The King of the Dovah

I must say me and my guards made quite the sight when we walked into the Empire. The Crystal ponies stopped and stared as they saw me in nothing but a pair of trousers and carrying a brown sack in hand while behind me two of my guards were pulling a wagon filled with the items we had taken from the guards camp and one of my guards helping along the injured one.

Stares followed my little entourage all the way up until we reached the gates of the castle where I stopped and turned to address my guards.

"Alright I want you two to take the loot to the treasury but make sure to bring the journals to Erane to look over for anything we may be able to use at a later date. As for you, take your Shield Brother to the hospital and get him looked at. You proved yourselves well today and you've earned a respite." I said proudly as I was being honest. With a small salute from each of them they went to complete their orders and then hopefully get some well deserved rest.

As soon as they were out of sight however my smile fell into an angered frown before walking into the castle and making my way to the throne room. I was officially a Nord on a mission and when the castle staff saw me they quickly made way. I ignored this however as I made my way to the throne room where I could hear raised voices and knew I was going the right way.

Reaching the door to the throne room I stop for a moment to listen in and maybe get some insight as to what the argument was about though I had a pretty good idea.

"Raddin isn't dead dammit! A few measly bandits would never be able to kill him especially when he was accompanied by four of his guard!" I heard Aranea shout and smiled at her faith in my skills and that of my guards. What was said next however made my blood boil.

"As I said we merely came across him and his guards bodies on our way here miss. I didn't want to leave him there but if I had been late for this meeting I would have been accused of the crime myself. But worry not I left a few of my guards behind to collect them and bring them here shortly. What is important however is how the Empire is going to continue after his death. The only one now qualified for the position would be my niece Mi Amore Cadenza." spoke what was supposed to be a kind and motherly voice but I wasn't fooled. The tone may have been sincere but one could detect the smug happiness underneath at my apparent death.

Finally having enough of this farce I announce myself by kicking open the door with a loud bang startling the rooms occupants. Inside I saw the Mane Six and Aranea standing by my throne while closer to me stood ten Equestrian Guards and with Cadence and Shining standing beside a new mare who I assumed was Celestia. Standing close enough I was able to see that she was just and inch shorter then myself without her horn, her fur was a pure white as her amethyst colored eyes gazed at me in surprise. She wore a matching white dress with gold trim that hugged her curvaceous form as her gold regalia glimmered brightly and her rainbow mane blew in a non-existent wind. As far as mares go I had to say she was indeed beautiful but even I knew a pretty face can hide the ugliest of people.

"Sorry but I believe you had me confused with someone else as my guards and I are clearly alive and well. However I am surprised you didn't bring your sister. Not a problem however. Now we have some very important matters to attend to but first I have a question for you." I say as I walk past them and take a seat on my throne with Aranea and the Element's looking at me happily while Celestia, Cadence and Shining looked less than pleased.

"Of course your highness what is it you need to ask?" asked Celestia calmly but I could see the clear distaste in her eyes at having to address me by my title.

"Oh nothing much I just need you to look at something and tell me if you recognize it ," I say calmly as I open the sack I had been carrying with me this whole time and reach inside, "now tell me princess.... does this look familiar to you?" I ask as I pull out the severed head of the Lieutenant that lead the assassination attempt on me. It took a while to identify the Lieutenant but luckily the bastard kept the symbol of his rank on his person even when he was supposed to be playing the part of a murderous bandit. Arrogance and stupidity are a truly deadly combination.

"Lieutenant!" yelled out Shining in both shock and anger making me smile and him freeze up at realizing his mistake.

"Oh so you do know this stallion? Funny you would address him as he was actually with the so called 'bandits' that attacked me and my guards. Though this would explain my findings at their camp. Especially all the Royal Guard equipment lounging around and a very interesting note found in this ones tent. Anything you have to say on why your guards would try and kill me princess?" I asked with mock curiosity as I tossed the head so it rolled to a stop before her. She ignored it however in place of glowering at me with barely suppressed rage while the Mane Six stared at their ruler in shock at what was being implied.

"P-p-princess did you really try to have Raddin assassinated just so Cadence could claim the throne?" asked a hurt Twilight. I'm sure that even despite the revelation I had given her sometime ago she still had some feelings for her teacher though even those feelings may be shattered with this knew revelation.

"Tried and failed Twilight. Not only that but your brother and his wife helped by passing information to her on when and where I would be going on my little walk. It would be a shame if the other rulers found out that the supposedly kind and humble Celestia was nothing more than a manipulative wench who would kill anyone that got in her way." I say with a mocking tone making the princesses' lackey's flare up in anger.

Celestia then smiled a little bit and I wondered what she was planning. Whatever it was it made me narrow my eyes at the solar monarch. She may be a bitch but she was a devious bitch.

"Oh I'm sure they won't be hearing of this. Cause I issue a challenge of combat between you and my guards here. They win you will renounce your throne to Cadence and be banished from the Empire." declared Celestia getting silence as a response for quite a few moments before I spoke with a bit of amusement.

"I see you have been reading a bit on my peoples laws. How you came by this info I can only guess is because of your two loyal fools. Very clever, foolish, but clever. I accept the challenge and my terms will be declared upon my victory!" I announce as I stand from my throne.

"What! Raddin are you crazy your facing ten Royal guards in nothing but trousers!" declared Dash as the other girls were voicing their own protests save for Aranea who already knew that nothing said would stop me. What can I say? Nords are as stubborn as shit and my blood was boiling hot and ready for a fight.

"I will be fine girls. Remember I am never truly without a weapon." I say as my hands light up with magicka making the others stop in their protest for a moment giving me enough time to stride forward towards the guards who were now pointing either their swords or spears at me ready to attack.

Smirking I summon two Bound Swords into my hands surprising the ponies with my unfamiliar magic. Nonetheless once my blades were in hand and the guards had gotten over their surprise, they began their attack and charged at me ready to kill.

The first guard to reach me thrust forward with his spear ready to drive it into my bare chest. Side stepping the obvious attack I bring one of my blades up cutting cleanly through the spear shaft before driving my other blade home in his chest. Seeing another guard coming up from behind the one still impaled on my sword I kick the now dead guard off of my sword and into the charging guard knocking him down.

To my left I see three guards coming and take a deep breath before shouting, "YOL TOOR SHUL!"

Instantly a wall of red hot flames burst from my mouth that quickly engulfs the charging guards. They didn't even have time to scream before they were turned to ashes leaving nothing but the melted piles of metal that was once their armor and weapons behind. Had to love dragonfire.

Enraged by the deaths of four of their comrades the remaining six rush me roaring their hatred and desire for my death. I almost felt sorry for this but sadly they had chosen to blindly follow a manipulative fool of a monarch. For that alone I would show them no mercy and make examples of them on why I was the most feared man in Skyrim.

"SU GRAH DUN!" I shout out once more before the guards reach me. My strikes become nothing but barely perceptible blurs as I strike with the speed and fury of a tempest cutting the guards down quicker than anyone else could see.

In mere seconds the six guards were dead and covered in multiple gashes bleeding out on my throne rooms floor. I stand for a moment relishing in my victory before I hear a cry of alarm from the girls and quickly whip my head around to see Shining trying to drive his sword into my back. Twisting my body the sword misses its mark but a long cut still appears across my upper back making me hiss a bit at the pain.

Angry that the pathetic milk drinker would dare stab me in the back I lash out when the Guard Captain tries to take another swing at me and the sound of my ethereal blade cutting through flesh was heard. After a moment it was met by the agonizing screams of Shining as his severed arm fell to the floor along with the sword it once held while he clutched his now bleeding stump.

"Shining!" shouted Cadence as she rushes to his side while the stallion passes out from the pain. I can't help but snort at this. I've fought with and against people who had lost limbs in mid battle and still continued to fight and he passes out almost immediately. This only reinforces how weak Celestia's forces truly were.

"You heartless beast! It was not enough you murdered my guards but now crippled my Captain!" yelled an enraged Celestia as her horn began to flow with magic while I stared at her with cold indifference.

"Me a heartless beast? Murder!? You challenged me you pathetic whore and now you pay the price! Instead of facing me yourself like a true warrior you sent a bunch of weakling in your stead, so who is really the heartless beast here Celestia!? As for the little piece of skeever shit bleeding on my floor he got what he deserved by trying to stab me in the back like the coward he is! I am Dragonborn and I will not submit to anyone, especially a spoiled little princess who believes she can do as she pleases without consequences!" I roared at her. I expected her to become further enraged and maybe attack me but instead I saw intense fear in her eyes as she shakily took a step back.

"D-dragonborn? YOUR DRAGONBORN!" she screamed in fear and it made me curious and surprised she knew my title as from what I recall there is no other who bears such a title in this world.

"Yes I am, now what does that mean to you princess? Have you met a dragonborn before?" I asked though my tone suggested it was more of a demand than an actual question. At this Celestia seemed to regain some composure before she began to speak in a tone filled with equal amounts fear and hate.

"Indeed I have. A few years after my sisters banishment a stranger appeared wearing a weird mask and robes. He claimed to be a seeker of knowledge and had come to our world to study our magic. At first I indulged his thirst for knowledge but when he had learned what he had wanted he tried to take my kingdom by using his magic to enslave the minds of my subjects." explained Celestia and I was getting a feeling that I knew exactly who she was talking about. After all there had only been one Dragonborn that was a glutton for knowledge and could bend the minds of others to his will, by Azura I could do the same but preferred not to for many reasons.

"Tell me princess but what was his real name? Not his title." I asked needing to know if my theory was correct.

"His name was Mirrak and he was one of the most evil beings I have ever encountered. Do you know him? Are you in league with him!?" demanded Celestia as she prepared to fight me but was stopped by my next statement.

"I knew him unfortunately Celestia. He was just as much a villain on my world as he was to this one and I am happy to say that he is now dead and by my own hands no less. Now take your niece and the coward and get out of my sight and out of my kingdom. If I see another Equestrian stepping foot into my lands without permission I will be sending you back their heads." I growled out as some of my guards came in to take the three away and also clean up the mess that was the bodies of the Equestrian guards.

I slumped back into my throne tiredly as the new revelation weighed heavily on my mind. It was hard to believe my former enemy Mirrak had once been to this world. But why and how did he come to be here? Out of all my foes Mirrak had been one of the most difficult due to his vast knowledge given to him by the Daedric Prince of Knowledge himself and the fact my shouts were virtually useless against him. Whatever the case the bastard was now dead and gone and nothing would change that.

Just then my vision began to swim and I could hear the girls calling my name but they sounded so distant. Blinking my eyes to try and focus I instantly found myself in a familiar place as all around me beautiful colors swirled and the air smelled of the finest perfume, in the distance I could see a large city of silver. This place could be none other than Moonshadow, the realm of the Daedric Princess Azura.

"It is nice to see you once more my Champion." spoke a beautiful voice from behind me. Knowing who it was instantly I turn and kneel before the Lady of Twilight herself.

"Lady Azura, always an honor to see you." I say with my head bowed low only to hear an annoyed sigh from her.

"Oh stand up Raddin, you know how much I hate it when you act so formal with me." she said with a huff which made me smile as I stood to stare at her. She looked just the same as always with her flawless pale skin, beautiful purple eyes and long black hair with her entire form clad in a silver robe that showed off her impressive figure . She may have been a good head shorter than myself but the power she radiated easily showed who was the stronger and more intimidating being here.

Smiling right back at me she pulled me into a hug which I returned gratefully. In all honesty she was probably my favorite Daedra even though I'm the Champion of a good few. Unlike the others she doesn't just call me whenever she needs a task carried out but also sometimes pops up in my dreams just to chat here and there.

Pulling back I take another look at her realm with a look of nostalgia before turning back to Azura who now looked a bit nervous making me curious on what she could want and more importantly, how could she still contact me despite being in an entirely different realm.

"So my Lady is there any particular reason for you visiting me? And how have things been since I've left Skyrim?" I asked casually.

"That's actually why I'm here Raddin, your arrival in the realm of Eques has caused a slight imbalance of power back on Nirn. With you not around to keep the peace things have gone a little off the rails and I've foreseen dark things in the future." she said seriously making me practically go bug-eyed in surprise.

"Wait, what!? Then I need to go back right away before they all kill each-other!" I shouted only for Azura to hold up a hand to silence me.

"No Raddin you cannot leave, while Nirn may need your help, this world needs you even more. The dark times in Skyrim will sort themselves out, however without you in this world even darker things are coming, things that you are very familiar with. I have conversed with your other Patron's and we have all agreed that you staying in Eques is the best course of action." she explained making me even more confused than before. What 'dark things' are coming and how do I know them?

"This doesn't make any sense Azura, I mean even if 'dark things' are heading my way in this world you can't expect me to beat them all by myself? While I have Erane and Aranea with me I'm not sure if they may be up to the task since I don't even know what we're up against since according to you it may be the most powerful thing I have faced to date!" I exclaimed in clear annoyance making Azura smirk in her usual 'I know something you don't know,' kind of way.

"That's why I'm sending you some extra help! They have already agreed to join you in this realm so don't worry about that, plus with what's coming you'll need all the help you can get. Now time to wake my champion and Akatosh says he wants many grandkid's to spoil!" she said with a small wave and before I could protest I was violently thrown out of her realm only to slam back into my own where I woke with a violent start in my thrown.

Looking around I noticed the Mane Six along with Erane and Aranea looking at me in worry. Guess I must have been pretty far out of it if their this worried.

"What in Faust name jus' happen to ya Raddin?" exclaimed Aj.

"Yes darling you were looking positively distressed for a good while." followed up Rarity with equal amounts of concern.

Before I could even formulate a proper response a small purple portal appeared at the end of the throne room catching everyone's attention. Looking at the portal suddenly four figures were tossed out and into a jumbled heap before us.

"Hey get off of me!" shouted one in a female voice I found quite familiar.

"I would if I could lass but someone's also on top of me!" shouted another familiar voice only this one was male.

This went on for a few moments before the mass of limbs managed to untangle itself and now stood all four figures which I now recognized without a doubt. Them being here was so unbelievable that I actually pinched myself just to see if I was dreaming. The action had not gone unnoticed by the new arrival's as they all laughed lightly at me.

"Well Raddin, looks like you really have stepped up in the world. I hope you haven't forgotten about your friends have you?" asked Aela with mock disappointment. Beside her stood my Shield Brother Farkas along with my money loving friend Brynjolf, and finally the vampire princess herself Serana.

"Well how could I forget you sorry lot?" I say with great cheer as I practically leap from my throne to greet my longtime friends once more. In my head though I couldn't help but thank Lady Azura along with my other Patron's for this glorious gift as I now had my most trusted friends and allies by my side once more. Whatever dark forces may come I know that they wouldn't stand a chance.