The days rolled by slowly but were quite productive for everypony. Jasper, though still out of his element, maintained a sort of serenity during his stay. Surprisingly he seemed to be more cheerful and a tad more open with the six mares of whom he called friends. The party which Pinkie had organized for him also showed many of the ponies in Ponyville who had been wary of the stranger that he was not one to be feared. Quite the opposite in fact, many ponies began to warm up to him. The party was indeed a big eye opener for all of them, Pinkie Pie and Rarity even gave Jasper some presents for his troubles.
“Well here it is darling,” Rarity levitated the package covered in white paper over to him, “It’s not much, but in my opinion I think it suits you.”
Jasper then opened the package and beheld a zip up black coat that would reach just above his ankles. It even had a hood attached to it in case of extreme weather conditions which he nodded at.
Applejack nudged him, “Well go on, and try it on.”
Jasper shrugged and complied. He had to admit, he looked pretty good in it. The coat itself seemed to be made out of a durable yet light material.
Jasper looked with surprise at the unicorn mare, “No one’s really given me something like this before…thank you.”
Rarity waved her hoof in a casual manner, “Oh it was nothing.”
Pinkie Pie then shoved a package in his face which rattled around. He opened it slowly as Pinkie Pie smiled wider. Within were a series of manually altered tools, his eyebrows rocketed upwards in surprise and a small smile spread across his face.
Pinkie Pie leaned against a chair as a small blue jay landed on her mane, “A little birdy told me that you were going to take up metal working as a hobby so I decided to buy you the tools,” she fed the bird atop her head, “Auntie Pinkie knows what ponies want.”
Jasper sort of tuned her out and slowly shut the box.
*
Sombra gazed around the bleak tundra unimpressed. He had once more been exiled from his kingdom and once more had been humiliated. No more, he was tired of being denied his rightful place upon a throne. He smiled sinisterly; there was after all, more than one throne. He transformed into a minor smoke blob and slithered off as a chilling laugh echoed on the wind.
*
Jasper sat in a small room in Twilight’s basement under the light of a small lantern as he toiled away at his project. Lying beside him were three books, one read, ‘Metal Ores & You’. The other book was titled, ‘Equestrian Alchemy: Advanced unabridged guide’. The final book was an odd one to say the least, Twilight herself expressed great confusion at lending it out.
-One Day Earlier-
Twilight gazed at the book levitating in front of her, “Why in Equestria do you want this? You can’t do magic?”
Jasper smiled, “True. But frankly I actually find it fascinating.”
The book was titled, ‘Archanus Magnum: Compendium of Ancient Magic’.
Twilight smiled at Jaspers response, “Alright, but please give it back when you’re done with it. It’s supposed to be my final magical book to study when...,” her ears flattened slightly, “get that far.”
Jasper nodded as the book landed in his hands.
*
At the moment he was now in Twilight’s lab consulting the alchemy book as he poured beakers upon beakers into each other. A gasp alerted him to Twilight standing atop the stairs staring at him. She bolted down the stairs and magically prepared to take the beakers.
“JASPER THAT’S VERY DANGEROUS TO MIX-“
Jasper cut her off as he poured the mixture onto his finger causing Twilight to scream.
He then raised his hand to reveal it was coated in jointed armor plating, “Relax,” the regular metal then slowly morphed into gold, “I was just experimenting.”
Twilight then got a massive smile on her face, “That’s amazing! You turned the metal to gold! Every time I try it always become foals gold.”
Jasper shrugged as he picked up the vial, “Meh, it’s no big deal.”
Twilight teleported in front of him, “But it is,” she pointed with her hoof at the metal, “gold is actually pretty…dangerous her.”
Jasper raised an eyebrow, “Seriously?”
Twilight nodded slowly, “Gold on its own is fairly reasonable, it’s relatively harmless. But refined and altered like you’re doing gold can be deadly. When used as a weapon it can cut through magical barriers like a hot knife through butter.”
Jasper looked to the side, “But what about bits? Aren’t they made of gold?”
Twilight shook her head, “Foals gold, it’s still valuable though.”
Jasper snapped his fingers, “Is that why the guards under Celestia’s employ wear gold and use gold weaponry?”
Twilight nodded, “Exactly.”
Jasper scratched his chin, “Well that explains a lot I guess.”
Twilight turned to leave, “Don’t be up to late,” she halted, “Oh yeah I forgot the whole reason I came down here. Rainbow Dash wanted to know if you wanted to tag along with the rest of the girls to go on a camping trip in two days to Rainbow Falls.”
Jasper thought for a moment, “Sure.”
Twilight squeed as she left.
-Several Hours Later-
Jasper sat on a chair in his small room in the basement and rotated his wrist. Covering his right hand was a golden armor glove. A small screwdriver was pressed against a slot and it was being tightened and untightened rhythmically with each rotation of his wrist. On the top of his hand dead center was a hole with a black fabric lining. With his other hand he flipped through the Archanus Magnum until he came across an entry which caused him to raise an eyebrow, ‘The Gem of Ages’.
*
Princess Celestia opened her eyes in her bed and sat up suddenly. She glanced around frantically and rushed out into the hallway forgetting her royal adornments. Several guards averted their eyes and blushed heavily while a night guard paid a day guard forty bits at her sudden passing. Celestia burst into the darkened throne room.
Luna’s face reddened, “Sister cover thyself.”
Celestia ignored the comment, “Luna I bring grave news.”
“What is it?”
Celestia steeled herself, “He has returned.”
Luna raised an eyebrow, “Could thou be more specific?”
Celestia nodded, “Sombra, I sensed his aura manifest. It’s slowly moving toward Ponyville. Though I am unsure when he might arrive, we must make the appropriate counter measures immediately.”
Luna nodded with a stern expression.
dont let him fall into the friendship! i wanna see it fail please... if thats ok wth you/
I read this chapter as soon as I upload my comment for ch. 2.
I reeeeally hope this doesn't somehow end up with just Jasper and the M6 fighting against Sombra like they did in Season 3. You said the villain would know what he's doing....*gasp* unless Sombra isn't the ultimate villain?!
Other than that, I just feel like Jasper's fitting in way too well here. He's been nabbed from his world, he's a huge cynic, yet he befriends some ponies on his first day with minimum snark and complaints? Nevertheless, I will continue with this story. And for the love of the lord, please make longer chapters!
FUCK FRIENDSHIP!!! VILLAINS RULE!!!
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There is a reason he's fitting in well and not being snarky.
I'm a little iffy about this, but I'll watch it. I feel like you could use a little work on your pacing and transitions between scenes. The way it is now seems a bit rushed, and the cuts from place to place or time to time are too quick and feel a bit awkward.
I shall be watching.
Oh boy, TWO stories in the box going 'Oh my gosh, featured, thank you!'
Sarcasm aside, the writing is okay. Need a bit of work on your abrupt transitions, you need to make them smoother than they currently are. I'll have to read it once I'm fully awake and aware to find other things to point out. Not a bad start.
And huh, your coverart for Martin: Dark Inferno. I find that funny. Just used the same image for a story of mine.
Grats on getting featured.
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Thanks, truth be told everypony i'm still developing my craft. SO PLEASE bear with me.
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It's always a work-in-progress. The day it stops being so, it's time to stop and re-examine yourself. Still, good luck improving, and I'll give a bit more detailed breakdown of where you can stand to improve. I'll also point out some good things too, hehe.
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Go nuts
why am I suddenly reminded of iron man with the way he's working on that glove?
3202093 You're actually not the only one that got that. I suppose it's called 'reminiscing.'
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You and I are a lot alike...
Typo in the description. Miss stuff all you'd like in the story but the description should always be perfect in my humble opinion.
Even computers don't*
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Thaaat's not uncommon. Just throwing that out there.
if sombra like persuades him or something like that, i call bullshit.
I cant help but see this is all CLICHE... Where is his cynical and depressing attitude? Unless you have some plans for Jasper, I am uninterested at the moment, But nevertheless I will follow, and see how this goes.
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MIster cynical is still there, he's just,..taking a slight break until...showtime. All of you think on this statement and you'll get the idea
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Remember, Jasper is a villain who is not only good at being a villain, but is also genre savvy. If Sombra "persuades" him to do anything, it will only be until Jasper's in an ideal situation to betray him and then probably steal his power or something.
Unless the resulting energy field would be bigger than his head. Seriously, read the list, folks.
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Plus it's called, biding his time, putting on an act
So far so good, and if I was in his situation, I'd trick to ponies into getting me the required materials to make a fusion bomb, lets see them Magic of Friendship their way out of a ten megaton blast.
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This will not be abandoned, the ending i cannot say, YOU MUST ALL WAIT!!
3202507 A Circuit City? Really? Aren't they like not around anymore? Didn't they go bankrupt?
Why not employ him at a Best Buy? Or a Target?
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A Dangerously Genre Savvy villain? YESYESYESYESYESYES!!! THANK YOU!!!
I just had an idea, what if another human arrived in Equestria and the princesses asked the mane 6 to simultaneously teach them the Magic of Friendship, and they do learn it, but in a way that ends with Equestria in flames and the two of them as joint malevolent dictators over the planet.
The dating in the description is wrong. We don't have 13 months...
Gold actually makes for a pretty god awful weapon for doing physical damage though.
It's too malleable, you'll get a few good cuts out of it before you need to reforge it.
I like where this is heading.
3202679 If you coat a steel blades with gold, then it might fuck your day up.
Btw, I am borrowing this head-canon.
Now this i havent seen before.
Continue my good sir!!
You know I would have to think that perhaps Tony may be the villain.
The reasoning behind this is that if our illustrious author here is trying to keep it a secret for now, Having Jasper be the enemy is too obvious while in the description the quote "You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain." adds onto what may be to come, Jasper already has a passive aggressive stance on things while his friend Tony seemed like a good person trying to help his friend out.
Just saying.
Jasper´s gonna bitch-slap the FUCK outta sombra
Jasper's gonna find a way to beat Sombra. Than when the ponies rush to his side to celebrate the victory he pimp smacks Twilight away while smirking evilly as this plays.
Murder and death! Murder and death! I must see some murder and death!!
I approved this fic.
Funny to see my friend's fics fly to my desk.
Well, according to my friends, I'm a massive cynic. I do find myself getting bored with most things ridiculously quick and I also have a friend named Jasper. However my friends haven't abandoned me, in fact they seem to somewhat value my generally negative outlook on the world as i tend to point out their errors and the things they could easily fix or do that could save them allot of messing about and offer advice on improving it. And by offer i mean repetitively point it out until they do it because inefficiency annoys me greatly.
The fact his personality and attempts to simply get along with the ponies, for now at the very least, is similar to how i would see myself reacting in that situation (Except with Rainbow Dash. I would of most likely kicked her. Hard. In the wing. Sorry RD fan's, but a pony flying into you would hurt like hell and annoy the crap outta me.) and as of such I'm quite eager to see where this leads. So take my like and favorite, I look forward to seeing how this develops.
Jasper is just tricking the ponies into believing he is not dangerous, then KAPOW! GOLD KNIFE IN YOUR ASS, BITCH!
i wana see sombras head on a spike in his room :D
If he's preping to be 'evil', I would laugh hard if he conquered Equestria, take Celestia's crown and place it on his own head, then sit on the throne and have a picture taken, then give the crown back to her and walk out the door. Watching this, cause it looks like a fun read.
The ponies keep feeding Jasper's machine... When it activates, oh boy.
*reads description* Well, that escalated quickly.
But seriously, will put this in my read later cuz my favorites list is like thirty chapters full of stories I've gotten behind on
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Um...ouch?
That quote is from batman right?
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I think the villain will be Jasper or Sombra, or Both.
The description of Jasper sounds a bit like a biography of me.
Looking forward to seeing how this pans out. I'm kinda hoping we see Jasper kill Sombra, take over, and then get bored and learn the Magic of Friendship. I don't want the mane 6 to have to kill/imprison Jasper or vice versa, but I do like the idea of him being a villain. That would explain the title, after all...
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Sure
3204369 yay