The Odd Visitor to Equestria

Princess Luna was baffled every time she tried to enter the knights dreams she was stopped. She had never met a pony whose dreams she could not enter. Sure she had had difficulty with some ponies, Star Swirl the bearded came to mind, but never out right blocked. She had been trying for an hour now and decided to give up a try the mage.

She found it almost too easy, almost as if she was pulled in to his dream. The landscape was different then most dreams she was on a floating island that made no sense. Her mind flashed to Discord, but she pushed the memory away.

Then she heard a laugh, Discords, she turned and saw the draconequus stretched out on a cloud. He began to talk "poor Luna, trapped in some pony else's mind forever." He laughed harder.

She was confused, and then Star Swirl the bearded appeared from behind a rock. He was holding a book in front of him with magic and reading it as he walked.

Luna shouted "what's going on here".

She heard a reply "why I'm learning the law of the land, Fade Walker."

"What..."

"I'm reading you mind to find out what this realm is like." the unicorn stallion said bluntly, appearing from behind a tree.

"How are you reading my mind..."

He cut her off "Welik, my name is Welik Lich, you were going to call me "stallion" but my name is Welik. I see you tried to get into Hector's dreams, don't bother, Templar’s like him are taught to shield their dreams from Fade Walkers like us."

"What do you mean "Fade Walkers?"” She asked

"You are a Fade Walker; you’re not bound to a single part of the fade. You are free to see what there is to see, the minds, wants, love, and secrets of all who enter the fade and you are like me."

She looked up in surprise "Like you? You have the ability to enter the dreams of others as well."

"Yes it is a harder bit of magic to learn but once Flemeth taught the magic to me I was determined to master it".

"Who is Flemeth?"

"Ah yes I guess you wouldn't know who Flemeth is." He said remembering the time he had spent with Flemeth and her daughter at the time. They had taught them much, even her darkest secrets. "She is the Witch of the Wilds, she has survived for hundreds of years, and she is the third most powerful being I have ever faced in battle." he looked away.

"Oh" Luna was shocked. Then she heard a roar so fierce that both Discord and Star Swirl the bearded began to quiver. A mountain appeared as dragon of a beautiful array of purples and pinks flew over head and landed on its peak. By the dragon was an armored form with a sword. Then the dragon, the form, and the peak faded away like they were just mist.

Then another black dragon flew over from where the peek had been and flew into the mist on the other side of the floating island.

Last but not least an odd, bipedal creature whose skin was as pale as a ghost appeared standing behind Welik. The odd thing was it had a beard, it wasn’t unlike Weliks but it was ghost white to match its skin. Its eyes where the blackest black she had ever seen. As it faded away it began to grin with its mouth full of sharpened teeth.

"So this Star Swirl the bearded was one of your most powerful mages I see."

Luna looked at him in surprise “how can you not react to that

Luna looked at Welik and then asked "why do you appear in this form and not the one you were in before you came to Equestria? You didn't have this form in you realm."

"I was beginning to wonder how long it was going to take you to ask that question" he started, "you see I am stuck in your realm till I can gather enough lyrium or blood to open a portal back to mine. But I know that I will never find the lyrium in this realm, for it doesn't exist here. On the other hand blood is prevalent, however I doubt you would let me go around abducting ponies to use in a spell. So it looks like I am stuck here and well I minus well get used to this base form. Of course I am a shape changer but I can't sustain that forever."

"You are a changeling?" Luna gasped.

"No, Andrastes no. I'm not some sort of bug horse. No I am just not bound to a specific form, my vessel changes not me."

"I don't trust that"

"Good, you shouldn't, that's a wise course of action, you can’t just trust someone you just met."

Luna thought that wasn't entirely true, then she remembered he was reading her mind and dismissed the thought.

"Now if your Highness would like to join me I am going to explore a little"

He was walking toward the edge of the dream. How was that possible ponies were always at the exact center of the dream, but he was reaching the edge. She rushed in front of him "you cannot leave your dream" she commanded.

"Sure I can" he said with certainty, than walked through Luna as though she was a ghost. He was reaching the edge when a purple flame appeared, as it died down there was a pony in front of him. Luna was horrified.

The pony was a light green with purple fire instead of hear. It had horns that curved sideways out from its head. Its eyes were green where they should have been white and its irises were dark purple. Its tail was thin and catlike. Its back half appeared to be covered with dark green wood and it had sleeves over its fore legs.

"Oh I see you traveled through the portal with me Lust."

"You didn't leave me much choice did you" the demon replied.

"There was plenty of opportunity to get out of it..."

Another being appeared this time in a flash of white. It stepped out it was wearing similar armor to that of the Templar except that it was glowing a bright white. Varying weapons were floating around him.

"Ah Valor good to see you made it to here as well" Welik said.

"What did you get lost on your way here Valor?" the demon snickered.

"You were just as lost as me demon" the spirit spat back.

"I will not permit fighting in front of guest." Welik Shouted.

At that the two beings fell silent as they noticed Luna. They were both surprised to see a horse standing there. Then they looked at Welik, he was a horse too, then they looked at each other they were both horses.

Lust screamed "Master what has happened to this Fade it transforms beings into horses?"

Welik answered "That’s how the whole realm is not just the Fade here".

Valor stepped backwards "Master how will I defend you if I can't hold a weapon?”

"The Templar didn't have any trouble holding his." Welik Replied.

"Very well Master" the beings said in unison.

"Oh, foolish me. Princess Luna of the nation of Equestria, meat my demon of lust, Lust, and my spirit of valor, Valor. They are bound to me in the Fade through a miscalculation of Fangar and me during a ritual. Now they serve me as whatever I need them to be."

Luna had been surprised at the appearance of the Fade Dwellers. But when she was addressed she came back and said "Do you often travel in the company of evil?"

A puzzled look came over Weliks face, then he looked at Lust "well yes I cannot enter the Fade without Lust coming to me she is bound to me. Do not worry Valor keeps her in line, as she does Valor."

"I do not trust her"

"Neither do I now can we be off, there is much exploring and research to do on this new realm of existence."

He stepped out into the the place between dreams, the Fade, the demon and spirit followed him and Luna came through soon after.

"Whose dreams shall we see first?" Welik asked the demon and spirit.

Valor made the weapons floating around him point to one of a purple alicorn, "she seems to be having trouble with that nightmare she is in"

"What?" Luna asked in surprise.

Valor replied "yes she is having a nightmare about disappointing someone she looks up to."

Lust laughed "In this realm they use "some pony" not someone."

Valor shouted "Who cares someone, some pony, or something it doesn't mater Lust."

Then Lust pointed "why not this ponies dream."

Luna stomped "Not Discords." she shouted.

Welik arched an eyebrow "and why not, you made me curious about the draconequus."

Valor looked at him and said "curiosity killed the cat."

Lust retorted "Satisfaction brought it back"

Valor’s floating weapons suddenly pointed towards her "I was speaking to our master demon" he shouted at Lust.

Lust rolled her eyes and said "you don't scare me anymore Valor."

Luna looked around, she had been paying attention to Valor and Lust, she hadn't noticed Welik go into Discords dream. She rushed inside and saw Discord and Welik talking at an oddly shaped table.

"Really you took over this entire land by yourself in a madder of hours. Not even the mages of the Tiber Imperium could do that. You must be a deity."

"I prefer the title "Lord of Chaos"" Discord replied.

"Ah" Welik said "Then may I presume that there is a Lord of Harmony. Now that I think about it, The Lord of Harmony is a girl perhaps your love."

Discord was baffled "Hardly harmony is represented by a tree."

"Forgive me, I keep forgetting that new realm, new rules."

"Oh it’s perfectly fine, so as I understand it you a member of the Circle of Magi?"

"Yes I was imprisoned at the Circle at the age of 3, my magic came out early. Forgive me but may we change the subject."

"By all me..."

Discord was cut off by Luna "Discord leave him be" she shouted.

Discord rolled his eyes "oh please" he snapped with his eagle claw and she disappeared. "Now where were we".

"Where did you send her?" Welik asked puzzled.

"Out of my dream" Discord said bluntly.

"How, I was under the impression you only had power over a small portion of the Fade."

"And I have the ability to kick ponies out of my dreams."

"Oh, very well then."

Luna was baffled, this was simply not expectable.

"Oh please if he had followed your advice he would have killed three-hundred seventy two people, Valor" Lust shouted angrily.

"And if you had it your way heed be a blood mage. The Templars execute those." Valor spat back.

Luna flew over to them "what are you two arguing about?"

Lust said "none of your business horse".

Valor head turned toward her and Luna imagined a look of disbelief on his face. He spoke "Forgive her your Highness, she's just bitter because three years of hard work just went down the drain."

Luna arched an eyebrow "What does thou mean? That is, What do you mean". She had been trying to get her speech up to date for weeks now and still had trouble.

"Well, Lust here had been playing matchmaker with our master and an elven mage our master had met in his travels across Ferelden. She was an apostate mage and their love was illegal by Chantry law. But Lust here was working her magic to get them to meat whenever they could. The last time they met they were intrupted and they had to flee. Lust had planned for them to meet two nights after the portal ritual was finished and Fangar and Leana had escaped to this land. Lust had planned for our master to run away with her but as you can see that is not the case".

Luna was surprised, sort of, it isn't that surprising that the handsome stallion like Welik had found love. It was just surprising since he didn't seem the type.

Luna spoke "very well". Then she turned towards Discords dream and went back inside.

Back inside Discords dream Welik was looking at Discords past and saw that his past reminded him of something. Yes the cold heart, he remembered the feeling well. He was three when he was taken by the chantry but he had remembered his parents and older brother. He did nothing but study, and practice for seven years after that. At the age of ten he was able to go threw his Harrowing, he did and beat the demon. After that he met his first true friend an Enchanter who had taken him under his wing, literally, that Enchanter was the one who taught him how to shape shift.

He was fifteen when he was given his first commotion to leave the tower that housed the Circle of Magi. He had spent two years out there in the real world. That was where he met her. He pushed the memories away, this was neither the time or the pace for such thoughts.

"Well what do you think of my back-story?" the draconequus asked suddenly.

"It's a familiar tale Discord." Welik said bluntly.

Discord's head cocked "Oh I see I'm with a kindred spirit. Well don't worry it does get better, all you have to do is make one friend"

"Yes that one friend that can melt the cold heart in my chest, I had such friends".

Discord could see this was going south quick "oh I appear to be waking up, you and Luna better leave"

"Luna, didn't you kick her out?".

"Yes but that didn't keep her from coming back in" he looked to his right with announce and snapped. Luna was hiding behind a rock that was no longer there.

She smiled shyly and said "he's right we should leave before he wakes".

"Very well then, we shall leave".

As they stepped out of Discords dream they looked around and saw that most of the dreams were gone       "Looks like its day time already" Welik retorted.

Luna shouted "Day, I have to go".

As she ran Welik watched her, he turned and Lust was in his face. "Don't you dare Welik we are not going through this again".

Welik smiled "I have no idea what you are talking about".

"Yes you do, I've seen that look in you eyes before" Lust screeched back.

Welik parried "How do you know that it's not this new face Lust"

"Because I know you Welik and that is something that will never change"

"Oh go get stuck in a cat"

"How dare you bring that backup?"

Valor just started laughing.

Lust turned towards him and spat "What are you laughing at you spent four hundred years as a statue".

"But I wasn't put there by an incompetent mage who thought he was summoning a wolf." Valor managed to get out through his laughing.

Lust eyes were daggers "at least I wasn't getting punished for losing a fight".

Valor immediately stopped laughing and turned his helmeted head toward her in a way that implied he was staring daggers back at her. The two Fade dwellers began to bicker.

At this Welik just turned away and left them to their arguing, after all when those two got to fighting not even the maker could have stopped it. "I need to get new friends", he said to himself "Oh Maker I'm talking to myself again".

It was like this for five days. Welik had concluded that his and the templar’s spirits were simply adjusting to the new Fade and that was why neither of them would wake up. He being the Mage he was explored the dreams of the ponies as much as he could. Luna visited him every night, Lust didn't like this, and Valor was indifferent to her company. On the fifth night Welik finally went into the dream of one of the princess.

He had trouble at first; he could feel the magic pouring from the princess. When he finally broke through he saw a familiar dream. There princess Cadance and Shining Armor stood looking at a few faceless fillies. This was not an uncommon dream; he found that people and ponies often dreamt of having children but never fill in the finer details. No finer details usually come after the child is born not before it is conceived.

He left, he realized that he hadn't seen Valor or Lust for a few days. "Well guess I should find and simmer them before they cause any lasting damage". Fortunately in the Fade one simply had to think and they could do anything.

He appeared in between Valor and Lust just as they were about to strike each other. Valor and Lust stopped about one centimeter from his chest and back respectively.

"Look what you almost did Demon" Valor shouted.

"Me you were closer to hitting him than me." Lust spat back.

"Enough! Welik shouted "You two are done arguing or its back to the statue an cat for both of you".

Valor said "how can I be in a statue and a cat at the same time?"

Welik shot back "you know what I meant".

Luna appeared and Lust rolled her eyes "oh, your back".

"Lust, what is wrong with you" Valor yelled at her.

"Both of you be quiet or, well, you know".

They said in unison "Fine".

"Now Luna good to see you again, I was just about to go and see this princess Twilight. Would you like to join me".

"Luna smiled sure". Secretly she was elated, some pony else could help her deal with this madness.

Welik looked to his left then his right, suddenly he was in front of Twilights dream. He stepped in.

She like princess Cadance was having a familiar dream, well nightmare. She dreamt she was disappointing the other princesses. Of course in Weliks dreams like this he was disappointing the enchanters.

He cleared his throat "Hay, snap out of it, your dreaming".

Luna looked at him and whispered in his ear "you need to be kinder she's having a nightmare".

Twilight walked over to the pair and asked Luna "Why did you bring him in my dream".

"I didn't" Luna said back "he can enter other ponies dreams like me".

Twilight’s curiosity got the better of her and she turned toward him and asked "Is that true?"

"You’re the element of magic?" he asked ignoring her previous question.

She stammered "what?"

Twilight looked at Luna, then back at Welik "fine, yes I am the element of magic".

"Very good, yes I am a Fade walker" he said "I bore of this game, but stay on your hooves".

Suddenly there was a flash and in the middle of the three of them was Valor and Lust. Twilight jumped back in horror at the sight of Lust.

"What is with you two and trying to give ponies heart attacks" Luna shouted at the pair.

Lust looked at her with annoyance "Just thought you should know your highness that it is almost day break"

Valor turned towards Welik "And you should know the templar is beginning his waking"

"Wait, what, how? Never mind that means..."

Lust cut him off "Yes your body is beginning to wake as well".

"Well then, nice to meat you princess Twilight Sparkle, but I am afraid I must bid you adieu" at that he ran out of her dream and to his. It was in the state he had left it in but it was fading. He turned towards Luna "wake, for I shall join you soon" he said eagerly.