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~Raze's Journey Chapter 13~
Twilight Sparkle had received a test which would determine if she was truly prepared for her future. The test, defending an Empire from the evil King Sombra. When tasked with this she proclaimed to be unprepared.
This, however couldn't have been more wrong. She fought her greatest fear, the fear of not passing the test. She was able to see past it and Spike had been the one to save an empire. Twilight had given up her shot at what she thought would be her last chance to pass.
With the power of the Crystal Heart and the Crystal Ponies love, the entirety of Sombra's shroud was destroyed leaving nothing behind. A celebration came and passed. Twilight and her friends would return to Canterlot.
Upon returning, Twilight feared the worst and Spike couldn't help but pace around in anxiety with the rest of the Mane Six. Twilight opened the door with a proud look on her face "I passed!" she exclaimed in great joy.
Then she and her friends trotted out of Canterlot singing a musical number. Meanwhile Luna and Celestia stood watching them all go. Luna looked at Celestia and summoned a book with Twilight's cutie mark on it.
This mysterious ending leads me to believe epic moments are ahead, but right now there is a new problem that shall have light shed upon it.
~Canterlot Castle (One week after Crystal Empire)~
Princess Celestia sat on her throne as she signed various documents 'Foreign disputes; Griffon rights, Dragon's den, Mare life magazine subscription...' She lost her train of thought and then regained it quickly. 'I thought I signed this yesterday? Oh well, guess I'll just do it again!' She began lift her quill to the scroll, but a loud slam echoed throughout the throne room.
A Royal Guard galloped his way to her throne before stopping, bowing down to her. "Your Highness" He breathed heavily. "I have news of a powerful magical item!" He said between breaths.
"Where is this item you've found?" Celestia calmly asked him.
"Right here Your Highness" He replied, revealing an orange orb, and set it down before her.
"This doesn't seem to give off any magical presence" Celestia said as she stepped off her throne and activated her horn.
Her magic grasped the item, bringing it towards her. She looked over the ball finding it had seven stars within it's orange hue. "It certainly looks mystifying" She said as turning it over again.
Suddenly the orb began to glow brighter, her magic was interrupted and it invaded her mind. "Your Highness!" was the last thing she heard, before falling down onto the floor.
~Unknown Realm~
Celestia looked around 'This isn't my castle...' She walked forward as clouds parted for her 'Certainly mysterious' She thought.
She pressed forward and the land seemed to shift around her.
'This place is truly a sight to behold' she thought as she continued her trek through the clouds.
She looked into the sky and saw the sun being lifted and then dropping out of the air as it was replaced with the moon. Suddenly darkness poured through and Celestia found herself in another unfamiliar place.
She looked around and found a large hallway. She began to walk forward again as she found herself in a large room where what appeared to be a king sitting on his throne. Below him was a young Raze, a very young Raze. There was also an older man whom Celestia didn't recognize, they seemed unaware of her presence.
The scene began to play out as she watched.
The older man was speaking, his voice filled with concern. "He's far to young for this! Can't you see? He's only ten!" the man pleaded with the apparent king.
"My son is older than I was when I began my training! I believe that his true potential can be found on the battlefield!" the King said, Raze only looked down at his own feet.
"Please reconsider!" the old man begged the King whom showed no emotion whatsoever.
"I will not! The rebels are trying to overthrow me and they could possibly succeed in their mission if they ever got close enough! If they wish to go to war, I want my son to gain the knowledge I have first-hand!" He then got up off his throne and walked down the steps toward Raze.
"You shall be ready for your future by the end of this war, you will be a man of many talents! Your power will rise to meet mine eventually! I see this in your future, it's time... Guards!" at the King's call, four guards came out and took Raze by both his arms.
"Take him away!" the King, no, the Father ordered his guards.
"No! Raze!" The old man yelled whom was now being held back by Raze's father.
"LET ME GO! RAZE!" He screamed, his hand outstretched toward the child Raze.
Raze whom had been silent the entire time finally felt his emotions trying to grasp his mind and he struggled against the guards who had been taking him way.
"I promise, I'll be back Garuth! Don't worry about me!" Raze yelled as more guards came out and took the struggling Raze away. The doors to the Throne Room shut and reverberated off the sides of the castle walls.
Garuth was finally let go as the King went back towards his throne. Garuth looked up at the King and glared "How could you do that?!"
The King was silent.
Celestia looked onward as the King ordered Garuth away and the area began to fade around her.
Then the scene changed to an open area. Bodies littered the ground and the air smelled of death. A young teen stood among the bodies. The teen was Raze, his eye's seemed to be staring through the ground itself, the boy didn't seem repulsed by the sight he was taking in.
"Hey Kid! Get over here!" said one of the soldiers he was with at the time.
Raze turned towards the voice and began walking in their direction. He joined them finally and sat down. A fire was going and food was being passed around, when a bowl hit Raze's hands, he took it impassively.
"You gotta eat Kid or you won't survive the next day!" said the same soldier.
Raze looked at the bowl and then back at the soldier. Raze knew what he said was true, but he didn't know how to comprehend why he should want to survive another day of this.
"Kid are you okay?" asked the soldier.
"I don't know..." Raze mumbled as he suddenly realized where he was again.
Celestia looked at the young Raze and she reached out to try and comfort him. Yet her hoof went through his head and she realized she wasn't really there 'Is this what he's been through? Poor Raze...'
"Kid, you got to keep yourself together! Remember this war is almost over! The rebels are still falling back! That means we'll have the advantage of intimidation!" He said to Raze.
Raze, however had begun to lose himself yet again and was trying to forget this world of pain by thinking of nursery rhymes.
This soldier wouldn't have it though. He picked Raze up and smacked him. The sound was small, but the impact was huge. Raze's eyes widened and he shook his head. The Soldier dropped him to the ground "Kid! You can't keep doing that! You're only 14! You haven't lived long enough to truly see the world for what it is!"
Raze took a few seconds to right himself and then he looked into the horizon "We need to get moving! The faster we fight, the more ground we cover and then I'll get back!" Raze then ran towards the direction of the opposition.
"Wait! Were coming too Kid!" they all exclaimed as they ran to keep up with Raze.
Then the memory broke once again and left Celestia floating through black space 'He fought in an open war? He must be traumatized, but he's seems perfectly fine most of the time..."
"He keeps it buried within his mind, Celestia" said a familiar voice.
"Garuth? Is that you?" Celestia asked as the old man walked out of the darkness.
"Yes it is I, Garuth... Though that title means nothing to me anymore." He said bitterly as he walked off.
Celestia took a look at him and then followed behind him, leading her through to a new memory.
"Raze was a happy child, his life was normal once. I wish for him to be truly happy again, but after the war, I knew he would never be the same." Garuth said as he continued to walk through the blackness.
"Raze does act like a child! He doesn't take anything seriously!" Celestia said to Garuth as he stopped walking.
He turned to Celestia "It's an act! He put's on a mask to avoid the problem from within himself!" Garuth turned away "I should have stopped Vestal, but I was weaker than he was and he was the father..." he finished weakly.
Celestia went to comfort him, but he put his hand out "I don't need your pity! What I need is for you to leave as soon as possible, but there's one thing you need to see before you leave, my death" Garuth said as he began to walk forwards again.
The void opened up around them again as a final memory came into light.
Celestia was following Garuth in the same castle as last time. Little had changed and the hallways looked the same.
Garuth walked down the hall and stopped at a door, he outstretched his hand and knocked on it. Within seconds it opened revealing a disheveled Raze "What's with all the noise Garuth?" Raze asked as he walked back into his room.
"I came here to get you for the peace ceremony! This is very important for the planet of Absalon! It's thanks to you Raze that all this is happening!" Garuth exclaimed as Raze scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
"It's no trouble at all! Anything for peace, I guess" Raze said as he put on his armor on top of the Yardrat clothes he wore.
"It's also important to your Dad! The ceremony will make yo-" before Garuth could finish his sentence, Raze shot him the coldest glare he could have ever throne a creature before.
"Never... Say... Vestal's... My... Dad..." Raze finished with no attempt at hiding his anger. Raze looked at the door and said "I think you need to go... Don't worry I'll be at the ceremony, but not for Vestal... I'll be there for the citizens and my Godfather..." Raze said to Garuth whom had been worried at first, but then acknowledged Raze's wish.
"I'll see you there" Garuth said quickly as he hurried out the door to the balcony where the announcement of the peace ceremony would take place.
Raze turned around and looked at a picture on his desk. The picture depicted a happier time before the war and his Mom's death "I wish that I could have saved you before they attacked..."
Brief flashes appeared to Celestia. A screaming child, A body falling to the ground, Vestal transforming into something..., and an assassin escaping into the darkness as Vestal screamed for the foul being to show himself. Then she came back to the scene in front of her as Raze looked away from the photo.
He walked out and the scene changed for Celestia, revealing the balcony from which a crowd watched below, waiting for the prince to come forth and bring a new era of peace to the West Galaxy.
Garuth joined with the King Vestal upon the balcony "Raze is coming soon Sire"
"Excellent, soon we will begin the peace ceremony!" the announcement was heard by the crowd and cheers followed it.
~Raze walking down the Hallway~
'Despite the past few years, this day might be a happy one! It's good to know that the ambassadors arrived and peace is within reach!' Raze though as he straightened out the belt on his Yardrat clothes.
Raze's mind suddenly felt something faint, he stopped in the middle of the hallway 'What's that?' he thought to himself as he turned around and looked for the source of whatever he felt.
"Come out!" Raze yelled at the invisible force. A malicious force seemed to be watching his every move. Raze's worry increased and he was ready for an all out fight by that time "I'm not kidding! Get the fuck out here!" he yelled once again to the force that permeated the walls.
Suddenly two guards appeared, they looked at Raze with bewilderment "Is something wrong Prince Raze?"
The force had left the inside of the hall and Raze sighed in relief "Uhh... No, nothings wrong... Let's go"
Raze continued down the hall with the two guards and nothing out of the way happened the entire way 'Somethings wrong here...'
The Guards stayed silent as they continued to escort Raze to the balcony and soon they would disappear from sight.
~Balcony. Celestia Experiences Yet Another Memory Before A Horrifyingly Dark Scene~
Celestia looked down on the populace and grimaced 'They're all so weird looking' she thought to herself as everything flashed around her yet again 'What! Another one?!'
Celestia looked down as several blasts hit the ground of a war front. Soldiers raced forward as the other side retreated. Celestia searched the crowd and found one group being led by Raze.
~Raze's Perspective~
Raze ran forward and shouted loud to his teammates "It's now or never! The last rebel leader is in this compound! Let's finish it!" to answer his call he heard loud "Ooh RAH!".
"Snake! You first!" Raze said as a Namekian raced forward and blasted the doors off their hinges.
They all ran in and found a staircase leading down. Raze looked at the next part of his team and said "Your turn's Wave and Scratch!"
Several guards had rushed up the stairs and opened fire, but Wave had thrown down several smoke bombs and then fell upon them. She snapped both their necks and took both their weapons.
Scratch ran past her and attacked several more guards with a time stop technique. Wave then jumped over and opened fire on the guards. The only thing left of them was bloody stumps and pieces of flesh all over the wall.
Raze ran past them and down the stairs closely followed by his teammates as they closed in on the final room at the bottom of the stairs. Raze put his back to one side of the big metal door and his last teammate made it to where they were at.
Raze looked at him and said "Alright Chuck, can you open it?"
Chuck smiled and said "Hell, they couldn't keep me from the worlds most protected vault, this will be a cakewalk!" he pulled out a device called "The Codebreaker". Within a few mashes of several buttons, the door opened and allowed them forward.
Raze was the first to step beyond threshold "Wow, there's absolutely no way to tell what's going on above us! The sounds are muted..." He said as he continued walking while being followed closely by his teammates.
Chuck looked around the place and said "Strange, either there aren't any guards or they're ignoring us."
Wave smiled and said "They probably saw what I did to their guards and think this girls going to put them all down like the quivering animals they are" She finished with an evil grin.
Scratch shook his head "Or they're planning to ambush us! Remember! Never underestimate your enemy!" He finished ominously.
Snake smirked and said "You're over thinking this! We should go ahead and celebrate! We're at the scene of the final confrontation! Nothing can go wrong! We have Raze here to make sure it all goes well!" He finished smugly.
Raze shook his head "I'm not a deciding factor, but I don't think were going lose anyone on this mission if we keep going the right way!" He finished as they neared the end of the hall.
Snake took the lead and said "I'll check this room out first" With that he turned on his full camouflage suit and went ahead.
Wave was the first to speak "So Raze, what do you intend to do when you finally get out of the army?" she asked him.
"I'll do what I've always intended and make sure peace rains supreme for the entire West Galaxy! What about you?" he asked the brench-seijin in return for her question.
"I'll start up a shop in Mestris and do pawning." She answered.
Raze smiled and said "I hope it works out for you!"
"It will! What about you Scratch?" She asked the human.
"I'll probably return to the North Galaxy and do something on Earth. I've always had a knack for building spaceships and the like. What about you Chuck?" Scratch asked the Mutant.
"I'll probably become a star on earth in the fighting arts and impress many humans with my abilities and then gain a following all over what they call the internet. Then I'll retire at the age of 85 or so and live the rest of my life pretty healthy" He said as he dreamed of an ocean shore somewhere out there.
"What's taking Snake so long? We should already have killed off the leader of the rebellion by now!" Wave said angrily to Raze.
"He's making sure we don't run into anything! I don't need anything to go wrong now that we're this far in, we need to be careful!" Raze exclaimed to Wave.
With that exchange, it be came quiet, the only sound was of machines running and a few beeps coming from a panel on the wall. Wave had sat down as time went onward and Scratch was tinkering with his wristwatch, Chuck was sitting in a meditation pose with his legs crossed.
Raze just leaned against a wall as he calculated the next moves they would need to make.
'If we go straight on, we'll definitely meet opposition, but if we take it slow and use stealth we won't have a reason to lose anyone.' He thought to himself, suddenly Snake made himself visible in front of them.
"There isn't anything to worry about, in fact it's like they want us here." Snake said to Raze as the others perked up and found themselves listening to the Namekian.
"Then we'll give them what they want!" Raze said as the others nodded.
Wave smiled and said "We're behind you all the way Raze!"
They all nodded and soon Raze smiled "Let's go"
~Towards the Final Destination~
Snake led the way through the underground hideout as they neared the end of the hall "This is the last door and should be where the rebel leader hides and waits for us"
The lights seemed to be going in and out as they made their way forward 'It's getting darker and darker...' Raze thought to himself.
Finally the area around opened up and several lights flashed on "Welcome to the main event!" said a voice that seemed to echo all around.
"At the entrance we have the evil group lead by a young Saiyan! On the other side we have the real rebels and their leader, Sebastian!" a lot of prerecorded cheering went off as soon as Sebastian's name was said.
Sebastian walked out followed by four other creatures whom looked at Raze and his teammates with little interest "So, what are you doing here?" Sebastian asked them.
Raze spoke up "We're here to kill you." he finished with ominous intent.
Sebastian looked at them and laughed "Oh, that's rich!" he laughed a little bit more, but when Raze's face didn't change he adopted a curious look "You're serious?"
"No more talking!" Raze exclaimed as he charged forward. Instead of Sebastian meeting him, one of the creatures in the shadows jumped out instead only for it to be countered by Snake with a Ki wave to the face, ouch.
"I've got this one Raze! Go on ahead and attack that bastard!" Snake exclaimed as the creature leaped at him again.
Snake fired off several more waves into the ground to disorientate the beast and then attacked it with several strikes on the nose and then another blast to the face of it.
The beast took the attacks like cardboard and was pushed all the way into the side of the arena. Snake took this moment to think 'It looks like a mutated wolf, so if I can get rid of it's eyesight and smell maybe I'll be able to kill it!' The Wolf howled and then flashed forward while firing off it's own Ki waves.
Snake dodged them all and touched ground before running forward again "Good thing I didn't forget to-" he smashed his fist directly into the wolfs nose "DODGE!" he finished with a smug grin before continuing his assault.
Raze charged forward towards Sebastian whom still hadn't moved yet. The other 3 shadows left Sebastian and charged for his teammates. The first one was a bear, which found it's target. Wave looked at the beast with a smug grin.
"Think you can handle me? Well? Let's see that spirit!" she said as she clashed with bear-like mutant.
Scratch found himself fighting a shark mutant "Damn teeth!" He exclaimed as he attacked the creature and knocked it back.
Chuck faced down the last mutant which happened to be a giant cobra with hands "Come on!" he exclaimed as he bore down on the cobra with a barrage of fists and kicks.
In the midst of all this chaos, Raze and Sebastian were trading blows "Give up Sebastian! You can't keep running!" Raze exclaimed to the rebel leader.
"You're out of your element young Saiyan! I've killed far more people than you can possibly imagine!" Sebastian taunted Raze whom delivered him a fist which Sebastian gracefully dodged and then returned with a kick where Raze's face had been recently.
"You continue to fight me with dreams of peace!" Sebastian yelled, pressing forward with his assault on Raze.
Raze took a few steps back, then took his chance to react "It's not a dream! It's going to be reality!" He yelled back at Sebastian. The two warriors traded blow for blow, punch to punch, kick to kick.
Sebastian flashed forward and punched Raze in the face, then a punch him in the gut, and finally a kick to the side of Raze's head, before finally smashing him into the ground where he lay dazed.
"Raze you don't understand how weak you truly are! Do you realize how close your planet is to oblivion? Never mind oblivion! Your father stands no chance of defeating our master again!" Sebastian said in his smug way.
"What-what do you mean?" Raze asked the Rebel.
"We are close to remaking our master! The dark side of Absalon! We need more DNA though and guess who's DNA we need?" Sebastian asked in his own mocking way.
Raze's eyes widened in sudden realization.
"Yes! It's true! It's been about you since the beginning! Why do you think that you met such weak resistance? As if I'd let anyone truly capture me, you must feel so foolish!" Sebastian laughed at the now stunned Raze.
Raze picked himself up and stood his ground "Even though I'm the last thing you need... I'm not going down without a fight!" he exclaimed as his aura burst out in white flames.
"Always gotta be heroic till the very end, but that's what I like about this war! People and creatures alike fighting to the finish!" Sebastian yelled as his own aura of white burst forth. Sebastian then smiled "Any last words?"
Raze smirked "I have quite a few! KAIOKEN TIMES 10!" Raze roared as his aura changed to a burning red inferno. Raze then disappeared and reappeared beside Sebastian.
"Kaiowha-" was all Sebastian could get out before a fist smashed him in the face and then Raze followed with a barrage of attacks ranging from kicks to punches.
"Ho-" another fist answered Sebastian as he was knocked all the way into the north part of the wall in the underground arena.
"I'm not going to bore you with the details, I'll say one thing though! I'm going to end all this strife with one last onslaught!" Raze exclaimed to the weakened Sebastian.
Raze put up both his hands and fired off several Ki blasts directly at Sebastian. The explosions shook the arena. Raze sensed Sebastian had moved and sped off in the direction of Sebastian's Ki
'Right here!' Raze thought to himself as Sebastian appeared.
Sebastian stopped himself and then sped off in the opposite direction "There's no way I'm losing to a kid!" He stopped at turned around "TAKE THIS!" He yelled before firing off a large wave of energy.
Raze dodged to the left 'He's even weaker now than he was earlier! He must have been bluffing the whole time! Why would he go into a fight knowing he couldn't win?'
Sebastian felt his body's movement begin to decrease 'No way! I knew that giving away that much Ki would put me at a disadvantage! I just didn't think he was that strong! That kid couldn't do this the last time we caught a glimpse of his abilities!'
Raze smirked at Sebastian "Oh, now I get it, you've done something foolish!" Raze raised his arm and pointed at Sebastian with his index finger "You underestimated me!" Raze exclaimed.
"No! You're not Raze! I can't underestimate Raze! I know all your powers!" Sebastian yelled in defiance.
"You're in denial! Since you underestimated me, you will pay the price!" Raze exclaimed as his aura flared up.
"I'm going to show the maximum of my abilities! I trained for so long to attain a higher understanding of the Kaioken! The fruits of my intense training payed off and with this higher power, I pulled off many feats!" Raze declared to the now breaking down Sebastian.
"NO! Stop!" Sebastian yelled at Raze, but Raze continued anyway.
"No! I'll finish this in one shot!" Raze began to focus on his energy build up "KAIOKEN TIMES 30!" His aura burst and picked up most of the arena floor around him in a flurry. Rocks burst from the earth and smashed into the sides of the arena "AUUUUGGGGHHHHH!" Raze yelled as he controlled his body and made sure to keep with the fluctuating energy.
"That's- That's impossible! Any fool who would attempt that would destroy their body!" Sebastian exclaimed in shock.
"Ka! Me! Ha! Me!" Raze charged up his attack before Sebastian smiled.
"Before you think of firing that attack, look around!" Sebastian yelled at Raze.
Raze didn't comply "Why?!" he questioned Sebastian.
"My creatures have brought your friends to the front of your attack! If you fire that we'll all die!" Sebastian exclaimed with an insane grin.
Raze now looked with horror as the creatures brought his friends forward and threw them to the ground 'Dammit! I thought they could handle themselves!'
"Do you see why your final attack is worthless? You can't kill your only friends!" Sebastian exclaimed to Raze.
"YOU'RE! You're... right..." Raze said as he began to power down.
"Heheheh... I knew you didn't have it in you!" Sebastian exclaimed with celebratory dance.
The creatures had let down their guard and dropped the prisoners during Sebastian's dance. Snake had come back to consciousness and had heard Raze's way of surrendering "DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE SURRENDER!" Snake yelled as he clawed his away up.
Raze's eyes widened and the sound of his voice. Sebastian looked back at the Namekian whom pushed himself up enough to where his face wasn't completely in the dirt "I swear to anything worth believing in the known universe, that you better not throw away your ideals!"
Raze looked down at Snake with his eye's widened still "You better finish the assault! FOR PEACE! We all came down here expecting to fight for whatever the outcome might be! You better hold up your end Raze!"
Wave, Scratch, and Chuck looked up at the same time and nodded at Raze. Raze looked at them all and then decided for himself "Okay... I won't give up!" with that, he found his power once again "AUUUUGGGHHHHHH!" he yelled as his strength burst outward.
"This time it's for them! I'll see you all in the afterlife! You better be happy!" Raze yelled as he cupped his hands together "Ka! Me! Ha! Me!" dust flew around him as wind whipped about the landscape of the arena.
"You fools!" Sebastian yelled in anger.
Snake and the others smiled one last time and then blue light brightened the arena "HAAAAAAAA!" The beam swallowed the entirety of the North side of the arena. Sebastian looked into death's eyes and his body disintegrated along with the other creatures and Raze's brave teammates.
The beam smashed into the top of the arena and went near the surface before exploding above ground like a nuclear blast that swallowed up the area. The last thing Raze saw was rocks crashing down and then nothingness.
Celestia whom had watched the entire scene was suddenly dragged back into the present dream where Raze had tripped up over his own feet and hit the ground.
"Are you okay Prince Raze?" Raze heard the guard ask him.
Raze replied "Yeah, I'm alright!" He picked himself up "Let's get to the ceremony" Raze said to the guards as he walked forward.
Celestia floated beside Raze as they finally reached the balcony where Garuth waited for him "It took you quite a while to get here! The crowd is growing restless!" Garuth exclaimed, Raze reached the edge of the balcony where a microphone rested for him.
"Garuth I'm not sure I can do this..." Raze gulped, staring at the microphone. It looked back and suddenly grew sharp teeth and glowing red eyes in Raze's mind.
"Nonsense! I heard you were pretty good at giving speeches!" Garuth said to the panicking Raze.
"To my team... and nobody else" Raze said through gritting teeth.
"You're the only one who can deliver this speech seeing as you made the last and final blow to the rebels! Now come on!" Garuth said as he pushed Raze forward.
"Okay, okay!" Raze said as he finally reached the microphone.
Raze looked down at the crowd and the crowd looked back at him expectantly and began to quiet down "Um... Is this thing on?" He said into the mic.
The crowd of aliens and various other creatures grew quieter as Raze cleared his breath "Okay, I know that all of you are here today because I managed to stop the insane Rebel leader Sebastian..." Raze coughed and then continued.
"I also know that this is my eighteenth birthday and that I will have to travel for a year to all sides of the West Galaxy. I'm unsure of what to expect of this Galaxy due to the fact that we were fighting on planets that were on the battlefront and I've never really traveled long distance before..." Raze cleared his breath yet again.
"I'm not here to talk about that though, I'm here to tell you that peace will be now and forever! Me and my Teammates along with the entire army of Absalon fought for all of you! Even in the face of death we never turned our backs on the weak!" Raze exclaimed to the crowd.
"Let me be honest here... I'm not the kind to give a speech and this is taking a lot of my willpower just to be in front of all of you." Raze coughed again.
"I just want you all to know that we will continue after this, and you have nothing to fear for the future!" Raze finished strongly as the crowd burst into clapping and cheering.
Garuth watched Raze as he stepped back a bit "I'm proud of you Raze!" Garuth exclaimed.
"Thanks Garuth..." Raze trailed off as he noticed something on his armor 'What's this thing?' Raze thought to himself.
Garuth noticed that Raze had looked down and in curiosity he leaned over to see what Raze was looking at 'That looks an awful lot lik-' Garuth's thought was cut off as he looked at the high walls of the castle.
Garuth noticed that in one of the windows there was a small black barrel pointing out "Look out!" Garuth shouted as the bullet was fired. Garuth knocked Raze out of the way and the bullet hit him.
The crowd had noticed this and someone screamed. With that the crowd became restless and most of the people tried to escape the castle walls. In the middle of this unrest, Raze panicked.
Raze has saw the bullet strike Garuth and looked for any sign of a weapon pointing out of any area that could be seen 'N- nothing at a- all...' He looked down at Garuth whom was shaking, though there wasn't any blood, at least not yet.
Raze crawled over to his Godfather "G- Garuth?" he questioned as he turned over the body.
Raze looked at Garuth's face and saw he was still alive "Garuth! C- can you still speak?!" Garuth smiled.
"R- R- Raze t- there's nothing to be worri-" Garuth coughed and blood spattered out of his mouth onto his ceremonial robe.
"N- no I- I can't... I can't lose you!" Raze screamed to the heavens above.
"I'm proud of you, Raze... Don't forget me..." Garuth let go of life as the bullet consumed his Ki for the last time and his body grew cold.
Raze looked at Garuth and thought of his team and the last moments of their lives mixed in 'I made a promise to come back... Now my Godfather's dead...' Raze let go of Garuth's hand and looked up at the sky.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Raze's mind flashed through his life. Every single dark moment was blending together and his tears stained his shirt as they fell "I'm a failure! Everything I've done ends in failure!" Raze yelled as his aura sparked to life.
"I will find you! I will rip out your entrails and leave a line all the way around this planet!" Raze yelled out to the murderer who stayed hidden like the coward he was.
"AUUUUUGGGGGHHHHH!" Raze yelled as his hair flashed upward and a golden blaze filled the air. His eyes were a dark teal and his body seemed to shine itself.
Celestia whom had witnessed the whole thing felt herself being dragged away from the dark memories as she once again woke in the place she had been before the dream.
~Dark Dreams~
Garuth looked at her "You've been asleep for a while... Have you seen my death?" he asked her.
"Yes, but I can't believe that someone would attack a ceremony based on peace in the first place" Celestia said as Garuth shook his head.
"You're far to innocent for our world... That assassin was the very same one whom had murdered Raze's mother when he was young... He must have supported the Rebels and came to finish off the one whom had destroyed his work" Garuth paused and then continued "But he didn't count on me being there..."
"You're truly heroic, Garuth" Celestia said to him in awe.
"I'm no hero, I only did what was necessary and protected my Godchild. I guess it was more than Vestal could have done for Raze" Garuth said as he looked into the blackness.
"I cannot speak with you any further Celestia, you must meet with the one who allowed me to speak with you beforehand. He is the dragon and the answer as to why the Dragon Balls have appeared here in the first place." Garuth said as he disappeared.
Celestia looked around as the world shifted yet again, she found herself staring at a gray sky. Then a golden spark erupted causing her to whinny and fall back on her haunches.
The golden spear passed through the clouds and spread through them. The clouds then opened up and a giant creature appeared from it 'Is that a dragon?' Celestia thought to herself.
"I am Shenron, the Eternal Dragon." the Dragon told Celestia.
Celestia looked in awe of Shenron, she had never seen such a dragon.
"What do you have to tell me?" She asked Shenron.
"I don't have long, so I'll begin now." Shenron voice echoed deeply."I am here because dimensions were crossed, the magic that constructed me latched onto the universe that had a small imprint of my original universe."
"You mean Raze? Right?" Celestia asked the Dragon.
"Yes, the Dragon Balls are here to grant one wish, but then I shall use my powers to return myself to my own dimension once my purpose is fulfilled. I have a task that you must complete in order for this to be fulfilled" Shenron said to Celestia whom nodded and listened on.
"You must find the six Dragon Balls that remain in your world! Be warned though, I sense danger ahead for whomever you send on this journey." Shenron said to her.
"What do you mean? What danger?!" Celestia asked Shenron in deep worry.
"I cannot tell you! But I will inform you that it is a mistake that you made in the past!" Shenron exclaimed deeply.
"I made a mistake?" She questioned the Dragon.
"I will now send you back." Shenron said, his eyes glowed a deep crimson hue.
"NO! Wait, I have so many questions!" Celestia found herself running towards Shenron and not being able to catch up to him "Wait!"
"Fair thee well!" Shenron says as Celestia dissipates into nothing.
~Castle Infirmary~
Celestia's vision blurred and then began to return as her eyes widened. The first thing she saw was Luna, the second thing she felt was a bone crushing hug, and then she heard it.
"HUZZAH! She hath awoken to this fine day!" Luna exclaimed happily to the world, to bad Celestia was to busy trying to shove her hoofs in her own ears to care about Luna's happiness.
"Yes, I am awake! Please stop using the Royal Canterlot Voice!" Celestia begged her sister whom nodded.
"Oops... Sorry Sister, I'm still getting used to this time." Luna said to Celestia.
"That's okay, just remember next time" Celestia said as she paused and thought about what she had just been through and then said "Bring me Shining Armor, if you would Luna?"
"Of course dear sister! May I ask why though?" Luna asked her.
"I have a mission of utmost importance" Celestia said as Luna turned around and found herself looking at Shining Armor and Princess Cadance.
"I have found them sister!" Luna said to Celestia.
"We've been standing here for at least four minutes, but we didn't want to spoil the happy moment." Cadance said as she clopped over.
Shining Armor had heard Celestia and readied himself "What mission would you have me do Princess?" he asked Celestia.
"I'm glad you asked" Celestia said, her horn lit as she brought forward the Dragon Ball that rested by her bedside and showed it to Shining "I need you to find six more of these. But before you go, I need you to take this to our team in the lab and have them make a tracker for this specifically!" She said to Shining whom took it in his hold and gave a her a salute.
"Yes Ma'am!" Shining exclaimed as he left the room.
Celestia got off the hospital bed and then left to the statue gardens. She looked at Discord's statue and smiled "If there's going to be trouble, I'll need your help... I hope My Little Pony's can change you" she said as she summoned a piece of parchment and magical quill.
"I'll send a note to Twilight and then I'll bring you with me in a moment" Celestia said as she began to make preparations for a trip to Ponyville.
~Ponyville Time Skip to when the Elements begin to release Discord~
"Okay ponies, guess it's time to get started. Let's just hope this releasing spell works." Twilight said as her friends gathered together in a circle around the statue.
"Or... let's not." Spike said as he hid behind Twilight.
"We'd best keep our elements on at all times til' further notice." Twilight said in a commanding voice.
"Check!" said all of her friends as Twilight activated the elements power.
A rainbow began to spread as the shapes of each element began to glow pulse outward at high speeds. The rainbow circled around Twilight as the it hit the Element of Magic and cracks were soon heard.
Twilight looked as her magic pulsed around the creature 'This is it!'
Then the statue broke into pieces leaving nothing but shattered remains in it's wake.
Twilight looked at the fragments and her face was blank.
Fluttershy squeaked in terror "Oh-no! We killed him!" She then began to hide herself by digging her head into the ground.
"No we didn't he's just playing a prank! Right Discord?" Rainbow asked the shattered remains of Discord. Now, she knew that he had escaped, but she had to play it off like she had no idea. She was loyal to keeping promises and Discord had her keep it in exchange for Raze's defeat.
"Not cool Discord, come on I know your still here!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she picked up pieces of the statue and tried putting them together again.
Applejack went up to Rainbow Dash, not knowing Rainbow was playing a good fake and said "He's still here! Yah see?" Applejack looked down and said "He's over here and there's a little bit of him over there and we killed him..."
"No more Chocolate rain..." Pinkie said before she started crying.
Rarity looked at them all and said "Here's how a real lady panics!" she summoned her couch and said in the most dramatic way possible "This! Is! The! Worst! Possible! Thing!" She dramatized as she fell over onto her... how did that couch get there?
Twilight said only one thing "What?"
~End of Chapter 14~
~Nah just kidding~
~Lyra's Home, in another Dimension~
Discord felt an itch on the back of his neck and he scratched it. Raze turned over on the couch "Hey Discord?"
"Yes?" The Draconequus asked Raze.
"Do you feel like somewhere and somehow, somepony has been traumatized?" Raze asked the Spirit.
"I usually get that feeling all the time, you learn to ignore it." Discord said in a matter of fact kind of way.
"Raze, Raze!" A small half-saiyan girl came up to him.
"Um, yes Kira?" He answered.
"Lookie, I made this for you!" A drawing of Raze, Kira, and a boy named Ken made in crayon was given to him.
"This looks great Kira! I'll be sure to keep it." Raze smiled at her, pocketing the drawing. "Now, you should be heading off to bed, it's pretty late isn't it?"
Kira opened her mouth, then closed it thinking of something. "Uh oh, I should already be in bed!" The hybrid girl turned around and headed for the stairs, her tail wiggling about. She waved her head back at Raze and said.
"Night Raze!"
"Night!" Raze said as he turned back over.
"Your getting good at this kiddo stuff." Discord commented.
"Shut up and sleep." Raze finished.
~Now it is the end~
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