Hear the voices of Samuel/HTVO: Arc 1: Samuel

Chapter 23 Mat's desperate struggle

Mat was running down the hall straight towards Celestia throne room in a state of panic. He was covered in scratches and his armor was busted. Mat’s eyes were green symbolizing that he was frightened. ‘Who the hell was that, how did he kill all of those guards by just saying “la”?’ Mat thought.

He saw the door ahead that lead into Celestia’s throne room. He had to inform her of the terrible news. As soon as he got to the door, Skoll appears in front of it grinning. Time began slowing down for Mat and his eyes widen as Skoll pointed his finger towards him. “Oh shit.” He muttered under his breath.

Skoll laughs madly and fires a white beam at Mat. The beam incinerated the hall as it headed straight towards its target. Mat gasps and leaps out the way dodging the beam. Mat looks back at the blast as hit a door just down the hall, obliterating it along with the room inside of it.

Mat stares at the room being ripped away from existence. A glowing stream of white energy began flying towards Skoll. When it touched him, he began absorbing the energy. “What are you?” He asked looking at Skoll shocked.

“I am a white haired devil.” Skoll answered raising his palm towards Mat.

Mat gasps and turns his hooves into water, then launches a tidal wave at Skoll. Skoll growls and fires another white beam which destroyed the tidal wave. The temperature of the beam caused the wave to evaporate into steam covering the entire hall.

Skoll continues to growl and snaps his fingers causing the steam to be blown away. Mat was gone. “Where did he go?” Skoll asked himself, looking around. He began sniffing the air trying to track Mat’s scent. He extended his nails into claws and began scraping the wall next to him as he walks down the hall sniffing. He knew Mat was in the same hallway as him.

Mat was above Skoll hanging onto a ceiling lamp looking down at Skoll. Skoll growls in defeat and looks away. He starts to walk away allowing Mat to sigh in relief quietly. But a small drop of water from his mane dripped to the ground causing a splat to be heard. Skoll stops and says, “Got ya.” Skoll points his palm towards Mat firing a white beam.

“Damn it!” Mat yelled, leaping down as the beam obliterates the ceiling. Mat rolls out the way from the falling rubble and summons a water wave, skidding towards Skoll. He moves left and right dodging each beam Skoll had fired at him.

“Hold still.” Skoll said, growling in frustration. He then fires at the ceiling above Mat causing large amounts of rubble to fall towards him. Mat gasps and leaps off his water wave landing on the ground sliding towards Skoll. Mat slams both his hooves on separate sides of the floor and swings them forward together causing a large blast of highly pressurize water towards Skoll.

Skoll smirks and snaps his fingers causing the blast of water to fly in separate directions. “Is that the best you got buddy?” Skoll asked stomping on the ground creating a large cutting beam to fly towards Mat.

Mat gasps and rolls left, dodging the beam that passed by him. Mat leaps over Skoll and aims his hoof at him. Skoll turned his head to the left, staring at him with a menacing grin. “Splash hydro!” Mat yelled firing a heavy pressure water ball at Skoll’s face.

Skoll vanishes, shocking Mat as he then heard Skoll’s chuckling behind him. Skoll smashes his fist on Mat’s back. His fist went through him, but instead of blood coming out it was water. Mat went through Skoll like water. “A water clone… not bad kid.” Skoll said beginning to laugh.

Mat shuts the throne door behind him, glad that he escaped from the insane god. When Mat looked up ahead, he gasps, seeing Princess Celestia defeated on the ground with Luna staring down at her grinning. “Princess Celestia!” Mat yelled.

Princess Luna looks at him and grins. “Hello Mat, nice to see you today.” Luna said walking towards him.

“Princess Luna, what did you do to Celestia!?” Mat yelled, backing away to the fountain of water next to him. His tail lies down on the water.

“What does is look like Mat? I took care of her; so she won’t be fighting anymore. For you Mat, well…” Luna stopped and says, “You’re going to join her.” Luna horn glows. Mat grits his teeth as he prepared himself to battle.

‘I can’t harm her.’ Mat thought in his head as his tail moves to the left, launching a massive horse made of water at Luna.

Luna launched a magic spell at the water, causing it to freeze into ice. “Oh crap, I did not see that coming.” Mat said looking shocked. Luna’s horn glows again, this time the room became cold. Mat’s weakness was ice; Luna was the princess of the moon with the ability of Lunamancy. She stomps her left hoof to the ground causing the ice to shatter and levitate next to her. They were shards of ice pointing at Mat.

“Now princess, you don’t have to do this.” Mat said, trying to reason with her. He didn’t have time to face her. He didn’t even want too; he had to get Princess Celestia out of the castle.

“Now, now, now Luna… you don’t want to get blood on your beautiful coat now, do you?” Skoll’s voice was heard, causing Mat to turn around seeing the psychopath closing the doors behind him. “This one is mine.” He said walking towards Mat.

“Are you sure?” Luna asked, looking at Skoll.

Skoll nods his head and says, “Yes, after all, he is originally my prey.” He pointed his palm at Mat charging up a blast. Mat gasps and casts a water shield only to get blown away, knocking him to a column when the blast had been shot. Luna watches as Skoll walked towards Mat, white and dark energy was swirling due to the destructive force the beam of energy left behind.

Mat got up from the ground and glares at Skoll. “I had enough of this running you prick!” He stomped his hooves on the ground. He began doing it again and again. Skoll stops and looks at him oddly.

“What are you doing?” Skoll asked, grinning at him.

Mat stops stomping his hooves on the ground and took a deep breath, inhaling air into his lungs. Mat then exhaled, blowing bubbles at Skoll that floated towards him. Skoll eye twitched at the site of bubbles going towards him, five bubbles. Skoll couldn’t help but laugh at the site of this. “Really boy, bubbles, you blew bubbles at me!?” Skoll laughed.

When one bubble touched his stomach, it popped causing Skoll’s eyes to widen. An explosive force inside his body began convulse, his eyes rolled back as he stared up to the ceiling vibrating as blood began gushing out his mouth. When Skoll’s body stopped convulsing, it then began to emit steam, his pale skin turned red. He fell back, flat on the ground.

“SKOLL!” Luna yelled, running towards him.

Mat ran to Celestia’s unconscious form. “Princess, are you okay?” He asked, shaking her. Celestia eyes slowly opened, she groaned feeling pain all over her body. “Hang on; I will get you- AHH!” Mat was cut off after a blast of white energy blew him back. Mat crashes into a wall falling to the ground and clutching his stomach in pain. He opens his eyes and gasps. Skoll was glaring at him while breathing out white smoke.

“Explosive air bubbles…should’ve figured why you summoned those things.” Skoll said. He appears in front of Mat and grabs his throat with his right hand, lifting him to the air. Skoll’s fingers on his left hand began forming dark smoke. “You know how that felt when those bubbles went in me and destroyed my insides?” Skoll asked raising his palm towards Mat.

“Mat!” Celestia called getting up, with her horn already glowing. Suddenly, a blast of magical energy knocked her back to the ground.

“It is Master’s Skoll’s fight sister, not yours.” Luna said aiming her horn at Celestia. Celestia looks at Luna, shocked. She felt betrayed that her own sister would protect an enemy like Skoll.

“Why, why would you betray your subjects and me to this monster?” Celestia asked getting up.

“Because, together, I and Skoll can rule the universes together, he loves me, he enjoys my night, and he understands me more than anypony ever could.” Luna said launching her ice shards at Celestia. Celestia casts a magic fire shield blocking and burning the ice shards. Luna quickly follows up by launching a large wave of water from the fountain towards Celestia, as Celestia launches a large flame vortex from the fire that she gathered around her.

Skoll laughs and slams his fingers in Mat’s stomach. Mat’s eyes became dilated when he felt a large force of pressure forced into him. (The color of this event turned into a distorted black and white) Mat gave off a piercingly painful cry of pain. “It feels like 18, 000 pounds of stones being slammed hard on your back huh?” Skoll asked beginning to laugh as Mat began struggling to get out of Skoll’s grip. Skoll pulled his hand away and looked back seeing Celestia walking towards him with an angry look.

Skoll grips tight on to Mat’s neck and says, “Well now, look whose all bad here.” Skoll said pointing his finger at Celestia. Mat aimed his hoof at Skoll’s face while he was unaware of him. His pupils were blood shot red as he fires a highly pressurize water blast and gets free from Skoll’s grip.

Skoll flew through the column and crashes into the wall. Mat falls to the ground and stands on his hind legs. His mane became loose, casting a shadow over his eyes as he pulls his forelegs back. They turned into water. Skoll came out of the crushed wall and looks ahead seeing Mat.

“What the… hell?” He said looking at him oddly.

“Leviathan’s Fury!” Mat yelled, shooting multiple water bullets at Skoll. The bullets of highly pressurized water were hitting him slamming him back to the wall. Skoll tried to block the shots but they were too fast and strong. Mat continued firing, glaring angrily at Skoll. Dust began to gather around Skoll as he was continuously hit multiple times.

Mat stops shooting water blasts and launches a large water dragon at the dust cloud Skoll was in. The dragon crashes into the dust cloud destroying the entire side of the wall.

Mat was breathing heavily and sat down still staring at the clearing dust cloud. Celestia stares at the dust cloud as well, hoping it took him down. “You will pay.” Luna’s voice was heard causing the two to look at her emerging from a steam cloud. She was covered in black tattoos that were glowing and her pupils had turned into ‘S’ shapes.

“Princess Celestia, we have to get out of here and get Magic and the others help.” Mat said looking at her worried.

“I know, but we have another problem here Mat.” Celestia said looking at him.

Mat looks at her worried and asks, “What is the problem now?”

“It’s an old friend…he is under this cult warfare. He is the key to ending this. But…he is in a coma and he needs to wake up. Mat, if we do not succeed in defeating Skoll and…my sister. I want you to run away and get to the Paradise H.Q. When you get there, get Magic and his friends to the Hospital and tell Nurse Redheart I sent you to see Patient 666.” Celestia said preparing to cast a spell.

“Whoever he is, I will be sure to let the others know.” Mat said breathing out steam.

“You’re impressive...kid.” Skoll’s voice was heard shocking Celestia and Mat. Skoll was walking out the dust cloud shirtless. His pale skin was covered in scratches. At the center of his stomach was a glowing red triangle. The Samuel triangle, combined with the Azazel palm triangle. “Now, let’s have some fun.” Skoll points both his index fingers at the two. “Who will go first?” Skoll asked.

His eyes lock on Mat and a grin forms on his face. “How about you, kid.” He said flicking his fingers left. Mat felt his body being pushed by an unseen force. The next thing that happened to him was shocking to both him and Celestia.

Mat flew to the ceiling. His back slammed hard onto the ceiling’s stone surface causing him to yell in pain. Skoll then moves his finger down, causing Mat to fly down to the ground. Mat’s body went through the ground creating a small hole that led into darkness.

Celestia launches a blue fire phoenix at Skoll out of rage. Skoll smirks as Luna leap in the phoenix’s path launching a water serpent. The two elements again collided causing steam to engulf the entire room. Luna began laughing as her horns glows, manipulating the steam into one small floating ball. Celestia was running towards her, her body was covered in a shining gold armor. Her eyes were pure white. “Your Aliara Sunnari form won’t work against me sister.” Luna said making the ball of steam turn dark. “I grew stronger if you hadn’t noticed.” She said. Her eyes narrow as the ball of black steam then turned blue. “So instead of fighting me, how about you bow to me!?” Luna yelled, firing blue wave blue energy from the blue steam.

Celestia fires a yellow beam of energy at the incoming blue beam. Skoll leaps down into the hole when the two beams of light and dark collided with one another creating a massive explosion. Celestia fell to the floor still in her ultimate form; Luna on the other side of the room was struggling to get from the ground. Luna’s wounds were healing at a fast rate. She glares at Celestia and says, “You will falter sister, the night shall rule forever.”

“Luna…why, what makes you think that being with that man will grant your selfish ambitions to come true?” Celestia asked, her voice sounded divine. “I don’t want to fight you again Luna, please, last time was my fault. I never granted you much freedom in the kingdom. I am to blame for sending you to the moon, I was selfish also back then, I wanted to keep Equestria under my hoof.

When you asked me that you wanted to make the night last longer, my want for control took over me, I spite you for even thinking about that. Everything that I had done wrong to you; is my fault.” Celestia said looking down. “But now everything is reversed, I am not the one after dominance, it is you. Luna, please, this is the last time I am going to tell you, ask you, beg to you, please, stop this?” Celestia begged.

Luna shuts her eyes frowning. She looks down and says, “Sister… I, I, I will…” Her voice turned dark, as her dark tattoos began sprouting out tentacles. Celestia gasps when she sees the tentacles wrap around her sister. Luna looks at Celestia, her eyes were dilated, but now they were in the center of a triangle. “I will not stop.” Luna said, causing Celestia to narrow her eyes.

“Then you leave me no choice.” Celestia said.

“You never had a choice to begin with Celestia.” Luna said.

The two sisters both stared down at one another, waiting for the first move to be made. Celestia knew she lost her sister, there were no more chances to be made, and she had to win this. “Luna… this ends now.” Celestia said charging towards her.

“I agree!” Luna yelled charging towards her.

Mat’s eyes began to slowly open, his vision was blurry. “He’s awake now Shining Armor.” A feminine voice was heard.

“Good, Cadence, hurry up and set him on the wall.” Shining’s voice was heard.

When Mat’s vision cleared up, he looked around him and saw three royal guards, Shining Armor, and Princess Cadence. “Where am I? Where is Princess Celestia?” Mat asked, struggling to get up only to fall to the ground clutching his stomach. “Damn it.” Mat said coughing out blood.

“Careful now, you suffered a lot of damage to your ribcage. I don’t know how you survived that fall, but at least you’re alive Mat.” Shining said placing him back to the wall. “Now to answer your questions, one, Princess Celestia is in the throne room, two, your with us.” He said.

“Damn it, I have to help her.” Mat said struggling to get up. “The damage I sustained from that guy didn’t heal. What is going on?” He wondered.

“You mean…that creature that Luna is with?” Cadence asked.

“Yeah, him, he is not normal. He is…he is something I had never fought before.” Mat said looking at them.

“Really, you never fought anyone like me?” Skoll asked, causing everypony to freeze in fear. They advert their attention to him; he was leaning on the wall while grinning at them. Mat realized they were in the sewer passage that led towards Ponyville. The guards ready their spears and charge straight towards him only to freeze in place when Skoll had them immobilized.

“I am in my sin state. This state grants me the ability to use telekinesis. You want to know what is so special about this power?” Skoll said looking at them. “I can make soldiers like you do whatever I want just by the motion of hands and fingers.” Skoll said moving his left hand’s index finger left. The three guards looked at one another, sweating in fear. They had no control over their bodies.

“Now, I want you all to observe this power, Mat, if that is your name, see how these guards aim their spears at one another, preparing to end their lives for their country.” Skoll said lifting three fingers. The guards aimed their spears at one another. “This power is not my true power. No… my true power puts everyone’s powers to the grave, when they are around me.” Skoll said.

“What are you three doing, stop this at once!” Shining yelled at his guards.

“We’re trying sir, but we can’t control our bodies! He is making us do this!” One guard yelled panicking as Skoll brought up his fourth finger making the guards walk towards one another. When they were three feet away from one another they readied their spears.

“Stop this!” Mat yelled pointing his hoof at Skoll. Nothing happened, no water was summoned to attack him. “What, what is going on, I can’t heal and I can’t use my powers?” He began panicking. This was getting crazy.

“Well then, are their anymore distractions?” Skoll asked clutching his right fist holding everypony in a strong telekinetic grip. “No? Good, now you three…” Skoll gripped his left hand into a fist causing the guards to swing their spears at each other. “Die.” Skoll said.

“NO!” Mat yelled, but he cried for this madness to stop was too late. Blood splattered on the wall. Cadensce and Shining Armor were completely shock. Skoll lets his grip on the guards’ corpses off. The three headless ponies fell flat to the ground. The white haired psychopath began laughing.

“Now, let’s end this.” Skoll said pointing his fingers on his left hand at Cadence and Shining Armor and his right hand’s fingers at Mat. Mat saw a drain pipe above Skoll. “Time to… what the?” Skoll stopped talking and looked up. He saw the pipe beginning to shake. Suddenly, water came out smacking Skoll in the face. Mat, Shining Armor, and Cadence were free from Skoll’s grip.

“Go, now, get out of here fast!” Mat yelled manipulating the water and shooting water bullets at Skoll blowing him back. Cadence and Shining Armor both nod their heads and head down to the sewers.

“ENOUGH!” Skoll yelled unleashing a piercing howl causing Mat to clutch his ears stumbling to the ground. Skoll growled walking towards Mat. “I am going to kill you now.” Skoll said appearing in front of him. He kicks Mat to the left side of the wall causing him to fly through walls. Mat gets blown out of a wall and into a street. Skoll appears in the air above him, coming down with his foot pointed towards him.

Mat gasps and rolls out the way from a crushing blow. Mat coughed out more blood. “Damn it, what is going on?” Mat wondered, clutching his stomach. Skoll was walking towards him chuckling.

“Again, trying to figure out what is going on with you?” Skoll asked stopping in front of him. “You are in my boundary, I am god and you are not, I am the controller of this field, regenerations, body movements, yeah…I control that.” He said placing his finger tip on his forehead. “All in my head, I can do anything and you can’t.” Skoll laughed.

“Your telekinesis, you are preventing me from healing by using your telekinesis aren’t you?” Mat asked.

Skoll smirks and says, “Congrats, you finally solved an unanswered question.” Skoll held out his left palm and began levitating a mail box from the side of the street next to him. “Now, time to die.” Skoll said launching the mail box at Mat. Mat covers his face awaiting the incoming mail box. The mail box stops inches from his face, covered in a glowing form of blue magic.

“You are not going to harm him!” Shining Armor was heard yelling. Mat opened his eyes seeing Shining Armor and Cadence from a distance.

“Shining Armor.” Mat muttered his name shock.

“So, you two are back, oh well, you’re all going to die after all.” Skoll said grinning as he walked towards them. His fingers tips were glowing dark.

“Mat, we’ll take care of him, you have to save the princess.” Shining said looking at Mat after he launched the mail box to the side of the street.

“What about you two?” Mat asked getting up.

“We won’t know until we try, now, enough talking, time is being wasted. Cadence, do it.” Shining said. Mat didn’t had a chance to talk after Cadence appeared by his side with her horn touching his shoulder.

“Good luck Mat, don’t worry about us, just save the princess.” Cadence said, before she teleported him away from the street into the throne room.

Mat looks around shocked; the throne room was completely destroyed. “What happened here?” Mat wondered looking around. He noticed Princess Celestia in her normal form was unconscious covered in cuts and bruises marking her body. Her horn was shattered leaving a cracked edgy stub on her head.

“I told you I will win sister, no pony like you can stop me. I am stronger, together; I and Skoll will rule the universe.” Luna said beginning to laugh. She soon came to a stop when she noticed Mat from a distance starring at her shocked with his mouth wide open. “You are back Mat, well then… let’s end your life right here and now.” Luna said. As soon as she took a step forward, her body froze. “W-why can’t I move?” She asked trying to move, but she couldn’t.

“I had enough.” Mat said glaring at her angrily. “Sangiomancy…” He stood on his hind legs. “Blood Manipulation, I have complete control over your blood. I wanted to use it on your boyfriend, but he had me under a telekinetic lockdown. Now that Shining Armor and Princess Cadence are busy fighting him, I am free from his control.” Mat said. His wounds that he had obtained from before were healing at a fast rate.

“But how can you control blood?” Luna asked looking at him.

“You think that controlling water is all that I can do? Sangiomancy is just a baggage.” Mat said walking towards her. “This power, I hate this power; I never enjoy controlling somepony’s blood. It is terrifying and just sick to even see it.” Mat said stopping in front of Luna.

“Celestia was defeated in her Aliraia Sunnari form; in that form she uses her Photomancy magic. Damn it, you are lucky she didn’t use her Heliomancy, you would’ve died if she went into that form.” Mat said surprising Luna.

“Heliomancy?” Luna asked.

“Solar Manipulation, Celestia has three forms, her normal form, her Aliraia Sunnari, and her Helio Deae. Her Helio Deae is her most powerful form. You never discovered your last form. You are still stuck in your Aliraia Lunara form added with the Samuel markings.” Mat said.

He closed his eyes and reopens them. He was frowning now. “Forgive me, but I hereby put you under arrest Princess Luna for assaulting Princess Celestia.” He said narrowing his eyes. Mat uses his Sangiomancy to knock Luna out. “I am also able to control the blood cells in your brain to put you to sleep.” Mat said walking to Celestia.

“Where are you going?” Skoll asked, walking towards Mat covered in scratches with his arms folded behind his back. Mat quickly turns to him shocked. “Don’t bother asking what happened to your friends, I took care of them.” Skoll said taking his arms out from his back revealing two horns that belonged to Princess Cadence and Shining Armor. “To easy, I actually enjoyed that Cadence, I made her squirm as I…well I shouldn’t continue on talking about it.” He said beginning to laugh.

“You piece of shit!” Mat yelled launching a wave of water needles straight at Skoll.

Skoll simply casted an energy shield turning the water needles into steam that evaporated into the air instantly. Mat continued to fire hundreds of water needles at Skoll, but no matter how many had been fired, none of them still could not hit him.

“Mat, you have to get out of here now.” Celestia said weakly, beginning to regain conscious. Mat heard her, he gritted his teeth in anger, he couldn’t win this and he knew it. Mat looks at the ceiling and notices the three bubbles that he summoned from before. They were still here in this room floating. An idea pops into Mat’s head as he continues his attack with the water needles.

Mat focuses on the bubbles to head straight down towards Skoll. “It’s over kid!” Skoll yelled pointing his fingers at him. Mat slams his hoof on the ground causing the water around him to turn into a large serpent heading towards the ceiling. Skoll looks at the serpent. The serpent closes its opened mouth on the bubbles and heads straight down towards Skoll. Skoll fires a beam at it causing it to evaporate into water. “WAS THAT ALL YOU GOT!?” Skoll laughed.

Mat smirks when the steam of evaporated water clears out revealing the three bubbles touching Skoll. Skoll felt them, his eyes widened. When they popped, Skoll pupils shrunk to the size of dots as his body felt massive amounts of pain. Skoll yells in pain as he coughs out blood. The bubble bombs were tearing through his body at a painful rate. When they ended, Skoll’s skin was red and steaming, his eyes were bloodshot red. His arms were daggling back as he stared at the ceiling breathing heavily. Mat was gone. He went through the hole that was still in the room entering into the sewers. He was surfing through the water that had filled up the sewers after he broke the pipe to help Cadence and Shining Armor to get away.

Mat looks back thinking about the Princess Celestia and the guards that he was leaving behind. He had a mission to do, he had to get Paradise and go to the hospital so they can meet this Patient-666.

Skoll growls, walking to the edge of the balcony and watches the pony surfing out a tunnel on water. “I hope we meet again.” Skoll said grinning. Skoll’s grin soon vanished and turn into a menacing snarl. He pulled back his right fist and swung forward hitting the air. The sound of cracking glass was heard, as crack lines formed on the center of where his fist struck. He cracked the air, and grinned. “Heh, well, the show is going to get better soon when you bring the Paradise crew over here.” Skoll said.

To be continue

(I hope you all enjoy the chapter! 65 bits to the winner who can guess who Patient-666 is. Thank you for editing EpicAeromancer33. Now Magic Junk is owned by EpicAeromancer33, Solar Eclipse is owned by GoldenEclipse116, Mat is owned by Bahamut-Crisis Core, Redpen is owned by Shakiru-Flash. The rest of the OCs is mine! MLP is own by Lauren Faust and Hasbro so CIAO!)