Tales of Epic Fantasy

by Krokorokok

Reunion and the first encounter

The cast of the 'Epic Battle Fantasy' series, Matt, Natz, Lance and Anna do not belong to me. They all belong to Kupo707, also known as Matt Roszak.

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"Ack! No! That's a fencing technique! Your sword is meant to hack and slash stuff you n00b!" Matt yelled, causing the mare to flinch.

It has been a couple of hours after the commotion where a small portion of the Canterlot Castle got blown off, leaving a huge hole that lead to the Royal Gardens. Everything was mostly back to normal, although everypony in the castle were still on high alert due to the two beings that were still in the castle.

Lance was currently with Princess Celestia and her sister Princess Luna, whom was abruptly awoken by the sheer magic that Starburst let loose. He was basically talking to the both of them about his home world and how he and Matt came to be friends. Needless to say, the two princesses were shocked to find out that this particular human, as what he called his species to be, wielded such a deadly device. However, Lance managed to calm the both of them out of their shock, saying that he regretted what he did and now used his powers for the greater good, to which he also told them about how him, Matt and a lady named Natz fought against an immortal being that wanted to bring destruction to their home planet.

Matt, however, found himself inside the Royal Barracks where, orders from Princess Celestia, he trained with the Royal Guards, which he found to be a big surprise when all the guards, except for some of the higher ranking ones, were female. He taught them about his world's different swordsman playstyle, as well as giving them a brief history of how he became a swordsman himself. The guards were rather curios about his story and found themselves wondering how this being was so powerful.

The training itself wasn't too harsh at first, although the guards themselves wouldn't call it easy either. They did some basic blocking, attacking, dodging as well as Matt asking them to mix magic along with it, for those who could wield magic. As said earlier, the training seemed easy at first but it went downhill when Matt said a couple of words.

"I will begin to pick any one of you to spar against me. Starting from...you!"

And the mare that Matt first pointed at was scared to say the least. However, as what the guards soon learned when they saw him spar, was that he was a very kind being. To give an example, when Matt used one of the borrowed swords from the guards many spares, he managed to hit the mare and giving her a rather deep wound at the side. When he saw her writhing in pain, he immediately stopped and ran to her, asking whether she needed to go to the Castle's personal doctors.

Needless to say, she didn't go, causing Matt to ask a different representative.

Right now, the rest of the guards were watching him spar at a safe distance, analyzing his movement and attack patterns.

"Quick Slash!"

Taking a step back, Matt gripped his sword tightly before dashing towards the mare at lightning speed, with the mare just barely blocking the attack. Letting go of the pressure that Matt was applying, quickly swung his hand around and tried to slash her, only to hit nothing but the air as she dodged it with relative ease.

"Take cover!" Matt yelled, causing the mare to look at him confusingly.

Matt then raised his sword with both of his hands before yelling out a word.

"Tremor!"

He then slammed the tip of his blade against the hard ground, making it crack slightly. After a moment, a slight tremor could be felt coursing through the ground, causing the earth beneath the mare to erupt outwards. Earth spike then emerged, catching the mare off guard slightly. Using what little strength she had left, she jumped out of the way, barely escaping a spike that nearly scratched her at the sides.

Panting heavily, the mare dropped to her knees, her sword impaled into the ground. Matt sighed, knowing that she couldn't handle any more. "Alright, go rest up. I can tell you need it" he said, walking towards her. Once he reached her, he reached out his hand towards her. "Come on now. Get up" he said softly.

The mare in particular stared at him for a while, her eyes darting back and forth between his smile and his hand, before grabbing his hand, allowing him to pull her up. She grabbed her sword and pulled it out of the ground.

"Say, I never really got your name. Nor for the other female" Matt said, placing his sword behind him as he crossed his arms.

"Cosmic Shard....The one before me was Silver Gleam" the mare known as Shard said to Matt, causing him to nod.

"Alright then. Send her my apologies. I really didn't mean it" he said, rubbing his neck sheepishly.

Shard nodded, panting slightly less as she grabbed her sword and left the so called 'arena'. Just as Matt was about to call someone else, a voice caught his attention from the distance.

"Hey Matt!". Matt turned around to find his buddy Lance walking to him, his gunblade could be seen from behind his back.

When he got near, the two gave each other a fist bump, smiling widely.

"Girls, this is Lance. You probably know him by now" Matt chuckled as Lance took off his officer's cap and gave a bow.

The guards didn't say much aside from various looks among themselves. "Hey don't be like that! This guy's really nice. He wont bite. Trust me". There was a bit of hesitation at first among the mares, but eventually, they all started to hold a conversation with the gunner and even the swordsman.

Along the corridor towards the Royal Garden, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were quietly walking, still contemplating over the events that had transpired over the last couple of hours. However, the duo's thoughts were interrupted when they heard laughter coming from the gardens.

The two looked at each other for a moment before seemingly having the same idea to check what it was all about. "What do you think our guards are laughing about sister?" Luna asked, trying to break the silence between the two.

Celestia merely sighed and shrugged before replying, "I honestly have no idea dear sister".

As the two entered the gardens, they were greeted by an odd sight.

Matt was juggling all sorts of items with relative ease as Lance kept on throwing more items onto the pile, causing the guards to break into laughter when Matt lost his footing and dropped everything he juggled onto his head, causing him to spin his head for a few turns before shaking off the concussion, him and Lance laughing along as well.

From the mere sight, Celestia and Luna smiled, knowing that their guards were now more at ease with the two new creatures.

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"Wow!" Anna and Natalie exclaimed in delight from the sight of the magnificent buildings of Canterlot.

A few moments ago, the entire group had finally reached Canterlot, taking a bit of time due to an unfortunate rail track incident.

"No time to waste!" Twilight said, pulling the two girls along.

Snapping out of their trance, Natalie and Anna ran behind the group, catching the attention of the snooty ponies, mostly the stallions, causing their marefriends to hit them.

Once they reached the castle, two guards stopped them as their lances were blocking their path. "Halt!" They yelled out loud. "No pony is allowed to enter"

Twilight only gave them an unamused look. "Guys...It's me. You know, Princess Twilight Sparkle?" she asked, completely unamused.

The guards seemed to have recognized the purple alicorn. "O-Oh! Our mistake Princess!" One of the guards said before the two relaxed their stances, letting them through.

Once inside, both Anna and Natalie couldn't help but gander at the beautiful marbled walls, the stunning architecture and the murals. It was truly a sight to behold. "This is so cool!" Anna exclaimed in delight, her green eyes sparkling ever so slightly.

It was then that Twilight noticed both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, both in their usual royal regalia, walking slowly towards them. They didn't seem to notice the gang as they were talking among each other. Twilight then decided to call out to them.

"Princess Celestia! Princess Luna!" Twilight called out, waving her hands in the air to catch their attention.

Needless to say, the royal sisters caught sight of her and smiled. When they were a couple of meters away, Celestia decided to greet her with a hug. "Twilight. How nice of you to come along. Oh? It seems your friends are here too" Celestia said in her usual motherly tone. She then noticed two very odd creatures before asking, "Twilight, who are those two?", pointing a finger to both Anna and Natalie, whom were still staring at the murals on the wall.

"Oh! I wanted to ask you about them actually. They say they're humans and they came from a different world" Twilight said, summarizing what she had learned from the two new girls.

This caused Celestia eyes to widen considerably. Twilight noticed this and asked, "Princess, are you ok?"

"Twilight..." Celestia started, "....Are their names Anna and Natalie..?" she asked, keeping her voice toned down.

This time, Twilights eyes widened. "Yes actually! How did you know?"

"Are they here to check on somepony named Matthew and Lance?" Luna asked this time around.

Twilight was now getting suspicious. How did they know? It was impossible to tell since the two of them just came to this world. Unless...

"...Twilight, can you ask them to come over here?" Celestia asked, causing Twilight to comply with a very slow nod.

"Anna! Natalie! This is my mentor and the Princess of the sun, Princess Celestia. Co-ruler of Equestria. And this is Princess Luna, Princess of the moon, Co-ruler of Equestria and Celestia's sister" Twilight said, holding a welcoming smile.

As soon as both of the girls laid their eyes on the two princesses, it would have seemed that they were about to pop right out of their sockets. They were relatively tall, only being about a head taller than them, not counting their horn. They were both stunning and beheld an aura of grace as well as authority. It was then that Natalie mentally sighed, thanking them for having a bigger breast size than her. It was stressful enough to find most men ogling her.

Just as Celestia was about to say something, Anna beat her to it. "Wow! You're really tall!! I wish I can be that tall! I don't want to be short~..." Anna ended in a small frown, but it was nonexistent due to how quick it changed into a sheepish smile. "I..I mean...Umm...H-Hello.." she said in an embarrassed tone, causing both of the royal sisters to laugh.

However, it was at that time that they heard a scream. Followed by a whizzing noise and then a huge explosion from the nearby wall. Once the dust cleared away, all that could be seen was Matt lying on the pile of broken debris, his Heavens gate in his right hand as he rubbed his head with his left. This caught the sight of both the Mage and the archer.

"MATT?!?!" Anna and Natalie exclaimed, causing the blonde swordsman to turn his head to the two before grinning.

"Hey! I was wondering where the two of you were!". Matt got up and dusted himself before his face soon turned into one of seriousness, which was rare for a guy so carefree like him. "No real time to explain. Let's just say that the Praetorian is back and it doesn't seem too happy" Matt said, causing both Anna and Natalie's eyes to widen as the rest to look at them confusingly.

"In short, big robot. Came out of nowhere. Wants to destroy stuff" Matt summarized to the best of his ability, this widened their eyes considerably.

Then, out of nowhere, a voice pierced the silence in the room. One that only Matt, Natalie and Anna could recognize very well.

"Hyper Beam!"

They then heard a long "Bzzz" before a grey colored beam tore through the other side of the wall from the otherwise now known 'wall-turned-hole'.

"Come on! Times wasting!" Matt yelled, putting his sword on his back as he grabbed both of the girls hands and dragged them to the royal garden, where they saw Lance holding his 'Super Snipe' rifle. He turned around and saw Matt with Anna and Natalie, which surprised them.

"Hey! We could really use some help here" Lance simply said, before a red beam was aimed at his chest. A moment later, , the robot's chest opened up and revealed numerous machine guns, fire bursts of bullets at Lance to which he simply dodged them in relative ease.

Afterwards, a red line seemed to run up and down the group, causing the Praetorian to stop for a while before saying something in a metallic voice.

"Matthew. Class:Swordsman. Likes: Swords, Food, Heavy metal, Treasure, Slaying enemies. Dislikes: Long dialogues, Low EXP rates, Lag. Weapons: Unlimited Swords. All stolen"

"Hey! So what if I stole most of it! Not everything's stolen you garbage!" Matt yelled, throwing a rock at the gigantic robot.

"Natalie. Class: Mage. Likes: Peace, Sweets, Tree hugging, Cute things, Healing. Dislikes: Tentacles, Death, Evil spikes, Being sent to the kitchen. Weapons: Powerful Magic and Huge boobs"

"H-Hey!!" Natalie yelled when the robot said her boobs were weapons, causing Anna to unconsciously grip hers, a small frown on her face.

"Anna. Class: Archer. Likes: Tree hugging, Nature, Cute creatures, Pet bushes, Healthy food, Living. Dislikes: Dying, Tentacles, Toxic materials, Computers, Big words. Weapons: Variety of bows. Cuteness overload"

"Cool!" Anna yelled, grinning.

"Hey, why didn't he say you stats and whatnot Lance?" Matt asked, pointing a finger at Lance in an accusing tone.

"He did a while ago. Said I was a bomb freak, liking guns and explosions and that I'm stupid" Lance replied in an unamused tone.

The group groaned before taking their stances next to each other. The entire garden was silent, the many eyes of the female guards, the elements and the Princesses stared at the group.

And then, the Praetorian swung its red metallic katana, as if it was leading a charge. Suddenly, two robots wearing a brown leather jackets materialized beside the Praetorian, a small sword stuck on top the hat of one, while the other had a magazine.

"Shit! A gunslinger and a swordslinger!" Lance yelled out loud, placing his ridiculously large black rifle on his back as he gripped his gunblade tightly.

"Natz, Anna, take care of the two slingers first. Lance and I will distract the Praetorian" Matt whispered to his teammates, earning a nod for a reply.

The battle began when Matt yelled out one word.

"Cataclysm!"

Matt the slammed his sword down onto the ground. The ground beneath them started to shake ferociously, sending many ponies in the City of Canterlot of quake in fear. Moments later, a huge pillar of earthy stone erupted from the ground beneath the Praetorian, sending it reeling back as it shot many small rockets in retaliation, most of which the four were able to dodge. Those that did hit them had stung quite a bit.

"Barrier"

A moment later, after chanting in an unknown language, a red barrier surrounded the four heroes in the shape of multiple diamonds, increasing their resilience against any kind of magical attacks their foes might toss at them. Natalie then cupped her hands and placed then on top of her chest, chanting in another unknown language, her staff somehow able to stay vertical.

"Thunder Storm!"

Natalie yelled, slamming the the bottom tip of her staff onto the ground. Moments later, a loud rumble could be heard from up above in the sky, the clouds started to gather as thy turned dark in color, sparks of lightning being emitted dangerously. Not a moment too soon, a series of lightning bolts fell from the clouds and struck the robots, causing a sizzling sound to be heard and, what seemed to be, a low metallic groan emitted from the Praetorian.

Whispering a couple of words to himself, Matt's sword suddenly glowed red along the outline. With a grin, he then charged headlong into danger, the metallic behemoth readying its red katana. Jumping in the air, Matt narrowly dodged the katana slash that was meant for him, before he yelling out into the heavens.

"Legend!"

Landing with a loud impact, Matt slashed the Praetorian in the chest, leaving a huge cut. Dodging the other attacks meant for him, Matt gripped his sword and gave several swift, yet painful, jabs, in which the Praetorian had to block most of it with its gigantic metallic shield. Matt then twisted his right hand and thrusted the sword upwards before delivering a mighty blow, sending the shield to fly meters away.

Meanwhile, Lance was helping the two girls against more slingers that had materialized out of nowhere. Lance was partnering Anna to help Natalie fully cast her spells, the both of them shooting a flurry of mixed bullets and arrows that either whizzed past the many robots or it actually hit them, sending sparks of electricity to fly around. However, they also had to dodge the many bullets and swords that were shot at them, which most of it they had managed to dodge.

At the corner of his eye, a lone Swordslinger managed to sneak behind Natalie who was practically a healing ward, using her trained white magic spells to heal the many wounds that, if left unattended, may kill them. Re-equipping his scanner, Lance gripped the handle of his gunblade with both hands, a finger lying on the trigger.

"Snipe"

Lance whispered to himself before he pulled the trigger. The bullet then whizzed past Natalie's right ear before hitting the robot dead center in the head. Natalie flinched when she heard a high pitched screech and sparks flying about. Turning around, she saw the dead robot with a hole in its head. Turning back, she simply saw Lance looking at her with a smile as the barrel of his gunblade emitted a small smoke train. Smiling back, Natalie was about to say "Thank you", only to be cut off when a yellow haired blur shot past her, landing on the ground with a groan.

Turning around, she saw Matt get up and dusted himself before gritting his teeth as his right eye glowed red for a moment, before jumping off and yelling a word.

"Revenge!"

Landing on the other side with a loud impact, Matt brought his sword down with a mighty blow towards the Praetorian, leaving a big slice from the top of its metallic chest to the bottom, a series of computer sounds could be heard.

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It was terrifying to say the least.

Moments ago, this metallic behemoth had suddenly appeared saying it wanted to destroy everything. The guards couldn't do much against its strong titanium plated chest, only making their swords and spears bounce off. The unicorns tried to use magic and needless to say, the most they could do was fry a very small portion of its outer layer.

And now, here they are, these four new beings, fighting against this gigantic robot thing and it's minions. Everypony could only stare in amazement at how easy it looked when Matt sliced and diced the robot, how fast the projectiles from Lance and Anna were and on how potent Natalie's magic was.

In everypony's eyes, they were a force to be reckoned with.

Rainbow Dash couldn't help but grin at how cool the moves this 'Matt' could do, delivering mighty blows as he managed to dodged almost all of his foes attack with ease. And this 'Lance', he never missed a shot from his weapon. All she could heard was a couple of 'PEW PEW PEW' and his enemies suddenly dropped down with ease.

Twilight was enthrall we in how Natalie castes her spells. True, she didn't have a horn, but she had thought that her hands would at least glow, signifying the spell cast. But nothing of the sorts. She just simply said what spell she wanted, and it just happens. This, 'Thunder Storm'' she casted, was one such example, causing a black clouds to suddenly appear as sparks of lightning struck down.

For the two Princesses, it was a horrifying. Princess Celestia had thought that Matt was maybe using some sort of amulet that had let him survive that magical blow against Starburst. But she couldn't help but widen her eyes when she saw the metallic behemoth grab him and throw him into the ground.

Very hard.

And yet, he survived, not looking that fazed at all! He even jumped up high afterwards and delivered a blow against the robot.

She really couldn't that the four of them we're nought to fight this being. Matt just simply gave her a small smirk before he continued to pull the two girls his hands were holding onto.

Princess Luna could only stare in amazement at the creatures. When her sister first said about how powerful they were, she was very hesitant to agree. However, now as they displayed their combat prowess, she wouldn't doubt their strength, although, she thought, maybe a scientific testing is needed for research.

With another loud crash, the two Princess and the elements found themselves watching a dust cloud. After it cleared, it showed Matt whom was, once again, thrown by the behemoth. He was gritting his teeth in anger and he jumped up onto his feet, exclaiming that, "I had enough! Guys! I'm taking them out now!"

He then raised his sword and his entire body glowed red for a moment. Gripping his sword with his two hands, his entire form disappeared as he took a small step forward. Moments later, he appeared next to every single one of the robots, in lightning quick succession as he kept on appearing and then disappearing. When he came to the behemoth, he jumped up into the air before he pierced the robot, leaving a gigantic hole in its chest. He then landed on his right foot and left knee, a rouge wind seemingly passed by him, causing his hair to flow as he stared at the ground, his hat obstructing anyone who wanted to see his face.

Still kneeling down, he pointed his sword towards his right as he spoke a few words.

"Aku Zoku Zan. Swift death to evil"

And then, all the slingers sizzled for a moment before falling and then exploding, a flurry of explosions kicking up tons of dust. The behemoth then said in its deep metallic voice, "System Malfuntioning! Unable to recover!" before many small explosions erupted from the inside, causing the behemoth to topple over. Once it was all done, Matt stood up, his hair flowing against the same rogue wind as he faced away everyone, a small smirk forming on his face.

Author's Note:

Phew...A long chapter...Goddamn I'm tired. I got the statistics idea for Anna, Natalie and Matt when I played Ebf3. Matt and Natalie was take from the game itself while I made Anna on my own accord.

(New OC's: Silver Gleam, Cosmic Shard)

Comments

[flufpufhuf]

Simply epic!!!!!!!

[Simon Spellcaster]

Awesome, I must say. Have a like

[The Oversoul]

Yes. Much win. Much like. I do enjoy how you put Praetorian in so early, I was honestly expecting some bosses to appear later. The first Limit Break has been used, and actually beat Praetorian. Was his HP low, or was Matt just VERY pissed at it?

[Krokorokok]

4638337 Pissed or low HP?

What if I told you that he was pissed. Oh so pissed. Anyways, expect him to be one of the first summons that will be used.

Nolegs being the first

[namvo222]

would love to see their reaction to matt:P

[JohnIsOffline]

Huge boobs

True story.

[the other sans]

leaving a huge hole that lead to the
Earth spike then emerged
No pony is allowed to enter
his Heavens gate in his right hand
and revealed numerous machine guns, fire bursts of bullets at Lance
Suddenly, two robots wearing a brown leather jackets
sending many ponies in the City of Canterlot of quake in fear
sending the shield to fly meters away
and it's minions
Twilight was enthrall we in how Natalie castes her spells
causing a black clouds to suddenly appear
She really couldn't that the four of them we're nought to fight this being

1. Led.
2. An earth spike then emerged.
3. Nopony.
4. Forgot to capitalise.
5. Firing.
6. Extra A.
7. To.
8. Sending the shield flying meters away.
9. Its.
10. Twilight was enthralled in how Natalie coasted her spells.
11. Extra A.
12. Right, you lost me for this sentence.

[There At The Close]

Mark II Isn't gonna be happy...
Thank GOD you didn't do the 'three-at-a-time-rule' from EBF4. That'd be wierd.

Love it so far!
~Wywint