The judge looked down on me in disgust. "You are being found guilty of using an improvised explosive device to assassinate the Kasa Free State President, Lord Kobe of the warriors of sunlight"
I gawked at the fact this son of a bitch called my bomb inferior. "I beg to differ your Honor, I used high quality material's and it was crafted meticulously. To call it an Improvised explosive device is an insult. And guilty? Your honor that would be a false claim because I feel no guilt nor remorse" My lawyer, Saw Goodmint lowered his head in shame and sighed.
This all started after a meeting with President Albarca Remeedi, who was at one point the President of the Kasa Free State, requested I support them in their beef with Grifonia. They were having territory issues and it has resulted in bloody fights and many deaths, mostly civilian. I refused because my focus was up North with the Dread League, I've had reports of very dark and evil magic coming from that land of death and despair. So the President kind of got a little angry and I admit, I kind of got a little angry and now I'm being charged with assassination in Kasa. For now.
The Judge huffed. "You are to be locked away until the end of time, we would happily execute you but we know of your rebirth abilities. That doesn't mean you wont be punished physically though, pray your God has mercy upon you"
The courtroom shook violently, it was like an earthquake had happened under us. To the left side of the courtroom were three loud bangs. *BANG BANG BANG* The door to the courtroom was kicked down with a dead Zebra guard on top of it with three bullet holes in his chest. The person responsible for the grand entrance was none other than Stone Wall himself. "You can tell him all about this day when you get there yourself" He said before firing another shot this time towards the Judges head. In the back of the courtroom the double doors were kicked down and everyone watched as Zebra guards were killed by Warriors of Sunlight.
Stone Wall approached me and I held out my wrists, he raised his axe and chopped the cuffs in half. Nearly took my foreskin in the process too. Stone Wall reached behind him and handed me my Zweihander, filianore chime, and dragon crest shield. My lawyer who was hiding under his desk slowly peered out from the desk once the chaos ended. He looked up at me with a look of disapproval.
"My last client wasn't this bad" He muttered.
I made my way out the courtroom where my Airship 'The Alcoholic Albatross'. Changed the name for copywrite reasons, turns out Disney will travel to other planets to serve me court papers. "Alright so now that I'm a war criminal In 7 countries, where do we want to go now?" I asked Stone Wall as we continued to the ship.
"Princess Luna has sent a letter for your eyes only my Lord" Stone Wall said handing me a dark blue letter with the moons crest stamped on it.
We got to the ship where I then entered my quarters, I sat down at my desk and opened the letter. It read "We hope this letter greets you well Kobe, we know it's been quite some time since you've spoken to us about that Nightmare you had. We know you're searching for answers and I believe I may have a lead for you. In Princess Twilights Library there was a book on the Dark Necromancer Rosa Maledicta, she was once a student in the school of gifted unicorns. She was outcasted for her darker magic abilities and was eventually banned from the school. The was her breaking point, she spent years studying the dark arts until she came upon an old book that talked about a far away land that was plagued with dark magic. She took this as a her calling and set forth towards this horrid place. Nothing more is known about her except the last time someone saw her was in a report from the Arcturian Order, it said she was seen preforming necromancing spells and blood magic. If this is who you're looking for then please be careful Kobe, Twilight would be very unpleased if you were taken down by a powerful Necromancer
Once I finished reading the letter I tossed it into the drawer next to me then took a look at my map. We needed to head far north to the Arcturian Order and gain passage into the the land of the dead, no pun intended, I wasn't the best smooth talker out of the group but I had to try. I drew my knife from my hilt and stabbed into our new destination before heading topside. I got behind the ships wheel and called to my crew, "I want full sail, we are heading north!". The sails were set to full and we flew North. There were answers here I know it, I just hope it doesn't come at the cost of losing a single man...creature whatever.
(4 days later)
The cold dead air made me feel uneasy, somewhere here was possibly answers, but it could also be for nothing, there's only one way to find out. We docked the ship in the Arcturian Orders bay, Stone Wall, Lucky and I accompanied by 10 of my men as we entered the giant city of old stone and dust, I swear someone needs to hire a maid and clean this place up. Griffons, ponies, and many other creatures populated the city, almost everyone here wore armor that had A white cross on the chest plate. We were eyed by everyone, it wasn't the first time we've been stared down by a whole city of armed citizens and I wont say I blame them, I mean some deviously handsome badass and his boys are strolling through heir town right now.
We eventually arrived in front of the city's main hall or castle thing, I had no idea what to all it since half of the buildings roof was missing. 4 Guards guarded the entrance and looked like they meant business. Luckily I was the rizzler of Equestria...minus the 35 restraining orders I totally do not have. The guards gripped their weapons tighter as I approached alone, "Gentlemen, I am here on a mission to save the world, and I need to speak with who ever is in charge please" I said with a confident tone. The guards remained silent but stared at me intensely, I pursed my lip in disappointment and tried plan B. "I have a bo-" Before I could finish the giant wooden doors to the building slowly opened and a head poked out. It was an old Griffin who had seen better days for sure, his feathers were falling off one by one and I could see my future on his bald spot.
The griffon held out an envelope with Lunas seal on it. "I received the letter from Princess Luna, Lord Kobe"
"Ah" I nodded. "So you know where we need to go?"
"If you really are the only one She can't control then you may be our only hope at finally putting this witch down" He said opening the door wide open for us to enter. "I am Torygg, Headmaster of the Order, please come in.
"Riiiight yes" I said with a big obviously lying smile under my helmet. We followed him inside, the Griffon looked frail and weak, like he hasn't been outside of this building in years, it also smelled like someone ripped the meanest ass so it was a dead, no pun intended, give away. "Where exactly are we going? Just so I can let Luna know before we begin our.... quest to stop this evil doer"
The Griffon took us to another set of giant wooden doors and struggled to open them. We were introduced to a long dark hall that was dimly lit by torches along the walls. "We will take you to the wall that has protected the world for hundreds of years, we will let you do what you must to get inside, beware of the anti harmony magic the land is plagued by." He said.
I smiled and placed a hand on his shoulder. "My brother in Allah have faith, I've been in worse situations. Like Stone Walls mothers ho-" A big hand slapped me so hard i made a small crater in the ground. "...ow"
We were taken to the end of the hall, A steel door with a green magical chain held it shut tightly. The Griffin reached out to the chain and whispered something to it causing the chains to loosen and the door to open. It revealed the outside world and the dead land that was ahead. I along with my small squad of badasses stepped forward to proceed but the Griffin held his arm out to block the others off. "The living cannot risk becoming one of her puppets, they do not have the magic you do Lord Kobe"
"Can I at least take Stone Wall? He's a homie and a very capable warrior" I asked strongly and totally not on my knees begging.
Torygg shook his head. "I do not wish to have more living amongst these cursed lands let alone a Warrior of Sunlight. You are of the undead, with that you can make it much farther than your living comrades"
A sigh of defeat left my lips. "Okay..." I looked up at Stone Wall. "I'll be quick man"
Stone Wall nodded then I turned to the scary looking land that I had to traverse. I began my journey across the land towards Magehold, the ground around me was a sickly green and grey, bones and very decomposed corpses of past warriors and travelers were seen everywhere. The air smelled foul like Colins burnt tater tot casseroles.
I know why you've come here Kobe, are you sure what you are looking for is worth it?
"It is" I replied. The years I spent looking for this will have been worth it, the others will finally understand and everything will be made right. After I whooped Tireks ass I used my time to study ancient magics that were banned in Equestria and most other Nations. After some time I set an expedition to search for any forbidden magic I could get my hands on, and for 4 years I've collected dozens of forbidden magic but not the one I was looking for. Not until now at least. I have not spoken with Kelso in a while, I had been informed that he was telling my secrets and my plans to Celestia but he claimed it was out of 'Concern' for my safety and the well being of the Warriors of Sunlight. I took my most loyal Warriors whom I trusted personally and we set off on the expedition. Colin understood what I was doing but he stayed behind to maintain Order and security around Tartarus, he didn't believe Kelso was capable of leading the WoS himself and didn't want to risk downfall.
Twilight knows everything, while she doesn't agree with most of it, she over thinks just like me and is worried I will hurt myself, but will support me as much as she can without risking national security of course. Luna was green lighting me the whole way, she helped with a few of my missions in Azir and Realms of Kiria, we found two artifacts, one could warp the soul of someone into whatever they feared most and the other turned only AB+ creatures into Chickens, was the last one worth it? Yes. She has had her disagreements with Celestia even when I was present, it was like watching your two gay moms argue in a basken robins.
After hours of walking Celestia decided to finally set the sun leaving me in the dark cold and scary land of dead people. I found a dead tree I could rest by, sitting down I opened my pouch that seemed bottomless, I pulled out a fire gem and used the sticks from the tree to make a fire. I used my amazing strength to discombobulate the gem and set the sticks and myself on fire. I dropped and rolled around whilst panicking like an idiot. Once I was no longer on fire I laid next to the bonfire and sighed a sigh of mental exhaustion before closing my eyes.
Immediately I was jolted awake, around me was the star filled world known as the dream world, a dark blue Pony with hair floating in a non existent wind as usual and shimmering like diamonds appeared in front of me with a smile on her face. "It is nice to see thou alive and well" Luna said with a pleased tone.
I gave a snort. "I can't say I feel well Luna, I haven't spoken with anyone outside of you, not even Twilight, her last letter was filled with concern and doubts like come on man I'm so close! WE are so close Luna. This has to be the place we're looking for" I wasn't irritated with Twilight I was just disappointed that she didn't see the vision I saw for us.
Luna sat next to me with a hand scratching my head to relax me. "Thou hast been through so much, We are sure Twilight is just worried, she has been dealing with other countries and even our own Nobles concerning your running away despite being ordered not to leave Equestria unless given permission by the Unified Kingdoms"
I closed my eyes, angry with myself for putting her through so much. "I didn't mean to put her in that kind of situation, I didn't think it would matter since I would be doing the world a favor, no one would want me to live forever, It'd get annoying quick" The thought of the people many years from now locking me away forever just to get rid of me haunted my mind, If I can find this spell then I can make everything right and I won't have to live on forever, and wouldn't have to watch those I love die.
"One can never satisfy the masses if they do not see thous vision. Some have even called you mentally unstable and would see you locked in a Asylum upon your return, though We will never allow that. Thou also has many supporters who still call you a hero and wish for your safe return so they can celebrate" She gently grabbed onto my left arm and leaned her head on my shoulder. We for one would be heartbroken if thou was to leave this world, one cant and shouldn't try to please everypony Kobe, it will only cause more damage to ones self "
"Luna, I love you to death but I-I don't think we should be so close like this" I said trying to nudge her off.
Luna silenced me with her magic. "It is just to comfort thee my friend, thou is very stressed and tired. Let thine help" She held me tighter, using her magic to put me in a deep sleep. In an instant I awoke from the darkness, the gray sky greeted me happily. Not literally just for extra word counting.
I sat up and stretched before getting my gear, slipping my helmet on and continued my journey. I marched my way through a rocky mountain terrain and eventually came upon a large castle, it stood on a cliff overlooking the Dead Sea. The sky was noticeably darker, around the castle red lighting struck through the sky. A dirt and stone road led up to the castles gates, along the road was ruins of houses, skeleton warriors littered the road and buildings, but they haven't notice me yet. I drew my sword and readied my shield, walking down to the road, the skeletons all looked at me, none moved or made a noise. I tried counting how many there were but I stopped after reaching 27. I took a step closer and lighting struck the ground in front of me, I turned away and shook the blinding light away from my vision, looking back to the skeletons I was greeted by a mare in a dark red and black dress, pinkish gray coat and black hair tied into a bun made her very attractive. Her bright red eyes stared into my pure aryan baby blues, a sense of fear and discomfort crawled up my spine. The mare before me was the Necromancer Rosa Maledicta, it was obvious with that staff of hers, a unicorns skull being its head creeped me out.
She eyed me up and down, seeming a little disappointed. "I expected you to be taller" She said with a smirk before turning around and gesturing me to follow her.
I looked at my body, I drank a potion that made me 5 inches shorter and I swear it's not that bad but nooooo everyone comments on it, I was tired of hitting my head on peoples doorways okay?? Anyway, I quit my inner dialog and begin to follow her. "You know of me?" I asked, I wasn't sure the reputation of the Warriors of Sunlight reached a place like this, I doubted they had cable here.
The mare glanced back at me. "Kobe, an undead human who, along with his undead friends raised an army to fight the demons of Tartarus, I know a lot about you. You specifically have been searching for a certain artifact that can cure your so called 'curse' " She sounded disgusted when mentioning the curse. "Some one consider it a gift you know..."
I gave a 'uh huh' eyebrow raise. "Well I'm not 'some', by the way Lady Maledicta, I know of your kind, and I know what you are capable of"
Rosa smirked. "Then you know not to try and cross me in my own home my little human?"
"Lest you cross me first" I replied, hinting at the distrust with my tone.
I followed her up to the castles doors, Rosa used her magic to swing the doors open, we stepped inside and the doors slammed shut behind us, I jumped at the loud bang but composed myself. The room we had entered had a long hall with many doors, I had assumed it was where guests would be before entering the throne room. I felt uneasy as this was so easy...almost too easy. I reached into my pouch and held the crystal phone tightly, it took a while but I managed to carve it into the shape of Gods chosen phone, the Nokia. I held it tightly and used its magic to quietly call someone.
Rosa lead me pass the throne room and down a spiral set of stairs, as we walked torches with dark red flames lit up on the way down. "You've come for this spell, that much I understand. But if you would, tell me why you want to go back to being a mere mortal" Her tone sounded a bit disgusted at the word mortal, making me think this will not be easy.
I bit the inside of my cheek, thinking my reason may sound stupid. "Well I don't want to go back to being a normal guy again, I just want to get rid of this curse, to never be allowed to pass on no matter how many times I am killed. And I have been killed many times, I never age which that I don't mind, I just don't want to be cursed to being hollow some day" The thoughts of finally being free from the curse sounded great, even though it is a guarantee of death at any moment.
Rosa's interest was peaked, she glanced back with curiosity in her eyes. "Hollow?"
"It's like uh...a walking corpse that can't stay dead"
With raised brows and satisficed smile she turned around. "Ah...I wish I could have that ability for my flimsy soldiers you slayed on your way here"
"Oh great she was watching me the whole time...could've offered a ride or something asshole" I thought to myself.
"And here we are," She used her magic to open the black metal door. The room we entered looked like some other plain of existence, the walls were of blackish gray clouds, the floor had a single stone path that lead to an Altar, on it was a ruby colored box, black markings of a language I assumed was from the land of Schizos.
I took a step forward into the room but was immediately frozen in place, my body was surrounded by a dark red aura, it felt like something was holding me in place...or someone. I noticed Rosa slowly coming around to the front of me. A wicked grin on her face.
"You really do have to learn when to not trust someone Kobe, you revealed to me a very interesting thing. To escape permanent death and be as powerful is dream many in my council have. Now I can fulfill that dream" She stepped forward, close enough for me to feel her breath on my face. She reached up to my helmet and slowly removed it, My Blue and orangish red eyes stared into her rose red eyes. She inched closer to the left side of my ear and whispered.
"Thank you for brining the last piece I needed for my Black Crusade"
Author's Note
So this is the first chapter into a new story, same world...kinda. It's been a hot minute since I've written a masterpiece (Fallen Order and The Devil Dog of course).
A loud series of knocks came from Colin's bedroom door, he sat up from his bed quickly, rubbing his eyes and climbing out of his bed he hobbled over to the door and opened it only to be greeted by Princess Luna. She was dressed in battle armor with a dark blue scythe in her hands.
"Are the bells tolling for me Princess?" He asks as the very low but audible sound of bells ring in the distance.
Luna gives an unamused roll of the eyes. "Not this time Sir Colin, but I fear it is for our Friend Kobe"
Colin pinched the ridge of his nose and sighed. "Jesus...what did he do this time?"
Luna entered the room and closed the door, she approaches the window in that classic dramatic hands behind her back pose. "He's been taken by a very powerful and very dangerous Necromancer. And if my ears are correct, she plans on taking his curse for her own army"
"The undead curse? The thing Kobe is trying to get rid of?" Colin wasn't too supportive of getting rid of the curse, but he wasn't going to stop Kobe, it is not his place to say what his friend can or can't do. Although knowing his friend is trying to be somewhat mortal again worries him. He looked over at his armor then to Luna who was glancing over at him, she needed his help and he knew it. With deep breath he nodded. "Okay, I'll get dressed and we can go"
Luna nods in approval then exits the room to wait outside. After a few minutes of hearing clanking, cursing, Colin falling over and Cursing he emerged from his room in his full Elite Knight Armor. The two made their way to the Airship ports East of Sol, it was made into a port for supplies and transport for Warriors of Sunlight. They passed by the Ports entrance where they bumped into Kelso, he was wearing a fashionable dark red suit with a black vest and trousers to compliment it. He took charge of the WoS after Kobe went off the books. Behind Kelso were Zebra diplomats who all seemed rather angry seeing Luna and Colin.
"Where are you two going?" Kelso asked in a tone that a parent would use when their child was going somewhere they shouldn't.
"Where do you think gay boy?" Colin joked.
Kelso rolled his eyes. "Kobe's in trouble again?" He asked already knowing the answer.
"Yes, does thou wish to help us?" Luna asked even though she knew he wouldn't bother with such...unimportant things.
Kelso looked back at the diplomats. "I got things to do, like talking with certain diplomats about a particular court massacre" He looked at Luna with 'You know what I'm talking about' look in his eyes.
Luna snorted and postured her head high. "Very well then, we shall be off then"
As Colin was passing by Kelso nudged his arm. "Talk some sense into him when you get him okay?" Colin sighed and nodded before following Luna to the Ports. The two boarded the airship "Phobeter" a 26 cannon destroyer class ship, Colins new Ship name. The crew consisted of 40 Warriors, each knowing the ships every detail. Colin climbed the Ships stair to the helm, a aqua blue coated and butter yellow maned Captain Mystic Flare, a Pegasus Mare who was one of the best sailors of the Sky, and a very capable fighter Saluted Colin with a smile.
"Lord Colin, are we sailing the skies for booty today?" She asked enthusiastically in her yar har pirate accent.
Colin saluted in return. "Not this time Captain, we are going on a rescue mission to save Lord Kobe from yet another one of his captors"
Mystic Flare shook her head in disappointment. "He be getting himself much trouble from his fantasy"
"When does he not?" Colin muttered.
Before he could give the order to prep the sails and engines a Lavender colored Princess zoomed down from the sky and onto the ships deck. Princess Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of friendship, approached Colin. "Colin, Are you going to find Kobe?"
"We are..."
"We?" She looked pass Colin and saw Luna standing with an innocent smile. "Princess Luna? What are you doing here?"
Luna swallowed nervously and gave a sheepish smile. "We were going to help Kobe, he is in trouble and is in great danger"
Twilights eyes looked like they were going to pop out of her head from being so stressed out. She grabbed Luna and shook her. "And you didn't tell me? He's MY responsibility!"
"Your responsibility is about to be booty raped for his curse if we stand here bitching!" Coin said splitting the two apart. "Now look Twilight, if you want to join us that's fine, but I wont have the two of you fighting on Captain Flares ship, got it?"
Twilight flared her nose then departed down to the main deck, it was obvious she was angry with Luna. Over the years while Kobe went on his quest for his holy grail, Twilight had to spend more of her time being A ruler of Equestria and wasn't able to keep in contact with Kobe.
The airship departed from Sol, the trip would take a few days, Colin needed to keep the two princesses from causing a ruckus during that time. He went to the bow of the ship and looked over the land below him , to the right was Canterlot castle, the city was preparing for the Friendship festival, Twilight was in charge of the preparation...except she's on the ship and not in the city. His mind wondered to the years they've spent in Equestria, a lot of it was hunting down any remaining demons that were lose in equestria, there were times he and the boys were hailed as heroes, other times as villains. The villain part was mostly from royals who wanted to fill their pockets with the chaos that would run through their cities.
Since Kobe spilt from the Warriors of Sunlight taking only his most loyal followers with him there was a power struggle between him and Kelso, it's been rough for the both of them, Kelso has been more reluctant with helping Kobe, he doesn't see him as a member of the 'Boys Council'. Colin still does and that what irritates Kelso, but more power over the WoS was given to Kelso since Colin was more focused on the development and quality of life in Sol than leading them into battles, talking to Nobles and what not.
From behind Luna appeared, she leaned against the railing of the bow. "These few years have not been kind to thee" She nodded to Colin, " Having one friend going around the world with rage and destruction looking for a cure to thous curse, the other siding with Nobles in issues that deserves no attention can make one very stressed"
"We'll get Kobe back home and sort all of this out. I'm sure he's working on his rizz? I think that's what kids call it these days?" Colin said imagining what his friend is doing.
(Meanwhile in Magehold)
"Damn girl, you must be tired from running through my mind all da-ACK!" Rosa's hand gripped my neck tightly.
"Silence is preferred for this spell" She said with a sinister grin.
"Harder mommy"
(Back to Colin and Luna)
"We are sure Princess Twilight wouldn't appreciate that. She's already miffed with thee keeping in contact with him and not telling none but you" Luna said with a sad glance towards the Princess of friendship who was writing a letter to whom she assumed was Kobe. 3 days had passed and they had arrived in the dead sea. From ahead they could hear what sounded like the Horn from Kobe's ship.
Ahead of them approached the ship The Alcoholic Albatross", Sir Stonewall was at the helm with Lucky at the wheel. The ship pulled up next to Colins. "Lord Colin?" Stone wall called out.
Colin waved. "Hey Stonewall, how are ya doing?"
Lucky climbed onto the railings pushing pass Stonewall. "We were going to head into the deadlands to find Lord Kobe, he has not contacted us and we fear the worst"
Luna nods. "That fear would be right Lady Bloom, it seems Kobe has been taken by the Necromancer here. May we join thee in this fine quest to save a friend?"
"Do you plan on taking him back to Sol?" Stonewall asked. The entire ships crew all staring down Colin and Luna, each Solder armed like they were ready for a fight right now.
"That is up for him to decide" Luna says with a sigh.
Stonewall narrows his eyes, seeing if he can sense any sign of betrayal from the Ruler of the Moon. "Then follow us" He said guiding the ships into the Deadlands. The sky darkened, the lights from the ships illuminated their path. Not one word was spoken as they silently flew across the sky. A feeling unease came over the crew, suddenly green balls of light emerged from the black ground beneath them. The balls were made of fire, dozens flew towards the ships.
"BRACE FOR IMPACT!!" He called out just before the ship was struck by one of the many balls of fire. The ship shook violently but still held up.
"Hands, and claws on yer stations we've got ah blow these bottom feedahs to hell!" Order Mystic Flare. The crew all went to their stations as she took the ship lower. Another ball of fire struck the hull of the ship leaving a nasty dent in the steel. Once the ship was low enough to see the targets Mystic Flare raised her sword, "Commence firing starboard side!" She ordered. The 13 canons all fired onto the targets, it was hard to tell what it was that was firing at them but the cannons made sure they stopped.
Stonewalls ship was firing down on other targets ahead of Colin, they were taking multiple shots to their hull but it didn't faze the crew. they kept firing until the ground was littered in fire. A large castle came into view could see the castles defenses, dozens of cannons, catapults, and ballista's all aimed at his ship.
"Oh I love me a good plunder!" Mystic Flare yelled with a maniacal laugh. "All hands and claws, COMMENCE BARRAGE!!" She ordered.
(Kobes POV)
The room shook violently, explosions could be hear faintly meaning only one of many things. Help has arrived and they are angry. Rosa didn't seem phased at all by this, she kept working on her little spell, she took some of my blood to use for said spell but so far has gotten no where. I mean it's not like blood magic is a-
"HA!" Rosa declared happily as she held up the blood covered scroll that began to glow a scary maroon color.
Nevermind....I guess it does exist here. Rosa opened the spell scroll and read it aloud, probably for me to hear and for dramatic effect. "O' Goddess of the damned hear my cry, let thee serve you for the ends of time. Let this burden I take on bring you into this world so the light may never be seen again"
I raised my brows. "That was pretty gay not gonna lie dawg, did you make that up on the spot?"
She hid behind her scroll with an angry glare. "....no" she muttered.
Rosa's horn lit up, she zapped the scroll and we watched as a bloody arm rose out of the paper. Rosa was amazed, meanwhile I was shitting bricks. The another hand reached out of the paper, both arms pushed against the paper and a full fledged body made of blood climbed out into view. The figure fell onto the ground with a splat. It would've been funny if I wasn't scared in the moment. The thing crawled it's way towards me, being against the wall I couldn't do anything to stop it. It's hand grabbed onto me and climbed up to eye level, it's dark souless eyes looking into mine, the noises it made sounded like it was choking on its own blood while trying to talk.
Rosa stepped closer and licked her lips in anticipation. The thing used one hand to open my mouth and the other to hold my head still as it puked its own blood into my mouth. It burned so bad I couldn't help but scream in agony. It used one hand to grab Rosa by the throat and pull her closer, she didn't seem bothered by this at all, she was enjoying all of it. The bloody figure then rammed it's free hand into my chest, the same spot where the curse was before ripping out my heart. At that moment I felt excruciating pain, the pain was like nothing I've ever felt. it felt...human, like I was mortal again.
The world around me went black, screams filled my ears, others calling out to me as their voices cry out bloody murder. Images flashed in front of me, images of my dead warriors, dead families I couldn't save during the Invasion, all crying out to me. In front of me a force pulled me forward. A circular red light appeared in front of me, as I went through the screaming stopped. I was no longer surrounded by darkness, instead I was back in my old bedroom from Sol. The room looked exactly how I left it, terribly made bed, messy desk, my black hoodie and hat in the hamper still unwashed, a calendar of me and the boys all flexing for each month, it was our best seller of merch.
"Was I out of conscience when they rescued me?" I wondered in my mind.
*BOOM*
A loud explosion came from the front of the castle, I looked out my window to see the cannons from the castles towers firing at an oncoming force. Hundreds of my warriors were battling this oncoming force, I ran out of my bedroom and down the many halls to reach the front courtyard. Next to the front door was Stone wall and Lucky, both looking worn out and battered.
"Stone Wall! What's going on?" I asked approaching the two.
"The Loyalists have arrived to take Sol my Lord" He replied, I noticed his left arm was bleeding from multiple sword wounds. Lucky was bandaging it as best she could.
That got an eyebrow raise from me. "Loyalist?" I peek out of the doorway to see one of the enemy soldiers holding up the Equestrian banner. "Equestria!?"
"The 20th Armor Division is moving in from the North while Colin's 1st Sky Corps is dealing with the Wonder Bolts" Lucky informed me.
The sky was filled with fire, I could see the outline of ships and creatures each time the sky light up. "Why are they attacking us?"
Both Lucky and Stone Wall looked at me with confusion and concern. Lucky took a deep breath before informing me of probably the worst news I've heard. "Um...you assasinated the tyrannical hierarchy my Lord?"
I felt my heart drop. "I killed...the sister?" They both nodded. "T-Twilight?"
They shook their heads. "N-No my Lord, she's still in the medical bay where the doctors are still trying to see what we can do to stop the infection"
"Infection?" I had so many question but before I could ask another explosion went off shaking the castle.
Lucky grabbed my shield and pulled me out the door. "Lord Kobe we need to focus on the battle right now we can jog your memory later" She led me to the lines where dozens of cannons were firing back and forth. Trenches had been dug in all around the castle grounds. My warriors and the Equestrian forces were fighting in the trenches, some even using their bare hands when their weapon was lost. I summoned a Great lighting spear and threw it towards the enemy cannons. The destruction was intense, the gunpowder set off a chain reaction of explosions. I charged forward, jumping over the trench lines and onto the open field where man were gunned down by cannon fire or arrows.
A shower of arrows rained down upon me, I raised my shield to block most of the arrows but was hit in the right calf and thigh. Equestrian troops charged forward, all coming towards me wanting a piece. I bashed my shield into the first guys faces, knocking his teeth into his brain. With my sword a cut another in half, with the swinging momentum I spun around catch a ponies skull in my blade.
"Die traitor!" A soldier yelled , behind me his sword slashed into my back. Another guard rammed by chest with his spear, with all my strength I snapped the spear in half, ripping out the spears head and stabbing the guard in front of me then using my fist to dig into the rear guards ja. He screamed in agony and started thrashing about, I ripped his jaw off then rammed it down his throat. The wounds caused a great deal of pain to me, I knelt down to catch my breath and drink my flask. More guards charged towards me from their trenches on one side, my Warriors charged from the other. I stood up and summoned my Gravelord Great Sword Dance miracle. Multiple blood red swords impaled the enemy forces from the ground, followed by Dorhys Gnaw, swarms of death feasted upon the enemy. My warriors clashed blades with the remaining guards, I sliced my way through the soldiers one by one, getting wounds myself, we were pushing them back into their trenches when a bright purple flare ignited in the sky.
I looked up and saw an Equestrian Airship, a Faust class Bomber flying over us. A large black football shaped bomb surrounded by a white aura of magic attached to its hull was dropped onto our position. In a panic I raised my chime to the sky a screamed. "EVERYONE COME TO ME!!". I summoned the Great Magic Barrier spell, I knew it wasn't going to be enough for everyone but I had to do something.
The bomb hit the barrier and the explosion was deafening, the light blinded us all but I still held my ground. The force of the bomb was getting too heavy I fell to one knee, a coupe of my Warriors helped keep me on my feet. I roared out in pain as the weight of the force was becoming unbearable, my arms burned from the fire, tears ran down my face as I began to doubt my own strength.
"I can't hold it.." I cried to myself. The Barrier shattered, engulfing us all in the flames. It was quick, it was painless, I saw only nothing but darkness now. In the darkness I could hear what I thought was a beeping noise, like those stupid smoke alarms that certain people don't fix because they're lazy so I have to listen to it while playing call of duty.
*beep....beep...beep...beep...beep...beep*
The beeping got louder and louder, not deafening loud but but annoyingly loud. I blinked and saw a glimpse of a white room, I jumped back startled, I blinked again this time rubbing my eyes and found myself in the white room, it was a hospital room. Scanning the room I found Twilight sound asleep on the couch next to my bed, she looked like she had seen better days. To my left was a desk with a piece of paper on it. I reached over and picked it up, it was a doctors status report, letting visitors know of my current condition,
"Report #8: Patient remains in a coma state Since May 30th, any magical attempt to enter his brain has failed, both Princess Twilight and Princess Luna had to rest for hours after straining their magical abilities. Patient had only 3 seizure incidents, each resulting in loss of blood, enough to kill a pony. Heart rate has been steady since June 19th, body has lost 40lb resulting new weight to 143lb. Recommendation: Wait. Dr. Apartment"
I set the report down and took a deep breath, I threw the covers off of me and checked my body. The dark sigil was no longer on my chest, only a scar of it remained, I ripped the IVs and heartbeat monitor wire off causing the machine to wail loudly. Twilights head shot up from the couch and looked in my direction. Without a second thought she rushed over and wrapped me in a tight hug. My body flared up in pain but I probably deserve it after all these years.
Twilights hug tightened as she looked down at me with anger. "I was so worried about you, why didn't you just communicate with me!?" She screamed through tears.
I had no good excuse, there could never be a good excuse for what I did. All for my own selfish desire. "Y-You had your duties, and I had mine..."
Twilight sat me down on the bed and turned off the monitor, her eyes met mine, The pain reflected off of them like beacons. "We are going to have a long discussion when we get home"
Author's Note
So this is chapter two of Kobe's net adventure. let me know what yall would like to see. I swear Im not gonna make everypony say yall like i did in the first story lol
