//------------------------------// // Boast Buster Finally - Part 1. (Non edited) // Story: The Strongest Swordmaster // by CaioCoia //------------------------------// Mr. Boss Pov: It took some hours from this time-space shift, but I finally could contact both my nephews and make them agreed with this job application. After coming back to my office, I saw all the damage I did was fixed, thanks to the Janitor who always know how to clean my mess, I went straight to the chair, and I saw some papers filled by my right-hand Tanatos, he seemed to finish the interview of the assistants of our new Merchant Promotion, the child of Ector and Lunes, well, he really deserved. I touched my interphone: "Emily, I came back to my office," I said while I sat on my chair and decided to read some reports of what happened after my trip. "Welcome back Mr. Boss, I hope you have rested well during your tripping time." I didn't know Emily has sense of humor, knowing I can be really explosive some times while I keep chill during all my days of work, she jokes about while I take serious trips to hire someone as a relaxing vacation sometimes, I kept forgetting that. I groaned a bit, but let it out a chuckle later, Emily, just you can humorous me... Maybe she needs a pay rise... Maybe later. " Yeah, it was an ... interesting ... trip. Report me if something serious happens, I will deal with some paperwork and reports today." I said while I looked at all the reports during the time I was sitting, Emily just agreed and turn off the interphone. I sighed while I was keeping the information of what happened during the convention, and how much did we sell, and if must buy more items for this year... It seems new animes took great spot on this year, such as Demon Slayer, which I need to watch with all my employees in the meeting session or other animes to see what kind of weapons and clothes the people would desire before taking a displacement to another world. I've been reading the reports while I decided to reflect on what just happened a few days ago. How did ended that way? First, my friend Mascate came here to warn me about the new threat to the harmony between life and death and gave me the power to destroy my father and weakened all the titans, but doing that I must have killed two of my best employees which they were sealed with my father. A great part of me was guilty because of that, and to accomplish that, not only I had to destroy the artifact which destroyed my employees, their son was too injured and now has to stay between the worlds of displaced and displacing. It's a bit too much, and thinking about the new possibility about my Grandfather Uranus come back to life to destroy all of us because of some petty revenge against titans, like always, but this time will be personal because we killed his children and all the titans would be weakened, it would be an advantage fighting him, but the problem is, we lost too much power as well when we died by Kratos and now we don't have enough power to kill supreme titans like my grandmother and my Grandfather. That war would be destruction between the harmony of living and death, I just don't know who to ask help... I just need to have some answers... "Sir... the appointment of 7 o'clock is already here." Emily used her interphone to give me an odd message, the appointment of 7 o'clock? I don't remember to have an appointment today. When I was about to say that to Emilly I was surprised by a voice behind me. "It seems you have a full hand over there. Wanting to talk about it?" That voice, my worried and confused face was replaced by a huge smile when everything is wrong, you can always count in friendship, that's what I believed in the worlds of we created for the humans we displace, and now it seems my wasted prayers and mumbles were being heard by someone which I always can count on moments like that. I turned around and I saw a little kid, simple, happily, with a little lamb on his side and an old mumble man wearing simple straps and clothing. While many couldn't understand even my brothers, I know all of the 3 are the same person. I took the kid and raised up him. "J, it's been a while." I never felt so happy to find my friend again at this perfect time. "You came here at a great time." The kid smiled to me, while I can see in his eyes like he knew and that's why he came here. "So, what's the matter B?" The child asked while I took him back on the floor, my smile was replaced by a look of hesitation and sadness. "Well, you know what's going on," I said because it's true, he can foresee the future, he can read minds and even make impossible choices to make unimaginable results. J looked at me empathically and touched my sleeve. "Yeah I know, but you need to vent it out, praying works for both sides, one is me listening your praying and giving a decision if and when I can act to help you, but to you is like a powerful vent, to describe what your heart is heavy for and wanting to let it out all your frustration, is a 2 sideways." J not the kid, but the old man said that, while he walked near to the chair, and while I waited for the kid to sit it, it was the lamb who sat it, getting accommodate on it. "So I'm here to help you, my friend. Your heart is fulfilled with doubts and sadness, so my friend, tell me, what bothers you?" I smiled while I decided to tell him everything, I don't know how much time this will take, but I have an opportunity to not waste it. "Alright, but first, can I ask you a question?" I decided before telling him a story, I sure have some things bugging me and having on that crucial time would be great to make my head lighter. "You already did it." J the kid said while smiled at me, making me snap from my thoughts, oh dang it, he caught me... "Alright, and what about 2 questions?" I asked again making the old J look at me, while he looks solemn I can sense he was smirking and smiling. "You already did it as well." The old J said making me facepalm with so much force my hand almost got in fire, alright Boss, keep calm, keep calm, it's just J teaching the power of patience again, he does that with everyone, you just need to be smart. "And what about 4 questions now?" I said while imagining I won this stupid test, but what the kid said next made my head hurt and my anger boiled. "You already did it." He said smiling again, but this time I freaked out. "What, since when?" Then it struck me like a bus in a highspeed. Both J kid, J old and the lamb looked each and other and smiled wide, and both of them said at the same time. "Right now." I slammed my head at the table while I sense a bit of the fire of my head burning the table which was supposed to be fire-proof. "Are you going to make me a sacrificial lamb?" I asked but then I heard the lamb make noise, and then I got up. "Oops, my bad J, it was supposed to be an expression." Both of them looked at me in concern, then decided to nod. "Alright, let's stop playing a bit, you can ask me everything you want, but first you need to tell the story, to refresh your heart, that's why I did this, you need to let it go your anger B. You need to heal after everything happens, so let's start." For the first time, not the Kid, and not the Old, but the lamb J itself decided to talk and making me look at him. "Alright J, everything happens from years ago..." I have nothing to hide, not from J... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight Pov: I heard Spike excited and begging me for an unusual spell I've been working on. "Come on Twilight, do you can do it?" Spike was moving excited while asking me, while I still remained concentrated. "Okay," I said while I could feel the spell working it. "Here goes." I concentrated while Spike smiled while a mustache appeared on his face. "Ha ha! Ya did it! " Spike said aloud while he ran to the board where it marked a check in the new spell training. "Growing magic, that's number twenty-five. Twenty-five different types of tricks and counting." Spike saying that made me blush in proud, while I hid a bit from him. Spike went directly to the mirror. "And I think that's the best trick so far. " Spike looked at the mirror admiring himself. "Hellooooo Vinyl and Octavia, What's that? Aw, it's nothin', just my awesome mustache. haha" Spike seemed to enjoy himself while I could see Spike has developed a huge time spending with our neighbors, but now it seems time to take his fun off. "Sorry Casanova, as attractive and enticing as you look, it's just for practice and it's gotta go," I said while I used my magic and aimed at Spike, which was apprehensive and gave his final plea... sorta. "WAIT." Then the mustache was gone. "Aww, rats." I chuckled until I heard a question from him. "Who is Casanova by the way?" Spike said while he kicked the floor. "Oh him? Well from my perspective of my rap music lessons, he is a stallion who is capable to attract a lot of mares, Melchior and Ryujin seem to know about him more than I do." I answered while Spike smiled with that kind of idea, while I just rolled my eyes, it seems I've been catching well the breakdown of some music. While I think about that, I look at the sounds over the door who was nearby us, it seems Ryujin was giving his all by some reason, who knows what kind of training he does, but that's kind inspiring. "Thinking about that, let's check Ryujin out for a moment." Ryujin keeps training and training, and seeing him training, makes me want to do the same thing, I've been always rechecking my spells and now I've been learning a few new tricks on it. I just want to see how is him working thought. "Oh, alright, I'm gonna grab some food for him, it seems Melchior is there as well. It will be a great day of training, let's see how they will react about you having to do 25 tricks." Spike jumped from his place and went directly to the bedroom before I even ask him to not do that. After I sighed, we just went directly in the direction of where they were. Melchior already reconfigured the door to be placed on where they are training, it's not just Ryujin but Melchior was doing the same thing, it seems everything was alright. And at the moment I was opening the door I heard a shout. "OH SHIT." Then a massive blow of water went in me and Spike which took us to out of our bedroom, and not just that, but it seems Ryujin blew up with us with the same amount of water. When we got out, we all cough about that huge incoming water. "RYUJIN," I shouted outrageously. "What the heck." "Tell me about it," Ryujin said while when I discovered something familiar, his attire... he was wearing the same armor when he fought Nightmare Moon. "Are you using Tiburon again?" I asked astonished. While Spike looked confuse at us but gave surprise awe when he saw the Tiburon transformed sword on his hand. "Yeah, but I wanted to make an improvement, but it's kinda difficult..." Ryujin said sheepishly while he handed his hair to scratch nervous. "What do you mean by that?" I raised my eyebrow while Spike was looking at us, while I tried to turn my eyes focused on his eyes, and not bellow it. "Well, Tiburon is a shark transformation, which is a great one to recall, but I have another shark sword named Samehada and I already showed to you," I recalled the spiked sword who was on his hand while he used it as his last resource fighting nightmare moon. A mana eating sword from what I remember. "So you wanted to make a new kind of transformation using both shark swords?" I inquired my conclusion making him nod his head. "Yeah, I already reached some transformations but they are in the initial phase, I already managed to make at least 50 attacks using the new swords combinations I have, but I still want to raise the bar even higher." Ryujin looked at me and Spike and said like it wasn't a big deal and he was even wanting for more. "I want to at least have 105 combinations with my swords, that's my objective." My and Spike's mouth dropped hard, on the floor. While Ryujin got up and walked around the bedroom and found something I forgot. "Oh hey, what's that?" He went directly on the trick board, making me and Spike rush to him. "Oh nothing, it's..." I tried to hide a bit of my blush while Spike checked the list. "22, 23,24 and 25. Oh hey, you did learn 25 tricks, that's great Twilight." Ryujin said while he disabled his transformation form making me look down sheepish. "Oh, it's not a big deal, you already did 50 combo tricks, me just using 25 spell tricks, it's like to compare an apple to watermelon," I said that until from surprise a familiar hand appeared and shush me. "Shhhhh, do you want Applejack to hear from you? Are you out of mind?" Melchior just teleported after hearing me from where I stand. "And don't worry about that Twilight, from your perspective it seems it wasn't a big deal, but trust me, a unicorn doing 25 tricks in a row? It's must go on the news." "Really?" I smiled after hearing that my friends while they nod to me. "Anyway, I'm starved. Let's go to Sugarcube corner and eat something." Ryujin said while he took another clothing and decided to change himself. We got used to his I will be right back a moment and come back with different clothing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryujin Pov: While we walked outside, it seems the ponies around us got used by the idea of we living among them, it seemed they look at us as ordinary people or ponies because we kind just stay by us and just go out when we need something or just chill out for the day. Helping Derpy and Doctor Hooves kinda helped us on that, I've even met their children, it seems the theory the pony Sparkle was their daughter like Dinky Hooves were in fact cannon, well. It's fun to see Doctor getting annoyed by a pony who doesn't stop following him, I kinda joke about that, about him getting ready because somepony may know his secret, while I totally deny the idea of me telling him. I didn't open my mouth... Well, meeting ordinary background ponies seems to help me to improve me as a citizen of Ponyville rightly, the same way goes to Melchior, who seemed to like to joke around with deals and etc... While I wave to someponies and they wave me back like a totally daily basis, I heard a talk from Spike and Twilight leading to the same episode. "Twenty-five, Twilight. Twenty-five different kinds of tricks and counting. " Spike said excitedly while he ran by us. "I thought unicorns were only supposed to have a little magic that matches their special talents!" At the moment Twilight was going to open her mouth, I and Melchior cringed making a sound of hissing, making both of them look at us. "What's wrong?" Spike asked making me and Melchior look at him sympathetically. "Well, that's not entirely true, because while people may think they receive a cutie mark about something related as their special abilities, doesn't that mean all the magic is just related to unicorns specifically over that." Melchior who gave a reasonable point I nodded in agreement over that. "Like, it's not like unicorns were born to use their magic, especially with magic, like, imagine if there is a pony who has a cutie mark related to clocks, it's not like his magic is related with time, or related on him constructing a clock. Sometimes magic just can be learned even you don't have a cutie mark related to it. Like, unicorns are not the only ones who can uses magic." I said that while giving another great point. "Oh, really? Can you tell me other species who can manage that?" Twilight now sounded indeed curious, and make me and Melchior smile. "Goats." Melchior started, while I thought about a villain who is capable of doing that. "Draconiques," I said while I thought about Discord. "Centaurs." And now it seems Tirek was on the list. "And for a great example, dragons have a kind of magic but aren't related to constructing, but related on using magic words like Shouting in a language of dragons as Dovah. "Ohhh, Dovah, damn, that was a great example," I said while taking the attention of Spike who was interested in that question as well. "What? Wow..." I could see Twilight's eyes sparkled, no pun intended, she seemed to have many great emotions running her mind. "Can you tell me who is the greatest wizard in your opinion? I think Stars Swirl was the perfect example of how ponies who want to learn magic should use as an example." I looked at Melchior and he smiled at me. "At the same time on 3," I said. "1,2,3..." "Daffy Duck the wizard." "Donald Duck the wizard." We both said names, but at the same time, we paralyzed at the same time. "WHAT THE FUCK?" We said in unison. "What do you mean Donald (Daffy ) Duck was a better magician than my choice?" We shouted in fury and confusion. I started saying. "Are you nuts the wizard is undeterred," I said while I can't believe someone could not imagine Daffy as a supreme wizard on the entire universe. "One word to you, Zettaflare," Melchior said making me my eyes twitch, that was a great point, a power beyond Bahamut in 1000 times, but still Daffy is immortal, nothing can defeat him. "It doesn't matter, Daffy can teleport him to another dimension, he wouldn't use it at time." "WANNA BET?" Melchior said while I was getting ready to punch him, and he was getting to start a fight. "GUYS" We both stopped from the sudden shout coming from Twilight. "I get it, you both have different opinions but I'm still confused, both your supreme wizards are ducks?" I looked at Melchior while he nods to me like we have a truce for a while. "Yep, pretty much." We said in unison. Making Spike and Twilight get even more confusing, and when we were going to explain it seems the course it took by itself because two colts passed by us at a huge speed. They even bumped on Spike and was taking him away, I just went and I grabbed him while they kept running. The duo of silliness and clumsy, Snips and Snails, while I have to say, Snails is kinda one of my favorite characters on Equestria. "Hey colts, what's happening, is there a kind of show happening?" I said the right question while knowing the episode and they seemed happy with the question. "Yeah sir, we discovered there is a new unicorn in the town, and she is the best unicorn in magic." Snips said excitedly from the new show in town. While I have to admit, keep walking around Ponyville has kinda boring times and nights, like, it wasn't by my cellphone and internet, I would have to read all the books over the Library and if I do that, I would have been bored and get be annoying around here, or even keep having to visit Canterlot a lot. Twilight somewhat felt a bit disappointed while I smiled and gave her a wink. "So... what kind of magic? Transfiguration, manipulation, illusion, defense spells, teleport, summoning, magic without magic or nonspecialized spells?" I asked while I raised my eyebrows and Melchior chuckled from his place, while I could see the duo of kids get so confused like their minds just frozen in their places. "Like, is not that surprising to have a pony have a unicorn doing kind of magic, all the unicorns can do that if they want." "Really?" Both of them asked surprised. "Yeah, everypony has a kind of specialization magic, like..." I walked near to snails and took a look inside of his eyes, while he looked at me with his same lazy smile. "You seem to be great in time slow spells, or even time spells itself, so what do you think about all the problems over Equestria?" While Snips sounded surprised about that, Snails looked confuse from my sudden question, he just shrugged off and just answered. "I just don't think about it." His words made me and Melchior say wow at the same time. "Wow, mind-blowing," I said while Melchior agreed with such words of wisdom, Twilight and Spike seemed totally confused from that. "Someone who doesn't think about anything than just having a blank mind, his concentration would be amazing if he uses any kind of time spell, it wouldn't be surprised if he is constantly at a time spell right now." I waved my hand quickly and then tried to punch him while he seemed to be chill while his wide eyes went wide open and he just turned his head while I punched at the floor with all my forces. Making both my friends and Snips gasp in surprise. While they are against that, Snails was surprised about what he saw, and Snips was awe from sudden demonstration, even I was just kidding but it seems Snails is indeed like the theory says, he is in a slowing time loop. "That...was... freaking AWESOME," I said while Twilight too Snails away from me, and both Spike and Melchior were with their mouths dropped. "ARE YOU CRAZY RYUJIN? YOU CANNOT DO SOMETHING DANGEROUS LIKE THAT." Twilight screamed making me cringe. "Don't worry, everything was on control, and thankfully my point was proven by that. Sorry about that Snails, it wasn't by the fact you made miss my punch, it seems you are indeed a talent unicorn. And now you Snips." I said making Snips almost freak out. "Don't worry, it seems your kind of spell isn't kind related on harming, but to just mess, it is by your personality, I think you are the kind of colt who just want to make fun of things, so I think you are the kind of boy who makes pranks while using spells, and there are many possibilities, like rune spells, a bit of transfiguration and construction spells." "AWESOME. Anyway, let's go Snails, we have a show to see." Snips was excited but indeed in a deep hurry. "See yah sir, and thanks for telling us." I chuckled while I still see my group of friends gasped from my sudden test to one of them, while we just ignored and continued walking. We just followed the group of colts who went straight from the town square. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melchior Pov: Well, from what I remember over the episode, it seems the show was about to start and the girls start to boasting while being too loud and taking the attention of Trixie while she was being... well.. Trixie. I don't like much about the episode, but I have a kind of love and hate when it comes about Trixie, well she is a great balance when it comes about Starlight, so I think she is a great example on how to make a character annoying in a good way, and she is a friend of Discord, so she will receive a bonus point about it. Ignoring my inner thoughts, when we came to the town square, we found a group of ponies near to a wagon, and it seems the show was about to start. "Hey girls." Ryujin went first making Rarity, Applejack and Rainbow Dash look at him surprised. "Oh, Ryujin, nice to see you." Rarity smile while Applejack and Rainbow Dash came to great us. "Hey Fellas." Applejack saw me, Twilight and Spike going near to Ryujin who was already talking to Rarity. "What's up, guys." "Hey girls." Twilight waved smiling while I and Spike looked at the wagon and then at Aj. "Hey Aj, I'm surprised to see you here at this hour, something happened?" I asked while Rainbow Dash approached like a lightning and answered the question. "Somepony came here and dropped this wagon and now is saying we are going to have a free show from somepony who supposed to be the best magician unicorn over Equestria." By obvious reasons that made Twilight flinch while I snapped my fingers bringing her attention to me. "Did she said what category?" Making Twilight smiles again, it seems she remembered what I told the colts about all the ponies has a kind of category of magic. "Well, she didn't say so." Rainbow Dash said, while Applejack used her hoof and pushed Rainbow Dash away from me. "Hey." "Ah don't know Melchior, but it seems we must see what will happens." Applejack said and when I was about to talk the show was about to start. "Come on, come all. Come and witness the amazing magic of the Great and Powerful Trixie." At the moment she said that the wagon started to transform like a stage while she appeared over there with a smoke bomb. While taking a lot of awes. "7 on the smoke bomb special effects." Ryujin came by my side and taking the attention of the ponies around us. "Yeah, that was an okay first impression, but I think if she would have used mirrors creating multiple clones of herself and the smoke bombs that would be 10 times better," I said in a lower tone just for me, Spike, Ryujin, Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash hear. "What are you talking about?" Rainbow Dash was saying aloud, but I clap my hands and her mouth was stuck like glue and cannot say anymore. "Hmmmmm." "Be quiet, we are in front of the stage, and we cannot say things too loud to take the attention of the entertainer. If you want to complain about something, it must be so low, it just us can hear okay?" I said while taking the attention of all the mares near my side, and Spike who just nodded to my demand, then when I looked at near us, I saw Pinkie Pie who was near me. "I don't know how the heck you did that Pinkie but you heard what I said." "Yep." She whispered while smiled at me and making me nod in satisfaction. "Watch in awe, the great and powerful Trixie performs the most Espectacular feats of magic ever witness by pony eyes." She raised her hands and then fireworks were expressed over the sky. "Alright, that's BS," I whispered a little totally bullshit, she wasn't even in the league of mister M, and not even from other great magicians on Earth. And I have to say watching from tv is one thing, but she looks even more terrible in life. "My, my, my." Rarity different from the episode, she took my advice at heart and then whispered to us. "What boasting." "I know right?" Ryujin came near us. "But you have to forgive her because many performances and entertainers can be peculiars." "I think you have a point Ryujin. This is a fact I cannot argue with." Rarity decided to give the show of Trixie a try while we could see Spike unconfirmed. "Come on, everypony knows the best magician is..." When Spike was about to say something, Ryujin pinched him. "Ouch, why that for?" "If you are going to say another pony name, remember what we said about kinds of magic, you don't know if this Trixie magic is actually non-magic magic tricks. Or is an arcane art of magic." Ryujin glared to Spike, which makes him sigh in displeasure while he had to watch even more the show. "There is nothing wrong about being Talented is there?" Twilight asked while she showed concern about herself, while her friends didn't know about the fact she breaks an Equestria record to perform 25 new tricks in a day. And when Applejack was about to answer, Ryujin appeared a bit annoyed. "Oh come on Twilight, being talented is a gift, but depends on the character who uses it, some uses it for knowledge, and others use for making people happy, and there are others who want to show how special they are because they want to follow the steps of someone who inspired them, like a father, a mentor, depends on your character. You can be prideful, ignorant, humble, or even lazy." Ryujin indeed knows how to make Twilight smile, and when the girls were about to say something, I glared at them making then shush, while Ryujin gave another important point to not just Twilight but to her friends as well."Besides, you performed 25 new magic tricks today, and I created 50 new kinds of a combo to protect the ponies, we all are Talented in our own way, and we didn't boas ourselves. It's not like when somepony was about to complain about talented ponies, they aren't referring us, am I right girls? " At this moment, Applejack's eyes went wide open, and with a nod I gave to her, she smiled at them. "Of course Ryujin, the problem is her character, she sounds too..." "Shity?" Pinkie Pie appeared behind us and whispered excitedly. "Yeah, I know." "Hmmm... Hmm...." Rainbow Dash was doing her best to open her mouth, while she was glaring at me. "Trust me Rainbow, you being quiet today, can be good for you, it can teach you a bit about humility. Think about what you were about to say at least 10 times, and when you do that, tap my shoulder and I will give you the benefit of the doubt and I will say if you are going to stay the entire day like that or not." That made Rainbow Dash grumble even more. While Ryujin tried his best to not chuckle. "That's not nice." Then a voice which was actually surprised me, I forgot Fluttershy was in this episode as well. "Why did you stuck her mouth, Melchior?" I flinched a bit, so I had an idea. Without Rainbow knowing, I just went near Fluttershy and decided to whisper, the things I whispered about Rainbow Dash made Fluttershy eyes wide open. "Oh my, Rainbow Dash, that wasn't nice for you to do that." Rainbow Dash looked at me like she wants to throw knives at me. I just shrugged accepting that and decided to talk with Fluttershy, while Trixie still performed her tricks. First, she used her magic to bring a bouquet of flowers to her. I just yawned while Ryujin found it boring as well. But then the show has stopped. "Who darest to yawn at the great's and Powerful Trixie's performance?" Trixie looked angrily at me, because I was like in the first line of the stage, while Ryujin was distracted while using his cellphone, after walking off the stage, she stepped angrily at me. I have to say, she was a bit shorter than I remember because she was in the height of my shoulder. While she wore the same cape, while I could look further it seems she was dressing a bit of armor on her belly and on her knees, what the fuck? One thing which surprised me a lot, was the fact she was staring at me, while she didn't look she was confused at my appearance and Ryujin as well. "Are you going to explain why in the name of Tartarus are you tired of the Great and Powerful Trixie's show? Just because you are not a pony, doesn't mean you have the right to sleep in the opening of the Great and Powerful Trixie's performance." From the look on her face, she doesn't care which race am I and that I can give a few good points, it seems she was trying to be open mind when it comes to going to the world tours and make magic shows over there. I was about to reply but then she pointed at my mouth. "Trixie doesn't care who you are if you are so incredible to be bored to the Great and Powerful Trixie incredible and amazing magic show. THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE CHALLENGES YOU AT A MAGIC DISPUTE." At the moment she said that Ryujin and I became shocked, by the fact, we rushed a few minutes of the episode when everypony was trying to make Trixie lose a challenge, but then someway she always won, I skipped that part of the episode, but I didn't even imagine she would challenge me... Now we're on. "Oh...Really?" I said while I couldn't help but smile widely, while I could feel my eyes glimmering with interest, and I turn my head one side cracking my neck, and then I did the same thing with the other side, I could see all my friends and many other ponies looking at me, I made my both hands come together and crack my finger while I was excited by the idea, and looking at Trixie's eyes opening wide open when she found I used my other 10 arms doing the same thing making a huge sequence of crack sound. I was ready with the warm-up. "I What kind of magic dispute?" Trixie was in shock from my interest and my creepy way to get ready. "How did you... It doesn't matter, " Trixie was going to ask about something but she ignored her thoughts and decided to resume what she was going to say. "Trixie challenges you to the best magic tricks you can do, the one who made the other admit defeat, wins." "Alright, I Melchior de las notches del Martes y Jueves ACCEPT YOUR CHALLENGE." I looked deep in her eyes and said that. The awe of everypony around me, and the sudden change of pace, made Trixie glared at me and then decided to teleport no just her, but me as well. "The Great and Powerful Trixie had already many challenges and many victories at her past, the Great and Powerful Trixie specialization is conjuration and transformation spells, and defeated many ponies among Equestria... The Great..." Trixie showed off again about her abilities, and now I have a way to defeat her... "Hey Trixie, do you want to taste something Scrumptious?" I interrupted her while I smiled deviously "OH SHIT." I heard Ryujin saying aloud his own opinion. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryujin Pov: Nope, Nope, Nope, not a chance, not even in a billion times, I don't want to see this shit again. "I'm out of here," I said aloud while I could sense my friends looking at me weirdly. "What do you mean?" Twilight asked me skeptically, and when I was ready to say something, I then heard the sound of the bell. "Ding Ding" I decided to walk away and don't look back. There is no way in Tartarus I want to be part of this disgusting thing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Twilight Pov: That's strange, Ryujin usually just goes away when he is sure something awful will happen. What was he so fearful to see? Then something took my attention, the sound of a bell being called twice. And the next thing I saw... Okay, now I know why Ryujin wanted to get out of here... I saw Melchior being launched hight by a Magical big Spatula, then from my horror and from all of our friends, especially Fluttershy who fainted after watching this principal scene, a giant bat held by a mechanic hand, launched Melchior's head apart of his body with one hit. He was smiling while his head was being held by a big mechanic glove, while his body was held by 4 mechanic hands. The four hands ripped apart his limbs, making all his torso limbless, and suddenly a giant cleaver cut his torso in half making now Rarity faints after seeing all the blood, my jaw was opened terrified, Rainbow Jack was so shocked as I'm, and Applejack was with gulping heard, trying to hold her vomit. Then the torso who was cut in half was being cocked by a big magical oven held by wires, and the body was almost like crispy. Then we heard a ding, telling the body was ready. I couldn't look away from this scene, I was looking straight to Trixie's face, the horror on her face showed not in her wildest dreams something so horrifying would appear. This time I saw Rarity finally having the strength to get up, but sadly that wasn't the right timing, because now Melchior's head, which was smiling and frozen like a happy face, was in a running machine, then we saw the same mechanic hands, now making fists and pounding mercilessly his face, making Rarity faint again. All the pony crowd was frozen, in horrifying feeling stuck in their faces, how couldn't they do that? I think I will have nightmares about that during weeks. Then the running machine brought his smashed face to another machine which made all his face squished out from the machine while creating a little red cylinder, the weirdest part was his face was still smiling from the red cylinder, then he was launched to 5 circles of fire-making all the cylinder cooked and burned. Then he laid himself in a table and surprisingly inside of the torso which was cooked and cut in half. Then appeared Ketchup and Mustard and covered all the cylinder which is his face. And then a box which was held by a mechanic hand was brought near which what remains of Melchior, and when the hand opened the box. I and all my friends gasped. Ryujin was standing outside of the box wearing what supposed to be foreigner equipment like it was to protect the shoulders, a helmet, it was something so weird to understand. "What the fuck?" Ryujin said, while he looked at Melchior and sighed grumpily. "I knew I shouldn't have turned left in Derpy house. Alright, let's finish this shit already." Then after a whistle from someplace, I don't know where the last thing I saw... Ryujin kicked Melchior with so much strength... It went directly at Trixie's face, and she screamed in shock... I don't know how... but just to think about it, I'm going to get sick. HOW IS BUCKING POSSIBLE TO HEAR GULP MELCHIOR ENTIRE BODY AND HEAD LIKE THAT? SHE DIDN'T BITE, SHE SWALLOWED BY FORCE OF RYUJIN KICK, CELESTIA BUCKING DAMMIT. I'M GOING TO... Bluarghhhh. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryujin Pov: Yep, just like that, after Melchior was swallowed by Trixie, Twilight was the first one who vomits, while the others were so much terrified, they were frozen on their place, their face showed a mix of fear and disgust while their mouths were dropped as shocked but in a disgusting way. Trixie was so much traumatized, she then vomited Melchior and by surprise, Melchior was again together, like all that shit didn't happen to him. Trixie after seeing he was standing up and walking again, let it out a deep breath and fainted on their own vomit. The faces I saw after Melchior comebacks from the inside of Trixie were: Rainbow Dash and Applejack maybe decided to make a contest of who could hold their vomits because they were really struggling to not vomit. Fluttershy was the lucky one, she may have fainted in some part of the time in the beginning. Rarity may have been lucky as well she didn't saw the worst part, Pinkie Pie's face was like all the colors of the rainbow, her face was from green to purple, to blue, to read, and surprisingly she even made the color yellow with blue dots on her face, It's hare to see this kind of emotion on cartoons nowadays. Twilight, well, she is Twilight, she already had this experience before. Now, Spike, his face was frozen, maybe I should ask mom to bring us to a therapist, we may need that after today. Then I saw the ponies in the neighborhood. Doctor Whooves was intricated, Derpy was confused which is really good, she wouldn't want to know that either, I saw some ponies of the hospital just terrified as us, then I saw Bombon looking in shock, then she took what is the neutralizer from MIB and turned it on her face, and pressed the button. I held my laugh about that because that was something so shocking even Bombon managed to save herself, and luckily even the ponies behind her. Snips and Snails, surprisingly... not so much for me, seemed to have enjoyed, Melchior trick against Trixie, they even clapped their hands when he finished his trick and walked while bowed himself. "Thank you, Thank you, you are so kind." Melchior walked near the mane six, which they still are in shock. "Oh, I forgot, It's your turn, Trixie." Trixie didn't move. "Oh, you cannot perform? Alright, I will take that as W.o, Thanks for letting me win Trixie, I know you are a great performance, but I hope you have enjoyed this taste trick." Melchior then teleported away. Making us, staring at the place during some time. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Twilight Pov: I, how, I mean, what the... what? Oh, Celestia, I want to... ughhh. I don't know what in the Tartarus happened, but that was disgusting, and I don't know what to do anymore. Then something strange happened. Spike stomped and clapped his hands, then Ryujin did the same thing, while Spike started to sing: "Fuck this shit I'm out, mmmmmm hmmmmm, fuck this shit, I'm out. NO THANKS. Don't mind me, Imma just grab my stuff and leave, excuse me, please." Spike made a lot of weird poses, making everypony around him, while Ryujin decided to get out from the stage and take off the clothes he was using. He seems he was singing a duet with Spike, even if has a few cursed words. "Fuck this shit I'm out, NOPE! Fuck this shit I'm out, alright then." Spike was brought on his knees at the floor and raised his arms and continue to sing. "I DON'T WHAT THE FUCK THIS HAPPEN. But I don't really care, ImgonnagettheFuckouthere." Spike made a few funny quick steps while he was walking away, and Ryujin was singing too. "FUCK THIS SHIT I'M OUT." They said leaving us, even more, confused than before. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hades Pov: "So that's all the story." I sighed while I took another glass of water in my mouth, I vent about all the problems I had during these 10 years, and it seems finally the heavy burden in my chest and the weight in my shoulders was released and I can have some relief. While I looked at my friend taking a good listen with patience and care. "So how do you feel now?" The little kid asked me, while I gave a relief sigh making his smile even brighter. "Feeling better?" "Yeah, thanks for listening me J, I know you know what I've been having during these years, but sometimes, even if I was a god before, I still made the same mistakes when I was treated as the inferior god. J, I just want to know what to do now." I took a look at my glass which was full of water again, looking at the smiling lamb looking at my water, and nodding his head, indicating I should drink the water even more. Even if that was my 10th glass. I don't know why I didn't go to the bathroom until now, that's a great mystery. "Well if that's your question, the answer is pretty simple." The older humble sir around the kid smiled at me... There is a trick when it comes to this trio, J is a really trick guy when it comes to answers. He usually just gives 3 kinds of answers, yes, no or... "Wait for it." The kid said while I slammed my head at my table. Making a sound and the three of them gasp in surprise. Most people hate the answer wait for it... Because it would be easier if was just yes or no because the answer would be definitive at the moment, while wait for it, is a mysterious answer, where you don't know when, if or how the answer will appear and that is like a test of faith and courage for many people who follows J principles. "Just you J, to make many mortals has such patience with that kind of answer, but even your friends you have such courage to give this answer and not a direct direction on what to do?" I murmured while I could see the smile of J change to a sigh, it seems he was a bit sad from my reaction. "Look B, I understand what happened to you, and I know you are confused about that, but you need to have faith in me, even if I tell you the direction or the instructions to you, you will not accomplish by your free will, and sometimes I like to surprise everyone by making them understand, even if they have free will when their will makes a decision by the circumstances it's not because I gave the instructions directly, but your heart and mind decided to follow the instincts instructed by your soul." The little kid got up from his chair, and walked around my table and tapped at my knee. "I want to make people to learn about me by love, and not because I wanted them to do it. Remember Paul?" "Yeah, one assassin of your followers, and then he became one of your most influencers at the world." I know because there is a lot of versions of his story around the world. "For to make an impact inside of him, I had to make him face me, he wanted to kill everyone who was following my examples and giving the representation of my laws to the people, I had to face him, and by being that it made him blind. I knew the consequences of my encounter with him, but you know why I didn't give his vision after I left?" He asked me while I decided to be in silence, thinking about that, why J who is the representation of love and peace didn't give the vision to the assassin of his followers before? He had such tragedic end, but still, he didn't blame them, just forgiven. "Why?" I decided to wait for him to tell me. "His heart, his heart was following the laws of the old testament, and his free will was induced by the laws inside of his heart, when I made an encounter to him, his heart was still following the laws of the ancient age, and to change that, I needed to make his free will change the laws inside of his heart." He then smiled at me while I looked at him surprised. "When he was blind, he didn't eat, drink during days, he just prayed, prayed, not because I told him, but his free will wanted to see again, and by that, he knew the ancient laws doesn't applied to me, because the laws of my father, is my laws, and my laws, is the same laws you and all the humans read during every day, not just any human, but all my brothers, sisters, cousins, sons, daughters, all my followers who by their own heart and free will wanted to follow me with full of their hearts." I was in silence listening the reason of why he doesn't want to give me a direct answer... Because he knows my free decisions based on my free will, will be the answer to change the future for the better, and follow the instincts of my heart, while still being using my free will. I understand why J wanted so much to explain that to me because he has faith in me. "And trust me, there are 2 things I know it will cheer you up now." The kid J moved quickly and went directly to the chair, making the old man and the lamb look at me. "Firstly, Balthazar took care of all the cultists of your grandfather, so that means you still have time to prepare yourself, like 1 month and 10 days. But I wouldn't be surprised if he tries to send some creatures with limitations to try to annoy you." "WHAT?" Balthazar. That name gives me chills inside of my body, he is the elder brother of someone which I respect very much, he is the elder brother of Mr. Mascate, just knowing Mr. Mascate and his brother took care of the cultists and followers of the Titan of the Sky, made myself happy and scary at the same time. Mascate usually doesn't talks about his family, actually, I never talked too much with him, I should do that more often. "It seems now I brought your attention, anyway, Uranus still will try to make some sabotage while being immobile, but I have to say, you did well to follow your heart and destroying the hourglass, that will make his restrictions even more powerful, but I still wouldn't underestimate him if I was you. I cannot help you with this care, because I have my fights, but the 3 people I allowed to help you are enough to deal with all the burdens inside of your heart." The old version of J smiled at me, while the lamb didn't pay attention and was cuddled by the kid. "Understood, what about the other thing?" I was relieved about my problems with my brothers will have passed away while I still have time to prepare my own employees to find strategies to defeat this monsters, even with our new bodyguards like my two nephews. But I wish I couldn't have sacrificed my 2 employees in exchange to containing my grandfather and kill my father, and by that, even one employee had to risk his life in exchange of that. I still needed more good news, but suddenly I heard a chuckle, not from the kid and not from the older, but from the lamb, who smiled at me and nodded, making the kid and the old man chuckled. Then in the same unison they looked at me and said. "I heard your thoughts and the burden inside of your heart, so let me give you the second thing you will enjoy to know..." They opened their mouths... ... THEY WHAT? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ??? Pov: Wow, my ear is ringing, someone must be talking about me. Who knows? "CONCELOUR BLAZER I TORCH THE DRAGON LORD DEMAND YOUR PRESENCE" I heard a voice screaming my name, even I just am in the mountain next to the Dragon Lord. "Sigh, dragons, they need to learn how to chill up for a while, especially this dragon Lord, it will suck having to deal 5 seasons until his daughter Ember takes the throne." I took my favorite hat and with my cane walked in the direction of the mountain where the dragon lord is. "Be a counselor of the Dragon Lord has some perks but is annoying at the same time, I wanted to be at home watching movies. I just want to know how my wife and kid doing at this exact moment."