"Now Quartz, we know you've been trained in combat well, but we need to know how well you act in certain conditions. While you may think of these way as unethical, please allow me to change how you think. Please follow us."
"Alright?" Quartz followed the captain through a large training facility. He saw many other men and women training in firearms, hand-to-hand combat, and even crafting items from certain items, "Is training usually this elaborate for this army?"
"Correct. You'll usually see many types of unusual training. But for you, you won't be needing any of that. We'll be testing your mental capacity."
"Mental capacity?"
"As I explained before, we'll see how well you do under harsh conditions. Kind of a mental test to see what would happen if this were to happen. This test will be a way to see how you act in a peculiar situation. Itll test how you assess certain water situations."
"Okay?"
"Let's begin. Sit on that chair there Quartz," There was a random chair in the middle of a floor. Quartz tried his best to scan the stress in front of him, but he couldn't, "Can't scan it can you?"
"No, why can't I scan the area for any danger?"
"Magic is no longer exists in this part of the world."
"Huh?"
Both the captain and Platinum began explaining the cause of this phenomenon,"In this part of the world, magic seemed to have slowly dissipated over time. Now, only a handful of people in this part of the world can use magic. One of those few is the queen. However, it is unknown who the others are. For now, the queen is the only one that can still use magic."
"...," This caused both Silver and Quartz to fall silent and respond in unison,"That's insane..."
"Yeah it is. Anyway, Quartz, sit on that chair," Quartz stared at his hand and realized that his only real source of power is nonexistent. It took a little to take in, but he soon snapped out of it before moving once again.
"Alright," Quartz walked over to the chair, and took a deep breath before sitting in the chair. Instantly, a bag went over his head, and he was bound in a strait jacket, "What the hell is going on?!"
"It's the test! You must learn to escape this situation before you're drowned in this glass box," Soon, water began to fill the glass container as Quartz slowly began to panic. However, he took a deep breath, and slowly began thinking.
"This strait jacket looks old. Maybe from the multiple uses for this inhumane test. This can be easily melted by fire, but magic is no longer in my corner. If I'm going to get out of this I may have to think about how this will happen. I know how to escape this pretty well. Or you know, they didn't search me before I came in here so...
Quartz began to move his arms a little until something sharp slipped into his hand. Slowly but surely, Quartz began cutting his way through the strait jacket. Once his one arm was free, he placed his hand over his head to bring his arms around, and glanced outside. He sighed and ran up the glass container, nearly slipping, and easily hopped out the container. His shoes were wet from the water, but he was fine nonetheless.
"Wow, I guess we should've checked you for any items before the test. Hm, but that would be a good skill. Where was that knife?"
Quartz looked at the knife in his hand as it slowly began morphing to his skin which surprised the captain, "This knife was something one of my aunts created. It's a special blade that can protrude from my skin at any time I want it to. Even if I was searched for it, no one can be able to take it out unless they cut my arm open to take it out."
"So it's like a retractable knife inside your forearm... fascinating. And it doesn't use any type of magic?"
"No, I have to flex a little for it to come out. My aunt never got to work around it. It was suppose to be created for spies of the Imperial Army."
"That's amazing. Well, not only did you escape in record time, but you've shown us something the queen would love to see."
"The queen? Will you take me to her?"
"Yes, and actually, she's been wanting to meet you ever since she heard about you from your father."
"Really now?"
"Yes. In fact, she's your age."
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"Huh?"
Meanwhile with Silver..., "The queen and my brother are the same age?" Silver ask in surprise.
"Yeah, and she's quite fond of him too. I remember hearing rumors that if she ever sees him in person...," Platinum trailed off and looked at Silver, "she would marry him."
Silver's eyes widened as she looked towards the North, "No..."
Back with Quartz, the captain was walking him down a long hallway which led to a massive door, "Wait, I don't know if I should meet this queen. I had just arrived here, so why would I meet her after only 30 minutes here?"
"Because she wants to meet you. Once she heard you were here, she wanted to meet you. Come on, you don't want to keep the queen waiting," The captain ordered two men behind Quartz to open the door. Behind the door, across the room watching over from a balcony. The light breeze from the height of the room caused her sepia-colored hair to flow lightly.
The figure slowly turned to reveal a beautiful young girl that is indeed around the same age as Quartz. This caused Quartz's heart to lightly flutter, "That's the queen?"
"Yes, quite a beaut isn't she?" Quartz remained silent as the captain pushed him in, "Go on lad!"
"Quartz? Shining Quartz, or shall I call you Quartz Belle?"
"Just Quartz, thank you. Your highness..."
"Quartz, it is an honor to meet the son of the Emperor."
"No? Why do you say no? This is great. With your brother marrying the queen, it would be a perfect chance to take her out while your brother has her trust."
"I don't know how to feel about this. I don't like the thought of my brother marrying someone I haven't met before. I don't want him to marry this queen... especially after hearing about all these rumors about her..."
"It's what we're gonna have to do. I can trust your brother, correct?"Silver hesitantly nodded as Platinum sighed, "Good, all we can do now is wait for the signal..."
However, that's not what she was worried about...
Quartz stood in front of the apparent Queen of Uskain, "Quartz, if I may ask the reason of your arrival to Uskain?"
"Right," Quartz was so enamored by get beauty that he was distracted for that split second, "Well, your majesty..."
"Please, call me Alicia."
"Alicia?"Such a weird name, "Well, Alicia, my father teleported my sisters and I here. You see, the mainland of the mystic realm is under attack by an unknown army. I guess to jeep is out of the crossfire, he sent us here. He may even want us to obtain help."
"I see, perhaps I can be of assistance. However, we cannot be of any help right now. The Resistance had made it hard for us to keep any ample provisions and soldiers. The citizens of Uskain grow in fear for whenever their town or village may be next."
"I see, then asking for reinforcements is out of the question at the moment, right?" Alicia nodded causing Quartz to sigh, "Well, what can I do to help?"
"I would say possibly showing you around town, and introducing you to your new partner. You've already met your captain, but that's only for your squad operations. Right now, you'll be assigned a partner."
"Partner? I don't know Alicia. I don't know if you've realized yet, but I don't work well with others."
"Quartz, I know your past, but right now, I want this war to end," Alicia then starred back outside her large balcony. She walked onto the terrace, and Quartz followed. Once he stepped outside, he was amazed at the beauty he saw. The town looked medieval, and the trees that surrounded the village and castle looked amazing. Even if this lost country used firearms, he could tell they weren't exactly evolved with technology just yet, "I'm afraid what this civil war would do to the people and the towns."
"Alicia, if I may ask, I just came from a snowy wasteland, but now I'm in this calm, Spring-like environment. Why is that?"
"Me."
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"No bullshitting, are you serious?"
"Yes, since we are at the lowest point of the world, we won't get the best weather throughout the year. Since I'm the only one in Uskain that can use their magic powers, I created 4 regions with different climates throughout the whole year. The capitol with has Spring-like temperatures and is in the middle of Uskain. The two sides of Uskain harness a Summer-like climate. To the north is a Autumn-like climate, and down south is the Winter, snow, barren wasteland you had just witnessed."
"I see, your magic must be powerful. You might even match my father."
"My family has a long list of powerful mystics. Your father once visited my mother and father a few times before they died."
"O-Oh, your parents are dead...," Quartz trailed off as he heard her mention the death of her parents, "I'm sorry Alicia."
"No, they just couldn't handle the stress of the war, and they slowly succumbed to an illness of some sort, and with no older siblings, I was forced to become the Queen of Uskain. Or should I say, the Queen of a Fallen Empire."
"Fallen Empire?"
"It was my grandfather's foolish choice to become a city-state, and break away from your father's laws. He wanted land for himself. He wanted all the wealth, women, and wine he could get his grubby little hands on. Even if it meant tormenting the poor. Anyone who weren't against his laws were made high court officials, or were paid well. Soon, some of the citizens began disliking the ruling of my family, and rose in rebellion."
"Which sparked this civil war, correct?"
"Yes, my grandfather was assassinated by his own adopted grandson, Platinum Storm..."
Cobalt and his wives were now tied up, and were in front of Harmony and the pony versions of the girls. Cobalt and Twilight stood stone stoll while the others either pleaded, or glared at Harmony.
"Oh Cobalt my dear, I want to ask again. Where are your children?"
"They're not anywhere near here. You'll have to search for them yourselves."
"Now Cobalt, I really, really... really," Harmony began twirling a karmabit knife that had something oozing from the end, "Don't want to hurt you," She brought the blade close to Cobalt's neck, and his eyes widened at the substance on the blades tip.
"Is that... plasma? So you plan on killing me if I don't tell you?"
"Oh, why would I kill you? I want you and your body. I can't do that if you're dead. Although, I would love to kill Rarity over here," She then began tracing her knife along Rarity's skin, "Or I could have some of my men rape her. They haven't been able to release their desires ever since we conquered the lands of Eqeustria."
"You had them rape these ponies? That's sickening..."
"Well, they had to paid somehow. You'd be amazed at the power they gained after raping them. Especially Princess Celestia."
Cobalt gripped his hand tightly as he looked at Harmony, "Look, you can do as you please with me. Just leave my wives out of this."
"Oh, but I want my revenge on this whore!" Harmony stabbed the air beside Rarity, causing a sonic wave to hit around the area, "But fine, I'll let them go. After my men rape her. Boys!" Multiple men of different sizes stepped up to them.
Cobalt looked at Twilight. They nodded at each other, "You may have forgotten that we have the two smartest people in the mystic realm right here!" Multiple turrets rose from the ground, and began firing non-lethal rounds into Harmony's army.
Cobalt then spun into the ground, and released his wives from their clutches, "Girls...," Cobalt looked at them, "I'm sorry..."
"What do you mean Cobalt!" Cobalt held his hand up as a flash light filled their vision.
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