Harmony and Heavy Metal

"So tell me Edward, do you realize what exactly is happening in the land of heavy metal while you slumber in this unknown planet? You have lost all that you love because of this one single mistake, you think removing yourself from the land of heavy metal will save you from me? How untrue, you just need to grow a pair." A familiar gruff and malicious voice called from the darkness.

Eddie was in a dark void, shrouded in darkness and only the screams of Ophelia, LIta, and Lars filled the dark area. Eddie ran aimlessly in all directions trying to find his friends and save them from whatever horrible fate had meet them, but to no avail. Out of no where, several of his own soldiers came from the shadows and tried to pin him down, but Eddie was to quick, he quickly rolled out to the side and ran, he had no idea why his soldiers were attacking him, but he had no time to think of it now.

"You were always useless, just like your father, never any ambition to control what was yours, you just allow things to form around you and you could care less for the outcome, am I correct Edward?" The same gruff voice called from the shadows. " Even when you helped out their pointless cause, they did not bother to even spit in your direction, they only worshiped that bastard Lars and his whore of a sister. They don't care about you at all, and why do you care about them? All they want from you is a puppet that can bark orders, they used you, and now you will suffer for it."

Suddenly, Eddie felt a sharp pain shoot through his ribs, he screamed in agony as he looked to see several chains and hooks embedded into the gaps between his ribs, he tried helplessly to pull them out, only causing even more pain to shoot through him. "You are now in my grasp, you may have the blood of a demon, but you're still just as laughable as any other human. Face the fact that you could never truly save your precious land, it was a dream held only by some of the more ignorant of humans. The Tainted Coil were always superior in every way, and now you will see why."

Doviculus emerged from the shadows, welding his double staff in his hands, with Ophelia's head hastily and crudely smashed onto one end. "Look at this, you failed horribly if you could not even save this pitiful bitch, and how does it make you feel?" Eddie looked at the head of Ophelia and filled with rage and sorrow, he could only try and pull himself from the grasp of the hooks, wave after wave of pain kept running through his body he tried to reach Doviculus's neck to strangle the very life out of him for a second time.

"How funny, you still try to kill me even when you know you can't, why don't you join her, I bet she's waiting for you, wherever she is." Doviculus said as he rammed the other end of the double staff through Eddies chest, laughing the entire time. Eddie looked at the severed head of his lover, and filled with even more rage than he felt before, even with the staff jutting in his chest, he still flailed his arms in an attempt to choke the enemy before him, and weakly so.

"Now you will burn like I did when you thought you ended my life you pitiful bastard." Doviculus said as he pulled the Hydra from his open chest, his heart oddly was still missing from his anatomy at the moment. He started to play a random solo, it sounded hasty and horrible, the very core of the solo made Eddies ears bleed from the very screechy and horrible tuned notes that penetrated his ear drums. "Now its your turn, to burn in Hell." Doviculus said as a flame flew from the Hydra, striking Eddie in the chest, his clothing and even his very skin seemed to roast under the burning flames that engulfed the writhing roadie.

"Good luck trying to fix what you have broken." Is all Doviculus uttered as he fell back into the shadows. Eddie just hung there, looking at the severed head of Ophelia as he burned alive.

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Eddie awoke with a gasp, he was sweating profusely from the fear that his recurring nightmare had plagued him with since he found himself in the Sea of Black Tears, he knew it was just a dream, but he would always have to reassure himself by looking at the severed head of Doviculus that adorned the hood of his car, but this time he did not find himself sleeping in his baby Deuce. Eddie shot out of the bed he slumbered in night before, ready to find a location to summon Deuce to reassure himself that what he dreamed was just that, only a dream. He burst through the rooms door and he started to sprint down the large hallway.

"Good morning Mister Riggs, how did you-GAH!" Is all Luna could say before she felt two beefy hands shove her to the side, her flank nearly smashing into the wall. Luna was now worried, she started to chase Eddie down the hall to see exactly what he was going to do, she still did not know much of him, which worried her more. Eddie started his hasty sprint down the stairs of the castles, with Luna right above him. "Mister Riggs, do you mind informing me of what you are doing?" Luna asked worriedly.

"Gotta go see if my severed head is still on my car!"

"Your WHAT!"

"The severed head of my enemy, I need to see if its still there!" Eddie then jumped over the last step of the staircase and started to sprint into the throne room. He looked around for the hole he had slammed into the castle glass art the night before, it had been covered up with several boards of wood. "Well fuck that!" Is all Eddie yelled as he pulled Clementine from his back, a burst of flame came from Clementine and struck the wood with force.

"Edward! What is the meaning of this!"

"The meaning of seeing my damn severed head!" Is all Eddie yelled as he hopped from the hole he had created, a small amount of ash lightly flew into the air as his legs launched from the cobblestone floor. Eddie immediately started to play the familiar tune to summon Deuce mid-hop. His car Deuce suddenly appeared under him, playing Back to the funny farm by Motorhead, Eddie landed on his ass with a slightly painful plop "Shit! I thought leather was supposed to be at least somewhat softer." Eddie grunted as he launched himself from Deuce and started to walk over to the hood of his car.

Eddie eyed the severed head of Doviculus that adorned the small ornament on the hood of his car, with a little force, Eddie pulled the head off the ornament and looked at it with a sigh of relief. Luna looked at Eddie with her jaw nearly slapping the dirt ground. Luna tried to muster a question, any question, but she found herself still shocked with disbelief, she had never seen a pony who could place a severed head of their enemy on their carriage.

Eddie looked at the head for a few more seconds with his brow raised "You know, I have had this guys head on my car for something like four months, and I never took this guys mask off to see his face. Lets see here." Eddie then gripped the bottom of Doviculus's mask with two fingers and slowly started to remove the mask, ready to see what Doviculus's face really looked like.

"HOLY SHIT!" Eddie yelled as he quickly put the mask back on the rotting and horrifying face of the Tainted Coil lord. "Son of a bitch, I don't blame the titans for putting all that leather on these ugly fucks." Eddie then forcefully put the head back on the hood ornament with a hard smack. "So Luna what is it you, uh... are you okay?"

Luna was heavily coughing and heaving at the sight that she was just cursed with, she had to force a large amount of vomit from spilling from her throat. The nasty and painful gurgles could be heard by the guards and maids that watched from the small pile of ash that lightly danced in the air around them from the broken window, some of the ponies that looked on at the scene were also heaving and about to vomit, the rest looked at Eddie with a confused and disgusted look. All Eddie could do is shrug and say "What? It's his butt ugly face" Eddie then raised his arms in a forfeiting style "Not mine."

The random gurgles and coughing only lasted for a few more minutes, Luna stood there, still trying to block off her vomit, and Eddie just sat in Deuce, laughing at the sight of a pained Luna, now that he thought of it, it was hilarious to see a royal family member trying not to puke.

When the noises ceased, Luna cleared her throat as best she could and looked at the laughing Eddie, she cleared the tears from her eyes and started to think of ways she could comprehend what she just witnessed 'Maybe it is a custom of sorts where he comes from. But then why did he have such haste to see it this morning? A ritual I suppose? I should really ask him about it at breakfast.' Luna suddenly remembered why she was on her way to see Eddie in the first place that morning.

"Mister Riggs *cough* would you like to join me and my sister to breakfast?"

Eddie thought for a moment, he had eaten nothing but the random meat that he finds on his car's bumper for the entire time he stayed in the land of heavy metal, a change of pace would be nice. "Yeah, why not, what do ponies eat anyway?" Eddie asked with his hand rubbing his chin.

"Mostly fruit, hay, and cake." Eddie's eyes darted to Luna's face as she uttered that last word.

"Did you say cake?!" Luna only gave an unsure nod. Eddie suddenly darted toward the front door of the castle in preparation of the meal he was about to destroy with his mouth. Eddie ran at full speed in any random direction before realizing he was utterly lost.

Eddie turned back to see two frightened maids and one minorly sick Luna, Eddie looked at her with a curious expression. "Down the hall over there, my sister is eager to meet you." Luna then looked up to see Eddie had already sprinting toward where she had pointed, she gave an annoyed sigh as she started to fly after Eddie, this time not curious of his intentions but worried he would eat all the food before she got any. She then remembered the sight of Doviculus's face 'Maybe it would be better if he did eat my food, just this once.' Luna thought as she lightly heaved once more.

Eddie quickly rounded the corner with anticipation for an old favorite treat of his to come back to him with full force. As he rounded the corner, a sweet aroma filled his nostrils as he flared them, he had his tongue flailing from the side of his mouth as he panted happily at the very aroma of the dish that he would soon devour.

Celestia sat there, awaiting for her honored guest to come from the doorway, her magic was still strained from the night before, so she had to pull of the nearly impossible feat of holding a tea cup with her hoof, the cup shook in her hoof as droplets of tea fell flew from the cup at random moments. At the moment another droplet hit the table with a faint splash, she heard the stomping of what sounded like rubber thundering at her from the hallway that lead to the dining hall. 'Our warrior must be starving, I wonder what he eats in his planet?'

Eddie suddenly appeared from the hollow doorway with a goofy expression on his face. Celestia lightly giggled at the sight, her expression was soon replaced with worry at how quick he ate his piece of cake. "Excuse me... Mister Riggs, was it, are you alright? You seem to be starved?" Celestia asked with a warm tone.

Eddie looked up from the piece of cake he was violently ravaging, he tried to speak, but only a few mumbled words and some bits of cake fell from his mouth. With a hard swallow and a clearing of his throat, he tried to think of what to say, but all he could muster were some pleasure filled mumbles.

Celestia giggled once more as her sister nervously walked in from the hallway,  Celestia looked at her sister with a returning worry "Sister, is something wrong?"  Luna only shook her head, while her face said otherwise, she motioned her head in Eddies direction as he scarfed down the last amount of cake that used to sit on his plate. Celestia looked quizzically at the now satisfied Eddie as he rubbed his belly. "So, Mister Riggs, do you mind telling us something about yourself?"

Eddie glanced at Celestia with his eyes half closed from the joy he felt in his mouth, he had not had a piece of cake in the time he had spent in the land of heavy metal. Eddie swallowed hard "Like what?"

"I was wondering, what sort of place is this..." Luna then looked at Celestia intently with a telepathic message being sent, Celestia nodded and returned her gaze at Eddie who was sucking his frosting covered fingers "Land of heavy metal is?"

Eddie thought of it for a moment "Well, think of it as a large amount of bad ass with some violent situations thrown in."

"I see, what sort of art or entertainment do you have?"

"Well, we usually have some concerts for my road crew every once in a while, or we have a party down at the beach, but those always end with me drunk as fuck and headbanging in my sleep."

"I see, what sort of music do you and your "Road Crew" like to listen to? Opera, symphony, or the newest genre, 'Dubstep' I think it was called."

Eddie chuckled at the genres that she listed "Nope, My road crew and I only listen to music worthy of the gods 'Heavy Metal'." Eddie said as he puffed his chest and pointed at himself.

"Heavy metal? I'm afraid I have never heard of such music, can you give us and example?"

Eddie studied the room for a moment, thinking if this could work "Can I move the table for a sec?" Celestia only nodded unsure of his intent. Eddie then began to lift the table in his arms without any hesitation or even a grunt, he lifted it like it was nothing.

Celestia and Luna looked at Eddie in awe, they had never seen anypony lift the long and heavy table all by themselves, it would always take several guards to even try and lift it. Eddie only walked a short distance before he placed the table to slant on the nearby wall. Eddie then pulled out Clementine and began to play the tune to summon Deuce. Celestia was confused as to what he was doing, but Luna already remembered the tune, so she ducked out of the way leaving her sister to sit there, still confused.

Suddenly, a loud thunder rang in the room startling Celestia. They both looked away from the blinding light, the light was followed by a loud noise that sounded like a voice screeching, then followed by an intense guitar and drum session. Celestia finally turned to see what had made such noise, Luna was already aware of what was happening.

"This is heavy metal." Eddie said as he stood atop the hood of his car, his foot placed on the top of Doviculus's head "What do you think?".

Celestia looked upon the large car that now sat in her dining room, some of the close-by guards and maids came to see what all the commotion was about. Loud music and explosions never happen in Castle Canterlot, so to the workers of the castle, this is the closest thing they will get to entertainment for a while.

"That's not music!? What is it!?" Celestia said with surprise still lingering in her words.

Eddie gave a hefty chuckle "No, this is my baby Deuce, the music playing is" Eddie pounded his chest "Heavy metal." Celestia listened for a few moments, the amount of energy from the sudden event seemed to be amplified by the fast paced and intense soundtrack, it made her just want to fly as fast as she could for as long as the song played.

Eddie gave her a satisfied grin, her facial expression said it all, he could tell that energy coursed through her like a million Fire Barons burning their way through a massive amount of glam hogs. "So, what do you think?".

Celestia looked at him for a minute, feeling the energy coursing in her veins, she relished the great feeling that filled her body, her coat hairs standing up on edge and her eyes widening. Celestia then shook her head, she had to pay attention to her original plan.

"Mister Riggs, would you mind please turning your music off, it is lovely, but I think its time we discus a more important topic." Celestia said as she flew up and poked Eddies shoulder.

Eddie looked at her while he turned off the radio "Alright then, whats on your mind?" Eddie then sat down inside Deuce.

"Do you remember why we summoned you here, we needed your help with our war."

"Right your war..." Eddie thought for a moment, he remembered the nightmare he had the night before and suddenly had second thoughts about it, he knew Doviculus was dead, but what about any other things that can come up at anytime. "I'm not to sure about it." Eddie said with an innocent grin, awaiting Celestia's response.

Celestia looked worried "What could be preventing you from helping us?"

"Well, I still have some problems to solve back home you know?"

"Like what?"

Eddie thought for a moment "We may have killed that asshole Doviculus, but his guys are still running around the land of metal, so with them running around, we can't just leave like that."

Celestia got a saddened look "I see, I am not going to force you to do anything, we just hoped we could gain an ally such as yourself."

Eddie looked at the saddened Celestia, she looked... god damn cute and depressing for the most part, the first time he had seen anything cute in a while, this had filled him with what he had not felt in a while: A mix of pity and DAWW. "Well" Eddie tried to think of a way this could work. Suddenly, a light bulb went of in his head "Maybe this could work out if done right, and I can think of a few ways." Celestia raised her head as quick as she heared those words "And I will need your help."

Celestia nodded "What is it you require?"

"Do you think you could send me back to my world, just to tell my road crew about it."

"Yes, but I couldn't in at the moment, the amount of magic it took to bring you already drained me, it would take at least another two days to recover, in the mean time, I think we should inform you about what we are up against."

"Yeah, that would be cool, what are we fighting anyway?"

Celestia looked around looking for what to say, she knew what a changeling was, but what if this warrior has never seen something like it, she worried that it would discourage Eddie from helping them. "Well, they are a species of bug like creature that can change their form to resemble any pony they choose, they are very deadly and cunning, and they don't fear killing when needed." Celestia then waited hesitantly for his response.

"That's cool, what can they do?" Eddie said with a bored expression.

Celestia was minorly baffled "You mean you don't care that they are nothing but murderous?"

"No, everything were I come from tries to kill you at some point, so no big deal."

Celestia was now shocked, she would have to ask other questions about the land of heavy metal later "Well, that's unfortunate, your land does not sound so harmonious ."

"Yeah, I guess you could say that, but it does make things interesting."

Celestia looked shocked, she had never heared of such a horrible land where everything tried to kill you, she decided to leave the questions for later. " I see, well that makes you more qualified for the job." Celestia said as she tried to comprehend what sort of world he came from.

"Let us go into the guard quarters, that is were Shining Armour shall give you a modicum more information that I could.'

"Alright then, lead the way."

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End chapter

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Authors note

Due to my first year in high school (Yes, i'm a fishy) the chapters will come alot less frequently, but due to my writing class, the writings will be longer and higher quality, so I guess that's a bonus for the wait. Sorry for the inconvenience.