My Little Hero: Camaraderie is Magic, Series 1: Golden Blood

Derek walked through the city streets, everyone giving him a wide clearance, knowing his volatile tendencies.

Lighting a cigarette, he took a long drag as he climbed the stairs, opening the doors to the royal library, puffing out a large cloud of smoke.

Being a protagonist, he had a chemical in his blood that prevented things like cancer, STDs, STIs, and other stuff, though in reduced amounts the effect would, logically, be reduced.

"Sam take a letter." the warmonger shouted, taking another drag and another puff of smoke.

"Derek, you know you shouldn't smoke in the library." the red robe clad mage complained, but nevertheless brandishing a scroll and quill as ordered.

"I make the rules here, and I say Rule 1: I can smoke. Now then, if your done wasting my letter time, write to Celestia 'I need something to do, please respond with something legitimate, I hate it when you try to troll, and every time you do that, you know the result, I punch you with my Bad-Brass spell. sincerely, Derek Ganter." the still smoking man said, the healing magic focused wizard writing everything down.

Casting a small puff of dark green fire onto the scroll, the ashes turned into magical smoke.

"Why do you keep threatening the princess of the sun? Dude, that's not smart." Sam queried, adjusting his robe and running a hand through his pinkish-red hair.

"One day, I'll be alive, and she'll be dead, because I'll find a way to kill her, I'm Derek *MOTHERFUCKING** Ganter*, are my eyes normal again?" Derek asked, holding his eyelids wide open.

"Yep, good old red eyes, the sign of a hero." the assistant assured.

"Alright, awesome, everyone knows that blue eyes are evil, so I really like mine being red." the mage cheered.

*FLASH*

"Letter's here." the supporting arcanus informed, holding the scroll that just formed from his cauterize fire.

"Let's see what it says." Derek wondered, holding the scroll aloft.

"Dear Derek, I have a task that I would have done, but since you're offering to do it for me, you can, go to Heroville, the not-so-notable town in the center of the country, that's where the Summer Sun Celebration will be taking place, you have a set of tasks as the manager, which will be on a list enclosed in this letter, sincerely, Princess Celestia of Equestria." the scroll read itself, magical talking scrolls were commonplace in Equestria.

"Well well, welly well well, I got some business to do. Sam, we need to pack our things, you heard the letter, we're going to Heroville." Derek directed, pulling out a slip of paper.

It was a notice of his renewal of his subscription to a tobacco company, don't ask how that works.

"I'm packed, what about you dude?" the underequipped man asked, cracking his joints.

"I have everything, I think." he checked his pack again.

A quill made from one of Celestia's feathers (which made it nigh indestructible), a few scrolls with some important information on them, and some bits.

"Yeah, let's go." the red mage confirmed.

The pair exited the library, Derek taking initiative and snapping his fingers for a teleportation.

Disappearing and then reappearing in a flash of light, the male duo stepped onto the chariot designated for their transportation.

Lighting up another cigarette, Derek watched the thin trail of smoke shoot out of the furiously burning tip, he favored a blend that gave the effect of both a stimulant and depressant.

It calmed him.

"We're here, sir." the aegis guards that were hooked up to the chariot spoke up.

"That was a quick trip, let's go." Spike noted, jumping out of the chariot.

"Yeah, thanks Sunny Flowers and Grassy Fields, take this." Derek offered, and without waiting for a response, he dumped the few copper bits he had into their hands.

Walking down the street, Sam spoke up.

"Okay, first on the list is-" he was cut off.

Derek stumbled slightly at the sudden impact from someone else.

She was pink, really pink, wearing a pink shirt and pink shorts, pink shoes, pink hair, even her skin was a pink undertone, his own was lightly tanned from frequent, if short, periods of time spent outside in the sun.

The only thing that wasn't pink on her was her eyes, which were a watery, innocent blue, they looked teeming with life and joy.

Derek realized that she was staring back at him, scanning his face with her gaze.

Something clicked in her head, as she finally backed up from being 6 inches from his face.

"*LE EPIC GASP*" she jumped up into the air and somehow zoomed off while still airborne.

"That was, mildly odd." Derek had seen worse, like his cutie mark story.

Continuing his trek down the road, the brown haired warmonger contemplated his previous meeting with the pink girl.

Her cutie mark was 3 balloons, which he could guess meant that she was quite the party animal.

"Sweet Apple Acres, and we're here!" Sam said cheerfully , he was about 2 feet tall while Derek was 6 feet, so the sound had a bit of a ways to go.

"WOOHOO!" a deep voice shouted.

Derek sidestepped the charging man, watching as the large figure launched his foot out at a tree, knocking the apples off of it.

"I feel the need to commend you on efficiency, though I will insult your lack of efficiency if you do that big charge up every time." the arcanus commented.

Another tree was kicked, and another, and another, within a few minutes of slightly stupefied watching, the entirety of the immediate vicinity was cleared of apples.

"Mighty fine to meet ya, the name's Charles, who're you? I don't think I've seen you 'round these parts before." the somewhat charming man gave a friendly, welcoming smile.

Quickly looking over him, he was large, 6'6", wearing a dark brown Stetson and a brown shirt, probably chosen to keep the inevitable farming caused dirt-stains subtle, faded blue jeans and leather work boots covered his legs and feet, his eyes were green, like the leaves on the trees.

"I'm Derek Ganter, sent from Canterlot to manage the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration, you have the food?" the arcanus queried.

"That's right, the whole family got together this year, and as part of the Summer Sun Celebration, they've made the food, allow to me to introduce...." Charles grabbed Derek and speedily made his way to a table, plunking the arcanus down as he introduced the whole of the family.

About 11 minutes of nothing but introductions to various people, 99% of whom were named after foods.

"Nice family, but, and take no offense to this, but I didn't ask about your damn family, I asked about food, and this pile looks good, I'm leaving, goodbye." Derek remained cold, even under all the warmth of this welcome, to show that their efforts were not ineffective at best, and downright detested at worst, he grabbed a various pastries and a pie before he walked away.

Handing the pastries to his support mage, he ate handfuls of the pie on his way back to town.

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Walking through the city streets, he heard a voice shouting, not even 10 seconds after he threw away the pie tin.

"LOOK OUT!!!" a pair of voices screamed, Derek scanned the sky with extreme quickness, finding 2 aegis on a cloud, looking down at him expectantly.

"Look out for WHAT? An assclown? Because I already see 2." he countered, making the aegis duo look at him, surprised.

"Enough, I see 2 of you, and there are 2 people listed on weather duty, so I ask, how in the HELL did, between BOTH OF YOU, did you NOT ALREADY CLEAR THE SKY!" he felt like a jerk, but he was 10 minutes behind schedule, so speed was needed.

"Oh, is that a challenge, fool?" the pair countered, getting into a ready position.

They were both androgynous in appearance, he scanned their forms, trying to figure out the Oak's question.

The first was hard to guess, she/he had rainbow hair that reached her/his shoulders, though men with long hair was also commonplace in Equestria, so no info to gain from that, a cyan shirt was all she/he wore on her/his upper body, a pair of light blue shorts and blue sneakers attempted to cover the lithe, muscle-bound legs, though the shape was faintly feminine in appearance, the face had a very androgynous appearance, the eyes were feminine though, he could detect a small... um... secondary rise of the chest with each breath, he was going to go with assuming that it was a she and that those were small breasts.

The second was more obvious, shoulder length blackish-brown hair, a Mega Death t-shirt, though for some odd reason the band's name was spelled correctly , at least according to language rules, blue jeans and black sneakers, it was more than likely a he.

"Yes, I challenge you 2 to clear the sky, in 5 minutes or less." the ground-bound conversation member dared.

"HA, give us 5 seconds and we'll have it done." without waiting, the pair fly off.

Soaring through the sky with extreme speed, the pair broke clouds in synchronized efficiency, Derek had pulled out a stopwatch and waited for the-

"TIME!" one of them shouted.

"4 with a decimal point followed by about 60 9s, seconds, alright, you win, what're your names?" the battle mage asked, getting to the formalities.

"I'm Rainbow Dash." the cyan clad woman said proudly, the voice gave it away, though raspy, it was definitely feminine.

"Gee, I wonder why you were called *that*, I wonder SO MUCH, in fact, that I'm still talking in this voice." Derek replied sarcastically.

"My name is Kage Kobain, pleased to meet you..." Kage reached out his hand for a handshake.

"Derek, Derek Ganter, nice to meet you." the mage could sense a bloodlust in this man, a yearning to be a torturer.

He liked him already.

"I need to go, I'm supposed to be managing the SSC preparations, and I need to get back to doing so." Derek excused himself, teleporting away.

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Appearing a few blocks away, he looked around for any signs of Town Hall, which was where the events of the SSC were to take place.

"Sam, any ideas on where town hall is?" the small dragon shrugged in response.

"Hey, where's town hall?" the man asked a random passerby.

"Right there." the random disposable citizen pointed behind our main character, showing him a large building with 'Heroville Town Hall' printed in big, bold letters above the door.

Derek felt angry at the fact that he missed such an obvious thing, and turned around to uppercut the random disposable passerby, severing the head from the neck with the force and crushing the body with a telekinetic grasp.

Hiding the gooey sludge that was once a person in a nearby trashcan, the violent mage entered town hall.

Inside, there was a pretty young woman hanging ribbons, tapestries, and streamers around the main room with her magic.

Many long, highly curled locks of hair flowed down from her head, her figure was a bit shapely, covered by a long white dress, nice hips, a sway to her walk, average breasts, crystal-like sapphire blue eyes.....

Oh shit, she's looking at him.

"Can I help you sir, and might I ask why you smell like metal?" the model-like woman asked interrogatively, not liking being interrupted.

Derek looked at his white shirt and found it to be marred by surprisingly stylish blood splatters.

"Don't mind the bloodstains, I'm fine, really, it's not my blood, anyways, are you..." he paused to look at the list, "Rarity, doing the decorations, which, I might add, look very nice." he complimented.

"Yes, although I'm concerned about the part where you said it wasn't your blood on your shirt." the fashionista was met with a teleportation sound accompanied by the telltale flash of light.

Derek was gone, not feeling like being questioned about his habits.

He was a normal man, he just liked spilling blood, and smoking, can't forget smoking.

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It was hard to miss the home of Kage Kobain, after all....

IT WAS A FUCKING MANSION!

"WHAT THE HELL!" Derek agreed with the narration, it was surprising.

"What's wrong?" Kage asked, suddenly next to Derek, a guitar in hand.

"Gah! I didn't see you there, I'm just surprised this is your house." the arcanus admitted.

"Yeah, it is, I get a pretty hefty salary, being in the music business though, though stealing from my victims helps cover unexpected costs." the aegis muttered.

"Okay, cool, so, you're the entertainment for the SSC?" the fighter questioned, unsure of what this strange person could do to make people feel better.

"Yep, let me give you a sample." Kage quickly tuned his guitar, then started playing the song.

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"Whew, that was a mild workout." the master guitarist said, a bit out of breath.

"Sam, is h-" Derek was cut off, looking slightly perturbed.

"No, Derek, he's not dead, I checked, and you can trust me, because I'm a professional." Sam answered.

"So, nice to meet you again so soon, Derek." Kage greeted, shortly before entering his home, effectively ending the conversation.

"Alright then, so, time to find my own house." the mage stated, turning and walking back into town.

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Standing in front of the giant tree with a door and windows, Derek was amazed.

"Books and Branches library, a simple, yet very explanatory name, I like it."

Walking inside slowly, lighting up a cigarette and flaring up his magic to turn on the light slowly.

"SURPRISE!!!" the crowd shouted, much louder than necessary.

Derek flinched and lashed out, casting out a magical wave of fire, setting almost a quarter of the crowd on fire.

Everyone was sent into a frenzy, rushing out of the library, many dropped dead, seeing as how they were burning to death.

The only person left was Pinkie Pie, looking at him wide-eyed.

"Get, out, you have invoked the ruination of my peaceful time here, I will kill you too if you don't LEAVE!" Derek was pissed off, intensely so.

"Please don't drive my away, I want to be your friend, I'm sorry." the nigh-infinitely pink woman pleaded, getting on her knees and giving him a cute pouty face.

"I don't need friends, I don't care, alright, either suck my dick or get the fuck out." the warmonger was pissed off, he hated it when people begged for forgiveness without a reason to.

"I'll take the former, and then we can be FRIENDS FOREVER, WOOHOO!" the master of ceremonies jumped into the air joyously, grabbing Derek and using her powerful jumping ability to bring them both to a nearby couch.

"Wait... what? I..... what?" the arcanus was confused, was this actually happening?

No seriously, was this actually happening?

1 dick sucking later

Yeah, that just happened.

Derek stumbled and fell out of the door to the library, pushing himself up, levitating himself to a standing position.

Pinkie jumped into a nearby blade of grass, disappearing through a Pinkie Pie Portal.

"Dear Celestia, that was intense." he muttered, limping a bit, not to break rating, but teeth may have been involved.

"Need a heal, bro?" Sam asked, twirling his hand and summoning a ball of energy to heal his friend.

"You wouldn't think it would be so draining, but I'd say she's a professional." Derek remarked, looking at the sky, then at the front of Town Hall, feeling rejuvenated, he opened the door and entered.

Most people gave him a wide clearance, already aware of what he might do.

Smoking 2 cigarettes at the same time, Derek sat by refreshment table with his burning 'fangs'

"Good show earlier, never seen a place get cleared that fast." it was Kage, giving congratulations.

"Whatever, I'm waiting for Celestia to get here." the warmonger excused himself, walking off into the crowd, still being given a wide clearance.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, please give it up for our grand ruler, the one who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, her highness, Princess Celestia!" Mayor Mare announced, motioning for Rarity, who was with her on an elevated balcony, to open the curtains.

Everyone was shocked to see....

Nothing, nothing at all.

If there was nothing there, that meant that Celestia was missing.

Derek went into action, scanning the crowd, walls, pillars, balconies, and windows in only a few seconds.

The moon, outside the moon had changed.

Where there was previously a splattering of dark spots that somewhat resembled a woman's face from the side, was now nothing, it was as though the darkened area simply left the moon altogether.

An explosion of smoke that looked like the night sky rang out from the balcony, sending Rarity and Mayor Mare tumbling off the side, landing hard but no worse for wear.

"MWAHAHAHA, HAHHAHAHAAHHAAA! Hello subjects, your true ruler has returned." A large figure stated.

Her form was elegant, about 7'2" tall, with large breasts and shapely hips, a slender stomach which Derek could see had hard packed abdomen muscles, layers of plushness hid her physical strength all over, from her well defined legs and disproportionately large feet to her strong hands and sinewy fingers. Her whole being exuded an aura of power and temptation, a valid tactic in taking over the world, after all, it would be easier to control people if they like looking at you.

Her hair looked as though it was a cutout from the night sky, a cloud of blue with white sparkles mixed in and her eyes were a chilling turquoise, an evil blue and an envious green were the base colors.

She was draped in a long, 1 leg covering black dress, with light blue plate mail armor on the shoulders and upper chest, forearms, and from the feet to the knees, along with a helmet to (pun inbound) top it all off.

She smirked at him, taking his observation as ogling.

"I am here again, to bring my glory to all of you, remember this day, for it shall be your last, because THE NIGHT, SHALL LAST, FOREVER! MWAHAAHAHAHAA, HAHAHHAAAHAAHAAAAA!" Nightmare Moon laughed her evil laugh.

She was subsequently blasted in the face by a magic missile-type attack.

"SHUT UP BITCH!" Derek shouted, casting another missile of golden energy.

"You DARE to ASSAULT your GODDESS OF THE NIGHT?! WHO ARE YOU, FOOL!?" NMM demanded, readying her own attacks.

"My name is Derek Ganter, Archmage of the Academy of Magic's Battle Magic section, I'm going to use my powers and knowledge to kill you." the smoker announced, levitating himself into the air.

NMM leered at him, then whisked herself away as a cloud of night smoke.

Kage trailed her out of the building, shaking his fists at her quickly retreating form, moving much too fast for him to catch at the moment.

"AND STAY OUT, YOU STUPID BITCH!" he shouted angrily, he wasn't going to let his town of potential victims get imposed on by some black clad villainess.

He's kind of like the guy from Breaking Bad.

Derek was full out sprinting to the library, the answers he needed would be in there.

All the hope he needed was in that tree.

Somewhere.

...

"Derek, back already? Did you kill someone again?" Sam, who had stayed behind, greeted, setting down his book.

"I need the, um, think Derek think, Nightmare Moon was last defeated by the.... ELEMENTS OF HARMONY, SAM, I NEED THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY BOOK!" Derek shouted his command.

"Lucky for you, I was reading it, here you go." the red mage revealed, handing over the Elements of Harmony Guidebook.

"Okay, let's see...." Derek was flipping pages before being interrupted.

"HEY, how do you know Ms. Black Bitch of the Moon, I want answers, you've been sketchy ever since you showed up in town, I've been watching you." Kage interrogated.

"I'm trying to THINK here Kage, I don't have time to be interrogated right now." the black mage protested, continuing his reading of the book.

"Kage here told us that not 20 minutes into your stay, you outright MURDERED somebody, that is not right, darling." Rarity rebuked.

"And you literally KILLED THE PARTY, THAT'S REALLY MEAN Y'KNOW!" Pinkie screamed at him, getting all up in his grill.

"You practically shat on my family's introduction, it's like you have no value for people's feelings." Charles added.

"And when you attacked Nightmare Moon or whatever her name was, you looked like you were EXPECTING HER, and the way that you kill people and don't care, I'd say you have no value for life." Rainbow Dash finished off, thoroughly pissed off.

"*ahem* I don't care, I have killed everything in every form there is, the smallest of ants to the mightiest of dragons. Man, woman, child, it doesn't matter to me, I will slaughter all who stand in my way, so I suggest you clear the path." the warmonger threatened, charging up his magic.

"We're not leaving without ANSWERS fool." Kage countered.

"I will watch the whole world BURN before I let someone tell me what to do." Derek telekinetically moved everyone out of the way.

"The Elements of Harmony, Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, and the sixth, which nobody alive knows what is, this is my goal, and my goal leads me to the..." Derek paused.

Later, at the Everfree Forest

"Everfree Forest, a place for vile scum to get massacred, now if you'll excuse me I have some vile scum to massacre." the black mage dismissed himself.

"We're coming with you." Kage said aloud, swooping down to be beside Derek.

"Suit yourself, if anyone else wants to join me, feel free." Derek offered.

The 6 somewhat friends entered the Everfree Forest.

Together.

Let's hope they survive.