Princess Celestia sat on her throne, gaze directed upon the four figures below her. One of them was somepony she would be able to recognise even if she was on the other side of the planet, her Faithful Student Twilight Sparkle.
The other three? Well, they weren't ponies, that was for certain. In fact, they were a type of creature she, in her vast knowledge of all of Equestria's species, had never seen before. They reminded her of Diamond Dogs, or Minotaur's, if only in the fact that they were bipedal and had hands. Hands that she had seen fit to clasp in chains, considering the damage they had caused when they arrived.
They were standing in a row, and Celestia had been able to discern their genders. The one to the far left was definitely male, if his bulky stature gave anything away, never mind his beard.
And what a magnificent beard it is, Celestia thought. It would make some of her generals jealous.
The other two were female, judging by their more, well, feminine features. They were all around the same size, though the man was maybe a head taller than the women. They were a third taller than her ponies.
However, by far the most striking feature of all of them was their hair. In comparison to their skin, which seemed relatively pale, their hair was a reddish orange that reminded Celestia of a wild, raging fire. The man's hair had random braids throughout, reminding Celestia of the barbarian ponies of the Wild Moors. The woman in the middle had her hair in a short tail, while the one on the right had cropped hair that reached to her neck.
It was also obvious that they were all warriors. It wasn't that look in their eyes, always wary and ready for combat. It wasn't how they held themselves, proud and powerful. Nor was it their armour, though that was particularly eye-catching. The man wore white plates that looked sturdier that any diamond Celestia had seen, with pauldrons with wicked looking spikes, his horned helmet lying on the ground in front of him. The woman on the right was wearing black combat armour, a red and white stripe running down the right arm, the chest piece bearing an 'N7' logo, whatever that was.
This was where the woman in the middle differed. She was simply wearing a no-sleeved duster, the number '21' emblazoned on the back in yellow. A hole-ridden, faded cloth shirt covered the armoured chest piece, with knee pads the only other sign of protection. She had a strange gauntlet of some kind on her left arm. Yet despite this, she still looked just as fearsome, if not moreso, than the other two.
But it was none of these things that made it obvious they were fighters. No, it was the massive pile of weapons that was currently being guarded. Celestia recognised hammers, swords, daggers, staves, axes and bows of many different variations, but there were other things in the pile she had no idea of what they were. She was almost tempted to undo their bindings just to find out.
Celestia sighed. There was work to be done.
She looked over the congregation of ponies. There were quite a few, almost all of them glaring at the three standing before her. Among them were the other Elements of Harmony, Mayor Mare, Mr. and Mrs. Cake, Big Macintosh and quite a few store and stall owners. Even Zecora was among them. And they were all demanding the same thing:
Compensation.
Celestia addressed the crowd. "My little ponies, I understand that there has been quite the commotion in Ponyville. Would anypony be kind enough to refresh my memory of what has happened?"
It was Twilight who answered. She looked distraught. "Princess, this is my fault." There were cries from the crowd, but Celestia shushed them. "Go on, Twilight. How is this your fault?"
Twilight glanced at the three figures before speaking. "I was attempting an advanced summoning spell, the one that lets you call an object from great distances. Problem was, I wasn't focusing properly and managed to summon beings from even greater distances than I thought was possible."
Celestia was shocked. She knew her student was very powerful and gifted, but to be able to do that? Just because she wasn't focusing?
Rainbow Dash interjected, her expression confused. "Wait, Twilight, are you saying brought these boneheads from, what, the other side of the world?"
Twilight looked at Celestia pleadingly. Only the both of them and the three before her knew what Twilight had really done.
"No, my little ponies, Twilight did not reach across the world." Some in the crowd exchanged puzzled looks. Then what had she done?, they thought.
"My student has reached through the very fabric of time, space and reality. She has brought these three from completely different universes."
The crowd went completely silent. The woman in the middle reached up to scratch her head. The crowd burst out in excitement, before Celestia silenced them with a wave of her wing.
"Please, we can address Twilights' ... rather remarkable achievement after we have dealt with the matter at hand. Now please Twilight, you were saying?"
Twilight flushed slightly as all focus was on her." Yes, well. I brought these three to Equestria. It was obvious when they appeared that they were confused. I believe that the first they came into contact with were each other. They looked around them then started to talk. I couldn't actually hear what they were saying so I moved in closer, but I stopped when they started walking away from each other. The one in white there passed by me and I tried to talk to him, but he ignored me." Twilight joined the crowd in glaring at the three." Then, when they were a distance away, they charged towards each other and started fighting."
Celestia levitated a scroll given by one of her servants. "And this brawl resulted in damage to... lets see... Sugar Cube Corner, the Carousel Boutique, various market stalls, a few more shops and- wait a minute Sweet Apple Acres? How did THAT happen?"
Twilight motioned to the woman in the middle. "Well, she punched him," indicating the man," with a strange glove and sent him flying through the air, all the way to the farm. I have no idea how he is still standing."
"Well then. You will all be glad to know that I can and will compensate you for the damage. Now, onto the matter of what to do with these three." Celestia said, glaring at the three.
Then the one in the middle spoke. "Well, I think that the first thing you should do is pay more attention to your prisoners. We really have to thank you for the distraction."
Every pony in the room looked at the three, and then the three pairs of cuffs dropping to the floor, then the man picking up his helmet and the woman in the middle her hat and sunglasses.
The woman on the left spoke this time, all of them cracking their knuckles. "Because if we weren't all nice people, we could've taken that as an opportunity to hurt you all very badly." Her entire body glowed with a blue, flame-looking energy, as if to emphasize the point.
"Now then!" says the man, "I think proper introductions are in order. We have made ourselves known to each other, but not to all you fine folks. I am Darvish Stone-Shield, Son of Skyrim."
"Zia Ironfist, leader of Free New Vegas," says the woman in the hat and sunglasses.
"Beatrix Shepard, Commander of the SR2 Normandy" says the final woman, still glowing blue. "And I think we would all like to know where the hell we are."
Sounds like the start of a bad joke... go on...
I can't wait for more
*backs away due to epicness*
Needs more Freeman and Master Chief. Other than that, great job! I really like the interactions between the different races and people!
hmmm... interesting. Are you going to delve into the details of the battle at all?
....SO MUCH WIN.
I'm giggling like a madman at the prospect that this has. Seriously, I can't stop and it's making typing nearly impossible. xD
You sir, Are fucking awesome.
that is all.
No bad :D
I totally expected something else as an intro but this was pretty calm. Nice.
Making the genders differences from the original character of Shepard was...dissapoint.
But pretty good. I'm staying for the ride :P
MAKE MORE!
Wow. I'm already liking this.
lockpicks.........guards gotta hate'em
You brought the Power-Fist into this. I instantly liked it.
In my humble opinion, (mind, this is only my opinion and I hope you don't take any of this as an insult, because it is not intended as such.) I find a couple things out of place. 1: I don't imagine Celestia thinking what a magnificent beard it was it just doesn't seem like the sort of thing she would think or say. 2: while I don't know what was done to her, I never could see Zecora demanding compensation. or asking for it all that much. She is always kind and patient. I could list more, but I'm really trying to just make examples that your character grasp doesn't seem incredibly solid. (just my opinon)
now for other qualms. You rush into Twilight's power a bit too quickly. You established that she was powerful enough to grasp people from other dimensions and Celestia's surprise in just a few sentences. I feel for something that is so ridiculous (not necessarily in a bad way, mind) should have somewhat more attention granted to it. How would Twilight have flushed? that has to do with skin tone and she is covered in fur. Also, why exactly would these three videogame characters not notice or care about talking ponies and instead decide to fight eachother? Shepard would not be so eager to a fight, I think, no matter how you played him, though I'll admit that dovahkiin and the courier would be much more malleable as characters. Anyway, That's what I can think of without drowning you in my criticisms. This is, to be fair, not the sort of story I tend to read, but the title grabbed my interest. and again, I apologize if this sounds like me trying to insult you, I just am trying to help out with some constructive criticism. I apologize if it's unwelcome and hopefully I have not offended you.
Yes. This is. Yes.
*me searching through fimfiction*
*sees this*
*reads description*
.............
*reads chapter*
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I'm going to be very upset if it turns out that this story has had no forward planning and ends up getting dropped by the author.
Lol this is good but you need to establish the surprise of talking unicorns ponies and pegasi, and you also need to show if Shepard is a renegade or paragon(i like paragon more) and the karma level of the courier, and you did the son of skyrim well on dovahkiin though lol....
Also i didnt see the beard thought from celestia as necessary... or even in character, also i personaly think shepard is best played as a male, ive played both genders and i prefer male because the sheer strength needed in most situations in outstanding and no offence but the female shep is quite small, lean and muscular, but small, far too small to do some of the things that the male shepard looks like he can do. so anyways, its really good, i usualy HATE crossovers but this caught my eye lol.... anyways thank you!
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This is going to be badass. I can tell.
Daedric armor
like a boss
Only one word in my mind to describe this moment "EPIC"
Go on...
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His armor is described as white. Maybe Dragon Plate. But Dragon Plate armor doesn't have wicked spikes on them, and Celestia would probably have commented that it was all made of bone. Most likely Daedric then.
And then Celestia magically suspends them like a boss, and doesn't let them down until they agree to learn friendship.
*Wakes up in the morning. Go on FimFiction.*
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What the fuck. How is this so popular. Thank you everyone who gave this a chance. You have NO idea how happy I was when I saw all your comments.
714763>>714500 Actually, it is Dragon Plate armour. The 'wicked spikes' came from the pauldrons. If you look at a picture of Dragon Plate Armour you'll see what I mean. Though I might remove that remark if it confuses more people.
714143 I always play my characters good. It's kinda weird. I'm something of an ass in real life, but I am incredibly sympathetic to videogame characters. Yeah. Also, I find that strength based on Shepards gender doesn't really matter, especially if you play as a Vanguard (Biotic Charge FTW). As for Celestia's beard comment... I dunno, I just felt the need to point out the Glorious Beard of Dragonslaying (That is now a thing).
713794 I think that anyone would be a bit p'd off if some complete stranger flew through the air and damaged their house. Who's to say the Courier didn't deck Shepard like she did the Dovahkiin? And I've addressed Celestias beard comment, though it is a somewhat flimsy excuse. As for Twilight flushing? I guess my mind has been tainted by so many ship-fics that it seems perfectly normal to me that ponies can blush through their fur (Also that's another thing that bugs me. Is it hair or fur?) Characters not reacting so strangely to talking ponies or pegasi or unicorns. Let's see:
The Dovahkiin has spoken to dragons and, if you did Clavicus Viles Daedric quest (My Dovahkiin has done them all) a talking dog, as well as what are basically gods themselves in person (Sheogorath, Sanguine, Nocturnal, Hircine in different avatars)
The Courier lives in a land where most animals are horribly mutated in some way. True, the chances of her seeing a pony are quite small ( If they even still exist in the Fallout universe) But she's spoken to weirder. The Think Tank, for instance. Though the whole magic element will be very weird for her.
And Shepard. Well, first of all in regards to Shepard not being so eager as to get into a fight... um... uh. Hm. Well, how about this: No matter how nice or good I play my characters, I am very confrontational in games. Don't get me wrong, if there's a diplomatic solution I'll take it before anything else, but otherwise everyone in the vicinity of the character gets their lights punched out. And they are all very confused. One of the major things they have in common is fighting. What better way to connect? (Pun not intended) Anyway, non-reacting to magical talking ponies.
She lives in space. And has met dozens of different alien species. She could just think that Equestrians are just an alien species that looks a lot like ponies... and can use magic... and fly (She'll probably blame that on Mass Effect fields.) But don't worry, I didn't take any offence. I was expecting criticism of some sort, and if I didn't get it I would be very surprised.
713635 Sorry for making you sit through my Wall of Text, but it isn't the power fist. It's the Displacer Glove, a very rare unarmed weapon. But don't worry, I always play my Courier unarmed, so it could show up in the future.
Thanks again to EVERYONE. I love you all.
4 words shit just got real
anyway keep it up
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Yes, I am aware now. Haven't played Skyrim for some time now so I kind of pictured the armor wrong. For some reason I didn't decide to look it up.
On a side note, completely unrelated to my comment; In fact, ponies do flush in the actual show. I recall seeing it on numerous occasions, so the fanbase aren't to blame entirely.
oh this is gooodddd
Good God. I'm currently working on the second chapter and it's like every five minutes '2 new notifications'.
How do people keep finding this?
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It is on the popular stories list
715733 So it is. That's kind of amazing.
*sees title*¨
OMG SHEPERD
*realizes it's female shep*
There are other fics anyway
715866 Ah come on, at least give it a chance? You might like the other two more while constantly hating on FemShep.
715894
Ugh...fine...
*reads*
.....I'll see where this goes
please write the conversation between the chars before the fight broke out so we can get a better feel for them
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Shepard is female in Fanon. Possibly because the Canon male Sheppard (from the novelization) is an uninspired pastiche of FPS/action movie male character clichés, while FemShep already had interesting characterization in fanfic by then.
SO MUCH AWESOMENESS!
Loved it so far!
But shouldn't Shepard be a guy? I mean that is how he is seen you know?
But I would like to hear a lot more from Dovahkiin and the wanderer because they don't talk much in the game.
And I wanna see some Dovah powers work into play.
Why is the Courier always pale? Trekking through the desert sun would give her some very tanned skin don't you think? Otherwise really great, I can't wait for more.
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Daedric armor is black, not white i think it is dragonbone armor