Tales of Illumination, book 1: Awakening
Chapter 1
Load Full Story Next ChapterA/N: Cloud Nova/MaDmAN12435 here, first of all, this is not my way of canceling my other fanfic “The Breach,” I just felt like writing something new, so I’m writing an HiE fic, in case you don’t know, this stand for Human in Equestria. Also, this chapter is the most violent thing I’ve made so far, in fact I’m a little surprised I made this so gory, but it was needed to properly set the scene for this character’s past, and I’d rather get it out of the way now than partway through the story. On with the story!
Chapter 1
-_Location unknown_-
‘Wha-where am I?’ ‘What’s with these chains!?!’ ‘Oh god, where’s my family?!?!’ These were the first thoughts which passed through my head when I awoke in a dark room, chained to a wall. I could hear crying from somewhere in the darkness which surrounded me, and the chains were bone chillingly cold. Then, a light came on throughout the room. After my eyes adjusted, the room I was in horrified me: the room was mostly a bright grey, that which wasn’t was red with the blood of corpses that filled the room. The poor souls had died in brutal ways, some looked as though they were torn in half, others had wounds that looked like the muscles themselves exploded, and a small number had the muscles completely peeled off, and their bones broken. There were bodily organs everywhere, from intestines, to hearts and kidneys, even lungs, you name it, it was probably there on the ground or nailed to the wall. I looked to my right and my heart sank, I saw my family chained up next to me; my mom, my father, even my little brother, who was crying his eyes out. ‘Well that explains the crying,’ I thought to myself bitterly.
Then, a door to the room opened, and a man (at least I think it was a man) wearing all black leather, down to gloves, and a black gas mask, walked in to the room. My heart stopped when I saw what he held in his hand: a WASP gas injection knife. ‘If my memory is correct’ I thought to myself ‘that knife injects large amounts of gas into whatever it stabs causing it to…’ gulp ‘…explode.’ The man first walked up to my father, whom right in front of, he pulled out 8 metal bands, putting two on each limb, 1 at each elbow and knee, and another at each shoulder and hip, all of them tightened to the point where the skin seemed to nearly break. The man then stabbed my father in the arm, and injected the gas, causing his forearm to explode, blood got on my face, as I was closest to the explosion, a scream of pain fell from my father’s lips as the man stabbed him eight more times, once in each area a band protected, and once in his chest.
The man then walked up to my mother, but rather than pulling out bands, he instead slit her wrists down to the bone, and pulled on the muscle, tearing it clean off, I was taking all my willpower not to vomit up what little I had after watching the previous death. With each large bone, he broke it and sucked on the hole, I assume that he was sucking out the bone marrow, either that or he has a REALLY weird fetish, when all of the limbs were mangled and destroyed, he stood up calmly, replaced the gas canister in his knife, and stabbed her head, causing it to explode all over my little brother, who was crying his eyes out. The man walked up to him, looked right into his eyes, and said, “I hate crybabies,” whilst stabbing him in the throat, the gas explosion instantly killing him.
Then the weirdest thing happened, spears that looked like they came from the “man’s” shadow, blood dribbled from his mouth as he looked down, this was followed by a large flash of light, which came out of the wall in the form of a ball. (Accidental rhyme lol)
I heard a loud voice boom “Well, looks like I arrived a bit late… oh well, I guess I will just give you the gift I would have given him”
“Him who?” I asked, with a curiosity which felt like if I didn’t know I would die.
“Who? Why your brother, I was going to give him a chance at life in a different universe, but as you’ve lost everything, and he is… deceased,” the voice said, who I assumed was the glowing ball in the center of the torture chamber, “I guess nobody would be mad if I brought you instead, isn’t that right, ‘Cloud Nova’?”
Holy shit, how does this glowing ball thing know I’m a brony? I thought to myself, and then it dawned on me what this being may be.
“Wait… are you… god?” I asked it, a slight light appearing in my eye.
“What? By Odin’s beard, man, how could you mistake a simple spirit for a god?!” The ball spirit thingy asked, obviously enjoying the compliment it thought I gave it, but slightly pissed that I actually couldn’t tell the difference.
“Never mind,” I said, “not important. Anyway, what was this ‘world’ you planned to send my brother to, and now plan to send me to?”
“I assumed you would have guessed by now, a world where you would have guessed by now, it’s a world you have seen a few times before, I believe it’s residents call it ‘Equestria,’ ring any bells?”
… Wow, I suddenly feel even worse about what just happened… I wonder if that has to do with the fact that my brother died right before he could have gone to Equestria… yeah, that’s probably it. I thought to myself grimly.
“I see, I accept this ‘gift’ you are so generously offering me,” I said, a mix of sadness and joy in my voice.
“Very well,” said the spirit orb, you know what, I’m just going to call it ‘wisp’ for now. Anyway, wisp then said, “I cannot change your form, but I can put you in any point of the world Equestria is in. Also, as I am not made of any physical matter, I cannot get anything you may want, so what you currently have is what you have, nothing more. So, where would you like to ‘land’ might I ask?”
A small grin crept across my face, despite my new depression, and said “I would like to go, to the edge of the Everfree forest, near Ponyville.”
“Ok, coordinates set, just to let you know, you will not be arriving as a pony, but in your current form, I know not of any ways that you could change, but good luck anyway!” Said the wisp.
Wait, I thought, I’m going as a human… shit that’s going to cause a small panic among the ponies… eh, I suppose it’s a decent price to pay for visiting the world of my dreams, I just wish my family could have lived so they could come with me…
“Ok, now, I wish you an enjoyable life, and a soft landing,” The wisp said.
Wait… Landing? I thought to myself as the world I knew and despised disappeared around me.
-_About 300 feet above entrance to Everfree Forest_-
When my eyes adjusted to a new form of light, it didn’t take me long to realize that I was falling, and fast. I immediately tilted my body towards the softest thing nearby, which sadly was a lake, straightened myself out, arms stretched toward the water and pointed, and, remembering what my swim teachers taught me, relaxed as much as I could to prevent injury.
I just hope this lake isn’t that shallow. I thought to myself bitterly.
I pulled out my phone, which I doubt would be of any use here anyway, and threw it at the water, which created slight ripples, which I believed helped to prevent injury. I then immediately hit the water, and broke my hand doing so.
I swam using my uninjured right hand to the edge and pulled myself out, I looked at my reflection to see that I looked the same as before I came here, same long black hair, same brown eyes, somewhat tanned skin, hell, the only difference was that my acne was gone. I then walked in the direction of what I assumed was Fluttershy’s cottage, which I saw from my good view of 300 feet up or so in the air a moment before. I walked with a blind hope that she could help my hand.
Sorry for the gore, I don’t plan on putting in any more scenes with as much in it. Also, I know, HiE fics are very mainstream, so what? I felt like making one, so I made one, besides, I don’t think that very many have done a DiE story yet (what this will become, I will tell you what the d stands for when the time comes.) I own nothing but me, oh wait I’m a minor… never mind! MaDmAN12435, Dropping out!