Am I a human? Or a nazgúl

Chapters

Chapter 1 - prologue chapter
Chapter 2 first contact? With a ghost?
Chapter 3 first sour impressions
Chapter 4 running away from multi colored horses
Chapter 5 the art of making a blade...or armor?
Chapter 6 the new digs and the new Forge
Chapter 7 when the nightmare becomes a reality
Chapter 8 when the shadows rise in Equestria
Chapter 9 fighting a demon or nightmare?
Chapter 10 a family is reunited but I'm back on the run
Chapter 11 licking wounds and crossing paths with a zebra'?
Chapter 12 learning of your enemy's territory
Chapter 13 a change in armor design's
Chapter 14 an explanation to the two royal sisters
Chapter 16 new chances along with new creatures?
Chapter 17 - a trip to the badlands to meet a bug queen along with her offers
Chapter 18 these ponies are pushovers at combat
Chapter 19 an issue in the ever-free forest
Chapter 20 the demon can do did what?!
Chapter 15 wraith's can have flashbacks? Talk about an odd situation

Chapter 1 - prologue chapter

Chapter 1
"Finally I made it,"

Frank said as he slightly but tiredly pressed his foot against the brakes to stop his car as Frank's car slowed down into the parking space of a dirt patch his imagination took hold as he wondered what he had planned for this summer. Oh, right his plans were just one simple word

"Nothing!" Frank smiled sleepily as the idea of sleep sounded wonderful because of school and his job making it so he had at least 5 hours of sleep.
As his plans were simple knowing that he could request the scholarship at a later date he turned the car's knob to Park as he stepped out and began unpacking his things.

At the small house for what he planned to be staying for a couple of months before going and applying for a different time to use the scholarship from the college even though he should have gone before leaving his high school after graduation and getting college over and done with.

Witch in Frank's personal opinion was kinda stupid to waste time like that but everyone needs a break from time to time and this was his break and yes Frank would already know people who would be fighting his choice on the matter.

'But you win some you lose some.' Frank thought as he unpacked his car he was unaware of the dark clouds rolling in. then he heard the thunder and lightning in the distance. Which surprised the new graduate as the weather was supposed to be sunny for the whole week but he just shrugged and continued the tasks at hand 'I didn't know it was gonna rain if I knew that I would have brought a coat' until the freak storm arrived.

"Great just... great," Frank said to nobody in particular as it slowly began to storm outside. As Frank said, "this can't get any worse " while getting to the tv he brought and switched it on and began to channel surf as it downpoured outside. till he found a channel which seemed interesting but due to his travels he fell unconscious as the rain helped him go to sleep finally getting a good amount of rest. In a long while

Frank had passed out for a couple of hours as the rain seemed to have eased up a bit but just enough to show it wasn't ending soon. But Frank was in bliss getting a good amount of sleep finally before starting his day until he heard tapping? Soft at first but slowly turned into knocking which woke Frank slowly from his heavenly peace.

'What the hell is that sound?' He said to himself as Frank looked out the window and saw nothing but a decent amount of rain hitting the glass and empty darkness but for a second he saw a flash of something. Just before a clap of thunder blocked out whatever flashed

'It was nothing I guess" frank thought thinking it was just the thunder striking the ground before planting himself back into the bed as he would fall back to sleep. But the sounds of tapping returned this time quicker than before the second time which made Frank groan annoyed as Frank had enough. Rolling out of bed he puts on his clothes while sighing heavily thinking someone was pulling a prank on him "I swear to god if I go out there and someone is messing with me." Frank said as he went outside and left the safety of his summer house and went out into the cold stormy night to find out who in God's name was messing with him and better yet how did they find him? He hadn't told anyone where he was going before he left.

After walking for about four hours in the cold stormy weather frank was beyond pissed at this ongoing 'joke' that was happening to him as he had enough of this.

And was about to go back as he'd been walking for almost seven miles now looking for these jokesters "I've had enough of this shit!" He said before the light appeared this time in the field in front of him which angered him finally "Caught you!" He yelled as frank ran at the light he ran into a rock and fell over and breaking his nose with a nasty crunching sound as blood came out of his nose slowly.

"Goddamit," Frank said as his hands shot up to his nose to cover and stop the red life-giving liquid to stop leaking from his broken nose he cursed up a storm from pain as frank shoved himself off the offending rock and looked down to see...a golden ring? It seemed to shine softly as frank bent down to pick the ring up it didn't look too jaw-dropping just a normal gold ring with some writing on and around it.

After blinking back the tears of pain while Chuckling lightly "Are you kidding, me? I walked all this way in the middle of nowhere for a god Damn. RING?!" He yelled the last word as frank wanted to throw it away from himself disgusted at finding this and not the people who were pranking him.

But frank stopped himself as he looked closer at the ring as he reads the texted or tried to in the dark as it glowed with power and energy as frank shook his head "What the hell, is this supposed to be? A fake gold ring or did I just find a near priceless artifact " He asked himself as he started to get cockier with having a ring that he thought wasn't a real ring of power "So if this was a real ring of power if I put it on it should heal my nose over time."

"Hell! Even near instantly!" He said as he sighs to himself 'I can't believe I'm gonna do this I can already see it now on the internet *nerd follows us into the woods and puts on a golden ring thinking it was a ring of power from the lord of the rings*'.

As frank slowly slipped the ring onto his finger while closing his eyes...after putting it on he felt nothing different as he was about to take his first step with the ring on then he felt a sudden wave of strange energy it felt dark and evil but deep down on the inside it felt neutral and that's when our main character collapsed and fell unconscious...

Frank didn't know how long he was unconscious for God knows how long but when he came to it was still raining. So that's good he hadn't been moved from where he had collapsed as he began to slowly and got to his feet, his limbs feeling numb and delayed as it felt like Frank was a baby all over again. As the sounds of faint whispers were all around him

walking was a new challenge for Frank s his body was slow as he looked around the forest that he entered seemed different. It looked like it was stolen from a cartoon as everything seemed bright or had a form of light being produced by the plants. As frank wondered in the direction he thought his summer home was but little did he know he was walking towards Montville as frank walked he had forgotten about his broken nose which somehow fully healed from his earlier fall.

As he walked the wind started to pick up blurring as rainwater slammed into his face like a showerhead on its highest setting. While frank covered his head 'What the hell is this storm? I should have looked up the weather before leaving And why is my nose no longer hurting. didn't I break the damn thing?' he said now realizing that it wasn't hurting, was it the adrenaline? Or was it because he blacked out? Or too much blood loss?

As he walked frank found a can't slowly walk in and sat down on a rock to sleep off this odd feeling and wait for the storm to end

Author's Note

This is my first ever story I'm sorry if it's not the greatest! With grammar, I've been busy with school and I start my job on Monday next week so I'm lacking free time! And please go easy on me I tried to post the first chapter as the fanfics long description! Also like this if you want to see more as I'm trying to keep it very open with ideas and i'd loved to hear with other people want to maybe add or just to ask questions!
And I'll be doing maintenance when I can so that the stores can have proper indentation and proper grammar so

Chapter 2 first contact? With a ghost?

Chapter 2

Frank had been unconscious in the cave while he dreamed he heard whispers and faint voices until one came threw in his dream."Wake up my friend...it is time to awaken..." the voice was ghostly but sounded Male but

Frank had been asleep as the storms slowly passed and the ring healed his wounds slowly over time.

As Frank was unconscious his dream took him to a massive room with different kinds of art made out of marble and such a mist approached him it was green and black as it slowly shifted into a man in armor as he offered his hand to Frank as he spoke.

"Your not dead, So get off the ground, "the stranger said lifting Frank off the ground and onto his feet as Frank was very confused "What kind of dream is this? All the dreams I've had weren't as detailed as this...''

As the stranger answered his question "You my friend, are in the central meeting room for Minas ithil the capital of Gondor but it received a name change by the orcs of Mordor, and this isn't a dream. It's like a world where you and I can meet face to face for now soon I'll be able to appear in the real world but the ring needs time to activate and adjust."

Frank was in shock at hearing this as he asked to ask nervousness had gotten into Frank's voice. "Then who are you? And why am I here? Last I recall I was in a forest then a cave seeing shelter from a storm." Frank stated as he pulled out a sword and began sharpening it "Well to answer your first question I am...was the captain of a garrison that occupied the black gate going from Mordor to Gondor and the reason you are here is so I can speak to you."

"But your safe nothing is bothering you in the real world so we may speak freely but enough about my troubles I wish to know more about you"

Talion said to Frank as he pulled back and placed his sword back into its sheath as he look at Frank with his glowing eyes "W-well my name Is Frank talion and do you know where we are...O-out there I mean in the real world is it like Mordor or Gondor nature wise?" frank asked looking at the legendary ranger from the games he placed as talion licked his lips before speaking

"Well, Frank the best I can say it isn't anything close to Mordor or the at least the parts I've been to. Nor is it like Gondor speaking of witch where do you hail from Frank as I haven't heard of your name before..."

Frank rubbed his face as he remembered the meaning of his name "It is I believe of old high tribal Germanic origins to describe people from a land called France."

Talon rose an eyebrow at this "So you are from a tribe of some kind of kingdom? Or from this place called France?" he asked as Frank shook his head "No no that's my name I'm from a place called America..."

-----------------*after a few dream world hours of explaining his world to talion later* --------------------

Frank sighed, rubbing his head "Does that explain everything talion?" Tailon nodded slightly "For now frank but I think it's best if you awoke I believe it to be morning..." and with that tailon used his magic to wake up

Frank as he rubbed his face seeing sunlight coming from the entrance as he slowly rose to his feet Frank thought 'dam my back shouldn't be sleeping on solid rocks...' he said as his bones cracked aggressively as Frank slowly stepped out and saw the forest and realized this wasn't the same kind of woods he walked threw yesterday as

Frank pulled his phone out of his pocket finding it to have no service or much juice left in it he went and turned it off as he continued on the path he took as talions voice cutter into his head "Carefully where being watched from above I can see them threw the trees..." Frank looked up trying to see "do you think we can fight them?"

As talion answered "Avoid trying to fight for now we need to get you a proper weapon, not sticks and rocks...unlesss that black brick can help you fight..." his new companion said as they walked

-----------------‐-----main six POV*-----------------
Rainbow sighed as she left the treehouse that bookworm twi lived in she had spike leave earlier today to grab everypony to meet at the treehouse about the storms last night as she spoke about 'strange readings of magic...or whatever in the everfree' and since she wanted me to check with flutters.

From the air, while they stayed near the main exit/ entrance to the ever-free but then there was a change in plans

Wasn't able to sleep in because of this stupid reading as Fluttershy speaks up "Y-you know I could M-maybe ask my A-animals for H-help?" she suggested as rainbow shrugged at fluters as they flapped their wings in the air "I don't know flutters...maybe we can ask twilight?" rainbow said as they scanned the ground for just a moment.

"O-oh O-ok" flutters said before finding the now slightly larger group of their friends as some of the rainbows main falls into her eyes as she sighs and blows it out of the way as she speaks"Yeah yeah sure flutters but tell twilight first she might want to be there...and there she is"rainbow points out as Fluttershy leaves her in the air as flutters softly land near the group and began trotting over as rainbow followed shortly not wanting to just be floating there.

As she now could hear them being closer as she heard twilight speaking while the others listened "alright girls I think I might have been wrong" she said blushing softly in embarrassment as applejack asked, "what do ya mean sugarcube?" As twilight ears flicked lightly "well when I scanned the ever-free with long-range magic it showed me a storm bad storm with dark magic it showed an entity is making it. but after I scanned again those clouds were gone and there's something in the ever-free and it's powerful with magic!"

Twilight broke slightly as she told them that the creature/ ape had been a dark magic user let alone a dark magic one and a powerful one at that fact "do you think we should get Celestia?" rarity asked as twilights head snapped to her "are you insane?! She's coming here in a few weeks for a nightmare night!

This is the first one she's been to in ponyville in...W-well forever!" twilight said "we need to make this perfect we can make her come down here and ruin what was planned!" twilight was about to go on a rampage when Fluttershy tapped her side with her hoof "U-um twilight?" the why pegasus asked her purple friend as her head turned to face her

"yes?"She asked as flutters hid her face in her main as she slowly stuttered her question out. "I-if we are looking for a creature why are we just waiting for it to come to us? C-can't we stop it in the ever-free B-before it gets here? I-i think I can ask the birds to H-help as well" Fluttershy asked as twilight thought the question over "Alright get what animals you can to help us we are getting this creature I need to study it and see why and how it knows and controls this amount of dark magic..."

Twilight Sparkle said as Fluttershy flew off to get her animal friends to help her and her friends

Author's Note

Another chapter done! Don't worry more will be coming out and hopefully longer! But I doubt that but let's wait and see what I can come up with!!!!

Chapter 3 first sour impressions

Chapter 3 -

*Frank's POV*

"What do you mean where being watched talion there's no one there." frank said to his ghostly friend as talion spoke "maybe you should look again, "tailon said as the world turned dark and misty as faint whispers began again as Frank was able to see two... flying things? He didn't know what they were from what Frank could see they were flying horses? Or just really big birds?

"Do they know where here?" frank asked the former captain of the black gate..." well from what I can gather is that there are two waits. Only one of those flying horses in the air and there's a larger group of them wait now they're splitting up there's only four of them but they are in front of us just outside the path entrance..." talion stated as he watched "

"We can't fight them if they intend to battle you need to get a weapon at most to defend yourself " frank would look truly evil to anything that saw his eyes when they were in the wraith world but they slowly turned back to normal "and you're still new to wearing that ring so I just can't give you anything just yet..." Frank sighs as he rubbed his head

"Let's not keep them waiting shall we?" Frank said as he began to walk down that path to where some of the main six waited to intercept this 'evil being'
--------------------------------*third-person *------------
As Frank walked out there were a few slight gasps as the ponies began whispering to one another about this unknown creature as it spoke to them. "Hello? Do any of you creatures speak?" it asked the ponies and that causes a chain reaction as a purple dome appeared over them? While another grabbed a rope as a weapon?

---*Apple jack's POV a few minutes before encounter *---------

As Fluttershy and twilight spoke about what the purple unicorn needed the animals to do and promised they wouldn't be hurt. Just then there was a small faint flash which was hard to see in the midday sun but just then applejack heard something "Gals quiet down for a moment."

The southern-sounding mare stated as they heard something coming towards the three mares as twilight's horn flashed as she conjured up two spells one being the scanner spell and the second a protective dome if her fears were correct.

As a creature walked out of the woods it was tall surely the tallest thing the apple farmer ever saw in her opinion then it spoke "hello? Do any of you creatures speak?" it asked

while she slowly reached for the lasso "T-twi what's the plan?" she asked seeing if twilight had a plan as Fluttershy fainted from fear "W-we have to fight it or scare that thing back into the woods...wait no! We need to capture and study this thing " she said as a purple dom came over the six mares as the 'ape' looked at them as he looked confused? Dumbfounded? One of those.

But as they were getting ready to either capture this dark entity or make it run back into the place it came from apple Jack looked at twilight unsure of what their plan was as they hadn't faced off against anything like this before "should we call for Celestia? We don't even know what this thing is! It could be discords long lost brother or king Sombra!" she asked not sure the two of them could take it on and Fluttershy was of little helping being unconscious at the moment "N-no but we have to try and do this on O-our own!"Twilight said she did sound slightly scared but her convinced that her friends were being a big help as she whispered the plan to apple Jack and her other friends

"For now the dome seems to be working but if it breaks out applejack try and lasso it and I'll shoot it with a stunning spell and for you rainbow dash if that doesn't work ram into it while pinky you-" twilight was trying to explain as pinky pie somehow pulled out her party cannon giggling like a mad mare "and rarity try and use a stun spell as well" as applejack nodded and gripped her piece of rope in her mouth she waited for twilight to drop the shield. The others began getting ready to play their parts in taking down this evil monster. "Alright! Leave it to me girls I'll put this...Thing! In its place and make it regret messing with the fastest flyer in Equestria!" Witch made twilight's eye twitch "rainbow! We can't hurt this creature too much! I need it not drastically hurt and you beating it up might even kill it!"

----------‐----------------------main six POV--------------------

As rainbow dash and twilight argued about her wanting to beat up the creature inside of the dome if it broke out apple Jack and rarity would check on Fluttershy who was unconscious still from being very scared of the unknown creature.

as pinky was just being pinky but hopped off her cannon as she was the last one to be watching the creature when Fluttershy awoke she saw the dome and said "Girls why is there an empty dome?" she asked Rarity spoke up "what do you mean It's holding the creature twilight spoke about "she said before turning around and seeing it was very much empty as rarity spoke "apple Jack am I coming down with S-something or wasn't it in there just a moment ago?" she asked as applejack turned and saw the same thing.

"Twilight dear it's gone !" rarity yelled as twilight stopped what she was about to say as looked at rarity "what do you mean it's gone?" she asked as she looked at her friend "it's just gone!" she yelled as twilight looked as her heart nearly stopped "I-it knows how to use it's magic! This is bad!" Twilight said before dropping the now pointless dome and also using her magic to find where the creature had gotten off to. While she thought 'how did it get out of the dome? It was sealed completely could it teleport? That's the only answer... which means it might have learned attack and defense magics hopefully primitive spells and nothing complex she thought

before finding where it was which was near the entrance to the ever free they were currently at the entrance of the white-tailed woods so they needed to run to catch up with it"Girls I found it let's get after it!" she yelled as her friends followed suit.

Author's Note

Guys bear with me I just got my second covid shot and my sleep as been broken and I'm in a lot of pain so this chapter might take some time before being released I also dont write them here I kinda use Google doc for it

Chapter 4 running away from multi colored horses

Chapter 4

-------------‐------*Frank's POV*-------------------------------

"I still don't believe, This is happening Tailon this can not be real..." frank thought as he was running through the trees with there low hanging vines and brushes being hit with all manner of things from Acorns to even birds nests thankfully it wasn't being occupied by any kind of bird.

'How isn't this real Frank? You've been running for about five minutes, I believe that would wake anyone up from their dream plus you being hit with sticks and bird nests' Talion responded as Frank fell onto his face as the nazgúl human wasn't anywhere to be seen. "Hey, it was only one or two bird nests! And"

"Why aren't you helping me yet if this is real?" Frank asked as he got up whipping the mud. Off of his coat and face 'Simple, I can't just yet but I can tell you where those multi-colored speaking horses are.... by any chance are they from your world because we don't have those in Gondor.' He asked as Frank rolled his eyes "of course not and you're making me look crazy to the viewers..."

'The who?'tailon asked as Frank shrugged"I don't know even know what I just said let's just keep moving so where are those horses? At-"

"There it is!!" yelled a feminine-sounding voice as the rest of the horses arrived they saw the two-legged monster as they began to talk.

"What manner of creature is that?!" asked a white Unicorn

"IT NEEDS A PARTY!" Yelled a pink normal horse

"It doesn't need a party pinky pie!" yelled a purple Unicorn

Frank whispered did his best to whisper to talion while not making himself look crazy to these talking animals "I need an ability and fast!" as talion sighed. 'Very well but it will take longer for it to recharge and activate' as his right hand began to feel very cold as the feeling spreads across his body

-------------------------*main six POV*------------------------

"Twilight hurry it up while we have it trapped use your spell !" Rarity said as we did just that she planned to Knock it unconscious but when she just fired the bolt of magic. The creature had vanished into thin air everypony began freaking out as twilight tried to search for it with her magic but nothing was popping up as she shakily said "I-it's gone...n-no no! no! no!" Twilight said as she began to panic slightly as she couldn't find it on her magic scans. "This is bad very bad!"

----------------------------*Frank's POV*-----------------------
(Landing on something hard sound affect ) "W-what the hell was that talion?!" he asked holding his head with his cold hands as Frank landed on something very solidly on his back "wherein God's green earth are we now talion?" Frank said rubbing his body while trying to warm up 'we're back in the cave, Where we first rested and they lost us where safe.'

As Frank went through extreme vertigo" I-is this normal?" his human friend asked 'at first yes your body will adjust to doing it without the feeling of vomiting up your lunch but soon we need to train...well you need training I need practice In combat' Talion said as he dragged him into the large main hall once again

"On your feet Frank, "Talion said grabbing him and pulling him to his feet once it ended the ranger handed him a one-hand steel sword "here's a blade you will need first. Do you think you're able to train yet?"

Talion asked holding Frank's shoulder as he nods looking at the dark armored human "good now take a stance like mine." he said taking a simple stance " you will not have the blade in the real world but let's start with simple slashes go from either a top swinging down or down up slash"

------------------*Many hours of dream training*-------

"I think your ready, for your first opponent you have I would say basic training for a gondorain soldier let's see how you'll do against an orc I'll walk you through this battle but the next is on your own" talion said just before creating a dummy orc talion changed the room to a more open training ground then Frank's first orc grunt appeared. As he grabbed his weapon and pointed it at Frank "Look there! A Pinkskin" the orc grunt said as talion froze him to speak to Frank "that's a grunt basic soldier but brutal they aren't smart sometimes but why fight if you can recruit? Or kill him silently?" Talion said as he unfroze the charging orc.

"Block!" talion yelled as roughly chopped wood slammed into metal as the orc howled in rage at how his wide attack got blocked 'I'll rip your spine out and drink your spinal fluids!' As Frank kicked him away "stop talking you oversized welp!" frank yelled

As he started to recognize the grunts patterns "come on I can do this all day! This isn't hard" Frank said as he shoved the grunt away after he threw an attack "in large numbers they can be deadly one-on-one they aren't that hard unless you're fighting a war troll or captain...Nazgúl will be the hardest thing you'll fight in this dream world...now go on the offensive!"

Talion yelled as his human companion began to swipe and slash the orc beginning to wound the orc and eventually slicing his head into it as the body disappeared slowly "could do better but now for you to fight on your own.." he said as another grunt appeared this time holding a
orc sword.

-----------------------------------later------------------------------

As the human slept with the ring on it began to glow softly showing it was fully activated and ready to use the dark power within as Frank trained how to fight in his dream world he was physically resting while no doubt going to be stiff in the morning due to him not having a bed or anything soft to lay on.

As talion grabbed him after killing a few grunts with a dagger talion had given to him "frank the ring is complete you can now start looking at the tree and you'll be able to see me now in the real world." as talion dragged him off like a kid away from a candy store they entered a room that seemed smaller but just as grand as a large pot was in the center filled with soil.

"where's the tree?" Frank asked as talion pointed it out "your skills are like the tree that hasn't grown yet. Your training and learning will make the tree sprout and grow and trust me it will be very massive for a tree."

Frank wasn't too happy as him killing small waves of grunts were making him grow but he had to kill something for real Frank woke up as the sun beamed into his eyes from the back of the cave somehow "well shit." frank thought before getting up as stiff as a rock in the cave as he thought of what to kill

"Wait a second you said something early about branding? What is that?" frank asked as talion lightly leaned against a wall "branding is the easiest way of recruiting someone to your side says maybe an orc or war troll if weakened just right. You can dominate their mind and try to...
Persaud them to join you or you can see into their minds "talion said as Frank rubbed his head isn't that dangerous? To do to the horses? Do you think we shouldn't do that? "frank asked as talion rose.

"Why do you care what happens to them Frank from all I've seen and helped you threw they want nothing more than to capture you and possibly try to kill you. Maybe it's just me I've dealt with orcs and urk-hai and war trolls for too long. But I'm trying to keep you alive."

Author's Note

I know I kept jumping back and forth with Frank and the main six but I don't plan on bringing in Celestia yet as poor Frank will not stand a chance with her let alone nightmare moon or luna with a out of practice nazgul gondorain and no weapons but that would be one hell of a tale to be written into the history of alt equestria

Chapter 5 the art of making a blade...or armor?

Chapter 5

"Think of killing later, we need to find your resource's to make you a weapon..." said the wraith as Frank's body cracked and felt sore all over.

'That's what you get for sleeping on a solid rock floor I supposed' Frank thought before standing up slowly and unsteadily which wasn't an easy feat for someone who just woke up and Survived a run-in with... multi-colored horses?

Well, they were kinda too small to be called horses more like ponies at most. But why were they in these's woods? "Hey Tailon, do you know where we can find that village those ponies were talking about? Maybe we can find what you're looking for to make me a sword maybe?"

Talion hummed for a moment before speaking "it wouldn't be a wise choice Frank seeing that just two of them can attack us from a distance. While some can fly it doesn't sound like this will end well. Perhaps we should check the forest? Maybe we might find an abandoned house or mineshaft?"

The half-human half wraith suggested as Frank finally got that one place in his back to crack as he sighs "All alright let's get to it then talion." Frank said while beginning to explore the unknown woods around him.

---------------------------------*Celestia POV*-----------------

As the large white Alicorn gracefully, but slowly
walked down the hall of the massive but surreal hallway one she had trotted back and forth from many years before and going to conferences or attending meetings with her advisors and sometimes generals during times of war.

While Celestia hummed a tune to herself one that could put even the most upset o tired or even awake colt or filly to sleep. While she thought about what twilight was doing so she stopped trotting and with a quick turn down a left hall, she was before the entrance to her small but royal office Lounge with two of her royal guards stationed there as Celestia entered they had been her little statues ever since she had her first platoon of royal guards ever trained and combat-ready.

'Now there just well pushovers, to say the least...and the last of her veterans were slowly passing on to the next life while the young grew more and more blind to the idea from invaders' Celestia said it did hurt her to say that but her ponies but it was true, to say the least ever since the last war with king Sombra witch was about 573 winters ago then the war with the.

Griffins were a little more recent but still just long enough for her little ponies to forget about their enemies all around now. Even now Celestia knows the griffins may try again as they saw her ponies as weak and nonbattle ready despite having a larger army and population. But right now the more pressing case was that her sister's banishment was ending this nightmare night and maybe just maybe her baby sister could forgive her if she had realized that what Celestia did was a mistake.

Celestia shook her head softly her main moving back and forth as she pushed the dark moments away as she. Bagan wrote a letter to her most prized student twilight to see how the preparations were going on knowing her she was probably driving the citizens of that town wild for the past couple of weeks all to make things perfect for her princess.

"Was that all twilight saw me as? A princess, not her mentor, not a friend or somepony to joke with but only just as her princess and nothing more..." Celestia frowned as her student had yet to learn this yet but continued writing her letter to twilight "maybe she also needs some more lessons in friendship but I think her friends can take care of it."

---------*Meanwhile in the library at ponyville*-------

Currently, it was just a large mess, to say the least Twilight was ripping apart almost every book she had gotten her magic. On to find how what that creature was last night while looking a little bit crazed as her mane was sticking out in places

That even made pinky pies mane look normal "There's nothing here! About that creature! I've looked through every book in this library from new to even star swirl the bearded's old scrolls and books there's nothing!" Twilight yelled defeated as spike began to dig her out of the large pile of books. "Jeez twi it can't be that bad right?" Asked spiked as she groaned as

She buried herself deeper into it as spike suggested another idea to her "why don't you Celestia? Or go to the caterlot royal library twilight?" Spike suggested before twilight's head snapped to her young dragon assistant"Are you nuts! Spike! Celestia would find out something wrong as soon as she Looks! At me! Let alone I'm supposed to be here! Getting things done like princess Celestia asked" Twilight was about to go on another rant.

But applejack, being the cool-headed one at the time grabbed ahold of twilight and began to shake the purple Unicorn mare roughly to get her to Snap out of her panic attack twilight was having.

"Dang it Sugarcube! Stop worrying yourself Do ya think the princess would punish ya for not knowing something for the first time?" The orange earth pony said as she stopped shaking her around.

"P-probably not," Twilight said as she slowly calmed down as rarity pitched into spike "spiky dear would you mind cleaning this up for twilight?" the fashion pony said to spike.

"sure thing I'll just get started O-on-" *BURP* spike wasn't able to finish as he had burped up a scroll that had Celestia's seal on it which showed it was one of her letters

As spike picks it up and opens it as he was about to read it out loud to Ren's group before a purple aura encased it and the piece of paper flew over to twilight

------------------------------*frank and talion's POV*------

"Hey, frankly do you hear that?" Talion asked as Frank stopped dead in his tracks, and listened "I don't have the same range of hearing remember?" Frank said as talion shushed him and then spoke again.

"...it sounded like someone screaming like they're in trouble,... or have discovered something that they shouldn't have." talion said as Frank shook his head "it's properly those horses trying to find us to do god knows what to me and you."

As Frank spoke, to the ghostly being he walked into a tree branch as it smacked him in the face "ppffftt ah! Dam branches when will this dam forest end! I'm sick of being hit with tree branches!" frank yelled as he pushed them out of his face and so they wouldn't wack him again

"Maybe if you paid attention and stopped standing in front of trees maybe you wouldn't be, getting hit by them, "talion said as it slowly began to get foggy around them it was faint at first but they both soon found a wooden bridge it would get densely thick in fog.

"That doesn't look sturdy talion and last I checked I can't fly"frank tried to reason with the fearless ranger as Tailon made them just teleport across. As frank heard a strange zooming sound.

This time wasn't as bad as Frank thought, while he walked across the path he had seen his body it wasn't normal as it was seen threw and with ghostly armor on? Frank stopped stunned confused and scared of what happened as talion felt his fears "you're fine frank this Is normal when you teleport with the ring." Talion said while Frank stumbled onto what seemed to be a larger path to an old castle? "T-talion! I think we can find something, to use as a weapon in there or at least some armor?"

'Well, by the state of thar castle whatever is in there may be too old or even might be too rusted to use but I won't stop you in finding something malleable."Tailon said as Frank entered the old castle of the two sisters in search of the necessary resources to make a weapon. Or armor?

Author's Note

There's a little hint at celestia don't worry there will be a confrontation soon just be patient guys! That's all I ask! Because I need to plan out how future chapters will be and not basiclly repeat them in some shape or form! Also comment down below on what weapon Frank should have! Or create!

Chapter 6 the new digs and the new Forge

Chapter 6

-----------*continuing off at the end of chapter 5*---
As Frank walked across the path on what looked like very uneven pavement he looked up to see the castle more clearly they arrived at one of the walls that had a large hole in it.

As his ghostly friend spoke to him in his head "do you fear heights?" Talion asked while frank "only if I can't see the bottom and look there's a hole up there we can enter this castle from up there we just need some kind of tool?"

Frank grabbed the vines and began tearing them out and began making a caveman basket with vines " why are you making this?" Tailon asked as frank finished up "to hold and plunder we are going to use? Look if I knew I was going to be taken into a forest full of talking magic-using and flying ponies I would have packed heavier." Frank said as talion shook his head "very funny Frank."

"Anyway, how about we just climb up? It doesn't seem that bad... "

Frank used what remaining sunlight there was to determine how high up the breach was in the castle's wall "tailon I'm not climbing that..." Frank said opting out of doing it.

"Oh come on! Don't be such a child if something does happen your limps will grow back or mend over time. Plus I can just teleport us up there" Talion reasoned trying to make the young man take a risk. As he left out the part about how painful it would be

--------------------------------*four minutes later*----------

"This place is just falling apart I don't think that there might be anything good within," frank said climbing through a large hole in the wall as he death gripped vines so that he wouldn't fall to his death but while

Talion didn't answer him seeming to have gone silent as frank rolled his eyes. As he soon entered a hall which was pitch-black now frank just remembered he had his cell phone on him as he reached into his pocket and turned it on the signs of Samsung and team mobile appeared as frank turned in his phone's flashlight. It also showed he had about 62% battery left so he did have a little time before it died

As the human would witness what appeared to be blue pony armor? On stands, for ponies, as Frank walked over to one it was small compared to him as it came up to his lower stomach at most but he began pulling the armor off and stuffing it into the dense vines from the old castle after that plunder.

Frank went and saw a larger version of the armor but it was golden as he stored what he could as frank began to wander the halls of the castle

(or the castle of the two royal sisters if you skipped chapter five this is for you to know where they are.)

'Frank tap the armor I can tell how dense and strong it is. By the sounds and vibrations If it is a heavy tap the armor would be great protection a hollow tap is a bad armor piece but if it's in between heavy and light we can forge it into weapons.

Frank sighs as he stood there tapping armor pieces frank this took about half an hour of their time sorting what they had out

" most of this is heavy the rest is hallow," frank said getting up with the good pieces of armor in his vine bag.

"Plus how did you learn how to tell what metals are still useable or not?" Asked frank while using the flash on his phone to navigate the old abandoned halls of the castle

'I had learned it from someone who had saved my life many years ago but he is no more...' talion spoke as frank came across a door it looked like the wood was rotting away as frank kicked it off the hinges. "Oh yeah? What was this Man's name?" Frank asked as the door didn't break '...It was not a man it was an elf named celebrimbor the second greatest smith of the second age.'

Talion said as that paused Frank from kicking again." so you were saved by a wraith?" frank asked while just standing there looking for the hinges seeing if they were visible to try and kick them off.

'He had saved me from truly dying he said I was banished from death and like him cast adrift between light and darkness.' Frank had been quietly listening to his wraith friend speak seeing a piece of wood blocking the door after using some force it fell off and finally Frank kicked the not well-maintained door off the hinges.

'You never explained the thing in your hand is it magic? Is that how we can see where we are going? But mostly where you're going' said talion confused at how Frank's phone worked.

"What? No! It's a cell phone or smartphone" Frank said as he shined his light around the room found a few containers and began to make his way over to go and loot them.

"Didn't I tell you about it already?" Frank said as he pulled out a musty old book and tossed it away. "No? what is a smartphone? Is it like a Palantir? Will it give us more information about the houses in the woods? " Said talion as frank dug through what seemed to be storage chests? Or maybe some kind of metal containers "what? No!... I mean yes and no it depends but the main purpose of this device was originally to send information over vast distances near instantly." Frank tried to explain as he left the storeroom after having no luck.

Frank began to enter what seems to be a large chamber or a sorta large throne room with two thrones well two sorta the second one had been destroyed badly as Frank made his way over to the not destroyed throne.

And plumed down "do you know how to make weapons with this smartphone?" Talion asked not trusting a small black glass shard could do all that Frank was about to answer when

Talion spoke again "those will do nicely for now so if need be you can rest and no enemies near so where safe' frank sighs and tries to get comfy." also these pillows aren't all stiff to hell like the cave floor." Frank said while adding on

"Good this is our new digs for a while. Mind if I train again in the mind space?" Asked talion agreed as frank fell asleep on a blue alicorn's old throne. 'That's good training every day will help you be ready for real battles in the future.'

Frank had settled their things onto the broken throne as he leaned back to get some rest and train

Author's Note

Holy smokes! We reached 1.1k! I never that this story would be this popular! Thank you all for liking and commenting on the story really couldn't have done it without you guys! And I'd liked to point out something before I get a flood of comments saying that there's no forge part in it which is true. But I'm planning to either make that castle the forge or a little bit underground of the castle of the two royal sisters or maybe the cave he first crashed at? We will see!

Chapter 7 when the nightmare becomes a reality

Chapter 7

------------------------------*main six pov continuing off of chapter five ended with them*--------------------

As twilight was about to come out of her panic of not knowing about a possible world-ending dark magic-wielding two-legged thing she and her friends encountered a few days prior.

The Princess of the sun had sent a letter to her to see how things were going in ponyville and if they were ready for a nightmare night which sent twilight into another panic forgetting about the holiday that was the next day.

As spike took over the response twilight jumped to her hooves and began pushing her friends outside rambling about who was gonna do what for the setup while she thought of a plan to look for more books to read so that in hopes of really finding out what that thing was. Even though most of the town's ponies had gotten things ready rainbow dash flew over and with a quick nod to applejack asked for help silently in case this went wrong as she grabbed onto twilight.

Who was zoned out now after stopping her rambles as she flipped her onto her side and immediately flew up as the sudden cold mud and even a little snow onto the purple lavender-colored mares coat and mane shocked her back to life?

While applejack used her lasso to calm the now angry unicorn down "what the hay rainbow dash!" She said trying to shake the mud out of her coat and main as rainbow shot back

"You were doing that creepy thing where you zone out and just ramble! And believe me, I sat through one of those times when you had lost that weird doll! it wasn't fun! Plus you didn't snap out of it for nearly an hour! I was about to take you to the hospital if you didn't stop!" The blue Pegasus tried to justify her actions as rarity and Fluttershy broke them apart as Applejack needed more help with the purple alicorn while pinky pie was lounging on a bench eating popcorn.

After their little argument and twilight headed back inside to clean up after an hour, she came out to her friends looking clean and refreshed as twilight sighed "very well everypony let's just continue with the preparations and try not to say anything to anypony and tell them to avoid the ever-free forest and white-tailed woods this year for a while as we don't know where this thing is. Or what it can do but if you see it tell either rarity or me and we will shoot a magic sign blast into the air to show where we need the help."

Twilight said while looking at each friend of her group as they each nodded respectfully as they began to disperse to continue whatever they had to do before that thing showed up as twilight went back inside sighing and rubbing her face with a light sigh as she went to go help spike clean up the mess she made.

-----------------------------*nightmare moon's POV*------
As nightmare moon was locked away in her moon prison forced to look back at the planet and the continent of her homeland. How much had changed since she was forced into exile? "Hadst mine own sweet home fallen into chaos? or hadst t did collapse due to h'r weak fusty'r sist'r's ruleth?"

As she thought her horn picked up dark magics coming from the ever-free? Nightmare Moon had thought about discord but after realizing he was.

Still, in stone, she decided to check in using her magic she opened a sorta mirror as it showed the dark black alicorn what she wanted to see as she saw a strange creature nothing as she had ever seen before it was resting during her night as she inspected It threw the magical window.

Her feline-like eyes looked at every inch of this new creature as she scanned it with her magic after some deeper inquiry into the creature it wasn't evil the ring it wore on one of its appendages was however creating dark amounts of energy.

More than she could ever hope to have as that irritated her more than ever as she hissed and smashed the magical glass in front of her as she hissed.

"My~ my~ this thing creates is powerful but this creature! shall not standeth in mine own at which hour I returneth to taketh mine own lodging as the rightful rul'r of Equestria!" She yelled into dark space." But if 't be true I can somehow recruiteth it~ yond thing might beest a v'ry useful tool in mine own conquests and me reclaiming mine own rightful lodging as princess of Equestria and possibly coequal the w'rld" nightmare moon laughed evilly not at all considered or Concerned at the possibility of the creature having some form if Intelligence or self-awareness.

----------------------------------------------*frank's POV*------

Frank's hand expected to appear in the large room again where tailon and he first met but instead he was in a dark room a very large dark room as he couldn't see far but when he looked to the end of the assumed was the end of the room he thought he saw a throne with something or someone sitting on it. As Frank called out thinking it was talion playing a joke on him.

"Talion! This is not a funny joke man!" Frank called out but soon after said that he would hear multiple screeches as tall armored beings appeared as cloaks moved softly in the freezing wind exposing more armor underneath one approached frank slowly as it spoke

" 1j#B5^ y5^²1 xr%È 9t%8jRe 1N @ 26Ez j6N2 8N hyN²j° 9r#È 1N 1zDÊ 9iT qjzDÊ iE 9iT q7,TÉ---shN5 iM "

(translation:Talion won't give himself to the dark lord so you'll have to take his place as his prize...join us, Frank)

The thing said as frank backed away but soon found his body unable to as the large armored man with a crowned helmet was about to touch his face with a gantlet witch was a green color when talion shook frank out of the trance.

"Dam, it frank snap out of it!" Talion yelled as he smacked Frank's chest causing him to react "what the hell talion?!" Frank said coughing as talion grabbed frank's head and made him look at him "you've seen them, haven't you?" Talion asked pulling frank to his feet

"Seen who?" Frank asked confused as he stood up quickly as talion spoke again gripping his shoulder.

"The ringwraiths or to the left The Nazgul. you saw them I can see it on your face. Was there one of them with a crown-like helmet be honest frank" talion spoke as needed the truth from frank at that very moment

"Yes I was one with that kind of helmet you described talion" as talion slowly released him

"That was the witch king himself that is the dark lord's second in command...please explain what happened," Talion said simply as frank told him what happened

"Ok listen close Frank I believe the witch king you saw wasn't real or might have been I'm not sure because I haven't heard or felt a Nazgul presence or it could have been a glimpse into my past experiences but to be safe let's start making your weapons as soon as possible so that if this happens again you can defend yourself in those states. Now let's haste and not waste any more time!"

He finished the statement not giving frank the chance to process the info he was given as talion forced him awake to set off on their quest to find the forge room in this old abandoned castle.

Author's Note

Nightmare Moon is coming! I hope you guys can't wait to see it believe me I'm just getting nervous writing this because I don't know if this might make this fanfic or break it!

But in other words please I need ideas for what weapon to give him place give me ideas before I just give him something basic like a sword or maybe a poll ax

Chapter 8 when the shadows rise in Equestria

Chapter 8

------------------------------------*frank pov*-------------------
"Talion I don't want to be the bearer of bad news or anything but we haven't explored this castle much. We bearly know a proper way out" frank commented as a door glowed he could feel talion burning a hole through his head as he opened it and sighed seeing how pitch black it was "great..." frank said before walking into the hall as talion spoke

'well, no shit frank I can see that I'm more worried about getting you a weapon now because of your dream you had of the ringwraiths.'

Talion said as frank walked down the hall through the seemingly endless hallway frank did reach for his phone but sadly it was out of power "shit my phone is dead so much for thinking it would last a little bit longer but talion do you mind making it so I can see? I'm kinda walking blind here."

Talion had sighed but granted the request giving frank the ability to see in the dark as he made a door glow to show where frank had to go

"The reason I'm concerned frank is that you could fall to their corruption...trust me it will break and corrupt you," Talion warned frank as he arrived at the door that glowed the sickly green was frank tried to open it the door had been stuck?

Frank kept trying to use the handle but after that falling, he backed up, and with all his might (and with some added power from the ring) he kicked the door handle which broke it after about two or three kicks but left frank with a slightly hurting foot and sore leg muscles.

As Frank leaned against the wall as the evil ring magic did its thing in healing him a pony skeleton fell onto him causing him to fall over "the hell??!"

He yelled grabbing the head thinking it was alive but releasing and pushing it to the side after realizing it had been dead for quite some time as he got to his feet and entered the room seeing multiple pony skeletons "Jesus, what the hell happened here? It looks like some kind of fight happened here"

Frank said while looking around as he checked the remains seeing some had wounds others had crossbow bolts in their heads or stuck in their sides one had a bolt in its leg 'it was their last stand from what I can gather from what I'm seeing here.'

Frank was about to speak again but talion beat him to the punch 'look there's nothing you can do for them now we can take care of this later but first let's start making you a dagger first do you know how to forge or will I have to teach you?'

Talion asked while frank got up from inspecting the dead pony remains and heading to the forge itself "no but we're gonna find out!" Frank exclaimed as he unpacked the materials he ''borrowed'' from the caste.

As talion began teaching him how to break the armors down and their old weapons. And how to melt it down and to forge it properly and not make a mess while taking a few things from the long-dead ponies nothing major just some of their armor but he left anything that was a symbol so they could be marked for whatever they were apart in.

---------------------* a few hours later*----------------------
The sun had slowly started to rise in ponyville but very few ponies were up at this time however if they would just look at the moon ever so slight they would see that the mare in the moon symbol had been flickering.

"Lief mine own dram ponies I shall free thee from thy tyrant and fusty'r sist'r Celestia! and bringeth f'rth et'rnal night and retake mine own throne f'r myself!"

Nightmare Moon shouted to nopony in particular as she was on the moon as she began to wake up her dark magics as they had been inactive for a thousand years as they picked up the strange creature's magic as she thought

"Mmmm just what art thee thy not an ape but not a monkey just what is't doing? is't f'rging something?"

She thought as she did a proper scan of it "interesting you would make a fine champion or even a general or hoofmadien and here I thought you weren't smart at all~ "nightmare moon thought before shaking her head her dark mane following.

" enough~ calling the older me a fool I must prepare and not waste my time watching this thing!' she huffed before trouting off to summon her armor and a weapon.

-----------------------------*Celestia pov*---------------
Celestia had woken up from a nightmare with tears in her eyes as she had always done on this day it was a reminder the nightmare she had was a magic-induced one she could stop it any time.

but she did not as it reminded her of the pain her sister luna felt the fear of being forgotten and the pain of not being loved and cherished by her subjects and her older sister so long ago

"sister I-I'm sorry for not helping you I should have done something instead I ignored the problem and blamed you and sent you away when it was my fault for being so blind to the truth..."Celestia said as she is gently and slowly as she had said those very words on the first-ever nightmare night all those years ago and still did to this day but this time she added to it.

" Tonight I'll make things right I promise Lulu," she said as the sun princess entered her bathroom and entered her bathtub and began to clean herself to get ready to try and reason with her sister. And to get affairs set in order beforehand

---------------------------*time skip at ponyville*-----------

Even though the main six knew of the evil creature they decided to not think about it while they celebrated nightmare night this year.

as they went around town keeping an eye out for anything off or suspicions as twilight had told them that this year nightmare moon would be freed from her moon prison twilight had sent many letters to Princess Celestia begging her to take action against this clear and ancient threat against all of Equestria but sadly she never responded leaving twilight lost and confused. Why wasn't her wise and strong leader taking action? Did she not think nightmare moon wouldn't come back?

As she walked through the town park she heard rainbow dash in the distance yelling about something as twilight moved her ears to hear her friend as she heard "pony's go-to city all for Princess Celestia she is here for this year's festival!" As twilight's eyes shot open "that's it she's here directly I can ask her what I need to do!"

Twilight yelled as she ran to the city all to see her mentor as she ran she flew by her friends Fluttershy Applejack rarity and spike as they trotted and walked to city hall to hear the princess.

As frank used the hammer slamming it down on the armor he made for himself and taking tips from talion while also making a new type of armor as it was a deep dark color naturally from what it was made off

"You'll need leather and some kind of fur for that but we can upgrade it later for winter use Frank we need to get you suited up and your weapons are almost ready."

Frank heard in his head as he worked switching the forge to his weapon as he had looked through a supply closet in the room and had found molds for weapons he could pick between a short sword or a medium or hell a long sword

There were also a few axes and mace molds as Frank picked for his second weapon a sword picking one of medium size he began pouring the repurposed molten iron into the cast to cool and harden as he move his done armor off to the side.

"This isn't the best craftsmanship I've seen but this will keep you from dying on a battlefield at least. Certainly more reliable than what the orcs used for armor and weapons mostly the grunts" tailon stated while looking out a broken window as Frank worked.

"Will I be able to find a better blacksmith for these?" frank asked while using a rusty pair of Forge Tongs to pick up the hot blade and lowered it into cooling fluids in a barrel.

As talion looked at the moon "strange wasn't there a horse on the moon? Or was it just magic that did that and yes possibly?" Talion Just then when talion finished speaking he and Frank heard evil laughter from deep within the castle as it echoed through the halls.

"Stop forging frank!" Talion yelled as he began to cast a spell Frank looked back confused as they heard it again. It stops all resistance from the young adult

Moving quickly Frank pulled the sword out of the cooling barrel to stop the bubbling and hissing while killing the forge fire to stop its sounds of popping and cracking "Look outside" talion said

Frank did so looking seeing a large dark pony with a midnight dark mane standing on an old gravel path as he looked towards talion? "C-can she senses us? Like the others ?" He asked getting nervous at fighting something that looked like a literal demon.

'No I hid the magic we were giving off we are basically ghosts to her but it won't last forever but I think she knows where here .' Talion stated as he kept focusing on keeping the spell going as a white pony with rainbow hair flew from somewhere in the sky and landed before her as they began speaking to one another.

"Talion I have a feeling we are gonna have to fight one of them let me try to finish the sword at least we are going to need it," he said as he rushed back to the forge and began quickly trying to rush the armor he had made while also finishing up the sword without the forge.

Suddenly a bright flash of white light as Frank was stunned by the light even though he wasn't directly looking it still slightly blinded him as he finished up his armor and dropped everything and stood in the corner rubbing his eyes as they weren't working. "it feels like I just stared at a star over here!" Frank said

'There gone frank recover and continue the task at hand. With much haste, that creature must be stopped' Talion spoke as Frank was recovering in the corner on the floor." why does it need to be stopped?" frank asked as tailon looked back at him.

"Because that darker pony had the same level of power as one of the nine almost but compared to the dark lord himself she's an ant, "tailon said Eventually Frank got to his feet and with guidance from Tailon got Into his newly made armor with much haste which was a cross of Nazgúl armor and law bringer amour as he grabbed his new sword and helm

"Talion any thoughts on how I look?" he asked seeing if his ghostly ally would complement him 'you look intimating, to say the least, but what made you pick such a strange design for armor I mean it fits you but your less bulky for it to be effective but let me enchant the armor but I can do that while you're on the move now go!'

talion yelled as he made Frank run out of the castle as he followed the trail of dead grass to a fairly destroyed part of the castle.

As they heard voices as they approached "thee ponies shouldn't has't gotten in mine own way anon with the elements of harmony did destroy nothing can stand ho the eternal night-."
nightmare moon was about to finish when she sensed the dark magics from the ape she watched it turn the corner and growled

"Thee all can leaveth anon! and I just might forgive thy transgressions anon colors thy princess while I meeteth a new creature," She said using her midnight dark magic to force the main six outside of the old castle and out into a pile onto one another a few yelps and gasps and yells later the two faced each other as nightmare stood there looking up and down the ape "I'd bethought thee'd beast bigg'r"

"And I thought you would be scarier, "Frank said as nightmare moon tried to degrade the armored ape " yond arm'r is pathetic~ but if 't be true thee gage loyalty and fealty I shall maketh thee mine own dark champion~," nightmare moon said straight yo the point and in a salty sultry voice trying to charm it. "'r shall a few bananas prithee thee enow to severe me?"

Frank wasn't assumed to say the least "you think offering me some food would get me on your side It's like telling you I'll leave if I can feed you some hay and what the hell are you even speaking? I can bearly understand you as it is." Frank spoke gripping his sword as nightmare moon began to belittle him "How dare thee! I am speaking the meet language of Equestria beldams is much easier to speaketh then thy peasant language!" She said pissed at frank for trying to make her change the way royalty speaked.

As talion spoke 'easy frank she's trying to get under your skin while also seeming a bit crazy 'he said calmly as Frank ignores him and went on the attack.

Pulling his sword out as dark magics glowed making the blade a sickly green and black as nightmare moon summoned a large nightmare themed scythe and used it to block a decent waiting for the blow.

"Oh? doest the talking ape wanteth to dare the princess of the night? well, cometh on alloweth me showeth thee how badly thee'll fail" She gloated as nightmare moon took a stance ready for combat her wings flared.

While frank took a more defensive stance as Tailon would teach him how to fight this new but strong threat.

Author's Note

Happy late Halloween guys!! I hope you all had a nice time this year and Thanksgiving is next on the holiday list but I'm other news the next chapter is going to be the where real battles take place so bear with me! And I was gonna post this yesterday but I fell asleep so my bad on my part!

Chapter 9 fighting a demon or nightmare?

As the main six began to regain consciousness a few groans and moans of pain were heard as they tried to shake off the evil possessed moon princess as twilight was first to speak.

"E-everypony get up! W-we need to get up the fate of E-equestria "Twilight said as she shakily got onto her hooves as tried to use her magic witch currently felt like she was going threw magic exertion as her friends got to their hooves but one didn't move at all as twilight Squinted her eyes she could make out the shape of rarity not moving as twilight began to panic as she slowly trotted her way to the white Unicorn until stopping next to her.

After some time twilight saw her breathing which showed she wasn't dead or hurt just unconscious from the blast she sighs heavily as her ears finally pick up the sounds of metal clashing as if a battle was being raged.

As Fluttershy made her way over to rarity and softly nudges her close as she covered her with her wings "go ahead girls I'll keep rarity safe T-till she wakes up"Fluttershy said as Rainbow got onto her hooves "why in the hay does it feel like I was hit with the whole city of Cloudsdale!" she said while rubbing her head and face and getting her mane out of her face.

"I don't know sugarcube but I feel a little better I think." said applejack as pinky had sprung back up but her hair was flat instead of puffy "I feel ok! But not super-duper ok!" she said as she didn't jump like she normally did but instead trotted.

"Whatever nightmare moon did to us it feels like a stunning spell we all should feel better in a few hours but let's H-hurry," said twilight as she began walking back into rainbow dash and tried to fly but couldn't get air born. "This is bucking stu-"rainbow huffed all of a sudden they heard a shout somepony was using the royal canterlot voice "Enow! if 't be true thee shall not start combat then I shall! "

The sudden shout made all the girls who were conscious cover their ears till the shouting had finished "N-never mind I think I'll just walk then" rainbow dash As she was forced to walk like everypony else as they entered the castle of the two sisters where the sounds of battle got louder and closer with hints of magic being used but not often.

"What is going on over there?" as twilight to nopony in particular as they got closer to the room where they knew the elements were but also where this battle was going on.

"Who do you think there fighting twi?" said applejack as they turned the corner and saw what shocked them a metal being had been fighting nightmare moon as whatever the creature did it would block her attacks or even move away causing nightmare moon to grow more and more annoyed as she finally yelled.

"beshrew thee! stand ho moving hence 'r I'll turn thee to ash with mine own charm worm!" nightmare moon had tried to channel magic into her weapon as it glowed a dark purple as she used her magic to try and attack the metal being.

---*a few moments before main six waking up*---

'Frank listen close...this creature is stronger than us at the moment if you can give me some time I will be able to learn its moves and we can win this battle in inches and defense."

Talion said as nightmare moon growled growing impatience "Ape! hie t up! I has't other pressing matters" She said trying to start the battle as Frank would be able to see one of its dark ears swivel back slightly as she growled louder.

'Got it to play defense' Frank said as he nightmare moon used the royal canterlot voice "Enow! if 't be true thee shall not start combat then I shall!" she said as her magic flared again as she flew at Frank at near rainbow dash speed as Frank's reaction was to roll out of the way.

'Talion I need some magical help here if you mind!' frank said as he slowly got up not used to being in heavy armor as he began to receive the dark magics from the ring making his sword glow green and black energy flowed into Frank's weapon.

'Alright there I have made it so you can at least survive her magic'talion said as nightmare moon came at him again "Coward! stand ho running and square me!" she yelled throwing slashes with her scyther as Frank blocked moved away from the midnight colored Alicorn.

Frank took this moment to speak to nightmare moon to taunt her "you hit like a child! My younger siblings fight harder than you!" he said which sent nightmare moon into a rage as she did anything to prove him wrong
'Frank that wasn't a good idea...'

"I shall maketh thy consume those words thee hairless monkey!!!" she yelled doing heavier blows and quicker slashes till finally, she managed to slice Frank's side the magic-infused weapon she had torn threw the newly forged armor like butter and sliced Frank's skin as he grunted while talion shook his head not impressed.

'Never anger your enemy like that again some may channel their anger as a weapon like how she is doing now. In other words, go on the offensive soon she is weakening'

"Oh now you tell me talion," frank said rolling his eyes as the wound began to heal from the ring as nightmare moons' attack grew slower and broader behind nightmare Frank would see the ponies who had chased him out of town a few days prior surrounding this fountain or statue?

Frank was confused about the way they were here but couldn't focus on that at the moment as his opponent slammed her scyther down Frank blocked as the two dark magics sparked making white flurries of magic.

'Frank the horses from yesterday they are starting to glow'talion said as a wave of what Frank could describe as good magic? Washed over the to as it grew stronger and stronger as nightmare moon head snaps back as her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates as she yelled.

"What?! b-but I did crush into dust!" Nightmare Moon said with a hint of fear knowing just how powerful they were but keeping Frank oblivious to what she was talking about as she jumped around completely forgetting about Frank as she went for the other ponies.

'Frank stop her! If you can hold her still we will win just take the ring off!' talion said as Frank was very confused as to what the hell was going on but listened grabbing nightmare moons tail and pulling her back while dropping his sword to take his ring off.

Witch also unhealed the wound that she inflected onto him earlier same for the broken nose as he held her away from them.

-------------------*main six pov*--------------------------

"What the hay is that thing?!" rainbow dash nearly yelled as applejack shushed her with a hoof before the two dark deity's heard them.

and went after them instead but due to sheer luck rainbows, yelling was covered by the shouting of nightmare moon as she yelled "Enow! if 't be true thee shall not start combat then I shall"

Soon they began to clash as twilight began speaking "we need to get to the elements before they realize where here!" she said as her speaking was covered by the sounds of combat.

"W-whats the point twilight? The elements are broken we failed." pinky said she pointed to the remains of the elements of harmony "G-girls we need to try apple jack go back for Fluttershy and rarity I have an idea that might work!" twilight said hoping this plan would indeed work.

"T-this is so cool" rainbow dash said watching the battle but also watching nightmare moon grow more and more annoyed as applejack arrived with the rest of the group. "girls I don't think the elements were destroyed let's just check the remains ok maybe that was there protective shell?" twilight offered.

Trying to have a reason for her new friends to go there as Fluttershy mumbled scared of being caught in the middle of what was currently going on.

Just then nightmare moon slammed into a wall trying to go for the armored being as rainbow dashed whispered "nows our chance" she said as she began to sneak out into the main room one by one everyone followed till they were at the statue the held the elements as it began to glow after some time

"I-I knew it girls our friendship is what makes the elements magical! It's repairing the elements" twilight said as they recovered and received their respective elements of harmony as they began to activate as nightmare moon and the thing soon realized it.

As nightmare moon did indeed tried to stop it but the other evil creature stopped her by grabbing her tail as she began to screen and yelled " thee foolish ape! release me! and thee'll receiveth us both did destroy! thy eke a dark creature like me!" but something about it changes? But before anypony could look again both it and nightmare got blasted with the power of friendship.

Author's Note

Another chapter done! If this needs any edits do say something or dm me it ! Also any ideas or theories to where this story is heading? I'd love to read about it!

Chapter 10 a family is reunited but I'm back on the run

Chapter 10

-------------------------------*Celestia's pov*------------------

"Had it been that long since I had fought my sister ?"Celestia said to herself as she was stuck on the moon currently as her sister had done what she had done to her many winters ago.

As she softly sighs "maybe one day lulu will banish the demon from within her and return to normal." Celestia would sigh as her ears folded slightly as she puts her head down in shame as she thought 'I have failed to protect my little ponies.' tears began to fall from her face when suddenly a burst of pure non-corrupted magic rushed out of her childhood home.

At that moment Celestia's head shot up looking towards where the ever free was thinking just maybe twilight had made it to the elements "I-is my baby sister B-back?"Celestia croaked out as she whipped her tears away as the barrier nightmare moon put up to trap the sun ruler there was slowly disappearing.

As she took flight to where a large amount of magic was coming from.

--------------------------*Frank's pov*-------------------------
Frank had felt as if he was hit by a train and didn't explode and was flashed by flashbangs, to say the least, his body was on fire and aching he could only imagine what could have happened if he kept the ring on before the blast.

'Jesus that hurt.' he said in his head as he tried to get up as he slowly heard voices from the harsh ringing "is...dead?"...."what happened...nightmare moon?"...."Celestia....body?".

Frank was now getting more and more concerned as he tried to force his body into waking up. And after a few tries, he did manage to as he slipped the ring on granted it took a few tries but after he slid it on the dark power flowed through his body making it easier to move and clear out any good magic from him.' just what the hell are they talking about?'Frank thought

As his hearing got a lot better he could hear the voices clearer and could see now there was no demon pony insight and in its place was a...smaller more friendly version? Frank didn't know how to word it. 'Wow, I guess me taking the ring off was a good idea, to say the least, he said internally before he heard gasps.

When the others noticed "Twi! It's back up again?! How did it recover so darn fast?" the pony with the cowboy hat said as the light blue pegasus spoke, "let's just shoot it again with the elements use them while we got them!"

While the twin's horn glowed while the little tiara on her head did glow the glow quickly faded "girls the elements are out of power we can't use them for a bit!"?she said nervously as Frank heard a gasp from his left.

After turning he saw the...mixed pony? The young blue Alicorn well she was staring at him with her deep blue eyes as Frank could see slight fear in her eyes but something else was there was it....curiosity?

Frank needed to do the right thing here if this pony with wings and horn means anything to the others he had to make things right as he slowly made his way to her while the main six began to instantly protest the actions.

"Girls we need to stop it from getting to that pony! We don't know what it will do to her!"

'Was that this pony's name? Pony it sounded so stupid but for some reason normal closeted thing to it 'as he reached out an armored hand to her she didn't run or try to attack him she just watched him not saying a word.

"LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE DEMON!" a voice boomed as a white alicorn landed down her massive white feathered wings flared as the younger one spoke "Sister?" She said as the word itself sounded alien to her when she saw the large white alicorn luna begin to shake in fear remembering all that happened she did all those years ago as a lasso wrapped around Frank's other hand as it began to pull him away as a muffled voice called out.

"girls come on! It's heavier than it looks!" she said as applejack began to pull on her rope as soon others joined in as luna shakily got onto her hooves "who are you calling a demon?" frank asked looking back at the white-furred pony as her mane was nothing he had seen as it was a rainbow... kind of and it constantly moved in the wind as he grabbed hold of his blade to cut the rope as rainbow dash took this moment to try and ram into him

charging Frank at lightning speeds as the ring shot to life-giving him more dark energy than before as a Cape (one similar to a Nazgúls Cape from the shadow of war) Frank had enough with these ponies' antics "ENOUGH" he yelled.

His voice vamped was different from Celestia's and Luna's canterlot royal voice Frank's had less emotion instead sounding more ghostly as it echoed at the end as this little act stunned the main six. And this had scared luna as she crawled away from him to hide with her hooves

Even Celestia in all her years hadn't heard anything like it as that very shout stunned her as Frank gently moved his way to luna who had pinned herself against a wall trying to hide thinking he was going to finish her "Prithee! I wast not in control of mine own actions prithee showeth mercy I wast possess'd by a corrupt spirit!" Luna pleaded thinking he was going to end her.

But instead of a sword she thought would come from the dark entity, she was trying to enslave a few moments ago against her neck or head she felt...something? It wasn't like anything luna had witnessed In her life as she slowly looked up to see it had been petting her? As she began to softly blush still scared as the creature spoke to her. "You have fought well now I can't stay long your friends and sister see me as a bad company," he said to her trying to simplify his words for her at that moment before teleporting away.

---------------------------------*luna's pov*---------------------

' Wast I did free? I feeleth not the dark charm inside of me 'r mine own mind 'r wast this a dream?' She thought before softly opening her eyes if this indeed was a dream it felt so real.

As she looked around she was in the garden of her and Tia's birth why was it so rundown? And why was there ponies... 'Wherefore doth they has't the elements?' Didn't tia have them on her? She thought before earing them speak 'what thing whither they talking about?' As she turned her ears to listen she heard them speaking more clearly words like " was it dead? "And "what happened with nightmare moon?"...something about a body? But.

As she turned to her left she saw the being the demon inside of her mind made her fight it was still alive? How was it not purified like she was if this was real? As her curiosity grew and her fear also grew as the being advanced towards her as she could sense no I'll intend from it as she watched its approach until her sister came.

And yelled, "LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE DEMON!" As she felt many of the ponies that helped free me from the spirit begin or tried to get him away from her it shouted just like tia but even louder it felt as luna instinctively backed away into the wall as she thought it would finish her as she began her pleads for mercy.

"Prithee! I wast not in control of mine own actions prithee showeth mercy I wast possess'd by a corrupt spirit!" Did he begin to touch me? It hadn't felt bad but it wasn't trying to kill me either.

Before luna could ask him questions he teleported away in a fog of green and black mist as Celestia began making her way to me as luna began to cry slowly thinking she was still mad at me for falling for evil tricks.

"T-tia I'm my most humble apology f'r what I d-did I didn't cullionly f'r any of this to h-happen t did promise me I couldst beest did love and cherish'd as thee wast if 't be true i-i did allow t into mine own m-mind a-an" as she was trying to make my plead for my case tia silenced me with her wing
As she began to speak.

"It has been a thousand years sister we were supposed to rule together not trying to steal the throne from one another...please will you forgive my blindness and retake your position as princess of the night?" Celestia asked as luna began to cry holding onto her older sister as many of the main six began to cry.

While pinky pie gave out tissues before basically crying a river

While everypony was distracted a rat watched from the darkness as its eyes flashed a solid light blue color as it ran off into the evergreen forest.

Author's Note

Holy crap! 10 chapters and I still plan on going with this story and also I'm trying to copy the Original MLP universe only some parts but not all so please dont chew my head off for trying to be some what original and I do hope you guys light the hint of changelings at the end!

Chapter 11 licking wounds and crossing paths with a zebra'?

Chapter 11

As talion landed with Frank the power went back into the ring to stop giving off the magical traces so the ponies wouldn't be able to track them easily Frank started to take the armor off slowly as talion began speaking.

'What happened when you took the ring off?' he asked as Frank pulled the helmet off of his head coughing slightly "W-well-" *cough* *cough* "well remember the ponies from a few nights ago? The ones who chased us out of that pony town." Frank asked while still taking his armor off.

'Yes, I remember what about them?' Talion asked as he watched Frank remove the armor as blood dripped down his side "well they went to some kind of Fountain and before I knew it they started glowing. And you told me to take the ring off"

Frank said as he reached to oversee an old dusty pillow? Putting it under him as he sat down on it while removing his Armor leggings. "Also I thought I would be healed by the ring? Isn't that what it does?"

Frank asked while finally getting the armor finally off as he tossed the last piece onto the pile he made making a loud clanging sound. 'Well yes but the magic from the ring has been drained severely'

Talion said while standing next to him "and the reason that wound isn't healing is because you did not have the ring's power long enough. It also had to be a minor wound for it to heal properly.'

Frank grunted while holding it slightly as pain shot up his side as he tried to stop the bleeding "Well talion? Any bright ideas to patch this up?" he asked while looking at him.

"My~ My~ being who speaks with living and the dead? You surely would scare the townsfolk. " a female said as Frank looked around talion looked at the door knowing where the owner of the voice was.

As the zebra stepped into the moonlight she began to speak in rhyme wearing a cloak he really couldn't tell what she was beside other than the obvious fact that she didn't speak normally "why do you not run? Doesn't my magic make me evil near on the spot?"

Frank asked as she chuckled gently not at him but more to ease the tense setting that they were in "true, your power seems as dark as the night but I have been judged quickly before by the ponies of ponyville. So you must not be too bad" said the female sounding zebra as she softly looked at Frank more.

"You have been in a fight surely you're the victor?"She asked smelling the blood that Frank had been leaking out from his side

As frank nodded "I did what I thought was right and you haven't told me your name surely you can tell me can you?" he asked as the pain wasn't stopping as it surely might have been infected.

"I am Zecora brew potions to heal ailments both magical and physical wounds but you sure do have a heart of gold witch isn't likely for an evil being like you," she said reaching over into her cloak and began quickly pulling a few bandages and a glass bottle out. "By the way Zecora I'm frank"

"Very nice Mr. Frank but let me dress your wounds for now so I can take you to my home in the ever-free," she said while using her hooves and mouth to open the brown bandages she had as she poured the potion onto them as frank reached a hand out to stop her.

As frank tried to talk with Talion 'should we trust her?' Frank asked while grunting in pain 'we do not have a choice here Frank' talion said as Zecora spoke "stupidity is not being brave." she said as he moved to where she can work in the moonlight.

While she patched him up Frank had felt that whatever she had put onto his wound was burning as frank tried his best to ignore it and after some time zecora had finished as she looked up at him with a gentle smile "come you can rest your head in my home"

"I need some help getting up please," frank said reaching out as she looked confused for a moment before realizing he walked on to legs "Oh! Yes indeed she said moving over to him and helping frank to his feet "can you walk or do you need my support?" Zecora asked while she showed him concern and worry.

"No...I'm fine just lead the way" frank said while dragging his blade and slightly holding his side that had been bandaged as he followed the zebra in the moonlight which was kinda hard with the amount of blood he had lost and staying aware and awake was getting harder.

-------*time skip a few minutes ahead in time*-----

After arriving at a small hut deep within the ever-free surrounded by hanging pots and masks the zebra named Zecora took him inside "just rest I'll make you better again" She said while beginning to mix ingredients both on a table but would adding them to a large cauldron.

"Zecora I appreciate what your doing but I'm bleeding still !" Frank said trying to get the urgency across as she nodded "I am aware just keep it at bay and I'll heal you fully!" She said trying to make the correct healing potion.

After that Frank's vision went black as it was dark cold and very isolated as he couldn't tell if it was either a cave? Or tunnel because the only other source of life was whispering he heard that weren't his own.

"W-what the fu*k?" he said as his voice began to echo as he tried to move to look around but frank was motionless in this void until he began to feel again it was slow at first but it felt like he was coming back from whatever it was
As frank opened his eyes he could taste a strange liquid going down his throat it was sour and bitter at the same time which was kinda gross to him but knowing it was either a life or death situation he drank it all as best he could as he saw zecora pouring it from a glass bottle in her hooves.

"Your very weak and you almost met Galaxia for a moment your lucky I got to you in time frank," zecora said not aware of his ability to cheat death as she helped him sit up and go to a bed slowly while frank had taken off his armor slowly and one-handed.

While laying down she tucked him in "you can stay for as long as you need to frank I'll be cleaning up the mess I made" she said leaving him there to wonder where talion had gotten off to.

Author's Note

Also I'm sorry guys if my rhyme sounds kinda crappy I never really did a rhyme let alone like zecora

Chapter 12 learning of your enemy's territory

Chapter - 12 learning about your enemy

Frank had thought that this zebra had drugged him as he tried with all his mental powers in his sleeping mind to try and contact talion but with having no luck he would.

Decide to check the meeting where frank and Talion first met as he searched the empty hall till he heard heavy thumbs far at first but slowly increased in sound and speed.

Suddenly the door behind him flew off the Hinges as a large hulking creature grabbed frank and slammed Jim into a wall effectively pinning him.

While making him feel like he had just broken a few bones and organs in the process as frank was finally able to see the creature's face it wasn't like any orc face the only thing similar was the bone jewelry it had in its skin as it spoke.

'Fisjh craow nak urk!" It yelled as spit flew out of its mouth of gorilla teeth as it raised its other free hand to crush frank as he finally realized this and began.

Trying to free himself frank saw something shine under the large creature's arms that pinned him to the wall he managed to grab it by tricking this creature with a simple but effective punch in the eye and pulling close the sharp object once the arm released his body to hold its face as frank could get the upper hand on the beast. "let go you oversized donkey kong!"

Frank yelled as he stabbed the sharp object into its other wrist and twisted it hard trying to make it drop him 'holy sh*t! I can't believe that worked!' Frank thought as he got a decent distance away before summoning his blade to kill this thing.

While the creature yelled in pain as its blood leaked from its open wound but it would become angrier grabbing its weapon large battle mace which stunned frank but didn't surprise him.

'Come on I need a way to kill this thing maybe I can try to use its weight against it?' Frank thought as he studied it. Suddenly it began to change slamming the large battle mace on the ground from time to time as it yelled a battle cry

As Frank knew, he couldn't win against it but he sure as hell was gonna try as he ran towards it while gripping the Sharp metal piece as a makeshift blade.

While gripping his real sword in the other as the creature tried to crush him with its powerful mace frank slid through its legs while slicing its one leg up badly causing it to fall over bleeding badly as a pool of blue blood leaked out as its large hands tried to grasp its now bleeding foot as it screamed and yelled.

Frank couldn't believe me I managed to do it as there wasn't any time to waste now frank jumped on it while down as he began stabbing and slashing into its head and neck trying to kill it.

He was about to stab again when a hand grabbed his wrist frank was about to swing around to punch whoever it was that grabbed him only to find talion there looking amused.

"You look like this was your first ever kill," talion said as he pulled him to his feet while frank dropped the sharp metal rod he used as a sword. "Not my choice in weaponry but I guess it got the job done," talion said trying to cheer up the mood as frank finally spoke.

"What in the tap-dancing christ was that?" Frank asked looking at the dead large corpse as it began to disappear.

"Oh, that? That was a War troll or Olog...I'm surprised you even managed to kill it let alone improvise with an old rusty pike." Talion said watching the dead Olog's body and blood simply disappear.

"We can talk about this stunt later but first off what the hell was that blast?" Frank said as talion looked confused "what blast?...oh you mean what the small horses shot at us and the possessed one?" Talion asked.

"Yes, talion that blast now do you have any idea as to what it was or how it works?" Frank asked while moving over to some steps that were in the hall leading to a large wooden door as he turned his attention back to talion after a look behind him.

"I will be honest with you frank I haven't seen anything remotely close to what that blast was the only thing that I know for sure could be the light of Galadriel but the light wasn't rainbow," Talion stated while shooting a question at frank

"I need to see your armor frank when you woke up it was damaged if I remember correctly and the main reason I wanted you to take the ring off was to keep you from being torn apart or driven mad as good and dark magic don't mix well. But uh what about that zebra we ran into what was her name" talion said trying to remember her name.

"Do you mean Zecora?" Frank asked as talion pointed at him "yup that's her name do you trust this Zecora?" Talion asked while frank gave him a simple shrug "I couldn't tell you but from what I can gather from the time I and she were together is that she went through the same situation sorta not with a wraith mind you but close enough."

Frank said while sitting up "do you think she might tell us about the other ponies? Maybe even explain to us what she knows?" Frank asked talion as he seemed to be thinking "maybe but first, we need to wake you up if you want whatever she gave us wasn't a poison nor a drug to keep us unconscious"

Talion said while sheathing the sword as the ring on franks and talions finger glowed "very well let's get out there." Frank said before seeing nothing but white and loud ringing noise.

Then after a while hearing what sounded like birds? And the smell of food

----------------------------------*zecora pov*----------------

As she cooked something for herself, and the strange creature that she had brought into her home from what it told her ponyvile and twilight and her friends had feared him and even tried to commit violence against him. yes, she could sense the dark magics who couldn't? It felt as if all the evils of the world became one to make the being in her spare bedroom the creature behind it is the exact opposite.

He showed emotion and so much more was it a curse that followed him? Could she lift it? Many ideas flew around her brain as she thought before hearing grunting and then movement her guest was awake and just in time for breakfast.

Zecora stopped cooking so that she could help him out of the bed "Come let me help you" she said trying her best not to rhyme as he couldn't understand her neither could most ponies, to begin with as she trotted over and offered her shoulders for him to grab so she could pull him up slowly.

After a few failed attempts mostly because he couldn't see with Celestia's sun on his face and missing her shoulders zecora managed to get him to sit up somewhat "what bloody time is it?" Frank asked while trying to block the light.

"It is early morning." She responded as she moved to cover the window so he could see and after a quick yank on a vine cord leaves she had made into a sort of window cover fell over to block the light "there we go no more light" she said while turning around and seeing franks eyes.

They were nothing like she had seen before it was as if there was a fire in them sort like a dragon but eviler looking "not to be rude Frank but your eyes are very unique" she said trying not to sound mean.

"Oh sorry about that," Frank said as the strange disappeared and were replaced with more comforting brown eyes "so I smelled you cooked something is that for us or another potion?" Frank asked as she nodded "yes yes we have food"

As she spoke she tried to get him out of the small bed that barely held him as she saw his true height which scared the smaller zebra but didn't take her back down as she helped him to the main room to eat. "You'll have to forgive me but your height is a lot to take in," Zecora said seeing that one of the other reasons they feared him was because of his size and magical abilities.

"I don't take any offense but do you mind if I ask some questions?" He asked the zebra while she made him a bowl of food.

"Sure what is on your mind?" She asked while giving him the bowl to eat as zecora made herself a bowl "can you tell me just where we are?" He asked as she hummed "we are currently in a forest called the ever-free frank all matter of creatures call this place home" she said as she began to eat as he asked again.

"I was talking about the country wherein but knowing the name of the forest does help me greatly," Frank said softly moving the strange breakfast around trying to see what was in it before getting himself sick from something humans shouldn't eat.

"Mm? Oh! In that case, we are in a country called Equestria witch as one ruler currently her name is princess Celestia" she said while swallowing her food and not talking with her muzzle full of food.

"Do you know anything about a town nearby?" Frank asked setting the bowl down on her table not wanting to risk being sick "and also sorry but I'm not going to eat that because I don't know if it is safe for me to eat or not" frank said not wanting to upset His hostesses.

"No worries it was a simple stew of plants and the closest town from here is ponyvile I haven't been in town do you need to get there is that why your asking?" Soon after speaking, Frank shook his head immediately "no no no I'm trying to get away from there they attacked us i-i mean me for no reason I was trying to find a sense of direction when I just got attacked!' He told her while doing some light stretches as she hummed.

" if there was a group of six of them then you should head to Celestia she can straighten this out with you she currently lives in canterlot " zecora reasoned not aware of the current events as frank rose from the small step he sat on "no I have things covered zecora thank you for letting me stay the night but I must get going now,"

Frank said not wanting the only person or zebra to be punished for showing him some kindness. As zecora nodded as she went to the front door "during the day the forest is safer than at night so please be quick on your travels".

Frank nodded and went back to get his things before leaving.

---------------------------------*frank pov*----------------------

After walking away from the hut and finding a nice big tree to hide behind frank began putting the armor on slowly which was getting hard as the medicine she gave him was wearing off. But he managed to get it on

" do you remember where the castle is?" frank asked talion as he simply just said "brace yourself" before teleporting him to the castle the ring was finally working again as it dulled the pain and healed the wounds from last night.

"Now take that armor off we need to repair it, " talion said as frank sighed knowing it would take some time to fix the armor they made together and also decide on whether or not they stay in this land known as 'Equestria'

Author's Note

Holy crap a 2k word chapter didn't think I had it in me to do it and it's all thanks to you guys! Don't worry I don't plan on ending this any time soon and how did you feel of the frank first attempt at fighting an Olog?

Chapter 13 a change in armor design's

Chapter 13 a change in armor design

"This armor isn't working out talion I mean yes it stopped luna from stabbing me fully but it had no magical protection didn't you say you knew of some kind of magic?" Frank asked as talion hummed.

"Well for this armor I made you was rushed I'll give you that. how about we remelt it down and make new armor and this time put magical protections on it?" Talion asked as frank grabbed the slightly damaged armor while talion sighs "we can't keep melting down armors just because they cant fit magical runes...wait I might know an armor set you might like." Talion said as frank raised an eyebrow

"You mind saying what it might be talion?" Frank asked trying to see what it was "I think you would like ringwraith armor it is light and durable and has magical rune slots" talion explained as Frank nodded his head.

"Hell yeah let's do it!" Frank said as talion spoke again "no you will not be allowed to see how their armor is made the only reason I'm willing to try this is that the elf that saved me. Theorized how their armor is made and for you, I'm willing to put it to the test"

Talion explained while frank had been prepping the forge "first off how are we gonna do this you don't have a body and you won't let me see this." Frank said as talion pulled him into the mind space they both shared.

"Simple by taking control of your body to do so while you're here in the mind space," Talion said as he checked his armor and pulled down his hood as frank hadn't noticed he had a hood on this whole time.

"How long do you think this will take and what should I do?" Asked frank as talion gave him a simple answer "go look at your tree" he said as a pair of double doors opened frank could see into half of the room that talion opened.

"You mean the pot with dirt in it?" Frank asked as talion nodded his head "the very same one now hurry on while I get to work" talion said as he disappeared from the main hall leaving frank alone but the doors to that room were still open.

Frank seeing he had no other options either sit and do nothing or go check out a very uninteresting pot of dirt.

Sighing frank got up from the wall he hadn't even realized he was leaning against as he went into the room slowly and to his sheer surprise, frank found some kind of tree?

But this tree was far from. A normal ground and green leaves this tree had pure whitebark instead of a usual brown which kinda freaked him slightly but didn't stir him away as he got closer Frank could see more details on it.

Like how the leaves that were growing were also white but with occasional reds but the rarest color there among the small group of leaves was a yellow leaf and a deep midnight blue leaf.

"What kind of plant even is this?" Frank tried to reason with himself as talion wasn't currently around to answer what he saw or try to explain the tree.

----------------*Canterlot castle Third-person pov*-----

After Nightmare moon had been turned back into luna Celestia had taken her to ponyville to see that their princess of the night was back and was fit to rule again but after the sun had risen Celestia had taken the main six to Canterlot while her pupil and her friends slept Celestia began to think and talk with her younger sister.

"Lulu, why didn't you fear that creature? Didn't you sense its evil energy?" Celestia asked worried she might lose her sister after just getting her back.

" Oh, nay sister yond creature wast not evil ere I wast did purify by the elements nightmare hadst been watching him just the ring he wears is curs'd, " luna said while her light blue main had gotten in her face as she reached up to move it away as she yawned.

As it was morning way past her bedtime as Celestia smiled "Luna ponies don't speak like that anymore I'll need to teach you to speak properly but if what you say is true I'll confirm with Twilight and her friends before I pass judgment." Said Celestia as light snores came from the other side of the room.

Luna had fallen asleep when Celestia had started talking she always hated how professional she could become when needed even when she was a filly.

Celesia smiled softer now as she used her magic to softly lift luna and teleport her and herself to lunas room and get her into the covers to rest as she gently kissed her forehead "sleep well my little sister you are once again home"

Celestia said as she teleported back deciding she will sleep tonight after hearing her student. Twilight's explanation and the same for her friends but now day court awaits the sun princess but also some time to reflect on the events of last night.

Just what was that creature? She truly had never seen anything like it that much was true but was it a new threat? To her and her little ponies? All types of thoughts and worries went through her head before she would look at one of the day guards.

And made a motion for them to come to close the stallion did so immediately Bowing before her as he asked "your highness what do you need?" He asked while not looking up at the sun princess.

"Would you kindly go post guards outside of their room?" She asked ad the guard nodded and responded.

"Of course, your highness before running off to do Celestia asked of him while a new guard took his old position and resumed his post.

As a line began to form as she sighs rubbing her head and mane with her hooves softly 'I knew I should have gone to sleep last night this is going to be a long day.' She thought as the first ponies came to her

Author's Note

I know it seems stupid to drop the first armor here but I feel like it was sorta time for it to happen if you guys get the idea?

Chapter 14 an explanation to the two royal sisters

Chapter 14 an Explanation of the two royal sisters

-----------------------*main six pov*---------------------------
It had been quite the night for the six mares who knew that they would defeat nightmare moon and free princess luna of her corruption. Finally, twilight had awoken and groaned softly as she looked around trying to block the midday sun

As her ears picked up multiple breaths in the room as her horn lit up as twilight used her magic to close the blinds of the window to see she was able to see finally where she was.

Mostly being annoyed with herself for sleeping in a thing she rarely did as it wasn't a well day spent without getting something done in her library...but she wasn't in her library last she remembered she and her friends were at her treehouse with luna and Celestia before falling asleep with her friends.

Did Celestia put everypony in her room? Twilight before getting onto her hooves to look as she saw where they were they all were currently in Caterlot which made twilight slowly begin to panic very so slightly but first she needed to bathe.

Either it was her coat or somepony else's but somepony had smelled like they had bathed in a toilet and thankfully the smell wasn't attached to her but one of her friends wouldn't be so lucky.

------------------------------*five minutes later*-------------

To twilights, shock rarity had been the one who had been the culprit from where the smell came from which had gotten worse in the summer heat and eventually awoke the other girls as rainbow dash was the first to say something. "Sweet mother of Celestia! What the hay is that smell?!"

Rainbow dash yelled half-awake while covering her nostrils to stop herself from throwing up as soon apple jack piped up "I gotta agree with rainbow on this one it smells like y'all slept in the ponyville sewer for the night!" The southern pony said rather loudly while coughing lightly and waving her hoof I'm front of her face.

After the farm pony made her opinion known on the matter rarity had finally woken up as she had smelled the stench "What in good heavens is that smell?" She asked while getting up to try and air out the smell thinking she was back in the library.

"Rarity the smell is coming from you what the hay did we do last night?" After a stunned-looking expression crossed rarity's face, she would lean over and smell her coat which made her face turn green as she tried to stop herself from throwing up.

As she made a mad dash towards the restroom while using her magic to throw open the door as she threw up in the toilet "W-what in Celestia happened last night!" She said coughing while trying not to throw up again.

As rarity tried not to empty her stomach of whatever it was filled with apple Jack came in along with Fluttershy "C-come on rarity let's clean you up" they said trying to help their friend "absolutely not! A lady such as myself can clean on my own!"

Rarity said before using her magic to shove them out and locking the bathroom door so they couldn't get back in easily every pony in the room sighed lightly as the smell had begun to sir out now that the source of the smell had left. which relieved her friends as they didn't want to. to smell that smell any longer

"So U-um where are we?" As Fluttershy uses her mane to hide slightly as twilight answers her question "Where at canterlot Fluttershy and yes before you say anything I remember us being in the treehouse back at ponyville."

Twilight informed her friends as they slowly grew nervous as many of them even twilight wasn't aware of why they were there as rarity cleaned herself to end that disgusting stench.

After what felt like an eternity waiting on rarity she finally finished bathing herself as she didn't smell anything like she did before going into the shower.

Rarity exited the shower with a content smile on her face "Darlings! The smell is gone I saw to it myself! Now does any pony mind telling me where we are?" The white-coated mare asked while twilight shook her head.

"wherein canterlot most likely because the Princess...princesses want to know what had fought nightmare moon last night." Twilight finished repeating herself "now come on there might be a guard outside to take us to the main throne room."

The purple Unicorn said before using her magic to open the door to their royal guest room as twilight saw a guard stationed outside their door as she thought that either meant Celestia wants to meet in the main hall or maybe over some late breakfast as the guard spoke.

"Princess Celestia requests that you make your way to the throne room so that she may speak with you if needed I may escort you and your friends there." Said the guard pony as the stallion stood there at attention waiting for the main six's response.

Before twilight could respond pinky pie jumped in and answered for her "Yes sir that would be super doper great! Mr guard pony!" She said in her normal hyper tone as the stallion.

As Rarity spoke from the back of the group "Pinky! Darling that's no way to speak to a royal guard stallion!" Rarity tried to correct as rainbow dash piped up.

"I don't know why you insist on trying to correct her that's how she speaks to everypony rarity." Rainbow dash said trying to stop rarity from wasting her time as twilight rubbed her temple with her hoof lightly "that would be most appreciated sir" said twilight knowing this was going to be a long day for her and her friends.

---------------------*time skip a few minutes ahead*---

After shortly arriving at the throne room doors twilight and his friends would see a guard pony enter the throne chamber before seeing a large group of nobles forced to leave the room as grumbles and sounds of displeasure were heard.

As the main six quickly entered the room as Celestia and a tired princess luna were struggling to stand next to her sister as she had been wakening up to hear the main six's side of the story.

This would scare the main six as they hadn't expected the Princess of the moon to be back to royal duties so soon as they bowed after getting close enough while the doors to the throne room closed behind them as Celestia finally spoke.

"My dear twilight does your friends and your mind tell me just what that thing was?" Celestia asked warmly and calmly as she wanted to hear just what they knew as twilight began to speak.

"P-princess Celestia I'm sorry to say that I don't know much of the creature that had helped us on nightmare night we had seen it a few days before the holiday" twilight started to speak as Celestia listened while luna had something else on her mind.

"And thee didn't has't the right mind to inform mine own sister of this strange creature?!" luna said in the royal canterlot voice which scared the main six as Celestia came to their rescue before her younger sister scared them to the point they wouldn't speak.

"Lulu you're using the voice again you need to remember you can't use that inside it hurts everypony's ears plus I told you when you woke up that I would inform you once you were fully rested," Celestia said as luna puffed her cheeks out. And spoke again this time in an indoor tone

"Nay sister yond Goodyear wast stronger than the corruption I hadst did suffer from plus I wish wend thank t f'r saving me," Luna said as Celestia gently placed her wing on the smaller alicorn to Silence her "I know luna but please let my student speak you can ask these questions later but now let them speak first." She said while gently nuzzling her sister before talking to twilight

"Now please twilight why didn't you tell me when you first saw this creature? You know I would have helped you." Celestia said as twilight looked up to her teacher.

" Because I wanted to show you that I didn't need somepony to hold my hoof when I didn't do something wrong but I guess I was wrong in this case." twilight said ashamed at herself for falling at what she thought was an easy task.

As Celestia stood up and began trouting her way down the steps from her throne to twilight the sounds of her hooves walking softy echoed somewhat but had a slight muffled effect due to the carpet that the sun princess walked on.

Twilight was freaking out on the inside not sure what her teacher had planned for was she gonna punish her? Have her arrested? Or worse sent to magical kindergarten for failing at trying something different.

"Twilight why would you think I would be upset that you wanted to do something different? That's nonsense you hype yourself up on crazy ideas that you think might happen when it never does but I do believe that this creature can and might be a threat so I'm asking that you keep the elements of harmony close when you go back to ponyville. I'll also send a platoon of royal guards to try and subdue it."

Celestia said while looking back to luna who had passed out again as it was still not her time to be awake just yet "excuse me twilight while I put luna back to bed you and your friends go have something to eat while I take my sister to her room."

Celestia told while turning around and heading back to her sleeping sister as twilight and her friends bowed then left to go eat while twilight breathed a huge sigh of relief as they left the throne room before long twilight and her friends would be in a dining room as her friends began talking.

"W-what do you think might happen?" Asked Fluttershy as apple Jack answered her "simple that dark creature is going to get its flank handed to it!" As rainbow dash spoke up "let's not forget how it took a direct hit from the elements and got up like nothing! Which is pretty cool in my opinion" as they continued to talk twilight sank deeply into thought thinking about just what to do.

And how she could help the princesses now while also thinking of ways to study this creature

Author's Note

Sorry for what I did to rarity but I needed something crazy to happen to match a night of celebration the night before for some substance to the beginning of this chapter and I can't believe it I have over 100 likes (first ever fanfic btw) so this does motivate me to make more chapters for you guys!

Chapter 16 new chances along with new creatures?

Chapter 16 new abilities along with new enemies

-----------------------------*canterlot castle*-----------------
After breakfast, the main six and Celestia had already made plans to send a small detachment to ponyville to try and uncover where the dark threat was much to luna's disapproval of this action as she had said multiple times that this dark creature that twilight and her friends were labeling as evil wasn't evil at all.

But after all that was said and done, Celestia summoned a guard to get a flying Carriage ready to take the main six back home.

Finally, after the main six had left the two royals luna began to talk to her older sister "Sister! wherefore doth thee not trust me?" Asked luna.

As she had been holding back her discontent with her older sister's resolve "because Luna I've seen that level of magic before and you have to remember?" Asked Celestia as she looked at her sister as well as drank some tea she had requested from the servants.

"Aye, I doth t wast at which hour we combated discord." Luna said as Celestia rubbed her face with her hooves "I might have to teach you how to speak more modernly as not many ponies speak in the old ways, Lulu." Celestia said while rising from her seat

"But that will be for another time sister I have day court to maintain," said the sun princess as she left luna alone in the dining room she began thinking about how to prove that this thing wasn't evil?

Maybe if it dreamed she could make contact with this being as luna got onto her hooves a small idea popped into her mind as the princess of the night went to her old chambers as she roughly remembered the way so many things had changed before she was sent to the moon.

But after exploring the halls that seemed so alien to luna she managed to find her chambers as she took off her royal regalia and climbed into her bed she managed to enter the dream realm as she was rusty as this was the first time she could enter it but she began searching for the evil creature so her older sister's student claimed.

"I wilt disprove this I doth not believeth this claims," said luna after she appeared in the dream realm these very halls felt so welcoming to her as she looked threw the many hallways and towards a few doors some had chains on them.

Showing that the owner was awake and a very few had no chains at all showed that they were sleeping and there weren't any nightmares that luna could see or sense but first the hairless monkey was her first problem to solve.

---------------------------------*frank's pov*------------------
After the long wait frank had to endure because of his friend wanting to keep hidden secrets away about forging the new armor set talion finally appeared to take him back "you ready to see the new armor I created?" Asked talion as frank simply nodded.

"The faster I get out of this room the better talion," Frank said having enough of the empty large room as suddenly was back in his body as he felt arms around him and draped over him 'was this supposed to be a surprise?'

Frank thought before opening his eyes not aware of the mask on his face as he looked down seeing a dark cloak on and covering his whole body.

"Talion what kind of armor is this? That requires a cloak?" Frank asked while pulling the black cover off his body.

"It's to cover your body from wind and makes you look bigger than you already are"Talion would state with a small hint of pride at his newest form of armor " and you do know you're wearing a mask right?".

He said in hopes of making his living companion aware of what was currently on his face

" how much armor did this whole new set cost?" Frank said while reaching up to touch his face and there was a mask on his face "surely the old set wasn't enough?".

" well your old armor mostly covered everything that you needed but if any more metal was needed I would have gathered it while you were stuck in your mind," talion said before speaking again.

"We also had some visitors as well frank..."

This caused frank to jump slightly "was the six ponies from the town?!" Frank asked unsure as talion answered "no but three smaller ponies? Came from the forest and tried to explore this castle. Something about getting their cutie marks? And treasure but I managed to scare them off without being seen they do think however the castle is haunted now."

"And if they are young which I think they were none of their adults would listen to them so I think we're in the clear for now," Frank said putting the pieces together In his head

"But for now I think we should get ready to scout that town finally." Frank had said to the wraith as he gripped the sword and placed it into the makeshift sheath he had.

"How about we hide in a tree? If these horses are prey animals they never think about looking up" Talion asked as frank answered

"Then that's where we shall go for the time being and if we're lucky we can scope out the town if the tree is tall enough and use the cover of darkness to get a closer look," Frank spoke as the armor seemed to move very swiftly almost nonhuman like speed.

"Talion...is there any magic in this armor because I feel like my movement is a little bit too fast?"

"No that's just the armor frank it was made to help the wears be well-protected as well as fast on their feet currently there's also no magic in the marks yet just given time they will be because this area is just full of magic somehow" talion answered as the two left the whole castle heading towards Ponyville as the sun began to set off in the distance.

Soon after getting close to the very edge of town, they both heard the voices whereof a few members of the main six and the cutie mark crusaders "what did I tell ya about going in that forest without an adult apple bloom?!" Yelled a very upset set pony.

"Yeah! You three could have been eaten! Or controlled by that two-legged monsters! Ooo! Or could have been controlled then eaten!" Pinky pie said hyper while the three fillies got yelled at by their siblings or guardians Twilight spoke up.

"Pinky, you're not helping plus don't forget we had a reason to come here it was to try and find the creature at least have a rough outline of where it might be a that when those royal guards arrive we can assist them the best we can!"

As the ponies talked frank was just about to say something to talion when talion spoke first "this isn't good frank if they are going to use magic to find us the ring and armor would give us away."

"Then what do you suggest? We just go to them and introduce ourselves? Maybe tell one another a secret?" Frank answered with pure sarcasm knowing that somehow magic was real in these 'woods'

"Frank...now is not the time for sarcasm this could ruin our plans" Frank shook his head the armor covered his field of view still but thanks to sunlight he could somewhat see "then what should we do?"

" Would it not matter if I took the ring off? If they track the magic that it gives off it's like a fire in a dark forest let alone it's still daylighted out!" frank continued to speak before a bug stung him on his side to show his turn was over.

"Now as I was saying before you went into a rant frank I suggest we move trees we have the advantage they don't know which way we are in the forest and if I'm studying them correctly the larger horses...I mean ponies are going into the woods and the little ones are going to the town.
So if we just move trees we should be good"

"Plus the town doesn't seem to be that big or largely populated" as talion spoke frank rolled his eyes " whatever the case maybe we need to move and fast that blue one is very active with flying " with that frank got ready to jump

as his ring glowed the same green as before as his body felt like a feather and after jumping off the tree there was an audible snap of a branch or stick breaking from the magic boost.

"Shit we need to hide!" Frank mentally told talion as the clear-headed man wraith spoke: "easy frank just stay calm and don't move in the leaves they won't think we are here believe me this worked on orcs and Olog's it can work on these ponies."

--------*Main six and cutie mark crusaders pov*---

"What the hay was that?!" Yelled rainbow as she looked towards the tree that made said sound while her friends did the same

"I don't know? Maybe a squirrel? They do live in trees I hope the little guy isn't hurt" said flutter shy as applejack butted in

"That had to be one massive squirrel if it was to break a branch of that size!" Applejack said trying to look into the trees after seeing the branch that fell down

"GIRLS! Focus I'm sure the little guy is fine but for now, let's get a move on as for you three head to your homes now" said twilight not wanting her friends to fight over how a small animal broke a piece of a tree.

After a few grumbles and a few awwww's from the younger fillies the main six entered the forest while the cutie mark crusaders headed back to town

"How did this even work?" Frank asked the invisible friend who was currently using his body as a vessel

"there prey animals that's why they aren't prone to check above them usually but if what the purple one...twilight I think her name is the best course of action is to take this ring off and do not worry I'll still be able to see what you see."

Frank nodded and with a quick pull the ring was off and he no longer had the powers of a Nazgul as the ring was placed into his other hand he death gripped it as he took the helmet of it limiting his line of sight as frank began scoping the town out from a safe distance in the trees.

After about an hour or two frank had sighed putting the helmet on as it was getting dark and those ponies surely had no idea where he was that's for sure as he slid his head into the helmet and strapped it on one-handed while also hanging onto the tree by wrapping his other hand around it that still held the ring.

Finally, the helmet was secured and after a quick motion the ring was back onto his finger, and immediately talions voice echoed in his head "what have you seen?" He asked wanting to know what frank had scouted while he was away.

"The town isn't that large I would roughly guess maybe...50 ponies live there? And they seem to be peaceful living there I couldn't see much because I didn't have your wraith vision."

"Well, let's take a closer look then shall we?" Talib asked as frank was able to see into the unseen realm as they looked they were able to see all manner of ponies some with wings others with horns.

And just normal ponies without any wings or horns "I'm seeing 50 frank good guesses on that. It is a small village town." Talion spoke before they left the unseen back to the physical world.

"Do you think it's time to head back now talion?" Frank asked as he looked around blinking his eyes to shake off the feeling as it felt like he looked directly at the sun.

"We can not take a direct route back plus we don't know where those ponies went so I think it's best to move a bit west towards the mountain over there with the...."

Frank was confused only knowing talion for a little while he wasn't sure why he stopped speaking so frank asked about it "is something wrong?"

As the ranger spoke back "there's a castle in the mountain..." He said simply

Frank was stunned but not confused "is it in the mountain like someone dug it out to make the castle?" He asked as talion answered bluntly.

"No it's hanging off the side of the castle...how do you not see it in the physical world look!" He said trying to point it out as frank saw the mountain then finally he saw it as he was very much dumbfounded.

"How is it not falling off the mountain? That isn't stable enough to hold all those stones and whatever it is over there on it."

"Look I can't answer everything frank for now let's just move near that end of the trees and you can take a short break if you want I'll keep us safe," Talion said as frank agreed as a nice break would do wonders.

But after finally getting to a sturdy enough tree frank more or less got hijacked by talion who dumbed him back into the main hall to sleep and relax.

------------------------------*princess luna*-------------------

Finally, she had found his doors she thought looking over the doors were odd-looking they reminded her of the caterlot castle design but seemed so different, and to be honest, she had gotten lost more times than she would admit but finally, the door chains were falling away now was her time to try and make things right

As a princess of Equestria, she softly knocked on the door as if she was entering a foreign place and to her shock, a voice came threw "come in"
It sounded male from what her ears were picking up.

But after a quick breath she steady herself and entered the room and looked nothing like her and her older sister's castle it was a true masterpiece but something was wrong the building was falling apart? No, it was under attack was she in a war zone?

"It seems you are in my dreams luna how is this possible?" He asked as she spoke

"I am the guardian of dreams and the princess of the night it is my duty to protect my subject's dreams but to prove my sister wrong I wish to speak with you," Luna said her voice nice and soft not trying to seem threatening

"Oh? What does your sister think of me?" Frank asked the night princess

"Well she believes your an evil being here to harm us and our subjects because of your magical signatures" luna responded as she gave him hid undivided attention to the ape creature

"That is reasonable of her I see she leads with a level head? I assume?" Frank spoke as she nodded with a soft chuckle

"She does do what's best by her subjects but I think there is a way to prove your good sir if your willing to listen," Luna said strained as she tried to speak normally as her ears moved towards him to listen better

"First off why do you trust me? I'm a stranger to you an unknown and yet here you are talking to me to see if your hutch is right?" He asked as she started shaking her head
"Nay nay ape I wanted to show the same kindness you did for me in return for saving me from corruption and starting my life I wish to help you"

This had stunned both frank and talion as they didn't expect to have a pony want to help them from past experiences it was just them running and helping them the one time to save luna from the nightmare as talion appeared scaring luna as she thought there was only one of them.

"What is your game horse? No one offers aid for nothing what do you expect to gain from me and frank? A hook? Information? Our loyalty?" As talion tries to scare the princess into spilling it while she flared her wings and shouted at talion.

"Nay! I am showing thee not all ponies art aggressive!" She didn't seem scared at all but mostly in defense of talion's outburst as frank spoke this time "talion, please relax let her speak her peace at least before you tear into luna" frank said before looking towards her.

Your name is luna correct?" He asked as she nodded at him before closing her massive blue wings "Aye t is I can see thou art the level headed one"

Luna spoke with confidence before clearing her throat and continuing " Most ponies believeth thy a being straight from Tartarus with any chance of being turned valorous but if 't be true thee showeth those folk thou art not a being of ill intent then my sister and I can help thee"

Said luna but for frank, it was a bit of a challenge understanding what she was saying as no one had spoken like that since the middle ages.

"I guess we agree on that right talion?' Frank asked confused as talion didn't look amused
As he had something to say to luna

" so you give us a list of demands without giving a grantee that any of this might work?" He asked before princess luna could answer she was cut off by disappearing from the room.

Which caused talion to snort slightly "she gives us a list of demands then leaves...I've seen better from orcs and ologs than that horse" stated talion while they stood there frank didn't seem to be kind about him being unkind to luna

"at least she's giving us a chance to show the others we aren't evil so don't drill into her because of her speech," frank said

As talion sighed while rubbing his face "very well but I don't trust any of them...for now" after saying that frank woke up in the tree he was still on the outskirts of town and the sun appeared to be rising? were they there all night? Whatever the case frank placed the ring tightly onto his finger to not lose it as he jumped down.

"You do see how this can backfire right?" talion asked as they fell threw the air but

After a solid thumb and no broken bones, he began walking back towards the castle "I know but I'm willing to try and fix things and hopefully not be chased down for the rest of my life." as the sounds of bugs could be heard very large ones. "We have company!" Yelled talion to warn him

As a result, Frank pulled his sword out gripping it lightly as they got closer soon a swarm of bug ponies appeared some flying others on land very few had a strange bug pony armor others had none as they seemed to surround frank while talion spoke.

"These things are like ghouls! Endless in numbers" as they hissed and spoke in their own language one entered the small circle that they had the human inside of as this one had a few scars here and there showing they were a veteran among the swarm as it spoke to him.

"My queen needs your presents dark one." It said as frank looked at it then around at the large group of bug ponies frank looked back and responded "I don't have much of a choice now do I but let's say I refuse?" Frank dared to say as it shook its head

"That wasn't a request dark one either you come with us peacefully or unconscious," said the bug pony as frank took the first option much to talions relief "very well I shall go with you?"

He said as the bug pony nodded as it turned around "excellent sheath your sword dark one and we will escort you there and if you are not aware of what to call us we are known as changelings dark one" as the swarm followed him and his wraith friend to an unknown location.

Author's Note

Holy cow! I completely ignored you guys! I'm sorry about that I was so focused on school but on the bright side I have only four months left then I'm free from that place! So expect chapters coming out every so often. And if there is anyone that knows a lot about changelings would very much appreciate a message or telling me where to get more info about them

Chapter 17 - a trip to the badlands to meet a bug queen along with her offers

Chapter 17 - a trip to the badlands to meet a bug queen

--------------------*Frank and Talion pov*------------------

As the human and small band of changelings moved there the forest, The sounds of both the human's shoes hitting the ground against the sound of hoof steps. Along with the armor and weapons they carried as frank looked at the strange changelings he asked talion 'Talion why do they keep calling me a dark one?' he asked as they moved threw brushes and other small types of plant life.

'Well because of the ring Frank its origin is bathed in dark magic let alone it was a ring that bound the wearer's will to it if there wasn't a wraith to counteract it the person would turn into nothing more than a hollow shell.' Talion stated rather neutrally this time. "I'm taking the main brunt of the corruption of the ring your only getting a third of it"

Was he opening up to frank? Or was he in a good mood? 'So what do you think these changelings think? Do they see us as a threat like the ponies? Or something to avoid fighting?' Frank asked not realizing the group stopped as he proceeded to bump into one of the changelings.

The changeling he had bumped into was one without armor as its head whipped around and hissed at him as the bug pony threw insults at the human for not minding his step before the armored changeling heard what was going on and made its way over.

The leader of the small squad didn't look happy as they spoke "Mind your tongue drone if the Queen finds out you were being rude to a guest she would feed you to the Maulwurf's" after that release of information the drone instantly went quiet fearing the oversized monster.

Which triggered frank to ask what that was "what is a Maulwurf exactly?" He asked as the blue-eyed armored changling looked over at him "don't worry about that dark one I just wanted to inform you we have arrived at our destination which is a far range teleport crystal it will be only useful for two jumps" the bug said before frank nodded.

"Just tell me what to do," Frank said simply as talion stays silent watching was this going to be like what he and celebrimbor had done.

"Just stand over there dark one and I will take care of the rest," said the changeling while hissing and clicking and chirping away as everyone had gotten into position.

And as frank looked it had been dark out as the small group had been walking threw the forest for quite some time maybe around three hours or so but with a green flash and the sudden loss of all crickets and life wasn't a good size as frank tried to look around to see where they were but couldn't see anything.

"Just where the hell are we?" Frank asked unnerved and confused as a new voice came into play "my hive~ you must be the dark entity that has the ponies running away from fear~" said the unknown bug-sounding voice as frank looked around in the dark before it answered.

"In front of you~ here let me make it so you can see," said the unknown person? Pony whatever at this point frank was starting to believe he was the only human here now.

That's when small crystals around the seemingly small cave room as frank watched by one each crystal light up the more frank could see the current Occupants of the room the changelings he had traveled with had moved off to the sides of the room as they were staying out of the way of someone.

Before frank could do anything he would feel a soft breath against his ear to catch his attention. "My my aren't you an interesting creature~" frank whipped around as she continued to speak. "

I can see how you were able to defeat the nightmare moon with all that magic you have...how are you able to surpass my throne's ruin magic?" She asked as frank looked her up and down "what do you mean?" He asked as she hissed.

"You have magic here? And you're not even a changeling? What are you some kind of old magic do you possess?"
The caution and anger were in her voice as frank began to sweat trying to think of an explanation

'You can't just tell her it's a ring because if she finds out she will kill us or eat me!' Frank was freaking out as the big bug queen grew more impatient with him. "Well?" She said her voice getting more and Irritated about the lack of answers

'Frank before you get us killed or with less chance of making any friends here just make something up' talion said as frank had gotten an idea but his mouth had spoken before his brain could stop it. "It's the ring." 'Frank you're a fool...' Said talion as frank could hear the disappointment in his voice

This caused the queen to raise an eyebrow at this but she more or less accepted the answer "very well I'll leave you and your Secrets alone, for now, let's move to a more favorable location shall we there we can do formalities properly" as she began to trout away.

As two of her changelings went in front of frank as one spoke "dark one we will accompany you so if you are lost or lose sight of the queen we can get you back to her" one of the two said before going behind him to follow.

"Um thank you?" Frank said while catching up to the bug queen "now can I at least have your name? I don't think you would like being called a bug queen do you?" the human had asked there came a soft giggle from the queen.

"You do have a point dark one my name is chrysalis but with my title, my full name is queen chrysalis of the Chang Kings and high queen of the badlands~," Chrysalis said with a slight hint of pride.

"And if you help me when I need your aid I will reward your loyalty to the changelings~," she said as they traveled threw the dark corridors "I told you my name how about you tell me yours now? Seems like a fair trade."

Soon the light from the sun was visible as frank picked up the pace "would you mind going over details?" frank asked before she spoke up again "No~ your name first I doubt your name is dark one" Frank was about to speak when talion spoke up 'you can't be serious? Are you going to just take her word on this?".

'Well if you would shut up so I can listen to her we can find out! Plus all she wants is my name, right? What harm is in that?' Frank snapped as chrysalis fluttered her bug wings to catch his attention.

"Is this normal for your kind to zone out or to inspect the back of a queen?" Chrysalis asked slightly mocking him but keeping it slightly playful as she didn't want to upset her guest.

"Oh my apologies queen Chrysalis I was talking with someone." frank said as the bug queen tilted her head as this confused her where is there more like this being? Could they help enact her revenge only time would tell as she didn't press the matter " I would still like to know your name or would you prefer I call you a hairless monkey?"

"It's frank your Majesty." he said as she smiled softly "quite an interesting name for a creature now does it have any meaning like the ponies? Or is it just a name?" She asked as they entered a very large room what seemed like a simple chamber with pillows on the ground as she made her way over to one and sat down.

"Not quiet we just name ourselves anything really and what is this place?" Frank asked as he followed her footsteps or hoof steps in this case to the table and sat down thinking a chair was there only to fall and for a pillow to catch his fall.

"Interesting~ I must say now to be clear with you frank I know what the ponies have done to you they have alienated you because of your power while also attacking you for looking hostile. It's a real shame but they always did that to every species" chrysalis said while using her hoof to stroke the rough table in front of her "would you like something to eat or drink maybe?" She asked looking across to him as frank should his head.

"No I am alright and I do appreciate not being on the move constantly but you said something about rewards if I was loyal to your kind what would I get exactly?" He asked as she softly ticked her long tongue.

"Well~ I can't give you alll~ the details currently but rewards I can. You would be given land to oversee as a lord~ as well as subjects to manage while also receiving a medium-sized platoon. Of my changeling royal guards to protect you, it is also your choice to increase their ranks or not as well as prisoners to use as either simple feed for my changelings or slaves to how should I say? Bulk up your industry. I think you have a rough idea I'm offering you."

Frank had leaned back as he couldn't believe how much she just laid out for him. Without even bothering to ask talion he spoke "what would I need to do?" He asked as she grinned evilly as she spoke her response.
"You seem to have a unique ability to resist the elements of harmony if I was informed correctly so I ask from you when we invade the pony lands YOU will aid the side of changelings."

"And how do I know that this isn't a lie? For all I know you could be backstabbing me the moment you win" he asked as the queen drew a serious face

"I would have you know I keep my allies closer than my enemies so if you need me to swear that all I've said would happen to you and more then I will. I will even crown you a lord myself if needed. Which hasn't been done in my hive for thousands of years" she would sit up as she rested on the table slightly.

"Now here's my reverse ask what have the ponies offered you? Besides nothing but harm!" She said while sitting back down on her hooves as frank began talking with talion.

'Look what she is offering is pretty good you would be a minor lord if anything but still deemed as a lord nonetheless so I'm leaving this in your hands, Frank, not mine but she did bring up a good point about those ponies'

"I'll think about it just give me time," Frank said sharply as he didn't know what to say at the current moment as she just simply nodded.

"I understand that this is a hard choice to make so I'll give you time to sit on it as long as needed this plan needs time anyway so here," she said as her twisted horn lit up as her sickly magic grabbed a strange rock as she placed it in front of the human "when you made your mind up press on this and a changing patrol will come and get you."

She said while smiling gentle "I do hope you make the right call frank I need more allies and you might be the one to trump them all" she complimented as she gave a soft wink " if you wish to stay here you may just tell me so I can get you proper arrangements."

Frank nodded "thank you, queen, but I believed that I overstayed my welcome and I shall be taking my leave however I will think about your offer " he stated as two changelings entered the room.

"Very well these two will help you get back don't lose that stone now," she said as he left the room a green blush filled her face 'H-his power it's so~ Overwelming~ and yet so untouchable' she thought with disdain at the loss of a light snack 'whatever the case is he will be back sooner or later~' she thought giggling to herself Evily

Author's Note

Holy cow guys! I have to cover this but the sky is the limit! At this point and yes I'm aware grammar is still the biggest problem if you guys are willing to help out please pm me the area that needs fixing! And what should go where in the place of the incorrect word or symbol!! Plus we are still going strong which is a good thing! Thank you all for the support both positive and negative it all helps so much

Chapter 18 these ponies are pushovers at combat

-------------------------*Frank and talion pov*--------------

Shortly after arriving back at the dark cave room the green torches still burning with changling magic that started it. As Frank and the two drones assigned to get him back stepped aside as one spoke.

"threw there dark one then step on the glowing circle." Its voice was feminine sounding so frank assumed it was a she as he asked "that's all?" As the changeling simply nodded as this took him by surprise not trusting it in the slightest as he approached with caution.

Finally, after entering the darkroom the circle that she had described was indeed there frank stepped onto it as talion spoke up 'you still think they are trying to do something frank?' The wraith asked as frank was about to respond before a sudden blast sends them both back to the ever-free forest.

"What in the holy cow was that?!" frank yelled rubbing his ears and eyes as it felt like a bomb had gone off right next to him the bright white light stunned him as talion simply answered 'we teleported frank' which stunned frank slightly "you mean to tell me that that train horn of an explosion was a teleport?!"

Before talion could answer the pair would be able to hear voices in the distance shouts at first but after a few seconds, they could hear them perfectly. " buck that! Nopony said that that thing can blow things up!".

Said a pony while more spoke up "I don't get enough bits for this!" Said one "Yeah I have a garden and cat!" The ponies were sounding very disorganized which even made talion sigh 'these ponies couldn't even stand up to a newly born orc.' As frank could hear the face rubbing from talion almost.

"Wow, that's bad huh? talion now what?" As frank, while the small lance of ponies was panicking over a sound before their Sergent finally who was in charge of them decided their little filly and foal game were over. "Soldiers! Your royal guards of her highness Princess Celestia! And protectors of Equestrian!"

As the mare gave her comrades a speech every pony stopped to listen as one spoke up "Serge no disrespect but most of us are volunteers" said a young stallion while she shook her head "still your bringing shame to the crown and her kingdom for running around like a headless hydra did they teach you nothing in basic training? Or do they give royal guard armor to any pony these days?"

As the NCO of her lance drilled into her troops frank and talion stalked them all with 'wraith sight' "how many do you think there are?" Asked frank as talion answered.

'I believe around six if we include the Sergeant there I think out of that whole group she would give us trouble' as frank drew his eyes to her as she did seem way more experienced than the other five "should we fight?" As frank as talion simply answered.

'if your planning to fight with a blade they won't survive compared to us they don't stand a chance' frank grabbed the handle of the blade as the dark magic softly flowed around his grip while also tipping the two unicorns off in the group.

"No killing talion remember that," Frank said as he released the blade talion scoffed 'don't forget that choosing this path I hope you know what you're doing ' answered talion as the group erupted into activity.

As the Sergeant yelled out "I want you two with stunning spells ready!" Talking to the unicorns of the group while turning her head to the two Pegasi "you both I want you to flank around and hit this thing hard!" She ordered as they shot off the ground slow at first because of the plants and trees but once above the leaves they shot off to their positions.

"Everypony else was going in to tackle this demon head-on!" She roared trying to inspire her lance of ponies but thanks to Frank's enhanced abilities he heard their plan first thinking it was a good idea to counter their flanking plan by slowly entering a big enough bush before not moving it wasn't going to be easy a large dark armored human.

Hiding in a bush as talion spoke up 'this is never gonna work if you're laying down just crouch' after rolling his eyes he did and luckily the first two ponies were close they didn't see frank's crappy attempts to be stealthy but instead landed and decided to split up to cover more ground.

'Big mistake...' Frank thought before waiting as one of them got closer to his position as frank jumped out grabbing the stallion while also covering his muzzle as he began to strangle the poor royal guard.

'easy you'll snap his neck just make it so he can't breath don't crush it' while the royal struggled about grunting and kicking trying to make frank release him as frank did as talion instructed. The stallion soon fell unconscious as frank rolled him to the side of the bush panting lightly.

"Strep wing? Where did you go?" Asked his fellow pegasus as the other pony started making his way towards where he last saw his friend.

'Frank the pony's helmet grab it now' he said as Frank did just that reaching over and pulling it off with ease no straps apparently as the pony got closer and closer frank gripped the golden helmet until...*CLANG* he had managed to hit the pony on the head with his buddies helmet effectively knocking him out and also alerting the others to where they where.

"I need help talion! "He whispered 'it would be easier if you killed them' he said as that's how he mostly took down orcs and ologs they weren't known for being merciful as talion sighs 'very well grab a branch a thick one should do'

As Frank climbed a tree the slightly smaller group was making their way towards where they heard the loud clang as he grips onto a branch waiting. Not before long, they arrived in range as frank used the ring unknowingly to rip off the branch as he jumped off the tree as threw it at the group effectively causing them to.

Panic but the sergeant and her two pegasi were gone and now her unicorns were out of action whatever this thing was it was smart and she should have known sooner but it was picking them off one by one from weakest to strongest before long the mare looked back to her last soldier as the smaller stallion looked like he was about to faint.

"Private we need to stic-" her sentence was cut off as something large jumped onto her back pinning her on the ground and pushing the air out of her lungs causing her to cough and gasp.

"Buck this!" Said the private as he ran off leaving her stuck under this thing.

'Talion I have that sergeant I think how do we check?' He asked as his ally answered 'by making her talk' he said and talking again 'grab her tail and tug' he said Frank didn't think much of it as he grabbed the blue ponytail causing her to jump slightly and gasp feeling something pulling on her shorten tail.

'It's her now how do we make her talk?' Frank asked pinning her down as talion simply said 'dominate her' which caused him to blush 'I'm not doing a pony buddy-' Before talion cuts him off 'not that kind of dominating you, simple-minded boy!'.

As they argued in franks mind the mare took this moment to launch them off as a sword rested at her side she didn't seem to have a horn or wings 'this should be easy' Frank thought before she launched herself at the human stunning him and talion at just how fast and flexible this mare was.

After taking a few slashes talion spoke up 'do you want your sword now?' He asked as frank rolled his eyes reaching back and grabbing hold and pulling it out of its sheath as the two went into live combat as swords clashed together and frank tanking hits as he still didn't want to kill her even though he could have done so many of times.

'Ah to hell with this slice her sword 'he said as talion made his blade turn black as she grinned
"Your magic can't save you demon!" She yelled as frank sliced her sword in half the force knocking her down.

"What the hay?!" She yelled on her side as she looked at her broken blade her heart nearly stopped "what have you done?! " she yelled, "that was given to me by the commander of the princess!" The sergeant said as frank sheathed his sword and walked up to her slowly not speaking to her.

The silence scared her "stay back demon! I'm warning you!" She said trying to fill the emptiness

While frank was informed how to dominate the mind of a creature he was currently going to see how it worked himself the mare took it apon herself to launch herself at the armored human using her armored hooves on him as they made impact frank stumbled and fell down with her ontop still beating away at him "I shall never fall! I am a royal guard! I shall fight till the end! " as she reared back her hoof to punch him with her earth pony strength frank was finally able to catch her hoof.

Frank finally spoke "you will fall today but not in the way your thinking." He said as be connected his left hand to her face not as a punch but to connect to her mind. Soon after she screamed and grunted, as it sounded like her flesh, was being burned as talion spoke. "We have much to learn and you inform us to the best of your ability that if you fail in this task your face is going to feel like you are being burned".

He said while the dark green magic glowed darker
As talion fished around in her mind for her knowledge a mixture of fear and pain filled the royal guard Sergeant's green eyes as tears fell on her face " what ever you are please I'm the name of Celestia spare M-me!" She begged while also putting up a decent amount of resistance.

they dug into her mind as talions voice could be heard "YOU WILL OBEY!" talions voice sounded more ghost-like than what frank normally heard as his left hand glowed the sounds of flesh burning became more audible as she was forced to submission.

Author's Note

Another chapter is done and posted! And where at chapter 18? Already? Wow, time moves by fast doesn't it? And sorry about the ending of this chapter I didn't know if that was a bit much or not and true I've seen worse than that but I didn't want to be known for going into so gory stuff like that .

Chapter 19 an issue in the ever-free forest

(The next day after the battle)

Twilight and her friends along with spike were currently having a nice picnic on applejack's land there was all kind of foods present thanks to applejack and pinky pie and twilight.

As the group ate and chatted with one another Fluttershy had brought up the topic of the thing that defeated nightmare moon " girls do you think the royal guard had found it yet? O-or can even handle it?" She asked nervously as Rarity spoke up.

"Dear don't worry about that beast it's being taken care of by the royal guards there's nothing to worry about it. Plus stress ruins a mare's main" rarity spoke with zero concern in her voice as rainbow dash butted in.

"Yeah! If they catch it I'm gonna visit it and kick its flank! " she said hitting her front hooves together as applejack answered her "sugar cube you do know it defeated nightmare moon right?" She asked seeing if her friend knew.

"Uh yeah, I know! I was there and I still want to fight it!" She said as applejack face hoofed "never mine" she said after removing her hoof and continuing to eat an apple.

"If we do see it we need to inform the princess if we find it first before the guards do you are aware girls?" As twilight as she stopped drinking her ice tea while not even looking up from her book reading still trying to find where it came from.

"Um, how bad was that thing?" Asked a nervous spike as some of his friends were concerned while others didn't seem to be fazed as pinky pie jumped in.

"The big dark magic meany managed to defeat nightmare moon and survive a blast from the elements of harmony!? It even managed to push princess Celestia away when she tried to attack it!?" She said all in one breath in her hyper tone.

"What?!" Shouted spike as he grabbed his tail slightly while twilight sighed rubbing her face "great pinky you just scared spike for the night" she said trying to remind herself to give him plenty of rubies to him before bed as a gem coma seems to work when spike was too scared to fall asleep.

Pinky pie just giggled and continued to eat her plate of food as spike began overthinking what it might be able to do. "What if it can read ponies' minds? What if it can mind control? What if-" spike was cut off by Rarity who shoved one of his gems into his mouth using her magic " here you go dear your constant talking made your gems cold."

"Speaking of which," said rainbow dash said looking toward twilight "why aren't you freaking out about where it is or something?" she asked not sure how Twilight was so calm right now.

Before twilight could answer her blue friend a royal guard landed before the main six looking disrupted"the captain of the garrison wishes to speak to you and your friends at the Mayor's office." said the royal guard as twilight tilted her head slightly. As everypony in the group was interested now

"Can I ask why?" She asked as the royal guard shook his head "you all must come with me immediately" he said trying to hurry them along so they can learn of the problem. As the royal guard pony shook his head.

"My apologies miss twilight but I've been ordered to refrain from saying what only for you and your friends to head to the mayor's building."

Was rarity did her iconic wine "do we have to? On such a lovely day like this? I was just starting to get a tan." As rainbow dash rolled her eyes before starting to pack things up along with applejack.

"It was kinda getting late in the day anyway rarity come on teleport your things back to your Boutique so we can be on our way," said twilight as she huffed getting off the chair she had and taking her classes off "fine but after this, I'm heading home to finish working on clothing ideas," she said. As her ear flicked with annoyance at this disruption

While rainbow dash flew to apple jacks house in a flash dumping her things off as Big McIntosh was startled awake as he heard the front door slam shut he got up to check to see their stuff as he simply said "nope" and puts the food away.

After that little delay, the group made their way back to town with the messenger they were able to see a few royal guards either patrolling or standing guard somewhere protecting the town of ponyville from an unknown threat.

As for the pass, day ponies were brainstorming and gossiping to one another as to why there was a sudden increase of royal guards in their small town.

After finally arriving at the town center they were escorted in by three royal guards as their messenger flew off to for full his duties as rainbow dash spoke up "why is there so much security? We can handle that thing on our own!"

She tried to inspire her friends but some of them roll their eyes as twilight spoke up "not now rainbow dash with the whole let's kick its butt monologue just let's see what this captain wanted to ask twilight and her friends.

As they walked into the lobby twilight looked at one of the guards " is it alright if my assistant stays here in the lobby?" She asked as they simply nodded as spike ran off to go sit somewhere not wanting to know about the monster.

After arriving at a spare office that he was using twilight gently knocked her hoof on the door to signal that they had arrived at his office as a rough voice answered her " Enter." Soon after she opened it with her magic as the main six stepped threw closing the door behind them as the captain had been going threw some reports double checking here and there.

"You know this still surprises me how a creature can survive this," the Captain said reading the royal report Celesta had written to her military staff his of course being filtered leaving some details out due to his low status.

As the captain continued on twilight and her friends looked at one another confused as twilight spoke up. "Um, sir?" She asked as the older stallion looked shaking his head "oh my apologies I had forgotten I had sent a guard to retrieve you six" he said closing a few folders and setting them to the side so he can speak with them.

"Please sit down." He asked as they all did so as the older stallion continued "now I'm not aware of the full story between you six and Celestia but the report was very clear that this unknown creature can survive anything including Celestia's attack spells." He said as twilight and her friends knew what princess Celestia had changed seeming she wanted to keep the elements of harmony hidden for a little bit longer so it didn't cause mass panic among her senior officers and commanders.

As the old captain continued "and all the rumors following it isn't helping morale with the new conscripts they lack a backbone most of them I can't even make them check the forest." he said as he rubbed his head

As applejack spoke up "not to be a rude partner but what's the problem? But ya kinda getting off track ya see" she as the group had given a slight sigh of relief.

As the captain spoke "right I'm sorry but I had managed to send out a patrol into the ever-free forest as that whole forest is a point of interest and the squad I had sent has yet to come back or send a magical report." He said while pointing at them

"And hearing that you six can travel the forest very well I'm asking you to find the lost patrol." As rarity spoke up "I can't do that I have an order to fill out! I just had gotten some buyers from canter lot and I want to give it my all not search a forest for some lost ponies!" While rarity wined applejack leaned over and covered her mouth with her hoof.

Giving her the be quiet look Twilight smiled sheepishly as she asked "do you mind if we talk this over first? I don't think everypony is on board with the search." As the older stallion nodded "certainly I had to leave my office anyway by all means you may discuss here while I go and see if that patrol made it back."

He said getting up and putting on his golden helmet and stepping out of the office leaving the main six to decide on helping or not.

-----------------*meanwhile ever-free forest*-------------

"what do you know of the ruler of this land?" Asked talion as he was able to speak to the Sergeant threw the mind link. As her eyes darted about as it showed the dark magic in her body as she tried to resist his questions until the sounds of burns were heard and sounds of pain were heard.

Frank was terrified of this true he had seen this in the games but being there and seeing and hearing the flesh being burned he could smell it as she spoke again
"H-her name is princess Celestia! Ruler of all E-equestria and ruler of the sun and moon!" She said as the burning stopped as talion spoke again "where is the Capital from this forest?"

Talion asked as the mare was quicker to answer him "I-it is north East of H-here" talion worked her mind seemingly forgetting about his civilian passenger who wasn't desensitized to it as he was.

Frank finally summoned the will to ask 'tailon ask about luna maybe we can learn something useful?' He knew it wouldn't be anything useful he just wanted to see if the pony heard of anything that the princess of the night was doing to help him.

"What do you know of a Luna?" Tailon drilled as she spoke "T-the most important one I know is C-Celestia's sister Princess luna! She is currently trying to gain her duties as princess of the night and M-moon!"

'Talion I think she's not looking too well' as talion made a sound of frustration "she is slipping these ponies are truly not worthy of combat or mentally toughened" he said before disconnecting causing the mare royal guard to collapse not moving "is she dead?" Asked frank as talion said simply 'no but she had her mind half melted'

"How can you say that so Nonchalantly?! Like you did it every day!" Frank half shouted as he walked away from the scene they had left behind as talion responded 'you are aware that I technically did correct? I was able to break the minds of the strongest orcs and Olog's alike' as frank grew more annoyed his body reminded him that he was back in control and a feeling of pressure was coming up his throat slightly.

After a few panic-filled moments and vomiting later they were back on the move "I'm not going to talk to you for a while" said frank as talion just rolled his eyes knowing he would need him before anything else.

Author's Note

Holy crap! What a couple of months am I right? First off to you guys my readers I'm sorry for disappearing and leaving you on a big cliffhanger as of this being posted I'm not dead! I just wrapped up going to high school and now to UNI or University! And with that, I would like to present to you chapter 19! Enjoy this long over waited chapter and ill get to chapter 20 out hopefully sooner!

Chapter 20 the demon can do did what?!

Chapter 20 the demon can do what?!

----------------------*few moments before*----------------

The main six were currently in a heated debate in the garrison commander's temporary office at city hall until a firm knock was heard as a younger stallion was seen this time "miss twilight! You and your friends are needed outside immediately!" He said and darting away closing the door behind himself as this interruption stopped the main six from arguing more.

"what do you think that was about?" Asked rainbow dash as she looked out the window thinking of what it might be trying to find out before her friends as pinky pie spoke up "maybe they are going to give us super duper popcorn!" Hinting at the fact of the three of them arguing while twilight spoke up "well there's no reason to keep arguing let's go see what the royal guard needs I also doubt. It's popcorn pinky" she said moving towards the door and using her magic to open it as her friends followed.

Once outside twilight and her friends saw a shaken royal guard as the new recruit wouldn't stop shaking nor stop talking "i-it came out from the trees and the bushes! It killed everypony!" Said the terrified guard. While his senior officers tried to get more information out of the Recruit "easy soldier your safe now tell us what happened." Said the mare senior officer as the old stallion was staying silent along with the main six

All attention was on this new recruit as he began to speak "W-we had started our patrol of the ever-free R-roughly four clicks away from the main path leading out of the F-forest" he began removing his helmet to get better airflow.

"It was me our Nco and the rest of the squad...which was S-six in total we were going threw the forest and we're just about to turn back when a loud explosion was heard many of us feared it to be that demon thing and having heard rumors about its strengths and ability to kill a pony with a claw!...we were right." As they listened to the shaken recruit while he rambled the older stallion grabbed hold of him and shook him "son I understand you're shaken up you're relieved for the rest of the day"

Said the older stallion as he turned to a more younger officer "I want a squad to go with the main six and see to it that it's done." As the young mare saluted as she quickly ran off to issue the new command orders.

While that was going on he turned to the main six "I know this isn't protocoled allowing you six to tag along but you all have more experience with this thing than most of the guard"

Before he could continue rainbow dash interrupted" no problem I finally get to return a favor! By breaking its nose!" Said rainbow as twilight flicked her purple-furred ear "I'm thankful you're allowing us to lead them I'm sure we will be fine."

On the inside of twilights mind, however, she was nervous the elements were apparently useless against it. Maybe normal magic would work? Couldn't hurt right? As a moment later a squad arrived saluting and turning their attention to their commander.

"What job do you have for us, sir?" Asked a large dark coat stallion as the grey-colored stallion answered "we have the location of the missing patrol I want your team to take Mrs twilight and her friends there retrieve everypony there and bring them home."

After that, the squad leader saluted and turned his attention to twilight "we're ready to move miss whenever you are ready" as twilight looked back to see if all her friends were indeed ready.

As each friend gave a nod however Fluttershy needed to be promised nothing bad was going to happen after that they were ready and began to go where the lost patrol was.

Having finally arrived at the main road one of the guards stopped as he whistled softly "eyes up ears open I hear somepony talking....to our left side" he said as the large group got into position and began to move in "I hear...a pony? It's a mare if I had to guess as they get closer and closer as Applejack spoke up softly " how in the hay can he here so well I can barely hear anything."

As the leader of the squad answered: "even the doctors and medics can't explain it but he can hear way farther than the average pony" after explaining his special talent a light scoff was heard coming from the one leading the group.

"I'll take that as a compliment sir but can we cut the unneeded chatter?" As he made the request finally the rest of the ponies could hear what the uniquely gifted

"M-my sword?! Were is my Sword!!" The voice was that of a mare as they got closer the Leader of the squad turned his head to twilight "Mrs twilight I have to ask you and your friends to stay back a bit while we set up A secure Perimeter." As they nodded while the royal guards disappeared past some bushes.

Meanwhile back with frank after vomiting again for the third time this time nothing came forth but stomach acid as talion spoke up 'you don't have the stomach for this don't you?' He asked with a slight hint of worry while frank didn't answer him deciding to keep his word on not speaking to his ghostly friend.

After traveling threw the woods and finding a dirt path as he walked face and head revealed to the world it felt good having a nice breeze on his pasty and sweet stricken face until that's when the smell hit him "what the hell?" He asked smelling around "did something die nearby?"

'Not really said talion while frank finally answered him "then what the hell is that smell then?" And after some time talion answered him 'it's you' frank couldn't believe this as he moved into the woods and removed some of the armor and he gasps and coughs after getting a strong whiff of it "this I'm getting this cleaned up right now" he said beginning to strip the armor off of his person and putting it off to the side.

Checking the surroundings before striping down as he slowly got into a nearby creek and began to wash himself shaking from the cool water "this is fucking cold!" He said his teeth chattered as he quickly washed himself up trying to get the smell of his sweat and hormones along with dirt and grime off.

'You can clean up if you wish I'll keep an eye out as you freshen up' talion spoke while he shivered and kept going in the quest to get clean.

After some time one of the royal guards came back to fetch the main six "alright it's safe now." He said after that they all made their way past the bushes finally seeing what happened to the patrol that went missing.

So far only three of them were currently found and laid down in an open part away from any overgrown plant life as the squad leader was trying to talk with the only conscious member of the patrol as she continued to ramble "M-my sword he damaged my S-sword!" Was all she had every time the squad leader asked her as he shook his head turning to look for anypony with a horn.

His eyes landed on twilight "I need to ask you Mrs twilight can you scan her mind? I think something has happened to this sergeant as she has said the same sentence over and over again."

With a nod, twilight made her way over as her horn came to life but the moment she reached out to the earth pony mare's mind something responded back to her the traces of the magic were dark in nature shivering slightly she pressed on and soon found what was the cause of it all her brain was mush in some places targets for information gathering from the royal guard mare.

Pulling away startled by what she discovered she looked back towards the squad leader " we need to leave now! I don't know if that thing is here but it's not safe here for you royal guards now, please head back and take the wounded and unconscious back!" Twilight half shouted as Applejack stepped in.

"Won't easy their sugar cube what has you so shaken up?" As she got close to her friend the guards looked confused "twilight no disrespect but there's no pony here but your friends the lost patrol and our squad I would have heard it." As they attempted to calm her down as she frantically kept an eye out "is everypony here? " she asked as one of the guards nodded "yes all MIA ponies have been found."

And a moment later there was a sudden shock of magic as they all were teleported back to the library in ponyville "everypony out! I need to send a letter!" Said twilight making her way hastily up the flight of steps to her room finding spike and using her magic to wake the baby dragon as he flopped onto the wooden floor.

"What the hay twilight?" He asked kinda upset but after seeing her current state spike grew concerned.
"Woah. What's the matter twi? Did you see a ghost or something?"

"No time spike we need to send a letter to Princess Celestia immediately!" After a quick sigh, he gets up and went over to a table grabbing an empty scroll and a pen and turning to her ready to write what she had to say to the princess.

Author's Note

Another chapter down my readers I do hope I can increase production time for these I also do go threw older chapters to correct any grammar mistakes but do enjoy this new chapter!

Chapter 15 wraith's can have flashbacks? Talk about an odd situation

Chapter 15 now pony's with armor are hunting me

-------------------------------*frank's pov*---------------------

Frank had been in the hall for some time now wondering just what the hell was taking talion so long to make some ring wraith armor which made frank wonder would it take away his humanity?

He had known of the ring and what it could do to a person or any creature over time but what about talion? Just how long had he been fighting its power and resisting its ability to turn him.

Since frank had been given time to think and not worry about getting blasted with rainbow death rays or being jumped by ponies he could break down the bigger picture as the faint sound of torches burned with soft cracks and pops around the room helped him think.

'Just what the hell happened? One day I'm trying to relax in bed during a freak storm then I get woken up by tapping on my window and somehow I compelled myself to find a glowing ring that I thought was a rock or person that made me appear in a different world.' Frank thought while leaning back deciding to sit on the marble steps.

'Dam these aren't comfortable no wonder talion never sat down in this room' frank thought sighing as time ticked by slowly the loneliness was almost to the point of insanity.

'Is this how talion was when I found him? Just waiting for someone to pick up the ring?' Frank never really asked talion about what he had been doing before frank had picked the ring up and they both appeared here in this strange and unknown world.

'Maybe I should check that tree out again?' He thought before getting up and off the marble steps and heading up to the room that held the tree.

---------------------------------*talion's pov*-------------------

As the ranger of Gondor used Frank's body to forge the ringwraith armor with a few gondoran twists on the armor while making sure that it could fit once the armor had cooled down as talion worked a thought drifted into his thoughts.

Back when Celebrimbor had first shown him how to forge and picked up his hammer to do so while not forging armor they had forged a ring.

Snapping back to reality and at the task at hand talion heard his sweet wife loreth singing after listening he could tell that it was the lullaby she sang to their son when he couldn't sleep and would cry.

"Why do these voices haunt me so? And why do they resurface Now of all times?" Talion asked as he did his best to work through it.

After working for some time talion would hear voices realizing that they are not of his past he had used the wraith vision and began looking around soon seeing three small horses roaming the halls of the fort 'three tiny horses? What are they doing here.'

Talion thought before putting on the somewhat finished product which was the leggings their metal boots and the gauntlets and helm "I should be quick if I can scare them off I can wrap things up and make them leave."

As talion left he placed his sword down as he was going to make these trespassers leave while stepping out the door talion froze up as he remembers buried memories.

"You ese fall a'taeghane talion Ire Lokke, ire tedd..." Said a ring wraith as swung its blade to catch talion's blade while he battled the dark servant the blue ring he had on shined showing that the darkness was weakening.

"We shall see wraith!" As talion used some of the power of the ring to throw three blue glowing blades witch of only two made an impact as the wraith had fallen to one knee as it spoke again.

"aen Ire Lokke, ire tedd" it spoke trying to scare the battle-hardened ranger into defeat but talion had learned their tricks many years ago when facing the dark lord.

"You caen neén defeat ninnau neén matter how far you travel aep Mordor ninnau esse take the ring and you esse join Ire Lokke, ire Tedd army!" It yelled as talion banished it back to the flaming eye.

After gasping and snapping back talion had been halfway out of the doorway the reason why had couldn't leave was because his sword was stuck in the wall glowing the same sickly color green and black "the ring is trying to subject me I must make haste!".

----------------------------*cutie mark crusaders pov*----

As the three young fillies trouted through the old castle of the two royal sisters sweetie bell spoke up " girls this is crazy! We have no idea what's in this castle let alone were taking a massive risk being here without any pony's help!".

As scootaloo rolled her eyes "sweetie bell was fine from what dash told me no creatures are coming around because of nightmare moon's magic."

"Scoots and bells would ya both shut up! I don't want to jinx us because the both of ya won't be quiet plus remember where looking for anything of value if where lucky we might get our cutey marks for finding long lost treasures" apple bloom said as the large old pony armors as they had seemed old enough to maybe even get a few bits from the local market if they tried to sell it.

"I-im not liking this girl it's too quiet," said sweety bell as they started hearing sounds that showed they weren't alone "it might be a wild forest creature girls let's go before it eats us!" Said scootaloo as she whispered it getting nervous as apple bloom agreed as they tried to sneak away and out of the castle.

-------------------------------*talion pov again*--------------
" I really can't believe that worked I guess they are like children," talion said watching them run for the hills after leaving the castle as talion sighed while rubbing his face.

"At least they didn't try to attack me and frank at least a welcomed change in my book," Talion said as he went back to finishing up the nazgúl armor while also giving it magical runes into it things like armor protection buffs against magic users and even some ranged attacks.

"Frank might like this over the old armor this is a very drawn out and well crafted time to rescue him from boredom."

Author's Note

Sorry that this chapter is all over the place I just wanted to get talion and frank to finish that dang armor!