A Few Good Stallions
Chapter 8: So that's that.
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThis is going to be about how are hero meet his friends. -Static
"Shall I continue where we left off?" said the voice in my head.
"Do it." I told him.
"Playing Childhood entry 4."
Twilight and I walked into the light again.
Static: Age 5
Little Static kept running down the road. He was using his magic to run at and extremely fast pace. It was like time slowed down. The magic made him appear ethereal with a orange and purple aura around him. He ran into the woods but tripped on a large branch that just shot out of the ground. Static realized he ran so far that no one would ever find him. So he did the only thing a lost kid would do. He broke down and cried.
"I hate seeing you cry." said Twilight. I brought her in for a hug.
"What are you doing in my forest?" asked a small green filly who lowered himself from a tree with a vine. "This is my sanctuary and I know your not invited."
"I'm sorry. I'll leave soon." The little me told the pegasus. "I just need a minute to rest."
"Your not from around here are you?"
"I don't even know where I am."
"Were in the Everfree Forest off the road from the town of Hoofington. I live here. Pretty cool huh?" I watched as he made a throne of plants to sit on.
"That is really cool. I ran away from home."
"Why would you do something as stupid as that."
"To survive."
"That's a serious and true answer. Welcome to my forest. I am Forest Breeze."
"Static Wielder."
"That's a weird name."
"I like it. My mom did too."
"The did in that sentence sounds past tense."
"She just died. I couldn't stand to be around my hateful father and mean siblings. So I ran."
"I watched you run. I have never seen someone move like that before."
"Was I running fast?"
"You don't even know?" He laughed at that. "Wow. Your one strange dude. I live by myself as well. Everyone in my family said I was a freak so I came here to live alone."
"We both have problems." I said. He laughed again. That's good to see someone else happy.
"I can tell we are going to be friends for a good time."
"Yes. We are." End of memory.
In the Black Room
"So you meet your friend in the Everfree Forest? So many strange things happen there."
"What kind of strange things?"
"Rare dangerous animals. Mystical plant life. That's also were we defeated Nightmare Moon."
"Wow. Your amazing Twilight."
"Thank you."
"Hey Voice! Play #5!"
"You got it."
Static: Age 5. Almost 6
The little me grew a bit. He was hiding in a bush with Forest. They both had face paint and camouflage on there bodies. "Look over there." The little Static said. They were looking at the large cloud city. They left the Everfree Forest and were now surviving on their own. "What is this place?"
"This is Cloudsdale. Home to most pegasus ponies except me and many others."
"I see. Did I tell you I came from a family of pegasi?"
"No you didn't."
"That's why my dad hated me."
"That sucks. Hey check it out. There having a race up there."
Up in the sky was a dark blue pegasus racing with a group of others. One of them kicked him in the face and he fell from the sky. "Incoming!" We both barrel rolled out of the way.
"Ow!" said the Blue child. He got up with no more than a scratch. He was huge compared to us. "Who are you dudes?"
"I'm Static Wielder."
"I'm Forest Breeze."
"I'm Sky Glider. Why are you here?"
"Traveling." I said. "We're not from around here."
"Of course YOUR not. And I've never seen you before."
"I'm from the forest. Born in Hoofington."
"Boring. What do you do control plants?" He was laughing then Forest wrapped his hooves with a vine and lifted up in the air.
"Yes."
"Hey I need to get back in the race!" We noticed the other pegasus ponies waiting on him.
"Catch you losers later." He was off. Forest and I looked at each other for a second then Sky came flying back into the ground. He growled as a bunch of bullies were laughing at him for being to big.
"Hey why don't you get on the ground and fight like a colt!" I stood on my hindlegs and put up my front ones.
"Ooh Should we be scared of the little spoiled unicorn?" The leader and 6 others stood no the ground. All of them bigger than me. "Why don't you go back to your mommy!" Oh that does it. I thought of two chairs and Twilight and I sat in them.
"Buck you!" The little me tackled the leader ground and began his onslaught. One of the other ones punched him and Static gave him a dropkick. He jumped up and kicked two more in the face. One jumped on Static with all his might and bit him in the ear as the last one punched him in the gut. Static took them both out with ease.
"Damn dude. Where do you go to fight like that?" asked Sky.
"Instinct. I just lost my cool." I said. Forest summoned a plant which secreted an ointment to which he place on my ear.
"Ow what are you doing!"
"Dude one of them took a bit out of your ear."
"Oh... well... ouchies anyways." I knocked them all out. They'd probably have a concussion at worst.
Then one of the flight instructors flew down in a hurry and was pissed. "Who the fuck do you think you are hurting my students! How dare you! Get out of here now and If you come back, I will kill you got it!"
The little me said nothing and only walked away. Forest left soon after.
"Get back up there Sky!"
"No way!"
"Do you think your father wants you down here talking to this trash? Look what he did to your students!"
"The students picked on him and he fought in self defense. I'm going with him." Sky took off quickly into the woods after his new friends.
"Come back!" Too late Mister Instructor.
"You two guys are the coolest people I have met. Can I come with you?"
"The more the merrier." said Forest.
"Welcome aboard Sky Glider." I told him.
Black Room
"You even fought as a child for a good cause. Your the most complex and amazing pony I have ever meet Static. I don't know anyone who can take care of them self besides you."
"I appreciate that." I gave her a kiss on the cheek. She looked at me like she wanted more so we made out for a bit.
"Would you like the next memory or shall I wait for you finish?" That voice scared the shit out of me!
"Next memory!" We both shouted.
Static: Age 11
The little filly was much bigger than before. His fur was also a lighter shade of orange. Forest was a slim as ever and Sky was built like a tank. We were at a graveyard in the Fillydelphia. There was a burial going on. There was another grave besides my mothers that said Azure Chaser. My sister. I came to pay what little respect I could manage. I was also wearing a large black cloak due to the rain and so my father on my right and my brother on my left wouldn't recognize me. Forest and Sky were both in a hotel sleeping after a long travel.
"I hate seeing others die." I told him. My voice now that of a young adult.
"How old was she?" He was still balling tears.
"She was only 12."
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"She was in a lightning accident. The word lightning... ergh..." He just groaned in annoyance at that word.
"Not a fan of lightning?"
"I had a son named Static. I shouldn't have been so mean to him. He's probably dead or growing up evil because I blamed him for all my troubles."
"What kind of father blames a son for his problems."
"A bad one. I hated him because he was different. He's probably somewhere laughing his head off since he killed his sister." Force Chaser was delusional. He doesn't know I didn't do it but might as well let him enjoy it.
"I guess I see how you could hate him. I would to." I looked at the pony on my left. He was a red orange pony on the ground crying on top of Azure's grave. Ember. He had Long red hair and orange eyes full of hate. "Your son left because you treated him bad. He left to survive. I imagine he's trying to do right in a world of wrong." I told him. He didn't know what I had done in the past years. I've stopped wars, and I've saved lives. Celestia even knighted us. I accepted it of course as did my friends who have been at my side for a long time.
"I pray that you find peace in the next life Azure Chaser." Static said. He placed a blue rose on her grave. "Rest in peace."
The wind howled and it hit the three of us. The hood of my cloak fell down to reveal my face. There were a few scratches and my hair was still medium in length with one of the gray shades lighter in color. My eyes had bags and my horn had grown over the years. ''They both looked at me in fear. As if I came for revenge. As if I was death. I was none of these. I was only a lost pony paying respect to a lost soul.''
"You..." Ember said while angry. He stood up to fight me but my dad sat him back down. "Go now. Your never welcome here."
"And I never want to stay here. Goodbye." I turned and left.
End of memory 6.
Black Room
"That voice in your head. Is that you?"
"It's my conscience."
"You were knighted at a young age?"
"Apparently."
"Even in the end, he hated you. Why did you not say anything?"
"I thought it would be best if he learned that lesson the hard way."
"You stopped wars?"
"My friends and I stopped both griffon conflicts."
"Your amazing."
"No, I'm just one of a few good stallions."
Bedroom
We both shot up in Twilight's bed. Spike was still gone and the sun wasn't up yet.
"Thank you for showing me that Static. There are more folders as well."
"In my mind? Yeah. One day I'll show you what Earth was like." We both yawned.
"I would like that." She kissed me and laid her head down on my chest. "Goodnight Twilight."
"Goodnight Static."
Well that's that. So that was my childhood here. I guess Earth was just the complete opposite to this. My parents always loved me and I grew up happy. It's different. I decided It's best to sleep.
Twilight's POV
I faked being asleep to wait for Static to sleep. It was hard to tell since he doesn't snore. This is like a dream come true. My mom told me if he doesn't snore then he's not a bore. While he was asleep I decided to go inside his mind to see what dreams he has.
My horn glowed and I closed my eyes. When I opened them I was in a large forest. All the trees were dead and fog was everywhere. I hid behind a tree to see a pony running extremely slowly. I could move just fine. He was orange and looked young. He was wearing plate armor with a large red dragon painted on the left shoulder which flowed to his chest piece. I know that symbol. It was the blood dragon symbol. Celestia's best group of knights. He was running and I saw a small white unicorn stare at him. The kid was scared and took of running.
"Go get him Static. We'll wait here." Said a friendly voice. I saw a bunch of shadow people chasing the kid. One said. "Who the fuck do you think you are hurting my students!"
"Go Now! Your not welcome here!" that sounded like his dad.
"Wielder! Get a move on son!" said said one of the friendly voices.
Static got close to the kid who stopped to cry. When he got close a large red light shinned on him making an eerie sound. The kid took of again.
"Go get those civilians out! Forest and I will hold them back!" It sounded like Sky. I looked over to see both of them in matching armor fighting shadow knights. Forest had two small swords and Sky had a large hammer. I just noticed Static didn't have a weapon. He only tackled enemies with is magic and sent others flying. I ran up to get a closer look. He was moving at full speed and saving people left and right. He sent them all to the large blimp on the outskirts of the town. He then found the kid hiding in a small vent.
"Come with me. I need to get you to safety." He said. They both turned to see a large dragon. The boy gasped and said "You can't save me. You'll fail your mission!"
"Let's move Static!" He turned to see his friends opening a door. When he looked back The kid disappeared. An hour later they were fighting their way to a large building where they meet the princesses. "Let's go my lords." He said. Everyone followed him. They made there way to a blimp which after they boarded it stealthily left the battle. Dragons and griffons were in a battle and everyone else were victims caught in the middle. I got on the blimp and all the soldiers and civilians were cheering for the blood dragons. Then Static ran to the end of the blimp to watch the battle.
"Calm down Wielder you need a break. Relax." said Commander Hurricane. He looked at Sky and said "You did good son. I'm proud of you."
"Thanks dad. That mean's a lot. Especially at a time like this." Said Sky. Then Static gasped. Celestia, Luna, Forest, and many others ran up to she what he was looking at. He was watching that kid get on a smaller blimp which was loading civilians to get out of there. They could tell he only wanted that kid to get out. "Come on kid. Move..." It was killing him to watch this and do nothing about it. I tried to reach out to him but I went through him. So I watched as the blimp lifted of and a dragon shot it with a fireball. It crashed into the ground and blew up. Static's eyes went wide "NO! Dammit!" He turned his head to cry.
I left his dream. What was this? I looked over to see Static shoot up again panting and drenched in sweat. "Hey hey, are you okay?" I asked him
"I... I'm fine. What time is it?"
"It's 7:42."
"Okay. I need to get up anyways." I read that book on the blood dragons. The best of the best. There were only a few of them. I'll ask the princess.
"Okay Static." I kept my cool. When he left I wrote a letter to the princess telling her of the dream. She quickly sent a letter saying.
Dear Twilight Sparkle.
I understand your curiosity. I know of the events. When Luna and I went on a diplomatic meeting, a fight like this happened. Those 3 are Blood Dragons. My best soldiers. I hired them because there skills where needed and are the best at surviving. That fight was terrible and that young unicorn... was a close relative to me which they were hired to protect. She was a young princess. Don't mention this to him. You may cause a bad memory to be stirred up. He will probably tell you later. And if your wandering, They never killed people. They only disarmed. That's why I hired them. They showed mercy even on the battlefield. Those shadow figures were summoned by an enemy who died in that battle. I'm sorry to keep this a secret from you. I just don't want to cause panic. Please keep this information safe.
Signed Princess Celestia.
Static's POV
I had that dream again. I was a knight. That kid died. I never killed. I fight to protect the peace. I am a blood dragon. I will die before I must take another life.
"Do you have any questions about my childhood Twilight?" I asked her coming back up the steps to put on my clothes.
"No I don't." I was in my jumpsuit.
"Alright." I put on my vest. She leaned over and gave me a large kiss.
"I just want you to be happy." she said
"I'd be happy If I could get a bad secret off my chest. But I think I'll do it tonight. Okay?"
"Yes. Static. What would you like to do today?"
"Let's find a romantic spot in town. Maybe get a bite. Forest gave me 20,000 bits just a moment ago. I don't know why but he said he owes me so I took it. What do you say?"
"It sounds like a date." She gave me another kiss.
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