Sauron's Second Chance
Chapter 10: Chapter 10: Fight?
Previous Chapter Next ChapterSauron and the others were now heading towards the crystal palace, Princess Luna, and Celestia saw the bruise on Flurry Heart's wing. They all started to ask what happened and how it did, Flurry Heart started to tell the story about how she had a lesson about tactic and camouflage with her teacher on the training grounds not so far away from the city. She explained how she was supposed to find a flag hidden somewhere in the forest ,not so far away and that all the animals were scared away so there was no need to worry about them.
She explained how she was supposed to race with other pegasi for it, and that she was “winning” thanks to her flying instructors lessons she was quick, but she didn’t find the flag either way. Of course Rainbow Dash had to smirk and look proud that her lessons brought good things for her student. FlurryHeart explained how she saw a cave and thought that maybe there will be the flag hidden, and she found something that was far bigger than a flag.
“I-I-I-I… found a dragon.” She muttered out and both princesses looked at each other with shocked eyes.
They all stopped, Sauron of course had to stop also. He was very interested how she will explain all what happened back there in the forest, he also was interested what happened before he engaged the Dragon. Of course a little smile appeared on his face when he saw how concerned they all are about the little princess, if something won’t go to plan he will use this child as a plan B. So many weaknesses he already had discovered in their behavior, so many lives will perish because of it. The humans that only care for power and feast with greed have less weaknesses then these here.
‘Pathetic’ Sauron thought when he looked at these creatures.
“How is that possible… Dragons don’t live here in the forests, since Ember was put in power.” Said Princes Luna.
“Indeed this is really worrying.” Aggreed Princess Celestia, she saw that Sauron raised an eyebrow at the information he just heard.
“That’s what concerns me…” To all of their surprise Sauron started. “How did even a Urulóki get here.” Sauron also wanted to know where and how did a dragon show up here.
They all looked at each other until Rainbow Dash broke the silence “Uruyouki? What is that even?” she asked and Sauron now was debating if they don’t know what this meant or if he really isn’t in Arda.
It was really strange for Sauron that they don’t know what a Urulóki is or rather are, they were the fire breathing dragons sometimes wingless and sometimes with wings. Today he met one that breathed fire and had wings, so he met a dragon his master Morgoth created, but why didn’t they know how they are names?
“Mr. Sauron is this a name for a dragon in your language?” Flurry Heart now asked and Sauron just looked at her and answered.
“N-No, it’s a name for the type of dragon we met.” He answered as they all looked to him.
“What do you mean?” Asked Celestia still not trusting Sauron, he of course could hear the venom in her voice.
“Where I come from there are wingless dragon and winged ones, there are also the one with no wings and legs.” Sauron said and he saw that he got everyone’s attention so he continued. “Dragons that are breathing fire and are wingless or have wings or don’t have wings and legs are called the Urulóki. There are the also the cold-drakes that can’t breathe fire but have or don’t have wings, legs and the smoke breathing ones, that have the ability to breathe a mist or smoke rather than fire, while having or not having wings, legs.” He ended his statement leavingall of them were speechless.
“S-So you have dragons there in your country eh? You battled some already?” Asked Shining Armor curious if Sauron has fought with some of them, while not counting the one he fighted with to save his precious daughter.
“Fought with them? Only someone stupid or really powerful would do that and besides you get nothing from fighting them, other than some injuries and a burned village because of your actions." Answered Sauron not wanting to reveal that he fought alongside the dragons.
The good old times when his master Morgoth was still around were so beautiful and prosper, he would always be summoned to deal with the foes and enemies of his master. He remembered the days when he was spying for his master while talking to other Valar or Númenóreans. He wished this times were back, so that he could maybe do something differently, for example be more active in battle and even more in diplomacy rather than sitting around sometimes doing nothing.
“I-I think Twilight will be more interested in this then we will.” Cadence said with a smile, Sauron raised an eyebrow at that.
“Twilight? I assume it’s a girl name… is this person a scientist?” Sauron asked Cendence, Celestia thentook a step forward and answered Sauron's question.
“Yes, she is my student and a princess like me, she is currently in the gryphon Empire on a diplomatic mission.” Celestia answered his question and Sauron was more than happy to hear it.
So there are different races like in Middle-Earth, he has to know about the geography of this place and learn where what city lye’s and how to get where. And when this princes Twilight will return and probably come here, he is probably going to be asked so many questions that the age of Eru Ilúvatar will be small considered to the number of questions he gets.
“Any way let's go to the palace and give a room for tonight,Celestia and Luna will you also stay here for the night?” Cadence asked her aunts.
“If it isn’t a problem” Celestia said and looked at Luna “I can attend my royal duties from here too.” she said and they both agreed to stay in the crystal empire for the night.
------Discord------
“It’s bad, its bad, it’s really bad!” He said to himself while searching for something in his own dimension, he leaved Fluttershy and his little artist in the Crystal Empire and hid them well and said not to make contact with the new arrived guest that just destroyed the barrier he didn’t have even chance to destroy.
“It was supposed to happen in seven-hundred years later, not now!” He screamed as he was looking for something, he summoned chests destroying walls, and even dared to so ‘accidently’ for the sake of the ponies to destroy his wife’s garden
“Uhhh! Where is this damn piece of paper!” He screamed and was snapping his fingers while sweating tons of chocolate milk out of himself.
Discord was flying, making circles, throwing different objects to find something really important that he received when he became the Lord of Chaos and disharmony. A piece of paper that he got from no one else then his creator, Faust is probably going to kill him or struck him with a lightning bolt for this. He was supposed to have this document always by him and never lose it, and now he was looking everywhere for it.
“Think, think, Discord or else the whole planet is going to be doomed!” He cried out thinking where could have he put the document down.
‘I looked in my castle in Fluttershy's home and even I sorted everything out’ he thought when he looked everywhere and saw order and harmony to not have a mess for now.
He really needed this piece of paper he received from Faust, or else he is going to fell over and die in a few weeks or month, the life of his friends depended on this. He needed to find it and remember what to do and say, try, dance, sing not to choose the bad ending. The whole world counts on him, his friends and pals that he made were all now wishing for eternal peace and prosper.
So he begin to slowly look into every corner of his dimension home and room he saw, he looked into the trees holes and pits that were there. He even created things to help him find the missing document he received from the goddess and divine that guards upon Equestria and is -was- hisgood friend.
“This is for nothing ,what am I doing wrong?” He askedhimself throwing away all his hope,and in anger he kicked a ball.
The ball hit a piano on which there were birds, the birds flew and they accidentally shook scared a cat sleeping on a tree that jumped on the same ball that hit the piano, the result was that the cat bounced into the abyss while the ball rolled with a quite impressive speed and hit a line of matches that were like a domino. The matches fell and somehow one set on fire, the fire was spreading towards a rope that was holding a sign on which there was written “The realm of Discord and Fluttershy” the rope was of course burning and the rope finally gave up and the sign fell near a line a actual domino that now because of the wind was falling over with every domino bigger and bigger. The smoke from the fire was detected by the clouds Discord set up to extinguish any fire there is for his family safety. So the clouds started to rain with chocolate milk and violent winds begin to destroy everything.
There was even lighting now hitting the ground from time to time setting on fire more thing and more, the ground shook and trees begin to dance. Birds,weasels and other friends of Fluttershy begin to panic using every object as a shield. Discord watched as his harmony slowly turned into chaos and anarchy was the only thing that ruled in his kingdom. The dogs did backflips while avoiding water that was now flooding his castle as peanuts, scissors, pencil and other different objects were now forming a tsunami that was slowly devouring everything.
Discord watched as his perfect and-for the first time- segregated kingdom was now in ruin and he would have to spend two to three days in rebuilding the peace. And what’s worse he still didn’t have the damn document Faust gave him. And all the mess was just too much, now he can dream that he will find it.
Discord flew where the most of all object were and looked at it with a twitching eye, all this order was destroyed by his own stupidity. Everywhere where he was there was or would be chaos ,no doubt about it. And when Fluttershy is going to see this she is going to have not only a talk with him, but also he is going to receive a three month sex ban for sure.
He just fell down and closed his eyes in sorrow “Why me…” He muttered under his breath and shifted his head onto the left side with still closed eyes, but opened them and saw a tiny piece of paper sticking out. He recognized the old material and he stood up and unburied the rest
“I-I just needed chaos!” He said to himself.
But there is good in him, the ring tells him that there isn’t
Don’t let him shift to darkness again, even though he will do evil things
Don’t tell him to much and say everything in riddles or the information he will turn against you as needles
Anger, greed and sadness, he always will be mad…
…But hope there is, if the second part successful is!
Discord was now happy, he of course didn’t know exactly what this this meant but from the looks of it. At the top the card is torn apart and the bottom is undamaged, so it is a part of something more and Discord has to find out who has the rest.
He with a snap of his fingers summoned a portal to the Crystal empire and was ready to engage this creature from doing something bad to his friends or…
“You ain’t touching my family… servant of Morgoth.” and with that he stepped in to the portal.
----The crystal palace---
The crystal ponies were doing their jobs as if this was a normal day, but because their rulers are really sweet and love them and want them good, they brought guests so that the servants, maids, guards and cookers won’t be bored and can work for their rulers all day without a break, only to give the guests the feeling that they really love their ruler. And they do from the bottom of their hearts, but sometimes their rulers really need to give them a explanation why there is a a stallion in a black noble looking outfit with a gold-blond mane standing in the middle of the room and watches how the earth ponies pick up forks and other things.
He looked at them with an raised eyebrow while the maids and others were preparing a room for him and the two sisters. Young Princess Flurry Heart was immediately brought to the healing chambers where doctors and other will take care of her, some of the crystal ponies were feeling uncomfortable when the strange guest looked at them. It also is said that he has earned already a title of a “hero” from Princess Cadence and some ponies that heard a story about something the strange wearing black bipedal creature did. But if their ruler said so, it had to be true.
The maids and servants really felled uncomfortable when he looked at them, especially when they picked up thing with their magic or hooves, the unicorn were almost invisible for him but the pegasi and earth ponies were observed as if they were some new race that, has some unrealistic powers that are impossible in his world. And they all were very close on this matter, the cause of the bipedal creature interest in the pegasi and earth ponies was because they picked up thing with their hooves.
The whole place was in a hurry to do everything before the two sisters will change the place of the sun and moon, Sauron was standing in the hallway and didn’t bother to move incase guards or royalty will find him somewhere. He didn’t want to be accused of spying or stealing something, this would prove really badly for his future plans. While in the palace he already has chosen four crystal ponies for potential torture or long and painful death because of their behavior to him.
The doctors and nurses were taking care of Flurry Heart and they were healing her wing while Flurry Heart was now dreaming what her friends reaction will be, when she will met them. The girl are going to be maybe jealous and some will say that how could she bring a monster into the town. She will have to defend Sauron from all the potential threat her friends will bring him.
Princes Celestia was now putting off her royal armor and was ready to again cast a powerful spell to hide the document she received from her mother, of course she will have to do it when there will be night. Luna will be defeating the nightmares of their subjects, and Celestia she will be far away from her and thanks to it, Celestia will have time to cast the spell while no one will notice. At least she hoped so but for her own bad, she was sleeping with a very sensitive guest in the palace. She also felled a little embarrassed by her first reaction to him, he had a nice voice and she felled as if she was attracted by him even though she didn’t know his species.
Luna was finishing her bath that was brutally stopped by Celestia's guards when, she really had to tell her sister how her guards were rude and very and she meant very not behaving like a gentlecolt should have to their royalty. Of course she also was thinking about the Sauron and how actually he looked like, she had to admit even if she didn’t know his species she was somehow attracted by him.
Princess Cendence was now attending her duties as the ruler of the Crystal Empire. She was now working two times faster because of a special person arrival, she had to do all her work and attend to do some celebrating and also talk to Celestia about him. His power and information that he gave them while Celestia and Luna weren’t here, did make her a little scared of him but as twilight said many times when she was going to her library or new castle when her old was destroyed after tirek “Never judge a book by its look” and that’s why she won’t distrust him but also don’t trust.
Shining Armor was now informing all the personnel and guards that they have a new guest, and he will receive all kinds of respect for a very noble deed he has done for the Empire and royalty of their country. When he was done a very interesting of fighting with him to see how skilled he is appeared in his head, but the thought quickly disappeared when he reminded himself about his size and power he has. Not to mention probably a very thick armor covering his body, his sword or even the most powerful attacks wouldn’t be enough to harm him or to disarm when he wield this mace of his.
Fluttershy with her filly were in their room and hiding and avoiding contact with the strange bipedal knight-that was Sauron-from starting any form of conversation, of course Fluttershy was peeking and asking if he moved somewhere to not meet him by coincidence. She always was greeted by the same answer that he is in the main hallway waiting for the maids to show him his room. Fluttershy was peeking sometimes and was examining him while Sauron was looking at the architecture and arts decorating the hallway. Of course one time Fluttershy got noticed and had to start a conversation.
-----Fluttershy and Sauron----
He has been ignoring this yellow butter pony for some time now and he thought she only avoided contact, but now when she was appearing and he noticed her looking at him from the corner he had to mess with her and start a conversation. He also saw her on the back of the abomination called Discord that claimed to be a god and was the spirit of chaos and disharmony that didn’t exist in Arda, or at least he thought so until he heard about him.
Sauron merged with the shadows and now was one with them, he could now work as a spy and use the shadows to appear where he wants, and when he wants. But of course he wanted to know as much as he can without using his more drastic or complicated ways of getting information, so when he saw that the butter yellow pony was now heading towards the main hallway and was peeking out the corner, he waited until she will go forward and as he waited she did so. Now he could appear behind her and start a talk with her.
He slowly appeared out of the shadow as if there were doors and without even making any noise he slowly approached her from the back and he was thinking how should he start it. He wanted to just do a little scare on her and somehow from there start a conversation, but he also wanted to just already say something and make her do a ‘eep’ sound just like the young Princes he saved when he was messing with her. But there was a third option that involved both two previous plan with the guest to place his hand on her shoulder or head.
‘Hmmm…the third one is the most funny one’ he almost chuckled but he didn’t for the sake of his plan.
He took a step forward without making any noise and leaned forward, he then continued in placing his hand on her shoulder and he could feel how much fear she was “producing” if it was food then he would have it at least for 1 year if not more. She was shivering and some of her hair on the mane started to bounce. It was a ridiculous image but Sauron turned serious and with a very cold tone he said while using his magic to make the feeling a cold wind was blowing… he spoke.
“Hello.” he saluted.
Fluttershy now was two maybe three seconds to actually pee from the fear, she never was feared like that before. She was shy and was very easy to scare but sometimes she just couldn’t stand some things even if they are friendly. She heard about what he did from Rainbow Dash and when she saw Flurry Heart she also told her that he seems scary but she thinks he is soft in his heart but a thick and very grey stone covers him and his emotions.
She turned and slowly all the color she had was turning grey as if all the happiness and good emotions were leaving her for good, of course she only saw Sauron looking at her concerned. She tried to do a few steps away and have some distance between her and him but she was paralyzed. His eyes reminded her of evil and of lava pits in the dragons lairs, or the breath of fire they realised. They also reminded her of lions and predators only waiting for its prey to be weakened, and be tired to attack it and eat them by killing in the most brutal way.
She was shivering and Sauron hold the urge to smile just yet, he wanted to see if his presence and fear he can plant in the hearts of these ponies are strong enough to stand his other tries to break them, and she was just the best subject for that. He already had so many plans how he could bring this pony to depression but at the same he could anger the strange spirit and he can get a very unwanted penalty for his action…
‘I won’t die two times in a row’ He said to himself and his imperialist ideas about conquering these lands slowed down.
“Are you scared of me?” He asked in a concerned voice but in reality he wasn’t even interested in the pony, but the pony only took a step back and she was still shivering.
“N…….n…n…o.” He heard a very quiet whisper, he was now impressed how someone or rather some pony can have such a soft voice and whisper so quietly.
“Excuse me I think I didn’t hear.” Said Sauron while taking a little step forward, he heard what she said he only was messing with her to make her speak louder.
“N…n..no.” Came her voice now a little bit louder, he of course now pretended he heard everything.
“I’m glad… my name is Sauron, I’m the high king of Mordor and you are?” Introduced himself with a charming smile to deceive her with his “friendly" attitude and asked for her name.
There was a moment of silence but finally Sauron broke it with a rather surprising line.
“Well if you don’t want to talk…it’s okay it was nice to meet you.” He said and turned away.
He was now heading towards the other rooms to see what interesting were they hiding. He of course could read her mind very easily and he knew who she is and what role she has, from what he learned she was the “element of kindness” and she the wife of Discord and there are more of these elements. Too bad that he didn’t use more of his magic to know a bit more but he couldn’t risk anyone noticing in her any of his magic. He heard her do a step forward and the shadow told him she was about to say something so he did it for her.
“Fluttershy…” He said and looked at her with a evil smile while chuckling quietly,and continued only to feelpowerful magic behind him.
He turned to see what was happening and he was ready to counter something, but he saw nothing only the scared to death Fluttershy now shivering like a sex slave his servants use to pleasure their nights while he doesn’t look. He then felled an hand on his shoulder and he again turned to see who it was but he was greeted with something rather unorthodox to say hello.
He received a bolt of very chaotic magic in nature to his face…