Griever POV
Everyone is looking at me slackjawed as if I just did something they have no idea how to respond to. As I was about to start eating Armor broke the silence.
"ARE YOU INSANE? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT YOU JUST AGREED TO?" Shining shouted
"So I accepted a duel to the death, I don't see what the problem is."
"You just agreed to a deathmatch with the prince, the nephew of the princesses and Cadence's cousin!"
"A guy like him hardly deserves to call himself a prince and certainly has no right to demand anything from me for various reasons, and after that display he is going to die."
"You don't understand what that deathmatch is, winner takes everything and I mean EVERYTHING belonging to the loser, tangible or not." I get it, you're concerned for my well being
"In other words, when I win I get his wealth, his income, his woman if he has one, and even his title. What is his will be mine."
"IF you win that is, what is yours can become his." I will win
"He won't win and if by the off chance he wins, you will want to kill him or remove him from power. If memories and magic are also transfered, then he will have access to the most powerful weapons in the world and my power. He would be damn near unstoppable if he learned how to properly use them."
"Even the very souls of the defeated become property of the winner. Once agreed to, neither side can back out, to do so would result in a mind wipe as our father intended. Why did he have to settle such a pathetic dispute in such a manner?" Celestia spoke up, almost yelling that last part
"I'm guessing you don't approve?" I asked
"He's my nephew, of course I don't!"
"I don't know what to tell you besides he made his own coffin and dug his own grave, so far he personifies everything I hated about humanity and the fact he threatened Misty has taken away any possibility of guilt I might have felt."
"Excuse me, but what is your attachment to that wolf? I sense love that would be shared between lovers, not pets and owners?" Cadence asked, wording that in a way that didn't really bother me in the slightest actually
"She used to be human like me, but was turned into this against her will. You can understand why I was ready to kill him when he insulted and threatened her."
"It truly is sad which is why we have already started on preparations to revert the changes, or at least restore her mind as you asked and should be done in the next 2 days at the most. As for our nephew, personally I won't miss him." Luna spoke up, and I am liking her more and more everytime she opens her mouth
"How can you act like this Luna? He may not be the best nephew, but he is still family!" Celestia asked
"Not the best nephew? He tried to bed me before he found out I was his aunt, I still hear him refer to me as Nightmare Moon behind my back, he abuses his power almost every chance he gets especially on the female staff, sees himself above everypony to the point of dreaming about enslaving all the non-unicorns and lower class almost every night, and that is just the tip of the iceberg as ponies say today. No royal family 1,000 years ago would have tolerated this and would have punished him severely." Daybreaker and Nightmare revealed themselves upon hearing this, screw the duel, can I kill him now, maybe fuck him sideways with a chainsaw mixed with a railgun/ shotgun (is that even a thing)
"As much as I would like to hear more reasons to motivate legal murder I should point out our food is getting cold." I interrupted their argument
Dinner was mostly quiet with Armor trying to get info on my abilities and weapons which the only thing I told him was elemancy. Judging from his reaction, I don't think he considers light, dark, and certainly not arcane among them. He is in for a surprise later. After dinner I asked the sisters if there was anyone I should give some of the electronics to in hopes of those advancements coming sooner than later and invited them to watch some of what I brought with me. Celestia wasn't too happy with me, but I doubt she'll be like this for long given the circumstances of the situation with Blueblood. Once we reached the bedroom me and Misty were staying in and introduced them to some of what they can expect with gaming, starting with some Halo, then Diablo. We played a few more games before realizing how late it was and called it a night. Misty slept in my arms again as I stayed awake until morning feeling slightly paranoid about Blueblood.
We, or rather Misty woke up after a maid came in and informed us of breakfast being prepared. I thanked her and told her we would have a guard escort us to the dining hall after we finished bathing. When we made it to the dining hall I saw everyone except Blueblood (thank God) and took a seat across from the captain and Cadence. I took one look at Luna though and was unable to hold myself back.
"Jesus! What happened to you? You look like Death right now!" she responded by falling asleep on the table
"Well that answers that question."
"Luna isn't what you call a morning pony."Celestia said
"Well she is the moon princess now that I think about it." I know how to fix this
"Give me a sec." I went into the kitchen and told the staff to hurry up with the coffee, turns out they were done, but chose to deliver it WITH breakfast and not BEFORE it like SMART PEOPLE. I grabbed the coffee and gave it to Luna which she happily accepted as she slowly reached out for it and took a few sips
"So with that out of the way, how are preparations for Misty?"
"They should be done after breakfast." Luna said quietly, still half asleep and once again making me like her more
"Yes, and I would like to apologize to everypony both for Blueblood's actions yesterday and my own following that. I would also like to apologize for not knowing and in many cases, not taking disciplinary action against him. And Griever, I want you to know I don't blame you for accepting the duel nor do I blame you for what you'll have to do." Celestia said
"It's fine, what's done is done." I told her
"Griever, would you be willing to explain what you meant when you mentioned the weapons yesterday? Surely they can't be as powerful as you say." Cadence asked, I'll give her a small bit of information since she asked so nicely, I pulled out Losvayne and Shining pulled out his weapon in response.
"You dare draw a weapon in the presence of the princesses and the guard?" He said
"Two things: one, why didn't you do this yesterday when Blueblood came in and I shot and threatened him? And two: yes, but not without permission or implied permission anyway. You already saw the ability of this shortsword when I made those clones. Fun fact, the original owner was capable of reflecting spells at more than double the power, I'll let you figure out why he was probably the most proficient user of this weapon. And before you ask or demand any of these weapons, the answer is no." Shining was about to do it anyway before Cadence stopped him
"Shiny, he has every right to deny us access" thank you "and my aunts would have already asked, maybe even seen what he is talking about already." smart girl "Let's finish eating, I don't think he would like to be kept waiting for us to help Misty."
"Please, if you wouldn't mind."
We finished eating and went down to what I was told was the Department of Magic research and Development to get the Archmage's assistance to make sure preparations were done and I'm guessing get his magical assistance as well. Upon meeting him, Crystal Light I think his name was, he acted like Twilight probably would have had I not done the 1 question per person. Everyone had to pull him off me, probably more for his safety than my sanity. I had to promise some answers later which I'll probably lie about to get this moving, I want her back already. We moved to the room the spell is going to be cast in and I noticed runes on the floor, the walls, and even the ceiling. Celestia broke me out of my thoughts before I could remember where I had seen these runes before.
"We will need you and Misty in the center of the circle. Normally we would use potions, but this situation is delicate." Now you tell me this?
"Delicate as in risky or new?" Please say new
"She will not be harmed at all, but since she has been a wolf for so long, she may not turn back into a human." I'll take it
We stepped into the circle and let them do their thing as I held her tight. It felt like hours, but was actually a few minutes of everyone channeling magic into the spell. Thankfully nothing happened, but I still felt worried, she started to change back before we were interrupted by my next victim.
"Aunty, peasents are storming t-"
"AAAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHH" Misty was screaming in pain now, writhing in agony. I couldn't stop it, but I could make him pay for this. I summoned 13 clones, all armed with the Royal Arms, using a different on in each hand with the other 14 circling around them. All I saw was red, the Abyssal Darkness was flowing through me and into the Chaos flame enhanced weapons as the clones and I threw everything we had at him. I made sure he stayed alive and able to duel me later, but that didn't stop us from repeatedly breaking, impaling, dismembering, burning, and draining him just as quickly as he was healed. It took what I had to double check to make sure I didn't mishear something.
"R-R-R-R-Ry-ya-an. D-d-don't." Did I just hear her? I turned around and saw Misty of all people begging me not to continue torturing him. I did hear her, I stopped and healed him one last time before making a promise to Blueblood.
"I will kill you, there is no denying that. I will not allow you to have peace in death, you will carry nothing but endless despair with you. No one will mourne for you. You will know my rage, my hatred, every ounce of my malice, I will teach you the TRUE meaning of pain. You will suffer everything there is to suffer, and even you will one day embrace it. Only then will I release your soul to face the judgement of your God." He was crying in pain and fear as he bolted out of the room. I turned to everyone else to see looks of horror on everyone's faces, I slowly walked to Misty to embrace her. She was still shaking and breathing rapidly. She tried to talk, probably to calm me down, but she couldn't, I don't know if it was because of the pain or having not spoken in so long. I know her mind is restored so that's enough for me. Even the sisters and their other halves joined after a minute or two despite Shining's protests, I'm not sure why, but it is welcome either way. Cadence got him to shut up and prevent him from doing something stupid. After all this, I am certain of one thing.
Blueblood will receive neither pity nor mercy from me.