Shifting light

by Lucaridis

Some questions and a party

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"Twilight!" shouts a voice from the back of Twilights home. I turn to the voice to see a kid run up to Twilight and give her a hug. He had messy green hair with bright, emerald, slit, eyes. He was wearing a purple zip up jacket with a plain green shirt underneath, he had green and purple cargo shorts and some purple and white shoes.

"I was worried about you, when those diamond dogs came in and dragged you out I couldn't do anything but hide... I'm hardly a great assistant, let alone number one." at this I feel I should interject with his statement.

"If you tried anything you would have died, you might not want to believe it but it's true." This seems to shock (I'm using the words shock and suprise a lot.) the boy and from his facial expression I can tell I'm right. "Chin up kid, the problems gone now so you can focus on your life again." This doesn't do much but get a depressed sigh from the boy but there isn't much I can do about that.

"Anyway, Chris meet Spike, the best assistant anyone could ask for." I can tell she's doibg her best to lift his spirits and it worked a bit as he gave a small smile.

"Hey, I take it you help everyone?" Now that's a suprise, don't even tell him anything yet and he figured that out.

"How'd you guess?" I ask genuinely curious, I don't believe it was obvious but damn, he is sharp.

"I've never seen you before and when I do meet you it's right after the town is save. I just connected the dots." Well, he's definitely smart for what smells like a fourteen year ol- nevermind kids that age can be that smart if raised normally. But still, good on him.

"Clever enough, we might just become friends." This is likely the only compliment i'll be giving for a quite.

Huh, barely been in this world a month and my personality has changed so much. I used to actually be a nice person, well, nice enough. Now I'm almost sociopathic in terms of socialising with people and dealing with threats.

And yet I don't care. That's Blacklight for you, getting rid of remorse and empathy for the sake of survival.

"Thanks, I'd like to have more guy friends." I guess I can see why. Guys and girls interests can get too at different times. More power to him if he wants to make more friends.

"Well, we'll talk later. Right now I'm going to answer a few questions for Twilight." after saying that, spike gives me a look of pity before walking over to the kitchen to get something to eat.

"Well then, take a seat. I'd like to get started." doing as she asks we both take a seat on one of the chairs in the main library. "Now then, what type of human are you? Normally you can tell by looking at them but I can't tell with you. Judging from some of the uhh... Skills you displayed earlier I'd have to say that you're a Magi but taking into account the power you gave of when doing that lightening spell I'd have to say you might even be an Ultagi and so far there are only three of them amd they are all princesses... Your not some secret Prince, are you?" seeing my confused look she gives a shy smile. "Right, that's ridiculous." since I have no clue what she's talking about I just agree with her.

"Yeeeaah, ridiculous." I say before asking a question myself. "Say I've uh been asleep... Yeah, been asleep for a quite a while. So I have no idea what your talking about. Care to elaborate?" Now that got a really shocked looked from her.

"How could you not know!? It's been this way for over a thousand years." Well at least I know how far back history goes here. Earth wins by five thousand, if I'm correct.

"Well then, I have a lot of birthdays to catch up on then, don't I, haha." Okay, now she just looks curious.

"So you've been around since before humans gain their aspects." Ah now that's a familiar statement. Aspects, not hard what they do.

"Yeah, so what type's are there." I ask hoping to learn as much as I can. Knowledge is power after all. Pretty easy to win a fight when you know exactly how to react to your enemy.

"Well, as I said, there are the Magi, like myself, who arw capable of manipulating the world around them with magic." Alright, that's a reasonable trait. They must be the most frail though.

"Next are the Avious. If you are one of these you can fly and control the weather. The Avious has two sub-species, the pegasi and griffon. A egasi Avious usually has a herbivorous diet with the occasional fish. While the griffons are more carnivorous, but both of them are omnivores, just like every other aspect type." Good to know, flight will definitely be useful, just shake an Avious hand and be done with it.

"After them are the Terrus. They are physically stronger and more durable then both Magi and Avious and can increase the growth rate of plants. When they do this the plants usually grow better than a natural grown one." Alright they could also be helful. I wonder if they could become Poison Ivy.

"Then there are the bat aspects or Threstrals as they are officially known as. They have a combination of bat ans Avious abilities." if echolocation is one of them I might just have a plan to aquire Hunters sense.

"Next are a combination of all three, the Ultagi. As you can guess they have physical superiority, flight and weather control, magic and immortality or at the very lest agelessness. This is an incredibly rare occurrence and as I said only three of them exist. Princess Celestia, Luna and Mi Amour Cadenza or Cadence as she prefers. If you do turn out to be an Ultagi you'll likely be crowned as a prince." We can't have that, it puts me under a spotlight and since I am immortal I'd be stuck there forever.

"Next are the dragon aspects. They, live dragons in myths can breathe fire and have longevity. They are known to hoard and the ones with the biggest hoard eventually take on a dragons appearance. Spike is a dragon aspect, you can tell by is eyes and sharper teeth or his tendency to eat gems." Well that's a suprise. I wonder what I could do with that. Diamond coated durmal armour, not a bad idea.

"That's all the one's you are likely to meet, if you want to now more, you're always welcome to study in the library." A fair offer and one I'll take at somepoint in the future.

"I can say for sure that I'm not any of those, but for convenience sake lets just say Magi for know." she seem strangely accepting of that answer. I figured she was super inquisitive, apparently not as much as I thought.

"What was the magic you used? I've never seen anything like it, but it was definitely powerful." Ah, smart question I suppose. Might as well get this over with.

"It's light. A type of energy, similar to magic, that can be focused in three different types of power. Sol, Arc and void. Currently it only has twelve main 'spells' and a few small tricks." I tell her, trying to remember some of the skills.

"Really, what type of spells are there?" she ask me with her overly excited expression if learning something new.

"There are twelve class spells. For those that are hardened with discipline they can get the Striker, Defender and Sunbreaker. What I used ealier was the Stiker spell, fist of havoc. Next are the spells for the free spirited. The Gunslinger, Bladedancer and Nightstalker. After that, are people like you, people that want to understand everything. The Voidwalker, Sunsinger and Stormcaller. Each of these perform different things that are useful for certain tasks. You should note that all spells made from light, aside from a few, are made for combat. Defender is the only class dedicated to protecting yourself, as its spell is a massive shield thst can take on anything without collapsing." Now Twilight looks awed at the what I've told her. She's definitely a Warlock.

Holy shit, just thought of something. Can light bring machines to life. It would explain the Ghosts.

"What was that thing you done to that demon at the end? You... Asorbed him. How?" well shit, I'm not revealing that shit. Doesn't matter if this is Equestria, no one needs to know about Blacklight. It would terrify them. I'm arguably worse than a demon.

"I not telling. I don't want to be rude about it, but I refuse to answer that question. All you need to know is its safe if used correctly. If an amnesiac can learn how to use it in a day without ending the world, then it's safe enough, but there's always a margin for error and that is way no one can I don't completely trust can know. Since someone might try a replica and while I doubt the could recreated they may make something that could cause life threatening problems." Twilight certainly looks spooked, I already know she's going to try and find out what it is but with no context she won't find anything and just assume it's a spell from my time before her world began.

"W-well. I think that's enough questions for today. Is there anything you wanted to ask?" not really sure what I want to know. I lift my han up to scratch my check more out of instinct than anything else and feel something that has never been there before. Facial hair, huh.

"A mirror, I get the feeling in my time asleep I've changed." I know that might be unnecessary but out of all my time alive, starting from puberty anyway, I have never grown facial hair. So when Twilight returns with a mirror I get a shock.

Staring back a me is the Devil. Well, Lucifer be correct and not the guy from supernaturals, but the one from Lucifer. The show where the Devil got bored of hell so he leaves for the world of humans, opens a nightclub then after a murder he starts helping the police. Why I am describing the show to myself. I may never have an answer, but it's is a shame. I never got to see season three.

"I... I not gonna complain, but why? Then again, the fsce of the devil is fitting for the type if person I am. Always did believe in the freedom to do anything as long as you accepted the consequences." I whisper to myself "Not like yhe devil is all that bad anyway. He's the voice of freedom and curiosity, to fight for what you believe in and to try and reach a maximum understanding of everything you can." The religious part of me doesn't seem to agree. Lucifer started a war in Heaven, after all. Thst is true but it was a war to escape the guilded cage known as Heaven. True it's paradise, but an eternity of paradise will get boring after a while and when boredom sets in, welcome to hell.

I'm really getting in to all this religious stuff. That's not healthy for the mind. No one wants to be a zealot. That now that's real bad.

"I think I'm going to talk to Spike. He seems like a interesting guy." after bidding Twilight are rather abrupt goodbye I walk of to the kitchen to see Spike sitting at the table with a bowl full of gems.

"Oh, hey there, Chris. Need something?" How kind, he certainly doesn't have a dragons heart. Least, not a European dragon anyway, maybe Chinese.

"Nah, just wanted a chat... You seem like a comic book type guy, am I right or not." he doesn't even have to answer I can see it on his face the moment I said comic.

"Yeah! Why? do you want to read one? I can spare a few." yep, total comic nerd. I prefer the games, but hey, what can you do?

"Who's your favourite hero?" might be able to find out more about him if I know what ideals he follows.

"I don't really have one yet, but my favourite team is yhe power ponies." All right, i'll have to read on these guys.

"Do you have a favourite hero?" well this is going to be hard to answer. There are too many heros where i'm from.

"Uhh, the Red Hood. He isn't technically a hero, but he's no villain either. He is an anti-hero." Now I seem to have his attention. Obviously, he hasn't heard of the Red Hood before. This is new territory.

"What's his superpower..? And what's an anti-hero?" this is a good conversation, maybe I'll tell him about deadpool next.

"Well, he doesn't have a superpower. He's smart, strong and has almost unmatched skill in fighting, he was trained by one of the more brutal heros, Batman, who constantly scares the hell out of all everyones henchmen and isn't afriad to breaks bones to deliver justice. That being said Batman, nowadays, will not kill." This seems to please Spike, after all, you can somewhat relate to powerless superheroes. "Like a few other heros, the Red Hood is an anti-hero. An anti-hero is someone who will likely murder the bad guy rather than capture them. This is because anti-heros either used to be villains or have a backstory that makes them one." I can see the questions burning behind Spikes eyes. "What do you want to know?"

"Why did the Red Hood become an anti-hero?"

"At somepoint in the Batman comics, his sidekick, Robin Aka. Jason Todd was presumably killed by Batmans Arch-nemisis, the Joker. So with that information, Batman eventually moved on and got someone else to fill Robins role." And what do you know, Spike is hanging of every wotd I say. "After some time Jason Todd was brought back to life through the Lazarus pit. Unfortunately the oit changed him and his emotions so much that he eventually dawns the Red Hood. He goes on a quest to tries to find people who wronged him. He finds, kidnaps and beats the Joker with a crowbar mirroring how the Joker did to him. The Red Hood then takes control over various gangs and then starts a one-man war against the Black masks empire... I just realised gave you a summarised backstory, sorry for the rant." it appears as though Spike doesn't care about that shit, though.

"Are you kidding!? That was awesome! I didn't think they made stories that go that far, with scenes like that. It's rare to even see blood in comics here." Really now, I think I found a way to make money. It's not plagiarism if it doesn't exist.

"Well then, you're gonna love Deadpool." Deadpool, my favourite organ donating, psycopath.

"It all started with a mercenary...


... Then, while colossus was giving an inspiring speech, he pulls the trigger, splattering Francis's brains over the ground and it makes colossus throw up chunky goodne-"

"Hey Chris." motherfuckin' interruptions

"Yeess." I say to Twilight, drawing out the word for longer than necessary.

"Do you two feel like coming with me over to sugar cube corner to get something to eat." I don't need to eat.

"You wanna go Spike? I don't really care." He contemplating, he probably should go we've been in here for a few hours.

"Yeah, I'm getting pretty hungry." It's settled then, I get up with Spike and walk out of the library with him and Twilight.

The trip to sugar cube corner was a suspiciously short one. Suspicious because there was no one around, I mean the sun was still pretty high, just getting oast the zenith, since I arrived here at the start of the day. The walk was short because I was taking long strides.

So we finally arrive and what do you know, it smell full of people and I can hear them whispering. Might as well play along. We walk up to the ginger bread building and I open the door really slowly, trying to build up tension for those inside before stopping and turning to Twilight.

"You sure it's open, the lights are off." I say loud enough for everyone inside to hear. Now Twilight's looking rather nervous, probably expected me to walk in without hesitation.

"O-of course it's open, it's always open this time of day, everyday. It's a part of their schedule." Rahter than responding, I look at Spike, who's just chiilin' there and when he looks up at me I give him a knowing smirk. Something that he is all to happy to return.

"Fair enough. Any sane person would never break schedule." I say with obvious sarcasm. Stare Twilight in the eyes for a few more seconds before turning around and walking in. 3. 2. 1.

Suprise!!!

I give them the satisfaction of slightly widened eyes and a small gasp so they don't feel bad about. It somewhat worked. Some of the people that were looking at me in fear earlier gave a sigh of relief, they probably figure I tear their heads off or something.

Then the pink menace appears looking at me suspiciously. "You weren't suprised, were you?" She says in a serious tone, her hair seems to have defleated a little and she is giving a slight glare.

"I'm suprised you bothered trying, I thought that out of everyone in this town you would be able to get read on me the easiest and would ne awee that suprises wouldn't work. A for effort, though." tell her giving a small smile.

She gives an exasperated gasp. "Your right, I must not have noticed. Can you ever forgive me!" she practically shouts.

"Of course. I hate suprises anyway and saw this coming a charging Bull." I say with a semi-serious expression.

"Lets get this party started!!!"

Indeed.

And being myself I immediately walk of to the corner of the room barely taking notice of the stares. What can I say, Lucifer was a handsome fellow and I happen to be a replica of him, minus the scars, obviously.

After a few minutes into the party and I haven't done anything but stand there like a grumpy SS soldier on a watchtower, not the best comparison, but you get the point, and after a few more minutes I am approached by a trio of children, more specifically known a the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"Hey there." I look down at the scootaloo and give a nod.

"Hey. Want something?" I inquire, curious as to what they want and yet I know the answer at the same time.

"We wanted to say thanks for saving the town." Sweetie Belle says, staring up at me with a thankfull smile before handing me a basket.

"What's this?" I ask, knowing these three it probably isn't good at all. Even if it's a thank you gift.

"Well, open it and find out, silly." oh dear, I do as i'm asked. Surprisingly there was rather ~~Well made~~ good looking food. The Crusaders are all looking at me expectantly, so I decide to try eating it. Well I definatly wasn't what I was expecting. It was a salad but it got added to my biomass reserves. That shouldn't happen, but hell free biomass, why complain.

"Thank you. I'll be sure to return the favour at some point later." I going to ignore their excited looks and just go back looking around the party. I'm seeing a lot of familiar faces. Before I can do so much as to introduce myself to any of them Pinkie appears and stares at me for a second.

"Are you not enjoying the party?" that was an unexpected question, sure I'm not having a great time, but this isn't the worst thing I've done. It's certainly no murdering hundreds of people the minute you enter a village. Yes, I am aware that they were people I killed and that I should be drowning in guilt, but I'm not so I won't.

"The parties fine, I'm certain you put everything into it." I tell her. True, her feelings mean nothing to me but that's no reason be a dick.

"Prove It." I detect a challenge

"What do I need to do?" I ask smiling at the possibility of staving off boredem. Athough her request takes me a bit to fully comprehend.

"Play some of the games, of course." Well the is going to be fun said Mr sarcastic

"Sure, lead the way." This was the beginning of a somewhat not shit day. Still prefer the Everfree. At least there when something is afraid of you it runs away. Well, they are just animals solely on instinct whereas hear the play nice and hope you don't kill them. Don't get me wrong the ones that fear me are a minority but still, if you don't want to interact with me leave or ask me to.

This monotonous party stayed dull for about an hour until a shocked voice rang out making everyone halt what they are doing.

"Princesses!"

This might not be so bad after all.


Author's Note

Hope you enjoy. I'll try not to rush things but I'm not a fan of writing about normal stuff.
The princesses have arrived, will our borderline bloodthirsty protagonist get along with them... probably not, but friendship and tolerance, people.
You're probably curious about his appearance, well I like the show Lucifer and I got lazy. I can change it anytime I feel like it, so don't worry about that, I'll find an alternative at somepoint.
Also, an official friendship has been established between Chris and Spike through the almighty power of The Red Hood. This also created a possible business venture for Chris, Spike, like many young boys his age can appreciate the art of violent comics, but Equestria isn't providing. so if you want to see Chris bring Earth comics to Equestria, just say so. I'll take silence as a mabye.

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