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Tales from a displaced Wizard
Magic 00. Prelude, efforts and a unsettling white figure
"Dude, are you ready or what?" the voice of one of my best friends, Oscar 'Loki', resonates all the way back to my room in my old house "you have been keeping all of us in the dark about your... woah!"
Opening the closed door to my room, I just stay in the doorframe, clad in a black and red ensemble from one of my favorite Kamen rider shows, I have been spending almost 3 or 4 months, a lot of cash and almost all my free time doing the costume to look as the real one, and by the dumbfounded expression on my pal face, i have succeded on the endeavor.
"Michael, you really did all that in three months and a half?" 'Loki' asks, giving a turn around me, observing the details of the finally revealed Kamen Rider Wizard costume, I have spend like two hundred or three hundred dollars in the details such as the DX rider belt, the ring chain, and all the magic rings on Amazon.
"That means that you like it?" I ask at the time, giving a knowing smile, hidden by the huge black, silver and red handmade helmet that i wear, "so what do you really think right now about keeping my secrecy?"
"the only thing that you are missing is the gunblade from the show, and you'll be the perfect wizard" he then squeals like a fangirl, "dude, we have the main prize of the group cosplay on the bag, George and Erick also have done an splendid job in their costumes, but yours is trully a masterpiece."
"What about you man?" I questioned, raising an eyebrow and looking at him, " I don't see you on your spandex suit."
"Unfortunately, my boss called, he needs someone in the main stand and he told me that Harold has the flu, so sorry about this, but this year Kamen Rider Black RX cannot appear" he says, slumping his shoulders a little.
"Sorry about that dude, but hey!, after SOFA, there are a couple of bronycons that we could go together, my treat!" I say, trying to cheering him up.
"Sure, oh, I almost forgot, I already have finished reading 'Spiders and magic, Rise of the Spider Mane' ", he states...
Well, after this, we just began to talk about brony related stuff, my name is Michael Sebastian Garcia, or 'One' for my friends, I am 26 years old guy with a lot of friends due to my hobbies, I am a huge Kamen Rider and Super Sentai fan, since college I joined two or three of the groups in it and, in time, I developed a fiery passion for all the kamen rider stuff, also half of our little group are bronies or pegasisters, since Megan, one of the founders of the group, stumbled upon My little Pony, FiM, and she hooked almost all of us into it. I am the average guy, wide shoulders, beard, and a goofy grin plastered always in my face, I am very outgoing and social by nature.
I am currently finishing my mastery on education, I am 1m, 85cm tall, also i have one huge scar from the left side of my stomach to the right, one little accident on a sawmill, also I am working part time with a couple of friends in an arcade site at the outskirts of our little neigborhood. each year, a huge event was held for all of us oddballs to get together and try to outdo all of the other in the city, almost like a comicon but smaller, we have been on the real deal a couple of times, since then, we would like to do a group to try and outdo all the 'pros' from scratch, and apparently, this year we could dream to try and do just that...
this is how my tale begins in a new world.
Canterlot Castle
A resonating boom was followed by a little dust falling out from the ceiling, oblivious to this fact, Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, Prince Shinning Armor, and the newly crowned Princess Twilight Sparkle were looking to the falling sunset from one of the highest windows.
"Why you cannot move your moon, sister,"Princess Celestia states, looking angrily to her younger sister, "I cannot believe that you can't move the moon to dissipate this forced eclipse." in the meanwhile, the younger diarch was trying, her brow furrowed in concentration, beads of sweat rolling out her forehead.
"I cannot do it, sister, someone is interfering with my magic, and also I detect a lot of disturbances in the magical core of the planet" Princess Luna states, panting, "I cannont comprehend what is happening." before any of the others could add something to the conversation, a blinding white light appears, making everypony in the room recoil, after it vanished, a grave voice could be heard,"dont you worry princesses, for the time of the phantoms has finally come into your realm, and soon, all this world will fall in despair and bring forth a new age for us " standing tall in the middle of the table, a white humanoid figure stands, extending its arms before laughing maniacally and dissolving, not before leaving a final warning
"Finally, your time has come! "
After vanishing as it had appeared, the only sounds that could be heard for a while were the muffled screams of ponies outside the room, also a very pale princess Luna was looking warily to a paler princess Celestia, which has her eyes reduced to prinpicks, her breath coming out as labored grasps, and trying (and failing) to get some support, her legs refusing to carry her, after a while she fainted, but not before saying a word in a ushered wisper.
"Wiseman..."
Tales from a displaced Wizard
After cramming ourselves in a old, red Kia, Erick saluted me, also praising the costume, and we were off the con.
"Dude, I still cannot believe that you make a decent Wizard" he says between bites of a homemade sandwich while driving, "ah mean, George and I were doing our costumes together because we wanna go together as a team, but still, too awersome job..." the rest of the phrase get lost between munches, he was wearing a white full body costume with four heavy bands in his arms and legs, each one with a diferent symbol, a square, an X, a triangle and a circle, each in a different color, he also has a belt buckle and driver with slots for different switches and, finally, his helmet was in the passenger seat, he also had spent a lot of money getting his hands in all the replicas and master toys of his kamen rider, in this case, Fourze.
"Then i'll guess" I said interrupting him, "that our colorfull friend will go as Meteor" George is dark skinned, but we usually say that he is "colorfull and full of life", it was part of his charm, I guess.
"Yup, got in one man, speaking of other things though..." Erick begin, looking pleadingly to me in the rear-view mirror.
"I know, I know, I just got your anniversary edition card, give me a sec..." Other big hobby of us is collectible card games, but we only spend in Magic the gathering and Yu-gi-oh!, and after a recent shopping spree, I just get a contact who was really interested in getting us things directly from Japan.
"D-do you mean that you got it?" Erick turn around, his eyes sparkling, I mean, seriously, SPARKLING
"Dude, fuck off, eyes on the road!" I half yelled, dude this guy is going to kill us someday, besides me, a paler looking Oscar was thanking God allmighty that we are still alive...
The Con was ok, I guess, first day and all that, but still we got a lot of attention due to the good job that we do on our costumes, George went all out, and a very good, (and very flashy) Kamen Rider Meteor Storm was waiting for us near the parking lot.
"Finally, I was tired of waiting for... Michael that you?" he asks, giving me an appraising look, "Dude, you totally nailed it the costume, this is going to be soo damn awersome!" he was wearing a blue spandex with concentrical circles in all of it, little gold knee caps, gold shoulderplates and the starlight face helmet, he was the only one of us that hasn't have to build the helmet, due to his work as a flight assistant, in one of his previous visits to japan, he was lucky enough to find a store and bought the helmet there.
"Yeah yeah I know, prety awersome and all that, but lets go gents, it's... SHOWTIME!" I said, striking the trademark pose from Wizard, my left hand near my helmet, the fire ring facing the crowd, all of my friends applauding the near look-alike Haruto Soma do his catchphrase and characterization.
After a while, we split up, since the start, Wizard was attracting more attention that Fourze and Meteor, due to the more 'mature' looking rider, anyhow, near noon, all that I could think off was getting something to eat, as I approached one of the scattered food stands, a little place in a corner caught my eye, a shady guy dressed as the merchant from resident evil 4 was on it, unsure (hell I have read a lot of fics and this guy rings a bell) I approach, but before that the guy comes closer, a glint in his eyes.
"Got sumthin' that might interest ya', stranger" he states, hissing in the voice from the character he portraits, rummaging in his coat, he brings out an honest to god replica of the gunsword from wizard and a couple of weird rings, having collected almost all of them, I didn't recognize the pattern in the ring shiny surface, however, one thing that put me behind my fellow friends, was the lack of the characteristic weapon that Wizard had.
"How much" I asked, looking the toy weapon and the rings
"for you, stranger, only 20 dollars" he says, now I was kind of trown out of the loop, sure, the replica was very good, for selling it to such a low price.
"and the rings?"
"They come with the weapon," He promptly answers, looking straight at me with a piercing glare, "so, are you taking my offer or no?"
Dude, this guy surely wants his sale, "Sure, why not," I said, shrugging my shoulders and taking the toys from the man.
"Good luck, Stranger, you will need it" he says, before going out to his stand.
After a while, I feel something weird before fainting on the spot, but something caught my eye before the blackness, I could swear I saw a brilliant portal thingie, just like the ones whenever my character uses the 'conect' ring, apears below me.
after all that, only darkness...
Outside Canterlot gates
The first thing I see when I regain consciousness is that I'm lying on the outside floor of a city , leaning on my hands , I got up slowly , trying to remember where I was before, but something stranger stopped me in the middle of the task.
My hands are now claws!
True, they are not the typical claws that can be seen in reptiles, seemed more like the claws of a bird , very carefully , I began to check my face, only to find it completely changed, apparently , also I have a short beak instead of my lips, and I can feel fur between my fingers , after that , staggering , I got into the city itself, one of the shops had mirrors facing the street , so I could finally see what state I was in, resolved some of the mystery about my changed appearance.
standing there , wearing a black jacket hanging from his shoulders , a black shirt , worn jeans and red tennis, a griffon was staring back , his expressive golden eyes showing surprise. "Why the hell am a griffon " I said , looking more attentively my apparent new body, my plumage instead of gold or brown seen in other birds of prey , is a dull gray , contrasting with my white coat as I could see in the broken parts of the jeans and under the jacket.
Anyway , my inspection stopped abruptly when a piercing scream made me turn around, and a more absurd hallucination (if this is a hallucination ) appeared in front of me.
A humanoid pony came running in my direction, his unkempt mane and tail flailing in the wind, absolute horror plastered on her face , behind her, another humanoid figure brandishing a long spear came walking , that second humanoid make my blood freeze.
A ghoul , one of the enemies from my character (I guess one of MY enemies now) was coming towards us , it's spear reflecting the dim rays of the eclipse that was crowning the city, the pony instinctively crouched behind me, I downed my hands , claws, whatever they were, one of them resting on my waist , where a belt with a buckle of a black hand framed in gold, looking at the belt like an idiot, the cry of the pony behind me was the only thing that saved me from a lance blow , rolling forward , put my other claw in the jacket pocket , finding a ring , getting it out and checking it under poor light , my heart pounding , the familiar symbol of the hand on the surface of the jewel made me smile.
"I do not understand what is happening right now, but apparently , you, Ghouls have no sense of time, I just woke up out of this city, and I will not allow you guys to do more damage !" putting me the ring on my left paw , I touched the belt.
"DRIVER ON, PLEASE!"
finding the levers that moved the entire system of the hand , making the hand would bias toward the right side of my body , I turned to look at the ghoul , finding the flame ring, this time I put the ring on my right hand , preparing myself to the transformation.
"SHA BA BI DO TOUCH HENSHIN,SHA BA BI DO TOUCH HENSHIN, SHA BA BI DO TOUCH HENSHIN..."
"Henshin" I quietly said, resting my right claw on the belt
"FLAME, PLEASE!, Hi-Hi, Hi-Hi-Hi!"
THIRD PERSON PoV
while a contingent of guards were being led by Shinning Armor, was trying to find and rescue the ponies as fast as possible, when suddenly, a little tug on the ambient magic caused the veteran captain of the guard to turn his head, upset by this, he began to go to the source , when he got there, his eyes did not believe what they were seeing on the scene, a strange man dressed in a black coat , red and silver all in his costume, was fighting to defend a mare that was half crouched behind some debris , the female, which was also watching the confrontation, was with her mouth open.
" What is happening here "the white stallion yells , making all the combatants to switch to him, stopping briefly the fight.
" Do not worry, " the mysterious figure said, after a while "I 'm here to keep your hopes alive, besides , it's showtime!" before returning to the fight with renewed vigor .
Tales from a displaced Wizard
Magic 03. The first battle
Third person P.o.V.
When he just got released from prison, Michael, Princess Luna, and some of the guards could not believe what they saw outside, several ghouls were wreaking havoc in the streets, while an armed figure with a shining armor and a helmet representing an ox, was holding a pony by her arms, the pony too weak to resist.
"Look closely, Lemon Drop, as I destroy everything you fought so hard to get, fall into despair, so a new Phantom will born in this world!"
Princess Luna instinctively lunged at the monster that was threatening one of her subjects, however, Michael, extending one arm, stopped the princess.
"Luna, please, I understand that you want to help, but as you have said it, you guys haven't been able to stop these monsters, only a wizard can stop these abominations." while calming the monarch, the griffon slowly turned to the commander of the monsters , 'Phantom' reminded the princess, 'he called that abomination Phantom.'
"As for you," Michael said slowly, earning the attention of the Phantom, "it's time you go, you're not welcome here."
"And who, may I ask, will stop the mighty Ox from spreading despair among these mortals" the bulky Phantom shouted, pointing at the weird griffon mockingly.
DRIVER ON, PLEASE!
"I am the magician who wields rings, will stop you, after all, I am the last hope of all this people ." Michael said quietly, but the Ox suddenly charges a lot of fireballs, trowing them against the problematic griffon.
" Fool, I know that the only beings on this plane who can manifest physically magic are unicorns" Ox said laughing, the princess of the night could only watch in horror to the place where the flames ... were disappearing ?
"FLAME, PLEASE!, Hi-Hi, Hi-Hi-Hi!"
"WHAT!, how is that possible, my flames should have been enough to destroy you!" the now afraid Phantom said, "no matter, Ghouls, GET HIM!" Princess Luna, on the other hand, could only let out a breath she did not know she was holding.
The masked griffon, raising his right arm until its claw stood by his helmet, and with the other claw moving his coat out of the way entered the battle.
"It's showtime!"
He jumped into the middle of all the ghouls, avoiding hits and retaliating with kicks and punches with a grace and a unique style, after a while, having beaten some ghouls, the remaining monsters decided to band together to end the masked warrior.
'He's severely outnumbered, and I have not seen him use magic of any kind' the dark mare thought, a mixture of concern and anger on her face 'is it really true that only he can fight this menace'
"Princess, look!" exclaimed one of the guards, pulling Luna out of her dark thoughts, only for her to stay with her mouth open, the warrior, getting out of the fight for a while, adjusted the hand shaped buckle in strange device on his waist, so it was parallel to his left hand.
LUPACCHI MAGIC TOUCH TO GO!
CONNECT, PLEASE!
Suddenly a magic circle with the center like a griffon helmet appeared in midair, reaching it, the griffon promptly pulled out a strange sword, with a similar part to the belt buckle, only that this one was more like a clenched fist.
"Well, I guess I've extended this fight, Ox, your turn!" the masked hero exclaimed, pointing the tip of his sword to the phantom, which was paralyzed with fear, opening the strange fist at the side of the gun, a new song was heard.
COME ON A SLASHING SHAKE HANDS!
Just focusing on the monster, the griffon put his left claw on the contraption, drew his sword and lift up to the last hit
FLAME SLASHING STRIKE!, THE BEST!
suddenly lowering his sword, he slashed the air in front of himself, creating a wave of fire, splitting it in half the monster, before it was wrapped in a large explosion.
All jaws were on the floor, after the hard fight, the young wizard had not been touched even once.
"And so, princess of the moon, is how I fight this treat," the masked griffon said, before cancelling his transformation, returning to normal.
"Questions?"
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Tales from a displaced Wizard
Magic 04. What is really the important thing?
"What are you exactly" the princess asked me, as we were walking to the palace, "I've never seen anyone fight like you, and do not even know that the griffon's could use magic at will."
"Princess, as I told you, I will answer any questions you or your sister have on me, but I want to check a few things first, because I do not want to ruin the timeline in this universe." I said, interrupting her, however, one hand on my shoulder stopped me halfway. "That's another detail, how do you know that I have a sister?" Princess Luna asked me, her blue eyes piercing my very soul with a stare, "This is all very strange,the only thing that I know is that you want to help us, but we have no other proof that you are trustworthy."
"Ojojo, and what proof I have that you will not arrest or imprison me again?" I answered to the princess, a little smirk in my beak, "as we are now, it is a matter of trust, do not believe it, princess?"
"B-But it is that-No..." Princess Luna stammered, a red tint on her cheeks, "I-I really want to apologize for that, we did not want to arrest you, but you're the only one who can deal with these... how was that you called them ... ah yes, these Ghouls, and Phantoms on equal terms, so for a moment the city guard and myself thought that you were in league with them. "
'Touche Moony... Touche' I said to myself mentally, shrugging my shoulders, ignoring the last comment, "Um, well, you need someone who can fight these monsters, I need answers, so it's a win-win for all of us , is not correct?"I pointed out, trying to contain my mirth seeing a now beet red Alicorn.
Suddenly pulling my arm, Princess Luna made me stop. When I turned to look at her, I saw again the look she had in the battle, but this time her face was full of hope. And she had seen me in action, for now I'm almost sure the Princess of the night could trust me to some extent.
That if she was not given for trying to arrest me again.
Canterlot Castle, half an hour after the recent battle.
Arriving at the castle, I noticed all eyes resting on me, probably my actions had already reached the ears of the servants and palace staff, unceremoniously, we were directed to the throne room, the guards saying that we were expected.
When we finally arrived, instead of the dias I already knew in the fandom and the series, a number of high chairs, beautifully decorated were placed next to each other, at the same height, perhaps meaning that the distribution of power in this Equestria was more even. In the chair that was more to the left, a alicorn with the fur of an intense pink, her mane and tail of three colors, namely, yellow, cherry and light purple flowing with an inexistent wind, she was leaning against one of the arms of the chair wearing an elegant cocktail dress of an emerald color, highlighting all its beautiful features, right at her side, and being the next chair, the newest princess of the kingdom of Equestria was diligently writing on a scroll something, while trying to observe the newcomers. She was wearing a simple set of two pieces, being a white shirt and a long skirt to the knees, the next chair, now empty, had an emblem with a crescent moon, skipping this, the last chair was the one wich caught my attention the most, in it, resting her arms so that her hands were covering her face, was the last and oldest of the princesses, also wearing an elegant dress, like Cadence, but this with a golden hue and little details highlighted in bluish-white, was Celestia, his expression turning serious when she saw us come through that door.
"Sister, you could find something that can help us against this enemy?" Celestia said, concern and fear in her voice, "We have not found the white figure that appeared before us, even now there are reports of missing people in the city."
"White figure ... you mean Wiseman, my lady?" I asked her, the next moment, I was wrapped in a golden sphere, Celestia, with his hand extended toward me, uncontrollable rage behind her eyes.
"And how exactly, you know Wiseman, Young griffon," Celestia said, narrowing her eyes, "That ... that abomination just appeared in front of the four people present at that time, who now are in this room, and Unless you're a clairvoyant, I do not think the knowledge or the name that you just uttered have come by divine inspiration."
"CONNECT, PLEASE!"
Generating a portal within the sphere, I casually slide by, coming out of the wall closest to Celestia.
"Because, princess, I also have magic, and I'm the only person who can help you now." I told her, standing to my full height, "My name is Michael and I'm a Wizard."
Silence, complete and utter silence greeted my words, turning to see the other princesses, Princess Luna was the only one of them whom her mouth wasn't hanging open, my little demonstration was enough to get Twilight and Cadence from their slumbering and taking notes respectively, Celestia, meanwhile, was completely silent.
"B-but that you just did" Twilight interrupted the silence, "is not possible!" she half screamed.
"And if I told you, Princess, that I come from a parallel universe in which you are a cartoon character for children, which generated a culture around friendship, honesty, loyalty, laughter, kindness, magic and generosity" I asked, gaining a beffudled expression from the purple princess.
"I fully believe him!" an animated voice exclaimed behind mine, making me jump at least one meter from the ground, when I turned around, a group of mares was there, staring at me, different emotions on their faces.
"Hello, my name is Pinkie Pie!" the voice said, now two inches near my head.
"Holy God in a colorful donkey!" It was all I managed to yell before beating my head against the wall, losing consciousness.
Tales from a displaced Wizard
The first thing I did when I was trying to cover up the bright light from a window , noting that probably would like 4 o'clock in the place where I was, the following thing that I checked was my hand, which was still claw -like.
I sighed , and seeing that there was apparently nobody near me, I muttered to myself: "その後、えっ夢ではありませんか" (Sonogo, eyyumede wa arimasen ka?/so, this isn't a dream, huh?)
"Well, you're awake, I managed to worry about you for a minute." A soft voice caught me completely off guard.
"GHAAH !!!"
The next thing I felt was pain, apparently, the bed where I was was just off the wall, in my eagerness to get away the source of the voice,I finished banging my head against the unforgiving crystal of castle walls, again.
Wait a second... Crystal?
"Oh by the name of Celestia, I'm so sorry!" the same voice said, and finally the owner of the voice appeared , a Pegasus with a butter-colored coat, with a long pink mane and tail , approached me and she began to examine me from top to bottom.
"Apparently you do not have any trauma outside the two big blows in your head, okay?" She told me, helping me to my feet, "My name is ..."
"Fluttershy, yes, I know," I said groggily, "I guess the princesses, or someone told you to look after me until I recovered, right?"
"E-eh, yes," said the shy horse to me, blushing, "the princess ordered me to look after you in the castle of friendship in Ponyville."
"Ok, lead the way toward your friends, shy" I said, patting her back, being careful not to hit her wings.
"Yes, of course, please follow me."
Friendship Castle, Ponyville, ten minutes later
This castle is huge!, Fluttershy was going slowly considering my injuries , however , because this could see all that the castle has to offer, for a magical building , this is stylish , the tapestries , paintings , everything was beautifully decorated, however , upon entering the map room , my breath stopped for a moment.
There, hanging from the ceiling , supported by some gold chains intertwined, it was the tree stump which was the remains of the former residence of Twilight Sparkle, the same stump that the other girls turned into the 'chandelier of memories' trying to make the newest princess like her new home. "That's ... there are no words to describe it," I said in a whisper , the mare behind me must have heard me , for the cheerful tone in which she answered me , despite his shyness
"Oh yeah, we did all that chandelier to encourage Twilight to give a chance to her new home , as the former was destroyed by a terrible centaur named Tirek," Fluttershy said, before hiding behind me, when I turned around, and after having examined the aforementioned giant chandelier, I realized that the rest of the room was occupied, around the table in their respective chairs, all the other former bearers of the elements of harmony were interested in my actions, blushing at the apparent slip, I headed quickly close to the center of the room, being exposed to all eyes of the girls.
Rarity, was perhaps the one that was watching me more closely, but most likely set off on my clothes, she was wearing a low-cut dress with matching shoes, both a light white, accentuating her skin and mane, Pinkie Pie, the next, was obviously fighting an urge to jump, approach me or apologize (I don't know if in that order) Anyway, she was dressed in a sky blue shirt until her stomach, ripped jeans and sneakers , The next, Rainbow Dash, was wearing a sports shirt, a black leggings and shorts, also wearing sneakers, Applejack, in a corner, was the first to approach, she was wearing his ever-faithful cowboy hat, a plaid flannel tied to the waist, exposing her navel, jeans and heavy work boots, anywhere I couldn't see Spike and Twilight.
"Well, sugarcube, before we begin, we want to know if we can trust you, so far, Twilight has not told us much the attack on Canterlot, except that you were the one who helped stop the monsters that appeared, and had nothing to do with princess Luna, "said the cowgirl, with a dangerous glint in her green eyes," and before you start to invent something, I was ... "
"... The element of honesty, that was before you girls had to hand back the elements to the tree of harmony" I finished for her, interrupting, "I know, I know, I have to explain all to both the princesses and you guys, isn't true, honest Applejack? "
Before the farmer could answer to me, an explosion of light in front of us announced the arrival of the princesses, all of the sudden, two chairs just appeared behind the only empty chair in the room, and the three princesses proceeded to sit down.
"Well, Michael, we've waited long enough to know your story, for now just know that we want to help, but it's time to tell us everything you know" Celestia proclaimed, looking at me with a hard stare.
"Well, I will tell you all about my world, but I have to clarify something, I was finishing my higher education so far, then some things I do not know, please understand this before anything else, ok?" after seeing all the people in the room nodding, I continued, "Well, the history of humanity begins ..."
Later
After explaining the vast majority of humanity, my throat was dry, however, faces all the girls and princesses had at that time were priceless, Celestia was still watching me intently, her brow furrowed slightly less, Princess Luna was with stars in her eyes, still trying to understand how humanity had already tried to venture into space, Twilight was buried behind at least four encyclopedias of notes composed of all the things I could remember, and those she wrote about my dissertation, Rainbow, Pinkie and surprisingly, Rarity, were sleeping in their chairs, Applejack was still watching me, but this time her gaze lost in the horizon, trying to understand what I had told all of them, Fluttershy was hidden behind her mane as usual.
"Now, why I'm here, really, it is perhaps more weird that everything I've told all of you, but imagine for a moment a being who can carry things between different dimensions. Now this being likes to send to these dimensions people who have to play a role in them, within the community of fans of My Little Pony, many began to write about this man, calling him 'the merchant', and as several people began to disappear from our universe, I honestly think that all of us ended in different alternative realities of Equestria, I'm starting to believe that we, 'displaced' are part of something bigger than us. "
Before I could continue, an explosion rocked the room we were in, peering through a window quickly, I could see several ghouls leaving the Everfree forest going into the village.
"Well, I think it's showtime!" I said, with a nod, before jumping out the window and putting in my claw the driver ring.
DRIVER ON!, PLEASE!
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Roseluck's PoV
A new day in Ponyville , birds singing, everyone else going about their business in the morning, when suddenly an explosion shook our house, Daisy and Lily began to do theater again about the near end of ponykind and that we were all doomed , while I approached one of the first floor windows, I looked out,and I could see several gray creatures with some type of spears approaching the ponies, just behind them, another figure stood, apparently giving to the creatures some orders, this humanoid had several pieces of armor in a light blue color, and a pair of serrated swords in his hands.
"Look at this settlement, must have at least one or two gates to help us to create more phantoms"
'Gates? Phantoms ?' questions accumulated in my head , I do not understand that an apparent demon, who looked to be better in some colt's nightmares with a rise in sugar could generate , was telling his subordinates. Before they could continue destroying the place, however, a couple of shots rang out from somewhere I could not see.
"To be Phantoms , you do have a bad luck" I heard a new voice, and into my field of vision , a white and gray Griffon with an unusual weapon was pointing at those strange monsters.
" Who dares to interrupt my mission to bring despair into this world ? " the demon bellowed , pointing one of the swords at the griffon .
"Oh , just a wizard who was in the neighborhood " the mysterious griffon answered with a blank stare , "we now have two options: option A : you go out of this town before I destroy you , or option B: you stay, I will destroy you, and after this, life follow its normal course , which of the two is going to be ?" the griffon said, putting one claw into his pocket.
"I choose the option C: to destroy you and claim this place for the good of Wiseman , Ghouls, Catch him!"
" Why always you, monsters, do not listen to reason " the stranger said , as he dodged a couple of spears directed towards him, jumping back a couple of times , when another monster was trying to slash him with its weapon, I saw the griffon getting a strange ring with a sappire at least two inches in diameter in his left hand.
"It's showtime !"
Michael PoV
Jumping back, and with my Driver in place, I put the ring on belt buckle
"Henshin"
"Water, Please: Sui-Sui, Sui-Sui"
Once transformed, went back into the fight, a few well placed kicks were the only thing necessary to send the first ghouls flying back to his companions, and with enough space between the monsters and I proceeded to get a new ring in my right paw.
"CONNECT, PLEASE!"
jumping, I got into the circle of runes I dissappeared, leaving all my enemies confused, after a while, I just re-appeared right on the opposite wall, adjusting my gun, I started to shoot until the ghouls were destroyed.
"You will not escape me, Wizard!" The Phantom said, running toward me, his sword raised.
"BE CAREFUL!" Someone in the crowd exclaimed, I recognized the voice for the southern drawl and was prepared, however the Phantom, ignoring that voice, proceeded to nail down his weapons in my body.
"LIQUID, PLEASE!"
"But ..." was all that Applejack managed to say, looking straight at me,the monster's swords stuck in my chest, but I was not bleeding.
"And this was your defending champion, the Wizard," the monster said mocking me, not realizing that I was unharmed, "This is ..."he could never finish his sentence, as he turned to the frightened people, I became a splash of water, heading forward, before re-solidify myself around the monster, effectively trapping him.
"Well, I think you should cool down a bit," I said, putting my knee on his sternum, before jumping, effectively destabilizing him and making him fall.
"Ugh, do not have time for this, Wizard, just wait for me, I, Sylph, promise that I'll beat you!" the Phantom said before disappearing into a little smoke.
"Well, that was anticlimactic," I mumbled, canceling my transformation and heading towards Applejack, "hey, cowgirl, everything in order?"
"Yes, I think everyone is in good condition, sugarcube, thanks for asking." the orange pony said, a little shaken but otherwise okay, a smile on hier lips, "but who was the freak, and what he meant when he said that they need a 'Gate'," she kept asking, his previous smile fading from her face.
"I honestly dont know, Jackie, I trully don't" I began, "But I promise you that I will be always here to get the bad guys." I finalized, all the ponyvillians stomping the ground and cheering me as I went back to the castle with the bearer of Honesty in tow.
???
"Pretty impressive, " a voice said , a mysterious figure looking at a crystal ball with the image of Wizard, while fighting Sylph , " however, this champion has some trouble coming to him, whether to continue fighting against us. "
Meanwhile , several figures were gathering around the crystal ball.
" FOR THE GOOD OF WISEMAN ! " they all said in unison , " BY THE SABBATH!"
Tales from a displaced Wizard
Magic 07. What we left behind
Michael PoV
A couple of days later , I still had to discover what were the intentions of the perpetrator of the last attack to the small community I now considered my home, however, Sylph had not reappeared , which had me a little worried.
"Hey, Michael , what are you doing ? " asked a voice from above, pulling me from my dark thoughts, when I looked up, resting peacefully in a cloud, Rainbow Dash was watching me, her head was tilted slightly, " Man, you look awful, why are you so stressed? "
when I turned to see the road again, a singular spark caught my eyes, approaching the source of the glow , I could see myself in a mirror, my feathers were agitated and out of place, and some of the primaries in the wings were crooked and obviously in need to be extracted.
"Heh, I guess you're right Rainbow, " I said, trying to align the feathers that were twisted with my claws , " it's just... I have some memories missing, I mean, I woke up near Canterlot , all alone , without any kind of identification or information about me in a magical unprecedented event... There are too many holes in this story... "I said to the reckless Pegasus that was talking to me from the her cloud.
"Meh, you're overreacting, Yes, there are many doubts about your appearance just after the eclipse, Yes, you have no memories of what you were doing before just 'appearing' outside the city, Yes, now you're helping and defending us from these monsters, and, in truth, that's what matters right now, " the blue pegasus said, showing me a smile , "but now I think you need help with grooming those feathers " she followed her speech, clearly amused by my predicament.
"And how , Miss Dash, you intend to help me solve my problem?" I said to her, in a tone of mockery.
"Easy, I 'm taking you to Rarity's, she can help taking you to the spa" the sky Pegasus answered me, smiling innocently, her arms wrapped around me without any opportunity to make an escape.
"Me and my big mouth," I grumbled as Rainbow dragged me to the house of the mare of fashion in Ponyville.
Half an hour later
"I can not believe you did not come before to see me, darling, those feathers are in horrible shape, besides that you currently do not have more clothes than those on you, right?" the white fashonista told me, looking me up and down like a carnivore to their next prey.
"Well you see, Miss Rarity, really do not have any job or some source of income outside of fighting monsters, and they, as far as I know, do not pay for extermination" I told the mare, shrugging my shoulders, "Princess Celestia and Luna just have not said anything about my sudden appeareance in Canterlot, and... Twilight is a good hostess, but after getting up connected to one of her strange devices, in truth, sleep in the castle does not seem a good idea to me. " I tried to explain, shuddering a little, the expression of the newest princess burnt in my memory.
"I am deeply sorry, darling, Twilight has the best intentions at heart, but her methods sometimes are a little ... extreme for my tastes." Rarity said, smiling apologetically, "Well, let's leave these unpleasant memories and go to the spa, Fluttershy is already waiting for us, and frankly, you're in serious need of a complete treatment, you simply can not be seen with that appearance, darling, a gentleman always has to look at its best." she gently chided me, while approaching the telltale building that was Ponyville's Spa.
The spa apparently also has it's male clientele, though, being completely honest, I never saw the need to visit one of these sites in my universe, outside, the store looked like any other building in the small village, white walls and a thatched roof, but once we entered with the white mare, the resemblance ended, besides being a place for relaxation, apparently this was also a small gym for the most active people in the community, mentally, this resolved my doubts about the episode in which Bulk Biceps appeared as one of the employees of Aloe and Lotus.
"Nice place, who would say that also serves as a gym," I muttered, looking at the different types of equipment, "they have everything here."
"Thanks for the compliment, sir, we would like to think that more people come soon, however, we have some steady customers such as Miss Rarity." a voice said behind me, turning slowly, my eyes fell on one of the twins who ran the place, blue fur and bublegum pink hair, Aloe (or Lotus, truth be told I could never tell them apart) was dressed in a simple white set, ideal for work in this place as a masseuse or to lead the different customers in a workout.
"A pleasure, my name is Michael, and a pleasure to meet you, Miss ..."
"Lotus, now, if you want to follow me, we can start with their treatment," she said, gesturing with his hand to the back of the room, a smile always present.
After completing the full treatment, Lotus gave me some advice, as well as where to get certain items for handling my coat and my feathers, in the case of not wanting to do it "manually". Who the hell would think that now, with my new body, the issue of personal hygiene change much. Now, instead only taking a bath, also have to consider my coat; ticks, fleas, and other problems canines, felines and horses have are a thing, plus, I also have to get a damn special brush to align and remove molted feathers.
"By Celestia's beard, Rarity, if you seriously want to help, it would have been better for me to stay in the castle, at this rate I'll have to get a job just to keep presentable" I said to the white pony, furrowing my brow.
"Honey, you are exaggerating, if it is true that keeping yourself presentable is a priority, but now ..." whatever Rarity was saying soon lost sense when something golden and brown tackled me, sending us both to the floor.
"What the hell ..." I exclaimed, both of us rolling on the ground, suddenly the identity of my attacker, a griffon, became clear, the griffon in question was dressed in some strange armor, similar to the armor of the Canterlot palace guards, however, below this, a one-piece in black stood, cuts and scratches on both the armor and the piece of black clothing under it visible.
"Finally find you, your highness, all the guards who came with you suddenly were transported to different sites when the eclipse happened" it said, the voice clearly highlighting that it was a female. Again, before I could do or say something, a blur with a rainbow contrail collided with my aggressor, sending her to the floor again.
"you have some nerve about coming back, Guilda, also, why are you hitting our friend?" Rainbow Dash said, a cold and full of fury look in her eyes.
"Let go, Dweeb, I am now one of the guards of the missing heir to the Rocky ridge Aerie, and that person happens to be him" answered the griffon, also with a look of fury, pointing his claw to me.
at this point, I did the most logical thing possible, and I just passed out.
Tales from a displaced Wizard
Michael's PoV
I was floating in a black void, listening some fragments of conversations, also, when i was looking around, I could see several big white spheres, but as I approached, they began to turn translucent, allowing me to see fragments of memories, however these also were mixing with others, I will assume that the real owner of this body.
??? PoV
"Augustus, are you awake?" a stern voice snapped me out of my sleep and put me on alert, a moment later, a griffon wearing a coat of mail, a pair of gauntlets, ceremonial armor and a sword approached me, one of the main details in the era the great look of pride in his eyes.
"Come, come, cub, is not the time to be sleeping, today is a great day, today is the ceremony of the first flight, and we want you, as the future king of this aerie, to guide the others in this glorious day."
"Father, is it really necessary for me to participate in this ceremony?" I said, groaning, "not that I'm complaining, but half of the other puppies even been able to take off."
"There is no matter of flying or not, my son, is a matter of showing integrity, courage and valor that requires to the mighty griffons to take off with their own power." replied my father, frowning, "moreover, what kind of message to the people would be that their own crowned prince does not show up in the most important ceremony on our culture ?, By the way, this year the princesses of the sun and moon will be present, they have been a stalwart support in the future of this aerie, allowing us to set home on their territory."
"The general Silverhawk has told me that we should have not asked for permission to settle here, the old griffons took what they wanted." I said, looking at my father defiantly.
After a few tense moments, my father just sighed, looking sadly.
"Stories of an era in which simply we were savages, but if you want to talk about history, let me remind you, my son, never we have won a military campaign against the heavenly sisters in more than seven hundred years, and that our forces were annihilated in the time when we "deal a decisive blow' on Princess Celestia."
"But we could have..."
"ENOUGH!" My father said, "will not allow the stories of a general who fell from grace and was rescued from certain death by pity for him stain your honor, my son, always remember that first and foremost, the security of your subjects, your friends and your family is first of an alleged pride, remember this always, Augustus. "
"Yes, Father," I replied, "sorry to mention history"
"Never forget this, we have a time of peace because of it."
Michael's PoV
It was snowing heavily outside, the flakes of snow perched on trees and rooftops, in my room, four people were sitting around the fire, warming up in this bad weather and telling stories.
"... And they lived happily ever after" Johanna, one of the girls that was caring finished his story, his blue eyes shining, thanks to the flames of the fireplace.
"Michael, can you tell us a story, please?" Steven, another child, she said, smiling with open mouth while Peter, his twin, gorged with sweets we took secretly from the kitchen.
"Hmm," I hummed, "Let me tell you about a king which began as a simple commoner, but became a legend with the help of one of the most powerful wizards in the world, called Merlin."
"But Wizards and mages doesn't exist" Peter said, between bites, "All of them are just a bunch of hooey"
"Maybe, Maybe not, but tell me, young Peter, how can you prove that magic doesn't exist in this world?" I replied, staring at the four infants, "I believe that magic exists to protect and to be a force for good, things like black magic are simply used by people who do not want to recognize that it can and has the potential to become hope for everyone else. "I said, convinced of my words.
""And why do you believe that, Michael?" Johanna asked, cocking her head.
"Because..."
Present time, near the Friendship castle
"...Sometimes you only need to believe." the unconcious griffon mumbled to no one in particular
Author's Note
Helloooo!
Well, kind of a weird chapter, but hear me out, these memories are for developing the character, Promise!
Also, as always, if you have comments or suggestions, ill kindly take them.
Tales from a displaced Wizard
Magic 08. Sorting emotions
Gilda's PoV
"So ..." she, the traitor said, trying to make conversation, still, I saw that Rainbow Dash was still fighting me, she was clenching his fists in defiance
"So what, asshole?" I answered without much tact, also upset about the current situation.
"Hey, it's not time to go fighting for nonsense" The new princess, Twilight, she told us both, "I still want to ask you some questions, Guilda, if you do not mind ..." By the gods, the sound of her voice is unbearable.
"What do you know, Princess?" I asked her, sarcasm like poison dripping from my words, "As I fell into disgrace after leaving Ponyville, how I was starving while exploring the wilderness, how thanks to her," I said, pointing my claw to 'my best friend', now rage filled my words "I could not find a job again as I tried to return to my homeland."
"Hey!" Rainbow interrupted this time, "At wich time I did something to sabotage hiring you, G, why are you throwing to me the blame for your problems?"
And so, my calm came to an end.
"YOU STILL HAVE THE NERVE TO ASK WHAT YOU DID RAINBOW?, REALLY ?, THANKS TO YOU, PETULANT BITCH, I COULDN'T RETURN TO ANY CLIMATE CONTROL PATROL, THE LAST TIME I TRIED, THEY SHOW ME A LETTER SIGNED BY THE PONYVILLE'S BRANCH MANAGER SAYING THAT I WAS A FLYING HAZARD!" I yelled, finally at my wit's end
"WHAT?" she exclaimed, confused, "I never send any letter G. Besides, I would never do that to a friend," she tried to defend herself, looking at all the other ponies in the room, which were also in shocked by my revelation.
My vision is filled with red, and with a piercing scream, I charged into my old friend
Third Person PoV
RHAAAH!!!
The inhabitants of Ponyville were accustomed to the different hordes of creatures, paranormal situations, and other events that could arrive at the small town, yet no one was prepared to see one of the windows on the second floor of the General Hospital of Ponyville explode outwards, two figures exchanging blows and trying to fly, finally the terrified inhabitants could distinguish one of the two figures, being the self proclaimed 'fastest pony in Equestria.'
This same scene could also be seen by the heavenly sisters, who had just come to town in search of the newest princess and town librarian.
"Sister, this is not the element of loyalty, Rainbow Dash?" Moon princess said, pointing to one of the air fighters.
"Yes, Luna, but it seems strange that they are fighting just outside the hospital, let's see what's happening," said Princess Celestia, also taking flight and heading toward the two figures in the air.
Michael's PoV
When I regained consciousness, it was thanks to a blast followed by the sound of glass breaking, jumping out of bed, I looked out a window, oR at what remained of one of them in the corridor, the rest of the M6 were looking out, some looking thoughtfully, others with looks of terror and bewilderment on their faces.
"Okay, what did I missed," I said, from time to time, Fluttershy firmly grabbed one of my arms, effectively cutting off the circulation.
"Michael, you awoke, Gilda went crazy and started attacking Rainbow of nowhere!" Twilight said, somewhat terrified, "you know why?"
"Honestly, this lioness has very bad temper" I said, sighing.
DRIVER ON, PLEASE!
"What are you going to do?" Twilight looked at me suspiciously, as I searched one of my rings between the pockets of my jacket.
"Stop this silly couple before they hurt themselves or someone else, for example, the white mare is flying towards them." I said, an impassive expression on my face, pointing at the mare that was flying at full speed towards the two contenders.
"Hey Twilight, dear, that isn't princess Celestia?" Rarity said, pointing a finger at the flying mare, at that time the librarian I look more closely at the third flyer, and indeed, in her head, we noticed the presence of a horn. Then we looked to each other and said almost at the same time our thoughts.
"Oh crap."
"Ponyfeathers."
Celestia's PoV
'Ultimately, all these problems are making people lose hope,' I thought bitterly, 'And now the friends are against friends, well, I guess I will play to help them see that even in the darkness, hope has...'
"WITCH!"
"ASSHOLE!"
"IDIOT!"
They both were fighting both verbally and with their fists, however, I feared for the element of loyalty, my ponies, nevertheless, remain softer, more vulnerable than griffons or other races in this world, and this griffon, in particular, though unarmed,still had it's natural advantages as are their claws and predatory instincts.
"That's enough, my little pony and grifoness, this fight that you have does not have to be, you can simply solve your conflicts if ..."I Tryed to calm both of them them with words, but did not expect this reaction from the two.
"SHUT UP, OLD HAG!"
after that, the two proceeded to cock his arms backwards, and a double impact on my face, then I just blacked out.
Third Person PoV
Silence...
A complete and utter silence fell over Ponyville, all people looking skyward where two figures were, flapping their wings in sync and looking horrified, to a third one falling from the air, after a while, they both simply dove trying to grab the now unconscious princess Celestia. However, before they could do anything ...
BIG, PLEASE!
A giant hand materialized a magic circle, catching the white mare, and lowering her slowly and carefully to the ground, where Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Twilight simply fanned over the now unconcious princess Celestia, her nose swelling lightly due to the dual punch received in the face.
Two seconds after, both Rainbow and Guilda landed, looking still shocked about recent events.
"We are in trouble, aren't we?" Gilda shakily asked, before anyone could say anything, a new voice was heard, chilling out both females.
"Oh, you both have NO idea...!" Gulping, both flyers turned around, where an irate princess Luna and Michael were aproaching slowly.
Author's Note
Welp, that happened
Tales from a displaced Wizard
Michael's PoV
"Well, at least you two didn't destroyed half of the town while you were at it," I comment dryly, pointing my finger at the unconscious Princess Celestia, wich in turn made me won disapproving and anger looks among the audience, the most prominent, however, was the nasty eye the younger sister of the Sun Princess was giving to them both.
"Ok, this could be worse," Rainbow said, trying to ease the tension in the group outside the hospital.
BOOM!
"Tell me you're joking" I almost screamed in frustration, "in this world the Murpy laws also apply?"
"What they are those laws, and who is that 'Murphy' you speak about" The night alicorn asked, genuine curiosity shining in her eyes.
"It's not important for now I'm going to help people who are close to the explosion," he said, distancing myself from them, I got the ring with ruby mask.
"Henshin!"
"FLAME, PLEASE !, Hi-Hi, Hi-Hi-Hi!"
Immediately, the familiar magic ring pass through me, leaving me transformed in the basic form of wizard
"I only hope I am not to late" I said to no one in particular, running to the explosion origin
Roseluck's PoV
'That demon again?' was the only thing I can think of, the monster of a couple of days ago was back near to my house, it's laughter penetrating my ears while a few of his henchmen were dedicated to destroy everything around me.
"You feel it, Roseluck ?, how everything you so fought so hard to get is crumbling around you?" the wretch said, still destroying the store, "Now, what is most important to you, so you can get into despair and create a new phantom?"he mocks, while destroying a wall with a single punch.
'Oh sweet Celestia, the flowers!' I thought, rushing back from the store with all my strength into a small greenhouse near the Everfree, all the strange and beyond the sea plants that I have managed to get were there, along with the last of my family.
Flashback (Third Person Pov)
"But Mom!" a small Roseluck said, exasperation clear in his voice, "Why should I care when Lucky Leaf plant is more suitable for the task?"
"Because, my little rose, your older sister is busy with their jobs, also plants here that there are more delicate and require a little more love and affection, and I've seen how you like help with the flowers." Green Garden, Roseluck mother replied, slipping a note of resignation in her voice.
"Besides, maybe you can get your cutie mark from this experience, no?" Roseluck's mother said, a little fit of laughter in his voice, before being drowned out by a harsh coughs. Covering his mouth, the mare could only widen her eyes when the hand with she covered her mouth reappeared in her field of vision, red staining the otherwise clear cream coat.
"Mom, are you okay?" Roseluck asked, but before he could answer, Green Garden fell sideways, losing consciousness.
"MOMMY!"
-Half a year later-
Six months. Six months had passed and the mother of Roseluck did not improve, the foal itself does not know what to do in these last days, the only thing for her was going to school, back to home, and tend the garden, nothing else mattered. But when she went to her home that day, something was wrong,a few ponies in white were with the mayor, which was desperately looking at all sides, searching for something ...
or someone.
Roseluck's world broke when one of the white ponies just entered the house in a hurry, only to leave with two others carrying a stretcher covered by a blanket ...
Simply ignoring the truth, the filly ran into the greenhouse, crying.
-that night-
The stars twinkled, the brightness of these and the moon, in which the figure of a unicorn was visible, wrapped in a pale light the greenhouse, hiding a small filly.
A small filly which had lost their mother.
Roseluck was leaning against one of the few trees in the greenhouse, marks of dry tears staining her cheeks. A pale figure began to materialize beside the small filly and with one pale hand the figure lifted her chin.
"M-Mommy?"
the figure just smiled, pushing its arms to the sides and embracing the little filly.
"Mommy, I do not know what to do, you're not here with me and my sister did not answer the letters I sent to her, I just have the house and the garden!!!" Roseluck cried, new tears in her eyes, in the meanwhile the figure just stood there, and then it began walking towards the back of the greenhouse.
"Mom, wait, don't leave me behind!" Cried Roseluck, running behind the ghost, but yet, once she reached the spectrum, the filly could only widen her eyes, marveling, at the rear of the building, small bulbs were planted, turning to the white figure, Roseluck could only wonder why it was leading her there
"They need care and love" the ghost said, "Never forget that."
then, the ghostly figure simply disapeared.
After running as if my life depended on it finally reached the greenhouse, the old building still standing, but just then, a powerful gust of wind made me lose my balance, falling to one side, I could see the monster simply turned around, a sinister gleam in his eyes.
"So, this is what keeps you fighting uh, Roseluck" he said, turning and looking at the building, "well, would be a shame if someone destroyed it."
Drawing his sword, he was put in position, with a pair of twins cuts, the blades sank in the air, after a moment, the sound of wood cracking and exploding glass filled my ears, and the old greenhouse simply collapse on itself at that time, I could only see darkness and despair filled my soul.
Michael's PoV
Jumping on a roof, I approached what remained of Roseluck's shop, Daisy was there, just lying on the floor, when I get at street level, a pair of ghouls just came out of the shadows, I entered the fight, trying to rescue the pony while handing blows to the two ghouls, after defeating them, the mare finally regained consciousness.
"Ugh, my head," she moaned, clutching it with both hands, "Where is Rose?"
"I was hoping you'd tell me Daisy, when I arrived, I just found you lying in the street, and a couple of ghouls trying to attack you." I explained to her, cocking my head sideways
"Roseluck!" the florist told me, holding my hand, "She ran towards the forest."
"Ok, thanks Daisy, I'll save her, don't worry!" I try to reassure her, before running off in the general direction that gave me the poor mare. Before I could stop to see where i was going, a blast was heard, showing me the way, when I arrived, Sylph was laughing, a destroyed building near to him and a devastated Roseluck on the floor, large purple cracks appearing in her body.
Fearing the worst, I try to approach, but Sylph simply extends one of his swords, a gust of wind preventing me from taking another step.
"Heh and the hero finally appears, admit it Wizard, I won" the phantom exclaimed, pointing the mare prostrate on the ground.
"No" a new voice said, turning around, I saw that Twilight had followed me, a determined look on his face, "He will never surrender to you, monster!"
"Well said princess," I said, hiding a smile on my helmet, "Sylph, get ready, it's showtime!"
Tales from a displaced Wizard
Breathing deeply, I move towards Rose to help her, Sylph simply made an upward movement with the swords, blocking my way.
"You do not understand, right ?, I will not let go, so you can not seal this Gate, Wizard, now face me!" He roared, jumping to me.
"Surrender Sylph, I may not be the hero that many say I am, damn, I just found out that in this universe I am apparently the son of royalty, but in my conscience I can not allow you to hurt innocent people, I will be the hope of them, if they want to call me hero, so be it. " I said, unknowingly Twilight was smiling at this little speech. Meanwhile, I took one of my rings, putting it over the buckle.
"CONNECT, PLEASE!"
Taking the WizarSwordGun from the magic circle, I jumped back, shooting a few times to ward off the Phantom, after this, simply modify my weapon to fight with the sword to try to fight on equal terms against the elusive monster, meanwhile , Sylph began creating several bursts of air to try to hit me and hurt me, but nevertheless, moving from side to side, I managed to prevent all attacks and also I got closer to him, putting my sword in reverse position, then I proceeded to make an upwards slash , knocking him back and doing some damage to him.
"Why, Wizard, why fight for them, after all, you are a phantom, the only difference is that because you did not fall into despair, you couldn't evolve and you acquired the gift of magic in return" Sylph bellowed, trying to beat me with his swords.
"No more Sylph, I do not want to fight anymore, but still, you're forcing my hand, besides, you are not going to stop because you guys NEED more Phantoms, and in this universe, magic is a constant." I said, doing a few jumps and rolls in the air, ripping the topaz ring from my chain belt.
"LAND, PLEASE! Dododo Dododon, Don Dododon!"
The familiar runic circle emerged from the floor, and flew trough me, when it dissapeared, my suit had changed into the topaz themed wizard, the edges of my coat now sporting a few square shaped stones.
"What does this mean!?" Sylph exclaimed, confused, "the last time I saw the memories of Ox, you can just switch to a weird Wind Form!" the aerial Phantom squeaked, his voice showing a new fear.
"A Wizard never reveals all his tricks at once Sylph, it is time for the finale," I replied, opening the hand on the hilt of the sword, and running my hand over it.
"Come on a Slash, Shake Hands!... LAND, Slash Strike!, the best!"
Running, I jumped staring at my opponent, my sword glowing with the energy of the very earth, even a couple of rocks materializing on the edge of the sword before hitting Sylph from side to side, after a moment, Sylph just exploded, disappearing in a white puff, sighing with satisfaction, I switched to my standard fire form before approaching the two lying mares in the grass, when I approached to Roseluck, I grasped, the purple markings and cracks covering her almost completely.
"Roseluck, please do not give up in despair," I said, raising her hand gently, she opened her eyes, a look of utter sadness in them.
"The work of my mother, the secret garden, lost in the fire," she said, her gaze lost in the smoldering embers.
"Roseluck, look at me," I said, when she turned her head, pulled out a ring of contract from my belt, "no matter how hopeless the situation, always ... ALWAYS is hope, look carefully to the greenhouse, tell me what you see "she simply turned his head, staring, then we all see several sprouts of different plants trying to emerge from the ashes.
"Roseluck, let me be your hope" fitting the ring on the middle finger of her hand, I moved it at the buckle of my belt.
"ENGAGE, Please!"
"Please take care Michael," Twilight suddenly says, "I don't wanna lose... the best way of protecting my ponies" she blurted out, a faint blush on her cheeks.
"Dont worry Twilight, I will try my best to finish the Phantom inside her, so I can also close this gate." I said, before jumping into the rune circle and dissapearing from her sight.
"So this is Roseluck's underworld ," I said to myself, watching a scene in which Roseluck and her mother were entering the now destroyed greenhouse, from one moment to another, a large crack manifested in the image, exploiting towards me, covering my face, I could only watch how a monster emerged from the crack in the memory of the young mare, its deformed body resembling a hand, a large bloodshot eye in the center of the palm.
"Come here ugly" I said, calling the attention of the abomination, taking another ring, I put on my right hand, the image of a portal and a dragon emerging from the surface of the jewel.
"DRAGORISE, Please!"
A great portal opened behind me, a magnificent red, black and gold dragon coming out of the portal, but the majestic animal suddenly began to move erratically, hitting random spots in the memory, increasing the number of cracks.
"Dragon, be my servant!" I exclaimed, pulling the Machinewinger and causing the motorcycle to win revolutions, I began to pursue the two rampaging monsters that were fighting in the memory, seeing a little chance, I jumped with the motorcycle, transforming it into a pair of protectors for dragon's wings and landing in the back of the beast, turning the handle, making my mount to face the monster, spitting a couple of fireballs, dragon gets some distance from the hand monster, seeing the chance, I took the ring again and passed it trough the buckle
Kick strike, the best!
Jumping backwards, dragon transformed on a giant claw, i just kicked at the end and it falls forward the other monster, effectively destroying it.
Twilight's PoV
I almost jumped out of my fur when another circle appeared, blurting out gouts of flame, suddenly a strange machine burst from the portal all the strange cracks on roseluck dissapearing, on top of the machine, a smiling Michael was looking straight at me
"Pretty darn impressive, if I can say so myself" he smugly remarks, only for us to stop dead in our tracks when we heard a muffled groan, when we turned around, a little dragonid was sprawled in the floor, its eyes swirling and his face a little green.
"Never do that again, Michael," the little dracokid says, loosing conciousness after that.
Tales from a displaced Wizard
Magic 10.5 A new friend!... Maybe
Magic 10.5 A new friend!... Maybe
Michael's PoV
Well, I never expected to see my own inner phantom on the floor, but this is what I got after defeating Sylph, many questions were bubbling inside me, ¿was it it's dangerous ?, I needed to stop it , imprison it or do something about it?, meanwhile, Twilight was simply looking at the new dracokid , a rather disturbing look on her face after a while, she spoke.
"Michael , this Dracokid , is it yours? "she said, uncertain, at the same time trying to get Roseluck from the floor, after all the fighting , the florist was simply exhausted, after a moment, the purple librarian was finally able to raise the other mare, resting her on one shoulder , she began to move towards the village, leaving me quite confused and with an unconscious small dragon in my claws.
"Ehh, I guess?" I said to no one in particular, after a while, I just piggyback the little drake and go after the purple pony.
???
Darkness around me, then a deep voice telling me... telling me... I do not remember, I now feel a pleasant warmth in my scales while something is charging me to an unknown place, but it is preferable to being stuck in memories, I try to open my eyes, only to see blurry figures, however, I feel... feathers?, yes, feathers in the front of my body, caressing me, enfolding me in a warm hug, then again only darkness.
When I woke up, the first thing I noticed was how comfortable the bed I was in, seriously, the damn bed was much better than living in the repressed memories of my Gate, however, the next thing I could register was the Penetrating gaze of another dragon that was watching me from the other side of the room, a pan on the head as a helmet and ... that are pillows tied to his body? Not being able to contain more, I begin to laugh at the absurdity of the situation.
"Hey, it's not so funny, as far as we know of you, you can kill us at any moment," the little dragon exclaimed, pointing me with a bread roll, trying to be menacing, but making me laugh, until suddenly I did not have More bed to roll me away from the laughter, effectively falling and hitting me against the wooden floor.
"Dammit!" I murmured, rubbing myself to try to ease the pain of my wounded back (and pride) against the hard ground, just to stay frozen, looking at the ground, my pain in this forgotten moment, I felt! That is, I felt the blow, that means ...
"Quiet Spike, I do not think Draco would take it well for us to start mocking him." Turning quickly, at the door of the room next to the dragon, who was trying not to laugh (and failing miserably) was a young Griffon also, next to the predator, a purple pony was staring at me, and biting her lip, an indecisive look on her face.
Michael's PoV
The little ruby dragon watched me intently, his eyes slowly opening to a look of disbelief.
"You're fine, apparently going to the physical plane leaves you somewhat disoriented," try joking, "do not you think, Twilight?"
THUD!
"He fainted again, didn't he?"
"..."
"Eeeyup."
"Damn..."
Tales from a displaced Wizard
magic 11. New threat... or is it treats?
Michael's point of view
Looking at Twilight and trying to ignore the now unconscious dracokid on the floor, I simply sigh wearily.
"I do not understand the children of today, of course, in my place of origin we were all of the same race, but anyway ..."
"Bah, that's nothing," interrupted Spike, looking at me petulantly, "if you want to know something uncomfortable, when I asked Twilight where I was coming from ..." whatever the little dragon said was lost in a huge flash , Turning, I could only see Twilight totally blushing, making a very good competition to a tomato.
"Where did you send it?" I asked confused, "are not dragons supposed to be quite resistant to magic?"
"N-No matter," Twilight said, still flushed, "H-He will come back eventually."
Carousel Boutique, Third person point of view
'Long baths are the best' a very happy Rarity thought, while she rinsed the soap before entering the tub to a long and relaxing afternoon, soft background music and perfume of roses in the room ...
Her perfect time, however was interrupted with a dazzling flash in the middle of the bathroom, after she took her hands off her face, which she had put up instinctively to protect her face, Rarity met face to face with an astonished Spike, who was watching her from top to bottom , As a predator to his next meal.
"I wish Twilight would continue teleporting me to omit embarrassing situations," Spike said, trying to break the tension in the bathroom.
However, the piercing scream and the quick slap in his face was the only thing the dracokid will remember of his fortuitous misadventure.
Michael's point of view
"Did you hear anything?" I said, trying to locate the slight sound I heard, it sounded like a scream.
"Nah, it was probably nothing," Twilight replied, "in other matters, what you plan to do to live, you are currently unemployed, and the crown can't always pay for your expenses," the former librarian continued telling me, which was true, in this moment, I didn't have any income that could help me to survive, wincing, I was going to answer the purple princess when Gilda walked through the door of the main antechamber, looking around, and seeing me, she began to move towards me.
"Your Majesty," said the lioness, "right now there is no way to contact the aerie to request support or anything else you may need," he said, in a neutral tone.
"Gilda, you do not have to keep formalities between friends," I said, arching my eyebrow.
"Maybe for you they are friends, your majesty," Gilda replied, the rage barely contained in her voice, "for me they are simply the mares that took my best friend away." Tilting her head after saying this, the lioness simply turned and positioned herself at the door, assumed a guard position, without even asking permission.
However, before I could recriminate her attitude, a loud explosion echoed in the castle, in panic, I approached the nearest window, looking towards the peaceful village, my heart shrank at the sight of a column of smoke coming from Sugarcube Corner.
Third person point of view
Michael quickly ran toward the exit of the castle, while Twilight simply watched, astonished, the cloud of smoke as it ascended to the sky, when leaving, the first thing that the young griffon noticed was to all the people running towards the palace of Twilight, opening its wings Instinctively, Michael gave a pair of powerful flaps to get out of the way of the stampede that was coming, from its vantage point, the gray Griffon could observe several ghouls coming towards the castle, since the immense majority of inhabitants of the town were Running towards the shining palace.
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Magic 02. This is a new world that I live in!
After dodging a few punches and spear strikes, I decided to get on the offensive, taking one of the rings that were in the chain hanging in the belt , I put the driver back in the position to make spells.
" LUPACCHI MAGIC TOUCH TO GO! "
"CONNECT , PLEASE! "
I put my hand in the magic circle that appeared in the air beside me , pulling my new gunmagic sword, then, setting it for the gun, I began to shoot the ghoul repeatedly, after a couple of impacts, the humanoid fell, becoming a ball of fire and exploding dramatically near me, anyway, several more had appeared in the short time in which I was fighting with his companion , all moving menacingly, they began to surround me, brandishing their weapons, sighing, I opened the hand that was on the side of the weapon.
"COME ON A SHOOTING , SHAKE HANDS ! "
Looking at all the ghouls around me , said, " the finale," before putting my own hand with the flame ring against the polished image next to my gun.
"FLAME SHOOTING STRIKE !, THE BEST!"
Turning around me in a wide circle , all my enemies were damaged and destroyed by the fireballs coming out of my gun, exploding and disappearing. After making sure there was no more , proceeded to take my rings with my familiars (Kraken, Unicorn and Garuda) activating them.
"Please look around here , there must be a Phantom, and it is my duty to stop him," I said in an authoritative manner, the small magical constructs moving out and disappearing into thin air (or in the case of Unicorn, digging a hole in the ground and getting out of sight.)
Cancelling my transformation, right at the next moment, handcuffs were placed in my hands, and an angry Shinning Armor was watching me , a sinister smile on his face.
"I think it 's time that we get to know better, dont you think?, for now, you are under arrest for plotting against the crown and damage to the city . "
" EEEEEHHHH !!! "
Canterlot Prison, 20 minutes after
"Oi , Oi , what's the big idea, I helped you guys with this problem, and you arrest me!? " I said , anger creeping into my voice , after being revised (fortunately they did not remove my belt or the contents of my pockets,) they unceremonously threw me in a cell with only one window on top , and I was ordered to stay still and not make noise until they come ' to judge me for the crimes I committed . '
" God, I saved them from a ghoul , and ended up stuck in this hole , they weren't even able to give me something to eat or to spend the time," I muttered , irritated by the lack of communication about my arrest, after a moment,I started to review the rings that had with me at the moment, after a while, sighing, I finished my inspection having found only 12 rings; the four elementary rings, and some of the magic rings: Driver, Big, Kick Strike, Small, Fall, Liquid, defend and Drill. Also, on the other pocket, I had the two mysterious rings that I bought from 'the merchant', the first had a design that were two dragons in a spiral, with the four basic colors merged into the jewel, the other was a claw holding a diamond.
Shrugging my shoulders, tried to use the first ring.
"ERROR!"
"So I have to use you, I assume, combined with some of my transformations" I muttered, pocketing the ring, I proceeded to get the other ring on my claw and putting it in front of the belt, I prepare myself for the next test.
"MAGIC RING, PLEASE!"
My eyes nearly pop out of my skull when an amber stone the size of my fist literally sprang from the earth, leaving a hole in the floor of the cell, the stone shine brightly for a moment, before turning into a new ring or in this case, one of the old rings that appeared in the show.
" Oook , now is how to get new rings , " I said aloud , watching the new piece of jewelry in my hand , this time , the Bind ring, ' well, I have 13 rings, I have no dragon rings or dragorise , I trully hope I don't find the Infinity ring , that outfit is ugly as sin ' I Thought, outside, a sudden royal fanfare informed me that whoever came to get me for trial, apparently is part of the nobility here.
A couple of guards snapped to attention in front of the cell door .
" Thank you, gentlemen , but I would like to talk to our prisoner in private , if possible" A royal voice said softly, before an imposing figure appeared in front of the still closed cell, I could only look incredulously to the alicorn standing in front of me , his dark coat and sparkling mane and tail waving in a nonexistent wind, his lively blue eyes fixed on me, gazing me like if she was examining my soul.
Princess Luna PoV
I stopped in front of the cell , watching the griffon which, according to the captain of the guard of my sister, with his bare hands and a strange device , defeated the creatures that were appearing since lost control of the moon.
"Young stranger , please tell me how you defeated the creatures that have recently appeared in our domain " I commanded the griffon inside the cell, but he just stood there, looking at me, with a look of disbelief on his golden eyes, meanwhile, I began to observe more closely the confinement in which this stranger was, noticing the hole in the floor, immediately proceeded to change my question, " I would also like to know as how you have managed to make a hole in the floor , as far as I am aware , this structure is protected against escape attempts." Just as these words left my lips ,the griffon that was across became visibly pale , while mumbled something about that he did not want to escape, but he was testing a magic ring and the result was that hole in the ground.
When I heard this , I lost what little patience he had at that time.
" INSOLENT CUB, YOU ARE GOING TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY , WHAT IS YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THESE EVENTS, AND WHY I LOST CONTROL OF THE MOON, UNDERSTOOD ?!"
Michael PoV
After my ears stopped ringing for an inappropriate use of RCV on my face, I get to eye level with the princess in front of me, and I tried to explain in a logical manner that did not have the answer to any questions / demands that she currently had, before I could end, suddenly, a new explosion rocked the site, losing my balance, I made a faceplant on the hard floor of my cell, alarmed, the guards immediately began to push a very annoying princess out of my place of seclusion.
"Hey, before you go, please release me, I promise I can help you guys, and I even will answer any questions that you will have, but I'm the only one who can assist you all right now."
The princess momentarily distracted (maybe by my phrase) just looked at me with a stern face.
"And why should I trust a stranger, which apparently has the same powers as the entities that are out there right now?"
That serious face again, but I could see something else under the facade that the princess was keeping.
Fear.
"Why, this is my new home, my new world, and if I have the power to make a difference, believe me, your highness, that I gladly put in the line of fire to prevent others from suffering!" I cooly said, standing up and facing the door.
"Now, it's Showtime!"
