[The Dojo]
"Ha!" I yelled as I thrust my legs forward multiple times.
"Wrong, wrong, wrong."Martial said as he shook his head disapprovingly.
"What am I doing wrong?!" I asked annoyed. Come on I have done this same thing for weeks. Why can he not be satisfied? "I have adjusted my stance five times just today!"
Martial chuckled and threw an apple at my head. I tryed in vain to bring my hooves up to my head to block the fruit from its destination. [Let me tell you apples are much harder when they hit your head than when you bite into them.] I felt my entire head tilt backwards. [I bet you would have loved to see me fly back matrix style.]
"The problem is your lack of focus. If you had focused you could've blocked that simple apple."
"How was I suppose to know you were going to throw an apple at my head!" I yelled pointing to my battle scar. I felt the apple juice slowly drip down my face. I tryed to continue talking but the juice made its way to my eyes. "YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEOW! It burns! Why apple why?!" I screamed in agony. I entered into a fetal position.
"I will get a napkin," my master chuckled,"...eventually."
Damn you old man! Damn you to the dark place!
[A day later.]
[Beep! Beep!] I slammed my right hoof slamming to break my alarm knowing full well what today was.Damn. I am so glad it is finally sunday. My only day off. I can just sleep in! Thank Celestia! I felt myself yawn and tryed to become comfortable again.
Suddenly I felt a bright light touch my eyes. No. No. Not today! Why today?! [Hey you try and follow Martial's training and not complain the one day you get off!]
As I expected there was Celestia with a look of worry over her face. Her face was a sickly white. [I mean whiter than usual. I know weird right? I did not even know she could be any whiter.]
"What ish it?" I muttered still half asleep.
"Human," she said briskly placing in my hooves a scroll with her magic,"I have your test."
I instantly grew excited. [I thought she was going to just troll me and then go back under her bridge.] I grabbed the scroll in my teeth and started to look for a knife. I looked frantically for a knife. Luckily Celestia was kind enough to use her horn to open the scroll.
"So what is the job exactly?"
"I require your aid to retrieve an ancient artifact."
"What sort of artifact?"
"It is known as War Bringer's gauntlet." I raised a brow not recognizing the name. "War Bringer was a military general [Of course!] of the griffins who happened to find a powerful weapon. The gauntlet allowed him to absorb and utilize the magic of unicorns. The gauntlet was said to have been made by an elderly alicorn as a deal between it and War Bringer.To power the gauntlet the wearer would require to be blasted by a unicorn's magic."
"Okay? Um why do we need it now? And for that matter where is it? I mean wouldn't the griffins have, you know, hide it away somewhere safe to protect it?"
Celestia ignored me and continued,[Exposition I choose you!]"I fought against War Bringer years ago to claim the gauntlet. to prevent him from abusing its power. When I did the gauntlet was already gone." Well why didn't she just reclaim it after the battle? "I was too tired. Also the gauntlet's power was exhausted so it was just as useful as a normal piece of armor."
"Then why do we need to get it back?"
"Recently I felt a surge of its power. It has become active. Most likely because a third party has found it. Your mission [If I choose to accept it.] is to accompany a young unicorn to reclaim the gauntlet."
"So, who is the lucky pony?"
"The only one I trust with such a task is my good and faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."
I breathe in a heavy wave of emotion. I had to resist the urge to jump for joy. So somehow as if in a reflex I felt myself squee. [Yes people I have just squeed myself. I wanted to introduce myself to Twilight but I kind of put it off. I hardly met any of the mane six during the party when I came and that was a while back.]
"I assume by your face you accept your mission."
I gave a mock salute and said,"Will do princess."
"Report to sugarcube corner. My student will be waiting there for you."
"Okay.."I said thinking,"first, I got to make a few stops."
Celestia nodded,"Just make sure you report there as soon as possible." With that said another flash came before my eyes and I was alone once more.
I grabbed my jacket. [Yeah styling and profiling with swag!] I also decided to grab a certain type of hat I had acquired. [Fine you broke me down. It was really just a gift from Pinkie Pie.] It was a gray fedora with a black line resembling a headband for my headwear. I also reached and grabbed sunglasses. [Got to love Pinkie Pie my friends.]
I took a deep breathe. Now that I look badass. I need to say something cool. Hm. what should I say? I snapped my hooves. [Screw physics! I have hooves!] "It is adventure time!" With my battlecry said I ran to get my passengers on my ride of awesomeness.
[In Ponyville]
"Sure I will come along," Adven said with a sly grin," I always love a good adventure."
"Awesome!" I reached my hoof which Adven grabbed with his own.
Adven's face changed from one of excitement to one of realization. "Dude, I almost forgot we should ask Shadic to come with us."
"Who?" then I remembered and immediately facehoofed.
"Well I could always NOT tell him bro. No need to get emotional."
"No I am just mad at myself. I have always had a bad memory. Get him we could use the backup. Do you know where he is now?"
"Yeah I know just the place."
Adven led me to a big tree that cast a big shadow. Sure enough Shadic was there peacefully snoozing.
"I then ran towards Shadic and shook him like a maroca.
"What the fuck?" Shadic stuttered.
"Welcome to the club. This was your initiation," Adven chimed in smiling.
"Oh!Cool!" Shadic said with a grin. [Got to admit. I did not see that coming.]
[I informed him of the mission.] "Also one more thing," I said finishing up my explaination of the situation.
"Which is?" Shadic said with a brow raised.
"This message will self destruct in five seconds."
"Boo!" Shadic said.
"Tell some jokes!" Adven said with a grin.
"Everyone is a critic. Let us just get going now," I said brushing off their criticism. And with that we headed towards adventure! [And by adventure I mean the Corner.]