I am the bone of my sword.
The sounds of clashing swords filled the very air. Impacts seemed to echo upon the lonely hill two figures stood upon. One of firey orange-red hair and eyes as gold as bullion, his clothing was in tatters from the exertion placed upon him. A tattered longsleeve blue and white shirt, with equally blue jeans and shoes. He bled from many wounds sustained, yet the drainage of this life-giving nectar didn’t seem to deter the young man. In fact, this only seemed to fuel the raging fire in which he drew upon to fuel his attacks. He did not pause, he did not relent, he pressed forward without once thinking of the consequences.
Such is the nature of a sword.
His opponent, hair as yellow as the setting sun in which casted its glow on the hill, his eyes a shade of crimson matched only that by blood. His appearance was common, yet regal. Adorning a simple black riding jacket, and leather pants of the same shade, he swung a longsword that he had pulled from a ripple in the air behind him to sever the red-haired teens head. “You forget your place, lowlife!” The blonde roared as he swung with a speed far above that of a normal humans.
Yet the teen anticipated this. Conjuring a longsword of his own from a green energy, he swung it to meet his opponents blade. The impact shattered the swords upon impact, angering the blonde man further, so much that he had roared, “Damn it, don’t-” A curved sword appears behind him. “...Overestimate yourself, kid!”
Yet the teen had conjured a curved sword of his own so much more quickly, and swung the instrument straight towards the older individual. The fight only grew more intense as their blows seemed to blur, waves of energy being released with each successful block.
The blonde jumped backwards, ripples in the very air forming behind him. Weapon after weapon soon began to fire out of these holes in reality, almost as if they were artillery. The teen responded in kind, for once the scenery has become visible.
All around the two, sword upon sword as far as the eye can see littered the hill, all of them jutting from the ground in one angle or another.
Yet they all glowed blue as they immediately flew towards the barrage. Using this time, the teen materialized two more swords of plain design, rushing the blonde. Once more, they resume their dance of blades.
“Impossible----am I being cornered by such a sham...!?” The blonde growled to himself as he continued his defense.
The red-haired teen knew. He knew that pausing even once would cause his body to fail him. He had to press onward, continue the assault. He did not stop to think, nor did he stop to catch his breath for even the briefest of seconds. Whenever the blonde would pull a weapon from the air, the redhead would pull out the exact same weapon and destroy both of their weapons.
The blonde is unable to handle any of the teens attacks. He is forced to destroy both his opponents weapon, and his.
The battle raged on for what seemed like forever, and finally the blondes patients had snapped. “Damn------- Damn, damndamndamndamn!” Parry, shatter, attack. “I did not think I would have to use this sword against a lowlife like you…!”
Behind him, another sword had appeared. This one held an aura of absolute menace. As if the life itself died around it, to be near it would have it suck out soul, it felt like. It was unnatural, it was terrifying, and it was immensely powerful.
“I won’t let you----!”
Swing!
GLSHK!
“G-gah-----!?”
Twin swords of opposite color wielded by the teen severed the blondes arm, stopping the arrogant man from being able to use it. The sword stabs into the ground behind him. The teen presses onward, confident in his victory. He swings his swords.
The blonde dodges it narrowly. “Geh----- you’re stronger than me here!” He had admitted his defeat.
Thus, he pressed on, even when his opponent tried to escape. “I won’t-” He swung, “-let you go, dammit!”
“Damn!” The blonde growled as he prepared to pull out another weapon. Yet the teen was already upon him.
Yet, before the final blow could be struck, something happened. Something odd.
A black hole lined with crimson energy appeared where the blonde had his hand severed. “W-what the hell!?” The blonde roared, even as he was being sucked in.
Unfortunately, the teen felt the same pull. Trying to dig his soles into the dirt of the hill, he futilely attempted to keep his footing in order to prevent himself from being taken by the same fate as his opponent.
Ultimately futile. In the end, he was sucked in too.
The hole closed behind them.
The both of them, never to be seen again.
“GAH-oof!” Twilight half-shrieked as she jumped from her bed in fear and shock of the dream she had just experienced. Her body shook slightly, from what, she knew not. She felt no fear, she knew that much. Though she would admit that what she saw was… strange. Two bipedal creatures, fighting on a lone hill in a duel to the death…
And then the blood…
She gagged, appearing a bit green despite her lavender fur. Probably best not to dwell on it too much… shaking her head, she rose from the ground, a slightly dazed look on her face. “...Alright, that is definitely the last time I read fantasy books before bed.” She groaned, still getting her bearings from the dream.
May as well get the morning rituals out of the way. Awakening her sleeping assistant, Spike, Twilight almost immediately went to alphabetize the vast library she had come to call home. Yet at the back of her mind, that dream seemed to constantly nag at her. As if it was something important to be remembered. Growling lightly, she shoved the last book of the M section into its place. “Why won’t it just leave me be!?” She exclaimed, continuing her work.
“Why won’t what leave you be?” Twilight jumped, her wings flaring as a sudden jolt of fear ran through her body. Looking at the culprit, the purple Dragon she had come to call little brother stared up at her with a raised eyebrow. “Uh… Twilight, you okay there?”
“I’m fine Spike.” She smiled reassuringly towards the young dragon. “Just a bit jumpy right now. Bad dream, ya know?”
“Oh~... Yeah, I get ya. I remember having a nightmare where I lost all of my jewels! And I couldn't get them back!” Repressing a shudder, the dragon stared up at the unicorn female. “What was yours about?”
Twilight couldn't help but giggle at the description of his nightmare. Leave it to Spike to be worried about his jewels. Regardless, Twilight shrugged a bit. “That’s the thing. I just don’t know what it was about! I can’t really make heads or tails of it.” She didn’t want to tell Spike of the craziness of that dream. Let alone the violence in it. “But don’t worry about it Spike.” Patting the young hatchlings head with her forehoof, she lit up her horn with magic and began levitating books. “I’ll be fine.”
Keeping his gaze on her for a few lingering seconds in concern, Spike shrugged. “Alright, if you say so.” He immediately went into the kitchen to cook them breakfast.
Twiight smiled reassuringly, and then went back to organizing stock. She was sure the problem would go away over the day.
Yet that small inkling never went away.
Sighing, she sat down on on the many chairs she had in her library. Maybe she was overthinking things? After all, she had just gotten her coronation into being a Princess, maybe its the stress and nerves playing tricks on her?
Nodding, she smiled widely. That had to be it. Nothing tea won’t help in at least getting her to relax for a little-
“Twilight!” Spike ran in with a rolled up letter. “Letter from the Princess!”
Twilight’s smile grew a bit more. “Thanks Spike! I’ll read it right away, you go ahead and continue making breakfast.” Nodding, the dragon ran back into the kitchen to continue his cooking process.
Opening the letter, Twilight inspected its contents fully expecting something nice, formal, and warm. As was the normal feeling she had received whenever she would read these letters.
This was not one of those times. “Spike! Forget about breakfast, we have to get going!”
“Wait what? Why?” Spike questioned, yet listened as he took the cooking food off of the stove.
“We need to get to Fluttershy’s! Come on, hurry up!” She urged him onto her back as she ran out of the library and into Ponyville, hoping to get to the caretakers cottage quickly. She had been in such a rush, that she even left the letter on the table in the library.
My dearest pupil,
I bear grave, puzzling news. Late last night, my guards have received reports of a battle being fought within the Everfree Forest. Now, whatever happens in the forest has never been anyones business, as I’m sure you know. Yet for some reason, they state that they heard the sounds of swords clashing against each other, along with the roars of two ponies desperately trying to win. Now I do not know where or what happened exactly beyond that, but the sheer fact that it happened so close to Fluttershy’s cottage is enough reason for you to immediately check on her. She is the most gentle of all of you, and could be in danger.
Your teacher,
Celestia Morningstar
Galloping along the trail that led to the Cottage, Twilight began to run through scenarios in her head on what could have been the cause of the ruckus.
Twilight hoped, with her heart of hearts, that it wasn’t what she was thinking it was.
Once she arrived, she had been wrong.
While also being right.
When she bursted through the door to the cottage, she had expected to find Fluttershy by herself.
Yet here she was. Not alone. Drinking tea. With the redhead from the dream. “Oh Twilight!” Fluttershy muttered quietly, especially for her. “I”d like you to meed Shirou! He’s an absolute angel!”
“H-hey, I’m not that good!” He laughed.
The two beings stared at each other…. “At least I don’t think so...” The teen muttered, rubbing a hand through his red hair.
This was going to need a lot of explanation.
And Twilight had the distinct feeling this was going to be a long, long day.
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I am interested in seeing where you will go with this. Please continue, far too many Fate Stay Night/ MLP stories get cancelled.
Is this finally Emiya Shirou's debut among Ponies?
Yes. Yes it is.
—I am excited. I've been waiting for this to happen.
If you need any help regarding editing and/or Nasuverse lore, feel free to hop over to the Type-Moon group here on FIMfiction and ask at any time—or you can just send me a PM, I'll be happy to lend a hand in either.
As for the chapter itself... it's a bit rushed and has some errors, but it's a solid start nonetheless. I recommend recruiting a few people to work as editors and advisers, to help you manage the story. As I stated before, I would be happy to lend help with this project.
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To be truthful, yes. I will require plenty of help, and the fact that you are willing to offer an author who has only started is heart-warming, were I to be honest. I'm pretty sure you can already tell what route I went with, so no real point in going into that, hm?
Regardless, thank you.
5229661
Yes, it's is obvious that you have gone with an alteration of the Unlimited Blade Works route.
Have you read the original visual novel, or is this based on the animated movie adaptation? I'd highly recommend basing it off the visual novel rather than any adaptation, especially any adaptation produced by Studio DEEN. The remake by UFO Table are good, but I still recommend the original visual novel.
Also, feel free to join the TYPE-MOON fan group here on FIMfiction.
If you would like my help, send me a PM.
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Ha! As if I'd use Studio Deen. As much as I love it, as it was my first step into the Fate series, UFO Table is great. But to answer your question, I'm going for the visual novel. To me, the novel just feels much more wholesome than what the movie gave.
I was half-tempted to use Heavens Feel Shirou, but I figured it would have been a bit more difficult to get his appearance down in a believable fashion. At least with UBW, I get Shirou's reality marble to play with, along with his now vast expanse of weapons to use. While it would have been nice to have a chance to use Nine Lives Blade Works, I would rather have a believable beginning.
Now then, when I have the next chapter ready, I'll contact you and ask you to go over it. Would that work out?
5229869
I'll have to get to it Wednesday or Thursday after work, but that should work.
5229435
Man, I was so disappointed when your awesome discussion thread for "Without Regrets" was just a forum for an AMAZING crossover between AlmostArcher! Shirou and MLP.
Ah well. I'm 100% sure your editing and suggestions will make this amazing.
5229661
I really want to see how this pans out! I've had ideas swirling in my head about a crossover between MLP and F/SN, but all for naught. If you want, maybe you can join the "Without Regrets" forum for inspiration. Ah well.
5230034
Eh, what can I say? The story got too big.
5229869 Yeah I think you made the right descision choosing Unlimited Blade Works Shirou.
I always liked the fate series and I must say that story got me quite interested plus you use the UBW path shirou is going to be sooooo powerfull
5229869
Actualy, Shirou from UBW can also use Nine Lives Blade Works, since every sword Shirou even glances at is imedialty recorded on his Reality Marble, and I'm pretty sure that he got a eyefull of that sword, thus, Nine Lives Blade Works can be used
Glad to see you're getting an editor... because this kinda needs it. I mean, content-wise, I enjoyed it, but there were really too many typos/assorted errors.
I would also suggest reading your dialogue out loud to yourself-- some of the lines just seemed... sorta stilted? I'm not sure, it wasn't a big thing, they just didn't feel phrased quite naturally. Could just be me being nitpicky.
( from the dream) not (from the teen) hope it helps typos are mean sometimes i hope to see more.
Ppl bash Studio Deen's FSN, but I actually still prefer it over Fate Zero and the current Fate UBW.
Don't get me wrong, UFOTable's art and animation are absolutely gorgeous. But that just makes it great anime. AFAIC, Fate branch is great literature which transcends anime. For example, with some mild effort at localization I believe a live-action Fate branch TV series or HBO mini-series would be very well accepted in the USA. I can't say that for UBW or HF branches.
And less animation budget aside, I actually feel Studio Deen's characters felt more human to me. I'm not getting much "feels" from either FZ or UBW series, other than "Wow the animation and action is awesome."
Unlimited Friendship Works.
Methinks the Mane Six can get Shirou to care about himself.
Interesting. Looking forward to more.
Keep up the good work. Deus tecum.
"With the redhead from the teen."
I think you meant to put "dream" there instead of teen.
FINALLY! I WAS HOPING TO SEE A SHIROU IN EQUESTRIA FIC! THANK YOU! I VOTE FOR SHIROU X HAREM!
GOOD LUCK!
:D I can't wait to see more.
1. This story glazes over the meeting between the protagonist and Fluttershy,
2 Please avoid starting sentences with "and."
3. The "mystery" in this chapter with the manticore has been solved making it a good one-shot please try to extend it.
4. Why did twilight have a dream? it seems pretty random and useless for plot development.
^ Did you include this to increase the word count?
No that seems off, you did it to make twilight move faster to Fluttershy house... to introduce twilight... do we have two protagonist?
5271077 Its the first chapter......Do NOT EVER expect everything to be explained upon the first chapter EVER, it may happen but do not expect it. I may no offense to you but your net picking something that cant be helped, while i would say having a part one and two ready for just that reason to give two points of view, but I must say this isn't gonna happen a lot, and i don't blame em. so this is for you not the author its to be prepared for when this happens every time you open a book, the first chapter will hardly ever tell you anything, its the 2nd or prologue that explains the most, if its not part of the plot to keep it hidden til la point in time.
5277190 This is a place to comment on the story not on what other people write in response to the story please keep that in mind.
5278013 I again mean no offense to you, and i don't mean to say you opinion isn't valid, I am just stating don't start to fully judge the story when its pretty obvious that the story isn't rolling fully just yet, I am just hoping that some people not take a harsh view when things are yet to be explained, it takes time is all am saying and all am asking of you is to give it for the author or authors. All am asking is that you give it time, that's all, again am sorry of i for maybe upsetting you i don't know, but its i don't want to see a story lose you because of it, I guess it'd been easier and kinder of me to just ask for you to give it time which am now pretty sure you were gonna give it. Again I hope we have no hard feelings and again i mean no offense to you.
Intersting...
I hope to see new chapters of this.
... how much time before Rin & Saber manage to track down Zelretch and 'convince' (read: beat the Sorcerer black and blue) him to help them to rejoin their clueless boyfriend?
Or worse, Sakura going Dark Sakura and doing the same?
Vote: 10+++
5300536 Which version of Zelretch? Considering that he's the master of the kaleidoscope it's impossible to know which one would either genuinely help him or one would help him only to troll him later on. I mean in Fate/Kalied he's the troll that can break the best and brightest.
5366862 Even Zelretch know that it's better to not place one self between one or more females and their love interest (even more when the females are Arturia and Rin or, even worse, DARK SAKURA). In case the females find him (and they WILL), he will help them, if only to save his onw skin... and laugh of Shirou's misfortunes when he will be riunited with them.
...This needs to be updated. Now.
5374208 and then drop some more trollage in their general direction.
why must you use the improper translation of unlimited blade works it hurts me looking at that like it hurts my very being this is the correct translation "I am the bone of my sword steel is my body and fire is my blood I have created over a thousand blades unaware of loss nor aware of gain withstood pain to create weapons waiting for one's arrival I have no regrets this is the only path my whole life was Unlimited Blade Works" please note that is Shirou's not Archer's
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Harem Protagonist EX for Shirou Emiya
I wish this fic continues...
Not bad.