Act I; The Fall. Chapter V: Friendship is Bullshit, Part Two

The short break we had with Steven and Nick was, as expected, short lived. Although the next little issue was so retarded I'm not even going to describe it properly. The issue we found were fucking trees. No lie, half a dozen trees had some freaky faces and everyone but me, Diamond and randomly Pinkie Pie started shitting themselves. The trees seemed to be illuminated by, something and just had some weird/scary faces on them, and that was it. Now I'm no fan of the dark, but even I didn't find this shit scary so just stood and let whatever was going to happen, happen. Diamond aimed his spear down again but just gave up and sat down. Pinkie started laughing and eventually everyone calmed down to ask what the fuck was up with Pinkie, she started going on about how her nan told her to laugh at scary shit. Which honestly is the smelliest bullshit I've ever heard. Some fucker with a knife is scary, you laugh at that guy you gonna get shanked. But obviously Pinkie started laughing then. No fucking lie, she started singing. I've no idea what the song was about and I didn't really care. She sang, started laughing and the tree faces disappeared. the others soon joined in and the tree faces just disappeared in a puff of orange smoke. We kept going after that, some giggles from the girls and some conversation so spirits were much higher than before. Which I suppose was good.

I could begin to see a clearing up ahead with a ruined castle nearby and smiled slightly. That looked like the place we were heading to so at least we were in reach of our goal, but naturally. Fate was a bitch and I began to hear quiet growls from the forest.

"Hold up." I muttered, the ponies were confused for a second but shut up when I didn't say anything. I heard another growl and turned in the direction, the bush I happened to be looking at moved a little bit and a twig broke somewhere nearby.

"Timberwolves." Diamond grunted, lowering his spear. I wondered if he actually needed to use it this time.

"Timberwolves?" I asked. Just to show off, a howl echoed through the forest and a wolf made entirely out of twigs and wood jumped out from behind the bush I had been looking at and snarled at us. I swore and stepped back. Diamond charged forward and stabbed the wolf in the eye with his spear, snapping the wood and causing the head too explode in fragments of wood. The headless body dropped and more howls were heard. I could see movement to my left amongst the trees and saw pairs of green eyes staring at us, moving along the shrubs.

"Get to the castle!" Diamond shouted. Everyone ran forward but were stopped again by a huge ravine appearing out of nowhere. There was a bridge on our side but the rope had been cut on the other and there was no way to tie it. A couple of the girls were whimpering now and any laughter had died off. So much for giggling at the ghosties. If that was the lyrics to Pinkie's song. I hadn't been listening. Much.

"Rainbow. Fly over and tie the bridge!" Twilight shouted. A couple more wolves appeared from the forest and Rainbow Dash flew over to the other side, as she did. A strange mist rolled in and I couldn't see the Pegasus anymore. Diamond jumped forward again and stabbed at a wolf, but the creature was too fast and swiped at Diamond. He screamed out slightly as a cut was formed above his eye.

"Twilight. Don't you have a spell that can help here?" I asked. She looked panicked but eventually nodded. Her horn glowing and she literally picked a wolf up and threw it back into the forest. There was a howl and it quickly ran back into the fray, joining the wolves in slowly advancing towards us. Diamond was fighting a couple and I felt horrible not being able to help him.

"Maybe into the fucking ravine behind us rather than into a tree!" I shouted. More suggested really.

"I'm trying alright!" Twilight shouted back. Applejack suddenly ran forward and kicked a wolf in the face, the wood splintering and more howls to be had from the remaining creatures. There were at least ten, maybe more. I so wished I had an axe. Wait. Wood.

"Have you got any fire spells or anything?" I asked. Twilight nodded but looked at me like an idiot.

"This is a forest Aron, you set fire to anything the whole thing will go up." Twilight replied. I just nodded and watched her throw a wolf up into the air and into the ravine. Suddenly I saw the bridge straighten and the weird mist disappear as Rainbow Dash tied the rope to the bridge.

"Across. Now!" She cried and Fluttershy sprinted across. Rarity and soon followed, as well as everyone else. Except me and Diamond.

"Diamond. Across. Now!" I shouted, he stabbed another wolf and stepped back.

"No." He cried. "They will just follow us. Go!" He added. Then more wolves ran out of the forest and began to snarl. He gulped and began to run. I followed across the bridge and as I reached the end Diamond cut the rope. Breaking the bridge once more and sending half a dozen wolves to the bottom of the ravine. The rest of the other side barked at us and howled. But eventually disappeared back into the forest. A couple of us were panting and Diamond had cuts and bits all over him, bleeding slightly. Rarity stepped forward with worry all over her face.

"Oh dear, you poor thing. How about I fix you up if you help me?" Rarity purred. Holy shit women we just survived a Timberwolf attack and you wanna runt Diamond?

"If you heal me then you will have Royal blessing for saving a member of the royal guard." Diamond grunted. He was either thinking the same lines as me or just wasn't interested in this pony. He didn't seem to care too much earlier. Though his constant blank expression didn't help.

"I suppose this is where we need to go?" I asked, pointing into the ruined castle. I saw Twilight nod and began to walk towards a set of large wooden doors. Somehow they had survived years of rot and decay, they didn't look normal, they had bits of moss all over them and the wood was damp and faded. But they hadn't fallen apart or collapsed. Diamond was soon ahead of me and was walking to the side of the doors rather than straight on. Probably a smart move after all the shit we had just been through in all honesty. I soon moved to the side, mainly thinking about what might be inside, then the memory of Nightmare Moon came back and I was definitely acting more cautious. Twilight and the others didn't seem to give two shits and just waltzed right into the castle, pushing the doors open with magic and going in. Again Diamond and I shared a look but said nothing. Before following the others inside.

The inside looked a lot larger than I had previously thought, large and empty. There really wasn't much in here except for a large pillar with a couple spherical stones on it.

"There! Those must be The Elements of Harmony!" Twilight shouted pointing at the pillars. The girls got to work pulling them away from their pedestals and lining them up around Twilight. Five were placed around her in a pentagon shape and I was waiting for the candles and chalk to come out so we could being (queue the dramatic lightning) The Summoning! I laughed to myself slightly at that thought.

"Now what Twi?" Applejack asked. Twilight actually looked lost but after only a brief silence nodded and looked to her friend.

"I suggest leaving the room. I don't know what is going to happen." Twilight declared. Wait what?

"May I suggest something as your body guard?" I asked as the girls actually turned around to leave. Luckily Diamond wasn't an idiot so stayed, spear down looking around. At this point he might as well keep it down. I didn't wait for an answer before continuing. "We still don't know where Nightmare Moon is so might I say that leaving you alone or splitting up at all is a retarded idea. We stay together." Diamond nodded.

"I agree." He grunted. I saw Applejack nod and smile.

"Yeah it's probably for the best ifin we stay together." She said. Twilight looked lost again but eventually nodded.

"Alright. I need to create a spark." Twilight muttered, her horn glowing. A laugh suddenly echoed. The same laugh Nightmare Moon made in the town hall. A couple whimpers from the mares of the group but Twilight looked unfazed. The laughed was heard again and a dark blue mist could be seen on the far side of the room. It began to shift and change into a solid body and before long Nightmare Moon was standing before us.

"The night shall last forever!" She screamed and began to cast a spell.

"Down!" Diamond shouted and I jumped to the floor. A sparking blue orb shot over me and a wall to my left exploded. A couple screams were heard and I saw the rocks Twilight was using get picked up and levitated over to Nightmare. Twilight cried out but there wasn't much any of us could do whilst taking cover from lightning being thrown at us. Plus they were already at Nightmare's feet so whatever she. Or it. Whatever, wanted to do to the stones it would already be done. Turns out, she wanted to break them. With the stones piled up in front of her. She roared slightly and raised her front legs up and smashed down onto the ground. The stones smashing into pieces and gasps echoing from everyone. Even I was somewhat shocked. Yeah she had tried to kill us. But I didn't expect magic rocks that were the embodiment of all things good would smash that easily.

"No!" Twilight shouted, a Darth Vader kinda vibe to it. Diamond was up and stalking forward again. His tactics of stalking slowly forward really didn't remind me of a royal guard. A force that I would presume fought organised and together. Not this stealth thing Diamond seemed to use. Plus when he did attack it was fast and direct. Id have to talk to him about that, maybe get a sort of Guerilla Unit together if there were more like Diamond. I suppose I'd have to ask Celestia first. She was in charge. Doubt she would like it if suddenly half of her forces disappeared to form a guerilla unit. Would be interesting though.

I began to stand back up and was instantly thrown to the ground again as another magic ball flew straight at me. I turned to see where it would land and the ball turned slightly. I panicked it was coming back for another go, but it harmless smashed into a wall, exposing a corridor that had been hidden away previously. There probably was a doorway, or had been a doorway. But the easiest route to this new corridor was through a smoking, sparking hole. Twilight stepped forward and Nightmare Moon laughed.

"You are powerless against me without the Elements of Harmony!" She screamed. Applejack shouted something but I didn't catch it. Too fixated on the pony in front of me we were fighting. Twilight seemed frozen in place for a second before taking another step forward.

"That's where you're wrong Nightmare Moon! We may not have the Elements of Harmony but I now know we have a power within us that will defeat you." Twilight began. "We have the magic of friendship. A power you do not have. We don't need the Elements of Harmony for they are within us already. My friends have shown their valour towards each element. And I now see the spark that was needed." Twilight declared. The shards of the rocks began to glow white and fly up, Nightmare Moon looked panicked for a second but stood her ground. The shards split off into five and began to rush towards us. I turned to see the girls were floating, their eyes glowing white and their bodies outstretched like people. Each set of shards began to circle round each of them. I looked down and saw a couple shards circling me. Rainbow Dash being the only one not floating and without shards.

"Oh hell no. I ain't joining your friendship magic. Fuck off." I grunted and no fucking lie, the shards flew around me once more and I dropped to the ground, the shards now connected to Rainbow Dash. Thank fuck for that. I saw each shard slowly shift and form into necklaces and Twilight began to float. Sparks of blue light appearing above her head, eventually a crown appeared and the six friends floated closer to each other. Diamond was shouting something that I'm pretty sure was "what the fuck is going on?" But I couldn't really be sure. Nightmare Moon began to scream and a fucking rainbow, but solid. Like solid colours rather than the see through rainbows that appear on Earth. A solid rainbow appeared and shot up onto the ceiling of the castle and shot back down onto Nightmare Moon, who was quickly engulfed by Rainbows. The screams lasted for a few more seconds and then. Just like that. The rainbow stopped and there was a cloud of smoke where Nightmare Moon had been. The girls dropped to the ground and began to mutter amongst themselves.

"So that happened." I grunted. Diamond was standing close to me and just nodded. Staring into the smoke cloud. Eventually, the cloud dispersed and a pony appeared. One looking like Princess Luna from that picture in Canterlot. A dark blue coat with dark blue hair, with some weird purple glow thing around it, and what looked like. Stars in her mane? There was a set of wings and a long horn, as well as a black crown and necklace/chest-plate thing with a white moon in-crested onto it. She had sparkly purple shoes on and an ink splat with a moon in it for an ass tattoo. Yeah that was Princess Luna alright. Diamond ran forward to help the Princess out and I wasn't overly sure what to do without my friend nearby so just stood in the middle of the room biting my nails. Yeah a bit of a disgusting habit and one I would like to get out of. But its still a habit and a hard one to break out of. especially in boredom or stress. So gimme a break yeah? I just witnessed a rainbow banish an evil being. I think. Light suddenly appeared in my eyes and the sun just shot up above the sky. Princess Celestia walked into the castle like she owned the place and I saw Twilight rush over to her and hug her. All most impaling the Princess in the eye with her horn. I turned to see Luna was in front of me. Staring at me, Diamond was next to her and he looked passed me to see Celestia and ran over to her. Leaving me and Luna alone.

"Who art thou? Strange creature?" Luna asked, her voice soft and bewildered. With a slight accent of, something.

"I'm Aron." I managed to get out. Instead of what I intended to say 'The name is Aron, human of another world. Bodyguard to this group who just saved you. From. Something.' But no. Luna stared at me for a few seconds before muttering:

"Quiet one aren't you." I nodded.

"I'm a human, from Earth. Brought over here by Celestia." I muttered. Luna suddenly looked very sad.

"Ce-Celestia?" She asked and her eyes began to water.

"Luna." A stern voice of Celestia said behind me. Luna looked past me and began to cry and ran to her sister.

"We art sorry sister. Please forgive us." Luna muttered, crying openly. She hugged Celestia and the two began to say sorry a lot and Celestia comforted her sister. It was really emotional, hence there is barely a description here. I went to find Diamond to talk about man shit and whatnot. When I found him standing besides Celestia I gave up and listened.

"-Back now. You can come home with me." Celestia finished. Luna sniffed slightly and nodded.

"I'd. I'd like that. Just. Where is home? This castle looks a lot more, ruined. Than how I remember it." Luna asked. I then got confused. Surely if Luna knows home as here. The old castle, why would she have a room ready in Canterlot? Unless Celestia never could let go of her sister and made one specially for her return. Which means Celestia knew her sister would return and someone would be able to defeat her and- ohhh. It was just a fucking test for Twilight and her friends wasn't it. Fuck sake Celestia.

"We have a new city, after the Old City got. Corrupted." Celestia muttered back, waving a hoof around.

"I do feel a dark presence in this castle. I presumed it was the remains of The Nightmare dispersing after the Elements were used. But if what you say is true. We should not linger here." Lunar replied, looking around the ruins.

"Yes, my power only weakens here, as will yours. Twilight." Celestia said, then called out to her student. "We shall be returning to Ponyville, and then Canterlot. Will you need an escort?" Celestia asked. Twilight nodded.

"Yes please Princess, it was a trial getting here. We would all be grateful for an escort back." Twilight replied, bowing, her crown pointing directly at the Princess. I looked around and noticed the gap in the wall again, it could be fun to explore. I noticed the others preparing to leave and saw how Luna was being swarmed by the girls. Diamond was standing at the door looking at me and Celestia noticed me standing still.

"Are you coming Aron?" Celestia asked, I smiled slightly.

"I'll head back to Ponyville later, I'm sure Diamond knows the way back, and this place looks pretty cool, would love to explore it, at least a little bit." I muttered, Celestia nodded and looked to Diamond.

"He seems to have taken a liking to you Diamond, stay with out guest and escort him home. Get Twilight to send me a letter once you are back in Ponyville." Celestia said, the guard nodded but didn't look impressed to be stuck here. I didn't really like it, there just seemed to be a, calling down that corridor. I wasn't sure what could possibly be in that corridor but there must've been something for whatever this calling was. I smiled and watched the others depart, both Twilight and Luna looked back into the room but I didn't make a move until everyone was out of sight. I then began to walk towards the opening. Diamond galloped to catch up.

"Why are we staying here Sir? You have seen how dangerous it is here and I still need my wounds to be healed more than what that Miss Rarity gave me." He asked. I grunted but said nothing for a second as I made my way down the corridor, there wasn't anything interesting, no doors or extra pathways. Just a few cracks and dead torches.

"Instead of punishing you I might just ignore if you keep calling me sir." I muttered eventually.

"Then I will just say things like 'are you a bitch. Sir'?" Diamond replied.

"Bitch is an insult to women. So fuck you. And also I'll be you're bitch if you be my pimp." I replied quickly.

"Pimp?" He asked. I laughed.

"Don't try and out human me. You still can't swear right." I muttered.

"That still doesn't answer my question sir?" Diamond asked after a short pause. When I didn't answer he tried again. "Why are we still here. Aron?" He asked.

"I'm not overly sure. I just seemed to get this. Calling." I muttered. Seeing a doorway ahead, just poking out in the darkness.

"A calling from an ancient ruin in the middle of the second most dangerous place in the country may not be a good thing. I suggest we leave." Diamond replied.

"Dude, there is a doorway right here. If there is nothing inside we can leave. But what if there is loot?" I asked. Obviously he asked what loot was. "Gold, gems. Treasure. This could be the doorway to the treasury room. It may not have much left since Celestia said they moved once the area got too, corrupt, but worth a shot right?" I asked, looking back to Diamond who nodded slightly.

"I suppose. Though I still feel this is wrong. Something evil is in the air. Something. Powerful." Diamond muttered. The big bad royal guard who is as hard as diamonds is scared of a feeling? Though I was walking towards a doorway too small for me because of a feeling so I shouldn't judge. I turned to Diamond only after I had reached the door, he looked unsure but just nodded eventually. I turned back and opened the door, beyond it was. Nothing.

Like, just a single circular room with nothing in it, I couldn't see much, but I could just make out various racks that would have held weapons like spears and swords, empty obviously. Well, mostly. Just to the left of the doorway we had entered from, was a sword just sitting there in a rack. It had a long hilt where one half was black, and the other was more turquoise looking, there was also a strange claw-trident thing on the end of the hilt, as well as a crescent moon sort of claw on the top of the hilt connecting to the actual sword blade. Both the top curve and the bottom curve were golden with red gems in them. The blade itself was incredibly long and thin, and was a weird green metal. Or at least dyed metal. I began to walk towards it and Diamond coughed slightly.

"Maybe you shouldn't touch that." Diamond grunted.

"Maybe you should eat a dick, it looks cool and it gives me a fucking weapon. Since you refuse to give me one." I replied, plus the sword looked fucking badass.

"It looks dangerous." Diamond muttered.

"It's a fucking sword Diamond." I replied, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Fine. Princess Celestia will hear about this." Diamond said eventually. Turning around.

"Dude really, it's a fucking sword. Get over it. Plus I'd tell her anyway, you don't need to bitch to the Princess, The Princess is in another castle Mario." I muttered. Diamond paused for a second before nodding.

"Fine, just make sure it's kept hidden from ponies. You look strange enough, you walking around with a sword will make it worse. I'll miss out mentioning this to the Princess. If you tell her eventually about how you found it on the way back and hid it or something."

"You think I'd be able to hide a fucking sword from anything. Let alone you?" I asked. Diamond laughed a bit.

"True. I'll think of something. Or you can. This is your sword." I smiled and nodded at that and we began to walk again. There really wasn't much else, this open room had fuck all but the sword in it and we couldn't really go much else but further into the castle. There was a lot of rubble in the way and many doorways cut off because of it, but we stayed in the main room for a bit. Diamond was looking at the centre piece where the Elements had been and I was busy looking at the ruined side, a broken stain glass window. Showing a white Alicorn rising up on two legs, shooting a dark blue ray. I presumed it was Celestia, but the top and right of the window was broken and gone, so the rest of the picture was a mystery. Shards of the glass were still under the window and I thought about picking it up or having a look, but not with the clothing I had on. There was also a banner nearby, faded, but somehow still standing. Connected to the wall somewhere, there was one of the other side but that wall had collapsed and I weren't moving the rubble of it to take a look. From the standing banner however, it had a black background, a really dim sun and a moon interlocking. It looked nice, but would be a lot nicer if someone repaired it. Well, re-sew it. I turned to check on Diamond and he was standing still and staring at what looked like the floor. I walked over and he was staring down a flight of stairs not previously there.

"What did you do?" I asked. He grunted something and looked worried for a second, then returned to normal.

"Nothing, I was looking at the pillar and nearly tripped down these stairs.

Coming back was easy, we didn't have any of the bullshit we had going there, I presume that was because of Nightmare Moon or some shit. We did pass Steven and Nick again and Nick seemed incredibly jealous at my new blade. I had to carry it around since it hadn't come with a scabbard. It was incredibly light even though it seemed to be a two handed sword. Plus it fit my hands fairly well, considering it was made by ponies. For ponies.
Though how would a pony hold a sword, surely as soon as you raised something like a sword, that even though this is light. It still has some weight, a pony would just fall over wouldn't they? Maybe unicorns could just hold them with magic. Though why would you need a hilt, especially so long?

Anyway, after passing Steven and Nick, we managed to find our way back to Ponyville and I noticed there was a lot of confetti and a 'Welcome back' banner on the floor, the whole town was empty and I began to wonder what was going on, until I noticed Twilight standing in the road staring right at me and Diamond, she ran over and was smiling. Though that was dropped when she noticed the sword.

"What is. That?" She asked, concerned.

"My reward for guarding you in the Everfree." I replied.

"He looted the castle." Diamond grunted, I turned and glared at him. He had a neutral expression on his face, as usual.

"You. Did. What?" Twilight asked.

"You generally sound pissed. I told y'all I was gonna explore. What did you expect to happen? If I came back with some gender changing stones or some shit?" I replied. Twilight said nothing for a time.

"Will you tell the Princess?" She asked.

"Why is everyone so fixated on me telling Celestia about a sword? It is literally just a sword." I muttered.

"Can't you, feel that?" Twilight asked. "There is something, something wrong with that sword. It feels evil." Twilight muttered, looking at the sword with fear.

"I feel it to. I have warned Aron about the sword, but until it provides evidence of being evil, I suppose we shouldn't judge. It was in the castle, so they had it there for a reason, in the general armoury as well. I think." Diamond replied. I smiled slightly.

"Plus I have already promised Diamond I'd tell Celestia, eventually." I said, Twilight stared at the sword for a bit before nodding.

"Okay Aron, i trust you." Twilight muttered. I smiled.

"Cheers, I will hide this whatever, in case Spike gets hold of it." I said, Twilight said nothing but just nodded again.

"Where is everyone?" I asked, after a brief pause.

"Huh? Oh well this the whole Nightmare Moon thing happened during the night, and everypony was up fearing for what would come from her return, plus being a holiday anyway, everypony is in bed. I was going to, but figured I would wait for you two to return." Twilight replied. I nodded.

"You don't seem too tired." I inquired, looking at the pony, she seemed fairly happy, hadn't yawned or anything like that.

"Yeah, I was thinking about that. It seems the Elements of Harmony, or at least activating them seemed to, rejuvenate me. It seems the others were affected the same way, as none of them wanted to sleep, but went home anyway to rest from all the excitement. What about you?" She asked, literally as she did I felt a yawn coming along.

"Yeah getting there. Probs head back to the library and go to bed. What about you Diamond?" I asked.

"Royal Guards are trained to survive with up to four hours of sleep a day. I will be fine." He replied.

"Dude. You ain't in the castle no more. You can have more than fucking Tesco workers get to sleep." I grunted back.

"Tess-co?" He asked.

"Nevermind. Just get some sleep you big bastard." Was my reply. Diamond very visibly yawned and nodded.

"Would be for the best." He agreed.

"If you don't mind Aron, I would like to do some studying on your new sword. Try and find it's origins, and what it is exactly." Twilight asked, again looking at the fucking blade in my hand. I almost forgot it was there, it was so light.

"What do you mean study?" I asked carefully.

"Well I'd get my books down on Ancient Equestrian Warfare and Royal Weapons to try and pin point what this sword is exactly. It is clearly old, just. Ponies don't normally use swords." Twilight replied. I nodded.

"Good luck, I doubt much from the old castle would have been spread amongst ponies." I replied.

"What do you mean?" Twilight asked.

"Well, if you were ruler of a country for thousands of years and your home physically got overrun by veins and trees and become, corrupt as Celestia put it. Would you really wanna write books and tell people on how the taint started? Personally I wouldn't, in case my enemies found out." I replied.

"The Princess doesn't have any enemies. They have all been banished or defeated." Twilight said quickly.

"Clearly you don't understand how ruling works. Everyone has enemies Twilight. Diamond back me up here." I replied.

"Talking about the enemies of Equestria is classified." He grunted.

"There you go, anything classified means there is shit Celestia isn't saying. Don't call her out though, could be wrong." I said, Diamond coughed a little but didn't say anything. I smiled at that. Twilight wasn't sure what to say and I could already tell this was going to bite me in the ass later.

We walked back to Twilight's and the town looked really bizarre with nobody out, I could see curtains drawn and spotted a couple ponies inside their homes wondering around, I could've sworn one was just walking into a window like a trapped fly, so there was at least that going on. Twilight said she was going down to the basement so gathered up half a dozen books seemingly at random, covered in symbols and runes I couldn't read, grabbed the sword out my hand and wondered off down a doorway. I just shrugged and walked into my room. Diamond followed and went into his won bed, I just jumped into mine and fell practically straight to sleep.

Twilight was the one to wake me, I looked to her with eyes full of sleep but I honestly wasn't that tired, just looked it I suppose. She looked worried, and scared.

"What's up?" I asked, she removed a hoof from my shoulder, successful in waking me with gentle hoof. She gulped a little bit and looked out of the door of my room into the main room. The sword was on a table and various books were stacked around the table, one was open on the table.

"You should see this Aron." She muttered, I nodded and began to get out of bed. "Wait." Twilight said, I stopped, with the covers half off me. "You went to bed clothed?" Twilight asked. I smiled and blushed slightly.

"It's been a long day, I usually sleep nude or in a top or something, but I just wanted a nap honestly. I don't really care. I'll change tomorrow, rather than be walking around in dirty clothes." I replied. Twilight just nodded, though she didn't look like she understood. We both walked over to the table and I saw some purple runes had appeared over the blade of the sword.

"What did you do to my sword!" I asked, I heard a snore come from Diamond, or Spike. Someone made a noise anyway. Twilight looked generally upset.

"I didn't do anything, and honestly Aron, when you see what this sword is. You won't want it." Twilight replied. "I was just reading up on it and found a name, and it started glowing the runes.

"Alright, alright. What have you found?" I asked, Twilight pointed to a section in the book, more symbols and lines. Brilliant, I can't read horse. "That's great Twilight, it's a bunch of fucking symbols." I grunted.

"You can't read Equestrian, but you can speak it? Strange." Twilight muttered.

"Just read the fucking book Twi. I wanna know how fucked up this sword is." I replied.

"Okay, please calm down." Twilight said, I just nodded but said nothing. She began to read:

The sword of emerald and ebony-bone is a legendary sword retrieved from the third Demon-Dragon war four thousand years before Celestia and was given to the ponies as a symbol of an ancient alliance used mainly for immortals and creatures of great danger. The sword was considered corrupt and was lost when the taint Old Canterlot took over, supposedly hidden so nobody could ever find it again. The sword is unknown to be Demon or Dragon make but has an unknown magical property that makes it perfect for Godling battles. The sword has only ever been called
Spiritus Procellarum,No translation has ever been made nor the special properties of the sword, since nopony has ever needed to use it and there is no known dragon knowledge of the artefact.

"Wow, you think I wouldn't want a fucking dragon sword? You don't know me." I muttered once she had finished.

"But it is also thought to be corrupt, and it lay dormant in Old Canterlot for, nearly a thousand years surrounded by taint and darkness. This sword could be cursed! We don't even know what it does yet!" Twilight declared.

"If I ever have to use it and it stabs into whatever enemy I'm facing it at and said enemy dies, it works. Fuck enchantments and all that bullocks. I prefer actual training and practice to use a sword, rather than putting some fancy magic bullshit on it to get the sword to do it for you. How can a sword even be corrupt, what does that even mean?" I replied.

"It means it has taint in it. The Evil of the Everfree could be fused into the blade and it could mean anything." Twilight replied.

"Look, Diamond has already said it, until the sword gets up on it's own and murders a child, then technically it didn't do anything wrong." I grunted. Twilight took a deep breath.

"You're right. It just feels. Wrong." Twilight muttered, I nodded.

"It is way too light to be anything but magical, but honestly. it's the best weapon I have. I hate relying on others to help, especially how I'm meant to be your bodyguard and a fucking Harmony Defender or whatever. Diamond go messed up in the forest. If I had a weapon like this then, maybe he wouldn't have been hurt at all."

"Fine. Just, if you really want a weapon talk to the Princess. She will get you something I'm sure."

"I don't even know if she trusts me enough."

"I trust you Aron." Twilight muttered, putting a hoof on my shoulder.

"Why though?" I asked.

"Because you're my friend. You saved us going in the forest and you helped so much whilst we fought Nightmare Moon." Twilight replied, I smiled and nodded. "Speaking of which, Luna was asking about you." Twilight added.

"Really?" I asked. Why would a Princess do that?

"Yeah. You were the first to talk to her, plus you aren't exactly. Normal to us. She basically wanted to know what you are doing here, she seems interesting in getting to know you."

"Oh gods."

"What?"

"I don't even like ponies in that way, it would take years. Let alone get with a freaking Princess." I muttered.

"I don't think Princess Luna wants to get to know you like that. She means as a friend, since you are so unique here."

"I'm unique everywhere Twilight." I muttered and smiled.

"I believe that. Anyway, I'm going out quickly, I'll be back later. I won't wake you again unless the sword sets on fire or something like that." Twilight muttered. I nodded and smiled at her.

"I'm generally not that tired, I will probs go back to bed but whatever. Thanks for the thought though." I muttered. Twilight just nodded and I walked back into my room. I wasn't surprised to see Diamond standing at the doorway. He didn't look overly happy but when did he?

"So." He said. "What is it?" He muttered after a pause.

"Fuck sake Diamond, it's a sword that was used in a demon-dragon war but we're unsure what side it was used on. Apparently it has the magical property that is really effective against godlings. Whatever the fuck they are, I guess, 'baby gods'." I replied. Diamond nodded slightly.

"Godlings are things like Spirits, well, embodied spirits of The Elements, Equestria has one of each; Chaos, Order, Fire, Water, Air, Earth. Most are evil but the embodiment of Water and Air are fairly nice, apparently. None of the Element Spirits have been seen for thousands of years. Except Discord, but he has been entrapped for over a thousand years. Your sword can, I suppose, kill things like that. Which I suppose could be useful but it's also a threat to Celestia." Diamond said.

"Wow Diamond, I didn't see you as somebody who would know, or care about history." I muttered.

"My parents were historians, growing up was. Fun." He grunted, I smiled but said nothing. "Anyway, I suppose Twilight is going to tell Celestia about your sword now, since it's a threat and all."

"I dunno, she might do. But we've both agreed until it gets up and starts trying to kill people it isn't a threat. Guns, well, swords don't kill people, people kill people." I replied. Diamond thought about that for a second but eventually nodded.

"Fine. She will find out about it eventually Aron." Diamond said.

"Yeah whatever dude. It's a fucking sword." I replied.

"That can kill godlings." Diamond replied.

"Yeah bu-."

"And was used in a war, by either dragons or demons!" Diamond interrupted.

"Dude, are you okay with this fucking sword or not!"

"I hate the sword, but I trust you, if you are okay with it being around, and as long as it doesn't threaten anypony then I'll be fine. It feels wrong though."

"Fuck off." I muttered, smiling.

"I intend too." Diamond muttered and walked off towards his room. The fuck?

I woke up to darkness, it was dark inside so I could only presume it was night and Twilight had finally been warn out and went to bed. I decided to get up and grab an apple or something and began to get up. I heard something from my left that sounded like a whisper of some kind, and ignored it believing it to be Diamond. I kept walking and noticed the door to my room was shut, I opened it and continued through, the whispers continued and I turned around, the door to my room was gone. Just wood there now. This was getting weird. I turned back again and jumped back, a creature was standing before me. It had what looked to be a rotten dragon head, with a humanoid body of pale blue skin, with bright blue eyes. It had long arms and bulky legs, six fingers and long finger nails of a yellow-brown colour. There were two bits of ripped flesh coming out of its back, that looked like a pair of wings had once been there. In one hand there was a black sword that looked fused to the creatures arm. Spikes and curves were all over the hilt and blade. I could just see a small tail on the creature. I screamed out a little bit and noticed I wasn't even in Twilight's library anymore, just surrounded by darkness. The floor was a dark brown colour and the sky was just, darkness. Black. There was nothing here except perfectly flat floor and a black skyline. It looked so, bizarre, yet terrifying. I felt like I had been here before as well. Or had a connection to this place.
The creature spoke my name and I jumped back.

"What are you?" I asked. This was clearly a dream, but why did it feel so, real.

"What we are, doesn't matter. It's what you are Ahh-ron." The creature replied, it sounded like it had two voices, a high pitched voice, then one that sounded. Like. Her. That was impossible, this was definitely a dream.

"What do you want with me?" I asked. The creature started to flicker, like a shit hologram in a science-fiction film and disappeared, I soon felt the creature breathing down my neck behind me. Not. Creepy. At. All.

"We only want Ahhh-ron to do as fate requires of him. To, humour these creatures. These, Equines. Until Ahh-ron is needed." The creature replied.

"What's with the focus on my name. And what am I needed for?" I asked.

"Becausssse, it is not your name." The creature replied. Then said my true name again. "We know who you are human. We have been watching. And will continue to watch." It added. I kept silent. "As for what you are needed for. That will come in time. You are still young."

"I'm an adult, just the other day I brought a vegetable." I muttered.

"Humourous indeed. You shall not remember these events Aron. All but one thing." The creature replied.

"Which is?" I asked. The creature opened it's mouth in what looked like a smile, there was hundreds of tiny, sharp teeth and a huge black hole into the mouth of the creature, no tongue, just teeth and the void.

When all hope is gone and darkness reins
When the sky is aflame and A Hero Falls,
A Choice will be made.
One of destruction, and one of salvation.
Chaos shall grow and Harmony will Fall.
The Darkness grows, in the taint of light.
The sky goes black and the war begins.
The Void shall rein and a choice remains.
The Choice of One.
Who will lose it all before the End.

Author's Notes:

Aron's Sword