Prologue, The Fall.
Two hundred years ago, sirens blazed into my ears as bombs were reported to have started to fall and detonated in the city of Manhattan. The balefire bombs have been reported to have struck the research facility of Mirapony and the city of Cloudsdale. However, Cloudsdale was completely destroyed. As far as I can tell, about 5% of my soldiers in the base are panicking out loud, 45% are panicking internally, and the other 50% of the base is holding it together.
“General!” A voice said, knocking me out of my thoughts, “Equestria is launching its counterattack; shall we do the same?” First Lieutenant Cricket said.
“Yes, we must,” I replied calmly.
“Um……. General, can I speak with you?” Second Lieutenant Ostrich said, sounding more on edge than she usually is.
“What’s the issue?” I asked with a small amount of apprehension in my voice.
“Do you remember becoming Luna’s personal guard?” She asked.
“Of course I do. Other than my wedding and my children hatching, it was the happiest day in my life,” I responded with a smile, but seeing her face, I thought, “Something is wrong. Isn’t it?”
“Yes,” she responded uneasily, “it is reported that a Zebra weapon with a similar effect to the weapon used at Little Horn has been detonated inside of Canterlot.”
I startled Ostrich when I slammed my hand against a table before I asked, “Are the two princesses….?”
“We don’t know.”
After a moment I decided and calmly said,” I’m going in.”
“What!!!!!!” Several soldiers exclaimed.
“Are you sure?” Junior Sargent Thorax asked. He was not surprised since he knew me well enough not to attempt to stop me.
“Yes, well, it is my job after all.”
“Good luck,” he said, respectfully saluting to me.
“What do you mean that it is your job?” A soldier asked flatly.
“Right, Thorax and Ruby are the only ones who know fully what happened,” I said, “Luna asked me to be one of her personal guards,” I clarified flatly.
“And why did you not tell us?” Ostrich said accusingly.
“Didn’t want y’all to worry about me.”
The soldiers stared at me with concern, but they knew my no-nonsense reputation
“General, are you sure? It is a 50/50 chance that you will survive,” Brigadier General Ruby said.
“I made my decision,” I responded with much resolve in my voice.
“Atom, come with me,” Ruby commanded in a serious tone.
“On my way,” I said, with a small amount of surprise in my voice. I was surprised that she used my real name instead of my rank.
I followed her as she led me through the twisted halls of the l-16 Republic military bunker. After about a 15-minute walk, I found myself in the room that I shared with my wife.
“You know that exact courage and loyalty is what made me fall in love with you,” Ruby said after the door closed. Ruby, my wife and second-in-command, is also a dragon.
“I know, but the princess needs me!”
“I know,” she said sadly.
“Are you going to attempt to stop me?” I asked flatly,
“No.”
“Then why did you nee… augh?” I was about ready to ask, but then she hugged me.
“For that,” she said.
After what seemed to be about an eternity, I said, “I need to get going, Ruby.” as I pulled away.
“I know,” Ruby said with sadness in her voice. Just return home safe. Okay?”
“Understood, general,” I said, smiling slightly.
“Don’t call me that,” she said, nudging me playfully.
“What else am I supposed to call you?” I joked and then remembered, “Hey Ruby…”
“Yes?”
“Can you hold on to this for me?” I asked, handing her my weapon, Noheir.
“Why? This is your rifle.”
“I don’t feel right holding it now,” I admitted. “It was a gift to me from a better time before the world blew up.”
“Okay,” she sighed. “I will put it in the safe, and Noheir will wait until you return.”
“Perfect.”
“I love you,” Ruby said with sadness in her voice, “please return safely.”
“No promises, but I will try.”
Upon leaving the room, I walked through the halls of the I-16 Republic military bunker to the front door, and for once that day, luck was on my side.
“Greetings, General,” Second Lieutenant Qible said, saluting me.
“Greetings, Qible,” I said.
“Is something wrong? “Master Sergeant Moowacher asked, looking nervous.
“You are reading my mind, Moon?” I asked flatly.
“No need,” she responded. “Your face looks worried; you only look like that if something is wrong.”
“Well, you got it right,” I sighed. A zebra weapon similar to the one used in Little Horn was reported to have been detonated in Canterlot.”
“Is the princess okay?” Qible exclaimed
“We don’t know.”
“You are going in, aren’t you?” Moon asked.
“Yes,” I replied. At the same time, Qible said, “What!!”
“Why?” Qible asked.
“Right, you fell asleep halfway through,” I said, rolling my eyes, “Luna asked me to be her personal guard at the start of the war.” I clarified,
“So…. let me get this straight: You have not only been the general of the republic army but also a royal guard for the leader of Equestria?”
“Yes”
“That may explain why you disappear every so often.” Qible reasoned.
“Well, yes and no. Half the time, yes. In the other half, I was leading the Equestrian forces under Luna’s request, which, mind you, was rare. This reminds me, hey Moon, can you do me a favor?”
“What is it, Atom?”
I sighed and asked, “Can you report that I went M.I.A. when I entered Canterlot?”
“Why?” Qible asked
“I see; let me guess, you also want us to abandon the bunker and seal it?” Moon said slightly accusingly,
“You are sometimes too perceptive for your own good sometimes; you know that, Sargent?” I said flatly, “But yes, you are correct.”
“Permission to speak, General?” Qible asked, saluting me
“How many times do I need to say that you don’t need to ask me that, but yes, second lieutenant?” I responded, saluting back
“I was just wondering, why do you want us to say you went M.I.A.”
“I have a feeling that I will survive the bombs, and Equus needs time to heal, and I think that it will be better if The Republic was temporarily out of the picture, including myself.” I said, slightly tearing up, “I hope you understand that my choices were for the better of all. So, can you do it, Moon?” I said, staring at the black dragon with a look in my eyes that said, “Please understand me.”
“I understand, but are you sure that this is the best course of action?”
“Yes”
“Understood,” she said, saluting me as she said it.
“Thank you,” I said with tears flowing down my face
“Are you okay?” Qible asked
“He is going through something,” Moon said
“Why does this almost feel like Cliff?” I asked, tearing up more.
“Not again!” Moon said
“Shit, Not again!” Qible exclaimed
“You will be okay, Atom,” Moon said, wrapping a wing around me
“How can I?” I asked “I…I… why!!”
“Atom, what did you do every other time this happened?”
“I…I kept moving forward,” I said. “You’re right; I must keep moving forward. The princess needs me.”
“There is the human I know,” Moon said
“Let’s move,” I said, drying my tears. With my magic wrapped around me, I then teleported to my destiny.
Standing at the magic barrier surrounding Canterlot and inside it was the notorious pink cloud that wiped out Littlehorn swirling around the building of the ancient capital of Equestria. I could almost feel it sucking out the life of the city, and it almost seemed like it was waiting for me to join the city.
“Okie Doki Loki, how shall I do this?” I said to myself, genuinely confused about how to enter the city, but then I remembered that I could walk through the barrier. “How do I always forget that,” I said, face palming
I swear I have been a royal guard since Little Horn. Even a tiny amount before that, and I always forget about it!
Upon walking into the ruins of the ancient capital of Equestria, I did not know what was in there, so I was ultimately forced to turn on my Eyes Forward Sparkle Now. Personally, I hated how the E.F.S. changed my vision. However, for once, I am glad about it so I can avoid the hostiles crawling around the city.
I am aware of the effects of the pink cloud; it will slowly, in large enough quantities, begin to melt your skin off, as well as fuse you to objects. However, lucky enough, I am a Mechon and a spirit, so I am relatively immune to the effects of the pink cloud, but due to reports for some of my soldiers, not even a hazmat suit will stop it, so instead of risking getting stuck in my salvager outfit, I chose to remain in my standard uniform which is made of a material that is less likely to fuse to me. I hope…
After about an hour or so of walking around Canterlot, my chest started hurting due to my still organic lungs, which forced me to slug down a healing potion. However, I noticed that it was not as bright as it used to be. “Shit,” I said to no one in particular. “Better make this quick. Forgive me, Celesta and Luna,” I said before attaching my right salvager gauntlet. The reason I did that one was because of the hook shot that was attached.
Upon doing that, I broke out, running towards the nearest building, three stories tall. Once I was a few feet away, I jumped, using my telekinesis to levitate over a nearby chunk of concrete upon jumping off of the piece of concrete. I shot out my hook shot to the tallest point of the building, and then, not even stopping, I ran to the next building and the next. After about 3 minutes of jumping on the roofs of buildings, I made one last jump, levitating over a bench and hopping off, and sending my grapple shot flying. I luckily caught onto one of the towers of the castle and, with my momentum, smashed through one of the stained glass windows. Upon looking at it, I realized that it was my favorite one, the ministry mare’s defeating Nightmare Moon, and I smashed right through Twilight Sparkle.
Standing up, I once again realized that my chest was hurting again, so I pulled out the last healing potion with color, “Last one,” I observed, “better make it count…”
So, with that, I was once again running. After running for 15 minutes or so, I reached where the sister would most likely be: the Canterlot throne room. Upon reaching it, I searched for ten more minutes until, finally, I found an unnatural lump on the floor that looked suspiciously like Luna…
“Luna?” I asked the lump, which prompted it to twitch. “LUNA!” I shouted, running towards the lump. Upon looking closely, it was, in fact, the princes of the night fused to the floor. “Oh no…. Luna speak to me… Luna!” I was now beginning to panic till finally she twitching again
“Atom,” she asked weakly.
“Luna, you are okay. Now we need to get you out of here,” I said, still panicking and attempting to get her off the floor to no avail.
“No, atom, it is too late for me…” she said before she started to cough and sounded suspiciously like a particular unicorn.
“Don’t say that, damn it,” I practically shouted, once again attempting to get her off the floor to no avail.
“Atom, this is not going to work,” she said quizzically.
“Shut up, it will,” I said, tears falling down my cheeks and onto Luna’s side.
“Atom…… le…leave me,” she said
“Unless…”
“What are you thinking, Atom?”
“Do you remember that spell that I told you about?”
“Atom… it is too dangerous.”
“Luna, I cannot live with myself if I just let you die without trying anything,” I said pretty matter-of-factly. “It is my job to sacrifice my life for you, so let me try it, please…”
“Very well then, just please be careful doing it…”
“Understood,” I said before putting my hand on her chest. Soon, magic started to flow from my hand into her chest, attempting to reach her soul. After three or so minutes of digging around, I found it and began to break off half of it and pull it towards myself; in the middle of the soul being retrieved, Luna used that same link I created to start transferring her magic into me. Feeling unusual, I looked over and saw her horn glowing and realized that she was transferring her magic to me.
“Why?” I asked, surprised at the fact that she was doing it
“Atom, you may need it more than me.”
Realizing that she was right, I continued with the process of removing half of her soul. Upon completion, Luna gave out her last breath…
“Luna? LUNA?! shoot.”
“Atom”
“What,” I thought to myself
“Atom”
“Who’s there?” I asked to the voice in my head
“Atom, you seriously don’t recognize my voice?” it (no, she) asked quizzically.
“Luna?” I asked in my head
“Well done, Atom, you won a golden star,” Luna said sarcastically.
What the….? I thought to myself
“I can hear you. You know that, right?”
“Never mind that,” I said, “we need to get the hell out of here.”
“I agree,” said Luna in my head. “Oh right, hold out your hand, Atom.”
“Why”
“You shall see.”
Okay? I thought to myself. Holding out my hand, I felt something come to me, and after a few seconds, a sword came flying out of somewhere in the palace and stopped in my hand. Wait what?
“Atom,” Luna said comfortingly, “take my sword and use it. I trust it to you, my friend.”
“Why?” I asked out loud
“Do not worry about it; just trust me,” she replied reassuringly
“Okay…” I said; after a moment of hesitation, fully grabbing the sword, it began to change its shape; instead of the long ordnance sword, it became what looked like a short sword that reminded me of the letter opener from The Hobbit, the only difference is the symbol of the moon on the hilt; however, I noticed that the symbol was not fully visible. Upon closer inspection, it looked like tendrils of dark magic were wrapped around it. Before I could think about it more, I remembered where I was. “Let’s get moving,” I said, trying to teleport, only to feel like Luna had fucked my brain with a jackhammer.
What the…? I thought to myself.
“You're burned out,” Luna said quizzically
“Never mind that,” I said, simply putting on my glider suit
“Atom, what are you doing?!!!!!!!!????” Luna yelled as I jumped off a balcony in a deadly nosedive, pulling up at the last second and gliding dangerously low to the lifeless streets; eventually, visibility got so bad that I was forced to land before I ran into something. Five minutes later, three figures soon stepped into viewing distance, and my E.F.S. marked them as hostile. “Luna, should I engage?”
“Atom, these are my civilians.”
“Lulu, they aren’t yours anymore…” I said, drawing my sword
“Very well then, you have my permission to engage.” In three quick slashes, I killed two of the figures as I missed the third, and it bit me hard on the arm that was holding the sword
“Gah!!” I shouted, pulling out my knife in my boot and stabbing my attacker in the throat, killing it almost instantly due to my strike in a vital nerve and windpipe. Upon pulling my knife out of the “pony’s” neck, I cleaned it off on my uniform and continued to run through Canterlot. After about five or so minutes, I realized that I was reaching the end of the barrier. I was about to leave when something caught my eye: a rusty spear leaning against a wall. I was about to investigate when I realized that the barrier was beginning to shatter, so I ran once again only to realize that I was running off the cliff that was a part of Canterlot, but instead of stopping, I continued to run until I jumped off (I was still wearing my glider suit) and began to glide. I had just landed when the barrier finally collapsed, releasing the pink cloud to the surrounding area. I was just outside of the range, but still, just to be sure, I ran a little bit farther till finally, I stopped, only to look behind me to find that same spear that was in Canterlot, “what the Fuck!?” I shouted, surprised that it was directly behind my head. Something was off about it; I felt a strong, magical response to my powers, and then it changed. It was the spear that Celestia used against Sombra. I grabbed it, realizing that my journey was just getting started.
Is this what you want to be?
Name: Atom Travis
Lvl: twenty-seven
age: 46
S:7
P:7
E:5
C:5
I:6
A:5
L:3

Y/N
Y
Footnote: level up
New quest perk added
Host of the night, you have the princess of the night inside of you. Increase magic by 20% and magic resistance by 50%, and increase by 5% during the night
Survivor of Canterlot, you are 50% more resistant to the effects of the pink cloud, and healing potions last 25% longer in your possession.
Item note:
New legendary weapon acquired: the Lunar Blade; the Lunar Blade is the legendary sword that Princes Luna used to defeat King Sombra. With the sword in your possession, you can use several new abilities.

Author's Note

read the intro
OK this is a better version, thanks Mom
This is the original sword

And spear