> Foxtails > by gypsyfox > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > the end of one path > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd person For the first time in years jinx was smiling. As he climbed up starhaven mountain the weather had changed from pouring rain, to a light drizzle. The cloud cover was clearing and he could see the stars and constellations of his home. Many would call the druid a crazy son of a bitch for even trying to climb the mountain in this weather, but he was in no more danger right now than when he was walking down the road. If he fell he would just turn into a bird or ask one of the many trees he had passed to catch him. You see, while many of the races in this world could use magic very few had the ability to use druidism, also referred to by many races as nature magic. At last he finally reached the top of the mountain. As jinx stared down at the land before him he had but one thought, home. For 2988 years jinx had been traveling, ever since discord had been defeated. He had decided that he had been gone for far to long. As he thought this he started to set up his camp and with a simple cantrip, started a fire on the ledge he had taken shelter in.  As he laid down on his bedroll he recalled how the final battle had gone. (Flashback) It had just become morning when jinx's torn and broken body had been slammed into the ground. He was missing several of his teeth and was ceartain he had broken at least a quarter of the bones in his body. The battle that had caused him to be in this state had been going on for three days. Unfortunately the bastard that had put him in this state was in a lot better condition. As discord walked over to jinx he asked what was the point of that was? the self proclaimed god was confused when jinx smiled and simply said, "I'm a distraction," as the light from the elements of harmony washed over his body, and the music of discords panicked screams echoed in his ears. Jinx was shaken out of his memories by what sounded like panicked screaming, It was female and it was coming from further down the mountain, as jinx jumped from his bedroll he shifted into a large raven and flew to where he heard the screaming. From his position he could see a small shape huddled into a crevice, and the manticore that was trying to eat it. Now normally he would just throw a fireball and be done with it but there was a chance he could hit the mare, so mid flight he shifted back into his normal form and conjured his spear. Grabbing his spear he positioned himself to hit the manticore in the back of the head spear first. As jinx impacted the manticores head killing it he thrust his spear forward and used his spear as a spring board to land in front of the pony and give a quick bow. What he wasn't expecting was to get bucked in the fox hood with the force of a small battering ram. (Rainbow dash's pov) To say rainbow dash was panicking would be a under statement. She had taken Scootaloo out to the mountain to try and teach the squirt how to fly, she had set down in a small meadow that they had flown across 3 times now, but when she had turned her head for just a second and when she had looked back Scootaloo was gone. She was about to take of when she heard her scream. When she had gotten to where she heard the scream she saw a bloody bipedal fox with an even more bloody spear standing over scoots. So rainbow dash did the first thing that came to mind, she delivered a flying kick directly to its midsection. She was about to hit the fox again when Scootaloo had yelled at her to stop and began to explain that the fox had helped her, and had killed the manticore that was attacking her. While she was still weary of the being that could take down a manticore so easily she did move to make sure it was alright.  The fox like being had orangish red fur and was shirtless so she could see the runes and symbols that covered his back and chest. After making sure he was still breathing she decided to look at his spear. The spear's tip was shaped like a leaf and was made out of a silver colored metal and had a blue vein like material across the service that conjoined at the tip, its shaft was made out of a dark almost black metal that had runes carved into it. When she reached out to touch the spear with her hoof her mind felt as if it was having a couple hundred books worth of knowledge being stuffed into her head just as the pain was about to be to much Scootaloo tackled her away from the spear. She could briefly hear Scootaloo asking her if she was alright before her eyes closed. (Jinx's pov) 1 person The first thing I felt when I woke up was pain, Oh god the pain, and the second thing I felt was a ear splitting headache ,The third thing I noticed was that the filly that I had saved was yelling again. Drowsily I opened my eyes to see the orange and purple haired pony trying to help a blue Pegasus with a rainbow mane. She looked like she was having a seizure and her eyes were glowing blue. It took me a moment to realize she had been affected by the curse I had laid on my spear a month prior. When I realized this my eyes widened and I shot to my paws. And as I rushed over to the rainbow haired Pegasus I started to chant the appropriate spells to save her life. After an hour of doing this the Pegasus finally stopped shaking and started to breath normally. When I had made sure she was stable I turned to the orange pony that had been silently watching me, and asked her name. "Scootaloo" she answered, "What's yours?" she asked. "The names jinx  'jinx the fox" > and the begining of another > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Jinx's pov ,1st person] As I sat in the alcove I had made my camp I started to think upon what I had been told. I turned to Scootaloo, "from what you've said a lot has changed since I've left, it's understandable I've been gone for almost 2000 years". I was distracted from my conversation with scootaloo by a sound near the campfire, rainbow dash the Pegasus i had saved was moving. "Hey scootaloo your friends is waking up". "Really"? The orange Pegasus said rushed to her friend. I also started To walk over to the downed Pegasus. As i walked over to her I asked her simple questions, "What's your name?" "Rainbow dash." Okay that's good she can remember her name, "how old are you?" "I'm 22." Good, "alright one last question Ms.dash. "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?" "What?" Alright that's good she doesn't appear to have brain damage, witch is very lucky considering the curse on my spear sends pure magic straight to the brain. As rainbow recovered from her impromptu lesson on curses I turned to Scootaloo. "What we're you even doing out here?" "Rainbow was teaching me how to fly, but I saw something flickering on the mountain and decided to investigate. The manticore must of saw me and decided that I would have made a nice snack." The flickering she saw must have been my campfire. "Guess it was a good thing i was camped here huh?" "Yes, yes it was." Rainbow dash seemed to have finally gathered her wits ,I'm still mad at her. She must have noticed my glare as she looked at abashed. If it weren't for my regenerative abilities I most likely would not be having children. She finally willed up the ability to speak. "What are you ? You look like those foxfolk in the books about the legends and myths of eques." Something she had said bugged me but I'll ask about it later preferably with my niece. "I am a foxkin. Also referred to as fox spirits ,and on that note ,no more questions for now ,eat you need your strength." As we finished eating the sun started to set, and as they fell asleep in started to pack up my supplies and finish my journey down the mountain. When i got to the border of the ever free I was shocked. While I wasn't expecting it to be the same this was not what I was expecting. The entire forest was changed no that's not the right word it was wrong. The forest used to be a safe haven now it looks like a death giant took a shit on it. " WHAT IN THE EVERLASTING FUCK HAPPEND TO MY FOREST" Thankfully I new that my nieces were fine due to the fact that scootaloo had said that they lived up on canterlot mountain. Looking down at the map i had bought from one of the many traveling gypsys I deduced that I was about 22 miles from a town called ponyville. hmm didn't rainbow dash say that that was were she lived, maybe I should drop by and check on her, make sure that curse didn't leave any side effects While I was walking towards my destination I noticed a pair of piercing yellowish green eye. The everfree being my home has left me with a unique amount of knowledge when it comes to the animals of the Forrest but this was not one of them. I wasted no time in nabbing the creature with my magic, what the fuck. It was one of my Forest guardians. I was not angry nor was I calm or sad ,not even happy no I was fucking furious. Someone or something had taken my guardians and somehow corrupted them ,then it dond on me how they didn't need to corrupt the guardians. All they needed to do was corrupt the forest. "I am so going to have a long talk with my nieces. It had just dawned on me that it was getting dark and I decided that I was not going to sleep in the forest and just kept walking down the trail. " Just keep walking , just keep walking , just keep walking walking walking. You know that talking fish was weird but she was right that song can be put with just about anything." Since I had nothing better to do I let my mind drift to the places that I've traveled, places that most of those still alive don't even remember, places such as portals to alternate dimensions. Places like earth oh boy those Templars and that priest just would not leave me alone. Although those Vikings sure knew how to make some very good mead, that and the women weren't that bad looking, neither were the men for that matter. They were quite friendly after I enchanted there boats with weather and fire resistance and made them more durable in general. I was distracted from my thoughts by a low growling coming from my left as I turned to see another one of the twisted abominations that had ounce been a guardian of the forest I heard something lunge at me from behind. I had ducked just in time to see another one of the wooden abominations crash into the first. I unleashed a bolt of foxfire from my hand turned both of the dammed things to ash. Just as i was about to relax three more of the wooden wolves showed up. I quickly summoned my spear and started channeling magic throe it. I waited for the first wolf to lunge at me when it got close I grabbed by the sides of its head and slammed it into my knee. Then I spun around and impaled the second with my spear, one more flourish and I delivered a punch straight to last one's muzzle taking it's head clear off. After finding a stream and washing of my spear and armor as the wolves had sap for blood I looked down at my map and realized as I looked up I could see ponyville. I could also see the outline of canterlot witch was a lot bigger than the old castle. " Good gods and goddesses celly what ever happened to you being modest". After I finished gawking at the castle I started to walk down the path to ponyville. "Here's to hoping they all don't act like rainbow dash oun kick to the kit makers was enough thank You." > ponyville > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- There it is, ponyville, I thought it would be bigger, just as I started to walk down the path a pain in my crotch reminded me of my earlier statement. maybe I shouldn't go in my current form but what should I look like oh I know I started to channel magic into the air around me and watch as my paws started to turn to hooves and my snout widen before my body was covered in foxfire, I opened my eyes and checked that I had got everything correct. Instead of the fiery orange fur that I normally sported was a deep purple and black coat and a dark blue mane as well as a more equine form instead of my vulpine one, I also appeared to have eyes like that of a fox, my cutie mark was a pentacle made of foxfire with a fox's face in the middle. As I looked I almost instantly thought of a name for my new form foxfire. With my disguise made and my nerves finally calmed I started to walk towards the town. While I was walking I could not help but notice the rainbow streak flying and doing tricks above the town,damn she's fast the town itself was not all that special nothing that you wouldn't find in any other town. The only thing that really caught my attention was the tree library. I was about to start walking towards the thing until I got blindsided by a scooter and a wagon. When I finally regained my senses after being attacked by a weaponized scooter I noticed the three fillies asking me if I was alright. Wait I knew that voice,"scootaloo?" "Wha how do you know my name are you a spy" I was confused at first when she didn't recognize me until I remembered that I was wearing a disguise, "wow I'm not sure if I should be offended that you don't recognize the foxy fellow that save you from becoming manticore food. As I say this I alter my disguise a bit to let my eyes become more prominent and make my teeth sharper. I must admit watching a pony's eyes do that is kind of unnerving. I was not expecting the other two to run away screaming about vamponys . As I waited for scootaloo's brain to reboot I started to walk towards the library again. Out the corner of my eye I saw the other two watching me before darting out and grabbing there friend. I nearly ran into the door because I was watching them, going inside I was pleasantly surprised by the design of the place although there appeared to be nobody home. I decided to look over the books and selected the book on legends of equestria. While I was flipping through the pages something they said caught my eye [b]the legend of jinx the fox, jinx the fox was a foxlike shape shifter who on several occasions was claimed to be the adopted brother of Faust. He was well known for his patience and the ability to control the elements. According to the legends and story's he could wipe out entire army's by himself. Despite this jinx was often known as a caring creature often taking care of princess celestia and Luna. And while he could easily make a move for the throne he did not, when asked why he simply responded with the phrase, all power is a jade what need have I for subjects when I have freedom. The last known sighting of this strange being was thousands of years ago, and he is thought to have been killed during the chaos wars. As I finished I sat back stunned,they think I'm dead I mean I guess I could understand why I didn't really tell them that I was leaving but dead, damn. I was shaken out of my thoughts by arguing coming from the front door. "I'm telling you twilight he told me his name was jinx the fox and he was a bipedal foxlike being, hay scootaloo will confirm it." "And I'm telling you dash that jinx the fox is and old myth. Made up by some colt or filly, I'm sure that if a creature like that existed that the princess would tell me about him." I'm not sure if I should be offended by that or not. The two arguing ponies finally rounded the corner I immediately recognized them both as rainbow dash and twilight sparkle. "And I think that its funny that you think that the princess would tell you every thing about her personal life." as I said this both of there heads shot up and stared at me it was kind of funny actually. Rainbow was the first to recover from her surprise. " Who the hay are you and how did you get in here?" " I got in here by walking through the front door after all this is a public library. As for who I am my name if foxfire I'm a traveling gypsy." what I said seemed to have calmed her down though she was still slightly guarded in posture, twilight finally decided to join in the conversation. " Alright but what did you mean by that comment about celestia" "I mean that celestia is nearly a millennia old but she's still a pony I imagine that she has some secrets of her own I mean everyone has secrets." As I answered her she seems to have noticed that I talked about her like a friend then like a princess she opened her mouth to say but rainbow dash interrupted her " what are you doing in here then and what kind of gypsy where's armor?" "Well I was reading a book about legends of equestria before a very rude pony interrupted me as for the armor thing, I do. "That might have been a bit rude but I think she deserved it. I was about to speak before twilight cut me off. " Oh and how do you know the princess so well Mr. Fox ?"well shit I wasn't expecting her to ask that what should I do tell her the truth, no that would be boring, alright how about a half truth." I'm a friend of hers you see I " I was interrupted by a diamond dog bursting through the door wielding a spear, yelling about slaves. well shit. Wait what was that about slaves. I could see my vison turning red. excerpt from the legends of equestria - there was only one time that jinx the fox has ever truly killed for no reason, and that was the slavers of paradise falls it was determined that day that due to his views on freedom and the remains of the slavers that if you were a slaver and you caught the attention of jinx that you better pray to whatever god or goddess you believed in because he will kill you > the fight scene 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wiping bits of dead diamond dog off my chainmail was a rather annoying task and it did not help that I had put just a bit to much force behind that fireball, not waiting for the response of the two ponies behind me I ran through the door. The first thing I noticed was the diamond dog that was preparing to throw what looked a lot like a molititov cocktail, I quickly took care of him with a small lightening bolt. Causing him to drop it and set himself on fire. Quickly summoning my spear and reinforcing my disguise I charged the nearest diamond dog, impaling him on the end of my spear and roasting him with fox fire.good god that smells bad.spinning around and slicing the next one across the chest watching as the enchantment on my spear caused him to spasm and drop the pony he was carrying. I looked down at the pony to make sure he was alright, his eyes widened and I felt a pain in the back of my head. Turning around I saw a diamond dog holding a mace preparing to hit me again. Turning my hoof made a rather solid connection to his balls causing him to drop to the ground. Raising up on my hind legs i brought my hooves down directly on his head with a loud squelch. Galloping down the road I spotted a group of guards fighting what looked to be the diamond dog alpha. He was wearing what i asumed to be steel plate mail with runes carved into it. He was also wielding a great sword with surprising speed. Cleanly beheading one of the guards before he could move, it also appeared to be enchanted if the guard’s festering wounds were any indication.note to self do not get hit by that sword.changing course to intercept the chieftain that was making quick work of the guards i readied a fire bolt spell shooting it at the alpha’s face, To my shock he made no attempt to dodge or block my spell. I quickly realized why as the fire hit him in the face and was absorbed into the armor. I’m not sure what shocked the guards more the fireball the size of a pony or the threstral throwing it.ah shit I forgot I’m still disguised that will take some explaining.quickly summoning my spear as magic seemed to have no affect on the son of a bitch, I threw it at him. He quickly spun around and grabbed it by the shaft. I quickly unsummoned the spear as he spun to impale a unicorn guard. As he was distracted with disappearing spears I lunged conjuring a bastard sword as I did so, taking a swing at his head with surprising grace he ducked. He then proceeded to kick me in the chest with enough force to kill most ponies. Suddenly a lot more thankful for my armor I backed up a few feet and coughed up some blood. fuck he hits way to hard to not be getting magical aid from something.then I noticed it his armor adsorbed magic but the runes on it formed another enchantment. It allowed him to use that magic to make himself stronger. Quickly realizing that I would not be able to touch him with conventional or magical attacks I did something I should have done at the beginning of the fight using my magic I turned the ground below the alpha into mud and as he sank I summoned roots to drag him down further into the mud. Ounce his head had finaly been submerged in the mud I turned it to stone and then into iron. I sat on my haunches where I had finished my spell and tried to catch my breath. Looking up I observed my surroundings the diamond dogs that had been coming to help their alpha had stopped and were staring at me in shock and horror, as were the guards that had been fighting them. Looking at the dioamand dogs I let my eyes and my fangs show throu my disguise, “boo.” They ran away screaming about a demon from Tartarus as did the guards, I think there was something about a changeling somewhere among the screaming. I didn’t really care as I was to busy laughing my ass off at the expression that they made when I said that. I was shaken from my humor by a sharp pain in the back of my neck, turning around I looked at the midnight black chitin of a changeling queen holding a black steel spear to my throat, “hello chrysalis its been a while.” The shape-shifter stared at me in confusion her spear still pointed at my face it was quite obvious that she didn’t recognize my voice, that wasn’t surprising seeing as it had been quite a few years since we had last met.hmm I might lay low with this a bit, no reason to let my enemies know I’ve returned just yet. I plane shifted backwards about 5 feet behind her and threw a bolt of magic at her. She attempted to dodge the bolt but it grazed her side leaving a thin line of blood. Seeing that she wasn’t expecting me to escape that easily and actually attack her she was stunned. Using this to my advantage I attempted to hit her with the butt of my spear grazing her shoulder causing her to stager, spinning my spear in an attempt to slice her across the barrel yet again leaving a thin line of blood across her chest. Unfortunately as I was focusing on chrysalis one of her drones had snuck up behind me and stabbed me in the ass with a rapier made of a green crystal like substance. Spinning around I delivered a punch strait into the poor changelings face watching as the bugs eyes popped out of his skull and his teeth shattered. I spun around with my spear just in time to block chrysalis’s spear from splitting my head open. Quickly letting a bolt of lighting fly at her I attempted to stab her through the heart. She stepped back and swung her horn at my face scratching a line of blood across my face, bringing a hoof up to my face in pain I didn’t notice chrysalis charging up her horn I did notice the bolt of green magic hitting me in the chest.fuck that hurt I’m really out of practice when it comes to fighting people on the same level as me.standing up I blocked the next bolt of magic with a shield. Dropping the shield I quickly unleashed a volley of explosive bolts that hit all around the changeling queen. As the smoke cleared I saw that there was nothing there.ha she must have ran away, fucking coward. hearing hoof steps behind me I was met with a orange hoof hitting me in the face as I fell to the ground and my vision started to go black all I could think was,well shit I knew I should have worn a helmet. > ponies are sqeamish > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- the first thing I noticed as I woke up was I couldn't move the second thing was that I couldn't cast my magic. thankfully my disguise was still at work.well I've been in worse situations I mean there was that time I got sent to the capital wasteland and met that man, what was his name Ethan something he definitely earned his title of crazy son of a bitch. then there was that time I got stuck in between the void and that weird man in the blue box saved me. or that one time I got trapped on a planet full of female furrys in heat I ha- I was shaken out of my thoughts by hoofsteps coming from the opposite room it sounded like they were headed towards me. I had to do it, it was too good of an opportunity not to, "so is it normal to tie up people who help save your town or do you just do it too those you like" I grinned as I heard a gasp and the sound of glass breaking as whoever was holding it galloped out of the room. I had to wait but a moment before more hoofsteps were heard coming into my room. as I got a good whiff of the area around me I grinned I knew that smell, hmm I didn't think she would still be alive but I don't see any reason to blow her cover. someone decided that it would finally be nice to see my face I guess judging as one of them had decided to remove whatever was blocking my vision, looking around I realized that I was in a jail cell a low slightly worn old cot was in the corner of the room and what appeared to be a toilet in the other corner next to a sink. glancing up there was a small ceiling fan blowing out the air above the toilet. in front of me stood two guards and twilight sparkle and boy she did not look happy. "what are you and don't tell me that your a threstral because threstrals cant use magic and generally don't come out during the day" I already new that this conversation was coming I mean I did use magic in front of both the guard and her. " ok you caught me I'm a 18000 year old shape shifter who uses druidic magic and has a personal vendetta against slavers." "haha like I'm supposed to believe that, you don't have to tell me what you are your not gonna be leaving this cell." oh this was interesting, "oh and why would i not be allowed to leave this cell after all I have done nothing wrong, actually why am I in this cell in the first place? " "nothing wrong", her mouth opened in shock and her eyes conveyed what appeared to be horror, "you murdered 32 diamond dogs without a shred of mercy and you telling me that you did nothing wrong." wait is that what this is all about,wow the ponies seemed to have become quite skittish around violence. "yes that is exactly what I'm telling you and i didn't murder them the correct term would be massacre. "your a monster you don't care about the lives you take and according to the guards you seem to have enjoyed the fighting, guards make sure he doesn't escape I have a letter to right ." well that could have gone better oh well I might as well just go and get on that train thankfully nature magic and unicorn magic worked a hell of a lot differently just because I couldn't feel my magic didn't mean I couldn't use it. using magic without felling it is all about will and imagination looking at the anti magic collar around my neck I willed it to break. thankfully the guards posted in front of my cell door didn't hear the collar hit the ground. standing up I looked at the fan above my head I shifted in the form of a fly and flew out the door. I had just made it out of the guardhouse when the guards raised the alarm, quickly shifting into the form of a male unicorn with a orange color scheme i changed my cutie mark to a book with a fox on it and started to walk towards the train station. as I walked I noticed twilight running towards the jailhouse with six others wearing the elements of harmony.hmm I guess it was about time that they chose new bearers thank the gods that those things wont work on me I mean I helped make the things. looking ahead of me I saw the booth selling train tickets. I would like to buy one ticket to canterlot please" as I said this I dropped 10 gold bits onto his counter he didn't even look up as he handed me the ticket apparently the train for canterlot didn't get here for another 30 minutes. as I was waiting I noticed that the guards were running around questioning ponies about something. I saw one of them heading in my direction. he stopped about 3 feet away from me." you there have you seen a threstral with a black and purple coat with a fox cutie mark?" I'm sorry sir the only pony with a cutie mark involving foxes that I've seen today is me." the guard looked at my cutie mark then nodded and left. goddess its been ages since iv had to hide so much I think the last time I had to do something similar to this was when I was playing with my nieces when I made them try and figure out who I was among a group of ponies. I wander if they'd realize who I was if I walked into there throne room still disguised, no I think I'm going to walk into their castle undisguised maybe cause a panic. I was interrupted from my thoughts by a loud screeching. stepping onto the train I looked back at the town I had just so recently visited and helped save even if the occupants didn't see it that way. and now I remember why I left in the first place, why must I bring trouble everywhere I go even through dimensions the family curse follows me. I mean I guess it makes since I mean its my namesake jinx. that's what my entire life is nowadays one big jinx. I looked up from my thoughts to see the pony asking me for my ticket transforming back into my normal foxish form I handed it to him. I watched as he walked away stunned. staring out the window looking at the mountain castle I almost missed the pony behind me asking what I was doing going to canter lot. turning around to stare at him with a wide grin on my muzzle , "visiting family" > canterlot > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "you know if someone had told me that I was going to meet a dead legend today I probably wouldn't have believed them." I looked down at the pony sitting next to me on the train car "what do you mean?" the old pony just looked at me and sighed "you may be able to pass yourself off as a race from a distant land or maybe a pony experimenting with shapeshifting but I saw the symbols on the back of your neck, along with the fact that you've been singing in vashdin also known as the language of foxes for about 30 minuets and its a dead language so no ones been able to fluently speak it except the princesses for the last 2000 years. all I could do is look at him stunned I mean their had been several people who had determend who I was for various reasons but he just kept stacking them. I opened my mouth to ask him how he knew all of that more importantly how he knew what my runes meant but I was cut off by the intercom "canterlot 10 minuets" when I looked back down to talk to the pony he was gone all that was left where he was sitting was a single silver coin with a fox on one side and a wolf on the other "well that wasn't weird at all. looking out the window of the train I saw the mountain city approaching gathering my stuff I made my way up to the train door stepping off the train I noticed a high amount of guards walking around the station. not wanting to draw attention two myself I threw up my hood and kept walking I made it halfway to the gate before one of the guards stopped me and someone yanked the hood off my head "you there creature what business do you have here" looking at the guard I noticed that he was a unicorn and that he was standing in a aggressive stance. " well guard I was going to go and visit a friend but you seem to have a problem with me, might I ask what that problem might be?" the guard seemed to have developed a scowl when I addressed him and called him out on stopping random people on the street. I also noticed that several other guards seemed to have noticed what was going on as they appeared to be walking towards us. "my problem is that they let mangy mutts like you on the train in the first place, I mean I could see letting in zebras and horses but mutts and gryphons its a disgrace. creatures like you deserve to be put in cages and sold like pets." he raised a hoof and punched me in the stomach clanging on my armor, I barely felt the impact as I felt my vision turn red. I reached down and grabbed him by the throat with one paw and unsheathed the claws on the other paw brining him up to my face I threw him a good 8 feet from where I stood. the guards were actively running towards us now. "I've been in a cage before also been a slave to, as was my sister. you want to know my opinion. I think that anyone that preforms or supports slavery for any reason should be killed on the spot and if I had a choice you would be dead right now. fortunately for you I don't think that my nieces would like it if I killed one of there precious ponies ." as I said this I started to walk away from the approaching guards. they didn't seem to be hostile towards me and I think I actually heard the commanding officer berating the guard. walking down the marble road I began to notice the conversations going on around me. several of the nobles using words like mutt and animal to describe though I think several of the more modest ponies were actually complementing me. I was surprised when one of the nobles wearing a monocle actually complemented my fur. looking behind me and noticing a couple of guards wearing blue armor with white strappings holding up what appeared to be a poster of me. quickly looking around I spotted a donut shop and ducked into it. looking around the donut ship I spotted a brown pony behind the counter. quickly pointing out what I wanted a blueberry Danish and a chocolate glazed donut I sat down at one of the booths and started to eat my Danish. looking out window I observed the blue clad guards as they gave up looking for me it finally donned on me as to why they were chasing me that officer called that guard I threw the son of a prince blueblood. l looking at the menu of the shop I noticed that they sold tea and coffee and ordered some tea. exiting the donut shop I started to head back to the main road keeping an eye out for anymore guards looking down at the map I had so conveniently borrowed from a nearby market stall I seemed to be about an hours walk from the castle gate and had to pass through the noble district and the red district. I didn't really mind passing through the red district but I did have a problem with the noble district as I had already had a problem with one noble today. consulting the map one more time I could avoid both districts and go through the nighttime district but it would add abut 30 minutes to my walk.hmm what to do should I deal with the nobles and or threat of public boner or should I go through the district where there's a chance that I get mugged. walking down the streets of the night district I noticed that a good chunk of the clubs were still closed witch makes sense I guess I mean it is still morning but I would have at least thought it would be more lively I did notice a couple of ponies but none of them were really eye caching a Pegasus with a spikey mane. a unicorn and a earth pony carrying a cello witch I thought odd for a area known for nightclubs a stray dog in a ally. as I walked I did notice that I was being followed by one of those blue guards. I had walked for another hour or so before I noticed that there was a blue armored guard at nearly every corner and that they seemed tp be closing in on me ha in had enough of their shit turned into a raven and started to fly to the dammed castle. as the castle came into sight I started to angle myself towards the throne room using my magic I phased my form through the pane glass window and set down in the middle of the throne room the guards were quick to try and subdue me but I put them asleep and looked there muscles to make them look like they were standing guard. i realized that my nieces were mot here at the moment i went and sat myself down on lulus throne and waited for them to start court. opening a book from my pack I started to read about 28 minutes into my book I heard the doors open and a gasp. looking up at Luna and Celestia stunned faces I grinned like a fox "celly, lulu how have you been?" > heres jinx > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- when I came to canterlot to see my nieces after so long I was expecting a heart felt reunion, a couple hugs maybe a slap or two. what I wasn't expecting was the 15 or so spears pointed at various point of my body. looking back at my nieces I notice that celestia fainted and that Luna was looking at me in shock still. I closed my eyes and opened my arms as to receive a hug 1,2,3, oof opening my eyes I looked at the sobbing alicorn in my arms. " now, now little lulu what's the matter. i started to stroke her hair as she cried into my shoulder. "we thought you were dead. when we defeated discord we went to find you and make sure you were alright but when we got to the battle site all we found was destruction one side of the battle plain looked like discord personal playground the other looked like mother nature herself tried to smite him when we got to the center of it all we found was blood , discord's statue and a few clumps of fur." looking down at her I realized she had stopped crying and that her mane had started to flow again. huh I didn't even see it stop at first. I helped Luna up to her feet. Looking over I saw that celestia had finally recovered. "well as you can see I'm not dead nor am I undead. I wont say why I left but I can tell you it was important and concerned your safety and the safety of the kingdom" as I said this their eyes are filled with curiosity but they didn't ask taking in my surroundings I noticed that the guards that I immobilized are slumped on the ground with unicorns in guard armor checking them. the guards that were close enough to here what was being said were staring between us slacked jawed. looking outside the window I estimated that it was about 6 looking back at my nieces I realized that they were sniffing the air sniffing myself i noticed just how badly I stunk the girls seemed to realize this as well. " uncle why do you smell like blood and dirt? wait don't tell me you had something to do with that letter twilight sent about a magic using deranged threstral massacring diamond dog raiders that had attacked ponyvile, she said he had a fox cutiemark." I rubbed the back of my head with a sheepish grin, "I may have lost my temper a little bit when I heard one of them yelling about slaves and sort of went on a rage filled rampage and then I may have told your student that I didn't care about their lives. celestia just face hoofed and luna giggled although i think that may have been because of the guards looks of horror at what I had said. or maybe they looked like that because they were still pointing spears at someone related to their princesses. I didn't really care what they thought of me as long as they didn't get between me and my girls. "uncle you stink, why don't you go and get a bath I will have a maid show you where the royal bath is. by the time your done washing your fur it should be time for lunch. besides there's some people that you need to meet. "yeah I guess I should" turning around to see the maid I was following she was a pure white mare with a brown mane as I followed her down the hallway she stopped at a door with a symbol of both my nieces chasing each other in a circle looking closer I noticed that thr door was actually enchanted with a sound dampening spell as well as a lock spell. hmm I might have to use that later some of these maids are cute the maid opened the door, " here you go mister jinx I shall be back in 40 minuets to take you to the dining hall." "thank you." walking inside the first thing I noted is that I needed to talk to my nieces about the difference between a tub and a swimming pool. I removed the bloodied chain mail and then the rest of my cloths and stepped into the warm water. quickly washing the blood out of my fur and unmatting my tail I looked up at the clock and realized that I still had about 10 minuets before that maid came back leaning back against the wall of the tub I rested my a little bit. iv,e been to so many places I wander if any of the friends I've made over the years are still alive, even If they aren't it doesn't matter I'm home now even if its a bit different, I have family here and they need me that's all that matters. maybe I should settle down and have a few children my self. I'm sure that would make someone happy. I was brought out of my thoughts by the maid taping on the door looking at the clock I realized that it was time. putting away my armor I decided that I would attend dinner without a shirt as well just pants I mean the ponies run around buck naked I see no reason not to forgo a shirt. quickly flash drying the rest of the moisture out of my fur I put my stuff I'm my bag and opened the door the maid was standing o the other side looking inpatient " come were going to be late if we don't hurry I see your no longer wearing your armor good it was not fitting for someone to be wearing it In front of the princesses." I decided that I was simply going to ignore her comment and keep following her as we walked down the hall I noticed that at all of the paintings and portraits on the walls not a single one held a picture held the image of my nieces. still being modest aren't you celly I always did like that about you. looking back at the maid I realized that we were at our destination. looking down at the maid I thanked her and entered the dining hall. sitting down across from Luna I looked around the table and noticed that despite the fact that there were three of us at the table there were 3 extra bowls on the table. " so what did you think of the castle" looking around for a moment ad deciding how I should word my answer I looked back at celestia. " in my honest opinion I think that its to bright I've yet to see a part of this castle that isn't gold or marble that and your guards are horrible from what I observed from that fight in ponyVille they could use some harder training, witch is why I think that I'm going to run your guards through the training courses of my old guards." I was interrupted from my tirade by the doors of the dining hall opening. the first pony that walked through the door was a unicorn stallion with a blue mane and shield cutiemark with stars, the second was a pink alicorn with a multihued main and a crystal heart as a cutiemark. what hold on what, wings, horn yep that's defiantly a alicorn I looked at her in shock I mean what else was I supposed to do whipping around to face my nieces I stared at them in shock looking between them I tried to figure out witch one it belonged to." celesta why didn't you tell me you had a daughter". rushing over to the pink alicorn I pinched her cheeks" oh she's so cute where's the father I have to put the fear of nature into him" "uncle,uncle,uncle!" looking up from the pink alicorn and ignoring the very pissed looking unicorn I looked at my very loud niece. " what cant you see I'm busy spoiling your daughter I mean she's so small and cute and don't tell me she belongs to luna because she's way to bright for that." looking at Luna I saw that she was facehoofing and that celestia was looking annoyed. "princess cadence is neither mine nor luna's daughter. she was born to two earth pony's that were exposed to an extreme amount of magic unfortunately her mother died at childbirth and her father was killed when she was 1, so I decided to take her under my wing as her aunt." I just stare at her in disappointment I was about to start talking when a white unicorn with a blond mane walked through the door " aunty the bathroom smells like wet dog and there was a little bit of blood on the floor I need you to fire all of the maids to makes sure you get the perpetrator. that and apparently while my son was on guard duty he was assaulted by a weird fox like creature when he tried to deny the beast from entering the city. I demand that this freak be found and put in the dungeon for life. the room was quiet and half the guards were looking at me in fear were looking at me with smiles. I on the other hand was looking at the blond asshole in annoyance clearing my throat I stood up to my full height about 8 feet and looked down at him from behind. " I take it that you are prince blueballs then?" the blond pony spun around, " how dare you call me prince blue balls I am a princ-." when he had finally spun far enough around t see me in all of my glory he let out the most girlish squeal I had ever heard a male make and hit me in the chest with a bolt of magic. having had enough of this asshole I quickly knocked him out with a paw to the head. looking up from the fallen unicorn I realized that the whole room was staring at me in shock although the maids and some of the guards were smiling, " I do not smell like wet dog." celestia and luna just facehoofed. > of lunch and memorys > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking down at the grass and flower sandwich I held with a blank face, a very, very blank face. "Celestia there are flowers and grass on my sandwich" Celestia looked up from her sandwich in confusion. Looking at my sandwich and then back at me and then looking at the rest of the table, who I might add was also staring at me in confusion. " Its a daffodil and daisy sandwich its supposed to have those things uncle." I just sighed,I cant believe that she forgot my dietary habits, I mean its been a few thousand years but still I didn't think she forget the sight of me eating meat. Sure I also ate fruits and vegetables but I never ate flowers or grass, minus a few types of herbs . Opening my mouth I pointed at my teeth with a single claw while giving her a look that would have made starswirl seem stupid. I think Luna was the first to get it if her facehoof was anything to go bye. Surprisingly it was shining armor that realized what I was saying. Luna quickly called several of the waiters pointed at me and then pointed at the kitchen, one of the maids came over and took my sandwich and plate. It was about a minuet of silence, the other two princesses still staring at me in confusion before one of the maids came back into the dining room, She was carrying a small plate of eggs and bacon. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The wildland was a place of fire and burnt rock. Among this desolate landscape were some of the few inhabitants that could survive in its conditions, dragons. Of all the great beast dragons were among the few that gained sentience. Thick magic resistant scales allowing them to survive in the harsh manna storms that scorched the plains. Each species gaining ways to survive in the harsh environment. Among them deep in the mountain of fire a single great blue iris became visible as it opened for the first time in hundreds of years, suddenly female voice roared over the land. "jinx" _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ (back to jinx) I don't know why but I had started to shiver for a moment then I sneezed. Looking back down to the other patrons that were at the table I noticed that several of the maids and cadence were looking at my plate in horror and disgust, shining amour was just looking at his fork and celestia was facehoofing at her forgetfulness. I found it very interesting seeing ponies acting like this around meat. While ponies were normally wary of meat eaters and omnivores they were never horrified of them. Wile none of my dinner guest commented on my plate I could still see them eying me carefully, On the other hand there was a mare in golden guard amour standing across the room who seemed to be eying my teeth with what could only be a lustful look. Her eyes were a deep red, Her coat was a reddish orange and her mane was black.,"Mental note for the future when horny find that mare." Turning from the very distracting mare I looked up in time to see that shining armor was asking me a question. "What was that captain?" He looked slightly annoyed that I hadn't been listening but repeated himself anyways. " I asked how do you know the princesses? All they will say is that your an old friend, but the way they say it makes it sound like there's much more to it than that." "Well captain if you must know I'm there uncle. You see back then things were a bit different, the lands to the east were a dark and foreboding place full of monsters and deranged beings. The lands to the east were ruled by the wolven clans and south by the dragons. The everfree however belonged to nobody but me and those who had the skill and balls to bend its savage and beautiful nature to there will, two of those people were sol lumus and lux umbra the sisters parents." ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Flashback time I walked through my forest that I had crafted and designed. A safe haven for the animals and beings that resided there, and a literal hell for anything short of a full grown dragon. I bent down to examine the new flower that I had made in order to combat the growing threats to my forest, Even the dragons would not be safe from its affects, the deadly plant grew on vines and burnt wood but what really made it unique is caused a different affect for whoever touched it. It was a small reddish purple flower that looked completely unassuming until you started to feel its affects and rip yourself apart as you lost your sanity. "Hmm I think I will call you sanity's bane." I was shaken from my creation by panicked yelling and a large discharge of black and light magic. I had quickly made my way to the scene and saw the corpse of a ursa major and a large ravine made by the fight that had taken place. Quickly looking for what ever had cuased all of the damage. Walking around the corpse I came a pair of alicorns a very rare sight ever since the great wars. It actually took me a minute to register that one of them was currently giving birth and the other clearly had no idea what he was doing. And although he seemed to notice that I was there he seemed more focused on his mate. I quickly knelled down and told the other alicorn to get me warm water and commanded the animals to bring me something I could use as a towel while waiting for those I started to help lux give birth.By the time the animals and the alicorn had come back I was standing next to the female alicorn holding two little foals wrapped in fox pelts. He fainted __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Back to the present "And that's how I became there uncle" looking down at shining armor I realized that he was looking shocked and slightly disturbed. Waving my paw in front of his face I got no reaction from him but an eye twitch. Slowly backing up I left the room apon realizing that every one else had already left :Celestia I broke your guard captain! "