Religion in Equestria Chapter 3 - Intentions

>The tall grass whips about you wildly, insects scattering around as you push by
>They are catching up to you
>You push harder trying to make it to cover as you run the tan ocean of grass
>You can hear their cries as they hunt you
>Your eyes desperately scan for anything that would help you
>You can almost feel their breath on your neck as you run
>Terror is all that powers your aching limbs as you push ever harder through
>You feel the wind as a spear just misses your head
>they are playing with you
>THERE! How did you miss walls for so long
>One of the spears catches your left arm and gashes it badly
>You reach the outer gate and make it into the courtyard
A voice above you says "Enough games. TAKE HIM!"
>A spear stabs through your thigh and you fall to the ground
>you are so close, you try to crawl the rest of the way
>an clawed appendage grabs you and flips you over
>A spear point glistening with your blood is pointed at your face
>A creature with the head of a arms of a large eagle and the lower body of a lion stands over you holding it
The creature smirks and says "He is mine!"
>the spear slams through your throa-

Dawn Canterlot
>You awake with a jerk
>It was just a nightmare
>You breathe a bit and slowly calm down as the dream fades and your mind catches up
>It takes almost a minute before you realize you are not at your tower
>"Fuck" you say aloud. Did you fall into another random fucking place?
>You try to think and then the memories hit you like a brick
>"Luna" you remember how beautiful it was. It was also quite terrifying. The look she gave you made you feel safe. You must have passed out
>You reach up to your shoulder and feel no wound a look shows no scars either
>Actually you notice that you feel better now than you have in a few weeks
>Did...that horse god save your life? I mean you had been praying to them but you just thought you were crazy.
>It had been a hard few weeks. You had tried to survive and every night you went to sleep with that beautiful painting above you
>You just thought they had to be the gods of this place
>You had never been devout in your old life, but in your old life you never had seen mythical creatures or been hunted by lions and hyenas
>You began to say prayers to them as a joke
>But once you had your life had steadily improved
>You remember your first prayer over help with the stupid lions
>The next day they were gone
>You kept saying them after that just in case
>Not all of your prayers came true hell not even half
>The ones that did were boons that you may not have been able to live without
>Your stomach growls loudly bringing you back to reality. You decided to look around for some sort of food
>The room around you is very nice. Everything is earth tones and most of the furniture looks like it was made from a strange deep red wood that reminds you of cedar
>The bed is very large but it feels like you are laying on a cloud
>In fact now that you notice it all the furniture is a little over sized but not extraordinarily so
>to your left is a set of windowed doors
>on your right looks to be the doors out of the room
>You make your way slowly out of the bed stretching as you do so
>As you come out from under the sheets you get a cold breeze informing you that you are naked
>You are also clean
>Did you get a bath or is that what happens when saved by a god?
>You look around the room for your furs and don't see anything
>You check the drawers of the large dresser and find a small stack sleeveless shirts of various colors and several pairs of cloth pants
>You grab a grey shirt and black pants
>The pants are a bit strange feeling but the shirt fits perfectly
>You search around the room and find no other clothes or shoes
>Well looks like you are free balling today
>You better get your bearings and find out where you are
>You walk to the doors and push them open
>A beautiful garden opens up before you with a fountain
>The figures in the fountain are three winged horses rearing
>Huh that is...interesting
>Willow trees around the garden wave gently in a cool breeze as the sun shines down on you
>beyond the fountain are spires of gold and white that stick high into the sky
>Are you in some sort of...heaven or something?
>A glance at the sky shows its either early morning or late evening though you would place your vote on morning
>You also happen to see three small white winged horses wearing armor talking to each other flying above you
>They are watching you intently
>WHAT THE GLITTERING FUCK
>You stumble backwards as you try to run back inside and end up tripping over the edge of the lip by the door
>A painful hit face first onto hardwood floor greets you back inside the room
>Oh fuck that hurt
>You get up and quickly shut the door to the balcony
>As it closes you here muffled laughter from outside
>"WHERE THE FUCK AM I?" you ask yourself freaked out before you try to regain your composure "Calm down, calm down."
>OK so those things didn't seem hostile like the eagle things. They seemed only interested in you
>They even laughed when you bit the dust back there like a fucking genius
>Wait they laughed? WAIT. They were wearing armor. C...Could they be intelligent?
>Am I ready to deal with intelligent flying horses five minutes after I wake up?
>NOPE.jpg
>You head to to the main door and open it
>To be greeted by two small horses with horns and armor and two without horns
>Oh god what now?
>"Uh...Hi?" you say
>They look at each other before one of them says
"Hello sir. Are you do you need anything?" one says hesitantly.
>HOLYFUCKTHEYTALKANDTHEYSOUNDNORMALANDTHEYAREONLYLIKE3FEETTALLWHATTHEFUCKISGOINGON
>"Um no I don't need anything. Nope nothing at all." your stomach growls loudly just to make a liar out of you
>FUCK YOU STOMACH WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU CANT BE A LOOSE CANON LIKE THAT!
>Your stomach growls again as if to say "FUCK YOU I DO WHAT I WANT"
"Sir I could have a meal sent in for you if you are hungry." The same horse says
>Fuck it why not "Yeah sure thanks." you say before closing the door
>OK I am surrounded by miniature horses who are intelligent and speak English. They also seem to come in the horny, winged, or standard flavors
>Wait the paintings of Luna and Celestia had them as being winged and horned so maybe these guys serve the gods?
>Maybe they are their angels or something
>What does that mean you are dead? Did you die out there and get claimed by a horse god? Wait what if you died back on earth and this is the afterlife?
>That is not a good thought. Also would this be heaven or hell
>Horse gods. I will have to go with other if that is the case
>Wait and if I was dead why would I be hungry?
>Maybe you still have to eat when you are dead?
>But that makes no sense. You have no need to
>You proceed to brood about this for a short while when the door suddenly opens
>A silver glowing cart rolls in on its own
>Before the door closes you see a glowing horn on the horse that talked to you
>So the horses are magic. Well this just keeps getting weirder
>You examine the cart to find a large silver dome sitting on top. Lifting it up assaults you with amazing scents and causes your stomach to growl again
>You grab the silver fork and examine your food. Asparagus in a yellow sauce with a large steak a baked potato with what looks like sour cream and a filet of buttery fish
>You decided to try the fish first and your mouth explodes in flavor as the fish hits your tongue
>Quickly eating the rest of the food on your plate you can taste the incredible flavor in each bite. Each part of the meal was the best thing you had tasted in a long time. Better than anything you have eaten since you got here
>After you finish you place everything back on the cart and ponder on what course of action to take here
>Should you remain silent or should you open up. Should you try to leave the room or should you stay here
>Well they seemed fairly friendly. You can at least find out where you are.
>You consider trying to run but decide that if you did get your ass saved by a god, which looks more realistic every minute, it would be sacrilegious
>Rolling the cart to the door you open it slowly and push it out
"How was the meal sir?" Asks the horse from last time
>"It was really good thanks. I was just wondering what is this place? You respond gesturing around
"This is the Royal Palace of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna"
>Well confirmation received. You were saved by a horse god. You are currently a guest in the palace of the horse GODS. You also realized you didn't say grace before you ate. You fuck.
>Wait would horse gods care about thanking for your meal? Don't horses just eat grass all the time?
>"Thank you. A-am I allowed to leave the room? Or am I supposed to stay in here?" You ask hesitantly
"By the order of Princess Celestia you are to stay here until her or Princess Luna send for you" he responds quickly.
>"Okay do you know when that will be?" you hope you will not be here long but at the same time you are not really that anxious in speaking with a god
"Right now she should be just about getting done with the open court. If she intends to speak with you before she takes lunch you should be called in soon" He responds
>That was pretty open. You were actually expecting a cryptic answer to that "Thank you. Um my name is Anonymous what is your name?"
"Well my name Star Sword. The rest of this silent bunch are Shield Wall" He points at the blue horse with a horn and red streaks in his hair "Iron Gullet" A larger brown horse with the white hair who gives him a dirty look "and Blade Runner." pointing at the grey horse who nods to you
>"Nice to meet you all. I guess I am going to go back inside and wait" Star Sword nods to you as you close the door
>You walk over and sit down on the bed and process what you just heard
>So you are in the realm of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna
>Horse gods that seem to have saved your life for some reason
>Horse gods that want to speak to you. Maybe they are the ones that brought you here? Maybe they can get you back.
>You go back over to the balcony open the door and step out
>now there are four of the winged horses there watching you
>You try to ignore them and look some more at the surroundings when a large red and gold bird flies down and lands by you
>It is beautiful. Its head is a golden yellow with red fading in at spots with a mostly red body that fades into orange at the neck and wingtips. It also has a large elegant flowing tail.
>It looks at you and makes a warbling cry that was quite beautiful
>You watch it for a bit as it preens. You decide to see if it would let you touch it
>you hold your hand out slowly moving closer the bird does not seem phased at all
>Finally when you could just about touch it the bird throws out its wings and erupts into flame with loud screech as it shoots off the balcony rail.
>A yelp escapes your mouth as you fall on your ass and are scrambling to get away from it
>You hear laughing above you as the four winged horses think this is the funniest thing ever
>one of them even happens to fall out of the air from laughing so hard
>This causes the rest to laugh even harder
>"Assholes!" you yell at the window causing another burst of laughter
>Checking your hand you find no burns just some singed hair and damaged pride
>Note to self the flying horses are jerks. Don't trust them.
>Also birds here are assholes it seems
>You turn around and see Star Sword eying you from the door
>Quickly you point to the window and say "Those guys are jerks."
he smiles and says "Pegasi can be. You fly all day and it just makes you an airhead."
>One of the others snickers. You think it was Blade Runner.
"The Princess has sent word that you come with us. We are to escort you to the throne room they are waiting for you." he says in a very serious tone.
>"I guess I am ready" as ready as you will ever be to meet two horse gods
>Intimidated by the thought of what meeting them will be like is in understatement
>You are downright scared of what may happen here
>You are escorted through some gorgeous hallways with fine architecture
>When you walked past a tapestry you had to stop and look again. It is of a battle between several huge dragons and what you believe to be Celestia
>You would have stared longer but Iron Gullet glared at you and motioned for you to keep going
>After about a five minute walk you come to a large door engraved with a sun and moon. Around the door are six symbols that you don't know and each appear to be glowing.

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>Before you can examine this image thoroughly the door swings open slowly and you are hit by the sun passing through stained glass windows at the back of the room. The light blocks your vision of anything on the opposite end
>The stained glass forms an image of a white winged horse and a black winged horse circling with the sun and moon in between them.
>The same as the painting in the tower
>Your escort walks you forward slowly with their heads held high and their eyes locked on the other end of the room
>You look to your right and left and see more windows
>And more guards however some of these are different
>The ones on the left are as you have seen. Usually white but wearing a gold armor.
>Those on the right however have deep grey hair and are wearing a bluish metal armor
>However what catches your eye on those are the bat-like wings they have pressed against their sides
>Finally you pass under the light from the windows and your attention goes to the back of the room
>On a raised dais a ways in front of you stands two horses. No stands two gods
>The one on the left must be Celestia. In all her radiant glory. She stands what must be six foot if you include her horn. Her long elegant body is pure white as the snow. her wings slightly extended she has a smile on her face that could melt the heart of any man. Her hair is like a sun bleached rainbow caught in an ever present wind that is not truly there.
>The one on the right must be Luna. She is not as you remember her. Then she was the dark oppressive night that threatens to never lift. Now she is the night that welcomes you and brings relief from the stress of the day. She has a look like she was just told she had won the lottery on her face. That look of unrepentant joy as she looks at you.
>Her body is the blue of the sky just after twilight. That deep blue of a river at night. Her hair while caught in that same blessed breeze is a starry night that extends from her. You are sure you saw a shooting star while staring. Her blue eyes hold yours for but a moment. However you feel a benevolence from her that removes all fears you had.
>your escort continues forward ahead of you without realizing you had halted halfway there.
>These two exude power from every orifice. Their very nature begs you to kneel before them and worship them
>so you do
>Dropping to your knees you place your forehead on the ground in front of you and in say aloud in prayer
>"I-I am Anonymous. I am yours if you desire it." you say quietly "My Goddesses." you finish only in prayer


>The power. It is the power you felt through Luna two knights ago. It threatens to overwhelm your senses.
>He walked in shielding his eyes until he walked past the light from the window. Then he just stood their gaping at you.
>It was then that the force of it hit you
>Since he had shown up here two nights ago half dead the amount of magic you had was as low as it was the night you had tried to heal him.
>Once he set eyes upon you though you could feel it
>However once his knees hit the ground and he made that prayer you could taste it
>It radiated from you like the rays of the sun unable to contain it all
>You can see Shining Armor to your right Feeling it blaze off you. His eyes wide he takes a step back.
>If Discord attacked this instant you could incinerate him like an ant
>Chrysalis would never have gotten into your kingdom let alone your capital
>Goddess? If that is what is required to keep this power than so be it.
>Your people shall never need fear again


>He looks scared you think to yourself as he walks into the room
>When Celestia informed you this morning that he was awake you wanted to run to his room immediately and check on him
>She asked you to wait so you can speak to him together
>He walked in with sun blocking his view of you two
>A joke from your sister no doubt. Perhaps a display of of power
>You always disliked such theatrics. You prefer to make your threat obvious if it is made at all.
>That is why she is better at dealing with other ponies than you
>As she has said before "You lack the subtlety to be a politician"
>He finally is out of the light and he has...stopped
>He looks first upon your sister with fear in his eyes but awe on his face
>Then he turns his head to you and you give him a large smile. Try to prove you are friendly
>You feel that pesky power trying to draw your attention away from him
>Forcing the feeling down you glance at your sister. Her eyes are wide.
>She feels it as well
>Suddenly he falls to his knees. You are a little concerned until he slowly lowers his head to the ground and says his prayer. Anonymous. His name is Anonymous.
>Goddess? Is that what he feels of you? You will try not to let his faith down
>For Anonymous shall never need fear again