As the door is pushed open, you see none other than Princess Cadence sitting on the desk in the center of the room, facing away from the door. She was wearing a yellow tank top and jeans. Her wings were folded behind her, they were almost as large as her body. Shining Armor was sitting in his chair. He had the guard's plate-metal on, covering his shoulders and upper torso. The very familiar open-faced helmet was missing. Shining Armor was leaning on the desk, his arms resting on the desk and supporting his head. He had a large smile on his face as he spoke to his wife. The smile quickly left his face as his eyes went from his wife to you.
"What do you want?" Shining Armor quickly stood up, trying to present himself much larger than he actually is.
"Nurse Redheart said you had a file for me." You said. Cadence's eyes meet yours. She smiled at you. You smiled back and gave her a small wave.
"Show the princess some respect, human." Shining Armor said as he dug through a large stack of papers from
The way he said that. Human. Like it was meant to be an insult. Other than you, were weren't sure what he meant when he said "respect". You made it fairly clear that you didn't bow to any of the princesses. You weren't sure why, but you felt that bowing to an authority figure of another dimension that has done very little for you to this point wasn't right. Celestia and Luna accepted this. You never met Cadence, so maybe she did take offense to the lack of a bow. If she was, she didn't show it nearly as much as Shining Armor did.
Shining Armor pulled out a large file from the stack of papers and placed it on the far end of the desk. "You may take it."
Don't talk to me like I am one of your soldiers. You wanted to say something like that. You wanted to put this guard down. However, the princess still had her eyes on you. You didn't want to put her in the middle of a fight between you and her husband. You swallowed your pride, just this once, and approached the desk. You picked up the file, both Shining and the princess had their eyes fixed on you, both for very different reasons. You had to hold the file with both hands, it was so large.
You flipped through the file. There were many pages of side-notes, giving the math and how you measure up with the average stallion physique. Overall, you were above-averge in all fields. A smile grew on your face as your eyes looked through the numbers. You hear Shining Armor clear his throat.
"Are you done yet?" He asks you. Cadence quickly hit him on the shoulder. Not hard, but enough to make him flinch.
"Yea, I'm pretty satisfied." You say as you put the file back on Shining Armor's desk. He put his hand to his mouth, covering his laugh. "Something funny?" You ask.
"You're satisfied?" He asks in an amused tone. Your eyes quickly dart to Cadence's own. She had an expression of confusion, similar to the guard's when you pulled out the baton for the first time. "I don't see what's satisfying about being the inferior species."
You heard the sound of a glass vase shattering in your head. Cadence was quick to shout Shining's name and deliver another hit to his shoulder. Although you're sure she didn't mean to actually hurt him, Shining Armor winced in pain for a second. They went back and forth, you didn't know about what. That word just echoed in your head. inferior. Also meaning weak. Weak. Weak. That's what they used to call you. That's why you started Mixed Martial Arts. Inferior. Mentally inferior as well as physically. You turned around and headed for the door, still stuck in the loop of thoughts that plagued your mind from that word. You think you heard Cadence shout your name, but you paid no attention to it. Shining Armor also yelled something, but that's definitely something you would ignore, even if you weren't already pre-occupied with your own thoughts.
On your way to the tower, you came across the gym. The guard from earlier has, thankfully, left the gym. In the corner of your eye, you spot the large sandbag hanging by a chain. You never used it before, but there it was now, almost calling your name. You stared at it for a while. You've never seen it used, and could see the layer of dust from across the room. You step forward, but you're thrown back when you feel a hand on your shoulder.
"Hey." You turn around to see none other than Princes Cadence. You look behind her and down the hallway, expecting Shining Armor to be right behind her. Much to your surprise, he was nowhere to be found. "You know he didn't mean what he said, right?" She continued.
"Yea. I understand." In a way, you did. Shining Armor had to constantly put on a figure of power and intimidation so those below him, namely the Royal Guard, would respect him. Of course, you didn't know if that was the real reason, but it made you feel good to have some explanation. "Don't worry about it, Princess. I'm sure he's just stressed." You don't know what it was. Defending Shining Armor was something that you never thought you would do. There was just something about the princess that stopped you from doing anything hostile.
"I'll talk to him." Cadence added.
"No, no. It's quite fine."
"But-"
"Princess. Trust me. It's fine." Your voice had a significant spike in confidence at that statement.
"If you say so." With that, the princess turned and made her way back to Shining Armor's office. She did stop to say something over the shoulder. "Hearts and Hooves day is coming up." She said.
"Yea, I suppose it is." You knew it was a parallel to Valentine's day, but other than that, you were clueless on what it was you were supposed to do. You figured you'd take in the scenery and mimic what the ponies did next year.
"You should ask her on a date." Cadence smiled and made her way to Shining Armor's office. Leaving you with dinner-plate eyes, and stunned silence.
4843515 My OC? What do you mean? My OC doesn't appear in this story.
4843538 Oh. The story is set in the 2nd Person, meaning that that character he hates, is you. Or at least who you want to project as the protagonist.
So was shining spouting crap just to be tough or can he just not read? And who is Cadence telling him to ask out that night guard from earlier?
4843579 She's talking about Redheart, but how would she know Redheart is a good match, I don't know. There's no explanation why she thinks Redheart is good for him.
4843730
Ah that makes sense not sure why I didn't even think of her.
4843772 HASH TAG IT AIN'T REDHEART xD. Sorry to shoot that down. Reread the first chapter and pay close attention to a certian pony that you meet, but is nameless
This story is interesting till now. Have a follow. I like the short chapters. Probably means faster updates...
Human in equestria? Where is the human tag?
Came here thinking it was an actual Punch Out crossover. But this is even better, keep it up!
4843823 It's the female night guard isn't it?
4844157 it doesnt have a human tag because the ponies are anthromorphic. The protagonist is the only human. I don't think that calls for a human tag.
4844749 yes it does any and all humans. Especially the protag But hey do what you want.
4843823 ..nightpone?
BRING ON THE ASS WHOPING
Love the cover art. Maybe I should someday write an actual MMA style fic depicting the cover art?
4844749 You would be wrong sir, most stories with the human tag have only a single human.
4845575 Huh. Oki. It's been fixed. ^.^
2/10, needs more Little Mac.
Okay, actually, that's me exaggerating; it's pretty good story intro, but some of the text seems a bit . . . unnecessary and/or strange, considering some of the previous information provided; IE, the transition mid-paragraph about how 'you' stop mixed martial-arts training, doing arts and computer stuff in the spare time just seemed strange and out of place. Particularly since it hasn't come up at all in the other few chapters.
But maybe that's just me; I'm sure others have different opinions.
4845728 That part in particular was used to enforce that you had knowledge of how to fight, but you don't exactly have a muscle type body. -shrugs- I see your point though. I'll get some friends later this week and remaster it. Thanks for your input though! I'd like to hear more if you have any other thoughts.
For the time being I'm putting this in my read later list. I'll probably read it by the weekend.
Add gore tag then plx. Skinning people while they're alive is pretty much the definition of the gore tag.
4846032 Wait? What? I'm so confused.
4846054
... it was a joke. A sarcastic way of saying "Things with fur have skin too."
4846066 ... touche'....
4846067
Ain't no thing, homes.
So, they're rotting corpses with patches of fur still attached to the muscle?
Joking aside, zombie boxing would be awesome.
A few people have made light of the technicality that having fur but no skin would be a bit gory, I've got another technicality for you. Ponies(/horses) have hair, not fur; something about the actual definitions of hair and fur.
4846671 JESUS CHRIST WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT
4846677
It isn't. Funny to mention though.
4845728
Screw Little Mac. It needs more BIG MAC!
4846878 -cough- shutupthat'sborderlinespoiler. Itneedstobeasurprise. -cough-
there it was now
4846902 Fixed. Thank you for pointing it out. :D
4846908 is what I do
4846893
Oops... Sorry?
4846908 Wait...this is Anthro mixed with humans, right? And ever pony is an Anthro, right? Their part human, and we are full human too. So...is Shining Armor being racist, or is it he just does not like us as much as Cadence?
4847838 Shining Armor is just being cautious. Almost everything that isn't a pony is usually trying to harm them, or are just mean (Griffons). I'll try to expand on his character in a later chapter.
4847842 Alright...I trust you in this. He seems kinda racist in most stories/episodes I read/watch.
4847933 They don't have to be Big, Muscular Ponies. There are fighters (idk if it'll be boxing or kickboxing style yet) that are skinny and lightweight. If you wanna be in the story, send me the OC info!
I'm telling you, this being Little Mac is making a lot of sense. He'd probably be just as pissed at the cautious racism given he's fought more than a dozen fighters from radically different backgrounds. These coincidences are pretty cool.
Hm... I'm not really sure what to make of this but I want to see where it goes (it could have something to do with the fact that I just watched Hajime no Ippo for four hours straight, ).
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No because "hashtags" belong on Twitter or the site of mentally handicapped whales.
The end of this sentence is missing. Did it get lost in translation from GDocs, or something?
4889189 Fixed. Thank you!
Shut your mouth, prey animal.
4924474 This guy gets it
There are many things I could say, but this is more effective. Mr. Armor, I leave you to the relentless animals of the internet.