting her to some medical attention.

"Twilight". Luna turned to the lavender mare."Get your friends and the elements, get to the closest train possible". They only obeyed and took off. Luna was left in the room alone. Before she took off, she whispered to herself."Tia, I guess we are now even".

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Corvo opened his eyes, in that same dark realm."Not this again". he said to himself as the mystical being known as the Outsider appeared in front of him.

"I guess things just didn't turn out as we both hoped, did we"? He said with a playful voice. Corvo just looked at him. The Outsider chuckled."Do not worry Corvo, I would not expect you to be as good as you were many years ago. You have been dead all this time, so it's only natural that you become rusty".

"Please spare me the pity". Corvo was irritated. He didn't like the fact that these ponies were so human-like. That just made it even harder to kill them. Back in Dunwall, he never killed a single soul. But knowing the Outsider was just doing this for a good laugh, it annoyed him.

"They will be expecting you Corvo. So don't get your hopes up". The two remained silent.

"Why should I keep doing this"? The assassin asked, not even sure if any of this was worth it any more. The Outsider gave him one of those serious looks.

"You started this Corvo, and now your saying you don't want to continue"? He remained silent."They went to a place called the Crystal empire. Once you wake up, you will be washed up on a beach. Just next to the Everfree forest. Move north from there and you should reach your targets". Corvo couldn't help but get the feeling that he really was holding back. Something just didn't feel right.

"Well then, send me back". Corvo got inpatient. The Outsider just kept silent for several more minutes before continued talking.

"I have added knew targets for you to kill Corvo". He said flatly.

This surprised the assassin."I'm only supposed to kill those two". He argued.

"Yes, you are right. But just to make this more". He paused to find the right word."Interesting, there is one more princess located where you are going. She is a pink alicorn. The princess of love".

"That wasn't the deal". Corvo was pretty pissed at how the Outsider was making his lifer more difficult.

"I change the rules Corvo. And one more thing. You are not aloud to kill any pony besides the three alicorns".

"Your bending the rules just to have a laugh". Corvo argued angrily.

"It's you Corvo who was holding back. just finish the job, and it's back to Dunwall". They stayed silent for minutes."This is your last mission Corvo, complete it, and freedom is unlocked.

"Alright then". Corvo answered in a barely audible voice. Sounding kinda sad. The Outsider just thought, but finally spoke.

"Remember Corvo, it's this and you get to see Emily". That was his only encouragement to the assassin before snapping his fingers, making this whole conversation, yet again another dream.

...Hm? Just a dream.