The Immortal Swordsman

After sitting on the throne for what felt like a few hours with my sense of time but was only a few seconds I realized I wasn’t able to meditate. Could be from flying for hours from my home which I want nothing more then to return to, maybe it was because of about twenty guards in the throne room currently coming towards me probably in the hopes of arresting me or most likely it was because my body was seriously feeling the effects of my slip up from when the third alarm went off.

I guess that needs some explanation, you see during my seclusion I have been training my body to keep pushing my limit and ever since arriving here in I believe I was informed was Equestria I noticed I had magical abilities but it took me a century to be able to use it without being well blown up. Imagine trying to simply move something but instead it blew up with the force that makes dynamite look like a firecracker, I was limping around for a few weeks after that one. Anyways since then I learnt to control it and enchanted my clothing to add weight onto it, I believe at this time the enchantment was around three hundred pounds on each piece of clothing and when wearing them for as long as I have they put serious strain on my body and makes my reaction slower to certain events as I soon found out and by soon I mean now.

‘Well, how did this happen’ I question to myself while sitting in the throne room chained up and sadly with my weapon in the hands of one of the guards, I take it he was the captain from all the other guards saluting him.

“So this is the creature that appeared in the throne room?” He questioned while looking me over as if I was about to suddenly vanish.

‘Man this guy must be a barrel of laughs at a party.’ I thought while trying to figure out what exactly happened not two minutes ago. If I recall I was sitting on the throne then suddenly all the guards start coming towards me but I was unable to move because of the strain my body is in. Did I ever tell you how much it hurts to walk around wearing over a few tons I think it was after slipping up and doing something that if not for the magic in the air would have killed me?

“So creature” he starts while giving me a look that I just couldn’t put my finger on. “If the reports are accurate you simply appeared in the throne room and just sat down on the throne?” he asks obviously not believing it for a second, I can’t blame him I would be suspicious too if I was told that a creature I was looking at could appear out of nowhere but I technically didn't appear out of nowhere. I ran through the castle I believe I broke the sound barrier once but It still took a lot out of me with all the strain on my body right now and staying conscious right now well lets just say I hate questions.

“Sleep” was all I was able to say before falling forward onto my face for a very long nap. Just as I was losing consciousness I could hear what sounded like talking and I only made out one word ‘everfree’ with that one word going through my mind I lost myself to the welcoming darkness of sleep.

As I awoke all I could hear around me were growls so I knew I was near some type of pack. ‘Wait a minute’ I thought while opening my eyes and looking around. ‘I passed out in a throne room while being questioned..’ I realized I was lying in the middle of a forest and to make matter worse someone had the balls to have thrown my sword beside me. I could tell simply because the dirt was pushed up on one side like it was sliding on the ground.

But before making anything of it I heard another low growl this one was very obviously aggressive. As the noise hit my ears I tried to get up to get in my ready stance but I noticed something that scared me.

‘FUCK!’ I thought in anger of my body not responding.

Just then a flash of realization was shown on my face as I laid there looking at my blade recalling all I put into making it. ‘So this is it, I always thought I would go out from a pupil surpassing my skills, but never from some animal.’ I thought

Moments passed with nothing happening, I still heard the growls but then I felt something move beside me. I assuming they were hiding behind the nearest object but I really don’t have any clue and then the sound that entered my ears next made me feel terrible for not being able to do anything, I heard what I assume was children crying.

So with pure willpower I forced my body to move, thing is that I was still moving very sloppy and slow, I bet my reaction time was next to nothing as well and then I remember one little magic trick I developed a few centuries ago.

As I was looking around I noticed a pack of wolves but what really got me was they were made of wood and when I looked behind me I noticed three little ponies staring wide eyed at me before running again, I'm guessing from the new monster that showed up.

“I’m sorry little pups but I need to make this quick” I say while proceeding to stand at my full height.

As the wolves notice me standing up they all reacted by getting ready to pounce the new obstacle in their path which is exactly what they did but what they didn’t know is that while they were getting ready to pounce at me I was finishing a little spell I came up with in my free time.

“Thank you for making these easy for me” I start while raising my hand open palm pointing at them. “Lets hope for your sakes I can figure out how to control this properly this time” I finish as I recalled the last time I used it which was over a century ago when a giant blue bear showed up wanting to take my home. I didn’t beat him but atleast I made him run, didn’t matter since I was almost killed that day from this spell.

It seemed like the wolves could understand me since as soon as I finished that statement they all had a look of recognition in there eyes that I was pulling something.

“Too late now pups!” I shout as I gather all of my energy and just as much magic in the center of my palm and started to shape into a orb of red and blue energy mixing together as if fighting for control but just before I fired I noticed the red energy started to gain control. In that moment my eyes shot open with a look of pure terror as if looking death straight in the face, in that moment before it backlashed I was able to barely utter “shit” and then a huge explosion rattled the entire forest .

I woke up several days later embedded in the side of a mountain. ‘I wonder where I am’ I think to myself since my body still wasn’t obeying my command, but then my eyes go wide upon a realization that I lost my sword before trying to move and remember after it blew the sword was close enough to grab.

“Well that’s one disaster avoided I guess” I say with a bit of happiness in my scratchy voice. ‘So where am I anyways?’ I question myself at which point I start trying to scry for anything that could be of help.

After twenty minutes of trying to scry I finally stop with a look of frustration splattered on my face. ‘Well looks like I depleted all my energy and feel like I just went into the depths of hell.’ I think to myself before another flash of realization upon noticing the forests around me. ‘I’m still in that god forsaken forest, oh look I can see the crater I left over there’ I thought while observing the damage done by a spell that was supposed to basically just blast them with concentrated energy while using the magic to contain it. Unfortunately every attempt I make my own energy overpowers the magic and breaks free.

‘Well lets see if I can move yet’ I decide while attempting to move my arms upon the realization they move but very slow I decide it would be best to rest some more. Upon that decision I just closed my eyes again and let the embrace of sleep take hold.

Upon waking up hours later I noticed one thing I was no longer in the side of a mountain, I was instead inside a cave surrounded by some black pony things. ‘What the hell are these things?’ I question to myself as I observe one closer. ‘So lets see there pony shaped and seem to be pitch black, they have both wings and horn but there horns are jagged they also seem to have holes in their legs and horn.’ I thought while trying to match their appearance to anything else I've seen but coming up with nothing.

“What is this creature doing in my home” I heard something say with what seemed to be anger.

‘Probably from having some weird creature brought into her home’ I thought while holding back a laugh while still trying to figure out where I was until I noticed something missing from my hand. ‘NO!’ I realized just fuming with anger.

“WHO TOOK MY SWORD!?” I shouted with pure fury in my voice. Instantly I could tell everyone was taken back from my shout and I also heard one of the drop something. ‘For their sake that better be my sword.’ I thought still boil in anger.

After a few moments I heard that voice again “who are you creature to demand answer from me?” it said with what seemed to be an obnoxious tone as I heard the voice coming closer to me.

“Well I guess you’re gonna find out now aren’t ya.” I say to the voice with my voice still dripping in anger of my sword missing. ‘Now then with everything I know of this race I'm assuming there magic is different from the ponies since I can’t detect the same traces of magic in the air, it seems different in someway.’ I think while going through all I know of magic.

“Enough!” The voice starts. “You will answer me creature or I will use some methods of persuasion.” It finished with what seems to be hopefulness in its voice.

“Ok, but only once I have my sword back in my possession.” I tell the shadows with my voice still full of anger.

“You shall answer my questions first” she begins to say before being cut off by something hitting the floor again.

As soon as the sound hit my ears I instantly looked in the direction of the sound and saw what I feared most. Standing there was a creature wielding my sword, normally this wouldn't matter but over the years my sword has started gaining a consciousness from the magic I’m assuming but I’ve never actually figured out from what exactly. Upon the creature looking at me while wielding my sword I saw the very faint red aura around the blade and knowing exactly what that meant for everyone in the direct vicinity I started planning what to do.