Dragon's Dogma: Arisen of Equestria

Chapter 7

Fresh, Clean, and Ready for Ponyville

Part 4

Within the deepest part of the Everfree Forest, there stood a dark figure wearing a grayish black cloak with a pair of horns protruding from her head as she was making a demonic circle within an open space of the forest. Snorting in annoyance, demonic like energy appeared in between her horns as she fires a spell at the circle she made. Upon making contact with said circle, a portal opened up as a demonic suit of armor slowly appeared from out of it.

“Listen well demon, because I’m only going to say this once. You are to go into Ponyville and cause as much of a distraction long enough for me to get what I need done. Got it?” She asked before the demon nodded to her order. “Good, now go and do what you’re ordered to do.” With a snort, the skeleton like demon quickly turned around and began to bolt down the path to Ponyville. As she watches, she tugged on her cloak before walking over to the path which led to Tartarus. “Alright, let’s see if father’s spell actually works on this door?” She said before cracking her knuckles. “The sooner I do this, the sooner the spell he placed on me can go away.”

(Sugarcube Corner)

“Not to sound rude or anything, but this….Pinkie Pie lady lives in a place like this?” Arisen asked, dumbfound at how the building looks likes something from a child’s story book.

“Hard to believe huh sugarcube?” Applejack said, chuckling at the arisen’s dumbfounded expression.

“Is the candy like decorations real or just fake?”

“They’re fake kid.” Rainbow Dash said as she flew over to the building and knocks on one of the candy ornaments. “If they were real, then everypony or animal would try and eat the house....On second thought, Pinkie might beat them to the punch before they get a chance to eat the house.”

“Right...anyway, should we go in and get Pinkie Pie?”

“Fluttershy will get her.” Rainbow Dash said as she flew over next to Arisen. “Applejack and I will stay here to keep an eye on you.”

“Geez, I didn’t think that you liked me that much.” Arisen said which caused the others to chuckle while Rainbow Dash snorted in annoyance.

“Your witty remarks aren’t going to help you kid. Like I said, I got my eyes on you. Try anything funny and I’ll be the first one you’ll have to deal with.”

“RD…” Applejack deadpans at the weather pony’s action before shaking her head and looking over at Arisen. “Pay her no mind. I’ll go get Pinkie while ya’ll wait here until I get back.” The farm pony said before heading inside Sugarcube Corner.

“Rainbow Dash, you should be a little bit nicer to Arisen. She hasn’t done anything wrong.” Fluttershy said giving Rainbow Dash a stern look on her face.

“Hey, we just met the dragon who was found in the Everfree Forest. You don’t find it suspicious?”

“Well….no. Not really. But seeing how she has been nice and not rude. I’m willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.” Fluttershy said with a sheepish grin on her face. Rainbow Dash simply rolled her eyes to this before looking over at the Arisen.

“At least someone is more open minded then some folks.”

“What’s that supposed to mean dragon?”

“Oh, nothing.” Arisen said as she looks the other way to avoid the harsh gaze that Rainbow Dash was giving her. “A-Anyway, mind telling me a little about yourselves? I mean, I’m going to be here in this town. So we might as well make small talk to know each other a little bit right?”

“I don’t see why not.” Fluttershy said, looking over Arisen with interest. “I’m still surprised to see another dragon here in Ponyville other then Spike. Oh he must be really excited to meet another dragon like himself.”

“Spike? You mean the guy with purple scales, green spikes, wearing a hoodie & jeans?” She asked only for Fluttershy to nod. “Didn’t really talk to him that much. Though I guess I could be his friend seeing how we’re both the same species.”

“Just don’t try any funny business with Spike, kid.” Rainbow Dash added which caused Arisen and Fluttershy to roll their eyes. Arisen’s ears twitch upon hearing the front door open as she noticed Applejack covered in streamers and confetti.

“Um, what happened to you?” Arisen asked as the farm pony snorted some confetti off her nose.

“Pinkie Pie accidentally hit me with her party cannon. Apparently she thought I was you and was planning to surprise you with a “Welcome to Ponyville” Party.” She said before Pinkie Pie appearing in front of Arisen, which like before startled her as she summons a whip made of lightning and wrapped around the pink party pony.

“I could get use to this~” Pinkie said, giggling at the feel of getting lightly shocked. Arisen deadpans as she dispels her magic around the pink party pony as she sighs.

“Seriously, how is she able to appear out of nowhere like that?”

“Trust me when I say this sugarcube. She’s PInkie Pie. Anything that is impossible by the laws of physics, she can break it.” Applejack said which caused the dragon to stare at Pinkie with a worried expression on her face.

“I don’t know if I should be worried by that statement or not. But can you please stop appearing out of nowhere like that with me...I’d prefer not to accidentally hurt you or something along the lines of that.”

“Okay!” Pinkie said as she bounces off next to Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash.

“So, who’s next on the list of friends we have to get before heading back to Twilight’s place?”

“All that’s left is Rarity. Shouldn’t be a problem getting her...unless she’s busy with filling out dress orders.” Applejack answered.

“Twilight did mention that she was a seamstress. Think she’ll be available to take a request?”

“I don’t see why not. Rarity is super good at getting stuff down really quick.” Pinkie said as she hopped down the street while motioning the group to follow her. “Come on! I’ll take you too her!” She said as Arisen and the others began to follow after the party pony down the street that lead towards carousel boutique. As they walked, the dragon took notice to some of the ponies once again staring at her with the same expressions as before. A mix between fear and disgust. The dragon let out a sigh before placing her hands in her pockets as Fluttershy took notice to Arisen action.

“Kinda annoying that the ponies are looking at me like I got the plague or something...it’s a bit disheartening if I am to be so blunt about it not bothering me.”

“Oh, I-I’m sure they’ll open up to you once they get to know you a bit more...I think.” Fluttershy said as Arisen gave her a weak smile.

“I have my doubts about that, but we’ll see how it goes depending on how long I stay here.” She said before Pinkie Pie turned her attention at her.

“Don’t worry. Once they get to know you at the party I’m hosting for you, they’ll see how much of a nice person you are. I mean, it’s not like there’s going to be a monster that's going to attack the town and they’ll think you’re the cause of it!” As if fate wanted to be cruel for once in his or her life, the sounds of ponies screaming could be heard coming from their left. The group turned their attention to their left to see three colorful ponies running towards them.

“Run for your lives! It’s horrible! HORRIBLE!” Roseluck said as she grabbed onto Applejack in dramatic fashion.

“It came out of nowhere. It destroyed our flowers!” Lily said as she and Daisy moved close to Roseluck and Applejack.

“Now calm down you three. Can ya’ll tell me what’s going on and why ya’ll acting like Apple Bloom when we take her to the doctor’s for her flu shot?” Applejack asked as she heard thunderous stomps coming from behind the building that was somewhat close to them. The stomping grew closer as the source of the sound quickly turned the corner to reveal itself to the group.

“What in the name of Celestia’s flank is that!” Rainbow Dash yelled as they all stared in shock at the suit of living armor staring at them. Fluttershy let out a small gasp of fear as she quickly flew behind the cyan pegasus.

“....Huh, I guess even this place has monsters. Starting to wish I had that armor from that abandoned castle I found.” Arisen said as she took a few steps forwards in front of the group. As she did that, she clapped her hands together as a aura of light appeared around her arms and hands for a moment before ten orbs of light appeared forming around them.

“What are you doing?” Applejack asked as the dragon looked back at the country pony.

“Distraction. While I keep it busy, you guys make a break for it and come back with help.” She said as she turned her attention back to the living armor. “Which means you’ll have to get Twilight for help.”

“You can’t seriously thinking of fighting that thing alone are you?” Rainbow Dash asked as the dragon cracked her neck.

“While you’re there, mind bringing me my armor and shield please?” Arisen asked as she bolted off towards the living suit of armor before Rainbow Dash could answer her.

“We can’t just leave her to fight that thing by herself can we?” Pinkie asked as she along with the others looked over at Applejack.

“No we aren’t.” She said before looking at Rainbow Dash. “You’re the fastest out of all of us. Head over to Twilight’s place and tell her about what’s going on.”

“And what are you planning on doing?”

“We’ll try to help Arisen out as best as we can. Just hurry up and get Twilight!” Rainbow Dash nodded as she moved away from Fluttershy and quickly darted off towards the tree house in the center of town. “Ya’ll might want to find cover until this is over with.” Applejack said as the trio of flower ponies nodded and headed off quickly to a safe place while warning any pony they ran by.

Meanwhile, Arisen quickly jumped out of the way of the suit of armor’s sword. Once in the air, Arisen landed behind it and fired the orbs of light at its back. The suit of armor staggered forwards from the attack as it turned around and charges at Arisen with its shield. Arisen quickly rolled to the left as she was about to fire off a ball of fire from her hand, only for her to gag a bit as she fired it off from her mouth hitting the suit of armor in the face.

“Well….that was a bit of a surprise….I’ll have to do a few things later on to see how this body works with my magic.” Arisen said as she looked at the living armor as her fireball barely scorched its armor. She soon summoned a whip made of lightning into her hands as she once again charges at the living suit of armor. Once she was close enough, the monster raised it’s greatsword to bring it down onto the dragon. Only for the Arisen to block the attack with the whip as she felt her feet sinking into the ground slightly from the force behind the attack.

Arisen gritted her teeth from the strain of having to focus on maintaining mental focus on her whip while trying to keep herself from being pushed down by the weight of the demon’s sword. Looking up at it, she noticed a lasso being thrown around its neck as it staggered backwards a bit from being pulled. The dragon looked behind it to see Applejack and Fluttershy pulling at the rope to get the monster away from Arisen.

“You got guts kid!” Applejack said as she pulled the rope that was tied around the armor’s neck. “But you’re also reckless if you think we’re letting you fight that thing by yourself!”

“Yeah! Eat cake you meanie!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she pulled two surprisingly large wedding cakes out of her hair and tossed them at the monster’s face. Arisen blinked in surprise by not only seeing the party pony appear next to her, but also wondering how she was able to hide something like that in her hair. The dragon shook her head, making a mental note to ask Pinkie how she did it later. Right now she focussed her attention on the monster and began to whip the monster in many different areas on its body. Mainly the the legs and chest area.

“This would be a whole lot better if I had something to use as a weapon with!” Arisen yelled, continuing her assault on the monster. “Or at least a wooden stick!” She said before Pinkie Pie pulled out a wooden stick from out of her hair, and handed it off to Arisen.

“Here you go!” The earth pony said with a smile on her face. Arisen was hesitant at first before taking the stick as Pinkie quickly returned to throwing cakes of different types at the armored monster.

“Yeah, I’ll have ask Twilight about how this pony is able to do stuff like this.” Arisen thought before noticing the living armor trying to move forwards towards her, but was staggering due to Applejack and Fluttershy trying their best to hold the monster still. “Keep him still. But start counting to ten.” She said before making her whip disappear.

“Why? What are you planning sugarcube?” Applejack asked as she took notice to Arisen chanting something. Both Fluttershy and Applejack staggered a bit from feeling the monster pull at the rope as they continued to hold the monster at bay from her. As the monster took a step forward, it soon slipped on the cake covered ground as it went falling backwards onto its back. Applejack and Fluttershy soon did the same as they lost their footing as well. As they fell backwards onto each other, they took notice to how there were fireballs surrounding the dragon.

“Um, how long is that spell of yours going to take?” Pinkie asked as the atmosphere around them began to grow hotter and hotter by the second. Arisen turned her attention towards Pinkie as she had a strained expression on her face.

“N-Not long. Just a few more seconds to g-go.” She said as she turned her focus onto her magic. While she was doing that, the living armor began to pull itself up by using its sword as support.

“It’s getting back up!” Fluttershy yelled as Applejack quickly pulled herself up as she tried to put a lasso around the monster again, only for it to put its shield in front of itself to block the lasso from being wrapped around its neck. The living armor let out a demonic roar before charging at Applejack and Fluttershy.

“Fluttershy, run!” Applejack yelled as the pegasus couldn’t move due to fear. Applejack sighed in annoyance as she quickly charges at Fluttershy and grabbed her before running down the street to avoid the living armor charging at them. Like a tank plowing through a row of stone walls, the living armor began to pick up speed and momentum as it was inches away from the duo. When it began to lift its sword up to strike the mares down, it was soon sent collapsing into the ground by what appears to be a ball of flaming fire crashing down onto it. Both mare looked back behind themselves to see a medium size crater behind them as they noticed Arisen being surrounded by small fireballs for a moment before kneeling down and panting.

“Damn. I really have gotten weak if I can’t keep standing after using that spell.” Arisen said before she noticed the living armor trying to pull itself up from out of the crater, only for another meteor to came crashing down into the crater that the living armor was now in as it’s greatsword soon flew out and impale itself into the ground next to Arisen.

“Wowie! That’s going to hurt in the morning.” Pinkie Pie said as she looked down at the crater to see nothing but molten metal of what used to be the living armor and rocks melting.

“I don’t think that it’s going to feel that given how there’s nothing left of it.” The dragon said before noticing Applejack and Fluttershy walking over to them.

“I’m...a bit taken by surprise by that magic you done did. You sure you’re a dragon and not just a unicorn disguised as a dragon?” Applejack asked. Arisen shook her head to her question as the dragon took a deep breath before speaking.

“N-No….like I said. I’m not around here and this is something that we can do back in Gransys. N-Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m gonna go sleep for a while.” Arisen paused for a moment before passing out onto the ground as her vision faded to darkness.