Author's Notes:

Yes, folks, I'm finally back, Sword Master is finally back at it. Well, it took some time, but I finished the chapter. Yes, you all know have another chapter to read of The Fabled Warrior. I do hope you like it. Well, I won't keep you waiting any longer to read some of my new content. So here it is for your enjoyment, chapter 53 of The Fabled Warrior.

Weapons of Harmony
Twilight POV

I sat watching Xavier and Chi fight against each other. I blinked and in jumped White Claw. Xavier quickly dodged the Sphinx and spun around to strike her face with his boot. The force sent her away from him, but she caught herself midair and landed on all fours. She then ran right at Xavier before taking to the air.

Xavier ducked under her to stay away from her energy claws. Xavier then backflipped away as Chi came crashing back down to the ground. Xavier smirked as White Claw came and landed next to Chi. Xavier put his long sword back into his sheath before turning both his arms into blades. He ran right at White Claw and Chi.

"There still at it."

I looked back at Applejack as she came up to me as she was wiping her hands with a towel before she tucked it into her back pocket.

"Yeah," I said

Since early this morning, Xavier had been training. At first, he was doing his psychical training and then later asked White Claw and Chi to fight him. The two gladly accepted the fight. So here we were, watching Xavier fight White Claw and Chi at Applejack's farm.

It has been three days since Xavier took his new title of the Devil's Fable. Sure it was strange to think the man I love was now wholly embracing the darkness inside of him. The black magic inside of him had given him plenty of new attacks and abilities. I saw first hand what he could do with his new dark powers. Sure I was slightly scared of him, but I didn't let it push me away from him. He was still the same Xavier I love.

I was happy to see Xavier was taking counseling with Dr. Peace to deal with the torture from Kozama. He was also taking his punishment well for leaving us. I was happy to see him spending a lot of time with Moon. Her loving, happy smile was right back on her face, but everything isn't how it should be. Ponyville now had a fear of Xavier. Everypony now looked at Xavier like he was a monster. A monster that was getting ready to kill them. In the market, I've heard ponies talking about how they wished Celestia would do something with Xavier. It made me growl with anger about how they thought Xavier should be in a jail cell, banished from Equestria or worse, put to death. I wanted to bark my rage at them for not knowing the hell Xavier went through before returning to Ponyville. But not everypony was against Xavier.

As a harem, we decided that we would stand by him. We wouldn't leave him, no matter how far Xavier tapped into his new dark powers. We didn't have to fear him losing his way as it seems Holy, the Crystal Shard Dragon of Light, would keep him on the right path. Chi, Rainbow, and Pinkie also weren't going to turn their back on him. Plus I knew Lyra, Bon Bon, Vinyl, and Octavia were also going to be behind Xavier.

Applejack and I continued to watch as Xavier fought White Claw and Chi. Xavier leaped back and raised his blade arms to block White Claw. Chi came behind him. Xavier saw Chi coming at him. I didn't know if Xavier would be able to get out of the situation. But surprisingly Xavier got out, by turning it smoke. I blinked my eyes as Xavier become nothing but smoke. Chi stopped right in her tracks. Both White and Chi turned to see Xavier return to normal happily away from them.

Xavier raised his right hand to the sky. The sky grew bright before beams of light began to rain down upon Chi and White Claw. White Claw placed her hands together, and sand began to spin around her. She raised her hands to the sky before lowering them, as a dome of sand began to form around both her and Chi. The beams of light struck the dome of sand.

The beams of light weren't able to break through the sand dome. It made me wonder about the level of magic Sphinx have when using their Sand Magic. The sand dome went down after the beams of light stopped firing from the heavens. Chi immediately went into action and went for Xavier. Xavier drew his sword and got ready for Chi. White Claw clapped her hands together and formed two massive columns of sand and sent them twisting towards Xavier. She jumped onto the one on her right and began to run along it. Ok, I'm researching Sphinx Sand Magic as soon as I get a chance.

"So how has Xavier been?" Asked Applejack

"Ok, I mean he's still having nightmares from time to time. When a certain sound appears, he gets on edge and prepares himself for battle. But besides that, I think he's slowly getting back to a normal life," I said

"Glad tah hear, especially with the results we got back two days ago." Said Applejack

After Xavier got himself fully settled back into Ponyville, he went to Ponyville General Hospital to get himself checked out. Dr. Horse did plenty of tests, seeing that the princesses asked Dr. Horse to do them if Xavier ever came into the hospital. I wasn't sure why but left it be. After a week of waiting, we got the results of the test. The first thing was that every ounce of blood was now a thick black substance. His blood was black now from the mixture of black magic flowing through his system. But it seemed all his other bodily fluids, even semen, wasn't affect by the black magic integration. It appeared his Fable Powers was keeping the black magic contained only in his blood, which was nice because it meant the harem could safely go back to being sexually active with Xavier. But that was the only good news; the last test brought the worst possible result.

It seemed the black magic also was acting as a poison. As it merges with Xavier's body, it will slowly kill him. The results of the toxin are the black lines that are traveling up Xavier's left arm. Soon those lines will cover every inch of his body as the poison spreads itself across his body. I was holding out hope for a cure, but neither the doctors nor the princesses could cure him. Xavier was going to die, and we had no way to stop it. Sure I had a panic attack when I heard that, but Dr. Horse said that Xavier had between 2-5 years before the poison would kill him. I felt my world stop when I heard I only had 2-5 years left with my lover. Sure the others couldn't believe it either, but strangely enough, Xavier accepted it. He took his fate to die to the black magic poisoning his body. Xavier calmly thanked Dr. Horse and left the hospital. I'm not sure why he's so calm about his death. But I decided to let it be as I knew I needed to spend my time with Xavier and not questioning his motives.

"I still can't believe that in two tah five years will lose him," said Applejack with hints of her holding back her sadness.

I looked back at Xavier as he threw a set of icicle spears at Chi's throwing blades, stopping them in there tracks. I watched as he raised his hands to the sky and created large icicles. Xavier pointed his fingers at Chi and White Claw and sent the icicles barreling towards them. Chi used her tails to break the spear of ice as White Claw took to the skies.

"I wish there was something we could do." Said Applejack

"Yeah, but this time, magic won't help us. In the end, we'll lose him," I said

"Can't the Elements of Harmony do anything?" Asked Applejack

"Princess Celestia looked into that and found if we subjected Xavier to the elements, we could kill him. The black magic has completely merged with his blood and his Fable Powers that any attempt with the elements would kill him in the first minute of harmony striking him," I said

I continued to watch as Xavier's fist struck Chi's gut hard, causing her to spit up a little blood before sending her crashing into a tree. Xavier smiled before he turned to smoke as White Claw came down to strike him. He reappeared behind her and round kicked her right into another tree. I winced as I saw White Claw hit the tree with her back. Chi wiped the blood from her chin as she ran at Xavier and began to attack him with all nine of her tails.

"Applejack," I looked to see Applejack look down at me. "Do you think we're weak?"

"Weak?" Questioned Applejack

"Yeah, weak, like we can't help Xavier fight. I mean think about it. All the times before Xavier's torture, he was the one saving us. The Manticores, the Timber Wolves, Stray Wolf, Slugger, the Timber Wolf Queen, and Emporer Cho Lang. We have always been taking a back seat as Xavier and Flame are right up close to it. I mean, Equestria looks at us as the Bears of the Elements of Harmony, which in a way, makes us heroes. But every time Xavier gets into the fight, we aren't those heroes." I sighed as I watched Chi strike Xavier into the gut with her foot. "Take the battle we all found ourselves in when we went to save Xavier; we were the odd ones out. White Claw and Chi fought the Chimeras like they were nothing. Hell, Fluttershy tore them all apart once she entered her demon form. Sure Rainbow used her speed and what Xavier taught her to fight, and Pinkie was being Pinkie. And of course, I was able to use my magic, but when it came down to it, we, the Bears of the Elements of Harmony, couldn't even fight at the level that the guards and princesses were."

"I get what you're sayin' Twilight. But we aren't fighters." Said Applejack

"But look at what's happening around us. Xavier is still training to fight the followers of Pandora with Chi, Flame and White Claw. Hell, Fluttershy will probably go into Demonshy if she ever catches the sight of Kozama again. But where does that leave the rest of us? I mean, even Bon Bon can fight by Xavier's side thanks to her being in the DAE. Even Fang can fight next to Xavier because of her formal training as a guard. But we can't do a thing to help, and half of us are part of Xavier's harem, and as such, we take the ideology to protect our stallion. But how can we even do that?" I said

"Ya have a point, Twilight. But we can't do anything because none of us have a weapon or even training. Hell, Rainbow isn't even up to the level that Xavier is." Said Applejack

"I wish that there was a way we could fight next to Xavier and not stand on the sidelines," I said

I sighed as I leaned against the tree and continued to watch Xavier, Chi and White Claw go at it. I wish I could fight next to him like they do.

***

I poked my lunch as my friends sat around eating their meals. My mind was still on the fact that I wanted to help Xavier, but I knew I couldn't do a thing to help. I even returned to the library and looked through the books I have on combat, and fighting with weapons, but I knew I would never get enough skill to fight like Chi and White Claw. It was impossible for me to be at any level that would let me fight next to Xavier without dying.

"Twilight darling, are you ok?" Asked Rarity

"Yeah, your poking at your food." Said Fluttershy

"Not mentioning you have a large frown on your face." Said Pinkie

"It's nothing girls," I said

"Don't lie, Twilight, what's wrong?" Asked Applejack

I sighed as I knew it was nearly impossible to lie with Applejack around, "I guess I'm still stuck on the idea that I won't be able to fight next to Xavier."

"You're still thinking about that." Said Applejack

"Thinking about what?" Asked Rainbow

"Yesterday, Xavier was training at my farm with White Claw and Chi. Twilight then brought up the point that she felt powerless because Xavier was on the one defending us and we should be helping him fight like White Claw and Chi." Said Applejack

"And to tell the truth, I returned to the library and did some research, but everything I found would be near impossible for me to learn and master so that I could fight." I slammed my hands on the table. "I hate it that I can't help. I'm going to sit on the sidelines and watch Xavier put himself through hell, and I can't do a thing to help him."

"But we do, do something Twilight. We cheer Xavier on as he fights." Said Pinkie

"Yeah, but that won't save him from a near-death crisis. I can't sit around and let something like Kozama happen to him again. I can't sit by and watch him fight to death anymore; I want to be by his side as he battles the followers of Pandora," I said

The girls looked at me like I was talking in a different language. The only sound was a hiss that came from Fluttershy as I knew she was thinking about Dr. Kozama.

"Darling, I know where you're coming from, but what you're saying is crazy." Said Rarity

"But it isn't Rarity, think about who we are. We are the bearers of the Elements of Harmony. We are supposed to be fighting the threats to harmony across Equestria. But every time a threat appears, we push it off to Xavier, and he puts his life on the line. We stand on the sidelines when we should be using the Elements to put an end to the enemy instead of Xavier."

"I guess when you put it that way, it makes sense." Said Fluttershy

"But still, I don't think Dr. Kozama or any follower of Pandora is going to stand long enough for us to charge and use the Elements." Said Rainbow

"Rainbow has a point there." Said Rarity

"Or even if the Elements of Harmony will do anything tah the followers of Pandora." Said Applejack

"I guess your right." I sighed as I looked at the girls, "Strangely, I wish the Elements of Harmony could turn into weapons."

At the moment a throwing blade landed in the middle of the table. The girls and I jumped up from our seats and gathered close together. I quickly put up a shield and scanned the area. I had heard that there were still followers of Emperor Cho Lang out there. I kept the shield up and examined the buildings, but nothing happened. After another minute, I released the shield spell and watched Rainbow jet off. I turned my attention back to the throwing blade. Around the base was a rolled up scroll. I picked up and blade and held it in my hands. It doesn't look like the blades Chi lugs around with her.

Rainbow returned, "I checked around the buildings but saw no trace of any foxes. I also checked on Chi and White Claw and saw them hard at work dealing with the lunch rush at Sugar Cube Corner, so I know it couldn't have been Chi."

"I doubt it was Chi or any fox; the blade isn't one that they would carry. It seems custom made," I said

I pulled the note from the blade and unrolled it. I read the contents of the letter out so the others could hear.

"If you seek to help Xavier, then perform the spell below. Once you reach the area, perform the second spell, you'll know once you arrive where to perform it. Inside you'll find what you're seeking."

"What?" Asked Rainbow

"What is right Rainbow." Said Pinkie

I looked at the two highly advanced spells on the bottom of the paper. Both spells were complicated, but I could cast them since Celestia pushed many complicated spells on me. I closed my eyes and cast the first spell. My horn fired off a lavender wave, and soon a gas trail of lavender appeared in front of my friends and me. We all looked at each other and decided to do what the note asked and followed the smoke trail.

***

"I'm not sure we should be this deep in the Everfree Forest, dears." Said Rarity

It was true; the trail was leading us deep into the Everfree Forest, far deeper than one should travel. Ponies know to fear the Everfree Forest because what's inside like Timber Wolves, Manticores, and even Hydra. But the deeper one went, the worse the creatures got. I heard rumors that you could find spiders the size of a fully grown stallion or a strange mutant creature built of random body parts.

Every sound caused us to pause and look around us. After we were sure that nothing was coming after us, we continued. We stayed close together as not to get separated on our journey. Separating this deep would easily spell death for one of us.

"So does anybody know where we even are?" Asked Fluttershy

It surprised me that Fluttershy was shaking nonstop and jumping at each sound, even though she was practically a demon. But I guess that her true side is more powerful than her demonic side.

"I'm not sure," I said

"I just hope we aren't falling into a trap." Said Applejack

"Please Applejack, don't try to make it worse than it already is." Said Rarity

We continued to follow the trail until it stopped, and we saw what it lead us to, a dilapidated building. The stone building was falling apart as moss and vegetation began to take it over. The trees hid it from the eyes of those who would try to spy it from the sky over the Everfree. The tree line barely lets in enough light for us to look at the stone building.

"This is it!" Exclaimed Rainbow

"I agree, we trotted through the most dangerous forest for a dilapidated stone building. If I wanted to see that, I would head over to the Castle of the Pony Sisters." Said Rarity

"No, remember the note said that I would have to use the second spell once we got here. But I don't understand where?" I said

"Maybe try the alicorn skull." Said Pinkie

Pinkie wasn't wrong as in front us was an alicorn skull. It was a bleach white color with a hex symbol on the head. It sat where one might put a door.

"Now that's disturbing." Said Applejack

"I think that's a clear sign we should get out of here." Said Fluttershy

I looked at the skull and quickly realized what I was looking at, an alicorn tomb.

"Girls, I think we found an alicorn tomb," I said

"Alicorn tomb?" Asked Rainbow

"Yes, in the early ages of Equestria, the primary race was alicorns before there was just the King and Queen of Equestria, and know Celestia, Luna, and Cadance. Alicorns of power had tombs created for them. I think we're looking at one of those tombs," I said

"So why would somepony send us here?" Asked Rainbow

"Because whatever we're seeking is inside this tomb," I said

"Your not seriously thinking about entering that tomb, Twilight. Do you know what's inside a tomb, spiders, comb webs dirt and worse of all, a dead pony or the skeleton." Said Rarity

"Yes, but the skeleton will only be the rest of the body as the head of the alicorn was always chopped off and magically attached to the door. Then a hex is placed on the head of the alicorn to keep the contents of the tomb safe," I said

"That's barbaric." Said Rarity

"Back in those time that was the norm," I said

Rarity stuck out her tongue as I looked at the skull. I'm guessing the second spell activated the hex on the head and will open the passage for us. I pulled the piece of paper from my pocket and read over the second spell. I nodded once I knew it. I placed my hand on the hex and closed my eyes and began to channel my magic through my horn. A rumbling sound echoed through the forest, which made me move away from the skull. I backed away and watched as a line split the stone and head in half. Then it began to open inward.

A chill passed over my spine, and I knew my friends felt it as well as we stood looking at the darkness of the tomb in front of us. I swallowed my fear and began to make my way towards the entrance. I turned back to my friends who were looking at me.

"We've made it this far, let's not back down now. Remember we're doing this to fight next to Xavier in the coming fights," I said

It seemed to push the girls to swallow their fears and follow close to me. We continued on our way using the lit from the outside to see. But that's when we heard the sounds of something move. We all turned to watch as the doors quickly shut behind us leaving us in the dark. I cast an illumination spell so that we had light. A ball of lavender light appeared over my head and began to cover the area in lavender light.

"Great now were trapped." Said Rarity

"Well, in that case, we move forward. But stay close girls, I have no idea what lies in this tomb," I said

We stuck close together once again as we began to walk the path in front of us, traveling in the unknown blackness with only my lavender light cutting through the darkness.

***
Celestia POV

I sighed as I sat on my throne filing out more paperwork. My parents should have told me that being a princess is ninety percent paper work. I let out another sigh as I pulled the next sheet over to me to see it was about a new tax cut for the working class. I began to read over the changes wanting to happen. But I stopped when something felt off. Something in the field of magic felt completely off. It felt like an ancient hex awaking. What could that feeling be? I rubbed my head as the energy kept pulsating through the air, and then as soon as it came, it disappeared. Strange. I placed the paperwork down, as I knew I had to see if Luna felt the same disturbance in the magical field around Equestria.

***
Twilight POV

We continued to follow the hallway with the only light being the lavender light from my illumination spell. The hall seemed endless, and the darkness was never-ending. My friends and I stayed close, and never went too far ahead or stayed too far back.

"How much further do you think until we reach the end?" Asked Fluttershy

"Who knows?" Asked Rarity

"Plus, why you acting scared, you're a freaking demon!" Exclaimed Rainbow

"Only when I bring out Cattosis's powers. If I don't tap into Cattosis's powers, then I'm my usual self." Said Fluttershy

Rainbow just rolled her eyes as we continued down the hall. I wonder if the princesses felt me open the tomb? I knew for a fact alicorn magic can feel specific differences in the magical aura around Equestria. But I couldn't think about that now as I had to pay attention to the mission at hand.

Soon the hallway ended, and we ended up in a large room. My light wasn't strong enough to show what was in the room. I turned to my left and saw a torch. I walked over to it and touched it. I wonder if I could light this torch. I sent a bolt of magic into the center of the torch, lighting it, but what followed was other torches lighting as well.

My friends and I stood in a large circular room as each torch that lit the room gave us more of a picture of the room. That's when we saw the large coffin sitting in the middle of the room. I canceled my illumination spell once we had plenty of light to see inside the room.

"I guess we found the alicorn's final resting place," I said

"Now what?" Asked Applejack

"I'm not sure," I said

We began to make our ways down to the coffin, and that's when I saw images carved into the side of the coffin. It seemed to tell the story of the alicorn who's body resides in the coffin. From what I could tell, the alicorn seemed to be a warlord who led the alicorns through a campaign against the Fox empire.

"Girls, come over here."

Pinkie's voice echoed through the room. It pulled me from the images I was studying. I walked over to where Pinkie was standing and looked to see a picture of the same male alicorn I saw with six arms and in each hand was a crystal.

"Doesn't those crystal look like the Elements of Harmony." Said Pinkie

"No," replied Rainbow bluntly.

"Pinkie might have a point considering that the Elements of Harmony did look like crystals before they transformed into what they are now," I said

"So we're saying that this alicorn wielded all six elements at once, how is that even possible?" Asked Applejack

"Well, Celestia wielded all six when she banished Luna to the moon, but it takes a lot of magical power to use all six elements together," I said

"Please don't tell me, the alicorn had six arms." Said Rarity

"Probably not, he probably used a spell to create four phantom arms, much like Emperor Cho Lang did when he fought Xavier," I said

"How can you tell the alicorn is a male?" Asked Rainbow

"The alicorn carving has a male physique," I said

"I still don't see it." Said Rainbow

"Of course, Dashie, because dust is covering the image. See I'll show you that it's a male alicorn." Said Pinkie

Pinkie reached out and touched the tomb; I didn't have enough time to react. The one thing to fear in these tombs is the curses placed over the coffin. A curse that no magic in Equestria could remove. The second Pinkie's hand touched the image; the torches went out.

"Pinkie what did you just do?!" Exclaimed Rarity

Soon a bright white light appeared in the center of the room, hovering over the coffin. I swallowed the fear building up in my chest. The temperature was dropping fast in the room as the light continued to hover over the coffin. My friends and I gathered close together as we looked into the ball of white light.

"What is that, Twilight?" Asked Fluttershy

"I have no idea, but whatever it is, is something ancient and powerful," I said

We all watched with baited breath for something to happen, and finally, it did. Large tentacles sprouted from the ball, six in total. Each limb crept into the air, and we all watched them slowly move higher and higher. Then the tentacles stopped before one jetted right towards Rainbow's head and slammed right into her skull. The rest of us screamed as Rainbow fell to her knees and her eyes went completely black.

"What the fuck!!!!" Screamed Rarity

Soon Rarity got the same treatment, before Fluttershy, and Pinkie also ended up skewered by the light tentacles.

"Shit, shit, shit!!!" Said Applejack

I couldn't believe my eyes that four of my friends had died right in front of my eyes. No, this has to be a horrible dream. I heard another scream and turned to see Applejack fall to her knees with a tentacle coming out of her head and her eyes completely black. I backed up slowly as I looked at the last limb floating in the air. Fuck! I didn't have time to do anything as the limb came right at me. Then everything just went dark.

***

*Cough, cough*

I coughed hard as I slowly felt my body coming back to me. I cough hard again and this time started to vomit. I kept vomiting up a white substance. The vomit finally stopped allowing to take a few breaths. My ears began to pick up the sounds of coughing and vomiting. I turned to see my friends alright and each of them emptying their stomachs. What happened to us?

I grabbed my head, and everything came back about the alicorn tomb, the ball of white light, and the tentacles. I felt my head for a hole but felt nothing except my scalp. I then looked around me to see my friends, and I were outside the Everfree Forest and resting at the valley that separated the forest and Ponyville. I saw the sun was heading towards the horizon, meaning that Celestia was preparing to lower it. How long were we in that tomb, and how did we even get back in the valley near Ponyville?

"Can somepony tell me what just happened?" Asked Applejack

"I have no darling, but I'm happy to be alive." Said Rarity

"What happened to us, how did we get outside the Everfree Forest, and what was with that ball of light?" Asked Rainbow

"I have no idea," I said

I got to my hooves and began to look myself over, but nothing seemed out of place. That's until I felt a not stinging pain hit my head. I grabbed it as a massive headache came right at me. I opened my eyes to see the others dealing with it as well. What's happening to us? The pain increased with every second that passed. I could hear the others screaming and watched as they thrashed around. I finally had enough and yelled at the top of my lungs.

I felt a strange burning sensation began to cross my right hand and pulled it away to see a burning white light appear on the top of my right hand. I watched as the light traveled up from my right hand along my right arm. I felt it travel all the way up to my right eye before I felt it stop. Then the worst headache every hit me like a freight train. I grabbed my head and screamed in pain. It felt like somepony smashed a hot iron right through my right eye into my brain and out the other side. But it finally ended, and I fell to my knees sucking in air before vomiting up even more white liquid.

After I finished emptying my stomach again, I felt weak, incredibly weak. I couldn't get any motivation to move my head to see if my friends were ok. I sat in my kneeling position with my hands touching the ground, until I felt my energy coming back to me.

"What now just happened tah us?" Asked Applejack

"What happened to my arm!!!" Screamed Rarity

We all looked to see Rarity had black burn lines running up her right arm and stopped at her right eye where a burnt version of her cutie mark sat next to her eye.

"What happened to all of us!" Screamed Rarity

We all looked to see the same lines and our cutie marks burnt near our right eyes. I had to have Applejack check to see if my cutie mark was next to my right eye, and sure enough, it was.

"Twilight, what happened to us all!" Exclaimed Rarity

"I'm as clueless as you all," I said

"What do you mean clueless?" Asked Rainbow

"That's the truth, Rainbow. I have no idea what happened to us after that ball of light in the alicorn tomb attacked us. All I can say is that ball of light did something to us," I said

"She's tellin' the truth, Rainbow." Said Applejack

"Great how are any of us going to explain our cutie marks burnt to our faces or these lines running up our arms." Said Rarity

"Look, girls, let's relax and head back to the library. I think I can say with certainty that you all feel exhausted like me. I have spare sleeping bags in the basement closest that I can get for you girls. In the morning I'll research to figure out what happened to us," I said

The girls looked at each other before nodding. We all turned and began to hoof it back into Ponyville and to Golden Oak Library.

***
Xavier POV

"It's so wonderful to see you so happy, Barb." Said Celestia

I sat on the couch with Barb sipping on tea as Celestia sat across from Barb and me in a chair sipping her tea. About ten minutes after I put Moon down for bed, I heard a knock on the door, and who else, but Princess Celestia and Luna. Luna was right now in the bathroom. Not mentioning the princesses brought ten Lunar Guards with them, who were all standing around the library. I hope this isn't about me. Luckily Flame was upstairs with Moon, and Celestia put a soundproofing spell over the door to make sure she got plenty of sleep.

"Yes, mom, Xavier is the perfect mate." Said Barb

"Then I'm glad I gave you my blessing, Xavier." Said Celestia

"Yeah, I am," I said

Soon the bathroom door open and out stepped Luna with a face of relief. When she arrived, she looked ready to explode. She walked over and sat next to Celestia, and Barb handed her a cup of tea.

"Thank you, Barb." Said Luna

"No problem." Said Barb

We continued to sip tea in silence until I decided I had enough of it, "Ok Celestia, just do it."

Celestia raised an eyebrow at me, "Do what?"

"Well clearly your here to take me away, why else would you bring ten Lunar Guards to the library. I know the citizens of Ponyville have been asking for you to deal with me. So let's get it over with," I said

Celestia gave a slight chuckle at my response.

"Mother this isn't something to laugh about!" Exclaimed Barb

"Calm down, Barb, nothing is going to happen to Xavier. The guards are for a precaution for something else. We would do nothing to Xavier, well unless he decided to commit a crime." Said Celestia

"Then why are you here?" Asked Barb

Soon the door to the library began to open, and all the guard turned towards it and went for their swords. I watched as it opened and in came an exhausted White Claw and Chi. I heard the two were staying over late tonight to help the Cakes prepare a large order that needed to go out tomorrow.

The two looked around the library at all the guards. White Claw sighed and walked past them and walked up to the open spot on the couch and fell face first into it. She wasn't even all the way onto the couch when she fell over. Chi was taking it slowly watching all the guards. I rubbed White Claw's back as Chi stood next to me still keeping her eyes on the guards, who went back to whatever they were doing.

"Tough day," I said

"Yes." Said White Claw

"I don't know how Pinkie does all that work or even the Cakes." Said Chi

"It's good to see you, Chi and White Claw." Said Celestia

White pulled her head up and acknowledged Celestia before putting it back into the couch. Chi gave a bow to the princesses.

"It's nice to see you both once again." Said Chi

"To you as well, Chi." Said Celestia

"Sorry for all the male guards, Chi. I know you must feel uncomfortable." Said Luna

"No worries Princess Luna, as long as I stick by Xavier, I'm ok. Plus if the guards don't keep their distances, they'll find out what it means to be a girl." Said Chi

The guards turned to watch Chi's tail split into her nine individual tails. I could feel them all immediately look away and keep their eyes to themselves. Luna and Celestia chuckled a little.

"No worries, Chi, my Lunar Guards will keep their distance, or they'll deal with Fang and me." Said Luna

"Do you want any tea, Chi?" Asked Barb

"That would be nice, thank you Barb." Said Chi

"What about you White Claw?" Asked Barb

White Claw pulled her head up from the couch once again, "No, but I could use a cup of milk."

Barb nodded before walking off to the kitchen. White Claw moved from the couch and crawled and sat on my lap. We kissed as our mouths met. Chi to the seat where White Claw had her head moments ago. Barb soon returned with a cup of tea and a cup of milk. The tea went to Chi and the milk to White Claw, who took it down in seconds.

"Better?" I asked

"Much," White then turned her attention to Princess Celestia and Luna. "So why are you here princesses?"

"I hope its not about Xavier." Said Chi

"Celestia already cleared that this isn't about me," I said

"Then what?" Asked White Claw

Once again the door open and the guard turned to the door. Soon the door opened and there standing were the mane six. The second Twilight opened the door, Celestia magic came to life and dragged all six girls into the room. Celestia held all of them in her magic. I just raised my eyebrow at Celestia. I then saw that each of the girls had burn marks running up their right arms and their cutie mark burnt right under their right eyes.

What happened to all of them? I continued to watch Celestia as she walked over to the girls and looked at the burn markings on all of them. I could see Celestia wasn't pleased with what she saw. Celestia motioned for Luna to walk over to her. Luna got up and walked over to Celestia. The two seemed to whisper something between each other. I looked to see the guards still ready to pull their swords at a moment's call.

"What's going on right now?" Asked White in a whisper.

"I have no idea," I responded to White Claw in a whisper.

"You have any idea, Barb?" Asked White in a whisper.

"No." Answered Barb in a whisper.

Finally, the two princesses stopped talking, and Luna walked forward and closed her eyes, and soon tendrils began to emit themselves from Luna's horn and headed towards each of the girls. The tendrils touched each of the burnt cutie marks and disappeared as a white aura appeared, and began to emit itself from the burn marks.

"As I thought." Said Celestia

Celestia released the mane six, and they fell to the ground with a thud. They all groaned as Celestia hovered over Twilight. I could see that Twilight was nervous from the look on her face.

"I want you to tell me everything about what happened to you, NOW!" Said Celestia in a harsh tone of voice.

***

"And that leads us to where we are now." Said Twilight

Twilight and the girls sat around in chairs from the kitchen and the last few in the central part of the library and recounted the events of the day. I could see Celestia's face had hints of anger on it. After about an hour, Twilight and the other recounted the whole tale. It did make me a little mad that Twilight and the others risked their lives just so they could help me, but it also made me feel warm inside. It was nice to now that they wanted to help me.

"Twilight I'm outright disappointed with you, no, I'm outraged. The amounts of books you've read throughout your life, you should know that opening an alicorn tomb is against the law. You should know that the penalty for opening a grave is the dungeon for life or banishment from Equestria." Celestia paused to take a breath, "I can understand your desire to help Xavier, I have been there before. But going outright and breaking one of the sacred laws of Equestria isn't something I would believe you to do. But here you are, with the proof across your arm and on your face. And that goes for the rest of you as well."

"Um, Celestia," the princess turned back to me. "Mind giving some context here."

"Alicorns were the first race to call Equestria home. Tombs of alicorn warlords and leaders rest upon the lands of Equestria, all of them hidden, but has taken time many of them. But anyone who happens to stumble upon a tomb knows one simple rule, leave it. The tombs are an ancient history of Equestria and as such, have the highest protection of the land, since what can happen to those who enter the tomb." Said Luna

"And that would be?" I asked

"The coffin, where the body rests, has a powerful hex or curse upon it. Depending on the level of the alicorn, creates the level of hex or curse. Many curses act as protection since many alicorn coffins hold powerful weapons or ancient artifacts that could devastate the world today. Many leave marks of those who enter and disturb the coffin of a long lost alicorn. So to protect the tombs and the artifacts inside, we made the highest punishments placed upon those who enter a tomb. Even the gallows are a punishment for those who open certain tombs." Said Celestia

I could see all six girls looking at each other with concerned looks on their face. Shit, girls, what did you all get yourself into when opening that tomb.

Celestia got up and straightened out her dress before nodding to Luna, who nodded back to her sister.

"Now girls, I am going to see what level curse the coffin placed on you. That will determine your punishment." Said Celestia

The girls looked at each other and nodded before Celestia sent six blasts of orange magic at them. A bright light began to emit from each of them. I covered my eyes to block out the light, and when it died down, I saw something else. Each girl was holding a weapon in their right hands, and their cutie mark now sat inside their right eye.

Twilight was holding a magenta Bo Staff with a star in the middle of it. Rarity held a purple whip in her hands. Diamonds covered the whip, and one sat at the end of the handle. Rainbow Dash had a pair of red twin daggers with the blade shaped like a lightning bolt and about lightning bolt resting at the end of the handle. Fluttershy had what looked to be a green compound bow with a butterfly sitting in the front of the bow and at the two ends that held the string. Applejack was holding a large orange ax where the blade was coming out of an apple at the top. Last was Pinkie, who had a large blue hammer and the head of the hammer was the end of a balloon.

"Where did these come from?" Asked Twilight

"More importantly what happened to your eye Twilight!" Screamed Rarity

"My eye." Said Twilight

"Yes, your cutie mark is now in your right eye." Said Rarity

"But how can that be, I still have perfect vision." Twilight covered her left eye and seemed to be looking around with her right. "As I said, perfect vision."

"Somepony please tell me that's not the case for me." Said Rarity

"Well, its the same for all of you. Your right eye now has your cutie mark, and it's glowing the color of your weapons," I said

"This is getting freaky." Commented White Claw

"I would agree." Said Chi

Celestia looked at the weapons and the girls as she rubbed her chin, "It seems the coffin you touched has granted you each a weapon in the color that corresponds to the Element of Harmony you all bare, not mentioning that the shape of your element is also present on your weapon."

"But that still doesn't answer the question of which tomb you opened." Stated Luna

"I know sister, but let me do something first." Celestia turned back to the girls. "I want you all to try to make the weapons disappear. I'm not sure if you can do it, but I would like you all to try."

The girls looked at each other before looking at their weapons. I could see them trying all manner of ways to make the weapons they were holding disappear, but nothing was working. Finally, Twilight was able to get her weapon to disappear. And by complete surprise make it return.

"How did you do that?" Asked Rainbow

"I thought about the weapon disappearing, and it did, and when I wished it back, it came back." Said Twilight

The others tried it, and they were able to make the weapons disappear and reappear.

"So cool." Said Rainbow

"Rainbow should I remind ya that we have weapons from breakin' one of Equestria's oldest laws." Said Applejack

"Oh, right," said Rainbow with hints of a blush creeping over her face.

"Yes, but it is interesting that whatever tomb you opened didn't kill you or corrupt you. But even with that, you all still broke the law, and you all shall still get punished." Said Celestia

"We understand, Princess Celestia." Said Twilight

"But since it seems you were doing out of your heart, I'll give you two options for your punishment. First, you can choose to go to the dungeons for three weeks, or you'll be Luna, and I's personal servants for those three weeks. It is your choice, but do know that if you choose the dungeons, I will alert the media, your employers, your families, and will go on your records. But I won't do any of that if you choose servanthood." Said Celestia

"Also you will return to Canterlot with us tonight, no matter your decision." Said Luna

The girls looked at each other, and it seemed they knew what they wanted, "Princess Celestia and Luna, we choose servanthood for three weeks as punishment for breaking into the alicorn tomb."

"Then it's settled, now let's return to Canterlot. But I will give you, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy a minute to say goodbye to Xavier and for you, Twilight, to see Moon Star." Said Celestia

The four of them nodded. Twilight headed up the stairs as Applejack, Rarity, and Fluttershy came over to me as White Claw got off my lap. I hugged and kissed each one them. I then heard hoofs coming down the steps and turned to see Twilight. She walked over and hugged me, and I kissed her on the lips.

"Take care of Moon Star." Said Twilight

"I will, but once you four get back, we need to talk," I said

They all nodded and went over to Celestia, who opened the library door and ushered out the Lunar Guards. I walked up to the door with Barb, White Claw, and Chi right behind me. I watched as the girls stood next to Celestia and Luna as both of their horns began to glow, and then in a flash of white, they were gone.