The Knight

Clank clank clank clank clank clank

The steady clatter of metal boots on stone echoed throughout the forest, slowly it started to change, as the stone of a once beautiful castle gave way to forest.

Clank thump clank thump thump clank

Finally the source of the noise entered the forest fully, its armored feet's constant march muffled by the new loam and old dirt of a well worn path.

The creature itself stood at roughly fifteen and a half hooves, armored from top to bottom in solid plate armor, with only the smallest of indications that it was a living being, a small horizontal slash across where its eyes may have been, for why would a creature without flesh and blood need eyes?

Sadly, the one arguing for this life, theoretical though they may be, would still be wrong. As the creature was not alive... At least, not anymore.

Chapter 1: The End of one Road...

It might rain today. I could tell, there was water gathering inside me, just a tiny bit of moisture. Means the temperature was changing. It wasn't.... What was the word? Winter, right, winter. "..." Really? 'Winter' was a word that set you off? No wonder I stopped using it. Or is that another forgotten thing? Hmm... Winter belonged to... A group... A group of? .....

Seasons! That's what they were! Seasons, Fall... Winter... Spring... Hm... I was sure there was another... It had something to do with... Heat... Warmth? Hmm... The Sun may- "EVIL, HORRIBLE BURNI-" Oh shush you. Yes that word. The giant ball of heat. What was its season called though? Stroking the lower part of my face with a gauntlet, thinking deeply only to get sidetracked again. Why do I do that anyway? I think, glancing down at my gauntlet. It seems to help, but why? Writing it off as another lost reason, I resume my pondering.

Summer, mmmmmm... Just thinking the word makes me... Hmm... I cant remember the name of this feeling, its happy, but its like my helm wants... To stretch? To widen? Maybe that was something I'd forgotten how to do. At least I could still move my gauntlets around. I demonstrated with a wiggle of my fingers, nodding happily at their success.

Another night "Gloooriius wonderful night, so sooth-" another long march. At least the woods were as beautiful as ever, odd how darkness never seemed to bother me, in fact its almost as bright as day. "HOR-" Active little twit today aren't we? Well at least I wasn't screaming it out loud like I used to, its more of a grumble or whisper.

Hmmm here's come the stump... And its gone, next up the tree with strangely colored... Fruit? I think that's what they were called. Hmmmm.....

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Unbeknownst to the creature, a dark blue, almost black, cloud hovered over it, following a few yards back, watching him curiously. "How strange..." It whispered, its very presence darkening the area around it. "After all this time, it still follows my orders... Hehehe not that it had much of a choice, I'm just surprised it lasted this long~" With an invisible grin it descended into the creatures path.
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There goes the strange tree with weird fruit, and here comes the black cloud covered in stars, next up is- Wait... In that moment, I did something I've not done in... A really really long time. I stopped... Then, it spoke, and I remembered.

"Greetings, Knight."

I froze. That voice, I KNEW that voice! But... From whe- "MY QUEEN!" Ah. Right. Well at least he remembers. Without a second to waste I slammed my knee into the earth, and bowed my head. "My Queen! This humble servant bows before thee! Right right, I forgot this was how we spoke. Hm. I think I'd prefer silence. We eagerly await thine orders!" For a reason unknown to myself I wanted to roll my visor. The cloud chuckled darkly, and from its tone I could tell it wasn't exactly 'Happy' to see me, but it wasn't necessarily 'Unhappy' either.

"I have a new task for you, soon We shall return to this world in all of Our Glory! For thine loyalty thou shalt be Our new guard Captain, and thine first order, shall to be to guard Our chambers against all ponies that mayhaps try to halt Our ascension to the throne! Is this Understood?"

"Yes Mine Queen! Thine will be done!" Well, it beats staring at dirt and grass all day.

.... Wait whats a Pony? Apparently my other half thought that was a valid question, as right before the cloud departed it raised one of our gauntlets "My Queen... Ah... We seem to have forgotten what a 'Pony' is..."

There was silence for a moment, the black cloud roiled for a moment, then a exasperated yell echoed down the path. "We are a pony! Hast thou forgotten so much already!? Ignore mine question I shall check for Our self!"

Suddenly the world turned a dark blue, and my head was picked up, the cloud turned it towards itself, giving me a nice view of the canopy above, and I felt a massive influx of power, my armor lost its dullness and instead became a deep blue that seemed to blend into its surroundings and absorb light, my armored boots seemed to weigh nothing at all, and made no noise as I shuffled about nervously, the last creature to knock my head off had made it land in a tree, took me days to find it.

"There! Thou art lucky the Everfree is home to such powerful latent magic, otherwise thine enchantments would have fallen apart sooner, and thine core would have unraveled even faster than it did! Now GO!"

With that we turned and sprinted away. Huh, I'm running, running running running, I remember that word! Hah! Spring! Summer! Winter! Birds! Timber Wolves! Manticore! Po- Oh we're here!