Chapter 10. Avalon, Love, Curse.

The clouds over Canterlot kept Luna's moon from shinning down abound the city. Most ponies were already getting ready for bed except one pony. The pony wore a black hoodie and was walking through the damp streets.

The hooded pony turned down a poorly lit ally way and made their way down it. After walking the pony stopped "I am sorry for keeping you, but I believe I was being followed." The hooded pony said.

"It's alright dear, I don't need ponies interrupting our meeting." A female's voice said from the shadows.

"My master needs your help, will pay you for the job." The hooded pony said.

"What's the job?" The voice asked.

"The mare's name is Sunflower; we need her on our side."

"I see, I believe I can handle that."

"Whatever you need, please inform Ink Heart and he'll tell us." The hooded pony turned away from the shadow "And please, do not harm the mare, we do not wish to have pony blood spilled."

"Do not worry, I'll be handling this one myself." The shadow smiled.

The cool night air flowed through Celestia's mane as she sat outside her balcony; tears stained her cheeks as she silently wept. Her eyes were closed shut as she tried to fight back the tears. Deep inside her heart was filled with joy and sadness, her only son survived all these centuries but what made the matter worse, was her grandson was a slave.

"Tia? I'm sorry for not knocking but I thought you should know they are moving Matt into one of the bedrooms." Celestia wiped the tears that had escaped from her eyes and looked over towards the door to see Blaze standing there. The dragon made his way over towards her and pulled her into a hug shocking the Princess. She pulled him close as she hugged him back "Everything will be fine Tia, Matt is safe here and if I have to I'll go full dragon on anypony who wish to harm him."

Celestia smiled, ever since this dragon came into her life he has been nothing but kind. She pulled away from the dragon and gave him a small smile "Thank you Blaze, you always know how to make me feel better."

"Hey, that's what friends are for." He said giving her a grin "Anyways, you won't believe who came to me today to test out some blood." He said making Celestia raise an eye brow.

"Who?" Celestia asked.

"Your sister came to me today with two vials of blood." He said chuckling.

"Was Luna seeing if Matthew was related to her?" Celestia asked her mind beginning to panic.

"Calm down, the blood sample she gave me was of another mare." Blaze said trying to calm her down "Matt and this mare share the same father but not the same mother." Celelstia blinked, her son had a daughter with a pony "I haven't told Luna this yet."

Celestia sighed and knew what she has to do "Blaze, destroy the sample and please keep this between us." Celestia sat up on her hoofs "I shall inform my sister of this."

"I will Tia, and if you need anything, I'm here." He said giving her a big grin.

She chuckled "I will Blaze, you are indeed a good friend."

"I know, I should get a medal."

Celestia gave Blaze a small punch in the arm making him chuckle "Alright, I'll take a statue." This made Celestia laugh.

Books were piled high as a young purple Alicorn moved around the library. Each book she added to the bile were of human's laws of old or laws of Equestria. Ever since the big meeting and the new law allowing human's in the Crystal Empire to free all humans. She wanted to at least find a way to free the human's here in Equestria.

As hours passed and she began to grow tired. Each book she read only brought her nothing. The laws placed on these humans were never meant to be broken. A book slowly feel down off the bile and whacked purple alicorn's head causing her to let out a painful moan as she rubbed her head. She used her magic to pick up the small book and notice it was a light blue book with a gold plate on the front that said 'The Fall of Avalon.'

The mare flipped opened the book and began to read out loud.

"The kingdom of Avalon was beautiful; river's flowed off the mountain and down to the kingdom. The statues of former King's and Queen's stood all around the kingdom. Each one watching over the kingdom, protecting the humans from harm.

Built into the mountain stood a strong hold. Two statue's Knight's guarded the treasure and weapons that flowed from within the mountain. The king of Avalon shared the wealth that flowed within the mountain to all the kingdoms.

The forests that surrounded the kingdom were beautiful. The lands were filled with flowers of all kind, rivers ran clear and lake's filled with fish.

Yet that beauty was destroyed within seconds. I watched in horror as fire rained down from the sky, women and children screaming as fire engulfed the towers and homes.

I watched as a grin appeared abound my father's face as he watched the great kingdom of Avalon begin to fall by his hoofs.

I was force to watch arrow's rain down from the forest. The dragon's took out the wall's to Avalon allow our army to enter and begin the enslavement of human's.

I watched as the human's fled into the strong hold within the mountain. Arrow's rain downed from the mountain, both sides trying to stay alive hurt my heart, this war was my fault and I wish I could have saved them all. My father grew angry as our forces couldn't break through the strong hold defenses. The two dragons were ordered to break through the front gate as the blades of the human's couldn't harm them. I watched as the door's burst into flames and the mountain came to life as I saw fire burning within the strong hold. I watched as the kingdom burned that day.

Night soon blanketed the land, the moon and stars were blocked by the smog as the forests were on fire.

From within the kingdom, humans who were still alive were taken and forced into slavery. I shed tears of sadness as the children who were covered in ash and tears that ran down their faces were put into chains and taken from their mother's." Twilight closed the book; she didn't wish to read more, as tears were bringing to form in her eyes. After a while she continued to read from the book "As I watched the human's be placed into the wagons, one human yelled out 'One day, the air of King Drake shall return and Avalon will be flowing with beauty once again!' My father used his magic to pull the human from the wagon as he pulled out his sword.

He brought his sword towards the human's neck as he said the bloodline of Drake were no more. I watched as the human looked at me and he smiled at me and said I was forgiven. Tears feel down my cheek as my father's sword was brought high and with one swift pull of my father's magic, I watched as the sword given to him as a gift from the king cut right through the human's neck. My father walked away with a poured some on his face. Yet my father words were not true, for I knew the bloodline of Drake were still very much alive.

As I was being forced into my carriage, I saw one statue standing tall, neither smog nor marking's ruined the statue as it stood in the remaining light of the fire that still burned within the city. I watched as unicorns and dragons tried to take the statue down, yet it still remained, un-harmed. This brought a small smile to my face as I knew one day this kingdom would return to its beauty." Twilight wiped the tears away from her eyes as she couldn't believe this was what really happened. She flipped the page to see the map of Equestria. The location of the human kingdom was lost from the world, but here on the map showed the rout that lead to the kingdom of Avalon. Under the map in bright pink letter's spelled 'Celestia' the mare's eyes went wide as she couldn't believe this book belong to none other than her former teacher and fellow Princess herself. She placed the small book into her saddle bag "Maybe this kingdom is still there?" She thought as she made her way out of the library and down the hall to her room.

Applejack sat outside on the balcony as she watched Luna's moon shine bright down onto the land below. Ponies were beginning to get ready for bed as others were staying up to watch the night sky with the ponies they cared about.

Yet a tiny voice inside her told her she needed to be with Matt. To watch over him while he slept, to keep him from any harm that may come towards him. A blush came across her face as she thought about his smiling face as he painted.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock at her door. She shook her head trying to remove the image from her mind "I-It's open."

The door opened up and a blue mare with a rainbow mane known as Rainbow Dash came walking into the room with two trays of food on her back and a smile on her face "I've dinner."

"Thanks Dash, but Ah could have come down to the dinner table like the rest of ya." She said as Dash made her way over towards her and places the tray onto the table next to her.

"I know, but Twilight is in the library ever since the meeting ended and Pinkie Pie is trying to find something for Matt as she feel's guilty for not having a good get well card for him, Rarity is hanging out with Fancy Pants and Fluttershy is out in the garden, which leaves us to eat alone." Dash said sitting across from Applejack.

A red candle sat on the table give the two enough light to eat by "Mmm, this smells good." Applejack said digging into her meal before her.

Dash remained silent as she watched her friend. Her mind in deep thought, so many things' running through her mind as the mare before her sat eating her food. Her mane slightly moving in the cool night air. her emerald green eyes shining bright in the moonlight. A blush appeared across the blue mare's face as she looked away from Applejack and began to eat her food.

Applejack notice this and tried to figure out why she kept blushing the way she did. Applejack placed her fork down as she looked at her friend "Alright, what's goin' on?"

"W-What do you mean?" Dash asked still avoiding eye contact with her.

"Ya hiddin' somethin' from me Dash, now what is it?" She asked being blunt. She didn't like when her friend's kept secrets from her and it hurt knowing Dash was one keeping something from her.

"I-It's nothing Aj, t-trust me." Dash said keeping her face low "Did you try the soup yet?" She asked trying to change the subject.

"Ya not goin' ta change the subject just yet Dash." Applejack said "Now, ya tell me what's goin' on with ya." Dash could hear the concern in her friend's voice as she spoke.

Dash sighed as she tried to try to get the words right. Applejack watched as sweat began to form on the pegasus face as she sat there.

Dash raised her head towards her friend and looked deep into her eyes as she spoke "I'm in love with you."

Matt looked around the room in awe. The room itself was big and roomy, it kind a reminded him of the barn he lived in when he was little. The walls were a bright blue and painting's hung all around the room. He looked at them in awe; each one was of the towns in the land. That's when he felt a small sting in his heart "Your paintings would be a stain compared to these." He heard the voice say.

"I see you are enjoying my paintings." Matt turned his head to see Princess Celestia entering the room. His heart started beating faster as she walked up towards him.

"Y-You made these?" He asked looking back at the paintings.

"Yes, In my spare time I like to sit down and paint." She said walking over towards him as she sat down next to him "Each one of the old town's that use to be in Equestria before they change in time."

A painting caught his eye, a castle stood in front of a mountain with two water fall's flowing off the mountain. A wall covered the front of the castle and most of the land. Statues of human's stood around the city.

Celestia notice Matt staring at the painting and a small smile spread across her face "You like that one?" She asked.

Matt snapped out of his thoughts as he looked back at the Princess "I-It's really beautiful." He said to her.

"Indeed it was." She said quietly "Anyways, how do you like your room?" She asked.

Matt looked at Celestia, he wondered why Princess Celestia would care that he would like the room "She forced your people into slavery! You should kill her right here and now and free your people!." He heard the voice inside his head yell. He could feel the rage flow through his body. The voice was right, this Equine enslaved his kind, and she should die.

"She may have enslaved my kind, but she has been making sure I was well taken care of. She made sure I had a nice room to stay in till I fully recover, she's even came by to check on me." He said to the voice as he looked at Celestira "I-It's nice."

Celestia smiled "I'm glad it looks like."

"You need to kill her! Take her life and free your people!"

"If I killed her, what would that bring me? The movement I kill her the guards will kill me on sight. I don't want to even think about it."

"The human who killed the enslaver! Your name will be sung in the streets and ponies will fear you!"

"I would rather be alive then dead."

"YOU WILL KILL HER! SHE IS A MONSTER WHO ENSLAVED YOUR KIND! KILL HER! END HER LIFE!" The voice screamed inside his mind forcing Matt to grip his his head as pain rushed through him mind.

Celestia saw this and began to worry "Are you alright?" She asked.

The pain grew worse, the voice screamed louder and louder. That's when she notice Matt's nose began to bleed.

Celestia felt a strange magic flowing around Matt's body, it was faint but she knew something was wrong.

Matt's heart began to beat faster as he fought the voice inside his head, he felt like his head was going to explode and his heart was going to give out any minute. He felt something touch is forehead and he looked to see Celestia's horn glowing "Hold still, I'm going to help you through this." She said keeping her eyes closed. Matt felt the pain slowly fading and his eyes starting to close "When you awake, the voice will be no more."

Celestia watched as his eyes closed, she could feel his heart beat continue to beat as steady as he dreamed. A black mist wrapped around her horn and her eyes shinned a bright blue as she felt a strange magic wash over her.

Her eyes snapped open as she looked around her surroundings. She was standing in front of a barn as rain fell to the ground. Lightning lit up the sky, the sound of a whip could be heard cracking. Celestia's eyes went wide as she saw Matt tied to a fence post, blood covering the mud as the rain fell off his bloody back.

Celestia watched in horror as two stallion's poured rum onto the human's back causing him to hiss in pain "P-Please, I-I won't do it again." He said looking at the three stallions.

"Oh, I know you won't." The whip cracked and the human yelped in pain as the whip hit his back "But we need to make sure the other human's know to never give food to hungry colt's or fillies that live on the streets." The whip cracked again.

Celestia's heart broke as she watched her grandson be whipped by these stallions.

"Alright, let's finish our drinks inside the house." The stallion said to the other two as they made their way inside the house.

The rain fell down across the human's face, blood and tears mixed into the mud making Celestia want to show this stallion's the wrath of the sun can do to them.

With the rain dying down and the pegasi moved the clouds away to allow the moon to shine down abound the land. The moonlight fell onto the human laying in the mud. He looked up at the moon and looked at the mare shape on the moon and a small smile came across his face "Hey, good to see you're finally out." He said in a whisper making Celestia looked towards him as her thoughts of revenge was interrupted by his words "I bet your wondering why I'm lying in the mud with my shirt torn and blood leaking down my back, I did something stupid." She was surprised to see him speaking to the moon as if he was speaking to a good friend "A colt and a filly came by, they were covered in dirt and looked hungry, I figured some corn would be fine to give them as there were enough here to feed an army... I was wrong; I was caught by my new owner and got a whipping that would make my old owner proud." Tears rolled down his cheeks as he looked down.

Tears formed in the princess eyes as she watched as he silently cried, his back still bleeding as the cool air stung his back "Funny thing is, I'll do it all over again." A small grin came across his face "The look on their face's when I let them take it... I felt happy, like I did a good deed." He looked around the farm "Sadly, the human's here don't speak to one another due to our owner, we speak we get whipped, learned that the hard way."

He sat there for hours speaking to the moon, each word he spoke made Celestia wish she could have known this sooner, she would have found him and taken him away from this hell hole and bring him some where safe.

Celestia felt a dark force pull her way from the human's mind as she was flung towards the wall.

"Never let a human do a unicorn's work." A voice said.

Celestia tried to stand. She couldn't focuses as her mind was still foggy "L-Leave him alone!" She called out to this new comer.

"You should have let things be Celestia, but you have forced my hoof in this." Her eyes were blurry as she saw what looked like a dagger being floated towards her "Goodbye Celestia."

Her eyes widden as the dagger came towards her. She closed her eyes and waited for the dagger to hit.

The sound of metal hitting could be heard throughout the room, yet Celestia didn't feel any pain. She opened her eyes to see Matt standing in front of her. Her eyes widen as she saw the dagger was in his heart "At least your out of my way." The hooded pony said tossing Matt towards the bed "As for yo-" His words were cut off by a powerful magic sending him flying into a wall.

The hooded pony eyes widen as he saw Celesita's eyes glowing a fierce white as she stood on her hoofs. Tears flowed down her eyes "You will pay for harming him!" The hooded pony quickly vanished from the room.

"We'll meet again soon Celestia and when we do, you won't be as powerful!" She heard the voice say laughing.

"Coward!" She yelled out. Her rage flowing threw her.

She took a deep breath as she looked over at Matt who laid on the floor dead.

She made her way over towards his body and looked at him. He jumped in front of her to save her, he gave his life for her without him ever knowing she wasn't the one who enslaved his kind.

She started crying, tears fell down onto the human as she was powerless to do anything to save him.

A blue mist arose from Matt's hands as they climbed up his body. A blue light began to shine making Celestia's eyes go wide as she saw the knife fell to the ground as the wound that pierced his heart began to close.

"N-No... My father's curse... H-He has it too."

To Be Continued.

Author's Note

Sorry if this chapter took to long but life has been keeping me pretty busy. Oh and before I forget, the scene with the dragons and the mountain was inspired by The Hobbit an unexpected journey. I watched that a few night's ago along with the desolation of smaug. I hope you all enjoy