WARM DARKNESS, COLD LIGHT

Hey guys. Yeah, I suck. Gold, I am truthfully sorry. I had the chapter, the longest one I had ever done (36 pages in a small font on Microsoft word), and then Christmas came. The computer was sitting where the Xmas tree was gonna go, so *pop* there it goes. All that gone.

So I thought, 'hey! No worries! I'll retype it by Valentine's day!

Quintus: and by the power of procrastination, he didn't!

Then Easter flew by...

Quintus: as did April fools.

So now here we are. I'm starting over. I'm changing a few things from the last stories, too.

Quintus: and a familiar name is gonna pop up!

Shush! No spoilers!

Pinkie: am I in it? Am I?

Quintus: well, this is an MLP/StH crossover, but-

I SAID SHUSH!

Quintus: fine, be that way.

So welcome to the prologue to Warm Darkness, Cold Light!

Quintus gently landed in front of the wreckage of the old lab. He often came here whenever he returned from another world. He navigated through the crushed support beams and finally arrived in front of a rusted door.

"Open sesame." He said as he opened it and walked inside. He crossed the room and stopped near a hospital bed. He smiled slightly, remembering...

The darkness faded as his eyes opened for the first time. People in lab coats holding clipboards surrounded him, but in the back corner of the room he saw a young girl staring at him through the crowd. He smiled at her, but someone blocked his view and she disappeared.

Quintus came out of the memory and left the room, finding himself a few steps later in an undamaged cube shaped room with a bookshelf and a bed...

Quintus sat in his room, empty at the time, holding spheres of energy in his hands, when the door opened. He looked over and saw the girl from before cautiously step in.

'Hello.' Quintus said.

'Hi. My name is Jessica. I uh, came here to teach you about your history. You know, how you came to be, well, you.' She said. Quintus shifted, sitting cross legged, and motioned for her to sit down. She did.

'So, what exactly does my creation involve?' Asked Quintus.

'Well, you have almost an infinite amount of Chaos energy, because a shard of Mobius's Master Emerald is in you, thusly you're connected to it, and-'

Quintus interrupted her,

'Chaos what? Master what?' He asked. Jessica's eyes widened.

'Oh! I'm sorry, I forgot you don't know what either of those are. Let me explain: in a world similar to ours, there's a giant gem-'

'What's a gem?'

'Oh, right. A gem is like a shiny ore, and emeralds look a bit like this.' Jessica said. She took a necklace out from her pocket and held it up. On the end of the chain there was a shining green rock.

'Wow...' Quintus said.

'Yeah, my great grandpa- er, my mother's father's father gave it to me. Where were we?'

'You said in a world similar to ours.'

'Right. Well, in that world there is a gem like this one, but dozens of times larger, and it's filled with an energy called Chaos. A shard from it was used to help create you, and it connects to that emerald no matter where you are.'

'That's amazing! So I can just turn on this chaos stuff from wherever?'

'Not exactly. The Master Emerald's power is infinite, but the connection you have is not. Strong, yes, but you can't use the full extent of its power from afar. But that's why you have other powers to rely on...'

Quintus left the room, remembering all the other things Jessica taught him. He arrived in a less than whole room with a large machine in the center...

Quintus threw a stone at a flying disk, shattering it.

'C'mon! I thought we were training!' He said, smiling. Jessica peeked her head out the window on the machine.

'Wanna take it up a notch then?' She asked.

'Bring it on!' Shouted Quintus.

'As you wish. Upping projectile speed and durability.' Jessica said, pushing buttons on the keypad. Instantly the machine turned towards Quintus and began firing multiple discs, spheres and energy blasts.

Quintus jumped up, and two eagle wings unfolded from his back. He kicked a disc then threw a chaos spear that went straight through two balls before colliding with an energy shot.

He then dashed forwards, crashing through some of the projectiles. He landed and curled into a ball, then began spinning. Spinning, spinning, faster and faster, soon naught but a yellow and blue blur. After a few seconds, he began glowing with friction and a small vortex formed, drawing the projectiles in. Soon every disk and sphere came near him and-

Pop. He disappeared. Seconds later he reappeared a few feet away and threw a glowing orb at all the items, which exploded upon contact.

'Whoo-hoo!' Quintus shouted, pumping his fist into the air. Jessica giggled.

'Alright, good job mister hero. Done for today. Come on, it's time for the glove.' She said.

Quintus frowned.

'It's a gauntlet.' He said, following her out of the room.

Quintus sighed, because the area he walked into next was a barren chamber with the wall ripped away, everything charred...

Quintus and Jessica walked into the room as the alarms blared and the emergency lights turned on. Everyone was crouched, hiding underneath tables and desks.

'What's happening!?' Quintus asked.

'He's here! They said it would be another month!' A scientist shouted.

'Who?' Quintus asked.

'Oh no! Pento!' Jessica exclaimed. Quintus recognized the name. He was the demon he had been created to defeat. Suddenly the wall exploded, shrapnel and people tossed across the room. Jessica fell over, mostly uninjured as a figure stepped into the room.

'So this is the great weapon made to stop me?' It asked, stepping over the bodies littering the floor. It stopped just in front of Quintus, who saw that it looked a lot like himself, but his eyes were black with white pupils, his fur was pitch black and matted down, and he opened wings that looked like they belonged to a mangled old crow.

'Yes, I was made to stop you.' Quintus said. A sword appeared in his left hand and he swung with lightning speed-

And Pento caught his wrist, then threw him across the room.

'Well, they didn't seem to do it very well, did they?' Pento asked. He noticed Jessica curled up and he grabbed her by the throat.

'Is this your girlfriend, hero boy? Huh?' He asked. Jessica clawed at his hand, but to no effect. Quintus looked up, his eyes widened. Yet he could not speak.

'No? Well, then I guess you don't mind if I just end...her...life.' Pento said. A rusted sword appeared in his other hand and Jessica suddenly found its point sticking out her stomach. Quintus flailed, but he could not get up.

'Aw, look at the little hero, upset about his little girly friend.' Pento said. He removed his sword, and Jessica fell to the floor as he walked over to Quintus.

'This is what will happen if you try to fight me. So don't.' He spat, and just like that he was gone. Instantly Quintus found himself able to get up, and he rushed over to Jessica. He held her and she looked up at him.

'You can't... Listen to him... Fight him, you'll win. G-good luck, Quintus...' She said as her breath left her. Quintus looked away, tears forming in his eyes.

He blinked them away, and rubbed his eyes to clear them. He unclenched his hand, which he unknowingly had made into a fist. He let out a deep breath. He stepped out of the room, and when he found himself in front of the room where he had been told why he had been created…

'Quintus the Godhog, you were built so you could stop a creature. A demon, truthfully. An abomination. But we have made you stronger than him.' An old man in a lab coat said.

'What's his name?' Quintus asked.

'His name is Pento, but it is best not to say his name. We made you to be connected to some of the greatest sources of magic in all the worlds. And of course, through those magics your intelligence came to be.'

'So my mind is a bunch of power sources tied together? What happens if I lose one of them?' Quintus asked.

'I most hope that that never happens, because it could lead to nothing, or it could lead to your death. We have not tried to find out. We ask that you do not try, Quintus, for you are the last hope of the worlds.'

Quintus put a hand over his chest. Well, i'm not dead, even though I lost a pretty important part. Something broke all those five hundred and thirteen years ago, and it isnt fixed yet. Out of anger, a bright flame appeared in his hand, which he slammed into the ground. An explosion filled the room. When the smoke cleared, a crack appeared on the floor.. The crack widened. Quintus watched as it spread across the floor until-

Suddenly he found himself underneath the floor, which had split underneath him. He could still see, and he saw that he wasn't in a random cave. No, it was lined with metal and lights that were no longer powered. A flame appeared in his hand as he walked down a hall going one way. He had certainly never been in this part of the labs before. He found a door at the end of the hall, labeled, 'High level personnel only.'

"Well, that applies to me." Quintus said, kicking the door open. All that was in the room was a giant computer with a giant-er screen, and a small box on a little stand. He walked past the box and stood in front of the computer. An on switch was sitting there next to the keyboard. He pushed it and the computer whirred to life and the screen turned on. Nothing but coding. Quintus stared at it for a moment, wishing his friend Coin was with him at the moment, but then a message appeared:

"Data Download complete. Receive AI chip? Y/N" Quintus, after a moment, clicked yes. A small square popped out of the computer, and another message appeared:

"Please insert chip into Cube." Quintus grabbed the chip and walked over to the box, which had a small slot on one side. Looking at the chip, he saw that it would fit perfectly into the trash bin sized box. He slipped it and immediately the box started buzzing, and a single red light glowed in the middle of the front side. A second light lit up next to it, then they both turned yellow. A third light lit up, and they turned green.

"Activation code?" Asked a different voice. It seemed more feminine.

"Uhhh..." Quintus said, having no idea what the password could be.

"Voice recognition: Quintus the Godhog. Activation code accepted." Said the voice.

The box's top half started to split apart, but instead it lifted backwards like a treasure chest. In it a vaguely mobian shape sat up, its eyes just a blank screen.

Or not. The eyes flickered for a moment, then turned white with soft pink pupils. It looked towards Quintus.

"Quintus?" It asked.

"Yeah, who are you?" The Godhog in question asked. The robot seemed confused.

"Quintus? It's me, Jessica." She said.

WHABAM! I'm back! That's right!

Quintus: damn, this is just the intro! Setting the bar high, eh?

Indubitably! I'm not sure whether I'll have OCs yet, but please tell me in the reviews about what you think!

QuintustheHedgehog, Chapter complete!