Knight in Rusted Armor

by OnEye

Rating: everyone
Tags: Alternate Universe, Adventure, Human
Length: 1260

When a human travels to Equestria by accident he finds himself faced with many challenges as he tries to find a way back home.

My name in Lazarus the messenger of Loss, I served under the rule of King Straddler the fourth. I was fighting against the elves when they opened a portal that sucked me up in it. Now I'm in a world of talking creatures. They are very interested with my 'human' appearance. I must return to my world at any cost for I am the rusted knight.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-01-01 22:20:03 UTC

Awakening

The sound of Steel clanging against various forms of metal echoed though the ancient tomb, as a small group of man fought against elves. One particular human was wearing rusted armor that was badly dented and cracked. The warrior was fighting two elves at once with his rusted two-handed sword, which he used only his right hand to weld it. The elves were losing slightly and they could tell that their victory would be false if they didn't dispose of the Knight that was 'un-killable'. "Captain Adarn, we have to defeat the leader he's too strong to handle in melee combat" one of the elven soliders yelled before he was sliced by the rusted knight who's atention was now on the Elf captain. The elf captain began his teleportation spell chanting the words as the rusted knight dashed towards him with his blade drawn. The elf captain was struck with the rusted blade deep into his stomach breaking thru the armor he wore. The elf said his last word as he blasted the knight with a blue aura engulfing the knight in total darkness.

There was a bright light that lit up the darkness that had surrounded me just a few moments ago. As the light died down I could tell that I was no longer in the tomb, but outside and from the sky I could tell that it was morning. 'How long have I been out for?, and where am I?' I thought picking up my sword off from the ground. I turned around to notice a small and very narrow path leading to an unknown destination. "Perhaps this will lead me to a village" I said as I started along the narrow path. It wasn't even a minuet till I felt like I was being watched from all around me. I got into a small clearing where I began to hear growls coming from behind and in front of me. I lifted my arm to retrieve my sword that was on my back. Once I had removed the sword I turned to face the beast, and to my surprise the beast was two. The beasts were in the shape of wolfs, but they were made of wood and vines that kept their bodies together. "Come at me beasts" I taunted as I started to get in position. The first one charged at me and jumped into the air. I swung my sword smashing it to peaces as the other wolf bit into my left arm. "Rah" I yelled as the pain shot up my arm. I dropped my blade and with my right hand I grabbed the wolf by the neck squeezing it's neck till I could hear it snap. The beast released me from it's jaw, as it fell down to the ground twitching a moment before complete stillness.

I looked at my arm where the wolf had bit, my blood was seeking out and dripped from my armor onto the grass. Then I heard the bark of another coming from behind, I quickly grabbed my blade and swung around to face the wild beast. The beast was doubt the alpha for it was larger than the other two. It stared me down before backing away into the forest far from sight. I took this time to remove my left gauntlet revealing the wound. 'The bite mark isn't deep, but it could be life threatening if I don't find help' I thought as I studied my injury closely. I gazed in the direction of where the wolf retreated, it was the same direction as I was heading. No doubt I would meet the wolf again while I journey to closest town. I grabbed my left gauntlet and placed it back on my arm. I began once again on my journey to find help and to find out where I'm at.

It had been an hour after my encounter with the wolfs and I was coming up to an clearing. I peaked thru the edge of the forest and I was surprised to see what I saw. There I saw three little horses except two weren't horses. The little Horse was yellow with a red mane, it had an orange color eyes. The next one was a unicorn, I have heard of rumors about them. It's coat was a pure white with it's mane was a mix of purple and light pink, and it's eyes were a lime green. The next was a creature I was told about in stories, a Pegasus the winged horse. It had lavender eyes with magenta colored mane, which matched with it's orange colored coat. I was taken back by their colors, but I had seen weirder stuff fighting elves and orcs. I started to notice that they were playing a game with a ball. I studied their actions, I looked at the normal horse and I was shocked that I didn't see it sooner it was wearing a bright red bow in it's mane. I had enough of waiting around, so I began walking to wards them. The Unicorn looked at me and she stopped moving. The other horses focused on her and then eventually on me.

They all had what I would say fear across their face. "What is that?" I heard the Pegasus say to the others. I stopped dead in my tracks , there was no way that they could speak common could they? "I have never seen that thing before" the normal horse said as her friends looked at her. "Guy's I think we should go" the Unicorn said as she gazed upon me in horror. "Yeah" the Pegasus replied in agreement with her unicorn friend. "Girls wait, look he's injured" the normal horse informed the other two pointing at my left arm with her hoof. "But, it's a monster" the Pegasus yelled pointing back at me. "I am no monster" I finally spoke causing them to jump. "Sorry mister, bout that you just look spooky that's all" the Unicorn explained with fear and worry in her voice. "Don't worry the armor is made to look terrifying" I informed getting on my knee in front of them. "I wasn't scared" the Pegasus replied. I rolled My eyes on hearing this. "Come follow us to our club house, we have a first aid kit there" the little horse said as she and her friends started heading to a small wooden house in a tree.

Once I entered their house in the tree they brought out a small box with a few bandages and other medical items. I removed my gauntlet so they could bandage my wound. "So what's your name?" the Peagasus asked. trying to pass the time. "Depends I go by many names, but you can call me Lazarus" I said as a small sting from my arm made me wince. "Well I'm Scootaloo, that's Sweetie belle, and that's Apple bloom." she said pointing out her friends. "May I ask, is there a town nearby?" I asked as Apple bloom finished tying the bandages. "Well yeah Ponyvile, we could take you there but first we need to make you less scary" Scootaloo remarked gesturing to my armor. "Well I can go into town later first I want to know more about your people's culture so I understand basic customs" I said knowing that if I know what the locals are like I could have less of a negative appeal to them so I didn't have to repeat when I met Apple bloom and her friends.