Terrarian

by Slslslfkfjgnngjf

The crystal empire part 1

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Cortez stepped into Twilights library, hoping to avoid the CMC's truckloads of questions. He saw that the other five elements of harmony were there too

"Where are my quills?! No, no no no no! I need the magical compendium volumes 1 through 36! Where is it?! Flash cards! I'm gonna make some flash cards! Spike, I'm going to need you to quiz me.

On everything! Everything I've ever learned. Ever."

Spike started to climb out from under the huge book that had nearly crushed him.

"That isn't gonna be enough cards." She ran to get more.

"Twilight, calm down! It's just a test." Spike looked up fearfully.

"Just a test? JUST A TEST?!? Princess Celestia wants to give me some kind of exam and you're trying to tell me to calm down because it's JUST A TEST?!" Cortez searched his bag for heart arrows.

€"uah, yes." Before speaking spike grabbed a helmet and tied pillowed around himself.

I'd say she's handling things pretty well." Applejack turned to rarity.

"Yes." She replied.

"If this is well, I'll stay here while you go to Canterlot, I promised a few fillies that they could take me for show and tell." Cortez opened the door and left.


Cortez sped across the town to where he believed the school was. After going to the wrong place a few times, he finally arrived there,"Hey I'm here, what's up?"

"We have show and tell first thing, and as you already know." Scootaloo continued,"Your our show and tell."

"Ok, I can guess what the means but I'm not su—" He was interrupted by a loud bell singleing the start of the school day.

"Just wait outside here." The three filles walked inside.

Cortez waited for a minute. Then for five minutes. Ten minutes. After a half an hour the door sung open and Applebloom spoke,"Sorry about the wait, snips and snails took a long time showing off their ant farm."

"Filles and colts, may we present to you, our show and tell." Half expecting a trumpet blast, Cortez walked through the door unceremoniously.

"Uhh, hi." Was all he could think of to say,"I guess I'll just talk then. You may have noticed I'm not from around here, I'm from a world called terraria. I nearly killed Discord, fended off half the changling army, and saved Ponyville twice. I guess that's about it." He saw several hoofs fly up.

"My mom told me your a murderous alien maniac, is that true?" A colt at the back asked.

A bit surprised by the question, he answer,"I wouldn't call myself a maniac, but the alien part is true." He didn't explain how killing hostile monsters was different then murder.

"So what's your cutie mark, is it like, a changling with a knife through its head?" One or two other ponies laughed at the pink pony's question.

"What's a cutie mark?" He asked but then remembered,"Oh yeah, those marks that appear on you when you discover your destiny, well I guess the answer to that would be I don't have a mark on my butt." Snips and snails snickered loudly.

"Wait, so you're a blank flank? Hahahahahaha!" The pink fille laughed loudly.

"Well, if you mean to Insult me you failed, I still don't get it."

"Wow, he doesn't even know what a blank flank is, haha!"

"Any questions that don't involve failing miserably at trying to Insult me?" Their expressions changed as a few ponies around the room laughed,"Nope, well I'm done then."


"Those rotten fillies, trying to dishonour you in front of every pony, you saved Ponyville three times!" Sweetiebelle sulked. After school had ended, Cortez had agreed to walk home with them.

"Don't worry, I don't even get their Insult, so no harm done."

"But you don't understand, for years they've been calling us blank flanks for not having cutie marks, its kind of a big deal." Scootaloo kicked a rock across the street.

"Oh look, the maniac black flank is hanging out with his blank flank friends, go figure." Diamond tiara said mockingly while silver spoon chuckled behind her.

"Blank flanks blank flanks blank flanks!" They said as the pushed them further into the alleyway. Cortez watched and then noticed something. The dented dumpster from the first day he had arrived in equestria.

"Same allyway." Diamond and sliver were circling the three fillies laughing.

Cortez dealt with the situation in the only way he knew how. Two gunshots followed by streaks of green erupted from where Cortez stood. The two snobbish fillies were knocked over by the bullets that Impacted them.

"What did you do!" Applebloom yelled as she ran up to him.

"Sorry, you're right, I know I'm wearing spectre so I should have hit them with magic, it's just I'm so used to using my gun, that I just—"

"No, not that, you just shot two fillies!" Applebloom yelled.

"They looked like they wanted to hurt you, so I shot them." He said nonchalantly.

"But you can't just go around shooting ponies for no reason!" Sweetie belle looked up at him.

"They were trying to hurt you three, I think that's a reason."

"Can you heal them?" Applebloom asked.

"Does a wizard sell ice rods?" He walked up to them, broke open two healing potions and shoved the liquid down their throats,"They would be dead had I had shroomite armour, but with this spectre it just helps magic weapons." They drank the potions,"That's all I can do, could someone get local health services?"

Scootaloo had already left to find a doctor.


"You used one of your alien super weapon things on my daughter, I will not allow this to happen without consequences!" A older pony came up to Cortez and yelled at him.

"She'll be fine, healing potions always work."

"You shot her with some sort of magic thing, I am not okay with that!"

"It's not magic, and she did have hostile intentions towards my friends, so what did you expect." He asked.

"Mark my words you will pay for this, as owner of—"

"What, and you'll do what? You have money, I have unmatchable weaponry, who wins?" Cortez smirked.

"Well-I-but-" Having nothing else to say, he stormed off.

A guard flew down and landed next to Cortez,"Princess Celestia would like to see you right away!"

"What for, I mean, I know I just shot two fillies..."

"Shot two fillies!? No one t— well they never tell me anything, but it's about something else."

"Should I go to Canterlot then?"

"As fast as equinely possible! Except that your not a pony, so as fast as what ever you are can go."


After stopping to admire the landscape, Cortez arrived at Canterlot castle,"What's up?" He asked hoping it wasn't about the fact he might have killed to fillies.

"Twilight went for a test, do you remember?"

"Yes..." He answer uncertainly.

Celestia answered,"The situation may be more serious then I thought."

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