A Dust Filled World

The Ponyville residents have been looking outside the window of their homes, all scared, confused or angry. Dust didn't notice, so he didn't pay them any mind.

"I wonder. What's the fastest way to gain xp? Those wooden wolf things gave some. But It would take a while. Ponies on the other hand. They give alot of xp, but scootaloo wouldn't forgive me if I hurt an innocent pony." Dust thought of the idea of killing, getting stronger.

If that guard captain comes back, she will most likely come back stronger. Dust stopped thinking after he felt a tug on the bottom of his shorts, he looked down to see a bruised and beaten half to death pony. She looked desperate. He saw fear in her eyes but that didn't stop her from trying to get help.

"Hey, hey, are you ok? What happened?" Dust asked, worried about the mare.

"T-They Killed m-my brother and my parents are still there. Please help me s-sir." The mare asked, fear evident in her voice.

Dust, worried about the mare, picked her up and placed her on his sholders.

"Alright, where are we going?" Dust asked.

"Over there!" The mare said, her voice getting weaker by the second.

Dust started running, following the direction she pointed, to the direction of the camp.

Dust soon saw the camp. He looked to his shoulder to see the mare. She was shivering not from the cold, but from the fear. He sighed, he grabbed her and put her on the ground.

"Alright, stay close to me." Dust said.

She understood and started to walk beside him. Dust had to slow down his pace as she was limping. They saw two guards holding spears. She was worried about what they were going to do, but stopped as both of the guards dropped dead. She froze in fear and shock. She stared at the now dead guards and looked over to Dust. He looked down at the mare with his cyan red eyes. His eyes terrified her.

"Alright, if you can tell me exactly where your parents are, I can teleport there." Dust said with a smug expression on his face.

"W-Wait you can do t-that?" Curiosity was etched across her bruised face.

He nodded. After learning where they were, Dust grabbed her and teleported away to the location.

He appeared in a room behind a guard. The noise of the teleportation caught the guards attention, making him wheel around.

"Hey! Who are you?!" The guard shouted, pointing his spear at Dust.

Dust looked around the room. He counted 10 guards.

"Perfect, Now this is good xp." Dust smiled while looking at the smallest guard.

Dust teleported behind the small guard, grabbing his head, and slamming it into the ground.

"CHARGE!" The leader shouted.

One of the guards charged at Dust, their spear hitting Dust. But, as Dust was a skeleton, it didn't do anything. Dust turned around and decided to try out a move he hasn't used since Snowdin. He Gripped the guard's face and crushed her skull. Then he grabbed the limp body, throwing it at two of the guards who were rushing him. He grabbed the last guard in his blue magic and crushed him in his magic, gore splattering all over the room.

Dust walked to the last two guards trapped under the corpse of the guard he threw at them, summoned a Gaster Blaster, and blasted them, killing them instantly.

He turned and walked into a small room. What greeted him was a group of ponies, chained to the wall. Bloody and beaten.

"What the fuck did they do to them. There are more than 7 mares and 2 stallions. Alright time to get them out." Dust gritted his teeth.

"W-What, again? Please not aga-" One of the mares said before freezing.

She looked up at Dust with glazed over eyes. Her eyes focused on him. Dust’s glowing eyes stared back at her. The poor mare began to scream, lowly at first, but quickly ramping up in volume to a blood curdling scream.

"WHAT ARE YOU!? SOMEPONY HELP" The mare shouted.

"Shhh, I'm here to help you! Now be quiet before more guards come!" Dust shushed the mare.

She was confused, wondering what this scary creature was. But, she looked to the doorway, vaguely seeing some bodies of the guards. She began to smile. For the first time in ages. She was happy. Finally, she was going to be set free. After all of the ponies were set free, they all thanked Dust for saving them.

"Alright, let's get out of here." Dust said, waving a hand to the door.

"Come out and put your hooves on your head!" One of the guards outside shouted.

Dust sensed over 50 guards, all of them experts at fighting. He was sure he would get overwhelmed if he fought all of them.

"Alright. Step back." Dust said pointing at the corner of the room.

Dust focused his magic into a Gaster Blaster. He charged a large amount of power in it and fired his blaster. His blaster completely evaporated an entire mountain and all the ponies in his path. He looked at his L.O.V.E. He was shocked. He expected to level up once or twice, only to find out that he leveled up 4 times?

"What the? Well, I'm not complaining." Dust shrugged.

Looking at his L.V, he had gone up. From 21, to now 25.

All of the ponies in the room were shocked. Not by the fact that the skeleton could use magic without a horn, but the blaster. The one that destroyed the mountain in a single shot.

"Alright, let's get out of here." Dust said, waving his hand towards the entrance.

After all the ponies walked out, they did their best, trying not to look at the charred remains of the ponies that once hurt them. The pony that brought Dust to the camp ran towards the two ponies. The ponies behind Dust were carrying another pony, a stallion. They gently set him down. It was the brother of the pony that Dust found. However, the stallion was motionless. It was then Dust realized the stallion was dead. He had been cut open. And recently, from the looks of it. Dust walked up to the corpse and focused most of his magic. He started to become dizzy as he used his healing magic. This magic was very taxing for him. By the time the stallion's wounds were healed and his heart began beating again, Dust collapsed. Completely drained of his magic.

At canterlot castle, there stood a tall, white alicorn.

"Guh, I wonder where Luna is." Celestia Sighed.

Celestia heard a loud pop behind her. She turned around and she saw her sister, Luna.

"Hello, dear sister!" Luna Smiled.

"Hello there luna. Where have you be-" Celestia said before stopping short, desperately waving her wing to get rid of the foul smoke that wafted her way.

"What is that smell!? Is that coming from you Luna?" Celestia asked, tearing up from the smoke.

Luna looked down at her cigar and looked back at her sister. Luna shrugged.

"Don't you worry sister, it's just a cigar thing I got from the skeleton. And I love it!" Luna squealed, taking another puff.

Celestia was shocked, and more or less curious. A Skeleton and a cigar? Celestia decided to ask Luna when she stopped. She could not stand the stench of that foul cigar thing, and fervently hoped her sister would never obtain more of those things.

"Alright Luna, how about you go to sleep? I have to do something." Celestia said while pushing Luna out the door.

Celestia grabbed parchment, a quill, and ink, and started writing.

She had received reports from many about a skeleton creature who had recently appeared in Ponyville. Not only that, but she had received letters about it killing her ponies. And now, it was influencing her sister? She would not let this stand. She quickly wrote out letters to her guard, and a letter to her student, Twilight. She knew the Elements would be needed. To be rid of this creature for good.

Back in Golden oak library.

Twilight was sitting on the couch, reading the letter Celestia sent her.

"Dear Twilight, I'm afraid to tell you there is a new threat In Ponyville. A skeleton has been seen within your home, and I have received numerous reports about it and the danger it presents. The deaths of a Griffon by the name of Gilda, members of my own Solar Guard and a group of self proclaimed Monster Hunters. It has even influenced my dear sister with this infernal cigar thing. Please, my dear student. Remain on guard. For if this creature attacks again, you must use the Elements of Harmony to be rid of it for good. And should something happen to you, I shall take care of it myself.

Celestia."

Twilight was terrified. Celestia found out about Dust. She also thought about luna. She remembered Dust telling her about the same thing Celestia described.

"Speaking of dust, where is he? Hey, Spike! Do you know where Dust is!?" Twilight shouted upstairs.

Spike, tired from having been woken up from his nap, walked downstairs.

"W-What? Dust? No, Twilight, I haven't seen him. I thought he was sleeping with you?" Spike said, letting loose a big yawn.

Twilight blushed and threw a book at Spike, pushing him back into his room. Twilight was about to look for Dust, until a knock on the door came. She opened the door to see Dust passed out and multiple ponies behind him.

"Oh my celestia! What happened to Dust? And what happened to you ponies?" Twilight asked, quickly waving all of the ponies in.

After settling in, giving the ponies food and water, the pony that asked Dust to help started to speak.

"My family and I were trapped in some camp for years, until I managed to escape. That’s when I found Mr. Dust. He helped us escape!" The injured pony said.

"Oh my! I'm so sorry! Well, what is your name?" Twilight asked.

The pony in question smiled.

"Amber Rose!" Amber squealed, finally getting to talk to a nice pony.

Twilight nodded, taking a sip of her tea. She pointed at Dust, and asked about him.

"Well, he saved us from the mean group of guards that foalnapped us. He also blew up a mountain." Amber said.

Twilight finally got an answer to the random earthquake.

"Wait! Did you say he blew up a mountain!?" Twilight questioned after spitting out her tea.

Amber nodded and looked at Dust. He was sleeping on the floor. Twilight wanted an explanation on how Dust managed to blow up a mountain. After the explanation, Twilight was wide eyed. The direction he shot his blaster in was close to the town. Twilight was glad Dust missed the town, but would still have to chew him out about it later. However, Twilight had a more pressing matter to attend to and decided to write back to celestia about the incident.

"Alright, I will send you all to the homeless shelter next to the hospital, then I will ask Celestia if she could give some bits for homes." Twilight said while writing the letter.

Amber was shocked and tried to stop twilight as she didn't want the princesses to waste their time on them. But twilight ignored Amber and kept writing. After writing about the camp and the ponies, Twilight led all the ponies to the hospital to get all of them checked out.

"So, is there something between you and Dust?" Amber asked, looking over to Twilight who was blushing furiously.

Twilight looked forward and pointed at the hospital.

"T-There! That is the Ponyville Hospital!” Twilight exclaimed, ignoring Amber's question.

Amber started to chuckle. After settling in the hospital, Twilight went to the local restaurant. She ordered her usual. She looked at her food thinking to herself.

"No, I don't like, as in like-like Dust. He is just a friend. Why does every pony think I have a crush on him. He is a skeleton and I'm a pony!" Twilight thought while eating her hayburger.

She grumpily looked up and nearly choked when she saw Princess Luna sitting right in front of her.

"Princess luna!? What are you doing here?" Twilight asked, scarfing down the last chunk of her food.

"Well, I would like to hear about the camp incident." Luna asked twilight.

Twilight sighed, and took a sip of her drink and looked up at luna. Twilight explained about dust and the camp of ponies, she also explained why the chunk of the mountain was missing. Luna was shocked on the power that dust showed, Luna asked twilight for something. For more cigars, Twilight nodded. For Celestia's sake Twilight forbid luna from getting cigars from dust.

"Why not! Thy needs the amazing cigar!" Luna Exclaimed using her Royal Canterlot Voice.

"It's for you're own good princess!" Twilight shouted, blocking her ears from the booming voice.

Luna went quiet, she looked at Twilight and smiled.

"Ok then, We will see you soon Twilight sparkle." Luna smiled teleporting back to canterlot castle.

Twilight sighed, and started to walk back to golden oak. Before getting to the door she got stopped by a hoof. She looked behind her, seeing Solar and Lunar guards. The Solar guards looked more angry than their counterparts.

"Oh my Celestia, not again." Twilight sighed.