Of hunters and whores. A tale of two demons.

by Uberdeathninja

Chapter 4: Setting up shop.

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Applejack had arrived with Skri'jal-mevix and Introduced him to her family.
"So ya wanna stay fer dinner?" Applebloom asked
"No thanks." Skri'jal said.
"Ah come now, you could use some meat on them bones." Granny smith said.
"You probably wouldn't like my diet." Skri'jal said.
"Why? somethin' expensive?" Applejack asked.
"I wouldn't think so, It's just outlandish for you." Skri'jal said. "Now, I've got to go to sleep, I'll be in the barn if you need me." He said.
"We've got a extra bed you could stay in. You could sleep there." Applejack said.
"No thanks, I'm used to worse than barn floors" Skri'jal said as he left. As he walked to the barn, he whistled a catchy tune.

The next day

Skri'jal awoke the following morning and began his first hunt in Equestria. After an hour of wandering in the forest, he had bagged a manticore, two timberwolves, and a hydra. He made his way back to the barn, not unaware of the dark miasma watching him. He arrived at the barn a few minutes before Applejack.
"There's someone watching me..." Skri'jal began without turning. "I can tell." He said turning to look at the corner the miasma was trying to exit from. The miasma left and Skri'jal was alone. The barn door opened to reveal Applejack.
"Well Howdy, Skri. Ah see you're up early." Applejack said.
"It's Skri'jal, not Skri." Skri'jal said.
"Alrighty then. Ya ready for your first day?" Applejack asked.
"Nothing hard about picking apples." Skri'jal said.
"Well I wanna test your skills, first." Applejack said.
"Very well." Skri'jal said, and the two left the barn. The two made their way through the orchard to a dead tree. "So let me guess, You want me to strike the tree as hard as I can." Skri'jal said
"Pretty much." Applejack said. Skri'jal backed up and crouched, picking up some leaves to test wind strength and direction. after a few seconds He got on all fours and charged like an angry, 'roid raging bull. He collided headfirst with the tree, toppling it. "Darn. That's a sturdy skull ya got." Applejack said
"Yeah, I've hit my head on worse." Skri'jal said recalling in his mind the time he flipped a German panzer in much the same way.
"Well, Guess I'll give ya the rest of the month off. Apple buckin' season don't start til next month." Applejack said.
"Testing your employee's skills a month in advance. Not a bad idea." Skri'jal commented.
"So What's Hell like?" Applejack asked, trying to start a conversation.
"Not the best existence, but I suppose it could be worse." Skri'jal said.
"Why's that?" Applejack asked.
"It's one of those things. It just is, whether you accept it or you don't doesn't matter." Skri'jal said. Applejack sensed he was just toying with her, subtly hinting a something. It was like he was trying to see how long it would take her to connect the dots to something, but he was far from lying.
"Not much of a talker are ya?" She said.
"Not really. I was the runt of the litter. You try being the last at everything when you have fifty three siblings and tell me you'd be talkative." Skri'jal said.
"Darn, I can't even begin to imagine life like that." Applejack said. An awkward silence descended.
"I wonder how Twilight's putting up with Lerisha." Skri'jal said.
"Well ya got the day off, don't let me keep ya." Applejack said.
"See ya." Skri'jal said and scampered off. Skri'jal arrived at the library and walked in. "Twilight, you in here?" Skri'jal said.
"Coming."Twilight said as she came downstairs. "Hi, Skri'jal. What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Making sure Lerisha hasn't fucked every man in town in one night." Skri'jal responded.
"Well she's not even awake. I checked a minute ago." Twilight said. At that moment Lerisha opened the door and saw Skri'jal.
"Well, well. Just couldn't stay away from my curves could you?" Lerisha teased.
"Actually, I was making sure you didn't give the whole town one STD or another." Skri'jal said "And honestly, I think being near you is making my brain tumor grow." He continued.
"I could remove the tumor if you want." Twilight said.
"No thanks, I've got a while before I need it removed. Plus, it acts like a cushion when I hit my head." Skri'jal said.
"How did you even get a tumor?" Twilight asked.
"A mixture of being surrounded by idiots, flipping a tank with my head, and being near her." Skri'jal said.
"How did you even flip a tank with your head?" Lerisha asked.
"I hit it hard and fast enough." Skri'jal replied. "Well would you look at the time. I'm gonna sleep the rest of the day." He continued.
"Okay, see you tomorrow." Twilight said as Skri'jal left.
"What's his problem?" Lerisha asked.
"I don't know. Maybe it's just a cultural thing for devils." Twilight said.
"No, I've seen a few devils. Usually they just beat people to death while screaming various vulgarities. And usually they can't use a bow to save their lives." Lerisha said.
"Are they that empty minded?" Twilight asked.
"No there's plenty of things in their heads. It's just all different ways to kill things." Lerisha said.
"Why would they do that?" Twilight asked in horror.
"That's just what happens when you give an angry, fire spiting, ape-lizard-thing a rock." Lerisha said.
"Wait, are devils apes? I thought they were reptilian!" Twilight said.
"No, they're lizards. Its just that they have a lot of ape-like traits." Lerisha said
"I'll have to study Skri'jal's anatomy soon." Twilight said. Meanwhile, Skri'jal made his way to the barn.
"Who ever you are, Stop following me." Skri'jal said to the miasma, which sank into the ground. "That thing's starting to piss me off." He continued. Skri'jal went to sleep on the barn floor, just as he had the night before. Tomorrow was probably going to be spent cleaning up after Lerisha's screw-ups.

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