Her Wolves, His Pack.
The Dream
Previous ChapterNext ChapterAbigor POV:
I was asleep, dreaming I was in a moonlit field, surrounded by white roses. I used to have this dream all the time in Ashfeld before my mother put her plan into action.
I walked through the field to a lone cherry tree, silver petals fell to the ground lazily, as though there were nothing wrong in the world. I sat at the base of the tree, looking out onto the field of roses.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" I asked my guest. She looked around at the glinting flowers in awe. "My home used to look just like this in the spring time. I can still remember meeting my mother here." I said, and the view changed. Now there was smoke in the distance, and hundreds of bodies littering the field. Amongst it all was a little boy, rummaging through the bodies. His face and hands were all covered in blood. He lifted a sword from a nearby Viking corpse. He then played dead as a raider walked by. The raider fixed his eyes upon the boy for a moment before turning away.
But as he began to walk away, an arrow embedded itself in his right eye. He fell limp to the ground, revealing a lone archer standing next to a woman clad in dark armor. The woman walked forward, to the boy. The boy waited for a moment, then tried to cut the armored woman. She simply grabbed the blade in an armored hand and wrenched it away from him. She stared at him for a moment before he tried picking up a Warden's blade. She chuckled lightly, turning back to the archer.
"A wolf pup." She said. She turned back to the boy. "Tell me, pup, where is your family?" She asked. The boy pointed his hand away from the fight, at the mountains. She looked back to him. "They abandoned you?" She asked. He nodded, spitting on the ground. The woman knelt down in front of him. "Do you want to fight?" He nodded. "Do you want to be a part of a family that won't abandon you?" Another nod. "Would you accept me as the one who raises you?" She asked, he nodded rapidly.
The woman stood tall, holding out her hand. "Come along pup, we have training to do." She turned to the archer, "Get me Holden Cross." The archer saluted.
"Yes Apollyon!" He said, and the dream changed once more. Now the field was overgrown. The cherry tree was wilting, rusted pieces of armor and weapons were scattered across the field. And an older Abigor was standing below the tree.
In front of him were four people. An Elderly couple and their children. They were trembling.
"Six-teen. Years." He said, the Old man flinched. "Six-teen years since you abandoned me, left me to die." Abigor said, he then looked over to the young man, "Six-teen years since you had me replaced." He then looked to the young lady. "Six-teen years since you tricked me into leaving the house." He then looked to the old lady. "And six-teen years since you disowned me and threw me at the invaders." He then drew out his blade. "You four didn't care if I lived or died. You already had a son to replace me, and you jumped at the chances to be rid of me."
He picked up a rusted short sword from the ground, and tossed it to the 18-year old boy. "I used this to kill a Viking, let's see if you can use it to do what they failed to do." He said, lifting his longsword in a defensive posture. "Attack or die boy." Abigor said.
The boy let out a war cry as he ran forwards, slashing wildly, Abigor grabbed the blade, and wrenched it out of his hands. As the boy looked up in fear, the last thing he ever saw was a blade headed for his head.
Upon killing the replacement, the Father was furious, he picked up a rusted longsword.
"I've been a Warden for thirty years Boy! You will die for killing my Son!" The father yelled before swinging downwards. There was a loud clang as the blades met. Someone else was holding the blades in place.
"Funny, I was going to kill you for trying to kill mine." Said a woman wearing dark armor. She looked to Abigor. "Feel better pup?" She asked, Abigor shook his head.
"Not until he's dead and they're handed over to the Vikings just like I was!" He shouted before swinging his blade a full 360 degrees into his father. The old man looked down at the blade deep inside his chest. He looked at Abigor.
"I should've slit your throat when you were a baby." He said weakly. Abigor nodded slightly.
"Yes, you should have." He agreed before pulling his father close, pushing the blade even deeper through his chest. "But you didn't." Was all his father heard before the life left his body. As he walked away from the two corpses and the two women being chained up to be given to the Vikings, Apollyon walked next to him.
"What now my son?" She asked him, already knowing the answer. Abigor never broke pace, instead walking towards his horse.
"War." He said before the dream faded to black.
Luna looked at me differently, disgust and pity evident in her eyes.
"Why?" Was all she asked. I looked up at her.
"Because I was enraged, I was driven by vengeance and was taught nothing but killing for Six-teen years. What did you expect? Me forgiving them for leaving me to die? For the three years of torment and pain they inflicted upon me to just become a distant memory? No. This was what my life was, now my sole purpose is to free the wolves amongst you ponies." I said, Luna looked at me for a moment.
"I will need some time to think about this." Luna said, I looked her in the eye.
"If you think that best. Just know that Celestia has sent the Elements to kill you, and I." I said shocking her.
Then I woke up.
Twilight Sparkle POV:
We were getting closer to the Ruined Castle, just one more hour and we'd be right where we fought Nightmare moon the first time. There were a few hunters and guard patrols we had to get past. I could only hope we could get in undetected.
"Twilight, look!" Whispered Rainbow Dash, pointing to the castle. It wasn't ruined anymore. It was completely redone, no structural weaknesses were visible. Whomever did this, they were good.
"I thought the castle was still in ruins. How on Equis did they rebuild the castle so soon?" Asked Rarity. I shook my head, looking at the guards on the walls.
"Looks like there are only a few guards on the walls. Most of them must be asleep." I said, and began to sneak across the rope bridge. I could've sworn one of the guards was looking right at me before he turned his head to look out over the clearing. I had gotten to the gate before actually encountering a knight. She drew out a sword and a dagger before I hit her in the face with a sleep spell. I pulled the hood down and her helmet off to reveal it was a pony! "Nightmare Moon's influence must be more powerful than I thought." I said to myself. I pulled the Pony-Knight into a nearby bush. I waved my friends into the fortifications.
Things went smoothly until we reached the Throne Room.
"I was wondering when you'd try to kill her. You didn't think we hadn't planned for this?" Said a dull, hollow voice as an Iron gate lowered over the massive double doors, sealing off the only exit. "Honestly, I wanted you here." Said the emotionless voice. I heard armored plating move around in the darkness. "How else could I prove to her Celestia wouldn't stop until she was dead?" Said the voice before a man stepped into the light. He wore no helmet, but instead wore a metal mask that dominated half of his face. He opened his arms wide, gesturing us to look around. "Welcome to our home." He said. "I am Abigor, and I will be your host for this evening." He said almost mockingly.
"We want to help you Abigor!" I said pleadingly, trying to appeal to him. "Nightmare Moon is controlling you! You don't want to do this! Just let us erase Nightmare Moon!" I said. The tension in the room was so thick it could be cut with a knife.
"No." He said lowly. Rainbow Dash looked angry.
"What did you say?" She asked. "We're only trying to help you. You selfish asshole! And you say 'no'? Fuck you then!" She said, grabbing a short sword off of the wall. "If you won't let us through, then we'll go through you!" She said loudly enough for her words to have a slight echo.
"What are you doing Rainbow Dash?!" I asked. She kept her eyes on Abigor, who was looking up at something in the shadows. He shook his head lightly.
"If you truly wish to die," he said pulling out his massive sword, "Then step forward, and strike me down. I will not let you kill my friend." He finished, taking a defensive stance.
"With pleasure!" Said Rainbow Dash. She got within five feet before the shadows around Abigor wrapped around Rainbow Dash.
"Please, you really thought you could come into our home and only fight one of us?" Said a female voice. I looked up at the shadows dominating the upper balconies. "If you wish to kill our warlord, you must first fight his Legion!" Shouted the voice before the shadows peeled away to reveal the balconies were full of archers with their bows drawn and arrows nocked. And amongst them all, directly above us, was...
"Princess Luna?!" I asked.
Author's Note
Ooh, a cliffhanger! I always wanted to put one in a story! Also, a little peek at Abigor's backstory, as I was being pestered by my friends to put at least a little bit of it in.
Anyway. What will the Main 6 do now that they're in Abigor's trap? What will Luna say to them? Why does she look the same still? Do any of you care? What is Rainbow Dash thinking? Where's Gummy?!
Find out next time on Her Wolves, His Pack!
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-BurningCr0w
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