"Alright, so we will start with the basics." I started, looking at the assembled ponies. Celestia had already told me their names on the way here, and now that I know them, it's fairly easy to tell them apart. Trust me, I used to get confused with names, but in Equestria where everyone is named after their talent? Hard to mix them up.

"Before I describe my abilities to you all, you need to understand what I am." I began, looking to Celestia. "I am what's known as a Demon Hunter, a Nephalem. A Nephalem is the product of both Angel and Demons procreating. They carry both the holy and demonic blood in mortal form. The ultimate power. It is said that the Nephalem's existence would forever alter the balance of power in the Great Conflict."

"What's the Great Conflict?" Twilight asked, while scribbling notes on her little note pad. Eyes shinning in anticipation.

"The Great Conflict is the name for the eternal war between the forces of the High Heavens and Burning Hells. It has recently spilled over into the mortal realm, nearly destroying humanity in the process. Myself and a few other Nephalem saved our world from destruction, twice." I stopped to look at her before continuing. "The first time was when the remaining lords of hell, Azmodan and Belial, invaded the mortal world, and soon after they were defeated and sealed inside the Black Soulstone, the Prime Evil Diablo was resurrected. The second time, was when the former Archangel of Wisdom Malthael, became the Archangel of Death, and invaded Sanctuary. We defeated him as well, and it was known to all that the Nephalem were capable of killing both Angels or Demon alike."

The ponies in the room all looked shocked at this little revelation, however I continued. "As a Nephalem, I have certain powers that put me above all other humans, and make me a force to be reckoned with. I have slain many demons and angels alike, all in order to keep the peace in Sanctuary. The most basic of Nephalem powers revolves around a magic that does whatever the wielder wishes. I just call it a 'manifestation of will'. What that means? Basically I can do nearly whatever I wish with my magic. I'm sure there are limitations, but I have yet to discover them."

Twilight and Celestia looked the most surprised out of everyone there. "Now, as a Demon Hunter, I focus entirely on ranged attacks. Certain 'abilities', as I call them, do different things. For example, one of my favourites is 'Sentry'. It summons a small ballistic turret that automatically fires bolts at nearby enemies, and with a certain rune engraved into them, they also shoot homing missiles."

The ponies just looked with blank faces. "Ugh. That means they shoot little explosives that follow my enemies." A look of realisation crossed their faces, before one of horror over-took it.

"Can you demonstrate this?" Celestia asked, "as long as you can guarantee our safety." She added.

"Sure thing." I thrust my hand out to where I wished the turret to appear while concentrating on it.

"Huh?" The turret didn't appear. I could hear snickering from Rainbow Dash. Fuck you too. But this is strange; the sentry should pop-up. "Actually, now that I think about it: my companions aren't here either. Neither is my actual armour."

The ponies just looked confused, but the Rainbow one was on the floor laughing. "Haha! What a joke!" She shouted while holding her sides.

I growled at her loudly. She stopped, but only after a look from Celestia.

"Celestia, may I have my bow for a second?" I asked, but she just looked at me apprehensively before declining. "Please, I just wanna try something. You can have it back right after."

Reluctantly she sighed and nodded to Twilight. Hesitantly she left to retrieve my lost bow. As I took hold of it, the power within exploded outwards in a bright light.

Once the light dissipated, I stood in the centre with the bow in hand. The Embodiment of the Marauder armour once again, donned my body. I smiled at my companions standing around me. I tried to again summon a 'Sentry'. I smiled even larger at the turret now stationary on the floor.

I pointed to it, "that is a sentry." I then waved my hand around me, at the various animals present. The Spider, Ferret, Wolf, Boar, Bat and raven stood/flew around me. "And these are my companions, each with it's own role. The Ferret collects gold for me, while also attacking my foes. The Spider's attacks slow enemies with it's webs. The Wolf is just badass. The Boar charges enemies, and uses a special magic to force them to attack it. While the Bat essentially increases my endurance. In terms you won't understand much until I properly explain it, the Bat regenerates the magic within me periodically. The raven here is just badass like good ol' wolfie."

Before they could ask what I was talking about I continued, "now, onto what I call 'Passive Skills'. These 'skills' are basically runes embedded into my armour that passively improve my combat effectiveness." I pointed to one such rune, "these can be changed at any time. This specific rune is called 'Archery', which increases my effectiveness with all bow types. Crossbows, 2-handed crossbows, and bows like this one." I held up my bow, "speaking of which, this is the legendary bow 'Windforce'. I love it. It holds magic in it that passively reduces the amount of damage enemies land on me (I used this as a basis for Vitality, when you think about it, it's kind of the same thing), while also increasing being a lot more deadly than any other bow. It also holds magic that leeches the life out of the enemy while transferring it to me. Anyway, back to the 'passives', the next one is 'Awareness'. This rune is one of my favourites, and has saved my life many times. At a time, when I'm close to death and the enemy is about to strike, this little baby kicks in. It casts a smoke bomb, blinding my enemies for a time, while automatically healing me. Unfortunately, once it is used, the rune becomes ineffective for approximately 60 seconds, I'm not sure I haven't properly timed it. Oh and when I say 'passive', that just basically means it happens without me actually having to do anything."

I would say that I now held the undivided attention of all ponies, except the pink one was still bouncing. Pinkie I think? "These next two are both amazing. 'Ballistics' increases the explosive power of all missiles fired by myself or my abilities themselves, in addition to allowing my attacks to automatically fire a homing missile. And last but not least, 'Custom Engineering', increases the duration that the 'sentries' will stick around for." I pointed to the sentry currently doing nothing. "Three... Two... One." It disappeared like it was never there.

"How did it do that?" Twilight asked

"I dunno, magic I guess." I laughed at her reaction. "Anyway, it's very useful for prolonged fights against multiple enemies, since I can have multiple 'sentries' out at the same time, it can come in handy." I pointed to three locations and all three 'sentries' spawned out of nowhere. Unfortunately the action left me drained for a few moments so I stood there, hunched over with hands on knees breathing a bit heavy.

Luna looked on concerned. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine," I waved my hand. "Now, I could go into detail about all my abilities and their runes but that would take too long. Wasn't there something else you wanted to talk about Celestia?"

Celestia came out of her daze and looked at me, "right." She straightened her posture and focused on the group gathered, "I need to talk with the mayor about making an announcement about Julian's presence."

I just sighed while the other ponies looked a bit hesitant. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" Twilight asked. When she noticed the look Celestia was giving her, she shrunk back, "I don't mean to be rude or offensive, but don't you think it would be best if he got settled down first?"

Celestia gave it some thought. "I think that choice is up to you two." She looked from Twilight to me, before looking back at her. "Since he will be staying here, and you are the current governing Princess in this region, I believe that you should be able to organise a meeting with the mayor to discuss this topic."

Twilight looked at me but I just shrugged. Man fuck these ponies, always making decisions like this. What if I wanted to just leave and never come back? I'd have Celestia on my arse for the rest of my life. The thought was tempting, but I could not escape right now. I just needed to bide my time until I could earn their trust.

"Oh, you want this back?" I handed the bow to Twilight. That should show them. A sign of good faith. I smiled.

Twilight took it back with a raised eyebrow. Just as she took it, all the armour, companions and currently summoned sentries disappeared. My armour was replaced by normal clothes.

"Right, so I'm bored. What now?"

Author's Note

So yeah, that happened. Two chapters in one day.

Things aren't so exciting now (hs0003 don't get on my case about no gruesome tortures. Those are for later)