Legacy of Lundaya: Memory of an Empire

Twilight and her friends looked at the aged wooden door. A plain looking door that seemed out of place to the elegant Majesty of the castle. But it was the feeling of the door. Even Apple Jack, the pony who was never really impressed nor intrigued by magic, could feel it. A dark, cold feeling that felt sickening, yet at the same time inviting.

"Well, you girls ready?"

The girls nodded except Spike who looked straight ahead determined to protect his friends if this went south. Twilight slowly opened the door and the first thing she noticed was the library. No bigger anyone she's seen, but it wasn't the size that caught her attention. It was what was in it. Books containing dark knowledge banned by Celestia decades ago. With eyes wide enough to match the grin on her face, she began to read some of the titles to herself.

"Magic of the Shadows, The Dark Elements, Controlling the Void, Immortal Blood. This is quiet the collection!" She said with glee.

"Uhh Twilight, sorry for ruining your nerdgasm, but..." Rainbow Dash said, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Oh right. Hehe sorry," Twilight said, returning to the mission at hand.

"Hello? Anyone here?" Rarity Call out. Her call was just met with silence.

"Girls, come and see this," Fluttershy said looking into the closed off room in the back.

The rest of them came to see what had made Fluttershy so captivated and a gasp was all that could be heard as they took in the room’s appearance. Inside the floors, walls, and ceiling were made of solid, shiny marble. Carved into the ceiling were Medieval Gothic style art depicting of battles, and reflected off the walls as a different battle was shown. On the ceiling was an older version of the Castle of the Two Sisters under siege by dark colored ponies and a Stallion in black armor that looks like it was commanding the defense. One the wall on the right was a battle in a desert city that they didn't recognize. The same Stallion, now in Equestrian armor was leading the attack. On the left was a battle for a tundra fortress. But what was on the floor was a bit disturbing. The art on the floor depicted hills and hills of corpses. Both Equestrian and the dark colored ponies all leading to a pool filled with a red glowing liquid.

"I-is that....Blood?" Rarity said with a gulp. Pinkie's mane fell flat and the group heard hoof steps on the floor above.

"I wasn't expecting visitors, but you're welcomed nonetheless." A strong but smooth voice of a stallion said with sincerity.

The girls looked up and saw a Unicorn with a silk-like black coat and snow white mane, his red wine colored eyes glowing in the dim light. He was wearing white suit pants and dress shoes but no shirt. On his cutie mark on his chest, was the same as the one on the black armored stallion from the wall and the huge symbol on the floor. The temperature in the room noticeably rose a few degrees as the girls' faces turned beat red and Pinkie's hair, Twilight's, Fluttershy's and Rainbow's wings pomfed up. Rainbow was the first to move ether forgetting or not caring about what she just saw, unzipping her jacket slightly and flying up to the second floor, sitting on the rail and crossing her legs and stretched out her hand and smiled seductively.

"I'm Rainbow Dash.~" She said with a smile.

"I'm Sigillum Ex Infernum, but please call me Sigil." Sigil said with a smile and he shook her hand.

"Holy crap!" Sigil shouted, before teleporting in front of Spike leaving Rainbow to fall off the Rail dazed by the sudden burst of light.

"You are a dragon!" Sigil announced with a grin as he picked up the small dragon.

"Yes, and you're freaking me out now put me down!" Spike said as he started to squirm.

"Oh, yea. Sorry," Sigil said, setting Spike down.

"You speak very well for a new born."

"New born?" Twilight said with a giggle as she put her hand on the young dragon’s head.

“Spike is 14 now.”

“Then why is he such a shrimp?”

“Hey don’t you dare insult Spikey Wikey like that!” Rarity said pointing a finger at Sigil.

“...Spikey…wi-? Never mind, anyway he’s past the age of exposure.” The group looked at Sigil as if he just spoke in a different language.

“The age of what now?” Apple Jack asked with a chuckle.

“Ah, now I understand. You’ve never even seen black flame before have you youngling?” The smiling dark stallion asked Spike, who was backing up at this point.

“W-what’s that?” Spike said as he looked back to see if he was any closer to the door.

“This...”

Sigil snapped his finger and Spike was engulfed in black fire. As he crossed him arms and awaited the fruits of his efforts he notice the shadows in the room change and swung his hand around fast enough to deflect the purple beam of destruction but his underestimated the power of it and while it didn’t hit the intended target of his head, it did knock him off his hooves and burn his hand. He fell on his back and looked up at an enraged purple alicorn.

“WHAT DID YOU DO?!” Twilight shouted behind tears as she charged another blast.

“ WAI-.”

But before Sigil could even get the answer to come out Twilight hit him with an even more powerful shot. Sigil brought his hand in front of him and the black limps erupted of it and created a shield blocking the beam. Once they broke apart Sigil found himself surround by 5 mares with the intent to kill. 6 more tentacles shot out from symbols on his back and the ones coming out of his hands came together the form 2 black blades.

"Will you just wait a goddess dammed second!"

“YOU KILLED SPIKE!!”

“Ah no I didn’t”

Fluttershy slowly walked over to where Spike was standing and saw something curled up in the smoke.

“WE JUST SAW YOU!”

“g-girls?”

“NO YOU SAW ME SET HIM ON FIRE!”

“Girls”

“YEA! THAT KILLS THING PONIES!”

Fluttershy moved from the lump as it let out a grunt and started to move.

"YES, THAT KILL PONIES, BUT HE’S A DRAGON! DO Y-“

“GIRLS!” Fluttershy screamed making everypony turn around as the figure still blurred by the smoke stood as tall as Sigil.

It stared at his with eyes that glowed brightly in the smoke. Sigil tilted his head with a smile but still not letting his guard down.

“Spike...you ok?" Sigil asked not taking an eye off Twilight and the others.

There was a moment of silence before the voice of the Dragon broke it.

"....You set me on fire...."

"Well at lease he can talk." Sigil mumbled to himself.

"How do you feel?"

  The was another moment of silence.

"...Cold, Heavy and...why are you guys staring at me?"

Sigil and the others stared at Spike dumfounded.

“Sp-Spike? Your…your…” Twilight started.

“RIPED!” Rainbow finished.

Spike, now standing eye level to Sigil, looked down at his new tall muscular form. Sigil, snapping out of the shock that his spell had actually worked, teleported a towel to cover his….Dragonhood. Previously in his young small form, it was hard to notice, but now in this new form it’s hard not to notice.

“Akh, bozhe moy boginya! Ok everypony not of the male gender please leave the room for a second so I can get the boy some cloths.” Sigil said covering a embarrassed Spike from view.

“But…you just…You tried…” Twilight stuttered over her words as her mind tried to process what just happened.

“Come on girls, let’s let these two fellas get themselves decent."

"Wait AJ you actually trust this guy?" Rainbow asked, still on her guard.

"Nope, but I'm givin em the benefit of the doubt, and if he harms one scale on Spike's head, Imma rip him a new one." Apple Jack said with a stare that could scare off a bear.

"Dually noted." Sigil said with a smile as she walked by.

Rarity helped Twilight, who was still contemplating the events the unfolded, to the door. As the door close Sigil looked at Spike and took a breath.

"They scare me."

"Yea they tend to do that to ponies that set their friends on fire...." Spike said crossing his arms.

"Yes well." Sigil said clearing his throat. “Uh how do you feel now?” Sigil said changing the subject.

“I’m not cold anymore, but I still feel heavy.”

“That’s your body adjusting to the muscle growth, it’ll fade.” Sigil said as he led Spike upstairs.

“So…the pool?” Spike said trying to make conversation.

“Pool? Oh you mean the blood spring.”

“Blood…”

“Celestia didn’t tell you what I am did she?” Sigil said with a smirk.

Spike shook his head in response. Sigil chuckled and looked back at him. “

My friend, you’re in the company of a Shadric Vampire.”

“……A what?” Spike said tilting his head.

“The..Shadric?” Sigil asked hoping to ring a bell.

Spike shrugged as if to say I got nothing making Sigil sigh hard.

“But I do know what a vampony is.”

“Vampire, not Vampony. Vanpony implies that only ponies can become them.” Sigil said matter-of-factly.

“Right.”

“That’s it? No shock?”

“I’ve gone up against a demonic shadow king, an evil shape-shifting bug queen, and the God of chaos. The existence of Vampires real isn’t really that hard to believe anymore.” Spike said with pride.

“Ya vizhu.” Sigil said as he opened his closet.

“What?”

“Oh never mind. So, take your pick.” Sigil stepped aside letting Spike look in.

It like the library was quite impressive in size. Not on Rarity standards, but impressive never the less.

"Don't you have anything that's not white or red?" Spike said looking through the closet. "Or that's not a suit?"

"Nope. I'm a Vampire, I have a reputation to keep."

Spike rolled his eyes and continued to look through the closet. In the very back of the small room was a glass case protecting a black suit of armor with a blood colored cape. The armor was decorated in the same gothic style engravings as the marble room downstairs, through it did not depict battles, instead the engravings were elaborate lines and symbols on the helmet, shoulders, and hands. It looked a lot like the armor the stallions depicted on the walls in the marble room.

"Ah, you found my armor."

Spike wasn't sure when Sigil walked in but he wasn't concerned with that at the moment.

"So, that stallion on the wall?"

"Yes that's me."

Spike paused for a moment. "How...old are you?"

"Old enough..." Spike looked at him waiting for him to go on.

"Oh you wanted a specific number? Mmm... 1495 give or take a few years." Sigil leaned against the wall of the closet.

".......you're older then Princess Celestia....." Spike said mouth a gape.

"By 156 years, yes." Sigil said with almost no enthusiasm in his voice, staring at nothing in particular. Spike just stood there not sure what to think.

“What? Immortality isn’t so uncommon anymore more.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean there’s me, Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Twilight, and you.”

“Me? What did you do to me?!” Spike said in a panic.

“…Spike, you’re a dragon, you were already immortal even before I did anything.” Sigil said plainly.

The knock on the door ended the endless amount of questioning Spike was about to assault Sigil with.

“Spike, are you alright darling?” Rarity asked from the other said of the door.

“Yea, we’ll be out in a sec.” Spike said as he finished buttoning a wine colored suit vest he was wearing with dark red dress pants and shoes.

He looked at Sigil who was still looking off into space. “Aren’t you gonna put on a shirt?”

“Wasn’t planning on it. Why?” Sigil said while his eyes followed the lines on the wall.

“Uh…Common decency?”

Sigil tilted his head to look at Spike. “Your friends seemed to like it.”

Spike took a moment to recall the girl’s reactions upon see Sigil. “Stay away from them….”

Sigil scoffed and turned to face Spike. “Excuse me?”

“You heard me.” Spike said not backing down.

“Look at you, getting all defensive.” Sigil said with a rye grin.

“I'm warning you, I’m serious!” Spike said advancing on Sigil.

“And I’m sure you are, but Spike,” Sigil said putting a hand on his shoulder. "Let me give you some advice," Spike started to feel himself getting weaker, as if his very life was been drained from him. "I like you, you seem like a good guy. If you need something or want something just come talk to me, Stallion to Dragon," Spike dropped to a knee and began to turn pale. "But don't ever threaten me, understood?" Spike nodded weakly. "Good." Sigil said with a smile as he took his hand of Spike's shoulder. Spike breathed in hard as all his strength returned to his all at once.

"...Sigil?" Spike Said still panting slightly.

"Yes?" Sigil said as he helped him up.

"Can you please put a shirt on?"

Sigil chuckled slightly and nodded "Of course my friend."