//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 : The Mane 6 // Story: Of Scholars and Couriers (Sort of) // by Aced4Remakes //------------------------------// Our heroes continue their adventures and go on to meet the Mane 6... 30 minutes of nothingness later As you may of guessed; Aaron is a master in the arcane arts. These abilities come with shape-shifting into animate and inanimate objects, Aaron told Jacob this... They are currently playing a real life rendition of Prop-hunt, With real ammunition, and real people... Jacob is currently a hunter as he cannot shift forms; Aaron is currently a Prop, A cup to be exact, but Jacob doesn't know that. "Come out little pig..." Jacob said; wielding his trusty shotgun. "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin." Aaron replied; standing on a tabletop. "Are you a book? Because I'm sure that's against the rules in a library" Jacob asked and stated. "Uhhhh... No?" Aaron said, unsure of what Jacobs implying. The front door opens and reveals Twilight and Spike. She is wondering what Jacob is up to as he is looking around cautiously with his 'rifle' in his claws. "What are you doing?" Twilight asks. Jacob proceeded to let out a totally manly scream and jumps for cover behind the couch, he then peeks up and to his relief sees Twilight. "I-uh-we are doing nothing of utter importance to this current situation as this is obviously not me searching and shooting Aaron." Jacob says guiltily and in one breath. "Where is Aaron exactly?" Twilight asks Jacob. "Somewhere..." Jacob says. "I don't really know." "I'm everywhere! heh" Aaron says with a manical chuckle for emphasis. "To say it now. We are playing hide and seek, sort of, but with our rules and guidelines." Jacob clarifies. "What ar-" Twilight is cut short by a cup 'jumping' behind Jacob. "Ooh! is that Spike? the young dragon assistant I heard of?" Aaron asks exitedly. "A game? Can I play with you guys!?" Spike asks with a wide smile. "Sorry kiddo, this is an adults only rendition" Jacob said. Spike looks dejected now; good going Jacob. Twilight then asks if there is a way to stop this game. "Yes yes yes! One of us needs to give up!" a still hyper Aaron says."If he gives up, I win; I will NEVER EVER give up... EVER!" "Could you two please just stop, my friends think it will be a good idea to meet you two." an annoyed Twilight says. "Okay" The heroes say in unison. Jacob then proceeded to say "I give u- wwwwhooa" He then gets slammed by a rainbow blur. At this action Aaron then goes to laugh his currently ceramic ass off. "Who are you? Are you a Spy?" the rainbow one says, an orange pony then charges in and pulls off the rainbow maned pony. "A-anyone get the name of that technicolour train?" a dazed Jacob asks. Aaron has stopped laughing then proceeds to jump in front of rainbow one... As a cup "Hi there! what's your name? does it include Rainbow? By the way, I used to be a spy! Does that count?" This hyper cup kept on asking her. "What in Tarnations are you?" the orange one asks. "ah swear I'm seeing a talkin' cup" "Aaron, please stop doing that and become -uh- yourself." Twilight asked. Then stowed away information saying that Hyper Aaron is like Pinkie Pie. "Awwww, Okay" the cup then jumped up onto the red couch then mumbled "Entrance time." The cup burst into blue flames as it shifted and contorted into a much larger being. The silhouette of a bipedal being was seen as the flames died down. What was left was the form of Aaron; sitting in a cross-legged position, holding the ceramic cup he once was. "Good Afternoon" was all he said. Everyponies jaws hit the floor and The rainbow one blurted out "That. Was. Awesome!" 3 more ponies entered the room. One had a brilliant white coat with a stylish purple mane she looked on in horror and disgust; eyes focused on the duos choice of clothing. Another was pink, and bouncy; very energetic. And the third was completely different from the others, with a butterscotch yellow coat and beautifully long pink mane. She locked up at the sight of them and went to hide behind the orange pony, which curiously wore a stetson. Aaron he set the cup on the coffee table and then Twilight cleared her throat. This snapped Jacob out of his daze and he jumped up and ran over to the couch to sit on it. "Gentlecolts; I'd like to introduce you two to my friends, or they would introduce themselves to you" Twilight looked at them with slightly pleading eyes. Pinkie Pie started first by jumping into the duo and sitting between them. "Hiimpinkiepiebutyoucancallmepinkiedoyoulikecupcakesilikecupcakes*gasp*yourenewherethatmeansineedtoplanapartydoyoulikeparties?" Aaron answered all questions "I prefer muffins, sadly. But I LOVE parties!" The ponies present looked to Aaron in shock. "What?" Orange pony spoke "Don't tell me you can understand that!" she said. "Don't tell me you can't understand that!" Aaron replied with fake shock. Orange just glared at him. The white one cleared her throat. "Im Rarity Belle. owner of the Carousel Boutique. I must say that those clothes look dreadful; Maybe I could make something better for both of you." she then tried to use her magic to pry off Their masks. Aaron's mask is enchanted so it cannot be pulled. Jacob used his hands to stop it then said "Don't touch the helmet!" in an annoyed tone. "Fine; But I just want to see what's underneath." Rarity Harrumphed. "Some other time." Jacob said in reply. The orange one stepped up next. "Ahm AppleJack! Proud owner of Sweet Apple Acres; Tha best supplier of apples in all of Eqestria!" The then looked the two over. "You two look like ya got quite the bit-a muscle on ya" "Thank you for the compliment Miss AppleJack; I may just stop by sometime to see this Sweet Apple Acres." Aaron said. "We could use ta help if ya interested in it; ther will be pay" AppleJack said. "I might just be interested" Aaron mumbled. Then his vision filled with cyan. "I'm Rainbow Dash, you used to be spy and you still could be; keep in mind, I'm watching you." She threatened. Aaron just sits completely still, un-fazed, he then smirks beneath the mask. "Really? You're going to be watching me? I bet I can take you with both my hands tied behind my back and no magic." Aaron Rebutted. "Oh its on metalhead!" She replied. "Could you two settle your disputes later? This is important!" Twilight said with a raised voice. "Fine" Aaron and the pegasus said in unison. Now the Yellow one is left. Aaron decided to approach this one, leaving Jacob confused as Jacob is the gentle one. "What's your name?" Aaron asked her. "I'm F-Fluttershy" she said. "Fluttershy, a beautiful name for beautiful pony" he said. Fluttershy is very red now and stuttering like crazy. Everypony, plus Spike and Jacob, went slackjawed at the events unfurled in front of them, they never believed that he could be so smooth. Aaron then stood up and went back to the couch. Rarity tried to pull of his mask once more as she was curious that it never moved, but found that she could not lift them through levitation. "Excuse me, but what metal is present in this alloy? It's darker than anything I've seen and I cannot move it" Rarity asked. Aaron answered with this "That metal is no alloy. It's completely natural yet difficult to find. Ebony is its name and it is one of the rarest metals found on Nirn, it is highly sought after as it is stronger than steel and highly resistant to magics both passive and agressive . The masks design is not mine; this is an ancient dragon priest mask known as Vokun, Sorrow, there are 10 masks that can be found in Skyrim; there's one wood and one bone, the other 8 are made of all metals found in the tundra." "How did you come across this then?" Rarity inquired. "Really? Do you truly want to know?" Rarity nodded, the others were curious as well. "I got this by killing the Dragon Priest Vokun. I took great pleasure in burning that corpse to a crisp" Aaron said; with a hint of amusement. Everypony in the room paled a bit, even Rainbow Dash. "Y-you k-killed somepony?" Fluttershy said with fear and a bit of anger. "Technically; he was already dead, a smart zombie, a lich." Aaron clarified. "And evil; it was evil." "Oh... Okay then" Fluttershy said, she was a bit calmer around him knowing it was already dead. Spike is currently quaking in his non-existent boots; he has read somewhere of a powerful magic user that killed the tyrant Alduin and his Priests, but he is long dead. Right? "Moving on!" Jacob said. "Anyone want to know anything about me?" Rarity's hoof shot up; "Yes Rarity?" "Would we ever get to see your face?" Rarity inquired, "Please." She added. Jacob thought about it, eventually deciding to do so. he took off the combat helmet first, which was connected to the red lens peices. They got to see his stormy grey eyes and a little bit of tanned skin around them. He them pulled of the balaclava, which held down his springy hair and hid his smooth, clean-ish face. His face was all tanned, with a few dirt smudges here and there. His face was rounded, making him appear boyish despite his age. The ponies were in awe at his natural beauty, even Aaron was impressed at how well he held his appearance together, as his did not. The ponies all looked towards Aaron, expecting him to follow his friend and take off his mask and pull his hood back. Aaron stared at him, the strange eyeslits of Vokun appearing to stare into their very souls, wanting to rip them apart and then feel sorry about it afterwards. "No" was all he said, crossing his arms and leaning back in his part of the couch. The ponies pouted and begged, yet nothing came of it, yet he would not budge on his decision to keep his face a secret. The day drew to a close after 4 hours worth of questions from the 6 ponies and a very scared dragon. They were particularly surprised to find that Aaron is a college teacher and teaches Masters level magic in Skyrim as a whole; literally the only one that's qualified he said. Twilight then proceeded to show them their room, which was equipped with two comically small beds with oversized comforters. She then left them to their own devices; gone to get ready herself. "Lets just get to bed; we have more days tomorrow, and I can do research on how to get home." Aaron ended it there, saying no more. Little did they know; Twilight had written everything down and woke Spike to send it to the princess. Now she just has to prepare how she is going to introduce them to Ponyville tomorrow. 'Wait,' thought Twilight Sparkle, startled and confused, 'Where did Aaron' staff go?' The three Gods looked down at the staff, they wanted to make changes to it but it would not take hold. The Gods were bickering about what they should do about it. 'The Staff of Magnus is too powerful for these Gods to play with' Thought the Staff, 'The Staff of Magnus will go back to his rightful master now, Soyanarra weaklings!' The three Gods heard the last two words, and stopped their arguing long enough to see the staff disappear in a swirl of blue-purple light. And that was how the three Gods were hilariously beaten by an inanimate object.