Power Vessel
Chapter 1: 1 And so it begins...
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Logan's point of view
Life on the ship was interesting at best. The food was nasty, the robots handing out supplies had a bad attitude and the heaters barely worked. Then again, when your entire planet gets pulverised by the sun and a seventh of the population moves onto one big ass ship what can you do? To be honest I got pretty lucky in the fact that I got my own room. It was small, maybe 9m by 12m with no toilet. Just a twin size bed that I didn't fit in, a wardrobe and a desk and chair. There wasn't a single corner in the entire room either, the ceilings, walls and furniture were all rounded at the edges for god knows why. Everything except the mattress, blanket and pillow was a shiny white colour. It was all made of recently discovered metal called xybrainium. The room was also lined with golden stripes here and there but over all it was a pretty bland room.
Sitting on the overly comfortable bed, I pulled out my MHG to play some music. It stood for 'Morax Hologram Generator'. Morax was the biggest compony in the now non-existent world. The very same company that made the Aurora, the ship that's currently holding me and another 2.3 billion people on it. I was always a fan of the older tech like Iphones and Xbox's but they all got destroyed back on earth. However, I still had my laptop which stored all of my favourite shows and anime.
After putting on some lofi beats an old friend suggested to me ,may he rest in piece, I decided to wright another song. Before I was transferred to the Aurora I was an up and coming musician. I'd play old songs that were lost through time and wright some in a similar style. I think the reason a was so popular was because I wasn't chained down by the new styles of music and the genres people were releasing nowadays. And so I got the nickname 'The 1000 year old boy'. After playing around with a few ideas I decided to call for one of the bots. It was getting near dinner time and I needed a bit of grub before I started my workout. Hopefully this bot doesn't have a fucking mouth on him like the rest of the bitches.
The moment I took my air pods off I heard an ear piercing alarm sound coming from out side. The thing about the new air pods is that they tap into your brain and play the song directly into your mind. Downside is you couldn't hear an atomic bomb if it landed right next to you. I panicked at first and was completely confused as to what to do. For the two years the ship has been running I've never had this happen. I grabbed my big white backpack from off the floor and started putting in important belongings. Soon I was out the door with my laptop, notebook, flashlight, MHG and confusion in tow.
I looked down the long metallic hallway of doors to see red lights flashing above every door. The monitors that were spaced by about 20m each were displaying warning signs. Then, something crossed my mind. There wasn't a single person to be seen.....
The unfair truth suddenly dawned on me. There was no way I could no how long those lights could have been on; I also don't have any friends that could come and warn me. I was now in total panic and I think I ran through 100 different ways to get out of the ship. But all of them either left me dead or in a pod by myself were I would starve to death.
Running to the nearest pod dock didn't take long due to my ungodly amount of adrenaline. Every last pod was gone, which told me everyone had lest and were safe......fucking bastards left me. I ran to a nearby window to see hundreds of pods drifting through space. They were quite a few miles away but given how fucking big they are I could see them just fine. Speaking of big, in the far distance seemed to be a fucking star exploding!!! I think my heart could run a marathon a minuet with how fast it was going. I was running through escape plans in my head again and was probably about to pass out until I saw something truly horrifying. 2.3 billion people gone......in less then a second.......the explosion had reached them and had disintegrated every last one of them. I didn't know many of them but my heart still shattered at the news that I might be the only human left in this entire galaxy.......
I didn't have time to mourn their deaths as a plan had finally kicked in. I new it was never gonna work but at this point my body's survival instincts kicked in and I no longer had control. Running, once again, through the pearly white hallways I began to feel my entire body pulsating with adrenalin, blood and the will to live. Reaching the closet lab, (yes this ship was so big it had 72 different labs) I pulled out a massive glass test tube and began using the control panel to fill it with what I needed. It was like those machines were you press a button and a certain drink of your choosing comes out, except now with some of the most dangerous acids and alkalise in known to man.
I started by pouring in contrancium-oxide. A recently discovered compound with a ph of -6. I then started to pour in some defromancium-trycide. Another recently discovered compound with a ph of 24. Instantly the two started reacting with on another becoming a warzone in a single test tube. This is were my idiotic plan comes into action. Climbing a ladder that leads to the top of the container, I said my priers, opened the hatch, and jumped straight in. I'm not capable of describing the utter pain I was in. Not a single word on gods green earth can describe the agony I felt throughout my body.
The idea was to have the two neutralize each other and form a kind of seal around me. I knew this was survivable anyway, people had done it before. Not sure how they survived but at this point I couldn't give two shits. The chemicals created a kind of shield around me preventing a new chemical reaction, that being a bomb, to take its place unless it is more powerful.......which it one hundred percent was. This was just the first thing that came to mind and my best bet at survival even if the odds of this so called 'survival' were one in a trillion.
About five seconds later I passed out from the pain. My last thought being how fucking stupid I am.
Space?
Logan's point of view
Waking up from my refreshing nap I found myself in a pitch black void with nothing to be seen for miles. Is this death?
Like, have I ascended or some bullshit. I then remembered what had transpired as the memories flooded into my brain.
This was death, surely I'm dead. Unless I was that one in a trillion but that's just almost impossible. Suddenly, a sharp pain like no other crept from legs to my head until my entire body was once again in unholy agony.
(Author note: Ima try and describe this one but its not for the faint hearted. Skip to were it ends if you have a week stomach)
It was like my entire body was being pierced but needles over and over again. The skin on my body was pealed off and replaced 10 times a second. My teeth yanked out and put back in place at speeds unknown to man. Eyelids ripped off and eyes being glazed with ice then burnt to a crisp. The worst part about the hole thing was that I was regenerating, but right now that's not the biggest thing on my mind. My arms and legs started to twist and turn in unnatural positions and my bones melted and reformed. Every organ in my body would pop like a balloon and then regrow. But worst of all, my no-no area was being cut off over and over and over again. to sum it all up it was rather un pleasant
(End of description. Hope you enjoyed you sadistic fucks)
After what felt like hours of pain and suffering but was probably minutes, I heard a soft voice speak in a thousand different voices. "You poor soul," it started, "seems like I messed up my calculations."
I tried to speak but found that I was no longer in my body, I was just a consciousness floating in this dark abyss. I turned my non-existent head around to find that my body was now about 10 meters to left of me. After one looked at the mangled mess I instantly turned around. I'd like to think I have a strong stomach but if I did have a stomach right now I probably would have just emptied it.
The voices spoke again, "Apologies for wiping out your entire race," apology unaccepted, " it seems I blew up the wrong star....." it trailed off, "Oh where are my manners, I'm your galaxy's guardian, Frociesta."
Now I was even more confused, I had hundreds of questions but no way to ask them. What does it mean by guardian?
It cut my train of thought with something that scared the hit out of me. "I'm not an 'it' I'm a 'she' thanks you very much! And as for your questions, I'm not obliged to answer them." Ok, now this is were I draw the line. This is way to much weird shit for one day and at this point I don't even are if I die. She cleared her throat, "Now then, as an apology for wiping out the very existence of your kind I'm gonna do you a favour and send you to a new world with some of the abilities you've dreamt of having; sound good?" Before I even thought of an answer, "Good."
In an instant, my consciousness was flung towards a bright white light in the distance a mindboggling speeds. As the light got closer I didn't have time to question what the fuck just happened. And before I knew it, I was consumed by the holiness in front of me and fell unconscious. Wtf...........
Fuck knows where
Logan's point of view
Waking up from another nice refreshing nap I found myself in some king of forest. I was just lying face up on the ground watching the canopies. My excitement was almost uncontrollable. It had been two long years since I had been in a forest of this magnitude. Sure we had fake forests for oxygen on the ship but nothing beats the real thing. I took in the wonderful view of animals running around trees without a care in the world. Sound of the birds chirping as they flew above me was the best sound I had ever heard. A dream come true. God how I missed this........
After snapping out of my stupor all the memories of what had happened flooded into my head once again. My fun time was over as I started relaying what had happened in my head. What the fuck did she mean by 'my galaxy's guardian'? What new world did she send me too? Was I back on earth? What 'powers' was she on about? This Frociesta woman, Is she a God?
I took a step to start pacing only to step on something. I looked down to pick up the book only to realise I was butt naked......and buff........and had white hair on my no-no region.......
I instantly had a new thought on the forefront of my mind. I left the book and made my way to a nearby lake. What I half scared half exited me. I was a real life version of Ban.
(Not some kind of commission just found it online)
I always wanted t look like Ban. I'm not gay but man did I think he was hot. Was this what Frociesta meant when she said she'd give me certain powers and abilities? This is amazing! I look so sexy!
After fangirling over my new appearance I went back to the book thingy on the floor. I say book but with a grain of salt. Picking it up I found it had a leather cover with nothing written on either side. I flipped to the first page and it was a light green; like a pastel colour. Like the cover, it was also empty apart from a title at the top. The ink used to wright it was black and looked old and warn out. It read 'Bending'. As I read the words in my head a large sum of information filled my brain as if I had read an entire book.
As if I had been training for years, I had all the knowledge to know how to bend materials like the avatar. For a moment I was absolutely dumbfounded, but then I remembered her words. This was one of my abilities..........fucking awesome. Come to think of it I can't remember the amount of times I tried bending water into my mouth a a kid. I now understood what she meant. But how the hell can one being be powerful enough to create a whole planet and generate a new vessel for me with all these powers. Frociesta is truly a God.
Testing out my new abilities I decided to make chair for me to sit on with my earth bending. Instantly, a chair rose from behind me. Not so comfortable but I didn't really care seeming as though nature now bends at m fucking will! This has unlimited uses. After playing around with my earth bending and making random sculptures of video game characters, I reverted the surrounding area to how it was before and walked over to the previously mentioned lake.
After a few deep breaths, I began making a water python rise out of the water; and then I thought fuck it and made four more. Each was about the size of a hydra head and if it weren't for the fact you could see through them pretty well you'd probably mistake it for one.
Speaking of seeing through it, I thought I saw the outline of a person through the middle hydra head. I instantly dropped the water making a loud splash (that would have drenched me if I didn't bend the water away from me like a fucking mad lad). After the water had dropped I saw a girl standing on the other side of the lake with a look of pure terror on her face. She had long pink hair which was odd but not unwelcome, a yellow sweater over a basic white shirt and blue jeans. She seemed to relax a little when the hydra disappeared but then went red like a tomato before running of into the distance. Confused for a moment, I thought about her peculiar actions before realising I was 1,Super hot, and 2, completely naked.
After using my earth bending to make myself a pair of very uncomfortable pants and then grabbing the book off the floor were I left it with my air bending, I created a ball of spinning air and jumped on top to chase after her. I needed answers and she just might have them. After rolling for a while I was now about 100 meters away from her. Reason she was so far ahead because she was riding on a manticore looking motherfucker!
At that point I realized where the fuck I was and instantly stop my pursuit. Why the bloody fuck am I in Equistria!!!!! I watched one fucking episode!!!!!! "Frociesta you bitch!!!!!" I just got fucking trolled by a God.
Back on earth I stumbled across a show whilst looking through really old tv programs. Mlp was the first one I found. Being bored as fuck at the time I decided to put on the first episode. It was ok but I know nothing about it. I don't even remember their names God damn it! As much as I'm grateful for these new found powers and a second chance at life why the did I have to live it out hear of all places.
After just standing there and thinking about how annoying this was I decided I should probably get some rest. I wasn't in the best condition and I needed the energy. Going though untold amounts of pain twice and then being thrown into a new dimension does that to you. Creating a pillar to take me up to the top of the a tree up to a big branch wasn't difficult. I then got comfortable against the tree and let sleep take me.
Waking up I felt refreshed and had all of my energy back. It was a dreamless sleep which certainly wasn't unwelcome. Standing up with the book in hand, I looked down the tree to find that I about 25ft in the air give or take. Before falling asleep I had an epiphany, and what better time to test it than the present. Jumping off the tree and straight onto the ground left decent sized crater in my wake. My theory was correct, I don't just look like Ban.......I am Ban. To further test my theory I decided to make a beeline straight for where I first woke up. As I got in a running position I could feel the earth bellow me crumble as I made two small craters under my shoes. I took off and before I knew it I was back at the lake. I must have been close to lightspeed, which was a lot faster than Ban. Frociesta must have tweaked a few things that she couldn't find in my memories. after all, you never get to see Ban at his fastest.
I'm too surprised by these new revelations, but It's still pretty sick. After running around and jumping through trees for a good ten minutes I had another great realization. Jumping down the tree I was currently stood on, I made my way over to the lake. With a wave of my hand a small stream of water was now floating in front of me. I moulded the water into a basic dagger shape. Turning it to ice, I grabbed it and slowly used it to pierce my palm open. Compared to my little encounter with the guardian, I barley felt it. After removing the blade from my palm I et it return to the water, and sure enough after a moment of waiting my palm completely fine!!! Fuck yeah, I'm Immortal!!!
Then, as if it was Christmas, I had another epiphany. I quickly grabbed the book from the floor, where I left it, and flipped to the second page. To my disappointment, both pages were completely empty. Odd. There's like 100 pages and only one of them has anything to say. Maybe ol' Froci did an oops. Meh, bending is more than what I bargained for.
After a bit more pissing around and getting used to my speed I thought it be best to head off to Ponyville. Rather than showing up there at lightspeed and giving the people a start I decided I'd walk there. I assume it's in the direction that girl went? I had nothing else to do and its not like I could really test my strength now being that there's probably a hole village full of people at my doorstep.
The walk there was pleasant, I've always been one for nature and the forests in this world are filled with vibrant flowers of any colour you can possibly think of. All of the animals lived in peace, well most of them. I had to put a few attacking manticore down hear and there. Not one for killing innocent animals. I took the time it took to walk to go through everything over in my head. I knew that in this world the dominant race should be pony's, but that was proved wrong when I saw that girl. God what was her name!
Finally out of the forest, I found my self in a clearing with a stone bridge about 100m ahead of me. Walking closer and over a hill leading up to it, I could now see what I can only assume to be Ponyville. Paying closer attention attention to the bridge, I saw that it was completely made of stone. It wasn't too long, maybe 20 meters and could probably carry two horses side by side. It went over a long river. Shallow but still there. Out of nowhere, a man ran to the other side of the bridge. He was a soldier and appeared to be wearing spartan style armour. However, it was lined with ocean blue rather than red. I thought it was a pretty big improvement, never to keen on the colour red. He was around 6ft, so just shorter than me, and was a scruffy beard. He looked mid 30s at best but who am I judge.
Still staring at me, he started barking out orders to four other guards that were patrolling the area, "WE FOUND 'IM BOYS! FORMATION C, SURROUND THE TARGET."
I let them do as the pleased until they were in a pentagon formation surrounding me. The four he had just called over were waring similar attire to the first. The only difference was the lack of a helmet. Kind of stupid if you ask me but then again no one asked.
I decided violence wouldn't be the best course of action here. I needed to come off as unthreatening so I have a chance of even living out my life. It would be pretty shit to get reborn only to be locked up in a dungeon for life, and in my case.......for the rest of time. Therefor I took a calm and collected approach. Unthreateningly, I spoke. "May I ask why you are surrounding me?" That was the first time a single atom of my being had moved since the squad captain saw me.
The captain spoke in his crusty voice, "We have reason to believe you to be very dangerous, and so you shall be coming with us!" With those last words they all raised there spears in unison.
At this point I couldn't give two shits, it was way too early for this crap. Sighing, I spoke, "Very well."
All the guards cocked a brow at this. One of the four reinforcements spoke up. "Really? Like, no resistance."
"Well," I started," the way I see it, your just doing your job. You haven't given me a reason to resist, ergo, I'm not resisting." Honestly, if a person of authority tells you to do something. You fucking do it. Its all part of the system.
The same guard as before spoke again, "Oh, Well......" He stopped and studied me for a moment, "your cooperation is much obliged."
After our little interaction a chariot came down from the sky being pulled along by winged fucking horses! I already prepared myself for some of the shit I'd be seeing but there still epic all the same! Getting into the chariot I began to look at it in more detail. It was your classic Cinderella style chariot with a white pearly outside that was lined with gold. Sort of reminded of Aurora. The inside was the same but with seats cushioned with velvet coloured cloth that looked straight out of heaven. It looked like it seated around 8 people. 10 at a push.
One guard went in and then I followed suit with another right behind me. I was in the middle of two guards with the other three directly across from us. The two seats closest to the door were both empty. After about five minutes of just sitting there the guards seemed to relax. I think they realized by now that I was completely civil and that I wouldn't try anything. All the windows were closed so I didn't have the luxury of knowing where we were even headed. Another 10 minutes later the guard sitting diagonally left from me pulled out a spare change of clothes from his bag and offered them to me. I thanked him and gladly took them. I then went over to the two unoccupied seats to get changed. After sitting back down, I started to really appreciate how comfortable peasant clothes were. They were breezy but incredibly easy to move in. I might just start wearing these things as the usual!
Another 30 minutes had past before we finally landed. There was quite a bit of small talk between the guards and we even had a laugh about how difficult it is to approach a woman. Once the door we entered through opened I took in the incredible view. We appeared to be in some kind of courtyard with some plants I had never seen before. Some even towered over the chariot. Exiting the chariot I found that we were on a cliffside. Walking a bit closer to the edge, I looked over to see that the mountain loomed over Ponyville by hundreds of feet. I felt a hand on my now not-so naked shoulder and turned to see the captain looking down in the same direction as me.
"Welcome to Canterlot errrrrr....," he paused, "Huh, I never got your name"
It then occurred to me that not a single person on this entire planet knows my name. Meaning I could change it to whatever I wanted. I never really liked my name, there were a lot of shitty people named Logan. Deciding to change my name, I quickly thought of an answer to his question. I chose "Phoenix, Phoenix Elvenkind."
"Well Phoenix, you have some Princesses to meat so lets be off." That instantly put me on alert, what did he mean by princesses? Did they still have royalty? Huh, I suppose it's that sought of era I guess. "Follow me."
We made our way inside a big ass palace! You could search all of earth and never find something like this. It was incredible, it was completely made of stone with torches lighting the corridors. Purple banners and sofas both lined with gold were everywhere. Looking up, the hallway was a good 30ft tall with a large golden chandelier every ten meters or so. Now this was absolutely mindboggling. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd ever get the chance to see something as marvellous as this.
We stopped at two huge double doors that reached the ceiling. It was also completely stone but more of a marble colour. Following suit, it was lined with gold. One of the guards then patted me on the back and slightly nudged me towards the unnecessarily tall door. "Go on, they don't bite." Ok, now I was scared. Who was 'they'?
The two people guarding the door opened it to reveal the most magnificent throne room.
(You all know it. You all love it!)
Looking to the front of the throne room I linked eyes with who I can only assume to be Celestia. She was wearing a stunning white dress that shone in the light. It wrapped her slim figure in a hug, defining her features. She had pink, blue and teal hair that looked unnatural but still gorgeous. I then took a look at the woman sitting on the throne to her left. I didn't recognise her in the slightest. She was also wearing a slim fit dress. She appeared to be a bit shorter but still just as enticing as Celestia. Her hair looked like the galaxy itself with endless stars that could leave anyone mesmerized. I know I was.
Taking a rather professional stance with my hands behind my back and my back straight, I waited for what they had to say. Two of the guards that escorted me hear took places next to me for legal reasons. I'm pretty sure they both realized I wasn't going to try anything funny. It was the captain and the guy that lent me the clothes. Turning my head slightly to the right, I locked eyes with the squad leader as he winked at me. Turning back to the apparent princesses, they were cocking a brow at the captain. He then spoke. "With all due respect princesses, I no longer feel we are needed hear. He has given us the upmost respect and has followed our requests to a T. And plus, if he did try anything, we'd be of little assistance." This confused me. Had he seen what I could do?
My thought process was cut short by a woman's voice. Turning back from the captain to the princesses, Celestia spoke. "Very well, I trust your judgement. Back to your posts then." The two men went to leave but not before they both put hand on my shoulder. Turning to one and then the other I saw that they were both smiling. The guard that gave me my clothes leaned in and whispered in my ear. "You're in safe hands, no more living in the wilderness. They'll take care of you." And with that, they were off. Turning, once again, to the two woman, I heard the door close behind me.
Here we go........
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