Twilight simply stared at the space where Matthias had nearly killed three dragons long after everypony started whispering between themselves about what just happened. Finally, her friends managed to snap her back into reality.
"I'm sorry, what were you saying?"
"Ah was sayin': what are we going to do'bout Matthias?'" repeated Applejack.
"What do you mean?" asked Twilight, despite knowing the answer.
"What do you mean: 'what do you mean'?!" asked Rainbow Dash. "He just beat three dragons, and said that he could kill them! He is dangerous!"
"Twilight, darling, as much as I hate to do it, I must agree with Rainbow Dash on this one." added Rarity, clearly unnerved by what they all just saw. "That Matthias is some kind of... " she stopped, looking for the right word.
"A nut job?" hinted Rainbow Dash.
Rarity nodded, dismayed.
"Ya, well, what are we going to do ya'll? We've got a potential murderer in Ponyville, for pity's sake!"
"Shouldn't you write to the Princess about him by now, Twilight?"
Twilight bit her lip, unsure. While she really needed to write to the Princess (quite frankly, she should have written to her yesterday), that would most likely result in Matt being arrested or banished, and that would be unfair. After all, he was only protecting Ponyville and them, even if his methods were a bit brutal.
And like that, Twilight has made her decision.
"I will write to the Princess," she said, looking at her friends, "but not now. First, I need to talk to Matt."
Her friends almost immediately protested and tried to talk her out of this.
"Twi, have you gone bonkers?"
"He almost killed! Three! Dragons!"
"Exactly!" said Twilight, hoping her friends could see her reasoning. "He almost killed them. But he didn't. He stopped the moment when they understood they were beaten, and let them leave."
That finally got some positive attention out of them, but they still remained unconvinced.
"But... he still told them that he would have kill them if they were grown up dragons." said Rarity.
"Maybe he was bluffing?" replied Applejack, but her tone said she didn't believe that.
None of them did. They all could hear in Matthias voice that he meant his words.
"Well... he is from a different land." said Twilight. "He said himself that's how they deal with threats. At least they don't kill kids."
Her friends looked at each other.
"Ah ya sure, sugarcube?" asked Applejack. "Ah wouldn't want to see ya get hurt."
"Yes, I'm sure, and I will be fine. I will go talk to him now, and I will send Princess Celestia a letter about this later." she answered, hoping that Matt would tell her something that would convince the Princess to let him stay in Equestria.
"Do you want us to come with you?" asked Rarity.
"Not now, it would be better if it would be just me talking to him."
"Well, okay then." said Applejack. "Ah have to get Apple Bloom back home now, anyway."
"I have to get my sister back home as well." added Rarity.
"And I would better see how the Cakes are doing. Oh, and I should bring them their knife back, too!"
"I have to check on my animals. Oh, and, umm, Twilight... please thank Matthias for scaring those scary dragons away."
"Well, since everypony is going to do something, I might go bring you back that 'Daring Do' book and borrow the next one."
"Okay, lets all meet all back in a library in... half an hour?"
They all nodded their agreement.
"Spike, could you clean the mess from the party?"
"Fine." said the baby dragon, reluctantly.
And with that, saying their farewells, Twilight walked the way Matthias went.
When Twilight left to find Matt, her friends stayed a few moments longer, besides Spike, who went to the library and started cleaning it.
"Is it just me," started Rarity. "or was Twilight trying really hard to find some... excuse to not throw Matthias into a dungeon or something?"
"Ah noticed that too."
"But why would she do that?" asked Rainbow Dash, confused.
"Maybe she, umm... likes him?" said Fluttershy.
"Well, he did seemed to be fun." replied Pinkie.
"Pinkie, darling, I think Flutteshy meant that Twilight really likes Matthias."
"I know, I heard her." Pinkie said, still oblivious... or maybe not, nopony was sure.
Rarity and Applejack shared a look.
"This won't end well." they both said, worrying about Twilight.
Matthias trotted to his 'pondering place' by the bridge, as he came to call it. While his mind and soul were struggling not to break after what he nearly did, he was at the same time suffering from bodily pain as well.
Now that the adrenaline rush was over, he could feel how bad he was hurt. He was certain that he had all of his ribs shattered. Pity he couldn't remember how many ribs ponies had at the moment. Matthias thought that maybe thirty six. He was just glad that at least none of them punctured his lungs. And as if that wasn't enough, his hooves bore first and second degree burns, despite him extinguishing dragon's flames quickly.
But none of it mattered to him. He looked at his reflection, the memory of the Culling of Stratholme renewed in his mind. He could practically hear the screams of his people, his subjects that he swore to protect, as he slaughtered them all. Nearly twenty five thousand people killed in a single day.
He would have probably stayed like this for hours, ravaged by his memories, if he wasn't interrupted by something that tried to collide with his head. Matthias ducked at the last second, and was just about to strike at it, but he stopped himself at the last moment.
That 'something' turned out to be a raven, which was now sitting on a bridge and looked directly at him.
"Stupid bird!" Matt snapped, glaring at it. "I could have hurt you!"
"You would not have harmed me, and I required your attention." replied the raven, its voice deep and mild.
Matt's jaw dropped.
Not just because the raven spoke. By now, he was far to used to this, even though he was pretty sure ravens here didn't speak. No, what unsettled Matthias was what the bird had said. There was one that had said the exact same words, when he came with a warning to him. A warning, that, if he would have heeded it, he would have never became the Lich King. And even though that seemed to be impossible, he called the raven by the name he knew that person bore, despite not knowing it back then.
"Medivh?!"
The raven bowed his head.
"I'm pleased that you remember me, young king."
Matthias winced at the title the Prophet had used, but he had bigger issue now.
"You're suppose to be dead!" he said.
The raven turned his head, as if mocking him.
"The same could be said about you, King Arthas" he reminded him.
Arthas barely stopped from facehoofing himself. He decided not to bring up the fact that Medivh should be dead twice.
"Alright, forget that. What are you doing here?"
"Helping you."
"Helping me. You couldn't help me back then, so that I wouldn't tried to commit a mass genocide of the whole Azeroth, but you find some free time to come to a world populated by talking ponies, seven years after your second death!"
"If you would recall, I did try to help you." said Medivh calmly, not angered by Arthas accusation. "I warned you, but you didn't listen. Have I spoken more clearly of the fate that awaited you at the end of that road, would you have listened to me?"
"... Fair enough." said Arthas.
"And if you think that me being in Equestria is weird, you should see what I'm about to do in a month and a half from now. Now listen to me, boy!"
"If you say: 'This land is lost!', I swear, I'm going to hurt you."
"You were brought here for a reason." Medivh said, with a voice that couldn't be interrupted. "There is something that only you can do here, but as you are now, you won't be able to do it."
"What do you mean?" Arthas asked.
"You are not as you are suppose to be." explained Medivh without explaining anything. "You have to heal the wound that's within you, if you are going to do what you are supposed to do here."
Arthas sighed and looked at the sky. Somehow, he doubted that Medivh meant his injuries.
"... Or else this land is lost."
Arthas swung his hoof, while still looking at the sky, only to hit an empty space. Medivh was nowhere to be seen.
"Get back here, you confounded..."
"Who are you talking to?" said a familiar female voice.
Matthias sighed again.
"My raging insanity, most likely." he replied to Twilight Sparkle.
I just used the Last Guardian of Tirisfal, one of the most powerful beings ever, as my own personal plot device.
Am I going to the writer's hell after I die?
Well, atleast you got rid of my headache. But I want more!
I only have one little complaint about this story... And it is your use of 'alright'. Personally, I do not remember Arthas using this modern expression anywhere. To avoid the anachronism, I think it is better if you use more archaic/formal expressions, like 'very well', 'well enough' and such.
1456536 Doubtful. I've read a little into Medivh's lore and this seems to tie into something he'd do...
Wouldn't be surprised if he started haunting you though.
Medivh the troll (as in internet troll)
Saw that coming and laughed my backside off!
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1456536 more then likely
Damn those immortal trolls.
Arthas never knew who the prophet was. So to call him "Medivh" is nothing short of a big plothole.
has nearly killed three dragons
for pit's sake
her friends stayed few moments longer
He would probably stayed like this for hours
I did tried to help you
but you didn't listened
1. Had.
2. Pity's.
3. Her friends stayed a few moments longer.
4. He would have probably stayed like this for hours.
5. Try.
6. Listen.
What, what, what's coming, who? Where? What? When? No, pls!
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he could have learned this while being a death kight, or the the Linch King, though you are right this is quite strange, this isn't inexplicable
I can't deny that the beginning of this chapter made me somewhat... well annoyed. It's a good story, don't doubt that, but the Mane Six comes across as sanctimonious gits. What we have here is a guy who, without any reason to, intervenes and saves Spike from 3 bigger dragons, at great personal risk, and they're sanctimonious and bigoted enough to go "CALL THE PRINCESS AND HAVE HIM THROWN IN JAIL!"? For freaking what? Risking his life for you? Sorry, but that just doesn't mesh with... well, everything I've seen about them. They come across, quite frankly, intolerant huge dicks. And while yes, I know that it might be a realistic reaction in some ways, aren't the Mane Six people who are above such things, aren't they better than that? It's not a dealbreaker however, I will keep reading, but I can't help but feel that characterization was pretty off. The rest of the story, however, is great and I'll keep reading with bated breath.
Great. Cryptic prophecies delivered by what is evidently either a ghost or an avatar of part of Matt's subconscious. I wonder if tonight could suck some more yet?
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No, that is only if you did something blasphemous
So don't worry, yet, cas you seem like a nice guy, I don't want to damn you yet
1456536 The only Hell for writers is for those who write awful stories, you're not going there. This story is far too awesome for that.
3430597 I think you mean Lich not Linch
I can't stop LOLing at that
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I almost want that to happen, just so ponyville can burn while the dragons out right tell the ponies that the whole reason is because they kicked out the only person able and willing to defend them. Maybe that would wake the stupid ponies up to not being so pathetic. Being arrested for threatening to kill someone who had just tried to destroy your town? Yeah, that is so pathetic that their village deserves to burn.
As apex predators, I don't think we humans can ever understand what such a mentality is like. Even if we write about it, we'll never truly comprehend it. To us (and most prey animals on Earth, in fact), if you are attacked, kill your attacker.
funny thing, i read the first few sentences of medivh in rafikkis voice
1800 or 100... decisions, decisions...
This deserves a like.
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FINALLY! Someone who understands. While acting like a complete bad*** can be intimidating, he has committed no crime that they know of and thus Twilight's fear of him being banished would be like fellow soldiers fearing that Audie Murphy or Corporal York would get fired for their equally gutsy actions. In reality, when you go up against impossible odds and walk away you get awards, praise, and fame.
What so few people seem to remember is that you judge people on the actions they have done and seem inclined to do in the future, not what could be physically possible. Otherwise everyone should fear the Princesses and hide whenever they appear. Spike has demonstrated the possibility of going insane with greed and yet is forgiven.
Basically, my problem is that these ponies are reacting in fear when they should be throwing him a party. He has saved several lives and is feared for doing so. 'Potential murderer'? Everyone is. This one is just a little harder to defend against, but just as likely to succeed as any competent assassin
Aaaw yeah best pony with best villain !!
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I kinda agree. I only just started reading this story today but after the whole saving lives TWICE thing, you'd think the Mane 6 would have a better idea of what he's like. Brutal and capable fighter, YES, but he does it to save others! I'm hoping, that as I read further, the characters will seem less flaky. Otherwise, I'm LOVING what I am reading!!!!
Maybe it's because I'm not fucking retarded, or perhaps a more forgiving interpretation of the ponies is that perhaps I'm not a pony and didn't grow up in a peaceful...err...a small village bordering a horrific deathworld style jungle and constantly has to deal with horrific abominations beyond imagining. Okay, so no, no matter how I look at it, I can't wrap my head around this. I can understand why his display of sheer violence would unsettle them, but I can't for the life of me figure out why they think he needs to be thrown in a dungeon. That's just...gah. Words just defy how absolutely insane it is. Should Rainbow Dash also have been thrown in the dungeon? Her first encounter with a dragon had her *kicking* it too!
Ah well, on the bright side, Medivh is freaking hilarious. Trolling across worlds now.
Hmm that;s intreting and when we count that acording to a few thwories Medivh well become a demigood if nout outright a lesser god for his deeds I would say that him as plot device works.
Shipping? Really? Already?
Great. The ponies are assholes in THIS fic, too. "Let's just blame the person who saved our lives, homes, and little sisters, call him a nutjob, and say that we need to get rid of/deal with him because he's oh so dangerous. Hurr durr." Forgetting the fact that every single person in history is dangerous, the first fucking thing he did was save the livessel of the CMC, at risk of injury, or death, to himself. Along with that, he does the exact. same. thing for the entire town. But with dragons. And you ungrateful shitmunchers blame him for it, and throw him in jail. For what, saving your fucking life?! I seriously hope those dragons come back and burn down the entire town, because Mattias isn't there to stop them. You preachy, ungrateful, sniveling little fuckbuckets.
ANYWAY, sorry for the extreme rant. I just keep seeing shit like this in otherwise great fics, and it pisses me the fuck off.
Wow, what a bunch of ungrateful little twerpish self-centered assholes. He just saved them from a bunch of dragons and they're talking about how much of a threat he is, and what they should do about him, and probably wondering how they can get rid of him. That is not in character at all. Applejack may be a little irked at needing outside help, but it would be barely anything, and instead, they're assholes who don't care if someone saves your life. If I didn't know it gets better, I would throw a dislike on this and storm off into the distance.
I still say outside twilight the elements can go fuck themselves he fought to protect them the dragons tried to kill him he had full right to do the same
Love this story.
You mean us not as.
Okay... They couldn't give a pass to his death threats despite the fact that the targets of said threat were promising to burn the town (and presumably its occupants)?!
i just remember how many hachlings we have killed in wow
I’m dropping the story here, I know where this is going and I don’t like it. I was confuse when you choose a earth pony basically a normal horse to be the Encarnation of the lich king but with recent events I can see is less of a cross over and more of like an Oc. I wish you the best of lucks and goodbye
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I... Have no idea what it was in this chapter that could make you go with "I know where this is going" (hell, I didn't know where the story was going back then) but okay. Thanks for giving the story a shot
Also, it's not encarnation of the Lich King, but of Arthas Menethil, with his soul back. Those two aren't the same. Though admittedly I could have handled his character better in those first chapters, he's wasn't going to have the personality you might know from the game. This is Arthas, after all that he had done, all the atrocities and horror... and in the world of talking ponies
A lot of stories do this. Someone defends the ponies with violence and the ponies consider them dangerous, freak out and try to get rid of them. Why does no one Slap them upside the head and point out that "This is what the royal guard does. Its what the guard is for. Why do you think the swords they carry are for?!?!"
I mean seriously, Twilights brother was the dam captain, she at least should have some clue.
But no one in these stories ever points this simple and obvious point out.
The Monk
Her hands were still bound with rope, she debated an escape before all the stupidity gave her an aneurysm. -Scarheart
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I honestly just think that the ponies are weak as a species and I'm surprised they haven't been deleted from existence.
If only they didn't have a Deus ex cannon on their side.