The Lost is Found.
Chapter 13: Disaster Strikes
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“I mean if he is here then it is the end of days for Equis.” He says in a matter of fact tone, causing me to recoil slightly.
“How’s that possible? Alduin is the world eater!” I exclaim as Odaviing quickly changes his course once more, causing me to tighten my grip on his horns.
“Yes Alduin is one of the world eating demons, but there are more than one, actually there are three Alduin, Xana and another whose name is unknown.” Parthanaxx says in a teacher like voice and I growl in frustration.
“Damn it I should have known, I ran into him once before and was almost obliterated…but I never knew why but I think I know now.”
“Mm you are lucky to still be among the living.” Parthanaxx says in a matter of fact tone.
“Don’t rub it in...do you know if he has any weaknesses?” I say sternly turning to Parthanaxx who shakes his head and grunts.
“No.” He says plainly, causing me to raise an eyebrow.
“What do you mean no, you mean he has no weaknesses or no weaknesses you know of?” I exclaim one more, casing Parthanaxx to narrow his eyes at me.
“As in he has no weaknesses.” With this statement from Parthanaxx, the air around me feels as though it has been suddenly super-heated as I feel a surge of heat wrap around my entire body and that instantaneously causes a tinge of nervousness to rise within me making me feel dizzy.
“What the hell am I going to do now?” I exclaim inside my head as I start to sway back and forth and my stomach starts doing flips. “Fuck!”
“Thuri, are you alright?!” A loud voice booms from beside me, shaking me from my state and for my balance to return to me.
“…No I am not, let’s get to Ponyville I got enough shit to deal with once I get there.” I say in a defeated tone and then start to mentally prepare myself for what was to come. “Alright, I have no idea what the situation in Ponyville is right now but remember, if ponies have gone crazy they are still not our enemies and thus so if we have to use are thuum than non-lethal shouts only understand.” I say in a commander’s tone as I look quickly to both of the dragons at my side.
“It shall be done Thuri.” They all reply at once in a serious tone before slightly lowering their altitude.
“Ponyville dead ahead!” Odaviing roars loudly as we pass out of a thick cloud and just as Odaviing had said about 100 feet in front of us the small village of Ponyville comes into view. From there as if the dragons can read my thoughts they descend until we are only fifty feet off the ground, knowing that if we needed to recon the area than we were going to want to be closer to the ground in order for us to get a clear picture of what is going on. Knowing we are now in the right position for me to do some pre-action evaluation of what the situation is I start to study the outskirts of town. The outskirts appear to be calm, the buildings in the exact same shape as they were before with no signs of any kind of conflict. However, what caught my attention was not the presence of something, but rather the absence. The usually busy road leading into Ponyville was dead empty minus one cart near the very edge of town that I knew from experience belongs to Candor and Glide. But even they were absent their stand, making me raise an eyebrow.
“Okay, so far there is no signs to indicate that anything is out of control, but where is everypony? Something is off here but I cannot say for sure what it is…need to keep a low profile until I can find out more.” I think to myself as I quickly look over the dragons. “I am not sure what is going on but I think I need to keep a low profile, land outside of town then I will go in and find Twilight.” I say as I point to a small patch of grass on the right, five feet off the main road approximately 15 feet from the main entrance to Ponyville and without making a sound the dragons change their head on course and head towards where I had just pointed. Within seconds we arrive at the location and the dragons slow down until they are over top of the spot before they give their wings several hard flaps and descend to the ground with a soft thud. “I am going to try to keep a low profile but if I need you I will call for you.” I say firmly as I throw my left leg overtop of Odaviing’s head and slide off onto the ground landing on both feet and start walking at a brisk pace towards the road.
“Wait Thuri, there is something you should know before you enter the town.” Odaviing says in a serious tone, stopping me in my tracks. “I just detected some objects with mixed dark and light magic inside Ponyville.” He says seriously and with that I turn back around so I am facing the dragons, a look of slight concern on my face.
“Can you tell what the objects are?” I ask with concern as Parthanaxx looks up to the sky and sniffs the air.
“I may be wrong, but it seems that the objects are…Daedric?!” Parthanaxx says in surprise as he looks down from the sky and furrows his eyes towards me concurringly, causing all the blood to drain from my face.
“D-Daedric…are you sure?!” I say nervously as I feel a slight breeze of cold air collide with my body.
“Like I said, there is a possibility that I am wrong as nothing is ever certain, but one thing I can guarantee. There is still something powerful inside that town putting off both dark and light energy and if it powerful enough for me to possible confuse it as Daedric than you should be on your guard.” Parthanaxx says as the rest of the dragons around him nod their heads in agreement.
“Oh great! So either something is inside or something has gotten ahold of my…” I think inside my head as a sudden revelation passes over me. “My Daedric armor and sword!” I exclaim loudly as I quickly turn towards Ponyville and break into an all-out sprint.
“Wait Thuri, what do you mean?!” Abaddon exclaims loudly causing me to stop once more and quickly look over my shoulder towards them.
“My Daedric armor and sword have mixed energies because they were crafted in the Forges of Darkness and then was quenched in the River of Salvation…it was crafted with Heavenly and Demonic energies and if something evil gets ahold of it then who knows what will happen!” I exclaim loudly as I once again turn my head and break into a full on sprint towards the entrance to Ponyville.
At the pace that I am going I quickly hop off the patch of grass onto the main road without losing speed and within 3 seconds I rocket past the entrance to Ponyville and into the town itself before quickly taking a hard right down an alleyway. “Why does shit like this always happen to me?!” I say angrily as I jump over a fallen wooden board causing me to stumble when I land. “It seems I can never catch a break, first Xana seducing me, then the trip to Hell and now a massive panic started by Pinkie Pie that may have caused my Daedric gear to be stolen…just perfect!” I regain my full balance and continue to sprint as fast as I can down the narrow and dimly lit alleyway.
My anger continues to build and build as I sprint, jump and weave my way through the alleyway until I come to a tall grey brick wall with a pathway leading off to the left. Without even having to think about what I needed to do I reach my hand out to the wall and grab ahold of the corner, quickly yanking myself around the sharp turn and I emerge into a wide open area with a massive crowd of ponies in the center. Upon seeing the massive crowd of ponies I start to quickly walk towards where they are, hoping to get a better understanding of the current situation.
“Feast your eyes on the legendary Great and Powerful Trixie!” A female voice says from somewhere in front of the crowd, making anger start to boil up inside me.
“And this just keeps getting better and better!” I think to myself as I quickly spot Twilight and the rest of the group standing on the outside of the circle. Figuring the best idea was to first find out what is going on instead of going after Trixie, I manage to calm my inner madness enough to the point I can think straight and start to make my way towards them. “Hey Twilight, what’s going on?” I shout in an effort to get their attention making her and the rest of the group whirl around to face me, looks of happiness present on their faces.
“Ay there sugarcube, were ya been?” Applejack says happily and I quickly jog the rest of the distance to them and give her a small smile.
“Sorry about that, got here as fast as possible so what’s the situation look like?” I ask questionable as Rarity quickly stands up on her hind legs and puts her forelegs around my neck.
“Well the original problem has been temporarily solved but another has come up in its place…Trixie.” Twilight says sarcastically causing all of the others to nod in agreement.
“She came into town about 20 minutes ago and since then has been doing magic and ranting about this rare armor and sword she found, says it belonged to King Sombra or something like that.” Rainbow says plainly, a ‘not impressed’ look present on her face.
“Damn it!” I tell myself in defeat as I put on of my hands to my face and ball my other into a tight fist.
“You look angry.” Pinkie Pie says in confusion, causing me to chuckle.
“Did any of you get a look at the armor?” I ask halfheartedly, somehow already guessing as to what they were going to tell me.
“But of course and what a sight it is! When I say what a sight I mean it was absolutely appalling with its dark black color and red glow, almost as terrifying as Sombra himself!” Rarity exclaims with animosity while tightening her embrace around my neck.
“A-actually Chris, I got a look at it and it k-kinda looked like the armor you wore that night I first met you…you don’t think that Trixie stole your armor do you?” Fluttershy squeaks out nervously before looking to the ground and trying to hide behind her light pink mane.
“Yea unfortunately I think she did.” I say in defeat before I look towards the crowd of ponies, the anger I had suppressed slowly starting to rise once more as my balled up fist starts to shake.
“Are you absolutely sure that she has stolen from you?” Twilight says soothingly as she and Pinkie Pie walk nuzzle their heads into my side, a soothing gesture as I feel a warm sensation pour into my body calming me down slightly and I sigh slightly before releasing my balled up fist.
“I have reason to believe but a quick look will tell me all I need to know.” I say in a more relaxed tone.
“Ya sure that is a good idea? Your not gonna get upset are ya?” Applejack asks me honestly looking at me with a raised eyebrow, causing me to playfully chuckle.
“I think I can control my anger.” I say plainly giving Applejack a thumbs up and a small smile. “Well maybe.” I tell myself as I start to remember the way that she humiliated them once and then foolishly almost destroyed the town. “Despite the fact that I cannot stand her.” I say harshly. However, that is also when I realize too late that the crowd around me had grown eerily silent.
“Who says they cannot stand the Great and Powerful Trixie?!” A sudden loud female voice shouts from the front of the crowd, causing Rarity to release her grip on me and fall onto her back and Twilight, Rainbow Dash and Applejack to facehoof.
“Oh this is super bad!” Pinkie exclaims energetically, causing me to role my eyes and look towards the crowd.
“Hold on a second and I will make myself known.” I shout loudly, causing all of the ponies to gasp and move to the side slowly until there is a path straight through to her and what I see is to be expected. Standing about 15 feet away is a light blue unicorn with purple colored irises and even lighter blue mane and tail. She is wearing what appears to be a pony version of a wizard costume with light white stars and a purple undercoat that trails off just before it reaches the end of her back, exposing her back legs and flanks. Her cutie mark is that of a left facing crescent moon in a bright blue fashion similar to that of her mane and tail, but differs from Luna’s in the fact that the moon does not face upside down. At first her eyes are angrily furrowed towards me but they quickly contort into that of question as she clears her throat.
“And what are you supposed to be?” She says sarcastically, causing me to laugh and look at her with sly eyes.
“Oh me? Well I am a human, the names Chris Labrador but most ponies know me as the Dragonborn, figured you would have known of me be now…you being The Great and Powerful Trixie but alas maybe you’re not as great and powerful as you think.” I say sarcastically causing Trixie’s eyes to lose their question and revert back to anger, albeit with a little bit more this time.
“You should watch your tongue, less you wish to be obliterated!” She shouts angrily to me causing me to shrug my shoulders.
“Sorry I guess…anyway may I take a look at this armor and sword you say is so powerful because I may have recently misplaced mine and would like to see if it belongs to me.” I say smoothly. This statement instantly causes Trixie to back up slightly and her eyes to quickly dart from me to the crowd then back to me.
“How dare you accuse me of petty thievery!” She exclaims loudly before narrowing her eyes even more at me.
“Gotcha!” I look to her with a fake offense and give an apologetic smile. “I never accused you of anything, but now that you mention that you do have a history of it, you know with the alicorn amulet and all.” I say easily, causing the anger to momentarily vanish from her eyes.
“How do you know of that?!” She says hesitantly, letting me know that in fact my mental games are wearing her down quicker than I had anticipated.
“Well I don’t mean to brag but when your voice is like mine than there is little you don’t know now are you going to show me the gear?” I say plainly before taking a step towards Trixie.
“Alright!” She growls in defeat before her horn lights up a blue color and from behind her a set of black Daedric armor and a Daedric greatsword appears, making me smile brightly. “Got er!” I whisper softly to Twilight who chuckles slightly. “Well now, you found it!” I exclaim in false jubilee as I take another step towards Trixie who immediately backs up slightly. “Now if you would not mind, I will take my armor and sword off your hands then we can both go our separate ways, you don’t have to worry about me interrupting your little magic show and I can go about my business sound good?” I say in a more statement like way before I quickly start taking steps towards where my armor is.
“You will do no such thing!” She shouts angrily, stopping me in my tracks and making me just role my eyes.
“B-but that is his armor and sword, h-he wore it the first night I met him.” Fluttershy squeaks out from behind me in a silent nervous voice, instantly causing Trixie to look past me slightly.
“Shut up Fluttershy! Or do you want me to humiliate you and your friends like I did the last time!” She yells loudly before looking at me with a cocky grin. At that exact moment she says this to Fluttershy, something on the inside of me snaps, the words replaying in my head, images of what she did to them slowly filling my insides until it hurts. Until it got to one part, the current face she is making and without warning an anger I had never felt before comes barreling into me, hitting me like a freight train. It surges up through my body very rapidly, consuming me in a raging inferno until I feel almost all of my self-control disappear from my body, the only thing preventing it from completely disappearing is my determination to not hurt others. As all of this is going on internally, my outward appearance also starts to change as well, my hands ball up into fists and I grit my teeth slightly while furrowing my eyebrows hard towards Trixie.
“You had best watch your mouth!” I say angrily as I start advancing slowly on Trixie who looks at me with an even wider grin. “Now give me my gear before I tear your horn off and shove it up your ass!” I say as I take another step towards Trixie who smiles and lights up her horn in a blue aura.
“Oh are you threatening The Great and Powerful Trixie?” She says slyly, making me growl.
“That’s not a threat that’s a promise!” I practically snarl back to her as I take a final step and stop still 10 feet from her. “Are you going to hand over my armor or do you want to die?” I say in a semi casual voice, electing a small chuckle from Trixie.
“No but I think you do!” She says happily as suddenly the aura around her horn grows in intensity.
“Ay sugarcube ya may want to get outta Dodge!” Applejack says worriedly as she, the others and the rest of the crowd start to back away from where Trixie and I are located but I remain exactly where I am located, a wicked smile present on my face.
“Chris she is going to attack you get out of the way now!” Twilight screams to me, but I hold my position and continue to watch as the aura around Trixie’s horn grows.
“Move damn it! One impact to that watch and it’s game over!” Rainbow yells loudly as the aura starts to form into what look like a giant spinning ball.
“This is serious if you get hit by that you will be obliterated regardless if it hits the watch or not!” Rarity says desperately as Trixie eyes me evilly and lowers her head to the ground until her horn is pointing at me.
“You should have headed your friends’ advice, now you will pay the price!” Trixie says triumphantly. “Now die!” She says loudly as the bright blue ball of energy shoots towards me at a high rate of speed.
“Feim!” (Fade) As soon as I shout this word at the last second before impact, my body suddenly becomes a transparent blue color and the orb passes through me harmlessly and then completely disappears, leaving no trace. “Ha you call that power…didn’t even touch me!” I say triumphantly, electing some sighs of relief from the group. However my attitude quickly shifts from that of insult to confusion when I notice that Trixie still has the same evil smile on her face. “Why are you still smiling like a fool your attack did nothing…” I start to say before a massive wave of pain courses through my body causing me to fall onto my hands and knees in a loud yelp.
“Chris!!!” Fluttershy screams loudly as the rest of them start to try to call out my name, but the only thing I can manage to do is groan in pain and pant heavily as if my lungs were on fire.
“Trixie…Trixie got me, but how?!” I think to myself desperately as I struggle to take inhalations of breath. “There is no way…I was ethereal!” Slowly and painfully I start to lift my head to try to look at Trixie, but I can only manage to bring my head up about 2 inches before my arms and legs give out on me and I collapse onto the ground hissing in pain.
“Not so cocky now are we!” Trixie says sadistically as she laughs heavily at my predicament. “I know blocking a ponies power routes makes them weak but this is a whole new level of weakness.” For some reason it takes a fair bit more time for me to fully understand what it was she was trying to say, but after what feels like a minute my eyes widen.
“Y-you blocked my thuum?” I mutter out with fear present in my voice, causing Trixie to chuckle.
“Get away from him Trixie!” I hear Rainbow shout from behind me.
“Come any closer or attack me and he dies!” She says angrily. “Now, as for you…”
“P-please don’t hurt him, I beg of you!” Fluttershy interrupts Trixie in desperation, triggering a memory deep inside me that I thought I would never once remember. The memory of Alduin when he was dying. Maybe it was because if I died right now than Alduin would be lost forever or just the memory in of itself, but this thought causes a tear to streak down my cheek.
“What am I going to do? I refuse to just sit here and do nothing, I owe it to Alduin to keep going and defeat Xana but like before when you died Alduin, I am helpless!” I think to myself as more tears start to form inside my eyes as I let out a chocked back cry. “I have got to get to my feet…at least try to do something!” I think desperately as I pull my arms back into myself and push against the ground in an effort to get up, sending a massive wave of pain through my body.
“Chris, you must rely on your other powers if you want to stay alive.” A deep voice says inside my head, forcing me to stop what I am doing and hold myself in my position.
“Alduin, it has been so long where have you been?” I say eagerly, having not heard him speak to me in quite some time.
“Your thuum has been blocked, you must now rely on your other powers if you wish to continue to protect those you care about.” Alduin tells me somberly as a wave of confusion starts to spread through my whole body.
“What other power do I possess?” I ask desperately as I feel a hoof strike my side hard, knocking the wind out of me.
“A Dov has two powers, one of which is the thuum and the other being his anger and right now your anger is at levels far beyond that required to initiate this power.” As he says this I start to feel a very strange burning sensation start to rise within me until it reaches where my heart is and then it stops as if hitting some kind of barrier. “I know you feel it now, the anger boiling inside of you now all you must do is let it rise to the surface by telling it to do so.” He says in a teacher like voice as I once again move my hands to my side and try to push myself up to standing, my breathing getting deeper as the anger corked inside of me starts to swirl violently making my insides feel as though they are being devoured by a raging hungry beast.
“I swear you lay one more hoof on him and you’re done for!” Rainbow Dash says in a deep angry growl so primal that even some beasts that I had encountered would flee in terror at its mere sound, making the anger inside of me start to swirl even more violently threatening to make me pass out.
“Alduin…I cannot hold this inside much longer you need to tell me how to let this anger out now!” I think quickly in between labored breathes as my hands once again start to buckle threatening to give out on me, this time I know if they do then I will not be able to get back up.
“CHRIS!!!” Rarity and Fluttershy scream in terror as I convulse once.
“D-don’t worry about me, I-I’m fine.” I say as I once again feel the level of pain inside me ratchet up in intensity, causing my vision to blur and ears to ring violently. “Alduin damn it…tell me how to do it!” I shout angrily inside my head as Trixie starts to laugh maniacally and places on of her hooves on my back.
“You are just as pathetic as master said you were!” Trixie says mockingly before placing some pressure on my upper back in an attempt to force me back down to the ground.
“Wait a minute what did you just say?!” I say in angered confusion as she increases the pressure on my back and chuckles evilly.
“It does not matter, but what does matter is that soon you shall be dead and sweet Twilight’s body will be all mine!” Trixie says maniacally, causing even more anger to emerge into my body and the edges of my vision to start turning black.
“B-but why Trixie…why are you hurting him please stop!” Twilight yells desperately sounding as though she is trying to fight back tears.
“Twilight don’t you get it…I have lusted after you for years but yet you were always out of my reach! Nothing could sate the way I felt about you, no amount of fantasy or spell or potion could stop it and I knew you would never feel the same way about me as I did about you and that hurt!” She says angrily picking up her other hoof and quickly slamming it back down to the ground. “But now I will have what it is I desire and all I have to do is kill this creature below me!” Trixie says joyfully as she lifts her hoof off my back and steps back a little ways and from my position. “Now I shall perform the task given to me by my master and you shall be mine!” She roars loudly as I feel the air around me start to swell with energy.
“No Trixie, don’t do it!” Pinkie Pie pleads with all her energy, but this does little to stop the swell of energy around me.
“Now you die!” Trixie screams loudly as the energy around me starts spinning faster and faster around me, the feeling of my life starting to pass in front of my eyes.
“Is this how it ends…me letting down all those who care for me? No!” That is when I feel something inside of me snap and then immediately all the pain leaves my body, leaving me in complete nothingness. Then almost as quickly as it came, like the water that pulls out as a tsunami approaches shore all the anger and energy from before comes rushing back in all at once. This time it does not stop at where my heart is but with a mighty force roars throughout my entire body filling my mind with blazing heat and causing my blurry black rimmed vision to completely refocus and the word around me to turn a bright red. This time there is no pain, no feeling at all except the feeling of a deep need to protect those I cared for and destroy whoever got in my path. “Ha, that’s funny if you think you can kill me!” I say angrily as I grit my teeth and slowly rise to standing so I am facing Trixie who is now enveloped in bright blue light and wickedly smiling towards me.
“Wait Chris, you’re alright!” Twilight exclaims as I crack my neck and glare back towards Trixie, an enraged look on my face.
“Now this ought to be interesting now that your dragon blood has come to a boil.” But alas, you shall still die and when Xana sees my handiwork he shall reward me handsomely.” Trixie says coyly as she licks her lips and squares up into a fighting stance.
“Okay, I done had enough of her mouth I’m gonna buck her so hard her head is gonna come off!” Applejack says angrily before she starts to run towards me at a rapid pace, causing Trixie to take her attention off me and look towards Applejack. Instantly this sets off an alarm inside my head and quickly I turn to see Applejack is indeed sprinting towards me, a look of anger spread across her face.
“No Applejack stay away!” I say desperately as I see Trixie get into position to launch a spell at her, the light around her growing even more intense.
“Applejack get back here!” Rainbow Dash says angrily as she starts to sprint after the angered mare.
“Ah this is too easy!” Trixie says triumphantly as the glowing light around her collects into a bright blue ball and then launches from her horn towards the two mares. The two mares can do nothing but look in horror as the bright blue ball flies towards them and impacts them with great force, instantly knocking them from their feet violently and sending them spinning backwards at great speed impacting the side of a building with a loud crash.
“Applejack, Rainbow Dash!” Rarity cries out and without hesitation I turn back around and take in a deep breath.
“Fus, Roh Da! (Unrelenting Force) I shout loudly, pouring my anger into every syllable and as soon as I finish the last word a massive burst of white energy explodes from my mouth and races towards Trixie who quickly turns one of her eyes towards me as the burst impacts her and sends her flying into a building 30 feet away with a loud crash. The impact of her body on the building causes the whole thing to shake violently. Now it was lucky that the crowd of ponies that had gathered had vanished because if not then they would have ended up in the same position as Trixie, smashed against a building and probably killed. However, I knew that despite how much more powerful that was than my normal unrelenting force that if she was powered by Xana it would have only dazed her, and that knowledge for some reason only caused my anger to increase even more and the red in my vision to grow even brighter.
“C-Chris what is happening to you, are you alright?” Fluttershy says timidly, causing some of my self-control to return to me and quickly I look over to where Applejack and Rainbow Dash are sprawled out against the side of a building, Twilight, Pinkie and Rarity surrounding them with horrified and worried expressions on their faces, causing my anger to rear up once more.
“Fluttershy…this is going to get really ugly and I don’t need you all getting hurt so I need you all to take Rainbow and Applejack out of here ASAP okay.” I say firmly as I grit my teeth in an effort to keep my anger at bay, the feelings of intense pain I experienced earlier starting to creep back up.
“N-no I cannot leave you.” She says in a whimper that almost breaks me to know that there was no way to comfort her, but a quick rustle from where Trixie was now sprawled out tells me that the time was limited and thus so I swallow my hurt feelings and let myself remain firm.
“Yes you can and you will, now get them and get going!” I shout loudly as I here a loud moan of pain come from where Applejack and Rainbow Dash are sprawled out against the building. That is also when I hear another sound that once again tries my will to remain firm and keep the anger at bay, the sound of Fluttershy starting to cry.
“P-please don’t make me leave you!” She says whimpering loudly, causing a new emotion to start flooding into my system and mixing with the anger making the pain ratchet up to a near unbearable level.
“Ahhh this pain is intense, can’t take much more before I have to let it out otherwise it may hurt me badly, but if I let it out with them around they may get caught in the crossfire because I don’t know if I am going to be able to control myself!” I think to myself as I turn around to face Fluttershy and see a heartbreaking sight. Fluttershy is looking at me intensely, hurt and confusion spread throughout her face as a steady stream of tears flows from her bright blue eyes. However, almost as soon as I notice this I see another look spread its way across her face that only makes me feel worse as her eyes grow wide and her breath starts catching in her throat.
“C-C-Chris w-what is h-happening to you, y-your eyes…they’re glowing red!” She says in a tear choked fearful voice as her body starts trembling.
“Just like they had when I was driving home from school!” I shout inside my head as I remember the way I was able to calm the raging beast from coming out, but this time there was no keeping the anger inside the cage and I knew it, so in an effort to try to tell this broken down mare in front of me, in the best possible terms that she needed to run not from her but from me I sigh and look to Fluttershy with pleading eyes.
“I-I am angry…Fluttershy, more angry than I have ever been before.” I say uneasily as another searing jolt of pain shoots up from my core almost knocking me to my feet, causing me to stumble slightly. “And if I don’t let this anger out, I run the risk of possible death, so I want you all to be as far away from here as you possible can be.” I say through clenched teeth as I try to fight with all my might to keep standing upright, all the while made harder by the sound of Trixie moving around in what I guess to be an effort to get to her hooves.
“B-but you would never...” Fluttershy starts to say before I cut her off.
“I know but this time is different. I am angry and anger can blind somepony, make them do things that they would normally never do. It is not that I would intentionally harm you but if you stayed you could get caught in the crossfire and if that happened then I could never forgive myself.” I say truthfully as I turn my head and look to where Twilight, Pinkie Pie and Rarity are helping Rainbow Dash and Applejack to their hooves.
“Hey, get them up and get out of here!” I shout loudly, catching their attention immediately.
"But what about you, we can’t just leave you here to fight on your own!” Twilight says in an attempt to reason with me and that is when something on the inside hits me with sledge hammer force, instantly knocking me off my feet onto my hands and knees making me emit a loud howl of pain.
“That’s it I cannot hold it back any longer!” I scream inside my head as all the anger comes surging through me and makes me once more cry out. Then something else starts to happen as I feel the energy start to spread to my lungs, filling them with more raw power than I had ever felt before. From there the energy spreads from my lungs to my heart, making it start beating very rapidly. “G-get out of here NOW!” I manage to scream out at the top of my lungs despite the overwhelming pain coursing through my body. But that was all I could manage to get out before I am silenced by a surge of energy leaping into my mouth, cutting off all my wails of pain. Then as if someone had just started yanking teeth from my head, I feel a huge pain inside of my mouth where my teeth are located. This sensation is then quickly followed by what can only be described as a massive amount of sudden growth from my teeth.
This massive pain and growth last for a full minute before it completely disappears and along with it all the pain that had filled my body. With a new sense of relieve washing over me, my heart beat returns to normal and so does my breathing, thus allowing me to weakly push myself up onto my feet.
“What in the hell was that?!” I scarcely ask myself this question, but as of right now I am in a domain of uncertainty and am terrified by what that might bring.
“You bastard!” This statement instantly causes me to stop debating in my head and refocus on what is going on around me and I quickly turn my head towards Trixie. Her eyes are now glowing a really bright blue and her face is contorted into an angry scowl. “You will pay for that one Dragonborn!” She shouts angrily as she gets into a combat stance and lowers her horn towards me, making my body tense up and get ready to attack. But before anything can happen I take in a deep breath and when I have reach full lung capacity, I rear my head towards the sky and let out an inhuman deep roar. The roar is so powerful and so loud that the ground around me starts to shake slightly and windows in some of the surrounding buildings shatter, but my lungs even after 5 seconds of continual roaring are nowhere near empty.
The entirety of my roar last for what feels like an eternity afterwards, pouring an untold amount of the rage swirling inside me into my voice and expelling it towards the sky as if trying to shatter it into a million pieces. However, just when I had thought the entire of Ponyville was going to come crashing down if I continued the swirling energy retreated from my mouth and with a low beast like growl I lower my head from the sky and stare at the slightly trembling form of Trixie with eyes brimming with anger.
“C-Chris? Everypony we need to get out of here now!” Twilight yells loudly as I here a few muffled grunts and then the quick clopping of hooves running the opposite direction of me.
“I-I will stay with you no matter what!” Fluttershy squeaks out from behind me letting me know that there is no point in trying to get her to move at this point, so instead I opt for what I think is the best thing to do.
“Alright but you need to take cover in a building right now because this is going to get ugly!” I say in a low deep growl, causing Fluttershy to whimper slightly and without any prodding I hear her wings snap open and she quickly bolts off, leaving me alone with Trixie.
“So, the beast has finally emerged…how interesting!” Trixie says licking her lips in anticipation, a slight tremble still present in her standing form.
“Your move!” I say loudly as I get into a fighting stance with my right foot forward steadying my breaths in preparation to use my thuum to its full affect.
“You fool, I have been trained in the ways of Daedra magic by Xana!” She says evilly as she kicks off her wizard robes and lights up her horn in deep black color making the eye of Xana appear in both her eyes. “Attack Dragonborn!” She said eagerly, causing some anger to discharge from me in the form of a guttural growl. This action only causes Trixie to chuckle slightly before a bright flash lights up the surrounding area and a second later it vanishes and what I see throws me into a fit of rage. Standing on both sides of Trixie were two towering praetorian xenomorphs with pitch black skin and massive Xana symbols branded into there large dome like heads. They are both looking down at me with their eyeless faces, both with their mouths closed tightly in an aggressive display as they both hissed and growled at me, waving their tails quickly moving back and forth behind them.
“That son of a bitch!” I say loudly to myself as I eye both them and Trixie with unrelenting anger only seconds away from obliterating them and her. The suppressed memories of what they did to me then begun racing through my mind, the horror of my parents screams replayed through the other praetorian’s maw, the gruesome way their bodies were mutilated and left to rot as if they were nothing but beasts. As the memory became even more intense I also began to remember the details of Alduin’s death, how he was killed without mercy, the life draining from his body as I felt my best friend die right in my arms. “I swear to God almighty that you will pay for this Xana!” I shout angrily as a solitary tear streaks its way from one of my eyes and down my cheek.
“Oh we shall see about that Dragonborn…kill him!” Trixie says evilly, causing both the xenomorphs to rear back and shriek loudly before quickly bending their knees slightly and with a loud shriek, leaping off the ground 10 feet into the air towards me.
“Wait for it. Wait for it. Now!” I tell myself as I see the two praetorians have just reached the highest point of their jumping arc and now have started to come down towards me tails raised above their heads, getting ready to try to impale me. “Wuld Na Kest!” (Whirlwind Sprint!) Instantly, I am rocketed forward by a violent wind stream towards Trixie, easily avoiding the two praetorians’ tails while giving me a chance to attack Trixie while her two body guards were away from her and could not intervene. Trixie must have sensed what I was doing because with lightning speed her horn lights up a fierce red color and with a grunt, launches a bolt of black lightning towards me. However, with my senses being what I estimated to be 100.000 times normal capacity it was as if I was viewing the bolt in slow motion. "Missed me bitch!" I say as I completely jump the bolt and do a back flip in the air before coming down hard near where my armor and sword are.
"If you want these then you have to go through me!" Trixie says evilly as both the praetorians emit high pitched screams and charge me from behind. But unlike last time when they came at me, this time I have a plan of action and without thinking, I launch myself straight up in to the air and spot the two xenos just as they are about to whip me with their tails.
"Feim!" (Fade!) As soon as I say this the tails reach where my body would have been but instead of cutting me in half, they sail right through my body. It was also very unfortunate for them that they had stood at the angle they had, because when each of their tails passes through me they are traveling at great speed and with no way to slow them down. The two xenos don't even get a chance to react as both of their tails swing straight through the top parts of their heads, acid blood and brain erupting out of them like a volcanic geyser before both the halves slide off onto the ground and both the massive beast's lifeless bodies crumple to the ground with a resounding thud!
"You continue to surprise me Dovahkiin! Maybe I will have to work for my prize after all!" Trixie says in a evil sneer as I come back down to the ground and give another loud roar. As I roar, more and more anger induced energy flows into me making my will to self control almost non existent. When my roar settles down I then look to Trixie and bear my teeth, the only thought on my mind was tearing her apart.
"Wo lost fron wah ney dov arhk fin reyliik do jul. Voth aan suleyk wah ronit faal krein!" (Who was kin to both wyrm and the races of man. With a power to rival the sun!) As I finish, something comes over me even more powerful, a thought so primal that it was almost unbelievable. Devour her!
"So arrogant to even think you are a Dov! Alduin was pathetic to ever have befriended you!" Trixie says launching another lightning bolt at me which I easily dodge and with a loud roar, launch myself towards her at a high rate of speed.
"Yol Toor Shul!" (Fire breath!) A huge inferno of deep purple flame erupts from my mouth and quickly encompasses Trixie, causing her to unleash a loud bloodcurdling scream. This is quickly followed by the overwhelming smell of burned and rotting flesh, which I take a deep inhale of and smile evilly. "You were no match for me Trixie and now it is time to pay the price!" However, before I can do anything to make that what I said a reality, the flames surrounding Trixie are blasted away, causing me to jump back slightly. As the flames clear another lighting bolt comes hurtling my direction, catching me off guard slightly so that when I dodge it the tip of it strikes my hand throwing me to the floor.
"Fuck your hard to kill!" Trixie says in annoyance as I easily get back to my feet, new anger rising to my surface.
"Wait Trixie is right, even if I was dragonborn I am still human and that bolt should have obliterated me! Unless... I give a quick look down to my watch and notice that despite being struck by lightning it was perfectly fine. "Unless she did not hit what she needed to kill me! This potential revelation also comes as one that causes the last bit of my self control to disappear out of the window as I give a loud triumphant roar and charge head long towards Trixie, teeth bared for the kill.
"But you certainly won't survive another one!" At this statement, Trixie lowers her head to the ground and points her horn towards me. But I am unyielding, even as she starts to swirl more dark energy around her horn in preparation to attack I hold my course as my red vision tunnels until she is the only thing I can see.
"Devour her flesh! Devour her flesh! This violent thought is now the only thing on my mind and as if I had not been fed in three days, my insides start hurting and my mouth starts to salivate to an extreme level. Now when I look to Trixie I see nothing more than prey, something I needed to devour for my own survival. So when I get to about halfway through my high speed charge, I put my hands up in a position to grab ahold of her and open my mouth in a predatory position.
"If you could only see yourself right now, teeth bared like a mad do-" Trixie's charade is quickly cut off when with a final burst of anger induced speed, I quickly slam into her at full force knocking both of us over sinking my teeth into the top part of her front right leg, ripping a huge chuck of flesh out. Without a moments hesitation Trixie lets out another bloodcurdling scream as she flails helplessly beneath my pining body as I quickly chew the piece of meat up and swallow it, the warm metallically taste of the blood only further increasing my hunger. After that I take a second to let Trixie settle down until she is just whimpering loudly, streams of tears pouring down her cheeks as she weakly tries to push me off her. "W-what the hell are you?" The tone is angry and stiff causing a surge of anger to run through me as without hesitation I open my mouth wide and slam down hard against where her right leg connects to her torso, bighting into the soft flesh.
"I. Am. A. Protector!" I say in a muffled voice as I bite down hard on the flesh, giving it a hard yank. Without much resistance the flesh comes off completely as I can now see the bone. Trixie once again screams in absolute horror as in a flash of anger I reach down to where I had just made a hole and grab the bone firmly. "This one is for all the things you ever did to Twilight and the others!" I say as I exert a massive amount of upwards force.
"No!!!! Please stop!" Trixie practically roars, but I do not relent on how hard I am yanking. This goes on until I hear and feel a loud popping sound where the joint is located and with a final hard heave, the entire leg bone pops out of socket and rips straight from her body, tearing the remaining flesh away and shredding some of the flesh on her side.
"Now I have a little message for you Xana and you had better listen good because I know your listening." I say as I roughly grab the now passed out Trixie by the face staring daggers into her eyes. "I will find you Xana, you can try this game of yours for as long as you like...but eventually we will find you and then even the deepest pits of Hell are not going to save you!" I say angrily throwing her head back down onto the ground and slamming my foot down hard on her neck. This move decapitates her instantly, reducing some of my anger slightly.
Okay, now that Trixie is taken care of lets go back to Twi- I start to think before without warning my watch starts to tick irregularly, causing me to collapse onto the ground before darkness envelopes my vision and I loose consciousness.
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