Man of War
Chapter 120: Chapter 118 Autographs And Books
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I had stayed on the porch long after they had left to think about everything that has just transpired. Exploding ponies, logic defying backpacks, spirits and souls.... I need something normal. I turn around and....
"Oh shit!" I yell as I fall back. Floating behind me is the white wisp from the other day. I just stare at it, waiting to see what it does.
"Vis enim harmonia sive chaos?" It asks in an echo-y voice that helps put me at peace. I stand back up and look back to the wisp as I think about what it asked.
"Sed est concordiam in chaos." I reply, making the wisp quiver a bit.
"Fortasse. Sed non in vobis ... nondum." It replies before fading away. I take a moment to try to register what just happened. The... spirit thing... just spoke to me. OK. What the fuck?! Not yet? Whats does that mean? Fuck it, I need something normal... I guess now would be a good time to give Luna her gift. I go inside and fetch the other phone before taking the Mico platform to Canterlot...
FLASH
SMACK
"Son of a..." I say as I rub my head. I look around the room and silently curse Hammer. He added a few tings to the cave, including a fucking chandelier, drapes that go from the chandelier to the edges of the walls, and white cabinets over the kitchen area. I shake my head and go to leave the cave... only to see that he put a fucking red door over the entrance. Kind of obvious. I go and leave the cave..
"Hello there..."
"GAH!" I yell as I jump back. "Night Fury, what the fuck are you doing here?" I ask as I try to collect myself. I take a look at him and realize that he's not in his armor. He's a dark purple with light grey hair and eyes. His mark seems to be a splotch of black with white dots.
"I was going to go to your place to receive my training." He states simply as I leave the cave.
"Look... we'll have to do that another time, we simply aren't ready to train anyone right now. I need to speak with Luna..."
"She's asleep." He says as he follows after me. "Well... I requested the day off..."
"The day?" I say as I stop and look back to him. "You need a month off for Spartan training. No exceptions... unless you decide not to do it." I say before continuing down the mountain.
"I'm going to do this.... though I have to ask. Aren't you afraid I'm going to tell anypony about Spartan training?"
"Ha! Yeah no. First off, you have to live. I've seen guards fight and... yeah, you don't exactly..."
"Hey! I'm Captain of the night guard..."
"And Luna was abducted twice! Good fucking job." He pauses when I say this and stares at me in disbelief.
"When did the second abduction happen?" He asks as he continues after me.
"Don't worry about it. I've resolved it. Second, if you somehow pass, there's only a three percent chance that you'll turn against us and brake the rules. Spartan training will get in your head and change the way you view the world. I guarantee it." I stop and look at the two towers of the castle. She's the one on the left... right?
"And what if I'm part of that three percent?" He asks as he stands beside me and looks out to the towers.
"Then I kill you. There are three of us that would be forced to drop everything and hunt you down. We would not stop until you, and everybody you told, were dead..."
"Even if it was Luna?"
"..... even if it was Luna." I say as I take a deep breath and look back to him. "Let me warn you though, if you try anything like that, I will torture you beyond belief..."
"I won't say anything to Luna. I am Night guard, I'm loyal to her, and I know she wouldn't ask." He says as he looks out to the city. "Since we're not doing anything today..."
"Actually, go ahead and take the platform. It will take you to my home. From there either go to the library or the farm to the right. You'll find one of the other Spartans there. Talk to them about setting up a date for training." I say as I walk off and flair my heels.
"Where are you going?" He asks as I pause and ready myself.
"Like I said, I need to talk to Luna." Before he could say anything else I launch myself into the air.
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Perspective: Night Fury
I watch as Miles launches himself into the air and start crawling up Celestia's tower...that should be interesting. I turn back and enter the... what the buck? Why is this cave so well furbished? I walk in and have a look around. Everything seems to be new and unused. Though I guess it makes sense. If it is for a princess to use, it makes sense for it to be top of the line. I look around the room and take a look at the circles in the center of the room. I guess that's the Mico platform Miles spoke of... OK, how do I use this? I step around it cautiously, trying to figure out what exactly I'm suppose to do. Not seeing anything better to do, I step onto the circle and wait.
"Maybe you need to say..."
FLASH
"WHAT THE BUCK!" I yell as I jump back. That thing is freaky. I'd rather fly then take that thing again. I shake my head and take a look around. I'm in a small grey room that has a window behind me... and that's it. How does he expect me to.... aw buck. He bucking tricked me. This is probably a starvation room where I'm suppose to die. Better luck next time dummy, you left the window open. I jump up and push it open, giving me more then enough room to slide out and gain my freedom.
"Hey! What are you doing in there!" I pause to look at....
"Oh my god..." I mutter as the pegasus stallion flies up to me and confronts me.
"What were you doing in there?" He asks as he folds his arms and stares at me.
"Oh...uh, the guy who lives there was trying to lock me in a closet so I would starve to death." I say as I suddenly realize how stupid that sounds.
"Right.... look. Miles is my marefriends neighbor, and according to her, Miles is a good guy. I don't believe you for a second..."
"Your mare friend? But the tabloids say that you're single." I say as I put one and one together. "OH MY GO...."
"SHHHHSH!" He says as he shoves a hoof in my mouth. "Look, I'll let you off the hook if you keep this to yourself..."
"And an autograph!?" I ask/demand, smiling as best as I can to help convince him to agree.
"*sigh* fine. An autograph to. You have a pen?" I look around and just smile some more. "Right, you don't have anything on you. Look, either go get something for me to sign or forget about it. I'm already late for meeting with Dash...."
"OK! Uh... I'll be back here as soon as possible... don't go anywhere." I say as I take off and head for Ponyville. I need something he can use to sign... and something to sign. I can't believe HE'S here! We have to get some beers... though he did say he was here to see his marefriend. I think he said her name was Dash. Hmmm.... I don't know any Dash's. Whatever. I look around town, trying to find somewhere that could possibly have both the things I need. Well... I guess the Library could have both of the things I need. Plus I can meet this Spartan stallion. I bank to the left and start my decent towards the large library, making it to the door quickly.
"Hello? Anypony here?" I ask as I step inside the library. I look around the room and start idly looking for anything that may have what I want.
"Be right there." Says a slightly familiar voice from upstairs. I turn around and...
"Spike?"
"Night Fury! Whats up? Aw man, I haven't seen you in years! What brings you to Ponyville?" The little purple dragon says as he runs up to me.
"Hey, I'm actually here for three things. I need something that I can get signed, a pen, and to find somepony that's a Spartan." I say as I look around the room some more. "Where's Twilight? I thought she was your care taker."
"Oh, she is. But she had to go to Canterlot for a pop quiz. She actually should be back anytime now if you want to say hi." He says as he goes to a drawer and starts to go through it.
"I'm actually in a hurry right now, I'll have to come back and say hi..."
"SPIKE! GOOD NEWS! I PASSED!" Twilight yells from behind as she burst through the doors. She slides to a stop when she see's me and puts on a big smile. "Hey! I haven't seen you in awhile, what brings you to my Library...."
"Night Fury?" Says some stallion behind her. I lean over and....
"Storm Cloud." I say through gritted teeth.
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Perspective: Miles
I climb onto the balcony and shut off my magic. Walking up to the double doors, I take a moment to collect myself. Should I tell her about everything that happened the past few days? Maybe it would be better to leave certain details out... like my killing two ponies. At least for now. I open the door and walk inside....
"This isn't right." I say as I look around the room. The layout is exactly the same as Luna's, only the furbishing is different. Instead of being dark purple and black, the bed sheets are red and golden yellow. The desk has been painted white and contains several open books. Other then that, the rooms are exactly the same. I turn to leave the room when I paused and looked back at the books. Curiosity getting the better of me, I walk over and look them over.
"Of course I can't read them, they're in pony text." I say as I flip through the pages of one. This one has a thin red lining on the outside and is dated on every page. What could this be? I lift it up and look at th....
CLICK
Oh shit. I turn and run over to the door as it slowly starts to open. I get out as quickly as possible and launch myself to the other tower. I quickly get inside and slam the door shut, waking Luna up.
"HUh!? What? Miles? *yawn* what are you..."
"I might be in trouble." I say as I look at my hands and see the book. "Scratch that, you're in trouble." I say as I toss the book to her. As she catches it I look around for a hiding spot, choosing the nook by her bed.
".... why do you have Celestia's diary?" Luna asks me.
"I.... well... to be honest, these towers all look the same..."
"Miles." She says as she gets up and walks over to my horrible hiding spot. "What were you doing in my sisters room?"
"I thought it was yours! I stepped in, went to leave... saw the book..."
"And took it!? Nopony reads her diary! Its... her diary! This is an extreme invasion of her personal..."
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK
We both freeze as a knocking comes from balcony doors. Luna looks to me before throwing the book at me. Before I could do anything, she runs over to the doors and opens them up.
"Hiii Tia." Fuck.
"OK Luna, funny prank, now where is it?" Celestia asks.
"Where's what?" Luna asks, sounding slightly guilty.
".... seriously? Sister, your little pranks are fun and all, but this is a little too personal. Now may I please have my diary back?"
"But I seriously don't have your diary..."
"Then can I come inside and have a look around?"
"No." Luna replies quickly. Nice Luna, nice.
FLASH
"Honestly sister. Sometimes I think you think everyday were Nightmare Night." She says as she walks around the room. I take a deep breath as I flare my hands and set an illusion spell on myself, hopefully this will work... I hope.
"But I don't have it! What if one of the guards took it? Or what about one of the maids..... or Philomena." Luna says desperately as she follows her around. I look up to see Celestia look straight down at me... and tilt her head in confusion.
"Uh... sister. Why is there guards armor in your room?" Luna walks over and looks at me as well, slightly shaking her head.
"Um... I... wanted to try my hoof.... at.... enchanting?" She says as she walks over and sits beside me. OK... lines at elbows... hurry it up already.
"Enchanting?"
"Yes. I requested this from the guards before I went to sleep and... was... trying to figure out... hooow..... Miles made those strength buffs?" She says as she glances down to me then back to Celestia.
"Strength buffs." She states simply. "Why would you want..."
"Stronger guards of course!" Luna says, cutting Celestia off. "I once saw Storm Cloud do some... things that an average pony couldn't do, so I wanted to see if I could duplicate it for our guards." She says as she tries to put on a convincing smile.
".... and how is it going?" Celestia asks, genuinely interested. AW COME ON! I'm almost to my shoulders!
"I haven't figured it out yet, but I won't give up yet. Well look at that, I technically should still be asleep. It was nice talking to you sister, but you know... nocturnal and all."
"Oh.. of course. You know, it probably was Philomena. I need to go have a word with that pesky bird..." She says as she starts to turn away.
"Wait." Luna says, getting her to pause. "Can I have a hug?" Oh now your just being mean.
"Of course sister." She says as she walks over and embraces Luna. They hold each other for a bit until Celestia finally breaks the hug and starts to leave the room. "If you see it anywhere can you please bring it to me." She asks before leaving.
"Will do." Luna says as she escorts her out. With them out of sight I release the spell and sigh in relief. "IIII love you sister." Luna says over my sigh.
"I love you too sister. Well I won't keep you any longer. Sleep well." I wait for the door to shut before I sit up and look back to Luna with a large smile.
"So, working on mimicking my enchantments eh?" I say as I pull myself onto her bed. She laughs a little as she runs over and jumps at me, knocking us both off the bed, with me landing on bottom.
"You, are a jerk." She says before she gives me a kiss.
"It's ok though, I'm your jerk." I say before I give her a kiss. She pulls away from me and stands up, moving back to the bed. I get up and lay beside her as she eyes the book. "Luna...."
"Just a page...."
"NO!" I say as I try to take the book away from her. We end up spending who knows how long wrestling around. Me trying to take the book from her as she tries to keep it away from me.
"Come on! Just a page, please!" Luna says as I finally take the book from her.
"No Luna. This is too..."
"Please?"
"Luna I said..."
"Please?"
"I said..."
"I'll do anything you want."
*eye brow raise*
"Anything?" I ask to clarify.
"Anything." She say as she gives me her bedroom eyes.
"Oh sweet Barbra..."
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