Nocturne of Shadows

Joshua raised an eyebrow and brought the Ipod up, ready to change the song.

I shook my head, “I would wait until the ponies got over that first.” I looked at Applejack. “And calm down... It’s not real.”

She grumbled as we continued walking back. By the time we reached the edge of the forest the sun was rising and the ponies had regained their pose and were walking as far away from Joshua as they could. I decided to be nice and walk near her...

I swept a hand out with a grin, “Welcome, to the town.”

Twilight looked at me, “It’s called Ponyville.”

I held back a laugh, “That... That sounds rather stupid.”

She sighed as we walked towards the town, whose every resident was waking up.... Well, this is going to be fun. They stared at us as we passed them, I swear that they looked really afraid of us. Eh, fuck them to!

We reached the library and I saw that the black crystals that were surrounding the door were on the ground. Twilight opened it and looked around, “Spike!”

The little dragon ran down the stairs, “Yes?”

“I need you to send a message to Celestia.” She pulled out a scroll and handed it to him.... When’d she write that? He grabbed it and sent it off in his strange green fire.

I sighed and winced as my arm began to hurt, “Hey Twilight? Can I get some aspirin or something, my arm is beginning to act up again.”

It was at that moment, a knock on the door was heard, “Candygram!” Jesus Christ that sounded like Batman mixed with Old Man Witherstine.

Twilight trotted... That sounds retarded in my mind, over to the door and opened it before groaning, “Another one!”

“Nah, just observing mooks.” And in walked a man as tall as me with black hair, goatee, black jacket and shirt, he also had grey eyes, and jeans walked in and saw me. He smirked, “What do you know, there’s one now.”

I raised an eyebrow and walked over to a chair, “Eh.”

He turned Joshua, “You alright? Didn’t overwork yourself, did you?”

I pulled out the book and started reading the cover, “History of the Crystal Empire.... Huh.” I opened it and started reading.

“The Crystal Empire, an ancient empire said to predate the founding of Equestria. The Empire was ruled by a line of incredibly rare ‘Crystal unicorns’ who could wield magic long forgotten by pony kind and the Empire itself. The last king was a unicorn by the name of Quartz Crystal, who was renowned for his discovery of magic even greater then the Elements of Harmony. To read more about King Quartz Crystal, turn to page 428”

I was brought out of my reading when the guy spoke up, “PUCKER UP BOY! TIME TO MAKE YOU A MAN!”

I paled and reflexively turned into shadow and sunk into the basement. Evading the crazy man whore. However forgetting that the first floor’s floor was the basement’s ceiling. I groaned as I laid on the ground before shaking my head and reading again.

“King Quartz Crystal was the son of King Emerald Crystal. He was a well respected mage. He experimented with multiple types of magic and discovered The Crystal Recording spell, The Twisted Time spell, and his most famous discovery, The Crystal Heart. For more on the Crystal Heart turn to page 723.”

I raised an eyebrow before turning the page. This guy sounds rather cool... I mean time twisting spell? Awesome!

“Crystal unicorns are a rare race that are in all essence a crystal pony with a horn, old studies show that they showed the same strength as an earth pony. There are also reports of crystal pegasi that contained the same strength, although the reports are rather rare considering there hasn’t been a crystal pegasus for eons.”

So that’s how they classify the types... I mean I could tell what they were before hand but still, it’s nice to know precisely what they’re called.

I flipped to page 723....

“The Crystal Heart. Created from pure emotion, solidified into a heart shape by King Quartz Crystal. It was created out of the love for his daughter, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, an equally rare ‘Crystal Pegasus.’ During the creation of the Crystal Heart, King Quartz was overtaken by the evil unicorn King Sombra, who killed the king and banished the princess to a faraway land. To learn of King Sombra turn to page 973.”

My eyes widened a bit as I traveled to page 973... Evil unicorn Sombra... What?

“King Sombra, also known as The Dark King, was the unicorn who overthrew the Crystal Empire and enslaved the entire population. His reign is covered in shadow, the only thing known for sure is that he was banished to the ice caps by Princess Celestia and Luna.”

Well color me a Branston Pickle. Sombra was a regular jerk ass.... This does not bode well for my meeting with the two that imprisoned him.

After I had closed the book I heard some new footsteps overhead along with what sounded like new voices. I think royalty has arrived. I closed my eyes and focused on flying up through the floor, I felt the feeling of ice cover me before I felt myself pass through the floor and considering I’ve been doing that for a while I’m really fucking tired. Opening my eyes I saw a tall white pony with a multicolored mane who had both wings and a horn along with a dark blue pony with... Stars for a mane... Huh, this is gonna be really fucking fun!

“Hi, welcome back.” The guy that tried to molest me said from behind me.

I rolled my eyes, “Good to be back....” I noticed that my eyes had the purple on the edges again and that the area around me seemed darker... WHY DOES THAT HAPPEN!? I shook my head and caused the purple to disappear.

He chuckled and stuck his tongue out as he sat on a seat, “Nyeh.”

I looked at the white mare, “So.... I take it you’re the princess?”

She smiled politely and nodded. “Yes, I am Princess Celestia, and this is my sister Luna. I assume that you are King Profion?”

I grinned and chuckled a bit, “Yes... I am.” I sighed and groaned as my arm spiked in pain. “God damn it... I hate broken arms.”

The man behind me groaned, “Oh goddammit...”

I looked at him with a grin and raised my right hand, “Yatatatatata.”

He then glared at me, “Do it again and you’ll find a dead animal in your food...” he growled.

I grinned and raised my hand again, “Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta.” All of a sudden, a skeletal hand popped out of the floor boards and gripped my throat.

“You were saying...?” He growled.

I smiled uneasily and looked at my throat before shrugging.... Can’t rightly talk right now can I asshole? The hand shrunk back into the floor as he sighed tiredly.

“Dammit I should have tried something else...”

I grinned and rolled my eyes, “Try getting turned into shadows and creating seventy foot tall crystal stairs.”

“Fuck stairs.” He said simply.

I looked at him with a hurt expression, “My life was saved by stairs. All I got was a broken arm instead of, say, a broken neck!”

He shrugged, “ Ain't that a shame.” He said coldly. I DO SAY WATSON! HE’S A DICK!

I shook my head, “And I’m considered insane...?”

Celestia raised an eyebrow, “I take it you have an artifact as well?”

I said nothing as I pulled out the sword and stabbed it into the ground, it was a fancy way of showing them the awesome design, but it caused my armor to fall off into wisps of darkness. Causing me to scream a little as my arm fell to my side via gravity. I looked down and blinked at my Skyrim shirt and blue denim jeans. “Oh hey my clothes. And oh shit my splint.”

The man sighed as his hand glowed green and my arm began to glow as well, “Hold still dumbass, I got this.” My arm began to shoot with pain, but it then faded away, causing the man to fall to his knees and was breathing heavily, “Fucking hell...”

I moved my arm a couple times before helping him up, “You fixed two broken bones in one go.... I think we need some fucking food.” I looked at him. “Thanks by the way.”

The man glared at me deadpan, “I expect some money later. I don’t work free ya’ know.” ... What. A. Dick.

I rolled my eyes, “I’ll try and get some money later.”

He nodded, “Good. About sixty of whatever currency these ponies run on will be fine. Until then, food sounds amazing right now...” He sighed.