Am I... not a human?
By: Dhuradhan
He looked over to the balcony. It remained intact, while the rest of the castle was nothing more, than a battlefield.
Slowly, he walked trough the balcony's doors. He tiredly came to a stop and looked over the land.
His soulless eyes scanned the view. Smoke and dust covered the sight. The air was filled with blood. The corpses already started rotting. In the distance, the still alive citizens screamed for help, or cried out in pain. Mares collapsing next to their stallions, fillies crying for their lost daddy. And griffins and humans let lose a throat scraping battle cry.
All of this, only made him more satisfied. His grin became wider, as he listened to this melody of screams. His eyes became wider at the scene in front of him. He gladly breathed in and out the dry air. He could even taste the blood in his mouth, savoring his enemies pain.
But what made him feel even more better, was that he finally earned what he wanted...
... revenge.
''Ahhhh, what a beautiful view!'' He heard a mad voice, spoke up next to him. ''This is, my friend... this is chaos. Pure madness in the destruction, you made. But chaos nonetheless.''
''I have my own way to create disaster.'' Answered flatly the human. His face became darker than before.
''I must say... I never thought about humans, to be THAT crazy.'' Said the draconequus. The human just 'hmm' -ed. ''You know, this could absolutely differently have ended?''
''It could have... but that will never happen now.'' He kept facing forward, his grin became wider, as he saw a smaller explosion in the distance.
''You did something, that a mortal human would never can.''
That statement caught him off guard. ''What did you say?''
''Your little plan was impossible, you knew that. And look around, what you have done!'' Discord motioned for him.
The man looked around. The once beautiful Canterlot wasn't that beautiful anymore. Equestria's most secured palace, had it's guards killed. The nobel ponies were in prisons and soon, they will be sold as slaves. The once free and happy citizens were terrified.
It was everything, but not the Canterlot, that many have found safe and nice.
Discord continued. ''You still decided to go for it. One does not simply, stand up against all of Equestria.''
His grin disappeared. He knew Discord had a point. He looked over Canterlot and saw the rest of Equestria. Or more like what remained from it.
Everywhere he looked, he saw ruins, debris, fire, blood and death. Equestria, the peaceful land, filled with magical creatures, was nothing more than a memory. A myth, a forgotten legend.
The battle was still going out there, but it was obvious by now...
... Equestria has lost.
''The Elements of Harmony imprisoned me. And you-''
And he somehow defeated the six Elements. His eyes widened. He haven't thought about it before, but he won against the six powerful mare, beating them all. How? He does not know...
''And there's Celly. Oh, poor Celly. Her beloved subjects got the punishment and she was the one to blame for it.''
The Princesses. The most powerful beings in this world. And now, they were in the dungeon, waiting for their punishment. A huge battle and the Royal Sisters failed against him. Even with the help of Discord, it was still an insane idea and an impossible quest.
And there he stood. Exhausted, bloody and lost...
''Tell me... how did you do that?'' Asked Discord.
How did he do it? He doesn't know. He tried to find an answer. But found no such thing.
''I'm afraid... you have to find out the answer...'' He told him and walked to the handrail, on the balcony. ''... because I can't.''
Discord watched him placing his dirty hands on the handrail. He looked up at the orange orb. The sun stopped descending. The TIME itself stopped.
Recalling his memories, through many fights, death, blood and hatred, he finally began...
''It all started a year ago...''
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Head pounding, ears ringing and body aching. That's how he woke up. Not knowing where he was, nor what was happening to him, he simply laid there. He was too tired to even remember what he did before. Right there, the cold, stone floor was his bed and the aching his bedmate.
As the ringing stopped, he heard a male voice shouting.
''WAKE UP YOU FREAK!'' *PUFF*
''AHHH!''
He cried out. He quickly rolled away from his attacker.
''Finally!''
''Cssssh... ugh! Wha-?'' He tried to speak, but another hit interrupted him. ''AHHH! STOP!''
''It's time to get to work human!''
He saw his attacker. And he couldn't believe what he saw. ''A... horse?''
*PUFF* ''I'M NOT A HORSE SLAVE! I'M A PONY! APOLOGIZE NOW!'' *PUFF*
''AHHH!''
''I CAN'T HEAR IT!'' *PUFF*
''OKAY! SORRY!''
''There you go human. What was so hard in saying 'sorry'?'' The pony hit him again with a wooden stick. It had a few blood marks on it's end. ''Now get up! Time to work.''
''What work?'' The bleeding man asked.
''SLAVES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS!'' And the pony hit him again. And agin, and again.
This went for a few more minutes and the man gave up. If he cooperate, then this pony will stop hitting him. He tried to convince himself, it's not real. But the pain always told him the opposite.
The pony stopped and there were no more sounds in that cell. He could finally stand up. Looking around, he saw the stone walls, wet with blood marks and some water. He knew he was in some kind of basement, or at least under the ground.
In the middle of this room, a strange ritual was set up. Candles around the weird ritual mark. It was the sun and the moon. He never saw this kind of ritual mark. Actually, he never saw any kind of these marks. But he knew about them somewhere.
One thing was sure... he came through that thing somehow...
He got 'escorted' into some kind of tunnels. Torches were placed on the rocky walls, illuminating the underground place. Or was he in some kind of mountain? Where is that pony actually leading him?
A brighter light could be seen at the end of the tunnel. He hoped it's an exit from this nightmare. Sadly, the pony pushed him forward from time to time. This told him bad news. It's not a nightmare...
He heard shouting and... pickaxes? The sounds echoed trough the tunnel, making that place more terrible.
Then he saw them...
Humans. Hundreds, even thousands of humans. All of them wore chains and had to do something physically hard. The pickaxes hit the rocks, crates got placed on wagons and the chains restrained the humans movement.
And while they worked, more ponies kept their eyes on them. All of them had wooden sticks and whips. Some of them even had wings and horn.
The man couldn't believe what he was seeing. And he couldn't imagine himself doing the same thing, like his own specie.
''Now, put your claws into the chains and get to work!'' Said the guard pony.
He hesitated for a moment. If he do what the pony said, maybe he would never escape from this place. He is a free man for god sake!
''No.''
''Sorry, can you repeat it please? I couldn't hear you trough your screaming.'' And the pony started beating him with the stick. He collapsed and tried to block the hits, with his hands. The pony nearly broke his leg, when it stomped on him. ''So...'' The pony hit him. ''... can you....'' The stick started to crack. ''... REPEAT?!'' And the last hit broke the stick.
That was his chance. For freedom, he had to do it.
He quickly grabbed the other half of the stick and stabbed it into the pony's neck. He repeated the process, the pony was already dead, but he wanted to make sure it stays down.
''HEY YOU!'' Shouted another guard.
He left the dead pony and started running away, back where he woke up. He remembered where he came from. The ponies were chasing him, but he was better at turning to other corridors. So he was far away from them.
He knew it wasn't a dream anymore. He smelt the blood, felt it on his hands. Warm, red liquid, from a sentient creature. HE killed it. He felt a little bad for the guard, but at the same time, it was just a pony. An animal, even if it talked. He was used to kill animals...
And he remembered what he was. A hunter. Yes, he was a hunter and... and he lived in a forest. Yes. Far away from the city. He always went hunting. It was his family's tradition.
His family...
He was so lost in his thoughts, that he didn't hear the sound of hoof steps. As he rounded the corner, he crashed into some one. Or somepony...
The pony looked down at him, anger in her eyes. She had a white coat, wings fully extended and her horn gloving. Her mane flowing freely, in a nonexistent breeze. The colors looked so friendly, while her eyes showed something terrible.
''Looks like our new slave wanted to escape...'' She said, her voice full of disgust.
Before the man could ran back to the other direction, something grabbed him. A golden aura surrounded his neck, squeezing it. He tried to scream, but his lungs didn't get enough air, to make any sounds.
The guards arrived. ''Your Highness!'' They knelt down before her, bowing deeply. ''My apologize. We should put on his chains earlier. I am really sorry Princess.'' Explained the guard at the front.
''Watch out guard. This one is dangerous.'' Said the Princess.
''Y-yes your Highness! We get him back to work right now.''
The Princess thought for a second. ''No... I take care of him personally. Go back to the mines. I have to talk with this human.''
''Yes your Highness!'' And the guards ran back to the mines, trying their best, to get away from the angry Princess.
The Princess turned her head back to the choking human. Holding him by his neck, she levitated him into a nearby cell. She locked the door and threw the man to a wall. He cried out quietly, still catching his breath.
''Now listen human! I am Princess Celestia. Co-ruler of Equestria. And you are now my slave. Do you understand? This is not your world. It's mine and you just a slave here.'' Celestia informed him. He started to stand up. ''Kneel down!''
''No...'' The man said tiredly.
''I said... kneel down!'' Repeated Celestia, keeping her voice low.
''No...''
''Don't make it more difficult. Obey!'' She bellowed, voice echoing trough the walls.
The man looked up at her angrily. ''I am not going to obey. You're not my ruler. I don't even want to be here. I'm not a slave. I HAVE MY OWN FREEDOM!'' He shouted.
Celestia's horn glowed and she forced the human to kneel down. ''You have no freedom here. You have nothing.'' She started squeezing him. The man screamed, as she narrowed her eyes.
Then she released him. He collapsed to the ground, coughing and holding his sides. Celestia slowly walked before him. ''I think you understand your situation now. Have any questions?''
The man stopped coughing and slowly looked up at her. His face showed no emotion.
''Only one... why?''
Celestia kept her poker face. She leaned close to him and whispered.
''Because I have to do that for my subjects. I just have to...'' She said. Her voice somewhat hurt, but her face told him something else.
She went to the cell door and left him alone. The cell had a dirty bed and a toilette. A disgusting sink and no windows.
He couldn't believe this. Back at his home, he was a free person. He did what he wanted and lived like he always wanted. In that nice forest, relaxing and hunting. Keeping his family's tradition...
His family... He missed his family. Sure he lived alone, but he always visited them. He remembered his parents delicious dinners. They always invited him from time to time.
He climbed onto the bed. It wasn't his bed. His bed was comfortable, warm and smelled like honey. And that one... it was thin, hard and smelled like... shit. Yes, that's the best way to describe the smell. The overused pillow probably saw better days.
He couldn't care anymore. He just woke up a few minutes ago and found himself in hell. It was worse than a prison. Even if he has never been in prison, this was horror, compared to his world's most feared place.
His world...
He knew he wasn't the best person, but does he deserve this? Has he done something bad? He couldn't find the answer. He was too tired.
Ignoring the uncomfortable bed, he laid down, held his knees close to his chest and cried himself to sleep...
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''Hmm... I never thought about Celly, to be like that. She was always calm and caring. Looks like she became bored like me.'' Thought out loud Discord.
''I don't give a single fuck about what she used to be. She's nothing more, than a liar bitch!'' He growled.
A griffin soldier flew close to him. ''That part of the city is finished. We have to see the other parts and we can celebrate human!'' And he flew away.
''Everything goes as it was planned...'' He allowed himself a half smile.
''And what happened after that?'' Asked Discord, walking next to him.
They both looked over the city. Watching the griffons, fighting against the last ponies.
''After that? After that, I waited and trained...''
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For six months, he did what the ponies said. Worked. But unlike the other humans, he actually worked for something else. After the first three months, he changed. Physically.
His muscles were bigger than before and didn't looked so dead, like the others. He put more effort into work, so every day, he became stronger. Even the beatings were useful. His body got used to the pain and hard work.
He also grew a beard and longer hair. At least the ponies weren't that stupid and found long hairs and beards hindering. So they let the humans, no... they forced the humans, to cut their hairs down and shave their beards. That's when he found out, that ponies are pussies. They complained and whined about the dirt, the smell and even found the sound of pickaxes annoying.
Another reason to beat the slaves...
Meanwhile, he heard the guards talking about the outside. He couldn't picture the singing birds and beautiful land. Not after what he saw for three damn months.
He got to know about this new land. Equestria. Ruled by two alicorn sisters. He knew what a unicorn, pegasi and earth pony was. He heard something about the Elements of Harmony. Some kind of powerful magic. Even if he didn't have magic, he quickly learned how it worked. That explained, how the pegasi can fly with those small wings and unicorns using magic.
He heard about the disasters, like Nightmare Moon, Discord, Queen Chrysalis, the incident at the Crystal Empire and the griffins. A lot of things remained in his mind.
And all this time, he planned something. An escape. If he reach the surface, his situation will be easier. He just had to wait, train and listen.
He didn't dare to tell his plan to the other humans. They might ruin it. Even if they were his species, he had a good excuse for having a house, far away from the city.
Humans are fools. They like to fuck things up, just to see you suffer. And he knew that, he couldn't trust in them. After all, it was another world. There were no rights for them, so he kept that little secret...
And they might get scared and his plans would go down on the still disgusting toilette.
Finally, a cart arrived. The cart always had food and water. But that wasn't the point. The cart itself. He heard the guards talking about the old, wooden cart. That was the only cart, which brought supplies. So that meant, if he do something with it, they have to bring the slaves outside, to feed them. And there, he would ran away.
He finished another round of carrying crates. He placed them on the cart and when nopony saw him, he bumped into another human. ''Oh no!'' He cried out and slammed himself against the cart. It wasn't too heavy, so he managed to push it down on the hill. The cart fell over, everything fell out and at the bottom, it broke all it's wheels and other parts.
''You FOOL! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!'' Shouted a guard.
''I didn't mean to do it! I swear!'' He put on a scared face, while in his mind, he was grinning.
''AHHHH! Bring him to other ones. We don't need him down there...''
There, his face actually showed fear. That wasn't his plan. They were supposed to bring ALL of them up. Not just him, somewhere else.
But it was too late, they were already dragging him away...
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''At least, I don't have to be down there...'' He muttered to himself.
They actually brought him outside. But he expected a forest or something. Instead, he got a city. Canterlot...
And after six months, he finally saw the sky. It was truly a beautiful view, but he was just a slave. He had no freedom. He couldn't enjoy the day, like the ponies.
They put him into another cell, this time, it had no walls. Like he was an animal, they treated him like one. The food was served, like he was eating from the floor. They placed it in the middle of the small cell. The bed was a bit more comfortable at least...
Later, they carried him to another area. And without a warning, they used a hot iron piece, to carve a number into his skin.
''AHHHH!'' He cried out and hit the pony, who burned him. It was a mare, in white suit and some kind of gas mask.
''GUARDS!'' She shouted, holding her nose.
The guards hold him down and the mare finished her work. Of course, she did it slowly, to make him scream even more.
Then they let him go, with a number on his left shoulder...
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Like faith heard him, a griffin dragged a mare, in white suit towards them. ''What do we do with this one? I kinda want to use her...'' Said the griffon, shaking the mare's head, by her mane.
The man walked before her. The mare opened her eyes and to her horror, she recognized him. She gasped and squirmed even more, trying to run away.
He just grinned at her. ''Use a hot piece of iron and carve 'bitch' onto her side!'' He commanded.
''Ohh... she will be really hot after that. Come you little bitch! I never had the chance with a pony...'' And the griffin started dragging her away.
''NO! NO! PLEASE! I'M SORRY! NO! I DO ANYTHING! PLEASE NO!'' She screamed and tried harder to get away. But the strong griffin had more power and kept dragging her by her mane.
''How you like them apples?'' Chuckled Discord and turned back to the human. ''Next time, try to find someone else, to rip off that number from your skin! Okay? I don't like to paint my claws, with red. Purple would be better...''
The man spit out some salvia, looking at the mare, with a disgusted face. ''Pathetic...''
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He spent some weeks in a cell. The number on his shoulder still hurting his backside. The ragged clothes, brushing against the burnt skin, made it worse. As he heard, the number acted as a mark of 'available slave', as the guards called it. He called it humiliation...
Every day, he saw different ponies, looking over the humans. What pissed him off, was the ponies faces and what they talked about...
They wore smiles... SMILES! Like there was nothing wrong, with being a slave. They talked to them, like some tourists in a zoo. They talked about which one of them is good for outdoors or indoors. If one of them can serve dinner or work on a farm.
They were buying slaves! For their families and friends, like some present! Not even looking at them like they're living souls! No... just some too cheap tools to USEl!
And the guards...
He kept doing exercise, but they always beat him. When the visitors left, they continued having fun with the slaves. Whenever a guard felt bored, they always went to a slave and beat it... or raped it.
There were women slaves too. And those bastards fucked them every day. No matter what time it was, they did it when they wanted. Even at night, the other slaves always woke up to the sound of women slaves, crying out from pain, as a fucking PONY was doing them. It was disgusting... even watching it. He was used to see animals doing it, but this...
He was glad, that he wasn't a women...
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''Hey there big boy!'' Called out a guard in a weird tone.
The man just raised an eyebrow at him. The guard happily trotted to his cell, opened the door and strangely walked in. When he closed it behind him, the guard turned to the human, with a... seductive smile.
The man didn't like the way he looked at him. It was worse, than the beating. Those made him stronger, but this... this was just sick.
''What do you want?'' Asked the man, in a bored way.
''Isn't that obvious you stupid slave? You of course...'' Answered the stallion, smiling.
''Well, you can't have me, so...''
''Now now...'' The guard pointed his spear at him. ''... you don't want this to get into your flank, don't you?''
Seeing no other chance, the man sighed. ''Let's get over it...''
The guard moved closer to him and pushed him down onto the bed. The human just waited...
''You know, I like it when it's wet...'' The guard shoved him his erected penis. ''Stop talking and use your mouth for something else!''
As the guard moved his erection closer to him, the man had enough. He wasn't going to suck a PONY's dick!
With a quick move, he grabbed the spear, pulled the guard close and kicked the pony's balls. Then he used the handle of the spear to hit the guard's head.
The stallion whimpered on the ground and the man stared deadly at the stallion. When the guard looked up at him, the human stabbed the pony in the eyes. The point of the spear, penetrating through the eye socket and leaving through the back of the pony's head.
''You can force me to work!'' He shouted and twisted the spear once, hearing a loud crack. ''You can beat me senseless!'' He pulled out the spear, blood painting red the floor and the pony's face. The fear in the pony's other eye remained, his mouth agape. A hole in his eye, filled with blood reflected the man's face. He was really pissed and it wasn't the blood, which made his face red. ''But you can't fuck with me!'' He looked at the stallions erection. He kicked it again and calmed down.
Then he realized what he was holding in his hand. A spear!
He forced back his cheer and went to work. Turning the key, which was inside the keyhole, he stepped outside. He looked around. No guards, just a few humans staring at him.
He wasted no time and used the spear, to break the chains. After a quick stretching, he thought about the other humans. They could come in handy, or they could ruin this plan. Even if they didn't speak, they felt close to each other.
Cursing, he freed one. A tall and muscular, black man. He didn't bother asking the human to free him. That's why he freed the black one first...
''Free the others!'' And he was already on his way outside.
The black man said a quick 'good luck' and went to help the others.
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He didn't know where he was going. He didn't know where he want to go. He was just running down the corridors, killing every guard, who happened to be in his way.
He could already hear the other humans fighting with the guards somewhere else. For the first time, he used them for something. After a long time, he spoke to one and he felt a bit better. He wished good luck to his unofficial brothers, to find a way out if he couldn't.
Then after a few hours of running around, he saw a corridor, with open windows. He looked around, found no guards. Time to check outside...
He saw an arena. A complete fighting arena. He was in some kind of tower. Bones there, corpses and bloody wooden pillars in the middle. Chains were hanging on the pillar's sides.
And the corpses in those chains were human skeletons...
''You mother fuckers...'' He growled. He looked a bit higher and saw the seats filled with ponies.
It was a fighting arena, just to amuse the ponies...
''I'm gonna kil-''
He couldn't finish his sentence. Something crashed into him and he fell through the window. He and his assailant fell through some wooden girder, breaking them like branches. Behind the seats, where the ponies were cheering...
Groaning, he slowly stood up. His attacker, a guard had some trouble standing up after this fall. The human wasted no time, stabbed the guard and looked for an exit.
He was so close. If he could just find a way out from the arena...
Sadly, the broken woods couldn't hold the little structure anymore and it started to collapse. He ran to a wooden wall, which was the front of the seats. He slammed into it by his shoulders and found himself in the arena.
The audience stopped cheering and gasped. Silence filled the huge arena. Every pony was looking at him, confused and dumbfounded.
The man looked around and spotted her...
Princess Celestia...
He saw Celestia staring at him, confused and dumbfounded. Then shaking her head, she shouted...
''GUARDS!''
Her Royal Canterlot voice boomed through the arena. Guards charged at the only human, from every direction. There was no way he could escape.
But there was no way he won't fight...
They brought families there. Parents lost their child and sons and daughters lost their parents because of them. And if he guesses right, these guards have family too.
''Daddy will never go home little shits...'' He muttered.
He prepared for the first guards attack. Quickly moving away the incoming spear, he disarmed the guard and stabbed him through the head. With two spear, he continued to kill every incoming guard. Stabbing them and taking their weapons.
He dodged the unicorns magical blast and fired back, with throwing spears. Guard after guard fell on the ground, with a spear sticking out from their head, neck and chest.
For a few moments, no guard wanted to attack. The man noticed, how close he was to the Princess.
He turned his head towards her. He and Celestia started at each other. Celestia frowned at him, then her eyes widened. The human in front of her. His eyes. They scared her...
''TO HELL WITH YOU!'' Shouted the human and he threw his only spear at her.
Celestia was too scared and surprised to react. ''Princess!'' A guard jumped in front of her, saving the Princess. The savior grunted on the ground and waited for the Princess, to heal him.
But Celestia was still froze in place. Mouth agape, eyes wide. She has never seen anypony, looking at her like that. That huge amount of hatred. She experienced this from the new slaves. She hated to see them like that, but she had to do that for her subjects.
And those eyes... they weren't what scared her. HE scared her. The way he stood. It wasn't the usual human pose. It was like...
... and enraged beast...
His face muscles twitched as he snarled at her. Eyes filled with hatred. His breathing was hearable. Like a bull, which was huffing and puffing out steam, through it's nose.
The guard slowly closed his eyes and died in honor. The ponies in the arena became louder, declaring the death of the human.
The man kept gritting his teeth, with furrowed eyebrows. He was annoyed, angry and most importantly...
deadly...
His face muscles still twitched, as he tried to bite his own teeth, even harder. His breathing sounded like an animal growling. The fighting pose... it was unlike a human's.
He was seriously prepared for anything... and the guards noticed this...
That's when he spotted a pegasi, doing a wide turn and with full speed, charging at him, from high. The man waited. He knew how the pegasi will do his attack. He saw a perfect chance to escape. And this fool pegasi gave him a free escape...
He stepped aside, grabbed the diving pegasi guard by his legs and the man's legs got lifted from the ground. And the pegasi pulled up, leaving the ground quickly. They flew away from the arena, while the pegasi tried to buck the man off from him.
Meanwhile, the crowd gasped. Celestia shook her head and prepared for the worst...
The man grabbed the guard's spear and stabbed it into the pegasi's wings. The guard screamed and they started descending. Flapping his wings as much as he could, the guard tried to stay airborne.
Meanwhile, the man was on his back, looking for a good crash landing place. Thankfully, the trees were thick, so he had no problem with that.
That left only the guard...
He waited for the moment and jumped. The guard crashed into the trees' branches, while the human landed on a huge one. The landing was hard, but he was stronger than before. His bones too...
Then, he climbed down and went to the moaning pegasi guard. Easily pulling out his spear, he pointed at the now screaming pony.
''Where are the griffins?''
The guard looked up fearfully, as he held his wing.. ''N-north.'' He answered shakily.
''Which direction you bastard?!'' He shouted at the pegasi.
Hardly, the guard pointed to a direction, wincing in pain. ''Th-there.''
The man looked at the direction, then back to the pony.
''P-please... I have a family...'' The guard mumbled, a bloody hole in his wings.
The human narrowed his eyes. That was it, he's done. These ponies are idiots.
''Guess what! I have one too and you little shits took them away from me!''
With an angry shout, he stabbed the stallion in the throat. The pony tried to scream, but only the blood came out from his mouth. The man watched closely, as the pony's eyes slowly closed. A single tear rolled down on his furry and bloody face.
The human felt nothing. The guard deserved it... all of it. And he even found some satisfaction, in killing the guard.
Before he do anything stupid, he remembered where he was...
Outside! Finally outside the cells and the arena. But the ponies were probably after him, so he started walking away...
... towards the Griffon Empire...
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Discord chuckled. ''Yeah, that's Celly. And thanks for your negative energy, I could free myself from that stone.''
The man said nothing about the draconequus's comment. His eyes stared deadly at the dying world in front of him.
Discord regained himself, coughing once, he spoke up.
''Please continue!'' He grinned at the human.
The said human thoughtfully 'humm' -ed and continued.
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His skills in hunting came handy. As he traveled, he could easily take down a deer, rabbit and other animals. But because of the lack of fire, he had to eat meat, without frying them. It was like an indigenous person, in a more modern world.
His teeth became stronger. HE became stronger. The food was much better than the prison food he used to eat.
He also found some fruit, but he wasn't sure if he want to try them out. Instead, if he couldn't find any animals, he caught an insect and forced it down on his throat. He didn't care about it's taste. He had to survive and get to the griffins.
He met some guards on the way. Easily killed them all. He even left the bodies in a humiliating way. Placed them on the roads, hang them on the trees, or cut their heads off.
He also found himself in some small villages. There, he freed the slaves and let them do the killing, while he put on some new clothes.
After he got a backpack, full of supplies and knifes, he found a map. He took it too, along with some small rocks, so he could make fire. He also made a simple bow and arrows for it. The guards' armor was enough to make a lot of simple, but sharp projectiles.
So after he got ready, he met with a strange being...
''Hello ther-'' *FUSS* an arrow nearly hit the hovering thing. ''Wait just a moment human! I'm not here to stop you. I want to help.''
The man ignored the creatures strange appearance. He already gave up, to understand this place. After all, he met with timberwolves, manticores, talking ponies and a chicken like thing, with red eyes and shit. But that creature won the prize. It has wings, horns, paw, claw, tail and these were all from a different animal.
''Let me introduce myself..'' The creature placed it's claws on his chest. ''... my name is Discord. God of Chaos and ex-ruler of Equestria. I know what you want to do human... and I gladly help you...'' Discord grinned evilly, playing with his fingers.
''Why should I trust you and not kill you right now?!'' Glared the man at the draconequus, an arrow was ready to kill the weird creature.
''Well, I am a god... and you're a mortal. Do the math human, I know your kind is intelligent.'' Chuckled Discord.
''Does it look like I fucking care?'' The man held the drawn arrow. His mind shouting at him to kill. Kill and make use of the creature's pelt. Use it for something useful.
''No, but you can't just go to the griffin kingdom, asking for help... But if I stay by your side... then we might convince them to help us out.'' Answered Discord, mysteriously.
''Who is... us?''
''You, my friend. And the other humans. And of course, me. We can free the other humans, get Equestria and make a deal, about who gets what. What do you say?'' Discord grinned at him even more, when he saw the human letting down his weapon...
''Excelente''
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They were really close to the griffin borders. The temperature dropped and they moved slower. Meanwhile, they kept freeing slaves, killing guards and stealing supplies.
They even let some human, going with them. The newly freed slaves showed gratitude and respect for their saviors. They all followed the strong human, not missing the chance to say 'thank you'.
However, the human does not showed any emotional response. He was empty. The only thing he felt was an ever growing anger and hate. Every time, when they freed more slaves, he felt a part of him burn away. And something new replaced that part...
Hatred, fury, madness, disgust, inhumanity and hunger... hunger for more blood...
He tried to enjoy every moment, when he killed each and every pony. No matter who it was. Let it be a little filly, a mare or an old pony... he brutally killed them. When he came out from a pony family's home, his face was covered in blood. He TASTED it. Warm, spicy, red liquid. Even it's smell brought some satisfaction to him, but tasting it... it was like heaven.
And so, he collected the slaves, killed every pony and kept going forward. Meanwhile, driving himself crazy. No one tried to speak to him. He never spoke. His natural face was terrifying, the way he moved was scary. Like he wasn't a human anymore.
The only thing he had in his mind was revenge...
Merciless and bloody revenge...
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Discord laughed. ''OH, that was rich! Even the griffins couldn't put you together. Their face was priceless!'' The God Of Chaos wiped away a tear. ''At least, when you threatened them, they actually WANTED to help you, so you leave them alone.''
''I would have killed them if they don't...'' Replied the human.
''But their machines would be useless. They are the only ones, who knows how to use them.'' Said the draconequus.
''And thanks to my people, they can actually use them now...'' Retorted the man and continued his story...
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Every griffin and human started to prepare. The griffin army trained and humans helped planning. Thankfully, some humans know how to make guns and the griffins had every material for them. Soon, a lot of human had their own, special rifle and gun.
The griffins made humanized armors and the humans taught the griffins, how to use the guns. And this led to another thing... cannons. Huge cannons, loaded with explosive steel balls.
They made new kind of swords. Both for the griffins, since they only had spears. And for the humans, so they can get into close combat.
Meanwhile, the strong human and Discord, captured some ponies and their slaves. He watched, as the slaves hurt their owners, taking THEIR own revenge.
They used magic on the chains, to make them unlock other chains, in a small area. The ponies used them, to prevent the slaves, from hurting their owners. So they did some research and made those chains. With them, they could easily free every human.
They even stole some blueprints, about a ring. If the ring makes contact with a unicorn's horn, the pony can't use his/ her magic. So they just simply put the ring on the horn and they can enslave some unicorn too...
The man was pleased. His plans were going fine. And soon, he will lead a whole army of griffins and humans, to take revenge.
His face became dark and deadly. His mind already started to be filled with options. Options, about how to punish the Princess.
But he quickly shook his head. He still have to wait and prepare...
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''I always did everything alone. It felt better that way, but... riding along with a huge army... ummm amazing...'' Grinned Discord.
''And I... I lead them to a war. We defeated those ponies. I defeated the Elemets of Harmony. And Celestia failed...'' Thought out loud the man.
''How did you defeated the Elements actually? You never told me...'' Asked Discord.
The man just grinned and continued...
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''Let go of your slaves and get out of my way! Then I might spare you...''
''We're not gonna let a human, to defeat Equestria!''
Ponyville was always a strange town. But the huge army of griffins and humans, fighting in there... the town hit the highest levels of craziness.
On one side of the road, the six elements. On the other side, the lone man, waiting for the right time...
''Come on girls! Let's do it!''
The elements started to float in the air. The man looked at the six element's personal slaves and pulled out the enchanted chains. The chains sent a magical wave, unlocking the chains on the slaves. Immediately, the slaves pulled down their owners and took their elements, tossing them away. Each of them, started shouting and beating their owners.
The Element of Loyalty tried to fly away, but a female griffin slammed her into the ground.
''Hello Dash! Remember me?'' Said the griffin and picked up the blue pegasi, by her throat.
The pony choked out a name. ''G-Gilda?''
''I always wanted a slave...'' The griffin grinned evilly and the pony tried to break free. Wings flapping fearfully, choked screams escaping her mouth.
The man looked over to the Element of Magic. Next to her, was a blue unicorn, in a wizard hat and cape. He walked over to them.
''The Great And Powerful Trixie, wants Twilight Sparkle to be her slave!'' Spoke up the unicorn, turning to the human.
''Who said you get her? You... a pony?'' Asked the man, approaching her.
''B-but Trixie did not have a slave before! T-Trixie is on y-your side!'' Stammered the mare before him.
Suddenly, an angry human stomped to them, holding a pair of chains. ''Really? Well frankly, I can fucking remember, when you wanted me to move you god damn HOUSE!'' The angry human hit her with the chains and continued beating her on the ground.
Seeing that one problem solved itself, he turned to Twilight. The mare had some tears in her eyes and pleaded to him. ''P-please don't hurt me!''
The man's cold glare terrified her. And when he picked her up by her horn, she started screaming. ''SHUT THE FUCK UP!'' He slapped her and she stopped screaming. As he was holding her, he placed the ring on her horn and Twilight moaned. She nearly passed out...
''We're gonna see her 'highness'. If you make any sounds, I rip your tongue out. Understand?!'' He roared and Twilight only nodded.
He looked at Canterlot in the distance. The city, where everything started. That's where everything will end...
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''Ironic... putting them to the same position, where THEY kept the humans as slaves... very ironic.'' Discord nodded thoughtfully.
''May I ask? What did you do with the Princesses, while I was on my way here?''
''Oh... well, first... I had some fun.'' Answered Discord mysteriously. ''Then we had a good fight. Little Lulu was angry, when I put on an antigravity field. She likes to fly...''
''And Celly? She was just shooting and throwing rocks at me. Nothing interesting. Then you arrived...'' Discord started laughing. ''Ohhh, Twilight's brother was soooo angry...''
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He kept facing forward. Around him, Canterlot tried to fight against their enemy. But the newly freed slaves surprised the ponies and they were quickly outnumbered.
And he kept going forward, his hand formed into a fist and he kept squeezing Twilight's horn, to ease his anger.
Twilight tried no to scream or grunt. She was hurt. Physically and mentally.
Everywhere she looked, she saw something horrible...
A griffin dropping an earth pony from the sky, breaking the pony's bones. Mothers choking to death, as a slave used it's chains, to take revenge. Fillies and little colt witnessing this slaughter, or got taken away by a griffin soldier.
Smoke from the burning building covered the sky, hurting everyones lungs and forcing them to cough.
But the man did not allowed himself to cough. Like he was smelling fresh air, he kept going, not slowing down. He neared to the huge double doors. They were closed and guards tried to force back the humans and griffins.
Two Royal Guard tried to stop the man. He simply raised his left hand, grabbed the thin air and two griffin took care of the two guards.
Then the man kicked open the double doors. The loud bang picked up the attention in the throne room. Everpony took notice of the human and the helpless Twilight Sparkle.
A white unicorn too...
''TWILY!''
''SHINING!''
''I TOLD YOU TO SHUT THE FUCK UP!''
''LET HER GO YOU MONSTER!''
Shining Armor sent a magical beam towards the human. Instead hitting him, the shot found it's mark on Twilight's side. The man used her as a shield and Shining Armor was lost. He didn't know how to defeat him, as long as he had his sister.
As quickly as he could, the man rushed at the Captain of the Royal Guards, using Twilight's limp body, to hit him across the face. The hit knocked him back and he fell to the ground. The man used Twilight's body one last time, to deliver one last hit to his head. Then he slammed Twilight into him, leaving the brothers grunting in pain, mixing their bloods on the floor.
Discord watched the human turning to him. Then he walked next to the draconequus and looked at them...
''Celestia...'' Growled the man.
There stood the Princess, behind a force field, which Discord held up, so they can defeat the Princesses at the same time.
Celestia shoved fear in her eyes, while Luna looked furious. The Night Princess wasn't aware about what that one human can do, while Celestia knew how dangerous he was.
She saw those eyes again and she felt unease. After six months, she finally met the one human, who freed himself from slavery and brought the griffins into her land, killing all her subjects.
''Tho shall pay for that!'' Cried out Luna and flew at the forcefield. Discord let her trough, so she could make contact with the human.
The man prepared for this. With a grunt, he puched the incoming Princess in the face and she lost control. She span backwards and landed on her back. Before the man could stomp on her throat, she rolled away and got into a fighting position. Wings flared and horn glowing.
''Take care of her! I want Celestia...'' He said and started walking towards the forcefield.
Discord dismissed the forcefield and turned to Luna. ''Let's dance in the night Lulu!'' And they both engaged in a big battle.
''You...'' Snarled the man at the Sun Princess. ''You made the rest of my life miserable... you made my people's life miserable and painful...'' His right hand twitched and his breathing became harsh. ''And you're gonna PAY FOR THAT!''
He let loose of a battle cry and charged at her. She froze in place for a second. He was too close to paralyze him. *SMACK* He punched her in the face. The pain snapped her back to reality and hopped away. The man quickly ran after her. This time, she placed a shield in front of her.
The man expected this and knew how to counter. He pulled out a pistol and fired at the shield, emptying the magazine. The unknown device broke her shield, draining a lot of magic, really quick. As the shield broke, the man was right in front of her. Celestia wasn't the one to move fast. She could always use her magic to do something. But since the man possessed a weapon, that is so powerful, she couldn't block his attack.
The man jumped into the air and double kicked her. That wasn't enough to send her to the ground, but knocked her backwards. Seeing that the human couldn't fly, she flared her wings and flew high up. She choose to attack from above.
The man experienced this kind of strategy. He stepped aside and using the momentum, he changed her direction, by grabbing her and spinning around. Letting her go, she slammed into the ground, rolled a few times and jumped back to her hooves.
She saw the man reloading the gun and she quickly levitated it away from him. She tried to hit him with the gun, but he kicked it away.
They looked at each other for a moment. Celestia wanted to convince him to stop this madness, but he wasted no time charging at her. He pulled out a dagger and threw it at her. She dodged and tried to shoot him. He side stepped and was nearly in front of her. Celestia used another shield to stop him.
He didn't stop. He kept hitting the shield, with his bare hands. Meanwhile, Celestia looked at him, wincing every time, he punched her magical shield. His face... anger all over his face. Brute force was his weapon and hatred his power. She could feel the negative energy inside him. She never sensed this kind of emotions in one creature.
And it was all her fault...
The shield broke, she couldn't take it anymore. The man jumped and grabbed her by the neck. He slammed her into her own throne's stairs. He moved higher and slammed her again. He repeated the process, until he reached the throne. Blood followed their way, marking every spot, where he slammed her.
At the top, he slammed her into the throne, breaking the wooden sitting spot and her left wing. Before she could cry out, a hard fist made contact with her face. Then another hit came from the left side. Another from the right, then the left and this went on for a while. Every time he punched her, he grunted, growled and shouted. His own hands started to bleed, the skin was torn apart.
Celestia started to lose conscious. This man somehow defeated her. She was too scared to defend herself.
Defend her own subject...
She expected another punch. It didn't come. She opened eyes and saw the man, gritting his teeth and holding up his fist, to strike her. He was panting and growling, eyes narrowed.
Instead hitting her, he grabbed her by the neck and pulled her up. He squeezed her throat as he pushed her against the wall.
''I need answers before I kill you.'' He said trough his gritted teeth. ''First, why are the humans are slaves? And if you don't give a proper answer, I force you to watch your subjects die!''
Celestia coughed. She felt her insides burning and some blood trickled out from her mouth. She tried to look into his eyes, but they already gave her nightmares.
So with shut eyes and choked voice, she started. ''T-the humans... *cough* ... they came to Equestria. *Pant* Th... they didn't want to cooperate. They- *cough* hurt the ponies. We locked them, but they kept- *cough* coming. Th-they wanted to take over the land. *cough* I had no choice. *Cough*'' She explained hardly.
''How did they became slaves?! I asked you a fucking question!'' He hit her once, she grunted and he continued choking her.
''*Cough* We wanted to use them. They wanted to- *cough* *pant* to use us, so we punished them. Soon... everything turned out bad. My subjects brought *cough* more humans and use them... as... slaves.'' She winced, as he raised his voice.
''AND WHY DIDN'T YOU FUCKING STOP THEM?! You knew what your little shits were doing and you let them do it!''
''I-I'm *cough* sorry. I- I didn't mean to-''
''YOU DID THAT TO MY PEOPLE! THEY HAVE FAMILY YOU WORTHLESS BITCH!'' He punched her. ''THEY HAD A FAMILY! I HAD ONE TOO!'' He punched her again and threw her down on the stairs.
He went down to her and picked her up again. ''And thanks to you, I'm not gonna able to see them again!'' Another hit. ''MY PARENTS!'' The bones in her face started to crack. ''MY LITTLE SISTER!'' She wanted to scream. ''YOU HAVE A FUCKING SISTER TOO! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU LOSE HER FOREVER?!''
That last hit sent her flying away a few meters. Her limp, broken and bloody body couldn't work. Half of her face was covered in her royal blood, mostly her snout. Her wings broken and hurt.
She opened her eyes and looked over to her crown, lying on the floor. Only, to watch it being crashed by the man's foot.
He had every right to hate her... to kill her. She made a HUGE mistake. His words filled her mind. How would she feel, if she's never gonna be able to see her sister. She lost her once and felt terrible. And there she was, holding a brother away from his sister.
She glanced at Luna. She was lying on the floor, several cuts and bruises all over her body. Discord hovering above her, grinning...
She felt sad, bad, tired and shameful. But mostly... disappointed...
How could she forgot such things. She did exactly the opposite, what she taught to her subjects. Friendship, kindness, generosity, honesty, loyalty and happiness. And what she caused to the humans? Everything that doesn't contain these joyful things.
And now... she has to face with her death as a punishment...
''Do you know what am I going to do?'' Asked the man. A mad grin on his face, that shoved his strong teeth.
Celestia looked fearfully at him. She didn't want to know, but he will tell her anyways. She could only accept her fate...
''I'm going to make you as MY slave. And you will watch me, as I make every living pony in Equestria, as a dirty slave.'' His voice was filled with insanity. The madness in his eyes, his twitching arms. He lost his mind...
... and he was enjoying it...
''I'll rape your mares, lock the fillies and torture the stallions. I'll burn this land to ash and hang the corpses above the smoke and flames. I'm gonna make you witness the death of your worthless subjects.'' His grin was sick. His whole appearance was sick!
''And meanwhile... I will watch... and laugh...''
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''Madness is one kind of chaos, human. It makes everything crazy and disaster will be all over the place...'' Chuckled darkly Discord.
Loud cheering could be heard in the distance. The human hung his head.
''It's over... Equestria failed...''
''It sure did.'' Agreed the draconequus. Then he remembered his question.
''So... still don't know how you managed to do that?''
The man shook his head slowly, still looking down. ''No.''
''I would say, your hatred and anger pushed you forward. Your desire, to take revenge... so powerful. YOU are powerful.'' Said Discord.
''Maybe...'' Said quietly the man.
''You're a powerful human. You did a really good job... an impossible job, of course. But still...''
''That's just it.''
Discord was confused. They just defeated Equestria and the human act like he did something wrong. In a way, it was wrong, but still... he should be happy.
''There is no human, who can defeat an entire world. Starting from the lowest place and fighting through the sorrow and death. Killing hundreds and thousands. Turning into something, something that isn't a human. I drank blood, ate meet, feed on insects. Like I'm some kind of animal. I freed slaves and became their leader. There are probably thousands and I dare to say, millions of human in this world. And they respect me and see me as their great leader. I faced down three god. A mortal against immortals.'' He took a moment to collect his thoughts.
''It's impossible to accomplish. Even with your help. Even with the griffins and other humans. Defeating a god is something, that a human can't do. Impossible.''
''There are still a lot of unanswered questions. Too much. I don't know how I did that... or how I even THOUGHT about doing that. I can't find the answers for these questions...''
Discord nodded. He understood what he was saying.
Then the man thoughtfully 'humm' -ed and looked over the land.
Then he spoke up...
''Am I... not a human?''
The End
