//------------------------------// // Canterlot's Finest // Story: Canterlot's Vigilante: Red Hood // by Zither //------------------------------// Daemon jolted up as he heard the sudden sounds of his alarm sounding. He grasped his rib cage, when he went to the doctor he saw that it was nothing severe except a minimal crack on one of his ribs which had the doctor prescribe him some pain killers. Sitting at the edge of his bed his sighed, he then got up and went down to his kitchen. Going in his fridge, he grabbed a bottle of water. Grabbing the pills from the counter he popped two in his mouth and drank the water. Going to his bathroom he looked at himself, he saw his unkempt hair so he decided on taking a quick shower before he went back to his room. Once done he re-bandaged his abdomen and torso, he then looked at himself in the mirror and saw that the scratch in his face had gotten darker and was easily seen. Going back he put on some casual clothing, a red hoodie, a white shirt, some dark brown cargo pants and black boots. Looking back at his hair, he shook it around giving it a messy look. Having done all that he put on his black jacket, grabbing his watch he looked at the the time. '7:46, I still got time' thought Daemon. Grabbing his crimson helmet he made his way to his garage and got on his bike, looking through his helmet he noticed the cracked visor. He instantly remembered the incident involving that and frowned. Starting the engine he rode the area, heading towards Canterlot High. Making his way to the parking lot he left his bike there and took off his helmet, placing it inside his backpack it oddly had enough space to be put in there without being noticeable. He saw how the school building had barely been rebuilt with some scorch marks at the entrance, he then noticed that the impact area in the wall he had been thrown was still there. He felt a sudden sting in his back as he remembered that night. Heading inside he made his way to the main office so that he could receive his schedule. Knocking at the door, he was presented with the principal of the school who motioned him to go inside. Sitting down in one of the chairs he looked at she went through some files and finally found his schedule. "So you must be the new student Daemon Wraithe?" asked Principal Celestia, while the answer was pretty much summed up he replied back. "Yes ma'am." stated Daemon, he then saw her reach into her cabinet and reach in for his ID. "Alright so here are your items for the school, we have a school guide to show you around before you start off you day. She'll be at the main foyer with you at the moment." stated Principal Celestia, heading out the office he made his way to the main foyer. He soon heard the announcements requesting for a student, Sunset Shimmer to head to the main foyer. 'Must be the tour guide' thought Daemon, he didn't need to wait long as he saw her. He soon was confused as how things turned out for a girl seeking power becoming someone who shows the school. Thinking not much of it he was welcomed by her smile. "Hi my name is Sunset Shimmer, I'll be showing you around the school before we start." stated Sunset, "I believe Principal Celestia already gave you your schedule right." "Yes." replied Daemon. "Well lets continue on with the tour...uh I didn't quite catch you name." stated Sunset. "The name's Daemon. Daemon Wraithe." stated Daemon. "Well Daemon, lets continue on with the tour." said Sunset. As they went by room to room, Daemon got incredibly bored and saw how inexperienced she was at it. Deciding to comment on it he spoke. "I can see you're new to this right?" commented Daemon. Sunset looked back at him, shyly nodding yes. "Yeah it's pretty obvious right." responded Sunset. "No worries. Tip of advice try to add a little more excitement, maybe throw in a room or event coming up to catch their attention." stated Daemon. Sunset thought about what he said. "That seems very helpful actually, I'll keep that in mind." responded Sunset. "You know now that you mention it our school is having an event coming up, though I don't know what it's going to be about." Continuing on with the tour, Daemon was presented with more rooms when they had finally reached the lunchroom. "Alright so here we have the lunchroom, it seems as if the freshmen are going to be having lunch any minute now so it's best we cl-" said Sunset before the bell cut her off, soon the thunderous sounds of running feet filled the hallways. Daemon noticed that Sunset was in the middle of the way and by the looks of it the freshmen weren't stopping. Thinking quickly he grabbed her out of the way. "Man, thanks for that. Can't imagine what it would have happened had you not moved me out of the way." commented Sunset, "How's you react that fast anyways?" "Just pure instinct, it helps out a lot." replied Daemon. Looking towards the freshmen he saw as more and more kept coming out of the corridors before soon the halls were empty once again. "Well thanks, guess we can continue with the tour, won't be long before it's over though." stated Sunset, she began talking about the area again. Daemon had to admit, sunset didn't seem like the same girl he had encountered a week back. 'no matter, I need to keep vigilant around this place." thought Daemon. One room had interested Daemon, the Science Lab which was open for students to use. 'Could use this for something, don't know yet.' "Well this is the end of the tour, I hope you have an idea of what our school has to offer. Do you have any questions before you're off?" asked Sunset "No, thanks for the tour." said Daemon, heading to his classroom he finally made his way. "Your welcome, you should get too class. It's 4th period just so you know." stated Sunset, leaving Daemon alone in the hallway he looked at his schedule. "Advance Trig huh, guess this'll be easy." said Daemon, entering the specified classroom he was met with a the teacher. "Well you must be the new student, I'm Miss Cheerilee. Care to introduce yourself to the class." said Miss Cheerilee. *Sigh* 'Why is this so cliche to me' thought Daemon. "Well my name is Daemon Wraithe and I've recently moved here from Minnesota" stated Daemon, finding an empty seat he took out a notebook. 'Things can't go worse than this' Once Daemon was done with most of his classes he headed for the lunch room. Before he even opened the door he was tackled by a pink fuzz. "Augh, motherfu-" said Daemon before being cut off by the Pink girl who was awfully to excited. "OMG, I'm so sorry it's just that I didn't know you and I know everyone in here so I wanted to introduce myself." said Pinkie quickly that Daemon had a hard time understanding what she said. "Well I'm Pinkie Pie." She got straight in Daemon's face and began nudging him. "And you are..." "The names Daemon Wraithe, now if you'll excuse me I've got places to be." stated Daemon, moving along he was stopped by Pinkie again. "Wait, don't you want to hear about the party I planned for you?" stated Pinkie, Daemon turned around confused. "Party? What party we just met!" commented Daemon. "Well duh, exactly since we met what better way to meet new people." said Pinkie. "Well that's too bad since I'm not going." said Daemon. "Not unless I set up the party at your house which is located at 221B Baker Street." said Pinkie, Daemon then looked at Pinkie closely. 'Hmm, this is one of the girls from the event. How does she know where I live thought?' wondered Daemon. "Ok look I don't know how you know this but here if I got to this party will you leave me alone." said Daemon. "May-yes?" said Pinkie unsure. "Alright so where and when will this infamous party be held at?" asked Daemon. "Tonight at 6:30 in Sugarcube Corner." stated Pinkie. "Alright." replied Daemon, as he was about to leave Pinkie reached out to him. "Wait you forgot to Pinkie Promise!" exclaimed Pinkie. 'Are you kidding me, what now' thought Daemon, trying to keep a straight face he looked back. "What?" questioned Daemon. "You know a special kind of promise. Nobody breaks a Pinkie Promise. Now say it with me Cross My Heart, Hope to Fly, Stick a Cupcake in my Eye!" she stated. *Sigh* "If I do this will you finally leave me alone?" asked Daemon, seeing Pinkie nod he began to say it. "Cross My Heart, Hope to Fly, Stick a Cupcake in my Eye." said Daemon monotone. "There happy?" "Very, well I'll be on my way. Nice meeting you Daemon." replied Pinkie who then skipped away inside the cafeteria. Going inside as well he had lost his appetite and instead was curious about the events. Looking for an empty table he found one, sitting down he took out his laptop from his satchel. Connecting to the cameras around the place he looked back at the CCTV footage, he saw as Sunset and another pair of boys were with her trying to claim an object. As soon as the blinding light took place the camera started distorting and cut off before returning back to Sunset who was now a She Demon he saw as the two boys who were with her cowered into the crowds of students. He noticed how every time Sunset irradiated magical attacks the camera began losing feed before going back to normal. He was so into the video that he was startled when a familiar voice came from behind. "Hey what's that?" asked Sunset, Daemon quickly closed the program and faced Sunset who wasn't alone but rather with the group of girls from the event although something was off. 'I remember another girl being with them, the one who seemed to know about all this. Somehow she's missing?' thought Daemon before focusing back to Sunset. "Huh, oh that was my project, you startled me so I closed it down." said Daemon. He saw as the other girls sat down along with Pinkie who was waving back at him, he then saw the other two girls he had encounters with before. "Daemon?" asked Applejack confused in seeing him, he was looking for work and the Apple farm was hiring. "Daemon is that you?" asked Rarity, Daemon had passed by her store in the need of repairs for his jacket which was damaged during the fight. "Oh hey Rarity, nice too see you too Applejack." replied Daemon back. "Wait you guys know each other!? What!?" exclaimed Pinkie who was shocked. "Well yes, he came to my store a week earlier looking for repairs in his jacket." replied Rarity. "He came to my farm looking for work, he's the only one I'd seen in fit condition that was capable of picking apples even with that injury." said Applejack. "Wait what injury?" asked Sunset. "Oh just an motorbike accident, I sort of cracked one of my ribs in the process." stated Daemon. "And you're still capable of working in AJ's farm!?" questioned Rainbow. "Well with the meds I was given yeah, had I not had them I'd probably be in pain right now." replied Daemon, he then introduced himself to the rest of the girls which included Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy who he saw was the quietest in the group. "Well Daemon seems like you missed everything." stated Rainbow, this earned an interested look from Applejack and Sunset so Aemon knew what she was talking about. "Well you missed all the action, we saved the school from being taken over by a she demon! No offense Sunset." exclaimed Rainbow. "None taken." replied Sunset. "Wow that totally sounds believable." said Daemon sarcastically. "Don't believe me, here's a video taken from one of the students." said Rainbow., as Daemon watched the video that same distorting happened on the phone. "Who's that hooded fella?" asked Daemon, clearly he knew it was him but he didn't need anyone know that. "I don't know, everyone's referring to him as The Red Hood based on his look but you've got to admit he was awesome!" said Rainbow. As soon as the video ended they began talking about Daemon's personal life. "So where'd ya live before Canterlot?" asked Applejack. "Minnesota, decided to stay here since I heard it's better here." stated Daemon. "So do you like the school?" asked Dash. "Up to this point I'm going to say yeah." replied Daemon, soon the bell had rang meaning it was time to head for class. ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━== ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━== ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━== "Jeez, give the broken kid a break!" wheezed Daemon, for last period he had gym and in the condition he was he wouldn't be able to do his best for now. Taking in deep breaths he regretted it as it further increased his pain in his abdomen, he had just finished racing Rainbow Dash but lost. "Told'ya I was the fastest runner here in Canterlot High!" bragged Dash, slapping Daemon in the back he groaned in pain. "Crap my bad." "Watch the back, anyways I caught up with you and I have to deal with this stupid rib so." stated Daemon. "Still beat you." said Dash. "Yeah, yeah." taking his leave Daemon headed to the locker room, changing to his normal attire he left and headed towards he locker to pick up his helmet after just recently being given his locker he took the chance to leave his helmet. Picking it up he left behind some notebooks and closed the locker shut. Going outside he saw it was cool which wasn't surprising considering it was fall. Putting on the helmet he sat on his bike and looked afar towards the main entrance where he saw Sunset stepping out, something about her just interested Daemon a lot. 'I should be getting home, I'm starving anyways.' thought Daemon, speeding off he made his way through the streets. Finally reaching his gloomy abode he rode his bike onto his garage, sitting there for a moment he took off his helmet checking the cracked visor again. Turning off the ignition he got up and placed the helmet in a shelf. 'I'll need to get that fixed, I'll head to the hardware store later.' thought Daemon. Headed towards his kitchen he decided a sandwich would be best considering that he would be leaving in a while. After finally finishing making the sandwich he sat on his couch. Turning on the TV he flipped through channels before something caught his eye, he then stayed glued to the TV and ate his sandwich. Soon he passed out on his couch, he would've stayed there all night had he not fallen off. 'OOMPH!' grunted Daemon, rubbing his abdomen he looked at his surroundings. 'Man, what time is it?" pondered Daemon, checking the time from his clock, it read 5:36, getting up he decided to head to the hardware store as it might help clear his mind. Going upstairs he picked up his jacket which he unknowingly knew contained his mask for his nightly activities. Wearing it he headed towards his bike, picking up his helmet he drove off. Stopping at a red light he took time to look at Canterlot and the city itself being engulfed by the fiery sunset. "Man, if only I could get a better view from on top. Another day perhaps." thought Daemon aloud, seeing the light changed he neared the hardware store so he decided to park his bike nearby. Finding a spot a block away he took his helmet with him before noticing an argument going about with a group of students, deciding to take a closer look he noticed these weren't any regular kids but rather one's willing to attack judging by the fact that one was holding a bat. Climbing up towards the roof he stayed hidden of view he saw how they were cornering someone into an alley. Seeing it was Sunset he listened in on the argument. "Well Sunset you believe that a sudden change of heart will make us forget about what you've done!?" exclaimed the boy, he was slowly approaching Sunset, Daemon then searched his jacket to look for anything useful and found his mask putting it on he wore it along withthe helmet and kept watch. "Leave me alone, I've told you all I'm sorry!" exclaimed Sunset. The boy seemed like he wasn't back. "Well how about we find another way for you to say sorry." said the boy, soon Daemon pounced behind Sunset and stood behind her. He menacing appearance made the boy back off, moving forward Sunset was startled when she saw him. "How about you back of before someone get's hurt." stated Red Hood. "And what are you going to do, you think you can take us on all of us!" exclaimed the boy, "I'm pretty sure we know who's going to get hurt." "Well then, don't say I didn't warn you." said Red Hood, soon the gang approached all onto him, knocking some to the ground one managed to behind him and grabbed him. "I've got him!" yelled one of the guys, another tried to hit Red Hood before he whipped his head back and launched him towards the other guy. Seeing how he was distracted one member took the chance to hit Red Hood as he grasped his abdomen and swung at his head with the bat, luckily for Red Hood he had his helmet with him but the impact lead for the visor to break and a dent formed across the front. "You're going to regret that." said Red Hood, he took off the helmet revealing the red mask which had badly cut in holes which gave off a crazed look. Grabbing the bat quickly from the member the leader and another guy tried to get near him do he did the same unto the guy and knocked his out with a swing of the bat. Taking his attention towards the last two left he took down the other one with a side sweep. "Those guys were nothing compared to me." stated the leader. "That doesn't change your outcome." said Red Hood threateningly, the leader landed the first hit at his abdomen which made Red Hood wince, taking advantage of it the leader knee'd Red's face and knocked him down. "Well, seems as if I was right." said the leader as he tried to approach for another kick Red Hood grabbed his legged and brought his down, he then knocked his out with a punch and stood there. Wiping the blood from his nose he turned towards Sunset who was taken back the sudden event. "Are you alright?" asked Red Hood, his aggressive tone changed to a more caring tone which seemed to help calm Sunset a bit. "Ye-yes." she replied warily. "Get out of here, they won't be a bother for you now." said Daemon, just as he was about to have his leave he was stopped by Sunset. "Wait, who are you. I remember you from that night." she stated, Daemon had his back turned to her. Slightly glancing back he told her. "I'm but a myth they call the Red Hood." he said before disappearing off into the streets. Rushing through he made his way towards the are where he parked his bike, putting on his destroyed helmet he sped off home. Quickly parking it in his garage he made his way upstairs. Going to the bathroom he ripped the mask off his face revealing his bloody nose, washing his face he had a scratch around his cheek from the glass along with a bruise near is temple. Taking off the jacket he made checks around his body and noticed that more blood was coming from his nose so he stuck a piece of paper to stop it from disturbing him. Once he was down he took some of his pain killers and kept a bag of ice held in his temple. Sitting by his couch he laid back and began wondering about the situation back there. 'Jeez I need some armor or I'm going to get myself killed from all that trauma.' thought Daemon, he originally had come up with something but didn't think much of it. He was still sitting before he got a call from an unknown number. "Hello?" said Daemon. "Daemon you've got to come quick, Sunny's been attacked. Luckily she got saved!" exclaimed Pinkie. "Alright, I'll be on my way." replied Daemon, hanging up he heading to the medical kit and got some bandages to cover his scratch. He then looked back and his room before shutting the lights off and going about with only his hoodie.