"Oh for the love of God James just hurry up already!" I shouted at my longest childhood friend with annoyance.
We had been at this convention for over an hour and half of that time was spent with him making sure his costume was 'perfect'. Seriously the only reason I even agreed to be here was because he basically begged me to come with him as a duo and make his costume more badass. Honestly I don't see how a five foot eight guy like him dressed as a videogame character can look badass but I must say I pulled off the look quite well.
My names Nicolas Mandis and I'm a nineteen year old college freshman. I stand at about six foot normally and have pale skin with dark brown eyes and dark brown hair. Though at the moment no one would recognize me as I was decked out in a full costume.
Now my hair was a silvery white and spiked backwards with one strand falling in front, my eyes had contacts making them blue and I was dressed up in a high collar black shirt with ridge designs along the chest area, grey trousers tucked into a pair of black boots. The part of the outfit I liked though was the sweet blue trench coat that hung down to my ankle's. Well that and the O-Katana strapped to my side that looked like an exact replica of the one used by my character.
If you hadn't guessed yet I'm dressed as Vergil from Devil May Cry so it shouldn't be too hard to picture who my friend was.
"Dude I said call me Dante! That's the whole point of having this costume on!" Said James as he walked out of the bathroom looking like an exact replica of the other son of Sparda only he was significantly shorter.
"And I said I don't care! I came here with you because you wouldn't stop bothering me until I did and you made my costume. So Let's have you do your thing and lets go, I got some homework to do back at the dorms." I say with an eye roll.
"Aw Vergil you know all work and no play makes Vergil a dull boy." James teased using the name of my character instead of mine.
I wanted to tell him off but couldn't bring myself to do it. The guy just knew all the right buttons to press on me. If he wanted to play in the world of fantasy for a while and wanted me to do so with him then I would indulge him this one time. Hell I may even end up enjoying myself in the end!
So for the next two hours 'Dante' and I visited a variety of stalls and if I had to be honest I was enjoying myself quite a bit and was feeling the need to buy something just to get the itch to leave.
Thankfully what I was looking for happened to be at a small stand away from the others. I left 'Dante' to continue exploring on his own while I decided to look at the guys items. I didn't pay much attention to the guy but after taking a glance at him he looked familiar. Like some character from a game I had played before but couldn't quite remember where.
Ignoring this I checked out what he had for sale and saw a little pendant that caught my eye. It was a small necklace with a pendant that had an oval shaped ruby imbedded in a jagged silver piece that looked almost like a stone arrowhead. Picking it up I turn it around in my palm just transfixed by it. Now I'm no girly guy or jeweler but this thing looked fucking awesome!
"Hey man how much for this piece?" I asked still turning the necklace around in my hand.
"Twenty bucks." He says in a bored tone.
The price surprised me though as this necklace seemed a hundred percent real and worth way more than what he was selling it for. Still a deals a deal and if I happen to get the better end who am I to argue? So handing him the money I put the necklace on and instantly feel something off.
The world starts to shift around me and I start to stumble a bit as it felt like I was standing in the middle of an earthquake. All of a sudden I hear a great bang and have the sensation of falling before everything goes black and I knew no more.
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"What is it?"
Was the first thing I heard after who knows how long of being unconscious. I could feel that I was lying down on some type of hard ground and that I wasn't hurting anywhere but I was having trouble opening my eyes for some reason. Plus who was talking about me? And what the hell did they mean by 'what is it?'
They're acting like they've never seen a human before.
At this point I was forcing my eyes to open bit by bit. As I was doing this I began to hear more of my surrounding's such as some small explosions, some screaming and a very annoying buzzing almost like a swarm of locust.
When my eyes finally did open they nearly bugged out at what I was seeing. Turns out I was lying in the middle of some stone street with a bunch of fancy looking buildings around me. If that wasn't freaky enough it was the group of creatures that were around me. They looked like some type of hybrid between an insect and a small horse. They all had black carapaces with large pupil less blue eyes, vampire fangs, bug wings, a crude horn atop their heads and had holes in their hooves that you could see through.
Seeing these things instantly made me jump to my feet with speeds I never knew I had. It was then I felt something.... off about myself. I felt stronger and more confident for some reason. As if being surrounded by these creatures was at best a minor annoyance to me. Looking down I saw that these creatures at most came up to about waist height severely making them less dangerous looking in my eyes.
"What are you?" Demanded one of the creatures with a echo in its voice that sounded male from what I could deduce.
I was about to say human but something stopped me. Almost like there was another voice inside my head telling me that was wrong and urging me to say something else. Before I could stop myself I blurted out whatever this new inner consciousness wanted me to say.
"I am Vergil Sparda, a half-demon."
At this point I was wondering if I had finally gone insane and been corrupted by James. That was until the damn bug horses started laughing at me and making me very angry at how they thought I was joking. I didn't even care about them laughing at what I said but I will not take being laughed at straight to my face sitting down. These bugs are toast.
"Suuure you are. And I'm a queen. Now just drop your sword and surrender nice and quietly and maybe the Queen will make you an exotic pet." Said one of the bug horses as they all got ready to attack me should I not comply.
Scoffing at the thought of being one of these things pet almost made me puke. But when the bug mentioned my sword I looked down to see my Yamato replica still at my side but it somehow felt different now. As if there was a presence there that wasn't there before. Curiously I draw the blade out a bit but instead of seeing grey cardboard instead was the gleaming metal of an actual blade!
While I was being surprised by my once fake sword becoming real the bugs had decided I was taking too long and one had lunged at me. Seeing him coming I acted on instinct and drew my sword fully while making a slashing motion. Once I did that the bug froaze in midair looking at me in confusion. A second later the bug split in half spraying green blood everywhere along with about five others of his kind behind him suffering the same fate.
Now not only was I surprised but so was the bugs who now backed up in fear. Looking at my still spotless blade I begin to wonder how I had done that only for the memories to hit me like a truck. I had only played Devil May Cry a few times but I knew what just happened was because I was wielding the real Yamato. The very same blade wielded by Dante's twin brother and can even cut through space and time!
Then what I had said earlier came to mind and it made me wonder, had I really become Vergil? Had I become the very character I had dressed as at that convention with James? Seemed to be so with me now having Yamato at my side.
Sheathing the blade I glare at the remaining creatures and start asking questions.
"Alright maggots if you don't want to end up like your friends your going to answer all of my questions. Got it." I said in a cold tone that would have made the original Vergil proud.
After seeing them all nod in acceptance I continue, "alright now first of what are you and where am I?"
"Y-y-you're in Canterlot the Capital of Equestria. And w-w-we're Changeling's." Spoke one of the now named changelings. A weird name for a species of bug horse but I didn't care.
"Alright next question, why are you all here?"
"We're invading with our Queen Chrysalis."
"And where is your Queen right now?" I demanded knowing if I wanted anymore important info I would have to go to the highest in the food chain to get it and these guys definitely were not it.
"At the castle with Queen Silken. They are currently overthrowing the Princesses as we speak." Spoke another changeling only this one had dark green eyes instead of the usual blue like the others. Maybe it was one of Queen Silken's changelings? Doesn't matter as now I knew where to go since I could plainly see the castle from where I was standing.
Without another word I started to walk off towards the castle with the changelings making a path for me and not bothering to attempt to impeded my path. Good thing to as I didn't want to have to use anymore of my powers so soon since I didn't exactly know how to work them properly. Something to do in the future I suppose.
