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

Chapter 40: A Moment Of Your Courtesy

Two Years Ago

“You’re weak and you know it. Why do you continue getting up, even though you know that your fate set?” Erebos asked, looking at Rainbow Dash who was covered in cuts and bruises. They were in a forest not too far from Ponyville. Around them were melting trees sizzling smoke from the purple acid that was on it. They were training together and the training was brutal. Erebos was a hard teacher who was always putting Dash’s life at stake. But in the end, she always survived.

Erebos walked up to the cyan pegasus that was struggling to get up from the ground. He smirked and pulled his hood down revealing his face. “How are you going to get stronger if you continue to stay on the ground? Get up you pathetic clown! How in the Hells am I stuck with a stupid, boasting fool like you?” He asked, earning a heated, angry glare from Dash.

“S-shut up.” She said struggling to get up.

“Why should I? I can talk like this to you as much as I want. Look at you, you’re on the ground. You’re weak, just simply weak.” Erebos said starting to laugh maniacally.

Rainbow Dash manages to finally get up from the ground while she was breathing heavily. Her eyes were red and her pupils were shrunken into little dot size. Her body was completely in pain as her breathing became even heavier. She started feeling her body trembling, close to the point that it will make her collapse onto the ground. Looking at Erebos with a hateful expression, she struggled to string out words from her mouth. “I-I-I am not weak, prick.” Her tone was laced with not only pain, but with anger and hate.

This did not faze him, it only amused him. This training method Erebos always performed on his contractors like Dash may have always been brutal, but this kind of training helped Dash not only become more resistant against attacks, but it also made her more aware of her surroundings and able to quickly stay on her hooves. Erebos, the Prideful Devil, sat down and looked at her with glowing eyes. She felt her wounds on her body begin to heal and the pain was beginning to fade away. When his eyes stopped glowing and she was finally healed, he got up from the ground and started to walk away.

“H-hey, are we done today?” Rainbow Dash asked becoming surprised as she got up from the ground. It usually took more than three days for her training with Erebos to actually end, and this was her second day of training.

“Yeah, come with me, I’m taking you to the diner.” Erebos said after he stopped and turned around, motioning Dash to follow him with his left hoof.

Rainbow Dash was a little bit confused, but decided to just say nothing and follow him. ‘I wonder where he’s taking me.’ She thought as he led her down the path towards Ponyville.

After several long minutes of walking, they made it into Ponyville. Erebos had his hood on, hiding his horns from the ponies that were enjoying their sunny day. Dash never understood Erebos’ hood problem. Was he nervous, embarrassed, scared, or cautious with the ponies that never seen a pegasus demon god with horns? It took her awhile to realize that he was only keeping his hood on so he wouldn’t attract any unneeded attention. Especially from the wrong crowd of ponies.

Erebos took Dash into a diner and found a seat for the two of them to sit in. As they sat in their red cushioned chairs, the cyan pegasus looked at the prideful devil confused. Why would he ever take her to a diner? This wasn’t like him so there had to be a catch here.

“Do you have something on your mind?” Erebos asked causing Dash to get out of her suspicious trance.

Taking a moment to refresh herself, Dash sighs and says in a calm tone, “Yeah, you’re taking me out and you never take me out. There’s something odd about you and it’s quite creepy.” She rested her right hoof on the side of her chin. Erebos chuckled looking out of the window.

“True, I never took you out to places like this before. I could already tell how that creeps you out. Now, knowing you’re going to believe me, would you be surprised if I told you to relax and enjoy yourself?” Erebos asked causing Rainbow Dash to look at him surprised.

“Yeah, what do you think?” She asked in shocked tone.

Erebos chuckles and says, “Well it’s true, I took you to relax and enjoy yourself. It may seem like it’s out of character for me, Dash, but I’m not really a cold hearted asshole. I’m just a rough ass teacher trying to make sure his student is well trained for the outside world.” He looked at her. Dash gasped when she saw a small, calming smile through his hood. “Dash, there’s one thing that I easily noticed about you. You’re easily hot-tempered towards anypony around you, especially me.”

Dash looked away, blushing in embarrassment. She had to agree with him, this was true about her. Dash’s boldness and loyalty towards her friends weren’t as easily matched with her temper. Out of the Mane Six. Dash wouldn’t back down from any challenge or life risking situation. She will risk her own body and life in order to succeed in accomplishing a goal.

“Dash, that hot-temper side in you is both useful, and not useful. It’s what makes a pony out of you and what also makes a foal out of you. You should learn how to control it and use it when necessary. If you misuse it, it can strike you back in the ass and trust me you won’t like it.” Erebos said causing Dash to look at him very slowly. He could tell that she was silently agreeing with him, but at the same time she was having a difficult time accepting it. He decided to lay a hoof on hers causing her to look down at it and back at him confused.

“I’m giving you a year to think about this. After that, well, you’ll finally be able to realize what makes you my contractor. I did pick you for a specific reason and I hope you find out what that reason was and what it was meant for.” He said before getting out of his seat. He proceeded towards the exit only to be stopped by Rainbow Dash who spoke up.

“Wait, but how am I supposed to control it?” She asked looking at her hoof before looking back at him.

Erebos glanced back at her and smirked. “That’s up for you to find out.” He said and with that done, he walked out of the diner leaving Dash alone.

“I can see why I need his training...” She rested her head on her right hoof, looking out of the window. “I can’t do everything on my own.” She said.

Present Time

Dash was in the forest, breathing heavily as sweat rolled down her face. Around her were destroyed trees, bent down and torn from their roots. She had been training in the same parts of the forest Erebos had once trained her at. Looking up at the sunny sky, she saw birds flying by. A white feather fell off one of them, slowly flowing down. When it reached down, she watched it touched the ground.

“It’s time, isn’t...” She muttered to herself closing her eyes. When she reopened them, she saw Scootaloo smiling at her happily holding out the white feather to her. “Scoots?” She asked, taking the feather and putting it on the side of her ear. When she looked back down, Scoots was gone. “I’m going to avenge you, Scoots. I’m going to make Azazel pay.” She said, before looking at the last tree standing. Her eyes narrowed as she launched herself towards the tree and swung her hoof.

To Be Continued

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