Malicious Equestria

(The Next Morning)

Our two heroes return to ponyville after their night in Canterlot. After their departure from the train station, Vinyl was still in a bad mood even after she forced Erica out of the bed they were sleeping in. So far everything seemed to be normal as they started to walk down the streets of ponyville….well almost ok. Some of the ponies that eyed the human started to run off into their home and locked their doors. While some were gossiping about her along with Vinyl Scratch.

“Great, it’s high school all over again.” Said Erica as she folded her arms in annoyance. “Just with ponies instead of humans.”

“Well look on the bright side.” Said Vinyl trying to cheer her friend up. “At least we got out of Canterlot without being labeled as criminals for attack Princess Luna.”

“Gee that makes me feel so happy right now.” Erica said in a sarcastic tone. “Not to sound like a party pooper or anything, but I doubt ponyville is willing to accept me at this point.”

“Oh come on. I’m sure they’ll willing to accept you once they get to know you, besides I’m sure Pinkie Pie will find you sooner or later and she’ll have a party for you so everypony will get to know who you are.”

“If you say so…..hey do you hear something….metallic?”

“You mean like heavy metal metallic, or something else?”

“No I’m talking about-.” Erica was cut short when a man wearing heavy armor thick armor, crash right in front of her and Vinyl in the middle of the street.

“Who the buck are you tin man?” Asked Vinyl. The man in armor paid no attention to Vinyl’s question, but focus his attention at Erica.

“So we meet again slayer, I never would of thought to find you back from the realm of dreams.”

“I’m sorry but who are you?”

“My name is of no important, all you have to to know is that my queen has sent me here to kill you and anyone that get’s in the way of my mission.” The knight said as he pointed his gunlance at the vessel. “NOW DIE FOR THE GLORY OF THE QUEEN!!!” Upon that the knight fired a barrage of bullets at the Vessel and Vinyl. In a split second Erica used her mantle to form a shield around herself and Vinyl.

“Erica do you know this pony?” Asked Vinyl.

“I have no idea who that guy is, but something tell me that thanks to him Ponyville’s gonna think I have something to do with this.” Erica said as she grabbed Vinyl, and dashed behind a building. “Got any ideas on how we can beat him, before he wrecks the place?”

“I only have one.” Vinyl reached for her wubstep gun, and fired it at the knights head. Causing it to stagger back a bit. “Keep hitting him until he breaks!”

“Guess that answers my question.” Erica fired sorcery bullets at the knight, hoping it would do some damage.

“You think an attack like that is going to stop me!?” He said as he aim his cannon shield at the duo. “This is how you stop an opponent from attack you!”

“Oh crap!” Erica said as she grabbed Vinyl and dashed away from the build he was aiming at. The blast made contact with the build, and sent the duo flying right into Lyra and Bon-Bon’s home.

“Ugh did anyone get the number of that bitch that hit us?” Asked Vinyl who was in a dizzy state due to her and Erica hitting the house.

“Vinyl, Erica? What are you two doing here?” Asked Lyra levitating them both out of the rubble of the destroyed part of the house. “We thought you two were sent to Canterlot dungeon.”

“We got out due to good behavior.” Erica said sarcastically as she grabbed Lyra and Bon-Bon and flew out of the house before it exploded.

“OUR HOUSE!” Yelled Lyra as they landed to an open area. “It took me five years to get that house and pay off the property taxes!”

“Who would do something like that?” Asked Bon-Bon only to have her answer to be answered by the man in armor flying towards them.

“PREPARE TO DIE SLAYER!!!” He yelled, firing a barrage of bullets at them. Only for Erica to form a shield to block the attack.

“Does that answer your question Bon-Bon?” Asked Vinyl as she fired her wub gun at the man in armor, only for him to bring his shield up and bounce off of it. “Dammit. I knew I should’ve upgraded my wubstep gun before we left.”

“We gotta think of something before my shield gives.” Erica said as the ponies heard cracking sounds coming from her mantle. “Lyra. You and Bon-Bon go find cover and try to get the ponies out of here. Vinyl and I will deal with Tin man over there.”

“We can’t just leave you with that thing, I mean look at how strong it is.”

“Just do it please! My shield is starting to break!”

Lyra and Bon-Bon looked at each other then back at Erica and Vinyl with mixed expressions on their faces. A few seconds later the two ponies nodded and ran off down the street yelling at everypony to run away from the fight. Erica turn her attention towards the knight as she grabbed Vinyl and flew up toward the roof of the house she landed on.

“Got any ideas on how to deal with him?” Asked Vinyl as she climbed on Erica’s back.

“Hit him hard and hit him fast. The moment I make an opening Vinyl, you blast him with everything you got in you wubstep gun.”

“Roger that captain unleash my load into the tin man.”

“..........Um phrasing?”

“I know, I just wanted to say that in case we die. Might as well say something stupid just in case we fail.”

Erica rolled her eyes as she launched herself off the roof, and towards the knight. “Fool you think a head on attack will defeat me?” He said, as he aim his gunlance at the them and fired. Erica used her mantle to form a shield to block the oncoming bullets. The moment she was Erica dashed to the left and delivered an uppercut to the face, pushing him a step. “HA! You’ll need more than that to dent my armor slayer.” The knight raised his gunlance and brought it down upon the duo, only for Erica to stop it with her hand like mantle. Vinyl took this opportunity to place a rectangular device onto his chest, and told Erica to move away.

“What was that thing you placed on tin man’s chest?”

“Ministerio.” She answered pulling out a remote from her mane. “Let’s see how he feels when he has a taste of my wubs.” With flick of a hoof Vinyl activated the device, causing the knights armor to crack.

“W-What sorcery is this!?” He yelled looking at his armor cracking. “What have you done to my armor you freak?”

“You just got a taste of my wubstep tim man.” Said Vinyl as she set her wubstep gun to max, and Erica mantle flared up.

“Now eat this!” Erica and Vinyl fired both of their attacks on to the Knight. The blast  shot through his armor leaving a gaping hole through his chest. At first the duo thought that he was still able to move after that attack, but after a few seconds had pase the knight dropped his shield & gunlance and fell to the ground.

 “That’s what you get for trying to hurt my Friends, Tin man!!!” Yelled Vinyl.

“Well, looks like we meet again, Ms. Erica.” The Blue hair girl now turned around to face the Mancer, the Princess and the Two earth ponies.

“Oh……oops.”

“What took you idiots so long to get here?” Said Vinyl, who jumped off of Erica’s back. “I’m surprise you didn’t hear the gunshots and cannon fire tin man over here fired off.” She said as she spat up some of her own blood onto the remains of The Captain of the Knights. “Figures whenever something like this happens you Princesses are late to the party.”

 “Ember, how do you know this girl?” Twilight then asked the Mancer as the girl sighed.

“Yesterday, they caused a ruckus in Canterlot because some Townsfolk that were still fearful of what happened with Lord Tirek thought that Erica was holding ponies hostage when she was only talking to them inside a Café. If I hadn’t shown up, the list of charges against them would’ve grown much bigger.”

“Oh really? List them then!!” Vinyl retorted.

Ember stretched her back muscles as he named them off one by one. “Property Damage, Assault with a deadly weapon, multiple noise complaints, bunch of hurt and innocent bystanders and lastly……Sexual Harassment.”

 “...... I’m not apologizing.”

Ember rolled her eyes as she looked at the two of them. “To put it lightly, you two would’ve been locked up in the Canterlot Dungeon if I weren’t there to help clear things up. Which means two things… One, you owe me an apology and two, you better thank me for saving both of your flanks.”

“Hey! I didn’t ask for you to save us! And for the record, we were doing just fine on our own in Canterlot that day-.”

“Should I remind you of the fact that you blasted Princess Luna in the Face with your Toy, Ms. Scratch?”

“It’s not a toy you jerk! And it her fault for locking us up just because of that scared pony. I mean who does that just because of the way Erica looks?”

“Anypony who is still afraid. Besides her, I’m the only other human here. So with that in mind, I’ll leave you two to get a lecture from Princess Sparkle. In the meantime, I need to be able to help train my nephew. Come on, Big Mac.”

“Coming, Aunt Embah!”

“How pathetic.” Said the Armor knight. “To think humans like yourselves would serve the-.”

Before the knight could say anything else, Ember melted the suit of metal with her Magma abilities til it was nothing more than just a core. “I hate it when people are trying to monologue before they are defeated.”

“.......You idiot.” Said Erica. “We could of figure out who sent him, and why he was after me.”

“I know exactly who from the looks of it. The Crystals that are in the Armors eye sockets explain everything. It was Anivia’s doing so she could test you. Now, I believe that core is somehow familiar to you, so I’ll leave the princess to you while I attend to something with my family members.”

“Wait so this Anivia guy is working with the Mad Queen as well?” Asked Vinyl. “Cause I don’t know who they both are, but tin man here kept on say ‘for the glory of the mad queen’... a lot.”

“Two things. One, Anivia is a girl. A female Cryophoenix for that matter. Two, It could be a simple case of Mind Control.” Twilight replied as Ember left the scene with Applejack and Big Mac. “Come inside and I’ll catch you two up to speed on everything so far.”

“Great…..why do I get the feeling she’s going to ask me a lot of questions?” Asked Erica.

 “You should’ve seen the question list she had for me when she found my wubstep gun.”

(Unknown Location)

“Interesting.” Said the Mad Queen looking through a crystal ball. “She thinks I’m working with this Anivia girl. How funny and yet stupid at the same time.” The Mad Queen took a sip from her tea.

“What do you mean my queen?” Asked a soldier next to her.

“If that flame women hadn’t killed the Captain of the Knights. She would of gotten more info about what’s really going on. While she go and plays family my army is fully prepare to take over this land called Equestria. I will not let my anyone get in my way especially with that a cursed slayer.”

“What shall we do till then my queen?”

“From where they are the slayer is in the library. It time for the next holder to deal with her.”

“And who is that?”

“Upon his death, the Holder of the Lance transformed into the great black creature we called the Book Hound. The beast attacks from all directions with tremendous speed for it’s massive size. So far that knight that Ember girl killed was only a clone of the real captain. Right now she will be facing the real Holders and unlike most of them it’ll take more than just magic to kill them.”

“You mean only the slayer can kill them right?”

“Correct.” The Mad Queen took another sip from her tea. Then summon a symbol into the air. “Now sit back and let’s see if this girl is all talk and bark.”