Eric

As the trapdoor breaks under my feet the only thing that is running through my head is “ O SHITTTTT!” I land on the stone floor and feel all the air get pushed out of my lungs. Panting I get up and look around. The light from the hole in the trap door illuminates what looks like a blacksmiths forge. There is a anvil and a work table laid out next to the forge. A rack of assorted weapons is lined up next to the anvil. There is a lever next to the forge, I pull it and a red glow light up the rest of the room. Lava, and I mean honest to gold molten rock flows out of a hole in the wall and into a basin underneath a tank made of some black material. I grab a knife blade off the worktable and put it into the tank through a metal hatch I watch through some glass as the dagger melts into molten iron and flows down a pipe at the bottom. I look at the bottom of the tank and see a valve handing over a pattern of a dagger blade. I turn the valve and the iron pours out into the pattern and starts to cool. I hear a grinding noise and a blue crystal plate slides out of the side of the tank and is lowered by a metal claw onto the pattern. I can hear a faint hiss and the plate slide back up into the tank.

I look at the pattern and see that the iron had solidified into a dagger blade. It needed some filling along the edges but in all it looked pretty good. I look back at the work desk and see that there is a chest next to it. I open it and find more patterns for weapons and tools. There are patterns for axes, chains, picks, and every weapon you can imagine. I look at what appears to be the pattern for a double bladed metal scythe with a metal rod connecting the two together. “Ahhh yea” I shout as i fit the pattern into the slot under the valve. I look behind the tank and find piles of metal ingots and alloys. one pile in the back is made out of a jet black material. I pick up a ingot and examine it. “ Holy shit, that's obsidian”. I throw a couple ingots into the tank and watch the obsidian melt. I pour it into the pattern and before I know it I am looking at my badass obsidian scythe

(This is not the actual scythe, I found this on the internet and it looks close enough)

I file off the edges and for the first time notice a indent in the middle of the scythe for a gem. I search around the room and find a chest labeled gems. I open it and look inside. The inside of the chest is little with cloth and a sparkling ruby in placed on a little pedestal. I grab the ruby and it slips  into the indent.

The moment the gem fits into the scythe, the blades start to glow and a humming noise can be heard. I pick up the scythe and hear a small voice in my head. “Good day, master”

“HOLY SHIT” I scream as I throw the scythe onto the stone floor. One of the blade strikes the stone and sink right through.

“Just because you dropped me does not mean I'm still not a part of you now.”

“Ok, first of all, who the fuck are you and how the hell are you in my head?”

“I am Penumbra. My spirit was harvested like the others for the purpose of weapon making. When you put the gem into the scythe my spirit was transferred into it and thus into you.

“Lolwat?”

“Uhggg, basicly I was inside that gem and now i'm inside your head.”

“Ok, so how do I get you out?”

You don’t, I was put in that gem to provide help for the owner.”

“Can you do  fus ro dah?”

“No”

“Fine then, if you're supposed to help me, how do I get out of here?”

“Just use the stairs.”

I turn around and see a spiral staircase leading up. “Wow im a idiot” I say as i'm walking up the staircase. When I get to the top I find myself in a small ruin behind the tower. I walk back to the tower. I prepare my supper of stinging nettle soup. I'm stilling beside my fire, contemplating my life when I hear the sound of branches breaking and voices talking to each other further in the trees.

“You should probably go soo what that is” Penumbra whispers in my head.

Im still not accustomed to having someone watching my every moment and judging me the whole while. Singing I get to my feet and pick up the scythe. I start walking through the trees until I find the source of the noise. A dark blue unicorn with wings was walking through the forest with two beefed up normal ponies.  The dark blue one appears the be talking to the other ones.

“Twilight has informed us that this creature is fast and resourceful. I want you two to check out the caves near the swamp. I will search the dragon caves to the south.” The two beefed up ponies salute and run off. The blue one starts trotting towards my tower. I follow her and watch as she stops near the door.”Its been a long time, Starswirl, I hope you can forgive me. I think that she is just going to keep walking but then she notices my improvised wall and firepit. “ I thought this place to be abandoned.” She says again going to examine the wall. I sneak up behind her and before she can do more that stair at the firepit I nail her in the back of the head with the flat blade of my scythe. As she falls into unconsciousness I catch her and bring her into the tower.