Guardian Chap 29

by ~Sunjian54

The Equestrian Guardian

Chap 29

David quickly threw off his jacket revealing his Guardian Armor as he reached into his bag and quickly withdrew his pistol. "Do you HONESTLY think you're human weapon can hurt me Guardian?" Nightmare Sol said as she slowly walked toward him. David's heart was pounding in his chest. Every one of his emotions was going haywire. He was worried that he couldn't save any of the girls despite their screams driving him insane. He was angry that he hadn't seen Nightmare Sol's arrival sooner despite all the ways Celestia had been acting. As they both circled each other waiting for a chance to attack it was she who spoke first.

"Do you hate me now Guardian? Do you hate me for taking poor Princess Celestia away from you before you could get your apology? You should be scared of me. I have more power than you can ever imagine!" She said her red eyes glowing. "You didn't stop me before and you won't stop me now." He said drawing his sword. "Oh… but would you really strike down the ruler of Equestria?" "YOU'RE NO RULER!!!" He shouted, despite his entire body shaking with fear.

"Oh but I am! I now control Celestia's body, which makes me the ruler of Equestria and you do know what happens if you try to fight me don't you?" The realization of what she meant hit David like a ton of bricks. If he even tried to fight against her he would be breaking the Guardian Oath and basically signing his own death warrant. She had him trapped by his own moral code. "However… I am anxious to test my new powers." She whispered as her mane shot into the ground and began pumping dark red magic into the ground. Suddenly dark black creatures appeared from the ground. They were pony shaped creatures and had bright red eyes, but nothing else. Just black creatures with red eyes that were walking toward him.

"Eliminate him, my dark minions." She said as she sat back and smiled. David wasted no time in attacking the creatures. He slashed one through the neck causing it to disintegrate like smoke from a fire. He then turned and fired his pistol into two more of the shadow creatures causing them to vanish as well. This continued as until his pistol ran out of bullets. "Playtime's over." He said putting both hands on his sword. "Fire Element: Burning Blade!" The sword burst into white hot flames as he rushed forward and began to cut down the shadows in slashing frenzy. The sword sparked and shot flame as it cut through shadow after shadow with vigor. It danced like a torch in a dark cave as it was swung back and forth in an effort to turn the tide of the fight. But while the sword's fire burned, David's was beginning to go out. His breathing was heavy; he couldn't find time to catch his breath. The creatures kept coming and he kept swinging as fast as he could to avoid being surrounded.

However his energy was soon depleted and he fell to his knees exhausted. "Giving up?" Nightmare Sol said smugly. David slowly stood to his feet. He could barely breath, his muscles ached, and his vision was beginning to blur. "Not…. Even…Close." He gasped as he brought his sword back up in front of his face. "Very well then." She chuckled as the shadows all disappeared. "Let's see if you can fight me as well as you did against them." She said as she began walking toward him. David's legs felt like lead weights. His body was so terrified that it refused to move. She stopped inches from his face and got close enough for David to look right into her burning red eyes. "From now on…" She said her breath like ice. "Whenever anypony speaks of the Guardian… it will be told that he helped give birth to the greatest power Equestria had ever seen. And that he died trying to stop it from destroying everything." She whispered as she created a glowing red blade that appeared to be made out of magic. (So this is where it ends?) David thought as she raised the blade above her head with her magic. (Was everything I did for nothing?) Time seemed to slow down as the blade began falling toward David's neck. (No… It was worth something. I found a family that actually cared about me. Yeah… that's definitely worth something.) He thought as the sword continued to fall.

A sudden clash of energy woke David from his thoughts. "CAPTAIN BIO!?!?" Bio had shielded David from Nightmare Sol's sword with his tail. He quickly broke contact and lashed out at her. Only to have his tail blocked by her magic. "Fool" she said as she hurled Bio by his tail into a nearby pillar. "BIO!!" David screamed. David was shocked. Bio had just saved him from Nightmare's attack, but had been brushed aside like a weak filly. "Anymore tricks Guardian? Or are finally done fighting me?" Nightmare Sol went unanswered as David merely stood there. Suddenly a dark light enveloped him. It faded soon after to reveal David in his shadow Guardian form. "I will end this, before it begins." He growled as he dashed toward her at full speed. "I have to win. Everyone is counting on me!" He said as he leapt into the air. "DIE!!!!!" He shouted as he came down toward her, only to be met by a storm of red tendrils. He hacked and slashed his way through them on the way down.

"YOU WONT STOP…" He suddenly stopped as a tendril shot through his chest. His breathing suddenly became labored as he noticed that the tendril had gone right through his armor and through his body. "How…?" He gasped as the tendril brought him up to Nightmare Sol's face. "I control Celestia's body, which means I can use dark AND light magic. It's amazing what a light tipped tendril spear can do." She laughed as she carried him toward the window. She then looked out toward the beautiful Equestrian land being washed with rain and looked back toward David who was still impaled on her tendril. "Today marks the end of the Sister Reign. Today is the birth of the new Dark Eclipse Empire. Goodbye Guardian… You won't be missed."

David looked back toward Twilight and the other girls tears flowing down thier faces.

"I'm sorry." Was all he had time to say as he was flung from the tendril and out into the storm that was raging. As he fell toward the ground below, his ears were filled with Nightmare's laugh and the sound of Twilight's and the others screams. His vision fading he saw wings approaching him at fast speeds. "Angels… I guess I am gonna die." His vision grew even foggier until he lost consciousness, the wind still rushing in his ears. Next Chapter: Chapter 30 Estimated time remaining: 2 Hours, 23 Minutes