Prince Eclipse

Rainbow Dash had pinned the dark blue coated stallion to the ground and was straddling his waist. She was beyond angry, he had laughed at her and her friends misfortune. But as she stared into the near glowing red gold eyes of the pegasus beneath her, her anger melted away. Maybe it was the happiness on their surface, or maybe the sadness beneath. Or perhaps that these eyes while in appearance were young they held within their depths a sort of timelessness, a wisdom, yet still retained an element of childishness.  His mane lay flat yet formed spikes that looked like it was made of black spears with the tips dipped in blood.  His face had one large scar running diagonally across it from above his right eye to just beneath his left. Yet it somehow suited him, as though without it he would have looked odd. And judging from where she was currently sitting, he was ripped. Not grotesquely like a certain pegasus stallion she had seen around town rather more like Twilight's brother just on a larger scale. She absently began to trace the lines of his abs through his black shirt feeling them ripple and flex beneath her fingers, she shuddered slightly and bit her lower lip as she thought to herself 'Holy Faust he's hot...I wonder if he was telling the truth about his dick...oh man what am I thinking I just met this guy and now I'm mentally undressing him? A blush crept over her features as her thought continued to become even more lewd. She suddenly realized this wasn't some fantasy she had dreamed up involving Soarin or Spitfire, this was actually happening. And from what little she did know about male anatomy, he was enjoying this too.  Unfortunately for her though the pegasus beneath her interrupted her thoughts before she could do anything else.

"Having fun?" He asked while sporting a look of that was at the same time both playful and inquisitive,"They seem to think you are." He said as looked to his right side.

Rainbow Dash froze as she realized what he meant by his statement. Her face began to feel as if it was in a sauna as she turned to look where he was indicating. She quickly adopted a look of complete chagrin as she saw who was standing there.

"Umm... Rainbow? What are you doing?"

"Well Princess Cadence I was really mad at him for laughing at and all of us, so I tackled him and we ended up out here and I got lost in his eyes and this is really embarrassing so I'm gonna shut up now..."

"Rainbow you seem to be very nervous, so I'm going to take that as meaning that you have never been sexually active. And warn you that it can affect your physical performance in things like aerial acrobatics."

The mystery pegasus who was still underneath Rainbow Dash laughed again, "Like you are one to talk Spitfire, weren't you in this exact same position not to long ago?" "Also" he continued, "didn't you mumble something about never having been with a stallion?" he said as he grinned in such a way that would make Discord feel jealous.

Spitfire blushed as a look of shock overcame her features,"It was NOT exactly the same!" she exclaimed.

"Right that's because you were grinding yourself against me."

"Stop telling everypony about that!!!" Spitfire was livid at this point and Shining Armor decided that now was the perfect time to show up only having heard yelling not the actual words he assumed that this pegasus had attacked these mares and since his waifu was among them you can probably tell how well it went. Eeyup.

"Don't worry everypony I'll handle this!!" he yelled as he pulled his sword from it's sheath and charged, "Get outta the way!!

"Shining wait!" Cadence yelled but it was already too late. Shining Armor had reached them.

There was a flash of movement and a clash of steel. The pegasus and Shining had locked blades. "So your the current Captain of the guard...pathetic." And with that the pegasus shifted his weight and shoved Shining away from him. He swung his sword and, faster than seemed possible and connected with the hilt of Shining's sending it into the air. He then leaped forward twisted his stance slightly and planted the sole of his boot onto his opponents chest with metallic wham. Shining was sent flying across the hall into the wall...twenty feet away. He then nonchalantly caught the sword in the air.

The three mares in the vicinity stood aghast at what they had just borne witness to. After all it wasn't every day you saw Prince Shining Armor beaten down like an inebriated halfwit who pulled Twilight's tail, making her cry in front of Celestia herself, Cadence ran towards her husband to find him groaning in discomfort, but otherwise unharmed.

"You big dummy... he could have killed you..."

"Sorry Cady I thought he was attacking you and you had managed to subdue him."

"Pfft."

Everypony in the hall turned toward the source of the noise, unsurprisingly it had come from the pegasus who, had just set Shining Armor's sword against the wall next to the entrance to the library.

Spitfire had had enough. "You are a completely worthless little maggot you know that? You constantly pick on people and derive some sort of sick twisted pleasure from it. You told me that you are here to protect Equestria and her citizens yet, all you have done so far with your miserable little life is beat up a griffoness and Captain Armor! Oh and embarrass Rainbow and myself. You make me sick." Spitfire didn't know that the door to the library had opened, or that everyone had heard her rant. All she knew in that moment was a relief of stress and anger.

"Perhaps you need to see what I've seen to truly understand the way I work. perhaps at that point we can be friends, but then again somepony who doesn't need a reason to demean somepony else other than 'they are different' will never make good company. Besides I honestly doubt you would even care. So for now I shall bid you all good day. I need to go remember why we swore to protect a land of ingrates" And with that he walked away towards the window opened it, and jumped out. The occupants of the hallway watched him as he slowly disappeared from sight...in the direction of the Everfree forest.

Celestia was the first to speak, "Spitfire you are hereby ordered to go find him and apologize."

"What? So because he was being a dick to those cadets who saw him doing things they had only dreamed of and asked how to do them, I am to blame for this whole debacle?" Spitfire asked.

"No." Celestia said evenly "You are to blame for not understanding or bothering to. He told them the honest truth, that they would never be able to do the things he can."

Spitfire threw her hands into the air and said " But he was-

"He is Immortal."

Spitfire's eyes looked rather like dinner plates at this point. Her mouth opened and closed several times without words, rather like a dying fish. "What?" she asked in a very small voice.

"He is in fact older than I am." Celestia explained with her arms crossed over her chest, "It stands to reason that he would more advanced in his various types of training."  "Immortals also have the ability surpass the limits that usually stand in the way of a mortals gaining of power."  "That is why we are so powerful, we don't have limits.

Spitfire slumped against the wall, "Why didn't he say anything?"

"You didn't let him."

"Alright I'll go apologize." "And Princess?"

"Yes my little pony?"

"I'm sorry."

Celestia smiled softly at the remorseful golden furred pegasus "I am not the one who needs to hear you say that."

Rainbow stood there taking all of this new information silently, knowing she was still attracted to him.Crap, now I have to think about emotional stuff, she thought dejectedly.

I miss them all. Especially those three...How could I have let this happen...

Trixie was very glad to have run into Sunset, especially now that they were running for their lives from a pack of timberwolves. Sunset had proven to be an indispensable ally before now and now she was proving her worth again. but there were still at least thirty-five of those monsters still standing and the Dramatic Duo were growing tired. They had heard of something powerful crashing into the land beneath canterlot and had been curious as to what it was. So they had set off for the mountain city with two goals in mind. The first being their need to apologize to the princesses for their past wrong doings, and the second being the object of power. However when they had heard of this mysterious object being a moved to ponyville their hopes were dashed until they learned that Celestia was going there to stay with Princess Twilight Sparkle they decided to cut through a small portion of the Everfree to save time and so they could say they were chased into town by a monster or something which would make ponies more at ease with their presence due to their previous misdeeds.

'Didn't think it would be for real though.'

Her thoughts were put on hold when Sunset yelled to her, "There is a clearing ahead Trixie, we can get out of this!"

And sure enough Trixie could see a light up ahead between the trunks of these twisted trees and for a moment she allowed her hope to fill her heart and give her a burst of strength. Which pushed her out into the clearing and...straight into three fillies judging by the sounds they made as the five bodies collided.

"The Great and Powerful Trixe is hoping you will get your boobs off her face now." Trixie's voice was slightly muffled due to one of the aforementioned fillies bosom's currently pressing down on her mouth. A light gasp was heard above her as the vibrations from her voice caused...things to happen to the female above her. "Trixie when this is over we may need to go somewhere we can be alone." Sunset said, causing the azure unicorn to blush.

And so it was with quite a bit of shock that the two unicorn mares that they were still alive. There was a whining sound coming from the edge of the woods. Quickly the five mares turned to see a very large pegasus between them and the wolves. All he did was stand there and look at them. They coward before him whining in absolute terror able to sense something the ponies were not. As this realization passed through the minds of the five others in the clearing they shuddered in fear of this newcomer. And then he spoke.

"As long as I stand no harm shall come to those weaker than myself. And none are stronger than I. Leave now wolves,...or die."

As he finished his small speech all of the wolves turned and fled into the forest as fast as their legs could carry them. The five mares stood now in awe of what they had just witnessed. Sunset was the first to speak.

"Those wolves could have killed you!" she said completely unable to comprehend how he had done that.

"Funny, they appeared to be too busy shitting themselves to attack." he said rolling his eyes. and walking away.

"Wait! The Great and Powerful Trixie demands to know what just happened!"

"Well, the Immortal pegasus Bob refuses to tell you."

The pegasus filly seemed perplexed, "What kind of a name is Bob?

"It is my name...sorta."

"Where are you going?" The unicorn filly asked.

"To immerse myself in memories of a less pleasant time in my life. To remind myself of why I came back to Equestria," Bob responded slowly, "You are welcome to stay if you wish. I'll just edit out the worst of it."

"Hey!!"

Bob gave a sigh as he heard her familiar voice. "Feel free to stay and watch as well Spitfire." He said as she landed, "you'll have time for your fangirl freakouts later, for now let's see those memories." Ashe said this he pulled a small diamond the size of a bit from one of his pockets on his baggy shorts. "Oh and before I forget you are all now sworn to secrecy, none of what you see or hear in this place will ever be repeated or hinted at. Especially to the Princesses. You will until such a time as I say refer to me as Bob."

And with that he grimaced and began to change, the fur on his left leg began to fall off as well as the feathers on his right wing, A horn protruded from his skull appearing instantly, while his fur darkened in color turning blacker than night. His left leg was made of a strange shimmering metal as was his right wing. The three fillies and the three mares in the clearing stood completely still and silent upon realizing they were in the presence of a MALE alicorn. One whose hardships had caused him to lose part of a leg and an entire wing. Not to mention the other scars...

As soon as his transformation was complete his horn sparked to life and shot a beam of magic into the diamond situated on a rock in the clearing. Instantly an image formed above it. A first person view of a stone corridor with the viewer running down it. Faint wisps of smoke curled through the air and suddenly the view shifted to the left showing an eight year old alicorn filly with a waist length light pink mane and alabaster fur in a dress of the same color. She was carrying a another filly about half her age with a shoulder length light blue mane and fur of a darker blue than Bob's had been.

"Hurry Tia we have to get away before it catches us!"

"Eclipse! Slow down I can't run tha-WOAH!"

Both fillies had been scooped up into his embrace, and he began to run faster. They made it to the end of the corridor and through the door at the end when something blasted through the ceiling and rained rubble and dust down upon him as he quickly turned and knelt to cover the fillies in his arms. Before the dust had a chance to settle he set the girls down and blew a hole in the nearby wall with his magic.

Eclipse (as he had been called) whispered to the girls,"Tia, Lulu Run to the place we talked about...the one mom and dad showed us...Okay? I'll hold it off. Go!"

The girls ran from the room out through the hole in the wall just as the dust began to settle. A menacing laugh sounded from behind him as he turned around. Only to see his mother struggling to her feet, in front of a large winged bald creature. It had no fur but its skin looked as though it had gotten the mother of all sunburns. It was a sickly orange color looking almost like a dragons scales in texture and jagged metallic red,metallic green, and metallic blue four inch spikes protruded randomly from it's skull. It's eye's were solid black with pinpoints of blood red color in the place of pupils. His mother turned toward him and her face became awash with fear, and she spoke to him saying, "Run child, run and don't look back." Before the creatures blade found her heart. Before the light faded from her eye's she smiled weakly as her son ran forward to her and held her the image blurring her once beautiful red mane now disheveled with blood caked in it she whispered to him "We love you, all three of you...so very much." And with those final words Queen Faust left this world, while being held in her sons arms, with him begging her to stay.

"So pitifully weak, I should have left this to Discord after all..." " Equinox died even faster, here boy" it said in it's deep voice, as it threw a sword to the floor between them, "have his sword so you can die like your father did." It smiled showing jagged shark like teeth. "Pitiably and begging for his life offering you and those girls in exchange for himself."

A wordless cry came from Eclipse as he charged forward and picked up his fathers sword without missing a step and continued forward to impale the disgusting creature. At the last second It sidestepped and swung it's blade shearing off one of Eclipse's wings.

As the image wavered slightly and an agonized cry came from the image. Everypony in the clearing was struggling to not throw up at this point. Four of them had already failed.

Spitfire had covered her mouth with both hands and whispered "By all that is holy..."

A shadow fell across the image as the creature leaned down and whispered into Eclipse's ear, "Did you think you had saved your sisters? You have saved nothing and after you die so will your little sisters..."  With a flash the image switched to being a third person view with the creature dragging his blade across Eclipse's face diagonally with Eclipse crying out in pain. The creature kicked the young alicorn and turned away form him. "There was no way for you to win anyway. I am Kaus the All-being of Chaos, and you are but an Immortal.

"You have scarred my face..."

"Don't worry you-

"YOU HAVE TAKEN MY WING.

Kaus immediately froze staring at the colt in front of him. Fury was pouring from him rolling off in waves

YOU KILLED MY PARENTS!! AND YOU THREATENED MY LITTLE SISTERS! YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS WITH YOUR LIFE!!!"

The young alicorn rose to his feet and turned towards Kaus. Pure terror surged through the creatures body as he looked upon the boy's face. His eye's were lost within a pure white fire. In the next instant the boy was gone and back again as his right foot impacted against the side of the All-beings face. Sword still in hand Eclipse plunged it into the Kaus' chest before continuing to pummel him with attacks from his hands and feet.  He ripped the blade from the All-beings chest and slashed at him with it faster than the creature could hope to block. Before long the Creature as it would be known to other ponies outside of the royal family, fled the battle very much the worse for wear. And Eclipse following Discord's take over the next day would go into hiding with his sisters, unable to regain the power he had wielded that night.

"And that was my twelfth birthday." The real life Eclipse stated to his now catatonic/horrified audience. "The second worst day of my life." And with that he walked away, him, Prince Eclipse the rightful heir to the throne, the rightful King of Equestria.

In retrospect it was probably a bad idea to show those children my memory, though the adults who had been present never brought it up...