the American scrapyard blacksmith

by Dracochangewing

chapter 1

I spent most of the night getting ready for going to Equestria, I packed most of my tools, tech, and some other supplies. After the night passed Rostlus came over so we could talk about the package and his armor.

"I know yesterday was my last day as a mailman, but seriously why this early in the morning?" how he does morning shift without some coffee I have no idea.

"Okay~ guess you don't want that armored robe,"

"WHAT!?, n-no I want it, it's just early,"

"Sure,"

We're in my house's living room but on the table were his short sword and armored robes.

"Woah, they look amazing!"

"Told ya, the short sword was nothing but your armor on the other hand. Wasn't easy especially with all that cloth," I said barely containing my excitement.

The short sword pommel is shaped like the head of a bird. The cloth and chainmail armored robes were difficult to make mainly cause I had to look up how to make armor with cloth and metal. I ended up going with a hybrid mesh of titanium covered and slightly fused with military grade cloth fiber. It was worth it though to make my good friend happy, also kinda helps that he paid me well over two grand to make the stuff in a short period of time.

He held up his armored robes and proceeded to put it on, with some help from me in certain parts.

"I also had some spare leather and steel lying around so those belts have some clips for your 'short sword' as well as a couple pouches,"

"Thanks, Kevin, this was definitely worth standing still for three hours it's a tad snug but in the good way,"

"Hey, it wasn't that bad besides I wanted to make sure your armor wouldn't fall off or be loose, OH! Before I forget remember that package from yesterday,"

We decided to sit and talk for the next fifteen minutes about what to do and he eventually asked to see it for himself. I brought the package down and showed him the hammer, the note, and the book witch I'm guessing takes us to Equestria. He believed me and he quickly went to his home to pack some of his survival gear and grab his 'special' gun when he came back I was in my armor as well and I had my two-handed war hammer clipped to my back.

"H-holy shit, Tanker you actually look creepy in that armor,"

My armor was made to intimidate, showing I was not to be messed with, I based the armor of a mix medieval batman armor and dragon scales. My warhammer which I named Bone Breaker was based off of a mallet but it's something not to be trifled with.

"It's supposed to, but anyway you said you've been wanting to show me your special gun,"

"Ok, Liam, earlier you were talking about a 'special' gun of yours?"

"Yeah, here it is," what she showed me was mind blowing.

It was a working replica of the revolver from Assassin's creed V, reclamation. He handed it to me and I instantly started looking it over.

"Breech loading, empty casing ejector, Damascus steel grip, titanium barrel and ammo holder thing, steel butt with loop, and fires 10mm rounds," he handed me the holster for it and told me.

"Sorry it took so long, but it's not easy finding you a birthday present,"

"Thanks, Liam, no one's gotten me something like this before, anyway time to go to Equestria right?"

"Yeah,"

"Well we got all our stuff right here including Tala and Skyla so lets open that book,"

I got the book out and as soon as I opened it, it flew out of my hands and started spinning like a motor drill. It soon exploded with confetti and discord was floating were the book once was.

"Well, well, well, it's about time you opened that book I'm running out of time here. Anyway this is you last chance to not take anything,"

We looked at each other, nodded, put on my helmet, turned to Discord and said at the same time.

"We're ready,"

"Excellent let's go!"

When the magic sounds went away, I saw we were in a cavern with multiple little outcoves with small structures in them. There is a small blacksmith area, a shack, two random tunnels, and a house in the center, and opposite of the house, a large staircase to a fallout vault door with my logo on it.

"Where are we?"

"Yeah and why did you want us in Equestria?" looking around this cavern it's pretty symmetrical.

"Well my minions, we're in your new base, Socket Cavern, and the reason why is quite simple. You see this point in time is a little after I was freed from my stone prison and you two are my chaotic back up,"

We looked at each other and looked to Discord and asked at the same time. "And why is that?"

"Because you two are the only ones that can get rid of certain monsters in the future that I can't touch, because one being made of chaotic energy can't hurt another, while most harmonic beings can harm one another accidently or on purpose due to small amounts of chaotic energy but like most Eques born beings they don't have the right balance of harmonic and chaotic energy unlike you humans. That and you two can well, cause chaos, not enough to set me free if I lose but still enough to make some semblance of a balance.

Anyway I had to alter you both slightly so you could survive and live without worrying about ageing and there is three little robot helpers in your shack to help with certain tasks, OH! Here you go, Tanker, it's the base control pad you and you alone can summon it to upgrade the base with the robots go ahead and try, I gave you enough material to upgrade one thing and last a couple months,"

I looked at the base pad and looked at my options of what I could do.

"lets go with the door upgrade,"

"Let me make that instant," with a snap of his talons the vault door is done and looks awesome and impenetrable.

"Now how about you assign one of those bots a task,"

"Aight,"how about one go to door guard detail and another one go gather wood. the robots that left the hut looked quite strange, one went and stood next to the door and the other went to get wood.

"Well to me, you two look like you can handle your selves, Oh and watch out for the fatigue of jumping dimensions, TA TA!" He disappeared in a burst of confetti.

"So, Rostlus should we start unpacking our stuff in the new house?"

"Sure, Tanker,"

When we got inside the house Tala and Skyla started exploring. We both got our own rooms with a bathroom and a large closet to store our gear at the moment. There was also a living room with a 7ft by 5ft TV and every game console with disks for said consoles, as well as a kitchen, pantry, and walk in freezer.

"This place is nice,"

"I agree with you there, but ~YAWN~ I'm tired imma hit the hay, what about you?"

"I think I'll do the same,"

We went to our rooms and proceeded to do our own nightly routines then go to bed.

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My vision soon came into focus, although a bit too clear considering I had gone to sleep. I no longer was in bed, but now I was in some sort of void filled with starry skies and flowing mist all around. Slowly, I got up to my feet, finding it strange that I stood with no visible ground beneath me.

"What manner of creature are you?"

Hearing the voice caused me to spin around to look behind me. I was surprised to see Princess Luna of the night standing before me, just as regal as ever. The princess was about to speak again, however I cut her to the chase.

"Why hello to you too," I said sarcastically. Hearing me speak apparently had an effect on the princess when she raised her front and took a step back

"You can talk!?" Luna asked with shock.

"I'm dreaming, aren’t I, Lulu?” I asked with a smirk. Luna stared at me with disgust due to not greeting her properly as royalty.

"You are not allowed to call me that, I am Princess Luna, Queen of the night Luna said as she took on a more royal stance with her chin up and chest out.

"Well, your highness, I am Tanker, Annoying blacksmith," I said back in a tone matching Luna’s.

"Are you mocking me!?" Luna yelled in a loudly as if I had insulted her. I noticed around me that the dreamscape changed to a slightly darker color according in reaction to her emotions.

"No, but you can't leave until we talk,"

"HA! like you can prevent me from leaving," Luna said with a lot of confident.

"Then why aren't you?" I asked this with a smug grin.

"HOW DARE YOU ASSUME I AM TRAPPED, I AM THE MISTRESS OF DREAMS!!!!" Luna screamed, resorting to using her royal equestria voice, causing me to be pushed back by its might.

"This is my dream and I just thought you would want to talk with me." I asked, still keeping my smugness despite being yell at.

She was a tad hesitant before giving me a glare and answering "Fine, I accept your offer, what do you want to talk about"