Leo woke up with a massive headache and Rainbow Dash lying on top of him.
The hell happened last night? This was a question he asked himself many times in the past, for a variety of situations. He looked himself over and found that he had a lot of Dash's dried bodily fluids on him.
Did I just sleep with Rainbow Dash? He asked himself. Leo slowly slid Dash off of him and quietly walked out of the barn. How many did that make? Nine? Ten? He lost track. He really had to lay off the alcohol. He wasn't even sure there was alcohol at the party. He just sighed and silently closed the barn door. Leo walked over to town, seeing as he couldn't find Applejack in the house. Leo walked into town and saw Applejack at the stand.
"Hi AJ." Leo said as he approached the mare.
"Howdy, Leo. That was some party, huh?" Applejack said with a knowing smile. Leo rubbed the back of his head and looked away to hide his rather embarrassed expression.
"Eheh..... You saw that?" Leo asked and Applejack nodded slowly.
"Didja think Ah wouldn't?" She said with a wink and Leo let out an embarrassed sigh. She must have been the one who was completely sober throughout the entire party. He knew that type. The type that made all their friends who decided to get drunk for the night feel like idiots the next day. He really didn't mind those types. After all, he was one of them. But now that he got a taste of his own medicine, it didn't really feel so good.
"No..." He said and Applejack stopped him.
"Ya don't have to worry 'bout it. Y'all were drunk as a skunk." She said and Leo sighed. At least someone had the sensibility to know that he was drunk.
"AJ, do you know where Irune is?" He asked.
"Ah reckon she went off tryin' to keep the Crusaders outta trouble." She said and Leo gave a questioning look.
"Crusaders?" He asked and Applejack was quick to answer.
"The Crusaders are a bunch a' fillies who have a knack fer gettin' into trouble. Yer bound ta see 'em runnin' around tryin' ta get their cutie marks." She said and Leo laughed. He remembered a trio of angels in Angel Division that were trying to get their wings. Their little adventures often involved him or one of his teammates getting seriously injured.
"Ah think she went off into the forest." She said and Leo was brought back to reality.
"Thanks, AJ." Leo waved Applejack off and headed for the forest. As he approached the forest, he heard a roar and saw the Crusaders, Runa, Emily and Irune running.
"Woah, slow down. Where's the fire?" Leo asked as they passed him by.
"Can't talk. Running from Hydra." Answered Irune. Leo was confused at first, but then he saw what Irune was talking about. A giant four-headed lizard charging straight for town. At first Leo was surprised, but that feeling grew into excitement. He had been waiting for a moment like this.
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Back in the town, Irune warned the Mane 6 about the Hydra.
"What!?" Twilight shouted.
"The Crusaders were trying to get their Parkouring cutie marks (I couldn't think of anything, so don't ask.) when the stupid Hydra attacked. Nopony was hurt, but that thing is heading for town!" Irune said.
"We have to stop it! Come on, girls!" The Mane 6 ran to the outskirts of Ponyville to see Leo standing up to the Hydra.
"Leo, what the hay are ya doin'!? Get away from that thing!" Applejack shouted. Leo didn't hear her. Instead, Leo brandished a silvery blade and lifted it against the Hydra, it's blade sparking with eldritch lightning and pale blue runes.
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Leo stood up against the Hydra, his chest brimming with confidence and his mouth curled into a smile.
"Hey! Asshole! Down here!" Shouted Leo. Any regular pony shouting that to a Hydra would have had some sort of death wish. Fortunately, Leo wasn't a regular pony. Leo summoned his sword and flew up to the Hydra. The Hydra reacted quickly and thrust one of its heads at Leo. But he was too fast for him. Leo cast a simple hex barrier that knocked the head away.
"Access Denied, bitch." Leo moved quickly and sliced one of the heads, the lightning imbued into the blade cauterizing the wound, making it unable to regenerate. One of the Hydra heads moved quickly and swallowed Leo whole, causing the sword in his hoof to drop to the ground.
Everypony's hearts sank when they saw Leo get swallowed whole.
"N-no... He couldn't have... LEO, YOU IDIOT!!" Irune shouted with tears in her eyes.
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Around halfway down the throat of the Hydra, Leo was pissed.
"Now you just made me mad." The blade flew into the neck of the Hydra and Leo's hoof burst out of it in a shower of blood. Leo pulled the sword up to cut a way out of the Hydra's neck. Leo flew out and removed the injured head with a swing of his blade. Leo landed on the back of the beast and dug his sword at the base of its neck and flew upwards, cleaving the skull in half. The monster wailed in agony as Leo threw his blade down onto the monster's back to pin it down. Leo summoned his handcannon, Ragnarok with a twirl as it materialized in his hoof.
"Say goodnight, asshole." Leo said before he fired a single massive bullet at the monster. The bullet ripped through its head like a hot knife through butter. No sooner than the head exploded, another one went through and another, and another. The barrage of holy and unholy gunfire ripped through the beast like it was made of paper. The recoil of the gun was massive. Leo could feel his joint begin to pop out of place with each blast. He bit through the pain and continued firing. No one would ever get away with hurting his loved ones. No one. Not even the Seraph could get away. Leo eventually stopped firing as his gun clicked empty. He smirked. The gun had a mechanism wherein it would automatically stop firing if it was close to overheating. He looked at the corpse of the beast only to find a crater where the Hydra was. Leo flew down and retrieved his blade from the crater. He looked over to the side and saw the Mane 6 and Irune watching him, everypony except Irune had their mouths agape. Irune had her face contorted in an expression of rage.
"Hey girls." Leo said in a casual tone, trying to lighten up the mood. That earned him a punch to the jaw from Irune.
"You idiot! You could've gotten yourself killed!" Irune shouted. Leo planted a kiss on Irune's lips to silence her.
"I love you too." Leo said with a chuckle.
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Later that night, Leo was rewarded by Pinkie with a huge thanks-for-saving-us-from-that-mean-hydra party. He was also rewarded with a bed and Irune gladly slept with him.
"Hey, you still awake?" Irune asked as she poked Leo's head.
"Yeah, what is it?" Leo asked as he turned to Irune, who was behind him.
"Back there after you killed the Hydra, did you mean it?" Leo thought back to what he said. He desperately wanted to just propose to her right then and there, but that would've been even more retarded than his earlier move. If he had to compare the earlier experience to something, it would be trying to steal Naga eggs in the middle of a fleet of Naga. Incredibly risky, but totally worth it if it succeeded.
"Yeah, I did." Leo said as he kissed Irune on the forehead.
"I'm glad." Irune giggled as she fell back asleep. Leo started getting used to this life, even if it's only been a few days.
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The next morning, Leo awakened to a face full of ice blue flank.
The hell happened last night? Leo asked for the second time in the week. If Leo gets past four times in a week, it would be a new record. Leo slowly slid from underneath Irune. He was getting really good at sliding away from someone in a bed. It wasn't his fault he was good at this. It was Kaito's fault for making the alcohol way too strong every time. Leo walked out the door and into town. He received even more awkward stares than the other day.
I thought that everypony got to know me a few days ago? Leo thought as he knocked on Twilight's door. When Twilight answered the door, her expression changed from 'Hi, good to see you!' to 'What the buck happened to you?' in less than a heartbeat.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" Leo asked as he felt around his face for any offending substances.
"Y-you're an A-alicorn!" Twilight exclaimed.
"What?" Leo said as his hoof found its way to his forehead.
He had a horn.
Great, more weirdness to deal with... Leo thought.
"So what if I am? Is it that weird?" Leo asked and Twilight nodded rapidly.
"Yes it is! Only the princesses are alicorns!" Leo had no trouble taking this all in. He was used to being called weird and powerful.
"I have to send a letter to the princess immediately!" Twilight said as she ran up to her room. Twilight quickly wrote a letter and gave it to Spike. Spike blew green flames at the letter and it was turned into a green gas that went to the castle on the mountains.
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Celestia was in her throne room when she received the letter.
"Oh, a letter from Twilight! It's been a while since I last received a friendship report." Celestia said as she opened and read the letter
Dear Princess Celestia,
It seems that we have found another alicorn! To be honest, I'm a little
excited and a little scared. This particular alicorn killed a Hydra single-hoofedly!
He seemed to be able to pull off some sort of summoning magic.
Please allow a visit today.
Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.
Celestia was shocked. There haven't been any alicorns other than her and her sister for thousands of years! So naturally, the Princess was excited as well. The Princess immediately called for a chariot. The flight to Ponyville was nerve-wracking. The princess was eager to meet another alicorn after so many years.
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A knock came from the front door of the library.
"Princess! I'm so glad to see you!" Twilight said as she answered the door. At the doorway was a tall white alicorn with a multi colored mane.
"Hello Twilight. I got your letter. I'm eager to meet this other alicorn." the white alicorn said.
"I think that would be me." Said Leo from the other side of the room.
Celestia was staring in awe. As said before, she had never seen another alicorn other than her sister.
"Like what you see?" Leo jokingly asked. Celestia cleared her throat as she began to speak.
"Please, forgive me. It's just that I have never seen another alicorn other than my sister." Celestia said and Leo chuckled.
"It's me who should be sorry. Anyway, you said you wanted to meet me?" Leo said.
"Yes. Twilight said you could use some form of summoning magic?" Celestia asked.
"Oh, I wouldn't put it like that. I actually reach into a pocket dimension I made and pull out any weapon I need." Leo said with a wave of his hoof.
"Would you mind giving a demonstration?" Celestia asked.
"Sure." Leo stood on his hind legs and reached into the space to his right and pulled out the same sword he used to kill the Hydra.
"Impressive." Celestia praised Leo.
"Thank you, Princess?" Leo said, asking for Celestia's name.
"Oh, how rude of me! My name is Celestia. As you might have already guessed, I am the princess of this land. And yours?" Celestia asked.
"Leonhardt Kizuna. But please, call me Leo."