A Promise Not Forgotten

Dan:

“Father?!?” I asked. “What the fuck?”

“Yeah, it’s a complicated thing. I’d rather not go into that…” Discord said.

“Who the fuck is the mother?” I asked.

“What part of ‘I’d rather not go into that’ didn’t you understand?”

“Ok. Is that why he knows your weakness then?” I asked.

“Yeah, I won’t lie, it sucks,” He said.

“Wana talk about it?” I asked, mocking Discord.

He responded with a glare, “No, thank you, Dan,” Discord said sarcastically.

“Where is Colin?” I asked as we walked down the halls. We do a lot of walking don’t we?

“He is coming this way, actually,” Discord said.

“Wait, you know where he is?” I asked.

“The fact that humans don’t belong here is chaotic in itself, you three emit a field of chaos that I can pick up,” Discord said.

“That’s nice,” I said as he led us to Colin.

“Hey, if you are some super badass soldier back on Earth, then why don’t you like killing as much as I thought you would?” Discord asked.

“Nobody likes killing, it’s just incredibly easy,” I responded flatly. I’ve never been the one to have flashbacks, but that doesn’t mean I don’t think about these things. I wish I didn’t have to kill, but somebody gotta do it!

We rounded the corner and saw Colin walking towards us. “Hey, where you been?” He asked.

“Talking with Iron Hoof, not much else,” I said.

“Really, I thought he didn’t like humans,” Colin said surprised.

“He just doesn’t like you,” Discord said sharing a laugh with Dan.

“How the fuck is that old colt still alive anyway?” Colin asked.

“Jeez, that’s a little mean, even by my standards,” Discord said.

“He knew Prophet before he changed, that was like a hundred years ago!” Colin said.

“He does have a point,” I said looking at Discord.

“He had some help along the way,” Discord said a little unamused, but that was normal for him.

“From…” I said implying that I wasn’t satisfied.

He gave me a look, “Take a wild guess, genius,” He mocked.

Colin jumped in, “Prophet?”

“God, no! Vis!” Discord said surprised at Colin’s guess.

“How do you know about Vis?” I asked.

“Helloooo! Inter-dimensional being sent to destroy powerful entities! You would think that I know when one is this close to me.” Discord said. “So, how have things been Vis?”

“Alright,” The voice of Vis radiated through the hallway, but he didn’t reveal himself like he did to Iron Hoof.

There seemed to be an awkward tension between the two. Discord looked down with an expression on his face that screamed ‘I don’t want to be here.’

“So, yeah! How about them awkward moments!” Colin said. He always said something stupid when things got quiet, unless Aidan was there to beat him to the punch. Aidan is a master of small talk.

Discord glared at Colin, “Dan, don’t you think it’s time Colin got a bit of ‘training’,”

I laughed as I quickly caught onto his plan, “Yeah, it’s about time!” I said with a grin.

“What training?” Colin asked.

*SMACK*

I slammed a fist into his face which sent him flying down the hallway.

“Remember, Dan, he can’t regenerate like you can,” Discord said as he slowly walked over to Colin. “Meh, a few broken bones never killed anyone,” He said with a smile.

“Oh, right, I’ll be gentle,” I said as I walked over to Discord and Colin.

Colin’s jaw was broken and he lay there bleeding and moaning. Discord extended his talon over Colin and used some kind of magic to heal him. It worked just like ours and just as fast. Time for him to experience the first hand pain of regeneration.

“Hey, Colin,” I said.

“What,” He replied looking up to me, pissed as all hell.

“Time to train!” I said as I knelt down beside him.

“Fuck you…” He said lying his head back down.

I grabbed him by the throat and threw him out the window. Discord glared at me, “What? Too much?”

We both jumped out of the window and followed him down. He summoned a parachute made of light to slow the fall as Discord flapped his wings to stop and hover just above the ground. I, however, had nothing and slammed into the ground full force. Not my brightest idea.

“Come on, Dan! Time to train!” Colin said picking me up with a hand made of light. The more I think of it he is like Green Lantern.

“Fuck. You.” I coughed out before he threw me across the gardens.

I concentrated more energy into my regeneration so it went by faster. The pain was still there though, just magnified. Colin summoned wings so he could fly around, the little rat bastard.

Discord landed right next to me as I was getting off the ground, “I will put up a force field so you idiots don’t break anything,” He said as a green dome formed over us. I expected it to be blue, but I guess it varies from pony to… pony, well, draconequues.

I looked up to find Colin flying down to me wielding his enchanted sword. I looked him dead in the eye and said, “I have a sharpie… I will make you pay.”

Aidan:

The whole time we ran to Canterlot not a word was said between Prophet and me. I kept running fast as hell. Now our main concern is getting to the castle and killing anypony who tries to stop me. As I pass through towns the ponies who know what I’ve done try to stop me only to be viciously murdered on the spot.

I’ve noticed that I have gotten bigger since Prophet’s arrival. I am pale and my dark clothes with holes littering them make me look like an addict. The scars covering my body are innumerable and they help with the intimidation factor. It screams: don’t fuck with me. I suppose that’s what is going through the minds of the guards who run at the sight of me.

Canterlot should be close at the speeds I’m going. “Prophet,” Holy fuck my voice has changed. “What am I supposed to do when I get to Canterlot?” I asked.

Take the throne. From that castle we will rule over the remaining empire of Equestria. Anything that stands in your way will have to be killed.

“Sounds lovely,” I said.

Am I really going to do this? What did they ever do to deserve this? Why me? Why am I so God damn important to this world?

You still haven’t figured it out, have you? You are more stupid than I remember…

Don’t you mock me you ass. What the fuck do you want with me?

I want a second chance to unite this empire.

And how the fuck is killing an entire nation going to fix that?

Helping them take over didn’t help. Gryphons are a feeble minded species and are prone to war. They don’t think like ponies do.

So why are you attacking Canterlot?

Celestia…

What do you want with her? You know she would never help you!

She wouldn’t… but she is the only one stopping me from ruling over everybody. She insists on being ‘politically correct’, what bullshit. The only way to truly rule over these petty creatures is with an iron fist and readied sword.

So you plan on murdering anything that stands in your way? Why, so you can sit on a throne of corpses? What is there to rule over if everything is already dead? Nopony in Equestria would bow to something like you; you would kill them all first.

When I’m done with Dan and Colin there will be nobody who can stop me! Luna will flee, scared for her life and Celestia will stand to the death; which I will happily bring her… I loved her once, but then I saw how much better off this world can be without her. Join us! Help us rule over Equestria! Nothing could stop us!

What about the Elements of Harmony?

Those are child’s toys compared to the power I wield. They wouldn’t do anything to us. How incredibly noble, even when there is nothing left for you in this world, you still would die for it. You sicken me…

I do what I do because I promised!

And why is that so important? Some sort of self-guideline? We all know that you don’t have one. Is it for love? No, you don’t love anybody here. Is for Colin or Dan? No, you only care about yourself. You don’t want to be left alone again. I can help you! Join me!

Dan:

While Colin had his expertise in swords I am now a conduit of sheer force and speed. Needless to say, this will be fun.

“Fuck you, Dan!” Colin said as he swept in and attempted to slash me across the chest. I blocked the blow, well… rather swung my arm in the way. The sword sunk deep into the bone, but the pain is getting more bearable. If I focus more I can work past the pain.

“Bad move, sandwich man!” I said before grabbing the sword and stabbing it through one of the wings. The light-made wing quickly shattered into little shards of quickly fading light-glass. They all dispersed long before they hit the floor.

Colin, now with one wing fell to the floor beneath me. “You ass!”

I thrusted the sharpie at his face and marked his neck. “Could have got ya there!”

He got up slowly while starring daggers at me.

“You have to be quick, never let your guard down!” I said as I sprung towards him. Colin responded by tripping me with a blast of light. I faceplanted and looked up at him. There were four arms extending from his back. “You’re really gonna do this?” I asked.

“Yep,” He said before the hands flew toward me and started hitting me.

“Oh, you dick,” I said as the four arms flew at me. Sure they are made of pure energy, but like anything, can be broken. They shatter easily but these arms are different, more durable, but still breakable! When I grabbed one and broke it off the other three grabbed my arms and started to punch me in the face. “Cheap shot!” I said between swings. Colin’s fourth arm had regenerated and started hitting me again.

“Think of this as payback,” Colin said with a smile.

“Fuck you…” I said as I ripped the arms holding me from Colin’s back, making them vanish. The other two broke off with a punch and a kick.

I dove for Colin and threw him into a wall. Discord, who was watching from a tower, quickly healed Colin before I reached him.

“Back off!” Colin said as the four arms sprung out again and threw me across the garden and into the statue of Celestia in the middle.

God damn, why did she have to be an alicorn. The statue’s horn was sticking right through my chest as I looked back at Colin. Snapping it off and falling to the floor I started healing. I also realized that I now have a weapon.

“Done yet?” Colin mocked as the arms flew towards me.

“Just getting started!” I said hitting the arms away with the club I wielded.

Time to end this child’s play. Colin needs to be ready for whatever Aidan does to him.

I ran as fast as I could up to him as he sent all kinds of light-made objects at me. I could have sworn I saw an anvil. I reached Colin and swatted away the arms protruding from his back and grabbed him by the throat. “If you want me to stop, you have to make me!” I said choking him.

The muffled gasps from Colin didn’t make me stop. The color was fading from his face and the glowing arms started receding back into Colin’s back. “You have to stop me with your powers!” I nearly shouted at him.

Then everything went dark and a loud zapping sound filled my ears. When all the commotion was over we were standing on a hill. Not just any hill, a hill on Earth. I could see buildings in the distance and people in a park. “What the fuck?” I asked as I dropped Colin to the ground. When I let him go the world flickered and we were both standing in the Canterlot Gardens again.

“What the fuck did you just do?” I asked not knowing what to think.

“I don’t know,” Colin said gasping for air.

Journal Entry 07:

As I write I am travelling to Gryphondor. The gryphons have agreed to help overthrow Celestia. The only way to unite these feeble beings is to put them at the top. I will rule over everything when it is all over. Gryphons are prone to war and will do anything they can to get what they want. With my resources and their numbers we can have all of Equestria conquered within the next two years.

Journal Entry 08:

I have met with the General of the Gryphon Nation. He was more than pleased to join in my cause. Not only did he join me, but offered me a rank in his army. I am now the leader of the primary strike force that will be attacking Canterlot. I have no regret for what will happen to the ponies inside. Mendax vanished long ago and hasn’t done anything to stop me so far. Celestia and Luna are the only true opposition for me now.