Author's Note

Sorry guys, this was a bit late, I’ve been writing all day and I kept getting writer's block. And I'm terribly sorry for not updating for a long while, a few things popped up that I needed to take care of and it was stressing me the fuck out.

I did promise a ten thousand word chapter but I'm cutting it in two and uploading the second half tomorrow. The second half needs a bit more editing and proofreading. I'm still in the process of how I want things to go.

Also, contact me if you’re a good editor or proofreader, it’s an absolute chore to go through my chapters when I'm half awake. And it’s less stress of me then quicker chapters. As you’ll probably notice that British English and American English are different from each other, not entirely but definitely.

I also tried to switch between perspectives, if I fucked that up please say so. I'm still fairly new at writing.

I hope you enjoy this chapter and please do put your thoughts down in the comments I would really appreciate the help.

Cheers lads!

See ya tomorrow ye wankers!

Also, ye nans a pinecone.

Unforeseen Thoughts

More and more guards basically jumped at the chance to get a hit on me, I didn't have my sword on me. I was completely defenceless. The hall itself was actually pretty big, so there was a lot of room for me to dodge and weave in. But, their only problems I was going to experience are the fliers, Pegasi and the magic users, well actually most of them could use a bit of magic from what I could see.

I was definitely on the defensive, trying to get as much distance as possible on the many assailants. Princess Celestia was enjoying this. The rest of my friends as well. Bloody Bellends! just you wait! I will have my revenge! One of the guards slipped past me, almost grazing my left cheek with his wrist. The reason I could tell it was a he was because I noticed different proportions on the guards. Female guards did look a bit bulkier than the normal mare, probably from the training.

However, the illusion on their armour was slightly throwing me off. Hell, I could dodge and accidentally grab someone's tit and get backhanded through a wall.

A few more came in to take me down. I'm by all means an inexperienced fighter, but, I didn't do running for nothing! I'm actually pretty nimble when it comes to dodging and getting away when shit hits the fuckin fan.
I wasn't really a sporty person, but, I was only good at running on my highschools massive running track. I think the only reason why I did any of that was that I had nothing to do during those times. No goal to speak of, I simply hated Highschool all together, I think it was the only exercise I actually got, besides skateboarding with friends.

So I guess my stamina is finally paying off. And since I've basically just been enrolled into the fuckin guard courtesy of Sun butt herself I'm going to have an absolutely fuckin long month ahead of me.

And I already dread it.

Moving out of the way from another guard trying to take a swipe at me a few more came at me at three different directions, the guard that I managed to escape from turned around ready to take another chance. I, however, ricocheted off the same guard sending him into one of the others.

I had gained quite a bit of distance from the rest of them. Celestia and the others were still watching, some with interest, hell Rainbow dash was literally clawing at her seat from the excitement. Again, weird.

I made a grave mistake.

One of the guards had snuck up behind me, and from what it looked like a hand outstretched straight into my back, kind of like a palm strike but instead the whole hand was glowing a darkish red with lighter red highlights swirling around the entire forearm.

I had a split second to react.

I spun around and pulled both my arms to my face, but, it wasn’t enough, the blast grew in size hitting me straight on sending me flying through the air.

I saw a flash of shock and startled faces of the others, my body felt like it was cindering at the moment, I also caught a glimpse of who attacked me, and what I did see was the same guard I met the other night, the one that nicked me in the face. He had a malevolent grin on his face.

Yep, so much for enemies.

Flying through the air like a ragdoll, I tried to correct myself. The hall was a pretty large place after all and the blast knocked me quite high, just enough for me to redirect my body.

I flipped my weight so that my feet were facing the ground, wouldn’t want to knock myself unconscious again now would I? I mean, how many bloody times have I knocked myself out for? Maybe three or four times? Ah, whatever.

Landing on my feet I skidded from the amount of force that attack gave me, along with a few first degrees and second-degree burns on some parts of my body, my new clothes were absolutely battered as well mate. What a fuckin melt.

Skidding to a stop the Princesses had already been up in the guys face, the other guards as well surprisingly.

Whatever that bloody fuckin was, it definitely took its toll on my body. It felt like my body was lifting five times more than my size all at once.

Slowly getting up and slightly wincing at the sharp pain that goes through my body I trudged further towards the princesses, the others quickly ran towards me, Rainbow dash under my left arm and Applejack under my right.
Twilight was really worried about me, she kept saying a lot of things I couldn’t understand.

Mainly because my ears were ringing and all I could hear where shouting and other bits and bobs in the background. Everything was muddled up into white static, so I simply smiled and patted her on the head.

Luna, however, was pretty furious, more than Celestia was, Celestia was like the disappointed mother, but Luna was another story, more like an angry drunk Scotsmen, just without the proper English, old Shakespearian language mix with a few modern terms.

She then dragged the guy that attacked me with just the flick of her wrist out of the room. Celestia visibly sighed, although I was still a bit dizzy and shakey but nothing too serious I suppose. Celestia quickly turned around towards my slightly broken form comforted by Texas and Skittles over here.

She flew towards me in a very fast manner, she stood right in front of me and gave me a look over, her horn lighting up in a thin but yellowish glow, I felt a slight buzz all around my body and then nothing. I simply looked at her confusingly but then I felt something.

It was just a tiny bit of euphoria.

Then, a warmth travelled from my feet to my head as quick as a bullet travels from a gun barrel to its target. What I really would describe it as a mothers hug, warm and fuzzy yet content. A massive sigh escaped me. I noticed I wasn’t dizzy anymore, I could definitely hear everyone now which was good.

Twilight was crying into my brand new T-shirt, I'm not sure what Celestia did but her magic completely wiped out all of the injuries I sustained as well as my clothes. My clothes wherein literal rags but now they’re entirely new. Magic is pretty cool, I'm definitely going to learn a bit more in the future.

“Good thing I had many arms up, I’d probably be in a lot worse of a condition if I didn’t. Heh.” laughing slightly Twilight didn’t look amused, she put her head into my chest, surprised by her action I hugged her out of instinct.

“I thought you had died!” Twilight shouted looking up at me with her pretty eyes, slowly trickling with tears. I hugged her tighter.

“But I didn’t, nothing like that could ever hope to bring me down,” I said with confidence in my voice.

Twilight nodded her head and moved back to the others, Celestia gave me a once over to check to see if everything was all good.

“So, I'm guessing that wasn’t part of the little skit you had planned?” I said giving Celestia a slight smile.

“Definitely not, I told my officers not to discharge any type of magic, especially at that kind of level, it was a mear game of tag, not a deathmatch,” she said with a slightly angry shake of her head. I wonder what Luna was going to do to him? Oh well, you reap what you sow.

“You’re also going to be put into the guard tomorrow morning, and you will also be meeting your new commander and trainer,” Celestia said whilst levitating a few pushed over chairs and upside-down table back to their original places.

“You will also be switching between night and day, meaning, one week you will be training with my division, then the week after, you will be training with Luna’s division, and back and forth. It’s a very gruelling process and me and Luna have thought it over.”

“Well, I know it’s gunna be fuckin mental, but, on the bright side I get stronger and some proper exercise for once,” I said shrugging my shoulders.

We all got back to our tables and ate our breakfast. The day went pretty fast, to be honest, I'm not so sure on the correlation of Earth and Equs’s day and night cycles and how long they’re from each other. After quietly eating and feeling the phantom pains from the situation before, I decided to stand up. The others looked at me with confusion evident on their cute little faces.

“I'm gunna go to the courtyard, I think I’ve seen some of your guard's training out there, mind if I get a bit of exercise in?” I said looking over my shoulder towards Celestia.

She nodded in approval.

I gave dash a fist bump whilst ruffling Twilight’s hair, she gave me a glare but it soon turned into a sweet smile.

Moving over towards the big double doors again I turned my head slightly to look at Celestia, she also caught my stare. Then I grinned and she immediately knew what my face was saying.

“See ya later girls, I’ll be back in a few. Bye...Celly!” I said whilst giving her a playful wink, the others, as usual, were shocked, along with the guards that still littered the place, apparently, one should always be respectful in front of Royalty, especially when they’re one of the rulers of the land. For an unknown ‘creature’ to be so bold and comfortable with the highest known authority of this kingdom.

Celestia’s face was of an o expression. Until it turned into a sinister grin like she had found a secret that nobody knows of, and I can only wonder on what she had in mind.

“Okay, have a good day...Elly!” she said giggling slightly behind her hands, I blushed a bright crimson, she noticed and started howling.

“Two can play at that game,” Celestia said with a proud smile. Whilst tilting her head up slightly to imitate a stereotypical snob.

“Just you wait, I’ll get you back,” I said directing my index finger at her in fake anger.

She nodded, then giggling slightly again in which made me sigh, before turning around and walking right out the doors.

Twenty minutes later I arrived at my room. And again, no guards in sight. Normally I would see quite a few adorning the halls nearly everywhere I’ve been to. Huh. Pulling the golden door handle to my room, I was about to head in before I heard a tiny bit of movement from down the hall.

Leaning my head just over the cover of one of the pillars that lined each and every wall in a symmetrical pattern, I noticed nothing unusual so I pulled my attention away and decided to head in. And as I did so I heard another scuffle of hooves down the same hall again.

Pulling my head to the same position it was in I saw a silhouette cast in the sunlight just behind one of the pillars, just standing there all stoic with their piercing blue eyes and short white hair, said hair at the back cascaded into a long silver like a river, except, it was just silky smooth hair that went to the back of her knees.

She was wearing a maids outfit, to the collars, to the white frills and the short skirt that also have more frills on them. Everything else was just black. She was staring with a stoic expression. I couldn’t tell what she was thinking, but what I thought was.

Why the fuck is a maid just standing there behind a pillar staring at me? Am I about to be murdered?

Seeing this situation was weird and slightly eerie I decided to move into my room once again, tearing my eyes away from her again another shuffle sounded and Immediately back peddled with more speed than I was supposed to use making me trip slightly.

She’s gotten even closer! What the absolute fuck?

She was behind yet another pillar, a lot closer than before, same piercing blue unemotional eyes, stoic expression, extremely still movement, hell she wouldn’t even fucking blink the twat. Although getting a closer look at her she also was not hard on the eyes, why was every fuckin creature that is sentient on this planet hot as fuck? Wait, why haven’t I seen that many guys? The only few I’ve seen is through Ponyville, a few of the guards and spike.

Heh, harem kings dream. Bloody brilliant that is.

But sadly I have morals, and I don’t date more than one person unless people consent and agree collectively together, in fact, I don’t even date at all, much less drama to be fairly honest.

We had pretty much a long 10 minutes of staring at each other. But then, a miracle happened.

She finally fuckin blinked! She’s real! Fuck me!

“Sooo, are we just going to stare at each other until Celestia’s sun burns out or are you going to speak?” I said whilst crossing my arms with confusion written all over my face, even a bit of impatience since I could be out on the court field by now actually doing something.

She cutely enough cocked her head to the side. She was still stoic as fuck and then I saw a long-ass tale curl into view ever so slightly, just enough for me to see it, it has red smooth scales. Now that I see her face properly I also saw one or two red scales on the right side of her cheek, riddling most of her neck with them.

Wait...so is she a dragon? She can’t be! She looks nothing like Spike and to top it all off, her eyes weren’t even slitted from what I could see.

“Hmm, I’ve got to go now.” the unknown weird half-dragon hal- fuck it, can’t be assed naming all the multiple possibilities of what she actually is. This world is weird mate, I swear to god. She slowly turned around and walked down the hall, I happen to not see she was carrying a silver platter, up until now of course. I guess I was right, she was a maid. Her body type was petite, nice around the curves and such, a bit of a big waist, small bust, her height was slightly taller than me, scratch that, definitely taller than me, she was somewhat six foot.

I get the feeling that everyone I come across, sentient or not, they’re going to be taller than me and I absolutely hate it. Fuck sakes.

Shrugging and walking inside of my room again, I took a nice big breath of fresh air and spotted my gear still in the same spot where I left it. The double belt and my satchel still hanging on my sword. Grabbing my coat and quickly wrapping it over me, but I couldn’t be bothered to put my arms through and if needed I could try a quick draw, I probably couldn’t do it properly though, since I have no real experience besides a scrap and a few pieces of living breathing sticks. But then again, there’s magic, but even then I still don’t know how to activate that shit. I’ll figure it out later.

Strapping my two belts around my waist and thigh I slipped my sword through the loop and quickly did a once over and headed straight out of the door. I also saw that the door locks behind me. Must be magic I guess. I would probably know if someone was in here.

Making sure nothing else was watching me, I dusted my self and walked down the hall the pretty but weird stalker had been stood at. It was an incredibly long hallway, so long in fact that it took me at least thirty minutes to reach the courtyard, and not a guard in sight still. I soon found out as to why that is.

Because nearly every fuckin spot outside is bloody TAKEN! Like there’s got to be at least a hundred and something sun guards out here. I'm not sure why I don’t see any bat guards, maybe that’s why they sleep during the day and do their shifts during the night, yep, that explains it. But what it doesn’t explain as to why there is a fuck ton of guards blasting away at targets, doing push-ups, or even wing push-ups, most of them sparring each other, either with swords, magic, and other shit.

I was out in the open, I was literally on the steps leading downwards to the actual massive field itself. Most areas where full of grass, and others made of a stone I couldn’t recognise. Whilst the sparring areas also had some sort of secluded ethereal barriers around them, there where only a few dozen of them and two absolutely massive ones, probably for large scale combat testing or something.

They also had timers and names just above them, even a point system. It was really quite interesting to see magic being used like this. Would’ve been fuckin mental if we had shit like this at home.

As soon as I took my first step down the marble-like stairs, I caught a few eyes on me, from this distance it was hard to tell if they where male or female, but smaller stature in height and hip size should easily tell the difference between them. Moving slowly down the steps as my coat flows in the slight breeze and my belts clinking from the sudden motion, most of their eyes were on me, nothing new there I suppose.

Getting to the bottom of the steps I walked past many of the onlookers, I ignored them because I was actually looking for a little spot for myself to exercise at.

I finally found one, it was a little further out just on the edge of the overall courtyard, past a few bushes that somewhat secluded me in which I enjoyed because I wasn’t a fan of people watching me whilst I do my own shit. Throwing my coat from off my shoulders and onto a patch of grass I wasn’t worried that it might blow away into the wind since there wasn’t much of a breeze but only slightly. Drawing my sword from its sheath and keeping it steady at my side, I did a few test swings to limber up my wrists and shoulders, widening my stance I lunge forward at a decent speed clipping the air with the blade.

I would definitely need a trainer, there's so much you can learn from just watching other people train before you actually need the first-hand experience if I wanted to improve that is. I have a feeling Celestia and Luna aren’t telling me everything though. They were a little too keen on me training or joining the guard for that matter. But its fine, I’ll find out soon enough.

I recalled back to when Celestia taught me how to resonate with my weapon and since it has magical properties now I decided to sit down cross-legged on the surprisingly soft grass. Putting my sword just across my lap I closed my eyes and concentrated, trying to go deeper and deeper to find what I was looking for. However, I couldn’t get a single reaction out of my sword. It was bloody frustrating, I tried to go even further in but nothing was working. The only way it could possibly work is if I use my emotions.

But I just couldn’t get angry, or sad even. I tried to fake it but it just wouldn’t work. I think it only works is when I'm in a situation of peril. God, it’s so fucking frustrating! One thing I can’t do and it’s essential if I want to get better. Why is it there’s always one stupid obstacle that always gets in my bloody way! Okay! It responds to anger so let’s give it some! Getting nicked in the cheek from that stupid bellend of a guard that was getting a little bit too antsy, just like the police back on Earth. That was a fuckin douchey move, wasn’t it?

And then getting blasted in the back by the same fucking guard because he shit himself from getting chewed out from Celestia and Luna, fuckin stupid cunt. Ruined a new pair of bloody clothes as well the nonce. I mean, they may have not been my type of clothing colour wise, but for fucks sakes, I only had them for like what? An hour or so? Christ...

And now I can’t even get this stupid magic to work, why couldn’t it have been as simple as reading a bunch of words in a book and then boom! Fuckin done! Jesus, another thing my father would call me useless at. ‘Yeah, I wanted you to do something else, because more money!’, ‘Why would you go with art? Why not a doctor or an engineer? They get more money in the field!’, ‘Even if you go to University what are you going to do for money after that?’, ‘Why are you so useless?’.

Useless Useless USELESS!

CRACK

Opening my eyes suddenly to the sound of vibrating, a high pitch screeching noise, shocked gasps from an audience that without my knowledge had surrounded me where I was sat, the grass from where I was crosslegged was billowing outwards like a shockwave of energy constantly pulsating as it grows, my sword wouldn’t stop screaming, it was that feeling, that feeling I needed, the feeling I had to hold on to tap into my hidden powers, I needed to remember that feeling. The build-up and the end. The sudden surge in adrenaline that filled my core, If I could describe it the magic inside me was a weird prickly feeling, hot yet it wasn’t burning, and the same sensation as wanting to release when you need a piss.

I noticed there was a fair group of people surrounding the area I was in, most-watched with bated breath, the air was trickling with magic, sort of like an invisible gas, or aroma in the air sating it with static electricity. I was breathing quite heavily actually, my outburst had long since faded, but yet the feeling began to grow, my senses began to heighten, tunnel vision had now set in place, my breathing was erratic, I could feel the skin on my bones tighten, the pores of my skin producing more sweat. My ears were blaring, all I could see was the faces of awe and the oddly peculiar look on a female maids face.

Wait, that stalker girl is here? Sudden

Looking back at my sword again it was still screeching and trembling in my lap, the runes glowing a bright yellow, my breathing had quickened almost to the point of me having an anxiety attack. I was beginning to have an intense migraine clutching to my sore head the pain wouldn’t stop, neither the heat nor the constant rumblings and the pressure in the air continued to blanket the entire area with its intense presence.

I was so deep into my own head I didn’t realise the large feathery white wing covering my back with its comforting warmth. Everything up until now had simply left my shoulders and all of my stress along with it. Looking up completely out of my own bewilderment was Princess Celestia, she had that same motherly smile whilst embracing my left side as the other onlookers watched in curiosity and surprisingly happiness.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to get so enraptured into my own thoughts like that. I didn’t realis-” Celestia stopped me with a shake of her head her smile never wavering.

“Do not worry young one, it wasn’t your fault, we all have these thoughts that consume us,” she said with a slightly trance-like tone of voice. Enough to make me listen.

“Did I hurt anyone?” I said looking around the area to see if I damaged anything or anybody. But I found nothing.

“No, there are wards around the castle and some areas of the towns and settlements that have wards in place that notify me and Luna, plus the rest of our divisions whilst containing the source of the out of control magic,” she said whilst offering her hand to pull me up from my seating position.

Grabbing my sword and sheathing it whilst taking her hand and she then pulled me up.

A few people from the crowd were walking over, noticing it was a few of my friends, Twilight first, rushing towards me along with Fluttershy with a medkit in her grasp and a living breathing pride flag along with her. Fluttershy was a lot faster, however.

“Oh my gosh! Are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“Fluttershy I'm-”

“Tell me where you’re hurt.”

“Fluttershy I'm fin-”

“What about her-”

“Fluttershy!” this got the attention of the ecstatic pegasus.

“Oh! Sorry! I'm used to taking care of animals and I just reacted.”

“Are calling me an animal?” I said with a slight smirk.

“Oh gosh no! I wa-”

“I'm joking Fluttershy, I was only teasing. I'm fine though, thanks for caring.” patting the buttery pegasus on the hair scratching slightly from ear to ear, she leaned into my touch obviously enjoying the feeling. However, Twilight got jealous and grabbed my hand and placed it upon her head. Fluttershy clearly grinning.

“I want head rubs too!” Twilight said pouting because Fluttershy was getting all the attention. Celestia giggled slightly at this, whilst I furrowed my brow smirking slightly.

“What are you four?” I remarked but obliged anyway.

“And I'm twenty-two actually, you’ve never told me your age before?” She asked cocking her head slightly, the others around me obviously curious because they leaned in slightly.

“Huh, that did slip my mind, oh well, I'm actually twenty.”

“What! I thought you were younger than that?” Twilight said in a surprised voice, she looked a bit nervous actually which was strange.

“Yeah, my birthday is on July the twenty-second, sorry that piece of information was lost to me, probably the whole new world thing and I just forgot. Heh.” Laughing slightly I noticed the crowd earlier has dispersed with one person left behind, it was that stalker maid again, or was she some sort of pony reptile hybrid?

“So er, what happened whilst I was, you know, out of it?”

“Well, you see it went like this..” Twilighted started.

Gradually a shattering earthquake sounded, getting slightly more erratic as the minutes went by, Twilight, and Princess Celestia along with Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash were talking amongst each other when it had appeared, the others were somewhere else on their own little adventures. As the rumbling sound and slight magic dispersion had been heard and seen the group responded, Princess Celestia had used a teleportation spell in close proximity of the disruption. From what they could see was a mass grouping of the guards just a little further down the massive courtyard, where the trees and bushes ended on just the outskirts of the actual courtyard were the actual disturbance was.

Twilight and Celestia nodded to each other and spurred on whilst the two others followed on behind, as soon as they got there though, they noticed a peculiar but dangerous sight. It was their alien friend, Elliott, who was sat down with his sword on his lap, the grass swaying outwards like a force ripping through the grass, shockwave after shockwave, the expression on their friend's face was a scary sight, as soon as anyone got close enough they would get blown back, they didn’t know what was going through Elliott’s head at this point.

The shockwaves and the ground constantly shaking turned up a notch once again and now the pressure came barreling down on them all, somewhere slightly arched over like gravity had gotten heavier than normal. Some had laboured breaths, Celestia and Twilight weren’t effected, neither Fluttershy nor Rainbow Dash. As soon as Princess Celestia tried to approach the sword cried out, screeching loudly almost bursting everyone else eardrums. She moved closer only for electricity to arch out striking the floor in front of her, she moved closer again with the same result narrowingly missing her by an inch as if to say ‘back away, otherwise I’ll hurt you.’ this didn’t detur Celestia at all, she had the power to easily defend against these attacks.

She moved at a quicker pace the electricity growing wilder and wilder as she drew closer, some barrages actually hit her but only her magic defence blocked the flowing current from reaching its mark. As soon as she was beside him, the others called out, trying to reach him but he couldn’t hear the outside world because he was so deep into his own issues that the outside world was but white noise.

Everyone watched Princess Celestia with fear and worry until her left-wing touched Elliott’s shoulder, the energy dissipated almost instantly.

“And that’s how it happened.” Twilight finished.

“Well shit, didn’t think I’d get so into my head that I’d cause such trouble, I really am sorry,” I said with a regretful look on my face.

“As I said earlier, do not worry, there was no harm done, you just need a bit more help with controlling the magic inside of you,” Celestia said whilst lighting up her horn making the air more breathable, she must have dispelled whatever was in the air from my outburst.

“Oh! Can I teach him! I have so many books that could help you out! We could go to the castle archives and have a study session! Ooooo! This is so excit-” Twilight was cut off.

“That won’t be necessary, I could have one from the 12 Aristotle to help him with that.” She said whilst Twilight turned on the deadliest weapon known to the entire universe, the puppy dog eyes! I couldn’t look away, I was stuck in a trance, I couldn’t say no.

“I wouldn’t mind getting more reading in, and since Twilight knows a lot about magic I wouldn’t mind, why not both?” I bargained, Twilight, however, jumped for joy whilst a certain cyan pegasus rolled her eyes mumbling eggheads, and Fluttershy silently smiling.

Princess Celestia nodded in thought, “Yes, that is okay, it is for your benefit after all, and it looks like my times up, I have to go back to my office to file out more paperwork for tomorrow. If you need me or Luna you can flag down a guard and they will show you the way. Have a good evening Elliott.” Celestia finished with a slight wink and teleported away with golden wisps left behind to disintegrate in the wind that had now started up again.

“So er, what do you guys want to do now? After that er...situation, I'm a little tired, I wanted to get some training in but oh well.” I said rubbing the back of my neck.

“I think somepony wants your attention.” Rainbow Dash said whilst nodding her head in the direction of someone that was stood there for at least ten minutes. Followed her indication and inwardly sighed.

Ah, she's still there, Jesus Christ.