Sauron's Second Chance
Chapter 17: Ch 17: Something is...off
Previous Chapter Next Chapter‘It’s been long since I cracked my finger’s’ Sauron thought and was ready to “show off.”
At first he didn’t know what to do first, but it was obvious that he needs to cast the spell with his ring activated. He actually was a little bit excited to see what improvements his ring got, he was no way more powerful than in Middle-Earth. He would slam a manticore into the ground easily if he used much strength, and here he did it accidently.
In Middle-Earth when he used his ring here in the Dream world, it didn’t work to well. And now that he is more powerful, maybe he will with his ring achieve more in this dimension. So many minds to control and establish his own cult,order,law,idea for the world to guide with. So much to achieve and the fear he will awake inside all of these ponies, will be enough to make them hear him out and make decisions he proposes ,while not being discriminated for being an outsider.
Sauron took a deep breath, he then placed his hand together and he started to concentrated on what he wants to do. The wind was now slowly circling around him and his magic was to be felled by powerful mages and wizards. Luna also started to feel his magic and it wasn’t for now intimidating, it was at normal pressure but she noticed that his magic is a little bit harsher,stronger,harder.
Sauron then proceed to call upon his power of control over magic, he was very good at it. He wasn’t a master in spell and such, he was an master in telling false information. He was, however, a master of fire, and he was the great Necromancer of Dol-Guldur. Maybe the power of the past ages left him, but he still had something returning to him.
Then his eyes begin to glow a little yellow like aura, and his deep orange color started to get more fire like look. The clouds above were going in different directions away from him, as if the nature was running away from him. Luna landed on the edge to look more closely from behind what is going to happen, for now it seemed he gather the magic in him to release it later.
Under Sauron’s feet strange purple magic was coming off, it seemed it was a fire and it had some blue mixed with it. It felt very strong, and soon the energy was encircling him, the magic continued to dance around him. He then separated his both hands and raising his left one into the air, the magic coming from under him was now flooding in bigger amounts.
Then in his left hand a small orb of very brightly shining light, that was a light-orange color appeared. Then he changed the way his fingers were, they now were straight and now it looked like he had a small firebolt in his hand. A part of the strange energy also changed color, and from his left foot instead of purple there was a fire like orange color.
The “magic” was now been flying into the orb and from what it looked like, it was getting very slowly bigger but more powerful with each second. Luna could feel the power, it was huge and very strong, she imagined what could happen if this was an offensive spell, it would be at the same level like her class S spell or any other Twilight or Celestia knows.
Sauron didn’t wait too long, he proceeded to do the same thing with his other hand, he called upon his spiritual powers this time, it was necessary to make the spell only affect the dream world or souls. If he didn’t do it, then the spell that he would cast would make everyone die or be injured while he would be invisible and his spell also. However it would still be noticeable by the magic users skilled enough, or the ones that are sensitive enough to feel magic.
However the color this time wasn’t orange or purple, it was a very light blue color almost white this time with light cyan-mint outlines. The magic was coming off him ,and the same orb was created in his other hand and it seemed as if he was holding a firebolt but instead of normal fire, he held a magic bolt that is made out of pure magic to strike the enemy. It also was very powerful and it was more sensitive for Luna to describe its power
For her, this orb was made out of magic similar to the one she uses, but it was just like his magic more harsher and harder. Overall his magic was way more powerful ,and probably his magic can stand more of their magic even if Sauron uses small amounts of it. It quite scary to think what can he actually do, right now he has already proven that without his magic he can beat Discord while only using his defensive magic.
But when she takes both of these orbs, the surrounding him magic flowing and shining bright around him. And if she was to describe the power and hardness, he would definitely take her,Cadence,Celestia and Twilight without the Elements of Harmony if he will use more powerful spells. And she doubted that it is the full power, or at least somewhere close to that point of what she sees now.
‘Celestia should already notice so much power even if it is in the Dream World’ Luna thought as she reminded herself about her sisters more developed magical sensitivity.
For Sauron it was half way done, now he needed to concentrate and merge both of these magical orbs, and then activate the ring ,thanks to it he will strengthen it enough, that all of the city and maybe even the Empire by luck can get rescued from the nightmares. For this apologizing gift, he isn’t going to craft anything for at least ten years for Luna or more if she proves immortal.
He then released more of his magic and ordered it to travel to the orbs, his magic obeyed and more of it started to flow. This time not it was flying into it but his hand left hand was now in that orange magic like fire covered. The right one was also covered by the white magic with light blue-cyan outlines, and the power was booming of him and the light was blinding Luna
For her it was almost crushing her, she felled hopeless against that power, and he did all that in one minute! It’s impossible to be so powerful, he has to be an higher being chosen by the divine or a lesser god of some sort. She with Celestia had the Alicorn blood and were related to the first Alicorn so they have the power to move the sun and moon.
Besides that their one and true most powerful, right, beautiful, magnificent, pure good, not even a little evil, loving, merciful goddess Faust is the best divine in all of Equis. Not the changeling god or the gryphon pantheon of gods and godlings can match their goddess, the other kingdoms like saddle Arabia and their god of …something is the closest to being similar to Faust, but that’s only mere three percent.
Of course Celestia's, Luna’s subjects are more likely to call out to their name. It is a foolish thing but they can’t change that, and as Faust commands to defend all of pony king and even other races with love and friendship. But maybe there is something to it, maybe Sauron is someone like a godling or a lesser god or divine creature. She with Celestia is also by the power of the Alicorn bloodline and Faust blessings.
Sauron was now ready to merge the two orbs into one to make it an spell affecting only the Dream world, and if it had to effect the outside world. It would be mostly an not harmless effect making everyone getting a little headache or waking them up. But he didn’t care, for him all of this world can wake up or fall asleep in the middle of the road on the other side of the planet.
What he cared about was to see how much powerful he has become, maybe he will be able to himself open a small portal to Arda, and from here with the help of the ponies make it last enough, to go back home and return with an army to destroy them all. That can be a possibility ,but for now he has to learn more about this world and it’s magic sources.
He has to also be done with all of this, and while he will merge the two orbs. He needs to go back to his regular size, and this means that Luna has to fly away or somehow find a place in between him and his legs or somewhere else. He didn’t know why, but thinking like this made him feel kind of weird, he didn’t know what it was. He felled a little disgusted and also he reminded himself of Numenor and the girl there serving in the night to give men pleasure after hard work
‘A women that serves food or does laundry. is a maid…and that one names is…’ he thought but then he shook his head and proceeded in merging the orbs.
The closer the orbs were he also was changing his size, it was necessary because while he is short he contains his true self in a way and here he needs the full power. The two energies at first were not so “friendly” to each other, but at a certain point the almost white and orange one mixed together. And now the two rivers of magic were changing color depending on which side it is on.
Sauron was now almost his full size ,while Luna had to find a place to stay and it was hard to do. It wasn’t too hard actually, in between Sauron’s armor boot’s she fined enough space to fit in. Luna from the bottom watched what is going to happen. The power now behind the spell was far beyond her capabilities, she felled the massive amounts of energy behind all this, and also she felled hopeless in even stopping something like this.
It was very scary,dark and really hopeless thing to even think about being close to that power. Most would ask her why dark and scary? Well because if the ponies or she had so much power, and if she was nightmare moon and had even more. Equestria would be a giant hole with a small lake, and what would happen if other evil being had such power? Evil…evil things would happen to Equestria, and even the elements wouldn’t help much in that situation
In other word, Sauron is a potential enemy and if he would side with Equestrias enemies. Then she would not only feel bad for herself, but mostly for Flurry and Shining with Cendence. They trust him and a child memories are the most important, and if he got corrupted just like Sombra? That would be even worse, he would enslave or just do more evil deeds against Equestria or the whole Equis.
But he isn’t like this, and she hopes that he won’t turn his back against them and the whole Equestria. That he won’t turn his back against his new friends here in the Crystal Empire, and he will maybe try to do some diplomacy with Equestria ,if the portal between his world and Equis will be rather stable to open any time.
‘He won’t turn his back…’ her heart started to ache a little bit ‘m-me?’ she said in her head with a hopeless and sad without life or any good emotion soft voice.
-----Celestia-----
She couldn’t sleep, something wasn’t normal and there was a strange force very powerful indeed in the Dream World. She begin to worry what was happening, she knew when Luna used her magic but it wasn’t so,so hard and harsh. Well Luna was sometimes harsh but not hard, if you do not count in some things when she got excited to get a new ponystation.
But off with that thinking, she is worried and she has to see what is happening. But she doesn’t have the same abilities like Luna, She needs to go to her room and wake her up or maybe somehow contact with her. The power is far beyond her and it’s definitely on the same level she is, and from the looks of it is growing stronger and stronger.
But the magic is very unorthodox, its very harsh and hard. Way stronger and more concentrated then theirs magic, it’s very weird feeling when she notices it’s flow. It’s coming off from the higher levels of the palace, as if there was somepony casting a spell of the city from the highest point.It’s also a little dark if she concentrates more she can feel a little bit of dark magic in it.
‘I have to wake Luna up’ And with that Celestia stood up and headed towards Lunas room not so far away because only one level higher.
----Cadence---
Something was disturbing her now in the sleep, something powerful that can harm her little crystal ponies. Something that can attack and take her little Flurry, something very powerful that even Celestia next to it is slowly beginning to get towered by its presence. She has to do something, she has to wake up.
Cendence opened her eyes and the strange magical flow now was very weak, she wasn’t skilled like Luna or Twilight, she wasn’t even close to Celestia at that! But it was powerful enough that even if she doesn’t want to find one magical anomaly like this one, she still does feel it. However shining is the worse at that, he can’t even detect Celestia while she cast’s an advanced spell.
But she loves him for that, maybe he doesn’t have that ability but at least he is a very good and brave commander, a brilliant strategist and a very sexy stallion. Enough of those thoughts though, she needs to inspect what is going on. The best thing would be to find Celestia and together with her also wake Luna up from her Nightmare hunting and check out what is going on. Hopefully it isn’t something her new guest is doing, if yes then she has to… be more smiley to him.
Cendence slowly, very slowly… very bucking much slowly was getting out of the bed not to wake up Shining. She can’t lie why is she standing up up, and knowing him he would order to mobilize all of the castle and even a army of a thousand stallions to scare or show the enemy they are brave. But she can’t allow that to happen, panic would erupt and order would be gone, with that Chaos would be present and Discord would definitely try to throw his ‘but’ into the situation.
She with one of her hooves slowly and without making noise uncovered herself from the bed sheets. Shining was still snoring this meant that he sleeps still, and with that she continued with placing her hooves on the ground. She considered to use levitation and open the door while casting a spell that would block all he sound. Of course she then would have to head up, but before that she had to go to Celestia, and thanks to her luck, Celestia's room was on the other side of the hallway.
When she was ready to place her front hooves on the floor, she heard shining turning her way. She at first was shocked and she thought that he looked forward into hugging into her just like almost every night. She turned around and saw that he only changed his heads position, and he wasn’t trying to sleep snuggle her.
She sighted in her head and with less trees now that he will wake up, she very gently placed her front hooves on the floor. It’s been long since she touched it with her hooves and not the protection shoes she had, it was cold. She could order someone to build something to warm the floor at night, but she never stood up in the night, she looked at the clock and saw that it was 3 AM.
‘I’m not going to be able to sleep later’ she thought and now with tiny steps without making any kinds of loud noises proceeded to the door.
It wasn’t a hard task, her skill from her childhood was till in her, she also had some skills from the time she was Foalsiting Twilight. She sometimes run to the bookshelves and hided there and read the whole time. She had to sometimes take her to the bath or something and she would always hide or run so she had to sneak behind her or hide somewhere. Good old times before being a Princess, and having all those papers to do.
She was now in front of her door, her horn started to glow a bit, but not too much. She proceeded to cast the spell on the door or at the handle so that it won’t make any sound. Of course there was no guards outside the room only in the hallway ,so that they don’t hear hers and shining’s little talks and adventures to fight the energy in them, while making what they are good at… Love.
A little blush appeared on her face, too bad that he is lately doing some more training with the guards and the arrival of Sauron do not help. Especially when at the grand galloping gala she will give him the thanks of the Crystal Empire and try to form friendship with him. Maybe he won’t be like those gryphons the whole time showing off with their military.
‘Cendence…he doesn’t even have a military…maybe’ And she casted the spell on the door handle and opened it with her hoof.
-----Celestia(when Sauron has the 2nd orb in his hand)----
She was now in front of her door and the strange magic was no way more powerful than before. It was even more powerful than her. She has to get Cendence and wake up Shining Armor, they need to mobilize and fight off whatever that thing is. Something stronger than her and Luna combined and is undetected in the Dream world is a potential threat to Equestria nad her little ponies.
She was now in front of her door and the strange magic was no way more powerful than before. It was even more powerful than her. She has to get Cendence and wake up Shining Armor, they need to mobilize and fight off whatever that thing is. Something stronger than her and Luna combined and is undetected in the Dream world is a potential threat to Equestria
Celestia now used her magic to open the door and seek Cadence's and Shinings help. Of course she closed the door behind her, she didn’t do it carefully because either way everyone is going to be prepared to stand on guard and defend when it will be necessary against the strange potential threat.
She was worried about Luna, she was somewhere there and was now probably talking or maybe even fighting with this strange thing. Of course she has to be positive about this, it can be also a potential ally or friend to Equestria and a huge help for her little ponies. She can’t also forget about Cadence Crystal Empire and that it can be an ally to her to.
‘Please for the love of Faust, be something friendly’ she pleaded and begin to walk towards Cendences room.
It wasn’t too far away because it was on the other side of the hallway, however Lunas room was on the higher lvl that somehow wasn’t destroyed. From what a local architect told her, it will take two maybe three months to completely rebuild all the rooms and floors. Discord will provide them with materials ,while Sauron’s research on returning home will be ignored and not worked on, for so long until they won’t rebuild the palace.
She can understand that he isn’t happy about it and that he wants to go home to his subjects and all. But he is a dangerous person, and he has skills she needs to understand. Besides she has taken a little interests in his… posture. Such a power and look, his ring that is dangerous and has dark magic in it, or is just a dark magic based artefact or weapon. He seems to be “clean”, not corrupted and calm, seeking only to returning home and not too much of an international politician.
Then again he has enemies and there is a war from where he comes from, maybe it’s a long one? Just like the Civil War when she with Luna fought Discord. Good old times, she remembers her youth and all when she hated him and Luna too but with time she was a friend of him when he turned good or just when she was lonely at night…
‘It was the past Celestia, you can’t repair what was broken or recover what was stolen’ But then again, did he steal it from her or did she give it to him?
Celestia was now passing by the stairs to the higher level that lead to the hallway where Lunas room is located. Actually she now begin to gallop to meet with Cadence and Shining Armor, But to her surprise the door begin to open, and from there she saw the pink Alicorn slowly without making noise, stepped out of her room.
-----Cadence----
‘"Ufff…"
She didn’t make any noise, and her husband was still sleeping. Her skills were still in her and she won’t be giving up on them any time soon. However the far more advanced ones that she learned while Flurry was younger, won’t leave her for at least five thousand years if not more. Not she needs to go to Celestia that probably is awake and wonders what is this strange magical anomaly.
She carefully closed the door and they only did a small cracking noise when closing. She needs to note to herself that they are beginning to get old, too bad she liked them even if they were here only for a year. But the best products go to the royalty for keeping them safe and bringing trade and such things to their kingdoms.
Many did argue with her idea how nobility and the rulers should work, but at least she is far more tolerant than the ponies in Canterlot. These there are racist to everypony and her crystal ponies are tolerant to everypony, maybe it’s one of the reasons the gryphons mostly threaten Celestia and Luna and they leave her in some situations to just sit and listen?
She turned to go to Celestia's room, but she saw that she was already standing there, in front of her with her mane always looking as if a light breeze was blowing at her. It’s overrated look and it's not too modern also, she could use some make-up. She isn’t that old and she looks as if she was twenty-seven years old and the same Luna.
‘But she is my beloved auntie…’ she thought and gave up on her thoughts about Celestia
“CAD-“
Cadence quickly showed her hoove in her mouth to shut her up, she just sneaked through her room not waking shining up. She won’t allow now anyone to destroy her progress and success, besides yelling in the hallway isn’t something nice to do. Celestia just looked at her and moved her head away, Cendence then brought her hove close to her muzzle and…
“Shoosh.” Cadence shooshed Celestia.
She didn’t like that, and she needed to yell because of what is going on right now. But she saw that Cendence had her ‘Aunt Celly, better not do this or else…’ look in her eyes. Maybe there was a reason for this but still she needs to tell her what is going on and she feels that this strange magic is far beyond Luna or her at the moment.
----Third POV-----
Cadence just looked at her aunt, the same did Celestia. She looked at her niece and she was a little sleepy ,and also she saw that there was something in her saying that she is concerned about what is going on. The silence didn’t last too long because Celestia started a conversation, that was obviously about Sauron and Luna(They don’t know that it’s them) in the Dream world.
“Cadence, listen there is something happening and it’s very powerful anomaly. We can’t let it pass through with no intervention from our side.” Celestia said, now close to her.
She just looked at her aunt and answered. “ Yes I noticed it too, how powerful is it? I mean, well I noticed it without trying s-”
“What? How? You are bad at detecting this sorts of things.” Celestia said with a concerned tone.
“And that’s why I wanted to talk to you, I was about to go to your room but you already noticed it and you probably wanted to wake up Shining…” She paused and narrowed her eyes, “…and the whole palace.”
Celestia didn’t see anything bad at it really, It’s a potential threat and they need to show that they are powerful not to get attacked and have many casualties. And it’s been so calm for four years or so! The last time a group calling themselves “The union of anti-monarchists” rebelled and caused a lot of trouble by sabotaging buildings and other institutions in Equestria.
‘Thank Faust they didn’t have a lot of support’ Celestia thought about the events four years ago!
“But anyway,” Cadence started, “What’s going on? Don’t we need to wake up Luna?”
Celestia's eyes winded, she forgot about her sister fighting or doing something with the potential threat! She needs to get there now and see what’s going on, there is no stopping by or pauses she needs to access the Dream World now! Too bad Cadence doesn’t know how to do it quickly only slowly.
“That anomaly is in the Dream World, and Luna is there. We need to wake up Shining and he will help us if that anomaly gets into the physical worl-” Celestia said but Cadence cut her off.
“Why do you think it’s always something that threatens Equestria? Maybe it’s something friendly, and besides in here there will be no war.” She said and almost shouted, but thanks to her princess senses she didn’t.
Celestia was surprised by what Cendence said, she is becoming a little to independent. But it’s a good anything, however maybe she is right that it can be something friendly. Besides Luna is smart enough to defend herself, maybe Cendence is right, she thinks too much of the bad sides what can happen then rather of the good ones.
“Maybe you’re right but it’s still a matter of High alert. Let’s go to Lunas room and maybe we will wake her up, or go into the Dream world.” Celestia gave up with her statement to awake Shining Armor and the whole palace or even city.
For Cadence it was a victory, but she had to ask her on the way to Luna’s room what is exactly going on. If that anomaly will get into the physical world ,and harm her subjects because of Celestia's aggressive strategy then she will be very angry. Not only always everything that is new or unknown is a threat, but also is a potential enemy. Sometimes she doubts that her methods in the case of tolerance is quite the good one, and not… a racist doctrine.
----Sauron and Luna----
His magic was now so influential that it had a impact on the clouds and other different things, be it tress or the stone under him. Everything was slowly affected by his magic, the magic of his powers that he called were doing circles around and flying around while the 2 orbs were connected and he had the one big light orange orb is in his hand.
The first step was done now he needs to activate his ring and then when the orb will be ready, clap his hand, smash the orb in his hands or shoot it as a beam up into the sky to cast the spell in a shockwave that will destroy all the nightmares at least in the city completely if not in the following state. His power was really improved, he didn’t know how or why but it did.
What plans does Eru Iluvatar have for him, he doesn’t know but he knows that he won’t use this abilities that returned to do something against his master. He has much power and he will use it only when necessary, but for the ring itself. He thinks that a piece of its power will be indeed cut off because it’s not here with him but on his finger.
The ring he has now, is just to for him to know it’s by him. The ring is a part of him, its him and in the ring is a large part of his spirit it’s his souls and emotions, he left his body and entered the Dream World the same did the ring by following him but not completely. But he now uses the power he has long lost and he uses its without too much of an difficulty. If it’s going to be like this for the rest of the time he spends here, then the physical world will be effected so much he could even open a portal between these two accidently.
‘But I don’t care.’