Twilight let out a soft yawn and began to stretch her arms as she rose from her bed to feel the bright warm sun kissing her face. As she changed her clothes, a soft knock came from her door. "Come in" she called out before noticing a familiar black jacket hanging from the door handle that caused her heart to skip a beat, as it opened.
"I'm sorry from disturbing you so early Twili..." Said Shining Armor walking in "...But apparently Dante wasn't in his room when Princess Celestia went to wake him up, and no one has seen him anywhere...I'm starting to think he ran away" he said with a sigh.
"M...Maybe he went to...um...The...err…market!" She stuttered trying to convince her brother " he must have gone there to...Um...Get some stuff-" she stopped as the bathroom door creaked open letting out steam as Dante walked out holding a white towel on his lower body.
"There's nothing better than a steaming shower in the morning-" said Dante cutting himself off as he noticed the two of them looking at him. Twilight quickly looked away as her heart began to race and her face became bright red.
" You Bastard!" Shouted Shining pulling out his sword with anger in his eyes "What the hell are you doing in my sister's room!?"
"Wait, what do you mean your sister ?" Dante asked hold his hands up only to catch the towel as it began to fall.
"I don't want to hear your stupid excuses!" Shouted Shining swinging his sword at Dante, only to have him dodge his attack and running out the door. "Get back here you cowered!" Said Shining chasing after Dante leaving Twilight in a state of confusion.
" It's not what it looks like !" Cried Dante holding the towel prying it wouldn't fall off. "If you let me explain-" he ducked and dodged every attack that came to him only to disarm him as he cough one of his attacks " this is ridiculous...Look I know what you are thinking, but you have it all wrong..." He said a few feet away from Shining and throwing the sword away.
"Your towel fell off..." Shining replied fooling the boy and landing a heavy left hook right as Dante was distracted.
"Hey that was a cheap shot !" shouted Dante blocking the second punch and dodged the left knee that was heading for his ribs. "Oh shit!" He said but before Dante could do anything Shining charged at him with all his might and speared him and himself through a window causing both of them to revise small cuts with the shards of glass. "Don't you think this is a bit over doing it !?" cried Dante before landing heavily towards the grass of the garden. "...I think I broke something..." he growled, coughing.
"Alright...I...I'll give you a chance to explain yourself..." gasped Shining laying on his back next to Dante. "But this better be good" he growled.
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"Damn it..." growled Dante looking around the halls of the castle "I can't believe I lost track of time...i hope she isn't too mad...she'll probably make me do some kind of hard training as punishment..." he said letting out a soft sigh "I'll apologize in the morning, sleep seems like a good idea right about now..." he said continuing to look around but not finding and signs of servants. "They probably got vacations after what has happened...still can't believe it's only been one day..." soon he came across two doors that appeared to be for a bedroom. Carefully opening the doors and peeking his head Dante noticed at large bed next to a window but for some odd reason after analyzing the bedroom, his body began to walk towards the bed on its own and soon enough he found himself removing his upper cloths and wondered into a deep sleep.
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"But after waking up I found Twilight sleeping on the other side of the bed sound asleep...I didn't want to wake her up so I slowly slipped out, took a shower, and before I knew it you arrived in the room at the wrong time..." explained Dante drying his body with a towel once again.
"But you did not do anything to her?" Asked Shining in a uninsured tone as he put on a blue V neck T-shirt
"I give you my word...If I would have known that she was there I would have slept on the floor" Dante joked trying to lessen the awkwardness in the air as he put on his black jacket over a black V-neck shirt "I still can't believe she's your sister..."
Shining silently stared at the dark red mark, scars on Dante's front and back. "If you don't mind me asking...where did you get those scars?" he asked.
Dante looked at the scars on his chest and abdomen "I was attacked by a couple of weird looking wolves in a forest and-"
"Not those..." Shining interrupted and pointed towards the boys' back "Those..."
"...oh...you meant those..." whispered Dante changing his tone. ”I don't know if you know this but...i'm from a different world and in my world our weapons are far more advanced and deadly then you typical sword and shield..." he said putting on his black shoes.
"What kind of weapons?" asked Shining more curious now than ever.
Dante let out a short sigh, he hoped he wouldn't have to talk about it. "While this world manages cannons and catapults...my world manages a weapon known as a gun. To put it simply they are like portable hand cannons that hold a small type of ammunition that are called "bullets" that revolutionized warfare..." his voiced changed as mind began flashing images in his head.
"You were a leader in your world, weren't you?" Shining said sapping Dante back to reality.
He looked at Shining and laughed. "As cool as that sounds I wasn't-" he stopped after hearing a soft knock on the wooden door.
"I'm sorry for interrupting" said a maid in a soft tone “but Princess Celestia ordered to call for Prince Shining Armor, she says it's important."
"Thank you, let her majesty know I will be there shortly." replied Shining placing his white chest plate over his shirt. "Well I guess I should head get going then." said Shining as the two walked out of the shower room “I’ll see you later."
"Okay, see ya." waved Dante watching the boy leave in the distance.
"So how was your morning Dante?" Luna's voice called out behind the boy.
"...You heard about that?" he asked letting out a light chuckle. "Word travels fast..."
"It travels even faster when two men are fighting and go flying out a window..." she replied sarcastically, crossing her arms.
"In my defense it was a complete misunderstanding...that escalated fairly quickly."
Luna let out a soft sigh, "Well deal with that matter later in the meantime, I would like to see more on of your skills in combat." she said with a smile as she lead him towards the armory chamber. "General Iron Sword..." Luna called out as Dante walked close behind looking around the room admiring the sight of hundreds of swords, shields, spears, and a bunch of other weapons that guards were using to spar not far from where they stood.
"Ah, Princess Luna..." a middle aged man with a small white beard bowed as he approached Luna. “What do I honor for your visit, my lady?"
"I would like to introduce you to Dante Sumner" she said pulling Dante from behind her "Dante this is General Iron Sword, one the Canterlots most trusted solider. He is also the head coach of Canterlots elite."
"Elite?" asked Dante "are they like very strong or something?" he asked again causing a couple of guards looking towards his direction.
"Well it is on the tittle..." one guard called out with a sword and black shield. "We're the soul protectors of the Princesses" he said walking up to them and staring directly at Dante “your Highness" he said bowing before Luna
"Dante let me introduce you to Leon Soul. Leader of the Elite." she said "Leon this is Dante"
"So this is the infamous man everyone talks about." he said examining Dante with is dark gray eyes. Soon Dante began doing the same, first noticing the guy was the same height as he was, then his short brown hair.
I don't think that was a compliment... Thought Dante with a forced smile.
"In any case I have some important matters to attend to, so if you excuse me Princess..." Leon bow to her again “I’ll take my leave." he said walking away in the distance.
"He seemed like a nice guy..." laughed Dante
Luna laughed as well. "Give him some time, he is easy going once you get to know him." She said quickly remembering her reason for coming here in the first place. "In any case General..." she spoke looked back at Iron Sword.”Is it possible to test Dante on his combat skills?"
"Why yes, of course I don't see why not..." the man replied with a laugh placing his on Dante's shoulder "a fair warning, most of these men have trained their whole lives to protect their kingdom with their lives. Why don't you first try out the armor and see which ones you feel comfortable with" he said slapping the boy's back pretty hard. "Demetre!" the man called out and ,not long after, a young boy with black hair and a strong body rushed to their direction.
"Yes sir?" the boy asked standing firm.
"Take mister Sumner to the armor room to try out a few armors to see which ones fit him, then escort him to the sparing room once you are done." he ordered.
"Yes sir!" the boy shouted and said "Right this way" as he walked, Dante following shortly behind, leaving Luna and Iron Sword to their privet chat.
"So your highness..." said the man with a "hum". "Who would you like to be his opponent?"
"How about five of your best trained men." she answered firmly, as if she already knew what to say.
Iron Sword looked at her with hesitation. "Are you sure your Highness?" he asked "I wouldn't want for him to be badly hurt..."
"Well I was thinking to have him face the Elite on his own..." she replied "But I wouldn't want to waste their time with this "infamous man everyone talks about." so I suppose five of the men that are close to the Elite should be alright."
"But Princess those men could be the next generation of the Elite if not they could surpass the first team." the man answered “I don't think that is such a good idea..."
"How about we make a little bet?" asked Luna with a grin "I bet a thousand bits that Dante beats them without a single scratch on him." she said extending her right hand to him. Iron Sword looked at her not knowing if she was serious, or bluffing but not long after the thought of him winning a thousand bit consumed his mind and he quickly shook the Princess's hand.
"Deal."
"Alright then why don't we drink as we wait for them in the sparing room?" she asked laughing and ordered several barrels of rum to be placed in the sparing room while ordering all the guards to joy as an audience.