Vengeance

The city of Blackheart, the capital city of the country Magni, located at the very north of Equestria. Magni is the only known country to be inhabited by the human race. Blackheart is a city where humans lived before and after the war between humans and ponies. Where did the humans come from, you may ask? Humans came since the beginning of time when the Gods, creators of the universe, created the planet Aeron and made human life there. The Gods are also known as the Deorum. The ponies came for a hundred years later when the Gods were experimenting on something and an accident occurred, making the ponies the second race to inhabit the World. When then two races meet in person, they begin to work together and built a society for the two to live in peace, founding the two nations: Magni and Equestria. The Gods didn’t expect for the two civilisations to be friendly with each other, until the next seven hundred years. Pony killings by humans have grown to a moderate level, Princess Celestia of Equestria had issued a warning to the king of Magni (i.e the Leader of all Mankind), Merthar, to stop the killings, but it kept increasing more and more for unknown reasons. Angered by this, Celestia attacked a town populated by humans with her army, bringing shock to the humans, beginning the First Human-Pony War. The humans were initially victorious at first but due to the magic the ponies possessed, they were driven back to Equestria. King Merthar was killed in the war and many of the human armies were decimated by the ponies’ might. To punish the humans for the war and the killing of the ponies, they hid the humans and Magni away from them and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna formed a barrier on the borders of Magni and Equestria, preventing any humans from entering Equestrian soil. The pony race then continued on without the humans, The Deorum were horrified by the event and nearly all of the Gods have faded from existence, leaving their world, Valgard, crumbling and near to it’s end. A prophecy was made by one of the remaining Gods that a human will be able to destroy the barrier, bring the human race back into Equestrian soil and take revenge on the ponies.

The day was 21st July 1001 (Magni Calendar) in a hospital in Blackheart, a person was born to the wealthy Johnson family. His parents: Joseph and Jodie. Joseph looked like he is on his thirties while Jodie looked like she was in her twenties.

‘Let me see, are you a boy or a girl?’ Joseph asked

Joseph finds that the child is a boy.

‘It’s a boy! A boy, we got a son Jodie.’ Joseph answered

‘Oh! Oh Joseph, my beautiful son.’ Jodie said

‘What should we call him? I guess Jonathan.’ Joseph proclaimed

Joseph called the boy “Jonathan”. Unfortunately a minute after Jonathan was born Jodie suffered a cardiac arrest

‘Joseph, Joseph!’ Jodie muttered

‘Jodie? Hang on Jodie, she’s in cardiac arrest! Get Jonathan now!’ Joseph responded

The doctors got Jonathan out of the surgery room and Jodie later died from cardiac arrest. Joseph, the middle-aged man, later carried Jonathan to their house located eight miles northwest from the hospital. By overlooking through the city of Blackheart, the buildings where made up of slums and had old technology. People had been poor and nearly left penniless when the barrier was set up. The barrier was made with magic coming from the ponies of Equestria.

‘Hang on son, we’re almost here.’ Joseph said

Joseph then reached to the front door of his house and opened it, entering his house. The house looked like it belonged to a wealthy person. After Joseph entered the house, a figure with blue glowing arms wrapped in bandages and wearing a grey cloak sat on Joseph’s couch and looked at Joseph. The room was dark and had no form of light turned on.

‘Is he there?’ The figure asked. ‘And where’s Jodie?’

The figure was speaking in a raspy voice, he could have been very old but Joseph couldn’t see his face very well because of the hood from his cloak darkening his face.

‘Jodie didn’t make it, she died giving birth to Johnathan.’ Joseph replied.

Joseph then gave the baby to the hooded figure.

‘He looks absolute, I feel sorry for the loss of Jodie.’ The figure said.

The figure made a glowing blue cross-like symbol at the baby’s forehead using his index finger on his left glowing hand. The cross then suddenly disappeared. The figure stood up from the couch and lifted up the baby above.

‘Gods, please make this soul worthy of yours!’ The figure said out loud.

Thunder then struck outside the house soon after. Two figures, wearing the same cloak, approached with a cauldron filled with water and a tray of small glass bottles with substances in different colour. A figure took a glass bottle with sparkling purple substance, opened it, and poured all of it into the cauldron. The cauldron starts to bubble and the water starts to glow pink. Joseph was watching the entire thing happening, he was confused of what are they doing to the newly born Johnathan. Another figure starts to stir it with a large stick for a minute. After they are done with the cauldron, the figure with baby Johnathan proceeds to dunk it and take out the baby into the cauldron several times. After that it done. The two figures then leave Joseph’s home with the tray and the cauldron. The figure then looks onto the baby who is then covered in blankets.

‘Good luck, Johnathan. We may expect great things from you when you turn into an adult.’ The raspy voiced figure said.

The figure then leaves Joseph’s house and Joseph then closes the front door.

‘What was that? What did he do?’ Joseph thought to himself.

Joseph then looks back at the baby Johnathan and spots a mark carved onto it’s left hand, his feeling was a mix with shock and fear.

‘What is this mark on his hand?’ Joseph thought to himself.

It’s now July 21st 1011, Jonathan become ten years old and at his school he celebrated his tenth birthday. His school looked like it has been built at the old times, no, at the industrial times. Suddenly, a student and a friend of his named Oliver Pines showed up. He wore glasses and had brown hair.

‘Hey Jonathan! Follow me!’ Oliver said.

‘Okay Oliver.’ Jonathan said.

Oliver then leaded Jonathan to the principal’s office.

‘Why are you leading me to the principal?’ Jonathan asked. ‘Have I done something wrong or does he want to speak to me?’

‘You’ll see.’ Oliver responded with a chuckle.

Jonathan was nervous about what the school principal wants for him, he opened the door to the principal’s office and a bucket of water unexpectedly fell and soaked Jonathan.

‘Ahahahaha! You got pranked!’ Oliver laughed.

‘Really Oliver? Really?’ Jonathan said. ‘You made me came here for some sort of sick joke?’

Luckily for Jonathan the principal arrived as soon as possible and witnesses Oliver laughing at Jonathan. Clark was his name.

‘What is going on here?’ Principal Clark said.

‘Oliver just lead me to your office and soaked me in water.’ Jonathan replied.

‘What? No n-n-n-n-n-n-no!’ Oliver said.

‘Oliver Pines, you soaked water on Jonathan. That is totally unacceptable! You are expelled for five days. Get out of this school.’ Principal Clark said.

‘But Principal-’ Oliver tried to say but was cut off.

‘NOW!!!’ Principal Clark shouted.

Oliver then ran away from him after he shouted at him and expelled him. Principal Clark then looked at Johnathan.

‘And Johnathan, you’re dismissed from school as of today. Go to your home and make sure that you get changed.’ Principal Clark said.

He was a nice guy to Johnathan. After hearing that he is dismissed from school today, Johnathan didn’t feel like he is excited about going out of school, he just doesn’t mind about it.

‘Yes, Principal Clark.’ Johnathan said.

Johnathan left the office to see Yuriko, a white long haired girl, another friend of his.

‘What happened to you, JoJo?’ Yuriko asked.

“JoJo” was a nickname Yuriko gave to Johnathan since they first met, maybe because of the fact that both of his first and surname starts with ‘Jo’. She gave that nickname because it’s easier for her to say his name.

‘Oliver...He pranked on me’ Johnathan said.

Yuriko then sighed.

‘That cheeky boy. What did the principal say to you?’ Yuriko said.

‘He said that I am dismissed from school for today.’ Johnathan said.

‘Oh, you get to leave school early. Anyway’s, happy birthday to you and bye.’ Yuriko said.

‘Bye.’ Johnathan said.

Yuriko then waved at Johnathan who he back as he leaves his school to go back to his house.

After returning to home Joseph was horrified by Jonathan’s clothes being soaked with water.

‘My god, Son, who did this to you?’ Joseph asked.

‘Well, Oliver had soaked me with water.’ Jonathan responded.

‘That naughty Oliver. Go upstairs and change your clothes and throw the soaked clothes at the washing machine.’ Joseph ordered.

‘Yes dad!’ Jonathan responded.
Jonathan then changes his clothes at upstairs and throws the soaked clothes at the washing machine.

It is now August 8th 1020. Technology for the humans had advanced a little. Automobiles are now being mass produced, the city of Blackheart expanded for a little, factories were made and the living qualities for the humans have improved. In the other side, Jonathan had graduated on Engineering allowing him to build more inventions and buildings such as skyscrapers than ponies have currently. He wanted to become and engineer because he wanted to help Magni to grow and advance, and also for another reason, the job had good pay than any other jobs the city had. In approximately eight months Jonathan was an excellent engineer, praised by many of his colleagues and friends. But in one of the constructions in a building which is an office building he accidentally stepped into a nail due to the wood planks in the scaffolding Johnathan was walking on having exposed nails from below causing his foot to have a hole through. Jonathan then screamed in pain, catching the attention of a worker near him.

‘Jonathan? What’s wrong?’ A worker asked.

‘I stepped on a nail, I think I have a hole in my foot.’ Jonathan responded.

‘Oh my god, Let’s get you to the hospital.’ the worker said.
The worker holds Jonathan and they both got down to the ground by the lift in the scaffolding. The worker then took his cellphone out and dialled the Medical Services.

‘Hello, I am Alan Davidson and I need an ambulance for a friend of mine. He stepped on a nail. I am in the construction site for the Illustrata office building. Okay, bye.’ The worker said to his cellphone.

‘Hang on, Johnathan. The ambulance is coming.’ The worker said.

For the next five minutes, the ambulance have arrived and picked up Johnathan to a nearby hospital.

Two days have past and Johnathan is currently staying in Hospital. A door to the room he was in opened, it was Joseph.

‘Hello Johnathan.’ Joseph said.

‘Hello dad.’ Johnathan said back.

‘What happened to your foot?’ Joseph asked.

‘I stepped on a nail.’ Jonathan responded.

‘Oh, right. That’s painful, isn’t it?’ Joseph said.

‘Yeah it is painful.’ Jonathan said.

‘Well, I hope you get recovered soon. How did it happen?’ Joseph said.

‘There was a nail from the planks I was walking in the scaffolding while I am doing my job.’ Jonathan said.

Joseph then sighed.

‘Those clumsy people in the business. I will complain to them after you’re finished.’ Joseph said. ‘I will be waiting for you, Johnathan.’

Joseph pats Johnathan’s dark hair and leaves the room. Two weeks later, Jonathan has eventually recovered and was able to get back to his job as a engineer but he may have to use a cane to head to work. After Johnathan was recovered, Joseph filed a complaint to the engineering business Johnathan was in for his injury. The manager then apologised to Joseph and replaced the wood planks with metal. Johnathan continues to work as if nothing has happened.

The day is now August 15th 1020, Jonathan is in his room reading a book when suddenly a loud banging noise came from the front door of the house.

‘Who is it?’ Jonathan said.

Jonathan then looks through the hole in his door and then sees a mysterious, creepy, cloaked person standing on his door.

‘What does he want?’ Jonathan thought to himself.

Jonathan then opens the door to answer the cloaked person but right after Jonathan opened the door, the person suddenly disappeared and only left an old looking paper with writings in it. Johnathan picks up and the paper read:

Come to a cave in the West of Blackheart. We need to talk to you. It’s Important.

Jonathan then rushes upstairs to get his jacket and shoes.

‘Jonathan, who was that in the front door and where are you going?’ Joseph asked.

‘A mysterious cloaked person showed up and he left me a paper saying that they wanted to talk to me. They say that it is important.’ Jonathan responded.
Joseph then froze for a moment. A mysterious cloaked person, he remembers the time where Johnathan was born and the persons with the cloaks doing something to him.

‘Dad? Is something wrong?’ Johnathan said.

‘Oh, sorry. Just please don’t get lost!’ Joseph said.

‘I will not.’ Jonathan said.

Jonathan dresses up and went outside then closes his house door. Jonathan goes to the edge of West Blackheart and finds a cave. Johnathan begins to think about his father and how he reacted when he heard about the cloaked person, he starts to think that his dad may have some ties with the cloaked man or maybe something is not right with him.

Jonathan approaches to the cave and finds people of cloaked persons sitting with a circular desk and floating rocks that have glowing writings in it.

‘Hello?’ Jonathan greeted.

‘Oh, hello Jonathan. I am Legenda, the leader of this group,’ the person named Legenda said. ‘And I know why you came here. But you must understand.’

‘What “understand”?’ Jonathan said.

‘In here, according to the prophecy by the Gods, we think that you the one that will conquer Equestria and restore the freedom from us.’ Legenda said.

‘Are you serious about it? I don’t think this is true.’ Jonathan asked.

‘We are serious about it! It will happen in some time! May I explain to you what happened long time ago?’ Legenda described.

‘Yes, Legenda.’ Jonathan said.

‘Right, It started off since the beginning of time. Us, humans, were created first before the ponies have appeared out of nowhere. We don’t know where they have came from but we we were able to trust the ponies for years, they created the nation of Equestria and while we created the nation of Magni. But then, they now think that we are a threat to their society which caused ponies to attack us because of one of the savages from our race had attacked a pony, we both got angry by this and thus a war broke out. But because of them having magical powers, they were able to defeat us and seal us off from Equestria in a barrier south of Blackheart. Thus we were hidden from the ponies’ view and we had to continue our society and civilisation without the ponies and on our own.’ Legenda said.

Johnathan was shocked to hear all of this. Humans created since the beginning, ponies appearing from nowhere, a war and his people hidden away from them. How could he have not known of this? Does every human living in Magni know about their past?

‘Those ponies...’ Jonathan said.

‘Aye, Right, according to what we have heard from the gods, we predict that you will be the one who’s taking revenge on the ponies and release us free.’ Legenda said.

‘How?’ Jonathan asked.

‘You see that sword right there. The sword was forged by the gods and was given to the king of Blackheart when humans and ponies were at war. Mannulus Vastator, the name the king had given to the sword. After the king was killed by Princess Celestia, his body was washed away in a river including the sword and we found both the body and the sword, we placed the king’s body inside a sarcophagus deep into this cave and the sword in here, the round table. The power the gods have placed inside of it can destroy the barrier that is keeping us away from the ponies.’ Legenda said. ‘By the mark I see on your right hand, you are, in fact, the chosen one.’

The long ancient sword resembled to that of a long sword but had patterns all around the guard and is stuck at the centre of a round table where the ‘members’ sit in front and it can be pulled only by the chosen one, Jonathan was the chosen one according to the group of followers for the gods. Johnathan looked at the mark on his hand, the mark looked it it was tanned.

‘I will think about pulling out this sword later.’ Jonathan said.

‘Right, come back if you want to reveal your destiny.’ Legenda said.

‘Oh and before I leave, can I tell you this,’ Johnathan said. ‘does anyone know about the war.’

‘Some of the humans do and some of the humans don’t.’ Legenda said.

After that, Johnathan leaves the cave to his home

Jonathan is now back at his house and opens the front door, Joseph was standing in front of him.

‘What took you so long?’ Joseph asked.

‘I came to a cave where the hooded person lives and there is like a cult here.’ Jonathan responded. ‘I had spoken to the cult leader who he says that I will destroy the ponies because of what they have did to us.’

‘Yeah those damn ponies.’ Joseph said.

Johnathan was surprised to hear that his father knows about the past.

‘Also there was this sword stuck on something they call it “The Circle” and the leader says that the sword can destroy the barrier.’ Jonathan said.

‘Interesting. Why didn’t you pulled out the sword?’ Joseph asked.

‘I’ll think about the sword later.’ Jonathan replied.

‘Okay, Jonathan, I was worried that you were lost. Go to your room now.’ Joseph said.

‘OK, Dad.’ Jonathan said.

‘Wait,’ Joseph said. ‘about those people with cloaks.’

‘Yeah, what about them, Dad?’ Johnathan said.

‘Well, you see. I have actually meet the cloaked people.’ Joseph said.

‘You have?’ Johnathan surprisingly said.

‘I have meet them when you were just born. They did something to you like putting you into a cauldron or something else. They said that they are going to expect ‘great things’ from you. I had no idea what they meant.’ Joseph said.

Johnathan has this thought back then when he was going to the cave that his father could have ties with the cloaked people, he was right. His father had meet those people.

‘Dad. I understand that you have meet them. Why couldn’t you have told me about it?’ Jonathan said.

‘Because I was afraid that if I told you about them, you would be shocked about the truth and believe that we are not living in a real world but a world that is separate from the main world.’ Joseph said.

After saying his words to Johnathan as to why he didn’t he told him about the past, Johnathan begins to hug his father. It’s his way to telling him that he forgives him.

‘Dad, I know how you feel about it. I will forgive you for this.’ Johnathan said.

‘Thank you, my boy. Now, could you go to your room now.’ Joseph said.

‘Yes Dad.’ Johnathan said.

Jonathan stopped hugging his father and goes to his room. His room looked tidy and fairly large with his room having a desk, a bookshelf, a bed, a lamp, a boxy looking computer, an alarm clock, a briefcase, a couple of rolled up blueprints lying near the briefcase, a chair for his desk and a couple of drawers. He looked at the window from his room, it is dark. The lights from the city have light up. Johnathan lies down on his bed, lots of questions where popping up on his head. Who was this “Legenda” person? And why is he there? Johnathan then closes his eyes, going to sleep.