Landing, smart people (very little sarcasm)
Griever POV
Misty had been laying her head on my lap as we sat across from the sisters. I've never flown without the use of my wings so this is actually an unusual experience for me. It took a few minutes before Celestia broke the silence.
"So I trust everything was as you left it?"
"If you mean the bunker then yes, I also locked the place up to the point of every inch, and I do mean EVERY inch is trapped. I also grabbed a few things and stored them away."
"What do you mean by that?" Luna asked
"I'll show you." I summoned the Royal Arm: Sword of the Father, then switched it out for the Bow of the Clever, and that for the Swords of the Wanderer. "These are called Royal Arms, there are 13, now 14 after my own addition to it. I stored several things that can give you a huge boost in a few industries such as gaming which I did say I would show you, and whatever this can't help with, Emily can."
"You called those weapons 'Royal Arms', why?"
"You wouldn't exactly be wrong if you called them fragments of the power of kings. That, and the character from the game these are from was of royal blood anyway. If you don't mind me asking, I'd like to know about your darker halves."
"My darker half, Daybreaker, nearly destroyed an entire city because of a rebel group's presence. She tried to take absolute contol of everypony, meeting resistance with death, she nearly killed Luna once. It took everything we had to suppress her and even then, the elements were still needed. So many died because of my weakness." Celestia was crying at this point.
"So Daybreaker really was like me once. The 2 best ways to ensure peace are to make sure everyone fears you too much to break your laws, and to make sure they can't break your laws. She did what I would have done had I not met Misty, start a war to create peace, and salvation through subjugation and if that didn't work, destroy something and see who would be stupid enough to stand against you. She wanted peace and saw that was only possible through absolute order. Now what about Nightmare Moon?"
"She... 1,000 years ago the ponies slept through my night, not even taking a moment to gaze upon the stars I worked on every night. They ignored me and would say 'thank Celestia' when something went right for them, even if it was me, not my sister who helped them. Many didn't even know I existed, even the nobility would disregard me. Everypony praised my sister regardless of my efforts, my accomplishments, eventually they started to fear me and demanded I be removed from power simply for being the Lunar princess. I listened to the nightmare and eventually gave in to my hate, my jealousy , my despair and transformed into Nightmare Moon. We tried to overthrow Celestia, to plunge the world into eternal night to force everypony to love us as they did Celestia, but she stopped us by using the elements and imprisoning us on the moon for 1,000 years." She was also crying by this point
"So one wanted peace in the fastest, most surefire way while the other just wanted 1 person to say something along the lines of 'thank you', 'you're appreciated', 'this night is beautiful', she wanted a friend, to not be alone. As I said, they were not born of malice, they are your desires, however unrestrained, twisted, and warped they may be. They wanted what you wanted, but went about it the wrong way. Chances are they're good people, they just made the wrong decisions. Accept them, don't embrace them if you don't want to, but rejecting them will not end well." I see Nightmare crying now trying to control herself while Daybreaker has a shocked look on her face as her flames fade a little, I think I saw her crying as well before fading with Nightmare not far behind
"You still trust them after hearing of their crimes?" Celestia asked
"What right do I have to condemn Daybreaker? I would have killed my own family if they got in my way, if they tried to stop me from bringing peace to the world. What right do I have to condemn Nightmare? The differences between us are I lost, no, discarded the ability to care about others and myself. The world rejected me and so I wanted nothing to do with it, I wanted to be alone, to be left to my own despair that I had forgotten was there. I rejected everyone, she just wanted to feel accepted by someone. Honestly, long ago I would have embraced the eternity of darkness if I couldn't turn myself hollow."
"Just what happened to you to make you that way?" Luna asked
"I'll tell you when we are in a more comfortable location. I would also like to know what these elements you keep mentioning are."
"They are the elements of harmony, there are 6 of them and they represent magic, honesty, generosity, kindness, laughter, and loyalty. They have saved equestria several times, Daybreaker, Nightmare, Tirek, Umbra, and Eris just to name a few." Celestia said
"I don't particularly like these elements. Before you ask, they suppressed Daybreaker after she caused a bloody massacre, but imprisoned Nightmare on her own moon for 1,000 years just because she went about gaining some form of favor the wrong way. Back in my time, Daybreaker legally speaking should have been removed from power and either imprisoned for life or executed, and Nightmare probably would have just been removed from power. These elements seem more cruel and inconsistent than anything, these elements also seem incomplete as well." They appeared shocked at this realization and what I had to say after
"What do you mean by incomplete?" Celestia asked
"Contrary to popular belief, harmony is not the same as order, and neither of which can exist without chaos. The true definition of chaos is change, the people who resist change are the ones who instigate or create chaos to make sure nothing changes. Order is obedience, stagnation, it is without progress of any kind as everyone and everything follows the same mindless routines. Chaos is the breaking of those chains, it brings change and thus progress or in many cases the desire to restore order which ultimately benefits from something in that chaotic time. Harmony is the balance of order and chaos, order is obedience and forced cooperation, chaos is disobedience and refusal to cooperate, harmony is when everyone willingly works together towards common goals."
"While that explains your definitions of order, chaos, and harmony, that still doesn't explain what you meant when you said the elements were incomplete." Luna pointed out
"There are 6 elements of harmony, there are 7 virtues, 2 of which are elements, but magic can't be an element because it is more capable of evil than good, there are 5 aspects of good, and 10 commandments, they can fit into more than one category. The virtues are if memory serves Loyalty, Purity, Kindness, Compassion, Generosity, Valor, and Love. The aspects are Hope, Valor, Wisdom, Fate, and Justice. The commandments are Love, Piety, Purity, Faith, Pacifism, Selflessness, Repose, Reticence, Truth, and Patience. This would make half of what is needed."
"What about the other half?"
"There are 7 evils, 7 sins, 10 aspects of death, and 5 elements of chaos if you still want to refer to order as harmony, these can all fit in more than one category as well. The 7 evils are Fear, Hate, Destruction, Pain, Anguish, Deception, and Sin. The sins are Lust, Sloth, Greed, Envy, Wrath, Pride, and Gluttony. The aspects are Solitude, Decay, Sacrifice, Emptiness, Destruction, Despair, Madness, Hate, Arrogance, and Rage. The elements would be Treachery, Greed, Despair, Cruelty, and Deception."
"How could these be required for the harmony you speak of?" Celestia asked.
"Too much of the first and you will have order, too much of the second and you will have chaos unrestrained, going as close as you can to 50/50 and you should have harmony. To my understanding you can only access a fraction of harmony's true potential. I don't really care whether or not I'm wrong and if there are bearers for these blessings and curses. No one becomes a doctor without having some amount of Love at one point, no company is ever built without some amount of Greed, and no wars are fought without some amount of Hatred to name a few." I looked out the window to see how close we were "We'll continue this later if I think about it, it looks like we're about to land."
When we landed I told them to go first and get ready for damage control before I stepped into the courtyard. They were surprisingly successful at keeping them in line given their record so far and we were able to proceed with I could get to trouble being a few servants thinking I'm royalty. I asked Celestia if she would let me do my own thing with the guards after Misty's mind was restored and she gave me permission, I'm going to make the guards regret HER decision. They informed the staff and the guards of my presence as well as why I was here and then left us in a guest bedroom until dinner as they tried to do what they could in court. I was occupied enough for the next few hours until then.
"Sir Griever." a maid called as she stepped into the room "The princesses have asked for you in the dining hall."
"Lead the way." we followed her to the destination and noticed 2 new faces, a unicorn and another alicorn
"I've brought the guests your majesty." I like my entrances more, they have more property damage and psychotic laughter from yours truly
"You did instruct the staff to serve Misty people food as well right Celestia? We wouldn't want a repeat of earlier."
"You will show respect to the princess creature!" the unicorn demanded
"I believe I am showing the proper amount of respect as someone who is on a first name basis with both of them. Who are you to demand anything from me anyway? I would have thought word of who or at least what I have done would spread like wildfire in any capital city."
"I am Shining Armor, Captain of the Royal Guard, and no I have not been informed of who you are." I'm going to enjoy this far more than I should.
"Well then I don't know who to feel more sorry for, the guards who can't fight even if their lives depend on it or the one training them. I've seen puppies with better self defense than them." I taunted him
"Who do you think you are insulting the proud defenders of Equestria? I'll have you know they are the best of the best!" He shouted
"Clearly they aren't if I can beat over a dozen or 2 of them alone, without magic, and without using my weapons. As for who I am, you may call me Griever, I am the one who single handedly freed those slaves from the diamond dogs and killed the dragon who was enslaving them, said dragon was also supposed to be among the most dangerous in the world according to the princesses. I have more than earned the right to have low opinions about the guard, especially after one of them stabbed me with a barbed spear after I did their job for them and basically said hello. That guard ran like a coward after he saw his attack did nothing but cause pain and piss me off. By the way, I'm self taught in combat, they should have had every advantage but power and still failed miserably. And before I forget, Celestia gave me the okay to train the guards my way which you will have to join as well, have fun with Mr. Popo's training!" he didn't have a retort to this, or if he did, Celestia stopped him
"Dinner is about to be served, can we please not have any conflict at this time?"
"But princess!"
"That's an order Captain." he shut up and sat back down, I turned to the alicorn next to him
"Now that that's out of the way, may I ask who you are miss?"
"I am princess Mi Amore Cadenza, the princess of love."
"Please tell me she means the emotion." I asked the sisters, Armor was about to say something before he heard both of them trying to hold back the laughter as well as Cadence.
"Do not worry, she can be trusted." that doesn't answer my question Luna, at about the same time dinner was served with Misty getting a proper meal I noticed dinner with an empty chair. I was about to ask about it before I met someone who gave off the impression that I would really want to beat him to death.
"Apologies for being late aunties, but the ser- AAAAHH! WHAT ARE THESE BEASTS? GUARDS!" several guards answered his call and came rushing in, I TRIED to keep calm, and Misty growling and backing towards me wasn't helping
"I'm sorry, but did you just call us beasts? My hearing must be off or you have a death wish." I'm not in the mood for this
"Is that a threat? I am prince Blueblood and you will bow to me peasent! I may just forgive you and not throw you in the dungeons for the rest of your life and I may even show mercy to the beast." I summoned the Sword of the Tall and Bow of the Clever after making enough clones to deal with the guards and shot him in his knees with dark and fire infused arrows. I ran up to him and grabbed him by the horn while he was down and screaming, I also healed his wounds and numbed the pain.
"You truly do have a death wish. Say anything you want about me, but leave her out of this or else" I raised the sword to about chest level for him "they'll have to permanently close off several parts of the castle."
"Griever that's enough!" I heard Luna shout, I complied and sat back down
"Aunty, this beast must be executed and it's pet put down! You can't let it get away with this!" shut up you worthless brat
"We shall not do no such thing. He is an honored guest who you were instigating conflict with." Luna said
"But he-" he started
"I would shut up if I were you, you're already in hot water and about to boil." he was fuming at this point
"FINE! If I cannot have my justice the right way I'll take it by my own hands. I challenge you to a Duellum de Messorem Iudicium!" I going to enjoy this more than I should
"Duel of the Reaper's Judgement huh? I accept, I will also make you regret every decision you have made in your pathetic life. When will it be?"
"At the Gala 2 weeks from now, I'll enjoy putting you in your place." he took his leave after that, I turned to the princesses before asking them a very important question
"Should I show him the power of kings, the giant dad, or should I use elemancy?"
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Giant dad!
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there were 3 choices, and only 1 shall be used
giant dad 1
POK. 0
elemancy. 0
Giant dad all the way
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giant dad 2
others 0
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3 votes giant dad
the undying legend is leading
honestly expected more votes in general
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Of course giant dad will be probably the majority it’s because if you mess with his boy he will ether smash you with his giant fist or throw a chunk of the earth at you
Giant dad
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4 votes
giving it 2 more days before calling winner
giant dad 4: welcome to dark souls, I will be your tutorial
POK 0: a prince will always be beneath the king
elemancy 0: I don't need a weapon, i am the weapon
Gala won't happen until 1 or 2 chapters after the next one
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fuck that, hit Blueballs with Chastiefol, the metaphorical swiss army knife from The Seven Deadly Sins wielded by King.
take a moment to imagine that though.
but in all seriousness, i'll have to go with the majority vote. If it has all the votes, then it must be good.
Also, Where's my Excalibur Umbra? One more thing, any plans on making the legendary holy sword? and if so, what rendition? I mean, we have the one from SAO, the shards from Highschool DxD, and various other sources
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chastiefol with losvayne would be terrifying, but I was originally planning to use losvayne with Armiger, and as for Excalibur, why settle for 1 (I'll likely make the umbra and Fate UBW versions and as a joke Soul Eater)
I can almost hear Alucard laughing
As for Giant dad, welcome to Dark Souls, where all your hopes and dreams die less than you do
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also you misspelled Griever
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My spelling hasn’t been the best recently
He should go all out, just so we can laugh at their faces when they realize how UTTERLY fucked they are
"I like my entrances more, they have more property damage and psychotic laughter from yours truly" best line 2018.
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it gets better if you haven't read it all
*makes decision*
ALL OF THEM!
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I agree. This story has some great lines.
Is it a duel to the death or a no-death duel?
I can tell you how Ian would proceed with either one.
With a duel to the death, Ian would just assimilate his neural energy. Slowly. Painfully. No messy body parts or blood or brain bits, just a formerly living body. A body that is now but an empty shell, not empty of parts, but empty of life.
With a duel without death, he would freeze him in stasis. Then cut off his limbs, one by one. Ending with his horn. He would use wormholes to allow blood to keep flowing in the cycle without going outside the body. And then, when he's done, he will make sure that he will live (probably by altering the blood vessels and veins and artery's in a way as to make them viable again). He would then take him out of stasis and declare victory.
GiantDad!
Fe Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of casul scum!
Ok, the chapter is fine, Grievers logic is amazing, I love his mentality. The only issue I have is the crying part, it was too fast and not enough emotion to justify it. Maybe more detailed would have better represent their emotions.
Okay, when and how did he learn all of this??!! I thought he is just a super emo, edgy, and depressing "anti-hero"/anti-villain??!!
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the real question is, since when did fanfic writers actually put in effort and research into their stories when explaining something
How about all three?