Chapter 12

Trial of Deception

As I made my way towards the house I tried my best to walk regularly before the girls got home. So they wouldn't ask why I was limping throughout the time they seen me. I got up into my room, and slept for awhile. They got home, and everyone left to go to their own homes. Twilight stayed in the Library area of the house, and just kept on reading for awhile. Around night time I woke up fully energized, but in major pain. I got out of bed, and I got my suit back on. I went over to the window, but when I felt the glass it was colder than usual. I opened the window to see that it's starting to snow.

"The hell...It wasn't suppose to snow in weeks," I sighed,"Screw it. I'll live with myself," I went over to my closet, and I looked around for something that would go with my suit. In the way back I noticed an old, black poncho I haven't worn for a long time now. I put it over my suit, and I head back towards the window. I climbed out, and slowly climbed down the branches. Finally I get to the ground, and I just decided to walk around. At least to walk the pain off until then.

As I walked around Equestria snow continued falling around, and on me. Even with a mask I started to see my own breath going through it. At one point of my walk I decided to go through the main park of Equestria. From a distance I could see a bench that has a few birds on top of it. I walked up to it, and I sat down on top of the cold snow. The birds flew up a little, but went back onto the bench.

They tweeted behind my head as I looked around the park. Afterwards the birds flew off as the snow picked up a little more. The wind blew my poncho, and hood around as I just stood still on the bench. For some odd reason the snow feels soothing watching, and feeling it around me. From a distance I could hear crows cawing, and flapping their wings. I looked towards the direction of the flock of crows flying away.

"The heck happened over there," I said to myself,"No harm in checking on it," then I stood up, and headed towards the direction of the birds flying away. I took my time knowing nothing bad was actually going to happen when I got there. Before I knew it an explosion occurred at the location I was heading towards. From the force of the blast I was surprisingly thrown back a few yards, but I managed to dig my feet into the ground. Shards of wood came towards me. I used my arms to block splinters, and wood shards into my eyes.

"The hell," I said outloud as I started to sprint through the woods towards the location of the blast. When I got to the location I saw a crater in front of a farm. I walked up to the edge of the crater, and looked down to see what caused it. Before I had the chance someone behind started to come up to me. I looked over my shoulder to see a person in silver and leather bulky armor, with a long great sword, and cloth like lower pants with the equestria logo on the robe part. But something was off about the insignia. It was the old logo before Celestia changed it back then.

"No don't-"

He swung at my head, but I flipped forward into the crater. I slid down the side, but before I reached the bottom the person in the bulky armor kicked my in my back as he was falling. I started to tumble down the side, and then I reached the bottom of the crater. I slowly peeled my face off the ground, and looked up to see the bulky armor fighter about to slam his sword across me. I rolled to the side just at the moment when he slammed his sword into the ground. I rolled onto my back, and then onto my shoulder blades. I laid my hands on the ground, and spun myself kicking my feet out. I hit his sword away from the bulky armor fighter, and I jumped back onto my feet.

I faced the fighter, and aimed my hands opened towards him. I spun around towards him, and threw a roundhouse kick at his stomach. I bent over once my foot connected with his stomach. Then in an instant I elbowed him in the back of the head, and he fell to the ground fast. I pulled out my machete, and aimed it at his face.

"Relax...I noticed the explosion, and I thought someone needed help," he sheathed my machete, but then I winced from the pain that was inflicted on me yesterday morning.

"Really," the bulky armor fighter said in a young male country voice,"I thought you were the one that started it," the fighter then stood up on his feet.

"Well then...Who started it," I said facing the fighter.

Out of nowhere shadows started to overcast me, and the fighter from the top of the crater. We looked up to see five robed like people. One of them started to talk in some kind of language I've never heard of. They all aimed one of their hands towards us below, and at that moment their hands combusted into flames.

"You know what...I think I found out who started it," I said looking back at the bulky armor fighter.

"Yah think," he said looking back at me. He then lunged towards me, and saved me from all the blast from the robed people. At the end of the poncho it was slightly on fire. I quickly padded the fire off my poncho, and it was now slightly burnt.

"Thanks," I said quickly getting onto my feet.

"Of course," then he grabbed his great sword as fast as he could, and headed up the crater. I too started to sprint up the crater towards the robed people.

They all quickly spun around, and started to run away from us. They headed towards a wagon what looks like they placed themselves. The bulky armored fighter wasn't able to keep up, but I quickly sprinted towards the robed people as fast as I can. I threw one of my throwing knives into one of the robed people's shoulder. Four of the robed people got onto the wagon, and was about to leave until they noticed the last of them was strangling behind.

"Wait up," the one I hit with a throwing knife yelled limping towards the wagon in a raspy voice.

The one robed person that was controlling the wagon looked at the other robed people, and then back at his limping comrade. He pointed his hand towards the limping comrade, and instantaneously sat him on fire. The limping robed person dropped down onto his knees screaming bloody murder, and started to tear his robes off himself as he was rolling in the ground.

I slid against the ground to stop myself, and I watched all of this happen right in front of me. The on fire person then aimed his hands towards me, and sent a blast of fire towards me. I snapped my head to the side, but I was too late. The blast of the fire caught half of my mask on fire. I smacked my mask off, and I jumped away from it trying not to burn myself.

The bulky armor fighter then came up to my mask, and threw some snow onto my mask. I picked it up, and he stepped up to me. I pulled my hood down to cover my face.

"Don't worry Spike no need to cover your face," he said handing my mask over to me.

I took my mask, and I looked at him in the face.

"How the hell did you know my name. I didn't even show you my face," I said to him as I examined my mask. It got burnt up on the one side.

"No...No-no," I threw my mask to the side away from me, and I looked at it.

"Yes Spike...I know," the bulky armor fighter said calmly as he laid his hand onto one of my shoulders.

"Do you," I said aggressively pulling my shoulder away from his hand,"Who are you anyways? And what's up with the old Equestria symbol? That's at least 70 years old."

He signed,"The name is Michael...I was one of the royal warriors 100 years ago…"

I looked at him like he was crazy. Only royalty can live as long if not longer than that. Like Celestia, Discord, and Luna. I started to slowly walk backwards away from him.

"You're crazy...No way you should be alive right now. Only royalty can live that long...Wait a second...Royal Warrior...Oh sh-"

"Spike...Do you remember reading the history of the Great Equestria War...Do you remember the general's name?"

I looked at him for a few seconds then it hit me.

"...General Red Moon...But...But...How the hell," I said amazed, and so confused at the same time.

"Do you remember how the war ended," General Red Moon said brushing up on my Equestria War History.

"At the end a bright flash covered the war field, and only a specific amount of soldiers were left alive...4 or 5 I think...They then all went into the deep depth of the magical forest, and made a small temple for themselves...For some reason the temple was never to be found... But you're right here...Alive! That makes no sense! How the hell are you here right now? "

"That's the thing," he said walking over, and picked up my mask,"Remember the trial before 'The Massacre Trials'..? Well you're in it right now."

"What how! This doesn't make sense," I said walking up closer to him.

"All I'm going to say is...When you have the chance take a team that you trust into the magical forest...And follow this map...You'll know what to do," he said handing me a scroll with the old Equestria symbol stamp holding it together. I took it, and I hid it in my poncho.

"Oh and do me a favor Spike," he said turning my mask over,"Wake up," then he slams my mask into my face sending me backwards flat onto my back. I opened my eyes, and I stood right up seeing that I was in the middle of the arena. Everyone cheered on once I sat up. I looked around to see all the surviving fighters from all nations.

"Shadow Creature makes it back from the deception trial...Isn't that amazing folks," the usual announcer said into his microphone to the crowd.

I moved my hand around my mask to feel it burnt up on the one side, and battle damaged...So whatever happened in my mind...Actually happened in real life...I then moved my hand towards where I had the scroll at from before, and found it there. I looked around to see other Equestria fighters waking up thankfully. After an hour of waiting the trial was over, and ten fighters from each nation besides Celestia's was killed during the trial...That's pretty scary when you die in your sleep, and you didn't even know that was going to happen because of the trial...I wonder if the older royal warriors met up with the other fighters.

For now I head back to our nation safety area, and what we found out next...Freaked almost every fighter in the Equestria Nation.

"Michael" is not mine to own. This OC belongs to "TheDragonSniper". I was needing of a character like this. For now he is allowing me to use his character. Now then...Please leave a comment/question in your review. Follow/Favorite this story for more chapter in the future, and follow/favorite me for more stories later on in the future. I hope you enjoyed this interesting chapter, and many more to come. As of usual...Peace!