//------------------------------// // undead for hire // Story: Fallen Order // by Jar Man //------------------------------// It's been a few days since we've arrived in Equestria and word has gotten around town about our presence and Twilight received a letter from Celestia saying she wanted to meet us up in Canterlot. During our time here the guys and I have gotten to know the girls a little better, Rainbow Dash and Kelso have gotten along and Flutter Shy and Colin started talking more mostly about their love for animals and stuff while I and Twilight talked about the magic difference between their world and the Darksouls world. The time came for us to meet Celestia, I told the guys on our way there to be ready to skidaddle just in case and they understood my concern. We grabbed our gear and hopped on the train to Canterlot. "Do you think she would try to do something to us I thought this show was kid-friendly?" Colin asked we were a few rows behind the girls so they couldn't hear us. "I'm not sure what to think anymore, I mean we're in a place that shouldn’t exist, it's all just mind-boggling to me" I replied staring out the window of the train. (Canterlot) The ride wasn't long and we arrived at Canterlot and when we got off guards were waiting for us. The first guard who I guessed was the captain who came up to us. "I have ordered from the princess to relieve you of your weapons and to guide you to the castle to meet with her majesty. " I sighed knowing this would happen, I heard Kelso give a short chuckle at this and I did the only thing any civilized American would do. "Oh no we will not hand over our stuff cause we have done no wrong" The guards looked as if I shot his dog and I stood there with a big grin on my face. "You will hand over your weapons or I will put you and your friends under arrest for disobeying orders, then you will have to answer to the princess from a cell!" He snarled at us. I shook my head and Kelso put his hand on my shoulder and began to speak. "Buddy I don't know if you know this but Kobe here won't give up his weapons until he is dead or....well just dead, so good luck trying to get them" he patted me and walked over to the girls who thought we were idiots and tried to convince us to give them our stuff. We still said no. A scroll appeared in front of the guard and after he read it he said we could keep our stuff for now, to which I rolled my eyes too. We began walking to the castle while stopping at a donut shop cause I was hungry and I wanted to irritate the escort we had. I had fun with it so it wasn't that bad. We made it to the castle and they brought us to the throne room where we saw Luna in her throne and Celestia in hers. Celestia looked at us then stood up and approached us with the girls behind us, worry in their eyes. She was as tall as me without the horn. "Hello, I am princess Celestia co-ruler of Equestria and I have heard much about you three over the past few days, regarding the Dragon that came through Ponyville. I would like to thank you for taking action. " I was surprised by this because I thought she would be upset that we still had our weapons. "Uh, we didn’t do much and I kinda died there, after that the dragon flew off," I said with a confused look on my face. The guard who leads us to the castle decided to pipe in. "Princess, they refuse to hand over their weapons and say they will only give them up once they die. " I and the others looked at him, he thought he could get us into trouble. But little did he know I had the best come back ever made. "Shut up liberal! " 'YYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH' I pulled out a pair of sunglasses from my pouch and put them on my helmet like the chad, I am. I heard the others except for Celestia and the guard laugh at me, I turned around to see a bemused Celestia. "Okay, let's settle down, now I would like to talk with you three in my private quarters but I need y'all to leave your weapons. " I looked down and sighed wanting to just walk out but I know it won’t happen without issues. I noticed Kelso gripping his sword tighter. 'Maybe things will be fine and I'm just being overdramatic about things' I thought to myself, we stood there for a minute before I made a decision. "Ok, we'll leave our weapons," I said with a bit of anger in my voice. Colin and Kelso looked at me in shock but I gave my sword and Shield to Twilight and the others hesitated at first but did the same with the other girls and we followed Celestia to her room to 'talk'. "What happened to not giving in to them?" Colin whispered, I could tell he wasn't happy but it was the only way to get this over with. "I know but we need to get this over with and on our way. I counted the guards and I don't think we could fight our way out of here" I whispered back. We arrived at her room and followed her inside. When we entered she used her magic to shut the door and lock it. The guys were on edge while I was angry with myself. "Now that we have the privacy I would like to ask some questions and just so you know I can tell when your lying so be honest when you answer,” she spoke in a serious tone. I prayed she wouldn't ask about our race because the girls don't even know, except Twilight who I hope kept her promise, we never took our helmets off around the others so they never saw our face and I know it sounds bad but I wanted to keep our identity a secret. Celestia pulled up 4 chairs for each of us and we sat down and began our Q&A session. "Ok, first off what are your intentions regarding my ponies?” I tilted my head to the question. "What do you mean 'our intentions regarding your ponies'?" "I want to make sure you won't try and hurt my subjects and that I can trust you three being in my kingdom" she replied with a hint of annoyance in her voice. "We don't plan on hurting anyone as long as they don't hurt us plain and simple" Kelso said leaning forward. I looked at Colin and he was fiddling with his glove wanting to stay out of this. "Good, now secondly why did you not want to give up your stuff? It seems strange that you three walk around looking like your ready to fight?" She was getting straight to it. "That’s because we have to be ready for a fight, we never know when someone will try to take our life even though we can't officially die" she looked at me with wide eyes. "I can assure you no pony will try to harm you here. This land is peaceful, it's inhabitants are kind. " "Ok Percilla, you can't fool me, I know there’s more than ponies to worry about like the griffons and Griffins and even dragons, all of them are not so kind" I was getting tired of this back and forth about our weapons. "I understand, but I won't have three undead creatures making my ponies uncomfortable because they are too attached to fighting everything that is considered a threat to them. Now, you can either follow my commands or be put in jail!" She stood up in an attempt to intimidate us but we stood up as well and she lessened her intimidation tactic. "You shouldn't try to scare something that can't die, princess," I say, taking off the sunglasses, Colin slipped on his pyromancy glove and I and Kelso readied our selves. "Are you threatening me, creature, cause I can have you locked away for the rest of your life?" I chuckled and shook my head. "I'm not making threats I'm warning you to not do something you will regret. " She looked at me for a minute then closed her eyes and sighed. Looking back at us she seemed calmer than before. "Okay, I will allow you to keep your weapons if you agree to my standards.” I looked at her and rolled my eyes, now she wants to bargain with us right after we were about to go at it with each other. "What's are the standards then?” Colin asked somewhat relieved we didn't have to pull an R.K.O on the princess. We all sat down and she began to explain. "I will allow you to keep your weapons and help you find a way home as long as you promise to help me with an upcoming event that will require Twilight and her friends. " She had a look of worry in her eyes. "What event are you talking about exactly, is it some party or a contest cause if so that’s kinda dumb?" I was hoping it wasn't either one and what she said surprised me. "No, it's about an old king that came back from imprisonment and is attempting to retake his old castle called the Crystal empire and enslave the ponies that live there I'm sending the girls along wi-" Before she could say anymore I interrupted her. "Wait just one minute! You're telling me there’s an old king who came back and is all evil and stuff and you're sending a few girls with magic necklaces to fight the guy not thinking that the evil king may have back up or and an army that doesn't seem smart if I'm being honest. " "Yes I am aware of the possibilities, that's why I want to ask you three to go with them. You have a power no pony would ever have and I believe you can help stop the dark king from achieving his goal.” I was processing what I heard and decided to call in a huddle with the guys to talk about our choice. After a few minutes, we came to our final decision that it’s probably, bad but what could go wrong? "We will go if we get free food when we come back, but it's deal or no deal. " I said crossing my arms, Celestia gave us a strange look and thought about it. I was getting hungry so I threw food into the equation hoping it would work. Celestia stuck out her hand and made her decision. "Deal, you will get food as soon as you return, even though it’s a weird request, as long as it will make you help us. We shook hands and made our way to the door where a group of guards was waiting. I looked at them for a second and then back to Celestia who sheepishly smiled. "I had them on stand by just in case things got violent sorry heh. " I left the room with the guys and guards in tow. We went back to the throne room to see Rainbow, Dash and Applejack using mine and Kelso swords to fight and Twilight trying to get them to stop. I got their attention by throwing my gauntlet at them and they looked at us and nervously giggled while giving us our stuff. "What happened, did everything go okay, was she upset or anything?" Twilight began asking, I explained her everything that happened and she was shocked to hear that we were about to throw down and going with them to the empire. "So you're going with us on this test? That means we can look through the archives and see about finding a book to see if it can help to get you all home, oh this is gonna be so fun!" Twilight was excited and the other girls seemed happy about us coming along. Luna came up to us and we talked about our plan. When we arrived we told her we didn't have one and we will wing it, she didn't seem too content with that but we're like the black knight from the holy grail we were unstoppable. After we left we hopped on the train back to Ponyville we waited for the day that we were to head out to save an empire from the darkness. May God help us all.