Guardian Chap 15

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 15

"How's David, Twilight?" Applejack asked generally concerned. "Not so good AJ." All of the ponies sat in the lobby of the Library, worried about their friend. "He's so traumatized by the events yesterday that he won't talk to anybody." She said while she helped Spike with his organization duties. "He never leaves his bed, he won't eat, he won't even say hi when we walk in." Spike added. "Oh dear, I wish we could do something to help." Rarity sighed. "Maybe we could throw him a party!" Pinkie squealed as she jumped up and down on the couch. "I don't think that will work Pinks." Rainbow said looking out the window. "Rainbow's right. I reckon the only person that can snap him out of this is you Twi." AJ said looking directly at Twilight. "You're right AJ; I'll try talking to him tonight." She said as she placed the last book on the shelf.

David sat upright in his bed; horrible sights of what he had done flashing through his vision. His eyes filled with tears, everything he had done, and everything that had happened was his entire fault. He felt so cold and alone after the incident. The hugs of all his friends from the night before and the kiss Twilight had given to break the Shadow elements hold seemed so far away. "I'm just a shell now…I can't even feel my own heartbeat anymore." He lay back onto the bed and closed his eyes.

"Please…Please… someone make the darkness go away." He whispered as he fell asleep. "It won't go away. You have to make it leave." Solas said as David awoke once again in the strange temple. "Solas you know what the Shadow element is capable of, and you saw what happened when it got control of me." David said. "Correction… I saw what happened when you let it control you." Solas grunted. "The shadow element feeds off of emotions David. When you let it loose you were feeling uncontrollable anger. Which is why you lost control and became the Dark Guardian, and nearly destroyed the entire forest." "Yeah I'm still recovering from that. Thanks for rubbing it in." David sighed as he sat down on the alter steps.

"However you need to understand that the Shadow element itself is not evil. It requires you to keep your emotions in check. Feeling fear or rage lowers your defenses and lets the shadow element run your body." He said putting his massive hoof over David's shoulder. "While feeling the drive to protect someone or the love you have for someone else, keeps you in charge and lets you control the power." "So the Shadow element itself is like a massive increase in power, but you have to keep it under control or you risk letting it corrupt you, right?" David asked staring at Solas's green eyes. "That's right. In fact the Dark Guardian is actually called the Shadow Guardian. It's a temporary transformation that gives you a massive increase in speed, power and your elemental abilities. All by harnessing the Shadow element itself. The danger with this transformation however is losing control and falling prey to the Shadow's power." He added.

"So basically if I know not to fear it, and know that I'm in control of it. Then the Shadow element could be one of my greatest powers." David said smiling. Solas patted him on the back. "Exactly. See you understand this thing perfectly. You shouldn't be scared of it, so get yourself out of the funk you're in and go spend time with Twilight and the others. They're really worried about you." He said walking back toward the alter. David could once again feel the light weight feeling, he was about to wake up. "Thanks Solas. For everything." He said as he vanished. "Don't thank me David. You're figuring this out on your own. I'm just supposed to put you on the right path." David awoke with a start to see Twilight lying next to him. "I came up here to check on you. We wanted to see if you were okay." He slowly wrapped his arms around her body. "I'm fine now. I finally realize that I shouldn't be afraid anymore. I have a family behind me and a reason to fight. If I remember that, then I will never fall prey to the Shadow element again." Twilight smiled her hair falling in front of her face.

"That's great, but what do you mean you have a reason to fight? You mean to protect Equestria?" She asked. David pushed the hair out of her eyes. "That's one reason, but the main reason is to keep you safe little sister." He said as he pulled her even closer. He could feel Twilight's tears falling on his chest as she hugged him as close as she could. Twilight looked into his eyes with a smile on her face. "The Guardian of Equestria. My big brother and the human whose massive strength…" She placed her hoof on his chest. "Is nothing compared to his massive heart." David slowly kissed her cheek. "Thanks for giving me something to fight for." He said. She cuddled up as closely as possible to him. "Thanks for considering all of us a family. Since we are a little crazy sometimes." She said. "That's okay, I kinda like a crazy family. Though… Pinkie Pie can be a bit much." He said smiling.

They both laughed until they fell asleep, and throughout the night David's ocarina played a beautiful melody, as Princess Luna played along with the beauty of her night. And as the song ended and Luna placed the ocarina on the table, she knew that David had conquered the shadow element. "Just like Tia said he would." Next Chapter: Chapter 16 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 45 Minutes