Chapters Are you Worthy Book 1 : A New World, A New Beginning
The Couple
'Are You Worthy? '
James' head shot up from his pillow, he was drenched in sweat, he had another on of his question nightmares, but this one was a recurring nightmare, and it scarred him more than the rest 'What does it mean am I worthy? And what would it be talking about, what do I need to prove my worth for' his thoughts ended when he heard his alarm go off, he looked at it read '6:30' James looked to his door and back to his clock and sighed 'I need to take a quick shower before anyone else wakes up' James got out of his bed and walked to one of the dressers in his room, well more like the workout room that was put in here a few years back during some renovating, it was his idea to put this down here so the sisters let him stay down here if he cleaned it, the workout equipment, and keep his part of the basement clean.
James grabbed his clothes and walked to the door and headed up the stairs and out the first door on his left, he looked around and saw all the little play things the younger kids played with, when he walked down the hall he could have sworn that he heard so form of noise coming from one of the older girls rooms, but he let it off with a shrug and keep walking a little tired from the restless sleep he had, but he was a trooper so he trudged on none the less. When he found the bathroom he let out a sigh of relief, and grabbed the handle and twisted it open and walked in, he went to the shower and turned it on, he striped and got in the shower, but thought out the whole time he felt like he was forgetting something that's when he heard the door knob click open and some one walked in. James poked his head out of the shower and said
"Hey, there's someone in here." the person turned around and saw James and apologized and left, locking the door on there way out. James was slightly agervated that someone had walked in on him in the shower, but he continued with his shower. When he was finished he checked his watch on the counter and it said about 6:50. James finished putting on his clothes and walked out of the bathroom and went back to the basement to get some of his things before he went on his way to school because today was there yearly talent show and he wanted to show off his guitar skills.
He made it down stairs and looked around in his room only to find some of his things gone, including his guitar strap, now James was pissed, no one messed with his guitar strap and left uninjured, who ever has it has just signed their death warrant, he got that strap when he was 14 years old, it was given to him by the closest thing he had to a mother, Sister Mary gave this to him when he was 14, when he discovered his foresight talent, but she died of cancer that year, and he was destroyed by her death, that was when he turned into a rebel and started playing his own metal music and lyrics.
James put on his boots and his Iron maiden shirt and grabbed his short sleeve hoodie and picked up his guitar case and placed it in it and walked up to his door and placed it there, he turned and flipped on his light switch, he walked around his room to see if he could find any evidence about who would have taken his strap. He looked over to where he had lying, and found some pink stuff in the spot where he had it placed, he got some on his finger and brought it up to his nose and sniffed, the smell made him cringe, it was nail polish 'So It had to have been one of the girls had to have been dared to steal it from my room' he thought as he walked to the door, grabbed his guitar and walked up the stairs and across the hall to the next set of stairs to the girls side of the orphanage, he passed by the kitchen and grabbed a pot and a wooden spoon. When he made it to the girls hall he saw that one room had a sign on it that said 'Cassese slumber party' ' Why did the sister's let her have a party?' he walked back to the kitchen and put them back in the cabinet and went to Cassese room and knocked. He stood out there for a good five minutes before Cassese answered the door
"What do you want?" James gave her a an angry glare and said
"Where is my guitar strap Cassese?" she gave James a smug look and said
"I have no idea what your talking about." he wasn't buying her little act
"Did you know that you a bad liar? Because you are." he gave her a wicked smile and said
"If you hand it to me in the next five seconds then I won't break everything in your room. Deal?" she gave him a look that could kill and he just held up his hand and started counting down
"5" he put up his thumb Cassese was getting a little less angry and a little more scared and looked at the other girls in the room
"4" she scrambled to the girls in the room and started to talk to them about something, he walk a step forward
"3" she ran to another group of girls and talk to them about what he assumed to be his guitar strap
"2" she looked at him and then ran to another girl who looked a bit shy about seeing James at the door
"1" Cassese grabs the girl and said to James
"Here she's got it." he looks at the girl who looks like she would never hurt a fly and asks
"Where you dared to take this?" she gave a small nod and I saw her eyes tear up and she said
"I'm sorry." she looked like she was about to cry a river so James said
"Hey its ok, no need to cry about it, I'm just really attached to it, you see I got this for my from sister Mary before she died, see she was like a mother to me, and I'm trying to live by the example she set for me and this is all I have to remember her by so I love this, but hey its no need to cry about it so cheer up." James put on a big smile and the looks to the girls in the room and gives them a look that could kill and said
"You all should be ashamed of yourselves, for putting her up to taking my guitar strap, and Cassese you know what happened to the last person who took this, in fact if I remember right, it was one of your ex's that broke up with you that week after you told him that I stole it from you, and did I tell you he screamed like a girl when I got the drop on him in my room? You should have seen the look on his face, it was killer." after that last word Cassese walked up and slapped James causing him to say
"Wow, not only do you act like a bitch, but you slap like a bitch to." that got a lot of 'oh' from the girls, then Cassese slapped him again
"Hey did anyone see the bug that just bit my cheek." by now Cassese was pissed, now she punched him in the face, James was undeterred
"Wow you hit harder than that boy toy you had a few years back, now I have to get to school for practice, later." he turned and walked down the hall with his guitar strap and guitar case and left to the kitchen and grabbed a quick bit to eat and left to school. It wasn't too long of a walk, the orphanage is a thirty minute walk to the high school.
It was a boring walk to school but he had to get to school so he can practice the song he was going to play today with his friends. When he made it to school he saw his girlfriend walk in and he ran to catch up with her, she texted him yesterday saying that they need to talk at school today. He ran to catch up with her in the hallway, when he found her at her locker he went up behind her and put his hands over her eyes
"Guess who?" she let out a sigh and said
"Let me guess.... James." he gave a smile and said
"Kill joy much? Ok what did you want to talk about?" he looked at her and uncovered her eyes and leaned on the locker next to her. she was acting like he had done something wrong and she gave him a sad look
"What's wrong?" James asked as to why she looked sad
"I think we should see other people." James' heart stop at that
"W-what?!" James asked very surprised of what she had said
"I said I think we should see other people." his mind shattered at the sound of those words. James looked at her, shocked tears forming in his eyes and asked
"W-why?" she just stared at him and walked off, 12 lockers down on the right and stopped at the schools football quarterback and grabbed his hand and he pulled her into a kiss and looked back to James with a smile on her face, and walked off with Dave in toe. James was feeling a mix of emotions and he had no idea how to deal with them, his girlfriend of four years has left him, hanging high and dry, he was just going to find his friends and talk to them. He walked around the school and found them hanging out in the gym.
"Hey guys, what's up? James asked to his friends, who heard the sadness in his voice and looked at him concerned as to why he was sad.
"What's wrong bro? You seem down in the dumps." Jason asks James only to get a very sad look, then came the tears. James' legs felt like jelly and he fell to his knees, crying and broken. James found as much force in him as he could and tried to talk
"J-Jamie left m-me." he was barely able to get out the words through the tears. Jason ran up to him and grabbed him and pulled him into a hug while saying
"Dude its alright, you'll be fine man, its ok, its ok, no need to cry about it man, it wasn't your fault man, it was Jamie being a bitch like always, she was using you to get what she wanted, to hurt you, she wanted to hurt you man, she wanted to hurt you James, but you wouldn't listen to us and now look at you, a broken mess that is left to rot. Well to bad she forgot you had friends like us." Jason gave James a wide smile and hugged him tighter, there British friend Sammie chipped in and stated
"Yeah mate, cheer up, she was a bloody wanker anyway mate, and I say good reddens to her, she was nothing but a bloody skank who would fuck a piece of rubbish for a penny." James gave her a look as she stretched out her hand, he took her hand and pulled himself up and gave her a hug. Breaking the embrace, James gave Sammie a nod and said
"Now that my self pity is over, lets practice for the show!" James was full of new vigor, and was ready for the talent show at the end of the day, they and the rest of the people involved had the whole day to practice what they were doing, and James was sure as hell ready to shred some notes with his guitar and he knew there was no way they could lose.
It was minutes till James and his friends were up to play in the talent show, they have practiced all year for this and they sure as hell were not going to give the other acts an inch of there glory when they were done with there act
"James and the gods of rock, your up in 3" the school president said so they had time to prepare for there act. They move all there gear to the stage and hocked everything up, James let a light strum on his guitar and hear it through the speakers, he then looked to his friends and gave a nod
"Hello everyone, before4 we get to the last performance of the day we would like to thank you all for coming and supporting the students who are performing for us all to day, now without further delay give a big hand for James and the gods of Rock as they preform a song." hey step's behind the curtain and opens it all the way, James takes a good look at the students and yells
"ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?" the students cheered and he took that as a yes
"TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO PLAY MY SHARONA BY HAMMERFALL
They played the song like a dream. James put his hand in the air and made the rock on devil horns and said a few last words
"THANK YOU FOR LISTING, AND ROCK ON." He and his band grabbed there gear and rolled it to the back as they awaited for the acts to judged. It was the longest wait of his life, the judges took 5 minutes before the president asked
"Judges, have you declared a winner?"
"Yes we have. The third place winner is Chris with his great dancing." Chris jumped up and ran to the stage and got his third place ribbon
"Second place goes to Jamie and her great new cheer number." James gave her a evil glare as she walked by him in her little cheerleader outfit, that barely covered her body, she walked back with her yellow ribbon and teased James with a flick of her hair in his face and ran to her boyfriend
"First place goes to the band that sang a song that we all know and love, James and the gods of Rock." James had a huge smile on his face as he and his band made there way to the stage to get there blue First place ribbon
"Great job out there guys, would you like to say a few words?" James nodded his head and grabbed the microphone from his hand and put it up to his mouth and said
"Thank you all for this, we had a blast preforming here today and there for a little while we thought we were done, there was good compaction out here today and they were good right guys?" he turned his head to his friends and held out the mic.
"Yeah, I thought we were done for sure when Chris got called to get a ribbon, I mean he has good dance moves, so good job Chris." James held it out to Sammie, who passed on saying anything, Then passed it to Josh, who declined as well, and then handed it the microphone to the president and walked off stage and went to the lobby to hangout
"I can't believe we won." James said as he sat down near Sammie and put his arms behind the chair and stretched
"We were great out there guys, I think this could be our calling." James gave Jason a weird look and said
"Really, you think so?"
"Hell yea I think so, I mean you write your own songs right?" James gave a nod and said
"Yeah, that's true, but we all have our own passions, I'm more of a writer than a song writer, hell I can't even rhyme, unless I try."
"Yeah , and I'm more ov an actress than a drummer." we look to Josh who only says three words
"I make games." Sammie gave a surprised look, as she had never heard him talk but one word before. Jason looked at us in shock and said
"Did you hear that out there, they loved us." James looked at him and said
"No they loved the way we played the song."
"Same difference." James looked at his watch and says
"Hey, I have to go, they need me at the orphanage. See you guys later, have a good winter break guys." they all said there goodbyes and went on there own way.
When James got to the orphanage, he saw a man smoking out front, the man gave him a look with his yellow eyes and put out his cigarette and walked in, James followed the man inside and then he went to his room as the man went to the adoption room. James got changed out of his street clothes and put on his working pants and his white t-shirt and walked up stairs. He passed the adoption room and was waved in by Sister Jane who said
"James I need you to come here for a second." James walked into the room and stood near Jane
"Please take a seat James." he sat down and leaned back into the chair and asked
"Why did you want to see me?"
"This lovely couple would like to talk to you." she moved her hand to the people sitting in the chairs opposite to us, one was the man who was smoking outside, and the other was a younger woman with pinkish hair. The woman looked at James and the back to the man who only nodded and then looked at James and said
"Hello James, I am Discord and this is Celestia." He pointed to the woman next to him, she looked a Discord and then back to James and said
"Hello, we would like to know about you and some of your interests." James gave them a small look of interest, no one ever want to take in a punk rocker, he then smiled and said
"Well my name is James, I don't know my last name, I love metal, I have a seeing problem but prefer to not speak about it."
"Would you tell us about it?" this came as a shock to James as most people would just zone him out after he told them that, but these people are different, they actually wanted to know about him
"So you want to know about what I can do, well its hard to explain, but I'll try to give you the simple vision, I can see what happens when something else happens, like say you drop a pen I can tell where its going to land and the way it lands, the angle it hits the floor and I can see things that are going to happen." Celestia was taken back by what the boy said and turned to Discord who gave her his full attention
"Do you think this is the one?" she whispered in to his ear
"I don't know, I think we should test him, I'm going to go out of the room and walk around the place, if he tells you what I'm doing then he is the one." Discord stood up and made for the door but James turned and said
"Why are you going to walk around the orphanage, wouldn't you like to stay and listen." James felt a smile grow on his face and then looked back to a shocked Celestia who's jaw was hanging open, Discord looked at James and asked
"Boy, how did you know I was going to walk around the place?"
"Like I said, I saw it happen so I decided to save you time." James gave a smile and looked back to the table and put his head down on top of it. Celestia got up from her chair and walked to Discord and asked Sister Jane to follow them, once out of ear and eye shot of James, Celestia said
"Discord, I think we should adopt him." Discord only nodded in agreement as he stroked his beard. Celestia leaned up to his ear and whispered
"He did pass our test after all." Discord looked at her and then to Jane and said
"Yes, I think we would like to adopt him." Jane grew a happy look and said
"Great, I'll go get the paperwork and you can tell him the good news and he will get his things ready." she walked off and Celestia and Discord walk back to James, who asked
"Why did Jane leave to the office?" Celestia look at James and said
"To get the paperwork of course." James gave her a puzzled look and asked
"Paperwork, why does she need to get paperwork unless you all are going to adopt." then it hit him, they were going to adopt him, a smile crept across his face. He stood up and walked out of the room leaving the couple confused, and they followed him. He was half way down the hall when they left the room, James was could no longer hold his excitement and he jump in the air and yelled
"WOOHOO." he was happy, happier than he's ever been for a long time, he made his way to the basement and unlocked his door and flipped on his lights and ran to the other side of the room to grab everything he needed his toothbrush, other pare of pants, his collection of metal band t-shirts, his extra pare of shoes, his favorite belt, and his sleeping clothes and stuffed them in an old bag he had found a few years back, and walked to the stairs, he turned around and took one last look at his room, he then turned and walked up the stairs, but stopped when he realizes he forgot his most valued item he has, a crescent moon pendent, he then walked back to the stairs and closed the door behind him.
Celestia and Discord found Jane and signed the papers and then went on to find James sitting in the floor near the exit
"I'm ready to go when you are." James got up and grabbed his bag and his guitar case and walked closer to the door
"We just finished the paperwork, so were ready to go." James was excited to be leaving, but he wondered where they were going, he has never seen these people in town before and they sure as hell don't look Catholic. James looked at them and then back the street there on and asked
"Where are we going?" he looked to them waiting for a response but received none until they moved down a alley, he looked down the alley and saw an old book store, Celestia pulled out a key and put it in the door and turned it with a click and pulled the door open, by this time James was getting nervous and was rubbing his pendent to help calm him down as he walked into the book store.
Once he stepped in he saw that the inside was not as bad as the outside, nothing was rotting, and the store's colors made it seem like its busy every day. He went to look around and saw a mirror that was a bit on the creepy side. Celestia and Discord went up to the mirror and asked James to step up to the mirror, he did as asked and when he was there he saw that is was not a mirror but something different, he looked up to Celestia and asked
"This isn't a mirror, is it?"
"No its not."
"What is it then?"
"A whole different world. Now I would ask you not to freak out and step into the frame." James gulped loudly, and looked from her to the gold frame and then back to her and said
"This isn't the matrix is it?" She giggled and shook her head. James looked at the frame and the asked
"Can you all go first?"
"If you will feel safer that way then yes." Discord stepped through the portal and disappeared with a flash. James was shaking in his boots and feared for his life, but James was a man and he wasn't going to let a gold frame stop him. he stepped into the portal with all of his things and he was spinning around after Discord screaming like a little girl, Celestia then followed him and was about to bust a gut once she saw James spinning around and screaming like crazy, they soon saw the end of this tunnel like portal and landed on grass unharmed, well James hit the ground face first with a *Thud* and was stuck that way till his legs fell back to the ground. James got up, only to be hit with dizziness and stars in his eyes, his vision was blurred, but he was still able to make out the shape of Celestia walking towards him, his vision was starting to clear up and he was blinded by the bright colors, he then saw what he thought was Celestia, but she was covered in white fur and multi colored hair and tail, and had wings and a horn, James was struck in awe when he saw this and then he saw more like her walking around he saw another one with a horn and wings, she was a shade of purple with her hair and tail a purplish blue with a pink stripe going down her tail and hair. James has no idea of what to think of this situation, his eyes started to roll into the back of his head and he passed out and fell back to the ground.
Author's Note
This is just a beginning of something I think can grow big you guys and gals I hope you enjoy it and read one my fellow readers
PEACE OUT
Are you Worthy Book 1 : A New World, A New Beginning
Meeting the Gang
"Prove your self."
James shot up from the pillow on the medical bed and looked around, only to be meet by the white walls like any other hospital. He lay his head back down onto the pillow and rubbed the tiredness from his eyes. He looked around the room one more time and saw a glass of water sitting on a table next to the bed, he grabbed it and he drank at least half the glass.
He had lied back down to try and get some shut eye when the door to his room opened and eight, things walked in, he knew only two, Celestia and Discord, the rest he never seen before, one was orange with blonde hair and tail with three apples made into her tight hitting jeans, with a button up flannel, next was a unicorn, she was pure white with royal purple hair and tail, she was wearing a long white dress that hugged her body perfectly to show off her curves and had three diamonds made on it, next was a butter yellow pegasus with light pink hair and tail, she wore a lose yellow sweater and a long pink skirt with three butterfly's made on it, the next one made James feel uneasy, she was light pink with dark pink hair and tail, she wore a pink tank top with a short pink skirt with tree balloons on it, the next one was cyan blue, with rainbow hair and tail, she wore a blue track suit with a white cloud and a rainbow lightning bolt shooting out of it, and the last one was purple with blue hair and tail with a pink strip in them both, and she had wings and a horn. James looked at them wide eyed and then asked
"Um ... why do you all look like horses?"
"Where not horses, where ponies." James looked over to the purple one and gave a confused look
"So this isn't a dream?" she shook her head no. James shot up in the bed, eyes as wide as dinner plates as he scooted his back flush with the head of the bed and starred at them, he was scared, and he had no clue if they were going to hurt him or what, be he sure as hell was scared out of his damn mind just thinking about it. The purple one moved closer and James tried to get further away from her but he fell out of the bed and scooted further down the wall till he hit the corner of the wall, the purple one keep walking closer to him
"I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to talk." James mind was flying on if he should believe her or haul ass out of the place, but he still felt dizzy. James tried his best to stand up, when he got up he walked back to the bed and laid back down and had another drink of the water that was on the table, he then looked back to the purple girl and ask
"Ok, if you want to talk, then talk." she looked at him and gave a small smile and said
"Yes, I would like to ask you a few questions."
"Ask away."
"Ok, what does your diet include?"
"A little bit of everything, as long as its cooked, I'll eat it " she wrote something down on a piece of paper and then asked
"Ok, what do you do with your free time?"
"Anything that needs to be done."
"What are some of your hobbies?"
"Playing my guitar, reading, writing, and just hanging out with friends."
"What are your favorite foods?"
"Cheese burgers, pizza, turkey, apples, scrambled eggs, biscuits, I think that's all." she wrote everything James said down and the asked
"Do you like sports?"
"I like baseball, nothing else."
"Why baseball?"
"Well I can run pretty fast, and I hit a homerun almost every time."
"Ok then, that's all the questions I have for you, now how are you feeling after fainting?"
"Good, considering that I had a mini heart attack and landing on my face when I got here, they yeah I'm great. Where's my stuff at?" Celestia looked at James and said
"I had your things taken to Twilight's library." James looked at Celestia and asked
"Who is Twilight?" the purple one walked up to him and held out her hand and said
"I am Princess Twilight Sparkle, its nice to meet you, Um" James took her hand and shook her hand and said
"My names James, its nice to meet you to. Who are the rest of these people?"
"Its ponies, not people." she stated, then pointed to the orange one with the cowboy hat
"That is Applejack," she pointed to the white one and said
"That is Rarity," she pointed to the yellow one
"That's Fluttershy," she pointed to the very pink one
"That's Pinkie Pie," she then pointed to the rainbow haired one and said
"She's Rainbow Dash" she then looked back to James and said
"And we would like to welcome you to Equestria." then a loud boom was heard from beside his bed. He felt his pride take a hit when he screamed like a girl as he fell off the bed, the scream made the girls laugh and he felt his face heat up as he said
"Shut up, if that would have happened to you, you would have screamed too." he was trying to get up off the floor, thanking God that the nurses had not taken off his pants, otherwise they would have caught a glimpse of his ass. James stood up only to be hit by dizziness and start falling over, he grabbed the nearest wall and leaned up against it
"You ok sugarcube?" James looked over to the girls and gave a nod as he tried to walk over to the bed
"Yeah, I'll be ok, I just need to get used to the new environment." James, now seated in the bed then looked over to Twilight and asked
"How long was I out?"
"About two days." James was a little shocked when she said that (Damn, Two days, that's a bit longer than I thought, I wonder how long they waited for me to wake up?) James looked around, and then he smelled the most God awful smell in the world. He sniffed around and then he lifted up his arm and sniffed his pit and gagged a bit and then put it down saying
"Oh God, do you think there is a shower in that bathroom, I really stink." they all look at each other and then Twilight goes to check the bath room, when she walks out she shakes her head, James sighed and then said
"Well then, can I get out of here and take a shower else where, cause I need a shower bad." Twilight then walked out and went off somewhere, he was left in a silence that would make your ears hurt, he then felt around in his pockets till he found his cellphone and clicked on a game to play, it was bejeweled, the most additive puzzle game ever made. James was pretty close to beating his high score when Twilight walked in with a nurse, in a very skimpy outfit, who went to checking to make sure he was ready to leave the hospital
"Your good to go, all except for the fact that you have a mild concussion, just don't walk around, we'll get you a wheelchair and then you just have to sign some papers and your out of here." James put on a big smile just by knowing he can get out of there and get a nice warm shower to loosen his joints and get the stiffness out of his back.
The nurse came back with a wheelchair and the release forms, he was nothing but happy when he got the smell of fresh air in his lungs after they left the hospital, he did feel a bit chilly when he was out side, they had taken his hoodie to Twilights place and that left him with just his old muscle shirt, he hated wearing it without something over it, it showed his old scars that he got from his street fighting.
A few dudes would pull out knives and try to cut him, they would cut him, but he always won a fight, every scar was a memory, some good, some bad, but the reason he hated this shirt the most is because he wore this shirt on the day the closest thing he had to a mother, died. When he heard that she was in the hospital, he was fighting, when he checked his phone after the fight, he ran to the hospital and sat by her bed while she was dying, he was crushed when she died, he sat on the roof of the orphanage for two days in a row. James looked back at Twilight, who was pushing him and said
"How much longer till we get to your place, the ponies are starting to stare." Twilight looked around and saw that he was right, they were starting to stare at him, she looked back to James who looked uneasy as they keep starring at him, and said
"Not much longer, But I must ask what's with the scars?"
"I would rather not talk about it." after he said that she dropped the subject and keep walking to her house/library that had all of his things in it. Once they stepped in James was relieved to no longer be out in the winter air where the ponies could see his scars, he knew he would have to tell them about them if Celestia asked, but he knew he would not want to, but that he had to, if not for himself then for the others.
James looked back and saw that some were looking at some of the deeper scars left on his back, he let out a sigh and said
"Do you all want to know how I got these scars?" they all gave a fearful expression, but nodded for him to tell his tale of memories, he turned around and looked at the fire that was lit, he just stared at it, as if waiting for it to strike, he then turned and said
"Take a seat, it might take awhile, some of the memories are a bit hazy, but I remember most. First I'm going to take a shower, which way is it and where did Celestia and Discord go?" they all looked around and to their surprise he was right, they were gone leaving only a note that said
'Dear Twilight and Friends
Princess Celestia'
"Well that answers one of my questions, now where's the bathroom?"
"Up the stairs, second door on the right." he gave Twilight a nod and walked up the stairs and out of there sight, Applejack spoke up
"So how do y'all think he got them scars, and why do you think he was starring at the fire for so long?" Twilight looked over to her and said
"I don't know, but what ever it is, it must have been hard on him." Rarity looked over to her and said
"I hope it won't hurt him to tell us what happened."
"Neither do I Rarity, but it will more than likely open a can of worms." Rarity nodded in agreement as they waited for James to finish his shower, then they hear some really loud noises coming from the bathroom. James was playing his music while he showered, they were not able to tell what he was listing to but it was loud, very loud.
They were sat in the living when James opened the door and walked out wearing an old white t-shirt with some black jeans and some knee high socks, he was holding his old clothes and just placing them outside the bathroom door and went to sit down with the girls, when he sat down he was afraid of the questions they would ask about his scars, but he was going to answer any and all questions. He looked around and said
"Well. are you going to start the questions?" they all nodded at him and looked around at each other, then Twilight looked over to James and asked
"How many scars do you have?" James looked at her and then looked at the ground in thought, it would take him a little while to remember how many he had, it had been a while since he had counted them
"20, maybe 25, Its been a long time since I counted them, I could count them now, but you might see a scar you wish you hadn't." James said as he looked back to Twilight who said
"You can count your scars here if you want to." James gulped loudly after that statement and looked around at the girls, who were all nodding in agreement with Twilights statement, James was afraid they would try to get him to get his shirt off to get a look at the scars that he has, but never in his life had he met so many people who want to see them in one room.
James sighed and grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled it up over his head, he heard them all gasp as the bottom of his shirt hit neck and showed the large number of scars on his chest, he then stood up and turned and heard them gasp again at the even larger number of scars. Rarity and Fluttershy had fainted and was leaning on each other as to keep the other from falling, Pinkie had a very sickened expression on her face, while Rainbow and Twilight had a worried look on their faces, and Applejack had a sad look on her face, like as if she felt pity. James looked back at the wall he was facing and said
"Don't worry about them, they don't hurt anymore." he sounded a bit angry at the reactions he got from them, but he would not hold it against them, they act as if they had never seen scars before.
"How did ya get 'em?" James looked over to Applejack and then stared at the wall and said
"I don't remember all of them, but I remember this one." he put his finger at a scar on his right shoulder and said
"It happened the day Sister Mary died, I went to the hospital after the fight, the dude I fought brought a pocket knife and got me when I was turned around and stabbed me, I turned around and knocked him out, collected my winning money from the guy I bet with and left to the hospital and saw them wheel her in when I got there." James had turned around and sat back down and looked at Applejack, who looked down at the floor and just zoned out.
James looked around and seen that Pinkie hair was straight and flat. He then asked
"Is that all the questions?" they all nodded as Rarity and Fluttershy were waking up. James looked at the clock and it said 9:00. he guessed it meant 9:00 p.m. and looked at the girls and said
"Its getting late, should you all go home?" he looked around as Twilight said
"Girls, I think its time for a sleepover." they all woohooed at that statement as James sighed at the fact he wouldn't be getting sleep.
"What, James do you not like sleepovers?" Twilight said as she looked over at James
"No I just know what girls do during sleepovers."
"What do we do during sleepovers then James?"
"I don't know if they do it the same way girls do it back in my world, but you paint each others nails, talk about boys, play truth or dare, have pillow fights and if you can drink, you drink fancy girly drinks. How close am I?" he looked over at Twilight who said
"Right on the ball." James let out a sigh and said
"I'm not getting any sleep tonight am I."
"Nope." they all said at the same time and let out a laugh as James sighed and sat down on a chair and leaned back in it. He was not planning on being part of their sleepover, he was a dude and dudes don't go to girl sleepovers, and even if they did its not like they can do anything, but now if this was a party then shit could go down, but they look older than him, he doesn't know how much older they are then him, he just knows their older
"James are you going to join us down here?" he looked over to Pinkie and said
"Nah, I'm not really the kind of guy who you see at any sleepover or party." she grabbed him by his wrist and pulled him off the chair with great force and sat him next to her. James had no idea what just happened, but he hoped it never happens ever again. He looked at Pinkie and said
"Really, you had to drag me off the chair and make me play stupid sleepover games." Pinkie looked at him and said one word
"Yep." James was starting to get annoyed by the fact that they are making him play slumber party games with them, when they have to be at least 5 years older than him he heard a knocking noise and went for the door, when he opened it he saw Applejack with a younger girl who looked about his age, she was wearing overalls and a yellow t-shirt with a big red bow in her hair, he moved out of their way to let them in. He didn't even notice that she had left.
Once they were in he heard the flapping of wings and stuck his head out the door to see Rainbow flying down with a orange pegasus with purple hair, she was wearing what looked like skater clothes. He ducked back in and made sure the door remained open for them to fly in, he waited to see if anyone else was going to come in when he noticed that Rarity wasn't sitting in the floor, he stuck his head out and heard Rarity say
"James darling, can you hold the door open, it's starting to rain." they were trotting a bit faster and they were at the door and inside the tree house by the time the rain was starting to fall in a down pour, James then shut the door and sighed in content as he heard the rain hit against the door, he had always fond the pitter patter of rain. He didn't notice that any of them had left. James got back to his spot near Pinkie and sat down, he knew that he was getting no sleep tonight, so why not have fun with that time. James hear a noise come from up stairs and saw something green and purple walk down the stairs, it was wearing a green t-shirt and normal blue jeans, James realized what it was when he saw its back, it had wings, a tail, spines going from the top of its head to the tip of its tail, it was a dragon, when he realized what he was seeing was a dragon he tried his best to keep calm. James looked over to Pinkie and said
"I-is that a d-dragon?" he could hear the shakiness in his voice, Pinkie looked at him and said
"Yep, that's Spike, he's Twilights assistant."
"Is he tame?"
"Are you afraid of little old Spike, he wouldn't harm a fly."
"No its just that we don't have dragons where I'm from, their just a myth, but they could destroy a whole village's by themselves." not many people know how much James like ancient history, but he loves all of it, he love all the old myths about Gods and killer dragons who breath fire. James looked at Spike and got up and walked towards him, when he got to him James stuck out his hand and said
"Hello, I'm James." Spike took his hand and said
"Sup, I'm Spike. Dude what are?" Spike said while poking him in the face over and over again
"I'm human, are you a dragon?"
"Yep, I breath fire and everything."
"Cool, where I come from dragons aren't real, their only myth."
"Wow, that's weird, here we thought humans were only myth."
"Damn that's freaky, its like here dragons are real and there were real, what is the main population here?"
"Ponies are the main population."
"Wow, we are the main population where I come from."
"Really, that's weird, well it was nice meeting you James."
"Nice meeting you to Spike." they walked off, Spike went to go talk with Rarity, James went to go see the girl who came in with Applejack, when he walked by Applejack she grabbed his shoulder, turned him and pulled him near her, she looked at the girl in front of her and nudge her a little and taking her out of her trance, she then looked at me and started blushing a little, she stuck out her hand and said in one breath
"I'mApplebloom,Applejack'ssister,itsnicetomeetyou,what'syourname." James was a bit confused at what she said so he took her hand and said
"I'm James, its nice to meet you, and I didn't catch your name."
"Sorry, my name is Applebloom, nice ta meet ya to. Uh if its ok ta ask, what are ya?" James gave a knowing nod and said
"Yeah, its ok to ask, I'm human, I'm not from here, I'm from a place called New York."
"New York? What's it like there?"
"Depends on your class, if its upper class its fine city filled with fine people who hate the people who live on the ground, but from my point of view, its a city, filled with filth who don't care about anyone but themselves, I'm not that kind of guy, I have volunteered at homeless shelters, donated money to the sick, the poor, the old, and everyone in between, some people thank me, others are harsh towards people who do the things I do, but most people who don't like my money know how I earned it, and they act like my money is covered in blood and every time someone says 'I don't need your blood covered money, I might catch something' I look them in the eyes and say 'This money won't give you nothing but what you need, and if it was covered in blood, it's mine, and I don't have anything you can catch.' and then I would walk away cause if they don't want the money I have been willingly giving out, and have been work my butt off for then I'll keep it, but if you ever get to go there, don't." Applebloom looked at him, she was confused at the last statement and then asked
"Why should I not go there?"
"There are some people who would take you away from such an innocent place and turn you in to someone different, they would take your innocence away from you, and leave you broke and dying, they would hurt you with no remorse and then more than likely they would kill you." she just looked at James and then said
"Wow, that was deep."
"Thanks I did a paper on it at school."
"Well I bet you passed."
"Nope, to vulgar for the teacher to read."
"Well, damn." Applebloom covered her mouth as she realized what she said and soon seen her sister walking up from behind James and pushing him a little to get to Applebloom
"Did you just cuss?" Applebloom's eyes looked like pins as she shook her head left to right, James saw this and stepped to try and get her out of the trouble he caused
"Hey Applejack, she didn't cuss, I tried to mimic her voice and I kinda cussed, sorry Applejack." he put on an apologetic face and was praying to God that she would buy it
"All right, but the next time I hear cussin that sounds like her then I'll beat ya both." she then walked away back to the rest of the group, James then looked at Applebloom and said
"That was close with a capitol C." Applebloom let out a sigh and said
"You didn't have to say that ta my sis you know."
"I know, but I don't let friends take the fall for my actions."
"But I was the one to cuss."
"I was the one who caused you to cuss in the first place."
"Fine, don't make me cuss then."
"I'll try, but no promises. Hey are those other two over there your friends?" James asked as he pointed to the two other girls around her age in the room. Applebloom nodded
"Yeah, have you meet them yet?" James shook his head and said
"No. Could you introduce me to them?" James put on a pleading face and mouthed the word 'please'. Applebloom only sighed and started walking towards them, she then waved her hand to him to signal for him to follow her, he was right behind her as they walk to the other girls. James saw the small group of them as they talked, he was spaced out at this point, he studied each of their faces and got few words to describe the group other than cute, and yet he could help but stare a little more at Applebloom, he always hated meeting country girls, they always made his heart race.
Author's Note
Hope you all like this chapter, I have tried to edit it as well as I could, so here I hope you enjoyed this chapter and happy Hearts and Hooves day (Valentines days) to you all, sorry about any grammar or spelling errors, I have had to edit myself but this is my gift to you all have a good day
Emerald Knight
Are you Worthy Book 1 : A New World, A New Beginning
Author's Note
Hey I guess I should have told you guys and gals this sooner but, in this it has been like 5 or 6 years since twilight defeated tirek, but her tree house was never blow up, and just to let you know, the ponies are not how other people would see them, I have molded them to where what has happened in the past 5 or 6 years has changed their personality but has almost unaffected the main 6 so this is kinda like my universe of things so enjoy
Learning
"James," Applebloom snapped her fingers " Equestria to James." James shook his head, trying to regain control of his train of thought, once he was able to think straight he looked over to Applebloom and said
"Huh, Yeah sorry, I guess I kinda zoned out on you there didn't I?" he rubbed the back of his head nervously, let out a chuckle and then looked back at her and said "What were you saying Applebloom?" Applebloom let out an agervated sigh and looked back to her friends, then back to James and said
"Did you hear a word I just said?" James shook his head no and Applebloom let out another sigh and said "This is Sweetie Belle and this is Scootaloo." James looked at them both and gave a small wave and said
"Sup, I'm James, its nice to meet the both of you." he stuck out his hand and Sweetie Belle shook it first, then Scootaloo. Once the introductions were over James walked back over to sit in the floor, not really by anyone, he just sat in the circle they were making for some slumber party game, once they were all seated, Twilight took out a book, James sighed inwardly as he caught sight of the title of the book, it read "Slumber Party Games" she was flipping through it, probably looking for a new chapter that she had not read, but then a thought popped into his head why doesn't he get to know each of them a little better by saying a little about themselves and work clockwise from their, clock wise from James they went like this Twilight, Rarity, Sweetie, Pinkie, Applejack, Rainbow, Fluttershy, Scootaloo, Spike, and Applebloom, James would go last. James then looked over to Twilight and said
"Hey Twilight, I have an idea of something we could to." Twilight looked at James and said
"Really, what is it?"
"Well, maybe for me to know each of you all better we could go around in a circle telling a little about yourselves?" Twilight looked around at everyone else in the room and they all nodded their heads in agreement, Twilight then looked back over to James and asked
"What kind of things should we say about ourselves?" James pondered on the question for a minute and then answered
"Just the basics, like your age, your hobbies, your favorite thing to do with your free time, and the kind of music you like, is everyone ok with that?" they all gave him a nod, he then said, "Ok how about you go first Twilight." she gave a nod and took a breath and then said
"As you know, I am Twilight Sparkle, I am 26, I like reading, using magic, I try to spend my free time with my friends and my favorite music classical." She turned her head to Rarity, who nodded back and started looking around and said
"I am Rarity, I am 26 as well, I make clothes, I am a fashion lover, and I love classical music as well." she turned her head to Sweetie Belle who said
"I am 15 and a half years old, I like to sing, I love to crusade with the crusaders, and I like pop music." next sat Pinkie who looked like she was about to explode for some reason or the other
"It's because I'm excited to play a game with James."
Pinkie no breaking the forth wall, the people will get mad, oh and the others are starting to stare at you Pinkie act like I'm not here
"Okei dokie lokie!" She turned back to her friends and said "What, I was talking to the author." James looked confused, very confused in fact, the rest laughed and said
"Oh Pinkie Pie, never change." James still felt a bit concerned about Pinkies mental health, but none the less he stayed quiet as Pinkie said
"I am 25, I like baking, cooking, partying, watching the twins, did I say I like party's? I like making people laugh, and smile and pulling pranks and mm, mph." she stopped talking once she realized that Applejack stuck her hand on her mouth, who said
"I think its my turn Pinkie." she took her hand off Pinkies mouth and continued to speak "I'm 27, I like to buck apples, playing my guitar, and hangin out with my friends." she looked over to Rainbow, who puffed out her chest as she said
"I'm Rainbow Dash, fastest flyer in all of Equestria, Future Wondertbolt, I'm 26, I like racing, I like to lay around and do tricks, and I like hip-hop." she looked to Fluttershy and nodded,
"I'm Fluttershy, I'm 25, I like to take care of my animals, and caring for new one's, I don't really like loud music so I like the softer music." she spoke just below a whisper, James was able to tell what she said because he was really good at reading lips, it was a skill he learned so he could tell if anyone was talking about him, He looked to Fluttershy, who tried to hide behind her mane, and said
"Um Fluttershy, could you maybe speak up a little bit please, I barely heard you." she looked over at James and nodded, she took a deep breath
"I'm Fluttershy, I'm 25, I like to take care of my animals, and caring for new one's, I don't really like loud music so I like the softer music." James knew they heard her as she then nodded to Scootaloo
"I'm Scootaloo, I'm 16, I like to do stunts on my scooter, and I like pop music." she looked over to Spike who nodded back, he was about to speak but there was a loud thunder clap that scared, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, Fluttershy, and Applebloom, who grabbed James' arm and held it with a death grip. When he saw that Applebloom was holding his arm, his face turned as red as a tomato. Once Applebloom realize what she was doing, she quickly let go and sat up straight, her face turning as red as his.
"Ya'll ok over there, your faces are redder then apples." James and Applebloom looked at each then back and spoke the same words
"Nope where both fine nothing to worry about, Spike its your turn still." then they realized they spoke the same thing and they both turned a shade dark of what they already where. They both looked away from each other as the rest of them just giggled then Spike spoke.
"I'm Spike, I'm 17. I like to read comics, and play games, and I like rock music." he looked to Applebloom, who was still a bright red from what happened earlier, she took a deep breath to regain her composer and then said
"I'm Applebloom, I'm 15, I like hanging out with my friends and family, I like working on the farm and I like Country, Classic Rock, and Metal music." James was taken aback by that statement, she didn't look like a metal head, in fact she look just as country as Applejack, he had one thought in his head after hearing that, 'Why does she like metal? ' he then felt someone tap his arm, he turned his head and saw Applebloom who nodded to him and then wait for him to speak
"Oh, right, sorry got lost in my mind, anyway, I'm James, I'm 16, I like to play guitar, play songs with my friends, videogames, and reading, and well I think I like metal music better than most music, but rap is a close second." James stopped talking and then looked around at everyone in the small circle that was made, James then looked to Twilight and asked
"Well, now what do we do?" she looked at James and grabbed her book with her magic and opened it again, she flipped through a few pages and then shut the book and said
"I have no idea." then Pinkie jumped out of nowhere and said
"How about we play marenopoly?" James, after hearing the name, made an instant connection to the game monopoly, he wanted to appose to playing, but everyone else was cheering for the game, and now he felt the need for a smoke, he didn't always smoke, only in really stressful times, like this, but he didn't want them to know he smokes so he said
"You guys get started without me, I'll be in the bathroom if you need me." They nodded and started setting up the board while James walked up the stairs down past the bathroom and into the room with his things, he looked through his backpack hoping he got smokes earlier that week. After a few minutes of digging he found is pack of menthols, but his bad luck struck him when he saw that he had two left, he grabbed the pack and his lighter and went into the bathroom, which was now occupied by someone else, who he scared when he grabbed the door knob and shook it franticly. He heard Applebloom call from inside and running to the door in a panic. Once she opened the door and went to stairs, then the smell of smoke filled his nostrils, he turned to her and grabbed her by the shoulder and said
"You can't go down stairs smelling like that, you might get caught. Come on, I'll get you some deodorant, it helps mask the smell, or at least a scented candle, it might help." She nodded and followed him to his room and wait for him by the door, James dug in his backpack for a minute before he pulled out a scented candle, it smelled cinnamon. He gave it to her and said,
"Why don't you join me for a smoke, having a smoking buddy helps relieve some of the stress of being found out, just in case you do get caught." of course she went along with him, she felt a little weak at the knees since she saw him earlier, he had a cute face and yet held a rough look to him, like he's seen more stuff then anypony his age should, and she held some respect for him for protecting her from her sister, that was a real big help for her, she really didn't want to be grounded for the rest of the winter break, Celestia knows that's the last thing she wants to happen over the break.
She joined him in the bathroom, as he opened the window and sat on the floor, where he waved for her to sit by him and she did, of course she found it a little uncomfortable on the floor, but it didn't stop her. James grabbed his lighter and lite the scented candle he had and lite a cigarette for him self and one for Applebloom then passed it over to her and laid the candle on the window seal.
They sat in awkward silence for a good minute, and maybe longer if James hadn't of spoke up. "So, um, how did you get started smoking?" he look over to her as she thought as to why, then she said " Peer presser, I think?" James nodded his head, knowing full well that's how a lot of kids these days started smoking. "How did you get started?" he looked over to Applebloom, and then looked at the ground in thought, it had been at least two years since he started, he felt his shoulders sag as he remembered why he started and then said "I started after the closest thing to a mother I had ever had died." they spent the rest of the time in silence, not daring to speak or look at each other.
When they were done with there cigarette, they threw it into the toilet and flushed them down, they then sat there until the smell of smoke was almost gone, then James grabbed his candle and blew it out and then left with Applebloom to main room. When they got there, Applejack asked
"What took y'all so long?" James knew that they would ask him that, so he thought up a quick response
"Applebloom helped me find something in my things." Applejack wasn't buying it
"What exactly would that be?" James was shocked that she didn't buy his answer so he quickly thought of something that he knows that they haven't seen, then he remembered his necklace, the one left by his parents, it was in his pocket, he quickly took it out and said "My necklace, it my only connection to my parents, it one of my most valuable positions."
Applejack gave it a good look over, swearing up and down she had seen it from somewhere, but bought into it and said "Ok then." and then went about playing the game when Twilight looked over and saw it resembled Luna's cutie mark, she knew she had to ask Celestia about it, but until then she will act like nothing is wrong.
James felt like this game was missing something, something that sounded like rock and roll, he felt obligated to play some of his music after the game was done, so he wait for a good thirty minutes before he went to the room with his things in it, all it had was a bed, a desk, his guitar and case, a sack of his clothes and his mini amp, he normally keep it with him, just in case he wanted to play somewhere he couldn't use a big amp. He grabbed his guitar and the mini amp and took them down stairs to set up, it wouldn't take him to long to set it up. By the time the game of marenopoly was over he had already had everything set up and ready to go for a few minutes, if he heard right then Rainbow Dash won that game and was boasting
"Wow you girls stink at this game." Applejack gave her a death glare and said
"Well if you would stop whining about losing then maybe we would actually play the game." Applejack now had a very smug smile on her face, Rainbow opened her mouth, but was stopped by the screech of James' guitar, which grabbed everyone attention, he wasn't aware that everyone was looking at him until he looked up from his setup, once he saw them his face went red and looked around and said "What are you looking at?" they didn't saw nothing and then went back to arguing, James just blocked them out and went back to checking his setup. Once he was happy with it he gave it a try and hit E A D G B E on it, he was happy with its tuning and proper sound setup, he knew that everyone was now looking at him, so he took this chance to rock their ears off.
He put on an announcer voice and said "Ladies and gentleman, I would like to introduce to you the best rocker of the century, JAMES!" he threw his arms into the air and changed his voice back to normal and said "Thank you announcer guy, now I would like to play you all a song, its an old, but great song, Its called Holy Diver by Dio."
After he was done, James was just looking around at the faces of his friends and then all, except Applejack was clapping, she was only shaking her head in disapproval, but James didn't have any fuck's to give, and he took a bow then Applebloom yell "Encore!" James thought of what to play next then it hit him, he looked back over and said "Next is the guitar solo of Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd"
After this was over they all clapped their hands and they all went over to ask him questions, but James said "I will not be answering questions at this time, I need to rest up, you all can ask me tomorrow." so they all went to hit the hay as James went to taking apart his setup, but Applebloom stopped him and asked
"James where did you learn to play like that?" James looked at her and then keep taking apart his setup while saying
"I'm self taught." Applebloom could not believe her ears, she then asked
"How could you be that good and only be self taught?" James looked at her and said
"Lots of time to myself and electrical tape." with her question being answered she walked back near her sister and grabbed her sleeping bag and moved towards her friends, which were all set up by the couch he was going to sleep in.
Once James got his setup packed and upstairs with his stuff he made his way to the couch, nobody was asleep yet so he saw that as a good sign that he wouldn't wake anyone up, he also noticed that someone had placed a blanket and a pillow on it for him, that kind gesture made him smile a bit, know that there are still kind people in this world. Once he got comfortable he pulled the blanket over himself and closed his eyes waiting to embrace sleep. But little did James know that he was being watched from the window.
~~~~~~~~~The Church of Crimson~~~~~~~~~
A lone Batpony stands in front of a onyx altar with a crimson red crescent moon engraved on its top. Once he dropped to his knees he spoke
"Master, there have been reports that a child from another world has appeared, it has the same eyes as what is described in the prophecy, what shall we do my Lord." he waited for a response from the altar, then the crimson crescent moon glowed a deep red and a voice spoke
' So the Moonchild appears.' the Batpony looked up at the altar again and spoke
"We think so master, what shall we do with him my Lord." he waited for another response
'We can't go on an assumption, keep track of him, if they show promise of completing the prophecy then kill him' the Batpony bowed and spoke
"It will be done my Lord." and took his leave, as he opened the doors leaving the chamber he saw his best assassin Graymayne his midnight blue fur, black mane with light grey stripes, conjuring symbol cutie mark told that he has seen a lot through his years of kill, but he was the best preacher of the crimson church. The Batpony approached him as Graymayne bowed he spoke
"There is no need to bow my friend," he spoke with a smile "I have a very important task for you friend." Graymayne stood back up and spoke
"What is it, Count?" he looked at his friend's bright amber eyes, they always feel as if they are penetrating the soul.
"I need you to keep watch on this one," he gives him a picture of a young man with black hair, no fur and eyes of two different colors, the right one blue, the left red "His name is James, I want a report at the end of every week of what he is doing." Graymayne nodded his head and trotted off into the shadows of the church.
~~~~~~Golden Oaks Library~~~~~~
James found himself floating in pure blackness, there was nothing, then a bright blue light appeared next to him and a pony appeared from it, he didn't know this pony, she was dark blue with hair that copied the night sky and had a moon on her dress, James felt like he had seen her before, but from where, he didn't know
"Um, you are James, correct." her question put you in a daze, how did she know his name, he shook off his confusion and answered
"Yes, I am James, may I ask what your name is?" she looked at him with a very puzzled expression and then her face changed back to normal and she said
"I forgot you are new to Equestria, my name is Princess Luna, and I would like to welcome you here to Equestria." she said with some excitement in her voice, she then regained control of herself and then said
"Now then if you excuse me I need to get back to my video games." and in another flash of light she disappeared and James was left alone in his mind, or so he thought within minutes he heard the voice
'I haven't seen her in a long time.' the voice sounded a little sad like he has missed her
"How do you know her?" James asked a little confused himself the voice replied
'She use to come into you dreams when you were younger, we would talk, and then she would leave you with a good dream, but one day I waited for her and she never came to talk to me, this has been the first time I have seen her since then.' this confused James even more as he tried to get his brain to work right again, but he wasn't able to make a good conclusion from the information he got, so he asked
"About how old was I when she stopped coming to speak to you?" he waited for the voice, but he stayed quiet for a long time, he didn't talk until James was about to wake you
'Before you first arrived at the orphanage.'
~~~~~~Golden Oaks Library~~~~~~
James opened his eyes from his dream, his crazy ass dream, he knew he would have to ask Twilight about who this Princess Luna is and why she was in his dream. James stretched out his arms and rubbed his eyes clear of the sleep that was still taking hold of them, he raised his head from his pillow and ran a hand through his hair and sighed, he knew that today was going to be long and tiresome. he got up from his seat and saw that everyone except for himself and Spike were asleep. He made his way across the floor and into the kitchen so he could make himself something to eat, but spike was preparing a meal by the time he got in there. it smelled like waffles, who doesn't love the smell of waffles.
James walked over to Spike and asked "Hey man, do you need any help cooking breakfast?' Spike shook his head and said
"Nah, I'm good, I normally have to make breakfast by myself anyway, this is no different." James nodded and sat down at the table, while he and Spike talked.
They talked a good 30 minuets before everyone was awake and ready to eat everything Spike had made, he look like he was full of pride when everyone keep complementing his cooking. James was eating but after everyone else had sat down he had gone quiet like he was caught up in thought, Twilight, feeling a little concerned about James asked
"You ok over there James, you a little to quiet?" James was pulled from his train of thought by that and the replied
"Yeah I'm fine, just think about someone I saw last night." Twilight got curious and said
"Oh, who did you see?" James put down the waffle he was eating and whipped his face and said
"Someone by the name of Princess Luna, talked to me in my sleep last night and something my friend said has really put me through a loop." now this got everyone in the room interested about what he heard "My friend said that he had seen her before I was ever in the orphanage back in New York, and it has just throw me off." James said as he put his hand under his chin to pounder how he knew her
"Who is this friend of yours?" he looked over to twilight and said
"He's a voice in my head that talks to me sometimes when I'm asleep, but this is the first time he has ever mentioned seeing someone else in my head." now this had made everyone in the room concerned for James' mental health, and weightier or not he was mentality stable, but it concerned Twilight the most, she and Spike left the room and headed for her room, when hey got there they locked the door and talked.
It was a good 15 minutes before they came back down, Twilight looked at James and said
"We need to go to Canterlot, get what ever you want to bring, we should be there for a few days." she then walked back to her room and left the whole room to be filled with silence, James then went to get his things and left them in the main room while he waited for Twilight
Are you Worthy Book 1 : A New World, A New Beginning
As James waited for Twilight, he couldn't help but feel as if he was being watched, but he shook it off as he saw Twilight walk down the stairs. He stood from his spot and slipped his duffel bag onto his back and looked towards Twilight, who asked
"Are you ready?" James nodded his head, they all said there goodbyes and left for the train station. Once there James saw that there was a weird pony watching him from a distance, he couldn't tell who but when he blinked he saw that the pony disappeared without a trace, now that really creped the hell out of James but when he and Twilight got seated on the train to canterlot he found it to be some time to get some more shut eye, so he laid his head against the glass and closed his eyes and fell asleep
~~~~~ James' Mind ~~~~~
James opened his eyes only to see a tall shadow of sorts, the only part of it that had color where its eyes, one glowed a bright blue while the other was a sinister looking red. both fell on James as he got up of the white floor, and looked around, only to find it completely white and endless.
'I was getting lonely in here after she left, she was the whole reason I am here in your body, I was hoping that after all these years, she would remember me or at least you.' it continued to stare at James intently, as if waiting for an answer, James didn't know what to do, so he waited.
' I don't remember the reason I was put inside your body. I don't remember anything before I was placed here, not the reason why I was given life in your body or why I have been left in here alone with our thoughts, forever connected and unable to break the chains that bind our souls into one living being, I always wondered if she would tell one of use one day, but that day has yet to come.
James looked over to the shadow and felt nothing more then sadness and pity for the poor soul in his mind with nothing to do but wither in his own sadness
'But there is one thing I will never forget, and that is to test you throughout your journey to see if you are truly worth of my power young Moon Child' the shadow then flashed blue and disappeared leaving James in the room of white, then he felt something push against his shoulder and then the world collapsed on itself and James woke up.
~~~~~ Canterlot Train Station ~~~~~
"James, where here now wake up." said Twilight as she pushed his shoulder. he awake with a start and moved his lips to copy some words, Twilight was unable to tell what he said, she didn't know how to read lips, so she shrugged it off like nothing. James rubbed the sleep out of his eyes as he got up and grabbed his bags from the seat. On there way out James saw the strange pony again, but this time closer, he was able to make out a blue coat of fur and grey hair, the pony wore a dark cloak with a hint of red around the hood that covered his eyes, now James was really worried for his and Twilight's safety, but Twilight must have seen him to because what she said next calmed James' nerves
"Don't worry James, once we make it to the castle I'll have the guards to lock it down, so nopony gets in, and nopony gets out until one of the princess says to stop it." James let out a sigh and rubbed his neck, it was a little stiff from sleeping with it at a weird angle, but his mind then wondered to what the shadow was saying, how his soul and the shadows soul was binded at his birth, and how he must prove himself worthy of his powers, what where those powers anyway
'Your foresight is one of my many powers, us it wisely.' James nearly jumped out of his skin when he heard the shadow outside of his dream, James look all over in hopes of finding him, but stopped trying after his failed attempts to find him, he then focused on following Twilight to the castle to see Celestia.
When they approached the castle James was left in awe at the sight before him, it was a great marble castle, with giant stained glass windows and towers that pierced the skies and keep reaching for the heavens. But what was more breath taking was the pictures that where made out of the stained glass, they were like the ones in Notre Dame.
When they approached the castle, Twilight had stepped to the guard and whispered something to him, he then saluted and made sure no one followed us through the castle entrance, where the gates were closed and locked after they entered and guards where now posted at them.
As they walked through the castle James couldn't help but feel like he's been here before, the odd feeling of dej vu settling within his mind, it all looked very familiar to him, he was getting very unsettled by the feeling. He didn't want to be there.
After a while of stalking the halls they came across two giant golden doors, the two unicorn guards pushed them open with their magic and closed them after they had stepped in. The room was enormous. The thrones gave away what room it was, The Throne Room. It was the most beautiful thing James had ever seen. There was a throne of gold and a throne that was a deep midnight blue. Celestia was sitting on the golden throne with a troubled look on her face, and appeared to be deep within thought.
As they approached her face changed into a soft smile that would melt a heart of stone and turn it back into a beating, living heart. But once she caught sight of James her expression turned a bit cold, but warmed up a second after.
"It's good to see you here on such short notice." Celestia spoke as she got up from her throne" but it's not to good of circumstances that we meet under." she walked to one of the windows and looked out at canterlot and clear over the horizon "so James tell me about this 'Friend' of yours." James was lost for words, her voice sounded like it was empty, like it was just a black hole where her heart should be, but he answered
"I don't really know who or what he is, or how he got in my head, but I have know him for a few years now, but I think he has been in my head since my birth, and he has been talking about someone recently. He hadn't started speaking about her until she visited me in my dreams last night, where he spoke to me with more emotion then he ever has in the past years I've know him." the room was to quiet as Celestia pondered on what to do.
"James," he looked up to Celestia who let out a light sigh and continued to speak "I think its time to tell you the reason why we brought you here. Follow me please." he and Twilight followed her through her castle and to an old closed off wing, the walls had turned a yellowish white from years of being unattended, the wooden doors had looked like they had been scorched by flames, and was chipping badly, the hinges had long since rusted to disrepair and was almost impossible to open without making a large amount of noise.
Once Celestia had led them there she cast a shield spell around the room so the words they speak will remain unheard by unwanted visitors. She led them to the back wall of the room, it had a hole in it, Celestia slid her horn in it and spoke some kind of incantation and the center of the wall glowed a bright yellow and the sound of stone grinding against stone showed that the wall had opened up into a stair well that looked like it would go on forever, Celestia then turned to Twilight and said
"We must stay here, what comes next must be seen by his eyes alone." Twilight was going to argue, but she already knew why he was brought here, so she did as was told and stayed behind as James continued down the stair case. Once at the bottom he saw a dim light flicker from under a door, he approached with caution, unsure of what would be behind the door. By the time he reached the door he was shaking in his boots. He took a second to calm himself down, and then opened the door.
It was a room mostly empty, except for the fact that there was a large painting on the wall, with an inscribed stone at the bottom that told of what the picture depicted, if you were unable to tell. He looked over the painting and then looked down to the stone and read
The moonchild is holder of the fate of pony kind, he will either be its savior or its damnation, for he holds the power to kill the crimson curse on this land or feed its lust for death and destruction. Look for the signs of the moonchild. Foresight better than any oracle, Magic through its veins, Strength greater than any other and the eyes, one of pure innocents, the other filled with rage and anger, one blue, the other red. He is the seed of the shadows and carried from the moon womb, and ripped from the mothers breast and thought to have been killed. He is the next Harbinger of light, or Harbinger of Darkness. Death and pain will be in his path, but he must tread on through the pain and the death that is around him to save Equis or damn it.
James then looked back at the picture, It somewhat looked like him, the hair, the eyes, and the face, looked just like him, but only if he was a pony. This was on a new scale of insane, how could he be anyone's savior, he was just a kid with one unique ability, like that would change anything, but what did it mean by moonchild? How can anyone be the child of the moon, it wasn't possible, and to be from the seed of a shadow, that made no sense, now he was plain stumped, he wasn't going to be able to tell what it means, not without help at least. He walked back to the stairs and yelled up to Celestia and Twilight
"Hey, can you all come down here and help me with this? I can't under stand what any of this means." he heard one of the two sigh as they made their decent. Once they got to the room they wait for James to say what he needed help with while he just stood there in his own little world, Celestia then said
"What did you need help with, James?" James looked at her and then to the stone tablet before the picture and said "I needed help understanding what you told me to come down here for?" Celestia was shocked that he didn't under stand the connection between him and the prophecy, he was to similar for it not to be him.
"James how were you not able to make the connection between you and the pony it is talking about?" James shot her a sideways glance and then continued to look at the painting and then said
"Just because it was able to describe two things about me doesn't mean a thing, and plus I'm not a pony and never will be, and how can someone be the child of the moon and be from the seed of a shadow, that's impossible." Twilight let out a *Gasp* as she made the connection as to who's child he was, she then looked to Celestia with a face of intrigue.
"Is that why his necklace is in the shape of a moon?" Twilight asked out of the blue, which caught them both off guard. James then reached for his pocket and grabbed a hold of the necklace, not wanting it to leave his person, but then Celestia asked
"James," he looked at her "may I see this necklace?" he was very hesitant at first, but then placed it in her hand and said
"Fine, just don't lose it, ok?" she gave a nod and looked at the necklace. It closely resembled something she had not seen in a long time, and it told her that her suspicions were correct.
"I would like the two of you to follow me to Luna's chambers, if I am correct then she should know what this is." they nodded and followed. But Celestia was holding back information as to why Luna would know
The three reached a dark blue door with a full moon engraved on it. When James stepped close to it, he felt something, comfort maybe. James hadn't felt that in a long time, not since Mary died. Celestia knocked on the door and James held his breath in wait. A few moments later the door opened and a disheveled Luna poked her head out and said
"Tia, what brings you to my door this early *yawns* in the morning?"
"Sister, it's nearly midday, and I apologize for waking you sister but I must ask you a question." She showed her James' necklace "Have you seen this necklace before today sister?" Princess Luna stared at it for a short moment or so as it was laid onto her hand and then said
"I have a faint sense of deja vu, but nothing really clear comes to mind except for the necklace father gave me. Tia do you still have the one mother gave to you?" Luna returned it to Celestia, who gave a small nod and spoke again "If I recall I haven't seen it since before I turned into Nightmare Moon, I think it's still in my old jewelry box." she gave a weak smile "Hopefully, anyway." she then invited them in and walked towards her closet and started digging around for it under what looked like dresses she no longer wore.
They only sat there for a few minuets before she pulled out an old beat up wooden box covered in dark blue paint, that was now chipping from age. She proceeded to dig through the box, but after throwing out all of the dulled jewelry shook her head and spoke
"How could it not be here, no one was ever in my room after you banished me. Right sister?" she looked over to Celestia, who's vision was locked on the floor, there was no doubt in her mind. Celestia spoke up teary eyed
"Sister do you remember what emotions you where feeling before you transformed into Nightmare Moon?" Luna cocked her head in confusion and said
"Yes, but why do you ask?" tears started to stream down Celestia's cheeks as she replied
"Do you remember how I keep apologizing to you when you returned from your banishment?" Luna answered
"Yes, but" Celestia cut her off
"Do you remember anything from the weeks before I banished you?" a hint of sadness and anger escaped with her voice, but Luna answered
"Only a few feeling like pain, happiness, then sadness and anger. Sister why do you ask these questions, and why are you crying sister?" Celestia only shook as she sobbed, Luna asked again "Dear sister why are you crying, please answer me." Celestia was able to calm herself long enough to answer her
"Because I was the one to cause you both so many years of pain and suffering, and all for what, the thought that some newborn child could bring ruin to my beloved kingdom and my subjects!" she gripped hard onto her sisters bed sheets in anger "and it's that one thought that has filled me with regret for over the past thousand years!" she partially screamed as she confessed to some unknown sin "It's the reason I can never forgive myself and no apology will ever fix what I've done to you Luna," she paused and then turned towards me "nor you James." she then turned to stare back down at the floor leaving everyone in the room in confusion
"Sister," Luna spoke up "What do you mean?" Celestia tried to wipe the tears from her eyes as she spoke
"Luna," she paused "allow me to introduce you to your son, James."
James and Luna stared at Celestia with shocked expressions and then turned to look at each other. Celestia then spoke
"I must apologize to you both again, for tearing you from each other only days after his birth." she began to explain "We found an old prophecy held deep within the castle shortly after defeating Sombra. It spoke of a child of shadow and of the moon. Shortly after you told me you where pregnant with his child Lulu." James started to space out. He couldn't believe what he was hearing, he had his mind set on the fact his parents were probably dead. He's been telling himself that for years and this was tearing his world apart, everything he had believed in up until this started to crash down on him "and James," he shook himself back to reality "I'm truly sorry that you lost out on a real childhood with your mother, I know you might not ever be able to forgive me, but just promise me you will never blame your mother for you being orphaned." James wasn't going to blame anybody and he decided to show it
"Celestia," he paused trying to find the right words " I don't really blame anyone, I mean sure I did live a different life, but that sure as hell doesn't mean that I haven't lived a good life, I mean hell I have people who have always treated me like family because of that and I'm kinda thankful for it. I've had many great people in my life because of you. Even if that meant that I couldn't have had a family I could call my own, I had friends who I call family and forever will call them family." he stopped and sighed "look, I don't know what else I should say." he started walking toward the door " I need to take a walk." he was halfway the hall when he heard Luna speak
"James," He stopped and looked back towards her "its getting cold outside, take this." She levitated a hoodie toward him and spoke again "don't stay out to long, you might catch a cold." he nodded and stood in thought for a second and then spoke
"Thanks, mom." he quickly slid it on and continued down the halls towards the stairs.
He walk down two floors and realized he was lost. After searching for a few minute's he gave up and decided to get directions from a guard. He walk down another floor. After a few more minutes of searching he found one. He walked up to the guard and asked
"Hey, do you know where the main entrance is? I've been lost for what feels like an hour." The guard nodded and told him to follow. Within minutes they had made it to the front entrance. James thanked the guard as he left, but stopped and asked "Hey, do you know which way to the nearest park?"
"Head down about three blocks, take a left and follow that sidewalk for about four blocks and you should find one there." James thanked him again and start walk, he didn't notice the sly smile on the guards face as he walked away.
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He had been walking for nearly half an hour before he made it to the park, and he felt like turning to head back to castle. He shook that idea from his head and decided to take a quick stroll through it to, hopefully, clear his head from this new revelation. He couldn't wrap his head around it. He had sworn to himself that if his parents every found him, he would kill them, plain and simple. He said he never wanted anything to do with the people who left him, betrayed him before he could even speak, but now different thoughts ate at his mind. He found a park bench and took a seat. He placed his hands on his head and sighed.
"What the hell's wrong with me?" he asked himself, he needed to bottle up his feelings like he always tried to, but this emotion was far to strong for his mental bottle. What did he have left to do, cry, kick, scream, whine. A cold gust of wind brought James from his thoughts as he pulled his hood over his head. Truth be told, this was a long time coming, although he would never admit it, he always felt like his parents were alive. He stood up and left the park, he needed to speak to his mother.
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James started down the hall to his mothers room, thankfully a guard was able to draw him a small map to keep him from getting lost. As he got closer to the door doubts started to make light in his head, but is there was one thing that would never stop him it was his doubts. he got to the door and took a deep breath and knocked,
"Who Is it?" asked a voice. His mothers voice,
"James." he replied
"Come in." she stated.
He walked in, head still covered by his hood, his breathing was shaky, the longer he stood there the harder it became for him to hold back the water works. He was just staring at the floor, his mind still mudded by the feelings taking hold of his heart, they confused him. It was a mix of anger, sadness, and happiness.
"Listen," he took a deep breath and exhaled "I don't know how to say this, Luna" He shook his head and tapped it with his fist and tried to corrected himself, then he felt arms embrace him in a hug.
"M-mom?" he asked as tears started to stream down his face. She shushed him and rubbed the back of his head as he accepted her hug.