The Imperial arms

It all started at com-a-con when I went with a friend. But we got separated in the crowd. As of this moment, I was walking around and looking at the stands. But near the back of the convention center, I saw a man sitting off alone. As I got closer, I saw he had what looked like Murasame and Yatsufusa at his stand. I walked up to him and looked at the swords for a second; I looked at the man. He looked to be in his late fifty's with long black hair. "Hello, Sir, how much do you want for those swords?" He smiled and looked at me.

"Well, these aren't toys; their real swords, my boy. Are you sure you want them?"

"Yes, Sir, I do." He laughed a little and stood up.

"Well, ok, then son, that will be two-thousand dollars."

I pulled out my wallet and looked in it. I pulled out all the cash I had and counted it. I'd heard how much stuff could cost but god two grand. I had just enough to buy the swords. I handed the money to him as a smile formed on his face. He took the cash then put it in a bag on his side. I took the swords from the holders as the man spoke up.

"Be careful, son, and don't get yourself killed."

I looked back to him as he raised his arm before he snapped his fingers. A bright flash came from his hand. I raised my arm to block the light and closed my eyes. I waited a few seconds before I lowered my arm and opened my eyes. I looked around and saw I was in a dark forest now. Looking around, I only saw trees around me. I looked at myself and saw I still looked the same but did feel a little strange. I looked at the swords in my hands then nodded my head. I put one on each side of the jeans in a belt loop. Murasame was on my right and Yatsufusa on my left. Now that I had that done, I looked in front of me and saw a dirt road. I walked through the bushes and saw it was a road. I stepped out onto the road and looked down both ways. I looked down the road to see if I could see which way to go. I saw what I think was hoove prints, and they looked like the lead to the right. I looked down the road to the right and started to walk. While I walked, The man came to my mind again. All the man did was a simple snap of his fingers. When he did, I was in the sticks. Wait, that flash did it do something to me?

"HELP!"

I stopped when I hear a girl's voice. I looked around and heard the voice again. It was coming from down the road. I looked down the road then to the swords at my side. I heard the voice again.

"Help!"

"Screw it." I pulled Murasame from its sheath and ran down the road. After a few seconds, I ran up and looked like a lion. But it had bat wings and a scorpion's tail. I hear crying from in front of it. I was slightly shaking in fear as I looked at the beast. But, I couldn't leave someone like this. I let out a roar and ran up behind the beast. I seemed to surprise the beast as it turned to me. I ran beside it and stabbed it in the rib cage. It let out a roar and used its front paw to knock me back. The sword stayed embedded in its chest. I got to my feet and was about to pull Yatsufusa out. But as I was about to, the beast fell to the ground. I pulled Yatsufusa and walked over to it. I kneeled and grabbed Murasame. I looked at the wound and saw the course signs. I pulled the blade out and rubbed the blood off on the beast's fur. I put the swords away when the blades were clean. After a second I heard a voice.

"Um, thank you."

I turned and stopped. I didn't know what I was seeing. It looked like a mix between a human and a horse. She was wearing a pair of jeans and a tight red shirt. I looked over her body and saw she had the upper body of a human. But her legs ended in hooves, and her legs had a good amount of muscle. I could see a tail behind her as well. I looked her in the eyes. Her face like the rest of her body. She had a long muzzle. She also had dark yellow eyes and freckles. She looked into my eyes and then to my swords. I was getting uncomfortable with her staring at them. I waved my hand to get her attention. She looked back to my face. "Um, I'm sorry to ask, but what are you?" She looked at me for a second before she seemed to get what I meant.

"Oh, um, I'm a pony, an earth pony to be specific."

I looked at her and smiled. "Well, that's nice; what's your name?"

"Oh, it's Applebloom! What's your name?"

I looked around and back to her. "Troy." She smiled and slowly walked over to me. She raised her hand for a shake. I took her hand and shook it. I let her hand go and looked back into her eyes. She looked at me and smiled.

"So, Troy, what are you?"

I looked around and then back to her. "I'm human." She looked at me and looked confused. But before she could talk, a stick broke behind us. I grabbed Murasame, ready to fight. But when I turned, all I saw was a little dog.

"Winona!"

I looked at applebloom as the dog ran up to her. She kneeled and started to pet the dog. The dog was brown and white with a red collar. While I watched her and the dog, I heard the sound of running. I looked down the road, and was a large group running down the road. She looked back and yelled in joy.

"Big sis, Macintosh !"

I looked at the group and saw the things of legend. Pegasi and unicorns. At the front of the group was another girl. She had a plaid shirt tied under her chest and dirty jeans on. She had blonde hair covering the left eye. I didn't look at the rest of them and moved off the road and into the trees. I watched as they reached applebloom.

Applebloom pov

I was petting Winona when I heard hooves running. I looked up to see my sister and brother. Her friends were behind them. I smiled and looked to see Troy was gone. I looked around as they reached me.

"Applebloom, you're ok!"

My sister and brother wrapped their arms around me. They were crying out of joy. I hugged them back. But rainbow dash yelled in shock.

"Look out, theirs, a manticore!"

Macintosh stood up and saw the Manticore Troy killed. He got ready to fight. "Mac, stop that manticore is already dead." He looked back to shocked and then to the manticore. Applejack tightened her hold on me when I said it was already dead. Mac looked back down to me and then to the manticore. He kneeled and looked me in the eyes.

"Applebloom, who killed that manticore?"

I looked him in the eyes and smiled. "It was from Troy." He looked at me and then to the surrounding trees. He stopped looking when Troy stepped out from hiding.

"Your ears are shaped to a point like a wild beast. So what now, big red?"

I looked at him again and saw his black hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a pair of black jeans and a black and redshirt. In the middle was a sun with a blackbird in front of it. I stood up and started to walked over to him. But my sister grabbed my hand and pulled me back. I looked back at her to see her looking at Troy. Macintosh walked past us and looked Troy in the eyes. Macintosh was a few inches taller than Troy.

"Are you the one who saved my sister?"

Troy pov

I looked up at the man's face as he talked. I looked him in the eyes. "Yes, I'm the one who killed that beast." He looked at me and then smiled. He put his hands on my shoulders and looked me in the eyes.

"I want to thank you, Troy. I don't know what I would have done if we lost her."

"No problem, big guy. But for now, I think we may want to get out of the area. A fresh kill in a forest other animals will come to find the fresh kill."

We turned and looked at the others.

"Ya'll hear him; let's get out of here."

Soon we were moving down the road. I looked at the group and saw Applebloom and her sister looking at me. I keep walking as they looked at me. After a few minutes, we walked out of the forest. I looked around and saw a small cottage. Behind it was a town and mountains in the distance. I felt someone poke my back, and I turned and saw a girl in all pink. She had blue eyes and pink, fluffed hair. She had a huge smile on her face. I raised an eyebrow as I looked at her. "Do you need something?"

"Ya, I was wondering, do you like parties and my names pinkie pie!"

Wow, she talked fast and loud. I looked at her with a neutral face. "No miss, I didn't really like parties. But now that you're all out of there, I'm leaving." Before I could leave, Applebloom stepped in front of me. I raised an eyebrow at her. "What are you doing, Applebloom?" She walked up to me and got in my face.

"What am I doing? No, what are you doing trying to leave after what happened! You didn't even do what I was, so where are you going to go?!"

I started to back away from her as she yelled. I never was one to fight against a girl. So I looked at the others for help. I saw the rainbow-haired one trying not to laugh. I hated being laughed at by people. I turned and lunged at her. I didn't know how, but I was much faster than before. I was In front of her in the blink of an eye. She jumped back and fell on her rear. The once near her jumped back and looked at me. I looked to the sides and saw a purple unicorn and a yellow pegasus. I kneeled to her as she lay on the ground. "I'm only going to say this once. I'm not someone to laugh at when I'm in a bad mood. But I'll look past that seeing that you don't know me." I stood back up and helped her back up. Now she was back on her hooves. The second she was on her hooves, she tried to punch me. I caught her fist and twisted her arm. I didn't know how I was doing this, but I'll figure it out later. For now, I'll deal with her. But before I could do anything, someone smacked me upside the head. I let go of the girl and looked back to see an older mare. She wasn't there before.

"Now you listen to me, youngin. I'm happy that you helped my grandkids. But my youngest granddaughter didn't have the right to stop you from leaving. But if you can let my granddaughter's friend down, we can go and talk. There's no need to lose your head."

This world calls girls mares? I'll ask about that later, but for now, she makes a good point. "Yes, miss." I did as she asked and let her go. I let her go and turned to look at her. "Lead the way, miss." The older mare smile and waved for me to follow her