Chapters Prologue -or- Where the Hell am I?
Prologue -or- Where the Hell am I?
I walked down the hall into my room and went towards the bed as my thoughts drifted towards the new ‘game’ Cartman had created for all of us to join in where the goal was to protect a stick.
He called it the 'Stick of Truth' and whoever controlled the stick, controlled the universe and I was to be the king of the elves while he was going to be the king of the humans, kind of ironic since we had always gotten into fights almost every day.
I had just finished making my new outfit for my role in the game. It was a nice red robe with ‘elven’ symbols that were stitched onto it, a rope that kept my robe in place and a crown made out of tree branches. My weapon was going to be my golf club since it was the closest thing I had that compared to a magic staff in my house.
As I pushed those thoughts out of my head and closed my eyes, waiting for sleep to take me and after a split second of them being closed, they were instantly open again and I found myself somewhere else…a forest. I instantly felt cold and wet underneath as I jumped up onto my feet as I found that I was soaking wet.
“What the hell!?” I yelled out loud as all the birds started flying out of the trees and into the sky as I stared down at the puddle beneath me. Ok, I was in the middle of a forest, had no food and I was in my…elf robe? Where were my pajamas?
As I looked down at my robe I noticed that it was…real, and not fake real I meant real real as in there were no stitches where the symbols were, the robe felt exactly my size, my crown looked like a real elf crown and not just some sticks attached together and the rope that was on my waist was now a thick black rope with small emeralds encrusted into it.
Everything felt so real and all of these changes made me actually feel like royalty and I actually felt like I was an actual elf king. Then I noticed that that my ears…were pointy. I rubbed my eyes thinking of it as just my eyes playing tricks on me but they were not. I looked up and noticed that the sun was shining through the leaves of the trees, so that meant it was around twelve maybe one o’clock.
I sighed heavily as I started to walk in a random direction hoping to get out of this forest…and hoping that this dream won’t have those Christmas critters here, that bloody story that Cartman made was stupid.
‘This way young one…’ I heard the voice of a young lady. I turned around to find out who it was but found no one there. But then I realized that the voice was in my head, how was that possible?
“Who’s there? I swear that you better stop screwing with me whoever you are!” I growled out
‘Follow the wind…’ As soon as she had said those words I felt a breeze softly blowing through the forest as I headed in the direction the wind was going due to my new ears so I guessed that I would follow the wind, besides it’s just a random dream and I would wake up soon so might as well go with it.
…
As I was following the breeze I noticed that the forest was getting less thicker than it was when I had woken up. I also felt weird being in this forest as I felt emotions coming from the trees, am I able to feel the tree's emotions…maybe because I am an elf king in my dream? I just wanted to get out of there because it was starting to give me the creeps.
That’s cool I guess since this was the weirdest and actually best dream I have had in a long time. As all these thoughts were running through my head I noticed that the breeze had stopped, I quickly looked around to find that I was out of the forest and in some weird town, and I mean weird.
As I took a closer look I noticed that the entire floor was like a checker board with dark blue and light blue colours, there were small islands –some carrying houses- floating in the air and the gravity around me kept on switching as I watched the water floating up and then switching to go down after 4 seconds this place was so…chaotic. As I walked through the crazy town I noticed that the houses were made of stone and hay, what was this now, Meet the Flintstones?!
I breathed a heavy sigh as I sat down behind one of the houses, wondering when I was going to wake up when I saw rabbits…with the legs of a giraffes running through the town that made it look like a small stampede of elephants.
“Jesus, I need to stop taking those double chili hot-dogs starting tomorrow,” I muttered to myself, already use to the randomness that is with this dream.
"Playtime...over..."
With the incredible hearing from my elf ears I heard something, the voice of a woman. I got up from where I was sitting and followed the voices wondering what my dream would make of people in this random place. As I took a look around the house I noticed that there was some sort of creature sitting on a throne which seemed to have two red crystals on it as well as antlers. But what I was shocked to see was two ponies, one white which was taller than the other one which was dark blue in colour.
'WHAT!'
I couldn't believe my eyes as I saw them, talking ponies with manes that flowed in a nonexistent wind that looked like a rainbow and the night sky...well my mind is now blown. As I continued to question myself for thinking of why I had imagined talking ponies in my dream, I over heard them talking about stopping that thing on the throne. I took in a breath as I decided to intervene with this chat -and also calming myself down- as I started to walk over to them, starting to bring in my acting skills as being a king into action as I had just decided to roll with what was happening by saying those first four words.
"You will be stopped," I said to the creature on the throne as he and the two ponies had there attention on me at the blink of an eye.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" he grinned in amusement maybe due to my outfit as I stopped in between him and the ponies. I faced him with determination on my face.
"I would recommend that you stop this chaos now, other wise you will be punished for your actions," I literally had no idea what I was saying as I said those words hoping that he was the one causing this. He laughed and pretended to be sad.
"Oh woe is me, about to be punished by a creature in a bath robe" he wailed as I gritted my teeth at his attitude, bringing out my golf club which I noticed had changed as well as it looked more genuine and as I held it in my hand I felt something coming from the club, a weird power. I ignored it and looked at the creature with anger clearly in my eyes.
"Do not mock what you haven't faced yet whatever you are!" I yelled as the two ponies started to walk up to me.
"Do you think one such as you can defeat me!? I am Discord, the spirit of chaos but I wonder, who might you be little one?" he asked as my anger started to rise, I wasn't little as I was about the same size as the blue pony. I twirled my club around in a spinning motion before smashing the tip on the ground, the head of the club facing upwards as I thought of the most heroic line I had ever thought of.
"I am the hearer of the winds, the whisperer of the trees, My name is Kyle, King of the Elves!" I yelled/boasted in a firm voice as I pointed the head at this so called spirit of chaos. He just smiled like a maniac, clearly unimpressed as I felt like I wanted to beat his head in as the two ponies looked at me with a look of both shock and curiosity but nevertheless they were still focused on Discord.
"You're a King? Then where are your subjects then?" I shrunk down a bit at that as I wasn't expecting him to say that.
"My subjects are all dead, I am the only one of my kind left Discord," I spoke back to him. It wasn't really a lie since I was the only elf here.
"But I will not fail, you will be stopped!" I yelled at the top of my voice as I didn't expect the next thing to happen.
My club started to glow a bright white light as a beam of magic shot out of the staff at very quick speed as I put both hands on my staff to stop myself from being pushed back by the sheer force.
"What is this!?" I heard Discord yell as I opened my eyes to see that I had created a sphere around him which seemed to stop him from doing anything. I smiled to myself.
"I told you that you will be stopped and I intend to keep my word!" I yelled in a happy voice since this was the most fun I had ever had in a dream. I heard the white pony yell to the blue one.
"Sister, Now!" she yelled as I saw a blur of a glowing rainbow and a bright white light as I heard the so called spirit scream at his demise.
'That's what you get you douche,' I thought smugly as I collapsed onto the ground, sleep overtaking me.
Author's Note
Hey Everyone,
I thought of Kyle being in Equestria because when I played the Stick of Truth he said something along the lines of this: "By the moon and the stars in the sky, we will destroy you!" as that sentence made me think of him in Equestria with Luna, thinking that they had a friendship before the stick of truth. So I will be making this story but I will still be posting my Zero chapters as well.
Kyle also won’t have a short fuse for his anger as he does in South Park so he will be more calmer in this story.
See you later!
Chapter 1 -or- I don't want your Elements!
“…llo…?”
“..re..ok..y?”
“Come on mum just five more minutes, I’m still tired.” I groggily asked to my mum, hoping that she would leave me alone.
“Wake up!” I instantly opened my eyes, about to yell at mum to not yell at me when I saw two big teal eyes right in front of my face.
“Ahhh!” I quickly crawled backwards, as my eyes adjusted to who had awoken me. When they adjusted I saw the blue pony from my dream staring at me curiously and impatiently as the white one had a look of disappointment on her face directed at the blue pony. Does that mean that this wasn't a dream then?
“Sister, you did not need to yell into his ear, he was almost awake before you startled him.” She chided to her ‘sister’ as I quickly got up from the ground, glaring at the white pony.
“I am not scared of you two, you just shouted right into my ear ,” I put more emphasis on the last few words to get my point through to the blue one as I saw a red hue forming on her face.
“Yes…we are sorry that we yelled at you, we were just curious of what kind of creature you were and we…wanted to get answers quickly,” she replied, her head tilted down a bit showing shame on her features as I walked back over to the two.
“Well then you can ask your questions to me then as I have all the time in the world really,” I said as I started to get back into my role as the elf king. The white one stepped forward first, her eyes held a gentle calmness to them which made me think of a caring mother.
“Who are you,” What an obvious question that was.
“As I said before, my name is Kyle and I am the King of the Elves,” I replied to her thinking it wasn't the best to mention Zaron otherwise it would spike up even more questions. Her eyes widened a bit –probably due to shock- as the blue one looked back up to me with the same curiosity in her eyes as before.
“A…a king? I haven’t heard of such a thing about a king of elves in all my years of living, I haven’t even seen your kind until now…so where are the rest of your kind then?” she asked me curiously as I began to think of something to reply to her question.
“My subjects…are all gone. I’m all that’s left of them,” the blue one’s face turned to one of concern while the other turned to sadness. “There was a war between another kind called the humans, they wanted to take something very valuable from our kind called the stick of truth,” the white pony showed confusion and fear at my statement.
“War? You waged a war between another kind? Because of a stick?” she asked in a scarred voice, probably because she was thinking of all the death that would have happened.
“Yes, we did but it was to protect the stick of truth as it is…was not as ordinary as you might think,” her ears perked up at me stating my reason. “The stick of truth was foretold to have come down from the heavens. When we found the stick we kept it hidden from the other races to make sure it doesn't fall into the wrong hands as whoever controls the stick controls the universe,” she looked like she wanted to interrupt my tale but I held up my hand for her to wait until I had finished.
“We never used the sticks power for we were scarred that it would slowly corrupt us over time but then the humans found out about the stick. Their kind is not pure and is full of greed and lust for power; they waged war against us, killing thousands of our kind, that was hundreds of years ago,” the blue pony looked at me with a look of sadness and guilt on her face, maybe due to thinking that all of my kind was killed.
“After the great battle, I was the only elf left alive but now I knew what I had to do. I took the stick from its resting place and thinking that if the stick was gone then no one would try to use its power."
“I took it to what the elves called ‘The Sacred Lake’ that was hidden inside a secret cave near our kingdom as in legend it said that if the stick was placed into the sacred lake it would absorb all of the water in it, turning itself into a beautiful tree that would keep the balance of the world intact as long as no evil was to find it.” I ended my tale hoping that they thought I was telling the truth –which halve of it technically was the truth since I am the only elf here- when the two ponies nodded to each other as the blue one stepped forth.
“We are sorry that your kind was wiped out by these humans, but we wonder where this ‘Sacred Lake’ was,” she asked as I looked around.
‘Shit, ok ummm what should I do,' I frantically asked myself. Then I remembered the forest that I had woken up in as knew what to say.
“It has been so many years since I was there that everything has changes but if my memory serves correctly it was located in the forest over there,” I replied as I pointed towards the forest I had ended up in, hoping that they wouldn't go looking in there but then the white one stepped forth as well.
“Was the tree foretold to hold six elements when it sprouted,” she asked in a calm tone which made me calm down a bit and that I could get somewhere with this.
“Yes, it was told that it would bear six powerful elements, how did you know about the tree if you never heard of the legend then?” I asked her as her face turned completely emotionless.
‘Shit, did I stuff up or something? Great job Kyle, gonna get into trouble by a unicorn…pegasus thing,” I thought to myself dryly as thought I would be killed or something due to them being the ones who killed Discord. Then her face turned into a smile, must have dogged a bullet there.
“Then you must be talking about the tree of harmony then young one,” there she goes again telling me that I’m young. I nodded dumbly taking the opportunity as the blue pony looked towards the white one.
“But sister that means that he created the tree of harmony! How is that possible its dates back to even before we were born,” she said a hint of shock in her voice. The white one smiled knowingly.
“Indeed it was sister but as Kyle said he is hundreds of years old, he out-dates us as well but I must ask,” oh god was this going to where I think it is going to? “Why do you look so young if you are immortal?” ok I got this question down.
“Well you see Ms Sunbutt,” she looked taken aback at my statement probably due to not introducing herself (and that I just called her sunbutt) what was I supposed to call her. “The leader of the humans was known by us as ‘The Grand Wizard’, near the end of the war with the last of his power he cursed me to make me look like what I am now. So I may look young but in reality I have the mind of and adult,” I replied in a knowing tone not believing how good I was at this convincing stuff. The blue asked me a question which completely caught me off guard.
“Would you like to come with us to the castle young Kyle?” she asked in a polite tone. A castle, a real castle now that I had to see for myself but I had to ask a few questions myself.
Yes, I would like to see you castle but I think now that I should start knowing your names now…?” As soon as I had finished the sentence the blue pony started to blush with embarrassment while the white one cleared her throat to introduce herself.
“I am Celestia, the Alicorn of the sun or Princess Celestia now that discord has been sealed into stone,” I quirked my eyebrow at what she just said, so did that mean that I just help destroy a king? Then the blue one started to introduce herself.
“And we are Princess Luna, Alicorn of the Night!” she said in a rather loud tone but there was only one thing that I had to say to them.
“So that means…that you move the sun and moon?!” I yelled at them, trying to keep it as a statement more than a question as they nodded slowly as I knew that my sanity was almost gone when said one thing that made me almost lose my shit.
“What the Fuck!?” I accidentally yelled as the princesses expressions turned to shock.
“What did you just say?” she asked, as her face looked like one of horror which made me start to freak out.
“Uhhh…oh um I say ‘shuck’, it’s the elven language for ‘what’,” I hesitantly answered hoping that they really didn’t hear me say that or they could might throw me in a dungeon since they were princesses. There expressions calmed down as I looked behind them to finally notice that the village was back to normal and that there was a statue of Discord where the throne was.
“What are you going to do with him then,” I asked them as I pointed towards the statue, hoping that it would take their minds off of what I just said. They looked at the statue as Celestia nodded at her sister who nodded back at her.
“We will take him back to the castle as well so that he is kept under watchful eyes but in the meantime,” she turned back around to me. “Do you want to have these back…your highness,” she said the last few words in a playful manner hoping to get to me but instead it just made my ego slightly bigger as she held up the elements with…magic, but I knew what I had to do even if they were powerful elements.
“No Celestia, I don’t want them back for it is best that they should be sealed somewhere safe until you and your sister might need them again,” my god, my heroic tone was starting to break.
"Are you sure?" she asked again for confirmation as my tone broke somewhat.
"I don't want the elements back! It's best if you keep them!" I yelled frantically startling them both as i slowly gain my composure.
Celestia nodded in confirmation as she put the elements back into her saddle as Luna and herself started to walk down the path as I shouted at them.
“Where are you going aren't you going to bring the statue,” as I turned around to point to it I found that it was gone.
“It is already at the castle now come on Kyle, you don’t want to fall behind,” Celestia said in a motherly tone which seemed to pull me into her motherliness as I smiled as I started to run towards the sisters, already used to this crazy world.
“Wait for me then…sunbutt,” I whispered the last word as I caught up to then as my pace slowed so that it was equal to theirs.
‘I could be a co-ruler of an actual castle, oh man if Cartman could see me now,’ I thought happily that since I was a king the sister would let me rule with them which would be way better than when Cartman did that ‘Christmas Critters’ story in class just to offend me. Man if Cartman could see me now…’
******Meanwhile in South Park a young boy ran straight out the front door of Kyle house as he had found out that he was missing from his house. Which meant that ‘The Stick of Truth’ game that was planed would be postponed until Kyle was found. As the young boy in a cape, wearing a wizard hat fell to his knees he screamed a word that was heard throughout the world.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
******
‘Awesome’
Author's Note
Oh snap Kyle managed to gain Celestia and Luna's trust by accidentally knowing about the tree of harmony and how it was created, what will happen next for Kyle? And will he take co-ruling a real kingdom seriously? Probably not.
I’m making Celestia and Luna only about 100 years old because no one really knows how old they really are and I hope that you have enjoyed this chapter.
See you Later!
Chapter 2 -or- Bow to the King!
…
The way towards the so called castle was very boring as all I heard was the wind which wasn't very entertaining so I decided that I needed to ask the sisters a few questions.
“So now that Discord is gone will you two be ruling the land now?” I asked them as the youngest nodded.
“Yes we will be Kyle as you already know I will be controlling the sun and Luna shall be controlling the moon,” I took that information into account as I relayed my thoughts to the sisters.
“And I will be controlling the nature I guess,” I said as they looked at me curiously.
“What do you mean Kyle?” Celestia asked me as I looked her in the eyes.
“Well Celestia, back before the war broke out I used to be called the King of Life as well since I am able to control the nature around me. I can make plants grow into large trees within seconds or keep them from growing out of control; the wind speaks to me as I can also send messages across the land through the wind and my magic is mostly nature and solar magic,” thank God listening to solar energy in class paid off.
I think it was solar energy but the beam that my staff created was pure white,’ I thought to myself as Celestia looked at me fondly probably because she controls the sun…oh yeah and probably due to me wanting to help herself and her sister in ruling the land with my new found powers that were amazing by the way.
“Of course you can Kyle, it would be nice to have someone who can keep the forest in check as well as a King helping us rule,” she replied happily as I sweat dropped.
“Um…Celestia, will there be any diplomatic meetings that I may have to do because I wasn't very good at organizing the laws of this newly freed land. I may be a king and you may be princesses but I want you two to treat me like a normal per-pony,” I told her as Luna looked at me with sadness on her face.
“We are sorry that you were not treated as a normal pony but we would be glad to be your conversation pony,” she said as I raised my brow, Celestia’s face turning into a smile once more.
“You mean like a friend, an actual friend?” I asked her as she blushed and nodded. Besides who would pass up being actual friends with two princesses…even though they may be ponies I didn't really care, as being away from Cartman was heaven for me anyway.
“Yes, I would be happy to accept your friendship so we can work together so that in time ‘our’ kingdom shall be restored,” I said in a louder tone trying to get there spirits up. Celestia looked at me with an eyebrow raised.
“‘Our’ kingdom?” she asked in a joking tone but I didn't notice that tone as I replied.
“W-well yes, since we would be working together to restore a kingdom I thought that it could be our kingdom since mine is…gone,” I said in a sad tone, Celestia and Luna both saw the sadness in my tone as Luna comforted me with her wing but what they didn’t know was that I wasn't thinking about my ‘kingdom’ but about my ‘good’ friends back home. I wish that Stan was here…or at the least Butters.
“Oh Kyle I’m sorry that I brought that up again, I was just having a little fun with you,” she said as I brushed it off.
“No, don’t worry about it Celestia, its fine.”
Heh, it’s funny really. Normally I would be yelling at them both for making fun of me but then again they weren’t, which made me feel more sad about myself actually being alone. I had also noticed that my temper wasn’t as short as it usually was, probably due to this wacky world and learning from Stan’s dad say…what was it called again…‘Roll With It’? Then the two sisters stopped walking as I looked back at them with confusion.
“Dude…why did you stop?” she looked confused for a second (due to me saying ‘dude’) then her face turned to a mischievous smile as I slowly turned around and saw that I was standing right in front of the entrance to a large stone castle.
“Welcome Kyle, to the castle of the royal pony sisters,” Luna announced as I took in the view of it all. It was all completely made out of stone with tapestries of the sun and moon…well that was expected. As I admired the castle the two sisters started to open the large double doors as I jumped back into reality, running into the castle as well.
When I got inside I noticed that there were other ponies inside the castle but they seemed smaller that the sisters and I as my height was just up to Luna’s eye level. The sisters were talking to a few of the ponies about defeating Discord. Cheers were heard throughout the castle as I looked at the castles interior which wasn't that bad. It had torches on the walls, red carpets on the ground, more tapestries and the large archways that were on the left and right sides that probably led to other rooms.
I then noticed that it was quiet…too quiet, when I focused my eyes to the rest of the room I saw that all the ponies were looking at me with fear in their eyes…damn. I saw one of the ponies point at me.
“W-w-what is that!” she exclaimed in a panicked tone, thinking that I was a monster as the sisters tried to calm them down but to no avail. So it was up to me then.
“My name is Kyle and I am the King of the Elves and of the nature around you,” I replied back in a cool tone as murmurs started to go around the room as ponies in armour started to surround me.
“What is he?”
“He’s a King?
“He controls nature?”
The ponies in armour (who I think were the guards) pointed their weapons at me in defence as I took out my staff/golf club, getting ready to kick there asses if I had to.
“By the order of the new princesses you are under arrest,” one of the guards said in a firm tone. I thought I should screw around with them and show them my new powers.
“Since when did the princesses say that I was under arrest, they didn't give the order but if you try to hurt me-,” I lifted my staff up, a bright white light glowed from my staff as I saw about thirty elves standing behind me but they were like ghosts as they had their arrows ready to fire. “-I will be forced to defend myself,” I said as everyone/everypony in the room stared behind me, eyes wide with shock and amazement at my power to be able to summon a small elf platoon.
“Put your weapons away guard, he is our friend and shall not be harmed,” said the voice of the lunar princess as she stepped forward while I lowered my staff, the white glow fading away as the elf archers disappeared. Celestia stepped forth.
“Do not fret my ponies for he is the one who helped us in defeating discord,” she said with pride as I felt my ego rise up again while the other ponies gasped with shock…well that was expected.
“And I would like to say that he will become the ruler of nature, the third ruler in Equestria,” she exclaimed happily.
‘Ruler of nature huh? I kinda like that,” I thought to myself as all ponies started to bow (excluding Celestia and Luna) to me as I felt kind of embarrassed a bit and that I knew now that there was going to be a third ruler, me.
“Okay you can stop bowing to me now…my ponies…,” I said the last words with hesitation as I knew that sounded a bit wrong in some way. As they got up they started to walk in their own directions muttering about the new ruler of Equestria.
“Wow, a King! Can you believe it!”
“He can control nature? Like trees and plants?”
“That royal attire was simply gorgeous.”
I looked towards the two sisters, giving them a thank you smile as they returned it, then Celestia looked out the window.
“Well looks like it is time for the moon to rise, this way Kyle,” she said as I followed the sisters to a large balcony which seemed to show the entire town and forest below.
“Kyle, could you kindly step back please,” Celestia asked as I took a few steps back from them as the sisters rose up from the ground, their horns glowing just as the sun started to set and the moon started to rise from the other side.
When the moon was in the sky Celestia and Luna started to lower themselves to the ground. So that means that they do control the sun and moon in this world…that was actually pretty cool in my book.
“Now I think it is time for you to go to bed young one because you will have a big day tomorrow as we will be introducing you to the ponies of Equestria to their third ruler,” Celestia said in a motherly way as I suddenly realised how tired I felt and now she was treating me like a little kid (which I was).
“Fine then Celestia, I’ll go to bed but I’m not five you know,” I mumbled the last part as Luna pointed her hoof down the hall, her face smiling a bit at what I mumbled toward her sister.
“Your bed is down the hall there, third door to your left-,” she said as she put on a smile that seemed to make me smile sleepily at her. "-and we will also talk about your magic tomorrow as well," I nodded at her as I walked down the hall, into my new room. I put my staff on the table and crawled into bed I closed my eyes slowly going to sleep.
SMACK!
I opened my eyes to a loud smacking noise. Then a random (female) pony below the castle gasping (over dramatically) in shock.
“OH MY CELESTIA! THAT FALLING BRICK KILLED IRON SHIELD!” I got out of bed and ran to the open window as I yelled in response.
“YOU BASTARDS!”
*****
As word got out that Kyle had gone missing, people started to search around South Park hoping to find the lost boy. They each split up to different sections to search for Kyle as one boy had to check the forest near South Park due to the wizard boy saying something along the lines of ‘You better search that forest and you will respect my authoriteh!!!’, lucky him right? This boy was going to be playing The Stick of Truth as well as he searched hard to find Kyle but so far found nothing that gave him a clue to knowing where he could be.
Just when the young boy was about to give up and head back into town and call it a night he spotted something hanging on one of the branches of the tree. As the boy looked at the object, he found out that it wasn't just one object, but two! He shook the tree as the two objects fell to the ground. Picking them up the boy saw that it was a silver flute with symbols that he had never seen before printed on it. The other object was a lute just his size with the same symbols on it as the flute.
To the boy these two instruments were way better than the ones he had. He put them on his back as he started walking home with his crutches but then he stopped, he noticed that everything was quiet…too quiet. When he looked around he saw that everything was frozen, the birds, the leaves and even the animals. As the boy wondered what was going on, he noticed that the instruments on his back were glowing a bright light due to how bright the forest had gotten all of a sudden.
The light consumed the boy as there was nothing left of where he was standing other than a paper hat, a feather and an echo through the woods.
“H-h-h-h-help!”
Author's Note
Ok I have finally done this chapter, sorry for the delay guys.
I will be working on the next chapter now and will finish it in one or two days so keep in touch. Oh and I will be adding Kenny into future chapters of the story in case you were wondering.
See you later!
Chapter 3 -or- I got my Potions!
I opened my eyes to find that I was in the same room I went to sleep in; I groggily got out of bed and grabbed my staff, as I looked at myself in the mirror to see if anything was out of place for the big day that was ahead of me.
When I looked into the mirror I found that I was in my normal attire and not my royal robes. I started to panic as I heard a knock on the door.
“Your Highness, the princesses are waiting for you in the dining hall,” I heard one of the guards say.
“Ok! Just a minute,” I yelled out as I looked around the room to find that my robes were on the other side of the bed…stupid me…but I also saw a cabinet which wasn't there before. As I opened it up I found that it had lots of water and lots of coke but what was weird was that the water was labelled cure potion and the coke, power potion…weren't they the items that were going to be used in ‘The Stick of Truth’?
As I opened and chugged down one of the colas I felt my powers (or magic as the sisters called it) seem to be restored, so in this world they actually work…cool.
As I changed my clothes I wondered how the cabinet got there and how my clothes changed while I was sleeping, a shiver went down my spine as I thought of creepy possibilities. After I was dressed I grabbed two of each potion then I grabbed the handle of the door and pushed it open to find that there were two guards stationed on either side of me.
“Follow us your highness,” they said with no emotion in their tone, jeez it sounded like they had no life. I followed the guards through different hallways, some had armour near the walls to show off as well but with all of this…I needed a bloody map of the place. We reached two large double doors that I guessed was the dining hall as the guards opened the doors with their magic.
“The princesses are through here my King,” I nodded at them, still thinking that calling me their King was a bit wrong as I walked into the dining room to find…so…much…food. I gaped at all the food on the table, this was supposed to be for three not fifteen pe-ponies! As I was still too shocked to move I saw Luna’s head lift up to look at me as she waved her hoof towards me.
“Ah Kyle! Over here, we were just about to eat!” she yelled happily towards me as I snapped myself back into reality, walking over to sit on one of the chairs next to the sisters (who were the only ones in the room). I grabbed some pancakes and toast, surprised at how ponies were able to make them due to their ‘medieval era’. And was Celestia eating a cake all by herself?
“How did you sleep last night your highness,” she asked in a playful tone as I stopped eating, my mouth turning into a frown.
“I slept very well Celestia but you don’t have to call me by royalty, we're friends right? And I don’t really like my friends…only friends to acknowledge me as royalty when they are as well,” I told her as the sisters nodded, bringing a smile to Luna’s face.
“Yes, I would like that dear Kyle for now that we are known as royalty, ponies won’t really talk to us as us, only as a ruler…so it is nice to have a friend who looks at us just like us and not a ruler that he knows nothing about,” she replied as Celestia spoke up.
“Yes, I agree with Luna on that remark Kyle. Now finish up your breakfast, we have a big day ahead,” she said in a motherly way which I gave a soft smile at and besides, if I am stuck here forever it would be a bit weird having a pony act like my adopted mother…but surprisingly I actually felt fine with it. It would be way better than the randomness that happens around home…my old home now.
“Kyle?” I heard Celestia ask me, snapping me out of thought as I looked towards her.
“You looked sad…is there something wrong?” they really do care about me…just like Stan. I shook my head.
“It’s nothing Celestia, just thinking about someone I had close to me,” her ears fell down and Luna gave me a look of worry, thinking that she might have resurfaced some memories of my old friends, which she did. I felt a tear go down my face…I usually never cried but knowing that I may never see my friends again made me feel empty inside.
“Oh Kyle…I’m so sorry if I reminded you of your friends before the war,” she said with guilt in her voice. I just waved her off, my face turning into a smile as I remembered that they are my new friends now and that they cared for me just like Stan did.
“It’s fine, let’s just get through the day,” I said as she nodded uncertainly and they both got up from their chairs and started to leave the room. As I left the room I took one look back at the room.
“Goodbye Stan.”
………
As I followed the sisters through the castle, we ended up in what I thought was the throne room due to there being two thrones, one on either side of a small bridge. They both turned to face me.
“Kyle, we are here to see what sort of magic you wield and how you use it, and by what we saw yesterday you were able to somehow summon your...passed elves…and use them to your advantage in a fight,” Luna said as I went to clarify.
“Yes that is correct but I technically didn't summon them. I used my magic to make my memories of the elven archers become real for a short time as they would fire of their arrows at my enemies, although it does take up a lot of my magic in using them,” I told her as Celestia nodded.
“Ah I see, using memories of what actions the elves did in the war to your advantage…very clever,” she mused –half to herself and half to me- as I smiled at the comment making me remember that my powers are actually real now.
“Let’s see…I can summon an elemental, call upon the winds to blow my enemies back, I can control the way plants can grow and as you saw what I did to discord...I can use my magic to hold any creature in a bubble shield -depending on how strong the creature is – the shield can be broken within time and I am able to cast up a defensive shield and able to project magic projectiles –as well as beams- from my staff,” I said, waiting for the knowledge to sink in. Then Celestia motioned her hoof to the open room.
“Would you care to show us?” I nodded my head as I walked to the middle of room as I began to focus.
“I summon the winds!” I yelled as I held my hand out, palm facing the two thrones. All of a sudden, strong gusts of wind started to blow fiercely from behind me as everything in front of me was blown back from the force of the wind.
“Impressive,” I heard Luna comment at I looked back at her.
“That isn't all I can do with that move, if I put all of my focus into it I would have summoned the leaves of Eren,” The sisters raised their eyebrows as I put it into more detail. “The leaves of Eren are not your ordinary leaves as they would be able to pierce the thickest of armour, a good way to stop a group of enemies if they decide to attack me,” I finished as Luna nodded, storing the information into her head while Celestia gave me a look of intrigue.
“Now this is the summon elemental spell,” I said as I focused on creating an elemental.
As I focused my magic into my staff, the entire room flashed with a bright light. I opened my eyes to find a fire creature that stood on two legs and was about the size of Celestia, I turned to the sisters, showing them my elemental.
“This is my fire elemental, he is used to help me in battle but he can only be summoned for a short time otherwise it would start to drain my magic quickly,” I acknowledged to the sister who again, nodded their heads as I walked next to them.
I held out my hand and (surprisingly) a small rose bloomed from the palm of my hand. Keeping my shocked composure together I explained this to the sisters.
“As you already know, I can control nature and as you can see here I am able to bloom plants from the palm of my hand and I can evaporate trees just by touching them –if I allow it of course-. Finally I can control the way plants grow and command them in a way to help me. For example I am able to make them grow into a wall like so,” I raised my open hand upwards as a large column of branches shot up from the ground, separating the sisters and I. I put my hand on the branches as they disappeared.
As I looked down I saw that they made a large rectangular shape in the ground. I smiled sheepishly at Celestia and Luna, realising that I just ruined the floor of the throne room.
“Uhhh…oops?” I said as Celestia put a hoof around my neck.
“It’s fine Kyle, I will just ask the guards to pave the floor over again,” she said with a smile as Luna walked up to me, astonishment clearly written on her face.
“That was an impressive feat Kyle, your ability to control nature astonishes me,” she replied with a smile.
“Thanks Luna but my magic is also based on creativity,” I said as Celestia and Luna’s ears perked up at my comment.
“Creativity?” they both asked as I nodded in confirmation.
“Yes…what I mean is that my magic can be used to create objects if I imagine it hard enough,” I replied as I turned away from the sisters, smashing the top of my staff on the ground as I thought of Celestia’s looks and stature.
A bright flash of light illuminated the room as I looked up to find…Celestia just a few feet away from me, but she was different than the real Celestia as she didn’t have any royal attire on.
When I turned around I saw the magnificent sight of two regal princesses with their jaws wide open as I gave an innocent smile. Regaining her composure, Celestia walked towards the copy (which was looking around the room) and stopped a few feet away from it as its attention was focused on Celestia.
“Um…hello…me…” she asked, not too sure of herself as the scene was what others would call awkward.
The fake Celestia looked at her counterpart, her face turning into a smile as she lifted her hoof into the air. Confused by this Celestia lifted her hoof up as well, both hoofs touching as the fake started to fade away, her smile still on her face as she disappeared completely. They both turned back to me, clearly astonished at my power to create a perfect copy of Celestia.
“H-h-how did you do that?” Celestia stuttered her eyes wide with amazement and curiosity, Luna’s reaction was different.
“Kyle! How did you do that! That copy of my sister was amazing, perfect even!” I smiled at her enthusiasm, then I remembered the power potion. I reached into my pocket and grabbed the coke as I chugged it down in about five seconds. Suddenly I felt like I could take on the world as my magic was restored back to me, Luna gave me a weird look at the power crazy smile I may have made.
“Kyle? Are you ok,” she asked with concern as Celestia walked back over to us with the same face.
“Yea, I’m fine Luna. I just needed to take a power potion,” her look turned into a confused one.
“What’s a power potion?” she asked a bit dumbly, causing me to smile slightly.
“Well Luna, a power potion is used to quickly restore your magic as I always carry around 2 of each potion at all times. The other potion is a cure potion, it is able to cure any poison or any bleeding that you might have,” I told them as Celestia looked at me thoughtfully.
“Your kind astonishes me Kyle, potions that can fully restore your magic within seconds,” she mused to herself.
*CREAK*
The large double doors opened to reveal one of the guards who was running frantically towards us, stopping about a few feet in front of us.
“Your highness's, there is a creature that is causing trouble in the castle's foyer,” Luna and Celestias’ eyes widened in shock as I started to run out of the throne room and heading down to the foyer, the princesses in tow.
When we arrived at the stairs leading down to the foyer of the castle my eyes widened of who I saw.
“Sir I order you to lower your crossbow now or we will use force.”
“H-h-h-how about you suck my elven d-dick random pony for I am a level ten bard, y-y-you would be no m-ma…ma…ma-me-meh-me-meh-meh-meee…you would be no mehhhh…meh-mehh-“ Celestia and Luna had just caught up to me as they watched the sight unfold before them.
“-ma-ma-ma-meh…meh-me-me-meh-” Luna gave her sister an awkward glance as Celestia did the same as five minutes had gone by.
”-meh-ma-ma. Y-you would be no m-m-match for me!"
After Jimmy’s little talk the entire group of guards gave a sigh of relief as the sisters walked down the stairs with myself in between, to shocked to actually see my friend as I pushed through the guards.
“J-Jimmy!?”
Author's Note
Posted another chapter! Yay!
How will the princesses react to Jimmy?
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Chapter 4 -or- A Mane on Fire?
The look on my face said it all, I couldn't believe it. Somehow Jimmy was here, in this world and standing right in front of me. Jimmy turned around to face me as I noticed there was a difference in his appearance.
His clothes looked real just like mine were and his paper hat was gone, replaced with an actual bardic hat which went pretty well with his other attire. I also noticed that Jimmy’s flute and lute were ones that you would find on sale for about six hundred dollars each, having the same elven markings on them as my robe.
Before he was able to say anything to me, a thought came to my mind as I mimicked playing a lute. Jimmy must have gotten the idea as he took out his lute, I held my hands on my ears as he started to play.
“Sleep now the wip-poor-wills are d-dancing, gently now put your m-mind to rest…,” he said, strumming the strings on the lute as all the ponies in the room fell to the floor except for the princesses which I kept upright, finding it funny that they were sleeping while standing.
“Jimmy, what are you doing here? How did you get here?” I whispered as Jimmy scratched his head in thought, almost going off balance.
“W-well Kyle, I remember taking these t-two wonderful bardic instruments while I was looking for y-you and then I suddenly wound up in a d-different forest,” he replied as I closed my eyes, taking the information in.
“So you got here by finding a flute and a lute? In the forest near South Park?” Jimmy nodded.
“Y-yes for you see Kyle I went there to find you and bring you back home b-because you disappeared from your h-house.”
“Yeah…about that…Jimmy, I don’t really know how to tell you this but…we are now both stuck in a world full of ponies and dragons where our class abilities are actually real, can you believe that?”
“Y-yeah I can Kyle for I figured that out when I got here-“ I held up my hand, telling Jimmy to stop talking.
“Ok Jimmy, I need you to call me ‘My King’ or just ‘Your Highness’ when we’re in public,” Jimmy gave me a curious look. “*Sigh* Because Jimmy, I’m actually a King in this land now, I’ve made friends here that have treated me nice so far…and there is no going back home!” I yelled the last few words in a broken voice, thinking of my mum and dad as Jimmy lowered his head to the ground, guilt started to eat away at me.
“Look…Jimmy…I’m sorry I yelled at you but what I said is true and if you want to fit in here you’ll need to explain who you are, what you do as a bard and your history,” Jimmy gave me a weird look. “You know, like saying that you disappeared and I act all surprised that you’re here…you know, to convince the princesses,” I pointed my thumb over to the sleeping sisters behind me.
“O-ok then Kyle but is there anything I might need to know?” I already knew how to answer that question.
“Well I just made up a story about a war against the humans that happened hundreds of years ago and that I was the only survivor so you will need to explain how you are here and why you’re young as well,” I said as he nodded uncertainly.
“Ok I t-think I know what to say, you can wake up the princesses now Kyle,” I nodded as I shook the princesses awake They both woke up at the same time and looked at the sight in front of them, Luna’s horn started to light up as I stepped in front of her.
“Wait Luna! Don’t hurt him,” she gave me a questioning and appalled look as Celestia walked up to Jimmy.
“But did you see what he did to us Kyle? He used his magic to bring harm to our ponies!” Luna exclaimed as Celestia stared down at Jimmy.
“Who are you? What did you do to the guards?” she asked/demanded as Jimmy bowed his head to the princess.
“I am sorry y-your highness but I h-had to do something to insure that I would be safe. And don’t worry about t-the guards, they’re just under a sleeping enchantment that I c-created so that we could talk without any interruptions,” he replied, not taking his eyes off the princess as I held my hand towards Jimmy.
“Luna, Celestia…this is the bard or as I called him before the war, Jimmy,” Jimmy gave us another bow, acknowledging his title as Celestia accepted the gesture.
“From what Kyle had told us, every elf except himself was killed in the war yet you are standing in front of us now…my question is how,” Celestia replied in a serious tone, her eyes shifted over to mine for a second before going back to Jimmy.
“Well your h-highness, after the b-battle with the humans I thought I was the only e-elf left. When I looked around the battlefield for any s-signs of life I found Kyle, but as he was when he was young. When I went to inspect him I found that a curse was given to him by someone that I do not know. So I tried to use my enchanting music to remove the curse but as you can see…,” Jimmy looked over himself. “The curse was more powerful than I had thought as I received the curse as well, then the next thing I k-knew was I was right in the middle of a room filled with unicorns, meaning that there was also a teleportation jinx on the seal of the curse as well, to get rid of elves that tried to interfere,” he explained as I started to sweat. He started to talk about things that may have not been real. Celestia put a hoof to her chin, clearly in thought.
“Oh you must mean the unicorn tribe back in the day when the ponies weren't united,” she stated, my body starting to relax a bit.
“Y-yes your highness. From there I introduced myself to them wondering if I could s-stay in their village for a while, after that I searched through Equestria, passed through towns and sung my m-magical songs to the ponies who wanted to hear them while still looking for my King,” I let out a breath of air that I kept inside my lungs knowing everything was fine when Celestia’s face formed a smile.
“Well Jimmy, it seems that you have found him then,” she lightly giggled as Jimmy did his goofy smile but then a sudden thought hit me.
‘How did Jimmy know that this land was called Equestria when he only just arrived!?’ my mind screamed at me while I kept a good posture. Jimmy turned, fully facing Celestia.
“You don’t remember me do you Celestia?” he asked as Celestia took a step back as my mind started to work overtime.
‘What are you doing!?’ my mind screamed as my entire body shivered, though no one saw it.
“I’m sorry...?” she asked in shock as Jimmy took out his flute.
“Maybe this will jog your memory,” Jimmy played a short tune on his flute and straight after he finsished, Celestia’s face turned to one of both shock and joy as she had the biggest smile I had ever seen on her face.
“I-it’s you!” she exclaimed, using her front hoofs as she wrapped Jimmy in a hug. Luna looked at her sister questionably, myself included although instead my jaw was slap jaw open at the turn of events.
‘What!? How the hell does she know Jimmy!?’ I felt like I was about to scream until Luna’s mane brushed against my face unknowingly, making be blush however Luna didn’t notice as there was one thought in my mind. ‘She’s a pony, she’s a pony, she’s a pony, she’s a pony!.......Stop blushing!’
“Sister…how do you know this bard before just meeting him now?” Luna asked, curiosity in her tone as Celestia stopped the hug and turned to face us, a slight blush on her face (probably from embarrassment).
“Well sister, I met him over a hundred years ago…when I was only just a filly. One night while you were asleep near the gardens I began to hear wonderful music that was being played with a flute somewhere near the forest and due to my adventurous mind I decided to investigate. The music was coming from the outskirts of the forest, so it didn’t take long for me to get to the source of the music. When I did I found a tall creature on two legs with the same hat and flute as Jimmy has here; being played by him,” Celestia gestured over to Jimmy.
“W-well Celestia, do you remember what Kyle said about the war-“Celestia gave a small nod. “-Well that’s the reason…I had to travel back to my kingdom to prepare for war as t-the journey was about six days on foot,” Celestia’s smile came back, happy that her friend was here as Luna walked up to Jimmy.
“What are those sticks you have under your hooves, Bard,” Luna asked politely, though the tone hid some…anger? Jimmy looked down at his crutches then back at Luna.
“Well Princess, these are not sticks…there crutches! There used to keep me upright for as you can see,” Jimmy looked down to his legs as the princesses noticed what he meant, both cringing at the sight.
“The war didn't do kindly to my legs, almost died too if the ranger didn't save me from the group of humans that managed to ambush me,” Celestia gave him a sympathetic look while Luna looked away due to the fact that she had pointed that out.
“Do you think that I could help heal it, you did so much for me back then I want to return the favour,” Jimmy gave another bow to Celestia at her request.
“That w-would be great your highness but I would rather wait until tomorrow if that is ok with you,” Celestia gave an uncertain look but accepted his request nonetheless by giving a nod. I noticed that the guards started to stir from there ‘sleep’ as I prepared my staff in case I needed to bash somepony’s head in…just a thought though.
As soon as the first guard came back to reality he was face to face with Jimmy as he gave him a goofy smile while the other guards grabbed their spears, pointing them straight at him.
“H-hello there, sorry for making you sleep,” the guard just looked back at Jimmy with hate as he lunged at him, spear at the ready. I instantly took action, blocking the blow with my staff as he slammed the spear down on it repeatedly.
“Get out of the way creature! Or I will-“
“ STOP!” a tremendous voice shook the entire room we were in, almost sending me sprawling on the ground but I managed to contain my composure.
“ YOU WILL NOT HURT EITHER OF THEM! STAND DOWN NOW!” again the voice shook the room making me think that the whole room would collapse on top of us as the guards lowered there weapons and took a step back from Jimmy and myself. I then heard the sound of somepony clearing there throat, turning around to find Celestia with a not too happy look on her face.
“Thank you Luna,” she turned to the guard that tried to stab me with the spear. “Captain Golden Sword, Kyle –as I said before- is not to be harmed under any circumstances yet you just tried to bring harm to him…I am disappointed in you,” Celestia said sadly as this ‘Golden Sword’ nodded his head.
“I understand princess, I was not thinking straight,” he replied as the princess gave him an emotionless nod, I almost snapped at what he said.
‘’I was not thinking straight!?’ What kind of apology was that!? If I was the sole ruler here I’d bash his bloody head in right now.’
I made I mental note to keep a close eye on this ‘captain’ as Celestia continued her speech.
“And you shall not harm the bard either for he is a close friend of mine as well as the Kings,” she stated which made me agree with her calling me a King in front of the guards, they needed to respect my authority… no, no, no! Don’t. Turn. Into. Cartman. You. Idiot. “So I ask you all to spread this news to the town so that the citizens know who they are,” all the guards bowed their heads to the princesses and left the castle. Celestia gave off a big sigh now that there was only us four left in the room.
“Sorry about that everypony, I just didn’t want anything bad to happen to you…I would never forgive myself if you got hurt…I might have even hurt Golden if you did,” Celestia admitted sadly as a small sympathetic smile formed on my face.
‘Yep, she really does act like she’s my mom…I like that,’ I chuckled inwardly at the image of Celestia rocking me in a small crib.
From the corner of my eye I swore that I saw a hint of fire in her mane, I rubbed my eyes.
‘Seeing fire in her mane…good job Kyle…already seeing things when you've just woke up,’
“Y-yeah, let’s get going! I want to check out the rest of this a-amazing castle and then maybe we can explore the town w-when we’re done,” Celestia smiled at Jimmy’s enthusiasm to explore the kingdom.
“Well then, looks like we should get started if we want to get to the town,” she stated happily as we began to walk back into the interior of the castle…but still…why did that fire look so real?
Author's Note
Finally done! Now to the Next!
Sorry if I was a few days late, I've been a bit busy the past few days and haven’t had time to write anything.
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Chapter 5 -or- Too Many Friends!
After walking down a stupid number of hallways, we arrived at our first destination which Luna said was the kitchen, -due to the fact that Jimmy and I had to meet most of the castle staff before heading into the town- Celestia’s posture seemed to change into a strong one. From my knowledge of what being a ruler was like when I read somewhere that most rulers wear something called the royal mask, detailing that it would not show the true side of themselves. Celestia walked into the kitchen first to tell the cooking staff that I’m safe to be around as well as Jimmy too in case they were to freak out or something -and to make sure that they don’t scream like girls when they see me-.
After about a minute of waiting around in the hallway we walked into the room to find the largest cooking room I had ever seen. The walls and floor were completely clean, shiny even as loads of silver ware was hanging on the wall in an orderly fashion. In short, this part of the castle seemed to have the closest resemblance of equipment to our design back at South Park.
As I marvelled at how decent the kitchen was, I didn't notice that there were about ten ponies standing and looking right in front of me in a questionable manner. I stopped looking at the contents of the room, looking straight at them as an awkward silence filled the room -I swear I could even here the sound of a cricket somewhere- until Celestia got their attention.
“Now as I was saying. This is Kyle the Elf King, he is able to control nature around him using his magic on very powerful levels that would rival an Alicorn such as my sister and I and he is to be treated like you would treat other ponies and give him the respect that he deserves,” she said in a boasting sort of tone as the ponies conveyed their greetings and hellos.
‘Geee…thanks Celestia, for boasting like I am the supreme ruler of the world that would kill anypony that does the simplest thing wrong,’ I thought sarcastically as I pictured myself ruling over everything. ‘Come to think of it, I am kind of a co-ruler now since Celestia announced…oh…that’s why she’s treating me like a five year old, like I’m her little brother,’ I sighed at the war that was going on in my head between Celestia and myself.
‘Celestia is treating me like a baby and is now embarrassing me in front of everypony but…she cares for me like a little brother or a son, why am I acting this way…oh right…I don’t have a family anymore and they’re the closest to family that I have now,’ I almost let a tear drop from my eye as I shook away the thoughts, however one of the cooks seemed to have seen my eyes water up as he gave me a look of sympathy and motioned his hoof to the room next door as he turned towards Celestia.
“I’ll be back in a minute Celestia I need to check on something,” Celestia gave me a curious look as if to she knew something wasn't right but she decided to not push it.
“Ok Kyle but hurry back, we've got to show you and Jimmy the rest of the castle,” I nodded quickly as I began to run to the other room.
“Ok, thanks Celly!” I yelled as I closed the door but not without hearing Luna say something that I couldn't make out.
“Sister……blushing…?” I decided to ignore it as I saw the cook sitting on one of the chairs, he motioned a hoof for me to sit down.
“What seems to be bothering you young one,” he asked as I raised my eyebrow. His voice seemed to be one of an elder while he looked only fifty years old, I looked down knowing that we were alone and that he seemed nice enough to talk to.
“Well Mr Stallion-,” he held up a hoof, signalling me to stop.
“Please, call me Smokehoof,” I raised my eyebrow at the weird name.
“Ok…well Smokehoof I’m just still taking all of this in, it’s hard to know that you’re the only one of your kind left.”
“What about Sir Jimmy?” Smokehoof asked in a curious manner, wondering why I left him out.
“Besides him I haven’t got anyone else no mum, no dad just…no one,” he gave me a knowing look.
“The princesses seem to care about you, you’re not as alone as you thought,” I gave him a questioning look as he continued.
“The princesses are the only ones of their kind left too. No mum or dad, not even an uncle or aunty…they’re just like you,” I finally realised why Celestia and Luna cared for me so much. It was because they didn't want me to live the rest of my life alone like they did before they became princesses. I didn't even realise I was crying until I felt the tears falling down my cheek as Smokehoof gave me a hug…I didn't complain, we were alone and already he felt like my dad.
“Shhh, its ok, its ok you don’t need to worry. The princesses care for you very much.”
“How do you know?” I asked, breaking the small hug and rubbing my eyes so that no one else knew that I was crying. He gave me a smile.
“I’ve seen the way Celestia looks at you…like a mother would a child or in this case…like an older sister would a younger brother,” I smiled at that as I got up from the chair.
“Thanks for that Smokehoof,” he waved a hoof.
“Oh it’s nothing Kyle, anything you need…come talk to me,” I had now just realised I had my first friend other than the sisters now.
“Heh I wonder what he would say….,” I looked back at him before I closed the door behind me.
“Who?” he snapped out of thought as he looked at me with a chuckle.
“Just my uncle, he knew the princesses very well you know.”
“What was his name?” I asked as I closed the door with one word drifting through the wall.
“Starswirl.”
I walked towards the door as everypony said there goodbyes, Celestia leading the way back into the hallway and to our next destination, thinking that it was going to take forever to get through all the castle staff and rooms.
And it did.
We went through different parts of the castle, saying hello to all the ponies and getting introduced to the rooms and the rules since I had only just arrived. Luna wasn’t very social around other ponies which made it a bit awkward when I asked her a few questions but Celestia always answered them for me, making me a bit worried about Luna’s social work as from what I knew of touring the entire castle, nopony seemed to greet Luna or Celestia in a normal way.
They’d just say things like ‘Good Morning your Highness’ or ‘Hello Princess’, it isn't even the morning!…oh and yeah…they treat them both like they never knew them and that it was only just there first talk which made me wonder if I would be talked to like that every single day. I started to gather the pieces of the puzzle of why Celestia and Luna cared for me so much and acted like themselves when they are alone around me –other than Luna giving Jimmy a glare every now and again when he wasn't looking, must be because she just doesn't like him that much-.
Finally as we finished the tour of the castle, we were able to visit the town but only for a short time due to the fact that taking a tour of the castle takes seven…drawn out…hours!! But as we were about to leave the castle I remembered that I had to ask Jimmy a few things about how he knew about Equestria. I put a hand on Jimmy’s shoulder, stopping him as I motioned him to stay.
“Celestia, Luna, Jimmy and I will catch up in a moment. I just need to ask him a few things about…uh…how he found me,” the sisters –including Jimmy- gave me a weird look but accepted the fact that I wanted to talk to him as they began to walk into town.
“Ok Kyle, but be quick about it!” she asked in a tone that I couldn't decipher.
*Crack*
I motioned Jimmy over to one of the rooms so that we could have the talk in private. Once we were in the room I closed the door behind me, to make sure that nopony was to hear our conversation.
“Ok first off, how did you know about…all this,” I asked/demanded as he went right into it.
“Well Kyle, it all happened about a year ago, in a d-dream actually,” I raised my eyebrow but let him continue. “I-I will make it brief then.”
“In the dream I was a bard as you might have known by now, but I was the age of an adult with a-awesome bardic attire and flute, and the best part was that I didn't need my crutches so I was a-able to w-walk around. At first I thought it was a dream but everything seemed to be so real and a-as Celestia explained, I found her and we became friends of sorts. After she left I began to l-look into the history of this place when I found out that it has three different species …Dragons, Griffons and Ponies as well as their species, like the Unicorn, Pegasus, Earth Pony and Alicorn – of which there are only two of course-,” he spoke in a really fast pace as I took all the information in.
“So let me get this straight. You arrived here in a dream when Celestia was only a filly and knew about this and you didn't even tell me!” I yelled, angry at Jimmy when he gave me a confused look.
“B-but it wasn't important until now…,” I suddenly felt incredibly stupid as I face palmed.
“O-ok…let’s just get to the town,” I said in a deep tone as I opened the door and headed to the entrance of the castle.
When we reached the castle entrance Luna was there to greet us, a smile on her face when we were in her sight. She waved us over to her and we stopped in front of her, still showing her smile.
“Hello Kyle!” she looked over to Jimmy, her smile disappeared as she faced Jimmy. However, he didn't notice as he was too busy looking around. “…Greetings Jimmy…my sister waits for us at the center of town,” I nodded as we begin to walk towards the center of town.
We see Celestia off in the distance talking to a crowd of ponies that were gathered in the middle of town, celebrating that Discord was gone as I just watched from a distance.
“Oof!” I grunted as I felt somepony bump into my back, looking down to find a colt looking at me in a curious but blank way.
“Hey there, my name is Kyle what’s yours,” I asked, giving a good first impression as he just continued to stare at me blankly making me feel a bit awkward at the situation until a stallion and mare ran up to me pulling their son back a bit, giving me an apologetic look.
“Sorry about that he seems to just wander around everywhere. Son, apologise,” the stallion said/ordered as the colt just continued to look at me with a blank look. The stallion just sighed.
“Sorry about that, he doesn't speak much…at all really. We were just about to leave, come on son,” he began to pull the colt along with him towards the castle for some reason.
“Don’t worry about my husband, he’s just a bit on edge.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Well it’s just that we need to get...away for a while,” she seemed to put a lot of force in the word. “He has so many friends its hard to keep track of his friends coming over and playing that we just need a break. He is even friends with the griffon emperor and somepony by the name of Faust was it…yes it was Faust,” the corner of my lips raised a bit at that.
“How do you know that?” she gave an awkward blush.
“Well he said it, but that was the third and last time we heard him talk...oh I've got to go, bye!” she waved a hoof at me as she began to run towards her husband who –from what I heard from him- mumbled something about a mirror…must like dressing up or something. Luna put a hoof on my shoulder, giving me a concerned smile.
“Are you all right?” She said in a calm tone as I smiled back at her as I waved my hand away.
“I’m fine, let’s just see what your sisters up to,” she nodded, lifting me up with her magic as we began to walk to Celestia, the crowed having gone back to their daily routines. She gave me a smile as she saw that we had arrived. The smile seemed to feel strange…different...like it wasn't her own smile but it was at the same time.
*Crack*
Author's Note
Hey Everypony!
Sorry for the Delay i'm just starting to get lots of School assignments and its really caught up on me but i hope you liked the chapter.
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Chapter 6 -or- Changing Form! (Edited-New Section Added at the Bottom)
*Crack*
“Hmmm…so it seems that she has finally found somepony that she has started to hold dearly to herself…that she cares for.”
The spirit looked through one of the cracks in the prison that began to show, showing the world to her in Celestias' eyes.
“Yes, he does look the young type…like a child, you know what Celestia…I think I’ll be the one to take care of him. Once this prison is broken of course for you see Celestia, your love for him will be the thing that will help me in my escape.”
It chuckled, smiling if it could have at the way he looked at Celestia…her. But then the boy seemed to look at Celestia in a weird way.
“Well it seems that I already have little control over you already Celestia,” It said in a smug way as it retreated back into the prison.
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“Uh…Celestia…are you ok?” I asked, worried about the smile on her face that seemed…possessive. Celestia just shook her head as if to shake away a feeling.
“Yes…sorry Kyle I was just thinking about something, do not worry about me for there is much to show you around town,” she smiled, trying to take my mind off of her previous action. And it worked.
“Well ok then, so where do we go now and what were you doing just then?” I asked, wondering why she was talking to the crowd of ponies back there.
“Don’t worry Kyle, I was just giving the town a...,” she paused, trying to find the right word. “Notice…so that they won’t be afraid of you when they see you,” she finished as I gave her a satisfied look.
“Ok then I’m fine with that, thanks,” she just gave her usual smile.
“It was nothing Kyle, now let me give you a tour around the town while my sister does the same with Jimmy-,” Celestia got cut off as Luna pushed me out of the way, almost making me fall over.
“Sister, I think it would be best if I were to give Kyle the tour so I can…get to know him better!” she yelled the last part as I gave a glance to Jimmy who just shrugged.
“P-perhaps K-Kyle it would be best for you to go with Luna, for I have known Celestia for a long time and p-perhaps we both could catch up on what I had missed in Equestria,” she said as I gave him an amused yet accepting look.
‘Well I guess he does have a point there,’ I thought as I walked towards the sisters.
“Don’t worry Celestia, I’m fine with being with Luna taking me on the tour,” Luna’s face brightened at what I had said while Celestia just nodded, accepting my request.
“Come on Kyle, we have so much to show you,” she said, walking off down the street as I followed her while Jimmy went with Celestia.
The town wasn't really that great as it looked like the ones back in the 1900’s or something but overall it seemed decent enough for a town next to a medieval castle. But in my opinion I thought Luna’s tour was far better than the town, she had put in so much enthusiasm that it would make the world’s best tour guide be quivering in fear due to Luna’s ‘Royal’ voice when speaking –which I had gotten used to- as we passed by each building or store. She also seemed to be more open and happy when it was just us walking around the town and not with Celestia and Jimmy, perhaps she just doesn't like Jimmy that much.
But overall she seemed like a child trying to show me everything it could see and honestly, I didn’t mind, it made me feel welcomed here in many ways. As we neared the end of the tour, we went to the last store that I had yet to be introduced to.
“And here Kyle, is where the citizens store all the wine and cider in the town where it can be delivered to the castle for special occasions!” she yelled, yet again in her royal voice.
Oh yes I had forgot to mention that this worlds ‘alcohol’ was apple cider and since we had cider back at south park I made a mental to try one of them sometime. As I pondered over the cider I saw Celestia and Jimmy approaching, obviously finished with the tour as well. I also noticed that Luna’s face had gone from a happy and cheerful tone to an emotionless one of authority.
*Crack*
“Well Kyle, how was your tour?” Celestia happily asked as I gave her a smile.
“It was good Celestia, thanks for that but what will we be doing now since that it’s almost dinner?” Celestia smiled
“Well we have dinner of course.”
‘…Idiot…,’ I mentally hit myself at the question as I heard Luna stifle a giggle.
“*Sigh* Well then let’s get going,” I motioned my hands towards the palace as Celestia, Luna and Jimmy followed suit, a smile shown on the sisters faces.
The walk back wasn’t very entertaining, just walking to the castle with a few hellos and hoof waves from other ponies that were directed to us…as well as the bowing, oh god the bowing. There were only a few ponies who actually greeted us normally, the rest bowed down to us like we were bloody King Tut. Anyway getting off topic when we entered the dining room, we began to look at the food that was bestowed upon us.
From the looks of it, the –very large- table seemed to not hold any meat which I began to understand since ponies don’t eat meat; thank god I hardly had meat back home so I was okay with this. We sat down in our seats as I used my magic to bring some bread and cheese over to my plate…magic is awesome. When I began to eat my cheese sandwich a thought came to my mind.
“Hey Celestia?” I asked as she raised her head towards me, having lowered her food back on the plate.
“Yes Kyle?”
“I was wondering where you put the elements of harmony,” she looked over to me in a curious manner, probably wanting me to go on. “Since they are very powerful shouldn’t we hide them somewhere so that nopony will be able to find them. What if somepony managed to steal them and use them to defeat us like they did discord,” I finished as Celestia closed her eyes, thinking about how to answer my question while Luna looked at her sister, seeming that she wanted an answer as well.
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“I think that I’ll be the one to answer that one Celestia,” the spirit hummed to itself as it moved towards the edge of the prison. “Better make it simple otherwise she will know that something is wrong with herself.”
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“Well Kyle, I have already taken that into account and already hidden them in the castle, as for your other question…if someone evil tries to use the elements of harmony they will not work, from what my sister and I know is that the elements will only work if you let friendship into your heart,” Celestia concluded, her eyes closed for the entire explanation.
‘Hmm…I wonder why Celestia didn't open her eyes when she was talking and did her voice sound a bit off?’ I thought but brushed it off. ‘She’s probably just tired.’
Celestia shook her head slightly as if she had something on her mind and opened her eyes groggily as if she had just woken up.
“Well thanks for the explanation Celestia but you look a bit tired, are you alright?” Luna seemed to take what I said into account to.
“We agree with young Kyle sister, you do seem very tired, perhaps you should go to bed early tonight,” Celestia shook her head vigorously and opened her eyes prompting Jimmy to look over at us, finally finishing his dinner and taking a look at what was going on.
“N-no its fine sister, I just had a thought is all,” Celestia replied making Luna furrow her brow in suspicion but let it go as the room went into an uneasy silence. I decided to break it.
“So thanks for the food Celestia, I think I’ll get ready for bed now,” I said a little too quickly as I quickly –and awkwardly- got out of my seat and began to leave the room making Celestia raise a brow and Luna to tilt her head down slightly.
As I walked through the endless amount of hallways, trying to find my room, as well as passing a few guards along the way who saluted me as I passed, until I found my room. I locked the door and jumped face first into the bed as I let out a large groan at how ‘well’ that first dinner went. As I kept thinking about what had happened so far while in this world, one drifted back towards my clothes changing while I was sleeping. I got off the bed and walked towards the mirror and looked over at my royal suit –which was unorganized from rolling around on the bed over and over again-.
I sighed at how I looked and imagined that it was neat again, since I couldn't be bothered doing it myself even though that thinking of it being neat wouldn't help. Suddenly I noticed a white light surrounding my body only for a few seconds as it disappeared in the same time, showing that my royal attire was as neat as when I had first arrived here.
I imagined I was in my uniform that I always wore back in South Park. Just as it had done before my clothes instantly changed into what I had imagined them to be, a smile grew on my face.
‘I wonder if I can…,” I thought to myself, my smile getting bigger to that of a devious grin.
As the thought came to my mind I changed into my new attire or should I say form. Opening my eyes to look at the mirror, I found myself looking at Celestia or rather…me. Tons of thoughts went through my head at this new power and what I could do with it…devious thoughts. I decided to try out this form.
“I am Princess Celestia,” I said to myself, my voice sounding exactly like Celestia. I began to flap my wings as I slowly floated/wobbled above the ground for about five seconds before I crashed back down to the ground, landing on my side.
‘How do the princesses fly like this? It’s so hard,’ I began to think back to my normal form when I was in my clothes from South Park and just like that, I changed into myself again.
‘The ability to change my clothes and to shape shift into other ponies just by thinking it huh? Although it is fun to be someone else I don’t think it will have much use other than sneaking out in another’s form or for pulling pranks…which can be fun’ I continued to muse to myself as I chugged down a power potion, quickly refilling my magic as I grabbed two more from the cupboard and teleported out of the room.
After my teleportation, I had arrived in the gardens of the castle. I walked to the edge of the garden where a small hill was and sat at the top of the hill, looking up into the night sky as I watched the stars twinkle in the sky. The night always felt nice.
“Kyle? What are you doing out here at this time of night,” I heard the voice of Luna behind me; her tone was filled with worry, curiosity and…hope? Luna landed beside me as I continued to look up at the sky.
“Well Luna, this is what I wear when I am not considered as royalty so I usually wear this when alone or just wandering around, besides I wouldn’t want to wear the same suit every day,” I replied as Luna nodded her head sheepishly at her mistake.
“It’s nice isn’t it?” she gave me a weird look. “The night sky…its nice isn’t it?” Luna gave a small nod, the corner of her lips curving upwards.
“Yes…it is.”
“Yea…the night is always the most peaceful time I think, because during the light of day it isn’t very peaceful. Everypony is up and busy working even you must work yourself,” Luna turned her head towards me, prompting me to give a smile. “But when the moon rises and the night arrives I feel at peace as I look at the stars, at how bright they are…it is nice, the night,” I finished as I turned towards Luna who had a sad smile on her lips. “How did you like the poem I made, I meant every word you know,” I heard no response from her as her lips trembled and in the blink of an eye I was being hugged by the princess.
“Thank you…,” I heard her whisper. “Thank you for cherishing our night Kyle…you are the first and only one to say that,” I hugged her back making her smile. “But even the ones who watch the night must sleep sometime…,” All of a sudden I began to feel very tired; moving my head up I noticed that Luna’s horn was glowing a dark blue. I just gave her a tired smile. “Nice…ending…to…the…poem…” the last thing I saw was leaning against Luna as I closed my eyes.
“Uhhhh,” I opened my eyes to find that I was back in my bed in my room. I groggily got out of bed and looked outside to find that the moon was still in the sky, as I continued to watch the sky I found the sun beginning to rise. As I watched it rise I began to use my powers on the sun to see if I could control it, instead I shot a beam out of my hand and straight into the glass window…damn. The glass broke into 20 pieces and flew straight out the window.
“Oops,” I made a mental reminder to ask one of the castle staff to fix the that as I changed into my royal clothes and went for the door.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!” I heard a loud scream coming from the window, running over to it to find that there was a stallion on the ground with glass cuts all over his body, a mare next to him –probably the one who screamed-.
“Oh Celestia! The broken glass killed Silver Star! Somepony get help!” I slowly turned around so that I was facing the door.
“I’m a bastard!”
After the *ahem* incident…I had left my room and was walking through the halls to the dining room, having stopped caring for the random stallion when a thought came to my mind.
‘Wait a minute…with my shape shifting powers I could pose as Celestia and deceive the guards!’ I thought, smiling as I ran into the dining hall to find that nopony was here…perfect. I walked to the end of the table to where Celestia sits as I changed into ‘Celestia’, one of the chiefs came in.
“Your Highness, what would you and your friends like to have this morning.”
“Just the usual but without the cake today,” I had learned from one of the guards yesterday that Celestia has a fetish for cake so I decided to ‘help’ her with it. The chief looked flabbergasted at what I had just said.
“B-but your highness! You always have the cake-,” I rose a ha-hoof into the air to silence him.
“I just don’t think I’ll have any cake for the next three days since I feel like going on a diet,” he nodded his head at the order and began to leave. “Oh and one more thing, If I ask for cake in the next three days do not give it to me,” I said putting emphasis into it when the chief just looked at me questionably but decided not to push it as he left the room leaving ‘Celestia’ smiling devilishly. As I sat down on the seat I found, a cup of tea –already warm and ready to drink- in front of me.
‘And now to play the waiting game…’
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All was quiet in the Everfree forest…or what it will be called soon. Every pony and creature there was slowly beginning to wake up from their slumber due to the sun beginning to rise from the mountains…all but one thing was the same, something was disturbing the peace.
Unknown Pov:
I made my way through the trees, vines and bushes of this stupid forest that hid the key to giving me the power to rule the world…this world. I was heading towards my location that I had...received...from the weird goat creature in that wacky place of a town…what a fool, he thought that the place didn't exist but by not thinking to take a look to see if the 'rumor' was true it led to his downfall.
I jumped over bush after bush until I had reached my destination…a small opening to a cave. I sprinted down the stairs, all too eager to get my reward as I finally made it to the bottom, lo and behold my prize stood there in all its glory…the tree of harmony. I took a few steps forward, keeping caution in case the tree would be able to detect me and eradicate me due to my…dark essence. I stopped dead in my tracks as I saw that there were five holes in the crystal tree. I chuckled to myself.
“So this must have been the reason for your downfall, the elements were used against you…,” I put my hand on the trunk of the tree, knowing that now the elements were gone I would be able to get my prize that I so rightfully deserve. The trunk of the tree began to glow, lines forming into taking a shape of a square that opened like that of a cupboard and inside was a twig or more specifically…a stick.
“Finally…this world is mine…,” I reached my hand into the tree and grabbed the stick-
