The Soul Reaver

Chapter 2: Feeling Doubts

To say my walk towards ponyville was uneventful would be a lie.

I began to hear screaming. not the 'OMG there's a bug!' kind, but the kind you'd hear from a murder. Thousands and thousands of screams... It brought me to my knees. After a few minutes of catching my breath, I get back up and kept on moving.

Death decided to visit me as I continued my warpath.

"What do you want, Boss?" I ask, not even looking at him. He appeared in front of me and forced me to stop.

"I will not allow you to make a fool of yourself. Do you even know all there is to know about the Humans past?" He asks with annoyance. I pause at the question, realizing that I in fact, don't have my facts straight.

"No... But... I can't just let this go! Not when the genocide of billions are echoeing inside my freaking head the entire damn time!" I shout with disdain.

Death looked somber and sympathetic. "That's one of the many abilities you are given when a wraith. They will not stop untill what ever supernatural entity killed them is dead." He informed me. Well shit, I at least know what I need to do to stop all of the fucking racket! He reached into his suit and pulled out a metal hilt. It had no blade, but it did have two holes in it along with enochian symbols.

"If you wish to continue on this path, you will need this," He grabs my hand and places the hilt in my hands. "When you have need of it, simply say 'wraith blade, activate' and you will be able to fight anything." He finished. He stepped backwards. "I hope, that when the time comes, you make the correct decision." Before he leaves, I decide to ask him about my capabilities.

"Can you at least tell me what I can do? I'm not exactly a sword expert!" I shout. He turns to me.

"You are only limited to your imagination and your weapon. There's also you're enhanced strength and reflexes, but you shouldn't only rely on that. You'll get stronger over time." He assures me. And with that, he disappeared.

I mulled over Death's words for a short time. I shook it off and continued. I can't doubt myself now.

Not when I'm so close.

The town is starting to get closer.

Let's get dangerous.

I'm just outside the town. Currently, I'm hiding behind a building, watching the ponies go about their daily business.

It makes me sick...

I decided stealth was the way to go for now. If... If what Death says is true, then there's more to what has happened than what I've seen. Now, what's the best place to get info...

Oh duh, the library!

Then again, they're more than likely not just going to let me walk in and say 'sup guys! so I heard this here's a library!' and leave. I hide behind a barrel... Much to my chagrin...

They better not tell them I'm here. Fucking barrels. I move just slightly to allow myself to peak out from the corner, and spot the tree house thing that I saw in fluttershy's memories.

I still feel guilty about that, but moving on! There seems to be a balcony that I can leap up to if can get the right angel for a jump. I look around and well... there's no way to get there without being seen, so...

(Inside the library)

"Spike! do you have the S section sorted yet?" Twilight called out to her assistant.

"Yeah!" He replied with a sigh. Honestly, he's done that at least four times now! Twilight takes her a job a little too seriously in his opinion. "Can't we take a break yet? we can keep going tomorrow!" Spike pleaded.

Twilight was in the H section of the library, having decided to read up on the history of Equestria earlier in the day. She read up on the war when discord was in power and in control of equestria. The species of humans... just what were they? How powerful were they to be able to stand up to discord for one thousand years and bring back the celestial sister.

But why are they gone now?

Sighing heavily, she conceded to give him a break. "Oh, alright. But we're continuing first thing in the morning!" she added. She trotted downstairs and laid on the couch with The History of Arcadians, which is a book about the human race, and opened the first page of the book.

A few minutes after she began reading, she a heard a yell. It was slowly getting closer to the point where she could hear it clearly.

"...eeeerrrOOOOOYYYYY!!!! JEEEEEEEEEEEEEENKIIIIIIIIINS!!!!!!"

All Tartarus broke loose.

The Wheel of Fate is turning...

Totally worth it. I don't care what anyone says, that was so. freaking. worth it.

With my epic war face on, I broke down the library door with my enhanced strength, and boy, did it do the job!

You know when you watch some cartoons, and they break down the door, and it's whole but just falls flat with them standind on it? That's what happened. Except, for me, it felt awesome! Back to the subject at hand, I spot a lavender unicorn sitting on the couch.

She's gazing at me in surprise, and fear.

Whoopee...

Before she has time to think, I dash over, grab her by the waist, and run like a boss out of there. I place my hand over horn and grasp it to prevent any sort of bull-fuckery to come out of it. Her eyes nearly bugged out, probably because I figured out how to stop her from stopping me. I hear a cry for some twilight behind me. Probably the mare I just kidnapped...

Oh well!

Geez, this heat of the moment thinking has me saying weird stuff.

As we pass the ponies, they look on in fear and surprise. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if they know what I... was.

I have Got to get used to that...

Warning bells went off in my head, making me jump to my right. As soon as I did a rainbow streaked past me and rose. It was a cyan colored pegasus with a rainbow styled mane. She looks slightly upset...

"You put twilight down you monster!" She shouted with rage.

Yup! She's upset! Time to make like a tree, and get out of here! I stick my tongue out and resume my run for glory. Another warning bell went off, so I dashed to the right, narrowly avoiding a lasso. I look in the direction of the culprit, to find a regular orange pony with a blonde mane and wearing a stetson hat.

I just realized nothing about that statement was normal.

"Y'all won't be gettin' away!" The stetson pony shouted. Oh god, Redneck... I feel like taunting them!

"Try me, you Shitty ponies." I snarl out with a grin. I think I just surprised them, what with me talking and all. I dashed off in the opposite direction. I knew I wouldn't be able to outrun that cyan one, but I can out-match her!

She tried to tackle me from behind, but I stuck my foot out, forcing her to collide with my steel-toe boot face first. I successfully knocked her out, leaving the orange one left. She charged at me at full gallop, forcing me to chuckle.

"Let's be honest," I say. she does a full turn to try to buck me, but I lean to the left to dodge it. I then lash my leg out in an upward motion, landing a hit in her stomach. "You can't fight worth a damn!" I finish. She goes flying a few feet into the air, and I resume my fleeing. I look to the unicorn in my arms to find out why she wasn't struggling and-

Oh my god.

Her's eyes are about as wide as freaking dinner plates. Her pupils are taking up most of the irises! Is... is that a freaking sparkle?

Don't tell me she's that fascinated by me!

From the memories I glimpse from fluttershy, I figure out that Twilight sparkle is a HUGE nerd. in other words, if she sees something that catches her eyes scientifically, She's like a child with ADD.

And I just kidnapped her. Fuck.

I shake my head and continue my running, dashing past the tree lines into Everfree forest. I need answers, and who better than a librarian to answer them?

The Wheel of Fate Continues...

The run through the forest was rather quiet.

At least, until Twilight got her wits about her.

She looked up at the human holding her, and was fascinated once more. She never expected to see a human. Not when they're a dead species.

'Oh... if only spike was- wait, where am I!?' she thought frantically. She felt wind pass through her mane, and felt a firm grasp on her horn. She looked to the source of the grip and found the human that was sharply dressed holding the horn.

She tried to struggle, at least until he noticed.

"Geez, now you're struggling? what a pain in the ass..." he grumbled. He tightened his grip around her waste and horn, bringing a gasp from her. His eyes widened, he slightly lightened his grip.

She looked up at him as much as she could, surprised that the grip was replaced with a firm gentleness.

"Ma' always said be a gentlemen." He remarked, not even looking at the unicorn. She glared at him, remembering what he did to her friends.

Things were rather tense, so to speak.

Here was what could be the last human, and he turns out to be evil. Why does she have all the luck?

They came upon a cave, it was big enough to hold a house from what it looked like. Still holding onto her, he advanced into the dark.

She began hearing growls coming from the distance, instilling a sense of fear into her.

She looked up at the human, whose blue eyes held no show of emotion. He caught her eye and grinned. For that moment, she felt somewhat safe.

Until she was flung from his grasp. She heard a cry of pain and a loud roar, it sounded like a big creature.

With her horn free, she lit up the cave, and wished she hadn't. Attacking them, was a hydra that wasn't fully grown.

"you son of a bitch!" She heard the human roar. She saw him reach into his coat and pull out a metal hilt with symbols she's never seen.

'Wraith blade, Activate!"

What happened would haunt her. Two thin veins from the humans arms erupted from their shelter, whipping around like a writhing snake, until finally, they connected to the holes that were in the hilt. The veins began to pump a blue energy into the hilt, causing the symbols to glow. From the top erupted a beam of energy that moved like the waves of water. she felt a rather menacing power exuding from both the blade and its wielder, like she was losing her breath.

"Okay, now that's fucking cool." She heard him mutter. She winced at the humans coarse language. Really, was it necessary?

The middle head of the hydra struck out first. The human deftly dodged the lunge and slice downward on the head. Without so much as effort, the blade cut through the hydras scales like a hot knife through butter. The hydra cried out in pain, not expecting to lose one head this quickly. It decided that running was the best course.

Too bad the human had other things in mind.

"Where the fuck do you think you're going!?!" He called out in rage. He lunged forward and cut off a leg before it could turn fully. The beast fell to the ground attempting to escape.

"HYAAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! THAT'S RIGHT, SCREAM SOME MORE!" It was like something out of a horror novel. He sliced, and sliced, and sliced, until finally, there was nothing but chunks of the former hydra. All while Twilight sat there, frozen in fear.

Covered in blood, he deactivated his sword and turned towards twilight, who snapped out of her shock to look the monster before her.

"Wha... what do you want!?!" She screamed out.

The human let out a rather twisted grin. She probably would have been slightly safer with the hydra...

It's time to make a choice. Listen to death's advice...

Or continue my vendetta...