The Wings Turned Dark

{time skip one week later Eva POV}

It was the night of the gala and I was nervous as Tartarus about my meeting with the princesses. I was at Rarity’s Boutique getting ready with the girls and Father was at home taking care of the twins. I was the first one to be ready and left waiting for the others to get their makeup done. I went to see what the dresses looked like and they were stunning.

"Hey Eva ready for tonight?" Twilight asked concerned.

"No, not really. What if's keep playing through my head." I said nervously.

"Don't let what if's get you down live life to the fullest." Rainbow said boastfully.

"But they have never steered me wrong yet." I said in a matter of fact tone.

"Then why don't you bring that cheetah thing I'm sure Celestia wouldn't mind." Twilight said.

"You mean Cheetara? I don't see why not." I said and then whistled a specific tune. The skeleton Cheetah soon showed up with extreme speed and stood beside me. "Hey, girl. Hey, Rarity do you have anything I can put on Cheetara to make her look presentable?" I asked.

"I don't think i do besides maybe a collar." She said pulling out a beautifully made collar.

I took it and put it on Cheetara it fit perfectly. "How much do I owe you Rarity for the collar?"

"Just a few bits I made that in my spare time so I don't have much use for it." She said and I nodded handing over twelve bits.

"Thanks Rarity for the collar it looks beautiful on her." I said stroking Rarity's ego as we got on the train to Canterlot.

"So what can the Cheetah do?" Twilight asked me.

"By roaring she can summon skeletal wolves to aid in the protection of my family, she is a direct link to Talion, and super speed." I said confidently. At that all of their jaws hit the floor and they were quiet for probably a good twenty minutes.

"So Talion could be watching us right now? Twilight asked.

"Oh no no no, he can only see through her eyes when I call on him except in an emergency. The eye sockets also glow red when he is looking through them." I said.

"So how are the kids?" Rarity asked.

"Mine or the ones I watch?" I asked.

"Your's darling." She said.

"Growing like weeds." I said nostalgically.

"So what was that door you and Orgran went through before he left?" Rainbow asked.

"You know Rainbow Dash, that's not my story to tell." I said after a few moments of silence to think.

"NEXT STOP; CANTERLOT STATION."

"I CAN'T WAIT TILL THE BIG PARTY!" Pinkie yelled as she jumped up and confetti fired from nowhere.

"Pinky it's not that kind of party!" I said chastising her as the train came to a screeching halt.

"Then what kind of party is it?" Pinkie asked as we disembarked.

"It is a formal party pinkie where nobles come to talk business and find new partners to do business with." Rarity said causing Pinkie's mane to deflate a tad bit.

"It's alright Pinkie you didn't know!" I placated causing her mane to return to full Pinkie-osity.

"Okie dokie lokie." She said as she hopped along.

"So Flutters why did you want to come to a large gathering of unknown ponies. I understand the others reasons but yours escapes me?" I said perplexed.

"I just want to meet the animals in the castle garden." She said with a smile

"You mean all the little shits who used to sit on me and use me as a toilet." I said bitterly.

"Well i'm sure they didn't know you were real." She said.

"I know for a fact that Philomena knew I was real and she still shit on me." I said right before Pinkie's tail started twitching.

"Twitchy tail twitchy tail something is falling." She said right as I almost got beaned by a safe then a bookcase and finally a piano.

"I either pissed off someone or I'm having really bad luck tonight." I said right as we reach the gates to the castle.

"Tickets please." Said a guard that looked familiar to me he had a cutie mark of a blue shield with a lightning bolt on top of it. Recognizing the cutie mark I remembered him. I turned to Twilight and whispered to her. "Hey, Twi isn't that the guard you used to hang out with and who you kissed by my statue?"

She blushed and said. "Yes, we used to date back then."

"Huh, I guess he got promoted since then, I see lieutenants stripes on his arm," I said proudly.

"I guess so." She said and we handed them our tickets and walked inside and Celestia greeted us.

"Hello, Eva." Celestia said.

" 'Ello your majesty, this is quite the large crowd!" I said cordially.

"Yes well, this may be the biggest Gala we have had in years." Celestia said.

"With this many dignitaries in one room aren't you worried about assassins and thieves?" I asked.

She lead me away from everyone and said. "Yes that is also why I also asked you to come you see their have been rumors they may be unconfirmed but I don't want to take chances." She said with a serious face.

This caused me to put on my game face. "What kind of rumors?"

"We don't have any names yet but there is a rumor a criminal organization is going to attack.? She told me.

"Shall I summon some guardian angels or did you have another plan in mind?" I asked.

"Yes I have guards stationed around the party hidden from plain sight." She said.

"We have much to discuss, the two of us and Luna." I said casually and she nodded. After that she lead me to the Gala and we found Luna and we went to a separate room. "I'm sorry to pull you two away from the party but some serious help is needed at the old castle." I stated.

"What is it?" Celestia asked.

"First off they could use some help with the rebuilding. The conditions are dangerous since they don't have the proper equipment. Secondly, they could use a medic to help with the wounded." I listed off.

"We will do what we can." Luna said after some deliberation with Celestia.

"Thank you that should help a lot. The next order of business is to party hearty." I said with a shit-eating grin and we went to party.

We had time to find Pinkie Pie sulking in a corner." What's wrong Pinkie Pie"?

"This isn't my kind of party." She said morosely.

"Excuse me miss are you Miss Pinkamena Diane Pie?" A servant holding a box asked.

"Yes." She said.

"Well this is for you, a strange creature dropped it off and said to give you this note." The servant said handing the box and said note to Pinkie Pie.

She opened the box and found a cake inside and she smiled and hopped around.

"So who's it from Pinks?" I asked curious who would send her a cake at a time like this.

"From The Author." She said with a grin.

"This is the third time this 'author' has been mentioned by you who is she?" I asked.

"SPOILERS~!" Pinkie said in a sing-song voice that sounded oddly familiar.

"That doesn't help!" I said slightly miffed.

"I know but I can't tell you. She said so." Pinkie said.

"Since you're not gonna tell me I think I'm gonna go find Applejack and see how business is." I said and I stormed off.

I found Applejack trying to sell Apple treats and I walked up to her. "Sup Applejack how's business?"

"Not good no one wants to buy." She said.

"Well how about I buy your showcase?" I said.

She smiled and said. "Sure partner." I happily pulled out my bit pouch from my purse and handed it over and she gave me the boxes she had out and my change. This prompted the nobles around us to gallop over and want to buy from her too.

Seeing I helped a friend I went to see if I could find Fluttershy in the gardens and scare that stupid badger that kept peeing on me. I found the local caretaker huddled up in the fetal position rocking back and forth muttering "that mare is scary, that mare is scary" over and over.

"YO FLUTTERSHY." I yelled.

"Eeep." I heard from beyond some trees.

I walked over and saw Fluttershy wearing a camouflage hat hiding in a bush looking manic. "Ah there you are. Why are you wearing camo? And why do I sense scared animals all around here?" I asked.

"I'm just trying to make friends." She said.

"The animals here are a bit more skittish than the ones outside Ponyville. Maybe try sitting and letting them come to you in their own time would be best." I suggested and she smiled and nodded. After calming down Fluttershy I took off to find Spike in the city. Flying had gotten easier for me lately. I found him just walking around the city when I landed on a roof to rest.

"YO, SPIKE!" I yelled down to him.

"Hi, Eva." He said climbing up to me.

"Sup squirt? Why are you wandering the city instead of being with our friends?" I inquired.

"Because I am never really welcome at the gala." He said.

"Why not?" I queried.

He looked around then at me and said. "Because a lot of the nobles are racist pricks."

"Hey Spike, how good is your night vision?" I asked.

"Pretty good I think." He said rubbing the back of his head.

"So is it just me or do I see creatures on the castle roof?"

He looked towards the castle and said." Yes I do too."

"Spike get on my back we are returning to the castle now!" I said sternly and he nodded his head and got on my back. I immediately flew off back towards the castle.

"Why are we returning it's likely just workers." Spike said

"Because Spike if they were workers they wouldn't be wearing all black and carrying weapons. Plus Celestia told me there was a rumor there was going to be an attack on the Gala." I told him.

After I landing I told him to find a place to hide and I went inside to find Celestia. I found her at the entrance to the Grand Hall talking to Twilight. "I am so happy your friends are having a good time Twilight. Although I don't know how the pink one got her hands on an endless cake?"

"Thank you." Twilight said.

"She got it from someone called 'The Author'." I said walking up to them.

"So Dracochangewing is active again that is so good to know!" Celestia said.

"You know of 'The Author'?" I asked.

"Everyone must have their mysteries," Celestia said. "So what brings you back to the castle and without my son too?" She asked me prompting a raised eyebrow from me and a few nobles around us.

I leaned in and whispered, "I saw figures in all black wielding weapons on the roof. Spike is here in the castle hiding."

She looked around then said. "Do you have any weapons?" She asked and I pointed to my bracelets.

"Good there's no telling when they will show themselves." She told me just as she said that some of the windows and the skylight shattered dumping about twenty creatures of various races in the Grand Hall all wielding some kind of bladed weapon except for a large Minotaur who was carrying a heavy rams head maul.

"SURRENDER TO US THE SIX WINGED ONE AND YOU ALL ARE FREE TO GO!" The Minotaur bellowed and then guards came from everywhere from under tables, behind columns, and out of thin air and I noticed some of the guards that were under the tables had crumbs around their mouths.

"Did you really think you could take Eva with so few numbers." Rainbow Dash said boastfully.

"DO YOU THINK US THE 'BROTHERHOOD OF THE ETERNAL WORD' IS A GROUP OF UNTRAINED THUGS?" He bellowed.

"Just give up you're surrounded," Celestia said.

"MEN ATTACK NOW LEAVE NO ONE STANDING EXCEPT THE SIX WINGED ONE!" He roared.

They and the guards charged at each other and the fight began as they collided these members of the brotherhood were professionals and were holding their ground against the guards.

The leader ran towards me and Celestia "Relinquish the six-winged one and no harm will come to you." He yelled as he swung his maul making us have to back away to dodge it and I tapped my bracelets to summon my sword and shield.

After his maul passed me I jumped towards him with my sword pointed towards his chest.

“Do not think to challenge me! I will easily-” *splat!*

The sudden and unexpected noise echoed around the room, causing all to turn to the door that had been ripped from its hinges, collapsing upon the minotaur and crushing him rather unceremoniously. Our collective gaze was drawn to the door before moving upward to the culprit, who I could only assume but didn’t believe it to be, as said individual was encased in a humanoid machine that radiated flame and carnage.

“I no longer fear pain!”

After that was said Cheetara tackled an enemy that was behind me and I saw its eye sockets were glowing.

"Sup Talion glad you could join the party!” I said

"Sorry if I'm a bit late I was busy." Talion said through Cheetara.

"No problem, better late than never." I said calmly as I sliced open another Brotherhood member's torso spilling their guts onto the floor. "Sup sugar lips?"

“Not much… now, who’s trying to put their paws, claws and whatever the fuck else on my wife?” The being in the mech, now identified to me as Orgran, yelled out.

"HEATHENS, WE PROTECT THE WORLD FROM THE WINGED ONES. WE DRIVE BACK THE HORDES OF DAEMONS. WE ARE THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE ETERNAL WORD." All the remaining enemies yelled out.

“Well I’m the lord of the Immolating Crack!” he declared as he turned the mech around and unleashed an inferno from its hindquarters at the attackers. “FEAR MY TERRIBLE GAS!” Having backed away from the attackers when they were yelling the guards were completely fine when they got immolated by the flaming fart.

"Run from the grossness and the horrible Pain." Screamed a blond noble in a white suit.

“Oh hey look it’s Blueballs…” Orgran commented before turning back to the remaining enemies. “Alright! Now we-wait a minute… did you guys say you kill Daemons?”

"Yes?" Said the single remaining enemy that since it just barely escaped the flames was revealed to be a griffon cock.

“Then why’re you going after an angel? They’re like… the exact opposite of daemons! You can’t just hate the dark beasts of evil and then go for their enemies the paragons of honor and light you absolute cock, and no I don’t mean your fucking gender!”

"DIE HEATHEN!" The griffon screeched as he lunged at Orgran with a halberd poised to strike.

It bounced off the mech’s armor with a pathetic *ting* sound. “Dude, just… just stop, you barely survived a silent but deadly and now you’re trying to pierce the hide of a metal giant, at this point you’re just embarrassing yourself, just take the L, come quietly, and I won’t need to give you high-pitched singing lessons.”

"IF I CAN'T KILL YOU BEAST I WILL JUST HAVE TO SETTLE FOR COMPLETING MY MISSION!" He said as he turned towards me and lunging.

When he got close to me I dodged the halberd and grabbed his wrist and flipped him and he hit the ground and I placed my foot on his shoulder and then pulled on his arm and he yelled in pain. I bent down to him and whispered "I'm not as defenseless as you might think."

"Guards take this griffon away." Celestia said and guards stood him up and tied his wrists together as well as his wings. The moment he was stood up and bound, a sudden wedge of rock erupted from between his legs, giving a heavy and resounding *DING* on impact, causing the prisoner to let out a loud squeak of pain so high-pitched it caused every stallion to wince… except for the Dwarf casually walking out of the mech towards him.

“You see? You see what you just did? I warned you, the guy with the giant mech suit warned you and you didn’t take his word for it, I roasted your buddies alive with a fart joke and you thought I wouldn’t give you a caveman’s vasectomy? You’re the idiot in this scenario… dumb cock.” On that note the guards dragged the whimpering griffon away.

"Well looks like things are fine for now, so I guess I should go, bye for now." Talion said and the glowing stopped as Celestia walked up to me.

"I have been planning this for when the gala ended but now seems as good a time as any." Celestia said.

"And what pray tell are you planning Celly?" I asked her nervously

"I am making you an archduchess." She said surprising everyone in the room.

"But Auntie Celestia there hasn't been an Archduchess in over five hundred years. Why do this now?” the Stallion asked.

"Because there are forces that are in motion and me and Luna can not fight it alone anymore." She said.

“Yeah.” Orgran said. “Like how Nightmare Moon made her return and got the nightmare demon banished from her, making her Luna again, the release of Discord, the return of the Crystal Empire, the return of Tirek, lots of bullshit, mostly because a certain someone simply sealed it up and thought ‘buck it, I’ll deal with it later’ and you’re mostly only going to let Twilight know about them only after they’re free!”

"That is because it has to be that way." Celestia said.

“Right, except back in my world if I didn’t speak to Discord’s faint sense of morality he would’ve mind-raped the element bearers and leave the artifacts unable to be used, if I didn’t send Twilight a step-by-step guide to find the Crystal Heart several thousand crystal ponies, the rarest ponies in existence by the way, would’ve been slaughtered in Sombra’s quest to retake the Empire, and I didn’t even get a chance to stop Tirek because when he was discovered he had decided to destroy the Well of Concept! It was the only thing that kept that universe together!” Orgran suddenly pulled Celestia down by the horn to look her in the eye. “Everything I know is gone with no trace left to mourn, no souls to pass to an afterlife, because my Celestia thought it ‘has to be that way’ too, think on that before you spout that bullshit.”

"I'm sorry." She said mournfully

I ran up to Orgran and hugged him. "Oh, baby I'm so sorry. WAIT, what about Chrissi and Hella are they ok? Please for the love of the Faceless Horned God let them be ok!"

“They’re waiting outside.” Orgran said and I rushed out to meet my herd-sisters followed by Orgran, Twilight, and Celestia and what we saw surprised us. Standing there was Chrissi

and Hella

in all of their glory. I ran down the stairs as fast as I could and glomped the two of them yelling "SISTERS!"

“Sisters?” Hella said in confusion.

Chrysalis looked equally confused, but then smirked between the two of us and asked. “Wincest?”

"Herd-sisters it's what we call the other mares, hens, or heifers in a herd here." I said in my teacher's voice.

“We called them herd-mates back in our old world… but I like this term, much kinkier.” Chryssi said as she pulled us in tighter. “‘Hey, I wanna take my sister over the table and fuck her brains out’, I love the sound of that~.” She purred seductively causing twilight and me to blush. “So Twilight, have you met my counterpart yet?”

"No." She said curiously.

“Call me when you do, so you can tell me to go fuck myself.” Chryssi said

"Oookay." She said.

“Because I completely intend on doing so.” Chryssi started.

"Ok." She said again.

"Ok moving on. Would you two care to meet your herd-children?" I asked with a huge smile on my face.

The two looked at me with shocked expressions, before sharing the same grin I wore.

"I'll take that as a yes." I said as I let out a shrill whistle and Pix showed up with Pentil and Legolas in little saddles on her back.

"You called mistress?" Pix asked.

"Yes, and you did exactly what I thought you would too and brought the children. Good Girl." I said in a proud voice confusing some of the others.

“Dafuj are you talkin’ to?” Hella asked.

"Oh silly me, I sometimes forget that not everyone hears Pix in their head when she talks. Pix was summoned as a Minor Tree Sprite but because of constant exposure to Denequss' magic field has ascended her to the realm of a Lesser Tree Sprite."

“...if you’re trying to make people think you’re crazy, you’re doing a right good job there.” The dwarf girl snarked.

"Young dwarf mistress I can very well talk so you can hear me if I so choose." Pix said into her mind.

“AH! NO! Bad fae-dog creature! No non-consensually penetrating my brain!”

"Mistress?" She asks me.

"Hella is it alright for Pix to talk to you?" I asked.

“Fine… but she’s gotta ask me out to dinner first.” A resounding round of face- hoof, hand, and paw goes off at that sentence. “...fudge all of you with your prudish sense of humour!”

"Páirtí leapa" Pentil said

"Pentil do I have to get a bar of soap for your mouth?" I said

“Don’t you dare!!” Hella said immediately. “I will not have you sully her tongue with such a horrible thing! Her taste buds are still developing!” She said angrily. “If you must, wait until after puberty!

"But she just swore and in the forbidden language too!"

“Considering a child like her’d normally be around an entire society of drunkards, you should be proud that she keeps it in a language no-one else will know!”

"It still isn't appropriate for a six-month-old to be swearing." I admonished.

“A six-month-old child who is blessed by god kings, comes from a race of creatures that are known to mold the earth better than any earth-bender through magic ore in their blood, who needs to drink alcohol to calmly function, is rapidly maturing, and was sired by a guy who has an artifact that turns him into a, and I have to quote this, ‘fuck-mothering’ vampire.” Orgran countered.

I pondered that for a few minutes before replying. "Ok, that's a valid point," I said.

“Now if anything, if Legolas is swearing, that’s cause for concern.”

"Why is that he has been swearing just as long as her?" I asked.

"Máthair fucker!" Legolas blurted out.

“Because Elves and Dwarves are different in their affinities, the reason why they both tended to butt heads back in Mylinia, Dwarves are hard, rough and tough like a mountain, able to take in punishment and give some back with our abrasive nature, but on the inside, what we show to those we care about, is a shining, smooth and pure gem, as beautiful and delicate looking as it is unbreakable… Elves tend to mirror nature throughout the course of their growth cycle, starting out as a delicate and sensitive sapling that barely has its roots dug in. This stage of their life is one of relative weaknesses both emotionally and physically, what would be comparable would be if I said he was a ‘poopyhead’ when he was still crawling on all fours and could barely speak, it would be like if I broke all your bones, kicked you into Tartarus and then said I never loved you, they’re that sensitive.”

"So I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that what he just said isn't normal?" I queried.

“Yeah, my best guess is that Pentil’s been teaching him new words without explaining what they mean, just explain to him what words are bad and he’ll probably take a bar of soap to his tongue on his own… and trust me, he’ll grow out of it and be a strong and dependable oak you can rely on… though he might get quirks.” Orgran said thoughtfully.

"What kind of quirks specifically?" I asked

“Depends, but let’s just say Onera had no shame when it came to dressing up like a french maid for Selena,” Orgran said with a huge grin.

"O….k," I said unsure about anything anymore. "So I've been wondering why your magic felt familiar and I think I know why now."

“Huh? How do you figure?”

"It feels like the air and earth on Whale Island used to feel," I said with a faraway stare towards where my old home island was.

“Woah… I feel like we should check it out.”

Suddenly, there was a loud crash, causing me to turn my head to notice a tan-colored pegasus crashing through a window; sending shards of glass everywhere. The pegasus goes sliding across the floor and pushing bits of the nearby red carpet and wrinkling it.

"GUARDS!!!!" Celestia yelled in the RCV causing the pegasus to cover his ears and start shaking.

“Wait! I’m just here t-” before the pegasus could finish his sentence, he found him surrounded by spears pointing at his face. The pegasus swallows a good lump of his own saliva.

"STOP!" Fluttershy yells at the guards surprising everyone but me.

"Miss Fluttershy, what is the meaning of this interruption?" Celestia queried.

"Eep… well you see he is carrying a courier’s badge of office and they never are armed." Fluttershy explains getting a look of recognition from Celestia and me.

"Guards stand down." Celestia stated in a calm motherly tone. By Celestia’s command, the guards slowly eased off, allowing the pegasus courier to let out a sigh of relief. The pegasus looked around with his brown eyes until they landed on me.

“I've been looking for you. Got something I'm supposed to deliver - your hands only.” The pegasus said as he reached back, only to halt when he noticed his hoofs. “Oh for divine’s sake..” he mumbled as he got up. The pegasus lowered his head to allow the bag to slip off. Using his snout, he pushes the flap open to allow himself to pull a letter out using his lips as to avoid getting the letter wet. The pegasus made his way over to me and held the envelope in front of me.

"Thank you my good sir." I said taking the surprisingly dry envelope from him and curtsying. I opened the letter and started to read it and groaned.

"Eva why did you groan?" Celestia asked worriedly.

"It's another token of sorts it says:
"I hope the courier didn't give you too much of a spook, he can be a coward but most times he can be determined when it comes to delivering your letters or packages across the void. Now, what I offer you, is my hammer to smith. If there's a design and material, I can forge it and enchant it with magical properties of whatever you want. All I ask in return... well, just any form of humanity or anything that can help me keep my sanity. To summon me, all you need to do is write a new letter containing your reply, the courier or the void will take it from here."

-Signed Alared Geneton

TO BE CONTINUED…………...