The Mute Mercenary

by OrionAE

Where am I?

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Twilight Sparkle was sipping on her tea and reading a book that was written by Starswirl the Bearded that had a lot of ancient magic and creatures in it. She was reading about the anatomy of a hydra when Pinkie Pie burst through the door, making Twilight spill her tea on the book.

“TWILIGHT!” Pinkie yelled in glee and had her signature grin with her. When she saw Twilight look at her with a glare, she noticed the book that had tea making all of the pages wet. “Oops. Sorry.” She apologized sheepishly before Twilight sighed and lowered her head.

“Pinkie, What is it?” Twilight asked looking at the book and used her magic to clean it out.

“Well, Fluttershy and I were going to her house when we heard a very weird growl. I thought it was the rumbly tummies of her bear friends, when it was actually a creature we haven’t seen before.” Pinkie said quickly before gasping and jumped in the air. “THAT MEANS WE CAN THROW A 'DISCOVERED NEW CREATURE PARTY!'”

Twilight’s ears perked up at the words 'Creature' and ‘haven’t seen before' before she started to get giddy. “A new creature? What did it look like?” Twilight asked in anticipation and curiosity. Pinkie just put her hoof to her chin.

“Well, it was as tall as Celestia, maybe taller. It had these weird things that are like a dragons claws. Ummm, it was black and white, not like a zebra, but like the white was armor. OH, and it also had an orange head that was so shiny, you can see the reflection.” Pinkie described. “Oh wait, it also had a weird saw thing on its back and it also stood on two legs like Discord.”

Twilight was writing this information down and grew a huge smile. 'A NEW CREATURE!' She thought in excitement before a voice in the back of her head told her that this creature could be dangerous. “Wait, is it dangerous?” Asked a cautious Twilight. Pinkie just shrugged in response.

“I don’t know, after it appeared, it fainted and was bleeding.” Pinkie explained.

“Ok, so I guess we can restrain it until we get a good look at it.” Twilight concluded before she put her notes on the creature in a bag that she put on. “Ok, where is it now?” She asked.

“At Fluttershy’s house.” Pinkie replied with a small smile.

Twilight nodded and opened the door to her castle and started to walk out. “Can you go grab the others?” She asked the pink mare.

“Sure, be right back.” Pinkie said before speeding away leaving nothing but an outline of her made on dust. Twilight rolled her eyes and opened her wings to fly to Fluttershy’s.

(Slaughtermaster POV)

'Where......where am I? Am I dead? What the?' I thought before I opened my eyes to see that I was in a weird room that was filled with animals. I tried to sit up only to feel pain in my left arm. I looked to see that there was a gash that went deep into my skin and saw blood coming out. 'Just my luck.' I thought to myself before I laid back down and waited for whoever found me.

I could hear two female voices and I could hear what sounded like four pairs of feet going towards my direction. I turned my head to see not four, but two ponies. A yellow one with wings and a pink mane, with three butterflies on her flank. The other one had a horn and wings and was a shade of purple that had a star on her flank. I could tell they were female by looking at their figure. The yellow one quickly hid behind the purple one when she saw me turn my head to look while the purple one looked at me with curiosity. I turned my head to look at my bleeding arm and put my hand on it.

I groaned in pain as the armor touched the gash and noticed the yellow pegasus come out from behind the purple one and slowly started to come to me with a worried look on her face. I smiled at the pony and reached over to her with my right hand and sterted to pet her. She reeled back in fear at first, but saw that I wasn’t hurting her and began to embrace my petting. I couldn’t help but notice a faint blush coming from her as well, which actually made her look cuter.

“I-I don’t think it’s evil Twilight.” The yellow pegasus said which made me freeze up in shock.

'They can talk?' I screamed in my head before the purple one interrupted my thoughts.

“Well, Fluttershy, I just wanted to make sure it wasn’t dangerous.” The purple one replied.

‘If I wasn’t dangerous? Wow, they must not have heard of me.' I thought with a grin. Now, from what everybody has ever said about me, I’m a fucking monster. And they’re right. But hey, that’s their opinion.

I looked at the purple one as her horn got enveloped in a purple aura and pulled a needle from a bag that she had with her. I immediately growled at her causing her and the yellow one to back away in fear and shake. If there’s one thing you need to know about me is that I. HATE. NEEDLES!

“Uhh, T-Twilight, I think you should put the needle away.” The yellow one said with fear evident in her voice. The purple one, now known as Twilight, put the needle back in the bag and put the bag away in a corner. I nodded my head in approval and hold my hand out to shake, but they backed away in fear for a moment before Twilight walked up to me.

“C-can you.....understand me?” She asked and I nodded in reply. She grew a toothy grin and clapped her hooves together. “THIS IS AMAZING!” She exclaimed in pure happiness. “A creature that can understand us and is sentient.” She pulled out a notebook and feather with ink and brought them to her with her aura. I stared at it with curiosity and she must’ve noticed this. “Ever seen magic before?” She asked.

I shook my head in response and I sent them a message from my helmet.

No. Magic isn’t real where I come from.

She gasped when she saw the message and pulled my head closer to her face. “Amazing, you can communicate with us with messages. Ok ok, but can you talk?” She asked and I sent another message.

Not anymore.

When they read this they lowered their heads in sadness. “W-why can’t you talk anymore?” The yellow pegasus asked with pity in her voice.

I don’t want to talk about it.

And they left the conversation at that. There were a few minutes of silence before I decided to break it by sending another message.

You can ask me whatever you want as long as it’s not personal ok?.

“Seems fair enough. Oh and I’m Twilight Sparkle, and this is Fluttershy.” Twilight said gesturing to herself before gesturing to the yellow pony.

Nice to meet you. I can’t remember my name, but everyone calls me Slaughtermaster.

They gulped in fear after they read that message. “W-w-why would they call you that?” Fluttershy asked, hiding her face behind her mane.

Because I’m a killer.

Twilight looked ready to attack me as I noticed she was charging up her power. Before she could do anything, I interrupted her.

But I’m not a bad guy. It just goes with the job. I’m not mean, I just get paid to do mean things.

After reading that, she stopped the charge, but still looked ready to attack me in case I did anything.

Now, what are your questions?

“Ok, so my first question is, what are you?” Twilight asked me holding her notebook and quill that had fresh ink on it as it was dripping a bit.

The scientific name for my kind is homosapien, but we’re called humans for short. I replied and crossed my arms.

Twilight jotted the information on her notebook and look at me again. “Ok, now why do you wear that armor? Wait is that a personal question?”

It’s not a personal question, therefore I will answer it. The world I’m from is a wasteland. Only the strong can survive.

She wrote that down on her notebook before she looked at me with a raised brow. “World, So you’re from another planet!?” She exclaimed in shock and awe.

Judging How this place isn’t nothing but a world sized junkyard on one half of the planet and an endless city on the other, Yes I am from another world.

“OHMYCELESTIA!!! A REAL ALIEN SPECIES!” She cries out in joy and jumped around in glee before I looked at Fluttershy.

“S-she gets excited when she learns new things.” She answered with fear still in her voice as I nodded my head.

Get on my lap.

Fluttershy was shocked at what I messaged. “W-w-why?” She asked innocently.

I want to show you that I’m not that scary.

After a few seconds and a brief hesitation, she flew onto my lap and I started to let her. I could feel her humming in content and smiled as I continued to stroke her Mane.

After a few minutes Twilight stopped jumping around and took a breath before seeing Fluttershy on my lap with her eyes closed.

I tapped Fluttershy and picked her up from my lap and put her back on the ground before I looked at Twilight, expecting another question.

“Umm what do humans eat?” Asked a nervous Fluttershy.

Humans are omnivores, meaning that we eat both plants and meat. Actually, we can eat pretty much anything that is edible. I replied and got looks of horror from both of them.

“Y-you eat meat!?” Twilight shrieked.

I nodded and decided to let that be the last question.

Ok, I answered your questions, now you answer mine.

“T-that’s fair.” Twilight stuttered, still horrified that I eat meat.

My first question is, where am I?

Twilight started to stutter and quickly regained her composure and spoke.

“You are in Ponyville, Equestria.”

Ok then. Who leads this place? Because from all of the things I know, there has to be a leader.

“This place is ruled by four princesses. Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Princess Cadence, and myself.” Twilight said.

To say I was surprised would be an understatement. Only an hour and I’m already talking to royalty.

Hmm, interesting. Ok, well what kind of ponies are you two?

“Well, there’s the earth pony, which have a good amount of strength and are good with tending crops. There’s the pegasi, who can fly and control the weather. There’s unicorns, which can perform magic. Then there’s alicorns, which is what I am. Alicorns have a lot of magical energy and have the abilities of the other three races.” Twilight explained.

I was about to ask another question when the front door opened and I saw five more ponies enter the house.

“Sorry 'bout that Twi, somepony thought that finishing a dress was more important than meeting a new creature.” An orange earth pony with a southern accent and a Stetson hat on her head. She was glaring at a white unicorn that simply looked away.

“Well darling, I told you multiple times that this client I was making the dress for was a very important customer.” The white unicorn scoffed in a fancy accent.

“Important? Rarity, how can a dress be more awesome than a new creature!?” A rainbow maned pegasus exclaimed flailing her forelegs while flying.

“Oooooh shiny.” A pink earth pony said as she got close to my helmet and looked at me.

“Uhh, guys, it’s looking at us.” A light purple unicorn said pointing a hoof at me, causing the other ponies to look at me in awe. But I got a disgusted look from the white one.

“Oh darling, how can you wear such horrible clothing? I mean, this entire thing is just begging to be burned.” She said examining my armor. I looked at Twlight and Fluttershy in confusion and asked,

Is she being serious right now?


Author's Note

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