Guardian Chap 10

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 10

David was once in the strange temple he had been in before his fight with Trixie. This time however he knew exactly what to do; he took off running toward the center of the temple. As he ran past the pillars with the unreadable runes, the memories of what had happened last time flooded back to him. The silhouette, the voice, and the light. He needed to know who that pony was. He quickly reached the center of the temple, but this time there was no light and no pony. David continued to search the area, especially the strange alter in the middle of the temple, but there was nothing to see.

"Why…? Why am I here, if you won't show yourself?" He said asking the world around him. Suddenly a bright light flashed in front of him and the silhouette was once again on the alter. "So you have returned, I have been expecting you." It said. David guessed it was a pony judging by its shape, but its voice was the voice of what he thought sounded like a god. The voice was deep and logical. David could feel the power in it as it reverberated off the walls of the temple. "Expecting me?" David repeated. "Yes, for I am the first…" the voice said. "The first what?" David asked. The pony rose up on its hind legs and shouted, "THE FIRST GUARDIAN!!!" The voice was so loud that it knocked David off his feet. "I have long awaited the return of the one who take the title of Guardian." The figure said. It stepped off the alter and approached David the silhouette fading to reveal a black stallion with silver hair and green eyes. "I am Solas, and you young human have a lot to learn." Solas said. "Well I won't disagree with that, but I'm learning the element powers like I'm supposed to do." David said.

Solas laughed, "There is more to being the Guardian then just learning your powers. I mean you must understand the power you control. I do feel however that you are indeed a worthy Guardian." He said smiling. The smile made David feel more at ease, but he suddenly felt a light feeling in his body. "You're about to wake up." Solas said. "Wait I have questions, what do I do to harness the shadow element? What kind of power do I have access to?" David asked, but he could already feel himself slipping away. "If you have questions, then meditate and talk to me. For we are both the Guardian and are one with each other."

David awoke to his wrist watch beeping in his ears. As he tried to move his arm to check his watch however, he noticed that Twilight had rolled on top of him pinning him to the bed. "Twilight… Twilight I need you to get up." He whispered. Twilight slowly opened her beautiful lavender eyes. "Good morning little sister." "Good morning big brother." She said. David stared into her eyes for a long time until he noticed that the sun was already pretty high in the sky. "Oh man, what time is it… 8:30!!!!!! I'm gonna be late!!" He yelled jumping out of the bed, and throwing Twilight off of him. He quickly dressed and grabbed his spell book and a piece of bread on the way out the door. "See you later David!" Twilight called out as he ran. "See Ya!!" He called back as he ran as quickly as possible to the Ponyville Lake.

He arrived at the lake side at 9:00 sharp, but Rarity was nowhere to be seen. She'll be here, David thought as he walked out toward the edge of the lake side to begin his Water training. He had turned the book to the right page and began looking over the 1st spell. The spell was a water shield and involved bringing the water up to chest level and creating a circle of water to stop attacks. David began practicing the motions until he heard a voice call out to him. "David, wait please! I'm coming!" He turned to see Rarity running full speed toward him and the shore. She put on the brakes as she skidded to a stop right beside him. "I'm sorry I'm late David, I overslept. I had been up all night working on a new design and time escaped me." She exclaimed her cheeks red with embarrassment. "It's okay, I woke up late myself." David said turning again to the water's edge to practice the movements.

"So… what should I do darling?" "Just sit there and look pretty, oh wait you already look pretty. So I guess just sit there." David said smiling. Having felt like he had run through the spell enough in his mind, he began to focus on the water. He placed his hands palms toward the up and extended and acted like he was turning a valve. As soon as he did the water jumped from the lake and formed in front of him like a shield. "You did it!" Rarity cried. David thrust his fist in the air, unknowingly sending a column of water shooting into the sky and falling on Rarity soaking every part of her. "Oops… sorry Rarity." David apologized, but he could see sorry would not cut it. Rarity's eyes were burning with fire as she used her horn's magic to pick up some of the water from the lake herself. "So it's a splash fight you want? Well then IT IS ON."

She hurled the water at David who quickly put his hands up which strangely stopped the water in its path midflight. He flashed a mischievous smile as he redirected the water back at Rarity causing her to scream as she was soaked a second time. Rarity wasn't done however, she continued to hurl water at David and he continued to hurl water at her. The fight went on for a while until David noticed the book had 4 spells checked off. "Rarity wait!!" Rarity stopped and looked at the book as well. "Well I guess you need to learn the 5th spell now." She said wringing out her soaking wet mane. David picked up the book to observe the spell only to see that the water chapter was divided into 2 parts. The first 5 spells were water spells, while the last 5 were ice spells. He couldn't believe his luck he was actually going to learn ice spells!

After mastering the 5th water spell which involved pulling water from the world around him, negating the need for a constant water supply he was ready to learn his first ice spell. The spell was supposed to allow him to make a giant icicle spear which he could throw, but no matter how hard he tried the water would not solidify. David tried and tried and tried, but each time the water became less and less closer to becoming an icicle. His blood was beginning to boil, the other spells had been easy, why was this one so hard? He began to force his power on the water for one last try, he put everything into forming the icicle, every bit of force he had.

Only to have the water explode in his face for his efforts. "WHY CAN'T I DO IT!!!???" he shouted sending sparks flying from his fists in his anger. "Darling… you need to relax, water is the calm element and you're not very calm right now." An idea suddenly popped in to Rarity's head after saying that. "Why don't you come to the spa with me? It might relax you, and they have a pool you can practice in." She said smiling. David shrugged, why not? What did he have to lose? As he gathered his things and followed Rarity to the Spa he realized he had hit a speed bump in his training. A bump that needed to be cleared fast. Next Chapter: Chapter 11 Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 10 Minutes