Dovahshy May Cry
Of Demons and Swords
Author: Draconis187
As Dante drove Vergil, Patty, Fluttershy and himself to the train station, Patty was complaining, again. Dante had Rebellion hidden inside a guitar case while Vergil preferred to keep Yamato on hand at all times. Fluttershy still had Beowulf on her hooves whilst wearing the coat Dante gave her to hide her wings.
“Again, I have to say I don’t like sitting next to a horse. Especially this one, I mean who dyed this horse yellow and pink? The colours look like its natural colour, I can't seem to find any patches of what its coat or mane used to look like. Although it is a pretty horse, what’s his name? I can't seem to find it on his nametag.” She said, pointing at Fluttershy’s Amulet of Talos that she still had hanging around her neck.
“Her name is Fluttershy.” Vergil replied coldly. “Now sit down and be quiet.”
Patty was sat in the back with Fluttershy while the demon brothers sat in front. As they drove along the mountainside they came up to a truck so they had to slow down. This did not sit well with Patty, who seemed to be quick in the art of becoming impatient.
“Why don’t we go around it?” Patty asked. “There should be more than enough room.”
“We are on the side of a mountain little girl, if we were to try pull such a ridiculous stunt and there were to be another vehicle coming in our direction, we would most likely cause an accident.” Vergil explained, slowly losing his patience with the young heiress who folded her arms and sulked.
As they drove behind the truck, Dante noticed something and signalled to Vergil who nodded. Dante floored it and grinded the side of the car with the truck. Vergil tapped Fluttershy’s hoof with the butt of Yamato’s scabbard. Fluttershy saw Vergil give her a small nod towards Patty. She then pulled Patty’s hat off which made her mad.
“Hey! Give it back you stupid animal! It’s not food!” She screamed as she tried to wrestle it out of Fluttershy’s teeth.
As the car scrapped against the side of the truck, a demon tried to attack the car. ‘Tried’ being the operative word. Vergil pulled Yamato out in one fluid movement. The demon didn’t seem to be harmed but stayed there on the side of the truck, completely stationary. As Vergil sheathed the blade with a click, the demon’s head fell off, splattering the side of the truck in blood.
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“Hold on, let me get this straight.” Twilight said, catching everyone’s attention. “This sword, Yamato – a weapon that was designed for close range combat – can cut objects from a distance? Sorry but despite what you’ve been able to do over the past few weeks, I find that borderline impossible.”
Vergil got up and readied Yamato. Fluttershy picked out one of Rarity’s finished rolls of material and threw it up in the air. In one upward slice, Vergil slashed at the air between himself and his target. The roll fell back down to the ground, whole.
“See? Impo-” Twilight started until Vergil clicked the blade into its scabbard. The roll fell apart, cleanly right down the middle. “-ssible.” She finished, her mouth wide open.
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The trio and Patty – who got her hat back once Fluttershy had let go – entered the train station. The place was filled with people trying to get tickets, trying to find lost luggage, shouting indistinctly about things they had forgotten or someone who had upset them on the previous ride. Normally the station wouldn’t allow a farm animal – Fluttershy – to board the train but after Vergil had a talk with them – he never divulged what was spoken although he had a small chilling grin on his face – they let her on.
The train had a single orange diesel car to carry the metal passenger carriages. Dante and Patty sat on one set of booth seats while Vergil and Fluttershy sat on the opposite side of the car. As they sat in relative silence, Patty opened up the locket she wore around her neck.
“What’s that around your neck?” Dante asked, noticing Patty’s sad expression on her face. She sheds a small tear as she responds.
“I-it’s my mother. She died a long time ago, when I was still a baby.” She replied, silently crying a little.
“Excuse me, do you mind if I sat here?” A man in a green suit carrying a briefcase asked. He had dark hair with bangs just above his right eye while his hair was significantly shorter on his left.
“There are several open seats-” Dante started but he was interrupted by Patty, who threw the guitar case at him and patted the seat next to her.
“Thank you, that looks like quite a beautiful lady who is she?” He asked with a smile.
“My mother.” She replied.
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The storm was starting to subside outside, much to everypony’s relief. In the distance, on the far end of Ponyville, a beige coloured Earth pony was nervously waiting around for something. She was running one of her hooves through her pink and blue curled mane. Her Cutie Mark was three blue and yellow striped wrapped candy pieces.
“Oh, were are they? The message they sent said they were going to be here by now, I hope nopony caught on to them.” She said under her breath.
She had left her housemate Lyra Heartstrings asleep in her room as she left earlier. Weathering the storm to reach the outskirts wasn’t a smart thing to do but it was necessary.
“Come on you two idiots… where are you useless piles of Changeling droppings?” She muttered again. “The information you have might just tip the war into the ponies’ favour.”
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Back at Lyra and Bon Bon’s home, Lyra Heartstrings, a green coloured unicorn and local lyre player was getting up from under the covers. Normal storms were fine for her, sometimes she would go out and either sing or play in the rain. As far as this storm was concerned, she was petrified. She heard Bon Bon leave earlier but that was fine to her, her housemate was always doing odd things: pulling garbage trailers, getting an enormous number of apples when neither of them were particularly fond of them amongst other forms of ‘strange’ behaviour.
“At least the storm has gotten less bothersome.” She said as she got out of bed, landing on her hooves with a thud. “I think I’ll go play my lyre in the park for a bit.”
After picking up her lyre and brushing her green and white highlighted mane, she left her home and went to the park, which passed by Golden Oaks Library. Lyra never really talked to Twilight other than to get any more papers on lyre music for her to try.
“Maybe she has something I haven’t tried yet, she has surprised me on more than one occasion.” She said to herself cheerfully as she made her way to Golden Oaks.
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Patty was crying, Dante looked like he hadn’t moved. Vergil was looking out his side, watching the landscape pass by, Fluttershy was laid on the bench with a shocked expression on her face. The man that was sat with Dante and Patty was lying dead on the ground from the moment they left the first tunnel.
“What happened?!” Several passengers cried out, the train conductor soon came to their car, wondering what had transpired.
“What happened here?” He asked. Dante didn’t answer, Vergil did.
“There are several people in this carriage, seven to be exact. The old man…” He said while still looking out the window. “Didn’t have anything to do with it. The couple over there were otherwise engaged with each other. I was sat over here with Fluttershy and I don’t carry firearms.”
“Which just leaves you!” The conductor shouted, pointing his finger at Dante.
“Incorrect you buffoon. There is one more but he is not on the inside of this car. Dante, you can have the pleasure of disposing of the creature.” Vergil coldly interjected.
“You really know how to spoil family don’t you?” Dante replied, shrugging his shoulders. As the train entered another tunnel, a hail of gunfire ran out through the car.
As they exited the tunnel the demon on top of and around the side of the train was dead, riddled with bullet holes. Its multiple red eyes closed or shot and bleeding. Its moulting body seemed to be attached to the man that was sitting next to Dante and Patty. As the body tried to get up, Dante fired a shot which finished the demon off.
As they left the train station and after avoiding giving a statement to the cops, the group went off to find a place to spend the evening. Patty had her head hung low as they walked.
“That was a demon, wasn’t it?” She said, the three didn’t respond. “Does that mean demons are hunting me?!” She shouted this time. They still didn’t respond and that was the way the conversation remained.
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“Why didn’t any of you say anything to comfort her?” Twilight asked. Applejack nodded her head in agreement.
“I hear ya Twi. Why didn’t any of ya say anything? She was clearly sadder than Applebloom when she and the Crusaders lost their treehouse to Diamond Tiara.”
“That’s because she already had enough on her mind with getting to the mansion with three complete strangers. At the time none of us thought she would’ve believed us if we told her what the Devil May Cry’s real clientele were asking for.” Fluttershy deadpanned.
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Lyra went to Golden Oaks to only find Spike rearranging the Library again. He was standing on a ladder with his back to the door.
“Where is Twilight?” She asked as she began to search the shelves for music notes from olden Equestria.
“At Rarity’s Boutique. She wanted to show this Vergil human something. Now what… can I get you?” He began to say but as he had turned around to help the lyre player, all he saw was the lyre spinning on the floor but the green unicorn was nowhere to be seen. “All you had to do was mention humans and she was gone. Great job Spike.” He said sarcastically as he continued to rearrange the library.
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Dante, Vergil, Fluttershy and Patty entered a seedy looking hotel. The walls were faded and dark, some of the wallpaper was peeling off. There was a poster of some odd woman with long blond hair appearing to be singing on it. Dante was busy talking to some ugly man with several crooked teeth. His eyes were squinty and his short brown hair was a mess.
“Give me your cheapest room, I don’t care if it has light or not, we’ll be gone by morning anyway.”
“Ok then, two adults, one child and a horse. I usually don’t allow animals but I’ll make an exception just this once.” He said as he gave the keys to Dante.
“Mister do you know where this lady is?” Patty asked, pointing to the poster.
“Come on Patty we don’t have the time for this, we need to get up early so we can be at the mansion by six.” Dante said.
“Bu-“
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The door to Rarity’s boutique opened up with such force it flew off the hinges. Standing in the doorway with a grin that could give Pinkie Pie a run for her bits was Lyra. As she turned to see Vergil, her smile seemed to get even bigger.
“A human!!” She screamed, she made Opalescence shriek and jump out the window, she then ran up the tree Rainbow once put her up.
As Lyra ran up to Vergil, he teleported near Rarity’s staircase which led up to the second level in the boutique. At first Lyra was bewildered but that just turned into a fangirl squee as she ran after him. Pinkie Pie, seeing this wanted to join in the fun. Everywhere Vergil teleported, one of them were right next to him. It made him incredibly uneasy and the constant teleporting was starting to cause strain.
"My boutique!" Rarity exclaimed as Vergil teleported around the seamstress' shop with the two mares in tow.
Rainbow facehooved while Trixie rolled her eyes. Pinkie - who couldn't teleport - was knocking down mannequins, knocking the odd sheet of fabric or knocking over a box of gems, scattering them across the floor. Rarity eventually fainted, falling to the ground with a thud. Rainbow and Trixie were trying to get Rarity to wake up by getting her some water to throw on her face.
Eventually Twilight had enough and used her magic to pull Pinkie and Lyra away from Vergil. Lyra then teleported herself right next to Vergil, who then teleported away as well in order to get away from the human obsessed mare. It ended up into a teleporting match between them. Sadly for Lyra her expertise in teleportation was very limited and when compared to Vergil, it was non-existent. Lyra recieved a running tackle from Rarity who had woke back up and had seen enough destruction being wrought on her shop.
“I… just wanted… to… hug you.” She said between breaths as Rarity was near strangling her, breaking her concentration required to perform the spell. Fluttershy walked up to the two mares, shaking her head.
“I'm afraid Vergil isn't the hugging type but you can talk to him. I can't guarantee he’ll answer.” She told her.
“Pinkie why did you chase Vergil around like that?!” Twilight shouted.
“Because it looked like so much fun when Lyra was doing it, I had to join in!” Pinkie declared with a sad expression on her face.
After Lyra calmed down, Fluttershy continued her story.
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Late at night, Patty left the room to find out about her mother she thought was being advertised in the poster. As she began to sneak out the door, she saw Fluttershy was missing. Fluttershy was outside, stretching her wings. Vergil was laid on one of the two beds while Dante slept on the couch. Patty picked up her hat and left.
Vergil was being woken up by something rocking him. He instinctively reached for Yamato but found it wasn’t in his hands. Standing in front of him was Fluttershy and Dante, who was holding Yamato. He tossed the blade to Vergil as Fluttershy spoke.
“Patty’s missing.” She said. Vergil raised an eyebrow but no objection as they walked down the steps.
“Did you see a little girl come down here?!” Dante shouted at the desk. The creepy man behind it shook his head.
“I don’t know who you mean.” He said as he raised his arms. Yamato and the lightning enchanted greatsword that belonged to Fluttershy were pointing at his throat.
“Where… did… she …go?” Fluttershy said slowly. The man gulped and told them about how she was heading to the opera house.
They had arrived just in time to save Patty from being killed by a demon that was posing as her mother. Dante and Fluttershy ran down the steps as Vergil teleported behind Patty and pointed at a few of the demons in front of them.
“I would advise you against this course of action. It will not end well for you, no matter how strong you think you are, you will not defeat the Sons of Sparda.” He said, his hand hovering over Yamato’s handle.
Dante joined Vergil while Fluttershy gestured for Patty to get on her back. Dante opened up his guitar case and pulled out Rebellion. He looked at his brother with a snide smile and then turned his attention to the demons slowly moving towards them.
“It appears they do not understand what they are in for.” Vergil calmly stated.
“Well, let’s give them a show shall we?” Dante asked rhetorically. Vergil nodded and as soon as one of the opera’s canvas background frames dropped down behind them, leaving their silhouettes, they attacked.
Dante stabbed one through its head while pulling out Ivory and blowing the head of another demon off. Vergil dodged an attack by another demon by teleporting behind it and then impaling it with Yamato. As two more came at him from the side, Vergil sliced through the demon he had impaled and as the blade left the demon’s body, sliced through the air which sliced them in half.
As they fought, the creepy guy from the hotel appeared behind Fluttershy, trying to grab her. Fluttershy bucked Patty off and the guy received two Beowulf greaves to his chest, sending him flying backwards into the seats with a crash. Vergil sliced open the canvas background and caught Patty before she hit the ground.
“Good work Fluttershy.” Vergil deadpanned at Fluttershy who smiled at him.
The group had gotten to the mansion somewhat late since a demon was about to kill some woman. As the demon was about to slice her apart with his long, razor-sharp claw, Rebellion flew through the door and sliced it off as it flew into the room.
“It appears our timing is most fortuitous Dante.” Vergil remarked as he walked through the shattered remains of the door Dante destroyed.
“Yup, looks like it, you know what that makes us?” He said with a huge smile on his face.
“Big damn heroes!” Fluttershy declared, standing on her hind hooves, her forelegs held in a boxing position in fro not her.
“Ain’t we just?” Dante said as he raised his hand, Rebellion flying back into his grip. “Showtime!”
The three attacked the demon. Vergil sliced off its other arm while Fluttershy used Lunar Phase to smash its head into the floor. Dante stood back, Rebellion in Drive position. The demon got back to its feet only for Vergil to fly through his legs, stopping next to Dante. In the next second there was a slashing sound as his legs were chopped off in several places (Rapid Slash). Dante then let loose with a powered up Drive which tore a ‘canyon’ through the mansion and the demon.
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As Bon Bon was about to give up waiting, she saw two Pegasi come flying down. One was a light blue with a swept back manestyle. His mane was a deep crimson and his Cutie Mark was a tower shield. His companion was a medium brown with a black mane. His manestyle had part of his mane covering his right eye. His Cutie Mark was a crossbow.
“Finally you came!” Bon Bon cried out, giving her old friends a hug. “How have you been?”
“Not good thanks to this war.” The blue one said. “Care to show us around Ponyville Sweetie Drops?”
Bon Bon smiled. “Of course. It’s Bon Bon now I haven’t used that name since I left the Hive.”