Of Mythical Proportions

by AuzzieJustice

Chapter 15: A show of Power

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Nova was currently napping on the front of Trixie's carriage, the late afternoon sun providing the perfect amount of warmth for him to sleep, this was suddenly interrupted when Trixie started to poke him in an attempt to rouse him, he waved in her general direction in an attempt to shoo her off, this only got him a harder poke and an annoyed Trixie.
"Nova, either get up now or Trixie will dump a bucket of water over you." She threatened him, Nova groaned as he finally opened his eyes and sat up, stretching out his slightly cramped back.
"Fine, I'm awake, there's no need to make such threats." He grumbled out. "So, did you finally decide on where we're going?"
Trixie nodded in response, pulling out his map of the world and handing it to him.
"Trixie has marked several destinations that we will eventually be heading to, our first major stop will be Manehatten." She pointed to the city on the map. "It's not too far, and from there we will be able to make our way to the next stop." Nova noted that it was a coastal city.

"Are we going to be travelling by sea?" He asked her, Trixie quickly shook her head. "No, Trixie would prefer to stay on land if possible." She pointed out one of the lines leading out from the city. "We will be taking this road all the way to the Griffon Kingdom in the north." She pointed out to Nova. "Equestria's borders are almost completely surrounded by mountains, making travelling in and out of it quite the hassle, its the main reason you don't see many of the other cultures or species in Equestria." She explained.
"Anyway, we can further discuss our plans after we hit Manehatten, Trixie decided that I would be better to plan out our steps one stop at a time, leaving room to alter our course." Trixie snatched the map out of Nova's hands and quickly rolled it up, storing it away for safe keeping. "Any questions?" She asked, Nova thought for a second, eventually shaking his head in response. "Good, now if you will excuse Trixie, she will be resting in her room." and with that, she once again vanished into her carriage, leaving Nova alone to his thoughts.

"Griffon's exist in this world as well?" he thought to himself, the idea of meeting a creature straight out of mythology made him feel giddy inside. "This world is just full of surprises, speaking of surprises." Nova looked down to his right arm, the bright glow it gave off was barely visible through his clothes. "I think it's time I figured out what I can actually do with this bloody power of mine." with this in mind, he quickly hopped off the seat of the carriage and quickly made his way behind the nearby inn, he quickly looked around the area, with the wall of the town to his right and the inn to his left, it made for the perfect spot for some experimentation with his power.


(Meanwhile, somewhere in the Griffon Kingdom)

A young griffon covered in armor approached the throne.
"Sire, there is a message for you." He said, handing the letter over to his King. The old griffon quickly grabbed his glasses and scanned through the letter, a small chuckle escaped his beak.
"A summons from the Princesses, it certainly has been a while, hasn't it Celly?" He said to no one in particular, he put the letter down and looked back at the guard. "Prepare a carriage for me, would you?" He asked, the young griffon saluted and left the throne room.
The old king once again let out a small chuckle, "What has that pair of ponies gotten themselves involved in this time...."


(Meanwhile, somewhere far to the West)

The two lords carefully read over the letter they had just received, both sighing one they finished.
"You just know that whatever the problem is, it's their fault." The first lord said, causing the second to snort in response.
"Maybe so, but the fact they actually sent for a gathering this time is rather disturbing, don't forget we're talking about the ones who took down discord without any help." She replied, causing her fellow lord to sigh in frustration. "Well, we best not delay then, I'll get the transport sorted." He said as he turned to exit the room, however, before he could leave, his fellow lord grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "Oh no you don't, the last time I left you in charge of transport, you had us walking for the last leg of it, I'll sort it out this time, and you announce our plans to the council." She said, The first lord mumbled something under his breath and headed towards the council room instead.


(Meanwhile, somewhere over the ocean)

The large being struggled to read the tiny piece of paper in front of her, the letters almost too small to read.
"Honestly, you would think they would at least have the knowledge to send the message on a bigger piece of paper, not this tiny scrap." She complained. She slowly picked herself off her hoard and made her way towards the entrance, passing her guardians.
"I will be making a long trip over the sea, try to keep some resemblance of order while I'm gone." The guardians simply nodded in response.

Finally exiting her home, she stretched her body out, having slept for the past couple of months left her body stiff and rigid, she sniffed the air, the smell of the nearby sea filled her senses, "Honestly, what I wouldn't give for a century where nothing world shattering happened....." she said, a yawn escaping her maw, before spreading her wings and taking flight.


(Meanwhile, back behind an Inn)

The Innkeeper slowly carried the trash bag out towards the back of his establishment, only to be greeted with most of the area and its content destroyed or simply missing, he dropped the bag of trash and started cursing everything under the sun.

Meanwhile, Nova once again took his place on the front of the carriage, a small smile covered his face, satisfied with what progress he had made.
"I never thought all that time playing games would end up helping me one day." He thought to himself, however, his thoughts were interrupted when a large rock suddenly smacked him in the side of the head, causing the rock to shatter on contact, Nova glanced up to see a rather drunk and confused looking pony standing over him.
"What da heck.." Was all the drunk local managed to say before finding himself in a world of pain, he quickly fell back towards the ground. "Hey! are ya okay?" Another pony asked, Nova placed the voice, it was the bloody hicks from earlier, apparently getting drunk enough to think it was a good idea to attempt to murder someone over an insult.
Nova casually sat up in his seat, looking at the offending party, the other two ponies both had shovels in the hooves, looking ready to strike, Nova let out a dark chuckle, almost turning into full blown laughter. "My word, I cannot believe my luck, I was just starting to think about how I needed to test my newly found moves on some pathetic worms." He said, his voice dripping with malice.
"And look, the three of you just happened to wriggle my way." Nova hopped off his seat just as the hick with the rock finally managed to pick himself up. "The is our town, we don't need strange vermin like you here." One of the hicks mumbled out. Nova smiled sinisterly at them.
"Then let me remove you like the rats you are." With that, one of the would be assailants rushed towards Nova, shovel in hand, Nova raise his hand together, a small wave of light suddenly struck the charging pony, burning where it touched, causing him to fall over, screeching in pain.

By this point, Trixie had heard all the commotion and had swiftly made her way to see what was happening, only to see Nova standing over a pony, a massive burn mark covering his face, chest and legs.
"Now, what about you two....." Nova looked back up the two other ponies, both who were staring at him in fright.
"R-run for it!" One of them yells as he turn to run, Nova quickly raised his hand above his head muttering out the word
"Judgement" before casting his hand back down, a golden, spectral hammer suddenly appeared and fell right on top of the fleeing one's head, He let out a deafening scream as he fell to the ground in pain.
Before the last pony could properly react to what was happening around him, Nova thrust both hands towards him, a golden light instantly travelled down Nova's arms and flung itself towards him, it engulfed and tore the last hick apart. "Exorcism." was all Nova said as the he fell to the ground.

Trixie stood there, unable to understand what she had just witnessed. "He.... just destroyed them with a few arm movements, were those spells he cast?" She thought, she opened her mouth to speak, but Nova spoke first.
"You saw that, huh?" He asked her, not bothering to turn and see that she was nodding, he let out a small sigh.
"Just so you're aware, they attacked me first, although somehow I don't think the locals are going to believe that."
Trixie shook herself out of her stupor. "You didn't....." She started to ask, however, Nova cut her off again, guessing what her question was going to be.
"No, but I don't think they will ever recover either." He said, his voice devoid of emotion, he quickly made his way over to the seat of the carriage and sat down.
"Come on, let get out of here before we get into any more trouble." Trixie looked around and noticed that some of the locals were finally starting to take notice of what had happened, sighing, she jumped up next to Nova and quickly pushed to Carriage forward.


(Some time later)

Trixie subtly looks over to Nova, his face had a neutral expression, giving no insight to the way he was feeling, Trixie sighed, her thoughts were all over the place. "Did they actually attack him first? How powerful is Nova? Is he going to do the same to..."
"Hey." He said, suddenly cutting off Trixie's line of thought. "I just want you to know that, what you saw back there, was justified."
Trixie scoffed at him. "Justified? One was almost completely burnt, the other had his head caved in and I don't even know what you did to the last one, how the hell do you justify that!?" She yelled.

Nova let out a long sigh. "If you must know, those hicks were trying to kill me and most likely you as well, I don't know much about pony culture, but I'm pretty sure a rock to the head while you rest usually means they want you dead." He said.
Trixie tried to come up with another reason to yell at him, but nothing really came to mind, in fact, the more she thought about it, the more she realized that Nova was most likely correct, that, and town already had a bad reputation.
"I think we're far enough now." Nova suddenly said. "I can't see the town from here, you can stop." Trixie slowly pulled the carriage over to the side of the road, she fidgeted around in her seat, not really sure of what to do next, one on hand, she wanted to run, and on the other, she somehow Knew Nova was most likely in the right in what he did, the conflict of emotions annoyed her, she scoffed and suddenly jumped off her seat. "Where are you..." Nova began to ask. "Trixie.... is tried, and needs to think, we will talk tomorrow, now goodnight." Was all she said before disappearing inside her carriage, Nova sighed and looked up towards the sky, it had long since turned into night and the moon quietly shone down on him, he let out a yawn as he laid down onto the seat and slowly closed his eyes, letting the world of dreams take over.


Author's Note

For those who can't tell, Nova is using both priest and Paladin abilities from World of Warcraft, first attack was Smite, Followed by Judgement and Exorcism.
No he is not limited to these types of attacks, but he doesn't know that yet.

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