Reincarnated as a displaced monster

Cyrine sighed a little as she sat back in her seat, the sword that she had been given was back in the cargo section of the train. “Why do trains move so fast and feel so slow…?” She muttered as she looked out the window.

“Does that really matter?” Lilith whined as she tried to snuggle Cyrine.

“No… I just like asking questions that sound philosophical yet are rhetorical.” Cyrine pouted. “You know… it’s a bit strange how I didn’t see any of Twilight or her friends when we got on the train… were we just early?”

“Actually, I think they are in one of the other cars since the train is already halfway to this ‘Canterlot’. Heh, pony pun on camelot…” Lilith said with a chuckle. “Shall we go find them?”

Cyrine shrugged a little. “Sure, nothing better to do.” She said before leaving with Lilith to search the other cars for the ponies.

“There you are! We almost thought that we ended up on separate trains!” Lilith said as she entered the train car that Twilight and her friends were in with Cyrine. The hobgoblin in question let out a small yawn as she filed in behind the slime.

“Oh! Lilith, Darling we almost thought that you two had missed the train.” Rarity called out.

“For some reason we were told to sit in the back car... So who are these three?” Lilith asked looking at an orange earth pony, a yellow pegasus they asked for directions from yesterday, and the pink mare they tried to talk to yesterday before she ran off.

“Yes, yes…” Rarity said with a smile as she extended a hand towards her friends. “This is Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie pie…” She introduces the orange earth pony, yellow pegasus and pink earth pony respectively.

“Howdy.” Applejack greeted with a smile before she elbowed the yellow pegasus in the side, only managing to elicit a mumble of greeting from her.

“Hello Applejack.” Lilith said before looking at fluttershy and getting a glint in her eye.

“Easy Lilith.” Cyrine said as she elbowed the slime. “We don’t need to add more people to our relationship.”

Lilith blushed and sent a glare at Cyrine before turning back to the ponies. “Nice to meet you fluttershy…” Lilith said shakily, trying to resist the urge to hug the shy pegasus.

“Hi I’m Pinkie!” Pinkie said with a huge grin.

“Hello Pinkie.” Lilith replied

“Hello Pinkie, so… what do each of you do around town?” Cyrine asked.

“I work at sugarcube corner!” Pikie said.

Applejack smiled as she leaned back in her seat, “I work at Sweet Apple Acres, I’d nearly run the place ma’self if it weren’t fer the fact that Granny’s still in good shape to help out every so often.” She explained with a very western twang to her voice. When her attention turned to the yellow pegasus though she let out a small sigh. “Flutters here runs the local animal shelter… it’s her natural talent ta be so good with animals.”

“That just makes her even cuter!” Lilith gushed.

Cyrine let out a small chuckle. “Perhaps she has a kitten you could adopt.”

The pegasus’ ears perked a bit before a smile grew on her face. “You want to adopt a kitten!” She squealed happily. “I have so many animals and kitties to chose from! We’ll make a date for you two to stop by when the wedding is over.”

“Yes!” Lilith squealed, bouncing like she had eaten a ton of sugar.

Cyrine shrugged a little. “She’s more the pet person of our pair…”

“You know you like animals~” Lilith purred as she clung to Cyrine.

“I do, I’m just not as crazy about them as you are.” Cyrine replied as she pet Lilith’s head.

Lilith purred some more before she pulled Cyrine into a seat and proceeded to curl up in the hobgoblins lap like a cat. “Snuggle~” She mumbled before falling asleep.

Rainbow Dash began to chuckle a bit as she watched the two of them, though she stopped as she saw AJ’s look. “Jus’ leave ‘em be Dash.” the farm mare said.

“What!? I wasn't doing anything!” Rainbow said defensively.

“Yer laughin’ at ‘em.” Applejack explained.

“It’s alright, we’re used to way worse.” Cyrine placated.

“Like what?” Twilight asked out of curiosity, pulling out a notepad and quill with her magic.

Cyrine gave Twilight a serious look. “Trust me… you don’t want to know.” She replied as she leaned back a bit in her seat. “But enough about us… we haven’t really gotten to know each other well enough to call ourselves friends.” the hobgoblin explained with a smirk.

“Sorry…” Twilight said, realizing she just touched a nerve.

“We will be arriving in canterlot train station shortly!” The conductor called over the intercom.

“I wonder where I’d be able to get a gun…” Cyrine muttered as she looked out the window. “Considering this place though… the best I could probably hope for is a crossbow…” she sighed.

“Are we there yet?” Lilith asked as she began to wake up.

“Almost… a couple more minutes at max before we’re let off the train.” Cyrine replied.

“Whats up with the shield and all the guards?” Rainbow asked as she looked out the window at canterlot.

“You have about as much of an idea as I do.” Cyrine said as she got up and began to stretch. “I was just hired as a sellsword for the place so I don’t know much more about what’s going on with this magical mumbo jumbo than you do.”

Rarity rolled her eyes a little. “I'm sure they're just taking the necessary precautions. Royal weddings do bring out the strangest ponies.” she assured the group as the train passed through the pink shield.

Cyrine let out a small sigh. “I can understand the whole ‘pink’ theme for the train… this world is weird like that… but a pink barrier around the castle? Would it really kill you ponies to install something that isn’t pink?”

“Hey, we can't control the color of our magic!” Twilight defended.

“Ninety percent of everything in this world seems to be colored pink.” Cyrine explained. “Buildings, magic, all of it!” She pouted.

“Well, I’m not pink.” Lilith said in an attempt to cheer Cyrine up.

“And thank the emperor for that.” The hobgoblin replied as she began to make her way towards the back of the train. “I’m going to grab the sword you borrowed.”

“Ok! see you in a bit!” Lilith called after Cyrine before turning to the ponies. “So… What do we do first when we get into town?”

Rarity brushed her mane aside as she looked over to Lilith, “I for one am going to be heading straight to the castle, I am the seamstress in charge of making sure all of the outfits for the wedding are perfect!” She squealed in delight as her mind began to drift off into a countless number of designs.

“I’m going to be practicing my stunts so that I am ready to do a sonic rainboom after the vows!” Rainbow shouted as she flew in circles around the car.

“I’m the ca-... uh… cater-...” Applejack stumbled as she tried to get the word she wanted.

“The caterer?” Fluttershy offered quietly.

“Yeah! That, I’m the mare that’ll oversee makin’ sure all the food is good.” The orange earth pony exclaimed.

“And I’m sure you’ll be wonderful at it darling, is Pinkie going to be helping you with the food?” Rarity asked.

“Nope! I’m going to be super duper busy planning the party!” Pinkie exclaimed as she pulled out an impossibly long list from her mane.

Applejack laughed a little. “An’ we know that yer great at plannin’ parties.” She said.

“What are you going to be doing fluttershy?” Lilith asked.

The butter-colored pegasus shifted a little. “Well… I… uh… I don’t have much of a plan for the wedding, I mean… I would be helping some of the animals with their singing for the wedding… but… um… nothing much.”

Lilith chuckled at the pegasus’s modesty a bit. “You’re so cute!” She said as she watched Fluttershy shift around a bit. “So anyone know what grumpy pants is going to be doing?” she asked as soon as she got herself back under control.

“I’m going to go talk to my brother…” Twilight said with a bit of an edge to her voice.

“I think I’ll just hang out with Cyrine…” Lilith said, not wanting to disturb anyone's plans or get in the way of grumpy Twilight.

Rarity nodded a little as she passed a wary look towards the miffed unicorn. “Likely a good idea dear.”

“The train is now pulling into canterlot station!” The conductor called as the train started to stop.

Cyrine stretched as she walked back into view with her much more uniform-colored outfit on. “It feels nice to have a sword at my hip… like I was missing a friend.” She sighed happily as she pet the blade’s sheath.

Lilith's eye twitched as Cyrine pet the sword sheath. “Why am I feeling jealous of that sword?” She asked no one in particular.

The train then finished pulling into the station and everyone got off. the mares going off to do their business, while Lilith and Cyrine walked over to the castle to report in for the quest.

“Halt! Identify yourself!” One of the castle guards said.

Cyrine held up her badge and invitation. “Bodyguard and guest for the wedding.” She explained as she indicated the pair.

“You do realize your guest is a… Slime, right?” The guard’s partner asked with a slight sneer.

“Hey! I take insult to that!” Lilith shouted, silencing the guard and leaving him with a dumbstruck expression.

Cyrine gave the guard a look. “Trust me, she’ll probably run circles around your logic.” she advised as she walked past him.

“Good day.” Lilith harrumphed, before walking after Cyrine with her nose pointed to the sky.

“What the buck just happened?” The guard said to himself as Lilith and Cyrine disappeared into the castle grounds.

Cyrine chuckled a little as she poked her lover. “You’re adorable when you’re mad.”

Lilith just grumbled as she made a pouty face and snuggled into Cyrine’s arm. “Lets just go find out what we're supposed to do…” She mumbled as they walked down the hall. The hobgoblin nodded a little and continued walking. After walking for a bit tough they realized that they were lost, so they decided to ask a passing by maid for directions.

With the directions now in hand they made their way quickly to the balcony where Twilight had just begun a rant against the captain of the guard… who also happened to be the husband to be. Cyrine looked over to Lilith, “You know what…? I say we give them a couple minutes.”

“You sure? It looks like Twi’s going to punch him though…” Lilith said, slightly worried. But that's when a pink pony with wings and a horn walked onto the balcony. “I think it would be a good idea to go up there now, otherwise we might miss him.” She then stated as the pink pony linked arms with the captain of the guard.

Cyrine nodded a little. “Alright…” the hobgoblin replied as she makes her way to the balcony, Lilith following shortly behind.

The marble-colored unicorn stallion looked towards the pair as his eyes immediately draw attention to the blade at Cyrine’s hip and his hand shifts to the sword at his own. “Who are you?” He asked.

“Oh, that's my friend Cyrine.” Twilight said, Introducing Cyrine to her brother. “Cyrine, this is my brother Shining Armor. Captain of the royal guard.”

Cyrine nodded. “I’m the person who accepted the Adventurer’s Guild contract…”

The guard gave her a slightly confused look. “I… I was expecting something a bit more… well… more.”

The hobgoblin chuckled. “That’s kind of what I’m going for, I’ve been trained very well in resisting mind control and magical effects in general. I might not be the best warrior, but I’m a very loyal one.”

“I didn't know you had combat and anti magic training.” Twilight said, slightly surprised.

“It’s required of all potential psykers from where I used to live… if you are not resistant to such power and have a strong will, you are more of a danger to your allies than your enemies.” Cyrine replied with a frown. “I’ve lost many friends because of a witch who thought they had control of their power…”

“Oh my…” Twilight said, completely stunned.

Cyrine nodded. “That’s why Lilith was so worried about me when I went under a week ago… few psykers who did that managed to survive with their heads intact.”

“Well… that certainly sounds like you’ve had your fair share of combat experience then…” Shining replied with a slight cough.

“No kidding, where I’m from… the world was constantly at war with an alien race called the Eldar, they specialized in being dicks.” The hobgoblin explained. “Here though… I’m not even sure I can find a proper lasgun to use.”

“Is your friend all there Twilight?” The pink pony said, giving Cyrine a slight glare.

Cyrine smiled. “I’m one of the lucky ones who managed to have something significant happen before I developed really severe mental instability. So… relatively speaking, I’m one of the safest beings from the world I’m from.”

“OK, first you tell me you’re a hobgoblin, now you tell me you're an ALIEN!?” Twilight asked, on the verge of having an ‘episode’.

“Technically… I was once a human… then I died and was reincarnated here instead of joining the Emperor in eternal, glorious battle.” Cyrine explained. “And aside from the pointy ears and prominent canines… I actually look a lot like I did when I was a human.”

The pink pony was now looking at Cyrine as if she had gone crazy and twilight had fainted from a psychological overload.

“I know… it can sound a bit weird… but I really do feel much more alive now than I have in years. I also don’t hear whispers in the shadows anymore so that’s another plus.” Cyrine explained with a smile before she looked over to Shining. “Though… it would be amazing if your guards could hook me up with some armor, I don’t mind it coming out of the reward pay.”

Shining pursed his lips as he looked her over. “I’ll get a message sent down, you’ll be given a message when the armorer of the castle is ready to get you fitted.” He looked over to Lilith. “You both can take a guest room… they’re just down the hall here.”

“Thank you, your much nicer than the guards at the gate.” Lilith said with a smile.

“D-did… That slime just… Talk!?” The pink pony said in shock.

“Well thats rude!” Lilith said as she shot a glare at the pink pony and crossed her arms.

Cyrine rolled her eyes. “When dealing with me, assume that logic doesn’t really flow well around me.”

“Come on Cyrine, I don't want to hang around the rude pink pony.” Lilith huffed as she grabbed the Hobgoblins arm and started to walk away.

“Well that’s too bad Lilith… since she’s the bride to be.” Cyrine replied as she was dragged along.

“Then I will stay for the sake of the groom and ignore the bride!” Lilith said as they turned down the hall to where the guest rooms are.

Cyrine turned back to the pair and mouthed an apology just before they walked out of view. “I think you should stop being so sensitive about other people's surprise. In this world slimes aren’t intelligent… I mean… how would you have reacted on earth if suddenly a cat started talking to you? Or a cricket?”

“I know, I know… But it doesn't make it hurt any less.” Lilith pouted as they came up to one of the guest rooms that wasn't yet occupied. She then opened the door and dragged Cyrine inside before closing and locking it. She then gave the hobgoblin a worried look. “Also, were not the only non ponies here.” She said while shifting uncomfortably.

“So you sensed it too?” Cyrine asked.

“More like saw…” Lilith shuddered. “I sometimes wonder if having to see is a good thing...” She added as she slowly stepped away from the door and clung to Cyrine's arm nervously.

“It never is… you see things that a mortal mind was never meant to comprehend… but I’m definitely going to need a gun.” Cyrine replied as she moved to sit on the bed.

“Have you ever had to see using magic? You end up seeing more than you would with simply color provided by light…” Lilith whimpered as she collapsed into Cyrine’s lap. She then curled up on the bed and clung to the hobgoblins pants.

Cyrine idly pet the slime’s head. “I’m sorry…”

“I’m never letting you go… You're all I have left… and the only thing keeping me sane...” Lilith said as she snuggled into her lover.

“I can’t guarantee how long I’ll be here if I don’t get something more protective than just a pair of pants and a shirt.” Cyrine replied.

“Do we HAVE to talk about armor right now?” Lilith pouted.

“Yes… unless you’d like me to lose a limb in battle… or worse.” Cyrine stated firmly

“I wouldn't want that to happen…” Lilith replied. “But unless you're asking me to make you some custom armor when we get back to ponyville, I would prefer to talk about something else…” She added with a slight pout.

“You shure this is the room where the adventurer is staying?” Said a voice on the other side of the door to Cyrine and Lilith’s room.

“I’m certain I saw it go in there, you think it's asleep yet?” Said another voice.

“Lets hope so, it will be easier to swap places with it that way.” Replied the previous voice.

Cyrine’s pointed ears twitched a little as her hand reached for her sword. “Lilith…” She whispered. “Get ready for a fight.” a quiet hiss was made by her sword as it finally slid out of its sheath.

“Way ahead of you!” Lilith whispered as she snuck up a wall before clinging to the ceiling so that she wouldn't be seen.

Cyrine drew her sword and slipped into place next to the door as she brought her blade up into a ready position. The door then began to slowly open before a pair of guards walked in, they didn't see cyrine because the door opened so that she was behind it.

“Ok, you check the bed while I make sure no one comes in.” One of the guards said, causing his partner to wander over towards the bed, then he turned around and shut the door… before seeing Cyrine.

The hobgoblin lunged forward with a punch to try and knock out the stallion that had just walked in. “No swapping asshole.” she taunted.

The guard hissed in pain before lunging at Cyrine, trying to subdue her before alerting his companion. Cyrine responded with a swing of her sword to counter the attack, effectively slicing a large gouge into the guard's chest and rendering him unconscious from the pain.

“Bad anthro bug things!” Lilith shouted as she tackled the guard that was standing by the bed to the ground, causing him to hit his head so hard he lost consciousness immediately.

Moments later a green flame spread across the two guards before it vanished to reveal strange bug like abominations that faintly resembled one of the ponies but not enough to notice.

“Hurk! There even more disgusting without their disguise magic!” Lilith said before she ran over to a trashcan and started to vomit, somehow.

Cyrine scowled as she brought her sword down to impale the creature that she had struck. “Die you filthy xenos bastard. Lilith, finish off the other one so that we can take them to Celestia.”

“I don't have a way to kill it so I’ll capture it for interrogation…” Lilith said shakily before she managed to wander over to the creature she rendered unconscious and used her ‘Predator’ ability to try and store the creature away for celestia to deal with.

New ability ‘transformation’ gained.

Lilith blinked a few times before cringing as she made her way over to Cyrine. “Will just one do? I may have absorbed mine…” She said, looking like she wanted to be sick.

“That’s fine… we just need to have enough to prove what happened to us.” Cyrine replied as she lifted up the one she had stabbed to death. “I want you to find a guard that you can tell is a pony and have him or her escort us to the throne room.”

“O-ok…” Lilith said, trying to forget that she just absorbed one of the disgusting bug abominations. She then walked into the hall with Cyrine before she noticed a guard that was a pony and asked him to help.

When the guard saw the bug like creature over Cyrines shoulder he nearly threw up, but he managed to compose himself before leading the hobgoblin and slime to the throne room. Luckily they didn't encounter any of disguised bug things before they came to a pair of large golden double doors that they assumed were the entrance to the throne room.

“Wait here for me to call you.” The guard said before going through the pair of large golden doors. a short while later he peeked back out and motioned for the pair to enter.

Cyrine nodded a little and used her foot to push the door open and hopefully gather the attention of the people in the room. She looked towards the surprised royals in the room and hefted the creature onto the ground in front of her. “I believe I found the creatures that are the source of the lockdown.”

“What the buck is that!? and what the buck are you!” a white unicorn with blond hair screamed.

“This… is a creature that had been disguised as one of the royal guard… so I can only assume that there are more.” Cyrine replied, ignoring the second part of the unicorns statement.

The larger mare in the room pursed her lips. “This does create quite a problem… we’ll have to set up checkpoints in the castle itself to help root out the invaders.”

“Be glad you can't see through their disguises…” Lilith said while cringing, causing the ponies in the room to notice her.

“WHAT IS THAT DOING HERE!? WHO LET A DISGUSTING SLIME IN!?” The blond unicorn screamed while preparing to blast Lilith with his magic.

Cyrine brought her sword up towards the unicorn. “He’s attacking a guest! He must be one of the invaders!” Celestia’s jaw dropped just a hair at the exclamation as her eyes shifted towards the unicorn.

“I am prince Blueblood, not one of you monsters!” The blond unicorn screamed as he changed his target to Cyrine before firing at the ground in front of her feet.

“I’m not disgusting! Nor am I a monster you dumb prince!” Lilith shouted as tears ran down her face, barely resisting the urge to beat the shit out of Blueblood.

“Enough!” Celestia said at a slightly louder volume than her normal tone, which seemed to have been strong enough to force all the guards to wince and all the motion in the room to completely stop. “Cyrine… Lilith… please return to the chambers that were provided for you, I shall have an investigation conducted into the accusations of infiltration.” She turned to the unicorn. “Prince Blueblood… please return to your chambers as well.”

“But auntie!” Blueblood whined.

“No buts Blueblood, I will send a guard when the situation is completely sorted out. You know the passphrase.” Celestia replied.

“Fine…” Blueblood whined as he trudged off to his room, but not before giving Lilith and Cyrine one last glare.

“I don't like him.” Lilith stated flatly as she pouted.

“I don’t either…” Cyrine whispered. “I was kind of hoping that calling ‘spy’ would get him impaled on a ton of spears.”

“I guess we will see you at the wedding tomorrow then.” Lilith said to Celestia as she grabbed Cyrine and started heading back to their room. The hobgoblin had a contemplative look on her face as she continued to observe the halls around her on her way back to the room.

“I don’t trust the guards here anymore.” Cyrine stated as she glared down one of the hallways.

“At least you can be sure that Shining armor hasn't been replaced so you can calm down during the wedding.” Lilith said as she opened the door to their room for the second time that day.

“Let's just hope so…” Cyrine sighed as she sat down on the bed.