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A simple purchase. That's all it was. All that was bought was some kind of item that looked like it was from the game. How the hell did it cause a cross-dimensional or otherworldly transport to another place where every damn member of it was a colorful, talking horses?!
That is the life of Drake Blackwood, a American gamer who makes his life testing, playing, and of course improving games. On one of his day offs, he had gone to a gamer con, dressed as what he believed a Summoner would be from DOTA 2. While there he purchased a object that looked like a item from DOTA 2, but unbeknownst to him it would rip him from one world and to another.
How would a human react to a situation like this? Could he be a hero or villain? Well... depends on his mood and of course what the hell he could do.
*Notes: Other tag is for other characters and the girls are a Level 3.5 on the Anthro scale.
Gore tag is because of some of the powers of heroes, I.E. Axe's Culling Blade or Phantom Assassin's Coup de Grace.
Dark tag is because of some heroes attitudes and how they would deal with a villain.
It had started like any other day for the young man who lived in the 'Video Game Capital of the World', otherwise known as Ottumwa, Iowa. I had gotten up, eaten breakfast, showered, and of course got to work. See I work at home, playing video games, looking for improvements to be made and such like that. Though making improvements was only part of the job and granted it didn't make a lot of money like say a doctor or lawyer, I didn't really give a damn, it's what I did for a living and enjoyed it greatly.
Gaming just felt... natural to me and soon enough found a job doing it for Havok, mainly as a beta tester for their games. As I finished playing a beta game for the PC, I cannot tell anyone since it was in my contract, I looked for my calendar to see if today was THAT day. I finally found it as today was definitely THAT day. Today was the day I officially was on my day off and of course is the day for a gamer convention in town. Though things are going a bit fast without a proper introduction.
My name is Drake Blackwood, a twenty-three year old male gamer who lives in a apartment, decent mind you, in Ottumwa. I looked into a mirror as I looked over my current attire to see if it would of been fine with a costume I made. I stood at the mirror at a average five foot, seven inches, a bit of average build, shaggy black hair and light blue eyes. I had a clean shaven face, since I had shaved just last night, and currently on me was a simple black based, button up shirt with a red, stone looking logo on the back of it. The logo was the symbol of a popular MMO called DOTA 2. It was also the first game I got to test, though admittedly I was only testing the game's patches before they went into effect to see if they caused any problem. My lower half had on a pair of black combat boots along side a simple pair of black jeans.
The costume that hung on a door was a black, hooded, cloak that had a symbol on its hood. The symbol on the hood was a golden circle with a sky blue core in it along with a few tree looking images wrapping around the ring to symbolize the light side known as the Radiant. Inside the Radiant symbol, a crimson red triangle sits with a image of a black, decayed forest in it that symbolized the dark side known as the Dire. Near the left sleeve was a black gauntlet with a plastic green dome in the palm of the hand and the lower half of it looked like a replica in style of Augus's pants from Asura's Wrath. Only difference is it was black and did not have the white belt. Instead it had some realistic looking armored belt with makeshift runes etched into it.
As I looked over my costume I could help, but grin at myself. To others it may look like some kind of dark mage or perhaps a evil sorcerer attire, but in truth it was my representation of what a summoner would look like in Dota, all badass and with easy access to their heroes for a battle. As I turned and got my costume packed up as I made sure to stop at the bank and get some cash for probably something meaningless like a small figurine of one of the heroes or maybe some replica of a in game item, I never know. In all honesty, this be the first game convention I ever went to since I was still working on the outfit and didn't have free time to go till today.
After leaving the apartment, I got into my car and drove down to the convention in town. Honestly it was about a hour from where I live and after arriving, I quickly put on my attire, made sure my wallet had cash and that the gauntlet was securely on my left hand as it went up to my elbow. It was a bit hard to move my hand in it, mainly because it was made of plastic and I made of made the joints a bit too tight to properly move. Didn't take long to get in line as I could see all sorts of people cosplaying as famous game characters like Sylvanas from Warcraft and Anya Stroud from Gears.
A small entry fee, registration form signing, and of course security check later I was in and started to wander around, simply browsing and looking around with no real destination. As I walked around the rows and through the crowds, I had inadvertently ran into a guy who was wearing a simple black shirt with the words '20% Cooler' in rainbow like color. Now I think of myself as a rational man and so when I saw him I did the only rational thing. I held out my right hand, gave him a fistbump and took a few pics of him and his 'brony' friends as they called themselves, hell a few with me in them. I will admit I am a brony, but not one of those bronies who finds more 'intimate' thoughts with the characters of MLP, I'm just a normal gamer who loves the show for characters and story.... not to mention the humor that arises now and again.
Now many would find them in the wrong place, but given how a few MLP games came out, they kinda fit in.... problem was their was hardly a MLP booth for them, but whatever I'm not here as a brony. I'm here as a gamer who is walking around as what I believe a summoner looks like in DOTA series. Either way, more mindless wandering, a bag of jerky I recently bought, and honestly a bit of boredom sitting in, I finally found a booth that seemed out of the way. As I walked towards the booth, I noticed the man had a rather peculiar selection in his booth. Arranged before the merchant were items, all of which looked like replicas of items from many MMO games like Smite, League, and of course DOTA. I stopped a few inches from the table as the man, who was oddly enough dressed like a merchant from Resident Evil 4 and even spoke like him, looks up and says "Welcome to my booth strange'a. What would ya be looking for?" he asks.
I simply glanced over all the items as my eyes fell on a necklace on display. It was a silver necklace with a simple chain lanyard to allow it to dangle. In the center of it was a light purple gem in a pentagon looking pendant that seemed to glow as if... calling to me. I just chalked it up to a cheap LED in the fake gem as I picked it up and examined it, hell even had the dark blue under the pendant. I look at the merchant as I smile "Nice attention to detail my friend. How much for this Null Talisman replica?" I asks.
The merchant simply chuckles "For you lad, a simple twenty dollars" he says. I knew it was pricey, but still at least with this people may get my costume idea better. After the purchase, I put the talisman on as the gem keeps glowing. I turn back to ask about how to turn it off, but the merchant had disappeared with his stuff. I just figure I let it glow till it's battery ran out as I continued to wander, but soon I started to feel.... dizzy. I found a bench and soon enough I felt like I was just floating on air after sitting down on it. I felt wind rushing around me as I opened my eyes and found myself falling through the sky and past pink clouds as I did the only thing I could do.
The world had seemed to slow down a bit as my friends and I used the elements of Harmony to defeat the Evil Discord and turn him back to stone once again. I could feel the power surge through my friends and I as the rainbow formed around us before going and striking at Discord, imprisoning the Spirit of Chaos once more. As soon as it had come, it had also left with before us standing the statue as the world slowly reverted back to how it was before he broke out. The weird ground turned back to grass, the town stopped floating upside down and turned back into being normal-ish Ponyville, the clouds returned to being white, puffy clouds, and all returned to normal due to Discord's magic being neutralized.
After we had returned to Canterlot to return the elements to Princess Celestia, we could see the ponies had already made a new stained glass window depicting our battle. Those ponies work pretty fast despite having to of dealt with Discord's magic. As we walked down the hall to the throne where Celestia sat, we all stopped and heard a loud yell from outside as it got closer and closer till soon a figure in black crashes through the ceiling and into the floor. The.... thing groans in pain as soon enough the ceiling started to give way from the harsh entry that it had as I yelled "Look out!" before the ceiling fell and hit him hard on the head.
As I fell from the sky, my lungs started to burn from all the screaming as sure enough I stopped for a second and saw what was right below me. It was a small town surrounded by living and dead forests as nearby was a castle built on the side of a mountain. Everything looked so colorful like it was in a young kid's show. Before long I started to yell again as I fell faster and faster till I saw a golden roof and crashed right through it and into a floor of red carpet, marble, and tile. I heard a collection of female gasps as all I did was groan from the pain of the fall, how I am alive is a miracle to me.
I heard a sound of something cracking as all I heard afterwards was "Look out!" before everything went black as something heavy hit me in the back. I felt nothing, but my ears could feel some weird sound as I started to stir in something... soft. As my eyes opened I could see the white tile ceiling and flourescent lights hanging from the ceiling as I recognized it as parts of a infirmary or hospital from shows I watched as a kid. As I slowly sat up in my bed, I could feel something tug at my arm. My head turned and saw a IV stand in my arm as I sigh "Yep... hospital" I say in a raspy voice. Before I could try to move, I felt sharp shocks as I lay back down and feel the shocks relax a bit. It was official, my body felt broken and I have no clue where the hell I am... yep this is a bad situation.
I could hear the door open as my eyes lazilly drifted over and saw a human stand in the doorway, but looked.... off. Well she had the floppy ears, a long tail, and a small muzzle, like a horse, but what caught me was the sound of clopping, like hooves on a hard surface. She must of been a nurse from the nurse outfit she had on. Her body was snow white and with a light pink tail, long pink hair to her back, and light blue eyes. She seemed a bit surprised when she saw I was awake as she ran out of the room and called out "Quick, the creature's awake!" as I felt more confused now. She called me a creature when she is the human with floppy ears, a tail and... oddly enough my mind went straight to the thought of her being a horse. I quickly shook my head as I heard more clopping coming from the hallway.
As I looked at the door, I could see eight women walk in, but the thing about them was, a couple had wings as one of them, a cyan or light blue one I couldn't tell, flew in with a rainbow colored mane, tail, and in a tanktop, sports shorts, and sneakers. Two more who walked in had horns on their heads as one of them in glasses and what looks like a librarian outfit carried in large quantity of paper or parchment along with some inkwells and quills as she sits next to me. She had a lavender body and hair that looked two-tone purple with a strand of pink in it. My head turns back around to see two blue orbs in my face from a mare who was light pink and oddly enough smelt of cotton candy and a grin so wide I swear she give Jeff the Killer a run for his money "Hi! My name's Pinkie Pie! What's yours?!" she asks as she bounces on me.
I groan in pain "Right now it's pain and you are hopping on my stomach!" I inadvertently yell as some weird blue aura picks her up and lifts her off of me as my right arm comes and grips my stomach. I felt a soft hand touch my arm as I see a buttercream colored lady with a darker shade of pink hair and tail then the nurse, wearing a sweater and long skirt look at me. I.... oddly felt calm as I let go of my stomach and breathe "I... apologize for my outburst. It's not everyday that I fall from the sky and end up breaking every bone in my body"
"Well technically just your left arm and right leg along with a few ribs and collarbone" the nurse said as she entered to change the IV bags. As I looked around and saw them all see me with confusion, suspicion, and of course curiosity I saw two final figures as they stand taller then the others and with wings and horns. The gears in my mind started to turn as a few things clicked. Weird colorful world, check. Human looking creatures with horse features, check. Odd skin and hair patterns that are not natural on a normal person, check. Appendages of wings, horn, or in this case both, check..... yep, it's just like that show.
At this point, I look at the lady, or I should say mare, as I asked a simple question "May I have a drink before we begin the eventual question and answer?" as from a bright flash of light a cup of water comes out of thin air on the table next to me. Normally I would of freaked out, but with my broken body I couldn't really freak out properly. I sigh "I'll... question that later" I say as I take a few sips as I hear fast writing being done. As I put the glass down, I slowly push myself up, with some help from the lavender mare. I look at them as I simply wait for the questions to come in.
I sat there, quill wrapped in my magic as I took notes over the creature with my mentor, her sister, and my friends. From observation of the creature itself, it looked bipedal by nature with hardly any hair on its head and bits of hair on its body. So far most of it's body was naked with only skin on it's body. Its eyes were a nice shade of light blue eyes all of it worked on a average looking body. Not a lot of muscle, but also not too little muscle. Its skin and readings showed it was properly full of nutrients so it was not malnourished.
Its attire, which was removed because of hospital procedure and I was allowed to take back to the library to study, was all black with some unknown symbol on the hood. A button-up shirt, some black jeans, black boots by the look of them, though honestly most of the attire was ripped up from the crushing ceiling and of course the fall from the sky as the scorch marks on his hooded cloak were evident. The oddest part of his attire was the metal components on it that seem to act like a belt and when I touched one of them, it opened up as if it was like a small container or pocket to add to his regular pockets.
From all of his attire, I couldn't even detect the smallest trace of magic in them at all. All the clothing here in Equestria has a faint trail of magic in the thread no matter who made it, from the Earth pony to the obvious magical unicorn. Despite all this, there was one form of its attire that gave off high levels of magic, levels that only equal masters or even grandmasters of magic, all in that gauntlet. Curiosity did get the better of me as I observed the gauntlet, this was all while the creature was asleep and discovered some things about it. The gauntlet's magic was not of a single class, like how some unicorns are skilled in ice magic, but this thing was emitting magic of all categories! Ice, fire, wind, light, earth, water, even dark magic like shadow and, what Starswirl called in his journal, 'plague magic', a type of magic that causes disease, decay, and eventually death.
I would of studied it more, but that was when I got a letter from Princess Celestia telling me that the nurse called of the awakening. I teleported right over and walked with the girls who arrived a few minutes later we all entered. I used my magic to get in some paper and quill as we entered. I sat closest to him and, of course, Pinkie jumped on him as it caused him to yell at her. Normally I would hate anypony who yelled at one of my friends, but considering how much pain he was in and he apologized, I let it slide.
After getting him to sit up with help, all of us had decided earlier to take turns with questions, just to see what made him comfortable and what he would give us, given how we treated him. I of course went first as I smile and ask "What is your name creature?" in a kind voice and gentle smile.
The creature slowly turned, since he was still recovering, as he coughs a bit as he breathes for a bit. His eyes look at mine as they seem tired, probably from all the pain numbing medicine along with healing magic as he tries to put on a weak small smile "I would like to say first I am called a human. Pronounced 'hyoo-muh n' and I am male, just for extra detail. As for name, is it not consider good manners for the host to introduce themselves first?" he asked. Despite his voice sounded tired, it felt naturally calm, as if he didn't feel threatened in a different world. I just marked that again to the medication.
I simply noded "Of course, it's just.... we never met a hu-man before" I say. I placed a hand on myself "My name is Twilight Sparkle. This" I say waving my hand to one of my Earth pony friends. She was in a red plaid button up shirt that was tied off under her breast showing off her stomach and a bit of muscle from being a farmer. On her head sat her famous Stetson, a item no one would ever steal unless they wanted to get bucked out of life. She also had on a pair of brown gloves and a pair of blue jean shorts. All of it complimented her orange body, apple green eyes with freckles and of course her long, blonde ponytail that reached to her mid back. "This is Applejack" I say to introduce the two.
Applejack reached over and held back a bit of her strength to shake hands with the injured human "Name's Applejack partner. I got the right juiciest apples in all of Equestria. Ya ever need a place to earn some bits, ya come on by ya hear?" she asks in a southern drawl. The human nods as they stop.
My hand then motions over to Pinkie "You already met Pinkie Pie" she says. She of course was referring to the bouncing bubblegum pink coated, blue eyed, cotton candy haired pony. She had on a tight tanktop that always seemed like if she bounced hard enough the shirt would simply rip and expose her assets. She also had on a pair of shorts, but the problem was they were pink, but luckily identified by the white line design on it. She sees her about to jump as I hold a hand out to stop her "She is a very enthusiastic mare and is very sorry for what she did earlier." she says.
To my surprise he just chuckles a bit "No harm done. I remember times when I got so excited I practically kneed my dad in the gut when it snowed" he says.
A pink blur runs up "But it's not fine! I hurt a injured hu-man, though I NEVER met one before today which means I need to go and make a 'Welcome to Equestria Human party!' along with a 'Sorry I hurt you party' !" she says as she bolts out like a arrow as the human seemed about ready to ask something.
I stop him "It's Pinkie Pie. We.... don't question her" I say. I move my hand to the mare who was hiding behind a white coated mare "The mare hiding behind the white mare is Fluttershy" she says. Rarity was in a simple silk shirt and skinny black pants with a black belt. Her mane and tail were all in loops and curls in a fancy manner, like a high class mare. Behind her was the mare known as Fluttershy. She carefully came out from behind Rarity as she looks away with her blue eyes as she tries to hide behind her mane.
She tries to speak "Um.... hi" she says in a soft voice like silk. I watched as her and the human seemed to speak softly to eachother. I saw a smile on her face as she blushes a bit "I-I hope you get better soon" she says. I looked at the human as he smiles a bit.
"I simply helped ease her fear of me" he said in a more tired tone now. That tone did not go over my head as he reached for the water and help levitate the water to him as I continued.
"This here is Rarity" I said as my hand waved to the white unicorn who looked like she came from nobility with her button up blouse that had some sequins in it. She also had a pair of skinny jeans on and of course her mane and tail all done up as she walked over and shook his hand.
"Simply marvelous to meet you darling and don't you worry about your attire, I will fix it up and it will be fabulous!" she says with a wide smile.
"Please Miss Rarity, a simple repair job would be most satisfactory. No fine silks, no gems, nothing of the sort" he said as he has a small smile. Despite her rather disdain look of not making it look 'better' for fashion, she nodded with a smile. I look over at the Princesses and smile at how well things are going... well despite Luna still seeming suspicious of him.
"And now let me introduce you to Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria alongside Princess Luna" I said with obvious glee. That just got a simple chuckle out of him.
"Forgive me for not bowing Princesses. As you can see I'm not exactly in the best form to bow" he says as he does a more simple bow with his head. As he looks at them all, he leans back as he seems to relax a bit "As a man of my word, I shall introduce myself. I am Drake Blackwood and... what exactly happened to my clothing?" he asks.
"Well after you fell from the sky, we found your attire a bit scorched from the fall, but the only part unscathed is that gauntlet of yours." I explain as that got a confused look from him.
Did I hear her right? Did she just say my gauntlet is unscathed? After hearing that I just chuckled "Really? Unscathed? That thing is just made of plastic and its unscatched?" I ask as they got confused looks from all of them.
"Plastic? That gauntlet's made of metal and giving off large quantites of magic" Twilight told me. Wait metal? When the hell did it get turned to metal? Whatever I'll figure that out later. Right now I needed to know something "Nurse. When can I leave?" I asked her. Before a answer was given my body was coated in some golden aura and honestly.... it tickled as it made me laugh at the coat "Stop! It tickles!" I say loudly as it soon vanished.
As I calmed down and looked at everybody, or whatever the term is, I saw confusion "What?.... it tickled" I told them just as the nurse came over and seemed to scan me with some kind of spell as she gives me a clean bill of health. Evidentally that was a healing spell as I got disconnected and sat up, a bit more awake then earlier today. As I looked around a question came to mind "Can I get some temporary clothes?" I ask the mares. In a flash of white light and a *POP*, my attire laid before me as I simple "Going to have to wait on those repairs... well until I can get more clothing" I say.
I look at the mares as I rub the back of my head as with the cover still over me I got my attire back on.... well the boxers and pants on before that rainbow pegasus ripped the sheets off my bed. I smirk "What? Wanted to see what I had down there? I know I'm handsome" I teased as she rolls her eyes. I move to the edge to get my boots on before standing slowly, so I don't fall down again. On the bed laid the rest of my stuff as I reached for the makeshift belt, but when I grabbed it, it clinked like armor and definitely felt a bit heavy then its original form of plastic. Guess Sparkle wasn't lying about that part as I put it on before putting on my shirt and hood cloak. I looked at the edge of the hooded cloak and saw the frayed edge of it. Honestly it looked pretty badass and made me contemplate whether I should let Rarity repair it.
I looked at the gauntlet and much to Twilight's 'research' as I call it, she was right. The gauntlet was of metal and not plastic as I turned it around to gaze at it. Much like my metal belt, both looked to be of a obsidian color, but the difference was that my gauntlet still had the object in its palm and of course was different. As I gazed upon the object, it was not a green plastic dome like before, but a light grey gem that was about two and a half inches in diameter. As I slid the gauntlet on me, it fit me perfectly. No tight joints, easier wrist turning, it was as if the amateur gauntlet I made no longer existed.
As I looked at everyone in the room, I had met the eyes of Luna who seem to turn away from my gaze, she's probably shy. I got dragged from my thought as I felt my lungs collapsing, my bone's crushing and I looked to see who was causing this. Pinkie has me in a hug as I tap her arm with my right hand as she lets go and giggles "Sorry! Just super-duper excited for the party! Let's go!" she calls out, grabbing my collar as the others stop her
"Pinkie, we need to get some other stuff figured out before Mister Blackwood-"
"Drake is fine, Twilight. Mister Blackwood was my father" he says. They seemed confused as Celestia steps forward, towering over Drake as she speaks.
"In any case, we do need to find him a place to stay. Twilight, would you do the honor?" she asks. Twilight simply nods as she smiles at Drake with a look that shows the gears in her head turning with questions and ways to find out more about me.
Two hours. She has been asking questions for two damn hours now. She only said she ask a few questions! I should of known something was wrong when she had that large stack of papers magically appear out of nowhere. Two hours ago, I had gotten assigned to live with the purple unicorn called Twilight Sparkle, but to me I'm just surprised of a few things. For one, they are quite open minded of me simply being from a unknown world and of unknown origin. They must really trust their unicorn friend with information about me.... oh how I wish I knew what that entailed.
The walk through town actually caused me to flinch and duck, mainly from some mint green unicorn trying to jump me wanting to, and I dare quote, 'get my hands'. Now I may not be a genius of what women mean or want, but I did not want to risk anything and with the princesses gone, whom teleported back to Canterlot, I only had to trust these six ponies.. Luckily for me though, some blue and pink haired girl dragged her away before any harm was caused or done. I think they were Lyra and BonBon, judging from my knowledge of background ponies that had gotten names. To my surprise many of the fans really expanded them from simple background ponies.
Anyway, after we reached a large tree that was supposedly Twilight's home, the others simply left for their job or relax or whatever they did. Didn't matter, I still had to play dumb, despite my suspicion that the solar and lunar princesses knew more then they let on. A brief tour of the home later, which I had faked surprise it was a library in a large tree and of course my surprise at seeing Spike, she had me sit in a chair as she made the paper appear out of magic. At first I figure it was all just for noting down every word I would say.... oh lord was I wrong.
It all started out simple, question about species, gender, age, lifespan, name, etc. The question about diet really surprised her and took me a while to explain that we humans only eat 'non-sapient' species and that humans are the only sapient species on our planet called Earth. Also had to explain that humans use their minds, skills, and ingenuity to do what they need from cooking a meal to building a building, no magic whatsoever. The question of skills was simple to explain, that we humans do more trial and error sort of thing. We do many things and keep at it till we find one we are good at. I could of explained my skills, but seeing as how they didn't even have a tv, well it be hard to explain that. Soon the questions got to points I really didn't like to remember, like family and friends. I.... rather not speak about that for now. Either way the one question that confused her was how I got here. Apparently, she never felt any magic in my talisman.
Back to now, she had just asked the.... fifty-second question? I can't remember. All I can remember is that my head soon met the table as I felt myself embrace the darkness that my eyes could see. When I woke up, I had seen two packets before me, both pretty thick. One was labeled Drake’s Gauntlet by Twilight Sparkle, probably a research book on my gauntlet while I was out. Main problem was when I saw the index, the damn thing was three hundred pages long! As I looked at the other book titled Study of the human, Drake Blackwood by Twilight Sparkle one thought was in my head "This book right is twice that size! This pony must of written some detail notes for it to be that thick and big..... oh well, might as well get started" as I opened the gauntlet book.
Something stopped me though. When I looked up, I saw I was alone in the treehouse. No Twilight, no party, no Spike, no one, and that was a bit worrying. I figure it was just something Twilight was doing out with her friends as I get comfortable, or at least read up on her notes. I clap my hands "Alright.... let's begin"
Two Hours Later.....
Fascinating. That's the only word that comes to mind when I read through this book about my gauntlet.... well its new form anyway. Also seems I was right in terms of detail. She had every miniscule detail written down from measurement, to size of 'appendages' as she called them, even of its 'weird magic aura'. Seems my gauntlet is my acting tool of magic in this world as she reports it has the power to hold magic, but it can't gain magic like regular Equestrians. From what I can remember, besides the last two hours of reading this gauntlet book, Twilight told me that the ponies of this world gain magic from the ground and air, as if they were connected to it. Sounded a bit like those magic creatures or magic users in Dungeon and Dragons almost, but to put the whole five page explanation in short terms for those of non-magic usage: gauntlet not made in Equestria thus can't gain magic from the world.
The rest of the book seemed empty after the last page, as if waiting for more to be written, must of been done via magic or something, hell if I know. The only other thing that is of importance is a power called 'Siphon', a part of the gauntlet seems to be able to allow me to grasp anything with magic and drain it of magic, but to a limit. Alongside is a list of objects and creatures with magic, from ponies to even leaves and books. Guess everything truly did have magic in it. On the last page though were more like hypothesis she may of made such as 'Speculated that somepony who uses the gauntlet and brings it over its magic limit would cause a feedback and unknown consequences of such actions' and 'If the item can hold magic, perhaps it can gain magic via channeling some into it'.
I flipped back to the page about the 'magic aura' part that Twilight felt in the gauntlet. Seems the magic aura is of a mixture, every element of magic ranging from common to advance to even dark magic. Problem was she never listed them all, probably because she expected some pony to read it and know about all the elements of magic or types. Still.... for my gauntlet to change and be able to have magic..... now I am more interested in what happened to my gauntlet and less of what happened to...... me.
That's right....I don't belong here. This is a land of peace, harmony, and ponies, not humans. Still, I doubt that it will be easy for them to find a way to return me..... IF they can. Either way, not long after I closed the book and stood up to get feeling back in my legs that was when I stopped and saw some pink box on the ground. It was under the table and out of sight from when I was sitting down, not to mention the towers of books all over the place didn't help me find it.
After picking it up, the box was about from the floor to my knees as I knelt down and saw the card
To: Drake Blackwood
From: Pinkie and Friends
Hi! I just wanted to leave this present here since you were being quite a sleepy-head from the questions I assume! Just open the box!
Well that was.... informal. Just as the card said I opened the box to get a smokescreen and I stood up and accidentally knocked over a column of books as I made my way for the door, swiping my hands to try and clear my view with no such luck. I opened the door to air the place out as when the smoke cleared, I saw a large party had been set up in record time as he seems quite shocked, but also knows of Pinkie's party skills. From a very large "Surprise!" he was soon introduced again to the hyperactive mare again "Were you surprised! I bet you were! Were you? Were you?" she asks happily.
"Yes I was very surprised Pinkie.... still trying to figure out how you had this all in one small box"
A hand pats my shoulder as it was Applejack "Its Pinkie Pie Drake, ain't nopony gonna figure her out." I just did what anyone else would of done and simply nodded. I recognized most of the ponies here from Vinyl to Berry to even Ditzy who had just collided into Rainbow by accident, the silly pegasi. I, of course, just sat in a chair and kept to myself since parties were not exactly my thing. I was doing pretty good.... till a weird, swirly, pink tail pulled me from my seat and into another seat for another Q&A..... God if you are up there, please make this end soon
"And now we are going to ask him twenty questions just so everypony knows him better!" Pinkie yelled happily. My prayers were answered though as a comic book came flying and landed on her mane, which I swear it absorbed it and made the mane slightly bigger.... well there went my prayer to you, you old man in white. Again more questions that I already answered with Twilight, and with me still half-asleep I sort of answered them halfheartedly. The worst part came from after the questions surprisingly as Twilight took the stage.
"Alright everypony, I would like to inform you all that in a hour, we are going to test the gauntlet of his to see if it is something we should worry about or not. I would like to inform you all if you wish to watch you may or simply stay inside..... and make sure your insurance is up to date" she informed them as they all murmur a few things, all of which fell on the deaf, shocked ears of mine.
I slowly looked at Twilight as my jaw was dropped "What the hell are you thinking?" I ask in a raised tone, showing my discomfort at this idea "This is like saying 'Hey! Let's all wear red and jump into a pin full of bulls so they can stampede on us!' We don't even know how bad this thing is or even what it does!" I voiced my argument and all I got was a giggle from her.
"Don't worry, we will be able to handle it" Twilight said and with her big, purple eyes mixed with her cute, librarian like attire.... I forfeited and let her get the test ready.
Outside in a simple field, very far away from town, I was standing on one end of the field as before me.... were the first six ponies I met. I didn't take me long to realize what the test was going to involve as I saw the fire in RD's eyes. I turned to Twilight and yelled "Your serious? Your going to make me fight you six? I have no magic or magic resistance, I'm going to get sent back to the hospital!" I yelled. She simply shook her head and gave me a smile as if saying 'that won't happen'.... I wish I had her faith.
Twilight POV
"Alright, remember now we're going to go easy on him since he is new, but also to see what the gauntlet does" I said to my friends who all nodded. I looked at RD "That means no high sky divebombs Rainbow" I emphasized her name while narrowing my eyes. I love Rainbow like a sister, but she sometimes took things too far. As we got in position, I could tell Drake was trying to look brave, but the fact was he was scared, as scared as a new foal about to go to school. However if my research of his gauntlet is correct, then he should have some protection against Rarity and my magic along with at least softening any blow to it by a bit, but still feel the shock.... I hope.
I looked over to the side and saw the ponies from the party had joined to watch the test of his gauntlet. I heard Drake yell about fighting as I called back "It's just sparring! Don't worry!" I said with hope in my voice so he feels relieved. All it did was make him more frightful of what is to come. Not even a minute after in position, I tossed a simple magic bolt at him as he tossed up his arms to defend.
To my surprise, the gauntlet seemed to of caught the bolt and absorbed it into the gauntlet. As he brought it back down for a second, he had brought it back up to block a punch from Applejack. I could see him nearly lose his footing as he looked at his gauntlet to see something glowing.
Drake POV
What the hell was going on? First I get some magic bolt coming at me just for my gauntlet to absorb it and get some tingling sensation running in my arm and then for AJ's punch to hit the gauntlet. It felt like something had turned a boulder into just a good sized rock, as in I still felt it, but I felt like that mare would of possibly broken a bone or two if it was my regular hand. My eyes caught my gauntlet glowing a bit as I looked at it, I noticed something. The gem had turned into three colored pools now. One was a blue sapphire color, another a light green color and finally red as a apple. Something about the colors seemed.... familiar.
I could hear the wind rushing as I looked up to see the blue pegasi flying at me and upon instinct I raised my arms to block, but this time I clenched my hands to try and make them into shock absorbers of the hit to come. Unbeknownst to me though, when I made my fist, I had activated the gauntlet. A bright flash came as I saw myself get washed over by the three colors, all colliding, merging, even running over eachother as soon all I could see was red.
I could feel it in me. The power. The strength! Fusing with me, empowering me! I could feel my body shift, my body be filled with a fire that was dangerous, but... familiar. As the red disappeared, I was greeted with the sight of jaws agape from my new appearance.
3rd Person POV
Right before everypony's eyes stood a human, but.... different. His entire body was covered in armor of burning yellow-orange, crimson red, sky blue, and light grey. Its eyes were a burning orange color, but also slitted like dragon eyes. He stood his ground, with sword of metal and fire and a large shield in his hands. As he aimed his sword away from the ponies he spoke, a voice deep and booming "Who calls the Dragon Knight?"
It felt so weird. This burning flame in me, this armor, these weapons. I never used them before, but it felt.... natural, as if I WAS Davion the Dragon Knight "Wait..... I turned into the Dragon Knight does that mean-?" my thought got interrupted when I felt a pair of fists collide into the shield I raised without knowing it. I turned and saw Applejack hop back as I remember were here as a brawl, but.... it felt more like a test. As I looked at my armor, a thought came to me of what I could do. A single thought came to me as the words 'Breathe Fire' flashed in my head before I could feel the fire raise from my stomach and from my mouth a stream of fire came out and hit a lavender force field.
As I saw the fire dissipate, I just started to laugh as I looked at them "I got it! I know what it does!" I yelled out ecstatic about what I had done, who I became, and what I could do. As I spun the blade a bit in my hand, I looked at them "Where I come from, there is a... group of heroes with powers and special skills in three categories. This, my dear pony friends, is Davion the Dragon Knight, a Strength class hero. With this hero, I have the power of fire and the skills of a warrior" I said in my new, booming voice. The pieces fell together after a moment of thinking and looking at shocked faces.
I was a Summoner. I have the memory of each hero and their powers. I have access to the heroes themselves. I have a literal army at my hands.
Twilight's POV
Amazing! Simple amazing! Right before our eyes, Drake had turned into some kind of armored human and breathed fire! So much research possibility, I could hardly contain myself.... luckily my friends kept me from forgetting what we were doing "What's ta plan Twi?" I heard the voice of my friend Applejack.
"Alright, so we know he is strength, but also of fire, but.... something feels off" I said. I could feel some kind of power, deep in him, waiting to come out. I shook my head "Alright. Remember we're just testing the gauntlet and not trying to hurt him. Rainbow attack from above while Rarity and I attack from the front" I told her as I saw her fly high up into the sky. As I turned my attention back to Drake, I saw him raise that shield of his, ready for a attack. The attack however came a bit late since Rarity was lost in the fashion of the armor and with some rough shaking, I got her out of it. Rainbow descended from the sky like a falling boulder, ready to plant her hooves on his helmet, yet with just as much speed, Drake had dodged and slammed his shield into her, sending her back a bit and causing her head to loll about as if stunned.
When Rarity and I attacked, he only brought the shield up to block my spells as his armor seemed to make the rocks and other objects Rarity throw just break on contact. Drake simply laughed "Davion has a power called Dragon Blood, making him a lot tougher to harm" he said. Of course he would know that, he said they were from his world. Nonetheless a question did enter my mind however. If he knew about this group, how many more were in that gauntlet of his? I mean it would make sense of that magical aura I had felt when I examined it during his sleep spell in the hospital.
I heard a loud groan as I saw Pinkie had surprised him with a party cannon, just as AJ came up and bucked him into the sky to get knocked into the ground by Rainbow. To our surprise, he just got right back up as he knocked his sword against his helmet and groans "Cheap shot" he accused. To of said the brawl went on for a good few minutes would be a understatement. It went on for a good hour actually, but the worst part came when AJ went to buck him.
Drake POV
This... this was amazing! Of course it hurt like a bitch, but I felt myself heal just like from the game. The fight went on for quite some time, the only one staying out of this was Fluttershy, not that I could blame her, she was the pacifist of the group. As I saw AJ coming for a buck, I felt.... strange. I looked over and saw the Dragon Knight color fade from me as a shock revelation came to me.
I had reverted back into my old self just as the hooves made contact with my stomach and sent me flying, tumbling all the way back and across the ground like I just got hit by a fucking bus. As I laid there, I groaned from the sheer pain, but glad about one thing "At least she didn't kick me lower.... then I have to be called a female". As that thought entered my head, I felt myself get rolled over as I saw the worried look on everyponies face...... everypony? My mind is definitely adjusting already to this world. Anyway, after furious apologies and of course a healing spell thanks to Twilight, I was sitting up and looking at them all "Seems you can only keep the form for about an hour" Twilight said as everything got calmer.
I just simply nodded "Yep. Still felt nice to know what powers I got now.... welp, time to continue the sparring" I said as that made them all looked shocked "Look I know I literally just got knocked the fuck off my feet, but I want to know what this gauntlet does incase.... I don't know I go all evil or something. That way you girls know what to do in order to stop me from hurting the innocent. Call it thinking ahead" I told them. I've read enough books, stories, and seen enough movies to know that this power may corrupt me someday, or may do nothing at all. Either way like to plan ahead.... plus gives me a chance to see about the other heroes.
Looking at the gauntlet, I saw the gem was a dull grey color as I looked at Pinkie who was bouncing happily and thought of something "Hey Pinkie!"
"Yes?" she asked as I put my gauntlet on her head and felt the magic draining into the gauntlet. I pulled my gauntlet off as she giggles "That tickled!" she says happily. I got back to my position as I nodded to Twilight, as if that alone told her I tested the siphon effect. As I looked at my gauntlet, I decided to take a different approach to it as with my right hand, I touched the blue pool. Loe and behold there in the gem appeared the icons of all the heroes within the intelligence range. From all of the intelligence people, I needed one for range, but also to avoid the pegasi mares.... only problem is I know jack about flying. As a British man with a bow tie and fez once said "Allons-y" I muttered as I clicked a icon of a flying hero.
3rd Person POV
This time it was different though. Instead of all three colors, only the blue came out as it cascaded over him like water. As the color glowed a bit, the ponies could see two appeandages grow from his back as his feet changed as well. When the color faded, what stood before them was what looked like the mix of a human and some avian species. It had wings like a bird and a pair of talons for feet, but still had the face, body, and arms of a human. Its eyes were as blue as the sky, but was also adorned in black and gold armor and carried a staff as it looked at the mares "Skywrath Mage!" in a voice that spoke volumes of it's knowledge.
"Okay... steady.... steady... keep my breathing calm" I thought as I slowly flapped my wings to get off the ground. As I reached five feet, I slowly opened my eyes and seeing how far up I am, I lost control and fell to the ground with a loud thud. I groaned and lifted my head "Damn it!"
"Calm down man, it takes practice to fly... well for some anyway" Rainbow said with a smirk. Apparently all I can recall from a hero is their powers and movement. As for flying however... yeah we've spent the last twenty minutes teaching me how to fly. Well Fluttershy and Rainbow and honestly I'm not going to be flying high into the clouds, just barely off the ground because walking on talons.... a very uncomfortable walk. The crowd who gathered have simply been watching me fall with small snickers and snacks as to put it simply this is like a break from the brawl to help me fly.... granted this is going at a poor rate, but at least it's something.
After getting helped up with my staff and the two pegasi, I flexed my wings and are luckily unbroken still "Alright. Remember dude, keep your wings level, but also give off strong thrusts to take off!" she said demonstrating as I just sigh. Everytime the same advice. Doesn't she know I don't know a damn thing about wings?.... well guess not considering I sucked at Biology.
As I tried again, Fluttershy this time looked at me "Try to go for small flaps and control your breathing. Everyone starts out small and soon can do great things, like how we did. I used to be afraid of a lot of things, till I met the girls. Now I am afraid of only most things" she said in that sweet voice that seemed to of calmed me down a bit. As I slowly flapped my wings and felt myself rising, I still had one problem. See I was never a fan of heights, no matter what it was. Rollercoasters, planes, tall buildings, I just couldn't stop myself from shaking like a leaf in winter. As I reached my last recorded height of at least three yards, I kept breathing slowly as I just looked up at the clouds above.
My mind was slowly calming down as before long, I could hear Rainbow's voice cut through my thoughts "Your doing great! Just don't look down!" she yelled. Of course, being the 'curious' man I am, I looked down and just like that it happened again. My wings went stiff, hugged my body and just like a rock I fell. The unfortunate part is, I didn't know what would happen if I 'died' as a hero. Would I respawn? Would I revert to my old form? Would I just die? Well... this is going to hurt either way.
As the floor got closer and closer, I just closed my eyes as soon the rushing wind just.... stopped. I open my eyes and saw my helmet barely kissing the ground. A gaze up showed my Dash and Shy both grabbing a leg and stopping me from hitting the ground. Well that and a magneta magic aura around me. As they set me down, I got up with my staff to support me as I saw some disappointment on Rainbow's face, but also of worry "Hey don't beat yourself up, not everyone is great at flying" she said.
Fluttershy just nodded and agreed "Right, it just takes a lot of practice" she said. Wish it actually helped.... oh well, flying isn't my style anyway. One day I'll get over it, but not today, since the transformation ran out. After getting back my bearings and feeling myself get wobbly from standing, everyone decided a break maybe in order. In all honesty, I think I would need one after that falling action.
As everypony sat with their own little group of friends, I simply sat on a flat rocked and gave a little look through my gauntlet. Lo and behold, it had every hero from the DOTA 2 series, but also oddly enough in costumes that I chosen for them. Made sense in a minor way, but not a major way. I honestly figured they be in their stock appearance, but.... well magic. Needless to say, out of the group, Pinkie was the only one who came to sit with me. Strange feeling was, I guess despite all the smiles and nods, they were still weary of me.
If I was in their position, I be weary of a alternate dimensional being as well.
Needless to say, we just sat there in silence while I browsed through my gauntlet. Now and again, Pinkie asked about a few of the beings I got, like the 'fish with the anchor' or the 'human on the lion' and I tried to explain them as best as I could.... mostly without the use of geek talk for nongamers. As Applejack whistles, she hollered "Breaks over y'all! Back to training!" as if announcing Twilight's words. When we separated, I decided to go down a.... odder path. Now for certain I knew I had control over the Radiant beings, but what if Dire were different? What if I couldn't control them? It was best to go with one that they could easily beat.... as least, I believe was easy given their numbers and skills.
Getting into position, and of course siphoning a bit of magic from Pinkie, I went into the agility pool and found the one I would use. Tapping her icon, the world around me slowly went green.
3rd POV
As Drake's world turned green, the ponies saw his body start to change, much like the other times. Only this time... it was different. His skin had turned a pale grey color with some glowing white crack in the center of his chest. From his shoulders, hands, feet and head, he was covered in some kind of darkgreen/blue armor. The shoulderpads were of two parts, the lower part straight and the upper part curved up. The helmet covered his head from chin up, all the way to a black tail like feature on top. The oddest part was the gloves and feet seemed to be in some kind of ethereal like, sea green flame. In both hands, he held a pair of sword that also glowed with the flame. The only shocking part was.... he had breast.
When the green faded and he looked at them all with his glowing eyes, he spoke in a feminine voice "Phantom Assassin!". When he looked down, he did the one thing that made the ponies jaws go unhinged. He planted his swords in the ground, reached his hands up.... and groped himself. All around him the ponies stared slackjawed.... all except Derpy who looked confused and Vinyl, laughing her flank off.
When Drake looked up to see why everyone was surprised, some part of him told him to dodge as he leaned left and dodged Rainbow's charge. They were ready to fight and he was as well.
