*Nicholas POV*
As we were about to walk into town, Ronin stopped. He turned to us and smiled.
"Better clean myself up, huh." He said as green flames surrounded him suddenly, causing the girls to yell out in suprise.
"He caught fire!" Scoots yelled as the fire dimmed and I gasped.
He looked liked he did before we left earth, except that his normal black/brown hair was now stark white and his left eye was still green. He wore a black jumpsuit and still beared the sword. He looked at us and smiled.
"Now that I look presentable, you kids better run along now. I have adult matters to talk with your siblings and friends with. And it wouldn't do to have y'all making it awkward for either party." He said the last part with a bit of ice in his tone. As much as I didn't want to have Ronin out of sight, I had to tell Raiden about him being here. I turned towards the girls, back to Ronin.
"Lets go, guys." I said as the girls and Cacoono looked at me in suprise. I winked at them before turning back around. "See you later, Bro." He gave a quick hug before walking towards the cakes residence. I turned to crew quickly.
"Girls, come with me. I need y'all to help me warn twilight and the others about Ronin. Cacoono, I saw how you looked at him, if you want to, you can go back home. I don't want you getting hurt. " He nodded quickly.
"Y-Yeah. See you guys later." He said as he vanished with a poof. Funny, I dont recall him being able teleport before. No matter, we had bigger things to worry about. We quickly ran towards the library, hopefully to get help quick before someone (or somepony more likely) got hurt.
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Ronin POV
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As I walked through town, I noticed that the ponies were looking at me strangely. I guess since they had seen my brothers, fear wouldn't really be on their minds. Instead, I got curious looks instead. I ignored them as I approached my destination.
I walked into the sweet shop and looked around. It was empty save a completely pink earth pony playing with a baby unicorn and pegasus. I walked up and she turned around faster than lightning. She looked at me and gasped.
"HI, IM PINKIE PIE! ARE YOU ANOTHER HUMAN!?" She happily yelled as I flinched from the sudden outburst. The foals seemed unfazed by this, however, and simply giggled.
What the hell is she on? I thought as I recovered. I cleared my throat and replied.
"Ok, Please don't yell at me like that again, aight." She nodded and quickly replied.
"Sorry, I just get soooooo excited when I see somepony new in town, or someone in your case since your a human. *Le Gasp* Do you know Nick? I bet you know Nick! You must be his brother! but Raiden came by earlier and he didn't look anything like you. but he did say to watch out for a guy with a......sword." She had started talking fast, but stopped with a whisper as she realized who I was.
So it seems my brother and that princess have these home-town heroes on the lookout for me. Good. Real good. That makes getting to business so much easier. I took a step towards her as she backed up, putting the foals behind her.
"Why don't you put those foals to bed and we can continue this conversation without the presence of children." I said as her went wide. She turned and picked up the foals and, trembling the whole way, took them upstairs to their rooms. I followed her up and waited for her out the door. She came out and looked at me with fear. I leaned in a tad, an idea coming to mind.
"Relax, Pinkie Pie. I don't want to hurt you. You see, you have been terribly misinformed about what I have done. I don't want to hurt ponies." I said with an innocent smile as one slowly came to hers.
"You don't?" She said slowly as I laughed.
"Of course not, you see, I simply wanted to throw a huge party for the princess and the queen. But the Captain and my brother stopped me because they were jealous." She gasped loudly.
"They stopped a party!" She exclaimed. I sadly nodded. "Those meanies!!!" She nearly yelled. I smiled at her.
"That is why I came to the party pony herself, the ELEMENT of laughter. If anyone can help me, its you." Her grin grew impossibly wide.
"I'd LOVE to help you create this party!!! When is it?" She asked as I smiled at her.
"In a couple of days or so. Bu I must ask of you something, where are elements of harmony located? We want to use them as props for party games." I said as she started hopping around.
"PARTY GAMES!!!! that's easy, they are in the largest tower at canterlot castle." My eyes went wide. Of course they would be there, that makes this so much easier. I put a hand on her shoulder to stop her bouncing.
"Thank you, party queen. I shall come by later with better plans for the party. You've been a GREAT help." I said as I teleported away with green flames, not noticing the slight blush on her face from the compliment.
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Nicholas POV
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As we ran through town towards the library, we came to a stop at a weird sight in front of us.
Cacoono was standing in the middle of the street talking to a mare with icy blue hair and silver eyes. It wasn't until Sweetiebelle spoke up that I realized something wasn't right.
"Um...Nick?" She asked. I looked to her and raised an eyebrow. "Why are there holes in her legs?"
Sure enough, the mare had several holes in her legs, yet no blood was coming out. That means.....
"Crap, she's one of those monsters Raiden told me about. She's going to hurt Cacoono!" I said as I rushed forward.
"Nicholas, wait!!!" Applebloom called but I had already started running towards them. As I got closer, I could tell that the thing was cornering Cacoono. With a yell, I focused into my hand and did a throwing motion, praying it worked.
thankfully, it did. A ball of red light shot forward and sent the thing flying with a screech into a wall. Cacoono looked towards me as relief washed over his face.
"Nick!! Oh, thank goodness. That lady was trying to kill me!" He said quickly, but he wouldn't look at me all the way.
"Ok, What are you hiding?" I asked as the girls caught up. He looked at me with suprise.
"I-I....fine. Geuss I should be honest, huh?" He said as a yellow flash surrounded him. In his place was a black thing with complete yellow eyes. He shared the same hole problem as the blue lady. The girls let out a gasp at the reveal, while I simply stared him down.
"How long have you known?" Cacoono asked. I smirked and put my hands on my hips like Raiden does when he thinks he's smarter than everyone.
"Since Ronin appeared. Raiden said he was with the changelings, so when you started freaking out internally whenever he would stare at you, I realized you must've been worried he knew something. Then you teleported with ease even though your just a colt. From what Twilight says, that takes practice. And from a species born for war, that's PLENTY of practice." I finished as he looked down in shame.
"Why go tah all the trouble, though?" Applebloom said. "Why lie tah us an' everything." He looked up with a sad face.
"My mother sent me here with two others to find and kill the elements of harmony, but I honestly couldn't kill anything if I tried. I've always been better at healing magic anyway. But the other two wouldn't give up, so I've been lying to them to keep your families safe. I couldn't betray you guys after being so nice to me. I'm sorry." Cacoono finished as tears went down his face.
I suddenly felt bad for the guy. He wasn't a fighter, but was born into a war he didn't want to take part in. Scootaloo walked up to him.
"Listen dude, you may have lied to us. but in the end you did what was right. I don't know about the others, but that makes you alright in my book." She said as Cacoono hugged her suddenly. She let out a soft squeak but didn't pull away. When he finally let go she stepped back, blushing hard. I stepped forward, extending my hand.
"Lets start over then. Hello, My name is Nicholas. What's yours?" He looked at my hand, pondering for a second, then he shook it.
"My name is Tak." he said with a smile. But then, that lady appeared in front of us.
"OK, BOY!!!! I DONT CARE IF YOUR RELATED TO RONIN OR WHAT! BUT YOUR HEAD IS GOING ON A SPIKE!!!" She yelled as she rushed us. I put up my hands in defense.
CLANG!!!!!
I looked past my hands to see Ronin blocking her with his sword. He pushed hard and sent her back a couple of yards. He turned to us.
"You alright, bro?" he said as I hugged him.
"You saved us!!!" I said as I looked up at him.
"Of course, can't have an icy bitch hurting my bro and his friends. Especially not my girlfriends kid." He said as he patted Tak on the shoulder.
"Thanks, Ronin... wait, What do you mean GIRLFRIEND?" But then The lady roared.
"MY NAME IS TUNDRA STORMWEATHER!!! I WAS TOP OF THE CHARTS AT THE WONDERBOLTS ACADEMY BEFORE I BECAME A CHANGELING! I HAVE BUTCHERED COUNTLESS PONIES, GRIFFONS, AND MINOTAURS!!! AND I WILL NOT BE IGNORED!!!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Ronin turned towards her after smiling at me.
"Why dont you sit back and watch the show, Y'all. I've got a snowmare to melt." He said as he drew his blade.
https://m.the two slowly circled each other before Tundra shot up into the air and started glowing. Out of nowhere, a blizzard hit the town, freezing over several buildings( and ponies) immediately. I put a shield over us to block the cold.
"Let us see if you can handle the cold heart of a lady." Tundra sneered at Ronin as she dive bombed him. He dodged left and swung at her wings, but she tilted right to catch an updraft from the hailstorm to avoid the blow. After circling around, she started swinging her hooves in a circular motion, causing shards of ice to be shot at Ronin. He smiled and started cutting down the ice shards. A couple grazed his knees and arms though, causing him to groan in pain.
"Aww... Am I hurting the little boy with the toy sword?" She mocked as she dive bombed again, this time covered in glacier-thick ice as a sheild. Ronin ran at her and grabbed her wings as she connected with him. Grunting loudly, he threw her into a flower stand that had been left behind by fleeing ponies. She got up quick and her horn sparked brightly out into the storm.
Three snow soldiers resembling ponies came to life from the hail that was falling. Bearing swords of their own, they attacked. The first one swinging hard in a downward motion at Ronin, who simply sidestepped it and sliced the thing in half. the second and third one teamed up strike in succesion, causing Ronin to backpedal quite a bit.
"We have to help him!" Tak yelled over the storm. I nodded and thought for a second, then Sweetiebelle spoke up.
"Nick, see if you can enchant his sword. I remember reading about that when I was at Twilights library once." She said as my eyes widened.
"Your a genius, Belle!" I yelled as I focused my magic on his sword, not noticing the intense blush she had on her face. I dropped a hole in the shield long enough to send a red orb at the sword. It connected and caused it to turn red.
Ronin looked at the blade in shock, then sliced the snowponies. They melted instantly! He looked to me and gave me a thumbs up, just before getting slammed by Tundra, causing him to slide back across the icy ground.
He recovered and glared at tundra. She frowned at him.
"WE FINISH THIS NOW!!!" She roared louder than ever as she rushed forward with an icy sword of her own. Ronin did the same, letting off his own battle cry.
*SHING!*
Both had swung past each other and were several feet past where one of their swords connected. For a second, No one moved. Then Ronin started swaying as Tundra turned around.
"I have won the day, Ape!" She said....as she fell over. Ronin recovered and walked over to her and plunged the still red-hot sword into her chest. After an unearthly screech, she melted to nothing. The hailstorm died instantly, with all frozen buildings and ponies thawing out without side effects or anything. I lowered the sheild and ran up to Ronin.
"Ronin that was awesome!" I said as the girls and Tak caught up.
"I knew you were strong, but to vanquish that icy demon..." Tak said with wonder laced into his words.
"Your as tough as Rainbow Dash!!" Scootaloo said as Applebloom looked at her with shock.
"Scootaloo, I ain't evah see Rainbow Dash beat a snowpony before, so in mah book, he's way tougher than her." She said as I saw light glowing from the puddle that was Tundra. A blue light shined from it as it floated towards the sky.
"Thank you for freeing me from that prison." It said softly
hold up
"Did that light just speak to us?" Sweetiebelle said. Ronin shushed her and stepped forward.
"What happened to you?" He said. The light seemed to dim in response, as if it was sad.
"I had met a being like you and that child, but it was full of malice. He cursed me and my three closest friends to become darker versions of ourselves." It said as it floated higher. "Forget me, you must....save.....the others..." It faded away.
Ronin sheathed his sword and turned to us. "If the lieutenants are revolting and going after Tak and Chrysalis, we may be in big trouble." He said as we all shared a worried glance. I turned towards the direction of Canterlot.
What's going to happen to us? to this world? these were thoughts that couldn't help but plague my mind as we made our way towards the tree house, hoping Twilight was there.