The Electric Defender

Logan didn't know if his mind refused to or couldn't accept the fact that the thing was on or morphed with Luna. Luna, was she dead now or was she still alive? What did the thing do to Rainbow Dash, was she still alive? Logan looked to Rainbow who was writhing on the floor slowly starting to curl up into a ball. Rainbow was only in shock but Luna, Logan wasn't sure.

"Get off her!" Logan screamed his voice cracking a little, "Get off her, or out of her, or whatever!"

"Okay, okay calm down sheesh," the thing said, it left Luna who started wobbling. Logan ran to her and caught her just before she hit the ground.

Tears welling in his eyes Logan forgot the thing and looked at Luna in his arms. Her hair was over her eyes and Logan couldn't tell if they were open or not. He didn't want to know but he felt he had to. Logan bushed the hair away to see Luna's eyes were closed.

"Oh... oh god," Logan sobbed, "Luna you better be okay," no response, "you have to be okay," no response, "please be okay... please... please," Logan repeatedly sobbed the word with no response. Logan turned his attention to the thing, he looked at it, he felt his anger hit and exceed a boiling point. Logan layed Luna's head down then bolted up looking at the thing, and it looked back not saying anything. Then before Logan thought about it his body swung his fist at the thing at an incredible speed feuled by anger. The punch was so hard that a normal person would have had not enough time to react and would probably be knocked out.

The thing flinched after the punch passed through it, "Stupid boy," it growled, "you can only touch me when I allow you to,"

Logan realized it was right but remembered his electricity could. Logan directed electricity his fist and swung. The thing saw the punch coming but didn't move expecting the punch to go through itself, but it didn't count on electricity. The thing was sent spinning into a wall and out the other end. Logan knew it would come back so he directed electricity to his hands. Seconds latter it came back in with a cloak and a human like body, it was holding its head in pain. Logan let loose a stream of arcing and flowing electricity onto it.

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" the thing screamed in pain, "stop they're fine!" Logan didn't care he kept going but it wasn't long before he ran out of electricity. "They're alive," it said.

Logan felt there was electricity still on the things body so Logan drew it out it. "I'll call that the overcharge," Logan said, now calm from his fit of rage but still upset. Logan sat down cross legged next to Luna and stroked her mane, tears begining to flow again down his cheek as he stay silent.

The thing had gotten up and it had gotten angry, it picked Logan up by his neck and slamed him against the wall. The thing looked into his eyes obiously angry and ready to strike, but it didn't. As it looked into Logan's eyes the anger in its face slowly left and turned to different emotions understanding, then sadness. Logan broke his gaze from the thing and looked at Luna, her stomach didn't seem to be rising telling Logan she might not be breathing, she must be dead. The thing looked at Luna then back at Logan who was not on the verge of passing out because it was choking him.

Logan saw the tunnel that he heard about when you were about to pass out. He saw the gray tunnel form around his peripheral vision slowly closing in as the gray turned to black. Then it began to subside, the tunnel was gone and he was breathing but not gasping for air. The thing had let go and Logan was laying on the floor. He used all his strength to crawl to Luna. Logan just lay there next to her before he put a hand on her cheek.

"She fine kid," the thing said, "your marefriend is just tired," Logan said nothing but just looked at Luna. Then a question worked its way into his mind.

"Why did you let go of me?" Logan asked.

"I looked into your eyes and it reminded me of Luna courage and strength on the outside but under was a harsh past that wanted never to be mentioned. Luna wants to cover up-," the thing was stopped by Logan holding a hand up off the gound to keep him from countinuing and a look that told the thing Logan didn't want to hear it, "You have an unhappy past, lots of being pushed around and the results of it,"

Logan knew what he was mentioning, he had covered it up for so long that he almost forgot about it himself. In 5th grade after being pushed around for so long Logan wanted to fight back so he did. He won but it wasn't pretty sight.

"So, who are you?" Logan said getting up, "and why are you here?" Logan was wobbling, his legs ready to give in.

"I'm Death," it said grabbing Logan, who opened his mouth to speak but Death stopped him, "if I touch you I can kill you or heal you." With that Logan started to regain his strength. He picked up Rainbow Dash who squirmed to get comfortable in Logan's arms before he put her down on a bed and covered her with blankets, he did the same with Luna. Then he looked at Death.

"So," Logan said, "why are you here?"

"I'm here regularly," Death said, "ponies gotta die some time. Now let me wake them up." Logan looked at Death with a face that was questioning what Death did to the ponies, "Rainbow Dash I tortured, Luna I put to sleep will I visited Nightmare Moon," Logan gave him a confused look, "It'll all make sense soon," he said and with that he disappeared.

He didn't wake up Rainbow or Luna, well Rainbow needed sleep. Logan went over to Luna and decided she would be much happier if she didn't wake up, but they needed to get to the palace. 'Only one option,' Logan thought to himself, 'carry Luna home.' Logan reached under her back and lifted her up. Even though she was almost as big as himself, she was light enough to carry. Logan walked down the hall with Luna in his arms, he didn't risk falling down stairs so he used the elevator. As he left the building some ponies looked at him confused as to why a human was carrying the princess of the night, he couldn't blame them.

As he stepped outside into the cold air, Luna burried herself deeper into Logan's arms trying to keep warm. As he walked down the streets trying to remember the way back to the palace, Logan thought about what Death had said. 'What is Luna hiding?' Logan thought. Whatever it was, it hopefully wasn't as bad as what he did to those fifth graders. Logan barely remember the day himself, he had made such an effort to forget it.

Finally, Logan found the palace. It was going to be hard to explain why he had a princess asleep in his arms he guessed, but then he saw Anvil and Hammer standing outside the gate. Like all the other ponies they gave him a confused stare.

As Logan got close to them he whispered, "You're going to find this hard to believe, but I met Death and Luna's tired." The look of confusion didn't leave. "Can I explain everthing tomorrow my arms are getting tired." They didn't look like they were about to object so they lead him to Luna's chambers. They asumed Logan sletp with her, and they thought it was nice she had company. So they closed the door and left after all noone hated Luna, so she wouldn't be in any danger.

Logan set her down on the bed and covered her with the blankets, She squeezed them get every comfortable ounce of warmth out. She looked peaceful, so Logan left her an went out onto the balcony looking up at the stars and moon. Logan found that blocking the light of the moon from his eyes opened up more stars. It was calming to gaze at. Just then something caught Logan's eye, something familliar.

"Princess Celestia, how long have you been hidding?" Logan asked trying to sound as respectful as posible since he hadn't really met her yet.

Celestia flew out from under the balcony and her face told Logan she didn't trust Logan, "I've been watching you ever since you left the hospital," She said flying closer to Logan with the angry look on her face growing, "I demand you tell me what happen at the hopital and you were carrying!"

Logan showed no emotion as he spoke, "After you left, Luna got an idea. Your majesty do you remember when you impaled me with your horn." Celestia nodded her head, "Well, Luna is the reason I'm here. A few nights ago when she zap her TV and gave me a magic scar, But there were some side effects. I can control electricity, and when I get hurt the electricity rapidly heals me. That got princess Luna thinking, if I could heal myself with electricity could I heal others. She tested her theory and found she was correct, and upon finding this she demaned that I go to the hospital and heal ponies."

"But why were you carrying Luna?" Celestia asked again.

"After healing most of the ponies it had been a while, hours of inactivity made her tired so she went up to Rainbow Dash's room to keep her company and sleep in peace. After I had finished healing all the ponies that could be healed, I went up to join princess Luna, but something was..." Logan paused searching for the word, "possessing her." Celestia's scowl increased so much, Logan thought she was going to end his life on the spot. "I got it out and was able to talk to it."

"Who was it?" Celestia asked still scowling.

"It claimed to be Death," Logan said drawing back, "Death said princess Luna was just sleeping and he was visiting someone called Nightmare Moon." At this Celestia's eyes went wide then they returned to their angry scowl. Logan didn't have time to react to what happened next. He felt something tight in his torso, he tried to scream in pain but failed, his eyes went wide as he realized he was dying fast and what had happened.

Celestia once again had impaled him with her horn, there was no wall to stop the horn so it went in his ribs and out his back barely missing his spine. Celestia lifted Logan off the ground, he was about to stuggle but he knew in this possition struggling would just kill faster, but she wouldn't put him down. There was only one thing he could do do get her to leave: fake his own death.

Logan stuttered for breath as if it were last then took in a deep breath and slowly let out a third of it to fool her into thinking he just died, finally he stopped moving his eyes and went limp. Celestia's face turned into a satisfied scowl. She pulled her horn out so fast Logan fell and hit the ground on his back arms close but not touching his sides, Celestia looked down on him obviously waiting for something. Logan felt blood on his hands and half way down the back of his legs. Celestia's face returned to her motherly smile and she flew off, once Logan could no long hear the flappping of her wings, he started to crawl on his hands and knees towards Luna's bathroom.

He got to her bathroom and tried the nob, locked. There had to be a bathroom elsewhere in the palace. Maybe Anivil and Hammer could help.

***

Anivl had been standing outside the princesses chambers when he head a grunt then a thud, he looked at Hammer who said, "You know what those two are doin in there." minutes later there was a knock on the door.

"Anvil, Hammer, I need one of you to help me to the bathroom, I'm dying," Logan's voice sounded raspy and incomplete.

"Do you really have to go that bad kid?" Hammer asked jokingly.

"This isn't a joke," Logan snapped, "I'm dying," both guards lifted and eyebrow, then heard a cough quickly followed by something splattering on the bottom of the door. They looked down and realized a pool of blood was comming out from under the door. Their hearts stopped in terror, they never had seen so much blood. They threw open the door to see Logan on his left hand and knees holding the center of his chest where blood was flowing freely it seemed.

***

Logan was annoyed that they would ask such silly question but was greatful when they opened the door. Anvil slung Logan over his back and rushed to the nearest bathroom. "Is Luna okay?" Anvil asked as he let Logan stand up to the sink.

"Luna is sleeping like a baby, she didn't hear a thing." Logan said as he started to clean out the wound.

"What happened?" Anvil asked.

"Celestia got overprotective of her sister and her logic was to kill me. I had to fake my own death." Anvil seemed to flinch as Logan said the last few words.

"So she impaled you agian with her horn?!" Anvil asked in disbelief.

"You tell me who else can make a hole big enough to see through." Logan said as he began healing the wound. He repaired his internal organs then bones then muscle but ran out of electricity with only a fifth of the skin healed and he was still bleeding, "I'm all out,"

"Should I get a doctor?" Anvil asked.

Logan shook his head, "Just give me som bandage to stop the bleeding and I'll be fine, and don't wake Luna up or she'll flip."

Anvil gave Logan the bandage which he wrapped around himself, "You should rest," Anvil said, Logan nooded now noticing how tired he was. They walked back to Luna bedroom and Logan went inside, 'No doubt Anvil will tell Hammer what happened,' Logna thought to himself. He took his shirt off but left his pants on.

Logan got into bed belly down he felt too lazy to turn over to his back, 'Hopefully Celestia doesn't do any midday murdering,' Logan thought to himself as he drifted of to sleep.

***

Logan woke up and heard shouting, his head was turned away and he still was on his belly but he knew who was shouting.

"You had... no right to... to... kill him!" Luna shouted sobbing inbetween words.

"He was dangerous!" Celestia said, "It's better that he's dead now."

"I ain't dead yet grim reaper," Logan groaned, "and you're the one who's dangerous, is that how you solve problems? shouting and trying to kill others."

"You're alive!" Luna sobbed happily, she turned him over with her magic. She rushed over to the side of the bed and gave him a hug. She kept hugging him and wouldn't let go still crying.

"Sh-sh-sh." Logan said in a quiet voice trying to calm her down, "It's okay, it's okay, shhhhhh, everythings fine."

"I tried... to... wake you up... but you would wake uhuhup... and when Tia told me what she di...did... to you... I thought you were dead!" Luna cried.

"I'm not dead I'm fine," Logan said still trying to calm her down. Logan slowly but surely calmed her down to where she stoped crying and she let go of him. "Now can you give me some electricity so I can finish healing myself?" Luna nodded wiping away the tears on her face.

"No!" Celestia shouted. Logan put on hand on the wound and the other up to draw electricity. Luna started giving Logan electricity, "Luna stop," Luna didn't listen. Logan finished healing himself and started filling up, he was half way full when Celestia shouted, "Stop it, he's dangerous!" then Celestia did the unthinkable: she pointed her horn at Luna and started charging her magic. Logan saw this and couldn't believe Celestia would do such a thing but he wasn't planning on taking a chance.

Logan grabbed Luna and pulled her down on top of him just barely dogding the stream of magic that passed through the air where she just was. Logan looked at Celestia who was charging more magic. Logan rolled Luna of to the other side of the bed got up in front of where she was laying.

Logan imagined an electric shield and put his hands up. Celestia fired and the room was covered in dust. when the dust cleared Luna was fine and Logan had a transparent electric shield that had a hint of blue in it. The shield exceeded Logan's expectations, not only did it protect Luna and him but it he could expand it to protect about two more ponies, Logan could also absorb some of the electricity in the magic. The bolt still was just as powerful but Logan just took the bit of electricity out of it.

Celestia was charging more magic and the next hit was going to be big. Logan put both hands in front of him and put his right leg in front bent and left leg in back strait. Celestia fired, the force drove Logan a little back but he regained his footing. This was a constant stream of magic, and Logan was putting all his strength into staying up.

"THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" Logan shouted, "IF YOU KILL ME YOU'LL KILL LUNA!"

"LUNA GET OUT OF THERE!" Celestia yelled.

"NO! I'M STAYING WITH LOGAN!" Luan yelled back.

"FINE I'LL KILL YOU TOO!" Celestia screamed.

"THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU JUST SAID!" Logan shouted, "YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO KILL YOUR OWN SISTER?!"

At this Celestia stopped her attack and Logan fell backwards onto the bed and Luna wrapped her hoofs around him. "You kill him you kill me," Luna said at this a loo of defeat came to Celestia's face.

"Fine," Celestia said and stormed out. Luna closed the blinds and it was pitch black.

Logan pulled the covers up over him and felt Luna press up to him. She layed her head on his shoulder, and they fell asleep.