To do that which I was asked.
Chapter 11 - Battle Against Insanity and Exhaustion.
Previous Chapter"To what do I owe the pleasure Brother??" I said, sitting on top of Canterlot Mountain at one in the morn, taking in the beauty of the sky while sitting in the Glowing Mineral Pond.
He faded into the light and started speaking. "Things are moving Brother. They are picking up pace and even I cannot see what will happen."
"That... That is most disturbing. Are you able to do or tell me anything? anything at all?" I asked, worried now.
"I can only tell you these three things. One, He and Omnia have allied themselves." He said, making me inhale sharply "And two, you are not strong enough."
"They... Allied themselves together!" I almost shouted "What does He thinks he's doing, He has never wanted to destroy us, merely conquer us, like a game."
"I fear that He has gone mad, which also explains Faust's condition." He said. "I will train you to be a better warrior soon, or would you prefer to be a better mage?"
"Both, if I can, and what is the third thing?" I asked, sincerely worried.
"I can do that, number three. Omnia... has Dux." He said, hesitating.
"Fuck!" I exclaimed, "Are you going to join us? Or do you have to stay neutral?"
"I will be, yes. However, I cannot fight front line, He cursed me to never wield a blade against another, remember?"
"Oh thank god!" I exclaimed, letting out a breath I didn't know I had been holding. "Are you able to start helping now?"
"Slightly, yes. For instance the blades I will be training you in is more of a stave..." He said, Pulling out a chrome cylinder, with a red button on the side and dark stripes at the center.
"Is that-" I began to ask.
"A double-bladed lightsaber? yes. The crystal is quartz-like, to contrast your crown." He said, activating it and showing me the white-light emitting plasma of the blade. "So... Shall we get started?"
"One second, I need to fanlord"
"Fanlord?"
"I do not merely 'fanboy'."
Omnus' Shack, 5 hours later.
"So, Where were you?" Faust asks as I step through the door.
"Getting beat on by Uby. He... can certainly use a stave..." I say, trailing off slightly.
"You hesitated. What. Else." She said, stressing each word.
"Well... We think that He finally snapped, and that thats why he tried to kill you." I admitted, holding back the information about her 'dead' husband...
"Huh, well that would explain that. Oh by the way I'm not dying."
"I figured, We are ageless after all... me especially considering I can just change my face." I joked. God, that reminds me of the time me and Uby went to a council meeting together, he had the mind-blowing idea to make me look like him, just to see what would happen... needless to say they were scared shitless.
"Yes, I remember well from our..." she looked over to the sleeping form of Jane. "Nights."
There was no stress-leave in that castle let me tell you.
POV ???? The Immediate Void
"So you are going to help them?" A voice says in the black of The Void.
"No, I'm going to make sure that he does not snap. His sanity is barely even a twig at this point." Ubuze says to the Darkness
"Surely it can not be that that bad if he does?"
"He can consume Nothing and Everything." He deadpans. "The Void would be devoured as nothing more than a snack."
"Sweet Author"
"Exactly, The Author would have to reset the entire Multiverse, possibly some of the Omniverse!"
"Then you have our aid, Ubuze, Lord of the Void, Become our champion in the endeavour to aid his sanity."
"This I shall."
"Then do it, temporary Spirit of the Void."
Omnus' POV
"Alright. Lets see if you can stand." I say as I look at Faust, examining her with medical knowledge built up over the course of a thousand years. "Your knees may be a little stiff, that'll be there no matter what though, side effect of having an unnatural material inside of you."
"Shut up Omn, I know what I'm doing!" She said, attempting to push me away as I help her up.
"Alright then." I smirk as I let go entirely.
She smirks at me, standing as if she doesn't have new knees. "I told you so."
"Then let's walk to Canterlot shall we?" I said, narrowing my eyes at her and smirking even more.
"Woa-" She starts to panic, then gets control of herself. "Alright, let's." Wiping my smirk off my face.
"A- are you sure?" I ask, my eyes widening slightly.
"Yep, Let's go, You should probably write a note for Jane though."
"I was going to, just wanted to make sure you're up for the challenge."
"Challenge... right.."
Twilight,Third person POV, Ponyville
"Why did I snap at that stallion? I just felt so angry and, It's like I was... POSSESSED!" She suddenly yelled, her mane frizzy and unkempt, coat greasy and dirty, with tear streaks that had long dried up running down from her eyes to her jaw.
"Bwah!" Shouted Spike, as he jumped in surprise and felt the ladder shift under him. Throwing him safely onto the pile of returned books he was putting away.
"Spike, would you stop sleeping and grab my schedule please?!"
"But I- " Spike sighed "Sure Twi."
"Actually, just rearrange it please, I've got to go explain to my friends why I hurt that stallion like that!"
"Uhhh... Sure Twi, I'm sure that'll go well." Spike said himself as Twilight ran out the door and down the road.
"She is soo doomed.." He said, knowing that this would likely be irreparable.
Twilight ran up the hill to the Carousel Boutique, having ignored the glares of the townspeople all the way there.
She knocked on the door and heard a "It's open!" from inside.
She rushed in and said "Rarity, I just want you to-" and was cut off by a curt,
"And just what are you doing here Twilight?!"
"I'm here to tell you why I did what I did to that stallion!"
"Exactly what possible reason could there be for attacking a pony, especially one who just happens to be a good friend of mine?!" Said Rarity, almost screaming.
"I was possessed!"
"By what?"
"Well, I-"
"Do you even have any proof?"
"Wel-"
"Then get out."
Twilights eyes widened. "But I-"
"You are banned from my store Miss Sparkle!"
"Rar-"
"Do not make me call the guard Miss Sparkle." Hissed Rarity.
"Yes Rarity..." Twilight sighed. Then started to walk home, dragging her feet and attempting to figure out how to prove she was possessed.
Omnus' POV, Canterlot Mountain top
"Are you done yet?" I ask Faust as she comes up the mountain path.
"No... I... Will... Win!" she exclaims as she lunges forward toward the rock jutting out the top of the platform we are now on.
"Woah there! No lunging, who knows what could-" I say as I catch her, turning her over to find her passed out. "Right... You passed out."
I summon a piece of paper as well as a quill and ink. "Well you certainly won in my book." I gently say as I write a small note to Jane to explain that I wouldn't be home until tomorrow morning, and to stay in the cottage until I got back.
I put her down, retracting the extra arms I had made back into my body. "I guess we're sleeping out here tonight... May as well get you comfortable." I mumble to myself as I summon a Queen-sized bed for us and put her on it, laying on her side.
I then cast a notice-me-not spell around us, so that no one would see anything out of the ordinary, I then yawned and laid down on the other side of the bed, closing my eyes and going to sleep.
