Author's Note

I don't know how often I will be writing, but I will try to get a chapter out at least weekly if my schedule will permit it. This is my first story so any feedback will be greatly appreciated.

With out a further a do! Fragility and Strength!

Where in the Nine hells am I?

The air was vibrating with the electricity and magic that were colliding in this battle of foes. Obsul has been fighting this warlock for 25 minutes now and was becoming exhausted. Voluxian has proven to be quite a pain in his side as of late due to the trouble that he has caused. They weren't always enemies they used to be close friends. But his friend is no more now since his Patron Domilus took over his body.

The party was held in cages guarded by a possessed dragon Domilus summoned. The elf Frig had been gagged so she couldn't sing or speak to help her friends. While in a stone cage at the dragon's foot pinned to the ground lay the Half-orc Paladin Aldric. Obsul had come to free them and prevent Voluxian from sacrificing them to open a portal for his patron.

Voluxian now out of spell slots brings his daggers out intending to slash Obsul. Obsul thinks to himself 'Think man, THINK! How can you save your friends? I don't wish to kill Voluxian but I don't know if I have a choice!' Obsul then proceeds to raise his tower shield in defense as the two of them begin to circle each other.

"Voluxian, I know you are still in there old friend. Please resist him, you are better than this. What would your sister Ilda think if she saw you this way..." Obsul chokes out in between labored breaths.

"Your tenacity is admirable dragon-kin, but your friend is no longer here. I have locked his mind and soul away to be merely my puppet now! And once I am finished with you, your friends over there are going to make fine sacrifices and their blood being the final key for me to enter this realm to reclaim my true right of power!" Domilus states as he throws a dagger trying to find a weak spot in Obsul's defensive stance. Too which Obsul simply sidesteps.

'That's it! I have no other choice at this point, forgive me old friend, and may you rest in peace.' Thought Obsul as he prepared his ace in the hole. "Black Chain!" He shouts out as two black chains shoot out from the ground wrapping around his friends' wrists pulling him to his knees.

"My dearest friend forgive me for what I am about to do, but I am left with no other choice!" Obsul roars as he raises his spear tip at Domilus' chest and commands its activated ability piercing strike. The spear lights up and lets loose a torrent of lighting piercing Voluxian's chest.

Just as the light dissipates from the strike Domilus grins and says "Worthy attempt but you only delayed me. I won't let it happen again! Reality shift!" As he states the last two words his body begins to glow with magic wildly striking out and striking Obsul in the chest knocking him down. Obsul manages to get one final look at his friends as the cages vanish and his vision is engulfed in a whirlpool of color as the magic surge forces him through the portal that appeared.

Twilight and her friends were exploring the old castle of the two sisters when a storm broke out. They had decided it would be best if they waited inside to wait the storm out. Weather in the Everfree was unpredictable after all since no weather ponies could tame it.

"Hey Twi, are you feeling all the raw energy in the air from all this lighting? I have never seen so much in one place." Rainbow dash stated while staring in awe at the storm while with a little concern. The lightning strikes seemed to be getting ever closer she noted as well.

"I can feel the energy behind those strikes for sure Rainbow. You should probably stay away from the window for now until the storm passes. Why don't we tell stories to pass the time?" Twilight replied. "It certainly will take our minds off the storm. Maybe we can even play games such as scrabble or chess!"

"Oh, my dear twilight, a game of does chess sounds good right about now! I can use my magic real quick to make us the pieces." Rarity stated with great enthusiasm.

"Ooooh, oooh, I get to play winner. We can play so whoever loses has to help me with my super-secret surprise for our new guest!" Pinkie pie exclaimed as she leaps into the air throwing confetti seemingly from nowhere.

"Now what do ya mean by that pinks? As far as I can tell we are the only ones here. Unless that was your darn pinkie sense going off just now, I don't know what you mean by our new guest." said AJ in her normal southern drawl. "And quite frankly I would hate it if they are unfriendly. Though I do feel mighty sorry for them if they are out in this here storm."

"Oh my... I hope they are ok out there. I don't even think the animals that live here are out in that storm." Fluttershy then jumps as a lightning bolt then crashes through the ceiling in the center of the room startling everyone present.

"Deary me, that was a close call girls." Rarity called out. As she is looking around and spots something lying in the center sparking with raw magic, though unsure as to what it is due to the smoke at first.

Obsul was watching the colors in the vortex around him change as he has been falling. He knows he might never be able to see his friends ever again, but at least he was able to save two of them. Though regret now began to course through his mind, ‘What have I done? I know Voluxian was possessed and there wasn’t anything else I could do to help him... Poor Ilda. She is going to be facing such hard times when she finds out her brother won’t be coming back.’

“Hmm, I have been falling for some time, I should have come out of this damn portal by now.” As soon as he uttered those words it seemed as if something heard him, and the exit opened up right below him. “Oh come on!” Obsul yelled as soon as he saw himself falling towards what appeared to be an abandoned castle amidst a forest with a storm raging.

‘Think Ob, come on there has to be a way to slow my fall so I don’t die on impact. WAIT I still have my gear!’ Obsul then grabbed a tight hold of his shield using it as a windbreak and pressing himself against it trying to remain as flat as possible to catch wind resistance to slow himself. ‘This is going to hurt! 10, 9, 8, 7, 6,’ Obsul mentally cursed himself as he crashed through the roof because a bolt of lighting decided it needed to acquaint itself with him driving him to the ground.

After the dust settles he begins coughing and manages to roll himself over and get onto a knee. That's when he hears multiple gasps. Obsul looks up and sees 6 multicolored ponies. “What the fuck? Where did that bastard send me?” After he asked that, the ponies watched as he collapsed from fatigue with his adrenaline finally wearing off.

“Quick girls we need to stabilize him and get him to a doctor, I will send a letter to Princess Celestia!” Those were the last words he heard before he blacked out.

The six ponies looked on in shock as the figure who crashed through the roof managed to rise to its knee and speak. They all then see the wounds he bore and gasped. That's when he looked up at them and spoke saying “What the fuck? Where did that bastard send me?” After he said that he had collapsed.

“Quick girls we need to stabilize him and get him to a doctor, I will send a letter to Princess Celestia!” Twilight shouted as she summoned a quill and parchment, and began to furiously scribble away at it before sending it off in a poof of magic. With the letter sent they very quickly went to work trying to bandage the creature's wounds with the first aid kit that Apple Jack had brought with her in case any of them got hurt.

After about 2 hours they managed to bandage all of his wounds. With a sudden flash of light, a scroll appeared in front of Twilight with a royal seal on it. She very quickly unraveled it with her magic and began reading, ‘My dearest Twilight, the issue you presented is quite serious indeed. I will have a royal chariot on its way to pick this creature up and bring it to the castle infirmary. Please do be cautious if they wake up, for we do not know how they will react, especially if they are wounded as bad as you say. Sincerely Princess Celestia.’ Twilight looked up as she finished reading looking on at this strange creature as it lay asleep noting how much like a dragon it looked, from the sea blue scales and their various tones, to his mouth which was filled with razor-sharp teeth, and then its claws as well which seemed strong enough dig grooves into the stones beneath. She hoped that they were doing the right thing.

Obsul then began to stir as the storm faded and the chariot landed. Medical guards rushed in with a stretcher and put him on it. “Where in the nine hells am I?” He managed to mutter before blacking out once more.