//------------------------------// // Chapter 1.3: And Then He Said // Story: A Hero's Tale // by Gin_the_Fox //------------------------------// Chapter 1.3: And Then He Said Sorry for the late chapter. I'm BUSY! Not only that but Sir Faggolot Zero fagging around me. "Let there be light." Discord said, snapping his fingers. The entire room was filled with light, blinding everyone except for Discord. Everypony stumbled around, knocking over bottles of beer and each other. Discord grabbed Lan, who was still admiring his new clothes which Rarity had made for him when he could stay human for about five minutes. They hold many things, including ammo and weapons. They bolted out the door and headed towards Zero, who was sitting on Ms. Sexy. ~~~~~~~ 5 minutes earlier "GO!" Lan yelled at Zero, who shot at the door it stood no chance against Zero, as he flew towards Ms. Sexy. She didn't get very far, by the time it took to pull a trigger, Zero had caught her. Sadly though, the speed Zero was going at was too fast for him to stop, so they rolled on the dirt floor untill Zero stopped himself. He pinned her down, hoof on chest. "-Huf- Where do you think your going?" Zero said. "AHHH!!! DON'T KILL ME!!!" She screamed so loud it almost burst Zero's eardrum. Zero reacted by letting go of her and shutting out the sound by slamming his hoofs in his ears. Ms. Sexy started her sprint again, but was stopped 2.56 seconds later. Why I know the exact time, beats me. Instead of the old fashioned hold-me-down, Zero grabbed her by the neck and forced her down to the ground. "If you run again, I'll kill you." That statement didn't help as Ms. Sexy kicked Zero where it hurts, and she might be a slow runner but shes got some power when shes scared. He had no idea how Lan gets away with it. Zero let go and held his diamonds while Sexy ran off with hers. Zero regained his speed managing to catch up with her, he threw her down and sat on her. "NO MORE!!!" To Zero's surprise, Sexy was crying her eyes out. She struggled to get away, but didn't have the strength to over power Zero. She finally gave up and said, "Please don't kill me." "Kill you, why would I do that besides that's Lan's job." Before she could even say anything else, Lan and Discord came up to them. "There you are Lan!" Sexy screamed and was suddenly teleported "Let's have a talk in private, shall we?" Discord said. ~~~~~~~ Hell, bloodfalls and lava lakes. Where zombies roam the bloodstoned land. This barely describes what the location of Discord's happy place is. He may have turned good, but he still had an evil streak. Lan, Zero, Discord, and Ms. Sexy was teleported about 5 feet above above land. Everypony but Discord hit the ground hard. Gravity was a bit stronger here. Ms. Sexy was the first to freak out. "OH BY CELESTIA WHAT IS THIS PLACE!!!" "My mind..." Discord felt a bit ashamed. "Sorry Lan, I need to clear this place up." "I wouldn't mind staying here for a week, but right now Twilight has me up in chains." Ms. Sexy came out of her fear state by the mentioning of Twilight. "Wait... your Lan Jenkins?" Lan took a bow, "The one and only." "And you must be Root Canbell!" Lan felt disappointed, Root, or William Greenfield, was tying to find a last name. I guess he found one. "Nope, Zero." "... Well damn. I was hoping for Root. Sorry, the only thing I know about you guys is that you helped save Equestria from The Nameless. Why did you kidnap me?" Discord was the first to speak. "Well you see, -cough- Ms. Sexy-" "Oh just call me Nala!" "Nala, Lan was told by Celestia that we needed to talk to you about the diamonds and what not. Mind the zombie." Lan bucked the pony zombie 20 feet before coming to a halt. "And well we did I hope you will tell us or maybe I get to test some new chaos." Discord rubbed his hands again. "I can't." Nala said. "Why?" Zero's body tensed. His body never lied to him. Something bad was about to happen. "He'll kill me." Nala looked at the ground. "Who will." Lan asked. Nala gave in. She started to cry and went into Lan's hold. "Well, this stallion came up to me and started to talk to me. I wasn't... working... so I talked to him back. He was real nice and and a gentlecolt because he gave me this necklace. Told me it was a gift of beauty, but then he started asking questions. About you guys actually. He asked what happened to pony's I didn't know and I told him as much as I could. I didn't know why he was doing it but he had me in his grip. It seemed like I couldn't say no. When I was done, he left, but before he left me he said that if I ever told anyone this..." "He'd kill you." Zero finished. Discords mind became quiet. Lan decided to change subject. "You became worried when you talked about your job, why?" "DO YOU THINK I WANT TO WORK THERE!!!" Nala screamed at the top of her lungs, pushing back Lan. "I don't-" "I HATE THAT PLACE!!! I WISH HE NEVER FOUND ME!!! I WOULD RATHER STARVE THAN BE IN HIS SERVICE!!!" "Calm down Nala. It's ok. What happened?" Now Discord was interested. Juicy story. "I live in a alleyway with Mint, who I consider, my child. I found him wondering the streets by himself. I took him into my house, which is hidden in that alleyway. Holding a job is hard because I'm not that focused on stuff. All I can think of is adventure. You know, what you do! But then the owner of that evil place found me. Gave me a price I had to take. Mint needed me to take care of him. So I took it. I regret that mistake I made. He abuses me for sex and has lowered my pay to bits an hour. I legally cant leave because of contract and I can't tell. Mint still doesn't know what I do, but it keeps us alive." Zero was basically was balling his eyes out. Discord was also moved, but was more worried about the zombies, but out of the three, Lan was more emotionaly upset. What he thought was just a whore was actually a girl who had life problems. "Thank you for your time... take care. Discord take her to her house." Discord snapped his fingers and Nala was gone. "What now Lan?" Discord asked. "Lets pay someone a visit." ~~~~~~~ Mr. Wesh was not having a god old time. His business was rammed with three pony's, which one wasn't a pony but Discord. He did believe that. That Lan kid is getting himself into trouble. His wine and beer had all been blown apart because of one of these guys, who which none of the pony's inside could remember the names except for Discord's. He had transformed and pulled out a weapon, beat the crap out of his guards and left with that bitch Nala, once her flank got in here, she was going to regret running. Mr. Wesh was the owner of The Wet Flank and was barking orders at his men to clean the damn place up. "CLEAN UP THIS DAMN MESS!!! KEEP THE STALLIONS OUTSIDE, AND REMEMBER, NO REFUNDS!!! I DON'T CARE!!! GET THIS SHIT CLEANED OR YOUR ALL FIRED!!!" "Why hello there, you must be the boss of this business." A voice said behind him. Mr. Wesh didn't know this voice, and who ever it is, their gonna regret it. "JUST WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOUUUUuuuuuuu..." Mr. Wesh stood frozen. "My name is Lan Jenkins. My friend Zero and Discord. We would like to have a word with you." "OH, BUT OF COURSE! COME! I'll show you the way to my office!" "That wouldn't be the case sir. I only need you for a second." Zero said. "We have a proposition for you. We want to buy a certain contract." Discord said, smiling straight at Mr. Wesh. Mr. Wesh felt a bit nervous, completely forgetting about Discord was one of the guys who ransacked the place. "Who's contract?" "A mare called Nala." Lan said, which was now in control. "WHAT! NO! You don't want her. Here, let me show you some of my other girls." "You don't understand Mr. Wesh," Lan said in a angelic voice. "We want Nala." "But shes a good for nothin-" Lan's voice turned from angelic to demon. "DON'T FINISH THAT SENTENCE!!!" Lan's outburst caused major attention in the building. So much attention, one of the guards remembered him. "HEY I KNOW YOU THREE! THEIR THE ONES TO ATTACK THIS PLACE!" "Attack?" Lan said. Mr. Wesh was speechless. The hero's of Equestria attacked his business. No one did that to Mr. Wesh. "YOU!!! GET OUT OF MY BUILDING OR I'LL KILL YOU ALL!!!" Lan proceeded to knock everyone back with magic and pindown Mr. Wesh. "Listen to me well. I know what you did to her, and I'm not going to allow it to happen anymore." "To who?" "Nala, you put her under your command with a contract and she became a slave to you instantly. You deducted her pay, raped her and ruined her life. She will never forget what you've done to her and I'm going to stop it." "And, so what, its not like you can find the-" "Contract, Mr. Wesh? You mean this one?" Lan said. On cue, Zero held out a piece of paper. Nala's contract. "HOW DID YOU-" Discord smile became bigger. "You..." "You'll be happy to know she shalln't be under your control now, good bye." And with a teleportion spell, Mr. Wesh's anger rose higher than a Mexican losing a green card in Uno. (Take that Zero, ya son of a bitch.) ~~~~~~~ Arrell was roaming the castle, looking for something to do. Ever since Blue Breeze became king, after sleeping with Celestia that lucky son of a bitch, he'd been treating him like his son. "Just because I'm young", Arrell thought, doesn't mean I need to be babysat. Blue was in a meeting, like he is every damn day, and Luna is taking a shower. Last time Arrell walked into the shower while Luna was using it, he got hit so hard he went flying 'through' the castle. Seventeen broken bones. It hurt, a lot. Sometimes Arrell likes to play common jokes on the guards. You know, hide someones stuff in someones else's locker. Hilarious. Not really, the castle isn't always fun, not as it's looked up to be. You can build one awesome fort though with all the pillows they have. Fuckin' sweet. That's when Arrell bumped into Dimmy and Derny. Brother guards that are seriously stupid. Its not that they have brain problems, they just don't think. The Royal Guards use them for cleaning. "Sorry DD." Arrell and Blue likes to call them that. Easier to say. "Well hey there SIR?!" Derny said. Derny was the oldest, but it still didn't help considering the fact that both their coats are gold, so no one can tell the difference. Hint the DD. "Sir?" Arrell said. "What happened to you king?" Dimmy said this time. "Um..." That's when Arrell got the idea. "What do you mean?" "Well... your short..." Not the first time someone confused Arrell for Blue, but then they know its not him because hes so short. "Smmmaaaallllll." Derny said, using his hoofs to show how small he was. "Oh... that... well something happened. Hey, I know! I'll go back to my throne and you get me some food! Maybe i'm just hungry. Ya that's it! But don't tell anyone, ok?" Both Derny and Dimmy looked at each other. Who knew not eating food made you shorter. They gave a salute and ran for the kitchen. Arrell darted for the throne room. ~~~~~~~ Arrell sat their, waiting for his prize. Mountains of sandwiches, which are fucking awesome if made right, ice cream(Sure you want that?) and... chocolate. The doors burst open and in came DD with more food than anyone can process. Food, all his. "Good job boys, now I need something else..." Arrell thought for a moment. What did he need again? "Gold." Derny and Dimmy looked at each other. "Why do you need that?" "For special reasons. Now go." Just as the brothers were about to leave, Lan walked in with Zero. "Hey guys, how y'all doing?" Arrell put his mouth over his mouth, but was in shock, somepony came out behind the wall. Blue Breeze. ~~~~~~~ Mexicolt, Alleyway Lan walked alone through the alleyway. He told Zero to stay behind. Discord left though, he had stuff to do. D It didn't bother Lan though. Finding the right alleyway was hard though. Most were just flithy or contained a rat or two, but finding Nala and Mints house was hard. After a few hours worth of searching, Lan had found it. He held the note that saved two lives and came up to a makeshift house. By the looks of it, it looked like it was about to collapse, since the wood that it was made out of was eaten away by age. Lan knocked on the door. ... Nothing came. Lan tried again. ... Now Lan was getting worried. He slammed on the door rapidly. ... Just as Lan was about to burst down the door, the door swung open to reveal Nala in a cyan dress. The sight of her was stunning and was about to make Lan faint, but then he remembered the surprise he had for Twilight. Then he remembered the fact that he loved Twilight. That made Lan pause for a moment. "Lan, what are you doing here?" Nala said. Without saying a word, Lan trotted inside and observed the house. It was a nice house and it seemed to be broken in to another abandoned house. Out came a little colt. Cyan body and chocolate mane and tail. He hid behind a wall, peering into Lan's soul with his sad eyes. "I have a gift for you." Lan said. "And you too." "What could you have that wou-" That's when she saw the note. Lan placed the note on a nearby table, opening up for all to see. "That can't be... by Celestia it is! How did you get my contract?" "A little persuasion." "Thank you Lan! This means a lot to me... is that all?" "Nope. Nala... Mint... I can't just watch pony's like this suffer. It's to much." "Its not that bad." Nala said. "So I've decided to... how could you say this... "take you in", if that's ok?" Silence filled the air. "Also Nala, I can get you a job. One that involves less... you know. You can come with me to Ponyville, live with me and Twilight. It'll be great. Also that job, it involves helping out the Royals. You know, do what I did today, except sometimes it's not very fun... but its adventuress! Please Nala, I can make your life simpler." Nala looked at Mint. "Mint, do you want to go with him?" All what Mint did was hug Nala. "I don't want to leave you." "Then its settled, lets go to Canterlot first. You know, the castle and all." Lan walked outside but was walked out alone. Lan turned around to see that they were looking at him. Worried. "Whats the matter?" "The fact that we have to leave home. Oh, and I don't know, leaving with a total stranger." "Sarcasm... well, I can't force you. It's your decision." "Say one thing that can make me trust you and make me believe you won't hurt us." Mint said. "I can't say it to you, but I can say it to Nala. Maybe so?" ... "Earth was a pleasant place, wasn't it?" Nala's eyes grew with surprise. "Just a hunch that I had." Neither to say they went with him. ~~~~~~~ "ARRELL!!!" Blue shouted out. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY THRONE!!!" "Arrell?" DD said together. Lan started to laugh. "Um, nothing! Just doing... NOTHING!" "D and D. Out." They both ran. "Arrell... your grounded." "YOU CAN'T DO THAT TO ME!!!" Lan stopped laughing, "He's right, you can't." Lan looked at Zero. "Sic him boy." Zero slapped Lan as he shot at Arrell. Arrell didn't get very far. ~~~~~~~ You can tell I ran out of fucks to give when doing the 'Lan getting Nala to go with him' thing. It was hard... nutella.