Canterlot

They shackled Zero like an animal as today was his trial. He was being escorted by five guards as four of them had their spears to his throat in case he tried something as the one in front of them was leading them straight to the courthouse through Canterlot. The ponies there were glaring at Zero as they call him all sorts of names. He felt so degraded as he was glad that they weren’t throwing anything at him as he glared right back at them. One of the guards had grown a pair and decided to push him, earning the guard a glare, “You’re so lucky I’m in these shackles. Otherwise I would…” Before he could finish his sentence, a burning sensation went through his body as he hisses and grunts in pain as the shackles had a magic seal on it and that if he tried anything, a burning pain goes through his body to subdue him.

“QUIET AND KEEP MOVING!!” The guard yelled, pushing Zero again.

Zero just growls and continues on. After a few minutes of walking, they finally make it to the courthouse as there was a slew of ponies with cameras and news reporters as they swarm the guards trying to get pictures and ask questions on why Zero did what he did. The guards push through the reporters and heads inside the courthouse, making sure that Zero was kept in check as they walk down the hallway. Some reporters with cameras were already inside as they took pictures of Zero and wrote notes down.

After a minute of walking down the hallway, the guard that was leading opens the two massive doors as they attacked Zero with more flashes of their cameras. He covers his eyes from the flashes as he manages to see a couple of possibly rich folk to even more guards, to Twilight and the others and a few other ponies that he didn’t know. Once the flashing stops, he looks up to see the jury, Luna, and Celestia, who was glaring at Zero as he glares right back. The guards push Zero again and force him to sit down as they kept him in his chains. He just scoffs as he looks to his left to see some big shot lawyer and that mare that he saw that day, trembling in fear and not even looking over at him.

His thoughts were cut off as the voice of the law clerk rose above everyone else in the courtroom. “Hear ye, hear ye, hear ye, the Equestrian District Court for the Central District of Equestria, Canterlot Division, is now in session. The honorable Judge Gavel presided.”

The Judge sat down at the bench and began the only case on trial today. “Calling case number 34CR57382, Zero Blade versus The Citizens of Equestria.” Everyone in the room was silent as Gavel tells the guards to remove Zero’s chains much to their displeasure as they do and go back to their position. “Zero Blade correct?”

“Sorry your honor, but I cannot speak at this moment without my lawyer.” Zero stated as he heard a few of them snickering as he looks over at the mares lawyer who just smirks and fixes his suit and stands up.

“Objection your honor. We should not allow this murderer and terrorist to have or get a lawyer since he murdered my client’s husband and tried to force himself onto her before the guards managed to get there before anymore harm could be done. And from my understanding, conspiring with the sirens.” The lawyer sneered at Zero as he just scoffs and glares at him.

“Overruled… I shall respect his request.” The judge said as Celestia looked at him and was about to say something. “Even though you are our esteemed ruler, this is my courthouse and my rules.” She just scoffs and just sits there as they all wait for Zero’s supposed lawyer.

Zero whistles as on cue, the door bursts open as he turns his head and groans in embarrassment. “Do you always have to do that?!”

Neon was looking sharp as he was in a navy blue business suit as he walks in down the aisle as he winks at some of the females in there as they all blush. Once he gets there, he sets his suitcase down in front of him and looks up at the judge, “Hello your honor… name’s Neon Blade and I’m Zero’s lawyer. Now on our world, it’s against the law for relatives to take their cases. Is it alright if I be my brother’s lawyer?”

“I shall allow it for now.” The snobby lawyer was about to say something, but Gavel cuts him off. “I’m not waiting an hour or more to find somepony to be his lawyer. Plus, you have nothing to worry about correct?” The lawyer nods as Gavel looks at the paperwork one last time before looking at both the lawyers, “Mister Cochran, are you ready to proceed with your argument?”

Cochran nods as he stood up straight, saying, “I would like to call Zero Blade to the stands.” The guards were ready for anything if Zero tried something as he stands up and heads over to the stands as he sits down. A guard goes up to Zero with a book in her.

“Put your one hand on the book and the other up and answer truthfully…” He nods and does what he was told. “Do you solemnly swear that you will tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you?”

“I swear.” He said as the guard nods and goes back to her position as he sits back down as on cue, Cochran walks up to him.

“Hello Zero. Before we begin, tell us a bit about yourself and how you came to our once peaceful world?”

Zero looks at the jury and everyone else in the room as he looks back at the snobby lawyer. “Well name’s Zero Blade and I’m twenty-three years old. Me and my brother worked for our father’s company, Blade Industries, which was a multi-billion dollar company as we traded with other companies on our world, along with other activities.”

“Can you enlighten us what those other activities were? Because it looks like you workout… were you part of a squadron?”

“Yes, I was part of some form of a squadron. But what does that have to do with this case… sir?” Zero asks, looking at the lawyer in front of him whose breath smells like ass.

“So you were part of a squadron. Tell us, were you trained to kill?”

“Objection your honor!” Neon shouted, standing up. “He’s asking irrelevant questions that aren’t in line with this case.”

“That’s true Mr. Cochran. Please, ask questions about this case.” The judge stated.

“Sorry your honor.” Cochran fixes his tie. “Where were you the night Fancy Pants was killed?”

“At Twilight's treehouse/library.”

“Do you have proof you were there?” Cochran asked.

“There’s no point since I know they’re going to be against me but I put it on my mom’s grave.” Zero stated.

“Hmm, alright then. But tell us, why were you seen talking with the sirens? Our enemies.”

“First of all, I’m not a citizen here so they were never my enemies. Just people who got on my nerves. And second, it’s very rude to spy on people Twilight… Celestia.”

“So you’re not denying that you spoke with the sirens? Also, was that a threat to Miss Sparkle and Princess Celestia Mr. Blade?” Cochran said, smirking at Zero.

“I’m telling the truth, at least that’s something. Also, please don’t call me Mr. Blade, Zero is just fine. Plus, I don’t make threats… Cochran. I make promises.”

Some ponies gasped by Zero’s statement as a few of them started getting rowdy, shouting stuff like to kill him, throw him in the dungeon, turning him to stone, or just sending him to Tartarus. Judge Gavel slams his gavel against his desk, “Order in this court!! Otherwise I’ll have you all thrown out!” Once he said that, most settled down as a few still said snarky remarks as he looked down at Cochran and Zero. “Are you done with your questioning?”

“Yes your honor… I’m done.” Cochran scoffs at Zero and heads back over to Fleur as Neon gets up and heads up to his brother.

“Hey Zero. You feeling okay? Need some water? Food?” He pauses for a second, “Head?”

Zero just chuckles softly at how stupid his brother was as he smiles. “Pretty meh actually, and I’m fine. But how come you didn’t… you know?”

“Where’s the fun in that? Anyway, tell me… the talk you and the siren had. Was it about taking over the world or some shit like that?”

“Nope. She just wanted to have a talk with me… a normal, civilized talk. I mean, just because they‘re your enemies, doesn’t make them mine. Yes, we were at each other’s throat, but we had a ceasefire and just talked. Am I not allowed to make friends in a place where friendship is a big thing here?” Zero stated, looking at the jury as they murmur among themselves.

“Mhm, and what about the murder of this guy named Fancy Pants. Did you murder him just because or was there some end goal?”

“Why would I kill someone I don’t know, never cared to know, and honestly, I don’t give a fuck about who he was. Yeah, I killed this hydra that was attacking PonyVille… which I saved the town. There were casualties, but I made it just in time before anymore could die.” Zero said as the audience started murmuring louder as Judge Gavel slams his gavel to quiet them down.

After an hour of more questions regarding if he was a stone-cold killer, the judge called for everyone to go to lunch for a half an hour. Once he called it, they took Zero to a holding cell but before they took him in, Zero told his brother to find him something to eat which Neon nods and takes his leave to go find something to eat for the both of them.

Zero sat in his cell, looking bored, and just wanted to get this over with. He sighs and rubs his temples as Neon finally gets back with food and with him was Luna, “What is she doing here?”

“Well she is the only way I could even be here.” Neon stated as Luna tells the guards that they could go on break. They bow before heading out and leaving the three alone as she opens the cell door and unchains Zero who looks at her, wondering what she was up. Neon paid no mind at all as he hands his brother a burger as he goes to sit down to enjoy his.

“What do you want Luna?” Zero asked as he took a bite of his burger, “Hey Neon, where the hell did you even get this?”

Before Neon could say anything, Luna cuts him off. “I saw him trying to find something to eat, so I took him to the castle to let our griffin chef cook you and him something.” Neon nods in confirmation that that’s what happened as he eats.

“Okay then… but you still haven’t answered my first question.”

Luna sighs, thinking back to that night and what she saw as she shudders. “Look, I know your pain…”

“You don’t know anything about me.”

“I do because I was once feared as well. But the difference is that I did what I did because I didn’t like how my subjects hated the night, so I tried to force the world into eternal darkness but… when I looked into your head and saw some of the stuff you did. I thought you were evil…” Luna stated as she and Zero locked eyes with each other as she shudders from his cold glare. “But I also saw the good you did. How you care about your comrades and family. Especially your…”

Before she could finish, Zero grabs her by her throat and pushes her against the wall, glaring at her as his right eye with the scar over it flashed purple. “You have no right to speak about her… none of you do!” He shouts as Neon looks over his shoulder to look at his brother to make sure he doesn’t go further than that. “I never asked to be here and if I wasn’t sent to this goddamn world, dimension, universe… whatever the fuck you want to call it. Day one when I met you and that bitch, you two saw me as a threat, which I am. But even though what you consider good and evil is not how we humans lived… yes, in our history there have been some pretty good people and some pretty bad ones. And then you have those who are in between.” He continues to glare at Luna who said nothing but look into his eyes and saw his rage building up. “I’m neither good nor evil Luna… I do what I think is right in my eyes. I killed people that deserved it and didn’t. Does it bother me that I did? Yes… it bothers me because I lost my mother the same way I killed some of those people. But since I never met them before or had any personal connections to them, I don’t care that much about them.”

He sighs, letting her go and heading back to sit down to finish his food. “My father always told me that only the ones who are strong enough survive in the world. Yes, some weaklings will survive but a majority of them either fail in life, get sent to prison, or die… friendship and whatever else you guys have here wouldn‘t be enough back on our world. You either sink or swim. Eat or be eaten. Kill or be killed…”

Luna rubbed her neck to ease the tension as she listened to Zero’s ideology of how he saw the world. “Well if it means something, just know that I’m your side and I hope you win this.” She sighs as she uses her magic to pull up a chair as she sat down, “My sister is just going through some things…”

“Let me guess Slade?” Zero said with a bored expression on his face.

She nods, “Mhm. But enough about him, how’s everything other than this?”

“Well it’s alright I guess… the sirens are cool since they didn’t attack me during our meeting.”

“What did you guys talk about?” Luna asked as Neon throws a bottle of water at his brother.

“Classified information Luna. But I’m sure you’ll find out soon.” Zero said as he opens the bottle up and starts drinking it. “Also, Neon! Who the fuck were you fucking when I got into contact with you?!”

“Adagio and Sonata… why? Didn’t want me to sleep with your girl huh?” Neon said, giving his brother the look as Zero throws the empty bottle at him.

“What did I tell you? She ain’t my girl and I don’t care if you fuck her… plus she ain’t all that.” Somewhere, Aria sneezes as she looks around as she was having lunch with her family.

“Bless you dear.” Her mother said as she drinks her wine, looking at her daughter.

“Thinking about that human you told us about.” Her other mother said as she giggles softly as Aria blushes a bit. “Aww, you’re blushing.”

Adagio and Sonata giggle as well as Aria pays them no mind as she ate her fish, “Hmph, you three are so childish. I have no time for an ape like him! Plus, he’s a loser who has nothing but Uncle Kiryu who helps him train and stuff like that.” She takes another piece of her salmon and eats.

“But have you seen his body? If he’s anything like Neon but a total bad boy… I’d let him do me every single day~.” Adagio said lustfully as Sonata agrees with her sister, making Aria glare at the both of them.

Their father sat quietly as he ate his steak, his eyes closed as he slowly opened them. His piercing golden eyes pierced through Adagio and Sonata as he gave them a cold glare which sent shivers down their spins. “You both are grounded until I say you’re off the hook.” He said with his cold, demanding voice as the sisters start to whine.

“But why??” They both said in unison as they look at their who were just enjoying their wine and scallops. “Mommy!!”

“Listen to your father you two.” They both say, not even batting an eye at them as they continue to whine as Aria just smirks.

The male wipes his lips as he gently gives Aria headpats, making her blush in embarrassment. “Dad… quit it, I’m too old for this…”

“My little hellspawn is never too old for headpats…” He smiles softly at his daughter as her ears twitch as she nuzzled into his hand. “Your and your sisters big day is in a few months at your grandfather’s.”

“I know… but is it painful daddy?” Aria asked as he looks down at her and nods, confirming that yes it’ll be painful as she pouts. “Can those humans come? You know… for moral support.”

“Hmm, you’ve been talking about this human ever since you got back. What was his name? Zero right?” He asks his daughter as she nods. “I would say yes, but just because he is Kiryu’s student he will still be denied entry. He and whoever is with him other than Kiryu are not allowed on this continent. But why would you want him there anyway? Unless your sisters are right about you liking him…”

Aria puffs her cheeks out and looks away from her father, crossing her arms beneath her breasts. “Hmph, like I’ll ever like that idiot. I only have eyes on one male.” She heard her father chuckle softly as he goes back to eating his steak. She goes back to eating and drinking her wine as she wonders what Zero and Neon were doing back in Equestria.

After a few minutes of chatting with Luna, she put the chains back on him as she and Neon head out the cell as the guards came back in. Zero stood up and walked towards them. They point their spears at him again as he just glares at them as they take him back into the courtroom as everyone inside was seated and waiting on him as Luna goes back to her post right next to the judge as Neon was walking beside Zero.

Once he gets to his chair, he sits down and as the judge walks back up to his seat and sits back down. “Hopefully everypony in here had a nice break.” He then looks at Zero, “Mr. Zero… would you like to say anything to the jury before we begin?”

Zero nods, standing back up on his feet and heads right over to the jury who were all scared by his cold glare towards them. “Hello ponies of the jury, I stand before you accused of a crime I didn’t commit. Yes, I know that I spoke with the sirens but like I said earlier, this is supposed to be a place of friendship correct? I can speak to whoever I want whenever I want. Now the death of this pony named Fancy Pants. I do not know who he was or want he did, all I remember from him is that I accidentally bumped into him sometime ago. I had no intention of killing him nor was I around there when he was killed. I am also a victim as I do believe I am being framed for something I didn’t do…” He stops for a bit and glares up at Celestia and looks back at the jury. “Plus if I did kill him… wouldn’t I had left this place? Wouldn’t I go into hiding? But no, here I am standing before you. I also know that the true killer is in this courtroom, but I’m not going to say anything but ask your precious Princess Celestia…”

At this, a voice in the crowd behind him let out an angry cry. “Blasphemy! How dare you slander the name of our princess!”

Judge Gavel immediately swung down his gavel, silencing the lone voice. “QUIET! I will have order!” He glared down at the crowd, daring another to speak up. “The next pony who cries out will be immediately removed from this courtroom!” He then looked to Zero. “That being said, Mr. Zero, I demand that you refrain from unduly slandering the name of the princess. Keep your speech restricted to your own actions.”

Zero glares at the judge and Celestia as he continues. “Restrict what I say?! Your precious ruler is the one behind this! You all treat her like she’s some goddess or something which she isn’t!! She’s just some overpowered unicorn as she just sends those six do everything as she fattens her ass up with all the cake she’s eaten! Just because she’s immortal doesn’t mean she’s invulnerable… She’s no god. She’s nothing but this high and mighty ruler with all talk but no bite to back her up!“

Once he said this, the crowd went wild as they all shouted to either throw him in the dungeon or execute him as the judge slams his gavel to get order in the court. The guards grab Zero and restrained him, putting a muzzle on him and knocks him upside the head, knocking him out as they re-shackle him and sits him back down beside Neon who doesn’t say anything but look up at Celestia who was just smiling, loving every minute of this.

After being knocked out for about twenty-five minutes, Zero wakes up. He groans slightly as he looks around, seeing Fleur up on the stand being asked questions from Neon. “So you’re saying that you saw Zero kill your husband and after he tried to have his way with you? Hmm, alright then. What did he look like?”

“What do you think?! He looks like you except he has that scar over his eye!” Fleur shouted at Neon as trembles a bit. “I saw that look in his face… the face of a murderer. He probably is also the cause of the other gentlecolts and mares.”

“You don’t know him like I do… he doesn’t just kill to kill. He has his reasons. All you have is your word with no evidence to back nothing up! You say he was there and I know he wasn’t there! What game are you trying to pull here huh?!”

Gavel clears his throat to get Neon’s attention. “Mr. Neon… I have given you leeway in being your brother’s lawyer. Please refrain from defending as a brother but as anypony else understand?”

“Yes your honor… anyway, tell us how it happened and what you and Fancy Pants were doing?” Neon asked Fleur.

Fleur sighs softly, rubbing her arm as she looks at Zero who was looking right back at her. His eyes showed anger and hatred as she trembles in fear, “Well me and my husband were enjoying our night together. Just watching some tv, drinking wine and just enjoying each other’s company. That is until he came crashing through and just killed my husband… after that he tried… he tried to rape me…”

The courtroom blew up as ponies roared in anger as the Mane Six just listen to the chaos all around them as Zero just continues to glare at Celestia as the judge tries to bring order to his courtroom. “ORDER!! ORDER I SAY!!” After a couple minutes of yelling and the guards throwing out a few ponies, everything went quiet again as Judge Gavel looked at Neon. “Is that all the defense has to say?”

“Yes… that is all your honor.” Neon replied as he goes back to sit down beside his brother, who looks at him and bumps his shoulder into Zero.

Next up was Cochran, who started asking questions to Fleur as she was telling the jury and everyone in the courtroom how much of a monster Zero was and how he should be put in the dungeons for the rest of his life. Zero looks at the jury who were eating up her lies and what not about him as he looks at Luna who just shook her head and looks down and doesn’t say anything.

“Alright, I heard enough. Cochran, do you rest your case?”

He looks at the judge and then at Zero and Neon, smirking as he helps Fleur of the stands and back to her seat. “Yes your honor, we do.”

“Very well. Jury, you have heard both sides of the case, and I would remind you that you are under oath to not discuss any of the case proceedings outside of this courtroom. I advise you to consider carefully all that you have heard throughout this trial, and I now dismiss you to the deliberation room, where you are to go over these proceedings until you reach a verdict on all counts.”

With a large shuffling of hooves, all the ponies of the jury stood up and made their way towards the designated chamber, looking at nothing but the wall as they made their way to the entrance. Zero watched them go, knowing that he would be guilty since Fleur told them her sob story.

Neon was on the ropes as he tried to think of ways to get his brother out of this situation as Zero looks at him. “What are you doing?” He whispers to Neon as they both look at each other as Celestia had a smirk on her face and watches the two talk.

“Well I do you have any ideas? Cause I’m out dude.” Neon stated rubbing his head, still trying to think of something as he notices his brother looking around the courtroom. “Whatcha thinking bro?”

With a click, the doors leading to the deliberation chamber opened, and everypony within the courtroom sat upright, staring at the jurors as they filed in and take their seats. Some of them cast angry glances at each other, and a few seemed very reluctant to sit next to each other, as if they had been in an intense argument.

After they had completed the appropriate procedures for welcoming the jury back into the courtroom, Judge Gavel cleared his throat and spoke to a member of the jury, a maroon pegasus. “Mister Orion, has the jury reached a verdict?”

Zero stayed silent and barely paid attention to the jury as he quickly scanned the room until his eyes met Applejack who was looking down in shame. With a grin, he whispers to Neon his plan as his brother’s face turned from confusion to a hopeful smile.

Orion stood up and looked straight at the judge, speaking steadily. “Yes your honor. For both of his charges, the murder of Fancy Pants and talking with the terrorists. We the jury, find Zero Blade…”

Neon stood straight up as he cuts off the pony before he could finish the statement. “Wait your honor!”

Everyone in the room looks at him as Judge Gavel fixes his glasses. “Anything else you want to add to your defense Mr. Neon?” The judge said.

“Yes sir I do. I call Miss Applejack to the stand!”

Author's Note

Sorry for the long wait you guys, just started a new job so I got busy and didn't have time to do anything. Also, I know I answered this question to one of the comments but I decided to change that so here are what my OCs sound like. More will be added soon.

Victor/Zero and Vector/Neon Blade sound like Red Hood played by Jensen Ackles from Batman: Under the Red Hood

Damien Blade sounds like Tombstone/Spawn played by Keith David from Spectacular Spider-Man and Spawn the animated series

Slade sounds like Spider-Man played by Josh Keaton from Spectacular Spider-Man

Kiryu sounds like Ultron played by James Spader from Avengers: Age of Ultron