Loyal Defender

(Figured she'd be more flattered that he's pouring his heart out about this. ) “I never really told anyone this because I worried they’d think I’d be mocking or insulting you or Tia, but...you’re like an idol to me. Someone I can almost literally look up to.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“I’m sure you know this, but….everything I said in the letter I sent you was true. I absolutely love the night sky, the moon….even everything outside this world. I used to have big dreams to explore the universe...but when that changed into a dream of protecting ponies, I decided to put all of this universal beauty into my dreams...and knowing that a threat plans to destroy Equestria, it’s especially up to me to stop it….part of that reason so that I can continue to admire the night sky as much as you do, Princess. It’s not just for everyone’s safety….but so you can continue controlling the thing I love to see every single night, along with the night itself. I can understand how it felt to be overlooked while everypony else appreciated the daytime without realizing the joy nighttime can bring them. To tell true, I was the kind of pony who preferred nighttime, just so I could see the stars move by before my very eyes. While my dreams are full of beauty, said beauty cannot match the real night sky..”

"So....before we leave this place, do you mind if I tell you something?" _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

"Well....seems like he's gone.....for now, at least. I doubt he'll be this easy to get rid of, but at least with positivity and the element of surprise we have a chance." (Gonna be playing games for a bit, so won't be as active today.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“THIS ISN’T OVE--” *CRRRCKKRSHHHHCK* The mirror shattered into bits, and disappearing.. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Sounds fun. Hey!” I called to the shadow being, charging a blast. “Next time, don’t be….a glass half full pony!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The beam shattered half of the mirrors, and getting an idea, I conjured my own and held it up against the beams, reflecting them back to the mirrors, shattering all but one. The one he was in. “….Oh, hayseeds.” “...would you like to do the honors?” I asked Luna, referring to shattering the mirror. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Luna….if you let this stupid little shadow talk you into this, Celestia’s gonna banish you to the moon again.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Also forgot to mention, this theme sounds kind of fitting - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRsbq9cicDE “That’s right, just give up and realize how HOPELESS the world is now that I’M around. It’ll be a shame, though….I do like making nightmares last. Your sister’s will be a real TREAT.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(You can expect quite a few fights before his seven days are up.) The shadow being appeared before us again, smirking evilly. “You pathetic wretches...if it’s a fight you so badly desire, it’s one you’ll GET! Can you pierce THIS dream’s illusion?” He used dark magic (literally) to summon several mirrors, and began spinning them around and around us. At one point, he jumped into one and disappeared into one of them. Soon after the mirrors stopped, showing several reflections of the evil Loyal’s self.“You should have reflected more on your past, Loyal, otherwise we wouldn’t be in this predicament!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Suddenly, a blast of dark magic struck me, knocking me back. “HA! You REALLY thought it was going to be THAT easy?!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The shadow shrieked in pain, seeming to vanish into this air, his shriek echoing into nothingness. Complete silence. “Did….did we do it?” I asked Luna. (don’t return JUST yet) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Only way to stop me is to destroy me! But you can’t do even THAT, can you? After all, a pony who’s overlooked by so many wouldn’t be able to muster the strength to--” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Oh, spare me your sentimental nonsense! The reason I EXIST is because his life was turned miserable without his parents! Now that there’s so many ponies to take vengeance on, I can do as I please….I think I’ll start with his parents! They’re the ones who caused all this!” “You leave my mom and dad alone!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

"Isn't it obvious, Princess? He chose to forget an essential part of his life! He met a new bunch of friends and just LEFT me behind! Not very nice if I do say so myself.." _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Hehehehehe….you really think you can take me down, eh? Fine. Who am I to disappoint?” A blast of dark magic slammed down onto the ground in front of Luna, dissipating to reveal the former shadow of myself. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The amount of magic felt like a lot, but even still, I blacked out, asleep due to the spell itself, likely. Within moments, I was back in my own dream realm, with the world seeming to pass a distant black hole, coating the entire land in orange-ish red. It was a rather admirable sight when you weren’t going into a black hole. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I sat down, bracing myself. “Alright….go for it.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“What’s more worth it – taking a chance to destroy evil inside me, or not taking action and letting evil ruin this world?” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

"Wait a minute....he was able to turn my dream into a nightmare....and he wasn't just in my mind, but in my dream....can't you do SOMETthing to the dream itself he's in?" _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“None of this is a mistake…..it’s my old past being unhappy with my happier one. It said in seven -well, now it’s six – days, it’ll consume me from the inside with darkness, and possibly spread across the land. I’m a literal ticking time bomb..” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(It basically turns stuff like 'you are' into 'thou art'. Just type your normal sentence, and replace the Old English you DO understand with the words you put in. For instance, you put in 'How are you?', it translates to 'How art thou', and you just replace your sentence with 'How art thou'.) “I beg your pardon?” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

“Well, it’s…..it’s likely different from what you faced. It’s kind of, um….” I explained my situation to Luna, unsure if she’d be able to help. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(Found one. https://lingojam.com/EnglishtoShakespearean) "We're so sorry to bother you, but the fate of Equestria is on you! And.....me, as well, actually." _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________