Hades Pov:
And now the moment of the truth, where everything happens. Kratos being himself while still suffering a way to talk to his son about who he is. While is complicated to see Atreus waking up after I explained everything to Frey and Kratos, it seems he was still acting like he wasn't listening. And while me, Kratos, Wallstreet and now Atreus, take the boat to cross the river. Atreus was acting too quiet, not just me, but Kratos knew that as well.
"You are quiet." He said strongly, while I and Wallstreet carried the ropes baggage to lead the way.
"Are you not a better pimp?" Wallstreet who has the same size as Atreus teased while he carried more woods to construct an even better boat for all the 5 of us to cross the river.
"I guess." He said smoothly, I knew something was crossing on his mind.
"We know you overheard our talk with Freya," I said while Kratos finished my line.
"You think you understand but you do not." He said making me look at him in agreement. But the silence after that affirmation made everything strange, so he asked. "Why do you say anything?"
"I know the truth now," Atreus said making both of us look at each other.
"The truth... Are you sure you know the truth little pimp?" Wallstreet stopped constructing the boat and then he punched the wood pulverizing. "You are too young to understand the truth."
Wallstreet walked near to Atreus and then looked up down to him, and then tapped his head with the less effort he could because you could see he was trying to hold his strength.
"Boys like you should be playing rocks and bones or a PS4 but that's not the case. You are too young to accept the truth, and the truth you know is just the tip of the iceberg we know. Stop acting smart, because that dog, Athena, is smarter than you."
"Wallstreet," I said making him look at me, while I shook my head giving a signal he shouldn't say that, but he ignored me and went to the boat again.
"Hades..." Kratos said while he looked at me. "He must know."
"HIM? Dude, you were right to hide all that information from this boy, if I was in the same situation as you, I would do the same thing you did. And just tell him the truth after he got mature enough." Wallstreet wasn't convinced about Atreus must know the truth, following the example of the game, but now we are here we are taking many shortcuts and he has some points about Atreus not being ready.
"I'M MATURE ENOUGH." Atreus was tired and sick of being treated in that way and suddenly he outbursted, but I think he shouldn't have done that.
"YOU ARE NOT, BOY!!!" For the first time in my eternity I found something interesting, Kratos and Wallstreet jinxed each other by saying the same thing at the same time to Atreus.
"If you want to tell him? Okay, go on, he is your son. But mark my words Kratos, if he acts like a spoiled brat, even if it's just for a second. I will beat the crap of him." Wallstreet said while he continued looking at the boat groaning of how he should construct everything because blah blah blah.
I nodded to Kratos and while he was finding the words on that, he sighed while he started.
"The truth...I'm a god boy. Like these two, we are from a land far from here. When I came to these shores. I decided to live as a man. But the truth is..." He gave always that same dramatic pauses while Atreus was listening carefully to him. "I was born as a god and so were you."
And after that shock it came the same silence, Kratos's voice was almost in panic but he remained calm.
"Boy? Have you nothing to say?"
While it sound a little too forced, I forgot that part of the game. Atreus was looking at us and asked something it was pure bullshit.
"Can... I turn... in an animal?"
"OH HELL NAH" Wallstreet screamed while he broke the boat, while I cringed so hard, and Kratos was in shock. "NO FUCKING WAY YOU ARE GOING TO ACT LIKE OUR FUCKING FATHER. KRATOS WHAT DID YOU TAUGHT THAT BOY? THAT'S SICK, OUR FATHER IS SICK. THAT'S DISGUSTING."
Wallstreet went directly to Kratos and started to shout things about the internet, which I will not deny a thing. And I went to Atreus and whispered the answer.
"You can turn that by some purposes, but for the love of my friend J. don't use that as your libido desire, your grandfather became the sickest god by doing messed up things like that, he even raped his own sister in the form of an animal," I commented, making Atreus looking at me disgusted.
"EWWWWWW." Finally a reaction of the child I wanted to know.
"Well, let me tell somethings Atreus, your father was the only god who had the right mind to kill me and all our relatives. Because we were really messed up relatives, we don't even treat the mortals the way we should." I said while I told him that.
"But why? Doesn't gods always ignore the mortals? They are always superiors, why should them and why should we take care of the mortals? They are like..."
"Stop talking Atreus." I held my hand while my mind almost in the heat of use my fires to burn his tongue... I'm better than that... J taught me that. "We deserved to die because the mortals were important for us and we didn't know, a god without adoration is forgotten, a god without story means he will stop existing, and the mortals is what makes us alive... And my friend who is even far from we were, resurrected me to give me the only thing I wanted in my existence, another chance... And he is the supreme against us and even than titans, but I cannot ask his help, because he already has a lot of his own problems to deal."
"He is all that powerful? What he did?"
"He transformed himself in a human, went from all the people who adored him, and gave up his own life as human to give all the humans a chance to stay with him after they die on the afterlife. He died in a brutal tortuous way, and his powers became even beyond after that, and he reconstructed all the place Kratos destroyed after killing me and the others." I bombarded Atreus with many pieces of information about my friend J. "He became a symbol of love and respect, and that made thousands of millions dies for him, or even kills for him, he became so adored, is almost like all the entire world, there is one who adores him. Like I said we need to keep existing because someone adored us, and now look at him, he is indeed extremely powerful, not because of what he is, but for what he did for the mortals."
Kratos and Wallstreet kept themselves in check, while I explained to Atreus the truth.
"Soon I will be leaving, I have some things to take care, Wallstreet, I know you and Kratos has some differences."
"I know, I will help him at the end of his journey."
"Thank you, nephew."
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Ryujin Pov:
I went out first because I really want to see it Canterlot by my own eyes...
Wait... Am I dressed good enough to be okay in Canterlot?
I look at my own clothing and it was similar of Sanosuke Sagara as always.
Great, that's just great. I had such strange feeling I wasn't dressed in the tastes of the "Canterlot nobility" I read so many stories about when another person goes to a kingdom and then had the same cliche about noble people who think are superior to him because they dressed better and or because he is a foreigner.
I took my cellphone and decided to send a message
(Hey...)
(Yoh, what's up?)
(I need new clothing.)
(That stuff isn't doing of Rarity? Why me?)
(I'm in a hurry dude, I need the clothes of Simbad or Sesshomaru.)
(Okay, now I can see the reason, you are still looking at the same clothes and now you are in Canterlot. Forgot they will judge you by your clothing and appearance first.)
(Exactly, so I need to look some kind of royalty or badass noble clothing to make them get curious but being shy to be near me.)
(Alright, I will give the clothes, but you need to pay something to me...)
(What do you want?)
(A sandwich.)
(...Really dude? A sandwich?)
(Ah ah ah. Not any sandwich, THE perfect sandwich.)
Then I heard the sound of a glasses shatter in my mind.
"THE PERFECT SANDWICH? Man, it seems the price was indeed high."
(And no, you cannot have any of it.)
"Oh you cheeky bastard son of a bitch," I said while I heard somepony approaching me, it was Spike and the girls which finally came near me.
"Hey Ryujin why did you stop?"
"I'm talking with Melchior." I said that while I texted the message to Melchior.
(You cheeky bastard, alright, I will make the perfect sandwich, but tonight. I hope you get stomach reflux after eating.)
(HAHAHAHA, don't worry, it's the perfect sandwich, that cannot happen.)
I never felt so angry and envious about someone than what I'm thinking right now.
(You will have to bring all the ingredients and if Fluttershy sees it I will tell her it's all your fault.)
(Fair enough, here is your clothes.)
At the moment he texted me that, like a poof of magic, all my clothes changed, but to something, I always wanted to dress as a kid.
I'm finally dressed as Sheshoomaru from Inuyasha. I cannot describe the clothing because from the look itself there is just one word they can say.
"Wowwww." I said while Spike, Vinyl, and Octavia said in unison as well.
"Alright, now I'm dressed to go to the Canterlot, let's go," I said while Spike followed me and the girls as well.
I think this will be awesome.
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Applejack Pov:
Ah have to confess, after that problem of Apple bucking season, ah discovered ah should have trusted my friends, and nopony is perfect. Feeling stupid for make Ryujin and Twilight worry about mahself. And after taking 2 great nights of sleepings, the next day ah couldn't sleep during a few hours. Ah think now ah understand about the 8 hours.
Ah couldn't understand why Ah couldn't sleep, so Ah decided to make some researches about good apple recipes to improve mahself. Ah discovered a program called Masterchef, ah don't know-how about all that fancy stuff the human says, but it looks really appetizing. Ah took even some observations about some of their recipes. Looking simple but fancy as fru fru at the same time.
Ah think now ah understand what the highness Celestia told me, there is always a fru fru snoopy stallion who could say some jokes about me and my apple family.
Ah would kick the balls of the stallion who could say that about my apple family. But... looking at this Masterchef stuff, ah think ah have some good ideas about what to do for the Royal Galloping Galla. Oh shot, ah have been awake all night again. Ah think ah have to learn better about how to make 8 hours of sleeping everyday.
The advice of Princess Luna came in mah head, and now ah thinking about to listen and understand all the advice she, Princess Celestia and Ryujin said to me... Brutal honesty... Ah think that's better than any lie. Maybe ah will ask him about some tips about doing that.
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Spike Pov:
Ryujin looks absolutely fantastically, like a great warrior noble. It looks soft and still like an armor, wow.
"Ryujin why did you changed your clothes?" I asked because it looks odd from him, but his smile reassured he had a plan.
"Well Spike, nopony over Canterlot know about me, so I was thinking if I wore the usual clothing like every day, the ponies around me will start to make such stupid assumptions, like that stupid soldier who thought I was going to be easy on him after he called me a monkey," Ryujin said while he just took his cellphone to take a photo of himself, which I heard the photo sound being taken. And after that, he said in disbelief. "Can you believe that? A monkey. He doesn't know about humans and doesn't even care about asking me if I'm a dragon too... Spike, you are a dragon if somepony calls you something which isn't your species how would you feel?"
After I heard his question, I had to confess, I would be disappointed and a bit angry as well. So now Ryujin wants to avoid that by changing his clothes.
"Okay, but why these clothes thought?" Octavia couldn't take the curiosity anymore and asked while Vynil was being in silence behind us.
"Well there is a simple reason in my mind, if you get inside in a land of nobles, act as one, and if you are one. Act as such, be what you are, and I'm a human and a water dragon, so my clothes are related to my own nobility. These clothes are the clothing of the one noble which makes me respect and admire him as a powerful guy." Ryujin answered his reasons while we finally passed the Royal Garden and went out of Canterlot Castle.
For me that thought it makes sense and it doesn't, I get confuse every time he shows us his reasoning, but after we got the look after the ponies around us, I could hear something I wasn't expecting.
"Hey, look at them. Does that dragon isn't the one which was always following the Princess Celestia protege?" Somepony was whispering about me... "And who is that near him?"
"From his clothing, he must be a powerful commandant or a prince from far away from here, it was like an elegant armor made by pure silk of the ends of Equestria. Do you think he came here to have an audition with the princesses?"
I was surprised when the tone about the whispering among not one pony but many ponies whispering around us, like we are a hot topic over Canterlot.
Ryujin just ignored the looks and the whispers of everypony, and then with a smile, he gave some kind of pressure around everypony, even I, Vinyl and Octavia were sweating cold after receiving a glimpse of the pressure.
After everypony sweat for ten seconds, Ryujin just stretched himself while he didn't even make a sound, he just headed first while I, Octavia and Vinyl went behind him.
After passing some streets, I couldn't help but feel curious.
"Ryujin what incarnation was that?" I asked while he looked surprised by my reaction.
"Well I just confirmed my position, I created a deep first impression, they saw me with these clothes, now they may think I'm a noble from a faraway kingdom and wants to make some contracts with Equestria, and using my pressure, they now think to never piss me off or my supposed kingdom were I came would be offended and I have to declare war against them," Ryujin told me his strategy while I was trying to process the words he just said. "In other words, in Ponyville I can act as myself, while in Canterlot I can act as a diplomacy from another kingdom and if a stupid noble or a jerk one try to make something to me, I can just scream I will declare war against Equestria because of that noble, and making all the Canterlot with desire to punish the noble who had offended me."
"Are you sure that would happen Ryujin? I know you are the son of Princess Celestia but don't you think that would be overdramatic?" Vinyl asked while she sounds a bit in disbelief of what she just had heard.
"Trust me it happened 5 times in different places, it doesn't matter where you are, if you act as a noble while you show you are a strong person, they will respect you. Because in some kingdoms power is what the other people do not fight against you. The stronger you get, the better your life will be." Ryujin replied while we walked more and more. "And I didn't even tell them I'm Princess Celestia son, the same way you didn't tell them, Spike, because when you get ready we will be shown as her sons and we must create a deep impression on them. But let's forget about it, there is something we need to do."
"And that is?" Octavia, Vinyl and I asked in unison while he smiled at us.
"We have to meet the Orchestra, we need to get ready before playing at the Royal Galloping Galla. I can't wait to see their reactions." Ryujin said excited, while I couldn't help to chuckle and both musician girls giggling as well. Canterlot didn't know about Ryujin, I have to confess in comparison with before, my life was boring, just helping to shift the books, now I'm with Blackwargreymon level 99, more badass than that is difficult. Still, I have to deal with some stupid characters but I will get over that.
I smiled at him, and the girls around us nodded in unison of our excitement.
"ALRIGHT LET'S GO."
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Twilight Pov:
What outrage, I got worried about Shiny but I always forgot how much considerative Ryujin can be in fighting, he always want to finish it too fast without killing everypony. The only reason he gave a heavy-handed attack was that it was Nightmare Moon and that stupid bitch, I'm not calling Princess Luna but the Nightmare Moon herself always cured herself with magic.
"Why I always doubt the powers of my friends? If I didn't doubt about the stubborn of Applejack maybe I should have asked help from Ryujin to deal with her, and if I didn't know Shining Armor and saw his level of magic in comparison of Ryujin level of combat, it would be like to compare 5+5+5 to a 550. And they aren't equal..." I was so angry, after many times trying to understand everypony around me, why I have to deal with...
WAIT.
"THAT'S IT. THE ANSWER OF QUESTION NUMBER 2." I said while I took a paper and created a notation about it.
"My second question answered. It took a long time but finally, I could at least answer 2 questions. The stupid pun about fly can fly and mosquito can't mosquito took me nights without sleeping, but now there are 2 questions answered, I just need more 3 questions and I will have my own cellphone." I cheered in excitement when I heard a familiar voice.
"It seems you are enjoying the non-sense questions Ryujin gave to you." It was Melchior who just appeared from nowhere, it seems he can turn himself invisible.
"You were invisible?" Just to be sure I have to ask. I don't like ponies invading my privacy.
"Nop, I just teleported over here, and I came when you found the answer." Quickly and short, it makes sense of what he says. "But anyway, what you are going to do after you receive your cellphone?"
"To be honest? I don't know after some days, but right now I want to cuss all the words of the rapping music Ryujin was listening." I said bluntly, I was still angry with those stupid fuckers on the hospital room.
"Oh don't tell me?" Melchior looked in surprise to me while he sounded genuinely surprised by my reaction. "Wait, you are cussing. Wow. That's something new for me."
"Yeah, me too, but I'm really stressed, this 3 week has been a total confusion to me, I always thought I could trust in knowledge, Ryujin would hurt somepony badly or even my brother wouldn't be stupid to challenge somepony who is 100 times stronger than him, but no. ALL MY FUCKING LIFE IS BEEN A FUCKING MESS BECAUSE NOTHING IS HAPPENING THE WAY I WANTED." I screamed letting out all my anger, and let it out a few tears.
Then a hand who pressed my shoulders made me look at Melchior, who was with his solemn concern face.
"Are you feeling better?" He asked me, and after a few seconds, I found out, I wasn't that angry anymore.
"Wow, cussing indeed works. But I wish I could understand what the singers of rappers Ryujin listen were talking about." I sighed while I felt disappointed in everything which happened today. It was kind of stress relief, but I wish I could understand more about that.
"Well... are you sure you want that? Because if you want, I can teach you about it." Melchior's suggestion made me look at him happily.
"Really, can you do that?"
"Well. I can, but it's a long class because Rap and Hip Hop have a deep story and many bars, it will take a while." He offered me this idea and while that sounds complicated, I cannot show hesitation now.
"I want it. I don't mind at all." I need to know why Ryujin feels so touched by the lirycs and so relieved after all that cussing on these songs. And I don't care how many hours and days I have to learn that. I want it to do it.
"Alright." He just clapped his hands, and then from nothing, everything around me became in shades of gray. Then he brought two chairs and a dark board with chalk while he draws some dates and words on it."I will start with the basics, like what all the fans of rap should know. Let's start with the story of the N.W.A. From them we will start with the start of thug life and then going to the actual best rappers on these days. And after that, I will start teaching you the meanings and the bars behind the music."
I became excited to have more knowledge I just hope this knowledge would be something I would use for me and not to be something against me. That's is what I hope.
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Celestia Pov:
I was unconscious when I received a vision of everything, the start of everything on this hell, the first fire, the war against the dragons, the age of fire, and of course, the symbol of the darkness on the living people, everything narrated from an old pony or human who I didn't even meet yet. But her voice gave me chills already.
The mark of the undead. That must mean I'm undead. Luna... when I get my hands on you... One of these days Luna, one of these days. BANG BOOM BACK TO THE MOON.
I heard her explaining to the undead people where locket away and waiting for the end of the world, Her final words to me was... That's your fate. And after that, I just woke up. I saw myself and I discovered I wasn't pony anymore, it was like my face changed and all my skin, I didn't have my fur anymore, I just have skin and it was red, and I was almost naked. I need to find clothes the quicker as possible.
Then I was surprised by a body who was launched on the jail where I was making my eyes look above me, and above me, I just had a view of a knight who didn't show consideration, he just looked at me and the body and went away from where I was.
"WAIT, PLEASE HELP ME, I'M STUCK OVER HERE," I screamed but it seems nopony listened to me. Leaving me with the body of a person with the same fate as me. There is no doubt, this place is indeed hell.
The body in front of me emitted light of blue fire, it was like his own soul showing me to take it. I hesitated first, but then I just grabbed and the blue flame became a key, that's... The key to my cell.
I went to the door and I opened it. And when I was walking I found some messages giving me instructions about what to do, and one of them was to attack a person in front of me, why would I do that?
I walked to the same human or what was the rest of it in front of me.
"Hello, I need your help, my sister..." I didn't even finish my sentence, and the human jumped in my direction like it was a furious animal willing to kill me, making me gasp in surprise and use the weapon which was in my hand, I just attacked him and without knowing I killed him in a second.
I then felt his soul going out from his body and coming inside of me. And that was an intriguing surprise.
Okay, Celestia, remember why you are here, Luna sent you here, to train yourself. I will just follow the instructions and keep going, even if that's hell, I will manage to survive everything. I just need to find a way to use my magic back, and protect Solair and talk with animals every time as possible.
I learned how to use strong attacks, but it was a risky gimmick because when more I used it, it feels like my stamina is wasting too quickly. I need to control my time and be wise about my energy. So many instructions, no wonder Ryujin hates this place so much.
After taking the ladder and went on the next floor, I found an open place where it has a fire pit, I can rest over there. I just touched the fire pit and it created a fire, I don't know why, but it seems this fire pit will help me a lot.
Going there I just got the energy I needed to go further and I hope I can manage to get out from here alive...
I went further, and I found a closed door, I just went to open it, and it seems everything seems quiet.
I was in relief of nothing terrible happened until now.
"Oh, a message on the floor... Run?" At the moment I read it a huge monster just jumped at the floor and almost hit me, making me scared of what just happened. "What in TARTARUS?"
The monster seems like a fusion between a dragon, a frog and a minotaur with a club on its hands. And when my body finally recovered from the shock, I remembered the message which was wrote on the floor. And at the moment I tried to move away from the Monster, it attacked me with so much strength... I felt all my life getting away from me...
I'm dying. Luna... you...
At the moment I just woke up, and the only thing near me was the fire pit which was on my side.
"What the?"
"I told you sister. Hell is the only place where it will make you stronger."
"Luna" I said with a lot of mixed feelings, part of me wants to hug her and cry during an hour asking to get out, another part of me still wants to Bang Boom Back to the moon.
"You still need to learn a lot about this world, you are just an undead, when you get stronger you will receive your original form, first you should learn the tutorial, and get used by what you just got a few minutes ago, everyone who passed over this place, died at least 100 times in minimum." Luna didn't even give me a second to answer her, she just teleported away, making me have regrets about many things...
"IS THAT BECAUSE I ATE YOUR PINEAPPLE YESTERDAY?" I screamed before looking at the same door where the monster was, giving me a decision to give up and stay here forever? Or keep trying until I find out a way to recover my powers and get out of this hell.
With the options I have now, there is just one decision to make, and I wish I couldn't.
What my life got into.