The Last Human

This is awesome. I can feel power flowing through me, I feel like I do in my dragon form maybe even stronger. I’m digging the armor too. I looked at the other me smiling.

“You up for round three?”

“Fine.” He looked at me with pure hatred. “This time I won’t go easy on you.”

“Bring it.”

The other me growled before flying at me. He ended up hitting me and I flew back hitting the volcano the city was built on. I looked up to see him flying down to me, he opened his mouth and a fireball flew down at me. I jumped to the side dodging it I then turned my hand into a dragon head and shot my own fire at him. I was surprised to see the fire moved considerably faster than usual, it managed to hit him dead on and sent him into the air. As he recovered I flew up and rammed into him, he went further into the air then I flew over him and then dropped straight down hitting him, I kept weight on him while we slowly gained speed before we smashed into the ground. I jumped off him and looked at the crater. I heard growling as he climbed out of the hole.

“I’m getting sick of you.” He looked at me.

“How can you get sick of me? I’m really livening up your day.”

“You come in, ruin my revenge, destroy my throne room, and now take the source of true power in this world.”

“Well when you put it that way it makes me look pretty bad.”

“I will kill you, even if I go with you.” His eyes glowed and the ground shook it felt stronger than the others then I heard an explosion. I looked to see the volcano erupting. Lava began to spew out and the air started to feel hotter. While I was watching the volcano he rammed into me I smashed into the castle, as I pulled myself out he punched me then grabbed my head and threw me over his shoulder. I managed to turn in the air and when I hit the ground I landed on my feet. I watched as he flew towards the volcano.

“Get back here!” I grew wings and flew after him. He landed near the top of the volcano. I landed in front of him. He didn’t say anything before charging at me, he tried to hit my face, I ducked and swiped across his chest with my claws, it managed to make large scrapes but not breaking through the armor. He raised his arms and smashed me on the back. I began to roll down the volcano. I used my claws to stop myself. The other me jumped off where he was and tried shooting fire at me. I was able to respond with my own fire. Through the smoke of the explosion he came through and hit me in the face. I responded by clawing across his face cutting an eye in the process. He growled and jumped back holding his eye.

“I’ll get you for that.”

I’m not sure how much longer this can go on. I’m starting to feel a bit tired, I have seen my counterpart breathing heavily too. This fight has been going for at least an hour now, the volcano’s lava was starting to burn through the large stone walls guarding the castle. There had been several screams when it reached the town and I saw little lizard people fleeing.

You may want to finish this up.

Why?

First of all you’re beginning to get tired which will give him an edge. Plus your body isn’t used to all this new magic and if you get too weak your body won’t be able to control it.

Fine.

I watched as the other me climbed out of the crater he had made. The courtyard was littered with them. I landed in front of him.

“Well it’s been fun but I really must be going.” I looked at my wrist. “It’s almost dinner time.”

“I agree it is time to finish this.” Parts of his armor were broken off and there were dents and scratches in it. I’m guessing my armor didn’t look much better. He looked up at the balcony to the throne room before smiling and teleporting.

Where’d he go?

To the throne room I’m guessing.

Wonder what’s in there.

You’re pretty slow aren’t you?

Twilight.

There you go.

I grew wings and flew up to the throne room as I came in I saw him standing in front of the pile of unconscious ponies. One being hopefully dead. He was holding Twilight by her horn with a sword arm at her throat.

“Put me down.” Twilight was glaring at him.

“Let her go.” I glared. “Take Celestia, she’s pretty expendable.”

“No thanks. It finally occurred to me, everyone has some kind of weakness, a vulnerability can be found in even the strongest creatures.” He moved the sword closer to her throat. “And I finally realized yours. Now, submit.”

“Whatever, it’s not like I can’t heal her.” I shrugged.

You know this is a risky bluff. You don’t know the last thing on healing magic or necromancy.

True but how hard can it be?

Whatever.

Bob, just in case, I need you to try and figure something out.

I stared at the other me for several minutes. It was like the worst staring contest ever. My eyes looked to see the lava was halfway across the courtyard now.

Have you found it yet?

Don’t rush me. Wait, I got it!

Alright, so how do I do it?

Hmm, you need to concentrate which may be hard for you.

Bob! This is not the time to insult me!

Sorry. Ok, concentrate and think about the place you want to go.

Easy.

You also need to picture your magic leaving your body and creating the pathway.

Let’s do this.

I concentrated and thought about the palace back in Equestria. Then I felt a surge of power and a portal began to appear behind the other me.

“What the?” He turned his head to look at the portal. I took the chance and hit him with a shot of fire, the impact made him fall over and drop Twilight. I ran up grabbing Twilight and ran through the portal.

“What about the others?” Twilight looked through the portal.

“I’ve got it.” I went through and looked at the pile of unconscious ponies. I picked up her friends and threw them through then Luna. I came back through the portal into the palace. “That’s all of them.”

“Where’s Princess Celestia?” She looked at me.

“I didn’t see her there.”

“She was next to the rest. Go get her.”

“Fine.”

Get a move on, this portal won’t last forever.

You are such a nag.

I came back through the portal. As I went to get Celestia the other me tackled me. Choking me.

“I’m not letting you escape.”

“Get off.” I kicked him off. I ran up and grabbed Celestia, I threw her through the portal. I was then hit by a shot of lava as the other me attacked. I saw the portal slowly shrinking. As I tried to get up he stepped on me and stomped on my back keeping me down.

Get moving!

I’m trying!

Teleport!

I don’t know how to.

Well find some way out!

I turned my hand into a dragon head and shot him with fire. It managed to make him fall back and off me. I then got up and ran for the portal. I was almost there, by now the portal was really small.

I’m not going to fit.

Well that’s not good. That portal took a lot of magic to make. It will be a while till you can make another.

I looked at the portal as it shrank more. Then I felt myself be teleported. When I rematerialized I was in the palace.

“Hey I made it.”

“Thanks to me.” Twilight was looking at me looking proud. “I saved you.”

“Don’t let it go to your head.”

I looked in the mirror at myself. That cool armor I had gotten was broken is some places, scraped and some parts had singe marks.

Shame, this armor was pretty cool.

I’m sure you can make another.

So I’m confused, do I now permanently have some magic power?

Not sure. We’ll have to see.

Aw.

I walked into the medical wing of the palace. The whole group of ponies had been brought here to recover. I walked into the room where Twilight was. She was surprisingly doing pretty well. She had broken a few ribs and had several other injuries from being thrown around by the other me. Most of her friends were still unconscious from being turned into statues and had a few internal issues from magic overload, and Luna had a minor concussion.

“Hey Twilight.” She was sitting in a bed reading. She seemed a bit too happy about being in the hospital. I guess she didn’t get to read much over the past twelve days.

“Hi Sean.” She put down the book and looked at me.

“How’s it going?” I sat in a chair that was in the room.

“Pretty good. They say I’ll be better in a few days.”

“And your friends?”

“They said soon the magic will drain out and they should be ok.”

“Cool.”

“How’s Princess Celestia?”

“Dunno.” I leaned back in the chair.

“You haven’t checked on her?” She looked surprised.

“Nope.”

“Why not?”

“Why would I?”

“Because she’s your friend and she is hurt.”

“That first half is questionable.” I crossed my arms.

“Are you really still mad about that?” She looked a little annoyed.

“Yes.”

“It was more than a week ago.”

“So? If your friend that you trusted for years and felt like family suddenly said they wished they’d never met you would you just drop it?”

“I guess not.”

“Exactly.”

“But I’d still be worried if they got hurt.”

“That’s where we differ.”

I walked into the room. A nurse had told me this was where Celestia was. She was lying in the bed, she had a black eye and looked like she had been beaten pretty brutally. I won’t deny it made me smile a little.

You’re a terrible person.

Shut up.

“Hey Celestia.” I said coldly.

“Sean.” She looked at me in surprise. “It’s great to see you.”

“I know.” I kept my neutral look. “Looks like you took a beating.”

“Yeah. I wish I could have helped the ponies of Jund more.”

“Well you helped them avoid overpopulation.”

“So why did you come here?”

“Because Twilight told me I needed to.”

“Oh. Well how’s Equestria been in my absence?”

“It was a bit chaotic for a while. But once I had calmed everyone down it went back to normal.”

“I see. Well thank you for taking care of Equestria, and saving us.”

“Let’s get something straight, I don’t need your thanks. I took care of Equestria because it is my home and it needed me, as for saving you I came to because Twilight was in danger.”

She’s injured lay off.

Fine.

“I’ll continue to watch over Equestria while you and Luna recover, but after that I’m out.”

You’re seriously leaving?

Yes, Celestia is almost recovered and Luna is doing fine.

I don’t understand why you are so mad still.

How do you not understand? You have access to all my memories and can usually understand things before me.

Ok, you feel betrayed I get that. But isn’t throwing all of this away an overreaction?

No, she was meant to be my friend. I looked up to her when I was younger, the fact she so quickly turned on me shows the feeling was not mutual. Besides a change of scenery is nice.

Ponyville is hardly a change of scenery.

Meh, it’s a nice little place, besides the ponies there are easily intimidated. Now leave me alone.

“He already left?” Twilight looked at Luna in surprise.

“Yes.” Luna nodded in disappointment. “He said his job was done and he was leaving before he had to deal with my sister.”

“I wonder where he went.”

“He didn’t say.”

This is nice. I was lying on a tree branch relaxing. No responsibility, no nagging idiots, just relaxation, naps, and not a care in the world.

I still feel you’re acting like a petty child.

Maybe I am. I don’t care.

So the plan is to now live in Ponyville forever?

Maybe yes, maybe no. I might go exploring, maybe live like a proper dragon for a while.

Whatever.

“I can’t believe what a jerk he’s being.” Rainbow said as they walked away from the train station towards Ponyville.

“Yeah, he’s really hurting the princess with his actions.” Applejack said.

“Are we sure he knows that?” Rarity asked. “As we know he’s never been the most sensitive of creatures.”

“Doesn’t change anything.” Applejack said.

“This may also be his own way of coping.” Twilight said.

“What do you mean?” Rainbow asked.

“When you look at his history with the princess there’s no way he can just forget their friendship. He is likely hurt too and is running from the problem.”

“That doesn’t make it any less cruel.” Rainbow still looked angry.

“Not trying to upset anyone but maybe we should hear his side.” Pinkie said. “We are turning on him pretty quickly.”

“Yes.” Rarity agreed. “Our opinion is because we only have seen the reaction of the princess.”

“Whatever.” Rainbow looked away. “If I run into him I have a few things to say and maybe get a shot in.”

“Me too.” Applejack agreed.

“Try it, see how it ends.” The ponies looked up at the tree they were under. Sean was on one of the branches with his eyes closed looking very relaxed.

“Fine, get down here and we’ll see.” Rainbow glared at him.

“I don’t feel like exerting myself for such a petty reason.” He looked down at them. “I heard Rarity and Pinkie bring up wanting to hear my side of this whole conflict.” He jumped down from the branch.

“I met Celestia nine hundred years ago, at the time I had nothing. I was alone, and at the time had just been clubbed by some guards. I weakly went to her for help. She helped me and gave me a home. As the years went by she became my only friend. After a while she in many ways replaced the emptiness where my family and friends used to be. It was like your little friendship. Now put yourselves into my shoes for a minute, look at the pony next to you. Now imagine that pony telling you how they wished they’d never met you essentially causing your world to crumble. Does it feel good? Would you just let that pain and anger go just because they apologized? If you think the answer is yes then you are a fool and will never understand. If you know it would be difficult at best you will understand there are two options, wallow in misery and wonder what went wrong, or run from the problem and pray to whatever deity you have that if you avoid it, it will go away. That’s how I feel.” He looked at Rainbow Dash and Applejack. “Still feel like I’m a heartless selfish jerk? If so take a swing at me, there will be no retaliation.” The two didn’t do anything. “Good, now I’m going back to my nap.”

I walked into the apartment I was staying in. It was a decent size, having a good sized bed, bathroom, and small kitchen.
Progenitus was curled up on my bed.

That speech was pretty good.

Thanks. I climbed into the bed.

You’re actions are still foolish but at least I understand now.

Good. Well good night.

Before you fall asleep I have some information you may want.

What?

It seems those fancy magic powers are likely permanent.

Really?

I’ve checked a few things and it looks like your body has developed a way to channel the magic you have now. You won’t be as powerful as say Celestia but you have the power now.

Awesome. Ok good night.