different sides of the same coin
Chapter 24: Chapter 24 Armageddon
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Armageddon
Atom walked toward the portal about to go through it until something accrued to him. "Oi who is going to tell Vinyl that Frag is dead?” Atom asked
“.... shit," everypony else answered.
"Haha at least it ain't me see ya," he then turned back to the portal and started toward it one again until he suddenly felt a hoof on his shoulder he looked over and saw it was the image of Fragment that had stopped him a concerned look on it's face.
"Be careful the place you are about to enter is one of pure evil, revenge is the desert they serve at their dinner tables deceit, is their aphrodisiac and murder, their greeting you must be wary or your death will last a hundred years and grow worse with each year even after you lose the ability to to think of anything but pain they will warp your very body to do their bidding, now take this," Suddenly a emerald figurine stand appeared in front of Atom. "This is an astral plane gate use it to gain an animal companion they will help keep you alive through your training, that is all the help I can give now do your best to stay alive." the Frag image said.
Atom picked up the stand. "Thanks I will do my best," and with that Atom walked toward the gate.
But was once again stopped Fragments portal suddenly opened up and spit out a pegasus mare, she smacked into Atom head first sending them both rolling the mare suddenly stood up and looked around for a bit until a smile suddenly lit up her face and she started to jump up and down. "I made it through in one piece wooo," suddenly the 'ground' she was jumping on groaned in pain and started to move.
"Get the hell off me damn it, who are you anyway and how did get here?" Atom yelled as he struggled to get out from under the offending weight.
"Hmm what? Oh heh sorry about that I was just excited that I made it out safely oh by the way I'm evening Storm and we'll Fragment saved my life and sent me here through a portal so I guess I will be living here from now on, so who will I be living with?
"Well that has nothing to do with me so bye." Atom said and before he could be interrupted again jumped through the portal
••••••••••••••Hell...I mean Evernight same thing really•••
Darkness, it was all could see when he looked around until a voice a few feet to his left made him jump. "This is your first test, you must survive alone in shadowlands without going completely insane, being eaten, being turned to stone, or having your soul torn from your body and enslaved forever, nothing to hard," Armageddon said a cruel smile on on his lips as Atom gulped audibly.
"Um alright but one thing why can't I see?" Atom asked waving his arms wildly.
"Ah you are blindfolded actually, heh I wouldn't have even told you if you hadn't asked," Armageddon said cackling at his own wit.
Atom scowled slightly but otherwise ignored Arma as he took in his surroundings, as he looked around Atom realized a few things, one it was pitch black where wherever they were and he could still see fine, and two he wasn't equine anymore. "What the hell it's dark and I can see better than in the day and what the fuck am I-I have thumbs!" Atom said freaking over his new found appendages.
"You my former equine bitch are a dark elf we have the ability to see in the dark among others i would explain more but right now I am tired of talking to you." and with that Arma threw down a pack of food, a water skin, and a sword, then walked away leaving Atom to fend for himself.
••••••••••••••••Two months later•••••••••••••••
Atom walked into the city well not walked he rode on a giant twelve foot tall snake with foot long fangs that would turn you to stone with a stare and turn your bones to powder with if caught in it's coils better known as a basilisk and as soon Atom and his snake where meet with a line of dark elf soldiers pointing crossbows his way. "Alright cal-," before Atom could finish his sentence a crossbow bolt came streaking at him, and two thing happened one Atoms eyes turned a familiar shade of blood red two he snatched the bolt straight out of the air while at the exact same time he threw his blade end over end until it slammed into the offending elves rib cage and then he was there in an instant, he ripped his blade out of the first dark elf and with a beautiful spinning slash severed three more heads sending them arcing through the air he then sent a compressed wave of air that slashed another straight in half, Atom seemed to sense and ducked as an elf swung two swords at his head, not expecting Atom to duck threw himself off balance seeing this Atom capitalized on that in a big way he punched out with his fist and a boost from the wind hitting the dark elf in the chest ripping a hole straight through him he then pulled his hand out and caught the falling swords from mid air and spun around to face more enemy's only to relax as his pet devoured the last enemy. "Good job Jet good girl now time to sleep," Atom petted his pet snake a couple more times before pulling out the emerald figurine stand from before except the stand wasn't empty any more a large snake adorned it Atom held it up and Jet suddenly turned into a light green mist and was absorbed into the figurine.
Suddenly Atom heard someone clapping. "Bravo what a beautiful display of brutality and I approve most highly and you have a pet as well that is good and when you leave this place she will probably be smaller when you go back to your world, but who gives a shit about that it's time to train you, when I get done with you your blade work will be deadly wait one question how many blades do you usually wield?" Arma asked.
Atom just stared at Arma blades at the ready and issued a deep bestial growl breathing heavily for several moments slowly calming his eyes slowly turning back to their usual green color he shook his head a few times for good measure. "Right come again?" Atom said a slightly dazed look on his face.
"Fuck it just take your weapon handle and another blade and let's get training," Arma said an annoyed look on his face.
"Right let's do this shit," Atom said a resolved look replacing the dazed one.
"Yes let's these next few months will be the worst moments of your life and that new feral break of yours will be polished until you can use it at will now let's go," Arma then just walked away Atom trailing behind him.
absolute hell at least it was for Atom day after day he was put through his paces practicing his new two blade style during one of his training sessions breeze was shattered let's just say several renovations a few funerals and Arma had a few new scars to cover after that, and then a few days later it was stolen by an odd elf with dark black hair with a turquoise streak in it and a light phoenix as well as a shadow raven on his shoulders, but still Atom persevered training his newer feral break ability Arma even found ways to train his wind abilities, eight months had passed as Atom trained and it was finally time to go home. "Man i can't wait to get out of this hell hole maybe I'll ask that mare out when I get back...but first I have to see what Armageddon wanted," Atom said annoyed.
Atom left his room and found Arma waiting for him an odd gray crystal in his hands. "Ah there you are I was told to give these to you when your training was done so here," Arma then handed Atom a pair of beautiful twin blade handles.
The first was a dark green color with a tribal wind design surrounding a beautiful emerald infinity symbol and the word Jade engraved in gold along its bottom, he then looked to they other one it was a deep blue color with a spiral design that worked it's way outward from a matching sapphire infinity symbol the handle. "They can't be can they theirs no way that's possible," Atom channeled some wind into each of the blades and they came to life the symbols lit up their respective colors and out came twin straight swords made of solid wind, Atom then felt something he could feel the hard work the days , the weeks, the months put into the weapons, he could also feel the research the countless hours spent learning and perfecting the technique, the runes, they enchantments, he could feel the care put into them he could feel the people who put their time and effort into making it, the first one was a good friend and cared for him deeply, the next one was to put it frankly honest, caring, and a hard worker, and loved him with all her heart, the last two where similar they loved him and would love him no matter what happened. "Wow these are beautiful," Atom just stared at the blades for a long while until Arma grabbed his attention and handed him a note.
It read. "Hey man it's me Fragment I heard about what happened to breeze so I decided to made you a little present, I even added a little of breeze to each of them I had a little help from a mare who cares about you cant say who no spoilers and all that hope you like it your immortal bro Fragment. P.S. I thing you should ask Applejack out;) hint hint no spoilers though.
P.P.S. Touch they symbols together.
Atom looked down at the blades in his hands and shrugged and pressed them together, as soon as they touched they flashed brightly for a second blinding Atom when he looked down at the blades again his mouth dropped open, it was breeze one again with only a few differences, the blade and handle was the same as they original but the coloring was different instead of the old green it was turquoise a mix of the two blade colors with an orange streak through the blade and the infinity symbol from before had an a crystal apple in front of it and the name had that was engraved was different it said adfligens probitas or unrelenting honesty.
"Alright that was cool i must admit, but it's almost time for you to go and there is still one more thing," As soon as Arma finished speaking he handed Atom a grey crystal.
It suddenly flared to life in Atoms hands strange markings appeared on the crystal then ran up Atoms arm until a tribal tattoo of a raging winds adorned it and words had appeared on the crystal.
"Wait don't re-" but it was too late.
"Aquilo divinus, divine wind how the bloody hell do I know that," Atom trailed off as a midnight black tornado surrounded him, suddenly on their own accord his hands slammed together and when he did that the tornado exploded outward into six large swirling vortexes of doom each going their own direction and cutting a swath of destruction to whatever they touched and any unfortunate enough to get caught up in it was torn apart faster than a swarm of pirañas could, Atom looked at they destruction he had caused. "Oops heh sorry well I guess I will get going now kthanksbye." Atom then dashed through the portal back home and hopped no one followed him through.