The Nine to Free Them All

The first thing I saw when I came to was a thick canopy of trees. As soon as I remembered what happened the previous night, I scrambled to my feet to look around. I saw several cloaked bodies on the ground and a lot of greenery. If I had to guess, we might be in the Everfree forest. That, or that guy was a fraud who drugged and dragged us into the forest... Gonna go with option 1, I thought to myself. Which means we are most definitely in Equestria. I should wake the other guys up before I look around. I thought.

"Wake up!" I rasped, but not only did it come out a different voice but I could have sworn I spoke a different language. "Wake up Johnny! Get up Draugr- I need your wisdom. Ragr we need to plan our next move." Again in a raspy ice cold voice and a different language, but it seems they understood what I said and one by one they all got up and looked around.

"So this is the Everfree, right?" Draugr asked, but, like me, stood rigid when he realized his voice and his native language had changed.

"What the hell?!" Johnny yelled while looking at the others. It was then that I realized that we all wore cloaks of black, and under that, steel armor. We all exchanged glances before I found the answer to our unstated question.

"Guys, I think we've been transformed" I said bluntly.

"No shit sherlock. Our old bodies must not have been compatible with this multiverse. But what exactly are we?" Draugr asked matter of factly. We looked at each other when Lemur spoke up.

"Y'know we look oddly like the dead guys from Lord Of The Rings". We all murmured in agreement at this new revelation.

"That would explain the voices and the new language as native Mordor. But if we are Nazgul then that must mean we are technically wraiths right?" Draugr chipped in.

"Oh god-I can already imagine what Celestia is gonna do to us." Drak said humorously. I swear he is a more serious version of Pinkie Pie. I thought, as I rolled my eyes.

"In which case we're gonna need to stick to the shadows until we are proven innocent." Ragr said, tactically.

"You're right we need to prove ourselves to the princesses since we no doubt hold an immense amount of dark and foreign magic." I said with authority.

"Wait. If we're THE nine Nazgul, which one of us is the Witch King?" Lemur asked. Everyone took glances at each other before all heads turned to me.

"WHAT?! You can't seriously be saying I am the Witch King of Angmar?" I asked, flabbergasted Does this mean I am more powerful than Gandalf the White?

"Well, it makes sense since we look to you as our leader. Why just look it, when you can be it." Johnny said reassuringly.

"I'd follow you to hell and back, not only as a friend, but as a brother in arms" Ragr said.

"Indeed, I would help you every step of the way" Draugr said.

"You're damn right! I'd trust no-one else to lead us but you" Johnny said as he stepped forward. "I will follow you with my strength."

Draugr stepped forward "and my wit"

Drak stepped forward "and my humor" he said with a chuckle

Ragr stepped forward "and my strategy"

Lemur strided forward silently "and my silence" pfft... show off, I thought.

Cryo and Crisis stepped forward "and our support"

Last to step forward was Crocker (oh so paranoid one, I thought) "and my prying ears"

I was both stunned and touched by the cliche of a scene in front of me. I guess they're right, I've never let them down in the past. "I will lead you till my last breath then." I said solemnly. We all nodded in agreement. "So down to business. Our first step should be to find out what segment of the timeline we're"-I was cut short by a distant mad cackle of laughter that was unmistakably from Nightmare Moon.

"Well that seems to answer that question." Drak quipped.

"If that was Nightmare Moon at Ponyville, that means she'll be heading towards the castle." Draugr said in a rush.

"Which means this might be our only chance for a while to make ourselves scarce." Ragr added in Shit, that means we don't have alot of time to chat. I thought.

"Then we need to make our move NOW!" I ordered. We started running towards the castle of the two royal pony sisters.

TO BE CONTINUED....