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Knight slowly opened his eyes, or he thought he did, everything around him was dark. He stumbled as he stood up, it took a few seconds but his eyes adjusted to the darkness, in front of him he saw bars, he reached for them but his paw was held back, that's when he saw the chain on his paw, he looked down, all his legs were chained up and his body too was wrapped in chains, was he still actually still trapped in his mind?! Was Twilight and her friends saving him just a dream the beast made him have as a cruel trick? He began to panic and tried to run away but the chains rattled as they held him in place, he then lays on the floor and covers his face with his paws, "Twilight…" he calls out softly.
An explosion shakes the hospital where Twilight and her friends were being treated, "HE IS WHERE!?" an extremely pissed off purple alicorn yells to the guard captain who is now terrified.
"T-t-the m-monster is ch-chained up in the dungeon Princess," he repeats again.
Twilights eyes glow and her horn flares up, "You have two seconds to get to the dungeon and get him out of there, bring him here," she says through gritting teeth, she was pissed, they had worked so hard to get him out of a dark place where he was chained up only to be taking to another dark place with more chains.
"But your highness," the captain starts before Fluttershy appears in front of him, and she does not look happy.
"How could you be so cruel! HE IS JUST A SCARED LONELY WOLF AND YOU PUT HIM IN A CAGE!" She began to scream before Rainbow Dash came and gently pulled her away comforting her.
"I have given you an order captain," Twilight says very directly, something she rarely does.
"I-I.. I'm sorry Princess but I don't have the power to get him out of jail," the captain says trying to save his life as he is now noticing the six very pissed off looking mares who just also happen to be the elements of harmony who have saved the world many times and are very powerful.
Twilight gets out of her bed and walks up to the guard, "Who ordered this?" she asks.
"The council ma'am," he says and Twilight groans. The damn council, the fear of something like Sombra happening again caused ponies to question Celestia after Luna had turned to Nightmare Moon, so to calm the citizens Celestia created the council, a group of ponies elected from all cities of Equestria. They can veto any order a princess makes if they deem it a danger to Equestria, and vice versa. They usually just leave the princesses to rule, why they had to get involved now just shows how much fear Knight had spread through Equestria.
"What of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, surely they had something to say about it," Twilight asks.
"Princess Celestia argued that this choice was dangerous, and she ordered that the beast-" he stops when he sees Twilight glare at him when he calls Knight the beast, "T-that the wolf be kept here near you, but they vetoed her decision, Luna had supported the order but..well the councils disregard for anything Luna has to say is as clear as day," he says.
The council never accepted Luna as a ruler of Equestria, they still think of her as a threat, something they do not hide but they know they cant do anything about it, should they try to exile her or remove her royal status they would face the sun alicorns wrath as well as the loyal lunar guard who through the thousand years she was gone still where loyal through the generations. Once she returned they immediately returned to her side as her dark knights.
Twilight starts pacing, she needs to get Knight out of that dungeon, every second wasted is another second he is alone in the dark. "How do we get him out of there," she says to herself as she tries thinking hard but she cant seem to find an answer.
"Hmm if only something could overrule the councils orders, like if the elements of harmony deemed a certain choice necessary for the good of Equestria," Pinky says sighing.
All the girls stare at her, "Of course!" Twilight yells teleporting to Pinky hugging her, "Pinky you're a genius!" she yells squeezing her hard as Pinky simply grins widely, "This is a painful hug," she says as Twilight realizes that they are still pretty hurt and yes, hugging that tightly does hurt. "Ow."
"Why that pompous arrogant stupid disrespectful…buttface!" Luna yells as she paces Celestias room. Celestia herself lay on her bed as she sighed, her order to have Knight released was vetoed, once Twilight finds out, she is sure she will get an earful.
"Calm yourself sister, we must think carefully and find a way to free him," Celestia says.
Luna then thinks on Knight, "Have we met him before? When we first encountered him he said that we grew up to be well.." she blushes slightly, "beautiful," she says as she thinks on how he smiled at them, as if he was proud of them or something, and if she could be so bold he himself was quite the sight, he was definitely large but he was muscular, and his smile was..charming, she thinks to herself making her blush a bit brighter, something that did not go unnoticed by her sister as she smirks.
"Oh? Did his words affect you that much?" Celestia teases as Luna blushes brightly, "I know not what thou meanest, tis late in the evening, I bid thou a restful night!" she says as she rushes out of the room.
Celestia giggles, Luna went back to her old way of speaking, it must mean she was truly flustered, her smile was short lived though, she needs to make a plan.
At the hospital Twilight was waiting for news of an emergency meeting between the Princesses, the council and the elements, she hated that she had to wait for all parties to be informed, that and she was forced to rest by a very scary Nurse Snowheart, she is a sweet pony but when it comes to the health of her patients, tartarus itself would stand aside. As they were resting the sounds of yelling could be heard outside, "I don't care if I'm not related they're my friends and the only family I've got!"
The mane six get up wondering what the commotion could be about when the doors bust open revealing a very worried looking Starlight.
"Starlight, you're back," Twilight says smiling, Starlight looks at them, her eyes water up as she looks at them and her lip quivers.
"Are you ok darling?" Rarity asks standing next to Twilight, Starlight then crashes into them holding them in a tight hug crying in relief. "Oh there there," Rarity says rubbing her back, though the hug hurt a bit.
"I was told you were all admitted into the hospital in critical condition, I was so worried, if I lost you all..I don't know what I'd do," she says as her tears flowed.
The girls teared up as they gathered around her and hugged her, Starlight could have lost her mentor and all her best friends, they realize that now, "Now now sugar, we're all here strong n kickin," Applejack says.
"Yeah! Itll take a lot more than this to take us down!" Rainbow dash says as she flies around punching the air.
"I'm sorry we worried you," Fluttershy says smiling to show they're fine, "We're ok Starlight," Twilight says letting go of the hug, "We would never leave you behind alone," she says as she brushes away Starlights tears, her lips still quivering. She is suddenly tackled by a pink blur, "Oh Star you should have been there at first it was all like save the princesses then boom! Then it was like ropes and chocolate and then Knight was like raaawr and whoosh through the trees! Then.." Pinky went on about the battle making Starlight dizzy, the girls giggled as Pinky was obviously her usual self.
It was then that the captain returned, "Princess Twilight, the meeting will begin in an hour," he informs and Twilight nods. There is fire in her eyes, ,"Starlight, I have to tell you something," Twilight says and the girls get serious, not anyone would accept what they want to do.
"But, he's the one who put you here!" Starlight argued, it was a reasonable response, Twilight walks up to her and gently puts a hoof on her shoulder, "Don't you think he deserves a second chance?" Twilight asks and Starlight looks down, they gave her a second chance, no she had three chances, and if she had kept fighting them, she's sure they would have given her a chance everytime, she nods, "You're right, he does," she says.
"He's just like how you were at first Starlight, we are all the friends he has, and we're going to do everything we can so he can smile," Twilight says and Starlight nods, she is angry that he hurt them this much but she understands, there was a time when she was an enemy.
Knight mumbled in his sleep, it looked like he was in pain, "No!" he would scream, flashes of war would pass through his mind, "No.." he groaned.
"My King!" a spartan soldier yelled as he knelt before him, "the Persians are overwhelming our forces to the east," he says as the King was reviewing a map with his generals, he smiles, "Well Anaxander, feel like earning your shield today?" he asks as the general smiles, "Always m'lord," he says.
"Gather the men, today we water Greek lands with Persian blood!" the King says happily as he heads off to get his gear.
"The King seems to be in a great mood," the soldier says to the general, "King Lesous smiles at another happy day of war, as would any true blooded spartan," the general says as he follows after his king.
Soon enough they marched down the fields towards the sounds of battle, King Lesous points with his spear, "Look there, the Persian army is vast yet against its hordes stand Spartans, Athenians, and all Greek alike! See our brothers and rejoice for they have reached the highest honor a Spartan can ever receive! A beautiful death in the preservation of our beloved Sparta!" The king yells.
"The victorious dead!" The general yells.
"AROO AROO AROOO!"the spartans yell.
"FIGHT FOR SPARTA, KILL FOR SPARTA, DIE FOR SPARTA, TO VICTORY!" The king yells as he charges forwards, the thousands at his back charge with them.
They run through puddles of blood, fields of fire, screams of pain and yells of victory. The first Persian soldier breaks through the thinning lines of greeks only to be met with a spartan kings spear. "Lets water the ground," he says he reaches the front line and the spartan push violently with their shields throwing the enemy front lines off balance, then like a deadly wave the spartans rush forward killing quickly and beautifully, "NO RETREAT!" "AROOO" "NO SURRENDER!" "AROO!" the spartans cleave through the enemy ranks with the King in the lead and the Persian ranks are thinning.
It isn't until a spartan stabs through the stomach of a pale looking soldier that things seem to be amiss. The Persian soldier smile and hisses at the Spartan as his fangs grown and he jumps forward and bites the soldiers neck.
"My King!" The general yells pointing to the spartans falling to these creatures, "The hordes of hell are in their ranks! Take off their heads or stab their monstrous hearts!" he yells as he throws his spear into the heart of one of the creatures making it spasm in pain before it died. Side by side the spartans fought, defending each other and fighting for each other, skillfully moving with each other to take down the creatures, but the creatures inhuman strength was taking their toll on them.
The Persian army began to unleash its monsters, creatures from the dark, King Lesous finds himself defending against a minotaur, a swing of its giant hammer sends the King flying off, he stumbles back onto his feet, his arm dislocated. He grabs it and shoves it back into his shoulder, then In the distance he sees another horde pushing forward, a horde full of creatures of darkness and at the lead stands a woman, one he recognizes immediately.
The minotaur stands above him and swings his giant hammer down grinning in its newest kill, only to be surprised when he sees his hammer was stopped by the kings hand, a hand which now grew claws on it. He crushes the hammer with his hand stabs through the monsters chest with his other hand. All over the field his men hurt or not start to change, they growl and snarl as they grow fur claws and massive teeth, werewolves of all colors with spartan shields and spears begin to dominate the battlefield and quickly kill the few soldiers left. King Lesous walks to the front of his army, the giant horde that is the Persian army with their real monsters from all over the world glare at them from the distance.
Rain pours over them as the wind picks up violently, but their gaze never leaves the approaching army. The Athenians and other Greek armies send their generals to speak to Lesous, and he agrees to share this spartan power with them to fight against these monstrous Persian army, But to transform such a great force would take time, so Lesous orders for two thirds of his army to go back into the bosom of Greece and transform all who are willing and train them until they are ready to fight, through much protest they finally understand that for the glory of sparta and the preservation of Greece it must be done, there was much argument on who shall stay to hold off the Persians for no full blooded spartan wanted to leave the battle, it was then decided, only the old will stay, those who have been searching for a beautiful death the longest will now be granted the greatest honor.
The hordes from hell hollered and roared as they say the Greek armies retreat quickly, they also saw the small group of that was left behind run towards a hill nearby they were sure that they were victorious already and charged forward frantically towards them as they had no control over their instincts and simply wished to fight and kill. They ran through the muddy fields and over the dead, some stopping to feast on them regardless if they were friend or foe.
At the peak of the hill stood Lesous with his warriors ready to welcome death, they stood in a circle at the peak, a few thousand spartans strong against the hundreds of thousands unleashed at them.
"BY SPARTAN LAW, WE WILL FIGHT HERE!" Lesous yells, "AROO!"
"LET THESE MINDLESS BEASTS AND MONSTERS CLASH AGAINST COLD SPARTAN SHIELDS AND SPEARS, THEN AT THE END OF OUR GLORIOUS VICTORY WE WILL FORCE SUCH FEAR AND PAIN INTO THEIR HEARTS WITH OUR CLAWS AND FANGS THAT ALL THE WORLD WILL KNOW, THAT HERE THE PERSIANS LEARNED TO FEAR THE SPARTANS, THAT HERE PERSIANS DIED AND THAT HERE BY SPARTAN LAW, WE DIE!" Lesous yells.
"AROO AROO AROO!" The spartans yell as the enemy covers the base of the hill completely and like a dark shadow begin to climb the hill.
Lesous grips his spear in his claws as the creatures come closer and closer, for days the hordes of Persia clash against the spartan werewolves on the hill, rivers of blood painted the once green hill red, all but the top where the spartans stood was kept green. Lesous and his spartans fought victoriously and gladly gave their lives.
Now atop of the hill stands Lesous with his oldest friend Anaxander, "My King, It was an honor to have fought at your side," he says as they stand back to back, their shields and spears broken and their claws and jaws bloody from the battle that they still wage.
"You have always followed me and fought by my side since the day I first step foot in the field of battle, I am glad that here at the greatest moment of honor and glory, it will end just as it began, with you standing by my side," Lesous says as he gives his farewell.
The monsters charge forward and both spartans charge forward ready to meet their end.
Knight jolts up awake from his sleep, he looks around as his memories fade away and he remembers where he is. His cell door opens and a group of guards enter they magically detach the chains from the walls and hold them with their magic while also pointing spears at him, "You come with us, the council will deal with you now,," the guards says and Knight simply walks forward surprised as he now realizes that he is not trapped in his mind but somewhere else, most likely he is canterlot at the castles dungeons.
He walks up many hallways and it isn't until he comes out of the cave of the mountain that canterlot stands on that he sees sunlight. He is walked through the castle with every guards eyes on him, the only sound being the chains as he walks. Finally they arrive to a pair of massive doors which open slowly, Knight is walked in, his head down, he has no idea why they would bother with a trial anyway, he has killed so many and hurt many more, he is brought to the center where a single light from the ceiling shines down on him, the chains then lock themselves to the floor making it impossible for him to move.
Twilight watched in anger and worry as her friend is brought in, "Are that many chains necessary?" she asks outloud.
Lights are them turned on and Knight looks up, on the left of him are a group of old looking ponies with three sitting higher than the rest, and on the right were the princess sisters along with Twilight and the elements, as well as Starlight.
"Twili-" Knight attempts to speak but the chains locked on the floor surprise him as they pull him down into the floor harshly.
"Knight!" Twilight says worriedly, "You will speak when spoken to creature," a voice says.
On the left Chancellor Neighsay held a button down, the chains around Knight pulled even harder tightening around Knight, it seemed painful.
"I do not recall torture being a part of a trial," Celestia says glaring at the Chancellor who reluctantly lets go of the button, Knight gasps for air as the chains loosen around him.
Twilight and Luna are seething, the elements glare at the chancellor as well except for Fluttershy who only looks at Knight extremely worried.
"I would agree but we cannot be to safe with this creature," Professor Flintheart says as he looks down on the wolf.
"We do not know what this creature is capable of, it would be best to simply take off its head and have it burned," Governor Cinch says as she almost looks repulsed by Knight.
"That is not your decision to make," Twilight says as she looks at Knight, he simply looks up at her, his eyes scanning her completely as if looking for any injuries, his eyes looking apologetic, she smiles at him.
"And you believe it is your then Princess Twilight?" Cinch asks back.
"I believe it is our decision to make," she says as she motions to herself and the Princesses.
"I cannot believe this, Celestia do you still insist on freeing this creature?" Neighsay says and Celestia looks at Knight, "I do, you know all the details, a second chance is what he deserves," she says.
"Rubbish!" Flintheart yells, "it is a monster and a killer! It is a danger to Equestria, it deserves to be put to death!" he yells as the two others agree and the many ponies under them also murmur in agreement.
"He is innocent of crime, it was not him but an actual monster that did the deeds, you cannot condemn and innocent for the crimes of another!" Luna yells back and the three roll their eyes at her.
"A likely story, an excuse that seems to fit all monsters," Cinch says as they look at her as if she was a monster as well, Luna grits her teeth, "In times before I would have crushed you for such an insult," Luna seethes out.
"Well thankfully we have surpassed that primitive age and entered a civil life, remember it was your sister Celestia who created this council so that what happened with you would not happen again," Neighsay said with a smirk.
"Chancellor, if all you wish to do is Insult my sister who is still royalty may I remind you then perhaps your time in your position will be better suited to someone else," Celestia says calmly though in her eyes a fire is lit.
The chancellor smiles, "Very well, we will proceed," he says, he wasn't worried, he knows it would take a majority count of the council or for all Princesses to be present to and unanimously vote to have someone removed or put on the council, and Princess Cadence was not present so he knows he is safe.
"We believe that the being Knight Wolf is to be freed and to be dealt with as the Princesses deem fit," Twilight says, as Celestia nods, "I as well agree," and Luna smiles, "I-"
"Your vote means nothing Luna," Cinch says loudly, "Your sister may say you are royalty but the council refuses to acknowledge you as royalty in Equestria," she says as the council members nod.
Luna grit her teeth and Celestia did her best to hold back her temper, "And the council vetoes the Princesses proposition," Flintheart says.
"The council also proposes that the creature is to be put into tartarus until a method to destroy it has been discovered," Neighsay says outloud and the council members nod.
Twilight holds back words that she wants to say, "Very well, the elements of harmony will now be taking custody of Knight as we have deemed it necessary for the protection of Equestria," Twilight says and the council pales.
"WHAT! You cannot do that!" Neighsays yells outloud as the council blows up in uproar.
"Actually she can, the elements have the highest of authority even beyond the princesses together," Celestia says with her own smirk.
"This is an abuse of authority!" Cinch yells.
"We will not accept this!" Flintheart yells, "it will be put into tartarus then disposed of," he yells and Neighsay agrees, "We will dispose of it now!" he says as he slams down the button and the chains wrap around Knight tightly choking him.
The chancellor glares at Knight as he holds down the button but is then knocked back into the wall harshly. The princesses hovered above him all glaring at him, "You ignore the orders of your princesses then defy the orders of the elements, it seems you do not know where you stand and the power you have been given has gone to your head.
The chancellor glares at them," You cant do anything to me, I rule the council, I can convince them to remove you all from the throne," he says smirking.
The princesses then put their horns together and Princess Cadence appears next to them, she smiles to her friend and looks down on the council member who pales.
"The princesses have shared with me everything that has happened, I propose the removal of Chancellor Neighsay from the Equestrian council," "Agreed," the others respond, and their horns flare up, a necklace around Neighsays neck hovers out, this is was gives a pony the power and authority of a council member, it then cracks and breaks into pieces.
"Allow me to escort you out," Luna growls as her magic grabs him and she shoots him out a window, she smiles and happily flies back to her seat along with the others.
Now with all Princesses there the council members know they are to not be too full of themselves.
"Again, the elements will take custody from now on," Twilight says and the council members give into her demands.
"Remove his chains!" Luna yells as the guards go to him and remove all the locks and chains on him, they fall to the floor with loud clangs, the chains must have weighed more than he does. He stands up slowly, his legs shaking slightly, Twilight immediately flies down to him.
"Knight," she says smiling, then her smile wavers as her lips quiver, "I'm so sorry," she says as tears fall from her eyes, "I said I'd protect you, and I let this happen to you," she says sobbing as the others came down as well, "I let you dow-" she is cut off as Knight pulls her into a hug making her gasp in surprise, it wasn't a crushing hug, but it meant a lot. Though he is so powerful and such a large wolf he seemed so vulnerable, Fluttershy teared up at the sight of Knight clutching onto Twilight as if his life depended on it.
"Thank you Twilight."
