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// Chapter 1: A Herd of Ugly Brown (Edited) 
// Story: Canterlot's Savior 
// by Subsistence 
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I woke up that morning with a smile on my face. It seems that today was going to be a good day because it was a weekend, and I did not need to go to school. I jumped out of bed and pulled on my Rayquaza patterned jeans and a Batman t-shirt before going to have a shower and wash up.

My name is John Wayne Cousins, and don’t get me wrong, I enjoy going to school, but I would rather stay home and play video games on my Samtendo Snitch, and not to brag, but I am the best Samtendo Snitch player in school. Just try me at Pokerman.

I open the window and breathe in a breath of fresh air and smile again. Today was the day I was going to confess my feelings to the love my life, Sunset Shimmer. I had known her since freshman year and I look at her in the corner of my eyes whenever she passes me. She was such a beautiful girl and today my relative, Twilight Sparkle, was going to help me out.

First I will lure her to a private place with Twilight’s help, then I will tell her all my feelings for her. This plan was going to work, because I came up with it.

Suddenly, there was a explosion and it came from the portal in front of Canterlot High School. I could see it from my house because I live next to school. Convenient, am I right?

There is a lot of ugly brown things coming from the portal and I quickly summon a lightning spear in my hands. I know how to do this cause Solaire taught me how. He was one of my teachers when I was younger. I'll go more into that later. The things began to trample the grass and trees around school and waving their four legs in the air like horses, but they weren't horses. They were yaks.

“Hey!” I shouted as I jump out of my window in a roll and pointing my lightning bolt at them. “What do you think your doing? This is my home Go back to Equestria.”

“Moo.” the first yak said. “We are here from Equestria to take over your world. This world belongs to the yaks now.”

Suddenly I got a phone call on my phone. I take it out of my pocket with my right hand which is of a Linguinei’s Haunted Mansion design, and I press answer.

“John! Yaks are coming from Equestria and I don’t know how to stop them!” Twilight said. “Can you help me?”

As her relative I could not say no, so I said yes.

With the lightning spear, I threw it at the first yak and it disintegrated into a pile of ash. The rest of the yaks took a step back in fear.

"Yeah come get some." I said.

The yaks are now running all over the place, which is bad. I can't let them escape or Celestia will be mad at me. Lifting my right hand, I call down lightning storm which turned about seven of them into ashes.

Solaire had taught me well. When I was learning under him four years ago, he said I was his best pupil and that no one had ever learnt how to create lightning miracles as fast as I did, and now I finally had a chance to put what I learnt to good use. It was the simple method of channeling the magic within ourselves into our hands to form that lightning. The more powerful the soul the more powerful the lightning. I could do it easily for some reason and that was why I was such a quick learner. Yeah, I have quite the confusing history, don't I? I'll explain more about myself later.

 I also learned how to shoot guns and climb virtually anything from Nathan Drake, but I didn't bring my guns with me this time as I had left them in my closet in my room. Nathan told me that I had a knack for climbing and he was surprised at how fast I had learnt how to do it. Yes, I'm a fast learner.

One of the yaks charged me, but I timed my jump and I somersaulted over the yak, then stabbed my lightning spear into its back, disintegrating it into ash.

More of them attacked me, but they could’t stand up to my skills, because I had been trained well. One yak got too close to me, but I punched it in the face with my left hand and knocked it down on its side. Before it could get back up, I fired a bolt of lightning into it and it turned into ash. They kept trying to rush me, but they were trying in vain as I turned yak after yak into dust. They couldn’t learn their lesson.

“He is too strong!” one of the yaks said. “We must get away.”

I threw my lightning at four more yaks as they try to run away, but most of them managed to go back into the portal. I don’t know how to managed to come from Yakyakistan all the way to Ponyville. Something fishy must be going on.

Just then Twilight rode in on her scooter and smiled at me. “Good work John, you stopped the yak invasion. I don’t know what they're planning, but it is a good thing you're around.

“It was, but what are they doing here?” I asked her. “We must let Celestia know.”

"Yes, John." Twilight said. "I will write a letter to her immediately, but you go on ahead. You have a date with Sunset remember? You must go or you'll lose your chance with her.”

“Oh yeah, I almost forgot.” I said. Fighting the herd of ugly brown yaks made me forget my amazing plan for today. “So you're still going to get her alone for me, yes?”

“Yes, I 'll do it after I message Celestia.” she said.

“Ok cool.” I said as I headed into the school. I spent about an hour waiting in school, then I went to the bathroom on the first floor to neaten myself. First, I styled my hair back until it looked cool, like one of those guys on the magazine covers. Then I adjusted my clothes to make sure there were no wrinkles. Then I bent down and wiped ash off my boots, which were replicas of the boots that Nero wore from Devil May Cry 5, also known as DmC 5.

Then I tested my breath. I had to know if it smelled good, just in case I got to kiss Sunset. When I realized it smelled fantastic, I left the bathroom and waited at the front of school for Sunset Shimmer to come. 

And then there she was, walking with Twilight as my relative rode on her scooter which I forgot to mention was the same scooter as the one Megan Fox rode on in Transformers.

“Yeah Sunset, I need help with my homework.” I heard Twilight say. “I just need you to go into school and wait for me while I go back home and get my homework.”

“Ok cool, I’ll just wait inside.” Sunset answered, then began walking up the front steps of school as Twilight turned her scooter around to go off. Before she left, she gave me a wink and a thumbs up. What a good relative she was. She was definitely my best relative, not forgetting Shining Armor or the others. They were also cool relatives.

I ducked back inside school and waited by the lockers, I leaned against them to look cool as I waited for Sunset to come in.

“Sunset.” I called as she entered the doors; she jumps when she heard her name called.

“John, what are you doing here?” She asked when she calms down.

“Well I dunno, I guess I was just in the area.” I replied cooly. I looked at her. She was really beautiful. “Hey, since I’m here do you want to maybe go catch a movie?”

“Are you asking me out?” Sunset asked.

I balled up my courage and breathed. This was my moment. This was why I was here. I was Bold and Brave. I couldn't back down and get all nervous now. I needed to speak what was in my heart, and I am going to do it. “I like you Sunset. Ever since the first day I saw you, I instantly fell in love. Would you like to go out with me.”

“Oh John, I never knew you felt this way.” She smiled. “Yes I would like to go on a date with you. You're such a amazing guy.”

It was as though I had rolled a A+ on my luck today. I decided to test it further to see just how far I could go.

“Can I kiss you Sunset?” I ask.

“Yeah, I don’t see why not.” She answered.

I checked my breath one more time before I walked to her. when I was sure it still smelt awesome, I kissed her and it was amazing. The best kiss I had ever experienced, though this was my first kiss.





In Yakyakistan, the yak king, Henry, sniffed at his left hoof, then growled and kicked his messenger in the head with his right hoof. The messenger rolled down the steps and groaned.

“You couldn’t even kill a boy with lightning hands. If you cannot defeat one human, then what is the point of our conquest of the worlds?” Henry said. “We have already manage to make our way to the portal with the help of our allies. Half our plan has been completed, but then a human boy stops you. You do not deserve to live. I will get someone else to do your job. Guards, take him to the prison.”

Two yaks came over and dragged the messenger away by the horns, leaving Yak King Henry by himself as he thought about the human who posed a threat to his plans of conquest.

“John Wayne Cousins...” He said to himself. He will remember this name from today on. No one was to stand in his way in complete domination. He had always wanted to conquer everything and be king of all. His dreams were brought to a reality when his benefactor mysteriously showed up and gave him the means to do so, but now this boy was here and he was making a mess of things.

He held up his Orb of Subjugation and looked to the side where there was a cage. Princess Celestia and Luna were inside and their eyes were black and white, and swirling like those tunnels in the clown house. No one could withstand the power of his weapon, not even the rulers of Equestria. This John Wayne Cousins was also going to regret stopping his plans.