The Outcast
VII: A change of scenery
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VII: A change of scenery
*Four weeks later, at the buffalo's village*
I spend those few weeks educating the tribe of buffalo about the ways of the other beings, also calling forth quite a few cacti that they will be able to eat after removing the thorns and cooking them a little. The day is very peaceful until I hear a set of hooves approach me, turning to look at who it is and see it is the chief and say, "Hello Chief Windhawk, what brings you to seek me out today? I taught you all I could about those other beings."
Chief Windhawk looks at the sky to his right and says, "Hunting season here, they arrive shortly. What we do?"
I look at him and place my hoof onto his shoulder saying, "Keep your tribe calm and safe, let me deal with this threat and save you all with my strength."
He looks at him with concern and says, "How you save us from them? You have secret weapon?"
I nod my head and say, "I do, it is the other part of my magical abilities." I then look up at the sky where he is looking and see distant specks in the sky and see the approaching creatures, too far to identify them yet I look for where my herd is and shout to the mares, "Keep everyone close to me and I will protect us all from danger, these creatures are done visiting their evil on this herd. No creature should be treated so cruelly..." I then look for a spot to get a better view and see a grouping of rocks then think, 'Those will do quite nicely for this.' I then make my way towards the grouping of stones, aiming to use them as steps to stand on the tallest one to get their attention and glance back to my herd and say, "When we get up to those rocks, hide yourselves between the rocks."
As the strange creatures finally become clear enough to make out, I stand on the tallest rock and notice that they are dragons of varying sizes and wait until they are close enough, amplifying my voice to shout with all my strength, "To all dragons trespassing upon these peaceful lands belonging to this tribe, I address you all! Hear my words and come no further, the time has finally come for you to find a new source of food than the flesh of others! Apologize for the cruelty and horror you all have visited upon the innocent lives of this tribe, the numerous males, females and especially the young you have so callously devoured and stolen from them! Change your ways now and repent for the wrongs you have done, turn back now or face my wrath!"
The leader of the flight of dragons is intrigued by what she hears, then glides down to say hello before turning them into food. She hovers a fair distance away as the flight stays behind her and hovers while she says, "Greetings tiny appetizer, what makes you think that you have the authority to tell us what to do? Who and what are you? I wish to know that before I eat you and turn you into dragon queen excrement."
I sigh and shake my head as I am left with no choice but to enact my wrath and say, "I am an alicorn, and my name is Galadriel. You will regret forcing my hand, queen." I then stand tall and look up high into the sky and bellow louder, "OH GLORIOUS AND MIGHTY SKY ABOVE, THY OWN CHILDREN TAKE THEE FOR GRANTED! HOW DO THOU TOLERATE THIS WHEN THEY HAVE NO RESPECT FOR THOSE THAT LIVE BELOW THY BEAUTY, FOR THEY ARE ALSO THY CHILDREN! SHOW THY DISPLEASURE AND SHOW THINE UNENDING POWER!!"
The dragon queen is shocked at the volume of their voice as she sees their eyes beginning to glow brightly, feeling a great desire to save the creatures head and pluck out its eyes to treasure forever. She then laughs in response and says, "Oh puny alicorn, what power are you trying to show...there is nothing that we dragons should fear!" She then feels the air begin to cool down rapidly as rain begins striking her scales as the sun vanishes behind the gathering, darkening clouds. Looking up to see what is going on, she watches as the clouds block out the sky and start to turn black as night as flashes start to illuminate the clouds briefly with thunder echoing through the clouds and reaching her ears. She turns back to the puny alicorn and asks, "How did you do that puny one? Answer me, and I shall spare you!"
I look up at the massive dragon queen with vertically slitted red eyes, green scales and a row of sharp spikes down her back with two, long twisting horns jutting out of the back of her head and say, "This is the dark part of my power, turn back now and I will spare you and your whole flight the pain of my wrath."
She laughs and shouts, "YOU CAN'T CAUSE ME PAIN, MY SCALES ARE HARDER THAN DIAMONDS. I BATHE IN LAVA POOLS AND TREATING OTHERS LIKE FOOD IS MY RIGHT, PERHAPS I SHOULD TEACH YOU YOUR PLACE IN THIS WORLD." Just then she thinks she sees just a flicker of black lightning in his eyes, making her take another look but sees nothing there.
I then narrow my eyes as my anger builds, causing the sky to become darker and the lightning to dance more vigorously among the clouds and bellow, "PERHAPS I SHOULD SHOW YOU YOURS LITTLE WHELP, FOR I AM FAR OLDER THAN YOU AND HAVE THE COMPASSION AND KINDNESS TO OFFER FORGIVENESS TO ONE WHO HAS DONE WRONG. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE FORGIVEN AND CHANGE YOUR WAYS, THEN FEEL MY WRATH!" I then call forth a strong bolt of lightning to strike one of her wings, watching as a bright blue bolt races down while splitting the sky with its thunderous boom and chars a spot on her back, near the base of her wings.
The queen roars out in pain as she falls for a moment, then regains her hovering and growls angrily at him and says, "When I am done with you, I shall pick my teeth with your bones!!"
Summers Day races forth out of the rocks to her mother's dismay and glares at the mean creature then shouts, "YA CAN'T HURT MAH PAPA, HE'S TOUGHER THAN YA ARE YA BIG MEANIE!"
She looks down to see the little filly and then grins saying, "I shall teach you to be nicer to those bigger than you morsel!" and prepares to breathe fire to roast the pony.
With not a moment to spare, I channel my rage into my attack and bellow, "LEAVE MY DAUGHTER ALONE YOU INSUFFERABLE WORM, FEEL MY RAGE AND HOWL IN AGONY!" and then slam my hooves down upon the stone, creating a large crack to form along the top edge of the boulder.
Chief Windhawk watches with awe as blue lightning rapidly falls from the sky, striking numerous places on the queen's body as she lets out an ear-piercing, blood-curdling scream of agony. The numerous attacks cause the queen to crash onto the ground as the little filly is yanked back to safety, while the attacks continue, one of her wings is rendered useless as it falls to the ground with very little flesh between the exposed bones.
Writhing in agony from the pain, the queen looks up at her fear-stricken dragon flight and shouts an order, "DON'T JUST HOVER THERE FLAPPING YOU FOOLS, KILL THEM ALL!!"
I watch as the whole flight begins to take action and roar in fury and shake my head saying, "You just had to make me use more of my strength didn't you?" I then take a breath and reach even deeper for more power and then bellow, "SINCE THEE DON'T WISH TO CHANGE, I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PUNISH YOU SEVERELY!"
The queen watches as he rises up onto his rear hooves while his coat begins to shimmer and glow brightly, causing her to squint her eyes as his hooves slam down onto the stone, causing a large chunk to break off and land near her head. Hearing a thunderous boom above, she watches as hundreds upon hundreds of blue lightning bolts pummel her children. Watching helplessly in slow motion as one by one, her children are reduced to charred, lifeless husks and fall to the ground in pieces. Tears stream down her face as she watches all 200 dragons she brought with her are slaughtered, making her weep and cry out, "ENOUGH, STOP BUTCHERING MY CHILDREN!"
I glare down at her, feeling no pity for her and ask, "Isn't this what you wanted? Violence and cruelty? Do you finally beg for forgiveness? One chance to redeem your race?"
She watches the last of her children fall from the sky and crash to the ground, breaking her heart and her character saying, "Y-Yes...p-please allow me that chance, what must I do to receive it o' mighty pony of war?"
I look at her and sigh, thinking of what I can do to give her that chance and then say, "Are there other dragons in this world or are you the last?"
The queen nods her head and says, "There are others, my mate is watching over the babies."
I feel relieved at not having to force to siblings to mate and say "Very well then, I shall allow you to have one last clutch of 3 eggs though one will only hatch under the right circumstances, the other two shall hatch and continue your species. You will only live for another two years once the first two hatch, in that time you will leave your lands and live out your days in solitude with your last egg."
She smiles, feeling thankful for having one chance to save her kind and bows her head to him saying, "Thank you for being so merciful." She then watches as he simply nods to her and channels his magic into his horn as the skies become clear when a purple bolt of lightning strikes her body, reducing her severely damaged wing to ash and fills her with a pleasant warmth and sensation deep within her body. She gasps as she feels something growing within her womb, moving her claw to her belly to see what it is and counts out three eggs. She looks up amazed at the power the pony has and says, "H-How is this possible?"
I wobble as I didn't realize how much effort that would take and breathe heavily saying, "It is...my magical...power, now go...swim back...to your home." My vision fades to black as I fall to my side unconscious and slide off the edge.
*Some time later, where Galadriel fell to the ground*
I wake up and open my eyes to see Light Bright and my two daughters right next to me beside my head and ask, "Well that was unpleasant, what happened?"
Light lets out a sigh of relief along with everyone else gathered around her and says, "You used too much magic and collapsed, you were out for most of the day because the sun is going down now."
I remember what happened and ask, "Where is the dragon queen, what is she doing?"
Chief Windhawk steps forward and says, "She gone, kept moving away when you fell from stone, glad you okay. The tribe and I deeply grateful, you save our future. Here, take gift, it show you always be honored friend." He then bows his head, with the others in his tribe following suit as he then drops a beaded necklace onto the ground with a hoop and a feather attached to it. He then turns and begins walking away saying, "Safe journey to you, wise one."
As I slowly roll onto my stomach, I look over to see the tribe's chief walking away. I look down at the ground to see the necklace and reach out for it with my magic, wincing from the soreness of my horn and pull it onto my head as I sigh and softly say, "So this is their way of preserving their respect for me while asking me to leave their village..." I then look to light and say, "Light, thank you for looking after me." and then shift my gaze to the herd and say, "Well, shall we spend one last night before we move on to the next area?"
Fair Seed looks to Cloud Burst and asks, "Ah think that sounds good, what do ya think Cloud Burst?"
Cloud Burst nods her head saying, "Yeah, that sounds pretty fair. We can search for a new place tomorrow."
I then stand up and say, "Let's find a nice spot to bed down for the night, that took a lot out of me." As we find a place to sleep, I summon up a little grass for us to eat before drinking some water.
*This conversation takes place in Galadriel's mind, there is no space for his mind's body to wander*
After grazing for a little bit and letting the others take the rest of the grass, I drink some water before heading to a dry spot and wait for my herd to finish and then close my eyes once I see they are fast asleep. As I slumber, a female voice speaks into my head saying, "Hello there Galadriel, I have been watching you roam the land helping the little ponies. I am quite impressed at what you have accomplished in such a short time, though I must warn you that Grogar is after you. It is inevitable that he will catch up to you soon and visit great cruelty upon your herd, but if you want a way to save them you need to send them far away. Be sure to tell them to move on and live their lives, for you need to face him alone, however, there are a couple of things you must do for me."
I stir in my sleep as I reply, "Why is he after me, what did I do to earn his anger?"
The voice sighs and replies, "You used your magic to sink the city of Saddlelantis and transform its denizens into changelings, remember? Do not mourn what you did to that city and its residents, they deserved what they got. Congratulations on finally getting your cutie mark by the way, If I understand it right...I think your special talent is being able to use all types of magic equally."
My head twitches to the side lightly as I answer, "Ok, what does my cutie mark look like? What is it that you wish me to do for you, and may I ask who you are?"
She chuckles lightly and answers, "You shall find out when you wake, ancient one. What I want for you to do is help me protect the world's future, you have an important part to play."
My ear then flicks as I answer, "Very well then, how do you know the future is in danger?"
The voice then sighs and says, "Well, I know because I am the spirit of this world you live on and my foresight limits how far ahead I can see events. Though I won't be sharing that with you because what fun would there be for me in telling you?"
I then wrinkle my nose and say, "Okay then, what must I do to assist you in that task?"
The voice lets out an audible 'hmmm' and pauses, pretending to think and says, "Well I need you to create two things for me. The first is to be only a seed that will grow to become a tree of crystal, I shall then alter the tree as time passes. The second is going to be much more difficult... You will need to cast a spell that will allow ponies with special destinys to ascend and become what you are when they come close to truly understanding ther destiny, think that you could handle that if I helped you out a little?"
My head jerks up slightly as I think about it for a moment and answer, "Ummm...that is a lot to ask me to do in the state I am in right now, did you see what state the confrontation with the dragon queen left me in?"
She chuckles and says, "I did indeed, but you were merciful and gave her a chance to be a mother once again and learn from her mistakes. That mercy you shown to the city and the dragon queen altered this world's destiny, catching my interest and making me think of what I can do to 'assist the creatures among the surface."
I think about the description of the tree for a moment and then say, "You got the idea of the crystal tree from when I created the crystal heart, didn't you?"
She chuckles lightly and answers, "I found both of your creations breathtaking...well, if I had any actual breath that is. But yes, I did get this idea from your original constructs. Save your strength for you will need it when you travel north to a barren area in the dark forest with your herd, but tell them to travel around the edge of the forest and keep moving north until two winters pass after this winter."
I sigh and then agree saying, "Thank you for liking them, what is your name?"
She thinks on what to tell him and decides to be truthful saying, "My name is Equis, I am the voice and spirit of this planet."
My ear twitches again as I ask her, "What happened that caused you to be like this?"
She sighs and chuckles saying, "Each planet has a spirit after their formation and learns to use their voice with time." She then senses what time it is and says, "Well this little talk was fun, I'll talk to you later after you part ways with your family, Galadriel the displaced fallen angel."
*Conversation in Galadriel's mind ends*
I sense her presence fade away as I feel a warmth on my face, making me open my eyes only to be blinded by the sun and causing me to squint my eyes shut. After turning my head a different direction, I look to the north and see my herd already starting to wake up and say, "After we walk around and stretch our legs for a moment, how about we begin heading north."
They all smile and nod their heads in agreement, taking a few moments to wake up their sleeping bodies before following Galadriel to the north.
*A week later at the edge of the dark forest north, northeast of the tribe's land*
I stop at the outskirts of the forest and turn around to look at my herd, then address them saying, "There are a few things I need to do in this forest, but I fear it is far too dangerous for you all to follow me into it. I need you all to go around the forest and keep heading to the north, I feel something dark following me so I want you all to go and keep safe. Keep going north for two winters after this one, I shall return to you after my task here is done and I have dealt with the darkness following me." I listen as the little fillies try to get me to go with them or let them come with me, but I shake my head and say, "This is too dangerous for ones as young as you, you could have been hurt really badly by the dragon if I didn't step in when I did Summer's Day. Now all of you go, there is not much time to waste. Get moving and then satisfy your bellies when you come across some water, I love you all very much. It may take me some time to return to you, so look around for me each day where you are. For one of those days, I will be there."
They all go up to him with tears in their eyes and nuzzle him and say 'I love you too' back before turning around and making their way around the forest to the left.
As I watch them go, I let out a sigh and hope that I get to see them again after this ordeal is over. I then turn and enter the forest, making my way through the dense brush as I sense a familiar presence enter my mind and say, "Greetings Cosmos, where exactly in this tangle-trap am I going?"
Equis chuckles and says, "Don't worry, it is not far. Just turn to the right a little and head in that direction, there will be a grassy plateau with a path leading down into a large hole in the rock."
*Thirty minutes later*
I bite through another vine and spit out what's in my mouth and say, "Equis, am I there yet? I'm sick and tired of nearly being strangled by all these wretched vines, and there are flowers in here hissing at me!"
She laughs softly and says, "Just a little further, amusing one. Only a hundred feet more and you will be at the edge of the clearing."
As I continue on through the forest, dodging the vines that almost seem to reach out to try to grab me, I finally step out through a bush with a vine snagging my horn and just push forward to rip right through it. Hearing a satisfying wet snap, I feel the vine slip past my face in halves as I stand at the top of a grassy plateau. I look around to see the large hole and make my way over to it, then begin searching for the path down. I locate them on the far left side and trot over to them, as I start to go down them carefully I ask, "Will I be able to return to my herd after I face Grogar, or are you keeping that to yourself?"
She sighs and says, "I will tell you this because I do care... No you won't, though you will not die. That is as much as I can tell you without risking the future changing."
I reach the bottom and see the opening of a cave and make my way towards it saying, "Thank you for being honest, I shall look forward to finding out what happens."
She remains quiet in his mind as she watches him go down to the bottom of the cave where there is a massive space and says, "Don't worry, I asked the Ursa Major that made this cave to leave it. It wasn't easy but I managed to guide them to a new spot in the forest to build a nest for her coming child, Ursa Majors don't give birth that often so this will be special."
I then walk towards the center of the room and ask, "Okay first, what is an Ursa Major? Second, what do I do once I am here, just create a crystal tree seed?"
She then chuckles and says, "An Ursa Major is a really large magical bear, the mother barely fit in this small cave, that is why I got her to move. And before you just try to create a seed, I need to connect with you and share my strength with you. This will be a very special tree because it needs to have some sentience to choose who represents what it stands for. So please take a seat on the ground and we will begin."
*Two hours later, after the seed's creation*
I then stare wide-eyed at the side of the cave and say, "I'm sorry...you want me to do what?!"
Equis chuckles a bit harder and says, "You heard me correctly...I want you to sing. I will provide the music with my magic, so don't worry. If you need some assistance, I can offer you this." and creates a golden harp out of the gold running underneath the ground in seams, rising up just in front of him.
I look at the harp and narrow my eyes at the harp saying, "That's a bit specist isn't it? All angels do not play harps, a few do because they like the pleasant sound it makes but the rest of us grew tired of it."
She chuckles and pretends to sigh sadly saying, "Awwe, no fun. Shall we get started then?"
I then say, "How do I start, is there something special I must say or do?"
Equis giggles and lets out a brief sigh saying, "Think about what you want to do with your magic, since this is going to be an active-passive spell that will allow certain special ponies to ascend and learn more about their destinies, guide your creation magic into words to help it come into existence. So just think about what needs to be done and change action into words so that it can be put into action."
I sigh and say, "That made little sense at all...but I will give it a try though." I then close my eyes and try to envision how a pony would become an alicorn and then begin singing as a melody starts to play, "If thee understand thyself completely, thou have found a part of thy destiny. To achieve such understanding is rewarding itself, so let thee have both wings and a horn and soar like me!"
She chuckles lightly and then says, "The song could have been a little longer, but it will do just fine. You have a lovely singing voice though, I hope to hear you sing again one day."
I feel the magic coursing inside of me rapidly vanish as my head hangs low while I try to catch my breath and say, "Just singing that much...caused me to be this tired?"
Equis sighs and watches over him saying, "You used up quite a bit of magic in creating something that can't be seen, you didn't have enough magic to complete the spell so I gave you some of mine. The amount surprised me as well, I guess now we shall have to wait to see what fruit these creations bear in time. As much as I wish you could stay, your foe approaches the forest."
I sigh and nod my head saying, "Well it was nice being able to help you, I shall see you another time Equis." I then start to make my way towards the cave's exit, not really wanting to leave my herd and family out to fend for themselves.
She watches him walk away and says, "Don't worry about your family, I shall do what I can to help them stay safe."
Turning back one last time, I look at where I created the seed and left it under the ground and nod my head saying, "Thank you Equis, farewell for now." I then turn back around and continue walking back towards the surface.
*With Grogar as he approaches the forest*
Grogar approaches the forest, a malicious grin on his face as his tracking spell leads him closer to his target inside of the forest ahead. While he gets closer to the forest, he thinks, "Oh what should I do first, break their legs or rip of an ear? Oooh, the possibilities are just endless." He spots a figure walk out of the forest and his spell tells him it is the target he has been hunting and hurries forth to have his revenge for what happened to the city he built.
I walk away from the forest as I see a ram with a bluish-grey coat with large horns that curve around towards the back, large, glowing red eyes, a necklace with several brass buttons or discs on it and a bell hanging from the bottom part of it and stop several feet away from them and decide to try to irritate them as much as I can saying, "What's wrong, did you lose your flock?"
He grits his teeth and says, "No! I have come for yours because you destroyed my precious Tambelon!" He then lifts his head up and shouts, "NOW SUFFER IN PAIN!"
I just watch his attack when it hits me, sending me to the ground writhing in pain as he starts to laugh sadistically and shout back, "DO YOUR WORST TO ME YOU MISERABLE OLD GOAT!"
Grogar spends ten minutes casting every torturous spell he knows to cause pain to this creature saying, "I am sure you may have guessed but my name is Grogar, and I am going to torture you until you tell me all about you." He then casts a more painful spell and shouts, "NOW TELL ME ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT IS PRECIOUS TO YOU SO I CAN TORTURE THEM TOO!"
I laugh through the pain and say, "Awwe, is the big bad goat angry? Does it want a piwwow or maybe a hug?"
He then roars in anger and shouts, "I WILL BREAK YOU AND MAKE YOU SUBMIT TO MY EVERY COMMAND!"
I then turn my head slowly and look up at him with a serious look on my face and say, "No you won't, nopony on this world has enough power to break me."
Grogar then smiles maliciously as he rings his bell around his neck and says, "I'll be taking your power now and adding it to my own, then I will use it against you!"
I half chuckle and ignore the pain saying, "Oh promises, promises..."
He then slams his hooves on the ground and uses the bell to drain him of his magical powers, watching as it the bell sucks in their magic. He smiles with glee as the bell continues to absorb his power, his glee changes to surprise as his bell continues to absorb magic and fractures once at the corner. His eyes widen as he says, "HOW DO YOU HAVE THIS MUCH POWER, IT IS ALMOST CRIMINAL!"
I laugh and then say, "I know, the funny thing is that I'm not even exhausted yet. Is your bell gonna tolerate just how much magic I actually have?"
Grogar stops his bell from absorbing any more as his bell fractures a few more times, not wanting to risk it fracturing and then rings it again and says, "I shall enjoy what you have given me and rebuild my Tambelon right here! SO GO ENJOY TARTARUS FOR AWHILE!" and then summons a portal to Tartarus and uses his magic to throw him into it, then closes the portal and cackles maniacally saying, "I'VE DONE IT!! I HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN MY REVENGE ON THAT WRETCHED GALADRIEL!! Now I shall start again in this new wonderful land..."
*In Tartarus, inside Hades' throne room*
Hades slumbers upon his throne until he is startled awake by the sound of metal striking the floor and ceramic pots shattering into pieces and bellows in his godly voice, "WHO DARES TO INTRUDE ON THE RULER OF TARTARUS WHILE HE IS BUSY WITH HIS DUTIES!"
I pull myself out from under the fallen tapestry, slowly pulling myself free as another metallic clang sounds and look for who just spoke and say, "Apologies for disturbing your sleep, Hades, god of Tartarus and the underworld." My eyes then fall upon the throne that has a 7-foot high back as a tall, muscular being with two arms, deep, scarlet red skin, two horns jutting from the back of his head, and bright glowing green eyes.
He looks down at the intruder curiously and says, "What in the Greek Gods are you and how did you get here?"
I look at him and bow my head and say, "Well, I was sent here by my foe for wrecking his ugly little city of sin. I am an alicorn pony and I came from the world called Equis."
Hades looks at the alicorn then leans forward and steeples his fingers asking, "Tell me your name, pony and who your foe is."
I look at him and say, "My name is Galadriel, my foe was Grogar and he is an ugly bluish-grey ram with red eyes and a bell on a necklace around his neck that can absorb your magic."
He takes a breath through his nose and smells something off about his aura saying, "Something is different about you, you have the smell of something righteous."
I then nod my head and say, "I was once an angel in heaven, but I broke my father's rules and was cast out to a different world."
Intrigued, Hades then smiles and says, " You don't belong here with the dead, neither do you belong where the damned are for me to torment. Come forth and keep me company for a while because I have had nothing to do for quite a while, so I am rather bored. Tell me more about the world you come from, my brothers rescued me from the belly of my father, Chronus. So we defeated the rest of the titans and imprisoned them here, after that we picked where we would rule and I got the short straw. To my surprise, I quite like this realm I rule over."
I then approach the ruler of Tartarus and sit down in front of him and begin to tell him about it from my glamorous entry, saying, "Well right after I was thrown off Heaven City's tower, I soared through a portal and wound up in the sky surrounded by my father's fire and crash-landed somewhere in a forest on a strange world. My body then began to change its form into what you see now, I was originally human-shaped with wings, black hair, pale skin, and amber eyes..." I then continue telling him of my experiences and travels on this world, watching how he finds it all so interesting.
*Three hours later, in Hades' throne room*
I then finish telling my story to him and say, "Is there any way that I can be of assistance to you?"
He scratches his chin in thought and says, "Well since that Grogar fellow sent you here, perhaps I could use your aid in building a prison while I think of how to return you to your world. Rest up in a side room of my cosy little castle, I shall have my wife show you to your quarters while I think of where to put the new prison. PERSEPHONE!"
I then hear the rhythmic clacking of something making its way toward our location and see a womanly figure dressed in a black dress with spiky frills dangling from her skirt, having long, bright auburn hair, blue eyes, and pale skin. On her feet were a pair of high heels with steel spikes instead of having flat bottoms.
Persephone looks to her consort Hades and says, "You called for me, what do you want?"
Hades smiles and directs his gaze to his newest arrival and says, "Someone new has arrived to provide me with new information and entertainment, please show them to a room while I search for a good spot for a new prison."
She turns her gaze from her consort to the guest that he mentioned and takes in his strange appearance saying, "Hmmm, a combination of a pegasus and a unicorn, how interesting... Can you talk?"
I nod and bow in respect briefly, saying, "I do know how to speak, yes. It is a pleasure to meet you Persephone, Queen of the underworld and Tartarus."
Persephone grins lustfully as an idea comes to her mind and licks her lips saying, "At least you have some manners unlike some of the souls here. I think that I shall have to get to know you a little better, follow me and I shall show you to 'your' room." She then starts to walk away, adding a lot of sway to her hips as she heads back the way she came.
Hades notices the look on her face and chuckles sadly thinking, 'You have my sympathies Galadriel, but it is much better for you to suffer her...affections than me.'
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