The Fearless Warrior

Steel Head was hiding at the top of the tree house... watching the human and the two earth ponies leaving. When both were out of sight he flew out of his hiding spot, landing on the balcony. From there he waved and Twilight appeared right next to him, using a teleportation spell. Without any waste of time, she used her magic to unlock the glass door and both entered the room.
"By Celestia... Girls!" Twilight said and used her magic to undo the knots and bounds of the three captive ponies.
Rarity was still out and the two pegasi had they limbs numb from the amount of time they were bound.
"T-That bucking traitor! I'm going to smash his face when I get my hoofs on him!" Rainbow dash said fighting to stand up. Her limbs were numb after being bound for so much time.
"Calm down Dash!" Said Twilight. "You will end up hurting yourself if you go after him like that!"

"Yes, we need to calm down and get help" Steel Head said "Going after him like that is dangerous!"
"I DON'T CARE!" Rainbow Dash screamed "I trusted him! I was about to say my feelings for him and that bastard attacked me!" That statement made Twilight and Steel head blink a few times in surprise.
"T-That was not... not Eravel..." Fluttershy soft voice caught their attention.
"What do you mean by that Fluttershy?" Twilight asked in confusion
"I don't know how to explain... is just... It was not him... his eyes were... were different." She tried to explain.
"Now that you mention it..." Rainbow Dash started after a short pause to cool her mind "...he fainted right before attacking me."
"What? How...?" Twilight asked really interested now
"Well we were talking... and then, all of sudden he fainted. It last only a few seconds but when he woke up he was acting different..." Rainbow explained.
"Now, that's interesting..." She said and looked at the royal guard "Steel Head, can you take care of them? I need to go to the library... I have to warn the Princesses."
The royal guard nodded in response.
"Go Twilight... I think they will know what to do better than us... I will take care of them" He said firmly.
Twilight teleported herself out of the house and started to run towards the city as fast as she could. Just a few minutes after, she arrived at her own house, storming inside and calling for Spike.
"SPIKE! I NEED YOU NOW!" She yelled.
The baby dragon was sleeping peaceful in a chair when she burst inside the library yelling. He jumped in startle and fell hard on the floor. His heart was beating so hard that he feared that it would break his ribs from the inside.
"Jeez Twilight! W-What's going on!" He asked recovering from the startle.

"Here, write a letter!" She shoved a roll of paper and a quill on his face. The baby dragon didn't waste any time and got ready to take note.
"Dear Princes Celestia. I must inform you that something terrible is happening. Our trustful friend, Eravel, has gone mad and is attacking innocent ponies. He attacked Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy, kidnaping them. Now, he is heading towards Sweet Apple Cares. I fear for my friends Pink Pie and Applejack that are with him right now. I beg for your help because I won't be able to stop him without hurting him and I have reasons to believe that he's not acting on his own will."
Spike write as fast as he could and then send the letter through his fire breath. Not a second passed and he burped the answer. Twilight grabbed the letter and unrolled it in front of her, using her magic. Her eyes moved fast through the words and she frowned in worry.

"What did the Princess said Twi?" Spiked asked, now really worried with the whole situation.
"Dear Twilight Sparkle. I'm aware of how urgent this situation is and I must ask for you and your friends to meet Eravel and stop his actions. I understand your fears but this situation demands immediate action. I'll send help as fast as I can." Twilight read out loud. "I'll go to sweet Apple Acres Spike. If Head Steel shows up, I need you to inform him where I go and tell him to bring the girls with him. I'm counting on you Spike!" She said and rushed outside, not giving the chance for the bay dragon to answer.

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"Hey Eravel, why don't you take off that heavy armor?" Pink Pie said bouncing right next to the human. Eravel, Pink Pie and Applejack had just arrived at Sweet Apple Acres and were heading to the trees.

"Yeah, it mus'be really uncomfortable in ther'" Apple jack said looking at him.
"Not that much... It's lighter then my original one and gives me a feeling of safety." He said shrugging.

"If ya say so..." Apple jack said getting near one of the trees. "Ok everypony! Time ta get yer hoofs working" She said stretching her hind legs before rising them for a buck.
"Wait Applejack, you brought me here to pick up just a few apples, right?" Eravel said before she could buck the tree.

"Oh... that's right... hehe... force of habit" She said stepping aside

Eravel got near the tree and started to climb up. Even wearing his armor, he had no trouble to get at the top of the tree, disappearing between the leaves. Soon few apples started to fall on the baskets below. He was choosing only the best apples to be used.
"I think that will be enough Eravel" Pink Pie said when the basket was almost completely full
"Ahm... Girls? I think I'm stuck..." The human said looking a little embarrassed.
"You what? How did ya get stuck?" Applejack said trying to find him in the middle of the leaves, to see how he got stuck there.

Suddenly Pink Pie had few different spasms all over her body and that didn't go unnoticed to Applejack.
"What happen Pink? You ok?" The orange pony asked a little worried.
"Y-yeah... I think so... it's just... my pinky sense is telling me that something scary is about to happen!" She said looking around. Applejack looked around too, really worried.
"Eravel! We need to leave here NOW!" Applejack said aware that the pink sense should never be questioned.

A loud crack was heard coming from the tree. Applejack and Pink Pie turned to look at it.
"Girls! Look out! Behind you!" Eravel yelled from the tree.

Both ponies turned their back to the tree fast, trying to see what the danger was. Right in that moment, the human jumped out of the tree with a club like branch and one fist closed. He fell fast and when the human was going to deliver the strikes to knock out his victims a purple light engulfed his body, holding him on the air.

"Applejack! Pink! Get out of there!" Twilight's voice echoed and the mentioned mares jumped away from the human. They had a shocked expression on their faces when they saw that the human almost succeed in attacking them.

"What in tarnation!" Was the only thing that Applejack could say at the situation. Pink pie was speechless.

"Tsk... Nice timing Twilight..." Eravel said still trapped on Twilight's spell. "But this all is useless!" He said and stretched his body, using all his might, and broke free from Twilight's magic. The purple unicorn stepped back and clenched her teeth when her binding spell broke.

Eravel charged against her, raising the heavy branch he had in hand to strike. She widened her eyes and used her magic to make a bubble around her right before he delivered the strike. The impact made the purple bubble shake a little. Frustrated, the human started to hit the bubble again and again, trying to break it using only his strength. Unfortunately for him, Twilight was no ordinary unicorn, and the shield stood firm against his blows.
"Leave her alone!" Apple jack shouted charging against Eravel. She stopped in the last second, turning her back to him and using her mighty hind legs to buck. The human flew a few feet from the orange mare and fell hard on the floor.

Eravel stood up and then charged against Applejack. She turned to buck him again, but when she did, the human dodged to the side. Quick as lighting, he grabbed Applejack's leg in the air and then kicked her hard, right in the stomach. Applejack fell on the floor, her eyes full of tears from the pain. She could hardly breathe. The human still held her leg and raised the heavy branch to hit her. A purple beam hit the human on the chest, making him step back and fell letting go of the orange mare.
"Damn you unicorns!" Eravel cursed looking at Twilight.
He started to charge against her, but Twilight simply shoot him on the chest again and again... every time he stood up she shoot him to stay on the ground.

"Enough of this!" He shouted "I already have three elements in my possession, and if you don't want to see your friends hurt I advise you to come quiet with me." Eravel said panting a little.
"You mean you HAD three elements!" Rainbow Dash's voice came from above. Right after, Fluttershy, Rarity and Head Steel arrived at the scene.
Eravel stepped back, clenching his teeth and drew the knife he had on his belt... he was really in disadvantage and he knew that he had no chance now.

"Give up Eravel! You have no chance to fight us now!" Steel head Said stomping his hoof hard on the floor. "We don't want to hurt you! So please, come quiet!"
The human made another step back in a defensive stance. He was ready to run for it when a gray pegasus arrived at the scene, getting close to him. She had blond hair and crossed eyes... on her back she was carrying a long object all warped in cloth.

"Derpy! What are you doing here!" Rainbow Dash yelled at the mail pegasus.
"Oh, hi Rainbow!" She said waving a hoof to the cyan filly. "I just came to make a delivery to mister Eravel here." She said and unwrap the object on her back. It was his sword inside the sheath.

The human jumped forward and grabbed the weapon by the scabbard, grinning victorious. Now that he had a weapon, he had a chance to fight against them all.
"Derpy! What have you done!" Rainbow Dash said angrily.

The gray mare looked at the cyan pegasus, confused.
"Thank you Derpy..." Eravel said chukling. "As a payment for you services... I'll make you my first victim!" The human said drawing his sword. It was sharper than ever and had several runes carved. The human looked at his blade, smiling widely. Every pony around him stepped back now, except Derpy that was completely lost there.

"The blacksmith in Canterlot is really talented, I have to admit..." Eravel said looking at his blade "And look, there something written here..." He said looking at the base of the blade. It was written in equestrian and, thanks to Twilight, he knew how to read it. "May this blade be used to defend the spirit of friendship" Eravel read it out loud and then chuckled. "Oh the irony..." He said and lift his arm, aiming for the gray pegasus in front of him.

His face suddenly changed... the grin on his face disappeared and he widened his eyes. The human simply stood there... it was like something was holding him.

"What... What have you done...!" Eravel said in a choking voice, looking at the ponies around.

"I'm only taking my body back!" A voice echoed on Eravel's head.
"WHAT!" The human yelled and the sword started to glow. The human fell on his knees and then to his side, unconscious.

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All the eight ponies were really confused of what had just happen. Derpy took off saying something about that that game didn't had anything funny. Steel Head approached the human body and poked him with a hoof.
"What... What happen?" he said totally lost there.
"I don't know..." Twilight said getting closer too.

Applejack was standing up a little shaky after the massive blow she had in her stomach. Rarity was at her side to help. Rainbow Dash landed next to the human body to look at him closer too. She simply looked at him for a while with a blank face... Her emotions were still a whirlwind on her chest after all that. Something then caught the attention of everypony around. A white carriage pulled by two royal guards was landing near. Princess Celestia had arrived. Head Steel immediately bowed and dropped to his knees, showing his respect to the royal alicorn. The other six mares simple bowed their head.

"I can see that the spell I put on his sword worked just fine." She said approaching the human.
"Spell?" Twilight asked curious.
"Sorry for not telling you about this... I knew that something like this might happen so I prepared his sword with a spell. If he tried to use it against an innocent pony the spell would force him into a coma." She said simply.
"A coma!" Rarity said getting close "like... he's going to sleep for a long LONG time!" She was a little concerned about the human, even after he had attacked her.

"Maybe..." She said in a sigh. "He will wake up when the real Eravel or that other Eravel, the one who attacked you girls take control over the body. Right now, they must be fighting."

"And there is nothing we can do to help him?" Steel Head was the one who asked. He was a really good friend of the human, and aside Rainbow Dash, he was the one that was really concerned about his safety.

"You? No. You can't do anything to help him..." Celestia said looking at the royal guard "but the Elements of Harmony can." She said ad an adorned box come flying from the carriage, engulfed by Celestias magic. The box opened and she put each jewel on the right pony. "When I give the order, I need you girls to shoot the elements on him."
"WHAT!" The six bearers asked at the same time.

"Princess, this is too dangerous!" Twilight said really worried. "What if he is turned into stone or.. or.. Send to the moon!"
"That will not happen Twilight." The princess said with a patient tone. "There are only two possibilities and none of them have anything to do with stone or the moon, I can assure you..."

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"It is time... are you ready Eravel?" Discord said to me. We were in a large green plain near Everfree forest. I had my full armor and my sword in hand.
"Yes..." I said with a neutral tone.
"Ready for the consequences too?" He asked again.
I felt a warm pulse in my chest when I thought about Rainbow Dash and the others.

"... Yes..." I said after a few minutes of silence.
"Good... because here he comes." Discord said and disappeared.

Right in front of me another human appeared, wearing the same armor as me with an axe on his hand. At first this other human looked around a bit confused, but soon his face fill with comprehension of what was going on.

"Looks like you managed to break from the prison I've send you to." he said to me with a grin. "But that don't matter. I'll simply crush you here and now and then take over your body permanently. I'll kill the bearers of the Elements of Harmony and then free Discord! All Equestria will dive in a chaos of war and death!" His voice was of someone completely out of his mind. But, on second thought, that's what he was. He was me, my emotions, my chaos... My curse and my blessing at the same time.

"I think you are wrong..." I said and lifted my sword in a defensive stance.

"Really? Hehahahah! We will see that!" He said and entered in an offensive stance with the axe. "I already beat you once and I'll do it again!" With that said he charged at me swinging his weapon.

I started to dodge and deflect his blows with my sword, trying to take him off his balance. The problem here was that we were the same person, with the same level of skill and no matter how much I tried, he kept striking and swinging the axe against me. When I deflect one of his blows, I used more force than necessary and that made an opening for him. I felt his fist colliding against my helmet and I stumbled back.

"I knew it... you are weak! I'll end this now... show me your fear... your frustration! Feed me with your... what!" He glared at me. "What happen? Why can't I feed of your emotions!"

"Because what is giving me the will to fight is not some low emotion that you can feed on" I said simply going for a defensive stance again.

"But HOW!" He looked really frustrated. "I'm your chaos, I feed of your emotions! How can be an emotion that I cannot feed!"

"There are some emotions that can only be achieved through balance between chaos and order. In this case, what I'm feeling, what is giving me strength to fight is love. Not the possessive love, but the true Selfless Love. The emotion that can free one from any other lower emotion such as anger or fear." I said and breathed deeply, feeling the warmth in my chest again. "What is giving me strength to fight you, to fight myself, is the knowledge that if I don't defeat you, many will suffer!"

"So, you are willing to simply get rid of a part of yourself? Don't be ridiculous!" He growled at me.
"I'm only getting rid of a rotten part of me. A part that has no place in my heart anymore!" I said and got in an offensive stance. He stepped back.

"Do you know what will happen to you if you kill me here?" he said glaring at me.
"Probably I'll lose all the ability to feel again, to care again and even to love again..." I said.
"Exactly! And still you will fight me!"
"Yes! And I'll end you here and now! I rather live forever without any kind of emotion than see you hurt the ones I love!"
"But that don't make any sense!" He said almost screaming.
"A selfless action is something that someone like you couldn't understand." I said simply.
He charged at me again at full speed. He swung the axe to the side, aiming for my head, totally blind by rage now. I crouched to avoid the sharp edge of his weapon and trusted my sword upwards. The tip found its way in a small opening on his armor, under his arm. I pushed forward and my blade trespassed his shoulder. I heard his scream of pain and the blood gushed out of the wound. I stepped back, pulling my blade of him. He fell on his knees letting go of the axe.

"This... will... not… END LIKE THIS!" Re roared and his body started to change... He grw in size and the armor was ripped of his body. He turned into a black dragon with wings, sharp teeth and claws, just like my dream. "Let's see how you can handle this now!" He said and opened his mouth, sending a cone of fire in my direction.
I jumped to the side, avoiding a fire breath by inches. When I turned to face him again I had only time to see his massive tail swinging at me. It hit hard against my chest, making me fly a few meters away, landing hard on the floor. I cough a little of blood and started to sand up again. I heard him laugh.
"You are weak! You don't deserve to be in control! BURN!" He roared again and I saw a torrent of flames coming in my direction... I had no time to jump so I simply put my sword in front of me. I saw in awe as the flame was cut in two...

"W-What! How did you do that!" The black dragon, my evil self said stepping back.
"I don't know... and honestly... I don't care!" I charged at him, suddenly feeling my whole body really light. The sensation was like the time I lost control against the Hydra, but this time there was no rage to cloud my mind, no fear to control my actions. I was doing all that on my own

The black dragon started to use his fire breath against me, and every time I simply hit the flames with my sword, making it disappear. Along the way I grabbed the axe that was on the ground and rolled to escape a hit from the dragon's tail. I ended up under him and trusted my sword on his belly, drawing a large and deep cut. He roared in pain... I rushed to his front legs and made two deep cuts on it. He fell in the ground... I had to jump to avoid being crushed by his massive body.

I stood up and face the black dragon that couldn't stood up thanks to the cuts on his front legs.
"D-damn you!" He growled in pain.
"This ends now!" I said and charged against his head to deliver the final blow.
Suddenly, Discord appeared between me and the dragon I had no time to dodge him and felt a trust from his eagle claw against my chest. I felt the claws piercing through my armor and flesh.
"D-Discord!" I looked him in the eyes... why did he do that! Why did he betray me!
Discord vanished and I fell on my knees. I looked at the dragon in front of me. He smiled victorious.
"This... ends now..." He repeated my words and opened his mouth, moving his head and grabbing my body between his jaws.

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The six bearers were standing in a circle around the human... Celestia shout the order and they shoot against the human's body. Eravel was lifted in the air, surrounded by a whirlwind rainbow and his eyes started to glow.

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I had lost... my evil self was going to kill me and I couldn't do a thing to stop him. I felt a wave of pain when he started to crush my bones but he suddenly stopped. His whole body started to shine and soon I was engulfed by that same light. I closed my eyes shut do protect them.

When I opened them again I was floating in a sea of light... I couldn't see anything around me but light. I started to look around, totally confused. My armor was also gone and I had not a single wound in my chest.
"Hello Eravel..." I heard a familiar feminine voice coming from behind... As I turned, I was face to face with Celestia.

"What... What happen? Am I dead?" I asked
"No, not yet" She chuckled lightly "You are alive and well... we are inside of the Elements light."
"The Elements... of Harmony?"
"Yes... You fought well, better than me, Luna or Discord would expect... We underestimated your love towards your friends." She explained.
"Discord... he attacked me when I was about to finish the fight!" I frowned.
"Yes... he only did that to save you..."
"What? How?" Those situations were really annoying... I felt like a small child, totally ignorant.

"If you had killed you 'evil self' you would turn into an emotionless person. So, you were suppose to be defeated, so that when the Elements of Harmony were used it would affect him more than you and make you two one again."

"So... you were expecting me to loose... " I sighed a little hurt by that statement. "Anyway... at least now my Chaos don't have a self conscience, right?"
"Almost it... He's weak now, and will never have the power to influence you the way he did before. And I'm here now to give you a choice. If this is your wish I can send you back to your own world... or you can stay here. But if you choose to stay here you cannot stay as a human."
"And... What does that means?" I asked afraid of the answer.
"I'll use my own powers to transform you into something more... appropriate to live in this world"
"You mean you will transform me into a pony isn't it?"
"I was thinking in making you into a dragon... Well not really a Dragon, but something really like it. You would not have the same powers or the live spawn of one, but at least you wouldn't be so different from us" She said in a simple tone.

"But there is more than that isn't it?" I asked.
"Yes... there is one more reason, the principal reason actually. If you stay as a human you will be still connected to your world, and I don't want to take any chances of you rampaging again... I want to you to cut any links from your world permanently, and to do so you have to give up on your humanity." She said in a serious tone.
"Well... I..." At first it looked like a hard decision to make... but as I thought how my life in my world was... and the fact that probably every single person back in my world thought that I was dead the answer came really easy. "I'll stay here... I don't have anything else back in my world and here I have friends, I have people that I care about... I just have one question... When I die, will I be able to go to Valhalla?"

Despite everything I still believed in the halls of Valhalla and that my father was there.

"This is an answer I cannot give you Eravel... I'm sorry." She said simply.

"Well, I guess I'll have to figure it out when I die then." I shrugged. She chuckled and then our bodies were engulfed by a warm light.

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Epilogue

It was a warm afternoon in Ponyile. Most of the ponies didn't knew what had happen at all... how close they got to dive in a chaos that would last for centuries. The mane six had returned to their normal activities but they were not really happy. After the episode in Applejack's farm, Princess Celestia took Eravel away, without saying where she would take him. Twilight knew what was happening but the Princess asked that she didn't tell to her friend the whole situation yet.

The one that was more affected was Rainbow Dash. She told her friends about her feeling towards the human after the incident. Applejack and Rarity were the only ones that were not surprised. They both saw the signs and when R-D revealed the truth it was a mere confirmation.

Day after day came, and no word were heard from the Princess until finally Twilight called all her friends to the library, talking about a surprise. Rainbow Dash was the first to arrive there but she had to wait until everyone to arrive too before Twilight let her inside.
"What with all the mystery, dear?" Rarity said walking inside the library.

"It's about Eravel... I have something to show you girls" Twilight said with a smile.
"I hope it's good news." Rainbow Dash said a little impatient.

"Oh it is..." Twilight trotted to the stair that leads to her room "Spike! You can bring it!" She called the bay dragon.
Spike got downstairs carrying something really special. All the guests gasped in shock
"Is... Is that what I think it is!" Rarity said with her jaw dropped.
"Yes... nice isn't it?" Twilight said with a wide smile.
"Oh my gosh..." Rainbow Dash said breathless.
"What in tarnation!" Applejack was too shocked to comprehend it all.
"You HAVE to be joking Twilight... I mean... HOW!" Steel Head said.
"The Princess can move the sun, why not do something like this?" Twilight said
"Oh... my... gosh..." Rainbow dash said, sitting in her haunches, totally awestruck.
All the ponies there looked really surprised and happy... except for Rainbow Dash... She was surprised AND worried with what she saw there... life was about to get more complicated to her.

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A/N:

!THIS IS NOT THE END!

So, finally finished posting it all here ^^
As said in fanfiction.net, the site where I originally posted this fic, the story is not over. I decided to end "The fearless warrior" like this because his journey had ended. Eravel finally took control of all contamination he brought with him from our world. The sequel will be called Live&Learn and Eravel will have some new challenges as he starts living in Ponyvile with a brand new body and purpose.

So, I hope you guys enjoyed the story so far and we'll see each other next week /)*(\