//------------------------------// // The Beast Hunter's Arrive // Story: The Journal of a Hunter // by Drmalaria //------------------------------// This is my little journal. I don’t why I am writing this. Really, doing something like this is a bad idea. I am a mere “Hunter”, probably you had hear something like that before. No, I am not a hunter like the people who hunts beast and humans… well, people with my profession can do that, but, I am not like that. A Hunter is… well, I will write this quote for you. This quote is what defines hunter: “Monstrous animals, rare species. Buried riches, hidden treasures… … Worlds of demons, unexplored lands… And some men are attracted by this force… The word “unknown” seems magic… They are called “Hunters”!” Well, that’s practically what I am, a Hunter. Well, a Beast Hunter. What is a Beast Hunter? Hunters who feel a deep love for nature; their job involves the study and preservation of undiscovered animal species. There are two subcategories of Beast Hunter—Exotic Game Hunters and UMA (Unidentified Mysterious Animal) Hunters-yeah, I copied that from the Hunter data base… I feel bad with myself right now-. Being a Hunter isn’t easy. You have to deal with a lot of problems; the first one is passing the first part of the exam to become one. I nearly died a lot of times in that hell, but it was fun. I met good friends, fortunately they didn’t die. The second thing is… well, this is ultra secret, so I will tell you that the test doesn’t end after passing the exam; there is a second exam. Fuck, I didn’t introduce myself, I wish this was a laptop or a computer-this is only a mere book-. My name is Asmodeus Almaz; you can call me A.A, AA or A²- would somebody use the point that separates the “As”?-. Oh well. Right now, I am in the Dark Continent Unknown Continent. I’m trying to discover these “Magic Creatures”. Rumors say that all the magic creatures come from this place. So… I shouldn’t be alive right now, but I managed to survive-people in this place have the same level of Netero… even bigger-. This people are really nice. They told me so many things about magic creatures. There is a legend: There is door that opens the gates of a new world. And I think I can open it with my Nen. Shit, I shouldn’t write Nen… well, I think the editors will erase that part. I need an editor… I should have one. Well, if I have luck, I will find someone in that world! No, you won’t, yapa! That one was my dear friend, Zen. She is a hot monkey-really, she is on fire. She is a fire monkey-she does like to play with me, having adventures and trying to catch a boyfriend… sometimes I think she is a lonely monkey-I have being hit by Zen for twenty minutes, sorry for making you wait, laugh out loud-well, you really don’t wanna mess with this girl when the moon is full… ok, ok. Sorry, Zen. Well, I will continue this after I manage to “open” those doors. If I die, Zen will burn this book and try to get a boyfriend. The next chapter I promise I will find a good editor! I closed my book. I looked the edge of the abyss. It was deep, full of darkness. I can’t imagine myself trying to jump to that hole “Fortunately I have a flashlight!” “Dude, really, you are crazy. Yapa.” Zen said while she was in my left shoulder. “Sometimes I wonder how the heck I can’t get burned by your body, Zen.” “I told you before, dude. I can decide which living thing/objects my body will burn or not. I have ten years telling you this.” “Oh, yeah!” I laughed “I forgot about that.” “You little…!” she sighed “Why I’m telling you this? I should be writing my testament… and the lawsuit.” She sighed again, this time was deeper “I wasn’t your best discovery? Yapa.” “Yeah, without you, I wouldn’t be a Single-Star Hunter. They thought that your species was extinct.” “I am the only one, asshole. If I don’t get a boyfriend I…” she sighed “forget it. Yapa.” I smiled like a troublesome boy hearing the voice of his mother “You’re the best, Zen. When we get our dream, you will have a good boyfriend, I promise!” she sighed again. Well, I have never known why she was always mad with me. But anyway. Things must be done. New world of magic creatures, here we go! The masked Hunter hugged his friend. The next thing he did was jumping like a crazy suicide victim. Both were yelling-for different motives-. Zen was yelling with fear and Almaz with happiness… and his flashlight, don’t forget the flashlight “Baby, can you use the flashlight? I can’t see the ground.” Zen sighed with fury. “We are falling and the most important thing to you is the fucking flashlight, yapa!?” she turned on the flashlight “Ok. But you own me one. Yapa.” the fall was like they expected. They were already getting sights of the ground “Hey, yapa!” she yelled “I know, I know.” Almaz was prepared for this. At the moment they touched the ground. His hands were filled of black energy, like transparent smoke. His hands touched the ground, opening a portal “What’s that…” he didn’t believe what his eyes were seeing. It was like another world… another country and island… or something like that. “Are we flying, yapa?” “No, we’re only falling from another sky… I guess.” both looked at the portal. The Hunter looked how the portal was closing “We will need that thing later.” “How are we gonna go back, yapa?” “Who knows, maybe with a flying machine.” he said while he was falling “How many miles do we have for touch the ground?” “Probably… 120 miles, yapa.” Almaz sighed after that “Well, you’re a Nen user, too. Help me with this, mah friend.” he commented after thinking how many minutes they had left on air “Now I think about it, it’s a nice sight. Do you think they love nature?” “Of course, yapa!” “Of course what? You’ll help me or you’re saying ‘of course’ to the other thing.” she sighed really hard. Ponyville Two months have passed after the Twilight Sparkle’s coronation. Nopony was expecting something like that -well, Twilight was indeed a genius in magic-, but, they always believed that Twi will live forever with them; learning the magic of friendship, something without end. Fortunately, they wouldn’t miss her. Why? She was always visiting the village, or even inviting her friends to Canterlot. The friendship will never die, that was in the head of each pony who met Twilight Sparkle. And today was the day that Twilight Sparkle would arrive to Ponyville. Pinkie Pie like always was preparing an amazing party for her friend; she even got Octavia and DJ PON3 to come to the party being the music talents. The place where the party will be celebrated. The place where all those books are still full of dust -Pinkie forgot to clean them-, the place that Twilight Sparkle lived; her old house. “This will be the best party ever made it!” Pinkie Pie yelled with. The pink pony was full of joy and happiness. “Indeed, my dear. Twilight will be happy after this party.” Rarity commented “Rainbow Dash, have you already taken care of the sky’s mess?” Rainbow Dash didn’t answer; she was stunned, thinking if she had done that “Oh…” “Then whatever are you waiting for?” Rarity commented “Oh, well, gotta go!” Rainbow Dash flew like bullet, starting her job as a pegasus. Forest “Sometimes I ask myself how the hell we manage to do something like that, yapa.” “We? Why are you using plural? You were the one who saved the day. I can’t emulate something like flying.” “Of course you can, yapa. You are an Emitter.” “You’re confusing me with a Transmuter. You’re one, dammit. I can’t emulate the living things with my aura.” “Technically, you can. You aren’t a Manipulator. So, technically, you can spend some Nen with transmutation.” “No.” Almaz replied with some disgust “I would prefer Conjuration, and ironically, it’s my polar opposite. Using Conjuration with Emission is not always a good idea. I like Enhancement Anyway.” he started to walk with his friend “This place is nice.” “Yep, yapa. It’s beautiful.” Zen said “Hmmm, we should use En.” “No. I don’t wanna lose more Nen than I need to. En should be used in battle.” “Right… yapa.” Zen started to think “What a shame I can’t use Manipulation.” “You can use Enhancement… and Conjuration.” after saying that. Almaz opened his book, starting to write again. Unfortunately he couldn’t pay attention to his book. His attention was attracted after watching that creature. A cyan… pegasus? Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! A pegasus!? I haven’t seen one in my fucking life, only in the books of mythology “Zen!” I yelled “You can see it?” I asked; I have to admit I was behaving like a little kid in Christmas. “Almaz, are you high, yapa?” she asked “I can see it. I have seen better things, and you know that.” well, she was right. She’s seen more monsters that I had in my whole life. But this time… a pegasus… I need an interview with her. “I need an interview.” I said “Zen, today is the Gay Pride Day? I think its mane is dyed rainbow.” “Yeah, you must be high, yapa.” The Hunter started running. Yelling, calling the rainbow-maned pegasus. The Rainbow Dash’s attention indeed was caught it. The mare was impressed for a moment, but her attention was more attracted by Zen “Wow, a flaming monkey!” after that she yelled “Oh now, that monkey is burning!” after saying that, Rainbow Dash took one cloud. “I think this won’t be end well, yapa.” “Yeah…” In few seconds, the rain started “What that? How can this be possible?” Almaz thought. First time he had seen somebody moving a cloud like cotton candy and squeezing it. For Zen, this was her limit, she was mad; her flames were down like hair -the flames didn’t die, but they fell like wet hair-“Come on, Zen. I know you don’t like rain but don’t be mad with it.” Zen sighed “Sometimes you act just like my father, yapa.” “Wait, you can talk?” Rainbow Dash asked “And why that monkey is still burning?” “You can talk, too, yapa!?” both said at the same time “Hey, don’t steal my lines, yapa!” “Sorry, hehe.” Almaz started to scrape his head “Oh, sorry!” he apologized “Yeah, we can talk. I am so amused that you can talk. My friend, Zen is a Flame Monkey; she’s always on fire, even more when she’s on heat.” Zen slapped Almaz “And she’s so kind with me. Her flames won’t extinguish until her final breath.” “Wait… are you telling me that she’s always on fire and she’s not burning you?” “I didn’t tell you she was burning me. But, yes; she can’t burn people very connected with her.” “Wow… What tha’ heck are you?” “I told you before; Zen’s a Flame Monkey.” “And you, and why are you using that gas mask?” “Oh, let me introduce myself. My name is Asmodeus Almaz. I’m a Beast Hunter and a Human.” Rainbow Dash was surprised for one thing “Beast Hunter…” she started to fly slowly, train to not surprise the Hunter “So you… hunt beasts?” “No!” he yelled “I don’t hunt beasts. Well, I try to find them. But Beast Hunters are people who love animals and other beings that doesn’t belong to the human race. You don’t know the orgasm I have for your species right now. I just can’t resist this!” that sounded weird. Zen looked at her friend with a bad grim. “Fuck, Almaz. You must stop doing that. I remember the first time I heard that when we had our first meting. I nearly killed you!” she looked at Rainbow Dash. Yapa “Sorry for my friend. He is just a kid when he meets animals. He loves animals, and he gets excited when he finds another species that shouldn’t exist.” “Where do you come from?” Rainbow Dash asked “From the sky.” Both answered. “You’re alines!?” Rainbow Dash asked “Wow, I can believe this, aliens in Equestria!” “No… we’re not aliens… well, we come from another place so that make us aliens…” “Oh, oh. You have a flying ship!?” “No, Miss. We opened a door to get to this place. Weird door, but at least we managed to enter.” he sighed “Well, can I ask you some questions?” “Sure, I guess.” “Do you have more friends of your species?” “Yeah, I have…” she didn’t end the sentence “Oh my gosh… I completely forgot it!” she yelled “Twilight will be in Ponyville soon!” the pegasus started to fly like a bullet, but in a moment, she stopped “Sorry, Almaz and Flame Monkey. I gotta go, see ya later!” after those words, she flew. “… Did she say her name?” “No, yapa.” She sighed “She didn’t remember my name, yapa.” “Well, let’s follow her. She’s flying in a straight line.” “Do you think they will be kind with us, yapa?” “I don’t know, but we must try.” after this words, he opened his book. Well, I need to end this chapter in my book. Let me see… this rainbow-mande pegasus is incredible. She’s small, not like I thought. I thought pegasus were like horses in size, but she was like a… pony? Well; I’ll draw her in this book, but I’m bad drawing, so I’ll leave that job to Zen. Anyway, she talks, and she has a friend called Twilight… that means they have names, interesting, really interesting. I should have asked her name, but I completely forgot; what a shame. Right now Zen and I are following the rainbow pegasus, I’ll call her… Rainbow Mane. Yeah, that’s a good name for a pegasus with a rainbow mane. I think this day will be epic. Anyway, I wish one day I’ll get an editor. So he or she will make this a legible book… damn, sometimes I wish I could be a Manipulator… well, I am happy being an Emitter. I’ll continue this after I manage to talk with that pegasus again, so, I’ll close it… I think this is not the best way to write a book… fuck it. I closed the book and started to walk with my dear friend in my shoulder. I didn’t realize that day could be a really hard one. I knew it could be, but I didn’t care about it. I just wanted to meet those magical creatures, the creatures full of magic and unknown things. Adventure, here we go! Ponyville Rainbow Dash was flying at her max speed, trying to didn’t get late at the meeting with her friend, Twilight Sparkle. Well, she is now the Princess Twilight Sparkle, an alicorn. Twilight Sparkle was with her friends at her old house, like the pony who she was in the past. Rarity, AJ, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie and Princess Twilight Sparkle were talking. “I am really happy with you all… ah… where’s Rainbow Dash?” Twilight asked. Before Rarity could speak, Rainbow Dash entered the house. She was gasping “Oh, speaking about her. Hello, Rainbow Dash!” The mare couldn’t answer, she was gasping until she took her breath “Uff, Twilight. Hi *gasp* *gasp” “Ya need some rest, sugar cube.” Applejack commented. “No, no. I don’t need some rest. It just… I found an alien.” “An alien!?” Pinkie Pie yelled “Who, this is so amazing. We will have a great party with that alien. Oh oh, and I will invite their families and friends and, and, we will have so much fun!” “Enough, Pinkie.” Rarity said “Rainbow Dash, dear, what are you talking about, an alien?” “Yeah, an alien. He has a Flame Monkey, and his name’s Asmodeus Almaz.” “Almaz?” AJ said. “Yeah, he’s a human, or that’s what he told me.” Twilight Sparkle was shocked after hearing the word with H; Human “A what!?” she yelled “Where, Rainbow Dash? Where is this human!?” “In the forest, I think. What’s wrong, Twilight?” “In the books that I’ve read, they say humans are the worst thing in our existence. They have more than 200 years without appearing in Equestria, I need to study him!” all ponies gasped. “Is that a village?” I asked with some interest. “Yeah, yapa.” “Zen, do you think they eat meat or vegetables and fruits?” “Maybe both, yapa.” I sighed “Well… hey, is that a pegasus?” I asked with some confusion “I thought pegasus didn’t have a horn in their heads… well, this is something that I must write in my book.” unfortunately, when I opened my book, I saw something. A flash… lavender colored flash? Or was a pink one? Anyway, the problem is… that she has appeared before me. That wasn’t a good idea. At the moment the magic creature appeared before my eyes, I drastically jumped backwards, trying to have some closeness “Hey!” I yelled “Don’t do that!” The mare didn’t say anything to me; she was studying me, without any explanations, her horn was glowing with… Nen!? “Nen? You can use Nen, too?” without an answer, I saw a… beam? *sighed* this shouldn’t be happening. I might be an animal-lover, but I’m not stupid “Ken…” my Nen was flowing all around my body. I concentrated the 100% of my Nen in my right hand, making a great “dark fog” in my hand, absorbing all the damage. Unfortunately, her beam was incredible, she made me fly. So, I use Ken in all my body, protecting my body against that tree in my back… Twilight blinked with shock after sawing my defense “Magic!?” she asked for herself. Meanwhile, she was looking at my “crash zone”. Unfortunately for her, I wasn’t there “Hey.” I murmured “Are you an Emitter?” “Gah!” she yelled out of fear with the surprise. Again, her horn was glowing with that lavender or pink Nen, teleporting her. “Specialization…” I murmured. Her power was like that… a Nen-user with Specialization… “Interesting!” “You bastard, forget about that, yapa!” Zen yelled. “She’s still here… a kind of invisibility ability?” I thought. That mare with horn and wings did disappear, but she didn’t do the same thing, appearing. So, I sighed and start to use Enhancement in my legs, starting to run where that mare was hiding with her Nen. Twilight Sparkle was surprised. First time someone finds her using her invisibility spell… but the most shocking thing was that, Almaz was using “Magic” for her, and she was using “Nen” for him. Before the great collision between the Princess charging her laser and the Beast Hunter, Rainbow Dash was flying with all her speed, making a great Sonic Boom, hitting in that right moment Almaz. The speed was tremendous. Almaz was launched like a rocket, thanks god that he was using Ken at that moment. For a human being, that would be a death blow “Interesting, I need to write that. Pegasus with the speed of sound… no, wait… I thing that wasn’t like sound… Maybe more than speed.” He thought. The cloud of dust was clouding the vision of the ponies while the Almaz was writing. “You!” Rainbow Dash yelled “Are you alive?” “Yeah, I’m still alive…” he answered “Hey, Zen, are you ok?” he asked to her friend hiding in his jacket. “Of course I am alive you dumbass. Why are they trying to kill us, yapa!?” “I don’t know.” Almaz stopped writing and started to walk. Not a single wound or damage in his clothes, Rainbow Dash was amazed after watching that Hunter walking like nothing happened to him “Rainbow Mane, can you tell me why that pegasus with a horn is trying to kill me?” “My name is not Rainbow Mane, my name is Rainbow Dash!” she yelled. Twilight Sparkle use again her teleporting spell, being in front of her friend “Rainbow Dash, watch out, he can use magic!” “Wait a freaking second, please.” He commented “Magic? What that heck is magic? And why are you trying to kill me?” “I’m not trying to kill you, I only need you sleeping for a moment; and don’t be a fool, I know perfectly you can use magic, I saw it.” “Wait… Phahahahhahahahahahaha!” he started to laugh really hard “This is a good one, oh my god, hahahaha. I need to write this. You call Nen magic, this is incredible. Anyway, thanks, Rainbow Dash for giving your name, now I’ll replace in my book the word “Mane” for “Dash”.” he said, and indeed he was editing that page on his book. They didn’t believe that he wasn’t afraid of Twilight, right now, a goddess “Done!” Almaz closed the book “Well, let me introduce myself; my name is Asmodeus Almaz, and the Flame Monkey inside my jacket its Zen, my best friend.” he opened his jacket, Twilight Sparkle was surprised, first time she was watching a little monkey like Zen “Well, can we talk in another place, I feel tired and I need to talk with you and your friends.” “What are you doing here!?” “I’m a Beast Hunter; not a normal hunter, just an animal-lover. I love magic creatures, I love nature. My category is UMA, AKA: Unidentified Mysterious Animal. I was discovering another species, your species right now and this is awesome.” “Take off your mask.” Twilight ordered. “You won’t like to see what’s behind this mask.” “Take it off!” the hunter sighed, taking of his mask. His face was normal, with some scars. But the most important were his eyes, when he opened, the mare was shocked “Oh my… what are you? Books didn’t said the humans eyes were…” “Oh, no, no. Your books aren’t wrong. This is my Baptism. Sometimes happens when you aren’t aware of Nen and someone uses it on you with all his evil, I’m surprised that only my eyes were affected.” his eyes were completely red; no pupils, no corneas… the color red was the only thing in his eyes… they were like… a monster’s eyes “The main problem of these eyes is that they glow in the darkness, so I need to cover them with a gas mask or sunglasses or something. Is really hard trying to have some stealth with glowing red eyes…” he put on his mask “Can we talk in a peaceful place? I don’t wanna fight with an adorable creature like you.” Twilight’s Old House Twilight’s horn was glowing while she was looking at the hunter “Well, let me-“ “Shut up!” she ordered “I will read your mind and I will know why are you here.” the spell was casted. The hunter didn’t dodge the light. Twilight was watching his true decides for this country and they were… kind. She looked, and looked a man full of kindness, loving animals, helping them, feeding them, protecting them. They respect and love him. She saw a different world, full of light and secrets, but Almaz stopped her. “You shouldn’t watch something that you didn’t need to see, mare.” Twilight was speechless, that human was like another Fluttershy in terms of animal love “You’re Almaz, right?” “Yes, Asmodeus Almaz, and my flaming friend is Zen.” “I’m so sorry for what I did before.” “It’s ok, you did what you thought was right, and I respect that.” “I just feel…” “Lavender pegasus with horn, don’t feel bad. You have apologized and I forgive you. The only thing I need right now is interviewing all your friends.” “My name is Twilight Sparkle, and I’m not a pegasus. I’m an Alicorn.” “Really!?” he said with happiness “So you’re telling me that you have more species?” “Hmmm, yeah. Unicorns, Earth Ponies and Pegasus. But there is more, Changelings, Dragons, Lycans, Zombies and a lot more.” the hunter was shocked after Twilight’s words. He took off his mask and started to cleaning his tears; he was crying “why are you crying?” “Oh… No,” Zen said “he’s like a baby receiving his first gift, yapa.” “Please, I beg you, I wanna met them all, I wanna talk with them all. I wanna write about them, I wanna know everything about his world, so please, I beg you, be my guide!” he said while he was begging and crying like a baby; cleaning his tears with his arms and Zen looking at him with a bad grim. “Ok… But with one condition,” Twilight said ”you will tell me all about magic in your world, first time I’ve seen somepony using magic like you without a horn or something like that.” “Ok, I promise you!” Now my friends, we have Zen like our presenter. “For the next chapter of Journal of a Beast Hunter: The idiot of Almaz will talk about all about the Nen and its secrets, telling them that everymonkey-I feel nice after saying that-can use it, even if you’re not a unicorn or a magic creature like Discord. And the most important thing, a white alicorn and the human will have a nice conversation, yapa!”