Guardian Chap 11

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 11

"I don't know about this Rarity." David said as she dragged him by the sleeve toward the spa. "Ridiculous, you need to relax and the best way to relax is to visit the Ponyville spa." She said as she entered. As he entered David's nostrils were graced by different aromas. Wheatgrass, lemon, peppermint, all mixed into one.

"Here." Rarity said handing him what appeared to be a bathrobe just his size. "I made it myself, that's why I overslept." "Thanks Rarity." He said trying it on. It fit perfectly. "Welcome to the Ponyville Spa Guardian." A pink pony with a lotus cutie mark said. "Thanks miss uh…." He said hinting for her to tell him her name. "Oh my name is Bubbly." She said smiling. David nodded as he sat down with Rarity and looked over the spa menu.

"You can do whatever you want and I'll pay for it." Rarity said smiling. David looked over the menu trying to find the cheapest options. Unfortunately, cheap was not one of the prices on the menu. He decided to truly relax he would go with the back and arm massage combo, and add the hot tub treatment afterwards. "Are you ready mister David?" Bubbly said as he put the menu down. "I'll catch up with you and Fluttershy later Rarity." He said as he walked off. As Bubbly led him down the hall toward the spa rooms, David could not take his mind off of his training. Why had he failed to perform even the first ice spell? He had been doing fine up until that point and he didn't know why. Had he just hit a wall that he couldn't climb yet? Or maybe… "Here we are." Bubbly said opening the door to a Japanese esque room.

Little fountains of water with Lotus blossoms lined the corners of the room and right in the center was massage bed big enough for David. "You're Masseur will be here shortly. You can just leave your clothes and other items over there." Bubbly said pointing at a small chair in the corner. David thanked her and began to lay his sword, pistol and necklace along with his cloths on the chair. He then climbed onto the massage bed and waited. The door soon opened and a dark blue mare with a gray cloud cutie mark entered the room. "H-Hello I'm Midnight Cloud and I'm your masseur today." She stammered. "A pleasure to meet you Midnight Cloud. I'm David." He said smiling at her. "Oh everyone knows who you are. I'm just kinda nervous. It's my first day." She said trying not to blush. "I promise I'll do my best." David lay out as instructed and let his mind wander as she began applying oil and lotion to his tight back and arms. "You're so tense." She said nervously. "It's a good thing you came here." She then began to gently press down on David's back causing his spine to crack. She also began to loosen his strained muscles in his neck, arms, and back as he continued to relax his body under her strong but gentle touch. "If it's alright, do you mind if I dose off."

He said holding back a yawn. "Oh no. Go right ahead." She said shifting her hooves over to his right arm. He slowly closed his eyes and for a moment listened to the sound of the fountains until sleep overtook him. "Back again David?" A familiar voice called. "Yes Solas, I have questions." The black stallion smiled as if to say "I bet you do."  "Solas, no matter how hard I try I can't control my Ice element powers. I can't even master the first spell. Am I not doing something right?" The stallion laughed at his question. "Did you honestly think that it would be easy to learn all of the elements? It is true that the past elements have been second nature to you, but having the body adjust from Water to Ice is not easy. You have done nothing wrong, you're body just has to adjust to be able to harness the power of Ice." He said with a kind smile. "Now then, wake up, you've worked yourself too hard and you need to enjoy your relaxation time." David yawned and opened his eyes to a pain in his back.

"Oh, I'm sorry Guardian, you just have a lot of tense buildup here, and I'm trying to loosen it. I…. almost…. Got it." She said as she gave one hard push, causing David's back to finally loosen up. "Now then… if you'll follow me, I'll take you to the bath area." She said leading David out of the massage area and down the hall toward a large room. She opened the door revealing a gigantic room with both a large hot tub and a large pool. "The pool is an ice bath, while the hot tub is for relaxation." She walked over and began to add cold water to the pool, and that's when David noticed her eyes. They were a glossy emerald. David was suddenly scared, could she really be…? No she couldn't be… but she did know a lot about him, and if David was so famous how was it that he was assigned a brand new masseur? "I want to thank you again for your service Midnight Cloud. Or should I say Nightmare Moon?" He said hoping that his judgement wouldn't come back to haunt him. The black pony stopped adding water to the pool and turned to face him, a smile on her face. "Impressive work Guardian, I wouldn't expect anything less from you." A sudden blast of energy knocked David into the ice cold water. It was colder than he thought! He felt like the water had sucked his strength from him. He struggled to catch his breath as he climbed out of the pool.

"H-How did y-you manage to r-reincarnate yourself?" He stammered, his teeth chattering from the cold. "As I said in your nightmare I've been feeding off your dark energy. While I can't make a body of my own, I can corrupt and control others." She said with a sadistic smile on her face. She suddenly lunged into him pinning his body against the hard concrete wall. "Go ahead and scream for help, nobody can hear you." She pressed her hoof down on his neck. Hard enough to make breathing difficult, but not hard enough to kill him. "Now then…" She said as she began to breathe in very slowly. As she did, David could see dark tendrils being pulled from his skin and being sucked into her breathing mouth, it felt like she was sucking his very soul out of his body. However she stopped before he thought he would pass out from the pain. "Thank you for the energy, I feel even more powerful now.

"Any last words before I kill you and take every bit of energy you have?" She said placing both of her front hooves on his neck, prime to crush it with one hard push. His adrenaline was flowing like crazy, he had to do something to save himself, but he was so cold he couldn't use any of his powers. He suddenly had an idea, it was crazy but it was the only thing left.

"Actually yes, Freeze." He said as slammed both hands on her body and began to crystalize water around her, freezing her in place. She screamed as the water continued to crystalize until only her eyes were left uncovered. David stared into the emerald eyes that were burning with pure hatred. "I said it before, and I'll say it again." He mumbled as he began to lift massive amounts of water from the pool and form them into multiple ice spears. "Go to Hell and this time stay there." He whispered as he released the massive burst of ice spears that peppered her entire being. "Cold and calculating. That's what triggers the ice powers. Being cold and calculating." He said as he continued blasting her with spears. As the ice barrage faded he noticed that the pony's color had changed from black to purple. This must be the real Midnight Cloud, he thought as he picked her up and carried her back to the spa personnel.

"DAVID!!" Rarity cried as she and Fluttershy came running up to him, still covered in facial cream. "What happened?" she asked as David laid the mare down onto a massage bed. "Bad Service." David said as he began to form ice cubes and wrap them in cloth and place them on Midnight Cloud's bruised body. In the end David had learned his Ice powers, but he had discovered something even worse. Nightmare Moon could now manifest herself in anyone's body. His fear was causing him to shake, and he now realized that Nightmare Moon was definitely someone to be scared of. Next Chapter: Chapter 12 Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 4 Minutes