The Moon's Necromancer

-Excerpt from the diary of Princess Luna-

I got a mission from Celestia! I know that she is just giving me something to do during the night, but I can't help but feel a little bit excited. She wants me to go to the Everfree forest to check out a strange sound reported by a nearby outpost. Maybe I'll find a new race, or explore a lost tomb! Also I might be able to find the source of that strange magic that I’ve been feeling since yesterday. Well I'm off, wish me luck!

By the moon! I really need to stop treating this dairy like a person.

"What in the name of the Abyss are you?" I asked the creature in front of me. A normal child would most likely run away, or simply piss itself in fear, or both. I on the other hand, not being a normal child, went over the possible ways I could kill it if it proved to be a threat. Let's see…

1.Summon minions to attack. Nope, I would need more magic to do that.

2. Drain its life force. Nada, I would still need more magic.

3. Kill it with harsh words. Possibly.

4. Find something sharp to stick into its eye…. Wait….whoa…whoa, Calm down, killer! You’re not a warrior; use that brain that has served you well enough before.

I studied the creature. It was five feet tall, with a pelt that had bluish coloration to it, and it seamed to have diamonds tied into its mane and tail since it was sparkling in the moonlight, strangely enough it fitted the creature rather well. Probably some rich noblewoman's pet that was supposed to look better than all her friend's freak winged and horned horses. Gods, the things that women do to make stuff look pretty! Aside from those observations, I took my time to look at its extra appendages. Its horn looked well kept, and had no marks that could show past evidence that it was used for battle. Its wings looked too small to allow it to fly, though it did also look well groomed. It also had a black kerchief around its neck that had a symbol of the moon on it. I suddenly realized that I was wasting my time looking at this freak of nature, so I turned around and walked away, deciding that whoever was sent looking for this creature might possibly see me and accuse me of stealing some noble's pet.

As I walked away, I heard something that sounded like a whinny right behind me. I ignored it. Then I heard something behind me trot its way over to my side. I looked over and there was that freak, just looking at me and keeping pace with me. It whinnied again, and gave a series of grunts and high pitch whines, which was rather annoying. My policy for dealing with annoyances usually involves me stealing souls, summoning minions or just walking away. Luckily for the creature, I was restricted to the third option, and after a few more attempts to communicate with me, the creature just gave up and followed me.

I spent about an hour trying to find a place to rest, making a plan for dealing with my transformation, and finding a way back home. I found a cave that seemed unoccupied, considering that the freak followed me into the cave to explore it. (Animals tend to have a sixth sense for dangerous places and make it a point to stay away from any predator's lairs.) After an hour of just being followed by the thing like a lost puppy, I was starting to lose my patience.

"Hey!" I snarled at the creature. It jumped, and looked away from the stalagmites on the ceiling and looked towards me. Gods what a stupid creature! My distaste for it was steadily growing by the second.

The creature gave a whinny and cocked its head in a questioning manner.

"Leave!" I pointed to the entrance of the cave, which was starting to light up with the first rays of morning. I gestured toward the entrance again. The creature seemed to understand the command and looked towards the entrance and trotted out. After waiting a few moments to make sure the freak had left, I sat down on the ground and put my back against the wall. I closed my eyes and promptly fell asleep, letting the darkness sweep away my troubles for the moment.

I dreamt of the moon, and how its light felt like warm snug cloak around my body, but that just might have been the satisfaction of seeing the corpse of that female assassin with her face ripped off along with the paladin's decaying corpse kneeling in front of me like a knight before his king.

-Excerpt from the diary of Princess Luna-

I found the source of the strange magic tonight! While I was flying above the sector where the scream came from, I saw a strange two legged creature crying on the bank of a lake. I landed behind the creature and watched it for a few moments. I could feel the magic that the creature possessed; it felt weak and underdeveloped, and had an almost dead feel to it. The creature also had some sort of clothing on it, but it seemed to be a couple sizes too large for it, and was all black. Its head was round, and had a mane of white hair! Feeling sorry for the small creature, I walked up to it and was about to nuzzle it, but my horn touched its neck and scared the poor thing. It yelped in a high pitch voice and tried to get away from me, but its clothing got caught up in its legs, and it fell face-first on the ground.

I will admit that I found this cute, as it reminded me of my foalhood, but then the creature looked up at me and spoke! It wasn't in any language that I could understand, but it showed that this creature was intelligent, and possibly an ambassador from a different nation. Its language sounded rough, but I could attribute that to its annoyance at being snuck up upon by me. It stood up on its two legs, (Amazing!) and looked at me for a couple seconds. I don't know why, but I felt that the creature was sizing me up, considering that its eyes seemed to possess an aggressive glint to them, just for a second, until it was swallowed by cold indifference.

Then the creature just walked away from me! The shear gall to do such a thing to a princess! I tried show this creature who was boss, but it kept on ignoring me so, I fell back on a trick that I used on my sister: Follow the offender until I get what I want. The creature just kept on walking for an hour until it came upon a cave. I knew that this cave was unoccupied considering my sister and I use to camp out in this place when we where younger. I looked around, getting lost in the memories of the time when we were just fillies that didn't have a care in the world.

Until the misbegotten biped decided that it wanted to be alone! It gave a harsh command that I didn't understand, until it gestured with its claw (it wasn't sharp, but they were pale and fleshy looking) and pointed toward the entrance of the cave. My sister was bringing about the sun and I was getting tired. I left and flew home.

I won't tell my sister about the creature just yet. She has been quite busy lately and I wouldn't want to give her more work when I have barely any to do.

I woke up just as the sun went down outside the cave. Good, I would hate to have to reset my internal clock again just to fit with my nocturnal habits. I stood up and stretched my back, working out the kinks that appeared overnight. After a few satisfying cracks, I felt the first pang of hunger hit me like a speeding chariot. I had no idea where to get food though, so I ignored it and prepared myself to explore the land around my humble cave. Or that's what would've happened, until I heard a whinny outside. Fearing that I would be discovered by bandits or knights, I moved deeper into the cave hoping to hide in the shadows that it offered. I heard the whinny again louder this time and I saw a certain something poke its head inside. It was that freak again!

It let out another whinny and trotted in. It now had a saddle on its back, but no seat, just two bags on each side of its flanks. It looked around, and then turned away from me to look at the spot on the floor. Stupid creature! I decide to teach it a lesson about leaving me alone. I sucked in a deep breath, and gave a roar! The cave made it louder, and caused the freak to jump around towards me, and made its horn glow… and then SHOT OUT A FIREBALL! I dodged it by ducking, and I felt it pass over and go deeper into the cave until it hit something, and I felt the earth shake. Here's a lesson that I learned at that time: Caves and earth shaking fireballs do not go well together. We ran out of the cave just in time to see it collapse with plume of dust.

A few seconds of shock passed, and I looked at creature, which looked a bit embarrassed and had a bit more respect, when I heard a growling noise. It was my stomach, again crying out for food. The creature looked at me, and then at its bags, and its horn started to glow again. Then one of the bags opened itself, and out floated an apple! Ignoring the sheer amazement welling up in the back of my head, I snatched out the apple and bit into it with much relish. The apple had a crunchy texture with a sweetness that was almost overwhelming. After a few more bites I started thinking about what in the Abyss's name the creature could be, until I came upon an epiphany.

The creature remembered where I was from last night, so that suggested intelligence.
The creature had power, as suggested from the fine example of the cave, now collapsed.

With a bit off training it could turn out to be a great war-steed. I briefly had a fantasy of riding this beast ahead of an undead army. I felt my lips curl into a smirk as I thought about the creature owners, just wasting the potential of the creature. I looked at it, studying the creature in great detail, all the possibilities flying through my brain, and I realized that I would be happy at the thought of something like that under my command.



“I could use something like you." I told the creature, who was yet unaware of my plans.

All the better.