A man slowly walks bit by bit along the cratered main street of Canterlot. Looking around he sees all the destruction of the once great city with it’s burned houses and smashed up foundations. Sighing as he approaches the city’s castle gate. It took him months to convince himself to come here, with all the guilt that now hangs on his shoulders. Opening the gates he gets a wave of regret remembering when it all began.
11 months ago
Jacob happily walks up the steps of the Canterlot’s head research building. Twilight was waiting in there for him. The discovery of human magic, was something a buzz in the scientific community, with some of the greatest scientific minds in ponydom, had to offer to wait for a demonstration. Once inside Twilight waved him over to the prep room. While walking over Jacob remembered some random fact on his magic. Human magic was very fickle Twilight, and Jacob found out as it had to coaxed out in very specific ways such as very awkward body positions no one knew possible, or items already enchanted with ancient magic. Because of this, there was no known limit to human magic. Also Knowing this, it was determined that ancient enchanted items were a more efficient way of casting. As such the demonstration required a suit of metal made of the enchanted Crystal empire’s guard armor. The empire was dormant for so long it could be said the armor was ancient. Which Cadence lent to Twilight who refitted it for Jacob to put on.
Looking at it and he thought it looked like a medieval knight’s armor, but upon realizing this he remembered that it wasn’t meant for looks. Jacob put it on feeling its weight, and magic. Making sure he could cast anything first of all he did a simple levitation spell on the chair sitting the room. Sure enough, the chair levitated a foot off the ground at the wave of his hand. Twilight had him practice some spells they would be doing in the demonstration. Only that but days prior she gave him a lesson on how to learn new magic seeing as he was having trouble learning it himself. Confident in his ability to do magic he took the spell papers by the door and started the demonstration.
Twilight wanted to test it out of course immediately upon discovery, but Jacob insisted on the demonstration saying it would teach the most in the least amount of time and would confirm the discovery. Agreeing with him Twilight set up the Demonstration, and also had him practice a few spells, so here they all were. The ponies, and Twilight eager to see what Jacob’s magic could do. The demonstration was set up in an order only Twilight knew, and at a timed pace to ensure the scientific observers nearby weren’t being tricked, by smoke mirrors, and wire. Then it started as she called out the first spell to be cast.
They were nearly finished with all the spells when he cast the mental spells that Twilight had begun telling him to cast. That’s when he experienced the first symptoms of mental cracking as it was found out later to be his diagnosis. The sickness occurs when mental magic, and a user of very little experience of it, uses it. It is very similar to nightmare moon’s rising, though different in that it is very subtle and instantaneous. Jacob was a little dizzy, and also a gnarly headache had come on, but he assumed it was because he hadn’t done the spell right.
Now it didn’t happen immediately, but just as they were to begin the next spell his mind snapped, and an irrational hatred for ponies took over. He laughed and smiled a little at Twilight. What happened next was to anyone’s guess as a light as bright as the sun surrounded Jacob. Then in a flash, Jacob and the spell scrolls he was reading to do the tests with, was gone. The next thing the scientists inside hear is shrill screaming from ponies outside.
Having raided Canterlot’s Star Swirl library wing in a split second afterward, he knew spells that were not at all meant to be learned. After which he bombarded Canterlot with a wave of spheres made of flaming hot iron destroying almost every structure in sight. From then on Equestria was to be wary of him, but it didn’t matter what they did. His armor was ancient yet still had magic to protect him. This, and its ability to let Jacob cast spells with no limits as it was found out, and you have someone unstoppable.
7 Months Ago
Ponyville was someplace of last resort seeing as the rest of Equestria’s cities had been razed, or torn apart. At this point Jacob’s mind had become completely consumed by the hatred, caring for his friends somewhat he made himself subconsciously save Ponyville for last. Then one dreadful day he came. The mane six were waiting outside on the border of Ponyville hoping they could stop him. Not knowing how to activate the rainbow power again, that they used on Tirek they were no match for him. Rainbow Dash was the first to come at him. Flying at full speed towards him only to run into a wall of earth that came up from the ground. Knocked out Rainbow Dash was eaten by the same wall of earth that stopped her seconds earlier. Shocked by this Pinkie Pie, and Apple Jack came at him only to meet their fates with lethal lighting bolts.
Fluttershy ran after seeing this. She was eaten by her animal friends the next day. Rarity shared Rainbow Dash’s fate after fleeing with Fluttershy. Twilight tried her magic on him only to get a magic nullifier of unknown design put on her horn. She sat where she was dumbfounded, and terrified as he went after Fluttershy and Rarity. Two days had passed since that incident, since then the town’s populace had been massacred. Twilight had tried everything from time magic, and the alicorn amulet both of which failed. The past is irreversible, and Zecora’s home she later found out had been uprooted literally. Hopeless she waited in her castle with Spike. The doors to her castle were suddenly blasted open making pieces of wood, and crystal fly across the hallway inciting a battle. After a few minutes in the one-sided battle Twilight lay on the ground bloodied, and dead.
Something killed his ravenous hatred, and want for destruction when he saw her dead. Because somewhere deep inside he actually cared for her. Bringing back Jacob’s sanity he fell on his knees and wept. Soon after he dropped his armor somewhere in the castle, and went to bury Twilight.
Present day
He formulated a plan he thought that if he had some form a punishment that was at least acceptable to him dealt by. Any one of the sisters then he would feel at least some sort of redemption. Alas, that was why he was here. Concluding his thought’s on the past he walked into the throne room. Celestia sat on her old throne when Jacob opened the throne room doors. She seemed as if she were in deep meditation as he walked up to her.
Speaking first he said. “Aren’t you angry at me?”
“Yes, but that does not mean I want to take it out on you.” As she got out of her meditation.
“Why, though? I did so many horrible things, and you have every right to, so why?””
“Because having you alive to remember your sins is more fitting punishment for you. She said a little heatedly.” Having unleashed your magic has given you immortality so you get to live the rest of eternity remembering what you did.“
Shocked by this he asked. ”How am I immortal?“ Reluctantly
she continued. ”The last few months Twilight was alive she tried to find any weaknesses you had. While you were razing entire cities she came to the horrible conclusion you were, in fact, immortal, Might I say more?“
He nodded no, and sat down for awhile. Knowing full well he didn’t have the knowledge to dispute something Twilight said to Celestia as a fact. After a few minutes of silence, and fast thinking he said.
”Well, that doesn’t make me invincible.“ ”So?“ She retorted.
”So, So I get off Scott free is that what you’re saying?!“
”Yes because I can’t stand to see another living being die under my watch!“
”You know Celestia even as guilty, and regretful as I feel, I can’t believe it when I say you’re weak.“
After which he stormed away from her towards the stairs going up further into the castle. Just as he was about to reach the first step, a magic force pushed him over, and dragged him by his feet towards the window gallery, smacking his face on the floor. Noticing Celestia was still on her throne as he was being dragged away, he concluded this was Luna’s doing. After being dragged into the middle of the hallway he has lifted up and thrown through a window nearby. Looking around he saw Luna holding him out over the castle’s cliff in her magic. She was looking angrily at him then she spoke.
”Thou call my sister weak, WELL I SHALL SHOW YOU I AM NOT WEAK!!“ Luna yelled at Jacob.
Smirking as he looked down, he replied. ”Then do it!“ With Celestia just now noticing what was to occur, and Jacob’s Armor inside Twilight’s castle. The only thing stopping Luna from dropping him off the cliff now, was her mercy to, which she had none for him. So he fell. As he fell, he smiled knowing he wouldn’t have to remember all the things he did. In his own twisted ways, he felt at peace. Then the ground came swiftly for his end.
Author's Note
Was inspired to write this after listening to this song.
