A Guardian's Tale in Equestria

Chapters

All legends have a beginning
Memories of the Past (Part 1)
Memories of the Past (Part 2)
Into the Fray and Most World Leaders of the Time

All legends have a beginning

It was a sunny day to day as I was on my way to Comic-Con. I was dressed as a hunter from Destiny with exotic armor pieces from both Destiny 1 and Destiny 2. Wait I forgot to introduce my self didn't I. Yeah I did... anyways my name is Maximus Meridius, yes I know it's the name for the main character from Gladiator. Back to what I was doing... which was... oh right driving to Comic-Con. So I decided to go with exotic armor pieces for reasons of fuck it and I felt like it. So I was wearing the Orpheus Rig boots, Lucky Raspberry chest, Sealed Ahamkara Grasps, and Celestial Nighthawk which was siting in the passenger's seat next to me.

I had made it to a parking lot that was a few miles from the Convention Center. Eh...well at least it has a few parking spots so I go to pull into the parking lot and found a spot close to the exit. Once in the spot I grabbed Celestial Nighthawk and got out of my car. I put Nighthawk on top of my car to double check that my phone and wallet were in the pouch on my left hip, they were there. So with my phone and wallet secure in the pouch I put the exotic helmet on my head and pulled the hood of the Legend of Six Coyotes cloak over the helmet and walked off to the convention center.

(Five hours Later)

"The hell... Why doesn't any of these vendors sell Destiny guns?" I asked no one in particular.

"Maybe it's because you weren't looking hard enough Hunter." states a Xûr, or rather someone cosplaying as Xûr.

"Tha fuck? Oh... hey you're selling Destiny weapons good!" I exclaim as I walk over to Xûr's stall. The man was selling everything from Zen Meteor to The Legend of Acrius and Helm of Saint-14 to Bones of Eao.

There were a few weapons that caught my attention. The main weapons being Bolt-Caster and The Legend of Acrius, but then I noticed Icebreaker and Sunshot sitting next to each other, more specifically above and below each other. I was torn on what to buy seeing as I could only buy what I could carry because I forgot my backpack at the hotel I was staying at.

"Like what you see hunter?" asked Xûr

"Yeah, it's quite the collection you have here." I answered then noticed there was three black duffel bag with the hunter, titan, and warlock logos on the side of them. As I looked down at the bags. Then Xûr started talking again.

"Ah... I see you noticed the Starter kits. Each bag as a set of armor for each class in them along with one Primary, one Secondary, and one heavy weapon and a Ghost shell. Though I see you already have an armor set Hunter."

"Yeah, well one could alway use another set of armor and weapons. So how much for the hunter starter kit?" I asked Xûr

"One thousand one hundred and thirty dollars." answers Xûr

"Hm... and just out of curiosity how much would Sunshot, Outbreak Prime, Zhalo Supercell with Not a Toy ornament, Icebreaker with dunemaker ornament, Legend of Acrius with the Emperor's Pleasure ornament, Merciless with Break of Dawn ornament, Bolt-Caster, Iron Gjallarhorn, and Super Good Advice on top of the Hunter starter kit?" I asked knowing that if I get the starter kit I get something to hold everything I want.

"That would be two thousand four hundred and thirty dollars. Though I could add some ornaments to the starter kit's armor for say an extra twenty bucks. What do you say hunter?"

"I think I will take it!" I exclaim as I hand over $2,450 out of 5K I had in my wallet. Knowing a few legendary armor sets that uses ornaments. The Age of Triumph raid armor, the Trials of Osiris' Vigil armor, and the Days of Iron set. So I was curious what armor set was in the bag.

"Best of luck to you Hunter!" stated Xûr cosplayer enthusiastically as I walked off with my bag of goodies. Not long afterwords I started to get sick to my stomach and started towards the bathrooms that were close by, but I never made it there as I blacked out not three feet from the bathroom doors.

"Time to get up Maximus." stated a female British voice that sounded off above me.

"Wha... what happened?" I asked the Ghost with an Ironwolf Shell

"Well, you died... again" stated the Ghost in the Ironwolf Shell though she said that last part as if it was a daily occurance.

"I can see that." I said as I looked down at the pool of blood, that stained sand a bronze color, that I stood in.

"So uh..." I start to ask my Ghost where I was, but I forgot her name, must have hit my head harder than I though

"Faye and you gave it to me several years ago. How can you forget that?" asked Faye after stating that I named her.

"I did?" I asked her

"Yes." answered Faye slightly annoyed

"Hmph... Ah, now I remember, must have hit my head harder than I thought." I stated as the memories came back to me from the day I bout that starter pack from Xûr at that comic convention. It was odd for instead of going straight to Equestria I ended up in the shell of Anaheim and eventualy went through the campaign of Destiny 1 and Destiny 2, all DLC missions included.

"That you did." stated Faye

"Hm, so Faye got any idea where we are besides in a desert?" I asked Faye

"No, but it looks like we've got company coming and they don't look very friendly." answered Faye. So I got off my ass and looked around for any form of cover which was nonexistent, but there were some high sand dunes and a sear vertical cliff to my six and open dessert every where else. There as a caravan full of caged carts pulled by horses and teams of oxen. There were some camels towards the back caring stuff. At the front of the caravan there was what looked like a first class looking chariot being pulled by a team of oxen. So I decided to approach the caravan to see if they could point me in to the nearest village or town. Once I was about fifty feet from the caravan someone shot a arrow at me which I easily caught.

"Halt, creature. Make any sudden movements, you will die!" shouted a female voice as several female beings started to approach me while the caravan halted it's forward momentum. I didn't move mainly because I was examining the arrow head that looked like it was two pronged with fishhooks on the outside edges of the prongs.

"What is going on Commander!?" demanded an accented female voice that broke me from examining the arrow head in my hand.

"There seems to be a male creature clad in strange armor a head, Ma'am!" answered this Commander who was the one to yelled at me to stop.

"Well then capture it. It could go for a much higher price than these slaves." stated a different female voice that had posh edge to it.

'Mother fucking slavers.' I thought as I dropped the arrow in my hand and reached down to my hip, to find nothing there, so I grabbed at my back to find The Distant Star there and pointed it at the approaching females in armor. Three of them started laughing.

"What is that thing?" asked one

"I don't know nor care, it won't penetrate our armor!" boasted another

"Where's the arrows?" asked third genuinely curious all the while laughing their collective asses off.

Some sort of scorpion made entirely of sand burst out of the sand not twenty feet from our little group. Instincts kicked in and I fired twice at the tail to knock off the stinger, then I fired another three rounds into what looked like the things face. The five rounds' bark was so loud to the women in armor that they nearly jumped ten feet in the air. To me it was another day in the office.

"Right there." I state which got them to stop laughing in a heartbeat.

"It talks!?!?" all four of them question loud enough to get the 'Commander's and the first voice's attention and to question the four in front of me. Yet that was what they focused on not the five gunshots, weird.

"What was that!?" demanded both voices

"The creature talked and fired something at the Sandcrawler that jumped out of the sand which killed the sandcrawler!" responded the female closest to the caravan. I could hear the two voices in the background arguing until I think the 'Commander' won the argument. With that a fifth armored female walked towards me, but her armor was different in the fact that it was more more ornate than the four in front of me. Once the new arrival got to me the four already here saluted their Commander with their right fist over their heart, just like the ancient Romans did, interesting.

"So, I hear you can talk, then you are not from around here I presume?" asks the 'Commander' as she removes her helmet to reveal shoulder length maroon red hair, emerald green eyes and a well tanned face, being the only section of skin open to the elements. The rest of her is hidden under that ornate armor of hers.

"Aye, that I am." I answer as I lower the hood of the Idyll of the Iron Lords cloak, with the ornament active, and dispel the Days of Iron Crown, with the ornament active. That got all of the women in front of me to blush in varying states of light red to crimson red.

"Oh wow! Maximus these two have wings!" exclaimed Faye as she materialized behind the woman in armor to the far left of the group.

"What is that?" asked the woman to the left of the Commander who tried to swipe at Faye with her sword.

"My Ghost." I answer her question

"Huh?" asks all five of them

"Basically my companion who can pick locks, hold stuff, and some other stuff I think... oh and can revive me." I explain

"Surely you jest on that last one. Right?" asks the Commander, who I have not gotten her name nor the names of the other women.

"Nope. I have revived him way too many times, I think I actually lost count after the four hund thousandth revive. That man is prone to death." states Faye

"Hey, it's not my fault there are so many danm drop offs with in the Dreadnought!" I rebuke Faye's comment.

"And the remains of the Rig on Titian, the cliffs of Istar on Venus, the many different Fallen, Fallen walkers, the many different Cabal, Cabal Goliaths, and the the many different Vex platforms, and don't get me started on the Hive." corrects Faye

"Ok, fine I'm death prone alright!" I state knowing that was all true.

"Well... I see. You certainly are not fr-" states the Commander, but was interrupted by a monstrous roar from the other side of the caravan.

*RRROOOAAARRR*

"The hell was that!" I asked pulling The Distant Star out and aiming it in the general direction of the roar as a giant scorpion like creature rose from the sands far off in the distance.

"A Sandcrawler and... by the Empress that's a Monarch sandcrawler." states the Commander.

"Faye, what other weapons are available?" I ask her

"Currently equipped, The Distant Star, Teacup Tempest, and Beginner's Memory. In Kinetic weapon inventory slots, Khvostov 7G-OX, No Land Beyond with Undiscovered Country ornament, Masterworked Outbreak Perfected, Thorn* with the Rose of Acid ornament, Read Death with White Witch ornament, Masterworked Sweet Business with Go About Your Business ornament, Masterworked Vigilance Wing, Masterworked Midi Multi-Tool, Masterworked Crimson, Ace of Spades*, Masterworked The Huckleberry, Wish-Ender, Malfeasance, Cerberus+1, Chaperone. In Energy weapon inventory slots, Masterworked Sunshot, Zhalo Supercell with Not a Toy ornament, Icebreaker with dunemaker ornament, Masterworked Borealis, Black Spindle with the Cold Between Stars ornament, Zen Meteor, Lord of Wolves*, Masterworked Hardlight, Masterworked Riskrunner, Masterworked Fighting Lion, Masterworked Polaris Lance, Masterworked Graviton Lance, Masterworked Coldheart, Wavesplitter, Masterworked Merciless, Trinity Ghoul. In the Heavy weapon inventory slots, Masterworked Legend of Acrius with the Emperor’s Pleasure ornament, Masterworked Sleeper Simulant, One Thousand Voices, Iron Gjallarhorn, Masterworked Wardcliff Coil, Masterworked The Colony, Thunderlord*, Abbadon, Novamortis, Dark-Drinker, Raze-Lighter, Bolt-Caster, Masterworked Worldline Zero, Black Talon, Masterworked Whisper of the Worm, Masterworked D.A.R.C.I." answers Faye

"Is there any other armor in there also?" I ask

"Yeah, for the Helmets there's, Celestial Nighthawk, Wormhusk Crown, Graviton Forfeit, Foetracer, Knucklehead Radar, Sovereign Mask, Iron Saga Mask, Gensym Knight Casque, BrayTech Sn0Mask, Solstice Mask (Majestic), Reverie Dawn Casque. For the Arms there's, Sealed Ahamkara Grasps, Young Ahamkara’s Spine, Mechaneer’s Tricksleeves, Aeon Swift, Shinobu’s Vow, Oathkeeper, Shards of Galanor, Sovereign Grips, Iron Saga Grips, Gensym Knight Grips, BrayTech Survival Mitts, Solstice Grips (Majestic), Reverie Dawn Grips. For the Chest there's, Lucky Raspberry, The Dragon’s Shadow, Raiden Flux, Ophidia Spathe, Gwisin Vest, The Sixth Coyote, Sovereign Vest, Iron Saga Vest, Gensym Knight Cuirass, BrayTech Combat Vest, Solstice Vest (Majestic), Reverie Dawn Haruberk. For the Legs there's, Orpheus Rig, Lucky Pants, St0m-EE5, Gemini Jester, Sovereign Boots, Iron Saga Boots, Gensym Knight Strides, BrayTech Sn0Treads, Solstice Strides (Majestic), Reverie Dawn Strides. For the Class Item there's, Legend of Six Coyotes, Memory of Cayde Clock, Devil’s Disguise, King’s Mantel, Sovereign Cloak, Iron Saga Cloak, Gensym Knight Cloak, BrayTech Winter Cloak, Solstice Cloak (Majestic), Reverie Dawn Cloak." answered Faye

"Right, lets switch out the armor for Celestial Nighthawk, Sealed Ahamkara Grasps, Raiden Flux, Orpheus Rig, and Legend of Six Coyotes. Give me Thorn, Merciless, and Iron Gjallarhorn." I state to Faye, "Commander get that caravan moving while I get it's attention and draw it away from you." I tell the Commander as the six of us walk back to the caravan.

"But you surly can't take it down by your self. It would take a full squad to take down just one standard sandcrawler. You most certainly can't take down a Monarch. It is just impossible." states the Commander as we made it to the chariot at the front of the caravan.

"What is impossible, Commander?" asked a female voice from the chariot at the front of the caravan.

"This fool trying to take on a Monarch, Princess Ivy Jewel." answered the Commander

"And you can back those claims up?" asked Princess Ivy

"That I can your Highness, I have killed Athion Time's Conflux, Hive God Prince Crota, his father Oryx the Taken King, Aksis, a cybernetic being calling itself a God, Dominus Ghaul an usurper of an Emperor, Panoptes Infinite Mind, Xol, a Hive Worm God, a machine double of an Emperor as a test, Argos Planetary Mind, Val Ca'uor, Riven of a Thousand Voices, Insurrection Prime, Gahlran, and the Sanctified Mind." I answer as Faye displays holographic video snippets of my deeds to protect and reclaim the Last Safe City alongside my Fireteam, best friends in the world, and Mai.

"Well then shall we get a move on Commander." stated Princess Ivy

"What? But your Highness this fool is going to get him self killed!" stated the Commander

"Commander Sky Shock this stallion has killed beings that are quite literally the definition of a god on multiple occasions. Now, do you have a name good Sir?" asked Princess Ivy after berating commander Sky Wing

"Iron Lord Maximus Meridius, Guardian of the Last Safe City of Earth, your Highness." was my reply with a respectful bow

"Ah... Messenger!" called out the Princess, who had been writing something down on a piece of paper the entire time I had been speaking.

"Yes, your Highness." stated yet another female pegasus with pink skin and a rainbow mane and tail, though she was wearing a stylized set of light armor.

"Do be a dear and deliver this to my mother in Alexandria." stated Princess Ivy who handed a scroll to the messenger. The messenger then saluted the princess and shot off into the sky like a rocket.

"*Whistle*Damn, she's pretty fast." I comment on the speed in which the messenger took off at which if my math is correct is somewhere in the ballpark of mack 5. Which reminded me of another prismatic speedster.

"All messengers need to be to get messages delivered as fast as posible." stated Princess Ivy

"Princess! The monarch is moving towards Alexandria!" stated a female scout who landed next to me.

'Jesus are all being on this planet women?' I though to myself but to over the bond that Faye and I have.

"Well then Iron Lord, your time to shine." stated Princess Ivy before barking out orders to get moving as I walked away from her chariot.

"Hey Faye?" I asked my Ghost

"Yeah?" was her reply

"The sparrow network up and running?" I ask

"Yes, which I find extremely odd." stated Faye

"Eh... Well, can't look a gift horse in the mouth." I state

"True." states Faye

So I summoned the sparrow which turned out to be the Vespulaser. I was half expecting one of the legendary sparrows in my inventory to spawn. So once on my metal stead I boosted past the princess' chariot hollering like the idiot that I can be sometimes.

Author's Note

So here is the reworking of the rework of Just My Luck...

Also sorry for just deleting the original with out any notice. The thing with that version was well... that first chapter was all I had going for it so... here is something that will be a lot bigger. Hope you all enjoy!

The weapon names with the asterisks next to them marks them as a combination of their Destiny 1 and Destiny 2 versions mixed to gether.

-Wolf

Memories of the Past (Part 1)

"Like what you see hunter?" asked Xûr

"Yeah, well one could alway use another set of armor and weapons. So how much for the hunter starter kit?" I asked Xûr

"One thousand one hundred and thirty dollars." answers Xûr

"That would be two thousand four hundred and thirty dollars. Though I could add some ornaments to the starter kit's armor for say an extra twenty bucks. What do you say hunter?"

"I think I will take it!" I exclaim as I hand over $2,450 out of 5K I had in my wallet. Knowing a few legendary armor sets that uses ornaments. The Age of Triumph raid armor sets, the Trials of Osiris' Vigil armor, and the Days of Iron set. So I was curious what armor set was in the bag.

"Best of luck to you hunter!" stated Xûr enthusiastically as I walked off with my bag of goodies. Not long afterwords I started to get sick to my stomach and started towards the bathrooms that were close by, but I never made it there as I blacked out not three feet from the bathroom doors.

That was all I remember for a time. Buying exotic weapons from a man dressed as Xûr who sold me on a bag of armor and weapons. When I woke up in a deserted and crumbling building that resembled a convention hall. That was all I could recall along with a name Maximus Meridius. I couldn't remember the reason why that was my name, but it was my name.

"Guardian... Guardian eyes up." stated a female British voice above me.

"Wha..." was all I was able to get out before the voice continued.

"Oh you have no idea how long I have been looking for you!" as the voice talked my vision became clearer and I could identify who was talking to me. A small white diamond shaped drone with four triangular protrusions on two sides of the drone.

"What happened?" I asked

"...Well you have been dead a long time. So you will see things that you won't know." stated the drone

"Ok..." I state as I sit down, "What are you?" I ask the drone to try to keep my mind off the fact that I died and am alive again.

"A Ghost and am your Ghost now." stated my Ghost

"Ok, do you know where we are?" I ask

"In the remains of a convention hall in what used to be Anaheim, California. Though we should head out soon." answered my Ghost

"Why?" I ask my Ghost.

"Because this area is not entirely safe." was her answer

"Alright then what kind of threats could we face?" I asked her.

"The Fallen, the Hive, the Cabal, and the Vex. Though mostly the Fallen for now." was her answer

"The fuck are those?" I asked as I got up and started to look for an exit.

"The Fallen are an insectoid alien species that fights against the remnants of humanity, as well as the other races vying for control of the Solar System. They are notorious scavengers and raiders, the Fallen seek to reclaim their glory by taking control of the Traveler at any cost." states my Ghost.

"Well shit..." was all I could think about the Fallen, "Though what is the Traveler?" I asked my Ghost

"The Traveler is well a mystery to every one, but what is known about it is that it came to this solar system one day and started the Golden Age of Humanity. That Golden Age didn't last for the Traveler's enemy, The Darkness. Came for the Traveler and humanity. After some time the Traveler pushed the Darkness back and gave humanity a chance at the cost of its self. In it's dying breath the Traveler created the Ghosts to search for warriors to protect humanity in its stead. Also the Last City sits under the Traveler." answered my Ghost

"Damn... So there is still hope in this shit show?" I ask

"Yeah, though it's miles from here." answers my Ghost

"Then lets get a move on." I state as I continue to look for a way out

"You'll need a weapon to survive the journey there genius. Luckily there's some right ...here. Odd." states my Ghost with what would have been a tilt of her head if she had a body.

"Huh ...Neat." I state as I pick up the auto rifle leaning against a large black and gold chest. Rifle in question is a Khvostov 7G-02 a common Auto Rifle.

"What's up with the chest?" I ask as I hold the Khvostov in my hands.

"There is a message attached to the chest's locking mechanism. It says, 'The key will reveal itself when you are worthy Hunter. signed the IX' Well this is certainly interesting." answers my Ghost

"That is odd. Can you pick it up and who is or are the IX?" I ask right as a howl sounds off somewhere outside.

"Yeah, though we should get moving. The Nine are a mysterious group, some believe them to Ghosts, others believe them leviathan intelligences from the seas of Europa or the Hydrocarbon pits of Titan, some believe them to be Warminds that survived the Collapse on stealth platforms, but what is known about them is that they have immense power and they seem to have an interest in you Guardian. The Fallen will be on us soon from the sounds of it." she answers as the chest disappear into a bluish whitish pixels.

"Right then, where do we need to go?" I ask

"Here." was her answer as she projected a holographic map of the world. with a red line going northeast for what looked like roughly twenty-nine miles then it went straight west until it reached somewhere in near what was the Rocky Mountains.

"Well, it could be further." I state

"Which is why we will go here first to see if there is still a working ship left there." states my Ghost as she puts a new marker on the three-D map that looked to be LAX or what's left of it.

"Right then, time we got out of here." I state as I left the remnants of the convention hall to trek towards the now named Los Angeles Space Port.

It had taken me the entire day to walk to what was the LAXSP or what was LAX. By the time I got there the sun had set an hour and a half ago. Thankfully one of the functions of a Ghost is a flashlight, so Faye, the short hand for the name I had made for my Ghost, She didn't really like it, but her voice reminded me of someone I had known named Faye Fulcrum. During the course of the day she relented in accepting that as her name.

About half way there I ran into a band of Fallen that were flying a banner that Faye had not seen in some time, The house of Dusk. That was about one or two in the afternoon. Anyways once they saw me I had to duck for cover behind a rusted out car that looked like a Prius. Over the curse of half an hour I had killed about fourteen Shanks, twelve Dregs, sixteen Vandals, two Captains, and died fourteen times. The Fallen that were left were four Vandals, one Captain, a Barron, and a Archon. Not sure why there was an Archon here, but hey one less Fallen for the City to worry about.

The Vandals and Captain were easy targets for me to take down. The Barron and Archon would be quite the task to kill. Though by that time I had unlocked the grenade ability for the Gunslinger subclass. There wasn't much for me to work with seeing as the two remaining Fallen had destroyed the car husk I was using as cover, so I moved behind the remains of a pickup truck body. In the process of moving from cover to cover I noticed a tanker truck that was right behind the Barron and Archon and was leaking some sort of liquid. My guess was gasoline.

What luck I had, so I chucked the incendiary grenade as high and as far as I could throw. The grenade bounced off of the car husk I was aiming for and rolled under the tanker. One second the Fallen were there the next one was evaporated and the other was barely clinging to life. So I shot the thing when I got to it and started pillaging anything worth taking.

What I found was a scout rifle, three hand cannons, four shotguns, a fusion rifle, two machine guns, a rocket launcher and a set of armor. All but the armor I couldn't use due to the higher level needed to properly use them. The armor set consisted of a Rouge 4.5 Helmet, Rouge 4.5 Gauntlets, Rough 4.5 Chest, Rouge 4.5 Legs, and a Makeshift Scarf.

The rest of the walk was enlightening and quiet, for Faye had told me of the other races trying to kill humanity. The Vex scare me the most, mainly their ability to change time and erase people from existence. While the Cabal intrigue me mostly in their weapons and ammo. The hive can go fuck themselves for all I care. Fucking zombie look alikes. Now that we are at the Spaceport Faye found the remains of a hotel and I found a room that still had an intact bed. Once I had found the room I fell face first onto the mattress.

The next day Faye and I scoured the ruins of LAXSP for a working jumpship and by late afternoon of the second day of scouting Faye had found one, an old Arcadia Class Jumpship, that was still in working order minus one key part, a warp drive. Thankfully that was all that was really missing for everything else checked out and we launched for the Last Safe City on Earth. The flight there was bout an hour and a half going at max speed.

Once I had arrived in the Tower, the main Guardian hub of the City, with my helmet off. I was in awe of the view.

"Quite the view, huh?" asked Faye as she materialized over my right shoulder.

"Yeah it is... So now what?" I ask her

"Well we should speak with the Vanguard first, then we could check the ship wright for a warp drive for our ship and if she doesn't have one we could go back to LAXSP to see if the Fallen there have it stashed somewhere around the place." was her answer which was as good a plan as any right now. So I went to where the Vanguard were in the Hall of Guardians.

"So this is our new Guardian, killing a Barron and Archon on his first day up. Nice job kid." stated a blue and silver robot with a horn poking out from under a hood of a cloak. As I approached a long table with three figures standing around it.

"Indeed, both are quite the tough opponents." stated a blue bald guy in a thick set of armor.

"Eh, well they were standing in front of a tanker truck that still had fuel in it somehow. So yeah, they went ...Boom." I state accentuating the boom with an exploding hand gesture.

"It is good to see a hunter with a head on his shoulders." states a black bald woman wearing robes of sorts.

"Hey! I know how to use my head!" stated the robot.

"Yeah, for stabbing people." I state which got a chuckle out of the woman and Awoken. Though the Awoken spoke up befor the robot could make a remark.

"It had come to our attention from shipwright Amanda Holliday that your ship does not possess a warp drive." stated the bald guy.

"Yeah, Faye pointed that out to me when we left the LA." I stated

"There have been reports of Fallen scavenging parts around the cosmodrome of Old Russia. It is imperative you acquire one to make the travel through the solar system much faster." said the woman

"If that doesn't work, your Ghost pinged the LAXSP to potentially have one as well. Oh, before fore you go you might need some better gear, so here." said the robot who handed me a cloak. Which turned out to be the Maverick's Cloak.

"Thanks." I state as I take the cloak from his hand and walk out of the hall knowing that I need to get that warp drive for my ship otherwise I'm stuck flying around this rock.

Author's Note

Ok so I had this idea to have the chapters alternate between when Max's time on Equus and his time in Destiny to show that he didn't go straight to Equestria at any point in the show. Each memory will showcase the important points in Max's life as a Guardian. Some may be as long as this chapter others may be shorter. So I hope you all enjoy.

Memories of the Past (Part 2)

It had been fourteen years since my first resurrection and during that time I had earned a reputation of being the Lone Wolf. One man capable of taking down Strike Bosses by myself and the one to call on when Fireteams have bitten off more than they could chew. I have also clawed my way to the top of the leaderboards in the Crucible. In that time I had visions or memories every time I died. They had shown me what looked like the future or an alternate future of this universe it is hard to tell along with some other stuff from my past. Though what I could gleam from those visions was a Guardian who would kill an Archon scouting for a warp drive. This Guardian would kill the Archon with the weapons and skills they had with them. This Guardian would go on to bring hope back to the Last City. I had also grown in strength in the light and was able to unlocked that black and gold chest. Inside it was a set of legendary armor, several legendary weapons, some exotic armor, and several exotic weapons. The same ones I had bought and worn all of the items in the chest to the convention center from my first vision/memory thing.

'Hey Max, there's a distress beacon from a downed Guardian ship several miles from here' stated Faye over out shared mental link

'Good to know.' I stated as I pulled the trigger of Rolling Thunder an exotic Heavy Sniper Rifle. How I got the thing was I had found the blueprints of it out in the Mojave Desert. The thing is an anti-anything sniper rifle and is a monster of a rifle fires a high explosive armor piercing twenty millimeter arc rounds out of a four round magazine that increases the explosion radius for every precision kill while a precision hit will summon a bolt of lightning and if any nearby enemy is hit by the lightning bolt and killed by it another will spawn. (Basically a D2 Thunderlord mixed with the design of a Kaber-AP Sniper from Titanfall with a Threat Scope attached.)

My target was a high value Fallen Captain who had taken three paintings from the Spider's personal vault. How that happened I don't know or care.

"Confirm kill." I said to Faye as I moved down from my pirch to retrieve the paintings from a cache that I saw the Captain put them in.

"Kill confirmed." stated Faye who was now floating over my right shoulder.

"And the paintings?" asked the Spider speaking to me though the comms

"In good condition; only minor scratches to the frames." I answered

"Good, very good. About that special Guardian you always speak so highly of-" stated Spider, but I cut him off before he could say anything more.

"They will be rising soon." I tell Spider knowing that downed Guardian jumpship would be the start of The Guardian's rise to power and fame.

"You certain light bearer?" asked Spider

"Positive, so keep a close eye on your shores. I will be around with those paintings of yours soon." was my answer as I spawned my Sparrow, an E-47 Prismatica.

"Make sure you do." stated Spider before the line went dead

"Now lets go check out that beacon." I state out loud as I zoomed off in the direction of the beacon. When I got there a level 3 Titan class Guardian was running across the Steppes to Dock 18. So I followed from the rooftops to where there was a big hole in the roof. I readied Rolling Thunder incase the Titan got overwhelmed, though it was unnecessary as the Titan was able to take down the Archon by herself thanks to a well placed Bubble. Once the Titan left for the City. Elsie Bray appeared out of her tactical cloak.

"I see you have taken an interest in her Elsie." I said knowing that would get under her metaphorical skin.

"She is quite skilled and shows promise. Unlike you, Wolf." stated a female Exo who materialized next to me.

"That we can agree on. How's Osiris?" I asked

"Still alive and still wondering the Infinite Forest." answered the Exo Stranger.

"Good to know. See ya, E." I said before transmating back to my ship, Coyote's Howl. The Howl is a modified Arcadia Class Jumps ship modeled after Cayde-6's Queen of Hearts. The difference between the two ships is that mine has a menacing, snarling, coyote with tan fur painted half way down the nose with the rest of its body trails over the top of the ship till it reaches the back of the ship. The rest is painted white with orange highlights on the wings and there are weapons situated next to the nose where the nose meets the rest of the ship. The armaments are two forty millimeter auto-cannons one on each side of the nose which are situated above two powerful railguns. Also the jet flames coming out the back are a neon green thanks to Amanda.

Setting the coordinates to The Tangled Shore to give Spider back his paintings. It took me half an hour to reach the edge of Awoken space, once there I activated the stealth tech Cayde made a while ago. There were a few kinks to work out, but thanks to Alex was able to fix those kinks. With the stealth tech active I flew to the Spider's HQ with the paintings that Captain stole.

"Here's your paintings." I said to the fat Fallen as I presented the paintings to him. There were three in total one of Picasso's early works, the other two I didn't know the artists' name or work, but they did look good.

"Well done my friend. Well done indeed." said Spider as he inspected the paintings himself.

"So, did they come?" asked Spider

"Yes, she did." I answer

"So, this is the end of our wonderful friendship?" asked Spider

"For now. That Guardian, if she does well in the Crucible, she will be looking to challenge me in the Crucible. Then morethan likely ask me to help her with the Vault of Glass." I answer

"Hmm... those blasted things." says Spider talking about the Vex and their annoying habit of time traveling.

"Yeah, fuckers are annoying." I state knowing how the Vex can be.

"Max, that new Guardian, just took on Saber's team and barely won." said Faye

"Really now?" I ask knowing that Saber will be pissed that a newbie showed her up. Even if it was by one point.

"Yeah." answered while projecting the footage of the highlights of the Crucible match. There was one moment where the new Guardian head butted Saber directly and then shoved Saber's own shotgun into Saber's face and pulled the trigger, killing Saber instantly.

"Well then, I'll be seeing you around Spider." I said before turning around and walk out of Spider's lair.

Flying back to the Tower was a quiet affair as I turned in the various bounties, looked over the bets for today's Crucible matches, and what fireteams needed assistance with strikes. Currently there were no fireteams needed to be pulled out of the fire or helped. All of the teams in Crucible I had bet on won their games. except one though that was by one point. So I'm not that mad, though Jason will likely boast about it when we meet up for drinks tonight.

"Max, Zavala is calling." said Alex

"Commander." I said as I activated the comms

"Wolf." said Zavala

"Are the other's listening?" I asked, there were a few missions that Zavala wanted me to do with out the other Vanguard member's permission.

"We're here Wolfie." said Cayde in his usual upbeat voice

"Never change Cayde, never change. How has he been Ikora?" I told the Hunter Vanguard and my good friend Cayde-6 and asked Ikora

"Usual for him and it is good to hear from you again Maximus." said Ikora

"Good to hear. I'm guessing this isn't a social call?" I asked

"Indeed, that Guardian you spoke of is here." said Zavala

"I saw, I won't interfere unless she seeks me out." I said relieving some of Zavala's worries as per the agreement that the Commander and I set up when he first found out about it.

"You know the kid's good in the Crucible. Just shut down Saber and her team. Some in the City are already speculating that she'll come for you next." said Cayde

"Of course they would. I saw the highlights of that match. She's good, but not that good. I'll be landing soon, we'll continue this conversation in person. Wolf, out." I said before cutting comms as my Jumpship exited warp speed and landed in the Tower's hanger while transmating into the Tower's Plaza which always got other Guardians to react. I went about my business, got some engrams I missed from the postmaster which turned out to be nothing more than stuff I already had, though I did get a good roll on an Auto Rifle. The Auto Rifle in question being The Dealbreaker, a Häkke Auto Rifle with decent stats. The rolls SC Holo and SD Thermal, Crowd Control in column 3, Counterbalance in column 4, High Caliber Rounds, Speed Reload, and Rifled Barrel in column 5.

When I was done inspecting the Rifle and was going to talk to the Vanguard a female Awoken Titan bumped into me wearing the Fieldplate set of armor.

"Sorry..." said the Titan timidly before running off towards the elevators to the residential sector of the Tower.

'Strange." I say to myself before Saber and her team showed up. Saber was a human Titan who used the Striker Sub-Class with platinum blond hair done in a fohawk and wore the Astrolord armor set of the Future War Cult without a shader. She and her team would ultimately meet their fate at the hands of Oryx, The Taken King.

"Hey Wolf, you seen that kinderguardian run by?" asked Saber with a look that said she wanted to murder someone.

"Titan wearing Fieldplate Armor?" I ask

"Yeah, you know where she went?" asked Drax-6 an Exo Titan that used the Defender Sub-Class and wore the Astrolord armor set with the Tristesse shader and wore the same look as Saber.

"Nope, though I'd love to help you lot find her, but I gotta talk with the Vanguard. See ya." I say as I walk past the group of Future War Cult Titans. Walking into the Tower Watch and up to the table where the Vanguard stand.

"Did you see the looks on Fireteam Sable?" I asked the Vanguard

"Yeah, not a happy bunch. I know I wouldn't be after a match like that." said Cayde

"Please, Cayde you would deny it ever happened not try to murder someone." I said that made the Hunter Vanguard eat whatever rebuke he was about to say.

"Which is why we want you looking after her, until Fireteam Sable can collect themselves." said Zavala

"So, babysit the kid." I said

"Yes and no. You don't have to be apart of her Fireteam, just make sure Sable doesn't try anything that would get her killed. Permanently" clarified Ikora

"Fine, but the City will want to see the two of us fight due to Saber being number two in all of Crucible under me. Since her narrow victory over Saber and Sable today." I concede

"That is very true, Guardian." asked Zavala

"So, should we set it up for tomorrow?" asked Cayde

"Nah, do it next wee and let kid recover from today." was my answer to Cayde's question.

"I'll let her know!" chirped Sundance, Cayde's Ghost

"Don't, I'll tell her myself. It doesn't feel right to do this all of a sudden. SO DON'T GO SPOUTING OFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA!" I say and shout to the civilians working in the Tower around the Vanguard.

After getting her name and room number from Zavala. Thela Mal, Room 156 on floor 320. I made my way to my room in the Tower. Multiple trophies from the various missions I had undertaken over the years hung on the walls and sat on shelves around the 'living' room. I walked over to the small weapon rack that sat to the side of one of the shelves in the room and placed Rolling Thunder, How Dare You, and Matador 64 on it. Then I went into the bathroom to take a shower before heading over to talk to Thela about our one on one Crucible match. Lets hope she doesn't hate me for it.

Into the Fray and Most World Leaders of the Time

(POV: Maximus)

"So what was up with that woman with the wings?" asked Faye through our mental link as I blasted across the desert towards the giant scorpion made out of rock.

"She is well... a pegasus. Though I was expecting a little more fur on them, but it looks like they are more human than pony." I answer as I weave around a sand dune

"Oh so we're at that place you kept talking about... Equestria right?" asked Faye after realizing what I was talking about

"Yes and no, we are on the word Equus which Equestria is a country on it. So I am not sure that we are in Equestria mainly due to what Princess Ivy said her mother was at." I answer as I go flying up and over a sand dune to make sure I was going in the right direction, which I was.

"Huh... So we might see actual magic and not Hive magic?" asked Faye

"Probably." I answer as I stop atop a fairly large sand dune as I watch an army of smaller sand crawlers, about six feet tall, mach in front of the massive form of a matriarch sand crawler that stands at roughly six stories tall with an extra three with the tail, so the thing is roughly nine stories tall. There is another thing I notice in all of the creatures is that there is black crystals protruding from their backs, parts of their legs, and their stingers are made out of the same crystal substance.

"Well they sure don't look dangerous at all." stated Faye with an obvious sense of sarcasm in her voice, who had materialized over my right shoulder.

"Definitely, Though I think Sweet Business, Black Spindle, and Sleeper Simulant would work better for them." I state as I look over the army that approaches.

"You sure?" asked Faye questioning my selection of weaponry

"No, scratch that order give me Crimson, Zhalo Supercell, and Thunderlord." I answer after reworking the numbers of the incoming army. With my loadout set, I got off my sparrow and let it dematerialize to return to my ship in orbit. As I was preparing myself for the coming fight a voice boomed across the field of sand crawlers.

"WHO DARES STAND BEFORE MY ARMY!?!?"

"A DEATHLESS FOOL WHO WOULD PROTECT THE INNOCENT IF IT MEANT DYING TO DO SO!!" was my reply with the help of Faye to amplify it.

"THEN YOU WILL BE SQUASHED BY MY ARMY!!" shouted the voice and the army surged forward and I started firing.

(Several Minutes Earlier)
(POV: Empress Ruby Windsong)

"What was that!" cried Princess Celestia, daughter to Queen Faust

"Something terrible." I answered knowing that was a Matriarch Sandcrawler, but before I could ask for reports from the scouts that had shot off the moment the roar ripped through the peace of the calm day, the sound of thunder could be heard in the distance, yet there was no clouds in sight.

'Strange' I think to myself before Faust herself walks up to me.

"What is going on Empress?" asked Queen Faust

"For once in my life, I have no idea." I replied still staring in the direction as thunder continued to ring out in a trio, then a scout landed near by.

"Speak" I said to the scout

"There is a being fighting an army of infected Sandcrawlers."

"And?" I asked knowing there was more to it.

"It is winning." was the scouts answer

"How?" I asked with slight surprise in my voice

"With weapons that that produce thunder spit fire and lightning. Sometimes lightning itself is called from the heavens to aid him." was his answer which was given further credence when lightning rained down from a clear sky for several seconds.

"Empress Ruby what is the meaning of this?" demanded King Steel Fist of the Minotaurs

"An army of Infected Sand Crawlers is on the march and is being halted by a single being." I answered still not believing the report I was given

"Impossible no one being can fight an army. Especially against those things." stated Emperor Gold Wing of the Griffons, who have had several incursons of Sandcrawlers upon his western boarder.

"Not entirely..." stated Princess Luna who had her eyes closed in concentration and her horn alight.

"Then show us child, how one can take on thousands." stated King Lionheart. Which she did with the help of her mother, they projected a moving image of the battle occurring several miles away. The image showed a male being garbed in strange and advanced looking armor wielding strange weapons the spewed fire and lightning. Each bolt of lightning from his weapons would down a Crawler or several within close proximity. All fell with practiced ease of a seasoned warrior. There were times the male would outright stab a Crawler or throw a knife that looked to six to seven inches long at Crawlers. Then there were its abilities. He would throw different colored orbs at the bests which would explode on contact, or seek out a Crawler then explode, or a wall of purple flames. It was a deadly art, an art that was beautiful yet gruesome. My concentration on the warrior was broken as something attached itself to my right leg.

"Mother what is going on?" asked Ivory Windsong my youngest daughter of five years old with fear in her eyes and voice who was now clinging to my right leg for dear life.

"A very brave warrior is doing his best to halt an army." I answered in a soothing motherly voice while I held my youngest child close to my body.

In the span of two hours the being fought his way to the corrupted MSC. Halfway through the fight Queen Faust took over the spell for her daughter to rest from keeping the spell going for as long as it did. When that happened I let Ivory stay with the celestial sisters. After that I ordered the defenses closest to the fighting to be reinforced. After issuing the order did something truly happen for the 'Guardian' called forth the power of lightning itself into himself and a blade he held in one hand. With the power of lightning on his side the Guardian carved a path through the swarm of Sandcrawlers that left none that he struck standing with ease.

"So this is the true power of a Guardian of the Last Safe City of Earth." I said out loud which caught the attention of the other world leaders.

"You know this being?" asked Steel Fist with a bit of suspicion in his voice.

"No, but my eldest daughter met him on the road on her journey back from the Zebra Lands. His name is Maximus Meridius, Iron Lord and Guardian of the Last Safe City of Earth. I also received a message about his accomplishments." I answered

"And?" asked Gold Wing knowing that there was more to the tale then just that.

"He has killed beings that define the word God on multiple occasions." I answer looking him dead in the eye to show that even I do not believe what the note said, but now watching him carve a path through an army of Sandcrawlers with ease. Begs the question could he kill Gods and should Faust be worried, probably if she pisses him off.

"Impossible no one being can do such a thing, can they?" asked Steel Fist to Faust

"With the power that this 'Maximus' holds within him, it is posible." answered Faust with concern laced in her words as the rest of the world leaders and I watched on as Maximus made his way up one of the Monarch Sand Crawler's legs and almost get squashed by the stinger, but he used it to reach the top of the Monarch faster than climbing up the leg. On the back of the Monarch was a pony I hoped to never see again.

"Hallowfire Blackwing" I growled out that murder's name low enough that the other leader's didn't hear me. How he managed to corrupt an army of Sandcrawlers and a Monarch Sandcrawler to follow him I may never know. All I care is that stallion die for what he did in the royal court four years ago.

"Isn't that-" said Faust, but I cut her off knowing what she was going to say

"Yes, that is Hallowfire Blackwing. How he managed to survive his exile to the desert is beyond me." I stated what Faust was going to say.

(POV: Maximus)

Using the stinger of the Monarch Sandcrawler to reach the back of the monstrosity was nice yet bumpy trip as I tried not to get flung off. Thanks to Alex I was able to time when the tail would be over the back of the MSC and landed behind another humanized pony. This one had dark tan skin, black hair and tail, black pony ears, black wings, wearing nothing more than a loin cloth, and his eyes were glowing a sulfer yellow which were full of hate. I had Crimson trained on his head.

"Well it seems the 'deathless fool' has arrived." said the pony

"Aye, that I have." I said with my Irish heritage coming out in a slight accent, "I would ask what you're up to, but I can clearly see that you intend to sow chaos and death. So, I'll ask why?" I continued to speak to this pony.

"When I was younger, much younger, I had found a crystalline substance growing out in the desserts that held a magical property to it. I had spent my entire life studying the crystal and its properties. When I had believed I had sufficient research on the crystal I sent it to the Emperor to use in his army. I was brought before him, tried for treason, had my research burnt in front of me, and exiled to the deserts." monologue the pony who was holding a fist sized crystal that was burning with Hive Soul Fire.

Realization dawned on me at the same time my super recharged so I turned it from the mysterious Void to the burning Solar, adjusted my aim for the crystal, popped my super, and fired the Golden Gun shot into the crystal. The single enhanced solar round ruptured the crystal he held in his hand before I booked it towards the edge of the MSC closest to me, but I didn't get far as I was surrounded by a sickly green flamin aura and lifted off of the ground. I was then brought before the deranged pony who looked absolutely PISSED.

"LeT uS tEsT yOuR rEsIlIeNcE tO dEaTh, ShAlL wE!?" shouted the pony in a demonic distorted voice before throwing me near mack speed towards the city of Alexandria.

'Faye,-' I start to mentaly say to my Ghost over out mental link as I fly through the air at speed that I'm not comfortable with.

'Got it ready boss.' says Faye reassuringly through our mental link

'Thanks.' was all I could say to Faye before I impacted with a wall and die instantaneously.

(POV: Empress Ruby Windsong)

As the seen unfolded with Maximus talking with that bastard and his crystal. There was a point that I though Maximus would join his side, but when he destroyed the crystal with a nother one of his fantastical abilities and tried to run where my fears alleviate. Then they became a reality again as the Guardian was flung towards Alexandria at speeds unseen before. With the speed he was going the spell couldn't keep up with him until he hit the outer wall of the palace all of the leaders including myself were shocked to see the Guardian be revived after such an impact with the wall.

"By the gods above..." I said out loud seeing that he could indeed come back from the dead. The report given to me by a messenger from Ivy was quite ridiculous, but after seeing what this man was capable of doing made that report sound quite real. As the Guardian talked with his 'Ghost' there was a distant roar that increased in volume as it got closer.

"By the gods what now!" demanded Steel Fist

"This is something different." stated Lionheart as he knew the varius creatures that inhabited his lands much better than I did. If he said it was something different then it was something different. Then from the skies came down a metal construct loaded with what I could only assume was more of the Guardians weapons. The construct came down to where the Guardian was standing. Once it reached the Guardian he disappeared into small bluish white blox that flowed upward into the construct. Which then roared off into the sky on pillars of fire that protruded from the back of the construct.