Dragon's Dogma: Arisen of Equestria

Chapter 8

Meeting with Royalty

Arisen’s eyes slowly open up upon feeling the evening sun hit her face. Upon doing so, she finds herself in Twilight’s Tree house. Mainly her bedroom. She lets out a small groan as she pulls herself up from the bed before wincing from the pain she was feeling all over her body. The dragon rubbed her head from the headache as she takes a look around the room she was in.

“Yeah, not one of my best spells to use given the fact that I didn’t take into account how this body works.” Arisen said as she flex her hand for a moment. “Not only that, but it seems I’ll have to hold off on the higher tier level spells if I end up passing out like that. Best not have that happening when I’m out fighting or hunting in the forest for food.” While she was examining her hand, the door to Twilight’s room opened up as a familiar cream colored pegasus entered into the room.

“Oh, you’re awake. We didn’t expect you to wake up so soon after what happen in Ponyville.” The mare said as the dragon pulled herself out of the bed. “Y-You shouldn’t strain yourself in getting up.”

“I’m fine to be honest, just a bit exhausted from underestimating the amount of magic used in that spell I cast.”

“I guess that makes a little bit of sense.” The mare said before walking over to the arisen and offering her a hand. “Do you need help getting up and walking downstairs? I know the others will be glad to see that you’re okay. Even though you've been asleep for two hours.” The dragon nodded as she takes the pegasus’s hand and begins to lead her out of Twilight’s bedroom. As the two began to make their way downstairs, they could hear a couple of familiar voices coming from the living room of Twilight’s tree house. But Arisen soon heard two elegant and much older voices talking to Twilight and her friends.

“So you’re saying that this dragon can use magic like a unicorn?” Celestia asked as the dragon motions for Fluttershy to stop and be quiet. The cream colored pegasus blinked for a moment before nodding and listen to the conversation going on downstairs.

“I know it’s hard to believe Princess...I mean Celestia, but the letter I sent to you is telling the truth about Arisen.” Twilight said before pulling out a cellphone to pull up a video of The Arisen casting magic.

“Less than an hour or so and that video that somepony posted already got about 50,000 views.” Pinkie Pie said while still setting up decorations around the library. “She even used an electric whip on me to tie me up when I appeared next to her.” She said which Celestia blinked in surprise upon hearing this, while Luna couldn’t help but snicker to this.

“Seems like this dragon has a dominatrix personality if she did that to Pinkie Pie~” Luna said as the dragon deadpans and motioning Fluttershy to move downstairs as she spoke.

“First of all, I am not a dominatrix.” The dragon said as everyone turned their attention to the steps to see Arisen and Fluttershy walk downstairs. “The reason behind the whip, was because that pony can somehow appear out of nowhere...which is something to be on edge about if you ask me.”

“Rizzy, you’re awake!” Pinkie Pie yelled as she was about to tackle the dragon onto the ground, only for Twilight to use her magic to prevent her from doing that as she placed the pink pony back onto the ground.

“Thanks for that. I was not up to being tackled like that.” The dragon said before Fluttershy lead her to a beanbag seat across from the Princesses. “I take it you two are the princesses that Twilight mentioned?” She asked as the alicorn sisters nodded. “I’m a bit surprised you two actually took so long to get here.”

“We would’ve been here sooner had we known that there was a monster attacking the town. But Twilight said that you defeated it with a spell that is unfamiliar to Equestria?”

“That and she can use magic.” Rainbow Dash added as she stares at the dragon up and down. “Don’t you find it suspicious that she was the one that took down that monster with little effort and that it came from out of nowhere?”

“Rainbow Dash! Are you assuming that Arisen had something to do with it?” Fluttershy asked with a shocked expression on her face from hearing that.

“What? I’m not the only one who’s thinking that right?”

“I doubt she would be the cause of that monster attack darling. And even if she was, she would most likely fix the problem that she caused.” Rarity said as she winked over at the dragon. Arisen smiled softly before looking over at the princesses who were looking at the dragon with interest.

“Your take on this princesses?”

“Hm, well given the fact that what Rainbow Dash said does make sense. But given how you did risk your life to save the citizens of Ponyville from that monster, I’ll push the theory of you being the cause of it aside unless there is proof of that. Other then that, I believe I owe you my thanks for your heroic deed.” Celestia said as her sister nodded in agreement.

“If there is anything that you need from us, do have Twilight send us a letter for your request and we’ll deliver it as soon as possible.” Luna said as Arisen placed a hand to her chin for a moment before getting an idea and looked over at Twilight.

“Hey, Twilight. Do you still have the armor that you were planning on giving to Rarity to see if she can fix it up a bit?”

“Oh! I almost forgot about that. I kinda got distracted when Rainbow Dash came busting in and told me about the monster that you were fighting and the aftermath of it.” The alicorn said with a sheepish smile on her face. The mare soon used her magic to levitate the old rusted and worn out armor over to the dragon as Celestia eyed it.

“Pray tell, where did you find this armor? It looks awfully familiar.”

“She took it from the remains of a dead pony in the castle of the royal sisters.” Rainbow Dash said bluntly as Celestia and Luna looked at Arisen who had a deadpan expression on her face.

“Yeah, because walking into town wearing nothing but the scales on my back is something everyone wants to see?”

“I-I can see why you had to do that…and I take it you want us to fix your armor?” Luna asked as the dragon nodded.

“That and the shield.” Arisen pointed over to the doorway to where the giant shield was. Celestia used her magic to bring the armor set over to them as the princesses examine it.

“Never thought we'd see this old prototype of the old royal guard armor.” Celestia said as she looks over the shield. “Crystal mix with armor was a good idea. But due to it being twice as heavy for an unfit pony be it earth, unicorn, or pegasi, and costing so much money to make. We kinda scrapped the idea. I’m a bit surprised this set is still in somewhat good condition minus the rust.”

“We might be able to do something about it right now. But fair warning, the appearance of it will end up looking different then how it once was before. Knowing this, do you still want us to do this?“ Luna asked as The Arisen nodded. The Princesses did the same as their horns began to glow. As their horns glow, an arcane circle appeared around the armor and shield as they too began to glow from the magic circle. The room began to turn dark as the items began to swirl around in the arcane circle as a flash of bright light filled the room. Everyone minus the princesses covered their eyes from the blinding light as said light slowly began to die off. Once the light died off, Pinkie Pie took notice to the now freshly renewed armor on Arisen as she spoke.

“Ooooooooooooooh, nice clothes you have on Rizzy~” The party pony said as everyone looked over at the couch to see what she meant by that.

“Very impressive Princesses. Though I would have gone with the same color as they were before.” Rarity said as they notice the two alicorns raise an eyebrow at her as she flinched from their gaze. “I mean, not that what it looks like is bad or anything. Matter of fact she might be able to make it work...yep, totally can make it work...hehe.”

“I kinda like it.” Arisen said as she pulled herself up from her seat and began to flex her body a bit.”It feels so comfortable and not so tight around certain areas of the body.” She said as she took notice to the sword on her side. “Wait since when did I have a sword?”

“It was hidden within the giant shield you have. It’s understandable that you wouldn’t take notice to it, seeing how this is a prototype. But I kinda had the idea of having a weapon hidden inside of the shield if their weapons were to be lost or destroyed.” Celestia said as the dragon placed her sword into her sheath and nodded.

“Wish I had this back home when I was on my journey. But I guess having it now is okay.” Arisen said as she placed the shield on her back.

“If you don’t mind me asking Arisen. But would you be willing to tell us about yourself and where you came from? I know Twilight told us a little bit about you, but I would like to hear it coming from you.” The white Alicorn asked as Arisen nodded and took a seat back onto the couch.

“Well seeing how everyone is here. I might as well explain everything and how I got here.” She said before clearing her throat and staring at everyone. “It all started in the land of Gransys.”

Elsewhere, the same cloaked figure that unleashed the demon upon Ponyville made her way towards the gates of Tartarus. Once she was there, she noticed Cerberus sleeping in front of the gate as the cloaked figure cursed underneath her breath upon seeing the three headed beast. As if she thought the dog heard her cursing, she quickly looked around at her surroundings before noticing a giant rock and quickly hid behind it. Peaking around the boulder she saw that the dog was still asleep as she lets out a sigh of relief before extending her hands towards the three headed dog.

“Let’s hope this spell works this time.” She said as her hands glowed a sickly yellow. The same color appeared around the dogs as their eyes shot open and stood up quickly. “Perfect, worked like a charm.” the cloaked figure soon lowered the hood part of her robe before teleporting over to Cerberus. “Head over to Ponyville and cause some trouble. I have a feeling that the demon I sent didn’t last long if the Princesses took care of it.” The three headed dog simply snorted before heading off into the direction of said location.

As Cerberus ran off, the centaur looked down at her chest as she winces from seeing a red glowing mark on it before covering herself up.

“Just do as you’re told Titania. The Princesses know of your current situation. Just have to follow the plan they laid out for you and then head back to Canterlot to inform them about Father’s escape.” She said before raising a hand at the gates of tartarus. Once she did that, the gates began to glow as the entryway to Tartarus open up for her. With a sigh, Titania quickly entered into Tartarus as the gates quickly closed up behind her. As the doors to Tartarus closes, a familiar goddess of chaos watches from the distance as she had a bucket of popcorn in her claw and a drink floating around her as she occasionally takes sips from it.

“Seems like Terek is gonna be coming to Equestria sooner than I thought...Guess I owe Granny Sunbutt twenty-five bits for not taking her seriously.” Eris said as she made the popcorn and drink disappear. “Better head over to Ponyville to have a little chat with the Princesses.”