Chapter 4

A Tragic Hero's Tale

Strider POV

As Rarity and I were sleeping together that weird thing with her horn and my brain happened again. We found ourselves at Xiaomei's feet while she sat in her

"Mystical Throne" she calls it, god knows why,"Strider, you must sleep, She wishes to know who you are." I look at her and ask,"If she wants to know me she could

ask me herself you know." She shakes her head,"She wants to see as well, all the pain you have felt." I just look at the ground and say,"Fine, but why do I have to be

asleep through this?" She remains silent and I just doze off.

Rarity's POV

I wake up in a black room next to Strider,"It seems that we are in his mind again." Suddenly I feel a mysterious presence and look up,"Hello Rarity, I believe you

had some questions about your sleeping friend here, or rather is he something more?" I simply look down as I feel my face burn a little."A pony such as myself fall for

a...man like him... well...may-" I cut myself off and try to hide behind my mane, it's funny instead of the usual curly look ,I decided to straighten it, Strider liked it,

and oh look at me ramble on like this,"Well what can you tell me..Xiaomei was it?" She shook her head,"I will not tell you anything, Strider is willing to share his

deepest and darkest thoughts with you. But be warned you might not like what you see." I steel my nerves ,"I think I can handle it." Xiaomei motioned me to tap

Striders head with my horn, It suddenly started to glow white as it made contact and I was transported somewhere.

Strider POV

"Ugh... man...what is this place?" As I come to I observe my surroundings and notice,"This is the doctors lab." I look around and head towards the Cryo-Chamber. As

I try to find my capsule, memories start flowing in my head at an alarming and seemingly dangerous rate. My head was processing so much info I fell to the ground in

pain. After a minute or so it had stopped and I went on trying to find my capsule."Finally, room XIII, ...my birthplace." I phase through the door to notice a figure

laying next to the capsule, it's Rarity. I rush to her side to see if she's alright. As I kneeled down to lift up her head I noticed how beautiful she was. She looked

beautiful when her mane was curled yea, but...now that it's straight, she looks beyond amazing. I hear her groan a bit as she slowly opens her eyes,"S...Stri...der?" I

look into her beautiful glowing eyes,"heh morning princess." She just gave me a light smile. After she adjusted herself she asked,"So this is where it all started huh?"

I look at my capsule, you know what Ima just call it a pod capsule seems too lame...anyway, I see myself just floating in the liquid then,"Subject Strider, clone of

Sonic the Hedgehog, purpose kill Sonic, powers darkness. That's pretty much me in a nutshell... I'm nothing but a fake...a tool...not even my own person..."I feel a

tear escape my eye and I look to the ground. I slump down as memories of my past come back again, only ones that I regret, from when I killed, hurt, when I was

eggmans puppet... I feel Rarity put face against mine,"That simply isn't are you nothing will change that." The background then changes to a scene from a couple of

months back,"Oh no...not this..." We are in the middle of town square and there was a huge crowd encircling us...watching me turn into a monster."Rarity...please

look away..." A monstrous dark aura surrounds me, my fur turned a dark shade of red, my eyes a bright crimson. Six snake-like shadows came out of my back and

snatched up 2 little girls and chomped them in half. As their blood spilled on me I just laugh hysterically in a demonic voice,"So...whose next?" The mob rushes at me

but it was pointless, one after another the people were torn limb from limb,be headed, butchered... All by me. I tried to move away from Rarity, but her grip on me is

too tight,"See Rarity, this is the power that sleeps within me...A monster just waiting to come out and destroy. I'm nothing but fake, a killer... I'm nothing..." I felt

her hoof smack me hard in the face, I turn to look at her. Tears runner down her face like a waterfall,"Enough Strider, you are not a are you. That beast is just some

petty squatter that hides in your body to escape from a world that hates it, it's not you..." She put her face close to mine and I dunno know why but I had closed the

tiny gap between our lips and kissed her. I immediately pulled away,"I'm sorry Rarity, I didn't mean t-" She cut me off and kissed me again, but It felt deeper than

the last one. after we broke away, we were back on the sofa at the boutique,"So I'm guessing that means that any questions you had about me have been

answered?" She simply nodded her head. I checked the clock on the far wall and it said 12:34am,"Damn still that late?" I felt Rarity scoot closer to me,"More time to

spend with each other Strider." She said with a smile on her face. I put an arm around her shoulder as she rests her head on my shoulder. something felt kinda

funny, I looked under the banket to notice,"WTF?! HOW DID I GET THESE CLOTHES ON ME!?" The clothes I wore in that one vision Xiaomei showed us,I'm wearing

them right black hoodie, the pants the shoes, what the heck does this mean? Rarity just shrugs it off,"They suit you quite well Strider." She just lays there getting

cozy on me. I felt a slight bulge on the jacket pocket. I reach in and take out a gemstone that had the light blue color just like my fur i have right now.I think to

myself, Is this what the master meant by sharing my life with others? I shake my head," Hey Rarity, I got something for you." I hand her the gem,"IT..It's beautiful.

How did you-" I just say,"I dunno but I think the power stored in my onyx manifested itself as that gem. It represents itself as me masking myself from my past."She

uses her magic to set the gem next to a red stone on a nearby table,"Thank you Strider, it's the greatest gift anyone has given me." she kisses me again and from

there we just cuddled the rest of the night.