Warrior To Hero

by Flowjam


Chapter 3 Discovery of a lifetime

Dracule changed into a better set of clothes he had with him, “it’s never bad to be prepared” ( wearing black fingerless leather gloves, and black jeans).

Once drake put on the new set of clothes he went around and checked a few books that interest him and threw away the ones that didn’t have anything that could help him.

In the past 5 minutes he learned about the world he’s in, the creatures that live in this world that got him excited to see and possibly fight “Wow an ursa major is that big, man I can’t wait to see one!”

Other things like spells for unicorns that was worth nothing to him but took it just in case and that’s it, the other books only had stuff like cooking and other dumb stuff drake didn’t need.


Drake got up and looked around again and saw a book he missed in a shelf that had no other books with it “Huh, that’s weird. How did I miss that?” dracule walked up to the shelf and pulled the book out. When drake pulled the whole book out of the shelf there was a *Click* sound and then the bookshelf started to shake and slide to the side, revealing a secret passageway that led further down inside the ruin.

“Well looky here, now that’s what I'm talking about!” drake smiled at his discovery he dropped the book on the floor and went down the steps.

Drake walked down the steps that took him further down a hallway that went down, and down, and down, and down, “How deep is this going to be?” drake kept walking and saw a light at the bottom and walked faster “Finally!” when he got there it was incredible it was like a small jungle in a room.

There were plants, and trees inside, with flowers that drake never seen before.

But the most interesting thing in the room was the sword that was embedded in a platform that looked like a shrine. It looked strong and powerful and it was weird because drake felt an invisible pull, like the sword was calling to him.

(The words "Winter is coming" Is not on the sword)

Drake didn’t say a word and walked towards the sword. He walked up the small steps that led to the sword, when he got there he looked at the sword again and got a clear look at the engravings on the sword, it was crafted nicely probably by a master blacksmith.

Drake looked down and saw writhing on the shrine floor next to the sword, drake crouched down and read it out loud “Those that live in excitement and adventure, with a heart of gold and the willpower to face anything in their way. Are the only ones that can pull this sword out of its shrine. If you can do this you will gain great power only the strong can wield”

Drake read the whole thing and looked at the sword in thought “So if I pull this sword I'll get powers huh, hmm... Well I do live in excitement pretty much every day, and go on many adventures that normal people could never live from, I might have killed people but only those that deserve it, and help those that can’t help themselves and protect the innocent at times in need, I've face countless things that pushed me to the edge and won every time”

Drake accept it and grabbed the sword, but when he did he felt a strong wave coming from the sword and he felt his strength go out, but he didn’t back down “Hell no!, I'm not going to go down that easily!” drake yelled out and fought back the wave.

It was even at first but drake put all of his strength and willpower in his pull that outmatch the wave and in one strong pull he pulled out the sword from the shrine and when he did the platform glowed bright and minimized under drake and shot upwards, the light covering him.

Dracule felt the light and felt a strong sensation coming from it making him drop the sword, his body muscles got a little bigger but made him much stronger, his four senses were increased that made his senses better than any animal, his eyes changed to a deep red, orange color and his papules weren’t round but changed to slits, drake’s black hair turned completely white, but that only happened for a split second.

Drake’s breathing hitched “My... Body. The shrine is giving its energy to me!”

Deep inside dracule’s body 10 orbs manifested inside of him, the orbs aren't magical but spiritual. Each one is an element in the world.

The elements of fire, lighting, wind, ice, water, wood(grass), earth, steel, light, and darkness, with these elements inside drake this will give him powers he will soon master quickly. Using it for himself or for those that need his help.

The light started to die down and completely stop. Drake stepped backwards and almost tripped but catch himself before falling on his ass, he breathed in and out calming himself down and stood back up to his full height “Ok, that. Was. Awesome!!!” drake yelled out that actually shook the whole room.

Drake stopped and the quake resided, this only made him more happy “Wow. It did make me stronger. I feel my muscles have gotten bigger, not too big to notice a difference” drake walked up to a huge rock that was in the room, he gave it a good punch not putting much in it*Bash* the rock shook then stopped and broke into small pieces that made drake’s smile go wider “But my strength increased to inhuman levels”

Dracule stepped back and looked around and notice his sight gotten better to, like everything was more clearer to him “The shrine must have made my senses sharper than before, this is the best day ever!” drake saw the kingdom sword he dropped on the ground and pick it up he slide his hand over it and thought on a name.

His mind clicked and found the right name for it and raised the sword high “I shall call this sword durandal the wolf blade” he grinned at the name, he looked and saw a scabbed laying on a tree walked up to it and found out it was the right size for durandal. He slide the sword in the scabbard and placed it on his back.

Once drake got everything down about his body he went towards the entrance that took him down there but stopped “What’s, this feeling?” drake felt something inside him, it was warm and strong. And just like that dracule’s mind was bar barded in light speed.

Seeing everything, the elements he obtained, what they are and how to use them, what he could do with them in a fight or to help others, when it stopped drake almost collapsed but caught himself, his sight was fuzzy and his body felt numb but that all went away fast and drake gather himself and thought about what just happened "Woah. That was freaky, my brain got shoved with so much information?!"

Drake went back to the entrance and ran up the steps and got back up faster than he suspected “Ok I need to control these new powers before I hurt myself” drake saw his bike and backpack and was going to grab them and head out but stepped on the book he pulled, he looked down and grabbed it and got a good look at it because he didn’t before.


The book was actually a training book and it was about what he saw in his head! He opened it and looked at what it showed and the writing inside “This book has everything I need to work on the powers I have know” drake smiled again noticing he’s been doing that a lot and didn’t mind, his day has been getting better and better for him and was going to enjoy it in the long run in equestria. He learned the name of the world from one of the books he looked at.


Dracule put the book inside his bag and looked at the briefcase that was inside the bag grabbed it and threw it over his shoulder “Not needing that where I'm going” drake did that cause the money from his world might not be the same here so he threw it away.


Drake put the backpack on and picked up his bike know having the strength to literally destroy a castle without using much of his power and left the room he was transported into that was covered in the blood of the dead male cult ponies.

Drake used his enhanced hearing to pinpointing the way out and his noise that caught the scent of fresh air, he found the door that led to the library and soon the double doors that he opened finally seeing the outside world that was equestria. And it was beautiful, the grass, the trees, the air, the blue sky, it was incredible and drake knew he was going to like equestria a lot and it’s going to be his new home for now on.

Draucle got on his motorcycle and slipped on a pair of sunglass because of the sun, he bought them at the same store he got the clothes, he thought it made him look cooler, and just so you know it did make him cooler, about 40% cooler.

“Ok time to see what’s out there” drake revved the engine and drove of to start his new adventure.

Dracule was driving for awhile now, driving through the grass because there was no road or sidewalk at all. It’s been an hour since he left the old ruin trying to find anything interesting or just something “Man did those guys really have to bring me here in a far away place, it’s probably going to take me the next day to get somewhere” drake looked up at the sun not bothering his eyes because of the 40% sunglasses.

The sun was somewhat in the middle of the sky letting drake know it’s after morning and soon to be noon “Still a good day to still find something” drake looked to pay attention on driving the bike but also checking around the scenery a few times.

Dracule still kept driving but that stopped when “Growl~” his stomach started to growl “Shit know I'm hungry” drake sighed and turned the bike and drove towards a nice secluded spot near a pond.

Drake stopped the bike and turned it off, getting off the bike and dropped his backpack on the ground to see if he brought something with him to eat but sadly he didn’t “Oh man, I didn’t bring anything to eat from earth” drake grumbled and put the pack down and turned his head to look at the forest behind him “Well you know what they say, if your hungry get up and get it yourself” and like that drake head inside the forest to find something to full his stomach.

Dracule walked around in the forest, bringing back old memories of his time back on earth “The last forest I was in wasn’t like this one but still the same. But that doesn’t beat the fun I had in the savanna jungle, that was exciting” drake smiled but didn’t let his guard down for a second not knowing the dangers that could be in the forest he’s in, if there can be walking talking ponies than there could be crazy looking animals too.

Drake used his enhanced hearing to find something and he did. He heard something not that far from him “Bingo” drake headed right towards it but sneakily not wanting it to run off or now he’s nearby.

He was close to hear what it could be and it sounded like a chicken “The hell’s a chicken doing in a forest, this I got to see” drake was able to hear it clearly and it did sound like a chicken but when he moved a branch to get a look at it, what he saw was close to a chicken but not?? “That’s not a chicken at all!?”

The creature drake was looking at was something he only read in books and heard about from past myths. It was a cockatrice, half snake, half bird/chicken, the myths he heard said that a cockatrice might look weird and it was, but dangerous and have the power to turn you into stone with its eyes.

“I’m starting to like this world even more" drake whispered not wanting the ugly bird to hear him.

Drake got a good look at it and it seems like it was hunting “Ok just have to cuts it’s head off before he could react and if that doesn’t go as planned then fight it, just can’t look directly in the eyes, easy enough

Drake formed his plan in his mind. He looked around him and found a good rock, he grabbed it and looked to see where he could throw it so the bird/snake doesn’t see him when he strikes. He found a good spot far enough for him to get close, he aim the rock in his hand and threw it not to hard suppressing his new found strength, the rock hit the tree breaking the rock on contact and leaving a gash on the tree.

The cockatrice heard it and quickly turned around and moved to the tree that he heard the sound from “Good. That's it, take the bait” drake was going to use masamune but stop and grabbed durandal instead because he wanted to see how good it is, if it could do a killing blow in one strike “Alright let's see how good you are durandal” for some reason it felt like drake could feel that durandal was up to it “weird” drake thought but got back to his adjective.

The cockatrice was looking around the tree to find anything and dracule slowly pulled out durandal off his back crouched down to a good level and when the dumb bird turned its head away from him he striked.

Dracule sped off from the bushes and right towards the cockatrice. It turned but it was to late, drake swung durandal right at its neck *Shining* drake slide on the grass and stopped his momentum he looked back and saw the cockatrice body stand there with its head off he looked up to see the birds head in the air, drake whistled at how high he made the head fly up in the sky.

The head fell back down and right when it hit the floor the body slumped over and fell on its slide. Drake grinned having durandal rest on his shoulder and walk towards the dead bird.

Drake got a good look at it, it was big and the scales it had was really from a snake, it had wings but probably couldn’t fly that much, dracule detected that it was male by being somewhat on the average size, in drake’s years around animals in jungles or forests he was able to tell if it was male or female at getting a good look at it.

Drake walked to the head and picked it up but closed the eyes just incase it could still turn things into stone like medusa the gorgon, it had sharp teeth making it a carnivore, drake put all of the information in is brain know being able to process things faster than a normal human because of the brain teaser he had back at the shrine.

“Can’t wait to see what you taste like” drake said to the head, putting it back down and went back to the body picking it up and heading back to his little spot near the pond.

Drake got back and set the body down in a good spot on the ground, he looked up to see where the sun was and it was exactly noon know “Good, Just got to cook it know” drake went to grab some firewood and put them down together in a orderly fashion.

Dracule was going to use his sword and find a rock to make some sparks but remember the information he gotten and realizing he can make fire himself “Who need all of that if you can make fire on your own, but first” drake went to his backpack and pulled out the book “Got to figure out how to do that first” drake opened the booked walked to the pond and sat down in front of it.

Drake read the book that was in English “Thank god

And the book said “You must focus the spiritual energy inside yourself and select the element you want to use” drake set the book next to him and got up to try it out

“Ok, let's try this out” drake closed his eyes and put his hands together in front of his chest and focused deep inside him. The energy inside him started to shift and create the 10 orbs, drake could see the orbs and what element each one was, the orbs were in a circle and in the top middle was water and it was the only one glowing.

Drake could feel the cool wet water inside his chess “Oh so it’s like a wheel slot huh” drake focused just a little and made the circle turn right and back “Good, I can make it go right or left” dracule turned the circle right and put the fire element in the top middle and it glowed, drake could feel the heat inside himself.

Drake opened his eyes and he could feel the fire resonating around his whole body “That’s done, what now?”

Drake picked up the book and read the next stage “Next you must emitted the element inside you, with that you can fire the element from your hands, feet, or even engulf your whole body if done right. It will be able to protected you and grant you a specific ability”

“Awesome, lets do it” drake dropped the book down and channel the fire in his hands, he was able to turn his hands on fire not even in a minute! “Oh… baby” drake looked across the pond and saw a few big trees “It’s burning time!!” drake yelled and shot a good amount of flames from his hands and didn’t put to much energy in the shot not wanting to create an explosion.

When the flames hit *Boom* the trees were hit and when the fire died down there were no trees just ash.

And just like that drakes smile got wider that it hurt but he didn't care “Dude…. That was amazing!!” dracule had sparkles in his eyes.

Drake turned the flames off his arms, focused and turned his whole body on fire burning the grass around him and boiling the pond in front of him.

Drake laughed at his achievement and messed around for a bit with his fire powers even mastered to change the climate of his flames to not burn but give warmth “That will come handy in cold times

Drake went back and used his flames to make a campfire used masamune to cut a good chunk of meat and cooked it and ate it right after. It was good and tasted like chicken but at a bit of snake, all and all it was great.

“Man this stuff is good, I wonder what other kinds of animals in equestria I can find” drake chuckled a little “Only time would tell”

Drake ate and finished all the meat pretty fast “Guess I'm more animal than man even more know” drake shrugged “Oh well not like I wasn’t before” drake got up and cleaned his mess not wanting to attract any predators and burned the bones with his flames.

Putting his backpack on and getting on his bike drake head back in the direction he was going “Time to head out” drake turned the engine back on and rode off.

The sun was getting close to dawn know and drake was still driving but had a slight problem, the bike was running out of gas “Dammit I won’t be able to go on with the bike soon” drake kept on driving, only time will tell when the bike dies.

Drake was still driving until he felt his senses telling him something was behind him, drake turned his head a bit to see behind him and saw something in the sky, with his enhanced sight he could tell what it was and it was a griffon.

Drake looked at the griffon for a second more and knew it was sentient ‘First ponies know half bird/lion species this is getting better and better” drake didn’t know if it was hunting him or just curious so drake turned into another forest to bring the griffon into a better spot to ambush it.

In the sky a griffoness was flying around until she saw something moving fast across the grasslands “Huh, what’s that?” she flew around and to get a good look at it and saw it was something she never seen before. It was some kind of machine that not even a griffon or a pony, or any species she knows could create and saw that someone one was riding it.

She was to far up in the sky to tell what it was but she knew it wasn’t anything she seen before “Wow, could this be a new species or something?!” she was curious and followed it to see where it was going that’s when it turned into the forest. She still followed it but couldn’t see it anywhere ‘Oh man… where did it go” she stopped in midair and looked around but the plants, and trees were in the way

“Well... I could go down and find it” she said shyly not curtain but she was raised to be brave and strong, she breathed in and out and flew down to the forest.


She landed and looked around at were it head off to and found tracks on the ground that she suspected the weird looking machine made, she walked through the forest and followed the tracks, She kept walking until she found the machine but the creature she saw riding it wasn’t anywhere “The carriage. I think?, Is here but where did the creature go” she looked around and saw nothing or any tracks around, she was about to look back at the contraption that puzzled her but then in quick timing to quick for her to even react something knocked her down and pinned her to the ground.

She “Squawk” cried out as she hit the ground with her back, her arms and legs were pinned down and before she knew it a sword she never seen before was pointed to her neck her eyes widened into pinpricks at the sword was so close to her throat, she slowly looked up at her attack. It was the creature she was following, it had a hood on that covered its face but could see it’s glowing red eyes that scared the living daylights out of her it was like it could see through her body and stare at her soul.

She was holding in her breath not wanting to agitate it but then the creature spoke and by the sound of its voice she found out it was male “I’m going to ask you some question, got it?” the male creature said in a threatening tone that scared her even more.

“O-ok” she said sacredly wishing she never followed him in the forest.