Warriors

by Saviour From The Dark

To Intercept the Blade

'It worked!' I cheered in my mind as another brilliant light signaled the arrival of another potential warrior. Celestia had told me countless times of her doubts, not that it ever deterred me, but I was fixated upon finding a way. What surprised me when we summoned the Human we observed for a short while was his calm and collected attitude, a good quality to have in a warrior. Although I found herself looking the Human up and down, his lean build was showing through the slightly tight clothing he wore.

My I felt my cheeks burn in embarrassment as he met my gaze before turning to see the other warrior we had summoned, I was thankful for his distraction as he seemed to not notice my embarrassment. As the light faded a taller Human with dirty blond hair stumbled forwards, probably in shock the poor thing.

Luk assessed the tall man, who probably had been doing whatever he does throughout daily life, his messy dirty blond hair and wide emerald eyes were enough to say he was on the brink of freaking out.......

"Where am I! Who are you! What are they! Why am I here! Since when did unicorns exist!" With waving arms and no sign of his freak-out mode ending. Luk swiftly strode over to the man and slapped him across the face, the sound echoed through the Throne room.

"If you calm down! These two can explain everything". The tall blond man took a few deep breaths."Okay, I think it's safe to say I am an finally going insane, now in the name of all things sacred why am I here!?"

Although he was only slightly calmed down, it was better than a full grown man freaking out........it caused quite the headache. Luk could see Celestia about to speak and explain everything all over again, he wasn't exactly in the mood for that. "Basically these two are Princesses who raise the sun and moon, I know it sounds crazy but trust me, they have brought us here because they believe we are skilled enough to fend of multiple factions who are slaughtering they troops daily".

The blond man's eyes seemed to widen further. "Now, for the name exchange, these to are Luna and Celestia". Luk gestured to the mares as he said their names. "I am Luk. Now what is your name?"

"B-Be-Benjamin, my name is Benjamin. Although it's nice and dandy to meet you all, and I have another human to keep me sane, whats this about armies?"

Celestia and Luna went to there respective thrones and sat down. Celestia decided it would be best to give them a more detailed description of their current situation, especially seeing as they were going to fight to the death for her ponies. "As I told you, Luk. We Ponies have never indulged into violence with our magics.........This now puts us at a disadvantage against those with more advanced weaponry, or other means of using violence against others. Such as the Diamond Dog War-bands and the Griffon Empire not to mention that the creatures of Everfree forest are going berserk, hopefully you now have more insight upon our predicament".

While Celestia further informed Luk and Benjamin took in everything he had missed out, unknown to Benjamin, Luk was observing his clothing and features. His body was slightly bulkier than Luk's lean frame which could be seen through his black T-shirt which was complimented by a pair of black jeans, not flashy or extravagant but it went together nonetheless. Looking over some yellow letters on his shirt, which caught much of his attention, the two words were spoken aloud. "Wing Chun..."

"What?" The Princesses asked in union.

Luk approached the man calmly. "Wing Chun......So we are both Martial Artists".

"Yeah, I guess it makes more sense why they chose us, but what do you practice?"

Benjamin couldn't really guess from his clothing or his structure. He knew Luk wasn't some MMA wannabe, he wasn't a dumb meat head, so it left him in a state of confusion. Luk smiled, one of warmth not arrogance. "Muay Boran, a sort of umbrella martial art, using multiple techniques of Thailand's ancient boxing styles".

Benjamin smiled with an deep inner warmth. "I see, so that explains the tanned skin. Do you know much of Wing Chun?"

"No, only the basic concepts". Luk admitted his lack of insight into the art. "Although I appreciate the fundamental of the art and especially the true power behind it, one has to sit back to admire it's beauty".

"Excuse me but I would like to know what a Martial Artist is?" Celestia just couldn't contain her curiosity, she knew she had summoned warriors yet knew nothing about them.

"What is a Wing Chun? Furthermore what is a Moo Banana?" Luna asked, obviously shaking with excitement.

Luk looked at Celestia. "You see a Martial Artist is someone who practices Martial Arts, that's why you brought us here, and it's Muay Boran Princess Luna, those are the arts we practice".

Celestia had a look of disgust on her face. "Human's view violence as an art!"

Benjamin had some foresight on what was to come, so he conveniently butted in before the magical Sun Queen dubbed the as monsters. "No, not at all. The reason Martial Arts were created was to defend one's self from stronger opponents. There are those who do practice it in the name of violence yet many practice them so we can understand not just ourselves but violence in general, it does make sense. My Sifu always tells me 'By practicing violence, we come to understand it, when we understand it we can prevent it'. Now does it make sense?"

Celestia was deep in though and she, self admittedly, agreed with what these Humans believed. However Luna's mouth was slightly agape with all the knew knowledge being fed to her and she could hardly contain how excited she was. Luk and Benjamin already felt a connection as Martial Artists, it was a bond between those with common ideals.

"So Princesses". Luk asked approaching their thrones with Benjamin in tow. "What is our first task in Equestria?"

Shards of stained glass suddenly fired towards Luk and Benjamin from the right, each of them covered their faces to prevent losing their eyes. Luna and Celestia shielded themselves with their wings, although the majority of glass shards were around the feet of the two Humans. When all of them look towards the shattered window, which allowed the sun to pour into the chamber, the jagged remains of the window still transformed the light passing through it into the glass's respective coloring.

Standing before the destroyed window, facing the Humans, was a Griffon with a much darker shade to his feathers. His dead gaze befell the two Human's before him before looking over at his intended targets, a darkness lingered within the Griffin. "For the Imperial Griffon Empire!"

He screamed and flew towards the Princesses with a blade clutched in his claw. Luna and Celestia were about to restrain the Griffin with magic, the magic in their horns producing a bright aura.

Neither of them could believe what they had seen when Luk propelled through the air and met the flat of his foot with the side of the Griffin's face. It was the audible crack the made Luna and Celestia wince, imagining how much power was behind the strike scared even them.

The Griffin hit the ground with a THUD while Luk landed inches away from him in a wide and low stance with both fists ready to strike the assassins face. Said Griffin suddenly grabbed Luk's left arm with his claw which earned him a right elbow using the pull from the Griffin to bring it slamming on top of his skull, not hard enough to kill but hard enough to leave the Griffin with a disorienting concussion. Benjamin was standing behind the beaten Griffin just in case he tried anything else.

"So ladies.......What do we do with this one?" Luk said sitting on the unaware would-be-assassin with a confident smile.

Meanwhile the mare could only gaze in awe with their mouth unhinged, Luk's simple display of power and ferocity overwhelmed their minds. Furthermore why did he just wink at the both of them with that smile!?