(Friendship School Gideon’s Class 3rd P.O.V)

School was back in session and all of the students were eager to see what their favorite teacher was going to teach them today. “So what do ya think we’re gonna do?” Smolder asked. “Don’t know, I hope it’s fun.” Olgarth said with a shrug. Soon Gideon came in with a smile on his face, along with Helena holding a stack of papers in her arms. “Good Morning Class.” He said as Helena set the papers on his desk and he sat on the front of his desk. “Good morning Brother White.” They chorused. “Today, we’re going to talk about what you did on break, and later, you can write a report on that. A little unorthodox, but I’m personally curious on what you all did on break.” Gideon said as Helena passed out the papers to each student. What they didn’t know was that on the sheet below the paper for their reports was a field trip form for the next few weeks. Although there were some groans at writing about what they did over break, they still complied. “So Smolder, what interesting things did you do over break?” Gideon asked.

After the class spoke about their breaks, class ended. “Now your reports are due at the end of this week.” Gideon said. Althorn looked at his report and saw that there was another sheet attached. “Brother White, why is there a field trip form included with our reports?” The Dunmer boy asked. “Astute as always Althorn.” Helena replied with a smile. “Yes. The field trip form is for a very special project for this semester. We’re going to visit the local metal foundry to cast some bronze ingots that you’ll be forging at the local blacksmith. What you forge with that ingot or ingots are up to you.” Gideon said with a smile. The whole class erupted in cheers. Olgarth’s eyes lit up with excitement. “Yes!” The Orc shouted with a laugh following his exclamation. “Good, Class dismissed.” Gideon said, allowing the class to leave. As soon as they left, Gideon and Helena shared a brief peck. “This is going to be so fun!” She said with her tail swinging in excitement. “I think you already know what I’m making, but you aren’t allowed to say anything to Nocturnal. Got it?” Gideon said. Helena nodded. “So are you going out with the boys tonight?” She asked. “Yeah, If you ladies need me, you’ll know where to find me.” Gideon replied.

(Later that night, Twilight’s Castle, Spike POV)

“Hey Twi, Greagithir and I are gonna head out with Gideon and the guys.” The adolescent dragon said. “Fine, just make sure not to do anything stupid please.” Twilight said placing her book down and sipping her wine. “No promises!” Gideon shouted from the hallway. “See you later my beloved star.” Greagithir said, giving Twilight a kiss on the lips, making her giggle. “Have fun.” She said. “I will.” He replied. “How’s about a song for the road?” Sanguine asked. “Sure.” Spike said. “I got one, my pa would sing this once in awhile.” Big Mac said.

“The Road goes ever on and on,
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can.”

He began in his baritone voice. The rest of us all smiled and joined.

“Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.

Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar.
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known.

The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.”

We sang as we entered Sanguine’s tavern. “Now that is a great song for travelling.” Kai said. “Eeyup! I miss my ma and pa.” Big Mac said as a few tears came to his eyes. “I could look for them if you want. I’m sure they’re proud of the man you have become.” Kai said patting the red stallion on the back. “Thanks.” He said wiping his eyes. “It’s what I do.” He replied. “So boys let’s get to our favorite game, Ogres and Oubliettes!” Discord shouted as the entire tavern changed to a field with a tower on a hill.

“Aye, thanks.” Gideon said in a thick Scottish and drunk accent, his original outfit changing to a Scottish outfit with demolition gear, armor, and a claymore strapped to his back. “Oh dear, first he sings in Italian, now if he’s drinking, he becomes Scottish, what’s next?” Discord says in disbelief. “Don’t be givvin me ny mrre of that attitute, you bubbling halfpaint.” Gideon babbled, pointing a grenade launcher at him. “Hey point that thing someplace else!” Discord said pushing the explosive launcher away. “You’re ass is grass, ya punk, feckin heathen!” Gideon said as he began to take a swig of his ‘Scrumpy.’ The rest of us were laughing and having a few drinks ourselves. “So our objective tonight is to capture that tower and rescue the captive blacksmith.” I said pointing to the tower on the hill. “I’m guessing there’s gonna be somethin’ stoppin’ us.” Sheogorath said as he readied his magic staff. “Yeah, we have to face the guardian, a demon called a Lagbro.” I explained. “You mean the demon made of ice and shadow?” Kai asked. “Yup.” I replied. “Well is there a bridge?” Discord asked after getting Gideon to settle down. “There is, but it’s on the way out of the tower.” I said looking at the map. “We ain’t doin’ nothin’ by sittin’ here discussin’ it, let’s do it!” Gideon said heading off with the rest of us following.

(Gideon POV, short moment or two later)

“Oh, they’re gonna have to glue you back together...IN HELL!!!” I somewhat drunkenly shouted at some dismembered Craigs, orc-like beings that are more ugly than real orcs. “Okay so there’s a riddle we need to answer to open up the door!” Spike shouted as he looked at the door. “The password is Faelan.” Spike said. The doors opened and Kai found the stairs and ran up to retrieve the captive blacksmith. As Kai ran up the stairs, an enormous hoard of crags showed up, some strangely had bombs attached to them. “FIIIIREEEEEEEEE!” I shouted, pulling out an assortment of weapons and going crazy on the hoard. I primarily aimed at the Democrags, as their explosive deaths would take out many other crags. Once the hoard was pretty much gone, Kai came down the stairs with somebody who looked like a High Elf with fair skin, long black hair, and golden eyes. “I thought the blacksmith was a woman.” Spike whispered to Sanguine. Sanguine simply shrugged. “Roll with it.” He simply said.

“Thank you for the rescue. I have no idea how I ended up here, but we need to get out of here before…” The strange man began, but the Lagbro suddenly appeared. “Run to the bridge!” Spike shouted. As we made out way over the bridge, I placed sticky bombs on the bridge. “You shall not pass!” Spike shouted as he slammed his staff down. I triggered the explosives causing the bridge to fall out from under the demon causing it to fall into the abyss below. The demon tried to pull Spike down with it, but the “Blacksmith” ran over and helped Spike up. “Thanks.” he said. The stranger nodded in acknowledgement as the game ended.

The tavern returned to normal and the tall elf-like being had been shrunk to the size of a three year old. “Either I’m actually drunk now, or the ‘Blacksmith’ is both real, and younger than he looked earlier.” I said, slightly slurring my speech. “I’m somewhat shocked myself, but I guess Father Ilúvatar, wants me to go through life one day at a time.” The boy said. “My name is Mairon.” The now-named Mairon, said holding his hand out. “Mairon, that name, I know that name, it was Sauron’s old name.” I said as I looked at the boy who looked down in shame. “I made mistakes, but now I can redeem myself.” Mairon said defensively.

“Now come on the lad’s been through a lot, let’s give him a chance.” Discord said as he got between us. “Fine.” I said as I kneeled down to Mairon. “I’m sorry I judged you.” I said before giving him a hug. “You’re forgiven. As a token of my appreciation, I give you this knowledge.” Mairon said as he placed a hand on my forehead. A great flash of light enveloped the room as Mairon was now about 3'0" tall. “Wow, now I know what else to make their rings out of.” I said in amazement.
“So you can live with my family in Canterlot, I’m sure there’s room for you.” Kai said. Mairon accepted the offer and the rest of our group soon went to our respective homes, however, Spike went to Rarity’s house for the night. I fumbled with the keys to my house. Upon entering, the house was quiet. I looked on the couch and saw Nocturnal passed out on it with a bit of drool coming from her mouth. I shook my head with a smile and picked her up bridal style and carried her to our bedroom where Helena was sleeping. I laid Nocturnal down next to Helena and settled down to sleep myself.

(Dreamscape, Luna P.O.V)

I was patrolling the dreamscape and so far things were quiet. No nightmares to be seen, or so I thought until I heard Winter’s cries. “Hold on Winter, Mommy’s coming!” I said as I found her dream and saw a small town. There are also creatures surrounding Winter. I felt my brow lower in anger. “Stay away from her foul heathens!” I shouted in the Canterlot Voice as I blasted them with a beam of my magic. I scooped Winter up and took to the skies trying to calm Winter down. Suddenly, a large gargoyle-like creature suddenly appeared from a strange looking portal and struck me out of the sky with its tail. I tucked Winter into my body as I fell from the sky. It was clear that my wings were broken, so now we were stranded on the ground. I was terrified that nobody was coming to save us. “Leave her alone you bastard!” The unmistakable voice of Vaermina shouted. The creature turns toward her. I was happy that one of my Daedric sisters came to help me. However, Vaermina too wasn’t strong enough to defeat the creature. “Damn you!” She growled. The gargoyle made to move forward and attack us, but suddenly stopped and looked at its tail and we all saw another creature holding it back, a strange bear wearing a cape and it’s coloration was brighter than the other creatures that were attacking. Suddenly, more bright creatures appeared and started fighting against the darker creatures and some even started swarming the gargoyle.

“Hey! Over here!” We heard a young voice calling from a nearby alleyway, a young boy with long blond hair, white button up shirt, and jeans. We hurried over to him and a large orange orb with some spikes appeared and we were suddenly teleported to what looked like a plaza next to a large fountain. “Thanks for the help.” Vaermina said to the young man. Winter had finally calmed down. “Don’t make too much of a big deal about it. I was just doing what I was trying to do for a while now, that being protecting this little one’s dreams, as well as the dreams of her Godfather.” The young man said, slightly flipping his hair out of his eyes. “How do you know Gideon?” I asked as Winter played with a lock of my hair. “Long story short, a wizard named Merlin gave me the task to safeguard his dreams to keep him in a decent mental state, most of the time. As for why I’m also protecting her dreams, well…” He hesitated with a slightly hard to determine grin. “Basically, I ended up finding out that because of some blood oath or whatever, their dreams are connected, giving me a bit more on my plate to work with.” He finished. “I see.” I replied. “What’s your name?” I asked. “My name is Joshua. By the way, how did you get into this dream projection without a portal? I designed it to prevent unwanted visitors, unless they were Dream Eaters or individuals with a portal, as it takes an awful amount of power just to enter without one.” Joshua said. “I’m the Queen of the Night in my homeland. It’s my duty to watch over my subjects, family, friends, etc.” I replied. “I do something similar, but I usually cause nightmares, not stop them, but in this case, I had to help my family.” Vaermina said as she tickled Winter’s tummy making her laugh. “Good to know. Now, as good as this introduction has been, I think one or both of you need to check on Winter’s physical condition.” Joshua said as the dreamscape began to fade away.

(Canterlot Castle, Luna and Kai’s Bedroom, Kai P.O.V)

I currently was crossing blades with an assassin that had managed to sneak into the castle. Gideon managed to surprise the intruder earlier, but was kicked in the face, by the time he got to the room I already had my sword drawn. “Stay away from her you bastard!” I growled angrily. “My mistress calls for her blood!” The assassin said gleefully. Gidon got up from the ground and bum rushed the demented killer, knocking him out of the window. Gideon managed to follow without too much injury to himself. As he continued fighting him, I stood there as Luna came out of the room holding Winter trying to calm her, but Mairon came out of his guest room and he started to sing in a language that was very enchanting. I listened intently and I knew it was Quenya, a dialect of Elvish. Winter soon calmed down and returned to a peaceful slumber. “You have some explaining to do.” Luna said with a yawn as we returned to bed.

(Canterlot Streets, Gideon P.O.V)

After knocking the assassin out of the castle, he and I began fighting so intensely that I can’t properly describe it. The only detail I could easily remember was that a lot of storefronts were broken open by my spells, or the assassin’s forehead and the guards on duty could only try to keep up with the carnage and keep civilians from getting caught in the crossfire. The fight ended with the assassin missing a leg and arm and was being prepared for transport to a hospital. “I’ll not be healed by you fools!” The assassin said as the pulled out a dagger and stabbed himself in the heart and twisted it. He collapsed on the ground lifeless with a demented smile etched on his face. “Apollyon must be getting bolder.” I said quietly as I walked back to the castle to tell the others that the assassin has been taken care of. As I walked back, I thought about my future here. It was about 4’oclock in the morning, so I saw no harm in spending the morning in the castle until breakfast was over. The local jeweler, a unicorn mare, came running up to me and she said she had something special for me for protecting the city from that crazed madman. The jeweler led me to her store room where she inspects the jewels she had mined, cuts them, and polished them. I saw a huge lump of diamond that was as clear as a cleaned window and as blue as the ocean. “I mined this beauty the other day, and I wanted to have at least one for an engagement ring, but for your courage, you deserve two.” She said
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“Thanks. I needed to find somebody who had some rare jewels for the engagement rings I’m going to make for my special ladies.” I replied. “Perfect! Here’s a chart with the different cuts we can do. Oh, where are my manners, I’m Rose Cut.” Rose Cut said extending a hand. “Nice to meet you. I’ll take the Princess cut for my jewels.” I said. “Great choice. I’ll make sure you get the perfect results.” Rose said as she used her magic to draw a grid all around the large hunk of diamond and soon the grid disappeared as two perfectly identical blue diamonds were in their final shape and were now being polished by hand. Once that was done they were placed in a velvet box. “Who ever these ladies are, they really lucked out by having a man like you.” Rose said with a smile. “Funny you say that, since one of them is Lady Luck herself.” I told her. “Is she now? Well I know you’ll make her and the other gal happy.” Rose said. “Well, I’ll make sure you are on the invitation list, since you contributed to me getting the proposal ready.” I said as we walked back to the storefront. “Thanks, go get ‘em tiger.” She said. I chuckled as I walked back toward the castle for breakfast.

(One week later, Gideon’s class Helena P.O.V)

The students were surprised to see Nocturnal here at the school as a guest chaperone for this field trip. I was happy to include her in this because we did discuss that the best way to conclude if we wanted children, was to be around them. So far she loves being around children, and soon Gideon came into the room with another person. He looked like a High Elf, but he had black hair and fair skin. “Class I’d like to introduce you to the latest addition to our class, Mairon.” Gideon said as Mairon waved shyly. “It’s nice to meet you.” Meldah said with a smile. “Welcome to the greatest class in the school bro.” Fabjorn said grasping Mairon’s forearm in a pleasant manner. “Thanks.” Mairon said as a smile made its way onto his face. “So now everybody has their permission slip right?” I asked. “Yes, Ms. Quickfeather.” the class choruses as they held up their permission slips to be collected. “Good, now off we go!” I said as Gideon led us out of the school and towards the foundry to cast our ingots.

(Ponyville Foundry 3rd P.O.V)

Upon entering the building, we were hit by the immense heat of the foundry. Olgarth inhaled deeply through his nose. “I love the smell of molten metal in the morning.” the Orc said with a smile. “Now class the smelters here are going to help you pour your ingots of bronze. Do as they tell you, and next we’ll head to the forge to make these metal bars into art.” Gideon said over the commotion of the machinery. The students all nodded and split off into groups. The smelters were very helpful and the students all had perfect ingots and all of them went to the forge. Gideon snuck off to the back to forge his rings. He had asked the head blacksmith if he had any mithril and he led him to his personal forge. “Help yourself.” He said. Gideon worked hard and thanks to the knowledge that Mairon gave him Gideon was now placing the jewels he had received into the bezels and gently set the stones in place and he marveled at his work. Placing the rings in his pocket, he saw that his class all made cups, rings, necklaces, and some even made some unique armor pieces or daggers. They were all happy with what they made, and as they went back to the school, Gideon, Helena, and Nocturnal all headed to the front of the classroom. “Class I have something very special to share with you.” Gideon started. “Helena, Nocturnal, the two of you have made me happier than I can ever hope to remember. I thought that I would end up alone here with nobody to love. I’m happy to say that I was proven wrong. What I’m trying to ask you both is: Will you marry me?” Gideon asked showing off the two rings he had made. Both Nocturnal and Hlena had tears streaming down their faces. “What do you think our answers are?” Helena asked as they took the rings and placed them on their ring fingers. Gideon then stood up and hugged them both as the class applauded and congratulated them. “We love you.” Nocturnal and Helena whispered in Gideon’s ears.

(Meanwhile, Terra, Apollyon’s Fortress. 3rd P.O.V)

“Apollyon, I find it hard that you would need me, especially since you tried to have me killed,” Neighsay said with a visible scowl on his face. “It is very simple, you are a warmonger, to an extent. You can use your charismatic skills to get select nations and groups recruited to our cause...after all, succeed at this, and I’m sure you can force your way back into power, but higher than what you were. It shouldn’t be enough to rule over the education system, but ruling Equestria should be your thing.” She tempted him, offering him what looked like a very well forged crown. “Kill that pesky human Gideon, and you got yourself a deal.” Neighsay said as he took the crown and shook Apollyon’s hand.

Author's Note

Well now Apollyon and Neighsay are teaming up, Mairon(Sauron) has a chance to redeem himself, Gideon's getting married to two lovely ladies. Things are picking up. I would like to thank everyone who has favorited, liked, and commented on the story for their contributions. I hope y'all have an excellent Summer, and Be sure to show Wayward Shadow some mad love and like his stuff, follow him on the site, etcetera.