Tales of Epic Proportions

Let's start this story with a young man who graduated from high school 5 years ago and was looking for employment,ME.I looked for a job,after i graduated, for five years with no luck. When my mom steped in(god bless her soul) to help provide a job for me, I was ecstatic. I felt like I could finally be given a chance to prove myself worthy of finding and keeping a job. I worked there,as a volunteer, for a month.

Why did I work as a volunteer? To prove myself a dependable worker,but apparently it wasn't enough. My occupation hired someone else on; soooo they let me go... (assholes).

What, I didn't say anything,

Aaaanyway, moving on. My previous days were spent playing on my phone,going on Youtube, finding someone to talk to on Xbox Live, and all around finding a way to stem my boredom.

I know,right? Really? You'd do that for me? Thanks for the offer, I'll consider it.

Anyways; I was living with my mom at the time looking for somekind of fulfillment;some employment or something to keep my self from getting bored.The last thing I wanted was to live with my Dad again.

I know it seems cruel to say; but I will not go back to that Princess-forsaken desert again!!! No Pool, No Internet,No Relief during the hundred and twelve degree sun, and NO MENTAL RELIEF FROM MY DAD'S CONSTANT NAGGING!!!!!!!!! .......I'm sorry you had to see that....

Anyway I was out in town exploring when i discovered this weird bookstore.

No, not decrepit weird, I mean completly-stuck-out-like-a-sore-hoof weird. What did it look like? well.... it was...colorful, like a Rainbow; but it also had an etherial look to it;almost like it had the reflecting prowess of a giant diamond.It intreaged me to say the least.

When i walked in; i found myself in a near -empty bookstore.

No, the shelves were completly stocked with a ton of books, and when I say a ton of books; I mean there was probably more books in that store than in your library and the Canterlot archives COMBINED. I know, hard to believe.So like I said, near empty; like there was hardly anybody in there except a few customers and some employees.

Almost immeadiatly after the door shut,I was greeted by a person by the name of Bill.

How did I know his name? He had a name tag on his shirt. Duh. He was a kinda short fellow with dark skin, and very little hair on his head, like he shaved his head or something. He also had a goatee on his face.I don't know why he had a goatee, He just does. When he came up to me he had a nice, charming voice like he was always able to be happy and calm.

"Welcome to the Shining Tome, what can i do for you today?" he said with a deep,although young voice. "Don't mind me, I'm just looking around." i said in response. "Okay, let me know when you need anything." he said passively. I nodded in response as I wander deeper into the store.

when I was near the back of the store, I noticed a faint glow coming from a door. My curiosity got the better of me,as I walked into the room I saw a large book with golden trims on the corners and a unicorn head emblem on the cover. When I reached my hand out to touch it, I was immeadiatly shrouded by a white light which was instantly followed by darkness. when I awoke, I was greeted by a voice whispering in my ear.

"Rodrick.....Rodrick......"

A soft voice was calling my name. I couldn't tell if I was dead or dreaming. I opened my eyes and got the scare of a life time;heck it still scares me today. There was my brother Renac, staring into my face, barely a few inches away from me;and he said the scariest,most funny thing EVER. "Brrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooootttttttthhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr"

Needless to say; I screamed like a stinkin banshee after coming out of a drunken stupor with the mother of all hangovers.

"What the Fuck?!?!?!? How did you get here?" I said with a scared, surprised voice

My brother was asleep when he said that; which scared me even more. I was also surprised that my brother was there instead of his apartment in California. See,my brother was working in a military hospital training as a doctor and medic on the battlefield.

No, he doesn't heal animals; though he does have a knack for detecting injuries and quite literally laughs at pain. he even got stabbed in the hand with a scalpel and shrugged it off like it was nothing....MULTIPLE TIMES!!!! I MEAN LOOK AT THIS SHIT!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I'm just a little jealous about my brother being able to withstand pain much better than I ever can.

Anyway, I found myself in the middle of a grassy plain, after I stopped making a complete and utter fool -or in pony grammer foal- of myself. When I looked around I saw there were no landmarks. NONE. ZIP ZILCH. NADA. NYET. What I did find however still scares me. I saw a large red-eyed black dragon and an equally big sapphire-eyed azure dragon. Behind them, was an even bigger and much scarier, scarlet dragon with what looked like an entire galaxy for it's eyes. I didn't react much to this,  as I was more concerned with finding my family.

Hey! If you saw YOUR brother laying next to you in an open field,I bet you would react the same way!

I found my brother, Renac laying to my left; I found Ganulf my fourteen year old brother laying to my right; laying in front of me was gerik my eleven year old brother, and laying above me was Isaiah my adoptive fourteen year old brother. I found that I couldn't move and was chained to my brothers through some magical means cause when I tried to move, I saw my brothers wince in pain. What shocked me after that was the dragons after they started to speak and in my language too.

"Don't move or you'll bring unbearable pain to you're sibblings. The black dragon said as he pinned me further into the ground. "Where am I?" I asked, finding difficulty trying to get air into my lungs.You are in the plain between realms, and we have called you and your siblings to save a peaceful world from everlasting darkness and destruction. The azure dragon said in a assurtive voice. "I.....can't.....breath............"

I felt myself blacking out from lack of oxygen, but willed myself into conciousness. The black dragon lifted it's claws as I felt myself growing weaker. These dragons seem different than the other dragons from here, while your dragons hoard treasure for their nests; these dragons had a hoard of gems and other stuff for us.

How did I know? They told me. Again, DUH. Anyways when I felt the pressure of my body I felt a rush of air go into my body as I breathed a desperate breath from near suffocation.

"Thank you for not crushing me. Now, what do you mean save a world?"

Both dragons explained to me that they have been watching me for the longest time and that they found me worthy of being the hero of equestria since I value the lessons that the inhabitants cherish so much; then they showed me the events of YOUR world.

Everything from when Twilight first came to Ponyville to your trip to the Grand Galloping Gala. From the return of the spirit of chaos and disharmony to the wedding of Captain Shining Armor and Princess Mi Amore Cadenza. Even the visit to the crystal empire to the coronation of Twilight Sparkle. Even some.......different futures and alternate timelines.

Like what you may ask? Well...... some of the alternate timelines are..........disturbing to put it lightly; Like for example the death of Twilight Sparkle.

No, I won't go into details but I can tell you that all of you're friends would still care about you, even Celestia shed a few tears for you. I'd say she saw you as a type of daughter.

Anyway when the presentation was over; the dragons told me to save you guys from the "ultimate evil". then all of a sudden I felt myself falling into a hole and pulled around by my brothers' chains; Then all of a sudden *BAM* I shitwhip my face into some surprisingly soft dirt,blacking out almost instantly.

What's shitwhipping? it's when you like instantly go from 0-60 MPH and instantly fall to a specific part of your body; in this case, my face.

Anyways, when I came to, I felt......different. Like when I tried to bench press a wheel chair and felt stronger afterwards. I ran my talons through my hair.

Wait........TALONS? TALONS?!?!?!?!

I looked over my self and found I had eagle talons for hands. I quickly looked around for a reflective surface. Behind me was a small pond, clear as a crystal.

I have to say, I was impressed with the water quality here.

When I looked into the pond, I was completly and utterly dumbfounded. I had the head of an over sized eagle with a pair of a glasses with a mahogany-colored frame and lenses that darkened as they were exposed to sunlight, a jet black lion body, a large set of wings, a pair of Navy blue talons with white claws and a large tatau on my front left shoulder. The tatau was a symbol of balance, the Yin/Yang medallion.

What does the symbol represent? It is supposed to symbolize the eternal dance of light and dark, push and pull, Twi and La, Good and Evil, Yin and Yang; but in my case, it's different.

When I was done looking in the mirrored surface, I realized what I was.

HOLY SHIT, I'M A GRIFFON!!!!!!!!! I said in both shock and bewilderment.

"Rodrick, is that you?"

"Renac it's nice to se--"

That was all I could say before I was stunned into silence.

I was staring into the green eyes of a Large stallion adorned with a horn and wings. It's fur was completely white with green and blue streaks running horizontally along the middle of his body like a dividing line. It's mane was black and was done up in a wolf tail. It's tail was black and had red streaks running through it and was done up in a pony tail. It was also wearing my brother's glasses, black-rimmed square glasses that had lenses that can darken in the sunlight. he also had a symbol;but instead of on his shoulder like mine, it was on his flank. his tatau was a needle filled with some kind of serum being laid vertically while an extreeeemly long katana ran across it. In the background of the tatau was a Dragon looking up.

I knew what I was staring at and reacted as follows.

RENAC?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!? HOLY CRAP YOUR AN ALICORN!!!!!!!!!!!! I said in utter shock and awe.

"Really?" he said as he approached the lake in skepticisim.

Renac probably had the most severe reaction of all of us combined when he looked at the pond. His expression and reaction were completly and utterly hilarious. I bet even Discord would have laughed his tail of at the reaction.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH--"

That was all he did before collapsing on the ground in complete and utter fear! *GASP* *pant pant pant* Man it was funny!! he looked like a scapegoat in the path of a station wagon!

"Heeeeeyyy! what's with the noise?" a familiar voice said in annoyance.

"Ganulf are yo-"

I stopped in shock as I found the source of the voice. A black furred, muscular unicorn stallion with a small lengthy scar across his right cheek, his mane was shoulder-length and mahogony with a white zigzag across the front. He had a tatau too; it was a bulls-eye with a knife right next to it; In the background was a pair of white dragon's wings. His tail was short and had a white stripe along the tip,

"Okay, ummmmm..... don't be too shocked buuuuuuut.........Your a unicorn." I said with concern in my voice.

"HAHAHAHAHA.... yeah right, Rodrick. Good one." Ganulf said mockingly.

"Don't believe me? Take a look in this pond." I said with smug confidence.

When he looked he went wide-eyed with shock,fury,with a hint of excitement. After a few seconds of staring, he passed out.

I'm pretty sure that at least one of you would react in the same way if you were different than what you once were. I'm talking to you little lady. Don't give me that look; you would too.

Anywho, When Ganulf fainted(No I'm not going to change the word for your pride) he inadvertantly landed on gerik.

"OUCH!!!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!?!?!?!" Gerik said in a huff.

"It was an accident!" I said with an authouritive voice

"HOW WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?!?!?!?" He said defiantly

"He kiiiiiiiiiiinda went into shock at his new body. You probably will too." I said in a comidic way.

"What do you mean 'Went into shock'?" He questioned.

"Take a look yourself." I said directing him to the pond.

Sure enough, he stood there shocked about his new body. At first, I was worried he wouldn't take it well at all; but after a few minutes, he was practically jumping with excitement and joy. When he looked himself over, You coulda see the energy and mischief in his eyes.

What does he look like? Well, he's like your assistant in a lot of ways. First he is a dragon about four feet tall, about his age. Second He is a little bigger than he is. Third and most importantly when he belched from indigestion, he could breath LIGHTNING. I know,Awesome right?!?! Getting back on topic, He has Black scales with a red under belly, White Spikes on his spine and on the outer edges of his tail; Kinda like a double-edged sword. He had a tatau on his belly;It looked like a lightning bolt going into a metal rod.

"OH MY GAWD, THIS IS AWWWWWWWWWWWWEEEEEEEESOMMMMMMMMMEEE. I WONDER WHA--"

*BELCH*

Let me tell you, he was a horse feather away from turning me into fried griffon.

"HEY!!!! WATCH IT!!!!!!!!!!"

Suddenly, I was engulfed in shadows and became bulkier than before. My feathers changed from white to jet black and my eyes were completely shadowed in. This lasted all of several moments, before I realized what happened.

"Whoa."

That was all I said before Isaiah woke up and, by the look on his face, was wondering what was happening.

"AUGH, What happened last night." He said as he held his head in pain.

"Well, we've been transported to some place we don't know, got turned into mythical creatures, and to top it off, Gerik and I seem to have super powers." I said, matter-of-factly.

"Wait....WHAT?!?!?!?"

He had to do a double take on what I said.

"You heard me; Oh and We all changed into mythical beasts. Take a look at us and yourself."

He did and he just kept a blank face.

I can never tell what he is thinking when it comes to surprising circumstances. I don't think any of you can. You would have to ask him yourself to find that out. He is an Earth pony with a very distinct feature, his determination. He's somewhat muscular but because of his slender frame you can't really tell. He also has a buzz-cut afro. His tatau is a pair of legs in a running position. He also wore a pair of Brown framed Glasses and a necklace with an energy wisp design. He only said two words when he was done staring at himself in the mirror.

"Well,Shit."

Immeadiatly after he said those two words, That's when you Guys came in, and boy did you come in HARD!