Guardian Chap 18

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 18

"You mean to tell me that was all a test?" David said confused and furious. Luna shook her head. "Yes and no. Yes in the fact that we needed to see if you would remain loyal to Equestria even when offered other things. No in the fact that we were also seeing how you would react to Nightmare Moon's presence, without her corrupting someone." She said pacing back and forth. "While you were practicing your magic, Luna and I decided to visit the Earth to study humans." Celestia said, her kind voice revigorating David's heart. "However we were surprised to see how many humans betrayed their beliefs for trivial things such as money, power, or other foolish things. We wanted to make sure that you were not like that." She said smiling.

David was still slightly annoyed at the test they had put him through, but he had to admit it did make sense. There are a lot of evil misguided humans on Earth, and it made sense to see if he was worthy of the title he had been given. He turned and looked at Twilight whose face was looking quite anxious about something. "Did you know this was gonna happen Twilight?" "Yes. Princess Celestia told me what they were planning when I got here." She said quietly. Even Twilight knew before he did. "Have I proven myself now?" He said reattaching his sword to his hip, since it was still lying on the floor. "Yes, more than enough." Celestia said stepping to the right of him. "It is now time for you to receive the present I mentioned a few days ago in my letter." Luna added as she stepped to the left of him. "And the only way to receive this gift is through the power of the Element of Magic, and the blessings of the ruling figures of Equestria." Twilight finished as she stepped directly in front of him.

They had arrayed themselves in a triangle shape around David. They stood a few feet away, with their horns pointed at him. "David please raise your bracer into the air." Celestia said, her horn glowing with energy. David slowly raised his arm into the air and watched as all three of the mares around him began charging energy in their horns. "Now David… Behold the Guardian Armor!!!" Celestia bellowed as all 3 beams collided with the bracer and showered David in light. The colors he saw were beyond description, light and dark colors collided and combined, only to be broken by a lavender wave that he guessed was from Twilight. The colors clashed in front of him, passed through him and even stuck to him only to be blown away by a mysterious force. Throughout all of this, David felt mysterious warmth flowing through him. His heart raced and his mind cleared as he felt himself being lifted by the magic.

"Yes… Yes… I won't fear the darkness ever again. I AM THE GUARDIAN, WHOSE SPIRIT BURNS LIKE THE RISING SUN!!" He shouted to the colors as they slowly faded away, and set him back on the ground. As he stood back on his feet after the light show, David noticed he was now in a suit of armor. It was made of what looked to be overlapping scales and pieces of metal. The armor was also colored bright silver and was adorned with a crest of the Equestrian Royal Seal, half sunrise and half crescent moon. The armor reached down all the way to his feet covering him from neck to toe with armor. It also had a strap with which he could place his sword around his waist and slip his father's .45 pistol into a small holster that was also around his waist. David admired the armor and how it was just like he imagined it to be until he noticed Luna approaching with a helmet. He slowly raised his hand noticing how light the armor was and how easy it was to move as he told her to stop.

"I don't want the helmet. If I'm to take on this role, I want the ponies of this world to know what I look like." He said smiling. "I was hoping you would say that David, because I've arranged a small party to honor the first human Guardian ever." Celestia said gleefully. David's heart leapt into his throat. "P-Party your majesty? As in hundreds of guests coming to meet me?" He said trying not to collapse. "Well of course! That's the only way to show all of Equestria's finest who the Guardian is and… are you feeling alright David?" David couldn't hear Celestia's voice at all.

The thought of him standing in front of hundreds of ponies who he knew would judge him by his appearance made him sick to his stomach, so much so that he suddenly collapsed. As everything around him turned black, he noticed a green pony off in the distance of the throne room. The figure however disappeared as he finally passed out of consciousness.

When David finally came around he noticed he was in what looked like a small room in a tower like he had read in fairytale books. He was lying in the bed, there was a bookcase directly across from him, a sink, and right near the door to the room was his armor on a stand with his sword set up in a rack, just like in a museum. His senses snapped back to the door as it slowly opened to reveal the same green pony he had seen earlier. "Good you're awake. Get your armor on and follow me. You're needed in the Banquet Hall." The pony said gruffly before shutting the door. "Gee that was friendly." David said as he climbed out of the bed. "I heard that." The gruff voice responded from outside.

David slowly approached his armor, the sunset rays shining off of its polished surface. It was then that a thought suddenly slapped him upside the head. "How the heck am I supposed to put this thing on?" He whispered. The armor had just magically been given to him; he didn't know how to put any of it on. "Oh well, better try anyway." He slowly reached out and touched the armor. Only to be met by a rush of warmth and a flash of light that nearly blinded him. The warmth rushed all over his body and put him completely at ease. It was then that he noticed as the light faded that he was wearing the armor! He gripped his hands testing the armor, it was still as flexible as he remembered and it had somehow responded to his touch if that was even possible.

He decided he would ask Celestia about it once he got down to the party, which he assumed, is where he was wanted. He slowly reached out to take his sword from the rack and gently hooked it around his waist. He looked over himself in the mirror that was set up in the small room. It was strange, but looking at the armed warrior staring back at him from his reflection made David feel very happy. He was finally doing something with his life; he was finally doing something that would make his parents proud. He turned from the mirror and walked out the door to the pony waiting for him, who was calmly sharpening a sword kept around his body. "Good you're ready, now follow me." He said almost grunting. As David followed this pony down the marble steps of the castle he could hear the sounds of the party just below him. He recognized music by DJ Pon-3 who Twilight had introduced him too. The music reminded him of what a lot of his friends listened too in High School that he himself had never gotten into.

As they continued farther down the steps David began burning images into his mind, that way if he ever got lost he would know where to go without asking for directions. "We're here." The pony said gruffly as he opened the door to the hall to reveal a party in full swing. The music was blasting, ponies were dancing and talking, but what really got David's attention was Princess Celestia on stage singing karaoke her face flushed bright red. "Enjoy the party." The pony said as he walked away. "Wait! I didn't get your name." David said. "Bio… Capt. Bio of the Equestrian Royal Guard." He said as he disappeared into the shadows. David continued to look where Bio had disappeared at but his attention was soon diverted by a scream from the party. "OH MY CELESTIA!! IT'S THE GUARDIAN!!!" A female pony screamed. The party immediately stopped in its tracks, except for Celestia who was still singing her drunken song despite their being no music.

David had barely taken two steps into the party, but he knew what to do at that moment. Run… and run very fast. Which he did, only to be followed by a stampede of fan ponies who had never even met him. The chase went everywhere, from the castle grounds, to the chariot landing pad, all the way back to the banquet hall. Since the chase was never going to end David decided instead to use his shadow powers to turn into a shadow and move through the party to reach Luna and the others. He slowly slithered almost like a snake as he moved from shadow to shadow until he finally materialized next to Luna and Twilight who jumped when he appeared.

"All the mares at this party are crazy!" He mumbled as he sat down next to them. "They only want to meet you." Luna laughed. David's focus switched over to Celestia who was now engaged in a drunken conversation with some of her guards, who were also drunk off their hooves. "Should we be concerned Luna?" He said pointing his finger at Celestia. "No, Tia always gets like that when she can enjoy a party."

"Yeah, but's she's gonna have one heck of a headache in the morning." David said laughing. He then looked over Luna's shoulder to see that Twilight had fallen asleep in her chair. He couldn't blame her, it was late and she was probably exhausted. "I better take her up to her room now." He said standing up and wrapping his arms around Twilight's body. "Very well, be careful and goodnight David." Luna said as she took another sip from the cup of wine she had in her hoof. David slowly maneuvered his way through the party, hiding behind pillars and guards as he made his way toward the exit. As he finally cleared the party and began walking up the stairs to Twilight's room, he felt her stir in his arms.

"Where am I? Where's the loud music and the dancing?" She asked opening her eyes. "Back downstairs sis. You're exhausted so I'm taking you to my room to rest." "But I want to PARTYYYYYY!" She whined lazily. It was obvious that she was so exhausted that she almost seemed drunk, but David knew Twilight would never drink. "No. You're tired, I'm tired, we are both going up to my room and going to bed." He said with force. "Fine." She huffed as they reached David's room. As he slowly opened the door and laid Twilight on the bed he slowly placed his hand on his armor and it quickly vanished off of his body. "I thought so… I can control when and where the armor goes just by thinking it." He said noticing the armor was back on the stand. He looked over his shoulder to where Twilight had fallen asleep again on the bed. He slowly took her dress off so she wouldn't ruin it and then climbed into the bed himself. As he looked out the window at Luna's beautiful moon, he wondered what tomorrow had in store for him. Next Chapter: Chapter 19 Estimated time remaining: 3 Hours, 27 Minutes