My head felt heavy, I felt my memories swirl around as they fell into place. After the incident in the Everfree forest Sunset spent a few days researching in Canterlot then the report from Griffenstone came. Some unknown creature was attacking so Celestia sent Twilight and some of her friends to help the kingdom. It was amusing to see how mad Sunset got with her dissection. They were only there for a day but apparently the creature was beaten by Oz. Yeah somehow he came back and with two unknown creature/companions. They had not seen how the fight ended so how they did it was still a mystery.

After hearing what had happened Sunset had dived back into the library searching for another lost dungeon or tomb to ‘clear’, as Lightning would say. Apparently some random Harpie was made ruler which threw everything into chaos and revolt over there, so that was fun. Back on topic though was when Sunset came barging in after having found a rumor about an old dungeon. Within a day they had arrived at the location and had started exploring before they had run into a few skeletons. This lead to my current predicament. After trying to deal with them we had found that they were much stronger than expected and were pushed back. Unfortunately for me, I was still a little hungry and was unfortunate enough to step on a trap that sent me tumbling into a secret passage.

Within a couple of minutes I had wondered upon what seemed like an old brake room where more skeletons ambushed me. Being caught off guard and not having much room to movaver my spear I was quickly overrun by the three reanimated beings. I remember the pain of being tossed against a wall after one of their swords destroyed my weapon. I had spat out blood as I felt some of my wounds from earlier open up. I was going to die, of that I was curtain as I felt one of them hit my head rattling me even more. Already I could see darkness encroaching my vision. I wondered if this was how the she felt during her last moments.

So now I was curious as to how I was opening them again. I mean I heard of having your life flash before your eyes but I think I was missing a few moments. “...rule fifteen must be followed.” A soothing voice said. I felt, good, full, and well rested. I tried opening my eyes only for them to feel like lead weights. A blurry image came into focus. Well not so much an image as a person. A vaguely familiar one,

“Oz?” I saw his mouth move as he got closer to me. My mind was finally starting to have pieces fall into place. “We need to go…” We needed get out of here but to where? Back to base? To see the leader? I felt my mouth move as I contemplated what to say. It was kinda hard to think as more energy flowed into me. My thoughts slowed down as I remember my mission. “Yeah we need to go help Sunset.” The mission always came first.

I saw Oz’s face contort in thought as various emotions went through him. “Alright I need to know what is going on.” He said letting out a tired sigh.

“Why change now?” A silky smooth voice asked. A women stood behind him wearing typical hunter gear yet not matching any of other companies he had been seen with. “You seem to do well being dumb.”

“Be that as it is, I would prefer to at least have a hint before fighting more skeles.” Oz said before grabbing me and with a grunt forced me into a seat. “So tell me what is going on if you would please.” So I did just that, I told him everything he needed to know.

~Later~

I rubbed my nose in slight irritation. What the hell was going on? When did my once simple life turn into this mess? I really need to look into religion cause I need more gods to curse then I can remember at the moment. “So your team is still somewhere in here?”

“As far as I know, yes,” Lemon replied. Now before you ask yes I remembered her name, it just took longer then I would like to admit.

“So what are we going to do?” Stella asked having paid the minimum amount of attention to the conversation.

“I thought it was obvious, we’re going to help them.” I told her plainly, seriously were they expecting me to run? I mean if nobody else was here then yeah I probably would, but people are in danger. So I must find them, then run away.

“So how are we going to find them?” Damn you Stella and your logic! Reaching down I looked at the Comet key before closing my eyes. The key had lead me this far can’t doubt it now. As much as I would love to swap it out, I need it right now. Now with Chronos in the second slot I could at least survive long enough to take down one or two skeletons. I don’t want to spam Demonize to often. Can’t waste SP, might need it later.

“Comet can lead the way, most likely,” I mumbled the last part under my breath as I stood up. “Now come on we will get nothing done if nothing is done, and more importantly the longer we wait the more likely the others are to die.”

“Right,” Lemon said putting on her helmet as she followed.

“We shall let you lead,” Stella said while falling into step.

As I head out I stick to the wall peeking around corners as I check for any enemies. I’m not getting sneaked attack! I followed the corridor to the end where it split off in two directions. “Damn it,” I tried pushing or pulling on Comet only to get nothing meaning I had to make a choice. “Anyone got any advice or suggestion?” The room was square with two doors on either side behind two wooden doors.

“I am still a bit disoriented, sorry.” Lemon said shaking their head.

“We see that Comet has failed you so we shall suggest… left.” Sounded good to me. I gave a nod as I walked left only having to check once to make sure I was going the right way, left. I might be just a bit dyslexic. We continued down the corridor till we reached a corner. A quick peak around the corner showed us a being wearing heavy armor shuffle forward. I think I saw another one behind them but I pulled my head back to look at the group. I held up a finger as I pointed around the corner hopping they would catch on.

Stella nodded pushing me back as she took my spot. I felt two hands on my back keeping me up. Lemon must not like people getting close to her. Just to be sure I looked behind me to see her giving me a blank stare. Leaning forward I watched as Stella let an arrow fly. We heard a scream as something came charging forward. “Shit!” I yelled grabbing a stunned Stella before running back to open cross room. As I run in I grabbed the door shutting it with as much force as I could. “What happened!”

“That armor must act somewhat like your shield.” Are you kidding me! I was jared from anything else as a gleaming sword started hitting the door breaking parts of it. What kinda Minecraft crap is this! More and more of the door was destroyed as another groan was heard. Turning the Demon Slayer into a crossbow I took aim at the door while loading another Concentration. As they burst into the room Stella and I were quick to hit them with a “Mars Bane,” and another arrow.

I tried to force another Concentration but it was slow as the zombie came closer though without the armor. It seems that whatever these were made of they were nowhere near as durable as the ones Ed had. Lemon charged ahead thrusting her hands forward with her crystal glowing. Her hands glowed with a faint yellow light as she thrusted forward causing a surge of electricity that filled the room with the scent of burnt flesh. With a groan the zombie fell down into a twitching mass.

“Double tap!” I yelled swinging Demon Slayer down onto the head. I was rewarded with the sight of the head rolling away as I gave a firm nod. “Good now let us continue…” Hearing pounding I turned to see the other door bending inwards. “No, Stella freeze that door we are running now!” With only a second delay the door was frozen shut as I turned and covered as much distance as I could hearing Lemon and Stella following not far behind.

Rushing down the halls I slammed into another door opening it quickly. As Stella and Lemon entered I shut it just as quickly. “Stella freeze it I’m not taking chances!” Jumping back another blue arrow hit the door freezing it solid. “Good that should be enough to hopefully get the agro off us.”

“Does thou have any more of those seeds that restore mana?” Stella asked walking up to me. As I reached back into the bag I pulled out three more seeds. “So do we venture deeper?” The archer asked while I dumped them into her hands.

“No choice we haven’t even found a way out yet.” I answered while she chewed and slowed causing light blue energy to flair around her briefly. I wonder if that happened to me? “We should rest for a second before continuing.”

“That sounds good…” Lemon said collapsing into a chair while removing her helmet. “I still am not quite at hundred percent even with all those heal spells.” Huh so Heal just restored Health but not Stamina, just like in most games. Huh was this like Persona 3 where being tired would lower stats and increase chances of missing. Either way she is staying out of combat.

I leaned against the wall while thinking of some way to get through the rest of dungeon. This would be so much easier if I knew mine or the others stats. Closing my eyes I looked at what little of this area I had mapped out. Half opening my eyes I saw Stella pacing back and forth while mumbling to herself. “What is it?”

“Nothing just… Where are the rest of the monsters? Why did those other zombies quit following us so quickly?” Stella said rubbing her temples while Lemon perked up.

“Yeah when we first entered there were ghosts around every corner but I haven’t seen any since joining up with you guys.” Huh wonder why that could be. I saw a blue flame hover around the room, you know I almost forgot about that thing. Must have been because of the sudden abundance of torches.

“It’s because of Gazer Flame,” I said causing Stella to turn towards the flame. “Not only does it give off some light but also scares away some monsters.” Hopefully that explained something to them.

“An interesting technique.” As the conversation died down the door not frozen was knocked open when two black armored figures fell in. We were all quick to pull out our weapons as I drew close and poked one with DS.

A soft groan came from the one on the bottom as yellow eyes looked up before dilating at seeing the blade right in front of them. “Lightning I think we might have a problem.” All she got in response was a groan as the one on top fell off showing cracked armor with parts falling off in places.

“Indigo Map?” I asked confused causing her to snap up to look up to me.

“First off, it’s Indigo Zap! Second… you look familiar, but what are you doing here!” Okay that is fair, I don’t remember most people after not seeing them for awhile.

“Indigo where is Sunset?” Lemon asked as Indigo’s eyes widened as she looked at her teammate.

“Lemon your still alive!” Indigo yelled trying to get up. “We were so worried!” Man other person must be really hurt if she’s not moving. Leaning down I put my hand down as I started my Heal rounds.

“Yes, yes great to see you too, now where is Sunset?” Lemon pressed she reached down to help grab Indigo before stopping for a second. “Stella you mind helping me I’m still a little tired.”

Stella gave a grunt before following Lemon’s lead as they got Indigo to a seat while I started draining my MP to help Dust, I think that’s her name. Anyway I was lamenting the diminishing return on Heal. As we got to the higher levels it restored less and less HP. I might need to look into fixing that or finding a way to change around Artifacts. Man it seems to be doing a little less than usual, Light Something must have alot of health.

As I got off the third she let out a groan as her eyes fluttered open a bit. “Wha…” she moaned out while trying to move. “Whoa stay still. I’ll get you good soon.” I really should conserve MP, but I still need to heal her… I’m an idiot. Reaching into the item bag I pulled out some MP restoring seeds and two bottles of slave.

“We ran into a dead end so Sunset in a fit of panic cast a teleportation spell to save us.” Dammit I forgot to listen to Indigo. I turned my head toward them while rubbing in the slave onto the exposed skin, while trying not to blush. “She was interrupted part of the way through so something went wrong and we all got separated. Lucky me and Lightning wound up close to each other. But then to balance it out we got chased by some ghosts to here.”

“Wait you were chased here by ghosts?” I asked interrupting her story. Everyone turned to me as I walked toward the door looking out of it. “Where are they!” I am not being killed by Casper!

“Oh crap, I almost forgot about them!” Indigo yelled while looking around. “Why aren’t they here right now!”

“Have you forgotten already. We know why the female would know not but for you to have forgotten so quick, shameful.” Stella said while shaking her head. “That ball of flame seems to scare them off. Or dissuade them from coming near.” Oh right… oops.

“Well let’s wait a minute before leaving, anything else we should know,” I said trying to break the awkward atmosphere while I went back to treating Lightning.

“Well now that you mention it…”

Author's Notes:

Once again massive thanks to Aerigm.