13 years later

Perspective: Damian

I laid my head on the desk in class waiting for the bell to ring so I could finally leave this wretched place for the day. I'm just a little taller then your average colt of my age, being an all dark shade of grey, almost black, with dark red hooves. I have a dark red mane and tail that turns a lighter red as it gets further from my body. I also have a bit more muscle to myself then most other ponies thanks to ...... after school activities. I live in the oh so big city of Detrot, and go to Detrot Public High School. Ever since I can remember I have been able to see and talk to the spirits of ponies who have died, along with a few other things similar to them. Its an odd feeling to know your father's grandfather better then he did. *Shrugs* Beside that, along with that comes with some odd abilities according to Max, who's basically my mentor in all this, I'm called a Titulari, whatever that means. Basically along with seeing, talking to, and generally interacting with the dead I can also take powerful souls and put them into my satchel, and from there use their power to do cool things. I don't have any yet but I've had my eye on this house that is supposedly haunted that a few ponys went into and died, according to how they died I would place my bet on some kind of illusion power.

RING

That's the bell, and with it our teacher gives us our homework assignments and excuses us from class. As soon as I can I get up, put on my satchel and run out to meet my friend Hammer by the school's exit. Hes an earth pony thats just a bit taller then me all white except for his hooves that are a faded blue that look almost purple. His eyes are a dark blue and his mane is white with streaks of blue similar to that of his hooves with a matching tail. When I get up to him we bro hoof with a loud KLOCK.

"So man how was your last class?" He asked as we exited the schools entrance walking down a path surrounded by grass and a few trees.

I sighed and lowered my head with my ears flat "Hell, like always" I raise my head and continue to walk and look up at the sun for a bit then continue on "Hey I wanna check out that haunted house tonight, wanna come with?"

He seemed fairly excited about the offer "Of course I do, your gonna fight a dead pony and then be like SCADOOSH!" He strikes a pose as he makes the noise "your powers are mine muahahahaha." He said then stopped in front of me and tilted his head "Whats hell again?"

"*Shrugs* I don't really know, Max just tells me its a terrible place that evil and corrupt beings go to and some seriously bad stuff comes out of it." I say with a somewhat confused look on my face. "And when you tag along seriously listen to what I say man, I don't want you getting hit by whatever this thing's got, I mean at least I have a chance to dodge." Hammer nods his head in a quick motion.

He jumps next to me and nuzzles me a bit and gives me big puppy dog eyes "Awww your all worried about me Damian, don't worry I'll show you how much I appreciate it on Thursday night." He rubs my side with his hoof a bit as he says this.

I push him over as I jump away "Gah! NO HOMO!" I shiver and rub my side off a bit which makes us both laugh as he gets back up and we continue to walk home. "It's like three right now right?" He nods in agreement with this. "Alright let's meet up outside the house at like seven." With that we separate and head off to each of our homes. Once I get home I set my bag off to the side and head to my room that to me is glowing this bright green. I open the door and get blinded by this light and stumble my way around until I grab the satchel that's making this bright light and throw it under a bucket and kick it down the hall then into the living room. Max fades into existence after I've with a slight smirk on his face. "Why is it so bright again?" I stare at him a bit annoyed.

"It's empty, think of it like your stomach it wants and needs to be filled"

"I guess I'll have good lighting then when I go into that house." I say as I get my school supplies out of my bag next to the door and begin to do my homework.

"Would a quick spar help you to prepare for tonight?" He floated through the couch then around the room.

"Nah, but you could teach me that floating through stuff that dead people can do"

"To do that I would have to kill you, you'd have to leave your physical body behind"

"Oh... then never mind..."

"Don't want to now because you'd have to die a virgin?" He got in my face and smirked at this

"Shut up you dead bitch, you've been dead for who knows how long; you probably don't even know what it was like!"

"I know it felt good"

"SHUT UP!" I punched him in the gut which sent him flying back and through the wall. "That's what you bucking get." He laughed floating back through the wall while rubbing his stomach.

"You got a mean punch kid, you're gonna need it with some of the stuff you'll end up seeing in your life" He smiled at me as I went back to my work. Once finished, I put it away and went out to my backyard where I sat down and begin to meditation. With my eyes closed and legs crossed I hold my hooves front of my chest keeping about a foot of space between them. I took long deep breathes as I focused my energy to this area creating a faint, small blue ball. I fed my energy into the ball making it grow until it was about an inch from each hoof. "Good now attune the energy to match that of your bag's" Max said as he paced back an forth behind me.

"I know, we've been doing this for months" I focused the energy to match my bag's and the ball began to turn green. Once the ball turned completely green I opened my eyes and smiled as I stood up and held the ball with one hoof. I walked a few more feet from my house then stood on my hind legs and grabbed the ball with my other hoof. I turned to Max and pulled away with both my hooves, this pulled apart the ball and made a wave of green energy burst out around me, knocking Max back a bit while shaking my windows. I smiled at Max, who smiled back, then pointed up to the setting sun. "Oh pony feathers, it's almost seven."

Max followed me as I ran into the house and kicked over the bucket to grab my glowing satchel and put it on. "Remember this spirit specializes in illusions so look for the mirage lines, it will save your life." I nod to him and run out the door and close it behind me as he disappears.

I run down the streets until I come up to this old decrepit house that looks like it's barely standing. The house itself wasn't built that long ago so architecturally it fits with the rest of the street, but about a year ago a spirit of a rather angry pony started haunting the place and wrecked it.Its windows are smashed in and the door is hanging off of it's hing while there's a number of large cracks and small holes in the walls. I find Hammer near the pathway and walk up to him giving him another bro hoof.

KLOCK

"So what's the plan?" He asked while looking back at the house with slight concern due to its grim demeanor.

"Well the plan is I'm going to kick open the door and do some kung fu ninja moves, your going to wait by the door and only enter the house if I fall unconscious or say otherwise, something tells me to expect a lot of traps from an illusion spirit."

"Great, so I only get half of the fight at best and have to wait outside to call for help like some sidekick. Gee willikers ghost guard do I at least get a snack?"

I shake my head at him in slight confusion "Wha.. what? No!"

"You suck as a super hero; not even bringing me an apple or some chips to save me from my hunger" He points at me with his hoof and then the bag on his back spits out an apple that lands perfectly in his hoof which makes him smile. "Aww, thank you backpack, I love you!" With that he starts chowing down on the apple.

This causes me to shake my head ... whatever. I walk up to the house and open the door peering inside. It is fairly dark, except for where the light from my satchel shines. I use the utter brightness of my bag to illuminate the dusty room, it seems most of the furniture was taken out of the house when it first became haunted. The room is fairly empty, with the exception of a few chairs, a chandelier, and a coffee table. I kept moving the light around until I shined it on a figure, it looked like a translucent stallion. I walked into the house and kept the light on him "Hey, are you the spirit that has been haunting this home?"

As I get closer he turns to me then puts his hooves up to his eyes being blinded by the light "Oh dear Celestia that is bright, TURN IT OFF! God it burns" I felt sympathy for the guy, it is bright as hell. "Yes I'm the one who's been here, it is my house, now turn that off!" He says as he floats up above the chandelier.

"Well that's good, cause I'm here to help, I'm here to take you to a new home where you don't have to worry about such bright lights and unwanted guests." I looked up to the chandelier that has started to shake back and forth

"Now why would I want that, if somepony enters my home uninvited, it is my duty to dispose of their mortal bonds, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT ARE TITULARI" Does he seriously know what I am? At that thought, the chandelier begins to fall towards me, so I run further into the room to avoid it. I look down to where I'm about to step and notice a shimmering outline on the floor in front of me. I quickly jump to the right and roll as the chandelier smashes against the floor. I get up and look back to where I would have been and see a giant hole in the floor filled with jagged, rusted pipes the would have easily killed me if I would have fallen in. I wipe the sweat off my forehead and turn back to him as he makes large shards of broken glass fly towards me. I dodge and roll only to get stabbed in my left leg, making me cry out in pain.

I glare at him then start to charge "You bitch you stabbed me, that hurt!"

"Buck you, you broke into my home!" I swung my hoof at him and landed a hit square in his chest, making him fly backwards until I grabbed his leg and gave him another punch in the face. He glared back at me as I held him down and continued to deliver blows to his face as I began to focus me energy in the hoof holding him. The leg I was holding began to glow blue then slowly started to turn green. In between blows he managed to yell out "BUCK YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO ME!" His leg turned completely green and my bag opened itself and began to suck him into it until he completely disappeared.

I sighed in relief that it was now over and I came out with only a few scratches, I reached down to the shards of glass stuck in my leg and pulled them out one by one wincing the whole time. I walked out of the house up to Hammer with one eye closed and a small smile on my face "First one down and I was right, illusions and traps. It sucked"

"I can see that, want some help?" He pointed to my bleeding leg

"Buck yes I do" I sat back and extended my leg as some bandages popped out of his backpack and he wrapped them around my wounds.

"So how you gonna explain this if someone asks?"

"I tripped down some stairs" We laugh at the terrible excuse and then walk home once he's done tieing the bandages. I walk home and go straight to my room, falling on my bed. It doesn't take long for me to fall asleep.

Author's Note: Again to clarify this is the first chapter. And I hate to admit it but expect this to be about my normal length, I'll always strive for more but I'm not that talented. With that may the Cheese be with you!