Silent Strength

...I regained consciousness, with ruble upon me. Vision blurry, nerves shot, and pain all over. Surprisingly, that pain and everything went away as quickly as it came. Lifting myself up, the ruble slid off, and I saw sunlight appearing through the windows and roof. Shaking my head, trying to rid myself of the headache, I looked around and saw that I was alone. They must’ve went back to their home. Heh, of course they’d forget the monster. Wait... Nightmare Moon seemed more, violent than her original, or was she always that way? Looking downward, I spotted the weapon, no, key to the end and beginning of a demon invasion. How was this demonic weapon in the world of blissful innocence? Was I not the only additional variable to this world? Picking up the powerful item, I looked at it from any angle I could. It was the exact same one from Hell. Holding it, to where the skull was upside down and the point was pointing up, I flicked my hand downward, and nothing happened. I then thrust my entire arm down, and the point split open and the familiar red energy blade appeared.

If memory served right, this blade was made out of Argent Energy, the same energy to power a portal to hell. But that would require a gore nest, and hopefully none of those came with this. With another thrust, I retracted the blade, and was about to put it in my back pocket, when I felt something that wasn’t originally there. It was on the belt loop, or whatever it’s called that you put the belt through. It had an imprint of the Crucible, able to fit perfectly. I held the weapon close, and it automatically attracted towards the... um, scabbard, yeah. Doing this a few times, I decided to take a look out the window. I was still in the same tower in which I fought Moon, so I had a good view of the land around. I saw the village nearby, and it seemed they were having a celebration. Should I try to explore this castle, or should I go meet the ponies? Tossing the two questions in my mind, I also took note of how I might have to go through some monsters on my way. With a smile, I made up my mind. (Time Skip) As I stood in front of the entrance to the forest, I took the Crucible in hand, and started to walk the path away from this castle, and towards the village of ponies.

Wise Owl Forest

The path held nearly no danger, considering I felt I already went halfway, until I stumbled upon one of the monster’s inhabiting this forest. It appeared to be some rocks that were convenient stepping stones for a small lake. It was a trap for the prey of the alligator that slept in this lake. I swung my sword at the first rock, and that really pissed off the reptile like monster. The beast stood as big as me, and it tried to crush me underneath it’s head, and at surprisingly quick speed. But that didn’t really matter as the blades end stuck out the top of the alligators head, stuck through the brain. I sliced down the middle of the jaw, causing the head to split in half showing the insides. Interestingly, the area where I struck seemed to be slowly wisping away as black dust it looked like. Walking across the makeshift deceased bridge across the lake, I went back on the path, and continued on my way.

I then heard howling, the howling of wolves it sounded like, and started to run, so that I didn’t have to encounter any more ridiculous battles with this worlds monsters. That was, until I finally found myself in a familiar apple orchard. I then felt teeth sinking into my left shoulder, as another type of monster latched onto me. I quickly grabbed the head of whatever it was, felt like wood, and threw it off of me, and watched as the Timber Wolf tumbled across the ground. With a growl, it quickly leapt towards me, forcing me to dodge, but then I felt the claws of another one slash my side of my midsection.

Feeling blood pour from the wound, I decided I needed to end this quickly, as I saw a third wolf try to catch me off guard, only for it to be sliced horizontally, causing the light in it’s eyes to fade and to then appear as normal wood. The other wolves, deciding to attack at once received the same fate, the light fading from their eyes as well.

I thought that “wood” be it, but I was wrong. The three “corpses” then started to float, and then being the sons of bitches they were, merged to make one big motherfucker. Can you blame me for cussing, I had enough of this shit! They, it, whatever I should call it, seemed to smile as it looked down on me. I then, without thinking, charged up energy in my sword somehow, and swung it at the monster. The arc of energy seemed to be absorbed by the wooden wolf, and was added to whatever powered it, causing the eyes to turn red. With a slacked jawed, I turned serious as I lifted the sword high, and it grew in size, as I sliced the wolf right down the middle. Watching as both sides fell, I also saw as I had cut one of the trees down the middle, causing it to fall with the apples scattering.

I didn’t care about it as I tried to look to where my wound was on my shoulder, only to find there was no wound. As well as no wound on the spot the wolf slashed. There was blood yes, but all that was left was a scar. With wonder, I decided to test this on my thumb, to find the sword I wielded can’t hurt me. So, I now figured out that, but as I tried to pick up one of the “claws” of the deceased wolf, I heard the voice I just didn’t want to hear.

“What in Celestia’s name did you just do!?”

With my blood running cold and a 😐 face, I slowly turned to the one pony that appeared at the wrong time.