Dragon's Dogma: Arisen of Equestria

Chapter 9

Ponyville’s New Resident

“And that’s pretty much it. After I plunged the godsbane into my chest, everything went dark and I found myself waking up to the sounds of those kids inside that abandoned castle in the forest. To think all this started with a dragon stealing my heart. Never would’ve imagine I would end up like this.” Arisen said as she took notice the the group’s dumbfounded expressions on their faces. There was a moment of silence lingering in the air for a while before Rarity spoke up.

“My word...That’s...I don’t even know how to react to that.”

“That’s….that just not right.” Applejack said as she tilted her hat a bit. “To think that the king of Gran Soren would label you as a villain. Even after everything you’ve done, they shouldn’t have listen to that jerk and sided with you.”

“Given the situation Arisen was in, it would make sense.” Twilight said as she folded her arms in disgust. “What I’m more annoyed is the fool who would take up the dragon’s offer to sacrifice his wife for wealth, glory, and immortality.”

“Yet in the end, he ended up reaping what he sowed and tried to take Arisen down with him.” Luna said as she snorted in annoyance. “Makes me sick to know royalty would do something so underhanded like that.”

“Yet still, you continued being a hero even after your kind hated you for lies that the king told them.”Pinkie said as the Arisen nodded. “But, couldn’t you try and tell the dragons the truth?”

“Kinda hard to do that when most of them are to blinded by the King’s achievements to listen to me. So the only way I knew that something had to done to change this, was to go into the chasm and fight the one behind it.”

“And in doing so, you brought an end to the never ending cycle.” Twilight said as the dragon nodded.

“Couldn’t you let somepony else do it?” Fluttershy asked as the dragon looked over at her and shook her head to her answer. “But why? Surely there must’ve been another way to end it without sacrificing.”

“Given the state that world was in, no one else couldn’t do it. The end of the world was coming seeing how I killed the dragon, I was a wanted criminal thanks to the king, and all other Arisens that took up the dragon’s deal faded away to dust, left to a different country, or choose to go into hiding from the dragon. The pe….dragons were suffering from the monster attacks and I had to stop it before it could get any worse.”

“My biggest question is. What happen afterwards?” Spike asked. “I mean in Gransys, not the part where Sweetie Belle found you.”

“Yeah, is your homeland safe?” Pinkie asked as she and Spike moved closer to Arisen. The dragon simply shrugged to their question as she looks up at the ceiling.

“Don’t know. After my body along with my pawn fell through the hole in the floor and vanish. Though if I have to guess, my pawn is living out her life in my stead given what Selene’s master told me when I saved her from an angry mob of dragons thinking she’s in league with the dragon.” She said before looking back at Pinkie Pie and Spike.”All I can do is hope that I left Gransys in a better state then how it was before.”

“I still find it hard to believe that what she said happened to her.” Rainbow Dash said as she folded her arms in judgement. “You maybe able to get other ponies to fall for your story, but not me. I’ll be sure to keep an eye on you dragon. A very close eye on you.” She said as her friends rolled their eyes to her statement.

“Be nice Rainbow Dash, she did save us from that scary monster after all. So she can’t be evil or anything if she’s willing to save somepony from something like that.” Fluttershy said as Pinkie Pie nodded in agreement.

“Yeah, she’s a hero. Which reminds me, what kind of cake do you want for your “Welcome to Ponyville and thank you for saving the town” party?”

“Focus Pinkie.” Applejack said as she walked over to Arisen. “As for Arisen’s story, I have a gut feeling that she’s telling the truth. And this is not me using the element of honesty magic stuff to tell if she’s telling the truth.” She said as she looked over at the princesses. “Your take on this Princesses?”

“Well given how she did save Ponyville, I’m willing to believe her story. What is your input on her sister.” Luna asked as she notice Celestia staring at Arisen with a odd smile on her face. “Sister?”

“Huh? Oh...um..Yes, I believe Arisen’s story. I see no reason why she would lie to us or anypony at all~” Celestia said as kept up the motherly facade. “If you don’t mind me asking, what are you planning on doing now that you’re in Equestria?” she asked as Arisen was taken off guard by that question. The dragon placed a hand to her chin as she thinks for a moment before shrugging.

“Don’t know to be honest. Never actually thought of what to do next.”

“If I would suggest something?” Celestia asked as the dragon broke from her thoughts as she looked at the white Alicorn. “Why not stay here in Ponyville for a while before doing anything else. You know, to get accustomed to how this country works. Don’t want you getting into trouble with the law due to a misunderstanding.”

“That….might be a good idea.” She said before noticing Twilight smiling at her.

“You know, seeing that you’re new to Ponyville. I could always teach you a few things about this place.” She said before quickly rushing over to a nearby bookshelf and started pulling out books and unknowingly tossing them over to Arisen. “There are so many things that I can show you that you must read! The history of Equestria, How the wonderbolts were made, currency of Equestria, The Mare on the Moon, Castle of the-”

“Twilight!” Everyone yelled minus Arisen as Twilight look over at them and notice Arisen being covered in a mountain of books. A sheepish smile appeared across the lavender alicorn’s face as she blushes to her blunder.

“Um, sorry about that.”

“It’s fine.” Arisen said as she pulls herself out of the mountain of books. “Does this place have an inn or something similar to that?”

“Unfortunately, it doesn’t. But I’m sure Twilight and her friends would be willing to let you stay with them until you can afford a house of your own.” Celestia said as she looks over at Twilight and her friends to hear their response. The girls talk to each other for a while before looking over at Arisen, well all but Rainbow Dash who seemed to be annoyed.

“Don’t expect me to let her crash at my place. She’ll end up falling out of the clouds seeing how she can’t fly.” She said as she looks over at Twilight. “Why not let her stay here? I’m sure Twilight has a room available for her to stay in. And she did want to show her a few things about Equestria and stuff.”

“As much as I would love to do that Rainbow Dash, I don’t have an extra room for her to stay in for the time being.”

“I thought this place had an extra room?” Celestia asked as it caused Twilight to blush a bit in embarrassment.

“There was...but I kinda used it as an extra place to put more books in...sorry.”

“Egghead.” Rainbow Dash comment as she looked away from Twilight glaring at her. The Princess chuckled to her reaction as she looked over at Twilight’s friends.

“Would any of you be willing to let Arisen live with you until she can get on her own feet?” The girls looked at each other for a moment before the seamstress spoke.

“I’m willing to let her stay at my place for the time being. I do have an extra room that I’m not using. Plus, having an extra set of hands around the house would be helpful when I go to my appointments in Canterlot.”

“That and to make sure Sweetie Belle doesn’t try to burn the house down...again.” Rainbow added which caused Rarity to blush and clear her throat.

“Y-Yes, that too. That is if Arisen wouldn’t mind doing that.”

“I have no problem with that. I still kinda owe your sister and her friends for finding me in that castle in the forest.”

“Wonderful! I’ll be sure to clean up the room a bit once I get back home.”

“With that taken care of, what else is there that needs to be taken care of?” Applejack asked as she looked over at Twilight.

“We do need to register her as a resident here in Ponyville. Though that might be hard given the fact that she’s from another country that has never been heard or seen before.”

“I believe my sister and I can take care of that problem Twilight.” Celestia said causing her to blink in surprise to this. “Think of it as another gift for saving Ponyville from that demon.”

“A bit generous don’t you think?” Arisen said as the sun princess giggled. “What’s your game Celestia.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about Arisen. Can’t a mare express her gratitude towards a hero who saved the lives of many in this town?”

“True, but I’m getting a feeling that there’s something that you-” Before Arisen could finish, she along with everyone heard a phone ringing within the room. Looking around to where the sound is coming from, she looked over at Celestia who levitated her cellphone to open it.

“Hello?” Celestia asked as she heard someone talking to her over the phone. There was a moment of silence in the room before Celestia’s eyes widen and turns the phone off. “As much as I would love to continue this conversation, Luna and I must be going.”

“Did something happen at the castle?” Twilight asked as Celestia simply smiled and shook her head.

“Nothing to big….at least to some degree. It’s just somepony forgot to inform me that I have sun court to attend to.” The white alicorn said looking over at Luna who was whistling while looking away innocently. Celestia sighed as she pulled herself up from the couch she was on along with Luna. “We will meet again once we have the time to come and visit. For now, I do hope you’ll enjoy your stay in Ponyville Arisen.”

“Indeed. And do try not to get into too much trouble.” Luna added as their horns began to glow and teleported back to Canterlot in a flash.

“She seems...interesting to say the least.” Arisen said before she too stood up and stretched a bit.

“You sure you don’t want to rest a bit Arisen?” Fluttershy asked. “You have been asleep for the past two hours, and I don’t think that’ll be enough time to rest.”

“I’m fine Fluttershy. But thanks for your concern over my health. It’s very considerate of you to worry about me.”

“Welp, if that’s it for the meet and greet. Then I’m heading off home.” Rainbow Dash said as she began to make her way home, only to stop once she heard Arisen spoke up.

“Sorry if you don’t trust me yet. But I’ll be sure to try my best to gain your trust when the time is right.”

“Yeah, whatever dragon.” Rainbow Dash snorted before flying off toward her home in the clouds.

“Don’t take RD’s cold shoulder personal. She can be a bit stubborn at times when it comes to trusting ponies, thought in your case it would be dragon.” Rarity said before making her way towards the door. “I’m going to head back to get your room ready for when you come by. Try not to push yourself too hard hero~” She said in a singsong tone before leaving.

“I got to go too. Gotta check on Apple Bloom and Macareina to see how they’re doing with the work on the farm. Feel free to stop by my place tomorrow if you need anything or just want to chat.” Applejack said as she, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie followed after the farm pony while giving an excuse why they had to leave. Mostly because of Pinkie Pie’s job at Sugarcube Corner, and Fluttershy and her animals. Arisen along with Spike and Twilight waved them off as the dragon turned her attention to the lavender alicorn and dragon.

“If you don’t mind me asking, I would like to know a little bit more about what you said in your story. Mainly the history, magic, and these so called pawns that you mentioned.” Twilight asked as Arisen nodded.

“I’ll try to answer to the best of my ability given. Mind you I’m going by memory so sorry if most of it isn’t accurate.”

“It’s fine. I’m sure as we talk you’ll remember bits and pieces of it.” She said before pulling out a quill, ink, and lots of paper. “Spike, could you get Arisen and I something to eat and drink. This might take a while, and Arisen hasn’t eaten anything in the past couple of hours from the looks of it.”

“Got it.” Spike said as he headed into the kitchen to get them food.

“Now then Arisen. Let’s begin with you explaining to me how it’s possible for you to be able to use magic? I’ve never heard of any dragon that can do that. So far only unicorns, alicorns, changelings, kirins, and certain magical items can do or perform magic. But not once have I heard of a race of dragon being able to do it.”

“....This is going to be a long conversation.” Arisen said as she now started to dread her decision on not leaving with the rest of Twilight’s friends.

Meanwhile in the pits of Tartarus, Titania made her way to the deepest parts of the prison as she comes across a large cell. Standing in the the middle of the cell with his arms crossed was a centaur that looked almost similar to that of Titania, only much taller and somewhat skinny. The centaur looked down at Titania with a fake smile on his face as he drew closer to the bars.

“It’s about time you showed up. I was beginning to worry that the curse I placed on you might’ve worn off or you found a way to dispel it.” he said as Titania said nothing but glared at him. “Aw, what’s the matter? Not going to say hi to your dear old daddy Tirek?”

“Let me be perfectly clear you old fart.” Titania said as she raised a hand towards the bars of the cell. For a moment there was nothing, but soon her hand begin to glow as the cell Tirek was in disappeared into magical dust. “You are not my father, nor will I ever see you as my father. Especially after what you did all those years ago. The reason why I am doing this is because of the curse you place on me.”

“All I did was try to teach you how to be strong and assertive. Not be like your uncle and be nice to these ponies.” He said before walking up towards Titania. “You should be thanking me for sparing you and your mother’s life all those years ago.”

“Yeah, like I’m gonna be thankful to a guy that raped an innocent pony, got her pregnant, and ended up being outcasted by her and the rest of pony kind because of what you did.” Titania said as she lowered her hand and place them into her pockets. “Makes me sick that I came from somepony like you.”

“And it makes me sick to think that you would still side with the ponies even after their treatment towards you. You should be on my side and not on theirs.”

“Yeah, and look how that turned out for you.” She said before pointing to her chest. “Now, our agreement if you would?”

“What makes you think I would undo the curse I placed on you before I was imprisoned?”

“Because it’s a double edge spell. If I die then, so do you. And given the current state you’re in, I doubt you’ll be able to survive having your heart blow up.” Tirek glared at her for a moment before reaching into his beard to pull out a small cylinder like object and crushes it within his hands. Once he was finish, Titania felt a jolt of pain quickly leave her chest as the red glowing mark disappeared.

“Don’t say I’ve never been this merciful to you in your life before.” He said before noticing Titania leaving. “And where do you think you’re going?”

“I already did my part in helping you sadly. You can do whatever you want. Just don’t expect me to help your sorry flank when Celestia and Luna beat you down to the ground again like before.”

“And you don’t think they’ll come after you once they know I left?”

“Maybe, but I doubt they’ll be coming after me given where I live. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have to get back home before somepony sees me with you.” Titania said as she uses her magic to teleport herself out of Tartarus. Tirek snorted in amusement before making his way towards the exit of Tartarus. Once Titania was at a safe distance away from the gates of Tartarus, she reappear in an open field as she sigh and pulled out her phone to call someone. “Come on, pick up the phone already.” she said before hearing a voice on the other end of the call.

“Hello?”

“Umbra, you there or at least somewhat awake?”

“Yeah...who is this?” Umbra asked as Titania rolled her eyes.

“It’s Titania. Look, I need you to come and pick me. I’m out of magic and this phone doesn’t have much of a charge on it.”

“And your first notion was to call me and not Celestia?”

“Your phone is the only one that I can call without worrying about getting a signal to be able to call you. Look I did what she told me to do, and right now I need a place to go so I can recharge and head over to Canterlot. So can you help me out and teleport me to...where do you live?”

“I live in Manehatten now. Couldn’t really stay in that giant rock of a crystal castle due to Prince Bolero and Gleaming Shield saying I need to get out more and go with the times of technology and stuff.”

“....I’m a bit surprised that they were able to convince you to leave the crystal empire, especially after what your father did...no offense.”

“Well it was either I leave or have Prince Bolero and Gleaming Shield appear in my room naked doing Jojo poses from Jojo’s bizarre pony adventure.”

“....Fucking weeb ponies.” Titania thought before shaking her head before continuing with the conversation. “Anyway, mind if I crash with you for a bit?”

“Sure, just give me a bit to get myself together. I should be there in about five minutes or so.”

“Thanks. I owe you one.”

“You owe me a lot with the list of things you still haven’t paid me back on.” She said before Titania cut the conversation short. The centaur placed the phone back into her pocket before looking up at the evening sky.

“You better have a damn good plan for this Celestia. Because I prefer not to have to deal with something like this with my own hands.”