Morsidus Grim-Record: The Last Element

Chapters

A New Arrival - A Confused Human
The Story of Meeting - A Time of Greeting
The First Lesson - Musical Magic
A Bad Tale - True Feelings Known
A Hidden Secret Known - The First Date
The First Battle - A New Friend
First Show - First Follower
Interest Realized - The Last Element Revealed
New Friends - New Challenges

A New Arrival - A Confused Human

Chapter 1

A new arrival – A confused Human

Morsidus woke up in the middle of what looked like a hallway. “Where am I? How did I get here?” he asked himself. He had a painful headache and went to go put his hand on his head, when he realized it was a hoof.

He sat there all wide-eyed looking at his new hoof and looked at the rest of his body. He realized that he was either dreaming or going insane. He kicked his leg against a nearby table and instantly reacted to the pain.

“Not a dream. OK. So I’m a pony, in a weird world and in a hallway. I can adapt, and I will adapt. At least I still have that.” He said as he looked back at his flank and noticed that his tattoo from home was there on both sides. He went to try to stand on his back legs alone but kept losing his balance. He figured it wouldn't work so he started to walk down the hall.

He came across a reflective object and decided to look into it. He noticed that his eyes were not like normal, they were slotted like a cat or a dragon. He pondered this as he kept walking down the hall. After a while of wandering around, he heard a male voice from behind him.

“Halt, don't move!” As Morsidus turned around, he noticed a white unicorn with a blue mane walked up and was holding up a spear with some sort of magic. “State your business for breaking and entering into the royal castle of Canterlot or I will send you to the dungeon.” He said with an aggressive tone.

Morsidus took a step back while trying to find his voice. He finally stopped and showed the armed unicorn that he was able to protect himself if needed.

“I don't know how I got into the royal castle, or to this world for that matter. I come from a world of creatures called humans. I was performing in a music festival when one of the bass stacks blew up. It messed with all the equipment, and I guess it opened up a rift panel that sent me here and turned me into this form.”

The unicorn just stared at him, confused. Finally, he decided to speak. “Follow me. I will take you to the throne room of Princess Celestia. My name is Shining Armour. What is yours?” He pulled the spear away but kept it ready in case Morsidus tried anything.

“My name from my world would probably confuse you. I do go by a nickname. Morsidus Grim-Record. It is nice to meet you. Is this Princess Celestia the matriarch of this realm?”

Shining just gave him another confused look then realized what he asked. “Yes. She rules all of Equestria along side the three others. I am sure you will meet them in due time since all are in the castle for a summit.”

Morsidus just walked behind Shining until they reached a massive door. The guards on duty stopped them from entering. Shining glared at them. “What do you think your doing? I must speak with the princesses immediately! I found an intruder within the castle that they must hear from!”

One of the guards just glared back. The other, a unicorn, answered his question. “There's been one interruption tonight already by the zebra that your sister knows. You know her, the one with this cutie mark.” He used his magic to show the zebra's mark. Morsidus recognized it immediately.

A moment later, the door opened. The guards moved out of the way to let them in. They were being watched by a white alicorn with a rainbow colored mane, a dark alicorn, one pink, and one purple. The only other person in the room was the zebra. “Zecora!?” Morsidus shouted. Zecora looked over and knew who it was.

Shining bowed to the princesses. “Sorry for the intrusion. I found this pony in the western hall. His name is Morsidus Grim-Record. He states that he is from another world.” he turned to Morsidus and introduced the princesses from top to bottom. “I Present you to the four rulers of Equestria. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and Princess Twilight.”

The one introduced as Celestia looked at him with intrigue. “I'm most curious as to where your from and how you got here. I am also curious as to how you know Zecora.”

Morsidus retold the explanation that he gave Shining. “That's the story. As to Zecora, there's a human in my world with the same name and mark as her. The resemblance is uncanny.”

Everyone looked at Zecora, hoping she might have an explanation. She Cleared her throat before speaking. “If it's answers you seek, I'll tell you thus. Listen to the tale of how I know Morsidus. The shaman's of the Kivuli know much. Our magics can be used as such. I am here as well as the one he mentions. Enough meditation allows spirits to travel dimensions.”

Everyone just looked at her, collectively confused as to what she said. Morsidus walked up next to her. “She is saying that the Kivuli tribes here, as well as in my world, can transfer their spirit between dimensions to their other selves. It can only be done by unnerving amounts of meditation. I guess it could sort of be considered as teleportation magic.” Everyone understood then.

Princess Twilight spoke next. “I wonder why your eyes seem different than other ponies? They seem almost like a cat.”

“Oh but he isn't a pony in any way except for looks.” Came a voice. A weird creature appeared out of nowhere. He looked like he was built out of several different creatures. “My name is Discord, Spirit of Chaos. Before you ask, I have been here since the zebra arrived. Anyways, this young stallion is, like me, a draconequus. Rare breed though. Can use magic without a horn, and can generate wings from nowhere. When angered though, the full form shows, and the true beast within takes control.”

Celestia pondered this for a moment. “I think I know what to do. Twilight and Zecora. You two are to bring him to Ponyville and teach him basic magic, and see if there is a way to return him to his home.” Twilight and Zecora nodded in unison.

“Discord, I would like you to join them and teach him how to control the beast within and possibly even change form at will.” Discord pouted before he nodded. He didn't want to but he figured it would give him a chance to see his first real friend again.

Celestia turned to Shining. “Shining Armour, I want you to gather Vinyl Scratch and her roommate and inform them that they are to move to Ponyville to try and get new ideas for their music. Their last concert seemed a bit repetitive.” Shining saluted and ran out the door.

“Morsidus Grim-Record, in case we have no way to return you home, I want you to learn our ways and our culture. I also want you to spend time with Vinyl and her roommate and see if you can give them ideas from you world. If there's anything you need, name it and we will try to accommodate.”

Morsidus bowed. “Yes Princess. I thank you for your generosity. I do have one request.” He turned to Zecora. "I know your magic wouldn't get me home, but would you be able to find a way to bring by guitar equipment here? Is there any way?” Zecora though for a moment then walked up to Princess Celestia. “I have an artifact that connects the two worlds in question. With the relics and your magic, we can obtain the items he mentions.” Celestia nodded.

Morsidus was brought to a room that he was to share with Shining. He was told that Zecora and Princess Celestia will try to bring his equipment as well as a few other items from his world. He ate some food, after finally figuring out how to hold a sandwich with hooves, and went to bed. He figured that if he was stuck here, he might as well try to enjoy himself.

The Story of Meeting - A Time of Greeting

Chapter 2

The story of meeting – a time of greeting

The next day came with a fright. Morsidus woke up to see Shining Armour just standing at the edge of the bed and staring right at him. The scare was enough to trigger the magic that Discord said he had to the point of teleporting him into the room next to his.

He looked around quick to see if anyone was there. In the chair nearby, noticed a shocked pony. She was orange in color, and she had a yellowish mane. She didn't say anything, just pointed at the door. Morsidus walked out while saying, “I apologize for this, I got scared and ended up in here though magic.”.

The only thing he heard from her was “Yeah' right.” as he closed the door. He looked back over to his room to see Shining standing there with a smile. Morsidus just scowled and walked away to see if he could find Zecora.

He found her in the castle garden meditating. 'Even in this world, she meditates every morning within a park or forest.' He sat there for a while just watching her, getting used to the form she took here. He looked back down at himself, still not used to his new form.

He was thinking about the accident. He was wondering if it was some sort of portal that sent him here, or if it was something like Zecora's meditations. He was thinking about it when he looked back up and saw Zecora's face within an inch of his own. He felt scared and fell back, but tried to control himself due to the fact that he didn't want a repeat of earlier.

“Deep in thought you seem. Does all this seem like a dream?” She asked. She walked away a bit then asked one of the nearby guards for some tea. When the guard asked Morsidus if he wanted anything, he just said coffee. After a while of silence, he finally decided to answer Zecora's question.

“To be honest, I know its not a dream. I still have the bruise to confirm that.” He said while thinking about his 'table manners' last night. “I just don't get how or why I'm even here. I get that some of the equipment went crazy but...” he paused to let out a sigh.

“You wonder if a will be good, like it was when you wore that hood. Even though it might seem astray, I say, have fun and play.” Morsidus smiled and looked at his friend. “Thanks Zecora. You always know how to cheer me up. Even in my world, you have always been there for me.”

Zecora nodded and stood up. She put one hoof on his shoulder then left back to her room. Morsidus stood up and did the same. He felt unhappy that Zecora wasn't able to bring his guitar here. She was however able to remember what it looked like and gave Celestia a detailed drawing. She said she would get a hold of some of her connections.

As he was heading towards the entrance to the castle, he noticed the purple Alicorn called Twilight Sparkle with a few of her friends waiting for him and Shining. Among them was the mare whose room he accidentally teleported into earlier that morning.

“Good morning to you Princess Twilight Sparkle. Beautiful day, isn't it” he said while bowing in respect. Twilight was impressed at his niceness. The other ponies just looked at him, except the orange one.

Twilight decided to speak up when she realized that he wasn't coming up yet. “Morsidus, please stand up. While your living with me, you can just call me Twilight. We are going to have so much fun while we spend time together.”

Before she could say anything else, the blue pegasus with a rainbow mane was laughing at some sort of joke that Twilight made by accident. It took everyone a few seconds to get the joke.

The off-white unicorn with the styled purplish mane used her magic to pull the pegasus to the ground. “Rainbow Dash! Why do you insist on making a joke out of everything we say?” The pegasus took a second before responding. “Oh come on Rarity. You guys make it so easy. Especially Fluttershy.” She pointed to the yellow pegasus with a pink mane. She was talking to the orange pony.

Morsidus made a mental note to memorize the names as they went. Eventually, Zecora and Shining Armour joined them and they were on their way to the train station. Before leaving, Princess Luna pulled Morsidus aside to wish him luck. She gave him a black cloak as well as a small pouch of gold coins.

When they got to the station, Discord was waiting for them. He didn't say anything to them. In fact, he pretended they weren't even there. Morsidus looked around and noticed people whispering about his eyes. He also noticed a small little gift shop in the station.

As he walked into the station, he noticed the one thing he was hoping for, black tinted reflective sunglasses. He was amazed at how they looked exactly like the ones he had back home. He brought them to the cashier and asked how much. When the cashier said ten bits, he set the pouch onto the counter and counted out ten.

He walked out and the orange mare called Apple Jack, who eventually forgave him for the accident that morning, whistled and said he looked snazzy. Not long after, the train arrived and they all hopped on.

Morsidus and Zecora were talking about everyone's reaction to his disappearance back home. They were joined by Twilight not long after. “Something has been bugging me all day. How is it that you two even met?” She asked. Morsidus and Zecora just looked at each other and laughed.

“The way we met, was through our school. Our friendship was made through a circumstance most cool.” Zecora said. Morsidus just laughed at the rhyming. Apparently, Zecora did that in his world as well. Twilight just looked confused and turned her head a little.

Morsidus decided to explain. “We were taking a world culture class together and we were told to do projects on a different one in teams. When I was told I would be doing one on the Kivuli Tribe with Zecora, we became the best of friends. I even taught her how to play a bass guitar. Her first show with us was where the accident arose.”

Twilight just nodded with agreement. She now knew how they met and that was all that mattered to her. That and how Zecora's magic could allow her to be in two worlds. She was about to ask when Rainbow Dash appeared behind her. “So in your world, are you two like dating or something?”

Morsidus just did a literal facehoof while Zecora kinda blushed a bit. Rarity used her magic to pull Rainbow dash away. No one said a word for the rest of the ride.

When they got off the Train into Ponyville, Morsidus noticed right away that it seemed like a small village. Everypony else went their own separate ways and Zecora went to walk around the marketplace. Morsidus followed Twilight to her home. As they arrived, he realized it was a library. He also realized the little purple dragon outside sweeping the doorstep.

Twilight called out to him, which made him jump a bit. “Spike, I'm back. Go and get the guest room ready, we have a visitor staying with us for a while.” He ran into the house and went right to cleaning the guest room. “Morsidus, go ahead and make yourself feel at home. That shelf over there has some spell books if you wanna go ahead and try to learn a few today. If not, we will start tomorrow.”

He decided not and told Twilight he was heading out to explore. She gave him a saddle bag and put his bit pouch in there. She figured he might buy a few things to make him feel more at home. He hung up the cloak but left his sunglasses on as he walked out into the village.

He walked around for a bit and just watched the small town go about it's day. He noticed Apple Jack selling apples with a large red stallion. “Hey Apple Jack, what you up to?” he asked as he walked up. The stallion just ignored his arrival and sold a few apples before he came over.

“Who we got here. Ah don't recognize you at all. You new 'round these parts?” he asked. Apple Jack turned to him. “Big Mac', ah told you about Twilight's guest. This here is Morsidus Grim-Record. He's not too bad of a guy. Could use a little more practice on the magic though.” She said as she winked to Morsidus. Big Mac' just gave her a confused look and went back to selling apples.

Morsidus bought a few apples and found a little stall that had an assortment of random items. He noticed a set of guitar picks and bought them. He decided it was getting late so he went back to Twilight's house. When he got there, he noticed Zecora was there as well.

“Hey Zecora, what are you doing here?” he asked as he took off his sunglasses. Twilight answered the question as she came down the stairs. “I asked her to stay here for a few days. I figured that since she has known you longer, you might feel a bot more comfortable with her around.”

Morsidus just nodded and went to look around the library. He found a few books he figure he might read later. One of them included the first Daring Do novel. Zecora finished her tea and then set up a small blanket on the couch. Morsidus noticed and frowned.

“Zecora, take the guest room. I'll sleep on the couch. Wouldn't be the first time right?” he said as he chuckled a bit.

“Your niceness is pure and true. Morning is when I'll next see you” she said as she gathered her stuff and went to the guest room. Morsidus laid on the couch and started to fall asleep right away. He figured he would need as much rest as he could get if he was to learn to use some basic magic tomorrow.

The First Lesson - Musical Magic

Chapter 3

The First Lesson – Musical Magic

Morsidus was sitting on the ground behind the library, groggy from his first "magic lesson", if you could even call it that. He'd attempted to teleport, using a spell from a book given to him by Twilight. It worked, well, sort of. He had teleported a whole 3 inches.

Morsidus looked through the spell book, and noticed how all of the spells were full of mathematical equations. Most of these were advanced, but others were more simple. Having aced advanced math in highschool, he easily understood it all.

Morsidus facehooved. "You're such a nerd," he mumbled. The more he thought about it, though, he realized that he was probably the coolest nerd in school. "Especially if you're judging by good looks," he thought and stifled a laugh. He probably could've gotten any girl he desired, but his eyes were always drawn to one in particular...

Morsidus shook his head to bring him back to his new reality. He flipped back to the first page of the spell book and one word caught his attention, "Levitation? This could be interesting,"

He quickly read over the spell, and got up, ready to try it. But Morsidus instantly forgot his plans when he looked over to see that Zecora was upside down, balancing head-first on top of a bamboo pole. It appeared as though she was meditating. His mouth fell open.

Twilight went up to him, "Did you read the levitation spell yet, Morsidus?" He nodded. "Good, does the spell seem simple enough? If not, I could always find a book for younger learners." she said. Morsidus gave her a small glare before trying to levitate an apple that Twilight had placed, along with several other things, on the ground. The apple glowed a slightly dark-purple color, and unbeknownst to him, his eyes were glowing the same dark purple color.

He lifted the apple with little issue. Twilight looked at him, her eyes wide and curious. "I'm impressed. Very few ponies can succesfully levitate on their first try," she said.

Smiling proudly, Morsidus went around the yard trying to levitate the different objects Twilight had strewn about. All of them levitated with relative ease, except for the last item. It was a chair. He focused on it, but for some reason the chair wasn't moving. It wasn't even glowing! But strangely, Morsidus could feel that his magic was holding something.

"Put me down, you silly fool! Before I turn you into a mule!" Zecora called, and broke his focus. He turned around to see Zecora on the ground, giving him the most deadliest of glares he'd ever seen.

"Heh, um... Sorry, Zecora," he said, trying to hide his smile. Zecora stood up and walked inside, followed by a giggling Twilight.

A few hours went by, and Morsidus was able to learn the levitation spell correctly, and understand the basic formula for teleporting. Happy with his accomplishments, he walked into the treehouse.

The first thing he noticed as he slipped through the door, was the guitar shaped case on the table. Curious, he tried to open it but fumbled with the lock, "Stupid hooves," he mumbled, but was eventually able to get it open. The case held a strap and a guitar with a note on it. Morsidus couldn't help but remark on how the guitar looked identical to his Gibson SG back home.

He levitated the note up so that he could read it.

Dear Morsidus Grim-Record,

Though I do not understand the terminology of the guitar, I do know, from what Zecora told me, that playing with hooves might be a bit more difficult. To help, I've cast a spell on the guitar. Now it will look as though you're using your hooves, but instead just use your magic and your memory of the notations of the music that you play. Remember that I am always watching over you at night. If you ever need my guidance, sleep it over and I will find you.

Sincerely,

Princess Luna

It surprised Morsidus that the Princess would be so kind as to offer him help whenever he needed it. He set the note on the table, and levitated the guitar out of it's case. He walked over to the couch and sat down, laying the guitar in his lap.

Attempting to play it was a little awkward at first, as he was trying to get it to sit in a way that felt comfortable. Finally finding that position. He grabbed one of the guitar picks from his saddlebag and he began playing a song he had written a few years back. He felt the magic flow from him into his guitar, and when he started playing, his magic had amplified the sound he wanted. Somehow, playing this guitar felt natural to him. Just as it did when he played his guitar back home.

When he finished the song, Morsidus heard a saddened voice coming from behind him, "The song I hear is one of wrong. It is one I have not heard in so long." He turned around to look at the zebra, wondering how long she'd been standing there.

"I know I got you into it, and that it's a part of your culture, but you can stop the rhyming, for now," he said. He sat there for a minute in silence, before Zecora sat down beside him and gave him a gentle hug.

"If you want me to stop, I will comply. I just never thought I would hear that song again, after you finally came to terms with your parents' passing," Zecora said.

"I know, Zecora, but it was the first thing that came to mind. It's just hard to believe that today marks the third year since the crash," Morsidus said, and sat their in a moment of silence. He was remembering when the police came to his house to inform them of the crash. They had said that his parents were involved in a car accident, and that their car had ended up spiraling into a nearby gas station.

After that, his sister was his legal guardian, until two months ago. When Morsidus turned 18. He still lived with his sister and her husband, but had stayed distant from everyone since then.

The night of the accident, he wrote that song to communicate his sorrow. Even though his band mates were there for him, it wasn't until he met Zecora that he was actually able to get over the loss. Once he did, he stopped playing his song.

It was a long while of deep thinking before Morsidus snapped back to reality. Zecora was in a chair reading one of Twilight's many books. "I'm heading out to Octavia and Vinyl's place to help them with their music," he said slipping the guitar on, Zecora only nodded and carried on with her reading.

"Did you say you're going out to meet Octavia and Vinyl?" Twilight asked, running out of her room. Morsidus nodded. She ran back into her room and came out with an old record levitating above her. "Would you ask Octavia to sign this for me?"

"Of course," Morsidus smiled as she placed it into his saddlebag, then levitated the bag onto his back. She walked back into her room. Morsidus put his sunglasses on and began walking toward where he was told they were staying.

On the way, he noticed that one of the stands at the market had a certain something that he'd been craving for since before the concert, a bucking cigarette. He walked up to the stand and looked at all of the different kinds and flavors.

"Need yer fix?" asked the stallion from behind the counter. "Welp, as long as ya got tha bits ta pay, Ah can help keep ya from yellin' at everypony." Morsidus was staring at all of the different kinds for a few minutes, before finally settling on two packs of a minty flavor and a lighter of sorts.

After walking for several minutes, Morsidus came up to a shockingly red house with the address that he was looking for. He had strolled up the walkway and knocked on the door. A moment later, a white mare with an electric-blue mane answered. "Sup? What can I do for ya?" She asked, her head was still bobbing to the beat of some music in the background.

Morsidus stood there looking at the mare for a second before responding, "You must be the famous DJ PON-3 I've heard so much about. Or do you go by Vinyl Scratch?" The mare looked confused for a moment, before she realized who he was.

"Nah, bro, Vinyl works fine for me. Hey, Tavi! That Grim-Record guy is here!" she yelled as she motioned for him to come inside.

Octavia was lying on one of the three couches they had in the living room. "How could I forget that he was coming today? Oh, I do hope that this doesn't get too terribly loud," she said as she sat up. Morsidus noticed that she was wearing the same style of goggles on her head as Vinyl. He'd listened to the few records they had together earlier, but didn't realize that Octavia was a more sophisticated mare.

Octavia had gestured for him to sit on the couch opposite her. He set his guitar up against the side of the couch, and then pulled what he needed from his saddlebag before laying it beside his guitar. As soon as Octavia noticed his cigarettes, she had produced an ashtray from a hidden drawer in the center table.

"If you smoke in here, you must keep as much ash in this tray as possible. Would you care for anything?" she asked as she headed towards the kitchen. Morsidus shook his head and lit a cigarette. He felt a ton of weight pulled from his shoulders as he took the first few drags.

Morsidus stayed there for about 5 hours talking about the wonders of heavy metal, he'd even played a few songs for them. Octavia was curious as to how he could use magic without a horn, and slightly jealous, so he explained to her that he was technically part draconequus.

"I should be heading back, but before I go," Morsidus pulled Twilight's record from his saddlebag, and handed it to Octavia. "Would you mind signing this? It's for a friend of mine." Octavia nodded, and pulled a marker out of the hidden drawer. She signed it, and placed it in his saddlebag.

After getting back, Morsidus had went to light another cigarette before Twilight used her magic to rip it from his mouth and place it neatly back in the box. "Not in the library. On the balcony outside, yes, but not inside," she said as she grabbed the record from his saddlebag and went back to her room. "Goodnight!"

Sighing, Morsidus went outside and smoked his last one for the day. He'd have to go to Fluttershy's cottage and meet with Discord so that he could learn to use his draconequus abilities and open his wings. When he finished his last drag, he walked back inside and retired to the couch, falling asleep just as his head hit the pillow.

A Bad Tale - True Feelings Known