The King of the Dovah

"Aaah now this is what I needed." I say happily after taking a breath of fresh air.

Two weeks had passed since the arrival of the Equestrian's and after the rocky start things had calmed down somewhat. True to my word I had begun teaching Spike how to be a true dragon. First and foremost he had been given the name Kiinus though only I referred to him as such, next I had begun teaching him the dragon tongue and some sword play which he seemed to lean more towards the sword and dagger combination style. Twilight was hesitant to let me teach him combat at first but with some convincing arguments from the two of us she eventually caved.

The Mane six, as they preferred to be called, were quite easy to get along with as well once I had learned of their professions. Rainbow Dash had taken to training with a few of my guards and slowly she had begun to embrace some Nord customs, most of them consisting of drinking. Fluttershy had become fascinated with Nirn's creatures and I was more than happy to regale her with a few tales of my adventures throughout Skyrim which Twilight had joined in on enthusiastically. Speaking of Twilight it seemed as if her and Aranea had become fast friends through their love of knowledge and when the mare had heard of my station as Archmage her respect for me, according to Aranea, had increased greatly. Applejack had as expected taken to the more agricultural parts of my kingdom and as a show of good faith I had given her some seeds from Skyrim that I had about for her to grow as she saw fit. Finally there was Rarity, that mare had taken one look at my wardrobe and basically threatened to strangle me if I didn't allow her to make me a whole new wardrobe which I hastily agreed to let her do.

The only problems I had suffered had come from the pathetic excuse of a guard, the wannabe ruler of my Empire and the solar wench who had sent them here to begin with.

After Shining's attack in the hospital I had Erane and her subordinate's keep a constant watch on him and his wife. Ever since being released from the hospital he had been trying to convince Twilight of how 'evil' I was to which she constantly shut the milk drinker down. Cadence hadn't faired any better when she had attempted either. After a few days of this they couple had stopped and rarely left their assigned quarters making me suspicious on what they could be doing but left them alone for the moment.

Finally there was Celestia... oh the words that were written between us should have turned the parchment to ashes with as much fire as we wrote into each letter. I had informed her of the situation and thing's as they had happened expecting her to give a violent reply and I wasn't disappointed.

She had responded calling me an 'usurper' and 'evil tyrant' all the while demanding I release her citizen's or she would march on me with an army of Royal guards. My simple response was basically telling her to bring it on. If Shining was the best of her troops then my own would slaughter hers no question about it. Needless to say she changed her tune real quick offering payment for the ponies safe return but I simply wanted a face to face chat on neutral ground so I can finally look the bitch in the eyes.

We went back and forth with her trying to have me go to Canterlot but I wasn't stupid enough to meet her on her terms. So we compromised saying she would meet me in the Crystal Empire as long as her sister and a dozen of her Royal guards were allowed to attend as well. I agreed and was now simply waiting upon her arrival which would be sometime later this day. I just figured I would take a small walk on the outskirt's of the city to clear my head in preparation for the meeting ahead of me while four of my guards were accompanying me. I did not mind the company but it was king of aggravating that they basically considered I needed protection which I clearly didn't!

Still I let nothing disturb my peace as I walked through the lush grass with my eye's closed just taking it all in. That was until I heard a sound I was all too familiar with, the sound of a bow releasing an arrow. On instinct I rolled to the side just missing the arrow as it instead found home in leg of one of my guards who gave but a brief cry of pain before snapping the arrow off.

In an instant I was back on my feet with my guards around me with their swords drawn. Damn sad time for me to be without any of my various weapons but it was a good thing I was never truly without a weapon. In mere moments we were assaulted by a band of what appeared to be bandit's given the rather raggedy armor they wore but I also noticed a few things that didn't make sense for a group of bandit's. For one while their clothes were none too appealing their fur was clean of grime meaning that these bandits didn't exactly rough it out in the wilderness like with most bands and also their weapons. They all had swords and spears that were identical to one another and if Erane's spy reports were correct then these particular weapons were standard issue for Royal guards.

I didn't have time to ponder these sights for long before the so called 'bandits' were upon us, a total of twenty if I counted right. While they may have been numerous my guards were obviously proving to be the better fighters as they beat back the bandits. I for one was more than happy to get in on the brawl as I used my fists to literally beat back anyone foolish enough to attack me which seemed to be the majority.

Mercy was not a part of my actions at the moment as I violently snapped the neck of one bandit before driving an elbow into the throat of another collapsing his windpipe and leaving him to gasp for air while he slowly suffocated. I was about to continue my slaughter when I hear a cry of pain and turned to see one of my guards fall to the ground as a bandit had managed to cut him in the side with a spear.

In that moment I felt rage well up within me. It was one thing whenever I was harmed or threatened as I was more than capable of handling whatever the world threw at me. However when someone threatened my comrades and now my subjects then they had crossed the line. So far I had been fighting as a man but now these fools would face a beast.

With a mental command I felt the beast blood gifted to me by Aela of the Companion's awaken. I felt my bones reak and rearrange themselves to assume my beast form. Midnight black fur sprouted from my shifting body as a tail sprouted from my tailbone, my face soon elongating into a muzzle filled with razor sharp teeth and my ears moving to the top of my head. In mere moments I had assumed the form of a werewolf much to the shocked and terrified faces of the bandits. My own guards however simply stared on in awe at my transformation.

With a howl filled with bloodlust I tore into the bandit's tearing them apart with claws and teeth. The taste of their blood filled my maw as I ripped out the throat of one of them. The feel and sound of my claws tearing through their soft flesh filled my senses. Some tried to fight back but their weapon did little harm to my much more durable form. In mere second's which seemed more like hours the 'bandits' had been reduced to pile's of torn corpses with me at it's center with blood fresh and drying caked into my fur as my bloodlust died down.

Seeing my enemies were no more I commanded myself to return to my human form. The process of turning back was much quicker than that of entering my beast form however I had forgotten momentarily the side effects of using said form which just so happened to be a sever lack of attire.

Now here I was out in the middle of the day stark naked before my guards for all to see. While three out of four of my guards were stallions one of them was a mare who upon seeing me in all my glory passed out much to my amusement. Taking a relatively 'clean' pair pants from one of the slain bandits I quickly hide my lower half before I started to trek in the direction the bandit's had come from.

"My lord where are you going!?" asked on of my guards as he was helping the now bandaged up guard along while his compatriot carried the unconscious mare guard.

"Seeing where these bandits made camp. If they have any valuables then they are ours to take since they won't be needing them anymore." I say with a grin as I continue on my way.

Shortly after we reach a small camp with a few militarily laid tents which made my suspicions rise once more on these so called 'bandits.' Walking through the group of tents I spot one that was slightly larger than the others and assumed this was where the leader stayed. So while my guards went to check the rest of the tents I walked into the leaders tent and growled at what I saw. In a corner of the tent sat some rather familiar gold armor belonging to a certain Princesses guard. I then spot a small table that held a folded up note on top of it.

Stomping over I pick up the note and open it to read what was written. What I read nearly had me ready to kill a certain alicorn.

Dear, Lieutenant Bronze Shield,

Your orders are to eliminate the usurper of the Crystal Empire under the disguise of bandits. My niece and her husband have informed me that this 'Raddin' plans to take a small walk before my meeting with him. You are to make sure he never comes back alive and to make sure that there is no evidence of Equestria's involvement in his death. Failure is NOT acceptable.

from, C

"Alright Celestia, I tried to be nice and diplomatic but after this you'll be lucky I don't mount your head on the wall's of the Empire!" I roar in anger. I was done with Celestia and I haven't even met the wench yet, but when we did heads would roll in some way, shape or form.

As I was thinking of the oh so many ways I would like to destroy Celestia for her actions thus far I barely noticed on of my guards coming into the tent until the called for me to which I turned to speak to them.

"Yes what have you and your men found?" I asked neutrally as the stallion stood at ease.

"Your highness we have found various pieces of Euestrian guards armor as well as quite a few personal journals we assume to belong to the now deceased. Every bit of currency has been collected as well. What should we do with the rest of the camp sire?" asked the guard as I thought for a moment before answering.

"Collect the wealth and journals to go over at a later date and burn the rest of the camp to the ground. Make it quick as well since I have a certain whore that needs to be violently put in her place." I growl at the end while the guard salute's me and run's off to relay his orders to the others.

I stand still in contemplation for but a moment before walking out of the tent with the letter still in hand. Soon enough Celestia would learn why I was the most feared man in Nirn. The dragons, the Thalmor and even some of the Daedra had learned to fear me in time and soon it would be Celestia's turn. The solar monarch has angered a dragon and would soon pay the price for her arrogance of that I would make sure.