Rise of the Commander

by JustSomeRandomGuy

Rating: teen
Tags: Crossover, Human, Alternate Universe, Adventure
Length: 3831

Raven is now forced to save a village full of ponies from an invasion of changelings.

[Elsword Fanfic]While roaming around through the Halls Of Water to fight Ran,Raven suddenly gets tele-ported out of mid battle with him.When he got there,Raven was informed by a talking purple pony that she did a spell to teleport the greatest warrior in the universe and that he was chosen to save Ponyvillie. Raven now has to make a choice,will Raven help the purple pony and save Ponyville? Or refuse to help and let innocent lives get lost?

Rated T for harsh language,violence and some gore.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2013-09-22 13:14:03 UTC

Chapter 1:A Cry For Help

                                                            Ponyvillie

Twilight and Spike were inside a small house,hiding from the changelings.

"Oh Spike! This is really bad!" Twilight shouted.

"I know! Spike shouted. "I never thought Queen Chrysalis would come back and attack again!"

"Everypony is in real danger!" Twilight exclaimed "I hope my friends are okay!"

"I hope too Twilight!" Spike said to Twilight. "But we have to think of a plan to save eveypony!"

"I know but how?" Then an idea struck Twilight's head.

"I got it!" Twilight said excited. "I'll use a teleportation spell!"

"Where are you teleporting to?" Spike asked.

"I'm not teleporting myself! I'm going to teleport a creature from another universe! Who can save Ponyvillie!" Twilight responded.

Twilight gets into position.

"I hope this works!" Twilight shoots out a magical blast on the floor.

                                                               Raven's Background

The Nasod arm may be capable of massive destruction, but Raven is alarmed that it is overheating far too often now. The mercenary needs to get it fixed before it fails him in battle, and before long, he approaches the Ponggos for their expertise.

Raven is then sent out to collect rare materials for the repair: Ignis’s arm that blasts out nuclear flames, for greater firepower; the dark steel of Durahan Knight, for better heat resistance; and enchanted, mass-altering golem fragments, for making the usually heavy dark steel easier to carry. Gathering all these from such huge, dangerous monsters is clearly not simple, but Raven succeeds nonetheless.

The Ponggos complete the Nasod arm enhancement, and soon, Raven becomes the distinguished Veteran Commander—a temperamental yet compassionate leader of fighters.

                                                      The Halls Of Water

Raven finally made it to the end,after defeating all of Ran's minions,he came to put a stop to his evil doing.Raven was on a long rectangle platform,he walked to the middle and turn to see Ran on a chair,he was laughing at Raven,his laugh sounded very devilish,Ran teleported in front of Raven.

"So your the warrior who's gonna put an end to me,how cute." Ran spoke.

"I'm giving you one last chance Ran to surrender!" Raven yelled.

Ran chucked.

"I find it hard to believe that you think you can stop me." Ran said in a devilish tone.

"You wanna find out?" Raven said as he gets into a position to charge at Ran.

"Do your worst." Ran said,as he is getting out his sword.

Raven charges at Ran at full speed,Raven got out his sword and did a slash at Ran's face.Ran was knocked down but he hit Raven back with his Shadow Claw.

"Ignition Crow!" Raven shouted.

Raven shoots out a flaming crow at Ran,Ran was on fire and yelling out in pain,Raven didn't seem to care.

Ran went on the ground,still yelling out in pain,Raven walks towards Ran.

"It's time to put an end on you."

Raven pointed his sword at Ran's chest and he was ready to jab his sword into his chest,but Raven suddenly disappears.

The fire went out,Ran got up.

"Where did he go?" Ran said to himself.

Raven was in a room with a baby dragon and a purple pony.

How did I get here? And most importantly,where am I? Raven thought.

"It worked!" Twilight shouted.

Spike went towards Raven."Wow you look really tall." Spike said.Raven just looked at the baby dragon."I wonder if he talks." Spike said.

"Spike! Get away from the creature! I'll talk to it." Twilight said.Twilight went up to Raven."Listen we don't have much time here! we are being attack by changelings and I teleport you here because you are chosen to save Ponyville! My name is Twilight Sparkle and this is Spike,will you help us?"

Raven looked at the purple pony for minute,thoughts began to spin around Raven's head.

Should I help her?

Where am I?

Why are these creatures attacking this village?

Why was I chosen out of all the possible better warriors then me?

Until finally,Raven made his decision.

"My name is Raven and I'll be glad to help you."

Twilight let out a smile."Thank you so much! You don't know how this means to me!" Twilight shouted excitedly."Now,everypony outside is being attacked by changelings,which look like us but in dark like alien form,they can change they're appearance so be careful who you attack,you got that?"

"You lost me at everypony." Raven said.

"It's what we call it here,now are you ready to go out there and be a hero?"

Raven nodded his head in agreement.

"Then go!" Twilight shouted

Raven walked out of the room and saw a huge battle between the changelings and the ponies."Damn,there are loads of these guys everywhere." Raven said to himself.Raven spots five ponies being attacked by changelings."I better go help them!"Raven ran towards the five ponies.

AppleJack,Rainbow Dash,Rarity,Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy were fighting the changelings."There's just too many of them!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Ah know! Just keep them off!" AppleJack said.

"Applejack darling! There's a huge creature heading straight towards us!"

Raven saw five changelings flying towards him,Raven jumps into the air and uses Bursting Blade,the changelings fall to the ground."Is it......helping us?" Rainbow Dash said.Raven finally catches up with the five ponies."Move!" Raven shouted.

The ponies got out of the way.The changelings looked at Raven,Raven decides to use his devastating move,Giga Prominence.Every changeling around him got hit so hard that they could barley get up and move.Raven realizes that he overheated his Nasod arm,Raven keeled down to check if his Nasod arm was working fine.

The five ponies went up to Raven.

"You okay there partner?" AppleJack said.

"I'm fine,thanks." Raven said..

Fluttershy slowly went up face to face with Raven.

"A-Are you s-sure? Your a-arm is on f-fire." Fluttershy said nervously.

"It does that when I overheat."

"What in the hay is that supposed to mean?" AppleJack said

"It basically means it makes me more powerful when I do overheat."

"B-But doesn't t-that hurt?" Fluttershy said.

"Yeah,like hell." Raven said.

The ponies looked at him in shock of what he said.

"Whoa,there's no need for that type of language partner." Applejack said

"You guys act like you never cursed before." Raven said.

"We don't,now who are you?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"The name's Raven and I've been sent here by a pony named Twilight Sparkle."

"She's our friend,where is she by the way?." Rainbow Dash said.

"Over there,in that little house." Raven said,pointing to the house.

"Let's go and talk to her!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Wait Rainbow Dash!" AppleJack yelled.

"What now?" Rainbow Dash said.

"We can go to her later,we sorta have an invasion going on if you didn't see." Applejack said.

"All right." Rainbow Dash said disappointed.

AppleJack turned to Raven.

"Since your helping us, let us introduce ourselves,my name is Applejack."

"My name is Rarity."

"My name is Rainbow Dash!"

"My name is Pinkie Pie!"

"My n-name is F-Fluttershy."

"Well it's nice to meet all of you."

The five ponies nodded.

Suddenly,a changeling came down behind Raven.

"Look out!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

Raven turned around,the changeling tried to throw a punch at Raven but missed.Raven threw him into the air and before the changeling can hit the ground,Raven used Harpoon Spear.The changeling didn't get up.

The ponies were shocked.

"That was AWESOME!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"Uh......thanks?" Raven said.

"Do it again!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Rainbow!" AppleJack shouted.

"Sorry." Rainbow Dash said.

"Anyway,we have to make sure everypony is safe so we are gonna have to split up! Me,Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash will go with me and Fluttershy,Rarity and Raven are going on their own."

"What!? But I want to go with Raven he's cool!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

"No time for arguing Rainbow!" Applejack said.

"But--."

"No buts! Your staying with us!" AppleJack said.

"All right." Rainbow Dash disappointed.

AppleJack turned to Raven.

"Make sure Fluttershy and Rarity don't get hurt,i'm counting on you Raven." AppleJack said.

Raven nodded.

"Good,now let's go!" AppleJack shouted.

AppleJack,Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash went to Sweet Apple Acres to check if her family is doing okay,while Fluttershy,Rarity and Raven stay in Ponyvillie to get rid of the changelings and make to make sure everypony is indoors and away from the changelings.

Chapter 3:The Queen

                                                            Sweet Apple Acres

AppleJack,Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash looked around and saw no changelings on Sweet Apple Acres,nobody was harm,everyone was indoors and none of her family members were hurt or threaten."Ah think it would be good to head back,there's nothing to do here." AppleJack thought.

"All right everpony! let's head back!" AppleJack said.

"Are you sure it's okay to head back?" Rainbow Dash said. "The changelings might plan an attack if we come back to Ponyville."

"What makes you think that Rainbow?" Pinkie Pie said. " I'm pretty sure we would have seen them if they were following us silly."

"I guess your right Pinkie." Rainbow Dash said.

"Of course I am!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. "Why wouldn't I?" Pinkie Pie giggled.

"Well what are we waiting for?" Let's go!" Rainbow Dash said.

The three ponies head back to Ponyvillie.

Raven,Fluttershy and Rarity were back to Ponyvillie,surprisingly,there weren't any changelings around when they got there.

"Something is wrong here,where are the changelings and why aren't they attacking?" Raven said.

"I don't know,perhaps they gave up or they went back to Queen Chrysalis." Rarity said.'

"They have a queen?" Raven said.

"Yes they do." Rarity responded.

"No wonder there's so many of them." Raven mumbled.

"Hey ya'll!"

AppleJack,Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash walked towards the group.

"How are ya doing?" AppleJack asked.

"AppleJack?" Rarity said in a confused tone. "Aren't you supposed to be at Sweet Apple Acres?"

"There weren't any changelings there so ah decided to come back here and check if ya'll are all right!" AppleJack said.

"Well,we are doing fine but I think there's something wrong here." Rarity said.

"What do you mean?" AppleJack said.

"Well there aren't any changelings around and they're not attacking." Rarity said.

AppleJack looked around and saw Rarity's point,there's no changelings to be found.

"Well,maybe they gave up." Applejack assumed.

"They can't give up that easy." Raven spoke. "There's no way they retreated,they have to be planing something."

"Ah guess your right Raven." AppleJack said. "Ok everpony,watch your back!"

"I think we should get Twilight involve too." Rainbow Dash said.

"Your right,let's go get her quick!" Applejack shouted.

The group went to the small house where Twilight was hiding.

AppleJack knocked on the door.

"You in there Twi?" AppleJack said.

Twilight didn't give a responded back.

"Hold on,Ah'm coming in!" AppleJack shouted.

AppleJack kicked the door in.When they entered inside,they noticed that she wasn't there and the room was very dark.

"What the?!" AppleJack shouted. "Where is she?!"

The door closed behind them.

"What's going on?" Show yourself!" Rainbow Dash shouted.

The room lit up and they saw a large group of changelings and Queen Chrysalis,the group also saw Twilight on the floor,it looked like she was knocked out,the group was shocked at this point.Queen Chrysalis lifted the group with her magic and violently drops them hard to the ground,the group couldn't get up expect for Raven.

"And who are you supposed to be?" Queen Chrysalis said.

Raven points his Nasod arm to Queen Chrysalis.

"Veteran Commander."

Raven releases fire from his Nasod arm,burning Queen Chrysalis,one of the changelings pushes Raven.The fire went out,the queen was still standing."Changelings,attack!" Queen Chrysalis demanded.The changelings charge at Raven.

"Revolver Cannon!" [OVERHEAT]  Raven shouted.

Ten changelings fall to the ground,crying out in pain,and the remaining thirteen tackle Raven,Raven struggled to break free.Raven grabs one grenade from his waist and shows the changelings the grenade,the changelings got scared and backed off,Raven then throws the grenade at their feet,the grenade explodes in fire,three changelings were caught in the fire and burn to death.

The remaining ten changelings surround Raven,Raven knew what he had to do next,Raven raises his Nasod arm into the air,black explosive smoke comes out of his arm which paralyzes the changelings.

"Giga Prominence!" [OVERHEAT]

The changelings lie on the ground,not moving,the floor had multiple giant holes,Raven then proceeds to kill Queen Chrysalis,Raven approaches her.

"What are you doing?!" Queen Chrysalis yelled. "Get back you monster!" Raven walks to her slowly."I'm warning you!" Queen Chrysalis yelled. "Back off!" Raven notices that Queen Chrysalis was to scared to attack,When Raven got closer to her,he jabs his sword into the ground and then points his Nasod arm to Queen Chrysalis."What is the meaning of this!?" Queen Chrysalis demanded. "If you do kill me,I hope you burn in pony hell!"

"Been to hell,now I'm back." Raven's Nasod arm begins to glow."Hellfire Gatling!" [OVERHEAT]Every blast of heat enters her body violently,surprisingly,Queen Chrysalis is alive,barley."I.....will..p-punish....y-you...demon." Queen Chrysalis said.Raven picks out three grenades from his waist."So....this is.....h-how it ends......the hero k-kills off the d-defeated villain..... don't y-you have any m-mercy?" Raven then drops the three grenades on Queen Chrysalis.

"Death is mercy."

The grenades explode in fire,burning Queen Chrysalis to a crisp,Raven watches her burn.Raven didn't feel bad for what he did,he shows no mercy for those who hurt the innocent ones,he's glad he killed her."Well I better take these ponies to the hospital,it looks like they have been hurt pretty bad,I think saw an hospital earlier around here". Raven thought.Raven picks up the ponies and heads for the nearby hospital.

Chapter 4:Punishment

                                                           Ponyvillie Hospital

It has been six hours after the invasion,it wasn't easy for Raven to get inside because there were a few changelings roaming inside the hospital and Raven had to go door to door to check if the doctors and the rest of the staff were okay.After three long hours,Raven got rid of the remaining changelings, the doctors and nurses were safe to come out of their office,the nurses took care of the mane six and put them in a room.There were no serious injuries on the mane six,the nurses told Raven that to let them rest for a couple hours,so Raven went inside the room,sat on a chair and waited.

Raven just looked at the mane six,he knew that they weren't aware what happen to Chrysalis,and if they did hear what happen to her,they wouldn't be happy.

"They have to learn to accept how I serve justice.It has been almost four years since the death of my love ones,I should have died too,but I lived,and I finally figured out why.The killers who killed my love ones, the scum who like to kill and torture others. They've given me a reason to live and now,its their turn to die."

Raven now realized that holding a person captive in a cell won't change their ways,they will still do evil no matter how hard you try to help them,killing someone might not work for some people but it works for Raven.Raven has been through a lot in his life,murder,hatred and jealously is what he's been through.Raven stop thinking about his life and went on focusing on the six ponies,who are still recovering from their injuries.

When suddenly,one of the ponies woke up."Ugh,what happen?" Fluttershy said.

"Oh, your awake."

"Raven? What happen to us?" Fluttershy said curiously. "Why does my head hurt?"

"Queen Chrysalis threw all of us to the ground,I was the only one who got up."

"What happen to Chrysalis?" Fluttershy aksed.

"I killed her."

Fluttershy's eyes grew big. "R-Raven we d-don't tolerate k-killing in Equestria" Fluttershy said nervously.

"Well they have to learn to accept it."

"B-But you'll be h-held captive."

"By who?"

"Princess Celestia."

"Like a princess thinks she can take me on." Raven mumbled.

"Raven,I realized that you might had a rough past but that doesn't mean you have to kill." Fluttershy said.

Fluttershy puts her hooves on Raven's shoulder. "Please Raven."

Raven just looked at her for a moment,Fluttershy was right,killing is not the answer but Raven still won't budge,even though Fluttershy makes a good point,Raven won't change his ways of how he serves justice.

"I'm sorry Fluttershy but my way is better,if you guys don't like it then stay out of way."

Fluttershy didn't give a response back.That's when the other ponys woke up.

"Looks like you guys are finally awake." Raven said.

"I've heard what happen and I'm not happy about it." Twilight said.

"Like I said to Fluttershy,you will have to learn to accept how I serve justice."

"Killing isn't the answer!" Twilight shouted.

"I don't care."

Twilight becomes even madder."We don't tolerate killing in Equestria!"

"Well that's too bad." Raven said in a mocking tone "Guess you have to learn to deal it with it."

Twilight was about to say something back but Fluttershy stopped her from doing so.

"Twilight,I think you should stop."

"Stop?! Why we stop talking about somepony who just killed Queen Chrysalis!" Twilight said in a angry tone. "You know we don't tolerate killing in Equestia!"

"I know but what would happen if Raven didn't kill Queen Chrysalis?"

Twilight stopped for a moment and thought about that."I......guess she will rule over Equestria." Twilight said in a calm tone. "I...think I see your point Fluttershy but I just get over the fact that Raven is so...violent."

"I know,it was confusing at first but...I understand why Raven acts this way." Fluttershy said.

Twilight and the other ponies turn to Raven.

Raven let out a heavy sigh."Well it all started back in Velder,I was commoner back then and I was high rank too,I didn't realize I made other people jealous,that's when I was framed and sentence to prison.My friends,comrades and my fiancee rescued me and we all hid within the forest in the outskirts of Velder but the people who helped me were left behind and died,everything I loved and care for slipped away from me.And I saw a Nasod figure told me he will give me rebirth and power,i accepted and then,everything went back.I awoke in a Nasod capsule and I got a prototype Nasod claw."

"So it looked like that?" Twilight asked,pointing at Raven's Nasod claw.

"Well not exactly." Raven said. "It looked more...improved and there's another story about that."

"Tell us!" Pinkie Pie screamed excitedly.

"Well I found another reason to fight,to honor the death of my loved ones and the Crow Mercenaries.I made adjustments to my Nasod arm and I succeed in giving it the ability to deal explosive hits. The more I use it, the more powerful it becomes, and when  I overheat, I unleash a display of massive firepower.And I also made a little promise to myself when I became the Weapon Taker,I have said

I will remain the Raven that I was to begin with.

As long as I am alive, the Crow Mercenaries will never die out; I am back and I will show you the Crow Mercenaries restored to its former glory.

For them... I will once again don the uniform of the Crow Mercenaries..."

The ponies stood there,processing all the details of Raven's life,Twilight kinda felt bad for Raven,even though she knew she couldn't cooperate with him,she will still help him through this.Then Twilight thought of something,if Princess Celestia heard Raven do all this violent stuff,she'll throw Raven into a cell for the rest of his life.Twilight couldn't decide, if she didn't report to Princess Celestia,she will get punished too, but she didn't want to ruin Raven,that's when Twilight thought of a plan,she will report to Canterlot to Princess Celestia to try to convince her that Raven isn't really a bad creature.

Twilight went towards Raven. "Raven,I would appropriate it if you would come with us to Canterlot to meet Princess Celestia."

Raven raised his eyebrow. "I'm not gonna be held captive am I?" Raven asked.

"Of course not!" Twilight smiled. "It's just a meeting,don't worry about it."

Raven gave Twilight a suspicious look. "Well...all right."

Twilight jumped in joy. "Great! Now,let's go everypony!"

Everyone head out the door of the hospital to Canterlot to meet the Princess.While they are walking,Raven started thinking what might happen when they arrived to Canterlot. "I don't really trust Twilight,she said I wouldn't be held captive,but Fluttershy said I will be held captive.I'm keeping my eye's on Twilight when we arrived to Canterlot,I don't really trust to be okay when we get here." Raven hoped he didn't have to be...defensive when he arrives to Canterlot. "Let's hope I don't kill anyone this time."

Chapter 2:Do The Right Thing

                                                             Ponyvillie

Raven,Rarity and Fluttershy were still in Ponyvillie,checking if anyone is being attacked by changelings and that everyone is indoors and not out in the open.

Raven and the group was walking down to Sugercube Corner to check if the changelings have torn down the cake shop and surprisingly,it was standing and it didn't look that any changeling have even got into the cake shop.

"It looks the changelings haven't broken anything from the outside,let's go inside and check if they are there." Raven said.

Raven went inside,so did Fluttershy and Rarity.

When they got there,Raven saw leftover cupcakes on the counter,it still looked fresh but Raven didn't want to take the risk.Raven decided to go into the kitchen,Fluttershy and Rarity followed,it seem quiet at first but then, Raven heard a loud munching noise upstairs,he went to investigate and he saw a changeling eating a cupcake.

The changeling turned around and attacked Raven

The changeling tackled Raven to the ground,he struggled to break free.

Fluttershy and Rarity gasp in horror.

When Raven got a chance,he pushed him away,Raven got up and uses Napalm Grenade,the three grenades roll to the changelings feet and the grenades explode in fire.

The changeling screams in pain and burns to death.

Fluttershy cries and Rarity was engulf with anger.

"WHAT HAS GOTTEN INTO TO YOU!?" Rarity shouted. "WHAT GIVES YOU THE RIGHT TO KILL THEM?!"

"They want to invade your village and you are giving them mercy?" Raven said in a confused tone. "I don't understand your point."

"MY POINT IS THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO KILL THEM!!!THAT CHANGELING WAS JUST EATING A CUPCAKE!!!" Rarity shouted with anger.

"And he tried to kill me,you should thank me,he could have kill the three of us if I didn't kill him." Raven said.

Rarity was about to say something but Fluttershy stopped crying and spoke.

"I-I think Raven is right." Fluttershy said in a nervous tone. "He could have harm all of us if Raven didn't do.....that."

Rarity looked at Fluttershy with a confused look on her face."I....guess your right darling." Rarity said. "I'm sorry I yelled at you Raven."

"It's fine,now let's head back and meet up with AppleJack." Raven said.

The group left the cake shop but Raven didn't feel good what he did to the changeling,Raven remembered what happen to his fiance,friends and his crew."Those monsters didn't show no mercy to them,but I showed no mercy to that changeling,was I a monster myself?" Raven thought.He knew what he did was wrong but he had to do it,to protect him,Fluttershy and Rarity.

"I will avenge my loved ones deaths by killing the wicked ones who bring harm and death to others.I will fight on....for those I care for... "