The Daring Three in the Crystal Scepter of Light

by Silver Octave

Rating: teen
Tags: Alternate Universe, Adventure
Length: 2646

King Somber is back! And it is up to three tallented theives to get the Crystal Scepter back to the Crystal Kingdom.

King Somber is back, and has stolen the Crystal Scepter of Light. With it he plans to currupt it to free Discord by removing light itself. In panic, Celestia sends out a plee for help, what she gets are three thieves, Salone the batpony, Hawk the Griffin, and Cychron the Earthpony/ Changeling Hybrid. Together they quest for a land hidden deep in the Ring of Fire located in the very center of the world. There they must stop Somber, and save the world.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-11-11 23:00:05 UTC

Chapter 1

One could say light is pure, although that one is wrong. Light in large abouts can over power any dark temptation, but when more dark is present in light, it can over come the light's resistance, and turn. At that point, light, the very thing that keeps dark in check is tainted. Light is weak at this point, with little hope to keep the universal balance.

Enough about light, more will be talked about as such in this adventure of three complete strangers to each other, who work to save the whole world.

Now, lets go see how our friends are doing, starting with Salone, a bat pony who's family is as rich as prince Blue Blood.

Salone isn't a normal batpony. She was beautiful with her red eyes, mane of dark blue color, and her mane black as the Twilight Skys of the ethereal Plane of the Goddess of the Stars. She being this astonishing ahashas done her more goodbad then good. She always got her way with the males of her colony. Through subjective movements with her body could change the mind of a royal guards, or anypony of any kind.

Now she was sitting in jail, awaiting her judgement. She tried to steal a crown that belonged to the changeling king. She was only slightly worried, but worried nonetheless.

Her cell was somewhat large thanks to some 'bit convincing'. It had two barred windows, and a bunk bed on one side of the cell. On the other side was a tolit that had a sink filled with dirty water.

Could be better right now. She thought as she paced back'n forth. The longer she stayed in the cell, the longer she had to wait. Her pacing picked up now.Dammit, dammit dammit hurry up! She thought now as a guard walked up to her.

"Oh thank the goddess of the sun!" She yelped.

"Ms. Vech'mare?" He asked.

"Yes?"

"Do you know why your here? AGAIN?"

"My looks?" She asked. "I was told my looks could get me far in life." She winked, as she faced away from the guard. "So what is my punnishment this time? Is it...um...Mining for a few hours, oh wait is it, Sleeping with your boss again?"

The guard calmly stepped into the cell, his face still bearing the strict look he gave. Although, when she blinked, Salone was on the floor, hoof on her back.

"Ow!" She yelped out in pain. "What was that for?!"

"I am not like other guards Ms. Vech'mare!" The guard barked, getting close to her face. "I am not a fool looking for tail! I am loyal to the one whom I love dearly, but you are just a whore!"

"Well I wouldn't sa-OW!" She cried as she hear a pop from her back.

"Shut your mouth filthy bat! Do not talk while I am! Now, for you punnishment. You will be taken to the Equestrian Capitol, Canterlot," he started. "From there you will be punished."

Before Salone could respond, a large figure of white stature towered above her.

"Who?"

"My name is Celestia, and I am in need of your services."

"W-wait, what?"

"I will take you to Canterlot, where you will meet the other two. After once you've grown a customed to the Equestrians, I will inform you lf your mission."

"Excuse me princess of Equestria! But she is wanted for a terrible crime!"

"Quiet FOOL! SHE IS NEEDED FOR THE EQUESTRIANS TO HANDLE CORRECT?!" She yelled in her royal voice. "Now begon!!!"

"Ma'am!" The guard yelled as he felt.

"Are you okay?"

"Why do you need me?"

"Our whole world is in danger Salone Vech'mare, and I need your help..."

They vanished from the cell in a flash of warm light.

Although, on the other side of the world, in the Griffin's kingdom, in the Magarch forest, towered a tree home to two creatures. One a Griffin with a reptuation of being the fastest flier who ever lived, and the other a small sheep by the name of Sheepers.

The Griffin was called Hawk. His eyes were brown, and his feathers were bronze in color. Around his neck was a pendent that looked like a golden wing. It was thought to allow any who wore it around their neck would be able to fly with no air resistance. Before he started breaking air speed records he worked for theI.M.C.S., or the International Mail Carrier System for six years.

He left with tears, but his past was behind him now as he sat in his tree house, eating an apple.

"You know Sheepers, this nice."

"Bbbaaaaaahh!"(I know right!?) The sheep responded.

"What do you want to do now? I mean we've got all day right?"

"Baaaahhhbaaaahbababah!"(l guess, but how about we go to town?)

"They don't want me back in that town after last time bud, you can go if you want though."

The sheep jumped up, and went down a slide that was next to Hawk.

Alone again? Dammit....He said pulling a leaf off of the tree.If there is one thing I wish I could do, is be wanted, and....trusted. Dammit! Why is it so hard to turn a new leaf.He thought flipping the dark green leaf that he had just pulled.Do I feel new? Am I wanted?

He flicked the leaf off the tree, and he walked into his room.

It wasn't much of a room, in his eyes. In it lay only a single bed, and a window. On the walls sat his titles for breaking every track record.

While he was a hatchling he already had flight abilities, and the elders wanted to train him. For the next 14 years he trained under them. He spent days, if not months in caves, forests, volcanos, stuck in a hole with a broken, and near death. Out of all of that it beared alot of pressure on him. He regretted it now to take up a mission to murder another Griffin. He was banished from his home, and was forced to live in the forest.

Then there was a light tap on the window. He looked up, and saw a large white alicorn.

"We need to talk!" She yelled. "I need your help!"

Hawk jumped from his bed, and exited his room. He met eye-to-eye with her. She smiled as she used her magic to holding the same leaf he had pulled from the tree.

"How?"

"Hello Hawk, I think we can help each other out." She said giving the leaf to him.

"Who are you?"

"I am Celestia, current ruler of Equestria, and I am here to tell you I need your help."

"With?"

"I understand that you want to start over, and I am willing to give you that other chance." She stated. "Although you must do what I say."

"I got nothing better to do, why not, tell me."

"I will tell you when you meet with the other two, other then that, welcome to Equestria!"

Hawk saw as the floor absorbed him slowly into the portal to Equestria.ALLONS'Y!!!He thought with a chuckle.

In Canterlot's battlements, sat a pony with a twist. His name was Cychron, and he was an earthpony-changeling hybrid. He had a code though. He was stripped of power of flight, being ground bound he would say 'Nothing with wings!'. This was so that he didn't go though intense pain growing a new set of wings.

He features though made him awair he wasn't normal. His past was blurry to him as if a dark cloud covered it, but he remembered Celestia saving him. He saw her as his mother knowing she wouldn't mate with a weakly held alliance. She took him under her wing, and raised him to train in magic as well as spying.

He was six foot two with a cyan coat, and his body was adorned with small holes. His mane was white, with dark green highlights, that matched his forest emerald eyes. A cutie mark adorned his flank. It was a pair lf binoculars over green fire. He got it after completing his first mission alone.

He was sitting in the lower part lf the battlements. It was over two hundred feet under ground. In it lay his royal armor, shining like a diamond. It was made of a bronze-gold-Iorn alloy. It served him in many small battles of six if not eight thousand against him alone. His movements were swift, and clean killing many who challenged him.

He was packing up his gear for a mission, when he stopped.

How come I do this?Does she expect me to win her a war? He thought. Now I need to find a pegasus?

A small burn started to hurn when Celestia walked in to the room.

"Mother!" He said trotting over to hug her. "How is your mission going?"

"Well, they are in town, infact I need you to take them to the castle. Just don't take them until tomorrow afternood I have some things to do."

"What will I do about the pegasus assignment?"

"Forget it, make friends with the other two. Ones a batpony, and the other is a Griffin."

"Why? I dont need friends."

"Cychron, friendship is important in Equestria. Now I'll us take up to the surface now?"

"Yeah, thanks ma'."

After they appered in town, Celestia left Cychron's side. It hurt him whenever Celestia didn't show much feeling for him. Deep down it made him feel useless. He picked up his saddle back, and put on his earthpony form.

His earthpony form was slightly taller then his normal form. His coat was black that had green stripes running down his back and sides. His mane was longer as well. It made him look like a mare, but it was hard in his normal form to grow out his hair.

As he walked into the central plaza, he couldn't help but sit down at a table to order some food.

"One egg please." He asked.

"To go, or are you staying?"

"I'm staying..." He sighed.

"Long day?"

"You could say that, yeah."

"Alright, the egg, and a cup of coffie."

"I only said co-"

"Coffies on the house."

"Oh thanks." He said sitting back in his chair.

I wonder who my new friends are supposed to be. I mean I hope they're nice.

Just then a pony from behind him tapped his shoulder.

"Excuse me, but do you know where I can find Celestia?"

Cychron looked, and noticed who the pony was. It was the same bat pony that Celestia had told him to meet. "Hey, um...yeah say, you're not from around here are you?"

"No, I came here, because Celestia needed my help."

"Strange," Cychron said rubbing his chin. "she needs my help to!"

"Hey, she told me that I needed to meet two others, before she would explain."

"Same, mother is rather strange with her ways." Cychron said.

"Wait? Mother? Celestia is your mom?"

"Indeed, but alas, I am only adopted."

"Ah, well, who do you think we need to meet?"

"She told me a griffin is to join."

"Oh I almost forgot," She said holding out a hoof. "I'm Salone, pleased to meet a prince."

"Don't think of me as that, please!" Cychron begged. "I'm Cychron, general of the Equestrian army, and prince of the land."

"Interesting one aren't you? You are rather large for an earthpony."

"Because I'm not just an earthpony." Cychron said. "I'm half changeling as well. Right now I am in my public form."

As they continued to talk to each other, Hawk was dealing with his own problems.

"I said LET-ME-GO!" He barked to several guards who had just piled on top of him.

"You'll have to come with us Griffin!"

"NO WAY!" He yelled. "I've got something to do!"

"We need you to come with us now! Please before we force you!"

"That won't be necessary..." said Celestia walking up to the pile of guards on top of Hawk. "All of you get off our royal guest!"

"YES MA'AM!" The guards said in unison.

"I hope your not hurt Hawk."

"Nah, I'm alright!" Hawk said confidently. "I'm tougher then I look!"

Celestia giggled. "Right, I hope still that the rest of you make sure that my son, and his new friend are alright."

The guards marched off as Hawk looked down on his amulet.

"That's a very pretty amulet Hawk, where did you get it?"

Hawk sighed as he felt tears swell in his eyes. "M-my mother, gave it to me when I left to train with the elders."

"How old where you, if I may ask?"

"I was only eight months..." Hawk said. "I was extremely strong, and my wing mussels grew allot within the first few months. They took me when I could leave my mother."

"So you don't remember how she looks?"

Hawk could only nod.

"I see, its very sad to hear, but now I think you should go find a batpony." Celestia said walking off.

"Wait!"

Celestia turned with a puzzled look. "Yes?"

"Thanks for giving me a chance!" He said running off.

Celestia nodded with a smile. Your welcome, Hawk...

Hawk forgot about his wings, something he often did when he was emotional. It was like his brain wanted to only focus on his emotions. This made him weak in his own eyes. If he couldn't fly, then he was weak, if he was weak, then he could be hurt, or worse, killed.

He didn't like many things, but showing his weak side was something he completely despised. The elders taught him to show no emotions in time of stress, or anytime at all. They told him it would help him to become stronger.

Now, he was crying, and didn't want to stop. He always built up emotions, but letting them go, felt like it made him weak, but in the end it made him stronger. To again hold in the emotions until the next time to let them go. It was only two years before he cried this time.

Living in a forest filled to the tree line with creatures ranging from Nagas, to Hydras. He trained there after he was banished for killing a griffin.

He remembered the mission well,

"Hawk, don't! PLEASE!"

"I must!" He said thrusting his claw into the other griffin's chest. "It is my mission..."

He was ordered to kill a griffin without being caught, but he was so he was banished from his town as well as other towns in Griffindur. He wan't even able to say good bye to his best friend Eagle.

He soon stopped running, as well as his crying when he came upon a cafe. He looked at the two ponies sitting out side, and the large black and green looked at him with joy.

"There he is!" he said. "Hello, I'm Cychron, and this is Salone."

"BOW TO THE PRINCE OF EQ-"

Cychron slapped Salone in the back of the head. "Hush! I said I don't like to be called prince!"

"Sorry....ow...that hurt you know!"

"Too bad, but back to our friend here. What is you name?"

"Um? Are you here to see Celestia?"

"Well I live here, but yes. My mother told us to wait until tomorrow before we speak to her in her chamber."

"So where do we sleep?"

"My room in the castle of course." Cychron said with a smile. "She didn't tell me I couldn't sleep in my room tonight, so there, you two can hang in my room."

"I haven't slept on a real bed in forever!" Hawk yelled. "SWEET!"

"Thank you Cychron." Salone said.

"We can go now if you want." He said. "It's just about time to hit the hay."

"Agreed, I've had a long day myself, and we need to see Celestia tomorrow." She said.

"ALLONS'Y!!!" Hawk said.