Blood Wolves

...Canterlot Palace…

...5:00 PM…

Celestia sat on her throne, staring at the ‘Blood Wolf’ as he had recently introduced his species to be, and had grown quite curious of the wolf like race. The one that now stood in her throne room was, from what she’s seen to be, a magnificent creature. He held curiosity for the entire palace, his snout twitching as he sniffed the air of the room, and the Elements of Harmony standing to the side, completely silent as they kept a close eye on the creature.

After much thought, Celestia finally decided to ask one of the many questions in her mind. “Sir?” The Blood Wolf looked at her. “Do you have a name I could call you by?”

He bowed at this. “I am Helleno Fellonak, one of the… lower class, of our race.”

Celestia was growing more curious by the minute. “What do you mean by ‘lower class’?”

He scratched behind his ear as he answered. “I am not necessarily nobility, or anyone special.” Celestia raised an eyebrow at him not using ‘anypony’. “I was just lucky enough to be the one behind the window when you entered. My pack leader usually deals with this kind of thing. He always tells me to ‘stay silent and don’t tell anyone anything’. He always used me as a paw-stool.”

Celestia was shocked by this. “You mean… you’re a servant?”

Helleno began to play with his claws. “Well… yes and no. I do everything for the pack while the leader deals with major documents and the such… but I’ve managed to talk some of the other pack members into teaching me a thing or two about being a Blood Blade.”

Everypony looked at him when he said that, as Celestia was more curious than cautious. “What is a Blood Blade?”

“They’re like an creed, all brothers in arms, fighting in both stealth and brute force. Some jobs require them to assassinate targets, while others require them to fight in wars or defend the emperor. What they lack for in numbers they replace with skill and determination. I didn’t learn as much as them, but they taught me the basics in claw-to-claw combat, some simple techniques on how to use a sword… and I was about to be taught how to use a revolver until you all came down to our home. You actually saved my hide from the pack leader, he’s been keeping a very close eye on me, and really was getting mad that I was learning these things.”

Celestia smiled at this. “I’m glad.” She then looked at his armor. “If you’re just a servant, then why do you wear armor?”

He looked down at it, and chuckled. “We don’t necessarily use these as armor, and use them more for clothing given they don’t defend us all that well. The real armor is that Blood Wolf Guardian Armor, that thing could stop ten shots of plasma before it actually kills them.”

The mares gasped in horror, while Celestia managed to keep her serene aura. “Is your species very hostile?”

“No more hostile than a blood raged Hekken.”

“A what?”

Helleno widened his eyes for a second, and motioned his claws to try and give the picture. “Basically it’s a very small creature with very long ears, can hop up to ten feet in the air, and have a bite that could rip off an ear.”

“So… slightly like a bunny?”

“What’s a bunny?”

Celestia couldn’t help but find a small amount of amusement at his knowledge to the new world. He didn’t appear to have that much, so it was like speaking to a foal that has been living in a dream… to her anyways. “Tell me about the world before now.”

He looked up in thought, scratching under his jaw. “Hmm… I only know what I’ve seen in our history books, which is how I knew of a Hekken.” She nodded. “Let’s see… the world used to be ruled over by a great warrior known as Kennionok, who we all bowed down to as he was our Emperor. He was said to have been very kind to his citizens, giving loans out when asked, making big investments in schools and hospitals, speeding up our research on growing food and trying to get rid of a very horrible plague. We didn’t know much about the plague, but they simply called it the Ice Dilemma, because the disease seemed to slowly freeze their hearts until they were dead.”

The mares were horrified by this revelation, while Celestia took a few calm breaths, trying to ease her growing worry on what the world was like back then. “What else can you tell me?”

“Aside from what the books could tell you?” She nodded. “Pretty much what everyone else knows. We’ve had a very uneventful life down in that building, and all we could do was build a small community until you all found us.”

Celestia nodded in understanding. “If your kind plan on living in this new world, you’re going to need to know a few things.”

He sighed heavily. “I shoulda seen that coming.” He groaned as he popped his back. “I guess I’ll be here for a while. Mind if I grab a seat?”

Celestia grew confused. “Where are you going to get a chair?”

Helleno dug into a strange sack he’s been carrying with him the whole trip, and pulled out a strange disk. He then sat it on the ground, tapped on the top, and a strange light in the shape of a seat appeared. After dusting his claws off, he (to the shock of everypony) sat down on it light it was a physical object!

He then leaned forward, claws folding together. “Lay it on me.”

Celestia smiled, opened her mouth, but didn’t get a chance to speak as Twilight spoke.

“How is this possible?!” She rushed up to Helleno’s side and stared at the chair with wide eyes, full of wonder. “How did you do this? Is there some kind of magic you used? Or maybe-”

Helleno smiled as he looked at her. “It’s not magic, it’s science.” Her eyes twinkled. “You see, us Blood Wolves don’t hold magic, so we use what we know of science to do the things we do. One of the inventions being this Holo-Chair. It’s standard for all Blood Wolves that plan on traveling or camping. We also get a Laser n’ Steel, which we use to make fires.”

Twilight had a million questions running through her head on how they did this, but when she looked at Celestia, she immediately backed off.

”Now, the first thing you need to know is that Equestria-”

“Equestria?”

Celestia nodded. “Yes, that is what we call this land.”

“Huh… I was told the land outside was called Wolf Bane.”

Celestia raised an eyebrow at that, but shrugged it off. “As I was saying, Equestria has been in peace and harmony for centuries, no war or fighting has ever been seen… aside from recent years. You need to know that the world is not as dangerous as it once was, and that you cannot fight here.”

Helleno sighed. “Unless absolutely necessary, I get it.”

“No, not even that.” Helleno’s eyes widened. “We do not allow what your kind has been dealing with, no matter the situation. We cannot simply welcome a very dangerous species into our home without keeping tensions from rising. So we need these ground rules.”

“But… what if we get attacked by a Makkoko?!” Raised eyebrows. “A beast about as big as this room, three heads, pitch black, and has control of the shadows! Those things could be lurking around any corner!”

“There are no such things anymore, Helleno. You need to understand that this world is no longer the same. You are not home anymore.”

Helleno stayed silent, trying to find his voice and argue with her, but it proved futile as he simply slumped his head, and nodded. “Yes, Celestia of the Alicorns.” Celestia raised an eyebrow. “I will go and tell the pack, and hope they’ll listen to me.”

Celestia nodded. “That would be best, thank you.”

Helleno grumbled as he trudged out of the throne room. “I’m so going to be turned to a rug…”

Once the Blood Wolf had left, Twilight looked at Celestia. “Princess, I know we did the right thing… but will they even listen?”

“They don’t really have a choice, Twillight. Their world is gone, and now they’re in ours, so they need to learn our rules.”

The Mane Six stayed silent as they stared at the double doors, worried about what this will do to Equestria.