This was strange, Lorthalis had never known true nothingness until now. He wasn't sure what had actually happened. The last thing he recalled was Mother summoning him to the palace's main chamber, Nacht was there with them then nothing. Lorthalis began wondering what he could’ve done but a sudden feeling of an actual feeling beneath his… middle thing, whatever ponies called it. It was a foreign feeling. Soft but also very itchy. The world opened up in front of him in a blur of green and brown.

Lorthalis heard what sounded like birds as the wooded clearing became clearer. She realized that they were laying down when a blade of grass poked her right eye. They stood up unsteady.

“A mortal body?” Lorthalis asked himself. “Far too long since I have inhabited a body.”

He looked down at his body and found the red fur and egg white hoofs showing at the ends of his legs. A lock of white hair fell in front of his eye when he looked up and he was surprised. He had never appeared with such an obvious physical trait. Not that it mattered at the moment, he was not going to remain in it much longer.. Lorthalis tried to focus his magic to reform into his ethereal form but failed to even feel the tingle of magic. He tried several times but nothing worked, no matter how he tried to summon her magic, it just would not come.

“Blast it all!” Lorthalis said to herself. “This must be the doing of my foolish brother." He heard a rather strange sound come from his left. He spun around and was greeted by a small creature covered in brown fur. Its long bushy tail twitched behind it and it held something in its hands. It stared up at him as if waiting for something. "What are you looking at you little vermin!? Dose thou not know who I am!? You will kneel!" The creature remained and only hid the object it was holding. "You will kneel before us or we shall be forced to end thee!" He shouted in his Godly Voice, at least that still worked.

The little creature still stood defiant. "Very well." Lorthalis said standing tall. "You will learn respect in the next life!" He held his hoofs high waiting for something but it nothing happened. "I said, YOU WILL LEARN RESPECT IN THE NEXT LIFE!" Still nothing. "Now I know there is something wrong. There is suppose to be a detonation of considerable force that would obliterate you!" The little creature angrily threw its object at him, hitting him on the… front face thing.

"Blast it all Brother." he muttered turning his back. "Whatever he has done now will surly upset Mother. I must speak to her…. Now how is it that the mortals speak to Mother?" He asked turned back to the creature. It only offered a hostile screech of sorts before running off into the forest. "Fine! I shall find someone who shall. I pray."

Finding someone to tell him something useful was harder than it sounded. Several winged creatures refused to tell him and he intern failed to destroy them. He was not normally on to act violently towards other creatures but his temper was short today and growing shorter by the minute. He also found several large furry creatures that roared at him when he came near and chased him up a tree. He had never actually been in a mortal body very long. There was a growing feeling in his… middle thing that felt rather empty. That and his eyes were constantly trying to shut and his mind was very sluggish.

It was somewhere near midday when he had woken up and the sun was quickly starting to go down. If this world was as hostile towards mortals during the day Lorthalis was worried how much worse it could get. He did however get lucky as the sun was near the horizon and see an orange glow from the east. He made his way towards it as fast as his strangely weaker legs could carry him. He did arrive at a small town as the sun fully vanished under the tree top horizon. The building walls of almost all buildings were either stone bricks or cobblestone with wooden roofs.

The torch lights on the streets cast their glow across darkness as mortals bustled about. He couldn't understand why his mind wasn't as sharp as it should be so Lorthalis didn't notice exactly what all the buildings were exactly as he trudged through the streets. He could see a large marble building on a hill lit up by massive hearths. Lorthalis stumbled and nearly fell. He caught himself and sat down for a moment. Not a long moment but long enough for what he considered a gift from Mother to come to him.

"Excuse me," a mare asked to his right. "Are you well?"

Lorthalis looked up and vaguely saw a pony, his vision was starting to blur. "I am fine, peasant. Show me to the place of worship now. My patience is wearing thin this day."

"I may not be the village's medicine mare but you certainly need some time to rest before speaking to the Gods. I am-" She placed a hoof on his shoulder to help him up.

"I do not care!" He said pathetically shoving her off. "I…. What was it that I wanted? Why are you yellow?"

"Come stranger. Come and rest. Cave Diver, prepare a room!" she said taking him by the shoulders.

Lorthalis was far too weak to fight back this time. She struggled holding him up as he was practically dragged to what was quickly becoming a blurry amalgamation of shadows and lights. In the tallest lights a shadow appeared before rushing back into the lights. Then it all went black.

Author's Note

Nexus: OH MY GOD A STORY THAT ISN'T ABOUT ME! Are you feeling alright?
Me: -_- I'ma fuck you up if you don't stop with your sass.
Nexus: I'm you so how does that work?
Me: The same as you sleeping on my couch that one time.
Nexus: You said you wouldn't talk about that man!
Me: I lied.