The Dark Entity (Being Re-written)
Chapter 3: "Let's make a deal."
Previous Chapter Next ChapterThey reached the entrance of the massive castle, much to Remorel's amusement. Why was he amused? It seems every castle he sees is very brightly colored. The only one that wasn't colored was his own, but that's gone now isn't it? Remorel disabled his invisibility after Luna ordered the guards to leave the area. They didn't question it of course, who would question orders? Well, maybe a spoiled child.
Celestia didn't take very long to arrive after the group did. Which surprised him, sense he expected her to take longer since she is a princess. And technically, alongside Luna, the ruler of a nation. Which pops another question to ask Celestia.
They entered the castle after waking up some guards, they weren't very good guards that's for sure.
Where is the king and queen?
Celestia popped out of nowhere, startling Rarity. After a small laugh, tea arrived.
The pony who got to Remorel froze for a second, then shakily put his cup down.
"H-here you go sir."
The pony quickly left Remorel to his refreshment.
After all the pony's got there tea, Luna asked the first question.
"So, do you perform magic?"
She said it in a slow way, which meant she wanted to have him explain his capabilities to Celestia and the rest. And of course her interest in blood magic.
"YOU can perform MAGIC?" Pinkie said excitedly.
Pinkie somehow managed to make Remorel lose track of her for a second. As she reappeared next to him with a big smile on her face.
"Can you magically make candy appear!?" She asked with growing eyes.
"Um...no, I don't practice that kind of magic." Remorel said, making Pinkie pout a little.
"What magic do you perform then?" Twilight asked, sounding very curious.
When Remorel looked back at where Pinkie was, she was already back in her seat.
'I'm going to need to keep her in check' He thought to himself.
"Well, want detail or summary?"
Twilights eyes immediately shinned very bright.
"Wrong question to ask pardner..." Applejack whispered next to him.
Remorel could hear Celestia and Luna chuckle a little.
"Detailed please." Twilight said with an ever so present eagerness to her voice.
Remorel sat back in his chair to get comfortable.
"You might have some of this magic, but one you don't have, I will list them to see which ones you don't know."
"So like a pull?" Luna said.
"Exactly." Remorel said.
All the ponies looked at each other, except Applejack and Rainbow Dash, who looked bored out of their minds.
"Well, I'll start off with the basic magic. I have fire, ice and lightning. Then there's invisibility. My elemental magic is mostly used as a distraction or quick attacks if I wanted to, and then there's invisibility, that one is pretty self explanatory.
Twilight was taking notes. When Luna, for some reason, raised her hoof in the air.
"Luna, why are you raising your hoof?" Celestia asked with a sly smile.
Luna immediately blushed and put her hoof back down.
Remorel chuckled.
"Luna, I saw your hoof raised, did you have a question?" Remorel asked.
Luna's blush disappeared and curiosity became dominant again.
"Invisibility to you is basic, so what's advanced?"
"Hmmm. Well, my advanced-"
Rainbow snorted.
"Well, it seems that everypo-...I mean...everybody is done with their tea. If you so wish, you can spend the rest of the day doing what you all want. We have some business with Remorel here." Celestia said as she glanced at Twilight.
Twilight took the hint and woke Rainbow Dash up.
"*snort* Huh! Oh...I'm sorry did I fall asleep?" Rainbow asked.
"Yes, yes you did." Fluttershy said as she slowly got up from her seat, rarity quick to her side.
"Oh, why am I not surprised." Rainbow got up and walked to Applejack's chair and kicked it, which woke said mare up.
"*snort* What in tarnation! Oh, oh my...I'm sorry Remorel. I didn't mean to sleep like that. That was awfully rude of me..." Applejack hung her head low.
"Hey, it's ok. Some are just not into magic that much, trust me, I sometimes bore myself to sleep."
That seemed to lighten Applejack up. She got off her chair and walked out with the rest of her friends.
Once they left the room, Celestia walked to Remorel's side.
"Walk with us, we have some things we need to discuss."
Remorel got up, and walked in between Luna and Celestia.
"Before we start anything, I have to ask a question, you're both princesses without a king or queen, true?" Remorel asked.
"Kings and queens in our society are viewed as evil, we keep the status of princess because of that reason, and because it fits with our titles better. I mean seriously, 'Queen Celestia'? 'Queen Luna'? It just doesn't fit."
Remorel could understand, he wasn't particularly called 'King', just 'Death'. But that didn't make him evil. So he could relate a little.
"Alright, that's all I wanted to ask." Remorel walked with them in sync somehow.
"If that's all your questions, we have some to ask you." Celestia said in a more authoritarian voice.
"What is it that you want to know?"
Luna spoke up first.
"What exactly are you?"
"I'm a being that was once human, but has gained immortality and has gained the first knowledge of magic. A human is practically a hairless ape, but was really smart. Humans did many great things, but those things ended in suffering. I'm the embodiment of that suffering, which is Death."
Luna summoned a piece of parchment and begun writing.
Celestia was next.
"How intelligent were these humans?"
"They learn from their mistakes, and build upon them. They didn't even know what magic was. They just survived on their own intellect."
Luna stopped writing.
"No magic? How is that possible?"
"Humans had intellect, they didn't necessarily need magic because they made technology that made their lives easier. But that made them more prone to suffering. Who would've thought that the humans own destruction was there own creations."
Celestia pondered this next question in her head.
"Did they destroy themselves?"
"Technically yes, you see, I had a partner who was the god of life, she and I were to go and pretty much 'clean up the mess', which they called the rapture. I judge the souls and she takes the good ones to a place called heaven, I take the bad ones and imprison them in a place called hell. But, there was a human who said the wrong thing to her, and she suspected I was claiming more souls than I should. She had her armies destroy mine. And banished me from that realm, of that I can't go back to."
Luna finished writing and tore out a piece of paper and was readying a new one.
"What kind of advanced magic do you know? I know Luna told me you created something called Blood magic. I would like to know more about that and some of your other abilities." Celestia asked.
Remorel was now starting to question her motives.
'Why does she want me to tell her about all my abilities? We literally met four hours ago. I'll tell her my abilities, but not my weakness, that's something nobody should know.'
"I know dark, fury, and chaos."
Celestia froze.
"Chaos magic? Care to be more specific?"
"My chaos magic alters the mind to the point where I can control the mind, or destroy it with overwhelming force by speaking a sequence of words, but I don't like using it because nobody should go through that torture...unless they deserve it."
Luna continued writing quickly.
"And what about Dark magic? How does that work?"
"Dark magic is bending the matter that's around me to my will, say if I wanted a flower as a shield. I can make it into a shield, but I won't be very effective since it's well...a flower."
Writing continues.
"And fury magic?" Celestia raised an eyebrow as she turned a corner.
"A more powerful form of Dark magic, except it's raw and uncontrollable. Instead of bending the matter, I use its energy."
"Ok, that's all I wanted to know, but one more thing. Luna you can stop recording." Celestia opened a door that led to a balcony.
Luna stopped with her writing and sent her things away and went with her sister on the balcony.
Celestia stared out across her kingdom, her horn glowing as the sun set, and Luna's horn glowing as the moon rises.
Celestia turned to Remorel as Luna was finishing rising the moon.
Remorel marveled at their experience in magic, silently appreciating them to see something extremely rare.
Celestia caught his attention as she started to speak.
"We don't exactly trust you yet, but let's make a deal."
Remorel listened intently.
"We would like you to stay here in Canterlot so me and my sister can monitor you. If you prove yourself to be safe around our citizens, we will allow you to roam within Equestria."
Remorel considered this, he didn't really know anywhere else to go. And his magic isn't fully charged. But, he could get used to these ponies in time if he acted friendly.
Then maybe perhaps, he can finally re-learn his lost emotions.
"Princess Celestia, Princess Luna. I accept."
Celestia smiled.
"Great! I'm happy you agree. Now eventually we will allow you to roam Canterlot to get used to the ponies, but, it may be difficult."
Remorel mentally raised and eyebrow.
"The reason being, Canterlot is known for...judgmental ponies."
Remorel smiled.
"I learned that if you slowly introduced me to the locals, I can become like one of the population. But, again, they will need to know the truth about me. About me being Death."
Celestia had a tired look.
"Yeah, that too. But it's getting late, you must be tired. We will continue to talk in the morning over breakfast. Come, I will show you where you'll be staying."
Celestia raised a wing and lightly pushed Remorel back inside, and out into a hallway.
"I know a shortcut, we still didn't let the staff know about your presence." Celestia directed him down a shorter hallway.
"Understood, I was actually expecting it."
They continued going through a series of hallways and corridors, eventually making it to the royal chambers.
"This room is hidden and is next to mine and Luna's. It used to be a relatives room but...there not here anymore. But you can use it as long as you don't destroy anything."
"Thank you Celestia, I really do appreciate this." Remorel thanked Celestia.
"No problem, remember in the morning we wish to talk more. And possibly giving you an occupation. Anyway, have a good night Remorel."
Celestia closed the door behind her, he can hear her talking to Luna before they also went to bed.
'I guess it's time for some rest to.'
Remorel laid in the bed that was provided, his feet going over the bed.
'Already more comfortable than what I usually sleep on.'
Eventually, Remorel's magic deficiency called him to rest. He closed his eyes and went to sleep.
Next Chapter: "I am human will." Estimated time remaining: 1 Hour, 34 MinutesAuthor's Notes:
[List of explanatory...your welcome reader.]
Basic Magic:
*Flamethrower[from mouth] and fireballs.(offensive)
*Ice walls and ice spears.(defensive)
*Invisibility.(stealth)
*Lightning.(offensive and defensive)
Advanced Magic:
Blood Magic (Most powerful, but most exhausting):-blood magic is magic that channels anger into a physical form, and can be casted with enough force to destroy an entire planet.
Dark Magic (Weak, but quick attacks):-dark magic is just bending the matter around you to your whim, like raising undead or shooting magic missiles.
Chaos Magic (Unlike Discords, Remorel's cause mental chaos, effective but very time consuming to cast):-his form of chaos magic only affects the mind, it can alter any emotion and can possibly destroy the stability of the mind if so chosen.
Fury Magic (Very powerful with strong attacks, but cannot be controlled, hence the name):-similar to dark magic, you can cast quick attacks. Only you cant control it and they do massive amounts of splash damage.
Weapon abilities are also an option, if chosen the caster can perform magic through there weapon, so if say the caster wants the weapon to be on fire, they will channel that energy to that weapon. Same goes for every other spell.
This is just for you to know the capabilities of Remorel. And thanks for the feedback and support, I really appreciate it.