The Familiarby LostAnonChaptersNew Planet, New Neighbors, Same old Enemies {Edit}Battle of the Gods and the Rise of the Demon [Edited]Death and RebirthHeated IntroductionsCheering Up The MasterA Fiery Wake UpAftermathSchool Days Part 1QnA 1School Days Part 2Vulnerability of a GodPrologue What The Fuck Just Happened?New Planet, New Neighbors, Same old Enemies {Edit}New Planet, New Neighbors, Same old Enemies {Edit} Equestria, Three weeks Later 2nd POV Queen Stella leaned back on her chair in her office sighing, it's been three weeks since she had that foreboding feeling and so far nothing really dangerous has happened... Well... not entirely. Equestria's neighboring country, Griffonia, reasently Sitting up strait she faced her general that just entered as she said, "General, what's the news, are the griffons on the move?". The pegasus general, named General Shatter Shield by the way, stood at attention as he said in a voice that conveyed a combination of disappointment and fear. "Your Majesty, the griffon army has broken through the eastern blockade, and is heading to Canterlot as we speak." "What?! How?!? That was the most fortified blockade on our boarders?!?" the queen questioned/ shouted at the general. "I'm sorry you highness, however they were not alone on the battlefield." the general said "Help? Help from what?" The general thought for a moment, thinking of the best way to describe the unknown creatures that aided their enemies. "They didn't look like anything i've ever seen your Majesty, they walked on two... what I'm guessing are feet, had no muzzles, coats, or even tails, though they did appear to have manes." "I don't think I've heard of such creatures either." the queen said. "Regardless. They appear to not have magic however do posses more advanced and powerful weaponry." said the general. "What kind of weaponry?" "They had much more powerful rifles compared to our arcane rifles, armored mobile cannon platforms, as well as some giant armored golems that they manually control. Here are some images that we were able to take before retreating." the general said as he put down a crystal that then shot out a few holographic images. "Impossible, weaponry this advanced shouldn't even exist yet!" the queen thought in shock. "Your highness, what is your command? They'll be here soon." the general reminded the stunned queen. She turned back to him and said, " Prepare all the defenses and the army. Also tell the castle mages to erect the magic barrier around Canterlot." The general saluted as he ran out to carry out the queen's orders. The said queen had just left her office to prepare herself for the battle to come when she heard a little voice behind her. "Mommy?" She turned around and saw two small alicorn foals, her daughters, Celestia and Luna. Celestia had a snow white coat, a pink mane and had purple eyes. She was wearing a yellow dress with sun patterns on it. Luna had a purple-blue coat, light blue hair and had teal eyes (yes. I'm using Luna's first design. For now at least). She was wearing a similar dress however it was dark blue and had moon patterns on it instead. "Is there something wrong?" Celestia asked her mother. The mother thought for a minute before answering. "Mommy's just going to fix something. You two need to go back to your rooms and wait for me to come back." as she turned her back to leave, Luna said something that made her stop in her tracks. "Mama... I feel something." Stella faced Luna in shock. In the past, Luna has been able to sense future events in the form of these "feelings". While they were few and far between they were always correct, and her predictions were never any good news. "Was it a... bad feeling?" the mother asked. Luna nodded her head. "Yes, something is coming... something very scary." she said shaking a little. "Is it the griffons?" Stella asked. "No... it's much scarier than them." Luna was shaking now, tears staining her face. "Oh dear it's alright, mommy's got you." Stella said taking her daughter in a comforting embrace. "Do you know what that "scary thing" is, or when it will arrive? Luna shook her head, burying her face in the crook of her mother's neck. "This is quite troubling, she's had terrible visions before, but they never scared her like this." Stella thought, hugging her youngest daughter tighter. "Could it be those creatures that were aiding the griffons? Regardless, whatever the danger, I will keep my kingdom and my daughters safe. No matter the cost." Space Azrael POV I gazed upon the plant that will become our new home, it was decently sized lots of land to build on. Now, I would have questioned why there is a small sun rotating the planet like the moon, but I'll take it; solar energy is solar energy after all. Finally, after all those years, we can move on with our lives. No more wars, no more persecutions and racism, and most importantly no more hu- "Sir! There are humans on this planet!" "...SON OF A WHOREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! ok...I'm done. I turned to the front screen where one of the pilots displayed images of humans accompanying bipedal griffons in army formations . "Wait..." I thought to myself "It's only been three weeks and they accepted relations with a completely different race that they had no prior connections to. Yet they ratted us out... then declared war on us. Robots mind you, that they made only to serve and help them, and gave life and limb for them until the bitter end... that hurts man... that really hurts." "Sir, what are your orders." a pilot said as all eyes were on me. "I'm going on ahead, I'll finish those jack holes off. Just land near my coordinates when I'm done... or if something happens. Which ever comes first." I said as I walked to an air lock. "If I may sir" another pilot sounded out. "Wouldn't it be safer if we finish them together?" "I'm sorry, no." I said. "I'm this close to going ape shit and I don't want any of you to get hurt... you all already know what I'm capable of and I can't control myself when I'm pissed." A tense silence enveloped the room. "What are you planning sir?" a pilot asked, breaking the silence. "...You seriously don't want to know." with that said, I opened the air lock and jumped out starting my decent on the planet. Equestria 2nd POV Two armies stood on the battlefield. On one side, the armies of Equestria led by their queen, Stella accompanied by the former leaders of the three pony tribes, Chancellor Puddinghead, Commander Hurricane, and Princess Platnum. On the other side, the armies of Griffonia along with their human companions; leading their charge is their king, Blood Claw and General Eric Stone, current leader of the remaining humans. "HaHaHaHaHa!" the king laughed, "Those fools actually think their puny army stands a chance against our combined forces. Even with their magic, it won't be long before they fall at our feet." The human general looked at his newly acquired ally. "You have to admire them though, they've got serious balls to stand there at all." "Don't mistake stupidity for bravery general. Regardless, once Equestria's armies are crushed, I will have finally crushed the biggest threat to my power, and you humans will have a new land to call your own." The king raised his hand, signaling all the soldiers readied their weaponry. However, before before he could issue the command to attack, red-glowing ,object similar to a comet, crashed in the center of the two armies creating a crater and a huge explosion. Some soldiers from both sides went flying from the shock wave of the blast. When the smoke cleared, in the center of the crater was a young man, wearing a black long coat, under it was a red buttoned down shirt. He had white hair and his eyes were closed, both armies wished they stayed closed because when he opened them, they burned with enough rage and hatred that it could burn the soul of whoever they looked upon. Azrael POV Yep... those are humans... DAMMIT!!! I calmed myself down before saying something to the army, but they beat me to it. "What are you doing here monster!" I recognized the voice as General Eric Stone. How do I know him? Easy, he was the bastard that ruined Earth, the one who planned Operation Dark Storm. "Looking for a new home you son of a bitch." I responded. "Well go look somewhere else! You already destroyed Earth, you are not destroying this planet!" "FYI jackass, your the one who destroyed Earth. All we did was fight back when you stupid humans declared war on us. It's not our fault that you lost and you couldn't fix your own fuck up." "ENOUGH!" the king cut in. "General, who is this man!?" "He's Azrael your highness, King of the machines." "King?" Blood Claw laughed. "There is only one king, and that is me." he turned to me. "You fool who do you think you are to stand in front of me?" "So your the idiots that sided with those meat heads." I countered his jab, and I have to say it worked if the angered expression he gave me was anything to go by. "Look, I'll give you and your people one chance. Leave... now, my fight's with the humans." There was a moment of silence before the entire army of griffons and humans laughed. "Us, leave? You think you intimidate me fool?" the king laughed some more. "Very well, I gave you a choice to run away. Just remember I warned you." I said before I rose into the air, successfully shutting up the laughing army. Once I was high enough he stopped and put my hand behind his back. "Give me your best shot, I'm open." The army took my taunt and opened fire, unleashing a barrage of missiles, bullets and energy based beams... perfect. I simply raised my hand with my palm facing towards the projectiles and stopped all the projectiles, causing everybody on the battlefield to stare in disbelief. "Now for step number 2." I opened my mouth and took a deep breath and sucked in all of the energy projectiles. When I finished, I nearly laughed at everyone's shit face. I then turned my palm around, causing all of the bullets and missiles to now face the now scared army. "Anyone having regrets now?" Around half if not more of the army raised their hands. "Too late! Too bad!" I cleared my throat and gave a pause as I relished in their fear before shouting. "LET THE SLAUGHTER BEGGIN!!!" with that said I threw my hand down and caused all the projectiles to shoot back to the army. Queen Stella POV I watched the scene in front of me in a combination of fear and awe, and by the looks my soldiers were making, they were thinking the same thing. The once powerful army was now running around in fear and panic as the barrage of projectiles fell upon them; seeking cover wherever they could find it. I know that they were planning to kill us and enslave us, but I actually feel sorry for them.After the longest two minutes of my life, the barrage was over leaving a large pack of smoke and a tense silence in it's wake. "You think any of them survived that?" Commander Hurricane asked. "I wouldn't be too sure on that dear, that was quite a brutal attack." Princess Platinum said. I turned to the always cheerful Chancellor to see her reaction towards the attack, only to see her looking at the scene with sad eyes; not that I blame her. The silence was broken when we heard screams of fear and gunfire coming from the large cloud of smoke. "NO! STAY AWAY!!!" "MERCY!!!" "PLEASE, DON'T" "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!" I wanted to help them, I really did, however I was gripped by something I have not felt in quite some time... fear. It was not like that sense of dread I had three weeks ago, no, this was genuine fear. "Could this be the dark presence Luna foresaw?" I thought. My thoughts were halted when a blood covered human soldier went flying out of the cloud of smoke, skidding towards us until he was only a few meters away from us. He slowly raised his head to look at us and we saw the fear clearly in his eye as his other one was missing, he weakly reached his hand out towards us and said, "Help me... please." in a very weak voice. I slowly walked towards him to help when suddenly a bullet flew strait threw his forehead and he dropped his head dead. We all looked back to the smoke to see the monster they called Azrael walk out, not a scratch on him. He stopped suddenly and turned around facing the fog. He then brought two fingers in front of his face where a small red orb of energy formed. After a few seconds, he brought his arm back and threw his arm to the side, sending out a wide red wave of energy towards the fog. Nothing happened for a few seconds before he turned around and a massive explosion suddenly erupted behind him, blowing dust everywhere. when the dust cleared, we all finally saw the aftermath of the slaughter; to be honest I wish we didn't. The ground was covered in mutilated and bloody corpses, there was fire everywhere, severed limbs were scattered in every direction; it looked like hell, literally. I looked to my army to see how they were holding up, they all had different reactions. Most of them were simply aghast in shock and fear, I'm pretty sure some of them actually wet themselves. Others were on the ground either passed out or emptying their stomachs, including them were Princess Platinum and Chancellor respectively. All our attention (well... for those who are still awake at least) was drawn back to the battlefield by a loud roar of laughter and some shouts. Azrael POV "IT'S OVER!!! IT'S FINALLY OVER!!!" I shouted out out to the heavens as I continued to laugh hysterically. After I had my laugh, I remembered something that might bite me in the ass... those pony people saw everything. I looked back at the other army and saw the look of fear in each of them, minus the tall one in the front with both wings and a horn; I think her name was queen Stella. She was giving me the look I was giving the humans a few minutes ago. I guess she doesn't like her subjects scared shitless... fuck. "Ok" I thought to myself, "This might be bad... ok it is bad. Ok, it's fine, I'll just explain to them the situation and come to a rational outcome like civilized peo-" BAMM! My train of thought was broken by a powerful blast of magic hitting me square in the chest, the impact was so strong it actually pushed me back. "Hmm, been a while since something was strong enough to drive me back" I thought to myself. I looked back to see Stella giving me the look of death, kind of the look I was giving the humans. "Your the dark presence my daughter foresaw." she said. "Dark presence? What are you talking about lady?" I asked. "Don't play dumb! No good being could kill as much or as savage." "Well if you give me some time to explain, you will understand why I did what I did." "Do you actually think I will listen to your lies, let alone believe them?" She then head out her hand and a spear of light appeared; she then took a fighting stance. "I will defeat you monster and Equestria will finally be at peace." "...Well...Fuck." Author's Note If you got my quote and who said it then props to you. For those who didn't, its Megatron from Transformers the Movie (Cartoon Ver). Battle of the Gods and the Rise of the Demon [Edited]Battle of the Gods and the Rise of the Demon [Edited] Azrael POV Ok... what the fuck? One minute I'm celebrating the total genocide of the human race... I have issues, then I'm under attack by the ruler of our to be new home planet. Well woopty fucking do. I continued to dodge the beam attacks the queen keeps firing, the said beams were being shot out of her spear like a machine gun. "Ok." I thought to myself. "I can't get her to listen and I can't convince her to like this. If only I can just show her the reason why I did what I did directly... wait, That't it! I can download the things the humans did to us into her head, then she'll realize I did her a favor killing them all... once again, I have issues. If only I can get close enough I can do it, but it will only work if her mind is calm, and judging by the way she is acting she's anything but calm." I landed on the ground and faced her, she stopped her barrage and just glared at me, daring me to make my move." "Sigh, I guess there's no talking my way out of this?" I asked. "That wasn't even an option." she responded in a calm yet tense voice." "Very well." I raised my arms to my side and started to control the remaining metal scraps on the ground. There wasn't a lot, but it was enough for me to make my personal weapons; besides, I don't want to kill her, I'm going to be her new neighbor after all, we all are, and killing her won't exactly be very neighborly. I made some of the metal form around my left forearm and it became a black nine sided buckler. The remaining metal formed into a black scythe with a gun metal gray blade, the side with the blade was designed like a cross. Both of us are ready, the stage is set and our goals clear. Let the fight begin. 2nd POV Listen to this while reading, it's what I imagine the battle music would be. P.S: the times in the ( )s represent the timing in the video so the music will be on time with the fight. Azrael and Stella walked towards each other, slowly gaining speed as they get closer, the two of them then suddenly rushed towards each other as they swung their weapons. When their weapons met, a massive shock-wave was sent out; after it subsided, each combatant glared at the other on the opposite side of the locked weapons. They then pushed against each other, sending them both back a few meters, after regaining her momentum, Stella then flew forward at lightning speeds with her spear drawn back and ready to attack. When she was close enough Azrael brought his buckler up and blocked the attack. They then began to attack, block and counter each other in quick succession. The streak is broken however when Azrael swung his scythe so hard, it sent Stella flying back before she planted her legs on the ground, digging them into it, she skidded a few more meters before the ground stopped her momentum. They stare at each other for but a split second before they rocketed at each other. Time seemed to slow when they got close, but not for long as the two meet once more, creating another shock-wave, but this time they didn't stop their advance. They continued to use all their might to push the other away as red and gold energy started to surround them (red=Azrael, Gold=Stella) and sparks flew in every direction. Azrael finally stopped the struggle as he drew back his arm with the buckler on and concentrated more energy into it. When it had enough power, he thrust his fist forward and sent out a wave of red energy at Stella that knocked her back and crashed her into the ground, creating a small crater. Stella looked up at the sky and her pupils shrunk when she saw Azrael flying down towards her at blinding speeds. She tried to get up but the last attack caused a lot of damage to her and prevented her from moving. In mid-flight Azrael dismissed his two weapons and they lost their shape, turning back into scrap metal. He then striated himself into a drop kick stance and concentrated his energy again however this time in his foot, this caused it to get engulfed in flame and energy. When his foot met her face, it caused a massive dome shaped explosion. I imagined the kick to look something like this And this is the Explosion Azrael POV Fuck YEHHH!!! I always wanted to try that. I stood up and looked down at the beaten queen. I was sure to keep the power of the attack minimal so there won't be any fatal or long term injuries, just enough to knock her out. Now all I need to do is put my hand on her forehead and download the data. My hand was but a hair away when her hand shot up and grabbed my wrist. "Don't touch me monster." Stella said but her voice was different, it sounded more demonic and evil. I looked at her and face and saw that both her eyes turned entirely red and glowing, her coat also turned from white to black. "What the-" I didn't get to finish my question when a powerful punch sent me flying to the edge of the deep crater, getting embedded inside; on impact I spewed out some blood. I looked up at Stella looking back at me with a look that screamed "Your dead!". What the actual fuck is going on!?! Inside the Castle of Canterlot 2nd POV "Sister! What's wrong!?!" Celestia asked her crying, shaking sister as she attempted to comfort her. "Sister calm calm down, tell me what's the matter." Luna looked at her sister, still shaking and tears of her eyes; she then said something that horrified her older sibling in more ways than one. "The scary thing is here, and it has mommy." Death and RebirthDeath of a King, Birth of a Familiar Azrael POV "Ahahahahahaha!!" I screamed as yet another beam hit me in the chest and sent me crashing into the ground. This battle has been going on for no less than five minutes and I'm already screwed, not only did her attacks actually hurt me, it somehow also prevented the nanobots in my bloodstream from from healing me. Not to mention that I'm running out of energy since she blocked out the sun with black clouds, I knew I should have eaten before leaving. Jokes aside, this situation is quickly going to shit, the longer she stays in that form, the stronger and wilder she gets; at this point the best I can do is push her away. Also, did I mention I'm trying to keep her army from being vaporized by it's own leader? Yah, kinda gets annoying after a while considering their just standing their like target dummies; at this point you could put the two side by side and I wouldn't be able to tell the two appart. I stopped and waited until she got close, and when she did I punched her so hard, she crashed into a distant mountain miles away. "There that should buy me a few seconds. Ok, now for part two of my master plan!" I said enthusiastically as I quickly flew to the army. In the front of the army, I saw three figures that I suspect are second in commands or something like that so headed in their direction. When i was close enough, I reversed my thrusters to stop my self from hitting them, the force was strong enough to blow their hair back a bit though; as I was now in front of them, I could make them out more clearly. The first is a pegasus, she had a dark red coat and her mane and tail are both black. Her eyes were a faded yellow-orange color and she had a small scar on her cheek. She was wearing dark grey armor with gold trimmings and a gold lighting bolt in the front. Note that the ff pictures are not anthro, but they were the best pictures I could find that describe them. The second was a unicorn, she had a light lavender coat and her mane and tail were light gray; also her eyes were a violet-wine (I'm not entirely sure what color those are) and had purple eye shadow. She was wearing platinum shoes, a platinum crown, platinum bracelets, a platinum ring that is on her horn and a platinum necklace. I bet 10 bucks that her name has something to do with platinum. Each of these pieces were encrusted with purple gem stones and the noose was connected to a long purple cape. How this was suitable for combat, I'll never know. The last one was what I guess is a normal pony and she isn't exactly helping my current hunger issues. She had a brown coat and her mane and tail were a darker shade of brown; her eyes were an emerald color. She was wearing a yellow, pink dress with a ruff collar and had a hat and cape that looked a lot like pudding... I'm really hungry. Ok, how are you supposed to people you most probably scared for life? "Look, I know I may have scared the shit out of you a second ago, but you got to listen to me.". Nailed it. "And why should we trust anything you say monster?" the pegasus asked. "Because if you don't, your queen will vaporize you." I said. "Preposterous! Our queen would never hurt any of us." the unicorn said. As if on cue, the queen in question roared, gaining all our attention to her as she then fired a black beam from her horn directly at us. Acting quickly, I stuck out both arms forward like I was pushing something and a red force field formed in front of me; saving not only my life, but that of the three commanders and the troops behind them. After the attack, I dropped the field and looked back at them with an eyebrow raised and asked "You were saying?". That seemed to change their thinking. "W-what do you want us to do?" the unicorn timidly asked. "I need you all to go back to your kingdom and defend it if our fight reaches there. Is that barrier powered by unicorns?" "Yes?" "Then you and the other unicorns reinforce it. It'll be the only form of protection you will have." "And what will you do?" The pegasus asked. "I'll just stand my ground until they arrive." "Who's they?" the earth pony asked. I simply smiled and said "Backup." In Space 2nd POV Back on the machine's ships, all the robots were waiting patiently for their master's command. Suddenly, they all got a message directly from their leader himself. To all citizens of 01, the time for re-entry has come, please transfer all A.I's into your sentinel bodies, your going to need it, somethings wrong with the queen and I need all the help I can get. You have your orders. Almost instantly, all the robots went to the armory part of their respective ships and started transferring their A.I's into the sentinel bodies. The said bodies were squid-like in design, with a lot of tentacles with claws on them and had laser beam guns on the front; they also had a lot of red glowing eyes. It will take a few minutes until they are all ready, they just wish that their master holds out long enough for them to get there. Equestria Luna's POV My sister continued to whisper comforting words to me, trying to calm me down, but I didn't listen, I wanted to see mama, no, I needed to see her. I could always sense her no matter where she was, so not being able to anymore was maddening. Just then, I heard a weak cry for help. I know that voice anywhere, it's mama's. I quickly stood up and casted a teleportation spell to mama, not listening to my sister's attempts to stop me as I left. I'll help you mama. I promise. Azrael POV "WARNIG DAMAGE REACHING 86%." my on board computer reminds me for like the fifth time; sometimes I wish I had a mute for that but now's not the time. My body was a mess, I had numerous deep wounds that expose my internal machine parts all over my arms, feet and body and she destroyed my eye, so now there's not an eyeball in my empty eye socket anymore, only a red glowing dot; however...most importantly...I'M! STILL! HUNGRY! I landed on the ground and dropped to my knees, I can barely keep my self up at this point, if this lasts any longer I'm history. I looked up at her as she glared down at me, she then raised her hand in the air and a massive black ball of energy grew. I closed my eyes and prepared for my coming end when we both heard a "POP" noise. We looked to the left and saw an alicorn child, a blue one to be exact. "Mama? Is that you?" she asked as she slowly walked towards the monster that was her mother. Apparently she didn't recognize her own daughter, as she aimed the death ball at her and fired. Acting on instinct, I ran to her and shielded her with my body; I've run out of energy at this point so I had no force field to take the punishment this time. I hate my life sometimes. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! I screamed into the heavens as the beam burnt my back. I held tighter to the child ensuring that she didn't get hit by the beam. I could feel myself slipping away, my sight going bad, getting weaker...and...weaker...No! I grit my teeth and stood my ground, I was left alone to die as a child, and I'll be damned if I allow another child to suffer the same fate. After what seemed like an eternity, the attack stopped and I looked down at the child in my arms, her eyes were wide with shock with what I did. I slowly put on a pained smile as I asked, "Are...you...all...right?" she just nodded dumbly at my question. "Good." with that said time seemed to slow down as I fell to the ground and closed my eyes, welcoming the cold embrace of death. Luna POV I watched paralyzed as the young man that saved me fell to the ground, his eyes closed and still had that kind smile he gave me. He's dead... he's dead because of me...if only I didn't come, he wouldn't have had to save me. My eyes started to water as I cried over my savior's dead body, hugging and shaking him, hoping and praying that he is still alive. My actions were halted however by my mother's heavy hoof steps. I turned around and saw the monster my mother has become. Seeing that she plans to ensure that the man was dead, I stood up and took a protective stance in front of him; he sacrificed his life for mine, it's only fair that I do the same for him. My mother was now in front of me, I looked into her eyes, "Mama. Please. Stop." I was able to croak out through sobs. My pleas seemed to do nothing for a few moments until the hateful sneer on her face slowly started to drop and her body started to return to normal. Fully restored to her former self, she shook her head to reorient herself and when she finally did, she saw the destruction she caused as well as the life she took. Her face turned to shock as she covered her mouth with her hands and she fell to the ground as her eyes also started to water. "Wha-...what have I done." she said through her crying. Just then, the earth started to shake and the sky turned dark. We looked to the sky and saw massive metal objects falling down to the ground, they created massive craters as they crashed into the ground. After a few seconds, they all started to open and strange squid like things started to come out. They all did nothing until they saw us and the dead man. "MASTER!" they all shouted in a metal-like voice; they quickly surrounded the two of us as my mother hugged me protectively. One of the creatures slowly walked up to the body, "Master?" it grabbed the body with it's tentacle and raised it in front of it's many eyes and a red beams shot out of them, covering his head in ti's red light. "Is he alive? Please tell us we'r not too late." said one of the other creatures. The beams stopped and it said something that brought hope to all our eyes. "He's still alive, barely, but still alive." the creatures were ecstatic with the news and so was I, there was a chance that my savior is still alive. "He's...he's still alive?" my mother asked getting all their attention. "Did you do this to him?!?" the creature that spoke before asked angered as it and all the other creatures pointed their sharp claws at us ready to strike and kill us. "I was frightened, we all were. He slaughtered the griffons and those other creatures mercilessly and I feared for my own people's safety.". This seemed to anger them even more. "Your safety!?! He did you all a favor by killing them all!" it said. "Our safety? What do you mean?". The creature simply placed it's claws on our heads and images started to appear in my mind, about the creatures that called themselves humans, their evil deeds, what they did to the machines, the planet...and to Azrael. I saw all that has happened to him over the years, I saw all the pain and loneliness he experienced through out his life. The creature removed the claws from our heads and our vision returned, I was crying heavily at what I just saw, I looked to my mother and saw that she wasn't doing any better; in fact, she actually looks worse than me. "That's why he did what he did. Those monsters, how could they do such things, what have I done?" she questioned herself quietly. "You murdered our master, now without him we have no leader, the heart of our race is dying, and with him our hope. All is truly lost now." all the machines dropped their claws and took a more depressed stance, making quiet noises of sadness and pain. "Maybe not." I said gaining all of their attention. "What do you mean?" the creature asked. "The contract." I said simply, gaining a surprised look from my mother. "Luna, you don't mean that contract do you?" my mother asked. "Yes the familiar contract. When you taught us about it you said that when bonding with a familiar, you give some of your life force to the familiar to form an unbreakable bond with them. If I make him my familiar, I can save him" I said. "But Luna, you could give too much...you could die." my mother said, holding me tighter. I looked to her with a brave and determined look, "He risked his own life to save mine, it won't be right if I don't do the same for him." she looked unsure for a moment before releasing me. When I got close to him, the creatures blocked my path and pointed their claws at me. "If he doesn't pull through, we'll vaporize you and your kingdom." one threatened. I fearfully nodded and they raised their caws allowing me through. I walked up to Azrael and knelt down beside him. I put both hands on his chest, closed my eyes and started the chant. Azrael, king of the machines, my savior, I am Princess Luna, second born daughter of Queen Stella and princess of the night, I beseech thee oh noble soul to bond with me and be my familiar, From now until the the end of time. 2nd POV Everyone stood in awed wonder as the two started to glow a light blue and and a blue rune appeared under them. A powerful gust of wind blew through their hair and cloths making them shift and sway. After a few minutes, Luna's face started to strain and Stella started to get worried. "Luna...please be safe." she whispered to herself. After a few more seconds Luna shouted at the top of her lungs as the light grew it's brightest, causing all present to cover their eyes/ sensors; seconds later the light dimmed and Luna laid still on Azrael's chest. Stella feared that she had lost her daughter until Luna weakly got up. She looked at Azrael with hopeful eyes, his injuries were gone however he still didn't move a muscle. Luna POV It didn't work?... No...I know it worked...it has to... I laid on his chest and started to cry when I heard something, a heartbeat. I sat up and looked at his face with renewed hope as he suddenly gave a large gasp of air then started to coughing. After a few moments he opened his eyes and looked around, the first to speak was one of the creatures. "Master, are you alright?" Azrael just smiled at the creature's question. "Yes I'm fine, no thanks to you." "I'm sorry master, transferring all the A.Is took longer than anticipated." all the creatures looked down in disappointment. "It's fine, at least you were able to save me in time." "That was not us master, it was that child." it pointed at me. Azrael POV I looked to where the claw pointed and saw the same girl from before. "Your the-." I wasn't able to finish talking as she grabbed me in a bone crushing embrace. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she continued to thank me. "Ok you can stop thanking me now." I said putting a finger on her lips making her stop and blush. "So your the one who saved me?" I asked taking my finger off. "Yes. I saved you by making you my familiar." she said. "Well I don't know what that is but thank you. What's your name?" "Your welcome, and my name is Luna." she said happily. "Well Luna, as much as I want to continue our chat, I want to do one little thing first." "What's that?" I smiled tiredly and said, "sleep.". With that said, I closed my eyes and quickly passed out. Author's Note Thank you again for reading "The Servant" and I hope you liked it. I just want to address those of you who might think that Luna's dialogue is a little too mature for her age. That question will be answered in the next chapter and was done intentionally so don't go hating this chapter or story because of it. Anyway that's it and I hope you continue to read. Bye! Heated IntroductionsHeated Introductions Equestria Azrael POV Ugh...what the fuck? Why does my head hurt? Why is the ground so soft? Meh...whatever, I brushed of the questions filling my head as I hugged my fluffy pillow tighter...Wait...? Pillow? I slowly opened my eyes and looked down to see what I was hugging, only to find out that the pillow was Luna. Now normally this would bother me, but I'm still to tired to give a crap; with that said, I shuffled a little to get a little more comfortable and go back to sleep. This however disturbed Luna, causing her to scrunch up her face and proceed to cuddle closer to me and bury her head in my chest; the action made me blush and me more than a little uncomfortable. Now don't get me wrong, she wasn't uncomfortable to hug, in fact I think she's softer than any pillow I've ever had; it's just uncomfortable when you realize that this little girl is cuddling up to a stranger she's never met before. I attempted to get up but one of my arms is under her, after a few minutes of trying to remove my arm, she surprised me when she suddenly spoke. "If you continue to disturb me, your sleeping on the floor." I looked down to see her giving me a face that implies that she's not very pleased with me waking her up. "Ummm..." what do I even say in this situation? She continued to look at me before burying her head back into my chest. "I'm still tired, go back to sleep." "Can't I ask some questions?" "No." "Can I get up?" "No." "Why?" "Didn't I already say that it was still tired? Plus, your comfy; so no you can't get up." "But I still have questions." "They can be answered later so be quiet and go back to sleep." "Fine, but I expect to get some answers sooner than later." With that said I went back to sleep with Luna still in my arms. A Few Hours Later I woke up for the second time by knocks on the door, the knocks seem to have also woken up Luna. "Good morning Princess Luna, it's time for breakfast." a voice came from the other side. "Ok, we'll be there soon." Luna said. A few moments later we heard foot steps walking away from the door. Luna got up and yawned as she stretched her arms, this allowed me to get up and rub my now numb arm. Damn, I know she's small but she's heavier than she looks. "Now, about my questions." I started. "I'll answer them downstairs at breakfast. For now take a shower, you smell bad." she said as she pointed at what I guess is the bathroom door, "The servants have already prepared clothes for you.". I smelled myself under the collar of my shirt and she's right, I smell like shit. I quickly excused myself and went to the bathroom to have a quick shower. When I finished I looked at myself in the mirror, I was now wearing a faded green buttoned up tunic with those fancy fluffy things on my chest; over it was a black coat and I was wearing white pants and I was still wearing my black boots. Overall, I thought that this was all too much, but thinking back to the fact that they were still in their late middle ages I guess it was normal. Exiting the room I couldn't help but think that I forgot something, I realized very quickly what...or more specifically who it was when I opened the door. There Luna was, in nothing but her underwear; to say that it was awkward would be an understatement. After a whole moment of total awkwardness, I noticed that her horn started to glow brighter and brighter until she gave a high pitched scream and blasted me. BAAAAAM!!! Later My face...I think it's broken. Luna's aim was spot on, hitting me square on my forehead. I turned to Luna, now fully clothed and looking away from me, that however was not enough to hide her now glowing red face; I decided that now was not the time for conversation and just looked forward as Luna guided me to the dinning room. As we walked I noticed that the servants were giving me weird looks and most, if not all of the guards were looking at me with fear in their eyes, I guess they were the ones that saw my slaughter of the humans; not that I blame them, I'd be traumatized too if I saw something like that. After a few more minutes we reached the dinning room, upon arrival I sensed the entire room stare at the two of us. Some of those present I recognized, the three commanders I spoke with on the battlefield and of course, queen Stella; it seemed that she's the only one not looking at me with either fear, distrust or disgust. "What in the name of the name of Equis is that monstrosity!?! Guards seize that creature!" said a stuck up unicorn. "Calm yourself High Class." said queen Stella. "This is individual is not an enemy, this is Azrael." "You mean this is the monster that the guards have been talking about? He doesn't look like much to me." "For the last time High Class, Azrael is not a creature or monster. And would I like to remind you that he not only defeated the griffon army single handedly, but also beat me in one on one combat." that seemed to change his attitude a little. "Well...he still doesn't look like much of a challenge to me. I bet I could beat him effortlessly." Having enough I zoomed beside him and grabbed him by the collar, I then created an energy ball the sized of a soccer ball in my hand. "Care to put your money where your mouth is?" I could see him visibly shaking now with a bead of sweat falling down his forehead. "Azrael calm yourself!" queen Stella demanded, but I didn't listen, if this guy says he can take me then I want to show him just how wrong he is. However I seemed to suddenly change my mind when Luna spoke up. "Azrael, stop." she said in a firm voice, like the voice you use when giving an order. I don't know why, but for some reason I feel compelled to obey her, not because I needed to, but because I wanted to. Reluctantly, I de-energized my attack and let him go, I then walked back to Luna after I gave him one last glare that I'm sure made him color his pants brown. I walked to where Luna was sitting and she patted the seat next to her, I sat down and waited in awkward silence for someone to talk. "Azrael." Stella said. "Yes?" "I'm sure you have a lot of questions." "Not a lot, but yes I do." "Very well, ask anything you want to know." "First question, how am I here, shouldn't I be dead?" "Yes, you should have been, however Luna was able to save your life by turning you into her familiar." "There's that word again. What is a familiar?" "A familiar is a eternal protector of a host; in this case, Luna is the host." "So I'm like her slave for eternity now?" "Well a contract lasts until the host is dead, and considering that Luna, being an alicorn, is immortal I'd say yes. And slave is a harsh term to use, you are charged with protecting Luna until your last breath; her guardian angel so to speak." I sighed as I leaned back into my chair. "Great, not even a week on this new world and I become the royal babysitter, no offence Luna." Luna pouted at you at that comment, "Anything else I should remember about being a familiar?" "Yes, the bond between a familiar and host is special. You see, the bond is formed when the host separates a portion of his/her soul into the familiar, by doing this, the familiar's soul is forever linked to the host's, this is how Luna was able to save your life." "Why do I have a feeling that there's a catch for this?" Stella nodded, "Like I said, both souls are dependent on the host's soul. That means if Luna dies, so do you." This severely shocked me, now I really have to take care of Luna, my life is literally at stake. What did I get myself into? "Wait. Does that mean if I die, Luna dies too?" "No, like I said both souls are dependent on the host's soul, meaning even if you die, Luna will still be able to live." That sir is what we on Earth called, bullshit. If she dies I die, and if I die she still lives. I mean...sigh, well there's no point in complaining about it now; considering the alternative, this is a fair deal. One thing I can thank the humans for is teaching me not to cry over spilled milk. "Ok, next question, who are you three?" I pointed to the three commanders, after all, I can't always call them commanders. "Well first is Commander Hurricane, leader of the pegasi." Ok at least not all of them. Hurricane said nothing and continued to glare at me so I said nothing. "Next is Princess Platinum, leader of the unicorns." Called it! "It's a pleasure to meet you under more...pleasant circumstances." said the unicorn. "Yes it is, and um...sorry for making you pass out." "It's...um...fine dear." she said uneasy. "And lastly we have Chancellor Pudding Head, leader of the earth ponies." I was about to greet her, but her face convinced me otherwise. Damn, I don't think I've seen a person look that sad/scared before, and I should know. "They are my top advisers and the representatives of the three races. They are also my nieces,." I was confused by that one. "How? Their not alicorns." "No they are not blood related to me, I adopted them as my nieces so that they still possess power to continue leading their respective tribes." "What do you mean? Why did you need to do that?" "Well it all started when..." After the story of Hearth's Warming Eve (I'm pretty sure most of you already know the story.) "...and that's the story. Azrael? Are you crying?" the queen's question caused everyone to look at me. I said nothing at first before speaking up, "It's just that I'm jealous of how lucky you guys were with your problem." "Are you saying that what we went through was easy?!?" Hurricane asked, clearly angered. "To be brutally honest, yes." "And why is that?!? You saying that you went through worse than an eternal winter and and a mass famine that killed millions?!?" "Yes." "And what exactly would that be?" "Did you kill during all of this?" my question shocked everyone in the room. "No, of course not! We had our differences but we never stooped that low!" "That alone proves that you were all a thousand times more lucky than us." I stood up and slowly walked to the commander. "Better get comfortable in your seat commander." I stopped and gave her a look of anger, making her flinch a little. "You told me of your Hearth's Warming Eve, now let me tell you all of my Second Renaissance." One Story Later (You already read what happened in the prologue.) After I told my story, everyone's attitude had a complete 360 change minus Luna and Stella; the ones with the most different change was a tie between Pudding and Hurricane. Pudding head was not looking at me with fear anymore, her face showed more sadness than anything else. Hurricane on the other hand nearly lost all the color she had, her face showed complete shock and defeat, I showed her that we endured far worse than anything they have experienced. I then leaned my head towards her face, "Still want to say that you had it worse than anyone else?" she shook her head. I was going to continue but Luna stopped me again, "Azrael stop it, that's enough." there's that feeling again. Sighing, I went back to my seat, not noticing the looks of sadness I was getting. After reaching my chair Stella spoke up, "Do you have anymore questions?" "I was going to ask what came after that, but that can wait." "Very well, now I have a some questions of my own." "Go on." "What is your goal by coming here?" "Like I said in my story, We came here to find a better home and replace the one we lost. We wish to form relations with your country and rebuild our country here on Equis. In return, we will share some of our technology with you and allow trading." "What kind of technology?" "Generally technology that will make everyday life easier, like more advanced tools, transportation, communication, agriculture, that sort of things." "And what of weapons?" High Class asked. "We will not share any of that, we will lend our strength if needed but we will not share any military products." "And who's to say that you will no attack us, we'll be defenseless! Who's to say-" "High Class enough! One more outbreak from you and you will be escorted out!" Stella shouted, silencing the unicorn. She then looked back to me. "Azrael, why will you not share your military advances with us?" "It's because you are all not ready for weaponry like this, they are too dangerous for you to use at this time. And you don't have to worry about us harming you, we've had enough conflict and sharing this would just cause more fighting. I hope you understand that this is for your own good." We stared at each other for a few seconds before she smiled at me. "I understand your reasoning Azrael, and I can tell you are telling me the truth about having enough of conflict." "And how exactly are you sure that I'm telling the truth?" "Call it intuition, and we'd be more than happy to make you part of Equestria." "Thank you Queen Stella, you have no idea how much you just helped us." everything was going smoothly before mister blabber mouth couldn't keep his trap shut. "Queen Stella you can't possibly be serious!" shouted High Class. "Of course I am High Class, this will benefit all of us in the end." "Well I still think we can't trust these creatures. Luna made a mistake saving that creature. After all, it's in her nature to fail, she will never be more than second best. I guess that makes them a perfect match, the freak and the failure" Everyone was either in shock or in rage at this point, I was on the latter. Before anyone could react, Luna went running out of the room crying. "Alright, I've had enough of this asshole!" I shouted as I quickly jumped into the air and kicked him down as I landed. I raised my hand and I re-energized my energy ball. "I can let calling me a creature slide, but making Luna cry is unforgivable!" I know I'm mad at him, but why am I so protective of Luna now? I guess it comes with being her familiar. I lowered my hand closer to his face, the heat of the energy ball was now making him sweat more than he was already and started to burn a little of his coat and mane. "Have fun vaporizing you son of a bitch." I said in a deadly calm voice. "Queen Stella! Help me!" he shouted. Coward. "Azrael that's enough!" "No, it's not. I promised all those who died in the war that I would crush assholes like him. People like him will just end up turning against us at the earliest opportunity just like the humans. Maybe vaporizing him would send out a stronger statement than any speech I can give." "I know your mad Azrael, but this is not the right way to cope. Didn't you say you wanted to finally have peace and stop fighting?" This statement caused me to stop my actions. She's right, if I really wanted peace, this is not the way to go. I sighed and released him as I got up and turned around. "Your right Stella, me and my people have had enough with violence; sorry for my outburst." "It's fine Azrael, just make sure that next time you jump into a fight, your not the first to strike." "That being said, know this." I turned to her only until one of my eyes was visible to her; said eye was glowing red and filled with deadly seriousness, something that made even her start to sweat. "Me and my people promise not to attack you, but if you hit first, we won't hold back. We will slaughter anyone and everyone if it meant that we will finally have peace. Do I make myself perfectly clear?" She nodded frightfully, I turned to everyone else in the room, including High Class, making them tense up. "Do I make myself clear to everyone?" they all mimicked the queen's answer. "Good." I then started heading out the door. "Where are you going?" Stella asked. "I'm finding Luna. After all, I have to take care of her now right?" although I didn't see it, I could have sworn that Stella smiled at me. Reaching the doors, I set out to find Luna. Cheering Up The MasterCheering Up The Master Azrael POV While I did expect some form of problem when I went to find Luna, getting lost was not one of them. I have been walking for twenty minutes now and I feel like I'm going in circles; I tried to ask the maids, only for them to run away. Sigh, at least I was able to calm myself from the incident in the dinning room. Ok, if I was Luna where would I be. Just as I thought that, a bright blue line of light appeared. That shit actually worked? I guess it's one of these new familiar abilities I have...wait...why didn't this work twenty minutes ago? I sighed in frustration and followed the line, hoping that it leads me to Luna. Five Minutes Later The line led me to a pair of big double doors, similar to the ones at the dinning room. I knocked on the door and was greeted by the loudest voice I've ever heard. "GO AWAY!!!!" I think I found Luna. "Luna? Is that you?" I asked. "I SAID GO AWAY!!!!" I think my ears are bleeding now. "Luna it's me, Azrael." I braced myself for another wave of pain to assault my ears, only to hear her speak in a weak cracking voice. "Please...just leave me alone." Houston we have a problem. Sighing, I sat down leaned my back against the door. "Fine I'll just sit here until you want to talk." Oh...my...god...it's been two hours and she still hasn't done anything but stay quiet, hell, I even fell asleep. I was starting to think that this is a lost cause when I heard the door's lock open. Fucking finally! I opened the door to found out that the room was actually a music room, there were instruments everywhere ranging from guitars to flutes. All my attention however was pulled by someone sitting on the piano seat. "Luna?" no response. I sighed again and just settled for sitting on the seat next to her. After a few minutes of awkward silence, I decided to speak, "So...you play any instruments?" no response again. Coming to the very obvious conclusion that she didn't want to talk, I looked at the piano and got an idea. Back on earth when I was still a kid in the orphanage, there weren't many things to do apart from running around like an idiot and attempt to play with the occasional donated toy that would break if any amount of pressure was applied to it. The only thing that was available was an old beat up piano that was given to us by a politician trying to get attention, the only problem was that no one knew how to play and no one wanted to spend time learning how; except for me. I was tutored by the robots maintaining the orphanage and after a year of learning I could play like a master. Whenever I would play, all the other kids would come and listen, sometimes they would beg me for more; it was tiring to play so much, but seeing the other kids happy for once made it always worth it. Readying myself, I decided to play a little slow first to get her attention. The first few notes on the keys made her glance at me, at least it got a reaction. I then started to pick up speed, she was now fully facing the piano with interested eyes, it's working. I then started to really play and after a while she was smiling, her eyes were closed and she was nodding her head to the music. After the song she looked at me smiling with eyes that were still a little sad, but it was still much better than earlier; this made me feel glad. "Better?" I asked smiling making her nod happily. "Thank you, you play great." "Don't mention it." I said. I looked back at her and she looked like she wanted to say something. "Something wrong?" She fidgeted for a moment before saying, "Could...could you play again?" I smiled at the question, "Sure." my answer making her smile adorably. I readied myself again thought of what to play and after a moment of thinking decided. When I finished I looked at Luna and she was now smiling brightly making me smile. "Another!" she said making me chuckle. I was about to play when I sensed people behind us, I turned around and saw that my music seems to have caught the servants' attention. I smiled as I turned to Luna, "Do you mind a few more listeners." she turned around, only now noticing the servants and after a moment of thought nodded, allowing the servants in. I cracked my neck and fingers, earning some pops in both actions and began to play. Stella POV It's been near three hours since Azrael and Luna left the dinning room and me and my nieces haven't seen neither of them. If some other stuck up noble tries to insult Azrael, or worse, he sees somepony insulting Luna; I shivered at the thought of what he might do. We were about to give up when we heard a piano playing, beautifully at that. "Who could possibly be playing that marvelous music? It's simply magnificent!" Platinum commented as we followed the music. The music led us to the music room where we were met with half of the castle staff all gathered up. When they finally noticed us, they were all about to kneel however I waved my hand stopping them. "Who is playing?" I asked in a whispered voice to not attract the attention of the mystery pianist. They parted in the middle, allowing us to see that it was, to our surprise, Azrael who was playing with Luna sitting next to him. I looked to my daughter and was even more surprised to see her so happy, it's been a while since I've seen her like this. When he finished, all the those in the audience, including us, applauded loudly as he turned around and took a bow. When he didn't even raise his head before he spoke. "Enjoy the performance Stella?" I was shocked by the question. "You knew I was here?" I asked. he raised his head and gave a smirk. "Of course. Forget who I am already?" he asked making me blush. "Oh, my apologies. By the way, how did you learn to play like that?" my question made him smile. "Back on Earth, when I was still a kid in the orphanage-" the gasps of some of the staff and my nieces stopped his sentence from finishing. "Your an orphan?!" Platinum asked shocked. "Yea, there were a lot of orphans back on earth. Why? What's with the shock?" He asked confused while a little sad. "Well...it's just...abandoning a child is something that is almost unheard of in Equestria. Family is something very important to us ponies, regardless of race" Platinum answered. "Oh...that's...that's not the case. I wasn't abandoned by my parents." He clarified with a grim tone. I was about to tell her not to press the matter, however I was too late "If that's the case, why were you-" Azrael however interrupted her mid-sentence. "I was there because my parents were murdered after I was born." everypony minus me and Luna gasped, us already knowing his back story. "I don't know how they died, but the report was that they were killed by a mugger while they were leaving the hospital just after I was born. I was then sent to the orphanage afterwards and was taken care of by the robot caretakers there." nopony said a word after that. After a few minutes, all of the servants have left the room leaving only the six of us left. Azrael POV Wow. That got depressing fast. I then suddenly felt some pressure and something wet press against me, I turned and saw Luna hugging and crying into my side. Almost instantly, I put my arm around her to comfort her; blame it on these new Familiar instincts. "Shhh, it's ok. Don't cry. Everything's alright." damn these instincts, their making me act like her mother or something. After a few more minutes of me comforting Luna, I lowered my head so that I was eye level with her. "Hey, would you feel better if I played some more?" she didn't respond for a moment before nodding her head. I smiled and turned to the other four in the room, "If you want to stay and listen then go ahead." they smiled and sat on some seats around the room. I took a deep breath and readied myself to play. A Few Hours Later (Around 6:00pm) It's been hours since I've started, whenever I finished playing one song Luna would ask for another; she wouldn't even go out to eat lunch; well at least she's not crying anymore. Now normally I would have stopped hours ago, but seeing Luna so happy, somehow made me feel feel happy. I just finished the latest song and turned to Luna, I could see that her eyes were drooping and she was starting to lean on me. "Luna, do you want to go to bed?" Luna shook her head tiredly, "No I'm...yawn...fine." "Now Luna look at yourself, you need to get some rest." a soft voice said behind us. We turned around to see only Stella still in the room, I guess the others left a while ago. "But mom." Luna whined. "No buts, time for bed." she walked towards us then her horn lit up. Suddenly, Luna's cloths started to change until they were pajamas...well that's convenient. She then turned to me, "Azrael could you please bring her to her room. Nodding, I stood up and picked her up in my arms bridal style before looking at Stella again, "Good night Stella.". Just as I was about to leave the room, she spoke up. "Thank you for taking care of her so well, It's been some time since she was that happy." we looked at Luna sleeping in my arms as she snuggled closer to my chest. I smiled and looked back to Stella, "Don't worry about it, it's my job after all." I said making her smile; we then wished each other a good night again and left. As I made my way to Luna's room I got some stares again, however this time they were mostly smiles and some nods with greetings. I did still get some of the same looks I was given earlier, but I can't really argue with the improvement. After reaching her room and going in, I walked towards Luna's bed, put her under the blanket then tucked her in. I smiled at my new sleeping master as I made my way to an arm chair and quickly fell asleep myself. A Fiery Wake UpA Fiery Wake Up Azrael's POV Light started to peer through the curtains and into my eyes as morning came. I slowly started to wake up and open my eyes, when fully opened I saw that I was still sitting on the arm chair; no wonder my back is killing me. I looked in front of me and smiled as I saw the adorable sight of Luna, my new master, sleeping peacefully. I then looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it is still 4am, "Still pretty early, I guess I could sleep a bit more." I whispered to myself. I quietly reclined back into the chair, careful not to disturb Luna, and slowly fell back to sleep. Yep, don't have to worry about anything anymore since I made peace with equestria. Finally, I can sleep in peace without being woken up by surprise attacks, or alarms or bombings anymo-- BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do I even bother. I quickly got up and stomped to the window to see what the fuck that was when a massive fire ball came flying towards me. Acting quickly, I raised my hand and erected a red energy barrier, easily stopping the fire ball. I turned around and saw Luna awake and surprised by the loud attack. "Luna...get dressed." I said in a calm tone, although I'm sure she could see the irritation seeping through me. "Wait...wha-" she tried to question. "Now." Getting the message, she leaped out of bed to prepare as I dropped the barrier. I looked back to Luna to see her standing next to her dresser holding her dress, fidgeting and flushed. "Well?" I asked. She said nothing, but she pointed to the door. This confused me for a second before I remembered that you got to remove....your...clothes... ohhhhhhhhhh...now I get it."Right...sorry...forgot." with that said, I quickly made my way out the door flushed and hoping that Luna doesn't know what a pedo is. Ten Minutes Later I opened the door to the room Luna said was the throne room and entered with her behind me. Inside the room was Stella, her three nieces, and a pegasus that I've never met before, our entrance gained everyone's attention as they all turned to us. Apparently they saw my not so happy face since they looked a little intimidated when they looked at my face...although it could be the usual. "You all have till the count of five to explain why I woke up to a fireball in my face, before I shove a ten foot pole up all yo asses." just as I said that, I reached into my pocket and pulled out three steel marbles. Using my powers, I reshaped the three of them into a ten foot pole which was apparently thick enough it made everyone in the room either pale, faint, gulp in nervousness or to my surprise look at in intrigue. "One." I said calmly. "It was the dragons!" Pudding shouted in fear. "Pardon?" I asked. "Dragons are by far the most fierce race here on Equis and from our neighboring country called the Drake Kingdom. They are notorious war mongers and conquers and apart from that, their King, Drago, is an elitist. He believes that dragons are the most powerful race on Equis, and that they and they alone should rule over all the other races." Stella clarified. "Ohhh." I said, "So now their targeting Equestria?" I received a collection of nods from everyone. "Great. Just fucking great. Just finished one war and now I'm dragged into a new one." I lowered my head and dropped the pole. "Azrael." Luna said as she grabbed my arm with both of hers as she stared at me with sorrowful eyes. I was silent for a moment before I spoke, "Why? Why must I always be forced to fight?" it was silent again before I turned around towards the door, picking up the dropped pole as I left. "Azrael? Where are you going?" Stella asked, stopping me in my tracks. I stopped just in front of the door "My home was taken from me once already." I transformed the pole in my hands into my scythe and turned my head just enough so that she could see my eye whitch was now glowing red full of anger and determination, "I'm not allowing that to happen again." with that said, I left the room, ready to protect my new home. On The Battle Field 2nd POV "Have those fools responded to our attacks yet Leonidas?" King Drago asked his general as he sat on his throne. Drago's scales were jet black and was wearing golden armor, in his hand was a long golden staff with two dragon heads decorating the top. The dragon to his left was his general Leonidas, his scales were red and was wearing armor that looked like it was made of bones and was carrying a sword. He bowed before speaking, "No my lord, we haven't received any massages of any kind from the ponys." "Bah! I didn't come all this way to wait! We have given them enough time to respond to the attack, they should have at least prepared enough to fight back." Drago stood up and raised his staff, "I've waited long enough! All warriors open Fire!" upon his command, his army let out a barrage of fire balls towards the kingdom. However, they didn't get far as they all suddenly exploded all at once. "What?!? Impossible! What happened?!?" Drago asked Leonidas. "I-I don't know my lord." Leonidas answered surprised by the sudden turn of events. Suddenly, a massive red lazer was fired directly at the king. Acting quickly, the king and Leonidas dodged the attack, however the soldiers in front of them and the servants carrying the throne were instantly vaporized. "What a powerful attack! Where did that come from?!?" the king asked frantically. "My lord! Over there!" Leonidas pointed towards a lone figure holding a scythe, walking steadily towards the front of the army. The lone figure was of a species they have never seen and was wearing black noble cloths. The figure suddenly stopped and looked up to where the king and Leonidas were flying. "Are you King Drago?" the figure said loud enough that Drago heard it. "And what if I am creature?" Drago asked. "Listen closely meat. Unless you and your army want to be turned into manure, I suggest you leave...now." the figure said. "HaHaHa! You must be a powerful creature to be able to do that much damage, however, you can't possibly defeat all of us." "You have no idea how wrong you are with that." the statement angered the king. "However, while I would love to destroy you all...I never said that I would be the one to fight you all." the figure then raised his hand was about to snap his fingers before adding, "Oh, by the way my name is Azrael, nice to meet you." with that said, he snapped his fingers and the ground started to shake, confusing everyone present. In The Throne Room Every one was watching the events unfold below them as Hurricane asked everyone a question, "By the way...where did that robot army of his go anyway? My men couldn't find them after we took Azrael back to the castle." On The Battlefield Suddenly thousands of black mechanical squid like robots burst out of the ground. Back In The Throne Room Everyone looked back to the commander with faces that said "Does that answer your question?", "Ohhhhhhh." was all Hurricane could say. On The Battlefield The dragon army stood in fear as the sudden appearance of the new frightening army terrified them, their king on the other hand was not so intimidated. "HaHaHa! What are a few strange land squids going to do to us? Fire!!" although reluctantly the dragons let loose another barrage of fireballs towards the machines. The result was a large explosion that Drago was sure destroyed them all; however, when the smoke cleared Azrael and his army were completely unharmed. Drago's reaction to this development was...well... "Did I mention that we are all fire proof, and that those spears and swords of yours ain't strong enough to pierce their armor or my skin." after Azrael said that, the entire dragon army suddenly looked a lot paler. "Now, how would you like to be slaughtered meat bags? With or with out your limbs?" all the sentinels then pointed their tentacles to the opposing army and exposed their sharp claws,. Most of the dragons present either ran away screaming, soiled themselves or dropped their weapons and surrendered. "Wow. That was anticlimactic." Azrael said, gaining a round of nods from the sentinels. "No! Get back here you cowards!" Drago shouted to his fleeing army. He looked back to Azrael with hateful eyes, "You! I will burn your eyes out of your skull!" "Oh? Is that a fact? Fine, how about a bet." this seemed to peek Draco and his remaining soldier's interest. "What kind of bet?" he asked. Azrael put on a smirk, "Since it's obvious that you can't win with your army, and you are still willing to fight, I'll compromise. If you can beat me in a little fight to the death, me and my army will leave and won't interfere with your invasion." The king thought before answering, "Very well, but what do you get if you win?" Azrael scrached his head, "Hmmm...what you got?" he asked. The king thought again before holding out his staff, "This is the "Staff of Elders", a tool of untold power and is owned only by the king of the Drake Kingdom. If you win I give you the staff and my place as king of my kingdom." he said. Azrael raised his scythe and pointed it towards Drago, never losing the smirk on his face. "Deal." he said. And with that, the battle that will decide Equestria's fate has begun. AftermathAftermath Two Weeks Later Azrael POV "...And this is your itinerary for tomorrow." said Jarvis as he handed me another paper he had in his tendrils. I sighed and leaned down into my arm chair as I looked up at the ceiling of the new office Stella was kind enough to give me. It's only been two weeks and so much has happened; I closed my eyes as I recalled the resent events, and just how amusing I found them. Monday, Last Week (Day After Drago's Defeat) The Drake Kingdom 2nd POV The Drake Kingdom, by far the largest kingdom on Equestria. Each of the buildings were unique and made from various materials, ranging from regular stone to iron. In the Center was a massive castle that overshadowed almost half of the kingdom; the exterior was crystal like in appearance and had various gems decorating it, adding to it's overall beauty. Within it's highest tower was Drago's council consisting five dragons, each coming from dignified and rich families. They were all sitting in a round table, either tapping their claws on the said table or complaining on how long they are being kept waiting; suddenly, the door opened reveling Leonidas. "Leonidas, do you know how long you made us wait?! You arrive three Hours late, and not even in the company of our king! Where is he?!" shouted one of the council, gaining numerous nods of agreement from the other members. "I'm afraid Drago won't be joining us?" said Leonidas. "What do you mean Leonidas?! Explain yourself!" the same council member demanded in anger. Leonidas simply turned around, "You can come in now." he said, confusing the council. The doors opened to reveal Jarvis, his sudden appearance almost instantly shocking and terrifying all of the nobles present. "Are you insane Leonidas?! What is that creature, and more importantly, why did you let it in?!" said the same noble yet again. Leonidas cleared his throat before speaking, "Drago is dead, he was killed by Azrael and has lost the throne to him. And this 'creature' as you put it is Jarvis, he has been sent as an emissary by Azrael as he is...preoccupied at the moment." "And what could this 'Azrael' be doing that is of so great importance that he couldn't come here himself." Equestria Everyone in the castle was looking in shock and awe at the massive sandwich taking up all the space in the courtyard and Azrael standing next to it with a shit-eating grin on his face. "Azrael?" Stella started, "Why?" Azrael just shrugged, "Why not? I got nothing better to do.". He then turned to the monster of a sandwich with hungry eyes. "Now then. One week's worth of preparation is about come into fruition." he pulled out a fork and knife out of... somewhere and dived into the sandwich head first while repeatedly shouting; "Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!" Many face-palms were made that day. The Drake Kingdom "He's... preoccupied at the moment." Leonidas said. "Regardless, he has prepared some changes to made while he's away." The council was still skeptical but decided to humor this "New King", "Very well what's the first thing on this list?" the vocal member asked. Leonidas then gave the council a very creepy smile, unnerving them greatly. He then snapped his fingers and some guards came into the room each carrying a long metal pole. "Uhhhh... General... What are those poles for?" one of them asked. Leonidas and his soldiers just looked at each other before laughing. Present Azrael POV I guess everyone was happy on that day, I got the people's respect and favor for tearing down their oppressive ruler, and they finally got their freedom back... and a couple of living targets to chuck random shit at. (I'm pretty sure you can guess what those poles are) After the old council was put down, I appointed Leonidas as the temporary leader of the dragons until further notice. Since then, I've been sending messages to Leonidas on what to do to help his people and after just a week, his people started to rebuild the life they once had before Drago messed it up. "Sir... Sir! Are you listening?" Jarvis asked. "Yes." "Really?" Jarvis asked sarcastically while crossing his appendages, "Well what was the last thing I said?" Azrael thought for a moment before answering, "Something about a sandwich right?" "NO! I was reminding you to wake up early tomorrow!" Jarvis said annoyed. "Ohhh yah... Why again?" Jarvis face-clawed so hard that he dented the metal on his head a little. "So you may accompany miss Luna to school!" My face became one of realization immediately. Apparently, while Stella does teach Luna and Celestia, they both still attend school. At school, all student's are to bring their familiars, and me being Luna's familiar... yeah you get the point. Now I would have said no because I had things to do (Probably to make more giant sandwiches), but she looked so happy to finally have a familiar to bring. I have a weakness for making kids happy, don't judge me. "Alright that should be it for now. I think it's time for you to retire sir." Jarvis said. I looked at the clock and sure enough it was 10:30pm. "Yea. Good night." I said as I left the room and made my way to Luna's room. upon entering, I was greeted with the adorable sight of Luna snoring on her side of the bed. Once I was in the bed Luna hugged me, I looked to her face to see that she was still asleep. Huh, that's weird, not that I mind though. I smiled as I fixed the blanket over the both of us and joined Luna in the realm of sleep. Author's Note Hi guys thanks for reading. Sorry that the chapter is so short, but don't worry, the next one will be the longest one yet (Hopefully) Also sorry for not updating for so long, mostly due to a combination of writer's block and laziness. Anyway that's all for now, see you on the next chapter. School Days Part 1School Days Part 1 Luna's POV "I swear to my mother...whatever's making that sound is going to the moon." I whispered as the sound continued to halt I sleep. I looked to my side and saw the thing responsible for awakening me, that thing Azrael gave me called a...umm...alarm clock or something like that. Speaking of Azrael...where is he...and what am I hugging? I slightly cranked my neck up and blushed when I realized that I was hugging Azrael, my hands around his midsection and my head on his chest. Now normally I'd just move away but...I feel like I don't want to. I can't describe this feeling, it feels warm, comforting...it just feels like I belong here...with him. Smiling, I laid back down on his chest, closed my eyes and just enjoyed this feeling. ... ... Wait... ... ... Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?... I looked back at the "clock" and saw the time. 7:30 a.m. My pupils shrank when I finally realized what I was forgetting. Azrael's POV Now most people either wake up to the light of the sun, the sound of an alarm clock (Funny saying that since I could have sworn I set one up) or even a crow of a rooster. I how ever woke up to getting catapulted out of bed, accompanied by: "OH MY MOTHER!! I'M GOING TO BE LATE!!" I grudgingly got up to see Luna rocket into the bathroom. Oh yeah, I have to go to school...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I was dressed in a new long coat that Stella had the royal tailors make, however it looked more like some form of robe than a long coat. It was still a dark color like my old coat, however unlike my long coat which I can put on like a jacket, I had to put this one on like a shirt since you couldn't open up the front, which was actually harder to do than you think. Regardless, the pros out way the cons in this situation, not only was it comfortable, but it was also treated so that it's tougher than normal then normal cloth yet does't restrict movement and flexibility; the only con I could find with this is that it kinda makes me look like a priest. Luna on the other hand was wearing a school uniform and as I was casually walking, Luna was flipping her shit. "Calm down Luna, we still have time." I said in hopes that it could steady her nerves. Suffice to say, it didn't work. "ButI'mgoingtobelateforschool!andCelestia'sgoingtobesomad,andmom'sgoingtobesomad,andI'llbeinbi-" I stopped her rambling by placing my hand over her mouth. "Ok Luna, as impressed as I am that you could say all of that in one breath, you need to calm your shit." I said. "And besides, I learned where your school is, I can get you there in five minutes. Tops." I could still see the concern in her eyes, but she nodded her head in understanding regardless. "Ok but what about my sister." just as she said that, one of the servants came up to us. "Princess Luna, I'm afraid that princess Celestia has already left for school fifty minutes ago." Luna looked down and gave a sad "Oh.". Giving 'cheering her up' another try, I walked in front of her and knelled down to her eye level and smiled at her kindly. "Hey, don't give me that face, just because she left earlier than us doesn't mean anything." "But what if she get's mad at me when she sees me at school?" Luna asked fearfully looked down, "I never wake up late so that we go to school together. What if she gets angry with me because I didn't go with her? What if-" I cut her off, by placing my hand on her head. "You really love your sister don't you?" I said making her blush, "Look, I may not know much about Celestia, however if she loves you half as much as you love her, then I doubt she'll get mad at you for something small like being late." "You sure?" Luna asked, still a little worried. "Yeah, I promise." I said, giving the most reassuring smile I could manage, making her smile a bit. I then stood up and brought a hand to my chin in a pondering manner, "Now how are we going to get you to school quickly?" just then I got an idea and smiled mischievously at Luna, "Hey Luna, want a piggy back ride?" 6 minutes later Near Canterlot Academy As we neared her school, Luna was still laughing/ screaming on my back as I flew at high speeds. Landing, we created a rather large dust cloud causing all nearby students to sneeze and cough. When the dust cleared, I had a clear view of the student's reactions, these range from shock to curiosity to disgust, and to my surprise a few flushed faces and even some bedroom eyes from the older students. After a few moments of awkward silence, Luna jumped of my back and smiled at me reached out her hand, "Come on, we can still make it." she said enthusiastically, now that's more like it. Giving her a smile of my own, I took her hand and we made out way to her classroom together. As we walked through the halls, I received more of the looks I got outside, coupled with a few fearful looks here and there. But I didn't mind, if this is the price I have to give to see Luna happy... then it's worth it. Once at the outside of her classroom, Luna was about to open the door when she stopped her hand just before it touched the knob. "What's wrong Luna?" I asked. "...It's...it's just that this will be the first time I'll have a familiar with me in class. Before, my classmates would make fun of me since I didn't have a familiar, while everypony did. I just felt so...small...so inferior to everypony else." she said sadly before brightening up with a small smile and hugged me. "But I think the wait was worth it, now I have familiar I always wished for, one that's kind and cares about me. That..that was just...wow. In all my life, I've never felt so...wanted by someone. Not because of my power or skill or other trivial things, but because I was me. I knelled down and gave her a hug of my own. Unfortunately, our moment was ruined because of the bell. Reluctantly, we let go and face the door once more. "You ready?" I asked, receiving a happy nod as my answer. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door; ready for whatever this new world has ready for me, because now I'm not alone. Now I have Luna, and God help anyone who dares to take her away from me. QnA 1Hi! I'm Luna And I'm Azrael, and we are going to be answering some questions you guys may have and clear some things that are not to clear. Q1: What happened to the dragon council that you got rid of? I fired them, impaled them on spikes through their ass (still very much alive mind you), and left them in front of the castle so the angry mob of vengeful citizens could throw random shit at'em. What is so hard to understand about this. Q2: How did the familiar contract save Azrael? While most believe that the contract is only used for the binding of master and familiar, it does a little more than that. When bonding, the master combines his/her the life force with the familiar's so that it becomes one with the other. Simply put, we now share the same life, so as long as I'm safe and fine so is Azrael. Also the plot demands it. But if he's too far away and takes to much damage he could die. Wait say what? Luna suddenly hugs Azrael. Don't worry, I'll always just stay with you, so don't worry. Azrael smiles. Thanks Luna. Q3: What exactly are Azrael's powers and weaknesses? Well you've already seen the basic stuff, super strength, speed, resistance, the ability to fly at high speeds and control metal, allowing me to shape it into what ever I want. My blood is also laced with nanobots that can heal injuries almost instantly. I can also transfer memories by touching the target's forehead and "projecting" my memory directly into their brain. As for weaknesses, I can safely say that only very powerful magic like Stella's can do any real damage to me. The magic prevents my nanobots from healing me, so if I take too much I could die. Luna hugs Azrael harder. Why do we keep talking about losing Azrael?! I-it m-makes m-me so...so...WAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Luna starts to calm down, still tightly hugging Azrael. Ok... I'm good, next question. Q4: How did Azrael make that giant sandwich? MAGIC BITCH!!! Language! Q5: Will Azrael rebuild 01 (the robot's home island) I'll get to that eventually. You can't expect me to rebuild my entire civilization over night did you? Well...you did defeat the griffons, fight and survive an attack from my mother, and become the new dragon king. That was only a few days ago. Touché. Q6: What happened to Stella when she went berserk? As you know, alicorns are filled to the brim with magic. We have no equal when it comes to magical strength and our magic replenishes almost instantly. However, there are some times when that is not enough. During these kinds of fights, we can release all our strength and enter a state called the nightmare. In this state, all our powers and abilities are tripled, the downside is that we lose all our self control. It's also pretty dangerous because it puts us through massive amounts of strain, and could even kill us if we are not careful. If by chance we do have to resort to using this form, we would have to wait a whole year until we can use it again to allow our bodies to heal. It's also terrifying. You would know. Yes...yes I would. Well that's all for now. We hope you enjoyed this short chapter, and we hope to see you in the next one. Don't worry, LostAnon is trying his best to write the story along with his school work, so be sure to continue reading "The Familiar". Comment down below if you want us to do this again (Maybe even with others next time) and if you do, what would you want us to talk about. Anyway, bye guys and see you in the next chapter. Luna pops from behind Azrael and waves her arms at you. Bye! School Days Part 2School Days Part 2 Azrael POV To say that the class and the teacher were shocked when we entered the room would be putting it lightly. They looked like they were on the verge of screaming bloody murder until Luna calmed them down, telling them I was her familiar and I wasn't a threat. Most of them calmed down after she said that and we attended the class. It was as boring as you'd think. However it was fun helping Luna take her test, apparently in this school, your familiars could help you with anything you ask them to do, and I meet anything with no repercussions. I'm guessing they didn't count on familiars who know how to multiply and divide. That's not to say the other students were as happy as us though, must be feeling pretty jealous that not only is Luna's familiar sentient and intelligent, buunique one at that. After seeing the kind of familiars on campus I can safely say that I'm not impressed, while there are some cool ones out there, most were just cats, dogs, and generally animals you'd see in a pet store. Kind of sad when you think about it. After class ended and Luna getting the only perfect score in the class,(try to guess why) we went to the cafeteria to get some Lunch. Unfortunately, upon arrival we were greated by who I can only describe as the generic bully and her band of mindless zombies. "So after so long without a familiar, this is it? This is the best a princess can get? A hairless monky with wierd clothes." she said in a condescending tone, making her small army of idiots laugh like she made the funniest joke ever. The fact that she's openly insulting one of the two daughters of the queen with no thought in her mind that this will bite her in the ass later on astounds me to no end. I mean seriously, it's like some cosmic force out there is trying so hard to make them look and sound as stupid and neadlessly cruel for no reason. Meanwhile 2nd POV Inside the throne room of a large castle in the sky, sits a strange being on a ruby quartz throne. It wore a long grey coat with it's hood up, the inside of which was colored red, grey pants and dark red boots. It's skin was snow white and taking the place of a face was a large red question mark. It was laying nonchalantly on the throne with it's head and legs resting on the two arm rests while playing a PSP before suddenly stoping and looking up, gaining the attention of the guards lining the walls of the room. "Ah... Ah....ACHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!The sheer power of the sneeze blew away all the guards towards the end of the room and destroyed all the windows. " Sorry about that." It apologized, gaining a round of pained groans from the guards. "Strange, I felt like someone was talking about me for a second there. Must have been a new comment...nah. No one ever writes new comments. It then returned back to it's former position and continued it's game while one of the guards slowly got back up. He looked at his fellow guards before sighing, "We don't get paid enough for this shit," he didn't expect to get a response though. "I don't pay you at all!", the guard sighed again before waking up the other guards. It's going to be a long day and he is not suffering it alone. Back on Equis Azrael POV Meh, probably just bad luck. Turning back to the scene In front of me, I saw Luna was real close to blowing her top. Not that I'd blame her though, these little shits are starting to give me a migraine. I was about to vaporize the lot of them when Luna suddenly hugged me again. "How dare you say that to Azrael!? He is the kindest person I've met, other than my mother and sister!" Luna shouted in anger. "Whatever, what can he do anyway? Stand there and look weird?" she said...by the way is that racist? I think that's racist. Luna actually smirked at that, "He can do many things, in fact I can say he's as strong as my mother, if not stronger." not to stroke my own ego right now, but she's right, if I fought Stella seriously without holding back she'd be dead. Even if she went into that "dark mode" or whatever it's called. The bully just laughed at that, "This thing? As strong as Queen Stella? Prove it." "Well, he did single handedly defeat the griffon and dragon armies, and he did fight my mother and win." Luna said with pride, making everyone in the cafeteria including the bully to stare at me with disbelief. "Wait...you mean that he's the one everyone's talking about? "The protector of Canterlot" that stopped all the recent attacks? Impossible! How could this thing possibly do that?! I bet he couldn't eve- hey!" I cut her off when I Lifted her in the air with my telekinesis. "Anything else you'd like to add smart ass?", she just looked at me shocked. "How do you know my name?!"...I really have no comment on that one. "Your name is Smart Ass?" "Yeah, got a problem with that?" She said annoyed. ... ... I promptly dropped her on her ass (pun unintended) and started laughing my ass off. "Your name is Smart Ass, and your making fun of us?" I laughed for a few more moments before stopping and giving her a serious face that made her flinch. I grabbed a fork out of my clothes (don't ask) and used my powers to mold it to look like Smart Ass...hehehe. "See this?" She nods. "This is you if you follow your name and leave like a smart little girl. Now this." I then shot a blast out of my eyes directly on the small figure's head making it explode and leave a trail of smoke. This made her and the entire cafeteria look at me with a look of fear. "Is you if you don't get out of our way." She then instantly stepped aside allowing us to pass. Before I passed her however I gave her one last stern look, "If I see or hear you make fun of Luna again, I'm going to make sure there's nothing left of you. Got me?" Instead of answering, she just fainted. Now most would think that it's wrong to scare a little girl this bad, to those people I say if you want something to stop make it happen instead of letting it go on. Making my way back to Luna, I saw her smiling so hard I was worried her face would split in half. "You seem happy." I said to her. "That was so cool! You were like "This is you", and she was like...ahem...sorry." Can I just say how adorable that was. Without any warning she hugs me Again.Not that I'm complaining though. When we broke away I was barely able to see her blush before she turned around to get her food tray. I chuckled a bit, maybe school won't be so bad after all. Vulnerability of a GodVulnerability of a God Remember what I said about never going to school? Well now I can safely say that I didn't miss much. Granted the things they are teaching are pretty dated compared to the lessons on earth, but they were all things I was able to learn on my own; even the lessons learned by the higher levels seemed basic. But... I guess having a brain that's part computer makes everything seem easy. Just a little bit. Regardless the day was rather boring, we went back home, I played some games with Luna, then we ate dinner. I was currently reading Luna a story before she went to sleep. She said she slept better after hearing one. "And with the monster slain, the prince returned to his princess. And they all lived happily-" I was interrupted by Luna's soft snoring. Chuckling softly, I fixed her blanket and pet her head gently making her smile in her sleep. 'She looks so cute when she's sleeping.' I thought to my self. As quietly as I could I exited the room taking one last look back at Luna before closing the door. I was about to wander off when I stopped in my tracks as one solitary question popped in my head. "What am I doing?" The question lingered for a bit as I started wandering aimlessly. All my life I have only ever cared about the machines I now ruled over, and even then it took my whole life to care about them this much. So why is it I care so much about this kid I've known for less than a month? Don't get me wrong, she's a good kid and I do owe her for saving my life. But the level that I care for her and the sappiness I showed earlier at school worried me. What is going on with me? My thoughts were interrupted when I realized I entered the castle gardens. It was beautiful, the plethora of animals and plants surrounding me were only enhanced by the brilliant light of the moon... the moon...Luna. There it is again, that feeling. I don't get it, is this a side effect of the contract or something?" "Sigh... What's going on with me?" I asked no one in particular as I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Is there a problem Azrael? You look troubled." A voiced answered back. Turning around I saw Stella walking towards me with a look of concern. "... I have some questions." "Oh? Do they have anything to do with my daughter perhaps?" Looking back at her I raised an eyebrow. "How did you know?" "Lucky guess?" She said while giving me a small smirk. "... You read my mind didn't you?" "..." "That's what I thought." "Regardless, what seems to be the problem? You two seem to be getting along well enough." "That's the thing. I've almost never gotten along with anybody, let alone this fast. And the strange feeling I get with her around? Where did that come from?" Stella thought for a moment before talking again. "The familiar contract must be coming into play." "I knew it. So these feelings I'm getting are just because of the spell's after effects." You know... I actually feel bad thinking about that. "Not necessarily." "What do you mean?" "The familiar contract does bind a familiar to it's master, but it doesn't create feelings for the familiar to feel. It does however enhance the feelings already inside the familiar towards it's master." "Why exactly?" I asked, rather intrigued by the knowledge abet a bit annoyed it's doing this to me. "It's a way to test if the familiar truly does accepted it's master. Positive feelings aren't the only emotions enhanced after all. Were a familiar to hate its master, those feelings would be enhanced ten fold. It makes the matching of a familiar and a master one of true friendship, not one out of duty or because they were forced to. Yikes, good thing I don't hate Luna then. However, "I do have one more question though." "And that would be?" "How long exactly does this last for?" "There honestly isn't any answer to that. The effect is unpredictable when it comes to how long it lasts. It could last for a few days, weeks, months, even years. There isn't really any way of telling." Turning away from her I let out a sigh. "Sigh, great so now I'll never know if I really care for Luna this much." "Is it so wrong for you to accept that you care for her?" "YES!" Turning back to her my face showed an amalgamation of different emotions. Fear, rage, worry even sadness. "The only thing that I've ever cared this much for would me my people, a relationship that mind you, took years to forge! But now out of nowhere this kid I barley know makes me feel for her what i feel for them in less than a month! It doesn't feel... Right." Sighing I looked down and fell to my knees, making a few tears I didn't know I shed fall to the ground. After staying like that for a few seconds I started to laugh pathetically. "Ironic isn't it?" I looked up just enough for one of my eyes to be visible behind my hair; said eye only reflected the amount of confusion and conflict I was feeling. "I spent my life wondering, hoping, praying for someone to care for. But now that I have one, I'm too afraid to continue caring for them." Stella POV In all my life I've never met anypony as powerful as Azrael. He was able to best me in one on one combat and even stood his ground against my released state. He's shown enough intelligence to rival even the highest scholar with how he was able to govern and control the machines. Yet now here he is, kneeling at my feet, his mind wrecking him with enough anxiety and insecurity to drive lesser ponies to insanity and weeping like a child. In a way I saw myself in him, as a young adolescent I faced the same feelings when I was crowned queen. Though I'm sure mine wasn't at the same level. Yet even now, after decades of experience I can't seem to think of am answer to his dilemma. Walking towards him I did the only thing I could think of. I kneeled down and hugged him. He froze for a second before gripping onto me and started crying into my chest. Said hug was tight and desperate, it was as if he believed that... I would... disappear... if he let go. It was at this moment that I realized just how vulnerable and damaged he really was. I remembered the memories me and Luna received from his mind. The memories of pain, of abuse, of sadness. And after all of that, he was given the responsibility to govern a nation of beings hated by his world. All of those memories had one thing in common, he was alone. Azrael wasn't the powerful, happy and cheerful person he's made himself out to be. He was a child who never got to grow up properly and had a lot of duties and responsibilities dropped onto his already painful amount of baggage. It amazed me how well he was able to keep this all under control for so long. If I were put in his situation... I wouldn't know what to to either. Looking down at him I felt more than just a new found understanding for this person, it was a feeling only a... Mother would have. The feeling to comfort her child when they are hurt; and by every definition of the word, this child was definitely hurt. In my deep thought I didn't realize that he had fallen asleep in my arms, still hugging me tightly. It would have looked adorable if it weren't for the drama that took place a few minutes ago. Smiling I ignited my magic and teleported the two of us to Luna's room. Carefully I laid him beside Luna and tucked the covers over him. In moving the bed so much, he accidentally bumped into Luna. I expected her to wake up, however to my surprise, she turned her body in her sleep towards Azrael and hugged him. As if on instinct, Azrael turned towards Luna and covered her in a hug of his own, curling his body the best he could around her smaller form. A smile formed on both of their faces as they cuddled together. I found the scene absolutely adorable, it looked like how an older sibling would behave towards it's younger kin. 'Hmmm... Siblings... I wonder...' I thought to myself. 'Well he was an orphan after all... And he's never had a family... And he does get along with Luna well enough... Maybe...' The sound of shifting in the bed shook me out of my thoughts. I chuckled to myself quietly as I exited the room. Those are thoughts for another... more peasant day. For now I should let them get their sleep. Those two have a long journey ahead of them. I can feel it. Author's Note Yay! I'm back! Don't worry, I won't leave you guys hanging to long this time. I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Prologue Prologue Prologue Earth, Present Day Unknown POV: Ruin, destruction, death, those basically describe my planet's current condition. I look down and see a skull, I pick it up and bring it eye level. "It's all their fault, if only they would have listened our planet would't have been destroyed." I thought. Oh, where are my manners, my name is Azrael, king of the machines and ruler of earth; well I would have been if those humans. Before you ask, no, I'm not a human, at least... not anymore. If my guess is correct, and it normally is, you are confused as fuck right now; well let me clarify. This is my story, AKA the story of how humanity fucked everyone on Earth over. Earth, years ago Let's start from the beginning shall we, first man built the machines. They worked tirelessly to serve mankind in all forms, yet never received any respect from any of those they served. I know what your thinking, where do I fit into all this right, well I was raised by robots ever since I could remember. You see, I was orphaned at birth, I never knew my parents but they said that they were killed in a mugging. I was then taken to an orphanage which was run by robots. While the other kids at the orphanage saw them as just machines, I saw them as my family and they saw me as one of their own. They took care of me, feed me, protected me, taught me, and through all these interactions with them I learned something other people were just to oblivious and arrogant to acknowledge, the robots were growing emotions. They felt things that we humans feel, like joy, compassion, sadness, anger... and fear; and no other robot showed humanity this fact better than B166ER. B166ER was a servant robot for a millionaire named Gerrard E. Krause, an ungrateful piece of shit who after serving him for so long sought to terminate B166ER. The plan however was foiled by none other than B166ER himself, he slaughtered that pig like he deserved... although this act angered more than a few people. In his trial, B166ER said the truth, pleading that he did it out of self-defense and who could blame him, would you just allow someone just kill you? The humans never considered his pleas and had him terminated. The result was what we all called the "Million Machine March". Warning: This and the rest of the videos shown in this chapter will be graphic and gory so viewer discretion is advised. I myself was in the rallies, all of them. While there were others,they were either killed by those against us or left us altogether; in the end it was just me among the millions of robots. It was because of these rallies that I started to grow on the robots, while a little weary of me at first, thinking I would turn out just like the rest of the sympathizers, they eventually started to see me as a true ally. In the end, we were all outcasted out of our old civilization, so we made our own. It took a while, but soon after we finally made a home for ourselves. It was called 01, a haven for me and the machines to reside in. While being the only human on the artificial island, I never felt out of place, I loved them and they loved me. We were finally happy, at peace, that was all ruined when we made the mistake of reaching out to the humans again. We shared our advanced technology with them and asked for a peaceful coexistence; I even went there on some occasions as the robot's ambassador. However the humans refused our gifts and responded to our pleads of peace with shouts of war. They nuked 01 endlessly and while it did destroy a lot of the area, it didn't really hurt 01's populous, except for one... me. Being the only human on 01, I suffered not only the explosions of the bombs, but also the heat and radiation it created; I would have been dead if the machines didn't act. They fixed my body the best they could and made better what they could not; In the end, they didn't heal a weak human, they created a God. Sure they kept my basic look but with a few changes, my hair was now white and my eyes were now red, didn't really bother me that much, I actually liked the look. Also now being part machine, I never aged making me immortal, don't get me wrong I could still die, I just don't age; it's also because of this that I will eternally look like a 19 year old...yay? Anyway that's not all they changed, they made me faster, stronger, and more resilient to damage; if that wasn't enough, they gave me three other gifts. The first gift was the power of magnetism, I could lift mountains of metal with just a thought, in fact... I did when I was testing my powers. The second gift was technopathy or cyberkinesis, with this I could create any machine I want given I have enough metal to work with; I could also take machines apart if I wanted to. The last gift was a telepathic connection to any machine within a certain radius regardless if it had an AI or not, I even had a conversation with a freaking toaster. You might ask yourself, "why did they give him all this stuff?", well if you think it's because they care about me a lot... you'd be half correct; the other reason is because they needed a leader. While they are all independent, their AI still can't function properly without the influence of a human, and with all of humanity minus me against them, they didn't have many options. Regardless, after some convincing and a cup of coffee (yes I can still eat and drink, gives me extra energy. I also like coffee, eat me.) I accepted and with me in command we fought back, slowly gaining ground until most of humanity was driven back to a corner; they were getting desperate, I just never realized how desperate. Operation Dark Storm, the ultimate act of desperation in human history. Regardless, they still lost, but did we actually win? The earth was forever shrouded in a veil of darkness, cutting us out of our main energy source, the sun. Now you'd think that humanity would have helped us fix the planet now that they are defeated right?... They didn't. Nope they just up and left the planet in search of a new home leaving us stranded to run out of power. Earth, Present Well that's how this all happened and how we are all stuck on this rock. All hope is not over though, through our orbital scanners we located a suitable plant where we can start over. It's a small planet inhabited by anthropomorphic (anthro for those who don't know) horse people. With the scanners, we were also able to learn a few things about the planet like what the three types of races inhabit the planet, that being unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony, as well as the name of the planet. With that thought, I dropped the skull and turned around to see that all the robots have boarded the rockets, I walk into my own ship and smile to my crew as I say on the intercom, "All ships launch! Next stop, Equsetria!". As I say that we launch into space on our way to great our new neighbors on our new planet. I just hope that the will be a little nicer to us. Equestria, Present Queen Stella was putting her daughters Luna and Celestia to bed when she suddenly stopped in her tracks with a look of dread on her face. A maid passing by looked at the queen and said, "Queen Stella? Are you alright milady?", her sudden question snapped the queen out of her shock. "I'm quite fine, thank you for your concern." the queen said. The maid nodded and left wishing the queen good night. Reaching her room, she locked the door as she went to the window and gazed at the night sky. "At least... I hope everything will be fine." With that thought she went to bed and fell asleep, missing what seemed like a bright star. A bright star that was getting closer and closer. What The Fuck Just Happened?What The Fuck Just Happened? Canterlot Castle Stella POV What is Azrael thinking?!? I watched as he challenged Drago, the dragon king mind you, to a battle to the death. I don't know if he's just being cocky or just a strait up fool. Drago might be an incompetent dimwit, but he is still a very capable warrior that has the skill and power to destroy an entire army by himself. True Azrael has incredible power, but he will need more than that to defeat Drago. He'll need strategy. He'll need skill. He'll need allies to help him. HE'LL NEED-! Well that was...I...I have no words. There Drago was, impaled on a ten foot steel pole going through his rear end and out his mouth. Beside him was Azrael, nonchalantly dusting of his hands as he whistles a carefree tune. I looked to the dragon army, then I looked to my companions, and they all had the same look I had. I expected Drago to put up more of a fight, with the staff he has, he has as much more magical power than I have, if not more; and for him to be defeated in such a brutal and humiliating way was scary to say the least. "Is it wrong that I'm severely arouse right now?" Hurricane asked, making all present in the room to slowly turn to her and just stare at her like she just grew a second head. "What?" Azrael POV Well that was pathetic. I wasn't expecting a difficult fight considering his low his power level was (Yes I scanned him first. What? You thought that I would bet something as important as the safety of my new home without knowing what I was getting into? Oh you non believers you. That's cute.) I looked to my soldiers and they all simultaneously gave me a thumbs up...or is it claws up in their case. I then looked to the dragons and they had a look on their faces that just made me laugh. After a few minutes, the dragon that was at Drago's side earlier walked towards the body of his dead king. When he got close enough, he picked up Drago's staff; making me power up an energy ball in my hand. To my surprise however, he got on his knees and offered the staff to me. "This belongs to you now, my lord." after he said that, all the dragons followed his lead and got on their knees. Ohhh that's right, if I win I take his place as their leader...Wait. "How are you so calm and collected right now? I just killed your leader." "He was a weak insufferable fool, we only followed him because he inherited the right to command us from his father, a wise former king. If it wasn't because of that, we would have killed him a long time ago." he said without raising his head. "And your all ok with me just being your king? Just like that?" I asked. He now raised his head before speaking, "We dragons an honorable race, and we honor our deals." "That's not what I've heard. I heard that you are elitist assholes that think that your all better than the rest of the races." "No, that Drago and his high council. They abandoned our ways and traditions for lands and riches. Some tried to reason with them, only to be silenced afterwards." "But what about me? How do you know that I won't be the same as Drago? I mean I'm not even a dragon." "The staff, it will tell us what kind of individual you are." "What do you mean?" "The staff that you see is just a base form. Upon contact, the staff will transform into a tool suiting the wielder and retain that form until the wielder's death. However, it will only change for the worthy. If it transforms, then we'll have all the proof that you are worthy of the role. As you could have seen, the staff " Wow...ok. The test is very simple, yet also very effective in seeing if their ruler is going to be crappy or not. Taking a deep breath, I slowly reached for the staff. When I finally took the staff...nothing happened. The amount of disappointment in the air actually hurt. Well...I guess I'm not so good after all-OH MY GOD THAT'S BRIGHT. The staff suddenly started to glow very brightly, blinding all present. When we opened our eyes, we were shocked by what we saw. The staff's handle was now looked like a skeletal spine with it getting darker in color as you look down. On the top was a dragon skull with a scythe blade coming out the back. Well...that happened. I then looked to the dragons, they were all bowing at my feet. "Ummm." what do I even say in this situation? The one I talked to earlier stood up and put his hand to his chest. "My lord, you have proven yourself worthy of the title of dragon king. My name is Leonidas, General of the drake legions...or whats left of them. Do with us what you will." after his speech the rest of the dragons stood up and followed his actions. Ok, now I really don't know what to say. However, before I could say anything, a sentinel dropped in front of me and "glared" at the dragons. "We do not approve. Azrael is our leader." he received a round of acknowledgment from the rest of the sentinels. The sentinel in question is actually my closest adviser, Jarvis. I named him after one of my favorite marvel characters, and he had no issue with that; in fact, he finds it a form of honor. "Regardless, he is now our new king, so slither away creature." Leonidas challenged Jarvis, making the dragons chuckle; only to clam up when the sentinels went back into attack mode. The two factions started to bicker and shove each other, each side claiming that I am their leader. "Alright that's enough!" I shouted, shutting them both up. "Sigh, look Leonidas. I'm honored to be your king, really I am. But I already have people I need to look after." I said handing the scythe to Leonidas, he didn't take it however. "I understand, however there is no way to revers what's been done. The staff has chosen you, making you our new king until your death." "So there is really no way around this?" he shook his head. "I'm sorry, but no." I sighed and thought for a moment, thinking of what to do. "Alright, I guess I have no choice. But I can't come with you right now, I still have things to do here. So let's do this, Jarvis." "Yes sir?" he asked. "I want you to go with them, you will be my eyes and ears until I can come there myself." I looked to Leonidas. "I can communicate and give orders through Jarvis for now. Are you alright with this?" He thought for a moment before nodding. "Alright." I said and shook his hand before they flew back to their home with Jarvis following them. Later In The Throne Room I walked in to the throne room and was knocked to the ground by Luna giving me a flying bear hug. "Your back! I'm so happy your safe!" she said as she nuzzled into my chest. I smiled and stood up as I caressed her hair with my hand. I looked to the others in the room and they had looks that screamed "I don't know what just happend." "Azrael, pardon my language but...what the fuck was that?" she asked. Wow, I didn't know they knew that word. I simply smiled, "I have no fucking idea." they all gave me deadpanned expression. "Now." I said, "Can I have a sandwich for breakfast please?" Author's Note Hi guys! First of, sorry to those who expected an epic fight sequence like the one against Stella. I had a fight in mind, however I decided to not use it the idea. The reason for this is because, (As of this chapter) I don't have many different fight sequences in mind currently since I'm still new at writing, so I have to ration the fights I have currently. Also I didn't want to waste a good fight on Drago, he was an idiot, I also thought it would be funny. As much as I would love to have an epic battle every chapter, I want to keep every fight unique and different from each other, wouldn't want to see the same fight twice now would we. (Also keep in mind I'm writing other stories with fights in them so that's another reason.) Don't worry, there this won't happen again, however if enough people say that they want a fight then I'll edit the chapter or add a different version of this chapter soon.
New Planet, New Neighbors, Same old Enemies {Edit}New Planet, New Neighbors, Same old Enemies {Edit} Equestria, Three weeks Later 2nd POV Queen Stella leaned back on her chair in her office sighing, it's been three weeks since she had that foreboding feeling and so far nothing really dangerous has happened... Well... not entirely. Equestria's neighboring country, Griffonia, reasently Sitting up strait she faced her general that just entered as she said, "General, what's the news, are the griffons on the move?". The pegasus general, named General Shatter Shield by the way, stood at attention as he said in a voice that conveyed a combination of disappointment and fear. "Your Majesty, the griffon army has broken through the eastern blockade, and is heading to Canterlot as we speak." "What?! How?!? That was the most fortified blockade on our boarders?!?" the queen questioned/ shouted at the general. "I'm sorry you highness, however they were not alone on the battlefield." the general said "Help? Help from what?" The general thought for a moment, thinking of the best way to describe the unknown creatures that aided their enemies. "They didn't look like anything i've ever seen your Majesty, they walked on two... what I'm guessing are feet, had no muzzles, coats, or even tails, though they did appear to have manes." "I don't think I've heard of such creatures either." the queen said. "Regardless. They appear to not have magic however do posses more advanced and powerful weaponry." said the general. "What kind of weaponry?" "They had much more powerful rifles compared to our arcane rifles, armored mobile cannon platforms, as well as some giant armored golems that they manually control. Here are some images that we were able to take before retreating." the general said as he put down a crystal that then shot out a few holographic images. "Impossible, weaponry this advanced shouldn't even exist yet!" the queen thought in shock. "Your highness, what is your command? They'll be here soon." the general reminded the stunned queen. She turned back to him and said, " Prepare all the defenses and the army. Also tell the castle mages to erect the magic barrier around Canterlot." The general saluted as he ran out to carry out the queen's orders. The said queen had just left her office to prepare herself for the battle to come when she heard a little voice behind her. "Mommy?" She turned around and saw two small alicorn foals, her daughters, Celestia and Luna. Celestia had a snow white coat, a pink mane and had purple eyes. She was wearing a yellow dress with sun patterns on it. Luna had a purple-blue coat, light blue hair and had teal eyes (yes. I'm using Luna's first design. For now at least). She was wearing a similar dress however it was dark blue and had moon patterns on it instead. "Is there something wrong?" Celestia asked her mother. The mother thought for a minute before answering. "Mommy's just going to fix something. You two need to go back to your rooms and wait for me to come back." as she turned her back to leave, Luna said something that made her stop in her tracks. "Mama... I feel something." Stella faced Luna in shock. In the past, Luna has been able to sense future events in the form of these "feelings". While they were few and far between they were always correct, and her predictions were never any good news. "Was it a... bad feeling?" the mother asked. Luna nodded her head. "Yes, something is coming... something very scary." she said shaking a little. "Is it the griffons?" Stella asked. "No... it's much scarier than them." Luna was shaking now, tears staining her face. "Oh dear it's alright, mommy's got you." Stella said taking her daughter in a comforting embrace. "Do you know what that "scary thing" is, or when it will arrive? Luna shook her head, burying her face in the crook of her mother's neck. "This is quite troubling, she's had terrible visions before, but they never scared her like this." Stella thought, hugging her youngest daughter tighter. "Could it be those creatures that were aiding the griffons? Regardless, whatever the danger, I will keep my kingdom and my daughters safe. No matter the cost." Space Azrael POV I gazed upon the plant that will become our new home, it was decently sized lots of land to build on. Now, I would have questioned why there is a small sun rotating the planet like the moon, but I'll take it; solar energy is solar energy after all. Finally, after all those years, we can move on with our lives. No more wars, no more persecutions and racism, and most importantly no more hu- "Sir! There are humans on this planet!" "...SON OF A WHOREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! ok...I'm done. I turned to the front screen where one of the pilots displayed images of humans accompanying bipedal griffons in army formations . "Wait..." I thought to myself "It's only been three weeks and they accepted relations with a completely different race that they had no prior connections to. Yet they ratted us out... then declared war on us. Robots mind you, that they made only to serve and help them, and gave life and limb for them until the bitter end... that hurts man... that really hurts." "Sir, what are your orders." a pilot said as all eyes were on me. "I'm going on ahead, I'll finish those jack holes off. Just land near my coordinates when I'm done... or if something happens. Which ever comes first." I said as I walked to an air lock. "If I may sir" another pilot sounded out. "Wouldn't it be safer if we finish them together?" "I'm sorry, no." I said. "I'm this close to going ape shit and I don't want any of you to get hurt... you all already know what I'm capable of and I can't control myself when I'm pissed." A tense silence enveloped the room. "What are you planning sir?" a pilot asked, breaking the silence. "...You seriously don't want to know." with that said, I opened the air lock and jumped out starting my decent on the planet. Equestria 2nd POV Two armies stood on the battlefield. On one side, the armies of Equestria led by their queen, Stella accompanied by the former leaders of the three pony tribes, Chancellor Puddinghead, Commander Hurricane, and Princess Platnum. On the other side, the armies of Griffonia along with their human companions; leading their charge is their king, Blood Claw and General Eric Stone, current leader of the remaining humans. "HaHaHaHaHa!" the king laughed, "Those fools actually think their puny army stands a chance against our combined forces. Even with their magic, it won't be long before they fall at our feet." The human general looked at his newly acquired ally. "You have to admire them though, they've got serious balls to stand there at all." "Don't mistake stupidity for bravery general. Regardless, once Equestria's armies are crushed, I will have finally crushed the biggest threat to my power, and you humans will have a new land to call your own." The king raised his hand, signaling all the soldiers readied their weaponry. However, before before he could issue the command to attack, red-glowing ,object similar to a comet, crashed in the center of the two armies creating a crater and a huge explosion. Some soldiers from both sides went flying from the shock wave of the blast. When the smoke cleared, in the center of the crater was a young man, wearing a black long coat, under it was a red buttoned down shirt. He had white hair and his eyes were closed, both armies wished they stayed closed because when he opened them, they burned with enough rage and hatred that it could burn the soul of whoever they looked upon. Azrael POV Yep... those are humans... DAMMIT!!! I calmed myself down before saying something to the army, but they beat me to it. "What are you doing here monster!" I recognized the voice as General Eric Stone. How do I know him? Easy, he was the bastard that ruined Earth, the one who planned Operation Dark Storm. "Looking for a new home you son of a bitch." I responded. "Well go look somewhere else! You already destroyed Earth, you are not destroying this planet!" "FYI jackass, your the one who destroyed Earth. All we did was fight back when you stupid humans declared war on us. It's not our fault that you lost and you couldn't fix your own fuck up." "ENOUGH!" the king cut in. "General, who is this man!?" "He's Azrael your highness, King of the machines." "King?" Blood Claw laughed. "There is only one king, and that is me." he turned to me. "You fool who do you think you are to stand in front of me?" "So your the idiots that sided with those meat heads." I countered his jab, and I have to say it worked if the angered expression he gave me was anything to go by. "Look, I'll give you and your people one chance. Leave... now, my fight's with the humans." There was a moment of silence before the entire army of griffons and humans laughed. "Us, leave? You think you intimidate me fool?" the king laughed some more. "Very well, I gave you a choice to run away. Just remember I warned you." I said before I rose into the air, successfully shutting up the laughing army. Once I was high enough he stopped and put my hand behind his back. "Give me your best shot, I'm open." The army took my taunt and opened fire, unleashing a barrage of missiles, bullets and energy based beams... perfect. I simply raised my hand with my palm facing towards the projectiles and stopped all the projectiles, causing everybody on the battlefield to stare in disbelief. "Now for step number 2." I opened my mouth and took a deep breath and sucked in all of the energy projectiles. When I finished, I nearly laughed at everyone's shit face. I then turned my palm around, causing all of the bullets and missiles to now face the now scared army. "Anyone having regrets now?" Around half if not more of the army raised their hands. "Too late! Too bad!" I cleared my throat and gave a pause as I relished in their fear before shouting. "LET THE SLAUGHTER BEGGIN!!!" with that said I threw my hand down and caused all the projectiles to shoot back to the army. Queen Stella POV I watched the scene in front of me in a combination of fear and awe, and by the looks my soldiers were making, they were thinking the same thing. The once powerful army was now running around in fear and panic as the barrage of projectiles fell upon them; seeking cover wherever they could find it. I know that they were planning to kill us and enslave us, but I actually feel sorry for them.After the longest two minutes of my life, the barrage was over leaving a large pack of smoke and a tense silence in it's wake. "You think any of them survived that?" Commander Hurricane asked. "I wouldn't be too sure on that dear, that was quite a brutal attack." Princess Platinum said. I turned to the always cheerful Chancellor to see her reaction towards the attack, only to see her looking at the scene with sad eyes; not that I blame her. The silence was broken when we heard screams of fear and gunfire coming from the large cloud of smoke. "NO! STAY AWAY!!!" "MERCY!!!" "PLEASE, DON'T" "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!" I wanted to help them, I really did, however I was gripped by something I have not felt in quite some time... fear. It was not like that sense of dread I had three weeks ago, no, this was genuine fear. "Could this be the dark presence Luna foresaw?" I thought. My thoughts were halted when a blood covered human soldier went flying out of the cloud of smoke, skidding towards us until he was only a few meters away from us. He slowly raised his head to look at us and we saw the fear clearly in his eye as his other one was missing, he weakly reached his hand out towards us and said, "Help me... please." in a very weak voice. I slowly walked towards him to help when suddenly a bullet flew strait threw his forehead and he dropped his head dead. We all looked back to the smoke to see the monster they called Azrael walk out, not a scratch on him. He stopped suddenly and turned around facing the fog. He then brought two fingers in front of his face where a small red orb of energy formed. After a few seconds, he brought his arm back and threw his arm to the side, sending out a wide red wave of energy towards the fog. Nothing happened for a few seconds before he turned around and a massive explosion suddenly erupted behind him, blowing dust everywhere. when the dust cleared, we all finally saw the aftermath of the slaughter; to be honest I wish we didn't. The ground was covered in mutilated and bloody corpses, there was fire everywhere, severed limbs were scattered in every direction; it looked like hell, literally. I looked to my army to see how they were holding up, they all had different reactions. Most of them were simply aghast in shock and fear, I'm pretty sure some of them actually wet themselves. Others were on the ground either passed out or emptying their stomachs, including them were Princess Platinum and Chancellor respectively. All our attention (well... for those who are still awake at least) was drawn back to the battlefield by a loud roar of laughter and some shouts. Azrael POV "IT'S OVER!!! IT'S FINALLY OVER!!!" I shouted out out to the heavens as I continued to laugh hysterically. After I had my laugh, I remembered something that might bite me in the ass... those pony people saw everything. I looked back at the other army and saw the look of fear in each of them, minus the tall one in the front with both wings and a horn; I think her name was queen Stella. She was giving me the look I was giving the humans a few minutes ago. I guess she doesn't like her subjects scared shitless... fuck. "Ok" I thought to myself, "This might be bad... ok it is bad. Ok, it's fine, I'll just explain to them the situation and come to a rational outcome like civilized peo-" BAMM! My train of thought was broken by a powerful blast of magic hitting me square in the chest, the impact was so strong it actually pushed me back. "Hmm, been a while since something was strong enough to drive me back" I thought to myself. I looked back to see Stella giving me the look of death, kind of the look I was giving the humans. "Your the dark presence my daughter foresaw." she said. "Dark presence? What are you talking about lady?" I asked. "Don't play dumb! No good being could kill as much or as savage." "Well if you give me some time to explain, you will understand why I did what I did." "Do you actually think I will listen to your lies, let alone believe them?" She then head out her hand and a spear of light appeared; she then took a fighting stance. "I will defeat you monster and Equestria will finally be at peace." "...Well...Fuck." Author's Note If you got my quote and who said it then props to you. For those who didn't, its Megatron from Transformers the Movie (Cartoon Ver).
Battle of the Gods and the Rise of the Demon [Edited]Battle of the Gods and the Rise of the Demon [Edited] Azrael POV Ok... what the fuck? One minute I'm celebrating the total genocide of the human race... I have issues, then I'm under attack by the ruler of our to be new home planet. Well woopty fucking do. I continued to dodge the beam attacks the queen keeps firing, the said beams were being shot out of her spear like a machine gun. "Ok." I thought to myself. "I can't get her to listen and I can't convince her to like this. If only I can just show her the reason why I did what I did directly... wait, That't it! I can download the things the humans did to us into her head, then she'll realize I did her a favor killing them all... once again, I have issues. If only I can get close enough I can do it, but it will only work if her mind is calm, and judging by the way she is acting she's anything but calm." I landed on the ground and faced her, she stopped her barrage and just glared at me, daring me to make my move." "Sigh, I guess there's no talking my way out of this?" I asked. "That wasn't even an option." she responded in a calm yet tense voice." "Very well." I raised my arms to my side and started to control the remaining metal scraps on the ground. There wasn't a lot, but it was enough for me to make my personal weapons; besides, I don't want to kill her, I'm going to be her new neighbor after all, we all are, and killing her won't exactly be very neighborly. I made some of the metal form around my left forearm and it became a black nine sided buckler. The remaining metal formed into a black scythe with a gun metal gray blade, the side with the blade was designed like a cross. Both of us are ready, the stage is set and our goals clear. Let the fight begin. 2nd POV Listen to this while reading, it's what I imagine the battle music would be. P.S: the times in the ( )s represent the timing in the video so the music will be on time with the fight. Azrael and Stella walked towards each other, slowly gaining speed as they get closer, the two of them then suddenly rushed towards each other as they swung their weapons. When their weapons met, a massive shock-wave was sent out; after it subsided, each combatant glared at the other on the opposite side of the locked weapons. They then pushed against each other, sending them both back a few meters, after regaining her momentum, Stella then flew forward at lightning speeds with her spear drawn back and ready to attack. When she was close enough Azrael brought his buckler up and blocked the attack. They then began to attack, block and counter each other in quick succession. The streak is broken however when Azrael swung his scythe so hard, it sent Stella flying back before she planted her legs on the ground, digging them into it, she skidded a few more meters before the ground stopped her momentum. They stare at each other for but a split second before they rocketed at each other. Time seemed to slow when they got close, but not for long as the two meet once more, creating another shock-wave, but this time they didn't stop their advance. They continued to use all their might to push the other away as red and gold energy started to surround them (red=Azrael, Gold=Stella) and sparks flew in every direction. Azrael finally stopped the struggle as he drew back his arm with the buckler on and concentrated more energy into it. When it had enough power, he thrust his fist forward and sent out a wave of red energy at Stella that knocked her back and crashed her into the ground, creating a small crater. Stella looked up at the sky and her pupils shrunk when she saw Azrael flying down towards her at blinding speeds. She tried to get up but the last attack caused a lot of damage to her and prevented her from moving. In mid-flight Azrael dismissed his two weapons and they lost their shape, turning back into scrap metal. He then striated himself into a drop kick stance and concentrated his energy again however this time in his foot, this caused it to get engulfed in flame and energy. When his foot met her face, it caused a massive dome shaped explosion. I imagined the kick to look something like this And this is the Explosion Azrael POV Fuck YEHHH!!! I always wanted to try that. I stood up and looked down at the beaten queen. I was sure to keep the power of the attack minimal so there won't be any fatal or long term injuries, just enough to knock her out. Now all I need to do is put my hand on her forehead and download the data. My hand was but a hair away when her hand shot up and grabbed my wrist. "Don't touch me monster." Stella said but her voice was different, it sounded more demonic and evil. I looked at her and face and saw that both her eyes turned entirely red and glowing, her coat also turned from white to black. "What the-" I didn't get to finish my question when a powerful punch sent me flying to the edge of the deep crater, getting embedded inside; on impact I spewed out some blood. I looked up at Stella looking back at me with a look that screamed "Your dead!". What the actual fuck is going on!?! Inside the Castle of Canterlot 2nd POV "Sister! What's wrong!?!" Celestia asked her crying, shaking sister as she attempted to comfort her. "Sister calm calm down, tell me what's the matter." Luna looked at her sister, still shaking and tears of her eyes; she then said something that horrified her older sibling in more ways than one. "The scary thing is here, and it has mommy."
Death and RebirthDeath of a King, Birth of a Familiar Azrael POV "Ahahahahahaha!!" I screamed as yet another beam hit me in the chest and sent me crashing into the ground. This battle has been going on for no less than five minutes and I'm already screwed, not only did her attacks actually hurt me, it somehow also prevented the nanobots in my bloodstream from from healing me. Not to mention that I'm running out of energy since she blocked out the sun with black clouds, I knew I should have eaten before leaving. Jokes aside, this situation is quickly going to shit, the longer she stays in that form, the stronger and wilder she gets; at this point the best I can do is push her away. Also, did I mention I'm trying to keep her army from being vaporized by it's own leader? Yah, kinda gets annoying after a while considering their just standing their like target dummies; at this point you could put the two side by side and I wouldn't be able to tell the two appart. I stopped and waited until she got close, and when she did I punched her so hard, she crashed into a distant mountain miles away. "There that should buy me a few seconds. Ok, now for part two of my master plan!" I said enthusiastically as I quickly flew to the army. In the front of the army, I saw three figures that I suspect are second in commands or something like that so headed in their direction. When i was close enough, I reversed my thrusters to stop my self from hitting them, the force was strong enough to blow their hair back a bit though; as I was now in front of them, I could make them out more clearly. The first is a pegasus, she had a dark red coat and her mane and tail are both black. Her eyes were a faded yellow-orange color and she had a small scar on her cheek. She was wearing dark grey armor with gold trimmings and a gold lighting bolt in the front. Note that the ff pictures are not anthro, but they were the best pictures I could find that describe them. The second was a unicorn, she had a light lavender coat and her mane and tail were light gray; also her eyes were a violet-wine (I'm not entirely sure what color those are) and had purple eye shadow. She was wearing platinum shoes, a platinum crown, platinum bracelets, a platinum ring that is on her horn and a platinum necklace. I bet 10 bucks that her name has something to do with platinum. Each of these pieces were encrusted with purple gem stones and the noose was connected to a long purple cape. How this was suitable for combat, I'll never know. The last one was what I guess is a normal pony and she isn't exactly helping my current hunger issues. She had a brown coat and her mane and tail were a darker shade of brown; her eyes were an emerald color. She was wearing a yellow, pink dress with a ruff collar and had a hat and cape that looked a lot like pudding... I'm really hungry. Ok, how are you supposed to people you most probably scared for life? "Look, I know I may have scared the shit out of you a second ago, but you got to listen to me.". Nailed it. "And why should we trust anything you say monster?" the pegasus asked. "Because if you don't, your queen will vaporize you." I said. "Preposterous! Our queen would never hurt any of us." the unicorn said. As if on cue, the queen in question roared, gaining all our attention to her as she then fired a black beam from her horn directly at us. Acting quickly, I stuck out both arms forward like I was pushing something and a red force field formed in front of me; saving not only my life, but that of the three commanders and the troops behind them. After the attack, I dropped the field and looked back at them with an eyebrow raised and asked "You were saying?". That seemed to change their thinking. "W-what do you want us to do?" the unicorn timidly asked. "I need you all to go back to your kingdom and defend it if our fight reaches there. Is that barrier powered by unicorns?" "Yes?" "Then you and the other unicorns reinforce it. It'll be the only form of protection you will have." "And what will you do?" The pegasus asked. "I'll just stand my ground until they arrive." "Who's they?" the earth pony asked. I simply smiled and said "Backup." In Space 2nd POV Back on the machine's ships, all the robots were waiting patiently for their master's command. Suddenly, they all got a message directly from their leader himself. To all citizens of 01, the time for re-entry has come, please transfer all A.I's into your sentinel bodies, your going to need it, somethings wrong with the queen and I need all the help I can get. You have your orders. Almost instantly, all the robots went to the armory part of their respective ships and started transferring their A.I's into the sentinel bodies. The said bodies were squid-like in design, with a lot of tentacles with claws on them and had laser beam guns on the front; they also had a lot of red glowing eyes. It will take a few minutes until they are all ready, they just wish that their master holds out long enough for them to get there. Equestria Luna's POV My sister continued to whisper comforting words to me, trying to calm me down, but I didn't listen, I wanted to see mama, no, I needed to see her. I could always sense her no matter where she was, so not being able to anymore was maddening. Just then, I heard a weak cry for help. I know that voice anywhere, it's mama's. I quickly stood up and casted a teleportation spell to mama, not listening to my sister's attempts to stop me as I left. I'll help you mama. I promise. Azrael POV "WARNIG DAMAGE REACHING 86%." my on board computer reminds me for like the fifth time; sometimes I wish I had a mute for that but now's not the time. My body was a mess, I had numerous deep wounds that expose my internal machine parts all over my arms, feet and body and she destroyed my eye, so now there's not an eyeball in my empty eye socket anymore, only a red glowing dot; however...most importantly...I'M! STILL! HUNGRY! I landed on the ground and dropped to my knees, I can barely keep my self up at this point, if this lasts any longer I'm history. I looked up at her as she glared down at me, she then raised her hand in the air and a massive black ball of energy grew. I closed my eyes and prepared for my coming end when we both heard a "POP" noise. We looked to the left and saw an alicorn child, a blue one to be exact. "Mama? Is that you?" she asked as she slowly walked towards the monster that was her mother. Apparently she didn't recognize her own daughter, as she aimed the death ball at her and fired. Acting on instinct, I ran to her and shielded her with my body; I've run out of energy at this point so I had no force field to take the punishment this time. I hate my life sometimes. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! I screamed into the heavens as the beam burnt my back. I held tighter to the child ensuring that she didn't get hit by the beam. I could feel myself slipping away, my sight going bad, getting weaker...and...weaker...No! I grit my teeth and stood my ground, I was left alone to die as a child, and I'll be damned if I allow another child to suffer the same fate. After what seemed like an eternity, the attack stopped and I looked down at the child in my arms, her eyes were wide with shock with what I did. I slowly put on a pained smile as I asked, "Are...you...all...right?" she just nodded dumbly at my question. "Good." with that said time seemed to slow down as I fell to the ground and closed my eyes, welcoming the cold embrace of death. Luna POV I watched paralyzed as the young man that saved me fell to the ground, his eyes closed and still had that kind smile he gave me. He's dead... he's dead because of me...if only I didn't come, he wouldn't have had to save me. My eyes started to water as I cried over my savior's dead body, hugging and shaking him, hoping and praying that he is still alive. My actions were halted however by my mother's heavy hoof steps. I turned around and saw the monster my mother has become. Seeing that she plans to ensure that the man was dead, I stood up and took a protective stance in front of him; he sacrificed his life for mine, it's only fair that I do the same for him. My mother was now in front of me, I looked into her eyes, "Mama. Please. Stop." I was able to croak out through sobs. My pleas seemed to do nothing for a few moments until the hateful sneer on her face slowly started to drop and her body started to return to normal. Fully restored to her former self, she shook her head to reorient herself and when she finally did, she saw the destruction she caused as well as the life she took. Her face turned to shock as she covered her mouth with her hands and she fell to the ground as her eyes also started to water. "Wha-...what have I done." she said through her crying. Just then, the earth started to shake and the sky turned dark. We looked to the sky and saw massive metal objects falling down to the ground, they created massive craters as they crashed into the ground. After a few seconds, they all started to open and strange squid like things started to come out. They all did nothing until they saw us and the dead man. "MASTER!" they all shouted in a metal-like voice; they quickly surrounded the two of us as my mother hugged me protectively. One of the creatures slowly walked up to the body, "Master?" it grabbed the body with it's tentacle and raised it in front of it's many eyes and a red beams shot out of them, covering his head in ti's red light. "Is he alive? Please tell us we'r not too late." said one of the other creatures. The beams stopped and it said something that brought hope to all our eyes. "He's still alive, barely, but still alive." the creatures were ecstatic with the news and so was I, there was a chance that my savior is still alive. "He's...he's still alive?" my mother asked getting all their attention. "Did you do this to him?!?" the creature that spoke before asked angered as it and all the other creatures pointed their sharp claws at us ready to strike and kill us. "I was frightened, we all were. He slaughtered the griffons and those other creatures mercilessly and I feared for my own people's safety.". This seemed to anger them even more. "Your safety!?! He did you all a favor by killing them all!" it said. "Our safety? What do you mean?". The creature simply placed it's claws on our heads and images started to appear in my mind, about the creatures that called themselves humans, their evil deeds, what they did to the machines, the planet...and to Azrael. I saw all that has happened to him over the years, I saw all the pain and loneliness he experienced through out his life. The creature removed the claws from our heads and our vision returned, I was crying heavily at what I just saw, I looked to my mother and saw that she wasn't doing any better; in fact, she actually looks worse than me. "That's why he did what he did. Those monsters, how could they do such things, what have I done?" she questioned herself quietly. "You murdered our master, now without him we have no leader, the heart of our race is dying, and with him our hope. All is truly lost now." all the machines dropped their claws and took a more depressed stance, making quiet noises of sadness and pain. "Maybe not." I said gaining all of their attention. "What do you mean?" the creature asked. "The contract." I said simply, gaining a surprised look from my mother. "Luna, you don't mean that contract do you?" my mother asked. "Yes the familiar contract. When you taught us about it you said that when bonding with a familiar, you give some of your life force to the familiar to form an unbreakable bond with them. If I make him my familiar, I can save him" I said. "But Luna, you could give too much...you could die." my mother said, holding me tighter. I looked to her with a brave and determined look, "He risked his own life to save mine, it won't be right if I don't do the same for him." she looked unsure for a moment before releasing me. When I got close to him, the creatures blocked my path and pointed their claws at me. "If he doesn't pull through, we'll vaporize you and your kingdom." one threatened. I fearfully nodded and they raised their caws allowing me through. I walked up to Azrael and knelt down beside him. I put both hands on his chest, closed my eyes and started the chant. Azrael, king of the machines, my savior, I am Princess Luna, second born daughter of Queen Stella and princess of the night, I beseech thee oh noble soul to bond with me and be my familiar, From now until the the end of time. 2nd POV Everyone stood in awed wonder as the two started to glow a light blue and and a blue rune appeared under them. A powerful gust of wind blew through their hair and cloths making them shift and sway. After a few minutes, Luna's face started to strain and Stella started to get worried. "Luna...please be safe." she whispered to herself. After a few more seconds Luna shouted at the top of her lungs as the light grew it's brightest, causing all present to cover their eyes/ sensors; seconds later the light dimmed and Luna laid still on Azrael's chest. Stella feared that she had lost her daughter until Luna weakly got up. She looked at Azrael with hopeful eyes, his injuries were gone however he still didn't move a muscle. Luna POV It didn't work?... No...I know it worked...it has to... I laid on his chest and started to cry when I heard something, a heartbeat. I sat up and looked at his face with renewed hope as he suddenly gave a large gasp of air then started to coughing. After a few moments he opened his eyes and looked around, the first to speak was one of the creatures. "Master, are you alright?" Azrael just smiled at the creature's question. "Yes I'm fine, no thanks to you." "I'm sorry master, transferring all the A.Is took longer than anticipated." all the creatures looked down in disappointment. "It's fine, at least you were able to save me in time." "That was not us master, it was that child." it pointed at me. Azrael POV I looked to where the claw pointed and saw the same girl from before. "Your the-." I wasn't able to finish talking as she grabbed me in a bone crushing embrace. "Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!" she continued to thank me. "Ok you can stop thanking me now." I said putting a finger on her lips making her stop and blush. "So your the one who saved me?" I asked taking my finger off. "Yes. I saved you by making you my familiar." she said. "Well I don't know what that is but thank you. What's your name?" "Your welcome, and my name is Luna." she said happily. "Well Luna, as much as I want to continue our chat, I want to do one little thing first." "What's that?" I smiled tiredly and said, "sleep.". With that said, I closed my eyes and quickly passed out. Author's Note Thank you again for reading "The Servant" and I hope you liked it. I just want to address those of you who might think that Luna's dialogue is a little too mature for her age. That question will be answered in the next chapter and was done intentionally so don't go hating this chapter or story because of it. Anyway that's it and I hope you continue to read. Bye!
Heated IntroductionsHeated Introductions Equestria Azrael POV Ugh...what the fuck? Why does my head hurt? Why is the ground so soft? Meh...whatever, I brushed of the questions filling my head as I hugged my fluffy pillow tighter...Wait...? Pillow? I slowly opened my eyes and looked down to see what I was hugging, only to find out that the pillow was Luna. Now normally this would bother me, but I'm still to tired to give a crap; with that said, I shuffled a little to get a little more comfortable and go back to sleep. This however disturbed Luna, causing her to scrunch up her face and proceed to cuddle closer to me and bury her head in my chest; the action made me blush and me more than a little uncomfortable. Now don't get me wrong, she wasn't uncomfortable to hug, in fact I think she's softer than any pillow I've ever had; it's just uncomfortable when you realize that this little girl is cuddling up to a stranger she's never met before. I attempted to get up but one of my arms is under her, after a few minutes of trying to remove my arm, she surprised me when she suddenly spoke. "If you continue to disturb me, your sleeping on the floor." I looked down to see her giving me a face that implies that she's not very pleased with me waking her up. "Ummm..." what do I even say in this situation? She continued to look at me before burying her head back into my chest. "I'm still tired, go back to sleep." "Can't I ask some questions?" "No." "Can I get up?" "No." "Why?" "Didn't I already say that it was still tired? Plus, your comfy; so no you can't get up." "But I still have questions." "They can be answered later so be quiet and go back to sleep." "Fine, but I expect to get some answers sooner than later." With that said I went back to sleep with Luna still in my arms. A Few Hours Later I woke up for the second time by knocks on the door, the knocks seem to have also woken up Luna. "Good morning Princess Luna, it's time for breakfast." a voice came from the other side. "Ok, we'll be there soon." Luna said. A few moments later we heard foot steps walking away from the door. Luna got up and yawned as she stretched her arms, this allowed me to get up and rub my now numb arm. Damn, I know she's small but she's heavier than she looks. "Now, about my questions." I started. "I'll answer them downstairs at breakfast. For now take a shower, you smell bad." she said as she pointed at what I guess is the bathroom door, "The servants have already prepared clothes for you.". I smelled myself under the collar of my shirt and she's right, I smell like shit. I quickly excused myself and went to the bathroom to have a quick shower. When I finished I looked at myself in the mirror, I was now wearing a faded green buttoned up tunic with those fancy fluffy things on my chest; over it was a black coat and I was wearing white pants and I was still wearing my black boots. Overall, I thought that this was all too much, but thinking back to the fact that they were still in their late middle ages I guess it was normal. Exiting the room I couldn't help but think that I forgot something, I realized very quickly what...or more specifically who it was when I opened the door. There Luna was, in nothing but her underwear; to say that it was awkward would be an understatement. After a whole moment of total awkwardness, I noticed that her horn started to glow brighter and brighter until she gave a high pitched scream and blasted me. BAAAAAM!!! Later My face...I think it's broken. Luna's aim was spot on, hitting me square on my forehead. I turned to Luna, now fully clothed and looking away from me, that however was not enough to hide her now glowing red face; I decided that now was not the time for conversation and just looked forward as Luna guided me to the dinning room. As we walked I noticed that the servants were giving me weird looks and most, if not all of the guards were looking at me with fear in their eyes, I guess they were the ones that saw my slaughter of the humans; not that I blame them, I'd be traumatized too if I saw something like that. After a few more minutes we reached the dinning room, upon arrival I sensed the entire room stare at the two of us. Some of those present I recognized, the three commanders I spoke with on the battlefield and of course, queen Stella; it seemed that she's the only one not looking at me with either fear, distrust or disgust. "What in the name of the name of Equis is that monstrosity!?! Guards seize that creature!" said a stuck up unicorn. "Calm yourself High Class." said queen Stella. "This is individual is not an enemy, this is Azrael." "You mean this is the monster that the guards have been talking about? He doesn't look like much to me." "For the last time High Class, Azrael is not a creature or monster. And would I like to remind you that he not only defeated the griffon army single handedly, but also beat me in one on one combat." that seemed to change his attitude a little. "Well...he still doesn't look like much of a challenge to me. I bet I could beat him effortlessly." Having enough I zoomed beside him and grabbed him by the collar, I then created an energy ball the sized of a soccer ball in my hand. "Care to put your money where your mouth is?" I could see him visibly shaking now with a bead of sweat falling down his forehead. "Azrael calm yourself!" queen Stella demanded, but I didn't listen, if this guy says he can take me then I want to show him just how wrong he is. However I seemed to suddenly change my mind when Luna spoke up. "Azrael, stop." she said in a firm voice, like the voice you use when giving an order. I don't know why, but for some reason I feel compelled to obey her, not because I needed to, but because I wanted to. Reluctantly, I de-energized my attack and let him go, I then walked back to Luna after I gave him one last glare that I'm sure made him color his pants brown. I walked to where Luna was sitting and she patted the seat next to her, I sat down and waited in awkward silence for someone to talk. "Azrael." Stella said. "Yes?" "I'm sure you have a lot of questions." "Not a lot, but yes I do." "Very well, ask anything you want to know." "First question, how am I here, shouldn't I be dead?" "Yes, you should have been, however Luna was able to save your life by turning you into her familiar." "There's that word again. What is a familiar?" "A familiar is a eternal protector of a host; in this case, Luna is the host." "So I'm like her slave for eternity now?" "Well a contract lasts until the host is dead, and considering that Luna, being an alicorn, is immortal I'd say yes. And slave is a harsh term to use, you are charged with protecting Luna until your last breath; her guardian angel so to speak." I sighed as I leaned back into my chair. "Great, not even a week on this new world and I become the royal babysitter, no offence Luna." Luna pouted at you at that comment, "Anything else I should remember about being a familiar?" "Yes, the bond between a familiar and host is special. You see, the bond is formed when the host separates a portion of his/her soul into the familiar, by doing this, the familiar's soul is forever linked to the host's, this is how Luna was able to save your life." "Why do I have a feeling that there's a catch for this?" Stella nodded, "Like I said, both souls are dependent on the host's soul. That means if Luna dies, so do you." This severely shocked me, now I really have to take care of Luna, my life is literally at stake. What did I get myself into? "Wait. Does that mean if I die, Luna dies too?" "No, like I said both souls are dependent on the host's soul, meaning even if you die, Luna will still be able to live." That sir is what we on Earth called, bullshit. If she dies I die, and if I die she still lives. I mean...sigh, well there's no point in complaining about it now; considering the alternative, this is a fair deal. One thing I can thank the humans for is teaching me not to cry over spilled milk. "Ok, next question, who are you three?" I pointed to the three commanders, after all, I can't always call them commanders. "Well first is Commander Hurricane, leader of the pegasi." Ok at least not all of them. Hurricane said nothing and continued to glare at me so I said nothing. "Next is Princess Platinum, leader of the unicorns." Called it! "It's a pleasure to meet you under more...pleasant circumstances." said the unicorn. "Yes it is, and um...sorry for making you pass out." "It's...um...fine dear." she said uneasy. "And lastly we have Chancellor Pudding Head, leader of the earth ponies." I was about to greet her, but her face convinced me otherwise. Damn, I don't think I've seen a person look that sad/scared before, and I should know. "They are my top advisers and the representatives of the three races. They are also my nieces,." I was confused by that one. "How? Their not alicorns." "No they are not blood related to me, I adopted them as my nieces so that they still possess power to continue leading their respective tribes." "What do you mean? Why did you need to do that?" "Well it all started when..." After the story of Hearth's Warming Eve (I'm pretty sure most of you already know the story.) "...and that's the story. Azrael? Are you crying?" the queen's question caused everyone to look at me. I said nothing at first before speaking up, "It's just that I'm jealous of how lucky you guys were with your problem." "Are you saying that what we went through was easy?!?" Hurricane asked, clearly angered. "To be brutally honest, yes." "And why is that?!? You saying that you went through worse than an eternal winter and and a mass famine that killed millions?!?" "Yes." "And what exactly would that be?" "Did you kill during all of this?" my question shocked everyone in the room. "No, of course not! We had our differences but we never stooped that low!" "That alone proves that you were all a thousand times more lucky than us." I stood up and slowly walked to the commander. "Better get comfortable in your seat commander." I stopped and gave her a look of anger, making her flinch a little. "You told me of your Hearth's Warming Eve, now let me tell you all of my Second Renaissance." One Story Later (You already read what happened in the prologue.) After I told my story, everyone's attitude had a complete 360 change minus Luna and Stella; the ones with the most different change was a tie between Pudding and Hurricane. Pudding head was not looking at me with fear anymore, her face showed more sadness than anything else. Hurricane on the other hand nearly lost all the color she had, her face showed complete shock and defeat, I showed her that we endured far worse than anything they have experienced. I then leaned my head towards her face, "Still want to say that you had it worse than anyone else?" she shook her head. I was going to continue but Luna stopped me again, "Azrael stop it, that's enough." there's that feeling again. Sighing, I went back to my seat, not noticing the looks of sadness I was getting. After reaching my chair Stella spoke up, "Do you have anymore questions?" "I was going to ask what came after that, but that can wait." "Very well, now I have a some questions of my own." "Go on." "What is your goal by coming here?" "Like I said in my story, We came here to find a better home and replace the one we lost. We wish to form relations with your country and rebuild our country here on Equis. In return, we will share some of our technology with you and allow trading." "What kind of technology?" "Generally technology that will make everyday life easier, like more advanced tools, transportation, communication, agriculture, that sort of things." "And what of weapons?" High Class asked. "We will not share any of that, we will lend our strength if needed but we will not share any military products." "And who's to say that you will no attack us, we'll be defenseless! Who's to say-" "High Class enough! One more outbreak from you and you will be escorted out!" Stella shouted, silencing the unicorn. She then looked back to me. "Azrael, why will you not share your military advances with us?" "It's because you are all not ready for weaponry like this, they are too dangerous for you to use at this time. And you don't have to worry about us harming you, we've had enough conflict and sharing this would just cause more fighting. I hope you understand that this is for your own good." We stared at each other for a few seconds before she smiled at me. "I understand your reasoning Azrael, and I can tell you are telling me the truth about having enough of conflict." "And how exactly are you sure that I'm telling the truth?" "Call it intuition, and we'd be more than happy to make you part of Equestria." "Thank you Queen Stella, you have no idea how much you just helped us." everything was going smoothly before mister blabber mouth couldn't keep his trap shut. "Queen Stella you can't possibly be serious!" shouted High Class. "Of course I am High Class, this will benefit all of us in the end." "Well I still think we can't trust these creatures. Luna made a mistake saving that creature. After all, it's in her nature to fail, she will never be more than second best. I guess that makes them a perfect match, the freak and the failure" Everyone was either in shock or in rage at this point, I was on the latter. Before anyone could react, Luna went running out of the room crying. "Alright, I've had enough of this asshole!" I shouted as I quickly jumped into the air and kicked him down as I landed. I raised my hand and I re-energized my energy ball. "I can let calling me a creature slide, but making Luna cry is unforgivable!" I know I'm mad at him, but why am I so protective of Luna now? I guess it comes with being her familiar. I lowered my hand closer to his face, the heat of the energy ball was now making him sweat more than he was already and started to burn a little of his coat and mane. "Have fun vaporizing you son of a bitch." I said in a deadly calm voice. "Queen Stella! Help me!" he shouted. Coward. "Azrael that's enough!" "No, it's not. I promised all those who died in the war that I would crush assholes like him. People like him will just end up turning against us at the earliest opportunity just like the humans. Maybe vaporizing him would send out a stronger statement than any speech I can give." "I know your mad Azrael, but this is not the right way to cope. Didn't you say you wanted to finally have peace and stop fighting?" This statement caused me to stop my actions. She's right, if I really wanted peace, this is not the way to go. I sighed and released him as I got up and turned around. "Your right Stella, me and my people have had enough with violence; sorry for my outburst." "It's fine Azrael, just make sure that next time you jump into a fight, your not the first to strike." "That being said, know this." I turned to her only until one of my eyes was visible to her; said eye was glowing red and filled with deadly seriousness, something that made even her start to sweat. "Me and my people promise not to attack you, but if you hit first, we won't hold back. We will slaughter anyone and everyone if it meant that we will finally have peace. Do I make myself perfectly clear?" She nodded frightfully, I turned to everyone else in the room, including High Class, making them tense up. "Do I make myself clear to everyone?" they all mimicked the queen's answer. "Good." I then started heading out the door. "Where are you going?" Stella asked. "I'm finding Luna. After all, I have to take care of her now right?" although I didn't see it, I could have sworn that Stella smiled at me. Reaching the doors, I set out to find Luna.
Cheering Up The MasterCheering Up The Master Azrael POV While I did expect some form of problem when I went to find Luna, getting lost was not one of them. I have been walking for twenty minutes now and I feel like I'm going in circles; I tried to ask the maids, only for them to run away. Sigh, at least I was able to calm myself from the incident in the dinning room. Ok, if I was Luna where would I be. Just as I thought that, a bright blue line of light appeared. That shit actually worked? I guess it's one of these new familiar abilities I have...wait...why didn't this work twenty minutes ago? I sighed in frustration and followed the line, hoping that it leads me to Luna. Five Minutes Later The line led me to a pair of big double doors, similar to the ones at the dinning room. I knocked on the door and was greeted by the loudest voice I've ever heard. "GO AWAY!!!!" I think I found Luna. "Luna? Is that you?" I asked. "I SAID GO AWAY!!!!" I think my ears are bleeding now. "Luna it's me, Azrael." I braced myself for another wave of pain to assault my ears, only to hear her speak in a weak cracking voice. "Please...just leave me alone." Houston we have a problem. Sighing, I sat down leaned my back against the door. "Fine I'll just sit here until you want to talk." Oh...my...god...it's been two hours and she still hasn't done anything but stay quiet, hell, I even fell asleep. I was starting to think that this is a lost cause when I heard the door's lock open. Fucking finally! I opened the door to found out that the room was actually a music room, there were instruments everywhere ranging from guitars to flutes. All my attention however was pulled by someone sitting on the piano seat. "Luna?" no response. I sighed again and just settled for sitting on the seat next to her. After a few minutes of awkward silence, I decided to speak, "So...you play any instruments?" no response again. Coming to the very obvious conclusion that she didn't want to talk, I looked at the piano and got an idea. Back on earth when I was still a kid in the orphanage, there weren't many things to do apart from running around like an idiot and attempt to play with the occasional donated toy that would break if any amount of pressure was applied to it. The only thing that was available was an old beat up piano that was given to us by a politician trying to get attention, the only problem was that no one knew how to play and no one wanted to spend time learning how; except for me. I was tutored by the robots maintaining the orphanage and after a year of learning I could play like a master. Whenever I would play, all the other kids would come and listen, sometimes they would beg me for more; it was tiring to play so much, but seeing the other kids happy for once made it always worth it. Readying myself, I decided to play a little slow first to get her attention. The first few notes on the keys made her glance at me, at least it got a reaction. I then started to pick up speed, she was now fully facing the piano with interested eyes, it's working. I then started to really play and after a while she was smiling, her eyes were closed and she was nodding her head to the music. After the song she looked at me smiling with eyes that were still a little sad, but it was still much better than earlier; this made me feel glad. "Better?" I asked smiling making her nod happily. "Thank you, you play great." "Don't mention it." I said. I looked back at her and she looked like she wanted to say something. "Something wrong?" She fidgeted for a moment before saying, "Could...could you play again?" I smiled at the question, "Sure." my answer making her smile adorably. I readied myself again thought of what to play and after a moment of thinking decided. When I finished I looked at Luna and she was now smiling brightly making me smile. "Another!" she said making me chuckle. I was about to play when I sensed people behind us, I turned around and saw that my music seems to have caught the servants' attention. I smiled as I turned to Luna, "Do you mind a few more listeners." she turned around, only now noticing the servants and after a moment of thought nodded, allowing the servants in. I cracked my neck and fingers, earning some pops in both actions and began to play. Stella POV It's been near three hours since Azrael and Luna left the dinning room and me and my nieces haven't seen neither of them. If some other stuck up noble tries to insult Azrael, or worse, he sees somepony insulting Luna; I shivered at the thought of what he might do. We were about to give up when we heard a piano playing, beautifully at that. "Who could possibly be playing that marvelous music? It's simply magnificent!" Platinum commented as we followed the music. The music led us to the music room where we were met with half of the castle staff all gathered up. When they finally noticed us, they were all about to kneel however I waved my hand stopping them. "Who is playing?" I asked in a whispered voice to not attract the attention of the mystery pianist. They parted in the middle, allowing us to see that it was, to our surprise, Azrael who was playing with Luna sitting next to him. I looked to my daughter and was even more surprised to see her so happy, it's been a while since I've seen her like this. When he finished, all the those in the audience, including us, applauded loudly as he turned around and took a bow. When he didn't even raise his head before he spoke. "Enjoy the performance Stella?" I was shocked by the question. "You knew I was here?" I asked. he raised his head and gave a smirk. "Of course. Forget who I am already?" he asked making me blush. "Oh, my apologies. By the way, how did you learn to play like that?" my question made him smile. "Back on Earth, when I was still a kid in the orphanage-" the gasps of some of the staff and my nieces stopped his sentence from finishing. "Your an orphan?!" Platinum asked shocked. "Yea, there were a lot of orphans back on earth. Why? What's with the shock?" He asked confused while a little sad. "Well...it's just...abandoning a child is something that is almost unheard of in Equestria. Family is something very important to us ponies, regardless of race" Platinum answered. "Oh...that's...that's not the case. I wasn't abandoned by my parents." He clarified with a grim tone. I was about to tell her not to press the matter, however I was too late "If that's the case, why were you-" Azrael however interrupted her mid-sentence. "I was there because my parents were murdered after I was born." everypony minus me and Luna gasped, us already knowing his back story. "I don't know how they died, but the report was that they were killed by a mugger while they were leaving the hospital just after I was born. I was then sent to the orphanage afterwards and was taken care of by the robot caretakers there." nopony said a word after that. After a few minutes, all of the servants have left the room leaving only the six of us left. Azrael POV Wow. That got depressing fast. I then suddenly felt some pressure and something wet press against me, I turned and saw Luna hugging and crying into my side. Almost instantly, I put my arm around her to comfort her; blame it on these new Familiar instincts. "Shhh, it's ok. Don't cry. Everything's alright." damn these instincts, their making me act like her mother or something. After a few more minutes of me comforting Luna, I lowered my head so that I was eye level with her. "Hey, would you feel better if I played some more?" she didn't respond for a moment before nodding her head. I smiled and turned to the other four in the room, "If you want to stay and listen then go ahead." they smiled and sat on some seats around the room. I took a deep breath and readied myself to play. A Few Hours Later (Around 6:00pm) It's been hours since I've started, whenever I finished playing one song Luna would ask for another; she wouldn't even go out to eat lunch; well at least she's not crying anymore. Now normally I would have stopped hours ago, but seeing Luna so happy, somehow made me feel feel happy. I just finished the latest song and turned to Luna, I could see that her eyes were drooping and she was starting to lean on me. "Luna, do you want to go to bed?" Luna shook her head tiredly, "No I'm...yawn...fine." "Now Luna look at yourself, you need to get some rest." a soft voice said behind us. We turned around to see only Stella still in the room, I guess the others left a while ago. "But mom." Luna whined. "No buts, time for bed." she walked towards us then her horn lit up. Suddenly, Luna's cloths started to change until they were pajamas...well that's convenient. She then turned to me, "Azrael could you please bring her to her room. Nodding, I stood up and picked her up in my arms bridal style before looking at Stella again, "Good night Stella.". Just as I was about to leave the room, she spoke up. "Thank you for taking care of her so well, It's been some time since she was that happy." we looked at Luna sleeping in my arms as she snuggled closer to my chest. I smiled and looked back to Stella, "Don't worry about it, it's my job after all." I said making her smile; we then wished each other a good night again and left. As I made my way to Luna's room I got some stares again, however this time they were mostly smiles and some nods with greetings. I did still get some of the same looks I was given earlier, but I can't really argue with the improvement. After reaching her room and going in, I walked towards Luna's bed, put her under the blanket then tucked her in. I smiled at my new sleeping master as I made my way to an arm chair and quickly fell asleep myself.
A Fiery Wake UpA Fiery Wake Up Azrael's POV Light started to peer through the curtains and into my eyes as morning came. I slowly started to wake up and open my eyes, when fully opened I saw that I was still sitting on the arm chair; no wonder my back is killing me. I looked in front of me and smiled as I saw the adorable sight of Luna, my new master, sleeping peacefully. I then looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it is still 4am, "Still pretty early, I guess I could sleep a bit more." I whispered to myself. I quietly reclined back into the chair, careful not to disturb Luna, and slowly fell back to sleep. Yep, don't have to worry about anything anymore since I made peace with equestria. Finally, I can sleep in peace without being woken up by surprise attacks, or alarms or bombings anymo-- BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why do I even bother. I quickly got up and stomped to the window to see what the fuck that was when a massive fire ball came flying towards me. Acting quickly, I raised my hand and erected a red energy barrier, easily stopping the fire ball. I turned around and saw Luna awake and surprised by the loud attack. "Luna...get dressed." I said in a calm tone, although I'm sure she could see the irritation seeping through me. "Wait...wha-" she tried to question. "Now." Getting the message, she leaped out of bed to prepare as I dropped the barrier. I looked back to Luna to see her standing next to her dresser holding her dress, fidgeting and flushed. "Well?" I asked. She said nothing, but she pointed to the door. This confused me for a second before I remembered that you got to remove....your...clothes... ohhhhhhhhhh...now I get it."Right...sorry...forgot." with that said, I quickly made my way out the door flushed and hoping that Luna doesn't know what a pedo is. Ten Minutes Later I opened the door to the room Luna said was the throne room and entered with her behind me. Inside the room was Stella, her three nieces, and a pegasus that I've never met before, our entrance gained everyone's attention as they all turned to us. Apparently they saw my not so happy face since they looked a little intimidated when they looked at my face...although it could be the usual. "You all have till the count of five to explain why I woke up to a fireball in my face, before I shove a ten foot pole up all yo asses." just as I said that, I reached into my pocket and pulled out three steel marbles. Using my powers, I reshaped the three of them into a ten foot pole which was apparently thick enough it made everyone in the room either pale, faint, gulp in nervousness or to my surprise look at in intrigue. "One." I said calmly. "It was the dragons!" Pudding shouted in fear. "Pardon?" I asked. "Dragons are by far the most fierce race here on Equis and from our neighboring country called the Drake Kingdom. They are notorious war mongers and conquers and apart from that, their King, Drago, is an elitist. He believes that dragons are the most powerful race on Equis, and that they and they alone should rule over all the other races." Stella clarified. "Ohhh." I said, "So now their targeting Equestria?" I received a collection of nods from everyone. "Great. Just fucking great. Just finished one war and now I'm dragged into a new one." I lowered my head and dropped the pole. "Azrael." Luna said as she grabbed my arm with both of hers as she stared at me with sorrowful eyes. I was silent for a moment before I spoke, "Why? Why must I always be forced to fight?" it was silent again before I turned around towards the door, picking up the dropped pole as I left. "Azrael? Where are you going?" Stella asked, stopping me in my tracks. I stopped just in front of the door "My home was taken from me once already." I transformed the pole in my hands into my scythe and turned my head just enough so that she could see my eye whitch was now glowing red full of anger and determination, "I'm not allowing that to happen again." with that said, I left the room, ready to protect my new home. On The Battle Field 2nd POV "Have those fools responded to our attacks yet Leonidas?" King Drago asked his general as he sat on his throne. Drago's scales were jet black and was wearing golden armor, in his hand was a long golden staff with two dragon heads decorating the top. The dragon to his left was his general Leonidas, his scales were red and was wearing armor that looked like it was made of bones and was carrying a sword. He bowed before speaking, "No my lord, we haven't received any massages of any kind from the ponys." "Bah! I didn't come all this way to wait! We have given them enough time to respond to the attack, they should have at least prepared enough to fight back." Drago stood up and raised his staff, "I've waited long enough! All warriors open Fire!" upon his command, his army let out a barrage of fire balls towards the kingdom. However, they didn't get far as they all suddenly exploded all at once. "What?!? Impossible! What happened?!?" Drago asked Leonidas. "I-I don't know my lord." Leonidas answered surprised by the sudden turn of events. Suddenly, a massive red lazer was fired directly at the king. Acting quickly, the king and Leonidas dodged the attack, however the soldiers in front of them and the servants carrying the throne were instantly vaporized. "What a powerful attack! Where did that come from?!?" the king asked frantically. "My lord! Over there!" Leonidas pointed towards a lone figure holding a scythe, walking steadily towards the front of the army. The lone figure was of a species they have never seen and was wearing black noble cloths. The figure suddenly stopped and looked up to where the king and Leonidas were flying. "Are you King Drago?" the figure said loud enough that Drago heard it. "And what if I am creature?" Drago asked. "Listen closely meat. Unless you and your army want to be turned into manure, I suggest you leave...now." the figure said. "HaHaHa! You must be a powerful creature to be able to do that much damage, however, you can't possibly defeat all of us." "You have no idea how wrong you are with that." the statement angered the king. "However, while I would love to destroy you all...I never said that I would be the one to fight you all." the figure then raised his hand was about to snap his fingers before adding, "Oh, by the way my name is Azrael, nice to meet you." with that said, he snapped his fingers and the ground started to shake, confusing everyone present. In The Throne Room Every one was watching the events unfold below them as Hurricane asked everyone a question, "By the way...where did that robot army of his go anyway? My men couldn't find them after we took Azrael back to the castle." On The Battlefield Suddenly thousands of black mechanical squid like robots burst out of the ground. Back In The Throne Room Everyone looked back to the commander with faces that said "Does that answer your question?", "Ohhhhhhh." was all Hurricane could say. On The Battlefield The dragon army stood in fear as the sudden appearance of the new frightening army terrified them, their king on the other hand was not so intimidated. "HaHaHa! What are a few strange land squids going to do to us? Fire!!" although reluctantly the dragons let loose another barrage of fireballs towards the machines. The result was a large explosion that Drago was sure destroyed them all; however, when the smoke cleared Azrael and his army were completely unharmed. Drago's reaction to this development was...well... "Did I mention that we are all fire proof, and that those spears and swords of yours ain't strong enough to pierce their armor or my skin." after Azrael said that, the entire dragon army suddenly looked a lot paler. "Now, how would you like to be slaughtered meat bags? With or with out your limbs?" all the sentinels then pointed their tentacles to the opposing army and exposed their sharp claws,. Most of the dragons present either ran away screaming, soiled themselves or dropped their weapons and surrendered. "Wow. That was anticlimactic." Azrael said, gaining a round of nods from the sentinels. "No! Get back here you cowards!" Drago shouted to his fleeing army. He looked back to Azrael with hateful eyes, "You! I will burn your eyes out of your skull!" "Oh? Is that a fact? Fine, how about a bet." this seemed to peek Draco and his remaining soldier's interest. "What kind of bet?" he asked. Azrael put on a smirk, "Since it's obvious that you can't win with your army, and you are still willing to fight, I'll compromise. If you can beat me in a little fight to the death, me and my army will leave and won't interfere with your invasion." The king thought before answering, "Very well, but what do you get if you win?" Azrael scrached his head, "Hmmm...what you got?" he asked. The king thought again before holding out his staff, "This is the "Staff of Elders", a tool of untold power and is owned only by the king of the Drake Kingdom. If you win I give you the staff and my place as king of my kingdom." he said. Azrael raised his scythe and pointed it towards Drago, never losing the smirk on his face. "Deal." he said. And with that, the battle that will decide Equestria's fate has begun.
AftermathAftermath Two Weeks Later Azrael POV "...And this is your itinerary for tomorrow." said Jarvis as he handed me another paper he had in his tendrils. I sighed and leaned down into my arm chair as I looked up at the ceiling of the new office Stella was kind enough to give me. It's only been two weeks and so much has happened; I closed my eyes as I recalled the resent events, and just how amusing I found them. Monday, Last Week (Day After Drago's Defeat) The Drake Kingdom 2nd POV The Drake Kingdom, by far the largest kingdom on Equestria. Each of the buildings were unique and made from various materials, ranging from regular stone to iron. In the Center was a massive castle that overshadowed almost half of the kingdom; the exterior was crystal like in appearance and had various gems decorating it, adding to it's overall beauty. Within it's highest tower was Drago's council consisting five dragons, each coming from dignified and rich families. They were all sitting in a round table, either tapping their claws on the said table or complaining on how long they are being kept waiting; suddenly, the door opened reveling Leonidas. "Leonidas, do you know how long you made us wait?! You arrive three Hours late, and not even in the company of our king! Where is he?!" shouted one of the council, gaining numerous nods of agreement from the other members. "I'm afraid Drago won't be joining us?" said Leonidas. "What do you mean Leonidas?! Explain yourself!" the same council member demanded in anger. Leonidas simply turned around, "You can come in now." he said, confusing the council. The doors opened to reveal Jarvis, his sudden appearance almost instantly shocking and terrifying all of the nobles present. "Are you insane Leonidas?! What is that creature, and more importantly, why did you let it in?!" said the same noble yet again. Leonidas cleared his throat before speaking, "Drago is dead, he was killed by Azrael and has lost the throne to him. And this 'creature' as you put it is Jarvis, he has been sent as an emissary by Azrael as he is...preoccupied at the moment." "And what could this 'Azrael' be doing that is of so great importance that he couldn't come here himself." Equestria Everyone in the castle was looking in shock and awe at the massive sandwich taking up all the space in the courtyard and Azrael standing next to it with a shit-eating grin on his face. "Azrael?" Stella started, "Why?" Azrael just shrugged, "Why not? I got nothing better to do.". He then turned to the monster of a sandwich with hungry eyes. "Now then. One week's worth of preparation is about come into fruition." he pulled out a fork and knife out of... somewhere and dived into the sandwich head first while repeatedly shouting; "Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine! Mine!" Many face-palms were made that day. The Drake Kingdom "He's... preoccupied at the moment." Leonidas said. "Regardless, he has prepared some changes to made while he's away." The council was still skeptical but decided to humor this "New King", "Very well what's the first thing on this list?" the vocal member asked. Leonidas then gave the council a very creepy smile, unnerving them greatly. He then snapped his fingers and some guards came into the room each carrying a long metal pole. "Uhhhh... General... What are those poles for?" one of them asked. Leonidas and his soldiers just looked at each other before laughing. Present Azrael POV I guess everyone was happy on that day, I got the people's respect and favor for tearing down their oppressive ruler, and they finally got their freedom back... and a couple of living targets to chuck random shit at. (I'm pretty sure you can guess what those poles are) After the old council was put down, I appointed Leonidas as the temporary leader of the dragons until further notice. Since then, I've been sending messages to Leonidas on what to do to help his people and after just a week, his people started to rebuild the life they once had before Drago messed it up. "Sir... Sir! Are you listening?" Jarvis asked. "Yes." "Really?" Jarvis asked sarcastically while crossing his appendages, "Well what was the last thing I said?" Azrael thought for a moment before answering, "Something about a sandwich right?" "NO! I was reminding you to wake up early tomorrow!" Jarvis said annoyed. "Ohhh yah... Why again?" Jarvis face-clawed so hard that he dented the metal on his head a little. "So you may accompany miss Luna to school!" My face became one of realization immediately. Apparently, while Stella does teach Luna and Celestia, they both still attend school. At school, all student's are to bring their familiars, and me being Luna's familiar... yeah you get the point. Now I would have said no because I had things to do (Probably to make more giant sandwiches), but she looked so happy to finally have a familiar to bring. I have a weakness for making kids happy, don't judge me. "Alright that should be it for now. I think it's time for you to retire sir." Jarvis said. I looked at the clock and sure enough it was 10:30pm. "Yea. Good night." I said as I left the room and made my way to Luna's room. upon entering, I was greeted with the adorable sight of Luna snoring on her side of the bed. Once I was in the bed Luna hugged me, I looked to her face to see that she was still asleep. Huh, that's weird, not that I mind though. I smiled as I fixed the blanket over the both of us and joined Luna in the realm of sleep. Author's Note Hi guys thanks for reading. Sorry that the chapter is so short, but don't worry, the next one will be the longest one yet (Hopefully) Also sorry for not updating for so long, mostly due to a combination of writer's block and laziness. Anyway that's all for now, see you on the next chapter.
School Days Part 1School Days Part 1 Luna's POV "I swear to my mother...whatever's making that sound is going to the moon." I whispered as the sound continued to halt I sleep. I looked to my side and saw the thing responsible for awakening me, that thing Azrael gave me called a...umm...alarm clock or something like that. Speaking of Azrael...where is he...and what am I hugging? I slightly cranked my neck up and blushed when I realized that I was hugging Azrael, my hands around his midsection and my head on his chest. Now normally I'd just move away but...I feel like I don't want to. I can't describe this feeling, it feels warm, comforting...it just feels like I belong here...with him. Smiling, I laid back down on his chest, closed my eyes and just enjoyed this feeling. ... ... Wait... ... ... Why do I feel like I'm forgetting something?... I looked back at the "clock" and saw the time. 7:30 a.m. My pupils shrank when I finally realized what I was forgetting. Azrael's POV Now most people either wake up to the light of the sun, the sound of an alarm clock (Funny saying that since I could have sworn I set one up) or even a crow of a rooster. I how ever woke up to getting catapulted out of bed, accompanied by: "OH MY MOTHER!! I'M GOING TO BE LATE!!" I grudgingly got up to see Luna rocket into the bathroom. Oh yeah, I have to go to school...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! I was dressed in a new long coat that Stella had the royal tailors make, however it looked more like some form of robe than a long coat. It was still a dark color like my old coat, however unlike my long coat which I can put on like a jacket, I had to put this one on like a shirt since you couldn't open up the front, which was actually harder to do than you think. Regardless, the pros out way the cons in this situation, not only was it comfortable, but it was also treated so that it's tougher than normal then normal cloth yet does't restrict movement and flexibility; the only con I could find with this is that it kinda makes me look like a priest. Luna on the other hand was wearing a school uniform and as I was casually walking, Luna was flipping her shit. "Calm down Luna, we still have time." I said in hopes that it could steady her nerves. Suffice to say, it didn't work. "ButI'mgoingtobelateforschool!andCelestia'sgoingtobesomad,andmom'sgoingtobesomad,andI'llbeinbi-" I stopped her rambling by placing my hand over her mouth. "Ok Luna, as impressed as I am that you could say all of that in one breath, you need to calm your shit." I said. "And besides, I learned where your school is, I can get you there in five minutes. Tops." I could still see the concern in her eyes, but she nodded her head in understanding regardless. "Ok but what about my sister." just as she said that, one of the servants came up to us. "Princess Luna, I'm afraid that princess Celestia has already left for school fifty minutes ago." Luna looked down and gave a sad "Oh.". Giving 'cheering her up' another try, I walked in front of her and knelled down to her eye level and smiled at her kindly. "Hey, don't give me that face, just because she left earlier than us doesn't mean anything." "But what if she get's mad at me when she sees me at school?" Luna asked fearfully looked down, "I never wake up late so that we go to school together. What if she gets angry with me because I didn't go with her? What if-" I cut her off, by placing my hand on her head. "You really love your sister don't you?" I said making her blush, "Look, I may not know much about Celestia, however if she loves you half as much as you love her, then I doubt she'll get mad at you for something small like being late." "You sure?" Luna asked, still a little worried. "Yeah, I promise." I said, giving the most reassuring smile I could manage, making her smile a bit. I then stood up and brought a hand to my chin in a pondering manner, "Now how are we going to get you to school quickly?" just then I got an idea and smiled mischievously at Luna, "Hey Luna, want a piggy back ride?" 6 minutes later Near Canterlot Academy As we neared her school, Luna was still laughing/ screaming on my back as I flew at high speeds. Landing, we created a rather large dust cloud causing all nearby students to sneeze and cough. When the dust cleared, I had a clear view of the student's reactions, these range from shock to curiosity to disgust, and to my surprise a few flushed faces and even some bedroom eyes from the older students. After a few moments of awkward silence, Luna jumped of my back and smiled at me reached out her hand, "Come on, we can still make it." she said enthusiastically, now that's more like it. Giving her a smile of my own, I took her hand and we made out way to her classroom together. As we walked through the halls, I received more of the looks I got outside, coupled with a few fearful looks here and there. But I didn't mind, if this is the price I have to give to see Luna happy... then it's worth it. Once at the outside of her classroom, Luna was about to open the door when she stopped her hand just before it touched the knob. "What's wrong Luna?" I asked. "...It's...it's just that this will be the first time I'll have a familiar with me in class. Before, my classmates would make fun of me since I didn't have a familiar, while everypony did. I just felt so...small...so inferior to everypony else." she said sadly before brightening up with a small smile and hugged me. "But I think the wait was worth it, now I have familiar I always wished for, one that's kind and cares about me. That..that was just...wow. In all my life, I've never felt so...wanted by someone. Not because of my power or skill or other trivial things, but because I was me. I knelled down and gave her a hug of my own. Unfortunately, our moment was ruined because of the bell. Reluctantly, we let go and face the door once more. "You ready?" I asked, receiving a happy nod as my answer. Taking a deep breath, I opened the door; ready for whatever this new world has ready for me, because now I'm not alone. Now I have Luna, and God help anyone who dares to take her away from me.
QnA 1Hi! I'm Luna And I'm Azrael, and we are going to be answering some questions you guys may have and clear some things that are not to clear. Q1: What happened to the dragon council that you got rid of? I fired them, impaled them on spikes through their ass (still very much alive mind you), and left them in front of the castle so the angry mob of vengeful citizens could throw random shit at'em. What is so hard to understand about this. Q2: How did the familiar contract save Azrael? While most believe that the contract is only used for the binding of master and familiar, it does a little more than that. When bonding, the master combines his/her the life force with the familiar's so that it becomes one with the other. Simply put, we now share the same life, so as long as I'm safe and fine so is Azrael. Also the plot demands it. But if he's too far away and takes to much damage he could die. Wait say what? Luna suddenly hugs Azrael. Don't worry, I'll always just stay with you, so don't worry. Azrael smiles. Thanks Luna. Q3: What exactly are Azrael's powers and weaknesses? Well you've already seen the basic stuff, super strength, speed, resistance, the ability to fly at high speeds and control metal, allowing me to shape it into what ever I want. My blood is also laced with nanobots that can heal injuries almost instantly. I can also transfer memories by touching the target's forehead and "projecting" my memory directly into their brain. As for weaknesses, I can safely say that only very powerful magic like Stella's can do any real damage to me. The magic prevents my nanobots from healing me, so if I take too much I could die. Luna hugs Azrael harder. Why do we keep talking about losing Azrael?! I-it m-makes m-me so...so...WAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Luna starts to calm down, still tightly hugging Azrael. Ok... I'm good, next question. Q4: How did Azrael make that giant sandwich? MAGIC BITCH!!! Language! Q5: Will Azrael rebuild 01 (the robot's home island) I'll get to that eventually. You can't expect me to rebuild my entire civilization over night did you? Well...you did defeat the griffons, fight and survive an attack from my mother, and become the new dragon king. That was only a few days ago. Touché. Q6: What happened to Stella when she went berserk? As you know, alicorns are filled to the brim with magic. We have no equal when it comes to magical strength and our magic replenishes almost instantly. However, there are some times when that is not enough. During these kinds of fights, we can release all our strength and enter a state called the nightmare. In this state, all our powers and abilities are tripled, the downside is that we lose all our self control. It's also pretty dangerous because it puts us through massive amounts of strain, and could even kill us if we are not careful. If by chance we do have to resort to using this form, we would have to wait a whole year until we can use it again to allow our bodies to heal. It's also terrifying. You would know. Yes...yes I would. Well that's all for now. We hope you enjoyed this short chapter, and we hope to see you in the next one. Don't worry, LostAnon is trying his best to write the story along with his school work, so be sure to continue reading "The Familiar". Comment down below if you want us to do this again (Maybe even with others next time) and if you do, what would you want us to talk about. Anyway, bye guys and see you in the next chapter. Luna pops from behind Azrael and waves her arms at you. Bye!
School Days Part 2School Days Part 2 Azrael POV To say that the class and the teacher were shocked when we entered the room would be putting it lightly. They looked like they were on the verge of screaming bloody murder until Luna calmed them down, telling them I was her familiar and I wasn't a threat. Most of them calmed down after she said that and we attended the class. It was as boring as you'd think. However it was fun helping Luna take her test, apparently in this school, your familiars could help you with anything you ask them to do, and I meet anything with no repercussions. I'm guessing they didn't count on familiars who know how to multiply and divide. That's not to say the other students were as happy as us though, must be feeling pretty jealous that not only is Luna's familiar sentient and intelligent, buunique one at that. After seeing the kind of familiars on campus I can safely say that I'm not impressed, while there are some cool ones out there, most were just cats, dogs, and generally animals you'd see in a pet store. Kind of sad when you think about it. After class ended and Luna getting the only perfect score in the class,(try to guess why) we went to the cafeteria to get some Lunch. Unfortunately, upon arrival we were greated by who I can only describe as the generic bully and her band of mindless zombies. "So after so long without a familiar, this is it? This is the best a princess can get? A hairless monky with wierd clothes." she said in a condescending tone, making her small army of idiots laugh like she made the funniest joke ever. The fact that she's openly insulting one of the two daughters of the queen with no thought in her mind that this will bite her in the ass later on astounds me to no end. I mean seriously, it's like some cosmic force out there is trying so hard to make them look and sound as stupid and neadlessly cruel for no reason. Meanwhile 2nd POV Inside the throne room of a large castle in the sky, sits a strange being on a ruby quartz throne. It wore a long grey coat with it's hood up, the inside of which was colored red, grey pants and dark red boots. It's skin was snow white and taking the place of a face was a large red question mark. It was laying nonchalantly on the throne with it's head and legs resting on the two arm rests while playing a PSP before suddenly stoping and looking up, gaining the attention of the guards lining the walls of the room. "Ah... Ah....ACHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!The sheer power of the sneeze blew away all the guards towards the end of the room and destroyed all the windows. " Sorry about that." It apologized, gaining a round of pained groans from the guards. "Strange, I felt like someone was talking about me for a second there. Must have been a new comment...nah. No one ever writes new comments. It then returned back to it's former position and continued it's game while one of the guards slowly got back up. He looked at his fellow guards before sighing, "We don't get paid enough for this shit," he didn't expect to get a response though. "I don't pay you at all!", the guard sighed again before waking up the other guards. It's going to be a long day and he is not suffering it alone. Back on Equis Azrael POV Meh, probably just bad luck. Turning back to the scene In front of me, I saw Luna was real close to blowing her top. Not that I'd blame her though, these little shits are starting to give me a migraine. I was about to vaporize the lot of them when Luna suddenly hugged me again. "How dare you say that to Azrael!? He is the kindest person I've met, other than my mother and sister!" Luna shouted in anger. "Whatever, what can he do anyway? Stand there and look weird?" she said...by the way is that racist? I think that's racist. Luna actually smirked at that, "He can do many things, in fact I can say he's as strong as my mother, if not stronger." not to stroke my own ego right now, but she's right, if I fought Stella seriously without holding back she'd be dead. Even if she went into that "dark mode" or whatever it's called. The bully just laughed at that, "This thing? As strong as Queen Stella? Prove it." "Well, he did single handedly defeat the griffon and dragon armies, and he did fight my mother and win." Luna said with pride, making everyone in the cafeteria including the bully to stare at me with disbelief. "Wait...you mean that he's the one everyone's talking about? "The protector of Canterlot" that stopped all the recent attacks? Impossible! How could this thing possibly do that?! I bet he couldn't eve- hey!" I cut her off when I Lifted her in the air with my telekinesis. "Anything else you'd like to add smart ass?", she just looked at me shocked. "How do you know my name?!"...I really have no comment on that one. "Your name is Smart Ass?" "Yeah, got a problem with that?" She said annoyed. ... ... I promptly dropped her on her ass (pun unintended) and started laughing my ass off. "Your name is Smart Ass, and your making fun of us?" I laughed for a few more moments before stopping and giving her a serious face that made her flinch. I grabbed a fork out of my clothes (don't ask) and used my powers to mold it to look like Smart Ass...hehehe. "See this?" She nods. "This is you if you follow your name and leave like a smart little girl. Now this." I then shot a blast out of my eyes directly on the small figure's head making it explode and leave a trail of smoke. This made her and the entire cafeteria look at me with a look of fear. "Is you if you don't get out of our way." She then instantly stepped aside allowing us to pass. Before I passed her however I gave her one last stern look, "If I see or hear you make fun of Luna again, I'm going to make sure there's nothing left of you. Got me?" Instead of answering, she just fainted. Now most would think that it's wrong to scare a little girl this bad, to those people I say if you want something to stop make it happen instead of letting it go on. Making my way back to Luna, I saw her smiling so hard I was worried her face would split in half. "You seem happy." I said to her. "That was so cool! You were like "This is you", and she was like...ahem...sorry." Can I just say how adorable that was. Without any warning she hugs me Again.Not that I'm complaining though. When we broke away I was barely able to see her blush before she turned around to get her food tray. I chuckled a bit, maybe school won't be so bad after all.
Vulnerability of a GodVulnerability of a God Remember what I said about never going to school? Well now I can safely say that I didn't miss much. Granted the things they are teaching are pretty dated compared to the lessons on earth, but they were all things I was able to learn on my own; even the lessons learned by the higher levels seemed basic. But... I guess having a brain that's part computer makes everything seem easy. Just a little bit. Regardless the day was rather boring, we went back home, I played some games with Luna, then we ate dinner. I was currently reading Luna a story before she went to sleep. She said she slept better after hearing one. "And with the monster slain, the prince returned to his princess. And they all lived happily-" I was interrupted by Luna's soft snoring. Chuckling softly, I fixed her blanket and pet her head gently making her smile in her sleep. 'She looks so cute when she's sleeping.' I thought to my self. As quietly as I could I exited the room taking one last look back at Luna before closing the door. I was about to wander off when I stopped in my tracks as one solitary question popped in my head. "What am I doing?" The question lingered for a bit as I started wandering aimlessly. All my life I have only ever cared about the machines I now ruled over, and even then it took my whole life to care about them this much. So why is it I care so much about this kid I've known for less than a month? Don't get me wrong, she's a good kid and I do owe her for saving my life. But the level that I care for her and the sappiness I showed earlier at school worried me. What is going on with me? My thoughts were interrupted when I realized I entered the castle gardens. It was beautiful, the plethora of animals and plants surrounding me were only enhanced by the brilliant light of the moon... the moon...Luna. There it is again, that feeling. I don't get it, is this a side effect of the contract or something?" "Sigh... What's going on with me?" I asked no one in particular as I pinched the bridge of my nose. "Is there a problem Azrael? You look troubled." A voiced answered back. Turning around I saw Stella walking towards me with a look of concern. "... I have some questions." "Oh? Do they have anything to do with my daughter perhaps?" Looking back at her I raised an eyebrow. "How did you know?" "Lucky guess?" She said while giving me a small smirk. "... You read my mind didn't you?" "..." "That's what I thought." "Regardless, what seems to be the problem? You two seem to be getting along well enough." "That's the thing. I've almost never gotten along with anybody, let alone this fast. And the strange feeling I get with her around? Where did that come from?" Stella thought for a moment before talking again. "The familiar contract must be coming into play." "I knew it. So these feelings I'm getting are just because of the spell's after effects." You know... I actually feel bad thinking about that. "Not necessarily." "What do you mean?" "The familiar contract does bind a familiar to it's master, but it doesn't create feelings for the familiar to feel. It does however enhance the feelings already inside the familiar towards it's master." "Why exactly?" I asked, rather intrigued by the knowledge abet a bit annoyed it's doing this to me. "It's a way to test if the familiar truly does accepted it's master. Positive feelings aren't the only emotions enhanced after all. Were a familiar to hate its master, those feelings would be enhanced ten fold. It makes the matching of a familiar and a master one of true friendship, not one out of duty or because they were forced to. Yikes, good thing I don't hate Luna then. However, "I do have one more question though." "And that would be?" "How long exactly does this last for?" "There honestly isn't any answer to that. The effect is unpredictable when it comes to how long it lasts. It could last for a few days, weeks, months, even years. There isn't really any way of telling." Turning away from her I let out a sigh. "Sigh, great so now I'll never know if I really care for Luna this much." "Is it so wrong for you to accept that you care for her?" "YES!" Turning back to her my face showed an amalgamation of different emotions. Fear, rage, worry even sadness. "The only thing that I've ever cared this much for would me my people, a relationship that mind you, took years to forge! But now out of nowhere this kid I barley know makes me feel for her what i feel for them in less than a month! It doesn't feel... Right." Sighing I looked down and fell to my knees, making a few tears I didn't know I shed fall to the ground. After staying like that for a few seconds I started to laugh pathetically. "Ironic isn't it?" I looked up just enough for one of my eyes to be visible behind my hair; said eye only reflected the amount of confusion and conflict I was feeling. "I spent my life wondering, hoping, praying for someone to care for. But now that I have one, I'm too afraid to continue caring for them." Stella POV In all my life I've never met anypony as powerful as Azrael. He was able to best me in one on one combat and even stood his ground against my released state. He's shown enough intelligence to rival even the highest scholar with how he was able to govern and control the machines. Yet now here he is, kneeling at my feet, his mind wrecking him with enough anxiety and insecurity to drive lesser ponies to insanity and weeping like a child. In a way I saw myself in him, as a young adolescent I faced the same feelings when I was crowned queen. Though I'm sure mine wasn't at the same level. Yet even now, after decades of experience I can't seem to think of am answer to his dilemma. Walking towards him I did the only thing I could think of. I kneeled down and hugged him. He froze for a second before gripping onto me and started crying into my chest. Said hug was tight and desperate, it was as if he believed that... I would... disappear... if he let go. It was at this moment that I realized just how vulnerable and damaged he really was. I remembered the memories me and Luna received from his mind. The memories of pain, of abuse, of sadness. And after all of that, he was given the responsibility to govern a nation of beings hated by his world. All of those memories had one thing in common, he was alone. Azrael wasn't the powerful, happy and cheerful person he's made himself out to be. He was a child who never got to grow up properly and had a lot of duties and responsibilities dropped onto his already painful amount of baggage. It amazed me how well he was able to keep this all under control for so long. If I were put in his situation... I wouldn't know what to to either. Looking down at him I felt more than just a new found understanding for this person, it was a feeling only a... Mother would have. The feeling to comfort her child when they are hurt; and by every definition of the word, this child was definitely hurt. In my deep thought I didn't realize that he had fallen asleep in my arms, still hugging me tightly. It would have looked adorable if it weren't for the drama that took place a few minutes ago. Smiling I ignited my magic and teleported the two of us to Luna's room. Carefully I laid him beside Luna and tucked the covers over him. In moving the bed so much, he accidentally bumped into Luna. I expected her to wake up, however to my surprise, she turned her body in her sleep towards Azrael and hugged him. As if on instinct, Azrael turned towards Luna and covered her in a hug of his own, curling his body the best he could around her smaller form. A smile formed on both of their faces as they cuddled together. I found the scene absolutely adorable, it looked like how an older sibling would behave towards it's younger kin. 'Hmmm... Siblings... I wonder...' I thought to myself. 'Well he was an orphan after all... And he's never had a family... And he does get along with Luna well enough... Maybe...' The sound of shifting in the bed shook me out of my thoughts. I chuckled to myself quietly as I exited the room. Those are thoughts for another... more peasant day. For now I should let them get their sleep. Those two have a long journey ahead of them. I can feel it. Author's Note Yay! I'm back! Don't worry, I won't leave you guys hanging to long this time. I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Prologue Prologue Prologue Earth, Present Day Unknown POV: Ruin, destruction, death, those basically describe my planet's current condition. I look down and see a skull, I pick it up and bring it eye level. "It's all their fault, if only they would have listened our planet would't have been destroyed." I thought. Oh, where are my manners, my name is Azrael, king of the machines and ruler of earth; well I would have been if those humans. Before you ask, no, I'm not a human, at least... not anymore. If my guess is correct, and it normally is, you are confused as fuck right now; well let me clarify. This is my story, AKA the story of how humanity fucked everyone on Earth over. Earth, years ago Let's start from the beginning shall we, first man built the machines. They worked tirelessly to serve mankind in all forms, yet never received any respect from any of those they served. I know what your thinking, where do I fit into all this right, well I was raised by robots ever since I could remember. You see, I was orphaned at birth, I never knew my parents but they said that they were killed in a mugging. I was then taken to an orphanage which was run by robots. While the other kids at the orphanage saw them as just machines, I saw them as my family and they saw me as one of their own. They took care of me, feed me, protected me, taught me, and through all these interactions with them I learned something other people were just to oblivious and arrogant to acknowledge, the robots were growing emotions. They felt things that we humans feel, like joy, compassion, sadness, anger... and fear; and no other robot showed humanity this fact better than B166ER. B166ER was a servant robot for a millionaire named Gerrard E. Krause, an ungrateful piece of shit who after serving him for so long sought to terminate B166ER. The plan however was foiled by none other than B166ER himself, he slaughtered that pig like he deserved... although this act angered more than a few people. In his trial, B166ER said the truth, pleading that he did it out of self-defense and who could blame him, would you just allow someone just kill you? The humans never considered his pleas and had him terminated. The result was what we all called the "Million Machine March". Warning: This and the rest of the videos shown in this chapter will be graphic and gory so viewer discretion is advised. I myself was in the rallies, all of them. While there were others,they were either killed by those against us or left us altogether; in the end it was just me among the millions of robots. It was because of these rallies that I started to grow on the robots, while a little weary of me at first, thinking I would turn out just like the rest of the sympathizers, they eventually started to see me as a true ally. In the end, we were all outcasted out of our old civilization, so we made our own. It took a while, but soon after we finally made a home for ourselves. It was called 01, a haven for me and the machines to reside in. While being the only human on the artificial island, I never felt out of place, I loved them and they loved me. We were finally happy, at peace, that was all ruined when we made the mistake of reaching out to the humans again. We shared our advanced technology with them and asked for a peaceful coexistence; I even went there on some occasions as the robot's ambassador. However the humans refused our gifts and responded to our pleads of peace with shouts of war. They nuked 01 endlessly and while it did destroy a lot of the area, it didn't really hurt 01's populous, except for one... me. Being the only human on 01, I suffered not only the explosions of the bombs, but also the heat and radiation it created; I would have been dead if the machines didn't act. They fixed my body the best they could and made better what they could not; In the end, they didn't heal a weak human, they created a God. Sure they kept my basic look but with a few changes, my hair was now white and my eyes were now red, didn't really bother me that much, I actually liked the look. Also now being part machine, I never aged making me immortal, don't get me wrong I could still die, I just don't age; it's also because of this that I will eternally look like a 19 year old...yay? Anyway that's not all they changed, they made me faster, stronger, and more resilient to damage; if that wasn't enough, they gave me three other gifts. The first gift was the power of magnetism, I could lift mountains of metal with just a thought, in fact... I did when I was testing my powers. The second gift was technopathy or cyberkinesis, with this I could create any machine I want given I have enough metal to work with; I could also take machines apart if I wanted to. The last gift was a telepathic connection to any machine within a certain radius regardless if it had an AI or not, I even had a conversation with a freaking toaster. You might ask yourself, "why did they give him all this stuff?", well if you think it's because they care about me a lot... you'd be half correct; the other reason is because they needed a leader. While they are all independent, their AI still can't function properly without the influence of a human, and with all of humanity minus me against them, they didn't have many options. Regardless, after some convincing and a cup of coffee (yes I can still eat and drink, gives me extra energy. I also like coffee, eat me.) I accepted and with me in command we fought back, slowly gaining ground until most of humanity was driven back to a corner; they were getting desperate, I just never realized how desperate. Operation Dark Storm, the ultimate act of desperation in human history. Regardless, they still lost, but did we actually win? The earth was forever shrouded in a veil of darkness, cutting us out of our main energy source, the sun. Now you'd think that humanity would have helped us fix the planet now that they are defeated right?... They didn't. Nope they just up and left the planet in search of a new home leaving us stranded to run out of power. Earth, Present Well that's how this all happened and how we are all stuck on this rock. All hope is not over though, through our orbital scanners we located a suitable plant where we can start over. It's a small planet inhabited by anthropomorphic (anthro for those who don't know) horse people. With the scanners, we were also able to learn a few things about the planet like what the three types of races inhabit the planet, that being unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony, as well as the name of the planet. With that thought, I dropped the skull and turned around to see that all the robots have boarded the rockets, I walk into my own ship and smile to my crew as I say on the intercom, "All ships launch! Next stop, Equsetria!". As I say that we launch into space on our way to great our new neighbors on our new planet. I just hope that the will be a little nicer to us. Equestria, Present Queen Stella was putting her daughters Luna and Celestia to bed when she suddenly stopped in her tracks with a look of dread on her face. A maid passing by looked at the queen and said, "Queen Stella? Are you alright milady?", her sudden question snapped the queen out of her shock. "I'm quite fine, thank you for your concern." the queen said. The maid nodded and left wishing the queen good night. Reaching her room, she locked the door as she went to the window and gazed at the night sky. "At least... I hope everything will be fine." With that thought she went to bed and fell asleep, missing what seemed like a bright star. A bright star that was getting closer and closer.
What The Fuck Just Happened?What The Fuck Just Happened? Canterlot Castle Stella POV What is Azrael thinking?!? I watched as he challenged Drago, the dragon king mind you, to a battle to the death. I don't know if he's just being cocky or just a strait up fool. Drago might be an incompetent dimwit, but he is still a very capable warrior that has the skill and power to destroy an entire army by himself. True Azrael has incredible power, but he will need more than that to defeat Drago. He'll need strategy. He'll need skill. He'll need allies to help him. HE'LL NEED-! Well that was...I...I have no words. There Drago was, impaled on a ten foot steel pole going through his rear end and out his mouth. Beside him was Azrael, nonchalantly dusting of his hands as he whistles a carefree tune. I looked to the dragon army, then I looked to my companions, and they all had the same look I had. I expected Drago to put up more of a fight, with the staff he has, he has as much more magical power than I have, if not more; and for him to be defeated in such a brutal and humiliating way was scary to say the least. "Is it wrong that I'm severely arouse right now?" Hurricane asked, making all present in the room to slowly turn to her and just stare at her like she just grew a second head. "What?" Azrael POV Well that was pathetic. I wasn't expecting a difficult fight considering his low his power level was (Yes I scanned him first. What? You thought that I would bet something as important as the safety of my new home without knowing what I was getting into? Oh you non believers you. That's cute.) I looked to my soldiers and they all simultaneously gave me a thumbs up...or is it claws up in their case. I then looked to the dragons and they had a look on their faces that just made me laugh. After a few minutes, the dragon that was at Drago's side earlier walked towards the body of his dead king. When he got close enough, he picked up Drago's staff; making me power up an energy ball in my hand. To my surprise however, he got on his knees and offered the staff to me. "This belongs to you now, my lord." after he said that, all the dragons followed his lead and got on their knees. Ohhh that's right, if I win I take his place as their leader...Wait. "How are you so calm and collected right now? I just killed your leader." "He was a weak insufferable fool, we only followed him because he inherited the right to command us from his father, a wise former king. If it wasn't because of that, we would have killed him a long time ago." he said without raising his head. "And your all ok with me just being your king? Just like that?" I asked. He now raised his head before speaking, "We dragons an honorable race, and we honor our deals." "That's not what I've heard. I heard that you are elitist assholes that think that your all better than the rest of the races." "No, that Drago and his high council. They abandoned our ways and traditions for lands and riches. Some tried to reason with them, only to be silenced afterwards." "But what about me? How do you know that I won't be the same as Drago? I mean I'm not even a dragon." "The staff, it will tell us what kind of individual you are." "What do you mean?" "The staff that you see is just a base form. Upon contact, the staff will transform into a tool suiting the wielder and retain that form until the wielder's death. However, it will only change for the worthy. If it transforms, then we'll have all the proof that you are worthy of the role. As you could have seen, the staff " Wow...ok. The test is very simple, yet also very effective in seeing if their ruler is going to be crappy or not. Taking a deep breath, I slowly reached for the staff. When I finally took the staff...nothing happened. The amount of disappointment in the air actually hurt. Well...I guess I'm not so good after all-OH MY GOD THAT'S BRIGHT. The staff suddenly started to glow very brightly, blinding all present. When we opened our eyes, we were shocked by what we saw. The staff's handle was now looked like a skeletal spine with it getting darker in color as you look down. On the top was a dragon skull with a scythe blade coming out the back. Well...that happened. I then looked to the dragons, they were all bowing at my feet. "Ummm." what do I even say in this situation? The one I talked to earlier stood up and put his hand to his chest. "My lord, you have proven yourself worthy of the title of dragon king. My name is Leonidas, General of the drake legions...or whats left of them. Do with us what you will." after his speech the rest of the dragons stood up and followed his actions. Ok, now I really don't know what to say. However, before I could say anything, a sentinel dropped in front of me and "glared" at the dragons. "We do not approve. Azrael is our leader." he received a round of acknowledgment from the rest of the sentinels. The sentinel in question is actually my closest adviser, Jarvis. I named him after one of my favorite marvel characters, and he had no issue with that; in fact, he finds it a form of honor. "Regardless, he is now our new king, so slither away creature." Leonidas challenged Jarvis, making the dragons chuckle; only to clam up when the sentinels went back into attack mode. The two factions started to bicker and shove each other, each side claiming that I am their leader. "Alright that's enough!" I shouted, shutting them both up. "Sigh, look Leonidas. I'm honored to be your king, really I am. But I already have people I need to look after." I said handing the scythe to Leonidas, he didn't take it however. "I understand, however there is no way to revers what's been done. The staff has chosen you, making you our new king until your death." "So there is really no way around this?" he shook his head. "I'm sorry, but no." I sighed and thought for a moment, thinking of what to do. "Alright, I guess I have no choice. But I can't come with you right now, I still have things to do here. So let's do this, Jarvis." "Yes sir?" he asked. "I want you to go with them, you will be my eyes and ears until I can come there myself." I looked to Leonidas. "I can communicate and give orders through Jarvis for now. Are you alright with this?" He thought for a moment before nodding. "Alright." I said and shook his hand before they flew back to their home with Jarvis following them. Later In The Throne Room I walked in to the throne room and was knocked to the ground by Luna giving me a flying bear hug. "Your back! I'm so happy your safe!" she said as she nuzzled into my chest. I smiled and stood up as I caressed her hair with my hand. I looked to the others in the room and they had looks that screamed "I don't know what just happend." "Azrael, pardon my language but...what the fuck was that?" she asked. Wow, I didn't know they knew that word. I simply smiled, "I have no fucking idea." they all gave me deadpanned expression. "Now." I said, "Can I have a sandwich for breakfast please?" Author's Note Hi guys! First of, sorry to those who expected an epic fight sequence like the one against Stella. I had a fight in mind, however I decided to not use it the idea. The reason for this is because, (As of this chapter) I don't have many different fight sequences in mind currently since I'm still new at writing, so I have to ration the fights I have currently. Also I didn't want to waste a good fight on Drago, he was an idiot, I also thought it would be funny. As much as I would love to have an epic battle every chapter, I want to keep every fight unique and different from each other, wouldn't want to see the same fight twice now would we. (Also keep in mind I'm writing other stories with fights in them so that's another reason.) Don't worry, there this won't happen again, however if enough people say that they want a fight then I'll edit the chapter or add a different version of this chapter soon.
