adventure Starswirls tale part 3

[Sheakspear Pony 0]

Part 1 :http://mlpforums.com/topic/104770-starswirls-tale-part-1/

 

Part 2: http://mlpforums.com/topic/106412-starswirls-tale-part-2/

 

 

The four pegasai could barely fly through the blizzard. Their wing were completely covered in snow which caused them to fall and constantly bump into each other . Mint Chip turned around to check on the wounded warrior. Pointdrop was having much more trouble than the others because of his wounded wing, he would constantly stop to take a breath which caused him to fall behind quite a lot. “ Do you need any help?” shouted Mint Chip while trying to fly closer to the warrior. “I can manage, you should watch yourself” Said the proud warrior with a stubborn attitude. The alchemist let out a sigh and moved to Dream Catcher “I don’t want to stop our progress but it is evident that we must stop, unless you want our wings to freeze off”. “That would be high treason! We need to keep going” Said Dream Catcher, without even turning to look at the alchemist. “But we have to rest! Just for a short while, Pointdrop will fall if we don’t stop!”. Now angry, the head warrior turned around and shouted “Listen, flower picker, I am not stopping anywhere until we reach the village you said Starswirl would stop at!”. Mint Chip usually wouldn’t be insulted by this but now he felt that rage was building up in him, he decided to stand up to the warrior “ And what if we already passed it? We could already be half way to the griffon kingdoms for all we know! I bet Hurricane would be thrilled to hear that his finest ponies got lot in hostile territory because of your stubborn honor!” Dream Catcher turned around, looking at Mint with anger in his eyes but just as he prepared to launch himself into the alchemist the silent one of the group finally spoke. “ Maybe you should fight less and focus on looking at the ground! I see some structures down there” Said Info, pointing at a barely seeable gray blob on the ground directly under them. “ That thing down there? Who knows what that is…” “What other choice do we have? We can go down there or we can die up here” Mint Chip interrupted the warrior. Dream Catcher stood there for a few seconds until he finally swallowed his pride “Alright, but only for one hour”. They fought the blizzard and slowly made their way to the ground. The blob was actually a ruined village. Ice and snow surrounded the burned stone structures. “ A ghost town, probably belonged to earth ponies” Mumbled Dream Catcher as he advanced towards the only building that was accessible. The house was small and it had no roof but it was the best they could find. “ Mercenary, go and collect some firewood, I will clean up some snow so we can make a fire pit” “ I think I have a potion that can… “ before the alchemist could finish that sentence the warrior interrupted him “ You will do what you are told, and I am telling you that you should use your little potions to heal our wounded comrade” he grinded. Mint Chip started to get angry again but he shook it off and started sat down next to Pointdrop, letting out a sigh. Info returned with some old and dry branches, it wasn’t much but they managed to start a small fire. They all sat close to it, exchanging food and drink. The cloaks were all soaked from the snow  so they had to take them off, luckily Mint Chip had some more warmth balms in his satchel so the situation was not that bad. Suddenly, they noticed something moving outside, a shadowy figure fighting his way through the snow. Dream jumped up, grabbing his weapon and before anypony could stop him he launched himself out of the building and right into the pony outside, causing it to fall in the snow. The others rushed out to see what happened. “An earth pony! Alone I would say” said Dream, lifting up from the snow a greenish stallion all wrapped up in fur. “ I expected this place to be deserted, where are you from?” said Mint Chip, trying to be friendly. “F..from the tavern, all of us are” stuttered the earth pony. “Us? So there are more of you?” asked Info. “Yes, a lot of us, we are all in the big tavern at the end of town”. “Take us there” said Dream. “Are you mad? They could be armed!” yelled Mint Chip. “They are not warriors like us, we will go there and we will take some of their food and drink”. “We have food and drink here, just let him go and we can leave just like you wanted all along”. “I have spoken, we go with him” Dream said quite proudly “ Get going then, peasant!”. The others followed quietly, except for the alchemist who muttered something about a stubborn fool who can’t make his mind up. Soon they reached the old building, all barred up and protected. The earth pony knocked and another one opened the door, quite evidently the owner of the place. “Oh it’s you… why didn’t you bring the water?! And who are these pegasai?!. Dream Catcher pushed the pony out of the way and entered “ Allow us to introduce ourselves. We are a band of Commander Hurricanes men who are on a quest.” The innkeeper turned around and replayed quite irritated “ That is all fine but you can’t just break in…”. “We didn’t break in, you let us in!” said Dream with a smile “Come in all of you, it is warm in here!” . They sat down and made themselves comfortable, not even noticing the eyes of many terrified ponies around them. Dream once again turned to the innkeeper “Tell me, my good pony, have you maybe seen an older unicorn, big beard, silly hat?”. The earth ponys eyes widened but he remained calm “No, I haven’t seen anyone by that description, now if you can please leave…”. “He is lying, you know” somepony giggled sadistically. Dream was intrigued by this “Who said that?”. A black earth pony stepped up “Eadur is the name, a pleasure to meet fellow unicorn haters!”. Mint Chip did not like the fact that he was called a “unicorn hater” but he chose not to say anything. “ And we are glad to meet a good earth pony for a change! Enough about that…you said he is lying, the wizard was here?”. “Oh but of course, he ate, he drank, he slept...”. “Eadur stop talking nonsense, you are just drunk..” the innkeeper tried to shut him up but before he could push him out of the way Eadur pulled out a knife and sliced the owners throat open. Screams were heard all around as the yellow stallion choked in his blood. “Oh shut up you lot! Bring some drinks for our guests!” yelled Eadur as he sat down next to the pegasai “ The unicorn you are looking for left a few hours ago, said he was going to the capital of his filthy race”. Dream turned to his companions “If he reached the capital that means we have failed”. “I am afraid that it is so” said Info while Pointdrop and Mint Chip lowered their heads, staring at the floor. “ Well before you start hanging your heads in shame I would like to strike a deal with you” said Eadur, taking a sip of his drink. Dream unwillingly turned his head towards him “ And what could that be? “. “ I heard your leader is quite the pony. He is similar to me, a war mongering spirit. You see I would like to join you. There is nothing I would like more then to kill unicorns, burn their cities and kidnap their daughters and any leader that can make that happen is the only leader I will follow”. “ Sure… why not… you might get lucky and witness our execution” Said Pointdrop in quite a depressing voice. “Brilliant, I have a hot air balloon that can fly me up to the pegasai capital” Said Eadur in a happy voice. The group did not pay attention to him and decided that it was tie to head back to the capital and meet their fate. They went outside, followed by the black stallion. They heard a familiar voice call to them and they all looked up. A pegasai messenger flew down in front of them. “Oh! I am glad that I found you! I searched for hours! There has been a change of plans, you are to quit searching for Starswirl and return to the capital at once!”. The fellowship was so overjoyed by this news that they started to roll around in the snow like mad ponies. The messenger looked at them, confused about what is happening. He then turned his gaze to Eadur “Who is this? An earth pony?”. Dream stood up and brushed off the snow from his coat “Yes, an ally, he gave us valuable info”. “Well then I bid you welcome, friend” the messenger bowed to Eadur. Eadur just nodded to this and turned to Dream “I am going with you, the balloon is not far from here and I will join you soon”. Dream also nodded in approval “ See you at the capital then! Come on colts, let’s leave this bloody place”

 

 

 

The unicron capital was the only place in the whole continent that wasn’t covered  in snow and ice. Hundreds of unicorns would spend their day sitting on top of numerous towers, using their magic to create a barrier to protect the city from the cold. The streets were, as always, crowded with merchants, servants, curriers and pedestrians. When Starswirl arrived in a flash all eyes turned to the old pony. He smiled at them and then turned his head to the other side, brushing off the snow from his cape and hat. He looked up at the castle, it seemed to him that it was close by but when he asked the rug merchant he told him that it was at least an hour long walk. Starswirl wanted to teleport but he was much too exhausted so he unwillingly started to walk in the direction of the castle. The streets were filled with strange and exotic smells and all kinds of noises. Soon he reached a fountain in the middle of the city. He noticed a little filly playing in the water, using her magic to lift up bubbles.  He meant to ignore her and continue on but something made him stop a think. That magic aura, it is familiar to him. Then it came to him. A cliff near the sea, he was climbing up with his small colt hooves to meet him “Daddy, mommy sent me to find you! She said that she needs you to come home!”. His father turned to him with a loving smile, he knelt near Starswirl and stroked his mane “ I will be back soon, I just need to oversee the lowering of the sun”. He returned to the cliff and used his magic, his cutiemark, a sun crossed with a magic wand shimmered as he helped the other unicorn lower the sun. Starswirls watched in awe as day turned into night. When he was done, his father turned around to him, placing his hoof on Starswirls mane “Come on, let’s go home”. “Father…”. “Hey, mister, I know who you are!”. Starswirls daydreaming was broken by a happy voice of this little white filly with a pink mane “ You are Starswirl the bearded! The greatest wizard ever!”. Starswirl looked down at her with a smile “Correct! And who are you little one?”. “My name is Celestia! Me and my little sister Luna live at the castle, they say we have powerful magic, just like you!”. “Really?” Starswirl stroked her mane “Then you will become powerful  wizards as well one day!”. “Oh I hope so!” Celestia laughed and started jumping around. Starswirl was intrigued by this powerful little pony but he had to get going, the princess would probably kill him if he arrived late. “Well I have to go now but I hope to see you again!” the wizard waved at her and continued walking. Celestia also waved with a smile and continued playing in the water. He passed a few streets until he reached a tavern filled with posh unicorn. He grabbed a chair and sat down for a moment, thinking about his father and the past. “Hello!” a voice once again broke his thoughts. This time it was a white unicorn with a short brown mane, he had glasses on. “My name s Barry Quills, royal scribe. I am to accompany you to the castle”

 

 

 

 

“Sis! Sis! Wake up, you have to see this!”. Cindy opened her eyes and saw her little brother with a smile on his face, shaking her. “Hmm… hm.. wha?... what?” She murmured as she stood up. “Look outside, you have to see this, it is amazing!” her brother was jumping around joyfully. She rubbed her eyes and walked to the window. The earth pony capital town looked the same as it did for the past three years. The streets were filled with snow and the canals were deeply frozen. The only thing that was different was the crowd that gathered at the main square. “What is happening over there?” She asked, quickly grabbing her cloak. “ Griffons! They came to see the chancellor!”. Cindy was surprised by this “Why? What do they want?”. “Ponies say that they want to make an alliance with us or something like that, I didn’t really listen, I was way too excited”. “Well I am going to investigate, you stay here” Cindy said as she opened the door. The last thing she heard before closing the house is her little brother letting out a disappointed sigh. She crossed a few wooden bridges before she finally reached the scene. The griffons were wonderful creatures. There were three of them. Two were colorful and wore armors that had a design Cindy never saw before. The third one was black and he looked like the leader. He didn’t wear armor but his clothes were also exotic and new. They were surrounded by ponies who were looking at them, amazed. On the other side, sitting in his wooden throne, was chancellor Puddinghead, a small and gluttonous pony munching on an apple fritter. Next to him was his adviser Smart Cookie, head of the Apple family. “Listen earth ponies! We griffons know the pain you suffer! Our kings offer help and protection from the unicorns and pegasai! We once suffered at their hand and we share your pain, so we offer an alliance!” The black griffon shouted to the crowd. The ponies, upon hearing these words started to shout and whistle, some in support and some in anger. “What say you, oh most noble of rulers? Do you accept our offer?”. Puddinghead took another bite of his fritter “I don’t know, tell me, with how many zeros do you spell alliance?”. The griffon looked irritated “ We do not offer gold, great one, we offer protection! Do you want your people to be enslaved?!”. Cheers were heard throughout the crowd. “We offer friendship” He said and raised his head. “ Oh friendship is what you want? Well I can tell you that that is spelled with five zeros, up front…” He was interrupted by Smart Cookie who whispered something to him. The chancellor made an angry face and let out a sigh “ Alright, you are free to stay in my manor as long as you want and I will consider misspelling friendship”. The griffon smiled “I am glad you are reasonable” he turned to the crowd “ Hear me earth ponies! You are not alone, help will come!”. The cheers were so loud that the whole town vibrated. The only one who was suspicious of this was Cindy. When the square cleared up she decided to follow the griffons close by. She knew that no one would give anything for free, especially military help. The griffons entered the manor along with Puddinghead and Smart Cookie. Cindy sneaked up to the window and saw that the three foreigners in the living room, talking. She put her ear on the window and started to eavesdrop

 

 

 

“So you are close to the princess?”. Starswirl and Barry walked through the crowded streets near the castle. “Oh yes, my father was a noble under the rule of the old good king so I got good education” Barry said as he cleaned his glasses with his magic. “ And I trust you are happy with your job” Starswirls said, his glance drawn to a crowd of unicorns down the road. “Not exactly, the princess is… shall we say… ambitious but her acts of slavery and tyranny are intolerable!”.  They reached the crowd. All those ponies were watching some soldiers return from a raid. “Behold! Another victory for the crown!” shouted the commander. It took Starswirl some time to notice the spoils of war. Earth ponies, all tied up, walking unwillingly with their heads lowered. “As I said, she crossed the line!” Barry said, grinding his teeth. “ My colt, this is nothing new for my eyes, let us just get going” Starswirls said, unamused. They managed to get through the crowd and entered the castle courtyard.  Suddenly, they heard a soothing melody coming from the castle garden. “What is that?” Starswirl asked. “Oh yes! I have to introduce you to my friend and associate” Barry waved and signaled the wizard to follow him. As they got closer the music picked up the paste. Melody and bass were combined into something that Starswirl could not stand but he noticed that the scribe was enjoying it. They finally reached the source. A white unicorn with a blue and black mane had his eyes closed as he used his very unique magic. “Shiro!” Barry shouted and upon hearing his voice the unicorn opened his eyes and the music stopped. Before the unicorn could speak, Starswirl besieged him with question “ What kind of magic was that?” ”How did you learn that?” “You seem very unique, can I study you?”. Shiro was uncomfortable but he stayed calm “Hello, my name is Shiro Pegasix and I am a member of the royal court, it is nice to meet you”. “And not just that, he is also the best musician I ever met” Barry said, shaking his friends hoof. Starswirl would say that he disagreed on that but he was much to fascinated with this magic he never saw before “Yes, yes, I am glad as well but I just want to ask…”. Shiro had to interrupt him “ I am sorry but the questions have to wait, the princess is expecting you”. The three unicorn entered the glorious throne room. The red carpet was spread from the entrance to the luxurious throne. The windows were made out of stained glass, showing great deeds of this or that unicorn. The biggest and the most beautiful one was the Stained window directly above the throne. On it the old king was depicted defeating the griffon emperor and destroying their kingdom, an event Starswirl remembered well. Princess Platnum was already sitting on her throne, smirking. Her beautiful mane was styled and her coat was so clean that it sparkled brighter than the crown on her head. The trio weren’t the first to enter.  Near the throne two guards were holding a frightened unicorn poet. “He wrote a poem that shunned the princess and now he is called forth for judgment ”Barry whispered to Starswirl. “ Tell me, my dear poet, which do you prefer, your hooves or your tongue?” the princess said in a sweet but sinister voice. “W… Well, your grace, everypony needs their hooves bu..”. “Tongue it is then! Guards take him away and cut it off!” Said Platinum happily. The poet screamed and begged for help as they dragged him out. The wizard could notice signs of anger on the faces of his two companions. “Now I will have an audience with Starswirl the bearded!” Said the princess , and clapped her hooves, signaling him to step forth. Starswirl stood in front of her and bowed “What is it that you wanted, your grace?”

 

 

 

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Edited August 30, 2014 by Sheakspear Pony