Guardian Chap 17

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 17

"Come on Twilight or we'll miss the chariot." David shouted upstairs. "Okay, I'm coming give me a second." She shouted. The day had finally come for Twilight and David to meet Princess Celestia at Canterlot Castle. As instructed by Luna's letter their dress was formal and they were ready to leave at 2:00 sharp. Until Twilight discovered she had misplaced her Gala dress. David was still downstairs stomping his feet as he walked back and forth in the library lobby. "You keep walking like that and you'll burn a hole in the floor." Spike said. "No jokes Spike please, this is really important and I don't want to be late." David said. "I'm not joking; you're literally burning a hole in the floor. David looked down and saw he wasn't kidding.

His shoes had transferred his fire powers down into the floor and had nearly burned clear through it. "I guess I need to relax a little bit." He said as he sat down on the couch. He began to think of how much progress he had made in his training since the weekend began. Not only had he mastered his Air element powers but he had also mastered the Shadow Guardian transformation spell in one day. All that was left for him to master was lightning and Solas had told him that it would be easy. His thoughts were soon interrupted by a clopping noise coming down the stairs. The noise revealed itself to be Twilight in a beautiful light blue dress covered in stars and sparkles. She was also wearing beautiful shoes that matched her dress to a T. "So how do I look?" She said flashing the dress in his direction. "You look amazing Twilight. I hardly recognized you." He said blushing.

"Uggghhh!!" A disgusted Spike said with a sick look on his face. "Well we better go now or the Princess will wonder where we are." She said as she walked toward the door. "Catch you later Spike. Don't burn down the Library okay?" David said smiling at Spike as he left the Library as well. "Hey you can count on me!" Spike said puffing out his chest. As soon as David had shut the door, the sound of wings caught his attention. He turned to see a chariot coming from the sky being drawn by two Pegasus guards in golden armor. Twilight quickly hopped aboard and was followed by David. As soon as they had boarded the chariot rose into the sky and flew toward the castle in the distance. "I wonder why Princess Celestia wanted us to dress formally. Do you think we'll be meeting some important pony folk?" David asked looking at Twilight. "I don't know. Maybe we're having dinner and she wanted to dress fancy for it." She said straightening her dress. After a few minutes of flying they finally reached the castle landing area where some royal guards were waiting for them.

They quickly approached as David and Twilight stepped off the chariot. "The Princesses have ordered that Ms. Twilight Sparkle be taken to the throne room to meet Princess Celestia. While the Guardian will be escorted to a different location to meet Princess Luna." They said with unflinching expressions. "Different location? What the Hay does that mean?" Twilight said her eyes narrowing. David was a bit shocked by Twilight's language, but he had used the H word a lot around her and it did make sense for her to convert it to a pony style of swearing. The guards merely turned around and led the way ignoring Twilight's question. "You're cute when you're suspicious." David said smiling slyly at her. "Oh shut up." She said nudging him with her hoof. As they continued to walk deeper into the castle David was able to admire the artwork and design of the castle for the first time without being nervous. His attention was soon broken when they reached a T shaped intersection.

"The Guardian will go left, while Ms. Sparkle will go right." The guards said, breaking into two groups and walking in different directions. As Twilight walked off in the other direction David began to grow nervous. "If you two do anything to her, I'll turn you into glue! You hear me!" He shouted. But the guards ignored him and kept walking. "Be safe Twilight." He mumbled as he walked down a flight of stairs behind his guards. As the guards led David deeper and deeper he began to wonder if they were taking him to a dungeon of some sort. That thought was soon crushed however when he was stopped in front of a strange gray door. The guards opened it and motioned him in. "Princess Luna awaits you at the end of this hallway." The first guard said shutting the door.

David immediately turned and walked down the hallway at a quick pace. The hallway was so dark he had to use his fire abilities to light the way as he walked through the inky blackness. He soon reached what appeared to be a small throne surrounded by statues of Alicorns. "Do you like my throne room Guardian?" A cold evil voice whispered from behind. David turned and began to draw his sword only to have his hands and feet grabbed by strange dark tendrils and spread them apart in the shape of an X. The sound of his sword clattering to the ground, along with the strange pulsing groan coming from his restraints sent chills up his spine. "Where are you Nightmare Moon, and where's Luna?" David asked struggling against his restraints. The dark and shadowy figure of Nightmare Moon appeared right in front of him, only something was different. "Your face…" David said startled. Nightmare Moon's once elegant face was completely burned on one side.

Her once blue skin was now a hideous dark black and was covered in red patches, obviously where the skin was attempting to repair itself. She quickly covered her scar with her wing and glared at him. "Yes "my face". She said mocking him as she slowly walked around his suspended body. "You're the reason my face is like this! When we met in the woods you're Dark Guardian vortex was so strong that it shredded the right side of my face completely!" She yelled with her muzzle in David's face. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean for that to happen." He said. Nightmare Moon burst into laughter that shook the whole hallway. "You're sorry!? YOU'RE SORRY?! The Guardian is sorry that he hurt poor Nightmare Moon?" She sarcastically said. "YES I'M SORRY! Even if my job is to stop you, I never meant for that to happen." David yelled. Nightmare Moon slowly walked behind him and turned around. "Well in that case…. I'm sorry FOR THIS!!!"

A swishing noise filled the air and ended with a horrible burning sensation on David's back. He screamed in pain at what had just felt like someone had dug claws into his back and down into his heart. "Did that hurt Guardian? I'm sorry." Nightmare said giggling to herself. The noise filled the air again and the same sensation filled David's back with even more pain than the last. "Yes Guardian, I'm sorry. I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY! I'M SORRY!" She screamed as she continued to bring down whatever was causing David his pain with every scream of I'm sorry. The pain continued until he felt like he would pass out. Nightmare reappeared from behind him holding what looked like a cat of ninetails whip. "I offer you one chance. Join me, and I can give you everything you want. Power, Wealth, Prestige, your Parents." She said smiling. "My… parents…?" David said mumbling through his pain.

"Yes… I can return them to you. All you have to do is give me your element bracer and sword and I will have all the power I need to bring them back to you." She said her emerald eyes shining in the dim lit hallway. David didn't need to think about his answer. He spit directly in Nightmare Moon's eyes much to her displeasure. "YOU LITTLE BRAT!! I OFFER YOU EVERYTHING AND YOU DARE DISRESPECT ME!!" She yelled, her voice once again vibrating the hallway. "My parents… died protecting me in that car crash. Bringing them back, would only make their sacrifice mean nothing to me. I will never join you." He said slowly pacing himself to get the words out. He could tell Nightmare Moon was furious. Her eyes burned, her horn was sparking black magic and he could see her teeth grinding. "Very well… then I have no choice but to kill you now." She said as she slowly picked up the Guardian Blade from the ground with her magic and pulled it from the scabbard.

"Any last words, Human?" She spat as she raised the sword above his head. "Do your worst." Nightmare smiled. "I can most certainly do that." She said. Time seemed to slow down as David braced for impact, but to his surprise it never came. He opened his eyes expecting to see Nightmare Moon, but instead he saw Twilight, Princess Celestia, and Luna all in the throne room, all with smiles on their faces. "Congratulations David. You truly are the Equestrian Guardian." Luna said. Next Chapter: Chapter 18 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 35 Minutes