The unknown

by captainmidwing

Rating: teen
Tags: Tragedy, Adventure, Dark, Sad
Length: 8213

story about an ancient order of unicorns and church that now held power

The story of an old pony who now is forgotten or so many may think as the church finds a way to weasel its twisted fingers into her head shes found who she is and the war will begin for an order that had now been utterly destroyed

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-12-12 20:30:42 UTC

where?

I awoke in the cold freezing snow nothing on me but my horn I tried to remember where I was or who I was but I couldn’t remember anything not even my name. Who was I What was I these thoughts raced through my mind but I didn’t have time to think about it I had to find shelter and food and drinkable water or I would perish in this wasteland. I must of trotted through the snow for hours till I found the cave of ice no one was inside just my luck even if I found someone did I know how to speak how to even communicate with whatever I found out here more and more thoughts but I just curled up into a ball on to the ground of ice and went to sleep.

I awoke to a calm quiet and some sort of strange sound coming from the other side of that snowy wasteland I started to run to it a loud sound of metal scraping metal how did I know this sound I didn’t care I knew it meant ponies and that maybe they knew me or whatever I was it was dark but I didn’t care I just kept running towards the sound when I ran into what seemed to be a giant invisible wall but I couldn’t get through when suddenly a blizzard came again I ran to the side of the shield where the snow couldn’t hit me when suddenly chuckling. I looked out and saw some sort of shadow chasing ponies no idea what was going on I stood up ready to attack the shadow. But why, when I was ready to attack my horn lit and shot a beam of light towards the shadow and the ponies looked at me. “What was that silly foal doing?” I heard them say the shadow then moved towards me I kept firing the beam at it while I ran around it the ponies ran into the shield and went through it another one who looked like me was standing his ground but I drew the shadow away and he went inside. I saw one of them wave to me as the shadow grabbed me by my hooves I saw them and smiled as the shadow covered me I then was in nothing but darkness.

I looked at the ponies in tears through what I saw through that handsome pony like me horn I assume because I couldn’t see his muzzle. “What was he thinking?” the purple one said. The one I was looking through said something unexpected “He protected us we should be thankful and go to Cadence immediately.” The ponies who were all girls except maybe the rainbow coated one were girls but she hugged them and flew off. “To fly can I do that?” I thought to myself and a strange voice from then darkness came to me and said “No you can’t little foal but I can give you that power if you serve me. I am the rightful king of the beautiful land you see there. You can go through it can’t you?” I nodded he told me “Then I will grant you wings forever.” I sat there floating thinking “Am I a good guy or a bad guy if I am good why does this feel just so right?” When I landed near the shield again a pony saw me and yelled to some sort of other ponies I recognized it was that colt I saw with the girls he gasped and tried to open the shield but the shadow was close. I looked up with sad eyes and still smiled at him. I shot at the shadow fighting it off I felt so tired and passed out.

I awoke in a shiny room surrounded by ponies they looked at me with a surprised look when I opened my eyes. “Foal where are you from? Why are you here?” question after question when finally a new pink pony with wings and a horn told them to let me talk. I tried to say something but nothing came out she gave me a quill and parchment but I didn’t know how to pick it up. They looked at me “What’s your name?” I nodded but then the pink pony fell asleep I then felt it the evilness of the shadow it disgusted me I touched the pink ones horn my eyes turned dark and I shot a beam upward to the sky and a dark evilness spread over the city and the purple one gasped and pulled out a sword. I shot at her nodding but the shadow didn’t come towards us I sat at the window wondering how I knew such dark things I felt every time the king hit my shield I was guarded by two ponies they looked worried about me but I decided it was time I left. I needed to find whatever made that sound to get out of here I jumped on the window shattering it the ponies looked at me I turned around and smiled then just fell backwards as the rest entered the room. My wings came out and I flew towards the shield and the king came through he turned into a pony just like that pink one me and him were shooting magic at each other in the sky we destroyed the outer lying village huts.

He then summoned dark ponies and I was trying to avoid them but one of them had hit my flank with some sort of spell I stood up fighting the evil ponies as the king headed towards the city I then fought with the ponies who wore dark hoods and eyes were the only thing to shine through. I stared at a magical light emanating from the castle the dark king perished but his magic of giving me wings and power stayed I felt it weaken but just barely. Those ponies who were they I thought why did they target me why am I like this what is happening to me. When I flew in the sky that stupid pony with his rainbow tail chased me tackling me into the snow I shot her with my magic when the other ponies teleported towards me I had to run or I would fall here without knowing who I was. But my legs wouldn’t move so I took to the sky where the pink one stood for some reason I could not fire at her.

The pink one in a gentle voice said “Sleep little prince.” My eyes heavy my wings giving way I started to fall the princess tried to catch me but couldn’t reach me it was the stallion that caught me I smiled at him and teleported to the cave. Thankfully all I had to do was think of it but when I awoke I heard the sound again a long metal thing in my mind I heard the word train I flew to it laying down on top of it I saw the sun and the moon it was all so great but I got up and started moving on top of the train when some purple green critter stood on top I smiled and waved at him he gasped and called out “Twilight!” before I knew it that purple and rainbow colored pony appeared. I sighed I said to them without thinking in a soft voice “Why can’t I be alone to find myself in the name of Gerard.”

The purple one casted a binding spell I couldn’t move I was brought inside the train where those stupid ponies interrogated me I said nothing but a orange pony without wings or a horn looked at me in a strange hat “Al ’right now little sir what in tarnation are you?” I stared at her eye to eye and told her “You tell me because I don’t know who or where I am.” The ponies looked at each other with suspicion then the purple one said “So you are alone where is your family?” the word it’s self (Family) I hated it; it filled my heart with sadness. I replied with “I don’t have any I awoke last night for the first time ever.” The ponies gasped the purple one then said “How do you know such evil magic it destroyed part of the crystal kingdom.” That name (Crystal Kingdom) it shot back memories my eyes grew white I was no longer in control of my body I could only watch.

Who?

“I am the herald of dawn I am he who will rise and thank the sister of the night I serve only the moon.” I awoke again my magic was purified I saw faces of a pony who was dark blue with a moon on her flank while mine was blank. The ponies told the engineer to go to the castle quickly the train sped up while they were not looking I broke free of the spell when I heard it the name that triggered everything my magic lessons me bowing the spell to make a city disappear “Luna” I turned around grabbing one of the ponies a white one with a horn who seemed to girly she spoke softly “what are you doing fool?” I replied with “That name say it again or I will end you here and now.” She said it. It made me smile but an angry smile and my mind filled with images of me fighting the one called nightmare moon with magic not of the name of the land called Equestria.

I then cast a spell on all the ponies and sat on a chair with the dragon immune to my spell trying to free the ponies with his claws. I spoke to the ponies and said I will go with you to see the one called nightmare moon nothing more after that I leave. I then released the spell on them one of them the blue one with rainbow colored tail grabbed me I flung her off me and my eyes glowed with a bright light. But the purple one said she accepts it and we all calmed down I apologized for what I did and bowed to them they looked at me and asked how do you know the princess I looked up and said “I don’t know but I remember strong magic, destruction darkness, and chanting of the elder unicorn.”

We arrived at the castle finally we entered the ground s when we got to the great hall a big white pony an elder I assumed yelled “Twilight you did it!” but then I saw her the one known as nightmare moon my eyes glowed with darkness as I shot at her she stood up we stared each other down she said “You impudent peasant how dare you attack me.” The white one ordered us to stop the one now known as Luna apologized I still had my wings out ready to attack her. The orang one with apples on her flank told me to be calm so I did. The purple one called Twilight told her the story a voice inside me took over I fought it back but it wasn’t helping it was chanting a spell when I interrupted it.

It took over I rose off the ground and spoke in a voice I didn’t recognize “Thy enemy of the Order of magic are hereby sentenced to death Nightmare moon you are an enemy to the church and to the Circle of sage’s.” I returned to power of my body gasping for breath I sat down chanting to lock my mind when I opened my eyes everyone was looking at me with open jaws except for Luna she was in front of me with a hoof out and said “I am sorry about your order foal.” I didn’t know what to say but I burst into tears.

They then explained how the church of Equestria destroyed my order over a thousand moons ago. Anger in me filled my body and darkness was taking over my eyes were filling with sadness when with the worst timing a priest of the order appeared with a sword attacking me I shot evil magic at him he was destroyed nothing remained but his cloths and his sword I kept shooting at it hoping it would destroy them all but it didn’t the princess grabbed my horn and spouted foul words in my ears that put a lock on my power. I apologized and reversed the spell he was taken to prison for attempted assassination when another church person approached and said that I was the one of destruction. He was looking at me with a mad look and said that I was the last of my kind that I should be crucified that I was the most dangerous thing on this planet. I was angered but couldn’t preform magic the two sister princesses glared at him and said “If you speak ill of another pony like that again we will crush your church we allow it but no one goes but those you corrupt do not think me so kind as to let you insult one of my fellow sisters or brothers.” I looked at her then walked toward the priest he fell over I stared at him and asked him “What is my name?”

He looked puzzled at the question like he didn’t know what to say when the words left his mouth “Salem. Salem the mystic you were a part of a circle of insurrected sages who battled the church and nightmare moon at the same time you were the most powerful unicorn even more powerful than any of these alicorn’s. But how are you an alicorn now and why are you so small? You were a general a leader of the unicorns and one with such power that you destroyed our armor and taught young filly’s arcane magic. We summoned nightmare moon as a last resort you fought on even terms with her and won.” I was so astounded by his answer I finally had a name an evil name but a name none the less I then looked at my wings and started to chant words that no pony except Luna understood. She tried to stop me but it was too late I smiled at everypony and a bright light glowed around me a circle of magic my mane floating my wings close to my body every pony guards included were watching with dazzlment as the sun was blocked by the moon I finally said the words I longed for. “My family.” Tears in my eyes as I watched them burnt at the stake and so many other ponies I searched for anyone to punish and I found him an earth pony wearing the hat of the head clergy when I had finished with my vision a gust of wind form within my body blew outward as glowing ponies surrounded me in hoods it was them the high council of sages my friends removed their hoods I cried as they told me something I didn’t want to hear .

“Salem, Brother don’t despair we wait for you here on the other side in the stars with your family but you must listen the church they plan to attack you they always will your mother and father were burned by the one they call angel I floated around to see my friends for the very last time and I felt my heart sink as I said “I will get my revenge and end any who stand in my way sister’s.” they nodded in agreement and dove into my body and showed me the future my battle with him and how I would fail without training every pony still stared as the circle began to spin faster and faster the one known as Luna tried to free me but couldn’t every pony tried even the one priest I then fell to the ground and awoke in a daze it was two days later and still the group of ponies looked at me I had lost my wings again and was ordered by the princess to train in ponyvile my cutie mark was gone but my magic it was stronger than ever I moved the moon with my power with such ease and then banished the priest from Equestria to tell the head clergy of my doing.

When I stood in front of the school with twilight I had asked what school of magic it was she gazed at me funny and said “It’s just a school there is no magic schools anymore we only use our magic to help your magic’s been banned for half a century now.” My eyes widened when I asked what do I do here a voice from behind me interrupted and said “You learn and make friends silly.” As I turned to see a very dark purple pony I looked at twilight who whispered. “Remember you must hide your magic at all cost.” With a group of filly’s following her I turned my head to the side an orange Pegasus a bright yellow earth pony and a white unicorn that looked oddly familiar for some reason. I acted as any new kid would I pointed my muzzle down and the teacher talked to twilight “where is her parents I have to meet them.” I looked up in anger all the ponies seemed surprised.

Then twilight said something I didn’t expect “She doesn’t have any.” With a sad look on her face the teacher then glanced at me who was angered by the question and nodded and asked what I knew about the early era of discord I then spouted out the knowledge of the kings and queens who not only had I met but battled in the field the wars that took place and even the names of generals who I executed but did not tell any pony about. When both the teacher open jawed and twilight open jawed look at me I looked at everypony and simply said “What?” the teacher then told me how it was wonderful how I knew so much history but how it was not my talent every filly laughed as they saw I had no cutie mark. But then three ponies came to my side and talked to me. But before that the teacher pony told me we were going to see the statue of discord in Canterlot’s garden I sighed and followed the group.

When we got there the teacher asked does anyone know what happened to discord no pony answered except me “Using the magical items or jewels of friendship the sister princesses froze discord who ruled all of Equestria out of fear not even the circle of sage’s could battle him the teacher looked at me with a quizzical look “Circle of sage’s who are they?” I had forgotten that our history and even our art and lively hood were destroyed I then said “they are a magical clan of unicorns who were ruled by the church whose talent was magic but-“ before I could finish my sentence another voice appeared “but before they could live in peace they battled the church in a war where the crusader’s battled with many  deaths on each side and the great general unicorn whose names been lost to anyone but the church-“ I cut him off and said “Salem the great alicorn sage.” The historian looked at me and excitedly asked “How do you know that name little one.” I then told him it was the name given to my family’s first born foal for eras. He looked at me and asked “are you one of the surviving families hidden in the east?” I told him that I had no family and that it was a note left to me when I was young.

Even the teacher looked sad I then said “I am going home now.” Those three ponies followed me and I noticed the historian didn’t move but watched me I felt his gaze at me he then screamed “wait!” as I sat there he trotted to me and asked me something important. “Is there any other sage ponies alive?” the question that I finally figured out when I looked into his eyes was a simple but hard word to mutter but I did emotionlessly. “No.” he then asked how I knew I told him how we could communicate with telepathy no matter the distance but that I couldn’t feel any more of the sages alive. When he frowned he then asked “how I knew it?” I replied with the showing of a book the last of the great sage circles library his eyes were wider than ever as he begged to have it I threw it at his hooves and said “Return it when you are done copying it. It is the last of my culture.” He frowned and said of course when I sat on the train applebloom sweetiebell and scootalo were having fun in the side of the train and then came over to me and asked if I would join their club the cutie mark crusader’s.

I giggled and told them there was another group like that in the church I was raised in they were surprised as they asked the name I told them it was the circle of marks it was because were of a magical persuasion. They laughed and said how sweetie bell couldn’t preform magic yet and how scootalo couldn’t fly and how applebloom couldn’t knock an apple from a tree. As I sat there and laughed with them I realized it had been almost half a century since I smiled like that when we had finished trading stories I told them I would join and help when some pony with a tiara and another with a cutie mark I didn’t recognize appeared ahead of the rest. They said that I shouldn’t join the nerd heard I looked at her angrily and picked her and her friend up with my magic and tossed them out the train. But miss Cherlie made me bring them back.

My three new friends showed me to the tree house where they held a ceremony to enter me when suddenly the earth pony applejack appeared she looked at me with a through gaze and told her sister applebloom I was trouble I then took off the cape hung it up and left I heard the sisters arguing as I was walking away. When I ran into spike and twilight that waved at me and asked me if I could teach twilight new magic as I stared at her cutie mark I said something unexpected “Magic” she stared at me one eye half closed looking confused. I told her that her talent was magic and if she knew if her family always had the same star mark when she thought about it she nodded and I told her that she was a part of a traitor family. She stared at me and asked how I knew that I told her of her ancestor bell sparkle the unicorn who traded her friends for her own freedom.

She told me it was a lie and I told her to ask the historian to tell her “The story of the traitor bell.” She looked at me with anger and left spike then told me it wasn’t cool I told him and neither was trading my sister’s and brother’s to the church. He frowned and said you can’t blame her for her ancestor’s sin’s I looked at him and told him to apologize for me he nodded and ran to twilight. A voice from behind me yelled it was my new friend’s “Salem!” a Pegasus with strange eyes was with them and she said “hi I’m Derpy.” I looked at her cutie mark and said “bubbles” she looked at me and I said “It’s your talent you can blow bubbles of any kind.” She smiled and nodded and gave me a royal letter from the pony express it was from Luna the crusaders gathered behind me and read it out loud.

Dear Salem,

I am writing you to inform you that we have gathered some information for you and to come to the palace as soon as you can. also we have found a photo of you as well in our royal vault please do hurry as this letter will disappear when spike smells the ink I used on it.

Sincerely,

Princess Luna.

I looked at the crusaders and said to tell the teacher I won’t be at school tomorrow they looked at me and smiled “Can we come with you?” I looked at them and smiled but then opened my eyes and made them forget reading it. As I walked away they chased after me and asked where I was going I told them it was a secret that I and twilight are going to go to the train. They then said “you forgot your cape.” I grabbed it but looked at it and asked “So your sister said you can hang out with me?” she looked at me and said of course she just said to be careful with you I knew she was lying about what she said but I didn’t mind it I smiled and put my cape on and trotted off to the tree.

When I got there I pounded on the door twilight answered sighed and said “What do you want?” I then apologized and gave her the letter she gave me my round to round ticket to Canterlot. When I sat at the train station a pony I recognized saw me it was rarity the pony I held by the throat when she saw me she came next to me and asked what I was doing her sister was sweetiebell coming from far away I bowed and apologized which she then accepted and when sweetiebell came to her side said “where are you going?” I answered her said how I was being summoned to Canterlot both rarity and sweetiebell were going there to I told them I was going to the palace both their eyes looked quizzically at me. I then said that it was about some old friends rarity knew better than to ask but she patted sweetiebell I gave them my first class ticket so me and sweetie bell could have fun in my cabin rarity happily accepted it. But before we got to the castle the train stopped I told sweetiebell to go find her sister.

I stepped off the train and saw a sleeping dragon an elder dragon one that only spoke his language a dialect off the southern region but how did I know that. When I saw his eyes open he looked at my small body the engineer ponies gasped as he picked my small inferior pony body up we spoke in a language that all the ponies did not even understand but rarity open jawed asked me what I told him I told him who I was and he left sweetie bell heard my answer and looked at me quizzically I then stepped on his back and said I would be at the castle before the train and would be in ponyvile waiting when they return.

Me and the dragon exchanged names. “Azazel! Go left and land at the front of the castle.” He replied with “Of course Lady Sage.” We landed as the guards surrounded the dragon he laid his tail on the ground I stood up and stepped down and the guards were in awe I the spoke to the dragon to stay here and wait till I had returned he of course waited as I entered the castle both princesses were open jawed at the mighty beast under my command. When I finished telling them about the train they both agreed it was reckless but thanked me for helping with the train. I of course bowed and asked about the letter they both took me to the vault where a couple books a painting and one of the manuals on dark magic that I had wrote was in a pile for me I picked it all up put it into a crate and picked it up I then proceeded to leave the castle when they threw me a crystal and said “This would help me in my journey to the border to find my true self.” A map to the old sage high council’s castle and it showed me all of the lands around Equestria with my magic casted into it.

As me and Azazel were flying in the sky I saw the train enter Canterlot my friend was finally safe we flew to the castle and when we landed I left the dragon and asked him for one more trip he agreed and also said that he left a surprise in the crate for me.

When I entered the castle it was old and dusty holes and bones everywhere guns laid upon the floor along with a lot of armor from the crusader’s from the church it was horrific thinking of what happened here I put on my magical torch spell I could see everything I then entered the council chambers where a book was laying talking about the enemy of everything in Equestria the darkness it said the darkness that corrupts even alicorn’s and consumes their very soul I wondered if that’s what happened to the king who taught me my new dark magic.

I then exited with the book the dragon then looked at me smiled and said that his life was near the end and asked what I would like to see before he left for good I smiled and told him “You mighty creature are very honorable respecting the pact our two races made so many years ago.” He responded with thanks and dropped me off in the middle of ponyvile every pony even twilight looked at me and spike was gazing at the mighty creature with amazement. I then spoke the last rite of an elder dragon’s word he smiled and took off to the sun tears in my eyes I screamed to him “Azazel your light will shine upon history I will see to it.” Every pony now hated me because I was friends with an enemy to ponies even applebloom and scootalo didn’t want to hang out with me or they were not allowed to I shouldn’t of shown my true power of persuasion when I had open my crate I casted dark magic on the crystal it created a house for me it was only a bedroom and an entrance way.

I entered the house hanging the picture that was as old as Celestia herself stacked the books in the entrance way when I went into town I went to the furniture store and bought a table a desk and a bed I returned to my house and put them up and unloaded the crate and saw what Azazel left me. An egg probably the one that he was supposed to raise when he lost his mate in the great migration. I sat it next to the fireplace in the entrance way when I awoke a baby black dragon with dark red eyes awoke with me he was my new companion one I had to take care of I gave him a nest of hay and sum gems that I bought from a store. He slept there while I left for the train station when rarity and sweetiebell came off the train I smiled and left but sweetie bell chased after me. I teleported before I could stop myself but I would see her at school if they would still take me.

Me and my new dragon friend who walked on all his legs with a very long sharp tail I spoke to him only in his people’s language. As I stood at the entrance I decided to head home when the teacher yelled that I would be late I ran to the room where I sat in the back with my companion sleeping next to me id scratch his scales every now and then when I was bored. School was finished I was outside when twilight and spike saw my new friend they asked for his name he looked up to me I had to translate in dragonite the language of his tribe that he knew from hearing me speak it to his father I assumed or if it was a genetic thing I wasn’t sure neither was anypony. And when I told him he looked at spike sniffed him and growled because of his smell and spikes eyes had changed to a very dark red himself when I stared at the two I dropped my hoof on his head and they stopped I told twilight that I was sorry he’s newly born and not quite knowledgeable on the equestrian language yet.

As Twilight looked at me she said “Dragons have their own language?” I looked at her and asked if she ever talked to any other dragons she had but they knew the pony language I assumed that meant they learned the language to communicate with their prey. Or the hunters to know when they screamed what they would be trying to plan. Many theories no one to ask yet there is still the elders who don’t speak Equestrian at least not to my knowledge. When I thought of a name for my new companion only one came to mind “His names Azazel.” He looked at me and smiled and I scratched his scales.

when?

It has been 5 months now spike has barely grown in size but Azazel grew wings and larger teeth he was the size of me now with sharper scales on his back and bigger claw’s he breathed red flames but could not cast magical flames like spike I can only assume it is because of the different race of dragon’s they were I didn’t know anything other than age named differences not races of dragons. When spike and Azazel are alone we find them fighting but now spike knows not to attack him because of the wings he can fly and has a far better advantage.

I and Azazel always work out and practice dueling each other occasionally I have to heal our wounds. Teachers always asking where the scars come from I tell her how I am training with my companion who is now guarding the entrance since teacher won’t let him in. Occasionally I get glances from the cutie mark crusaders but they don’t talk to me anymore I sometimes talk to applebloom when I am helping at the farm to earn some money we only talk about the work though. I finally got the courage to talk to them on a trip to Cloudsdale with twilight and the group of children when suddenly the church priest from the castle he saw me and followed us to our seats to watch the young flyers competition. Azazel and I sat as we watched pony after pony fly even a few griffons flew in it but when Rainbowdash did a sonic rain boom and saved the wonder bolts along with rarity.

But while that was happening the priest touched my shoulder and whispered “move and ill annihilate the entire cloud box.” I nodded and went with him I whispered to the dragon. “Stay here guard the box.” I noticed scootalo tell the others in the class they all saw me and the priest leave the box. Apparently twilight noticed as well and they all followed after me as they finally saw me sitting there with chains and guns pointed at me with vanguard priests aiming straight at me as I saw my old friends looking at me a sudden gusts of wind knocked up and blew the capes off of the priests and showed me their faces and there a face so familiar it hurt my heart “You… You… foul evil being you should be flailed for a thousand years after what you did.” When the anger inside me finally peaked a presence I hadn’t felt in a long time awoke inside me. A shadow of the king appeared “Ahahaha look at you little prince have you forgotten the promise we made not so long ago?” He asked looking at me inspiring fear in all the church loving ponies around us. “I have not forgotten I am only set back a little.”

As I spoke a shot went off and the bullet went through the king and he was angry beyond belief but I kept him from killing the idiot who fired. Than before I knew it I had lost control and the fighting between factions began and it was me against the church. Guns and armor and magic filled the sky as we were attacked I sided with an evil king. He flew towards the edge where my friends or ex friends came to see when I went to the ponies sat there as the vanguard priests turned to the fillies and the friendship elements saw I smiled Azazel came straight out of nowhere and took off towards ponyvile. I looked at my friends and then at the ponies who challenged me. I said to everyone “I am no longer a threat to the church just to you leadership for destroying my clan and the circle of sage’s I Salem will never let you put my clan down.” I looked at the cutie mark crusaders smiled and said “I am sorry.” Then I jumped off the cloud with the church crusaders following after me. Bullets whizzing by me and magic spells trying to catch me I shot at the foul magic casters as I was about to hit the ground a rainbow pony was trying to catch me I smiled and dived forward where the trees of Everfree forest sat I saw her about to perform a sonic rain boom I chanted the words to a slow motion spell as we fell bullets whizzing by almost as fast as when I was originally falling.

I yelled in dragonite “AZAZEL!!!!” he flew underneath me as I released the spell and watched my enemy’s fall I grabbed dash and she un slowed and turned upward the church ponies were riding griffons trying to catch me I held onto my friend as he flew faster and faster through the forest but the bullets didn’t stop I had to shield us both with my power but these bullets were tearing my magic apart. I had to think quickly as royal guards tried to intervene I blew them away the ponies of ponyvile watching me I decided it was time me and Azazel flew straight up till we started to freeze then fell back down. I chanted as fast as I could to command the clouds to split as they did me and Azazel fell through the street. When other Pegasai chased after us I grabbed onto my friend and before we touched the trees my friend awoke and spun around and took off breaking the sound barrier the sound of what may have been a net cannon tried to catch us Azazel burnt the net as I was trying to shoot down the crusaders dressed in their red armor and cloaks.

I told him to fly back to the city I dropped my cape as I saw them rounding up my friends I told Azazel to run and find me when night had come and if he couldn’t to go tell Luna. I jumped onto the cloud stepping towards these horrible ponies and griffons who dared take my friends and schoolmates hostage I waved to my friends who looked over towards me I smiled picked up a rifle and shot the first armored pony I saw the rest of them started to give chase as I ran towards them I flipped a table diving under it firing my gun on all sides using my magic. When they attempted to capture me I put my gun to the ground smiled at my teacher and everyone and whispered “Goodbye everyone.”

I dropped to my knees and stood back up head butting the first pony taking his gun using him for a shield I fired at the rest who took cover and killed their commander I fired my magic destroying the ponies untying my friends and cheerlie I told them to run the other church griffons were heading straight for us I decided to split off and take them to the other side of the street I could hear twilight yelling for me worried when I appeared from an ally I smiled as the griffons grabbed me and knocked me out the last word I heard was Azazel screaming and burning my enemy my true friend now was trying to defend me I opened my eyes and screamed in his tongue “Run you fool take my friends and run!” Blood dripping from my mouth and head he took some rope and grabbed the ponies and flew towards ponyvile. It made me happy that my friends were finally safe. As the church griffons took me past the clouds Azazel appeared again one of the griffons stabbed me my world was slowing down as I saw Azazel and some Pegasus ponies fighting the church dash the rainbow colored one picked me up and tried to carry me but it was too late so much blood was leaving my body we landed with Azazel next to us.

My eyes grew darker and darker my world turning gray I saw twilights horn it had an aura and my friends surrounding me and the only thing I could mutter up to say is “Fools” with a cough my final breath had left my body and I saw my friends and Azazel sitting around me when I was watching Azazel looked at spike with tears in his eye’s I saw my dearest friend speak magic older then pony magic it was a dragon sharing his life energy with me every pony watched as an aura of black surrounded me. Azazel was aging into an older dragon once he had hit his late teens he wouldn’t fit in his nest or my house anymore.

I was saddened that it didn’t help so I returned his life and he shrunk back to what he was he cried and howled my name in dragonite when he did an old spirit came to me asking me one question. “Are you ready little one?” I turned to him and said no he then shot me a surprised look “Is your heart so full of hate you can’t even accept this gift.” She whispered “When your wish is fulfilled you will meet us as the last of our circle king we will wait.” When I returned to life my hoof touched Azazel’s nose and I whispered to him “I will not die here.” He grabbed me by my neck and threw me on his back every pony tried to stop him I let my horn glow to show I was alive when I reached through to everyone they let him pass and twilight tried to follow us so I told him “Don’t let them find us brother.” As he flew faster and faster I saw dash take off it was my last bit of energy I cast a spell to teleport us miles away.

He turned toward the sun and took me to a dragons nest he smelled he then took me to an elder dragon and put it’s soul into my body the elder dragon I turned to bowed and I bowed in turn and thanked him he started to turn to ash which is what happens when a dragons life energy dies out so that their bodies can’t be used against their own kind by hunters. I gathered the ashes and use Azazel to blow them away we then flew towards our home where we entered and packed everything I had the trotting of a lot of ponies I took the crystal and packed it in crate that I shrank as I was about to take off a great amount of ponies saw my Azazel’s shining black scales we took to the skies where I teleported to manehatten where the popes own son was a priest the ponies ran from Azazel as the police ponies tried to stop us I moved them with my magic and bound them with rope.

As I approached the steps of the church its crusader guards attacked I turned them to ash and watched the city wind blow them away I rammed through the door Azazel took care of the guards as I took the priest by the throat I lit him on fire and watched as he ran like a chicken without his head anymore and when he fell to the ground I looked at all the ponies in the church and yelled “This is what will befall the pope as well for the death of my sisters and brothers and all of the circle of sages!” when they asked who I was I told them that I was the pony who would burn this organization to the ground.

From that moment onward I was the worst enemy to a quarter of Equestria. The howls for my head rang across a nation and even the war I was about to start would reach my friends soon so I called upon him the dark one. The one who not only could end this world but the pope as well. “I am ready king Sombra.” He smiled and gave me the look of my old self and gave me power beyond imagining. Azazel looked at me and I patted him and sent him to be with Luna I went to the old tower of sages and summoned my friends “I am sorry friends I will join you soon I promise but for now can you lend me the power to fight an army?” As I said it they spoke back “We will be your army to end the evilness of that mare even if we can’t return to what we were summon us and we will be there.”

I went to Canterlot where the pope met with the princesses and met old friends on the way with their wings flapping we flew towards the city where a massive amount of ponies loyal to the church sat outside the gates watching as it appeared to be a migration of dragons but I flew down to the castle where guards of both Equestria and the church tried to grab me I froze them and walked angrily towards the stallion he had no fear in his eyes and I sat there next to him the princesses were stunned I looked at him and said “Hello bastard.” “Hello king of sages.” “I must apologize for interrupting Luna Celestia I am only here to tell him this (I Salem King of the sages do hereby declare war on the church and all those who would ally with them.) That’s all goodbyes are in order but I will never see any of you again so that’s all.” As I stepped out on the balcony Azazel came down and laughed with and elder dragon known as Edgar “My King you do have such an interesting taste in making entrances and making statements I eldest dragon of the tribes do swear my loyalty to you my king.

All the ponies who side with the church but do not hold up arms against me shall be spared but those who fight will die and I king of the sages do swear this to all of you I am what you hate not those who mistook me as a friend it is me you hate no one else and I will kill all those who attack me or my friends. A voice came from the crowd a group of unicorn with hoods on “Aye and we stand with you our king.”

The group grew larger and larger and the disappeared in an instant the army of dragons and unicorns and Pegasai stood in the sky looking down at me screaming “Salem!” I picked up the pope and lit him a blaze and threw him to his men and flew down with the army where we fought for days magic bullets and cannons and arrows flew in the air and bodies of ash and ponies were what remained and I the king of sages stood atop it all looking down I accepted an offer I can’t refuse now I set my own body a blaze so the king couldn’t use my body for his own evil deeds as I saw my body blow away and the evil king screaming I flew with my sisters and brothers towards the sky finally where my father and mother waited with open arms.