Chapter 28: Royal Guard Training, Part 6

I woke up the next morning before dawn. The others did as well. I looked over to see Al was still sleeping. We snuck out and started to do the morning streches. Shining Armor shows up just after dawn and head over to us.

"Where is Al?" Shining Armor asked.

"Still sleeping. We thought he should not miss your wake up call." I said.

"I do so enjoy doing it." Shining Armor heads inside We stayed quiet to listen. "WAKE UP MEAT BAG! GET CLEANED UP AND AHHHHH! BLAZE! GET IN HERE!"

We all rushed inside. All of a sudden we were starting to float in the air. Ok, this is new. I looked and saw Shining Armor was spinning out of control as he was trying to right himself. I used my ki and floated over to Al and of course he was still sleeping

"Al! Wake up! You need to control your powers!" I said as I shook him.

"Huh? What?" Al said as he was starting to wake up.

The gravity came back and everypony fell onto the ground. My ki left me floating.

"Morning sleepy head. What were you dreaming just now?" I asked.

"That I was sleeping on a cloud and it was floating through the sky." Al said.

Of course. Looks like Al can also decrease gravity to nothing also. "Well it is time to wake up, get changed, and we will meet you in the mess hall."

Al got up and grabbed the clothes I gave him last night. He then saw the other on the ground in goofy positions. "What happened to them?"

"Let's just say you need to work on your gravity control powers."

"I can control gravity!?"

Oh this is going to be fun. I thought as I facehoofed. I left with the others and we headed to the mess hall. As we started to eat, Al walked in and headed to us.

"Morning. What kind of grub are they serving today?" Al asked.

"Fruits, veggies, hay, and flowers. Pony food." I said.

"No meat? Why is it the meat is always gone."

"Because ponies don't eat meat. Go get something now before we have to head to the tracks."

Al walked off and grabbed several fruits. Then came back and sat next to me. Each pony went around and introduced themselves and gave a quick thing about themselves and what they can do. Both Colorful Sparks and Lightning Trails got Al when he went to shake their hooves. We all laughed when Al got zapped. Al reach behind himself to grab something, but pulled nothing out. A surprised look went on his face.

"Blaze! We have to go back to he ruins. I left my stuff there!" Al said.

"Calm down. We will have plenty of time to get your things. I don't think any creature will mess with them in the castle ruins." I said.

"Fine. But that will be the first thing we do."

We finished eating and made out way to the tracks. Again, Princess Celestia and Shining Armor were waiting there. We got in line and stood at attention. Al followed and stood at attention the military would on Earth.

"Good morning recruits and hello to our new one, Al is it?" Princess Celestia said.

"Yes your highness. Sorry about my first introduction was not how I really wanted it to be." Al said.

"I have read Captain Shining Armor's report so you don't need to fill me in. I am just glad you are back to your true self."

"Me to Princess."

"Seeing you had to break away from your survival exercise for an emergency. You will restart your survival exercise. Have fun."

Princess Celestia used her magic and we teleported away. Where we arrived looked different than we have been.

"I think the Princess sent us to another location as I don't recognize anything around." I said.

"I agree. Looks like we have to start all over and find water and shelter." Fang said.

"What about my stuff!" Al said.

"We will get that too, but it is more important we find water and shelter to survive." I said.

"I need to defend myself if we get attacked."

"You can use these then." I summoned the kunai knives that I brought with me. "You should be able to use these."

"Nice! These will definitely work!"

Al picked them up and began to spin them around to get the feel for them. I had Fang take point and I covered the rear. We walked through the forest yet again to find a water source. We also kept an eye out for Fang's tree marks. After an hour of walking, Al asked me, "So Bob, or is Swift Blaze your pony name? How did you come to Equestria?"

"I chose Swift Blaze after I arrived and been using it since. As for the arrival, I was one of the people that did pass God's test and got to choose where I want to go. I chose here and for those abilities from the show. As for my actual arrival, God was very funny by having me appear way up in the sky falling to my death. Had to think fast and used the Kamehameha blast to break the water surface before I dove in. I did break some bones but with Fluttershy's help and chakra healing. I as better in a few minutes." I said.

"So this world is like the episodes then?" Al asked in a softer voice.

"I believe so, but I can say it is not in the order of the episodes so we won't know exactly when they will happen." I replied back softly too.

"What elements of jutsu have you learned so far. I would imagine only one, maybe two as you said you only have been here for less than a month."

"I have actually learned all five basic elements from meditation in my head and shadow clone usage within."

"All five! You must have gone sage by now then."

"No I haven't. I have been busy with the mane 6 by doing stuff with them and this Royal Guard Training."

There was a loud roar nearby. We are stopped and began to watch the area. The forest was staying still. We stay silent to not give ourselves away. I looked at Al and saw his mood changed. One minute he was friendly and silly. Now he looks serious and focused, like he went through military training on Earth. He had two kunai at the ready. Another roar and this was closer. Everypony tensed up, waiting for the creature to show up.

The next roar came from another direction. Each time we hear it, it was somewhere else.

"Al, you spent 12 days here. What do you think the creature is?" Star Dust whispered.

"Sounds like a Manticore and sounds pissed." Al said.

"We haven't done anything to them." Cancer said.

"I might have killed one the second day I was here."

"Why did you kill one?" Dragon asked.

"I was hungry. I have not eaten for over a year while I was in hell. Sue me."

"Will you keep it down! It probably found us because of Al's scent. There is nothing we can do about what happened except make sure it does not kill us." Lightning Trails said.

The roar now sounds really close. We saw some leaves starting to move around us in a circle. We all watched the path and waited for the creature to come out. Without a sound, the Manticore jumps out of a bush and was flying towards Al. I pushed him out of the way and Star Dust shot a bright flash at the creature, blinding it. Al quickly recovered and sent the blades flying. They hit the creature in both of its shoulders. It cried out in pain. Dragon used his magic and slowed the creature down. Cancer, Fang, and Colorful Spark start to run around the creature and hit it in vital spots. I used my jutsu and encased the Manticore feet and claws in a stone earth to immobilize it. With the creature not able to move, everypony backed away.

"What should we do with it now?" Colorful Spark asked.

"It is still going to chase Al till it kills him." Fang said.

"Then I guess we have to kill it. Lightning Trails, would you care to help me?" I said.

We both walked up to the creature and stood in front of it. The Manticore was still angry and had the thirst to kill anything in it's way. I channel my chakra and Lightning Trails built up his energy. We both sent lightning strikes that hit where the kunai was dug in. The electricity went through its body soon killed it.

"Now what do we do with it?" Star Dust said.

"Blaze, do you have a dagger or short sword in your arsenal of weapon?" Al asked.

"I do. Why do you ask?" I said.

"I am not going to let this meat go to waste."

"You are going to cut up the body!" Dragon shouted.

"If I don't, the other creatures in this forest are going to tear it apart for the meat."

"Fine. But I am not going to drag the meat around with me to entice others to come and kill us.

"You won't have to. I will send it to the meat locker under my house. No pony can get in there." I said.

"Well, get me a knife so I can get this done quickly." Al said.

I teleported my short sword and Al went to work. "Save the pelt and the bones too. I can do something with them back home."

Al nodded and started to carve. Star Dust, Colorful Spark, Lightning Trails, Cancer, and Dragon left the area so they don't have to see or smell what is going on. Fang stayed behind as did I.

"This does not bother you Fang?" I asked.

"No. I have been around death and blood before. This does not bother me. I even hung out with some Griffins during meal times and they eat meat at each one." Fang said.

So Al cut the meat up and I sent everything to the meat locker under my house. I also sent the sword back after Al cleaned the blood off of it. We met back up with the others as they were a few yards away.

"Alright, let's get back to finding that water source and shelter." Star Dust said.

We continued the search for water when we finally stumbled across Fang's marks on the trees. Now that we knew where we are, we headed for the water first to get a drink. When the water was in sight, Al ran ahead and jumped into the water shouting "CANONBALL!" Lightning went behind the tree quickly to avoid getting splashed on and sparking out again. I just looked at Al as he was joking around. I think he finally saw my stare and realize this is not the time. He got back out and dried himself off the best he could. I sent a low heat wave jutsu wind that helped.

After the time by the stream and pond, we head towards the castle. We all knew it was the safest place to be after dark. We were about halfway there when Al just took off towards the castle ruins.

"AL! WHERE IN EQUESTRIA ARE YOU GOING!" I yelled at him.

"I AM GOING TO GET MY STUFF! SEE YOU THERE!" Al said without looking back and continuing to run.

"Cancer, go after him and make sure he does not get into trouble."

Cancer activate his magic and took off like a bullet. The rest of us kept our normal pace so we do not draw out and attention of the creatures in this forest. We made it to the bridge and saw all the fog that was not there normally, so we could see what the castle ruins looked like. We crossed and entered the castle. When we entered, we heard Cancer say something.

"You are never going to hit me when I can use my ability." Cancer said.

"True, but I always want to test out to see if the hand is quicker than the eye. Oh, hi guys." Al said.

As he said that, Cancer turned his head towards us. At that moment, Al sent a knife towards him. Cancer dodges it like he hardly moved.

"I like the saying moving faster than a blink of an eye. You taught me that Blaze." Cancer said.

"That I did. Now put those away before you poke somepony's eye out." I said.

"Hey, I am just glad everything is still here. I still wonder why there was so much wood in this grand hall when I first showed up." Al said.

"That was not normal wood. It was Timberwolves dead bodies. As to why they were here, you were not the only one who has had a rage release. I killed all of these while in my Rage Mode. I will tell you the story later. Let's go and find a big enough room to stay in."

"I agree. Don't want to be at the front door when any creature shows up." Colorful Spark said.

"I think I saw a place when I was looking for where Al went to. Follow me." Cancer said.

We followed him through the castle and over the rubble and came to a big set of doors. We pushed them open and saw they led to a library. We looked around and most of the bookshelves were empty. Figures that they empty this place when they left.

"I think this will do. Al, would you like to go and get the firewood you already cut up so we can start a fire?" I said.

"No problem. I know the way like the back of my hand. Hey, that's new." Al said as he joked around and left.

"So now that we have shelter, Al has gone to get the firewood, we need to find food that is safe to eat. Also get some containers that can hold water so we don't always have to go back to the stream."

"No problem, Dragon and I will find something to carry the water and be back in a couple minutes. Ready to race brother? First one back gets to kick the other in the balls." Cancer said.

"Oh you are so on. Ready. Set. GO!" Dragon said.

They took off like bullets and were gone with a dust cloud forming behind them. Those two will never stop racing.

"Fang and I will go and find some food for us. But I don't know if we will find something Al can eat." Colorful Sparks said.

"I think Al has some left over cooked meat he will reheat back up in that tower." I said.

"Alright. See you in a little bit."

Fang and Colorful Spark left through a busted window.

"What is the rest of us going to do?" Lightning Trails asked.

"My body for some reason is telling me there is something in this library that was left behind for some reason. I don't know what it is."

"Then let's split up and look for it." Star Dust said.

Lightning Trails, Star Dust, and I headed off in separate directions in the library. Why do I feel something is here for me to find? Why did I not feel this when the other times I came here? I was letting my body tell me where to go as the feeling grew stronger. I weaved through the empty bookcases as if I know where I am supposed to go. I finally ended at a blank wall. Well, that was useful body. Now what am I suppose to do?

"Blaze! You find something?" Star Dust shouted.

"Not sure. I am going to send up an energy ball so you can see where I am." I shouted back.

I sent one up and have it hover above the bookcases. "I see it! We will be over there in a minute." Lightning Trails said.

They caught up with me as I continued to look at the wall. "So what is it?" Star Dust asked.

"I don't know as my body led me here. The other odd thing is this is the only wall without a bookcase." I said.

"That is odd. Do you think there is a secret switch somewhere?" Lightning Trails said.

"Maybe, or there is a phrase or spell to reveal whatever is here."

"Hey guys. I brought the firewood and some meat for me. No one was by the door and then I saw that orb floating above and headed for it. Why are you all staring at a door? Watching paint dry?" Al said.

"What door? We only see a stone wall. Blaze is the one that led us here." Star Dust said.

"Well I see a door there. I don't know why you can't see it."

"Maybe because we are ponies and there is some enchantment to hide it from our eyes. Care to open it?" I said.

Al walked over to the wall and began to grab nothing from our eyes. Suddenly a black opening showed up as the invisible door swung inward.

"Now that is creepy." Lightning Trails said.

"You two should return back to the main area and inform the others what is going on. Al and I are going to go in and see what is in here." I said.

"Be safe." Star Dust said. He and Lightning Trails left.

"So what do you think is in there Blaze?" Al asked.

"I am not sure but my body is saying something is in here. I have found out humans were here in Equestria during the Medieval Ages so that might explain why a human can see the door and a pony can't. Let's go inside, carefully. I don't want to trigger a boulder or blow dart traps." I said.

Al nodded. I lowered the energy ball and had it stayed in front of us as we entered the doorway. We walked through and saw we were in a long hallway with lots of twist and bends. There were no other doors or other hallways that branched off that either of us could see. After 15 minutes of walking, we came up to another door. This one was metal and rusty. Al tried to open it, but it would not budge.

"Guess all this moisture down here as built up a thick layer of rust that we cannot open it." Al said.

"I have not let my body tell me to come this way to be stopped by a rusty sealed door. Back away from the door." I said.

Al quickly did. I stuck one hoof out and shot a thin continuous energy beam and had it act like a laser cutting through the metal. Once I went around the parameter of the door, it fell inwards towards the room. A rush of stale air escaped.

"Guess we now know this room was sealed tight." Al said.

I walked in and looked around. I saw this was a cave with no windows or another way to gain entry. Inside were more bookshelves. These were also empty. We went down each row to look for a clue in this room or why I was drawn to find it. Neither of us found anything.

"This does not make any sense. Why would my body want to come down here to an old, empty room." I said.

"I don't know. Maybe to let you know about it and ask the Princesses if they know anything about it?

"If that is the case, then why do I feel something is in here. I can't pinpoint it as I feel it everywhere in this room. There must be another enchantment active hiding it."

"How do we release it then?"

I began to think. Hmm, door leading her was an illusion so no pony would see it. It must be another illusion based magic. I looked around the room for anything that could be hiding it. It is tough to see with everything covered in dust. Wait a sec.

"Al, cover your face. I am going to try something." Al quickly does so. I went to the center of the room and began to channel my chakra. Thinking of the signs, I touched my hoofs together and said, "Wind Style! Tornado Jutsu!" A tornado started to form around me and began to collect all the dust. I then sent it out the door and dissipate in the hallway. "All clear Al. You can look now." I said with a small cough.

"That is one way to remove dust. Why did you do that?"

"I thought that the dust was hiding something so I did that jutsu to save time."

"Everything alright in there! We saw a dust cloud come out of the door." Colorful Spark shouted.

"Everything is fine. Had to do some spring cleaning." I shouted back.

I looked around the cleaned room. Some details I overlooked were now visible. There were four posts in the room, but not in the corners. I looked down and saw lines connecting them.

"Al, give me a hand and move these bookcases against the walls."

We worked together on moving them out of the way. With them all cleared, I could see what they were making.

"It's a pentagram. These four posts are at the points." I said.

"Hold up. A pentagram has five points. Why is there nothing at the fifth?" Al asked.

I went and looked at each post and saw a different symbol carved into the top of them. "You need to activate these four to reveal the fifth."

"How do we activate them?"

Just then, my head began to fill with new knowledge that I had no clue where it came from. I felt dizzy for a moment as I was processing it.

"You alright Blaze? You don't look so good." Al said.

"I will be fine. Just a blood rush to the head. I think these symbols are the four elements. We need to do display the elements on top of the pillars."

"So, do the thing they did in the Fifth Element movie, correct?"

"Not exactly."

I walked to the center of the pentagram. Once I touched the center, my body got a surge of energy. I cried out in pain from the initial shock.

"Blaze!" Al screamed out.

I then heard the others coming down the hallway. They entered and saw me in the center of he room. Before they ran towards me, I shouted, "STAY BACK! THIS ROOM WANTED ME HERE FOR A REASON!"

They nodded and stayed back. The energy was still flowing into me. It was less painful now than it started entering me. I was starting to have a white glow around me. The glow was getting brighter. My cutie mark began to spin and generate a sphere of pure white. I was soon floating off the ground and engulf in it. The sphere then shot different color beams at each pillar and displayed the element it corresponds with.

The earth element has a small mountain with snow.

The air element has a mini tornado spinning.

The water element has a geyser shooting up.

The fire element has a brilliant flame.

The others were eye struck by what was happening. They suddenly hear a voice come from the spear but it did not sound like me. It spoke these words:

I am the Air that blows in the trees

I am the Water that swirls in the sea

I am the Fire that gives us light

I am the Earth, one too strong to fight

Elements gather in this sacred place

Around the 5th, which has no face

Bring me your honor

Bring me your grace

Come now, I call you

Come now in haste.

And as it is spoken, So shall it be!

The white sphere shined out and blinded everything in the room. When they could see again. The four pillars were no longer showing the elements and a fifth one appeared. It has an old book on it with five gems slots in the pentagram formation.

"Blaze!" Al shouted and ran to me.

I was laying in the center of the pentagram. As Al picked me up I began to wake up. "Ugh, my head. Remind me not to do that again." I said as I rubbed the side of my head. "Did whatever happen cause the fifth pillar to appear?"

The other joined by me as I sat on the ground. "Yes. The fifth one has shown up. But it looks like something else has happened." Lightning Trails said.

"What? You all look the same to me."

"We did not change. You changed." Cancer said.

I looked at my fore hoof and saw I had the same coat color. "What! Did my mane change color? I won't look good as a blond! What changed! Please tell me!"

"You um . . . no longer an Earth pony. You are . . . a Unicorn pony." Star Dust said.

"I'M A UNICORN!" My hoof suddenly shot to the top and bang against something that wasn't there before, a horn. I felt the pain when my hoof banged against it. Did not expect that happening.

"I am afraid you are. Just don't mess with it or it might fall off." Al said.

Oh I just wish I can send a lightning bolt at Al right now. My horn started to glow and a lightning bolt struck Al.

"What was that for!"

"I don't know! I just thought of something and the horn did it." I said

"Looks like you need to get some teaching to learn how to use that new horn." Dragon said as he started to laugh.

"Watch it or I will send fireballs at you."

Dragon quickly shut up.

"So what about this book here?" Colorful Sparks said as he pointed to the book.

I got up and went over to take a look at it. As I got closer, it started to pulse a white aura. 'That can't be good.' It opened up and passed several pages before stopping. Al went to look over what is displayed on the page.

"What is on these pages, I can't read this chicken scratch shit. Can anypony here read it?" Al said as he held the book open.

The others all said no. When he shows it to me, I could understand it.

"Um I don't know what language it is in, but I can somehow read it." I said.

"What does it say?" Lightning Trails asked.

"I would love to translate, but I am hungry and tired. I think we should finish our survival exercise and then bring this to Princess Celestia to let her know what we discovered. Let's head back to the main library and get some food. What did you find by the way Fang and Colorful Sparks."

"We got some juicy leaves and berries." Fang said.

"Yuck. I will stick to the meat. Thanks you very much." Al said.

Al brought the book with him as we headed back to the main library. I started the fire with my jutsu. Glad I can still do that.I will need to see Twilight about this horn. I can hear her voice right now about being so happy to teach me magic. We ate all the food and replenished our thirst. Once everypony's belly was full, we stayed around the fire to stay warm. We scheduled to have two ponies stand watch for four hours while the others slept. The first two up for it were Star Dust and Dragon.

As the others began to fall asleep, I grabbed the book to look it over. It makes sense as I am the only one that can read it. It must have a reason why I was drawn to that room and why I was changed into a Unicorn. Al sat next to me as I was looking the book over.

"Blaze, I never hear of this in any of the episodes or in some of the fanfiction I have read. What do you think this is all about? From the secret room, that book, and how out you are somehow connected to them. Any thoughts?" Al whispered.

"I am not sure. Remember we only saw a small piece of this world and it has changed since we have arrived. We can never trust what happened in those episodes to happen exactly the same with us here. I have a feeling the humans that used to live here left this book in that secret room and set it up for only a human to find. As to why I am connected, I am as dumbfound as you are. Maybe once we talk with the Princesses in private, we will be able to get some answers." I whispered back.

"So what have you found about the book so far?"

"Not much. Only the first part has revealed to me of what is written. The rest of the pages I can't translate."

"So what is in the first section?"

"According to the book, it talks about something similar to the Elements of Harmony. This is a human version call the Elements of Order. The humans of the past were somehow managed to create them by harnessing the actual elements."

"We have only seen four. What is the fifth? Also why are there gem slots on the cover off the book?"

"I don't know for what the fifth could be. As for the missing gems, I guess the humans must have split them off and hidden them so it does not fall into the wrong hooves."

"How are we supposed to find them?"

"Again, I don't know. Let's sleep on it and discuss it with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna when we get back."

"Alright. Good night Blaze. Sweet dreams." Al said as he got comfortable as best he can and went to sleep.

"Good night Al." I said. Sweet dreams, yea right. My mind it so jumbled about this, I don't know if I will fall asleep. I need to meditate to organize my thoughts. I got comfortable and entered the meditation.