PonyVille

Zero continues talking with Spike as Twilight decides to join in on their conversation, “So, what are you guys talking about?”

“Well, Spike was asking me how I’m not freaking out over being in a world full of mythical creatures and magic. And I told him I am... but I’m keeping that on the inside since I’ve been taught to keep my composure when in danger or if I’m nervous,” Zero smiles as he notices what looks like a phone in Twilights hands. “Hmm, what kind of phone is that? Looks like something that came out in the early 2000s.”

Twilight looks down and giggles as she looks back up at him “Well this is a Pony Phone... or P-Phone for short. We also have P-Pods for whenever we want to listen to music. That reminds… I forgot to ask this question but, what kind of technology have your kind developed?” She summons her quill and notepad again, ready to jot down anything he has to say.

Zero thinks as he pulls out his phone and weapon, “Well this is my phone. It’s called a Samsung, and it’s more advanced than your phone since it’s a touch screen, can use to call anyone, and play music.” Twilight was so mesmerized by it as she took notes on it as he puts it away, “And now my pride and joy... a custom made, 429 black steel desert eagle or Deagle for short.”

Twilight looks at the strange metal object in his hand. “What does it do if you don’t mind me asking…” She looked up at him as he had a grin on his face.

“That’s for me to know and you to find out... actually, no because I don’t want you hurting yourself. Plus, I have to conserve ammo…” He mumbled that last bit as she pouted at him, wanting to know what it did as he puts it back in his holster.

Rainbow Dash looked behind to look at Zero, Twilight, and Spike having their conversation as she scoffs, thinking of many different ways to expose him as she notices his watch. “Nice watch Zero... where d'you get it?” Zero looks up at her and looked at his watch and smiled.

“My world. Why? You want one,” He chuckles softly as she just scoffs at him. “Awww, what’s the matter Dash? Because it seems like cats got your tongue?” He sees her completely stops as she gave him what she thought was a menacing glare as he was completely unfazed.

“You! You’re my problem! When I look at you it feels like there’s this ominous aura around you... and that scares me…” Everyone stopped and looked at Zero and Dash, wondering why Dash had the sudden outburst as Zero just pats her head softly as she looked up at him confused.

“I understand, you’re just trying to protect your friends and family. There’s nothing wrong with that. Yeah, I appear mysterious and scary, but if you get to know me better, I’m a pretty nice guy to be around.” His words surprised the girls and thought he would yell back as Dashie blushes slightly and thinks about how cool he just sounded. “Now then, let’s get going. Cause I could really go for a meat lovers with a side of buffalo wings with ranch by now,” They all cringe when they heard him talk about meat again as he just laughs it off and continues walking.

They walk for about a couple of minutes before they came up to a building. “This is it,” Twilight said as they all stood in front of the door.

Zero snapped out of his train of thought as he looked up and couldn’t believe it. “A giant gingerbread house? You guys really take the cake in being cute,” They all chuckled at him as he follows them inside. The door shuts as Zero looks around in the darkness. “Did the power go off or something?” He was about to pull out his phone to turn on the flashlight as he heard a light switch click as ponies completely surrounded him.

“SURPRISE!” They all shouted as he looked to see the others smiling proudly at what they have done.

“¡¿Quién diablos sois Ustedes?!” Zero shouted in his native language as he had pulled his Deagle out on all of them. They all look at him, a bit scared but as soon as he regains his composure, they all calmed down.

The room was filled with many different kinds of ponies, along with a banner that said ‘Welcome to Ponyville Zero Blade’. There were balloons, streamers, and confetti everywhere, along with a table filled with sweets and a punch bowl. “ZERO!” He comes back into reality and sees that Pinkie’s face was mere inches from his own, expressing one of the biggest smiles he had ever seen, “So Zero, were you surprised!? Huh? Huh? HUH!?” She asked excitedly.

“You... did this for me? You barely even know me.”

“Of course I did silly willy! Nopony should live without a party here in Ponyville! Plus, it doesn’t matter if I know you or not, I just enjoy meeting and becoming new friends with everypony.” She explained happily, bouncing in place.

He smiles softly as he wraps his arm around her into a hug, making her gasp in surprise. “Thanks, Pinkie. I’m still just a little stunned because you did this but thank you,” Pinkie smiled gave him a bone-crushing hug.

“I’m glad you love it Zero,” She said as she nuzzled into him. Pinkie broke from the embrace and turned to the ponies in front of them, “Come on everypony! LET’S PARTY!” She yelled as everyone else cheered in agreement as she quickly disappeared into the crowd.

After everything that happened, Zero had to say that Pinkie knew how to throw a party, even though he wasn’t one who enjoyed going to these sorts of things. He saw that she had a DJ who had a pretty good taste in music, but he spent most of his time leaning against a wall as he listened to the beat, sipping a bit of the fruit punch. Eventually, he got bored with standing up as he took a seat at a table and looked around, seeing that though there were still some hard partiers out there dancing, others had the same idea of sitting down and chatting with a cool drink in their hand.

He sighs as he drinks his fruit punch, wishing Vector was there to lighten up the party. He looked at the food and was a bit afraid to eat it since he doesn’t know if he’ll get some sort of disease from it. But he sees some fresh fruit and decides to eat that instead. He gets up and heads over to the table and grabs himself a plate and fills it up with strawberries, pineapples, apple slices, and cantaloupe.

“Hey, Zero!” He looks up from his plate and saw Twilight coming up to him, “You enjoying the party?”

“I am. It’s been a while since I went to a party.”

She smiles at him, “I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself, and that you’re happy.” She then looks behind her, “Oh, yea! There’s someone I want you to meet.”

“Oh? Who is it?” He ate his pineapple as she calls someone over. The female came over as she was a green mint unicorn with gold eyes. She was wearing a black shirt with a monkey on it and blue pants as she looks up at him.

“Lyra, this is Zero. Zero this is Lyra,” Twilight smiles as she sees how giddy Lyra is to finally meet Zero.

“Pleasure to meet you Lyra,” He held out his hand to her as she shook his hand and just had that look that she couldn’t believe what she was seeing right now.

“You’re real... I can’t believe it... humans do exist…” Lyra faints with a big smile on her face. Zero just looked confused as he looks at Twilight who told him not to worry about it as she uses her magic to lift Lyra up tp sit her down on a chair.

As she did that, Zero couldn’t help but look at her shoulder and notices that strange tattoo that everyone seemed to have. But all of theirs was different hers as it was a purple star with white sparkles all around it. Curiosity got the best of him as he asked, “Hey Twilight, what’s up with the marks on everyone’s arms?”

She looked at him, confused until she realized what he was saying. “Oh, we call these cutie marks,” She answered.

“Cutie Marks?” He chuckles softly at how cute the name was.

“They symbolize the talent of that pony and only appear when that pony finds his or her talent,” She explained.

“Hmmm strange... but how do they just appear?” He asked, still not understanding the concept of it just yet.

“Well, it’s not really well known, other than it’s because of some sort of magic. However, it appears in three locations, one on our shoulder as you can see.” She said showing her mark again, “One on our thighs and one on our... umm… flanks,” She answered blushing a little.

“Okay. So, what does your mark mean?” He asked, trying to get on a less embarrassing topic.

“My talent is magic and spell casting,” Twilight answered.

Fluttershy came up to fit into the conversation as her voice was so soft and calming, “Mine is three butterflies and it represents my love for all animals and I can speak with them.” She shows off hers as Zero examined it.

“Those are some interesting talents you two have,” He finds the concept of cutie marks to being pretty stupid but also quite interesting as the rest of the girls start to come around.

“What about humans? Do you guys get Cutie marks?” Applejack asked.

He shook his head, “No. Humans don’t get cutie marks since we really don’t have any specific special talents that show like that,” He explained. “But there are people who’ll be great at specific things or multiple things, but that is seen through your work, not by a mark on your body.”

“Really!? That sucks that you don’t get any cool Cutie Marks.” Rainbow said amazed, “But what kind of things are you good at Zero?”

“Well... I have a variety of skills, but to shorten it I would have to say guns, my intelligence, and my fighting skills,” He saw out of the corner of his eye Rainbow’s eyes sparkle when he mentioned he knows how to fight.

“I must say darling, that’s pretty interesting.” Rarity said, holding her composure better than the rest.

“Thanks, Rarity.” He smiled as when she touched him, he had gotten a massive headache as he drops his plate of fruit as he hisses in pain. He saw multiple flashes of ponies, one was all white elegant looking while the other was also elegant but she was navy blue. He heard many different things from “He’s a threat…” to “Goodbye Zero…” as more flashes to three shadowy like figures, their eyes glowing pure red as they each had a red gem. The flashes stop as he held his head as the girls try to see what’s wrong with him.

“What’s wrong Zero?” Rarity asked him, looking worried as he coughs slightly.

“Nothing... just need some fresh air…” He brushes past them and heads outside, the headache coming back as he groans and kneels down. The flashes of the three shadowy figures continue as he sees himself battling against two of them and then getting curb stomped by the other. “You’re lucky I didn’t kill you…” he heard a feminine voice tell him as it continues, “Next time, I won’t be so easy on you…” He pants heavily as the headaches stop completely as he was surrounded by electricity as he looks around. He tried to speak but nothing came out as he was met with a huge metallic-looking dragon, staring down at him as it said nothing. It then slowly moved its head closer to him as Zero didn’t know what was going on as he was a bit afraid, “Find me…” Zero’s eyes widen as he looked up at the beast as it spoke again. “Find me... and I will tell you everything…” Its eyes turn red as it blasted Zero with a beam of electricity as Zero woke up from a cold sweat. He pants heavily and looks around, seeing that he was still in front of the store as he rubs his head.

“What in the hell was that…” He pinches himself to see if he was awake as he pulls out a cigarette and lights it. Taking a puff as he looks around, noticing something shining in the distance as he blows out the smoke. He goes investigate as he walks over to it and sees a purple gem. He kneels down and picks it up as it looked as though something was oozing inside of it, but he just shrugs it off and puts it in his pocket, “That’s one way of making cash around here.”

He takes another puff as he notices three werewolf creatures walking through the town, scaring the locals as he just watches them. They notice him and walk over as he just looked at them and shrugged it off and starts heading back to the gingerbread house, “Hey you! Where do you think you’re going?!”

Zero stops and looks, seeing the trio inches away from him as he fully turns around. “You talking to me?”

“Of course we’re talking to you... uh, we are talking to him right Rover?” The smallest one said as he looked up at the one wearing a red vest.

“Yes, we’re talking to him Spot! Who else would we be talking to?” Rover yelled as his accomplice on his left was about to say something until he stopped him. “Fido, you better not say you’re hungry or I will flick your nose,” His accomplice grumbles and mumbles.

Zero just looks at the trio, not fazed at all as he readies his bowie knife just in case. “So what can I do for you three today hmmm?” He takes a big whiff of his cigarette and blows the smoke in their face, making them cough as they glare at him.

“Well, we came here to take as many ponies to be our slaves…” Rover flicks Fido’s nose for telling their plan as Zero just watches them, thinking about how they’re almost like the three stooges as he chuckles slightly. “Ow... what was that for?”

“For ratting us out you idiot! You know what... just grab him. And make it quick.” The two nod at Rover as they surround Zero, growling and grinning as they were about to grab him. Zero grins as he felt the adrenaline pumping through his body as before they both could touch him, he pulls out his Deagle to shoot Fido in the shoulder and pulled out his bowie knife and cuts off Spots hand as they both yell in pain as that caught the attention of the ponies who weren’t at the party.

Zero was pumped up as he puts away his weapons and starts bouncing around them. Getting his body loose and ready for anything as he smirks at the three who snarl at him. He stops bouncing around as he balls up his fists and goes into a boxing stance, ready for action. “So, who wants to go first? If any of you do, I might give you a treat for behaving.” He chuckles as he sees the muscle come first as he cracks his knuckles.

“Hey Zero, you okay out here…” Twilight asked until she saw him about to fight the diamond dog as she calls the other girls who came running out to see.

Zero could hear them telling him that they could handle it as he shrugs off their words. He sees Fido start swinging his long arms around, trying to hit him as Zero just dodges each of his attacks, making Fido swing his arms faster to try to hit Zero who just continues to dodge. Once he sees an opening, he blocks a hit before giving the oversized mutt a solid gut punch, making Fido cough up a bit of spit before holding his stomach in pain as Zero sidekicks him in the face. Fido groan in pain as he spat out a tooth as the ponies that were watching cringe, not used to seeing such violence as Zero kicks Fido in the face again, breaking his snout as another tooth came out along with blood.

Before he could do any more damage to Fido, Spot bit down on his leg, making Zero yell in pain as Rover came up to him and started punching him in the face. Giving Zero a black eye as he continuously beats him down, making him fall as Spot backs off, growling and holding his wound, trying to stop the bleeding as Zero fixes himself and was about to go on the attack until Fido backhands his side. Cracking a few ribs as that sent Zero into a tree as he coughs up blood, hearing the three diamond dogs laugh in victory as he saw Twilight blast them with a purple beam, sending them a few feet away from him.

“That’s enough!!” Twilight yelled, glaring at the three who got back up as the rest of the girls came to Twilights aid as they look back at Zero and back at the diamond dogs ready to fight.

Zero grunts, spitting out some blood as he balls up his fists. He hated being made a fool; he hated people who couldn’t win if they don’t have backup as he punches the ground, his knuckles now bleeding as his face switched into a cold glare, showing little to no emotion. He looks at Twilight and the others who were winning against the diamond dogs, but this was his fight, and he wanted to end it as he gets back up, holding his side as he walks back over to them. “Hey!!” The girls stopped their attack as they looked at Zero, shocked to see him up and walking and a little frightened to the way he showed no emotion with a cold glare as he was he glaring right at the diamond dogs. “This is my fight... they started it, and I want to be the one who ends it...”

Fluttershy went up to him as she tells him to rest and let them handle it, but he brushes her away and moves past her, walking through the rest of them as Rainbow and Applejack looks at him worried, but intrigued by what he would do as he was stopped by Twilight who looks up at him. “You’re hurt... please, let us handle this.”

“Here’s the thing Twilight... on my world, those who let others walk all over them either grow strong from it or weak. I am the type of person who grows strong from that.” Zero brushes past her as she was about to use her magic to stop him, but felt Applejack touch her shoulder as she turns her head to see her shaking her head. She sighs and nods as she looks back at the battle that was about to continue.

Zero cracks his knuckles as all three of them charge him. He just sidesteps out of the way, but grabs Spot and instantly choke slams into the ground as he then goes to sideswipe Fido and grabs his tail, using everything he had to lift him up and slam him repeatedly into the ground before tossing him into a tree, breaking it in half. Rover snarls as he gets the jump on Zero and bites down on his shoulder, Zero yelling in pain as he starting gut-punching and kneeing Rover several times before he finally lets go as Zero hit two of his pressure points.

Rover coughed up blood as he couldn’t move his arms as he tries kicking Zero but keeps missing. Zero then ducks under Rovers attack before landing a solid uppercut, breaking his jaw as Rover fell back, holding his mouth in pain as he screams in agony, unable to feel his mouth.

Zero held his hand as he couldn’t feel anything as he sees Fido getting back up, looking at him with fear in his eyes as he runs off, Rover right behind him as Spot coughs slightly, trying to get up. But before he did, Zero stepped down on his tiny body and pointed his desert eagle at him. “Wait wait! Please don’t hurt me anymore! I’ll get you anything... anything at all!” The ponies looked at the little diamond dog in pity, especially the Mane Six, but Zero fire a bullet into Spots arm, making him scream in pain.

“I want you to stay out of this town... your little business is over understand? Whatever you and your little gang had planned is over with.”

“I thought good guys aren’t supposed to not kill?” Before he could say anything else, the barrel of the gun was right on his cheek.

“I’ll let you in on something... I’m neither good nor bad. I’m just human... also don’t try to act innocent either, cause I’m about five seconds about to put a bullet through your head. Now shut it and listen, understand?”

“.......” Spot didn’t say a word as Zero chuckles darkly and kept his gun pointed at him.

“Good... now, if you even think about coming back or even looking at this town, I will pay you and whoever else is with you a little visit. And believe me... our next meeting won’t be as pleasant as this one.” Zero then gets closer to Spots’ ear and whispers so no one else could hear. “As of now, you work for me... and your job is very simple. Never come back here... understand? All I want is to live peacefully with these... ponies and try to find a way back home... got it, runt?”

“Yes sir…” Spot said, trembling in fear.

“Say it…”

“We work for you now... and you want a peaceful life…” Spot was sweating badly as he peed himself.

“And who am I?”

“I don’t know…”

“That’s right... you don’t know…” Zero stands back up and pulls his gun away from him. “Let that little mystery keep you up at night…” He gets off of Spot who sprints off, scared shitless as Zero felt light-headed. The last thing he saw was Twilight and them running up to him as he faints again.

Author's Note

It took me a while to write this chapter out because of the fight scene, but I managed to finish this chapter off and now working on the final touches to the fourth chapter. Hoped you guys enjoyed reading this and tell me what you thought. And yes if you say something about the fight scene, I know it's a little wonky and probably doesn't have that much detail in it as it should since I made Zero to be a badass. But don't worry I'll get better soon so you guys and gals could enjoy the fight scenes as much as the story.

See you guys next chapter