The black hawk

The dual

Two weeks have passed senses I came to ponyville, I’ve come to like this town and the ponies in it. One mare, in particular, comes to mind. Twilight. She has grown on me the most of all the girls. Spikes has taken a liking to me and my fighting skills. He's asked to learn how to wield a sword. I've also found work on applejacks farm.

Twilight pov

I walked up the stairs to see guts leaning on the door frame of my balcony. My heart started to beat faster when I looked at him. I could fell it in my chest a longing for him to hold me to love me. It only got worse the more I looked at him. “Hey, guts can I talk to you for a second?”

“Sure what’s up twilight do you need help with something?

Oh celestia, I hope he doesn’t say no. “I wonder if maybe you’d like to be my special somepony?” He stayed silent as he looked at me. oh no I ruined it now he’ll never be my coltfriend. I was about to turn and run but I felt guts arms around me.

Guts pov

I put my arms around twilight and hugged her to help calm her down.” Twilight I don’t know what a special somepony. But I’d like to be something more you’re a special mare to me.” See looked up at me with an expression of pure joy. But what she did next shocked me to my very core. Twilight had jumped up and wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me deeply. I pulled my head back and looked at her.” Twilight that’s a little sudden don’t you think? I mean what if spike or one of the girls saw you do that?” I asked hoping she answer.

“Well I don’t think the girls would mind but you may be right about spike he is still a child.”

“So what is a special somepony do exactly?” I asked her only to receive a shy smile and hugging me tighter. “Well, they go out to get dinner and walks and sleep together in the same bed if they really get a long.”

After she finished talking spike ran in holding a letter.” Twilight! A letter from the princess!”

Twilight grabbed the letter and opened it and started to read and she looked like she was going to cry.

“Twilight what’s wrong did something happen?” she started to cry a little and stuffed her head into my chest. I could feel the tears socking my shirt.

“The princesses nephew has demanded my hand in marriage and she can't say no. He wants to make me his wife because I'm the princesses student and element of harmony.”

“What! I’m going not going to let him take you there must be something I can do to stop him right?” I will not lose twilight to some spoiled
prince.

“Well yes, but you’d have to fight him in an equal dual for my hand but it is a death match.”

“I see well I hope this nephew is ready to die no one is taking my mare.”

Three hours later

Ponyville citizens pov
A carriage came flying down and landed down in the town and a stallion dressed in a white tux and a smug smirk on his face. He walked up to the library and knocked but no one answered he knocked again but again no one answered. “Opened the door the stupid mare I know your there!” and the door swung open and the stallion was punched in the face and fell to the ground groaning in pain.

Guts Pov
“So you’re that bastard prince that wants to take my mare away from me?”

“Your mare I believe your miss taken she belongs to me and you will give her to me now freak. Or do I have to take her from you.” I had a smirk on my face

“You’ll have to take her you basterd. She told me that if want to take her then would be an equal dual so no magic. “So I suggest you fight or put your tail between your legs and run.” Ok on you little basterd fight me I dare you to try me.

“I run from a freak like you don’t make me, I’m the strongest sword master in this country and you thing you can beat me. Who do you think you are stealing that mare from me you animal?”

I gave him an evil smile I could see him shaking in fear. “I’m guts the former commander of the hawk raiders and the hundred-man slayer and twilight is my mare got that. So I’m going to give you a warning stay away from twilight she’s too good for you. Are I’ll have to kill you got that you spoiled brat.”

“Hundred-man slayer you say well you animal I will return in a few hours with my aunts and my guards to watch as I kill you.”

He turned and walked away from the tree house. I walked back in and saw twilight hugging spike with a few tears in her eyes. “Don’t you two worry he can’t beat me.”

Twilight pov
I saw gut open the door and punch blueblood in the face I could hear what he said. A former commander and a hundred-man slayer is all that true? “Guts is what you said true are you really a former commander of a raid group?”

“Yes, and I was going to be knighted in midland but I didn’t want to be tide to Griffith’s dream any longer so I left before I was .”

“What was he’s dream and why do you not want to be a knight gut?” What could make guts not want to become a knight?

“He aspired to have his own kingdom and he was ready to kill for it. He even tried to kill me when I was leaving but I beat him without having to kill him. But I was content with the life I had then like I'm was living now I’m happy.” Spike decided to speck up and ask a question."

“Are you going to kill him guts?”

“If I have to but I will give him a chance to leave but decides to fight me then yes I will spike. If he wants to take her from me, it will be from my dead body.”

I could feel my heart beat in my chest.” Well, at least we know you’ll get a fair fight with the princesses coming to oversee the fight.”

Guts pov
"I’ve been meaning to ask who are these princesses you always talk about?"

Three Hours later

I stood outside the library dressed in my armor with my sword read and twilight, her friends and the whole town waiting for him. After a few more minutes a bright flash appeared in front of all of us. There he was in a suit of white armor with a cocky smile on his face and a saber and shield. Beside him we’re too mare almost as tall as me but still a few inches shorter then me wearing crowns and wing and horns. Behind them was a large group of guards behind them. “So you didn’t listen to me and come back to die you fool.”

“Like I’d run run from an animal like you don’t make me laugh.”

“Huh you’re just a fool with a death wish aren’t you? I'll give you this back in my old country nobody's crazy or maybe brave enough to fight me and don’t except to live pass to day. Just so you know my sword was made to do three times the damage and so you know is won’t be a peaceful end." The ones with the crowns looked shocked by what I told them. I raised my arm and pointed to the grass filed outside the town. "That we're we can fight, let's go blueblood I don't twilight crying about this anymore." I started to walk to the filed, as I walked I heard the whole town walking behind me.

Blueblood Pov three hours earlier

I walked down the castle corridor to the throne room and pushed the door open to my aunt's in their thrones. "Aunt's you won't believe the audacity I’ve seen to day." What do you mean blueblood? my auntie luna asked. "So animal said that student of your is his marefriend and said that she was to good for me. That has the gall to say if I want her I’ll have to take her."

"Did he challenge you to a dual did he?"

"Yes then he claims I can't beat him and if I try he'll kill me the nerve I can just take her if I want."

"No you can't blueblood and he can kill you if you try."

"What you do you mean he can and I can't just take her!"

"Blueblood if he has made a clam to her then you do have to fight to take her."

"You can't be serious auntie!"

"I'm very serious blueblood, now go get ready."

Well looks like I'll have to make plans just to safe I can’t have my reputation tarnished by that animal.

Back to the present

I don’t want to wait too long so think I should end this quickly. “So animal I was thinking why don't we settle this with one strike what do you say.” There’s no way he’ll do it anypony with sanity wouldn’t.

“That sound’s good to me so let’s do this.” I grabbed my sword and pulled to out and toke my fight stance.

Third person pov

Guts was waiting in his fight stance for blueblood to get in his stance. Not a minute later blueblood throw his shield and drew his sword and placed one hoof in front of him and ready to charge guts. In the blink of an eye blueblood lunged for gut’s neck. As he did that gut raised his sword and brought is down. The instant their swords made contact blueblood’s sword shattered. Guts sword stopped a mere inch above bluebloods shoulder.

Guts pov

“I told you I would win, so I’m going to give you a choice if you want to live leave and never come near twilight or her friends or I'll end you here and now.

“How about neither, now shot him!” As soon as he said these three guards jumped up and shot crossbows two shots missed but one hit his right arm.

A chorus of gasp and yells of guts name came from the crowd.

“You little conniving bastard!” I gripped my sword in both hands and in an instant I cut off bluebloods head blood spewed everywhere. I wiped my head around to see the three guards in shock at what they just saw. “Your turn you basterds.” This brought them out of there stupor and rapidly tried to reload their crossbows. As I was about to charge them I feel someone wrapped their arms around me. I turned to see is was twilight holding me.

“That’s enough guts you won you can stop.”

Twilight pov

I watched and guts shattered bluebloods sword. A second after that blueblood shouted to shot him three guards jumped up and my heart sank when they shot their crossbows at my guts. “GUTS!” me and the girls and a few ponys that knew him cried out. But what happened next silenced the entire town go silent. We watched as guts cut he’s head off the second after that his head wiped to the guards the shot at him and said it was there turn, I ran up behind him and wrapped my arms around him.” That’s enough guts you won you can stop.” I was happy that I could be with guts an equestria would be better off without blueblood. Guts did tell him what would happen to him if he fought him. I looked around and saw the princesses getting the guards that shot the arrows at guts.” Guts I think we need to talk to them and clean up these mess. Alright was the response I got.

Guts pov

As twilight talked to me I was looking at the towns people all but one seemed to be happy he was dead. I'll have to deal with him later, now to deal with the shooters. I turned and started to walked toward them a could see the scared shitless. “I’m going to give you all one minute to explain before you get the same treatment I gave him.” I punctuate my point by back to corpse
Behind me.

“Sir guts I don’t think that is necessary to go that far.”

I saw the tall white one walking over to me and put a hand on my arm. “Don’t touch me.” I ripper my arm from her grasp the look of shock and pain? “Don’t ever touch me I don’t want and nobles or royalty to touch me.” Looking at her her head was right at my neck so like the rest of these ponies I looked down on her.

“Thou dare to speak to royalty like that! We demand the apologize to are sister! “

I looked over my shoulder to see a smaller blue one she my only come up to my shoulder. “Lady I’m not going to and you just saw how much I cure about royalty with the ass back there.” This seemed to shock her which so turned to anger.

“Does thou want to try us?”

“Luna that is enough, besides what I can tell he’d stop or destroy and weapons we use against his him.”

“it wouldn’t matter anyways I won’t kill or hurt a woman.” That seemed to stop her anger and turned into confusion. look we can talk later right now we need to deal with his body and them I said pointing to the shooters.”

“Your right sir guts we need to deal with them.”

End chapter