Fuck My Life

It was a month after Rogue saw the main six in Klugetown that he found out about the attack on Canterlot and he couldn't help but laugh his ass off at the idea of three Princesses having their asses handed to them by the same unicorn with a broken horn that he nearly killed in one hit, needless to say Rogue was not going to let them live it down for a long time to come. Rogue was currently in the Zebra kingdom looking for Atlas Flame because Atlas knows how to use the element of Light and combine it with magic, which is something Rogue needed to learn if he wanted to Defeat Umbra and stand any chance of living through it. Rogue's search had been fruitless so far but he knew he was close because a tribe of Zebras that he'd recently met had told him they had met an Armour clad Alicorn warrior looking for evil relics to destroy before they could be used to cause harm and Rogue knew it was Atlas, after a few weeks of tracking Rogue had tracked Atlas to an ancient ruin in the forests south of Equestria, Rogue carefully entered the ruin and followed a trail of destroyed rock golems after a few minuets Rogue caught sight of an Alicorn in the main chamber of the ruin just after the dark relic was destroyed. "Hey Atlas, I need your help with something!" Rogue shouted over to the Sentinel.

The Sentinel looked back at Rogue and vanished reappearing behind Rogue with a sword at the back of his neck. "How do you know that name human?" A mare asked.

"I've met him before, he helped me learn about magic." Rogue said slowly raising his hands above his head.

"A human learn about magic, I find that hard to believe." The Alicorn said.

"I'm not lying, I have magic and Atlas showed me how to use it." Rogue said staying very still.

"Huh, You have... shit, your right, I couldn't sense it at first but now I can." The Alicorn mare said lowering her sword.

"I'm looking for Atlas, have you seen him?" Rogue asked.

"Atlas is alive?" the mare asked.

"Yeah, he trained me in magic about a year ago, I need to find him." Rogue said as he turned to face the light purple mare who was a lot shorter than the average pony.

"Why do you need Atlas?" The mare asked.

"I need to learn the element of Light from him so I can defeat Umbra." Rogue answered looking the shorter than average pony in the eye.

"Your a fool, the element of Light can not be learned as easily as the others." The mare said shaking her head from side to side as she sheaved her sword.

"Then tell me." Rogue said with a pleading look.

"It wold be a waste of effort, you can not learn the element of light." The mare said walking up to him and pointing at his red eyes. "Because you have too much rage and hatred in your heart and your eyes show it." The mare said with a stern look as if she wanted to beat Rogue senseless for being so naive.

"There has to be a way, I've come so far already. I can't just give up now, not while I'm so close to reaching my goal." Rogue said defiantly as he stood his ground to the short mare.

"I like your spirit, but it changes nothing." The mare said and smirked. "Then again, you might have what it takes to do what no other has done before." She added reevaluating the possibility of Rogue being able or even worthy of using the element of Light. Rogue looked at her with resolve and determination blazing in his eyes like an inferno radiating strength and courage, he wasn't going to stop even if she said it was impossible and that unyielding unrelenting spirit made her doubt if she was right.

After a long silence Rogue spoke with fire in his eyes. "If It's Impossible, then I'll shatter my limits and do the impossible. I will not let someone else tell me what's possible for me, Just who the hell do you think I am." Rogue said as his eyes changed color to bright metallic gold with his hair starting to glow white while taking a somewhat more aggressive stance as he got heated.

The mare smirked. "I think I see why Atlas may have trained you, there is a growing light in you, one that I now see is nearly complete, I will teach you what I can. My name is Starfall Redeemer and I won't be gentle." She said finding herself impressed by Rogue's spirit.

"OK, seriously what is it with Ponies either having cool names or shit ones." Rogue said as he heard her name.

"There's nothing wrong with my name." Starfall said in a fake offended tone.

"Yes there is, it's ridiculous." Rogue said with a smirk.

"Enough about names, follow me, there is a place near hear where the element of light is strongest." Starfall said leaving the ruin with Rogue on her heel. Three months later Rogue stood in the center of a large cave that had an opening at the top letting light in, Rogue was blind folded with both hands tied behind his back and heavy wights strapped to his back and legs, as he stood their robed of his sight he reached out with his other senses and his elemental powers as well as his magic waiting for any sign of movement. Suddenly a flash of movement at light speed shot at Rogue and he dodged only losing a few hairs from his neck as as he landed a revers spin kick to Starfall's breastplate knocking her away before she vanished at light speed again and Rogue once again had to rely on his senses again and again Starfall attacked, the purpose of this training was for Rogue to fight without letting his rage or anger get the better of him in the slightest. "Your doing good Rogue, keep it up." she said dodging another of Rogue's counter strikes.

Rogue breathed slowly feeling the elemental powers he already had flow through his body like a river and he could feel the element of light but there was still something keeping him from it. "How am I dodging and attacking even though I'm not thinking about it, and can't see you either?" Rogue asked as he kept his breathing steady.

"A part of using the element of light is letting your instincts guide your movement and reflexes." Starfall explained as she continued monitoring Rogue's emotions being pleased that he'd managed to keep his rage and anger in check.

"So that's how you move at light speed without crashing into anything, your letting your body move at light speed on instinct rather than waiting for the signals from your brain to reach your limbs." Rogue said finally getting it.

"So, what is the source of your rage?" Starfall asked.

"I don't like talking about it." Rogue said coldly.

"To let go of your rage you must make peace with your past, even if it hurts." Starfall said.

"I know, I don't think I'm ready to talk about it." Rogue said dodging a magic blast from Starfall.

"If not now, then when?" Starfall asked landing a hard kick to the center of Rogue's chest that sent him crashing through a stone wall.

"Damn it." Rogue said slowly getting back up winded from where he was kicked in the chest. "I don't know, I not looking for anyone's pity." He said getting up and breaking the bindings on his arms as he pulled the blindfold off and crossed his arms.

"Just tell me, the first step is always the hardest." Starfall said coming back into sight.

".....Fine, when I was 5 years old I witnessed my father's murder, he was stabbed 37 times by my step-mother and when i tried to stop her she kicked me into a wall and I passed out." Rogue said feeling a twinge of pain in his chest at the memory of that day.

Starfall's eyes widened in disbelieve at what she'd just heard. "I-I don't know what to say, I can't image what that must have been like to witness that, I wounder how you mother took it." She said looking at with a sympathetic look.

"My mother died at child birth, I never met her." Rogue said catching the look Starfall was giving him and he didn't like it.

"Oh, I see why you don't like talking about your past, so I guess your hatred is towards your step-mother for killing your father." Starfall said catching the nasty look Rogue was giving her and remembered what he said about not wanting pity. "Sorry, I'm a bit of a softy for tragic stories." She said quickly.

"No, I don't hate her, I hate myself for not being able to do anything." Rogue said turning away from Starfall.

"What that's stupid, why blame yourself for what happened, you were only 5 years old at the time." Starfall said utterly bewildered that Rogue blamed himself for what happened. "Well, I've taught you all I can, the rest is up to you now." Starfall said and then she teleported away.

"Damn, I guess I have to come to terms with my past after all." Rogue said as he stood alone.