Livin' The Dream.by The JoekerChaptersA good drive.A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.All of life is an experiment.It's time, Mr Francis, is it really that time again?Mistakes are always forgivable.I do what I can, where I am, with what I have......And that isn't much to begin with.Completed! Sequel in the works!Story TimelineA good drive.You've got a normal life? no? If you have you've already got a bigger head start than I do, if not, welcome to the club. I could tell you to stay in school, eat your veg and stay off of drugs, but that would make me one of the biggest hypocrites alive. Of course, I, myself could go back to school, but no... I first heard the news of my parents death in my class and it was on the news itself. I'll admit, I didn't come out of that unscaythed, so I took my dads car and hit the road, trying my damndest to not look back. So now, I'm running, from my extended family, from the cops and from the past, all these are now factors in my life. I will also admit I'm not left wanting in the monetary department, not from the 'jobs' I do, but all the same, I can say, I'm as happy as I'll get. I will also confide that I am a virgin, not that I never had anyone, but the girl I was with I left behind along with everything else, I don't regret it because she was a cheating bitch anyway. So, here I am, dead of night, all alone, in my car, driving, trying to find somewhere to stay the night and hide from the past, all the while listening to my favourite songs, this one was Editors- Bullets. "You don't need hmm hmm hmmmm" I hummed the tune. I turned to the seat next to me, I noticed I left my gun and balaclava there I stuffed the gun in my holster with the other three, two gold M9's and two Zenith's and four suppressors in my bag And hid the balaclava in my pocket, I checked the back seat and saw my duffel bag full of clothes and money, I put it on my shoulder and positioned it on the armrest in between the seats., and put one Barretta in and one Zenith. I turned around to face the road and turned a corner to the motel, but as I was passing a road, I saw bright lights from my left, I checked the road and saw a truck coming at me at full speed, there was no escape so I put my hands at my side and shut my eyes, every day I twirled a gun in my hand wondering if I should take the easy way out, but never do… now I didn't have to. I sighed and was content with what was happening, as I felt the truck collide with the back left side of the car and sent me into a tailspin, as I crashed into a chest high wall I felt myself smash through glass, my duffel bag and guns following suit as I flew. -Canterlot dining room- As Luna and Celestia were sat down for some tea, they both chatted about idle things, but they didn't mind, they were happy to, every moment spent together was precious. -Princess Celestia's POV- As me and Luna were enjoying our third Afternoon Tea together since she got back, I smiled as I took a bite out of a scone. "Yes, the public in Canterlot is sort of warming up to us now, we may just attend the next GGG." she abbreviated Grand Galloping Gala, she still sounded uninterested. "Excellent! it is dull, but having you there will get the guests done with rather quickly, we can say 'you can only be greeted by one Princess' and we can have some fun, eat some cake and maybe find somepony to dance with, someponies who respect us for who we are, not what we are." I said. "Art thou sure sister? neither of us hath ever had a date, Discord's reign was too miserable, our reign was too busy and time consuming and thine reign was even busier with just thou on the throne, at over 2000 years old, we're still like school fillies when it comes to romance, plus we are Princesses, who doesn't see the crowns upon our head?" she pointed out, she was always down lately, she never used her royal voice anymore or the royal speech except when speaking to Celestia to keep tradition up. "I know, but we need to try Luna, I mean, having somepony to love would be nice for us, we wouldn't have to be lonely." she said. "We see your point dear sister, but what can thine do? Our lover would not be immortal, and it is not as if our dream lover will drop from thine sky-" Luna cut off as somepony crashed through our table and the wall, we immediately stood up, ready to berate whoever disturbed us despite the irony of the situation… What in the sun...? What is that? it's not Equine, that's for sure... it's bipedal. He yelled and backed away from us "Wait if I ca-" I started before he raised his... hooves? He picked up a chair and raised it at me, obviously scared out of his wits "How dare you address roy-" started Luna before he screamed. He started to open his mouth before a guard tackled him, the alien threw him off and punched him in the face, I was about to intervene and walked toward him when he spun around and whacked me in the muzzle, giving me a black eye. "Sister!" exclaimed Luna and went to attack him, suddenly he was knocked out after literally 8 guards were piled on him and landed a few good hits. "Put it-" as Luna was about to say dungeon' I said: "In the hospital." calmly after using some magic to get rid of the black eye I had. -Third Person POV- "The hospital?" asked Luna. "It was clear it didn't know where it was, I daresay no pony in this room would act differently if placed in a similar situation, put it in hospital and bind it for our safety." said Celestia, the guards nodded to the Sun Princess. "I still say 'it' should be wrapped up and locked in chains." said Luna stubbornly. "It looked like it was thrown through the wall, it may have been attacked." said Celestia. "Your highness, we found these on his person." said the guard, and held those two... odd metal objects, likely weapons, one was even gold. "It may be royalty if he has something like that made of gold." said Celestia. "We also found this" said a guard and produced a strange metal bag with a zip. "It is full of clothes, two more of the objects and... bits, lots and lots of bits, it is a very rich alien." said another guard. "Close the bag and place the two objects at the bottom of it and leave it in its room." said Celestia. "Are you sure about this sister?" asked Luna. "We need answers before we do anything." said Celestia. "I still say we should tie it up and throw it in the dungeon." spat Luna. "That would not be fair." said Celestia. "He hit you!" shouted Luna. "He acted in self defence!" replied Celestia. -Meanwhile in the Infirmary- As the guards lowered the being onto a bed, they found he was too large for it, so they got an Alicorn sized bed out and placed him in it. "Lets tie him up and leave quickly!" said a guard. Author's Note Writers block on my other story Desire's Truth and too busy for KOA: A Pony's Fate! we wrote this one a while ago and have decided to post it to keep the stories flowing, this won't be updated regularly. A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.As I felt myself awakening, I also felt the comfortability of a bed beneath me, what happened last night? I don't remember a thing. Wait... I remembered something... I was attacked! that explains my injured head... and this was no hospital, the fact I was tied down solidified this theory. I fell back down on the bed as I tried to rise and heard something outside. "It's awake inform..." I didn't hear the last part, I pretended to have fallen back asleep as he came in. "Strange... I could wear I heard something." I heard him using some apparatus not far away. I slowly opened my eyes an... holy shit... I will admit... I gasped. "Ah, it is awake." said the pony. "What the fuck!?" I yelled. "Oh my Celestia it can talk!" he exclaimed and ran out, to be replaced by 8 horses, mares judging by their muzzles, two were considerably taller than the rest. I instantly struggled against my restraints and managed to break free, rolling off of the bed, as I back crawled away, I reached for pistol to find it was missing, as was my knife and my balaclava. I backed into a wall and sat against it and leaned into my hands, muttering, as I did if I had an 'episode'. "This is not real this is not real this is not real" I repeated. "Excuse me." came a voice. "I'm having a dream, I'm just dreaming..." I said. "YOU WILL NOT IGNORE ROYALTY CUR!" came a louder voice, I looked up slowly. "I'm not fucking dreaming am I?" I asked myself. "WE ARE NOT A DREAM MONSTER, I SHOULD KNOW, I CONTROL DREAMS!" yelled a navy blue pony... and I did something I haven't done in a while... I laughed. "WHAT ARE THOU LAUGHING AT?" she asked. "Hahahaha! yo- you! A cute, cuddly little horse trying to be authoritative!" I laughed, she suddenly stopped and looked dumbfounded. "Thou finds us... cute...?" she asked. "Incredibly." I chuckled. "Sister! leave the poor bipedal alone!" exclaimed a white hor... hold on a second... I knew who these equines were! "No... fucking... way..." I said, my little brother used to watch the show MLP, 24/7.. "What?" asked... Twilight... "I'm- it- I gotta be dreaming." I said. "I'm afraid you are not." said Princess Celestia. "Let me get this straight, Twilight Sparkle." I said and pointed at her, in truth I only knew her name, not anything else. Suddenly I was pinned to the wall by a blue aura, well, punched through... As I flew through I caught sight of Luna sweating and breathing heavily... I must be resilient to magic! I landed in a storage room and got up from the rubble and coughed a little blood. "Do it again if it makes you feel better." I grunted as I got up. "I'm sorry, that wasn't intended to throw you through the wall." said Luna, he sounded half concerned, but yet another half of that concern was for the wall and the second half just didn't care. "Why did you do that Luna!?" asked Celestia, angrily. "I only-" "No! you didn't think! you could just try asking Luna!" bereted Celestia. "Very well sister, how do you know her name?" asked Luna. Oh... bollocks... Time to think of an excuse. "I am... a very well informed individual." I said cryptically. "Very well" she responded. "Well, what happened? you crashed through our wall." stated Celestia. "I have no idea, I was in my world, when I... was thrown, but before I impacted the ground, I impacted your wall, and hey presto, here I am." "So you're not from here?" asked Twilight. "no-" I started. "yesyesyes! I knew there must be something else out there!" she exclaimed. "What is your name?" asked Celestia. "Basilli, Basilli Francis or just Baz." I said. "Well you already know her name, I am Princess Celestia, the one who threw you through the wall is my sister Princess Luna." introduced Celestia. Silence... "Ok..." I said. "We are royalty!" exclaimed Luna. "You don't say." I said. "We are immortal goddesses!" she said. And I burst out laughing again. "Wow... because you're a flying pony who can do magic and are immortal, makes you goddesses?! hahahaha!" I was rolling around laughing and the other ponies looked horrified. "Well- yes..." she mumbled. "Oh wow, I can see it now: 'Search for God over! revealed to be two pastel pony Princess! not big man in the sky in a robe and a beard that could put Hagrid to shame!' oh this is rich! wait until the church hears about this!" I laughed. Both sisters found themselves flustered and kind of embarrassed. "Sister... it... it isn't bowing to us..." said Luna in disbelief. " 'It?' hey lady! 'it' has a name!" I exclaimed. "Not to me." said Luna and walked out. "Whats her problem?" I pointed with my thumb at the door he left from. "Ego." replied Celestia. "Ah." I said. "Well, we should go, I-" she started. "Woah woah woah, a hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running, I ain't staying in here." I said. "Are you sure you are fit to move?" asked Celestia. "Indubitably." I said and opened the door for the mares. They smiled at me as they passed and I followed them, but as I walked suddenly I got a vision and a headache, I stopped for a second and put my hand on my head, I saw a flash of light and suddenly passed out again. Author's Note Hey guys! Ryry24, bigt30, The Mew Guy, Ivellios, bronin, Mujaker, Qaz223, Ryuk9091, Rygger, Marquis De Anon: thanks for adding this to your favs! you're all awesome ponies! phantomheart; thanks for tracking it I guess. storm shield x added Livin' The Dream to wait for update, so thanks. Next chapter will be him getting enhanced (not magic) so fair warning. Why all the dislikes? if you tell us why, we won't mind all the dislikes, and please leave a comment. Thanks everypony! Marl & Joe out All of life is an experiment.What makes a man a man? or rather, a human a human? because I have no idea, is it our sentience? the fact we're organic? our genes? our ability to feel? our dreams? our emotions? or our free will? if you believe we have free will of course. If you believe in the organic part, then I'm not human, no, although I was once… before what happened to me that is, when my family was killed in a fire. I woke up in Equestria, although that may have been a dream, but it felt completely real. I was in a car crash, that much was obvious, I was pretty sure that wasn't a dream... I woke up again at the crash site, the lorry that crashed into me had been holding explosive fuel and they'd blown up when I was hurled out of my car. I looked down and saw my legs were gone! they looked as if they'd been burnt! I screamed and screamed, but no one came for a long time, eventually I passed out. "He's here! We've got him!" was the last thing I heard before I passed out again. When I woke up I was floating… in a tank full of water and a rebreather on my face, I heard muffled voices, I panicked and I thrust my fist forward out of bodily nerves, and terror, smashing the glass and falling out. "He's awake! Administer the anaesthetic before he gets that rebreather off his face!" exclaimed the doctor. I got the hint and tore it off, taking a few wires that lead into me with it and I groaned in pain. "Ah! Son of a-" I cut off, even though there was no need to. The doctors all ran out and left me, I could tell it was the CIA's Med Lab, I'd only been in here once, when I took a more... involved job for the secret service, not that they knew they were, or that I'd looked in their personal effects and found the badges. I tried to move my legs but they wouldn't budge, I looked down and saw my legs were back! Although I had a sinking feeling they were mostly, if not all cybernetic, I felt a few extra things in my body, obviously I had been implemented with a few extra enhancements or other things, I could feel my important parts, but from the groin down, I could feel, but not move. I was also completely naked like Luke fucking Skywalker, my legs looked organic enough luckily and felt it too, I couldn't remember the past... year? I somehow knew it had been a year, two at most, because I had VERY fuzzy memories, I couldn't make jack shit of them. But I had to get out of there, I tried moving through 'normal' mean, eventually I simply thought to myself 'move!' and my legs did, and I felt it happen. I just let my mind take over and had the objective in my mind 'get up' and I did, when I got up from the back of my head I felt something snake around my body, eventually something covered my face for a second but then I could see infrared! I saw a mirror and looked at my reflection, I looked like the cyborg ninja from MGS: The Twin Snakes, except the armor was black and red like the Deadpool version, which I'm a fan of, so I was kinda excited, I made my visor retract into itself and made it retract fully so it wasn't visible, I looked different, I still had my wafro (white mans afro) but it was black rather than my original brown. and my eyes were almost glowing blue, they were ultramarine blue and I felt a little weird. I also saw the sword from the game, were these scientists hardcore MGS fans? Or maybe just unoriginal… they probably typed cyborg ninja into Google images, idiots I chuckled at my own private thoughts and claimed the sword, there were three buttons on the hilt, one made the sword as it was, long the other shortened it and the other retracted it completely. "Sweet" I admired. "Move, move!" I heard security coming, I jumped up, on some kind of instinct and latched onto the corner of the room, my hands backwards flat on the wall while my body was hugging the corner, how I stayed up there, I had no clue. When the guards ran in and surveyed the room they looked confused, I dropped on one and broke his back, severing his spine with just my feet! I activated my blade and impaled the guard behind me, while my sword was still in his torso and the guard in front spun around to face me, I kicked his gun out of his hands and yanked the blade out of the other guard, when the front guard ran at me, I put the blade in a holster on my back and positioned my hands weirdly, when he was in arm's reach my hand automatically moved in a strange way as soon as contact with his head was made, and I snapped his neck like nothing and threw him into the wall, leaving a sizable dent. "Weird…" I said, and looked at my hand. I moved over to the monitor and saw an x-ray of my body, there were red blips everywhere, my legs were just red outright and the lab notes said (this is supposed to be mixed up, imagine they are rushed lab notes scribbled down during or just before the procedures) Test Subject Alpha- The Perfect Soldier-(Project Ezekiel 2517: HIGHEST PRIORITY) official status- DECEASED, confirmed by official coroner, coroner not on Cia payroll, known family: none, DECEASED. n No pulse when first found, attempt to revive successful, first attempt successful. ;WARNING: MADE VASTLY POWERFUL FOR FIRST ATTEMPT, TERMINATE SUBJECT IMMEDIATELY; O= cybernetic implants... ;SUBJECT MUST SLEEP IN WATER, EARS BECOME TOO SENSITIVE WHEN SLEEPING; brain brought back and implemented with computer system linked to consciousness, eyes have thermal vision/night vision available, 20/20 vision in subject already present, will alter a little and experiment to see if we can make him see better. Subject has no close family and is off the grid, will use him for project, Subject brought in as of August 25th 2015, cause of death: car accident, lost lower legs as result, damage not as bad as first expected, will be perfect to test full cybernetic limbs possibility, subject comatose for now. Subject has responded well to initial tests, will continue with procedures as planned. Subjects hearing improved and optional added hearing volume adjustment so subject can alter it to suit his needs, available suit colour changer as first beta test, successful, can move on with practical implants, genetics modified, ready for exoskeleton insertion and perfected legs, however they need complete cybernetic and mechanical control, Subject completely agile, can perform acrobatic moves seamlessly and can run at superhuman speed, arms also implemented, very flexible and versatile, bones impossible to break in any part of body, exoskeleton replaced bone skeleton only bone removed other muscles and organs remain intact apart from legs, more convenient to replace entire skeleton rather than just legs Conduits for electricity place in each shoulder blade, they are also other unknown conduits for something unknown, will need further investigation Subject has ability to conduct lightning to recharge other exoskeleton/bodily functions if needed, once one spark is ignited both conduits will power each other for an indefinite period of time allowing subject unlimited control of lightning. Material added to suit so subjects footsteps are silenced, muscles given boosters, will easily shatter titanium if subject wills, heart implemented so heart attack is impossible, includes pacer that subject can control beat, will help to calm nerves in dangerous situations or pick up if undercover and needs to fake emotion, nerves implemented in the same way, eyes implemented with zoom function. Subject has control over amount of pain felt, ranging from normal human standard to non-existent, also removed shards of metal from subject after crash, skin decay after death no longer an issue, sword needs forging with latest tech as a HF blade, hand cannon confirmed under government and private funding, new arsenal ready for deployment w/ subject in the armory, fake credit cards ready for deployment w/ subject in the field, new stealth/optic camouflage implemented into subjects spine, ready for use, code for activation- Alpha Charlie Tango India Victor Alpha Tango Echo.(ACTIVATE, in NATO Phonetic alphabet) I repeated the code and I seemed to static out for a second before becoming visible, I thought to myself: 'Invisible' and I was! I thought 'visible' and lo and behold I was! I read the next line: Shields implemented in subjects suit gloves, invisible to naked eye and able to protect subject from firearms if required, suit bulletproofed and special material made for maximum toughness, combined with cybernetics and exoskeleton, will break persons hand that makes contact forcefully, sword made from flexible material Graphene combined with titanium, flexible only if subject wills, sword now connected to subjects consciousness via brain signals and computer interface, special magnets in hand of subject will attract titanium alloy that sword is made from, allowed subject to control what materials can be affected by the magnet. Genes have been perfected, will perform vasectomy when subject wakes and will implement suppression so subject does not find romantic attraction, toxin condenser added, any consumed toxins(alcohol included) will be turned into poison for use in dart gun implemented into the top of the wrist, also flushes toxins from body making subject immune, biological warfare added to subject, vials of diseases in left back pocket of suit ONLY USE IF ORDERED AND CONFIRMED BY PRESIDENT, in final test stages added computer AI in helmet, activation word 'computer' subject may change it if he wishes, for beta test run of system we have downloaded all current music in the world onto computer, test successful, have fully installed AI. NEW AS OF DECEMBER 30th 2016(Incidentally subjects birthday): Subject broke out, used failsafe on him, unfortunately head scientist Dr. Mason removed the failsafe, new head scientist is me. Mason removed first failsafe as well as most, if not all other failsafes, side effect is partially erased memory on subject, not necessarily a bad thing, Dr. Mason fled the facility and has not been found, taking the test instructions with him, subjects vasectomy not performed, will wait to induce suppression until vasectomy is done. Nothing else was on the screen so I picked up a guards keycard and walked out of the 'test chamber' I wonder what I did? I knew the vasectomy hadn't been performed luckily, the scientist would have wrote that he did it, and I would've felt it. I saw two signs '<---armory' and 'finance--->' I chose the former. I headed to the armory and the door opened for me, letting me in, I saw names on the lockers, but nothing for me… ah! A sign saying 'test subject armaments' I entered the amazing room with weapons strewn about the tables, all with different designations, I went to The Perfect Soldier area and looked for my Project... ah! Project Ezekiel! I saw Alpha and headed to my table, and saw my weapons, two were implants, for what? I'm not sure, but it looks sweet. I saw the area marked out where I needed to inject myself. "Here goes nothing" I said and injected myself in the arm, it didn't go into my skin however, it went into my suit, to the back of my head, 'Charlie Alpha November November Oscar November- CANNON' with that a cannon appeared on my arm, I clenched my fist out of instinct and the cannon fired a blast, destroying a few things in the room and making one hell of a noise, seriously, are these scientists original AT ALL? Metroid/MGS? I willed the cannon to go away and it did, I don't know how though. I did something I should have done when I woke up, I went for my pockets and as I moved my hand lower my visor interface told me what my hand was hovering over: 'pistol holster left' then lower down 'submachine gun holster left' I moved to my back pocket area and 'money holder' came up, I picked up two tactical SMG's and holstered them: same with the pistols, which were my two golden Berettas, with a few differences: not very subtle… but the suit hides them somehow, I picked up some clothes that they placed for me and bagged them. I picked up my two Zeniths as well as the suppressors as well. After I had all my stuff I turned to leave and bolt it out of there but was met face to face by a team of security guards and a scientist. "Ah shit..." I said. "Now now, come back, we need you" he said. "What? To terminate? You can go to hell doc, like I should of." I said as my visor parted to reveal my face. "I had hoped it wouldn't come to this, open fire!" said the scientist. They started shooting and on impulse my body started moving on its own, like it reacted to gunfire, my visor sealed again. I dodged and used my sword to deflect them, my visor could predict the bullet's path from heat signatures, but I was still hit at one time, but my armor stopped the bullet. "No! be careful! don't shoot the pylons-!" he cut off as one of the pylons behind me exploded, I thought this was it for sure as I was thrown across the room, but no… no, the higher ups, God or who or whatever, decided I needed to cheat death once more, like in my dream... that was how I ended up back here... Author's Note The Abysswalker: I'm glad I could make you laugh, I changed the tags a little to reflect what you said, it's sad but funny now! yay! suppermug: Just saying thanks publically. Yo guys, Marlow here(read our blog to find out who I am if you don't know) sayin' thanks for readin my homies stories, he can't even sleep properly without pressing the 'Publish' button at least once. I'm back guys, it' Joe, thanks for all the support guys! you're the best! Peace Marlow & Joseph It's time, Mr Francis, is it really that time again?Suddenly I bolted up- Hold on, wasn't I supposed to be dead? After the car crash... and then the explosion in the lab... it seems like I should be gone... but then again, I have no idea where I am. It looks like... Pripyat... Is this my afterlife? wondering a nuclear wasteland...? is this Hell? Purgatory? maybe it's my own interpretation... maybe if I open my mind... There we go. Holy shit... it's... amazing... "Do you like it, Mr. Francis?" came a voice... G-Man... "Indeed." I answered, I noticed I am how I was before the crash... "Good, it is not often someone comes here consciously, they are usually in a state of stasis, but my employers have asked me to talk to you here, directly." he said. "I'm listening." I replied and folded my arms and leaned back slightly. He seemed to crack a smile for a second before returning to his normal serious expression. "There is a world, which I have already given you a taste of, which needs... you... I don't know why and neither do my employers which is unusual, this is a one time offer, you can wander here for possibly eternity or take my hand, take a chance Mr. Francis, take a chance." he smiled, 'take a chance' is what Ste Klegg said to me before my first kill. "Very well." I said and took his hand, if he starts flying around on a carpet and singing 'a whole new world' I'm jumping to my 3rd death. "Excellent choice Mr. Francis, you will not hear from me again." he said as we both vanished from wherever we were... -Meanwhile in Equestria- "News from Northern Equestria! Uh... Your Highness." said a guard as he barged into the throne room. "Yes?" asked the beautiful Sun Princess. "I am simply to tell you that it has returned." he said as he took his helmet off in respect. "Find Princess Cadance and Shining Armor." gasped Princess Celestia. "Yes, Your Highness." "My dearest Twilight, you must come to Canterlot at once..." As Twilight Sparkle approached the two royal sister she 'Ahem' 'd to get their attention, but before either could respond something crashed through the roof between the sisters and Twilight. "I've really gotta stop breaking things, my health insurance doesn't cover 'death by jumping through portal into wall' " I groaned, back in my Cyborg suit, with the visor shut. Everypony looked on with wide eyes. "I am Buzz Lightyear, I come in peace." I said in a deep voice. "W-what?" was all Luna could mumble out. "You don't recognise me? wait! I've got this goddamn visor on." I said and parted it. "You...!" said Celestia in surprise. "Aye, in the flesh! apart from my legs..." I mumbled. "I thought you disappeared!" said Twilight. "I was sent back to my own world... I kinda wish I wasn't." I said and looked at my gloved hands... I allowed a single tear to fall. "Well, to business." said Celestia. "Of course, I'll just sit down." I said. "Trust me, little sister." "You wanted to see me? To give me a test? I brought my own quills and plenty of paper to show my work. Sorry, sorry!" she said and unraveled a scroll which bumped Celestia's foot, I jumped in front of the Princess and rolled it back to her "She's not made of glass you know? you're not made of glass are you?" I asked Celestia half seriously, for all I know ponies are made from cardboard here. "No, and this is a different kind of test, The Crystal Empire has returned." "The Crystal Empire? I'm sorry, I-I thought I'd studied. Ooh. I don't think there's anything in any of my books th–" "Appearing in the arctic north of Equestria after a thousand-year-long disappearance. It is inhabited by Crystal Ponies and tiny ewes, and is described in the Ballad of the Crystal Ponies as having a rich culture and long history, including "the Crystal Kingdom anthem". Local food in the empire includes crystal berries that are used to make sweets and crystal corn." I said without thinking, Twilight was skimming through a book. "I can't find it-" "Before the emergence of Nightmare Moon, the Crystal Empire was taken over by the evil unicorn King Sombra, who turned it into a dark land and enslaved the Crystal Ponies. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna defeated him with their magic, turning him to shadow and imprisoning him in the ice of the arctic north, but not before he placed a curse on the Crystal Empire that caused it to vanish for a thousand years. After it returns, the Crystal Ponies have no memory of their kingdom before King Sombra took over. King Sombra also returns and threatens to invade the empire again, so Shining Armor and Princess Cadance have been sent by Princess Celestia to defend it." I said, I swayed a little as I finished and felt something on my face... blood... from my nose. "What was that? are you ok?" asked Celestia. "Yeah, I have no idea what I even said..." I mumbled. "There isn't anything in my book about that." said Twilight. "There wouldn't be. Few remember it ever existed at all. Even my knowledge of the Empire is limited, he knows more than me." she gestured with her head to me and I bowed. "But what I do know is that it contains a powerful magic. One thousand years ago, King Sombra, a unicorn whose heart was black as night, took over the Crystal Empire." said Celestia and cast a spell to show us. "He was ultimately overthrown, turned to shadow, and banished to the ice of the arctic north." "No offence... but if you turn something to a shadow... it doesn't really help, you could've turned him to... oh I don't know... an ant? that way he wouldn't be able able to come back without getting stepped on." I pointed out. " You have a fair point, but we didn't overthrow him before he was able to put a curse upon the Empire. A curse that caused it to vanish into thin air. If the Empire is filled with hope and love, those things are reflected across all of Equestria." she said and made a bright crystal appear and she smiled which I thought looked quite pretty- dammit Baz! concentrate boy! Then a darker image replaced the current one. "If hatred and fear take hold... Which is why I need your help finding a way to protect it." she said to Twilight. "You want me to help protect an entire empire?" said Twilight. "Let me call Darth Vader and the Emperor to help with that..." I chuckled, they ignored me and continued, I seemed to be more like my old self here, not the depressed murderer I was before. "It is, as I said, a different kind of test. But one I'm certain you will pass." "How do I begin?" "Try finding the place." I stated. "He is correct, start by joining Princess Cadance and Shining Armor in the Crystal Empire." "My brother is there?" she asked. "He is. And your Ponyville friends will join you there as well. I have every confidence you will succeed. And when you do, I'll know you are ready to move on to the next level of your studies." smiled Celestia as we walked to Princess Luna. "But what if I fail?" "You won't." "But what if–" started Twilight, Luna didn't look happy Twilight was doubting her success. "You won't. But Twilight, in the end, it must be you and you alone who ultimately assists Princess Cadance and Shining Armor in doing what needs to be done to protect the Empire. Do you understand?" "Mm-hmm!" was the reply. "Remember Twilight, our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt, and always remember... An End Has A Start." I said as she nodded, left and the doors shut. Suddenly I was pinned to the wall by a blue aura. "Well, at least you didn't throw me through it this time" I chuckled nervously, she was straining with the energy it took, but still... Author's Note We're just gonna leave you there... yep. Homie, thats a cliffhanger! And that was a very unfair ending homie! Yep, but they will be sated soon. The Abysswalker, suppermug: thanks for the comments, you do your countries/country proud! As do you, hiddenisbeastmo! Mistakes are always forgivable.As I felt pressure being put on me by the Night Princess from her magic, I spoke: "This is how you treat old friends Luna?" I asked. "You shall refer to me as Princess! and you are no old friend, just an intruder!" she exclaimed. "Luna! calm-" started Celestia. "No! he needs to be interrogated before he disappears again!" said Luna, who was sweating and panting from using magic on me. "Nice try sweet cheeks, but I don't think Loony Luna will listen." I chuckled. Celestia blushed a little at that. "Never call us that again fiend! you will respect us! a the Princesses of Equest...ria." she panted. Suddenly Luna let out a breath and I was let go. "Answer... our... questions..." panted Luna. "Ok then... ask away." I said. "What is your name?" asked Luna. I stopped. "That... is not as a simple question as you think..." I said. "How so?" asked Luna. "It had been two years in my world... during that time a lot happened..." I said. "Two years? it had only been weeks here..." said Celestia. "Well, there you go, my name was Basilli, Basilli Francis, now I am Project Ezekiel, but call me Baz." I said. "Why 'Project'?" asked Luna. "While I was gone... things were done to me that made me into something." I said. "What is that strange helmet you have on that covers your face sometimes?" asked Luna. "It is a visor, it protects my face from attack." I answered. "That is enough Luna, surely our visitor wants some rest." smiled Celestia. as Luna started to walk away "No, I'm fine, I might hop on a train to help Twilight." I said and groaned, gyrating my shoulder and hearing a metallic snapping sound as well as a pop. "What was that?" asked Celestia, Luna turned around in curiosity and rejoined us. "Nothing." I answered quickly. "Please tell me." she said and I saw genuine concern in her eyes, I might regret this but I didn't want lie to her. "Fine then, when I disappeared from here, I went back to my world... where I died, and like Commander Shepard I was brought back for the good of the galax- sorry, to have experiments done on me, they lasted for two years while I was unconscious, when I woke up, I broke out, I was blown up, a deal was made and now I'm back." I said to cut a long story short. "I'm... I'm so sorry, what experiments were done?" asked Celestia. I retracted my suit to reveal my clothed body. "I'm half human, half machine, I have cybernetic implants, I have enhanced strength, agility, speed and dexterity, as well as other things." I answered. "Why is that bad?" asked Luna. "I was dead, I should've stayed that way, it wasn't natural for me to have lived, I lost my legs for Gods sake and they brought them back!" I exclaimed. "Your legs? but they-" started Celestia. "Are all cybernetic, they aren't organic." I said. "I... I'm sorry." she said, Luna simply walked away. "Those scientists bringing me back was a mistake, I'm a mistake..." I said and turned away. "Mistakes are always forgivable." smiled Celestia and put a wing around my shoulder... maybe... but the mistake these scientists have made now is keeping me alive... "I do not need or require your pity... but thanks anyway Celestia." I said, I noticed how pretty she looked with a smile... "You are welcome, now here is some bits for the train, I will take what you owe from the bag you left last time you were here." said Celestia and walked away, and i couldn't help but stare at those flanks... I turned away and shook my head... damn thoughts. I walked away and prepared to view Canterlot for the first time, the scientists must have made these gold pistols then and got me new Zeniths. I was just a machine to them, an instrument of war, a tool to be brought out whenever they felt the need. Bastards, the lot of them. I'm sure there will be some good ones, but they will be few and far between. If I ever get my hands on them, they'll wish they never brought me back... They better have not survived that blast or I'll make them wish they didn't... I approached the door and took a breath, activating my camo just in case, can't be too careful. I pushed open the doors and took a breath at the amazing sight before me, it was magnificent! Tall building, bustling with life... and then there was the nobles... stuck up pricks in this world as well, maybe a few decent ones. As I stalked the streets of Canterlot I watched life go on around me, a jewellers in the street... a fresh produce market, life looked to be swell. I saw Pegasi, Unicorn and Earth pony alike, some noble, some poor, some ponies in between, all carrying on with life as usual, it reminded me of Earth, when my brother and I would go to the market and buy things, always discussing something or another along the way, making each other laugh... I miss him... I stopped dwelling and headed to the station, reappearing in the empty section marked '~~Crystal Empire~~' with a line through it, obviously disused until now. I went to the ticket office and put some bits on the counter and ticket was placed down, I took it without question and boarded the empty train, going to see what I can do to help the girls. I do what I can, where I am, with what I have...As I sat alone in the train carriage I played some music to keep me company. "On the floors of Tokyo..." I mumbled. I also started to wonder what this 'Crystal Empire' place would be like, nice? probably, everything here is 'nice' especially Princess Celestia... Goddamnit! no! she's a fucking pony for crying out loud! Although part of my mind was saying it doesn't matter... No time for that now, I've gotta help Twilight, and Celestia didn't object to me saying I'd help... even though she told Twilight she had to be the one to assist... ah fuck it. The train came to a stop and I disembarked, what I had expected to see was trampled by what I actually saw, a tundra, and I saw a shield in the distance. To put a long story short I arrived at the shield about 10 minutes later, and I saw a shadow following me and I turned to face it. "Bring it on." I said and jumped in the sky, front flipping toward him, I was engulfed in shadow and turned night vision on, I slashed this 'King Sombra I apparently knew so much about.' and cut his horn off as the shield opened for a second. I then back flipped off of him, kicking his muzzle as I landed within the shield, he scowled at me and shrunk back within his shadow. I headed into town and saw the 'crystal ponies' enjoying themselves, so I headed to the throne room. I was stopped by guards outside and I just wall ran past them, I opened the doors and an exhausted Princess was about to fall when I rushed forward and caught her. "Woah there Highness, careful where you make your bed and how you lie in it." I said to the fainting Pink Princess. "Who are you?" she asked weakly. "I am Project Ezekiel, your highness, here to assist you." I smiled. "Hands off my wife fiend!" came a more masculine voice, I looked up at a white stallion. "Your wife fainted and I caught her, I don't intend to do anything with her." I rolled my eyes. "Oh, you're the hoo-man Twilly keeps going on about!" he says in a 'duh!' voice. "Aye, that I am." I said. "I'll get her to bed, come on Cadence." he said. I waited for a bit before Twilight ran in. "Baz!" she exclaimed and wrapped me in a hug, which surprised me. "Hey kid." I smiled. "I'm looking for an artifact, the Crystal Heart!" she said. "This throne looks remarkably similar to the one Celestia used the spell on to show you." I pointed out, her jaw dropped. "This isn't King Sombra's castle." said Twilight in realisation. "Well, isn't this where he lived when he was in power?" "It is, but it didn't look like this." she said and cast a spell to reveal a staircase. "That was cool." I said. "That was a little trick Celestia taught me." Spike looked down the hole and gulped. "Welp, lets go." I said, before Twilight could repel my efforts, I jumped down the middle hole, my cybernetic legs protecting me from fall damage. "You stay here." she said to Spike. "Huh, if you insist." he said. "Spike?" "Yeah?" "Can you see outside?" "Yesss... Crystalsss..." said Sombra, wondering what that thing was that pounced on him, it had darkness in it, and that could be exploited. He laughed menacingly. "It's not good! Cadance's magic must be fading faster than before!" he shouted. "Ugh! Ow!" said Twilight as she tripped. "Twilight? Are you okay?" he asked "Yes..." she said and righted herself with a spell. "About time." I smiled behind my visor and she rolled her eyes and tried to get through a door before it teleported. "What in the... stop... moving!" she said and managed to stop the door with a spell, to my amusement. "What have we here..." I said and looked into the door... I felt it sort of... enclose on my mind... Suddenly I felt as if I awoke... I saw... a figure... forcing itself on Celestia... "What are you doing? stop!" she sounded terrified, I went to help but a barrier stopped me. "You love it really? don't you?" the other figure asked as it kissed and bit her neck forcefully, I went out the room and saw... oh my god... All the ponies... dead, the 6 mares... Rarity was... skinned... alive by the looks of a struggle... Fluttershy had a slit throat, wings cut off... AJ was smashed up, by a massive force by the looks of it... Pinkie was cut open and stuffed with confetti and candy floss, her entrails next to her, replaced by confectionaries. Twilight was pinned by my sword beside the door to the Princesses chambers, obviously the last 'obstacle' between the thing and Celestia and he was using her as a sword holder... I saw Luna tied up in the room, made to watch him... violate her sister... Rainbow was smashed into a wall, her spine broken, barely alive... Alive! I ran over and turned her over, to see her. "Rainbow! are you ok? my god, what happened?" I asked. She suddenly tried to get away. "It's... me..." I trailed off as I reached for her, and noticed my blood stained hands... The sword in the wall... The method of force... The figure was bipedal... I collapsed as I saw me... it was me... what had I done? "Not again... not again... no no no no..." I buried my visored head in my hands. I had a vision of me killing the guards... (imagine ponies with magic instead of soldiers with guns.) I went back in the room and was absorbed into the figure's point of view, as he kissed Celestia's stomach, he then smiled at a struggling Luna as he planted kisses on her sister, who was crying now. "Not like this! where is Twilight? oh Sun... oh please no..." cried Celestia, as she realised Twilight was dead, and she was about to have her virginity taken... forcefully... Luna was now starting to cry as well also recognising both these facts. "Don't worry Luna, you're next." he said in a completely dark voice, kissing back up Celestia's body then a booming voice sounded. "Ezekiel! when you've had your 'fun' join me in the throne room!" Sombra... "I'll be a while master... lets get this party started..." smiled wickedly at the whimpering Princess and used some kind of dark magic to close and seal the door as he straddled her... Author's Note More of a dark appeal to this chapter... there you go. true to the categories, now I've got to cry myself to sleep for writing about this. ...And that isn't much to begin with.I watched myself still going down on Celestia... Suddenly I had form again and I found there was no barrier. I pounced on the other me and got him off her. "Get... off... of... her!!!" I yelled as I slammed my fist into his uncovered face over and over, wrecking both my fist and his face with tears streaming down my face. "You can't avoid what you'll become me." he said. "Don't call me that!!!" I yelled as I wrapped my hand around his throat. "I can't help what I am, me." he said. "Stop calling me that!" I yelled as I throttled him... no, it. I throttled it. Eventually it croaked and died, but I kept my hands there for a little longer before remembering I don't actually need air, so I punched my fist through his face. "Don't you ever fucking touch her again you monster." I growled. I knelt over him with my knees either side of him and retracted my visor before rubbing my face and walking over to Luna, who struggled with her bonds upon seeing me approach, I took her mouth covering off. "Don't you dare hurt my sister you monster! don't you touch her again!" she yelled. "Luna! it's me! the real me!" I said, she calmed down. "Baz?" she asked tearfully and I nodded. "Yeah... I'm so sorry... what happened?" I asked. "You... Sombra did something to you, when you tried to face him down, you walked from the shadow, and started... killing... then you came here and... killed Twilight and the girls, before starting your advances on Tia, I tried to stop you, but you knocked me out, and when I woke up..." she trailed off. I untied her. "Come on, let's get you both out of here." I said and went over to Celestia. "No... please just kill me..." sobbed Celestia. "It's ok, it's the original me!" I said to her. "B- B- Baz? not Ezekiel?" she asked. "One of my less preferred names." I said and she wrapped her hooves around me upon seeing my dead counterpart. "Thank you! thank you so much." she said. "It's ok, but we need to leave." I said and picked her up bridal style. "Ok... Twilight?" she asked hopefully, I shook my head. "Any of the girls?" asked Luna. I shook again. "Cadence or Shining Armor?" asked Celestia. "Dunno, I didn't see them." I said as we exited the room, I put Celestia down for a second to help Twilight rest in peace, I headed over to her and she... she coughed blood! "Sweet moon, she's alive!" exclaimed Luna. I carefully removed the sword with one hand while keeping another over Twilight's mouth to muffle her pained screams. I caught her and lowered her to the ground. "Why... Ezekiel?" she asked quietly. "It wasn't me kid." I said tearfully. "Baz?" she asked as well and I nodded, she slowly hugged me and I lifted her up, to which she let out a yelp. "Luna, put the sword in my back holster." I said, as she did I wondered, why was my sword missing anyway? I saw Luna go to Rainbow and shake her head. "She's unmovable, she'll perish if we try." said Luna sadly, Twilight looked and cried into my shoulder at the sight of her friends. "No... my friends..." she sobbed as we ran to the exit. We came across... Shining and Cadence... their horns cut off, Shining was slammed into the wall multiple times, and Cadence's heart was cut out... "Don't look kid." I said to Twilight as she saw her brother and her sister-in-law and cried even more. "How did you get here anyway?" asked Luna. "I looked into a mirror..." I said. "So, you're experiencing a vision of the future..." said Celestia. "What?" I asked. "That mirror in Sombra's castle, rarely, grants visions into the future, but to physically experience it is even rarer." said Luna as we approached the exit. As we got there I heard manic laughter from Sombra. "Where are you going Prince Ezekiel?" asked Sombra. "Away from you." I said as we got to the exit, suddenly the others were dragged away, even Twilight by an unseen force, I threw open the doors to reveal a white light and ran back to help. "NO! GO! DO NOT LET THIS FUTURE COME TO PASS!" shouted Luna in a very loud voice. "I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU!" shouted Celestia in an equally loud voice, as I saw magic being thrown around and getting further away as a crowd of shadows swarmed them. I ran out the door and woke up back in Sombra's castle... "BAZ!!" yelled Twilight down my ear. I was crying. "Come on! lets do this." I said as I noticed she cast a spell on the door. We walked through and- Ah shit! stairs! not that they tire me out, but they're annoying. "What's there?" asked Spike. "Stairs." replied Twilight with a sigh. "A whole 6 story spire full..." I said as Twilight invited Spike. "Who the hell, puts an artifact... up 50 flights of goddamn stairs." I panted, turns out stairs even tire a cyborg out. "Come on Baz, maybe the Heart... maybe it's made of chocolate heh ha ha." she breathed as we climbed. "What if this, is just more of his magic, he makes a door that leads to your worst nightmare, who not a staircase that goes on forever?" he asked. "Don't say that Spike, you'll jinx our asses." I said as I saw Twilight deep in thought, she cocked her head and smiled brightly. "Don't keep us in suspense..." I said. "Hold on to me." said Twilight and placed Spike on her back and I put my hand on her back. Suddenly we were flipped upside down and sliding down the stairs, I was riding them like a surfer! but slightly bent over because of my size. "Woohooo" I yelled. "I actually studied gravity spells thinking it might be on my test! Turns out I was prepared for this! Wooo-hooo!" she yelled. "Awesomesauce!" I yelled. She turned us the right way up and they went crashing to the floor while I managed to use my reflexes to land like a cat. We saw the crystal heart and Twilight was about to approach. "Computer, run a diagnostic scan of the room." I said. "Two anomalies detected in center of the room, one in the floor." it said. "2? but there... Twilight wait!" as I yelled a trap was activated and she was encased in black crystal and the heart crashed to the floor, I rolled out of the way of spiked crystal aimed for my head. I heard that same manic laugh rom the dream as the sky was turning evil and crystals were spreading over the tower. "The heart? where' the Crystal Heart?" asked Twilight. "Over by Spike!" I yelled. "It landed near me when you dropped it!" he said. "don't move!" said Twilight and Spike stood stone still as crystals surrounded him with his arms folded. "You can move, just not toward me!" she shouted and tried to teleport out before being teleported in again. "Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit." I said as I danced around the sharp crystals on the floor. "How could I have been so foolish? I was just so eager to get it! Then when I saw what was going on outside, I..." "You have to get out of there, Twilight! You have to be the one who brings the Heart to Princess Cadance! If you don't, you'll fail Celestia's test!" said Spike. "Twilight! remember what I told you-" I said, flashback moment! "Remember Twilight, our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt..." fade out. "You're right... King Sombra is already attacking the Empire. He could reach the Crystal Ponies at any moment... reach Princess Cadance, my brother, my friends. There may not be enough time for me to find a way to escape." she said. "Fuck!" I yelled as a crystal pierced my shoulder, and went through my armor. "You have to be the ones to bring the Crystal Heart to the Fair." "Me? us? But Twilight–" started Spike. "Go!" "But–" "Goooo!" she yelled. "Grab that heart son, and be Yoda to my Luke Skywalker." I said. "Huh?" he asked a he grabbed the Heart. "Hop on." I smiled and pointed at my back, he grabbed the heart and jumped on. "Hold tight kid." I said and jumped from the spire. "Woaahhhh!" he yelled as we fell and I saw Cadence's spell fail as we did. "Ah! fuck!" I yelled as we landed, creating a sizable dent in the landscape. "Take this to the center kid, go." I said. "What about you?" he asked. "I have to do this... maybe the only good I've ever done... he'll have to kill me before he gets to you..." I growled, suddenly Shining Armor was there. "You've got it? good! come on!" he said, I opened my visor. "No, he'll get to some of the ponies before we get there, I have to face him, Armor, if I come out of there, and the shadow is still there you have to take me down, you hear?" I asked and he nodded solemnly. "There you are!" exclaimed Sombra. "We're just about out of time, if I don't make it, tell Cadence to stop fainting and tell the girls... tell them whatever you think is best, and tell Luna to so being a stubborn whorse, and tell Celestia... I love her... I'll stop him advancing." I said, my visor shut with a metallic 'clamp!'. "I will." he said and ran with Spike. (Theme song to next scene watch to 1:20: ) "BAZ!!!!!!!!!" yelled Spike as I jumped in front of Sombra and backflipped as crystals were thrown at me. I landed as if I was about to do a handspring but pushed myself so I sailed through the air forwards and landed on Sombra, who I punched repeatedly. "Why do you defend them? they think you're a freak!" he said. "I AM a freak!" I replied and continued punching him, until he landed a big fuck off spell in my face and I went flying through a building. I got up but he hit me again and just as Spike placed the crystal heart I landed there instead, the crystal heart was thrown again and the energy coursed through me, I was propelled toward Sombra with blue lines coursing through me and I gripped him in a bear hug as he cast spell after spell at me, as I went tighter and tighter. "Get off of me!" he yelled. "Make me, prick." I grunted. Eventually he landed a good spell while piercing me with his horn and I went flying again, next to the Hearts pedestal. I saw Cadence go for the flying Crystal Heart propelled by Shining. "I have not... come this far... to die now." I growled. I leaped backwards, done a backflip mid-air and pulled my sword, he fired shards of crystal at me and I deflected them and I landed. I Jumped up again, diagonally left and tossed my sword in a mid air spin, cutting off his horn but not taking his control of crystals away, as I landed I was prone and I rolled on the ground as crystals were fired at me and I activated my cannon, as I jumped in my prone position and fired at him and hitting the shadow. He backed off but fired small crystals like bullets at me and I dodged them, I flipped off the crystal wall and one bullet skimmed my shoulder. He hit me with a spell from his regenerated horn and I was crouched, grunting and breathing heavily. "Ahhhhh-" I yelled but was cut off as I saw a blunt crystal coming at me and it pinned me to the wall. "In the tunra we don't hunt Manticores, we hunt Yeti's and instead of Pegasi, we use Ice timberwolves! just how strong is that body of yours?" he asked before I activated my cannon and brought it to bear slowly as ponies looked on in horror my visor was open because of the force being applied. "A cornered Baz is more dangerous than a Yeti!" I yelled as I fired off my rounds into his closing crystals to give Cadence a chance to get there, my sword flew out of Sombra and landed in front of the heart. He let me go before making one of the palace's crystals his own and made it hover above me, again it was blunt. "DIEEEE!" he yelled as it smashed into me and I never made a sound. "Baz!" yelled Rainbow and tried for me before a bunch of crystals were shot just in front of her as a warning that even she couldn't dodge if she tried. He kept applying pressure more and more. Suddenly a light was seen and Cadence placed the Heart, as it activated and he fucked off with his crystals to take it up the arse with them again. I sat against the wall I was smashed into as the ponies turned crystalline and my blood was stained on the wall and pooling beneath me. (play YouTube vid from 1:20) I retracted my visor to see the sun through my own eyes, one of which was bleeding profusely from a crystal landing in it. I saw them bow to Cadence and I laughed before coughing blood. Suddenly the Princesses, Cadence included all flew down, and the girls ran to me. "Baz!" yelled Twilight as they crowded me. "Oh sun no..." said Celestia and ran over to me as well. "Are you ok?" asked Cadence as she pushed to the front of the crowd. I just wheezed because I was almost crushed. "Say somethin'!" said AJ, suddenly the Crystal Ponies were sad and the Heart slowed down. I spoke in a more gravelly voice than usual. "My *wheeze* death *wheeze* should not *wheeze* lessen *wheeze* your victory." I said. "No! we haven't lost a single life to violence in this land for 1000 years! I won't let the first be you!" cried Celestia. "Do not cry for me... Celestia." I smiled at her. "Thank you for saving my Crystal Ponies." said Cadence who was also crying. "No problem Cadence." I smiled. Suddenly on some kind of instinct the ponies parted so I could bask in the sun again. "Rainbow, stay awesome, and take that." I pointed to my sword. "I... I can't..." she said. "Nopony else will use it." I smiled and she picked it up in her teeth. "Twilight, keep on with your studies, become the amazing magic prodigy you are destined to be kid." "I will." "AJ, keep your family going, your sister will be an amazing pony one day." I said "Ah course." she said. "Rarity, keep aspiring to do better, I have a feeling you will become worldwide famous someday." I laughed a little as she blushed. "Thank you darling." "Fluttershy, keep on helping animals, they need somepony to look after them." I said. "Ok, I will do my best." she smiled. "And Pinkie, keep on partying, never stop being the party pony." I said. "Sir yes sir!" she said and saluted. "Cadence, Shining Armor, you have a strong relationship, keep on with it, raise a family and live a happy life." I said. "Of course, in time we will." she said as they held each other close. "Luna, keep being the stubborn brat the kingdom needs to keep it safe." I said. "Of course, haven't I always been stubborn? can you ever forgive me for acting the way I did?" she asked. "I can't forgive you for protecting your kingdom." I smiled and she laughed a little and Celestia approached me. "Celestia... I've had feelings for you for a while now and... I guess I love you..." I said. "And, I you." she said truthfully. "It's time." I said and used the wall to stand up, I retracted my whole suit and I limped to the sunset, turned to the Heart and spread my arms to the it as the blue lines from before appeared. "Bring it on bitch." I growled and coughed more blood as the lines spread and became volatile, and I collapsed to my knees, before exploding me like Sombra was and I saw complete darkness... Author's Note There you go! a plentiful chapter! hopefully you are shedding tears. Damn homie... it's too much... There there Marl, it's ok, this is not the end, I have some plot devices in order for you, so stick around guys, the usual thanks to suppermug. Eclipsed Blade: indeed. Thanks to those who favorited! Now to cry myself to sleep again... nighty night! Completed! Sequel in the works!Just here to say that this is a stopping point at the moment and I will be making a 'sequel' it's just a point for suspense, I will post the link in the description to the sequel when it is released. I'm just evil and want to make you wait a little... muhaha! Just because, I will be posting an updated timeline. Story Timeline2013 early: Death of parents, Baz is 15. 2013 middle: Baz hits the road in his dads car, running from police, friend and distant family alike. 2013 late: Baz receives weapons training. 2014 early: Baz makes his first kill for Ste Klegg, one of Merseyside's most wanted, takes his first bullet and learns how to treat bullet wounds in non vital bodily areas. 2014 middle: Baz is caught by police and interrogated, diagnosed as severely depressed, but before distant family can see him, CIA and MI5 contact him sometime before, offering freedom and petty cash for a job to take down Klegg, Baz accepts and succeeds, presumably. 2014 end: Police are asked by family to go after Baz, Baz is on the run, 2015 early: Baz continues illegal work and is seen in Glastonbury. 2015 middle: Baz is 'killed' in car accident and visits Equestria in between life and death, he wakes up not long after but passes out, Baz is declared dead as of August 26th 2015. 2017 early: Baz, now Project Ezekiel is experimented on as of August 2015. 2017 middle: Project Ezekiel breaks out of confinement and is almost captured before Dr. Mason frees him of failsafe bodily shutdown and disappears, after Project Ezekiel is subdued, experiment are continued. 2017 later(PRESENT): Project Ezekiel awakes, and slaughters guards in Unknown CIA Facility in MI5 headquarters, after explosion he disappears, to awaken in [REDACTED] at unknown time. Unknown time. [£rr0r... C0nn£ct1ng t0 c0mput£r... connected, welcome G-Man.] Baz is in Equestria again, makes contact with Princesses, goes to Crystal Empire.nonpv2vne[Warning! subject vital signs dropping! no signs of life detected. subject deceased.] "Ah... it appears he decided to take the hero's way out... yes... yes I understand... of course I will meet him there... yes I will place him there and bring him back here... indeed... that won't be a problem... of course, goodbye sister. some people, am I right dear reader? do not worry, my... employers... have given me a new directive on Baz, along with some instructions, you will be sated soon with another story, for now farewell, and do not fret, Baz had a premature death is all I will say, but it has turned out for the best..." Author's Note just added some shit to support the next story.
A good drive.You've got a normal life? no? If you have you've already got a bigger head start than I do, if not, welcome to the club. I could tell you to stay in school, eat your veg and stay off of drugs, but that would make me one of the biggest hypocrites alive. Of course, I, myself could go back to school, but no... I first heard the news of my parents death in my class and it was on the news itself. I'll admit, I didn't come out of that unscaythed, so I took my dads car and hit the road, trying my damndest to not look back. So now, I'm running, from my extended family, from the cops and from the past, all these are now factors in my life. I will also admit I'm not left wanting in the monetary department, not from the 'jobs' I do, but all the same, I can say, I'm as happy as I'll get. I will also confide that I am a virgin, not that I never had anyone, but the girl I was with I left behind along with everything else, I don't regret it because she was a cheating bitch anyway. So, here I am, dead of night, all alone, in my car, driving, trying to find somewhere to stay the night and hide from the past, all the while listening to my favourite songs, this one was Editors- Bullets. "You don't need hmm hmm hmmmm" I hummed the tune. I turned to the seat next to me, I noticed I left my gun and balaclava there I stuffed the gun in my holster with the other three, two gold M9's and two Zenith's and four suppressors in my bag And hid the balaclava in my pocket, I checked the back seat and saw my duffel bag full of clothes and money, I put it on my shoulder and positioned it on the armrest in between the seats., and put one Barretta in and one Zenith. I turned around to face the road and turned a corner to the motel, but as I was passing a road, I saw bright lights from my left, I checked the road and saw a truck coming at me at full speed, there was no escape so I put my hands at my side and shut my eyes, every day I twirled a gun in my hand wondering if I should take the easy way out, but never do… now I didn't have to. I sighed and was content with what was happening, as I felt the truck collide with the back left side of the car and sent me into a tailspin, as I crashed into a chest high wall I felt myself smash through glass, my duffel bag and guns following suit as I flew. -Canterlot dining room- As Luna and Celestia were sat down for some tea, they both chatted about idle things, but they didn't mind, they were happy to, every moment spent together was precious. -Princess Celestia's POV- As me and Luna were enjoying our third Afternoon Tea together since she got back, I smiled as I took a bite out of a scone. "Yes, the public in Canterlot is sort of warming up to us now, we may just attend the next GGG." she abbreviated Grand Galloping Gala, she still sounded uninterested. "Excellent! it is dull, but having you there will get the guests done with rather quickly, we can say 'you can only be greeted by one Princess' and we can have some fun, eat some cake and maybe find somepony to dance with, someponies who respect us for who we are, not what we are." I said. "Art thou sure sister? neither of us hath ever had a date, Discord's reign was too miserable, our reign was too busy and time consuming and thine reign was even busier with just thou on the throne, at over 2000 years old, we're still like school fillies when it comes to romance, plus we are Princesses, who doesn't see the crowns upon our head?" she pointed out, she was always down lately, she never used her royal voice anymore or the royal speech except when speaking to Celestia to keep tradition up. "I know, but we need to try Luna, I mean, having somepony to love would be nice for us, we wouldn't have to be lonely." she said. "We see your point dear sister, but what can thine do? Our lover would not be immortal, and it is not as if our dream lover will drop from thine sky-" Luna cut off as somepony crashed through our table and the wall, we immediately stood up, ready to berate whoever disturbed us despite the irony of the situation… What in the sun...? What is that? it's not Equine, that's for sure... it's bipedal. He yelled and backed away from us "Wait if I ca-" I started before he raised his... hooves? He picked up a chair and raised it at me, obviously scared out of his wits "How dare you address roy-" started Luna before he screamed. He started to open his mouth before a guard tackled him, the alien threw him off and punched him in the face, I was about to intervene and walked toward him when he spun around and whacked me in the muzzle, giving me a black eye. "Sister!" exclaimed Luna and went to attack him, suddenly he was knocked out after literally 8 guards were piled on him and landed a few good hits. "Put it-" as Luna was about to say dungeon' I said: "In the hospital." calmly after using some magic to get rid of the black eye I had. -Third Person POV- "The hospital?" asked Luna. "It was clear it didn't know where it was, I daresay no pony in this room would act differently if placed in a similar situation, put it in hospital and bind it for our safety." said Celestia, the guards nodded to the Sun Princess. "I still say 'it' should be wrapped up and locked in chains." said Luna stubbornly. "It looked like it was thrown through the wall, it may have been attacked." said Celestia. "Your highness, we found these on his person." said the guard, and held those two... odd metal objects, likely weapons, one was even gold. "It may be royalty if he has something like that made of gold." said Celestia. "We also found this" said a guard and produced a strange metal bag with a zip. "It is full of clothes, two more of the objects and... bits, lots and lots of bits, it is a very rich alien." said another guard. "Close the bag and place the two objects at the bottom of it and leave it in its room." said Celestia. "Are you sure about this sister?" asked Luna. "We need answers before we do anything." said Celestia. "I still say we should tie it up and throw it in the dungeon." spat Luna. "That would not be fair." said Celestia. "He hit you!" shouted Luna. "He acted in self defence!" replied Celestia. -Meanwhile in the Infirmary- As the guards lowered the being onto a bed, they found he was too large for it, so they got an Alicorn sized bed out and placed him in it. "Lets tie him up and leave quickly!" said a guard. Author's Note Writers block on my other story Desire's Truth and too busy for KOA: A Pony's Fate! we wrote this one a while ago and have decided to post it to keep the stories flowing, this won't be updated regularly.
A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running.As I felt myself awakening, I also felt the comfortability of a bed beneath me, what happened last night? I don't remember a thing. Wait... I remembered something... I was attacked! that explains my injured head... and this was no hospital, the fact I was tied down solidified this theory. I fell back down on the bed as I tried to rise and heard something outside. "It's awake inform..." I didn't hear the last part, I pretended to have fallen back asleep as he came in. "Strange... I could wear I heard something." I heard him using some apparatus not far away. I slowly opened my eyes an... holy shit... I will admit... I gasped. "Ah, it is awake." said the pony. "What the fuck!?" I yelled. "Oh my Celestia it can talk!" he exclaimed and ran out, to be replaced by 8 horses, mares judging by their muzzles, two were considerably taller than the rest. I instantly struggled against my restraints and managed to break free, rolling off of the bed, as I back crawled away, I reached for pistol to find it was missing, as was my knife and my balaclava. I backed into a wall and sat against it and leaned into my hands, muttering, as I did if I had an 'episode'. "This is not real this is not real this is not real" I repeated. "Excuse me." came a voice. "I'm having a dream, I'm just dreaming..." I said. "YOU WILL NOT IGNORE ROYALTY CUR!" came a louder voice, I looked up slowly. "I'm not fucking dreaming am I?" I asked myself. "WE ARE NOT A DREAM MONSTER, I SHOULD KNOW, I CONTROL DREAMS!" yelled a navy blue pony... and I did something I haven't done in a while... I laughed. "WHAT ARE THOU LAUGHING AT?" she asked. "Hahahaha! yo- you! A cute, cuddly little horse trying to be authoritative!" I laughed, she suddenly stopped and looked dumbfounded. "Thou finds us... cute...?" she asked. "Incredibly." I chuckled. "Sister! leave the poor bipedal alone!" exclaimed a white hor... hold on a second... I knew who these equines were! "No... fucking... way..." I said, my little brother used to watch the show MLP, 24/7.. "What?" asked... Twilight... "I'm- it- I gotta be dreaming." I said. "I'm afraid you are not." said Princess Celestia. "Let me get this straight, Twilight Sparkle." I said and pointed at her, in truth I only knew her name, not anything else. Suddenly I was pinned to the wall by a blue aura, well, punched through... As I flew through I caught sight of Luna sweating and breathing heavily... I must be resilient to magic! I landed in a storage room and got up from the rubble and coughed a little blood. "Do it again if it makes you feel better." I grunted as I got up. "I'm sorry, that wasn't intended to throw you through the wall." said Luna, he sounded half concerned, but yet another half of that concern was for the wall and the second half just didn't care. "Why did you do that Luna!?" asked Celestia, angrily. "I only-" "No! you didn't think! you could just try asking Luna!" bereted Celestia. "Very well sister, how do you know her name?" asked Luna. Oh... bollocks... Time to think of an excuse. "I am... a very well informed individual." I said cryptically. "Very well" she responded. "Well, what happened? you crashed through our wall." stated Celestia. "I have no idea, I was in my world, when I... was thrown, but before I impacted the ground, I impacted your wall, and hey presto, here I am." "So you're not from here?" asked Twilight. "no-" I started. "yesyesyes! I knew there must be something else out there!" she exclaimed. "What is your name?" asked Celestia. "Basilli, Basilli Francis or just Baz." I said. "Well you already know her name, I am Princess Celestia, the one who threw you through the wall is my sister Princess Luna." introduced Celestia. Silence... "Ok..." I said. "We are royalty!" exclaimed Luna. "You don't say." I said. "We are immortal goddesses!" she said. And I burst out laughing again. "Wow... because you're a flying pony who can do magic and are immortal, makes you goddesses?! hahahaha!" I was rolling around laughing and the other ponies looked horrified. "Well- yes..." she mumbled. "Oh wow, I can see it now: 'Search for God over! revealed to be two pastel pony Princess! not big man in the sky in a robe and a beard that could put Hagrid to shame!' oh this is rich! wait until the church hears about this!" I laughed. Both sisters found themselves flustered and kind of embarrassed. "Sister... it... it isn't bowing to us..." said Luna in disbelief. " 'It?' hey lady! 'it' has a name!" I exclaimed. "Not to me." said Luna and walked out. "Whats her problem?" I pointed with my thumb at the door he left from. "Ego." replied Celestia. "Ah." I said. "Well, we should go, I-" she started. "Woah woah woah, a hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running, I ain't staying in here." I said. "Are you sure you are fit to move?" asked Celestia. "Indubitably." I said and opened the door for the mares. They smiled at me as they passed and I followed them, but as I walked suddenly I got a vision and a headache, I stopped for a second and put my hand on my head, I saw a flash of light and suddenly passed out again. Author's Note Hey guys! Ryry24, bigt30, The Mew Guy, Ivellios, bronin, Mujaker, Qaz223, Ryuk9091, Rygger, Marquis De Anon: thanks for adding this to your favs! you're all awesome ponies! phantomheart; thanks for tracking it I guess. storm shield x added Livin' The Dream to wait for update, so thanks. Next chapter will be him getting enhanced (not magic) so fair warning. Why all the dislikes? if you tell us why, we won't mind all the dislikes, and please leave a comment. Thanks everypony! Marl & Joe out
All of life is an experiment.What makes a man a man? or rather, a human a human? because I have no idea, is it our sentience? the fact we're organic? our genes? our ability to feel? our dreams? our emotions? or our free will? if you believe we have free will of course. If you believe in the organic part, then I'm not human, no, although I was once… before what happened to me that is, when my family was killed in a fire. I woke up in Equestria, although that may have been a dream, but it felt completely real. I was in a car crash, that much was obvious, I was pretty sure that wasn't a dream... I woke up again at the crash site, the lorry that crashed into me had been holding explosive fuel and they'd blown up when I was hurled out of my car. I looked down and saw my legs were gone! they looked as if they'd been burnt! I screamed and screamed, but no one came for a long time, eventually I passed out. "He's here! We've got him!" was the last thing I heard before I passed out again. When I woke up I was floating… in a tank full of water and a rebreather on my face, I heard muffled voices, I panicked and I thrust my fist forward out of bodily nerves, and terror, smashing the glass and falling out. "He's awake! Administer the anaesthetic before he gets that rebreather off his face!" exclaimed the doctor. I got the hint and tore it off, taking a few wires that lead into me with it and I groaned in pain. "Ah! Son of a-" I cut off, even though there was no need to. The doctors all ran out and left me, I could tell it was the CIA's Med Lab, I'd only been in here once, when I took a more... involved job for the secret service, not that they knew they were, or that I'd looked in their personal effects and found the badges. I tried to move my legs but they wouldn't budge, I looked down and saw my legs were back! Although I had a sinking feeling they were mostly, if not all cybernetic, I felt a few extra things in my body, obviously I had been implemented with a few extra enhancements or other things, I could feel my important parts, but from the groin down, I could feel, but not move. I was also completely naked like Luke fucking Skywalker, my legs looked organic enough luckily and felt it too, I couldn't remember the past... year? I somehow knew it had been a year, two at most, because I had VERY fuzzy memories, I couldn't make jack shit of them. But I had to get out of there, I tried moving through 'normal' mean, eventually I simply thought to myself 'move!' and my legs did, and I felt it happen. I just let my mind take over and had the objective in my mind 'get up' and I did, when I got up from the back of my head I felt something snake around my body, eventually something covered my face for a second but then I could see infrared! I saw a mirror and looked at my reflection, I looked like the cyborg ninja from MGS: The Twin Snakes, except the armor was black and red like the Deadpool version, which I'm a fan of, so I was kinda excited, I made my visor retract into itself and made it retract fully so it wasn't visible, I looked different, I still had my wafro (white mans afro) but it was black rather than my original brown. and my eyes were almost glowing blue, they were ultramarine blue and I felt a little weird. I also saw the sword from the game, were these scientists hardcore MGS fans? Or maybe just unoriginal… they probably typed cyborg ninja into Google images, idiots I chuckled at my own private thoughts and claimed the sword, there were three buttons on the hilt, one made the sword as it was, long the other shortened it and the other retracted it completely. "Sweet" I admired. "Move, move!" I heard security coming, I jumped up, on some kind of instinct and latched onto the corner of the room, my hands backwards flat on the wall while my body was hugging the corner, how I stayed up there, I had no clue. When the guards ran in and surveyed the room they looked confused, I dropped on one and broke his back, severing his spine with just my feet! I activated my blade and impaled the guard behind me, while my sword was still in his torso and the guard in front spun around to face me, I kicked his gun out of his hands and yanked the blade out of the other guard, when the front guard ran at me, I put the blade in a holster on my back and positioned my hands weirdly, when he was in arm's reach my hand automatically moved in a strange way as soon as contact with his head was made, and I snapped his neck like nothing and threw him into the wall, leaving a sizable dent. "Weird…" I said, and looked at my hand. I moved over to the monitor and saw an x-ray of my body, there were red blips everywhere, my legs were just red outright and the lab notes said (this is supposed to be mixed up, imagine they are rushed lab notes scribbled down during or just before the procedures) Test Subject Alpha- The Perfect Soldier-(Project Ezekiel 2517: HIGHEST PRIORITY) official status- DECEASED, confirmed by official coroner, coroner not on Cia payroll, known family: none, DECEASED. n No pulse when first found, attempt to revive successful, first attempt successful. ;WARNING: MADE VASTLY POWERFUL FOR FIRST ATTEMPT, TERMINATE SUBJECT IMMEDIATELY; O= cybernetic implants... ;SUBJECT MUST SLEEP IN WATER, EARS BECOME TOO SENSITIVE WHEN SLEEPING; brain brought back and implemented with computer system linked to consciousness, eyes have thermal vision/night vision available, 20/20 vision in subject already present, will alter a little and experiment to see if we can make him see better. Subject has no close family and is off the grid, will use him for project, Subject brought in as of August 25th 2015, cause of death: car accident, lost lower legs as result, damage not as bad as first expected, will be perfect to test full cybernetic limbs possibility, subject comatose for now. Subject has responded well to initial tests, will continue with procedures as planned. Subjects hearing improved and optional added hearing volume adjustment so subject can alter it to suit his needs, available suit colour changer as first beta test, successful, can move on with practical implants, genetics modified, ready for exoskeleton insertion and perfected legs, however they need complete cybernetic and mechanical control, Subject completely agile, can perform acrobatic moves seamlessly and can run at superhuman speed, arms also implemented, very flexible and versatile, bones impossible to break in any part of body, exoskeleton replaced bone skeleton only bone removed other muscles and organs remain intact apart from legs, more convenient to replace entire skeleton rather than just legs Conduits for electricity place in each shoulder blade, they are also other unknown conduits for something unknown, will need further investigation Subject has ability to conduct lightning to recharge other exoskeleton/bodily functions if needed, once one spark is ignited both conduits will power each other for an indefinite period of time allowing subject unlimited control of lightning. Material added to suit so subjects footsteps are silenced, muscles given boosters, will easily shatter titanium if subject wills, heart implemented so heart attack is impossible, includes pacer that subject can control beat, will help to calm nerves in dangerous situations or pick up if undercover and needs to fake emotion, nerves implemented in the same way, eyes implemented with zoom function. Subject has control over amount of pain felt, ranging from normal human standard to non-existent, also removed shards of metal from subject after crash, skin decay after death no longer an issue, sword needs forging with latest tech as a HF blade, hand cannon confirmed under government and private funding, new arsenal ready for deployment w/ subject in the armory, fake credit cards ready for deployment w/ subject in the field, new stealth/optic camouflage implemented into subjects spine, ready for use, code for activation- Alpha Charlie Tango India Victor Alpha Tango Echo.(ACTIVATE, in NATO Phonetic alphabet) I repeated the code and I seemed to static out for a second before becoming visible, I thought to myself: 'Invisible' and I was! I thought 'visible' and lo and behold I was! I read the next line: Shields implemented in subjects suit gloves, invisible to naked eye and able to protect subject from firearms if required, suit bulletproofed and special material made for maximum toughness, combined with cybernetics and exoskeleton, will break persons hand that makes contact forcefully, sword made from flexible material Graphene combined with titanium, flexible only if subject wills, sword now connected to subjects consciousness via brain signals and computer interface, special magnets in hand of subject will attract titanium alloy that sword is made from, allowed subject to control what materials can be affected by the magnet. Genes have been perfected, will perform vasectomy when subject wakes and will implement suppression so subject does not find romantic attraction, toxin condenser added, any consumed toxins(alcohol included) will be turned into poison for use in dart gun implemented into the top of the wrist, also flushes toxins from body making subject immune, biological warfare added to subject, vials of diseases in left back pocket of suit ONLY USE IF ORDERED AND CONFIRMED BY PRESIDENT, in final test stages added computer AI in helmet, activation word 'computer' subject may change it if he wishes, for beta test run of system we have downloaded all current music in the world onto computer, test successful, have fully installed AI. NEW AS OF DECEMBER 30th 2016(Incidentally subjects birthday): Subject broke out, used failsafe on him, unfortunately head scientist Dr. Mason removed the failsafe, new head scientist is me. Mason removed first failsafe as well as most, if not all other failsafes, side effect is partially erased memory on subject, not necessarily a bad thing, Dr. Mason fled the facility and has not been found, taking the test instructions with him, subjects vasectomy not performed, will wait to induce suppression until vasectomy is done. Nothing else was on the screen so I picked up a guards keycard and walked out of the 'test chamber' I wonder what I did? I knew the vasectomy hadn't been performed luckily, the scientist would have wrote that he did it, and I would've felt it. I saw two signs '<---armory' and 'finance--->' I chose the former. I headed to the armory and the door opened for me, letting me in, I saw names on the lockers, but nothing for me… ah! A sign saying 'test subject armaments' I entered the amazing room with weapons strewn about the tables, all with different designations, I went to The Perfect Soldier area and looked for my Project... ah! Project Ezekiel! I saw Alpha and headed to my table, and saw my weapons, two were implants, for what? I'm not sure, but it looks sweet. I saw the area marked out where I needed to inject myself. "Here goes nothing" I said and injected myself in the arm, it didn't go into my skin however, it went into my suit, to the back of my head, 'Charlie Alpha November November Oscar November- CANNON' with that a cannon appeared on my arm, I clenched my fist out of instinct and the cannon fired a blast, destroying a few things in the room and making one hell of a noise, seriously, are these scientists original AT ALL? Metroid/MGS? I willed the cannon to go away and it did, I don't know how though. I did something I should have done when I woke up, I went for my pockets and as I moved my hand lower my visor interface told me what my hand was hovering over: 'pistol holster left' then lower down 'submachine gun holster left' I moved to my back pocket area and 'money holder' came up, I picked up two tactical SMG's and holstered them: same with the pistols, which were my two golden Berettas, with a few differences: not very subtle… but the suit hides them somehow, I picked up some clothes that they placed for me and bagged them. I picked up my two Zeniths as well as the suppressors as well. After I had all my stuff I turned to leave and bolt it out of there but was met face to face by a team of security guards and a scientist. "Ah shit..." I said. "Now now, come back, we need you" he said. "What? To terminate? You can go to hell doc, like I should of." I said as my visor parted to reveal my face. "I had hoped it wouldn't come to this, open fire!" said the scientist. They started shooting and on impulse my body started moving on its own, like it reacted to gunfire, my visor sealed again. I dodged and used my sword to deflect them, my visor could predict the bullet's path from heat signatures, but I was still hit at one time, but my armor stopped the bullet. "No! be careful! don't shoot the pylons-!" he cut off as one of the pylons behind me exploded, I thought this was it for sure as I was thrown across the room, but no… no, the higher ups, God or who or whatever, decided I needed to cheat death once more, like in my dream... that was how I ended up back here... Author's Note The Abysswalker: I'm glad I could make you laugh, I changed the tags a little to reflect what you said, it's sad but funny now! yay! suppermug: Just saying thanks publically. Yo guys, Marlow here(read our blog to find out who I am if you don't know) sayin' thanks for readin my homies stories, he can't even sleep properly without pressing the 'Publish' button at least once. I'm back guys, it' Joe, thanks for all the support guys! you're the best! Peace Marlow & Joseph
It's time, Mr Francis, is it really that time again?Suddenly I bolted up- Hold on, wasn't I supposed to be dead? After the car crash... and then the explosion in the lab... it seems like I should be gone... but then again, I have no idea where I am. It looks like... Pripyat... Is this my afterlife? wondering a nuclear wasteland...? is this Hell? Purgatory? maybe it's my own interpretation... maybe if I open my mind... There we go. Holy shit... it's... amazing... "Do you like it, Mr. Francis?" came a voice... G-Man... "Indeed." I answered, I noticed I am how I was before the crash... "Good, it is not often someone comes here consciously, they are usually in a state of stasis, but my employers have asked me to talk to you here, directly." he said. "I'm listening." I replied and folded my arms and leaned back slightly. He seemed to crack a smile for a second before returning to his normal serious expression. "There is a world, which I have already given you a taste of, which needs... you... I don't know why and neither do my employers which is unusual, this is a one time offer, you can wander here for possibly eternity or take my hand, take a chance Mr. Francis, take a chance." he smiled, 'take a chance' is what Ste Klegg said to me before my first kill. "Very well." I said and took his hand, if he starts flying around on a carpet and singing 'a whole new world' I'm jumping to my 3rd death. "Excellent choice Mr. Francis, you will not hear from me again." he said as we both vanished from wherever we were... -Meanwhile in Equestria- "News from Northern Equestria! Uh... Your Highness." said a guard as he barged into the throne room. "Yes?" asked the beautiful Sun Princess. "I am simply to tell you that it has returned." he said as he took his helmet off in respect. "Find Princess Cadance and Shining Armor." gasped Princess Celestia. "Yes, Your Highness." "My dearest Twilight, you must come to Canterlot at once..." As Twilight Sparkle approached the two royal sister she 'Ahem' 'd to get their attention, but before either could respond something crashed through the roof between the sisters and Twilight. "I've really gotta stop breaking things, my health insurance doesn't cover 'death by jumping through portal into wall' " I groaned, back in my Cyborg suit, with the visor shut. Everypony looked on with wide eyes. "I am Buzz Lightyear, I come in peace." I said in a deep voice. "W-what?" was all Luna could mumble out. "You don't recognise me? wait! I've got this goddamn visor on." I said and parted it. "You...!" said Celestia in surprise. "Aye, in the flesh! apart from my legs..." I mumbled. "I thought you disappeared!" said Twilight. "I was sent back to my own world... I kinda wish I wasn't." I said and looked at my gloved hands... I allowed a single tear to fall. "Well, to business." said Celestia. "Of course, I'll just sit down." I said. "Trust me, little sister." "You wanted to see me? To give me a test? I brought my own quills and plenty of paper to show my work. Sorry, sorry!" she said and unraveled a scroll which bumped Celestia's foot, I jumped in front of the Princess and rolled it back to her "She's not made of glass you know? you're not made of glass are you?" I asked Celestia half seriously, for all I know ponies are made from cardboard here. "No, and this is a different kind of test, The Crystal Empire has returned." "The Crystal Empire? I'm sorry, I-I thought I'd studied. Ooh. I don't think there's anything in any of my books th–" "Appearing in the arctic north of Equestria after a thousand-year-long disappearance. It is inhabited by Crystal Ponies and tiny ewes, and is described in the Ballad of the Crystal Ponies as having a rich culture and long history, including "the Crystal Kingdom anthem". Local food in the empire includes crystal berries that are used to make sweets and crystal corn." I said without thinking, Twilight was skimming through a book. "I can't find it-" "Before the emergence of Nightmare Moon, the Crystal Empire was taken over by the evil unicorn King Sombra, who turned it into a dark land and enslaved the Crystal Ponies. Princess Celestia and Princess Luna defeated him with their magic, turning him to shadow and imprisoning him in the ice of the arctic north, but not before he placed a curse on the Crystal Empire that caused it to vanish for a thousand years. After it returns, the Crystal Ponies have no memory of their kingdom before King Sombra took over. King Sombra also returns and threatens to invade the empire again, so Shining Armor and Princess Cadance have been sent by Princess Celestia to defend it." I said, I swayed a little as I finished and felt something on my face... blood... from my nose. "What was that? are you ok?" asked Celestia. "Yeah, I have no idea what I even said..." I mumbled. "There isn't anything in my book about that." said Twilight. "There wouldn't be. Few remember it ever existed at all. Even my knowledge of the Empire is limited, he knows more than me." she gestured with her head to me and I bowed. "But what I do know is that it contains a powerful magic. One thousand years ago, King Sombra, a unicorn whose heart was black as night, took over the Crystal Empire." said Celestia and cast a spell to show us. "He was ultimately overthrown, turned to shadow, and banished to the ice of the arctic north." "No offence... but if you turn something to a shadow... it doesn't really help, you could've turned him to... oh I don't know... an ant? that way he wouldn't be able able to come back without getting stepped on." I pointed out. " You have a fair point, but we didn't overthrow him before he was able to put a curse upon the Empire. A curse that caused it to vanish into thin air. If the Empire is filled with hope and love, those things are reflected across all of Equestria." she said and made a bright crystal appear and she smiled which I thought looked quite pretty- dammit Baz! concentrate boy! Then a darker image replaced the current one. "If hatred and fear take hold... Which is why I need your help finding a way to protect it." she said to Twilight. "You want me to help protect an entire empire?" said Twilight. "Let me call Darth Vader and the Emperor to help with that..." I chuckled, they ignored me and continued, I seemed to be more like my old self here, not the depressed murderer I was before. "It is, as I said, a different kind of test. But one I'm certain you will pass." "How do I begin?" "Try finding the place." I stated. "He is correct, start by joining Princess Cadance and Shining Armor in the Crystal Empire." "My brother is there?" she asked. "He is. And your Ponyville friends will join you there as well. I have every confidence you will succeed. And when you do, I'll know you are ready to move on to the next level of your studies." smiled Celestia as we walked to Princess Luna. "But what if I fail?" "You won't." "But what if–" started Twilight, Luna didn't look happy Twilight was doubting her success. "You won't. But Twilight, in the end, it must be you and you alone who ultimately assists Princess Cadance and Shining Armor in doing what needs to be done to protect the Empire. Do you understand?" "Mm-hmm!" was the reply. "Remember Twilight, our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt, and always remember... An End Has A Start." I said as she nodded, left and the doors shut. Suddenly I was pinned to the wall by a blue aura. "Well, at least you didn't throw me through it this time" I chuckled nervously, she was straining with the energy it took, but still... Author's Note We're just gonna leave you there... yep. Homie, thats a cliffhanger! And that was a very unfair ending homie! 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Mistakes are always forgivable.As I felt pressure being put on me by the Night Princess from her magic, I spoke: "This is how you treat old friends Luna?" I asked. "You shall refer to me as Princess! and you are no old friend, just an intruder!" she exclaimed. "Luna! calm-" started Celestia. "No! he needs to be interrogated before he disappears again!" said Luna, who was sweating and panting from using magic on me. "Nice try sweet cheeks, but I don't think Loony Luna will listen." I chuckled. Celestia blushed a little at that. "Never call us that again fiend! you will respect us! a the Princesses of Equest...ria." she panted. Suddenly Luna let out a breath and I was let go. "Answer... our... questions..." panted Luna. "Ok then... ask away." I said. "What is your name?" asked Luna. I stopped. "That... is not as a simple question as you think..." I said. "How so?" asked Luna. "It had been two years in my world... during that time a lot happened..." I said. "Two years? it had only been weeks here..." said Celestia. "Well, there you go, my name was Basilli, Basilli Francis, now I am Project Ezekiel, but call me Baz." I said. "Why 'Project'?" asked Luna. "While I was gone... things were done to me that made me into something." I said. "What is that strange helmet you have on that covers your face sometimes?" asked Luna. "It is a visor, it protects my face from attack." I answered. "That is enough Luna, surely our visitor wants some rest." smiled Celestia. as Luna started to walk away "No, I'm fine, I might hop on a train to help Twilight." I said and groaned, gyrating my shoulder and hearing a metallic snapping sound as well as a pop. "What was that?" asked Celestia, Luna turned around in curiosity and rejoined us. "Nothing." I answered quickly. "Please tell me." she said and I saw genuine concern in her eyes, I might regret this but I didn't want lie to her. "Fine then, when I disappeared from here, I went back to my world... where I died, and like Commander Shepard I was brought back for the good of the galax- sorry, to have experiments done on me, they lasted for two years while I was unconscious, when I woke up, I broke out, I was blown up, a deal was made and now I'm back." I said to cut a long story short. "I'm... I'm so sorry, what experiments were done?" asked Celestia. I retracted my suit to reveal my clothed body. "I'm half human, half machine, I have cybernetic implants, I have enhanced strength, agility, speed and dexterity, as well as other things." I answered. "Why is that bad?" asked Luna. "I was dead, I should've stayed that way, it wasn't natural for me to have lived, I lost my legs for Gods sake and they brought them back!" I exclaimed. "Your legs? but they-" started Celestia. "Are all cybernetic, they aren't organic." I said. "I... I'm sorry." she said, Luna simply walked away. "Those scientists bringing me back was a mistake, I'm a mistake..." I said and turned away. "Mistakes are always forgivable." smiled Celestia and put a wing around my shoulder... maybe... but the mistake these scientists have made now is keeping me alive... "I do not need or require your pity... but thanks anyway Celestia." I said, I noticed how pretty she looked with a smile... "You are welcome, now here is some bits for the train, I will take what you owe from the bag you left last time you were here." said Celestia and walked away, and i couldn't help but stare at those flanks... I turned away and shook my head... damn thoughts. I walked away and prepared to view Canterlot for the first time, the scientists must have made these gold pistols then and got me new Zeniths. I was just a machine to them, an instrument of war, a tool to be brought out whenever they felt the need. Bastards, the lot of them. I'm sure there will be some good ones, but they will be few and far between. If I ever get my hands on them, they'll wish they never brought me back... They better have not survived that blast or I'll make them wish they didn't... I approached the door and took a breath, activating my camo just in case, can't be too careful. I pushed open the doors and took a breath at the amazing sight before me, it was magnificent! Tall building, bustling with life... and then there was the nobles... stuck up pricks in this world as well, maybe a few decent ones. As I stalked the streets of Canterlot I watched life go on around me, a jewellers in the street... a fresh produce market, life looked to be swell. I saw Pegasi, Unicorn and Earth pony alike, some noble, some poor, some ponies in between, all carrying on with life as usual, it reminded me of Earth, when my brother and I would go to the market and buy things, always discussing something or another along the way, making each other laugh... I miss him... I stopped dwelling and headed to the station, reappearing in the empty section marked '~~Crystal Empire~~' with a line through it, obviously disused until now. I went to the ticket office and put some bits on the counter and ticket was placed down, I took it without question and boarded the empty train, going to see what I can do to help the girls.
I do what I can, where I am, with what I have...As I sat alone in the train carriage I played some music to keep me company. "On the floors of Tokyo..." I mumbled. I also started to wonder what this 'Crystal Empire' place would be like, nice? probably, everything here is 'nice' especially Princess Celestia... Goddamnit! no! she's a fucking pony for crying out loud! Although part of my mind was saying it doesn't matter... No time for that now, I've gotta help Twilight, and Celestia didn't object to me saying I'd help... even though she told Twilight she had to be the one to assist... ah fuck it. The train came to a stop and I disembarked, what I had expected to see was trampled by what I actually saw, a tundra, and I saw a shield in the distance. To put a long story short I arrived at the shield about 10 minutes later, and I saw a shadow following me and I turned to face it. "Bring it on." I said and jumped in the sky, front flipping toward him, I was engulfed in shadow and turned night vision on, I slashed this 'King Sombra I apparently knew so much about.' and cut his horn off as the shield opened for a second. I then back flipped off of him, kicking his muzzle as I landed within the shield, he scowled at me and shrunk back within his shadow. I headed into town and saw the 'crystal ponies' enjoying themselves, so I headed to the throne room. I was stopped by guards outside and I just wall ran past them, I opened the doors and an exhausted Princess was about to fall when I rushed forward and caught her. "Woah there Highness, careful where you make your bed and how you lie in it." I said to the fainting Pink Princess. "Who are you?" she asked weakly. "I am Project Ezekiel, your highness, here to assist you." I smiled. "Hands off my wife fiend!" came a more masculine voice, I looked up at a white stallion. "Your wife fainted and I caught her, I don't intend to do anything with her." I rolled my eyes. "Oh, you're the hoo-man Twilly keeps going on about!" he says in a 'duh!' voice. "Aye, that I am." I said. "I'll get her to bed, come on Cadence." he said. I waited for a bit before Twilight ran in. "Baz!" she exclaimed and wrapped me in a hug, which surprised me. "Hey kid." I smiled. "I'm looking for an artifact, the Crystal Heart!" she said. "This throne looks remarkably similar to the one Celestia used the spell on to show you." I pointed out, her jaw dropped. "This isn't King Sombra's castle." said Twilight in realisation. "Well, isn't this where he lived when he was in power?" "It is, but it didn't look like this." she said and cast a spell to reveal a staircase. "That was cool." I said. "That was a little trick Celestia taught me." Spike looked down the hole and gulped. "Welp, lets go." I said, before Twilight could repel my efforts, I jumped down the middle hole, my cybernetic legs protecting me from fall damage. "You stay here." she said to Spike. "Huh, if you insist." he said. "Spike?" "Yeah?" "Can you see outside?" "Yesss... Crystalsss..." said Sombra, wondering what that thing was that pounced on him, it had darkness in it, and that could be exploited. He laughed menacingly. "It's not good! Cadance's magic must be fading faster than before!" he shouted. "Ugh! Ow!" said Twilight as she tripped. "Twilight? Are you okay?" he asked "Yes..." she said and righted herself with a spell. "About time." I smiled behind my visor and she rolled her eyes and tried to get through a door before it teleported. "What in the... stop... moving!" she said and managed to stop the door with a spell, to my amusement. "What have we here..." I said and looked into the door... I felt it sort of... enclose on my mind... Suddenly I felt as if I awoke... I saw... a figure... forcing itself on Celestia... "What are you doing? stop!" she sounded terrified, I went to help but a barrier stopped me. "You love it really? don't you?" the other figure asked as it kissed and bit her neck forcefully, I went out the room and saw... oh my god... All the ponies... dead, the 6 mares... Rarity was... skinned... alive by the looks of a struggle... Fluttershy had a slit throat, wings cut off... AJ was smashed up, by a massive force by the looks of it... Pinkie was cut open and stuffed with confetti and candy floss, her entrails next to her, replaced by confectionaries. Twilight was pinned by my sword beside the door to the Princesses chambers, obviously the last 'obstacle' between the thing and Celestia and he was using her as a sword holder... I saw Luna tied up in the room, made to watch him... violate her sister... Rainbow was smashed into a wall, her spine broken, barely alive... Alive! I ran over and turned her over, to see her. "Rainbow! are you ok? my god, what happened?" I asked. She suddenly tried to get away. "It's... me..." I trailed off as I reached for her, and noticed my blood stained hands... The sword in the wall... The method of force... The figure was bipedal... I collapsed as I saw me... it was me... what had I done? "Not again... not again... no no no no..." I buried my visored head in my hands. I had a vision of me killing the guards... (imagine ponies with magic instead of soldiers with guns.) I went back in the room and was absorbed into the figure's point of view, as he kissed Celestia's stomach, he then smiled at a struggling Luna as he planted kisses on her sister, who was crying now. "Not like this! where is Twilight? oh Sun... oh please no..." cried Celestia, as she realised Twilight was dead, and she was about to have her virginity taken... forcefully... Luna was now starting to cry as well also recognising both these facts. "Don't worry Luna, you're next." he said in a completely dark voice, kissing back up Celestia's body then a booming voice sounded. "Ezekiel! when you've had your 'fun' join me in the throne room!" Sombra... "I'll be a while master... lets get this party started..." smiled wickedly at the whimpering Princess and used some kind of dark magic to close and seal the door as he straddled her... Author's Note More of a dark appeal to this chapter... there you go. true to the categories, now I've got to cry myself to sleep for writing about this.
...And that isn't much to begin with.I watched myself still going down on Celestia... Suddenly I had form again and I found there was no barrier. I pounced on the other me and got him off her. "Get... off... of... her!!!" I yelled as I slammed my fist into his uncovered face over and over, wrecking both my fist and his face with tears streaming down my face. "You can't avoid what you'll become me." he said. "Don't call me that!!!" I yelled as I wrapped my hand around his throat. "I can't help what I am, me." he said. "Stop calling me that!" I yelled as I throttled him... no, it. I throttled it. Eventually it croaked and died, but I kept my hands there for a little longer before remembering I don't actually need air, so I punched my fist through his face. "Don't you ever fucking touch her again you monster." I growled. I knelt over him with my knees either side of him and retracted my visor before rubbing my face and walking over to Luna, who struggled with her bonds upon seeing me approach, I took her mouth covering off. "Don't you dare hurt my sister you monster! don't you touch her again!" she yelled. "Luna! it's me! the real me!" I said, she calmed down. "Baz?" she asked tearfully and I nodded. "Yeah... I'm so sorry... what happened?" I asked. "You... Sombra did something to you, when you tried to face him down, you walked from the shadow, and started... killing... then you came here and... killed Twilight and the girls, before starting your advances on Tia, I tried to stop you, but you knocked me out, and when I woke up..." she trailed off. I untied her. "Come on, let's get you both out of here." I said and went over to Celestia. "No... please just kill me..." sobbed Celestia. "It's ok, it's the original me!" I said to her. "B- B- Baz? not Ezekiel?" she asked. "One of my less preferred names." I said and she wrapped her hooves around me upon seeing my dead counterpart. "Thank you! thank you so much." she said. "It's ok, but we need to leave." I said and picked her up bridal style. "Ok... Twilight?" she asked hopefully, I shook my head. "Any of the girls?" asked Luna. I shook again. "Cadence or Shining Armor?" asked Celestia. "Dunno, I didn't see them." I said as we exited the room, I put Celestia down for a second to help Twilight rest in peace, I headed over to her and she... she coughed blood! "Sweet moon, she's alive!" exclaimed Luna. I carefully removed the sword with one hand while keeping another over Twilight's mouth to muffle her pained screams. I caught her and lowered her to the ground. "Why... Ezekiel?" she asked quietly. "It wasn't me kid." I said tearfully. "Baz?" she asked as well and I nodded, she slowly hugged me and I lifted her up, to which she let out a yelp. "Luna, put the sword in my back holster." I said, as she did I wondered, why was my sword missing anyway? I saw Luna go to Rainbow and shake her head. "She's unmovable, she'll perish if we try." said Luna sadly, Twilight looked and cried into my shoulder at the sight of her friends. "No... my friends..." she sobbed as we ran to the exit. We came across... Shining and Cadence... their horns cut off, Shining was slammed into the wall multiple times, and Cadence's heart was cut out... "Don't look kid." I said to Twilight as she saw her brother and her sister-in-law and cried even more. "How did you get here anyway?" asked Luna. "I looked into a mirror..." I said. "So, you're experiencing a vision of the future..." said Celestia. "What?" I asked. "That mirror in Sombra's castle, rarely, grants visions into the future, but to physically experience it is even rarer." said Luna as we approached the exit. As we got there I heard manic laughter from Sombra. "Where are you going Prince Ezekiel?" asked Sombra. "Away from you." I said as we got to the exit, suddenly the others were dragged away, even Twilight by an unseen force, I threw open the doors to reveal a white light and ran back to help. "NO! GO! DO NOT LET THIS FUTURE COME TO PASS!" shouted Luna in a very loud voice. "I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED YOU!" shouted Celestia in an equally loud voice, as I saw magic being thrown around and getting further away as a crowd of shadows swarmed them. I ran out the door and woke up back in Sombra's castle... "BAZ!!" yelled Twilight down my ear. I was crying. "Come on! lets do this." I said as I noticed she cast a spell on the door. We walked through and- Ah shit! stairs! not that they tire me out, but they're annoying. "What's there?" asked Spike. "Stairs." replied Twilight with a sigh. "A whole 6 story spire full..." I said as Twilight invited Spike. "Who the hell, puts an artifact... up 50 flights of goddamn stairs." I panted, turns out stairs even tire a cyborg out. "Come on Baz, maybe the Heart... maybe it's made of chocolate heh ha ha." she breathed as we climbed. "What if this, is just more of his magic, he makes a door that leads to your worst nightmare, who not a staircase that goes on forever?" he asked. "Don't say that Spike, you'll jinx our asses." I said as I saw Twilight deep in thought, she cocked her head and smiled brightly. "Don't keep us in suspense..." I said. "Hold on to me." said Twilight and placed Spike on her back and I put my hand on her back. Suddenly we were flipped upside down and sliding down the stairs, I was riding them like a surfer! but slightly bent over because of my size. "Woohooo" I yelled. "I actually studied gravity spells thinking it might be on my test! Turns out I was prepared for this! Wooo-hooo!" she yelled. "Awesomesauce!" I yelled. She turned us the right way up and they went crashing to the floor while I managed to use my reflexes to land like a cat. We saw the crystal heart and Twilight was about to approach. "Computer, run a diagnostic scan of the room." I said. "Two anomalies detected in center of the room, one in the floor." it said. "2? but there... Twilight wait!" as I yelled a trap was activated and she was encased in black crystal and the heart crashed to the floor, I rolled out of the way of spiked crystal aimed for my head. I heard that same manic laugh rom the dream as the sky was turning evil and crystals were spreading over the tower. "The heart? where' the Crystal Heart?" asked Twilight. "Over by Spike!" I yelled. "It landed near me when you dropped it!" he said. "don't move!" said Twilight and Spike stood stone still as crystals surrounded him with his arms folded. "You can move, just not toward me!" she shouted and tried to teleport out before being teleported in again. "Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit." I said as I danced around the sharp crystals on the floor. "How could I have been so foolish? I was just so eager to get it! Then when I saw what was going on outside, I..." "You have to get out of there, Twilight! You have to be the one who brings the Heart to Princess Cadance! If you don't, you'll fail Celestia's test!" said Spike. "Twilight! remember what I told you-" I said, flashback moment! "Remember Twilight, our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt..." fade out. "You're right... King Sombra is already attacking the Empire. He could reach the Crystal Ponies at any moment... reach Princess Cadance, my brother, my friends. There may not be enough time for me to find a way to escape." she said. "Fuck!" I yelled as a crystal pierced my shoulder, and went through my armor. "You have to be the ones to bring the Crystal Heart to the Fair." "Me? us? But Twilight–" started Spike. "Go!" "But–" "Goooo!" she yelled. "Grab that heart son, and be Yoda to my Luke Skywalker." I said. "Huh?" he asked a he grabbed the Heart. "Hop on." I smiled and pointed at my back, he grabbed the heart and jumped on. "Hold tight kid." I said and jumped from the spire. "Woaahhhh!" he yelled as we fell and I saw Cadence's spell fail as we did. "Ah! fuck!" I yelled as we landed, creating a sizable dent in the landscape. "Take this to the center kid, go." I said. "What about you?" he asked. "I have to do this... maybe the only good I've ever done... he'll have to kill me before he gets to you..." I growled, suddenly Shining Armor was there. "You've got it? good! come on!" he said, I opened my visor. "No, he'll get to some of the ponies before we get there, I have to face him, Armor, if I come out of there, and the shadow is still there you have to take me down, you hear?" I asked and he nodded solemnly. "There you are!" exclaimed Sombra. "We're just about out of time, if I don't make it, tell Cadence to stop fainting and tell the girls... tell them whatever you think is best, and tell Luna to so being a stubborn whorse, and tell Celestia... I love her... I'll stop him advancing." I said, my visor shut with a metallic 'clamp!'. "I will." he said and ran with Spike. (Theme song to next scene watch to 1:20: ) "BAZ!!!!!!!!!" yelled Spike as I jumped in front of Sombra and backflipped as crystals were thrown at me. I landed as if I was about to do a handspring but pushed myself so I sailed through the air forwards and landed on Sombra, who I punched repeatedly. "Why do you defend them? they think you're a freak!" he said. "I AM a freak!" I replied and continued punching him, until he landed a big fuck off spell in my face and I went flying through a building. I got up but he hit me again and just as Spike placed the crystal heart I landed there instead, the crystal heart was thrown again and the energy coursed through me, I was propelled toward Sombra with blue lines coursing through me and I gripped him in a bear hug as he cast spell after spell at me, as I went tighter and tighter. "Get off of me!" he yelled. "Make me, prick." I grunted. Eventually he landed a good spell while piercing me with his horn and I went flying again, next to the Hearts pedestal. I saw Cadence go for the flying Crystal Heart propelled by Shining. "I have not... come this far... to die now." I growled. I leaped backwards, done a backflip mid-air and pulled my sword, he fired shards of crystal at me and I deflected them and I landed. I Jumped up again, diagonally left and tossed my sword in a mid air spin, cutting off his horn but not taking his control of crystals away, as I landed I was prone and I rolled on the ground as crystals were fired at me and I activated my cannon, as I jumped in my prone position and fired at him and hitting the shadow. He backed off but fired small crystals like bullets at me and I dodged them, I flipped off the crystal wall and one bullet skimmed my shoulder. He hit me with a spell from his regenerated horn and I was crouched, grunting and breathing heavily. "Ahhhhh-" I yelled but was cut off as I saw a blunt crystal coming at me and it pinned me to the wall. "In the tunra we don't hunt Manticores, we hunt Yeti's and instead of Pegasi, we use Ice timberwolves! just how strong is that body of yours?" he asked before I activated my cannon and brought it to bear slowly as ponies looked on in horror my visor was open because of the force being applied. "A cornered Baz is more dangerous than a Yeti!" I yelled as I fired off my rounds into his closing crystals to give Cadence a chance to get there, my sword flew out of Sombra and landed in front of the heart. He let me go before making one of the palace's crystals his own and made it hover above me, again it was blunt. "DIEEEE!" he yelled as it smashed into me and I never made a sound. "Baz!" yelled Rainbow and tried for me before a bunch of crystals were shot just in front of her as a warning that even she couldn't dodge if she tried. He kept applying pressure more and more. Suddenly a light was seen and Cadence placed the Heart, as it activated and he fucked off with his crystals to take it up the arse with them again. I sat against the wall I was smashed into as the ponies turned crystalline and my blood was stained on the wall and pooling beneath me. (play YouTube vid from 1:20) I retracted my visor to see the sun through my own eyes, one of which was bleeding profusely from a crystal landing in it. I saw them bow to Cadence and I laughed before coughing blood. Suddenly the Princesses, Cadence included all flew down, and the girls ran to me. "Baz!" yelled Twilight as they crowded me. "Oh sun no..." said Celestia and ran over to me as well. "Are you ok?" asked Cadence as she pushed to the front of the crowd. I just wheezed because I was almost crushed. "Say somethin'!" said AJ, suddenly the Crystal Ponies were sad and the Heart slowed down. I spoke in a more gravelly voice than usual. "My *wheeze* death *wheeze* should not *wheeze* lessen *wheeze* your victory." I said. "No! we haven't lost a single life to violence in this land for 1000 years! I won't let the first be you!" cried Celestia. "Do not cry for me... Celestia." I smiled at her. "Thank you for saving my Crystal Ponies." said Cadence who was also crying. "No problem Cadence." I smiled. Suddenly on some kind of instinct the ponies parted so I could bask in the sun again. "Rainbow, stay awesome, and take that." I pointed to my sword. "I... I can't..." she said. "Nopony else will use it." I smiled and she picked it up in her teeth. "Twilight, keep on with your studies, become the amazing magic prodigy you are destined to be kid." "I will." "AJ, keep your family going, your sister will be an amazing pony one day." I said "Ah course." she said. "Rarity, keep aspiring to do better, I have a feeling you will become worldwide famous someday." I laughed a little as she blushed. "Thank you darling." "Fluttershy, keep on helping animals, they need somepony to look after them." I said. "Ok, I will do my best." she smiled. "And Pinkie, keep on partying, never stop being the party pony." I said. "Sir yes sir!" she said and saluted. "Cadence, Shining Armor, you have a strong relationship, keep on with it, raise a family and live a happy life." I said. "Of course, in time we will." she said as they held each other close. "Luna, keep being the stubborn brat the kingdom needs to keep it safe." I said. "Of course, haven't I always been stubborn? can you ever forgive me for acting the way I did?" she asked. "I can't forgive you for protecting your kingdom." I smiled and she laughed a little and Celestia approached me. "Celestia... I've had feelings for you for a while now and... I guess I love you..." I said. "And, I you." she said truthfully. "It's time." I said and used the wall to stand up, I retracted my whole suit and I limped to the sunset, turned to the Heart and spread my arms to the it as the blue lines from before appeared. "Bring it on bitch." I growled and coughed more blood as the lines spread and became volatile, and I collapsed to my knees, before exploding me like Sombra was and I saw complete darkness... Author's Note There you go! a plentiful chapter! hopefully you are shedding tears. Damn homie... it's too much... There there Marl, it's ok, this is not the end, I have some plot devices in order for you, so stick around guys, the usual thanks to suppermug. Eclipsed Blade: indeed. Thanks to those who favorited! Now to cry myself to sleep again... nighty night!
Completed! Sequel in the works!Just here to say that this is a stopping point at the moment and I will be making a 'sequel' it's just a point for suspense, I will post the link in the description to the sequel when it is released. I'm just evil and want to make you wait a little... muhaha! Just because, I will be posting an updated timeline.
Story Timeline2013 early: Death of parents, Baz is 15. 2013 middle: Baz hits the road in his dads car, running from police, friend and distant family alike. 2013 late: Baz receives weapons training. 2014 early: Baz makes his first kill for Ste Klegg, one of Merseyside's most wanted, takes his first bullet and learns how to treat bullet wounds in non vital bodily areas. 2014 middle: Baz is caught by police and interrogated, diagnosed as severely depressed, but before distant family can see him, CIA and MI5 contact him sometime before, offering freedom and petty cash for a job to take down Klegg, Baz accepts and succeeds, presumably. 2014 end: Police are asked by family to go after Baz, Baz is on the run, 2015 early: Baz continues illegal work and is seen in Glastonbury. 2015 middle: Baz is 'killed' in car accident and visits Equestria in between life and death, he wakes up not long after but passes out, Baz is declared dead as of August 26th 2015. 2017 early: Baz, now Project Ezekiel is experimented on as of August 2015. 2017 middle: Project Ezekiel breaks out of confinement and is almost captured before Dr. Mason frees him of failsafe bodily shutdown and disappears, after Project Ezekiel is subdued, experiment are continued. 2017 later(PRESENT): Project Ezekiel awakes, and slaughters guards in Unknown CIA Facility in MI5 headquarters, after explosion he disappears, to awaken in [REDACTED] at unknown time. Unknown time. [£rr0r... C0nn£ct1ng t0 c0mput£r... connected, welcome G-Man.] Baz is in Equestria again, makes contact with Princesses, goes to Crystal Empire.nonpv2vne[Warning! subject vital signs dropping! no signs of life detected. subject deceased.] "Ah... it appears he decided to take the hero's way out... yes... yes I understand... of course I will meet him there... yes I will place him there and bring him back here... indeed... that won't be a problem... of course, goodbye sister. some people, am I right dear reader? do not worry, my... employers... have given me a new directive on Baz, along with some instructions, you will be sated soon with another story, for now farewell, and do not fret, Baz had a premature death is all I will say, but it has turned out for the best..." Author's Note just added some shit to support the next story.
