I slowly flickered to life and slowly opened my eyes. When I was a bit more conscious I could see that I was in my bed now in the captains cabin. I looked around and saw that twilight wasn't in the room. I started to remember everything from last night. I let out a deep sigh and just laid back. I looked around and the room was completely empty except for my gear and hat hanging up in the corner.
There was a knock at the door and without answering it the door swung open. In stepped a smiling twilight sparkle with a tray of food and water floating next to her. She walked in and smiled at me as she levitated the tray over to the bed and rested it down next to me. She soon waked over and sat down by the bed on a chair.
" good morning." She said.
" why are you still here... What is wrong with you." I said.
" there's nothing wrong with bringing you some breakfast."
" I destroyed your soul..." I said. " you should be holding a knife at my throat."
" and I think anypony else would... But a friend of mine once said, " twilight, it's not about doing what you want... It's about doing what's right."... I still live by those words more now than ever." She said.
I was going to reply to her but my head started pounding and a high pitched ringing shattered my ears. I cupped them and grit my teeth. I cringed and closed my eyes. When I looked back I could see we were surrounded by some kind of black fog... But twilight didn't seem to notice. In the fog I could see faces. They were mocking me, laughing at me... Watching me suffer.
" are you alright..." Ask twilight... Her voice was hazy and barely came through.
" remember... Remember." Said the voices in my head... It was the faces telling me to remember... They were faces I've never seen before. They just watched and laughed at me. They chanted and laughed at my misery, it was driving me insane.
" damnit... Stop... Go away leave me alone." I said yelling at the voices to go away and twilight looked around the room.
" I'm not going anywhere... I'm staying here." Said twilight. The voices just continued to laugh and chant.
" remember... Think...concentrate... Remember." They kept saying over and over again. The faces kept changing, disappearing in the black fog. Old ones faded away while new ones crept in. Everywhere I looked it was a different set of faces. " remember remember remember." They chanted louder and louder.
" I can't..." I said. Twilight looked around the room confused. " I can't remember... I can't do it... Stop make it stop." I said as the pain in my head was now growing to become unbearable. I started to feel unnaturally cold and started shivering even under my bed covers. I could feel something clawing at the inside of my head and my body... It was torture.
" scar... Are you alright... C'mon scar snap out of it." She said. I looked at her she seemed normal. But there was a flash in front of my eyes and when I saw her next she had changed. She was glowing. She had glowing cracks and cuts over her body and her eyes were glowing as well. She looked at me and even the inside of her mouth was glowing. " why can't you remember." She said in a demonic voice.
" I can't... I can't remember... Go away." I said backing up in shock and yelling at her.
" you need to remember... Remember scar...remember." She said. Slowly the black fog flooded over the room and the high pitched ringing started to grow higher and higher almost making my ears bleed. Once everything was dark the fog seemed to fade away and give light to the real world. Though the voices in my head would whisper to me every few seconds. I looked around in shock and twilight was sitting there trying to shake me to life. I couldn't hear her but as the high pitched ringing went away her voice gradually came into my head.
" scar...c'mon scar snap out of it... What's wrong what's happening... Damnit answer me." She said shaking me. I quickly pushed her hooves off of me and backed up.
" let go..." I said. " don't touch me... Just go... Go now and don't come back." I said to her.
" I'm not leaving... There's obviously something wrong with you... You need my help."
" dammit..." I said. I jumped out of the bed and grabbed twilights hooves and pinned her to the wall. She didn't try and fight back but I stuck my face close in to yell at her. " why are you helping me... Stop it... You are supposed to hate me... Stop trying to care... I'm not worth it. I told you to get off my fucking ship... Now go... Get the fuck away from me." I said yelling at her. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and it open right up. It was Sam.
" captain we have a problem." He said in a panicked sort of voice... Dammit not now.
" what is it..." I asked. I walked over to my gear and started strapping it on to be presentable to the crew. I put on the leather, the duster, my hat and then the mask. I transformed and I was ready to see what this problem was.
" you need to see for yourself." He said. I let out a frustrated sigh and quickly walked out of the captains quarters with Sam. I walked out onto the deck and looked around. When I finally saw what sam was talking about I agreed that I would need to see it for myself. He was also right about us having a problem... A really big problem.
At the front of the ship was another ship of equal size and firepower. It had a golden plated hull and a blinding white balloon. The balloon had a symbol of the sun on it and it was blocking out path. The ship was at a stop and the other ship was only a few feet away. The opposing ship was littered with guards and others is in golden armor. And standing at the front of the ship was the one pony I was hoping not to ever see again... Princess celestia.
She glared over the ship with vengeful eyes and a battle ready suit of armor. She wore a tiara like helmet and golden plated armor. It was flakey and layering like feathers on a birds wings. I had a dealing this wasn't going to end well. I walked to the front of my ship and up to the forward pike like she was on. I walked forward and we were soon at the tips of our own vessels only feet away. I stared at her and she glared back at me.
" you've crossed the line scar..." She said in a hateful and controlling voice. "You've tortured and defiled my faithful student and have ravaged this land to the brink of chaos... You will suffer for your actions."
" I always had a feeling we would see each other again..." I said. "And I don't think I could have pictured a better way than to go out swinging."
" surrender now and you're crew will be spared... And you will be taken back to canterlot for immediate execution." She said. I looked over at my crew. I could tell they were itching for battle. I looked back over at the princess's ship. It was a mightier vessel than ours and would easily destroy us without a sweat. I could even tell by the Cain glowing around the hull that it was protected by the princesses magic... There was no way we would win. I let out a sigh and walked away and over to my crew.
" where ready captain..." Said one of them..." Let's get this bitch." I walked over to mr. Sam who was ready and eager for battle. He looked at me and I walked over to him.
" what are the orders captain." He asked. I looked around a bit more at all the eager faces... Some of which I came to somewhat care about. I never thought my pirating dreams would end so abruptly and like this too. " captain... What are your orders?" He asked again. I let out a deep sigh and looked over at Sam.
" stand down..." I said quietly.
" w-what..." He said in shock.
" stand down... Everypony stand down." I said yelling out to the crew. There was whispering and ponies were looking at me with confusion and shock.
" captain... What are you talking about?" Asked Sam.
" I'm done..." I said. " I can't keep this up... It's over for me." I said.
" no... We can win this... We can carry out your dreams." He said.
" but that's all they where... Dreams... Now I have to wake up and face reality." I said. " there's no way we would win against that ship... It would destroy us without mercy... But I won't let my dreams die with me..." I said. I took off my hat and passed it over to Sam. " you're the captain of this ship now mr. Sam." I said. " take care of her."
He just looked at me and took the hat. He gently placed it on his head and looked back at me. He looked like he was going to cry but he was tougher than that. He sucked it up and stood at attention and saluted me. I turned to the rest of the crew who did the same. I walked back down the deck and passed by the saluting ponies.
One by one as I passed them they're defaces grew more and more upset and sad. Soon enough I got to the forward pike and stood only feet away from the princess. I looked up at her and she looked down at me with pity and condescending eyes. But under that was a feeling of surprise that I would so easily give up and go out as a kind of hero to these ponies.
"I take it you're coming with me then." She said.
" yes... I am." I said putting my head down. Her horn glowed and both me and her where now on the deck of her ship. I looked back at my ship and saw the crew still saluting me away. In a bright purple flash I saw that twilight sparkle was now on the ship. The princess seemed happy to see her. She went to her student while the guards started toeing me up with cuffs and rope too.
" twilight... Are you alright?" She asked comforting her student.
" yes princess I'm fine." She said. She looked over at me with regret and pity.
" don't worry... You're safe now... And scar will pay for what he's done." Said the princess looking back at me and scowling. I just stared at her through my mask.
" princess... Does scar really have to die." Asked twilight. The princess seemed taken back by what her student said and looked at her confused. She seemed to be at a loss of words so I spoke up instead.
" don't listen to your student celestia..." I said. She looked back at me and scowled again but listened to what I have to say. " I'm sure that she's developed a case of Stockholm syndrome... She's been acting strange for the last few days."
" you be silent." She said snapping at me.
" it's not true princess... I'm completely fine." She said.
" no she's not..." I said.
" I said be silent." Said the princess snapping at me. " I don't believe you." But she'll believe her most faithful student.
" why don't you tell the princess about that one night on the ships deck twilight..." She seemed to freeze. I don't know why I was trying to point all of this out. I guess it was to make twilight seem like an innocent victim with a mental health problem... But I think it was just making me look like even more of a monster to the princess.
" I said to be quiet." Said the princess ready to tear my head off. She probably would have if twilight hadn't spoken up.
" uhm princess... We need to talk." Said twilight. She looked down at her student and twilight just looked at the floor with a guilty frown. The princess looked back to me.
" bring him down to the brig... " she said to the guards. They grabbed me and started carrying me down to the brig. I watched as celestia walked into the captains quarters with twilight under her wing. Then that image faded as we moved below the deck and then down to the bottom of the ship. The guards opened up the brig cell and pushed me in.
They forced me into the cell so I went face first into the back of the cell and then fell back. They looked at me with disgust then left. I laid there inside the cage a little disoriented and confused from the collision with the wall but I started to regain control and laid there on the floor. Even though I accepted my fate I wasn't very comfortable being tied up.
I wriggled around and shifted in place trying to loosen the ropes binding me. It was starting to work and the ropes started to loosen their grip around me. I was able to get one hoof loose but the ropes wouldn't loosen up further. I laid there struggling some more but with little effort. I gave up and relaxed and let out a deep sigh. I could move my right hoof around a bit but the cuffs around them weren't helping.
With great efforts managed to reach up a little bit in an awkward position and grab my axe. I pulled it off and slightly and slowly started moving it around under the rope. I managed to get the blade up against the rope. I started slowly rubbing it against the ropes little by little. I could feel it sort of working but it was going to take a long time. It was about another five minutes before the rope snapped and loosened greatly. I had better control now and I was able to cut through the rest on the rope.
When I cut through all the rope I stood up and stretched my legs. I walked around my tiny little cell and tried to be at peace with my life. But it wasn't working and I was starting to become afraid. I knew now that if the princess is watching over me now i'll never be able to escape of survive. But maybe if I keep my mask on I won't die. That might help... I hope. I paced around and I could hear the voices in the back of my head grow louder and the world seemed to spin and shift around me.
"Death... Pain... End to suffering." They said. I couldn't shake them out of my head but at this point I came to accept it and just let them talk. " war and anger shall reign... The clash of iron can be heard... The green will run red with blood... And darkness will cover the light." They said. I had no idea what it means... It sounded like some kind of puzzle or riddle... It didn't matter to me though because I'm just going to die anyway.
The voices kept chanting and chanting over and over again. They continued to tell me to remember even though it was useless at this point. Then before I could hear the other voices they vanished and there was a great flash of light in my cell. The light pushed me back and I hit the other side of the cage with incredible force. It made me cry out in pain. Even with my armor that hurt like a bitch. When the light cleared I could see celestia standing there with white glowing eyes and hatred filling her face. I don't think things went over well with her and twilight.
" you..." She said in a multi toned voice. " you will pay for your evil..."
" just get it over with." I said sitting there.
" no... You will be executed properly... But for now... You are mine." She said. Her horn glowed a bright bright white and I could feel the mask on my face crack and shatter. It fell to the ground in pieces of metal and its effects wore off. It was gone now and I was vulnerable to the wrath of the princess. She shone her horn again and I started rise up into the air.
This can't be good...
-Authors Note: * queue dramatic music* DUN DAH DUUUNNNNN... torture. so yeah this is the fall of the bandit king scar. and you probably all know whats coming next. i'll give you guys a hint (inspired by the french revolution)... if you know your stuff you'll have no problem figuring that out. so i gave you guys another chapter because i'm very certain i wont make it through the storm without losing power for extended periods of time. so you where either smart and saved this chapter for later or you weren't... doesn't matter to me.
so i also got an interesting PM from a fan who will remain anonymous... he said that i should go outside and do stuff instead of sitting at a computer and writing this dumb story... those where his words and not mine... except the letter was quite vulgar and strongly worded so i did cut a few words out to keep it PG. and this wouldn't be the first time somebody has thought this... though the others weren't so violent about it. just so that there's no more confusion i'm going to clear some things up about my life and also get to know you guys a bit better.
first of all this (believe it or not) isn't my life right now. i have a wonderful girlfriend who is a pegasister. ive got many friends not all of which are bronies but that's fine with me. i play guitar, draw amazing pictures, and make videos... guys i go to the freaking art institute in Boston .. my day is full of music, drawing and animation... not only that but i study martial arts and i've got a black belt in kempo karate and jujitsu as well as years of training in MMA kickboxing. i run and play outside and go to the beach with my friends when its nice and not raining a snowy destruction. i love drawing and music and i love what i do... i even have a YouTube channel where i posted a few songs a while back that i made on my computer (channel name is the same as my fanfic name). go and check them out.
i'm not showing off and telling you guys that my life is better than yours... because i'm sure all of you guys have wicked awesome stories to tell. and i would love to hear them. i'm not going to be some kind of creepy and mysterious writer... i want to be friends with you guys. if you've got a story to tell that you would like to tell or if you like music and stuff too and you happen to have a YouTube account with music on it tell me... i would love to hear it you guys. you can just PM me... trust me i will respond back to you i promise... if i dont you can go ahead and quit reading my story and slander me in the comments section. unfortunately for some some of you guys i do not have a Facebook, twitter, or tumblr... i dont believe in social networking... i think it's disgusting and complicated.
so again i'm sorry for the wicked long rant you guys but it's been one of those days. i really felt like i needed to vent, but dont think that any of the stuff i said isn't true. just PM me about whatever and we can talk. i dont give a fuck if its related to the story or not. but i am glad that a lot of you guys message me and comment on my stories, it means a lot. so again i hope you guys have a safe weekend especially if your in the north east area like i am. i probably wont see you bro's for a while, so have fun with whatever awesome stuff you do and i'll post again as soon as possible. stay shady.-End of Note-