(HAPPY 31 CHAPTERS! We are a bit close to the end of this arc! Less than 1 year and a few months left… Anyways! Enjoy!)
/1 Year and 3 Months and 3 Weeks before Season 1\
Previously, on A Hell Of An Adventure!
Kurat arrived in Canterlot City, entered Canterlot Castle, met Princess Celestia herself, and had a nice conversation with her. Shining Armour came in and..
….
"Princess, who is he?" Shining Armour asked Celestia, who seemed amused at their first interaction….
"Well," she got up from her throne, and walked down the stairs slowly towards Shining Armour.
As she reached the bottom, she saw Kurat still sitting down..
Kurat got up and said, "please give me a second…" Kurat shined his horn and…
*Shing!*
He teleported right in front of Shining Armour, who stepped back a bit from shock.
"Your Highness!" Shining Armour now acted defensively, "who is this pony? And why is he acting very informally towards you?" He demanded at this point.
"Shining Armour, no need to act hostile." She walked next to Kurat, "this is Kurat Melenia, or who we all know as… the Entity."
That one word made Shining Armour freeze in place. The Entity? The same one they tried to find? The very same one that erased the Hydra? What is he doing here? How did he even get in??
"Oh, relax dude!" Kurat said, acting like they're bros.
"Relax? What do you mean "relax"?! You're the same pony who we were sent to search for, the same one," he walked slowly until they were a few feet away from each other, "who erased a Hydra like it was nothing?" He said, sternly.
Shining Armor was confused, scared, angry, and more importantly… thinking, thinking what the "Entity" might do next.
"Ok, when you say it like that," Kurat took a few steps back, 'heh, gay~', "it does sound like a-umm, what's the word? Dangerous? An uncounted source of Chaos? Both?" Kurat was now messing with the Captain of the Royal Guard, who was now fuming with anger.
Celestia saw the incoming argument and stepped in.
"If you both want to argue here, then I suggest you both duel instead." She turned to Kurat, "Kurat, prove to Shining Armour here that you're not dangerous," she then turned to Shining Armour,"and Shining Armour, see what Kurat Melenia here is really capable of."
She walked towards the doors, asking them to follow.
Shining Armour and Kurat Melenia followed Celestia, all knowing an epic duel will take place~
'How did I somehow get thrown into a fight against Twilight's Older Brother??' Kurat was very confused at the turn of events.
[Don't worry about the details. Just fight him, hold back a lot, and I mean it Kurat. Use only your Elemental Capabilities, no Limitless, no Shrine, NADA! Even if he's asking, do not, you will kill him if you do]
'Yeah, yeah, I got it… I just came to have a chat Adam… not a freaking battle! And I didn't even get to ask her about the plan!'
…*Sighs*
[Don't worry Kurat. We will get our chance. But right now, focus on the fuel. The plan can wait 'till after, alright?]
'Oh… alright…I am already disliking Shining Armour just because of this!!'
….
As the trio made their way to the indoor training centre, Celestia, Shining Armour and Kurat were all thinking about the outcomes.
Celestia was worried about the amount of damage this battle would bring.
Shining Armour was nervous as heck! He would be fighting against the same pony who can erase Hydras.
And Kurat? He was thinking about how he was gonna hold back. He might use Water and Fire Magic at best during this duel… or if needed… he would also use Dark and Wind Magic… yeah, Shining Armour is screwed! Especially after what he did!
(AKA: Getting Kurat to fight is the penalty of: "KIDS GONNA DIE TONIGHT!")
….
The trio had arrived at the training hall where Shining Armour would fight Kurat Melenia.
The Captain walked over, saw his soldiers training, not knowing they entered.
*Ahem!*
"Attention all trainees, halt your training and stand aside. A duel is about to take place." Shining Armour walked over and took a sword, he looked back at Celestia, then at Kurat, then back at Celestia before saying, "your highness, are weapons allowed?"
Celestia hummed, looking at Kurat for an answer.
"Well… I am ok with anything, but weapons won't do anything to me~" Kurat taunted Shining Armour once more, making a tick mark appear on his forehead.
Celestia giggled at this, "alright then." She walked towards the other trainees, "Shining Armour, Kurat Melenia, please take your positions," She said.
Shining Armour nodded and ran towards one side of the battle ground, while Kurat walked slowly, which he used to chat with Adam.
'Can I use Infinity to block his physical attacks?'
[Sure]
[And one more thing Kurat, whatever you do… do not kill him…]
'Sheesh, dude I already said yes. I won't use Shrine or Limitless…' there was a "but" incoming.
'But…..'
[*Sighs*]
[Kurat, I can read your mind… and no]
'WA-WAIT! I DIDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING YET!!'
[I am not getting the Voice Of The World to grant you Sans the Skeleton's abilities. Plus, there is literally no need for it, so no]
'Aww, man…..'
[…..Yeah, no, this pity bullsh*t won't work on me boy. Just fight Shining Armour, win, continue where you left off with Celestia, get her on the plan, and go home]
Kurat, realizing that the "pity" strategy wouldn't work, just sighed and walked to his side of the battle ground…
….
Celestia saw Shining Armour and Kurat Melenia ready… mostly. Kurat was just in lala-land, thinking about how he should sway Celestia, while Shining Armour was getting ready to shed some blood…
"Are both sides ready?" Celestia announced.
Shining Armour swung his sword a bit, before pointing it towards Kurat. "I'm ready Princess." He said seriously.
She turned to Kurat, "Kurat? Are you ready?" She asked.
"Oh, huh?" Kurat was smirking, "yeah, I'm ready~" He said, mentally telling Adam to activate Infinity.
[Done. Good luck, and remember-]
'Yes, I know Adam, stop repeating it like a parrot!'
[….]
"Alright then," Celestia shined her horn, "ready…"
Both sides looked at each other with fury! Just kidding, only Shining Armour was pissed, Kurat was grinning.
*SHING!*
Celestia shot a small bolt of light, exploding in the air, signaling the battle shall now begin.
"BEGIN!" Celestia announced…
Shining Armour rushed forward, swinging his sword towards Kurat's hoofs.
But then…
"Uh-huh??" Shining Armour saw his sword not making contact with Kurat.
*Yawns*
"Ya-done?" Kurat shined his horn, summoning a barrage of fireballs behind him.
Shining Armour leapt back, getting ready to block Kurat's strikes.
"Hehe~ Fire Ball go Burr~" he launched the fire balls at Shining Armour.
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
*BANG!*
Each fire ball was deflected, but slowly melted Shining's sword. He noticed this as a few more fire balls came towards him.
Instead of blocking, he rushed forward and…
*SHING!*
Shining Armour teleported through the attack, his horn aimed directly at Kurat's neck.
Kurat…just smiled.
He held his hoof in front, waiting for the attack… it never connected.
"What the-what magic is this?!" Shining Armour was even more angry.
Kurat grinned, "this is the distance between me, and you. Infinity." Kurat punched Shining Armour's gut, making him spit out some blood.
He walked back slowly, wiping the blood off his mouth, he saw his blood, then looked back at Kurat but… he was nowhere to be seen…
"Heh, and you're supposed to be the Captain of the Royal Guard? Honestly, you're pathetic!" Kurat said behind him, trying to make Shining Armour rage.
It worked…
Shining Armour swung his sword, but Kurat wasn't there.
He suddenly felt a chill down his spine. He looked up and…
"Haha! ARE YOU READY FOR THIS!!" Kurat was directly above Shining Armour, levitating a large ball of fire.
Shining Armor started before gulping in fear, his ears closing, his form slowly moving backwards to avoid the danger…
"Wow…" Kurat vanished again, making Shining Armour quickly check his blind spots.
"Yoohoo! Over here Armour!" Kurat was on the other side of the Battle Field, grinning nonstop.
"You-what is this?! How are you doing this?! ANSWER ME!!" Shining Armour levitated more weapons from the weapon rack and threw them all at Kurat.
Celestia saw this and was about to step in when… huh?
The weapons… never landed on their target.
"Really?" Kurat slowly walked through, ignoring the weapons that were stuck in mid air, "throwing weapons, teleporting, sneak attacks, honestly," Kurat levitated himself slowly into the air, then…
"Lapse Blue."
"Reversal Red"
[Kurat? What are you doing?!]
'Relax Adam~ just trying to prove a point here… and I hope I don't fu*k it up and making Celestia hate me..'
"Wha…what in Celestia's name… are you doing?" He said in fear, creating a force field around himself.
"Imaginary Technique: Hollow Purple" Kurat combined Red and Blue, making his Hollow Purple. He laughed a bit, making everyone there either scared or nervous of him.
'Is-is this what you've capable of, Kurat Melenia?' Celestia thought, slowly making her way towards Shining Armour.
'Oh….why do I feel happy seeing them…fear me-' Adam cuts his thoughts short.
[Kurat, snap out of it!]
"I-I forfit…" Shining Armour looked down in shame, knowing his opponent was toying with him.
"Huh?" Was all Kurat said. Adam snapped him out of his thoughts, and luckily, he did so in such good timing. Hearing Shining Armour forfeit the match made him dissipate the Hollow. After doing so, he slowly fell down…
Once on the ground, he saw everypony there scared of him. Shivering.
"Uhh… oops, I think I over did it with the intimidating act… hehe," he laughed softly, "sorry everypony~" he laughed again, but even more quietly.
'Did-did I actually… no, No! It-it was just to scare him. Yeah! Just that, I wasn't gonna kill Twilight's only sibling…' Kurat suddenly felt bad for his actions.
….
Shining Armour lost, admitting defeat towards Kurat. He dispersed his barrier and slowly made his way towards the Princess.
He bowed, bowing in shame. "I-I'm sorry Princess. I Lost…"
Celestia placed her hoof on his shoulders, "there is no need to apologise, Shining Armour. You are very much capable of fighting well, but" she turned to Kurat, who was whistling like he didn't almost disintegrate the whole training grounds.
"you fought an opponent whose very power could rival mine." Everypony there, including Kurat, was shocked at Celestia's response. 'If not, he could surpass me…' She looked a bit worried towards Kurat before smiling once again.
'A-Adam… is that correct? Did she say-"
[Yes. If we were to fight Celestia, both sides not holding back… you have a near 99% chance of winning. Granted you used Shrine, Adaptability, Limitless, and more. Plus, Infinity would block most of her attacks, are your spiritual immunity would make Celestia resort to desperate measures just to harm you seriously, and even then… your regeneration would kick in]
'Woah…. I'm as strong as a Demi-God!!'
[In this world, yes. But there are villains here who could challenge you, seriously. So don't ever get cocky when you fight, and don-don't let those… thoughts corrupt you, ok?]
'Alright Adam… but wow, just… damn, she said I am as powerful as her!' Kurat made his way towards the others…
Right now, Shining Armour was lowering his head towards Kurat.
"Mr Entity-" Kurat interrupted him, saying his name, "right… Mr Kurat Melenia. I'm sorry for my actions and words against you. Would you accept my apology?" Shining Armour continued to look down in defeat…
"Sure." Kurat responded, making Celestia smile, and Shining Armour looked up, seeing Kurat's grin. "I also gotta apologise for rage-baiting you." Kurat lowered his grin, smiling softly before showing his smirk once more.
"Also, are you satisfied with what you saw?" Kurat turned to leave with Celestia, but before leaving the area, Shining Armour shouted back, "I AM! I WILL GET STRONGER, KURAT MELENIA! AND MAYBE THEN, YOU WILL NOT LOOK DOWN ON ME!"
Kurat looked back, smirking. "Alright. But until then," Kurat met his gaze, "remember this: Stand Proud, you are strong Shining Armour." Kurat smiled before turning away.
In Kurat's mind->
'HAHA! I SAID THE THING! ADAM! I CAN FINALLY SAY THE THING!!!!!!'
[Yes yes…don't let it get to your head]
…
We see Kurat and Celestia outside Canterlot Castle, in Celestia's Garden.
The Duo are seen walking together, Celestia asking more questions.
"What did you use to block Shining's attack?" She was curious about the fight.
"Oh that?" He turned to meet her eyes, "it's a trade secret~" he said back, making Celestia giggle at his response.
"I see, and about earlier, before the Captain interrupted, what were you about to say?" She asked.
"Oh, it's about a plan…" Kurat was very vague.
She tilted her head slightly to the right, "what plan" she asked, very confused.
"Well…" Kurat began to explain most of what he did, and the plan…
....
"Oh-oh my." Celestia and Kurat were now sitting under a tree. Kurat explained the Plan to Celestia, who was shocked, to say the least.
"Is-is what you truly said… true? You battled Nightmare Moon, and defeated her?" Celestia asked, still processing the information.
"Technically, I absorbed her. But yeah~ I killed her off." Kurat answered.
"A-and you speak with… Luna? Every night?" Celestia asked, a hint of worry.
"Umm, yeah-yeah I do. We're quite good friends Celestia, but of course… that's where the plan is needed." Kurat stated.
"I see. So you know… do you happen to know who the Element of Harmony holders are?" Celestia asked, hoping his answer could help speed her plan up.
"Sadly, I don't. All I know is, Nightmare Moon is needed for the 6 Element of Harmony holders to appear. And for that to happen," he turned towards her, "your help would be really appreciated.
Kurat lied to Celestia… to make sure he didn't somehow make things worse if he did say who…
Celestia was in deep thought at what Kurat explained…. Before turning to meet his gaze.
"Alright then. You have my support. But, before I continue with your plan… could you transform into Nightmare Moon?" She asked, making Kurat question her motives before Adam answered.
[She needs clarification. Just transform for a minute or two, do a random dance if you want. Turn back, and finally leave. We already got her into the plan]
"Umm… alright." Kurat shined his horn and…
*Shing!*
"Woah!" Celestia stepped back in defence… she saw her again… Nightmare Moon.
"Woah-what the? My voice changed?" Kurat, now Nightmare Moon, checked him-herself out.
"K-Kurat? Are you still there?" Celestia shined her horn, ready to attack.
Kurat turned to meet her, "Yes! Yes I'm still here just… looking different… Wow, I'm tall." Kurat said…
After more explanations, Celestia calmed down after Kurat turned back into his Unicorn Form.
Celestia sighed deeply, still processing all this.
"It looks like… your side is already handled? You will act as… her, and do what you need to do, correct?" Celestia asked.
"Yeah… and you," he got up, "need to disappear for a bit." He slowly walked away…
Celestia got up and followed him, slowly making their way back into the castle…
….
As they walked back, Celestia got closer and asked a question weighing on her mind.
"Kurat?" Celestia asked him.
"Hmm?" He turned to meet her.
"Did you-did you toy with Shining Armour? Is there more you have yet to expose?" She wanted to see if Kurat still had more tricks up his sleeve.
"Well…" Kurat stopped and pointed to a nearby tree with his hoof…
"Dismantle." The tree got chopped into millions of pieces after. Celestia was shocked, and even second guessed herself if she could even best him.
'Gosh… if he were to be our enemy… the Elements might be the only way to stop him… I'm very glad he's on our side.' Celestia followed Kurat, continuing their walk in silence…
…
We see Kurat inside the throne room of Canterlot Castle. He was seen eating a cupcake with Celestia. They are seen chatting, probably about random topics.
"I see." Celestia sipped her tea once more before asking, "and have you and Derpy… became more than friends~"
Celestia asked like a very noisy mother would to their son/daughter.
Kurat blushed from her question, "WHAT! N-No, No! We're just friends!" He said quickly.
"Hmm~" Celestia gave him the side eye, indicating that she THINKS they are more than friends.
"Se-seriously, we're friends Celestia-" Kurat looks outside the window, seeing it turn night slowly, he then turns and sees Celestia's Horn glowing without her knowing.
"Hey Celestia? Did you know you're moving the Sun without… knowing?" Kurat asked, making her look up and see she is indeed doing it unconsciously.
"Oh! Sorry, I've been doing this for thousands of years… your body tends to follow based on muscle memory." She explains, which answers a lot of questions for Kurat…And Adam.
"Ok… Welp," he gets up from his seat, "I should get going." Before he walks away, Celestia calls out to him.
"Why not stay here for the day? And head back tomorrow? It is getting late afterall." She exclaims.
Before Kurat could answer, Adam adds his own two piece.
[Just say no and teleport back to Ponyville. I already said before we can theoretically teleport almost any distance. I already set aside just enough Mana to get us home]
After hearing Adam's point, Kurat explains he could teleport back to Ponyville.
Celestia, looking confused, tried to argue that the town was far away when…
"Sorry!" Kurat lights his horn and…
*SHING!*
He teleported, leaving Celestia alone..
"Hmm," she smiles a bit, "it seems he's late for something, or for some pony~" she sits back down on her throne, taking a sip of her tea…
She looked outside the glass-window, staring at the moon…
"Kurat Melenia… I do hope what you said is true… We might reunite again sister… just-just hold on." Celestia misses her dear Little Sister: Luna…
….
*SHING!*
We see Kurat appear in his home, in one piece. He checks himself out, then looking around, and silently praising Adam.
*Yawns*
"Welp… time to tell Luna the good news…" Kurat walked to his bed and tucked himself in.
[See you later Kurat]
*Yawns*
"See you… later… Adam….." Kurat fell asleep…
…..
In the Dream Realm->
We see Kurat, Luna and Adam together, eating cookies and drinking tea.
Kurat was explaining what he did in Canterlot to Luna, making her a bit nervous and excited.
"I-I see! So… Is my sister on-board with the plan?" Luna asks.
"Eeyup, and I even demonstrated my "Nightmare Moon" form to her. And, my golly gee-she was scared like HECK!" Kurat exclaims, taking a sip of his tea.
Luna looked down with a bit of sadness, which made Kurat confused when Adam explained how it was Nightmare Moon that took everything from Luna and separated her from Celestia, and that Kurat was being rude at the moment.
"Oh-oh god, I-I'm soo, so-so-sorry Luna. I-I didn't mean to offend you or anything, I was just-" Luna cuts off Kurat.
"It's alright Kurat. I…can we change the subject to something more… pleasant?" She suggests.
Adam and Kurat agreed immediately, switching the topic from that to something more… well, less traumatic…
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Chapter 32: A Date~