Shipwrecked

by Sparrow Knight

Day 27. Partial Restoration

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Lex began to regain consciousness as the sound of waves crashing were heard accompanied with the sound of a crackling fire and crickets chirping. He was greeted with the smell of sea water and faint smoke causing him to stir and awaken.

The man awoke to see a vivid nightly brimming with stars, constellations and a massive full moon. The sight caught him off guard as the man sat up to find himself on a beach of white sand. He noticed he was dressed in the same attire he had on before passing out.

Looking around, the man noticed a small wooden dock that had been partially overtaken by the large forest behind him. "Okay great, gotta love waking up somewhere random again… at least this time I have a decent view" He said with a chuckle as he looked to the crackling fire by him, watching it burn bright as it fed on the several branches within it.

"Thank you, I tried to make it as comforting as I could" I feminine voice said from Lex's flank, causing him to look over to see a Blue Alicorn mare standing beside him. The mare was easily seven foot tall and dressed in a deep blue dress that revealed her fifty percent of her breasts.

"This is a dream then?" He asked as he watched the mare. She had cyan eyes, a long flowing mane similar to Nightmare moons, she had a cup size of minimum double D, one of which had a black patch of fur with a moon on it.

"Yes this is" she said with a soft smile. Lex noticed that unlike Nightmare Moon that she didn't have sharp canines.

"Alright, so I take it you have the ability to manipulate dreams like Nightmare Moon?" He asked, curious, watching the mare deflate as she held her left forearm with her right hand. "You must know her well to have similar abilities"

"Yea I do… though it's a bit more complicated the just knowing her" she said visibly uncomfortable.

"Sorry" Lex said making the mare look at him confused.

"Wait why are you sorry?" She asked l, her cyan eyes locked on him.

"The subject is obviously something you don't want to talk about, and I really don't want to pry in business that isn't mine unless I need to. So I'm sorry for mentioning her, i just did because she is the only other Alicorn I have met" Lex explained.

"I-its fine… it's really complicated though and not something I really want to talk about with someone I have only met twice," she said as Lex cocked his eyebrow. "Heck I haven't even talked to my sister about it yet… even though she keeps trying... like Damn Celestia give me some time to get over all the stuff that I have been through first" the mare ranted as Lex simply watched and listened. "But that's siblings for you, always trying to help where they can, you know?" She asked with a smile, which Lex returned.

"Yea I guess so" he said with a chuckle. "So anyway, I remember vaguely that I was really hurt… how bad?" He asked her, watching her ears fold back against her head.

"The damage is… significant, you have been in a drug induced coma for a few weeks as you have been in and out of surgery constantly… which also has been difficult as you are an unknown species and my sister had to stop them and simply rely on using magic to heal you instead." The mare explained as Lex nodded, not really following.

"Okay so let me get this straight, instead of constantly cut me open and such, your sister has decided to just magic me better?" He asked as the mare looked at him odd before shrugging.

"I mean yea kinda" she replied.

"Alright… And how has that gone?" Lex asked as he leant back, using his arms to prop himself up.

"Quite well actually, all internal bleed, damaged organs and broken bones have been healed… to the best of my sister's magical ability" She explained further. "However you are still in a bandaged state"

"Guess can't get everything, but tell her thanks" Lex said as he turned his head forward and looked over the water.

"I will" She said as she approached the man and sat down next to him. "You're probably wondering why I am here talking to you?" She asked as Lex shrugged.

"It did cross my mind" he stated as he continued looking out at the water.

"I sensed you were suffering from nightmares and wanted to see if I could help?" She stated with a smile.

"I'm right" he responded gaining a confused from the mare.

"Wait why?" She asked him confused.

"Until I understand the intentions of your sister and yourself, I will remain on guard seeing the last Alicorn I met nearly got me killed." He said in a cold tone of voice. Lex stated as the Mare's ears flattened against her head again. "And besides." He added before sighing, gaining the attention of the mare. "I'd hate for them to be used against me before I have the ability to defend myself against any accusations" he explained as he looked to the mare. "Cause from what I've seen, there are plenty of Ponies who are quick to judge" he stated.

"Why would you think that?" She asked looking him a little offended.

"I have my reasons" He replied as he returned to looking forward.

"Please I am just trying to help" She said in a sympathetic tone.

"I know but at the moment I don't feel like dealing with that kind of shit." He explained.

"I understand, well I am willing to help you if…" the mare explained before she stopped and suddenly looked out onto the horizon.

"What's wrong?" Lex asked as he followed her gaze to see the horizon was disintegrating.."okay cool, that's not suppose to happen?" He asked as the mare shook her head.

"No… it means your waking up but that would be impossible as you are in a drug induced coma at this time" she said confused and concerned.

"I mean you could have taken me off whatever you put me on and given me something else to wake up" Lex suggested as the mare shook her head once again.

"No that would take an excessive amount of time, which time hasn't passed at all… it would take at least half a day for the drug to work its way out of your body enough for you to wake." She explained as the disintegration escalated to the point it was seconds before engulfing them.

"So what does that mean?" Lex asked.

"Somepony is using magic to wake you up" She said in an alarmed tone of voice as she vanished in a flash of light.

"Wait? What?!" He asked before frowning. "Well that was rude." He said as the disintegration engulfed the man. The world went white as Lex found himself falling in what seemed like an endless void of incoherent noise until he saw that he was fast approaching a grass covered platform. "Oh shit!" He shouted as he braced himself for impact only to feel himself stop falling a few inches from colliding with the platform. "W...what?" Lex asked as he suddenly dropped the remaining distance face first into the grass and dirt.

"Okay starting to hate this" Lex grumbled as he pushed himself up onto his feet and loomed about the large platform. "Great somewhere new" he groaned as the edges of the platform glowed white. As he prepared for something to happen, he noticed that he was only dressed in his damaged pants and a pair of leather straps were bound to each wrist. His body was covered in bandages and his ring were gone. " Just trying to fucking help are ya? Help yourself to my stuff" Lex growled angrily as the glowing gave off a brilliant flash of light and Lex found himself in a forest clearing.

The clearing was roughly about 25 feet wide before it turned into a dense forest on all sides save for one which lead to what appeared to be a town. Lex couldn't make out anything within the town as beyond the clearing was a dense fog that made the man uneasy. "3...2...1…" Lex began counting moments before hearing a familiar voice.

"Sorry for that Alexander" A feminine voice stated within Lex's mind.

"It's alright Amara" He said as he turned around trying to look at her but discovered she wasn't in sight. "What can I do for you?" He asked.

"Nothing… Just helping my little brother out of a situation" She explained as Lex was taken aback.

"Wait we are related?" He asked confused.

"Of course… although there are a few centuries between us, we have the same mother" she explained in a hurt tone of voice.

"Sorry… still trying to get over this fucking memory loss" he grumbled.

"It's alright, this would take time for how long you were dead for" She stated as she materialized before lex and watched him attempt to remove the leather binds from his wrists.

"Speaking of that… how long was I dead?" Lex asked as he got his left wrist free.

"Around 18 years" she stated causing Lex to stop and look at her in shock. "I know what your thinking but no, I'm not messing with you" She stated as the man looked dumbfounded.

"Well damn… I… fuck how am I meant to respond to that?" He asked confused.

"Yea that is understandable," she said as she placed her hand on his shoulder and gave a soft smile before it vanished."so anyway, those Alicorns were doing stuff to you… which is the reason I have brought you to the outskirts of a quiet town" She explained before she suddenly noticed something. " Oh wonderful, it is being attacked" She said sarcastically as she crossed her arms.

"Wait? It's being attacked?!" Lex asked concerned as Amara looked back to him.

"Yes I don't think this town will survive without any intervention… but from what I have seen, towns like this on the outskirts of the Pony nation rarely get support" She explained with a frown.

"Damn it… isn't there anything you can do to help them?" Lex asked the woman, who looked at him surprised.

"Me? No I don't have enough energy to do so at this current time… but why would you care? They are Ponies." She said as she watched her brother.

"I don't give a shit who they are, there are innocent lives in danger!" Lex shouted agining a smile from the woman.

"Still the same aren't you… look i may not have the current capabilities to do so right now with the current restrictions, but you would be more than capable of saving it" she explained as Lex looked at her confused.

"How? I'm dressed in pants and still badly hurt… which I have just noticed I can't feel" He said as he looked down at the bandages.

"I healed you significantly… but yes you may be underdressed at the moment." she said as she opened the satchel on her side and drew a pair of boots, socks and a shirt as Lex watched with amazement.

"How did all that fit in there?" He asked confused.

"Bag of Holding, here put these on." She advised as Lex nodded and took the items. The man sat down on the ground as he pulled on the socks and boots.

"What am I meant to do now?" He asked as she got to his feet and pulled the blue shirt on.

"No… I'm going to forcefully return some of your memory." She explained as she moved in front of him and placed her hands on his temples.

"I feel like forcefully doing so may do more harm than good." he replied.

"Yes, it would mean that the rest of your memories will take even longer to return." She stated.

"Oh great… what memories are you trying to retrieve that would be worth doing this method?" He asked her as he raised an eyebrow.

"You combat ability, how to use some items and lastly, you magic." She explained.

"Oh… Yea that might be useful." He said as Amara nodded before her hands begun to glow. "Is this going to hurt?" He asked.

"I believe so, are you ready?" She asked.

"As I'll ever be" he replied as her hands flashed and Lex's mind felt like it was on fire. He could feel pulses of intense pain through the burning sensation as he gritted his teeth trying to stay standing through the incredible pain as sweat formed on his body. It seemed to drag on for what felt like an eternity before it suddenly vanished as Amara removed her hands.

"How do you feel?" She asked as Lex panted as he rubbed his temples.

"Okay remind me never to do that again" he replied to her as he groaned.

"Yea sorry, there is a lot more mental damage then I was expecting" she explained as Lex gave her a thumbs up. "Anyway, I managed to retrieve one of your rings" she said a she produced Lex's jade and moonstones ring.

"Give me a sec" He said as he composed himself before he took the ring and returned into his finger. "Thank you"

"You are most welcome, now summon your armour" she asked as Lex gave her a confused look. "I want to see if it worked" she added.

"Ah okay, give me a sec" He said as he stepped away from her and focused for a moment. After a few seconds, he tapped his sternum, on the ring tattoo, with a significant amount of force. The impact seemed to ripple through his body as green glowing arcane writing coiled around his entire body, shift around him before vibrant green light surrounded his entire body for a second. As the light vanished, Lex saw that his body was now encased in full plate armour the armour had a faint blue hue to it and was significantly lighter then Lex expected. He was also taken aback as a great helm suddenly formed around his head.

He looked down to see that there was a bright blue tabard with a platinum dragon woven into it with actual platinum thread. Two bags similar to Amara's were fastened to his sides along with several small axes and a small pouch that jingled when moved.

The metal of his armour seemed to shimmer with faint magic as the man inspected the small pouch, revealing a significant amount of gold coins. The only part of the armour which had any significant weight was the heavy hooded cloak on his back that hung down to his ankles.

"This is awesome" he said as he inspected the cloak to see it was covered in metal scales, primarily Silver, Brass, Bronze, Copper and Gold scales. "Really? Why do I need a decorative cloak? It must weigh at least at least a twenty kilos" He asked the woman.

"It's not decorative, it is… Well it kinda is decorative but at the same time it is useful" she said as she smiled. "It's dragon scale" She stated.

"Right… And that means what?" He asked as Amara rolled her eyes before walking behind him.

"Stand still" she said as a small ball of fire erupted in her hand.

"What are you…" Lex started before the woman threw the orb into his back. Instead of ignoring the man, the flames seemed to fizzle out against the cloak. "Okay that is kinda cool… do I want to ask how I came into possession of such an item?" He asked curious and slightly concerned.

"Well it's simple really, you and your companions managed to appease a very power dragon who actually gave you and your friends gifts" She explained.

"Oh nice… are any of those people in this world?" He asked her as she sighed.

"I'll have to check but it may take some time." she replied gaining a frown from the man.

"Alright… anyway let's deal with this attack." he said as Amara nodded.

"Good luck… And don't die please" she said as Lex gave a thumbs up, causing her to roll her eyes as magic surrounded her hands. "Ready?" She asked.

"As I'll ever be" Lex exhaled as Amara nodded and forced her hands together, causing the fog and herself to vanish. In the wake of the fog was a small town which had plumes of smoke rising. Screams filled the air as Lex could smell the smoke and a familiar smell that seemed to fill his body with disgust and anger. "Undead." He growled as he noticed about one hundred and ten feet away, a mare in half plate armour run out of a house carrying several children as a pair of rotting ponies wielding crude rusted weapons chased her. "Well… no need to worry about negotiating" He said as he stretched out his left hand and focused. As he focused arcane writing coiled around his hand before a metal Javelin appeared in his hand. The javelin was about four feet long with both ends resembling lightning bolts.

"Let's see if my aim is still alright." he muttered to himself as he took aim and threw the weapon. Thewas the weapon flew, Lex muttered an arcane word which he himself didn't understand as the Javelin turned into a beam of lightning. The beam was about five feet wide as it roared into life and continued forward, engulfing the first undead. The second looked over just in time to engulfed by in as well. As the lightning faded, the first undead was laying on the ground as a charred corpse while the other was also charred but was pinned to the wall by Lex's weapon.

"Well… didn't expect that" Lex chuckles as he ran over to the shocked mare and foals.


Author's Note

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay for this chapter, work has been hectic.

First off. I am ignoring the attunement rule for Lex (the max of 3 items) as that's more of a game balancing mechanic in DnD.

Second. Lex has 1 custom item just for fun and convince, the rest will be legit items... maybe.

Third. He is an Eldritch Knight (and relatively high level at that).

Besides that I hope you guys are enjoying and drop any suggestions. Like should I add more DnD monsters? Cause I could be interesting to write the ponies reaction to shit like a Umber Hulk.

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