Ghost Pony Rider: Rise of Saturn

[Vault 38.]

  Darkness. That was all he knew. He didn't mind it. That didn't mean he liked it. Matter of fact, he hated it to his hearts content. The constant sound of silence was all he knew inside this huge cave. It was maddening to him. No one but himself to talk to. In all, it wasn't so bad to him. After all, what other way a demigod can wait for his escape. Saturn didn't even have his body. All he had was his mind inside a statue of himself. Sealed away from the princesses of the sun herself. Saturn hated the fact that a mere alicorns was able to defeat him along that one pony. That single pony who was strong enough to with stand his power. A single blast acted from him was just another blast from the two alicorns he first had then fight. How quickly that fight went to hell though. The somehow convinced him that Saturn was the enemy. Even if those two had to make to changes to him. Come to think of it, why did he make that monster again? He couldn't remember the reason.

  Saturn growled. This was embarrassing to the demigod. Being sealed in a state of seclusion for over a thousand years was beginning to piss him off. He hated the fact he wasn't in control of Equestria anymore. He wanted to make those two alicorns pay for what they did. Saturn wanted to make them see revenge in full force. He wanted to hurt them. He didn't want to kill them, no. That task would belong to another creature. A creature he knew that would do as he asked. Saturn laughed in his throat. He remembered back to that day. The day everything went to hell as he first made his presents know to all of Equestria. He still remembered their faces. The looks of utter fear, astonishment, shock, and awe. They were priceless. If he could relive that day he would relive that moment. He also remembered the looks on the princesses as with a demented smile on his face destroyed everything. Saturn's mind fading as he remembered the day.

[1000 years ago. Saturn's Throne Room.]

  Saturn watched as the sun rose above the mountain top of his castle, deep inside the Everfree Forest. Smiling as he folds his arms behind his back. Saturn wondering the empty hallway that was taller then him. Saturn took pride in knowing he was ruling an entire planet. Saturn turned his head to his right to see a huge doorframe that lead to another hallway. This one though was full of ponies with gold shaded armor. Some doing their rounds, others talking to one another. Saturn smiled as he turned down the hallway toward the group. His mane flowing as his heavy footsteps froze the ponies in place. All of their eyes went wide, their pupils shrinking. Saturn stopped in front of the ponies, his demented smile looking down at them. Some ponies gulped as they turned and saluted their master.

"Lord Saturn!" one called.

  Saturn leaned in, keeping his arms folded behind him. This was the best thing about his existence here. This ponies were completely terrified by him. Imprisoning the princesses, destroying almost an entire continent, and making to where he can kill you with a single blast of magic was enough to scare anyone have to death. Saturn looked to see two guards come from behind a corner, dragging a black and green colored insect in chains. He chuckled as he stepped over the guards he was leaning over, toward the ones holding the prisoner. The three stopped in their tracks and peered up to their ruler. His smile making them quiver. Saturn looked toward the black and green insect with narrowed eyes. He turned his gaze toward one of the guards ponies.

"Where did you find it?" he asked. His voice echoing.

  The guard gulped as he pointed to the changeling with his hoof. His eyes narrowed.

"We found it in the pits my lord. Drinking the water."

  Saturn made a accepting sound as he returned his gaze to the changeling. He unfolded one of his arms and reached out to the insect. The changeling squirmed trying to free itself as the huge hand grabbed him. Lifting him in the air toward the demigod. The changeling had the look of utter fear on his face as Saturn made eye contact with him. Looking over the bug, Saturn chuckled at the site. He hated these things. To an extent at that. These things were nothing but pests in his kingdom. It wasn't because of how vicious they were, he respected them for that. It was because he simply didn't like the fact of these bugs had a queen who has attempted to over thrown him more times then he could count. He hated the thought of being over thrown by a mere mortal bug. Whenever he would see these things he would make it his goal to kill it. In a way he found  to be amusing. Saturn started to squeeze the bug in his hand. It started to shriek in pain as it could feel its body being crushed under the demigods hand. Saturn could feel the bug start to become smaller under his grip. The bugs screams turned to gurgling as blood started to come out of the bug. Green blood coming from his eyes, his mouth, and his ears. The guards on the ground folded their ears to keep the sound of the changeling being crushed out of their heads. Saturn smiled as green organs erupted from the changelings mouth, eyes, and ears. Soon, a liquid mess was in Saturn's hands. He dropped the carcass to the floor in front of the guards who brought it in. They looked at the corpse with sickened looks. Saturn's voice ringing across the hall.

"Dispose of this. I don't care how."

  The guards saluted, they whistled to another guard. He quickly sprints over with a burlap sack in his hoof. Lifting the changeling by his remaining limbs, the guards placed it and its organs inside the bag. They then walked down the hall and around the corner, Saturn loosing his sight. He folds his arms to his back again as he turns around to see the guards still going about their business, with more scared looks then last time. Saturn makes his way out of the hall and makes his way to the thrown room.

[Castle Saturn Dungeon.]

  With little strength she had left. Celestia let out a long breathe of exhaustion as she lowered her head. A sad look apon her face. The rattling of chains that could be heard through the entire room. Celestia looked over to her sister Luna. She was as well tired. Both princesses have barley eaten. They were starting to look like skeletons by this point. Bones beginning to show among their skin. Indents in their skin wear the chains were nearly cutting circulation to their neck and legs. Their manes have token a lighter shade from the lack of energy. Their crowns removed, leaving nothing for them but each other. Both lost track of how long they were inside the prison cell. Days? Months? Years? They didn't know. Luna looked up to the open window to the cell, iron bars blocking out the sun. She signed. Both sisters exchanged looks before hearing a familiar sound coming down the stairs to the dungeon. A shadowy figure made his way down the stairs. Stopping at the cell door and staring at the two alicorns. His emotionless eyes staring at them through his black helmet. The black knight pony made his way to a chair in front of the cell and sat in it. The sound of metal hitting wood. The two alicorns gave the knight a worried look. Worried about what his lord has ordered him to do to them.

"So...what has thou lo-" Luna started but was interrupted by the night.

"Silence." he demanded with a aggressive tone.

  Not wanting to anger the knight, knowing his power, the princesses silenced them selves. The knight hadn't moved since he sat in the in chair. Not giving a sound when staring at the alicorns. He didn't hate the alicorns. Nor did he want to kill them. He was simply taking orders from his lord. Everyday he was coming down there and keeping watch of the two. On some days, he would be ordered by his lord to question the two. The knight was ordered to get the information by any means necessary. Some days the princesses wouldn't give the information, making it him have to get the information out in any way he wanted. He remembered the day he used a whip to on the two until their backs where covered in slashes. Some days things escalated to a point that even he had to keep secret from his lord. Thanking himself to be a good liar. Moving on, the knight was just simply watching the two for today. Celestia raised her head and glared at the knight. His head not turning but his sight shifting to them.

"Does thou intend to harm me and my sister?" she asks.

  The knight chuckles. Celestia giving a wide eyed worried look.

"I do not wish to harm thou alicorn. I am here to watch thou until dusk." he replies.

   Celestia signed. Today wouldn't have much excitement. Just sitting it was her time to lower the sun. Luna didn't want to sit here all day in silence. She decided to get to know their 'warden.'

"Why does thou serve Lord Saturn?" she asks him.

  The knights armor shuffled, his helmet turns to face the two alicorns. His voice was of annoyance.

"Why does thou care?"

   Luna didn't mean to annoy him. However, it seemed a conversation was forming here. She pressed on.

"I simply am curious as to why."

   The knight stood up from his seat. Walking toward the cell. Celestia wrapped Luna in a protective embrace as the two prepared for the worse. However, the knight stopped at the cell door. His breathing could be heard inside his helmet. Both princesses hadn't broken their hug as their expressions of fear turned to curiosity. The knight let out a breathe. The tone of his voice softened.

"I serve Lord Saturn because I don't have a choice."

   Luna approached the cell door as best she could. The chain on her neck pulling her back to the wall.

"You fear him, don't you?"

   The knight nods. Luna let out breathe through her nose. Talking to him with that damned helmet on was a nuisance.

"Can I make a request?"

"Of what nature?" he asks as though he knew where this was going.

   Luna motioned to his helmet. Trying to make her point clear with him. He realized what she was wanting from him, letting out a sign as he sat on his rear. He raised both his hooves, gripping two sides to his helmet. He slowly lifted the helmet over his head. Both princesses remembering the face, or skull of their guard. The knight laid his helmet next to him as fire erupted from the opening. Exposing not a normal pony, but a skeleton under the armor. Fire engulfing his skull as his eye sockets stared into the eyes of the princesses of the night. Slowly, Luna lifted her arm. Reaching for the skull. She placed her hoof on his cheek bone, both giving softened looks. Celestia was in utter shock of what she was seeing. This is the closest her sister has gotten to this thing in a while. The knight hated to admit it. He was growing fond of these two. No matter how much he has come down to the dungeon, they didn't show a glimpse of anger or disgust toward him. He let out a sign.

"Their. Now thou can speak to us with his own face."

   The knight nodded to the princesses of the night.

"Now then. Why do you serve Saturn?"

   Giving the skeleton a cute look with her puppy eyes.

'Goddamn it. Have I gone soft?' he thought.

   The skeleton started giving the princesses an explanation to why he serves Saturn. Both had look of sadness on their faces. The reason he served Saturn was because he was created to do so. Saturn went to the trouble to resurrect a fallen soldier. Giving him powers that nearly matched his. The soldier wanted to remain dead however. He didn't want to serve this titan. Saturn made it to where the soldier had nothing left to live for. Killing his family and friends to make sure he knew his place. The soldier didn't have any other choice. He served Saturn as his own personal knight. All the soldier wanted was to rest in peace. To go be with his family in the great beyond. Celestia and Luna could feel tears swell up in their eyes as the knight finished explaining. To this , Luna got an idea.

"If thous powers match even Lord Saturn's. Why haven't thou rise against him?"

"I am not powerful enough to match his strength."

   Luna's idea came clear. Today would be Saturn's down fall.

"Free us."

   Both t he knight and Celestia were caught off guard by the statement.

"What?"

   Luna had a look of determination on her face.

"Free us from imprisonment. We will help you fight."

  The knight was dumbfounded by what this alicorn was suggesting. She must have been crazy from the lack of food or she was simply insane!

"It isn't that simple. We will need more then us three. You two aren't in the condition to fight as well."

  Though she didn't like it. The knight was correct. Celestia and Luna looked each other over. Seeing them pretty much walking skeletons. Giggling to herself Luna looked to her new friend.

"You are right. We need to regain our strength." Celestia spoke up.

   The three nodded to one another. The knight promised to send the two more find then they usually get. It was set. Saturn's down fall would come. Days later, the knight has been busy as he gathered all of Saturn's guard. Un announced to Saturn. Not even his spies told him about the attack. Saturn was left in the dark.

   Another day had risen from over the mountain top as the sun came over more quickly then it usually did. Saturn raised an eye brow to it. This was odd. The sun came much slower during the morning but this was almost spontaneous. Saturn narrowed his eyes. He shrugged it off thinking the princess was just getting it over with so she would save herself the pain. He didn't expect the wench to survive any longer though. She should be dead by the end of the week. Saturn loved the idea of leaving the world in utter darkness. A world were he was the only light, he would make all the ponies and creatures extinct. Making it possible where he could make better residents of Equestria. Nothing could stop him now.

"SATURN!" a bellowing roar rung through the hall he was in. He knew that voice.

  Saturn turned to be met by his so called knight without his helmet. All of his guard with angry looks, and two alicorns brought back to full strength from the look of it. Saturn's eyes went wide and his mouth gaped open. He couldn't believe what he was seeing. His entire guard, and his own knight had betrayed him. Anger boiled within Saturn as he hands begun to glow with gold. He turned to face the ponies, his armor reflecting off the sun shining through windows.

"YOUR TIME OF RULING IS OVER TYRANT! NOW YOU WILL BE DEAFEATED!" Celestia roared in anger.

  All of the guard roared in agreement. Saturn started to laugh. Causing all of the ponies to give confused looks.

"You will not survive this time you runts. TODAY YOU DIE!"

  Saturn returned to his state of mind inside his imprisonment. His memory fading. Saturn growled at the thought of his skeleton he brought back, had betrayed him for those two alicorns! Not to mention sharing a relationship with the two! Oh yes, they would pay. They would pay dearly for what they did.