Rise of BlackHearth: Ascensionby DarkMatterGod90ChaptersPrologueChapter I AwakeningChapter II Break-outs and ConfrontationChapter III Escape From Canterlot and Nightmares (1/2)Prologue“Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.” ― Jim Butcher "I didn't become a villain because of power... I became a villian because... You know, I don't actually know anymore... I just try to accept my role. Maybe... In the future I'll realize my place. Maybe I'll die, Maybe I'll win. Life is just full of mysteries. Besides, What fun is life if you know what will happen?" ― John Field(BlackHearth)-----self quote _____________________________________________________________________________________ I suppose you'd like an Introduction? No matter, I have plenty of time...Well, as in a LOT of time. My name is John Field. A.k.a BlackHearth(which is my other name). I'm 25 years old and I'm stuck as a lawn ornament in some garden. Yeah, that's right, as a Lawn Ornament! Wanna know why I'm here? Well, I'll get to that sooner or later... Actually, I'll do that now since i have LOTS of time. *Dramatic Flashback* Woosh!! It started as any other day in college. I wake up, eat breakfast, take a bath, get dressed up, and look at the mirror to bask in my coolness. Did i mention i take a look at my reflection tons of times? I have: spiky black hair, Gray colored eyes, Gray shirt, Matching Gray Jeans... I seem to like gray(or anything near or black) a lot for some reason. I cannot fathom why but i consider gray my...trademark color. Some say it's an unhealthy obsession, some say it's natural for a person. And others say that I'm just bad at picking favorite colors... Screw them!!! My favorite!!!... So! I walked out of my dorm and took a look at the hallway(which is incredibly long by the way). With stuff packed, I moved to my supposedly "exciting" class room. By excitin, i mean loud and noisy exciting. It's like a riot in there. It only calms down when the teacher is coming. I don't know if this is possible but whenever the room is like a disaster and when the teacher comes in, It cleans up. Really, I'm not joking, that's like violation of the laws of physics. Anyway, I was enduring a long hour of lessons and stuff while--- "Pssst!" I heard a guy whisper. I turned my head around and saw jake, my best friend. "Pssst! Hey! John!" jake whispered and threw a piece of paper at me.He was lucky the teacher was too busy blabbing about history that he didn't turn around. I took it out and read it quietly "Meet me at the mall" I sighed... It's gonna be one of those days? I threw the piece of junk and waited. Time: 6:00 pm Location: Mall Walk.Walk.And more walking! I swear one of these days I'll kill the man who invented gravity and made it difficult! I was done with school for today and tried to find jake. I know where he is, though. If i were him, I'd probably be down by the bar club. You see, Jake is both a barfly and a ladies man. He goes to that bar with the crazy DJ and has a lot of chicks in it.(No, not the baby chicken. I meant the girls kind of chick). Also if you're thinking it's one of those bars, then NO! He's not like that, crazy perverts! Anyway, it was at the top floor so yeah,more walking for me. Yay. Walk, climb, walk, climb. After what seemed like HOURS!, I finally reached the top floor and look who's waiting. Jake, my good and totally reliable friend. I walked towards jake and he seemed to have noticed me. "Hey man! Welcome back to the club!" he said with glee. Too gleeful, suspicious air rising and suscpicious music playing in my head... "The day's today, dude!" jake said...What day? I was confused He must have noticed because he suddenly shouted "Happy birthday, dude!" My birthday? I checked my watch and... Sure enough it's my birthday. I'm finally 25 yrs old! Why am i excited you ask? Because i can finally be able to drink what jake drinks! You see, Jake is 3 yrs older than me and the bar club rules states that 25 and above are allowed to drink some.... alcohol! maybe And since i am 25 yrs old, I'm allowed to sate my curiosity about jake's... beverages! Jake noticed how excited i am and smirked "Come on! Let's get something to drink! My treat, my friend!" He said He dragged me inside and i took in the surroundings of the bar. It was full of neon lights and lots of people dancing. There was a stage with the DJ playing. I then saw the bar and the keeper. Ben, they call him. They say he has a...sharp eye. He looked at me and... why do i feel so weird. It's like his eyes were analyzing me. He smiled and said "Ah jake! I see you've brought your friend with you, today!" Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, those two, totally like best drinking buddies. "Totally Ben! He's old enough to get drunk!" Jake said. Wait, what? I was just going to try one bottle! Not until i get wasted! I opened my mouth to protest but ben cut me off by saying "Take a seat lad! First bottle's free!" On, second thought, I'll shut up now! I took a seat and he handed me a glass of...wine, i think. Jake sat next to me and had a glass as well. "Come on! Try it!" He said in a persuasive tone I gulped nervously and took a sip... It burned my throat... I took another sip. And another. And another... God, this liquid is addictive. Jake saw my actions and smiled that he got his friend get some drinks with him but he's not done yet "And what better way to celebrate your birthday than playing your favorite game!" He said. Ben scurried to the back and brought back a chessboard and a bag of chess piece. Now I'm interested. I'm one of those guys that likes to play chess rather than video games, actually. Me? Chess is my game!! My specialty! No one can beat me! "Challenge*hic* accepted." I hiccuped. How strong is this thing? Jake smirked and settled the board and pieces. *HIC!* I hiccuped again. Jake must have seen how troubled i am with the liquid and put on a smug smile and said "Ha! I'm gonna win this game if you can't even keep your hiccups down!" Me? Lose to chess? The game of kings? "Prep-HIC-sterous!" I said and took another swing of this liquid.Jake picked the white and i picked the black "You know, I never understand why you like black and gray so much." He said I shrugged and said "Don't-HIC- know either." Man, this stuff is good! So the game begins... With both me and jake playing chess while drinking til' we're drunk. 'Interesting...' I thought *FEW MINUTES LATER* "Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" The crowd cheered on. "Kick his ass, Jake!" Some guy said "Go chess master John!" A student who's age is 22, from my collage school shouted. Me and Jake are nearly at a stalemate. The alcohol's numbing effect did little to my strategical mind but a number on my senses.Jake wasn't fairing any better "Yousshh bettersss give up, John!" Jake said while slurring. 'F-fool! I'm the v-victor!' My mind was screaming me to win so i did My queen took half his forces and his queen fell into my trap after a few turns after it's release.But my queen stands still with my rooks and bishops. I only have one pawn so is my horse. Jake only has one bishop, horse and rook. I smiled asmugly and took out his rook. The rook will prove to be troublesome, actually. Jake gasped, took another swing and moved his horse to kill one of my bishops. Unfortunately for him, my pawn was waiting and ready to attack. I took it and killed the horse. Jake moved his bishop to kill the pawn. Fool. My pawn was a bait for a trap i ste for him. My rook took the kill. Jake moved his king out of the rook's range. My queen cut his king off. He tried to run but my rook intercepted him. He has nowhere to go "Victory is-HIC- mine..." I said "Alright-HIC- you win." Jake said before passing out Ben took the money from the plate where jake putted it as payment. "Alright everyone! John, chessmaster, is the victor!" Those who cheered for me roared in victory while those who rooted for jake awwe'd in disappointment. I smirked and tried carrying my drunked friend. Ben stopped me and offered us aride back to the collage. I accepted it and stumbled myself and Jake to his car. After arriving, I took my friend, layed him to his bed and i to mine. 'That was both exhausting and amusing.' I thought. That was my last thought before i passed out *Dream World* My mind was... a mess if anything. I must've drank too much. I sighed and said "Maybe drinking while distracted by playing wasn't a good idea." "Oh really? I haven't guessed..." A voice spoke sarcastically I jumped in surprise and looked for who talked "Who are you?!" No response. "Show yourself!" Again no response. I know that this is a dream but i can't help but feel that someone is actually in here... I'm gonna flush him out. I felt anger rise inside me. I shouted again "This is my mind, trespasser! You dare invade my mind?! Come out and face me!!!!" That probably was not the best course of action. Seeing I'm not truly 100% brave... "Hahahahahahahahahahaha..." The voice laughed at my misfortune. It laughed at me? It laughed at me?! I roared. and began swiping with my hands in thin air "Hmmmm...Very good.Perfect." It spoke I calmed down and looked around scared and confused "Hmmmm? What's the matter, boy? Scared?" It taunted "I-i uhhhh.... I'm not scared! Why should i?! You are in my mind!" I shouted trying but failing to look brave "What do you want from me?" I asked It laughed and said "I am blackhearth. And i want to offer you, John the "chessmaster", an offer..." BlackHearth?Really? "Okay...?" I think my mind is playing tricks on me. When he showed himself, He's nothing but some sort of etheral orb. Like the overlord from the TV show: lego ninjago. Except he's gray instead of violet. "Will you accept?" BlackHeart asked If this IS real then i'd like to ask somethings... "What is the...offer?" I asked expectingly "Hehehehehe... I can give you powe---" Not so fast "Stop right there..." "Hmmm...?" "If this is Something cliche like:"I can offer you power and you can rule blablablabla" like that stupid evil speech then i'm not buying it." "Ahhh... I see... Well then, If i can't interest you with power, then how about your own little playworld? Like your own personal sandbox... Like Chess?" "Hmmmm?" Like chess? My own playworld? He then showed me a holographic image of a globe. "Yes... A free world where you can do anything you like... This world, shaped into your own image... Your kingdom... Your Nation... Your era... Your order..." I can see myself... Sitting on a throne... My throne... How enticing... This maybe a dream... But worth accepting such a fantasy.,.. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Unbeknownst to our... main character, BlackHearth has wore an invisible sinister smile and that said main character's eyes are beginning to emit purple evil mist from the corner of his eyes... The dreamworld around him shook violently and is beginning to transform into a Gray background and a pair of slit eyes, emitting the same malicious purple mist from It's eyes, stared down at him menacingly... ______________________________________________________________________________________ "Alright. You got my interest..." "Perfect... So, do you accept?" He got me... But one last thing... "Fine... But is there a catch? Do.Not.Lie.To.Me." I threatened "Hehehehe... I like your style, human... You will make an excellent replacement for me..." he said but the last part i did not get "There are a few... One: you will not be in your world anymore... Rather in Equestria.Second: you won't be human anymore.Finally, you are my replacement..."he stated calmly Equestria? Not human anymore? Replacement? He's not making any sense more sense as he is real. "Okay... When do we begin?" I said. Man, he's either hypnotizing me or I really want that offer... "Now." I felt my body tingle and--- *POOF* Something tells me i accepted this offer too quickly but... This is a dream right? Right? Right? _____________________________________________________________________________________ We'll just find out won't we? Find out in the first chapter of.... Rise of BlackHearth: Ascension Chapter I AwakeningUghhhh... My head.. I felt like i just got hit by a speeding car and then got shot on the head. I tried opening my eyes but saw nothing but darkness. 'Great. I think Jake is trying to pull a prank on me.' But even with that thought i still thought it was impossible. Jake may have more experience in drinking booze(or whatever that stuff was) but even he can't get out of a hangover that quickly. I closed my eyes again and reopen them, hoping that it was just my eyes... Only to see the same background. Darkness... "Hello?" I shouted towards the never ending darkness but only echoes of my voice... I began to worry. I tried to calm myself but to no avail... The darkness is too much... I feel fear... "I want to see. I want to see. I want to see. I want to see. I want to see! I.WANT.TO.SEE!!!!" I screamed Surprisingly, It worked. I feel relieved. The next problem i had was i can't move... I determined my location to be in some sort of... garden. With freaky statues of... I would've said horses but equines seems to be more scientific and less insulting. "And we have here, of course, the super duper secret statue, who is also imprisoned by the elements of harmony, named blackhearth or if you're feeling formal call him prince blackhearth!" A voice spoke, though it sounded like a very jolly old man. I tried moving my non-moving eyes but i don't think that is a problem. Because they are facing ME. But maybe i prefer my theory of Jake playing a trick on me than this... mind blower... I saw a creature, which looked like someone randomly chose a bunch of animal body parts and slammed it into a mix-and-match slot machine and the result became humorously horrible. Overall, it looks like a chimera. It had a look that practically screams "I'm a troublemaker" and behind following it was... A pink equine who looks half terrified, probably because of the chimera, and half unamused, also because of the chimera. I mean, i probably get bored. Heck, i get bored on field trips. Though annoyed seems to replace unamused. It also has a mark on it's... flank that looked like three daisies with smiley face... Followed by the pink equine was a bunch of OTHER equines, though smaller. Foals? Hmmmm... Wait... I remember something... (FLASHBACK) "One: you will not be in your world anymore... Rather in Equestria" (END) ...Damn. Guess he wasn't a dream or lying. "While this all seems exciting Mr. Discord, we have a schedule to keep." The pink equine said So the chimera's name is discord? Rather befitting for a creature who can't decide which animal should he be. "Hmmphhhh... You're no fun." "Discord" said whilst crossing his arms(?) Yep, a troublemaker alright and the childish and immature type too. I seemed to have noticed that the smaller equines either have or don't have any marks on their flanks. 'Those marks must be what they're good at but the others who don't must have yet to discover theirs.' I theorized. Weird "Why, Ms. Cheerilee, you absolutely must be patient. This is my first time leading a... Field trip. I haven't even gotten to the best part about this... Particular pony and his mysteries." Discord stated. He said field trip as if he hasn't heard the word. So the pink one is named cheerilee? Pretty fitting for an equine with three smiley faced flowers. The foals(?) seemed interested. He must be talking about me. Well, blackhearth actually. "Have any of you know of the tyrannical king of shadows, king sombra?" Many shook their heads. Three in particular raised their hooves. Discord seemed amused and curious. I,too, am curious about this... King sombra character. I mean, why would someone(pony?) be named after the Spanish counterpart of shadow. Though if i think about it, discord DID say he was the king of shadows... "Well now, what do you three know of the shadow king? Of which i admit is close to a certain Mexicolt word that i come to know." Did he just say Mexico? No i think he said MexiColt. The yellow one was first to speak. "Ah' heard he took over the crystal empire!" So they have kings here? Very medieval... The white one was next "I heard from my sister he was very, very evil!" Oh really? I haven't guessed. I guess the word tyrannical or that his name means shadow was not obvious enough for any pony. Great... I'm being sarcastic. Douche bag transformation in progress. Aborting process. In progress... Sorry i rant a lot sometimes. The orange one then said "I heard rainbow dash and her friends kicked his flank!" Great, children,even if equines, are still arrogant and bratty as always. "Ah yes, you three know the element bearers quite personally than the rest of the group." Discord said Element bearers? "Well, I won't say you're all wrong. Actually, you're all correct! Three points for the cutie mark crusaders!" Discord cheered Huh, they're actually right? Must learn more... "I know what else he is. Just some king wannabe." All eyes fell on the other pink small equine with the tiara. "Oh? And pray tell, what makes the king of shadows, en slaver of the crystal ponies, a king wannabe?" Discord said "Why simple really, If he was a king then the ever so admired princess would have problems with him." The foal said Oh goody, a princess wannabe. Heh, funny how ironic fate can be. Other ponies oooooo'd at her display of... Intelligence. Though those who grumbled in irritation outnumbers the lackeys of the bratty pony. "Hmhmhmhm, Well now what is your name, smart filly?" "Diamond tiara. Daughter of the one and only successful business pony of barnyard bargains in ponyville." She said smugly Others, yet again, grumble quietly in irritation. I can feel their contempt. I mean, this pony must have been spoiled. Well, when i get out of here, I think she'll be the first pony in my hate list. If i had one. "No matter. Anyway, all quips and sayings aside, this pony, blackhearth, knows king sombre- i mean sombra quite well." "He does?" I do? "Yes. And that he was as mad and power hungry as him. Celly never really told twily what truly happened. Maybe just to spare her from the... Graphical details." Discord explained Graphical? Yeeesh, even i know that's unsettling. And i don't even know what's going on. "So yes. This pony in particular was sort of... Ehhhh, lost in the history books." Discord snapped his claws and *poof* came a... Book. The title reads "History of the Crystal Empire." "So not much is known about this pony except his name, his connection to king sombra and... Thathewasthefirstponytoeverbekilledbyourbenevolentrulersbecausehewassomehowimmunetotheelementsofharmnonythengothisbodyturnedtostone." Discord said so fast that i did not catch up to the last one. The crowd looked at each other in confusion. Even i am confused to what he said. "So! Any questions? No? Welllll, any pony care as to what this statue represents? Come on now, don't be shy, three of you did once. Which resulted to me getting free." Discord said Immediately, all eyes went on the three... What did discord said about them? Cutie Mark Crusaders? Yeah, that seams right. The three sheepishly smiled as if they did something wrong and got caught. But they replied anyway. "Evil!" The yellow one shouted "Darkness!" The orange one said "Shadows, Death and Hatred!" The white one, with what looked like a horn on it's forehead, shouted jumping on top of the two other equines They separated and started to cartoonishly try Killing each other. Typical kids. The older equine shook her head in disappointment. Maybe because of their behavior. Discord seemed amused by this action. I, on the other hand, is feeling... invigorated... Delicious... Contempt... Wait, did i just say delicious contempt? Weird. "Ahem. Yes, you are all correct. Except for the death part. This statue also holds the lifeless and cold body of the pony himself. Trapped in stone, his soul stolen away." Discord said in a dramatic pose. Ouch. Lifeless? I'm alive you know. "So he's dead?" I would've paid attention to whoever said that but my rage seemed to have replaced my vision with bloody red with the world shaking around me "Yes, yes he is." Discord answered simply Grrrrr!!!! I am fu**ing! alive for shadow's sake!! My anger was directed towards discord. Little did i know that my hatred is the key to my freedom. I just have to push it. Of course i didn't know about that. "Now let's leave children's. This statue gives even me the hibbie-jibbies." Discord said while shuddering and leading the crowd out GRRRRR!!!! I.HATE.THAT.CHIMERA!!!!! I AM ALIVE!!!!! A-L-I-V-E!!!! crack ....What was that? I think that was a crack sound. Yep, definitely a cracky sound. Hmmmmm... Interesting. So i got angry and something cracked? But something is different.... My prison feels weakened and... power... power surges slowly through me...Hmmm... (FLASHBACK) "Shadows, Death and Hatred!" (END) That's it! I can get stronger when i feel hate! Hahahahahahaha!!!.... There's only one problem... My new found joy made me lose my hatred earlier.... Darn... So that's what happened up until this point. I theorised that whatever or whoever i become can feed off hate either from myself or others. Man, talk about vampires. Only instead of blood, I need hate. BlackHearth if you can hear me... I hate you!!!! I'm going to find you and strangle you to death and bury your body in a tombstone you son of a mother******* mu---!! I see a random mule... Okay, that killed the moment... Anyway, I'm going to kill you!!!... You know, if he wasn't physically dead already. But you know what i mean!! I--- "Hey human! Quit rambling!" A voice shouted in my head. I recognize that (slightly) disoriented and irritated dark voice. "BlackHearth? I asked "Yes, it is me, human. Anyway how do you like the new body? I suppose it would take sometime getting used to." BlackHearth said "What did you do to me?!" I shouted in anger "Oh just performed one of the most hardest spell on you." He answered "Which is?!" (crack) "Soul Transplant. Or for better words. Soul Weaving, A forbidden and dangerous spell that focuses on soul magic." "Why?!" (crack) "Because you accepted my offer. Didn't you?" He said ...."I did didn't i?" I said "Yes. Now i don't have much time left so i will leave you a spell that will tell you, or direct you, to something that i used to own. It is very important that you retrieve it." Wait, not much time left? "Get ready. Break out and seek the item. Your fate will be yours to decide once you have... retrieved it..." His voice is suddenly faltering. "Wait! What's happening to you?" I asked concerned. Hey, even if he did took away my life he is the closest thing to call a friend around here. "I'm... fading. You are blackhearth now... I give you one last request..." He said A light enveloped my stone body and once it's done. BlackHearth said his final words/request: "Make my enemies... SUFFER!!" And then he's gone... So.... I'n now officially BlackHearth? Hmmmm... What to do...? I'm trapped in stone. So i can't move or talk. From what I've gathered, I'm in enemy territory(or I'm overreacting).... Not good... Hate... I need Hate... Lots of Hate... "So why are we here again, sir?" "Because, private, the princess wanted us to check if... Discord, ulk, he still gives me the creeps, didn't make another mess this time." "Oh. Right, sir" I then saw two more equines. This time with golden armor. Their fur seems to be color white. One is normal. One with wings... Interesting... "Nothing seems to be too out of the ordinary here, sir." The normal equine said "Keep looking. You can never be too careful. Especially with discord's messes." Hmmm... The equine with the horn... A unicorn... Magic... BlackHearth's spell... Could it be i am somehow transported to a world where magic exist? Ridiculous. Magic is... Something unexplained. Heck, the closest thing you can consider magic back in eart is petty fortune tellers and fake magicians. I felt power course slowly within me. Even if it is small, I maybe able to cast magic on one of them. I represent darkness, right? So... In video games, dark magic users probably has some possesion spell... If maybe i can get them close enough i can posses one of them. Funny, i only seemed to learned the steps just a few seconds ago. Probably because of blackhearth's memories that are still here. Or, what's left of it. Simple. Maybe "Hey, what about this one? It has a crack on it." The normale equine said "What? Must be because of how long it's been there. These statues have been around longer than both of us were even born," the winged one said I just need to tap in... Break out here i come! If they are close enough, i can get that spell on. Just a little more... "Hey is it---" HA! Everything went black, for me. I opened my eyes and... Saw my statue in front of me... It worked. Yes!!! "Uhhhh... Sir? Are you alright?" I looked to my right and saw the normal equine. He looked concerned. Better put that feeling to rest. "I'm fine." My voice is different. "Come on. Let's get out of here. Our search is done, for today." I said hoping to draw away suspicion. "Alright..." He said. He took the bait. As long as i don't lose my focus, i should be fine. I tried walking but the result only ended up with my face hitting the dirt. Ouch. "Sir? Are you sure you're alright?" Persistent equine. "I told you. I'm fine. Just a little knock on the head." I said while trying to get used to these four legs. My legs were wobbly. But after a few baby steps, i managed to get it right. "See? I told you, perfectly fine" We walked(trotted?) towards the castle. I spotted a few guards on the way. Man, security may be tight but these guards could have been mistaken for statues because of the lack of movement. I need to find out more about this place. "So... What's your name?" I asked "Huh? It's swordedge, sir. But don't you already know that?" He replied. I am so stupid... "Oh, nothing. Just testing your memory." I said. Yay me, A+. "Oh." Moron. Though i have to admit, something about this equine reminds me of someone... "I have a few questions for you, swordedge. And you'll answer them correctly" i made sure that last part sounded threateningly. "U-uhm... What is it, sir?" He asked "One: how tight is the security?" One should always ask that if in a situation like this. "Very, sir. We have guards all over the place. Few on the main entrance, side entrance. And the inside mostly." He answered "What about the garden?" "Oh. There's none, if any very few. But ever since that discord incident, two guard were placed on the garden entrance." He answered. Perfect. "Two: Whe-- ARRGHH!!!!" What the!? "S-sir? Are you alright?!" That voice was muffled by the painful ringing my head is experiencing. My... Head! It's flashing... Something is glowing inside the castle... What is this infernal torture?! (Flashback) "Get ready. Break out and seek the item." (End) That's blackhearths's spell! Now... All i need is directions. "Sir?!" I looked in front of me and stared at swordedge... "I'm fine. Just a little headache." Understatement of the century. He looked unsure. "Anyway, one last question: Where is the castle's treasure room?" Surely, they must have one. "Treasure room? Oh! You mean the artifacts room! Just follow the signs. The princess put them there because ponies sometimes get lost winding up in there." He answered. Really? Don't they like get a map or something to help them remember the place? "Thank you, swordedge, you have been very... Helpful" i said with a kind smile. What? Gotta give him a reward for the answers. "Sir are you really feeling alright? You're not you usual self today." He said "Oh nothing. Just feeling a little jolly is all. Ta-ta now! We'll meet again soon." I said as i left him baffled. By the way swordedge's face, priceless! He was like "what the f*ck was that?". Hahahaha!!! Anyway, my entrance is near. I saw two guards guarding the entrance. I walked past them and tried finding the artifacts room i'm sure it's going to be completely easy! .....(few minutes later) Stupid hallways. Stupid large castle. Stupid--(blink) automatic detector spell... More trotting. Great. Just like the mall. After what feels like HOURS, I saw another sign that says "Artifacts room- left, right, front, door." .... I hate you enemies-that-i-don't-even-know, for putting up such an insulting sign. I groaned and continued. Left... Right... Front... Door... Finally! I grinned wide as a clown and... Found my way in! Now let's--...... Holy mother of goddess! This place is huge! It has like a lot of things! I could(blink)... Oh right the stuff... There you are! I slowly inched to my prize(for dramatic effects) and.... Found some sort of saddle(or bag i think). My smile was replaced with my "what the hell is this?" Face. "Really? A bag? This is what i spent countless minutes for?! A fucking bag?!" I screamed so loud one of the glasses shattered near me... Wow... Mind blown~!!! Anyway, i grabbed the bag, strapped it to me(i had a hard time) and hightailed out of here.... Things are definitely looking up for me! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Unfortunately for our main character, he accidentally tripped a silent alerting spell that would... Well, alert the princess. What dangers shall john field face? Will he---(HEY! Don't make it too cliche! I want people interested! Not bored!) .... *sigh* fine... If that's what you want... Find out in the next chapter of this thrilling(maybe) story! Chapter II Break-outs and Confrontation Chapter II Break-outs and ConfrontationLocation: Canterlot Castle, Throne Room Princess Celestia is having, what you may call, a nice day. A month after twilight's coronation, they have been talking about the principals of magic. All-in-all, everything is perfect. Well, except that a week ago, twilight has been experiencing nightmares... Nightmares that trouble even her. Luna can't seem to dream walk in it. Which is weird. Luna's special talent is, not only raising the moon, dream walking and getting rid of nightmares as well. But that anomaly wasn't what bothered her. It was the pony in her dreams that bother her. A gray pony with the form of a shadow. It reminded her about... HIM. She shuddered at the thought of him. 'If she had experienced those nightmares, then--'. "Sister! Thou must come this way!" Her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice that rang really really loud in her ears. "What is it, sister?" Celestia asked. She turned her head to see her sister rushing towards her. "We must make haste! A thief has snuck in the artifacts room!" Her sister shouted... Typical royal canterlot voice. A thief? In here? Unbelievable. Canterlot hasn't had a thief in a solid century. She should know. She lived longer than a century. But sometimes, things can get boring around here. So... She'll at least see this... thief. "Alright, sister. I'll be on my way shortly." She said Her sister nodded and disappeared in a bright white flash. 'Things seem to have gotten more interesting, it seems?' She thought ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Things have certainly gone horribly wrong!' I was running for my dear life across the hallways while being chased by guards. "Stop right there!" Like hell i will! Can't these idiots tell that I'm one of them?! Well, i did stole a bag(saddlebag?). But i don't see anything fancy about it. Unless it's... magic? "Hey! I'm on your side!" I desperately shouted hoping it would slow them down Oh how wrong i was... "Lier! Catch him!" Oh come on! I hate these hallways! Where's the garden?! I-- *WHAM* OWWW!!!! I rubbed my head and saw swordege doing the same. "sir? What are you--" "No time! Sorrygottago!" I said quickly "What was that about? "Stop, Thief!" GRRR!!! I hate these equines!! Hmmm... should i call them ponies? Yes... very fitting... I was running so fast, my brain was doing things i don't even know! I felt and heard flapping coming from my sides. I took a quick glance and saw my wings are flapping as fast as they can. And then.... I'm off the ground?! This defies all known laws of flying for me! Though i suppose i could throw logic out the window for this world... "W-woah! I'm flying?! Yes! I'm flying!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Oh this feels so good! I feel like singing... except that i don't have time to sing. More guards began to chase me. Great. I have to outrun them, somehow. Hmmmm... I remember that there was a split in these hallways. If i could lose them there... I should have enough time to formulate a plan to escape. But i must be quick. Flapping my wings harder, i gain enough speed enough to gain distance away from the guards. I smirked. I see the split! Now the hard part comes... (Switching to third pov) The guards nearly lost the pony. Fortunately, they know this castle inside and out. There's no way for the thief to escape! "I see him! He headed the left way!" "Perfect! Alright stallions, do not stop until the thief is apprehended! Understood?!" "Yes sir!" The guards ran towards the left way, hoping to capture the thief. But if they look very closely, they could have seen the "thief" silently sticking to the ceiling and going to the right side of the splits. "That was easier than trying to keep quiet." He said while smiling to himself (Now back to john's pov) That was too easy that i almost feel guilty. Almost. My plan was simple really. All i had to do was go to the left and hide in the shadows. Man, these ponies are stupid. How hard is it to spot a pony who is sticking to the ceiling in golden armor? But i shouldn't waste the opportunity. Time is of the essence. 'The garden entrance must be around here!' I thought Hmmm... I need to-- *WHAM* Oh come on! What is up with me and bumping into ponies today?! "I'm very sorry, sir! My mind was somewhere else!" I said to whoever i bumped into "You should be, you uncouth dolt!" Who said that?! "I should have you punished and thrown in the dungeon for ever bumping in royalty!" Royalty? More like a royal prick, that is. Nonetheless i tried to reason with this... Pony. "Please forgive me sir! I was being rushed by an order of the monarch! A thief has snuck inside the castle!" I said. Hopefully, my lying skills are still sharp. Though i suppose that is half the truth. He seemed to consider my words but my pleas seem to fell on deaf ears. "Normally i would march up to my auntie and demand her to put you in the dungeons. But... I'm feeling rather gracious today and concerned of the situation at hoof so i will let this folly slide for once." He said Phew... "Thank you, sir. I promise it won't happen again!" Of that, i am very sure... Lucky me. "Please... Blueblood will be fine. I'm feeling rather under the weather, as the commoners say." He said. Huh? I nodded and trotted away. As did he. When i have gotten enough distance from him i sighed in relief 'Blueblood huh? Fitting for a noble. Weird how he is not gloating about his fame. Not my business, though.' I thought Minutes passed by and i am very surprised at the fact i had not encountered any guards yet. I see the garden through the window though. The silence of the castle is quite soothing to me. I wish collage was like this... I miss my--- "There you are, thief!" I sighed. Really? Just when i was reminiscing on the past? I flapped my wings again and took off. This feeling is actually quite invigorating. Like being free. Not now actually. My escape is nearly complete. Just have to find the garden's entrance... There!! I flew out of the entrance and my sight was greeted by the lush green garden. I smirked at the sight. Hopefully, i wont-- (Bump) Hmmm? "Well now. What do we have here?" What the?! I recognize that voice... Th-- "Well, you've certainly been practicing on your monologue." He said Thank you. I-- wait what? I'm not... How did you... "Red your monologue? Simple. Chaos!" That jolly old man's voice said. Hey, i can hear you you know? Shu-- just stay out of my thoughts. Alright "What do you want, discord? Can't you see I'm running for my life? Or are you just blind, you mismatch?" I said He looked offended. "My word! Such language!" He said. He snapped his claws and... A zipper zipped my mouth? "Mmmphhh!!!" I muffled "Better. Now why would a guard would run?" He asked "Stop that thief!" "Mpphh...(that)" i muffled. "Well now. Run along then." He said and with a snap of his claws, the zipper disappeared from my mouth. I ran past discord. Luckily, i escaped before the guards do. "Why did you let him escape?!" "I thought you'll handle it. You all are guards of the princess, yes?" I heard groaning after that sentence Discord... You are a life saver. I ran inside the garden and tried to find my statue. Which is very hard considering on how big this... Maze is. I need to get away from them! How hard is it to find a--- there it is! Quickly! I need to---! "Halt! Cease thy running!" Oh come on! I looked behind me and saw... A horse? No, a pony with both wings and a horn. Dark blue fur... Royal looking... Almost dark blue eyes... With a mane that consist of stars... Someone's really a fan of the night. Guess i shouldn't judge someone by his/her looks. "And what if i don't?"i asked getting bored. "Then thou shalt face face our wrath!" Our wrath? Really? Her eyes glowed and she pointed her horn at me... She, then, fired a bolt of lightning?! "Eep!" I dodged out of the way before it hit me. Man, that was extreme. Wait... If i could get her to hit the statue, she'll weaken it! Then i could escape! But that doesn't mean i can have a little fun... I flew myself and tried to do a little taunting. She threw another bolt at me and i tried doing air manuever. I got scared so bad that i had the most stupidest idea ever made by man. I found a cloud and tried to hide behind it. Surprisingly, my hooves seem to have "touched" the cloud's surface... Wow... I need to have her hit the statue. So... The best way is taunting. "What's the matter sweet flicks? Too fast for you to hit?" I taunted. This may not be the best choice of words, coming from the guy who is hiding behind a cloud. She looked angry. Good. I need to get her to hit the statue. She fired another bolt at me. This time bigger. I barely dodged it and from out of fear, I slammed my hooves to the cloud and.. *KRAKOOM!!* ...Holy cow! I fired a freaking lightning bolt from this cloud?! Awesome! She barely dodged the lightning bolt. Probably because of the surprise I smiled like a maniac and stomped at the cloud repeatedly. *Boom* *Bang* *Krakoom* *Bam* She kept dodging my bolts. Stand still! Oh well, more important business anyway. "Ahahahahahaha! Dance little pony! What's the matter?! Oh sorry, didn't mean to try and hit ya, No wait! I do, ha!" I taunted She seems getting really annoyed. Her eyes glow brightly again and blast some sort of beam to me. Well, specifically, to the cloud I'm standing on.I yelped in surprise before my face hit the ground, face first. I groaned and tried standing up. My legs are wobbly. Crap... She's starting another beam again. Only this time, It's getting bigger.... Double Crap! "Face our wrath!" That wasn't your wrath before?! I need to get out of this body! *PEW* Too late. The beam was shot. But luckily, I ducked and the beam hit the statue. I looked at while grinning anddddd.... *crack*.... Really? She's still going to fire?! "Pleas don't kill me!" I begged her but my pleas fell on deaf ears. Again... "Luna! Stop this at once!" "Luna" lowered her horn and looked behind her. So did i. I caught sight of... another pony hybrid. This time, She,i think, had a flowing rainbow for mane?! This is impossible!... Don't tell me it's magic! "But Tia! He--" Luna was cut off by her... sister. "Luna, please. You've already caused both enough damage and scared that stallion out of his light." "Tia" said She's right. I'm literally shaking now. I need a way out. My body is wanting me back. I walked back a few steps toward the statue and-- "Please forgive my sister. She--- Wait..." Tia said and began scanning me. "Why have you not told me that he was wearing a royal guard armour?!" Tia shouted looking back at the guards. The pony guards seem to shuffle and look nervously. This is the royal guards? I bet it'll only take a normal thief to get past these guys. Pathetic. "Errr.... Must've slipped our minds, Princess Celestia." really? "State your name and your rank, guard." Celestia said. Yeeesh.... It's like staring at the sun while being scolded by your mother. "....." Need a plan. Fortunately, my body is calling my soul back. "Sorry, princess. But I have to go." I said They looked confused of what i said. Hehehe. My soul was immediately transported back to my body and.... back into my vision. My prison is weakened. Perfect. Crack "No...." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Crack Crack CRRRR... The cracks spread across my body as it was filled with a dark aura that has signified my release. Yes! "AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm Free, motherfuckers!!!!" ....Holy whatever-god/goddess-in-this-world!!! I can talk freely now!!! The princesse's eyes shrank to the size of toothpicks and gasped. Finally.... BOOM!!!!!! Finally I'm out of that--- *CRACK* "EYOOOW!!!!!" What the?! The first time i get out and i was welcomed by a world of hurt?! It feels like every bone in my body is stiff! This is embarrassing... *CRACK Goes my limbs *CRACK* Goes my neck "CRRRRAAAACK* Goes, oh god, my spine. I twist and turn and wiggle to get te pain off. Unfortunately, the ponies around seem to give me strange looks. Especially the taller ones, they stared at me like i grew a second head. I groaned as the pain racked my body. I straightened my back for the last time and... YES!!! I sighed in relief as every bone in my body comes back to place and unstiffens. "Ahhhhh..." I smiled in relief Hm? Oh, the ponies are still staring. "What are you looking at?! Never seen a pony burst out of a statue and and crack his bones?!" I shouted at them. One was about to answer but i cut him off by saying: "That was a rhetorical question" He closed his mouth "Who are you?" Me? "I'm...." What should i do?! If i tell them I'm blackhearth then I might get arrested! I opened my mouth to speak but Luna beat me to it. "Wer know who art are. Thou art blackhearth, yes?" She said looking ready to pounce me. She speaks like a medieval princess from a fairy tale drama book. But the others speak modern English. 'They are our enemies... Make them suffer...' Who said that? Oh no wait, that was the other me. You know, like another thought of me. But he seems mindful. Like he is actually there... "Yessss... Kill them all....' Right, like i can take ALL of them on. Shut up dark side. I haven't noticed but i seem to take this predicament very well. But my status is the least of my concerns. All sides look ready to take me on. The bag i need is right next to me. What to do? Hmmm... I got it!!! "I... come in peace?" I stated with the most stupidest smile on my face. And boy, did i look stupid. Nothing could go wrong! Right? *CLANG!* "Ooof!!" "Get in there, dark lord!" I was wrong! Everything went completely wrong! Wrong, Wrong, WRONG!!! "I'll get you for this! Mark my dark stained heart!" I shouted in anger. "What do you think the princess will do to him?" "I don't know but she looks really mad. I'd hate to be him when they decide." I hate those ponies! First discord, then these ponies, then The princess! I'm going to--- You know what? I'm taking a breat---. Oh who am i kidding?! I just got thrown in jail for no reason! I can't calm down! 'Kill them... Show no mercy... Show them what happens to those who wrong us...' Shut up!! Grrrrr!!!! To hell with these ponies! I screamed in anger and used my strength to ream the bars. No dice. All it did was hurt my hooves. I need a plan. But it won't be easy. Hmmmmm.... Meanwhile at the throne room. "What should we do?!" Princess Celestia was panicking Luna simply rolled her eyes at her sister.They had the guards throw him in the dungeons so that he won't do any damage. But even then, her sister is still acting like It's the apocalypse. "Sister, Thou must stop this act. Tis very irritating. BlackHearth has been safely secured in the dungeons. Of which we admit, besides a few screams and struggling, it went rather peacefully than we imagined." Luna said "That's just it! It was too easy! You know him! Always one step ahead and both crafty and resourceful as King Sombra!" Celestia shouted Luna face hoofed. Though she couldn't deny it, They captured blackhearth seemingly too easy. BlackHearth, as she remembered, is the next most smartest enemy they ever faced, besides King Sombra. And she could never forgot... She shuddered, The war. She grimaced at the thought. Not even Nightmare Moon was that cruel. They were only able to defeat King Sombra by surprise, Though they had trouble with him at first. But to face somepony, whose power was almost equivalent to the shadow king, fully prepared and dangerous as his master. It was like as hard as trying to make sense of discord. Maybe even harder. BlackHearth was powerful, crafty and intelligent. A dangerous combo indeed. The war devastated equestria. They stood no chance against blackhearth and his army. It was only by luck that they so happened to steal one of King Sombra's favorite artifacts, The soul jar. With it, they were able to trap BlackHearth's soul and turn him into stone, hoping he will remain buried. How he was immune to the elements was a mystery even to discord. They thought blackhearth and the war was nothing more but a mere memory now. But today just proved them wrong. BlackHearth is back. But, of course, even discord needs to regenerate his powers when he broke free from the element's prison, due to being trapped for thousands of years. So they still have a chance to take down blackhearth. And as Nightmare moon used to whisper in her ear: "Every chance comes with a price. So make it count!" Ironic how the advices of that demon could become useful today. She had an idea but she doesn't think her sister will approve i too quickly. "What of twilight and her friends? Surely with the elements, They can vanquish blackhearth back to stone. As we did before, While he is still recovering." Luna stated. Her sister looked baffled. Totally expected. Now Luna may sound like she was asking too much. But in truth? She's just doing what is needed. Her sister's subjects are her subjects too. She will do anything to protect them. "Sister... I can't ask twilight and her friends to put their lives at stake. Twilight only had took a break five days ago. I can't just take her time away from her friends." Celestia said. Luna sighed. This was going to be a long day. "We must, dear sister. BlackHearth may still be recovering his magic reserves. It would be fine if we are still connected to the elements and not have to rely on twilight and her friends. But alas we are not anymore. For the safety of our subjects, we must do what must be done." Luna said with a stern look on her face. Celestia was surprised. She really didn't want to do this but Luna is right. For her subjects. She sighed and said: "Alright. I'll go make a letter for her." She didn't want this. But it must be done. She really didn't want to repeat the damage HE caused. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Twilight sparkle (This is not a test. So please do not bring any books, scrolls, quills, etc. Also do not freak out.) Forgive my inconvenience. I know That it has only been five days after your break. But something has important has come up. An old enemy of mine has awoken from his prison. You must bring the elements of harmony and your friends with you. Come to Canterlot and i will explain everything you want to know once you arrive. Your Mentor/ Fellow Princess Princess Celestia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Night time Meanwhile... At the dungeons... The royal day guards have been replaced by Luna's night guards. They are now currently guarding the prison doors of the most hated, forgotten and villainous pony that has ever existed. BlackHearth. The bane of equestria. The shadow prince. Unbeknownst to the guards, Green glowing eyes, emitting a familiar purple smoke from the corner of it's eyes, glowed brightly. A sinister smile followed it. And a single yet terrifying sentence was spoken by the silhouette. "Soon Equestria... Soon... Hehehehehe... Hahahahahaha!!!!" _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Will Twilight and her friends stop BlackHearth? Or will he prove too much for them? Find out in the next chapter of this story!! Chapter III Escape from Canterlot and Nightmares Chapter III Escape From Canterlot and Nightmares (1/2)Location: Canterlot Dungeons Time: Sunday, Morning I give up. I tried everything i can think of! What happened you ask? Well, it all started this morning... (FLASHBACK) I tried showing my royalty. I mean, I am a prince right? "I am BlackHearth! I am a prince! I demand you release me this instant!" That didn't do shit... I tried clearing things. You know, like clearing a misunderstanding? "This has to be a HUGE misunderstanding! I didn't do anything wrong! I swear on my life!" Won't even budge. I tried begging. "Pleas, Please, Please! With a cherry on top! I'll be good! I don't want this!" They didn't even flinched. Jerks. One last try. Whining.... It's the only thing i can think of that has a chance of working. "You're stupid! It's smelly! It's too hot! I'm thirsty! I'm hungry! I have Monophobia! I'm tired! It's too dark! It's icky! I hate you! You---!" *ZAP!!* That ended with me being electrocuted powerful enough to paralyze me for one hour... And It Hurts!!!!! Where was i? Oh right, my anger... GRAAAA!!!! I can't take this anymore! I feel like strangling someone by now! 'They took what belongs to us... Teach them a lesson...' Shut up!!! GRRRRR!!!! My (suddenly almost alive)subconsciousness has been pounding on my head for hours!!! Making thinking more harder to concentrate. It's all "They are our enemy" or "Eliminate them" or "Teach them a lesson.". Really, I can't take this anymore! On the Bright side, I feel stronger suddenly. I theorized that my po-- ,magic, is coming back to me. Though, I am feeling exceptionally stronger. BlackHearth must be really strong. Black--- I mean, I am seriously bad ass looking when i saw my reflection. Sorry, still getting used to being someone else. Anyway, I found that i am quite handsome. Earlier, I found a nearby broken mirror(How there is a mirror here, i will not get). Thankfully, A large portion of the mirror remained unbroken. I had... Dark Gray fur, Red colored eyes, Jet Black... Mane, i think, so is my tail and a horn on my forehead. I'm a... unicorn. Great. My new teeth tells me that I'm a vegetarian. Darn. I can't eat meat. And it seemed that there are a few similarities in the color between this body and my human one. The fur resembles my clothes. The mane, My hair. Except my eyes. But red seems suiting for my figure, Don't you think? Anyway, Back to reality. None of the guards gave me either food or water. They won't even LOOK at me! I was so hungry and thirsty... And to put more injury to my self-confidence, All the free time i had, made me think of my world. Oh how i wish i didn't. I had everything a guy could ask. A collage, A reputation, A title, A friend... Jake... How i miss him... Of which, I never thought i would actually think of. All of it gone... All because of my stupidity. After realizing it, I laughed... Uncontrollably laugh. I felt tears flow from my eyes as i continue my laughing fit. My laughter died down but the tears still run. I cried silently in a corner. Apologizing, Cursing... Hating!!! Some of the guards noticed and was instantly scared because of my state but they were really good at hiding it. One guard in particular, SwordEdge, seemed to take pity for me. He sneaked some food and drinks for me to have. I ate and drank like a starving wolf. Though i had problems with my hooves at first. After that, I muttered a silent "Thank you" to swordedge. "Don't mention it." He said Then, I was alone. Again... How cruel can the world get? Tears, yet again, flowed from my eyes as the sorrow takes a hold at me. 'Stop crying! We need to get out of here!' My dark half shouted "I can't. What's the point? Maybe i deserved this." I said sadly 'NONSENSE! Power courses slowly through our veins! We don't deserve this! Man-- er... Stallion up! We are etting that bag and escape this wretched prison!' "How?" 'At midnight, my friend... Soon, We will have our perfect world... With you as king.' "... I don't know why but i feel like i should... Thank you. For cheering me up a bit." I said Wow. Did i just thanked my subconsciousness? Weird. 'I feel what you feel. I,too, miss our home.' And now He's being emotional and Homesick. What did this place do to him? 'I can read your thoughts, you know' Right. Sorry. 'But now is not the time for regrets. The past... is the past. And we must tend to the future.' Wow... While this is all fine, dandy and Heart feeling, I wonder what's happening somewhere? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Location: Ponyville Time: Sunday, Morning(also same time when John Field tried his not-so-brilliant-and-well-thought-out plan) The day in Ponyville couldn't have gone peacefuller. Ponies are now waking up to start a brand new day! Nothing could possibly go wrong! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Or nothing would go wrong. If not for the scream heard in the local Ponyville library. The source came from a tree that had a couple of windows and a Library sign besides the door. Inside the library... "Twilight! Are you okay?!" A young purple scaled dragon with green spikes shouted whilst stumbling on the stairs, worried for her... i suppose you could call her his "sister". Twilight panted heavily. "I'm fine spike. I just... had another nightmare." she said Spike took on an even worried look. "Another one? Hasn't princess luna gotten rid of your nightmares?" "She hasn't really found a solution to it. Remember her letter?" twilight said Spike sighed. This was the fifth nightmare this week and it kept getting worse. "I know. But i can't stop worrying about you and about this... Pony in your dreams" Spike said Truth be told, Spike wasn't the only one worried. All of her friends were constantly coming every day to see if their Alicorn-ascended friend was alright. Twilight shuddered at the thought of the pony. This... pony in her dreams. He was a complete enigma. At first, twilight described him as a... puff of black smoke with blood red eyes. Twilight told spike and her friends that his name was blackhearth(creepy) and that the days of harmony are over and that HE will be the one to end it. It continued like that until the forth dream. That time, Blackhearth is still a shadow but he was the shape of a pony. He seemed to be taller than her but shorter than princess celestia. Two unmoving sillhouettes surrounded blackhearth. Twilight thought they looked familiar but woke up before she could tell. The fifth was today. "Can you please tell me what happened this time" spike asked Twilight took a deep breath and prepared to describe her nightmare. "I was... in canterlot. But instead of the sight of a majestic city, All i saw was a burning one." Spike gasped. Twilight continued. "Then i heard laughter. A horrofying and sinister laughter that echoed from the castle. I teleported to it and... saw the same image as before but... different. The same pony. The same figures... But... The figures were princess celestia and princess luna! " Spike's mouth fell and his eyes widened like dinner plates. "They... they were... were..." do I like didn't finish that sentence and began to cry. Lucky for her, spike is besides her and ready to comfort her. "Thanks spike. I needed that." She Said "Hey. I'm always here for you. After all, I'm not the number one assistant of princess twilight sparkle for nothing. Right? He boasted. Twilight smiled. "You know, you look cute when you try to be tough." she said teasingly Spike's face reddened like a tomato at the comment but shook his head. "Uhhhhh... Yeah! Who else can not only be cute but also strong, handsome and dependable dragon here? That's right! Only me!" Spike boasted while puffing his chest and tried to look like an adult. Twilight giggled at her assisstant's antics. But she couldn't help but remember what blackhearth told her in her nightmare... "The city looks so pretty... Do you wanna burn it with me?" She shuddered at the thought. But today may make up for that nightmare. Her friends and her are planning to go on a picnic today so--- "Oh and Princess Celestia sent a letter last night so..." Spike didn't finish that sentence because he had to duck and cover. "WHAT?!?!?!?!?" Okay... Forget the picnic. She levitated spike right next to her face and demanded him to give her the letter. 'Okay. Seriously?' Spike thought frustrated First the nightmares, Now a mental breakdown because of a letter again?! He needs a vacation... Twilight, after reading the letter, Looked EXTREMELY freak out. "Twilight." "Oh no! I must've overslept! What if she's going to punish me for being so lazy!" "Twilight." "She might get disappointed at me and say that I'm not a worthy princess! Or worse She'll---" "TWILIGHT!" "What?!" "Calm.down. Princess Celestia also specifically ordered you to not freak out and that we'll only travel to canter lot in two days. So we have two days before we leave and---" "That It's an emergency! What if some evil deity, like discord, and threatens to destroy Equestria! Ohhhhh, this is bad!" Twilight screamed Spike sighed and face clawed. He knew this would happen. Oh well, Better fund the others and... Rarity...~ Spike began to have hearts for eyes at the thought of the beautiful mare. He shook his head off the thought. 'Stop daydreaming, spike. You'll get what's yours in the future' Spike thought happily to himself "I'm going to get the others. See us at the picnic grove!" After that, He left. Twilight was still overreacting but she calmed down after a deep breath. She packed what she needed and readied herself for a new day. 'I hope everything will turn out alright.' She thought Then, She left... If she had looked on the shadows at the corner, She would've seen a shadow with a wide grin plastered in it's face. "My duty is done... So is my life... The warning has been sent... Best of Luck, John Field... Do not fail me..." And it just vanished. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Location" Canterlot Castle, Dungeons Room POV: John's Dark subconsciousness John fell asleep. Must be the tiring day he had... These ponies are very infuriating. First they mock us, Then they chased us, Then one of their princess nearly literally fried us, Then, the worst part, Locked us behind bars like an animal for no fucking reason! I must aid John's escape. Because his ideas for escaping can be considered childish and stupid by anyone. But one question remains... How am i alive? At first, I can only talk when John makes me. Now, I can communicate with him. What John feels, I feel. Now... I'm different. I have my own mind. I'm not just a thought. I am John Field as well. BlackHearth... he's the reason i am alive... I should thank him. If he wasn't dead. I sensed John's pain when he cried. And still, It won't go away. This parasite... It plagues both of our minds. I can see his dream. Or, More like a memory. Our home... Jake... that annoying individual who got us drunk. He was there. All of it flashed before me. His parents... His first time trying chess... Everything. The pain grew stronger by the second. Even i am affected... NO! This will not stand! I--no! WE are BlackHearth! Escape is now a priority! They will all pay! Death... Death will become an act of mercy when WE are through with them! Just you wait! All of you shall suffer our WRATH!!!!!!!! For now... I have a friend in need. I shall formulate a plan to escape later. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile with the element bearers... Ponyville picnic grove Twilight was greeted by the lush green fields and hills of the grove and Smiled to herself 'Equestria is as beautiful as always...' She thought solemnly. She was running a little late for her friends, mostly because of the trouble brewing inside her mind. She reached the picnic grove and the moment her friends saw her, she was immediately greeted with smiles and some comments concerning about her. "Howdy Twilight! Ya looked stressed there!" "Is something the matter dear? You seem awfully under the weather. Well, more than before." "Yeah, You don't look like your eggheaded self today" "Oh my... I hope you're alright." "Ohhhhh! Maybe she had another nightmare! Don't worry Twilight! Doctor Pinkie is here to cheer you up!" Yep. Her loving and caring friends. What will she ever do without them? "Hey girls. Sorry if I was a bit late. I had trouble in my mind at the moment." Twilight greeted. Her friends looked concerned for her. Rainbow dash was the first to make a comment. A snarky one at that. "Isn't that what you always have in your mind?" She snorted Typical Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow darling! It is very rude to tease twilight after suffering from those... Gruesome Nightmares." Rarity scolded She heard about twilight's nightmares. It wasn't really a pretty one. In fact, it was so scary, Even SHE almost had those nightmares. Rainbow scowled and muttered something about "typical uptight Self proclaimed High society mare", But quickly changed to smiling sheepishly. "Hehe. Sorry about that. Guess i got a bit carried away." She apologised "Apology accepted." "Speakin' o' what, what was spike sayin' about gettin' ready in two days, sugar cube?" AppleJack asked All eyes fell on both twilight and spike, who was nervously whistling to feign ignorance. "Girls... I don't know how to say this but... Equestria needs the elements of harmony again." Twilight stated The group was silent. "Well? What are we waiting for?! Time to get ready!" Pinkie shouted with two luggages mysteriously appeared on her hooves. Smiles formed on the mares face one by one as the excitement pinkie carries infects them as well. What can they say? Pinkie's excitement is contagious! "He. That's all? Don't worry Twilight! Your loyal and friendly neighbourhood Rainbow Dash is with you in every step of the way! Rainbow shouted, puffing out her chest "Whoever dares threaten equestrian shall have to face us!" Rarity cheered "Yeah!" Everypony shouted Except for FlutterShy who made a tiny "yay". Because It's FlutterShy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canterlot Throne Room Midday "WHAT?!" was the first thing heard inside the room. Luna was having yet another argument with her sister. Why? Because of the stupid letter her sister sent! "Sister. I know you want nothing but to ensure the safety of Our subjects. But i can't take Twilight's time away from her friends." Celestia reasoned Luna groaned. Her sister has grown a bit arrogant and too benevolent. At times like this, It doesn't pay to be a princess. "Sister, as i have told you, We must deal with BlackHearth quickly! Two days?! That is enough for BlackHearth to regain his powers! Do you not know of the consequences of your folly?! " Luna argued Celestia hugged her sister in reassurance."I know... But I'm very sure two days will be worth it." Celestia said Celestia may think so, but Luna is smarter. They're facing a Revived Threat! And her sister is just looking at the smaller picture?! But... Twilight has proven herself to be resourceful. If anypony could stop BlackHearth, It will be her and her friends. Luna sighed. "Very well... We trust your judgement, sister." She said Celestia smiled lightly. "Thank you sister." "But! If BlackHearth were to become an even bigger threat to equestria! It shall be on your head!" Luna stated Celestia was taken back. But Luna is right... If anypony should be blamed, It should be her. She just hoped that it wouldn't come to that. Or Equestria will be doomed. "I understand. Rest now, sister. Nighttime shall be upon as in a few hours." Her sister nodded and trotted to her quarters. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Canterlot Dungeons Midnight "Are you sure this is going to work?" Me and shadow(as i now call him. Cool right?) spent the entire day formulating a plan. It involved heavy thinking, pointing out and me having headaches. We were discussing about what we're going to do should we escape this prison. You know what he told me? He said: "We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it." I hate it when people do that. Back to the present 'Yes. At least, I think it will.' He said. Great. 'Look. We are almost at full power. It should be enough to blast this door down. Got that make-shift dagger?' To prove his point, I twirled my stone made dagger like a pro. "The last thing they'll feel is this cutting their throats." I said while fidgeting with the dagger. It took a while but i managed to get the hang of both my Hooves and Magic. Now i can grip things perfectly(How hooves can hold things similar to hands is beyond me) and levitate objects. Though trying to levitate myself only ended up with me kissing the hard ground. 'Stop Playing! Remember that spell i thought you?' "Uhhhhh... I don't mean to be rude but you didn't actually taught me that spell. You just dug through my memories and found that spell." I said 'Shut up! That game was addicting and awesome! Can't blame me if i picked up a thing or two!' Whatever. "Yeah, Yeah. Here we go..." I said like a stubborn kid. If shadow had eyes, He would've rolled them. I focused my mind and tried channeling magic while thinking of a torrent of flames. I'll admit, I have my doubts. I haven't exactly found out if i could cast a spell and i have yet to find out. But i have levitated things and was sucked in a new world, So... Whad do i have to lose? It worked though. From my horn, A steady jet of flames hit the door and.... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Outside "Do you think He'll get out?" A lunar guard asked "He won't. Only a fool would dare anger the princess." Another lunar guard answered " *Sniff* *Sniff*. Do you smell something burning?" Lunar guard "A" asked " *Sniff*. Yeah, I can-" BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smoke covered the entire room. Two silhouettes were frantically looking for each other. While a third one was slipping right behind them. "Sir! Sir?! Where are-" Silence... Deafening silence "Private?! Where-" The lunar guard didn't even have time to scream in pain as he felt something sharp and hard cut in the exposed parts of his armor. He fell to the ground, Blood leaking from the wound... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ I... I killed them... I killed two ponies... I dropped my dagger. Staring at the two lifeless bodies... "W-What have i done? I..." I staggered Trembling like a leaf, My mind played that sentence over and over. Another thought came into mind, 'I'm a murderer.'. 'We are getting out of here... Now...' The cold and authority was lost in Shadow's voice with that. I snapped back to reality and ran as fast as i could. I didn't even dare to look back at the mess I've made... How low could i steep? Celestia will pay for this! I made my way back into the artifacts room. Luckily, the explosion was enough to get the guards distracted. So... I'll be free to do whatever i want until they find me! Yes! The artifacts room, Now that i have a good look at it, really lives up to it's name. It was creepy and full of stuffs that would send shivers to anyon-- I mean, anypony's spine just by looking at them. Anyway, Ignoring the creepy stuffs. I saw my saddlebag, at least that's what i think it is, and grabbed it. How foolish these ponies are to put the same things in the same room! Although... I probably shouldn't complain about this. Hehe. One new thing that i found out about that bag, It was enchanted with a little pocket dimension. Found that out after putting my head in there... Anyway! There was this little thing that i found. Something that looks really cool! I found... A scythe! It's design is slender. The blade seems to be used for the offensive. Will need to give it a couple of swings and a proper analysis later. I trotted happily out of the creepy room and laughed silently. Although, It seems Lady Luck has other plans for me... I heard a few muffled voices coming a few meters away... Shit! They caught on to me! What do i do?! I wasn't thinking clearly and dashed as fast as my legs can carry me. Who knows, Maybe They won't-- "There he is! Get him!" Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I fled as fast as i could to try and escape the guards. Unfortunately, the guards already locked onto me and gave chase. Damn it! "Leave me alone, Damn it!" I shouted at them They didn't seem to listen though. (The chase begins! Listen to this while reading! This is in third person for the moment) "Halt! Or we will--!" "Or what?! Throw me in the dungeon?! You already and will do it anyway!" John shouted John fled through the hallways, running past the hallways and through the peaceful Background. John can still remember the directions SwordEdge has given him and decided to us that to his benefits. "You! Alert the princess! Rest of you do not let him escape!" "Yes, sir!" Few minutes after running, John has reached the exit. 'Finally! Now i can--' "Halt!" 'What?!' John was interrupted by two guards that blocked his exit John skidded to a halt and looked frantically for an alternate exit. Unfortunately the guards have already caught up and has cornered him. Luckily, A stair case was nearby and has given John his alternative. The guards gave chase to The rouge pony and tried caching up to him. But John was having none of it! 'Oh no! You're not getting me this time' John turned around and his horn emitted a dark gray glow. His eyes glowed brightly and suddenly forth--! WHIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! ZAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!! A beam of the color black with the looks that screams malice, Shot fourth from John's Horn and blasted a good number of guards back. A chorus of screams and howls of pain followed after. Which to John, Felt good after hearing... Too good... 'Nice shot.' John smirked and retreated to the upper levels of the castle. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (1st person) I panted tiredly as the adrenaline of that little chase soon burned out. I also seemed to have trapped myself in the balcony... Crap. "Finally...(huff) We got you cornered..." That anoying voice of a guard said through pauses. I growled. "Hehe. Nowhere to run now." I recognize that voice. That's.... uhhhhhhhhh... "Do i know you?" I asked without turning around to see my chasers. "Don't you remember? Lieutenant GoldHoof. You possessed my body and took it for a joyride." He said Oh. That guy. "So what now? You're cornered. You have two options. One: You surrender peacefully. Or two: We take you in by force. Surely you can't take on the both the Day and Lunar guards at once?" He mocked, getting smug. "Hehehehe... If i do both, I'll only end up in my cell right?" "Correct." I thought for a while and saw a couple of Bat-winged guards closing on my location. Idea~. "Then i choose..." I walked towards the edge of the balcony "To say..." I readied myself to jump "Fuck you!!!!!!!!!" I leaped over the balcony. I caught a glimpse of their faces and laughed at the utter disbelief plastered on their faces. Now it may seem I'm falling to my death, But i have a trick up my Non-existent sleeve. Using my magic, I grabbed the legs of one of the Lunar Guard and took him down with me. "What are you doing?! You'll kill us both!" "Them start flying, batsy!" Hehe... Batsy As if on command, the lunar guard flapped his wings to try and slow our descent. To tell truth, I didn't actually thought that would work. Guess he was stronger than i thought. But,of course, only one of us will survive this fall. Let's give my new dagger that i borrowed from the room, shall we? The dagger is black and a red glow around it's edge. It also has a serrated edge. Perfect. As we are nearing the ground, I used my magic to aim the blade to his neck. Once we have reached the desired height, I struck the dagger into the bat guard's neck. The pony struggled and fidgeted to get it off but it was all for naught. The next thing that happened, sent shivers to my spine. The pony started to decay. As if the dagger is draining both life and age out of him. Soon enough, the pony stopped moving and now looked like an empty husk... Intruiging... "Now i know how you ever got the title: "Forbidden". Like the rest of the things in that creepy room." I said and took the dagger out of the decayed pony's neck and stuffed it back into my bag "Although, If I'm ever going to use you... You need a name..." I giggled and smiled like a child 'Please tell me you're not--' "I'll call you... The vampiric dagger!" 'That could not have gone anymore embarassing' Oh hush you! I smiled and started walking into the dark shadows of the night. "You want a fight, Celestia? Well... Let's dance! Cause I have enough of your shit." I said and disappeared in the shadows. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile.... At the night court... Another night, Another boring uneventful court. 'I'm bored...' Was the first thing in Luna's mind Few had ever entered the night court and tonight has to be one of those night. She would do anything to get out of this ghost-town like court. If only-- "Your Highness! I bring terrible news!" A night guard shouted bursting through the door. Well... Wish granted... Only, not in the way she would've liked. "Speak. What news brings such terrible cause?" She said She groaned. She really needs to work more on her modern Equish "The prisoner, known as BlackHearth has escaped!" Silence invaded the court. Deathly silence... The guard shuffled from the akward silence until.... "WHAT?!" Or... Maybe the boring court was more prefferable... __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BlackHearth has escaped his prisona nd is now preparing to make a move against the princesses. Will twilight and her friends stop him in time? What sinister scheme will BlackHearth pull from his sleeve? The stage is set... The pieces are waiting to be assembled... Find out in-- "Sister! We hath told you so!!!!" (Damn it, Luna! I'm doing somwthing important here!") "Sorry...!" Chapter III Escape from Canterlot and Nightmares part II
Prologue“Most of the bad guys in the real world don't know that they are bad guys. You don't get a flashing warning sign that you're about to damn yourself. It sneaks up on you when you aren't looking.” ― Jim Butcher "I didn't become a villain because of power... I became a villian because... You know, I don't actually know anymore... I just try to accept my role. Maybe... In the future I'll realize my place. Maybe I'll die, Maybe I'll win. Life is just full of mysteries. Besides, What fun is life if you know what will happen?" ― John Field(BlackHearth)-----self quote _____________________________________________________________________________________ I suppose you'd like an Introduction? No matter, I have plenty of time...Well, as in a LOT of time. My name is John Field. A.k.a BlackHearth(which is my other name). I'm 25 years old and I'm stuck as a lawn ornament in some garden. Yeah, that's right, as a Lawn Ornament! Wanna know why I'm here? Well, I'll get to that sooner or later... Actually, I'll do that now since i have LOTS of time. *Dramatic Flashback* Woosh!! It started as any other day in college. I wake up, eat breakfast, take a bath, get dressed up, and look at the mirror to bask in my coolness. Did i mention i take a look at my reflection tons of times? I have: spiky black hair, Gray colored eyes, Gray shirt, Matching Gray Jeans... I seem to like gray(or anything near or black) a lot for some reason. I cannot fathom why but i consider gray my...trademark color. Some say it's an unhealthy obsession, some say it's natural for a person. And others say that I'm just bad at picking favorite colors... Screw them!!! My favorite!!!... So! I walked out of my dorm and took a look at the hallway(which is incredibly long by the way). With stuff packed, I moved to my supposedly "exciting" class room. By excitin, i mean loud and noisy exciting. It's like a riot in there. It only calms down when the teacher is coming. I don't know if this is possible but whenever the room is like a disaster and when the teacher comes in, It cleans up. Really, I'm not joking, that's like violation of the laws of physics. Anyway, I was enduring a long hour of lessons and stuff while--- "Pssst!" I heard a guy whisper. I turned my head around and saw jake, my best friend. "Pssst! Hey! John!" jake whispered and threw a piece of paper at me.He was lucky the teacher was too busy blabbing about history that he didn't turn around. I took it out and read it quietly "Meet me at the mall" I sighed... It's gonna be one of those days? I threw the piece of junk and waited. Time: 6:00 pm Location: Mall Walk.Walk.And more walking! I swear one of these days I'll kill the man who invented gravity and made it difficult! I was done with school for today and tried to find jake. I know where he is, though. If i were him, I'd probably be down by the bar club. You see, Jake is both a barfly and a ladies man. He goes to that bar with the crazy DJ and has a lot of chicks in it.(No, not the baby chicken. I meant the girls kind of chick). Also if you're thinking it's one of those bars, then NO! He's not like that, crazy perverts! Anyway, it was at the top floor so yeah,more walking for me. Yay. Walk, climb, walk, climb. After what seemed like HOURS!, I finally reached the top floor and look who's waiting. Jake, my good and totally reliable friend. I walked towards jake and he seemed to have noticed me. "Hey man! Welcome back to the club!" he said with glee. Too gleeful, suspicious air rising and suscpicious music playing in my head... "The day's today, dude!" jake said...What day? I was confused He must have noticed because he suddenly shouted "Happy birthday, dude!" My birthday? I checked my watch and... Sure enough it's my birthday. I'm finally 25 yrs old! Why am i excited you ask? Because i can finally be able to drink what jake drinks! You see, Jake is 3 yrs older than me and the bar club rules states that 25 and above are allowed to drink some.... alcohol! maybe And since i am 25 yrs old, I'm allowed to sate my curiosity about jake's... beverages! Jake noticed how excited i am and smirked "Come on! Let's get something to drink! My treat, my friend!" He said He dragged me inside and i took in the surroundings of the bar. It was full of neon lights and lots of people dancing. There was a stage with the DJ playing. I then saw the bar and the keeper. Ben, they call him. They say he has a...sharp eye. He looked at me and... why do i feel so weird. It's like his eyes were analyzing me. He smiled and said "Ah jake! I see you've brought your friend with you, today!" Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you, those two, totally like best drinking buddies. "Totally Ben! He's old enough to get drunk!" Jake said. Wait, what? I was just going to try one bottle! Not until i get wasted! I opened my mouth to protest but ben cut me off by saying "Take a seat lad! First bottle's free!" On, second thought, I'll shut up now! I took a seat and he handed me a glass of...wine, i think. Jake sat next to me and had a glass as well. "Come on! Try it!" He said in a persuasive tone I gulped nervously and took a sip... It burned my throat... I took another sip. And another. And another... God, this liquid is addictive. Jake saw my actions and smiled that he got his friend get some drinks with him but he's not done yet "And what better way to celebrate your birthday than playing your favorite game!" He said. Ben scurried to the back and brought back a chessboard and a bag of chess piece. Now I'm interested. I'm one of those guys that likes to play chess rather than video games, actually. Me? Chess is my game!! My specialty! No one can beat me! "Challenge*hic* accepted." I hiccuped. How strong is this thing? Jake smirked and settled the board and pieces. *HIC!* I hiccuped again. Jake must have seen how troubled i am with the liquid and put on a smug smile and said "Ha! I'm gonna win this game if you can't even keep your hiccups down!" Me? Lose to chess? The game of kings? "Prep-HIC-sterous!" I said and took another swing of this liquid.Jake picked the white and i picked the black "You know, I never understand why you like black and gray so much." He said I shrugged and said "Don't-HIC- know either." Man, this stuff is good! So the game begins... With both me and jake playing chess while drinking til' we're drunk. 'Interesting...' I thought *FEW MINUTES LATER* "Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!" The crowd cheered on. "Kick his ass, Jake!" Some guy said "Go chess master John!" A student who's age is 22, from my collage school shouted. Me and Jake are nearly at a stalemate. The alcohol's numbing effect did little to my strategical mind but a number on my senses.Jake wasn't fairing any better "Yousshh bettersss give up, John!" Jake said while slurring. 'F-fool! I'm the v-victor!' My mind was screaming me to win so i did My queen took half his forces and his queen fell into my trap after a few turns after it's release.But my queen stands still with my rooks and bishops. I only have one pawn so is my horse. Jake only has one bishop, horse and rook. I smiled asmugly and took out his rook. The rook will prove to be troublesome, actually. Jake gasped, took another swing and moved his horse to kill one of my bishops. Unfortunately for him, my pawn was waiting and ready to attack. I took it and killed the horse. Jake moved his bishop to kill the pawn. Fool. My pawn was a bait for a trap i ste for him. My rook took the kill. Jake moved his king out of the rook's range. My queen cut his king off. He tried to run but my rook intercepted him. He has nowhere to go "Victory is-HIC- mine..." I said "Alright-HIC- you win." Jake said before passing out Ben took the money from the plate where jake putted it as payment. "Alright everyone! John, chessmaster, is the victor!" Those who cheered for me roared in victory while those who rooted for jake awwe'd in disappointment. I smirked and tried carrying my drunked friend. Ben stopped me and offered us aride back to the collage. I accepted it and stumbled myself and Jake to his car. After arriving, I took my friend, layed him to his bed and i to mine. 'That was both exhausting and amusing.' I thought. That was my last thought before i passed out *Dream World* My mind was... a mess if anything. I must've drank too much. I sighed and said "Maybe drinking while distracted by playing wasn't a good idea." "Oh really? I haven't guessed..." A voice spoke sarcastically I jumped in surprise and looked for who talked "Who are you?!" No response. "Show yourself!" Again no response. I know that this is a dream but i can't help but feel that someone is actually in here... I'm gonna flush him out. I felt anger rise inside me. I shouted again "This is my mind, trespasser! You dare invade my mind?! Come out and face me!!!!" That probably was not the best course of action. Seeing I'm not truly 100% brave... "Hahahahahahahahahahaha..." The voice laughed at my misfortune. It laughed at me? It laughed at me?! I roared. and began swiping with my hands in thin air "Hmmmm...Very good.Perfect." It spoke I calmed down and looked around scared and confused "Hmmmm? What's the matter, boy? Scared?" It taunted "I-i uhhhh.... I'm not scared! Why should i?! You are in my mind!" I shouted trying but failing to look brave "What do you want from me?" I asked It laughed and said "I am blackhearth. And i want to offer you, John the "chessmaster", an offer..." BlackHearth?Really? "Okay...?" I think my mind is playing tricks on me. When he showed himself, He's nothing but some sort of etheral orb. Like the overlord from the TV show: lego ninjago. Except he's gray instead of violet. "Will you accept?" BlackHeart asked If this IS real then i'd like to ask somethings... "What is the...offer?" I asked expectingly "Hehehehehe... I can give you powe---" Not so fast "Stop right there..." "Hmmm...?" "If this is Something cliche like:"I can offer you power and you can rule blablablabla" like that stupid evil speech then i'm not buying it." "Ahhh... I see... Well then, If i can't interest you with power, then how about your own little playworld? Like your own personal sandbox... Like Chess?" "Hmmmm?" Like chess? My own playworld? He then showed me a holographic image of a globe. "Yes... A free world where you can do anything you like... This world, shaped into your own image... Your kingdom... Your Nation... Your era... Your order..." I can see myself... Sitting on a throne... My throne... How enticing... This maybe a dream... But worth accepting such a fantasy.,.. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Unbeknownst to our... main character, BlackHearth has wore an invisible sinister smile and that said main character's eyes are beginning to emit purple evil mist from the corner of his eyes... The dreamworld around him shook violently and is beginning to transform into a Gray background and a pair of slit eyes, emitting the same malicious purple mist from It's eyes, stared down at him menacingly... ______________________________________________________________________________________ "Alright. You got my interest..." "Perfect... So, do you accept?" He got me... But one last thing... "Fine... But is there a catch? Do.Not.Lie.To.Me." I threatened "Hehehehe... I like your style, human... You will make an excellent replacement for me..." he said but the last part i did not get "There are a few... One: you will not be in your world anymore... Rather in Equestria.Second: you won't be human anymore.Finally, you are my replacement..."he stated calmly Equestria? Not human anymore? Replacement? He's not making any sense more sense as he is real. "Okay... When do we begin?" I said. Man, he's either hypnotizing me or I really want that offer... "Now." I felt my body tingle and--- *POOF* Something tells me i accepted this offer too quickly but... This is a dream right? Right? Right? _____________________________________________________________________________________ We'll just find out won't we? Find out in the first chapter of.... Rise of BlackHearth: Ascension
Chapter I AwakeningUghhhh... My head.. I felt like i just got hit by a speeding car and then got shot on the head. I tried opening my eyes but saw nothing but darkness. 'Great. I think Jake is trying to pull a prank on me.' But even with that thought i still thought it was impossible. Jake may have more experience in drinking booze(or whatever that stuff was) but even he can't get out of a hangover that quickly. I closed my eyes again and reopen them, hoping that it was just my eyes... Only to see the same background. Darkness... "Hello?" I shouted towards the never ending darkness but only echoes of my voice... I began to worry. I tried to calm myself but to no avail... The darkness is too much... I feel fear... "I want to see. I want to see. I want to see. I want to see. I want to see! I.WANT.TO.SEE!!!!" I screamed Surprisingly, It worked. I feel relieved. The next problem i had was i can't move... I determined my location to be in some sort of... garden. With freaky statues of... I would've said horses but equines seems to be more scientific and less insulting. "And we have here, of course, the super duper secret statue, who is also imprisoned by the elements of harmony, named blackhearth or if you're feeling formal call him prince blackhearth!" A voice spoke, though it sounded like a very jolly old man. I tried moving my non-moving eyes but i don't think that is a problem. Because they are facing ME. But maybe i prefer my theory of Jake playing a trick on me than this... mind blower... I saw a creature, which looked like someone randomly chose a bunch of animal body parts and slammed it into a mix-and-match slot machine and the result became humorously horrible. Overall, it looks like a chimera. It had a look that practically screams "I'm a troublemaker" and behind following it was... A pink equine who looks half terrified, probably because of the chimera, and half unamused, also because of the chimera. I mean, i probably get bored. Heck, i get bored on field trips. Though annoyed seems to replace unamused. It also has a mark on it's... flank that looked like three daisies with smiley face... Followed by the pink equine was a bunch of OTHER equines, though smaller. Foals? Hmmmm... Wait... I remember something... (FLASHBACK) "One: you will not be in your world anymore... Rather in Equestria" (END) ...Damn. Guess he wasn't a dream or lying. "While this all seems exciting Mr. Discord, we have a schedule to keep." The pink equine said So the chimera's name is discord? Rather befitting for a creature who can't decide which animal should he be. "Hmmphhhh... You're no fun." "Discord" said whilst crossing his arms(?) Yep, a troublemaker alright and the childish and immature type too. I seemed to have noticed that the smaller equines either have or don't have any marks on their flanks. 'Those marks must be what they're good at but the others who don't must have yet to discover theirs.' I theorized. Weird "Why, Ms. Cheerilee, you absolutely must be patient. This is my first time leading a... Field trip. I haven't even gotten to the best part about this... Particular pony and his mysteries." Discord stated. He said field trip as if he hasn't heard the word. So the pink one is named cheerilee? Pretty fitting for an equine with three smiley faced flowers. The foals(?) seemed interested. He must be talking about me. Well, blackhearth actually. "Have any of you know of the tyrannical king of shadows, king sombra?" Many shook their heads. Three in particular raised their hooves. Discord seemed amused and curious. I,too, am curious about this... King sombra character. I mean, why would someone(pony?) be named after the Spanish counterpart of shadow. Though if i think about it, discord DID say he was the king of shadows... "Well now, what do you three know of the shadow king? Of which i admit is close to a certain Mexicolt word that i come to know." Did he just say Mexico? No i think he said MexiColt. The yellow one was first to speak. "Ah' heard he took over the crystal empire!" So they have kings here? Very medieval... The white one was next "I heard from my sister he was very, very evil!" Oh really? I haven't guessed. I guess the word tyrannical or that his name means shadow was not obvious enough for any pony. Great... I'm being sarcastic. Douche bag transformation in progress. Aborting process. In progress... Sorry i rant a lot sometimes. The orange one then said "I heard rainbow dash and her friends kicked his flank!" Great, children,even if equines, are still arrogant and bratty as always. "Ah yes, you three know the element bearers quite personally than the rest of the group." Discord said Element bearers? "Well, I won't say you're all wrong. Actually, you're all correct! Three points for the cutie mark crusaders!" Discord cheered Huh, they're actually right? Must learn more... "I know what else he is. Just some king wannabe." All eyes fell on the other pink small equine with the tiara. "Oh? And pray tell, what makes the king of shadows, en slaver of the crystal ponies, a king wannabe?" Discord said "Why simple really, If he was a king then the ever so admired princess would have problems with him." The foal said Oh goody, a princess wannabe. Heh, funny how ironic fate can be. Other ponies oooooo'd at her display of... Intelligence. Though those who grumbled in irritation outnumbers the lackeys of the bratty pony. "Hmhmhmhm, Well now what is your name, smart filly?" "Diamond tiara. Daughter of the one and only successful business pony of barnyard bargains in ponyville." She said smugly Others, yet again, grumble quietly in irritation. I can feel their contempt. I mean, this pony must have been spoiled. Well, when i get out of here, I think she'll be the first pony in my hate list. If i had one. "No matter. Anyway, all quips and sayings aside, this pony, blackhearth, knows king sombre- i mean sombra quite well." "He does?" I do? "Yes. And that he was as mad and power hungry as him. Celly never really told twily what truly happened. Maybe just to spare her from the... Graphical details." Discord explained Graphical? Yeeesh, even i know that's unsettling. And i don't even know what's going on. "So yes. This pony in particular was sort of... Ehhhh, lost in the history books." Discord snapped his claws and *poof* came a... Book. The title reads "History of the Crystal Empire." "So not much is known about this pony except his name, his connection to king sombra and... Thathewasthefirstponytoeverbekilledbyourbenevolentrulersbecausehewassomehowimmunetotheelementsofharmnonythengothisbodyturnedtostone." Discord said so fast that i did not catch up to the last one. The crowd looked at each other in confusion. Even i am confused to what he said. "So! Any questions? No? Welllll, any pony care as to what this statue represents? Come on now, don't be shy, three of you did once. Which resulted to me getting free." Discord said Immediately, all eyes went on the three... What did discord said about them? Cutie Mark Crusaders? Yeah, that seams right. The three sheepishly smiled as if they did something wrong and got caught. But they replied anyway. "Evil!" The yellow one shouted "Darkness!" The orange one said "Shadows, Death and Hatred!" The white one, with what looked like a horn on it's forehead, shouted jumping on top of the two other equines They separated and started to cartoonishly try Killing each other. Typical kids. The older equine shook her head in disappointment. Maybe because of their behavior. Discord seemed amused by this action. I, on the other hand, is feeling... invigorated... Delicious... Contempt... Wait, did i just say delicious contempt? Weird. "Ahem. Yes, you are all correct. Except for the death part. This statue also holds the lifeless and cold body of the pony himself. Trapped in stone, his soul stolen away." Discord said in a dramatic pose. Ouch. Lifeless? I'm alive you know. "So he's dead?" I would've paid attention to whoever said that but my rage seemed to have replaced my vision with bloody red with the world shaking around me "Yes, yes he is." Discord answered simply Grrrrr!!!! I am fu**ing! alive for shadow's sake!! My anger was directed towards discord. Little did i know that my hatred is the key to my freedom. I just have to push it. Of course i didn't know about that. "Now let's leave children's. This statue gives even me the hibbie-jibbies." Discord said while shuddering and leading the crowd out GRRRRR!!!! I.HATE.THAT.CHIMERA!!!!! I AM ALIVE!!!!! A-L-I-V-E!!!! crack ....What was that? I think that was a crack sound. Yep, definitely a cracky sound. Hmmmmm... Interesting. So i got angry and something cracked? But something is different.... My prison feels weakened and... power... power surges slowly through me...Hmmm... (FLASHBACK) "Shadows, Death and Hatred!" (END) That's it! I can get stronger when i feel hate! Hahahahahahaha!!!.... There's only one problem... My new found joy made me lose my hatred earlier.... Darn... So that's what happened up until this point. I theorised that whatever or whoever i become can feed off hate either from myself or others. Man, talk about vampires. Only instead of blood, I need hate. BlackHearth if you can hear me... I hate you!!!! I'm going to find you and strangle you to death and bury your body in a tombstone you son of a mother******* mu---!! I see a random mule... Okay, that killed the moment... Anyway, I'm going to kill you!!!... You know, if he wasn't physically dead already. But you know what i mean!! I--- "Hey human! Quit rambling!" A voice shouted in my head. I recognize that (slightly) disoriented and irritated dark voice. "BlackHearth? I asked "Yes, it is me, human. Anyway how do you like the new body? I suppose it would take sometime getting used to." BlackHearth said "What did you do to me?!" I shouted in anger "Oh just performed one of the most hardest spell on you." He answered "Which is?!" (crack) "Soul Transplant. Or for better words. Soul Weaving, A forbidden and dangerous spell that focuses on soul magic." "Why?!" (crack) "Because you accepted my offer. Didn't you?" He said ...."I did didn't i?" I said "Yes. Now i don't have much time left so i will leave you a spell that will tell you, or direct you, to something that i used to own. It is very important that you retrieve it." Wait, not much time left? "Get ready. Break out and seek the item. Your fate will be yours to decide once you have... retrieved it..." His voice is suddenly faltering. "Wait! What's happening to you?" I asked concerned. Hey, even if he did took away my life he is the closest thing to call a friend around here. "I'm... fading. You are blackhearth now... I give you one last request..." He said A light enveloped my stone body and once it's done. BlackHearth said his final words/request: "Make my enemies... SUFFER!!" And then he's gone... So.... I'n now officially BlackHearth? Hmmmm... What to do...? I'm trapped in stone. So i can't move or talk. From what I've gathered, I'm in enemy territory(or I'm overreacting).... Not good... Hate... I need Hate... Lots of Hate... "So why are we here again, sir?" "Because, private, the princess wanted us to check if... Discord, ulk, he still gives me the creeps, didn't make another mess this time." "Oh. Right, sir" I then saw two more equines. This time with golden armor. Their fur seems to be color white. One is normal. One with wings... Interesting... "Nothing seems to be too out of the ordinary here, sir." The normal equine said "Keep looking. You can never be too careful. Especially with discord's messes." Hmmm... The equine with the horn... A unicorn... Magic... BlackHearth's spell... Could it be i am somehow transported to a world where magic exist? Ridiculous. Magic is... Something unexplained. Heck, the closest thing you can consider magic back in eart is petty fortune tellers and fake magicians. I felt power course slowly within me. Even if it is small, I maybe able to cast magic on one of them. I represent darkness, right? So... In video games, dark magic users probably has some possesion spell... If maybe i can get them close enough i can posses one of them. Funny, i only seemed to learned the steps just a few seconds ago. Probably because of blackhearth's memories that are still here. Or, what's left of it. Simple. Maybe "Hey, what about this one? It has a crack on it." The normale equine said "What? Must be because of how long it's been there. These statues have been around longer than both of us were even born," the winged one said I just need to tap in... Break out here i come! If they are close enough, i can get that spell on. Just a little more... "Hey is it---" HA! Everything went black, for me. I opened my eyes and... Saw my statue in front of me... It worked. Yes!!! "Uhhhh... Sir? Are you alright?" I looked to my right and saw the normal equine. He looked concerned. Better put that feeling to rest. "I'm fine." My voice is different. "Come on. Let's get out of here. Our search is done, for today." I said hoping to draw away suspicion. "Alright..." He said. He took the bait. As long as i don't lose my focus, i should be fine. I tried walking but the result only ended up with my face hitting the dirt. Ouch. "Sir? Are you sure you're alright?" Persistent equine. "I told you. I'm fine. Just a little knock on the head." I said while trying to get used to these four legs. My legs were wobbly. But after a few baby steps, i managed to get it right. "See? I told you, perfectly fine" We walked(trotted?) towards the castle. I spotted a few guards on the way. Man, security may be tight but these guards could have been mistaken for statues because of the lack of movement. I need to find out more about this place. "So... What's your name?" I asked "Huh? It's swordedge, sir. But don't you already know that?" He replied. I am so stupid... "Oh, nothing. Just testing your memory." I said. Yay me, A+. "Oh." Moron. Though i have to admit, something about this equine reminds me of someone... "I have a few questions for you, swordedge. And you'll answer them correctly" i made sure that last part sounded threateningly. "U-uhm... What is it, sir?" He asked "One: how tight is the security?" One should always ask that if in a situation like this. "Very, sir. We have guards all over the place. Few on the main entrance, side entrance. And the inside mostly." He answered "What about the garden?" "Oh. There's none, if any very few. But ever since that discord incident, two guard were placed on the garden entrance." He answered. Perfect. "Two: Whe-- ARRGHH!!!!" What the!? "S-sir? Are you alright?!" That voice was muffled by the painful ringing my head is experiencing. My... Head! It's flashing... Something is glowing inside the castle... What is this infernal torture?! (Flashback) "Get ready. Break out and seek the item." (End) That's blackhearths's spell! Now... All i need is directions. "Sir?!" I looked in front of me and stared at swordedge... "I'm fine. Just a little headache." Understatement of the century. He looked unsure. "Anyway, one last question: Where is the castle's treasure room?" Surely, they must have one. "Treasure room? Oh! You mean the artifacts room! Just follow the signs. The princess put them there because ponies sometimes get lost winding up in there." He answered. Really? Don't they like get a map or something to help them remember the place? "Thank you, swordedge, you have been very... Helpful" i said with a kind smile. What? Gotta give him a reward for the answers. "Sir are you really feeling alright? You're not you usual self today." He said "Oh nothing. Just feeling a little jolly is all. Ta-ta now! We'll meet again soon." I said as i left him baffled. By the way swordedge's face, priceless! He was like "what the f*ck was that?". Hahahaha!!! Anyway, my entrance is near. I saw two guards guarding the entrance. I walked past them and tried finding the artifacts room i'm sure it's going to be completely easy! .....(few minutes later) Stupid hallways. Stupid large castle. Stupid--(blink) automatic detector spell... More trotting. Great. Just like the mall. After what feels like HOURS, I saw another sign that says "Artifacts room- left, right, front, door." .... I hate you enemies-that-i-don't-even-know, for putting up such an insulting sign. I groaned and continued. Left... Right... Front... Door... Finally! I grinned wide as a clown and... Found my way in! Now let's--...... Holy mother of goddess! This place is huge! It has like a lot of things! I could(blink)... Oh right the stuff... There you are! I slowly inched to my prize(for dramatic effects) and.... Found some sort of saddle(or bag i think). My smile was replaced with my "what the hell is this?" Face. "Really? A bag? This is what i spent countless minutes for?! A fucking bag?!" I screamed so loud one of the glasses shattered near me... Wow... Mind blown~!!! Anyway, i grabbed the bag, strapped it to me(i had a hard time) and hightailed out of here.... Things are definitely looking up for me! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Unfortunately for our main character, he accidentally tripped a silent alerting spell that would... Well, alert the princess. What dangers shall john field face? Will he---(HEY! Don't make it too cliche! I want people interested! Not bored!) .... *sigh* fine... If that's what you want... Find out in the next chapter of this thrilling(maybe) story! Chapter II Break-outs and Confrontation
Chapter II Break-outs and ConfrontationLocation: Canterlot Castle, Throne Room Princess Celestia is having, what you may call, a nice day. A month after twilight's coronation, they have been talking about the principals of magic. All-in-all, everything is perfect. Well, except that a week ago, twilight has been experiencing nightmares... Nightmares that trouble even her. Luna can't seem to dream walk in it. Which is weird. Luna's special talent is, not only raising the moon, dream walking and getting rid of nightmares as well. But that anomaly wasn't what bothered her. It was the pony in her dreams that bother her. A gray pony with the form of a shadow. It reminded her about... HIM. She shuddered at the thought of him. 'If she had experienced those nightmares, then--'. "Sister! Thou must come this way!" Her thoughts were interrupted by a familiar voice that rang really really loud in her ears. "What is it, sister?" Celestia asked. She turned her head to see her sister rushing towards her. "We must make haste! A thief has snuck in the artifacts room!" Her sister shouted... Typical royal canterlot voice. A thief? In here? Unbelievable. Canterlot hasn't had a thief in a solid century. She should know. She lived longer than a century. But sometimes, things can get boring around here. So... She'll at least see this... thief. "Alright, sister. I'll be on my way shortly." She said Her sister nodded and disappeared in a bright white flash. 'Things seem to have gotten more interesting, it seems?' She thought ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 'Things have certainly gone horribly wrong!' I was running for my dear life across the hallways while being chased by guards. "Stop right there!" Like hell i will! Can't these idiots tell that I'm one of them?! Well, i did stole a bag(saddlebag?). But i don't see anything fancy about it. Unless it's... magic? "Hey! I'm on your side!" I desperately shouted hoping it would slow them down Oh how wrong i was... "Lier! Catch him!" Oh come on! I hate these hallways! Where's the garden?! I-- *WHAM* OWWW!!!! I rubbed my head and saw swordege doing the same. "sir? What are you--" "No time! Sorrygottago!" I said quickly "What was that about? "Stop, Thief!" GRRR!!! I hate these equines!! Hmmm... should i call them ponies? Yes... very fitting... I was running so fast, my brain was doing things i don't even know! I felt and heard flapping coming from my sides. I took a quick glance and saw my wings are flapping as fast as they can. And then.... I'm off the ground?! This defies all known laws of flying for me! Though i suppose i could throw logic out the window for this world... "W-woah! I'm flying?! Yes! I'm flying!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. Oh this feels so good! I feel like singing... except that i don't have time to sing. More guards began to chase me. Great. I have to outrun them, somehow. Hmmmm... I remember that there was a split in these hallways. If i could lose them there... I should have enough time to formulate a plan to escape. But i must be quick. Flapping my wings harder, i gain enough speed enough to gain distance away from the guards. I smirked. I see the split! Now the hard part comes... (Switching to third pov) The guards nearly lost the pony. Fortunately, they know this castle inside and out. There's no way for the thief to escape! "I see him! He headed the left way!" "Perfect! Alright stallions, do not stop until the thief is apprehended! Understood?!" "Yes sir!" The guards ran towards the left way, hoping to capture the thief. But if they look very closely, they could have seen the "thief" silently sticking to the ceiling and going to the right side of the splits. "That was easier than trying to keep quiet." He said while smiling to himself (Now back to john's pov) That was too easy that i almost feel guilty. Almost. My plan was simple really. All i had to do was go to the left and hide in the shadows. Man, these ponies are stupid. How hard is it to spot a pony who is sticking to the ceiling in golden armor? But i shouldn't waste the opportunity. Time is of the essence. 'The garden entrance must be around here!' I thought Hmmm... I need to-- *WHAM* Oh come on! What is up with me and bumping into ponies today?! "I'm very sorry, sir! My mind was somewhere else!" I said to whoever i bumped into "You should be, you uncouth dolt!" Who said that?! "I should have you punished and thrown in the dungeon for ever bumping in royalty!" Royalty? More like a royal prick, that is. Nonetheless i tried to reason with this... Pony. "Please forgive me sir! I was being rushed by an order of the monarch! A thief has snuck inside the castle!" I said. Hopefully, my lying skills are still sharp. Though i suppose that is half the truth. He seemed to consider my words but my pleas seem to fell on deaf ears. "Normally i would march up to my auntie and demand her to put you in the dungeons. But... I'm feeling rather gracious today and concerned of the situation at hoof so i will let this folly slide for once." He said Phew... "Thank you, sir. I promise it won't happen again!" Of that, i am very sure... Lucky me. "Please... Blueblood will be fine. I'm feeling rather under the weather, as the commoners say." He said. Huh? I nodded and trotted away. As did he. When i have gotten enough distance from him i sighed in relief 'Blueblood huh? Fitting for a noble. Weird how he is not gloating about his fame. Not my business, though.' I thought Minutes passed by and i am very surprised at the fact i had not encountered any guards yet. I see the garden through the window though. The silence of the castle is quite soothing to me. I wish collage was like this... I miss my--- "There you are, thief!" I sighed. Really? Just when i was reminiscing on the past? I flapped my wings again and took off. This feeling is actually quite invigorating. Like being free. Not now actually. My escape is nearly complete. Just have to find the garden's entrance... There!! I flew out of the entrance and my sight was greeted by the lush green garden. I smirked at the sight. Hopefully, i wont-- (Bump) Hmmm? "Well now. What do we have here?" What the?! I recognize that voice... Th-- "Well, you've certainly been practicing on your monologue." He said Thank you. I-- wait what? I'm not... How did you... "Red your monologue? Simple. Chaos!" That jolly old man's voice said. Hey, i can hear you you know? Shu-- just stay out of my thoughts. Alright "What do you want, discord? Can't you see I'm running for my life? Or are you just blind, you mismatch?" I said He looked offended. "My word! Such language!" He said. He snapped his claws and... A zipper zipped my mouth? "Mmmphhh!!!" I muffled "Better. Now why would a guard would run?" He asked "Stop that thief!" "Mpphh...(that)" i muffled. "Well now. Run along then." He said and with a snap of his claws, the zipper disappeared from my mouth. I ran past discord. Luckily, i escaped before the guards do. "Why did you let him escape?!" "I thought you'll handle it. You all are guards of the princess, yes?" I heard groaning after that sentence Discord... You are a life saver. I ran inside the garden and tried to find my statue. Which is very hard considering on how big this... Maze is. I need to get away from them! How hard is it to find a--- there it is! Quickly! I need to---! "Halt! Cease thy running!" Oh come on! I looked behind me and saw... A horse? No, a pony with both wings and a horn. Dark blue fur... Royal looking... Almost dark blue eyes... With a mane that consist of stars... Someone's really a fan of the night. Guess i shouldn't judge someone by his/her looks. "And what if i don't?"i asked getting bored. "Then thou shalt face face our wrath!" Our wrath? Really? Her eyes glowed and she pointed her horn at me... She, then, fired a bolt of lightning?! "Eep!" I dodged out of the way before it hit me. Man, that was extreme. Wait... If i could get her to hit the statue, she'll weaken it! Then i could escape! But that doesn't mean i can have a little fun... I flew myself and tried to do a little taunting. She threw another bolt at me and i tried doing air manuever. I got scared so bad that i had the most stupidest idea ever made by man. I found a cloud and tried to hide behind it. Surprisingly, my hooves seem to have "touched" the cloud's surface... Wow... I need to have her hit the statue. So... The best way is taunting. "What's the matter sweet flicks? Too fast for you to hit?" I taunted. This may not be the best choice of words, coming from the guy who is hiding behind a cloud. She looked angry. Good. I need to get her to hit the statue. She fired another bolt at me. This time bigger. I barely dodged it and from out of fear, I slammed my hooves to the cloud and.. *KRAKOOM!!* ...Holy cow! I fired a freaking lightning bolt from this cloud?! Awesome! She barely dodged the lightning bolt. Probably because of the surprise I smiled like a maniac and stomped at the cloud repeatedly. *Boom* *Bang* *Krakoom* *Bam* She kept dodging my bolts. Stand still! Oh well, more important business anyway. "Ahahahahahaha! Dance little pony! What's the matter?! Oh sorry, didn't mean to try and hit ya, No wait! I do, ha!" I taunted She seems getting really annoyed. Her eyes glow brightly again and blast some sort of beam to me. Well, specifically, to the cloud I'm standing on.I yelped in surprise before my face hit the ground, face first. I groaned and tried standing up. My legs are wobbly. Crap... She's starting another beam again. Only this time, It's getting bigger.... Double Crap! "Face our wrath!" That wasn't your wrath before?! I need to get out of this body! *PEW* Too late. The beam was shot. But luckily, I ducked and the beam hit the statue. I looked at while grinning anddddd.... *crack*.... Really? She's still going to fire?! "Pleas don't kill me!" I begged her but my pleas fell on deaf ears. Again... "Luna! Stop this at once!" "Luna" lowered her horn and looked behind her. So did i. I caught sight of... another pony hybrid. This time, She,i think, had a flowing rainbow for mane?! This is impossible!... Don't tell me it's magic! "But Tia! He--" Luna was cut off by her... sister. "Luna, please. You've already caused both enough damage and scared that stallion out of his light." "Tia" said She's right. I'm literally shaking now. I need a way out. My body is wanting me back. I walked back a few steps toward the statue and-- "Please forgive my sister. She--- Wait..." Tia said and began scanning me. "Why have you not told me that he was wearing a royal guard armour?!" Tia shouted looking back at the guards. The pony guards seem to shuffle and look nervously. This is the royal guards? I bet it'll only take a normal thief to get past these guys. Pathetic. "Errr.... Must've slipped our minds, Princess Celestia." really? "State your name and your rank, guard." Celestia said. Yeeesh.... It's like staring at the sun while being scolded by your mother. "....." Need a plan. Fortunately, my body is calling my soul back. "Sorry, princess. But I have to go." I said They looked confused of what i said. Hehehe. My soul was immediately transported back to my body and.... back into my vision. My prison is weakened. Perfect. Crack "No...." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Crack Crack CRRRR... The cracks spread across my body as it was filled with a dark aura that has signified my release. Yes! "AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! I'm Free, motherfuckers!!!!" ....Holy whatever-god/goddess-in-this-world!!! I can talk freely now!!! The princesse's eyes shrank to the size of toothpicks and gasped. Finally.... BOOM!!!!!! Finally I'm out of that--- *CRACK* "EYOOOW!!!!!" What the?! The first time i get out and i was welcomed by a world of hurt?! It feels like every bone in my body is stiff! This is embarrassing... *CRACK Goes my limbs *CRACK* Goes my neck "CRRRRAAAACK* Goes, oh god, my spine. I twist and turn and wiggle to get te pain off. Unfortunately, the ponies around seem to give me strange looks. Especially the taller ones, they stared at me like i grew a second head. I groaned as the pain racked my body. I straightened my back for the last time and... YES!!! I sighed in relief as every bone in my body comes back to place and unstiffens. "Ahhhhh..." I smiled in relief Hm? Oh, the ponies are still staring. "What are you looking at?! Never seen a pony burst out of a statue and and crack his bones?!" I shouted at them. One was about to answer but i cut him off by saying: "That was a rhetorical question" He closed his mouth "Who are you?" Me? "I'm...." What should i do?! If i tell them I'm blackhearth then I might get arrested! I opened my mouth to speak but Luna beat me to it. "Wer know who art are. Thou art blackhearth, yes?" She said looking ready to pounce me. She speaks like a medieval princess from a fairy tale drama book. But the others speak modern English. 'They are our enemies... Make them suffer...' Who said that? Oh no wait, that was the other me. You know, like another thought of me. But he seems mindful. Like he is actually there... "Yessss... Kill them all....' Right, like i can take ALL of them on. Shut up dark side. I haven't noticed but i seem to take this predicament very well. But my status is the least of my concerns. All sides look ready to take me on. The bag i need is right next to me. What to do? Hmmm... I got it!!! "I... come in peace?" I stated with the most stupidest smile on my face. And boy, did i look stupid. Nothing could go wrong! Right? *CLANG!* "Ooof!!" "Get in there, dark lord!" I was wrong! Everything went completely wrong! Wrong, Wrong, WRONG!!! "I'll get you for this! Mark my dark stained heart!" I shouted in anger. "What do you think the princess will do to him?" "I don't know but she looks really mad. I'd hate to be him when they decide." I hate those ponies! First discord, then these ponies, then The princess! I'm going to--- You know what? I'm taking a breat---. Oh who am i kidding?! I just got thrown in jail for no reason! I can't calm down! 'Kill them... Show no mercy... Show them what happens to those who wrong us...' Shut up!! Grrrrr!!!! To hell with these ponies! I screamed in anger and used my strength to ream the bars. No dice. All it did was hurt my hooves. I need a plan. But it won't be easy. Hmmmmm.... Meanwhile at the throne room. "What should we do?!" Princess Celestia was panicking Luna simply rolled her eyes at her sister.They had the guards throw him in the dungeons so that he won't do any damage. But even then, her sister is still acting like It's the apocalypse. "Sister, Thou must stop this act. Tis very irritating. BlackHearth has been safely secured in the dungeons. Of which we admit, besides a few screams and struggling, it went rather peacefully than we imagined." Luna said "That's just it! It was too easy! You know him! Always one step ahead and both crafty and resourceful as King Sombra!" Celestia shouted Luna face hoofed. Though she couldn't deny it, They captured blackhearth seemingly too easy. BlackHearth, as she remembered, is the next most smartest enemy they ever faced, besides King Sombra. And she could never forgot... She shuddered, The war. She grimaced at the thought. Not even Nightmare Moon was that cruel. They were only able to defeat King Sombra by surprise, Though they had trouble with him at first. But to face somepony, whose power was almost equivalent to the shadow king, fully prepared and dangerous as his master. It was like as hard as trying to make sense of discord. Maybe even harder. BlackHearth was powerful, crafty and intelligent. A dangerous combo indeed. The war devastated equestria. They stood no chance against blackhearth and his army. It was only by luck that they so happened to steal one of King Sombra's favorite artifacts, The soul jar. With it, they were able to trap BlackHearth's soul and turn him into stone, hoping he will remain buried. How he was immune to the elements was a mystery even to discord. They thought blackhearth and the war was nothing more but a mere memory now. But today just proved them wrong. BlackHearth is back. But, of course, even discord needs to regenerate his powers when he broke free from the element's prison, due to being trapped for thousands of years. So they still have a chance to take down blackhearth. And as Nightmare moon used to whisper in her ear: "Every chance comes with a price. So make it count!" Ironic how the advices of that demon could become useful today. She had an idea but she doesn't think her sister will approve i too quickly. "What of twilight and her friends? Surely with the elements, They can vanquish blackhearth back to stone. As we did before, While he is still recovering." Luna stated. Her sister looked baffled. Totally expected. Now Luna may sound like she was asking too much. But in truth? She's just doing what is needed. Her sister's subjects are her subjects too. She will do anything to protect them. "Sister... I can't ask twilight and her friends to put their lives at stake. Twilight only had took a break five days ago. I can't just take her time away from her friends." Celestia said. Luna sighed. This was going to be a long day. "We must, dear sister. BlackHearth may still be recovering his magic reserves. It would be fine if we are still connected to the elements and not have to rely on twilight and her friends. But alas we are not anymore. For the safety of our subjects, we must do what must be done." Luna said with a stern look on her face. Celestia was surprised. She really didn't want to do this but Luna is right. For her subjects. She sighed and said: "Alright. I'll go make a letter for her." She didn't want this. But it must be done. She really didn't want to repeat the damage HE caused. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Twilight sparkle (This is not a test. So please do not bring any books, scrolls, quills, etc. Also do not freak out.) Forgive my inconvenience. I know That it has only been five days after your break. But something has important has come up. An old enemy of mine has awoken from his prison. You must bring the elements of harmony and your friends with you. Come to Canterlot and i will explain everything you want to know once you arrive. Your Mentor/ Fellow Princess Princess Celestia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Night time Meanwhile... At the dungeons... The royal day guards have been replaced by Luna's night guards. They are now currently guarding the prison doors of the most hated, forgotten and villainous pony that has ever existed. BlackHearth. The bane of equestria. The shadow prince. Unbeknownst to the guards, Green glowing eyes, emitting a familiar purple smoke from the corner of it's eyes, glowed brightly. A sinister smile followed it. And a single yet terrifying sentence was spoken by the silhouette. "Soon Equestria... Soon... Hehehehehe... Hahahahahaha!!!!" _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Will Twilight and her friends stop BlackHearth? Or will he prove too much for them? Find out in the next chapter of this story!! Chapter III Escape from Canterlot and Nightmares
Chapter III Escape From Canterlot and Nightmares (1/2)Location: Canterlot Dungeons Time: Sunday, Morning I give up. I tried everything i can think of! What happened you ask? Well, it all started this morning... (FLASHBACK) I tried showing my royalty. I mean, I am a prince right? "I am BlackHearth! I am a prince! I demand you release me this instant!" That didn't do shit... I tried clearing things. You know, like clearing a misunderstanding? "This has to be a HUGE misunderstanding! I didn't do anything wrong! I swear on my life!" Won't even budge. I tried begging. "Pleas, Please, Please! With a cherry on top! I'll be good! I don't want this!" They didn't even flinched. Jerks. One last try. Whining.... It's the only thing i can think of that has a chance of working. "You're stupid! It's smelly! It's too hot! I'm thirsty! I'm hungry! I have Monophobia! I'm tired! It's too dark! It's icky! I hate you! You---!" *ZAP!!* That ended with me being electrocuted powerful enough to paralyze me for one hour... And It Hurts!!!!! Where was i? Oh right, my anger... GRAAAA!!!! I can't take this anymore! I feel like strangling someone by now! 'They took what belongs to us... Teach them a lesson...' Shut up!!! GRRRRR!!!! My (suddenly almost alive)subconsciousness has been pounding on my head for hours!!! Making thinking more harder to concentrate. It's all "They are our enemy" or "Eliminate them" or "Teach them a lesson.". Really, I can't take this anymore! On the Bright side, I feel stronger suddenly. I theorized that my po-- ,magic, is coming back to me. Though, I am feeling exceptionally stronger. BlackHearth must be really strong. Black--- I mean, I am seriously bad ass looking when i saw my reflection. Sorry, still getting used to being someone else. Anyway, I found that i am quite handsome. Earlier, I found a nearby broken mirror(How there is a mirror here, i will not get). Thankfully, A large portion of the mirror remained unbroken. I had... Dark Gray fur, Red colored eyes, Jet Black... Mane, i think, so is my tail and a horn on my forehead. I'm a... unicorn. Great. My new teeth tells me that I'm a vegetarian. Darn. I can't eat meat. And it seemed that there are a few similarities in the color between this body and my human one. The fur resembles my clothes. The mane, My hair. Except my eyes. But red seems suiting for my figure, Don't you think? Anyway, Back to reality. None of the guards gave me either food or water. They won't even LOOK at me! I was so hungry and thirsty... And to put more injury to my self-confidence, All the free time i had, made me think of my world. Oh how i wish i didn't. I had everything a guy could ask. A collage, A reputation, A title, A friend... Jake... How i miss him... Of which, I never thought i would actually think of. All of it gone... All because of my stupidity. After realizing it, I laughed... Uncontrollably laugh. I felt tears flow from my eyes as i continue my laughing fit. My laughter died down but the tears still run. I cried silently in a corner. Apologizing, Cursing... Hating!!! Some of the guards noticed and was instantly scared because of my state but they were really good at hiding it. One guard in particular, SwordEdge, seemed to take pity for me. He sneaked some food and drinks for me to have. I ate and drank like a starving wolf. Though i had problems with my hooves at first. After that, I muttered a silent "Thank you" to swordedge. "Don't mention it." He said Then, I was alone. Again... How cruel can the world get? Tears, yet again, flowed from my eyes as the sorrow takes a hold at me. 'Stop crying! We need to get out of here!' My dark half shouted "I can't. What's the point? Maybe i deserved this." I said sadly 'NONSENSE! Power courses slowly through our veins! We don't deserve this! Man-- er... Stallion up! We are etting that bag and escape this wretched prison!' "How?" 'At midnight, my friend... Soon, We will have our perfect world... With you as king.' "... I don't know why but i feel like i should... Thank you. For cheering me up a bit." I said Wow. Did i just thanked my subconsciousness? Weird. 'I feel what you feel. I,too, miss our home.' And now He's being emotional and Homesick. What did this place do to him? 'I can read your thoughts, you know' Right. Sorry. 'But now is not the time for regrets. The past... is the past. And we must tend to the future.' Wow... While this is all fine, dandy and Heart feeling, I wonder what's happening somewhere? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Location: Ponyville Time: Sunday, Morning(also same time when John Field tried his not-so-brilliant-and-well-thought-out plan) The day in Ponyville couldn't have gone peacefuller. Ponies are now waking up to start a brand new day! Nothing could possibly go wrong! "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Or nothing would go wrong. If not for the scream heard in the local Ponyville library. The source came from a tree that had a couple of windows and a Library sign besides the door. Inside the library... "Twilight! Are you okay?!" A young purple scaled dragon with green spikes shouted whilst stumbling on the stairs, worried for her... i suppose you could call her his "sister". Twilight panted heavily. "I'm fine spike. I just... had another nightmare." she said Spike took on an even worried look. "Another one? Hasn't princess luna gotten rid of your nightmares?" "She hasn't really found a solution to it. Remember her letter?" twilight said Spike sighed. This was the fifth nightmare this week and it kept getting worse. "I know. But i can't stop worrying about you and about this... Pony in your dreams" Spike said Truth be told, Spike wasn't the only one worried. All of her friends were constantly coming every day to see if their Alicorn-ascended friend was alright. Twilight shuddered at the thought of the pony. This... pony in her dreams. He was a complete enigma. At first, twilight described him as a... puff of black smoke with blood red eyes. Twilight told spike and her friends that his name was blackhearth(creepy) and that the days of harmony are over and that HE will be the one to end it. It continued like that until the forth dream. That time, Blackhearth is still a shadow but he was the shape of a pony. He seemed to be taller than her but shorter than princess celestia. Two unmoving sillhouettes surrounded blackhearth. Twilight thought they looked familiar but woke up before she could tell. The fifth was today. "Can you please tell me what happened this time" spike asked Twilight took a deep breath and prepared to describe her nightmare. "I was... in canterlot. But instead of the sight of a majestic city, All i saw was a burning one." Spike gasped. Twilight continued. "Then i heard laughter. A horrofying and sinister laughter that echoed from the castle. I teleported to it and... saw the same image as before but... different. The same pony. The same figures... But... The figures were princess celestia and princess luna! " Spike's mouth fell and his eyes widened like dinner plates. "They... they were... were..." do I like didn't finish that sentence and began to cry. Lucky for her, spike is besides her and ready to comfort her. "Thanks spike. I needed that." She Said "Hey. I'm always here for you. After all, I'm not the number one assistant of princess twilight sparkle for nothing. Right? He boasted. Twilight smiled. "You know, you look cute when you try to be tough." she said teasingly Spike's face reddened like a tomato at the comment but shook his head. "Uhhhhh... Yeah! Who else can not only be cute but also strong, handsome and dependable dragon here? That's right! Only me!" Spike boasted while puffing his chest and tried to look like an adult. Twilight giggled at her assisstant's antics. But she couldn't help but remember what blackhearth told her in her nightmare... "The city looks so pretty... Do you wanna burn it with me?" She shuddered at the thought. But today may make up for that nightmare. Her friends and her are planning to go on a picnic today so--- "Oh and Princess Celestia sent a letter last night so..." Spike didn't finish that sentence because he had to duck and cover. "WHAT?!?!?!?!?" Okay... Forget the picnic. She levitated spike right next to her face and demanded him to give her the letter. 'Okay. Seriously?' Spike thought frustrated First the nightmares, Now a mental breakdown because of a letter again?! He needs a vacation... Twilight, after reading the letter, Looked EXTREMELY freak out. "Twilight." "Oh no! I must've overslept! What if she's going to punish me for being so lazy!" "Twilight." "She might get disappointed at me and say that I'm not a worthy princess! Or worse She'll---" "TWILIGHT!" "What?!" "Calm.down. Princess Celestia also specifically ordered you to not freak out and that we'll only travel to canter lot in two days. So we have two days before we leave and---" "That It's an emergency! What if some evil deity, like discord, and threatens to destroy Equestria! Ohhhhh, this is bad!" Twilight screamed Spike sighed and face clawed. He knew this would happen. Oh well, Better fund the others and... Rarity...~ Spike began to have hearts for eyes at the thought of the beautiful mare. He shook his head off the thought. 'Stop daydreaming, spike. You'll get what's yours in the future' Spike thought happily to himself "I'm going to get the others. See us at the picnic grove!" After that, He left. Twilight was still overreacting but she calmed down after a deep breath. She packed what she needed and readied herself for a new day. 'I hope everything will turn out alright.' She thought Then, She left... If she had looked on the shadows at the corner, She would've seen a shadow with a wide grin plastered in it's face. "My duty is done... So is my life... The warning has been sent... Best of Luck, John Field... Do not fail me..." And it just vanished. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Location" Canterlot Castle, Dungeons Room POV: John's Dark subconsciousness John fell asleep. Must be the tiring day he had... These ponies are very infuriating. First they mock us, Then they chased us, Then one of their princess nearly literally fried us, Then, the worst part, Locked us behind bars like an animal for no fucking reason! I must aid John's escape. Because his ideas for escaping can be considered childish and stupid by anyone. But one question remains... How am i alive? At first, I can only talk when John makes me. Now, I can communicate with him. What John feels, I feel. Now... I'm different. I have my own mind. I'm not just a thought. I am John Field as well. BlackHearth... he's the reason i am alive... I should thank him. If he wasn't dead. I sensed John's pain when he cried. And still, It won't go away. This parasite... It plagues both of our minds. I can see his dream. Or, More like a memory. Our home... Jake... that annoying individual who got us drunk. He was there. All of it flashed before me. His parents... His first time trying chess... Everything. The pain grew stronger by the second. Even i am affected... NO! This will not stand! I--no! WE are BlackHearth! Escape is now a priority! They will all pay! Death... Death will become an act of mercy when WE are through with them! Just you wait! All of you shall suffer our WRATH!!!!!!!! For now... I have a friend in need. I shall formulate a plan to escape later. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile with the element bearers... Ponyville picnic grove Twilight was greeted by the lush green fields and hills of the grove and Smiled to herself 'Equestria is as beautiful as always...' She thought solemnly. She was running a little late for her friends, mostly because of the trouble brewing inside her mind. She reached the picnic grove and the moment her friends saw her, she was immediately greeted with smiles and some comments concerning about her. "Howdy Twilight! Ya looked stressed there!" "Is something the matter dear? You seem awfully under the weather. Well, more than before." "Yeah, You don't look like your eggheaded self today" "Oh my... I hope you're alright." "Ohhhhh! Maybe she had another nightmare! Don't worry Twilight! Doctor Pinkie is here to cheer you up!" Yep. Her loving and caring friends. What will she ever do without them? "Hey girls. Sorry if I was a bit late. I had trouble in my mind at the moment." Twilight greeted. Her friends looked concerned for her. Rainbow dash was the first to make a comment. A snarky one at that. "Isn't that what you always have in your mind?" She snorted Typical Rainbow Dash. "Rainbow darling! It is very rude to tease twilight after suffering from those... Gruesome Nightmares." Rarity scolded She heard about twilight's nightmares. It wasn't really a pretty one. In fact, it was so scary, Even SHE almost had those nightmares. Rainbow scowled and muttered something about "typical uptight Self proclaimed High society mare", But quickly changed to smiling sheepishly. "Hehe. Sorry about that. Guess i got a bit carried away." She apologised "Apology accepted." "Speakin' o' what, what was spike sayin' about gettin' ready in two days, sugar cube?" AppleJack asked All eyes fell on both twilight and spike, who was nervously whistling to feign ignorance. "Girls... I don't know how to say this but... Equestria needs the elements of harmony again." Twilight stated The group was silent. "Well? What are we waiting for?! Time to get ready!" Pinkie shouted with two luggages mysteriously appeared on her hooves. Smiles formed on the mares face one by one as the excitement pinkie carries infects them as well. What can they say? Pinkie's excitement is contagious! "He. That's all? Don't worry Twilight! Your loyal and friendly neighbourhood Rainbow Dash is with you in every step of the way! Rainbow shouted, puffing out her chest "Whoever dares threaten equestrian shall have to face us!" Rarity cheered "Yeah!" Everypony shouted Except for FlutterShy who made a tiny "yay". Because It's FlutterShy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Canterlot Throne Room Midday "WHAT?!" was the first thing heard inside the room. Luna was having yet another argument with her sister. Why? Because of the stupid letter her sister sent! "Sister. I know you want nothing but to ensure the safety of Our subjects. But i can't take Twilight's time away from her friends." Celestia reasoned Luna groaned. Her sister has grown a bit arrogant and too benevolent. At times like this, It doesn't pay to be a princess. "Sister, as i have told you, We must deal with BlackHearth quickly! Two days?! That is enough for BlackHearth to regain his powers! Do you not know of the consequences of your folly?! " Luna argued Celestia hugged her sister in reassurance."I know... But I'm very sure two days will be worth it." Celestia said Celestia may think so, but Luna is smarter. They're facing a Revived Threat! And her sister is just looking at the smaller picture?! But... Twilight has proven herself to be resourceful. If anypony could stop BlackHearth, It will be her and her friends. Luna sighed. "Very well... We trust your judgement, sister." She said Celestia smiled lightly. "Thank you sister." "But! If BlackHearth were to become an even bigger threat to equestria! It shall be on your head!" Luna stated Celestia was taken back. But Luna is right... If anypony should be blamed, It should be her. She just hoped that it wouldn't come to that. Or Equestria will be doomed. "I understand. Rest now, sister. Nighttime shall be upon as in a few hours." Her sister nodded and trotted to her quarters. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Canterlot Dungeons Midnight "Are you sure this is going to work?" Me and shadow(as i now call him. Cool right?) spent the entire day formulating a plan. It involved heavy thinking, pointing out and me having headaches. We were discussing about what we're going to do should we escape this prison. You know what he told me? He said: "We'll just cross that bridge when we come to it." I hate it when people do that. Back to the present 'Yes. At least, I think it will.' He said. Great. 'Look. We are almost at full power. It should be enough to blast this door down. Got that make-shift dagger?' To prove his point, I twirled my stone made dagger like a pro. "The last thing they'll feel is this cutting their throats." I said while fidgeting with the dagger. It took a while but i managed to get the hang of both my Hooves and Magic. Now i can grip things perfectly(How hooves can hold things similar to hands is beyond me) and levitate objects. Though trying to levitate myself only ended up with me kissing the hard ground. 'Stop Playing! Remember that spell i thought you?' "Uhhhhh... I don't mean to be rude but you didn't actually taught me that spell. You just dug through my memories and found that spell." I said 'Shut up! That game was addicting and awesome! Can't blame me if i picked up a thing or two!' Whatever. "Yeah, Yeah. Here we go..." I said like a stubborn kid. If shadow had eyes, He would've rolled them. I focused my mind and tried channeling magic while thinking of a torrent of flames. I'll admit, I have my doubts. I haven't exactly found out if i could cast a spell and i have yet to find out. But i have levitated things and was sucked in a new world, So... Whad do i have to lose? It worked though. From my horn, A steady jet of flames hit the door and.... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Outside "Do you think He'll get out?" A lunar guard asked "He won't. Only a fool would dare anger the princess." Another lunar guard answered " *Sniff* *Sniff*. Do you smell something burning?" Lunar guard "A" asked " *Sniff*. Yeah, I can-" BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smoke covered the entire room. Two silhouettes were frantically looking for each other. While a third one was slipping right behind them. "Sir! Sir?! Where are-" Silence... Deafening silence "Private?! Where-" The lunar guard didn't even have time to scream in pain as he felt something sharp and hard cut in the exposed parts of his armor. He fell to the ground, Blood leaking from the wound... _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ I... I killed them... I killed two ponies... I dropped my dagger. Staring at the two lifeless bodies... "W-What have i done? I..." I staggered Trembling like a leaf, My mind played that sentence over and over. Another thought came into mind, 'I'm a murderer.'. 'We are getting out of here... Now...' The cold and authority was lost in Shadow's voice with that. I snapped back to reality and ran as fast as i could. I didn't even dare to look back at the mess I've made... How low could i steep? Celestia will pay for this! I made my way back into the artifacts room. Luckily, the explosion was enough to get the guards distracted. So... I'll be free to do whatever i want until they find me! Yes! The artifacts room, Now that i have a good look at it, really lives up to it's name. It was creepy and full of stuffs that would send shivers to anyon-- I mean, anypony's spine just by looking at them. Anyway, Ignoring the creepy stuffs. I saw my saddlebag, at least that's what i think it is, and grabbed it. How foolish these ponies are to put the same things in the same room! Although... I probably shouldn't complain about this. Hehe. One new thing that i found out about that bag, It was enchanted with a little pocket dimension. Found that out after putting my head in there... Anyway! There was this little thing that i found. Something that looks really cool! I found... A scythe! It's design is slender. The blade seems to be used for the offensive. Will need to give it a couple of swings and a proper analysis later. I trotted happily out of the creepy room and laughed silently. Although, It seems Lady Luck has other plans for me... I heard a few muffled voices coming a few meters away... Shit! They caught on to me! What do i do?! I wasn't thinking clearly and dashed as fast as my legs can carry me. Who knows, Maybe They won't-- "There he is! Get him!" Shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I fled as fast as i could to try and escape the guards. Unfortunately, the guards already locked onto me and gave chase. Damn it! "Leave me alone, Damn it!" I shouted at them They didn't seem to listen though. (The chase begins! Listen to this while reading! This is in third person for the moment) "Halt! Or we will--!" "Or what?! Throw me in the dungeon?! You already and will do it anyway!" John shouted John fled through the hallways, running past the hallways and through the peaceful Background. John can still remember the directions SwordEdge has given him and decided to us that to his benefits. "You! Alert the princess! Rest of you do not let him escape!" "Yes, sir!" Few minutes after running, John has reached the exit. 'Finally! Now i can--' "Halt!" 'What?!' John was interrupted by two guards that blocked his exit John skidded to a halt and looked frantically for an alternate exit. Unfortunately the guards have already caught up and has cornered him. Luckily, A stair case was nearby and has given John his alternative. The guards gave chase to The rouge pony and tried caching up to him. But John was having none of it! 'Oh no! You're not getting me this time' John turned around and his horn emitted a dark gray glow. His eyes glowed brightly and suddenly forth--! WHIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!! ZAAAAAAAAAAPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!! A beam of the color black with the looks that screams malice, Shot fourth from John's Horn and blasted a good number of guards back. A chorus of screams and howls of pain followed after. Which to John, Felt good after hearing... Too good... 'Nice shot.' John smirked and retreated to the upper levels of the castle. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ (1st person) I panted tiredly as the adrenaline of that little chase soon burned out. I also seemed to have trapped myself in the balcony... Crap. "Finally...(huff) We got you cornered..." That anoying voice of a guard said through pauses. I growled. "Hehe. Nowhere to run now." I recognize that voice. That's.... uhhhhhhhhh... "Do i know you?" I asked without turning around to see my chasers. "Don't you remember? Lieutenant GoldHoof. You possessed my body and took it for a joyride." He said Oh. That guy. "So what now? You're cornered. You have two options. One: You surrender peacefully. Or two: We take you in by force. Surely you can't take on the both the Day and Lunar guards at once?" He mocked, getting smug. "Hehehehe... If i do both, I'll only end up in my cell right?" "Correct." I thought for a while and saw a couple of Bat-winged guards closing on my location. Idea~. "Then i choose..." I walked towards the edge of the balcony "To say..." I readied myself to jump "Fuck you!!!!!!!!!" I leaped over the balcony. I caught a glimpse of their faces and laughed at the utter disbelief plastered on their faces. Now it may seem I'm falling to my death, But i have a trick up my Non-existent sleeve. Using my magic, I grabbed the legs of one of the Lunar Guard and took him down with me. "What are you doing?! You'll kill us both!" "Them start flying, batsy!" Hehe... Batsy As if on command, the lunar guard flapped his wings to try and slow our descent. To tell truth, I didn't actually thought that would work. Guess he was stronger than i thought. But,of course, only one of us will survive this fall. Let's give my new dagger that i borrowed from the room, shall we? The dagger is black and a red glow around it's edge. It also has a serrated edge. Perfect. As we are nearing the ground, I used my magic to aim the blade to his neck. Once we have reached the desired height, I struck the dagger into the bat guard's neck. The pony struggled and fidgeted to get it off but it was all for naught. The next thing that happened, sent shivers to my spine. The pony started to decay. As if the dagger is draining both life and age out of him. Soon enough, the pony stopped moving and now looked like an empty husk... Intruiging... "Now i know how you ever got the title: "Forbidden". Like the rest of the things in that creepy room." I said and took the dagger out of the decayed pony's neck and stuffed it back into my bag "Although, If I'm ever going to use you... You need a name..." I giggled and smiled like a child 'Please tell me you're not--' "I'll call you... The vampiric dagger!" 'That could not have gone anymore embarassing' Oh hush you! I smiled and started walking into the dark shadows of the night. "You want a fight, Celestia? Well... Let's dance! Cause I have enough of your shit." I said and disappeared in the shadows. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile.... At the night court... Another night, Another boring uneventful court. 'I'm bored...' Was the first thing in Luna's mind Few had ever entered the night court and tonight has to be one of those night. She would do anything to get out of this ghost-town like court. If only-- "Your Highness! I bring terrible news!" A night guard shouted bursting through the door. Well... Wish granted... Only, not in the way she would've liked. "Speak. What news brings such terrible cause?" She said She groaned. She really needs to work more on her modern Equish "The prisoner, known as BlackHearth has escaped!" Silence invaded the court. Deathly silence... The guard shuffled from the akward silence until.... "WHAT?!" Or... Maybe the boring court was more prefferable... __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BlackHearth has escaped his prisona nd is now preparing to make a move against the princesses. Will twilight and her friends stop him in time? What sinister scheme will BlackHearth pull from his sleeve? The stage is set... The pieces are waiting to be assembled... Find out in-- "Sister! We hath told you so!!!!" (Damn it, Luna! I'm doing somwthing important here!") "Sorry...!" Chapter III Escape from Canterlot and Nightmares part II
