"whats wrong fish? Cat got your tongue?" another loud laugh could be heard as I stood breathing heavily. I was grabbing my right arm out of pain as blood slowly oozed out of small wounds all over my body. My only clothes were almost beyond destroyed but were still wearable at the moment at least. She had continued with her hit and run tactics and was kicking my ass 10 ways to Sunday I couldn't get a bead on her at all. "well I suppose I should finish you off."
"why!" I then yelled out as I looked around frantically. "why are you even attacking me!"
"why he asks..." chuckling could once again be heard. "because I wanted to that's why." my rage just broke as I glowed a very dark green as I gave a loud yell. The force of sound started to rip apart the ground around me as it went flowing through the ground and the very air. "what the!" I heard a loud voice yell as a dagger went flying past me and into the ground in front of me.
Quickly reacting to where it came from I created used my powers to quickly throw the destroyed earth and rocks and sent them flying where the dagger had come from. When the collided with the shadow a pony figure leaped out and began to quickly run along the tiled roof. My anger still clouding my judgment I manipulated the earth to chase after her as she expertly began to dodge and weave through my attacks before she leaped onto the ground and charged me.
I thrust my arms forward only for her to disappear as I stared in shock at where she used to be as I then had my own legs kicked out from under me as I fell onto my burned back before a blade was placed at my throat. "you lose fish... you had a horrible performance but it proved to get at least slightly better in the end." I snarled at her.
"you may stop now captain!" I heard a familiar voice yell out as I leaned my head back to see the upside-down form of Eclipse and Nightmare Moon approaching.
"awe... and I wanted to make him wet his pants... oh well..." the pony quickly got off of me as I sat up. The two alicorns arrived next to me as I looked at them.
"what the hell was all this about?!" I then yelled as Nightmare Moon's eyes narrowed but Eclipse remained impassive.
"simply seeing how you would react to a specific situation you could possibly encounter. Captain Blood here specializes in hit and run tactics as well as angering opponents to make mistakes. Although she appears to have done her job too well." Eclipse says seeing the wounds all over my body. "if you weren't such a good guard captain Blood I would punish you for insubordination. You were to not harm him too much!"
"meh. He's not hurt that badly," she said as I scowled.
"just... return to your duties captain." Eclipse said in exasperation as the cloaked pony ran into the shadows and disappeared. "now then. You did absolutely horrid in this scenario Benjamin."
"I'm more suited for full out fights," I responded to her.
"nonetheless we will need to prepare you for every situation. Daybreaker will use every tactic at her disposal to kill off those who go against her." Nightmare Moon spoke up as Eclipse looked at her weirdly.
"since when did he know who Daybreaker was?" she asked her sister.
"I visited him in his dreams and found he was remembering his times in the lab. He remembered what Daybreaker looked like as well as Celestia." Nightmare Moon responded. "I simply answered his unasked question on who it was."
"very well now then. You did the same thing you did when you fought the guards but this time you used your own voice instead of snapping your fingers. You manipulated the sound into a force of nature correct?" I nodded as I looked up at the two of them. "that is impressive. The human before you had to develop that technique."
"i was forced to create it against an experiment who's only weakness was sound." I answered her unasked question as I knew she was going to ask when I developed it. "it was hard to try and manipulate the body but I kept that fact hidden away from the ones testing me."
"impressive. Now then I believe I left you a book on the techniques that the human before you used correctly?" I nodded. "have you read any of it at all?" I shook my head. "well then I will tell you. I have removed his most dangerous techniques until your powers return in full and you can be trusted with them. The techniques currently in the book are ones I believe would be most useful to you at the moment. Defensive measures and simple tricks to increase your powers potency."
"excuse me for interrupting but my powers increase in potency depending on my emotions." they looked me in the eye. "as the glow that surrounds me when I use my powers goes darker my powers become more potent and destructive. I've learned to keep my own emotions in check for most of the time but I do commonly lose control in a fit of rage. How bad depends on what happened." I told them.
"interesting to know. The human before you had to increase his powers own potency by doing various things. Such as forcing his powers to become potent and creating better versions of his techniques." Eclipse said in interest. "yours only require your emotional state?" I gave yet another nod. "interesting. Now then. What do you believe you did wrong with your encounter?" she then asked as I remembered when I was first attacked. "you ran out into the open to where you were easily attacked when you were first attacked. You were protected on two sides and there would have been no way for captain Blood to get past you. You could have easily used your powers to defeat her in the tight spaces of the hallway if used correctly."
"my first thought was getting to the open so I could prepare for when I as attacked."
"yet you were easily attacked much quicker and much more randomly from all sides when you could have easily prepared yourself from one direction. You must think things through Benjamin. You must think and think quickly. What would have been the most efficient way to defeat captain Blood? Regardless of the damage, you would do to the castle."
"collapse the ceiling?" I then asked as she gave me a small smile with a slow nod. "launch a large pulse of sound in the direction she was and catch her off guard?"
"and if she teleported out of there behind you and then quickly slit your throat?" I remained silent. "you must think things. Think of what she could possibly do. Think of what your opponent is and what they could possibly do to catch you off guard. She is a unicorn who is proficient in hit and run tactics, angering her opponents, and is proficient in using fire spells."
"send out a pulse of sound strong enough to create a cave in around me while at the same time catching what would fall on me and throw them out of my way before using the exit I made above me to get out into an open space. Hoping that the cave in got her?" I then said.
"while it does have the potential to be effective unicorn guards are trained in unplanned teleportation. They could potentially teleport anywhere if they do not properly prepare their teleportation. While it has helped them in battle it has proven to be dangerous to not know where you may appear. But more often then not it has gotten them into a position to kill or contain their opponent. Now then since you are injured it would be good for you to start bandaging yourself up to prepare yourself for your future fight."
a first aid kit was floated over to me as I grabbed it. They then proceeded to turn around as Nightmare Moon spoke up. "until you are determined to be well enough to fight you will be randomly attacked by Captain Blood. You need not worry about the damage you do to the castle as it could be easily repaired. When you are attacked assume that we are watching you and use your powers to the fullest." they left as I continued sitting where I was. A small amount of rage building up inside of me but I could understand what they were doing. They weren't only testing my combat potential but also testing my adaptability.
I began to bandage myself up once more and replaced the older bandages of the burns, must ask later about them before I stood up and felt a soft pain in my back. I knew it would scar on my back as I used my powers to quickly cover my open back with burn gel. I flinched as it covered my back before I began to bandage my torso. Quickly finishing fixing myself up I stood up after packing away the first aid kit and quickly made my way back to my room. After 20 minutes of rushing through my own pain, I made it through the castle, up the stairs, and into my room. I walked over to the table and set the first aid kit down but I froze when I started to turn away from the table.
The notebook was now covering the cut the sword had made yesterday. Eclipse was here in the time frame I left the room to when she and her sister stopped Blood from killing me and from doing anything further. I figured she might ask me later about where the pictures went and I already had a lie in mind for when she asked. I only had to hope and pray there wasn't a truth detector spell or something. I walked over to the bed and sat down as I reached down and picked out the journal of the techniques that the human before me used. I laid down on the bed as I opened the journal.
I am writing this in case I am ever hit with a memory block spell again. Be it on accident or purpose I do not believe I could trust Eclipse's guards or even the populace. I am also going to be adding ideas to further my powers hopefully if I am able to in the future and if I forget about the idea I had for my techniques.
I flipped the page.
Material Creation
while the name may sound awesome it truly isn't. Basically, I could use materials around me to create walls, shields, weapons, one time a structure but I could only hold said structure for a few seconds. It proved hard at first as the denser the materials the harder it was to manipulate. I first started by practicing with sand to create small objects such as daggers and balls before I moved up to arm sized shields before I made a wall. Although the strength of the wall and shield proved to be kind of a problem. It combined my own will from me using my powers to the density of the separate materials so not being that strong. I will now create a list of what would be easiest to move along to train this power.
Sand
leaves
dirt
grass
pebbles
rocks
bricks
and then finally iron.
Iron is the farthest I have ever gotten in using this technique but has proved to save my life multiple times. Some could say it was my signature move.
Idea to work on: maybe liquid metal would prove to be useful in some way?
I stared at the page and read it another two times before I gave a look of interest. It was certainly a useful technique as I would be able to defend myself by using the very area I destroy. That idea though also held merit the only problem is how would I be able to get it to function when I got on the iron level? It took a great amount of concentration, strength, and power just to bend a metal pole in the lab so this would prove to be difficult if I was even able to accomplish this task. I bent the corner of the page to work on before I flipped to the next one.
Sound Manipulation
this proved to be my main attack. Creating devastating attacks on the surrounding area capable of even breaking bones if enough power was put into it. I could manipulate the sound of just about anything and turn it into a large force. Although I could only manipulate small sounds with the power of move the grass at first it proved to be extremely useful as I trained and created its more powerful versions. I could even manipulate where my own voice was to create confusion.
OK, that part interested me greatly.
Although it was extremely hard to do though and proved to sometimes confuse even myself as I would sometimes even echo my enemies voice and proved to be extremely annoying if they used hit and run tactics like I used commonly. With a hell of a lot of training, I am able to even silence my own footsteps.
Idea: find a way to affect one's own heartbeat if possible.
Now that idea would prove to be a disaster on any enemy if used correctly. To use one's own heartbeat as a force to kill them from the inside out... I shivered at the picture that painted itself in my head as I turned the page. Already happy with how my own sound manipulation was but might come back to it to see if I could silence my own footsteps. Shame he didn't write down how to do it.
Enhancement of Willpower
I could enhance my own body but could at the same time heavily damage it if I did too much of it. Throw strong punches? Risked ripping my own muscles apart. So I had limited use of what I did but found I could strengthen my own body by exercising to allow me to use my enhancements even further. Although they proved very hard to control and required precise amounts of power to work how I wanted them to.
And as the name suggests the way to use this was to use my own willpower just like in the Material Creation technique I was known for. I believe I almost kill...
the rest of the page was smudged out and slightly burned as I narrowed my eyes. Eclipse had been through the book as well as the rest of them except for the notebook. Maybe I should ask her about the burns and see if she lies to me about them or tells me the truth about them. She did come into my room or possibly had someone come in and went through the notebook. Thankfully they put the notebook back incorrectly so I knew someone was in here.
Maybe I should ask for a notebook of my own to secretly write down what I have been finding to help me remember just in case I was hit by the memory block spell the guy before me mentioned. Or maybe there was one in here somewhere. I set the book down and got up from the bed as I began to look around the room until I found an empty notebook hidden in one of the drawers. Finding it was unused I thanked my luck as I grabbed a pen from the satchel and sat down... before I began to write down my findings...
I remember opening my eyes as I laid on the bed. A book was on my chest as I sat up as a headache hit my head at full force. "what the hell happened to me?" I asked as I began to look around the room. Nothing had changed but why did I feel as if something was off? I looked under the bed and grabbed the journals that were underneath and sorted them out before putting the journal that was on my chest back with them.
Standing up I walked over to the table and picked up the notebook. I gave a small smile as I wished to look through the notebook and see what it was like back then. Sitting on the bed I opened up the notebook and began to look through it before I stopped and looked in confusion. "wasn't there a picture here?"
