The Soul Reaver

A/N: Hello once again audience! Serpenti here with another chapter for ya! the next two chapters will be dedicated to finding the stolen wraith weapons, and 12intandem, your OC will finally make his appearance. Enjoy!

(Camp)

I watched the sun rise over the plains, and it was truly beautiful. It kind of makes you pause and think about the choices you made in life. Were the ones I made the right ones? Of course not. But are they true to myself? Yes. And I think that is what makes me think my life as fulfilling. I stayed true to what made me the way I am. No one can ever take that away. I hear everyone awakening, I guess I should get ready.

I take apart my tent in silence as everyone went about their business. I'm guessing that they're thinking about the closeness of the capital, since they seem nervous. Who knows what lies beyond those gates...

"Dean?" I turn and see Twilight looking at me with an excited smile. I return it, and kneel down in front of her. I have a feeling what she's excited about.

"Yes Twilight?" I ask with a teasing tone and a smirk. She smiled even wider.

"I forgot to tell you! I brought all the books I could carry about the capital!" Twilight exclaimed. I saw the noobs turn from whatever they were doing and listened in on the conversation. Not very subtle, are they?

"Well then, lay it on me!" I tell her. Her excitement just knew no bounds when it comes to this.

"I checked every single book and I've finally figured out the name! It's called Auallonia!" She informed me with a satisfied smirk.

I felt my eyes widen in shock. That's latin, and if my guess is correct, then it translates to...

Avalon.

Oh my giddy aunt, we're going to king Arthur's castle. I feel my inner fanboy jump up and down, since I was always a fan of  all of those stories. Twilight notices the looks she's receiving from me and the noobs, and she's starting to look sheepish. "Umm, did I say something wrong?" She asked, unsure of herself.

Okay, I can't hold it anymore! I pick her up around the waste, in which she squeaked in surprise, and I began dancing around like an Idiot.

"Are you kidding!? This is friggin awesome! Not only is it mutha-fuggin awesome but we're going to Avalon! That place is a damn legend where me and the boys are from! To be able to visit, I think my inner child just cried manly tears!" I say with the most childish grin on my face. I then pull twlight into a bear hug. "Twilight, you are a friggin genius, you know that right?" I say with a teasing tone in my voice. I looked down and noticed that she was blushing furiously. probably form the compliments. And also because everyone is laughing at my goofy nature. I set her down as I noticed that everyone finished packing.

I notice everyone with their packs strapped to themselves. "Alright everyone, lets get going!" Everyone nodded and we headed off towards the gate.

(Avalon- Gates)

"Well shit. How do we get in?" Tech asked with annoyance. On the gates, was a sentence in latin.

"Perhaps there's a mechanism sitting around here? From what I studied at the academy, Humans liked to lay puzzles out and about to confound invaders." Rarity chimed in. We all stared at her in surprise. "What? I study sometimes too you know!" She exclaims indignantly. I shake my head in exasperation. Arguing isn't going to get us in. I look at the passage closely, trying to recall the Latin I learned form when I was alive. The passage read as followed:

Et corvus, numquam volitando, adhuc sedet, adhuc sedens,

Sc pallida, imaginem Pallas mox supra meam cameram, ostium;

Daemonum oculis uidentur omnia, quae somniando

Et lucerna, ad luminis perfundere eum profusum iactat umbram in area:

Quod umbra est anima mea solo innatantem

Exaltabitur...

quid proderit corvus quote?

I tried racking my brain, thinking all the way back to my school days. I can pick out raven and quote, and I think one says... chamber?

Raven, chamber, and quote. I have those words that I picked out. What could they mean if put together? I turn towards the others with a raised eyebrow. "Okay, I was able to pick out Raven, Chamber, and quote. What do you guys think?" I ask. The ponies looked confused, they must not know the significance. I see the noobs, and their gears are turning.

"I remember reading about a raven..." Tech chimed in, hoping to see if his info was useful. Okay, he's read about a raven, that's a start. Jay had a look of realization and brilliance. He then cleared his throat and shouted to the heavens.

"EST RURSUM!" I look at him with with confusion. Before I could even ask him what he means, the Gates began shaking, causing the ground to quake. Finally, after a few minutes of shaking, the gates are wide open.

We all look at Jay in surprise and astonishment. He grins at us. "Nevermore." He says simply. Waitwaitwait, Raven, Chamber, quote... Edgar Allen Poe? What's that doing here of all places? I shake it off, not wanting to ponder on it for too long. We all rush into what looks like the city square. Behind us, the gates close. Trapping us until we finish the mission.

(Avalon)

To say this place was unnerving was an understatement. All around us, statues stood in place. Each one carrying an expression of Terror, Despair, and sadness. Some were trying to futilely defend their children from whatever attacked them.

My god... Is this what the elements do to people? I saw the ponies looked extremely unnerved. Hell, even pinkie pie was silent. Her mane went flat, and she looked around with a deep sadness that was almost palpable. The other wraiths looked over the scene with a steely look on their face. They looked at me and we nodded in agreement.

We had to keep moving.

"okay everyone, I want two of you ponies with each of us." I tell them. They shook their heads out of the trance they were in.

"Tech, I want you to take applejack and rarity with you and go west. Jay, you take fluttershy and pinkie pie with you and go east." The ones I gave the orders to nodded and the ponies moved to their group leader. I looked at remaining ponies, Twilight and Rainbow dash. "You two are with me. We'll be heading north." I tell them. I look to everyone. "We'll meet up here in the square at dusk! I need you all to stick together, we don't know what's out there, so always watch each others backs! Keep on the look out for any weapons with symbols similar to the ones on ours." I shout out to everyone. We all then went our individual ways, to find the weapons.

(Tech's team- Slums)

"This place is purty darn creepy..." Applejack shivered.

"Yes, I absolutely agree. while it does look beautiful, those statues are just grotesque!" Rarity exclaimed. Tech silently nodded. He couldn't really say much of anything, since He's been feeling this chill ever since he walked in here. Almost like he was being watched...

'Geez, this place just gets better and better!' He thought with a slight bitterness. His thoughts began to wander to his instructor. He still felt on edge around him. While he has shown that he does have a good side, Tech couldn't help but feel that he's hiding something. Tech sighed to himself. 'I won't force him to tell everyone. I just wish he would trust us more.' He lamented. He could tell Dean had trust issues, but where they stemmed from, he didn't know. Tech felt a chill run up his spine. This time, that feeling was stronger. He stopped in mid-stride and began to look around.

"What's wrong sugarcube?" Applejack asked in concern. Tech immediately shushed them as he continued to look around.

"How rude..." Rarity muttered. Applejack shook her head.

"He's probably just checking to see if the coast is clear, don't get your tail in a twist." Applejack scolded. Rarity rolled her eyes and watched Tech look around.

'Where is that feeling coming from!?!' Tech thought as he felt his brow sweat a little. Maybe if he tried...

"Come out! I know your around here somewhere, so quit hiding!" Tech suddenly shouted, making the mares jump in surprise. For a moment, everything was silent.

"Umm Tech, I don't think-" Rarity was cut off by the sound of slow clapping.

Tech looked around for the source of the sound, and decided to check the roofs. He spotted someone.

the person looked like a 1920's businessman. He was wearing a dark grey business suit, complete with a hat. The eyes were shadowed by the rim of the hat, but could show a small smile on the man.

Tech swallowed. He could feel the power radiating from this man. He could tell that he was plenty stronger than he was, So he felt afraid. He didn't know what he would do if he was beaten and left the ponies to this mans mercy.

"So, you noticed me? I'm surprised. Maybe I've been locked up for longer than I thought, if a novice like you can find me." The man said with a slight Brazilian accent. He then jumped off the two story building and landed with a soft thud. He then pulled out the strangest weapon Tech had ever seen. It looked like a sword, but on further inspection, he noticed the gun barrel at the beginning of the blade, along with a trigger on its grip.

A gunblade?

"Who are you?" Tech found his voice. The man chuckled slightly. The man placed a hand on his hat and moved it up slightly, revealing glowing yellow orbs.

"Call me Cress. Cress Allegro."

A/N: And Scene! Well, I wanted to toss something out to satisfy y'all. Hope you found this enough to satiate that hunger for moar. sorry for how short it is!